Flotsam and Jetsam - Supreme Court Lets Trump Regulate Mail-in Voting

Matt Margolis at PJM hears SCOTUS Gives Trump HUGE Win on Mail-In Voting. "Trump signed the executive order, called "Ensuring Citizenship Verification And Integrity In Federal Elections, in March 2026. It directs his administration to build lists of eligible voters and orders the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on those lists. The Postal Service laid out its implementation plan last week, but the clock is ticking. Some states start sending mail ballots in just a few weeks, leaving the administration little time to get this right before the midterms. More court challenges remain possible." Again, like the ballroom, it's one of those "we haven't really decided yet, but you can proceed for now" decisions. At Althouse, "Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting, for Now." "The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates 'state citizenship lists' and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot". Mark Mendlovitz @MendlovitzMark, "The Supreme Court ruling that lets the Trump Administration proceed with mail ballot security measures has Democrats freaking out, but what's really driving them bonkers is less about providing voter lists for eligibility determination (though they are certainly worried about that) and much more about MATCHING BARCODES of the outer and inner envelopes in a mail ballot package. Here is why that's the problem for them. If surplus mail ballots collected from people who aren't voting by mail are somehow voted on behalf of OTHER PEOPLE, it becomes readily detectable that a ballot was repurposed from its originally intended voter to someone else on the voter rolls. The "no-match" condition means that ballot was taken from the originally intended voter or it was given away. Either way that's how fraud can be easily detected. Keep in mind, the barcode matching requirement does not require any personal information that isn't on the outside of an envelope, and it doesn't prevent states from using mail to conduct elections, so the hysterical reactions are confirmation they know the gig is up."

VodkaPundit at PJM notes Bessent to Reveal 'Economic D-Day' Against Iran. ""The U.S. Treasury is preparing to expand secondary sanctions on countries and companies doing business with Iran, forcing trading partners to choose between Tehran and access to the dollar-based financial system," Unusual Whales posted Monday, summarizing a paywalled Financial Times report." Francis Sempka at Am Spec, Trump is Combining Geoeconomic and Kinetic Warfare Against Iran, "American impatience has repeatedly undermined the political gains of military victories. The war against Iran may be no different." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "Iranian oil shipments to Asia have nearly dried up as US pressure on Tehran disrupts supplies. Chinese refiners are facing tighter availability, with Iranian crude prices shifting from a discount to a premium of around $4 a barrel. A major factor behind the shortage is the impact of US efforts to block Iranian oil shipments. Loaded Iranian tankers have been unable to leave the Persian Gulf, while empty vessels remain stranded outside the region." Brian Cates @drawandstrike, "You're gonna see a lot of weird shit go down over the next 2 weeks. Some of these 60+ entities will REFUSE to stop the money laundering. They can't. If they do, financial drug/human/sex/arms/dark web networks they've spent DECADES building and expanding will start collapsing. They're in a damned if they do, damned if they don't situation now. Gird your loins...the strong ripples of this are gonna show up in some really strange places in Europe." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "@SecScottBessent: "Let me be clear: any entity that facilitates money laundering on behalf of Iran will be removed from the U.S. Dollar system. The clock just started ticking." x.com/RapidResponse4…"

Ben Smith at RedState observes Google Pulls Every Last Pixel Product Out of China. Fred Fleitz at Am Great warns Before Trump Meets Kim Jong Un Again, Five Things Must Happen First "These steps build on the existing strong U.S.-South Korea partnership, advance American interests, and create space to resolve lingering bilateral frictions." 

At TownHall Matt Vespa sees NBC Tried to Do Major Damage Control for Abdul El-Sayed. Tim Scott Shut It Down. At PJM Vicky Taft watches NBC's Welker to Head-Shaking Tim Scott: Let's Pretend That El Sayed's Terror Ties Don't Count and Dave Manney notes PETA Savaged Kristi Noem. For Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, It Found Excuses. From Da Caller, ‘That’s Not My Grandpa’s Democratic Party’: JD Vance Blasts Dem Senate Candidate El-Sayed. Vic Nava at NYPo, Abdul El-Sayed asks Fox News’ Jesse Watters ‘Are you circumcised?’ in bizarre moment as he defends sex change surgery for minors. Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal hears Far-Left Streamer Hasan Piker Says He’s More Respectful of Charlie Kirk Than Kirk’s Widow. Well, he is Muslim after all. Driscoll at Insty, on HOW IT STARTED: Socialist Robert Reich on Election Night 2024 Warned Elon Musk: “I guarantee you I’m going to make life so difficult for you, really so difficult for you, so just be very careful of yourself.” How It’s Going: Jon Najarian @jonnajarian, "Whenever I need a good laugh, I just read Elon's response to this intellectual dwarf." John Kass asks Daddy, Where Do Communists Come From? "These young Americans don’t have the work ethic or inclination to build a career or a business. They don’t want the burdens of traditional family life. They’re disappointed and confused. Their contributions to society are mostly street chants beginning with the words “Whadda we want?”"

retard mode ✞ @retardmode, "gary indiana not having power is an amazing story of diversity >entire city council is black >every electric company executive is black >black residents can’t stop shooting at vehicles working to restore power and they all blame racism for going without power for so long." Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain, "The people who made a secular religion out of George Floyd’s death are here to tell you that you shouldn’t dare politicize Iryna Zarutska’s murder."

PJM's Cathy Salgado asks Hiding Much? Newsom Signs 'Stop Nick Shirley Act.' cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander, "We need to find a new name for “nonprofits“. They are very profitable for those who run them." Quote Katy Grimes @KATYSaccitizen, "The Receipts: California Assemblyman Corey Jackson Steers $6 Million to His Own Nonprofit. Assemblyman Dr. Corey Jackson also named his own nonprofit, his legislative district’s “Nonprofit of the Year.”. $6M is listed in the California FLOOR REPORT OF THE 2026-27 BUDGET." TownHall's Dmitri Bolt lays it out This Is How Much of a Difference Rooting Out Fraud Could Make for Medicare's Lifespan. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, " HOLY CRAP! Dr. Oz reveals that if 100% of fraud is abolished from Medicare, the Medicare Trust Fund will DOUBLE its lifespan "In JUST this past year — we cut $42 BILLION of fraud from Medicare...by NEVER letting the money out the door."..." Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "This is a plain reality almost everyone ignores. You can think we over-spend on Israel or Gaza aid, some weapons system, etc. But, Defense and State COMBINED are like 11% of the budget. Significantly cutting gov't size requires targeting entitlements." Quote Andrew Follett @AndrewCFollett, "47% of government spending is on some form of welfare. Only 8% is on defense. Reducing welfare spending is profoundly difficult politically...but it must be done or we will go the way of Rome. x.com/Handre/status/…" At PJM VodkaPundit notices California’s Revenge on Paramount Comes With a $7 Million-a-Day Price Tag.

On Tinfoil Tuesday PJM's Kevin Downy asks Which Politicians AREN'T Chinese Assets? Bob Hoge at RedState, So You're Saying There's a Chance? Polling in CA Gubernatorial Race Takes Surprising Twist. Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx, "SHOCK POLL: It’s a SINGLE-DIGIT race for governor. Becerra 49% / Hilton 41% / 10% Undecided We’ve cut the margin from 25% to 8% in less than two months! Our campaign is SURGING; the Machine is reeling. Keep the pressure on!" I suppose it's possible, but I'm not counting that chicken just yet.

TheFOO @PolitiBunny, "Those campers were literally in Ontario, Tim. Holy shit. lol" Quote Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz, "When a group of YMCA campers needed to be rescued during the wildfires on our northern border, it was Canada who immediately helped. Not a word from Trump." To be fair, Trump could have used it as an excuse to invade Canada.

PJM's Tom Jipping and Hans von Spakovsky have August’s Dishonorable Judicial Conduct Award: Judges Balk at White House Ballroom. From the Center Square, AGs conceal records tied to longstanding plans to sue Trump. 

Shooting News Week is glad the Ninth Circuit Smacks Down Anti-Gun Orgs That Sued ATF Claiming it Didn’t Regulate ‘Ghost Guns’ Nearly Enough.

Gavin McInnes @Gavin_McInnes, "Ah, so it WAS an invasion. Got it." Quote NEXTA @nexta_tv, "Morocco has made territorial claims against Spain Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi said Rabat maintains “historical and geographical rights” to the cities of Ceuta and Melilla and wants to create a special mechanism with Madrid for negotiations." Ace cites Morocco: Now That We've Sent Criminals to Invade Your Country, We Are Prepared to Negotiate Your Surrender of the Conquered Territory. Brendan O'Neill at NYPO opines ‘Rape leaflets’ for migrants enrage the British public — and prove Trump’s point. Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "German nurse on how security in the ERs has changed due to mass-immigration: “If 2 Arab boys need to be taken care of, I’m not sending two girls in. As soon as certain surnames come up, we bring in the police.” She speaks about the problems with clan members: “It usually doesn't take long for 20, 30, 40 family members to show up in front of the hospital. They have special Telegram groups where they alert each other, and they want to make their presence felt in a way that's often aggressive: 'We're here; we stand by our people—and you can expect trouble if anything happens to them.' In these circles, it's common for the mothers and women to scream loudly and in high drama. This high noise level is a stress factor for the staff and also for the patients.”"

Christian Heiens @ChristianHeiens, "Once you remember that this man used to be the chief intellectual leader of the Conservative movement for 25 years, it all starts to make sense why the GOP functioned like controlled opposition from the 1990s until Trump came along. Because that’s exactly what they were." Quote Bill Kristol @BillKristol, "Abolish ICE. Now."

jimtreacher.substack.com @jtLOL, "(She made up a quote and attributed it to a man who couldn't defend himself, because he had just been murdered.)" Quote The New York Times @nytimes, "Breaking News: An arbitrator ordered The Washington Post to rehire Karen Attiah, a columnist who was fired over her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk." From Ace, Arbitration Board Says That Racist Grifter Karen Attiah Was Wrongly Fired for Making Up Fake Racist Quotes "by" Charlie Kirk and Celebrating His Murder; Hasan Piker Mocks Kirk's Murder in Hate Rally, "Karen Attiah is a degenerate, unqualified DEI hire formerly, and now presently, employed by the Washington Post to write the same three columns about racism, colonialism, "Islamaphobia" and sexism over and over again while hammering checks."

At TownHall, Steve Miller explores How Would a Jason Arday Scandal Play Out Here? We've already seen it with the Harvard Preznit. The left will defend anything if they're black and left. Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "The issue isn’t that the universities won’t admit to being progressive seminaries. (Does anyone not realize what they are?) It’s not a consumer disclosure issue. The real problem is substantive: progressivism is bad, it has injected poison into the body politic for decades, and universities should be ordered to the good, the true and the beautiful." Quote Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy "We propose that universities that are committed to progressive policies simply say so." In a new @washingtonpost op-ed, HxA President John Tomasi and Harvard Professor Tyler VanderWeele encourage progressive schools to model themselves after religious colleges." Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil, "This is really sad: When psychology professors are asked whether they'd put the truth before social equity concerns, 66.4% of male professors said yes, but fewer than half of female professors (43%) agreed. In both groups, too many put equity before truth." Try it in a real science. At Althouse, "In 2021, Columbia University law professor Philip Hamburger argued that the U.S. public school system violates the First Amendment." ""'Education,' he wrote, 'consists mostly in speech, and parents have a right under the First Amendment to exercise authority over what their children hear.' Forcing families to accept government messaging — or pay a steep price to escape it — amounts to unconstitutional pressure. A lawsuit filed in Nebraska on Aug. 13 brings that argument into court — and could open a path toward universal school choice." From "Are public schools unconstitutional? A Nebraska court will decide. The challenge to compulsory education combined with public-school-only funding could lead to universal school choice" (WaPo)(gift link)."

Matt Margolis thinks you should Check Out Spencer Pratt’s Brutal Takedown of the Left’s Defense of Lindsay Clancy. Cernovich @Cernovich, "Whoa." Quote Freedomain @StefanMolyneux, "How would women be reacting if Lindsay Clancy had murdered the children of a Somali neighbour?" Marko Jukic @mmjukic, "I am begging sensitive young men not to make decisions about women and family based on the bottom-of-the-barrel gender war ragebait that if blasted in everyone's faces 24/7 barely makes eks dot com profitable to advertisers in a free market." Quote Spergler Acolyte @SperglerAcolyte, "The timeline as of late has hardened my decision to never have a wife nor kids." Gavin McInnes @Gavin_McInnes, "Crazier still: it WAS written about Islam. Atwood was disgusted by what the Muslims were doing to women during the Iranian revolution and she imagined that happening here." Quote Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen, "The fact that leftists use the Handmaid's Tale to protest Christianity while ignoring the fact that it's way more similar to Islam will never not be hilarious to me."

vittorio @IterIntellectus, "testosterone literally counteracts conformity give men testosterone and they become less responsive to audience expectations and put more weight on their own judgment relative to other people’s testosterone is the independent-thought hormone this explains so much it’s not even funny." Quote Templarpilled @Templarpilled, "Please read the abstract of this study. Men who received testosterone boosters did not care about being watched by two women when making decisions."

New York Post @nypost, "Enes Kanter, Royce White not eligible for WNBA after draft declarations." Physics Geek @physicsgeek, "Look at all the bigoted transphobes attacking her just for speaking her mind. She'll show all the haters in the WNBA next year." Quote, Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "Enes Kanter, one of the bravest women I know, just got kicked out of a @wnba game after being cursed out by a Chicago player. Is this any way for one woman to treat another?! I can’t believe this league is real." I think they made their point. At Ace a Real Headline: "WNBA team reveals new 'non-binary' turtle mascot to taunt Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham" "Is the WNBA okay?" No. 

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Embracing The Suck up on time and under budget at The Other McCain (if you count Megan).

Happy Earth Day!

38 North, A Fresh Look at North Korea at Night

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Siced Seal Team Six on the Norks?

Streiff at RedState hears a Classified Navy SEAL Mission Leaked to Damage President Trump Harms National Security Instead. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair reads the NYT, and has his doubts, Trump Sent SEAL Team 6 Into ... North Korea? "Why are people talking about it now? The NYT says they have "two dozen" sources for the story, including Trump I officials along with military and civilian (read: intel) sources. It seems very odd that this didn't leak until now, given that Trump was out of office for four years in between. And that makes me question the motive as well as the timing." Wow, just like the TV series.

The Pop Times cite Marco Rubio: Trump Will ‘Wage War’ on Cartels After Deadly U.S. Strike. From Twitchy, SMOKED! Pete Hegseth Drops Some Truth About Wiping Out Narco-Terrorists and The Daily Beast Can't Deal Fox News@FoxNews, ""I'd say we smoked a drug boat and there's 11 narco-terrorists at the bottom of the ocean — and when other people try to do that, they're gonna meet the same fate." Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military had the "absolute" authority to strike a Venezuelan boat carrying nearly a dozen suspected Tren de Aragua gang members in the southern Caribbean Sea." The Daily Beast @thedailybeast "Pete Hegseth told reporters that the United States has “absolute and complete authority” to kill suspected drug smugglers in “defense of the American people.”" At Breitbart, Pentagon Says Venezuelan Aircraft Flew Near U.S. Naval Vessel in the Caribbean. FAFO. From Com Def, America’s Military Identity Shifts Back to Its Historic Roots, adopting the name War Department. Which won't stick unless Congress agrees.Sundance at CTH, President Trump Likely to Nominate Lt Gen William Joseph “Joe” Hartman as Head of NSA and U.S. Cyber Command and Prime Minister Mark Carney Announces Canadian Troops Will Be on Ground in Ukraine.

From Fox Bus, Trump Fed nominee vows independence, unpaid leave from White House if Senate confirms him "Democrat argues that Stephen Miran's 'independence has already been seriously compromised.'" TNP hears RFK: CDC Director Was Fired for Admitting She Could Not Be Trusted. “I told her she had to resign because I asked her, ‘Are you a trustworthy person?’ and she said, ‘No.'” TrashPanda, sees Stephen Colbert Melts Down After Trump Threatens Chicago With National Guard. His meltdown occurred long ago, when Trump won.

Matt Margolis at PJM hears Damning New Evidence Emerges in Biden Autopen Scandal and There’s a New Biden Autopen Scandal Bombshell, and It Involves Kamala "A particularly damning February 2024 memo from Biden’s White House Counsel’s office noted that while Biden had previously asked to discuss pardon candidates personally, the process had shifted to the point where “the Vice President’s approval was sufficient to obtain his approval.”" Duane Patterson at Hat Hair, Somehow, the Biden Autopen Scandal Gets Even Worse. Ace, Revealed: Emails Showed that White House Staffers Scrambled to Find a Justification for Printing Up "Pardons" the "President" Didn't Even Know About. "Unfortunately, the one pardon he signed was for Hunter. But the rest might be challenged. (Though I have no idea how that would work.)" Ace cites Jerry Dunleavy/JustTheNews: Disgraced, Jailed FBI Agent Who Leaked Critical Information to... CEFC, the ChiCom Front Company That Was Paying Off Hunter Biden and "The Big Guy," "Treason."

At Da Fed, Beth Brelje cites Minneapolis Dems: We Know Our Election Was Rigged But Let’s Keep The Results Anyway and MD Kittle notes Maine’s ‘Reckless’ Secretary Of State Admits ‘Some’ Noncitizens Are On State’s Voter Rolls, but not many, swearsies!

Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando "Jon Ossoff must explain why his foreign investors were employing 500 illegal laborers, including Korean nationals." Quote Ossoff's Office @SenOssoff, "Last month, Sen. Ossoff led his second economic delegation to South Korea to attract additional investments in Georgia. Tonight, LG Energy Solution and Hyundai are investing $4.3 BILLION to create a new, 3,000-job EV battery manufacturing plant in Georgia." Driscoll at Insty, has a DISPATCH FROM THE ICE FLOE: “She’s missing stuff:” Eleanor Holmes Norton’s colleagues see signs of decline. "What we’re hearing: “She’s missing stuff,” a senior House Democrat said of Norton’s apparent decline, telling Axios that Democratic leadership’s deliberations about her potential reelection bid are “delicate.”" Alpha News, Fraud committee chair says federal government may expand audit of Minnesota, "Rep. Kristin Robbins said she was informed that a federal audit of the state's Medicaid-funded autism therapy services is already underway and the investigation may expand."

Brooke Singman at Fox, DOJ task force finds 'numerous instances' of anti-Christian government bias under Biden, "The Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias is chaired by Attorney General Pam Bondi." Drew Berquist sees a CNN Panelist Suggests Democrats Could Use National Guard to Confiscate Your Guns, Jonah Goldberg.

At LifeZette, List of Items FBI Confiscated From John Bolton’s House During Raid Revealed. There should be photo of some papers in folders labeled "Top Secret." At Sundance's CTH, Details of Bolton Search Warrant Revealed as Warrant is Unsealed, Catherine Herridge Uploads, Then Deletes, Exclusive Release From FBI (Kash) Showing FBI Docs “Flynn Timeline”, "Something odd is going on with this," and Mr. President, Tear Down These Walls.

NYPo, Minneapolis gunman Robin Westman blamed massacre on mom warning him not to change gender — and discouraged people from letting their kids transition. Hat Hair's Dave Strom insists It's Mental Illness: Annunciation Shooter's 'Girlfriend' Was a Furry. THE OCpatriot™ @OCpatriot_ "Minneapolis shooter dude who hated himself and thus tried to identify as female dated a female that hates herself and tried to identify as a cat. Re-open the asylums."

Tom Knighton is astonished by the twisting of words by the DC Appeals Court: Adults Under 21 Are Covered by Second Amendment, But Can't Have Guns. DC News Now, ‘They need to be made accountable’: Two 17-year-olds arrested, another teen sought in deadly DC shooting of Congressional intern.

Fox 5, Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be deported to African nation of Eswatini: report, formerly Swaziland. Twitchy, Eswatini Bound: ICE Informs Kilmar Abrego Garcia He Will Soon 'Deport' to Bless the Rains Down in Africa. But he doesn't speak Swahili! But then, he doesn't speak English well either.

At TownHall Matt Vespa thinks The Timing When ICE Will Ramp Up Deportation Operations in Chicago Is Perfect. "The increased deportation operations under ICE are set to start on Saturday, when the city will be hosting a series of events commemorating Mexican Independence Day (via ABC7 Chicago)."

Real News Éire @real_eire, "Graham Linehan isn’t backing down. This is him on his way to court." The Telegraph, cited by YaHoo reports the Graham Linehan accuser ‘is disgraced transgender police officer’. Breitbart, ‘Dystopian Clown Show’ — Graham Linehan Considering Lawsuit Against London Police over Trans Tweets Arrest, Robby Soave at Reason, Graham Linehan's Speech Must Be Defended "The Irish comedian's arrest by British authorities is an outrage." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, "I wonder if Elon Musk is getting involved in this case. At one point, he personally pledged to fund the defense of anyone who got prosecuted for their POV on X/Twitter, although I do believe he was specific about it being in the US. It still is an opportunity for Musk to push hard against the forces trying to shut him up in the UK and elsewhere." At Spiked, Graham Linehan’s arrest shows we need a UK First Amendment, "Unless we have robust protections for free speech, the thoughtpolice will continue to run amok." Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith, "The UK government is arresting comedians and pepper spraying children but what makes the left furious is that Nigel Farage is reporting these facts in the US." Greg Lukianoff and Adam Goldstein at The Eternally Radical Idea, Yes, the UK really is that bad for free speech. Ace, Europe Bans Michael Shellenberger's Public Substack Because It Revealed French President Macron's Illegal Efforts to Suppress Speech That Undermines His Lies, "Yesterday, I noted that Michael Shellenberger's excellent Public substack reported on the French Twitter Files (Les Dossiers Francais du Twitter), exposing Macron's pressure on Twitter to stop allowing posts that undermined his false claims." At Althouse, "This was not a case of we say tomayto, you say tomahto. This was we say tomato, while you cannot say anything these days because of the EU and its rules..." Steven Barrett @SBarrettBar "She knew And did nothing," Quote Don Keith @RealDonKeith, "A Shocking Admission: Jess Phillips, the Minister for Safeguarding Girls, has now admitted in Parliament that she had prior knowledge of young girls being raped by police officers in grooming gangs: “I would be lying if I said that over the years I have not met girls who talked to me about how police were part of the perpetration, not just the cover-up.” This is the same Jess Phillips that campaigned against a national inquiry into grooming gangs." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee "British Authorities Warn There Is A Man Loose On The Streets Threatening To Share An Opinion https://buff.ly/2ciOo5t"

Dan McLaughlin at NRO, CBS Is Rethinking Its Life Choices. "It is rumored that Paramount head David Ellison is bidding to not only acquire the Free Press from Bari Weiss but also give her — heretofore a Wall Street Journal and New York Times editor and entrepreneur — a leading role at CBS News. CBS TV, radio, and web staff are said to be “apoplectic” over the possibility of an outsider’s leading their cozy, conventionally left-leaning legacy institution." Capt. Ed wants to know Could Bari Unbury CBS News? Ace, Reports Paramount -- the New Owner of CBS -- Is Close to Buying Bari Weiss' Free Press for As Much as $200 Million, and Giving Weiss a Supervisory Position Over CBS "News" Itself, "Dylan Byers reports that the deal, while not yet signed, is on "the 1-yard line."" Matt Vespa, CBS News Staffers on the Verge of Revolt If This Person Is Hired. CBS staffers are revolting. Capt. Ed has Must See-BS: Dueling Norahs on SCOTUS Interviews.  

Spot the difference between Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's interview with CBS's Norah O'Donnell and Justice Amy Coney Barrett's interview with Norah O'Donnell.

WATCH: pic.twitter.com/LgNlF9Inmq

— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) September 4, 2025

Matt Whitlock @mattdizwhitlock, "After watching this a dozen times.. YES it's wild that Norah O'Donnell treats Justice Barrett like a terrorist. But ... she also talks to Justice Jackson like a 4-year-old special needs child." Hat Hair's John Sexton hears CBS Announces a New Policy for Editing Interviews After Sec. Noem Complains. "CBS News’ “Face the Nation” will no longer edit taped interviews after U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained about how her remarks were cut in her last appearance on the Washington-based program. The news division said Friday that the Sunday show moderated by Margaret Brennan will only present interviews live or “live to tape” in which no edits are made. Exceptions will be made when classified national security information is inadvertently stated or language is used that violates Federal Communications Commission broadcast standards."

The Wrap, PBS Slashes 15% of Staff After $500 Million Federal Funding Cuts "The broadcaster says the layoffs would eliminate 100 positions, including 34 immediate layoffs." I guess they need some of that Federal money after all. From the Free Bacon, 'Normalizes Antisemitism, Reinforces Bigotry, and Launders Terror': New Yorker Invites Anti-Semitic Streamer to Annual Festival, Prompting ADL Rebuke, "Influencer Hasan Piker has defended Hamas's October 7 terrorist attack and said 'America deserved 9/11'" At Tablet, Wiki Wars "As Hamas terrorists are being vanquished in Gaza, a group of radical editors is succeeding in redefining Zionism as racism on the world’s leading online encyclopedia. Congress is investigating if it’s a foreign op." Nat Silver at the Silver Bulletin, What is Blueskyism? And why is it so toxic for political persuasion?

Stephen Kruiser at PJM, sees the Unhinged Trans Mob Loons Just Won't Give It a Rest. Driscoll at Insty hears JIM GERAGHTY: Malcolm Gladwell Reaches His Tipping Point on Trans Athletes. "‘Near Unanimity in the Room that Trans Athletes Have No Place in in the Female Category’ It’s rather amazing what can be said out loud, into a microphone, once the political winds change. Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for the New Yorker and one of those rare authors who shaped his own oft-imitated genre. Starting with The Tipping Point, Gladwell used recent academic research to coin phrases and introduce concepts in psychology and sociology into popular culture. (How many people knew he started at the American Spectator?)" JK Rowling is unimpressed with his conversion, J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling, "Gladwell’s career wouldn’t have been destroyed if he’d spoken out against the glaring unfairness, not to mention dangers, of allowing men to compete in women’s sport. He’d have faced loss of approval from the cultural elite and received activist blowback, and even that wouldn’t have come with the tsunami of death and rape threats women face when they speak. . . " From Calling all Rushbabes, If Washington parents thought yesterday’s post was alarming, just wait until you see today’s. LGBTQRSTUVUXYZ instruction from Kindergarten on, no opting out. Jim Walsh @JimWalshLD19 "This policy is illegal. Clearly violates the US Supreme Court's recent ruling in "Mahmoud v. Taylor." Link to the ruling below. This policy is also pathetic. The "California & New York do it too" excuse shows Seattle leftists are followers, not "leaders."" At Da Blaze, Van Jones admits the woke era has gone too far.

Lotsa links left at The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.05.25 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 09.05.25 (Evening Edition), but I have a soccer game to get to. Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links.  The Wombat has posted FMJRA 2.0: Cramming For The Draft at the usual time and place.

Flotsam and Jetsam - VP Vance Goes Across the Pond

And once again I find myself waist-deep in links. At NYPo, James Carville admits Trump’s fast pace is leaving Democrats reeling: ‘We are overwhelmed.’  I certainly am. Twitchy sees Buck Sexton Shares WaPo Front Page Loaded With 'Trump's Greatest Hits' Headlines. Don Surber shares his Highlights of the week, all 31 of them. To add insult to injury, Sundance at CTH hosts President Trump Signs Energy Executive Order and Holds Impromptu Press Conference from the Oval Office. Keep 'em on the run! At Da Signal, Trump Agenda on Track With Swift Cabinet Confirmations. At Insty, REAGAN’S ‘TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD’ ASSESSES TRUMP: "Donald Devine was Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1985. Trust me, and I worked for him for nearly three years, he earned that moniker. Today in National Review, Devine provides a finely detailed, historically informed and politically wise evaluation of Trump’s first three weeks, which he describes as “the most well prepared and best performing presidential transition in history. It had the earliest and largest number of cabinet nominees and staff, the most thoughtful and earliest announced executive orders and agency guidance, and a president ready to lead.”"

Dave Strom at Hat Hair calls this Trump's Most Epic Troll Ever: Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok, "President Trump proudly displays his mugshot in the White House." Althouse, Trump has his framed mug-shot on the wall next to the door to the Oval Office. Scott Pinsker at PJM lauds Vanity Fair’s Shocking Profile of Barron Trump, shocking friendly.

At NYPo, Watch live: Vice President Vance speaks in Munich as Trump pushes to end Ukraine war. Bonchie at RedState calls it MUST-SEE: JD Vance Triggers Munich Security Conference, Rips European Hypocrites to Their Faces. Da Mail, JD Vance torches European leaders for 'criminalizing' free speech in extraordinary Munich speech. At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn says While Standing in Their Kitchen, JD Opens a Can of Freedom Whoop-A** on Europeans LAGNIAPPE. Mary Chastain at LI highlights Vance to Europe: America Survived ’10 Years of Greta Thunberg,’ You can Survive Elon Musk. “And unfortunately, when I look at Europe today, it’s sometimes not so clear what happened to some of the Cold War’s winners.” Althouse, finds "Alongside Romania, Germany and Sweden, Vance singled out the UK for some of the most scathing passages of his tirade."  Ace, JD Vance Shocks Munich, Rocks Europe With Speech Decrying Europe's Determined Slouch Into Tyranny and Madness. "JD Vance just called out the Davos-controled governments of Europe and attacked them for resorting to Soviet Union tactics -- jailing dissidents, ignoring the will of the people, even cancelling elections entirely -- in order, they claim, to "save democracy."" Hat Hair's Dave Strom wonders Is Europe a Greater Threat to US Citizens Than Russia? He thinks so. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed encouraged by the EU: Say, Maybe We Should Invest In Our Own Defense After All.

Four more from Sundance, Vice-President Vance Scheduled to Meet President Zelenskyy in Munich Tonight – As JD Vance Stuns the EU with Confrontation of Their Hypocrisy, "UPDATE: Transcript Added", Oh Boy, Body Language Alert: Vice President JD Vance Meets with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, VP JD Vance and Def Sec Pete Hegseth, Execute the Trump Doctrine Term-2, and The Trump Doctrine. From NYPo, Trump focused on ‘productive negotiation’ with Putin and Zelensky to end brutal war in Ukraine, JD Vance says. NY Sun, UN Balks at Trump Move To Deny an ‘Illegitimate’  ICC Prosecutor Entry to America, "Following the president’s February 6 executive order, the Department of Treasury has added Karim Khan, a British citizen, to its ‘Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.’" At Althouse, "South Korea’s likely next leader would support President Donald Trump’s efforts to restart dialogue with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un..." ""... and would even consider nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize if there was a significant breakthrough, signaling a sharp change from Seoul’s current hard-line approach toward Pyongyang...." From "South Korea’s likely next leader wants warmer ties with China, North Korea/Lee Jae-myung says he would support President Donald Trump’s efforts to restart talks with North Korea — and even consider nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize" (WaPo)(free-access link)." ET has 5 Takeaways From Trump’s Sweeping Reciprocal Tariffs Plan. "The United States plans to tariff all trading partners at an amount that matches the tariffs placed on the US, the president says." From RCD Axel de Vernou explains How Trump’s Tariffs Can Reverse De-Dollarization. At Hat Hair, Released American Hamas Hostage Keith Siegal Says, 'Thank You, Mr President'

Don Surber explores Why Democrats hate Hegseth. "Trump hired Hegseth to change the military back into a lean, mean, fighting machine. That is what true warriors want. The president did not have the military behind him in his first term. This time he will succeed because he will have the military on his side instead of the future members of Boeing’s board of directors. Hegseth is the key to success in Trump’s second term as commander-in-chief because someone has to quell the riots." OTP reports Army Bans Transgender-Identifying Individuals. U.S. Army@USArmy, "The #USArmy will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members. Stay tuned for more details."

Stephen Kruiser at PJM, says Screw Seed Oils, I'm Giving RFK Jr. a Chance. Althouse remembers RFK Jr. advocated banning prescription drug advertising on TV. Would that destroy mainstream TV news?. "I asked Grok: What has RFK Jr. said about prescription drug advertising on TV? Answer: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been vocal about his opposition to prescription drug advertising on television."" At Fox, RFK Jr.’s top health and wellness priorities as doctors share input, "The new HHS secretary aims to improve food, healthcare, medical freedoms and more." Breitbart, Ric Grenell Cleans House at ‘Broke’ Kennedy Center, Removing Several ‘Highly Paid Executives’ and Saving Taxpayers Millions and pissing off all the "right" people in DC. 

At Althouse, "What immediately stood out... just the fact of [Elon Musk] holding court next to a sitting President Trump for 30 minutes in [the Oval Office]." "There's a suggestion that Musk gave Trump "credibility" and then a long bit about how the people who take USAID money are some of the very best people. I felt as though I was supposed to forget the question asked and just absorb a negative opinion of Musk's project, which is completely nonresponsive! Why can't they talk observe and analyze the change in Trump? He's been through so much!" Ace debunks the New Leftist Attack on Musk and Trump: Trump Is Buying $400,000,000 of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks in a Corrupt Payoff, "There is such a deal. There's just one problem with this claim: The State Department inked the deal to buy these electric trucks on December 13, 2024. When Biden was "president."" NewsBusters advises Oh Blow It Out Your Nose! Paul Krugman Is Already Trying to Make ‘Trumpflation’ a Thing, after 4 years of downplaying it under Biden. Rick Moran at PJM sees Republicans Take First Step in Creating 'One, Big, Beautiful Bill' of Trump Priorities. Newt, discusses the Trump Tax Cuts vs. a Congressional Tax Increase "Members of Congress seeking to delay or stop a Big, Beautiful Bill of tax cuts, energy improvements, deregulation, economic growth, and better affordability are risking their futures."

Rasmussen Reports@Rasmussen_Poll, "DOGE: "Legally untouchable because it was already fully funded and operational. Congress can't defund it because it's not a new program, just a repurposed one. Since the (prior program) was originally an IT oversight program, DOGE now has full access to all Federal data systems. Yes, that's right. All of them."" Dave Strom says It's Your Own Damn Fault, Liberals. Althouse finds "Musk and his goofily-named, wow-that-really-exists Department of Government Efficiency have been intent on the government budget slash-and-burn mission..." ""... since Donald Trump took office. They say that evil never sleeps, but apparently tech kajillionaires who have pretty bananapants power over federal infrastructure do, hence Musk’s alleged lil DOGE naps in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. . . I'm reading "Goodnight, Goon. Elon Musk Is Whispering 'Cuts,' Sleeping on the Floor Near the White House/He really is in the DOGEhouse, huh?" That's Kase Wickman, writing in Vanity Fair." At Am Great the Great Victor Davis Hanson lays out the Mythologies About Musk, "Musk's role in DOGE is misunderstood: he's an appointed auditor with legal authority to find waste, not cut programs, and foreign aid isn't ending, though USAID's inefficiencies may be restructured." Scott Jennings@ScottJenningsKY, "TV Dems say 2 things: “nobody voted for this” & everyone hates Elon. They have learned nothing. And they lie. Read ‘em & weep on @axios: “Every AZ swing voter in our focus groups approve of Trump's actions — & most support Musk's efforts to slash government.”" Dave Strom also cites Axios: Swing Voters LOVE What Trump and Musk Are Doing. Cutie Pavlich at TownHall says Democrats Are Going to Hate New Polling on DOGE. Breitbart sees the Rassmussen Poll: Majority Approve of Elon Musk Running DOGE. At Unreported Truths Alex Berenson explains Why the Trump/Musk partnership is taking off. "Two alphas with very different skills, one government to shrink." RVN, Joe Rogan Drops a Massive Truth Bomb on Mainstream Media’s DOGE Coverage. “It’s just too much of a win for the right, and so they’re just ignoring it and then they’re just highlighting the good things that USAID did, which I’m sure they probably did. Probably had to do some good things to at least justify its existence.” Veronique de Rugy discusses The Upside, Risks and Limits of DOGE . Edward N Luttwak @ELuttwak, "While governing the US Trump is also awakening populations world-wide to the quiet corruption of their own governments, which also divert taxpayer money to their NGO friends, also use defense spending to feed uncompetitive mil industries, and perpetuate overstaffed bureaucracies." ET, Trump’s Budget Chief Moves to Authorize His Political Appointees to Make Spending Decisions, "The decision gives Vought greater leverage to keep subordinates on track who would otherwise slow-walk or block policies at the department and agency levels." Professor Ornery, DOGE, Audits, and Eko, "The substack “Eko Loves You” is an interesting and insightful read. There’s a lot of speculation that this is Elon Musk writing his thoughts on the work and discoveries of DOGE. Whether it’s Musk or not, the posts are well worth reading. The posts lay out in clear language what’s been discovered, connections, Constitutional issues… the whole shebang."

Misty Severi at JTN reports a Federal judge blocks CFPB from terminating employees without cause, "The ruling comes after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Thursday directed federal agencies to begin firing its employees who are still in their probationary period." ET, Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Restore Funding for Foreign Aid, "The judge said the blanket suspension was likely ‘arbitrary and capricious’ and questioned its necessity as ‘a rational precursor to reviewing programs.’" Fox, Judge orders temporary reversal of Trump admin’s freeze on foreign aid. From WaEx, Judges blocking Trump government efficiency moves have history of liberal activism, of course. ET, on  Judicial Impeachment: How It Works and Why It’s in the Spotlight, "The Constitution indicates that federal judges can be impeached and removed from office for ‘treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.’" There should be a "3 strikes, you're out" rule. Ace's THE MORNING RANT: In Response to Rogue Judiciary, Perhaps Trump Should Expand Executive Branch Purview and Start Firing Federal Judges "Here’s an idea: President Trump should fire these rogue federal judges and instruct all Executive Branch employees to ignore any rulings that come from federal judges that he has fired."

Not The Bee, Report: Trump to begin mass firings of IRS staff as Valentine’s Day gift to America. R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts, "BREAKING: Donald Trump has instructed the IRS to begin mass layoffs affecting thousands of employees." Da Hill whines Interior Department fires 2,300 employees after OPM directive. ET, Department of Veterans Affairs Fires Over 1,000 Employees, "Some of the terminated workers were on probationary status." The Biden administration added many thousand Federal jobs; the only job growth under Biden was federal workers and illegal aliens. The "probies" are vulnerable. Fox, Expert reveals massive levels of waste DOGE can slash from entitlements, pet projects: 'A lot of fat.' "Just Facts President James Agresti ripped the IRS for doling out child tax credits for the children of illegal immigrants, calling it 'theft'." Breitbart reports Lee Zeldin Cancels $50 Million Contract for ‘Free Palestine’ Climate Group. Mary Chastain at LI reports Trump Cuts Off Federal Funds to Schools Mandating COVID Vaccine. From Da Wire, Trump’s OMB Director Is Urged To Block Taxpayer Dollars To Planned Parenthood, "'We strongly encourage you to review all federal funding to Planned Parenthood.'" Commentary at RCP, DOGE Is Right To Defang the CFPB. Naw, keep it the way it is, but fine lefty companies big bucks and give the money to right-wing NGOs, and see how they like it. VodkaPundit at PJM wonders Is DOGE Going to Kill the F-35?. "If Hegseth and the DOGE boys do decide to kill the program, my advice would be to kill it slowly. Milblogger (and retired Navy officer) CDR Salamander devised a rule about procurement that goes something like this: don't stop building the Current Thing until the New Thing is ready to go." WUWT, EPA Returns ‘Gold Bars’ to Taxpayers – The Climate Realism Show #145.

From Lifezette, DOGE Subcommittee Uncovers Massive $2.7 Trillion in Improper Payments—Leavitt Responds. Laura Hollis claims International Aid and Internal Fraud Are Part of the Same Plan. Dave Strom explores the charge  Did USAID Funding Freeze Really Kill a Thai Woman? No, but an NGO did, in a fit of pique over the USAID cuts. "It truly was evil. Because the International Rescue Committee has hundreds of millions of dollars in its bank account and assets. It just chose to close down the hospitals--which, by the way, were still eligible for USAID funding under the Executive Order--out of spite."

Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks This Dem Rep Made Everyone Dumber at the DOGE Oversight Hearing This Week. Alex Pfeiffer @Pfeiffer47, "Mazie Hirono is breathing a sigh of relief. Jasmine is officially the dumbest lawmaker on the Hill. This jobs report consists entirely of data from before President Trump took office. I guess I should thank you for pointing out the failure of Bidenomics." Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @RepJasmine "So it turns out when you DON'T go woke, you go broke. Trump's New DEI? Dying Economy and Inflation. It's only two weeks in and Trump is Making America Broke Again! https://forbes.com/sites/dereksau" From Behinds the Black, Another Democrat demonstrates her stupidity and ignorance, demanding NASA’s acting administrator revoke Musk’s access to headquarters. Stacey Matthews at LI, Ayanna Pressley Leads Push For Reparations Commission Amid DOGE’s Cuts to Wasteful Spending, "“What we’re seeing from the Trump administration and their allies in Congress and the courts is a coordinated, years-long effort to dismantle any policy that uplifts black folks and addresses America’s shameful history of systemic racism. It is anti-blackness on steroids…”"

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.14.25 (Morning Edition), EBL, MAGA Karoline Leavitt and DOGE, Twitchy,  JD Vance’s Reality Checks For Europe Trigger Germany’s Socialist Defense Minister, and Mike Lee Drops Fauxcahontas For Tone Deaf Post Bragging About Hiding Democrat Corruption From DOGE, Louder With Crowder: “You just don’t believe it”: Scott Jennings leaves CNN host a stammering mess after her attack on Elon Musk and DOGE, Don Surber: 42% of black men support Trump.

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.14.25 (Evening Edition),  Magnum: The Coast Guard Was Focused on DEI Not Cybersecurity, EBL: RFK Jr. confirmed as Health and Human Services Secretary, My Fault: London, Twitchy: VP Vance May Never Recover From This, Trump & Musk Amused At Dems/Legacy Media’s Lame Attempts To Drive A Wedge Between Them, Louder With Crowder: An NBC News journalismer found a way to use climate change to ruin your Valentine’s Day: they’re coming after CHOCOLATE, Adam Piggott: It’s all so Tiresome, American Conservative: Trump Runs the Milei Playbook, American Greatness, Tulsi Gabbard Confirmed as President Trump’s DNI, EPA Chief Lee Zeldin Locates and Demands Return of $20 Billion Biden Officials Tried to Funnel to Left-Wing Groups, Trump Announces Peace Negotiations With Russia to End ‘Ridiculous’ Ukraine War After ‘Lengthy and Highly Productive’ Call With Putin, and Performers Quit Kennedy Center After Trump Takeover, American Thinker: We’re Living through the Biggest Scandal of All Time, Animal Magnetism, Rule Five Joe Rogan Shreds the Dems Friday, BattleSwarm: Tren de Aragua Sex Trafficking Ringleaders Arrested In Houston, Behind The Black, Another Democrat demonstrates her stupidity and ignorance, demanding NASA’s acting administrator revoke Musk’s access to headquarters, Cafe Hayek: Tariffs Are Charges On Fellow Citizens, Da Tech Guy, Musk Gets the Arrows Johnson Turns The Flank, Dana Loesch: Activist Judges Try To Stop Trump – A Look at Judge John McConnell Jr. Don Surber: Why Democrats hate Hegseth, The Geller Report: New EPA Chief Lee Zeldin Cancels $50 MILLION Biden-Era “Climate Justice Through a Free Palestine” Grant, Billions More Laundered, also, Biden’s HHS Left Taxpayers on the Hook for $22.6 BILLION for Giveaways to Illegals for Cars, Homes, Startup Businesses, Hollywood’s Anti-Trump Resistance 2.0 Finds Its Footing, The Lid: Trump’s Approval Rating Among Black Men Soars, Legal Insurrection: Egg Purchase Restrictions Implemented at Major US Grocery Stores, Ayanna Pressley Leads Push For Reparations Commission Amid DOGE’s Cuts to Wasteful Spending, Scientists Argue Over Whether Trump is Right About the Existence of Only Two Sexes, Trump Cuts Off Federal Funds to Schools Mandating COVID Vaccine .  . .  and much more!

At Althouse, "On her first day in office, [Attorney General Pam Bondi] announced the creation of a 'Weaponization Working Group,' purportedly intended to root out 'abuses of the criminal justice process'..." "One veteran prosecutor told a friend late Thursday that he was not answering phone calls, in hopes of avoiding a demand to take an action that would force his resignation...." From "Trump Official’s Demand in Adams Case Forces Justice Dept. Showdown/A crisis at the department over the Eric Adams case is an early test of the criminal justice system’s resilience against a retribution-minded president and his appointees" (NYT). ET, US Attorney Resigns After Order to Drop Charges Against New York City Mayor, "Danielle Sassoon, a Republican serving in an interim capacity, steps down." Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter "Every single one of these lawyers who is now resigning 1) did not heroically resign after any of the many Biden outrages; 2) knows they will get their toes shrimped by the regime media and their social circles; and 3) will walk into hugely lucrative jobs within days. They have sacrificed nothing. This is the best thing that’s ever happened to them. They’re not heroes. They’re narcissists. And they’re cynical, and the slobbering attention being paid to them shows they are right to be." Kurt Schlichter@KurtSchlichter, "The deep state has a lot less power when you stop giving it the benefit of the doubt that it’s acting in good faith and understand that it’s just a bunch of grubby little political hacks exploiting the system." Quote 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐲@YankReb69, "Replying to @DanLamothe Posobiec lost his clearance. He's a dirtbag." WikiLeaks @wikileaks, "Washington DC searches for "lawyer' have increased 400% (data from Google trends)."

Ace, Another Trans Terrorist Plotted a School Shooting, But This Time, Without 13% of Its Force MIA and Locking Up J6ers, The FBI Stops Her.

City Journal explains Why Immigration Cost Democrats the Election. "Their radicalism put them out of step with American voters." Ace, New Propaganda Drops: Akshually Biden Arrested More Border Crossers Than Trump Did, MAGats!!! Amazing. Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok, "JUST IN: Illegal border crossings hit record lows according to new CBP data. The US is on track to have the LOWEST monthly border crossings in at least 25 YEARS!" The Trump Effect OTP reports Border Crossings Plunge 90% To Historic Lows. Guy Benson at  TownHall, Ouch: ICE Brutally Fact-Checks Journos. Blaze, ACLU misleads on illegal aliens at GITMO, ignoring ‘high-threat’ status. NYPo, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry paying big bucks to Dem operatives via their charity – sparking calls for a congressional investigation, he is an immigrant. 

Bryan Jung at PJM, Tom Homan Refers AOC to DOJ for Investigation. Da Fetched, Tom Homan: “AOC May Be in Trouble” for Helping Illegals Avoid ICE Arrests. Mia Cathell wants you to Read the Allegations Against Kathy Hochul and Letitia James. NYPo, HHS splurged more than $22B on grants for migrants — including cash for cars, home loans and startups. Beege Welborn, HHS Sure Had 'Migrants' Livin' Large. From Twitchy, She's SO MAD! Watch New York AG Letitia James RAGE Against Trump Cutting NY's Illegal Alien Housing Funds. OTP, Even Gavin Newsom Declares ‘Uncle’ Over Trump’s Immigration Threats. From the TN Star, Bill to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status of Nonprofits Aiding Illegal Immigrants Filed by Sen. Bill Hagerty.

Joe Weber at JTN, Inflation climbed to annualized rate of 3% in January, Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, thanks Brandon! City Journal says it's Time to Pull the Plug on “Environmental Justice.” Biden’s agenda was really a way to funnel billions of dollars to progressive activist groups. The Daily Economy reminds us the $42 Billion Broadband Boondoggle Brought Internet to Zero Homes. Gabe Kaminsky at WaEx reports In final days, Biden awarded $50 million to self-dealing charity leader, Tribal Energy Consortium.  

At Da Fetched, irony when Chuck Schumer Becomes First Victim of His Own ‘Whistleblower Portal’

Lincoln Brown at PJM notices priorities, L.A. Puts Pronouns Ahead of Fire Recovery. Shooting News Weekly, Some Rights Are More Equal Than Others: Newsom Calls Voter ID a Violation While Looking the Other Way at Second Amendment Infringements. 

Teri Christof at RedState, BREAKING: New Details Emerge About Actions of Black Hawk Pilots in Deadly DC Mid-Air Collision. Black Boxes show helo at 280 ft, plane at 310 ft. Helo crew almost certainly wearing night-vision gear. 

Capt. Ed writes Of Pultizers and Petards. "Could the board that awards Pulitzer Prizes to media outlets end up losing a defamation suit over fake news? Could Donald Trump use the same tools used against him to wreak revenge for Protection Racket Media coverage of the Russis-collusion hoax that all but derailed the first half of his first presidential term?" Ace, Terrorist-Friendly Propaganda Aggregator Reuters Took $9 Million from Biden's DoD For... "Large Scale Social Deception" and "Active Social Engineering". Althouse sees Jen Psaki locates Joe Rogan and Theo Von in the "right-wing ecosystem," but Jon Stewart isn't having it.

Algemeiner reports UCLA Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine After Vandalizing University Board Member’s Home. Brad Essex at RedState, The Essex Files: DEI Is a Codeword for Exclusion of Disabled People. ET sees Goldman Sachs is the Latest in Retreat From DEI Initiatives. Freddie DeBoer, Doing This Again Makes Me Hate Myself and Hate You, But Yes, Something Happened to Liberalism in the 2010s, and Sometimes That Thing is Called "Woke."

From OutKick, Brett Favre Backs ‘Common Sense’ Executive Order, Gives Props To Riley Gaines. Matt Vespa, Ohio Dems Want to Regulate Ejaculation. Yeah, This State Is Going to Be Red Forever. Althouse, "The whole point of this bill wasn't to get it passed. The whole point of this bill was to call out the hypocrisy." 

Susan Crabtree@susancrabtree, "#BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE RE: DEI IN THE SECRET SERVICE: Agents in the Secret Service are growing increasingly alarmed that new USSS Director Sean Curran is not immediately halting the Biden Administration's DEI hiring and training priorities despite Pres. Trump's executive order mandating that all executive agencies do so. There's a trans special agent trainee who gendered female at birth but transitioned to a male but wants to continue using female PT standards while being addressed as a man and using the men's bathrooms, according to several Secret Service sources. The recruit was going through training at the Secret Service's Rowley Training Center as of late January, after Trump officially named Curran as the new director. I was told by two sources that the Secret Service was allowing this person to use female PT standards while identifying as male, but that decision had spurred resentment among the male rank-and-file agents."

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