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.

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).

Matt Vespa says Uh Oh: E. Jean Carroll May Have Committed Perjury. Good Lawgic @TheFollowingPro, "If E. Jean Carroll had a $7,000,000 litigation bill covered by Reid Hoffman, that is taxable income. She SHOULD have paid roughly $2.5M in tax fees. Does @SecScottBessent and the @IRS know whether she "forgot" that too?

Dave Strom has hopes a US Investigation of UNRWA Could Lead to Its Being Labeled a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

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."

At Campus Reform, a ‘Silver lining’: NYU praised for rapid response after swastika flag raised on campus.

PJM's Stephen Kruiser says Hide Your Kids — Pride Month Is Almost Here.

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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. 

People outside of DC don’t realize what a transformation this is. Union Station used to be packed with drugged out zombies shambling around screaming at passersby, and barefoot, piss-soaked homeless people passed out on the floor. Columbus Circle right outside used to be a gross… https://t.co/THnYayRwVb pic.twitter.com/QtDKrsiKoF

— Payton Alexander (@AlexanderPayton) May 28, 2026

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'. 

Shooting News Week, Breaking: Virginia’s Expanded Regulation Punishes Gun Owners, But Does Nothing to Stop Crime. So, a typical gun control measure? Cam at BA is outraged, Spanberger Spokesperson Says Background Checks on Private Gun Sales Resume Despite Court Order. So it's OK for her to ignore the court?

Anila Ali

TownHall's Amy Curtis is gratified Hundreds Protest Zohran Mamdani Outside Gracie Mansion. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN: A huge crowd just STORMED outside Ugandan Mayor Mamdani's Gracie Mansion to oppose the pro-Hamas Islamist wave sweeping NYC NYC has been overrun with foreigners and gullible liberals! Wake up, or your city is COOKED." Insty likes an “EROTIC POET.” ‘May Allah Condemn You to Hell’: Erotic Poet on New York City Council Damns Fellow Muslim Woman Who Dared Criticize Mamdani’s Treatment of Jews: Shahana Hanif was angered when Muslim activist Anila Ali expressed solidarity with Jews and protested Mamdani’s weak response to antisemitic incidents. "Good for Anila Ali."

From Twitchy, ‘This Can’t Be Real’: James Talarico's 'Top vs. Bottom' Mailer Ignites Endless Mockery on X. 

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."

Ace hears Toxic Incompetent Radical Leftwing Propagandists Are Finally S-Canned at 60 Minutes, and the Left is (You'll Never Guess!) Hysterical. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, The Democrats' X Account Is Kinda Scary; UPDATE: They're Proud of Being Nasty.

At the Martin Center, Academic Armageddon Advances "Even at top schools, leaders must cut needless costs." Ben Greenfield @benzgreenfield, "The Nazi book burnings were famously led by ... The Germany Student Union. Many university students are moral morons. https://x.com/matzar3lla/sta..."

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."

John Sexton reports Three Women in Maine Prison Join Lawsuit Alleging Harassment by Trans Inmate.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Jill Biden Thought Joe Was Having a Stroke at Disastrous Debate

But she did nothing about it. From NYPo, Jill Biden shockingly admits she thought Joe was ‘having a stroke’ during disastrous 2024 debate with Trump, Jerry Dunleavy IV @JerryDunleavy, "This is called a limited hangout. Biden’s performance in the 2024 debate against Trump was not much different than how Biden appeared in multiple public appearances prior to that — it wasn’t shocking for politicos watching him closely, and definitely wasn’t shocking for his wife." Quote CBS Sunday Morning @CBSSunday "Former first lady @DrBiden said she was “frightened” by her husband Joe Biden’s performance at the 2024 presidential debate. “As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh, my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death,” Biden told CBS News Sunday Morning’s Rita Braver in an interview airing this Sunday." Ace, "Doctor" Jill Biden Continues the Family Business of Lying, Claiming She Had "Never, Ever" Seen Joe Biden As Confused As He Was During the 2024 Debate, "Before or Since." Greg Price @greg_price11, "Jill Biden to CBS on the 2024 debate: “I was frightened because I had never seen Joe like that... I thought he was having a stroke." Jill Biden immediately after the debate in 2024: "Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question. You knew all the facts!" 

Still conducting the autopsy of the primary election in which Ken Paxton waxed incumbent Senator John Cornyn for the Republican nomination for Senator. At PJM Stephen Kruiser saw Another Rough Runoff Night for Trump Detractors and Scott Pinsker, John Cornyn Survived 42 Years in Politics — Until MAGA Changed the Rules. Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "Senate Republicans had two options to save Cornyn: 1) Pass the SAVE Act 2) Blow $100 million on a primary election Why they chose door number two is beyond me. As long as I can remember the NRSC has made decisions that are at odds with voters and reality." Quote Christian Heiens @ChristianHeiens, "Establishment Republicans spent ~$100 million in support of John Cornyn just to lose by 25 points." Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz, "There is zero doubt tonight that Donald Trump is in complete and total control of the Republican Party. He can beat just about any Republican in just about any state in just about any primary. He is chief strategist, chief advocate, and chief voice of the GOP. His name may not be on the ballot in November, but make no mistake: Nothing and no one will have a bigger impact on voter behavior." Don Surber, Wacky birds whack Cornyn and Rinos, You want the party back?, "Earn it." Nick Arama at RedState, Trump Praises Paxton, Delivers Perfect Nickname for Talarico - Once You See It, You Can't Unsee It. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?

Sundance at CTH, President Trump Holds an Open Press Cabinet Meeting Outlining Current and Ongoing Events and President Trump Praises DNI Tulsi Gabbard for Her Incredible Work at Reforming the Intelligence Community. Open Source Intel @Osint613, "Trump: "Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Central casting. He loves war."" Kevin Killough at JTN, Energy Dept reports removing last of enriched uranium from Venezuela, reducing risk to US, S America, "Venezuela had built the RV-1 reactor to support physics and nuclear research, and its work finished up in 1991. The material was leftover from those operations." At ArmedForces Press, The Blob's Maniacal Urge To Deploy U.S. Forces On Ukrainian Soil Must Be Resisted. WSJ, U.S., Iran Exchange Fire for Second Time in Days "Iran launches missile toward Kuwait that was intercepted by local forces, following U.S. strikes on Iran."

Breitbart Bus, Economic Gloom Is Spreading to Trump’s Voters. Twitchy, WaPo Asks a Pool Guy If Trump Picked the Correct Color for the Reflecting Pool. In short, yes. Tim O'Brien at PJM, Chris Cillizza’s Ginned Up Panic Over Trump’s Routine Checkup Is 'Sort of Gross'.

At NYPo, Trump slams ‘crooked’ Biden after ex-prez sues DOJ to halt release of audio, transcripts from special counsel probe. Sauron's Eye whines Biden sues Justice Department to block release of audio files from biographer interviews. Matt Margolis at PJM, What's He Got to Hide? Joe Biden Sues the DOJ to Keep Damaging Audio Hidden. IIRC, Biden denied Trump presidential immunity during the interregnum, so I think it should be denied. John Sexton at Hat Hair looks at Kamala Harris and the Burden of What Has Been.

Betsy Stauffer at LI looks Inside Mamdani’s Plan to Seize ‘Neglected’ Properties, Redistribute to ‘Responsible Stewards.’ “And for buildings that have suffered chronic neglect, we will work to transfer ownership to responsible stewards – stewards that include community land trusts, nonprofits or even the tenants themselves.” At TownHall, Dmitri Bolt explains how Zohran Mamdani's City-Run Grocery Store Just Got Even Worse and Zohran Mamdani Took a Swing at Margaret Thatcher. Now It's Coming Back to Haunt Him. Hat Hair's Dave Strom discourses on Socialism and Social Trust.

NEW AD: James Talarico is a threat to everything we hold dear.

This is Texas, and we will fight to protect it. pic.twitter.com/7bI9jti6Gz

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) May 27, 2026

Cathy Salgado at PJM Remembers How Talarico Called ‘White Skin’ ‘Immunity’ From Deadly ‘Racism’. Marc Thiessen @marcthiessen, "Good move in one of the biggest cattle ranching states in America." Quote Lone Star Liberty PAC @LoneStar_PAC, "James Talarico: "I am proud to say that our campaign has officially become a non-meat campaign. We are only buying vegan products from our local vegan businesses." #TXsen" From Ace, Gay Weirdo James Talarico: All of Those "Cringey" Things I Said In the Past Few Years Are Either Completely True or Completely Out of Context "Via Twitchy, the Daily Wire reports that this Totally Real Authentic Bible-Believing Christian attends a church whose library contains gay groomer books." John Sexton, This Is What Trying Too Hard Looks Like. Just remember how Abby Spanberger campaigned and how she's governed so far. Cam at BA, Virginia Governor, AG Respond After Prosecutors Refuse to Enforce Gun, Magazine Ban.

NYPo, Dems cut ties with scandal-plagued Graham Platner, warn of ‘civil war’ in party. PJM's Kevin Downey hears Even the Big, Blue Towns Are Sick of the Democratic Freak-Show. From Ace, Leading NJ Democrat Congressional Candidate Volunteered to Join an Al Qaeda Terrorist Front Group, "Masks. Off. This guy was also a character witness -- a positive character witness, mind you -- for the "Blind Sheikh" terrorist who was the mastermind behind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, Muslim terrorists' first attempt to bring down the towers. " And Demented Cane-Shaking Sasquatch Al Green Loses His Primary Hugely, "Al Green is a noted crusader for the rights of indigenous cavemen." NYPo, Sex therapist who vowed to put ‘American Zionists’ into ‘castration’ centers loses Texas Democratic primary. Matt Margolis reports A Senator Got Pepper-Sprayed, and Greg Gutfeld’s Response Was Brutal “It took place on Memorial Day," he said. "The message is clear. Illegal immigrants, no matter how criminal they are, take priority over dead soldiers." ... "We would rather foment anti-American spectacles on Memorial Day than express support for our country," Gutfeld said. "It's like throwing mud at a bride at our wedding. We do not celebrate this day." “Do I care that Andy Kim got pepper-sprayed? No, I don't care," he said. "You are doing this on Memorial Day, champ. You're actually participating in something that undermines our country's security." Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: Sylvia Sims Bolton, a Democrat Councilwoman for Waukegan, IL, was just arrested for allegedly illegally casting a mail-in ballot in her dead mother's name. The thing Democrats say never happens, happened again!"

Greg Price @greg_price11, "Reporter: "What do you say to President Trump saying he's a lifelong Knicks fan?" Hochul: “I’d ask him to name the starting lineup of the 1993 Championship team and see how he does." The last time the Knicks won a championship was 1973."

From NYPo, Gavin Newsom’s last state budget includes $33K portrait of himself.

Sundance says Wait, What? – Twenty-Year CIA Senior Manager Arrested Following Raid on Home Revealing $40 Million in Gold Bars, $2 Million Cash and 35 Rolexes. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: David Rush, a former senior CIA officer, was busted for having $40 million worth of gold bars stashed in his house that he claims were "work expenses." Rush also reportedly fabricated his college background and his experience at the US Naval Test Pilot School. How does this even happen???"

Ace, Ken Dilanian: Kash Patel Has Fired a Completely Non-Partisan FBI Analyst For No Other Reason Than Disagreeing with Him About a "Shooter's Motive" Ten Years Ago. "That's the headline/digest this CIA operative and FusionGPS asset posted on Twitter to advertise his MSNOW article. Based on that headline, would you care to guess who that shooter might have been, and what disagreement there might have been about his motive? To help you out, the shooting he's talking about happened in 2017, not quite ten years ago. Do you have your answer? Further hint: This analyst claimed the shooter wasn't a domestic terrorist with any political motive, but was simply shooting rando targets in order to get police to kill him. That is, "suicide by cop." Yes, he's talking about a Democrat operative who refused to acknowledge that the James Hodgkinson III, the man who shot up Republicans at a softball practice and hit Steve Scalise five times, wasn't Aksually a Rachel Maddow fan and Bernie Sanders volunteer who hated Republicans, but just a man with no discernible motive other than seeking to end his own life in the most convoluted manner possible."

Matt Vespa at TownHall, So, About That Ex-Capitol Police Officer Initially Identified as the J6 Pipe Bomber... It's complicated. 

John Sexton is delighted that DOJ Launches Investigation of E. Jean Carroll. "In a 2022 videotaped deposition, Carroll told then-Trump attorney Alina Habba that no one else was paying for her legal fees. But two weeks before the trial Carroll’s attorneys informed the judge and Trump’s lawyers that they secured funding from Hoffman’s nonprofit. Carroll’s lawyers said she never met nor had conversations with anyone associated with the nonprofit. Habba said in court at the time that Carroll’s team “conspired to conceal the truth for nearly six months.”"

Insty says I’M OKAY WITH THAT, IF THE REST OF US — INCLUDING PRESIDENT TRUMP — ARE FREE TO DISREGARD LOWER COURT ORDERS WE DON’T LIKE: KBJ Says It’s ‘A Legitimate Question’ Whether Judges Should Defy Emergency SCOTUS Orders.

Dave Strom hears Homeland Security Drafting Plans to Stop Processing International Flights at Sanctuary City Airports and how Trump's Immigration Cruelty Truly Knows No Bounds! Paid a woman to go back to Venezuela even when activists wanted her to stay. AG @AGHamilton29, "Fun fact: Over 50% of border patrol agents and 20-30% of ICE agents are Hispanic." Quote Graham Allen @GrahamAllen, "This is hilarious… two brown guys just walked out of ICE’s Newark facility, and leftist idiots started CHEERING They didn’t realize that they WORK THERE."

At Spiked, a long read, Anatomy of a blood libel, "Why so many people believe the racist lie that Israelis are using dogs to rape Palestinians." Hollywood in Toto catches the ‘Daily Show’ Host Justifies Violence Against Trump? "Josh Johnson's rationalization smacks of excusing assassination attempts." 

From Da Fed, Jay Greene and Ian Kingsbury cite DOJ: By Its Own Admission, Yale Med School Illegally Discriminates Against White, Asian Applicants. Richard Morrison @RichardMorrison, "Find someone who loves you as much as public university administrators love admitting that they're still violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 14th Amendment." Quote Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey, "BREAKING: Arizona State University administrator caught telling an undercover journalist that "We Are DEI."

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