Flotsam and Jetsam - BBB Passes House Test Vote

From Fox, Schumer forces name change for 'big, beautiful bill' moments before it passes, "Senate passes Trump's $3.3T bill after Schumer removes 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' title. . . . Asked whether he hoped to irritate Trump by changing the name of the bill, Schumer responded, "I didn't even think of President Trump. I thought of the truth. This is not a beautiful bill." Inflation Reduction Act anyone? CBS whines House nearing final vote on Trump's "big, beautiful bill". "The House voted 219-213 overnight Wednesday, after hours of delay, to advance President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" for debate before a final vote. GOP leaders had to overcome pushback over changes the Senate made to the legislation. That final vote is expected soon. The key procedural vote began at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and wrapped up at about 3:20 a.m. as GOP holdouts were pressured to vote "yes."" Catturd ™ @catturd2 "Breaking … all House Democrats to vote on a 68% tax hike for the middle class." Quote Hakeem Jeffries @RepJeffries, "Every single House Democrat will vote no on Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill. Keep the pressure on." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn thinks there's Nothing Madder or Sadder Than a Weepy Fauxcahontus. Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren "After 26 hours of fighting on the Senate floor, Republicans voted to rip health care from millions of people and let little babies go hungry. And they cheered. I'm angry. You should be too. But this fight isn't over." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Trump's Reconciliation Package Makes Good on a Key Promise to Seniors, Here Are the Three Traitors Who Almost Wrecked the Reconciliation Package , and Does Thomas Massie Have a Bloc of 10 'No' Votes or Not? Here's His Response. Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie, "I don’t have a bloc of anything. There are probably 10 NO’s at the moment, but I don’t speak for them or vouch for them."

Ace, CNN Poll: Trump Now More Beloved By Republicans Than Even the Great Ronald Reagan Was. (((Harry Enten))) @ForecasterEnten, "GOP voters love for Trump is record breaking. His strong approval (63%) is up like a rocket from term 1 (53%). It's higher than any GOP prez on record at this pt. 95%+ of those Trump endorses win primaries. When you mess with Trump, you go in the grinder to quote Good Burger." PJM's Scott Pinsker introduces Meet the ‘Mercenaries’ Who Will Destroy the MAGA Movement, Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and MTG. "Eventually, all movements end — and when they do, it’s usually with a sad little whimper, not a big, glorious bang. They just sort of fizzle out (either because they achieved their goal and have nothing left to fight for, or they’ve had their [tushies] kicked and thrown in the towel)." Let's hope for the former. PJM's Ashley McCully says Waffle House Proves That Trump's Policies Are Egg-cellent. Waffle House @WaffleHouse, "Egg-cellent news…as of June 2, the egg surcharge is officially off the menu. Thanks for understanding!" At ET, US Job Openings Unexpectedly Soar to 7.7 Million as Labor Demand Remains Solid, "Job vacancies in the federal government declined by 39,000 in May." Reuters whines Fed rate cut bets rise after Powell doesn't rule out July. 

At the Peacock, Pentagon halts weapons shipment to Ukraine amid concerns over U.S. stockpile. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Trump Warns Hamas: Take This 60-Day Temporary Pause ... or Else. Rod Bishop at RCD, Operation Midnight Hammer—Can’t We All Just Be Proud Americans? Nope. A majority of Democrats now support Hamas. Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC, "NEW: CNN's Harry Enten *GOBSMACKED* by how pro-Palestinian Dems have become. "In 2017, the Democratic Party was a pro-Israeli party. Look at this: They sympathized with the Israelis by 13 points more than with the Palestinians." "But look at the sea change! Now Democrats sympathize more with the Palestinians by 43 points!" "Oh my God! That is a change in the margin of 56 points over the course of just eight years!" "So all of a sudden, it's the pro-Palestinian position that actually reigns supreme in Democratic politics — not the Israeli position."" At the Victory Girls The People’s Union USA Wants You to Boycott July 4th — Please Do! RCP, Democrats, Animated by Loathing of Trump, Are Driving Their Party to Self-Destruction.

Insty at his NYPo gig says Mamdani’s grocery scheme is foolish — but there’s method to the madness. The graft. Virginia Kruta at Da Wire hears ‘We’ll Have To Arrest Him’: Trump Threatens Action If Zohran Mamdani Tries To Block ICE, "Look, we don't need a communist in this country but if we have one I'm going to be watching over him very carefully." The California Globe is Making the Case for Denaturalizing and Deporting Zohran Mamdani "There indeed are compelling legal, national security, and political grounds that Mamdani is deportable under U.S. law when evidence substantiates fraud or concealed ties to prohibited groups during his naturalization process seven years ago."

Matt Vespa celebrates that USAID Is No More...and CNN Totally Melted Down. Media Lies @MediasLies "Anand Giridharadas stated on MSNBC that USAID cuts since January 2025, influenced by Elon Musk, led to 300,000 deaths, citing a Boston University study by Brooke Nichols. These figures lack primary evidence, and no such study has been confirmed. Attributing this solely to Musk oversimplifies complex policy decisions. Comparing it to Vietnam War casualties is misleading, as the contexts differ significantly." Driscoll at Insty, WAIT, I THOUGHT EVERYBODY DIED ALREADY FROM NET NEUTRALITY ENDING AND GLOBAL COOLING WARMING: Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays, "This looks like a Dilbert situation. An organization makes a hard-to-check-and-probably-exaggerated claim of saving millions of lives via their excellent work. When their funding is cut, they can claim it kills those imaginary people they saved." Quote Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal, "FORMER USAID ADMINISTRATOR CLAIMS TRUMP CUTS COULD COST 12 MILLION LIVES Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power says Trump era cuts to global health programs are dismantling aid under the false label of efficiency. . . " At Da Wire, Trump: ‘DOGE Is The Monster That Might Have To Go Back And Eat Elon’ "'I don’t know, we’ll have to take a look,' Trump said, when asked if Musk should be deported." Brandon Morse at RedState sees Democrats Try to Block Info About Something They Swear Isn't Happening... Again. "As reported by Libs of TikTok, 20 Democrat-led states are suing the DHS in order to make them stop looking into whether Medicaid dollars have been spent on illegals."

ET, Judge Blocks DHS From Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Immigrants "More than 500,000 Haitians are covered under the Temporary Protected Status program, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem." Using the class action dodge allowed in the recent Supreme Court ruling. Margot Cleveland at Da Fed says We Still Have An Imperial Judiciary, Yet Trump Continues To Exercise Extreme Restraint. But Shooting News Weekly is pretty happy an Obama District Court Judge Rules California’s Non-Resident Concealed Carry Ban Violates the Second Amendment. 

At Althouse, "The Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidated a state abortion ban that was enacted in 1849 and had been dormant for five decades...." The NYT reports. "That is, the decision is based on statutory interpretation and not on a state constitutional right. It's up to the legislature to make new law restricting (or permitting) abortion." Dan O'Donnell @DanODonnellShow, "Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley may just have written an even better dissent than Amy Coney Barrett."

Bonchie at RedState, New: CIA Assessment Reveals How Far Obama Administration Went to Frame Trump, Implicates Officials. CIA Director John Ratcliffe @CIADirector, "All the world can now see the truth: Brennan, Clapper and Comey manipulated intelligence and silenced career professionals — all to get Trump. Thank you to the career @CIA officers who conducted this review and exposed the facts." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Obama’s Trump-Russia collusion report was corrupt from start: CIA review https://trib.al/O43mJYW" Richard Grenell @RichardGrenell, "I’ll take Things We Already Knew for $500."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair how the FBI Covered Up Chris Wray's Perjury on Chinese election interference on behalf of Joe Biden. Catherine Herridge @C__Herridge. "NEW: Heavily redacted @FBI emails released via @ChuckGrassley @FBIDirectorKash •FBI HQ interfered with Albany NY investigation into alleged Chinese 2020 Election Interference •Designed to shield then FBI Director Wray from political blowback over his Congressional testimony •Emails suggest FBI HQ was focused on optics, not fact finding two months before the election AMONG KEY EMAILS: pg. 23 "A new 1023 will be needed, that will have updated date of acquisition and contact, with an updated source context statement. AND it will have to run the gamut at HQ for review/approval. Again, the reporting will contradict Director Wray’s testimony." NOTE: FD-1023 is used to record information from confidential human sources." Breccan Thies at Da Fed, FBI ‘Suppressed Intelligence’ On Chinese Meddling In 2020 To Cover For Christopher Wray: Documents. "Grassley’s office says that the evidence was never investigated further, despite signs of credibility, because of a ‘sudden and “abnormal”‘ decision to stop further proceedings and ‘bury the IIR’s existence,’ because, as the FBI put it, ‘the reporting will contradict Director Wray’s testimony.’" Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC "Which of course begs the obvious question: WHY would Christopher Wray lie about Chinese involvement in our election? All the potential answers to that question are very, very bad." Quote Sean Davis@seanmdav, "Chris Wray lied to Congress about Chinese attempts to rig the election for Biden using fake IDs and votes, and then the FBI suppressed the evidence and ended investigations of the Chinese efforts, all to protect Wray and Biden." Da Caller says FBI’s New HQ Is A Total Slap In The Face To Democrats. Sending them to the Ronald Reagan Building after USAID was dismantled.

Dave Strom wonders Have UFOs Always Been a PsyOp? "Unsurprisingly, the Pentagon found the latent desire to see UFOs useful in hiding its own activities. They planted stories, hazed new officers with stories of fake UFOs, and even doctored photos. This is according to a Congressionally mandated investigation, and it has the ring of truth." Crazier conspiracy theories have proven to be true.

John Sexton likes the Trump Effect: Illegal Border Crossings Hit a New Low (But Will It Continue?) Driscoll notes DNC-MSM FINALLY DISCOVERS A TAX IT HATES: Taxing remittances is a big risk for very little reward. A proposal to tax remittances sent by individuals without Social Security numbers has passed the House and is now before the Senate. At 3.5%, the levy was initially expected to raise $26 billion over the next decade. Changes made by the Senate on Saturday greatly narrowed the scope, so the tax would be 1%, and the yield only $10 billion over the next decade. However, the goals have remained the same: deter undocumented migration and recoup funds from those working outside legal status who send money to their families back home." Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre "Taxing remittances is the obvious solution to both our budgetary and immigration problems It doesn’t solve either by itself but has a big positive impact on both It’s such an obvious solution you should assume malice on the part of politicians who have not already embraced it." Quote ExposeIT @RealWaKhan, "The Indian diaspora sent home $135.46 billion in the last fiscal year, the highest on record. https://m.economictimes.com/nri/invest/diaspora-remittances-hit-new-record-at-135-46-bn-in-fy25/articleshow/122144367.cms" I hadn't even considered the Indians. VodkaPundit at Insty has another of his DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: California moves to allow non-related adults to consent to medical care for minors, enroll them in school to support immigrant families, and at PJM he says So I Installed That ICEBlock App on My Phone... So why did I, a mostly law-abiding conservatarian, install an app designed to facilitate lawbreaking, and maybe even the doxxing (or worse) of federal law enforcement? . . . Far be it from me to encourage Longtime Sharp VodkaPundit Readers™ to download ICEBlock. Or to spend a pleasant afternoon with a cocktail, making false reports of ICE activity where illegals gather. Except that I absolutely encourage you to do exactly that."

Ace, CBS, Paramount Settle With Trump Over Word-Salad Election Interference Case, Update: CBS Lies About the Settlement. "CBS continues insisting it will never apologize. But it has agreed to a key demand Trump made: that they will always release a full transcript of every interview with a presidential candidate. I wish they could have gotten them to agree to release the full video of an interview, and extended this to all interviews. But this will limit CBS's ability to butcher interviews to either boost or slander their presidential candidate interview subjects." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "This happened because 60 minutes refused to release an unedited transcript. Now ask why." Quote The New York Times @nytimes "Breaking News: Paramount agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris." Mark Hemingway @Heminator "Bingo." Quote Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "The fact that major national media networks keep settling lawsuits before discovery can happen should be a huge giant tell about what's going on with their industry."

At Hat Hair, John Sexton delights that Columbia University Gets More Bad News (Update), Capt. Ed cites the WSJ: Is Harvard's Endowment a House of Cards? and Dave Strom, He Was Driven Off MIT Campus Because He Was Jewish--And He Is Suing. From the Free Bacon, Duke Law Journal Sent a Secret Memo to Minority Applicants Telling Them They’d Get Extra Points for Writing About Their Race "Memo offers a snapshot of how personal statements can be used to skirt affirmative action ban."

PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks the recent events are A Big Step Towards Getting Boys Out of Girls' Locker Rooms and takes on The Tedious Myth of Transgender 'Invisibility'. If they're invisible, why do we see so much of them? RedState's Mike Miller sees a No-Nonsense Megyn Kelly Educates NYT Contributor on the Danger of 'Going Along With' Preferred Pronouns: Megyn Kelly @megynkelly, "It is not rude or cruel to say what’s real and true or to refuse to participate in another person’s delusion. Going along w/preferred pronouns is dangerous - it forces us to cede entire arguments about who can play in which sporting event, disrobe in which locker room and enter into which prison before we’ve even made our case. (“She” can’t play in women’s sports makes no sense; HE can’t do it makes everything clear.) Preferred pronouns are meant to dull our senses to get us accustomed to the gender-bending lies we are being told - it’s an effort to override instincts that are there for good reason … including, for women, their own safety. It can literally be a matter of life and death for a girl to learn to listen to her own instincts about when a man is present. Teaching her to force herself to lie about that is teaching her to dull her gift of fear. . . " Sometimes it's a delusion; other times it's a scam. From Twitchy, VICTORY! After Banning Woman From Their Locker Room, YMCA Settles Her Lawsuit for a Hefty Sum. Center for American Liberty @Liberty_Ctr "BREAKING: 82-year-old Julie Jaman wins $65K settlement after being banned from her local YMCA pool for objecting to men in the women’s locker room. We're proud to officially announce this HUGE win. Free speech isn’t dead and we’re here to prove it!" At Althouse, "For the first time, my insides don’t feel like fire. They feel like warm, golden love." "Says Penelope, a child in the book "Born Ready," described by Justice Alito in the new Supreme Court case, Mahmoud v. Taylor: . . . Quite aside from the topic of transgenderism, that is — if not blatantly sexual — too closely approximate to sexuality to belong in reading material for children. If I say I'm amazed that school authorities would adopt such a book for classroom instruction, I am sure commenters will scoff at me for being too naïve to perceive the deliberate "grooming.""

Stacy McCain hears The Hills Are Alive … With Rachel Zegler? 

First, let’s get the actual “news”:

Rachel Zegler is reportedly in talks to play the main role in The Sound of Music. Zegler is known as a skilled actor on both the stage and screen. On the film side of things, she got her start playing the role of Maria in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story. This year, she returned to the musical genre when she played the titular princess in Disney’s live-action Snow White. . . .
Zegler is now reportedly in talks to play the protagonist in The Sound of Music. According to the source, the Snow White actor is in conversation to play the role of Maria von Trapp, a part originated by Julie Andrews, in a stage production of the series at Lincoln Center in New York City. It was noted by the source, however, that Zegler’s Sound of Music role is not yet confirmed.

Note that this is merely a rumor, and involves Zegler playing the Julie Andrews role in a stage production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. This is absurd enough, but some people mistakenly got the idea that someone was planning a movie remake starring Zegler, an idea so obviously crazy that not even ultra-woke Disney executives would try it.

OK, but what if they did? Thanks to AI, we can get a glimpse of what such a project might look like, and it’s hilarious:

“Wait,” you say, “why is Sydney Sweeney on the title card?” Don’t want to spoil it for you, but trust me, it’s funny.

There are still lots of latent links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.01.25. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Surf’s Up and FMJRA 2.0: Not Long Before The End up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Only the Good Die Young, Jimmy Carter Dead at 100

Until recently, he was the worst president in my lifetime. He absolutely killed the economy until Ronald Reagan was forced to squeeze it to death to bring it back, caused the energy crisis and allowed/encouraged the mullahs to take over Iran, the current source of much of the worlds strife. That said, he was never really evil in the way Biden administration is, just wrong headed in almost everything. Atlanta J Con, Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100. Fox, Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States, dead at 100. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, RIP, James Earl Carter (1924-2024). "We will no doubt have time tomorrow to open a debate over Carter’s legacy, which remains controversial even in his post-presidential years. For today, we do best to recognize his service to his country in multiple ways." Driscoll at Insty BREAKING: Former President Jimmy Carter Has Passed Away with a collection of links. "I think I got the second-shot blahs. I felt dull and fuzzy…The best word to describe it: malaise. Once I realized that was the best word, I wondered whether it could be due to gas lines, Mideast unrest or the return of inflation." and JIMMY CARTER, ELECTION DENIER, RUSSIA HOAX ENABLER. Phil Klein at NRO, Jimmy Carter Was a Terrible President — and an Even Worse Former President. JNS, Don’t believe the Jimmy Carter revisionists, "Despite the natural sympathy for a dying man, the revisionist attempt to erase his failures and their consequences should not prevail." Bob Spencer at PJM thinks it's It’s Too Bad That Jimmy Carter Didn’t Live Even Longer. "The second Trump administration promises to put an end to the long, slow decline of the United States and the now well-established habit of betraying our allies that Carter did so much to initiate, and it’s too bad that Carter won’t be around to witness America’s resurgence — if, that is, the late president’s friends and ideological kin don’t manage to block any such rebound." Steve Hayward at Power Line on The Under- and Over-Estimated Jimmy Carter, RIP. Althouse says Goodbye to Jimmy Carter. " In 1980, with that monster Ronald Reagan threatening us, I had to vote for him," and "We in the news media and chattering class mocked Jimmy Carter as a country bumpkin..." "Writes Nicholas Kristof, in "Jimmy Carter Deserved Our Thanks and Respect, Not Our Sneers" (NYT)." At NYPo, Donald Trump reacts to Jimmy Carter’s death with heartfelt statement: ‘We all owe him a debt of gratitude.’

Insty reads Althouse, YA THINK? |“This feels like an effort to puff up Biden. Few analysts deny Biden’s accomplishments?! Maybe the trick is to ascribe special meaning to the word ‘analysts’ — if you don’t think this is an impressive accomplishment, you’re not an analyst. Or maybe the idea is that any accomplishment is an accomplishment, so what’s to deny? But look how clearly the article states that Biden intended to use the Justice Department to destroy his political adversary!” UPDATE: “This episode demonstrates that this notion of the Department of Justice as “independent” has always been a ruse. " The Guardian, Biden reportedly regrets ending re-election campaign and says he’d have defeated Trump. "President also regrets picking Merrick Garland for attorney general, as he was slow to prosecute Trump for January 6." Josh Blackmun at the Volokh Report, President Biden Regrets Selecting Merrick Garland As Attorney General, "By the way, when is Garland going to resign? Garland should have stepped down when Biden criticized him for the Hunter Biden prosecution, but didn't." Nick Arama at RedState, Biden Has Two More Truly Warped Regrets About His Time in the WH. MAZE@mazemoore, "He knows. He just loves lying." Quote MAZE@mazemoore, "Biden is now saying that he regrets withdrawing from the race because he thinks that he would have beaten Trump. Two weeks after his disastrous debate, Biden said that the only reason he would exit the race was if he was convinced that there was no way he could beat Trump." Show more Ryan King at NYPo hosts as GOP pundit Scott Jennings slaps down CNN commentator’s rosy view of Biden presidency: ‘He’s going to leave office in disgrace.’ Twitchy, 9-1-1? We'd Like to Report a Murder: Scott Jennings DISMANTLES CNN Panel Defending Biden's Legacy (Watch). Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Media's Last Defense of Biden Blows Up in Their Faces. SweetPeaBelle @SweetPeaBell326 "Clyp Keeper: “All of those that spent the last four years lying repeatedly about Joe Biden's mental acuity should be run out of Washington and never be heard from again! "Joe Biden is SHARP" - The MAGACLIP”" Neil McCabe at RedState pens the tale of Two Laptops: FBI Flaunts Ulbricht's Laptop Before Trump's Clemency; Free Man Hunter Hits St. Croix.

At NewsMax, Trump Questions Democrats' Paid Celebrity Endorsements

Rumors Swirl That Kamala Harris Is Being Influenced By Russian Agent #BestOfTheBee2024 https://t.co/KNKAC2xmro

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) December 28, 2024

The Free Bacon provides an Analysis: Democrats' Campaign To Win Back Normal Americans Going as Poorly as Expected. Matt Margolis at PJM, Democrats Are Failing Hard at Winning Over the Normies. At Hat Hair, Lucky for Us, None of Them Will Listen: One Democrat Gets It:  dan turrentine @danturrentine "Hard as a D to read the Wash Post story and not laugh/cry. Amidst the talk of communication failure and message choices, no mention of the central reason for all these struggles: Biden’s declining mental acuity and the iron handcuffs it produced. He was the least public-facing and publicly engaged President of the modern TV era, not because they thought it was good politics, but out of necessity to hide his condition. For so many to omit, let alone focus on, this fact is embarrassing. The D Party will struggle to regain public trust and confidence until it comes to public terms with the charade." WaEx, People can’t flee blue states fast enough. Matt Vespa, What Shocked a Dem Strategist When Speaking With Hispanic Voters in South Texas, “I would sit in focus group was with Hispanic voters,” Pollock said. “They would talk about immigration, and you would swear to God you were sitting in a room with a bunch of cranky white guys from Missouri.” 

DC_Draino@DC_Draino "Exposed: The UN & Clinton Foundation occupy an old US base in Panama to help supply illegal aliens on their way to America This is an organized human trafficking operation invading our southern border & the *Clintons* are funding it Isn’t that Treason?" At Hat Hair, NYC Dept of Corrections Says They Will NOT Honor ICE Detainer for Illegal Who Torched Sleeping Woman. I don't want him deported, I want him executed, and NY won't.

Sundance at CTH takes on the H1B debate, Despite New York Post Phone Call, Question and Answer, Donald Trump Companies Do Not Use H1B Visas

if you go to the Dept of Labor website, search or download the database of H1B employment, specifically filtering to Trump’s various companies, what you will discover is that Trump Inc doesn’t use the H1B visa system at all. [Check for Yourself Here]

How does this reconcile? Well, having previously looked at the visa use by President Trump in his various companies {SEE HERE}, I can confidently assert (Occam’s Razor) that within the interview President Trump conflated H2B temporary worker visas, which he does use in his service industry, with H1B visas which he does not use.

The H-1B program applies to employers seeking to hire nonimmigrant aliens as workers in specialty occupations of distinguished merit and ability. At least that was the intent of the program before it was abused by companies who saw the opportunity to avoid domestic market wages and find alternative cheap sources of skilled labor in the tech sector. That abusive ‘labor diversion’ process has now expanded to find H1B claims in other sectors. So much so, there are now a myriad of companies requesting H1B status employees for their various interests.

The H2B program applies to employers seeking to hire nonimmigrant aliens as “temporary workers” mostly in the service industry where extreme seasonal fluctuations in business make it challenging to hire from a very limited market base. H2B workers are found in hotels, resorts, restaurants and service companies anywhere you find big seasonal shifts in service businesses, like Trump resorts.

And Rob Schmitt Gives Solid Summary of H1B Debate. Althouse, Flying home from Texas on Friday, I avoided getting sucked into the hysteria of the day, the intra-MAGA discord over H-1B visas. "And now it looks like it's over, more or less: "Trump backs H-1B visas, aligning with Musk on immigration/'I’ve always liked the visas,' he said, siding with tech leaders against anti-immigration hard-liners" (WaPo)." . . . . but I do think that Trump antagonists are rooting for a snake pit." Ryan King at NYPo, Elon Musk changes his tune on H1-B visas as he tries to cool raging MAGA civil war over skilled immigration. Charlotte Hazard at JTN, Trump picks sides in MAGA feud, backs Musk on H-1B immigrant visas. At NewsMax, Dick Morris to Newsmax: Trump Will Stop the Grift With H-1Bs. Dave Marcus at Fox opines MAGA’s H-1B ‘civil war’ is exactly how politics is supposed to work, "This is how things get ironed out under a big tent." Cernovich @Cernovich, "The low grade racism is bot activity and maybe even being boosted by H-1B mills. Vivek gets standing ovations at events. Harmeet is propped up. Kash is king. And not in a token way. REAL LOVE. I know MAGA and nobody real talks in the vulgar way seen these last 48-72 hours."

At WaEx, How Trump won a second term and delivered DC to the GOP. "Trump rode a wave of public anger over rising grocery and gas prices that helped reinstate him as president and gave Republicans control over the House and Senate, along with previous majority control of the Supreme Court, in a backlash against President Joe Biden’s administration." Althouse wonders Are you enjoying the happy good times of the Trump transition? "From Real Clear Politics:" NewsBusters hear As Team Trump Takes Over, MSNBC Leftists Scream ‘Oligarchy!’ Twitchy, a Trash-Talking Ad: Rogue Transit Poster Depicts MAGA Supporters as Garbage in Washington, D.C Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV,  "Spotted on Capitol Hill this morning: "Keep DC Trash Free" with a picture of Trump & a Project 2025 book. Paid for by DC Mayor's office, aka tax dollars." 'Streif' at RedState fears They Are at It Again. Prominent 'Public Health' Voices Lay the Groundwork for a New Pandemic for Trump. Bird flu. Jessica Rojas@catsscareme2021 "Farmers need to say NO, get off my property. Do not comply. Deborah Birx Says We Must Test Every Cow in America (On a Weekly Basis) for "Bird Flu" using PCR."

NewsMax, Trump's First Actions and Job Data to Test Market in January and Trump: Barring Biden From Selling Border Wall Material 'Crucial Win.' and Kari Lake: Passing on Race Against 'Corrupt' Ariz. Machine. At Da Caller, DAVID BLACKMON thinks Trump Should Consider Adding Another Globalist Org To Funding Chopping Block. "Trump perhaps should add U.S. support for the International Energy Agency to his growing list of cancellation opportunities."

From WaEx, Raskin doubts Republicans’ abilities to pursue charges against Cheney, Hutchinson. But can they make their lives hell on earth with the process? Twitchy, Jamie Raskin Getting All Big and BAD About RESISTING Trump's Politicization of the DOJ Goes REALLY Wrong. The Redoubtable Julie Kelly, Julie Kelly@julie_kelly2 "Another article confirming DOJ officials including the bottom feeding J6 line prosecutors are looking for new jobs and worried about prosecutorial payback. As @StarChamberMaid and I have discussed--white shoe law firms who either (1) hire these thugs or (2) offer pro bono assistance will be called out and shamed. Firms who help should lose government and political contracts; lawyers who represent prosecutors accused of misconduct should be subjected to bar complaints. NEW RULES

Althouse, "Mr. Trump told CNBC in March that he still considered TikTok a national security threat, but that young people 'will go crazy without it.'" ""He also said moves against TikTok would benefit Facebook, which he called an 'enemy of the people.' Mr. Trump went on to use TikTok with great success during the campaign, and has said that it was a key vehicle for reaching young people this year. . . From "How Donald Trump Went From Backing a TikTok Ban to Backing Off/In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration’s effort to do just that" (NYT)."

Rob Schneider@RobSchneider "ONCE you LEARN HOW VACCINES ARE MADE, you will never feel the same way EVER again about the drug… The last 25 minutes of this interview is absolutely disturbing and devastating…" Long, like most Tucker, but well worth it.

The New York Times claims the evil Bobby Kennedy wants to ban the polio vaccine and paralyze children. That’s an absurd lie, explains his lawyer Aaron Siri.

(0:00) The Establishment’s Attempt to Discredit Bobby Kennedy Jr.
(8:18) The Vaccine Religion
(18:57) Did Anyone Protest… pic.twitter.com/li0KhP5aye

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 27, 2024

From the College Fix, There were 21 campus hate crime hoaxes uncovered in 2024, and 2 days still to go. TWC celebrates The Twelve Woke Days of Christmas, British version.

Ace, The Progressives Love Lawfare...Payback Is A B*tch!, "The NCAA is all in on trans lunacy, and even when the athletes themselves push back, citing absolutely reasonable objections like fear of being injured and the outrageousness of being forced to disrobe in front of men pretending to be women, the sleazy tools of the progressive movement that control the NCAA tell them to stuff it. But sanity prevails in Texas! And the technique that Ken Paxton is using is delicious. It's false advertising! Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues NCAA To Pro­tect Women's Sports and Pre­vent Bio­log­i­cal Men from Decep­tive­ly Com­pet­ing in Sex-Spe­cif­ic Competitions." At the Telegraph, Finally sport is fighting back against cult of gender self-identification. Campus Reform adds Tufts University offering ‘Transcestors’ course next semester "Two concepts for the course will be trans oppression and trans erasure." WaEx considers What’s on Trump’s transgender agenda for 2025 "“My sense is that President Trump is very likely to do something on so-called gender-affirming care for minors in the very beginning of his presidency,” Jay Richards, a researcher at the Heritage Foundation specializing in cultural matters, told the Washington Examiner. Richards said he thinks this will likely take the form of blocking federal funding for youth transgender medicine and may also include an official definition of sex and gender as solely male and female."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Giant Killers up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam on The Feast of Stephen

Also known at Boxing Day.

Jeff Charles at TownHall hears  a Poll that Shows Americans Are Hopeful For 2025, and the Reason Why Might Make You Smile. At RedState, Bob Hoge posts the Best Trump Impersonator Delivers Christmas Message That You Won't Want To Miss.

TRUMP READS: "TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS🎄🇺🇸" pic.twitter.com/N8kAyZoqt2

— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) December 25, 2024

Cutie Pavlich at TownHall, Here's the Final Tally on How Much Money Trump Raised for Hurricane Victims. "President Trump announced over $8 million in donations for victims of Hurricane Helene raised through his dedicated GoFundMe. As reported by Fox Business, President Trump’s Hurricane Helene relief was the top fundraiser on GoFundMe in 2024, and supported nearly 50,000 people across all 50 states and more than 50 countries. These funds were distributed to charities including Samaritan's Purse, Water Mission, Mtn2Sea, the Clinch Foundation, and Sweetwater Mission to uplift impacted families and communities," the Trump transition team released in a statement." Breitbart reports Ford, General Motors to donate to Trump’s inauguration, out of purely altruistic motives, no doubt. 'Bonchie' at RedState hears Anthony Scaramucci on CNN Makes Weird Mob Boss-Esque Threat Against Elon Musk. 

"He's just got to be very, very careful because he's making enemies that he doesn't realize, and the incentives in Washington are totally different than those in business, and so everybody's incentivized in a different and sometimes irrational way, and I think the power that he's wielding right now, Washington has a great neurological system, and I think they'll find a way to rebut him. So I'd say to Elon Musk, not that he would listen to me, stick to business, you've done great, you've made a couple hundred million dollars since the election. Lay off the gas on politics a little bit because these people can hurt you, and there's no need for you to get hurt. You're doing so well in life."

At the Pop Times, I’m Safe, You Know Why? Trump Blasts the Left on “President Musk”:  Autism Capital@AutismCapital: "TRUMP: “No, Elon Musk is NOT going to be President, that I can tell you. And I’m safe, you know why? Because he can’t be, he wasn’t born in this country. HAHAHA!” lmao" Nick Arama at RedState, has a MUST SEE: Elon Drops Powerful Video of Reagan That Is True Now More Than Ever. 

Reagen Reese and Henry Rogers at Da Caller conspire to write Despite Democrat Screeching, Years Of Hill Work Has Kash Patel Cruising Toward Confirmation. Sundance at CTH worries, Unfortunately, The Trump Cabinet Will Likely Expand the Surveillance State. Don't worry, as soon as we turn it on the Democrats, they'll shut it down. At NYPo, Trump buying Greenland would be largest US territory acquisition ever — topping even these massive gains and Denmark ramps up security —and calls in the sled dogs — in Greenland after Trump threatens takeover. "In addition to more sled dog patrols, Denmark also plans to increase staffing at its Greenland command post and upgrade the island’s airports to handle F-35 fighter jets, according to the BBC." Umm, just where do think you get those jets? Also at NYPo, Trump trolls Trudeau by promising Canucks he’ll lower taxes if Canada becomes ‘51st state’ — and backs hockey legend Wayne Gretzky as PM. Sundance, President Trump Reports Border Wall Auction Has Been Stopped. John Sexton at Hat Hair notes Trump Sides with Crime Victims as Biden Sides with Activists. Breitbart cites Homan: Suspected Subway Killer Got Benefits the Homeless Aren’t. NewsBusters sees ABC Still SILENT on Horrendous Immolation of Woman on the F Train by an illegal alien.

Reagan Reese at Da Caller has JOE BIDEN WRAPPED: How Delaware’s Favorite Son Fared During His Final Year In Office. Cutie Pavlich wonders Are Biden's Latest Pardons Legit? Because of Joe's advanced senility? The should should be revocable, but I don't see an easy way to get there. Da Caller,  In Memoriam: A Look Back At KJP’s Greatest Fibs As Her Time In The White House Ends. At PM, Oversight Project vows to get, release recordings of Biden’s interview with ghostwriter "Our team will get the audio tape of Joe Biden’s interview to you. This recording is yours. It belongs to you. You deserve to know." From Reason, A Decaying Joe Biden Underlines the Need for a Less Powerful Presidency, "The power of the office is excessive, and we don’t even know who is wielding it." At WaEx, Here’s what’s among the 50 bills Biden signed into law on Christmas Eve. I'm impressed he had the stamina, or did he use the autopen? Adam Pack at Da Caller, calls ‘Partisan Politics At Its Worst’: Biden Fuels ‘Judicial Crisis’ By Vetoing Bill That Would Let Trump Tap New Judges. Dan Chaitin at Da Wire, Biden Vetos Bipartisan Bill That Would Give His Successors, Including Trump, More Judgeships To Fill "Republicans and at least one Democrat expressed disapproval of the outcome." The Democrats were all in until Kamala lost. At Da Signal a report that the Biden Admin Rushes to Hire DEI Staff Ahead of Trump Inauguration. More to fire. Da Wire, BUCKING DOGE: CA Dems Beg Buttigieg To Give $536M To High-Speed Rail Before He’s Gone. "DOGE: "Zero passengers have been transported and the majority has not even been fully designed"" Campus Reform reports the Biden administration throws out proposed Title IX transgender sports rule "The Biden administration has scrapped plans to prohibit states from banning transgender athletes from participating in school sports." The Victory Girls take heart that the Bald Eagle Is At Long Last Our National Bird. I thought that was a done deal, but "Although the iconic bird of prey is featured prominently on symbols, including the government’s official seal adopted in 1782, the U.S. did not have an official national bird." Given their predilection for stealing from Ospreys, I always thought it was appropriate that the IRS used them on their logos.

Misty Severi at JTN reports Teamsters' boss Sean O'Brien torches Kamala Harris 'who does this f***ing lady think she is?' "O'Brien, who spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention in August, recounted moments when Harris and her party attempted to push his group to endorse her by telling one of his union representatives to "get on board," and to do it soon." Pop Times is being sarcastic, Shocker: Red States Far Outperform Blue States in Job Creation. Maryland is fifth from the bottom. Rick Moran at PJM hears TSA Nightmare Security Lines 'Inevitable,' Says DHS Secretary. TSA delenda est.

The Peacock reports Trial of man accused in Trump assassination attempt in Florida is pushed back, as "Ryan Routh’s attorneys had asked for a delay, saying they needed more time to review the evidence and decide whether to mount an insanity defense." He's certainly a nut, but is it enough to be an excuse? 

Logan Washburn at Da Fed reveals that the Leftist Group That Drew Up Blueprints For ‘Get Trump’ Prosecutions Was On Retainer To ‘Advise’ Arizona AG.

Nick Arama sees John Harwood Gets Nuked Into Next Week for Tweet About Trust in Media That Has a Big Problem In It.

Stacy McCain, ‘I Am Trying, and Admittedly Failing, to Understand How This Makes Sense’

One should never try to “make sense” of Amanda Marcotte. Ever since she first burst upon the national consciousness in 2007 — as one of two feminists (the other being the execrable Melissa McEwan) hired to blog on behalf of Democratic presidential aspirant John Edwards — Marcotte has been an inspiration for mockery hereabouts, and it is still difficult for me to imagine that anyone actually takes her seriously.

Nevertheless, Dana Pico has undertaken to analyze one of Ms. Marcotte’s recent outbursts, concluding that her enthusiasm for transgender athletes is rooted in a secret fear of inferiority: “To Miss Marcotte, any differences [between men and women] at all are a mark of inferiority, and she just can’t let the facts get in her way.” Yes, exactly so.

Mary Margret Olohan at Da Fed,  A Daily Wire Investigation: Are There Really 15K Trans Military Members? "The Defense Department says it does not track how many trans-identifying service members it has."

At Hat Hair, John Sexton hears DEI Supporters: Corporate DEI is a Mess. Because they're not getting everything they want. 

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: At The Pump & Munch and FMJRA 2.0: An Unpromising Start In Kansas City up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Oregon, My Oregon

 At WUWT, No, OPB, Climate Change is Not Taking a Toll on Oregon Farmers

The news site OPB [Oregon Public Broadcasting] posted an article titled “Climate change increasingly taking a toll on Oregon farmers, ranchers,” which claims that climate change is having such a serious impact on Oregon agriculture that farmers need special climate grief counseling to cope. This is false. OPB claims that droughts, wildfires, and heat waves are all getting worse with climate change, however data show that this is not true for Oregon.

OPB claims that farmers and ranchers in the state are “increasingly dealing with severe droughts, wildfires, sweltering heat waves and pests that can all-together decimate entire fields.”

Later in the article OPB says “more precipitation is falling as rain rather than snow in many areas of the Pacific Northwest,” and “there’s less snow and it melts earlier, which means less water will last long enough through winter and spring to feed streams and reservoirs for agricultural irrigators.” It is also claimed that summers are trending hotter, and extreme heat waves are more frequent.

Beginning with drought, Oregon has not been suffering from more severe droughts over time. According to data from the U.S. Drought Monitor, there is no indication that droughts in Oregon are worse today than they were 100+ years of warming ago.

 National trends suggest that snowfall is decreasing slightly in late spring, but this doesn’t seem to be the case for Oregon as of yet, looking at data from the US Department of Agriculture National Water and Climate Center. (See figure below)

In fact, according to USDA data, which extends back to 1981, Oregon set its record for April snow-water equivalent in 2022, and second highest year was recorded in 2023.

Regarding wildfires, again, as Climate Realism has covered many times, U.S. wildfires are not getting worse, nor are they getting worse in Oregon.

According to the Oregon Department of Forestry data, except for two exceptional years in 2020 and 2021, when there was a drought, Oregon has not seen an increase in the acres burned in wildfires. (See figure below)

Heatwaves are likewise not getting worse in Oregon, at least not consistently. The NCEIS reports that, while the number of extremely hot (over 100°F) days in Oregon were above average since the late 1980s, reaching peaks in 2005-2009 and 2015-2020, “the number was well below average during the 2010–2014 period,” showing that there is a more complicated trend than a gradual march towards statewide eternal heat syncope. 2023 was likewise below average.

OPB claims that things are so bad for farmers that there is a need for “workshops and training to help food producers identify and define feelings like climate stress or grief and to find both emotional and agricultural ways to cope.” But neither the long-term weather nor crop production trends support the idea that climate change is killing agriculture in Oregon. As a result, there is seemingly little need to identify anxiety over seasonal crop failures as “climate grief.”

And there's the real goal, spending money on academics and NGO's to propagandize farmers to fear non-existent problems. The grift must go on.

As Ronald Reagan said, "The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Flotsam and Jetsam - Was the Trump Jury Fixed?

I mean beyond being held in one of the most anti-Trump jurisdictions possible, with jury screening designed to let rabid Trump haters through? Going first to the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.07.24, from Mary Chastain at LI, Merchan Alerts DA, Trump’s Lawyers of Facebook User Claiming He Knew Jury Would Convict Trump, “My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted…Thank you folks for all your hard work!!!!” and Twitchy,  Does A Facebook Post Prove Juror Misconduct In Trump’s NYC Trial?  Becca Lower at RedState, Merchan Warns Prosecutors, Trump Defense Team There Might Be a Problem in Manhattan Case. Ace, This May Shock You But It Appears As If the Trump Trial Might Have Been #Rigged by Ringers Who Came Into the Jury Box Already Determined to Convict. The Peacock whines Judge in Trump's hush money case raises questions about social media post claiming to preview jury verdict "Judge Juan Merchan asked prosecutors and Trump's defense team about a Facebook post that appeared to preview the outcome of the former president's hush money trial."  Capt. Ed at Hat Hair comments "Beege flagged this one for me. This should be fun ... but don't get your hopes up too much. 'Michael Anderson' could just have been someone trolling the court by pretending to be in contact with one of the jurors. That's a long way from meeting the threshold of establishing juror misconduct. There are lots of other good reasons to overturn this case on appeal. Still, stay tuned ... weirder things have happened." Matt Vespa at TownHall says Don’t Be Shocked If the Story About the Trump Juror Spilling the Guilty Verdict Ends Up Being Fake. Well, we can hope it holds up.

The Dersh suspects Will Judge Merchan sentence Trump to prison? "In attempting to predict the sentence Judge Juan Merchan will impose on Donald Trump, we are certain of one conclusion: If the past is prologue, the sentence will not be motivated by fairness or justice; it will be the harshest sentence Merchan can impose without risking reversal or the possibility that it will help Trump’s electoral prospects." Althouse has the video The Trump verdict is the worst verdict Alan Dershowitz has seen in his 60 years of studying legal cases. "I still don't know what he was convicted of." From Reason, Laurence Tribe Bizarrely Claims Trump Won the 2016 Election by Falsifying Business Records in 2017 "That take on the former president's New York conviction echoes similarly puzzling claims by many people who should know better."

Paul Mirengoff at The Ringside sees Left-liberal columnist fears Trump conviction will result in "payback". I like Capt. Ed's title better, The MSM 'Mom He Will Hit Me Back' Award Goes To ... Ruth Marcus. "This is why it's so dangerous to violate the norms and the rules. One side starts it by claiming to be dealing with something "unprecedented," and then complains when the other side uses their precedent. See: Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, and the nuclear option."  From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.07.24, Twitchy, Adam Schiff’s Tone-Deaf Post Accusing Trump Of Prosecuting His Enemies Is Very Telling. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw reports NYPD Working to Revoke Trump's Gun Permit, because they're so worried he's going to run out and shoot somebody. Capt. Ed cites CNN Analyst: Let's Face It -- Fani's Case Is Dead.

The aging plagiarist is still at it, 

Joe Biden essentially plagiarized Ronald Reagan’s famous 1984 speech at Pointe du Hoc today in Normandy. Watch these clips side by side. Wow: pic.twitter.com/jeGgTS2Nnm

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 7, 2024

 Capt. Ed comments "Well, if you're gonna steal, steal from the best. And we all know that Joe Biden has a long track record of plagiarism anyway. At least this time he's stealing from an American politician. Here's the always wonderful Tom Lehrer on the value of plagiarism -- er, research!" Jon Del Arroz at PJM, explains how  Joe Biden Ruined Normandy Trip For Thousands Of Young Americans For A Cynical Photo Op. "KLTV-7 of East Texas was on the scene with reporter Lane Luckie, who posted to X just minutes before the parade of young American musicians was supposed to occur, saying, “LIVE LOOK: The D-Day Commemoration Ceremony at Brittany American Cemetery in Normandy, France. The Longview High School Choir is performing here shortly.” The performance never happened after Biden’s security forced everyone out, and the Longview High School Choir, Jacksonville State Marching Band, and St. Augnola Marching Band, among others, had to go home in disappointment without being able to play the songs they’d worked so hard on in practice before heading to France."

Mia Cathell at TownHall covered LIVE: Day 5 of Hunter Biden's Gun Trial. At NYPo, the Divine Ms. Devine thinks Ex-lover Hallie’s tragic tale exposes the rotten core of the Biden family. From Breitbart,  Hallie Biden Testifies: Missing Gun Disappeared After She Tossed It in Dumpster. At Am Spec, Dan Flynn Hunter Biden Trial Again Proves Cocaine Is a Helluva Drug "So is partisan politics,"  and Ellie Holmes, Naomi Biden’s Testimony Backfires for Hunter, "Hunter was not a good father". Jack Posobiec at HE thinks The ‘Laptop from Hell’ fiasco is a symptom of the Right’s impotence "But I’m not here to shout “imagine if the situations were reversed” and rake in the outrage bucks. I don’t want the Right to get angry; I want us to get smart about why this happened. However you slice it, the interference by the intelligence bureaucracy to save President Biden from facing political consequences for his own corruption is exactly the kind of illegal unreported in-kind contribution (and the same kind of hush-up operation) that President Trump was speciously convicted of. Yet just like Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden will face no consequences. Which looks like rank hypocrisy; “no one is above the law,” right?" Sohrab Ahmari at Am Con, on What I Gleaned About Hunter Biden as Opinion Editor of the New York Post, "And why this trial might be a smokescreen" to distract from the financial and influence peddling scandal.

At Breitbart, GOP Senators Accuse Biden of Carrying Out ‘Mass Amnesty’ for Illegal Aliens by Closing Deportation Cases. TNP, Illegals Account for AT LEAST Half of All ‘Job Growth’ Under Biden. Ace, "Unemployment Rises as Americans Lose Jobs to Foreign "Newcomers" Best economy in history, Fat! At 4%, the claimed unemployment rate is still low. But it's rising. The claim about Americans losing jobs to illegal "newcomers" isn't just supposition. It's right there in the numbers."

Da Caller, Nearly Three Years And $1,200,000,000,000 Later, Biden Has Almost Nothing To Show For His Biggest Domestic Achievement. Not true. The achievement was to spend all that money on friends and allies. Ace, Biden's "Biggest Achievement" Was Spending $1.2 Trillon on "Infrastructure." How Surprised Would You Be to Learn That Almost No Infrastructure Has Been Built? Dan Greenfield at Front Page explains How Democrats Faked a Jobs Boom "The government is creating jobs. Literally. . . . About 1 in 2 of Biden’s jobs were funded by taxpayers in one form or another. The only non-government industry showing significant job growth was the hospitality industry which was prepping temporary employment for vacation season." Althouse picks up on a funny typo, In the year 3035. "I'm reading "U.S. Tightens Car Mileage Rules, Part of Strategy to Fight Climate Change/The shift, which could reshape the American auto market, is designed to encourage sales of electric vehicles and hybrids" (NYT)" A.J. Melnick at Am Think thinks  Biden Stifles Crypto. "The simplest answer is that it is all about power and control."

Larry at Hat Hair on Mike Johnson vs Biden's Broken Brain & Democrats' Vote-Buying Schemes! Mark Leibovich at the Slantic calls him Ruth Bader Biden "No matter the obstacles that Donald Trump creates for himself, Joe Biden’s candidacy remains an existentially risky, perhaps disastrous, proposition." At the Free Bacon, Biden: Slip Slidin' Away " Time is running out for Biden to save his campaign." Althouse is shocked, shocked that "Two recent polls show President Biden and former president Donald Trump tied in Virginia, a surprising finding for a blue-trending state that Biden won by 10 points in 2020..." Jason Cohen at Da Caller, hears a Former CNN Analyst Says GOP ‘99.999% Likely’ To Gain Seats And ‘Control’ Senate ‘If Trump Wins’. mrcTV, Backfiring Big Time! 50 Cent Says Black Men 'Identifying with Trump' After Guilty Verdict. Hat Hair's KT worries as Team Biden Moves in on Anti-Trump Republicans, Haley Voters, sees a Caustic Clooney Clobbers Biden's White House for Support of Israel after ICC Decision and at VIP thinks The Political Realignment of Senator Fetterman Is Real and Spectacular. PJM's Rick Moran predicts  Trouble Brewing in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention Protests.

I&I says In No Way MAGA, RFK Jr. Is Far To The Left Of Biden.

Althouse, "In recent weeks, Trump has repeatedly talked about Rubio, Vance and Burgum, according to people familiar with his remarks...." "I'm reading "Trump search for a VP candidate narrows, with senators dominating list/At least eight people have been asked to provide documents to the campaign" (WaPo)." Saulius Anuzis at Am Great, Enter MAGA Environmentalism: To Save America this Election, No Issue is Off-Limits "The GOP lags behind Democrats on dealing with the environment. We can flip the script and take that worry away with one word: China."

From Breitbart, Attorney General Merrick Garland Will Defy GOP Congressional Subpoenas. TNP,  ’Trump Reacts to Bannon Jail Order – ‘American Tragedy.’ Both for asserting Presidential privilege. Nicholas Ballasay at JTN reports FOIA docs show FBI official 'colluded' with Democrat staffers on FBI whistleblowers: Judicial Watch ""We would love to meet in person next time you have the chance. Please let us know when you’re available for coffee or just to swing by the office. And don’t hesitate to reach out on any other matters!" a senior House Democrat staffer wrote to an FBI official whose name is redacted from the emails." Eric Lendrum at Am Great, Et Tu, Whistleblowers? "When it comes to the issue of clearing out Deep State corruption, only one man has proven that he is determined to do what needs to be done." At Da Caller, ‘Not Going To Be Silenced’: Surgeon Indicted By Biden DOJ For Blowing Whistle On Child Sex Changes Speaks Out. Matt Margolis at PJM hears a Dem Congressional Candidate Wants Nazi-esque ‘Reeducation Camps’ for MAGA Supporters. Fascists gonna fasc. 

Dave Strom at Hat Hair notes The Left Tried to Kill and Replace Twitter...It Didn't Work. From Breitbart, Senate Republicans Accuse FCC of Being ‘De Facto Arm’ of Biden Campaign for Advancing Election-Year AI Advertising Regulations. John Lucas at Bravo Blue hears Admiral McRaven to American people: “You need to shut up (except for me, of course)." "Who is "undermining" America?" From Da Caller, ‘It’s My Show’: Joy Reid Spirals After Marathon Rant As Byron Donalds Attempts To Answer Her Question.

Ed Driscoll at Insty,  HOW IT STARTED: Briahna Joy Gray rolls eyes at October 7 survivor, disrespects rape victims. "Briahna Joy Gray, a political [commentator] and Bernie Sander’s former press secretary during his 2020 presidential campaign, was slammed online this week for her treatment of an Israeli hostage family member during an interview with The Hill on Tuesday." Breitbart, wants you to WATCH: Leftist Host Scorns Israeli Hostage’s Sister, Pushes Hamas Talking Points in ‘Disturbing’ Interview. Jerusalem Post, cited at Hat Hair, FAFO: Briahna Joy Gray Canned After Rolling Eyes at Hostage Family Member in Rape Discussion. Capt. Ed snarks "I'm not sure why The Hill fired her. They deserve each other. Why did they hire her in the first place as an interviewer and commentator? The Hill did the right thing in this instance, but only because they didn't have much choice after the clip started circulating." John Sexton at Hat Hair is overjoyed that Briahna Joy Gray Got Fired Yesterday. Grayson Quay at Da Caller is amused that a Major Outlet Fires Unhinged Leftist Harpy, Spells Her Name Wrong On Termination Letter.

The Free Bacon tells The Real Story Behind Columbia’s Controversial Law Review Article—And explains Why It Matters. John Sexton reports Students Who Occupied Stanford President's Office Face Felony Charges. Da Wire, Man Caught On Camera Threatening To Shoot Jewish Neighbor: ‘I’m Going To Come Back With My F***ing AR’ "Neighborhood parking feud escalates as man repeatedly calls neighbor a Jew, anti-Semitic 'Hitler' graffiti appears on sidewalk next to house."

Sey Everything,  notes Nike Has A Woman Problem "Behind the scenes, Nike’s corporate culture has always been misogynistic. Now, their dishonesty and disregard for half of the population is catching up with them." Stacy McCain reminds you again About That Book You Didn’t Read, his book titled "Sex Trouble." It is not my habit to criticize or argue with people in the comments, but I got a bit miffed by this today: "There’s a phenomenon called “political lesbianism.” That’s a situation where a heterosexual woman becomes so filled with feminist zeal, and political hatred of men, that she actually becomes a lesbian despite not actually being attracted to women. Her lesbianism is a political act, not a sexual or romantic one." To which I replied curtly: Dude, I wrote an entire BOOK about this." Also from Stacy, The Acolyte’: Disney Now Dancing on the Shattered Ruins of ‘Star Wars’ Franchise. Gayest Star Wars EVER! 

“Gayest Star Wars ever!” *Cackles maniacally. They trashed what you love so they can brag about making it gay. You sold your baby to crazy vandals, George.
pic.twitter.com/cErZd64h1g

— Vonster (@__RiseAgain__) June 5, 2024

Ace cites John Tierny: More and More People Understand that DEI Stands for "Didn't Earn It"

Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links.  The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: No Surrender out more or less on time at The Other McCain.