Flotsam and Jetsam - Lindsey Graham Still Dead

At WaPoo, Lindsey Graham died of aortic dissection, preliminary medical report says. "Graham died hours after returning from a trip to Ukraine. Trump said he spoke with the senator Saturday evening and that “could’ve been his last call.”" That certainly explains the sudden part. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair says RIP to Lindsey Graham (1955-2026). From sundance at CTH, Senator Lindsey Graham Dead, President Trump Discusses 7pm Phone Call Last Night with Senator Lindsey Graham, President Trump Reminds Jake Tapper to Stay on Task – Focus on Lindsey Graham, In Memoriam – The Most Interesting Revelation Released by Senator Lindsey Graham and Nancy Mace Wants to Replace Lindsey Graham "Not many people think highly of Nancy Mace. However, Nancy Mace thinks very highly of herself." Noah Rothman at NRO remembers Lindsey Graham’s Finest Moment. Stacey Matthews at LI Remembering Lindsey Graham’s Pivotal Role in the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings.“I would never do to them what you’ve done to this guy. This is the most unethical sham since I’ve been in politics. And if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn’t have done what you’ve done to this guy.” Eric Florack at PJM, Graham, McConnell, and Platner Gone? How Does This Play Out? Bob Hoge at RedState wants to know What Happens Now? The Race to Fill Graham's Seat Has Already Begun.

However, he had plenty of detractors on both sides. Joe Chalfant at TownHall, These Ghouls Couldn't Help But Gloat Over Lindsey Graham's Death. Will Ricciardella @WillRicci, "When ISIS butcher Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died, WaPo called him an “austere religious scholar.” When commie dictator Fidel Castro died, The NYT called him a “Cuban revolutionary who defied the U.S.” Lindsey Graham raised his younger sister after their parents died, served 33 years in uniform and more than 3 decades in Congress. He dies, and prominent media voices reach back 6 years for an essay titled “History Will Judge the Complicit.” This isn’t merely bad taste, it’s a moral hierarchy: America’s enemies get context, euphemism, romance — American conservatives get a bill of indictment before their body is even cold." Quote Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum, "Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @TheAtlantic cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link:" Ana Kasparian @AnaKasparian, "Are you offended? Let me clarify: I’m elated that he’s dead. Overjoyed…. Just like he was elated at seeing countless dead children throughout Middle East." Ace, Lindsey Graham Dies; Neo-Cons Across The Country Are In Mourning.

I don't have strong feelings about Graham. Certainly, as one of the early participants of the Reagan revolution, and long service, he's had ample impact on the country, for better or worse. I'm not really sure where the balance falls.

AP reports McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition, followed by pneumonia. Yep, that'll do it. "McConnell explained the four-week silence about his condition by saying that “folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older.”" All the old people I know just love to talk about that shit. And I know plenty! Sundance, of course, is suspicious when Mitch McConnell Releases Image and Statement. I'm glad to hear he's improving, but it's still past time to quit.

Nicole Silvero at Da Caller reports the Senate is Holding Slew Of Confirmation Hearings For Trump Nominees As Time Runs Short Before August Recess. It doesn't help to have two missing.

Da Signal explains how Trump’s Ukraine Strategy at NATO Is ‘America First’ in Action. Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "I've been advocating that Ukraine strike Russian tugs as part of a larger campaign against Russian riverine and littoral maritime traffic since 2022. Ukraine has delivered on all my expectations of what that would accomplish in the last five days. Brown Water logistics.1/" Quote Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv, "Russians enter state of deep depression amid the 5th consecutive day of double digit destruction of Russian ships on the Azov Sea, a total of 76 over the course of 5 days. Russians now lament that Ukraine is mow even deatroying the tugboats sent to tow the wrecks to port. At NYPo, US unloads military might on Iran after Tehran closes Strait of Hormuz — striking 140 targets: ‘Now they pay.’ At WUWT, Claim: The Iran War is Worsening the Climate Crisis.

Sundance looks at the U.S-Canada Strike Deal on New Gordie Howe International Bridge – Opening Date July 27th and Promethean PAC Visits Trump Policy Contrast Against Energy Priorities. From the Auto Wire, The EPA’s New Truck Rule Turns a Federal Felony Into a Factory Setting.

From AMAC, Graham Platner Debacle Proves Bernie Sanders and Socialist Left Can’t Be Trusted. Oh hell, we knew that a long time ago. Matt Vespa at TownHall laughs that Liberal White Women Are in a State of Despair Over Maine's Graham Platner. The lamentation of their women! Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Wasn’t it his advisor that helped give rise to Platner and ran his campaign? Now he gets to just bring the chapter to a close with no further questions?" Quote New York Post @nypost "Mamdani says it's time to 'bring this chapter to a close' after Graham Platner campaign collapse." Matt Vespa, So, Is This Why a Dem Rep Is Probably Glad He Got Detained in the West Bank? Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, ""A new video has emerged of James Talarico defending gun control laws by saying that people have not actually read the Second Amendment, stressing that the words "‘well regulated’ are right there in the text of the amendment itself." He needs to give that one another read..." "...He omitted the word following "Well regulated": "militia." It did not mean regulations, but rather a proficient, fully capable militia. Now if only Talarico could support a well-read amendment as well as a well-regulated militia..." From Twitchy, 'These People Are So F-ing Stupid!' James Carville Posts WILD Rant Against Frankenstein's Monster. At Hat Hair Betsy McCaughey warns Don't Let Marxists Rob Us of Our History. Dave Strom at Hat Hair believes 'Luxury Beliefs' Are Killing People and socialism is a luxury belief. 

From RCP, Nick Shirley And Medicaid Czar Dr. Oz Report Billions In Senior "Adult Daycare" Fraud in Queens: "Korean And Chinese Mafias." Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "I'm of the opinion the entire Federal annual deficit spending is made up entirely of welfare and entitlement fraud." Quote Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters, "I’ve seen enough man The welfare system in this country is literally the largest fraud farm in the entire history of the human race x.com/nickshirleyy/s…"

At Althouse, "We don’t need presidents who have weird obsessions.", "Said Kamala Harris, back in October 2020, blogged at the time, here. I know that at the time I thought I bet all the Presidents have had a weird obsession. I know because I said that in a podcast at the time. That post and podcast predated access to Grok, so I didn't have the chance to use this prompt: Accept the hypothesis that every U.S. President had a weird obsession and to list all the Presidents with their weird obsession. I did use it today, though. Some of my favorites:..."

PJM's Kevin Downey hears More Than 200 FBI Agents Swarm Fulton County, Georgia, to Investigate 2020 Election Fraud. This could be very interesting, or it could be a dud. We already know there were enough unaccounted for Biden votes to swing the state. But could the FBI actually turn up evidence of deliberate fraud, as opposed to deliberately built in incompetence? Stay tuned.

Cam at Bearing Arms sees  A Rare Dose of Common Sense From New York Courts In Gun Confiscation Case.

John Lott at Da Fed argues Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Really Is Slashing Violent Crime. Homeland Security @DHSgov, "EIGHT MISSING CHILDREN RESCUED. During the World Cup, @HSIKansasCity have been working every single day to combat human trafficking and arrest suspected traffickers. Thank you to these heroes for your work to save these children." Orange County Register, Truck driver wanted by ICE faces sentencing for big rig crash that killed 3 on 10 Freeway in Ontario, CA that is. NYPo ed board, Work-visa fraud costs America big: Hail the Trump team’s crackdown.

Sundance sees the Media Apoplectic at DOJ and FBI Investigating Four New York Times Reporters for Compromising President Trump Security During Turkey Visit. At the Eternally Radical Idea Greg Lukianoff celebrates VICTORY against Stop WOKE Act, Me in WaPo, ‘A Song of FIRE and ICE,’ ‘turn around, bright eyes,’ & more! "Bringing you the latest free speech news (7/12/26)."

Campus Reform reports University of California, Riverside grant funding policies favor immigrants over U.S. citizens "Campus Reform found the University of California, Riverside awards illegal immigrant graduate students up to $9,000 annually through one fellowship, while a comparable graduate research grant provides U.S. citizens up to $4,000." At Minding the Campus What Does It Mean to Be a Women’s College If Men Can Enroll? "Salem College says it ‘accepts applications from students who were assigned female at birth or who identify as women.’" Mark Judge at the Chronic, The Evil Complicity of Dahlia Lithwick’s Fake Trans Outrage. Hat Hair's Larry Elder explores What's the Real 'Defining Image of Race in America'? At Instapundit, AS ANDY WARHOL SAID, NOTHING IS MORE BOURGEOIS THAN TO BE AFRAID TO LOOK BOURGEOIS: Reddit Lies @reddit_lies, "Help! Someone on facebook is glorifying marriage and families!" and Driscoll has a very Driscolly post DISPATCHES FROM THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S BALLS (Or the Lack Thereof)..." Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer, "BREAKING: John Cleese renounces “the mob who have taken over Amnesty.” The iconic British comedian initiated and produced Amnesty International's landmark comedy benefit series, and for decades supported Amnesty as a fundraiser and public advocate. Proof they've lost the plot:" Quote John Cleese @JohnCleese "As a former major fund-raiser for Amnesty - I produced the first five 'Secret Policeman's Balls' - I renounce the mob who have taken over Amnesty Amnesty used to be about trying to do something about TORTURE x.com/_RebeccaMcCurd…"

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Tom Massie Still Gone

We're still seeing autopsy results from Tuesday's primary elections, not exlusively but most notably the defeat of Trump bête noire Thomas Massie. Sundance hosts President Trump Holding an Impromptu Tarmac Presser – Discussing Election Results, Elimination of Massie, Iran, Cuba and More. Steve Guest @SteveGuest, "@ScottJenningsKY doesn’t hold back on Thomas Massie’s way out the door: “Despicable, anti-Semitic, nasty, gutter politics… it needs to be condemned.” President Trump didn’t just beat Thomas Massie. He made an example out of him. Then Massie ends his career with this line about Ed Gallrein: “I had to find him in Tel Aviv.”" Brad Todd @BradOnMessage, "By the time Massie got to tonight, he’d ticked off the tax cut crowd, the gun crowd, the hard core Trumpers, evangelicals who love the Holy Land, & the GOP normies who think we shouldn’t vacate Speaker’s chair. All he had left were atheists, libertarian weirdos & never Trumpers." Ace, Thomas Massie Has No Constituency and Leaves No Legacy "In the last weeks of his doomed campaign, Tom Massie made explicit what he had previously been coy about: He was a full-blown Nazi. He invited open Hitler fans and Holocaust deniers on to the campaign trail with him, and into his home." Physics Geek @physicsgeek, "Massie votes against border control and funding ICE. People in his district overwhelming supported those things and booted his ass out. And now all the groypers are shouting TEH JOOOOZ. Ye gods, find a new schtick. We get it: You hate Jews. No need to keep beating that brown-shirted dead horse any more." The Free Bacon calls it Money Well Spent: 'Moron' Thomas Massie Joins Marjorie Taylor Greene on Ash Heap of History, "Trump's successful purge proves there is still one party that refuses to coddle its antisemites." Danny Gold @DGisSERIOUS, "Republicans lost Massie but the Dems gained a guy who said the Bondi Beach Massacre was a Zionist false flag, so it’s really sort of a wash." Quote InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022, " RACE CALL: AOC-endorsed Chris Rabb has won PA-03 Democratic Primary." Baddie @tinfoilbaddie, "I’m a huge supporter of Desantis, but if he suddenly started retweeting Candace, taking pics w/known groypers, saying things like, “Israel controls the US, my opponent is over in Tel Aviv.” I would drop my support for him. Blind idolization of any politician is stupid." Kirk @kirk_bridgers, "I live in KY4 and that is exactly what happened." TownHall's Matt Vespa finds The Replies to This Cenk Uygur Tweet About Ed Gallrein Were Brutal. Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur, "Ed Gallrein is a pathetic sock puppet for Israel. Anyone who votes for him is voting against American sovereignty." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "Hey Cenk… Ed Gallrein was a Navy Seal 15 YEARS before you were an American. Please, shut the hell up." RBe @RBPundit, "Worth noting that antisemites keep winning Democrat primaries and losing Republican ones."  Leftism @LeftismForU, "A story in 4 parts." Sister Toldja at RedState hears Chris Murphy Spins a Fairy Tale About Thomas Massie’s Loss — Here’s a Reality Check Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT, "So there you have it. If you lead a campaign against powerful pedophiles, you get drummed out of the Republican Party." Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain, "The whole point is that there's nothing to blow open. The last time that Massie read names on the House floor, he defamed four random civilians who had nothing to do with Epstein other than being in a random police lineup with him. Massie was a fraud, a faker, and now he's done." Quote Gretchen Carlson @GretchenCarlson, "I’m begging @RepThomasMassie to go on the House floor asap & read all of the names in the #EpsteinFiles - you were a hero for survivors - you believed them & fought for them. Your actions were brave & heroic. Now pls blow the whole thing wide open. Thank you." The Babylon Bee, Massie Blames Defeat On Jews Of Rural Kentucky. 

Hat Hair staff, GOP Voters Are RINO Hunting. unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "Senate gop gone come 2027 1. Tillis 2. McConnell 3. Cassidy 4. Ernst 5. Armstrong 6. Daines 7. Lummis 8. Tuberville 9. Mullin Possibly not coming back... 10. Cornyn Almost 20% of the current gop controlled senate will be replaced this year. Thats a sea change in and of itself and sonething not seen since at least 1980. Hold on. Change is coming." From Da Caller, Georgia Voters Force Runoffs In High-Stakes GOP Primaries. Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed sees Conservative Candidates Sweep Georgia Supreme Court Elections. Ace, Republicans -- the Real Ones -- Win Big In Georgia, Sweeping the Suprme Court Races and Sending Raffensberger and His Grima Wormtounge Into Retirement. But Beege Welborn at Hat Hair frets Texas Opie Leading Both Cornyn and Paxton. PJM's Stephen Kruiser suggests Texas Soy Boy Talarico Is Giving Dems Premature Electoral Elation. NRCC, NRCC Posts Best Year-to-Date Fundraising in Committee History.Don Surber thinks Democrats are blowing it. "Taking back the House should be a gimme. It isn’t." A Larry video at Hat Hair, Newsom and Jeffries Realize They Can't Stop Trump's Plan to Crush Democrats.

Sundance at CTH is all over Cuba with AAG Todd Blanche Announces Indictment Against Raul Castro and Five Cuban Officials for 1996 Murders, President Trump Delivers Remarks Following Castro Indictment and Secretary Marco Rubio Delivers a Message to the People of Cuba. John Sexton at Hat Hair, DOJ Indicts Raul Castro for Murder. The Tectonic @thetect0nic, "Rubio delivered remarks in Spanish directly to the Cuban people tonight, hours before the DOJ announces at Miami's Freedom Tower tomorrow. The argument he made: GAESA - the military conglomerate Raúl Castro founded 30 years ago - has $18 billion in assets and controls 70% of Cuba's economy. Hotels, banks, construction, stores, even a percentage of remittances sent by Cuban families in the U.S. The regime depended on free Venezuelan oil under Chávez and Maduro. When that ended after January 3, they bought fuel for their generators and vehicles. Not for the people. "The reason you are forced to survive without electricity is not an oil blockade by America. It is because the people who control your country have plundered billions..." PJM's Sarah Anderson, Cuba Falling: These Sanctions Are Getting Mighty Personal. Enrique Alejandro @EnriAlejandroTV, "While Donald Trump is indicting Cuban communist dictator Raúl Castro, Barack Obama was attending baseball games with him in Havana." Kareem Rifai @KareemRifai, "Invoking Orwell to defend a totalitarian dictatorship and make excuses for its decades of corruption and mismanagement. Literally rolling over in his grave." Quote Ben Rhodes @brhodes "Rubio now full Orwellian: the total blockade that we have put on your country after decades of an embargo has nothing to do with the scarcity in your lives or the fact that we are intentionally starving your children."

Sundance, USMCA Development – Canadian Prime Minister will Announce New Advisory Council for USMCA/CUSMA Negotiations "Somewhere along the path to the inevitable dissolution of the USMCA trilateral trade agreement, reality will set in for Canada.  Until then, denial is the preferred course of action from Prime Minister Mark Carney.  Not since COVID-19 have we witnessed an intellectual disassociation happening over such a large sector of a population." Beege Welborn says About That Alberta Independence Petition: Rise Of Alberta @RiseOfAlberta, "BREAKING: 301,620 signatures have officially been announced for the Alberta independence petition. That is far beyond the required threshold to trigger the Alberta independence vote on October 19th. A massive day for the Alberta Independence movement."

At Fortune, Forget tariffs and the Iran oil shock—a top economist says the Fed is blind to the real inflation threat "The Fed needs to address the root cause. And that’s huge excess spending in the overall economy." Cathy Salgado at PJM on ‘Economic Fury’: U.S. Treasury Targets Iranian Exchange and Hamas Flotilla Fools.

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "Spencer Pratt reveals he knows homeless NGO executives are making over $1 million dollars per year “Homeless "nonprofit" execs are raking in over $1 million a year on the homeless problem — guarantees the problem is never solved” “There's no excuse for anyone to get over $1 million to increase homelessness — Drive around LA. There is more homelessness than ever” 6 people are dying a day on the streets of Los Angeles I looked up some more of the highest paid homeless executives - Dr. Blayne Cutler, Heluna Health (Public Health Foundation Enterprises makes $680,000 - Darrell Evora, Pacific Clinics makes $635,035 - Stephanie Klasky-Gamer, LA Family Housing Corporation makes $331,195 The homeless problem will NEVER be solved as long as all these people are getting filthy rich No one getting paid $26,153.85 every 2 weeks to solve the homeless problem is going to solve the homeless problem." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Laughing Bass on Homelessness: 17% Is A Passing Grade!  David Pivtorak @TheDavidPiv, "I love how every article like this is like, "Hi, I'm a disabled, transgender anchor baby whose family's existence was drain on American taxpayers. I hate children and my sexual fetish is watching homeless drug addicts writhing in their own feces on the sidewalk so I love the status quo here in LA. Anyway, please vote for the candidate that will allow me to keep pleasuring myself to the sight of living corpses on our streets." Quote Los Angeles Times @latimes ""Pratt’s loudest fans fundamentally loathe modern-day L.A., and that should chill all other Angelenos," writes The Times' columnist Gustavo Arellano. Read his latest column:" WSJ opines on Spencer for Hire, "Pratt’s campaign for L.A. mayor is creating a new vocabulary for political messaging." Twitchy, 'You Are Not Alone': Creator Behind Genius Spencer Pratt Ads Shares Latest and It's Brilliant (WATCH)

You Are Not Alone. Vote Spencer Pratt. pic.twitter.com/DdsIoVC7fK

— Gene Parmesan (@dsonoiki) May 20, 2026

Rick Moran at PJM hears ‘I Can’t Believe This Is the Field' — California Dems Reel Over Mediocre Governor Candidates. At JTN, Current polling shows Hilton and Becerra as top 2 in California governor race, "Under California law, the two highest vote getters in the June 2 primary, regardless of party affiliation, will go on to the Nov. 3 general election." Hat Hair's Duane Patterson, Honey, I Shrunk The California High-Speed Rail...Again. Even VodkaPundit at PJM is amazed I'm Sorry, but California Is HOW Deep in the Hole?  Insty, IF THIS FLIES, CAN WE REQUIRE 4 HOURS OF BASIC ECONOMICS AND CIVICS BEFORE PEOPLE CAN REGISTER TO VOTE? Bill Would Mandate 4-Hour Course for Those Moving to California Who Own Guns.

Matt Margolis at Substack wonders How Much Longer Can Graham Platner's Senate Campaign Survive? Capt. Ed, More From the Platner Files: Ridiculing Wounded Troops? Don Surber explains Why Democrats embrace Graham “Cracker” Platner "“Vote for the Nazi: It’s important” isn’t a sane campaign slogan." Capt. Ed again, Texas Dem: Let's Put All 'Zionists' in Camps – And Castrate Them! Jared Moskowitz @JaredEMoskowitz, "First current political candidate suggests concentration camps for American Jews. This should be national news! National Democratic leaders must call this out immediately." Quote Michael Karlis @MichaelKarlis, "TX-35 Democratic candidate Maureen Galindo says she will convert ICE detention center in Karnes County into an internment camp for "American Zionists." "It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists," she added." Ace is amazed that the Democrat Who Won the Most Votes for the Primary for Texas' 35th District Wants to Create Concentration Camps for "Zionists" and Forcibly Castrate Them. "That's not an exaggeration, that's her policy program as announced on her Instagram page." From the Free Bacon, JB Pritzker Admin Depicts White People, Cops as Mosquitoes in Microaggression Training That Rails Against 'Color Blindness.' Erick Erickson @EWErickson, "The Democrats have just nominated for Governor the woman who presided over the first burning of Atlanta since the Civl War, whose own constituents turned on her so much that she could not run for re-election as Mayor of Atlanta. Law and order is going to be a big issue now." Phil Holloway @PhilHollowayEsq, "Keisha bailed out on running for reelection as Atlanta mayor because she was despised by Atlantans for letting the city burn in 2020 She fled to a job in the Biden White House The general election for GA Governor is going to be a reckoning for what she did to Atlanta." Daily Wire @realDailyWire, "Not surprisingly, Ohio Dem tries to imply @lukerosiak's fraud investigation is RACIST: DEM: "For you to imply the racist information...You're implying that most of the fraud is happening in communities of color." LR: "I'm not implying it. I'm stating it."" Senator Jim Banks @SenatorBanks, "Sen Feinstein (D-CA) had a Chinese spy in her office. Gov Cuomo & Lt Gov Hochul (D-NY) had a Chinese spy in their admin. Rep Khanna (D-CA) had a Chinese spy volunteer. Rep Swalwell (D-CA) dated a Chinese spy. Mayor Wang (D-CA) is a Chinese spy. Democrats have a big problem."

John Sexton hears Mamdani is a Socialist Demagogue Relying on People's Ignorance. Driscoll at Insty, AND NOW, A FIRESIDE CHAT FROM MAYOR FRANKLIN DELANO MAMDANI: Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "Mamdani is unlocking levels of performative narcissism from a municipal politician that were previously unthinkable."

Ben Smith at RedState reports on how Tim Kaine Tried to Flush Hung Cao - Then the Navy’s Top Admiral Clogged the Narrative. 

Sundance reports DOJ Indicts U.S Attorney Who Supported Jack Smith Case Against President Trump – Stealing Classified Documents Related to Mar-a-Lago Case. "Last weekend former FBI Director James Comey said there were multiple officials remaining within the DOJ and FBI who were actively working to continue the weaponization of the agencies against President Donald Trump. When asked about it earlier today, President Trump said Acting AG Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel would root them out and deal with the issue. Hours later the Dept of Justice released and indictment {SEE HERE} against Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Fort Pierce Branch, Carmen M. Lineberger. Asst USAO Lineberger was caught downloading classified files from the Jack Smith case to her personal email and labeling them as recipes so she could leak them to Lawfare resistance members." Mark Tapscott at Insty, UH-OH! WATCHDOG CAUGHT IN FLAGRANT FOIA VIOLATION: Hans Bader offers an illuminating illustration of how the Council on Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) flagrantly violated the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The violations by CIGIE — representing the 72 statutory internal government watchdogs — are so obvious that they illustrate why no federal employee has ever gone to jail for violating the FOIA. Also, WHAT’S UP AT CIA?, "A CIA veteran tells a Senate committee that political leaders in the agency reversed the draft assessment that Covid was leaked from China’s Wuhan lab. But just before the hearing opens, the CIA’s Director of Public Affairs releases a bruising condemnation of the proceedings. Apologies demanded, but not given. Silence from the White House and CIA chief John Ratcliffe. My latest Washington Stand post explores the behind-the-scenes eruption that seems to be brewing." At Althouse, Meade: "Super bloggable, no?" Me: "trying to find an inroad/the photo is overwhelming emotionally", "That's the text conversation here in Meadhouse after I send this to Meade:"

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "As @BenBergquam is embedded with ICE and Florida Highway Patrol, an illegal alien driving a van is arrested. As that arrest is taking place, a car crash happens next to them. Ben reports that one of the drivers involved in that crash also ended up being an illegal alien." Quote "Ben Bergquam - Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) News @BenBergquam, "Crazy scene on our Florida 287(g) Highway Patrol / ICE operation. As we’re picking up one illegal another illegal crashes right next to us. The truth is most Americans can’t comprehend how many illegals are in our country. Thank God, ICE and America First states like Florida are fighting to fix it!" AP whines Trump administration plans to admit more white South Africans as refugees this year.

Ace laughs maniacally, No Longer Propped Up by the American Taxpayer, Communist Former-State Media NPR Will Cut 300 Jobs, "Oh no!" PJM's Erick Florack asks The New York Times: What 'Journalistic Standards? The Mahvelous Margot Cleveland at Da Fed hopes Covid Dissenter Alex Berenson’s Free Speech Victory Might Be The First Of Many. PJM's Matt Margolis enjoys how Gutfeld Torches Colbert’s Legacy on the Way Out the Door.

John Sexton, Harvard Votes to Put an End to Easy A's. Steven Pinker @sapinker, "Breaking news: Harvard faculty votes to cap the number of A's awarded in course grades, a big step in combatting the grade inflation that has been dumbing down our courses, conveying the wrong message to students, and making universities a national laughingstock." From Campus Reform, Jewish students flee campuses citing antisemitism, transfer to Yeshiva University. From CJ, The “Pipeline” Problem That Medical Schools Don’t Want to Discuss. "Demographic disparities in medical and scientific knowledge show up long before admissions time. DEI manipulation at the end of the process doesn’t solve the problem."

 Driscoll cites BRIDGET PHETASY: We’re All Alex Jones Now. "There’s a famous joke that gets at where we suddenly find ourselves: A JFK conspiracy theorist dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, God greets him. “Welcome. You are permitted to ask me one question, which I will answer truthfully.” The man asks, “Who really shot Kennedy?” God replies, “Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. There were no accomplices. He acted alone.” The man pauses. “Shit. This goes higher up than I thought.”..."

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Goes to China

I don't really expect much will come out of it that we can see. Maybe we'll see more soybean sales, while allowing them access to some higher end electronics or something. A real surprise would be to see China help open the Strait of Hormuz. From Sundance at CTH, President Trump Arrives in Beijing for Strategically Significant Meeting with Chairman Xi and President Trump Attends Formal Greeting Ceremony in Beijing China. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair sees Trump and Xi, Together Again in Beijing For The First Time, Sorta. Althouse, Trump in China and "The US and China 'should be partners and not rivals,' President Xi has said, as he and President Trump exchanged warm words during bilateral talks in Beijing." ... "The London Times reports. ... I chose the UK newspaper because I'm put off by our own newspapers' endless antagonism toward Trump and seeming desire to cause anxiety to Americans."

PJM's Sarah Anderson thinks The Secretary of State Is Cool, and the MSM Is Having a Meltdown Over It. Can you really distinguish parts in a continuous total meltdown?

From News Wax, White House Warns States on Medicaid Fraud. Sundance hosts Vice President JD Vance Holds a Press Conference on Fraud. Halts Medicaid reimbursements to California. 

News Wax also reports Warsh In as Fed Chair as Central Bank Faces WH Assault. Breitbart Bus warns The April Inflation Report Was Worse Even Than It Looked.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair says Hmmm: Trump Poised to Boot Massie in KY Primary? From Ace, Schmoll: Credibly-Accused Sexual Deviant Thomas Massie Trails His Trump-Backed Primary Opponent. "The vote -- the reckoning -- is this coming Tuesday."

Althouse sees "A group of Miami residents sued President Donald Trump, Florida officials and trustees of Miami Dade College on Tuesday over Trump’s planned presidential library..." They have suing Trump down to a reflex reaction.

At TownHall, Amy Curtis thinks The Democrats' Response to Losing at the Virginia Supreme Court Just Escalated but then Matt Vespa reports Virginia Dems Reject Insane Idea to Nuke State Supreme Court to Push Gerrymandered Map. Hat Hair's Dave Strom notes Democrat 'Superlawyer' Calls for Abolition of Virginia Government and John Sexton interpretes Jamelle Bouie: Democrats Must Save Democracy with One-Party Rule. Dave Catron at Am Spec writes about Spanberger’s Spectacular Gerrymandering Faceplant "She and her fellow Virginia Democrats allowed their lust for power to fuel a brazen political power grab." No Pasaran! calls it STOOO-pid: The Ds' VA redistricting gamble is the botch of botches, upturning the Ds' gloating and making them highly visible national losers. Republicans fail to twist the knife: Christian Heiens @ChristianHeiens, ">Supreme Court hands you a win of the century >Your voting base is begging you to take the free shot and pick up two guaranteed Congressional seats >You decide to intentionally fumble the football on the goal line because you are afraid of negative PR from people who already hate you It’s outrageous that Republicans in South Carolina and Louisiana intentionally want our own side to lose because they think winning is a violation of principle. We don’t have time for this bullshit any longer." Quote VoteHub @VoteHub, "BREAKING — In a late-night vote, Louisiana Republicans have advanced a new congressional map out of committee that would eliminate one of the state’s Democratic-leaning districts. The map now heads to the Senate floor for a full vote." Margo @MargoinWNC, "Georgia politics make North Carolina politics look good. The judge in this case is Stacey Abrams' sister." Quote Greg Bluestein @bluestein, "Georgia Supreme Court candidates sued the state in secret. A judge is keeping it that way. The @AJC had asked a judge to make public the case filed by two Democratic-backed candidates. #gapol." From Ace, yesterday's news today, Tennessee Strips Democrat Racial Insurrectionists of Their Committee Seats.

Dave Strom asks Who Thinks Like This? Louis Montoya @montoyalouis1, "Karen Bass: “How many people, who are unhoused, that you meet have no teeth at all? They don’t have teeth, why? Because meth rots your teeth. YOU CAN’T SUCCEED WITHOUT TEETH! So there needs to be comprehensive healthcare provided to people.” Karen Bass said this yesterday, Monday, in Los Angeles." From Twitchy, RATIO! TMZ Poll Asking About Spencer Pratt's Possibly Misleading Campaign Ad Is NOT Going the Dems' Way. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "Nothing says fascism like demanding that your house not burned down because of government incompetence." Quote TheBlaze @theblaze, "LA mayoral candidate Nithya Raman says Spencer Pratt represents “fascism” and calls him “Mini Trump”" Insty, AND ACCUSE YOU OF FASCISM FOR WANTING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO REBUILD: Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Democrats will burn your house down with incompetence, not issue the permits to rebuild it, and raise your taxes in the meantime, while attacking you for having to go live in a hotel. You can't imagine how depraved that is."

“Almost none of the needles in this children’s playground have AIDS on them”

My. God.

He nuked her from orbit 💀 pic.twitter.com/3LxZHvBaLh

— ℒ ☘️ (@FletchMatlock) May 13, 2026

Dave Strom says This Is So On-Brand for Gavin Newsom. Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo, "It's hardly the most important part of the story, but Gavin Newsom spent $189 million to buy digital tablets for 90,000 prisoners—or, more than $2,000 per tablet. He's squandering taxpayer cash to give personal sex machines to every state prison inmate." Quote Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo, "EXCLUSIVE: California spent nearly $189 million to give every state prisoner a free iPad. We interviewed a dozen death row inmates, who told us that prisoners are using the tablets to watch porn, engage in x-rated chats, and groom minors on the outside." SFC Rock "doc" Roll @RockRol54750183, "$2k per tablet? They are $320 on Amazon. Where is the surplus $1,680 going, Newsom's campaign fund for 2028? He is running the very same grift with diapers. Democrats are frauds." Driscoll at Insty, THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC CALLED AND SAID CALIFORNIA MIGHT WANT TO DIAL BACK A NOTCH OR TWENTY: FischerKing @FischerKing64, "It is comforting to know that the state of California is treating death row inmates (who will die of natural causes long before they’re executed thanks to endless appeals) just as well as the homeless population - which watches porn on the taxpayer dime in public libraries." Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "Democrat California Rep Ted Lieu announces Democrats will restore free taxpayer funded healthcare and EBT Food Stamps to illegals when they regain power Illegals will get back - Full-scope Medi-Cal / Medicaid free insurance - Free dental benefits under Medi-Cal - Free prenatal and postpartum care - Restored coverage for undocumented children and young adults - Tax credits for undocumented - Free SNAP Food Stamps assistance “Democrats, when we get control, we're going to reverse the massive Medicaid cuts, the Medicare cuts, and the cuts of ACA that Trump and Republicans put in last year”" john jackson @pvtjokerus, "BREAKING: Eric Swalwell buddy billionaire Stephen Cloobeck has been arrested on felony charges for attempting to keep a witness from testifying. Cloobeck was allowing Swalwell to shack up at this mansion and film campaign videos there, before publicly turning on him when the Swalwell scandal hit."

VodkaPundit at PJM roots on, Gooder and Harder, NYC: Mamdani's Plan to 'Nickel & Dime' You to Death but News Wax notes Mamdani Drops NYC Property Tax Hike Plan "The democratic socialist mayor is expected to formally abandon his proposal to raise property taxes nearly 10% after months of backlash from homeowners, business leaders, and even fellow Democrats worried the move would further damage New York's struggling economy. Mamdani's executive budget instead will rely heavily on billions of dollars in additional state aid negotiated with Gov. Kathy Hochul to help close the city's budget deficits, multiple outlets reported." Apparently they're not quite out of "other people's money" yet. At NYPo the Great Victor Davis Hanson opines on How our ‘new’ Democratic Party is really a blast from the Jacobin past.

From Fox, Mural honoring murdered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska taken down in Providence after local outrage. "The partly finished artwork was lowered, folded up and taken away from a downtown Providence LGBTQ+ club on Tuesday." Petition grows to save Iryna Zarutska mural in Providence, Rhode Island.

PJM's Rick Moran reports Biden Will Fight the Release of 70 Hours of Audio Tapes With His Ghostwriter From 2017.

Dmitri Bolt at PJM thinks he knows Why the Iranian People Never Rose Up, and Its Not the Reason You Think, because the Kurds stole most of the guns we sent for them to pass through to the Iranians. It's hard to blame the Kurds, who have been badly treated by virtually everybody, including the US. TCW askes Will Trump’s leftie foes turn Iran victory into defeat? Absolutely, if they can. If they can't they still sell it as a loss.

Sundance hosts FBI Director Kash Patel Appearing Before Congress who has some cross words with my Sen. Van Hollen. Also, CIA Whistleblower Outlines COVID-19 Coverup. Matt Vespa explains Why the CIA Was Not Pleased With Yesterday's COVID Whistleblower Hearing. "The CIA claimed this hearing was unnecessary, as they concluded it was likely a lab leak, that closed-door testimony had already been obtained from Erdman, and that the agency wasn't given a heads-up. Paul responded by saying that closed-door testimony is not oversight (via Public)..." Ace, CIA Whistleblower: Fauci Ordered the Cover-Up About the America-Funded Wuhan Lab's Creation of the Covid Virus. To me, the real question is how could Fauci have so much influence over the CIA? 

Early in the day, it was breathlessly reported CIA Went Rogue, Raided Tulsi’s Office to Seize Papers (Cathy Salgado at PJM). Sister Toldja at RedState, Luna Says CIA Took 40 Boxes From ODNI That Gabbard Was Preparing to Declassify (Update: ODNI Responds) Anna Paulina Luna @realannapaulina, "Clarification: Took documents that ODNI has jurisdiction over. Also, this did not happen today & was not a “raid” however it did take place and we are just being made aware of it based on reporting etc." Quote Katie Pavlich Tonight @KatiePavlichNN, "BREAKING: @RepLuna tells @KatiePavlich that the CIA just marched into DNI Gabbard's office and seized boxes of JFK and MK Ultra files. Why? All the details tonight at 10pm ET on @NewsNation." Olivia Coleman @DNIspox, "This is false - the CIA did not raid the DNI’s office." Sundance doesn't believe it either, No, The CIA Did Not Raid DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s Office "CIA Director John Ratcliffe would never authorize or allow anything like what was being framed in that outlandish story. It simply did not happen."

PJM's Scott Pinkser looks at James Comey and the Deep State’s ‘Plausible Deniability’ Shell Game. 

Jeff Charles at PJM asks What Is Wrong With These People? Protesters Try to Crash Kash Patel's Private Funeral Trip. They have no decency.

Ace notes an Appeals Court Rules That Trump Doesn't Have to Pay Lunatic Fantasist E. Jean Carroll for the "Defamation" of Continuing to Deny This Vicious Fruitloop's Sex Fantasy About Him "Not only was the original allegation of "rape" insane and ripped off straight from an episode of Law & Order: SVU -- with this lunatic attention-whore unable to even say when the "rape" occurred more specifically than "in the nineties" -- but a subsequent New York jury also decided it was "defamation" when Trump later insisted upon his innocence. Note that this rule has never been applied to anyone except Donald Trump. Any time a man proclaims his innocence following an adverse court ruling, someone can sue that man for "defamation" for denying his or her story. And note that every instance of a false claim is a fresh defamation case -- so you can just keep suing an innocent man forever, for saying he's innocent. This is government-compelled speech of the worst kind: When a partisan jury wrongly finds you culpable, not only do you have to pay the exorbitant penalty they impose on you for partisan bullshit reasons, but you are then compelled by government action to admit the lie of your guilt, forever, anytime someone asks you about it. An Appeals Court has agreed with Trump that he should not have to pay the insane jackpot $83 million judgment until the Supreme Court rules on this preposterous new Trump-Only Law." Greg Price @greg_price11, "I just want to remind everyone that in addition to once saying on CNN that "rape is sexy," E. Jean Carroll's accusation against Trump is an exact plot line from a 2012 Law & Order SVU episode. She claimed that this was a complete coincidence when asked about it. Her lawyers also tried to get the judge to instruct jurors that there's no evidence in the record that the episode "actually exists." PJM's Athena Thorne calls it The Awful Truth: Donald Trump Must Look Over His Shoulder for the Rest of His Life, they'll keep the bogus charges coming indefinitely.

Dave Strom doesn't believe Mayorkas: It Wasn't My Fault! To be fair, he was only implementing the Biden regencies policies. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn is singing Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Canadian. Mario Zelaya @mario4thenorth, "The Liberal Party spent 10 years importing voters. Today those voters showed up. And voted against the Liberal they were supposed to support. Federal MP Nate Erskine-Smith, endorsed by Mark Carney himself, just lost a provincial nomination race in Scarborough. He lost to Ahsanul Hafiz. A Bangladeshi-born business owner who owns 30 Domino’s Pizza franchises..."

Hat Hair's John Sexton finds The Latest Bluesky Meltdown is Pretty Entertaining. Also John Sexton, At Princeton, the Honor Code Didn't Survive ChatGPT and NYU Students Want to Cancel Jonathan Haidt as Graduation Speaker.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Marking Time up and at'em at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Sunday in the Meme Mines

At Hat Hair, Steve Moore calls Dow 50,000: A Supply-Side Miracle. Roger Kimball at The Spec notes Trumponomics is working. Daniel Baldwin @baldwin_daniel_, "On days like today, I like calling back to this headline from June 2024: "Trump would make America’s inflation crisis worse, 16 Nobel economists warn" CPI is at 2.4% YoY in January as gasoline declined 7.5%. The "Nobel economists" were dead wrong." Funny that a working businessman understands the economy better than a bunch of college professors. The I&I ed board thinks the Latest Jobs Report Explains Why Dems Hate Trump So Much. "In January, the economy added 172,000 private sector jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which was better than economists had expected (which seems to be a running theme in the Trump administration). And the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%. So, what’s the bad news for Democrats? The number of federal government jobs shrank by 32,000. Worse still, this is on top of a string of monthly government job losses since President Donald Trump took office."

On the Epstein files, John Sexton at Hat Hair Ro Khanna Faceplants Again. Rep. Ro Khanna @RepRoKhanna, "@RepThomasMassie and I forced last night the DOJ to disclose the identities of 6 men: Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, and billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner. I share details of what more we learned to hold the Epstein class accountable." Then Rep. Ro Khanna @RepRoKhanna, "I appreciate JSweetLI’s reporting confirming today that Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonid Leonov, and Nicola Caputo were just part of a photo line up and are not connected to Epstein's crimes. I wish DOJ had provided that explanation earlier instead of redacting then unredacting their names. They have failed to protect survivors, created confusion for innocent men, and have protected rich and powerful abusers. We must have full transparency and the truth. Joe Chalfant at TownHall hears DOJ Officials Claim Thomas Massie Just Made an Unbelievable Error. Sundance at CTH, Thomas Massie Accuses Four Random, Innocent Men of Being Pedophiles and Sex Traffickers, Because Their Names Appeared in Epstein Files. Bonchie @bonchieredstate "On the one hand, you have four random guys who had nothing to do with Epstein. On the other hand, you have your billionaire donor, Reid Hoffman, who visited Epstein's island and ranch and was working to help him as late as 2018. Really weird that you never mention the latter." Quote Rep. Ro Khanna @RepRoKhanna Replying to @RepRoKhanna, "I appreciate @JSweetLI’s reporting confirming today that Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonid Leonov, and Nicola Caputo were just part of a photo line up and are not connected to Epstein's crimes." At Breitbart, Media Actively Cover Up Obama Lawyer’s Chummy Ties to Epstein.

Joe Chalfant again, GOP Secures Votes Needed to Pass the SAVE Act. "Senate Republicans have secured the needed votes to pass the SAVE Act after Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) confirmed that she would sign on as a co-sponsor of the bill late Friday afternoon." Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: SEN. SUSAN COLLINS (R-ME) is a YEA on the SAVE America Act, a HUGE victory! We are now at 50 GUARANTEED VOTES — with JD Vance, that's enough to PASS it after a talking filibuster! Collins was previously unsure. THIS IS MASSIVE! Get it done, save the republic!" Nicki Minaj @NICKIMINAJ, "Wow. This made me so happy. Barbz, update the hashtag with #SaveAmericaAct beginning now & going forward. I’ll do a poll for you guys to choose if you’d like a new look or a new Spaces tonight." Quote Officer Lew @officer_Lew "BREAKING Alaska's Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), the 49th Senator, has just thrown his full support behind the SAVE America Act! Huge win for election integrity—proof of citizenship to register & secure our votes. Momentum is building fast!" DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "I find it fascinating that 75% of Democrat voters want Voter ID laws, but 100% of Democrat elites are against it. The elites know the entire system is rigged, but Democrat voters actually think they’re winning these elections. Going to be a rude awakening when they realize only about 35% of the country aligns with their views, not 50%."

Reuters whines US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations. Sundance hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Critically Important Speech to Munich Security Conference. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I don't think they realize that "blowing up the world order as we knew it" is precisely why we elected Trump." Quote Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins, "BREAKING: Mark Kelly just slammed Donald Trump for blowing up the world order as we knew it. This is fire."

So "the government" is shut down again. Or rather, a rather small part of it, as Democrats will not agree to continues funding of DHS. Unfortunately, for Democrats, ICE will not be affected because it's funding was already included in the BBB. But it will affect the FEMA and TSA (another agency I'd like to see curtailed quite a bit, let the airlines bear the cost of screening. I'll bet they do it better.) A Hat Hair video, Democrats Shutdown The Government For Political Sideshow.

At Am Think J Bob Smith thinks about The Blue States’ Doom Loop "Annually and increasingly, tens of thousands of people are leaving blue states because of politics." Hat Hair's John Stossel looks at Fraud Nation. "Americans want to help people in need, but when government does that, about 500 billion taxpayer dollars get stolen. It's how the system is designed, says the United Council on Welfare Fraud's Andrew McClenahan in this new video. "You're measuring success by the amount of money you put out."" Stacey Matthews at LI, Alleged NYC Antisemitic Stabbing Suspect Out on Bail as Incidents Rise 182% Under Mamdani. “The most disturbing thing about this: It’s no longer a shock to read such a headline.” At least they got bail! At Shooting News Week, Virginia is What Happens When Gun Owners Lose Elections. Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre, "Gentle reminder that after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, and the attempted assassination of ICE agents it was revealed that the Dem AG candidate in Virginia wanted to kill Republicans and their children The Dems continued to support him and he won the election No price was every paid and the news cycle just moved on, so the lesson is that political violence has zero cost. I 'm sure there won't be any consequences in the future for failing to punish the left." Althouse finds deep thinking, "... Clavicular said he would vote for Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a Democrat, over Vice President JD Vance because he preferred Mr. Newsom’s looks to Mr. Vance’s. " ""'It wasn’t, like, a political statement at all,' Clavicular said later of his criticism of Mr. Vance. 'I was just saying he’s fat.'"

MD Kettle at Da Fed sees Unsealed Court Docs Show The FBI Probing Possible Election Crimes In Fulton County. Democrats: "Don't do that! We stole that election fair and square." Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "The Bondi-led DOJ has obtained a wildly successful string of huge victories in the courts at the appellate and Supreme Court levels that have advanced the Trump Administration agenda across a broad range of issues that will be consequential for decades to come. If the Epstein hysteria was to evaporate tomorrow never to be heard about again, by far the biggest losses will be the revenue now being realized by all the online influencers who are relying on it for income." Quote reason @reason ""They've been utterly incompetent. Incompetent to the point that it almost seems like you'd have to be doing this on purpose to be this incompetent," says Massie on the DOJ's Epstein files release." Ryan Lovelace at Racket reports EXCLUSIVE: FBI Gathered Intel On 1,000 Journalists, Politicians, Religious Organizations On Flimsy Grounds 'The FBI can gather a dossier on anyone they choose.' I mean, who among us doesn't have a secret FBI dossier? It's a mark of importance!

John Sexton at Hat Hair reports Federal Agents Suspended Amid Claims They Lied to Investigators,. regarding the non-fatal shooting of a illegal alien sought by ICE in Minneapolis. “Video evidence has revealed that sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements,” Mr. Lyons said. “Both officers have been immediately placed on administrative leave pending the completion of a thorough internal investigation.” Not good.

Gerry Callahan @GerryCallahan, "This is perfect. ICE agent: “If you cared, you would care about the child who got raped and the person who got murdered by the guy we’re looking for. “ Awful, ugly white lady: “I don’t care.” The entire insane national debate encapsulated in 20 sec." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn explores the Annals of AWFL Excess: If It's ICEy, Burn It Down MORE. At RedState Nick Arama wants you to Watch: Viral Video of Woman's Off the Rails Remarks to Deputy - Best Part Was the Sheriff's Response. Twitchy has CBS Austin: Teen Says She Was Threatened With a Taser During Anti-ICE Walkout. Maybe she deserved it? Tim Young @TimRunsHisMouth, "Here’s the video of Greenlee getting in the face of cops and making contact with them… You conveniently left that out of your reporting. It took me 90 seconds to find it…. You’re intentionally trying to make her look like a victim when she isn’t." At BA Tom Knighton finds a Portland Anti-ICE Activist who Illustrates a Fantastic Way to Get Shot.

From NYPo, Hillary Clinton says migration ‘went too far’ and ‘needs to be fixed in a humane way’ DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "Obama said Democrats need to start cleaning up homeless tent cities. Hillary is now saying mass migration needs to end and we need secure borders. The memo has gone out. Democrats are trying to moderate for the midterms." Quote America @america "Hillary Clinton admits mass migration has been “destabilizing” to society: “It went too far, it’s been disruptive and destabilizing.”"

juicystar1908 @juicystar1908, "If you are an H-1B landlord in Maricopa County, you should pack your bags and look at one-way flights to go home. I have read every single classified ad on http://azindia.com to find a deportable individual who listed a rental property. I found over 50 landlords and over 60 addresses in Maricopa County alone. I would love to praise the work of @MCAssessor and @AssessorEddie for building a very user-friendly website that makes it easy to find property ownership information. The information was sent to the fraud team of the State Department on 02/09/2026." Quote Tyler Bowyer @tylerbowyer "There are approximately 5 counties that could send America into Despotism for a generation. Maricopa County is one of them. . . . "

TownHall's Kurt Schlichter insists It Is Right and Proper to Laugh at the Suffering of Journalists. Althouse Trump sought to influence Bill Maher and he's now going to complain that he didn't get as much favorable press/comedy as he thinks — or pretends to think — he deserves. ""Sometimes in life you waste time! T.V. Host Bill Maher asked to have dinner with me through one of his friends, also a friend of mine, and I agreed," said Trump (at Truth Social). . . . Trump seems to enjoy diminishing Maher, but I suspect Maher adopted this "little me" pose to disarm Trump. Obviously, Maher was bullshitting. There's no one who has never been scared. It's a joke. He's a comedian. And so is Trump."

From Campus Reform, White student sues after Albany Law School protects professor who allegedly went on racist rant. "Rowland Rupp, a student at Albany Law School, has filed a lawsuit after he says Anthony Farley, a black professor, shut off the classroom’s recording equipment and went on a tirade in class aimed at whites and conservatives. The lawsuit alleges that the school did not investigate Rupp’s complaint, but rather aggressively pursued a retaliatory complaint filed by the professor."

 NYPo thinks The media need to stop gaslighting us about the reality of trans mass shooters

Power Line: The Week in Pictures: Bugs Bunny Halftime Edition

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Still Winning up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.