Flotsam and Jetsam - Joe Biden Has Advanced Cancer

So when were they going to tell us, shortly before he stepped down to allow Kamala to serve 2 1/2 terms? BNO News @BNONews "BREAKING: Biden diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer." Fox, Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone. "Biden's office said the cancer is hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management." Driscoll at Insty, DEVELOPING: Biden Diagnosed With “Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer.” . . . "Flashback to CNBC in February of 2024: Biden is a ‘healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male,’ his doctor says after physical." . . UPDATE: Trump’s comms team issues well-worded response:" Sundance at CTH, Joe Biden Diagnosed with “An Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer” "Just in time to get rid of the questions about his cognitive abilities during his term in office . . . " Althouse is suspicious too, Is the news of Biden's advanced cancer news of a terrible scandal? "I'm reading "This is the Most Dangerous Cover-up in the History of the Presidency...." "Advanced prostate cancer takes +10 years to develop to the stage where Biden’s diagnosis is. Prostate cancer is also *easy* to find. Simple blood test or prostate exam will give you near 100% accurate results. You’re telling me that the best doctors and testing on earth did not *find* Biden’s cancer in all these years of testing? Was every medical report a lie? For how long?" Are we only receiving this news now to distract from the just-released Hur tapes — to quiet all criticism?" At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.18.25 (Sunday Substackery)  STUMP: Best Wishes To Former President Biden – A Prostate Cancer Diagnosis.  Matt Vespa at TownHall, Hey, CNN, Here's What's Really 'Extraordinary' About Biden's Prostate Cancer Diagnosis. End Wokeness @EndWokeness ""We just found his stage 4 cancer" is the new "he just has a stutter" 

To be fair, beginning with the finding of a nodule and then discovering advanced disease does not pass the sniff test. Someone not receiving adequate or routine healthcare this would make some sense but does not fit the level of medical supervision given to POTUS. https://t.co/ldujgqqWiM

— Dr. Drew (@drdrew) May 18, 2025

Jonathan Turley, “For Posterity’s Sake”: Why the Biden-Hur Tapes is a Virtual Racketeering Indictment. Althouse highlights "When asked why he removed classified material on Afghanistan, Biden admitted 'I guess I wanted to hang on to it for posterity’s sake.' That is precisely..." "... what critics on CNN and MSNBC accused Trump of doing: removing material as types of keepsakes or trophies. One president was indicted for that and one was sent along his way to a second term in office. The real indictment that comes out of these tapes is a type of political racketeering enterprise by the Washington establishment." Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Everybody Pretends to Be Shocked By Biden-Hur Tapes. Nobody Actually Is, Though. Randy Barnett @RandyEBarnett, "We don’t need @jaketapper or anyone else to tell us Biden has been increasingly senile since the 2020 election. We need them to tell us who was actually running the federal government from 2020-2024 and how they did it. You’re not coming clean until you come clean about that." Mark Judge (remember him?) at Hat Hair says Jake Tapper Is Why We Can’t Quit Stephen Glass, the New Republic fabulist. "In such an environment, where there is no honor and lies can actually help your career, Tapper is going to hang on, hire a crisis pr firm, and try and snake his way through." At Fox, Dave Marcus opines Old Man Biden’s autopen pardons should be null and void, "If he didn't know what was going on, then who really signed those zombie 'get-out-of-jail free cards?" A nice thought, but it'll never happen. 

Sundance hosts Sunday Talks – Secretary of State Rubio Discusses Ongoing Russia Negotiations and Geopolitical Events – Video and Transcript and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Debriefs on Current Trade Deals. From Da Caller, Trump Says Zelenskyy ‘Pissed Away’ Ukraine Aid. Roger Kimball at Am Great sees Trump in Riyadh: A Rejection of the Globalist Gospel. "Trump’s Riyadh speech rejected nation-building and globalist dogma, marking him as a bold champion of sovereignty over interventionism." Althouse responds "It is often said that the fact that Trump was not seen to have won in 2020 was a blessing in disguise." ""Why? Because had he been allowed to take office in January 2021, he would have still been surrounded by swamp creatures. His great liability when he first took office was that he did not understand how Washington worked. ..." The Brussels Signal seek to Understand Trump: a new doctrine for foreign policy without nuisance. At Hat Hair, Stephen Moore notes Trump wants to Cut Taxes on Made-in-America Products.

Matt Margolis, Is the Dems’ Worst Nightmare Coming True? "How could the country be revolting against Trump when Trump's popularity is surging in the deep blue state of New Jersey? According to a new Emerson College/Pix 11/The Hill poll, Trump is now viewed more favorably than New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.18.25 (Sunday Substackery) from Twitchy, Who’s Crying Now? Dems Are Losing Their Minds Over Trump’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’’ AI Rock Music Video. 

Da Wire reports FDA Makes Big Announcement On Fluoride, "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing from the market prescription drug products for children that contain concentrated ingestible fluoride, the agency announced this past week." Buck Throckmorton at Ace's, Dear Lee Zeldin: One More Item… "EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is constantly fulfilling my political wish list and reversing regulations in a manner that I only dreamed might ever happen. Again, this is why I voted for Donald Trump. Here are just a very few of the headlines we’ve been enjoying. This wish-list item just got passed in the past week: EPA Chief: Auto Start/Stop Technology Is Done. This headline obviously thrilled me: EPA Takes Action to Terminate EV Mandate. As did this one: EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change 2025." Gas cans!

The Manhattan Contrarian is considering Cutting Federal Spending: The Case Of Food Stamps. "Covid was the excuse for letting the food stamp rolls begin to explode again.  But at this point the pandemic has been over for at least three years.  It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the rolls are at a high level because the Biden people wanted them to be at a high level." NewsBusters,  Colbert Rants That GOP 'Can Eat a Bag of D****' Over SNAP Reform Proposal, so they must be worthwhile. NewsMax, A Trump Victory Unblocked by Judges, the Selfish, and Petty.

More from sundance, Sunday Talks – Devin Nunes Discusses Likelihood of Success for FBI Director Patel and Deputy Bongino and Sunday Talks – FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Dan Bongino Sit Down with Maria Bartiromo. At RedState, Susie Moore cites Kash Patel: 'Our Predecessors Intentionally Failed the American Public'...but Accountability Is Coming and Bob Hoge sees Bongino Destroy James Comey—the Man Who 'Brought Shame to the FBI Badge'—Over Deranged '86 47' Post. USA Today, Feds probe disputed tip Pfizer held Covid vaccine results until after 2020 vote: WSJ. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair adds As my friend, a retired federal prosecutor, explains, this could be a very big deal if it turned out to be true.

Charles Glasser at Insty, I HAD THIS ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE THIS EVENING: "See the double dodge here? The AP does a little fluffy piece on what “86” means. And the chatter is that Comey — God’s gift to law enforcement — had to know what it means. But see, the real whopper gets assumed away, missed or ignored. His Comeyness says: “I posted earlier a picture of some shells I saw today on a beach walk….” Who in their right mind believes that he “just came across” this? AP’s story at link below: The old slang term ’86′ probably started as restaurant-worker jargon. Suddenly it’s in the news."

At Twitchy, REPORT: Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Bomber Was 'Anti-Natalist' Identified As 25-Year-Old Edward Bartkus. NYPo, Palm Springs IVF clinic bomber ID’d as Guy Edward Bartkus, a ‘pro-mortalist’ who opposed people being born ‘without their consent’. And just how is that supposed to work? Stacy McCain, The Ultimate ‘Pro-Choice’ Logic? Weird New Terrorist Threat Emerges. "Mysterious as this was — suicide bombers are a phenomenon we usually associate with radical Islam — my speculation about the bomber’s motive never came close to the truth, which is weird beyond my imagination:"

At Hat Hair Betsy McCaughey explains The Evil Scheme Behind the Spate of Anti-Trump Lawsuits.

From Da Caller, Recruits Flood Into Border Patrol’s Ranks After Years Of Bad Morale Under Biden, Memo Shows. 

Buck at Ace's The Streisand Effect: Texas RINO Dade Phelan is Promoting the Memes He Is Trying to Criminalize. Sundance reports France Asks Telegram to Censor Conservative Voices Ahead of Romanian Election – Durov Tells Macron to Go Spit.

From the College Fix, Yale students go on pro-Hamas hunger strike; administrators refuse meeting. Don't eat, see if I care. Campus Reform, Harvard president rejects 'partisan' label in letter to Sec. McMahon amid clash with Trump admin. Toni Airaksinen, Prof who called Jewish Temples “Synagogues of Satan” Has Been Fired. At Am Mind, Why Foreign Campus Demonstrators Must Go.

At Da Caller, Piers Morgan Asks Left-Wing Feminist To Define What A Woman Is. It Does Not Go Well. “Okay, I’ll tell you. But I know that this is your tactic, this is what you do. What is a woman? I’ll tell you what a woman is. A woman is someone who at least at some point in her life felt scared of a man.”

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Snippets of Hur Tapes Released

Somebody, presumably in the Democrat camp, has released portions of the recordings Special Counsel Robert Hur made with President Biden during his investigation of the boxes of secret documents, some dating back to Biden's Senate years, found in his garage in Delaware (and elsewhere), and they're everything you've come to expect, a maundering old man without a clue. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.16.25 Twitchy, BREAKING: Portions of Biden’s Forgetful Interview With Robert Hur Has Been Released (LISTEN). Matt Vespa, Portions of the Tapes Between Biden and Special Counsel Robert Hur Have Been Released. They’re Brutal. Insty cites NRO, TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! Newly Released Biden-Hur Audio Captures Former President’s Stumbles from Special Counsel Interview. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Hur Tapes Released -- And It's Worse Than You Imagined; UPDATE: Receipts -- And a Question, "One has to wonder whether Hur himself or his investigators might have grown tired of the Democrats' attempts to claim that they never saw Biden slow down until the June 2024 debate. But why wait until a Friday afternoon to do so? There doesn't seem to be a good fit for the circumstances among any of the parties involved. Still, the only people with access to these tapes would presumably be the DoJ, Hur's team, and the Bidens' attorneys, at most. Hmmmm." Guy Benson @guypbenson, "Just made my way through this & other clips. They sound worse than they read. POTUS was constantly befuddled/disoriented. He came across precisely as Hur described him. They called Hur a liar. This was the same Joe Biden as the debate Biden, but a year earlier. Huge scandal and they’re still lying." Guy Benson @guypbenson, "100% exoneration of Hur. Every person around Biden KNEW Hur was correct and they attacked & impugned his integrity anyway, entirely due to politics. Go read their quotes at the time, then listen to the audio. The discrepancy PERMANENTLY impeaches their veracity & credibility." Anxious anxiously admits Prosecutor's audio shows Biden's memory lapses. Nick Arama at RedState takes note of the Tense Moment in Hur Interview When Attorney Intervenes After Biden Was Asked About Classified Memo. Matt Vespa again, Here Are Some of the People Who Owe Special Counsel Robert Hur an Apology. Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber "The scandal is MUCH worse than the Biden WH not releasing the tape. The so-called “independent” Merrick Garland crooked Justice Dept was SUBPOENAED by Congress to release it, he defied that subpoena after jailing Steve Bannon for defying one, then DOJ refused to jail Garland."

Joe Concha at WaEx, Jake Tapper’s ‘bombshell’ book on Biden’s decline is a laughable attempt to rewrite history. NYPo, Jake Tapper’s bombshell book on Biden mental decline could be made into a movie "A high-stakes bidding war is brewing in Hollywood over the rights to the upcoming political exposé by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson detailing the decline of Joe Biden, according to a report." Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald "Jake Tapper's book tour is the most brazenly fraudulent scam. Tapper today denounces Democrats as "disgraceful" for their "smear campaign" against "heroic" WSJ reporters who reported on Biden's cognitive decline. See video below: it was *Tapper* who smeared the WSJ for that!" Quote Mediaite @Mediaite, "Jake Tapper Rips Democrats for 'Smear Campaign' Against 'Heroic' WSJ Reporters: 'Disgraceful' https://mediaite.com/tv/jake-tapper." Western Lensman @WesternLensman "After the Biden/Clooney fundraiser video emerged, CNN’s Brian Stelter excitedly jumped in to run the “cheap fake” narrative for the White House. “The White House used the phrase “cheap fakes”…let me explain what that is…." We now know Biden didn't even recognize Clooney that day. CNN and Jake Tapper expect people to forget all of this — as they act like they were duped on the Biden decline coverup — instead of the active participants that they really were." Drew Berquist, Former Biden Aide Gets Triggered By Scott Jennings Repeating What China Said About Joe [WATCH] “During the Biden Administration the Chinese officials said, ‘Yeah, we knew we could ignore Biden. We could ignore whatever agreements we had because he was too weak and would never, ever stand up to us or stop us.’” From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Evening Edition) Da Fed, NY Times Publisher Laughably Claims His Paper ‘Reported Deeply’ On Biden’s Decline. Althouse finds "Plenty of Democrats are annoyed that 'Original Sin' has catapulted the issue of Biden’s enfeeblement back into the news..." ""... threatening to distract voters from Donald Trump’s rococo corruption. I think, though, that Tapper and Thompson have done the party a favor. . . Some sort of reckoning is due for the disastrous missteps that paved the way for Trump’s return.... Writes Michelle Goldberg, in "How Did So Many Elected Democrats Miss Biden’s Infirmity?" (NYT)". Some wishful thinking from PJM's Matt Margolis, Biden's Autopen Pardons May Just Get Invalidated "Ed Martin, the new DOJ pardon attorney and head of the Weaponization Working Group, isn’t wasting time. This week, he announced a review of the shady “autopen” pardons Joe Biden’s team rushed through in its final days. “These deserve some scrutiny,” he said." Capt. Ed reads Politico: Democrats Realizing Their Biden Nightmare Is Just Beginning. "For some reason, Democrats apparently never considered what a cover-up on the Joe Biden scale would do to their reputations." PJM's Scott Pinkser thinks Liberals Are on the Verge of a Major PR Pivot. And Their Next Target Will NOT Be Trump. "Over the past two weeks, there’s been a national PR shift: The Democratic Party has turned on Joe Biden. The one-two combination of Biden’s incoherent media appearances on the BBC and “The View,” plus the shocking allegations in the book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” have pushed the party’s base from denial to anger. But not just at Biden: The party’s base is furious with all the politicians who lied to them about Biden’s condition. Over the past week, there have been so many anti-Biden articles in the mainstream media — why, you would’ve thought he was a conservative." 

President Trump is back from his whirlwind tour of Arabia. Don Surber insists Trump triumphs in Saudi Arabia, "Again." At Da Mail, CNN black sheep's very surprising response to Trump Qatar plane freebie that's angered liberals and conservatives "'I mean, Scott would be calling it the Barack Hussein plane,' . . .'No,' Jennings simply stated. 'Barack "Huplane" Obama,' he quickly followed up, offering a pun - and some much-needed levity - in the otherwise austere debate." Matt Margolis, Here's What The Left Won't Tell You About the Qatar Plane Deal. “What no one’s talking to you about,” Mullin revealed, “is this same 747 has been in negotiations for a year. The Biden administration is the one that started these conversations. It didn’t start under the Trump administration. Why? Because we need a backup for Air Force 1. Because right now, the president of the United States is flying around on a 40-year-old plane, and there is no backup for it. The backup we had, the airframe started having structural issues.” Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree "So let me get this straight the plane that was a gift from Qatar was actually a conversation that was started a year ago by the Biden administration with the Qataris? You literally can’t make this stuff up."

At Am Think, John Di Leo thinks about What’s the Real Story on Trump’s ‘Deal’ with China? "This is more like a negotiated ceasefire in a long war, while the serious peace talks get underway." VodkaPundit at Insty, OH, CANADA: ‘If we’re going to play the independence game, we play to win’: Derek Fildebrandt on Alberta separatism. "On last night’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, Derek Fildebrandt from the Western Standard discussed Alberta’s rising independence movement as separatist sentiment heats up following another Liberal victory in the federal election." Sarah Anderson at PJM, Rubio and Trump: This Is the 'Only Way' to End the War in Ukraine "Rubio went on to explain that he believes the only way the Russia-Ukraine War will finally come to an end is if Trump and Putin sit down at a table together, face-to-face, and talk."

At Breitbart Business Digest, PPI Reports Shows U.S. Consumers Are Not Paying the Trump Tariffs. "If the tarifflation alarmists were right, we should have seen the proof by now." From Fox, Handful of Republicans sink Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' in key House committee, "The bill failed to pass the House Budget Committee on Friday." Republicans . . . NewsWeek is proud to report US Completely Loses Perfect Credit Rating for First Time in Over a Century. "Moody's Ratings downgraded the U.S. government's credit rating on Friday, citing repeated failures by successive administrations to control the country's growing debt. The agency lowered the rating from its highest grade, Aaa, to Aa1, noting that while the U.S. still benefits from key strengths—such as a dynamic economy and the global dominance of the U.S. dollar—its fiscal outlook has significantly deteriorated." I suspect this is enemy action on the part of the credit agencies. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Evening Edition), The Federalist, The Media Kept Rooting For A Tariff-Driven Recession. The Data Keep Disappointing Them, Cafe Hayek: Americans Have No “Consumption Addiction”, Oren Cass Continues to Be Mistaken, Yes to Market-Driven Foreign Investment; No to Protectionist-Driven Foreign Investment, The Triumph of Economic Freedom, and The Economic-Understanding Deficit Grows. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.16.25 Louder With Crowder, Trump’s new approval ratings are in, and CNN’s polling guru was forced to report news his network is gonna HATE.

It was a tough day in the court room for the Trump administration. Sarah Arnold at TownHall reports SCOTUS Sides With Illegal Alien Criminals in Alien Enemies Act Case. "In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court approved a request from Venezuelan nationals for an injunction to prevent their removal from the United States under the Alien Enemies Act. The Supreme Court contended that the Trump administration failed to provide the detainees with sufficient time or proper resources to contest their deportations." ET has 5 Takeaways From Supreme Court Hearing on Nationwide Injunctions, Birthright Citizenship. "The case could affect how judges can block future policies." Josh Blackmun at the Volokh Conspiracy, SCOTUS to CASA to A.A.R.P.: In Case Of (Perceived) Emergency, Ignore The Rules, And Make Stuff Up. At Da Caller, Supreme Court Justice Proves She’s Totally Clueless Yet Again. Jack Poso @JackPosobiec "No way Ketanji Brown Jackson is actually this clueless But she is..." At WaEx, DC Circuit panel skeptical of Trump administration ability to fire independent officials. Atop Da Hill, Judge says DOJ’s explanation for state secrets privilege in Abrego Garcia case ‘insufficient’. OTP, Federal Judge Says He’s Cool With Illegal Aliens Wandering In Military Zone. However, Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal reports a Judge Strikes Down EEOC’s Attempt to Force Businesses to ‘Deny Biological Truth’.

Stephen Kruiser notes James Comey Has Crawled Out of His Hole to Stink Up the Place. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey is reportedly under Secret Service escort to the Washington Field Office for questioning by investigators." Misty Severi at JTN reports Noem confirms DHS, Secret Service are investigating Comey social media post targeting Trump, "The social media post, which Comey shared on Instagram but has since removed, showed the numbers "8647" etched in the sand at a beach. The numbers are perceived as a call to "86" the 47th president, which is used as a call sign for murder." Althouse, "James Comey purports not to have known that 86 means to get rid of (after he posted a picture of rocks in the form 8647 (47 being easily read as a reference to Trump)). Is Comey credible?" "For the annals of Things I Asked Grok." Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson "BREAKING: President Trump goes scorched earth on James Comey for the assassination threat, says he knew exactly what “8647” meant: “You're the FBI director.. You know that meant assassination. He wasn't very competent, but he’s competent enough to know what that meant..”" Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson "BREAKING: Associate Deputy AG Ed Martin says James Comey is going to prison over Trump assassination threat — Either lie to the jury or admit he knew what "8647" meant: “He knew… He’s got a problem. Perjury traps are next. Going to jail on one or the other.”" Gavin M. Wax @GavinWax "The entire federal bureaucracy in DC was built to elevate unimpressive but impeccably credentialed sociopaths like Comey. These are products of elite institutions who mistake conformity for wisdom & status for merit. The system is rigged to exclude those with courage, conviction, & a genuine desire to serve the national interest." Charlie Martin at PJM says Let's 86 the 86 Thing, M'kay? I disagree. I doubt anything will really happen to him, but in the meantime I hope he enjoys the process he took joy in inflicting on Trump and his guys.

At Da Caller, Ed Martin Teases Potential Target For His DOJ Weaponization Group’s Microscope. “The bar associations exist with a sort of monopoly, but they also exist at the discretion of the courts,” he said, noting they mostly target conservatives. “I’ve seen the impact on the legal system, not only advocates like myself who are targeted, but rank and file prosecutors who are abused by the system because the left wants to have sort of lawlessness.” At Althouse, "Are you admitting that the case against Trump in New York was part of the organized Democratic Party resistance?" Scott Jennings@ScottJenningsKY, "I can't believe it. They finally admitted it on live TV: The prosecution of President Trump was an organized effort by the Democratic Party "resistance." Lawfare is real. The justice system was weaponized against President Trump."

Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "BREAKING: The DOJ set to announce charges against Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver as early as today for assaulting law enforcement at a New Jersey ICE facility, according to New Jersey Globe." New Jersey Globe, McIver set to be charged over Delaney Hall incident. "Habba going after Newark Democrat for her role in May 9 immigrant detention center scrum."

Amanda Heat at JTN reports FBI Director Patel confirms agents to vacate Hoover building. "Moving agents out of the so-called “swamp” could help decentralize establishment power and bring agents closer to the Americans they serve and protect." "Look, the FBI is 38,000 when we're fully manned, which we're not. In the national capital region, in the 50-mile radius around Washington, D.C., there were 11,000 FBI employees," he said. "That's like a third of the workforce. A third of the crime doesn't happen here, so we're taking 1,500 of those folks and moving them out." To be fair, a lot of high level crime occurs in DC. PM, Kash Patel to shut down FBI HQ, move 1500 agents out of DC. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, Kash Patel Says They're Movin' on Out. Move the central office to Fargo, ND.

PJM's Rick Moran asserts The 175,000 Pages of Federal Regulations Make a Mockery of the Term 'Rule of Law'. "The "Code of Federal Regulations" contains 48,000 sections spanning 175,000 pages. Each and every one of those regulations is backed by the full force of law. An estimated (because no one wants to spend their life calculating it) 300,000 federal regulations carry criminal penalties for violating them." We need a friendly District Court god judge to say they're null and void because nobody can keep track of it all.

At OTP, DOGE Stymied In Bid To Sink Its Teeth Into Government Accounting Office, In Bow To DOGE, Fed Chief Plans 10% Staff Reduction and Voice Of America Lays Off A Third Of Its Staff – 600 Employees. Tapscott at Insty, WHAT’S REALLY AT STAKE IN TRUMP’S CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS: "Dr. Donald Devine was “Reagan’s Terrible Swift Sword” back in the 1980s and he accomplished more to make government work more efficiently in five years as Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director than all the rest of the individuals who ever held the position. . ." She's baaaack! DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "EXPOSED: Soros, the Deep State & the Shadow Network Today, I launched a powerful new tool that indexes the National Endowment for Democracy journal... and here's what it uncovers: Dozen-plus Open Society Foundation staff, funded by George Soros, are writing in a U.S. government-backed journal. That journal is part of our taxpayer-funded National Endowment for Democracy, a quasi-government operation tied to foreign "democracy" missions- and Congress sits on its board. No conspiracy theories. This is hard data. This proves Soros and our intelligence apparatus are deeply intertwined."

From TNP, Soros Foundation Director Admits Progressive NGOs Use Lawfare to Protect Illegals Against Public Wishes. From Fox, Progressive (Soros funded?) prosecutor lets illegal immigrant teen off easy after 90-mph crash that killed 24-year-old woman "The father of 24-year-old Kaitlyn Weaver condemned a progressive DA's lenient probation-only sentence after deadly T-bone collision." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.16.25. At Louder with Crowder, Watch: Migrant Tells English Reporter Why He's Come To The UK, And It's Worse Than You Think.

Dave Strom at Hat Hair says NYT's 'Fascism' Narrative Is So Tiresome It Has Become Self-Parody. From the Free Bacon, ‘We Occasionally Misjudge’: Pulitzer Board Told Me I Was out of Line When I Asked Why the Organization Gave an Award to Palestinian ‘Poet’ Who Made Hateful Comments About Israeli Hostages "The board, and its overseers at Columbia University, don’t want to answer questions about whether they vetted Hamas apologist Mosab Abu Toha before giving him the coveted Pulitzer Prize for Commentary." From the College Fix, Racial slur charges dropped against Yale conservative leader – ‘cannot be proven’ “The allegations were never true,” Noble told the Yale Daily News. “Video evidence that existed from day one fully exonerated me, just as I said from the very beginning. The fact that it took nearly a year and exorbitant legal fees to get to this outcome is inexcusable.”

From Campus Reform, College presidents defend school policies at hearing as lawmakers slam responses to campus anti-Semitism. Christopher F. Rufo @realchrisrufo "Harvard officials now fear that their discrimination machine might expose them to criminal liability. Justice is coming." Quote Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79, "People inside Harvard realize “they are in an untenable crisis.” Some worry they could face “full-blown criminal inquiries.” They’re going to have to make a deal."

J@The_Feminist_TM "A lot of being “trans” has to do with males wishing they were the objects of sexual desire, and females wishing they weren’t."

There are still plenty of unused links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Evening Edition) and Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.16.25. Linked at the Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Indians Scalped! up on time and under budget.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Kamala's The Chosen One

Well, that was quick. Apparently realizing they were behind the curve in getting their ticket lined up, while Trump was continuing to gain ground, the delegates to the DNC conventions appear to have garnered enough votes to elect Kamala Harris on the first ballot, avoiding a potentially nasty floor fight, and bad feelings all around. Kamala, for her part promised to run, not on her record, but, felon, felon, felon! Stacy McCain, The Coronation of Queen Kamala: Why Are You Peasants Such Racist Sexists? NY Sun, Kamala Harris, Now Presumptive Nominee, Likens Trump to Predators, Fraudsters at First Campaign Event. "Late Monday night, Harris won the endorsement of the California delegation, putting her over the top for the convention next month." Sundance at CTH notes The Beatification of Kamala Begins. Of course, it is not all wine and roses in the Democrat camp. NewsWeek reports Barack Obama Stops Short of Endorsing Kamala Harris. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair says Pass the Popcorn: BLM Demands Open Primary for Dem Nomination. From Ace, Biden Mega-Donors Balk At Contributing to Kamala Harris, Saying She's Too Woke and Too Far-Left, "Well, obviously." Capt. Ed comments, "I'm not sure we'll see a "honeymoon" phase at all. Politicians get honeymoons because voters invested themselves in their candidacy. Voters never got the opportunity to choose the nominee after Biden's withdrawal, so I wouldn't expect to see much of a bump -- and whatever it may be won't last very long at all."  Breitbart cites New York Times: Kamala Harris Is the Least ‘Electable’ Democrat. PJM's Matt Margolis is on Democrat Civil War Watch: Has the Coup Against Kamala Already Started? and Rick Moran thinks Harris Won't Close the Massive 'Enthusiasm Gap' Between the GOP and the Democrats. Dave Masci at Discourse, Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss "A Harris candidacy may not change the dynamic of the presidential race as much as we think." Capt. Ed, "Had Democrats bit the bullet and held a competitive process to replace Biden, they almost couldn't help but choose a more favorable candidate than Harris. Of course, if they'd held honest primaries this year, they probably would have nominated a stronger candidate than either Biden or Harris, and they wouldn't be staring down the barrel of an electoral disaster." Frank Lunz, ‘I don’t know’: Swing voters debate who best to replace Biden. Althouse finds "Fate has presented Ms. Harris the rarest of political opportunities: to start a presidential campaign in the summer of an election year as a fresh, all-but-anointed candidate free to present her vision to all voters, not just to her own party." "From "What Harris needs to do, now, to win" by The Editorial Board of The Washington Post." ZitoSalena@ZitoSalena "Within a span of 36 hrs the Democrat establishment, a former president, almost all of Hollywood & progressive billionaire donors have ruthlessly pushed out Biden, a man they have known for a very long time to be frail & locked in Harris without once having to answer to voters." Insty, PLEASE CLAP. Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed, Democrats Are Rigging Their Own Election. Does Anyone Still Think They Didn’t Rig 2020?

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.23.24 (Afternoon Edition), EBL, Kamala Harris is ready to meet Biden’s performance standard, The Media and Democrats Reunite, and Who will be Kamala Harris’s Running Mate?, Twitchy: Chuck U. Schumer Has Jeb Bush Moment Trying To Push Kamala and it’s GOLD, Jerry, GOLD!, Joy Reid Threatening People Of Color To Fall In Line & Vote As They’re Told Does NOT Go Well, and Biden Finally Appears In Public! And at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.23.24 (Evening Edition) EBL: Biden: Bitter and Betrayed, Kamala Harris Is A Terrible Leader, , and Did Biden have a “medical emergency” in Las Vegas last week?, Twitchy: NYT Accuses “Far Right” Of Spreading Baseless Claims About Sleepy Joe’s Whereabouts, Alyssa Milano Shares A Weird Pic Of Her Crying Over Kamala, and Kamala Harris Cackles Her Way Into Wisconsin On A Real Life Episode Of “Veep”, Louder With Crowder, These Kamala Harris polls show maybe Dems yeeted Biden off the ticket “to save democracy” too soon, American Greatness: Chuck Schumer Endorses Kamala Harris During DC Press Conference, Asks For Applause, Doesn’t Get Any, American Thinker: The Biden Campaign and the Knives in the Senate, also, Who’s in Charge: Pelosi, Obama, or the Clintons?, The Geller Report: Anti-Israel Kamala Harris Refuses to Preside over the Senate for Benjamin Netanyahu’s Address to Congress this week, Legal Insurrection: Newsom Jumps on Kamala Presidential Bandwagon With Endorsement, Puts Own Ambition on Pause, Dave Portnoy: Democrats ‘Hijacked Democracy’ By Forcing Biden Out and Installing Kamala, The Campaign to Make Kamala Harris the New Barack Obama is Doomed, Media Conveniently Trots Out Woman/Sexism Cards to Ward Off Kamala’s Critics in Advance, Shark Tank: Donalds Says VP Harris Skipping Netanyahu Address Is Antisemitic, Volokh Conspiracy: Biden’s Withdrawal From the Presidential Race Is Not Anti-Democratic. The Federalist, Kamala Harris Can’t Hide Her History Of Abortion Extremism, Dems Who Called For Biden’s Removal Fail To Address How Voters’ Voices Will Now Be Heard, With Joe Biden Out Of Sight, We Effectively Have No President Right Now, Utah Certifies Primary Despite Claims Its All-Mail Voting System Disenfranchised Hundreds, 92 Percent Of Kamala Harris’ Staff Left In Her First Three Years As VP.

Hat Hair's Dave Strom tells the story of the  Harris Candidacy in a Nutshell, "It was the fakest thing I have ever seen." Brad Slager at RedState, takes A Look at Kamala's Track Record As VP: Numerous Assignments and Just As Many 'Incompletes.' WokeSpy posts the “Clip That Ended Kamala Harris’ First Presidential Campaign” Goes Viral As Joe Biden Steps Aside with Tulsi Gabbard. Capt. Ed says 

Anointing Harris Completes Divorce Between Dems, Working Class. Well, they haven't been living together anyway. Dave Strom at Hat Hair VIP calls Kamala: Obama 2.0. TownHall's Guy Benson says Don't Overthink It, Republicans. The Case Against Kamala Harris Is Straightforward. "But thanks to that race, she's on the record in favor of the defunding police and empowering criminals (a reckless pander that contradicted her only-partially-deserved 'tough prosecutor' image), ending private health insurance for 100 million Americans, forcing taxpayers to fund illegal immigrants' healthcare plans, de-criminalizing illegal immigration, destroying the Senate filibuster to pass the radical $93 trillion 'Green New Deal,' and requiring taxpayers to fund elective abortions throughout all nine months of pregnancy. She demanded a conversation about whether terrorists like the Boston Marathon bomber should have the right to vote. If there was a hardcore left-wing idea in her base's bloodstream, she ingested it. She is far to Biden's left. His failed policies would have been even worse if she'd gotten her way. Their administration would have been more openly hostile to Israel. And then there's the border crisis." At WUWT, Watch: VP Kamala Harris supports bans on plastic straws & offshore drilling – Changes to dietary guidelines to battle ‘climate change, & seeks ‘to get rid of the filibuster to pass a Green New Deal’ At Campus Reform, Kamala Harris wants to make college 'tuition-free once and for all'. Insty, has a GREAT MOMENT IN GASLIGHTING: Charlie Kirk@charliekirk11, "CNN's Dana Bash attempted to rebut claims that Kamala Harris is now, or ever has been, the "Border Czar." Regardless of the title, she was tasked with "stemming the flow" of illegal crossings and she failed spectacularly. Receipts " Insty, THE CLIP IS OLDER BUT THE ORIGINAL TWEET IS STILL UP: Clay Travis@ClayTravis, "Kamala Harris has refused to take down her Tweet about Jussie Smollett being the victim of a modern day lynching because “the facts are still unfolding.” Althouse, I'm getting a "Life of Julia" vibe.

Cutie Pavlich at TownHall asks Was the War Chest Transfer From Biden to Harris Legal? Justin Hart@justin_hart, "Here's where the war begins. The Biden campaign just filed a notice to the FEC that Kamala is no longer the VP candidate and changed the name (it appears of the committee) - look for the GOP to challenge this." Sounds like a conspiracy to violate Federal election law to me, a felony in New York. Are Kamala's signatures on any of the paperwork? Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair VIP, Biden's War Chest Transfer to Harris May Have Been Illegal. 

From the Right Scoop, HERE WE GO AGAIN: MSNBC says mispronouncing Kamala’s name is part of HATE campaign –. Althouse, "Who knows if presidential candidate (and fellow South Asian) Kamala Harris was raised the same way I was..." ""... with everyone having a stupider, faker name than their real one. In the public consciousness, at least, Harris has had plenty of names: Laffin’ Kamala, Veep, Brat, Momala (my personal favorite).... But through it all is one clear constant, already a thorn in the sides of a lot of brown people across the world: Even when you think you’re saying Harris’ first name right, you’re still saying it wrong....". Da Freep, No, Kamala Harris Is Not ‘Brat’ "Zoomers might see it as a compliment, but the VP should’ve thought twice about embracing Charli XCX’s endorsement."

Matt Margolis says Joe Biden Wasn’t Brave, Selfless, or Patriotic for Dropping Out. I'll bet it payed, bigly. As Jim Geraghty notes Biden Passes the Torch as a Voice on a Speakerphone, but it might have been an AI deep fake. Capt. Ed, Did Democrats Conduct a 'Palace Coup'? VodkaPundit at PJM, OUT: 'Weekend at Bernie's' … IN: 'The Death of Stalin'. Jordan Schachtel at the Dossier claims an Exclusive: President Biden suffered an undisclosed medical emergency during his time in Las Vegas, police sources say. Mini-stroke? Althouse, "President Joe Biden reportedly experienced an undisclosed medical emergency during his visit to Las Vegas on July 17, 2024." Jen Van Laar at RedState, Sources Say Joe Biden Suffered Neurological Event Before Suddenly Leaving Las Vegas. Matt Walsh@MattWalshBlog, "the president swore for weeks that he wouldn’t drop out of the race. Then he got sick, disappeared from the public eye, dropped out of the race through a tweet, and hasn’t been seen since. The corporate media is trying to gaslight us into thinking this is all fine and normal." Sean Davis@seanmdav, "CNN had a meltdown and created its own Melania Trump tracker when the former First Lady wasn't in public for a few days. We haven't seen proof of life from the alleged president of the United States in nearly a week, even as we're told he has chosen to drop out of the presidential race. Where is Joe Biden?" At Racket, Matt Taibbi wonders Who's Running This Country? "Joe Biden is too incapacitated to run for re-election, but plans to stay in office. What the hell is going on?" Insty sees SIGNS OF LIFE! "Mr. Burns Spotted Inspecting  Springfield Nuclear Power Plant." Bari Weiss at Freep, The Era of the Noble Lie. At USA Today, Conservatives told the truth about Biden. Democrats failed to listen. They knew. They just thought winning was more important. Breitbart Reports Joe Biden Cancels Nearly Ten Trips After Exiting Presidential Race. Twitchy, Read This NYT Hagiography of Joe Biden From Two Days Before the Debate. 

ZeroHedge, DOJ Magically Finds 117 Pages Of Biden Transcripts. Politico, Feds discover transcripts of Biden chats with biographer "Justice Department relents by contacting former special counsel Robert Hur to respond to records requests." Insty calls it RATHER CONVENIENT TIMING.

Dave Strom, This Is the Weirdest Political Period in My Life. Jack Poso@JackPosobiec "If you want one interview that sums up everything that's happened over the past 10 days, this is the one:"

The assassination failed, so they took out Biden. Jack Posobiec on how America changed forever in eight days.

(1:00) Reacting to Joe Biden Dropping Out of the Race
(17:25) Kamala Harris
(28:01) Female Leadership
(33:12) Trump Shooting Timeline
(1:01:48) What Was the Shooter’s… pic.twitter.com/94ZGzXiz3v

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 22, 2024

PJM's Stephen Kruiser has Your Friendly Reminder That the Democrats Are Brilliant at Using Chaos to Their Advantage. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.23.24 (Afternoon Edition), Dana Loesch: Last Week In Legal – Mar-A-Lago Case Dismissed, Joe Biden Drops Out, and Last Week In Legal – Fani Gets A Date Edition.
 

Fox, US corporate bankruptcy filings surge – here are the business types that led. ZeroHedge, 'Worst Since COVID Lockdowns' - Regional Fed Surveys Plunged In July. Fair Tax, Interest Payments on US National Debt Will Shatter $1,140,000,000,000 This Year – Eating 76% of All Income Taxes Collected.

Stacy McCain, Secret Service Boss Resigns After Disastrous Congressional Testimony. Capt. Ed, BREAKING: Cheatle Resigns After Capitol Hill Humiliation. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Kimberly Cheatle Bolts From Secret Service As GOP Senator Posts New Bodycam Footage From Rooftop. Althouse likes her NYT, "Secret Service Director Resigns... Kimberly A. Cheatle gave up her post Tuesday after security failures that allowed a gunman to shoot at former President Donald J. Trump at an open-air rally." The Babylon Bee snarks, Secret Service Director Resigns In Disgrace For Failing To Assassinate Trump. Mike Ard at Discourse sees The Secret Service in the Line of Fire "After its stunning security failure on July 13, investigators must press for overdue and major reforms." Insty, THERE NEED TO BE CONSEQUENCES UP AND DOWN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND FROM HER: Cheatle Resigns and for Good Cause. “The worst performance I have seen in any congressional hearing.” Sundance at CTH, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Resigns – Mayorkas Appoints Ronald Rowe as Replacement. Ace, Mayorkas Stacks Panel Investigating Trump Assassination With Deep State Ringers. "Of course. Why would you stack the panel with reliable leftwing partisans if you weren't trying to rig the report?" Mark Tapscott at PJM, Congress Cannot Ignore Former Secret Service Director Cheatle's Middle Fingers. You overstate Congresses resolve. 

Ace, Whistleblower: The Secret Service Didn't Post Anyone On that Rooftop Beause... It Was Hot That Day! "The old story: The 5 degree slope was too dangerous for men paid to take a bullet. The new story: It was so hot you guys. DEI is so awesome. Daily Caller:" Sundance, Representative Eli Crane Notes a Report that Assassin Thomas Crook’s House was Scrubbed Prior to Investigation. By him, or by the FBI? WokeSpy, Biden Admin Beefed Up Secret Service Protection for Ukraine’s Zelensky While Denying It to Trump. Althouse, "[Thomas Matthew Crooks] was a straight A student. He participated in class discussions. He truly excelled in science and math and...."  "Thrush does have that caveat — he says it twice in the interview — that investigators may find something more, but you see how a lone gunman theory emerges: He was another one of those isolated, alienated young men. It wasn't about ordinary political partisanship. He was looking for famous people, looking for fame. We'll probably never really know and will need to accept some level of ambiguity... that's where we're headed on this one."

Jazz Shaw reports Trump Refused Stretcher After Assassination Attempt. Sundance hosts as President Trump Discusses Assassination Attempt – Pledges to Declassify all Documentary Evidence. Jonathan Turley has a good laugh, Was Donald Trump the Victim of White Privilege? A Democratic Member Wants to Know. Jeff Charles at RedState, Secret Service Urges Halt to Trump's Outdoor Rallies After Assassination Attempt, but what will Kamala give up? Dave Strom, Want Up to the Minute on Assassination Attempt? Listen to Bongino. From Campus Reform, Rutgers prof after Trump assassination attempt: 'Let's hope today's events inspire others': EXCLUSIVE.

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.23.24 (Afternoon Edition), Louder With Crowder, Joy Behar is UNHINGED because Donald Trump thanked God for saving his life, CDR Salamander: Assassination Attempts, Spin, Accountability, & A Culture Of Untruth, American Power: White Rural Rage, Mapping Political Violence, and The Death of a President, The Federalist: CNN: It’s ‘Wildly Irresponsible’ For Trump — Who Was Shot In The Head — To Say Secret Service Didn’t Protect Him, and Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Resigns In Disgrace More Than A Week After Attempt On Trump’s Life.

Dave Strom, Donald to Biden: You're Fired--and Harris is Next! VodkaPundit says Wait Until You See What the New Owners Did to Trump's D.C. Hotel, went broke. Salena Zito, sees The Most Important 42 Miles in American Politics. 

From Twitchy, Riley Gaines ENDS Hakeem Jeffries for Claiming MAGA EXTREMISTS Can't Lecture Dems on Democracy and DAMN. 

At WaEx, Alphabet Soup: Has the DEI bubble finally burst? Shift in the private sector. Insty at his NYPo gig, The private sector is ditching DEI, but government can’t let go. 

Ace, Elon Musk: I Vowed to "Kill the Woke Mind Virus" After I Was "Tricked" Into Approving Transgender Surgery for My Son. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Assassination Story Gets Stinkier, Biden Hangs In

The reports about the attempted Trump assassination by Thomas Crooks in Butler, Pennsylvania last Saturday still stink. Via NewsMax, FBI: Rally Shooter May Have Scoped Site 6 Days Earlier. "Geolocation data found on a cell phone linked to Crooks, 20, showed that he could have been near the Butler Farm Show grounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 7, a week before the shootings that injured Trump and two rallygoers and killed local firefighter Corey Comperatore . . . " WSJ, cited at Hat Hair, Assassin Used Drone on Saturday to Map Site. Sundance at CTH, Attempted Assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks Flew Drone Over Trump Rally Site on Day of Shooting – 2 Cell Phones, Laptop and USB Drives Being Reviewed. Insty cites Fox, SECRET SERVICE SOURCE: WOULD-BE TRUMP ASSASSIN HID RIFLE AHEAD OF DEADLY RALLY SHOOTING. “It was not immediately clear where he hid it, however.” Smart money’s gotta be on the slightly sloped roof, right? Dan Greenfield at Front Page, There Was Plenty of Warning About the Trump Assassin "The shots did not come out of nowhere." Crooks had been spotted on the scene, behaving suspiciously and even on the roof. The 20-year-old was the subject of law enforcement alerts including those triggered by a call from his parents. He had been previously accused of threatening a school shooting. He was searching for information about the rally and event dates." From Da Mail, Trump shooter Thomas Crooks threatened to 'shoot up' his high school and 'put bombs in the bathrooms' years before his failed assassination attempt on the former president. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Classmate of Would-Be Assassin Says He Was a 'Known Trump Hater,' but Feds Don't Know Motive. They never know the motives of the lefties who commit any kind of violence, but are always sure of the motives of any right wingers. Sundance at CTH Video Shows U.S Secret Service Spotting and Watching Shooter Prior to Shots – Doing Nothing, Then Flinching with Inbound Bullets. No Pasaran! goes there, The expiscatory Question is, Was the Trump assassination fail procedural (i.e., incompetence) or operational (i.e., a sanctioned kill fail)? with lots of good links.  At Da Caller, EXCLUSIVE: Tucker Carlson Says ‘Not Crazy’ to Think ‘It Wasn’t Just a

 Lone Gunman.

Josh Hawley@HawleyMO, "Whistleblowers tell me that MOST of Trump’s security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service. DHS assigned unprepared and inexperienced personnel." Henry Rogers at Da Caller claims an EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers Break Silence: Staffing Shortages Because Of NATO Summit, Jill Biden Event Put Trump At Risk. At BlazeMedia, Secret Service scandal: MORE shocking security failures exposed by expert. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Why Aren't We Getting Public Updates About Last Saturday? UPDATE!: SHOOTER USED DRONE! PBR, ‘We’ll never get the truth’: FBI to investigate Trump shooting and folks have a REAL problem with this. "“The FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office leading the investigation into the bloody assassination attempt on President Trump also originally led the investigation of Hunter Biden’s shady business dealings and was also involved in the probe of Jim Biden’s shady Americore deal,” noted investigative journalist Paul Sperry." At Da Hill, Secret Service says Kimberly Cheatle will appear for Monday hearing. RCP, Secret Service Chief Faces Mounting Pressure To Resign. Obama's SS director resigned after a fence jumping episode. 

Virginia Kruta at Da Wire, Shooting Victim Speaks Out After Surviving Trump Assassination Attempt. Da Caller, Trump Unveils Tribute For Former Fire Chief Killed During Rally Attack.

Leil Leibowitz at CJ, Let’s Talk About Political Violence. "The Biden administration should adopt a strong stance against all political violence—including the anti-Semitic mayhem on college campuses." Capt. Ed, "Whether or not this is the intent, the practical outcome of choices made by Biden and other progressive administrations at the state and local level has been to treat political violence harshly ... unless it's intended to advance a progressive agenda. That sends a signal that encourages more violence from the left, and any retaliatory violence only feeds this cycle." Paula Bolyard at PJM reports a Fire Destroys Historic Dallas Church Pastored by Trump Supporter Robert Jeffress. I expect the FBI to find it's nothing. 

Behind the Black says The Trump assassination attempt provides another illustration of our bankrupt press/media. Dave Strom, Ear Trutherism Is Being Mainstreamed By AP, PBS, and Now WaPo's Jen Rubin and George Conway Makes the Case for Trump's Assassin.  Brad Slager at RedState, New Poll Shows Democrat Voters Are Spiraling With the Media As the Number of Blue-Anon Believers Swells.  Da Mail, Tennis legend Martina Navratilova hits out at Donald Trump and labels former president's ear bandage a 'PR stunt'. The Free Bacon reports BlueAnon Rears Its Head: One-Third of Dems Believe Conspiracy Theory That Trump Staged Assassination Attempt. Shooting News thinks David Hogg’s Take on the Trump Assassination Attempt Further Devalues a Harvard Education. 

DCJournal, The Assassination Attempt Isn’t the End of America. No, but it's not a good sign, either.

Dave Strom provides a Democrat Civil War Update: It Has Heated Up.... "Don't believe the reports that Biden has conceded that he must leave the race ",  The Democrat Civil War Is Getting Nasty. "Biden is pissed. Really pissed," and DNC Still Trying to Lock It In for Biden, As Democrats Fracture, Biden Calls Himself the Unifier. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed listens to the Biden Campaign Chair: 'Absolutely' Staying in Race, right up until the second he isn't. Also, New Developments: White House Pushes Back, DNC Speeds Back Up; UPDATE: 'Fan Fiction', The Progressempire Strikes Back: Bernie, AOC Blast Dump-Biden Movement; Update: Jeffries Backs Biden, and  Team Biden Nukes Obama, Schumer, Pelosi: They Gave Us Trump in 2016! Jim Treacher, Joe Won't Go. "All he needs is "No."" Althouse, Absolutely he's in... until he's out. Anxious, "Don't watch cable news": Biden campaign tries to rally staff. Ace, Biden Aides: Claims About Biden Withdrawing Are Fictitious; We Have Made No Preparations for the "Withdraw" Being Reported on Regime Media. "Huh. What if this all just another hoax?" Mary Chastain at LI hears Kamala Harris to Big Democratic Donors: ‘We are Going to Win’ 

Noah Rothman at NRO thinks Democrats Are Already Past the Point of No Return. Rick Moran at PJM sees The Final Days: A Bitter, Resentful Biden Slow-Walks His Exit From the Campaign. Ward Clark at RedState, Biden Family Discussing Exit Plans - Are Deals Being Made? Ace, Cuck Newsletter "The Bulwark: "It's Never Been Darker." Democrats Have Never Before Fallen Into Such "Despair." "Your tears are -- well, they're not delicious. They smell like your wife's boyfriend's cum. But I do like seeing you all cry like bitches."  Sundance, Pelosi Calls for Open Convention as List of Democrats Calling for Biden Withdrawal Increases. Capt. Ed sees Morning Joe Retreat: Get Biden Out of the Race. Da Caller, ‘Second Greatest Act Of Political Malpractice’: Dem Rep Blasts Biden Campaign For Continuing Despite Fitness Concerns. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, How Much Is That Puppet in the Window? "Well, the suspense is killing me." At Fox, Trump campaign on Biden turmoil: 'Democrats can’t even figure out who their nominee should be.' "Biden campaign insists president ‘staying in this race’ despite reports he’s wavering."

Nick Arama thinks Biden Tweets About Trump's RNC Remarks, Reveals One Reason He's in So Much Trouble. Joe Biden@JoeBiden, "I’m stuck at home with COVID, so I had the distinct misfortune of watching Donald Trump’s speech to the RNC. What the hell was he talking about?" And then proceeds to lie like a rug. Check this one out from Insty, HELTER STELTER. OTP. Biden Goes For Jill Lookalike. Paul Bedard at WaEx reports Biden to earn more in retirement than as president, and that's before the Democrat party payoff. At Da Caller, Biden Called For ‘Unity,’ But His DOJ Refuses To Drop Cases Against Trump.

Sean Davis@seanmdav "They’ve already released the transcript. How on earth could the recording interfere with anything…unless it’s different than the transcript they released and claimed was accurate?
Quote Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney. "While Trump was speaking, DOJ filed a brief opposing efforts to FOIA the Biden-Hur recording, saying it could interfere with "pending investigations and reasonably anticipated future investigations.""

Dave Strom has Thoughts on the Convention and Donald Trump and Now It Is The Nation Talking Up The Tone of the Republican Convention. Capt. Ed sees A Sober, Reflective Trump Takes the Stage -- And Keeps It. At Hat Hair, Hulk Hogan Brings 'Trumpamania' to the RNC. WaEx reports Trump makes pitch to ‘all of America’ and solidifies hold over GOP in RNC acceptance speech. At Althouse, "Viewed from the traditional American abundance mind-set, MAGA looks less like an American brand of conservatism and more like a European brand of conservatism."  "Writes David Brooks, in "What Democrats Need to Do Now" (NYT). Somehow I thought you should know he's saying that. Be it known that it’s not just a matter of getting on your Harley and hitting the open road." Sasha Stone notes  Finally, They Said Their Names "Fallen Heroes and a Hero's Welcome at Night 3 of the RNC." At the Wrap,  Washington Post Deletes Post ‘Mischaracterizing’ American-Israeli Hostage Parents at RNC. 

“When his parents speak publicly, they don’t talk about Israel’s assault on Gaza,” the original post read – which sparked backlash." Capt. Ed says File this in the You Don't Hate the Media Enough box, already overstuffed. Beege Welborn, 'WHO?' POTATUS a Couple Hostages Short of a Full Retort.

'Becca Downs at TownHall  sees NBC News Decided That This Would Be the Opportune Time for a Live Hit on JD Vance, gets shut down by crowd. From Twitchy, NO MERCY! Tulsi Gabbard Goes Full-FAFO Taking Kamala Harris APART (Again!) for Dig at JD Vance and Mary Katharine Ham DROPS Yale Weirdo for Sharing Old College Pic to Shame Usha Vance for Being at RNC.  The Victory Girls say Congrats, JD Vance! The New York Times Has Slimed You! No higher honor. TAG, Gun Groups Support Trump’s Choice for VP. Breitbart hears ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Trends Big on Netflix Following JD Vance VP Pick. Paul Bedard thinks Trump did it: 75% of GOP like the Vance pick. Sundance is suspicious of The Mirror, "Both Barry Sotero (Obama) and James Bowman (Vance) are mirror images of each other; the playbooks used to create both are identical."

NYPo reports Trump gets bump in two more swing-state polls since attempted assassination. Cami Mondeaux at WaEx hears Republicans view New York as ripe to flip into GOP control. I'm not counting that chicken just yet. Bloomberg@business, "Mark Zuckerberg said that Donald Trump’s immediate reaction after being shot was “badass” and inspiring — without endorsing the former president."  Althouse, "Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most badass things I've ever seen in my life." ""But look, as an American, it's, like, hard not to get emotional about that spirit and that fight. And I think that's why a lot of people like the guy." Said Mark Zuckerberg, who's not endorsing anyone this time around." Sundance Mark Zuckerberg Praises Donald Trump as An American “Badass”. "Not only does this put the DNC at a deficit for their ballot harvesting operation; on the other side of the coin billionaire Elon Musk has pledged $45 million per month to help the RNC counteract the ballot harvesting operation of the DNC." Breitbart features a Poll: 80% of Americans Fear U.S. Is ‘Spiraling’ Out of Control Post-Assassination Attempt. 

NYPo, Fed judge tosses GOP challenge to Nevada’s mail-ballot counting rules: They ‘lack standing’, Obama judge. 

Paul Bedard, Peter Navarro: Trump 2.0 will start fast with executive orders and ‘Iron Triangle’. 

NYPo, CIA says it gave false information to Congress about ‘Spies Who Lie’. Whoops, sorry, won't do it again, honest injun! "“This mistake was based on a misreading of the contract documentation,” Robert Dugas, CIA deputy general counsel of litigations and investigations, wrote in a Wednesday letter to Morell’s lawyers, which the CIA acknowledged to The Post Thursday." 

Leslie Eastman at LI, Microsoft CloudStrike Defect Launches ‘Blue Screen of Death’ Worldwide

“This is what Y2K wishes it was.” Hans Mahncke@HansMahncke reminds us "Today is not the first time that Crowdstrike has caused huge misery for the country, and even the world. Eight years ago, Crowdstrike claimed that Russia hacked the DNC. The consequences of that claim were catastrophic, leading to the fraudulent Mueller witch hunt and to the criminalization of diplomacy with Russia. Years later, Crowdstrike's Chief Security Officer admitted that Crowdstrike had no evidence to support its claim."

Walt Hudson at Hat Hair VIP, on The LGBT Ratchet: Exposing Minnesota's Insidious 'Conversion' Policies. Jazz Shaw, California Sued Over Ban on Parental Trans Notifications  Da Blaze, Dad awarded full custody of son whose mother tries to raise him 'non-binary' celebrates major victory with Allie Beth Stuckey. 

Bella Hadid

Da Mail, Adidas DROPS Bella Hadid from advertising campaign for retro sneakers first designed for 1972 Olympics that saw terrorists kill 11 Israelis - following outcry over her pro-Palestine views. Capt. Ed, Adidas claims that the connection was "unintentional," but ...  come on, man. Does anyone use Google? 

Larry Correia@monsterhunter45 explain how cancellation works "Oh here we go. This is the part where a random dipshit claims that because I'm still alive and functioning, I was never really "cancelled", and surely, I'm not so important that any liberals would waste time trying to sabotage little old me! . . .  Fuck 'em. The pendulum is swinging back. I hope it smashes them in the face." Kevin Downey at PJM, Girl, 7, 'Too Young' for First Amendment Rights, Punished for 'Racist' BLM Drawing. "The little girl was forced to publicly apologize to her friends and teachers on a playground. She was booted from recess for two weeks and was told she couldn't draw pictures for two weeks, which is why the girl's family is suing the Capistrano Unified School District."

The Wombat makes up time with Rule 5 Sunday: Hangar Queen Double-Scoop Sunday! and FMJRA 2.0: A Glimmer of Hope.