Flotsam and Jetsam - Terms of Iran MOU Released

From Cameron Arcand at TownHall, We Now Know What's Inside the Iran Agreement. “We’re not going to be taking their word for anything,” a senior U.S. official said when asked about “compliance” for Iran’s adherence to the deal, particularly when it comes to nuclear development, adding that the U.S. will “work very closely with the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA].” Driscoll at Insty, IRAN: It All Boils Down to Trusting Trump; UPDATED: MOU Released, "It seems, from what Trump and Vance are saying, as well as from what administration officials have leaked to news outlets, that the deal’s guarantee boils down to Trump’s willingness to continue bullying Iran into cutting a further deal within the next 60 days. Or more, since the deadline can be extended indefinitely at the agreement of both parties." At Althouse, "But they have a new group of leaders that I think is, uh, actually I think they're smarter. I think they're very smart. I think they're far less radicalized," says Trump at a news conference, and "This way, if it works, I take the credit. If not, I blame JD! You better be careful, JD!"

Hat Hair's John Sexton thinks Trump Was Playing Nice with Ukraine at the G7. At Althouse, "I think they think I was right. I’m sort of always right, you know, when you get down to it." ""They think I was right. They feel good. Now all of a sudden they all want to be involved." Said — it's so obvious (who talks like that?) — Trump. Quoted in "G-7 ends without rupture as allies praise Trump for ending Iran war/For the other leaders of the Group of Seven nations, success was defined as avoiding a public fight with the U.S. president" (WaPo)."

Matt Vespa at TownHall, No Way CNN Did This Regarding the Algae in the Reflecting Pool?! At Althouse, They had to know this would happen: "Trump’s $14m 'American flag blue' reflecting pool turns green with algae." "I'm reading the news in The London Times." There is some suspicion that saboteurs dumped a pile of nutrients in it to restart the algae bloom. The pool is a natural site for algae; shallow and sunlite, receiving nutrients from rain and duck shit; without heavy treatment or filtration it will always grow lots of algae. One natural solution might be to stock it with algae filtering mussels and fish, but I suspect that would require a lot of management.

Also at Althouse, "The storm comes and splits at the White House and goes around the White House and the Ellipse. The President believes that… it was divine intervention." Matt Vespa, Trump Faces Another Lawsuit From a Bunch of DC Losers Over Planned Garden of Heroes Project “It is beyond comprehension why anyone would sue over an exhibition that celebrates American greatness by highlighting some of the most pivotal figures in our nation’s history,” Katie Martin, an Interior Department spokeswoman, said in a statement. “Either these people hate America or are suffering from a severe case of [Trump Derangement Syndrome].” From Twitchy, Rumors Squashed: Knicks Confirm White House Visit as Libs Melt Down. At NYPo, Jeffrey Epstein was obsessed with trying to take down Trump before suicide, report says, just another thing shared by Epstein and the Democrat leaders. 

Althouse finds "But, without Mamaw around to guide him, JD lost his faith in God. 'With her gone, no one really cared about my faith, and soon I stopped caring too.'" "From "God, guns and 'Mamaw' — JD Vance’s memoir is part rant, part sermon/In Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, the US vice-president explains why the liberal elite pushed him into the arms of the Church — and Donald Trump" (London Times)."

Driscoll calls for POPCORN! Watch Hillary Clinton Absolutely SQUIRM When Pressed to Comment About Graham Platner. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Hillary zigs and zags when asked about Graham Platner: “He’s had some bumps on the road." Ok, but if you were a Mainer, would you vote for him? “I’m not a Mainer. I’m a New Yorker." **Changes subject** The Dem elite's squirming and deflecting on this guy is something else." Matt Vespa wonders Did Hakeem Jeffries Think He Was Safe on This Show? He Got Bulldozed, "watch Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) get caught completely off guard as he attempts to criticize the Trump administration for the high cost of living on Good Day New York. He wasn’t expecting this at all (via Fox News):" From the Free Bacon, Texas’s James Talarico, 37, Shares His Only Checking Account With His Mom "Talarico’s mother and adoptive father contributed $1,437.84 to his 2021 campaign to cover 'moving expenses' when he was 32." Joe Chalfant at TownHall reports James Talarico Got Paid Tens of Thousands of Dollars by a Firm That Teaches Your Kids That They're Racist. Jonathan Turley is outraged by a Candidate Struck from Alaska Ballot Over Alleged Democratic Dirty Trick: “By Any Means Necessary.” Joe Weber at JTN reports a Democrat socialist candidate had wide lead in bid to become DC's next mayor, after Tuesday balloting. "In the District of Columbia's other big primary race, D.C. Council member Robert White won the Democratic nomination for D.C. delegate to Congress." Jon Levine @LevineJonathan, "DSA is essentially a wealthy, white, highly educated movement which very carefully selects candidates from their 0.00001% members of color to try and sell the ideas to black and brown people who are historically extremely averse to socialism." Tironianae Z. - Ultra Verbum Vincet @Tironianae, "JUST IN: Governor Abigail Spanberger officially signs a bill handing over Virginia’s 13 electoral votes to whoever wins the most votes across the whole country… even if Virginians vote the other way. Insane. They rushed it through with mostly Democrat votes. The plan has 222 votes. It needs 270 to actually start working. Once it does, your vote in Virginia doesn’t matter anymore. The Founders made the Electoral College so a few big cities don’t boss the whole country. This is a sneaky Democrat power grab to cheat that. “Every vote counts the same”? Lies. Virginians are pissed off, and they should be. They got played."

VodkaPundit at PJM, How Deep Are the Newsoms in It? THIS Deep. "TL;DR: Siebel Newsom produced unwatchable propaganda videos for children, for which Democrat-dominated schools then paid her handsomely. Or as MacDonald summed it up, "Over the past decade, Siebel Newsom has collected over $3.7 million in combined personal salary and LLC payouts funded by the nonprofit."" Jeff Charles at TownHall, explains Why Trump's Labor Secretary Is Threatening to Withholding Unemployment Funds to Blue States. John Sexton examines The Costs of Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick Ruling Against Elon Musk. Corporate flight. 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."

Dahlia ダリア @kuchisakeonnax, "The left: “he was a socialist folk hero who used political violence to take it to the man.” Luigi: “I’m retarded.”" Quote CNN @CNN, "Luigi Mangione's attorneys will present a psychiatric defense at trial, arguing he killed UnitedHealthcare's CEO while experiencing an extreme emotional disturbance." Dilan Esper @dilanesper, "oh wow, it turns out the guy who supposedly was expressing society's rage at health care execs was actually crazy and didn't know right from wrong. ok." Quote The Associated Press @AP "BREAKING: Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, judge says."

Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "“If they do this, they might as well rename the damn thing the Anti-MAGA Task Force.” Those words from internal memos shed new light on not just the targeting of parents at school board meetings as possible terrorists, but the legacy of Merrick Garland..." From Ace, Federal Judge Upholds Conviction of Judge Who Illegally Aided Criminal Illegal Aliens to Escape ICE, "This is a bad day for high-calorie Karens. But that's just a day ending in a -day." And Soros DA Larry Krasner of Philadelphia Is Brutally Taken Down by (Democrat) Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Which Accuses Him of Bad-Faith and Lying In Order to Set Convicted Murderers Free with No Legal Justification.

Beege Welborn at Hat Hair reports the Ringleader of Plot to Blow Up UFC 250 Fight Is 'NOT a Citizen.'

Jimmy G @jimmygards, "They just can’t help themselves. Thousands of Europeans are seeing more of America this summer than many New York Times staffers ever will."

From NYPo, Jeff Bezos told Trump the Washington Post was his worst investment before slashing staff: ‘People there are terrible’

Insty, ICYMI: HERE’S THE LINK TO RUPERT LOWE’S HORRIFYING BRITISH RAPE GANG REPORT. Jamie Bambrick @j_bambrick, "Here are eight essential quotes from @RupertLowe10's Rape Gang Inquiry. 1) This was a nationwide, not merely local, phenomenon. "...that this was never a series of isolated local failures. It was a coordinated, nationwide pattern of organised child sexual exploitation that repeated in town after town, city after city, from the far north to the south coast." 2) The scale was enormous, more than anyone dared to think. "The scale of the crimes committed is staggering. It has been previously established that, at the very least, 250,000 young white girls have been subjected to repeated rape, gang rape, trafficking, torture, pregnancy, forced Islamic conversion, and lifelong trauma. The true number is probably higher." 3) As has been reported, the vast majority of perpetrators were Pakistani Muslims. " In court records and official inquiries, around 87% of those convicted in these group-based child sexual exploitation (‘CSE’) cases bore distinctively Muslim names... Dr. Taj Hargey, an imam with the Oxford Islamic Congregation, believes the true proportion of gang members who are Muslims to be around 95%." 4) Vulnerable girls were targeted using a consistent method. "Organised networks of perpetrators built coordinated operations that transported victims between locations, supplied them with drugs and alcohol, recorded abuse for distribution and blackmail, and passed girls between multiple adult men." 5) The police, and other institutions, knew what was happening and ignored it...." 

Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho, "One of the UK Rape Gang Victims publicly spoke about her life shattering ordeal - and then British Police arrested her for it within 30 minutes and sent her to prison. It’s actually beyond comprehension." Mish @Mish_K_, ""At the police station, Kate was taken into the interview room. Before the interview began, and without Kate’s mother present, Kate was told that this was her “last chance” to say that her report was untrue. She was warned that if any part of her account could not be supported by evidence, she could and would be arrested. For an extended period of time, both officers repeatedly told her how much trouble she would be in if any detail of her statement was disproved, and that she could withdraw the allegation before the interview started with no further consequences. They also suggested that her parents would be relieved if she said the incident had not happened."" 

Lozzy B𝕏 @TruthFairy131, "The ‘Stand up to Racism’ pro-migration group in the UK has used a picture of a little White girl with a Pakistani migrant in their campaign. This is after hundreds of thousands of little White girls have been groomed, terrorised, tortured, gang raped & killed by Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs. This isn’t just cruel, sick, deranged & twisted, it is EVIL. I’m so done with this shit. They are literally mocking & tormenting rape gang child victims now." S A M M Y Woodhouse @officialsammyuk, "This morning, I appeared on Good Morning Britain in a live interview about the grooming gangs. Before I went on air, I was told not to mention the race of the perpetrators. I, of course, didn’t listen. I have now received an apology from the editor. My interview is below:" Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith, "The Left: “Silence is violence!” The Left about the Rape Gang Inquiry Report: *silence*." Go see Ace's Quick Hits. Sarah at Insty AFTER ALL THEY WERE ONLY BIASED BECAUSE IT’S SUPPORTERS WERE SUCH TERRIBLE PEOPLE, THE SORT WHO OBJECT TO MUSLIM MEN RAPING THEIR DAUGHTERS: BBC admits Brexit bias — then attacks the critics who exposed it. Inevitable West @Inevitablewest, "Dallas, USA, has been covered in St. Georges flags for the World Cup. Unlike in Britain, they won't be removed!" The Undercurrent @NotTheirScript, "A civilization can survive disagreement. It cannot survive a ruling class that is more afraid of bad headlines than harmed children."

At Hollywood in Toto, Nick Searcy Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Sean Penn’s Jan. 6 Project "'Justified' alum details stark differences in Hollywood for liberals, conservatives."

From the Free Bacon, Harvard Students Are Twice as Mentally Ill as the General Population Amid Ivy Psychological Meltdown. "Young and left-wing are part of 'emerging mental health political identity'" 

Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo, "SCOOP: California is pressuring public utilities to award $633 million in special contracts to "LGBT-owned" firms. To qualify, residents must go through the state's official gay-certification program—and face up to a year in jail if they're not gay enough." Ace calls it Huge: The Federal Trade Commission Sues the Main Transgenderism-for-Children Organization, WPATH, Citing False Claims About Transgender Surgery Reducing Suicide Risks, and "PRIDE" Goeth for Its Long-Awaited Fall.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Checking Out The Free Agents up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Bondi Out at DOJ

First a rumor, then officially announced, Pam Bondi is to leave the job of Attorney General at DOJ for an unspecified private sector job. Asst AJ Todd Blanche, a former Trump lawyer will replace her at least temporarily although EPA Admin Lee Zeldin is thought to be a strong possibility for a permanent replacement. Both Trump and Bondi are being nice about it, but I suppose there's plenty of time for a nasty tell all book later. Reasons for her dismissal are vague, most speculate it percolated up from the way she botched the Epstein files releases, saying she had the file of Epstein clients "on my desk," when it turned out there really isn't such a file. It could have just been unfortunate bureaucrat speech, but it makes it much too easy to charge a cover up. Or it could have been her failure to exact legal vengeance on those who committed lawfare against Trump. One odd rumor suggests she tipped off Eric Swalwell to the investigation coming his way over Fang Fang. Fox, Pam Bondi already fired as attorney general, cabinet official teed up as replacement: sources. Jeff Charles at TownHall, President Trump Fires Pam Bondi. Sarah Anderson at PJM, Pam Bondi Fired, Todd Blanche to Replace Her as Acting Attorney General. Sundance at CTH is not sad, Bondi Out. "Readers of CTH will likely not see this as a surprise. {Go Deep}Pam Bondi was the second sequential cabinet level removal prediction we made after she was announced. {GO DEEP} The first person we predicted to be removed was National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. Susie Wiles should be embarrassed." Althouse likes her NYT, "Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year. Pam did a tremendous job..." ""... overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900. We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP" Trump, at Truth Social." Ace, Breaking: Multiple Reports That Trump Has Told Pam Bondi That Her Time as AG Is Coming to an End "Update: She's been fired now?" and Bondi's Out. Is Tulsi Next?! "As you know, Pam Bondi was fired today. This article repeats the rumor that Trump believed she was leaking to Eric Swallwell:" Matt Vespa at TownHall, Pam Bondi Reportedly Isn't the Only One on the Chopping Block, with picture of Tulsi. At Hat Hair Capt. Ed calls it Too Weird to Check: Trump Canned Bondi Over ... Swalwell? Sundance, No, Bondi Was Not Fired for Leaking to Swalwell and Bondi’s Replacement is Important, But Not as Important as Perceived. Reason whines Pam Bondi's Loyalty to Trump Wasn't Enough To Save Her Job "Ultimately, Bondi's fulsome defense of the president could not overcome blowback over her handling of the Epstein files."

I've got little reason to diss Bondi, though I do think she botched the Epstein matter. But the job of AG is a very important one, particularly in the era of lawfare. If Blanche or Zeldin would be better for the administration, yes, make the change. As for Tulsi, I would not be in a rush to dump her. She and RFK Jr are the evidence that Trump is willing to work with the principled opposition. Moreover, both Pam and Tulsi were dropped into snake pit; both Justice and the intelligence community are seething masses of anti-Trump fervor. It's hard to know which snakes are the King Snakes and which are the Coral Snakes.

Mike Davis @mrddmia, "The Colorado Court of Appeals confirms what we’ve said for years: Mesa County District Court Judge Matthew Barrett illegally persecuted Tina Peters for her First Amendment-protected political views. 9 years in prison. For a 69-year-old woman. Because Barrett didn’t like her political views. Barrett is a garbage human being. He shouldn’t be on the bench. He should be in prison. https://coloradojudicial.gov/system/files/o"

The Archdude @The_Archdude, "I want Canadians to land on the moon just so that their first words on the surface are forced to be a land acknowledgment to the native indigenous people of the United States." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Got a Major Charge Seeing Artemis Zoom Off? Progs Are Here to Tell You It Was ALL Bad. M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman "𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐁𝐂 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒 “𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍” 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒 BBC Radio 4 is running a premiere of 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘻𝘦 asking whether the Artemis 2 moon mission raises “𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴” — including whether humanity risks “𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.” The moon. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. On the moon..."

From Twitchy, Chuck Schumer Admits Dems Held Up TSA Funding and Now He's Upset Trump Took Away Their Leverage. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "All this because Thune let Schumer renege on the appropriations deal, while still giving Democrats everything they wanted in the other appropriations bills. Thune sucks." Quote Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "According to a memo that OMB sent to Congress, it appears the White House plans to take “additional executive action” to pay civilian support employees at ICE & CBP via the OBBB since they aren’t being paid now and won’t be paid through appropriations because the Senate DHS bill. Republicans are agreeing to provides no funding for ICE & CBP.It appears the WH intends to get those support employees paid via OBBB so they don’t want to wait until June for a reconciliation bill. They haven’t been paid since mid February. pinions-2026-04/24CA1951-PD.pdf" PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks Dems' Ballroom Hate Is the Saddest Proof Yet of Their State of TDS Mental Unwellness.

Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees EU Pokes the Bear Again: Bragging About Sending Aid to Cuba. "Do European leaders WANT Donald Trump to leave NATO?" The Euro Con, Brussels-Funded NGO Attacks Conservative Governments, Again. Nick Arama at RedState has a Report: Our 'Ally' France Just Made Another Incredible Move Regarding the Strait of Hormuz "The Gulf countries were trying to advance a resolution drafted by Bahrain in the United Nations Security Council that would allow the use of force to defend their shipping in the Strait of Hormuz...But the effort was effectively stymied on Thursday by three countries. You could probably guess two of them - Russia and China. But the third was ridiculous: France. They opposed any authorization of military action or use of force, according to a diplomat and a senior U.N. official." No soup oil for you! Tom Sauer @thomasbsauer, "Like we haven’t been planning for this event and what we’d do for DECADES. It’s practically US 5th Fleet’s raison d’etre Go ahead, Iran. Try it." Disclose.tv @disclosetv "JUST IN - Iran has moved to close the Strait of Hormuz, with ships reportedly receiving VHF transmission from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warning "no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz." — Reuters"

Iran International, Dubai crackdown hits Iran’s economic lifeline, squeezes IRGC networks. wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "To understand why Saudi Arabia and Israel are urging Trump not to relent on Iran it is important to understand the military term "pursuit phase". Pursuit is the phase which follows a breakthrough designed to catch or cut off a hostile force that is attempting to escape (retrograde), with the aim of destroying it before it can reorganize or establish a new defensive position. It begins when the enemy breaks contact and tries to withdraw, often after losing cohesion..." and "If this deck of cards tally is accurate the Iranian Regime is not so much being changed as shaped. At least that's what they seem to be doing." I assume the Israelis are not yet done. Apranik @patriot_apranik, "A host went on live TV begging ordinary Iranians NOT to leak the hiding locations of regime officials to Israel! He literally cried that if the people expose their coordinates, “it's over” and they will be eliminated. The Islamic Republic is terrified because they know the ultimate truth: millions of Iranians are acting as the eyes and ears of Israel on the ground. The Iranian people are actively cooperating to hunt down their oppressors. We are allies in this fight." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.26 (Evening Edition), Don Surber notes Trump predicted this in 1987.

Nick Arama White House Humorously Skewers Remarks Kamala Harris Decided to Put Out Before Trump's Iran Speech "Kamala Harris oversaw the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and ushered in an invasion of migrant criminals into our homeland. She should listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want her to crawl under a coconut tree and go away." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.26 (Evening Edition), Twitchy, Expert on Grand Strategy Can't See the Rationale for Blowing Up a Bridge in Iran. "Mehdi Hasan, who's definitely not a terrorist supporter, called the destruction of the bridge state terrorism and a war crime." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "The current state of The Bulwark. People who spent a decade promoting the Iraq War are now certain that a month-old conflict of total military domination has been lost because it's not over yet." At WUWT, The Iran War Reveals Who Is Living In A Fantasy World.

From Ace, As Part of JD Vance's Anti-Fraud Task Force, Feds Raid Fake Hospice Fraudsters In California. PJM's VodkaPundit asks The $196 Billion Question: Where Did California’s Medi-Cal Money Go? Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "I’m not a blackpiller but the web of corruption that extends between the Democratic Party, the public sector, NGOs, and various connected cronies is worse than anyone can imagine. We’re probably talking about hundreds of billions $ stolen nationally each year." Quote Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo... "In Gavin Newsom's California, the officials who are in charge of investigating fraud are committing fraud against the very programs they are supposed to protect. "Sacramento is pervaded by a culture of corruption."" PJM's Rick Moran pens Gavin Newsom, 'The Celebrated Jumping Fraud King of Calaveras County'. Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "Did you pay your federal taxes?" "They're . . . delayed." "They're delayed?" "Yes.""So you haven't paid them?" "No." Replying to @charlescwcooke Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "Just read this. A combined income of nearly $400,000/year. $60,000 of childcare paid for from campaign funds each year—three times as much as the next congressman. And his finances still look like this. These are the people who want to raise taxes. Crazy." Eric Swalwell. 

Sean Cooksey @SeanJCooksey, "A bombshell NYT report on the major legal jeopardy ActBlue is facing! ActBlue allegedly failed to investigate potentially illegal foreign political contributions and then misrepresented its safeguards to Congress. As a former FEC Chairman, I can tell you this is a big deal." Quote Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher "NEWS: ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned From @reidepstein and me:" Nathan Brand @nathanbrand, "Worst kept secret in DC… ActBlue failed to vet for foreign campaign donors."

 

At NYPo, Mamdani shows no respect for older New Yorkers who are killed — but he has plenty of sympathy for law breakers. Swann Marcus @SwannMarcus89, "Extremely underrated Hasan Piker moment was when he went on a five minute rant about how the streets should run red with the blood of landlords and like five days later everyone found out his mom owns and manages commercial real estate."

From PM, HUNDREDS of companies provide BIRTH TOURISM for foreign moms who want US citizen babies ""There are more than 500 firms in China that facilitate people coming from the Chinese Communist Party to give birth here in the United States."" At Tom Klingstein Alex Petkas thinks birthright citizenship was The Breaking Point of a Republic, the Roman Republic. NYPo notes a ‘Breakfast Club’ host confused by ‘extra nice’ ICE agents at airports acting ‘like Chick-fil-A workers’ "Charlamagne tha God said Tuesday he saw ICE agents picking up the slack of TSA agents so efficiently and friendly that he suspected there was a government “psy-op” at play." College Reform reports University of Utah signals unwillingness to cooperate with ICE, posts guide for dealing with agency. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.26 (Evening Edition), EBL, Birthright Citizenship at the Supreme Court and Twitchy: NBC News Reports Death of “Refugee” Released By Border Patrol is Homicide and New “Maryland Man” Joins “Virginia Dad” In the Headlines.

Dave Strom is giddy as Trump Trounces Tucker. Ace elaborates Trump Promotes Douglas Murray Article Blasting Tucker Carlson as a Sharia-Law-Promoting Holocaust-Denying Backstabber.

I&I, sees #ProtestsSoWhite: Media Ignore Lack Of Diversity In ‘No Kings’ Protests. The Free Bacon notes Karen Attiah, Radical Beefcake Columnist Fired for 'Endangering' Colleagues, To Receive 'Distinguished Service Award' From Journalism Society "Society of Professional Journalists will honor scandal-plagued ex-WaPo writer at 'hall of fame' ceremony in June." VodkPundit sees TMZ Is Coming for Congress — and Washington Is Nervous.

The Chronic examines The Woke Leftist-Islamic Identity Coalition Destroying the West. Dave Strom wonders Has King Charles Become a Muslim? It Seemed a Ridiculous Rumor, But...

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: O’s, Yeah! up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - It's War on Iran

Yesterday, from the Brussels Sign, As the US and Israel prepare for war, the EU sinks into irrelevance, then at Hat Hair, Capt. Ed hears US Evacuates Embassies in Israel, Iraq; UPDATE: China Urges Citizens to Leave Iran and Ace, US Evacuates Embassies in Israel and Iraq, China Orders Citizens Out of Iran as Strike Appears Imminent. "But joking aside, it looks like Trump's had enough. Iran once again pretended to "talk" while conceding nothing. The USS Ford is now in place for a strike." Shanaka Anslem Perera @shanaka86, "At 10:24 this morning, Friday February 27, the United States Ambassador to Israel emailed his own staff and told them to leave the country today. Not next week. Not when convenient. Today. . . " 

Then, this morning, Capt. Ed BREAKING: Trump Launches Strikes; Tells Iranians to 'Seize Control of Your Destiny'. Matt Vespa at TownHall, US-Israel Launches Major Airstrikes on Iran, Extensive Strikes Slated to Continue. Philip Melanchthon Wegmann @PhilipWegmann, "Trump outlines war aims: --destroy and "raze their missile industry to the ground" --"We're going to annihilate their navy" --Hamstring terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize --"Ensure Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon." Jen van Laar at RedState, President Trump Confirms 'Major Combat Operation' in Iran. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, The United States and Israel Are Lighting Up Tehran. Althouse quotes Trump, "Eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard terrible people." I would not be surprised to see embedded terrorist cells from Iran (who probably slipped through Biden's open borders) to open up terror campaigns in the US. I hope the FBI has been secretly mopping them up. I also hope the Iranian opposition takes advantage of the action to rid themselves of the theocratic regime.

At PM, Rubio Doesn’t Trust Cuba’s ‘Highly Unusual’ Account of Deadly Shootout With U.S. Boat. Althouse found Trump saying "We could very well end up having a friendly takeover of Cuba." ""The Cuban government is talking with us, and they're in a big deal of trouble. As you know, they have no money. They have no anything right now. But they're talking with us, and maybe we'll have a friendly takeover of Cuba. We could very well end up having a friendly takeover of Cuba...." Colin Dueck at Am Mind is Defending Trump’s Latin America Policy. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Hegseth: Department of War 'Convinced' Boy Scouts to Drop DEI, Gender Policy.

Stephen Kruiser declares a A Pox on Everyone Who Keeps Hillary Clinton in the News. Breitbart, Hillary Clinton Claims She ‘Had No Idea’ of Jeffrey Epstein’s Crimes, or Harvey Weinstein's, or Anthony Weiner's, just to name a few of the sexual predators she hung around with. Ace, Hillary Clinton Claims She Never Even Met Epstein, Had No Idea About Any of His Crimes "Hillary Clinton testilied yesterday. Bill Clinton is testilying today." (yesterday). The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Hillary Clinton Says She Only Recalls Meeting Epstein That One Time When She Murdered Him." Capt. Ed calls it Bill Clinton's Sgt. Schultz Act: I Knew Nothing, I Saw Nothing About Epstein, so obviously he has no knowledge of any misconduct by Donald Trump. Althouse, "But even with 20/20 hindsight, I saw nothing that ever gave me pause." ""We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long. And by the time it came to light with his 2008 guilty plea, I had long stopped associating with him." Said Bill Clinton, in his opening statement." "imTay said... “I did not have sex with that woman either.” - Bill Clinton" Don Surber tells us just The facts about Trump and Epstein, "Trump molested no one. In fact, he helped victims collect $500 million in damages." From Twitchy, Peddling ‘Pedo’: Rachel Maddow and Other Media Hacks Toss Their So-Called Principles to End Trump. But PJM's Scott Pinsker worries It’s a Trap: The Republicans Are Sleepwalking Into a Clinton Ambush. 

Matt Vespa at TownHall Is Stunned USA Today Published This Op-Ed From a Dem About Trump's State of the Union. "I appreciate his businessman's approach to the economy and tariffs. I loved that he celebrated the people directly affected by his policy changes and celebrated the economy wins by putting America first. I am disappointed in all the elected leaders who refused to celebrate the people who have been sacrificed because of the policies brought about by the Biden administration. The speech improved my opinion of Trump, and I believe he has only the best interests of the United States at the core of all his decisions. I do believe the changes he has made are working, and I wish the Democratic Party would give him the same courtesy they gave the Obama administration with illegal aliens." Scott McKay at Am Spec on SOTU 2026: Now There Are Truly Two Americas, "And it was on display during this year’s State of the Union." At State of the Day, Just When You Think They Can’t Possibly Get Crazier, They Do "It has not been a good week for Democrats." Noah Pollak @NoahPollak, "This is a special genre of leftist fake journalism in which some normal people do something completely normal that commie journos don't like, and instead of just being honest and saying (in this case) "It really triggers us to see Americans happy about a win for our country, because we're unhappy people and we hate our country" they make up a tedious self-licking ice cream cone narrative in which the same people "reporting" that hockey players are "facing questions" are the ones asking the questions in the first place." Quote The New York Times @nytimes "From @TheAthletic: As U.S. hockey players returned to their NHL teams, they faced questions about the politicization of their Olympic win and their association with President Trump. Here were their responses: https://nyti.ms/4rJzBao." From Da Blaze, Team USA captain goes full feminist over Trump's 'distasteful' invitation: 'It's a great teaching point'. Get a life. Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed say Don’t Let Miserable Media Hacks Suck The Joy Out Of U.S. Hockey’s Gold Medal Wins. Stacy McCain explores The Worst People in the World (Part II).

A Larry vid at Hat Hair, Republican Senators Slow Walking the SAVE Act Get a Rude Awakening. Kevin McCullough at TownHall declares ID to Vote! Checkmate. "What Leader Thune is pulling right now isn’t just politics as usual — it’s strategic brilliance in a moment when checkers players think they’re playing chess. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has committed to forcing a vote on the SAVE America Act — legislation that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register and voter ID at the polls — and in doing so he’s exposing the absurdity of Democratic obstruction in the face of overwhelming bipartisan public support." I'll believe it when I see it. At Da Caller, Kamala Harris Says SAVE Act Must Be Stopped Because ‘40% Of Americans’ Don’t Have Birth Certificates, Passports. WJ sees a Black Republican Nukes Liberal for Implying the SAVE Act Targets Minorities: We're 'Educated Enough' to Get an ID. At ET, Justice Department Sues 5 More States for Refusing to Provide Voter Rolls. "In total, the department has filed lawsuits against 29 states and the District of Columbia over voter roll access." Also, Researchers Identify Chinese Influence Network That Targeted Trump, Japan Elections, "The researchers found six distinct clusters pushing pro-CCP narratives."

Buck Throckmorton at Ace's MORNING RANT: Following SNAP Restrictions on Junk Food, Pepsico Cuts Prices Due to Softening Consumer Demand. Ashley Evdokimo at TownHall claims MAHA Isn’t a Movement Anymore, It’s an Agenda. Althouse finds "I had not spent a lot of my life hanging out with Republicans, and what I imagined they were talking about was exactly the opposite.", ""Now I'm in an administration surrounded by immensely talented people who are immensely idealistic. I always imagined Republicans would get together thinking about how to screw the poor and reduce taxes on the rich, but they're actually narrowly focused on how do we solve these big problems and make our country work. The level of idealism that I see at every level in the White House and in my agency is inspiring. And then the level of capability—the competence of the people I'm surrounded with...." said RFK Jr. on Rogan.

On the Fox Bus, Mortgage rates fall below 6% for first time since 2022 "Average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 5.98%, Freddie Mac says." At ET, Recurring Unemployment Claims Decline to 1-Month Low "Continuing jobless claims remained below 1.9 million for the seventh straight week." John Eastman at Am Mind notes The Tariff Wears Two Hats: What the SCOTUS Majority Overlooked.

Althouse says in wonder, Is the California open primary going to produce 2 Republican candidates for Governor? I expect Democrats to pull a dirty maneuver to fix that. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn is seething: The Video Depositions of Whistleblowing LA Firefighters Will Have You Seething. Vicky Taft at PJM sees West Coast, Messed Coast™ — Members List of Secretive 'Bohemian Grove' Men's Club Is Leaked.

Guy Benson @guypbenson, "Virginia Democrats, in the midst of pushing a wild gerrymandering scheme and a blizzard of tax increases, vote to ~triple their own pay:" Quote VA Senate GOP @VASenateGOP, "Virginia Democrats just voted to give themselves a 300% pay increase. Teachers got a 3% raise. But Democrats give themselves 300%." Josh Monnington at Da Fed worries Americans Can’t Afford To Keep Letting Leftists ‘Learn’ From Their Mistakes. Literally. 

Jonathan Turley thinks Jack Smith’s Secret Orders Targeting Patel and Wiles Should Alarm Us All. Tim Murtaugh @TimMurtaugh, "This is one of the most breathtaking scandals in U.S. history. The incumbent admin eavesdropped on a phone call between a key leader of the opponent’s campaign and her lawyer. It’s outrageous. The only reason it’s not treated as a scandal that ends careers is because Trump." Quote Alex Bruesewitz @alexbruesewitz, "The near-total blackout by mainstream media on the Biden FBI's illegal surveillance of phone calls involving President Trump's then-campaign manager @SusieWiles is nothing short of disgraceful. This is one of the biggest political scandals in American history!" Capt. Ed cites Wiles' Attorney: No, I Did Not Give FBI Consent to Wiretap Our Call. Geller Reports Susie Wiles Lawyer Categorically DENIES He Allowed Biden FBI To Secretly Record Their Conversations. Sundance at CTH, Lawyer for Susie Wiles Categorically Denies Knowledge of Phone Call Recording by FBI and Explosive Revelations – Patrick Bet David Interviews DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. From Da Blaze, 'My own employees ... had downloaded software on my phone': Kristi Noem claims Elon Musk helped expose spyware inside DHS.

Ace says Surprise! Even as Fani Willis and Her Monster Box Pursued Trump on Specious RICO Charges, Biden Encouraged Her to Apply for Free Federal Graft-Money "Weird how the Biden Administration targeted its political enemies and also paid off its Soviet Secret Police using taxpayer funds." DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "Biden’s DOJ secretly wired $2 million to Fani Willis in Georgia to arrest President Trump during his re-election. True banana republic tactics." Quote Bridgett Fertig @LightOnLiberty, "New documents reveal that while Fulton County DA Fani Willis was building her RICO and conspiracy case against President Trump and 18 allies, the Biden Justice Department secretly wired 2 million dollars directly to her office! "This looks like a gift grant to Fani Willis while she's doing the bidding of Joe Biden to pursue and tie down Donald Trump and his friends in a criminal prosecution in Atlanta! Evidence shows CLEAR coordination between Willis, the Biden White House, DOJ, and J6 Democrats to create double jeopardy prosecutions, draining Trump's resources across jurisdictions in violation of justice principles!"

Bonchie at RedState, New: Trump DOJ Drops the Hammer on Anti-ICE Activists Who Invaded Minnesota Church. Attorney General Pamela Bondi @AGPamBondi, "Today, @thejusticedept unsealed an indictment charging 30 more people who took part in the attack on Cities Church in Minnesota. At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day. YOU CANNOT ATTACK A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. If you do so, you cannot hide from us — we will find you, arrest you, and prosecute you. This Department of Justice STANDS for Christians and all Americans of faith."

From the Center Square ND, Judge says Greenpeace will have to pay $345 million over pipeline protest. They claim not to have that much money. So I guess they're (or will be) bankrupt. Insty notices ENVIRONMENTALISTS NEVER PROTEST CHINA BECAUSE CHINA ALREADY HAS A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT. Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke, "China has absolutely decimated the oceans, yet you never hear a word about it from Western so-called environmentalists who lecture the rest of us about paper straws. That is because it was never about the environment. For them, it was, and always will be, about the grift." Quote Dr. Minh Tran @MinhDr18 " Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for life. Let Chinese illegal fishing fleets into your waters and soon there’s nothing left for anyone to catch."

At Hat Hair, Dave Strom is worried about, Democrats Plotting to Destroy Companies for Cooperating With Trump Administration and looks at Tucker's New Buddies: Obama's Intelligence Community Shills.

PJM's Matt Margolis notices Even CNN Admits That Democrats Are in Big Trouble on This Key Issue. illegal immigration and Scott Pinsker looks at How Much Was the Government LYING About the Illegal Immigrant Crime Wave? You can't lie if you don't know the truth, and they have conspicuously avoided finding it. Twitchy sees a Trio of Democrat Senators Double Down on Making Illegal Aliens 'Numero Uno' Over American Citizens.

From NYPo, Somali trucker busted driving wrong way down highway failed English test and couldn’t read road signs. Ace, Trump, GOP Push "Dahlia's Law" to Block Illegal Aliens from Getting Commercial (Tractor Truck) Drivers Licenses; Democrat Says That the Injuries Suffered by the Child Dahlia by the Third-World Driver Are No Big Deal. "Dahlia is one of the lucky ones -- she survived her encounter with Third-World Highway Safety Protocols, albeit with serious injuries. Many other Americans are not so lucky. A GOP Senator answered Trump's call to pass Dahlia's law, and introduced it in the Senate." Eggs, omelets. 

Capt. Ed hears Netflix to Paramount: Uncle! Sundance, Following White House Visit Netflix Boss Ted Sarandos Withdraws from Warner Bid, Clears Path for Larry Ellison to Take Control of CNN. From The Wrap, CNN Anxiety Mounts as Paramount Nears Control: ‘People Think It Could Be the End’ "David Ellison’s expected takeover of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is stoking fears that Donald Trump would gain influence over his longtime cable news nemesis." At Insty, GREAT MOMENTS IN GASLIGHTING: Nicholas Fondacaro @NickFondacaro, "What is she talking about? CBS has been taking aim against the right for decades. CBS the network of Dan Rather, who fabricated paperwork to smear Bush. The network of Gayle King, who goes on vacation with the Obamas and donates to Dems. The network that backed a Hamas simp." Quote David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik, "Veteran CBS News producer Mary Walsh takes leave (first reported by Guardian) "We've been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don't know how to do that."" Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "Translation: Only raging democrats are allowed to own legacy media outlets and if anyone we don’t like buys one, we will use the state to try to steal their business or destroy their business. Sounds a little communist to me." Quote Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT "Paramount should enjoy its growing news monopoly while they have it because when Democrats win back power we are going to break up these anti-democratic information conglomerates. All of them." 

At PsyPost, New research: AI models tend to reflect the political ideologies of their creators. Well, knock me over with a feather.

At AMAC, The Mass Shootings the Media Wants You to Ignore, those committed by transgenders and their fellow travellers. From Da Caller, It’s Been A ‘Historic’ Week For Transgender Politicians, three arrested in a week.

PJM's Greg Byrnes wonders Is There Such a Thing As Nazi Milk? "Under consideration is his public assessment of the properties of whole milk. “Nazis were enamored of whole milk as well,” he wrote in his blog. “I am suspicious. Milk drinking is political. Drinking whole white milk has played a big role in racist and far-right thinking. In America, drinking whole milk has for years been a part of alt-right, white nationalist messaging in tweets, memes, and videos.”" From Shooting News Week, Hoplophobic Harridans Plan to Protest Minnesota High School Clays Fundraiser This Weekend…Here’s What You Can Do. "A bunch of teenagers who like to shoot clays for sport and are conducting a fundraiser for their club will likely face a passel of hoplophobic harridans and a sprinkling of hen-pecked beta males this weekend. These scolds think that’s the perfect venue to scream about “gun violence,” as if these kids are somehow the equivalent gang-bangers that turn cities like Minneapolis into war zones."

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.27.26 (Morning Edition) and In The Mailbox: 02.27.26 (Evening Edition), but the sun is out so it's time to go. Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Better Than Expected up and at 'em at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Hillary Testilies in Epstein Probe

But first, it's day 3 of post SOTU commentary. Hopefully, this may be the last of it. Dmitri Bolt at TownHall sees Democrats Race to Do Damage Control After Refusing to Stand for Americans First. Driscoll at Insty, PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

Wait a minute… pic.twitter.com/tZIykIg9LS

— AG 🔥 (@Yolo304741) February 26, 2026

Rusty Weiss at RedState, Furious Ilhan Omar Demands Probe After Her Radical SOTU Guest Is Arrested—She Might Look Familiar to You. Ace, When Congressmen Began Chanting "USA! USA!," Deportable Treasonous Jihadi Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib Began Shouting "KKK! KKK!", "The NY Post, again:" TownHall's Amy Curtis wonders Did Rep. Seth Moulton Commit a Crime at Trump's State of the Union Address? Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "WTF?! Democrat Rep. Seth Moulton SMUGGLED IN an illegal alien to Trump's State of the Union address, then had his Chief of Staff HARBOR the illegal in Moulton's office to SHIELD him from police Harboring an illegal is a FEDERAL FELONY ARRESTS need to be made! Or our laws are MEANINGLESS." Althouse finds "It begins with one — one frog...." "I found the Portland Frog Brigade via this NY Post column, "Dems ditched American heroes for adults in frog suits and tiresome De Niro — all we can do is pity them." Dave Harsanyi at WaEx, Yes, Democrats are crazy. PJM's Stephen Kruiser says I Blame Obama for the Churlish Behavior of Today's Dems. Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton, "Jimmy Kimmel slams President Trump’s State of the Union address in a monologue he recorded hours before President Trump’s State of the Union address. I’m truly embarrassed by how much I once looked up to Jimmy Kimmel. I promise, he wasn’t always… this." To be fair, he knew he would hate it regardless of what Trump actually said.

The Epstein war has heated up again with charges that the Trump admin removed files in which a woman claimed to be molested by Trump at an Epstein party and Hillary being forced to testify to Congress (Bill is today). At Twitchy, NYT, WSJ Confirm NPR Report About Missing Epstein Files Tying Trump to Sexually Abusing a Child. Roger Sollenberger @SollenbergerRC, "NEW: The New York Times confirms my reporting that the DOJ is withholding several FBI interviews with a woman who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her as a child." Dan Nelson @IlliniDan2, "So two news agencies with suspect editorial practices are checking each othwrs work?" Jim Muessig @JimMuessig, "I’ve heard 51 former intelligence officials will confirm it soon too."

But, but, but…Hillary doesn’t know
Epstein, never met him.

Althouse, "The Clintons are likely to be asked why, long after Maxwell had been publicly accused of trafficking girls with Epstein in 2009, she was still welcome at events with the couple." "In 2010, Maxwell attended the wedding of the Clintons’ daughter, Chelsea, and in 2013 was a guest at the Clinton Global Initiative conference. The former president Clinton also attended a dinner with Maxwell in Los Angeles as late as 2014, according to reports.... Speaking to Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney-general, Maxwell said Bill was 'my friend, not Epstein’s friend.' She said: 'President Clinton liked me, and we got along terribly well. But I never saw that warmth with Mr Epstein.'" From "The questions Bill and Hillary Clinton need to answer about Epstein files. The couple will be questioned, starting on Thursday, over pictures with the paedophile and emails to Ghislaine Maxwell. What will they have to explain?" and "For almost the entirety of her married life, she has had to answer questions about her husband’s action." From sundance at CTH, Clinton Deposition on Epstein Briefly Halted Due to Leaked Photograph of Events. Hat Hair's John Sexton notes Hillary and Republicans Offer Different Takes on Her Testimony. Now there's a big surprise.

The Beeb, World Economic Forum boss quits after review of Epstein links. Sundance, After Being Named in Epstein Files WEF President and CEO Borge Brende Resigns. Just gonna guess he's not MAGA. Ace, Another Harvard Professor Exposed as Friend of Epstein. "We already knew that Harvard's Larry Summers, who was also Obama's chief economic advisor, was a close pal of Epstein's. He resigned from the school a few months back. Now we find out aHarvard math professor was also a FoJ." Also, Bill Gates Is Very, Very, Very Sorry He Inadvertently Consorted With a Convicted Child Trafficker and Banged Russian "Dates" Procured by Jeffrey Epstein, UPDATE: President and CEO of the WEF Resigns Over Epstein Ties. "You wouldn't believe how sorry he is about the "mistake" he made in becoming BFFs with a guy who just got convicted of soliciting a 14-year-old girl."

Smearing people as ped*philes wasn't always in style. In fact it was just a couple years ago that they were calling it unacceptable, evil, and dangerous.

Then Trump got into office again and it's anything goes, no holds barred again. pic.twitter.com/qeZas5kldG

— MAZE (@mazemoore) February 27, 2026

Sundance, Typically, Republican – It Sounds Like John Thune is Using SAVE Act as Leverage to Reopen Govt. Twitchy finds DataRepublican PERFECTLY Breaks Down Why Republicans Are Slow-Walking the SAVE Act in MUST-Read Thread. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "On the SAVE Act specifically: "The uncomfortable synthesis: these senators have more in common with their Democratic counterparts than with their own voters. Not because of a coordinated network... just because they've lived in the same city, breathed the same air, and attended the same events for 30-40 years. The filibuster is the excuse. The real answer is they don't feel the urgency their base feels, because Washington DC doesn't feel that urgency."" Here, let me try. All the Republicans currently in office have already been elected, mostly in safe seats. They're not worried about voter fraud. The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial, "Forcing senators to talk during the filibuster is literally how the filibuster is supposed to work. Republicans either don’t want to sit through another 25 hour speech by Cory Booker or are being paid off by lobbyists. Either way, they’re betraying us for personal gain or comfort." Quote Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: At least 4 REPUBLICAN SENATORS are NO or leaning NO on a talking filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act with 50+1 votes, per Punchbowl Sen. Thom Tillis is currently NO unless he sees a "clear plan" to pass the bill without nuking the filibuster Sen. John CurtisShow more" Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Absolutely. Otherwise, the filibuster will be killed immediately if Dems get the House, Senate and Presidency in 2029. They already tried to do it and were stopped by Manchin & Sinema, who were then kicked out of the Dem party." Quote Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee, "22hFor those who want to preserve the filibuster, the best way to do that is to use the talking filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act/" From the Chronic, The Talking Filibuster Is the ‘Anti-Nuclear Option.’ Elon Musk @elonmusk, “Best in Show” Quote Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews "BREAKING - Just days after Senator John Thune said there was no time to debate and vote on the SAVE Act, it was revealed that senators held a dog parade inside the chamber, bringing their pets in for photos and celebration instead of moving forward on the election bill."

VodkaPundit at Insty sees CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN: Over a quarter million federal jobs reduced in 2025 from nearly two dozen agencies. "That’s still too many. Keep cutting until NoVa is practically emptied out and Virginia is red again." Amen, brother. 

I&I, Voters Give ‘Thumbs Up’ To Trump’s Foreign-Policy ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Activism. Sundance, Secretary Rubio Responds to Report of Cuba Shooting Speedboat, Killing 4, Wounding 6. Sarah Anderson at PJM, Cuba Gets Oil? Boat Story Busted? And Marco Meets The Crab? "First of all, one of the guys listed as a passenger is not in Cuba. He's in the United States alive and well. He was not on any sort of boat. He has no injuries. He said it could be some sort of administrative error or a mix-up with someone with a similar name, but it's not him. Second, the family who owns the boat used in this "terrorist infiltration" claims it was stolen by an employee from their construction company. They had no plans to use it for any such activity, and they say the boat registered under that license isn't a speedboat, but a small fishing boat with one engine. The owners doubted it could hold 10 people and all that gear, much less make it to Cuba on its single engine. Third, the regime has produced no evidence of anything. No photos of the boat or gear. No access to those injured. No witnesses. As Marco Rubio said yesterday, we don't believe anything they say until we can verify it independently. The U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security are looking into the matter, as is Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who has opened an investigation." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Rats on Sunken Drug Ship: Regime Capos Turn Informer on Maduro. At Althouse, "Trump’s goalposts are infinite." "I'm listening to the NYT "Daily" podcast, "Inside the Operation to Take Down Mexico’s Biggest Drug Lord" (transcript and audio at Podscribe)." NewsWax hears Iran to Offer 'Commercial Bonanza' to US Companies in an attempt to not get blown back to the stone age. 

Capt. Ed, Federal Judge: The Hacks In the Back Filed a Silly Attack, And It Turned Into a Ballroom Blitz! Bob Spencer at PJM, Trump Racks Up Another Victory Over Leftist Crazies Trying to Stop His Ballroom. Althouse likes her NYT spin "A federal judge on Thursday declined to halt construction of the ballroom President Trump plans to build over the demolished East Wing of the White House..." "... concluding that the lawsuit, as filed, focused on the wrong questions about the president’s authority.... Judge Richard J. Leon of the Federal District Court in Washington wrote that the group that had filed the lawsuit could amend the claim to focus more squarely on the president’s power to make sweeping changes to the building without input from Congress...."

PJM's Athena Thorne hears Black Americans Are Fed up With Democrats Calling Them Stupid and Ignorant, and It’s Hilarious. Dan McCarthy at RCP on How a Party Offends Its Voters. Hat Hair's Dave Strom puts Newsom's California in a Nutshell. Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton, "The fact that possessing child porn can be pled down to only a misdemeanor in Gavin Newsom‘s pedo-protecting California is a far bigger story than this waste of oxygen running for office." Steve Soukup at Am Great claims AOC’s Ignorance Is No Laughing Matter "Ocasio-Cortez’s Munich performance was laughable—but her nostalgia for workerist politics ignores a century of Marxist failure, revisionism, and the authoritarian wreckage that followed." But we can still laugh. Brit Hume @brithume, "Quote: "From this day forward you will never see a headline in the political press referring to Graham Platner, the candidate in question, as a communist, though that’s how he described himself as recently as 2020."

Dave Strom, The CIA Democrats... UPDATE...Data Republican Is on the Case. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "I already generated a dossier on Spanberger, but the most interesting part of it is that she is part of a cohort of 50+ military-intelligence veterans that have been recruited to run as Democratic candidates starting in 2018. @SomeBitchIIKnow first hypothesized this, but my new dossier pipeline independently captured them. A Democrat retires. A CIA member takes over. Spanberger is part of a much deeper, much more disturbing story here." Quote John Fisher @JohnFisher9372, Replying to @DataRepublican and @jammles9, "Well done! I have a request. At some point do the same for Abigail Spanberger. I believe she is much more likely to claim the 'moderate' lane in 2028, and I think this kind of deep dive would be 'interesting'." The woman is a wizardess behind a keyboard. 

Scott Johnson at Power Line likes Dr. Oz’s prescription for Minnesota. "We learn via X that Dr. Oz has deferred $259.5 million of quarterly federal Medicaid funding in Minnesota to prevent payment of questionable claims while further investigation is completed. The related press release explains . . ." Jeff Charles at TownHall, thinks Democrats Will Lose Their Minds After JD Vance's Announcement About Minnesota Fraud. Aaron Rupar @atrupar "JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money.""

Beege Welborn is happy to see A Wee Bit O' Justice at Last Meted Out In NYC. From WJ a Priceless Video: Woke Woman Fled to Canada Because of Trump - Now She's Reduced to Begging Because She Had No Idea How Bad It Would Be There.

Capt. Ed has Today's Deep Question: Why Did Biden-Era DoJ Spy on Wiles' Call With Attorney? The same reason a dog licks it's ball; because it can. Sundance, FBI Investigated Susie Wiles and Kash Patel Phone Records, Secretly Recording Wiles Conversations with Her Lawyer in 2022 and 2023. Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "Joe Biden’s FBI spying on Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Susie Wiles — and even listening to her phone calls with her lawyer! — makes Watergate look like jaywalking." Ace,
Biden's Corrupt and Soviet FBI Wiretapped Key Political Opponents Kash Patel and Suzie Wiles (Trump's Chief of Staff). "Weird how all of the targets of Biden's FBI just happened to be political opponents he wanted dirt on. This is Nixon Squared. And the leftwing media insists this is all perfectly normal, and that Trump is The Real Authoritarian Here. News Wax catches the AP whining, FBI Fires Agents in Trump Classified Docs Case "“These actions weaken the Bureau by stripping away critical expertise and destabilizing the workforce, undermining trust in leadership and jeopardizing the Bureau's ability to meet its recruitment goals — ultimately putting the nation at greater risk,” the association said in a statement." Eggs, omelets. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "HOLY CRAP! Secretary Noem just revealed
@ElonMusk helped find that a few DHS staffers installed SPYWARE on her phone and computer, as well as on the devices of of other political hires These people need to be JAILED! There HAVE to be consequences, or they’ll keep doing it! In addition, Noem and her team found "secret, secure rooms with hidden files that we turned over to attorneys." I don't care what anyone says: the deep state is alive and well." Sundance hears Democrats in Intel are Big Mad That Tulsi Gabbard Will Not Share Details of Gossip About Jared Kushner. Jeff Lord at Am Spec, Susan Rice Goes Full Fascist. "Threatens Trump supporters."

Steve Richards and John Solomon at JTN report As Georgia prosecutor pursued Trump, Biden DOJ 'invited' her to get lucrative grant, memos show, "Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ records, turned over to Just the News after an open records lawsuit, show her office received millions of dollars from the Biden Justice Department as she built her case against then-former President Donald Trump." Dave Strom, Biden Justice Department Funneled $18 Million to Fani Willis.

At Insty, FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil, "Holy shit If your town elects a Republican prosecutor, firearm homicides go down and young men have MUCH lower death rates. As it turns out, you can just choose to prosecute criminals and that saves lives!"

Matt O'Brien and Am Mind is Refuting the Media’s Latest Immigration Propaganda. Everybody is Insane @colorblindk1d, "The New York Times ran a piece on their homepage about a guy getting deported even though he had lived in the US since a teenager and had been here for 20 years, and waited until the end of the article to mention that 19 of those years were spent in prison for murder." 

VodkaPundit at Insty, IS IT REALLY AS HIGH AS 10%? Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "CNN and MSNBC are running constant hit pieces on @NICKIMINAJ over her support for President Trump. But Nicki has ALREADY told them to screw off: “I am probably the President’s NUMBER ONE fan, and that’s NOT going to change!” “The hate motivates me to support him MORE!”" Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "The Washington Post is now doing PR for Candace Owens, and you still think you aren't the mark?" Quote, The Washington Post @washingtonpost "Right-wing influencer Candace Owens released the first episode of a new video series focused on the widow of Charlie Kirk. The series promises to unearth secrets from Erika Kirk’s past relevant to her stewardship of the powerful conservative nonprofit." 

Charles Gasparino at NYPo, Paramount Skydance victory in Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war came after failed Netflix exec visit to win over White House. Hollywood Reporter, Netflix Backs Out of Warner Bros. Bidding, Paramount Set to Win, "In a stunning twist, the streaming giant's co-CEOs say the major studio "was always a ‘nice to have’ at the right price, not a ‘must have’ at any price."" Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "Wow. Can you imagine a world where one political ideology dominates the arts and media? I wonder what that would look like. Sounds horrifying."

Jonathan Turley is pissed “Anathema in the University Mission”: Bari Weiss Canceled at UCLA. Bob Shibley at Insty asks HAVE EMPLOYERS FORGIVEN COLLEGES? “[S]eventy percent of employers have either ‘a great deal’ or ‘quite a lot’ of confidence in U.S. higher education,” according to Morning Consult. I am gonna have to press X to doubt this finding given what Americans generally are thinking. Dave Strom finds A Perfect Encapsulation of Why Nobody Trusts the Establishment Anymore. Campus Reform, New report alleges key evidence behind medical DEI push is misleading. Alec Stapp @AlecStapp, "This is a really astonishing claim: Students in Mississippi & Louisiana score higher on reading tests than students in California & New York despite spending way less money per pupil and having higher child poverty rates. Decided to double check the data because, if true, this should be alarming for blue state leaders. And yup, it checks out . . ." 

Harold Hutchinson at Da Signal, Trans Lawmaker Wants You to Believe Porn Sites Are ‘Educational’ for ‘Queer Kids’. Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "To understand this, I think we need to remember the famous quote by Theodore Dalyrimple: "In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better . . . . The point of transgenderist propaganda isn't to persuade, but to degrade, humiliate, and destroy." Quote Wesley Yang @wesyang, "Transgenderism is an ongoing project of attempting to normalize a bizarre subculture built around esoteric pseudo-medical practices from the outermost fringe of human extremity and make it compulsory for every American to join that subculture and to make that subculture the . . ." 

Stacy McCain has An Odd Sequel to the Bubba/‘Brittni’ Saga. "It’s been more than two years and most readers have probably forgotten the disturbing story of the late Fred “Bubba” Copeland: "Copeland was the mayor of Smiths Station, a town of less than 7,000 people in Lee County, Alabama. He was also a freakazoid, secretly pursuing transgender fantasies that he posted online using a persona he called “Brittini Blaire Summerlin.”| Habitually working in “file-it-and-forget-it” mode, the tragic tale of Bubba/“Brittini” hadn’t crossed my mind recently, but then Glenn Reynolds called attention to a campus controversy . . . "

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Maintaining the Balance up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.