Flotsam and Jetsam - Terms of Iran MOU Released

From Cameron Arcand at TownHall, We Now Know What's Inside the Iran Agreement. “We’re not going to be taking their word for anything,” a senior U.S. official said when asked about “compliance” for Iran’s adherence to the deal, particularly when it comes to nuclear development, adding that the U.S. will “work very closely with the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA].” Driscoll at Insty, IRAN: It All Boils Down to Trusting Trump; UPDATED: MOU Released, "It seems, from what Trump and Vance are saying, as well as from what administration officials have leaked to news outlets, that the deal’s guarantee boils down to Trump’s willingness to continue bullying Iran into cutting a further deal within the next 60 days. Or more, since the deadline can be extended indefinitely at the agreement of both parties." At Althouse, "But they have a new group of leaders that I think is, uh, actually I think they're smarter. I think they're very smart. I think they're far less radicalized," says Trump at a news conference, and "This way, if it works, I take the credit. If not, I blame JD! You better be careful, JD!"

Hat Hair's John Sexton thinks Trump Was Playing Nice with Ukraine at the G7. At Althouse, "I think they think I was right. I’m sort of always right, you know, when you get down to it." ""They think I was right. They feel good. Now all of a sudden they all want to be involved." Said — it's so obvious (who talks like that?) — Trump. Quoted in "G-7 ends without rupture as allies praise Trump for ending Iran war/For the other leaders of the Group of Seven nations, success was defined as avoiding a public fight with the U.S. president" (WaPo)."

Matt Vespa at TownHall, No Way CNN Did This Regarding the Algae in the Reflecting Pool?! At Althouse, They had to know this would happen: "Trump’s $14m 'American flag blue' reflecting pool turns green with algae." "I'm reading the news in The London Times." There is some suspicion that saboteurs dumped a pile of nutrients in it to restart the algae bloom. The pool is a natural site for algae; shallow and sunlite, receiving nutrients from rain and duck shit; without heavy treatment or filtration it will always grow lots of algae. One natural solution might be to stock it with algae filtering mussels and fish, but I suspect that would require a lot of management.

Also at Althouse, "The storm comes and splits at the White House and goes around the White House and the Ellipse. The President believes that… it was divine intervention." Matt Vespa, Trump Faces Another Lawsuit From a Bunch of DC Losers Over Planned Garden of Heroes Project “It is beyond comprehension why anyone would sue over an exhibition that celebrates American greatness by highlighting some of the most pivotal figures in our nation’s history,” Katie Martin, an Interior Department spokeswoman, said in a statement. “Either these people hate America or are suffering from a severe case of [Trump Derangement Syndrome].” From Twitchy, Rumors Squashed: Knicks Confirm White House Visit as Libs Melt Down. At NYPo, Jeffrey Epstein was obsessed with trying to take down Trump before suicide, report says, just another thing shared by Epstein and the Democrat leaders. 

Althouse finds "But, without Mamaw around to guide him, JD lost his faith in God. 'With her gone, no one really cared about my faith, and soon I stopped caring too.'" "From "God, guns and 'Mamaw' — JD Vance’s memoir is part rant, part sermon/In Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith, the US vice-president explains why the liberal elite pushed him into the arms of the Church — and Donald Trump" (London Times)."

Driscoll calls for POPCORN! Watch Hillary Clinton Absolutely SQUIRM When Pressed to Comment About Graham Platner. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Hillary zigs and zags when asked about Graham Platner: “He’s had some bumps on the road." Ok, but if you were a Mainer, would you vote for him? “I’m not a Mainer. I’m a New Yorker." **Changes subject** The Dem elite's squirming and deflecting on this guy is something else." Matt Vespa wonders Did Hakeem Jeffries Think He Was Safe on This Show? He Got Bulldozed, "watch Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) get caught completely off guard as he attempts to criticize the Trump administration for the high cost of living on Good Day New York. He wasn’t expecting this at all (via Fox News):" From the Free Bacon, Texas’s James Talarico, 37, Shares His Only Checking Account With His Mom "Talarico’s mother and adoptive father contributed $1,437.84 to his 2021 campaign to cover 'moving expenses' when he was 32." Joe Chalfant at TownHall reports James Talarico Got Paid Tens of Thousands of Dollars by a Firm That Teaches Your Kids That They're Racist. Jonathan Turley is outraged by a Candidate Struck from Alaska Ballot Over Alleged Democratic Dirty Trick: “By Any Means Necessary.” Joe Weber at JTN reports a Democrat socialist candidate had wide lead in bid to become DC's next mayor, after Tuesday balloting. "In the District of Columbia's other big primary race, D.C. Council member Robert White won the Democratic nomination for D.C. delegate to Congress." Jon Levine @LevineJonathan, "DSA is essentially a wealthy, white, highly educated movement which very carefully selects candidates from their 0.00001% members of color to try and sell the ideas to black and brown people who are historically extremely averse to socialism." Tironianae Z. - Ultra Verbum Vincet @Tironianae, "JUST IN: Governor Abigail Spanberger officially signs a bill handing over Virginia’s 13 electoral votes to whoever wins the most votes across the whole country… even if Virginians vote the other way. Insane. They rushed it through with mostly Democrat votes. The plan has 222 votes. It needs 270 to actually start working. Once it does, your vote in Virginia doesn’t matter anymore. The Founders made the Electoral College so a few big cities don’t boss the whole country. This is a sneaky Democrat power grab to cheat that. “Every vote counts the same”? Lies. Virginians are pissed off, and they should be. They got played."

VodkaPundit at PJM, How Deep Are the Newsoms in It? THIS Deep. "TL;DR: Siebel Newsom produced unwatchable propaganda videos for children, for which Democrat-dominated schools then paid her handsomely. Or as MacDonald summed it up, "Over the past decade, Siebel Newsom has collected over $3.7 million in combined personal salary and LLC payouts funded by the nonprofit."" Jeff Charles at TownHall, explains Why Trump's Labor Secretary Is Threatening to Withholding Unemployment Funds to Blue States. John Sexton examines The Costs of Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick Ruling Against Elon Musk. Corporate flight. David Pivtorak @TheDavidPiv, "I love how every article like this is like, "Hi, I'm a disabled, transgender anchor baby whose family's existence was drain on American taxpayers. I hate children and my sexual fetish is watching homeless drug addicts writhing in their own feces on the sidewalk so I love the status quo here in LA. Anyway, please vote for the candidate that will allow me to keep pleasuring myself to the sight of living corpses on our streets."" Quote Los Angeles Times@latimes, ""Pratt’s loudest fans fundamentally loathe modern-day L.A., and that should chill all other Angelenos," writes The Times' columnist Gustavo Arellano. Read his latest column."

Dahlia ダリア @kuchisakeonnax, "The left: “he was a socialist folk hero who used political violence to take it to the man.” Luigi: “I’m retarded.”" Quote CNN @CNN, "Luigi Mangione's attorneys will present a psychiatric defense at trial, arguing he killed UnitedHealthcare's CEO while experiencing an extreme emotional disturbance." Dilan Esper @dilanesper, "oh wow, it turns out the guy who supposedly was expressing society's rage at health care execs was actually crazy and didn't know right from wrong. ok." Quote The Associated Press @AP "BREAKING: Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, judge says."

Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "“If they do this, they might as well rename the damn thing the Anti-MAGA Task Force.” Those words from internal memos shed new light on not just the targeting of parents at school board meetings as possible terrorists, but the legacy of Merrick Garland..." From Ace, Federal Judge Upholds Conviction of Judge Who Illegally Aided Criminal Illegal Aliens to Escape ICE, "This is a bad day for high-calorie Karens. But that's just a day ending in a -day." And Soros DA Larry Krasner of Philadelphia Is Brutally Taken Down by (Democrat) Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Which Accuses Him of Bad-Faith and Lying In Order to Set Convicted Murderers Free with No Legal Justification.

Beege Welborn at Hat Hair reports the Ringleader of Plot to Blow Up UFC 250 Fight Is 'NOT a Citizen.'

Jimmy G @jimmygards, "They just can’t help themselves. Thousands of Europeans are seeing more of America this summer than many New York Times staffers ever will."

From NYPo, Jeff Bezos told Trump the Washington Post was his worst investment before slashing staff: ‘People there are terrible’

Insty, ICYMI: HERE’S THE LINK TO RUPERT LOWE’S HORRIFYING BRITISH RAPE GANG REPORT. Jamie Bambrick @j_bambrick, "Here are eight essential quotes from @RupertLowe10's Rape Gang Inquiry. 1) This was a nationwide, not merely local, phenomenon. "...that this was never a series of isolated local failures. It was a coordinated, nationwide pattern of organised child sexual exploitation that repeated in town after town, city after city, from the far north to the south coast." 2) The scale was enormous, more than anyone dared to think. "The scale of the crimes committed is staggering. It has been previously established that, at the very least, 250,000 young white girls have been subjected to repeated rape, gang rape, trafficking, torture, pregnancy, forced Islamic conversion, and lifelong trauma. The true number is probably higher." 3) As has been reported, the vast majority of perpetrators were Pakistani Muslims. " In court records and official inquiries, around 87% of those convicted in these group-based child sexual exploitation (‘CSE’) cases bore distinctively Muslim names... Dr. Taj Hargey, an imam with the Oxford Islamic Congregation, believes the true proportion of gang members who are Muslims to be around 95%." 4) Vulnerable girls were targeted using a consistent method. "Organised networks of perpetrators built coordinated operations that transported victims between locations, supplied them with drugs and alcohol, recorded abuse for distribution and blackmail, and passed girls between multiple adult men." 5) The police, and other institutions, knew what was happening and ignored it...." 

Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho, "One of the UK Rape Gang Victims publicly spoke about her life shattering ordeal - and then British Police arrested her for it within 30 minutes and sent her to prison. It’s actually beyond comprehension." Mish @Mish_K_, ""At the police station, Kate was taken into the interview room. Before the interview began, and without Kate’s mother present, Kate was told that this was her “last chance” to say that her report was untrue. She was warned that if any part of her account could not be supported by evidence, she could and would be arrested. For an extended period of time, both officers repeatedly told her how much trouble she would be in if any detail of her statement was disproved, and that she could withdraw the allegation before the interview started with no further consequences. They also suggested that her parents would be relieved if she said the incident had not happened."" 

Lozzy B𝕏 @TruthFairy131, "The ‘Stand up to Racism’ pro-migration group in the UK has used a picture of a little White girl with a Pakistani migrant in their campaign. This is after hundreds of thousands of little White girls have been groomed, terrorised, tortured, gang raped & killed by Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs. This isn’t just cruel, sick, deranged & twisted, it is EVIL. I’m so done with this shit. They are literally mocking & tormenting rape gang child victims now." S A M M Y Woodhouse @officialsammyuk, "This morning, I appeared on Good Morning Britain in a live interview about the grooming gangs. Before I went on air, I was told not to mention the race of the perpetrators. I, of course, didn’t listen. I have now received an apology from the editor. My interview is below:" Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith, "The Left: “Silence is violence!” The Left about the Rape Gang Inquiry Report: *silence*." Go see Ace's Quick Hits. Sarah at Insty AFTER ALL THEY WERE ONLY BIASED BECAUSE IT’S SUPPORTERS WERE SUCH TERRIBLE PEOPLE, THE SORT WHO OBJECT TO MUSLIM MEN RAPING THEIR DAUGHTERS: BBC admits Brexit bias — then attacks the critics who exposed it. Inevitable West @Inevitablewest, "Dallas, USA, has been covered in St. Georges flags for the World Cup. Unlike in Britain, they won't be removed!" The Undercurrent @NotTheirScript, "A civilization can survive disagreement. It cannot survive a ruling class that is more afraid of bad headlines than harmed children."

At Hollywood in Toto, Nick Searcy Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Sean Penn’s Jan. 6 Project "'Justified' alum details stark differences in Hollywood for liberals, conservatives."

From the Free Bacon, Harvard Students Are Twice as Mentally Ill as the General Population Amid Ivy Psychological Meltdown. "Young and left-wing are part of 'emerging mental health political identity'" 

Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo, "SCOOP: California is pressuring public utilities to award $633 million in special contracts to "LGBT-owned" firms. To qualify, residents must go through the state's official gay-certification program—and face up to a year in jail if they're not gay enough." Ace calls it Huge: The Federal Trade Commission Sues the Main Transgenderism-for-Children Organization, WPATH, Citing False Claims About Transgender Surgery Reducing Suicide Risks, and "PRIDE" Goeth for Its Long-Awaited Fall.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Checking Out The Free Agents up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - UFC 250 Trumps Magnificent Troll

Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles, "The President paid to get the epic flyover UFC photo, and it was well worth whatever it cost. But stop to consider that he got this picture for free." Sasha Stone maintains Trump's UFC 250 is the Greatest Troll in American History. Althouse notices Among the celebrities at the UFC Freedom 250 festivities: The Holy Uncle. Thomas Hern @ThomasMHern, "Vice President JD Vance hanging out with Pope Leo’s brother, the Holy Uncle, at the UFC Freedom 250 Fight Night at the White House. This is the greatest timeline in human history." The Victory Girls see America 250 Brought The Blue Angels. The Resistance Brought The Blues. Including Robert DeNiro who says he can't love America while Trump is president. A Driscolly post at Insty, USA! USA! USA! Logan Hall @loganclarkhall, "Libtards have boxed themselves into a position where they are forced to countersignal pro-American kino like this and it’s a complete disaster for them." Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock, "Every anti-Trump counter-programming effort always looks like a talent show at a senior center - but with a little bit less energy." Quote Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Libs are counter-programming the UFC event at the White House. With this." Insty says HE’S NOT WRONG: David Burge @iowahawkblog, "I'm not a fan of MMA on the White House lawn. But if this is the alternative, fuck it, let's have MMA, WWE and Monster Trucks in the Rose Garden every Tuesday." Quote TheFOO @PolitiBunny, "Who exactly do they think is getting ‘left behind’? This is so confusing and sad. lol" David Burge @iowahawkblog, "I think we've failed as a society to fully educate our Theater Kids how fucking tired we are of their bullshit." Ace, sees Bitter Old Has-Beens Stage Counter-Event to WH UFC Show, "The left is very angry that Trump "desecrated" the White House by staging a sporting event there. They say the White House lawn is sacred, and only for wholesome events like lurid transgender perverts exposing their fake breasts to children. Yes, that happened under Biden. #pRiDe."

Sundance at CTH observes President Trump Attends G7 Summit in France – This One Will Be Ridiculous. Althouse finds "Greenland is the largest island in the world, but it has fewer than fifty-seven thousand residents, who are mostly scattered..." ""... among settlements and towns along its western coast. Although it belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark, it lies to the west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and is part of North America. The latest articulation of the U.S.’s National Security Strategy, published in November, frames Trump’s imperial ambitions as an extension of the Monroe Doctrine, the assertion by President James Monroe, in 1823, that any attempt by European powers to further colonize the Americas would be treated as 'dangerous to our peace and safety.' Under Trump’s leadership, the N.S.S. says, “we will deny non-Hemispheric competitors the ability to position forces or other threatening capabilities, or to own or control strategically vital assets, in our Hemisphere.'" Writes Ben Taub, in "Inside the Ludicrous, Deadly Serious Plan to Take Over Greenland/'We want Greenland,' Trump said. Four men sprang into action to make fantasy a reality" (The New Yorker)."

At Althouse, A woman dies and this is how she is remembered? For her "burning hatred for Trump"?Variety, ‘ALF’ Star Anne Schedeen Dies at 77; Family Remembers Her ‘Burning Hatred for Trump’ "Now, this is just very sad. Imagine dying and that's the headline — how you burned with hate. Thanks, family. Thanks for remembering the hate." At People Ian McKellen Says He Imagined Destroying Mar-a-Lago While Filming an Explosive Scene for Avengers: Doomsday. He is an archvillain after all. unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "Doomers must have mental whiplash at this point. 1. China kicked out of Panama 2. Venezuela secured and friendly without a war. 3. EU and Canada whimpering like babies 4. No Russian tanks rolling across Germany or the rest of Europe. 5. No ww3 6. China in a major deflationary event 7.... 32. ICE and border patrol fully funded for the rest of Trumps term. 33. Stock markets at record highs. 34. Do I need to go on? There are about 100 more domestic policy issues I could list... And it hasn't even been 2 years." Dan Kervick @DanMKervick, "We’ve lost Venezuela. We might lose Cuba. The condition of Palestine is desperate. Global climate action is dead. Technofascists are running everything. The US “left” is Magafied populist trash in possession of zero brain power." Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "There’s a personality I distrust most and it’s the people who say it wouldn’t have mattered if Kamala won instead of Trump or that it was preferable for her to win so we could accelerate toward what’s inevitable. We’ve achieved cultural and political victories unlike any time in my life. If you can’t see that then you don’t belong near politics. Could he have done more? Sure but he’s also fighting an often terrible Congress. Not enviable..."

At Ace, Mitch McConnell Hospitalized Again With "Undisclosed" Condition, "These people just will not retire. Their egos are too big and their bank accounts are not yet big enough." There's an awful lot to dislike about Mitch, but I'll always keep in mind he kept Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court.

Author Carlo Carrasco asks What Does Trump’s Deal With Iran Mean For Israel? and I think he really intends it as an open question. YNet, IDF says it killed Hezbollah commander tied to 2007 murder of US soldiers.

The Victory Girls see The Left’s Greed And Envy Is On Full Display. At PJM, Stephen Kruiser notes Sane People Aren't Triggered by Elon Musk's Wealth, Tim O'Brien looks at Elon Musk and the Politics of Envy and VodkaPundit hears dems beg Will No One Rid Me of This Turbulent Musk? and at Insty, THE LEFT WANTS HIM DEAD, AND THEY AREN’T SHY ABOUT TELLING EVERY TRIGGER-ABLE NUTCASE OUT THERE: and THIS MAN IS A MONSTER! Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Starlink connecting schools on remote islands!" Quote Starlink @Starlink "Starlink is providing high-speed internet to a community tech center in Île-à-Vache, a remote island off the coast of Haiti, connecting hundreds of students and teachers to reliable connectivity for the first time." Don Surber preaches Musk beware, "$612 billion can become $3,000 very quickly." Which would leave him with a mere $400 billion. Adeo Ressi @adeoressi, "My quote from the New York Times today: Adeo Ressi, Mr. Musk’s college roommate at the University of Pennsylvania, said the SpaceX chief never cared as much about financial gain as obtaining resources to help him achieve his entrepreneurial goals. For Mr. Musk, “money is a means to an end,” Mr. Ressi said, comparing his friend’s mind-set to a gamer accumulating coins in a video game to beat a level. “He’s amassing resources to do things, and the thing he wants to do most is colonize Mars,” Mr. Ressi said. “That’s a really big driving force behind his wealth accumulation.”...“It’s not like he’s planning to leave this in a massive family trust,” Mr. Ressi said. “It’s literally going to be used to make humanity into a multiplanetary species.”" Da Daily Economist looks at The Long Tradition of Wealth-Extracting Socialists.

Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt. "When I said this throughout my campaign, CNN people called me cruel and unhinged. Now, after they helped secure the election for the 2 dorks responsible for all these problems, CNN is now echoing my campaign talking points as gospel. Fascinating! OSZ @OpenSourceZone, "CNN: Dem Lead Much Smaller Than Previous Blue Waves Generic Congressional Ballot June Polls: 2006: Dem +11 2018: Dem +10 2026: Dem +5 Democrats Lead is also shrinking: NBC: Dem +6 -> Dem +5 MU Law: Dem +4 -> Dem +1 Ipsos: Dem +3 -> Dem +3" Sarah at Insty, I ALWAYS WONDER HOW MUCH OF THESE “TIGHT RACES” IS FRAUD: Socialist in Tight House Race Showered Convicted Palestinian Terrorist With Love and Praise, Taunted Jewish Student Who Objected to Her Disruptive, Anti-Israel Agitating. Cal Globe, California Uses FORCE to Protect FRAUD "Shutting down investigative journalism is a form of tyranny and so are unexplainable election results." NYPo's John Fund wants you to meet Meet Dean Logan, the dean of LA County election snafus. Twitchy, THIS --> Michael Knowles Only Needs Four Minutes TOTAL to Explain How Democrats Steal Elections (Watch):

How Democrats Steal Elections In 4 Mins pic.twitter.com/1KoNPUXBrj

— The Michael Knowles Show (@MKnowlesShow) June 12, 2026

Christian Toto at Hat Hair hears Bill Maher: Vote for the Guy with the Nazi Tattoo! From Ace, Needledicked Nazi Once Mocked a Teen's Suicide Attempt. "Pussy Hustler continues showing he's a New Democrat Man." Driscoll at Insty cites MATTHEW CONTINETTI: It’s the Age of Sanders, Too. From the Free Bacon, Arizona Democratic Candidate Cast As Rural Working Mom Is a Millionaire Consultant With Deep Soros Ties, Wants Sex Work Decriminalized To Help ‘Trans Women of Color.’ "JoAnna Mendoza reports stake in a political consulting firm worth up to $5 million."From the Center Square, Support broadens beyond Harris, Newsom in Democratic primary poll.

Dmitri Bolt at TownHall, Gavin Newsom Announced He's Being Investigated by the DOJ. Here's What We've Learned. At Ace, Gavin Newsom: Trump Is Investigating Me and My Wife Because He's Corrupt and Not Because I Shovel Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars of Taxpayer's Money to My Wife For Her "Businesses" "A refresher on the corrupt Ultra-Karen Jennifer Siebel Newsom ..." Leslie Eastman at LI reports HUD Suspends Federal Homeless Funding to Los Angeles in Wake of Fraud Allegations. "Los Angeles officials are dismissing the move as political theater. However, the missing tens of millions, unverifiable housing sites, and documented conflicts of interest are not partisan talking points; they are governance failures with real human consequences."

Nick Ballasy at JTN reports the Biden DOJ targeted parents at school board meetings despite FBI, sheriffs' objections, memos show "AFL said it acquired the documents as part of its ongoing lawsuit related to former Attorney General Merrick Garland’s October 4, 2021 memorandum that targeted concerned parents at school board meetings during the COVID pandemic." Ace, Despite Merrick Garland's Assurances, DOJ Officials and the National Sheriffs' Association Objected to His Targeting of Christian Conservative Parents "If they do this, they might as well rename the damn thing the Anti-MAGA Task Force," an official wrote." From Fox, Gabbard says declassified biolab records validate concerns previously dismissed as misinformation. "Records show more than 40 Ukrainian labs housed Soviet-era pathogen collections and received US biocontainment training." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "THREAD: What do Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, and Elaine Chao have in common? They were all paid by a Marxist-Islamist Iran group that was designated as terrorist until 2012. No, this is not a joke..."

At WaEx, The perpetual victimhood and racial tribalism of Karmelo Anthony’s defenders. Cathy Salgado at PJM likes how Mark Robinson Takes on Karmelo's Supporters With Ruthless Honesty.

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports an ICE Agent Opens Fire After Being Struck by Fleeing Vehicle (Update). "The NY Post has more information on the suspect. An illegal migrant from Peru rammed his van into an ICE agent during a “targeted vehicle stop” in New Jersey on Monday, prompting the officer to open fire on the fleeing suspect, authorities said. The chaos unfolded as immigration officers tried to pull over and arrest Freidrich Castillo-Ormeno, who was released in the US under the Biden administration, around 9:30 a.m. in Manahawkin, according to ICE."

Salon with an instant classic.

The Victory Girls notice Salon Can’t Help But To Hit JD Vance "Well, according to Marcotte, Vance credits Erika Kirk, who is “even more hated” than her deceased husband. Way to champion women here, Mandy. Trash a widow. Classy." Duke at RedState enjoys how the ‘No Kings’ Crowd Gets Wrecked by One Brutally Honest Media Column "By invoking the language of America's founding, the No Kings movement cheapens what that struggle actually meant. America was born from years of real tyranny, paid for in blood by people who had none of these freedoms."  

Sundance at CTH is outraged when the U.K Media Discover British Version of DOJ-CRS called “Research, Information and Communications Unit” (RICU) and Embattled British Prime Minister Announces Social Media Information Control System to Protect “Children” Ace reads the Daily Mail: A Former "Counter-Terrorism" Propagagnda Unit Headed by an MI-6 Spy Has Been Redirected to Run Nonstop Psyops Against the British Public to Convince Them to Accept Terrorism and Third-World Hyperviolence as Normal and Perfectly British, "I think we already knew this, but social media is blowing up about it, so maybe we didn't. Or maybe it was alleged but now we have more information." TCW observes Child protection is an excuse for the super-surveillance of everyone. At the Spec, Will Keir Starmer’s under-16 social media ban actually work? Colin Wright @SwipeWright, "If this turns out to be the case, it will be a brazenly political decision that's inexcusable. No social media app glorifies hate and violence more than Bluesky. Just last week, the large and influential user Ken White called for Elon's assassination. The post is still up!" Tommy Robinson @TRobinsonNewEra, "I've just heard 3 people who were reporting on riots in Northern Ireland using their YouTube accounts have been arrested. They were not involved in any rioting, they are not involved in any criminal activity. They are looking to do anther Southport to clamp down on free speech." John Carter @martianwyrdlord, "You can have whatever opinion you want on economics and still be on the left, but if you say "young white girls shouldn't be raped and murdered by foreign men", you will be expelled from the left. Therefore young white girls getting raped and murdered by foreign men is what the left is." Quote Jen @JENpatriotic, "Lefties in Brighton Chanting "Rhiannon Whyte deserved it" right to Rhiannon's mothers face When Siobhan raised the issue with the police, they SHOVED her down onto the floor!" At Spiked! Labour: enemies of the people. "The party that swam against the populist tide is now being swept away by it."

John Sexton reports a Russian Diplomat Paid for Arson Attack Against Keir Starmer. "Lyukshin allegedly set up a fake far-right group called Direct Action which was completely fabricated." I think that's pretty much an act of war. Ace puts it together Ukranian Rent-Boys Who Set Fire to Keir Starmer's Property Were... Paid by Russian Diplomat In Effort to Fake Up a "Far Right" Plot Against Him. "So Keir Stermer wasn't a social acquaintance of the rent boys. No, it was a Russian op designed to stir up trouble, arranged by a paymaster calling himself "EL" or "EL Money." I'm guessing Keir Starmer's government gladly accepted the hoax as a reason to target the "far right.""

Insty, YOU WILL BE MADE TO CARE: On Pride Night, some Giants add reference to Bible verse to hat. "On Pride Night at Oracle Park, with the San Francisco Giants wearing special edition hats to represent the LGBTQ+ community, multiple players wrote Bible verses next to the team’s rainbow logo, while one chose to forgo wearing the cap entirely. Starting pitcher Landen Roupp and reliever JT Brubaker wrote the Bible verse Genesis 9:12-16 on the caps they wore Friday night, the same passage that has been displayed by other players on their Pride Night hats during games.Read more: Giants’ Sam Hentges on decision to not wear Pride Night hat: ‘I don’t morally support it’ “Kind of what the verse says, the rainbow is a symbol of God’s covenant to us and us as believers stand firm in that,” Roupp said..." The College Fix claims San José State U. women’s volleyball team ‘allegedly recruited male for advantage.’

linked at The Right Way in the Top of the News. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Checking Out The Free Agents up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - One More Day - Biden Leaves US Broke

 But who's counting? Althouse has the timer at Countdown.

At Power Line, The Week in Pictures: Two Days to Go! Althouse also finds "Trump is returning as a colossus." Writes Maureen Dowd, in "Trump Brings a Chill to Washington" (NYT) and "Many Americans who otherwise dislike President-elect Donald J. Trump share his bleak assessment of the country’s problems and support some of his most contentious prescriptions to fix them..." "... according to a new poll from The New York Times and Ipsos". At Hat Hair, Dave Strom finds projection among Democrats, Deep Question of the Week: Will Trump Execute Generals, Assassinate Media Figures? But that should scare us because it's insight into what they're planning. Dave Strom finds Democrats Now Threatening People Who Donated to Trump's Inauguration. Chris Rufo et al at City Journal worries Will the Left Disrupt the Inauguration? "A network of progressive groups and militants is preparing for battle." But NewsMax assures us Inauguration Protests Only Fraction of 2017.

At NewsMax, Sen. Ron Johnson tells Newsmax We Must Confirm Trump's Nominees. Teri Christoph at RedState worries about What Happens If We Don't Have a SecDef When Trump Takes Office on Monday? "Four years ago, Trump's deputy secretary of Defense, David Norquist, stayed on the job until Lloyd Austin was confirmed. If the Biden team won't offer the same courtesy, then it sounds like a plan is falling into place to ensure that the military might of the United States remains intact." Sundance at CTH hosts as Glenn Greenwald Gives Perspective on Tulsi Gabbard’s Changed Support for FISA-702. "Personally, given the change in position, the fallback position is to hope DNI Tulsi Gabbard moves to curtail the number of people with access to the database and provide demonstrable accountability for any unlawful use of it." Madeline Leesman at TownHall reports Kristi Noem Faces Off With Democrat Senators in Confirmation Hearing. Just shoot the dogs, Kristi. At NewsMax, Democrats Warm to Trump UN Nominee Stefanik.

Marco Rubio destroys Kristen Walker in his defense of mass deportations. Absolutely brilliant answer.

Seriously this is how absolutely every single Republican must talk about deportations because this is the truth and this is where we are as a country because of the last four… pic.twitter.com/oyDK8MHJdl

— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) January 17, 2025

Misty Severi at JTN reports First House Judiciary hearing to focus on border failures, two days after inauguration. Cremieux Recueil has Lessons About the Civil Service and Political Appointees. "What does history tell us about how the executive branch can run the government?" Trump effect? US News, Federal Reserve Says It Will Leave Climate Change Organization. "The Federal Reserve said Friday that it is leaving an international grouping of central banks that focused on how the financial system could help combat climate change." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair VIP, Last Bank Out the Door, Please Hit the LEDS: Federal Reserve Exits Global Climate Coalition. MAGA Voice@MAGAVoice, "HOLY SH*T  This young man was FIRED from the Space Force since he criticized DEI. Trump said he will hire him TRUMP KEPT HIS PROMISE. He just hired him as United States Under Secretary of the Air Force MAKE THIS GO VIRAL ON 𝕏. LET’S GO "

At Ace's

DC_Draino@DC_Draino "Biden left us with a maxed out credit card" Quote zerohedge @zerohedge, "In Her Last Official Act, Yellen Warns US Will Hit Debt Ceiling One Day After Trump Inauguration." Insty,  THIS IS NO ACCIDENT, BUT BY DESIGN. "But Trump should use it as an excuse to go Full Millei. Never let a crisis go to waste!"  But Wait, there's more, at Da Caller, Biden Admin Cuts Failing EV Company A Fat Check On Its Way Out The Door.

At RedState, 'Bonchie'  calls it SCARY: Mike Johnson Recounts Meeting With Joe Biden, Shocks With Tale of Senility and Subterfuge, details how Biden denied signing an order he had signed. "In other words, someone had used subterfuge to get the President of the United States to sign an executive order he didn't even know he was signing. Those around him were weaponizing his senility to push through their far-left agenda, and Biden wasn't even sentient enough to notice. That is the very definition of shocking." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Johnson: Here's When I Knew Biden Wasn't Running Anything. The Maine Wire, We All Knew: Mike Johnson Meets Biden's 'I Didn't Do That!' John Ekdahl@JohnEkdahl, "Furthermore, his description of Schumer, Jeffries, Kamala, CIA Dir Burns, etc all freezing in panic when Biden requested they clear the room so he could 1-on-1 with Johnson confirms they were all in on the coverup."  Hat Hair's John Sexton, How Biden's Inner Circle Managed His Decline. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Melania Trump Slams Obamas for ‘Withholding’ Key Info During Transition. Sarah Hoyt asks Incompetence or Malice? Both of course. 

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 At Insty, WELL, BYE:

What will people remember about Joe Biden? Johnny hit the streets to find out pic.twitter.com/PCISKc8CTu

— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) January 17, 2025

YouTube, at the Fourth Rail, Biden's SHOCKING Attempt to Amend the Constitution Overnight! Ed Whelan@EdWhelanEPPC "Guess who testified in October 2021 that the "President has no role" in the amendment process and "is not part of the amendment process"? Georgetown law prof Victoria Nourse." Quote Georgetown Law@GeorgetownLaw, "Congratulations to #GeorgetownLaw Professor @vicnourse on her decades of hard work advocating on behalf of women's rights and the Equal Rights Amendment #ERA, which Pres. Biden this morning said should be considered the law of the land. Read more: https://cnn.it/3CdaV5A" Beege Welborn adds John J. Vecchione@VecchTweets, "This is the biggest embarrasment for Georgetown Law since the persecution of @ishapiro . Do we have a professor who backs the "sovereign citizen" theory as well? John Eastman is being disbarred for a less crazy theory." Althouse, "In a political environment like this, you throw at the wall whatever you can." ""This is a political rather than a legal struggle.... It would succeed only in a different environment than we have.... The real question is what political message is being sent." Said lawprof Laurence Tribe, quoted in "Can He Do That? Here’s What Biden’s Move on the Equal Rights Amendment Means. Presidents have no direct role in approving constitutional amendments. So what could President Biden’s pronouncement recognizing a new one actually do?" (NYT)." Twitchy, We're SO Glad He's VP! Check Out How J.D. Vance Dunked on Biden's Lame Attempt to Amend the Constitution. JD Vance @JDVance, "Hey Joe if we’re doing fake shit on the way out can you declare Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame? See you in two days!"

Fox news hosts the Great Victor Davis Hanson, Liberal California may have a political 'reawakening' after wildfire disaster, historian predicts "Californians may 'fuel a revolt' amid LA wildfires." Well, maybe, but I'm not holding my breath. The Orange County Register reports Investigators looking into whether Palisades fire kicked off by previous blaze. Did the winds whip up embers? Eric Spiegelman@ericspiegelman, "The water pressure also failed during the 1961 Bel Air and Topanga Fires. In the years after, LAFD and DWP planned a number of improvements, for those specific areas, to make sure that never happened again. One of those improvements was the construction of the Santa Ynez Reservoir, built expressly for emergencies in the Pacific Palisades. That reservoir was empty last week." Also at Fox, FEMA leaving thousands of Helene victims without shelter. 

NewsMax, Judge Cannon Skeptical of Releasing Jack Smith Docs Report. Sundance, Judge Aileen Cannon Highly Skeptical of DOJ Request to Release Report on Mar-a-Lago Documents Case to Congress. Since she ruled he was illegally appointed, she should also rule that all his work is illegal "fruit of the poisonous tree." At Twitchy, AG Merrick Garland Gets a Rousing Sendoff in Video That Could Be of Assistance to Trump & Pam Bondi. Sundance, A Revealing Main Justice Parade Provides us with a Visual Scale of The Problem President Trump Faces. If they don't give Pam Bondi the same respect, they need to be forced out.

Mia Cathell at TownHall hears Fani Willis Demands More Taxpayer Money.

Sundance reports TikTok Social Media Platform Scheduled to Go Dark in USA Sunday. It did. And, President Trump Says 90-Day Extension for TikTok is Possible. NewsMax, 'Shark Tank's' O'Leary: Investors Have $20B to Buy TikTok. At Althouse, Taking down TikTok punched a hundred holes in my blog. "Where I had embedded video yesterday, it now looks like this:

Every post that had an embedded TikTok video now looks empty like that and is missing its point. Every post where I linked to anything on TikTok has been turned — forcibly, by our government — into something that would not be posted." It's January 19th. Do you know where your children are?

Sundance gloats as CBS Executives Debating Settlement with Donald Trump Over $10 Billion Lawsuit. "Trump’s lawsuit against CBS, which seeks $10 billion in damages, alleges that the network committed election interference by editing portions of an interview with Harris, favoring her campaign for president. Trump claimed CBS aired one version of the interview on “60 Minutes” and another version on its show “Face the Nation,” each containing different answers about Israel. CBS has said it aired a more succinct version of Harris’s interview on “60 Minutes.”"

From Campus Reform, Wellesley College offers ‘Queer Bible’ course to examine ‘varieties of gender in the ancient world’ and ‘queerness of gender’. "The class is ‘an examination of queer readings of the biblical canon and the canon of contemporary queer theory.’ The professor is also offering a course on ‘Decolonizing the Bible.’" John Sexton at Hat Hair reports a Detransitioned Student Prevented from Speaking About His Experience on Campus. The greatest modern heresy. 

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: A Long Week Of Much Baseball up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Gone Fishin' DIY Edition

LA Fires and the Political Fallout

Los Angeles Wildfires Death Toll Rises as Crews Fight Heavy Winds to Save Homes and Landmarks | Newsmax.com
L.A. Water Chief Knew Fire Hydrants Not Working, Reservoir Offline
LAPD: Two Looters Impersonating Firefighters Arrested - Off The Press
2 men arrested after burglary call at Brentwood home of Vice President Kamala Harris – Daily News
How Did Developer Rick Caruso Save Palisades Village When Everything Around It Burned to the Ground? – RedState
Private firefighters shield homes of the wealthy, setting off tensions
Instapundit - SF CHRONICLE: Private firefighters protected a Hollywood talent manager’s home. Why are some peopl
Instapundit - WHEN THERE’S A DISASTER, LOOK WHO’S ALWAYS THERE BEFORE FEMA NOW: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/st
Instapundit - TWO MEN ARRESTED AFTER BURGLARY CALL AT BRENTWOOD HOME OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS: The Brentwo
Dick Morris to Newsmax: California Fires Will Have Political Impact - Newsmax.com
Calif Sen Schiff Wants Independent Commission To Probe State, Local Wildfire Responses - Off The Press
After the Burn: Side-by-Side Video Shows the Destructive Reality of California Democrat ‘Leadership’ – Twitchy
The Woke Fires Turning California Red - John Kass
Climate Crisis Policies Destructive to Los Angeles Area Environment and Harmful to Wildlife
Democrats Killed Los Angeles And No One In Power Cares
We're Seeing a Cascade of Catastrophic, Expensive Mediocrity Emerge From LA Fires – HotAir
Instapundit - AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK:
Instapundit - THE CYCLE OF LIFE: Shot: L.A. County Fire Department donating surplus supplies to Ukraine’s fir
LA Mayor Refuses Help from NY Firefighters but Mexico Fire Crews More Than Welcome: Report
READ THE ROOM: Even in a Crisis, the LA Times Makes Sure Its Evacuation Advice Remains Stupidly Woke – Twitchy
Instapundit - MEET THE NEW BOSS. SAME AS WORSE THAN THE OLD BOSS?
Wildfire ActBlue 'Donation' Scandal Explodes, Elizabeth Warren Implicated While Obama Bros Go Berserk – RedState
Instapundit - OBVIOUSLY, EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN LOS ANGELES IS THE FAULT OF REPUBLICANS
Blame Game: You'll Never Guess Who Maxine Waters Says Is Responsible for L.A. Wildfires (WATCH) – Twitchy
Lara Logan on X: "This should serve as evidence to you that once Trump is in office, there is nothing they will not hang on him regardless of the truth. Which is why critical thinking matters." / X

The Incoming Trump Administration

Lib Tears: 'Trump Is at His Strongest Right Now' – HotAir
HAWT DAWG: Kash Patel Calling for Subpoenas on Merchan Daughter's Company – HotAir
FBI Briefs Top Senators On Hegseth Report, Other Members Demand To See It Too - Off The PressTrump’s Cabinet Picks Might Be Just What the Country Needs
Senate Intel Committee James Lankford Says He Will Now Support Tulsi Gabbard for DNI - The Last Refuge
Glenn Greenwald Frames Context for the Network of Intelligence That Influenced Tulsi Gabbard's Nomination - The Last Refuge
Steve Bannon: “I will have Elon Musk run out of here by Inauguration Day" - The Last Refuge
Greenland Prime Minster Mute Egede Said He's Willing to Discuss National Security Interests of USA, But Never About Losing Controlling Interest to America - The Last Refuge
Trump Energizes Greenland Independence Movement, Divorce Agreement Coming Up – MishTalk
Ex-NATO Chief: Trump's Greenland Plan 'Not A Crazy Idea' - Off The Press
States Are Preparing to Help or Thwart Trump's Second-term Plans - Newsmax
Instapundit - REMEMBER, FINANCIAL CRISIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SLASH PROGRAMS: Why America Is in So Much Trouble.
Althouse: "People who have insight."
Althouse: "We are ready to talk. Cooperation is about dialogue. Cooperation means that you will work towards solutions.”"
Althouse: I wasn't going to post this, but Donald Trump posted it. Whether than means the lip-reading is accurate, I don't know, but here it is:
Tom Homan: Mass Deportations to Include Workplace Raids - Newsmax
Ace of Spades HQ Is Our Strategic Relationship With Europe a "Sunk Cost Fallacy?"
Hear Me Out: Yes, JD Vance SHOULD Skip the Inauguration – PJ Media
New York City To Close 36 Migrant Shelters By Summer, Eliminate Over 10K Beds - Off The Press
US Steel Sale and Future in Limbo After Biden Block – HotAir

J6

Vance Lays Out Administration Process on J6 Pardons – HotAir
Althouse: "I think it's very simple. Look, if you protested peacefully on January 6th, and you've had Merrick Garland's Department of Justice treat you like a gang member..."
Sunday Talks - JD Vance Outlines Viewpoint on Pardons for J6 Detainees - The Last Refuge

Trump Troubles vanishing

Merchan’s Verdict: A Conviction Without Consequence - American Greatness
Trump: Jack Smith Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Release Report - Off The Press
Prosecutor Jack Smith Destroyed 'The Lives Of Many People': Trump - Off The Press

Media, Social Media and Government Censorship

The Fake Priesthood of ‘Misinformation’ : The Other McCain
Fusilli Spock on X: "Remembering those bygone days when you could turn to Twitter for fast and trustworthy information on a rapidly developing story like: - The reseviors were all full - Hunter's laptop
Eyal Yakoby on X: "Anyone else notice that NY Post is the only news outlet that has covered the nonstop crime in NYC?
American Free Speech vs. European Censorship – HotAir

The Culture War

The dawn of the anti-woke era - New Statesman
Instapundit - THE ENEMY WITHIN:
Victimhood U – HotAir
The Biden Legacy Unmasked: If You Thought Antisemitism Was Bad Before, Hold Onto Your Yarmulkas – PJ Media
Althouse: "I talked to Meta’s Black AI character. Here’s what she told me. Is this the new era of digital blackface?"
Apple Wants to Keep Diversity Programs Disavowed by Other US Firms - Newsmax

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Reds Menace up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.