Flotsam and Jetsam - Our Long Dark Days are Done

Well, it is the Winter Solstice, so the days will start getting longer, albeit very slowly at first, but what I was referring to was the threat of a government shut down, in which some government employees might stop getting paid, and therefore, stop harassing us until we start paying them again. The Congress sort of got its act together late yesterday, and passed a new CR which puts off the problem to around the Spring Equinox! Althouse has a "Quick story about govt. shutdowns and the theatrics behind them. One year when I was reporting at CBS News during a govt. shutdown..." "... we were sincerely searching for real life impact. When we couldn't find any, *that* should have been part of the story. Instead, we kept trying to create the appearance of an impact. It wasn't really trying to be dishonest. It was, in my retrospective view, because the general editorial idea for the story was to show how bad the 'Republican' shutdown was for ordinary Americans, and the answer simply couldn't be that it wasn't...." Tweets Sharyl Attkisson." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Johnson: We Have ... a Plan (Update), In Desperation, GOP Leadership Turns to ... Regular Order? and Reporters Wonder: Why Haven't We Heard From the President As Shutdown Nears?. Elon Musk@elonmusk, "This is great", Quote Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal "THIRD TIME’S THE CHARM? CONGRESS TRIES (AGAIN) TO AVOID A SHUTDOWN Speaker Mike Johnson is rolling out his third plan to keep the government’s lights on, featuring: • A funding extension until March (a.k.a. kicking the can down the road). • $110 billion for disaster relief. Show more" Geiger Capital@Geiger_Capital, "All Elon did was read a bill, post on a public platform that the reckless spending in it was unacceptable, ask others to contact their representatives if they agreed, and made clear that he will help primary Ds + Rs who support it…This is called representative government." John Ringo SF Author@Jringo1508 "From a friend of mine: 'AI holding Congressmen and Senators accountable to the voters for pork spending & stealth legislating in real time, before the vote, by READING THE <BLEEPING> 1000 PAGE BILL was not on my 2024 bingo card, but here we are.'" At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Musk Forcing Republicans To Act Like Republicans. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.20.24, American Greatness: The Uniparty Panics, Claims That Elon Musk Is Our ‘Unelected President’. Sundance at CTH, Another Debt Ceiling Debate, Another Govt Funding Charade, Another Looming Govt Shutdown and Short-Term Funding Mechanism for Govt Spending Passes House. Nice Deb at Am Great, Senate Dems Throw Cold Water on Third GOP Spending Bill; Trump Says Potential Government Shutdown a ‘Biden Problem to Solve’ [UPDATE: Bill Passes House, Is Expected to Pass Senate]. Nick Sortor@nicksortor, "JUST IN: Speaker Johnson says he was in “constantly contact” with President Trump throughout the day, and believes Trump is “happy.” Johnson also said he spoke with@elonmusk,who acknowledged this may just be the hardest job in the world. The House has now adjourned." Insty, IT’S GOOD TO SEE OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES GET THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE: Chris Murphy@ChrisMurphyCT, "We had a deal to avert a shutdown. Musk et al blew it up because it didn't help billionaires enough. They wrote a new bill to cut cancer treatment for kids and grease a new tax cut for the rich. That failed too - and now they're panicking because everyone is seeing the grift." Quote, Physics Geek@physicsgeek, "You had a deal to give yourselves a huge pay raise that was crammed full of pork and you put in a handful of lines for necessary expenditures. A guy not in office merely pointed out all of the glaring flaws in the POS and the voters blew up the bill, you petulant, grifting turd."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.20.24, at Twitchy, Mike Johnson Criticized As the CR Heads to the Senate: Brit Hume Asks, Is Anyone Blaming Chuck Schumer, Power Line: House Passes Spending Bill, Better Than the Original, Brianna Lyman at Da Fed, Dems Refused To Pass Kids Cancer Research Bill Until They Could Use It To Push 1,500 Pages Of Pork. Sarah Arnold at TownHall says Republicans Celebrate 'Huge Win' for Trump In Congress After Third Spending Bill Passes. 'Becca Downs at TownHall thinks A Major Democratic Narrative on the Spending Bill Just Got Busted. Mike Solana@micsolana, "how are we all just learning this person exists? feels like a reverse mandela kind of." Quote Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber "This crazy lady screaming about "President Musk!" is the most powerful Democrat in Congress on all things US federal budget. She was Chair of the House Appropriations Committee for the first 2 years of Biden & has been the #1 Democrat there since the GOP won the 2022 midterms."Nick Arama at RedState, Elon Hilariously Decimates Rosa DeLauro and Dems' Juvenile Tactics Over Funding Battle. Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok, "Turns out the cancer research funding that Democrats are all blaming on @elonmusk, was a stand alone bill that passed in the Republican controlled House but got held up in the Democrat controlled Senate. Democrats k*lled a funding bill for child cancer research." CNN, Congress averts shutdown after House GOP drops Trump’s debt limit demand "The House voted Friday evening and the Senate voted shortly after midnight to pass a bill that extends government funding into March and provides disaster relief and farm aid, but does not include a suspension of the debt limit, which Trump had called on Republicans to address. President Joe Biden must still sign the stopgap bill into law."

Matt Martgolis at PJM and Twitchy, Puzzling Presidency: Scott Jennings Easily Flips ‘Who’s Running The Country?’ Question on CNN

🔥@ScottJenningsKY torches Democrat narrative about Elon running the government and not Trump, while Joe Biden is AWOL:

"If they're worried about people who aren't Donald Trump running the government or having influence, I wonder where they've been the last four years...… pic.twitter.com/5iER1hrCKD

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 20, 2024

Western Lensman@WesternLensman "VDH just unleashed on legacy media, the Obamas and the Democrat hierarchy for lying abut Joe Biden’s cognitive state for four years: "This was the greatest presidential fraud and deception since Woodrow Wilson had a stroke in 1919, and Edith Wilson kept that from the American people for 16 months." John Sexton at Hat Hair, Chris Cillizza: 'People Around Biden Worked to Make You Feel Bad' for Asking About His Decline. VodkaPundit at PJM, Chris Cillizza Absolutely Deserves to Get 'Beat Up' for This. Sister Toldja at RedState, WATCH: Cringe Claims From Brian Stelter, Nicolle Wallace Revisted After Fresh Reporting on Biden Decline. Dint know nuffin. Mary Katharine Ham@mkhammer, "Breaking: That guy from the WSJ story who hasn’t been able to do the job since 2021 is currently the president." Sundance, Why Admit Now? – Wall Street Journal Interviews 50 Biden Staff and Officials Who Outline Cognitive Decline. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, The Media Admits Trump Is Current President. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.20.24, First Street Journal, Journolism: Even now, the credentialed media try to blame their laziness on Joe Biden’s staffers, Legal Insurrection: The Lie that Will Define Biden’s Legacy,

Twitchy, WTAF Is Going ON?! X FILLED with Rumors As Kamala Harris Cancels Trip and RACES to WH with Sirens Blaring.

John Sexton at Hat Hair, DOGE vs DEI (and the ACLU). "How much does the federal government spend on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts each year? Apparently no one knows because there's no requirement to collect or report such information. We do know it adds up to tens of millions of dollars." At Althouse, "Mr. Romney didn’t accomplish everything he had hoped. He says his biggest regret is failing to stabilize the national debt..." ""... which grew from $22.7 trillion when he took office to $36.1 trillion. He blames 'the scourge of partisan politics' and warned in his farewell address that 'our national credit card is almost maxed out, and America risks becoming debt poor.'" From "'What would Mitt Romney do?' His fight is still worth waging. Mitt Romney took courageous stands on principle, but he also passed a lot into law" by The Editorial Board of The Washington Post."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.20.24, Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed claims Court Records Blow Holes In The New York Times’ Latest Anti-Hegseth Smear. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, I Can't Wait for Tom Homan's 'Day One'. NewsMax cites NBC News: Trump Rethinks Firing Joint Chiefs Chairman. Sundance seems to disapprove, It’s Official – Tom Cotton Replaces Marco Rubio on Gang of Eight, New Senate Intel Committee Chairman. 

The Great Victor Davis Hanson at RCP looks at What Was So Different This Time About Trump’s Election? "One, Trump is seen now as a welcome relief." Andy Fowler at Am Mind looks forward to Trump’s New Jacksonian Era. 

Becky Noble at RedState, More Tales From the Swamp - Here's Where a Missing Congresswoman Was Found "The missing Congresswoman in question is Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), who represents Texas' 12th Congressional District, which includes the Fort Worth area west of Dallas in Tarrant County. Granger's last known vote in the House appears to be in July when she voted "no" on HR8998, a bill that would reduce the salary of Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pesticides Program Ya-Wei (Jake) Lee to $1. Since then, she has no recorded votes. . . . The newspaper discovered that Rep. Granger was now the resident of a local memory care and assisted living home and had been for some time after she was found confused and wandering around her neighborhood."

Bo Loudon@BoLoudon, "BREAKING: An employee of the far-left "New PA Project" was just charged for REGISTERING DEAD PEOPLE TO VOTE! Voter fraud is REAL. I bet President Trump won by an EVEN BIGGER landslide than he did." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.20.24, Twitchy, Shocker: The 'Impossible' Thing Dems Said Would Never Happen, Totally Happened Again. DavidGiglio@DavidGiglioCA, "Another “far-right conspiracy theory” becomes reality."

Capt. Ed, End the Tyranny of the Left, Says  James Carville. Ace, Democrat Strategist Ruy Texiera: The Public Gave the Democrats a Clear Message About Their Rejection of Identity Marxism, But the Democrats Don't Want to Listen, "They're doubling down."  Breitbart, Appellate Court Allows Joe Biden to Open Obamacare to DACA Illegal Aliens. John Sexton is sort of pleased Biden Administration New Regulation on Trans Athletes Which Can't Be Completed in Time. Brian Lonergan at Chronicles is upset with Biden’s Final Act of Border Sabotage. Twitchy, Here's the Pardon/Commutation Count for the Last Few Presidents (and Biden's Not Done Yet). RNC Research@RNCResearch, "Biden Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder says he "recently learned" there are actually 2,000+ U.S. troops deployed in Syria — far more than the 900 they had previously announced." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.20.24,   American Conservative: Pentagon Suddenly Discovers 2,000 U.S. Troops in Syria. At WUWT, Biden’s Last-Gasp Paris Climate Push: Virtue Signaling Before Trump Changes the Game. Rueters, US sets new Paris climate target that Trump is expected to ignore. 

Ace is pissed that Kamala Harris iss To Be Offered $20 Million in a Media Payoff Disguised as an "Advance" on Book Royalties Plus: Media Makes Excuses for Covering Up Biden's Obvious Senility, "At Victory Girls, as reported by the Daily Mail, another corrupt media company will offer Kamala Harris a $20 million bribe in the form of a "book advance" for royalties they know she'll never, ever earn." At the European Conservative, Kier and Kamala Share the Same Bad Tax Idea. Only one?

From Fox, House Weaponization panel releases 17,000-page report exposing 'two-tiered system of government' "The subcommittee says it took 'important steps to ensure that the federal government no longer works against the American people'" Mia Cathell at TownHall hears a Pro-Life Leader Targeted by Biden's DOJ Delivers Shocking Testimony Before Congress.

Stacy McCain claims 2024 was The Year the Media Lost. At Althouse, "What was the Lie of the Year?", "Meade asked me just now, referring to the annual designation that appears in PolitiFact. I thought for a moment, then said: "Joe Biden is sharp as a tack." Meade said he thought PolitiFact would pick "They're eating the pets." She is insufficiently cynical. Scott Pinsker at PJM says Democracy Really Did Die in Darkness. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.20.24, Breccan Theis at Da Fed notes George Stephanopoulos Has Always Been A Propagandist. Matt Vespa at TownHall is amused that 60 Minutes Reporter Who Told Trump Hunter's Laptop Can't Be Verified Afraid Her Industry Might Be Dead. The Martin Center reports on Censorship at Georgetown, "A departmental journal editor says the quiet part out loud, and the professors applaud."

Althouse, "A decade ago, cultural norms in elite American institutions took a sharply illiberal turn." "Writes Jonathan Chait, in "How Liberal America Came to Its Senses/The period of left-wing illiberalism that began about a decade ago seems to have drawn to a close. The final cause of death was the reelection of Donald Trump" (The Alantic). I'm not agreeing with the tale Chait tells. In fact, I find some of it hilarious. I'm presenting it for critical discussion. So let's continue. How did America "come to its senses"?" Dricoll at Insty, with another of his DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Joel Kotkin: The American university is rotting from within. "Ideologically homogenous universities have become something akin to indoctrination camps, where traditional Western values are trashed while woke ideology is promoted. Not surprisingly, the graduates of today’s universities are inclined to maintain rigid positions on various issues, confident of their own superior intelligence and perspicuity while being intolerant of other views. They also tend to be not particularly proud to be American. The kind of support professors gave to the war effort in the Second World War would be hard to imagine today." Beege Welborn, Worth Every Dime of Those Student Loans: Such Schweet Kids on College Campuses These Days. At the Boston Herald, Stunned Massachusetts educators, ADL call for MassCUE apology after ‘hateful’ anti-Israel and Holocaust rhetoric at conference ‘Jarring, unexpected, and unprofessional.’

Linked at Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: An Unpromising Start In Kansas City up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Fani Willis and Nathan Wade Testilie

Wasn't that fun! After bringing forth witness testimony that Fani Willis and "Special" counsel Nathan Wade were having an affair prior to Fani hiring Wade, Trump's codefendants in the Atlanta trial put Wade on the stand and started asking questions about the various times he and lead persecutor Fani Williams shared beds, took trips together and how he was reimbursed for the travel. He denied a "romantic" relationship prior to be being hired, and said that Fani reimbursed him for trips and meals in untraceable cash, that she just happened to keep a large hoard of on hand for "emergency" expenses. At the point that the lawyers were about to attempt to call Fani to testify, the prosecution objected, and it appeared the judge was about to rule in their favor when Fani stormed into the courtroom and demanded to testify. No, she and Wade never ever cohabited prior to his being hired, and yes, she paid him in untraceable cash because her daddy always told her a black woman should keep six months worth of cash on hand. The scene was pretty tense, and at one point the judge had to call a time out for Fani to get a grip.   NYPo, Donald Trump Georgia election fraud case live updates: DA Fani Willis won’t testify again Friday morning, lawyers scramble for next witness. At Da Caller, Key Witness Testimony Contradicts Fani Willis’ Defense Of ‘Romantic’ Relationship With Special Prosecutor. Althouse, "A friend of Ms. Willis, Robin Bryant-Yeartie, testified that she had 'no doubt' that the romance began before Ms. Willis hired Mr. Wade for the case." "That would contradict the timeline presented by the prosecutors, who said it began after Mr. Wade was hired...."From "Live Updates: Key Witness Contradicts Trump Prosecutors’ Timeline of Relationship/A former friend and colleague of Fani Willis says the district attorney’s romance with the lead prosecutor in the Georgia election interference case began before he was hired, possibly bolstering defense lawyers’ claims of a conflict of interest"" End Wokeness@EndWokeness, ""GAME OVER" for Fulton County DA Fani Willis, declares MSNBC legal analyst: "This is epic. This is monumental. She will be disqualified. This is a huge deal."" Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, "Don't let the legalese fool you." Good advice in this case. So far as I've seen, Ashleigh Merchant has only one witness testifying that Willis' filing two weeks ago was dishonest. Judge Scott McAfee has to determine whether she's credible, but Merchant could still call more witnesses to that effect too. She spent a lot of time interrogating Nathan Wade instead this morning, and he sounded pretty deceptive and pedantic. It's not over yet, but it's not going well at all for Willis."
 Twitchy, 'EPIC. MONUMENTAL!' MSNBC Analyst Says It Looks Bad, ... Fani Willis Lied to the Court It's GAME OVER, on the view, well known for their sober takes on the news. Chris Queen at PJM, Nathan Wade Details the Trips He Took With Fani Willis. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, I Might As Well Face It - I'm Addicted to Love Kyle Becker@kylenabecker, "Hot take: Fani Willis pimped out taxpayer funds to hire a male prostitute to be Trump's Special Prosecutor. What a love story, everybody!" John Hinderacker at Power Line, Fani Takes the Stand  "At the moment, it looks likely that the prosecution will have to continue without Ms. Willis and Mr. Wade. That would result in a delay, presumably, but I am not aware of any realistic ground on which their misbehavior would cause the case to be dismissed." Capt. Ed, "I watched/listened to most of the hearing today and all of Willis' testimony. It's clear that Willis considered this her platform for politicking and self-promotion, and as John writes, the entitlement didn't just ooze from every word out of her mouth -- it erupted from them. Judge Scott McAfee has the patience of a saint, but even he warned her that if she didn't behave more professionally, he'd throw out her entire testimony. Which might have done her a favor, except ... McAfee is the only decider on this motion to disqualify."  Mia Cathell at TownHall, Teary-Eyed Fani Willis Testifies in Humiliating Hearing Ace. "Drillable Hours:" Some Thoughts on the Sweetick/Fani Gangbang of Lies Update: The Judge Scolds Fani, Tells Her to Answer the Questions Posed With Fewer Histrionics Or He'll Strike Her Testimony and Witness: Fani Willis Sexually Trafficked Nathan Wade, Imprisoned Him, Hooked Him on Heroin, Made Him Her He-Whore, and Then Gave Him the "Street Name" of Darrius "Sweetdick" Honeycum, Esq. "I can't back that headline up. It might be a just a tetch exaggerated."

Althouse, "Justice Juan M. Merchan’s decision to start former President Donald J. Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan next month opens the possibility..." "... that Mr. Trump’s federal trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election could take place in the late spring or early summer. But the scheduling of the election interference case, which is taking place in Washington, is now in the hands of the Supreme Court....From "Live Updates: Judge Sets Trial Date in Trump’s Manhattan Criminal Case/Ruling that the case against Donald J. Trump can proceed, Justice Juan M. Merchan said he planned to begin the trial on March 25" (NYT)."

Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi and Alex Gutentag at Public claim the U.S. Government Is Hiding Documents That Incriminate Intelligence Community For Illegal Spying And Election Interference, Say Sources. "Former CIA Director Gina Haspel blocked the release of “binder” with evidence that may identify her role in the Trump-Russia collusion hoax." Matt Margolis at PJM thinks what I think, Is This What the Biden Admin Was Really After When It Raided Mar-a-Lago? Ace, Shellenberger: Sources Say That the FBI Raided Mar-a-Lago to Get Their Filthy Hands on the File About the CIA's Treasonous Decision to Spy on the Duly Elected President, "Ahhh... this begins to make sense. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Former Rolling Stone Editor Lists the Top Jokers Who Escaped Accountability in the Russian Collusion Hoax. Althouse, "You are dead to me. Please get off Twitter and just stay on Substack." "Tweeted Elon Musk at Matt Taibbi, reported at Mediaite." That sucks, because the work that Taibbi et al did on Twitter was exceptional. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.14.24, Twitchy: Obama’s CIA Had Foreign Intel Agencies Spy On The Trump Campaign and The Geller Report: CBS Fires Award-Winning Senior Correspondent Catherine Herridge After Reporting Joe Biden Kept Classified Documents Involving Bribes From Foreign Countries and The Federalist  Sources Say U.S. Intelligence Agencies Tasked Foreign Partners With Spying On Trump’s 2016 Campaign.

Mike Howell at Da Wire explains Why It’s Time To End The FBI-ADL Partnership. Capt. Ed, The ADL may be a problem too, but the partnership between the FBI and the Southern Poverty Law Center is far worse. The Department of Justice should put an end to both. 

Sister Toldja at RedState has a Report that Things Are About to Get Much Worse for Joe Biden As Robert Hur Plans His Next Move. At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed finds Axios saying 'GOP Panel' Is 'Salivating' As Hur Prepares Testimony for Congress. Damn right! Also, Puck: White House Reporters Knew About Biden All Along. Ace, Puck: The White House "Reporters" All Knew That Biden's Dementia Had Entered the Galloping Phase, But Covered It Up.  Paul Sperry at RCI reports the Biden Staffer Who Mishandled China, Iran Secrets Retains High-Security Pentagon Job. They only go after Trump aids to coerce them to testify against him. VodkaPundit at PJM, It's Official: Everybody Knows Biden's Brain Is Pudding. Hollywood in Toto observes The Left Slams Jon Stewart for Mocking ‘Elderly’ Joe Biden "'Daily Show' host's return met with liberal rage - you can't attack Democrats!" Nick Arama at RedState sees Biden Gets Confused Out on the Lawn, Jill Has to Correct Him Again. 

At PJM Matt Margolis claims, House Republicans Learn of Bank Account Used to Funnel Money to Joe Biden (Did they finally find the pea?), Biden's Hissy Fit on Mayorkas Impeachment Is a Hilarious Self-Awareness Fail  and Kevin Downey has Five Dirty, Career-Ending, Prison-Warranting Secrets Biden Wants You to Forget Before Election Day. At LI, Vijeta Uniyal has a Report: Biden Admin Set to Reward Palestinians For October 7 Massacre With a State and East Jerusalem as Capital, "Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Office: “Now is not the time to be speaking about gifts for the Palestinian people,”" and Herr Professor Jacobson cites the  House Intelligence Committee: White House Should Immediately Declassify “Information Concerning A Serious National Security Threat”, Rep. Mike Turner: “I am requesting that President Biden declassify all information relating to this threat so that Congress, the Administration, and our allies can openly discuss the actions necessary to respond to this threat.”The Free Bacon reports John Podesta Was Behind Biden’s Decision To Pause Natural Gas Exports. "His Lobbyist Brother Stands To Benefit. Tony Podesta represents foreign companies involved in the natural gas industry."

VodkaPundit's been drinking again, Manchin/Romney '24? That's the Ticket! Ace, Joe Manchin: Here's an Idea I Just Thought Up and Definitely Have Not Been Focus Grouping for Months: How About I Run Third Party with Mitt Romney as My Running Mate? At Althouse, "Everywhere I turn, people are rightly laboring to sound the alarm about Donald Trump’s spectacularly reckless, deeply evil expectorations...." "Frank Bruni expresses his frustration, in "We’re Running Out of Names for Trump. At Least Polite Ones" (NYT)(free access link!). . . . If everywhere you turn you see nothing but hatred of Trump, you're missing millions of your fellow citizens." At Ringside Bill Otis has Seven thoughts to ruin your day.

Stacy McCain has thoughts on how Kansas City Fans Celebrate Super Bowl Victory With Parade and Mass Shooting. "By now, liberals are already talking about new laws to reduce “gun violence,” as they call it, without acknowledging the likelihood that none of the perpetrators of this shooting were legally carrying. If they weren’t minors, they were convicted felons and, as I say, it’s a good bet that all of the firearms used were stolen. This is connected to the “criminal justice reform” attitude that mere property crimes shouldn’t be punished."  Jack Poso@JackPosobiec "Trump announced the start of Operation Legend in June 2020 after the shooting of 4 year old LeGend Taliferro in Kansas City in street violence Federal assets were sent to violent cities across America, over 1500 arrested in the sweeps. Biden ended it his first day in office" 

Ace reports Another Harvard Administrator Accused of 42 Counts of Plagiarism in Her Dissertation. "Ivy League more like Jivey League amirite. . . .  According to the report, Greene's dissertation compares her summary of Jean Kim's theory of Asian American ethnic identity formation along with a summary that was similar to Janelle Lee Woo's 2004 Ph.D. dissertation, but Greene didn't cite Woo." It's no fair, nobody really expects anybody to read that shit! At Da Caller, EXCLUSIVE: Internal Documents Shed Light On Biden Administration’s Plan To Impose DEI On Pentagon-Run Schools. From Twitchy, MS Society Asks 90-Year-Old Volunteer to Step Down for Not Abiding by DEI Guidelines. 

At Bounding into Sports, Male High Jumper Tops High School Girls’ State Record. Beege Welborn tells A Fable: Once There Was a Community Race Everyone Loved Until Men Running as Women Ruined It. 

Still plenty of unused links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.14.24, but I gotta get going. 

Linked at 357 Magnum in Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 17 February. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: SERVICE GUARANTEES CITIZENSHIP up for your digital pleasure at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Ray Epps Gets One Year . . .

Of Probation. Former Oath Keeper Ray Epps, who publicly urged people to go into the Capitol on Jan. 5 and 6, and who led the rush on the Capitol on the 6th, but somehow didn't actually enter the Capitol itself, had pled guilty to "disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds", and sentenced to one year of probation, despite many people having walked through the building peacefully, or even assembling the steps outside having been sentenced to years for felonies. James Lynch at Da Caller,  Ray Epps Sentenced To One Year Probation For Conduct During Jan. 6th Riot

Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia James Boasberg sentenced Epps to 12 months probation after Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors recommended Epps serve six months in jail for his conduct on and ahead of the Jan. 6th, 2021 Capitol attack. He is also ordered to pay $500 restitution. (RELATED: Biden Compares Jan 6 Protesters To Confederate Soldiers, Dubs It Second ‘Lost Cause’)

Epps pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count for disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds in September after coming to a deal with federal prosecutors. Epps’ legal team suggested he serve a probationary sentence in response to prosecutors’ sentencing memo arguing for six months probation.

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, Woof - a Year Probation and They're Still Saying Ray Epps Wasn't a Fed?. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.09.24 (Evening Edition),  Nice Deb at Am Great  Judge, Prosecutor, and Defense Lawyer All Agree Ray Epps Is a Victim of MAGA Conspiracy Theories; Gets Probation, No Jail Time"  and at LI,  Ray Epps, the Man Who Told People to Enter the Capitol on Jan. 6, Receives One Year Probation,     And as long as we're on Jan 6, KT at Hat Hair pays attention to Pierre Delecto so you don't have to, Romney to Biden: January 6 Is a Political Dead Horse.

NewsMax reports Biden Unaware of Pentagon Chief's Prostate Cancer Until Today,. YaHoo!, Biden in dark over defense chief's cancer for month. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.09.24 (Morning Edition), EBL, Even The White House did not know where Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Was,  and Twitchy  Calls For SecDef Austin To Resign Are Growing, Am Think thinks Lloyd Austin at the ICU: A Symptom of a More Serious Malady and The Federalist For Three Days Top U.S. Officials Had No Idea The Defense Secretary Was Hospitalized. From Fox, House Republican to file impeachment articles against Lloyd Austin, Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed says he Abandoned Post: Impeachment Ahead for Austin? Ed Driscoll at Insty reads POLITICO: As Austin controversy widens, Republicans find a new weapon against Biden.

At Hat Hair, Dennis Prager on Joe Biden's Scary Speech on Jan. 6 "Politically speaking, the purpose of the speech was clear. Given that Biden has among the lowest favorability numbers ever recorded for a sitting president, he cannot make the election about his achievements. Because he has none that warrant his reelection. In every way, he has made America a worse country." Ed Driscoll again, WATCH: Race-baiting Joe Biden claims housing prices are based on race. "Joe Biden is race-baiting again in order to try and help uplift his abysmal poll numbers. Today he claimed that housing prices are based on race, suggesting identical homes with blacks living in them are valued less than ones with whites. Seriously." At Da Fed Eddie Scarry says Biden’s Campaign Doesn’t ‘Brief’ The Media, It Colludes With Them,  From Da Mail, Top South Carolina Democrat Jim Clyburn says he is 'very concerned' as Biden tanks with African-American voters and is not 'breaking through the MAGA wall' as president set to visit key southern state today. Hat Hair's KT, Jill Biden Is Doing What Joe Biden Cannot - She's Campaigning, but for Whom? Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller, Jesse Watters Predicts Michelle Obama Could Emerge As A ‘Plan B’ For Biden. Althouse, "She wants to run. So, this is her way — now that she’s talking about politics, if she were really concerned about..." ""... the future and tenor of the country, she would be on the campaign trail with Joe Biden. She is just as concerned about him as she is about Donald Trump. This is her way of sending out a little canary into the coal mine to see if it lives, and I think this could be beginning of her campaign." Said Fox News commentator Kennedy, quoted in "Fox News Hosts Claim Michelle Obama Isn’t Helping Biden’s Campaign Because 'She Wants To Run'" (Mediaite)." She would rather be queen.

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports NYC High School Students Go Remote Tomorrow As Their School Is Used to House Migrants Overnight. Althouse, "When classes were virtual, students would log on some days, and some days they wouldn’t.... For parents, it might seem easier that way." . . .  Writes Alec MacGillis, in "Has School Become Optional? In the past few years, chronic absenteeism has nearly doubled. The fight to get students back in classrooms has only just begun" (The New Yorker)." Hat Hair's KT, AMLO Has a List of Demands for Team Biden to Help With Immigration... Are You Kidding?

WUWT, Federal Court Throws Wrench into Biden Admin’s War on Appliances. "The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in a legal battle between eleven red states and the federal government over the Department of Energy’s (DOE) efforts to impose energy and water efficiency standards for dishwashers and clothes washers that asserted it “is unclear that DOE has statutory authority to regulate water use in dishwashers and clothes washers,” according to the opinion’s text. The Biden administration has attempted to push new standards for both appliances since coming into office in 2021 as part of a wider push to nudge the market toward more energy efficient appliances, which in some cases are generally less effective than their other models, the court asserted in its opinion."

PJM's Stephen Kruiser notes Threats to 'Democracy' Abound, but They're Coming From the Left and Bab Spencer says Pot, Meet Kettle: Kamala Harris Accuses Republicans of ‘Trying to Silence’ Voters. Insty wonders WHAT DOES BANGLADESH SAY ABOUT OURS? "US says Bangladesh elections were not free and fair. I dunno about Bangladesh, but there’s this . . . " At the Babylon Bee, 'MAGA Is A Cult,' Says Party Doing Chants For Politician Inside Church. Capt. Ed notes "Only barely satire, especially if one remembers all of the cult-of-personality stuff going on in 2007-8 around Barack Obama."

Althouse, "He claimed magnets don’t work underwater.... He bragged about his ability to put on pants.... He said the Civil War could have been 'negotiated.'..." "I'm reading "8 Awful Things Trump Said in Iowa, Ranked" (NY Magazine). Is it not a good thing to believe wars can be avoided? Is it an article of faith that American slavery could only have been ended through warfare? Why is it "awful" to say that, as President, Trump would have tried to end it peacefully?" At Red State Nick Arama wants you to WATCH: Ron DeSantis Levels Protesters at Fox Town Hall With One Quip "I'm curious as to the process by which Fox vetted people to get into the town hall with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Somehow, they let protesters in with a huge banner, and at least a couple of the questions sounded like they might have come from Democrats." Althouse alarmed "Ms. Haley isn’t getting attacked just by Mr. DeSantis in Iowa but also by Mr. Trump in New Hampshire." Hat Hair's KT thinks Nikki Haley's Latest Endorsement Is... Interesting, Judge Judy?

Dave Strom at Hat Hair points out how Arizona Allows Noncitizens to Vote in Federal Elections (With a Wink and a Nod). 

You must be a citizen to vote. Wink wink, nod, nod. Really, you must!

But if you aren’t, we’ll let you vote in federal elections, such as for Congress, Senator, and President of the United States. No questions asked. To do otherwise, you see, would be voter suppression. Really, it would be!

There are a lot of well-meaning people who honestly believe that the border policies pursued by the Democrats are all about compassion, decency, and a sincere desire to help oppressed people from around the world.

Bulls**t. This is raw politics. Joe Biden has opened the floodgates and is importing somewhere between 8-12 million new illegal immigrants into the country. There is going to be massive voter fraud in the next election. The way that they are accomplishing this is making it nearly impossible to track down who was eligible to vote and who wasn’t.

Ballots will be distributed like Monopoly money, collected by “ballot harvesters,” and counted by corrupt local officials, and they hope that by doing so, they can eke out a victory or better than that.

Do the illegal immigrants streaming into the country know they are part of this scheme? Most likely not. Will most of them participate in it? Probably not. It’s not like most of them came into the country as willing participants in a scheme to steal federal elections.

But will the flood of illegal aliens, many of whom are getting driver’s licenses in states like my own, Minnesota–19 states and the District of Columbia–be used to rig the vote? Certainly, throw in motor voter and lots of illegals will be automatically registered to vote, even if they don’t intend to. Ballots will be sent, collected by operatives, and returned.

It may be easier in some places than others. It will probably be haphazard. But our elections are sometimes so tight that it can make a huge difference- the difference between Joe Biden winning or losing the electoral college.

At Althouse, "Skeptics of disqualification have... argued that, even if Section 3 does cover a former President, it is not 'self-executing'..." ' At TownHall, Becca Downs reports Ted Cruz Has an Idea on How SCOTUS Could Rule Unanimously to Keep Trump on the Ballot "Cruz went on to say, the Court "will say instead is, however, the determination of that matter, cannot be made, without evidence, without due process, without a judicial proceeding, and in particular, the ground that I think the Court will go to, involves a federal statute," with the senator pointing to 18 USC § 2383, which, as he explained, codifies Section 3 of the 14th Amendment" and Mia Cathell observes Those Behind the Effort to Kick Trump Off Ballots Have Something in Common, money from George Soros. From NewsMax, Trump Warns Biden: Indictments Could Await You, Too. Althouse thinks you should Listen to the argument in United States v. Trump. (The issue is presidential immunity.) PJM's Vicky Taft sees Trump Show Up in Federal Court and Witnesses Major Case of TDS by Judges "Don't believe me? Judge Florence Pan took Jack Smith's over-the-top rantings in a pre-hearing brief and posed an outrageous hypothetical to Trump's attorney John Sauer of the Thomas More Law Center. Judge Pan hypothesized if Trump could be immune from prosecution if he — and we're not making this up — sent SEAL Team 6 to kill a political opponent." At The Right Scoop, Trump to deliver closing argument HIMSELF in civil fraud trial. Capt. Ed, "This is not a good idea, especially for someone as rhetorically undisciplined as Trump. He’s not an attorney and has demonstrated that several times in public statements that have contradicted his legal defenses in key ways. In this case particularly, Trump might end up corroborating elements of the plaintiff case in ways that could render potential appeals worthless. That’s especially true in a trial in which the judge has already determined that fraud occurred. There is no jury to impress here, only a judge to further annoy." But then, it's a show trial, with foregone conclusions, and he's going to give them a show.

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.09.24 (Morning Edition), Twitchy, Techno Fog Drops Bombshell Thread About Fulton County DA Fani Willis, Athena Thorne at PJM says itLooks Like the Georgia RICO Case Against Trump Just Imploded, with charges the DA Fani Willis hired a man she was sleeping with as prosecutor, and then took vacations with him.  At NewsMax, Huckabee to Newsmax: Georgia DA Should Be Disbarred, Trump Charges Dropped. From RedState, Jen Van Laar reports Fani Willis' Spokeswoman Is a DNC Member, Wife of 2022 Dem Lt. Gov Nominee - and There's More  "Indeed, she is the spokesperson cited in response to a recent court filing by defendant Michael Roman alleging an improper romantic relationship between Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade."

PJM's Bob Spencer reports Far-Left Journalists Caught on Hot Mic Joking About What They Really Want for Trump, assassination.

Insty, THEY ALWAYS PRETEND IT’S ABOUT NAZIS: Substack Versus the Slippery Slope: The real reason to keep even Nazis on the platform. The people pushing this line don’t care about Nazis, they just want to use the “threat” of Nazis to acquire the power to shut down their political rivals. It’s this way every time. They’re not well-meaning anti-Nazis, they’re vile censors with bad intent. Dave Strom reports Tulsi Gabbard Announces Partnership With Twitter/X, Don Lemon and Jim Rome Joining Too. NewsMax, GOP Seeks Records on Censorship by Left-wing Groups. "House Republicans continue to pressure the State Department for more records concerning grants, such as ones that ultimately landed with organizations aimed at silencing conservative voices, the Washington Examiner reported. Members of the House Small Business Committee asked the State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC) for information on grants the office has awarded. The request is part of the committee's broader inquiry into "government censorship and revenue interference of American small businesses by proxy," the Examiner reported Tuesday."

Don Surber sees Harvardicide, "Come for the destruction of DEI, stay for academia's collapse." Leslie Eastman at LI, reads Glenn Reynolds: Bill Ackman Frightening Leftists Because He’s Holding Universities Accountable "Woke activists are finally experiencing much needed accountability due to the action of outside forces." At 7 News, Boston, Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt Mayor Wu’s State of the City address. According to the Free Bacon, SEIU Leader Participated in Palestinian Protest That Shut Down Brooklyn Bridge, "Union leader Larry Alcoff was joined by his wife Linda and son Jose, an Antifa member who was charged with felony assault in 2019." Times of Israel, US police arrest 325 anti-Israel protesters blocking New York City tunnel, bridges. But will they be left off? From CJ, Prosecute the New York Bridge Blockers. "The city must stop protesters from impeding travel." Capt. Ed comments "This is a tactic of the Left, subsidized and protected by municipal governments *only* for their ideological allies. If a MAGA demonstration blocked a bridge in this manner, Eric Adams would have demanded a deployment of National Guard troops. But there’s more danger in this than just hypocrisy. Pretty soon activists of all stripes will respond to the perceived incentives here by adopting the same tactics, and not too long after that, citizens will take matters into their own hands. I’m actually surprised we haven’t seen more of this than we have thus far."

John Sexton, Former DEI Staffer Sues University of Wisconsin for Racial Discrimination. From the College Fix, DEI staffer alleges U. Wisconsin discriminated against her for being white: lawsuit. Sauce for the goose. Can they both lose?

Riley Gaines

Hat Hair's KT, Heads Up, Charlie Baker: Riley Gaines Joins NCAA Convention Protest to Save Women's Sports

The annual convention for the NCAA is set for January 10 to 13 in Phoenix. Protesters who hope to save women’s sports will rally outside the convention. They will demand an end to transgender athletes competing in female sports events.

NCAA swimming champions Riley Gaines and Paula Scanlan will be among the women protesters. Scanlan was a teammate of Lia Thomas, a male swimmer who competed on the UPenn swim team. When he was unable to win as a male swimmer, he was allowed to compete on the women’s team as a transgender athlete.

 

Paula Scanlan

Former Governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker, a Republican, now is president of the NCAA. Gaines criticizes him for avoiding the issue of transgenderism in women’s sports. Fox New online ran a blistering opinion piece by the Senior Director of Government Relations for Concerned Women for America.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Monday: Happy Lee-Jackson Day! and FMJRA 2.0: Whip it good! up and at 'em at The Other McCain.

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!