Flotsam and Jetsam - To the Victor Goes the Spoils

Ace, catching up with the story of the seized Iranian ship, Marines Seize Iranian Ship Attempting to Breach Blockade; Trump Threatens to Blow Up Power Plants and Bridges Unless They Agree to a Deal, "That last part is becoming, sad to say, an empty threat." We shall see; today is supposed to be that last day of the 'cease fire'. PJM's Cathy Salgado thinks you should WATCH: U.S. Releases Video of Marines Seizing Iranian Ship. CNN whines that the Iran cargo ship seized by US could become ‘spoils of war’. 

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears 'Nobody's Playing Games' says Vance On Way to Islamabad As Iranians 'Posture' and Duane Patterson thinks it's Iran's Last Chance To Avoid Finding Out What's Behind Door Number B-2. News Wax cites the Economist: Iran's IRGC Hardliners Shout Down Moderates. About time for the Israelis to kill a few more. Victory Girls notes Iran Now A Military Junta As Questions About Nuclear Material Swirl. Ken Timmerman at Am Great alerts us to The Perils of a Grand Bargain with Iran, "Talk of a “grand bargain” with Iran revives a failed playbook of concessions and deception that history shows only strengthens Tehran’s regime." Sundance hosts Promethean Action Provides Perspective on Iran Conflict and Latest Intel Efforts to Disrupt Trump. Don Surber observes Obama is tired of Trump winning, but "We’re not."

Hat Hair's Dave Strom, (Not) Unexpected: Air Force Extends Life of A-10 Yet Again.

TownHall's Amy Curtis, '60 Minutes' Just Made a Pretty Big Admission About Iran. Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT "awesome" Quote Ali Vaez @AliVaez "At least 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels bypass US blockade https://lloydslist.com/LL1156966/At-least-26-Iranian-shadow-fleet-vessels-bypass-US-blockade." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, ""Go Iran!" exclaimed the United States Senator."

Ace reports an Iran-Linked Group Attacks Synogogue in the UK; Keir Starmer Refuses to Ban the IRGC in Britain, "In fairness, Keir Starmer can't even protect his own properties from arson by strangely-antagonistic gay Ukranian male model rent-boys." Hat Hair's Dave Strom, As Starmer Talks About Expanding Military, Professional Soldiers Bailing Out. Dave Manney at PJM notices Canada's Carney Tries To Redefine U.S. Ties as a Problem. Ezra Levant @ezralevant, "Chevron has now fully divested from Alberta’s oilsands. It believes investing in Venezuela is less risky than investing in Mark Carney’s Canada." Quote Bloomberg @business, "Chevron Corp. is set to expand its oil footprint in Venezuela, benefitting from its almost 20-year bet to remain in the country amid political and economic turmoil." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair hears French Presidential Poof de Crème Now Snubbing Polish President at Joint Summit. Daily Romania @daily_romania, "Poland's President Karol Nawrocki vetoes the implementation of the EU's Digital Services Act which aims to censor Europeans online: "A situation in which a government official decides what is permitted on the Internet is reminiscent of the Ministry of Truth in Orwell’s 1984."" Althouse finds "He wants to use his presidency not only to slash the country’s budget but to wage an ideological war and rewire the country’s mentality." "From "Javier Milei Wants to Rewire the Argentine Mind/Argentina’s right-wing president has tamed the country’s runaway inflation. Now he wants to transform its values" (NYT)." Good luck, Javier.

At the Center Square, Everyday Economics: Retail sales and housing suggest a resilient consumer. 

Beege Welborn reports Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Resigns - One Pool Party Too Many. She's been a bad girl apparently. I wouldn't mind seeing the whole Labor Dept. vanish.

Smitty at The Other McCain, VA’s 21Apr Vote: This Dog Don’t Hunt "Somebody I know who is credentialed in the art of surveying people (pharma, for drug trials) was unimpressed by then quality of the question on the ballot tomorrow in Virginia. After feeding Spanberger’s dirty diaper into Claude..." Tom Knighton at BA details  How Spanberger Just Screwed Over Domestic Abuse Survivors. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "I appreciate the fact they're so open about. Their version of democracy involves rigging things so they never lose again. Plus persecution of the opposition. It's kind of a fascio-democracy." Quote MJTruthUltra @MJTruthUltra, "Cory Booker screams like a maniac that there is a “STORM” brewing in our nation and Democrat politicians need their “foot soldiers” to fight for democracy Democrats must never regain power." PJM's Scott Pinsker hears Democrats Fear THIS ‘October Surprise’ Will Cost Them the Senate in 2026 — and for Good Reason. A rumor that Justice Alito might resign. PJM's Chris Queen notes Jon Ossoff Rails Against Billionaire Donors — While Taking Their Money.

Capt. Ed sings Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Not One PA House Dem Will Back Fetterman Re-Election. David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "Fetterman does not hold a single position that wasn’t mainstream in the Democratic Party in 2020. Not one. That’s how fast the party embraced Islamo-Marxism. Stunning." Quote Danny Freeman @DannyEFreeman, "Oof. "Not a single Pennsylvania House Democrat in the delegation will say Fetterman should run for reelection as a Democrat"" John Sexton claims a Pennsylvania Democrat Has a Facebook Problem. Too rational. Dave Strom worries Antisemitism Is a Core Democratic Party Belief Now and sees All the Worst People Are Defending Hezbollah. From NRO, Michigan Dems Nominate for Powerful University Post a Lawyer Who Praised Hezbollah.  Betsie Stauffer at LI, Michigan Dems Oust Jewish UM Regent, Eagerly Nominate Pro-Hezbollah Candidate, "The outlet spoke to one of Makled’s exuberant student volunteers, who said, “I want a regent who is willing to divest our endowment from a genocide.”" And speaking of anti-semites, at Da Wire, Mamdani Can’t Make Socialism Happen. So How Does He Respond? "Socialist mayor insists his faith in the movement is “stronger than ever,”" 

From NYPo, Staggering number of booze deliveries Eric Swalwell charged to campaign — including Vegas bender. Ace puts it Eric Swalwell Charged 100 Big Booze Deliveries to His Campaign, as Well as Vegas Trips. Matt Vespa at TownHall reports Bill Maher Did Not Mince Words Regarding How He Felt About Eric Swalwell. “Ask my staff: I never liked him. I don’t have good gaydar — but I got creepdar. I always thought this guy was a f*cking creep. I never liked him.” At ZeroHedge, Swalwell's good buddy, Ruben Gallego's Political Career May Be Toast. So now that Swalwell's out, why continue to pick on him? Well, he deserves it, and it's fun.

Mike Netter @nettermike, "Back in 2006, freshly divorced San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom — then a slick 38-year-old — was schtupping 19-year-old Brittanie Mountz. When the press caught wind of photos showing his teenage girlfriend guzzling alcohol at public events, Newsom kinda lost it. Cornered by a reporter, he turned red-faced, started flailing defensively, and literally stormed off like a guilty man caught with his hand in the cookie jar. His team claimed he didn’t know she was underage and swore he wasn’t feeding her booze. Sure, Gavin. Here's the video of him getting all flustered." Quote MAZE @mazemoore Replying to @mazemoorem "Gavin runs away when asked about giving his underaged GF alcohol." From Fox, California regulators kill charity fireworks for America’s 250th, sparking outrage "Local restaurants reported a 30% revenue drop on July 3 after the annual fireworks show was canceled in 2024." John Sexton thinks This Auction Was Not a Great Sign for San Francisco.

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "HOLY CRAP! Trump Interior Sec. Doug Burgum just revealed he found NGOs where up to 100% PERCENT of their revenue was the federal government... ...and their CEO would make $650K a YEAR, and pay lobbyists $400K. He exposes it: "We found organizations that were receiving grants from Interior, where 80 to 100 percent of the revenue of that NGO was a grant from the federal government." "And yet those organizations, we were the sole source of their revenue, but they would have a CEO making $650,000 and four $400,000 lobbyists!" @RapidResponse47 Dems are FURIOUS the Trump admin is cracking down on this! Keep pushing!" Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "HOLY CR*P Maine Governor candidate Bobby Charles exposes “There are more than 4,500 contracts that were non-compete, sole source, given to FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF DEMOCRATS” The audit showed “$2.1 billion in questionable contracts” Democrat money laundering is INSANE “That is normalized public corruption”"  From NYPo, Powerful California official pocketed thousands from Chinese school founder at center of fraud probe.

Matt Margolis hears Kash Patel Makes Bombshell Promise: Arrests Are Coming Over 2020 Election. Sundance carries on about Spygate, Russiagate, IC Impeachment, Jack Smith Targeting and Lawfare, claims Witnesses to Potential Criminal Conduct of Former CIA Director John Brennan Receive Subpoenas, and says It Is, After All, the Department of Justice. The Unsinkable Mollie Hemingway at Da Fed has a New Release: FBI Agent Deeply Involved In Get-Trump Lawfare May Have Crossed Criminal Line. 

Brad Slager at RedState thinks The Atlantic’s Kash Patel Hit Piece Is Backfiring - Badly. Gene Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy has some highlights from suit in FBI Director Kash Patel Sues Atlantic Over Friday's Article. Capt. Ed, Boom: Patel Drops $250M Defamation Bomb On The Atlantic. Matt Vespa says Oh, That's Who Wrote the Hit Piece on Kash Patel in The Atlantic? Megan Basham @megbasham, "By the way, @S_Fitzpatrick is also the reporter who wrote the throughly debunked hit piece that claimed Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh drugged women so they could be sexually abused. She has a history of writing hit pieces with either no sources on the record or completely discredited sources." Ace, Kash Patel Slaps "Reporter" With $250 Million Defamation Lawsuit. "I like the lawsuit, but, as That Guy always says, nothing's going to happen. Judges are pretty determined that only leftwingers can be defamed." Richard Grenell @RichardGrenell, "Obama US attorney admits the DC courts are highly partisan." Quote Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance "Good luck with that D.C. jury…" Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews "FLASH: Kash Patel has filed $250 million defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic Filed here in DC."

From RCP, Justice Thomas: The Ideas of 1776 Are a Way of Life, Not Intellectual Playthings. MD Kittle at Da Fed has an Explosive Report: As Dobbs Majority Faced Death Threats, Liberal Justices Slow-Walked Release. John Sexton, Liberal Justices Slow-Walked Their Dobbs Dissents Despite Threats. Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank, "We may not have a suspect on the latest SCOTUS leak, but we have a clue, notes @jadler1969", Sotomayor. Matt Vespa, Wait, This Is the Case That Prompted the Supreme Court Leak? Also, We May Have a Clue Who It Is. Tim O'Brien at PJM, Justice Jackson Takes Aim at Fellow Justices, and the Results Aren’t Pretty. John Sexton, California Judge Overrules President Trump on Oil Production. "A county judge in Santa Barbara has decided that she has more power than the President of the United States to regulate American energy supplies in wartime..." KSL.com Utah leaders to probe relationship between Supreme Court justice, redistricting lawyer "The allegations originally come from Hagen's ex-husband, Tobin Hagen, who said he suspected the justice began having an inappropriate relationship with Reymann, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit over Utah's redistricting maps."

Theo Wold @RealTheoWold, "Amazon just censored a book first published in 1973 that depicts the destruction of the west through third-world mass migration. I'm sure all the people who whine about "book bans" when a school board prevents 6-year-olds from reading about gay sex will be just as upset." Quote Vauban Books @VaubanBooks "Our statement on Amazon's suppression of The Camp of the Saints in the United States:"

Buck Throckmorton at Ace's THE MORNING RANT: State of Texas Cutting off Funds to Houston after it Revives Sanctuary City Policies.

The College Fix reports Harvard investigates Republican club for filming Muslim event on campus. From the Free Bacon, Astonishingly Prolific Anti-Israel Medical Researcher Used AI to Churn Out Journal Articles, Screening Software Shows, "Harvard distances Itself from Bilal Irfan, saying 'none of the work was done as part of' Harvard master’s program." Though given the highly variable results reported, I don't see that I would trust the softward that claims to detect AI authorship. Beege Welborn is outraged about the Prayer Room and Foot Washing Stations in One MN High School Remodeling Plans.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Down To The Wire up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Pardon Me!

Can you imagine we're still looking a Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter for all federal crimes, named and unnamed from Jan 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2024? From Hat Hair, John Sexton notices After Thanksgiving, Biden Pardoned Another Turkey, Joe Biden admits The System Is Rigged, and Karine Jean-Pierre: 'War Politics Infected the Process', Beege Welborn looks at Our Rotten POTATUS and His Cracked Chip Off the Old Spud, Dave Strom wonders Were You Naive Enough to Believe Joe Biden? (no), Duane Patterson thinks Joe Biden Just Razed the Democrats' Moral High Ground (they didn't hold any), and Capt. Ed, 'Voters Now Know What His Word As a Biden Is Worth' -- And the Media's and Larry has a video, The Real Reason Hunter Biden Was Pardoned: What Everyone Is Getting Wrong!

On X, Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley, "With this pardon, Joe Biden shredded any residue of veracity and credibility as president." Bill D'Agostino@Banned_Bill "BRUTAL: Brianna Keilar on CNN just made Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY) watch a clip of himself insisting that Biden would never pardon Hunter. She then asked: "What does that feel like?" They even kept him on-screen as the video played so we could watch his reaction." Kate Hyde@KateHydeNY, "Biden’s Presidency started with him denying the existence of Hunter’s laptop and is ending with Biden pardoning Hunter for all the things found on his laptop." Glenn Greenwald@ggreenwald, "9 straight minutes of the people who destroyed trust in media heralding Joe Biden as one of history's greatest men of honor for saying he would not pardon Hunter Biden. Beyond the extreme ignorance needed to have believed Biden, look how these people operate as a mindless herd" Lee Smith@LeeSmithDC, "US intelligence services’ multi-decades curation of Biden family crimes requires major assessment of what programs and resources are compromised. This story is hardly ended with a pardon." Yossi Gestetner@YossiGestetner, "Biden who suggested at a 1/5/17 Oval meeting to bury @GenFlynn with a Logan "violation" and who took action that led to the raid on Trump (see below) for docs that Biden was guilty of worse, complains now that his own DOJ is corrupt after criticizing Trump for saying the same." Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸@JerryDunleavy, "This is a crock of shit by Joe Biden btw. Hunter Biden was not unfairly prosecuted, & he was rightly convicted of felony tax charges & gun charges. Hunter Biden’s sweetheart deal only unraveled because of brave whistleblowers. And he should’ve been charged with foreign lobbying." Nate Silver@NateSilver538 "I discussed here how I voted for Harris despite feeling like Democrats indulged in a lot of bad behavior that voters were rational to publish. After the White House lying about the Hunter pardon I'm not sure how much more I can tolerate." Andy Ngo 🏳️‍🌈@MrAndyNgo, "Americans are burdened with heavy taxes in a time when the cost of living is already crippling. But the president has pardoned his son of the $1.35 million he owed for tax evasion based on lucrative business deals he got from access to his father. The corruption of the Biden administration and the first family are what you often see in despotic regimes." Matt Wallace@MattWallace888, Hunter Biden - Commits 3 serious felonies, 0 YEARS IN PRISON Meanwhile… Tina Peters - Tries to expose election fraud, 9 YEARS IN PRISON. . ." Karol Markowicz@karol, "A lot of people saying of course you’d pardon your kid. But your kid often only gets to taking bribes and selling your influence for money when you’ve been pardoning him your whole life." AJ Huber@Huberton, "No one is Above the Law. Except for the Biden Family." Scott Jennings@ScottJenningsKY, "*offer not applicable to degenerate family members." Kate Hyde@KateHydeNY, "Biden signing Hunter’s pardon." Ben Sixsmith@BDSixsmith, "Let he who has not done crack with prostitutes while mysteriously holding undeserved positions with dubious foreign companies cast the first stone." The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee, "Santa Confirms Hunter Biden Still On The Naughty List Despite Presidential Pardon."

At PJM, Matt Margolis explains Here's How Pardoning Hunter Biden Was Really About Protecting Joe, Vicky Taft, want you to Behold the Hundreds of Crimes for Which Hunter Biden Just Got Pardoned, Cathy Salgado hears Hunter’s Creditor Speaks Out on No-Consequences Pardon, where's my money? and VodkaPundit wonders Just How Stupid Do They Think We Are? At TownHall Cutie Pavlich smiles as Biden's Hunter Pardon Sends Dems Into Chaos and 'Becca Downs enjoys Scott Jennings Chimes in on Biden Pardoning Hunter: Leaving Office in Complete and Total Disgrace'. RedState's 'Bonchie' wants you to WATCH Scott Jennings Go Nuclear After CNN Analyst Claims Biden Didn't Lie About Pardoning His Son and Teri Christoph thinks Joe Biden Just Handed Donald Trump the Mother of All Mandates. From Althouse, Here's a tightly edited 9-minute montage of lavishing praise on Joe Biden for not pardoning his son, "All of it done, I presume, with an intent to influence the 2024 election. All of it bullshit," Democrats need to figure out if they ought to trash Biden for pardoning Hunter and build the strongest foundation for attacking Trump over the pardoning spree he's about to launch, "Yes, yes, of course, you Democrats can pose fussily and piously making distinctions between all the crimes Hunter may have done in the last 10 years and anything attributable to Trump's pardonees. Go ahead. Try. I see your efforts. They're so self-serving they underscore the essential problem: political favoritism," and The NYT purports to show us "how" Biden did something we don't even know that he did. "This is an embarrassing headline: "How Biden Changed His Mind on Pardoning Hunter: ‘Time to End All of This’/The threat of a retribution-focused Trump administration and his son’s looming sentencings prompted the president to abandon a promise not to get involved in Hunter Biden’s legal problems."

At Shooting News, In Pardoning Hunter, Joe Biden Declares Lying on a 4473 a Minor Infraction (and Gives Trump Cover for J6 Pardons). At NRO, Chuck Cooke cites NBC News: Biden’s Lying about Pardoning Hunter Was Part of the Plan and Jim Geraghty worries The Biden Crime Family Gets Away with It. At Spec World, Ben Domenech claims Hunter’s pardon is the legacy of Joe Biden’s weakness and Roger Kimball thinks The Hunter Biden pardon has silver linings, "The stench of legal favoritism will cling to the Democrats for years to come." Herr Professor Jacobson at LI claims Democrats Are Upset About Hunter Biden Pardon Only Because They Think It Helps Trump. “They’re not angry that Joe Biden pardoned his son. They’re not angry that he lied about it for years. They’re angry that they feel that this had given an advantage to Trump.” From Spiked, Hunter Biden’s pardon is the death rattle of the elites, "President Biden’s pardoning of his son shatters the moral pretensions of the establishment." Da Fetched, CNN Correspondent Says Quiet Part Out loud on Biden’s Hunter Pardon, "“We were told that this came to a head this weekend, and this is why President Biden decided now to do this. But as Isaac was just saying, that really is a sense of the conversation that has been going on really inside the family,” Jeff Zeleny said." Da Mail tells How Jill Biden led the family campaign to pressure Joe into changing his mind on a Hunter pardon. Ashe Schow at Da Wire explains Why Joe Biden Might Pardon His Brother Next, "James Biden was also involved in Hunter's business dealings." Breitbart remembers Adam Schiff in 2018 Suggested Pardoning a President’s Son Could Be an Effort to Obstruct Justice. Twitchy, STRAIGHT-FAFO! Scott Jennings Takes CNN Panelist APART for Claiming Biden Didn't LIE About Hunter Pardon. Ace wakes up to the fact Demented Liar Joe Biden Pardons His Spree Criminal Son After Years of Vowing He Would Never Do So Because He Trusts the Judiciary and Wants to Uphold Norms, "That thing this old rapist promised he wouldn't do in your mouth? Plot twist, he did it in your mouth." William Stroock's Books is Green Ganged, "Happy Trails, Hunter." "Well of course Joe pardoned Hunter. If reader(s) believed he wouldn't issue the pardon, we don't want them reading this blog. Or we at least would like to interest them in some Arkansas real estate investment opportunities." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.02.24, EBL notes JOE BIDEN PARDONS HUNDER BIDEN andDana Loesch: President Biden Pardons His Son. Victory Girls, Biden Gives Hunter A Blanket Pardon To Cover The Last Ten Years.

At Da Sun, 'SICK TO MY STOMACH' Joe Biden lied about my dad being drunk in crash that killed his wife and daughter… he’s got a nerve calling out Trump. He started his career with a lie, and he finishes the same way. Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms, NRA Takes Shot at Biden's Latest Anti-Gun Executive Order.

Insty, MIKE JUDGE DIDN’T INTEND FOR IDIOCRACY TO BE A HOW-TO GUIDE: How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is ‘brain rot.’ "Remember the five minutes over the summer where the presidential election campaign of a then-59-year old sitting vice president in desperate need of a gravitas infusion tried to somehow adopt that word as a campaign slogan? Those were good times: ‘Kamala IS brat:’ Harris campaign goes lime-green to embrace the meme of the summer." Matt Vespa hears from a Dem Donor: Oh, I Know Obama and Pelosi Didn't Want Kamala. At Am Great, Michael Kochin invokes Deus Vult, "Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign failed because her dismissive attitude toward religion alienated voters in a nation where faith still plays a crucial role in public life."

Ace, Trump Nominates Revealer of the Russiagate Psyop Kash Patel to be New Director of the FBI, "He's definitely a Trump ally." Dave Strom at Hat Hair notices Wow! They HATE Kash Patel. PJM's Stephen Kruiser sees Kash Patel's Nomination Sets Off a Mass Dem Triggering Effect. Nick Arama at RedState finds Raskin Is Not a Happy Camper About Patel Pick, What He Has to Say About the 'Deep State' Is Hilarious. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.02.24, EBL, Crap Weasel Andrew McCabe does not like Kash Patel running the FBI. At WaEx, Jake Sullivan wants Wray to complete term after Trump taps Patel to lead FBI. Soon to be unemployed Jake Sullivan. Bravo Blue hears The Wall Street Journal Lets Its Anti-Kash Patel Bias Seep into Its News Coverage. From American Refugees, Kash Patel and the New Republican 'Cool.' At PJM Cathy Salgado publishes an FBI Whistleblower’s Priorities for Kash Pate. Steve Friend, "“Director Patel should immediately dissolve the FBI case quota system and Intelligence Branch,” Friend told me. “These protocols have contributed to the bureau’s devolution into a politicized secret police force.” Friend added, “He should also eliminate the FBI’s nine diversity advisory committees which operate outside the chain of command and revamp hiring practices to focus on merit.” DEI is poisonous, and it needs to be eradicated from our government. The Biden-Harris administration encouraged it, but the Trump administration can reverse that destructive trend." Breitbart hears Ted Cruz: ‘Very Strong Nominee’ Kash Patel Will Be Confirmed by the Senate. I hope so. Mike LaChance at LI sees Democrats and the Media Are Trying to ‘Brett Kavanaugh’ Trump DoD Pick Pete Hegseth “The media has gone into smear-fest mode and won’t stop until they get a scalp.” From Task and Purpose, Bitterness over the ‘Forever War’ a unifying factor in Trump’s post-9/11 veteran cabinet picks. Jesse Kelly@JesseKellyDC, "The four most important confirmations (Hegseth, Patel, Gabbard, RFK) are the four toughest confirmations and that’s because the GOP senate sees its job not as reformers of a corrupt system but as protecting The System from reform. The GOP senate is the hidden enemy." Sundance at CTH hears Pam Bondi Tell Chairman Chuck Grassley, “I will make you, the President, and our country proud”, speculates about Truth Tellers -vs- Truth Managers: POTUS Declassification Examples and hosts Senator Ron Johnson: “Exposing the Truth will be our Primary Weapon” . Vinay Prasad's Observations and Thoughts thinks Sabotaging RFK Jr's confirmation will increase vaccine hesitancy.

NewsMax cites Stavridis: Hezbollah Ceasefire 'Direct Result' of Trump's Win. At PJM Paula Bolyard wonders Is Trump About to Pull off an Iran Hostage Moment? Sundance observes President Trump Issues Dire Warning for Mideast Hostage Takers. Althouse, "Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East..." "... But it’s all talk, and no action! Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that if the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against Humanity. Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United State s of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!" Writes Donald Trump, at Truth Social." The Peacock whines about How the Trump administration and congressional Republicans may crack down on pro-Palestinian protesters.

Twitchy, 'We Are SO Back!' Peter Doocy Reports What Trump Told Justin Trudeau to Make Him MUCH More Agreeable. TV News Now@TVNewsNow, "PETER DOOCY: “Tonight, we’re getting new details about that Trump-Trudeau dinner from two people who were at the table. We are told that when @JustinTrudeau told President-elect Trump that new tarrifs would kill the Canadian economy, Trump joked to him that if Canada can’t survive without ripping off the U.S. to the tune of $100bn a year then maybe Canada should become the 51st state and Trudeau could become its governor!” @pdoocy tells @BretBaier. ET, What to Expect From Trump Administration’s Mass Deportation Plans, "States that are willing to help could work with the federal government to patrol the southwest border and even arrest illegal immigrants."

Fox, Top NY Dem ridiculed for floating secession to Canada over Trump return: 'Lead the way'. Matt Nichol at Hat Hair sees the NYT Getting Pretty Froggy With the Traitor' Word. Tim Young@TimRunsHisMouth, "This is the New York Times... They're now essentially calling for civil war... I'm so sick of this." Hat Hair, TDS Is Such a Sad Sickness: ZitoSalena@ZitoSalena, "This is vile. This son admits his mother gave up her home and her life to be nearby to help with the raising of her grandchildren. He admits she is kind & sweet & very helpful. This is how this selfish grown man repays her love & sacrifice just because of political differences?" The Manhattan Contrarian knows The Real Insurrectionists: The Federal Workforce. Insty, at his substack, Like a Wrecking Ball "Trump gets ready to move fast and break things -- but he's also laying an institutional foundation for Republicans." Kaelen Deese at WaEx thinks Trump can axe entrenched DEI frameworks his first week back in the White House. At Hat Hair Christian Heiens has some Fascinating Maps of Shift in New York City Voting 2020 vs 2024. Joel Kotkin at Spiked, America’s working class is taking back control, "Trump-voting blue-collar workers are re-discovering their political power."

At Gateway Pundit, Citizens of Shasta County, California Declare State of Emergency and Demand Certifiable Election Results, "The US Supreme Court in 1915 (US vs Mosley)1 concluded that we not only have the right to cast a vote, but to have that vote counted accurately. Shasta County did not follow the user manual provided by Hart InterCivic (Verity Ballot Printing Guidelines, pg 33) and as a result a printing error on live ballots occurred. One out of two ballots are being rejected and must be duplicated. California Voting System Standards are not being met in Shasta County. The voting system (Hart InterCivic) as it is currently utilized, has a misfeed rate (rejection rate) of approximately 250 ballots for every 500 ballots scanned, or 250/500. This far exceeds the State Voting System Standards set forth by the Secretary of State, that allow for no more than 1 misfeed per 500 ballots scanned, or 1/500.2 The duplication process is conducted in private with no meaningful observation."

Ace hears Dave Reaboi wonder Why Did the Left Tell Antifa To Stand Down After Trump's Victory? "The left told antifa to stand down in 2020, too. But that was after a win. (Or, a "win.") Why did they tell antifa to stand down after Literal Hitler was elected?" Paula Bolyard reports Capitol Police Arrest Top Dem Staffer for trying to bring ammo into the Capitol. "According to his House bio, Morelle is a member of the Gun Violence Task Force, which makes this a little awkward, no? (He's also a member of the "Wine Caucus," which I didn't know existed until one minute ago.)"

John Sexton, reports Judge McCormick Blocks Elon Musk's Pay Deal Again. Pure lawfare.

From Campus Reform, University of Michigan Board of Regents targets DEI office for ‘defunding’ or major changes, faculty senate freaks out and PROF. JENKINS explains How you can help 'de-wokify' your campus " . . . you no longer need to tiptoe around or just keep your mouth shut. The Left’s worldview is being repudiated across the country, while yours is gaining momentum. You have permission to behave accordingly. If you’re still in the closet as a campus conservative, it’s time to come out. I’m not saying you should be obnoxious about it or flaunt your partisanship. I’m just saying you don’t have to hide it anymore—in the classroom, on the quad, or among your peers. All those administrators, professors, and fellow students who tried to control you for years by threatening, demeaning, or shouting you down no longer have any real power. They can still sputter and bluster, and they will, but at this point it’s mostly just impotent rage. Public opinion has turned against them."

Insty, PUSHBACK WORKS: "After uproar, Georgetown law delays pregnant student’s exam so she can give birth.“Initially, the law school refused to grant Brittany Lovely’s request, telling her ‘Motherhood is not for the Faint of Heart,’ according to a petition created by her classmates.” This is the same university that was setting up a “self-care suite” with legos, crayons, and milk and cookies for students traumatized by Trump’s win. Faint of heart indeed."

John Sexton highlights J.K. Rowling on the Personal Cost of Standing up to Trans Activists. "Opponents of gender ideology haven't merely 'endured unsparing criticism'. I haven't simply been told I 'betrayed real feminism' or received a few book-burning videos. I've been sent thousands of threats of murder, rape and violence. A trans woman posted my family's home address with a bomb-making guide. My eldest child was targeted by a prominent trans activist who attempted to doxx her and ended up doxxing the wrong young woman. I could write a twenty thousand word essay on what the consequences have been to me and my family, and what we've endured is NOTHING compared to the harm done to others."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Finally, It’s Draft Day up on time and underbudget at The Other McCain.