Flotsam and Jetsam - Strait of Hormuz is Open

Just look at Marine Traffic.com. Leslie Eastman at LI, It Appears Ships are Sailing, Once Again, Through the Strait of Hormuz "As Washington underwrites safe passage and “privateer” tankers steam through silently with transponders off, the ayatollahs are reduced to offering bribery coupons for “safe passage” to any government willing to dump U.S. and Israeli diplomats, advertising weakness to friend and foe alike." Nick Arama at Red State, Here's What Iran Just Said About the Strait of Hormuz - It Sounds Like a Huge Cave After Trump Threat. Open to all save Israel and the US, who they can't stop. Andrew Clark @AndrewHClark, "In 72 hours we went from: Trump never expected the possibility of Hormuz closing, To: Trump was briefed Hormuz could close but riskily did it anyway, To: Trump bombed Kharg Island but it likely won’t force Iran to open the Strait To: Iran opened the Strait." John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad, "Let me tell you the secret difference between a Navy and merchant ship captain that goes beyond the obvious..."

The Scuttlebutt

From Scott McKay at Am Spec, Five Quick Things: How’s the Iran War Actually Going? "It is being run by professionals, which is more than you can say about the Senate." Oh no, they're professional politicians; that's the problem. At Hat Hair, Dave Strom Pravda and the Democrats Are Lying: Operation Epic Fury Strategy Is Brilliant; UPDATE: Iran Opens Strait and Duane Patterson, Donald Trump Checkmates Iran On Day 14. wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "As I have often pointed out, the administration deliberately conceals its direction of advance in OEF, like an NBA player faking and feinting to throw of the defense. There is a long list of "would never" actions that the administration has started, breaking every taboo, only to not quite go down and veer in an unexpected direction. Everyone is still guessing: 1) Are the Kurds going in? 2) Is there going to be a superadvanced drone attack on the IRGC? 3) Will the administration declare victory and leave? 4) Will the US spare the ayatollahs and negotiate? 5) Will US proxies and marines take an Iranian port? Damned if I know and one suspects this is deliberate. They have a goal, but are advancing toward it in a heuristic manner." James Fay at RCD attributes it to Getting Inside the Enemy’s Mind with superb intelligence. Kyle Moran at RCP says Finish the Job, Mr. President.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair finds this Too Fun to Check: Hamas Condemns Iran? Plus, Israel Tees Up 'Massive' Invasion. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "That is definitely the Hitler Bunker. Iranian dude's making demands from the Hitler Bunker. Like, "We will consider ending the war when we receive full compensation from Russia, the United States and Britain for all our damage, and Russia withdraws from Berlin." Skinny nervous dude next to loudmouth looks like, howTF do I get out of here? Kinda looks like he's about to hurl." Quote Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee: We will consider ending the war only when, first, we receive full compensation for all our damages from the United States, and second, we obtain a 100% guarantee for the future.. US withdraws from the Persian Gulf." Tim O'Brien at PJM sees the Rats Are Jumping Ship: Is the Iranian Regime Relocating to Canada? Will the Mossad follow them? Almost for sure.

From NewsBusters, CNN Officials Caught Celebrating Regime at Iranian Embassy Party in U.K. Matt Vespa, So, That's Who CNN Was Busted Partying With in London Last Month End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "MSNBC anchor: Trump's attacks on Iran are "racism."" Nick Arama can't believe it Did They Really Say This? CNN Issues Incredible Statement About Their Horrible Week of False Stories. Matt Vespa, So, That's Who CNN Was Busted Partying With in London Last Month. Nick Arama can't believe it Did They Really Say This? CNN Issues Incredible Statement About Their Horrible Week of False Stories. Deputy Press Sec Joel Valdez @JoelValdezDOW, "Can the following reporters from the major cable news networks please confirm you were at today's Pentagon press briefing? Jim @Acosta still doesn't believe you were there. @LMartinezABC (ABC) @Ellee_Watson (CBS) @halbritz (CNN) @JenGriffinFNC (Fox) @JulesJester (MS NOW) @ckubeNBC (NBC) Thank you!" Quote Jim Acosta @Acosta "The major networks and news outlets were not participants in that Pentagon “briefing.” Lindell TV, One America News, Real America News all asked “questions.” This is happening in the United States. Fills you with confidence?" At Twitchy, Veterans on X OBLITERATE Bond Trader Rando For Claiming That 'No One In the Military Wants to Serve'. Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "Bill Maher: "Don’t take that the wrong way. I’m on our side, okay? I’m for us winning. I’m not on that page of ‘Trump did it, so I’m with the Ayatollah now.’ No!"" Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "This is so cheap. He actually said, “War is hell. War is chaos. And as we saw yesterday with the tragic crash of our KC-135 tanker, bad things can happen. American heroes, all of them.” Bertrand knows that, which is why she disabled replies." Quote Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand Replying to @NatashaBertrand, "Hegseth on the KC-135 crash: “Bad things can happen” in war. Caine starts out with a tribute to those killed." Readers added context, "The quote above was taken out of context. The full quote honors the dead and their service. ""War is hell. War is chaos. And as we saw yesterday with the tragic crash of our KC-135 tanker, bad things can happen. American heroes - all of them." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "To Save Time, CNN Will Now Run Retractions Simultaneously With News Stories https://buff.ly/qEWLcI1"

On a serious note, an anti-Iran war lib, doxxed Cynical Publius, and earned a stunning rebuke from Data Republican. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Hello Brad Duplessis, You pre-emptively blocked me here on 𝕏, so I am forced to make this "Hello" a standalone post. You are a retired Army infantry officer. You served in Iraq and Afghanistan. You graduated from the National War College in 2018. You are now an Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Thank you for your service. But reputations are not defined by resumes. They are defined by choices. Today, you chose to doxx @CynicalPublius. Today, you published your debut article on War on the Rocks. You published his legal name. His profession. His pseudonym. All in one sentence. Indexed, archived, permanently searchable. You have changed the course of his life forever, and revealed him to the leftist ghouls who will demand his blood for forever. It doesn't matter if he was planning to reveal his identity eventually. You still made that choice. And I will make sure you are remembered for this. So, what was CP's sin such that you saw it fit to throw him to the wolves? Last month, he dared to write an article for American Greatness, centered around nine recommendations for War College reform. The recommendations included firing most civilian faculty and ending permanent military faculty positions. You hold a permanent civilian faculty position at a War College. You did not mention this in your article. In short, you named him, exposed his life to danger, because you really are arguing for your job and self-preservation. ..." It's worth reading the full thing. All hail autism! Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Today has been pretty intense. Thank you all for your support. I'm going to sign off for a bit, but I want to leave everyone with some thoughts. People on the Right tend to use pseudonyms on social media because we have well-founded concerns of death threats, attempts to get us fired from our jobs, attacks on family members, hacking, SWATting and all other manner of evil (and often illegal) mischief from those on the Left, up to and including being murdered for our free speech. People on the Left tend to use their real names on social media because they know that people on the Right tend to respect the rule of law and the basic dignity of other human beings. We are not the same."

At Twitchy, Sen. Mark Kelly (Almost) Catches Pete Hegseth Giving an Illegal Order. Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly, "“No quarter” isn’t some wanna be tough guy line - it means something. An order to give no quarter would mean to take no prisoners and kill them instead. That would violate the law of armed conflict. It would be an illegal order. It would also put American service members at greater risk. Pete Hegseth should know better than to throw around terms like this." Quote Acyn@Acyn, "Hegseth: No quarter, no mercy for our enemies. Yet some in the press just can't stop. More fake news from CNN reports that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war's impact on the strait of hormuz. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better." Complete BORE @BulletboyDesign, ""Hyperbole is a figure of speech using deliberate, often dramatic exaggeration—not meant to be taken literally—to emphasize a point, evoke strong emotions, or add humor." However, people suffering from even mild cases of TDS are incapable of understanding this. Stop digging." Prompt Critical HY80 @DeckplateOpsO, "“If iraq rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear: victory. And victory means total victory. No concessions. No quarter.” -Joe biden."

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "OK, so the Abraham Accords. Taking down the Venezuelan cartel/dictatorship. Finally a response in the Iran War, the mullahs thought we were stupid and weak, they were right. Now Cuba. You do get he's basically walking on water. Making every elected hack, bureaucrat and diplomat of the last 40 years or so look like dithering incompetent fools, when they weren't actively and despicably enabling said dictatorships, that is. Could it all go wrong? Yeah. But for the first time since Ronald Reagan blew up the Soviet Union, someone's trying." Quote New York Post @nypost "Cubans chant 'Down with Communism' and attack government building during violent night of protests https://trib.al/EODsODx" Marc J. Randazza @marcorandazza, "while new yorkers vote in communists." The Miami Herald, Havana is expected to allow Cubans in Miami, elsewhere to own businesses on the island. AP whines Young Cubans turn to church and state as cheap, synthetic drugs flood the streets. Nioh Berg @NiohBerg, "This is Cuba now. Cubans and Venezuelans are some of the only people on Earth who really truly understand Iranians, and vice versa. Freedom inspires freedom. May all our countries be liberated this year." Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis, "I love the optics of a bunch of white, rich American socialists going to Cuba to tell them not to overthrow communism." Quote DSA @DemSocialists, "DSA is going to Cuba! 20 DSA members are joining the Nuestra America Convoy this March 21st. We’ll bring much-needed material aid, volunteer our labor in solidarity, and show the world that Cuba is under siege, but they are not alone." Sarah Anderson at PJM likes The New Monroe Doctrine: The Fear Is Gone.

Martyupnorth®- Unacceptable Fact Checker @Martyupnorth "A stupid Canadian general wanted to show the Americans how tough our soldiers are, and ordered them to stay out on exercise during dangerously cold weather. The Americans went home. It cost dozens of our guys fingers and toes. But that's not the worse part. The army tried to keep this secret, and under-reported the severity of the injuries. This story is not over." There's brave, and there's stupid. Sometime it's hard to see the line.

From NYPo, President Trump orders oil drilling operations to resume off California and Stunning turnaround for California’s oil industry after Trump’s surprise executive order to help ease gas prices. 

At Breitbart, The U.S. Really Does Have a Balance-of-Payments Problem "The establishment case against tariffs got a polished restatement in the Financial Times this week. It is worth examining carefully because it gets the problem wrong, gets the causation wrong, and offers wishes in place of solutions."

Richard Grenell @RichardGrenell, "Your buffoonery knows no limits. You sat silent while the place went into total disrepair. You sat silent while the staff was paid with monies designed to pay off the future $30 million loan coming due in 2030 because there was no money in the bank to pay salaries. You sat silent while corporations left because of the hard left woke programming. We fixed it. ... You are welcome." Quote Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse "Like a mob bust-out gone wrong, Trumpsters’ looting of the Kennedy Center has put it out of business, and now it needs to be “closed for renovations” as cover-up. No surprise he’s being replaced."

Joe Chalfant at TownHall, So, That's How Republicans Just Lost a Long-Held Mayoral Seat By a Single Vote. The Biz Doc @TomEllsworth, "Boca Raton Republicans just lost their mayor seat for the first time in 30+ years. Won by a Democrat with under 40% of the vote. How? Two Republicans: • Establishment insider (Vice Mayor) • Outsider businessman Neither would drop out. Combined Republican vote: 11,534 (60%) Winning Democrat: 7,572 (39%) Margin of victory: 1 vote. Ego > party." And Matt Vespa, This Quote From Gov. Stitt Is NOT Good News Regarding Who He'd Pick to Replace Markwayne Mullin.

Stacey Matthews at LI, Democrat Senator Suddenly Open to DHS Funding After Michigan Synagogue Attack “Certainly, we need to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and we need, in my view, to cut away all the conversation on ICE, which is its own conversation, from all the core missions of the DHS.” At Calling All RushBabes *Delayed Reaction. Islamic Terror Attacks in the United States. Daniel Friedman @DanFriedman81, "The Left is so committed to the position that bad guys are actually good guys and good guys are actually bad guys that multiple major media outlets tried to justify and rationalize the actions of a terrorist who drove a truck full of explosives into a pre-school full of babies."

Hat Hair's John Sexton is amused by the Washington Post: Republicans Are Seizing on Talarico's Past Statements. Damn right! Matt Boose at the Chronic, James Talarico and the Anti-White Cult of the Left. KT at Ace's notes that Talarico's bots are appearing on social media. 

From the Free Bacon, Bond Market May Be a Last Guardrail on Far-Left Mayors as Moody’s Goes 'Negative' on Mamdani’s New York, "Chicago also under pressure as Fitch cautions about 'management ineffectiveness.'"

Chris Rufo and Haley Strack at CJ go Inside San Francisco’s Racialist Slush Fund. "The city’s revived “Dream Keeper” initiative is spending millions on groups that have offered an all-black drag show, “ancient Egyptian” healing, and free doulas for “Black birthing people”—potentially in violation of federal law."

Chris Chmielenski at Am Great on The Path to a Million: Why Mass Deportations are the Key to 2026 "Trump’s base didn’t elect him for half measures on immigration; they expect mass deportations—and the scale of enforcement between now and November may decide the 2026 midterms." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "I regret to inform you that white liberal women are now SINGING, DANCING, AND GRINDING on ICE agents in order to protest the removal of dangerous criminal illegal aliens from the country. You cannot make this up... Absolutely insane behavior on display here."

Jonathan Turley is flabbergasted by a Former Columbia Professor who Calls for Violence and Glorifies the Murder of Jews: “We Need to Destroy” At Quotulatiousness the QotD: “Bludgeonspeak” "I’m coining a term today: “bludgeonspeak”. Bludgeonspeak is the use of invented terminology, or historical terminology that has been hijacked and corrupted, and then emptied of all meaning except as an attempt at moral blackmail. Here are some notable bludgeonspeak items in 2025: “racist”, “fascist”, “homophobe”, “transphobe”, “islamophobe”, “far-right”. Also, the term “genocide” might not be quite there yet, but it’s being pushed in that direction pretty hard. Some bludgeonspeak terms, like “fascist” and “racist” and “genocide”, used to have substantive meanings which have been destroyed by persistent abuse. It may be appropriate to recognize and use those meanings if you are reading or writing or speaking about history. Others, like “homophobe”, “transphobe”, and “islamophobe”, were bludgeonspeak from birth. There are no circumstances in which these have substantive meaning, and it is unwise to treat them as though they do."The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Tragedy: Liberal Gets Stabbed Before Finishing Telling People How Peaceful Islam Is https://buff.ly/wiBh5F0."

Josh Blackmun at The Volokh Conspiracy, The Penis Mightier, "Why is it worse to use problematic language to describe something than to acknowledge that thing is actually problematic?" "I think most people have missed the point of Judge VanDyke's "swinging dicks" dissental. Of course he used vulgar and coarse language. (I for one would not use this approach in my writing.) That was VanDyke's point. He was trying to draw a double standard. Thirty members of his court expressed their outrage at VanDyke writing about "swinging dicks," but not one of them was willing to review a case that involved actual "swinging dicks." How can it be that describing "swinging dicks" in a women's spa is a bigger problem than the state permitting actual "swinging dicks" in a women's spa? Judge VanDyke proves the old saw is true: "The pen is mightier than the sword." Or, as Sean Connery would say on SNL Celebrity Jeopardy!, "The penis mightier."

Tablesalt @Tablesalt13, "Average wait times by specialist in Canada: (There's a surprise at the end) Neurosurgery: 49.9 weeks Orthopaedic Surgery: 48.6 weeks Otolaryngology: 43.8 weeks Plastic Surgery: 41.5 weeks Gynaecology: 40.6 weeks General Surgery: 31.8 weeks Ophthalmology: 20.8 weeks Urology: 25.7 weeks Cardiovascular Surgery (Elective): 19.6 weeks Internal Medicine: 21.2 weeks Medically Assisted Dying: 0 days."

Flotsam and Jetsam - Left Glum about Gaza Truce

Sundance at CTH hosts a series of videos, starting with President Trump Holds Impromptu Presser Returning from Mideast Trip, President Trump Delivers Remarks During Historic Mid East Peace Agreement, President Trump Welcomes World Leaders to Mid East Peace Summit and Takes Group Picture, Next Stop, Egypt – President Trump Travels to Sharm El-Sheikh to Meet With President al-Sisi and World Leaders, Israeli Knesset Welcomes President Trump with Massive Standing Ovation and Blaring Trumpets, President Trump Delivers Remarks to Israeli Knesset (Parliament) and President Trump Arrives in Israel – Video. Leslie Eastman at LI, President Donald Trump Receives Egypt’s Highest State Honor, the Order of the Nile. From Kristen Ziccarelli and Joshua Treviño at Da Fed, Trump Is The Best Statesman Of Our Time Because He’s A Realist. VodkaPundit at PJM, Trump's Middle East Grand Strategy: No Gaza, No Iran, No Excuses. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair notices Time Mag: Guess Which Term Was Missing From Trump's 'Peace 2025' Speech?, "two-state solution." PJM's VodkaPundit, Trump's Middle East Grand Strategy: No Gaza, No Iran, No Excuses and via Insty, THE ROAD TO PEACE NECESSARILY BYPASSED HAMAS: Peace in Gaza! ‘Ceasefire Now!’ Crowd Hardest Hit. Logan Dobson @LoganDobson, "Crazy how the IDF was allegedly committing a “genocide” in Gaza and yet the only photos of public executions are the ones that are emerging right now as Israel has withdrawn." Quote Motasem A Dalloul @AbujomaaGaza, "Security services in Gaza publicly execute Israel’s collaborators, who were recruited and used by the Israeli military to: steal aid, attack starving aid seekers, destabilise internal front . .  "

Jim Geraghty at NRO, Why the Democrats’ Activist Class Couldn’t Celebrate the Cease-Fire They Demanded. Ace noticed, Low-IQ Narcisist and Epic Failure Joe Biden Wants Credit for Trump's Success In the Middle East "On Friday, Politico reported that Biden's staffers had "mixed feelings" about the Trump Team's winning of the hostages' freedom. They claim they were happy they were to be released. But, more importantly, they were spiteful that Trump had accomplished what they failed to achieve. And as usual, you can ignore everything before the "but."" PJM's Mike Cantrell sees Late-Night Hosts Eat Crow, Give Trump Credit for Gaza Ceasefire "Of course, they still slid in a few jabs at him, but overall, it was rather cordial." Via Althouse, Colin Wright @SwipeWright, "I checked in on BlueSky to see how people there are reacting to the release of the Israeli hostages, and it’s the eeriest thing. It’s not trending. There’s no mention of it on the “Explore” tab. I started scrolling the feed and went through hundreds of posts without seeing a single one that mentioned it. Instead, it’s all posts about Mamdani, John Oliver’s new episode criticizing Bari Weiss and Jamie Reed, the “No Kings” protest apparently happening this weekend, Taylor Swift, the Epstein Files, complaints about anti-vaxxers, and snarky takes insisting that Antifa doesn’t exist. That's it. . . " johnny maga@_johnnymaga "Wow. Trump just refused to take a question from ABC News after they cut off his Vice President on their Sunday show and went to commercial break. This is what a leader looks like." Althouse finds It reminds me of the time LBJ saw a portrait of himself and said "That's the ugliest thing I ever saw." "Trump on Truth Social: "Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time. They 'disappeared' my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Really weird! I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?" Quoted in "President Trump accuses Time magazine of deliberately using the worst photo ‘of all time’ on a cover praising his peace deal" (NY Post)."

Matt Margolis thinks you should WATCH: Dana Bash Humiliates Hakeem Jeffries Over His Shutdown Theater. Insty, SCHUMER SHUTDOWN UPDATE: Townhall.com @townhallcom, "OMG —
@SpeakerJohnson blows the cover on the Democratic agenda. For Dems to reopen the gov they want "$24.6M for climate resilience in Honduras...$3.9M for LGBTQI+ democracy grants in the Balkans...& $2M for feminist democratic principles in Africa." ?" Bonchie at RedState, Absolute Clown Show: Democrats Try to Storm Mike Johnson's Office, Accost Police Officer.

Dave Catron at Am Spec, Trump Proved ‘Experts’ Wrong About Tariffs, "All of the geniuses who predicted that tariffs would cause a recession were full of BS."

From NRO, Trump Awards Charlie Kirk with Posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, pissing off liberals. Remember they gave one to George Soros?

Matt Margolis swears The Virginia Gubernatorial Debate Was a Disaster for Spanberger. Hat Hair's Dave Strom notes Democrats Were More Angry About Governor Northam's Blackface Photo Than Jay Jones' Murder Fantasy. At WaEx Paul Bedard sees a Virginia shake-up: Earle-Sears surging, Miyares overtakes Jones. Jerry Dunleavy at JTN reports Jay Jones wanted to divest from police & pull cops from schools, said Jacob Blake could’ve been him, "Hateful and violent texts sent by Jay Jones have taken the spotlight as he seeks to become Virginia's attorney general. But his animosity towards police and the justice system, and his alignment with the BLM movement has flown largely under the radar so far." From Ace, Schmolls: Jay Jones Now Trails in Virginia, with Winsome Earle-Sears Now Behind By Just Two Points "Jay Jones' sick fantasies about watching children die in their mother's arms, and Deep State Operative Abigail Spanberger's absurd dodging of the transgender question, have suddenly made Virginia competitive in all three statewide races." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Every single one of these networks spent weeks covering a Republican aide who criticized the Obama kids’ outfits. But a statewide Democrat candidate wanting to murder kids just doesn’t register. Makes sense." Quote MRC NewsBusters @newsbusters, "The media refuse to cover disgusting text messages from Jay Jones." But Politico found the antidote! From Althouse, "'I love Hitler': Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat/Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.", "Politico reports." "In the Grok answer I added to the post, the "consequences" section is impressive. "Job Losses: William Hendrix (KS) fired from AG Kris Kobach's office; Peter Giunta ousted from NY Assemblyman Mike Reilly's staff; Bobby Walker lost congressional job offer; Joe Maligno quit NY court system role. "Group Shutdowns: Kansas Young Republicans disbanded entirely; YRNF demands all resignations." Far different from the Democrat's reactions to Jay Jones.

Yoni Weinberg at Tablet, The Mamdani Exodus "Faced with rising antisemitism and a radical would-be mayor, New York’s Jewish artists confront a once unthinkable question: Is it time to flee?" No longer to be known as Hymietown?

From Shipwreckedcrew, The Insurrection Act: Officials In Blue States and Cities Are "Running with Scissors" Expecting Nothing Bad Will Happen From Opposing DHS/ICE. "The factual preconditions for invoking the Insurrection Act have already been met -- only President Trump's forbearance in asserting his lawful authority has prevented it from happening." At Althouse, "Nearly half of U.S. presidents have invoked the Insurrection Act. Some (many) more than once." ""We’ve known about this problem for a long time. Plenty of people pointed it out in 2021 when Dems controlled WH+Congress. But nobody wants to give up power when their team has it." Sarah Isgur explains the Insurrection Act in 4 quick points — I'm quoting #4 — after somebody on X calls attention to the time she trounced George Stephanopoulos on the topic:" Defiant L’s @DefiantLs "George Stephanopoulos looks like a fool after a young lady fact-checks his statement about the Insurrection Act." Insty at his NYPo gig, Blue city ‘breaking point’: San Francisco wants Trump’s help on crime. San Fran Chronic, ‘The only solution’: Elon Musk backs call to deploy federal troops to San Francisco. Driscoll at Insty, MISTER, WE COULD USE A MAN LIKE SNAKE PLISSKEN AGAIN: "Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he wants Trump to send National Guard to San Francisco; mayor’s office responds. It’s looking grim on the Streets of San Francisco:" Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, DHS Chase in Chicago Ends in Crash, Crowds and Rock Throwing...So Far. Sounds like insurrection to me. Dr. Ben Braddock @GraduatedBen, "“Vials of liquid” is an interesting way to describe a Molotov cocktail" Quote NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington, "A man who had vials of liquid and possible fireworks was arrested outside of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Sunday morning before Red Mass started, police say." Readers added context, "The vials of liquid were Molotov cocktails." John Sexton at Hat Hair, For the Washington Post, It's Always the Right That Is to Blame. Peachy Keenan, It’s Not a “Both Sides” Problem. Stephen Kruiser at PJM notes a Sad New York Times Keeps Beating What's Left of the J6 Dead Horse.

Streiff at RedState, Federal Judges Blame Trump and SCOTUS for a Problem They Created; We Need to Fix It Now. "The issue stems from the simple proposition that a nontrivial number of judges no longer see their job as ruling on conflicts of law. They see their job as ensuring the "correct," and naturally progressive, outcome to cases. The very fact that Trump has had only one minor setback at the Supreme Court, despite having virtually every decision of consequence litigated, is an indication that the legal reasoning and arguments of his team are rock-solid; see SCOTUS Scorecard: How the Trump Administration Is Faring Before the High Court (So Far). With increasing frequency, courts are issuing rulings that amount to "I don't like it." So long as the President has legal authority to do so, that is not an argument that is a tantrum. Sometimes the results are hilariously stupid." Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed hears In Race-Based Redistricting Battle, Louisiana Urges SCOTUS To Uphold America’s ‘Color Blind’ Constitution. Mediaite whines Trump’s Handpicked Prosecutor Outside DC Cleans Out Office In Shock Move "President Donald Trump’s handpicked U.S. prosecutor recently removed a senior prosecutor in Virginia as she continues a radical reshaping of the office. In late September, it was announced that Lindsey Halligan would replace Erik Siebert as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Siebert previously resigned over his refusal to prosecute New York Attorney General Letitia James."

At Hat Hair, Dave Strom reminds us Letitia James' 'Tenant' in Mortgage Fraud Home Is a Niece Who Is a Fugitive From North Carolina. Vince Langman @LangmanVince, "Must Watch! You won't see this guy on CNN! Every single mortgage document Letitia James signed over the last 42 years had "falsified information" this was not a "one-off"" Ace, The Niece Living at Big Tish's Mortgage-Fraud Scam-Pad Is, Get This, a Criminal Fugitive, "Big Tish has a family of criminals. Including a criminal absconder. Lock. Her. Up."

Cathy Salgado at PJM, ICE Arrests Double Murderer, Thwarts Chicago Would-Be Shooter. Twitchy, Illegal Aliens Not Able to Renew CDLs After Trump Closed Loopholes CA Was Exploiting. Buck Throckmorton at Ace's says The Trump Administration’s Purge of Illegal Truck Drivers Is Having a Huge Impact. 

From the Free Bacon, Liberal Media, Activists Silent as Bari Weiss Makes LGBT History at CBS News "Groups who claim to promote diversity and inclusion refuse to acknowledge lesbian trailblazer." Driscoll at Insty, calls it the BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: John Oliver Slams Bari Weiss’ Takeover of CBS News: She’s ‘Spent Years Putting Out Work’ That ‘Is at Best Irresponsible and at Worst Deeply Misleading.’ “She’s been given editorial control of a massive news organization even though she’s never run a TV network, has no experience directing television coverage and, as one ’60 Minutes’ producer pointed out, is not even a reporter,” Oliver said. “That is true. She didn’t come up through the news side of a newspaper but through the opinion pages, which are a very different thing.” . . . Actually, it should be a perfect fit in one sense — CBS has been “a pure opinion outlet” for over a decade longer than Oliver has been alive." Bluesky Libs @BlueskyLibs, "Why can’t liberals admit that they just don’t want people with opposing political opinions to control news organizations? It’s an understandable reaction (I would be saddened if George Soros bought Fox News). But liberals have to dress up their desire for control in noble principle. It’s so fake." At Splice Today, Mark Judge looks at The Bari Weiss Kavanaugh Flip-Flop. He's got a legitimate bone to pick with her. 

Dave Strom sees that in the UK, 'Hate Speech' Excludes Antisemitism. From the College Fix, Memorial for Israeli hostages vandalized, Jewish students threatened at Lewis & Clark College. At Campus Reform, Rutgers professor known as ‘Dr. Antifa’ flees to Europe after petition to remove him. "Rutgers professor Mark Bray, known as 'Dr. Antifa,' is moving to Europe and teaching online after receiving death threats following a petition calling for his removal. The petition, launched by Turning Point USA, accused Bray of promoting 'militant anti-fascism,' while Rutgers said it is reviewing the situation."

VodkaPundit at Insty, IT WAS ALWAYS A GOVERNMENT- AND NGO-ENABLED SOCIAL CONTAGION:

More evidence that the phenomena of rising trans identification is a social fad, not the result of a "more tolerant society" as some social scientists have argued.

Boys wanting to put on dresses and girls wanting to wear boys clothes is as old as antiquity. https://t.co/tDEhGzsAJD

— Rich Baris The People's Pundit (@Peoples_Pundit) October 14, 2025

"But, wait — it gets better: After years of progress on gender, the male gaze is back." It never really left. 

Plenty more links at The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.14.25 (Morning Edition) and In The Mailbox: 10.14.25 (Evening Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: No Joy At Fenway at the usual time and place.

The Wednesday Wetness

SF Examiner, US Supreme Court rules for SF, against EPA

The United States Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its statutory authority when it attempted to make San Francisco responsible for water quality in the Pacific Ocean.

The 5-4 ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. Environmental Protection Agency, which reversed an appellate decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, said the EPA is not authorized under the Clean Water Act to include what the Supreme Court termed “end-result provisions” in a permit it issued to The City allowing the discharge of pollutants. “We are very pleased the Court issued the narrow decision San Francisco sought,” said City Attorney David Chiu and Public Utilities Commission General Manager Dennis Herrera in a joint statement. “This decision upholds the Clean Water Act’s critical role in protecting water quality and simply requires the EPA to fulfill its obligations under the Clean Water Act, as intended by Congress.” The case involved two provisions the EPA added to the pollutant-discharge permit issued for The City’s Oceanside water-treatment facility, which empties into the Pacific Ocean, when it was renewed in 2019.

In its petition for Supreme Court review, San Francisco argued that the EPA overstepped its statutory boundaries when it “added two provisions that generally demand that the City not violate [water quality standards] … rather than specify pollutant limits that San Francisco must meet.” “In practice, generic water quality prohibitions make it impossible for permittees to know what the law requires until an enforcement action’s late stages, putting them in a predicament that offends basic concepts of due process,” the City Attorney’s Office wrote in its petition.

The Supreme Court rejected San Francisco’s argument that the EPA is limited in what type of limitations it may impose on discharges, but it agreed with the contention The City made in its initial brief that “the Act does not authorize EPA to impose NPDES permit requirements that condition permitholders’ compliance on whether receiving waters meet applicable water quality standards.” “Determining what steps a permittee must take to ensure that water quality standards are met is the EPA’s responsibility, and Congress has given it the tools needed to make that determination,” wrote Justice Samuel Alito in the majority opinion.

“This ruling makes clear that permitholders like San Francisco are responsible for what they discharge, and the EPA has the tools at its disposal to ensure water quality,” Chiu and Herrera said in their statement. “But it’s not lawful to punish permitholders for things outside of their control, such as the end-result water quality of a shared body of water, where many other factors affect water quality.”

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: South American Cowgirl ready and willing at The Other McCain. 

RIP: Linda LaFlamme

At Althouse, "One day, she was noodling around on an electric piano with a chord sequence... 'Do that again,' he said."

"Two hours later, they had written their magnum opus, which became the opening track of their debut album.... [W]ith its imagery of a 'white bird in a golden cage' who 'must fly, or she will die,' the song encapsulated a longing by the flower-power generation to escape a conformist life and soar toward a loftier plane of existence. The song lived on, but the romance between the LaFlammes did not.... 'What we didn’t realize,' Ms. LaFlamme once said... 'is that we were connected so musically that we were not connected in the sense that you would say, married people had this love....'"

From "Linda LaFlamme Dies at 85; Her 'White Bird' Reflected a Hippie Fantasy/With her husband, David LaFlamme, she founded the rock band It’s a Beautiful Day and wrote a soaring paean to a generation’s dreams of escape" (NYT).

It was a big hit around my freshman year in college, especially being close (relatively) to the San Francisco area. I have a somewhat funny story about not going to a It's a Beautiful Day concert at Humboldt State, but I'm just gonna let that go. I liked the first album, was just OK with the second, never even knew they had a third.

Here's the group as fossil rocker at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio.

Flotsam and Jetsam on Christmas Day

Strange bedfellows, at JTN, Gov. Newsom blasts effort to kick Trump off theCalifornia ballot "The California Republican primary is slated for March 5 and the final candidate list is due Dec. 28 " and from Fox, Barr calls on Supreme Court to ‘smack down’ Colorado decision, offers quip on Trump-Biden matchup "Former U.S. Attorney General said the U.S. Supreme Court needs to strike down the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to remove Trump from the state ballot." Sorry, not sorry about that image. Chris Talgo at TownHall calls the Colorado Supreme Court Ruling a Total Travesty. Althouse, Significant chunks. "I don't (want to) believe this:"

"There are significant chunks of the American populace that will find it very hard to respect a supreme court decision that keeps Trump off the ballot, and there are significant chunks of the American populace that will find it very hard to respect a supreme court decision that keeps Trump on the ballot."That's a quote from lawprof Steve Vladeck that appears in this Guardian article, "'Did you just hear John Roberts scream?': US supreme court to have outsized influence in 2024 election Court temporarily waved off request from special counsel prosecuting Trump, but it’ll likely soon have to wade into fray."

From Da Caller Deroy Murdock,  Mess Around And Find Out: If Dems Remove Trump From Ballots, GOP Must Do The Same To Biden, and sure enough, at WaEx, GOP state lawmakers, in an act of retribution, seek to bar Biden from state ballots. Sarah Hoyt at Insty, NO DOUBT THEY ARE: FBI looking into threats against Colorado justices following Trump ballot ruling. "Whether the threats happened or not."

Madelein Hubbard at JTN reports  Trump asks appeals court to toss 2020 election case after SCOTUS declines special counsel's request. "The indictment alleges only official acts, so it must be dismissed." Trump's attorneys wrote." Atop Da Hill, George Conway refutes Jake Tapper’s claim Trump got ‘big win’ with Supreme Court ruling. Refutes or attempts to refute; it seems like a matter of opinion before it plays out. 

Jeff Davidson at TownHall asks Is It Time to Cheat Like a Democrat? Yep. At Off Teh Press, Kari Lake About To Get Giuliani-ed Over Accusing Election Worker Of Voting Irregularities. Go see the video I posted yesterday. At WaEx, How a sitting Democratic Connecticut mayor could be ousted after 'shocking' evidence. "Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim was reelected in the general election in November, but a judge ruled that there was "shocking" evidence of ballot harvesting, when a third party collects and returns many ballots, enough for a redo of the Democratic primary, which took place in September. If Ganim does not win the nomination next month, the town will have another mayoral general election in February, with his opponent as the nominee." If they'll cheat each other, they'll cheat us. The Peacock giggles Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy protection, lists more than $100 million in debts. 

India Today? Trump calls new poll which shows Nikki Haley just 4 points behind him a 'scam', "The poll, conducted by American Research Group, indicated that 33 per cent of New Hampshire GOP voters support Trump, while 29 per cent support Nikki Haley." Madeleine Hubbard at JTN, Chris Christie off presidential primary ballot in Super Tuesday state of Maine, per court ruling. "Christie submitted 844 of the minimum of 2,000 certified signatures required in order to appear on the ballot in Maine." Go home, Chris, it ain't happening.

VOA, Bidens Plan to Spend Christmas at Camp David, New Year’s in St. Croix. Sarah Arnold at TownHall thinks Americans Are Tired of Joe Biden's 'Retiree' Lifestyle. No, really, retire Joe! 'Bonchie' at RedState, Kamala Harris Gets Dragged for Christmas Eve Post. She's done worse.

Chris Woodward at JTN reports States sue Biden administration over highway emissions rule. "The states' complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western district of Kentucky, argues the federal agencies don't have the authority granted by Congress to require states to reduce emissions." From WaEx, Manchin blasts Biden administration's 'kneecap' of hydrogen market, vows to fight it.

Insty, BILL ACKMAN: CLAUDINE GAY HAS BEEN ASKED TO RESIGN. 

I have heard from a source that is reliable but a step or two removed from the situation that the @Harvard Corporation has asked President Gay to resign and she has refused.

Gay has apparently said that if she is fired, she will sue. Gay has retained her own counsel.

I can’t…

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) December 24, 2023

At NYPo, Claudine Gay’s resignation won’t fix Harvard’s reputation — only school admitting it ‘made a bad choice of leader’ will, Bill Ackman says and Stefanik slams Harvard prof suggesting school doesn’t need to cooperate with congressional probes: ‘Harvard is funded with billions of taxpayer dollars’ . Jeff Flier at Quillette, The Harvard Double Standard, And how higher education can reform from within. From Twitchy, Mary Katharine Ham Sums Up Whack-Job's Bizarre Thread About Harvard and White Supremacy in 1 PERFECT Post.   Kurt Schlichter in his inimitable style says Leftist Idiocy Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving. 

Of course, the big pony-shaped present under our culture war tree this year is Claudine Gay, the President of Harvard, which is America’s best college ever, according to Harvard. Thanks, Santa, because for those of us out to defeat the Marxists, there’s no better gift than this ridiculous mid-wit with smart girl glasses and a shaved head. Remember, this is a woman who could not explain before Congress and TV cameras that genocide is bad – I will charitably give her the benefit of the doubt and assume that she thinks genocide is bad. However, many of her fellow travelers (like the aforementioned Turtle Island residents) eagerly support it not just for Jews but for everyone designated a “settler” or “colonist.” What a spectacle – the president of an allegedly prestigious college word-salading it worse than Kamala after downing a bottle of Quaaludes and knocking back a couple of tumblers of Jack Daniels.

An old idea reborn on Da Hill,  It’s time for universities to share the burden of student loan defaults. NYPo, The DEI machine has always been about toeing an ideological line — not meaningful change.

Breitbart hosts a Video: Pro-Palestinian Protesters Yell Abuse, Storm Live TV Christmas Celebrations. Stacey Matthews at LI, Anti-Israel Radicals Try Hijacking Christmas, Falsely Declare ‘Jesus Was a Palestinian’, “Overheard: Shoutout to all the Christians who’ve remained completely silent about the Palestinian genocide while they get ready to celebrate the birth of their favorite Palestinian man”   NYPo, Professor calls on people to ‘go as hard as possible’ to ‘dismantle’ US at pro-Palestinian event: ‘Lean into scaring them.’

Stacy McCain hears an Ex-NFL Player: ‘Average White Guys’ Shouldn’t Be Talking About Football. OK, I'll shut up, now. I never really understood the finer points of the game anyway. 

Madeline Leesman at TownHall notes A List of America's Most Dangerous Cities and Towns Just Dropped. Here's What They Have in Common. All Democrat mayors. At WaEx, DC takes the crown as petty crime capital of America and Congress doesn't count. "Washington reported 3,671 incidents of petty crime per 100,000 people last year. A total of 24,664 incidents were reported, more than half being vandalism." From Fox, Gavin Newsom's 10-year plan to end San Francisco homelessness marks 20-year anniversary "Newsom 'has taken his failures statewide' since 2003 mayoral election, California GOP chair says." 

Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw reveals a Christmas Miracle: Women's Catholic College Reverses Trans Admission Decision. No more chicks with dicks. Ward Clark at Red State Author Claims Children With 'Two Parent Privilege' Do Better, but Is That the Cause or Effect? Are they seriously saying bad kids break up families?

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Happy New Year! ready at The Other McCain.

If I Had a Hammer!

Breitbart, notes how in the wake of Pauli Pelosi's hammer attack at the hands on a Canadian illegal alien nude activist, Joe Biden says We Must Stop Republican ‘Malarkey’ That Is Inciting Violence. Which is reminiscent of this Babylon Bee Op-Ed: Citizens Being Able To Vote The Ruling Party Out Of Power Is The End Of Democracy. 

At Haut Hair,  Beege Wellborn proclaims  Ahoy, USS Democratic Majority! Your old tub is looking mighty shaky, taking on water and listing to port, and Capt. Ed finds the NYT acknowledges Voters now prefer a Republican House -- and Senate. Now, let's not disappoint them. At HE, a POLL: 79% of Americans Think the US Is 'Out of Control'. From Breitbart, another Poll: Half of Voters Say Economy, Inflation Top Issue Going into Midterms. I&I, Can Midterm Election ‘Red Wave’ Heal Divided America? No, it will make Democrats even crazier. But it is necessary. 

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.31.22, Twitchy, Joe Rogan – Midterm Red Wave Will be Like Elevator Scene In The Shining. Stephen Kruiser at PJ Media sees One Week Left for Desperate Democrats to Burn It All Down. Jeff Crouere at Am Think thinks Democrats Show Desperation In The Home Stretch. The Liberal Patriot explains Why Democrats Will Lose the 2022 Midterm Elections. It's the economy, stupid. At Ricochet, The Democrats’ Hermetically Sealed World. David Strom at Haut Hair has hopes Will Republicans make inroads with black voters? At Spiked, America’s parents are revolting, "They are fed up with schools indoctrinating their children. And now they’re fighting back." Kevin Downey at PJ Media, The Morning After Election Day, Who or What Will Democrats Blame for the Shellacking? Russia or racism? 

At Da Wire, Pittsburgh’s Top Newspaper Endorses Oz, Sees Through Fetterman’s Blue-Collar Branding. CNS News, President Biden: ‘Fetterman Is Everything That He Appears to Be.’ A brain-damaged wanna-be thug? Ace, The Reporters Who Covered Fetterman Knew He Was Mentally Crippled -- But Covered For Him. What Penalty Will They Suffer for That?

Breitbart cites a Trafalgar Poll: Republican Lee Zeldin Takes Lead in New York Governor’s Race. Also in NY, John Sexton at Haut Hair claims Democrats are worried about a seat in New York where Biden won by 20. City Journal is Questioning Gotham’s Ballot Questions, "New York City voters are being asked to entrench race consciousness in municipal government."

Breitbart has another Final Atlanta Journal-Constitution Poll: Herschel Walker Leads in Georgia. Chris Queen at PJ Media, Is This the REAL Reason Dems in Georgia Are Tanking? "Abrams is performing so poorly against Gov. Brian Kemp that she may also be serving as a drag on the Warnock campaign."

In other Senate contests Da Caller reports  GOP Senate Challenger Now Tied With Incumbent Dem In Washington State. Vicky Taft at PJ Media, Lefty Washington State Is Now 'Ground Zero for Wave Election Upset' in Senate Race. I'd like to believe it, but I'm not there yet. Emerson, Utah 2022: Senator Mike Lee Holds 10-Point Lead Over Evan McMullin, probably thanks to Adam Kinzinger's support for McMuffin. KT at Haut Hair, Trump endorses Bolduc in last days before election as Hassan campaigns like a Republican. John Sexton, In Wisconsin, Gov. Evers is in a toss up race thanks to bitterness over his reaction to the shooting of Jacob Blake.

In the House, the Free Bacon calls out This Dem Congressman Had a Years-Long Affair With an Intern. Now, His Ex-Wife Says He’s Threatening Her To Keep Quiet and Sean Patrick Maloney Gave Taxpayer-Funded Job to Longtime Family Friend With No Political Experience, "Dem congressman paid tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to husband's 'old friend' who simultaneously worked full-time as a magazine editor."

Center for Politics on The Governors: Georgia, Florida Move Further Toward Republicans, "One week out, rating changes in favor of 2 Sun Belt GOP governors." At Da Caller, Laura Kelly’s Office Website Falsely Claimed To Be Closed To ‘General Public’ For Nearly 6 Months. At Town Hall Kurt Schlichter sees GOP Governor Grrrl Power Owning the Libs. 

At CNS News, DCCC Chair: ‘We’re Going to Accept the Results of the Election’. We'll see, won't we? Vicky Marshall at Da Fed reports the RNC Sues Flint, Michigan For Stacking Polls With Democrat Workers Ahead Of Key Midterm Election. "I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how.
said in 1923; Boris Bazhanov The Memoirs of Stalin's Former Secretary (1992)." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.31.22, The Geller Report: Federal Judge Rules That Watching Drop Boxes For Voter Fraud Is Protected Under The First Amendment After Democrats Sue. But at WaPoo, Justice Dept. says ballot drop box monitoring in Ariz. is likely illegal and GOP push to monitor voting in Texas’s Harris County spurs outcry. Dan Greenfield at Front Page warns The Midterm Election Rigging is Underway. I doubt it ever stopped. At the Free Bacon, China Working To Undermine Midterm Elections, Cybersecurity Group Says, "China, Russia, Iran sowing dissent ahead of midterm elections." So, like usual. 

Breitbart, Report: Twitter and Facebook Had Regular Meetings with DHS on Censoring Americans. Ace, The Intercept: Government -- the FBI, In Particular -- Is Pressuring Social Media Platforms to Push Official US Propaganda on Origins of Covid and Even the Afghanistan Withdrawal, and Censor Anything that Contradicts It. "After a pressure session, one Microsoft executive texted the Department of Homeland Security: "Platforms have got to get comfortable with gov't."" Straight up violation of the 1st Amendment. Government people must go to jail for this.

Miranda Devine at NYPo sees Biden and Democrats spin the attack on Paul Pelosi to smear Trump, MAGA backers.  Dave Harsanyi at Da Fed, Blaming Conservatives For The Attack On Pelosi Is A Cynical Effort To Chill Speech. Yep. Fang Fang's boy toy Eric Swalwell: Republican Leaders’ Political Rhetoric Is ‘Inspiring Violent Political Acts’. 

WaPoo is still pushing the "right-wing attacker" motif in Alleged Pelosi attacker now faces federal and state charges "The Washington Post confirmed that a voluminous blog written under DePape’s name was filled with deeply antisemitic writings and baseless claims, as well as pro-Donald Trump and anti-Democratic posts. It was registered to a house in Richmond, Calif., where DePape lives, according to neighbors ", although in Accused Pelosi attacker’s history shows blurry lines of radicalization, "David DePape’s online extremism mutated across fringe movements. Analysts say this “side switching” is increasingly common" they do admit it's been quite a bizarre set of contradictory beliefs. Hey, drugs are bad for you.

Protein Wisdom (reborn), The Mysterious Case of the Fully Dressed Nudist Drug Addict and the House Speaker’s Husband, "I have questions, and I’m going to keep asking them." Jim Treacher, How Did David DePape Get into the Pelosis' House? "And why aren't we supposed to ask?" Vicky Taft at PJ Media wants authorities to Release Paul Pelosi's 911 Call. At Da Wire, Suspect Who Attacked Paul Pelosi Is An Illegal Immigrant, Report Says. Jennifer Van Larr at Red State, Pelosi Attacker in Country Illegally, Planned to Break Speaker's Kneecaps. At Breitbart, NBC News Walks Back Report There Was Third Person Inside House During Attack on Paul Pelosi. Dan Gelernter at Am Great on  The Underwear Attacker, "Victims of violent crime who aren’t lucky enough to be married to a major political figure would also like the assurance of knowing their attackers are locked up and won’t be bothering them again." Am Con wonders What Really Happened To Paul Pelosi? "Media eagerness to cover up for Democratic politicians -- hello, Hunter Biden's laptop -- produces natural skepticism." Virginia Kruta at Da Wire hears Glenn Greenwald Explain Why Journalists Are Terrified To Question Paul Pelosi Narrative: ‘It Can Ruin Your Career.’ The redoubtable Julie Kelly at Am Great reports on the Scandal-Ridden San Francisco FBI Field Office Involved in Pelosi Investigation. "Given the highly partisan nature of the FBI, and the San Francisco field office in particular, there is no reason to believe FBI brass will do anything more than run cover for the Pelosis."

Speaking of the corrupt FBI, Da Caller claims the FBI Agent Who Pushed To Censor Hunter Biden Story Is Shaping Biden Admin’s Response To ‘Misinformation’. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.31.22, The Geller Reports the FBI Arrests Disabled a Marine, VA Cancels His Benefits For Peaceful Protest. William Kiloski@WKiloski "VA Suspends Benefit of Nonviolent Marine Corps Veteran Zach Rehl Charged with Seditious Conspiracy and Held Without Bail - Despite No Altercations with Police, Brought No Weapons, or Vandalized Property on Jan. 6th -- PLEASE HELP"

Stacey Matthews at LI, Newsweek Proclaims Antifa Doesn’t Exist in Bizarre Ted Cruz ‘Fact Check’ “Labeling the [2020 Antifa/Black Lives Matter-led] protests as ‘Antifa riots’ is misleading too as there is no organization or group known as such.” – Newsweek" No enemies to the left. Also at LI, DHS Still Trying to ‘Police Disinformation’ & Pressure Big Tech to Play Along, and NYU Hosts Panel on ‘Reproductive Justice’ With Prof Who Defended Vandalizing Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers. Elle Purnell at Da Fed argues The FACE Act Is Unconstitutional. It’s Past Time Congress Got Rid Of It. "Both in its application and on its face, the FACE Act is an abuse of power by bureaucrats increasingly hostile to political dissidents."

At ET, Trump Lawyer Appeals Court Order to Hand Over Emails to Jan. 6 Committee, which is likely to go out of business soon anyway. 

Dan Chaitin at WaEx reports Devin Nunes believes reports of Durham probe's demise are greatly exaggerated. I'd like to believe that. At Am Think Clarice Feldman wonders What's Behind the Seth Rich Coverup? "The Epoch Times reports on the continuing efforts by the FBI to hide the contents of Seth Rich’s computer, and while I am not sure why, the reasonable assumption is that to disclose this material would, as a number of experts have long contended, prove that Mueller’s claim that the DNC computer was hacked by Russians was of a piece with the entire nonsensical and disproven claims that Russia conspired to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016."