Flotsam and Jetsam - Bolsonaro's Brazilian Bugout

Open Source Intel @Osint613, "REPORT: Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro is en route to the United States, according to allies cited by Folha de S.Paulo. His Brazilian passport was cancelled by authorities after the Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his passports. He is under criminal investigation. Allies claim he crossed through Argentina. Other reports say he may be flying to the U.S. on a private jet. Lawmakers from Lula's Workers' Party have asked for his arrest and an Interpol Red Notice. Bolsonaro lost the presidential election to Lula a day ago. His route and whereabouts are still unconfirmed." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Brazil Bug Out: Bolsonaro Bolts for the Border. AG @AGHamilton29, "In case you thought the corruption couldn’t get any more obvious, Moraes had federal police seize the passport of Lula’s opponent, Flavia Bolsonaro, one day after the election. How long before they invent some charges to imprison him?" Quote AG @AGHamilton29, "Lula and Moraes have spent several years engaged in absurd levels of corruption. They have stolen money, locked up political opponents, ordered silencing of critics etc. They were never going to give up power easily. You can vote communists in. Much harder to vote them out." Twitchy says WOW! Flavio Bolsonaro Escapes Brazilian Regime With Family, Headed to FL As Trump Offers Protection. Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald, "CRUCIAL FACTS ON THE FLAVIO BOLSONARO MATTER: It's not just Flavio Bolsonaro who fled Brazil to escape the tyrannical persecution of Alexandre de Moraes and the pro-Lula wing of the Supreme Court. There are dozens of Brazilian exiles who have done the same: dissident journalists, activists, bloggers, and politicians who all fled to avoid certain prison for political opposition...." Kyle Becker at RedState says Rubio Comes to the Rescue in Aftermath of 'Rigged' Brazilian Election. Matthew Lynn at Da Spec sees Brazil has voted for economic chaos. ¡No Pasaran! notes A Week Before the USA's Mid-Terms, the NYTimes Gushes Over Lula's Presidential Win, Gloating that Brazil Hands a "Stunning Rebuke to the Right." Insty asserts BRAZIL IS NOW A COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP. IT NEEDS TO BE TOPPLED. Does this scenario seem likely in the US? Catturd ™ @catturd2, "Tweet of the week." Quote The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "Imagine watching Communists straight up steal an election in Brazil and sitting out the midterms over gas prices."

A shouting match turned into a shoving match when Cuban representatives at the UN objected to the US UN Ambassador characterizing the Cuban government as a corrupt tyranny. NYPo, Mike Waltz gets in shouting match with Cuban delegate at UN as American diplomat assaulted. Rusty Weiss at RedState, ‘Back Up!’ Cuban Official Charges Mike Waltz at UN, Staffer Assaulted in Wild Scene. At Not the Bee, Cuban goes viral for trying to stop US ambassador from telling UN about regime’s corruption.

Sundance at CTH finds the Russian Readout: President Vladimir Putin Holds Phone Call with President of Finland Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Störe interesting.

Mike Solana @micsolana, "democrats: if we take power we will seize elon musk's companies and put him in prison and no, we do not care if he technically committed any crime or not also democrats, somehow: why is elon musk funding republicans?" Quote Elizabeth Warren @ewarren, "Elon Musk is dumping half a billion dollars into Republican races. Why? Because Democrats in Congress won’t be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump and will actually fight to lower costs." Ryan @tslryn, "Elon Musk has done more for America in a single month than you’ve accomplished in your entire miserable life, you moron. You’ve spent your career living off the American taxpayer while sneering at the very people whose hard work, ingenuity, and sacrifice keep this country running." Quote Senator Alex Padilla @SenAlexPadilla, "INVESTIGATE ELON MUSK." Sam E. Antar @SamAntar, "Thread of the Day: Senator Alex Padilla: “INVESTIGATE ELON MUSK.” Elon Musk: “Investigate your wiener.” Brad Shannon: Shortest congressional investigation ever. Elon Musk: 😂"

PJM's Eric Florack wonders, rhetorically, Why Don't Democrats Want to Talk About the Record Drop in Crime? Because criminals are part of their base. Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "Just your daily pre-midterm reminder that *5,000* Americans who would have statistically been homicide victims have not been murdered in the U.S. in the past two years because Donald Trump deported a whole bunch of criminals."

At Althouse, "I'm really good at real estate and fixing things. I fix things very good..... I always build beautiful and inexpensive.... I can do it naturally.... It actually relaxes me...." "If you would have seen the White House... it was in horrible condition.... The plaster was falling off the exterior.... They had four or five windows where literally the ornamentation was up on one side and had fallen off or half fallen off in the other. And I fixed it. We made a mold of the good one and we put it on the other one and we got it all beautiful. And then we skim coated with an exterior plaster that's phenomenal. The entire exterior with the best artisans you've ever seen.... The White House is now in better shape than it was in 1792, when it was built.... Look, tell Obama the following: The White House is a symbol of America. And when it's dirty, filthy dirty and broken, when the windows are cracked, when the exterior monuments — they call them monuments on the outside — when they're good on one side but missing on the other side of a window, people notice that..." Hat Hair's John Sexton has Shocking News: Trump's Arch Would Cast Shadows "The Post built a 3D model of the arch and the land around it and then shows us where the shadows will fall the longest (May 12) for the brief time when the sun is low on the horizon. "6:02 a.m. For nine minutes, it falls on the John F. Kennedy Memorial, briefly covering the eternal flame. ... If you keep reading, the Post admits that Arlington Cemetery isn't even open to the public until 8 AM. At that point, the shadows are long gone."... "Google tells me there are 9,800 trees at Arlington. Many of them cast shadows on graves. In fact, some are planted specifically to do that. So this isn't really about shadows on graves, it's about progressives willing to do and say anything to prevent Trump from leaving a mark on the nation's capital. That's what they really care about. It's the same with the ballroom. Everyone knows a ballroom is long overdue. The problem (for the Post and other progressives) is the person building it." VodkaPundit at Insty says ANALYSIS: TRUE. The Anti-Trump Left Has Descended Into A Persistent Hallucinatory State.

Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee, "It’s official now: DSA = DNC Vote Republican!" Quote Townhall.com @townhallcom, "UNDERCOVER: GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS THE DSA IS "GOING TO BE DOMINANT" AND "MAINSTREAM" IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY! "The DSA, the energy and the desire and demand for bold change, not incremental change, is very much going to be dominant. I mean, that's going to be a mainstream Democratic movement. Absolutely. No question about that..." The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "10 years ago they mocked us for claiming Obama was a socialist. Now they are proudly proclaiming their allegiance to Communism. All they ever do is lie." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Newsom Touts California As The Only State Where You Can See A Homeless Man Defecating On A Beach And On A Mountain In The Same Day."

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair sees a 'Proud Democrat' Fundraiser Drops *Another* Bombshell on El-Sayed, "David Kramer, a prominent Michigan Democratic fundraiser who served as the chair of Rep. Haley Stevens’ (D-MI) Senate campaign, told Jewish Insider on Monday in an interview and written statement that, despite reservations, he plans to support Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in next week’s Michigan Senate election." From the Free Bacon, He’s Literally a Rapist’: Top Abdul El-Sayed Aide Slammed Joe Biden as ‘Dipshit’ Who Must Be ‘Held Accountable’ for Rape, Called America ‘Cringe,’ in Deleted Posts, "El-Sayed, who badly needs the support of black voters, has carefully limited his criticisms of Biden to his Israel policy," and Abdul El-Sayed Gets Cozy With Hamas-Loving Editor Who Wants Jews Sent ‘Back to Poland’: Candidate Urged To ‘Soothe’ His Arab Supporters, "El-Sayed said Republicans will try to ‘steal’ the election in interview at offices of Hamas supporter Osama Siblani." Dave Strom at Hat Hair hears from Hochul: It's the Jews' Fault That People Hate Them. Tim O'Brien at PJM has a Cautionary Tale: Pittsburgh Is What the Country Will Look Like Under DSA Rule. Payton Alexander @AlexanderPayton, "Late-stage democracy is more descriptive than “end-stage capitalism.” What you’re seeing is a predictable failure mode of a system in which people can vote themselves more money. That’s not a failure of capitalism, that’s unrestrained democracy robbing capitalism." Quote Wealthy New Yorkers Who Take The Bus @bri_guy_ny, "I'm in my 40s. I'm a lawyer. My wife is a lawyer. We both work full time. We cannot afford the house my parents purchased on a single electrician's income in their 30s."

Bob Spencer at PJM sees Ilhan Omar Finds the Most Outrageous and Offensive Possible Way to Brazen It Out. "Fox News reported Monday that the marginally embattled Somalia-First congresswoman “is set to share the stage with far-left streamer Hasan Piker on Monday night despite mounting opposition from fellow Minnesota Democrats, some of whom have publicly urged the congresswoman to cancel the appearance just eight days before the midterm elections.”"

Misty Severi and Greg Piper at JTN reports an Ex-transgender woman says CNN town hall organizers banned her from Talarico event. "Aldaco, who is suing a therapist and counseling provider regarding her double mastectomy, told podcast host Katie Miller that she was hoping to question Talarico on his stance regarding so-called gender affirming care." Dan Flynn at Am Spec is Feeling Minnesota, "A popular Republican and an unpopular status quo could make Minnesota the surprise of November." Beege Welborn swears This Ad for MN Sec. of State GOP Candidate Tad Jude Should Touch Every Red, White, and Blue Heart. Jeff Charles at TownHall reports a Democrat Candidate Served Criminal Summons at Campaign Rally. From Twitchy, Eric Swalwell’s Beverly Hills Hangout Just Got the FBI Treatment and Gosh, Golly, GEE It Looks BAD. John Sexton, FBI Raids Beverly Hills Mansion Connected to Eric Swalwell.

Cathy Salgado at PJM reports Maine Absentee Ballot Envelopes Ended Up at a Soros-Tied Organization in Maryland. The Maine Wire @TheMaineWire, "NEW: Maine closed the missing ballot envelope case without answers - records show. A detective recovered 498 blank absentee envelopes sent to a Soros-funded NGO in Maryland. UPS said it would need a subpoena; the AG's office determined there wasn't enough information to issue one. The case is closed. That's how seriously Maine takes election integrity..." They wouldn't have been found except they were delivered to a wrong address. I wonder where the actual ballots went. Don Surber says Make AMERICAN Votes Count, "California fights in court to count votes from noncitizens."

Misty at JTN sees the Trump DOJ charges James Comey with transmission of national defense information in third case, "A grand jury has not indicted Comey on the latest charges, but the case has been playing out under seal since Oct. 5, and Comey's defense attorneys sought to have the charges dismissed last week." Sundance celebrates as DOJ Unseals James Comey Criminal Information (Indictment) Surrounding Leaks to Media and Violation of Espionage Act. From NYPo, the Divine Miranda Devine claims FBI agents finally face accountability after trying to smother the Hunter Biden corruption scandal. John Solomon at JTN reports Emails cast doubt on Jack Smith testimony he followed rules to protect attorney-client privilege. "Emails sharply contradict Smith’s testimony just weeks ago to the Senate Judiciary Committee. He expressed confidence his team had followed the proper rules to keep attorney client privileged testimony out of the hands of agents and investigators who weren’t legally entitled to have it." It's not polite to lie to Congress, but it's only illegal when Republicans do it. At Da Fed, Mark Mazman has 6 Ways To Hold Banks Accountable For Debanking Conservative Customers and Abhi Kambli explains Why Elissa Slotkin’s Threats To Trump Staffers Are Probably Unconstitutional. From Campus Reform, College students fire back after Democratic Sen. Slotkin vows to target young conservative staffers.

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "This is one of the most shocking drops yet. Coordination with foreign powers to overthrow our government? Shockingly awful. Having said that, I'd like to correct something I said on a Spaces where I commented that organizing with a foreign power to overthrow our government is "the very definition of treason." I did some legal research and that's not quite true. The federal law governing this is 18 U.S. Code § 2381, which reads as follows: "Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States." The question then becomes, what is an "enemy" that must be "adhere[d]" to in order for it to be treason? Like with most complex issues of law, there is not a 100% straightforward answer, but an 1863 SCOTUS case, U.S. v. Greathouse, suggests that an "enemy" in this context must be in an open state of armed conflict with the U.S. for a nation to be an "enemy." So, technically, the Color Revolution plotters are likely not legally committing "treason" unless they are coordinating with Iran, the only nation we are currently in armed conflict with. (And they may well be, who knows!) Sedition, OTOH?" Quote DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "THE DEMOCRACY FILES / ILLEGITIMACY PLAYBOOK, PART 10: THE ROLE OF FOREIGN STATES (First post deleted for typo)." Sound file at source. Martin Hackworth at Howlin’ at the Moon in ii-V-I says DataRepublican sees long, hard times to come. "Former USAID officials, deep state actors and Blue State pols attempting to goad Donald Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act are not just fever dreams. But be careful what you wish for."

Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics, "An Illinois man allegedly mailed letters filled with white powder to four members of Congress — then put his own return address on every single one. Matthew G. Unglesbee now faces two felony charges after the FBI says he sent the letters as a fake anthrax hoax, telling law enforcement the substance was salt and that he chose it specifically because it looks like anthrax. He told the FBI he knew recipients would respond with hazmat suits. The FBI got tipped off after someone overheard Unglesbee bragging about the letters at a restaurant. A search of his home turned up a fifth unsent letter."

Cathy Salgado is happy to see Feds Step in: DOJ Charges Illegal Alien Who Smashed the Iwo Jima Statue at Quantico. Beege Welborn thinks a 'Virginia Man' Picks a Bad Day to Get Picked Up By ICE. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement @ICEgov, "Another sob story headline that conveniently leaves out the facts. Amaury Jose Monsalve Figuera, a CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN from Venezuela, was arrested for firearms, ammunition, drug, and open-container offenses. His green card was revoked following immigration fraud proceedings, and an immigration judge ordered his removal on October 19. Work authorization or a pending application does NOT make you an American citizen or give you the right to remain in this country. He remains in ICE custody pending DEPORTATION." Rusty Weiss likes how DHS Slaps '60 Minutes’ With Receipts After They Cut Footage From Interview on Illegals: Gotcha. Twitchy shouts BOOM: DHS's James Percival LEVELS 60 Minutes By Sharing Footage From Interview on Illegals They CUT.

Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "For some reason, NBC's Kristen Welker is asking Abdul El-Sayed about running for president. "Do you think that America is ready for a Muslim president?" El-Sayed: "I think Michigan is ready for a Muslim Senator." Welker: "But you don't rule out the possibility?" El-Sayed: "I think Michigan is ready for a Muslim Senator. I have no intention of ever running for president." Hasan Piker's best bud hasn't even won his election yet and Welker is already priming him for a presidential run." From Da Wrap, a Former Biden Speechwriter Accuses NY Times of Stealing News Startup’s Pollution Reporting Without Attribution.

Althouse finds "France has beautiful days ahead of it... its recovery begins here in Orléans. This is the symbol of the fight against stupidity, against abandonment, against resignation." "Said Marine Le Pen, addressing supporters of France’s "far-right" National Rally in Orléans (where Joan of Arc defended France in 1429)." Dave Strom interpretes Burnham: The Manifesto We Ran on No Longer Applies to Immigration and Macron: Censorship Is the Answer to Riots. Martin A.Armstrong @ArmstrongEcon, "There are no mirrors in government. The enemy is always external, and as they lose control, governments will become more authoritarian." Quote Global Dissident @GlobalDiss, "Macron says social media is "damaging French democracy" – as riots tear France apart. The man with 17% approval is blaming the internet for the chaos his own policies created."

Attorney General Ken Paxton @KenPaxtonTX, "BREAKING: The nation’s first-ever Detransition Clinic is now open as a result of my historic settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital." From the Center Square WA, Soccer team, security scrutinized after podcaster, group removed over t-shirts. "Pressure is increasing on Providence Park Stadium and the Portland Thorns soccer team following an incident Friday night in which Seattle podcaster Brandi Kruse and several others said they were assaulted and forcibly removed from the game because they wore shirts from XX-XY Athletics, a brand that maintains women’s sports should be for women and girls only."

From the College Fix, ‘Comprehensive kink guides,’ ‘dildo-making contest’ part of University of Southern California’s annual Sex Week. Kids these days...

Plus, still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.27.26 (Early Evening Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Continuing Crisis up on time and under budget.

Flotsam and Jetsam - A Week to Go

Before the midterms. At PJM, Stephen Kruiser thinks El-Sayed Gives Obama a Chance to Work Out His Trump Daddy Issues, Modern Democrats Really Should Swap Out the Donkey for a Swastika and Scott Pinsker claims Republicans Have a Secret Weapon to Win Michigan — and His Name Is…: The El-Sayed Slayer |"His name is Mehmet Cengiz Oz, and he’s the Muslim son of Turkish immigrants. Better known as “Dr. Oz,” he’s the most famous Muslim doctor in America. And unlike “Doctor” El-Sayed, Dr. Oz is a real, actual doctor: He’s been legally licensed, fully credentialed, completed his residency, popularized life-saving treatments, and was the professor of surgery at Columbia University." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears GOP Will 'Steal' Election, El-Sayed Tells Hamas-Backing Dearborn Editor. Plus: Goo Goo Ga Jewb? TownHall's Matt Vespa asks Is This the Most Antisemitic Ad to Ever Air for a Senate Race? and wants you to Watch Van Jones and Scott Jennings Tear Apart This Pro-El-Sayed Ad on CNN. Jorge Bonilla @BonillaJL, "WATCH: Kristen Welker bravely intervenes on behalf of the moderate Muslim who might feel alienated by Mike Rogers' denunciation of the media's refusal to cover Abdul El-Sayed's personal and familial ties to the Muslim Brotherhood." VodkaPundit at Insty has a CIVIL RIGHTS REMINDER: Here’s a Quick Second Amendment History Lesson For Michigan’s Islamo-Socialist Senate Candidate, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed. John Sexton at Hat Hair hears from NYC: Woman Charged for Attacking Jews With Syringe. Amy Curtis at TownHall sees the NYC Comptroller Sounds Alarm After 30,000 Private-Sector Jobs Left the City in Just Two Months. Gee, I wonder why? Hat Hair's Beege Welborn says Color Me Constantly Amazed at How Big Cities Squeeze Money Out of Rocks. Kyle Olson at TownHall hears Gavin Newsom Calls DSA 'Mainstream Democratic Movement' Heading Into 2028 Presidential Election. At Hat Hair a Larry vid shows a Hidden Camera Footage Capture Gavin Newsom Predicting Democratic Socialists Will Dominate His Party. RedState's Bob Hoge has the Feel Good Story of the Day: Think Tank Ranks the Nation's Worst Governors, and the List Is Spot On. The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "Crazy we thought this shit was over when the Wall fell. Turns out Communism is a lot like herpes; you can’t cure it, you can only treat the flare ups."

Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "LMAO! Scott Bessent is TROLLING Obama by having lunch at the Cheesecake Factory today, after Obama threw shade at the restaurant yesterday “This is the man who built the museum that looks like DARTH VADER’S TOMB! I would tell the Martha's Vineyard set to give it a try.” What a legend." Steve Soucup at Am Great says Thanks Again, Obama, "Without Obama, Trump would never have become president, and that’s true both literally and figuratively." Richard “Beebo” Russell @proverbs_14_23, "For anyone curious about what it actually looked like to kill a generation of functioning cars, here’s an actual video from 2009 and brief explanation: ... So just like that, in order to increase prosperity and save the environment, 677,000 entire running cars and trucks were turned directly into rebar worth a few cents per pound. The entire Obama administration was like a chapter out of atlas shrugged."

Anxious anxiously informs us Anthropic model accessed voter information, in Georgia. Buck Throckmorton at Ace's MORNING RANT has A Reminder that the Purpose of Election Prediction Markets Isn’t to Gauge Voter Sentiment but to Influence It. At Hat Hair, Dave Strom sees Suddenly Protecting the Ballot Is Good Policy in Washington state, and cites Gallup: Republicans Rank Patriotism As Important, Democrats Disagree. Sundance calls this Interesting – President Trump Notes Reward for Identifying Voter Fraud. Fox goes Inside House GOP's far-reaching push to monitor midterm elections and prepare for legal fights. "Committee on House Administration's program could pave the way for recounts and lawsuits if improprieties found." Politico claims a Poll shows Trump is mobilizing more Democrats against him than Republicans for him. "A new POLITICO Poll shows that even some of the president’s most loyal supporters are willing to put winning first." It could be true, but I don't trust polls and I don't trust Politico.

You may have heard, Brazil held an election, and the process and results were, uh, interesting. At Variety, Lula’s Election Win: How Fan Accounts for Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and More Helped Him to a Historic Victory and Defeat for Trump, "Lula’s 51.79%/48.21% defeat of far right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro is a massive win for Brazil’s cinema and, more importantly, the environment, health service and democracy." At the Rio Times, Brazil Stocks Halted After Lula Win, "São Paulo’s exchange, B3, halted share trading for 30 minutes at 8:57 a.m. ET after a plunge of more than 10%...Futures. Contracts on the Ibovespa, Brazil’s main stock index, fell nearly 20% at the worst point." Ace, Leftwing Brazilian Strongman Lula Puts His Personal Lawyer on the Supreme Court, Who Then Orders the Polls to Remain Open in Lula Strongholds. Eugene Kontorovich @EVKontorovich, "This is modern liberalism. After winning an election by having his own lawyer, now a judge, keep polls in favorable districts open, Lula immediately seeks to crack down on free speech to keep the Right from having a chance again. We saw such crackdowns in Hungary, and will see them in the U.S." Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro has been summoned by the Federal Police to hand over his passport within 24 hours by order of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The Supreme Court Justice argues that there is a risk that Bolsonaro could flee abroad to avoid prosecution." Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii, "WHAT IS THE LESSON OF BRAZIL? If you ever give the Marxists power, they'll never give it back." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "After Late-Night Ballot Drop, Joe Biden Wins Brazilian Presidency With 81 Million Votes."

Elsewhere abroad, Hat Hair's John Sexton reports Cuba's Government Has Collapsed and Cubans Know Who to Blame and Beege Welborn sees More Syrupean Economic Bleeding From the Tariff Fight. Sundance at CTH, ConocoPhillips Plans Job Cuts in Canada, Effective Tomorrow. VodkaPundit at Insty says IF YOU WANT PEACE…: "The Nordics are preparing for war. “The border region’s economic decline and rapid militarization are emblematic of the entire Nordic region’s radically changed approach to relations with Russia and the United States. During the Cold War and to a lesser extent after it, Finland and Sweden managed relations with Moscow through a combination of pragmatic diplomacy, deterrence, and trade. Today, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, both diplomacy and trade have been severely downgraded. These two Nordic nations, which touted an enlightened neutrality during the Cold War and maintained good relations with both the Soviet Union and the West, have recently joined Nato."

Chris Queen at PJM looks at The Cost of an Ordinary Life: A Stronger Energy Supply Means More Than Cheaper Fill-Ups. At the Am. C on Safety and Health, Why is diesel so expensive? It's all in the chemistry "Diesel used to be cheaper than gasoline. Not anymore. Both fuels come from the same crude oil, so why the big price difference? Economics plays a role, but chemistry deserves much of the blame. Especially the surprisingly difficult and expensive business of getting rid of stinky sulfur."

Collin Rugg @CollinRugg, "NEW: Robert Reich calls for the "defunding" of Elon Musk, calls for Democrats to go after Musk's companies. "Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX... It should be a public corporation." Does he want Musk to drop another $50M on the midterms? Swan @AndySwan, "5 years ago: Starlink is such a stupid idea. Anyone wasting money investing in this Musk scam deserves to lose everything. Today: Starlink is essential to the defense of an invaded nation. Access to Starlink is a human right! Nationalize it!" Outer Space Today @outerspacetoday, "BREAKING: SpaceX $SPCX has secured access to some of the Pentagon’s most precise satellite-tracking data, giving its Starlink network new capabilities for monitoring spacecraft and collision risks in orbit. First reported by Breaking Defense and examined in new reporting by The Guardian, the agreement allows SpaceX to access portions of the U.S. military’s High Accuracy Catalog. In exchange, SpaceX provides tracking observations from Stargaze, a network of sensors aboard its approximately 11,000 Starlink satellites. The military data includes detailed estimates of orbital trajectories and potential collision risks, improving the ability to monitor objects that could threaten spacecraft...."

At WaEx, The Fed thinks it’s fighting inflation. It’s starving the cure. Sundance reports Audi Announces Intent to Build $4 Billion SUV Plant in Macon Georgia – 4,500 Jobs. Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav, "She is absolutely nuking the reputation of The Economist with these interviews. First she gets decapitated by Elon Musk, now Jamie Dimon mocks how ridiculous she is." Quote Garrett Wright @garrxttt, "JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon mocks The Economist during a tense exchange after being told he’s sounding like Trump: “I’m not Trumpian. I’m factual.”" Interviewer: “You’re sounding Trumpy.”

From Ace, In a Since-Deleted Tweet, Ilhan "Omar" Wished a Happy Fathers' Day to Her Real Father, "Nur Said," and Not "Omar". "I've mentioned this before but none of you guys ever believe me (and I can't say I fault you for that). So believe Just the News." Dave Strom wonders Did Ilhan Omar Send a Veiled Threat to Her Somali Constituents?

Capt. Ed reports Comey Indicted for Nat-Sec Leaks to Media. Keep after him. Nothing will stick with a DC or NoVa jury, though. The Divine Ms. Devine has a podcast episode with AG Blanche, I Risked My Career for President Trump. Cam Edwards at BA sees a Man Who Failed to Rewrite Second Amendment Asks SCOTUS to Finish the Job. "Robinson's argument goes something like this: I tried to start a grassroots campaign to amend the Constitution and update the language of the Second Amendment that went nowhere, so now the Court should step in and declare that the Second Amendment's prefatory clause is "extinct," and the right to keep and bear arms extends solely to self-defense and hunting for food, not any other lawful purpose. Also, a purely hypothetical conversation between an imaginary 9-year-old girl and her equally imaginary teacher proves that the Second Amendment does not protect semiautomatic firearms."

At Da Signal, Trump’s Deportations Are Making America Safer. Ace, It's Hard to Believe, But When You Deport Tens of Thousands of Career Criminals, Crime in America Falls. "How can this be? If we're deporting so many criminals, how can crime still be dropping?" From Da Wire, An Illegal Immigrant Killed My Daughter. Steve Descano Could Have Stopped It. "Descano campaigned on the idea that deporting a criminal is "a perversion of justice," and my daughter paid for it." At the Gateway Pundit, Judge Ignores ICE Detainer, Grants Bond for Illegal Alien Suspected of Decapitating Iwo Jima Memorial.

AP whines the Trump administration asks Washington to set aside ballots from 400 voters it says may be noncitizens. Insider Wire @InsiderWire, "#BREAKING: The DOJ just charged 48 foreigners with illegally voting in U.S. elections." Rusty Weiss at RedState points out Well, That '60 Minutes’ Deportation Sob Story Sure Blew Up in a Hurry.

PJM's Vicky Raft sees The Real Target of the Paris Riots Comes Into Focus — and It's Not 'School Funding' and Aaron Hanscomb notes Barcelona Burns, and Spain’s Left Blames Israel. Capt. Ed thinks Macron Channels LePen, Proposed Consequences. Now the 'Yellow Vests' Are Joining Protests. From Quotulatiousness “This alliance between Islamist and left-wing forces is known in France as islamo-gauchisme.“ Ace argues Islamocommunism Is Choking On Its Own Internal Contradictions, "Leftwing white women have a problem..." Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "Rioters in France set fire close to a building. A woman from the side yells "There are kids in that building!" The rioter replies "We don't give a f*ck, we want our rights" I don't see how nearly setting a building on fire gives you any rights..."

John Sexton likes how a Conservative Lawyer Points to a Double Standard at the NYTimes. There are "right-wing" law professors, but no "left-wing" law professors. Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "CNN calls Karen Finney a "political commentator." Karen Finney was Hillary Clinton's press secretary. She was also the communications director for the DNC." Quote David J. Urban @DavidJUrban, "Karen Finney went on CNN and chalked up Trump’s rise after Obama to “whitelash” and “hate groups,” as if opposing the far left is about bigotry. Then riddle me this. Why is @AbdulElSayed's Democrat primary oppenent, Haley Stevens, refusing to campaign with her own party’s nominee? It isn’t race. It isn’t hate. It’s that his policies are too crazy radical even for fellow Democrats. The left calls it bigotry because they can’t admit the truth. Voters are rejecting bad ideas."

Karlyn Borysenko, anti-communist cult leader @DrKarlynB, "Exclusive. "The United States Government must fall." Earlier today, members of the Chicago Teachers Union collaborated with activist students and teachers in France. On that call, they explicitly called for violence, destruction, killing, and the fall of the United States Government. The full, unedited recording is in the post below." Legal Phil @Legal_Fil, "Please tell me more about the need to vote for the party that nominated a Nazi-insignia tattooed individual to combat Nazis."The Patriarch Tree @PatriarchTree, "The mislabeling is not accidental, of course. The Left calls any opposition “fascist,” “Nazi,” etc., as a way of justifying extralegal measures to suppress dissent, including terrorist violence." Quote Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "It's not a victory over "authoritarianism" if a nationalist loses an election. Putin is an authoritarian. Trump is not, nor is Bolsonaro. The left enjoys this "resistance" cosplay, ignoring authoritarian behavior in its own ranks. Anything to distract from French riots, I guess.."

Heather McDonald at CJ asserts Cornell’s Real Crisis Is Irrationalism, Not Rape, "In claiming a campus rape crisis, the university’s students are egged on by radical professors who betray the cause of reason for an ideology of victimhood."

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Supreme Court Allows Ballroom to Proceed 5-4

With Chief Justice Roberts joining the three liberal ladies in dissent. Fox, Trump's White House ballroom construction gets another lifeline from SCOTUS amid heated legal fight, "Chief Justice John Roberts dissented, calling the privately funded East Wing project 'likely unlawful'." Mary Chastain at LI, Supreme Court Grants Stay on Order Stopping White House Ballroom Construction, "Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the three leftist justices." Sundance at CTH, Supreme Court Rule 5-4 to Eliminate Lawsuit Against White House Ballroom and National Defense Complex – Chief Justice Roberts Joined the Minority. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, SCOTUS: It's It's a Ballroom Blitz, 5-4; Roberts Hangs With the Hacks, As a Matter of Fact. Supreme Court. "We grant the requested stay. The government has established that it is likely to succeed on the merits of a significant legal question, that it would likely suffer irreparable harm without a stay, and that the balance of equities tips in its favor." Mark Paoletta @MarkPaoletta, "Superb ruling by the Supreme Court! There is absolutely zero standing for the National Trust to sue. Simply not liking a building does not constitute injury. Basic Article III limitation. D.C. Circuit Judge Neomi Rao set the table for this decision with her brilliant dissent finding no standing. This is an encouraging development for the many other cases where leftwing groups baselessly sue to thwart President Trump’s America First agenda, and leftwing district judges issue baseless injunctions despite lacking jurisdiction. Hopefully, this great Supreme Court decision is the beginning of reining in these lawless tactics. President Trump showed great leadership in pushing forward expeditiously to complete this important ballroom/military complex. Well done, Mr. President!" Josh Blackmun at the Volokh Conspiracy, is trying to Make Sense Of The Chief Justice's Tango In The Ballroom Case. "It was the Chief, and not KBJ, who was holding up the case. Was he trying to flip ACB's vote?" Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke, "One of the most galling aspects of all this lawfare is that so much of it is run through 501(c)(3) organizations, meaning organizations whose activities are effectively subsidized by taxpayers. They then use the aura of “IRS approved nonprofit” status to confer a kind of legitimacy on themselves, as though the government has somehow endorsed what they do. It has not. These are private activist organizations pursuing their own agendas. ..." Quote Shawn Fleetwood @ShawnFleetwood, "BREAKING: Supreme Court ends lower court blockade against Trump’s White House ballroom construction. Chief Justice Roberts joins the court’s Democrat appointees in dissent." It's time to end the 501c3 bullshit.

Newsweek opines Iran Is Facing Its Soviet Moment and Possibly Its End. Cathy Salgado at PJM hears Trump Say Iran’s Regime Killed 100,000 Freedom Protesters. Surely, some liberal fact checker will come along and insist it was on 99,999 so far, and Trump is lying. Capt. Ed sees Desperation: Iran Tries Provoking US, Hilarity Ensues "Trump finally appears comfortable with the siege as the prime strategy, as a means to force the IRGC's collapse or at least its desperation. Feed a cold, starve Vahidi. It also appears to be working, and this level of desperation indicates that it may be working even better than we think." At the Victory Girls Trump Reiterates Stance On Iran As War Reheats Again. Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "@POTUS: "Iran is the number one leading state sponsor of terror... They cannot have a nuclear weapon."" Don Surber is looking forward to Fighting Iran with pirates. Cleetus Olney @CleetusOlney, "CNN: Hegseth fired all of the honest brokers and surrounded himself with “yes men.” Also CNN: Flag Officers “continuously” non-concur with Hegseth. Pick one, you hacks." Quote Haley Britzky @halbritz, "The Secretary sees non-concurs from senior military commanders “constantly”? x.com/seanparnellasw…"

From Ace, Trump Announces Truly Huge Deal to... Take Over 65 Billion Barrels' Worth of Venezuela's Oil Reserves?! Why would they do this? Because successive socialist governments have, get this, run the oil industry into the ground. They did not do basic maintenance and never bothered to upgrade and modernize their infrastructure. They have billions of barrels of oil they never invested any money in so the oil remains underground. The socialists, if you can believe this, simply extracted oil (and embezzled the money) while doing nothing to safeguard the future health of the industry. So Venezuela needs outside help to do the most basic things. Let's elect socialists in America to work the same Economic Miracles! I don't know if I like this. Venezuela has a nasty habit of repudiating past agreements and "nationalizing" -- stealing -- foreign investments in their oil industry."

Beege Welborn likes how Bessent Disses the Carney-Val: 'He's Doing What's Best for Mark Carney and the Liberal Party'. Sundance asserts Canadian Govt Gaslighting Is Off the Charts and reports Chinese Car Company BYD Inquires to Purchase Stellantis Auto Plant in Canada, Barbara Boyd Discusses G20 Outlooks – Abundance Mindset ‘Build More Pies’ (Bessent) -vs- Scarcity Mindset ‘Divide Up Pie’ (Europe). CNN whines Iceland rejects EU membership plan in referendum held under the shadow of Trump’s Greenland threats. Sarah Hoyt at Insty thinks SUPPORTING THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY ANNOYS THE HECK OUT OF MY ENEMY: Turkey: We Put Out A Warrant For Netanyahu’s Arrest. Israel: Enjoy Greece Having Our Cutting Edge Weapons.

Sundance hosts as President Trump Holds an Oval Office Event to Outline Newest U.S. Prescription Drug Price Reductions. Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "@SecScottBessent: "She is on the Senate Finance Committee, she is the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee — and neither she nor her staff know the difference between a foreign exchange intervention or a currency swap. It is shameful."" Quote Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren, "Tough couple weeks for Sec. Bessent. His effort to prop up a foreign currency hasn’t worked. His failed intervention in Treasury markets was blasted by his mentor as burning "two centuries" of credibility." @instapundit @instapundit, "It’s the Anaconda Strategy." Quote Prowler @derzum_, "Replying to @derzum_ Trump's actions against NGOs, gutting of USAID, sanctions on ICC, leaving 66 world organizations, pulling back Civil Rights rulings & DEI regulations, firing federal workers, pursuing election integrity and clearing out fraud all damage the power of the foreign and domestic left."

RedState's Bog Hoge sees The Lake America Memes Are Coming in Fast and Furious, and They Are Laugh Out Loud Funny.

At Sauron's Eye, Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets on Sept. 11 attacks invite scrutiny of past remarks Ace reports Muslim Brotherhood Spawn Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed Begins Deleting Old Tweets Making Light of 9/11, Claims That Anyone Who Wants to Judge a Senatorial Candidate Based on His Statements and Sympathies Is Engaging in "Cancel Culture", "Some people deleted some tweets about some people doing some things." It's kind of late to be deleting tweets. Hat Hair's John Sexton noticed Abdul El-Sayed Had Thoughts on 9/11 (and the Left Is Outraged About It). Capt. Ed wonders Is This The World's Worst Campaign Video? It looks like a hostage video. PJM's Scott Pinsker calls out Politico’s Big Lie About Michigan’s Muslim Vote. Dave Strom, MI Attorney General to Jews: Sacrifice Your Very Existence to Elect Democrats. Guy Benson @guypbenson, "Wild what’s happening in Michigan" Quote Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar, "Michigan AG Dana Nessel called on Jewish Dems to "place the needs of the world" even "over our own survival" in speech Sunday. “We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest and, yes, even our own survival""

PM claims Mamdani’s free day care plan in chaos as cash-strapped centers warn they may not open. Maybe electing a failed rapper who never had a real job wasn't such a great idea after all. Stu Smith and Daniel Edward Rosen at CJ are worried about Mamdani’s Abolitionist Bench. "The mayor’s new judicial panel reveals the radical direction in which New York’s criminal and family courts may be headed." Gooder and harder. Beege Welborn looks at The LARPing Lowlife King of the DSA, Gustavo Gordillo. From Fox, Far-left streamer Hasan Piker equates Israel's 'right to exist' to Nazi Germany, "The far-left streamer called Israel an 'apartheid state' and compared Zionism to fascism during the conversation."

PJM's VodkaPundit says HE'S RUNNING: This Obama Advisor Just Denounced the DSA, "former Barack Obama advisor and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel." Karol Markowicz @karol, "We spend a lot of time talking about the left flank of the Democratic party wanting to get rid of prisons and stop celebrating Thanksgiving but the more "moderate" Democrats are openly arguing to end the electoral college and pack the supreme court." Sandy Petersen @SandyofCthulhu, ""Under Communism, everyone has a job". This is absolutely true. Here's what else was true. 1) you were ASSIGNED your job AND the region for that job by the state (i.e., a bureaucraft). You were required to stay in your job at least 3 years. 2) After 3 years, if you wanted to switch jobs, you needed the approval of both your labor board AND your employer. If you switched too often (for example: every 3 years), there were legal penalties, up to imprisonment. 3) promotions were based on party membership, loyalty, and sucking up. I'ved talked to a lot of former Soviet citizens, and zero of them thought merit was of use. Also many nice jobs were only for party members...." In a Hot Hair vid, What the Socialists Get Wrong About the Affordability Problem Is... EVERYTHING. From NYPo, Democratic socialism could cost the US a staggering $200 trillion, report reveals: ‘Closer to Soviet-style communism.’ At WaEx, Socialism in practice means more power for the Trump administration, experts say. Kevin Downey at PJM says Hey, I Know That Guy Who Just Clown-Slapped Rep. Max Frost! Townhall.com @townhallcom, "Maxwell Frost complains that he did NOT have access to the American Dream, gets immediately checked: "You went from driving an Uber to being a politician...! What am I missing?!""

PJM's Dave Manney sees California Lawmakers Keep Giving Businesses Reasons to Leave. Buck Throckmorton at Ace's cites Hampton Prescott on “The Curley Effect” – Municipal Mismanagement that Perpetuates Political Power by Driving Away Responsible Opposition. Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog is astonished by $65 Billion In ObamaCare Fraud? Just wait, there's more.

Page 6 Hollywood says Hunter Biden reveals dad Joe used to visit him in crack den with motorcade and Secret Service.

At NYPo you too can see the Moment disgraced Eric Swalwell is surrounded by FBI agents at San Francisco airport. Sundance wallows in schadenfreude as a Grand Jury Subpoenas James Comey Advisor Daniel Richman. Ace cites a Whistleblower: NY AG and Gigantic Hag "Tish" James Commanded Her Underlings to Find (or Contrive) Criminal Charges Against Trump -- and His Friends and Allies. "This is abuse of office. A prosecutor is supposed to investigate a crime and find the guilty party, not investigate a person to discover crimes (or, in this case, "crimes"). Before anyone can say it: Nothing will happen, of course." This should surprise no one; she campaigned on it. John Sexton sees Larry Krasner's Office Keeps Freeing Murderers, No Matter the Cost.

From the WJ, New Fauci Docs Prove He Repeatedly Told People to Delete Emails He Sent Them. Ace sees Released Emails Show Anthony Fauci Routinely Told "Scientists" To Delete His Emails (So That Congress and Other Investigators Couldn't See Them), "No one is above the law, especially not a three-foot-seven malignant dwarf Bond villain." I'm not sure you can ever really delete e-mail from a federal government server.

Scott McKay @TheHayride, "One thing I notice is that the people angriest about SpaceX and the other economic development wins Louisiana is posting are not the Left. They're the old-money, establishment white Democrats and in particular the trial lawyers...."

Stacy McCain likes his bodycam footage, Police Bodycam Video Shows Response to Antifa Terror Attack on Texas ICE Facility. Lee (Greater) @shortmagsmle, "So out of 500,000+ immigrants, 300,000+ had a documented criminal history? And this is supposed to make me be *against* deportations?" Quote The Washington Post @washingtonpost, "ICE has arrested more than half a million people since President Trump returned to office, and nearly 40 percent do not have a criminal record. As of Aug. 6, ICE had detained more people without a criminal record this year than in all of 2025." Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "I think that I would have more sympathy here if virtually the entire political left had not spent years lambasting the President as a racist for calling Haiti a "shithole," organizing single women's tours to the place, and literally running around in shirts reading "Haiti Is Already Great." This may be shallow, but is definitely a reality" quote Steve McEllistrem SteveMcEllis, "Haitians are no longer entitled to temporary protected status even though the State Dept warns travelers not to visit Haiti due to crime, unrest and limited healthcare. So it's okay to deport these folks to terrible conditions that we won't tolerate?" Ace catches up to the fact Grifter Narcissist Milo Yiannopolis Deported by Homeland Security for Illegally Overstaying His Visa. "He's to be deported. Good." Already gone. 

Beege Welborn is enthralled that Sec. Duffy Continues Shutting Down the Illegitimate CDL School Pipeline. Sundance, Dept of Transportation and DHS Hold Press Conference to Announce Emergency Action on Commercial Driver’s License Revocation.

Aaron Hanscom at PJM notes Pedro Sánchez Is Back From Vacation — Guess Which Country He Blames for ‘Disinformation’ About Ceuta. At the Telegraph, Muslim workers threaten strike after Venice mayor blocks mosque. From Dave Strom, Immigration: Too Much of a Good Thing? Muslim Immigration: Too Much of a Bad Thing.

This is the most incredible shot/chaser I've seen. In 2015 this communist lauds Canada for infinity immigration, saying it drives GDP. 11 years later, he's freaking out about Canada's GDP falling off a cliff, asking "what happened in 2015???"
Stupid-smart people strike again! pic.twitter.com/3KC2KIK4sA

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) August 31, 2026

I would also point out that in 2015, Justin Trudeau was elected.

Stephen Kruiser at PJM, Here's Hoping Trump Leaves the MSM Propaganda Machine in Ruins. John Tierney at CJ exposes The Political Violence Double Standard, "The left-wing kind is discounted; the right-wing kind is exaggerated." At NYPO, WaPo columnist calls source for his own paper’s Iran war report ‘a traitor’ who ‘ought to be prosecuted.’ Irons in the Fire opines Once again, it is not possible to hate most of our Professional Journalists enough, "How, pray tell, did the Washington Post acquire such highly classified information about wartime military operations? Well, as the Post describes, that highly classified information came from “people familiar with [the] assessment,” who “described the assessment to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because the document is classified.”" At TownHall, Kurt Schlichter believes The Washington Post Embarrasses Itself Trying to Embarrass Me. I'm not sure they're capable of embarrassment.

@instapundit @instapundit, "Universities suffer the consequences of policies and politics that they supported." Quote Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis, ""Despite the often-stunning brilliance and laid-back, tolerant vibe of Burlington, enrollment at the University of Vermont has fallen precipitously, [which] has at least something to do with Burlington’s sketchy downtown area." Marc Porter Magee @marcportermagee, "Reminder: Temple is looking really shaky too." Quote Marc Porter Magee @marcportermagee, "Big problems for Temple: “Projections for enrollment growth over the next few years have been downsized, which would mean a loss of $150 million in revenue over five years.” Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "This is absolutely something that could happen. Colleges are in a triple bind: the Trump admin is threatening their funding (and capping govt student loans), the population of college-age people is starting what will be a sharp decline, and parents have never been more skeptical of the value they provide for extraordinarily high tuition, for good reason. I think the chance of significant contraction of the number of colleges, as well as significant shuffle in elite rankings, are more likely than not in the next 5-10 years." Quote Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper, "People are under-pricing the possibility of a black-swan-esque event where significant chunks of higher ed collapse suddenly. At some point parents will decide they will not pay $100-400k combined for their kids to cheat their way through college. I expect a bang, not a whimper. x.com/sfmcguire79/st…" How do you go bankrupt? Slowly, then suddenly.

The Handmaid’s Tale the Left wants you to worry about vs. the Handmaid’s Tale the Left is helping to make happen. pic.twitter.com/f0eo1MhxhF

— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) August 30, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Comey Indicted Again, King Chuck Drop By for a Visit

Let's dispose of this one first. Da Signal has a Report: James Comey Indicted Again in the eastern district of NC. "CNN reported that the charges are connected to Comey’s photo posted online of a sea shell arrangement that said “8647,” which was viewed as a threat to Trump, the 47th president." John Sexton at Hat Hair VIP, Comey Gets Indicted Again. Althouse finds "The two charges stem from a photo that Comey posted online showing seashells on a beach that were arranged to write out '86 47.'" ""Trump is the 47th president; '86' can mean banning or removing someone, but it can also be slang for killing a person. Comey quickly removed the post after receiving criticism that the phrase could be used to communicate the threat of violence." From "James Comey indicted over 2025 social media post allegedly threatening Trump/The former FBI director issued a video statement maintaining his innocence and criticizing the current Justice Department" (WaPo)." I think this is a chickenshit charge. On the other hand, Comey deserved to be indicted for a large number of crimes related to Russiagate, and his out of the gate obstruction in Trump's first term, but alas, the statute of limitations on those crimes has mostly passed. I predict this prosecution fails, but the process will be some measure of just punishment.

Matt Margolis at PJM thinks The Way Bongino Flushed Out Deep State Leakers Was Pure GENIUS. Or fairly obvious. Give each person a different set of facts, and see who which set gets leaked. A full-throated defense of Pam Bondi from LHGrey @grey4626, "I have been asked for my opinion about Pam Bondi...so here it is... Pam Bondi, in my opinion...was deployed as a precision instrument in a theater of institutional warfare where the Attorney General’s role is less about courtroom theatrics and more about reshaping the Department of Justice’s internal architecture from within a bureaucracy engineered to resist exactly that. To mistake her fifteen-month tour for failure is to misunderstand the architecture of power itself..." I don't know that I agree, but it's worth reading. Paul Sperry @paulsperry_, "BREAKING: Just-declassified FBI/DOJ Clinton Foundation docs reveal the same inspector general, Michael Atkinson, who relaxed whistleblower rules and misled Congress re the Eric Ciaramella/Adam Schiff impeachment plot, was involved in the 2016 decision to scuttle the Clinton Fdn. investigation as a then-DOJ prosecutor."

Matt Margolis also reports a Top Fauci Aide Indicted for Concealing Records in COVID Origins Cover-Up. Hat Hair's Dave Strom is hoping for COVID Consequences Coming? Sean Spicer @seanspicer, "Anthony Fauci adviser indicted by Department of Justice David Morens, 78, has been charged with conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal, or mutilation of records; and aiding and abetting." He was too low in the food chain to get an auto-pen pardon. Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "A doctor and top assistant to Anthony Fauci has been arrested for destroying emails relating to the origins of Covid. Finally! Buckle up, more is coming." Quote Senator Ron Johnson @SenRonJohnson, "More than two years ago, my PSI staff discovered and made public emails in which Dr. David Morens bragged to colleagues about his efforts to avoid transparency by destroying federal records and using his personal email to communicate on “sensitive issues.”" At Althouse "These allegations represent a profound abuse of trust at a time when the American people needed it most — during the height of a global pandemic." "Said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, quoted in "Anthony Fauci adviser indicted by DOJ on charges of concealing COVID records" (NY Post)." Paul D. Thacker @thackerpd, "EXCLUSIVE: NIH has removed virologist Ralph Baric from all his grants; UNC placed Baric on leave. Senior HHS officials says UNC was complicit in starting the COVID pandemic. “Baric designed the gun,” he said. “But the Chinese built it, and then they pulled the trigger." 

At Althouse, King Charles arrives at the White House. Sundance at CTH hosts President Donald Trump Hosts a State Dinner for King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the White House – Livestream Links. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair likes 'We Two Kings' and the Art of Trolling. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "What he said." Quote Jim Hanson @JimHansonDC, "President Trump has made a major outreach to the English people. He treated their royals wonderfully and this speech shows we recognize just how important Britain used to be. They must choose to join us in the New Golden Age of Civilization and reject the globalist multi-culti spiral they are currently in. British culture still exists as they attempt to bury it..."

And I suppose we must continue on with our coverage of the third Trump assassination attempt. Matt Margolis hears Jimmy Failla Mocked Lax Security on Hot Mic BEFORE Trump Assassination Attempt. John Sexton sees Cole Allen Believed the Butler, PA Assassination Attempt was Staged (Update).

At Twitchy, Short Supply: Stephanopoulos Has ‘Little Patience’ for Those Blaming Dem Rhetoric for Political Violence. MAZE @mazemoore, "After Paul Pelosi was attacked in 2022, Jake Tapper did an entire show on the dangers of stochastic terrorism and of systematically demonizing a person. Tapper blamed the right and QAnon for inciting the attack. He said calling someone a pedophile or claiming that someone is out to hurt people will result in violence..." Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "Hey, another of our friends tried to murder some patriots. Go grab that stock pic we always use of some guys who didn't kill anyone - the one where we killed an unarmed woman. That one." Quote Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin, "Opinion: The right must learn to live with a liberal leader without reaching for violence, or for rhetoric that makes violence feel thinkable. x.com/usatoday/statu…" Shawn Farash @Shawn_Farash, Can someone on the Left tell me what rules we're playing by? If Donald Trump saying "March peacefully and patriotically" on January 6th is "inciting a violent insurrection"... Then what is it when Hakeem Jeffries calls for "Maximum Warfare everywhere all the time"? Because if we're playing by the Left's rules, Hakeem Jeffries should be held legally responsible for the mass assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Their rules. Not mine." PJM's Stephen Kruiser observes, Hakeem Jeffries Isn't Man Enough to Argue With Karoline Leavitt and Vicky Taft hears Shorter Pritzker: Trump Deserved It, and I'll Justify It by Completely and Hilariously Wrecking Myself. Nick Freitas @NickJFreitas, "Democrats “increase the temperature” until something excessively violent happens and then insist that Republicans “lower the temperature” by giving Democrats everything they want…lest more violence happens. It's a political extortion racket." Erick Erickson @EWErickson, "What we have are: •The assassination of Charlie Kirk. •Two assassination attempts on Donald Trump by known progressives, plus a third in Butler, PA, where the kid was clearly mentally ill. •The attempted assassination of Brett Kavanaugh. •The attempted assassination of Josh Shapiro and his family. •The attack upon the Alvaredo, Texas ICE facility that left a local police officer wounded. •The attack upon the McAllen, Texas ICE facility that left three officers injured. •The attack on the Dallas, Texas ICE facility that left one dead and others critically wounded. •And what CNN calls “Rep. Steve Scalise shot,” which was actually a mass assassination attempt on 24 Republican members of Congress, in which 4 people, including Congressman Scalise, were shot by James Hodgkinson," and The Left's Assassins. At NYPo the Divine Ms. Devine says Dems must heed Trump’s call for unity in the wake of frightening WHCD shooting: ‘Resolve our differences.’ They won't. At TCW, Trump-haters wonder why he would be an assassination target. Eric Florack at PJM asks What Leads to the Assassination Mindset? Jarvis @jarvis_bes, "Ordinary mainstream left of center position." Quote Jesse Arm @Jesse_Leg, "In our last @ManhattanInst survey, we found that 46% of today’s Democratic coalition believes “the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in July 2024 was orchestrated by his supporters to increase sympathy for him.”" Richard's Substack wonders Can The Left Abandon Political Violence? "Political Violence has been a "religion" for the Radical Left." At Am Great, the Great Victor Davis Hanson sees the left going From One Assassination Attempt to the Next: Mainstreaming Violence Against a President "Trump’s assassination attempts underscore how rhetoric that casts political opponents as existential threats can move from language to violence." Brendan O'Neill at Spiked disdains The bougie nihilism that is killing America, "The third attempt on Trump’s life confirms it: polite society is becoming violently intolerant." Amy Curtis at TownHall thinks Greg Gutfeld Nailed It With His Comments About the WHCD Shooter: Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet, "Greg Gutfeld just delivered the single most succinct and cutting indictment of the leftwing media's complicity in Saturday's WHCD attack: "This guy did hear voices. They were Ted Lieu's, they were Brandon Johnson's, they were CNN's, they were The View, they were MS NOW." "I think this is a helpful assassination attempt because it is the first one that shows you can be radicalized by liberal smugness." "He wasn't a crank. He was not deranged. Don't buy into that narrative ... He was just following orders." Greg nails it." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Trump Indicted For Inciting Assassination Attempt."  

Hollywood in Toto thinks Melania’s Right, But Firing Jimmy Kimmel Would Be Wrong. PJM's Scott Pinsker looks at Jimmy Kimmel’s Blood Feud With Melania Trump: Why Disney Fiddles as Its Magic Kingdom Burns. Cruadin @cruadin, "Roseanne getting the axe over a joke was 100% the work of Obama & Co. A good thing to remember when they start acting Outraged!™ over any criticism going the other way." Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Roseanne mocks Valerie Jarrett's looks ABC: *𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝟱 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀* Kimmel "jokes" about kiIIing of Trump..." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "while we are on the free speech topic this is an actual thing that also happened under Barack Obama. A guy who had nothing to do with the Benghazi terrorist attack arrested.
@jaketapper absolutely silent. Because he was not a millionaire late night comedian friend." Stephen L.Miller @redsteeze, "This is a real thing that actually happened. Also a rodeo clown in random fuck USA lost his job because he wore an Obama mask."

Batya Ungar-Sargon @bungarsargon, "An example of how they cook the books to absolve the Left of violence in the WSJ today: A graph it published that seems to show near parity between Left and Right wing political violence is sourced to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which by its own admission reclassified pro-Palestinian violence as "ethnonationalist". It classifies all antisemitism as Right-wing, and all pro-Palestinian "attacks on Jewish individuals or institutions" as "ethnonationalist." This is just nakedly partisan propaganda presented as "data" and then mainstreamed in the American press. More in my column below linked."

At RCD, Power Play or "How Trump Is Running the Most Aggressive Geopolitical Play in a Generation—and Why It Has to Be This Way." Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "President Trump just dropped this gem! Trump saved America $298 MILLION on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool: The historic pool, where MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, was a leaking, filthy disaster. Government bureaucrats wanted $300 MILLION and 3+ years to rip it up. Trump said hell no. Called in real pool experts, scrubbed the original granite, sealed it, and topped it with American Flag Blue industrial coating. $1.5–2 MILLION Done in 2 weeks Will last 40–50 years and look better than 1922 This is how you run government like a business. Promises kept! Taxpayer dollars saved!"

John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad, "John Thune has become a punching bag for good reason but there is a more insidious force at play nobody can talk about. Let me explain… The staffers in Thune’s office have been asking Trump Naval and Maritime appointees questions about me before confirmation hearings. I doubt John Thune knows who I am. His staff absolutely does. They track me. They hate me. And they will quietly bleed pushing out any appointee I’m friends with...." A long one, but worth it. 

Secretary Doug Burgum @SecretaryBurgum, "@USGS has found that the Appalachian region of the U.S. contains enough lithium to replace 328 YEARS of imports! Thanks to world-leading mineral science, permitting reform and renewed investment in domestic mining, @POTUS has reclaimed America's mineral independence." But only if the NIMBYs don't succeed in blocking it, for China's sake. 

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Trump to Iran: Get Serious Or Drown In Your Own Crude; UPDATE: Another Ship Seized. VodkaPundit thinks Iran Has DAYS Until This Crisis Hits NYPo, Iran on brink of ‘irreversible’ damage to oil fields as storage runs out during blockade. From Quillette This Is Not the 1970s, "Amid the great uncertainties produced by the Iran War, some likelihoods have begun to emerge." Beege Welborn is shocked The UAE Has Left OPEC. They don't like the big players telling them how much they can sell.

Capt. Ed says Hmmm: Did SCOVA Tip Its Hand On Dems' Redistricting Referendum Debacle? Mary Chastain at LI, reports the Virginia Supreme Court Denies Emergency Stay to Certify Redistricting Vote. "Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley blocked Virginia from certifying the results, finding that “the referendum violated several provisions of the state constitution.”" Ace kills two birds with Virginia Supreme Court Denies Democrat Motion to Impose Gerrymandered Map During the Hearings Over Its Legality, Comey Indicted for Threating Trump's Life with "8645" Post? Fox reports Election probe targets 'unusual' reports in wake of Virginia redistricting referendum, "Fairfax County reported a late tranche of votes that helped the 'Yes' camp cross the finish line in the referendum" once they knew how many they needed. Payton Alexander @AlexanderPayton, "Support DC Squarehood for a second Costco." Quote Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle, "BREAKING: D.C. could get a second Costco! If a Republican-sponsored plan to reunite Arlington County and Alexandria with D.C. comes to pass, that is." 

PJM's Cathy Salgado is pleased to report the FBI and DHS Raid Dozens of Minnesota Fraudsters, Including ‘Quality Learing Center’. NYPo, ‘Quality Learing Center,’ 20 other Minnesota daycares raided by FBI as part of massive fraud investigation. At WJ, Breaking: FBI Raids 'Quality Learning Center' and 21 Other Locations in Somali Fraud Crackdown. Tim Walz rushed to take credit. At Fox,
Patel turns tables on Walz in response to viral tweet on Minnesota fraud raids: 'Come again?' "Patel said the FBI, DOJ and DHS partners 'drafted and executed every search warrant today'." Ace, DOJ Lear Somali Pirates a Lesson, Raiding 22 Pirate Plunder Operations in Tim Walz's Third World Hell-Hole of Minneapolis "Not even Minnesota, the state. Just concentrated in Ilhan "World War Eleven" Omar's fortified colony of Minneapolis." Don Surber says The B in EBT stands for Bentley. “Somewhere in America, a Lamborghini owner is buying groceries on the taxpayer’s dime.” With examples. 

Ben Smith at RedState in the Warmth of Collectivism Mamdani Declares ‘Historic’ Crisis After Blowing Deadline, Pushes State Bailout. Well, what did you expect? At the Upheaval, "Managerial Bureaucracy’s Threat to Democracy and Humanity" "Transcript of remarks delivered to the 2025 Civitas Canada Conference, Ottawa, May 3, 2025." Matt Lamb at LI hears about Leftists are Refusing to Pay Taxes to Protest Iran War, Deportations. "Liberals are openly boasting about not paying their federal taxes. The media is happy to help boost their stories." Good luck with that.

Kevin Kiley @KevinKileyCA, "The cost of High-Speed Rail is now estimated at $231 billion. Our country has never seen a fiscal disaster of this magnitude." Quote Rob Pyers @rpyers "This evaluation of the CA High Speed Rail Authority's draft 2026 business plan from a former chair of the CA HSR Peer Review Group... x.com/SenStricklandC…" Kane 謝凱堯 @kane. In 2022 San Francisco progressives authored the Prop K "Amazon Tax". The way it was written taxed small businesses and restaurants. Similarily the 2026 "Billionaire Tax Act", as written, allows politicians to raise taxes for everyone, not just billionaires, w/o asking voters." Quote Kim-Mai Cutler @kimmaicutler, "None of the billionaire tax coverage about Sergey Brin in Bloomberg or the NYTimes reports the most important structural detail of why he opposes it so much more than Jensen. It taxes voting shares as ownership. It taxes Page and Brin as if they own 50+% or >$2 trillion of Google rather than 3% each. Jensen does not have super voting shares so he is just taxed like his actual ownership of Nvidia. Imagine if you were taxed like you earned 10 times as much as you actually did last year. bizcarson@teddyschleifer" At Da Mail, Billionaire Google founder's savage put-down to Gavin Newsom as he quits California. John Sexton is suggesting Xavier Becerra as the Moderate Choice for CA Governor?

Mike LaChance at LI, Watchdog Report Reveals Teacher Unions Have Contributed a Fortune to Left Wing Causes “Show me your budget and I will show you what you value; and what the teachers unions value is political power and advancing a left wing, social justice agenda.” But we knew that. Insty, at his NYPo gig says Democrats’ rants confirm their enemies list is serious business.

 
Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: Andrew Dezelan, a Democrat running for Indiana State Senate, was just arrested after allegedly campaigning door-to-door while HIGH ON COCAINE. He also reportedly physically struggled against the police when they confronted him about having drugs. Dezelan has received preliminary charges of possession of cocaine and resisting law enforcement." Casey Jones, better watch your speed!

Breitbart notices Columnist George Will Drops 50 Years of Support for Mass Migration, emphasis on "mass." Atop Da Hill, Trump backs idea of changing ICE’s name to ‘NICE’, National Immigration and Customs Enforcement." That it would piss off liberals is a bonus. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "We imported tens of millions of the huddled masses and we are $40 trillion in debt. When do they make us richer? Where’s the break even point?" Quote reason@reason, "For somebody motivated only by nativism, America's declining attractions for the world is a win in itself. But people who really care about this country should want it to be so free and prosperous that it remains a shining city upon a hill that entices the world's huddled masses—while making us all richer." Ronny Jackson @RonnyJacksonTX, "I see people always asking: “If they hate America so much, why do they keep coming here?” Simple answer: They don’t come here to become Americans. They come here to USE America. They flood in, FEAST on our welfare system, commit MASSIVE FRAUD, and then try to impose their backwards values on us - values that are COMPLETELY INCOMPATIBLE with our Constitution and our way of life. DETAIN AND DEPORT EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!!" Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "The Ohio article is up! Be sure the read the bit about NYAP, a nonprofit tax exempt resettlement org whose CEO is a social worker with a $2 million salary! The other officers all bank +$300k a year!" Quote Morse Research @Morse_Research, "Ohio Refugee/UAC resettlement: 45,000 arrivals, $672 million awarded Between 2012 and 2026, 33,011 foreign nationals have been resettled in Ohio as refugees or Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) recipients with full taxpayer-funded U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP)..."

Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "You love to see it." Quote Neetu Arnold @neetu_arnold, "Harvard’s Gender Studies program hits 15-year enrollment low 22 students are enrolled this year, a 60% drop from the 2022-2023 peak of 55." But where will Starbucks recruit baristas? The Chronic asserts The Yale Report Won’t Save American Higher Education.

Dave Strom is sad about a Benefit Concert for Bondi Beach Victims Canceled; Choir Refused to Sing Along With Jews.

And still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.28.26 (Afternoon Edition).