Flotsam and Jetsam - Vandalism at the Reflecting Pool? Whoda Thunk!

PJM's Stephen Kruiser is Wishing a Summer-Long Rash on Libs Who Complain About Knicks' White House Visit. Nothing is too petty. John Sexton at Hat Hair notes The Top Story at the Washington Post is About Algae. It's amazing how fast algae can grow given light, nutrients and warm temperatures. Some double as many as three times a day. At GateWay Pundit, Leftists Vandalize Trump’s Newly Renovated Reflecting Pool by Cutting Blue Sealant Out and Writing “86 47” Message – Man Arrested. Check out emily miller @emilymiller, "Exclusive! RAW VIDEO. Man arrested for vandalizing Lincoln Reflecting Pool. He grabbed the hose that female National Park Service workers were using to clear the algae. Police and National Guard responded. Watch." He's old enough to know better. I hope they toss his ass into jail. Dmitri Bolt at TownHall sees Another Threat Against the President Appeared in Washington DC. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "JUST IN — EXCLUSIVE: United States Park Police are investigating an “86 47” inscription on the sealant of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool We discovered writing just now while walking the edge of the pool. This BS needs to end. This comes as mobile SURVEILLANCE TOWERS have been deployed around the pool, along with Park Police and National Guard on 24/7 watch. It’s insane to see that TDS is this bad that death threats are being written into the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial." At Da Wire recounts how Vice President Vance was Assailed On All Sides By The View’s Lies. At Althouse, "He came in strategically prepared to disarm us with niceness.... It worked on you, didn't work on me" said Ana Navarro. How dare he come in and be nice! He's a Republican!

On the Breitbart Bus, High Gas Prices Did Not Hurt Retail Sales or Push Up Inflation Expectations. "A pair of reports on American businesses suggests that the U.S. economy was remarkably resilient against the pressures created by the Iran War." Insty thinks it's FUNNY HOW STIGLITZ AND PIKETTY DON’T LOOK INTO THIS PHENOMENON: Financial Dystopia @financedystop, "The “Boom Belt” is basically America’s new economic engine. 11 states: Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Together, these states would have the 3rd largest GDP in the world. They’re responsible for around 70% of U.S. population growth and 57% of all new jobs." SnerdlyCornPop @SnerdlyP, "The Old South was misgoverned by Democrats for 150 years and within 2 decades of Republican governance it is now the economic engine of America. New England used to be Republican and prospered, but now it is becoming an economic backwater. California was the land of milk and honey when Ronald Reagan governed and now it is a train wreck of public unions and shit government."

Hat Hair's Dave Strom calls it Donald Trump's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week. Bruce Crossing @SenatorCrossing, "I’m married to a beautiful Italian-American spitfire who could be Prime Minister Meloni’s sister. I know that posture well. This conversation was not a pleasant one for our President." Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby, "BREAKING: The Trump administration has launched a Section 301 investigation into Germany over drug pricing, arguing Berlin’s policies force Americans to subsidize pharmaceutical innovation for the rest of the world." Hat Hair's John Sexton thinks Russia's Control of Crimea is Getting Much Harder to Maintain and Desperate Cuba Announces Free-Market Reforms. "Under the reforms, foreign investors are no longer required to form joint ventures with the state, large private enterprises will be authorized, and both Cuban and foreign investors will be allowed to acquire stakes in state companies..."

At TownHall Joe Chalfant has Bad News for Democrats: Republicans Continue Record-Setting Fundraising Totals and Jeff Charles hears Trump Just Warned This State Not to Embrace Mail-In Voting, Utah.

PJM's Cathy Salgado reports Tehran Mayor says War With 'Great Satan' U.S. 'Is Ongoing, Existential' and Stephen Kruiser is Starting to Get the Feeling That We May Never Get Along With Iran. Dmitri Bolt hears The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Just Declared the Strait of Hormuz Closed. Peel a few more layers off their leadership. CNBC hopes Hormuz relief may not ease the economic toll that’s already ‘baked in,’ analysts warn. At Hat Hair, Dave Strom hears Trump's Kinda Ticked Off as War Rages in Lebanon; Strait Closed for Now, Iran Deal Is Vance's Waterloo; Is He Napoleon, or the Duke of Wellington? and Iran Cancels Switzerland Talks while Capt. Ed reports Israel, Hezbollah Agree on Ceasefire, US Says. RDAW English claims a Kurdish dissident group reports Iranian attack despite war-end deal with US. Autism Capital @AutismCapital, "Referring to someone as a nation's "disfigured and probably gay supreme leader" is diabolical lmao." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Iran's disfigured, 'probably gay,' supreme leader agrees to direct talks with US, could start this weekend."

Ned Ryun @nedryun, "Obama has been, and always will be, a monumentally arrogant douchebag." Quote Fox News @FoxNews, "“The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” Former President Barack Obama took aim at America’s founders during the opening of his presidential center, arguing they left slavery intact and limited political rights despite laying the groundwork for the the nation. The remarks come just days before the United States marks its 250th anniversary, as Obama urged Americans to continue the work of building a “more perfect” union."

Jeff Charles hears a Federal Judges Just Ruled on Biden's Request to Conceal Ghostwriter Tapes. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn lets the cat out of the bag, Oh, Yay - Looks Like We're Going to Get Treated to POTATUS on Tape. Betsy Stauffer at LI sees Biden Dazed and Confused at the Obama Presidential Center. "Looking visibly confused, Biden removes his Ray-Bans and squints into the crowd. … in a weak, faltering voice, asks, “Where’s my granddaughter?” Capt. Ed thinks it's an Utter Disgrace: 'Where's My Granddaughter?' It's elder abuse. Matt Margolis thinks Hillary Accidentally Revealed the Dems' Big Secret About Joe Biden. They knew. "I think there were a lot of conversations going on behind the scenes," Hillary said. "I certainly am aware of that, and participated in a number of them, but there was no way to convince him by going public." From Ace, Hunter Biden Challenges Don Jr. to a Cage Match; Jill Biden's Trash "Book" Flops Hard but the Fake NYT Bestseller List Has It, Somehow, At #1 "A reality TV clown before actually being cast on a reality TV show."

Capt. Ed hears the Nazi-Tatted Creep Has Surprising Take on Law Enforcement: 'Opportunistic Cowards.' At the Free Bacon, James Talarico, Who Says His 'Faith' Requires Him To Oppose Super PACs, Is Using His Campaign Website To Give Them Direction—And They’re Taking It. "The Texas Senate candidate has compared rejecting money in politics to Jesus rejecting tests from the Devil." Chris Queen at PJM hears Jon Ossoff Tried to Mock Mike Collins Over His ‘Daddy.’ Then the Receipts Came Out. He made a fortunate choice of parent selection, too. "Ossoff slammed the Paycheck Protection Program that was part of the 2020 COVID-19 relief package because he claimed that the loans went “overwhelmingly to the highest earners,” but one recipient who got up to $1 million from the program was Richard Ossoff. Daddy Ossoff donated $8,400 to his son’s 2020 campaign." VodkaPundit at Insty notes THE BOLSHEVIKS ALWAYS OUST THE MENSHEVIKS: Mamdani seeks to remake NYC congressional delegation in his socialist image, clashes with old guard.

From Da Signal, ‘Affordability’? Virginia Drives Gun Manufacturer to Cheaper Georgia and The Art of the Deal "First, Spanberger agrees to put the marijuana retail market she vetoed in the budget. This was something she was decrying just a week ago! Then, somehow, the owner of that big THC store in Portsmouth—aka Lucas—drops her insistence that data centers in Virginia “pay their fair share” by reneging on $1.6 billion worth of sales tax relief on computers and peripherals purchased for their operations in the commonwealth." Scott McKay at Am Spec say Sanctuary’ Policy Is a Double-Edged Sword, As Virginia’s Dems Are Finding Out. "Virginia Democrats are learning that selective enforcement is a lot less fun when conservatives try it."

RCP's Susie Crabtree looks at The Newsoms, the Nonprofits, and the Federal Questions. At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Houston “Financial Integrity Advisor” Paid $127,000 To Show Up Twice This Year. From the Free Bacon, Notorious, China-Based American Mogul Is Running Shadowy Influence Campaign to Undermine U.S. AI Efforts, Give Communist China an Edge in Technology Arms Race. "Sen. Tom Cotton is calling for a Justice Department investigation into foreign efforts to undermine artificial intelligence infrastructure, such as data centers." Steve Soukup at Am Great looks at Elon Musk vs. the Democrats: Outcomes vs. Process, "Elon Musk didn’t leave the Left—the Left left innovation behind, and the world’s first trillionaire made them pay the price for it."

Capt. Ed cites Tulsi Gabbard: Here's How Fauci Helped Cause the COVID Pandemic - And Perjured Himself. Ward Clark at RedState reveals a Desperate Fauci Emailed Biden for Pardon on Inauguration Morning. Ace piles on with Tulsi Gabbard Releases Fresh Evidence That Fauci Funded the Creation of Covid-19, Then Intimidated Officials from Blowing the Whistle on His Crimes, "The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued this statement:"

Lucas Morel at Am Mind likes Justice Thomas’s Declaration "... because progressivism “has coexisted uneasily with the principles of the Declaration,” Thomas argued, “it is not possible for the two to coexist forever.” By alluding to Lincoln’s 1858 “House Divided” speech, Thomas suggested that America is undergoing an identity crisis, one that will have to be resolved for the house not to fall. In 2026, a year of reflection on the nation’s founding truths, Americans must decide whether to follow those who sought to create “the supposedly enlightened world of Hegel, Marx, and their followers,” or return to the faith of our fathers, the Spirit of ’76." Shipwreckedcrew reports The Supreme Court To Decide Whether Illegal Aliens Have A "Due Process" Right To Be Released From Custody While Awaiting Deportation. "The Court stopped short of making such a finding in 2001 in Zadvydas v. Davis but the issue is back with the aggressive enforcement by the Trump Administration of Immigration Laws."

Dave Strom sees Philadelphia's D.A. Krasner Keeps Getting Bad News. "In a forceful and scolding opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office misled the courts, “violated its duty of candor,” and submitted false statements when asking a judge to vacate a 2004 murder conviction. In the opinion released Tuesday, Justice Kevin Dougherty wrote that prosecutors’ pattern of misleading judges in seeking to overturn murder convictions is so troubling and recurrent that, going forward, before Krasner’s office seeks such relief, judges must notify the state attorney general’s office and allow it to review the case." Vicky Taft at PJM, Ten Years After Antifa Attack, a Reporter Seeks to Win Back His Second Amendment Rights "Mike Strickland is asking for his Second Amendment rights to be restored in a Portland courtroom on Thursday. The request comes ten years after his 2016 assault on the streets of Portland by Antifa and Black Lives Matter's activists at a "Don't Shoot Portland" event. I've reported on his case multiple times since the incident. Strickland seeks to have his multiple felonies reduced to misdemeanors so he can begin the process of clawing back his Second Amendment rights. He asked friends to write letters of support. Strickland thought mine would be too triggering to a Multnomah County judge. You can be the judge of that..."

John Sexton thinks The Post's Coverage of the Minnesota 'Antifa' Indictment is Pretty Bad. From Da Caller an Islamic Group With Terror Ties Tried To Infiltrate Texas GOP — Media Treated Them Like The Victims. At TCW, How the BBC conspired with open border activists to rig Question Time and ambush Reform.

Matt Lamb at LI notes DoorDash Drops Southern Poverty Law Center as ‘Gatekeeper’ of Employee Donations. "The Southern Poverty Law Center continues to lose credibility." I never noticed they had any.

YaHoo! reports Keir Starmer 'considering resigning' after Andy Burnham by-election victory "Several Cabinet ministers have reportedly told Starmer "to go" or set out a timeline for his departure." Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis, "So what’s the acceptable number, Piers?" Quote Piers Morgan @piersmorgan, "Many thousands of young girls were raped and abused in the grooming gangs scandal, crimes that were then shamefully covered up by authorities. But the 250,000 victim statistic was invented and according to this independent report, massively exaggerated." yaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan, "“But the absence of a coordinated, unembarrassed, angered feminist response on the scale this scandal demands is impossible to ignore. The inquiry is explicit: “The country now knows the full truth. The country has been given the basis for justice. The country has the roadmap to ensure these crimes never happen again.” Yet the response of the major women’s movements has been silence.” @TheFP" Beege Welborn asserts the UK is Being Swallowed by Its Own Imported Crocodiles and John Sexton reports as sign of sanity in a UK Court: No Trans Women in Female Prisons.

Insty says HAPPY JUNETEENTH!

At his NYPo gig Insty writes Our campuses are corrupt — and higher education is due for its comeuppance, and he's a perfesser so he knows. Complete Colorado reports an ‘Unofficial’ CU student group cheers for Boulder firebomber. The College fix likes that the Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down race-based college scholarships. Mary Chastain at LI, Arkansas Student Scores Improve After State Rejected DEI and Focused on Fundamentals "So weird what happens when you eliminate the social justice nonsense!" Driscoll at Insty has another DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Cigars, a canceled lacrosse season and the scandal rocking a Massachusetts town. Autism Capital @AutismCapital, "They revoked their entire season for…smoking cigars? What? The image of a team celebrating with cigars was too “chauvinistic” for people to handle and they chimped out? What the heck is going on here?" Quote Disgraced Propagandist @DisgracedProp, "Insane thing happened in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Winning lacrosse team seniors photographed smoking cigars while celebrating their graduation. Forced to FORFEIT their entire season just before big playoff game for "violating state athletic association rules against tobacco use." Guy Benson @guypbenson, "oh that checks out." Quote Disgraced Propagandist @DisgracedProp "The same Ipswich principal Jonathan Mitchell who forced the lacrosse boys to forfeit their season for smoking cigars at graduation also banned a student org for ties with TPUSA."

At the FreeP, How Vermont Became Ground Zero for the Anti-Israel Movement. Well, they keep electing Bernie, don' they?

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.18.26, In The Mailbox: 06.19.26 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 06.19.26 (Evening Edition). Linked at the Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile, Somewhere In The Great Basin a bit late, but within reason.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Decapitates TDA, Musk Becomes First Trillionaire

The White House @WhiteHouse, "“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth.” - President DONALD J. TRUMP" Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, BREAKING: Trump Channels Inner Tom Clancy, Takes Out TdA Head in Airstrike. Althouse "At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua..." "Here's the background material that formed the center of Trump's post (where I have an ellipsis above): "Before I returned to office, Joe Biden opened our Southern Border to millions of Illegal Criminals, and allowed this foreign army to rape, maim, and murder American Citizens with total impunity. During my Campaign, I pledged to expel these monsters from our Country, and bring Justice to the families of those they slaughtered, including the precious 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, 22-year-old Laken Reilly, and countless other beautiful souls. With this action, the United States Military has brought retribution for them, their families, and their loved ones. Early in my Administration, I delivered on my promise to designate Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, deport thousands of evil criminals, and wage war against the Cartels, who have long been waging war against our Citizens, while weak leaders left America helpless and defensive." I expect some Democrat judge to order Trump to resurrect him.

Also at Althouse "The president's threatening to leave it permanently.... We'll just host weekly fights between people in politics, you know, and settle our scores that way...." "The comic stylings of Marco Rubio:" Regarding the giant temporary arena being set up on White House ground for the UFC fight. I don't follow UFC, but all the right (left) people are pissed off. Matt Margolis at PJM thinks This Scott Jennings Joke on CNN Is the Funniest Thing You’ll See All Week "This continues to be one of the more perplexing things happening at the White House. I do wonder, Scott, why? Why are we doing this to the tune —""Four hundred ninety-four porta-potties?” Jennings interjected. "That's a lot of porta-potties," Phillip replied."Somewhere Graham Platner is booking an airline ticket," Jennings quipped."

At the NYT, After Senate Loss, Cornyn Predicts ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump. From Twitchy, Texas Loser John Cornyn Tries to Insult Scott Presler and, Yeah, THAT Didn't Go Well for Him. As Charles De Gaulle once noted "The graveyards are full of indispensable men."

From the Brussels Signal, The G-7 is Trump’s chance to express US dominance within the Western alliance. Sundance at CTH sees Mark Carney Arrives in France Three Days Early for Defeating Trump Strategy Session with Emmanuel Macron.

On the Iran affair, News Wax has Khamenei Website Releases Statement: No Give Up on Hormuz, No Deal With Trump, Trump: Leaked Iran Deal 'Bears No Relation to the Truth' and cites FT: Iran Still Has Access to Missiles Despite Attacks.Dmitri Bolt at TownHall hears President Trump Just Blew a Hole in Iran's Alleged Leaked Deal "The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing," the president wrote on Truth Social. "What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith." Iran is playing it's usual games by saying one thing in negotiations, and another to the press. They may need a few more rounds of softening. Conrad Black at the Brussels Signal opines Trump will get what he wants in Iran by negotiation or by force. The Peacock preens Defense industry leaders preparing to meet with Trump as worries over missile supply grow, sources say. "The president is expected to press the leaders to find ways to swiftly increase production of weaponry for the Pentagon, sources told NBC News." Probably has at least a grain of truth, though. At RCW, Iran’s Execution Machine Is Running at Full Speed. Hopefully the people of Iran will respond in kind when they get their chance, assuming Israel leaves any of the leadership alive. 

Yesterday, SpaceX held its IPO, and Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire, at least on paper. Envious Democrats, Socialist and Democratic socialists are beside themselves (a neat trick) with envy and rage. John Sexton at Hat Hair calls 'Total Bulls**t": The Left Has Plans for Seizing and Spending Elon Musk's Money. Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "You know they’re the good guys by the way they keep calling for violence and bloodshed against those they view as their ideological enemies." Quote Aleph @woke8yearold "Over on the blue site popehat is calling for Elon Musk to be killed for being racist His brain has been cooked, although admittedly he was unstable to begin with." Insty, at his substack says Elon Musk is a Genius, and a Litmus Test. "People's reactions to him are diagnostic." Henrick Johansson @compliantvc, "Elon Musk is about to become a trillionaire If he agreed to pay just 80% of that as a wealth tax to the EU, the EU government could use its efficient operating experience to fund bicycles with solar panels attached to them for over 40 residents of the Netherlands Elon is being selfish by not paying the wealth tax." John Sexton hears Kimmel: Elon Musk Is 'An Immigrant Who Has Been Stealing From Us'. Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) @antoniogm, "The most envious, Marxist, redistributive person in the world isn't the guy busting his hump to frame a house, or the guy grinding out DoorDash...it's the smug guy worth 7 or 8 figures staring at a trillionaire he considers socially beneath him." Quote Rolling Stone @RollingStone, "Jimmy Kimmel warned against "obscenely wealthy weirdo" Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire. Watch: https://rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-m" From Twitchy, Here's Why Class Warfare Lefties Are Ignoring THESE Working Folks Profiting From Elon Musk's Greedy IPO and Limit and Give It: Scott Jennings Schools Grabby CNN Dems Who Want to Kneecap Trillionaire Elon Musk. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "“Elon Musk is a trillionaire.” As a securities law attorney, please allow me to explain how anyone who says this is basically lying to you: 1. The Securities and Exchange Commission has a myriad of laws that prevent founders and other large stockholders of publicly traded companies from dumping their shares. There are substantial holding period requirements, volume of sales limitations and public reporting obligations for stock sales. Basically, Elon holds largely illiquid shares, he is a “trillionaire” on paper only, and the best analogy is when people peg your net worth based on your home’s market price. That’s not money in your pocket, that’s the house you live in..." Peter Hague @peterrhague, "It’s basically incitement at this point, right? I’m sure the journalists have been very careful with language to avoid crossing the legal line (I’m not paying to read this crap) but it’s clear what their intentions are." Quote The Globe and Mail @globeandmail, "Opinion: SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire. Here’s how to properly hate him https://theglobeandmail.com /business/comme..." Northern Barbarian@xnoesbueno, "When Canada's house organ has to issue instructions on how to hate you, you must be doing something right. The richest man in history has devoted his life to making this world a better place. Useful things, making people freer. And getting us onto other worlds. (The Tesla thing, I personally don't really care about, except to the extent it financed other projects and also hilariously made virtue-signaling twats self-humiliate with ridiculous stickers.) The $44 billion for free speech alone when governments are actively censoring dissent, would deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, though associating that wretched tainted award with Musk would elevate it more than it would honor him. Personally devoting his efforts to rooting out massive corruption, fraud and waste in the United States government. Congratulations, @elonmusk. Keep doing what you're doing."

Matt Margolis says Just When You Thought the Platner Tattoo Scandal Couldn’t Get Worse… From the Free Bacon, The Scum Also Rises: Graham Platner Makes History As First Vanity Oysterman With Nazi Tattoo To Win US Senate Nomination. Ace has More: Graham Platner, Known to Have a Dick the Size of a Grain of Rice, Has Lied About Why He Has a Nazi Totenkopf on His Flabby Droopy Moob According To What Story He Thinks His Mark Wants to Hear, "I'm 99% sure this is the woman we heard about yesterday. I'm not 100% on that, though." At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed calls him Shameless: Khanna Invokes Epstein to Defend Platner, Dave Strom on Why Platner's Death Camp Guard Tattoo Really Is No Big Deal to Democrats and Mark Judge, Graham Platner’s Sexts and the Stasi Media. Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine, "Being called a thug and the worst person ever to run for office by Donald Trump might be the highest compliment I have ever received." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I mean, he could have called you a Nazi but you would have to agree." Dave Strom calls this Peak Democrat Propaganda: Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC, "A dirtbag who banged his dead brother's wife is asked by a dirtbag who banged his best friend/campaign manager's wife about another dirtbag who cheated on a fiancee (alleged) and sexted a dozen women right after getting married (confirmed)." Quote POLITICO @politico, "Hunter Biden defends Graham Platner on Newsom podcast http://dlvr.it/TT0RXs."From NYPo, Mamdani cashed in on mayoral perks for Knicks tickets — and downplayed the price: sources.

Ed Ring at Am Great on How the Machine Buried Spencer Pratt. "Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral bid surged on Election Day, only to be reversed as California’s entrenched political machine reshaped the final count after the vote." At Da Fed, Brianna Lyman notes California Allows Late Ballots With No Postmark — That’s An Invitation To Fraud. Stella X @Stellaaa, "Riddle me this LA: If it’s illegal for non-citizens to vote, why the Hell does the West LA Library have a display for non citizens that includes a VOTER REGISTRATION specifically for non citizens that allows them to “preregister” to vote. They even have a special section on the registration that allows you to vote ANONYMOUSLY if you don’t feel “safe” putting your address. Gee what could possibly go wrong?!..." Scott McKay at Am Spec calls What’s Happening in Los Angeles an Exercise in Brute-Force Politics. "The vote factory strikes again." Dave Strom reads the Los Angeles Times: Accusations of Voter Fraud 'Unfounded,' Yet They...Found It. F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli @USAttyEssayli, "The @LATimes headline says voter fraud claims are “unfounded” — then their own reporting confirms it. Their article documents homeless individuals being paid cash to register to vote. That’s a federal crime under 52 U.S.C. § 10307(c). “Three people told The Times they accepted a couple dollars to sign, with one saying he signed multiple signatures using various names and received $10." That’s not unfounded. That’s voter fraud and it’s exactly why there must be investigations." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees Spencer Pratt Unleashed: Of Course You Realize, THIS MEANS WAR “Karen, Nithya, ask yourself, is it possible one of your employees may have a recording of you doing or saying something that would force you to resign in disgrace?” he says deadpan into the camera. “Hope you sleep well at night.” Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Jimmy Kimmel i guess you missed the part of the story i don’t need a U-Haul…I have nothing left to pack."

Joe Chalfant at TownHall notes Dan Sullivan and GOP Officials Just Ended Democrats' Nefarious Plan in Alaska. InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022, "JUST IN: Alaska Division of Elections has ruled Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg ineligible to run for office after a probe into Republican allegations that he’s trying to rig the election by drawing votes from U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan." You have to give them credit for inventiveness though. He even looks like him.

From Da Mail, California hit by another huge fraud bombshell as thousands of claims for $4 BILLION in taxpayer-funded compensation meant for sex crime victims are FAKE, investigator says. Beege Welborn, GASP: 'Most' Claims in Los Angeles County's Four BILLION Dollar Sexual Abuse Payout Might Be...Bogus. Scott McLallen at TownHall, Nine Convicted in Ohio Drug Ring That Mixed Fentanyl Trafficking With $4.5M COVID-19 Fraud. Diversification! Stephen Kruiser at PJM, The Morning Briefing: Feds Keep Racking Up Law Enforcement Wins, Dems Hardest Hit.

Althouse sees the Demoncrats' newest wedge issue, AI data centers, "Democrats need organized voters. The political mobilization that the civil rights movement built..." ""... and that has propelled Democrats to victories across the country is aging. The G.O.P. is racing to disorganize and dilute Black electoral power across the South and the Voting Rights Act is all but dead. Your guess about the Democratic Party’s plan to fill the gaps is as good as mine. The party seems to want some kind of economic populist message without embracing the demographic reality that a member of the working class is just as likely to be Black or a woman as a white dude in a Carhartt...." Writes Tressie McMillan Cottom, in "This Could Be the Winning Issue for Democrats" (NYT). The suggested winning issue is opposition to data centers: "Americans hate data centers. They really, really hate them.... Data centers evoke strong emotions because they are tangible. Voters can hear them, smell them and see them.... [W]hen political problems become local, people can be persuaded to look beyond their party affiliation or even their own social class to help one another...."

From Sundance, Why Have I Spent a Decade Focusing on FISA, DNI Tulsi Gabbard (Aaron Lukas) Revokes Biden Era Assessments Created Inside Weaponized CIA Analyst System and DNI Tulsi Gabbard Releases New Information on 120 U.S. Govt Funded Biolabs Operating Worldwide. Ace, Despite the Lies of the Biden Administration and Its Egregiously Dishonest Spokeswoman Jen Psaki, the US Did In Fact Use Taxpayer Money to Fund Bioweapon Labs Across the Globe, Including in Ukraine.

Jae Sambo @JaeSambo "They can't even take accountability for slavery and give reparations but want to lecture everyone else about being accountable." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "I never owned slaves, but Karmelo murdered someone. Hope that helps." Flopping Aces @FloppingAces, "The trial told us Karmelo Anthony murdered Austin Metcalf. The aftermath told us something much bigger and uglier was running the show. Once the verdict and the 35-year sentence came down, the mask slipped. Instead of accepting the outcome, parts of the support ecosystem immediately shifted into intimidation mode. Death threats started hitting the Metcalf family’s phones. Some of them specifically said Austin’s twin brother Hunter should have been stabbed too. Others talked about desecrating the grave. This wasn’t grief. This was punishment for the family daring to get justice in a courtroom..."

From CIS, Latest Harvard/Harris Poll Shows Increasing Support for ‘Mass Deportations’. "The survey is all over the place — but it’s clear that voters want illegal criminal aliens gone," and notes an interesting ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Exception — From Canada, "The pregnant Dutch crown princess and a quickie proclamation of ‘extraterritoriality.’"

Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill, "Somalis rank among the most welfare-dependent groups in the United States, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. Six countries. Same result. Every single time. This is a pattern, and American taxpayers are paying for it. 81% of Somali immigrant households receive welfare. Even after being in the US for 10 years or longer, 78% are still on welfare. For native households, that number is 21%. They aren’t living the American dream. They are getting free stuff. And we are all paying for it...." Gene Volokh at the The Volokh Conspiracy cites a case where Cultural Difference "Cannot Be Accepted as a Reason to Mitigate" Ethiopian-Born Lawyer's Dishonesty-Related Misconduct. PJM's Athena Thorne begs Can We PLEASE Stop Mass-Importing Third-World Medieval Butchers?

VodkaPundit at Insty cites DAVID MANNEY: The Washington Post’s Credibility Crisis Hits the Checkout Page. “The complaint, filed in Superior Court of the District of Columbia, seeks class-action status for current and former subscribers, claiming the Post used reader behavior, engagement, and personal information to estimate how much subscribers would tolerate paying at renewal.” I've heard worse about WaPoo.

At The Weak Are Woke

At State of the Day, State of Wednesday: HERE IT COMES, AS PREDICTED. Riots in Belfast? Just like the good old days. Maybe this can unite the Irish. From sundance Britain’s Prime Minister for Northern Ireland Says “a Crackdown is Coming” Against Those Who Complain About Beheading. The Slantic attempts to explain away How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi. Poorer, actually. They mostly blame conservatives for "austerity" efforts.

Gene Parmesan @dsonoiki, "modern leftism is just a permission structure to be as awful as humanly possible to other people all the time for no reason."

From Fox, Emergency action seeks to prevent erasure of 'mother' and 'father' in code of largest US town. "New York's legislature voted to use nonbinary terms 'gestating parent' and 'non-gestating parent' in its state code."

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Flotsam and Jetsam - "Thank You Darling, Have a Good Time"

Ryan King at NYPo reports Trump storms off ‘Meet The Press’ interview after fiery exchange with NBC’s Kristen Welker over 2020 election. Jeff Charles at TownHall, 'Thank You Darling, Have a Good Time': Trump Storms Out of Interview With Kirsten Welker. PJM's Matt Margolis, Trump Storms Out of ‘Meet the Press’ Interview. Nick Arama at RedState thinks you should Watch: Trump Drops Kristen Welker in Fiery Interview, Ends With Him Walking Out. At Althouse, "Because it was raining, I got a little bit angry at them. I was not happy with them. But we had a good time." "Said Trump, quoted at the end of "Trump walks out of 'Meet the Press' interview when challenged over false claims/When pressed by host Kristen Welker, the president cited no evidence for claims about Jan. 6 and elections he said were 'rigged'" (WaPo)(gift link)." Sundance at CTH hosts the whole interview President Trump Meet the Press Interview – Full Video and Transcript. Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson, "AMERICAN MEDIA EXPOSED! The funniest thing about this video is Welker bitching about the fact that she had to fly to Wisconsin for the interview. You know who else had to fly to Wisconsin for the interview? The President of the United States. Get over yourself, @MeetThePress! New rules!" miguelifornia @miguelifornia, ""There's no evidence of Capitol Police escorting protesters into the Capitol on J6" - @kwelkernbc to President @realDonaldTrump on @MeetThePress." Video of Kap Kops." Carmine Sabia @CarmineSabia, "This is what psychopath Kristin Welker looked like talking to the President of the United States. Maybe if she showed some respect people would respect her."

And as long as we're documenting the follies of the press, Charles Gasparino at NYPo explains How CBS News boss Bari Weiss finally reached her decision to fire Scott Pelley from ‘60 Minutes’. Ward Clark at RedState thinks Scott Pelley Embarrasses Himself in Wild New NYT Interview. A Driscolly post at Insty, SCOTT PELLEY BREAKS DOWN, COMPARES 60 MINUTES FIRINGS TO ‘FAMILY’ BEING MURDERED IN LUDICROUS NEW INTERVIEW: Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss asked 60 Minutes staffers: “Why do you think the country thinks you’re biased?" Pelley: "Why do you think so? Do you have a poll? Is there market research? What are you talking about?" "Because we certainly didn't believe that." Incredible." Sarah Hoyt at Insty says DON’T THINK OF IT AS A MURDER, SCOTT. THINK OF IT AS MAID. YOU SOCIALISTS ARE ALL FOR IT: "Scott Pelley Snivels To NY Times: My Firing “Murdered” The 60 Minutes Family." TownHall's Scott McLallen asserts Scott Pelley's Post-Firing Pity Tour Is Everything Wrong With Legacy Media. Oh no, there's plenty more wrong. Dave Manney at PJM, Scott Pelley Mistook '60 Minutes' for His Personal Throne Room. Hat Hair's Josh Hammer looks at the CBS News' Shakeup and the Future of the Mainstream Press.

Dave Catron at Am Spec speculates on Eric Swalwell and the Decline of Media Objectivity "A free press must inform the people, yet today’s media often withholds what matters most." Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "The Guardian says that further censorship of U.S. social media companies is needed to control dissent in Europe. The U.S. govt needs to make it clear: targeting Americans with censorship laws is not an available solution to Europe's domestic problems. https://theguardian.com/comment"

Iran and Israel are swapping strikes after Iran took special offence at Israel's targeted strike against an IRGC leader in Lebanon. Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles against Israel, and Israel responded by striking targets in Iran. Reuters, Israel and Iran strike each other for first time since ceasefire. CNN, Trump demands Israel and Iran ‘immediately stop ‘shooting’’ as fresh strikes imperil ceasefire, "Israel and Iran are trading the worst strikes in months. Trump previously urged Netanyahu not to retaliate, according to a US official." Tousi TV, Iran’s Inflation Rate Soars Past 77 Percent. I don't think we'll see much progress with Iran until we peel back a few more layers of the IRGC. Sundance catches House Intel Ranking Member Jim Himes Anticipating Political Benefit of Terrorist Attack Following FISA (702) Expiration.

At Althouse, "In the White House, there is a system for dealing with a president who rarely sleeps. The staff take it in shifts so they get a nap..." Writes Katie Balls, in "Donald Trump at 80: is refusing to act his age his secret weapon?/The president is still known to work 12-hour days and post all night as he enters his ninth decade" (London Times). Larry Elder at Hat Hair is on the TDS Watch: Dispelling The 'Convicted Felon' Argument.

Joe Cunningham at RedState notes, not too surprisingly Progressive Councilwoman Overtakes Spencer Pratt for Second Place, Heads to Run-off in LA Mayor Primary, which is too bad. I never expected Pratt to win, or become Mayor, but I hoped getting into second spot and being in the actual elections might turn some heads in my hometown. But apparently, the vote mines are in full production mode. Driscoll warning, GOOD AND HARD, L.A., GOOD AND HARD: Trevor Ewen @trevor_ewen, "In the words of Ed Koch: "The people have spoken, now they must be punished." Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: Nithya Raman just defeated Spencer Pratt after giving a concession speech on election night and then getting the largest number in almost every mail-in ballot dump. They just cheated in an election right in front of our eyes." Sundance sees the California U.S. Attorney Office Pretends Not to Know Specifics or Origin of California Voter Fraud. Betsy Stauffer at LI sees signs of hope that Newsom’s Effort to Flip Five Red Seats May Fall Short of his Expectations. “District by district, the picture emerging is one of Republican resilience — and in some cases, a surprising Democratic collapse in races Newsom’s allies had hoped to turn.”

Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "The communist with a Nazi SS tattoo? His OPPONENT is a fascist?" Quote Dean Baker @DeanBaker13, "The merits are that Platner is infinitely better than Susan Collins, who supports fascism. Is that too simple for you to understand? x.com/ NateSilver538/…" Sunny @sunnyright, "The people who found outrageous Nazi symbolism in “Ok” hand signs can’t find it in a Nazi death squad chest tattoo." CBD at Ace's The Democrat Party Is The Party Of Violence And Hatred, And They Are Proving It Every Day. At Hat Hair Betsy McCaughey worries about Young Voters Falling for Socialist Myths. The Victory Girls look at James Talarico and the Presbyterian Church’s Embrace of Polyamory. I mean, who wouldn't want a harem?

Twitchy says POPCORN! DataRepublican Says 'Hello' to Mr. Hunter Biden and His Newfound Popularity on X and HERE WE GO. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Hello Mr. Hunter Biden, You're getting six-digit likes on every post lately. I don't have any hope to ratio you or whatever through traditional "Hello" means. But for those uninitiated, those who are captivated by your fake-humble persona obviously PR-engineered to capture unsuspecting disaffected Republicans: You are not some humility, witty guy turning over a new leaf. You are the ultimate proof of nepotism, everything that the so-called "Epstein Class" is supposed to represent. Let me explain - off the top of my head...."

At the Chronic, AstroTurf Outrage at Delaney Hall. Siraj Hashmi @SirajAHashmi, “The replies are just them posting ‘this is what I voted for’ over and over again” Quote Pubity @pubity, "For the first time since the 1930s, more people are moving out of America than are moving in. People are leaving for other countries in droves."

The Independent (UK) reports David Lammy told JD Vance 'you're wrong' after Henry Nowak case intervention "David Lammy has told JD Vance he was wrong to link Henry Nowak’s murder to immigration and warned him the intervention on social media was “not helpful”. Was it helpful when Keir Starmer knelt for BLM? The Deputy Prime Minister said he challenged the US vice-president in a “robust” phone call on Saturday after Mr Vance appeared to blame the killing on a “mass invasion” of people into Europe." At Euro Con, Henry Nowak: The Footage We Were Never Meant to See. Sundance examines the Ongoing Fallout from Nowak Murder Case.

Joel Kotkin at CJ looks at The Rise of the UnJews. "Anti-Zionism is rising among diaspora Jews; the future of Jewish identity may be increasingly Israeli." Call them JINOs.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran Deal? Not So Fast!

News Wax, Trump: No Rush as Details Emerge of Potential Iran Deal. As always Althouse reaches for the NYT perspective, "The United States and Iran have agreed in principle to a deal that would wind down the war in the Middle East by reopening the Strait of Hormuz and by committing Iran...", ""... to dispose of its highly enriched uranium, a senior U.S. official told reporters on Sunday.... News of a possible deal came after a roller-coaster few weeks, with Mr. Trump at times threatening to restart attacks on Iran, and at others saying there was progress in last-ditch negotiations to stave off a return to full-scale war — all while offering few details. Then, on Saturday, the president announced on social media that the two countries had 'largely negotiated' a memorandum of understanding 'pertaining to PEACE.' On Sunday, however, he said he had ordered his negotiators 'not to rush into a deal.'..." The NYT reports." Hat Hair's Capt. Ed reads Axios: Iran Agreed to Discuss Surrendering Its Uranium Stocks; UPDATE: Trump Responds. "This may not be the Bridge and Power Day outcome that hawks had hoped to see. If this is accurate and it holds, it's not TACO Tuesday either. It leaves Trump with all of his options in place while keeping pressure on the regime to comply with the biggest and most dangerous threat it poses – the development of nuclear weapons. That is the true existential threat to Israel, not to mention other Gulf states that are now aligning with Israel and the US, and it would head off a nuclear arms race in one of the most unstable regions of the world." Sundance at CTH, President Trump Notes the Outlines of a Negotiated Deal with Iran – Some Details Emerge. Ward Clark at RedState says Carrot, Meet Stick: New US-Iran Deal Lifts Sanctions, Troops Stay 30 Days. Breccan Thies at Da Fed, White House: Iran Gets Nothing Unless It Gets Rid Of Its Nuclear Stockpile. Roger Kimball at Am Great, Out on a Limb, but Unmoved: Trump Will Finish the Job in Iran. "Trump may delay, Congress may posture, and Iran may stall—but the endgame remains the same: finish the job or repeat the failures of Obama and Biden." At PJM Cathy Salgado cites Netanyahu: Trump Agreed Iran Deal Will Not Stop Israel Defending Its Borders and Dave Manney cites Scott Jennings Explaining Trump’s Patient Iran Strategy: Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "After receiving a briefing from a Senior TRUMP Administration Official on the status of the Iran negotiations (someone in the know & not just speculating), I can tell you the following: -USA IS NOT GIVING IRANIANS MONEY FOR NOTHING. All speculation and propaganda to the contrary is false. Some hardline elements of Iran’s govt (IRGC) have pushed fake stories & propaganda to try to kill this negotiation. -Iran deal is NOT done (95%, but still haggling over some language). No deal being signed today. May be a few more days before this is done. -Iran will NOT get any money or sanctions relief up front. -Iran must turn over nuclear stockpile to get anything. USA position is that failure to meet deal commitments means Iran gets nothing. -Long term USA objective is preventing Iran from having nuclear weapon. -Initial deal point is to re-establish free flow of commerce by reopening Strait of Hormuz. Deal should have 2 phases: Step 1 - Open Strait of Hormuz. Give world economy breathing room. Iran agrees to give up enriched uranium. Step 2 - Get the nuclear material turned over. Only then can Iran get sanctions relief. Bottom line: goal is to make a deal that lowers costs for Americans, calms world energy markets, and guarantees that Iranians cannot have a nuclear weapon over the long term. We aren’t there yet. Iran takes forever to get you a response on even small things. But we are close although it still could be a few days..." Driscoll at Insty, PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: MAZE @mazemoore, "The adversarial media in all of its glory. Margaret Brennan apparently didn't remember what she said eight months earlier." Selective amnesia is an important journolistic tool. Joe Chalfant at TownHall likes how Marco Rubio Just Torched the Panicans Crying Over the Iran Peace Deal. 

At RCW, Why Constitutional Monarchy Is Gaining Support in Iran. Well, if that's what they really want, so be it, but I'm concerned that a 3d generation monarch may suffer too much from "regression to the mean."

Matt Boose at the Chronic, The GOP Is Better Off Without Massie. Scott McKay at Am Spec expound on Grifters, Activism, and Thomas Massie. "Massie did this to himself." At some point libertarianism becomes a vice unsupported by reality. One of sundance's Sunday Talks – Defeated Thomas Massie Promises to Keep Shouting at Trees Until MAGA is Defeated. At Twitchy, WATCH: Shabbos Kestenbaum Humiliates Ana Kasparian On Air — She Blocks Him Immediately After. Shabbos Kestenbaum @ShabbosK, "Great debunking Anna Kasparian's deranged conspiracies straight to her face. She's now blocked me on X. Thomas Massie took money from billionaires, Iranians, and PACs while implying Trump was a pedophile. As usual, she had no response other than to yell, interrupt, and insult." Josh Hammer at Hat Hair, King Trump and the Looming MAGA Challenge. 

Joe Chalfant at  TownHall thinks The RNC Just Scored a Major Election Security Victory in North Carolina . Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: North Carolina State Board of Elections has found over 34,000 DECEASED people on their voter roles. But Democrats told me this is a conspiracy and never happens?!"

At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Please Reset The “Days Since Last Trump Assassination Attempt” Sign Back To Zero.

From Fox, US Army hits 2026 recruiting goals four months early, Pete Hegseth announces at West Point commencement. "War Secretary Pete Hegseth touted the removal of DEI in the US military, saying 'you can't throw your pronouns at the enemy'" Da Caller hears European Officials Warn Trump Against Leaving NATO As US Weighs Its Own Priorities. I don't want the US to leave NATO, but I think the whole concept of NATO needs to be reevaluated.

At the Chronic, Warsh Tasked To Make Fed Sterling Again, with a little too much info on what "sterling" is. 

NYPo, Outrage as Jimmy Kimmel’s sister-in-law accused of threatening LA bakery over ‘Vote Pratt’ cookies. Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews, "Spencer Pratt has launched a campaign where filthy Los Angeles streets are power washed using a stencil reading “imagine if the streets were this clean.” Imagine letting the streets get so dirty under your leadership that your opponent can use them as a billboard." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "It’s like you guys learned absolutely nothing from Trump’s rise. Want Spencer Pratt to not be a serious candidate? Don’t turn significant parts of your city into a zombie horror show covered in trash and feces while sipping cocktails in Ghana as peoples’ houses burn down." Quote Jemele Hill @jemelehill "Spencer Pratt being considered a serious political candidate says more about us than it does about him. x.com/mouvement33/st…" Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "It’s very clear Los Angeles wants Spencer Pratt as their next mayor Spencer is greeting with big smiles and dancing in South LA South LA is a big area with over 800,000+ people 67% are Mexican 24% are Black Only 3.4% are White Even with this Demographic they welcome Spencer!" I still doubt Pratt can win, if only because the Democrat machine will pull out all the stops to stop him, including having the "homeless" vote. 

From Fox, California mayors revolt over Newsom bullet train plan they warn could ‘raid’ local tax bases. "The project was approved in 2008 with a $33B price tag before ballooning to an expected $126B in costs this year." Leslie Eastman at LI, Chevron Launches New Sign Campaign Targeting Sacramento as California Gas Prices Hit New Highs. Mike LaChance at Gateway Pundit sees Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer Does Campaign Stop in Rough Part of LA – Gets Violent Threats, Man Pulls Knife on Staffer (VIDEO). New York Post @nypost, "California congressional candidate refuses to say Pledge of Allegiance, turns back on US flag https://trib.al/0DVZTBp" Joe Chalfant at TownHall, Wait, This Democrat Candidate Refuses To Say the Pledge? May "Vang, who is running in California’s Seventh District and currently resides on the Sacramento City Council, has been seen refusing to place her hand over her heart during the pledge and has turned her back to the American flag on numerous occasions while attending council meetings." How about the Chinese flag?

Rusty Weiss at RedState likes how Portnoy Absolutely Wrecks Platner’s Campaign After They Asked Him to Play Footsy With Nazi-Tattooed Dem "Now this is the Nazi guy, right?" he replied. "Yeah, I'd be happy to talk to him about that tattoo and him (being) a Nazi. I'm not as interested in his baseball takes. Let me know when we can set up some time." At Twitchy, Bernie Sanders Proves Dave Portnoy Right — Stumps for Maine’s Nazi Sympathizer. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Platner Smooths Things Over With Democrats By Covering Nazi Tattoo With Hammer & Sickle https://buff.ly/EyWtYGi"

Jonathan Turley is astonished that House Democrats Unanimously Vote Down Women’s History Museum Over Limit to Biological Women. MatrixMysteries @MatrixMysteries, "“White milk in schools is undoubtedly White supremacy.” She says RFK Jr wanting regular Milk in schools is 'racist'. This is the Democrat Party."

Tim O'Brien at PJM, Candace Owens Interviews Hunter Biden, and It’s the Train Wreck You Thought It Would Be.

Stacy McCain wonders Why Would Two Jew-Hating Teenage Incels Shoot Up a Mosque in San Diego? "Well, what else do we expect of murderous weirdos, huh? If what you’re looking for is logic and rationality, homicidal adolescents probably aren’t the first place you’d look." At Shooting News Week, Why Did the San Diego Mosque Shooting Story Disappear So Quickly? They Hated Everyone. Flopping Aces @FloppingAces, "Man, you could practically hear the collective groan in every newsroom across America. For about 12 glorious hours, the San Diego mosque shooting was absolute catnip for cable news. Two teenage white boys attack a mosque, three innocent people dead ... the “right-wing domestic terrorism” script wrote itself. Chyrons blazing, panels booked, every anti-MAGA hack already sharpening their knives. Then the manifesto dropped. And everything went dead quiet. Turns out Cain Clark and Caleb Vazquez weren’t exactly card-carrying conservatives. These two pathetic Jew-obsessed incel weirdos titled their murder diary “Sons of Tarrant” and filled it with deranged pages of “IT’S THE JEWS” on endless repeat. They weren’t right-wing, weren’t MAGA, weren’t Trump fans ... nah, they proudly called themselves Third Positionists who worshipped Nationalist Socialism and Eco Fascism..."

Sundance explains The Intelligence System and Why Tulsi Gabbard Was Essentially the First DNI. "Throughout 2024 you may even remember CTH outlining how the DNI position had power that was never fully understood, because it was never activated. All of the IC silos fall under the ODNI, yet none of the prior Directors used the power of this office. CTH made the case of the DNI position being a great possibility for change. The DNI can reach into any IC sub-silo, extract any intelligence product, review it and declassify it with the support of the President. That’s exactly what Tulsi Gabbard started doing."

At Twitchy, 'SICK of It': Taxpayer Confronting Local Gov for Putting Illegals First Will Take Your Breath Away (Vid).

Joe Chalfant sees The Trump Administration Just Handed This Commie a Subpoena. Insider Wire @InsiderWire, "#BREAKING: Hasan Piker and leftist extremist group Codepink cofounder Medea Benjamin subpoenaed by federal officials over probe into support for Cuban regime." Lots of people support the Cuban regime, that's free speech (unless they send guns or money), but his incitement to murder conservatives is iffy. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "And he's being a whiny bitch about it, which is precious, after all that murder enthusiasm." Quote Kaguya’s Top Gal @hayasaka_aryan, ">Be Hasan >Promote the jailing and murder of right wingers for years >Get subpoenaed for being performative Justice is so delicious x.com/foxnews/status…"

Stacy McCain looks at ‘Crash Out Kylie’: How a Queer Feminist Became Famous (Not in a Good Way). "She got embarrassed in front of an audience of millions, and it completely freaked her out. She had an episode of Bell’s palsy — partial paralysis of her facial muscles, almost certainly a stress response — and threatened a lawsuit against the “Whatever” podcast. That’s how she became notorious as “Crash Out Kylie,” and she’s been living with that notoriety ever since." Cernovich @Cernovich, "IBM’s CEO created hiring policies to fire white men, and keep them from being promoted. This disgusting bigot will never been condemned by Tech and VC’s on this site." Johannes M. Koenraadt @johannesmkx, "I always said diversity & LGBT are a Chinese psyop meant to weaken the West from within. It was McKinsey that pushed the myth of diversity being a strength. New research says: NOPE, IT'S BAD. "Studies increasingly link diversity quotas to weaker performance, lower morale, and operational decline.""

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