Fish Pic Friday - Cheryl H

 And an astonishing collection of Florida fish:

 Cheryl H aka Nauticalgrl, Fisherwoman and fitness mom. Come join in on the beautiful adventures.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Nice Flex up on time and under budget at The Other McCain. Linked at The Right Way in the weekly Rule 5 Saturday Linkorama.

Flotsam and Jetsam - All Platner All the Time

It seems. Jim Geraghty at NRO says The Nazi Tattoo Guy Is Exactly Who You Thought He Was. Batya Ungar Sargon thinks The Nazi Tattoo Should Have Been Enough. Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "It’s quite funny that the case for Platner, up until about 15 hours ago, was, “well, yes, he has a Nazi tattoo and a history of saying terrible things and treats women abominably, but on the other hand he’s a communist.”" Ace, Breaking: Graham Platner Covered Up His Death Head Tattoo With a Rape Head Tattoo, "Okay that's probably not true but it caught your attention and Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson have taught me that's all that matters. Here's some catch-up on the Nazi Rapist." As I've said before, the tattoo doesn't bother me that much. Young soldiers do stupid things. What bothers me is a nepo baby turning communist. At NYPo, Graham Platner’s ex-girlfriend alleges Maine Dem would sneakily pull off condoms during sex. Hat Hair's Dave Strom, Who Could Have Guessed That Graham Platner Was a Bad Guy? At PJM Steven Kruiser thinks Der Platnerfürher Might Finally Be Too Creepy for the Dems. But maybe not. Ace, LOL: Narcissist Psychopath Graham Platner Is Refusing to Drop Out of Race Unless He, the Nazi Rapist, Gets to Pick His Successor "Who wouldn't want to be known as the candidate hand-picked by the Nazi Rapist Stalker?" Hat Hair's Capt. Ed asks Say, What Happens If Platner ... Stays? "If he holds on, however, Democrats will be stuck with him after next week. Given how negative partisanship works, the left-wing tilt of the state, and the control of the Senate at stake, it’s easy to see Democratic voters talking themselves into the idea that they have to suck it up and support Platner." At Politico, Bernie Sanders says he told Graham Platner to ‘step aside.’ At Althouse, "You said: He's your kind of man." Resist the Mainstream @ResisttheMS, "CNBC host calls out Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Host: "You campaigned with Graham Platner… you said, 'He's your kind of man.' … This is a guy who had a chest tattoo with a N*zi symbol… It's a guy that reportedly wrote 'people concerned about r*pe should take some responsibility for themselves and not get so f*cked up that they end up having s*x with someone they don't mean to.' … I'm just curious why you think he's your kind of man?" Warren: "He has apologized… I'm there to stand with him and to help in that fight."" Jimmy Failla @jimmyfailla, "Elizabeth Warren wants to retract her endorsement of Graham Platner but she doesn’t want to look like an Indian giver." Katie Pavlich @KatiePavlich, "Chris Murphy is one of the worst and he’s running for president in 2028," Quote Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "JUST IN: Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy has scrubbed his X account of all mentions of Graham Platner in hopes no one will remember he was a diehard early supporter. Legal Phil @Legal_Fil, "Not only will they pretend that they never supported Platner, they’ll demand credit for his being forced to drop out. And they’ll hold up Platner’s dropping out as an example of what makes their side morally better than the side that didn’t nominate a woman-abusing Nazi." Quote Erick Erickson @EWErickson "I've seen this movie before. The Nazi drops out after everyone has admitted he's a Nazi and the people who supported the Nazi pretend they never supported him." Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer, "Former Gov. Ralph Northam was appointed to a college board by Gov. Abigail Spanberger this year after refusing to resign in 2019 in the face of party-wide demands in the wake of a blackface/Klan hood picture scandal and another admitted blackface incident. Everyone just shut up and he served a full term. ... So, maybe Ds in Maine can find someone besides Platner who doesn't have a racist pic or tattoo and/or violent history with women, but their record thus far not great, and the Virginia Dems don't offer a template for that. Quote Sunny @sunnyright, "If Platner refuses to drop out, Democrats are suddenly going to go quiet with the demands for him to go and will start re-embracing him and re-funding him as "well whatever it takes to beat Susan Collins". He almost certainly knows that."

At Twitchy, Ditching Democracy: Scott Jennings Reminds CNN Hosts Dems Picking Power Over People to Replace Platner, Totally Hitlarious: Chris Murphy Worries About Dem Party’s Credibility If Platner Isn’t Properly Replaced and Politico Correspondent Clarifies How Graham Platner Is Not ‘DSA-Backed.’ Hat Hair VIP's John Sexton sees Dems Propose a Platner Replacement...Wait, Never Mind. Wesley Yang @wesyang, "So yeah, about that DSA-endorsed candidate that folx want to replace Platner: "As Maine Senate President in a state senate caucus meeting several years ago, Troy Jackson in a heated disagreement struck a female colleague with a bottle he threw at her." Biff LaTourette @BiffLaTourette, "Democrats and their media cohorts have relied for decades on this tried and true technique since Hillary's laughable keep lying/stonewall strategy failed in the wake of l'affaire Lewinsky. They created a slogan that spawned a PAC, http://MoveOn.org. Both remain everyday tools of the Party's preference to pound the prevarications, however ineffective, until they must beg to "move on," with lame mea culpas.

The "I'm a dirtbag" speech. They definitely have a template ready to go when needed.

Who did it better? 🤣 pic.twitter.com/UfF97z2a5q

— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 6, 2026

PJM's Matt Margolis sees The Left Has a New Narrative About Graham Platner, and Scott Jennings Just Nuked It. "On CNN's Anderson Cooper 360°, Alyssa Farah Griffin claimed that "Democrats did not do their due diligence in vetting this man and now their path to the Senate looks significantly bleaker because they went all-in on this one." Seriously?" Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "Democrats fully vetted Graham Platner, happily signed off on his incredibly disturbing history to win a Senate seat, and are only pretending to be shocked now because they can no longer rationalize the hypocrisy." From Ace, The New York Times Knew All About Graham Platner's Rape Allegation But Deliberately Buried It. Update: North American Man-Boy Lincoln Association Grifter Rick Wilson Weighs In. Sunny @sunnyright, "MSNOW is attacking a media outlet for publishing corroborated rape allegations because it’s hurting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo who has previously been accused of hurting women." Quote Tom Elliott @tomselliott "Morning Joe spends 5 minutes grilling Politico’s @adamwren for running a story on Platner’s ex accusing him of rape. “Given the very high standards Politico has before they write something like this and publish it, what aspects of this story brought it to the level of publishable?”" Matt Vespa, An MS Now Host Did Not Just Say *That* About the Rape Allegation Against Platner "What is the actual – is there evidence between her and him, evidence of a crime?" Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees More Narrative™ Shaping by The New York Times. John Ondrasik @johnondrasik, "The reason the @nytimes can practice gross journalist malpractice, like they did to Lyndsey, is because they know there will be no consequences, from their company, from their media peers, and from their subscribers. In fact, protecting Democrats is how you climb the ladder." Quote Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield "I actually understand why Democrat leaders didn't take our stories seriously when the Times reported them in June but are taking them seriously now. It was by design." Neeraja Deshpande @neerajadeshp, "Here's @jodikantor, one of the NYT journos who broke the Weinstein story, naturally, an avid early proponent of MeToo, even had a movie made about her and Megan Twohey breaking the story—here she is writing off @lyndseyfifield for essentially partisan reasons. How's this aged?" Quote Curtis Houck @CurtisHouck, "WATCH: New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor – who wrote many of the #MeToo stories – DEFENDS Graham Platner and DISMISSES the allegations against him by @LyndseyFifield and other ex-girlfriends because they were not “abuse” and women saying they just “did not like what” they saw." From Althouse, "While I’m assigning blame, I shouldn’t leave out myself. Last October, when stories about Platner’s tattoo and Reddit posts first broke...", ""... I went to Maine to write about him. I tried to convey what I saw: a campaign that was electrifying angry Maine voters. But I deeply regret that, impressed by Platner’s political charisma, I wrote that he was 'nothing like the edgelord caricature I encountered online.' If anything, he seems to be significantly worse...." Writes Michelle Goldberg, in "Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster." Sensurround @ShamashAran, "I have now read this highlighted sentence seventeen times because I assumed I wan't actually reading what was written. Surely my eyes didn't actually read this. Maybe someone accidentally pasted in dialogue from "The Onion." back when it was funny. But no. She is saying that she delayed reporting a rape because she agreed with the accused, politically. This is one of those moments where, if your IQ is over 85, your brain quietly excuses itself from the room..."

Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "What Republican has faced credible rape allegations? Because it’s not Trump or Kavanaugh." Quote Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic, "The one good thing I can say about this entire Platner shitshow is that most Democrats are calling for him to drop out, which is not how Republicans have acted when their favored candidates have faced credible rape allegations. The parties are still different: Democrats see credible rape allegations as disqualifying; Republicans continue to have a nearly unlimited tolerance for abusing women. Call them "Dem HR lady politics" if you want, but I'm actually glad we haven't fully rejected them." PoIiMath @politicalmath, "Here are things that the Platner story has that the Kavanaugh allegations did not have: 1) proof of contact between the accuser and the accused 2) documented allegations from the accuser naming the accused to others *before* the accused rose to the national stage 3) multiple accusers with documented proof of contact and long-standing recognition of abuse Liberals who are saying "this is just like Kavanaugh" are just reminding everyone of how flimsy the Kavanaugh accusations were …" quote Sarcastic Cupcake @SarcasticCupcak, "Hilarious to see right wingers try to pump up this story that reads like Kavanaugh allegations." Ron Coleman @RonColeman, "I don't have the patience or the stomach to line up all the established rapey stuff associated with Democrats and large percentages of people from certain countries, but it is notable how obsessed they are in their messaging with accusing non-rapey people - and canines - with rape despite the lack of what earthlings regard as evidence and at a certain point you have to step back and ask yourself who are these people and what are they trying to do to both our society and the people in it?" Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch, "LOLOLOLOL. So because we don’t know about hypothetical rapey legislators we should forgive the ones we do know about." Quote Stephen King @StephenKing "Tell you what--if you knew the whole truth about everyone in the Senate and House of Reps, those chambers would be dead empty. Jesus said, "Let him without sin cast the first stone."" Logic is not a thing in horror stories. Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry @pegobry_en, "They told me if I supported Trump we’d end up with neo-Nazi rapists as Senate candidates, and they were right."

Rick Moran at PJM, Platner Is the Democrat Camel Whose Back Couldn't Be Broken, No Matter How Much Straw Was Piled On. Capt. Ed cites Politico: The Biggest Loser in PlatnerGate Is ... "In the blast radius from the sexual assault allegations against Graham Platner, few politicians are taking a harder hit than Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna." Twitchy, The Bulwark's Sarah Longwell Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About Democrats and Graham Platner The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline, "@SarahLongwell25 calls for Graham Platner to drop out: "I want to win. I want Democrats to win the Senate and to win the House…Platner is in an incredibly weak position to do that now, and I think as a moral matter, when someone is accused of rape, that's game over." Jim Geraghty @jimgeraghty, "Going forward, every reference to The Bulwark should state, "The Bulwark, who had a columnist who argued Graham Platner should be the Democratic nominee in 2028..."" PJM's Scott Pinsker, My Platner Prediction Just Came True. Here’s What’s Next — Including the Death of the Dems' Brand. Capt. Ed cites the WSJ: Dems May Have a Bigger Problem Than Platner and Dem Senate Disaster Intensifies. No, The Other One, Texas. 

Insty at his substack sees Socialists prey on Americans’ apathy — even in places you’d never expect. Jeffrey A Tucker @jeffreytucker, "The great secret of the last hundred years is that Progressivism is an elitist, technocratic ideology crafted by academia. It has NO working-class foundations at all. This desperate search for a believable marionette is hopeless." Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "Is the DSA running every single minority member they have for office? DSA is 89% white; their candidates look like the United Colors of Benneton." Quote DSA Watch @DSA_Watch, "Francesca Hong, leading Democratic Socialist in the Wisconsin governor’s race: “Police exist to uphold white supremacy.” Mike LaChance at LI sees the Liberal Media is Dishonestly Painting DSA Radicals as Gentle Reformers. "Over on MSNOW, contributor Molly Jong-Fast recently talked about how they want free child care. What’s so radical about that?" John Sexton thinks Sen. Murphy Has a Terrible New Idea. Just one? $25 per hour minimum wage. Paul MaCrae at Am Spec calls them The New Brownshirts? "Antisemitic rhetoric on the far left increasingly echoes the propaganda of Nazi Germany." Dave Strom, Democrats Have Gone Down the Antisemitism Rathole This Far. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I hear all the time about how Gen Z is turning socialist because they have no economic hope and how I just don’t understand that we need to do more socialist stuff so they’ll still vote for us. Well…. I’ve spent quite a bit of time as a Silicon Valley startup/VC lawyer, and there is no quicker way to turn a young leftist into a junior Milton Friedman than starting their own business. ..." VodkaPundit at PJM hears New Yorkers Are Already Mad at Mamdani, and He's Just Getting Started. Dmitri Bolt at TownHall, Socialists Say Zohran Mamdani Delivered Record-Low Murders in NYC. There's Just One Problem. "People forget that, despite Zohran Mamdani’s generally hostile stance toward law enforcement and his preference for a more social worker-oriented approach to reducing crime, he has spent almost none of his time in office focusing on crime and nearly all of his energy on affordability. As a result, New York City has retained NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who was appointed under Mayor Eric Adams and has presided over steadily declining murder rates since 2023. The city has also maintained its existing policing strategy, which has clearly proven effective." Kevin Downey at PJM says Release the Clowns! Desperate Dems Send in the Odd Squad, Hilarity Ensues.

Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, has Another Sad, Cautionary Tale of Failed Democratic Candidates - Andrew Gillum Ring a Bell? DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "People forget that Gov DeSantis beat this guy in 2018 by less than 0.5%. He would’ve been our Governor during Covid, kept us locked down, and the country would’ve never been the same. The reason he almost won was b/c deep blue Broward County kept “finding” votes weeks after the election. The vote fraud was stopped, DeSantis cleaned up our elections, and he won by almost 20% in 2022. It’s amazing what happens when election fraud is cleaned up." Quote Breanna Morello @BreannaMorello, "ARRESTED: Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost to Ron DeSantis in 2018, was arrested last week in Alabama on drug charges. at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.07.26 (Afternoon Edition) Twitchy: “Florida Dodged A Bullet.” I&I has A Tale Of Two Governors, Newsom vs DeSantis. Leslie Eastman at LI notices Newsom-Backed Deal Transfers Iconic California Beach to Indigenous-Led Nonprofit, "The 136-acre property, encompassing Blues Beach and surrounding coastal bluffs, will be transferred to Kai Poma, an NGO representing 3 tribes," for a favor to be named later. 

Hat Hair's Dave Strom observes Iran Has Struck Three Ships in Strait of Hormuz in Last 24 Hours but then John Sexton sees U.S. Resumes Strikes Against Iran. And at News Wax, US Revoking License That Authorized Iranian Oil Sales, Official Says. I think the MOU is pretty much a dead issue. The Victory Girls note Iran Throws a Funeral For Late Ayatollah, New Ayatollah No-Shows and Vijeta Uniyal at LI reports U.S. ‘Influencers’ Jackson Hinkle, Max Blumenthal Support Regime at Khamenei Funeral
Jackson Hinkle led the chants of “Down with the USA.” The Free Bacon, GOP Primary Voters Remain Deeply Supportive of Israel, Poll Finds "A Washington Free Beacon survey found that likely Republican primary voters favor a close U.S.-Israel relationship and military action against Iran."

Beege Welborn thinks it's a tad late, Well, Huh: MSM Suddenly Interested in Playing 'Where's Mitch-O?' Atop Da Hill, McConnell’s health emergency sparks questions on whether he will return to Senate. Dave Manney at PJM, If McConnell Is Gravely Ill, Kentucky Deserves Clarity. Rep. Jack Kimble @RepJackKimble, "I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He’s still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 45 minutes. He's so sharp. Just like always he let me do all of the talking. He's a great listener. After that we prayed silently for awhile and had a staring contest. Just like always, he beat me. I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible." Not a great endorsement. A corpse could do all of that. Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He’s still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 20 minutes … about IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the TR Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history. I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible."

Teri Christoph at RedState sees Trump Kicks Off NATO Summit With F-35 Bombshell and a Reality Check for Europe. Sundance at CTH has President Trump Arrives in Ankara, Turkey for NATO Summit – Brilliant Videos, President Trump Holds a Bilateral Meeting with President Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, CNN Suddenly Very Worried About Israel During Trump Visit to Turkey and Mark Carney and Volodymyr Zelenskyy Announce Creation of New Canadian Bank for NATO/Climate Money Laundering, with $900 Million Seed Money from Canadian Taxpayers. CNN whines OPEC is in a struggle for its survival. It could mean $40 oil. John Sexton like the fact that the Russian Shadow Fleet is in Flames

Beege Welborn in best Bugs Bunny voice, Of Course, You Realize This Means War: Marine Le Pen Cleared to Run for French President. Ace, French Court Lifts Ban on Le Pen Standing for Next Presidential -- But Slaps Her With House Arrest That Will Prevent Her from Campaiging Outside Her Home, NIGEL FARAGE RESIGNS HIS SEAT IN PARLIAMENT.

Jeff Charles at TownHall sees This Defense Attorney Thinks Charlie Kirk's Assassin Won't Go to Trial. "When asked whether Robinson’s team will choose to go to trial, he responded, “If they can avoid it, hell no.” He further stated that Robinson’s attorneys will “run to the nearest sporting goods store, they get the thickest knee pads, they fall to their knees in front of the prosecutors, and they beg them to take death off the table.”"

Matt Vespa sees the New Fed Report that Shows How Joe Biden's Illegal Alien Invasion Brutalized Our Economy. James Blair @JamesBlairUSA, "Democrat politicians cause virtually every problem you face, and they have no real solutions for anything. Aside from being woke, weak, and way too liberal, they are incompetent." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Biden's illegal immigration surge triggered 30% rise in home prices, $ 20% in rents, Fed paper finds https://trib.al/c3M9oC6." Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "Most of my friend circle has children ranging from late high school to recent college grad. All I hear are HORROR stories about the jobs market. Can’t get a call back. Can’t get an interview. The political elite in this country better be VERY careful with their language. Very." Quote Fugitive Caesar @ThomBrady5, "I was starting to get suspicious for a while because I keep hearing stories like this about smart college graduates with STEM degrees putting out 800-3,000 job applications, even to grocery stores, and not getting hired for low-paid entry-level jobs. x.com/cccfounder/sta…" Bill Marshal @aethelamerican, "It's the H1Bs and immigrants and we all know this. Whether talking inflated costs for housing, healthcare and schooling, or a brutal entry and mid level job market is because of them. And as far as I know, not a single 2028 candidate has committed to ending the H1B program." Ben Smith at RedState reports Trump Just Bought the ICE Facilities Newsom’s California Tried to Run Out of Town.

C3 @C_3C_3, "Sitting down? Legacy Media increased the term “white supremacy” by 5,296% from 2009-2020. Violent crimes 2009-2020: Black on White: 1,162 per 100K Blacks. White on Black: 38 per 100K Whites. 30X more likely! Dangers of “white supremacy” narrative is pure propaganda. Facts." Ace hears from YouTuber Joshua Carr: Pudgy Nazi Pussy Tucker Carlson Has Hired a Company to Copyright-Strike Any Channel Using His Clips to Critique Him.

Amy Curtis at TownHall says The LGBTQ Movement Just Found Out How Islamic Nations Actually Feel About Them. CTV News @CTVNews, "Türkiye blocks American LGBTQ2S+ cruise from docking, citing ‘moral standards.’" The College Fix finds out a Professor gets NIH grant to study ‘rural gender diverse youth.’

And still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.07.26 (Afternoon Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Slowly I Turn up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Palm Sunday

 with Grace Boor:

WFLA, Black bear cub found abandoned in palm tree taken to Florida zoo. Bears and palm trees. Now there's a juxtaposition you don't see every day.

Linked at Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Rebel Yell up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - SCOTUS Nixes Racial Gerrymandering

Voting 6-3 along exactly the lines you'd expect, the Supreme Court overturned lower courts who had demanded states set aside certain seats to create safe congressional seats for racial minorities based on the Voting Rights Act. The ruling doesn't forbid gerrymandering on a partisan basis (looking at you Texas, Virginia and California), and puts a large number of seats in red states vulnerable to redistricting favorable to the GOP. As you might imagine, Democrats are throwing a hissy fit. Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Supreme Court Has Ruled on the Voting Rights Act. Matt Margolis at PJM, Supreme Court Drops HUGE Ruling on the Voting Rights Act. "In a 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, the majority held that Louisiana's congressional map — redrawn to include a second majority-black district — constitutes an unconstitutional racial gerrymander under the Fifteenth Amendment. The Court stopped short of striking down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act entirely, but it dramatically narrowed the ways in which states may use race when drawing congressional maps." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, NEW: SCOTUS Narrows Section 2 of Voting Rights Act, Strikes Down Racial Gerrymander. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "MASSIVE WIN: Supreme Court just ruled 6-3 that drawing Congressional districts solely based on race is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Republicans could flip a dozen Democrats seats in the South alone ahead of the midterms." At Althouse, "The justices, split along ideological lines, ruled that the voting map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander." "In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan accused the court’s conservative majority of gutting the Voting Rights Act. " From "Live Updates: Supreme Court Strikes Down Louisiana Map in Voting Rights Case" (NYT)."The upshot of Rucho was that, as far as federal law is concerned, a state legislature may use partisan advantage as a factor in redistricting. And litigants cannot circumvent that rule by dressing their political-gerrymandering claims in racial garb.... [T]he Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create an additional majority-minority district, [so] no compelling interest justified the State’s use of race in creating SB8." Sundance at CTH, Supreme Court Rules Racial District Gerrymandering Violates Constitution. Ace gives it the red, all-caps italic, with the flaming skull (more than third attempt at Trump's assassination), IN EPOCHAL RULING, SUPREME COURT HOLDS, 6-3, THAT RACIAL GERRYMANDERS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL -- MUCH LESS REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION, "I don't know if the southern states affected like this can impose an emergency redistricting double-quick for the midterms, but some analysts believe that this ruling will eventually flip 19 Democrat seats to Republican." At Twitchy, Newsom Press Office Has Total Meltdown Over Supreme Court Gerrymandering Ruling and Florida’s New Maps. Next up? At the Free Bacon, EXCLUSIVE: In Cities Across America, Homeless Services Are Doled Out Based on Race and Sexual Identity, "Some formulas give race more weight than any other variable." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, I Love a Theatrical Production - FL Passes DeSantis Redistricting Map, +4 for GOP and John Sexton notes a New Jersey Pregnancy Center Wins at the Supreme Court.

Jerry Dunleavy IV @JerryDunleavy, "Yes, Cole Allen is an attempted assassin, a Bluesky brain rotted idiot, and a dangerous guy, but the dork factor here should not be overlooked." Quote Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney, "JUST IN: Federal prosecutors release new images and details of Cole Allen and his alleged attempt to assassinate president Trump. Here is a mirror selfie he took about 30 minutes before charging past the magnetometers." Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "The dude is going to spend the rest of his life in federal prison. He gave it all up just for this photo. It’s horrifying." Quote Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* @EsotericCD, "LOL at the glamour selfie with completely unnecessary gear. (Wire cutters??) A generation of semi-autistic narcissists. x.com/kyledcheney/st…" David F. Pierre, Jr.@TheMediaReport1, "No radical footprint." You. gotta. be. kidding. me." David M. McIntosh @DavidMMcintosh, "This is what happens when Democrats and the media rant and rave nonstop for 10 years about how Republicans are 'literally Hitler' because they disagree with their policies. This isn't a new phenomenon either, remember Robert Bork!" Hat Hair's Beege Welborn thinks It's Over If 'Don't Think Shooting People Down in the Street Is Necessarily the Answer' IS the Answer. Matt Margolis Guess Who This Democrat Blames for the Latest Trump Assassination Attempt, Give up? Trump of course! Ace, Assassination-Prep Specialist Congressman Dan Goldman: The Person Responsible for Trump's Third Assassination Trump is Trump Himself. "Do you want to take this kinetic? Because this is how you take this kinetic." Twitchy, Left: 'Trump Must Lower the Temperature!' Wajahat Ali: Literally Begs Trump to Die in FOUL Rant (WATCH). At Da Wire, Chloe Trapanatto says There’s A Reason Why The Left Keeps Trying To Kill Republicans, "It's because they despise our very existence." Michael Goodwin at NYPo, hears The Dems’ newest phrase in raging at the GOP is to go ‘Kill yourself’.

Terrence K. Williams @w_terrence, "Dear Jimmy Kimmel, listen to me very closely. I’m a comedian. I’ve made fun of Jill Biden. I’ve made fun of Michelle Obama. I’ve roasted First Ladies before. But I have never in my life joked about Jill Biden becoming a widow or Michelle Obama becoming a widow. I’ve never joked about Joe Biden or Barack Obama having an attempt made on their life. I’ve never laughed at the thought of their wives standing there in fear, wondering if their husbands are going to make it home alive. Because that is not comedy. That is sick. You could have joked about Melania being married to Trump. You could have joked about politics. You could have even gone after her accent like liberals usually do. But no — you chose to joke about Melania Trump becoming a widow. And let’s be honest, Jimmy: when you hate Donald Trump as much as you do, that doesn’t sound like a joke. It sounds like how you really feel. They always say there is truth in comedy." Stephen Kruiser at PJM says Here's an Idea — Just Let Jimmy Kimmel Continue to Cancel Himself. Tim O'Brien at PJM, The FCC’s Bad News for Disney/ABC: The Time for Playing Nice Is Over.

At Armed Forces Press, BREAKING: Air Force Academy Female Insubordination Threatens Secretary Of War During Global Conflict - Former Superintendent Lt Gen Michelle Johnson Reportedly Leads Charge Against 'Old White Men' Recently Elected To USAFA AOG. Court martials are in order. Sundance sees Consciousness of Guilt – Fed Chairman Powell Refuses to Leave Fed Board After Term Expires, “I will leave when I think it’s appropriate to do so” "Today, after announcing yet again the Fed will not lower interest rates, Chairman Jerome Powell announced he will not leave the board of the federal reserve even after his term has expired and he is replaced by recently advanced Kevin Warsh. Powell said he plans to maintain a “low profile” as a governor, but it will be the first time since 1948 that a Federal Reserve Chairman has stayed on the board at the end of their chairmanship." Hat Hair's John Sexton thinks Philip Kennicott's Ballroom Panic is Wearing Thin.

Matt Vespa thinks Speaker Johnson Just Clinched a Massive Win in the House Today Jake Sherman @JakeSherman, "BIG WIN FOR JOHNSON HOUSE PASSES BIG RULE FOR FARM, FISA, BUDGET RESOLUTION 216-210 After TWO HOURS on the floor." Cam at Bearing Arms observes the New Funding Bill for DOJ Includes Big Cut to ATF Budget, Deregulation of Some NFA Items.

Also from John Sexton, Putin Scales Back Military Parade, Seems Agreeable to a Ceasefire with Ukraine. Sundance, President Trump Notes Extended Conversation with Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin.

Capt. Ed cites Axios: Trump Leaning Toward a Blockade-Plus-Limited(?)-Booms Strategy and 'Death Spiral': Iran May Be Near Tipping Point, Says WSJ. Seems reasonable to me. Trump far prefers using money to beat adversaries than bombs, but the Mullahs need some extra encouragement. At RedState, Ward Clark sees Rubble and Ruin: Epic Fury Now Pushing Iran Into Economic Free-Fall and Nick Arama says Iranian Leader Ghalibaf Tries a Desperate Bluster, Gets Decimated by Bessent. Open Source Intel @Osint613, "The Iranian rial hit an all-time low today, 1,810,000 to one U.S. dollar. Six weeks of war with the U.S. and Israel have flooded the open market with demand for foreign currency. Reuters." Mediaite reports Trump Slams German Chancellor for Claiming Iran Has ‘Humiliated’ USA: ‘Doesn’t Know What He’s Talking About!’ Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby, "BREAKING: The UN has elected the Islamic Republic of Iran as VP of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference Just last year this very committee found Iran to be in violation of the committee’s policies. You literally cannot make this up." The news is its very own parody.

From the Free Bacon, Obama-Biden Iran Negotiator Says Trump Doesn't Have Enough Experts, Bemoans ‘Genocide’ in Gaza "Wendy Sherman unloads in interview with Mishal Husain of Bloomberg." At Breitbart Bus, Dollar Diplomacy and the Breaking of OPEC.

From Da Caller, Ghost Of Kamala’s Campaign Crawls Out Of Cave For One More Zinger — Turns Out It’s A Historical Botch Job. Whining about historically accurate red coats on American soldiers at the royal visitation.

At the Center Square Calif, Agencies discuss what to cut as state deals with $35B deficit. Hat Hair's John Sexton sees it's Off the Rails: Price of CA High Speed Rail Soars to Over $230B and Dave Strom says California Is an Unfunny Joke. The Orange County Reg, More than $2 million seized from Pasadena clinic accused of Medicare fraud. Bobby Panzenbeck @Panzenbeck, "Its free, you just raise taxes on other people and expand the already bloated budget and those actions have no economic consequences whatsoever. There are adults who actually believe this." Quote Katie Porter @katieporterca, "Californians need real affordability solutions. Free Child Care. Zero-Tuition UCs and CSUs. That’s what I’ll deliver as governor." NYPo predicts Vacations under threat as California’s oil stockpile hangs on by a thread. At his substack, Born Lucky, Stacy McCain examines The Destructive Impulse of Liberalism "Where is 'progress' leading? And other questions you should never ask."

Cathy Salgado at PJM reports the North Carolina Elections Board Finds 34,000 Deceased People on Voter Rolls. Politics & Poll Tracker @PollTracker2024, "CNN: As Democrats brace for a bruising primary in Michigan’s US Senate race, Mallory McMorrow, one of the party’s top contenders, has quietly deleted thousands of old tweets — including posts in which she took jabs at the rural Midwest, lamented ever leaving California, and said she continued to vote there after she said she’d moved permanently to Michigan." 

Having failed to excite us with his threat of Global Warming, Al Gore revisits his hits of the 70s, and promises a new Ice Age. Dave Strom, More Globaloney: The Ice Age Is on the Way. Lee Zeldin @epaleezeldin, "The ultimate authority on all questions involving life on earth, Al Gore, is now declaring that global warming is out, and global freezing is in. Safe bet that he found a whole new angle to line his pockets off the climate grift." It'll come some day; he's just wrong about when.

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Straight from the Comey playbook. What feds have always done. If anyone deserves it, it's this treasonous douchebag. He and all the others who pushed that Russia bullshit at Obama's behest, plus all of you in the media who regurgitated it, deserve more than that." QuoteChris Cillizza @ChrisCillizza "Ronald Trump doesn't really care if Jim Comey goes to jail. He just wants to make Comey's life miserable for as long as possible." Remember Gen. Michael Flynn? Ace, Dan Bongino Flushed Deep State Leakers Out of the FBI By Using the "Canary Trap" Technique. Sundance claims Dan Bongino Says He’s Scared of the FBI. Mitch Berg at Hat Hair VIP, They Came To Chew Gum And Serve Search Warrants. And They're Out Of Gum. Raiding the "Quality Learing Center" and 21 other suspected fraudulent daycares in Minneapolis.

Megan Basham @megbasham, "Wheels coming off for Southern Poverty Law Center" as donors dry up.

Cosmin Dzsurdzsa @cosminDZS, "I WAS LEAKED a confidential Canadian Forces report that reveals a Quebec officer training platoon had 83% permanent residents. The program descended into ethnic infighting between West African factions, "lack of respect" for women and a 48% grad rate."

Stacy McCain discourses on Methods of Journalism 301. "OK, there’s your daily quota of Important News, but you didn’t need me to tell you that story, did you? Social media and 24/7 cable news have changed the game in ways that could not have been imagined back in the day when most people got their news from the daily paper, or the 30-minute nightly broadcasts on ABC/NBC/CBS. Now any random son of a bitch with a WiFi hookup can be a “journalist,” which means that I have to find a way to do something different, something valuable, something that might inspire you to hit the tip jar for $16.04. And it so happens that getting a WiFi hookup is relevant to the real reason I wrote this post:" Roger Simon says 'Sixty Minutes' Needs a Drastic Overhaul, "It's part of the problem, not the solution." Conquest's Law #2 Any organization not explicitly right-wing sooner or later becomes left-wing. It just take's right-wing organizations longer. Tom Odell @TomOdell, "CBS moderator Ryan Yamamoto has just lied in the debate. He claimed that Ronald Reagan (as governor of California) was responsible for cuts In social programs that created homelessness in California. That is a categorical lie. The social programs that Mr. Yamamoto is referring to were cuts signed into law by Pat Brown, Jerry Brown's father, who was Governor before Reagan..."

Ilya Shapiro @ishapiro. "Appalling behavior by @UCLA_Law." Quote FIRE @TheFIREorg, "UCLA Law has threatened its @FedSoc chapter with punishment if it publicly identifies students seen on video disrupting last week’s viral campus event with a Department of Homeland Security lawyer. But when protesters named chapter members online? No signs of concern." Campus Reform reports Harvard petition calling grading reform racist disappears from public view. Timur Kuran @timurkuran, "DEI has been counterproductive generally. By forcing people to focus on race, it has unavoidably heightened racism, not dampened it. If DEI were an antidote to racism, there would exist scores of studies providing the evidence. None exists." Quote Caleb Hammer @sircalebhammer, "A Harvard Business Review finding showed that mandatory race training in workplaces produced higher levels of racism in the end, similar to the white bear suppression effect. We were so close to a colorblind society… then all the crazies ruined it with performative politics."

Still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.29.26 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 04.29.26 (Evening Edition).

Palm Sunday

 with Hope Beel:

MyNews13, Rising gas prices impact Plant City palm tree nursery

PLANT CITY, Fla. — Higher prices are having a big impact on companies that rely on gas to keep their businesses running, including local farms.

Jorge Guerrero is navigating the cleanup to get his palm trees back to the way they were before the recent cold snap. “It just hurts, you know, losing 80 to 90 percent of the nursery and still having to hustle and strive,” he said.

Jorge’s parents opened G&G Palm Center Nursery in Plant City back in 2007. They grow most of the palm trees themselves, but recently they’ve also had to bring in extra inventory from Miami. Trips that were usually two to three times a month are now two to three times a week, increasing their spending on gas, but that’s not all.

With all the damage from the recent cold snap, it’s meant more work to pick up the damaged palm leaves that’s now increased their tractor usage. “We’re putting diesel in these tractors at least every three days; we’re going through at least 15 gallons a week,” Jorge said.

Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Fish Pic Friday - Crystal Beachy

Crystal Beachy: Kentucky girl gone Florida! 😉 Follow along to see what we are up to! Watch all of our adventures on YouTube by searching ‘BlueGabe’ -> new videos posted every week!

Linked at The Right Way in the weekly Rule 5 Saturday LinkOrama. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Out Like A Lamb ready on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Palm Sunday

With Victoria Vesce:

Naples Daily News, Is my Florida palm tree dead after freezing temps? What to do

Not necessarily, but be patient and don't do anything for a few weeks, just in case more freezing temperatures hit the state.

Linked at the Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Snow Bunnies up on time and under budget.

Fish Pic Friday

Lorena Gonzalez Casuso@loreoceancuba Digital creator X2 Cuba Freediving Champion 🇨🇺🥇👌🏻 Freediving Instructor @remora_freediving_academy  📍Miami 🇺🇸

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Fish Pic Friday - Mermaid Torie

With a very Florida looking assortment of fish:

Mermaid Torie@mermaidtorie Digital creator 👙Bikinis.Travel.Fishing.Diving.
🌴FL Girl 💍 Aerial 🤸🏼Youtube 50k.  

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Thursday Tanlines

Sporting "News," Zach Wilson’s wife flaunts chiseled abs, FL tan in Dolphins crop top

Miami Dolphins quarterback Zach Wilson’s wife, Nicolette Wilson, stunned in custom team gear. The gorgeous WAG flaunted her chiseled abs in her Dolphins crop top and showed off her head-to-toe Florida tan in her all-white fit.

“tnf!” was her only caption, most likely referring to Thursday Night Football in her Sunday, November 2 Instagram post. She might have waited a few days to post since her team was defeated at home by the Baltimore Ravens 28-6.

Nicolette’s six-image carousel post also showed her with other Dolphins WAGS, Zach going onto the field, a stunning shot of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.

Zach, 26, and Nicolette got married over the summer after three years together, saying “I do” in a lavish ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. (The quarterback started off his pro career with the New York Jets.) “The Wilsons ♾️ 06.28.25 — the best day of our lives!” read the couple’s joint post on July 6.

A tan in Miami? Whoda thunk! 

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Palm Sunday

Even Octoberfest is better with palms

North Penn Now asks Are Palm Trees Native to Florida?  Short answer, yes.

Linked at the Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links.

Palm Sunday

 With Ines Trocchia:

WINK News, Palm tree grows out of storm drain outside North Fort Myers CVS

Florida is full of palm trees — they line our beaches, neighborhoods and even parking lots. But in North Fort Myers, one palm picked a very unusual place to put down its roots.

A full palm tree is sprouting straight out of a storm drain in front of the CVS on Hancock Bridge Parkway. 

The unusual sight was first brought to WINK News through our WINK Listens event in Cape Coral. A viewer, who wanted to stay off camera, told us about the tree and raised concerns about what it could mean for drainage in the area.

When we looked back at Google Maps imagery from 2022, the drain appeared clear — no greenery. But today, the palm is standing tall out of the concrete.

Lee County tells WINK News the storm drain is on private property, meaning CVS is responsible for its maintenance. CVS tells us they are checking with their landlord about the tree and whose responsible.

We've also reached out to the landlord and state to ask the same question and will update when we get more information.

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Fish Pic Friday - That Salty Blonde

Jessica@that_salty_blonde Lover of bare feet and salty hair 🌴www.knottytails.com

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Labor Day Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Still Not Dead

I hope you're planning on having a pleasant Labor Day. No labor here, I promise, although at some point we're likely to go the beach to walk and pick up shark's teeth.

The Victory Girls are Mourning For Democrats – Trump Is Alive! From Twitchy, BAHAHA! Welcome to the Find OUT Part! --> Lefty Cries on X After Losing Job for Celebrating Trump's DEATH.

AMAC explains How Trump’s D.C. Crime Crackdown Could Help GOP in Midterms. "The real danger for Democrats, particularly looking ahead to the midterm elections next year, is that the American public now has proof of concept for what Republicans have been saying for years: that the crime, chaos, and general dysfunction in virtually every U.S. city is a choice." Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Chicago Mayor Signs Order to Shield Criminal Illegal Aliens, Undermine Federal Immigration Enforcement. Larry Elder at Hat Hair scolds the Media: Trump 'Bizarrely' Calls President 'Chief Law Enforcement Officer' -- Other Presidents Did, Too. 

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN: The Washington Post is SIDING with Bill Pulte, exposing Democrat Fed Governor Lisa Cook for mortgage fraud and stating that @Pulte’s documents are CONFIRMED. “Obviously, she could not live in two places at once.” It’s over. The activist judge needs to allow Cook to be fired by President Trump immediately." Quote, Savannah @BasedSavannah, "Also, Reuters has chimed in with the same. Lisa Cook is done." From Fox, Rep. Maxine Waters calls for using the 25th Amendment to find out what’s ‘wrong’ with Donald Trump, "The Democratic congresswoman argued that Trump's removal of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook could 'upend the entire economy.'"

At Da Blaze, It's been a year since Kennedy and Trump joined forces. Here are MAHA's top 3 wins. At Da Wire, RFK Jr Dismisses Gun Control Calls, Will Examine Psych Drugs In Mass Shooting ‘Health Crisis’ "Kennedy said HHS is investigating the mental health effects of psychiatric drugs." I think they're probably looking at it the wrong way, confusing cause and effect. Crazy people take psych drugs, and crazy people are do crazy shit. Sharyl Attkisson @SharylAttkisson, "“Kennedy's reforms aren’t being proposed to disrupt a healthy and effective system that’s served us well; quite the opposite. The context is a sick and broken establishment that demands a fresh approach.” 

From the Tampa Freep, EPA Rejects Stricter Meat And Poultry Regulations, Citing Economic Relief For Farmers. WokeSpy, Biden’s “Green New Scam” Suffers $679M Blow, California Hit Hardest. "Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced this week that the federal government has rescinded $679 million in funding previously allocated to offshore wind projects across the United States. The largest withdrawal affects California’s Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind project, where $427 million in planned funding has been cancelled." Gov. Exec. whines A fresh executive order aims to ban unions at more federal agencies. "A new edict published alongside President Trump’s proclamation celebrating Labor Day seeks to outlaw collective bargaining at more than half a dozen additional agencies under the auspices of “national security.”   . . .  Thursday’s order would ban collective bargaining at the International Trade Administration and the Patent and Trademark Office within the Commerce Department; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service and the National Weather Service; as well as NASA and the U.S. Agency for Global Media. It states that all these agencies “have as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative or national security work.”" From ET, Trump Says He Will Issue Executive Order to Require Voter ID "The midterm elections will be held on Nov. 3, 2026." I expect 'Hawaian' judges to overturn the latter two, forcing the issue to the Supreme Court. 

NPR, Middle schoolers are lauded for protecting younger kids during church shooting. In a video Andy Ngo explores Why Are There So Many Trans Mass Shooters Now? Rod Martin, has a Sunday Essay: When Identity Becomes Idolatry - What the Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting Reveals About Our Age, "The massacre at a Catholic school in Minneapolis wasn’t just another tragedy—it was a revelation of where our culture now stands. And the Church is increasingly in the crosshairs." At Alpha News, a Minnesota doctor urges parents—and doctors—to help end so-called gender-affirming care ‘as fast as possible’ "When struggling children are told by doctors that they were born in the wrong body, "that's not only not true—it's malpractice," Dr. Jill Simons explained." From News Wax Transgender Politics, Good Intentions Have Consequences. The Victory Girls, Dear Timmy: The Mental Illness Is A Root Cause, Not Guns. Bob Hoge at RedState, Tim Walz Has the Sads—'I Get Tired of Myself at Times.' Imagine how we feel. At TownHall Scott McClallen is happy to report a $110M Grant Will Harden Security at U.S. Churches, Houses of Worship.

At CTH, Sundance has Trump on DNI Gabbard: “By the way, she’s coming along, right?”, Senator Eric Schmitt Discusses “Russiagate” and COVID-19 Weaponization, and Someone Killed Andriy Parubiy – Victoria Nuland’s Former Point of Contact During 2014 Ukraine Maidan Revolution. "Andriy Parubiy knew a lot about western intelligence operations in Ukraine. Andriy Parubiy is dead now. Volodymyr Zelenskyy knows a lot about western intelligence operations in Ukraine." Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays "There's a lot of worry in his voice. And it isn't about democracy." Quote, Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "The man who politicized the CIA to frame Donald Trump is back on MSNBC lamenting that the CIA has been politicized by Donald Trump." James Clapper. Reagan Reese at Da Caller says Trump Has No Problem Seeing Comey, Brennan Behind Bars For Russiagate Hoax. Throw Clapper in there too. Make room if necessary. News Wax's Larry Bell opines John Bolton Investigation: Retribution or Justice? Embrace the healing power of 'and.'

MAZE@mazemoore "In 2019 Erin Burnett wanted to make sure that there was no way for Paul Manafort to escape the seriousness of the mortgage fraud charges. In 2025 it's mortgage fraud, really? This is CNN." So, in addition to mortgage fraud, LifeZette reports Letitia James Reportedly Caught Harboring Fugitive in Her ‘Primary Residence’ "The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction has issued an alert for fugitive Nikia Monique Thompson, the niece of New York Attorney General Letitia James’s family. . . Questions have surfaced about whether Thompson is hiding at a property tied to Attorney General James in Norfolk, Virginia." Jack @jackunheard "BREAKING: Letitia James is COOKED. President Trump just posted this accusing her of harboring a fugitive."

Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Kamala Harris Loses Secret Service Detail, California Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab. 

 

Althouse is amused,"The submarine sandwich’s... phallic yet floppy nature can also be seen in this context as a mocking reflection of the administration’s strutting, performative, hollow machismo...."

"'He thought it was funny. Well, he doesn’t think it’s funny today,' declared Ms. Pirro, playing the nation’s sputtering high school vice principal sick of all these disrespectful kids, in a video announcing that Mr. Dunn would be charged with felony assault.... Attorney General Pam Bondi... condemned him as 'an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months.' That seems like a lot of firepower brought to bear on a single sandwich-throwing paralegal...."

Writes Bruce Handy, author of "Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies," in "I’ll Have My Resistance on a Roll. Hold the Mayo" (NYT).

As you may have noticed, the prosecutor failed to get an indictment, disproving at long last "that grand juries aren’t in fact willing to indict ham sandwiches."

As my son pointed out, all they have to do is bury him with misdemeanor charges, which don't go to a grand jury. Sure, the DC jury let's him off eventually, but the process is the punishment. 

At Hat Hair, Dave Strom is astonished: Guess What? NYT Says Mamdani Is Not a Socialist!, even though he proudly calls himself a democratic socialist and Betsey McCaughey thinks (hopes?) Mamdani Could Lose Even in Crowded Field.

Sister Toldja at RedState thinks 'Lazy Butt': Gavin Newsom Comes for Sen. Kennedy in Crime Debate, Probably Wishes He Hadn't.

Matt Margolis believes Democrats Face Disaster as Another State Joins the Redistricting War, Florida, which could switch as many as 4 seats. 

PJM's Cathy Salgado says Guess What DOGE Found Your Money Is Funding Now! "DOGE normally releases a contracts update on X on Fridays highlighting some of the stupidest agency contracts that it has discovered in the last week, and this past week‘s was a doozy: “Over the last 5 days, agencies terminated 50 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $2.9B and savings of $762M, including a $2.4M DoD contract for ‘transgender health medical evaluation unit services’, a $128.5k DoD contract for ‘LGBTQ magazine advertising campaign’, and a $48.7M USAID contract for ‘the Belarus Regional Initiative to provide transition activities in Belarus and other countries in Europe’.”"

Driscoll at Insty, STEPHEN MILLER GIVES MASTER CLASS IN DESTROYING MEDIA ANSWERING QUESTION ABOUT DEPORTING ILLEGAL ‘MD DAD:’ Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell "Stephen Miller on Kilmar Garcia saying "he doesn't want to go home to El Salvador": "We're not a travel booking agency. It's not our job to say to illegal alien terr*rists, 'pick your favorite destination in the world and we'll send you... there.'"" The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Human Trafficker Says It’s Inhumane To Be Trafficked To Another Country." Ben Smith at LI reports HUD Orders 30-Day Audit to Remove Illegals From Public Housing "“American citizens will be prioritized,” Turner said." Sarah Arnold looks crosswise at The Left’s Hysteria Over Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Plans in Chicago. From the College Fix, Cal Poly Pomona ‘postpones’ job fair due to inclusion of Customs and Border Protection recruiter.

Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain "Think about this for a second The CDC is utterly useless if it is not seen as credible by the majority of the country, and yet they employed a guy with massive satanic tattoos who wore bondage gear during a photo shoot as their point person on immunization." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Have they tried not lying to people about boys becoming girls?" Quote POLITICO @politico "America’s once-powerful doctors are struggling to remain relevant in Trump’s Washington."

Roll Call whines, Capitol Police nixes its equity and inclusion office, "Move comes amid larger push by Republicans to eradicate DEI."

The Wombat has Rule Five Sunday: The End of Summer and FMJRA 2.0: Morning Glory Milking Farm up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.