Flotsam and Jetsam - Come Saturday Morning

Don Surber sees Trump hosts Xi and DC implodes. "Then: Warn Xi if Trump attacks. Now: “President Trump is sucking up to President Xi.”" Foolish consistency and all. Sundance at CTH thinks A Very Happy Pooh Has Tea With Trump and hosts USTR Jamieson Greer Sets Record Straight on U.S-China Trade Imbalance. At Ars Technica the NASA chief is concerned China may deny access to parts of Moon’s south pole. “If you come up short with who comes down the ladder first, the impact is felt around the world.”

Michael Goodwin at NYPo notes Trump’s bullish United Nations speech showed he won’t back down — and now he can truly put America First. Right Time's Kathy Gyngell likes how Trump Schools the UN on Sovereignty, "There is no global government, Trump told the General Assembly. Critics seemed surprised." News Wax cites a Study that Finds 'Anti-Israel Ecosystem' at UN, Bias Across 30 Bodies. Well, duh. Sundance has the Transcript of Secretary Rubio's Press Conference Following United Nations General Assembly.

More from Sundance, U.S. NATO Commander Tells Europe to Prove These Russian Hybrid Attacks They Speak of and Zelenskyy Shifts His Business Model – Europe Hands Him Another €6.6 billion. VodkaPundit at Insty, I KNOW AND RESPECT JVL, BUT SHE’S JUST WRONG ON THIS ONE: Jennifer Van Laar @jenvanlaar, "Hey everyone botching about diesel prices - here's the reason. Zelensky, not what's going on with Iran. And definitely not Trump. Zelensky is very intentionally hitting targets that harm the US and Europe instead of infrastructure like power plants, which would more directly harm Russians. Think about why that might be." I won't pretend to know the truth. At Hat Hair, John Sexton sees Two More Russian Refineries Shut Down Operations After Drone Strikes and A Visit to a Russian Supermarket Shows Inflation at Work.

At The Chronic, Mark Judge sees Iran’s Underground Cartoonists Expose the Irony of the Regime’s Morality Police.

InfantryDort @infantrydort, "According to failed General Mark Hertling, "it's not clear why" the Pentagon has decided to test senior officers. I could end this post there and have the internet tell it how it is. But I'm not. I actually read this rag of an article. My response to Hertling (who blocks me but he will see this) is that let's talk about YOU. Since you've dedicated oh so much time making it political about Hegseth and Scheller. Mark Hertling has: >publicly announced “I consider myself woke,” opposed rolling back DEI and transgender accession policy, and called Hegseth’s DEI critique “insulting” to the force..." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "You were branched as a Finance officer and later became a public affairs officer. In the Reserves. Your highest award is a DMSM. Look, as a career logistics officer myself I always preach one team, one fight, but not when someone like you--who is supported by the cretinous, Soros-funded, "VoteVets"--crawls out of the Deep State slime to smear actual combat veterans like Hegseth. Pete Hegseth's pinky finger knows more about leading troops in wartime than your DSA sell-out brain will ever comprehend, and the closest your pinky ever got to heroism is a paper cut. So how about you put a sock in it, you DEI-installed, Commie faux-general? Beat it." Quote Leela Gray @LeelaJGray, "I say this as a retired Brigadier General with 30 years of service: Pete Hegseth is an unqualified frat boy." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "More unqualified frat boys then. Putting the warfighting back in the War Department. (Dead name DoD, for Department of DEI. He transitioned it. Because the upper echelon of our military just like the rest of our government was burdened with unimaginative careerist hacks who would salute any flag that was run up the pole, including the trans one.)..." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "Trump's done everything I'd wanted him to do and more. A few things I didn't want him to do, but that's OK. My #1 issue was securing the border; #2 protecting Constitution & speech esp. at SCOTUS; #3 strengthening military & defending Israel. Challenge will be defending the wins."

WSJ says The Hot U.S. Economy Can’t Be Cooled. That’s Bad For Bonds. Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: U.S. weekly jobless claims plunge to 197,000, nearing 57-year lows."

Omri Ceren @omriceren, "Unexpectedly!" Quote Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: Investigation reveals former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon reportedly worked with a “doomer PR firm” while launching his viral campaign warning of AI’s existential risks." Hillary Clinton Explains AI Dangers, and I Am Persuaded Now says Hat Hair's Dave Strom sarcastically. From the Bay Journal, Virginia governor creates data center accountability policy as she prepares to slay the golden goose. Nicole Silvero at Da Caller observes the Tech CEOs Skip Senate Hearing About Automated Surveillance. I reckon it's something they don't want to talk about.

PJM's Matt Margolis sees Trump Made Democrats Look Stupid Again, over the new helipad he had built to keep Biden's helicopters from burning the White House lawn. "It was also obviously necessary, just like the White House ballroom project was necessary and even wanted by previous administrations. Democrats chose knee-jerk opposition anyway, because opposing Trump is the only move they have left, even when he's right."

Twitchy is outraged that Hasan Piker Mocks Fallen Navy SEALs Who Drowned Stopping Iranian Weapons. I&I, Dems Promise An Impeach-O-Rama Next Year.

New Jersey in the news! Beege Welborn at Hat Hair observes Mikie Sherrill Finds One Jersey Man She Wanted Gone - Her Lt Gov Resigns over "some pretty intense and serious accusations of sexual harassment." Ryan King at NYPo, NJ school district forced students to keep image of Dem Rep on their computers, parent says. Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock, "If you're wondering why a NJ Senator whose state benefits massively from the Paramount merger (just ask his governor) is sticking his neck out to pressure judges to block it... Look no further than his long and lucrative relationship with Netflix." Quote Eriq Gardner @eriqgardner, "Sen. Cory Booker files a letter urging the judge to tightly scrutinize the Paramount-WBD merger settlement. He writes the decrees must remedy the harms pleaded and expresses skepticism the decree addresses the core of the case."

And Virginia! Breccan Thies at Da Fed hears Virginia School Board Considers Axing Veterans Day Holiday To Make Room For Islamic, Hindu Ones. Stafford. Shooting News Week, Virginia AG Spins Up a Dedicated Unit to Enforce the State’s New Vague Firearms Liability Law.

Elon Musk @elonmusk, "The NGOs end up increasing the number of homeless people they manage, because that’s the only way to increase their revenue! Incentives drive outcomes. “Homeless” is a propaganda word used to describe people on the street who are mentally ill or severely addicted to drugs. The word implies that this is someone who fell a little behind on their mortgage payment and they’re one job offer away from getting back on their feet, which is obviously false if you’ve ever tried talking to a “homeless” person in SF, LA, NY, Austin or anywhere else. The honest reality is that we need to bring back asylums for extreme mental illness or drug addiction for those who are a serious danger to themselves or others." Quote Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters, "Incentives determine outcomes If you give an NGO a certain number of dollars per homeless person, they will never solve homelessness." When India put a bounty on cobras, Indians started cobra farming. 

At Science Alert, Rich US Neighborhoods Are More Likely to Burn in Wildfires, Study Reveals. Makes sense, rich people like nice homes out in the mountains and woods. Poor people huddle in ghettos. They burn too, but they're not wildfires. 

Sister Toldja at RedState sees a Plot Twist: A Surprising Source Defends Vance After Schumer Attacks Him Over Obamacare Fraud News. WaPoo ed board, JD Vance is not ripping away anyone’s health insurance coverage "All 760,000 of the ACA plans that were canceled this week met five criteria. ... First, none of the accounts had a Social Security number or an immigration identification number. Second, all of the accounts had premiums covered 100 percent by taxpayers. That makes it easier for fraudsters to sign up unknowing enrollees, who don’t see money leave their bank accounts. Third, the plans had not been used. No claims had been filed. And finally, the insurer offering the plan never had contact with the enrolled individual."

Amy Curtis at TownHall thinks the Supreme Court Hands President Trump a Big Win on Election Integrity. John Sexton, Supreme Court Sides With Trump Administration on Screening Voters. Fred Lucas at Da Signal, Supreme Court Hands Trump Major Victory in Drive to Combat Noncitizen Voting. PJM's Cathy Salgado, Supreme Court Approves Expanded Voter Verification Program. Ace, Supreme Court Now Okays Trump's Plan to Allow States to Use Federal Databases to Screen the Voter Lists for Ineligible Voters. "The Supreme Court had previously joined in the left-wing plan to delay implementation of Trump's Executive Order until it was late enough in the season that they could claim it would cause "chaos" to implement it so late. Now it blesses not a screening of mail-in ballots -- that would still cause "chaos," I guess -- but the simple use by states (at their discretion; left-wing governments won't screen ballots) of the Social Security databases to discover if a voter is a citizen or not. So this is a weaker version of Trump's plan, which left-wing states won't even implement." Sundance, Supreme Court Sets Aside Block Granting States Ability to Verify Voter Status in Midterm Election. At Althouse, "In an unsigned decision with no noted dissents, the justices warned of 'electoral chaos' if the state were to change course so close to the election and use the 2025 map." ""The election is not merely upcoming; it has already started. Ballots using the 2022 map have been printed and mailed. Absentee voting has already begun, as has military and overseas voting,” according to the five-page decision." From "Supreme Court Once Again Blocks Republican-Backed Voting Map in Missouri/A federal appeals court had sided with Republicans seeking to use redrawn congressional district boundaries to give their party an advantage in the midterms elections" (NYT)." Delay worked, with lower courts assistance. At Da Signal, Feds Report 160 Election Fraud Arrests as Thousands of New Leads Pour In. 

Cam at Bearing Arms, SCOTUS Directs New Jersey AG to Respond in 'Code Is Speech' Case. Arguing over the computer code for 3D gun printing.

Beege Welborn, Only a Lunatic Virtue-Signaler Would Brag She Let a Cannibal Off on a Murder Conviction. Well, yes. Buck Throckmorton at Ace's MORNING RANT decries The Awful Precedent of the Clancy Trial’s Juror-Harassment.

Paul Thacker at the The DisInformation Chronicle thinks Leaked Fauci Pardon Papers Cast Doubt On Claims He Never Asked Biden for Clemency, "Justice Department documents contradict 60 Minutes report on pardons." 60 Minutes would never shave the truth, am I right?

Ben Whedon at JTN reports HSI nabs thrice-deported alien who allegedly attacked ICE agent with vehicle. Ace sees Two-Tiered Justice: Leftwing DAs Give Illegal Aliens Immunity for Major Crimes So That They Won't Be Deported. "I wrote about this briefly in Quick Hits yesterday or the day before. Just the News has a more detailed article. Illegal aliens are first-tier citizens, somehow. Actual US citizens are second-tier, at best." From Campus Reform, Universities hire legions of H-1B workers, lawmakers advance legislation to rein in ‘visa scam’ Business Insider whines about Why an H-1B visa hopeful decided to give up on work in the US, "after learning that potential employers might have to pay a $100,000 fee to hire her, she pivoted." Dave Strom sees The Inverted Moral Universe of Asylum Policies Summed Up in One Small Boat. Nioh Berg @NiohBerg, "One one single illegal migrant boat from Africa going to the Canary Islands: • A 16 year old girl was gangraped • A toddler was thrown overboard to drown All of the remaining migrant men, including rapists and murderers, will likely be hosted in Europe as if nothing happened. They will then be distributed into your neighbourhood without your consent or even knowledge. Sickening."

Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "THEY HID THE WHOLE THING. Legacy media refused to show you a single second of President Trump’s speech and historic state dinner with Xi Jinping. Here is the entire night, start to finish, with translations. That is not journalism. That is information control. Watch it yourself. Do not let them keep you in the dark." Quote Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "Legacy media REFUSED to show you a SINGLE SECOND of President Trump's speech and historic state dinner with Xi Jinping tonight at the White House So here's the ENTIRE thing, from start to finish, with translations for Xi's speech." Becca Lower at RedState, CNN Quietly Admits They Were Not Denied Access to Trump-Xi Dinner. Here Were Their Demands.

Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Obama has a plan to address the "information bubbles" Americans are in: "We're going to have to create new town squares, where everybody is having a common dialogue with certain rules." No mystery who he would want to be in charge of making these "rules.""

At the Chronic, Mark Judge remembers how Elena Kagan Predicted Why We Would Hate the Media "A main reason why we hate the media so much, and the reason they have earned that ire, is rooted in New York Times vs. Sullivan, the 1964 Supreme Court decision that held that media companies cannot be found guilty for anything they report unless there is evidence of “actual malice” on their part. In 1993, a University of Chicago law professor named Elena Kagan wrote an academic article for the Chicago Law Review that perceptively examined the reality of the new post-Sullivan press freedom:" It may be a particular gripe of his, but there are plenty more reasons to hate the media.

Timur Kuran @timurkuran, "These are the PRIVATELY HELD concerns of university leaders—those they reveal in surveys that grant confidentiality. Their PUBLICLY EXPRESSED concerns often differ massively. Though they now use coded language, many still pretend to care deeply about racial equity." Quote Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79. "University leaders were asked about their most pressing concerns. The DEI options — “racial equity issues” and “identity-based harassment” — are barely on their radar." Their primary concern is, and always will be money. Trust me. At NRO, Cambridge Cancels Probe into Jason Arday Hiring, Will Instead Focus on University Support. Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79, "It’s all too predictable." Ace, Cambridge University: We Have Cancelled Our Promised Investigation Into How Unqualified Fabulist Jason Arday Was Hired. Instead We Will Investigate How We Failed to "Support" Him and Other DEI Incompetents and Plagiarists. "Of course, perfect." Don't turn on the lights 'cause I don't want to see! The College Fix hears Stanford course will critique AI through lens of ‘African intellectual sovereignty’ with an AI Jason Arday lecturing. I just made that up. Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79, "BREAKING: An advisory panel on accreditation has recommended that the Department of Education suspend the American Psychological Association (APA) for 12 months amidst concerns about ideological standards on DEI, gender-related treatment, and especially antisemitism. After hearing from several groups during a meeting yesterday, the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity’s (NACIQI) voted to make the recommendation. The recommendation now goes to the Department of Education for a final decision."

Monica Showalter at Am Think thinks she knows why Nikole Hannah-Jones exposed New York City's horrible public schools now. "The short answer is 'Trump.' But not in the way she thinks." Brianna Lyman at Da Fed says Nikole Hannah-Jones Sacrificed Her Kid For Race Communism. Imagine Her Plan For Yours. Brianna has been on Fox a bit lately, and she makes a pretty decent panelist. At Althouse, "[I]n the face of the evidence we have so far, and given the incendiary nature of the claim, why would anyone say that the United States is experiencing a 'national crisis' of lynchings?" "Writes John McWhorter, in "Are Lynchings Really Happening?" (NYT)."

Cathy Salgado hears a Women’s Group Finds That Biological Men Stole Over 2,000 Gold Medals From Girls. Ace, Transgender Activists Say That Men Stealing Gold Medals from Women "Just Isn't a Thing That Really Happens." A New Report Says that Men Have Stolen 2,300 Gold Medals from Women Over The Past 40 Years. "These things that never happen sure do seem to happen an awful lot."

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.25.26!

Flotsam and Jetsam - Desperately Searching for a Theme

And not finding it, so I'll just start at the top and work down. Sundance at CTH is back on a Russia kick with President Vladimir Putin Explains Why NATO Wants a War Against Russia, Oil, Gas and Orange Juice and “One Ping Only, Vasily”. From News Wax, Putin at BRICS: Warns Europe Over Ukraine, Urges Challenge to U.S. Dollar. Back to sundance for President Trump Announces Obamacare Refunds, President Trump Speaks to Journalists Departing from Shannon, Ireland and President Trump Discusses a “United Ireland” as Prime Minister Carney Seeks “Associate Member” EU Status. At Althouse, "President Trump said he 'loved' the political backlash to his comments in support of a united Ireland." ""Speaking before he attended the last day of the Irish Open golf tournament, Trump doubled down on his claim that reunification was inevitable and 'may as well happen now.' Asked about the reaction to his comments, which were criticised by political parties in Westminster and Stormont, Trump said he 'loved' the reaction. 'I loved my comments,' he added." From "Trump revels in ‘united Ireland’ uproar as Gerry Adams weighs in/With the US president ‘loving’ the stir his comments made, the former Sinn Fein leader says they reflect a wider sentiment held by Americans" (London Times)."

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Here in the States we are aware not all Canadians are dicks. The polling plus stadiumsful of boos just seems to indicate most are. We’re concerned about the plight of Canadians. It doesn’t serve our interests to have an impoverished third world nation beholden to the PRC on our northern border. We’d rather see you prosper. All of us get richer. But elections have consequences. ..." Quote Lisa @YoungStreete, "Americans are starting to look at Canadians differently. And Canadians may want to pay attention. For as long as I can remember, Americans always liked their polite neighbours to the north. That goodwill is being eroded by a Canada increasingly seen as woke, anti- American (not just anti-Trump) and brainwashed by the state run media. CBC News whitewashing 9/11 (please don’t call it a terrorist attack). CTV News making 9/11 about “Islamophobia”. When did remembering the VICTIMS of 9/11 become so controversial in Canada and how did we allow it to happen? How much further does Canada have to slide into insanity before Canadians finally wake up?" Ken Timmerman at Am Great explains why It’s Time to Recognize Iran’s Complicity in the 9/11 Attacks. "The 9/11 Commission highlighted Iran's complicity in the attacks on pages 240-241 of its final report." CIS looks at the numbers, Since 9/11, the Number of Immigrants from the Muslim World Has Grown by 1.8 Million. "Population doubling largely reflects legal immigration." I24 News has a Report: Chinese satellite images aided Iranian strike that killed 3 US troops in Jordan. Labrador Skeptic @SaysSimulation, "A Chinese surveillance satellite breaking up into little pieces right after US troops were killed with the help of a Chinese satellite is quite the amazing coincidence, now that you mention it. Gray Zone warfare in space, but that's a dark shade of gray." Quote Theophilus Chilton (Scots-Irish Supremacist) @Theo_Chilton, "Replying to @SaysSimulation, "Probably why a Chinese surveillance satellite "broke apart" in orbit yesterday." Ace is not all that upset that Saudi Arabia Is Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place...Oh Well!

At the Eternally Radical Idea, Greg Lukianoff has Reflections on 9/11, FIRE releases 2027 College Free Speech Rankings, AdGo & I parse AI’s ‘librarian’ from its ‘car keys’, & more! From the College Fix, Conservative students’ 9/11 memorial defaced with pro-Palestinian, pro-Antifa vandalism. From I&I, 25 Years After 9/11, America Dotes On Its Enemies.

From News Wax, Trump: 'Whoever Wins AI Wins' and US House Speaker Warns Curbing AI Too Sharply Could Leave China Ahead. Sundance claims Barack Obama Tells Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to Organize the AI Control Bill for #1 Priority Passage Following the Midterm Elections.

Doog @doogadoo11, "I'll be the first to admit the GOP has been shit But Trump has been amazing And that's why I will Vote Red up and down the ballot in November I want to position him for as much success as possible during his final two years." What he said.

Vic Nava at NYPo hears Ilhan Omar ‘married her brother’ and could be deported: DHS secretary. Show me the DNA test. PJM's Bob Spencer asks and answers What Happens When We Elect People Who Hate America to Congress? This. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn giggles at MSNOW whining Fetterman's Surprise GOP Convention Video was a Trap and Dems Are Falling Into It. Also at Hat Hair Larry Elder examines The David Duke Standard and The Hasan Piker Exception, and Betsy McCaughey wants to Call in the Feds to Investigate Lawless Mamdani. Nick Arama at RedState sees Talarico Gets Nailed for Another Whopper About His Donations That Leaves Jaws Dropping. Joe Chalfant at TownHall thinks Dan Sullivan Just Handed Mary Peltola a Debate Beatdown. Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Incredible. Rachel Maddow didn’t push back on Karen Bass AT ALL as she calls the Palisades Fire investigation a waste of time & resources. Lady…6K homes burned, hundreds of people died, and you illegally deleted all of your messages. Integrity is dead." No Pasaran! says If someone suggests using a Nazi concentration camp for their opponents, aren't they in fact the actual… Nazis?

At Twin Cities.com, Joe Soucheray: Start by using words correctly. These are not ‘homeless camps’, they're just bums. Da Signals Tyler O'Neil calls it ‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’: Nonprofits That Received Tax Dollars Unite to Oppose Rules Cracking Down on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse. Waste, fraud and abuse is their bread and butter. The last thing they want to do is end it.

From the Victory Girls Clancy Holdout Juror Now The Target Of Media Doxxing. PJM's Vicky Taft wants you to Guess Who Helped Doxx the Holdout Juror in the Lindsay Clancy Case. The defense attorney's wife? At TownHall Matt Vespa thinks What a Lindsay Clancy Juror Said About This Case Is Just Insane "“This would be something that could change something to make it better for other women,” said juror Paula Devlin."

Sensurround @ShamashAran, "nothing to see here, just the @ACLU celebrating Charlie Kirk's death at a fundraiser." Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "They didn’t even hide it. A year after they murdered Charlie Kirk, an account asks “Who should get Kirked next?” and puts JD Vance on the list, right next to Scott Presler and Nick Shirley. That’s not a joke. That’s a hit list with a question mark. Protect the VP. Investigate the poster. And stop pretending this culture of celebrating assassination is free speech." Quote ThePersistence @ScottPresler, "“Who should get Kirked next? Leave your answer in the replies! Shirley, Presler, Vance, the list goes on!” Evan, that’s not very nice, especially since you’re in Philadelphia, PA." Matt Vespa is annoyed This Virginia City Seems OK Blowing Taxpayer Dollars on a Gross Anti-Charlie Kirk Display. Hat Hair's Josh Hammer thinks America Has Not Learned the Right Lessons From Charlie Kirk's Murder. No, liberals learned they can get away with "stochastic terrorism."

From Twitchy, 'Birthing Person' Jones Tried to Smear XX-XY's Jennifer Sey and It Was a MASSIVE Backfire. jimtreacher.substack.com @jtLOL, "Shouldn't you be called Birthing Person Jones?" Quote Mother Jones @MotherJones, "Jennifer Sey, the founder of XX-XY Athletics, a sportswear startup that openly calls transgender people’s identity a “lie,” has spent the last two and a half years stoking the flames of the national panic over trans athletes. Enter Sophie Cunningham."

Sarah McLaughlin at Expression expresses disbelief at Australia’s top bureaucrats who want protection from ‘harmful’ social media videos, "The clips can ‘invite ridicule’ of public officials." If you can't stand the heat, get out of the limelight.

Eric Kaufmann @epkaufm, "White liberals remain the only segment of society that prefers other races to their own." Quote Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil, "A few years back, a friend of mine looked into the 2018 American National Election Study pilot, and he found that every racial group felt warmth towards members of their own race, except for White liberals I wanted to see if that replicated and expand on it."

Timur Kuran @timurkuran, "Carnegie Mellon is paying the price for a 2021 hire made amid the moral panic that followed George Floyd. The professor’s thin research record, narrow intellectual range, and political activism should have prompted serious scrutiny. In a freer intellectual climate, hiring committees might have said plainly that no appointment was warranted, let alone a tenure-track appointment involving decades of commitment by a distinguished university..." Quote Carnegie Mellon University @CarnegieMellon, "Dr. Uju Anya is currently on voluntary professional leave from the university and is not teaching courses on our campus this academic year. We are deeply concerned by recent hostile and threatening social media posts by Dr. Anya and are reviewing this matter closely." Tim Groseclose @Tim_Groseclose "Brilliant post by Prof. @timurkuran. Yes, the bigger problem CMU needs to face is how this woman got hired in the first place. If I were president of CMU, I'd do an in-depth look at the Dept. of Modern Languages." From Campus Reform, Education satisfaction hits record low as college readiness declines. Inside Higher Ed, After Kirk’s Death, a Third of Students Say Posting ‘MAGA’ Is a Fireable Offense. "The Israel-Palestine conflict remains the most taboo topic on college campuses, according to FIRE’s latest free speech report."

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Two Domestic Islamic Terror Attacks and Democrats Complain Our Soldiers are Eating Too Well

There were two apparent domestic terror incidents yesterday conducted by Islamic terrorist who were naturalized citizens against US targets. In the first, a convicted ISIS sympathizer from Senegal, recently released from prison, invaded an ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University in Virginia, shot and killed the instructor, and was subdued, and stabbed to death by the students. In the second, a Lebanese man from Dearborn Michigan crashed his car through the doors of a synagogue in West Bloomfield Michigan, struck one security guard and opened fired. He was killed by another security guard. Cam at Bearing Arms, Shootings Reported at Virginia University, Michigan Synagogue ***UPDATED***. Karol Markowicz @karol, "News: I'm reliably informed that the alleged attacker of Old Dominion in is Mohamed Jalloh, the same Jalloh who was previously convicted of providing support to ISIL." Ace, TERRORIST SHOOTS UP OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY; UPDATE: Confirmed, the Terrorist Is an ISIS Member Released from Prison by... Joe Biden "Have you had enough Muslim Cultural Enrichment yet?" and Terrorist Rams Car Through Synagogue Gate, Starts Shooting the Congregation "Must have been a straight white conservative male. That's my bet. The shooter is now dead and they're still hiding his name which casts a slight amount of doubt on my guess that he's a straight white conservative male." Chase Spears @DrChaseSpears, "This is not the way I want to see a familiar face show up on my feed. Brandon and I were classmates at the Command and General Staff College. He deployed to fight the enemy overseas in combat zones. Meanwhile, America imported the enemy who k*lled him. When I say this nation's immigration policy is a betrayal, I mean it. Words fail." Quote Greg Price @greg_price11 "The victim of the terrorist attack at Old Dominion has been identified as Lt. Col. Brandon Shah-- who was a Professor of Military Science and the leader of the university's ROTC program. He was a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom." Amy Curtis at TownHall, The Old Dominion University Shooter Has Been ID'd and It Looks Like Islamic Terrorism. Jarvis @jarvis_best, "May he never have to buy another beer for himself in his entire life" Quote New York Post @nypost "Hero ROTC cadet fatally stabbed crazed Old Dominion gunman to prevent more carnage https://trib.al/pnRex5W." Kostas Moros @MorosKostas, "The tragedy WAS prevented. Because the synagogue didn't rely on late-arriving police, and took its security into its own hands. You have pushed for efforts to ban carry in churches. You want to aid would-be terrorists and killers like the perpetrator today. Shameful." Quote Brady | United Against Gun Violence @bradybuzz "Law enforcement are responding to an active shooter situation at a Jewish synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Our thoughts are with the West Bloomfield community." Detroit FreeP, Temple Israel attacker dead, guard injured, kids safe: Latest updates. "Ayman Mohamad Ghazali carried out "the tragic attack on Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield," a spokesperson for the department told the Detroit Free Press in a statement late March 12. Ghazali was killed in the attack, a security guard was injured and the temple partially burned in a fire." Ace also has Updates On the Last Two of the Four Muslim Terrorist Attacks This Month Alone. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "MSNOW is in full ‘blame Trump’ mode in wake of Islamic attacks: Alex Wagner: “You have to wonder fundamentally about the degree to which this White House...actually has the interest in keeping Americans safe." “It doesn't give you a sense that the safety and the security of the American people is paramount." Anything but blame the ideology and the actual people responsible. Impossible to loathe legacy media enough." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "It's an entirely new rulebook. They used to just downplay Islamic terror, but just as they did with Charlie Kirk, they now spring into action and immediatly blame the act on the right. They mention Nick Fuentes, an online influencer, and ignore institutionalized antisemitism on the left, in Congress (The Squad), candidates with nazi tattoos, in Academia, and in their own media circles. It's a complete alternate reality they are crafting." Quote Nicholas Fondacaro, "@NickFondacaro, "MS NOW is already suggesting the Republican Party has something to do with the Michigan Synagogue shooter: "The Republican party is having, right now, a real fight on its hands, has a real fight on its hands amid wings of the Republican Party that are extremely antisemitic or flirting with antisemitism. And Republicans on the other side of the party who are saying, hold on, what are you doing? This is not this is ripping us apart. Democrats are having a fight on that as well, but it's been pretty pronounced within the Republican Party."

Don Surber, Military is winning in Iran, so the media spins a lobster tale. Amy Curtis, Democrats Are Attacking Hegseth's Supposed Steak Budget. They'll Hate This Next Number. @Chicago1Ray @Chicago1Ray, "Hit that like button, if you got no problem with our troops eating Steak and lobster.... they f'n deserve it Kudos to Pete Hegseth for hooking our guys up... The media is going apeshit over the cost of ($22M) dollars, but they're ok with ($18B) of Somali fraud in Minnesota." Ted @streetlevel, "The Obama Years > Afghanistan: For Some US Troops, Guacamole, Steak and Lobster on the Menu. #PeteHegseth Story Link: (Oct 26, 2011) https://eurasianet.org/afghanistan-for-some-us-troops-guacamole-steak-and-lobster-on-the-menu." Noam Blum @neontaster, "¯\_(ツ)_/¯." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Several CNN Guests repeated the Hegseth ribeye and lobster narrative. So @jaketapper is silent about how this has been a tradition for US troops for decades, despite how much he claims to prop up dead bodies of troops @brianstelter has not weighed in on it despite Guest on his network repeating it. @kaitlancollins did not correct any of her guests onset about what the seafood and ribeye is actually went to, which were troops on extended deployment. So I'll echo @EsotericCD, what the hell is going on it's CNN (I've never appeared on cnn for favorable book reviews)." Quote Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "So @kaitlancollins is now also going to correct Paul Begala on TwitterX and issue an apology? Does CNN's main guests or hosts get anything right? EVER? x.com/thomasmhern/st…" Erick Erickson @EWErickson, "I've heard Democrats complain more loudly about our soldiers being well fed than about fraud in California or Minnesota. They sure do have their priorities. They seem to only be upset about the military spending because they'd prefer the lobster and steak to go to illegal aliens." Foster @foster_type, "I'm not easy to surprise on this stuff but I'm genuinely surprised how far the libs went with this one without even making one phone call or reading one additional tweet. Is this stuff because they are all on Bluesky now?" Quote Alex Christy @alexchristy17 "Seth Meyers (with the help of a Jen Psaki clip) joins Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert in not knowing about military surf and turf meals, "They spent $15 million on steak in one month. Who are you? Sterling Cooper Draper and Pryce? If you're gonna eat that much steak, you better have come up with a new campaign for lucky strike. No wonder Hegseth always looks miserable. He's 24/7 meat constipated. That's the face of a man war fighting with his colon." Eric Matheny @ericmmatheny, "For years, your tax dollars have been buying cellphones and EBT cards for migrants, fake daycare centers for Somalis in Minnesota, and settlements for congress members accused of sexual harassment. The media didn’t utter one until we gave our troops a decent dinner." Streiff at RedState, Hegseth Hatred Leaves Democrat Politicians and Media With Egg on Their Faces As Well As Steak and Lobster. Alladdin @Alladdin1983, "Cracked it: I knew something was off about the fake outrage over the steak and lobster, because those are standard meals the troops get weekly at the DFAC. I did a little digging. It seems the two vendors who had a monopoly on DOD food supply lost their contracts: VAL-PRO, INC. (located in California) and CHICO PRODUCE, INC. (also based in California). The new vendor setup is now open to multiple vendors (see the last picture). @DataRepublican @PeteHegseth @SecWar @SomeBitchIIKnow @GuntherEagleman @nicksortor."

Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "In just one year under President Trump, blue-collar workers have made up all the wages they lost under Biden. More progress. More to come." Scott Turner @SecretaryTurner, "Existing home sales are up, and housing affordability has improved for the eighth consecutive month. @POTUS’ economic agenda is delivering for the American people." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 "US Existing-Home Sales Increase as Affordability Improves." But NRO warns Price Controls Will Not Help Patients, but in the world we live in, every country but the US controls the price, and we pay the balance.

At OutKick, Marco Rubio Jumps Vance and Newsom As Favorite To Win 2028 Election "Vance is often viewed as the more natural heir to Trump’s MAGA political movement. Rubio, however, has emerged as one of the most influential figures in Trump’s administration." Vance/Rubio or Rubio/Vance? I could go either way.

Sundance at CTH reports Witkoff and Kushner Meet Russian Delegation in Florida – Reports Indicate Discussions of Strategic Economic Cooperation on Oil.

Betsy Klein @betsy_klein, "In today's edition of Washington is Veep: A Democratic congresswoman made a legal complaint against President Donald Trump for, in part, excluding her from an upcoming Kennedy Center board meeting. The invitation, it turned out, was in her spam folder. Aide filed an update today:" Dan Crenshaw @DanCrenshawTX, "Everyone is worried that Washington is like House of Cards, while hoping it is like West Wing. Truth is that it’s more like Veep."

Rick Moran at PJM, Mojtaba Khamenei Is Nowhere to Be Seen as Speculation Grows Regarding His Health. Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86, "This image of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, which has been widely published by Iranian media today and now appears on his new X account, appears to have been manipulated with AI. Google's SynthID finds watermarks in it that indicate it has been edited using Google AI. A cropped reverse image search finds what appears to be the original version of the photo published several years ago. It shows Mojataba at a pro-government rally. The background and those surrounding him seem to have been edited and removed using AI." Althouse asks Is it true that "Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, struck a defiant tone on Thursday in his first known public comments since succeeding his slain father"?, "That's what I'm reading in the NYT, but what proof is there that the man is even alive?" Ace claims it's Confirmed: New "Supreme Leader" Is In Coma, Lost Leg In Airstrike, "supreme leader more like supine leader amirite "Insider (World News)" claims the rumor is now confirmed."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Israeli Drones Striking IRGC Goons in the Streets. Saul Sadka @Saul_Sadka, "WILD: The predicted “future” came within 24 hours. This is Israeli Air Force footage of drones and jets blowing up Basij checkpoints all around Tehran today, based on tips called in by Iranian citizens. A revolution with air support against a regime with no air defence." Ace, Confirmed: Begun, the Drone Wars Have, "As I guessed, the new phase of the war is anti-personnel strikes on street enforcers and IRGC goons not with 1,000 pound bombs but with hand-grenade-sized charges delivered by drones." Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil, "MAJOR STRIKE IN IRAN Reports say the armored corps base in Ahvaz, Iran has been destroyed. This base is where Iran’s tanks and armored units are stationed and coordinated in the southwest of the country. If confirmed, it would be a serious blow to Iran’s ground forces and military infrastructure." Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "The Iranian Mullah Regime cannot meet the payroll of the Regime Security Forces... ...so, it is stealing the next payroll from everyone else. Food security issues started the last Iranian mass insurrection. The Mullah Regime just lit the short fuze for the next one." Quote Joe Truzman @JoeTruzman, "This morning, hundreds of thousands of Iranians woke up to frozen bank accounts. Customers of Bank Sepah and Bank Melli got an SMS saying their accounts were locked, @NarimanGharib posted on X. The banks' websites and service channels are blocked, and it's not possible to log into accounts at all. The regime is calling this a "Central Bank technical upgrade to communication switches for network stability," he wrote. This is almost certainly the regime freezing enormous sums of money taken directly from its own citizens to ensure its survival. Iranians are being robbed blind by their own government as it clings to power." Fusilli Spock @awstar11, "The hysterical predictions of obsolescence of the aircraft carrier were all wrong." Quote JinWoo Kim, IQ 289 @JinWooIQ "And it changes EVERYTHING about who's really fighting this war. CHINA SECRETLY ARMED IRAN WITH $5 BILLION IN WEAPONS →EVERY SINGLE ONE FAILED."

Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Even the New York Times piece, despite all the throat clearing in the text, is forced to admit, that the school was situated on a military base, and the 157 death count is strictly on the word of the Iranian government. We've seen this before. Gaza Playbook" Quote Kyle Orton @KyleWOrton, "Let us hope even the Trump administration is not so stupid as to use civilian casualties figures derived from the Islamic Revolution. x.com/nytimes/status…" Kratos Disciple @KratosDisciple, "A tomahawk warhead is physically incapable of killing 153 people. The human body is mostly water, which absorbs explosive impact. Even if 153 children were somehow packed into a single room and the warhead detonated in the center of them, it still would not be able to kill all of them. As a point of reference, the explosion in Beirut was in excess of 5 million pounds of explosives. 5 million. 5,000,000+. The official death toll is 218 people. Approximately 7,000 injured." Twitchy, Steven Crowder Taking ABC and Their Iran 'Slopaganda' APART Point-by-DAMNING-Point Is a BEAUTIFUL Thing. Steven Crowder @scrowder, "A quick rundown on the slopaganda over at ABC. 1. ABC issues a report the FBI has warned California police departments Iran has aspirational plans to launch drone attack on California. 2. David Muir on his ABC nightly show (most watched news broadcast in America) parrots report seemingly aimed at causing panic in America. 3. Karoline Leavitt comes out with a post claiming that ABC intentionally omitted fact this was all based off of ONE SINGLE UNVERIFIED report. 4. Screenshots of initial FBI memo prove Leavitt correct and that ABC did in fact omit they were running their entire report off of unverified information." Sundance, President Trump Notes Briefing on Iranian Sleeper Cells that Entered During Biden Open Border Era. CBD at Ace's asks in The Morning Rant: What Is Winning In Iran? "So...to answer the question: Winning in Iran means degrading their war-making capacity down to nothing, so they cannot threaten their neighbors and world commerce. It means destroying their nuclear program so that rebuilding it would take many, many years."

Red Pill Dispenser @redpilldispensr, "Historian Bill Federer: "By 2030, there will be a majority Muslim population in Europe, and they'll just flat out vote in Sharia law." "People forget Egypt was completely Christian for six centuries. It's not anymore. All of North Africa was completely Christian for six centuries. It's not anymore." "Constantinople was the largest Christian city in the world, and the largest Christian church in the world for hundreds of years was the Hagia Sophia. And it got turned into a mosque." "They want to do the same thing with the Vatican."" Athena Thorne at PJM has a Shocking Video Out of NYC Almost Makes Me Rethink This Whole 'First Amendment' Thing. Jason Jones @jonesville, "Left: Emir Balat giving the one finger ISIS salute after an attempted bombing in NYC. Right: Zohran Mamdani’s guest giving the one finger ISIS salute as they celebrate Ramadan at City Hall in NYC. Why is no one calling him out on this?"

PJM's Stephen Kruiser warns Never Forget How Quickly Everything Can Go 'Full Spanberger.' Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports Ex-Virginia first lady Dorothy McAuliffe launches campaign for state's 7th congressional district. The New York Times @nytimes, "Breaking News: James Clyburn, the 85-year-old Democratic power broker from South Carolina, will seek an 18th House term, defying a push for generational change." Power is a hard thing to give up. Twitchy, Hypocrite Josh Shapiro Uses Squatter's Rights to Build Himself a Security Barrier on Neighbor's Property. PJM's Matt Margolis wonders Is This the Scandal That Dooms Josh Shapiro’s Presidential Ambitions? I doubt it. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, Democrats Expel Fetterman After Repeated Warnings To Stop Supporting America https://buff.ly/QiR2gqH." Quick, while it's still a parody!

From Atop Da Hill, Oz: Millions may be falsely enrolled in ObamaCare. Ace, Dr Oz: Up to 25% of Obamacare Enrollment Might Be Pure Democrat/Foreign Piracy "What are the odds." Green Beret Nap Time @GBNT1952, "Remember when Southwest Key, Catholic Charities USA, and Endeavors, all non profit organizations, received about $5.6 billion of tax payer money under Biden from 2021-2024 to help facilitate illegal immigration? Their CEOs made millions of dollars in salaries and most of their executives made $600-700k salaries annually each, all funded by you and yours so they could relocate illegal aliens all over the country. Lots of people got rich off of our money to ensure the establishment never loses again. Now our legislature is refusing to pass the SAVE Act… I wonder why?" Quote Green Beret Nap Time @GBNT1952 Replying to @GBNT1952 Top NGO recipients of your tax dollars: Catholic Charities USA - $1.4B." Vicky Taft at PJM, Watch This Shock Voter Fraud Video in California — Then Tell Your Senator to Pass the SAVE America Act. jj smith @war24182236, "Mar09 2026 1:54pm Location 6th & Mission These people are paying people $5 dollars to sign a ballot, but as you watch the video their telling them what name to sign (which is someone else name) and what address to write. Seems kind of suspicious to me. Why not sign your own name and you can hear people doing it actually twice."

Cam at BA, Cornell Student Facing Felony Charges and 'Red Flag' Order After Rifle Purchase. Said he wanted to protect himself from ICE agents. Shooting News Week, Will Minnesota’s Proposed Mandatory Home Inspection Law Be Enough to Prompt SCOTUS Action? "The law states that, in addition to securing state permission or certification for the possession of existing weapons, owners must “agree to allow the appropriate law enforcement agency to inspect the storage of the device to ensure compliance with this subdivision.” And, Parolee With 131 Priors Caught After Setting Homeless Man on Fire in Mamdani’s NYC.

Dave Strom reports on Yet Another Immigration Enforcement Hoax That Went Viral. 

At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed, CNN Anchor: On Fifth Thought, Our Teleprompter May Have Gotten That Terror Attack A Skosh Wrong and Dave Strom, WTH, CNN? Yet More Massive Lies From the Network. Matt Margolis, CNN's Abby Phillip Issues Humiliating On-Air Correction for Pushing Fake News. Tim Young @TimRunsHisMouth, "A correction a day later is bullshit. Abby Phillip and Ana Navarro should be fired… they both knew what was said was false to begin with." Quote Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews "BREAKING - Not even a full 24 hours after CNN’s Abby Phillip was forced to issue a retraction after lying and claiming Mamdani was the target of the Islamist attack in NYC, Ana Navarro repeats the same exact lie with zero pushback from Abby."

Fred Lucas at Da Signal signals a First Grader’s ‘Any Life’ Message Sparks Major First Amendment Ruling. "The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of an elementary school student’s First Amendment rights after she was punished for adding the words “any life” to a picture of “Black Lives Matter.”"

From Breitbart, Report: Kansas Revokes Drivers’ Licenses of 1,700 Trans-Identifying Individuals for their declared sex not matching their biological sex.

Link Lauren @itslinklauren, The loudest feminist voices are suddenly silent regarding Iran’s women’s soccer team. Megan Rapinoe, Amber Glenn and all the female athletes who preach about supporting women... they're nowhere to be found. Such hypocrites and cowards.

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.12.26. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Holding Our Own up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.