Flotsam and Jetsam - Was There a Conspiracy to Kill Kirk?

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Patel: You Won't Believe How Strong a Case We Have Against Charlie's Assassin ... And Maybe More? Matt Margolis at PJM sees Charlie Kirk Murder Investigation Expands "According to a report from the Washington Free Beacon, federal investigators are now digging into at least seven social media accounts that showed apparent advance knowledge of the September 10 shooting." Hat Hair's Dave Strom asserts There IS Evidence of a Conspiracy to Kill Charlie Kirk and John Sexton hears 'It Was Me': Tyler Robinson Confessed in Online Chat. Bonchie at RedState hears the FBI is Investigating Seven People for Alleged Foreknowledge of Kirk Murder, Including Big Ideological Signs. From LifeZette, Bongino Reveals FBI Probing Possibility of Others Helping Charlie Kirk’s Assassin. Sundance at CTH hosts Deputy Director Dan Bongino Outlines Updates on Charlie Kirk Murder and His Emotional Struggles During Investigation. Ace, FBI Investigating a Conspiracy of Violent Far-Left Transgenders Who Proclaimed That Charlie Kirk Would be Murdered on September 10th and Who Admitted Their Role in the Conspiracy: "We F***ing Did It!" and The Trans-"Ally" Antifa Assassin Confessed to His Trans Pals "Washington Post:" Grummz @Grummz "He told everybody on Discord that he did it. Every Antifa Discord server is in full panic right now. Because I’m pretty sure the gov will be looking very very hard at private servers that are stirring up political violence. Don’t bother scrubbing, Discord saves everything even if you delete. I am looking forward to all the Antifa mods collectively crapping their pants today." Quote Nick Sortor@nicksortor "BREAKING: Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson appears to have CONFESSED to friends in a Discord chat shortly before turning himself in, per WaPo “Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this. im surrendering through a sheriff . . . Show more" FWIW, I'm not convinced it was a conspiracy. It may be, but it also may be that the assassination chatter in this online crowd spurred Robinson to do it to impress them. So the FBI needs to look hard at this group.

Stacy McCain sees a Plot Twist: Did Lance Twiggs Just Become the World’s Most Famous Transgender? and Demonic Forces, Transgender Terrorism and Other ‘Random Coincidences’. TechnoFog at substack, Tyler Robinson - the trans-allied assassin. From Twitchy, Andy Ngo Shuts Jessica Riedl DOWN for Trying to SHAME People for Noticing Kirk's Assassin Has a Trans BF. Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "Brian @JessicaBRiedl, he’s not a roommate (oops!), but rather the Antifa assassin suspect’s lover. And federal and state investigators are probing if Robinson’s support for trans may have inspired him to take direct action, as Antifa and Trantifa have been demanding. I’ve attached a rallying cry from a Los Angeles antifa ringleader as one of thousands of examples:" Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Left's Narrative on Charlie Kirk Imploded Over the Weekend...and They're Crashing Out Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson "Step 1: "Woah, woah, let's not just assume it was a leftist who did it just because it looks that way and leftists are celebrating it." Step 2: Lie about it being a MAGA false flag until it's no longer tenable Step 3: "Why are we still talking about this? We need to move on."" Matt Margolis, Kash Patel Destroys the Left’s Favorite Lie About Charlie Kirk’s Killer, "The left’s refusal to abandon false narratives even amid official FBI findings reveals a dangerous obsession with twisting the truth for political gain. The facts show that Tyler Robinson was a radicalized leftist, not a MAGA supporter. Denying this only deepens division and dishonors the truth." Dave Strom at Hat Hair says Let's Applaud Tyler Robinson's Family and His 'Partner' For Standing Up When It Counted.

Veep JD Vance hasn't reached the "turn the other cheek" phase yet. From Ace, JD Vance Guest Hosts the Charlie Kirk Show: "This is not a 'both sides' problem". At RCP, J.D. Vance: There Is No Unity With Those Who Celebrate Charlie Kirk's Assassination, Or Groups Who Fund Them. Sundance hosts JD Vance Closes Charlie Kirk Podcast with Powerful Message. Daffey Thoughts thinks If you disagree with the Left then they hate you and want you dead. John Kass maintains Democrat Assassination Culture Killed Charlie Kirk. At Althouse, "From where does all this hatred, violence, and moral vacuity arise?" ""Why did the shooter inscribe his bullets with 'anti-fascist' messaging, cruel taunts, and trans jargon?" Asks Victor Davis Hanson, in "Was the Current Madness Birthed in the University? America’s descent into violence and moral chaos—from Kirk’s assassination to suppressed crime truths—traces back to the toxic ideologies nurtured in universities" (American Greatness)." Matt Vespa thinks you should Watch Randi Weingarten Get Obliterated for Peddling Total Nonsense About Charlie Kirk's Assassination. Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays "Wait until the haters of Charlie Kirk find out their anger is based entirely on quotes taken out of context and flat-out lies about what he said. Cognitive dissonance will glue most of the haters to their original positions, with word-salad explanations of how they have been proven wrong yet they are really right. But some will experience unbearable sadness and deep shame over their actions this week. That's coming." Larry Correia @monsterhunter45, "Somebody reminded me of a useful concept some of my newer readers don't know about, and it correlates to what the left has been doing all week to Charlie Kirk. About ten years ago my fans came up with "Straw Larry". Whenever a Caring Liberal would blunder in to scream at us about how Larry Correia was a racist, sexist, transphobic, whatever, and he said (insert thing I never said) my fans would go, oh no, that's not Larry, that's Straw Larry. Common mistake. Happens all the time. . . : At PJM Cathy Salgado details The Actual Charlie Kirk 2nd Amendment Quote Lefties Lie About and ‘Stop Killing Us,’ Straka Tells Lefties Screaming ‘Nazis’, Threatening Rally Goers. Driscoll at Insty cites AXIOS: How Charlie Kirk’s killing sparked unfounded theories about Groypers. Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav "The Southern Poverty Law Center put a (target) on Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA earlier this year."

Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Repeat: the answer isn’t “pick up the microphone that Charlie Kirk was holding.” The answer is to use the full authority and force of the law to restore conditions in which people can speak without fearing for their lives." Quote Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Charlie Kirk tried to win hearts and minds through open debate with all comers; his enemies found it intolerable and assassinated him. One reaction, a bad reaction, is private violence, which is unjust except in defined cases, such as immediate self-defense and defense of others. LifeZette reports Stephen Miller Vows DOJ, DHS Crackdown on Left-Wing Groups Promoting Violent Action. Mollie @MZHemingway, "Who are these women who are going out of their way to hurt the very young Miller children at their home?" Quote Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords "Just four days after the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, @arlingtondems are “chalking” messages of hate towards @StephenM and @KatieMiller just blocks away from their home. I asked them to explain “Miller is preying on families” and all were too cowardly to respond." Capt. Ed hears Justice Barrett: Political Assassination Should Be 'Foreign' to the American Experiment.

Justine Bateman @JustineBateman, "Don’t know if people who live outside of LA can know how significant this is." Quote Barbara Sharp "Turning out for Charlie Kirk in Beverly Hills…." Kian Simone @kiansimone44, "POWERFUL! Thousands of Canadians in Calgary sing the American National Anthem at a memorial for Charlie Kirk." Grummz @Grummz "I see this on bluesky. They think this is just another blip on the timeline. They don’t understand the entire thing just branched hard." Quote Nick Monroe @lobsterlooker, "Replying to @lobsterlooker "There are people out there who don't understand. There's no return to the status quo. Charlie Kirk's death permanently changes the direction of things going forward." T. Greer, Bullets and Ballots: The Legacy of Charlie Kirk "What did Charlie Kirk mean to the Young Right?" At Splice Today, Mark Judge has Some Difficult Thoughts on Charlie Kirk. "My point is the safety of my friends on the right. Don’t speak at a college unless security is tight. Don’t enter a kill zone where you’re an easy target." Ben Domenech at Spec World Charlie Kirk saw himself as holding back a revolution. "The murdered activist exemplified a belief in the American values of civil debate." SabreMom, We all need to be Charlie now. "Keep your kids from becoming another Tyler Robinson."

Kevin Bass PhD MS @kevinnbass, "As a former leftist myself, you must understand that the left will never stop until they achieve victory. They will not leave you in peace. They will not coexist. The only two options are roll over and be crushed or crush them, over and over, relentlessly, constantly, forever. As soon as you stop crushing them they will come back and start trying to crush you again. They may hide it but that is what they are doing, always and forever. There is no peace. There is either crush or be crushed by the left. This is the truth. Do you understand?" Fusilli Spock @awstar11 "You called it “a war” the day before the assassination and said your side should use “any means necessary.” So STFU about unity you two-faced cheerleader for violence." Quote Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT, "Pay attention. Something dark might be coming. The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent." Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_ "*young man gets murdered in front of his family; tons of psychos celebrate his murder* “What if this leads to something dark?”" Driscoll, AND YET, NO STORE OWNER BOARDED UP HIS WINDOWS THIS WEEKEND. From the College Fix, NYU adjunct: Charlie Kirk not a ‘victim,’ MAGA = ‘liars’ who should be ‘excluded from public discourse’. Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson, "New Yorker writer claims, astonishingly, to be unaware of a single leftist celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder." Da Caller, Dem Mayor Orders Flags To Full Staff Post Charlie Kirk Assassination, Firefighters Say No. At Shooting News Week, David Hogg Tries to Make Yet Another Tragic Shooting All About Him. Johnny St.Pete@JohnMcCloy "WOW. Hell Yeah Senator Burchett calling out CNN to its face as if THEY weren’t relentlessly attacking Trump. “Well what are YOU ALL doing about it..if you really wanted this to change YOUR EDITORIAL BOARD WOULD SAY WERE NOT GONNA PUT THIS STUFF OUT” - @timburchett He then points out their horrific ratings and that is why NOBODY watches them and she has the audacity to get offended and pretend they don’t run propaganda directed at Trump/Conservatives day in and out. Clearly everybody is over the Mockingbird media."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25, Louder With Crowder: Scott Jennings drops all the receipts on Dem rhetoric that killed Charlie Kirk, also, Erika Kirk fights back tears issuing battle cry after Charlie’s assassination, Dana Loesch: Charlie Kirk’s Assassin Caught.

At his NYPO gig, Insty writes Charlie Kirk’s murder will break the left’s hateful cancel tactics, From Fox, Washington Post columnist fired over social media posts after Charlie Kirk's assassination, "Karen Attiah says outlet accused her posts of 'gross misconduct'" Quote 'doctoring'. Capt. Ed, WaPo Editor: I Got Fired Over Charlie Kirk. Bonchi at RedState, WaPo Editor Fired for Justifying Charlie Kirk Assassination, and Her Double-Down Is Even Worse. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Let me explain this to the leftists suddenly deeply concerned about cancel culture. Digging up decade old tweets of jokes or hacking a political donation to get someone fired is cancel culture. People getting fired for currently, openly cheering murder is not cancel culture." Ace, Washington Post Fires Left-Wing Extremist DEI Savage for Dancing on Charlie Kirk's Grave, Suggesting His Assassination Is Warranted. Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug, "You made up a quote to dehumanize a man who was just murdered I'm so happy you were fired! And I hope you never find gainful employment again! Stop dehumanizing conservatives Our society can't tolerate people who celebrate the murder of innocent people anymore." Michigan News, Office Depot Fires Employee Who Refused To Produce A Charlie Kirk Poster Because It Was ‘Propaganda. NYPo reports a NJ surgeon who ‘cheered’ Charlie Kirk’s murder resigns — as suspended nurse who called him out is reinstated. Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "For those uncomfortable with communists being fired, please understand this is as NICE as the Right will be from now on. You can see it in incidents like this. This has happened many times in the past few days. Previously, nobody would have touched this animal." Guy Benson at TownHall considers the question Should the Ghouls Publicly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Assassination Lose Their Jobs? EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "We “cancelled” the Dixie Chicks by not buying their music or going to their concerts. You canceled Charlie Kirk by assassinating him. We are not the same." Cathy Salgado, State Department Revokes Visa for Rapper Who Mocked Assassination of Charlie Kirk. Jeremy Kauffman @jeremykauffman, "People lost their jobs in 2020 for: - Reading an MLK letter out loud - Showing a Shakespeare film from 1965 - Snapping fingers (interpreted as) - Sharing data that riots were unpopular - Teaching the proper pronunciation of Chinese - Donating $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse." Quote Jeremy Kauffman @jeremykauffman, "I actively cataloged some of the worst behavior during 2020's cultural revolution. Here's a round-up of 25 egregious firings, investigations, and excesses from 2020, so you can remember just how bad things got." At Calling All RushBabes, The Left Cannot Learn or Admit Error. Free speech does not include freedom from consequences.

VodkaPundit at PJM reports a Possible Kirk-Related Bomb on Fox News Van Fizzled, But That's Not the Weird Part... It was those sneaky Lutherans again. Just kidding. The suspects' names are Adeeb Nasir, age 58, and Adil Justice Ahmed Nasir, age 31. . . On Sunday, the FBI served a search warrant in Salt Lake's Magna neighborhood west of downtown, but only after evacuating neighboring homes. It's a good thing, too, since the search found explosives, explosive-related components, firearms, illegal narcotics, and drug paraphernalia." John Sexton, Two Men Arrested for Attempted Firebombing of News Van in Utah.

In misc. Trumpiania, Ace relishes Trump Destroying Another Narcoterrorist Drug Boat. John Sexton, US Strikes Another Boat Leaving Venezuela. From News Wax, Trump: D.C.'s Bowser Balking at ICE, National Emergency Next. Sundance, President Trump Announces the Launch of the Memphis Crime Taskforce Deployment. Sharyl Attkisson at JTN, reports a Sweeping Trump crackdown on misleading pharmaceutical ads is first in nearly 3 decades "The U.S. is one of only two countries allowing such ads. The other is New Zealand." MELANIA TRUMP @MELANIATRUMP, "Retraction & Apology from The Daily Beast."

Steve Cortes at Am Great, Zelensky’s Incentive Problem: Unmasking the Media’s Darling. "Polling shows Zelensky trailing rivals, mired in corruption woes, and stalling peace talks—his halo fading fast at home and abroad."

Ace cites Joe Manchin: Obama and Biden Destroyed "the Guardrails" That Make Peaceful Democracy Possible, "He also says that Biden was an anger junkie incapable of controlling his temper. And that's before he lost most of his executive function to dementia. (That's my addition at the end, he didn't say that.)"

NYPO, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor. News Wax, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor. John Sexton, Gov. Hochul Bends the Knee to Mandami, Eeeew.

Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, sees Abigail Spanberger Caught Up in Defamation Lawsuit After Her Campaign Secretly Wrote Jan. 6 Press Release.

Shipwreckedcrew, has hopes Is The Supreme Court About To Clarify President Trump's Authority To Fire Executive Branch Officers? "District Judges and the D.C. Circuit have invited a Supreme Court response as Early as next week with their continuing efforts to block the President's personnel decisions." And, Congress Created "Expedited Removal" To Speed Up Routine Deportations -- But Federal Judges Know Better, "A District Judge Has Determined That Expedited Procedures For Removing Illegal Aliens Make Her Unhappy -- So She Blocked Their Use." Florida News reports Court upholds Florida law that bans noncitizens, non-residents from gathering ballot initiative petitions.

Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman "I honestly didn't know that the Emmy's were still a thing." Quote New York Post @nypost, "‘Hacks’ star Hannah Einbinder slammed for crude Emmys speech: ‘F–k ICE and free Palestine’ https://trib.al/gfYLLnM" From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25, Twitchy, John Ondrasik Speaks Some Brutal Truth to Actress Who Shouted 'Free Palestine' at the Emmys'. John Ondrasik @johnondrasik, "Sweet Hannah would have been raped, murdered, her body desecrated, all filmed and uploaded to FB for the @TheEmmys to see, if she had attended the Nova Concert in Israel." Quote Variety @Variety, "Hannah Einbinder on saying "Free Palestine" in her Emmys acceptance speech. "It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."

A few more relevant links can be found at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - He's Making a List and Checking it Twice, Kash Patel is Coming to Town

WokeSpy reports Incoming FBI Director Kash Patel Releases “60 Deep State Names” He’s Going After. A long and interesting collection. Most of the names will be familiar to those who have kept up with the reading. At OTP, Here Comes The Deep State: 100YO Spymaster Opposes Patel, Gabbard. At Da Caller, DAVID BOSSIE says Musk, Ramaswamy’s DOGE Must Make America Solvent Again and Herald Hutchinson posts ‘Somebody Got Stuffed In A Locker’: Scott Jennings Weighs In On Ramaswamy Squabble. Sundance at CTH, A Highly Toxic Silicon Valley Meltdown Over Well Documented H1B Visa Fraud Explodes. Scott Pinsker at PJM thinks There’s a Judas in the MAGAverse, we just don't know who it is yet. "Beginning on Jan. 20, there’s going to be an open casting call for a MAGA traitor. Call him (or her) a Judas, a Brutus, or a Benedict Arnold; the fact remains that the first person to plunge a dagger into the back of Trump will be showered with candy, flowers, and wild, passionate love from the left. And someone in MAGAville will take the bait." At AMP America, How Low Will They Go? Matt Gaetz Continues to Fight Allegations and Politically Motivated Attacks. Release the Epstein files. 

Althouse finds "Remarkably, Trump’s margin of victory in Florida in 2024 was larger than Kamala Harris’s in New York." "Writes Jeffrey H. Anderson, in "How Trump Remade the Electoral Map/The president-elect has shaken up state-level results across his three campaigns" (City Journal)." At OTP, Infighting Over Vote On Speaker Could Delay Trump’s Certification. Breitbart has a Poll: Mike Johnson’s Favorability Drops as Speakership Hangs in the Balance and hears Thomas Massie Doubles Down: ‘I Will Vote for Someone Other than Mike Johnson’. Pop Times has A Trump Rebellion? “I Do Have My Own Mind” –  Senator-Elect John Curtis Vows Not To Be Trump’s “Rubber Stamp” My own view is the Republicans should bite the bullet, elect Johnson, and deal with the fallout later. 

Steve Moore at Hat Hair has 10 New Ideas to Make America's Economy Great Again in 2025. They strike me as good, but not new.

Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Top AG's Words Come Back to Haunt Her After Refusing to Comply With Trump's Deportation Plans, Arizona’s Democrat Attorney General Kris Mayes. At WokeSpy, Gavin Newsom Planning to Help Illegal Migrants Escape Trump’s Deportation Efforts. Da Caller, Guatemala Reportedly Open To Accepting Central American Deportees Kicked Out Under Trump.

MUST WATCH: Rep. Mike Lawler gives a masterclass on the evidence against the Biden crime family, after CNN Host Abby Phillip claims there's no proof of Joe Biden enriching himself.

She then ends the segment as soon as possible. pic.twitter.com/wfO74pzWP3

— Media Research Center (@theMRC) December 27, 2024

Sarah Arnold at TownHall sees Retiring Sen. Joe Manchin Writes Scathing Tweet About Joe Biden, about his commutations. NYPo, Biden regrets leaving presidential race, thinks he could’ve beaten Trump.  From NewsMax, Murder-Rape Victim's Mother: Biden Can't Justify Commutations. At Fox, Biden still regrets dropping out of 2024 presidential race, believes he could have beaten Trump. "The president has been careful not to blame Harris while insisting he could have won re-election." Althouse finds "In private, Biden has also said he should have picked someone other than Merrick Garland as attorney general..." ""... complaining about the Justice Department’s slowness under Garland in prosecuting Trump, and its aggressiveness in prosecuting Biden’s son Hunter, according to people familiar with his comments.... Writes Tyler Pager, in "Joe Biden’s lonely battle to sell his vision of American democracy/In his presidency’s final chapter, Biden has mused about whether he should have handled some decisions differently" (WaPo)(free-access link). This feels like an effort to puff up Biden. Few analysts deny Biden’s accomplishments?! Maybe the trick is to ascribe special meaning to the word "analysts" — if you don't think this is an impressive accomplishment, you're not an analyst. Or maybe the idea is that any accomplishment is an accomplishment, so what's to deny? But look how clearly the article states that Biden intended to use the Justice Department to destroy his political adversary!" (My bold). 

Misty Severi at JTN, Court orders Biden administration to stop selling border wall material. "Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the Biden administration has confirmed that it will oblige the court order and stop disposing of any further border wall materials over the next 30 days." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Joe Biden's Border Fiasco Contributed to This Issue That Left Him With Another Black Eye, "rising homelessness." At OTP, Biden Admin Paying Wyoming $100M For 1 Square Mile Of Land Next To Grand Teton Park. WaEx, Wyoming governor approves $100 million sale of state land to join Grand Teton National Park. 'Strief' at RedState sees State Department Leaves a Stink Bomb for the Trump Team "The US State Department has declared a US citizen who has been imprisoned in Russia for three years on drug smuggling charges is "wrongfully detained." Marc Fogel, a history teacher from Butler County, PA, was arrested in August 2021 as he returned to Russia for his tenth year teaching there. Fogel had 17 grams of cannabis, which he alleges was obtained by prescription for treating chronic back pain. The Russians looked at it as drug possession and smuggling. They had a point." Matt Vespa again, What the National Archives Just Did Is a Total Scandal. Releasing the photos of Joe, Hunter and the Chinese after the election. 

Joel Kotkin at Am Mind says Democrats Need to Get Over Their Delusions. OTP, One-Time Biden Rival Dean Phillips Says Dems ‘Totally Devoid Of Leadership’. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Progressive Senator: 'This Magic Words Thing Has to Go Away'. Madeline Leesman at TownHall finds a Retiring Congresswoman  who Torches Older Democrats for Staying in Congress ‘Forever’. From Da Blaze has The growing list of lawmakers ditching the Democratic Party. 

Hoyt at Insty, HE ALSO ACCUSES FIRE OF BEING HOT AND BEARS OF DEFECATING IN THE WOODS: Trump accuses Dems of paying celebs millions to endorse Harris’ presidential campaign: ‘What is going on here???’ WaEx, Shawn Fain’s luck goes from bad to worse after Trump victory. "United Auto Workers union head Shawn Fain has experienced a series of misfortunes since his gamble to go all-in with Vice President Kamala Harris failed."

At Da Blaze, Fani Willis may have to testify before Georgia Senate for alleged misconduct in Trump case. That should be amusing. WaEx lists Five Jack Smith moments Republicans could investigate.

At RedState Nick Arama finds the New Rasmussen Poll Has More Bad News for Liz Cheney About FBI Investigation. Breanna Morello@BreannaMorello, "57% of voters favor an FBI probe into Liz Cheney, according to @Rasmussen_Poll. Did you hear that, @Kash_Patel?" Brittany Sheehan at RedState, DOJ Tries to Block January 6 Defendants From Trump’s Inauguration, but One Gets Approval. Bernard Hudson at Am Mind examines DEI and the CIA "To underscore how deeply DEI has metastasized inside the host, in a recent enlightening and publicly available statement, the CIA’s Chief DEI officer said there are three criteria by which an intelligence officer can be promoted at America’s most important foreign intelligence service. Only one of them is related to mission impact. The others are a rather vague “corporate mindset”—and DEI."

At Insty, MATT TAIBBI: 2024: Year of the Coverup: The most ignored real stories of 2024, a year in which national media made the mass production of “pseudo-events” a stand-in for news. At Da Mail, CNN journalists offer brutal assessment of why their network is failing, "CNN's stubbornly leftist journalists think they know why their viewers are abandoning ship in record numbers - they're not going hard enough against Donald Trump anymore."

Sundance, Mike Pence and Mitch McConnell Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Tik Tok Ban – President Trump Urges SCOTUS to Delay.

From Da Blaze, Scientific American attacks Jay Bhattacharya for prioritizing Americans' autonomy over 'the science'. We gave up our subscription years ago when they went off the rails. Leslie Eastman at LI finds Europe’s Medical Students Being Trained to Consider Climate Impact of Inhalers and “Green Prescribing”, "Meanwhile, Association of American Medical Colleges did a survey and found that 55% of medical schools reported that the health effects of climate change were a required topic in their courses."

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears the WSJ Declares Progressive Moment Is Over -- Globally. Prematurely, I suspect. At the College Fix, UVA alumni group accuses university of ignoring rampant campus antisemitism.

At Campus Reform, University of Iowa drops Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies department. At WokeSpy, High School Athlete Suffers Life-Changing Injury in Volleyball Match With Transgender Opponent. "On September 1, 2022, Payton’s team faced an opponent with a male player claiming to be female. A spike from this transgender competitor struck Payton in the head and neck, leaving her unconscious on the gym floor, as reported by The Western Journal. . . . The injury led to life-altering consequences for the once-promising athlete. Payton was diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, leaving her partially paralyzed on her right side. She struggles with vision, speech, and basic motor functions."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Giant Killers up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - CRisis Recedes

We're still picking over the carcasses left over from last week's CR fight. Sundance at CTH hosts two interesting clips, Senator Rand Paul Gives His Perspectives on Looming Debt Ceiling Battle and Support for Trump Cabinet and Newt Gingrich Breaks Down the House Spending Mess and Speaker Johnson’s Effort. At TownHall Derek Hunter says Merry Christmas, And Democrats Can Go To Hell. The Peacock whines Trump addresses Elon Musk's growing political influence: 'He's not going to be president'. He can't be president. He has more important things to do. 

At ET, Trump Selects Aaron Reitz to Lead Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy. "Reitz, who currently serves as Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) chief of staff, brings a track record of high-profile legal battles against the Biden administration." The Peacock also whines Trump taps ‘Apprentice’ producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom. I thought all envoys were kind of special. Hailey Gomez at Da Caller, sees Tom Homan Sends Clear Message To ACLU’s ‘Gameplan’ Attempting To Block Trump’s Mass Deportation. 

The Financial Times seems concerned that Donald Trump’s transition team seeks to pull US out of WHO ‘on day one’. Sundance is thrilled President Donald Trump and Panama President José Raúl Mulino Spar Over Panama Canal, or as Ronald Reagan called it the American Canal in Panama. At ET, Most Businesses Expect ‘Trump Effect’ to Boost Them in 2025: Surveys. 

Insty, TRUE: Fetterman believes ‘fascist’ label of Trump did not connect with people. That’s because it’s stupid and obviously wrong. It must be the first time a stroke fixed someone's brain.

In random political news, at Fox, This Republican woman may become nation's first Black female governor, Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears of Virginia. They could, and still might, do worse. And NewMax claims Matt Gaetz Might Run for Rubio's Senate Seat in Florida. That would spice things up a bit. 

At PJM, Matt Margolis sees The Dominoes Are Falling Fast Over the Biden Mental Health Cover-Up. Matt Vespa at TownHall, hears A Dem Donor's Family Member Summed Up a Meeting With Biden in Two Words, "we're “f**ked.” Adam Carolla@adamcarolla "Very worried about billionaire genius running the country, no concern about corrupt elderly dementia patient running the show" Quote "THE PARADIGM OF MONEY@ParadigmOfMoney "It appears the controlled propagandists masquerading as journalists resent @elonmusk for playing in “their sandbox”. Someone forgot to tell them the sand was claimed by ethical citizens such as @joeroganhq @patrickbetdavid @lexfridman @ShawnRyan762 @hubermanlab @benshapiro x.com/libsoftiktok/s…"

Dan Greenfield at Front Page reports Biden Frees Men Who Scammed $5 Billion With Over 1 Million Victims. "The single greatest mass jailbreak of corrupt scammers in history." MD Kittle at Da Fed notices Joe Biden Met With Hunter’s Business Associates More Times Than With His Cabinet. Priorities. Scott Pinsker at PJM cites Putin: Joe Biden Is Corrupt, Unpresidential… and Less Honorable than Stalin! Probably true, but he has a lower body count. 

Twitchy has No WORDS! Former Kamala Insider Leaks Jill Biden's PLAN for the Country As Joe Leaves the WH and YIKES, burn it all down. NewsNation, Manchin roasts ‘toxic’ Democratic Party: ‘This country is not going left’. 'Bonchie' at RedState, Joe Manchin Goes Scorched Earth on Democrats As He Prepares to Leave the Senate.

Breitbart, Biden’s Legacy: 390,000 Fewer Illegals Deported from U.S. than Under Trump, and a lot more came in. PopTimes has a Report: 43 Million U.S.-Born Citizens Out of the Labor Force, as Immigrants Account for All Net Jobs Gains. At NYPo, Horrific video shows suspect watching woman burn to death in F train car after he allegedly set her on fire, "A migrant from Guatemala." I keep telling you, use the government approved name illegal aliens. 

At Da Caller, Biden Admin Bankrolled Program That Pays Kids To Skip Class Without Parents’ Knowledge For Lessons On LGBTQ Activism. 

Da NYSun, Fani Willis Is Dismissed, but Her Case Staggers On — Can Her Zombie Prosecution of Trump Survive? "A special prosecutor will be appointed to replace the district attorney — and decide what to do with her indictment."

Cathy Salgado at PJM, claims an Exclusive: J6 Prisoner Explains DC Event This Jan. 6. "Media celebrities, businessmen, and Jan. 6ers are coming together on the anniversary of the 2021 protest in Washington, D.C., in an event which one victim of weaponized Biden administration lawfare told me is to highlight the importance of potential Trump pardons." Be very careful. The thugs in the outgoing Biden administration are still spoiling to punish anyone with any connection to J6. I wouldn't be shocked to see them open fire.

At NewMax, ABC-Stephanopoulos Case a Warning to Reckless Left. "The ABC News-Stephanopoulos settlement sends a powerful message. It's one that says news personalities, especially those who work for far-left media outlets, can no longer broadcast false claims in the cavalier manner that they have become accustomed to." We can wage lawfare too. 

Insty on a roll, BIGOTRY ON CAMPUS: ‘Deeply troubling’: Top universities ‘refused’ to stop antisemitism, house report says, “ANTI-ZIONISTS” SHOWING THEIR TRUE COLORS: Bill Ackman@BillAckman "Have you ever seen someone tear down a poster of a missing dog. I haven’t. Now what if the poster was of your missing child, parent or grandparent, or worse, one or more of your family members that had been taken hostage? The banality of evil on 93rd and Columbus in full display with smiles to boot. Who are these people? Who would choose to befriend them, employ them, or have them in their building? What other evil acts have they done or are they in the process of doing? . . ." and Driscoll, JAMES BOND COULD TOPPLE GOLDFINGER AND BLOFELD. BUT CAN HE BEST JEFF BEZOS? Amazon Owns James Bond. Unfortunately It Hates Men."

Matt Margolis calls them SICK: SNL Audience Cheers for Healthcare CEO Killer. At Culturcidal by John Hawkins finds The 25 Most Obnoxious Quotes of 2024 "2) "Take (Trump) out, Joe (Biden). If he was Hitler, and this was 1940, would you take him out? Well, he is Hitler. And this is 1940. Take him the f*ck out! Blow him up, or they’ll blow us up. Facts." -- Orange Is the New Black actress Lea DeLaria." At Campus Reform, UC San Francisco med school to hold event led by unhinged prof who said 'Whites are psychopaths'.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: An Unpromising Start In Kansas City up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Maryland, My Maryland

Leah Barkoukis at TownHall, Manchin Endorses Republican in Governor's Race

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) backed former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in his Senate bid, calling him “the right person” for the job.

Manchin, who left the Democratic Party in May to become an independent, praised the Republican for not being afraid to push back on his party.

“Forget about being a Democrat or Republican,” said Manchin, reports DC News Now. “Larry Hogan is just the right person with the right attitude for the job. He’s not afraid to speak against your party and he won’t be controlled by any party or any type of ideology.”

The move will likely anger his former party as it’s seen as a snub against the Democratic nominee, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.
. . .
According to a polling average from RealClear Polling, Alsobrooks is up 4.4 percentage points.

I'll take it without complaint. As I keep saying, Hogan is not the best Republican, but he is about the best Republican who has the possibility of being elected in Maryland. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Still Debating the Debate

Matt Vespa at TownHall on the whistleblower allegations that ABC leaked the debate questions to the Harris campaign, *IF* This Is True, ABC News Is About to Become Engulfed in a Major Scandal. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.13.24 Louder With Crowder: WHOA! Debate moderator admits OUT LOUD why they ganged up on Donald Trump, The Geller Report: ABC WHISTLEBLOWER Alleges Kamala Was Given The Questions, Promised Trump Would Be “Fact-Checked” and Kamala Would Not. Ace, Former Clinton Advisor Mark Penn: ABC "News" Should Submit to a Full Third-Party Investigation to Determine If They Schemed to Fact-Check Only Trump. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, 'Absolutely Not': ABC News Denies Leaking Debate Questions to Harris (Updated). "Did ABC actually look into this? Or did it just generate a denial? Nothing in the Daily Beast report indicated a serious review, let alone an investigation on the scale Mark Penn advocated. Don't forget that the Brazile leak didn't come to light in 2016 until the Wikileaks exposure of the DNC's emails. Had those messages never come to light, one would expect the DNC and CNN to have denied any such shenanigans."

Newt Gingrich thinks ABC Lost the Debate. Hat Hair cites WSJ opinion, ABC’s Bias Deprived Voters of a Fair Debate. At RCP, the Great Victor Davis Hanson calls it A Forgettable Warped Debate. Capt. Ed comments "I'm not so sure that Harris didn't end up losing this debate by confirming her shallowness. The media's focus groups seem to confirm that impression in the hours after the debate. But be sure to read VDH's condemnation of ABC and their hosts for warping what should have been a straight-up debate." Sundance at CTH, Even AI Analysis of ABC Debate Transcript Shows Clear Evidence of Bias. Heather McDonald at CJ, says Candidate, Moderate Thyself. "Conservatives are right to complain about the blatant bias of ABC’s debate moderators, but the bigger problem was Donald Trump’s undisciplined performance." Fair. Scuttlebutt says they're Pissing on Our Boots. From the Free Bacon, No, 2024 Is Not Over Yet, "Column: Reports of the Trump era's end are overrated." Gary Franks at TownHall, Spin Doctors Claim Harris Won the Debate. Why, Then, Is She Asking for a Mulligan?. At Twitchy, Morgan J. Freeman Challenges Megyn Kelly to Name 1 THING ABC Should've Fact-Checked Kamala on and HOO BOY. Sasha Stone sees Trump's Surprising Secret Weapon: Sympathy, "Harris might know how to give a strong closing argument but Trump knows television." "Harris made the fundamental mistake of leaving her JOY™ and unity hats at the door and putting on her prosecutor’s hat. Had she shown up as a gracious, respectful, serious person ready to answer serious questions, she might have won over some voters. That wasn’t what happened. She showed up as a hybrid between Hillary Clinton and the ladies of The View."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair sees CBS Accidentally Sides With Trump on Springfield, Sort Of... "CBS Morning show (people watch this dreck?!) accidentally threw Donald Trump a bone: they did a sickly sweet story about a lonely goose and one woman's successful efforts to find her a mate."

At Breitbart, Poll: Kamala Harris Trails Donald Trump 17% with Working-Class Voters — Same Deficit Joe Biden Faced in June. PJM's Matt Margolis has More Bad News for Kamala Out of Michigan "A new Insider Poll out of Michigan reinforces Trump’s momentum, showing him ahead 49 percent to Harris’s 48 percent." But have they counted the mail-in vote? NYPo, Poll: ‘Shy’ Jewish voters, key in swing districts, are turning against the Democrats. Dave Bernstein at the Times of Israel, The Biden-Harris Justice Department Has Failed American Jews Dave Strom, Not Looking So Confident, Kamala...

At Da Signal, DOGGONE: Reports of Missing Pets True or Not, Ohio City Suffers From Huge Haitian Migrant Influx. At Irons in the Fire, Borrowing from friend on the subject of Haitians in Springfield. Da Fetched, Haitian ‘Voter Fraud’ Operation Busted in Springfield, Ohio, illegal voter registration forms in Creole.  From NYPo, Small Pennsylvania town up in arms over plan to house hundreds of migrants in abandoned school. At Da Blaze, Marianne Williamson predicts 'eating cats issue' will hurt Dems in election: 'Haitian voodoo is real'. Ace notes The NY Times is Whining About Memes Again. That's a Good Sign. The Last Time the Drearily Pious Atheists Were This Exercised About Memes Was 2016. Dave Strom at Hat Hair says The Memes Are Lit...

Definitely would have to be Sarah McLachlan new ad..
OP : @men_odins pic.twitter.com/GbBd6K7KLf

— 𓅓CS𓅓 Constitutional 𝕏 Solutions (@const_solutions) September 10, 2024

aAt Insty, LOL, THE MEMES KEEP COMING: And two from the Babylon Bee, RFK Jr. Really Really Hoping Nobody Asks Him Point Blank If He’s Ever Eaten A Cat and Mola Ram Says He Has Found No Evidence To Support Trump’s Claim Of Heart-Ripping Ceremonies Taking Place Within Temple Of Doom.

At JTN Misty Severt reports DOJ releases 2023 crime statistics, Trump campaign fact checks ABC, "Trump commented during the debate that crime rates, especially those caused by illegal immigrants, have drastically risen during the Biden-Harris administration. But Muir shot back: “As you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.”" and Ben Whedon, 'Absolute Hell': Trump hits Harris, Dems on California crime in LA press conference ""This is where she's coming from as president," he warned." TNP, Trump Vindicated: New DOJ Stats Show Spike in Violent Crime Under Biden-Harris. From Fox, ABC News rebuked by pro-life group, asked for correction of abortion claim by debate moderator, "ABC's Linsey Davis told Trump 'there is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born'." WokeSpy, Smug Anti-Trump Former CNN Commentator Ironically Debunked by CNN’s Own Reporting. Greg Price@greg_price11 "You want to know what is even wilder? It's literally true that Kamala supported transgender operations for illegal aliens in prison." Quote Marc Lamont Hill@marclamonthill "She wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens who are in prison" is the WILDEST thing I've ever heard in any debate. EVER." Ace, The New Yorker Refuse to Correct Russian Misinformation, Still Claiming That Kamala Harris Never Endorsed Using US Taxpayer Money to Pay for Sex Changes for Illegal Alien Teenagers. "The New Yorker, as anyone familiar with the oeuvres of Michael J. Fox and Keifer Sutherland would know, prides itself on the meticulousness of its supposedly-rigorous "fact-checking" department."

From the Pop Times, Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Countries That Ditch the U.S. Dollar. Misty Severt at JTN, Trump pledges to eliminate taxes on overtime ""Today, I'm also announcing that as part of our additional tax cuts, we will end all taxes on overtime," Trump said. "The people who work overtime are among the hardest working citizens in our country. And for too long, no one in Washington has been looking out for them." Adam Turner at RedState says It’s Still the Economy (and the Border and World Chaos), Stupid! Hat Hair's Beege Welborn tells A Tale of Two Receptions. Steve Hayward at Power Line on the Cheney "endorsements", Republicans for Suicide. At Am Con, At Least Vance Has A Plan. "State of the Union: The Democrats have no theory of victory to end the war in Ukraine."

Susie Moore at RedState, Nicole Shanahan Does It Again: 'Who Really Are the MAGA People?' Shanahan was RFK Jr's. running mate.

Who really are the MAGA People? pic.twitter.com/Zk6rvijCge

— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) September 13, 2024

Sundance at CTH, MAGA and MAHA and RFK JR Gives Details on Why He Refused to be Donald Trump’s VP Running Mate "According to Robert F Kennedy Jr, if he had accepted the position of Vice President to Donald Trump, the White House would have to place him under house arrest after approximately 3 days." 

At TNP, Congress Initiates Poll Watcher Program in Unprecedented Election Security Drive. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports the PA Supreme Court rules mail ballots must have correct date to be counted. "Last month, a lower court ruled that the commonwealth cannot throw out mail-in ballots just because they have incorrect handwritten dates on the envelopes." Breitbart, Democrats Not Spending in Florida, Surrender State to Republicans. 

Matt Margolis thinks Joe Manchin Is a Weasel Who Can't Leave the Senate Soon Enough. Capt. Ed, Man, This Election Stinks, Says ... the Pope. Well, he doesn't get to vote. 

'Bonchie' at RedState wants you to WATCH: Kamala Harris Completely Bombs Her First Solo Interview. Althouse catches "Harris, characteristically, has made a lawyerly assessment of pros and cons. She and her advisers have queried whether, given the limited number of ATACMS available..." Writes David Ignatius, in "These people have seen Harris in the Situation Room. Here’s what they have to say. Harris is 'more hard-line than most people think,' says a retired four-star general who has briefed her many times" (WaPo)(free-access link). Ace, Reminder: As the Election Approaches, Politicians Are Falling Over Themselves to Brand Themselves as Bigots and Secretly Implement Racist Policies, Guess who's the Bigot? "You'll never guess -- as the election looms, Kamala Harris has declared herself an Open and Proud Bigot, and says she totally supports the border wall!" At WaEx, Dave Harsanyi notices that On abortion, Kamala Harris is the extremist. From Twitchy, About Those Buses We Keep Seeing at Kamala's Rallies, There's MORE and It's Even WORSE Than We Thought. Or Kamala has followers like the Grateful Dead, but more organized. Bob Hoge at RedState hears WH Photographers' Group Says Kamala Has Overseen an 'Unprecedented Reduction in Access' to Media. Dave Strom, Media Excoriates Biden for Using Term 'Black Jobs'...NOT. It's different when Democrats do it.

WSJ, Harris Is Still Struggling to Blunt Trump’s Edge on the Economy Steve Moore at Hat Hair wonders Hey Kamala, Where Are Your Spending Cuts?. Lost in the ozone again! Pop Times says U.S. Faces Debt Crisis as Interest Payments Exceed $1 Trillion for the First Time. A trillion is just a number. A very big number. Luke Gromen@LukeGromen "Critical debate question that wasn't asked: US Int Expense is > Defense spending for 1st time in at least 65 years. For centuries, when a hegemon's debt svc went > defense spending, it ceased to be a hegemon. Will you cut Entitlements or rates to address this?" From Breitbart, Inflation Picked Up Again in August, Producer Price Index Shows. WSJ, cited at Hat Hair sees Investors Betting Heavy on Jumbo Rate Cut from Fed. Dave Strom again, sees Goldman Sachs for Kamala, Ordinary Americans for the Don but at OTP, Goldman Sachs CEO Says Harris Overstated Firm’s View Of Her Economic Plan. “What the report did is it looked at a handful of policy issues that have been put out by both sides, and it tried to model their impact on GDP growth,” Solomon said on CNBC. “The reason I say a bigger deal’s been made of it is what it showed is the difference between the sets of policies that they put forward was about two-tenths of 1%.” Salena Zito at WaEx, New poll shows Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly reject Biden LNG pause.

From RVN, Joy Behar Tries To Get Usher To Endorse Kamala, It Doesn’t Go Well For Her. At TAW, Tom Knighton discusses The folly of celebrity worship. "And yet, what is it about these people that’s so admirable? Taylor Swift is approaching 35. She’s never been married, has no children, and other than singing, hasn’t really done anything of particular note that warrants any reverence by anyone else. She’s donated some money, but so have I. I’m damn sure not someone to revere."

Matt Vespa thinks Tim Walz's Reaction to This Freudian Slip About Kamala Is Everything. "He called Harris a “prostitutor.” It’s the worst kind of Freudian slip." Gabe Kamisky at WaEx reports James Comer requests FBI documents on Tim Walz’s China ties. The View From North Central Idaho notices a Former Communist Calls V.P. Candidate’s Wife a Communist.

John Sexton is amused by Ezra Klein Making the Conservative Case for Border Control to Sec. Mayorkas. Straight Arrow News, California considers first-in-nation phone discounts to undocumented immigrants. Most of them have better phones than I do already. From the Center Square, Angel moms to Texas US rep.: Comments about murdered children are 'insulting', but were any cats consumed?

Cutie Pavlich at TownHall hears Congress: The FBI Is Slow Rolling Information About the Guy Who Tried to Kill Trump. "According to Republican Congressman Michael Waltz, the FBI is slow walking information about Crooks and his motivation to murder Trump. Crooks had a number of encrypted overseas accounts. "Clearly he was training, he was preparing. What we can't get a straight answer from the FBI on is, you know he built three IEDs with remote detonators, but what we can't get a straight answer is, what radicalized him? What drove the motives?" Waltz said during an interview with Fox News." Sundance, Following Secret Service Briefing, Democrat Senator Blumenthal Says Americans Should Prepare to Be “Shocked, Astonished and Appalled” About Lapses in Protection for Donald Trump.

From WaEx, DOJ official asked to appear before Congress over Jack Smith ethics allegations. Pop Time reports Judge Dismisses Three Counts in Trump’s Georgia Election Interference Case. From the NY Sun, Fani Willis’s ‘Tenacious’ Case Against Trump Is in Freefall Because of Her Secret Romance — and the Constitution, "The district attorney also faces a looming clash with Georgia lawmakers over her defiance of a pair of subpoenas." Capt. Ed, Fani Willis' No Good, Terrible, Very Bad Week Continues with No-Show. Fox, Fani Willis defies subpoena to testify at Georgia state Senate hearing "DA Fani Willis previously called the Georgia Senate committee's investigation 'unlawful'" You can't do that to me, I'm a black female Democrat!

Steve Richards at JTN thinks Garland's impartial DOJ claims conflict with reports of political interference, bias. "Several whistleblowers’ complaints, an inspector general report, and an FBI scandal are just part of the growing mountain of evidence that the DOJ has not held to the core values and norms that Garland said protect the independence of the department." The Victory Girls notice Democrats Are Desperate For Another January 6th. 

At Hat Hair, Dave Strom sees The Campaign to Arrest Elon Musk Heats Up and John Sexton hears Elon Musk Gets a Lot of Personal Threats (I Wonder Why). CarolinaConservative3@1776Carolina3, "My GOD, @Google is just complete leftist garbage now. It was bad before but it's just completely impossible to find anything other than left wing sources when searching. Unfortunately, @DuckDuckGo has become almost as bad. @elonmusk please consider creating a search engine site! Capt. Ed, Is Google Cooking Search Results for Kamala? Of course! Breitbart, Mark Zuckerberg Declares He Is Done Apologizing for Facebook’s Censorship.

Jonathan Turley is pretty happy that the Sixth Circuit Hands Down Major Free Speech Win for Professor Against the University of Louisville. 

His apparent good standing at the school changed dramatically when he participated in a discussion of the treatment of childhood gender dysphoria at an event in October 2017 sponsored by a conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation. He expressed his reservations with some treatments and his public comments were reported back to his colleagues.

Dr. Josephson argued that children are not mature enough to make such major, permanent decisions and that 80-95 percent of children claiming gender dysphoria eventually accept their biological sex over time without such treatment.

Those views are widely shared by others and have been cited as the basis for states adopting bans on conversion treatments for young children.

His commentary triggered a backlash at the school, which led to a decision not to renew his contract. When sued, the school invoked the Eleventh Amendment and claimed qualified immunity. The district court correctly rejected that claim and the Sixth Circuit just affirmed that denial.

At Ace's, THE MORNING RANT: Harvard Launches “Introductory” Math Course for its Students Who Can’t Do 9th Grade Math. Greg Byrnes at PJM, Sick Writing Assignment Gets Teacher Fired In New York City. From Campus Reform, Northwestern University bans fat jokes. John Sexton sees Florida's Post-Tenure Faculty Review is Working and wonders Are Elite Colleges Cheating the Affirmative Action Ruling After All? Of course. College Fix, New allegations suggest U. Washington administrators had heavy involvement in DEI hiring scandal. 

From the Free Bacon, Banned Anti-Israel Student Group at Penn Throws Red Paint on Ben Franklin Statue. 

🚨BREAKING🚨

A man wearing a Palestinian pin was shot in the stomach this evening after he charged through traffic and tackled a pro-Israel Iraq war veteran in Newton, Massachusetts.pic.twitter.com/Ix5JEJaJNp

— Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) September 13, 2024

Capt. Ed, Self-Defense? MA Prosecutor Charges Man Assaulted at Pro-Israel Protest. From Twitchy, Scott Hayes, Who Allegedly Shot a Pro-Hamass Protester Appears in Court, Gets Decision on Bail. Kassy Akiva@KassyAkiva, "UPDATE: They just arraigned Scott Hayes and are releasing him on a $5,000 bond. They only charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. They did not read the previous charge mentioned. An application for a criminal complaint on the anti-Israel guy has been taken out."

UPI approves, Appeals court upholds Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors. What is gender transition, if not conversion therapy?

Da Signal, NO CONFIDENCE: Far-Left Smear Factory’s Union Votes by 90% to Oust President After Mass Layoffs. SPLC. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. 

Linked at Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: One Last Series up on time and under budget.