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Friday, February 9, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Special Counsel Calls Biden Too Far Gone to Try, Trump Gets His Day In Court

Two things of great note happened yesterday. First, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the disqualification of Trump on the Colorado primary ballot by the Colorado Secretary of State. Although, of course no ruling has been issued yet, the questions indicated even the reliably liberal justices were taking a very dim view of Colorado's arguments. I certainly expect rejection of the claim, but this gives me some hope it will be a unanimous or near unanimous decision, squashing this movement once and for all. 

Second, of even more import, Special Council Hur released his report on the findings of his inquiry into the secret documents that then Sen. and Vice President Biden took away from his offices, to his home and various other insecure locations,  Hur concluded that Biden knowingly and willfully took the secret documents and showed them to others who did not have clearances.in contravention of the law, but that, even setting aside long standing DOJ policy that a sitting President should not be charged, Biden should not be prosecuted because he gives the appearance of being a frail old man with memory issues, and would likely be acquitted by a compassionate jury. It was not, of course, mentioned that this would be a DC area jury with a strong Democrat bias. Biden held a press conference in the evening, bragging of his being cleared, and which largely succeeded in reinforcing those findings. I don't see how DOJ can continue to pursue charges against Trump after this finding, but I'm sure they will.

Taking the latter first. NBC crows, Biden won’t be charged in classified docs case; special counsel cites instances of ‘poor memory’ "The decision caps off a yearlong saga and means Donald Trump remains the only president in history to face criminal charges." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair comments "As I noted last night, DoJ doctrine would prevent Hur from indicting Biden even if he had evidence of crimes beyond a reasonable doubt. But this passage would indicate that Biden has admitted to having competence issues profound enough that it should prevent him from having any position of responsibility -- if it precludes criminal responsibility. Right?" Jake Sherman@JakeSherman "The special counsel report says that Biden did not remember “even within several years” when his son beau biden died." Capt. Ed, "As I commented on Twitter, HFS. We are in 25th Amendment territory with these admissions." Hat Hair's KT, Joe Biden Used the Old Man With Poor Memory Defense to Special Counsel. Nick Arama at Red State, Even Without Recommending Criminal Charges, What the Hur Report Says About Joe Biden Is Devastating. Matt Margolis, DOJ Concludes Biden Is Too Senile to Face Charges of Mishandling Classified Documents. The Free Bacon Biden Can’t Remember When He Was Vice President Or When His Son Died: DOJ.  VodkaPundit at PJM, Special Counsel Finds Biden Is Too Damn Old to Be Charged in Classified Docs Scandal. NewsMax, Biden's Memory 'Hazy' and 'Poor': Report Raising Questions About His Age. Ace has a field day, SILVER ALERT: SPECIAL COUNSEL REPORTS THAT BIDEN CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT YEARS HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT, OR EVEN WHAT APPROXIMATE, BALLPARK YEAR BEAU BIDEN DIED "He literally talks about Beau Biden three times a week," the trade mark red italics and flaming skull, DOJ Defends Decision to Prosecute Trump for Missing Document, While Excusing Biden: It's Hard to Win a Conviction Against an "Elderly Man With a POOR MEMORY" JOE BIDEN PLEADS SENILITY AS A DEFENSE, "For real. I'm not just making it up. Well, I made up that he "pled senility." But that's exactly what he did!" Special Counsel: Biden Shared Classified National Security Information With Someone Not Permitted to Receive It, But That's Okay, Because Biden Has "DIMINISHED FACULTIES," "Wow," and Biden's Ghostwriter, To Whom Biden Divulged National Security Secrets, DELETED HIS RECORDINGS OF BIDEN AS SOON AS THE SPECIAL COUNSEL WAS APPOINTED, "The man Biden divulged national security secrets do is Zwonitzer. He was mentioned in the last post. The Special Counsel said that Biden couldn't be prosecuted for revealing national security secrets to a complete civilian with no clearance to receive them because of Biden's "diminished faculties." Sounds like obstruction of justice to me. The Great Victor Davis Hanson on X Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson "Biden is Too Demented to Be Found Guilty of Crimes, But Not Too Demented to Be President?". So, who is really running the White House? American Conservative, Special Counsel Says Biden is too Senile to Prosecute. Insty: I REMEMBER WHEN THE BABYLON BEE WAS A SATIRE SITE, NOT STRAIGHT NEWS:

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.07.24 Twitchy: Dean Phillips Shames All Of Us For Pretending Biden Is OK. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.08.24, Louder With Crowder, Joe Biden saw dead people for second time this month, claims he had conversation with German Chancellor four years after his death, At Twitchy,  Holy CRAP! Biden's Attempt to Clean Up After the Special Counsel Report Made Things WAY Worse, Legal Insurrection, ‘Uncle Leo Defense’ Works For Biden in Special Counsel Report, Power Line, Hur’s report: Biden ready for Memory Care, Victory Girls, Biden’s Seeing Dead People Isn’t Funny, It’s Dangerous, The Federalist: In Presser Insisting He’s Mentally Fit, Biden Says Mexico’s President Is Calling Shots In Gaza.

At PJM, Biden's Unannounced Nighttime Speech an Absolute DISASTER.  NYPo reports an Enraged Biden lashes out at reporters, special counsel after scathing classified docs report: ‘I know what the hell I’m doing!’ Tyler O'Neal at Da Signal, sees more ‘DIMINISHED FACULTIES’: Biden Mixes Up Mexico and Egypt in News Conference After Report Questions His Mental State. NewsMax, Biden Lashes Out Over Criticism of Failing Memory. Da Caller, Biden Throws Staff Under The Bus, Lashes Out At Reporters In Rare Press Conference After Special Counsel Report. Althouse disagrees in The "elderly man with a poor memory" holds a press conference to demonstrate that he is not "an elderly man with a poor memory," "I don't agree that Biden seems "angry and incoherent." When I watched a partial clip last night, I had the impression that "[i]t did not go well," but sitting through the whole thing now, I'd say it's not that bad. It's typical Biden."

NewsMax, House GOP: Biden 'Unfit' for WH If Mental State Impaired and Comer: Biden Faces No Consequences for His Actions. Anxious anxiously goes with the cliché Trump, Haley seize on Biden special counsel report. At least they didn't pounce. Capt. Ed looks at Phil Klein at NRO's  Special Counsel Account of Biden’s Mental Decline Is Frightening and says  Shame on Those Pushing Biden Into Another Election "We have seen how Biden has declined cognitively over the last three years, and now Hur's report suggests the decline was already under way in 2017. The people who put Biden in position to take on a job for which he clearly lacks the capability should be charged with abuse of the elderly; at the very least, they should be shamed out of the political industry." Cindy Adams at NYPo, Michelle Obama may have notified people in ‘22 of her White House ambition: ‘I plan to run’. 

NYPo thinks Joe Biden’s mental decline cannot be ignored. Matt Margolis at PJM wants you to WATCH: Biden's Latest Brain-Break Moment During a Press Conference and  Wow, Did CNN Finally Admit Something Huge About Joe Biden?  John Hasson@SonofHas, "Feb 3: Biden turns down Super Bowl interview Feb 5: Biden claims he recently met a dead French prime minister Today: Biden claims he met a dead German Prime Minister." The Free Bacon, The White House Says Biden's Travel Schedule Is 'Aggressive.' Here's What He's Actually Doing. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw on The Reality Behind Biden's 'Aggressive' Travel Schedule.  PJM's Stephen Kruiser wonders Maybe Karine Jean-Pierre Is Too Stupid to Know That Biden's Lost It. 

From Fox, Hunter Biden was paid $100K through joint-venture with Chinese energy firm, ex-associate testified "Mervyn Yan, though, said he did not know the nature of the work or value Hunter Biden brought to the venture." Steve Richards at JTN, Impeachment witness says no record of work, loan to James Biden before payment to brother "Undocumented loans from failed health company Americore to James Biden came under scrutiny by the House Oversight Committee after it discovered he used some of the funds to repay a $200,000 "loan" from Joe Biden."

Now onto the Supreme Court. PJM's Vicky Taft, SCOTUS Tees Up Colorado Case Kicking Trump Off the Ballot. Look for a Surprise. HE says The Supreme Court must end the Democrats’ anti-democratic lawfare. Nick Arama at RedState would like you to Listen to Justice Jackson's Questioning About Whether the Officer Provision Even Applies to Trump. A triple at Althouse, "Thursday’s case arose from a December ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court disqualifying Mr. Trump from the state’s Republican primary ballot..."  "And I believe that both Kagan and Jackson were concerned about letting the states decide this matter of such great national interest. Sotomayor wasn't strong on the other side. After the beginning, she was quiet for a long time, then spoke up and sounded, I'm sorry to say, lost," "Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked a series of questions reflecting what seemed to be an emerging consensus..." ""... that the 14th Amendment was not meant to permit states to determine whether a candidate was an ineligible insurrectionist," and "I think that the question that you have to confront is why a single state should decide who gets to be President of the United States," "Said Justice Elena Kagan in today's oral argument in Trump v. Anderson (transcript here)." Capt. Ed, Colorado Had a Bad Day at SCOTUS on Trump DQ. Da Caller, Top Obama Lawyer Delivers Critique Of Colorado Attorneys Arguing Against Trump. "I have watched over 400 Supreme Court arguments. I have done 50 myself. I would tell you, this argument did not go well for the Trump challengers and that’s to put it mildly. I probably have some other adjectives I won’t say on air." Capt. Ed, "This is the start of a myth about incompetence in representation rather than having a losing argument as the reason for a SCOTUS slapdown." Althouse,"I'm not here as an apologist for Donald Trump and I'm certainly not here as a lawyer... but I'm trying to imagine what it would be like..." "Said David Axelrod, on CNN last night, before today's oral argument." and "The hosts seem to pride themselves on making [the podcast] 'Advisory Opinions' a venue for 'abject legal nerdery,' separate from partisan politics...". NewsMax, Axelrod: 'Very, Very Disruptive' If Colorado Decision Upheld. Capt. Ed, "Well, I don't think Axelrod needs to worry too much about that outcome, as I wrote earlier. I suspect that the court won't wait too long to publish its decision either, especially if it's 9-0 like I think it will be. They'll want to dispose of this as quickly as possible." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.08.24, Eddie Scary at Da Fed, Democrat Lawyer Admits At Supreme Court That Only One Party Can Be Allowed To Rig Elections. Ace cited Jonathan Turley, Supreme Court Appears Poised to Reject Challenge to Trump's Candidacy, and Might Even Reject It... Unanimously. Rich Baris The People's Pundit@Peoples_Pundit "Here is the clip in which Jason Murray (Colorado) argues that if the Supreme Court doesn't remove Donald Trump from the ballot, Democrats will have to try to stop Congress from certifying his electors when he wins. So, they'll engage in an "insurrection" by their definition." Bill Otis at the Ringside, Trump looks to have won big in today's Supreme Court argument. "The Court seems to think, correctly, that Congress, and not individual states or judges, gets the controlling say on the disqualification provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment." MD Kittle at Da Fed thinks this Obscure Statute Could Disqualify States Like Colorado From Kicking Trump Off The Ballot. Scott Johnson at Power Line concludes Trump will be on the ballot.

Da Caller claims a Federal Judge Puts Damper On Jack Smith’s Victory   "“Following an independent review of the Motion and the full record, the Court determines, with limited exceptions as detailed below, that the Special Counsel has not set forth a sufficient factual or legal basis warranting deviation from the strong presumption in favor of public access to the records at issue,” Cannon, a Trump appointee, wrote." Silvio Canto, Jr. at Am Think wonders just How much Trump Derangement Syndrome can the presidency take? At mrcTV, 'You Don't Have the B***s to Write the Truth!' Ariz. Rep. SLAMS 'Propaganda' Media for Insurrection Narrative



Paul Bedard at WaEx, Impeach Mayorkas? Fifty-two percent agree. Dan Chaitin at Da Wire, Speaker Johnson Vows Mayorkas Will Be Impeached Despite ‘Setback’, "Democracy is messy." Stephen Kruiser adds Hell Yes, I Miss George Santos who would have provided the vote needed. From Breitbart, Sen. Mitch McConnell Defends Migration Bill Fiasco. At Am Con, McConnell’s Leadership in Jeopardy After Sending Lankford on a ‘Suicide Mission’ in Border Negotiations.  "An increasing number of Republican senators believe it is time for Mitch McConnell’s ousting as GOP leader." Capt. Ed adds "If this is true, then it's time for new leadership in the Senate GOP." Ace, has the Report: Mitch McConnell Lied to GOP Senators About Ukraine Aid Being Tied to Biden's Performance In Closing the Border.  "The report claims further that GOP senators are sick enough of this repulsive foreign agent that his "leadership" is "in jeopardy"." TNP, McConnell Says He’ll Cling On, Says Haters ‘Had Their Shot.’ At Am Spec Scott McKay says This Has to Be the End of the Road for Mitch McConnell "Republican voters now know that the GOP candidate running for the Senate is utterly worthless on the border issue." Da Caller, ‘There Was No Deal’: John Kennedy Explains Why Republicans Killed Bipartisan Border Security Bill. Mary Chastain at LI has a Report: Border Agents Encountered Over 1,000,000 Migrants Since Oct. 1 "Chinese migrant encounters continue to climb, too. Agents have encountered over 19,600 since October 1. They encountered 37,000 total in fiscal year 2023." Breitbart, Illegal Alien Freed into U.S. by Biden’s DHS Charged with Killing Young Mother, Toddler. Da Wire, Denver Booting 800 Migrant Families From Shelters, "More than 40,000 illegal migrants have arrived in the city." Sorry, but you voted for this. Mike McDaniel at Am think hears Sen. Chris Murphy call illegal aliens the people we care about most. VodkaPundit at PJM, Sen. Murphy Accidentally Reveals Dems' Favorite Americans. I&I, Never Let A Serious Border (And Constitutional) Crisis Go To Waste. The Great Victor Davis Hanson, on The Absurd Democrat Border Con "It remains unclear why Biden and Homeland Security Chief Alejandro Mayorkas destroyed what Trump had achieved. Why would they ensure such misery for both Americans and millions of illegal migrants?" BL Hahn at Da Fed thinks Without Mass Deportations, America’s Demographics Shift Will Result In Radical Politics and that's the point. Larry Elder at Front Page calls it The New Gold Rush. "The American border." Monica Showalter at Am Think thinks it's Government by blackmail. "Biden threatens to enforce the border even less if GOP House doesn't pass his border bill." KT at Hat Hair VIP, NBC News: Biden Considering Executive Action on Southern Border. At Breitbart, Speaker Mike Johnson: Biden Speech Blaming Trump, ‘MAGA Republicans’ for Border Was ‘Offensive’

NYT, cited by Insty, is pleased to announce SUSTAINABILITY: U.S. Debt on Pace to Top $54 Trillion Over Next 10 Years. At Market Watch, Fed’s Barkin says recent progress on inflation might be a ‘head fake’. From Twitchy, OUCH! Sen. John Kennedy Is Having NONE of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's 'Bidenomics' BS. John Kennedy@SenJohnKennedy "I asked Sec. Yellen if the high prices caused by Bidenomics are here to stay. Her answer: “We don’t have to get these prices down.” Apparently the Biden admin’s position is that, if Americans don’t get a big pay raise, they’re screwed." Generally speaking, high inflation is bad, a little inflation is good, price stability is OK and deflation is very bad. Mike LaChance at LI, Elizabeth Warren Takes on Big Dorito, Big Oreo, and Big Toilet Paper to Deflect Blame From Biden’s Economy. “Shrinkflation is just another way for giant corporations to pad their profits and leave us with the crumbs.”


TNP claims to have DATA: Texas Would Flip Democrat If Haley Were Nominee. From Da Wire, Nikki Haley After Nevada Loss: ‘Trump Rigged It’ Da Caller Who Is Michael Whatley, The Potential Frontrunner To Replace Ronna McDaniel As RNC Chair? HE, Kari Lake reveals Vivek Ramaswamy would be open to 'temporarily' chairing RNC.  J. Allen Cartwright at Am Think thinks about What’s to Blame for GOP Fundraising Woes. Nobody trusts them? Jake Sherman via Hat Hair, New: McMorris Rodgers to Retire from House. Kurt Schlichter offers his explanation for Why Red State Republicans Are Often Such Losers? "The first is that, in a red state, everyone who wants a career in politics has to be a Republican. There’s literally no Democrat path to success, so people who would normally be a donkey party person, like Nikki Haley, have to ostensibly join the Republican Party. But they bring their terrible, terrible ideas with them. That’s the problem with a big tent – it has room for a lot of losers." Dave Strom at Hat Hair, sees a Strange Bedfellow: Gaetz Endorses McCarthy.
 
From Da Wire, Watchdog Group Warns Of Foreign Money Being Used To Influence Elections Ahead Of 2024 Cycle. I hope they buy somebody better next time. At Hat Hair, Journalist Schools Dems With Truth About U.S. Elections. The Unsinkable Mollie Hemingway:

Althouse host the Tucker Carlson interview of Vladimir Putin.  At Breitbart, White House Fury Over Tucker Carlson Interviewing Putin. TNP, Tucker Carlson Subject to Sanctions for Crime of Journalism, Say Globalist EU Politicians. 

From Da Wire, Daily Wire, Texas AG Ask Court To Block State Department’s Domestic ‘Misinformation’ Efforts. Dave Strom finds the The Censorship Industry Is Booming–Using Government Money and AI. The Free Bacon takes note that the Soros-Funded Fake News Network Hires Journalist Who Offered To Give Bill Clinton a Blowjob "'American women should be lining up with their presidential kneepads to show their gratitude,' said Courier Newsroom's Nina Burleigh."

Sandra Makarios at Front Page, on Islamic Indoctrination 101 "A personal testimony of what your kids are learning in College." The Dersh calls them Pro-Palestinian Pied Pipers Leading Kids into Anti-Semitism. Janet Levy at Am Think, 'White Kikes' and 'Melanin Recessives'. Twitchy, Run AWAAAY! Ibram Kendi Tries Slamming Matt Walsh With the 'White Savior' Card and All HELL Breaks Loose. Spencer Brown at TownHall is amused when Sunny Hostin Learned Her Ancestors Owned Slaves and Her Response Is Truly Something. From Fox, 'Woke Kindergarten' teacher calls for destruction of America: 'We've been trying to end y'all', "The public school consultant said that there are extraterrestrial beings that are 'oppressed'" At Da Caller, Why Self-Defense Is The Only Type Of Violence The Left Won’t Endorse. The Rabbit Hole@TheRabbitHole84 "Woke: White privilege causes the wage gap. Feminists: Male privilege causes the wage gap. Asian Women: What wage gap?" Breitbart, Leftists Celebrate Death of Country Music Star Toby Keith by Rehashing Dixie Chicks Feud. Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed, Parental Rights Group Files Complaint Against Illinois School For Racist Black- And Hispanic-Only Programs. Tax Prof, Law Prof Presses Male Sex-Bias Allegations In New Suit After Federal Judge Tosses His Title IX Claim.

Jane Coleman at LI sees a NY School District Sued For Allegedly Secretly Transitioning 12-Year-Old Student "School counselors don’t just give career advice anymore." OutKick hears Outrage Builds As Five Trans Students Dominate Women's Volleyball. Twitchy, BOOM! A Twitter 'Karen' Lashed Out at Riley Gaines and Her Reply Was Perfect
Hat Hair's KT has the sads at news that Oreo Is  Partnering With a Group That Promotes a 'Militant LGBTQ Agenda'? TNP, OK GOP Seeks Ban on State Promotion of ‘Pride.’


The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Giant Wombats of Gor ready and waiting at The Other McCain.
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Monday, December 11, 2023

Flotsam and Jetsam - Is the President of Harvard a Plagiarist?

Hat Hair's KT hears Biden in Hollywood: “You’re the Reason that Donald Trump is a Former President". It was certainly a big factor. John Davidson at Da Fed believes the Media Fearmonger About A ‘Trump Dictatorship’ Because Biden Told Them To. Warren Beatty goes there, Joe Biden Meets the Gestapo. 

Fuzzy Slippers at LI sees the Biden Border Crisis: Military-Age Men From Across the Globe Flood Across Arizona Border. “there were a large number of Africans from countries Senegal, Guinea, Mauritania, Egypt and elsewhere waiting to be processed and potentially released into the U.S. Others were from the Middle East and Asia”. Hat Hair's KT again, reporting a Democrat Governor Toured the Border as She Demands Federal Aid from Biden, Arizona's Katie Hobbs. A report from Breitbart, 5,000 Illegal Migrants Are Released into the U.S. Daily, Biden Admin Privately Tells Congress. At Da Caller, Illegal Immigration Surges Months After Biden, Trudeau Make Deal To Crack Down On Northern Border Influx. mrc-TV WHAT? Trucking Company Fined $700K By Biden Admin For Checking Green Cards Of Job Seekers. 

From the Free Bacon, Biden Admin Pays Anti-Israel Group That Spreads Lies About Gaza War To Fight 'Disinformation'. The one thing the government is really good at is handing out money. At Da Caller, Biden Scores An Own-Goal On The Olympics, "President Joe Biden’s endorsement on Wednesday of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy’s request to compete in lacrosse under its own sovereign flag at the 2028 Olympics represents a dangerous shift in American policy and establishes a path toward further balkanization." I wouldn't mind taking the whole national team idea out of the Olympics, and letting the best athletes compete on their own merits. 

Margot Cleveland at Da Fed concludes There’s Only One Explanation For Hunter Biden’s Simple Indictment Taking So Long: 2020 Election Interference.

At NYPo, President Biden just pledged to shut down 60% of America’s electric power. Rick Moran at PJM notes Now the Left Is Going to War Against a 'Sandwich Shop Monopoly'. They just hate business in general. Shmuel Katzen at Am Spec asks What Does It Take To Be a Statesman? before noting "Biden is clearly failing at this task." Ed Driscoll at Insty, GREAT MOMENTS IN STOCKHOLM SYNDROME: GOP Sen. Mitt Romney doesn’t rule out voting for Biden, says Trump has ‘authoritarian’ interests. "Flashback to 2012: Biden: Romney’s approach to financial regulation will ‘put y’all back in chains.’"

Althouse, Trump is way ahead of Biden in Georgia and Michigan... according to CNN. ""CNN Polls: Trump leads Biden in Michigan and Georgia as broad majorities hold negative views of the current president." Isn't impossible to visualize an Electoral College win for Biden if he loses those states? Here's an interactive Electoral College map."  At Am Think John Kudla takes An Early Look at Biden versus Trump, and concluded the +2 Trump from RCP is about right. Mike LaChance at LI at reports Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy Endorses Trump for 2024, Would Consider Working in His Administration. “I believe Donald Trump will win, I believe that Republicans will gain more seats in the House, and that Republicans will win the Senate”   From TNP, These 60 Seconds of Trump’s Hannity Town Hall Were a Masterclass In Political Communications. Althouse finds "We’ll turn toward abstraction. I predict that Donald Trump is going to win the election and, when people seek some sort of relief valve or means to move forward..." ""... I don’t think they’re going to do that by looking at a bunch of figurative paintings. We’ll need to stare into the blur and ask the biggest possible questions: 'Who are we? What are we? What the hell are we doing?' And those are questions that abstraction, as a mode, posits … I also think we’ll encounter a radical new abstraction.  . . . Says the painter Adam Pendleton, 39, answering the question "What will the cultural trends be?," part of a large collection of answered questions in "The T Predictor: What We’ll Be Obsessing Over in 2024/We asked 46 artists, filmmakers, chefs and other creative people to forecast next year’s cultural trends. (Spoiler: We’re all going to be wearing a lot of brown)" (T/ The NYT Style Magazine)." The inimitable Kurt Schlichter at TownHall thinks Democrats Are Right to Be Scared of Trump’s Vengeance, "Vengeance? Oh yeah. The more brutal, the better." Breitbart, Romney: Haley Is the ‘Only One that Has a Shot’ to Beat Trump for GOP Nomination. His endorsement is yet another reason to be leery of Nikki.

Dan Chaitin at Da Wire hears McCarthy Giving Parting Advice To Speaker Johnson “I think the best advice I could give to him: you’re the speaker of the House. Do not — do not govern in the idea that you’re afraid somebody’s going to make a motion to vacate.” 

At Da Caller Kate Anderson calls it a ‘A Cynical Strategy’: Less Than Two Years After Dobbs, Abortion Is Headed To The Supreme Court Again 

In August 2022, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Idaho for banning all abortions and the state’s Attorney General Raúl Labrador filed a motion with Kagan on Nov. 27, asking that the law be allowed to remain in effect as the lawsuit plays out. The Biden administration is trying to push a “very tortured interpretation” of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), which prohibits hospitals from turning away patients having a medical emergency, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erin Hawley told the DCNF, and the stage is being set for the nation’s highest court to weigh in on the issue again.
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In 2023, the Idaho legislature amended its law that originally only provided doctors with the right to an affirmative defense if they performed an emergency abortion and created an exception in the law that allows the procedure for saving the life of the mother and in cases of rape and incest. Daniel told the DCNF that the Idaho law, particularly in light of this change, is perfectly in line with EMTALA.
David Lanza at Am Think thinks January 6 Is the Dems’ Electoral Strategy. From NYPo, In the name of ‘fake news,’ NewsGuard extorts sites to follow the government narrative

Chris Rufo at Substack, Is Claudine Gay a Plagiarist? "The embattled Harvard president’s dissertation raises troubling questions." Sure looks like it. A politician might get away with it (Biden certainly did), but academics take stealing their words personally. Insty, PLAGIARISM PROBLEMS FOR HARVARD PREZ CLAUDINE GAY?  Jen Van Laar at TownHall, Harvard President Claudine Gay Plagiarized Portions of Her Ph.D. Dissertation. Twitchy claims another Smoking GUN: Leaked, Woke AF 2020 Memo from Harvard Pres. Claudine Gay Exposes What She REALLY Believes. Meh, it's just typical arglebargle. J.R. Dunn at Am Think thinks Elise Stefanik is smiting the unworthy. Hollywood in Toto sees ‘SNL’ Goes ‘Republicans Pounce’ Route on Ivy League Presidents "Far-Left sketch series skewers GOP's Stefanik, not morally bankrupt leaders." Insty "That latter route was chosen by the New York Times today, which some say is not a satirical TV show produced by Lorne Michaels, though the jury is still out." NYT, As Fury Erupts Over Campus Antisemitism, Conservatives Seize the Moment. "Republicans have been attacking elite universities for years."  After a tense congressional hearing last week, many on the left are joining them.  Personally I'd rather pounce than seize. RedState's Nick Arama takes on SNL's Horrible Unfunny Take on Ivy League Presidents Mocks Elise Stefanik and Has People Talking. Debby Sanders at Am Spec speculates about  An Academic Reckoning on Anti-Semitism and Speech, "Given their own campuses' records on speech, the three university presidents looked like frauds."  Clarice Feldman at Am Think thinks Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest.  Althouse wonders Did the 3 university presidents fall into "Ms. Stefanik's prosecutorial trap"? "I'm reading "Questioning University Presidents on Antisemitism, Stefanik Goes Viral/The No. 4 Republican, a Harvard alumna with a fraught relationship with her alma mater, had a confrontation over campus responses to antisemitism that resonated across the political spectrum" (NYT)." Sarah Hoyt at Insty chimes in IF THEY WERE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO ‘DO THE RIGHT THING’ WOULD THEY EVER HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS? Harvard, MIT presidents face increased calls to ‘do the right thing’ after UPenn’s Magill resigned over response to antisemitism and MINDS SO OPEN THEIR BRAINS HAVE FALLEN OUT – ‘RIGHT OF RESISTANCE” DOES NOT TRUMP RIGHT OF SELF DEFENSE: GWU faculty ignore Hamas atrocities, defend attack on Israel: ‘Right of resistance’. 

Althouse finds "[A]ntisemitic and anti-Israel protests on campuses — and the university presidents’ lawyerly responses at last week’s hearing — were akin to... the 'Zoom moment' during the pandemic..." "
"... when some parents first listened closely to what their children were learning in school and concluded it was 'subpar in quality and radical in content.' '" From Am Think, Stuart Creque sees The End of Allyship in the left. Bob Spencer at Front Page, Survey: Students Who Hate Israel the Most Know the Least About It. "Really, are you surprised?" An example at NYPo, California coffee shop fires antisemitic employees who blocked Jewish customer from using bathroom. Vicky Taft at PJM examines the options,  'Pathological Liar' or 'Brave' Victim? The Curious Case of the 'Islamophobic Hate Crime' at Stanford. The demand for hate crimes exceeds the supply, so they have to invent them. 

 At WaEx, Mark Judge (remember him?) discourses on the Maestro and Hollywood’s retroactive repression. "Maestro, the new film starring Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan, is in many ways a terrific movie . The actors are first-rate. The movie is based on the life of conductor Leonard Bernstein, so the music is incredible. Yet Maestro is also an example of what I call Hollywood’s “retroactive repression.” Liberal filmmakers like to make movies about conflict and overcoming bullies. Because America is the freest country on Earth, with gay marriage and severe punishment for racism , Hollywood has to go back in time to find the bad guys — bigots, homophobes, rednecks, and anti-communists." Ben Bartee at PJM wants you to WATCH: Undercover Video Exposes Pornhub’s Child-Grooming Strategy. Insty, THE PROLES AREN’T BUYING WHAT THE LEADERS ARE SELLING: Photos show mostly empty seats for Dylan Mulvaney event at Penn State. From Da Caller, Nashville Police Announce End Of Investigation Into Leak Of School Shooter’s Manifesto. “The investigation has not identified current MNPD employees, or employees of any partner agency, as engaging in the unauthorized release of the images,” per the press statement. “Persons placed on administrative assignment for certain periods during the pendency of the investigation have returned to their regular duties.”

At JTN, Greg Piper, Follow the science? Feds mull research veto for indigenous groups, using religion as science, "FOIA production shows National Science Foundation quickly discussed reviewer's broadside against enabling "settler scientists." Former fed warns against agencies considering "quackery" such as cautery in science policy." Science is dead, long live science!
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Thursday, December 7, 2023

Flotsam and Jetsam - Hunter Rejects Subpoena, McCarthy to Quit

At Twitchy, Biden Calls House Oversight Evidence 'a Bunch of Lies' and Then Can't Leave the Room Fast Enough. Ace Biden Lies Outrageously, Claiming That It's Just "Lies" That He Ever Even "Interacted" With Hunter Biden's "Business" Associates, Then His Handlers Quickly End the Press Conference.  "Joe Biden previously lied and said he never even spoke with Hunter's "business" partners. Then it was proven that he spoke with them and met them in restaurants. The new claim became, "he only spoke to them about the weather." This reporter attempts to forestall quibbling about what Biden spoke about by asking about Biden "interacting" with Hunter's "business" partners. Obviously, this includes any interactions, including interactions supposedly about "the weather." From Fox, Comer, Jordan threaten to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress after he rejects subpoena for deposition "Hunter Biden's attorney says the president's son would only testify at a public hearing." I think all of Trump's children sat for depositions. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.06.23 (Morning Edition), at Da Fed ‘Two-Tiered Justice System’: House Finds Biden’s DOJ, Weiss Gave Hunter Biden Special Treatment, Biden Admin Gives Catholics, Parents The ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Treatment But Not Violent Antisemites, and Democrats Are Afraid Trump Will Do To Them What They Have Done To Him

 Paul Bedard at WaEx reports Comer told an NBC host: ‘You’re financially illiterate’ “You’re calling it an influence-peddling scheme, and you don’t even know definitively whether or not it’s a loan?” Nobles said. Comer, with a smirk, responded, “You don’t understand. It’s like you’re financially illiterate. You look like a smart guy on TV. Listen, I’m a banker. You know, I’ve been involved in a bank board for a long time. The money that the Bidens pay Joe Biden back with came from influence peddling.”" Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, Hunter Biden 'Sugar Brother' Confirmed. Ace, Hunter Biden's "Sugar Brother," Hollywood Lawyer Kevin Morris, Has Secretly Given the Crackhead Whoremonger 4.9 Million Dollars. "Do you believe that this $4.9 million dollars was Kevin Morris' own money? Or do you think he's just a funnel for money coming from billionaires? And China? Because I think the latter. Time to subpoena his bank records."

Althouse, "Trump and the Republicans held leads on... being for working people (a 7-point advantage), standing up to elites (8 points)..." Hat Hair's John Sexton hears Democracy Corps on Current Biden Polling Numbers: 'This is Grim' 

On 32 subjects ranging from abortion to China, the Democracy Corps survey asked voters to choose which would be better, “Biden and the Democrats” or “Trump and the Republicans.”

Biden and the Democrats led on six: women’s rights (ahead by 17 points), climate change (15 points), addressing racial inequality (10 points), health care (3 points), the president will not be an autocrat (plus 2) and protecting Democracy (plus 1). There was a tie on making democracy more secure.

Donald Trump and the Republicans held leads on the remaining subjects, including being for working people (a 7-point advantage), standing up to elites (8 points), being able to get things done for the American people (12 points), feeling safe (12 points) and keeping wages and salaries up with the cost of living (17 points).

NYPo,  Biden says ‘probably 50’ Democrats could beat Trump after insisting ‘I have to run’. At Althouse, "Even though he has opponents in the primary, the party leadership has ordered that only Biden will appear on the primary ballot." "Writes Jonathan Turley, in "The Guardians of Democracy: Democrats Move to Protect Democracy from Itself" and "A dearth of charging infrastructure is one of the top reasons Americans say they won’t buy an electric car." "Woefully bland caption under a photograph at the Politico article "Congress provided $7.5B for electric vehicle chargers. Built so far: Zero. The sluggish rollout could undermine President Joe Biden’s reelection messaging promoting electric vehicles." They've taken us so insanely deeply into debt, but what if we had a brilliant, beautiful, well-functioning, modernized national infrastructure to show for it? Did we get anything?!" No, but a lot of Democrat donors and hangers on made a mint. PJM's Steven Kruiser,  Never Mind a Second Term, Can We Make It to the End of Biden's First?

Insty, THE NEW YORK TIMES IS CONCERNED TRUMP MIGHT DO WHAT BIDEN HAS BEEN DOING: “He has threatened to use the power of the presidency against his political opponents, including President Joe Biden and Biden’s family.” "I mean, I know these people are utterly lacking in self-awareness, but. . . ." From Unherd, Why all this Trump hysteria? "America won't descend into an authoritarian state." Capt. Ed comments "The rational argument against Trump is not that he will seize power he doesn’t have under the Constitution, but that he won’t use the authority he *does* have. Far from ‘draining the swamp,’ Trump mainly let it fester by ignoring the political appointments necessary to first controlling it and then dismantling it. The worst of these examples is the COVID-19 pandemic, where Trump allowed the bureaucrats to impose *actual* authoritarian measures while trying to avoid conflict with Fauci and the love the media showered on him." Althouse finds 2 from Glenn Greenwald. Glenn Greenwald@ggreenwald, "This is what you will hear from all liberal corporate outlets for the next year: no, this time we mean it! This time Trump *really will be* fascist! These are the people imprisoning non-violent Jan 6 protesters, prosecuting Trump to win an election, censoring the internet:"

Sundance at CTH has mixed emotions that Kevin McCarthy Announces He Is Leaving Congress at the End of This Month. Spencer Brown at TownHall, Matt Gaetz Responds to Kevin McCarthy's Retirement With One Word  "McLeavin’". From Ace, Kevin McCarthy Will Leave Congress "At the End of the Year" "Not at the end of the current Congress, which extends into January. But at the end of the year. This will leave us with only a 1 member majority for a period." and Update to Last Post "I think the real objection to my criticism of Gaetz is really, "C'mon dude, he offered a single-word sneer on Twitter at McCarthy, it's no big deal and you're acting like a spazz." Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw speculates about What Was Behind McCarthy's Resignation? "So what made his exit so urgent?  . . .  While it pains me to say it, this looks more than anything else like a simple case of sour grapes."

And, then, of course, the Republican also-rans held another debate last night, where it was Nikki Haley's turn in the barrel.  NYPo, Republicans quickly dogpile on Nikki Haley in fourth debateAt WaEx, Republican debate: DeSantis PAC hits Haley over transgender stance before GOP showdown and Republican debate: Christie delivers fiery performance at fourth GOP event, "DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, and Christie clash in fourth GOP debate." Insty, I THINK SHE’S OUT OF TOUCH WITH HER PARTY: Matt Rinaldi@MattRinaldiTX "100% disqualifying." Robby Starbuck@robbystarbuck, 
"Nikki Haley was just asked on CBS what should be done if a 12 year old decides they want a sex change and she said the law should stay out of it to let parents handle it. This is 1000% disqualifying. The law must intervene when a parent abuses their child."

Ace, Liz Cheney, Who Lost Her Primary for Reelection by 36 Points, Says She Might Run Third Party to Stop Trump and the Republican Party. "In related news, an obese five-year-old girl with dyspraxia just told me "I'm gunna bust you up, chief."" From the Da Fetched, Trump: Liz Cheney Is Suffering from ‘TDS’ at a Level Rarely Seen Before. VodkaPundit at Insty, “THIRD-PARTY” IS LIZ-SPEAK FOR “BIDEN STALKING HORSE”: Liz Cheney says she’s ready to consider a third party, warns of ‘grave’ threat of Trump-led GOP.

At Breitbart, Soros’s Foundation Commits $50 Million to Spur ‘Nonpartisan Civic Engagement Among Women,’ Youth. Nonpartisan my ass. 

The redoubtable Julie Kelly at RCI goes into gory detail on the 'Jan. 6 Jurisprudence' About to Be Unleashed on Trump. At da Wire, 6 Nevada Republicans, Including GOP Chairman, Indicted In Trump ‘Alternate Elector’ Case.   OutKick hears BLM Rioters being Fined $500 For Burning Down Wendy's Has The Right Fired Up. 

NewsMax, Sen. Cruz: Govt 'Laundering Taxpayer Dollars' for Censorship, and not very well, because it's obvious to anyone. Matt Taibbi at Racket, Sue the Bastards: Federalist, Daily Wire Take the State Department to Court "Bookending the historic Consortium News suit, conservative news outlets take on the Global Engagement Center for funding "censorship enterprises" and blacklisting."

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Saturday, October 28, 2023

Flotsam and Jetsam - Mike Johnson STILL Speaker

Going on three days now? Sarah Arnold at TownHall sees the  Newly Minted House Speaker Roast Dem Eric Swalwell With One Tweet. 

Ben Whedon at JTN finds Vance frets over Speaker Johnson's 'concerning' Ukraine remarks, "Johnson, in a Thursday interview on Fox News, stated that "we can’t allow Vladimir Putin to prevail in Ukraine, because I don’t believe it would stop there."" Capt. Ed comments "As I predicted, Johnson’s reasonable response will create another silly point of rhetorical convention. Why not wait to see what transpires in the House — and in the Senate, where Vance can have his say?"  Sundance at CTH, Speaker Mike Johnson Sits Down with Sean Hannity for Extensive Interview. "Speaker Mike Johnson, who is a significant upgrade from Speaker Kevin McCarthy, sits down for an extensive discussion on current political events where Sean Hannity can tell Johnson his role and responsibility as Speaker." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.26.23 (Evening Edition) EBL: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, American Greatness: Gaetz Claims McCarthy Tried to Sabotage Vote For New House Speaker Mike Johnson, BattleSwarm: Our Short National Non-Nightmare Is Finally Over: Rep. Mike Johnson Elected Speaker, Da Tech Guy, Five Speaker Mike Johnson Thoughts Under the Fedora, The Federalist, Neocons Fear Speaker Mike Johnson Could Bring An End To Ukraine War Cash. And from the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.27.23 The Federalist, Media Squawk About Mike Johnson’s ‘Sexual Anarchy’ Predictions As They All Come True.

Sundance, notes the RNC Selects Lester Holt, Kristen Welker and Hugh Hewitt as Moderators for NBC’s First-Loser Debate in Miami. "I mean, if you are hosting a Republican debate, one might think the RNC would want Republicans as moderators.  Then again, in the era of the professional Uniparty, there’s not much difference.  Condescending pontificating pustule of pomposity, Hugh Hewitt, will rest atop his familiar high horse.  You couldn’t pay me to watch this one." At Fox, Republican presidential candidate suspends campaign, endorses Donald Trump "'We must unite behind Donald Trump to beat Joe Biden,' Elder said Thursday evening." You ain't going nowhere. 


Matt Margolis at PJM claims a BOMBSHELL: Biden Bribery Allegations Credible, Former Prosecutor Confirms. The Peacock whines GOP-led House panel requests Biden loan documents predating his presidency. "Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is seeking documents tied to a loan Joe Biden made to his brother more than 2½ years before he was elected president." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.27.23,The Lid has Biden Crime Family: 5 News Stories He Hopes You Won’t Notice In A VERY Hectic News Week


As Eric Lendrum notes even the ACLU Declares Trump Gag Order to be Unconstitutional. Greg Piper at JTN,  has Emails that show how feds coalesced around Russia, QAnon to dismiss Hunter Biden laptop, "FOIA revelations and new litigation give ammunition to GOP lawmakers' efforts to rein in Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.26.23 (Evening Edition),  Da Fed's Evita Duffy-Alfonso has 5 Examples Of The Illegal Government Censorship SCOTUS Just Allowed To Resume.


Spiked wonders Why has the New York Times hired a Hitler sympathiser? Hat Hair's John Sexton sees the Mask Off: Bernie Sanders Remembered the Tree of Life Shooting and Some Progressives Are Angry and Beege Welborn is happy that Harvard Jew-Haters Finding Out the New #Rulez Suck.  At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.26.23 (Evening Edition), Twitchy: Turns Out Gas Guzzlers May Be More Economical After All, The “Doxxing Truck” Makes Home Visits To Expose Student Leaders Who Signed Anti-Israel Letter, and Palestinian Vlogger Makes Amazing Recovery After Being In Critical Condition,  Louder With Crowder: Heavy metal legend gives Israel his full support for using his 80s anthem as a rallying cry and “I’m dying to f*cking put you in a hospital. ”Legal Insurrection, ‘Pro-Palestinian’ Protesters Attack Jewish Students at Tulane, The Geller Report: Jewish Students Forced to Barricade Themselves In Library as Muslim and Leftist Jew-Hating Mob Try to Break Down the Door New York’s Cooper Union College, Power Line, Journalists For Mass Murder and Gang Rape, “We must cut the crap”, The Federalist, Major Jewish Group Calls On MLB, NBA, NFL To Abandon Support For Black Lives Matter. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.27.23, Twitchy: Man Connected To The “Doxxing Truck” Gets SWATted, “This Isn’t An Airport” – Twitter Says Goodbye To David French , and “Just Like Nazi Germany!” Wait, What? The Left Loses Its Mind Over Arrests Of Left-Wing Jewish Protestors, Don Surber: Of course Harvard supports terrorism, Legal Insurrection, “What’s harsh, is dropping in on a music festival and slaughtering a bunch of young people just trying to enjoy an afternoon”, Outkick, Riley Gaines Seems Less Welcome At Harvard Than Anti-Israel Contingent, This Ain’t Hell: Aren’t they good little Nazis? Valor Friday, America will not be spared if war in Gaza continues, Volokh Conspiracy: Advocacy in Support of Hamas vs. Illegal Material Support of Hamas and The Federalist, Leftist Streamer Hasan Piker Justifies Hamas Baby Beheadings As Both Legal And Moral.

Beege Welborn is  Waiting for Gadot and Woke Snow. At CJ, Seizing the Moment "The public backlash to radical leftism opens opportunities for reform."

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.26.23 (Evening Edition), Louder With Crowder: 50-year-old “Melody Wiseheart” enters swimming contest for 13-year-old girls, yet still can’t dominate them and Iceland’s Prime Minister Goes On Strike Over Something Called “Gender Equality”, Behind The Black: Boeing losses total almost a billion dollars this quarter, Red China launches new three-man crew to its Tiangong-3 space station, Rocket Lab expects to resume Electron launches before end of year, The icy terrain near one of Starship’s prime candidate landing spots on Mars, Has the tide actually turned? and Pushback: Fired director of college’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department accuses movement of promoting bigotry, First Street Journal: Regardless of what the #woke want to believe, the numbers don’t lie, The Federalist, Major Jewish Group Calls On MLB, NBA, NFL To Abandon Support For Black Lives Matter. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.27.23, Louder With Crowder, “Pickle” The Drag Queen Kicked Out Of Story Time After Even Los Angeles Parents Have Had Enough.

Linked at Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Patriotic Pinup and linkfest. The Wombat has  FMJRA 2.0: Miracle on East Capitol Street up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.
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