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Friday, July 31, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - More Fun with Fauci

In The Mailbox: 07.29.26
Yep, Tony Fauci and his travelling medicine show are still the main topic. At Fox, Jonathan Turley opines Fauci took the Fifth, but his diary may have already answered for him. "Dr. Anthony Fauci had every reason to fear Wednesday's Senate hearing after his diary revealed startling contradictions." PJM's Stephen Kruiser says Sure, Roasting Fauci Is Fun, but There's No Do-Over for the Biden Years. At How To Subvert Subversion with Yuri Bezmenov, Fauci Should Be in Jail, Not Georgetown. From Campus Reform, "Fauci's testimony is a slap in the face to students like me". PJM's Cathy Salgado hears RFK is Appalled That Fauci Hid His Own Vaccine Injury From the Public. To be fair, we don't really know his pulmonary infarction was a result of the vaccine, but it happened shortly thereafter, and it's a reasonable inference. Hans Mahncke at Da Fed has 10 Questions For Congress To Ask Fauci About His Covid Corruption And Coverup. I doubt they'll get a second bite of that apple. 

Nick Arama at RedState hears Fauci Fumes Post-Hearing - Rand Paul Has Some Helpful Advice. "Walk it off." Althouse, "I can explain and validate everything that I've done." Video at link. From Breitbart, Fauci Diaries: Delusional Anthony Fauci Believed Attacks on Him Were a Rightwing Plot to ‘Destroy Democracy.’ At State of the Day, State of Wednesday: DR. FAUCI AND MR. DRUMPF. "Nobody is as important as Dr. Fauci, said Dr. Fauci." Tim O'Brien at PJM says Don’t Forget the Role the ‘Scarf Queen’ Played in the Fauci Cabal. Hat Hair's Dave Strom, Deborah Birx Was Never Pardoned; UPDATE: Birx Admits Election Influenced COVID Response. "Birx is Dr. Fauci's accomplice, and while far less evil than Fauci, because there is little indication that she actually conspired to create the COVID virus that wiped out tens of millions of people, she participated in the subsequent destruction that destroyed lives and split this country apart. She lied repeatedly, causing enormous damage, and decided that she and Fauci could run a shadow government and do an end run around the political leadership elected by the American people." I'm also not sure she committed a crime; although she clearly lied to Trump about a number of things. As President, Trump was the real head of the DOJ, does that make it lying to a law enforcement officer? Just a stab in back dark. Jordan Schachtel @JordanSchachtel, "They should also haul Deborah Birx before committees. She does not have pardon immunity, and she was arguably equally as destructive as Fauci." She did sort of slide out of view before the scale of the deception became obvious. More at Ace's Quick Hits.

KC @KCPayTreeIt, "Anyone else remember the two Bakersfield REAL doctors, Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi, who got silenced and whose YouTube video was removed due to “misinformation” during COVID, all because they provided science-based info to the public that went against the “experts”?" Google censored two of my blog posts, apparently for citing the Great B@rrington Declaration. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "It’s insane that any of these people were ever taken seriously again after this." Althouse cites "[Senator Bernie Moreno] requested those in the audience to stand up if they had paid a professional, legal, or personal price for dissenting from Covid orthodoxies ..." Siraj Hashmi @SirajAHashmi, "“What radicalized you?” Me:" "NPR: Dozens of public health officials have signed open letter in support of the nationwide anti-racism protests. White supremacy is a lethal public health issue that predates and contributes to COVID-19, they wrote. Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke, "The central lesson of everything surrounding Covid is that the institutions are broken, all of them. Continuing to cite those same institutions as proof that their own claims were true is therefore either breathtakingly stupid or deliberately dishonest. I cannot tell whether this guy genuinely believes the lies or is merely pretending to be dumb enough to believe them." Quote Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan, "The members of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) for the World Health Organization (WHO) "determined that most of the peer-reviewed scientific evidence supports the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 has a zoonotic origin, meaning that it came from an animal. - Nature magazine, February 2026 "

Matt Vespa at TownHall has his irony meter busted, Wait, Ketanji Brown Jackson Really Said That…on This Podcast? "Justice Jackson said she’s very careful about which public engagements she participates in to avoid appearing partisan. It’s a classic lack of self-awareness that’s frankly remarkable. She wants to seem impartial, which is fine, but she made these remarks on Michelle Obama’s podcast. You cannot make this up." From WUWT, Elena Kagan Gave Bogus Science a Blind Endorsement. "Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s admission at a July Senate hearing raises troubling questions about accountability in judicial education. Kagan confirmed she had written the foreword for the Federal Judicial Center’s Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence without reading a chapter on climate change that was eventually removed because of objectionable biases – and has yet to read it." Sundance is outraged the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Says Illegal Alien Detention Unlawful Because No Other President Did It.

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees The Cornyn-Tillis Losers' Revenge Tour Continues. Sundance at CTH, Senators Cornyn and Tillis Block Todd Blanche from AG Confirmation. Adam Turner at Am Great thinks The GOP Is Fighting to Hold the House. It Just Might Do It. "The GOP faces a tough midterm environment—but redistricting wins, financial strength, and Democrat divisions could help Republicans preserve their fragile House majority." Atop Da Hill, White House eyes reopening oil refineries amid high gasoline prices. Joel Berry @JoelWBerry, "These guys have a game they play where they propose the worst solutions imaginable, and if you reject their solutions, they act like you have no plan to defeat the Left at all. I've read your idiot manifesto, Charles. Your plan calls for us to lose on purpose, to accelerate the destruction of the United States, kick off a civil war, and somehow build something better from the ashes. Other solutions from your tribe include burning the Constitution and installing a new Franco. It's all infantile nonsense..."



At RedState, Nick Arama sees a Concerning Poll About Socialists in Democrat Party - Adam Schiff's Response Explains the Problem RNC Research @RNCResearch, "Adam Schiff is fine with the Socialist takeover of his party if it means Democrats will win. CNN: “Are you on board with this?” SCHIFF: “I would rather be in that big tent in the majority than be a smaller party that is stuck forever in the minority.” Ace, One Third of All Democrats Now Identify As Socialists, While Only 39% of Country Would Consider Voting for a Socialist. "John Nolte..." Dan McCarthy at RCP compares Democratic Socialists of America vs. John Adams. Jared Gould, Degrees of Discontent: How Higher Education Created a Downwardly Mobile Elite. "America has produced more credentialed elites than the economy has room for—and the DSA is where the surplus is landing." At The View From North Central Idaho, Socialist Do Not Understand Numbers, or physics or biology. From AMAC, Mamdani & Champagne Socialist Allies Masquerade as Working-Class Heroes, "According to internal data, 85 percent of DSA members are white, and 58 percent hold professional or managerial jobs—while just four percent are blue-collar workers." From RCW, Arresting Netanyahu in America Would Be Illegal. At the Free Bacon, Abdul El-Sayed, Who Said Trump Tax Bill Benefited 'Folks Who Don't Really Need More Money,' Claimed $26,000 Trump Tax Deduction. TBF, it's stupid not to use a tax deduction you're eligible for. CJ says Hasan Piker and Code Pink Went to Cuba. Now They Might Be Under Investigation. From Da Wire, Jewish Democrat AG Won’t Attend Party’s Convention Due To Safety Concerns. "In Michigan, both Israel and antisemitism have played an large role in the Democratic primary, leading to worries over harassment of jewish attendees."

Yoseliani Ann Marte Ocasio
Capt. Ed says It's Official: Shame Has Died in Politics, and the Media Killed It. Twitchy sees Maine Dems Swap Nazi Senate Candidate for Guy Who Fathered Kids With His Second Cousin. Matt Vespa, Well, No One Expected to Find Out That Bit of Family History About Troy Jackson. The Maine Wire @TheMaineWire, "RELATIVE ATTRACTION: We can confirm that Troy Jackson and his longtime partner are second cousins. They have two children together." Ilhan Omar says hold my beer... Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "MAJOR BREAKING: MA Medical Examiner officially rules death of woman found dead in home owned by Rep Pressley’s ex-con husband, a HOMICIDE The victim was identified as Yoseliani Ann Marte Ocasio, 18 Let me repeat A MURDER VICTIM WAS FOUND IN A SITTING REP’S HUSBAND’S HOME." and This is 18-year-old Yoseliani Ann Marte Ocasio She was found murdered in a home owned by Rep Ayanna Pressley’s ex-con husband You probably won’t see this is the leftist media. Edwin Edwards bows to the master. Amy Curtis at TownHall reports the Company of 'Squad' Member's Husband Just Landed $2B Contract in a Blue State and It's Shady, "Conan Harris, the husband of Rep. Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), is a partner in a company that was just selected for an almost $2 billion deal to build a new courthouse in Springfield, Massachusetts."

Don Surber is not upset that DNC is broke, "Its financial situation is as bankrupt as its communist ideas." (((Aaron Walker))) @AaronWorthing, "So just to be clear, Kamala Harris‘s team is now promoting Alex Jones." Quote Headquarters @HQNewsNow, "Alex Jones calls for Trump to be impeached and for Congress to invoke the 25th Amendment." Amy Curtis shows Ro Khanna and Bob Brooks 'New Economic Patriotism' Tour Doesn't Hold Up to Scrutiny.

At RedState, the Heartland Institute says Here Are the Hard Facts That Doom Every Proposed Social Security Fix. It's the math, stupid. "John Hart, president of Open the Books, told Fox Business News the only way to save the system is to means-test recipients and eliminate everyone but the indigent. Host Stuart Varney rightly pointed out that no politician could survive the firestorm that would result from that." PJM's VodkaPundit takes a look at California's Impending Energy Disaster That Nobody Talks About, and they have no one but themselves to blame. Beege Welborn notices the Seattle Police Chief Who Was Out of Town a Lot Now Likely Out of a Job, Too.

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.30.26
Sundance reports More than 50,000 Migrants from Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa Swarm Spain’s Enclave of Ceuta. A Driscolly post at Insty is a good start, SPAIN IS BEING INVADED RIGHT NOW; UPDATE: Georgia Meloni Responds, Threatens to Cut Off Spain. Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "This takes me back to Del Rio, TX in 2021 w/ the Haitian surge. Similar images. This is what the DSA/socialist platform looks like in practice - in another country. No borders. No immigration enforcement. Complete freedom of movement without any resistance from the government." Quote Inevitable West @Inevitablewest, "BREAKING: An emergency has now been declared in the Spanish city of Ceuta after tens of thousands of illegal migrants break in from Morocco Pedro Sánchez is REFUSING to deploy the military to defend the borders." And AARON HANSCOM: Elon Musk Was Right: Pedro Sánchez Is a Traitor. At Ace's Thousands of Africans Flood Past Weak Fencing to Enter Spanish City of Ceuta, Saying "Goodbye Morocco, Hello Spain;" The Socialist, Open Borders Government Refuses to Halt the Mass Illegal Migration "The Democrats have a plan for America. This is that plan." 𝓐𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓷 𝓡𝓪𝔂 @2CynicAl65, "All fighting age men. Curious." Quote RadioGenoa @RadioGenoa, "North African Muslim criminals have just broken into Spain from Morocco via Ceuta. Europe is under attack." Dr Helen Ingram @drhingram, "I’m sat in a pub watching Sky News and there’s no mention of the invasion in Spain today, just repeated adverts for a documentary about a girl who lied about grooming gangs. Is this the state of the MSM? No wonder they want to stamp out citizen journalism on social media." Cathy Salgado hears John Cleese Drops Truth Bombs About Islamic Culture “I'm not a racist. I'm a culturalist[.] I believe some cultures are superior to others.” He went on, “For example, I prefer cultures that do not encourage wife beating, paedophilia, clitorectomies, stoning and constant inflation of the male ego[.] I am also aware of the difference between Islamoscepticism and Islamophobia.” Dr. Maalouf @realMaalouf, "Portugal is banning burqas and niqabs in public places, with fines up to 4,000 euros. Muslim men who force their wives or female relatives to wear one will also face 3 years in prison. Burqas were described as a ‘symbol of women’s oppression and a threat to public safety.’"

It's a little late, but Ace notes Trump Activates Never-Before-Used Court To Deport Terrorists "The court had been created in 1996 to quickly deport terrorist-sympathizing aliens. I imagine it was created in response to the first bombing of the World Trade Center by Muslim savages. But it was just some empty posturing. It was never actually used. But Trump discovered this unused authority hanging around gathering dust it and now he's using it." We'll see if the judges let him. From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, ICE Dismantles Criminal SIM Farms. "Remember last year’s story about a “SIM farm” that was later linked to China? ICE just shut down a whole lot more." Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx, "SHOCKING new whistleblower testimony: 200 migrant kids sent to the same container park. Xavier Becerra KNEW and covered it up. Employees who objected were FIRED. “She got terminated. Becerra was aware.”" At The Independent, More than 200,000 migrants have taken Trump up on his offer to get paid for self-deporting.

At NewsBusters, Couric Admits She, Democrat Producer Worked In an 'Artful Way' To Undermine Palin. Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. @neoavatara, "Trump really made a difference on this. He deserves a lot of credit." Quote FIRE @TheFIREorg, "Restrictive campus speech policies are at a historic low. FIRE’s latest Spotlight on Speech Codes found major improvements, with a record number of schools earning our highest rating and, for the first time, fewer than 10% of public colleges having restrictive policies."

WSJ opines ‘Restorative Justice’ Brings Violent Schools. "Why would anyone think you could discipline bullies by inviting them to talk about their feelings?" From the College Fix, 40% won’t hire Trump voters: New report details higher education’s ideological divide. And that's only how many admit it openly.

Ace wakes up to the realization The Gay Communists of the WNBA Micro-Fandom Harass, Threaten Two Teenage Girls for Supporting Sophie Cunningham and All-Female Sports "Just disgraceful. They're animals." Beege Welborn thinks The WNBA Is Run by Numbskulls.

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.30.26.

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Apparently the Constitution IS a Suicide Pact Afterall

Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down it's final rulings of the year, and as I expected, the birthright citizen case went against Trump, the court ruling that outside the usual exceptions, any child born on US soil is born a citizen. Althouse, The Supreme Court is about to hand down its last decisions of the term. "Here's the live blog at SCOTUSblog. And here's where to get the text of the opinions immediately, starting in a few minutes, at the Supreme Court's website." Insty, SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS "LIMITING WOMEN’S SPORTS TO WOMEN. Also: Federal campaign spending limits violate the First Amendment.And now birthright citizenship: “Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.” Not really a surprise, but a disappointment." At End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Signs we lost birthright citizenship: No leaks to the press on the decision No fencing around the Supreme Court." The Never-Trumpers at NRO crow Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship in Major Blow to Trump. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair calls it a Wong Turn: SCOTUS Denies Trump on Birthright Citizenship; UPDATE: Trump Salutes SCOTUS. Sundance at CTH, Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Executive Order and Establishes Birthright Citizenship. From Ace, Of Course: The Five Liberal Supreme Court Justices (Including Liberals Roberts and Coney-Barrett) Decide the 14th Amendment Can Go Blow, Anyone Born in the US is a US Citizen. "The Five Horsemen make a mockery of the law yet again." The Babylon Bee kids Supreme Court Rules Any Baby Born At Olive Garden Is An Italian Citizen. "At publishing time, Olive Garden executives warned that the influx of children being born at Olive Garden restaurants would result in an inevitable breadstick crisis for future generations." Teri Christoph at RedState hears Clarence Thomas Goes Nuclear on SCOTUS Majority Over Birthright Citizenship Ruling. Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy, "If you were born in America, you’re an American. You have a right to live here. Unless of course you’re American. In which case you’re living on stolen land."

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Apparently more border controls will be needed to thwart anchor baby tourism. Pregnancy tests for all foreign women of birthing age seeking to enter the United States. OK. Targeted deportations of foreign women of birthing age within US borders who lack resident alien status. OK. The Supreme Court having so decreed." Sundance names it The Roberts Requirement – Pregnancy Tests for U.S. Travel Visas. PJM's Athena Thorne thinks President Trump Could End Most Birthright Citizenship With This 1 Simple Trick: "Under the U.S. Code, the president has broad authority over who may enter our country. Specifically, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(f) (INA Section 212(f)) says: "Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate."" Do it, and let the libs sue all the way to the Supes next year. Joe Chalfant at TownHall thinks Rep. Andy Ogles Has the Answer to the Birthright Citizenship Crisis. Rep. Andy Ogles @RepOgles, "SCOTUS betrayed America. It's time to bar pregnant foreigners from coming to this country. We are being colonized. Anchors Away!" Cathy Salgado at PJM, Trump, Congressional GOP Propose a Workaround to Save Citizenship Despite SCOTUS, "These measures would reinterpret the 14th Amendment’s “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” clause to grant citizenship at birth only to children with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident (LPR) residing in the U.S., or an LPR serving in the military." TownHall's Kurt Schlichter says Cheer Up! The Birthright Citizenship Case Moves Us Toward Inevitable Victory, you just motivated the base for the midterms. PJM's Scott Pinsker also sees The Political Upside of Losing the Birthright Citizenship Case.

Capt. Ed, BREAKING: SCOTUS Upholds Sex-Based Restrictions in Sports - Unanimously? Ward Clark at RedState, Supreme Court Delivers Landmark Title IX Win for Women's Sports. Ace reports Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Boys in Girls Sports. "SO CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH?!!? SO CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH?!!! The holding is 6-3, but the three liberals joined with parts of it so parts of it are actually unanimous. Coney-Barrett and Roberts joined the conservatives in this one because this case is about protecting Muh Feminism." Althouse thinks Justice Brett Kavanaugh — who has long coached girls' basketball teams — channels the emotions of female athletes. "Women and girls who play sports care deeply about all of those things. They obsess about them." At Twitchy, Cisgender? REALLY? Ketanji Brown Jackson's Trans Ruling Dissent Is Even DUMBER Than We Thought. Gina Milan @ginamilan_, "Ketanji Brown Jackson: “A transgender woman penalized for being perceived as aggressive has experienced discrimination "on the basis of sex" just as much as a cisgender woman has, no matter that the transgender woman's behavior matches expectations of her sex assigned at birth.” She’s actually INSANE." And Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Uses … (Wait for It) … TikTok Slang in Concurring Opinion. Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks Justice Clarence Thomas Had a Killer Line in His Concurring Opinion on Transgender Athletes. "Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or girls, even if they believe that they are. Sex is an immutable “biological” characteristic, see ante, at 10; it is binary; and “man” and “woman,” “boy” and “girl,” are the terms that correspond to adults and children of each sex." Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees The Bigger Victory Hidden Inside SCOTUS Decision About Men in Women's Sports; "Once you acknowledge that men and women are fundamentally different based on immutable biology, a whole host of issues are implicitly decided, and decided against the Alphabet crowd." Capt. Ed is gratified the Texas Supreme Court Hands a Win to Pediatric Sex-Change Detransitioners.


At Althouse, NPR got something very right and wrong or just very very wrong. Chris Queen at PJM notes NPR’s Justice Alito ‘Retirement’ Scoop Lasted About 10 Minutes. They kind of rushed that one out. Act in haste, repent at leisure.

And fallout from other recent rulings: Stephen Kruiser at PJM Regrets to Inform You That Election Integrity Won't Be Returning, after ruling that mail-in ballots can be counted if they arrive days late, if they're postmarked on election day. At Pirate's Cove, "Supreme Court Rules POTUS Has Authority To Remove “Independent Agency” Heads." And Althouse finds "[T]he court overruled its 91-year-old decision in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States... [M]ore broadly, Monday’s decision was a major victory for proponents of the 'unitary executive' theory..." "... the idea that the president should have complete control over the executive branch. Under this theory, the president should be able to fire any member of the executive branch, and laws – like the one that the court struck down – that restrict his ability to do so violate the separation of powers. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts contended that 'the President must have the assistance of officers he can trust. Although it is up to the Senate to decide whether to confirm those with whom the President would prefer to work, neither Congress nor the courts may saddle him with those with whom he cannot work. Subordinates who exercise the President’s power are subject to removal by him. Then, and only then, can they remain accountable to the President, and the President to the people.'..." I'm reading "Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner and overturns major restraint on presidential power" by Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog, writing about yesterday's Trump v. Slaughter." Except the Federal Reserve, because, reasons!

Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller hears Mike Johnson Signals House Will Forge Ahead After GOP Holdouts Threatened Obstruction Of Votes. At least, put them on record. Misty Severi at JTN reports Trump signs presidential memo that gives Americans more options to fix their cars. "Automakers have pushed back against decreasing restrictions on consumers fixing their own vehicles, claiming they are needed to protect vehicle safety, ‌cybersecurity ⁠and emissions compliance." FinPo, claims Conservatives Urge Overturn of Trump's Biofuel Blending Quotas. "Nearly three dozen conservatives — including longtime allies of President Donald Trump — are pushing the House to overturn biofuel-blending quotas imposed by his administration, arguing they are stoking consumer costs before an election set to hinge on economic concerns." Gasohol is a bipartisan bad idea. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn hears Trump Admin Sets Sights on California Coastal Commission Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton, "For the 250th anniversary of our country’s independence, Gavin Newsom‘s unelected California Coastal Commission cancels the Fourth of July fireworks celebration in Long Beach."

Armed Forces Press takes up the The Curious Case Of General Donahue - The Truth Isn't Pretty. "To properly opine on the resignation of General Chris Donahue, U.S. Army, we should provide some history of our writing on the subject. Please see the multiple articles below. There are more but this is a good representation of our work. LTG Chris Donahue Violated The Ranger Creed When He Abandoned Americans In Afghanistan In August 2021. LTG Chris Donahue Should Be Investigated For Racist Actions in Kabul (2021). GEN DONAHUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED, NOT PROMOTED. WHY WAS GEN CHRIS DONAHUE ALLOWING FT LIBERTY TO LABLE CHRISTIANS AS TERRORISTS? ON WW3 EVE, WHY IS UNETHICAL GENERAL DONAHUE IN CHARGE? In short, we are not a fan. In our author's viewpoint, General Donahue failed the honor test in the field on multiple fronts."

medoyid_ua @LetsArmUKR, "This weekend a Ukrainian crew pushed the Wovkulaka Spitfire FPV interceptor out to 84.7 km before it smoked a SuperCam whose operators thought they were safely parked somewhere in the south. Manufacturer's previous record was 69 km. That is not a incremental upgrade. That is the kind of leap that rewrites operational math on the entire theater..."

Sundance dance with joy at the thought that The Canadian Dollar is Collapsing – Here’s What to Expect Next.

And Another Thing, The American Left Has Lost Its Mind "And the press feel fine." Hat Hair's Dave Strom looks at The Democratic Civil War: the Organized Crime Democrats are Losing to the Bolsheviks (ugh) and John Sexton calls the DSA White Anti-Capitalists Pretending to Be Working Class. Insty at his substack declares The Commies Mount An Across the Board Push, "DSA targets local elections around the nation in a well-planned strategy." Matt Vespa, If This Survey Is True, the Dem Brand Is in Serious Trouble "This party is Chernobyl, unlivable." Ace, "Another Mamdani-Backed Muslim Wins Democrat Primary for State Senator; Claims That "Racism, Capitalism, White Supremacy, and Islamophobia" "Manifested" in 9/11, "She says that 9/11 was just the manifestation of America's "long trajectory" of "racism, capitalism, white supremacy" and "islamophobia" and the "manifestation" of these crimes -- the chickens coming home to roost -- was 9/11." From Mediaite, ‘No New Cops!’ Mamdani Ally Brags NYC Won’t End Up Hiring More Police, Despite Previous Reports.


Aesthetica @Anc_Aesthetics, "Why would anyone use prediction models when we can use real mortality data? Answer: Because you can't make bodies appear out of thin air, but you can make fake projections appear out of thin air. When we look at mortality data what do we see? All cause mortality went down. HIV Infection rates went down. AIDS related deaths went down. Coverage went up. As predicted, USAID was just a Democrat slush fund they used to pay their activists, journalists and NGO workers. Which is the real reason why you're freaking out over this." Quote Steve Rattner @SteveRattner "Musk is right that many problems can't be solved just by "throwing money" at them. But US aid to fight AIDS, child hunger & other global plagues has one of the highest ROIs in government."

From Ace, Ro Khanna Promises to Fight the Oligarchs, Tax the Rich, and Imprison "the Epstein Class" While Driving a $190,000 Range Rover, Owning Family Golf Courses, and Taking Elevators In His Mansion. Andrew Kerr @AndrewKerrNC, "Speaking of hoarding wealth, Khanna’s two young children are the proud owners of THREE private golf courses in Ohio, where member initiation fees run upwards of $45k Khanna’s children — still in elementary school — earned up to $2 million from their golf courses in 2024." Quote Ro Khanna @RoKhanna, "I want America to be a country where it's easier to build wealth than it is to hoard it, and where workers don't have to worry about medical debt and grocery costs when they should be enjoying time with their families. An economy that works for everyone is possible. x.com/el_pais/status…"

Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "This is how politicians and their families launder money. Nobody wants a book from Dr Biden. But some commie NGO that got taxpayer money from the admin can’t pay the kickback with a check. So they buy 100K books and burn em. The one-time bulk buy charts it for a week, then..." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Jill Biden memoir's disappearance from NYT bestseller list after debuting at top raises questions about sales numbers: 'Very rare' https://trib.al/geKNS5i" Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton, "Gavin Newsom just used his own PAC to buy $1.5 million worth of his own book. Even more comically, that accounts for 2/3 of the entire print sales" VodkaPundit finds Finally, a Budget Democrats Will Cut: The Guy Who Investigates Fraud. At Twitchy, a SHOCKA! Ilhan Omar Tied to ANOTHER Minnesota Fraud Defendant via Emails With INTERESTING Subject Lines.


Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo, "I think this is the crux of my discussion with Ezra Klein. The Left has sought to tarnish the Right as a "white nationalist" movement, but as Klein concedes, it is completely reasonable to "worry about large-scale, rapid demographic change." We've moved beyond the smear game."

The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "Europeans dying of heat stroke: “Can we please turn on the AC?” Their governments: “Best we can do is replace you with migrants and prosecute you for Facebook posts.”" Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "There's a deep strain of elite French concern for the people being voiced here. "Let them eat cake," as Marie Antoinette put it." Quote French Response @FrenchResponse, "We're not banning A/C. We're making sure future summers need it less. x.com/dc_draino/stat…" RBe @RBPundit, "One would think that the the idiocy of the left wouldn't surprise me anymore but this whole thing where Europeans actually think not using AC will make the weather cooler in their lifetimes is absolutely bananas." At WUWT, Wrong, Newsweek, Europe’s Heat Deaths Are a Policy Failure, not a Climate Failure. At WaEx, Selena Zito feels better now that The spirit of ’76 lives on as Pennsylvania rallies for America’s birthday. AJ Christopher, The Left Asked for This, It Got It, and I Can't Stop Gloating, as foreign visitors for the world cup find out what they're missing at home.

From the College Fix, North Carolina lawmakers override governor’s vetoes to pass sweeping DEI bans. At Campus Reform, Johns Hopkins layoffs, financial problems come as university is mired in Title VI controversy.

And still more at The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.26. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Happy 250th, America! and FMJRA 2.0: Waiting Until August up in star-spangled glory at the Other McCain.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Extends Ceasefire, DOJ Indicts SPLC, NOVA Votes to Disenfranchise Republicans

 Yes, it was a rather newsy day. With Iranians unable to decide who was representing them in the negotiations of their surrender in Pakistan, President Trump graciously allowed them a little more time (as yet unspecified) to get their shit together and come to the table. The Department of Justice announced indictments on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for a number of thing, chiefly surrounding their funding of "witnesses"/provocateurs in the right wing groups they claimed to be monitoring, including the KKK, and the Charlotte riot. And the TDS afflicted citizens of Northern Virginia voted overwhelmingly to steal the representation of the more rural half of the state with a map that purports changing its representation from 6-5 Democrat to 10-1 "temporarily" , in a statewide election that went 51-49.

So first, Open Source Intel @Osint613, "U.S.–Iran talks stalled with no response from Tehran, NYT reports. Vance’s Pakistan trip not canceled, but currently on hold as Iran has yet to respond to U.S. positions. Nervana Mahmoud @Nervana_1, "Hearing from Arabic sources that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard places Qalibaf, Pezeshkian, and Araghchi under house arrest. Negotiations with US are halted." Eric Florack at PJM, wonders Are We Seeing the Makings of an Iranian Civil War? Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Trump Extends Ceasefire ... And the Blockade; UPDATE: Iran Threatens 'Harsher Lesson'. From News Wax, Trump Pauses Military Action Against Iran and Iran News Agency Denies It Wanted Ceasefire Extension. The Will Cain Show @WillCainShow, " BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP ANNOUNCES IRAN CEASEFIRE EXTENSION @willcain has the details." Sundance at CTH, President Trump Extends Ceasefire with Iran Pending Internal Regime Discussions. Ace, Iran Refuses to Send Delegation to Negotiations in Islamabad as Cease-Fire Is Due to Expire "The trouble here is that Trump wants a deal. Iran does not. They want to keep their nuclear program and missiles and remain in power. Trump wants them to want a deal, but they do not. So he keeps threatening them in apocalyptic terms to make them want to want a deal. But they don't. And I don't think they believe he would or even could "end their civilization." Trump doesn't want this war to drag on but that's exactly what Iran wants. They figure that if they can drag this out, public opinion in the US will compel Trump to just walk away from the war without actually forcing them to come to terms or to abandon power. And they're probably right, unfortunately." I understand Trump's point, but it should have been made with sometime limit, and perhaps punctuated daily with destruction of a power plant or oil facility.

At TownHall, Dimitri Bolt says Here's What Was on That Seized Iranian Tanker, chemicals to make solid rocket boosters, from China. From Ace, Of Course: Seized Iranian Ship Was Carrying Dual-Use Materials From China for Use in Building Ballistic Missiles "Say, didn't China agree to not send weapons to Iran?" Rabbi Barclay at PJM, Iran War Update for April 21. Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby, "BREAKING: The Islamic Republic is preparing to hang eight women. Not a word from the international community or so-called human rights organizations."

Amy Curtis at PJM Here's Chris Murphy's Lame Excuse for Why He Cheered for Iran Evading Our Blockade. Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT, "Ok Twitter, I can’t believe I need to clarify this but obviously Trump’s bungled mismanagement of this war is not “awesome”. As I have said a million times here, it’s a disaster and he should end the war immediately. My tweet was something called “sarcasm”." Bo Snerdley @BoSnerdley, "First of all - it is "X" not Twitter. Secondly - you are blaming the "platform" for YOUR POST. If you meant it "sarcastically" you could have used or an emoji or simply said "(sarcasm)" . YOU made the post. YOU should own it and stop blaming "Twitter" for your TDS inspired, anti-American- anti-Military post." Quote Fox News @FoxNews "JUST IN: Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy doesn't say he has any regrets after furious backlash to his X post calling reports of Iranian ships slipping past the U.S. naval blockade "awesome." "I guess I just have to be more careful about sarcasm on Twitter," Murphy."

The SPLC has long been held up on the left as a NGO fighting against extremism on the right. It was, pre-Trump, widely consulted by industry, government agencies and the military. It's map of "right-wing" organizations was used by a gunman who targeted a Family Research Council office. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Southern Poverty Law Center Says It is Under Investigation by DOJ. Ace,
Southern Poverty Law Generational Wealth Center Says It's Being Investigated by Trump's DOJ; Democrat Fundraising Arm ActBlue Takes the Fifth Amendment Rather Than Answer Questions, "The SPLC says the DOJ is investigating them over their use of paid infiltrators who supposedly tell them about extremists' groups plans. That's silly. There's nothing illegal about that. Sounds like a big bag of bullshit to me. I imagine the SPLC is putting out spin ahead of the actual news coming out. They're being investigated, I would guess, over criminal conduct, but they want to get all the lefties (and I guess all the Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, Marjorie Taylor Space Laser, and Tuq'r Qarlson fans) on their side before the real news drops." Then, Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "BREAKING: Acting AG Blanche and FBI Director Patel announce a grand jury has INDICTED leftist NGO Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 COUNTS This is MASSIVE! SPLC said they were "fighting white supremacy," but they were "MANUFACTURING the extremism it purports to expose" by PAYING sources to "stoke racial hatred," per Acting AG Blanche Best part? They've been charged in the Middle District of Alabama! They're SCREWED!" SPLC has been hit with SIX counts of wirefraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering." And "HOLY CRAP! FBI Director Patel says leftist NGO Southern Poverty Law Center, which has now been indicted, was using donor to pay leaders of the KU KLUX KLAN to stage "HATE CRIMES" "They used the FRAUDULENTLY raised money by lying to their donor network—THOUSANDS of Americans—to go ahead and actually PAY the leadership of these supposed violent extremist groups..." Sundance, Justice Dept Indictment of SPLC Confirms Long-Held Suspicions of Leftist/Progressive Groups Funding Racism and Chaos. Benjamin Domenech @bdomenech, "Did the SPLC actually fund the freaking Charlottesville march???" Aaron Rupar @atrupar, "REPORTER: I just want to make sure I understand. You're alleging that the Southern Poverty Law Center was paying the leaders of KKK and other groups? BLANCHE: I'm not alleging it. The grand jury returned an indictment that says that." At Insty, THE SUPPLY OF WHITE SUPREMACISTS IS SO LOW THAT THE SPLC HAD TO CREATE A MOVEMENT TO BE AGAINST and a Driscolly post, RADICAL CHIC AND MAU-MAUING THE KLAN MEMBERS: They Call Us Extreme? Look Who Just Got Indicted for Funding Hate Groups.

ActBlue is a major fundraiser for Democrats and it has long been suspected of laundering illegal contributions. Matt Margolis at PJM, ActBlue Is Toast, and Democrats Now Have a Massive Problem. At the Pirate's Cove, Weird: ActBlue Employees Take The Fifth 146 Times "In a press release, it was revealed that the House Judiciary Committee, House Administration Committee, and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report titled, “Fraud on ActBlue, Part II: Illicit Foreign Donations and a Cover-up Sour Mass Resignations and Firings on ActBlue’s Legal and Compliance Team.” The press release revealed that the “five current or former employees at ActBlue who appeared for depositions all invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination during questioning – for a total of 146 times.”" Paul Sperry @paulsperry_, "NEW: According to a just-released House Judiciary report, "[E]very member of ActBlue's legal and compliance team appears to have left the platform after the 2024 election because of its 'knowing and willful' acceptance of illegal foreign contributions, and the subsequent cover-up [by ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones]," who is under subpoena but "may have deliberately withheld responsive material to impede our investigation." Rep. Jim Jordan @Jim_Jordan, "If someone fires their entire fraud prevention team and weakens policies meant to catch fraud, what do you think is going on? We asked ActBlue under oath, but they pled the fifth. 146 times." David M. McIntosh @DavidMMcintosh, "It appears that Act Blue was effectively a money laundering operation for the left and everyone who worked there knew it." Quote House Judiciary GOP @JudiciaryGOP, "NEW REPORT: ACTBLUE EMPLOYEES TAKE THE FIFTH WHEN ASKED ABOUT FOREIGN FRAUD AND WHISTLEBLOWER RETALIATION AT THE DEMOCRAT DONATION PLATFORM." From Fox, Name of Walz's new 3-word PAC draws immediate online mockery. "Minnesota Republicans and conservative commentators say Walz's policies are 'despicable' to rural voters he's targeting."

Ace, Conservative Former DOJ Prosecutor Joe DiGenova Sworn In as Special Consultant to Investigate the Russiagate Conspiracy, "Cry moar, NYT:" Matt Forney @mattforney, "Must-read article on how the Obama and Biden administration systematically purged right-wing lawyers from the Department of Justice, replacing them with barely-experienced Democratic Party hacks (many women). Remember when the "Elite Human Capital" crowd kept crowing about how conservatives are too stupid to run the machinery of government based on the political affiliation of appointees during Trump's first term compared to Obama's presidency? Turns out that like all EHC just-so stories, it was BS. Conservatives are underrepresented in the civil service, DOJ, and so forth because they have been gatekept out." Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "I've removed the paywall from this article -- now free to all -- so there is a better understanding of the historical developments that have led to this."

Sauron's Eye complains Witnesses in criminal probe of ex-CIA Director Brennan subpoenaed to testify before grand jury, sources say. Sundance reports Devin Nunes Resigns from Truth Social to Focus on President Trump’s Intelligence Advisory Board. GeneVolokh at the Volokh Conspiracy highlights how FBI Director Kash Patel Loses Defamation Lawsuit Over Morning Joe Statements. Apparently the wilder the lies, the safer you are.

Beege Welborn at Hat Hair has a FAFO Update: Bulbous Goon Who Clocked Savanah Hernandez From Behind on Media 'WAAH!' Tour UPDATE. Savanah Hernandez @Savsays, "UPDATE: Chris Ostroushko says that the backlash his family has been receiving for their actions last weekend has been “overwhelming” and “nonstop” He’s now “second guessing” living in the United States, because he’s unhappy with how negatively the public has reacted to him assaulting a woman on camera. He is in complete disbelief, stating that, "I've never had anything like this happen in my life". Chris and Deyanna have been going on a press tour continuing to assert that they are the real victims, despite millions watching the footage of them instigating everything..." At Twitchy, Savanah Hernandez Calls CREEP Brian Shapiro OUT for Harassing Her in DMs and He Just FREAKS (PICS).


Stacy McCain said IT’S ‘STOP THE LOBSTER’ DAY! "After I called it “Spanberger’s lobster” last week, many others have taken up that phrase to describe the crustacean-like shape of the district that Democrats would inflict on Virginia if today’s referendum passes." I would have called it a scorpion. Also, McCain, VIRGINIA ELECTION RESULTS: Will Voters OK Spanberger’s Gerrymander? UPDATE: Network Declares ‘Yes’ Win. I think conservatives in the red areas should have taken a page out of the Democrat playbook, and slow-walked counting in the red counties, and see if they could catch the cheaters with their pants down. They also need to get an audit to find how many dead or non-existent, or illegal aliens voted in the blue zone. Dave Catron at Am Spec also reports Spanberger Joins Attack On Electoral College "Virginia just became the 18th state to adopt the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact." Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson, ""Turns out, in both of their civics classes that day, taught by two different teachers in Fairfax County Public Schools, they were urged to go home and persuade their parents to vote yes on the measure to make Virginia’s maps 'as fair as they can be,' to 'stop Donald Trump at all costs.'"" Quote Kelly Sadler@KellyRiddell, "My columns are rarely personal. This one is. Fairfax County Schools are indoctrinating, not educating our youth. I was so disturbed, I had to write. It was approved by my boys." Fire the teachers, and maybe the Principals, too. And since that won't happen, call on them to testify in Congress.

Matt Margolis, The ‘Most Secure Election in History’ Was a Lie, and Now We Have Proof. "A newly declassified National Intelligence Council memo, dated Jan. 15, 2020, assessed that ”US adversaries, including, at a minimum, Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, as well as non-state groups, have the capability to compromise US election infrastructure for the 2020 presidential election.” The memo, which was obtained by Just the News, added, “Adversaries gaining access to US election-related systems could disrupt the voting process, steal sensitive data, or undermine confidence in the election results, but we do not know whether any of them have specific plans to manipulate election-related systems.”" We know the CIA would never hesitate to use such abilities.

Capt. Ed cites Axios: House Dems Prepare to Expel Their Own? UPDATE: Resigns. Beege Welborn, Sheila Kerfuffle Cherfilus-McCormick Resigns From Congress. The Washington Post @washingtonpost, "Breaking news: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Florida) resigned to avoid a possible expulsion vote on allegations that she used FEMA money mistakenly sent to her family’s health care company during the pandemic to boost her 2022 campaign." I like that "mistakenly." Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) JUST RESIGNED FROM CONGRESS after STEALING $5M in FEMA funds GOOD RIDDANCE! She clearly knew she'd be expelled. Don't stop there. She must be LOCKED UP for this theft and betrayal! And NO pension." That's three Congresscritters force to resign in 1 week. A decent start.


At NYPo Dave Harsanyi discusses Mamdani’s folly: capitalists have already solved the grocery problem "The Mamdani Mart in East Harlem, for instance, will be built on land already owned by the city, and it’s still going to cost $30 million, if government estimates are right — a rarity. In the real world, these exorbitant costs would be passed on to consumers. In the Mamdani world, the cost is tacked onto an already $5.4 billion budget deficit. To put the cost into context, a new Aldi costs around $1.5 million to $3 million on average to construct, not including the cost of the land. Other chains might cost around $3 million to $5 million." Clay Travis @ClayTravis, The Mets are 0-11 since Mr. and Mrs. Met hugged Mamdani.

Capt. Ed hears Dershowitz: Democrats Just Converted Me Through Their Anti-Israel Hate. At Althouse, "I wish I could designate myself as a 'foreign-policy Republican,' but there’s no such option, so I have to go whole hog." ""By registering as a Republican rather than an independent, maybe I can have some influence on moving some Republican policies toward the center. I have given up on trying to change the Democratic Party. My main goal is to send a message that many traditional Democratic voters can’t accept what it is becoming—a replica of left-wing European parties that are hurting their countries."Writes Alan Dershowitz, in "Why I’m Becoming a Republican/I first registered as a Democrat in 1959. The party’s hostility to Israel is too much" (Wall Street Journal)."

Don Surber thinks Trump has had it with NATO. "Bill O’Reilly talks to President Trump and he’s done with them." From Twitchy, COUP?! DataRepublican Drops Receipts in BOMBSHELL Thread About Why Pete Hegseth Is REALLY Being Targeted. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, " THREAD: The true reason Pete Hegseth is being targeted is because he's standing between President Trump and a coup @PeteHegseth named the institutions... CFR, Brookings, the general class... in 37 seconds in a video by @Liz_Wheeler Within 72 hours of his nomination, a color revolution planning document cited him as an insider threat. They didn't go after him because of drinking. They didn't go after him because of women. They went after him because every color revolution manual ever written says the same thing: you cannot topple a government unless the security forces defect. And a loyal Secretary of Defense is the one person who makes sure they don't. I have the receipts. Their own documents. Their own training sessions. Their own words on camera. As always, patience as I pull together the thread."

At RedState, Bob Hoge has a belly laugh at how Trump's Fed Chair Pick Has Fun at Elizabeth Warren's Expense at Confirmation Hearing. At RCP, The End of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Is a Bigger Deal Than the Iran War. I agree. I just hope it sticks. Ace salutes as DOT Secretary Sean Duffy Prepares to End New York's Right to Issue Commercial Drivers Licenses, "He will also cancel $73 million in federal transportation funding for New York." 


TheBlaze @theblaze, "An Amazon spokesperson told Blaze News, "We’ve resolved an error that briefly affected the availability of a paperback listing of The Camp of the Saints, and the title is now restored."" In other words, we got caught.

From the College Fix, In free speech win, UNC retracts statement announcing investigation into student satire. At JTN, George Washington University hires judge overseeing its own antisemitism suit to teach ethics course. "Legal experts contend that the situation raises clear ethical concerns." Unless teaching the class was pro bono, which I doubt.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Down To The Wire up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.