Flotsam and Jetsam - The Second Stab at the Nerd Prom

They kind of caught me by surprise with the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner. I guess I wasn't paying attention, again. Any, it was held last night at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington DC. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair heard Trump to Recognize Secret Service Officer Shot at First WHCA Dinner at Nerd Prom, Take 2. Seems reasonable. As you might remember, the Secret Service agent Victor Gonzales survived the close range shotgun blast thanks to his vest. He also runs down the list of administration attendees, which notably does not include JD Vance and Marco Rubio. RedState's Jen O'Connell has Hot Takes: Media's Reaction to Redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner Was As Expected. Aw, he was mean to the poor babies. Althouse host's Trump's routine (I hesitate to call it a speech) and offers her opinions of some of it in "Is this supposed to be fun? Am I supposed to be serious? Am I supposed to be a comedian?" "Trump finally gets his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech. ... And here's the joke I thought was the best: "Under my administration, a once-feared and powerful regime that relentlessly attacked America has finally been toppled. Their former leaders have been removed and they're now being run by a gay dictator facing internal divisions. But I for one wish Bari Weiss all the best at CBS News. She's a wonderful woman."

Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson, "President Trump is leading a political "counter-revolution," seeking to reverse decades of progressive policies on immigration, education, energy, and American history, doing more than any other Republican president." At Althouse, "His detractors have adopted the 'Never Vance' slogan and flooded social media, especially over the past week, with attacks..." ""... including claims that Vance is 'unfit' to be vice president due to his efforts to negotiate a peace deal with Iran. They have asserted, without evidence, that Vance is making policy decisions not supported by President Donald Trump. They have likened him to former president Barack Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)...." I'm reading "Knives are out for Vance in the GOP. His allies say it’s a coordinated ‘op.’ The vice president has faced a barrage of attacks recently that are unusual for their intensity and how early in the political calendar they are taking place" (WaPo)(gift link)." PJM's Matt Margolis, Is This the Reason Your Leftist Relatives Are Cutting You Off? and Sarah Anderson reports a Black-Owned Atlanta Restaurant Faces Boycott Calls for Serving a Republican.

RCD looks at Hegseth’s Herculean Task.

PJM's Cathy Salgado notes One Pennsylvania County Has 3,500 Noncitizens on Non-Juror List, Potentially Voting and Bob Spencer wonders Is Dem Fundraising Powerhouse ActBlue a Massive Money Laundering Machine? Yes, the example he provides is stunning. A Larry video at Hat Hair, Trump DOJ Confirms Investigation Into New Jersey Voter Rolls.

Karol Markowicz at NYPo thinks Democrats are completely blind to the DSA’s brazen party coup — so the rest of us must step up. RCP cites James Carville: DSA Are "Paternalistic, Over-Educated Little White Turds" Who "Think They Know Better Than You" Yep. Rainer Zitelmann at Reason explains How Capitalism Beat Communism in Vietnam. "It only took a generation to go from ration cards to exporting electronics." At Da Signal, How Cuba Became the Nerve Center of the Anti-American Left. Dave Strom at Hat Hair opines Shamelessness Is, You Must Admit, a Huge Political Advantage, featuring a picture of Dan Goldman. I think it's an essential, at least on the Democrat side. 

Hat Hair's John Sexton hears from Morris Katz: We May Have Missed a Few Red Lines with Platner. Just a few. Seth Mandel at Commentary calls AOC’s Latest Dual-Loyalty Hoax a Doozy. At the Crimson Hub, AOC, Her Brother, and the Property Taxes Billed To Their Mother. Luke Rosiak at Da Wire reports Ilhan Omar’s Sister Linked To Central Figures In Minnesota’s Fraud Scandal. "Records tie company founded by "Squad" member's sister to largest public theft scandal in Minnesota history." Jon Tobin at JNS claims The lies behind Mamdani’s Netanyahu stunt are the real threat. "New York’s mayor isn’t going to arrest Israel’s prime minister. But the widespread belief in the “genocide” blood libel illustrates how toxic ideologies, AI and social media are defeating facts." At Althouse, "You want voters to believe you posted to this account but all of the bad things came from someone else, including a friend who is dead?" Matt Smith @mattsmith_news, "When asked today if he was 100% certain he didn't write any of the offensive posts on the 'Dirt McGirk' Twitter account, David Crowley said, "Look, we would have to go through all of these different posts, but the ones that I've seen that were printed, I did not write those."" "And the pig got up and slowly walked away."

RAW EGG NATIONALIST @Babygravy9, "Amazing we're just never going to hear anything about this ever again, including the fact the killer said he was paid by Tim Walz to do it." Quote Nick Sortor @nicksortor, " JUST IN: Tim Walz appointee Vance Boelter has been sentenced to TWO LIFE SENTENCES plus 40 years for the murder of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman Boelter’s vehicle was found with “NO KINGS” flyers on the seat, and kiIIed Hortman and her husband soon after she voted against healthcare for illegals. Will Walz pardon this guy too?"

Beege Welborn at Hat Hair observes Chicago West and South Side Save A Lot Stores Closing, Blame New EBT Rules and likes Steve Hilton Debuting Wild New Campaign Ads: Enough Is Enough!

Steve Hilton puts out devastating ad exposing communist California’s mindless, Godless leftist machine! https://t.co/tfIJvVdv05

— The Chris Salcedo Show (@CSalcedoShow) July 24, 2026

John Sexton sees the California Wealth Tax Battle Continues. PJM's Vicky Taft has another West Coast, Messed Coast™ – Climate Lie Implodes but Greens Already Spent Taxpayers' Billions.

wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "Current operations in Iran are no longer starting from the original position. Iran’s missile attack volume was substantially higher in March 2026 than in July 2026 going from as many as hundreds per day then to mere dozens now. It's retaliatory power, while still existent, has clearly diminished..." Peter Orem @PeterMOrem, "I think we're still operating within war-gamed scenarios."

From Althouse, Why Madison police don't have body cameras. Molly Beck @MollyBeck, "Former Madison Mayor Paul Soglin’s perspective on why Madison police don’t have body cameras (Soglin was mayor until 2019):"

The Guardian whines about a British-born man living in US since age of nine held by ICE under threat of deportation, "Connor Read, who is married and has two children, was detained in June during residency permit interview." Also, an extensive, but pretty petty criminal record. But just for kicks, he should claim asylum based on England's censorship policies.

Curt at Flopping Aces sees The Press Tried to Shame Elon. He Put the Entire Media Class on Trial. Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav, "This was basically the interview." Ace, Elon Musk Demolishes Snarky Superior Editor of The Economist, "The extremist didn't like being told that she's the actual extremist." From Twitchy, Ben Shapiro Schools Piers Morgan: Free Speech Means I Don't Have to Feed Your Clickbait Show. Dave Strom takes The Curious Case of the Woman Who Was Baited Into Saying the 'N' Word.

EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "Let’s be honest about why this article was written & published… It’s was a shot across the bow to any white woman that even thinks about complaining about abuse by anyone not white. It was a threat to shut up lest be called a white supremacist. A murderer of Emmitt Till. A klan member." Quote Michael McCarthy @MMcCarthyREV, "UPDATE: A top USA TODAY executive stood by Nancy Armour's explosive column linking some Caitlin Clark fans to white nationalists. "Her column is clearly labeled Opinion," she tells @FOS." At Mazelite Airaksinen, NYC Doc Claims Orthodox Jews Smell and "Criminally, Fraudulently and Illegally" Live in USA, "Dr. Robert Guarino is a pathologist in the West Village of NYC and Staten Island." John Sexton was really shocked by a NYT Opinion: 'Land Acknowledgements Are Infuriating.' "If you mean it, give it back, the conservatives said. They are not asking in good faith, but they are asking for the right thing. It names the gap between the words and anything the institution is willing to surrender."

And even more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.24.26. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: In The Bowels of the Draft up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - The Heat is On

96 F in the shade. I saw 103 on the road this afternoon.

Don Surber is reveling in what he considers Trump’s Supreme victory, "Justices helped the president Slaughter the deep state's hold on the republic." And Girls sports for girls only. "5 middle school girls helped convince the Supreme Court to stop the transgender madness." Jonathan Turley at NYPo, Supreme Court allows Trump to say ‘You’re fired’ to meddling bureaucrats TownHall's Dmitri Bolt thinks Justice Kavanaugh May Have Handed the United States a Roadmap to Fix Birthright Citizenship. "Consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress could amend §1401(a) or otherwise enact new legislation establishing exceptions to birthright citizenship for children born to foreign citizens unlawfully or temporarily in the country," he added. "But Congress has not yet done so." At Da Signal, ‘MEDIEVAL’: Justices Thomas, Alito Argue ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Ruling Reverses the Declaration of Independence on Its 250th Anniversary. Da Wire, Trump Plans Assault On Birth Tourism After Letdown At SCOTUS. "Birth tourism schemes exploit our immigration system and violate criminal law." Matt Margolis at PJM sees The DOJ Goes to War on Birth Tourism After Losing at SCOTUS. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn wonders Will 'Pregnant' Become a Disqualifying Category for Foreign Entry? WSJ whines Supreme Court Gives Trump New Tools to Accelerate Deportations. Althouse reads the NYT, "The justices did find unanimity 45 percent of the time, up two points from last term. They joined together, for instance..." ""... to say a Texas man could not be prosecuted for violating a law banning drug users from gun possession merely because he frequently used marijuana, and they agreed that a New Jersey anti-abortion group could bring a challenge in federal court to government efforts to seek its donor list ... From "Despite Some Losses for Trump, Supreme Court Delivers Enduring Conservative Wins/The justices pushed back on some of President Trump’s signature moves, but they also expanded presidential power and supplied victories on long-sought conservative goals.""

NRO's Jim Geraghty notices Nina Totenberg and the Gerontocracy Strike Again. Mike Coté @ratlpolicy, "Nina Totenberg is a partisan hack masquerading as a neutral journalist. That she made such a profound error - targeting a conservative justice, no less - is entirely predictable. The media phalanx you folks have erected around her in response is similarly unsurprising." Quote Peter Baker @peterbakernyt, "No one is more mortified by a mistake than a journalist committed to factual reporting. The best own up to it, correct it and apologize for it, as @NinaTotenberg has done. It's worth remembering a long career dedicated to getting it right. x.com/brianstelter/s…" TownHall's Matt Vespa thinks NPR's Fiasco With Their Samuel Alito Story Just Got Worse. Matthew Keys @MatthewKeysLive, "So, to recap: NPR published an erroneous story about Samuel Alito retiring from the Supreme Court, then published an erroneous blog post about how the erroneous story was published in the first place. Can't make this up."

CBS is already whining about the next term, Supreme Court takes up challenges to AR-15 bans.

Sundance at CTH covers “New FBI Documents” in Russiagate Review? Several people have inquired about a Paul Sperry article [SEE HERE]...What Sperry’s sources seem to be outlining based on description, likely pertains to the FBI contractor issue from 2015 and 2016 where access to the NSA database was defensively investigated after the NSA compliance officer raised flags about unauthorized use." From News Wax, Trump: Acting DNI Can Declassify Records, Including on 2020 Election.

Andy Ngo at Ngo Comment BREAKING: North Texas Antifa Members Who Turned on Their Comrades Receive Years in Federal Prison, "Ahead of sentencing, one of the convicts tried to kill herself."

News Max, Report: Iranian Clerics Urge Trump, Netanyahu Assassinations. Aren't they just reiterating their old urgings? Peel another 5 layers off their leadership.

Sundance follows up his Canada posts, USTR Jamieson Greer Makes It Official: “The USMCA is not renewed”. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn thinks Canada's Carney About to Find Out When You Play Chicken, It's Best to Be Foghorn Leghorn. At Am Con, The Trump–Meloni Dust-Up Was Pure ‘Euroslopulism’ "As the Ukraine war rages on, European elites look as unserious as ever."

Ace says We Need Proof of Life of Mitch McConnell, "This isn't Russia -- we are entitled to know which of our "representatives" are living and capable of working." But of course this nation increasingly resembles Russia. Two weeks after deliberately vague reports about McConnell being "rushed" to the hospital, it is only due to a leak of EMS radio traffic that we now find out he was discovered "unconscious" and in need of "advanced life support." So where is he now? Is he conscious? Our Soviet officials won't tell us."

John A. Mapp, Jr. @mapp_john14664, "Recognize the motte and bailey tactic, and who is running cover for the “DSA” communists. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, DemSoc Goes National: Socialists Boot Progressive Dem in Colorado. At Althouse, "Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist... unseats a 15-term incumbent and further propels the insurgent coalition..." "... that swept a series of congressional contests last week in New York." Ace, Democrat Socialists Take Another Scalp As a Gen Z Ethiopian Immigrant Defeats a 15-Term Congresswoman. "I'm glad, at least, to see Democrats suffering from their own DEI agenda themselves for once." Fusilli Spock @awstar11, "Never forget that even before this wave of DSA, communists were elected, 48 Democrat Senators voted to nuke the filibuster and promised to expand the Supreme Court. The difference between radical communist Democrats and mainstream Democrats is mostly tone." Quote RNC Research @RNCResearch, "MS NOW: If Democrats regain the majority, do you think that expanding the court or setting term limits for the court should be on the table? SHAPIRO: I think everything needs to be on the table. I think we need radical reform…" Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch, "I get what you mean here, but saying "the socialists" will have the "new ideas" is like saying "the Shakers have all the fresh thinking." Socialism is not new. The label is about 2 centuries old, give or take. The idea is thousands of years old. There's not a single major idea proposed by the DSA crowd that wasn't an old idea before I was born. From price controls and rent-freezes, to wealth taxes, or shunning Jews. It's all old, old hat. You can agree with it. Or admire it's newfound energy or something. But the ideas are old, tried, and failed." Quote Jim VandeHei @JimVandeHei "If you had to bet who’ll have the energy, organization, new ideas and star power for 28 Dems, it’s not close: socialists. The Sanders-Mamdani-AOC wing is swarming the Dem party, and Dem leaders will gradually than quickly do what establishment Rs did w Trump: acquiesce." RNC Research @RNCResearc, "Democrats can gaslight Americans all they want, but history is a great teacher. How to Spot a Communist, 2026..." Ace, People Are Starting to Notice That the Alleged "Working Class Populist Socialist" Uprising on the Left Is Made Up Exclusively of College-Educted Rich Leisure-Class Nepo Babies and NGO Sucklers. "The Claim: Democrats are electing "working class populists" who just happen to be socialists. The Reality: Democrats are electing rich-bitch children of privilege who are socialists because they've never done a day of work in their lives." Abe Greenwald at Commentary, Respectability for Radicals. At Hat Hair, John Sexton sees Ro Khanna Making a Play for the Socialist Revolutionaries and Trans March Organizers Defend Treatment of Scott Wiener, Capt. Ed reads Axios: House Dems Shocked, Shocked to Find DemSoc In Their Casino and Dave Strom thinks Even Degenerate Child Predators Deserve Representation Too, You Know. C3 @C_3C_3, "Photo 1: A man claiming he’s fighting the Oligarchy. Photo 2: The Oligarchy." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "I’m going to add one qualification to Hen’s grim observation here. All these targets are Democratic Jews. Republican Jews are no less hated, but are inclined to stand up for themselves, and are led and surrounded by colleagues who unite to reject antisemitism and Israel-haters." Quote Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig, "Governor Josh Shapiro’s house was burnt down. Congressional candidate Scott Weiner was harassed until he left a Pride March." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "It’s only the most prosperous society that has ever existed in the history of human civilization, built by the sacrifices of our parents and grandparents, but let’s find a reason to be resentful." Quote Acyn @Acyn, "AOC: I think young people overall feel a tremendous amount of betrayal about the world that we’ve been left with." Matt Margolis at PJM, Jesse Watters Just Predicted Exactly How the Democrat Party Tears Itself Apart. Dan McCarthy at RCP on Why Bill Maher Finds Himself Siding With the Right.

Mike LaChance @MikeLaChance33, "Isn't this the goal of the villain in almost every Batman movie?" Quote Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor, "We just took another major step toward finally closing Rikers Island. By permanently closing a jail and transferring three properties to DCAS, we're moving closer to closing Rikers for good." From Twitchy, Zohran Mamdani's Air Conditioning Guidance Officially Ushers in NYC's 'Warmth of Collectivism' Era. Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor, "New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool. Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can. Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment. A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let's ease demand — and get through the heat — together." Driscoll at Insty says MAMDANI WASN’T KIDDING ABOUT HIS “WARMTH OF COLLECTIVISM” SHTICK: Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "Reminder that the reason that New York City is struggling to power its air conditioners is a Democratic Party crusade against the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant that finally led to its shutdown in 2020, which led to a massive rise in fossil fuel usage to power the city." Insty, GET THE FEELING THIS MIGHT BE THE START OF A PERMANENT TEMPORARY SUSPENSION?
Washington Examiner @dcexaminer, "New York City to suspend evictions for two days due to heat dome." Da Caller sees David Axelrod Gets Brutal Lesson In Blue City Governance After Finding Man Passed Out In Chicago Heat.

PJM's VodkaPundit wonders Is This Gavin Newsom's Biggest Lie Ever? It's a high bar. Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachy, "The Skid Row Express (also known as the D line expansion) is set to open in LA soon. Skid row junkies will soon be able to travel from their homeless camps downtown to new homeless camps in Westwood, with convenient stops at Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills for naps, open air masturbation, and public defecation. It's like Manifest Destiny, but for fentanyl addicts. Go West!"

FischerKing @FischerKing64, "The thing about Buttigieg is that he structured his entire life around becoming an acceptable white male Democrat candidate for POTUS. Ivy League, non combat military, homosexual, gay marriage - then he deliberately adopted black children. This is so weird it’s disqualifying." Quote MAZE @mazemoore, "Buttigieg claims are ridiculous. Pete Buttigieg claims that he was separated from his children, that his children had to go stay with their grandparents, and that it was the worst 24 hours ever (implying he couldn't see his kids for a day)." TownHall's Joe Abraham asks about The Hierarchy of Compassion: Who Counts?

Mediaite hears Tucker Carlson Is Building a New Political Party After Ditching the Republicans.

From NYPo, ‘State sanctioned’ Russian mob ran $1B Medicare scam out of New York, compromised 1M medical records: Feds. Carlo Carrasco, Illegal Alien In America Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison Over $89 Million Fraudulent Payroll Scheme. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "You are not gonna believe this… Ayanle Siad Barre, the son of former Somali genocidal dictator, Mohamed Siad Barre, operates a taxpayer-funded home healthcare company in Columbus, Ohio He was his father’s national security advisor. It just never ends." Raised by Germans, "Foreign-born political actors. "The story about AOC's casting to run for congress is way too real to be ignored."

At Twitchy, Scott Jennings Explains the ‘Patriotism Gap’ Between Republicans and Democrats to CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Man Genuinely Upset That Trump Has Ruined America’s 250th Birthday for Him.

Ace notices a Gang of Foreign Invaders Randomly Beat a 17-Year-Old French Boy to Death, Videotape It to Share Their Tribal Murder-Coup Online. "Everyone's so surprised this keeps happening. We're all like, "no way."" Sister Toldja at RedState reports DHS Puts Walz on Blast for Pardoning Criminal Illegal Who Sexually Assaulted a 10-Year-Old Girl. Sundance issues a New Euphemism Alert: “Tanned European” "Girl, 16, raped in Glasgow park by ‘tanned, European’ man as cops issue fresh update."

Dave Strom, Now That It No Longer Matters, The Committee to Protect Journalists Revises Its Defense of Hamas. Nick Matau @nick_matau, "BBC had to release, on average, TWO CORRECTIONS PER WEEK for TWO STRAIGHT YEARS due to lying about Israel so much... and these people still somehow think BBC is pro Israek." Ace hears MSNOW Cancels Weekend Live Programming; Will Run Cheap Leftwing Podcasts From Earlier In the Week Instead "Canceling 2/7ths of the weekly original programming is always a sign of strength and profitability."

Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo, "Air conditioning has reduced heat deaths in the US by three quarters since the 1970s. https://x.com/sdkassis/statu." Leslie Eastman at LI sees the European Commission Adopts Feudal Approach to Air Conditioning Distribution, "LET THEM EAT ICE: The elite bureaucrats on the upper floors allowed to enjoy cool air, while staff on lower floors are encouraged to enjoy more traditional options." Campus Reform opines Campus climate activism is the gateway drug to the radical left.

At Insty, FREDDY’S DEAD: "America’s favorite World Cup tourist deactivates X account after woke snowflakes dig up his old tweets. Well, Freddy is from Germany, where it is quite literally illegal to offend certain groups of people. Even though he remained anonymous in all his posts, he still decided to deactivate his X account after wokescolds discovered he was mildly critical of the woke theory that only white people can be racist." Joanne Jacobs hears Neutrality is racist, say woke librarians. From Da Wire, YMCA Scrubs ‘Gender Identity’ Pledge After Daily Wire Report, “Parents deserve the truth, not deletions.” i/o@ avidseries "Let us now dedicate this graph and the entirely unsurprising information contained on it to all the scumbags who sit atop the admissions committees at elite universities who accused Amy Wax of being a liar (or worse) for claiming that there are few if any blacks graduating near the top of the class at Penn's law school, and also to Wax's employer, which, rather than releasing its admissions data to refute Wax's claim, chose instead to investigate her and remove her from teaching duties..." 

Amy Wax got in trouble for remarking that she'd not seen a Black student in the top quarter of a Penn Law class.

Thanks to hacked Columbia data, we can see that she was...

Probably right!

In the decade before her statement, there were just two top-25% Black students. pic.twitter.com/3fbCrKQTH2

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) June 30, 2026

Still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.01.26 (Afternoon Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Waiting Until August up in star-spangled glory at the Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Anthony Karemelo Guilty, Graham Platner Wins Primary

I've been largely avoiding the story of Karmelo Anthony and Austin Metcalf. It's pretty much a tragic story, not unlike many around the country. The facts are not much in dispute. At a high school track meet, Karmelo went to the tent of another team where Austin Metcalf was. He was asked repeatedly to leave, and refused to, whereupon Austin gave him a shove. Karmelo then pulled a knife out of his backpack, and stabbed Austin in the heart. Austin died. There are a couple more relevant facts; Karmelo is black, Austin was white, and this occurred in Texas, so, of course, the case has become a touchstone of racial politics. Karmelo's defense argued for self defense but he was tried and yesterday convicted of murder, by an all white jury (three black teachers were struck from the jury, on the grounds that teachers are notoriously biased against the prosecution), and sentenced to 35 years in prison by the jury. This case may be the excuse Demorats use to riot all summer long. If I were on the jury I would have argued for manslaughter and a lighter sentence, but then, I wasn't on the jury, and I'm not from Texas. There were demonstrations (from both sides) at the courthouse, and a bit of pushing and shoving, resulting in arrests. Stacy McCain says GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! "Murder is still against the law in Texas." Matt Margolis at PJM, We Have the Verdict in the Karmelo Anthony Murder Trial. Sundance at CTH, Karmelo Anthony Found Guilty of Murder – Professional Black Grievance Activists Very Upset. Ace, Breaking: Psychopathic Race-Murderer Karmelo Anthony Convicted of Brutal Killing of Innocent Athlete, "Protesters," Get This, Begin Punching People; Police Are Arresting the Thugs, "Washington Times:" End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Karmelo Anthony supporter: "What do I tell my 5 boys? What do we do now!?" Uh… don't murder?" From Twitchy, 'THIS IS A WAR': Here Are More Reactions to the Karmelo Anthony Murder Verdict. Hat Hair's John Sexton cites the Washington Post: The City Where Karmelo Anthony Murdered Austin Metcalf is Bigoted. Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog, "Whether or not there is mass rioting in response to a Karmelo guilty verdict depends entirely on whether or not the Democrat Party (who would have to fund and organize it, like they always do) thinks that Karmelo is a sympathetic and useful martyr for them. I don’t think he is. Even by the very low standards established for this kind of thing." OTH, he is a much more sympathetic subject than George Floyd and Freddie Gray. 

Dave Catron at Am Spec notes Afflicted With TDS, Four Senators Kill Election Integrity "Why Murkowski, McConnell, Collins, and Tillis sided against a popular voter-ID and proof-of-citizenship bill." Jeff Charles at TownHall, This GOP Holdout Is Now on Board With the SAVE America Act, Collins. Will it help her against Platner? At News Wax, $70 Billion Immigration Enforcement Bill Clears House, goes to Trump for signature, formally ending the longest (partial) government shutdown. Also, Trump Admin Seeks to Limit Billions in Tariff Refunds.

Also at News Wax, Trump Stands by Pulte; Says Will Start DNI Role June 19. "Trump earlier Tuesday held a private White House meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., about the future of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire Friday. Democrats have threatened to vote against supporting an extension if Pulte has any connection to the DNI role." Sundance calls it Perfect – President Trump Doubles Down, Bill Pulte Will Takeover as Acting DNI on June 19th and says FISA (702) is NOT President Trump’s Problem to Solve.

Ken Blackwell @kenblackwell, "Hospitals get billions in federally discounted drugs, and aren't required to pass a penny to patients. The Trump Administration is trying to fix with a rebate model that creates a paper trail proving the savings actually reach the poor. The hospital lobby sued to stop it. Transparency shouldn't stop reform it should drive it."

Teri Christoph at RedState thinks you should Watch: NBA Commish Torches Hakeem Jeffries' Trump-Knicks Spin With a Brutal Reality Check. Atop Da Hill, Susie Wiles on reported White House departure: ‘I am not going anywhere’.

At his NYPo gig, Insty looks at The deeper agenda behind Trump’s Reflecting Pool glow-up. "It’s mirroring President Trump’s surprisingly sophisticated campaign to restore nothing less than America’s soul." Hat Hair's John Sexton sees the Washington Post Claims Renovated Reflecting Pool Looks Almost the Same. Of course, it's supposed to reflect. They show the two versions, both fresh after Obama's and Trump's efforts. The real test comes in a couple weeks as it swelters in Washington DCs summer sun. Will it revert to an algae plagued scum pit?

Cathy Salgado at PJM reports Iran's Regime Shoots Down U.S. Helicopter, Trump Says He Will Strike Back. At News Wax, Trump Says Pilots Fine After Helicopter Crashes Near Hormuz. Althouse "I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz." ""There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured. Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP" That's Trump, at Truth Social, 3 hours ago." Fox, US strikes Iran in retaliation for Apache shoot-down "Iran has 'taken too long to negotiate a deal,' 'will have to pay the price,' Trump says" "Trump says he is closer to targeting Iranian power plants, bridges." VodkaPundit at PJM says Score Two More Big Wins for Israel Vs. Iran... Maybe.

Sundance notes it was Primary Election Night in Maine, South Carolina, Nevada and North Dakota. Of course, the candidate of most interest, Nazi loving, communist Graham Platner won in Maine handily over two basically non-competing candidates. At Insty, “OYSTERGRUPPENFUHRER.” I LOVE IT. Oystergruppenfuhrer Graham Platner Says Marcus Luttrell Lied About ‘Lone Survivor’ Story. "UPDATE (From Ed): Question asked:" Hugo Gurdon @hgurdon, "Has there ever been more pronounced vocal fry?" Quote Washington Free Beacon @FreeBeacon, "Graham Platner was recruited to run for Senate by a pair of socialist political operatives, Daniel Moraff and Leanne Fan, who determined that another prospective candidate had “a skeleton in the closet.” The Wall Street Journal published a rare interview with the duo on Sunday." The Maine Wire @TheMaineWire, "Outside the Langley Estate in McLean, VA, which sold this year for $13.5 million. The seller, Joseph Kaempfer, is a billionaire who made his fortune operating shopping malls in Europe. He's one of the MANY billionaires maxing out to support Graham Platner." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites Politico: Maine Dems Suddenly Have Second Thoughts About Nazi-Tatted Creep. Too late. And, Former Platner Campaign Manager: Don't Let Him In the Senate! From Ace, Former Platner Campaign Aide: Captain Nazi Is a Monster and More Women Have Come Forward "Believe all women. Not this woman, mind you, and not the women who have come forward with new accusations against Gerald Platner. Believe all women who concoct a Law & Order: SVU pantomime allegation about Trump raping their scrawny Crypt Keeper ass in a changing room in a year TBD. Believe that woman." From NYPo, Graham Platner and ‘New Wave left’ detest Western exceptionalism. Mediaite records how a Republican Lawmaker Presses SPLC Boss On Whether Graham Platner’s Nazi Tattoo Should DQ Him From Senate. At Twitchy, Dems in Disarray: Neera Tanden Roasts Ryan Grim as His Scandal-Plagued Buddy Platner Tanks in Maine. To TBD.

Dave Strom sees through Talarico's Genius Strategy: Lie. Victory Girls, Meanwhile in NY: Mamdani’s Sovietization Plans for the City. Wesley Yang @wesyang, "The thing is — it keeps winning power in major American cities. It keeps cannibalizing the Democratic Party. It may not be popular in opinion polls, but it is unstoppable in intramural contests within institutions." Quote Jonathan Kay @jonkay, "1. Give your house to indigenous people 2. Sterilize your depressed gay kid 3. Demonize Israel 4. Replace police with neighborhood vigilantes." The Center Square WA, More than 10,000 applicants vie for 15 affordable apartments in Seattle. Yogi @Houseofyogi, "Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921. They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year. Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move."

Cathy Salgado happy California Republican Steve Hilton Advances to Gubernatorial General Election. He won't win, even if he had the votes, they wouldn't let him. But at least they have the choice, sort of. NYT whines Steve Hilton Wins Second Spot in California Governor Race, Beating Tom Steyer. Steve Soukup at Am Great calls it California’s Choice. "California’s decline was not destiny but the product of political choices that turned America’s greatest success story into a cautionary tale."

Roger Simon asks Who the Hell Is Nithya Raman? "Can't wait for the debate." Gays For Trump @GaysForTrump, "Nithya Raman even LOST her own district (CD-4) to Spencer Pratt and Karan Bass, but you expect us to believe she beat them BOTH by winning 40% of the vote in the rest of the city by mail-in ballots?" Hat Hair's Dave Strom notes Election Fraud: 'It's Against the Law, So Nobody Would Ever Do It' @LeighWolf, "The CA ballot saga just got worse! I laid a trap and a Contra Costa County government official named Helen Nolan, along with journalists @sara_dinatale + @demianbulwa, walked right into it. When they put together their hit piece on me in the @sfchronicle (link in replies), they didn't know that I received a SECOND ballot at the same address...but this one was sent to someone no one in my family has ever heard of...despite the fact that we've owned the house continuously since 1962... THREAD!" Jeff Charles at TownHall, Alaska's Democratic 'Decoy' Senate Candidate's Son's Suspicious Ties Just Got Exposed.

SFGate whines Newsom targets undocumented Californians with new healthcare cost increase "It's getting harder for undocumented people in California to get insurance." PJM's Erick Florack doesn't really wonder Why Are California Democrats Trying to Kill Off Prop 209?

Cathy Salgado read the House GOP Report that Shows How Walz, Ellison Fueled Minnesota Fraud. News Wax, Vance Refers Minnesota Gov. Walz, AG to DOJ for Fraud Probe. Congressman Gabe Evans @repgabeevans, "Colorado's Medicaid program paid millions of taxpayer dollars on behalf of nearly 9,000 deceased enrollees, according to a federal audit. Yet instead of taking responsibility, Colorado democrats fought the findings and refused repayment. @GovofCO and Denver Democrats are always asking taxpayers for more money. Maybe they should explain why they can't properly account for the money they already have. Accountability matters.

At NYPo the Divine Miranda Devine observes Democrats can’t escape the Bidens and their drama — even if they’re done covering for them.

RedState's Bob Hoge likes how Sweatin' and Squirming the SPLC Boss Wilts Under Jim Jordan's Rapid‑Fire Judiciary Grilling. Ace, The SPLC Repeatedly Invokes the Fifth Amendment to Avoid Answering Whether They Used Donor Money to Pay "Extremists" to Put On "Hate" Marches, Burn Crosses, and Recruit New Members, "I say he invoked the Fifth Amendment, which he did. But the words he kept using were "We will address those allegations in court." In other words, I will not answer questions for which I will be held criminally responsible in another court. That's his right, but: 1, why are people allowed to invoke the Fifth without explicitly invoking the Fifth? I bet you Democrats would demand to know what basis a witness has for refusing to answer..." Sundance sees Mary McCord Resurfaces Defending SPLC Following Invitation from Congress.

Matt Vespa approve of how DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Absolutely Bodied Mikie Sherrill for Lying About ICE Detention Facility. Paul @WomanDefiner, "They used Covid to nuke small businesses, opened up commercial real estate and then brought in 20 million people in 4 years while giving them federally backed loans Americans didn't qualify for to buy up those businesses and any available housing. You should be furious about this." At the College Fix, Florida proposes rule requiring proof of citizenship for public college admission. "The Florida Department of Education is proposing a rule that requires community college applicants to provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful immigration status, which immigrant advocacy groups argue will exclude undocumented students from higher education."

As if Jolly Olde England didn't need more racial-ethnic strife after the Nowak murder, a Sudanese 'refugee' knife attacked a man in Belfast, seriously wounding him. The Telegraph telegraphs ‘Beheading’ suspect used asylum loophole to enter UK. Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "Video with subtitles of yesterday’s attempted beheading of a young British man by a Somali migrant in Belfast. It’s a hard watch but Europeans must see it. Those who intervened and smashed a shovel over the attackers’ head are heroes They most likely saved that young man’s life." Dave Strom, You'll Never Guess the Nationality of the Belfast Attempted Beheading 'Suspect'. Ace, Invasion: Sudanese Colonist Uses Knife to Slash Open the Eyeballs of Northern Irish Man, Attempts to Saw His Head Off on Street in Broad Daylight "The country that fought a civil war for a hundred years to resist colonization by Britons is apparently cool with colonization by black Islamic Africans. Do you feel Culturally Enriched?" Driscoll at Insty, GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH: Sudanese migrant arrested after ‘attempted beheading’ in Belfast. "A Sudanese man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a knifeman appeared to try to behead a man in Belfast." Sundance, Irish Police Request People Not Protest Their Beheading by Migrants Too Strongly. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "They do appear to be sending a message. Given that the government has made it clear it doesn't intend to address the issue, in fact considers any voicing of concern to be divisive dissent, these dissenters have chosen to highlight their concerns after their own fashion. I suspect it might be effective." Quote Molly Pitcher @AmericanMama "The Irish are ready to burn the entire city of Belfast down to the ground over Sudanese migrants trying to behead native Irish people. I don’t blame them for being upset." Shrodingers Borderline Normal@JeremyCordite "1. Protestors will be met with the full force of the law. 2. Beheaders will be met with sympathetic mental health specialists and woke judges who don't care if they do it again." Insty has a Driscolly post, REMOVE STARMER AND HIS GOVERNMENT: Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "BREAKING: PM Keir Starmer’s office issues a call for calm in the country after yesterday’s beheading attempt in Belfast: “You can see the police acting”" Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Noticing they never call for “calm” when Islamists are rampaging through the streets waving foreign flags and calling for genocide. A Muslim tries to behead someone, though, and they’re suddenly deeply concerned about others noticing." Quote GB Politics @GBPolitcs, "NEW: No 10 has called for "calm" after a migrant was arrested over an attempted beheading in Belfast" Tome835 @tome835 "The thing about beheadings is, if too many people find out about it, they get real mad at the beheader. I fear this beheading could lead to violence." Prufrock @JAlfredJuicebox, "“It’s the billionaires” “It’s the alt-right echo chambers” “It’s the manosphere influencers” “It’s the…” Actually it’s the videos of Africans beheading people in the street that are making people more right-wing."

At Racket, Matt Taibbi writes off Britain's Great Self-Loathing Crusade. "American and European liberalism rightly campaigned against ethnocentrism once upon a time, but both versions ultimately went way too far." Brendan O'Neill at Spiked on The obnoxious hypocrisy of Starmer’s fury with JD Vance. "The same Brits who raged over the death of George Floyd are now mad at Vance for raging over the death of Henry Nowak." Elon Musk @elonmusk, "This is the way." Quote Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10, "A Restore Britain Government will aim to prosecute officials and politicians who knowingly placed dangerous third world savages in our communities. This will apply retrospectively." Hat Hair Beege Welborn thinks The British Version of 'Down Periscope' Is a Real Joke: Clash Report @clashreport, "All five of the UK's operational Astute-class nuclear attack submarines are currently stuck in port awaiting maintenance or repairs, while a sixth Royal Navy boat has yet to become deployment-ready. Former naval commanders warn the situation weakens Britain's ability to deter and monitor Russian submarine activity. Source: The Telegraph"

NYPo claims CBS News boss Bari Weiss poised to oversee CNN editorial operations: report. Ace, Report: Bari Weiss Will Assume Editorial Control Over Basketcase Ratings-Disaster Partisan Spin-Shop CNN. Via Steven Miller, who's worried about Tater. And what will happen to Fake Jake? I imagine Jake Tapper is rehearsing his exiting flounce.

AwakenedOutlaw @AwakenedOutlaw, "Politico is closing its website because the Trump administration canceled its $500,000-per-year subscription. Read that again. This is but another example of the government being used by the left to help both prop up its own propaganda machine and line some corrupt POS's pockets with payola, compliments of the US taxpayer." Quote Max Tani @maxwelltani, "New: Politico is folding E&E, the energy trade publication it bought in 2020. The company says it is reorganizing its energy coverage under the Politico brand and launching a series of new state and global energy newsletters."

MAZE @mazemoore, "2023. Immediately after her interview with Trump was broadcast, Kristen Welker "fact checked" Trump about his Jan 6th claim that the Mayor of DC had called for the National Guard and that they were turned away. Welker apparently forgot about her reporting from January 5th, 2021. At Althouse, "Please! I traveled all the way to Wisconsin!... Listen, we traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview" "Wouldn't it have been funny if the all-the-way-to-Wisconsin plea had worked? Oh, yeah, poor you, going to Wisconsin, let me sit back down and yammer on with you, because you endured the ordeal of coming to Wisconsin." With an excellent video of Trump and Megan Mullally singing the Green Acres theme. He really is a showman at heart:

At the Free Bacon, Jonathan Leaf says Scott Pelley Isn’t a Serious Journalist "A personal experience reveals the fraudulent nature of fired '60 Minutes' correspondent." As the Brits would say, he's a news reader.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - The Blockade is Working

Or at least Hat Hair's John Sexton thinks so: The US Blockade is Working and Capt. Ed sings Starry, Starry Flight: Iran Threatens Ceasefire As Blockade Bites. Jeff Charles at TownHall believes Trump May Have Delivered a Crushing Blow to the Iranian Regime. From Ace, Iran: Blockade Successful; Trump Says War "Very Close" to Ending; Iranian Patriots Assassinate a Basij Commander in Tehran and "All sorts of news." Zineb Riboua @zriboua, "Arab media are portraying Trump's demand regarding Iran giving up the proxies as a Gulf demand. Interesting. The alignment of Israeli and Arab interests in this operation is getting greater every single day." Michael Lucci @Michael7ucci, "Peak Macron. France will lead a European coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz...after the U.S. has secured the Strait of Hormuz. They won't invite the U.S. to the party. They will ask permission from Iran. For now, they will hold a Zoom meeting." Nick Arama at RedState hears Rubio Mediates Historic Talks Between Israel, Lebanon - With Good News and Hilarious Comment About France. Washington Free Beacon @FreeBeacon, "BEASTMODE: Israel's ambassador to the U.S. addresses France's exclusion from peace talks with Lebanon. "We'd like to keep the French as far away as possible from pretty much everything, but particularly when it comes to peace negotiations. They're not needed." Sana Ebrahimi Ledene @__Injaneb96, "A trend is starting among Persian accounts on X right now. Every time Europeans start crying about skyrocketing gas prices, and how America must help by opening the straight of Hormuz, Iranians hit them with the exact same condescending lines European politicians and influencers used during the Iran protests: "The reduction of gas prices in Europe must be brought about by the European people themselves, not by foreign agents."" Quote وصل الخطاب @vaslolkhatab, "Translated from Persian, The reduction of the euro's price in Europe must be brought about by the European people themselves, not by foreign agents." From Althouse, "Investors appear to be treating an end to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran as a foregone conclusion, as the S&P 500 closes above 7,000." The NYT reports" their worst fear. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "I'm not sure abandoning millions of women to a medieval theocracy, arming the Taliban with billions worth of US equipment, turning out the lights and leaving with bombs killing your people, and Afghans falling off the landing gear is the best example of ending a war, Mehdi Hence the ratings drop. Americans don't like a loser." Quote Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan "Joe Biden literally ended America’s longest war: Afghanistan. And got no credit for it. His poll ratings went down, not up. x.com/factpostnews/s…" Nioh Berg @NiohBerg, "Last night, notorious basiji commander Mohammad Shirmohammadian was stabbed 14 times and killed by masked individuals near Pardis, Tehran. Bear in mind: This is not how the Mossad operates. We are likely seeing the rise of Iranians taking action with their own hands."

Eric Boehm at Reason? says Trump's Illegal War in Iran Is Financed by Your Taxes. That's a Good Reason To Stop Paying Them. "If Congress will not deploy the power of the purse to restrain a lawless administration and an illegal war, then it falls to the public to do so." So, now Reason?, never a fan of Trump is going all sovereign citizen in opposition? I don't recommend not paying your taxes, and then arguing this out with the IRS. Matt Forney @mattforney, "Trump is the most libertarian president we've had in decades and libertarians will never forgive him for it." Quote Stephen Moore @StephenMoore, "President Trump is delivering what Washington never would: a smaller government. Nearly 300,000 fewer federal workers in just one year. More leaving than joining."

The Swalwell (and Gonzalez) sagas have about burned themselfve out, but the fallout in California's gubernatorial race is as yet to be determined. At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog Two Slimeballs Depart Congress. the Victory Girls are happy about Tony Gonzales – Trash Finally Takes Itself Out. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "With Swalwell Resigning, Just 534 Perverts Left In Congress " and After Devastating Sexual Assault Allegations, Swalwell Now Leading Democratic Presidential Candidate. MAZE @mazemoore, "2025. Chuck Todd discusses honesty and the superior morality of the Democrat party with Eric Swalwell. It mattered not to Chuck Todd or to about 100 other hosts that Eric Swalwell spent three years lying on national TV during the Russia collusion hoax." From Jewish World Review, Eric Swalwell Finds Out About Sudden 'Investigative Reporting'. Scott Pinsker at PJM wonders about The Mystery Sweeping D.C.: Who Executed the Political Hitjob That Destroyed Eric Swalwell?. Tom Steyer and Katie Porter are the two candidates who stand to gain most. One has the money, and the other the malicious nature. Matt Margolis at PJM, Nancy Pelosi Is Lying About Eric Swalwell. Here’s How We Know. Her lips were moving, but not her face. From Ace, Rapewell Update: His Top Democrat Donor Says He's No Longer a Democrat -- "Finito;" More Details About Rapewell's Jaunt on the Secret Sex Yacht. @instapundit @instapundit, "Cui Bono?" Quote Polymarket @Polymarket, "BREAKING: Billionaire Tom Steyer is now projected to win the California governor race after Swalwell’s dropout. 53% chance." Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "Dear California: Some fun facts about your candidate: Steyer pitches himself as an outsider willing to take on corporations, fight for affordability, and deliver results Sacramento politicians couldn’t. His campaign promises include breaking up utility monopolies, banning corporate PAC money, building affordable housing, and championing single-payer healthcare. He’s running as a billionaire who’ll take on billionaires. 1. Under his management, Farallon Capital Management invested $89.1 million in CoreCivic, a private prison company that operates several immigration detention centers in California. So when it was time for him to make money, he was all four private prison companies housing detention centers for ICE....:" and much more. Peter Girnus @gothburz, "I helped design the process a Congressional staffer has to follow after a member of Congress sexually harasses them.... Then Nancy Mace introduced H.Res. 1100. A resolution to release the Ethics Committee's sealed sexual misconduct records. Redacted. Victim names removed. Just the conclusions. Just the names of the members.The House voted 357 to 65. Not to release them. To bury them. To refer them back to the same Ethics Committee that sealed them in the first place..."

VodkaPundit at PJM thinks You'll Never Guess Who Just Slipped Kamala the Shiv, Huffpo, and Stephen Kruiser sees Dems Still Trying to Ditch Stage 5 Clinger Kamala Harris. Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "The last time a Democrat in Minnesota voted against Tim Walz, a Tim Walz appointee went to her house and shot her in the face." Quote Dustin Grage @GrageDustin "Only one Democrat needs to vote green in order to Impeach Tim Walz. The evidence is damning. But will anyone be brave enough?" Well, when you put it like that...

Cam at BA, Spanberger's Proposed Changes to 'Assault Firearm' Ban Could Make This Common Practice Illegal. Stephen Kruiser thinks Abigail Spanberger's Virginia Is a Creepy, Commie Place. Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "Property ownership gives people a share in the status quo and is a material interest that supports a critical baseline of reactionary political sentiment. ‘Cea Weaver-style’ housing policy is an insidious and purposeful effort to shift that political power to the state and make people dependent on the state either directly through more public housing OR indirectly through price controls that make housing ‘affordable.’ Either way this policy seeks to effectuate a huge power transfer from individuals (homeowners) to the state who ‘provides’ or ‘ensures’ housing. That’s why I generally think blue states are fine with no housing being built and real estate prices being out of control: the more desperate people are for housing and the more dependent they are on the state for housing, the more power government can arrogate. From CJ, Christopher F. Rufo, Jonathan Choe reports California Provides Sex-Change Procedures to Homeless Illegal Aliens. "In San Francisco, ideology rules." Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks You Can't Make This Up: California Giving Homeless Illegal Aliens Sex Change Operations.

Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby, "Senator Fetterman slams members of the Democrat party for associating with Hasan Piker. “I mean, my God, you have many in my party, they're proud to do events with Hasan Piker. This is the individual that said that America deserved 9/11.” PoIiMath @politicalmath, "Why is Piker treated like an A-list celebrity crossed with a high minded intellectual?" Quote Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby, "BREAKING: Speaking at Yale Hasan Piker express his devastation over the fall of the USSR. “The fall of the USSR was one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century.” Marc Thiessen @marcthiessen, "But here’s the difference: You don’t see Fuentes invited to speak at Yale. The fact that so many of the left are willing to mainstream Piker is disgraceful." Quote Marc Thiessen @marcthiessen, "He’s the Nick Fuentes of the left. Fuentes loves Hitler and the Nazis, Piker loves Stalin and the Commies. x.com/eyakoby/status…"

From NRO, How the Left Convinced Americans That AI Data Centers Are the Root of All Evil.

Ace, Here We Go Again: Latest Leftwing Pope Attacks Trump for Sealing the Border, Attacking Islamic Occupation Forces in Iran, "As many have pointed out, this brave moral voice kept absolutely stumm when Iran was killing 30-45,000 of its own people. But now he finds his voice.And weirdly, he speaks with a vague Italian/Spanish accent, despite being an American citizen." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Well it looks like the Pope’s interference in American politics is still top of the news cycle, so I want to repeat something. The Democrat/Media Complex deliberately set this up so faithful Catholics would be forced to choose: Trump or your faith? That’s a false dichotomy. The Pope is speaking on politics, offering his opinion only and he is not speaking ex cathedra. You are not obligated to agree with the Pope in these matters where he speaks as an ordinary human. If you are a Catholic, you can still support Trump, and disagree with what the Pope is saying about the Iran War and American politics, and still remain true to your Catholic faith. Please do not fall for the either/or con job." Michael Sebastian @HonorAndDaring, "This is obviously the play, and when you understand that 65% of revenue from Catholic Charities comes from the government, you will understand why the US bishops want the Democrats back in power." Quote Trevor Tomesh @realDrTT, "Once again, this 60 minutes interview seems to me to be part of this concerted effort to drive conservative American catholics away from their evangelical brothers and sisters for the purpose of getting them to stay home for the midterms." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "As I remarked elsewhere, while most politicians deal with Christianity by ignoring it or uttering pieties they neither mean nor understand the exchange between Pope Leo and Donald Trump forces the thoughtful reader to understand the Just War theory, which underpins the mainstream Christian approach to conflict. Inevitably it requires us to consider not only what Christians believe but what the Islamic equivalent to Just War -- the doctrine of Jihad -- actually teaches. In many ways the two are as different as chalk and cheese. In the first place Christianity is a nonstate religion while Islam aims to be a “universal religion and a universal state”. From this arises a host of differences." PoIiMath @politicalmath, "I think a left-wing appeal to Catholics would work better if the left stopped attacking nuns. https://christianpost.com/news/nuns-challenge-new-york-lgbt-law-they-say-violates-their-faith.html." Quote john milbank @johnmilbank3, "American Catholics should now track Left — it is merely obvious that the overall Catholic outlook is nearer the Left in general than the Right in general. And great genealogy from Murray to the idiotic Novak showing the US Cath cons were at root liberals."

Inevitable West @Inevitablewest, "BREAKING: Hungary's new PM has REJECTED the EU's migration pact: "We will still not join the pact. We will actually reinforce the border further to protect Hungary and broader Europe. We will find a way to stop the EU's daily fine." The globalists thought they'd won." Sarah Anderson at PJM hears Cuba's Preznit, When 'If We Need to Die, We'll Die' Doesn't Quite Mean What He Says It Does. Sundance hosts Barbara Boyd Recapping the Geopolitical Shifts and Domestic Obstruction Operations.

Sundance at CTH, The CIA Tried to Remove a Sitting President. "The evidence has been released. {GO DEEP} The long-debated issue is no longer a matter of opinion or question." TheLastRefuge @TheLastRefuge2, "The CIA tried to remove a sitting United States President. The evidence has been released. The issue is no longer a matter of opinion or debate. Now, watch the silence. The CIA tried to remove a President." Quote TheLastRefuge @TheLastRefuge2 "I see a lot of punditries missing the forest as they peer intently at the trees. You know the real reason CIA whistleblower Eric Ciaramella's name was never permitted to be mentioned?" Matt Vespa at TownHall, Here Are the Two People DNI Gabbard Issued Criminal Referrals for Concerning the Trump Impeachment Plot. Svetlana Lokhova @RealSLokhova, "DNI @TulsiGabbard makes a criminal referral to the DoJ against the Fake Ukraine Impeachment “whistleblower”, CIA operative Eric Ciaramella, and the former Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael Atkinson." Brianna Lyman at Da Fed thinks ‘The Timing Is Suspicious’: Intel IG Admitted Under Oath He Changed Whistleblower Rules For Anti-Trump Ukraine Op In 2019. USA Today whines DOJ seeks to throw out convictions against Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. “We don’t want a precedent that says that any physical confrontation between protesters and law enforcement means a crime akin to treason, such as seditious conspiracy.” They could never get a fair trial in Washington DC. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Bro literally received a pardon from Biden as he left office." Quote Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff "Step one in creating a culture of corruption and lawlessness? Promise impunity." Sauron's Eye whines DOJ fires at least 4 prosecutors involved in FACE Act cases during Biden administration. Ace adds Internal DOJ Review: Biden DOJ Weaponized the FACE Act to Prosecute Pro-Lifers and Give Them Unusually Long Prison Sentences, "The most corrupt, fascist administration in American history. They should all be in prison, or dangling from a rope."

Reuters is upset US prosecutors make surprise visit to Federal Reserve office. 

Twitchy sees a Family Affair: College Soccer Player and Father Charged for Violent Attack on TPUSA Reporter.

Don Keith @RealDonKeith, "Wow! The BBC was not expecting a black man to start bashing immigration! A British man went viral after unloading on the show, declaring Britain is “full” and that mass immigration has destroyed the country. He slammed open borders, called out the crime spike, and said enough is enough — leaving the BBC hosts visibly shocked. Straight talk the mainstream media never wants to hear."

The College Fix thinks Georgetown must drop investigation into College Republicans’ anti-Muslim post: free speech group. From the Free Bacon, UNC Officials Accused of Not Protecting Students or Defending Free Speech After April Fools’ ICE Article, ‘Sorority Girl’ Skit Lead to Death Threats, Campus Uproar. "The university’s harsh response to the satirical article and video skit, which a top administrator called ‘completely unacceptable,’ may violate North Carolina state law." At Campus Reform Ohio Senate passes bill defining antisemitism on campuses. "The legislation specifies that criticism of Israel alone does not constitute anti-Semitism and affirms that it does not infringe upon First Amendment rights." At Da Wire, Elise Stefanik highlights The Moment The Ivy League Lost The Country. Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79, "Yale has issued a new report on declining public trust in higher education. The New York Times has a great headline summing it up: This is so refreshing. The first step is admitting the problem."

Rachel Premack @rrpre, "Bizarre situation brewing in LA public schools, as reported by WSJ today Teachers and parents say schools regularly run out of cleaning supplies and toilet paper But per-student spending rose from $11.7k to $29.3k since 2014 — about 5x the rate of inflation Notably…. the district doubled spending on outside vendors and digital tools over that time period The superintendent personally received "no-bid emergency authority" to close 72% of those contracts — and nearly 70% went over budget, per WSJ (District spokesperson says increased spending is due to virtual learning, tutoring and rising costs of special ed…)" Victory Girls, This Little Student Went to Class—This One Learned to Protest.

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "That guy is not aging well." Quote Terrence K. Williams @w_terrence "Trans activist, model & beauty influencer Dylan Mulvaney said: "No matter what my passport or the Trump administration says, I am a woman." " I will always be a woman"" Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, Miss America Changes Eligibility Rules to Clarify Transgender Stance Following Florida AG Letter. “‘Female’ means a born female or born an intersex female individual (defined as one born with two X chromosomes with nonconforming genitalia) who has fully completed sex reassignment surgery via vaginoplasty with supporting medical documentation and records.”

Driscoll at Insty sees the GRAY LADY DIVES FOR FAINTING COUCH (AGAIN): NYT Melts Down Over Texas Rangers Statue Outside… Texas Rangers’ Stadium. "The New York Times and its sports section, The Athletic, has found its newest outrage target: a statue of a Texas Ranger outside Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. Seriously. That was the basis for Sam Blum’s 2,000-plus-word Wednesday piece about the Rangers installing the “One Riot, One Ranger” statue at the ballpark. Fellow Athletic writer Stephen J. Nesbitt piled on by calling it a “deeply controversial” statue and capping off his post with the always-serious journalistic flourish: “Yikes.” He also called Blum’s article “important work.” Yes, we need more sports journalists doing deep dives on… statues outside stadiums. These guys are really putting those journalism degrees to work.."

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