Showing posts with label Jill Biden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jill Biden. Show all posts

Friday, August 28, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Lake America

Trolling level extraterrestrial. From Althouse, Oh, no! Now, we have to call Lake Ontario "Lake America.", "I'm reading "Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, escalating Canada feud/President Donald Trump called Canadian officials 'nasty people' and said the country 'has been ripping us off for a long time on trade, very sadly.'" “We filed all the necessary papers, documents, everything else,” Trump said. “We notified all the various people that we have to notify. So we’ve done everything that you have to do. And this is official, effective immediately.” I would point out that "America" refers to both North and South America, and so includes Canada. Don't we want everything to be inclusive? Scott McKay at Am Spec, Mark Carney’s Smuggler’s Blues, "Canada’s tariff tantrum has a China problem." Steel to be precise. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair sees the Carney Sideshow Continues - What Interesting Things We're Learning During the Syrupean Snit Fit MORE. Department Of Deportations @DoDeportations, "Here’s the key issue: Canada was bringing in Chinese steel and aluminum and selling it as Canadian steel to help China avoid tariffs When told to knock it off, they refused. This is why the trade deal collapsed We cannot allow China to build a proxy state on our border." 

IQ 583 | Cody Penn-Dent | Effluencer @codypd, "Picture of how Canada gets oil from Alberta to Ontario and Quebec Canadians are talking about “cutting off” the US from Canadian petroleum and natural gas What they will end up doing is cutting Canada off from Alberta’s petroleum and natural gas." wealthmoose @wealthmoose, "Scott Bessent just went straight at Carney’s political incentives. His point: Carney won by campaigning against Trump and selling “Canada vs. America.” So here’s the uncomfortable question: When the trade deal was on the table, was Carney negotiating for Canada or protecting the political narrative that got him elected? If anti-American politics became part of the bargaining strategy, Canadians may be paying for it in jobs, investment and higher costs. That deserves scrutiny." At TownHall, Kurt Schlichter says It’s Always Cute When Canada Thinks It Matters. 

Bloomberg, US Aims to Revive Civil War-Era Court to Claim Iran Oil as Prize. Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "Prize courts? For real, prize courts?" Quote Ben Penn @benjaminpenn, "SCOOP: Justice Dept. plans activating long-dormant maritime war court to streamline capture of Iranian oil tankers as US prizes. Legally uncertain plan intended to bolster blockade of Iran. A feature of 1700s naval combat, prize courts set to return." Demiurgent @tr0g, "Guess which country is not a signatory to the Paris Declaration of 1856 that banned privateers! You only get one guess." Is there an on-line application for letters of marque?

Driscoll at Insty calls it TROLL LEVEL: POTUS DJT. "The obvious lack of Reagan anywhere on the chart and the inclusion of Woodrow Wilson as a “great” president are sure signs that The Donald, or whoever assembled this chart wants to do some serious trolling." Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "Okay, Trump’s Tier List just being a 1948 poll of 55 top historians historians conducted by Arthur Schlesinger Sr with his own picture slapped on top as “The Greatest” and Biden, Obama, and Carter added to the bottom as “Failures” along with Grant and Harding is objectively funny." If you're going to be President, you might as well have some fun too.

PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks Trump Might Just Have Enough Spine for the Entire GOP. That would be good because they need it. Nicole Russell at USA Today says Harp is a loyal Trump aide, not a scandal. Get over it. "To the media, Harp's devotion, her mere existence, is an anomaly. But zealous workaholism and admiration are not unusual in politics, particularly when your boss is the leader of the free world." 

AP hears How to avoid a Social Security cut? Lawmakers are floating ideas for what to do, c'mon you idiots, it's getting urgent. "The measure that Durbin, D-Ill., and Cassidy, R-La., are pushing would not dictate an outcome, but instead set up a process for Congress to take action. It calls for the bipartisan Social Security Advisory Board to collect public input and submit draft legislation to Congress that would keep the program’s retirement trust fund solvent for at least 50 years." Oh boy, another Bored. From WSJ, Think Treasurys Are Having a Rough Summer? It’s Even Uglier Abroad. "Countries with large debt burdens—France, Italy, the U.K., Japan—have come under the heaviest pressure in recent months." What can't be sustained won't be.

Jonathan Schanzer at Pundit City sees Obama Figures Chastising Trump on Iran Have Zero Self-Awareness. Hat Hair's John Sexton cites the WSJ: CIA Director Went to Moscow to Issue a Warning (Update) "Russia can't fire missiles at targets inside NATO countries because that could trigger a wholesale NATO response including from the United States. But Russia can quietly offer people money to carry out attacks it wants to see happen. These attacks give Russia plausible deniability in case they are caught. Instead of refusing to identify who is behind these attacks, Germany and others need to say openly what they already know is true and hold Russia accountable. Director Ratcliffe's visit to Russia is America showing Europe how it's done. Just confront the problem directly and stop showing weakness in the face of attacks." IOW, stop fucking around. From 1945, Germany Is Becoming Ukraine’s Most Important Ally in Europe — and Poland Is Paying the Price. Germany never gets tired of fucking with Poland. From Ace, On the Fifth Anniversary of the Disasterous Biden Bug-Out of Kabul, Pete Hegseth Upgrades the Honors for Three Heroes of Abbey Gate. "He didn't just give them new medals. He also said that the Biden Administration downplayed their heroism, because Biden, and his corrupt media allies, didn't want the public to know how very bad the terrorist attack at Abbey Gate really was."

WyoFile, How did data center skepticism impact elections in southeastern Wyoming? "In Wyoming hot spot for data center development, many candidates who touted tough positions against the boom fell to those with more moderate positions." AG @AGHamilton29, "X has now confirmed a Chinese bot farm of 200K fake accounts intentionally trying to manipulate public opinion against data centers. People might want to consider how common this has become and how it is manipulating multiple policy discussions on social media."

PJM's Rick Moran warns For Midterms, Democrats Will Make an Extreme Effort to Sound Like Normal People, but will they remember how to? New York Post @nypost, "Mamdani posts emotional message mourning accused knife-wielding killer — and is slammed by victim’s family. Read today's cover here: https://trib.al/urHXDgr." At NYPo, Immigrant businesses who spoke out against Mamdani supermarkets say they’re getting hit with NYC sanitation fines. Nah, Democrats never target their political opponents. From Twitchy, Mehdi Hasan Flips Out on Dana Bash for Telling the TRUTH About Hasan Piker's UGLY October 7 Comments. Dan McCarthy at the Chronic tries to explain Why Hasan Piker Mocks a Murdered Man. Because he's an asshole? TownHall's Jeff Charles sees a Democrat Senate Hopeful Bankrolled by Same Donors Funding Neo-Nazi Candidate, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Said. From the Free Bacon, 'We Are in Chains': Florida Socialist Angie Nixon Rants Against 'False Capitalistic American Dream,' Praises Marxist Cop-Killer on CAIR Speech Circuit "Nixon, Florida's Democratic Senate nominee, praised CAIR as the 'right vehicles' to secure electoral victories for the party during fundraising events for the pro-Hamas advocacy group." Pat Ruffinni at the Intersection explains Why Senate polling is always worse in summer "For four cycles in a row, the polls have overestimated Democrats. Here’s what history shows us happens next." John Davidson at Da Fed thinks The Senate Race In Alaska Is What A Rigged Election Looks Like. How many Dan Sullivans can you cram onto one ballot?

At Twitchy, Los Angeles Socialist Nithya Raman Brags About Getting Crosswalk Done, There's Just ONE Big Problem. Hey, to be fair, it's an earthquake zone, no point in fixing the street. Hat Hair's John Sexton sees Scott Wiener's SF Legacy is Still Making People Miserable. From AMAC, The Unholy Alliance You Weren’t Supposed to Notice, "The morning after Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis, progressive activists marched beside Islamist organizers, transgender flags next to keffiyehs, united by one shared enemy," normies. TownHall's Amy Curtis sees Why Ben Rhodes Is So Mad at Democrat Party Leadership. They supported a Jew. 


Calling all RushBabes is shocked The Attorney General of Washington State has been planning lawsuits against President Trump…since before he was even elected in 2024!! At Althouse, "A man who parked a truck carrying a guillotine in the heart of Washington was arrested by the United States Capitol Police on Tuesday...." "Is "being in possession of a guillotine" a crime? There's this at Law Commentary..." "The police asked Le if it worked and he said, "Yeah, it’s the real deal, man."" It's not like you can run somebody down and guillotine them. Joe at The View From North Central Idaho is thrilled, Waiting Periods Ruled Unconstitutional. I can hardly to read Justice Jackson's dissent when this is upheld by the Supreme Court. Ilya Shapiro at CJ is feeling punny, Democrats Are Courting Disaster, Again. "“Reform” has become the Left’s preferred remedy for losing cases at the nation’s highest court." NYPo reports Amish threaten mass exodus from New York over vaccine fight —which is heading to the Supreme Court.


Stacy McCain is still pissed, Did You Know That @ElonMusk Has Reinstated the @X Accounts of ‘Noted Neo-Nazis, Anti-Semites, and More’? and hasn't gotten around to fixing Stacy's original account.

New York Post @nypost, "CNN forced to apologize to Dolly Parton's family for using photo of Vegas impersonator in covering icon's death https://trib.al/QhC6htU." Nothing but the best fact-checkers. 

I'm surprise the Slantic takes on The Jason Arday Truthers, "The concerted effort to airbrush the late fabulist’s life." Plagiarist, too. "“To be honest with you, I thought you’d just believe me,” he told a Guardian reporter who challenged him."

From CJ, WPATH: It’s Just Our Opinion, Judge, "The World Professional Association for Transgender Health now claims that its recommendations are merely one view in a debate over gender-affirming care." But under the Biden admin, they were the guiding body. Dave Strom wonders Did You Know That a Trans Man Has Already Played in the WNBA? A woman transitioning to a "man." "The player in question is Layshia Clarendon, who underwent top surgery and perhaps hormone therapy (this is unclear, but Layshia specifically referred to a future mustache that should grow in)." Layshia revealed the transition in 2021 and continued playing until retirement in 2024. Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "The @wnba has a major legal problem. They already allowed a player who identified as a man to play in the league for years. They celebrated it publicly. So how can they keep @EnesFreedom & @Highway_30 out now. Read & share this:" Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Eleven Lakes Brewing, a business in North Carolina, is hosting an "all-ages" drag queen show to raise money for illegal aliens. Yes, this is real. They want to groom your children while donating money to fund foreign criminal invaders. Would be a shame if they went viral!" Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "An interesting result of taking the 4th Wave "sex you did not particularly want, or had while you were high" definition of rape seriously is that it produces this result - 47% or so of "rapists" are female. Is this true, or is the definition worthless?"

And still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.27.26 (Early Evening Edition) and In The Mailbox: 08.27.26 (Evening Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Embracing The Suck up on time and under budget at The Other McCain (if you count Megan).

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Another Plate Full of Platner

Graham Platner, the neo-nazi communist nepo baby running for the senate seat in Maine, is still commanding the most attention. Stacy McCain explains How We Got Here: ‘Susan Collins, One of the Most Evil People in Public Life’ David Klion @DavidKlion, "The messier Platner turns out to be, the more I hope he wins—not because I like or respect him more, but because Susan Collins, one of the most evil people in public life, deserves to be humiliated as much as possible." David Klion @DavidKlion, "It's fascinating to me how many randos don't grasp why Collins is evil, so let me spell it out like you're children: -Republicans are evil -They support Trump's evil agenda -By posturing as a "moderate," Collins has conned a mostly blue state into supporting Trump's evil agenda." Billy Binion @billybinion, "Susan Collins: 1) Voted to convict Trump of impeachment 2) Voted against Amy Coney Barrett & Pete Hegseth 3) Backed limits on Trump's military power 4) Wants to nuke his "Anti-Weaponization Fund" And more. If *she* is your evil right-wing extremist, words do not mean anything." From the Free Bacon, ‘No Regrets’: Graham Platner Admitted to Buying Cocaine, Boasted About Doing Drugs During Military Leave While ‘on the Government Dime.’ From Ace, More: The Nazi Communist Stimulated by Poop Posted Lewd Photos on an App Used by Minors to Arrange Hook-Ups. The App Is Called a "Predator's Paradise" For Allowing Hook-Ups with Minors, and Platner Had An Active Account Until This Past Weekend, "Boy I am really a full 48 hours behind this story, as I'm sure many of you tried to tell me in the comments." And, Surprise: Nazi Communist Who Is Sexually Aroused by Feces Also Sexts Women Other Than His Wife. A Mediaite, MS NOW Reveals Graham Platner Bailed On Scheduled Interview Amid New Sexting Revelations. Scott Pinsker at PJM has a Dirty Trick Alert: The REAL Reason Why the (Latest) Graham Platner Scandal Broke Now — and Not in October "Be on the lookout for a Democratic dirty trick: If Graham Platner wins Maine’s June 9 primary (which he will) — but withdraws from the race by 5:00 p.m. on July 13 — the Democratic Party can choose his replacement." Related, from The Maine Wire @TheMaineWire, "Janet Mills to the Sun Journal today: "People have the impression that I withdrew or dropped out, but I simply suspended active campaigning. I am still on the ballot."" PJM's Matt Margolis says Jessica Tarlov Defends Nazi Perv Graham Platner, Because of Course She Does. Driscoll at Insty cites NRO's JIM GERAGHTY: Democrats Have Tied Themselves to Grähäm Plätner. "Based on what we know, Graham Platner is just a full-spectrum creep. That Democratic political firm that controls a bunch of social media influencers generated amazing results." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Consider the possibility that the DNC saw Graham Platner’s Nazi affiliation to be a PLUS. Maine is a swing state and Collins is practically a Democrat. They can’t run to the left of Collins, not really. So maybe they want to run to the RIGHT of Collins, and since these idiots ACTUALLY BELIEVE we are all actual Nazis, maybe they saw Platner as the ideal candidate. Because they are stupidly brainwashed. Just a theory…" Kat Rosenfield @katrosenfield, "The funny thing is that if I wrote Platner as a fictional character, my editor would be like "look, your villain can have either a Nazi tattoo *or* a porta-potty masturbation habit, but not both.""  

Derrick Johnson @4derrick, "Two days ago, Spencer Pratt held a cookout at Jim Gilliam Park in the Jungles. A week earlier, Rolling 60s territory. Politicians avoid these neighborhoods, scared of the anger from decades of neglect. Spencer showed up anyway. Broke bread. Listened. This is a new Los Angeles." Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "I can show you why Spencer Pratt is going to win... I saw it for myself. Karen Bass does NOT want you to see this. Remember how the fire hydrants had no water during the Palisades fire? That's because the massive Santa Ynez Reservoir was empty. It was empty because of LA's incompetent leaders. Californians died because of this. Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass claimed they refilled it. Well guess what... 18 months later, it’s STILL empty. Not a single drop. They want the fires to happen again. They don't care. Security has now been posted outside the Santa Ynez Reservoir to keep the public from seeing the truth. Good thing we brought a drone... look at this devastation. Look at what they did. LA, it will be your house next. Vote Spencer Pratt." At Da Caller, New Poll Dashes GOP’s Wildest Dreams For California Gubernatorial Election. I root for Nessie and Bigfoot too. Pirate Wires has California’s War on Nick Shirley, Explained. "dubbed the “stop nick shirley act” by critics, california’s ab2624 has passed through the state assembly — a necessary protection from doxxing? or a middle finger to the first amendment?"

Kurt Schlichter at TownHall looks at The Autopsy of the Democrat Disaster of 2026. From Ace, "Doctor" Jill Biden Sticks to Her Lie That She "Never, Ever" Saw Biden Showing Signs of Cognitive Decline "Before or Since" the Debate. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Well, That Thing Democrats Worried Could Happen Regarding Jill Biden's Book …Has Happened. From News Wax, Sen. Murphy: Biden Should Have Left Race Earlier. 

At Aces's, Buck Throckmorton admits Senators Cornyn & Cassidy Were My Fault, Because I Voted for Both of Them as the “Most Electable Candidate.”

Politico whines Tina Peters says Democrats will ‘cheat’ in midterms. "“I know that the Democrats are going to cheat, and no one’s really addressing the problem that I spent my time in prison as retribution for,” Peters, newly released from prison, said on Steve Bannon’s podcast Monday." Dave Strom at Hat Hair wonders Will Antisemitism Knock a Key Democrat Designated Liar Out of Congress? It looks like they found someone worse, if that's possible. InfantryDort @infantrydort, "Just ever so casually talking about purging a large swath of people. No restraint. Feminine voice. Feminine gestures. Feminine features. Toxic genocidal vitriol. As easy as breathing. This new kind of “man” in the west is an estrogen infused civilization killer." Quote AF Post @AFpost, "Ex-NYT author Paul Krugman says the US needs a “purge” of MAGA supporters akin to denazification."

Betsy Stauffer at LI, MS NOW Host Feels ‘Deep Unease’ About America’s 250th Celebrations, Cites Our ‘Racist Past’ “America has never actually fully reckoned with its racist past and its original founding sin of slavery.” They're just pissed Trump is in office for the 250th. If they were in charge, they'd make it a DEI celebration. Jamie Wilson at PJM says Make It AMERICAN Pride Month: The Lost Spirit of ’76. At RCP, Patrick McHenry: Trump Cleaning, Fixing Up D.C. Should Be Beyond Politics. Nation’s Capital is Better, Safer.

From RCH, A Giant Job: Trump's Crackdown on Medicare Fraud.

USA Today, 'We are dying here.' I asked Cubans about life amid the collapse. VodkaPundit at Insty asks WHAT WAS THEIR FIRST CLUE? Europe no longer convinced Russia’s war will stop at Ukraine. "With heightened NATO activity in the Baltic states, European Union leaders condemning Russian threats against Latvia and Estonia, and an emergency UN Security Council meeting over the latest Russian actions in Ukraine, a growing number of officials now appear to believe the Kremlin’s ambitions could extend beyond Ukraine." USNI News Shangri-La: Hegseth Calls on Western Pacific Allies to Maintain Military Strength, ‘We Need Partners, Not Protectorates.’

Fox reports US military attacks Iran in 'self-defense strikes' over weekend. Nick Arama at RedState sees Trump Pulls Off a Very Cool Move in the Strait - Right Under the Nose of the Iranian Regime, "U.S. Central Command has guided around 70 commercial ships through the strait, traveling into and out of the Persian Gulf, in the last three weeks, one of the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters. The U.S. officials added that most of the vessels had turned off their transponders to avoid detection when going through the narrow waterway." At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed hears Iran Declares End to Talks; UPDATE: Hezbollah Cries Uncle? Trump: Suit Yourselves and then Trump: Hezbollah Agrees to Abide By Ceasefire, Iran Talks Back On. News Wax, Trump: Relax and Let Me Negotiate Iran Deal. Althouse finds "You’re f***ing crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this." "Said Trump, on the phone to Netanyahu last night, according to The London Times reports." Of course, there is no source on record. 

Gene Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy reports Conviction for Antifa Conspiracy to Riot Upheld, Despite Claim of Mental Disorder. "This is sociopolitical behavior," the trial court held, "not the behavior one would engage in when he [has PTSD]." John Sexton at Hat Hair reports Spokane Anti-ICE Activists Convicted of Federal Charges. A jury in Spokane, Wash., on Thursday convicted three anti-ICE demonstrators in a closely watched case that tested the effectiveness of the Trump administration’s effort to use federal conspiracy charges against protesters, and prompted the region’s acting U.S. attorney to resign. The eight-day trial of the protesters, Bajun Mavalwalla II, Justice Forral and Jac Archer, stemmed from a June 2025 demonstration outside a building rented by the federal government..." Defender of the Republic @realdefender45, "Breaking Delancy Hall Arrest Stats show that of the 61 arrests, only 2 people reside in Newark. Many are from CA, CO, GA, FL, KY, MN,NM and WA." Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "...It is telling that Sherill is literally trying to fence in the mob while fueling the anti-ICE rage. Establishment politicians still believe that they can use the mob to retake power without being consumed by that very rage." Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "In fairness to NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill, there do appear to be "outside agitators" who have come to protest at Delaney Hall. One of those spotted has actually posted himself on social media brandishing a baseball bat. From Da Mail, Homeland Security slams Democrat NJ Governor after she declares victory for 'solving' problem she created at ICE facility. Matt Vespa, Yeah, About That 'Hunger Strike' at Delaney Hall "Jennie Taer from The Daily Wire revealed that it was all nonsense, as they’re eating chips and honey buns inside. The supposed strike was over visitation rights." “When detainees are buying up Honey Buns and Snickers bars, and those with money are helping others get snacks, that’s not a hunger strike, it’s just a publicity stunt.” Nick Sortor @nicksortor, " NOW: The area around ICE Newark is DEAD SILENT after NJSP FORCED rioters out of the area Tens of THOUSANDS of dollars worth of supplies are just abandoned outside the facility. It is genuinely mindblowing how much money is poured into riot supplies. See for yourselves." Sean Davis @seanmdav, "When left-wingers commit violent insurrection against the country, Democrats give them awards." Quote Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar, "The people of the Twin Cities are being awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award tonight. This winter, Minnesotans showed the world what courage looks like. Our state was the center of America's heartbreak, but we were also the center of America's hope."

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn notifies us of Another Horrific Highway Crash, Another Driver Who Doesn't Speak English. Ace sees Another Migrant Who Can't Speak a Word of English Plows His Vehicle Into Americans, Killing a Family of Four, Another Woman, and Leaving Forty Injured. "He's a naturalized American citizen -- but he can't speak a word of English. Gee, I wonder during which "president's" administration this murderous and illiterate migrant was permitted to become "an American"?" Also, An Illegal Alien Previously Deported Three Times was Blocked from a New Deportation by California's Sanctuary Law. Now He's Murdered Two Women -- and an Infant Baby.

Ace yet again, Clinton and Obama Judges Combine to Overrule the Military's Judgment about Good Military Order, Insist That No One Can Reject Transgenders In the Military for Any Proper Logical Reasons, "It can only be arbitrary and "based upon animus." There are no conceivable reasons why people with a history of mental illness and a dependency on constant medical interventions and mind-affecting artificial hormones would not make for good recruits. None. Not a one." Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet, "You can't get into the military if you have asthma, eczema, or braces, but if you chopped of your penis and have to maintain a lifetime regimen of pharmaceuticals and "neovaginal dilations" to keep the open wound from healing closed, you're fit to serve!" Quote Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "BREAKING: In a 2-1 ruling, a federal appeals court finds the Trump administration policy to ban transgender individuals from serving in the US military is unconstitutional. From Judge Roger Wilkins who wrote the majority opinion: "The Hegseth policy is both arbitrary and based..." Readers added context, "The appeals court's 2-1 ruling protects only the specific active-duty transgender plaintiffs from discharge but upholds the policy's ban on new transgender enlistees, and the judge's name is Robert Wilkins, not Roger.." CONSTITUTIONAL PATRIOT @ConstitustionX, "OUTRAGEOUS! A gluten-intolerant soldier? DISQUALIFIED. But a biologically male service member pumped full of high-dose estrogen, undergoing “transition” surgery? CLEARED FOR COMBAT — according to activist judges on the D.C. Circuit. A 2-1 appeals court just overturned Trump-era protections, declaring the Pentagon’s common-sense ban on transgender troops “illegal.” Our military isn’t a social experiment. This is insanity. Readiness over ideology — or America’s fighting force gets destroyed from within. Who’s really defending this country? RT if you’re furious." 

Insty thinks THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY SEEMS DETERMINED TO RUIN ITS PUBLIC IMAGE: "Judge Ross Should Have Been Punished For Abdicating Her Judicial Power To Her Law Clerks: Perhaps it is common enough for Presidents to sign executive orders he does not read, or for members of Congress to vote on bills they do not read, but federal judges should aspire to a higher standard. “Judge Eleanor Ross, who serves on the federal bench in Atlanta, engaged in multiple acts of misconduct. She carried on a secret affair with an Atlanta police department officer for nearly two years, repeatedly had loud sex in her chambers, lied about her trysts, and obstructed the investigation. Each of these actions warranted a public reprimand and an impeachment inquiry. But one of the more stunning allegations has flown under the radar: Judge Ross routinely signs judicial orders her law clerks prepare without even reading them. Indeed, it seems she never even talks about these cases with her clerks, so likely has no clue what she is even approving. Yet the council that reviewed this case found no misconduct.”"

At News Wax, DOJ: Will Obey Order Blocking Anti-Weaponization Fund. Does this mean Trump goes back to suing the IRS? I hope so.

From the Guardian, 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley accuses Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ show. A Driscolly post at Insty, NETWORK THAT BROUGHT YOU RATHERGATE, "PRO-OBAMACARE POETRY READINGS, AND BARRY GOLDWATER AS A NAZI DEMANDS NEW CEO “RESPECT EDITORIAL VALUES:” CBS News Staff Sending Letter to CEO David Ellison Demanding He ‘Respect Editorial Values’ — Media Insider Tells MS NOW." Twitchy, Pelley-Aching: Complaining ‘60 Minutes’ Host Is Clueless to Why Most Americans Fear Going on His Show. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Knowledge has spread across the country that 60 Minutes will deceptively edit interviews and stories to fit their agenda." Ace, 60 Minutes' Smelly Leftist Scott Pelley Knows He's About to be Fired, So He Stages a Tantrum-Flounce to Make It Seem Like He Was Fired in Retalliation for #FightingThePower. "Nick Bilton, an investigative journalist working for magazines and newspapers, was appointed producer for 60 Minutes, replacing an old liberal. Scott Pelley knows he's next so he's picking up on the Leftist Guild's attack on Bilton for not having experience in television reporting. In other words, he doesn't know enough about male make-up as Scott Pelley." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Welcome to Substack, Scott Pelley." Quote Dylan Byers @DylanByers "NEW: In @NickBilton’s first all-hands meeting at 60 Minutes this morning, @ScottPelley told Nick he had “scant qualifications” for the job and pressed him to account for last week’s firings. Nick suggested conversation would be better held in private, Scott countered that he’d prefer to have them in front of his colleagues. Nick told Scott, “they’re my colleagues too,” to which Scott replied: “that remains to be seen.”"

Variety claims Jimmy Kimmel ‘Felt Defeated’ by Stephen Colbert’s Cancellation and Says Late-Night TV Is Not ‘Dying of Natural Causes’: ‘We’re Being Poisoned’, but they found it themselves. Driscoll at Insty features ADAM CAROLLA ON THE VIEW. "No, not Carolla actually appearing on The View. That’ll never happen, for reasons Carolla explains thusly: “Here’s the problem [with The View]. The problem is they have horrible, ill-sorted, bad ideas that are either just sort of lies or they don’t really comport with any reality.” “They go, well, ‘J6 was 10 times worse than the Summer of Love.’ And then they all nod, and there’s not one person there that raises their hand and goes, ‘What the f*ck are you talking about? That’s insane.’” “But if there is one person who actually has facts and data… you will watch ONE PERSON WHOOP UP ON FOUR PEOPLE. Because four people who are wrong still can’t match the one person who is right.” “So they can’t have somebody who’s going to show up with a lot of information.” Ian Miller @ianmSC, "Adam Carolla is correct about this, which is why Scott Jennings has become such a sensation. They put him up against four other left wing panelists who all agree with each other and he wipes the floor with them because he’s right." Quote The Vigilant Fox @VigilantFox, "Adam Carolla brutally explains why The View can’t afford to have one well-informed person on the panel. It’s not that Whoopi and the crew would lose one argument. They would lose EVERY argument."

PoIiMath @politicalmath, "Over 100 Canadian churches were burned over this hoax. Over 30 were completely destroyed. All over a lie." Quote Jonathan Kay @jonkay "Wow. The editorial board of the Globe & Mail just flat out admitted that it screwed up by failing to scrutinize the false 2021 claims that “unmarked graves” had been “confirmed” at Kamloops. It’s taken five years, which is a disgrace, but give them credit for finally saying it x.com/patrickbrethou…"

Insty, TAR, FEATHERS, AND MORE ARE NEEDED: John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad, "Wow, this video is way worse than I was expecting. First of all he clearly says multiple times he’s been stabbed. Two police completely ignore the plea. The other assumes he was stabbed in the face. The one who asks about the face stabbing tells the male cop “we have to check”..." Quote Tommy Robinson @TRobinsonNewEra "Bodycam footage has been released showing police ARRESTING Henry Nowak moments AFTER he had been fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa!" Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Hard to watch. The lies of the killer, the utter disregard in his voice. The disregard of the police, accepting the lies without question, cuffing someone already immobile, unresisting on the ground, who is telling them he's been stabbed. The British people are going to have to decide what they want to do about that. Not just these cops and their commanders, the entirety of British police who have made race both policy and practice to the extent of victimizing the native population, from teenaged rape victims to a boy bleeding out while cuffed. Selectively policing speech, entirely one-sidedly. This is where that goes. Not just the entirety of their police, but the governing boards and the politicians, political parties that did this."

And yet still more, at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.01.26. The Wombat has
FMJRA 2.0: To The Winter Meetings up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Some Saturday Slop

 I'm having trouble identifying an important breaking story in this mess:

At RCP, Cornyn's Defeat and the Remaking of the GOP. "In a Wednesday appearance on The Hugh Hewitt Show, Thune described the GOP’s newfound advocacy for Paxton. “Obviously, we are making the pivot,” Thune said. “He’s all-in, ready to go for the fall election, and not taking any time off, already on the phone raising money and all the things you’re going to have to do to be successful.”" From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Cornyn’s Slaughter: A Postmortem, "No, the reason that Cornyn lost was because Texas Republicans were finally well and truly tired of him. Cornyn’s playing footsie with illegal alien amnesty while claiming he was against amnesty was one of the biggest reasons voters rejected him."

Marc J. Randazza @marcorandazza, "Its funny how the highest ranking gay man to ever hold office is a Republican, and he's more a damn based motherfucking bad ass than the "straight" guys the Democrats got to try to "relate" to us." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "Reporter: "You wrote 'resilience' on your Cabinet meeting notes... why did you write all those notes?" @SecScottBessent: "So people could look over my shoulder, photograph them, and think they got a scoop."" Sundance at CTH hosts Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent Delivers Economic and National Security Remarks to Reagan Economic Forum.

TownHall's Matt Vespa notes Trump's Physical Went Off Without a Hitch, but the Liberal Media Tried to Stir Up Controversy Over This. At Althouse, "[Jill] Biden is a longtime English professor who casually uses the correct group noun for starlings ('murmuration')." So writes Alexandra Jacobs in "Jill Biden’s New Memoir Shows Off a Sharp Eye, if Not a Sharp Elbow/Beyond a few pointed digs at her husband’s successor, 'View From the East Wing' largely sticks to the head-spinning details of first lady-hood" (NYT)." Alexandra Jacobs is wrong about murmuration. It is not just a collection of starlings, which on the ground would be a flock, but an aerial mass movement of starlings, where they swirl together. That's what happens when literary folk attempt to feign knowledge of biology. It's not clear from the quote how Jill used the word, so I won't cast aspersions there. Amy Curtis at TownHall sees The Media Have Cracked the Case on Who's Paying to Clean Up D.C. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Kind of wild to call the restoration of American monuments a “vanity project.” I mean, Democrats didn’t have to let fountains dry up, the reflecting pool turn to sewage, and monuments be covered with “free Palestine.”" Quote Headquarters @HQNewsNow, "New reporting reveals the Trump admin has used $67,000,000 of National Parks entrance fees to fund Trump's vanity projects in DC. This includes the painting of the Reflecting Pool, which he doled out to a MAGA contractor for $7,000,000." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair has the Outrage Du Jour: No Female Admirals Selected Last Year - I Yawn in Your General Direction.

Beege Welborn again, The Canadian Carney-Val Continues: I Spy With My Little Eye a Syrupian Recession. Sundance reports Canada Officially Enters a Recession After Two Consecutive Quarters of Negative GDP Growth.

John Sexton at Hat Hair, Ukrainian Drones Put Russia Under Pressure. NOELREPORTS @NOELreports, "Russian channels are complaining that Ukraine has begun active remote mining of rear roads in occupied territory. #Ukraine." Aljazeera reports Russia to task bankers with shooting down Ukrainian drones.

Sundance, President Trump Updates on “Final Determination” of Iran Negotiations. I'm not holding my breath. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears IRGC Warn We Will Bring 'Utter Ruin' If Blockade Continues. Their military may suck, but they have great bluster. Paul Sperry at RCI, GOP Battles Sharia: Is Islamic Law a Threat or Dog Whistle?

At the Free Bacon, Don't Take Medical Advice from Jill Biden. Ace, No One Believes Jill Biden's "Gaslighting" Campaign -- Especially Not the Leftwing Media Operatives and Democrats Who Conspired to Cover This Up, and Now Have Pretend They Were "Fooled" by a Conspiracy They Were Always Part of. Matt Margolis hears Jessica Tarlov Accidentally Admits the Democrats’ Biggest Dirty Secret "It feels unfair, essentially, at this point, to the party, that if you want to cement any piece of your husband's legacy, let people move on from this and win some more elections, and then they can point to things and say, like, we're building on the successes that we saw under the Biden administration. That's why we're adding X, Y, or Z thing."
Scott Pinsker at PJM hears The Democrats’ Greatest Fear: The GOP Will Turn James Talarico Into a Creepy, Unmanly Weirdo. Turn him into? Tom Bevan @TomBevanRCP, "Um, because he's on tape bragging publicly about running a "meatless" campaign to help fight climate change. The amount of water the media is going to carry on behalf of Talarico will set records." Puck @PuckNews, "Republicans gleefully seize on Talarico’s “six sexes” comments while Trump says Democrats want “transgender for everybody.” Can the party defuse the G.O.P.’s “they/them” playbook before it trips them up again in November?" Republicans seize, when they don't pounce! Texas Monthly @TexasMonthly, "Republicans have pounced on an old statement as they seek to make gender politics the focus of the Senate campaign." Twitchy outs Talarico's Mystery Vegan Gal Pal: Ex-Chief of Staff, Gay Bar Dancer, and the Most Convenient Reveal Ever. Lena @Lena178159, "That's his neighbour with a uterus." Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks James Talarico Is Playing to a National Audience That Won't Be Voting for Him.

Ace hears The Soldier Who Was Mocked by Unemployed Nazi Gerald Platner Speaks. "Flannel shirt and all, Graham Platner is Tim Walz on steroids. An entitled brat who campaigns with socialist Bernie Sanders. A real man by the lights of the Democratic Party, he presents himself as "relatable" to working-class Americans, but in reality he's a typical elitist who believes blue-collar, hardworking, salt-of-the-earth rural Americans are stupid and racist. I couldn't care less about the comments he made about me, but they are a reflection of his character. I never thought I'd see the day when Democrats would even consider backing a candidate like this." At Twitchy, SO MANY Idiot Dems Are Trying to Dunk on Susan Collins for 'Sending Platner to War,' Here Are the DUMBEST The Maine Wire @TheMaineWire, "Senator Collins responds to the scurrilous claim from Graham Platner that she sent him to "die in Iraq." "That was Platner's decision to serve. He was not drafted."" Betsy Stauffer at LI informs us the MI Senate Frontrunner ‘Struggles’ With Israel’s Right to Exist as a Jewish State. "It appears that the more incendiary El-Sayed’s rhetoric becomes, the more he rises in the polls. … It’s hard to say whether that is despite his antisemitic remarks or because of them."

Nick Arama at RedState says Boom: New Spencer Pratt Ad Leftist Calls 'Deeply Insulting' May Be the Best One Yet. It's good, but not the best IMHO. Also at RedState, Jen O'Connell calls it Savage: One Advocacy Group's Viral Campaign Delivers Homelessness to LA Mayor Candidate's Doorstep. From Ace, Spencer Pratt, Donald Trump, and the Democrat (and GOP Establishment) Taboo Against Simple, Direct Honesty. "They have built an Empire of Lies and demand we all pledge our fealty." Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "The threaded NBC clip exemplifies exactly what Pratt said here about being honed for debate by constant battle with hostile media hacks — Unlike his Democrat opponents: “Every interview I do it's opposition. When Bass or Raman talk to the media, they can just lie." Chef Andrew Gruel @ChefGruel, "The argument that Spencer Pratt can’t be mayor because he’s a reality TV star is hilarious. Los Angeles has been run into the ground by people with impeccable resumes, elite endorsements, and decades of political experience. At some point, the “qualified” candidates need to answer for the results. Chatting @spencerpratt on @Gutfeldfox." John Sexton at Hat Hair wonders Could Spencer Pratt Actually Pull This Off? I hope so, but then, I root for Bigfoot, too.

Susan Crabtree @susancrabtree, "SCOOP: A taxpayer-funded California nonprofit with close ties to
@XavierBecerra is working to keep illegal immigrants convicted of assault with a deadly weapon — even when it involves domestic abuse and aggravated felony cases — from being deported.
...." The Orange County Register registers A bipartisan effort to reform California’s top-two primary system is underway – Orange County Register. If you don't like how the election is going, change the rules! Insty says HOW ABOUT A 100% FEDERAL TAX ON BENEFITS PAID TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS? Newsom says he wants 100% tax on Californians that get money from Trump’s J6 compensation fund.

Victory Girls report No Zohran Mamdani For The Israel Day Parade. Omri Ceren @omriceren, "It's because he hates Jews. That's why. That's the reason." Quote Fox News @FoxNews "Mayor Zohran Mamdani defends his decision to skip the Israel Day Parade, making him the first New York City mayor to bypass the historic event since 1964. "I said on the campaign trail that I wouldn't be attending the parade, and I've made my views on the Israeli government abundantly clear...” At NYPo, NYC already spent $1.3M on controversial new East Village homeless shelter — as neighbors desperately try to stop it.

TownHall's Joe Chalfant is outraged Mary Peltola Caught Trying to Plant Fake Candidate in Alaska Also Named ‘Dan Sullivan,’ to siphon votes from her opponent. From Ace, Seattle's Communist Woke Wallflower Mayor Says She Refuses to Investigate Medicaid Fraud In Her City Because That Would Hurt Our Precioius Nomadic Pirates, "The Post-Millennial..." Alpha News, Former Minnesota employee reveals suspected fraud scheme of ‘fake injuries’ at Somali businesses. "With the benefit of hindsight, Janeen Balsimo thought, "wow, so the fraud went as far as the employee was a fake employee, probably with fake injuries, because there is no people at these places."" They saw a vulnerability, and they exploited it.

Beege Welborn, Some of the Congressional Performative Theater at Delaney Hall Is Suddenly Explained UPDATE. WWG1WGA @WWG1WGA_QQ, " HOLY CRAP! VP JD Vance just UNLEASHED on Democrats for their violent rhetoric against ICE and law enforcement, calls out Gavin Newsom BY NAME. "YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO HELL, and you have NO PLACE in the political conversation in the United States!" "Because HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS! When Democrats like Gavin Newsom say these people are 'part of an authoritarian government.' When they lie about who they're arresting...what they're doing is encouraging crazy people to go and commit VIOLENCE." "You don't have to agree with our policies. But if your political rhetoric encourages violence against our law enforcement, you can go STRAIGHT TO HELL!" WOW!." A Larry vid at Hat Hair, Anti-ICE Rioters Arrested As Loser Dems Roasted Outside Detention Center. Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "As Democrats demand the removal of the masks of ICE agents, a protester was shown yesterday yelling at an agent, "I've got your face. I'll kill your whole f**king family. You whole f**king family is dead. Your child, your wife, and all are dead. I have your face mother f**ker. You re dead." Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby, "Amazing and quick work by the FBI." Quote Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "BREAKING: FBI has just RAIDED and ARRESTED the man who I caught on video threatening the lives of an ICE agent and his family outside ICE Newark Nicholas Scelfo is facing FEDERAL FELONIES." 

Supervisor Jim Desmond @jim_desmond, "$13.4 million. That's what the proposed County budget spends on lawyers for illegal immigrants fighting deportation. For that same amount, San Diego County could fund hundreds of sheriff's deputies. Dozens of psychiatric beds. Pothole repair across every district. Real help for the homeless veteran sleeping under the overpass tonight. Instead, the Board majority wants to nearly triple a program that started at $5 million just three years ago. A program the County itself confirms has represented dozens of clients with criminal grounds in their case. A county is not the State Department. A county is not an immigration court. A county exists to keep streets safe, roads paved, and the most vulnerable residents cared for. This is not our job. It never was." Matt Vespa thinks House Dems Thought This Tweet Was a Banger. It Backfired Epically.

The Virginia Pilot reports a Judge says Kennedy Center board broke law putting Trump’s name on building, blocks closure. "The judge, who was nominated to the bench by Democratic President Barack Obama, ordered the defendants to remove Trump's name from the institution's façade and any “official materials,” such as digital or physical signs, within two weeks." Sundance, Judge Blocks Kennedy Center Restoration Effort – President Trump Directs the Commerce Dept to Give Congress Management. Let it fall apart, I don't care. At Althouse, "A federal judge in Miami reopened President Trump’s... case against the I.R.S.... saying that she wanted to investigate 'grievous allegations' that the hasty deal to resolve it was 'premised on deception.'..." "Judge [Kathleen M.] Williams’s decision came in response to court papers filed on Wednesday by a bipartisan group of 35 former federal judges who urged her to bring the case back to life and dig into the details of the agreement to settle it.... From: "Judge Reopens Trump’s I.R.S. Suit and Questions His ‘Weaponization’ Fund/The ruling was a blow to both President Trump, who had voluntarily dismissed the suit last week, and to the Justice Department, which used the suit to establish a fund likely intended for Trump allies" (NYT).



Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Weird. But that is what they were doing in East Germany not too long ago. Europe has always seen itself as a font of liberal freedoms and sophistication. In fact, Europe has always been plagued by repressive thuggishness. Rears its head now and then." Quote PeterSweden @PeterSweden7, "Germany just BANNED a political activist from leaving the country because he could be spreading "far-right extremist ideas". Stopping people from leaving the country because of political opinions."



Still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.29.26 (Normal Evening Edition). Linked at the Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: To The Winter Meetings up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Friday, May 29, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump is Cleaning Up and Beautifying Washington DC

... in anticipation of the 250th anniversary, and Democrats can't stand it. Apparently dirt and bums are what the city ought to look like.  Don Surber, Making DC worthy of our greatness. 

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "More fascism" Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Trump just restored Columbus Circle in DC. It hasn't flowed in 2 decades." At Althouse, "But blue is a color we associate with injury: Think of the mottled black and blue of a bruise. It is the color of authority and stereotypical masculinity..." ""... of depression, but also tranquility; of cleanliness; of cold; of winning first prize. And so we must ask: What is American Flag Blue?" I'm reading "Did Trump pick the right blue for the Reflecting Pool? We asked a pool guy. Old Glory Blue? American Flag Blue? Let’s reflect on all the shades, while a federal judge mulls 'aesthetic injury' in the president’s latest decorating flourish" (WaPo). Also Althouse, "Trump administration officials have pressed the office responsible for printing the nation’s money to design a $250 bill featuring the president’s portrait..." "... according to four current and former employees, in what would be the first appearance of a living person on U.S. currency in more than 150 years.... The employees spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. The Washington Post reports. Gift link." I don't think it will happen. I believe it's "stray voltage", an outrageous idea floated to keep libs distracted.

Beege Welborn at Hat Hair noticed It Was Scott Bessent's Turn Behind the Press Podium and Oh, My. From Ace, Judge Clears Way for Trump to Tighten Verification for Mail-In Votes; Scott Bessent Touts New IRS Rules to Identify Antifa's Funders; OMB Director Russ Vought Acts to Make Sure That Federal Grants Go to US Citizens Not Foreigners and Illegal Aliens. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "WOW! Scott Bessent just revealed the IRS has moved to make NGOs LIABLE for violent activity committed by their grant recipients like Antifa George Soros has been put on NOTICE. "The IRS is now giving guidance on the Form 990, which nonprofits they have to file. We are going to DEMAND that nonprofits know their grant recipients." "So if a grant recipient is violent, if they are suppressing people's rights, then YOU are responsible for that." As for the for the investigation into who is funding Antifa terrorism: "We made substantial progress. And I think in the weeks and months ahead, we are going to have a lot to report.""

News Wax shares a Report: Trump Shares Draft Iran Peace Agreement With Israel, Allies. Atop Da Hill, Trump in Iran leaders’ ‘head’ says a Retired US general. WSJ reports on The High-Seas Black Market That Keeps Iran’s Illicit Oil Flowing, "Despite U.S. sanctions, the regime has managed to sell billions of dollars in crude to China using a clandestine network of aging tankers. Our reporters paid a visit." I suspect we're looking the other way for China.

News Wax hears Carney Seeks New US-Canada Partnership to "help make America great again." Fine, but remember, you're the junior partner. Defence24com @Defence24eng, "Guatemala has reportedly agreed to joint military strikes with the U.S. against drug trafficking groups inside its territory. Washington is also reportedly pressuring Honduras as part of a broader regional anti-cartel strategy."

C3 @C_3C_3, "So… In the past year 50 NFL players have been arrested. 3% of the league. None have caused the outrage Jaxon Dart did just introducing the Duly Elected POTUS. Who won the Electoral College and Popular Vote. Think about that."

CNN whines Republicans are poised to finish this year’s redistricting war 10 seats ahead of Democrats. “The Supreme Court has effectively announced that the adults have left the room,” he said. “What you see is what you get when you reward bad behavior, which is a lot more bad behavior.” Toni Constantini at Am Mind asks Can Anyone Stop JD Vance in 2028? Rubio has his followers. Frankly I wouldn't mind 16 years of a Rubio/Vance co-presidency. That would get me through. I&I argues Yes, Today’s Gas Prices Are ‘Peanuts’, but it still wouldn't hurt to bring them down.

Matt Vespa at TownHall, Here's What Joe Biden Told Jill After He Got Wrecked by Trump in That Disastrous Debate “I really f**ked up, didn’t I?” Althouse, "As the president walked off the stage, he whispered to his wife, 'I really f**ked up, didn’t I?' she writes. '"Yes, you did,'" I whispered back.'" "I'm reading "5 Revelations From Jill Biden’s Upcoming Memoir" (Intelligencer). I don't believe any of it." And "Jill Biden is now out there finally admitting that she did NOT know what went wrong with Sleepy Joe during our spectacular, and highly rated, 2024 Presidential Debate..." ""... where Joe was not exactly performing to the highest level of debate standards. She said that she thought he was having a 'stroke,' and various other really bad things, and yet never rushed onto the stage to help her troubled husband, as any good wife would do. The only thing she failed to mention was how well I was doing prior to his near total collapse... Writes Trump, just now, on Truth Social." At PJM Erick Florack wants to enjoy The Imminent Democrat Party Civil War. Kevin Killough at JTN reports Michigan Gov. Whitmer says she won't be running for president in 2028. "Whitmer said that she'd received advice on the importance of "taking a break and not jumping right into something.""

Jesse Arm @Jesse_Leg, "This is the best piece yet at distilling what the Spencer Pratt phenomenon is all about. His rise represents the shattering of the honesty taboo in Los Angeles and other poorly governed big blue cities like it." Quote Mike Solana @micsolana, "for people dumbly blinking at the moment while they wonder why pratt is climbing up the polls: he's literally just telling the truth. and in a one-party state, anyone brave enough to break the honesty taboo commands the stage." John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "No. What this polls shows is that 1) Pratt ‘s losing the run off, 2) even if he squeaks through the left has 51% of the general election vote. Pratt’s at 22 percent. Love the guy, but he’s at 22 percent." Quote Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN: A SHOCK POLL just released finding the LA mayoral race getting RAZOR TIGHT, Karen Bass has only 26% 26%." I can't say I really expect him to win. Even if he had the votes, which I instinctively doubt, they wouldn't let him. But he is making a dent in their armor. Insty at his substack, Bringing Back Normality, "And striking fear into Democrats" Normality is a low priority in California. At Hollywood in Toto, Is Kimmel’s Pratt Assault Start of New Late-Night War? "Far-Left host uses personal attacks to slam candidate offering L.A. hope." Jillian Michaels @JillianMichaels, "Did climate change also drain the reservoirs, defund the fire department, allow the utility companies to avoid updating dilapidated spark happy infrastructure, and veto forestry management bills?" Quote Ian Miller @ianmSC, "Jimmy Kimmel says Spencer Pratt shouldn’t win the LA mayoral election because he doesn’t believe in “climate change” after his house burned down Meanwhile the fire was started by an arsonist and destroyed his house because of widespread LA incompetence." Sarah at Insty, THEY WOULDN’T, WOULD THEY? "Rolling Stone Calls Spencer Pratt the ‘Quintessential American’ and They Didn’t Mean It As a Compliment."

Cathy Salgado at PJM is outraged California Gives Illegal Aliens ‘Free’ Fridges, Solar Panels. Ace, Gavin Newsom: The State Will Tax the Enemies of the Democrat Party at a 100% Rate to Save Democracy, "Seizing the estates of political enemies. Sounds very democracy-savey. He says they will change California law to seize 100% of recompense paid to Californians from the weaponization fund for Biden Regime abuses." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "“The whole point of the fund is to make victims whole after the federal government was weaponized against political opponents, pro-life activists, and parents at school board meetings, and Newsom never had a problem with any of that weaponization when it was actually happening.” Quote Mike Netter @nettermike "So California Governor Gavin Newsom flew to Washington, took some meetings, hopped on a plane home, and during the flight back he had himself one of those big airplane epiphanies. The kind where a governor decides he is going to act as Congress, the state legislature, and the IRS all at once..." News Wax, Bessent Rips Gov. Newsom's Plan to Tax Trump Fund: 'Stupid'. 




Ace sees Fidel Castro's Daughter Doesn't Deny That Blackface-Wearing Gay Canadian Justin Trudeau Might Be Her Bastard Half-Brother. "He looks like Castro, and he's a stone-cold authoritarian communist bitch. Almost as if he was trying to impress the man he knew to be his father. His mother was said to be enamored of Fidel Castro and would visit the country a lot. Whether her cuck husband Pierre Trudeau approved or objected impotently, we don't know. Apparently this rumor has been "debunked." Allegedly Trudeau's mother did not meet Fidel Castro until 1976 -- allegedly -- and Castreau was born in 1971. So this could just be a bunch of hooey. But Castro's own daughter seems to accept the possibility of the "conspiracy theory" being true."

Ace, Muslim Man Shouts Allahu Akbar as He Stabs Three Citizens In Switzerland; a Leftist SWATs Amy Coney Barrett to Get Cops to Kill Her; a Man Threatens to Kill Erika Kirk and Blow Up Every TPUSA Event. Dave Manney at PJM, Swatting Justice Barrett Was a Threat, Not a Prank, and she's already too squishy.

The College Fix finds a Growing numbers of legal scholars support Trump’s order on birthright citizenship. But it doesn't matter if they're not on the Supreme Court.

Herr Professor Jacobsen at LI reports the SPLC Wants Indictment Thrown Out For “Vindictive Prosecution” “latest manifestation of a top-down, retributive campaign in which [Trump] directed his Justice Department to go after those individuals and groups he deemed his political enemies, including the SPLC” Ben Weingarten at Da Fed counters DOJ Takes On Leftist Attempt To Punish Any Lawyer Who Disagrees With Democrats. Ace, on DOJ considering perjury charges against E. Jean Carroll, DOJ Now Investigating Obvious Perjurer For, Get This, Obvous Perjury, "My first reaction to hearing about the DOJ investigating the perjurious elderly lunatic whore was negative. I didn't like the "optics" of the DOJ investigating Trump's enemies. But then I remembered the context: The Democrats turned the entire prosecutorial network, state and federal, into a machine for prosecuting Trump and his allies and even the lawyers defending Trump and his allies from their prosecutions. Let me posit: It would be criminal to not use the prosecutorial resources of the country to prosecute Democrats and their lunatic fabulists. We have been told many times that "No one is above the law." Matt Margolis, Now We Know Who Was Really Behind E. Jean Carroll’s Bogus Allegations Against Trump "As PJ Media previously reported, tech billionaire Reid Hoffman, a virulently anti-Trump donor, bankrolled the whole operation. Yet Carroll testified under oath in October 2022 that no one was paying her legal fees, calling it "a contingency case."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Uh, Wut? CIA Senior Official Stole $40 Million in GOLD BARS, and That's Not the Worst Part. "Now I have a better idea why Democrats keep promoting former CIA agents as their rising star political candidates. Not only are they skilled at pushing color revolutions, but apparently, the CIA is a great place to commit financial fraud, which is another key part of the Democratic Party's reason for being."



Helen Mirren In 1969's 'Age Of Consent'
From NYPo, Dame Helen Mirren, 80, called ‘evil Zionist b—h’ by anti-Israel nut in sick attack on the street. From Ace, Formerly Beloved British Series "Doctor Who" Is Now So Toxically Woke and Unpopular That No Actors Are Willing to Step Into the Role, Formerly Beloved British Car Brand Jaguar Loses 99.4% Of Its Profit Year-Over-Year." "Who can say why. It's all a mystery. The role has been cursed by wokeness, and now no actors want to play Doctor Who, because they don't want to be associated with the "baggage" of the previous seasons of woke poison."


Still plenty more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.27.26 and In The Mailbox: 05.29.26 (Very Early Morning Edition). The Wombat has Rule Five Sunday: Outstanding In Her Field and FMJRA 2.0: Technical Difficulties up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.