Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran Israel War Going Swimmingly

For the Israelis, who seem to have established near total control of Iran's airspace. Iran is still capable of popping out ballistic missiles and launching them, but the launchers are being steadily eroded away. Israel now has the freedom to go after, shall we say, less military and more political targets. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair VIP, reads NYT, WSJ: What In the World Happened to Iran? UPDATE: Trump Warns Tehran to Evacuate. Matt Margolis at PJM, Trump Departs G7 Early. Is Something Big About to Go Down? Althouse doesn't approve of the G7's grammar, and blames Trump, "We urge that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza." "That's the official statement, quoted in "Trump leaves G-7 meeting early to deal with Mideast; signs group statement/Trump signed the G-7’s statement backing Israel and criticizing Iran after discussions with other leaders and changes to the initial draft, a U.S. official said" (WaPo). "This sentence feels as though it began with many different words that have been swapped out for awkward substitutions. We're told Trump wouldn't sign the original draft. I'll bet that was better written, but the edited version we see won Trump's signature. Perhaps he wanted it to say nothing specifically discernible (other than "including a ceasefire in Gaza"). And perhaps he wanted to endorse military victory for Israel — AKA "the resolution of the Iranian crisis" — and didn't want or need to say it outright. He did get the others to sign onto that." Vijeta Uniyal at LI, IDF Issues Evacuation Order for Tehran Ahead of Possible Strike, "IDF spokesman: Israel has “achieved full aerial superiority over Tehran’s skies.”" VodkaPundit at PJM, Is Israel About to Do the (Almost) Unthinkable? "Israel could choose to limit its attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure to just what is militarily necessary, but after last night's missile barrage, why should it?" Times of Israel cites IAEA chief: Likely all machines at Iran’s main enrichment plant ‘severely damaged’. Don't trust him. Make sure. From the Free Bacon, 'Strategic Decapitation': Israel Expands Operations, Targeting Iranian Political Institutions as Netanyahu Taunts 'Weak' Regime in Tehran. Open Source Intel @Osint613 "JUST IN Iran’s state media main website is currently offline." At Insty, Dave Bernstein has a WARNING: MAY LEAVE A SMILE ON YOUR FACE ALL DAY: "Confirmed video shows the moment Israel hits Iran’s state propaganda channel." and Driscoll, BAGHDAD BOB SMILES: Israeli jets bomb building of Iran state broadcaster in Tehran; anchor flees studio in mid-broadcast. Hat Hair's Dave Strom, hears Iran Crying Uncle? US Refueling Aircraft Headed East; Israel Strikes Iran TV; Trump Responds. Nick Sortor@nicksortor, "President Trump just sent a STRONG message to Iran: “I'd say Iran is NOT winning this war. They should talk — and they should talk immediately before it's too late.” Take that advice, Iran!"" ET, Trump Warns Iran of Retaliation, Says US Had Nothing to Do With Israeli Strikes.

Ace, Iran Media Claims Top Iranian Nuclear Scientists Killed by Car Bombs Update: Iranian "News" Station Bombed Mid-Rant "I heard that Mossad agents are now operating deep inside Iran. They have enough Iranian allies to permit this. It does seem like you'd need agents on-scene to plant car bombs." I doubt the military effectiveness of targeting scientists at this point. If they know how to put the bomb together it's in the engineers hands now, but the psychological point is being made. Don't help!  Capt. Ed, Imam On The Run: Khamenei Hides While Humiliations Expand. "Israel has not ruled out assassinating Khamenei though reports hint that US President Donald Trump had stopped Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from targetting the Supreme Leader." VodkaPundit at Insty says HMM: Open Source Intel @Osint613 "Reports indicate the Chinese Embassy is evacuating its staff from Tehran." Quote Open Source Intel @Osint613 "China is advising its citizens to depart Iran immediately." "China buys 80-90% of Iran’s oil exports — often using questionable methods to avoids sanctions, and presumably at a discount. Whatever change is coming, Beijing presumably isn’t happy about it." And THE IDF SEEMS TO HAVE A HANDLE ON THINGS BUT IT’S NICE TO BE PREPARED IN CASE THE MULLAHS GET FRISKY WITH OUR PEOPLE: "Uncle Sam Assembles A Big Stick. “A major military airlift appears to now be underway, as an unprecedented number of U.S. Air Force KC-135 and KC-46 Aerial-Refueling Tankers have departed from airbases across the United States and appear to be preparing to cross the Atlantic towards Europe.”" Beege Welborn at Hat Hair is looking on the bright side, Good Deeds: Israel Pounding the Poo Out of Iran May Save Christians in Nigeria. 

Capt. Ed, YGBFKM: Iran Wants a Do-Over ... With Nukes; UPDATE: Iran FM: Help Us, Obi-Wan Trumpnobi; Netanyahu: Nope. "The Wall Street Journal reported just a few minutes ago that the regime wants to call a time out and return to the table, while offering nothing new at all:" Ace, Iran Is Now Begging the US to Step In and Force a Ceasefire on Israel "Killers, but of the absolute coward type. Which we've come to expect from the Fruits of Islam." Ambassador Mike Huckabee @GovMikeHuckabee "Some confusion--there were NO INJURIES to US Personnel at US Embassy Branch--the minor damage to property were from the shock waves (i.e. "concussions") from the nearby blast. Not human concussions. Repeat--NO INJURIES thank God!" Quote Ambassador Mike Huckabee @GovMikeHuckabee "Our @usembassyjlm US Embassy in Israel & Consulate will officially remain closed today as shelter in place still in effect. Some minor damage from concussions of Iranian missile hits near Embassy Branch in @TelAviv but no injuries to US personnel." Dave Bernstein at Insty, I DON’T THINK THE AYATOLLAH IS TRYING TO BRING THE US INTO THE WAR: "But some of his subordinates seem to have other ideas. Iran-backed militias in Iraq have tried to attack US bases with drones. And yesterday the US embassy annex in Tel Aviv, which is really our primary building in Israel, was damaged by an Iranian rocket. I am very familiar with the geography there, my wife once did a “detail” for the US government in that building. On one side, you have beach and ocean. On the other, you have mostly low-rise buildings and parking lots. To the north and south, you have a bunch of scattered hotels, with space between them. In short, if you are firing rockets accurate within X meters, but not fully accurate, this is not an area you’d be targeting because you’d be unlikely to hit anything significant, and your rocket might well just fall into the ocean. Which suggests that someone was, in fact, targeting the embassy." Teri Christoph at RedState, Trump Absolutely Levels 'Kooky' Tucker Carlson After Podcaster Predicts Early End to Presidency, over support for Israel.

WJ, Murder Suspect in Utah 'No Kings' Shooting Was Trump-Hating, Antifa-Loving Leftist. PM reports Salt Lake City ‘No Kings’ protest murder suspect pushed Antifa views, "Arturo Gamboa, the man charged with murder after a deadly shooting at Salt Lake City’s “No Kings” protest, appears to be a self-described anti-government radical who publicly supported Antifa." "While Gamboa did not fire the shot that took the life of 39-year-old Arthur Ah Loo, police say his armed and threatening behavior sparked the confrontation, says the Salt Lake Tribune." Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "Here’s a sampling of No Kings protesters. The big divide is that these elderly people still get their news from legacy media and they believe it. They do limited to no questioning of what they’re told to believe. That won’t change but their influence is dying while ours grows." John Hinderacker at Power Line, No Kings at the Old Folks’ Home. Stephan Kruiser at PJM, You Know, I Rather Enjoy Being on the Side of Patriotism.

Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo "Without independent journalists covering the violence of Antifa in the Seattle area, you’d only have the @seattletimes setting the false narrative through lies. Their headline makes no mention of the organized rioters blockading the building, creating a dangerous hostage situation." Quote "Brandi Kruse @BrandiKruse "Honestly @seattletimes? You are the problem. x.com/BrandiKruse/st…" Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt "Protestors in Seattle avoid Tesla Cybetruck due all the cameras it has. "Don't touch it they have cameras. For your safety don't touch the car."" FRONTLINES @FrontlinesTPUSA, "TESLA’S TARGETED: Look at the Antifa mob swarm this Tesla Cybertruck driver in downtown Seattle. They quickly come to their senses and realize the vehicle has multiple cameras to record their bad behavior. @elonmusk" RushBabe49, This was Seattle. This is Seattle. Mostly peaceful? You be the Judge.

Matt Margolis sees Los Angeles Rioters Attack Car, Driver Runs Them Over. Video at link. Drew Berquist, Anti-ICE Protester’s Testicle ‘Shattered’ by Rubber Bullet in Los Angeles [WATCH]. Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes "Los Angeles resident records what the mall looks like right now in Downtown LA Every store is boarded up and fortified. This is California, this is supposed to be one of the most prestigious iconic places on earth Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass have made it a 3rd world country." At JTN Amanda Head reports After brief moderation, California’s Newsom swings back to left with ICE protests "Leftist this week, moderate the next: Newsom is predicted to be a contender for the 2028 Democratic Party’s nomination and many Americans fear that his same policies which have hurt California would be implemented nationwide." Driscoll at Insty thinks you should watch TOM COTTON SHUTS DOWN A CBS NEWS HOST’S TALKING POINTS ON LA RIOTS IN LESS THAN 90 SECONDS. Insty, FOR ONE THING, TRUMP HAS CUT OFF MOST OF THE MONEY THEY USED TO USE TO HIRE RIOTERS: Why 2025 Won’t be Summer of Love 2.0…Despite the Violent Left’s Best Efforts. PJM's Cathy Salgado says The Protesters Are NOT Going to Like Trump's Latest Move. From the Boston Herald, Brookline Police launch hate crime investigation after brick thrown through kosher grocery store window, on the brick it said "Free Palestine!"

Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge "So much for that tariff hyperinflation. New inflation numbers came at 1.2% — way below the Fed’s target. For the 4th time in Trump’s 4 months. Yet not a word about easing from the fed. Who’s now moving the inflation goal-posts to 2026 or even 2027." TownHall's Cutie Pavlich notices Democrats Can't Stop Lying About Medicaid in the Big Beautiful Bill. Sundance at CTH asks Have We Forgotten How The Senate Works? – Navigating the BBB. It works? At WUWT, President Trump Moves To End The War On Coal. Politico whines Trump revokes California’s nation-leading electric vehicle mandate. "The battle over California’s authority to set vehicle emissions standards will now head to the courts." From Bearing Arms, Trump’s DOJ Argues Illinois’ Ban on ‘Assault Weapons’ is Unconstitutional Under the Second Amendment.

Sundance hosts President Trump Delivers Remarks With Prime Minister Mark Carney at Beginning of G7 Assembly and says Good Grief – Zelenskyy (Ukraine) and Sheinbaum (Mexico) Travel to G7 Canada to Influence and Intercept. Bonchie at RedState thinks you should Watch: During Argument Over Trump, Bill Maher Hits Sean Penn With the Million-Dollar Question.

Don Surber keeps score, Trump 53, Media 31 "This weekend's reporting shows why the media is not trusted."

Stacy McCain, Minnesota Assassin Captured: Exactly Why Did Vance Boelter Go Crazy? Althouse,
"Mr. Boelter had served on a state economic board with one of the victims, State Senator John A. Hoffman, who survived the shooting, though it is unclear if they actually knew each other." "Voters do not declare political affiliation when they register in Minnesota, and a state report connected to the work force board listed Mr. Boelter’s affiliation as 'none or other' in 2016. A similar report in 2020 listed him as having 'no party preference.' But David Carlson, a roommate and close friend of Mr. Boelter’s, said Mr. Boelter voted for Donald J. Trump last year and was particularly passionate about opposing abortion...." From "What We Know About the Minnesota Shooting Suspect/Vance Boelter, who is suspected in the attacks on two Minnesota politicians and their spouses, was taken into custody on Sunday, ending a major manhunt" (NYT)." And just why should we believe the NYT? Matt Margolis thinks Some Things About Boelter’s ‘Hit List’ Don’t Make Sense. I had a crazy roommate for a while. He made crazy lists. Matt Vespa sees the MN Dem Assassin Suspect's Story Continues to Get Crazier. Shawn Farash @Shawn_Farash "Good point. Great point actually." Quote Dustin Grage @GrageDustin, "I haven’t seen a single Republican praise Vance Boelter. Meanwhile, the left treats Luigi Mangione like a patron saint. Just saying."

Cam at Bearing Arms, Federal Judge Rejects Scheme to Enact New Gun Law Through Litigation. Jeff Charles at TownHall, This State Tried to Force a Christian Photographer to Work Same-Sex Weddings – A Judge Said 'Nope'. Seth Tillman at the New Reform Club wonders (rhetorically, I presume) what happened with Trump-47 and the Vacant Article III Judicial Posts "All the extant Trump-47 nominees were submitted on May 12, 2025. There has been no activity in over a month. A month."

From Liz Stauffer at LI, DNC Chair Thought David Hogg’s Departure Would End His Woes, But Another Shoe Just Dropped "Among those dissatisfied with Hogg’s departure and Martin’s leadership are Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees."

At NYPo, Nearly 1 million illegal immigrants have ‘self-deported’ under Trump, which has led to higher wages. Dmitri Bolt at TownHall sees Illegals Out, Wages Up: The Quiet Labor Shift Behind Trump’s Self-Deportation Plan. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh "LOS ANGELES WOMAN SLAMS ICE: "I have friends texting me...my gardener didn't show up, housekeeper didn't show...farmer's market is closed...everyone's scared...you're gonna have to do your own dishes, clean your own house, mow your own lawn!"" From Dave Strom, The Left-Wing Confederacy; 'Who Will Pick the Cotton if the Slaves Are Freed?' Cutie Pavlich reports DHS Officially Terminates Biden's 'Poorly Vetted' Illegal Alien Parole Program. Center Square Texas, Hundreds of immigration charges filed including against women assaulting officers.

From Da Fetched, Jon Stewart Melts Down Over ABC’s Firing of Anti-Trump Journalist: “They’re a F*ing Joke”.

From The College Fix, a Federal bill would defund medical schools that ‘force’ DEI on students. At Campus Reform, Another UNC system administrator gets caught on camera defending efforts to protect DEI. "Undercover video shows a Western Carolina University director of institutional assessment detailing a ‘strategy’ to ‘embed’ DEI." William A. Jacobson @wajacobson, "Sorry to say, but academia -- particularly in the humanities and social sciences -- is politically corrupted, beyond redemption at this point." Quote "Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur "What happened to American academia that turned these scholars into such deeply unserious people? This tweet is substantively incorrect. But much worse than that, it could have been written by any old idiot who doesn’t like Israel. We are already saturated with this pablum. Why x.com/professorpape/…Show more" Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "No place on the planet has ever in history been better for white progressive women with bullshit college degrees than America in 2025, and there's no place in time they hate more." 

VodkaPundit at Insty, SOCIAL JUSTICE KILLS: Kevin Bass PhD MS @kevinnbass "New in Washington Post: During Covid, scientists at CDC selected policies that promoted “social justice” even when CDC data showed this would cause more deaths."

From Spiked, ‘We were forced to change in front of a man’. "Darlington nurse Bethany Hutchison on the NHS’s capitulation to trans ideology."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Before The Deluge up on time and under budget at the Other McCain.

Palm Sunday

Seattle Times, A rogue, unpermitted palm tree at Alki Beach raises hackles. Hey, at least it's not another riot.

The Wombat resurfaces with Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Double-Dip Extra Scoop Donna D’Errico Edition at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Another UFO Shot Down, More Documents

And, just possibly, a another being hunted over the skies of Montana. There's definitely something weird going on in the skies over North America. At Fox, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says US shot down 'high altitude airborne object' over North America, "The unidentified object over Canada comes the day after the United States shot down an unknown object in Alaska." Nick Arama at Red State says the 'Object' Shot Down Over Canada Similar to What Was Shot Down in Alaska; Pilots Divulge More Concerning Info "The official described it as “small, cylindrical,” and smaller than the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by the U.S. military last week. It also appears to have penetrated some distance into Canadian territory before it was taken down." Breaking911@Breaking911 "CNN: US Pilots approaching object shot down over Alaska said the aircraft interfered with their plane’s sensors, another said they ‘could identify no identifiable propulsion system and they did not know how it was actually staying in the air’" Sundance at CTH, NORAD Tracks Another – U.S. Shoots Down Another “Unidentified Object” Over Canadian Yukon Airspace. At Da Wire, New Information Released About Object U.S. Military Shot Down Over Alaska "The unidentified object that the U.S. military shot down over Alaska on Friday reportedly had a “cylindrical shape” and was about the size of a small car. A U.S. official told Politico that the object did not appear to have any “observable surveillance equipment.”"

And then to top it off, ABC, US shoots down another high-altitude object, Montana airspace temporarily closed. Da Mail, 

NORAD confirmed on Saturday that there was a temporary space restriction over Montana.

The airspace was closed due to an object "to ensure the safety of air traffic in the area during NORAD operations. The restriction has been lifted," the statement read.

"NORAD detected a radar anomaly and sent fighter aircraft to investigate. Those aircraft did not identify any object to correlate to the radar hits. NORAD will continue to monitor the situation," the statement continued.

 Da Mail, Fighter jets fail to locate new 'airborne object' detected over Montana after military shut down airspace over 'radar anomaly' - hours after US F-22 shoots down 'small cylindrical object' over Canada. 'Streiff' at Red State, FAA Shuts Down Airspace in Montana Due to National Security.. Sundance, FAA Closes Airspace in Havre, Montana, to Support Defense Dept Activities.  Matt Rosendale @RepRosendale "I am in direct contact with NORCOM and monitoring the latest issue over Havre and the northern border. Airspace is closed due to an object that could interfere with commercial air traffic — the DOD will resume efforts to observe and ground the object in the morning."

At SLAY, Bill Gates Calls for America to ‘Tone Down the Rhetoric’ over China Threat, and to shut up and eat your bugs quietly. 

Da Lid observes Joe Biden’s Lie-Filled SOTU Was Lowest Rated In Three Decades "Perhaps Americans Wanted To Watch A Non-Fiction Program Instead." Larry O'Connor says Biden Ignores Actual Bipartisanship So He Can Call Republicans Racist. Gotta keep his base whipped up. At Da Caller,  Fox Says Super Bowl Interview With Biden Is Still On After White House Claimed The Network Canceled It. "Some media personalities, including CNN’s Oliver Darcy, have speculated that the White House attempted to arrange for Biden to be interviewed on Fox Soul in order to avoid sitting down with a Fox News anchor."  KT at Haut Hare wonders Why is Joe Biden afraid of Fox News Channel?

Traditionally over the years, the news division of the company broadcasting the Super Bowl has interviewed the president. When Joe Biden campaigned to be president, he promised a return to normal. He said the professionals would be in charge of government again. Since he began his term as president, things have been anything but normal. Here we are at Super Bowl weekend and another example of Biden’s not-normal America pops up.

Biden refused to commit to doing an interview with an anchor from Fox News Channel, this year’s Super Bowl broadcast channel. Think Bret Baier. Nope. Apparently, Joe Biden is scared to face a political journalist on America’s most-watched cable news network. Instead of agreeing to an interview with FNC, Team Biden negotiated an interview on Fox Soul, a Fox streaming service. Ever heard of it? Me, neither.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and husband Andy Gamberzky

At Fox, Washington Post forced to issue correction after claiming GOP congresswoman was once registered Democrat. "Rep. Anna Paulina Luna blasted Post story that detailed her 'sharp turn to the right'" 'Bonchie' at Red State, WaPo Hit Piece on Anna Paulina Luna Completely Falls Apart, Major Corrections Made. You can tell who they fear by who they smear.

Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports Mixed results from new GOP secretaries of state who pledged election integrity reforms. "The secretaries are in states with Republican legislatures and governors."

At Haut Hare, Jazz Shaw reports Missouri AG opens probe into trans children's clinic. A little shop of horrors?

Breathlessly, ABC reports Trump team turns over items marked classified to DOJ, sources say. "A folder was discovered in mid-January, sources tell ABC News." Bob Spencer at PJ Media, Leftists Go Into Four-Alarm Frenzy: Trump Laptop Found! Trump Laptop Found! Trump Laptop Found!

So a Trump aide, not Trump himself, copied some files without realizing they were classified, and Leftist talking heads are already getting the hangman’s noose ready. Well, they’ve done this before. And when the Trump laptop story turns out to be as much of a nothingburger as the Russian Collusion Hoax, the Jan. 6 “insurrection,” and all the rest, Leftists won’t learn the obvious lesson any more than they did the other times. They’ll just go searching for the next opportunity to say it again: The walls are closing in!

But wait! There's more!  At NYPo, ‘Boxes of documents in Boston’ latest reveal in Biden classified saga.

Emails released Friday by the National Archives reveal references to President Biden’s lawyers handing over boxes of documents in Boston — confirming a little-known detail in the chronology of Biden’s classified documents scandal.

“Please ensure that the boxes in your office in Boston remain secure in a locked space and are not accessed by anyone,” National Archives official Gary Stern wrote on Nov. 7 to Biden attorneys Patrick Moore and Bob Bauer.

The email was sent five days after Biden’s lawyers say they discovered classified documents at Biden’s post-vice presidency office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington.

Julio Rosas at Town Hall hears Mika Brzezinski: Joe Biden Has Nothing to Do With His Son's Scandals, but the Free Bacon reports Hunter Biden Asked Father's Top White House Aide To Help Serbian Businessman Campaign for UN Chief, "First son's ties to former Serbian foreign minister Vuk Jeremic have caught the attention of the House Oversight Committee." Althouse notes Matt Bai at WaPoo admits to being a total partisan hack Matt Bai knows he "should care more about Hunter Biden," but he just doesn't. "And he's telling you why in The Washington Post: ... I find it hard to get too worked up over all this, the way I did over the egregious conflicts of Donald Trump’s family during the last administration." At ET, House Oversight Committee Accuses Hunter Biden of ‘Stonewalling’ Investigation.

At the Boston Herald Howie Carr gives A rare salute to the Boston FBI for refusing Jan. 6 improper investigations on citizens The Boston office of the FBI finally got something right, and I salute them for doing so. The above is a sentence I never dreamed I would be writing, but there’s a first time for everything, and this is it." The Boston FBI office told DC to stick when they wanted the Boston FBI to investigate people who rode the bus down to DC for the J6 rally. A different K.T. at Ace's fondly remembers Abscam, FBI's Jersey Hustle saved the credibility of the U.S. government, as well as reviewing the many FBI scandals. 

At PM, Man who served 2 years for torching police precinct during 2020 'autonomous zone' runs for Seattle city council.The Tacoma native, who has also lived in Seattle, has filed to run in Seattle’s District 2 against Socialist incumbent Tammy Morales

Seattle Council Member @TammyMoralesSEA announced she is seeking another term

During the riots in 2020, she said, "It does make me wonder why looting bothers people so much..." & that she doesn't want to be "told to be civil"

She also defunded SPD

Run this until election day pic.twitter.com/gc32CVNMmL

— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) February 1, 2023

 Forget it Jake, it's Seattle. 

Jazz Shaw at Haut Hare, Is Twitter censorship "the new red scare?" 

Today’s headline question was posed by Jonathan Turley in a new op-ed at the New York Post. Turley has done more than simply observe the House hearings into censorship by proxy on Twitter, abetted by the FBI, the Biden campaign, and others. He was called to Washington to testify himself. The damning revelations uncovered in the Twitter Files should have been setting off alarm bells for anyone with even a hint of respect for freedom of speech and the First Amendment. But the reaction from too many Democrats and their MSM stenographers has been one more reminiscent of Joe McCarthy and the red scare era in the 50s. Rather than demanding answers, these critics are attacking the witnesses and labeling people “Putin apologists” and all sorts of other names. As Turley puts it, “the red scare is back and it is going blue.”

Cathy Salgado at NewsBusters, Surprise, Surprise! Soros-Tied Disinfo Group Is Reportedly ‘Blacklisting’ Conservative Media. Tim Graham says CNN's an Unreliable Source on Conservatives Being Censored. He could have saved four words in that title.

The Wombat is a day late and a dollar short with Rule 5 Monday: Rebecca Bagnol and FMJRA 2.0: Home At Last.

Jan. 6 + 3

A mishmash of articles, some, I confess, misfiled for a few days and rediscovered.

Vince Coyner at Am Think thinks (no, not yet), that  There Was No Insurrection But There Was A Coup. Ilana Mercer at Town Hall says Deplorables, Cancel the January 6 PSYOP! "Deplorables should rejoice for the Democrats are having a fit, and that’s fun. Rejoice, but do not partake in or dignify the production. Ignore Jan. 6 as you would “spam for penis extensions.” " Newsweek,  Peter Navarro MSNBC Interview About Jan 6 Viewed 1M Times: 'You Are Describing a Coup'. Insty, THE NEW AMERICAN STASI: “Working with information from online sleuths who style themselves as ‘Sedition Hunters,’ the authorities have made more than 700 arrests — with little sign of slowing down.” "And yet no one has been charged with sedition. I wonder why?"   At Haut Hair, John Sexton wonders Why is the left suddenly talking about a second Civil War?

My own take is that all of this agita is about the fact that Democrats know they could lose a bunch of upcoming elections. They can’t face that possibility so they’re increasingly claiming the process is rigged and we’re already at war. But as I said before, Democrats losing doesn’t mean democracy has failed or civil war is at hand. It just means Democrats are unpopular and in a democracy, unpopular things can be made to go away.

At Fox,  Gutfeld: Did Biden just declare a civil war on Americans? "Only 11% of Americans call Biden a 'very strong leader.'" Ace, Media-Government Complex Puts January 6 Propaganda Into Overdrive as Journalists Cry That They Feel Unsafe, "Journalists: We just don't complain about being called mean names, or being "harassed" or "abused" online, enough." Tim Graham slams Radical Raskin's 'Unthinkable' Suicide Milking

Nowhere in any of these 11 interviews — no matter how lengthy — did anyone note that for all of the outrage over challenging the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election, no one said a thing about Raskin challenging the legitimacy of the 2016 presidential election on the House floor on Jan. 6, 2017.

Insty, HOW’S ALL THE JANUARY 6 HYSTERIA PLAYING? Trump approval higher than day he left. 

At Town Hall Rebecca Downs reports RINO Liz Cheney's January 6 Fox News Interview Did Not Go How She Wanted "Liz Cheney told another Big Lie because she didn't want to admit an obvious truth: she works for Pelosi. Liz Cheney is the Vice Chair and the Committee's charter explicitly requires a ranking member, but they don't have one. The Committee is illegitimate and violating House Rules"   Nick Arama at Red State, Liz Cheney Melts Down When Asked a Question That Does-in the Jan. 6 Committee

Chuck Cooke at NR, Ted Cruz Debases Himself for the Base, even less kind than Ace, Ted Cruz Apologizes, Equivocates About His "Terrorist Attack" Remark on Tucker Carlson.

The redoubtable Julie Kelly at Am Great, Was the FBI’s Whitmer Chicanery a Warm-up for January 6? " By removing three dirty cops from the witness list, the Justice Department hopes to prevent any cross-examination during the trial and, one supposes, any link to January 6." And a strange claim from the prosecutors, from ET, FBI Informant in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Was a ‘Double Agent’

The DOJ’s revelation came Jan. 6 in a response to a motion from the defendants to admit as evidence 258 statements they believe will prove the FBI entrapped them.

The statements that the defendants want to have admitted as evidence include audio recordings, where an FBI informant “Steve” is allegedly heard making statements about how to plan and execute the kidnapping of Whitmer. The defendants—Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris, and Brandon Caserta—argue that these statements will prove that it was FBI informants like Steve who actually facilitated and encouraged the failed plot.

But far from helping facilitate the plot, one of the FBI’s 12 informants actively helped the defendants to thwart government’s investigation, prosecutors said in their Jan. 6 filing.

“In defiance of agents’ instructions, [confidential human source] Steve contacted at least one of the defendants shortly before their arrest and said he had been stopped by the ‘feds.’ After, he contacted another informant (not knowing he/she was an informant), to ask him/her to delete the in-car recording of their surveillance of the Governor’s home,” prosecutors said. “CHS Steve told the informant that he would act as the leader in coordinating attacks in multiple states going forward.”

This FBI operation has been a clown show from start to finish. And it's the same team that covered Jan. 6.

At Haut Hair, Jazz Shaw reveals that Seattle Police faked "right-wing insurrection" when CHAZ formed. Pouring gasoline on the fire. If they had the FBI resources, they could have hired actual Proud Boys to play the part.

And thus concludeth the week of Jan. 6.

Linked at The Daley Gator in Yes, some linky posts are better than others.

Jan. 6 Anniversary

As Insty notes PLEASE OBSERVE ASHLI BABBITT REMEMBRANCE DAY in a dignified, somber fashion.. I dug the buffalo skin and headdress out; the buffalo skin didn't fit anymore because of the "quarantine 15", and the headdress was all moth eaten. And Gabi has mixed all the blue and red face paint together to make purple. Jazz Shaw at Haut Hair, Let us never forget the significance of January 6th: It's National Shortbread Day, and other assorted historical moments.  Insty, YES, JANUARY 6 IS A BIG DEAL: "This was the day in history, just to pick one momentous example of the many cited by Issues & Insights, that George Washington married Mary Dandridge Custis in 1759. And January 6, 1540, was also the day Henry VIII married wife number four, Ann of Cleves." Also Insty, IT’S THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF A MOSTLY PEACEFUL PROTEST THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING AN INSURRECTION. "But since no one has actually been charged with insurrection, I have to ask: Can you have an insurrection without insurrectionists?" WSJ, Stop Calling Jan. 6 an ‘Insurrection’, "That’s a legal term that denotes much more than a sporadically violent riot or disturbance."We have a republic, if we can keep it. Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great, asks Who Are the Real Insurrectionists?, and provides the answer. James Bovard at NYPo,  Dems and media who portray Jan. 6 as a near-fatal attack on democracy are absurd. FH Buckley at Am Spec, Insurrection Day Revisited "You probably still need to turn yourself in." Illegal thoughts! Jesse Kelly@JesseKellyDC

PRO TIP: All the January 6th stuff this week is a distraction technique because the communists are under water on every single issue that matters to Americans. They’re trying to turn your head away from real problems. Stop letting them set the narrative.

Paul Bedard on GETTR., Paul Bedard @SecretsBedard " "Dems planning a national day of protest/rallying Jan. 6, leading to warnings of parts of DC shutting down, street closings near White House, Capitol shows, danger. Here's one list . . .: " It's going to snow tonight, so they'll get an extra day off. 

At HE, Massachusetts Secretary of State Picks Propagandized Jan 6th Rally for ‘Non-Partisan’ Event

Jimmy Carter, or his ghostwriter, at NYT cited at Haut Hair, I fear for our democracy. Althouse has some perspective, "One year ago, a violent mob, guided by unscrupulous politicians, stormed the Capitol and almost succeeded in preventing the democratic transfer of power." Writes Jimmy Carter — or someone writing under the name Jimmy Carter — in The New York Times.

I would "fear for our democracy" if a mob could seize power by seizing the Capitol, but only a little, because I don't think a mob could seize the Capitol. I saw my state's capitol occupied by protesters — with the intent to obstruct the operation of government — for 4 months, back in 2011. They delayed legislative action for quite a while, but they didn't take over governmental power. Their presence was tolerated — it didn't need to be — and eventually the law was passed and the group went home.

The Wisconsin protesters characterized what they were doing — interfering with the duly elected government — as "democracy," chanting, endlessly, "This is what democracy looks like." That is, those who win the elections should be subjected to continual criticism, vigorous protest, and friction every step of the way as they try to carry out the agenda that won the election. That's real democracy.

Is Carter pushing the idea that everyone is required to believe the announced results of the election are true and that democracy is endangered if they don't? If so, how does he handle the "Russian collusion" theory that dogged Trump for years?

 Ace, Ted Cruz Calls January 6 Riots "A Violent Terrorist Attack on the Capitol" "Ohhh. So that's why so many of you guys always hated Ted Cruz and thought he was an inauthentic poser." Nice Deb at Am Great isn't too happy either, Ted Cruz Calls January 6 Riot a ‘Violent Terrorist Attack on the Capitol’ Sundance at CTH, Senator Ted Cruz Calls J6 Protestors “Violent Terrorists Who Should Go to Jail for a Long, Long Time” "Oh dear, this statement by Senator Ted Cruz is going to put Ms. Julie Kelly in quite a pickle."

WaPoo, cited at Haut Hair reports Biden to squarely blame Trump for Jan. 6 assault. PM, Psaki says Biden will speak about the 'truth' of what happened on Jan. 6. Biden wouldn't know the truth if it was in his ice cream cone. Some satire from The People's Cube, Biden declares 6th of January Bonfire Day

Dateline, Washington D.C. -- Today President Biden signed legislation making January 6th an annual national holiday.

Bonfire Day (as it is to be called) has been set aside as a national day of remembrance. "January 6th is to be forever remembered as the day of Donald Trump's plot to blow-up the Capitol building, the day when our democracy and the American way of life were snuffed out," the document says.

From this day forward, Bonfire Day will be celebrated in every community across the nation with bonfires and the burning in effigy of Donald Trump and any others implicated in the destruction of our free democratic government and the American way of life.

Loyal citizens will join together to reinforce the communal spirit by burning dangerous books and by peacefully looting and torching local groceries, department stores, gas stations, and car dealerships.

Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN, Jan. 6 Capitol riot a year later: Over 700 rioters charged, DOJ won't say if feds were involved. Oh, they were, I have no doubt, the question is how deeply involved. Andy Kerr at WaEx, Federal authorities won't say why armed Capitol rioters disappeared from FBI's most wanted list Jordan Boyd at Da Fed, Is The FBI Ever Going To Get Around To Finding The Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber, Or Nah?. Funny, they're usually very good at finding bombers, when they want to be. At RCP, Will Cain: So Where Has January 6 "FBI Most Wanted" Ray Epps Been? "The Daily Mail" Found Him On His Ranch In Arizona. 

Jazz Shaw at Haut Hair, The missing chapter of "holding all January 6 rioters accountable"  "I still think that the people who are found guilty of actual rioting on January 6th need to be held accountable. But if you aren’t expressing the same level of outrage over the BLM riots, spare me your breathless, sanctimonious outrage. We can see right through it." From RCI, Updated and Reposted: Jan. 6-BLM Riots Comparison. Matt Mayer at Am Great  on the youngest charged rioter, January 6 Defendant Deserves Justice Tempered with Leniency and Reason, " "Bruno Cua’s case isn’t just about him. It is about ensuring that justice in America is even-handed and dispensed with leniency and reason. "

An interesting (but long) video from Ivory Hecker, Update on Journalist Targeted by FBI After Covering J6 - Steve Baker Live Guest

Hmm, at the Seattle Times, Seattle police improperly faked radio chatter about Proud Boys as CHOP formed in 2020, investigation finds and at JTN, Defense: Whitmer 'kidnapping plot' disintegrating as FBI loses credibility, "The crux of the case is whether the alleged extremists or the FBI itself fueled the plan." Cooked it up, funded and did most of the leg work. 

Sara Carter, Ranking GOP Member Exposes Pelosi’s Obstruction to Jan 6 Security Records. At Breitbart, Stefanik Torches Pelosi on Eve of January 6 Anniversary: Speaker ‘Bears Responsibility’ for Capitol Riot. Insty, WHAT DID PELOSI DECIDE AND WHEN ON JAN6: "That’s the question House Republicans are asking with increasing intensity these days as the Speaker refuses to cough up requested documents about her role in the days leading up to and including January 6." Will she enjoy her turn in the barrel when the Republicans take the house.

Bloomers, Capitol Riot Panel Weighs Televised Hearings in Prime Time and Da Mail, January 6 committee is considering televised prime time 'Watergate-style' hearings to make it a 'daily spectacle' and wants to speak to Mike Pence directly.  I sure it will be as popular as mud.  Anxious thinks it has a 

Scoop: Mike Pence’s team helping Jan. 6 committee. The unsinkable Mollie Hemingway at Da Fed, Pelosi Owns The J6 Commission, And That’s Why It Failed. At Da Signal, 6 Things to Expect From Jan. 6 Committee in 2022. A lot of pounding the table. 

At LI,  2022 Desperation: Dem Lawyer Marc Elias Threatens Lawsuits To Disqualify GOP House Members. Jonathon Turley calls it Destroying a Democracy to Save it: Democrats Call for the Disqualification of Dozens of Republican Members

Below is my column in the Hill on the continued calls to disqualify Republican members of Congress to prevent them from running for reelection. What is maddening is that Democratic groups and commentators are seeking to remove as many as 120 Republicans from the ballots in the name of democracy. It is like burning books in the name of literacy. Yet, on this anniversary of the January 6th riot, members of Congress and Democratic groups want to block voters from reelecting their preferred representatives. Like villages in Vietnam, it appears that some members and activists believe that you have to destroy democracy to save it from itself. . . .

Atop Da Hill, Partner of fallen Capitol Police officer says Trump 'needs to be in prison' for Jan. 6. Which is why we don't let police officers charge cases. At CNS News, Capitol Police Chief: 'We Will Likely Be Tested Again'; Not If, But 'When'. And if it's a Democrat controlled crowd you'll roll over on your backs like you always have.

Election 2020 Never Rests

But it's at least a slow day. Judicial Watch reports Ashli Babbitts death was a homicide in NEW: Ashli Babbitt Shooting Emails Released! But we knew that. Any time a person kills another person it's a homicide, the question is whether or not it was justified, and just what are the rules that decide. Also, interestingly, the DC coroners office attempted to have her body cremated on Jan. 8. They were certainly in a hurry to dispose of the evidence. Also, 

Additionally, Babbitt’s fingerprints were emailed to a person supposedly working for the DC government, which resulted in Microsoft “undeliverable” messages written in Chinese characters being returned.

Weird, huh? Yahoo! cites Nancy Pelosi calling Officers who died after defending Capitol on Jan. 6 'martyrs of democracy' A big sleight of hand maneuver there. One officer (Brian Sicknick) died Jan. 7 from a stroke that could not be linked to the riot. Since then, four more officers who were at the Capitol that day committed suicide. It's a remarkable run of bad luck, worthy of the Clintons, but as far as I know, none of those suicides has been linked to Jan. 6 by testimony or suicide note. Perhaps they're going to drag the families to the star chamber to force them to testify to that effect, though. 

Komonews (Seattle) reports Seattle police Chief Diaz fires two officers who were in DC during Jan. 6 riot. Mind you, they did not enter the Capitol building, but 

The two officers were found to have crossed the outdoor barriers established by the Capitol Police and were directly next to the Capitol Building. Clear evidence places them directly next to the Capitol Building.

Maybe, having been in Seattle, they didn't take barriers as seriously as others might. Nick Arama at Red State thinks Ben Shapiro Just Lights up Malcolm Nance When He Pushes False Jan. 6 Narrative 

After falsely claiming 40,000 people stormed the Capitol on 1/6, @BenShapiro SCHOOLS Malcom Nance's nonsense and dangerous conflation of all right-of-center Americans as terrorists.

Shapiro THEN points out that Nance has called him a "racist" who should be banned from D.C. pic.twitter.com/hgkr22uU08

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 7, 2021

Fox reports Texas Dems who fled state sue Gov. Abbott for trying to bring them back: 'Discomfort and embarrassment', Wasn't that your choice when you left the state instead of doing your job?

The 22 plaintiffs have been "deprived of liberty for substantial periods of time, suffered much anxiety and distress over separation from their families, and much discomfort and embarrassment," the complaint filed late Friday alleges.

Abbott, House Speaker Dade Phelan and State Rep. James White are all named as defendants in the case.

The lawsuit alleges that the three Republicans have "by public statements and otherwise, to attempt to deny, coerce, threaten, intimidate, and prevent" the Democrats and constituents from voting in elections, speaking publicly about their constitutional rights, and their right to not being arrested without probable cause.

More from Karen Townsend at Hot Hair, Not The Onion: Runaway Texas lawmakers file frivolous lawsuit against Abbott, 2 other GOP leaders

They truly are the gang who can’t shoot straight. Two of the Democrats flew from D.C. to Portugal for summer vacations last week. The lawyer for the Democrats, Craig Anthony Washington, is also reportedly practicing law under a probationally suspended license. So, there’s that. They provide no evidence for any of their alleged grievances.
. . .
My favorite of the claims is that the Democrats say they have been “deprived of liberty for substantial periods of time.” Again, they left Austin on private planes, stay in nice hotels paid for by other people, their meals are paid for and care packages have been shipped up to them from Dallas Democrats. They haven’t even given up the per diems they receive during the general session and special sessions. C’mon, man. Their liberty is intact. Complaining now that their reputations have been damaged is laughable. They chose to do all of this.

Best of all, the Democrats know this is a frivolous action and not worth the paper it’s written on – they are claiming $5 in actual damages and $10 in punitive damages. Sure sounds like something The Onion would publish, right? We’ll see if they show up in Austin today for the start of the special session. The only thing they accomplished in D.C. was a meeting with Kamala, but not Joe Biden, and they postponed the inevitable passage of election integrity reform legislation. Good work, Democrats.

Mark Ellis at PJ Media asks Are Michael Wolff's Troubling Revelations About Fox News and the RNC True?. Did Fox corporate turn away from Trump to help Biden? Almost certainly.

For close watchers of the political scene, the potential revelations here may seem like the observations of Captain Obvious. But if it is true that both Fox News and the RNC heatedly or cynically abandoned Mr. Trump when he needed them most, the truth of these abandonments must be communicated writ large to millions of voters who are still wondering, in the wake of 2020, what the hell happened.

From Paul Bedard at WaEx, Sean Spicer: Trump’s running. Talk about Capt. Obvious. But 2024 is still a good ways away.  A lot can happen. 

And on the lighter side, Variety informs us that Cobie Smulders to Play Ann Coulter in ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ After Betty Gilpin Exits. Yeah, I had to look her up. She played the chick in Stumptown, which we enjoyed, which probably also explains why it got canceled.

Cobie Smulders will now play Ann Coulter in “Impeachment: American Crime Story” after Betty Gilpin, who was originally set in the role, exited the cast due to scheduling complications during the pandemic.

Smulders is the newest addition to the cast of this season. This news comes just after FX released the official trailer on Wednesday. Smulders is known for playing Robin in the popular CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” and was most recently seen as Dex Parios in “Stumptown,” which was canceled by ABC in Sept. 2020. 

Betty Gilpin

 

Gilpin shared her regrets about having to leave the role of Coulter on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in June. She called the situation “another COVID disappointment” before performing a comedic impression of the conservative media pundit reciting the children’s rhyme “Milk Milk Lemonade.” Gilpin said the impression took “a year [of] listening to Ann Coulter audiobooks” to perfect.

While I'm sure they're making her out to be a moral monster, at least they're choosing cute women to portray her. 

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Death Goddess On The Beach on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Ox, Gored

Radio host mocked Trump by claiming Seattle is peaceful, then rioters torched his apartment building

Seattle radio host and Twitter-based criminal defense advocate Paul Gallant "dunked" on President Donald Trump last month by denying that the riots are violent, then the radio host was scored on by rioters who set fire to his apartment. Now he's taking up arms.

"Walked through it last night out of curiosity and saw no burning, pillaging, or deaths," Gallant responded in June to Trump's tweet calling out the violent leftists who continue to terrorize Seattle. "Chill dawg," Gallant added sarcastically.

Last night, Gallant had a sudden change of heart towards the "peaceful protestors" when he came home to his apartment complex vandalized. He found the Starbucks underneath torched with graffiti plastered on the storefront. Cops told residents to stay away in case of explosives inside.

Came home to my apartment complex. The Starbucks underneath has been destroyed, and cops are telling us to stay away in case something explosive is inside. pic.twitter.com/OOJgzUmusk

— Paul Gallant (@GallantSays) July 25, 2020

Well, it must be your fault for living in a racist apartment. But it was still a "mostly peaceful" riot, right?

"I feel like I need to buy a firearm, because clearly this is going to keep happening. Enough is enough," Gallant furiously typed.

Not In My Back Yard is a hard red pill to swallow.

But the schadenfreude is delicious. 

Greenlanders Defy BLM Movement

Breitbart, Greenland Statue Referendum: Given Direct Say, People Vote AGAINST Removal

People in Nuuk, Greenland, have voted overwhelmingly against removing a statue vandalised by activists.

In June, the clifftop statue of Norwegian missionary Hans Egede, who founded Nuuk — then known as Godthåb — and became Bishop of Greenland in the 1700s, was smeared with red paint and the slogan “DECOLONIZE”, prompting the authorities to organise a referendum on the monument’s fate.

But, despite the fact that Greenland, a territory of Denmark with a large degree of self-government — for example, it voted to leave the European Economic Community, as the European Union then was, in the 1980s, in large part to stop the bloc from controlling its territorial fisheries — is populated mainly by Greenlandic Inuits, with Danes and other Scandinavians accounting for less than 10 per cent of the population, the public voted overwhelmingly to keep the statue.

Voters who wished to maintain Egede’s monument as an important part of Greenland’s built heritage took over 60 per cent of the votes cast.

The poll marks one of the only times, if not the only time, the public have been given a direct say over historic monuments deemed “problematic” by left-liberal activists in the wake of George Floyd’s death in the United States, which has spawned a movement which has progressed rapidly from protesting police brutality to demanding the political and sometimes physical dismantling of Western institutions and symbols.

Greenland has an interesting history. It's northern area was populated from 2500 BC, if you could call it that, by a non-Inuit (read Eskimo) culture called the Dorset from North America when the Norse arrived in 986 AD. Inuit Thule people supplanted the Dorset by 1300 AD, and began to conflict with the Norse. The Norse abandoned Greenland, either due to shitty weather, or Inuit, whom they called Skrælings, depredations,(or both; why accept a choice when both can be true).

Greenland was not formally under the Norwegian crown until 1261. The Norse colonies disappeared in the late 15th century when Norway was hit by the Black Death and entered a severe decline. Soon after their demise, beginning in 1499, the Portuguese briefly explored and claimed the island, naming it Terra do Lavrador (later applied to Labrador in Canada).

In the early 18th century, Danish explorers reached Greenland again. To strengthen trading and power, Denmark–Norway affirmed sovereignty over the island. Because of Norway's weak status, it lost sovereignty over Greenland in 1814 when the union was dissolved. Greenland became Danish in 1814, and was fully integrated in the Danish state in 1953 under the Constitution of Denmark.

And how is the movement going in the US? Cut to Stacy McCain, Arson, Shooting in ‘Mostly Peaceful’ Protests Against Police Brutality

Don’t call them “riots.” They’re Joe Biden campaign rallies:

A Black Lives Matter protester has been shot dead during a march in Austin, as a youth detention center and police precinct have been torched in Seattle and demonstrators gather again in Portland amid stand-offs with Donald Trump’s federal agents.
One protester was shot and killed when gunshots were fired during a protest in downtown Austin, Texas, Saturday night.
Shocking footage showed people marching along the street holding banners demanding an end to police brutality and racism when loud shots rang out.
This comes as protests gathered steam across several US cities Saturday, two months on from the Memorial Day ‘murder’ of George Floyd and in a show of solidarity for Portland where demonstrators and federal agents have clashed ever since Trump sent federal troops in.
The president has so far deployed federal agents to Portland, Seattle and Chicago.
The streets of Seattle turned violent Saturday when protesters set fire to a youth detention center and a police precinct, leading cops to declare protests had turned into ‘riots’ that afternoon.
Portland geared up for its 59th night of unrest Saturday with swathes of demonstrators marching from the federal building to the Portland Marriott where they believe federal officers are staying, in the wake of a violent night Friday that ended with at least one person stabbed. . . .
Austin police confirmed that an adult male was shot and killed near an intersection in the city’s downtown around 9:52 p.m. during the protest Saturday night.
Social media footage shows demonstrators marching through the streets shouting ‘black lives’ and waving banners reading ‘BLM’ before several shots are fired. . . .
Initial reports indicate the victim was carrying a rifle and approached the suspect’s vehicle, who then opened fire fatally shooting the man. . . .
In Seattle, violence flared long before nightfall when people went on a rampage, torching buildings in the city, while a Wall of Moms and Vets took to the streets vowing to protect demonstrators from law enforcement.

This collection of rancid human debris is the Democratic Party “base.” These are Joe Biden’s core constituents. The question is, why would anyone want to surrender America to such vile scum?

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Summertime 2D Girls up and running as per normal.

So, How's That Summer of Love Going out in Seattle?

Summer Taylor

Not so well: Another in Stacy McCain's continuing series of Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes

Death by “social justice” on the Fourth of July:

A woman hit by a car while she and others were blocking a highway in Seattle died, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Harborview Medical Center told news outlets that Summer Taylor, a 24-year-old local, died late Saturday. The Washington State Patrol confirmed the death.
Taylor was one of two women hit by a man driving a white Jaguar around 1:36 a.m. on July 4.
Police had closed down a portion of the highway, I-5, just before midnight on Friday. Seattle police said in a report that the driver, 27-year-old Dawit Kelete, entered on an exit ramp before turning onto the highway to go in the correct direction.
The driver was approaching vehicles that were parked across the highway by protesters to block it when he “made a sharp left turn entering the right lane and struck two pedestrians,” police wrote.
Video footage showed the impact flinging the two women into the air. Photographs of the Jaguar showed damage consistent with a crash, Washington State Patrol Capt. Ron Mead told reporters at a press conference near the scene of the incident.

Diaz Love

The other protester hit was identified as Diaz Love, 32. She remains hospitalized in serious condition. Love was filming the protest in a video broadcast on Facebook Live that showed a group of a few dozen milling about on the highway. Just before the video ended, people began shouting “car.” The impact of the car striking the women can be heard as the broadcast ends.
Both she and and Taylor suffered broken bones and lacerations from the impact, according to the police report.
Kelete was taken into custody after passing sobriety tests. He was described as reserved and sullen. At one point, he asked if the two people that were hit were okay.
Kelete was booked on vehicular assault charges, according to jail records. Bail was denied. It wasn’t clear if the man had an attorney.
Protesters blocked I-5 for 18 straight days leading up to July 4, law enforcement officials said. Mead told the reporters that blocking the highway is illegal and a criminal act.
“We’ve said since May 30th, the freeway is not a safe place for pedestrians to be. Whether they’re protesters, whether they’re homeless, whether they’re broken down motorists, the freeway is simply not a safe place for pedestrians,” he said.
The state patrol said later Saturday that officers would arrest any protesters who tried to enter I-5.
According to Love’s social media accounts, she participated in other protests blocking the freeway in recent days. The Black Lives Matter supporter was recently at the so-called autonomous zone that protesters created in Seattle.

The video is just horrific.

My mother taught me not to play on freeways.

The dead woman was a militant #BlackLivesMatter supporter and also identified as “non-binary.” The driver of the car was a black man, apparently an immigrant from Ethiopia.

So . . . white women blocking a freeway to protest on behalf of #BlackLivesMatter were hit by a black man driving a white Jaguar.

Didn't he know they were protesting for him. Not exactly a Buggaloo Boy. Narrative fail. Vicky Taft. PJ Media, Cops Re-Thinking Protest Rules After Car Driven by Black Man Kills White Seattle BLM Freeway Blocker

OK, so idiots block the freeway.

Agreed, they’re idiots.

Yeah, but they were Black Lives Matter idiots blocking the freeway, so it must be OK.

Right.

But, a white chick was involved in the Black Lives Matter idiots blocking the freeway.

Sure, OK.

A man drove a car hitting a white woman in the Black Lives Matter protest.

Are you sure it was a white chick?

Yes, dude sent her to the hospital and she died.

What? Kill him!

But the white chick was killed.

And she was apparently killed by a black man, Dawit Kelete.

Wait, the driver was black?

Yeah, the driver was black who killed the white chick.

Free Dawit Kelete!

Wait, why did the cops let anyone go on the freeway?

Because they were Black Lives Matter.

Defund the police!