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Sunday, September 21, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Leftist Loon Shoots Up ABC Affiliate in Revenge for Kimmel Cancelation

From Twitchy, Jimmy Kimmel, Groypers, and Israel, OH MY: The Left's Desperate Attempt to Characterize a Killer. Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "Every Democrat that opens their mouth and says a single thing about free speech needs to watch a video montage of themselves being complete and total hypocrites." Carl Benjamin @Sargon_of_Akkad "We recreated Weimar conditions and some how it produced a huge aggressive right wing movement, we have no idea why!" Quote The News Agents @TheNewsAgents, "We saw it in Weimar Germany and Mussolini's Italy... It's not a million miles away from this." Former US Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner tells @maitlis that curbs on free speech put America on “slippery territory” for democracy." NYPo, Jimmy Kimmel hosted just one right-leaning guest in past three years — and it came with a condition "MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, Trump’s longtime pal and a major Republican donor, appeared on JKL in 2023, but only after agreeing to spend the entire interview inside an arcade claw-machine game because he wasn’t vaccinated. Kimmel, however, said he insisted Lindell be in the claw machine “because it’s hilarious.”" Atop Da Hill, Jonathan Turley sees The funniest joke Jimmy Kimmel never told "So Kimmel is now a hero of democracy — all he had to do was spread disinformation. That makes this the funniest joke that Kimmel never told." From DNYUZ, ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Crew To Be Paid Next Week As Discussions To Bring Back Show Carry On.

Misty Severi at JTN reports Ted Cruz blasts FCC Chair Brendan Carr's criticism of ABC as mob tactics 'right out of Goodfellas'. Nice network you have there . . . From Twitchy, Man Arrested for Firing Shots at ABC Affiliate After Kimmel Protest. Steve Lookner @lookner, "Anibal Hernandez-Santana, 64, was arrested for firing shots into the window of ABC10 in Sacramento yesterday. An X account that appears to be his "contains a steady stream of anti-Trump commentary," according to Variety." "You mean it wasn't some MAGA conservative celebrating the cancellation of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" with some celebratory gunfire?" ABC 10, Arrest made in ABC10 shooting. KCRA 3, FBI arrests Sacramento man in connection with ABC10 news station shooting after earlier release on bail "Jail records show he is now ineligible for bail."

Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks NPR's Latest Article on the Charlie Kirk Assassination Is Why It Got Defunded. The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great thinks The Murder of Charlie Kirk Was Not a George Floyd Moment "Charlie Kirk’s murder sparked peaceful resolve, not riots—sharply contrasting the violence, destruction, and radical agendas unleashed after George Floyd’s death." No riots. John Sexton at Hat Hair wonders Are We Done With Political Violence (or Could It Keep Spiraling)? I think you mean, will the left continue to be violent? From OTP, NJ Teacher Canned Over Callous Quip About Kirk: ‘Some People Have To Die’. And some people have to be fired. Nick Ballasy at JTN hears a Democratic congresswoman accuse Charlie Kirk of 'advocating for a Christian nationalist government' "Sherrill said Kirk was "advocating for a Christian nationalist government and to roll back the rights of women and Black people. This flies in the face of every value I hold dear and that I fight for." I'm not a close follower of Charlie Kirk, but I don't believe he advocated anything of the kind. But they need to repeat it to themselves over and over to justify their hate. Sarah Arnold at TownHall notes a Longtime Democrat Says Only Trump Can Unite the Country After Kirk’s Assassination, Manchin. Since when does the left take any lead from Trump? He can get them to go against the sanest policies by merely advocating for them.

At OTP, Arizona Prosecutor Issues Warning Ahead Of Charlie Kirk Memorial With Trump. FAFO. At Althouse, "When Secret Service agents approached him, he claimed to be a member of law enforcement and said he was armed, the service said." ""'The individual is not a member of authorized law enforcement working the event and is currently in custody,' the service said, adding that he had not been arrested as of late Friday night.... The apparent unauthorized entry raised security concerns around the memorial, which is at capacity and is expected to include President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and many other administration officials and top aides." I'm reading "Armed man detained at site of planned memorial service for Charlie Kirk/The service, which will feature President Donald Trump and Cabinet members, has a top-level security designation akin to a Super Bowl" (WaPo)." Nick Ballasy at JTN, Armed man arrested at Charlie Kirk memorial site providing advance security for known guest: TPUSA. "We do not believe this person was attempting anything nefarious, however the advance was not done in proper coordination with the TPUSA security team or US Secret Service. Also important to note that this was before the site had been fully sealed and locked down," says TPUSA spokesperson."

Also at OTP, WWI Rifle That Killed Charlie Kirk May Be Untraceable. Too old to have a serial number. Still shoots straight, thought. Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal thinks Transgender Ideology Is Motivating Violence: It’s High Time the FBI Designate It as Such. Put Ru Paul on the watch list? I think that's going overboard. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "The trans furry pervert demographic is a key constituency of you and the rest of the Democrats." Quote Tim Miller @Timodc, "One more thing. “one of MINE” didn’t kill Charlie. Unless you mean he was a human or a man like me." I don't know about key, but I guess a bunch of tiny fanatic fringes add up.

At RCP Larry Kudlow thinks Powell's Mismanagement of the Fed Is Beyond the Pale. It's pretty clear now he did his best to bolster Slow Joe and inhibit Trump. Department of Government Efficiency @DOGE "Contracts Update! Over the last 5 days, agencies terminated and descoped 87 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $2.1B and savings of $673M, including a $509k State Dept. professional support contract for an “Iran press assistant position in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs”, a $509k State Dept. professional support contract for a “press advisory specialist in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs”, and a $911k NASA climate & sustainability contract for “integrating Earth observations toward advancing equitable resilience to geo-hazards in a changing climate”." Atop Da Hill, Trump predicts government could shut down ‘for a period of time’, blames Chucky. “I don’t know if you can make a deal with these people,” Trump said. “I think these people are crazy.” Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller, Mike Johnson Has 4 Words For Chuck Schumer’s Demand That Taxpayers Prop Up Left-Wing Media, “We’re not doing that.” “He’s trying to force, for example, and everybody at home needs to understand what Chuck Schumer is trying to do, is force $1.4 trillion in additional spending on the American people, a spending on a very short-term continued resolution to keep the government out.”

The Brussel's Signal claims The EU sanctions on Russia have had no effect on Putin’s economy. No effect? I doubt it, but certainly not enough to bring Putin to the table. Across the pond at the Telegraph comes word that Britain’s Vagina Museum hit by Trump’s trade war, really! "The Vagina Museum in Bethnal Green, east London, sells items including postcards, magnets, stickers and tea towels featuring the female anatomy. But they are now subject to the US president’s 10 per cent baseline tariff which came into effect in August." Oh dear, how sad to pay 10% more for a vagina tea towel!

At Althouse, "The FBI under former President Biden launched a sweeping investigation called 'Arctic Frost' that included major Republican organizations and conservative groups..." "... according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). Grassley revealed whistleblower evidence at a Senate Judiciary hearing showing the probe, which began with 2020 election challenges, later expanded to 92 Republican targets such as the RNC, the Republican Attorneys General Association, and Turning Point USA. 'Arctic Frost wasn't just a case to politically investigate Trump,' Grassley said. 'It was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and Department of Justice prosecutors could achieve their partisan ends and improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus." From "FBI's 'Arctic Frost' probe into Jan. 6 investigated Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA" (Yahoo, republishing Snopes, quoting the Facebook page The Federalist Papers)."

ET reports Prosecution Rests Case in Trial of Trump Assassination Attempt Suspect: 5 Takeaways "The trial resumes on Monday with Routh—who is representing himself—calling his first witness." At CJ, The Dangerous Celebration of Luigi Mangione "It’s his admirers’ adulation, not the court’s decision to toss first-degree murder charges, that should concern us most."

Kaelen Deese at WaEx reports Alex Acosta said he never saw Trump’s name when handling Epstein case. Democrats keep their fingers in their ears, shouting la, la, la, la!

Beth Brelje at Da Fed, FBI Sources Alleged Biden Stopped Burisma Investigation ‘To Protect The Interests Of Hunter,’ New Docs Show. Matt Margolis at PJM, Does This Prove Hunter Biden Orchestrated His Own Pardon? "Biden’s former chief of staff, Jeff Zients, revealed during his House Oversight Committee testimony this week that Hunter Biden wasn't just sitting on the sidelines during those crucial final weeks of his father's presidency—he was actively participating in pardon discussions, attending multiple meetings with White House aides." Rusty Weiss at RedState is shocked by The Loyalty Threat Jill Biden Made to Kamala’s Husband That Left Him ‘Grim’ Faced “She seemed tense, even angry. ‘What’s going on?’ she demanded. ‘Are you supporting us?’ Of course, Doug said. Of course, we are supporting you," one passage obtained by The Guardian reveals. "‘OK. That’s really important. We need to know that.’" Scott Pinsker at PJM sees The Spectacular Self-Destruction of Kamala Harris.

TNP hears Jasmine Crockett: Committing Crimes Doesn’t Make You a Criminal. Fox, Mother ‘furious’ after Rep. Crockett calls daughter murdered by illegal migrant a ‘random dead person’.

Matt Vespa, Abigail Spanberger Was Asked About Men in Women's Bathrooms. Her Answer Was a Trainwreck. Word salad worthy of Kamala after half a box of wine.

Stacy McCain on Collective Grievance, Collective Guilt, Collective Rage: A Case Study "What’s wrong with the Democratic Party? There are two ways to approach this question. Democrats ask what’s wrong with their party in order to fix it, so that they can win more elections. Republicans ask the question in order to make the argument that nobody should vote for that dysfunctional trainwreck of a party." James Banakis at John Kass's thinks we're Living in One Big Nuthouse "Today, I’m going to put all my knowledge of listening to and observing the hungry, overserved masses, and with the help of WebMD, tell you what I think are the afflictions tormenting the Lefties." Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar, "Andrew Sullivan: “We all became used to soft-liberal bias on TV and newspapers for years like background music, and it didn’t delegitimize them entirely. We let it go. They kept up a veil of respectability, a wispy fig leaf of balance over their leftist privates. We sighed and kept subscribing and watching. But the full-on neo-Marxist propaganda of 2020? And far-left disinformation at the Kimmel level in the wake of an assassination? Well, the veil slipped, didn’t it, and here we are.”"

LifeZette sees a Democrat Candidate Tossed Like a Rag Doll While Trying to Block ICE Operation in Illinois. Did she wear a sign proclaiming her candidacy? FAFO. Streiff at RedState reports New York Officials Arrested While Conducting Resistance Theater at ICE Facility. From TNP, Portland Officials Join Fight Against ICE Facility Besieged by Antifa.

At MSN, Trump signs proclamation that adds $100K fee to H-1B visas. If you want to bring in someone super qualified, $100k is worth it, but just to man a call center or ordinary coding? Probably not. Atop Da Hill, Trump signs ‘gold card’ order with $2M visa fee for companies, $1 million for individuals.

MSN, ‘You’re Guilty, Jon’: Trump Rails Against ABC Correspondent in the Oval Office, Says ‘You’re a Terrible Reporter’. From NewsBusters, STUDY: Nets Spent Near Double on Blowout Pre-Election Jobs Report Vs. Massive Revision. Best Emily Littella voice, Nevermind!

John Sexton is pleased a Lawsuit Can Proceed Against School District that Socially Transitioned Child and Hid It From Parents.

At CJ, Trump Is Right to Fight Wokeness at the Smithsonian. "As mostly federally funded institutions, the museums owe Americans a faithful account of their history." "Smithsonian secretary Lonnie Bunch responded to the White House initiative with a letter to staff, declaring, “Our independence is paramount.” This defiance, while understandable, is a bit rich. The most prominent Smithsonian museums are located on prime federal land. The institution receives 62 percent of its revenues from the federal government—that is, from taxpayers. Having the Smithsonian assert its “independence” is reminiscent of a 30-year-old who lives with his parents, rent-free, and receives most of his income from them, yet claims that he’s his own man and beholden to no one." 62 percent of it's direct revenues comes from the Congressional appropriation, but much of the rest comes from grants from the federal government one way or another. Ask me how I know.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile At The Catgirl Barrel up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - We Come Not to Honor Kimmel, But to Bury Him

AOL citing People reports “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Replaced by “Celebrity Family Feud” After Being Pulled by ABC amid Host's Comments About Charlie Kirk. Nick Arama at RedState hears a New Report: Kimmel Was About to Make Things Even Worse Before Suspension, "He planned to address it by blaming MAGA, saying that his words were being "purposely twisted" by them." RBe @RBPundit, "Here’s what happened: ABC: “Jimmy, you fucked up. Apologize.” Jimmy: “Fuck no. I’m going to blast these fascists.” ABC: “Not on our dime, you’re not.”" John Sexton at Hat Hair explores Where Did Jimmy Kimmel Get the Idea that Charlie Kirk's Assassin was Right Wing? "I pointed out some of the people who were spreading this particular fantasy on Bluesky and X here. Keith Olbermann, David Shuster, Jemele Hill and many others were pushing this hard all weekend (I also mentioned Heather Cox Richardson.) As Nate Silver says, this was exactly the sort of online nonsense that the left routinely labels misinformation, but only when it comes from the right." Dave Strom at Hat Hair cites NPR: We Don't Know If Tyler Robinson Was Left-Wing. Twitchy sees Leftist Adults Dox Teens Forming a Texas High School TPUSA Club, Lie About Cause of Charlie's Murder. Hollywood in Toto examines The Sad, Inevitable Fall of Jimmy Kimmel. "Former 'Man Show' cutup sold his comic soul to Progressive movement."

Matt Vespa at TownHall, thinks Ex-CNN Host's Take on Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension Will Likely Anger Libs. Chris Cuomo, “It is not a First Amendment issue until you have proof of government intervention.” Hat Hair's Dave Strom, asks if you Remember When Democrats Pressured Cable Companies to Ban Fox, OAN, and Newsmax? From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.25, Twitchy sees Scott Jennings SCHOOL Abby Phillip and Other Clueless Dems on How the Television Broadcasting Biz Works. At Breitbart, Unity Achieved: MAGA Supports Democrat Boycott of Disney/ABC over Jimmy Kimmel Cancellation. Mark Hemingway @Heminator "“Oh no please don’t go after the company that went out of its way to attack Ron DeSantis because he didn’t want books in school libraries telling kids how to sign up for Grindr.”" Quote Keith Edwards @keithedwards "Boycott Disney. Cancel Hulu. Don’t let them get away with this." Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "You guys if we’re not careful the Democrats might use the FCC for political purposes. Like helping their megadonor illegally take over radio stations or installing the retarded activist children of Democrat Congressmen as commissioners." At Althouse, I'm happy to see America's lefties swooning in love with freedom of speech. "Let them make many strong and loud professions of love, because I want a lot of material to throw in their face when — if? — they get back to subordinating freedom of speech below endless other more important matters. Is it possible they'll commit to this love for freedom of speech with such intensity that they will forsake its rivals? It's unlikely, but I'll be delighted to give them credit... or even a vote. Now, lets check in with Roseanne Barr again:" Roseanne Barr @therealroseanne, "Remember when you and your wife called Bob Iger to have me fired?" Quote Barack Obama @BarackObama, "After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh "NOW: Leftists have gathered in NYC outside ABC Studios demanding, "ABC, grow a spine!" due to Jimmy Kimmel's cancellation "We are facing FASCISM!" DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "The signs were printed by RefuseFascism dot org. Bill Ayers, the Weather Underground bomber and Obama's mentor, is a founding member of RefuseFascism. Its tax-exempt financial sponsor is Alliance for Global Justice." Ace finds FCC Head Brenden Carr: Either The View Is a Bona Fide "News" Program, Or Else the Disney Groomer Network Will Have to Provide Equal Time to Republicans. "Just because the law hasn't been enforced for a while doesn't mean it's not the law."

Dmitri Bolt at TownHall reports the Trans Lover of Charlie Kirk Assassin Kicked Out of Parents Home for Substance Abuse and Gaming Addiction. Cathy Salgado at PJM, The Insanity That Created Kirk’s Killer: Lefty Says Dating ‘Trans’ Male Doesn’t Equal ‘Gay’. Maybe we need a new category? Josh Code at the Freep on Understanding Tyler Robinson’s Motives "Andy Ngo breaks down what the messages on the alleged shooter’s bullet casings mean, why they matter, and how obscure internet culture played a role in Charlie Kirk’s killing." Victory Girls sees Angry Socialist-Leninist Transgenders & Queers Arm Up in Salt Lake City. Mike Cantrell at PJM, Legal Documents Say Attempted Kavanaugh Assassin Identified as Transgender. Ace, Surprise! The Left-Wing Assassin Who Came to Murder Supreme Court Justices In Ninja Shoes and Armed with a Chef's Knife Now Identifies as "MAGA" "Whoops, sorry, that headline was written by Jimmy Kimmel's no-talent "comedy" writers. The "man" who planned to murder three conservative justices, and who was arrested sneaking into Brett Kavanaugh's home, is trans." Stacy McCain says We’re All Shocked — Shocked! — to Learn That the Democrat Who Tried to Murder Brett Kavanaugh Is a Psychotic Tranny.

Stacy McCain looks at ‘The Normal-American Community’ and the Demonic Horde Who Love Death. "We live in evil times, and the destructive forces of evil are howling in rage that they can’t kill us all the way they killed Charlie Kirk." Sean Davis @seanmdav "They just murdered Charlie Kirk in broad daylight in front of his and kids while he was peacefully debating a college student. And then they laughed about it. And university professors all over the country said we need more assassinations of Christians and conservatives. Do you understand how utterly ridiculous you sound? “Imagine if the roles were reversed.” What freaking planet do you live on?" Quote Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT, "The woke were warned their tools could be turned against them but couldn't imagine history's arc bending rightward. (I struggled to imagine it myself.) Now populists facing the same warning keep implying no future censorious left could exceed what we've had already. (We'll see.)" From Ace, The Week in the Woke Terrorist Murder Cult and Death Cultist and the Left's "New Joe Rogan" Now an Object of Congressional Investigation; Pro-Murder Agitator Destiny Has His YouTube Monetization Suspended. Quotalatiousness sees After the Charlie Kirk assassination, here are three possible futures. Matt Vespa cites Michael Shellenberger Independent Journalist Nails What's Led to the Left's Frenzy for Political Violence …the environment that led to Kirk’s death was created by the Left in its decades-long demonization and dehumanization of conservatives. For 80 years, schools, universities, and the media have used Hitler, Nazism, and fascism as symbols of ultimate evil. To call someone a “Nazi,” “fascist,” or “far-Right,” is therefore to imply that they are part of this evil, and like the historical Nazis, must be eliminated. Over the last 10 years, not just the radical Left but the mainstream news media, including the New York Times, and mainstream Democrats like Newsom, repeatedly characterized Trump and his supporters as Hitler-adjacent fascists. The New Republic openly depicted Trump as Hitler." At Campus Reform, Higher ed has normalized political violence "The left on college campuses has normalized violence against conservatives, and that mindset has metastasized to poison the next generation." LifeZette, GOP Governor Targeted in Alleged Bombing Assassination Plan by Far-Left Extremist. Mostly Peaceful Memes @MostlyPeacefull, "The two most radicalizing events of my lifetime happened in the same week." LifeZette, Hillary Clinton Brutally Mocked After Promoting Book Labeling Opponents ‘Fascists’. 

From the Free Bacon, 58 House Democrats Vote Against Resolution Condemning Charlie Kirk’s Assassination, "AOC said the resolution brings 'great pain' to the victims of Jim Crow." Huh? Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Ghouls: AOC Ridicules Charlie Kirk, Fewer Than Half of House Dems Support Resolution reminding us "Three months ago, the House passed a similar resolution honoring Democrat state legislators killed by a deranged political operative in Minnesota, who later ludicrously claimed to be working on Tim Walz' orders so Walz could get a Senate seat. That resolution passed unanimously with nearly all members voting, 424-0." Sundance at CTH, Congressional Black Caucus Reject Resolution Honoring Charlie Kirk. Ace, Democrats Vote Against Resolution Condemning the Charlie Kirk Murder and Denouncing All Political Violence "You will never get the left to agree to this. Many -- at least 40% of them -- are affirmatively pro-murder, pro-killing-the-deplorables, and the other 60% are cowards afraid of the other 40%. They bow to the extremists every single time, as they did at the New York Times when they fired an editor for publishing an op-ed by Tom Cotton. The 40% extremists demanded his firing, and the 60% cowards agreed."

Vicky Taft at PJM, has a  West Coast, Messed Coast™ — Federal Officers Bust Operator of Antifa Safe House in Portland. Dave Strom, Dutch Parliament Votes to Classify Antifa as Terrorist Organization. Ace, Dutch Parliament Declares Antifa a Domestic Terrorist Organization. 

In misc. Trumpiania, RedState's Chris Arps claims Trump Finds His Next 80/20 Issue in a congressional stock trading ban. But will they bite? From Breitbart, Down to Business: Trump Signs ‘Tech-Prosperity Deal’ With UK Unlocking ‘Billions of Dollars of Opportunities’. 

Ace, Senate Invokes "Nuclear Option" to Confirm 48 Trump Nominees Long Delayed By Insurrectionist Democrats. "You get what you deserve." John Sexton, House Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown, but will the Senate Chuck Schumer go along? Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: It's just been exposed that Chuck Schumer and Democrats in Congress are demanding free health insurance for illegal aliens, half a billion dollars for NPR, and a $1.5 trillion spending increase in exchange for averting a government shutdown. NO WAY. STAND STRONG." Doesn't sound like it. Sundance at CTH is upset the Republican Wing of UniParty Demand $25,000 Per Month for Each Representative to Hire Personal Security.

From the Pop Times Ex-Biden Aide Jeff Zeints Admits Hunter Biden Was “Directly Involved” in Pardons. Victory Girls hears Biden Chief of Staff Admits That Joe Was Fading While In Office. "Over the course of a six-hour grilling by Oversight staff, Zients also revealed that Biden began having “difficulty remembering dates and names,” while “decisions that once required three meetings eventually began to require a fourth,” according to the first source." Nick Arama sees Kamala Harris Starts a Substack: It's As Bad As You'd Think, and Her Coping With Losing Is Hilarious. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair is Inexplicably Revealing More of the Fatuous Creation That Is Kamala. Or as Matt Margolis puts it Kamala Harris Admits That She’s an Idiot.

Ben Smith at LI reports George Soros Drops $10M on California Gerrymander,“Soros, and his group of psychopaths, have caused great damage to our Country!”

Jen O'Connell at RedState, Federal Judge Rules That Maps for Alabama's Largest County Must Be Redrawn. TNP, Judge Blocks Deportation of Hundreds of Guatemalans. Forbidding ICE from sending kids home to their parents. Capt. Ed hears Federal Judge to Trump's Lawyers: Find An Editor "Merryday didn't dismiss the defamation action outright. He did, however, tell Trump's attorneys to stop trying to make it "the functional equivalent of the Hyde Park Speakers Corner." Dan Greenfield at Front Page, LA Jury Frees Man Who Assaulted Federal Agent "How do you have trials when the judges and jurors can't be trusted?" From LifeZette, Biden’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ Czar is Furious After Appeals Court Tosses Her Case Against Fox News, the singing censor. At Shapiro's Gave, Ilya Shapiro worries How Do We Cure the Body Politic? "Polarization has infected the U.S. court system—from top to bottom."

From Da Blaze, GOP-run Jan. 6 subcommittee goes after trove of data deleted by Pelosi-appointed Jan. 6 committee, hmm I wonder why the deleted it? Not helpful to their case? The Unsinkable Mollie Hemingway at Imprimis, discusses The Significance of the Recently Released Russia Hoax Documents.

Guy Benson at TownHall hears Letitia James: Convicting Me for My Alleged Mortgage Fraud Will Be Tough Because... it will be hard to prove her mortgage fraud was deliberate. Never catch me, coppers! Bonchie @bonchieredstate "“I did it, but you can’t prove I meant to do it” is quite the thing to announce publicly. Wild." Quote Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC, "NEW: Letitia James tells Joy Reid the mortgage fraud allegations against her are "baseless" since it's hard to prove she did it *ON PURPOSE* "It's baseless because in order to prove mortgage fraud, one has to prove intent — and that's a very high standard, a very hard high bar to meet." Well, maybe, if we had a friendly jury.

Real Clear Education, Bill Trachman and Eitan Genger say Trump is Right: Schools Must Pay Dearly for Discrimination. John Sexton, Lawsuit Can Proceed Against School District that Socially Transitioned Child and Hid It From Parents.

Still lot's more links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.25, but Gabi's soccer team beacons. Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile At The Catgirl Barrel up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Friday, September 19, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Kimmel Kancled, Who Kares?

Sundance at CTH catches up on the Kimmel canning, After Backlash Disney/ABC Suspend Jimmy Kimmel for Toxic Comments Following Charlie Kirk Murder. "Nexstar Media Group, which holds an FCC license and operates 2oo partnered broadcast ABC stations, announced they would not broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Live. Soon thereafter Sinclair Media Group, another FCC licensee, announced they were also not going to broadcast the Jimmy Kimmel Live television show. As the backlash mounted from affiliate television stations, eventually Disney Corp who owns ABC announced they were suspending Jimmy Kimmel effective immediately." Ace, Report: Affiliates Demanded Jimmy Kimmel Apologize and He Refused, Telling Them He Would Double Down on Trump Attacks; Disney Suspended Him Because They Would Have Been Forced to Fire Him If He Went Through With Plan, "Oh. So all he needed to do was correct his Dangerous Disinformation and he could return to the air, but he refused? As predicted." Twitchy, WSJ: Kimmel Was Planning to Blame His Backfired Charlie Kirk Assassination Remarks on... (Just Guess). Byron York @ByronYork, "WSJ reports Jimmy Kimmel planned to address the controversy had he gone on air Wednesday night. But Kimmel planned to blame MAGA, and Disney execs feared he would just make things worse." A Larry video at Hat Hair, The Real Reason Kimmel Got Canned! Eric Swalwell Humiliated! At Insty, ABC QUICKLY ANNOUNCES REPLACEMENT FOR JIMMY KIMMEL: JD Vance @JDVance, "Everyone please congratulate @marcorubio, the new host of ABC's late night show!" The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "JD Vance Takes Over As Host Of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'."

Nick Arama at RedState, Schumer Melts Down Over Kimmel Being Preempted, Trips Over Own Words and Gets Leveled by Maria Bartiromo. Dave Strom at Hat Hair sees Keith Olbermann Demonstrates His Comedic Talent. American AF @iAnonPatriot, "Keith Olbermann DEFENDS Charlie Kirk’s assassln, Tyler Robinson, by saying “it was simply a man protecting someone he loved”" Twitchy has a Straight-Fire Thread Explaining WHY People Are MOCKING Lefties Crying About 'MUH FREE SPEECH' a Must-READ. Roseanne Barr @therealroseanne, "Yeah imagine an administration putting pressure on a television channel to fire a comedian they didn’t like." Quote David Frum @davidfrum, Replying to @davidfrum "Trying to imagine the reaction if the Biden administration had demanded that Fox fire Greg Gutfeld because he wasn't sufficiently sad about the assault on Paul Pelosi." PJM's Matt Margolis says hey, Remember When Democrats Wanted Tucker Carlson Fired to ‘Protect Democracy’? A Dricolly post at Insty, starts with ED MORRISSEY: Throwback Thursday Karma: Kimmel Celebrates Tucker’s Firing. At Da Fed, Shawn Fleetwood finds Leftists Are Angrier About Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Than Charlie Kirk’s Assassination. Insty cites DON SURBER: Charlie’s death reveals media’s worst. Also, a reminder: Sean Davis @seanmdav "Your friends in the Biden admin used government money to censor @MZHemingway and me with the deliberate and explicit goal of bankrupting @FDRLST because we reported facts they didn’t like. AND YOU DEFENDED IT. So sit down." Quote Chris Hayes @chrislhayes, "This is the most straightforward attack on free speech from state actors I've ever seen in my life and it's not even close. x.com/JBFlint/status…" Amiri King @AmiriKing "Y’all wanna see a dead body? Because this was a fucking murder." Insty asks WHY IS THIS MAN STILL EMPLOYED? DOES COLUMBIA NOT HAVE A DECENT RESPECT FOR THE OPINIONS OF MANKIND? "Columbia Climate Lecturer Calls Charlie Kirk a ‘Dead Nazi’." and THE TRUMP ERA IS ONE OF RADICAL CLARIFICATION: wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "The progressive celebration of Charlie Kirk's murder is a kind of "coming out", the moment the will resolves the dilemma by open choice. In that sense it is a separate act from the assassin's. Pulling the trigger was the killer's act. Rejoicing in it was another's."

 NYPo, Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings were plummeting before ABC suspended him for Charlie Kirk comments and Late-night TV is truly dead — and you can only blame egotistical, politically obsessed Kimmel and Colbert themselves  Ace, Jimmy Kimmel's Ratings Were Falling (Again) Before He Was Suspended.  Liz Stauffer at LI, New Rules, New Reality: The Left Discovers Consequences. At Da Mail, TV expert reveals the next late-night host to get the boot after Kimmel suspension and who will be the last man standing. "Seth Meyers is the next late-night talk host to face the axe after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, a TV expert has predicted. . . 'It could very well be that [Jimmy] Fallon is the last guy standing,' Thompson said." Ignoring Gutfeld.  At Da Wire, Greg Gutfeld Torches Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Even In Death, Charlie Keeps Winning Debates,’ "The media is trying to make Jimmy Kimmel into their Charlie Kirk, as if getting fired is the same as getting fired upon." Dave Strom says We Can Oppose Government Pressure to Fire Broadcasters AND Laugh at Liberals Who Are Hypocrites. Mark Judge (remember him) at Hat Hair on The End of Jimmy Kimmel and the Return of Cultural Gatekeepers. Althouse notices The New York Times embeds Erika Kirk in the tradition of Right Wing Women., "I'm reading "Erika Kirk Takes a Leadership Role in Turning Point USA/After years spent emphasizing family life in the public eye, she will now run the group her husband built."" Insty, YEAH, PRETTY MUCH: Brit Hume @brithume "From @MarkHalperin on his website today, writing about Jimmy Kimmel's suspension by ABC: "for years, broadcast networks shoved a one-sided cultural sermon into living rooms and told the other half of the country to smile through it. ABC ran two daily hours—“The View” and Kimmel—that treated Trump with unrelieved hostility and insultingly treated Trump voters as a punch line. If you’re looking for reasons tens of millions migrated into the former president’s camp, that steady contempt is perhaps as good an Exhibit A as you will find.""

From NYPo, Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson negotiated ‘gentle’ surrender, was afraid of being shot: sheriff. Ace, Just a "Classic MAGA" Kind of Assassin, "From gKVWE, this guy was pure Christian conservative. The man charged with killing Charlie Kirk played a pornographic online game called 'Furry Shades of Gay' and followed artists who drew explicit cartoons associated with pedophilia." The Free Bacon wants you to WATCH: Media Gush Over 'Touching' Texts Kirk's Alleged Assassin Sent to Trans Lover Confessing to the Murder. "Prosecutors accused Robinson of urging his partner to delete his 'incriminating’ texts." At Althouse, "Who calls their dad 'old man'? It's 2025! That text looks like it was written by my 74-year-old boss." "TikTok is suspicious of those Tyler Robinson/"Tyler Robinson" texts."" Peachy Keenan at Da Fed says Anyone Who Blames ‘Both Sides’ After Charlie Kirk’s Murder Is A Liar And Coward. Jack Poso JackPosobiec "The Biden DOJ did nothing when Antifa attacked Charlie Kirk on campus in 2023 2 years later, an anti-fascist shot him dead on another campus The threat was always there." Quote Jack Poso @JackPosobiec, "BREAKING: Antifa smashing doors and windows at UC Davis entrance where Charlie Kirk is speaking." Kurt Schlichter at TownHall says surprise Republicans Are Totally Not Being Cool About People Murdering Them. Brianna Lyman at Da Fed, Generic Condemnations Of ‘Political Violence’ Won’t Stop The Left From Escalating It. K @relevantmena, "People celebrated when Hitler died because they were at war with him. So when you celebrate someone getting killed just for his political views, other people with those views realize that you are at war with them too. It’s strange that you’re surprised when they react accordingly." Quote No Guns In Canada @NoGunsInCanada, "When Hitler died people celebrated and (checks notes) churches in Europe rang their bells. It wasn’t “wrong” to celebrate his death because people understood the harm he was causing.." Driscoll, HOW IT TARTED: CNN Clown to Obama: ‘Go Gangsta Against Your Foes.’ —JammieWearingFool, February 11th, 2010. How it’s going: CNN: ‘Wannabe Mob Boss’ Trump Brings Us ‘Dangerously Close to State-Run Media.’" Matt Vespa asks Did Mazie Hirono Make a Joke About Charlie Kirk's Assasination? Steve Guest @SteveGuest, "UNHINGED: Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono attacking tariffs says that small businesses are "taking it in the neck." Why is Hirono making light of Charlie Kirk's assassination to score points against the Trump administration?" Mazie Hirono is probably too stupid to make a deliberate pun. At Twitchy, Mazie Hirono Is Suddenly Concerned About the Differences Between Men and Women. Guess Why. At Euro Con, Cardinal Condemns ‘Satanic’ Celebrations Over Charlie Kirk’s Murder. Sundance senses a Panic Afoot – Professional Marxists Panic Over the Rise of Decency and Morality Following Charlie Kirk Murder.

Driscoll at Insty, TRUMP GOES THERE, AND IT’S ABOUT TIME: Antifa Is ‘A Major Terrorist Organization.’ "We need to take action against this militant group, the president wrote: President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday morning UK time.“I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote Thursday. “I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”" Grummz @Grummz, "Antifa is just an idea... - Which recruits members - Screens them - Host private servers on Discord and else where for vetted members to chat. - Seems to have endless money for bricks and riot gear. - Spring up overnight in perfectly timed and coordinated riots. Sure, that all seems random and organic to me..." Quote Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "For the liars who say there is no way to join Antifa, show them these screenshots from Portland’s Rose City Antifa:" At Althouse, "I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION." ""I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Wrote Trump, on Truth Social, last night." Melissa Chen @MsMelChen, "What everyone needs to understand is that the media, NGOs and progressive politicians have systematically constructed a fake reality to obscure what Antifa truly is (the unofficial brownshirts of the Democratic Party) and consistently downplayed the violence and chaos they’ve sown across the country." At the Center Square, WATCH: Legislation to designate Antifa a terror organization to see House action.



From Ace, Top Biden Aide Jeff Zients: Biden Had More and More Verbal Stumbles and Losses of Memory and Found It Harder and Harder to Make Decisions, Kamala: I Would Have Picked Bootigieg as VP But I Didn't Want to Run With a Homo. Althouse, "Buttigieg 'would have been an ideal partner—if I were a straight white man,' Harris writes in a passage of her soon-to-be-released book...'" ""'But we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man. Part of me wanted to say, Screw it, let’s just do it. But knowing what was at stake, it was too big of a risk. And I think Pete also knew that—to our mutual sadness.'" From "The Running Mate Kamala Harris Didn’t Dare Choose/'I love Pete,' she writes in her new book. But picking a gay man would have been too risky" (The Atlantic)(gift link)."


Bob Hoge at RedState, Kash Patel Demolition Derby Continues on Capitol Hill, This Time It's Eric Swalwell's Turn to Get Smoked. From Twitchy, Dem Takes a Jab at Kash Patel's 'Failing' FBI and Accidentally KOs Previous Leadership. Townhall.com @townhallcom, "@FBIDirectorKash just DESTROYED a Dem who said America is LESS safe under his FBI. "What is it? Are we failing? If we're failing... how are we arresting 23,000 violent felons? 2x as many as this time last year. How are we seizing 1,500 kg of meth, 25% increase from last year. We captured FOUR TOP TEN FBI most wanted from around the world in 7 months. That's more than the entirety of the last administration. We put 1,500 child predators in prison. We dismantled 300 human trafficking networks. So which is it? You don't like me, that's fine. But don't you DARE disparage the men and women of the FBI that are producing record results in historic fashion to protect this country. They are KICKING ASS for America and they're gonna continue to do so."" Paul Sperry at RCI looks at Weaponized Scoops: New Russiagate Documents Expose Media/Government Collusion.


Friday, October 16, 2020

The Bidens Abide

So where is the Hunter Biden laptop scandal today? John Solomon reports from JTN that Burisma official reportedly linked to Joe Biden met with State officials in 2016, memos show.  Pirate's Cove, Senate Panels Shows That Hunter May Have Introduced Joe To Burisma Advisor. Chuck Ross at Da Caller,  Burisma Official Told Hunter Biden They Wanted To ‘Close Down’ Investigation Against Firm’s Owner, According To Unconfirmed Email I guess Hunter was worth every penny they paid him for access.  Breitbart, Schweizer: Gaps in Joe Biden’s Public Schedule on Date of Alleged Burisma Meeting. And I'm sure Joe doesn't remember. It could have been several naps. 

NYPo, Emails reveal how Hunter Biden tried to cash in big on behalf of family with Chinese firm. WaT, Hunter Biden demanded Chinese billionaire pay $10 million for 'introductions alone,' emails show,  Sundance at CTH, Understanding What Foreign Governments are Purchasing From The Bidens – There are Trillions at Stake… and  Rudy Giuliani Explains the Biden Family Payoff Scheme…

Capt. Ed at Hot Air, More NYPost: Hunter E-Mails Show Big Paydays From China. Sundance at CTH, New Hunter Biden Emails Show Sales of Influence to Chinese Interests – Millions Paid to Biden Family for “Introductions” and Legal “Assistance”…  Ace, Biden Campaign Admits That the Corrupt Vice President Might Have Met With His Druggie Whoremonger Son's Business Partners (When They Were Lobbying for Special Advantages from the US).

OUT: I never met with anyone from Burisma.

IN: I might have met with someone from Burisma, and then kept it off my "official schedule." But it would just have been a "cursory" meeting.

Megan Fox at PJ Media asks  Did the FBI Sit on a Computer Containing Evidence of Hunter Sex Tape and Biden Burisma Corruption? It sure looks like it. It must have been a nightmare scenario for Bill Barr, being forced into looking into his bosses rivals the same way the Clintonistas took after Trump.

Capt Ed (again), Delaware’s Most Famous Computer Repairman: Hunter Biden’s Alleged Laptop Contained “Disturbing” Items and I'm guessing it takes a lot to disturb a computer repairman. 

More disturbing than an alleged sex video and crack smoking that the New York Post first reported? Apparently so, although computer repairman John Paul Mac Isaac won’t specify what that might be.

also, Latest NY Post Revelation From Hunter Biden’s Hard Drive: He Had A “Wild Life, Pained Soul”. No doubt. Fox, Laptop thought to be Hunter Biden's contained 'disturbing' items, repair shop owner says. Matt Vespa at Town Hall, Uh Oh: Here's Why the FBI Is Now Investigating Hunter Biden's Emails. FBI agent who came calling has history of child porn investigations. 

Katie Pavlich at Town Hall reports that Giuliani says You've Only Seen Five Percent of What's on Hunter Biden's Hard Drive. I expect stuff to dribble out for at least 3 weeks. 

"I have the entire hard drive and the New York Post has only published about five percent of it," Giuliani said. "The New York Post has at least two more situations even more serious than this. The real big time money corruption takes place with the Chinese Communist Party. In essence we have a man trying to be President of the United States whose family has been in business for a number of years with the Chinese communist government and high level Chinese communists. If we're stupid enough to do that. China was setting Joe up for years and they have his son by the you know what and they've given them plenty of money and coincidentally Joe has caved into China in ever negotiation he's ever had and he's the only man in the world who says China is not a threat to us or a competitor. I guess if your family got $30 or $40 million from China, if you were corrupt, I guess you'd say that."

Tuckuh! Bonchie at Red State  Tucker Carlson Announces More Hunter Biden Emails, Further Corruption Exposed 

Ace,Giuliani: After Hunter Biden Story Broke, Hunter Biden's Lawyer Contacted the Computer Repair Man and Tried to Get the Hard Drive Back

This is from Steven Crowder's podcast last night. And Giuliani says he has the email proof of the lawyer's attempt to retrieve the hard drive.

This is proof that the hard drive is Hunter Biden's. I think we all knew that -- but this is smoking gun proof.

You cannot "get back" a hard drive you never owned.

And we now know what the media defense of the Biden's will be. The Russians did it! Schott Johnson at Power Line, About That Laptop:

If you have followed the Steele Dossier’s disinformation from its first appearances in the American media, you may recall Mother Jones’s David Corn as an essential conduit. See, for example, Andrew McCarthy’s NR column “Steele’s Dossier Source Was a Suspected Russian Spy.” Now Corn warns: “Giuliani and the New York Post Are Pushing Russian Disinformation.” He should know.

JOE adds: You know, if the Biden Foreign Collusion scandals were in fact hoaxes, you’d think that the evidence that’s hard to fake — you know, actual bank wire transfers — wouldn’t have appeared first, and been verified by the banks. You’d think the shady emails suggesting collusion would appear first, and the hard evidence would be hard to find.

WaPoo, White House was warned Giuliani was target of Russian intelligence operation to feed misinformation to Trump, Da Peacock, Feds examining whether alleged Hunter Biden emails are linked to a foreign intel operation.

And the media frenzy to supress it? Stacy McCain on how Big Tech Desperate to Suppress Bombshell News in Hunter Biden Ukraine Scandal

Wednesday morning, the New York Post broke a huge exclusive: Emails between Hunter Biden and Vadym Pozharskyi, a top executive at Ukrainian energy company Burisma, in which Pozharskyi thanks Hunter for arranging a 2015 meeting with then-Vice President Joe Biden. How the Post obtained these emails is an interesting story, but liberals rushed to claim that either (a) the story was Russian disinformation or (b) the emails were obtained illegally, or maybe (c) both. The telltale clue was that the Biden campaign did not exactly deny it; they issued some kind of weasel-word press statement, but more importantly, they exploited back-channel influence to try to suppress the story . . .

Plenty more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.14.20, EBL: Hunter Biden – Sex Tapes, Cocaine, & Corruption, Oh My!Twitchy: As Twitter Promotes WaPo’s “Debunking” Of Hunter Biden Story, Rep. Lee Zeldin Reminds Us Of Biden Bragging About It, Vox Popoli:  Remove Facebook’s Section 230 Protection, American Greatness: Bombshell – Hunter Biden E-Mails Reveal Secret Meeting Between Burisma Exec & Then-VP Joe Biden, also, “This Is Digital Civil War” NY Post Editor Fumes After Facebook & Twitter Censor Biden Bombshell, Don Surber:  NY Post Blows Up Biden’s Excuse, JustOneMinute: Hunter Emails, Media Meltdown, Legal Insurrection:  Facebook & Twitter “Reducing” The Distribution Of NY Post Story On Hunter Biden Emails, Victory Girls: Media Rushes To Bury Hunter Biden Story, Weasel Zippers: Facebook Exec Admits Company Intentionally Burying Hunter Biden Story, The Federalist: Facebook Now Officially Censoring NY Post’s Hunter Biden Bombshell, And Senator Hawley Wants An Explanation.

and In The Mailbox: 10.15.20, Monster HUnter Nation: Back In Facebook Jail, Gab News: WAR – Facebook & Twitter Unleash Mass Censorship To Protect Biden Campaign, American Greatness: Hunter Biden Text Reveals Biden Clan Expected To Give Half Their Earnings To “Pop”, American Power: Big Tech Censors Blockbuster Biden Expose, Discovers Streisand Effect, BattleSwarm: Hunter Biden’s Smoking Guns, Da Tech Guy: Selling Fear, also, I’m Old Enough To Remember When People Thought Twitter Banning Stacy McCain Wasn’t A Test Run For This Stuff, The Geller Report: “Just The Tip Of The Iceberg On The Corrupt Biden Crime Family”, Weasel Zippers: Twitter “Allegedly” Locks Out Main Trump Campaign Account, also, E-Mails Reveal How Hunter Biden Tried To Cash In Big With The Red Chinese and The Federalist: Twitter Suspends Trump Campaign Account, also, FCC Chair Says First Amendment Doesn’t Gibe Big Tech “Special Immunity” Over The Press.

And Smitty was on a roll, Twitter Getting Its Hunter Biden On


Sundance, Senator Tom Cotton on Big Tech Censorship: “Winter is Coming”…





I didn’t think the Democrats were planning to dismantle the First Amendment and end free speech until after they won the election next month.

But their plans have changed, obviously.

Charles Lipsom at the Spec (USA)  Behind the social-media blackout of Biden family corruption.

Howie Kurtz at Fox tries to explain  Why Twitter and Facebook squelching the Hunter Biden story backfired. But has it? That remains to be determined.