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Thursday, August 6, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Abdulrahman Mohammed El-Sayed Wins Michigan Democrat Senate Primary

The Hamas supporter who thinks America deserved 9/11 squeaked out a victory over some AWFL to become the Democrat senate candidate for senator of Michigan. The "M" states of the upper Mid-west have officially gone crazy. Amy Curtis at TownHall thinks Abdul El-Sayed Is Now the Most Radical Candidate in America. From Ace, Pro-Hamas, Pro-Terrorist Communist Abdul El-Sayed Wins Nomination for Michigan Senate as Expected -- But By a Very Thin Margin. Polls showed a much wider margin, but polls suck. At Althouse, It's too close to call over at the NYT, but "Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s slugfest of a Democratic Senate primary, NBC News projects." "I'm reading "Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left/The former public health official has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens, NBC News projects, despite facing a huge advertising disadvantage."" Bobby LaValley @Bobby_LaVallley, "CNN: Haley Stevens did well with working-class and African American voters. Abdul El-Sayed "did very poorly" with those groups and "really just" ran up the score in college towns." John Bulkeley @bulkeley_john, "College towns voting heavily for Abdul. This is where we are going to miss Charlie Kirk big time. He was our best and greatest ambassador to colleges across the nation. We will miss him very, very, much." NYPo, Young Dems’ radicalism threatens to doom their party in midterms — and beyond. Joel Kotkin at Spiked asserts The Democrats are a menace to America’s Jews, "Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic primary is an ominous sign." At Hat Hair VIP John Sexton notices Jews Are Moving From Blue States to Red Ones, and not just because they're spendthrift. varifrank @varifrank, "He loves them the same way OJ loved Nicole." Quote Open Source Intel @Osint613, "Michigan Democratic primary winner Abdul El Sayed: AIPAC and Israel are not the same as Judaism and the Jewish people... I love the Jewish people." At Insty, Driscoll cites JIM TREACHER: Jon Stewart Is a Good Kapo. Ben Clerkin at The Spec wonders/hopes Has Abdul El-Sayed just saved Trump? At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn thinks This Fetterman, El-Sayed Tiff Is Fun. RBe @RBPundit, "This actually takes it too easy on the fucking commie. We need to make these people radioactive." Quote Politics & Poll Tracker @PollTracker2024, "The NRSC debuts first attack ad in the US Senate Michigan race against Abdul El-Sayed."

At WaEx, Hasan Piker torches Democratic voters: ‘You are all unbelievably Islamophobic pieces of s***’ for not all voting for Abdul. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Hasan Piker's Healing MI Outreach: 'You Are All Unbelievably Islamophobic Pieces of S***'. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Francesca Hong, 2020: Cancel Thanksgiving. Hong, Two Days Ago: Thanksgiving is a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities. Hong, Today: My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. I love it." At the Crimson Hub, HONG AGAIN: Thanksgiving-Hating Dem Socialist Has Another Hot 'White Supremacy' Take In WI Gov Race.

Swann Marcus@SwannMarcus89, "HOLY SHIT WHAT Mamdani's "socialist" grocery stores are going to be run by private operators? And they receive the right to run the store from the government but then control the supply of discount cards themselves? And they have full discretion over purchasing and hiring decisions in a situation where they are guaranteed to make a profit irrespective of how inefficient the operation is because they're undercutting their competitors' prices by 30% via government subsidies? Buckle in, you suck fucks! Real corruption has never been tried!" At State of the Day, YOU NEED ID FOR THIS SOCIALIST UTOPIA, "Do these people hear themselves?" From Twitchy, OUCH! Zohran Mamdani's Anti-Police Rhetoric Came Back to Bite Him at an NYPD Event. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "LMFAO! Ugandan Mayor Mamdani tried to deliver a speech at a New York Police event in Manhattan but was VICIOUSLY booed and jeered off stage He walked off in SHAME. Patriots want Mamdani to go BACK to his country!" Fox cites MARK PENN: Socialist Mamdani sold a tax on billionaires. Regular homeowners could pay the price, "Gotta love whoever pulled this French name into implying New York City's pied-à-terre tax would fall on just a few very rich people." That's the point. 

James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames, We can now be quite certain that, yes, in fact, the DSA move within the Democratic Party is a power consolidation move modeled after the Bolshevik takeover of the Social Democrat Party and expulsion of the Mensheviks. Not the revolution itself but its immediate political precursor." Quote New York Magazine @NYMag, "The GOP’s big red scare is really stupid. Democrats aren’t communist, and the relatively small progressive surge in this year’s primaries isn’t a Bolshevik Revolution, writes Ed Kilgore." The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "Now that the Democrat Party has been officially commandeered by Communists, the “America First” folks who claim they’ll stay home in November are in a real pickle. Because no one claiming to be America First would willingly turn over their county to the cretins in the DSA. As Donald Trump himself famously opined, "You can be a communist or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both.”" Matt Vespa at TownHall sees Mike Rowe Triggered a Ton of People With His Lengthy Post About Socialism. John Sexton, California Democratic Party Backs the Wealth Tax. Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital, "If the California billionaire wealth tax passes, it will be a nationwide policy for 2028. Every Democrat on the primary stage will raise their hand to support it federally. Tech guys think they can just run to Texas now after funding the far-left for years." Quote Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital, "There it is… California's Democratic Party has voted to endorse the billionaire wealth tax on the ballot." PJM's Stephen Kruiser writes Of Commies, Purple States, and the Elusive Undecided Voter. "Yes, my friends, the fate of the Republic hinges on people who haven't caught on to the fact that the Democrats keep talking about shredding the Constitution. It's realizations like that which make it harder for me to stay detached, but my years of "all dead inside" practice serve me well." InfantryDort @infantrydort, "Our ancestors fought some of the most fearsome enemies in the war against entropy. Worthy of mighty song and story. We get communist jihadi welfare tourists with weaponized EBT cards and TikTok. Unlucky." PoIiMath @politicalmath, "Academic: I think the gullible young people I can manipulate should have more power and the skeptical parents who can see through my bullshit should have less power." Quote Caleb Wait @calebwait, "I try to keep an open mind about new ideas and opinions, but this take on parents and children is the dumbest thing I’ve heard in a long time. Douthat’s response is perfect."

At Twitchy, Amy Klobuchar Gets Absolutely Booed Off Stage for Border & Cop Lies — Then Calls to Defund ICE.


Chris Rufo on the The Typhus Rats of Los Angeles, "A medieval disease is rocking the vermin-ridden county." The palm trees in my parent's Ranch Park house had rats. Before we were married, Georgia stayed with us a while, and the cat brought one home for her.

I&I wonders/fears Is Trump’s Flat Voter Favorability In August Bad News For GOP’s Midterm Hopes? Mark Tapscott at Insty says POLITICAL APPOINTEES SHOULD KILL BAD GRANTS: "Democrats in Congress are up in arms over President Donald Trump’s proposal to give executive branch senior political appointees authority to pre-screen proposed federal grants and to terminate previously approved and continuing funding streams. In fact under the Constitution, as I write today in The Washington Stand, the President can delegate authority to carry out the his policies that voters endorsed when they elected him to trusted senior political appointees. Democrats are angry because Trump is implementing a counter to the power of the unelected career bureaucrats who routinely dispatch hundreds of billions of tax dollars to far-Left groups." At Politico, Congress ended surprise medical bills — doctors and insurers hate it “This must end,” President Donald Trump said when he signed the bill into law. “We’re going to hold insurance companies and hospitals totally accountable.”



Capt Ed cites Int'l Media: New MOU an IRGC 'Deal on the Sly' with Oman?. If it's Iranian, and it floats, flies or drives, blow it up.

Dave Strom at Hat Hair hears FBI Opened Criminal Investigation of Trump for Firing Comey. PJM's Matt Margolis, Bombshell Declassified FBI Document Blows Up Everything We Ever Heard About Russiagate. Sundance, Govt Releases Originating Info Behind FBI Investigation “Oxferd Comma” That Followed Comey Firing "John Solomon, working for the administration on behalf of President Trump, has released internal FBI information that surrounded an investigation of President Trump and other officials following the firing of James Comey. {DOCUMENTS HERE}" Ace, Revealed Documents: Corrupt FBI Operatives Opened Investigation of Trump as a RUSSIAN AGENT Because He Fired Their Ringleader James Comey. John Solomon at JTN, FBI Follies: Bureau secretly probed Trump as a Russian asset for firing Comey: declassified memos. "Documents declassified by the White House Government Transparency Task Force show the investigation – codenamed "Oxferd Comma" – was launched in the immediate aftermath of Comey’s May 9, 2017 firing and was predicated on allegations that the bureau’s own agents had mostly dismissed by that time."


T. Anderson says And another thing ... on The Failure of Fauci and His Fans. "Turns out you can get him to shut up after all." Teri Christoph at RedState, Uh-Oh: Fauci's Worst Nightmare May Have Just Landed in the Hands of Senate Republicans. The Wall Street Journal @WSJ, "Exclusive: A Senate panel has obtained a copy of Dr. Anthony Fauci's Covid-era iPhone, potentially securing more records related to his actions during the pandemic." Cathy Salgado at PJM reports Bill Gates Was Embedded in U.S. Agencies During COVID Era "Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released more information this week revealing that Gates had a “Q” security clearance for seven years at DOE and had then-NIAID Director Anthony Fauci as his private editor during the COVID lockdown era. The Gates Foundation was even funding NIH. Then again, Gates also reportedly donated a staggering $50 million to Kamala Harris. I guess he paid a pretty high price for the privilege of being involved in so much government decision-making."



Da Telegraph reports Jason Arday falsely claimed to have published book, "Cambridge academic suggested that work on black masculinity had been published by Palgrave but it never went to print." The Telegraph @Telegraph, "BREAKING: Prof Jason Arday has resigned from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph revealed he falsely claimed to have published a book. Follow the latest developments." John Sexton reports Jason Arday Resigns From Cambridge. Smirkley @Smirkley, "Updated >be Jason Arday >get diagnosed autistic at 3 >claim non-verbal until 11 >claim partial deafness in one ear & being taught to sign >claim you couldn't read until 18, but still leave school w/ two GCSEs >claim joining pro snooker tour at 10, one year before you could speak >claim you came out of a football academy & played professionally...." Ace, Perfesser, Now Ex-Perfesser, Jason Arday Resigns After Being Caught In Yet Another Lie "The newest lie was about publishing a book. The book was called Trust Me, Bro. Okay that's a lie. The truth is, there was no book. No such book exists. And Update: Fake DEI Perfesser Now Claiming Some Racists Left a Pig's Head on His Door; Local Butchers and Police Deny. "He's not just a plagiarist, he's a serial liar." Kevin Yam 任建峰 @kevinkfyam, "When this whole affair dies down: 1. Arday will be gone in one way or another. And he (who never knew better because of his enablers) will be abandoned, left to fend for himself, and he and his family will suffer badly as a result. I know in the circumstances it’s hard to feel sorry for Arday, but please cut him a small (and I do mean small) bit of slack - it’s a bit like if you keep wilfully throwing food all over the floor thinking that it’s good and normal, because everyone around you don’t call you up on it and even say “well done” every time you throw more food on the floor..." Jon Levine @LevineJonathan, "A decades-long campaign to elevate people based on arbitrary characteristics (race, gender, sexual orientation) instead of merit has crashed into publicly available tools for objective evaluation." Quote Colin Wright @SwipeWright, "BREAKING: Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor exposed for plagiarism and fabricating major aspects of his life story, has resigned. According to leading AI writing detection software Pangram, Arday's resignation letter is "Fully AI Generated" with "High Confidence."

Bobby Burack @burackbobby_, "This is wild. Howard Bryant, the writer trying to smear Sophie Cunningham as "anti-trans and anti-black," was arrested for choking his white wife, then assaulting a police officer, and then blamed his arrest on -- wait for it -- racism." From Ace, Pro-Men-In-Women's-Sports WNBA Coach: Boy It Makes Me Mad When Men Take Coaching Jobs from Women, "Gee I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that she's not a player, but is a coach, and wants her own position defended against outside-her-gender competition."

And more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.03.26. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Usual Horrible Start to the Season up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.
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Thursday, July 30, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - The Fauci Fallout

If you weren't out doing something fun or useful yesterday, you probably know by now that former NIH Director Anthony Fauci made a long appearance at the Senate Homeland Security committee led by Rand Paul, where, as I pointed out yesterday, other than an opening statement saying Rand Paul had it in for him (true, but for good reasons), he said almost nothing, other than to take the 5th amendment 111 times to Republican questions ranging from pointed to ridiculous (what color is your tie?), while receiving tongue bath from Democrats loyal to the Covid lockdown regime. If you need to count them for yourself you can find the whole sordid affair at from sundance at CTH, Dr Anthony Fauci Testifies Before Senate Homeland Security Committee or at Althouse, Fauci invokes the 5th Amendment privilege at the Senate hearing today. Ace, Deep State Mafia Boss Anthony "Little Bones" Fauci Pleads the Fifth, "This is what I thought he would do. But now I wonder if he has any legal right to invoke the Fifth." Matt Vespa at TownHall, So, That's Why Fauci Pled the Fifth, Despite a Blanket Pardon From Biden, state charges? No, that's just the excuse. He just didn't want to own up to all his Covid shenanigans. John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "This also states it well... The pardon put Fauci in a position where he could either testify truthfully and face no prosecution, or invoke the Fifth and face a contempt charge. Obviously, Fauci decided telling the truth was more dangerous (even with no fear of prosecution) than facing prosecution with a contempt charge. Why? That's the question." Quote Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney, "Pleading the 5th is tricky, legally, because Fauci is pardoned for all pre-2025 conduct — fear of a future perjury trap is a lot to hang a blanket assertion of 5th Amendment privilege on. And it also opens him up to being held in contempt and prosecuted on that basis." The Vigilant Fox @VigilantFox, "PAUL: "Dr. Fauci, would you like to at least answer this one question for us today...?" FAUCI: "On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline..." PAUL: "The chairman has DENIED your assertion of privilege and directed you to ANSWER, but you nonetheless refuse and stand on privilege despite the existence of the pardon." "It's AGAINST THE LAW to obstruct an investigation of Congress. There will be repercussions to your refusal to testify today." Sean Davis @seanmdav, "Rand Paul did the impossible today: he found a way to make Anthony Fauci not talk. Rand Paul got the world’s most promiscuous media whore to suddenly not want to be on camera behind a microphone." Secretary Kennedy @SecKennedy, "Dear Diary... If I plead the Fifth, will I still be famous?" Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D.@neoavatara "Its over." Quote Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul, "Fauci claims he is pleading the Fifth because of my so-called “obsession” with prosecuting him and because I released his "private" diary. The American people know better. He is protecting himself. There is more to this. This is not over." Tim O'Brien at PJM, Fauci’s Disastrous Senate Hearing Signals That It’s Time to Put the Autopen on Trial Through Him. PJM's Stephen Kruiser sighs Regrettably, Anthony Fauci Slept Very Well Last Night.

PJM's Cathy Salgado, Rand Paul Orders Fauci’s Lawyer Removed As Hearing Grows Chaotic. From News Wax, Fauci Solicited Award Noms From NIH-Funded Scientists, for awards with cash prizes. At Hat Hair, Capt Ed quotes Hawley to Fauci: 'You Got Rich, Didn't You … While People Were Dying?' Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "If you only watch ONE video from the Fauci hearing today, it should be this one... Bernie Moreno: "It was about six years ago today that I decided I'm going to give up my businesses, sell them all, run for office, run for the United States Senate. Here I am sitting in front of you six years later, saying, "Who the fuck do you think you are for doing that?" It is a total disgrace what you did to this country and my Democrat colleagues are standing there defending you...." RazörFist @RazorFist, "2020: The Science™ is settled 2021: Trust the Science™ 2022: Sorry you lost your job for not trusting The Science™ 2023: We have recalled The Science™ from the market 2026: The Science™ pleads the 5th." Bridget Phetasy @BridgetPhetasy, "My biggest takeaway from this Fauci stuff is that we aren't mad enough."

Matt Vespa, TMZ Had a Total Meltdown Over the Attacks on Fauci...and They're Not Alone. Brad Polumbo @brad_polumbo, "Never forget they literally made action figures of this man..." Drew Holden at Holden Court thinks Legacy Media’s Fauci Love Affair Might’ve Buried COVID’s Origins, "Ahead of the doctor's public testimony, making sense of what the dominant press helped to keep buried." PoIiMath @politicalmath, "If there was another Covid-style pandemic, it would probably be because scientists were carelessly researching deadly novel viruses in large urban centers." Quote Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan, "It’s very clear, sadly, that if there was another Covid-style pandemic today, the level of total disinformation, misinformation, lies, cherry-picked quotes and documents, and conspiracies on this hellsite would mean tens of millions, not just millions, of dead Americans." From Da Caller, Meet The Republicans Who Sided With Anthony Fauci To Shut Down The Country "“Hope Hicks and I convinced him to essentially put Easter on hold for this year,” Fauci wrote." Nick Arama at RedState notices Brandon Gill and Ted Cruz Have a Field Day With James Talarico's Old Fauci Post. Brandon Gill @realBrandonGill, "Do you think James Talarico still plays with his Fauci action figure?" Ted Cruz @tedcruz, "James Talarico called Fauci a superhero. Today, Fauci took the Fifth 111 times. Apparently accountability was sold separately." Leslie Eastman at LI hypes a New Documentary the Asserts Deborah Birx Was Real Culprit Behind Disastrous Covid Lockdowns. "“It Wasn’t Fauci: How the Deep State Really Played Trump” shows how a career bureaucrat seized control of the government and created a disaster. And Birx had help…from Pence." She did kind of slither away unscathed, didn't she. Insty at his substack explains Why Fauci Matters. "He's not just a powerful guy who acted in bad faith. He's a totem to a whole class of people who don't care about that."

I'm of two minds about Fauci. Scientists are allowed to be wrong. It's part of the process of discovery, as long as you change your mind once evidence show it.  But you're not supposed to conspire to blackball those with opposing opinions, and keep up the pretense of being right after you've been proven wrong. And there's the prize stuff, which is just plain corruption. Drew Pinsky put it pretty well here.


At Am Great, the Great Victor Davis Hanson worries The Socialist Monster Awakens, "The Left’s socialist revolt did not come from nowhere—it was the inevitable offspring of years of Democratic radicalization, now turning against the party that created it." Mark Tapscott at Insty asks IS SOCIALISM A FAD OR FULL-ON THREAT?. "Are the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) just a passing fad or a real, long-term threat to the Democratic Party and ultimately America? That’s the question discussed on the latest edition of the Outstanding podcast by host Casey Harper, The Washington Stand’s Managing Editor for Broadcast, Matt Carpener, chief of Family Research Council (FRC) Action, and yours truly." VodkaPundit at PJM hears 'Welcome to Socialism': A Clinton Hand's Stark Warning About Mamdani "In a piece headlined "Welcome to Socialism," Penn wrote that Mamdani’s administration "with fanfare" released its list of "960,000 owners of real estate in New York City that have been determined they could owe the pied-a-terre tax because NYC computers have determined they own what was billed as a market value of $5 million or more."" NYPo opines Mamdani’s vindictive pied-à-terre hitlist reveals his true colors. I think we already knew his colors, red with a dash of green. John Sexton, Business Groups to Sue Mamdani Over Subsidized Grocery Stores. Govt. subsidized competition. At NYPo, Jonathan Turley opines Mamdani’s grocery stores will be the most expensive markets in NYC — paid for by you, the taxpayer.

Hat Hair's John Sexton wonders Are Democrats Worried About Their Antisemitism Problem?. Nope, they're wallowing in it, and Dave Strom sees El-Sayed is Gaining Strength and Stevens Is Sputtering Out. Victory Girls notice MI Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Maligns PA Senator John Fetterman. Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "It's hilarious that you think he's leaving the party and that the party is not leaving him. You continue to be the absolute king of misreading the situation." Quote Chris Cillizza @ChrisCillizza, "I don't know if John Fetterman is going to switch parties. But man he is doing everything that someone who is going to switch parties. Wrote about it here:"


At AMAC, The Left’s Imaginary Food Stamps “Crisis” "SNAP enrollment has dropped by about 4.5 million people over the past year—an 11 percent decline. While critics call this a "crisis" and blame the Trump administration for stripping benefits from needy families, the reduction largely reflects new work requirements and stronger anti-fraud measures under the One Big Beautiful Bill. This article examines the data behind the debate and explains what's really driving the change in food stamp participation."





At Twitchy, Deranged WNBA Owner Berates Teenage Fans Supporting Fair Play for Women. Dave Strom hears Sophie Cunningham Fans Harassed in Seattle for Standing Up for Women's Rights. From Ace, Department of Education Investigates Minnesota's Use of "Trans Dolls" with Swappable Genitalia to Promote Transgenderism to Young Children "I think it's time to simply eject Minnesota from the United States. It's a diseased appendage that must be cut off to save the rest of the body. It just gets worse and worse every single day." And "Trans" Man Beats Mother to Death With Hammer, "Coming to a girls locker room near you. But how could you keep him out of a women's locker room? As you can see from the photos that run with that story, he looks exactly like a woman. It's uncanny!"

And more from the Wombat at In The Mailbox: 07.28.26 (Evening Edition) and In The Mailbox: 07.29.26. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: In The Bowels of the Draft up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.
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Friday, July 24, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - House Passes Budget, Including Iran War

From Althouse, "House Republicans on Wednesday muscled through a $95 billion budget framework that includes President Donald Trump’s request to fund the Iran war..." "From "House Republicans Ram Through Reconciliation 3.0 Despite Little Senate Buy-in/The framework includes money for defense, farm assistance and changes to voting laws" (NOTUS)." Ace, House Passes "Stop Insider Trading" Bill to Forbid Congressmen from Trading Individual Stocks (Using Insider Information); Noted Lifelong Inside-Trader Nancy Pelosi Votes Against It, "The bill would allow congresmen to own stocks as part of money markets or indexes -- big groups of stocks traded by managers without input from the customer. They, and their families, will just be barred from buying and selling individual stocks, where a congressman could make a killing based on insider knowledge of coming government action that could boost, or crush, a specific company's valuation." Vince Coglianese @VinceCoglianese, "This is Washington for you. They hate Trump personally, so they refuse to do the right thing for the American people." Quote Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio, "Longtime GOP operative weighs in on latest WH-Thune drama… “Trump knows full well that he can’t flip these votes. Hell, he personally came to the Capitol to berate Senate Republicans into voting for SAVE, and he left empty handed. Look at who we’re talking about — Murkowski, McConnell, Tillis, and Collins — all members who he’s savaged at one point or another, and now he needs their help. All of this comes back to one thing: What happens when Trump can’t do something himself? He blames someone else. John Thune is Mr. Someone Else.” Another from Althouse "Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn." "There's a crass headline for you. From The New Republic." News Wax reports Sen. Thune Fires Back on SAVE America Act Delay ""Maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It's 50 around here," Thune said, according to The Hill."

Scott Pinsker at PJM, 2028 Speculation Explodes: The Future of MAGA Isn’t Vance or Rubio. It’s… Tom Brady?! He's young enough, he's moderately articulate, he'd cinch the male vote, but what about women?


Art Schaper at Am Great, sees Trump Is Righting Latin America "The right is on the march, cleaning out the wreckage of socialism and communism." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn snorts at the thought of the Carney-Val Side Show Act - Man the US Is Sure Gonna Be Sorry About the Tariffs.

From the Free Bacon, How Trump Can Avoid the Vietnam Trap in Iran. Hat Hair's John Sexton sees Four Republicans Hand Pramila Jayapal a Big Victory on Iran. "Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Tom Barrett (R-Mich.), Warren Davidson ( R-Ohio), and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) joined all 210 Democrats in backing the measure, the second war powers resolution to pass the chamber in recent months." Ace reads the CIA Report: Air Power Alone Can't Win Wars. "I've been saying this since day one." Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران @ariel_oseran, "BREAKING: Trump says the civil nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia is subject to Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords." RedState's Ward Clark laughs at an Iranian Propaganda Fail: IRGC's New Israel Hit Is Just Old American A-10 Footage, because their AI isn't up to snuff? Dick Pollock at World in Crisis wonders Has Donald Trump Sidelined Vance Over Iran? "When the President's top aides were ending the MoU and planning air attacks against Iran, Vance was delivering a speech in Milwaukee about Medicaid fraud." Uri Kurlianchik @VerminusM, "Funny. In Europe you have pro-Iran demonstrations without a single Iranian in them and anti-Iran demonstrations composed almost entirely of Iranians." At Israel Nat News, Investigation: Hamas planned massive October 7th attacks across Europe. "Swiss newspaper reports Hamas had a years-long plot to carry out an October 7-style wave of coordinated terrorist attacks across Europe, targeting Israeli, Jewish, and Western institutions."

From Fox, JONATHAN TURLEY: Democratic Socialists want to remake America in their image. That’s terrifying, "DSA manifesto released on Bastille Day proposes ending capitalism and remaking the constitutional system." Hat Hair's John Sexton notices The DSA's Platform Really Is Nuts. InfantryDort @infantrydort, "The communist question for political office is brutally simple: How can someone swear to support and defend the Constitution while openly seeking to destroy the constitutional order it created? Believing vile things is protected. Advocating lawful constitutional change is protected too. But an oath taken “without mental reservation or purpose of evasion” cannot mean promising fidelity with one hand while reaching for the knife with the other..." Insty says AT A FIRST APPROXIMATION, THEY HATE EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE: "Why do progressive leftists of all people hate nuclear energy so much? And they’re against anything that would make the West stronger, richer, and freer." TownHall's Kurt Schlichter hopes Democrats Are Walking Into a Minefield. Scott McKay at Am Spec has Zero Sympathy for the Democrats’ Political Death March. "After years of empowering the fringe, Democrat insiders are discovering that the monsters they cultivated are now consuming them." James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames, "A terrifying yet exciting moment has arrived in the trainwreck called the Democratic Party." Quote Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "Melissa Chaudhry, a Democratic congressional candidate in Washington's 9th District, has acknowledged that she does not publicly promote LGBTQ+ rights on her campaign website because she does not want to alienate Muslim voters." Sunny @sunnyright, "When you have both a trans and Palestinian flag." Quotulatiousness has an interesting Business idea – a socialist-themed holiday camp "Your daily itinerary: Wake at 5 a.m. Stand in the bread line until noon in minus 15 Celsius. The bread runs out at 11:40, but the queuing builds character, and character is the only thing not in shortage. Afternoon activities include a second line for toilet paper (there is no toilet paper) and a mandatory lecture on how the shortages prove capitalism sabotaged the harvest." Also from Quotulatiousness, DSA: Trump doesn’t respect political norms. Also DSA: Let’s abolish the current system. Kerry Picket at WaT, Trump, Ocasio-Cortez spar over communism label as DSA’s influence grows in Democratic Party. Sister Toldja at RedState sees A Platneresque Democrat Scandal Hits WI Governor's Race, and You Just Cannot Make This Stuff Up.

Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics, "A group calling itself a "conservative social movement" against AI data centers enlisted Green Party figures, a transgender congressional candidate, a Democratic state legislative candidate and progressive activist organizations to run its nationwide protests — all while positioning itself as a grassroots right-wing uprising against Trump's AI buildout. Humans First, chaired by Tea Party co-founder and Jan. 6 rally organizer Amy Kremer, claimed to rally conservatives on July 18 with 142 protests across 42 states. But a Fox News Digital review of the group's own protest pages found organizers including an Illinois Green Party chapter that supports impeaching Trump, a Georgia group founded to resist Trump's agenda and protect "diversity, equity & justice," and a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation as a featured speaker. The group's startup capital came via a loan from the Center for AI Safety, a San Francisco nonprofit whose staffers appear on Humans First's incorporation documents."

PJM's Bob Spencer hears The Adults in the Room Skewer Boy Mayor Mamdani After He Admits He Can't Fulfill Major Promise, to imprison Bibi. Amy Curtis at TownHall, Mamdani Says Most of Our Lives Are Already Socialist and Ends Up Tripping Over History. From Reason, Nobody Likes Red Tape, Not Even Mamdani "Eliminating burdensome small business regulations is a win for everyone." I guarantee Zohran likes his own red tape. Roger Simon at American Refugees thinks The Jews Should Leave NewYork. "Exit the city to save it... and yourselves."


Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "HOLY CRAP! Barack Hussein Obama's new presidential library has forced a subcontractor to SHUT DOWN after a $4 million battle and having to lay off 25 workers — Fox News Other black-owned firms are also FURIOUS, demanding additional funds they are owed The subcontractor claimed he is OWED $4 MILLION and 25 union workers LOST A JOB NOW Hussein's library is turning out to be a trash can, which is EXACTLY how it looks in real life! ..."

At RCP, California Seeks To Enjoin Democracy. "If successful, California would effectively enjoin the legislative process – an odd way to celebrate 250 years of independence from unaccountable tyranny." At Cal Matters, They’re on our flag, but do long-gone grizzly bears belong in modern California? Definitely; I recommend them for downtown LA.



There was a fatal police shooting in the liberal haven of Madison, Wisconsin on XXX. A long-time violent felon drew a knife on police when they stopped him, and was shot and the George Floyd crowd is getting the band back together. It being her hometown, Althouse is all over it; This is Francesca Hong, a Democratic Socialist who is ahead in the polls for the Democratic Party nomination for Wisconsin governor, speaking in the streets of Madison yesterday after a fatal shooting by the police. "For background on the shooting: "Wisconsin officer kills man armed with knife, police say, as shooting sparks protests/Madison police said that after a chase and a struggle, a man who was being sought pulled out a knife and injured an officer, which led to the deadly shooting" (NBC News)("Videos of the shooting were captured by bystanders and were circulated online. One of them, verified by NBC News, appears to show officers holding on to the man as someone yells, 'Let go!' Multiple shouts of 'He’s got a knife!' can be heard....The shooting was not captured on body camera video, which the Madison Police Department does not widely use"). And, "This is a corrupt city. That's right. Have no fear, the anti-Zionist is here. You understand me?" Andrew Mercado @AndrewMercado, "Emotions boiled over during today’s Madison Police Department press conference as community members interrupted Police Chief John Patterson following the fatal police shooting of Corey Ruiz. The room reflected the grief, anger, and frustration many are feeling. One man took the microphone and refused to allow the chief to continue speaking, while another attendee argued they should let officials answer questions and be part of the conversation instead of shutting it down entirely. During his remarks, the man holding the microphone said: “When these police officers come down the street and they decide they want to take the life of another brown body, there is NO oversight for that. That’s imperialism, ladies and gentlemen.” The exchange underscored just how divided people are over what accountability should look like and how deep the pain and distrust runs after Corey Ruiz’s death. As the investigation continues, many in the community say they are still searching for answers, transparency, and justice."

At Da Caller, Fifth Circuit Rules Illegal Aliens Do Not Have Constitutional Right To Roam Free In US. WaEx, Fifth Circuit hands Trump administration win on holding illegal immigrants during their removal proceedings. Twitchy notes CNN: Trump Has Activated a Never-Used 'Secretive Court' for Deporting ‘Alien Terrorists’. Andrew Branca Show @TheBrancaShow, "JUST IN: Judge Boasberg fought Trump's deportation strategy and sarcastically pointed his administration toward a court that had NEVER been used. So what did Trump do? He used it. Nearly 30 years after Congress created the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, it's finally been activated. Political jiu-jitsu on Boasberg. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy." John Sexton has a report from NYC: Two Men Stabbed by Suspect Yelling 'Allahu Akbar. Ace, Ethiopian Migrant Culturally Enriches Three American Citizens In, Get This, Minnesota. "But I'm sure he was an engineer or doctor or scientist developing a cure for cancer. So the three senseless, barbaric murders he committed are balanced out. This "migrant" could not convince the government to let him bring his family over from Ethiopia. He decided that he was being discriminated against because he was black and an immigrant, which is exactly the murderous grievance instilled in him by the American left." Beege Welborn views a New Townhall Video that Busts Ally of NE Dem Senate Candidate in ICE Agent Doxing. Bill Buckley (not that Bill Buckley) at Da Caller reports ‘MyPillow’ Guy Mike Lindell Proposes Deportation Moratorium If He Wins Minnesota Gov Race “Six months, all the illegal immigrants would have to go get what’s going to be called a conditional work visa,” he said. “I’m a person of second chances, if the only thing they ever did was cross the border and didn’t report back in because they were afraid of being re-deported.” 

From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, a Federal Judge To Hood County: No You Can’t Have Immunity For Arresting Someone For A Meme. Not Yours. Matt Vespa thinks you should Watch Don Lemon Immediately Undercut His Own Talking Point in the Same Sentence. To be fair, he doesn't have writers for his material any longer. Driscoll at Insty, THE AP MORPHED INTO THE BABYLON BEE SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED: The Associated Press @AP, "In impoverished Nepal, where a conservative culture leaves openly transgender people with few legal job options, the impact on aid workers’ lives was particularly crushing. Starving and scared, around 100 LGBTQ+ aid workers left jobless by the funding cuts have turned to sex work to survive, walking the streets alongside the very people they once fought so hard to help."

Wesley Yang @wesyang, "0 percent of education papers were replicated," Quote The Missing Data Depot @data_depot "A 7-year study of 3,900 social science papers found that only ~50% could be replicated. There was significant variation across fields, however." Probably because no one cared enough to try. John Sexton hears from the Education Department: No More Disparate Impact Analysis. PoIiMath @politicalmath, "Honestly, if academics truly believe this about themselves, just shut the whole thing down. No public funding for university academics. It was a fun experiment but taxpayers should no longer pay for people to professionally hate them." Quote Jade @shimmerjade, "Conservatives are not well represented in academia because conservatism is, for the most part, the ideology of the incurious. Abortion is bad because the Bible said so. Immigrants are bad because Fox News said so. Capitalism is good because Reagan said so x.com/moodyblueliner…"

Matt Vespa claims Sophie Cunningham Shuts Down Reporter Over Her Stance on Transgender Athletes in Women's Sports. I think shut down may be a little over-stating it, but she did make her case well. AG @AGHamilton29, "This is the position of 70+% of Americans. It’s also common sense. The fact that so many in the press and associated institutions treat it as something morally abhorrent and feel the need to grill a female athlete for voicing it shows how disconnected they are from reality." Quote Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "Sophie Cunningham gets grilled by WNBA reporters for saying men shouldn’t be able to play women’s sports. Refuses to back down. “I said what I said.” Eloquently defends women’s sports as woke reporters press her. Love all of this. Well done @sophaller." From Ace, Amazing: Female USA "Sports" Columnist and Woke Karen Argues That Caitlin Clark Should Accept Being Fouled by Black Lesbians Because If She Complains She's Putting Black LGBTs in Danger. "This nasty Karen claims that Caitlin Clark is "flopping" -- pretending to have been hurt when another player fouls her, or she wants a ref to call a foul on the player that collided with her. And she says that Caitlin's flopping is a Matter of National Concern, because Caitlin Collins' alleged flopping is "putting the lives of blacks and queers in danger.""

And more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.22.26 and In The Mailbox: 07.23.26.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Is Something Big Coming?

Rusty Weiss at RedState hints ‘It Doesn’t Get Bigger’: Trump Drops Hint on Thursday’s Yuge Announcement. "“Without free and fair elections, you don’t have a country," he told the press. The President was responding to a reporter's inquiry speculating that the forthcoming announcement would be about "election machines and integrity." Trump confirmed it would address the aforementioned topic, along with a couple of other items." Sundance at CTH, President Trump Says Announcement on Thursday is “Really Big News” About Election Integrity. Clandestine @WarClandestine, "Here we go. Obama’s Chief strategist just spilled the beans, and revealed exactly what it is the traitors are afraid of. They are afraid Trump is going to release evidence of fraud in 2020, which Trump will use to declare a state of emergency, and exercise Executive power to secure the 2026 midterms. They are TERRIFIED of whatever evidence Trump and his Intelligence heads are about to present on Thursday, and they are all desperate to preemptively establish the narrative that the evidence is not real, and that securing our elections is some sort of violation of democracy. PANIC IN DC!" They can only be terrified if they know it exists. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn hears Harmeet Dhillon is on the Midterm Warpath. From Ace, Democrat Senator Elisa Slotkin: If the SAVE Act Is Passed Democrats Will Never Win Another Election In Any State. "Quite an admission." The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "Pretty fucking amazing that the Dems are just admitting that requiring proof of citizenship will cost them elections for years to come and we are all just sitting around like it’s no big deal and letting them get away with it."

Hat Hair's Capt. Ed yells 'Surprise'? Inflation Falls in June As Hormuz Crisis Eased. Sundance consults BLS DATA – Inflation Moderates as Energy Prices Dropped in June. Jason Corely at Quantus Insights sights The Inflation Break America Needed, "June’s CPI Report Was More Than a Drop in Gas Prices." At Newsweek, Student Loan Update: GOP Bill Would Codify Major Change for Borrowers. Take it away from Education and give it to Treasury.

John Sexton at Hat Hair hears Two More Refineries Hit and Revenge on the Russian Coast Guard and Russia's Economy is Shrinking. From the Free Bacon, Trump is Leaving NATO Stronger As Putin Eyes an Attack. "Reports have leaked that the CIA and NATO intelligence services have detected Russian plans to launch some kind of provocation against a NATO ally soon." Could he really be that stupid?

Sundance reports President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq.

CTV News Toronto @CTVToronto, "Ontario has spent $8 million so far storing U.S. booze as trade war continues."

From Althouse, "Many people have talked about how funny Senator Graham was...What I remember about that hearing was that somehow Senator Graham made me look funny..." ""... which is a harder thing entirely, by asking me what I had done on Christmas...many people said to me afterwards that exchange with Senator Graham was the moment my confirmation was sealed." Said Justice Kagan, testifying today before a House Appropriations subcommittee about the Supreme Court's budget:.." and hosts a John Stewart vid, "Well, I think the president has zoomed through the first 5 stages of grief and gone straight to #6: Fuck that guy." From The World In Crisis, Sign of the Times: Culture Warriors Eagerly Attack Sen. Graham in Death. At Campus Reform, St. Bonaventure professor celebrates Lindsey Graham's death, deletes post less than 12 hours later. "The post was walked back, with an apology, shortly after it was published."

At Da Caller, America’s First ‘Goth Baddie’ Congresswoman? Meet The Unorthodox Conservative Winning Over Unaffiliated Voters "Kelly Dennison, the 27-year-old Republican nominee for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, told the Daily Caller that if her campaign accomplishes one thing, she hopes it encourages more members of Generation Z to run for office."

Joe Chalfant at TownHall sees Trump Just Gave a Huge Update on Iran. Don Surber says Trump Strait-ens out Iran, "Iran’s suicidal bombing gave him the excuse to seize the Strait of Hormuz." Capt. Ed, Trump: Ask Not for Whom the Strait Tolls … At the Middle East Monitor, Former Iranian commander says Tehran could target Trump inside the White House. Peel off another layer of leadership. 

Michael Goodwin at NYPo asserts Graham Platner’s scandal-scarred campaign was proof Dems will overlook anything in search for their ‘Everyman’. Frank Salvato at Am Spec, Believe All Women — Unless They’re Inconvenient, "From Biden and Cuomo to Ellison and Swalwell, the Left’s commitment to believing women appears to depend on the politics of the accused." Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis, "Democrats went from “Believe all women” to “Depends on what you define as ‘rape’, really” in record time." Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Mamdani on why rape is up in NY: "A lot of it is from expanding what counts as rape." Twitchy reads the Slantic so you don't have to, The Democratic Manly Man Is Back As Democrats Embrace Masculinity.

Betsey Stauffer at LI reports Millionaires are Fleeing New York — Taking $11 Billion in Tax Revenue With Them “Had New York maintained its share of the nation’s millionaires over the past decade, personal income tax collections would have been substantially higher.” NYPo, NY sees dramatic exodus of millionaires — causing nearly $11B loss in tax revenue: study. C3 @C_3C_3, "So… Elon Musk: $10 billion private funding. 700 space launches. Gavin Newsom: $16 billion taxpayer paid. 0 miles of train track. Think about how crazy that is… Private funding vs your hard earned tax. dollars In no universe is that ok." The Remodern Rev looks at HomeTheater Kids vs. Racketeers: How Art School Marxists Are Eating the Democrat Party Alive, "Theater Kids vs. Racketeers: How Art School Marxists Are Eating the Democrat Party Alive." NYPo, Welcome to the one-day week: LA’s $230K-a-year politicians now want to do even less work — while the city rots. Paul Vallas at John Kass notes Progressive Policies Have Left Illinois the Least Equitable State in the Country, not that equatable is a good thing. Beege Welborn sees J.B. Pritzker Makes New Friends in Low Places. Lower than Pritzker? Driscoll at Insty cites JIM TREACHER: Is Haley Stevens for Real? RNC Research @RNCResearch, "In the Senate primary, Michigan Democrats have a choice between a candidate who wants to abolish prisons and campaigns with Hasan Piker and whatever Haley Stevens is doing." Watch the vid at link. MyNorthwest @Mynorthwest, "OPINION: Washington sees 48% more retail theft than you’d expect from a state our size. That’s the Forbes Advisor analysis that ranked us worst in the country. Worst. Ahead of every other state." Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav, "Brandon Gill is so good at this. Rep. Presley talked about passing an amendment about “equal rights” for men and women. She went SILENT when Rep. Gill simply asked her if the amendment makes clear what a woman even is." Wesley Yang @wesyang, "The silence is a tell. These are not difficult questions. They are only difficult to those who know the answer that is required of them to remain Democrats in good standing is an odious lie that they know to be false and know that they cannot afford to be seen saying aloud because everyone else knows them to be false too."

Sundance has limited sympathy for Supreme Court Requests for Additional Budget for Security Against Threats. "The overall appearance before congress is slightly ironic considering the increase in threats is a direct consequence of court rulings that have opened borders, blocked deportation, stalled law enforcement, granted illegal aliens rights to citizenship and generally undermined our nation’s domestic tranquility." and yet, the threats come from the left!

Dave Strom at Hat Hair says Straight to Jail, Jack Smith, Straight to Jail, after it was revealed his office review the texts of 44 congresscritters in his investigation of President Trump.

The Beeb, ICE told to halt most vehicle stops after pair of fatal shootings. CNN, Trump says ICE should resume traffic stops after his own administration suspended them. In a Larry vid at Hat Hair, All Hell Breaks Loose After ICE Shooting As Democrats Caught Lying Again. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "At some point were Americans asked, would you like to turn the most prosperous, most secure, freest society humanity has ever known into an oppressive third world shithole? I mean, technically, every two to four years, that's exactly what Americans are being asked. Just not in so many words." Quote Eric Schwalm @Schwalm5132 "So "Little Somalia" in Georgia is about three miles from Stone Mountain....how in the hell did they wind up there of all places? All of this has got to be tied to that underground crap that was going on at the Atlanta Airport about two plus years ago." Politico whines Trump regulators move to curtail lending to undocumented immigrants. "In new guidance, financial regulators said that undocumented immigrants may present an "elevated credit risk."" John Sexton, Mahmoud Khalil Files a Lawsuit Alleging Conspiracy Against Him.

DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "NPR just posted a correction saying Nick Shirley didn’t claim to expose $110,000 in fraud. It was actually $110 million. Pretty big “oops”." Quote Ashley Rindsberg @AshleyRindsberg "That is one hell of a correction by @NPR." I mean, who hasn't lost a few orders of magnitude in a calculation?


Douglass Mackey @douglassmackey, "A conservative British politician was just ASSASSINATED by a communist. The police tried to cover it up until counter terrorism got involved. The communist menace MUST be dealt with. https://msn.com/en-au/crime/ge..." Beege Welborn, British Officials: Well, Actually, the Murdered Old Lady Was a Targeted Assassination. A Driscolly post at Insty, WHY IS THE LEFT SUCH A CESSPIT OF VIOLENCE? Ann Widdecombe ‘murder’ suspect had communist literature at home. The brutal murder of Ann Widdecombe was last night being treated as a suspected politically motivated terrorist attack, and DISPATCHES FROM THE DOOM GOBLIN: Greta Thunberg joins Berlin protest wearing ‘Yalla Intifada’ shirt. Sundance calls it a Full Reversal – Police Now Forced to Admit U.K Murder of Ann Widdecombe was Political Assassination by Far-Left Extremist.

Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "Once again I am tasked with reminding Democrats that it’s illegal to discriminate on the basis of race even if you do it to white people." Quote Independent Women @IWF, "
Watch live: @InezFeltscher is testifying before the @GOPoversight’s Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses, in a hearing titled “Combatting DEI in American Institutions.”" End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "!!! NYC Department of Buildings rejects plan to save a 174-year-old church in Bushwick that burned via arson Demolition is set to begin in August Ahmed Tigani leads the agency." STARRS sees the Trump administration Killing Woke At West Point.

From the College Fix, Academics persist in being the ’20’ on the ’80-20′ issue of trans women in female sports. Academics jobs depend on their being the 20. NottheBee tells the sad, but hilarious true tale of the Transgender American who regrets fleeing to the Netherlands because all the Muslim migrants want to kill him. From Ace, "Elliot" Page, Who Plays a Great Greek Warrior in Christopher Nolan's Odyssey: Gender Is Just a "Quaint Myth." "If you see this movie, you love Elliot Page. She's a transgender Rachel Zegler. She's taking down a movie because she just can't shut her enormous mouth."

At NYPo, Florida student’s historic 11.99 GPA triggers district policy overhaul. The high marks by Vaibhav Bhaskar, who is on his way to Duke University to study finance and economics, earned him a new state record, beating out the Sunshine State’s previous top 11.84 grade point average, according to the Palm Beach Post. To keep track of his ambitious milestones, Bhaskar relied on a physical reminder of his objectives. “I have a whiteboard in my room, and I listed five goals on it for my high school career back when I was a sophomore,” Bhaskar told The Post, noting that his top aims were to “become valedictorian” and “break the state GPA record.”"

And more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.14.26 (Afternoon Edition). The Wombat has Rule 5 Monday: Redhead in Denim and FMJRA 2.0: Slowly I Turn up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.
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