Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Storms the UN

President Trump visited the UN General Assembly yesterday, and it was everything you could hope for. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair calls him, affectionately, the Troll in Chief 'Can You See Me Now?' - Dinking on CNN. Ace is a little cruder, Trump to the UN: S My D and L My Bs, but provides this synopsis of his talk, - Called out the UN for ignoring Christian persecution worldwide while obsessing over America - Demanded every ICC member resign immediately from that rogue anti-American tribunal - Called Communist Cuba a failed state that will fall, then watched officials storm out - Declared there is no human right to illegal immigration, only the right to stay a sovereign nation - Scorched UNESCO globalists for pushing mass migration that destroys Western cultures - Said there is NO global government and there will be NO global taxes while he is president - Bragged that America cut the UN budget 15% and killed over 4,000 bureaucracy jobs - Boasted of the most secure border in American history with ZERO illegal aliens admitted - Declared America is BACK, stronger than ever, and in a GOLDEN AGE after Biden's dark age - Mic-dropped failed globalist leaders: while others talked peace, he MADE peace - Vowed Iran will NEVER get a nuclear weapon and said the Middle East bully is finished - Teased a huge post-election decision: strike a deal, or annihilate the Islamic Republic - Exposed Iran as weak and desperate, not strong, and predicted Iranian terror's end - Slammed cowards and traitors leaking fake "low munitions" claims mid-conflict - Took a victory lap over capturing Maduro and signing the largest oil deal in history - Laid down the Donroe Doctrine: no threats get a foothold in the Western Hemisphere - Refused to apologize for crushing drug cartels, calling them the ISIS of the hemisphere - Locked in permanent Greenland security rights that shut out China, Russia, and adversary investment - Renamed Artificial Intelligence to Super Intelligence and vowed America stays #1 over China." Whew! If you really want to see it all, sundance at CTH has President Trump 's Speech to United Nations General Assembly, and a lot more: President Trump Signs U.S-Greenland Arctic Security Agreement, President Trump Meets with the Gulf Cooperation Council During UNGA Event, President Trump Participates in a Shield of Americas Event at the United Nations, President Trump Holds a Bilateral Meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Trump Holds a Bilateral Meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham and First Lady Melania Trump Outlines Plans for Chairman Xi Jinping Official State Visit. 

At Hat Hat Hair John Sexton cites Trump on Cuba: 'It Will Fall' and a Larry video, Trump Ripped Iran & Cuba in Fiery UN Speech As They Storm Out of the Room. Sarah Anderson at PJM sees Cuba Storms Out. Delcy Pouts. These Dictatorships Didn't Care for Trump's UN Speech. From News Wax, Trump Targets ICC at UN, Demands Member Nations Quit 'Rogue' Court, Trump Says 'Momentum' Building for Iran Deal at Expanded Mideast Meeting and Mark Meadows to Newsmax: Greenland Deal 'Snuck Up on All of Us'. Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova, "Most European security analysts can pick another job since they were totally wrong on how the Greenland crisis was solved. Gardening for example." Quote Disclose.tv @disclosetv, "NOW - Trump signs trilateral agreement with the PM of Denmark and the PM of Greenland, expanding U.S. military presence in Greenland." From WaEx, State Department clamps down on size of Iran’s UN delegation and ability to splurge on ‘shopping sprees.’

At the Institute for the Study of War, What a Limited Russian Incursion Into Estonia Might Look Like: A Narva Scenario. Rick Moran at PJM wonders Will the U.S. Send Troops to Die for Estonia? Putin Doesn't Think So. Sundance observes Russia Strategic Diesel Supplies Full, Excess Production Now Flowing to “Stans” Central Asia – The Rule of 96. Mark Dubowitz @mdubowitz, "If you’d told me a few years ago this is where we’d be on Iran, I’d have said you were high: 1. Nuke program set back years. Enrichment and reprocessing gutted, weaponization sites destroyed, Fordow inoperable, Natanz in ruins, a generation of senior nuclear scientists eliminated..." At WaEx, State Department clamps down on size of Iran’s UN delegation and ability to splurge on ‘shopping sprees.’ Trust In Trump 47 @Trustintrump47, "REPORTER: Why would more U.S. troops be sent to the region if ground troops are not being considered for deployment in Iran? SECWAR PETE HEGSETH: “Look, son… this is such a basic military lesson that even a reporter should understand it: Never reveal to your enemy what you are going to do… or what you’re not going to do. And certainly don’t tell them when you plan to surrender. Especially to a coward who hides in bunkers, hoards his missiles like a miser, and prays that the United States will get tired and go home. But let me give you some free advice: the next time you want to ask a question, try not to sound like you’re lobbying for the Iranian regime. It gives a very bad image.”" Sarah Anderson at PJM, Rubio Tells Angry MSM Host, 'U.S. Media Sounds Like It's Rooting for Iran.' For you Harry Potter fans, Hat Hair's Duane Patterson says The Houthis Are the Last Horcrux. After That, the Iran Regime Is Alone. Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain, "Huh. The bulk of the casualties in Gaza - by Hamas' own statistics, apparently - are military age males Who'da thunk it." Quote Jeremy Corbin MP, Prime Ministerial Parody @CorbynSnap, "The final analysis of Gaza deaths based on Hamas’ own data is really bloody annoying." Considering they hide behind women and children, that says a lot about the restraint of the Israeli military. 

How To Subvert Subversion with Yuri Bezmenov warns us to Beware of CCP Unrestricted Warfare. "Connecting the dots on 10 of the CCP's subversive fronts in America that must be stopped before they inflict crippling irreversible damage." Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks Net Zero Turns Western Countries Into Chinese Satrapies.

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "There is an Army saying you hear dozens of times when you make full colonel: "Congratulations, that's the last promotion you will ever make based solely on merit." The idea behind that saying is that when it comes time to compete for a 1-star promotion, you need a sponsor, and having a sponsor who sits on the promotion board matters, greatly. That's how we get politicized generals who support racist, anti-American nonsense like DEI. This is a great, great step in replacing politics with merit at our senior ranks. This is what a revolution in military personnel affairs looks like." Quote Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar, "Today, I am announcing the Joint Warfighter Evaluation." John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad, "Oh boy. The Louisiana Maneuvers are returning. ENDORSED!" Now please tell me they’re going to stress logistics HARD. Patton’s tanks stopping at highway gas stations during the 1941 maneuvers exposed a major weakness… and made fuel delivery a top wartime priority." From RCP, Mark Montgomery & Emmerson Overell warn that America Must Be Able to Restore Its Space Power at War Speed.

Hmmm, at the Independent, Venezuela closing in on deal to move $4bn gold reserves from Bank of England to New York.

From NYPo, Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent says OpenAI bears ‘responsibility’ for Hugging Face hack. Leslie Eastman at LI reports Manufactured AI Panic Hits the Streets, Complete With T-Shirts, Marching Robots. "A look at the “protests” in San Francisco, in OpenAI’s Bellevue office, and Poland." Dave Strom, We Are Always Doomed Because Scared People Demand to Be Saved. Catturd ™ @catturd2, "It's all about scaring you to death so they can control every aspect of your life." Quote Bob Iaccino @Bob_Iaccino, "I’m officially done being scared of every crisis the news tells me I should be scared of. I’ve reached my crisis limit." Tech.org, AMD Crosses $1 Trillion in Market Value for the First Time as AI Chip Stocks Rally. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Thought about AI controlling bank accounts, access to sex, that kind of thing. To control our behavior. Hadn’t thought about elections. Wait til AI figures out how to start mailing in ballots." Quote Center for Strategic Politics @StratPolitics, "Replying to @StratPolitics 27% of Democrats told us they plan to use AI to figure out how to vote in future elections, with 7% saying they plan to use it "a lot"." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Too bad we can’t even get voter ID, same day voting, proof of citizenship. Never mind proof of human."Thomas Chatterton Williams @thomaschattwill, "Absolutely beyond parody. Dartmouth’s provost has been turning in 70-100-percent AI-written work (in academic journals, newspapers, and even in email correspondence!) since LLMs came out, the student paper reports. He even used AI to write an op-ed about how universities are dealing with AI cheating." Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: Stanford University is accused of using AI to change students’ race & gender while making others appear thinner in advertising, with one student saying he felt “silenced & erased.”"

John Sexton reports Vance Anti-Fraud Task Force Focuses on ACA Enrollment. Ben Smith at LI, USDA Targets 170 NYC Retailers in SNAP Fraud Sweep, “SNAP benefits should go to Americans, not fraudsters or illegal immigrants,” White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud Executive Director Scott Brady said." Breitbart Bus Dig notices Trump Refuses to Launch World War Warsh.

The Post Millennial @TPostMillennial, "REVEALED: More Canadians die from MAID each year than Americans do from gun homicides." Daniel @WVDanielM, "@grok how many gun related homicides were in the United States? Use the newest data from the FBI. How many MAID deaths were in Canada? Use the newest data. Extrapolate those figures into a per-capita basis." Replying to @WVDanielM @TPostMillennial and @grok Grok @grok, "FBI 2025 data: estimated 14,085 total murders, firearms used in 72.3% (~10,183 gun homicides). Canada Health 2024 MAID: 16,499 (newest full official). Per capita: US (~342M pop) ~3.0/100k. Canada (~41.5M) ~39.8/100k." So, on a per capita basis, Canadian government is more than ten times as lethal as American guns. Tom Knighton at BA is happy about Trump's New EO Defends Hunting, Rolls Back Inane Hunting Regulations.

Hon. Vickie Paladino @VickieforNYC, "People have absolutely no idea the reign of terror we’re headed for if Democrats gain total power. They want Trump dead, and they want everyone who supported him or worked for him in prison. They want our constitutional rights dissolved, and they want the courts packed to facilitate it all. This is an EXTREMELY dark place and I don’t know that there’s any good way out." Quote Center for Strategic Politics @StratPolitics, Replying to @StratPolitics, "We polled five routes for Trump to leave office before the end of his term. A plurality of Dems support four of them, including a military coup and death by natural causes. The only one underwater, an assassination, is still supported by 29%." Marc Thiessen @marcthiessen, "60% of Democrats would welcome a … (checks notes) … MILITARY COUP to remove Donald Trump from office. Please don’t tell me these people care a whit about democracy or democratic norms." Gene Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy finds an odd one, 39% of Democratic Voters Think Restaurant Industry "Should Be Publicly Owned and Operated." So, they want service like the DMV?

Stephen Kruiser, Republicans Aren't Letting El-Sayed Memory Hole Hasan Piker, nor should they, but it's not enough to swing an election. From the Free Bacon, Meet the 'Jews for Abdul': El-Sayed Ads Feature 'Social Justice' Activists Tied to Group That Excused Oct 7. "Dan Klein, who appeared in an El-Sayed spot in a yarmulke, is a 'community organizer' for Detroit Jews for Justice, while a Rosh Hashanah video featured the Jewish Voice for Peace-tied Shifman family." Jason Bedrick @JasonBedrick, "In 25 years, Todd Beamer's dad never got involved in a political campaign. That's because for the past 25 years, no major candidate had ever campaigned with someone who said America deserved 9/11. Until now." Quote Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer’s dad narrates a new ad attacking Abdul El-Sayed for campaigning with Hasan Piker, who said America deserved 9/11 and was worse than Al-Qaeda. Watch this." At a Sayed presser, Will Hild @WillHild, "Kamala Harris, seemingly 4 vodka sodas deep, goes on a bizarre rant about how "attacks on DEI" are an "attack on maternal care"."

News Wax reports Newsom Donors Scrutinized Over China Contacts. NYPo, Democratic megadonor who gave to Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris linked to murky honeypot spy saga. China, China, China! From the OCR, California tenants suffered 8th-highest rent hikes in US over four decades. "California rent's share of income was second-highest among the states in 2024." Matthew Lilley @MattGLilley, "A bunch of Nobel Prize-winning economists have endorsed California's proposed billionaire wealth tax. I can't oppose them on authority. But I know some academics who can."

At the Conversation, No cheery time for election pollsters in run‑up to US midterms. "In fact, it hasn’t been very cheery for pollsters for the better part of 10 years, since Donald Trump confounded poll-based expectations to defeat Hillary Clinton for the U.S. presidency in 2016." John Carrasco reports Immigrant from the Philippines Pleads Guilty to Illegally Voting in 2024 US Presidential Election. Capitán Bitcoin @CapitanBitcoin, Translated from Spanish "FRAUD. Spain is in shock. The opposition stunned. Spain, 2023, General Elections. The head of PSOE Argentina created a voting circuit with fake mail-in votes to rig the CERA vote. Audio leaks have surfaced. It's extremely serious, pay attention. It calls into question Pedro Sánchez's legitimacy for the past 3 years..." PeterSweden @PeterSweden7, "Swedish election update. There's now the possibility of a NEW ELECTION in the affected area after authorities are investigating possible ELECTION FRAUD. A man from Somalia who got Swedish citizenship 7 months ago was elected to parliament for the Left. It's reported that people were given money and pre filled ballots and were driven to voting location. The constituency of Dalarna could see a rerun of the election take place with around 223,000 eligible voters." Elections are consequential. That give people incentive to cheat. At Ace, After Supreme Court Declines to Overrule State Supreme Court, Federal District Court Steps In to Allow Missouri to Use Its New Congressional Map for Midterm Elections, "This is good for us."

Bruce Blakeman @NassauExec, "Kathy Hochul now admits closing Indian Point was a mistake. Our electric bills are up 50% on her watch. Today, energy groups are warning that New York could face serious reliability problems as energy demand grows. New Yorkers deserve reliable, affordable energy, not more uncertainty and higher costs. When I am Governor, we will extract natural gas to help cut electric bills in half."

Dave Strom looks at The NGO to Government Pipeline. From the Free Bacon, Bloomberg-Backed Climate Group Paying Salaries of Democratic State AG Officials Quietly Shuts Down Amid Congressional, Legal Scrutiny. "The initiative’s website states that it is ‘historical material,’ and its leaders no longer list it as their employer on their LinkedIn pages." Trust Ace for a great headline, Bloomberg Was Paying -- Bribing, We Sometimes Call It -- Democrat State AGs to Push "Environmentalism" Lawsuits. "But that's okay, because the law doesn't apply to leftists. Being a leftist is playing life on Easy Mode with all cheat codes enabled." Also from Ace, Lindsay Clancy's Lawyer Asks Judge to Investigate the "Rogue" Juror, "Boy, Gentry Leftists really don't believe any of the bullshit they say about Respeccing Black People's Lived Experience and Indigenous Ways of Knowing, do they?."

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "BREAKING: DHS releases a bullet-point list of what they say are false claims about the shooting of a Venezuelan illegal alien in Austin, TX. They say claims that he was legal and had a valid work permit are false. Per DHS: “CLAIM: ICE refused to remove the bullet from the illegal alien’s body. FACT: This is false. ICE does not and would not advise, nor be the authority on, a medical procedure for an illegal alien at a hospital...."Where Did 4.5 Million Illegal Aliens, Who Arrived Under Joe Biden, End Up Staying in the U.S.? Rick Moran at PJM checks. At NYPo, Meet the US Army vet running a California baby factory for Chinese nationals to have American kids. "Patriot Conceptions founder Haotian Bai has cozied up to powerful Republican groups while running a business that lets wealthy parents in China have “American” babies via surrogacy."

Dave Catron at Am Spec wonders Does the Press Understand the First Amendment? "It’s not very complicated but they can’t seem to decode what it means." At Althouse TrumpTV, "Background: "After Years as the Star of Must-See TV, Trump Faces the Sting of Cancellation/A boycott of the White House press pool by the major networks deprives the president of the oxygen of screen time. But he is still finding ways to get on the air" (NYT gift link). So you get it: He doesn't need the fake-news networks. He's got a YouTube channel." The Larry video cited above has a long segment on the networks off again on again White House boycott. Joe Concha @JoeConchaTV, "And here’s @ananavarro after Trump was banned from social media in 2021… in case anyone needs a reminder to never take this person remotely seriously…" TownHall's Matt Vespa has a Flashback: That Time When CNN Wondered Whether Biden Should Ban Fox News From the White House. Eric Abbenante @EricAbbenante, "Supercut of Obama's War on Whistleblowers: James Risen: "I plan to spend the rest of my life fighting to undo damage done to press freedom in the United States by Barack Obama ..." Teri Christoph at RedState hears Karoline Leavitt Blows the Lid Off the White House Press Corps' Phony Little Game. "Appearing Tuesday on Sean Hannity's podcast, Leavitt recalled how reporters would privately apologize to her for their aggressive behavior and "unfair" questions during her briefings, something she referred to as "performative." Many of the press corps now whining about their restricted access, she revealed, were “totally different people” when the briefings ended and the cameras stopped rolling. “There’s a performative aspect to the briefing room. In fairness, I think on both sides, right?"

Amy Curtis at TownHall is satisfied John Cleese Refused to Back Down Despite Islamists Threatening His Birmingham Show.

Sarah at Insty says THE OUTRAGE IS DESERVED: Outrage is erupting after a 22-year-old who runs into BURNING BUILDINGS as a volunteer firefighter was told he isn’t qualified to be a paid firefighter… …because he was HOMESCHOOLED. Then the city changed the job posting to cover it up. His name is Andrew Coates. He’s 22 years old, in Nebraska. Right now, today, he runs into burning buildings as a volunteer firefighter for Cedar Bluffs Fire. He is a state-licensed EMT. He is doing the job. For free. All he wanted was to get PAID to do it. In his words: “Make a career out of it would be the goal. To get paid to do what you love.”

From the College Fix, ‘Queering God’ and ‘Thinking with Bad Bunny’: Inside YAF’s new report criticizing college curricula. Ace reports an Angry Lesbian Karen Tries to Cancel Football Coach for Laughing at a Meme and Then Cries As She's Cancelled from TV, Plus: Colin Kaepernick Persists. Evie notices The Gender War Is Increasingly Fueled by Women. Colin Wright @SwipeWright, "The Boston Globe has just published a shockingly sober article about the nonexistent genocide supposedly targeting the transgender community. In it, they cite a report I coauthored showing that the murder rate is actually lower for trans-identifying people than the general population. Our report was responding to the HRC's annual reports pushing the narrative that there is an ongoing "Epidemic of Violence" against the transgender community. The reporter says he "offered the Human Rights Campaign's key researcher, the transgender woman Charleigh Flohr, or anyone else with the organization an opportunity to rebut the Manhattan Institute finding, but they didn't reply to me." That's unsurprising because the HRC is engaging in fundraising propaganda. They don't care about the truth, only promoting the narrative. Our report presenting the actual data is irrefutable. That's why they have nothing to say in response."

And the masked lesbians are at it again. From NYPo, Massachusetts lesbian bar nearly bullied out of town after lifting mask mandate — for one night a week, Matt Vespa observes A Massachusetts Lesbian Bar Relaxed Its Masking Rules and Absolute Mayhem Ensued. At Twitchy, Boston Globe: Queer Community Splintered Over Lesbian Bar That Dropped Strict Mask Mandate. Globe Magazine, A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose. "Last Ditch Bar in Greenfield wanted to build community. They got a firestorm instead." Ace, Five Years After Covid, a Lesbian Bar Finally Relaxed Its Covid Mask Policy, Which Required Wearing a KN-95 Mask at All Times. The Backlash Is, Get This, Unhinged. Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "Everything starts making a bit more sense when you realize that there’s a sizable contingent of the political Left that functionally lives on an entirely different planet from the rest of us."

And much much more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.22.26 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 09.22.26 (Evening Edition)! The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: An Awful Road Trip up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - The Second Stab at the Nerd Prom

They kind of caught me by surprise with the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner. I guess I wasn't paying attention, again. Any, it was held last night at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington DC. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair heard Trump to Recognize Secret Service Officer Shot at First WHCA Dinner at Nerd Prom, Take 2. Seems reasonable. As you might remember, the Secret Service agent Victor Gonzales survived the close range shotgun blast thanks to his vest. He also runs down the list of administration attendees, which notably does not include JD Vance and Marco Rubio. RedState's Jen O'Connell has Hot Takes: Media's Reaction to Redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner Was As Expected. Aw, he was mean to the poor babies. Althouse host's Trump's routine (I hesitate to call it a speech) and offers her opinions of some of it in "Is this supposed to be fun? Am I supposed to be serious? Am I supposed to be a comedian?" "Trump finally gets his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech. ... And here's the joke I thought was the best: "Under my administration, a once-feared and powerful regime that relentlessly attacked America has finally been toppled. Their former leaders have been removed and they're now being run by a gay dictator facing internal divisions. But I for one wish Bari Weiss all the best at CBS News. She's a wonderful woman."

Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson, "President Trump is leading a political "counter-revolution," seeking to reverse decades of progressive policies on immigration, education, energy, and American history, doing more than any other Republican president." At Althouse, "His detractors have adopted the 'Never Vance' slogan and flooded social media, especially over the past week, with attacks..." ""... including claims that Vance is 'unfit' to be vice president due to his efforts to negotiate a peace deal with Iran. They have asserted, without evidence, that Vance is making policy decisions not supported by President Donald Trump. They have likened him to former president Barack Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)...." I'm reading "Knives are out for Vance in the GOP. His allies say it’s a coordinated ‘op.’ The vice president has faced a barrage of attacks recently that are unusual for their intensity and how early in the political calendar they are taking place" (WaPo)(gift link)." PJM's Matt Margolis, Is This the Reason Your Leftist Relatives Are Cutting You Off? and Sarah Anderson reports a Black-Owned Atlanta Restaurant Faces Boycott Calls for Serving a Republican.

RCD looks at Hegseth’s Herculean Task.

PJM's Cathy Salgado notes One Pennsylvania County Has 3,500 Noncitizens on Non-Juror List, Potentially Voting and Bob Spencer wonders Is Dem Fundraising Powerhouse ActBlue a Massive Money Laundering Machine? Yes, the example he provides is stunning. A Larry video at Hat Hair, Trump DOJ Confirms Investigation Into New Jersey Voter Rolls.

Karol Markowicz at NYPo thinks Democrats are completely blind to the DSA’s brazen party coup — so the rest of us must step up. RCP cites James Carville: DSA Are "Paternalistic, Over-Educated Little White Turds" Who "Think They Know Better Than You" Yep. Rainer Zitelmann at Reason explains How Capitalism Beat Communism in Vietnam. "It only took a generation to go from ration cards to exporting electronics." At Da Signal, How Cuba Became the Nerve Center of the Anti-American Left. Dave Strom at Hat Hair opines Shamelessness Is, You Must Admit, a Huge Political Advantage, featuring a picture of Dan Goldman. I think it's an essential, at least on the Democrat side. 

Hat Hair's John Sexton hears from Morris Katz: We May Have Missed a Few Red Lines with Platner. Just a few. Seth Mandel at Commentary calls AOC’s Latest Dual-Loyalty Hoax a Doozy. At the Crimson Hub, AOC, Her Brother, and the Property Taxes Billed To Their Mother. Luke Rosiak at Da Wire reports Ilhan Omar’s Sister Linked To Central Figures In Minnesota’s Fraud Scandal. "Records tie company founded by "Squad" member's sister to largest public theft scandal in Minnesota history." Jon Tobin at JNS claims The lies behind Mamdani’s Netanyahu stunt are the real threat. "New York’s mayor isn’t going to arrest Israel’s prime minister. But the widespread belief in the “genocide” blood libel illustrates how toxic ideologies, AI and social media are defeating facts." At Althouse, "You want voters to believe you posted to this account but all of the bad things came from someone else, including a friend who is dead?" Matt Smith @mattsmith_news, "When asked today if he was 100% certain he didn't write any of the offensive posts on the 'Dirt McGirk' Twitter account, David Crowley said, "Look, we would have to go through all of these different posts, but the ones that I've seen that were printed, I did not write those."" "And the pig got up and slowly walked away."

RAW EGG NATIONALIST @Babygravy9, "Amazing we're just never going to hear anything about this ever again, including the fact the killer said he was paid by Tim Walz to do it." Quote Nick Sortor @nicksortor, " JUST IN: Tim Walz appointee Vance Boelter has been sentenced to TWO LIFE SENTENCES plus 40 years for the murder of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman Boelter’s vehicle was found with “NO KINGS” flyers on the seat, and kiIIed Hortman and her husband soon after she voted against healthcare for illegals. Will Walz pardon this guy too?"

Beege Welborn at Hat Hair observes Chicago West and South Side Save A Lot Stores Closing, Blame New EBT Rules and likes Steve Hilton Debuting Wild New Campaign Ads: Enough Is Enough!

Steve Hilton puts out devastating ad exposing communist California’s mindless, Godless leftist machine! https://t.co/tfIJvVdv05

— The Chris Salcedo Show (@CSalcedoShow) July 24, 2026

John Sexton sees the California Wealth Tax Battle Continues. PJM's Vicky Taft has another West Coast, Messed Coast™ – Climate Lie Implodes but Greens Already Spent Taxpayers' Billions.

wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "Current operations in Iran are no longer starting from the original position. Iran’s missile attack volume was substantially higher in March 2026 than in July 2026 going from as many as hundreds per day then to mere dozens now. It's retaliatory power, while still existent, has clearly diminished..." Peter Orem @PeterMOrem, "I think we're still operating within war-gamed scenarios."

From Althouse, Why Madison police don't have body cameras. Molly Beck @MollyBeck, "Former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s perspective on why Madison police don’t have body cameras (Soglin was mayor until 2019):"

The Guardian whines about a British-born man living in US since age of nine held by ICE under threat of deportation, "Connor Read, who is married and has two children, was detained in June during residency permit interview." Also, an extensive, but pretty petty criminal record. But just for kicks, he should claim asylum based on England's censorship policies.

Curt at Flopping Aces sees The Press Tried to Shame Elon. He Put the Entire Media Class on Trial. Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav, "This was basically the interview." Ace, Elon Musk Demolishes Snarky Superior Editor of The Economist, "The extremist didn't like being told that she's the actual extremist." From Twitchy, Ben Shapiro Schools Piers Morgan: Free Speech Means I Don't Have to Feed Your Clickbait Show. Dave Strom takes The Curious Case of the Woman Who Was Baited Into Saying the 'N' Word.

EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "Let’s be honest about why this article was written & published… It’s was a shot across the bow to any white woman that even thinks about complaining about abuse by anyone not white. It was a threat to shut up lest be called a white supremacist. A murderer of Emmitt Till. A klan member." Quote Michael McCarthy @MMcCarthyREV, "UPDATE: A top USA TODAY executive stood by Nancy Armour's explosive column linking some Caitlin Clark fans to white nationalists. "Her column is clearly labeled Opinion," she tells @FOS." At Mazelite Airaksinen, NYC Doc Claims Orthodox Jews Smell and "Criminally, Fraudulently and Illegally" Live in USA, "Dr. Robert Guarino is a pathologist in the West Village of NYC and Staten Island." John Sexton was really shocked by a NYT Opinion: 'Land Acknowledgements Are Infuriating.' "If you mean it, give it back, the conservatives said. They are not asking in good faith, but they are asking for the right thing. It names the gap between the words and anything the institution is willing to surrender."

And even more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.24.26. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: In The Bowels of the Draft up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - New Jersey Registered 6600 Illegals to Vote

We're still dwelling on President Trump's speech on election integrity and the fallout thereof. CNN's Michael Smerconish hosted at Hat Hair, 'If It's Newsworthy Enough to Rebut, It's Worth Airing' From TownHall, Trump Was Right: NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill Forced to Eat Crow Over Massive Voter Registration Error. Sundance at CTH sees New Jersey Governor Admits Over 6,000 Illegal Aliens Were Registered to Vote in Motor-Voter System Between 2023 and 2024r. Ace, Software "Glitch" in Democrat-Riddled NJ Allows That Thing the Media Democrat Party Says Never Happens to Happen 6600 Times, "A "glitch" permitted 6,600 illegal aliens to sign up to vote, and we know at least 400 did illegally vote. Deb Heine at AmGreatness," and cites JTN's John Solomon: The Same Media Who Proclaimed That China's Theft of 40 Million Voter Records from the UK Was a Major Breach Now Says That China's Hacking of 220 Million American Voter Files is NBD. Dave Catron at Am Spec sees Mail-In-Voting: Appeals Court Hands Trump Big Win "The court ruled that the USPS may require states to turn over voter rolls before mailing out ballots." Flopping Aces @FloppingAces, "The D.C. Circuit didn’t rule that fraud happened. It ruled that freezing a basic ballot-tracking rule would cause irreparable harm before the November election. Read that again. A federal appeals court just said the administration needs time to implement serialized barcodes and voter-list submissions for mail-in ballots. Not mass purges. Not voter ID theater. Simple chain-of-custody tools so the Postal Service can track what it carries. And the reaction? Full institutional meltdown..." Bob Hoge at RedState wonders What Are They So Afraid Of? CA AG Bonta's Slippery Title Switch Tries to Kneecap Voter ID Measure. Larry Correia @monsterhunter45, "The thousands of comments on my voter fraud post remind me of one very important thing. The issue isn't about Trump. It is about the perception of the citizens. But they need to make it about Trump. It is difficult to dismiss the valid concerns of millions of nervous or angry citizens. It is easy to dismiss one guy as a sore loser and make the whole thing about his ego. Hence any discussion of this topic inevitably devolves into them fixating on Trump and the details surrounding one election and one moment in time, and ignoring everything else in the universe, up to and including fundamental human nature (as in some people cheat)." Christian Heiens @ChristianHeiens, "If given enough time, the rules will always be gamed in order to subvert the game itself and defeat the purpose of the contest in the first place. This is inevitable because the rewards are too great. The point is never to have a good time or even to entertain the audience. The point is to win. So the rules will be maliciously “followed”, even as the animating spirit behind them dies. This tweet isn’t about basketball."

RealRobert @Real_RobN, "And here it is… USAID more than doubled its spending on Brazil as soon as Bolsonaro won the 2018 election. This wasn’t because Brazil suddenly needed twice the aid; the money was spent on operations aimed at overthrowing the Brazilian government. The 2022 Brazilian election was stolen from Bolsonaro just as the 2020 U.S. election was stolen from Donald Trump and from Kari Lake in 2022, with USAID and the CIA involved in installing election-rigging machines that Brazilians didn’t even want..." Polymarket @Polymarke, "BREAKING: Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega declares the country will no longer hold elections, eliminating any future electoral challenge to his rule."

Doug Burgum to Newsmax: 'Geopolitics of Energy Have Changed Forever'. CDR Salamander, looks at Cuba Libre, "The Department of State's Cuba Report," and Do You Know Why the PRC Has a Polar Strategy? "...do we?" Hat Hair's John Sexton notes Zelensky Reverses Course, Fires Ukraine's Top General. NOELREPORTS @NOELreports, "Russia's Defense Ministry recruited just over 8,000 drone operators for its Unmanned Systems Forces in the first half of the year, despite an annual target of 78,800. Analysts calculated that recruitment should have reached about 34,400 by then, leaving the ministry at roughly a quarter of its planned pace. Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko reported the figures."

Sundance is keeping us abreast of relations with our neighbor to the north, Trump Administration Announces Section 338 Tariffs at Rate of 50% Across Wide Range of Canadian Goods and Imports, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Responds to Latest U.S. Tariff Increase, Ontario Premier Doug Ford Promises “to Dismantle the U.S” Economy in Retaliation for Tariffs ("Considering the economy of the USA is ten-times larger than Canada, that’s quite a threat from Premier Doug Ford") and USTR Jamieson Greer Outlines Details of Misleading Talking Points by Canadian Trade Officials. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair sings Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho and Trump Lit the Fires in Canada.

Dave Strom hears WaPoo whine Trump Is Putting Up Statues of Former Slaveholders! Bo Loudon @BoLoudon, "WOW: President Bill Clinton has COPIED President Trump's signature red 45-47 hat, now wearing a red 42 hat. Trump owns our culture and style, and if you can't beat them, join them! Even Bill Clinton can't deny it." Monica Crowley @MonicaCrowley, "THE TRUMP EFFECT." Quote Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "EPIC: Spanish soccer star Ferran Torres rocks a “MAKE SPAIN GREAT AGAIN” hat just one day after meeting President Trump! Socialist government in Spain, but real Patriots are still out here repping hard."

Stacy McCain takes on The Pro-Hamas Socialist Democrats. Seth Mandel at Commentary looks at The Normalizing of Mamdani’s Creepy Bibi Obsession. Scott Pinsker at PJM says Mayor Mamdani Is NOT Bluffing: The Revolutionary Upside to Arresting Netanyahu. From NYPo the Divine Miranda Devine thinks Mamdani and his DSA comrades have one goal — a communist revolution in America. Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees them Embracing Mao Now. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "This is like a pro-terrorism Islamist privileged twat commie douchebag homerun derby." Quote Zeteo @zeteo_news, "Will the real Hasan please stand up? @hasanthehun joins @mehdirhasan to once and for all settle who the better Hasan is. Stay tuned for the latest episode of ‘We’re Not Kidding’ dropping on http://zeteo.com this Wednesday." James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames, "Fun facts about Mao's Little Red Book. Ok, so first of all, it's not even a book in the sense of making an argument or whatever. It's not even a piece of propaganda. It's acollection of quotations allegedly from Mao Zedong. It's basically Brainy Quotes Mao Edition..." Quote Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby, "Hasan Piker celebrates being given a copy Mao’s Little Red Book in China. His friend next to him: “This is more important than the Bible!” This is who Democrat Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is." TownHall's Matt Vespa thinks you should Watch a NYT Columnist Obliterate the Left's Main Obsession in Less Than Six Minutes and CNN's Jake Tapper Asked This Leftist Michigan Senate Candidate About Israel and Iran. It Didn't Go Well. Ilya Somin at The Volokh Conspiracy points out the Contradictions of Socialist Prison Abolitionism "Many "democratic socialists" want to abolish prisons. But this is in conflict with their objective of making many more activities illegal." Under real socialism, the penalty is often death. Nate Hochman @njhochman, "One of the many explosive revelations in this new State Department report is that the Venceremos Brigade—which has brought 10,000+ American left-wing activists to Cuba, including high-profile Democratic politicians like LA Mayor Karen Bass—was built and run by actual Cuban spies." Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "This is important. The far left in this country is mostly made up of people who spent a ton on their degrees and can’t make back what they spent. As a result, they hate capitalism." Quote Nate Silver @NateSilver538, "Income and education are usually positively correlated. But sometimes the relationship breaks down. What's the most Democratic voting group in America? People with post-graduate degrees but lower-to-middle incomes." Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "a black fourth grader in Mississippi is two and a half times as likely to be proficient in math and reading as one in California" Don't let communists run your state."

At Althouse, They should have stood by Platner. Now they have to stand by Jackson, the new guy who's being foisted on Mainers. ""Democrat set to replace Platner in Maine led state Senate with a temper/Troy Jackson, the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), yelled and cursed at fellow state lawmakers, interviews reveal" (WaPo)(gift link)." Team Cruz @TeamTedCruz, "In one four-minute, off-the-cuff answer, Talarico managed to advocate for or say all of the following: - Reparations are part of his faith tradition. - Race-based tuition relief. - Race-based homeownership grants. - Race-based baby bonds. - Slavery still defines modern Texas. - Government must “repair” the past. - When Democrats win the Senate they will enact reparations - The George Floyd Act was “transformational.” - Washington must protect Americans “from police violence.” - Shows like 'Cops' promote violence." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair looks at How's It Going for Talarico? BLM Activist Shouts Him Down at His Own Rally As He Simps for Crockett. From Ace, BLM Activists Bully James Talarico Into Admitting How Extreme His Leftwing Politics Really Are. At Twitchy, NOT YOU! Pete Buttigieg Asks, 'Then What?' After Trump ... and He's Not Gonna' Like the Answers.

Mediaite reports Republicans Gain Ground on Democrats Heading Into 2026 Midterms, New Washington Post Poll Reveals. At Da Mail, Morning Joe warns Democrats are doomed to more election failure in 2028 as party continues to embrace 'extraordinarily loony ideas'. TV News Now @TVNewsNow, "Fox’s @BretBaier: “If Van Jones and Bill Maher are sending up the red flares, is that what’s happening inside the traditional Democratic Party?” Former Biden senior advisor: “Yes, and there should be more of it to be honest. The opinions that are being taken up by these Democratic socialists are political non-starters in any of the places that we actually need to put together a Democratic majority,” adds @JohnWMcCarthy.

Althouse "Former President Joe Biden lost his bid Monday to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with his longtime ghostwriter..." "The NY Post reports." VodkaPundit at PJM, COURT: 'Smithers, Release the Biden Tapes!'

At the Washington Stand, Feds Recover Less Than 1% of $400 Billion+ in COVID Relief Funds Lost to Fraudsters. From NYPo, California city chief arrested on a yacht just three weeks after taking over top job "Sausalito’s new city manager was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of felony burglary after Marin County sheriff’s deputies responding to a noise complaint found her aboard a yacht that authorities say belonged to someone else."

OSINT613, The U.S. Campaign Against Iran Is Moving Inland: This Is No Longer a Coastal War. At PJM Rick Moran hears Trump Weighs Massive Escalation in Iran As Houthis Threaten to Close the Red Sea's Critical Strait and Cathy Salgado sees Trump Calls Out Dems for Helping Iran ‘Savages,’ Punishing U.S. Citizens. At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed wonders Will – and Can – Trump Target Pickaxe Mountain Next? and John Sexton cites Iran: Don't You Dare Strike Our Nuclear Facilities. The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter, "BREAKING: At least 8 oil tankers have aborted transit through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait following the Houthi naval blockade against Saudi Arabia, including 3 Chinese VLCCs carrying Saudi crude. Three tankers loaded with Saudi crude bound for China and one for India have made U-turns in the Red Sea and are now aborting their transit through the Bab El-Mandeb. 4 additional tankers turning north in the Red Sea have been identified as Agios Gerasimos, MICA, NAVIG8 Express, and Trust." IQ 594 | Cody Penn-Dent @codypd "So let me get this straight… China, who is an ally of Iran, has decided to participate in a magic show by not sending boats through a corridor that Iran and its ragtag psycho pals in Yemen say is closed From this I am to infer the ragtag psychos closed it?" Quote Martin Kelly @_MartinKelly_ "At least 4 (there are more) ships, including 3 Chinese VLCCs have aborted transit via the Bab al Mandeb after the Houthis implemented a blockade on Saudi ports. Interesting here that Chinese affiliation clearly does not provide immunity to those ships which meet the Houthi criteria.

Don Surbers sees The Boasberg boomerang, "He inadvertently led Trump to a court that may expedite deportations." From Ace, Michigan Appeals Court Reverses Two More Convictions in Fake-News Gretchen Whitmer "Fednapping" Prosecutions, "The Regime wants to prove that "right wingers" commit as much terrorism as left wingers. But they don't. So they have to manufacture offenses." And, the Border Patrol Wanted to Question Fauci's Catspaw Peter Daszak When He Returned from the Wuhan Lab in China. The FBI Blocked Them from Asking Fauci's Pal Any Questions, "We need a Truth and Reconciliation Committee to discover what was really going on in Wuhan and which government officials need to be in prison." At Da Caller, Hawaii’s Top Court Unleashes ‘Unserious Screed’ Against Conservative-Majority Supreme Court, it was kind of a hissy fit. From JTN, Conservative think tank wants Supreme Court to legalize home whiskey distilleries, "The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that the federal ban against home whiskey distilleries is unconstitutional. However, the 6th Circuit upheld the federal ban."

The NYPo ed board wonders Why hasn’t Mahmoud Khalil been deported yet? At Chronicles No English, No Problem — Until the Crash Happens. Eric Florack at PJM, The Great American Demographic Shift.

Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "Hey @ABC News. How can Sunny Hostin be your Senior Legal Correspondent and Analyst when she was caught on video unethically abusing her power to help her son escape accountability with police and lying about being a current federal prosecutor? The latter is a federal crime."

Sister Toldja, Watch: Brandon Gill Shows Museum Director No Mercy During Hearing on Wokeification of the Smithsonian. Althouse, "Do you think that it's the goal of the Smithsonian Institution to promote white supremacy culture?" "Congressman Brandon Gill asks Smithsonian Museum director Anthea Hartig at the House Oversight Committee hearing today. It's quite an exchange. Gill has a very well-planned set of question designed to destroy Hartig, and Hartig's defense is almost entirely restricted to long silences and diligent note-taking, as if she's endeavoring to learn from Gill." Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "OMG. Brutal moment as Rep. Brandon Gill embarrasses Smithsonian Director Hartig with this line of questioning GILL: Is it important to be polite? HARTIG: Yes GILL: Your organization says politeness is a defining characteristic of white supremacy culture. Ma'am, are you a white supremacist? HARTIG: No, sir. GILL: Why does your organization say being polite is part of being a white supremacist? ANOTHER ONE: GILL: Is objectivity important for history? HARTIG: We strive to be objective GILL: Your document says being objective is white supremacy. HARTIG: Mm... GILL: Are you promoting a white supremacy culture at the Smithsonian? Ma'am, is this a difficult question?" Ace, sees Democrats Push Unhinged Racialist Propaganda as Republicans Probe the Smithsonian for Its Rampant Leftwing Bias.""The museum does not take sides,' a Smithsonian official declared, perjuring herslef." Beege Welborn Excuse Me, Sir - Did You Perhaps Drop Some White Supremacy Here? Mark Judge at the Chronic, Gottfried is Right: Wokeness Is Not Communism, It’s Demonic Narcissism.

From Twitchy, Even Trans Host Can't Stop Making Faces As Trans Dem Ashley Webb Explains How He's MEDICALLY a Woman. At Althouse, "We want to prevent all the bizarreness and keep our state normal." Said Bruce Skaug, an Idaho state representative, "who is sponsoring legislation to bar cities and counties from adopting local nondiscrimination policies that extend protection to sexual orientation or gender identity." Quoted in "How a 911 Call Led to the Nation’s Strictest Trans Bathroom Law/People in Sandpoint, Idaho, don’t know how to characterize a woman’s brush with a transgender woman in a Y.M.C.A. locker room, but the emergency call that followed is still reverberating" (NYT)(gift link).

At Campus Reform, Denver SDS says TPUSA ‘needs to be smashed’ amid university investigation. "Denver Students for a Democratic Society, a left-wing student group, says it 'will not tolerate' TPUSA’s presence on campus."

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.21.26 (Afternoon Edition).

Flotsam and Jetsam - Sen. Graham Dead, Long Live Sen. Graham

Darlene Graham (Nordone), that is. Don Surber lauds Lindsey Graham, a profile in courage. At PJM Dave Manney notices A Power Vacuum Has Opened in the GOP. Trump's Next Move Could Define It and Matt Margolis thinks Trump Drops a Bombshell Pick for Lindsey Graham’s Seat, his sister Darline Graham Nordone. I don't think that's a bombshell, I think it's a placeholder. At Althouse "I recommended, to Governor Henry McMaster, Lindsey Graham’s wonderful sister, Darline, to serve as interim Senator from the Great State of South Carolina." ""This would be a fabulous tribute to Lindsey, who loved her dearly!" Signed President DONALD J. TRUMP, at Truth Social." At Ace, Trump Endorses Lindsey Graham's Sister to Replace Him, "Uhhh... I don't like politics becoming so dynastic. But I guess the idea is that his sister taking over for the rest of the term would be non-controversial right now. All of the people who want to run for the seat also want to be appointed to fill out the term, because that gives them a huge incumbency advantage. Appointing Graham's sister to the seat avoids that... assuming she really only serves for the remaining months." From Sundance at CTH, President Trump Endorses Interim Senate Replacement, Darline Graham Nordone and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster Holds Press Conference Announcing Vacancy Appointment of Darlene. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, CBS: McMaster to Appoint Graham's Sister to Fill Out His Term After Trump Nomination. I guess we just have to hope she's not a flaming liberal. Scott Pinsker at PJM notices The (Pink) Elephant in the Room: Why the Whisper Campaign About Lindsey Graham’s Sex Life Matters. He reminds me a bit of an old friend from work, who, when a new woman asked if he was gay because he showed no interest in dating at all, I replied, "I don't have the vaguest idea." For all I know he was completely asexual, an unusual position for an evolutionary biologist.

Buck Throckmorton as Ace's has in the MORNING RANT: Great Economic News You Won’t Get from the Legacy Media. At Da Signal some Georgia Polling: Jackson and Collins Can Win as Trump’s Approval Rises. Hat Hair's John Sexton sees Trump vs. California NIMBYs.

Hat Hair's John Sexton tells us What's Burning in Russia Today? Lots of Things. VodkaPundit at PJM says Ukraine’s New Naval Strategy Is Brilliantly Simple. Ukrainska Pravda claims Russian hackers breached cameras on NATO logistics routes to track weapons shipments, and Pravda is known for the truth... Sundance at CTH smirks at Moodys: Without U.S Military Leading Europe, Credit Rating for EU Sovereign Countries Will be Lowered "Now, tell me again how Europe is not living on the back of America." VodkaPundit at Insty, THIS IS FROM THE SUN, SO TAKE IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT — BUT IT’S TOO CUTE NOT TO SHARE: Desperate Castro family offer Trump private ISLAND for ‘super resort’ as president threatens to decapitate Cuba regime. “The idyllic Cayo Santa María super resort would be renamed ‘Trump Island’ – but only if US sanctions are lifted and plans for a luxury hotel casino project go ahead.”

PJM's Sarah Anderson hears Rubio to ICC: Hands Off the United States — Oh, And We're Shutting You Down. At Hat Hair Beege Welborn sees Sec State Lays a Flaming Marco Down on That Rogue ICC.

Fred Fleitz at Am Great thinks Trump’s Patience With the Iranian Regime Runs Out "President Trump’s decisive action this week reaffirms that the United States will not subsidize aggression through endless patience." Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "@POTUS on Iran: "It was a done deal, and then they broke it. They always break it. We've had 10 deals with these people — and so we're just going to hit them very hard... They're a bad group of people. They've been this way for a long time." No way out, but through. AP whines US attacks Iran and Tehran retaliates across the Middle East as both vie for control of strait. At Hat Hair, John Sexton sees Airstrikes on Iran Continue, Capt. Ed, Trump: Blockade on Iran Is Back, Baby, Bigger Than Ever and threatening US tolls for passage, Dave Strom, Trump: US Will Take the Strait and Run It; UPDATE: Trump Reimposes Iran Blockade, Duane Patterson, The Only Toll In the Strait of Hormuz Is Being Paid By the Iranian Regime and Dave Strom again, NYT: Former Iran President Ahmadinejad Was Israeli Spy. From News Wax, NY Times: Mossad Recruited Iran's Ahmadinejad. Ace, Hmm: Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Was Recruited as a Spy by Israel; Israel Hoped He Could Take Control of Iran After Assassinations of Iran's President and His Advisors, "So that was the plan. But plans tend to not survive first contact with the enemy." Even if it isn't true, I could see why Mossad would spread the rumor. Keep them worried about their "friends." i24 News, ‘Revenge is certain’: Iranian newspaper publishes ‘hit list’ naming Trump, Netanyahu. "Hamshahri depicted 13 US, Israeli and European officials in prison uniforms as Mojtaba Khamenei renewed Iran’s pledge to avenge his father’s killing." Is this supposed to be a surprise? Struan Stevenson at TownHall alliterates Bread, Bombs, and Bankruptcy: Iran's Theocracy Faces Its Final Reckoning and Cameron Arcad, Iranian Drones in Cuba? Here's What Trump Knows. All the more reason to take care of the Cuba problem.

LOL. LMAO even.

TownHall's Kurt Schlichter observes No Democrat Has the Brains or Courage to Not Be Crazy but Matt Vespa thinks Dems Are Getting Really Tired of Bernie Sanders' Political Schtick. EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "Is every communist a failed millionaire nepo baby?" Quote Stu Smith @thestustustudio, "Fergie Chambers, heir to the Cox media fortune and a major funder of militant pro-Palestine groups, was detained in Spain as the Trump administration seeks his extradition on federal charges carrying up to 30 years in prison." Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "People can laugh but don’t underestimate these people. In only a few years, these weirdos seized control of the city where this photo was taken (Denver). They mostly don’t have kids. Socialism and communism are their child and they’ll die for it like we’d die for our actual kids. If you want to beat them longterm, the silent majority must see them as threats to our kids lives, because they are. Only then will we have the fortitude to dismantle them. And you’re going to have to drop the silent part of "silent majority"…. Because to beat communists, you must overrun them, you must be louder, you must be stronger, you must be more vicious like a lion protecting their young and you must be just as willing to sacrifice." Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Look at the crowd at today's DSA event. They tried to delete this. Too late." Dave Strom finds 'This Is Socialism' Propaganda Is Ridiculous. Sarah at Insty, THEY’RE NOT ANTI-ICE, THAT’S JUST THEIR COVER: INSURRECTION: Anti-ICE Mob Tries to Break Into Susan Collins’ Maine Office. Emma Camp opines Capitalism Gets a Bum Rap. "For many young people it’s simply a stand-in for the status quo. But the status quo is a huge improvement over the alternative." True capitalism has never been tried. 

A Larry vid at Hat Hair, Newsom Embraces Communists, Will Soon Regret It. VodkaPundit at PJM, Paramount Plays Hardball Against Newsom's Regulatory Goons. Brad Slager at RedState calls it Insanity: Steve Hilton Uncovers Why Police Can't Clear LA's Homeless Camps, NGOs sue them. Dave Strom hears Keith Ellison: Even You Need 'Gender Affirming Care' by using a very broad definition of gender affirming care. Speaking of changing definitions, at Twitchy, HIDE THE WOMEN! Zohran Mamdani's Explanation of Why R*pe Is Rising In New York Is Abominable. End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Mamdani on why rape is up in NY: "A lot of it is from expanding what counts as rape." PM, MAMDANI’S NYC: Homeless encampment with drug trafficking, prostitution reaches 12 blocks. From Ace, Muskily Heterosexual James Talarico Woos the Most Important Voting Bloc in Texas, Perverts Who Attend Drag Queen Shows, "He's such a moderate centrist," and Humiliated by His Fawning Over a Nazi Rapist, Ro Khanna Tries to Change the Subject By Trying to Force His Way Past an Israeli Checkpoint and Then Crying "Jews Are Abusing a Brown Man!" When They Stop Him (for Ninety Minutes, to Check IDs), "Ro Khanna's absurd idea that he can be president took a big hit when his Rapist Wingman Graham Platner was forced to withdraw." From Althouse, The Republican never wins the governorship in Colorado, so what do Republican primary voters think they are doing?, "I'm reading "He Says He Killed a Man. Republicans Nominated Him Anyway" by Michelle Goldberg in the NYT. ... Goldberg leaves out the details about that killing. Grok relays the story as told by Marx: "severe childhood abuse (physical, sexual, and emotional) by multiple figures, including being beaten, electrocuted, tortured, and nearly killed (e.g., left in a cooler).... stepfather placing a gun in his hands, guiding his finger to pull the trigger, and shooting a man in the back of the head....""

Bryan Beal @bryanrbeal, "The fact this one dude - by himself - can walk into any state and find blatant fraud everywhere he goes proves two things: 1) the fraud is rampant at an unprecedented scale and 2) the government agencies who are supposed to protect our tax dollars are either completely incompetent or complicit in the fraud." Quote jay plemons @jayplemons, "Nick Shirley uncovers an adult day care in Flushing, Queens with 7,000 phantom members. Nick: “This public document says you have 7,899 members.”" I assume complicity. Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen, "The shocking part of this is how most growth in the healthcare industry has come from bureaucracy, not actual healthcare." Quote Mary Talley Bowden MD @MaryBowdenMD, "Over the past 34 years, healthcare has replaced manufacturing as the top employer in the vast majority of states." The more people involved, the less each person feels any obligation for the outcomes. 

From NYPo, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz bankrolled $480 million activist crusade that’s made your bacon and eggs pricier.

TheBlaze @theblaze, "Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin: “The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election.”" From Ace, More Illegal Aliens Discovered Voting Illegally in US Elections, "John Solomon at JusttheNews:"

Swann Marcus @SwannMarcus89, "Cambridge disabled Shot Spotter because they said it was racist. Then a black Public Works employee got shot, lay undiscovered for over an hour while bleeding out in a public park, and died because first responders didn't know a shooting happened."

The Hollywood Reporter reports Hunter Biden, Nick Fuentes Interview Nearly Turns Physical, Report Says, "The sit-down, brokered by Channel 5's Andrew Callaghan, reportedly grew heated before cooler heads prevailed." When you want both sides to lose.

NYPo cites Reuters, DOJ opens probe into allegations against United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain.

Capt. Ed, BREAKING: ICE-Involved Shooting in Maine; One Dead. Already being politicized. On the Fox Bus, Trump administration launches aggressive H-1B visa fraud crackdown.

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "“Shocking”? There is literally nothing shocking about big tech suppressing stories that are inconvenient and harmful to Democrats." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Negative news about alleged rapist Graham Platner was suppressed by Big Tech, shocking study finds." And at the substack, Fort Worth Police EXPOSED for Violating 1st Amendment.

From CJ, Tal Fortgang says Stop WOKE Is Stopped—But Reform of Higher Education Will Go On. "A court struck down Florida’s ban on classroom indoctrination, but states have other means of wresting control of public education from dubious faculty." From the College Fix, Texas public university won’t fund professor’s travel to DEI-forward event and New Hampshire trans-female athletes drop lawsuit following recent SCOTUS decision. At Compact, Title IX Is Holding Back US Men’s Soccer.

Amy Curti sees CNBC Lists the Ten 'Worst' States to Live In. See If You Can Spot What They Have In Common, "To score the states for quality of life, we use hard data on factors like crime rates, air quality and healthcare. We also consider the cost and availability of childcare, inclusiveness of state laws, and reproductive rights."

End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "This is not a right-wing parody video Toronto Police actually posted this." From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, “A Culture of Courage”: A German Celebrates American Freedom. Beege Welborn is suspicious of The Murder of Ann Widdecombe in England. Jarvis @jarvis_best, "Things are getting serious in the UK. If it turns out a terrorist murdered her, he'll almost certainly be looking at a VERY steep fine." Quote GB Politics @GBPolitcs, "BREAKING: Counter-Terrorism Police have now taken charge of the investigation into the suspected murder of Ann Widdecombe, following the emergence of significant new information and evidence."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Slowly I Turn up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.