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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Starts Focusing on "Affordability"

President Trump has begun to push back on the "affordability" argument being hypocritically wielded by Democrats and the media (but I redund) ahead of the 2026 midterms. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Delivers a Speech on the Economy from Pennsylvania – Video Replay. At News Wax, Wiles: Trump to Campaign Like '2024 Again' in '26. At TownHall Jeff Crouere says It Is Not Affordable to Vote Democrat and Matt Vespa notes Scott Jennings Wasn't Going to Let This Lib Get Away With Such Laughable Line on Inflation. "Emma Vigeland: “I would note that the inflation that occurred under Biden was in part naturally occurring due to supply chain bottlenecks, and because the COVID, once-in-a- lifetime pandemic, occurred.” Scott Jennings: “Naturally? Like they were on trees? . . . “Policy choices were made.”" unseen1@unseen1_unseen. "Unexpectedly". They really don't see the booming economy expanding under their feet. It's a great time to make money as most people believe the doomers in the media and aren't prepared for what is happening and what will happen. The smart ones are hiring now before they are forced to hire the bottom of the barrel talent next year. Quote zerohedge @zerohedge, "Job Openings Unexpectedly Soar Even As Number Of Quits Plunges To 5 Year Low." At Da Caller, Trump Reveals Litmus Test For Next Fed Pick. "President Donald Trump said on “The Conversation with Dasha Burns” Tuesday that he would only pick a Federal Reserve chair who would promptly reduce interest rates." ET, No Restrictions on How ‘Trump Accounts’ Can Be Used: Bessent. "Trump said other billionaires would also be donating, adding, ‘I’ll be doing it, too.’" At OTP, Trump Admin Moves To End Key Biden-Era Student Loan Repayment Plan. From Fox, Mutiny threats hang over House GOP vote on billions in defense spending "House GOP leaders hope to vote on the NDAA by early evening Wednesday."

AMAC sees Trump Scores Big Win on Drug Prices, Trade. "Under the terms of the deal, the U.K. will relax its artificial drug price controls, and in return the U.S. will refrain from imposing tariffs on British medicines, pharmaceutical ingredients and medical devices. That constitutes a win/win for both nations." From ET, Trump Warns ‘Biggest Threat’ to US Would Be Supreme Court Overruling Tariffs and China Has More to Lose in Global Trade War Than US, Researchers Say. "An ‘economic cutoff’ imposed on the CCP would damage China’s economy five to seven times more than those of the U.S. and its allies, a Dartmouth professor said." And as long as we're talking about China, Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees Trump Flipping the Rare Earth Script "Yesterday, a company called Blackboxstocks had a big announcement on that front. What made it so exciting was that it was from the REE mining and refining side, something that has been missing in most of these latest press releases. And it will be fully operational in 'early 2027,' ensuring North America's 'first commercial-scale, zero-Chinese nexus, heavy rare earths supply chain.'" From RVM, Trump Warns Mexico to Release Water Owed Under 1944 Treaty or Face 5% Tariff.

From Sundance, President Trump Gives Extensive Comments on State of Ukraine-Russia Conflict and Zelenskyy Says European Counterproposal for Conflict Ceasefire Soon to be Sent to White House. From Da Wire, Zelensky Vows Not To Cede Territory As Trump Says Russia Has ‘Upper Hand’ "We have no right to give anything away." At Althouse, "I have no vision for Europe.... Look, I have a vision for the United States of America first. It’s 'Make America Great Again.' Uh, I do explain to Europe..."  "Said President Trump, in this long conversation with Politico's Dasha Burns."

John Kass accuses Democrats of Protecting Maduro’s Narcos. Atop Da Hill, Hegseth leaves Democrats frustrated after boat strike briefing. Nothing he can say or do, short of quitting, can satisfy them. Best to ignore them. RC Maxwell at RedState thinks GOP’s NDAA Blunder Fans Flames As Dem Boat Strike Smear Fades "Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) allowed a provision to remain in the final FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act that withholds 25 percent of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office travel budget until the Pentagon provides unedited footage of Southern Command strikes, including the controversial September 2 boat takedown, to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees." Matt Vespa claims Scott Jennings Checkmates Dems on CNN: Did Anyone Ever Wonder If Obama Committed War Crimes?

From Da Wire, MAHA Supporter Destroys Famed Doctor Attacking RFK Jr. In Under 2 Minutes. "The question is, when is enough enough to admit that the system you are a part of has drastically failed Americans?" From LifeZette, Administrative State’s ‘Rear Guard’ Blocking Trump Agenda Unveiled in Lara Logan Interview. Roger Kimball at Am Great calls Trump A Force of History: Why Trump’s Influence Keeps Growing. "Trump’s critics grow louder even as his resurgence cements him, for many, as a defining leader whose impact is reshaping the nation’s political era."


Insty, IT IS TIME FOR US TO DO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING. AND THAT TIME IS EVERY DAY: John Podhoretz @jpodhoretz, "Truly, she is the Alben W. Barkley of our time" Quote Greg Price @greg_price11 "Kamala Harris to the New York Times: "There will be a marble bust of me in Congress. I am a historic figure like any Vice President of the United States ever was."" Quick, name all the Vice Presidents you can think of. Bucket of warm spit.

BeGee Welborn notices The Somali Grift Isn't Just for Minnesota Anymore. Now it's in Maine. The more places you look, the more you'll find. Ben Weingarten asks/answers  Did Ilhan Omar Rake in More Campaign Cash From More 'Feeding Our Future' Scandal Fraudsters Than Has Been Reported? "Campaign finance records indicate "Yes." And there's more to investigate regarding her nexus to the scandal." At the TriStar Daily, Congressman Ogles Taking Heat for Criticizing Judges Who Repeatedly Released Dangerous Somlian Man Rep. Andy Ogles@RepOgles "WOKE NASHVILLE JUDGE UPDATE Instead of apologizing to the family of that young woman who was raped to death, instead of apologizing to the people of Nashville, these judges have the gall to publicly complain about my oversight and call it 'dangerous rhetoric.' A woman was raped and is now dead because of woke policies, and those on the Davidson County General Sessions Court who let off a dangerous migrant criminal more than twelve times. These judges are asking Governor Lee to give them heightened security because they feel threatened by my comments. Where were these Judges when she was being raped? Where were they when she lay dying? Do they care at all about the safety of my constituents? Doubtful." Francis Menton, the Manhattan Contrarian wonders about Welfare Fraud In Blue Cities: How Pervasive Is The Kleptocracy? Exceedingly. 

The Divine Ms Devine at NYPo sees the Mystery deepens as to why it took FBI nearly 5 years to finally bust the suspected J6 pipe bomber. Ace calls it "Intentional Negligence"? FBI Had J6 Bomber's Cell Phone Putting Him at the Scene of the Crime... Five Years Ago. "If the FBI had cell phone records of 10,000 people's cell phones sending signals from near the RNC and DNC on the night the bombs were planted, I could understand not finding the suspect. With a suspect list of 10,000 people, I guess I could understand the claim, "We just didn't have the manpower to run down every phone." Guess how many cell phones they actually had records of in the vicinity of the RNC and DNC at the time when the bombs were being planted? Fewer than 200. No, i do not believe the FBI "just didn't have the resources" to look into 186 suspects -- not when they showed they could mobilize every agent to track down every grandma within ten blocks of the Capitol on January 6th. So was this a case of "intentional negligence"?

Cathy Salgado at PJM reports Court Upholds Trump’s Trans Military Ban. Ben Whedon at JTN, Appeals court backs Hegseth on transgender military ban "Hegseth, earlier this year, imposed a sweeping ban on transgender military service as part of a broader effort to raise physical and mental standards in the service branches and to remove political elements from military culture."

Katie Jerkovich at RedState has a happy reports as Trump Shares Incredible Update About National Guardsman Shot in DC Terror Attack. Cathy Salgado, Hopeful Update on Guardsman Andrew Wolfe’s Recovery. Dan McCarthy at Modern Age sees The Courts Are Fueling Preventable Violence "They’re failing in their duty to protect citizens from dangerous criminals." Hat Hair's Dave Strom takes A Look Inside the Twisted Mind of a Lefty Law Enforcement Officer Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "#BREAKING: Charlotte-Mecklenburg NC Sheriff Garry McFadden says the REAL people you should feel sorry for after Iryna Zarutska’s m*rder and Charlie Kirk’s m*rder… …are actually the MAGISTRATES who let Decarlos Brown Jr. go free “Our magistrates were attacked, violently, verbally… when I say violently, on social media. And they lived in fear for many days…” . . . " Tom Knighton at BA, John Lott Fires Back at Critics of DOJ's Civil Rights Division Defending 2A.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Federal Judge Unseals Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Material, But ... "In other words, get ready for a very large nothingburger." Ben Whedon hears Trump caught on hot mic bemoaning pace of confirmations: 'I can't appoint anybody' "The hot mic comes in the wake of acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba stepping down after a court found her to be occupying the post illegally."

Sundance has some tinfoil hat material, Patrick Byrne Now Claims He was/is a CIA Asset, Worked for John Brennan "I have been asked repeatedly to discuss or share opinion on the Emerald Robinson group consisting of General Michael Flynn, Patrick Byrne and others. I have intentionally ignored those requests because everything around the group itself has always been sketchy, especially Patrick Byrne. {SEE HERE and SEE HERE}"

Bob Spencer at PJM records a Somali Says of Trump: ‘My Biggest Fear Is That This Man May Never Witness Our Full Takeover.’  Mary Chastain at LI, Vermont School District Faces Backlash After Raising Somali Flag.  Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis, "I look forward to discovery — especially the CAIR finances. Should be illuminating!" Quote Jim Rosica @JimRosicaFL, "Inbox: After @GovRonDeSantis declared CAIR a foreign terrorist organization by executive order, its Florida chapter & the national HQ says they are suing. x.com/govrondesantis…" Carlo Corrosco, Trump Administration Rescued Over 62,000 Migrant Children From Human Trafficking and still counting. Dmitri Bolt at TownHall reports an MS-13 Assassin Who Killed Honduras President’s Son Captured by Federal Agents in Nebraska Suburb. "Gerson Emir Cuadra Soto, 33, also known as "Fantasma," was detained on Monday on immigration-related charges. He is believed to have overseen an MS-13 kill squad called "El Combo," which is designed to carry out assassinations on behalf of the gang. In his home country of Honduras, he has been charged with four homicides, for which he was imprisoned." One of Biden's "refugees." At LifeZette, Illegal Alien Trucker Almost Takes Out Oklahoma State Trooper in Wild Dashcam Video.

The Brussels Signal thinks EU’s crackdown on X shows desperation not strength. Sundance thinks  Australia’s Social Media Ban for Those Underage-16 Structured Like a Global Intelligence Op   At Da Caller, Is Nick Fuentes A Foreign Op? New Evidence Suggests Maybe "The study analyzed Fuentes’ social media activity. It found engagement patterns the researchers say are consistent with bot-farm amplification rather than genuine audience support." 

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.09.25 Twitchy: “You’re Going To Blame Whitey?”, Fruit Of The Loons  (JD Vance Rips AI-Generated Pic of Him Wearing a White Undershirt at Restaurant), and Scott Jennings Smirks As CNN Panel Lies That Dems Accused Obama Of War Crimes. At Hat Hair, Mark Judge, clearly sensitive to the issue, is angry The Netflix 'New Yorker at 100’ Doc Omits Russiagate, Kavanaugh Debacles.

Amy Curtis at TownHall, Massachusetts Allows Boys to Compete in Girls' Sports, and Here's the Damage That's Done. PM, Washington swim league finds workaround to keep boys competing in girls' events "The new approach “allows athletes to compete as they self-identify,” which continues to allow male athletes to compete in girls’ sports." Michigan News Source, Michigan Parent Files Title IX Complaint Over Boy In Girls Locker Room. John Sexton looks at Chase Strangio and the Maximalist Demands of Trans Activists. It's long but worth the effort, IMHO. 

At the Martin Center, How Shall Academic Freedom Be Defined? "A conversation with UNC Faculty Assembly chair Wade Maki." Althouse finds "Students at the University of Glasgow have been cautioned that Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone contains 'outdated attitudes, abuse and language.'" ""The work by JK Rowling appears alongside a number of titles, including Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, the dystopian 2001 novel Noughts & Crosses by Malory Blackman and Edith Nesbit’s 1899 book The Treasure Seekers, assessed as having the potential to cause offence." From "Trigger warning slapped on Harry Potter for ‘outdated attitudes’/Students at the University of Glasgow are also being warned about Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit" (London Times). Maybe college students need to be warned to move on beyond children's books."

Still many more links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.09.25. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Hits Just Keep On Coming online and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - We Come Not to Honor Kimmel, But to Bury Him

AOL citing People reports “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Replaced by “Celebrity Family Feud” After Being Pulled by ABC amid Host's Comments About Charlie Kirk. Nick Arama at RedState hears a New Report: Kimmel Was About to Make Things Even Worse Before Suspension, "He planned to address it by blaming MAGA, saying that his words were being "purposely twisted" by them." RBe @RBPundit, "Here’s what happened: ABC: “Jimmy, you fucked up. Apologize.” Jimmy: “Fuck no. I’m going to blast these fascists.” ABC: “Not on our dime, you’re not.”" John Sexton at Hat Hair explores Where Did Jimmy Kimmel Get the Idea that Charlie Kirk's Assassin was Right Wing? "I pointed out some of the people who were spreading this particular fantasy on Bluesky and X here. Keith Olbermann, David Shuster, Jemele Hill and many others were pushing this hard all weekend (I also mentioned Heather Cox Richardson.) As Nate Silver says, this was exactly the sort of online nonsense that the left routinely labels misinformation, but only when it comes from the right." Dave Strom at Hat Hair cites NPR: We Don't Know If Tyler Robinson Was Left-Wing. Twitchy sees Leftist Adults Dox Teens Forming a Texas High School TPUSA Club, Lie About Cause of Charlie's Murder. Hollywood in Toto examines The Sad, Inevitable Fall of Jimmy Kimmel. "Former 'Man Show' cutup sold his comic soul to Progressive movement."

Matt Vespa at TownHall, thinks Ex-CNN Host's Take on Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension Will Likely Anger Libs. Chris Cuomo, “It is not a First Amendment issue until you have proof of government intervention.” Hat Hair's Dave Strom, asks if you Remember When Democrats Pressured Cable Companies to Ban Fox, OAN, and Newsmax? From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.25, Twitchy sees Scott Jennings SCHOOL Abby Phillip and Other Clueless Dems on How the Television Broadcasting Biz Works. At Breitbart, Unity Achieved: MAGA Supports Democrat Boycott of Disney/ABC over Jimmy Kimmel Cancellation. Mark Hemingway @Heminator "“Oh no please don’t go after the company that went out of its way to attack Ron DeSantis because he didn’t want books in school libraries telling kids how to sign up for Grindr.”" Quote Keith Edwards @keithedwards "Boycott Disney. Cancel Hulu. Don’t let them get away with this." Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "You guys if we’re not careful the Democrats might use the FCC for political purposes. Like helping their megadonor illegally take over radio stations or installing the retarded activist children of Democrat Congressmen as commissioners." At Althouse, I'm happy to see America's lefties swooning in love with freedom of speech. "Let them make many strong and loud professions of love, because I want a lot of material to throw in their face when — if? — they get back to subordinating freedom of speech below endless other more important matters. Is it possible they'll commit to this love for freedom of speech with such intensity that they will forsake its rivals? It's unlikely, but I'll be delighted to give them credit... or even a vote. Now, lets check in with Roseanne Barr again:" Roseanne Barr @therealroseanne, "Remember when you and your wife called Bob Iger to have me fired?" Quote Barack Obama @BarackObama, "After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh "NOW: Leftists have gathered in NYC outside ABC Studios demanding, "ABC, grow a spine!" due to Jimmy Kimmel's cancellation "We are facing FASCISM!" DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "The signs were printed by RefuseFascism dot org. Bill Ayers, the Weather Underground bomber and Obama's mentor, is a founding member of RefuseFascism. Its tax-exempt financial sponsor is Alliance for Global Justice." Ace finds FCC Head Brenden Carr: Either The View Is a Bona Fide "News" Program, Or Else the Disney Groomer Network Will Have to Provide Equal Time to Republicans. "Just because the law hasn't been enforced for a while doesn't mean it's not the law."

Dmitri Bolt at TownHall reports the Trans Lover of Charlie Kirk Assassin Kicked Out of Parents Home for Substance Abuse and Gaming Addiction. Cathy Salgado at PJM, The Insanity That Created Kirk’s Killer: Lefty Says Dating ‘Trans’ Male Doesn’t Equal ‘Gay’. Maybe we need a new category? Josh Code at the Freep on Understanding Tyler Robinson’s Motives "Andy Ngo breaks down what the messages on the alleged shooter’s bullet casings mean, why they matter, and how obscure internet culture played a role in Charlie Kirk’s killing." Victory Girls sees Angry Socialist-Leninist Transgenders & Queers Arm Up in Salt Lake City. Mike Cantrell at PJM, Legal Documents Say Attempted Kavanaugh Assassin Identified as Transgender. Ace, Surprise! The Left-Wing Assassin Who Came to Murder Supreme Court Justices In Ninja Shoes and Armed with a Chef's Knife Now Identifies as "MAGA" "Whoops, sorry, that headline was written by Jimmy Kimmel's no-talent "comedy" writers. The "man" who planned to murder three conservative justices, and who was arrested sneaking into Brett Kavanaugh's home, is trans." Stacy McCain says We’re All Shocked — Shocked! — to Learn That the Democrat Who Tried to Murder Brett Kavanaugh Is a Psychotic Tranny.

Stacy McCain looks at ‘The Normal-American Community’ and the Demonic Horde Who Love Death. "We live in evil times, and the destructive forces of evil are howling in rage that they can’t kill us all the way they killed Charlie Kirk." Sean Davis @seanmdav "They just murdered Charlie Kirk in broad daylight in front of his and kids while he was peacefully debating a college student. And then they laughed about it. And university professors all over the country said we need more assassinations of Christians and conservatives. Do you understand how utterly ridiculous you sound? “Imagine if the roles were reversed.” What freaking planet do you live on?" Quote Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT, "The woke were warned their tools could be turned against them but couldn't imagine history's arc bending rightward. (I struggled to imagine it myself.) Now populists facing the same warning keep implying no future censorious left could exceed what we've had already. (We'll see.)" From Ace, The Week in the Woke Terrorist Murder Cult and Death Cultist and the Left's "New Joe Rogan" Now an Object of Congressional Investigation; Pro-Murder Agitator Destiny Has His YouTube Monetization Suspended. Quotalatiousness sees After the Charlie Kirk assassination, here are three possible futures. Matt Vespa cites Michael Shellenberger Independent Journalist Nails What's Led to the Left's Frenzy for Political Violence …the environment that led to Kirk’s death was created by the Left in its decades-long demonization and dehumanization of conservatives. For 80 years, schools, universities, and the media have used Hitler, Nazism, and fascism as symbols of ultimate evil. To call someone a “Nazi,” “fascist,” or “far-Right,” is therefore to imply that they are part of this evil, and like the historical Nazis, must be eliminated. Over the last 10 years, not just the radical Left but the mainstream news media, including the New York Times, and mainstream Democrats like Newsom, repeatedly characterized Trump and his supporters as Hitler-adjacent fascists. The New Republic openly depicted Trump as Hitler." At Campus Reform, Higher ed has normalized political violence "The left on college campuses has normalized violence against conservatives, and that mindset has metastasized to poison the next generation." LifeZette, GOP Governor Targeted in Alleged Bombing Assassination Plan by Far-Left Extremist. Mostly Peaceful Memes @MostlyPeacefull, "The two most radicalizing events of my lifetime happened in the same week." LifeZette, Hillary Clinton Brutally Mocked After Promoting Book Labeling Opponents ‘Fascists’

From the Free Bacon, 58 House Democrats Vote Against Resolution Condemning Charlie Kirk’s Assassination, "AOC said the resolution brings 'great pain' to the victims of Jim Crow." Huh? Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Ghouls: AOC Ridicules Charlie Kirk, Fewer Than Half of House Dems Support Resolution reminding us "Three months ago, the House passed a similar resolution honoring Democrat state legislators killed by a deranged political operative in Minnesota, who later ludicrously claimed to be working on Tim Walz' orders so Walz could get a Senate seat. That resolution passed unanimously with nearly all members voting, 424-0." Sundance at CTH, Congressional Black Caucus Reject Resolution Honoring Charlie Kirk. Ace, Democrats Vote Against Resolution Condemning the Charlie Kirk Murder and Denouncing All Political Violence "You will never get the left to agree to this. Many -- at least 40% of them -- are affirmatively pro-murder, pro-killing-the-deplorables, and the other 60% are cowards afraid of the other 40%. They bow to the extremists every single time, as they did at the New York Times when they fired an editor for publishing an op-ed by Tom Cotton. The 40% extremists demanded his firing, and the 60% cowards agreed."

Vicky Taft at PJM, has a  West Coast, Messed Coast™ — Federal Officers Bust Operator of Antifa Safe House in Portland. Dave Strom, Dutch Parliament Votes to Classify Antifa as Terrorist Organization. Ace, Dutch Parliament Declares Antifa a Domestic Terrorist Organization

In misc. Trumpiania, RedState's Chris Arps claims Trump Finds His Next 80/20 Issue in a congressional stock trading ban. But will they bite? From Breitbart, Down to Business: Trump Signs ‘Tech-Prosperity Deal’ With UK Unlocking ‘Billions of Dollars of Opportunities’

Ace, Senate Invokes "Nuclear Option" to Confirm 48 Trump Nominees Long Delayed By Insurrectionist Democrats. "You get what you deserve." John Sexton, House Passes Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown, but will the Senate Chuck Schumer go along? Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: It's just been exposed that Chuck Schumer and Democrats in Congress are demanding free health insurance for illegal aliens, half a billion dollars for NPR, and a $1.5 trillion spending increase in exchange for averting a government shutdown. NO WAY. STAND STRONG." Doesn't sound like it. Sundance at CTH is upset the Republican Wing of UniParty Demand $25,000 Per Month for Each Representative to Hire Personal Security.

From the Pop Times Ex-Biden Aide Jeff Zeints Admits Hunter Biden Was “Directly Involved” in Pardons. Victory Girls hears Biden Chief of Staff Admits That Joe Was Fading While In Office. "Over the course of a six-hour grilling by Oversight staff, Zients also revealed that Biden began having “difficulty remembering dates and names,” while “decisions that once required three meetings eventually began to require a fourth,” according to the first source." Nick Arama sees Kamala Harris Starts a Substack: It's As Bad As You'd Think, and Her Coping With Losing Is Hilarious. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair is Inexplicably Revealing More of the Fatuous Creation That Is Kamala. Or as Matt Margolis puts it Kamala Harris Admits That She’s an Idiot.

Ben Smith at LI reports George Soros Drops $10M on California Gerrymander,“Soros, and his group of psychopaths, have caused great damage to our Country!”

Jen O'Connell at RedState, Federal Judge Rules That Maps for Alabama's Largest County Must Be Redrawn. TNP, Judge Blocks Deportation of Hundreds of Guatemalans. Forbidding ICE from sending kids home to their parents. Capt. Ed hears Federal Judge to Trump's Lawyers: Find An Editor "Merryday didn't dismiss the defamation action outright. He did, however, tell Trump's attorneys to stop trying to make it "the functional equivalent of the Hyde Park Speakers Corner." Dan Greenfield at Front Page, LA Jury Frees Man Who Assaulted Federal Agent "How do you have trials when the judges and jurors can't be trusted?" From LifeZette, Biden’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ Czar is Furious After Appeals Court Tosses Her Case Against Fox News, the singing censor. At Shapiro's Gave, Ilya Shapiro worries How Do We Cure the Body Politic? "Polarization has infected the U.S. court system—from top to bottom."

From Da Blaze, GOP-run Jan. 6 subcommittee goes after trove of data deleted by Pelosi-appointed Jan. 6 committee, hmm I wonder why the deleted it? Not helpful to their case? The Unsinkable Mollie Hemingway at Imprimis, discusses The Significance of the Recently Released Russia Hoax Documents.

Guy Benson at TownHall hears Letitia James: Convicting Me for My Alleged Mortgage Fraud Will Be Tough Because... it will be hard to prove her mortgage fraud was deliberate. Never catch me, coppers! Bonchie @bonchieredstate "“I did it, but you can’t prove I meant to do it” is quite the thing to announce publicly. Wild." Quote Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC, "NEW: Letitia James tells Joy Reid the mortgage fraud allegations against her are "baseless" since it's hard to prove she did it *ON PURPOSE* "It's baseless because in order to prove mortgage fraud, one has to prove intent — and that's a very high standard, a very hard high bar to meet." Well, maybe, if we had a friendly jury.

Real Clear Education, Bill Trachman and Eitan Genger say Trump is Right: Schools Must Pay Dearly for Discrimination. John Sexton, Lawsuit Can Proceed Against School District that Socially Transitioned Child and Hid It From Parents.

Still lot's more links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.25, but Gabi's soccer team beacons. Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile At The Catgirl Barrel up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Just Another DIY Thursday

 I have a crisis to deal with, so here it goes:

Trump and the Republicans 

The Nonexistent Epstein List and the Left’s Failed Trump Smear – PJ Media
Ace of Spades HQ - Epstein Victims Claim They Want Transparency But Refuse to Name Their Alleged Abusers
Epstein Victims Hold a Strange Press Conference in Washington, DC - The Last Refuge
Epstein victims' lawyer says unreleased documents leave public 'appalled' - Fox News
MSNBC Analyst Robbed Repeatedly in DC Doesn't Understand Why Trump Cracked Down on Crime.Trump Floats Sending National Guard Troops To New Orleans
D.C. Mayor's Latest Decision Involving the Federal Takeover Will Likely Trigger Libs
Jeanine Pirro on X: "You are looking at the largest seizure of precursor chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine in U.S. history. China was sending over 700,000 lbs on the high seas to the Sinaloa Cartel before my office seized them. Because President Trump and Secretary Rubio declared the
A Return to Frontier Justice? : The Other McCain
Ace of Spades HQUS Military Drone-Strikes a Tren de Aragua Drug Smuggling Boat and the Pro-Crime, Pro-Terrorism Left Is Angry
Running Out the Clock on Vladimir Putin - RealClearDefense
President Trump Holds a Bilateral Meeting with President Karol Nawrocki of the Republic of Poland - 11:00am Livestream - The Last Refuge
Treasury Secretary Bessent: Trump May Declare Emergency Over Housing Affordability - American Greatness
Delete, Delete, Delete: How FCC Republicans are killing rules faster than ever - Ars Technica
Biden’s Former Monkeypox Czar Blames RFK Jr. For Decision to Quit CDC Post
Althouse: "He’s very concerned. How do they say it, this is for all the tea in China. This is serious."

The Disloyal Opposition

Gov. Tim Walz Criticized Over Trump Health Remarks
Rep. Jamie Raskin Says Trump Wants to Shrink the Size and Scope of Gov't Just Like Stalin – Twitchy

The Just Us System

Amy Coney Barrett Fires Shot Across the Bow at Fellow Activist Judges: ‘Not Kings’ – RedState
Will The Supreme Court's Conservatives Begin To Disregard The Views Of Justice Jackson Next Term?
Boston Judge Rules in Favor of Harvard, Trump Administration Plans to Appeal – HotAir
Not So Fast, Newsom: Trump-Appointed US Attorney Rains Down on Left's Victory Parade Over National Guard – RedState
Federal Appeals Court Blocks Trump From Deporting Tren De Aragua Gang
House approves creation of new panel to investigate J6 select committee and riot - Just The News
Gabbard slams Clapper, Brennan for thinking they could 'undermine' a 'duly elected president’ - Just The News
The Russiagate Problem - The Last Refuge
Mr. President, Tear Down These Walls - The Last Refuge
Senate Republicans consider rules change to speed up approval of Trump nominees - Just The News
If Lisa Cook Committed Mortgage Fraud, Then It’s a Crime Still in Progress - Chronicles
Ace of Spades HQLisa Cook's Lawyers: You Can't Fire Her For Mortgage Fraud Because She Admitted Being a Mortgage Fraudster to Biden and He Said It's Okay

Illegal Immigration

Census Data Shows Massive Drop in Immigrant Workers After Trump Crackdowns
EXCLUSIVE: August Migrant Encounters at Southwest Border Drop 90 Percent from Prior Year
A Man Towed an ICE Vehicle During an Enforcement Operation. Guess What Happened Next.
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Birthright Citizenship – Robert G. Natelson

Media, Government and Social Media Censorship
 
Ace of Spades HQ - Nigel Farage Testifies to Congress About the End of Free Speech in the UK
Instapundit - FIREWORKS ERUPT AT HOUSE JUDICIARY HEARING AS JORDAN, RASKIN, AND NIGEL FARAGE SCORCH EUROPE
Free Speech Under Threat? Jordan, Raskin, Farage Weigh In
Met Commissioner: Police Shouldn't Be Enforcing the Left's Culture War Demands – HotAir
Althouse: "It’s time this government told the police their job is to protect the public, not monitor social media for hurty words."
The UK Earns Status as a Censorship State - by Greg Collard
Mike Benz On The UK: This Is A Tyrannical Hellhole State Trying To Export Their Censorship Here | Video - RealClearPolitics
Inevitable West on X: "🚨BREAKING: In leaked messages, Peterborough's Labour Council leader Dennis Jones refers to grooming gang victims as "white trash" Labour hate you and your children. https://t.co/ulTr0ZtSGD" / X
Saving Democracy - by Glenn Harlan Reynolds
David Ellison Set to Acquire The Free Press - Puck
Ace of Spades HQ - Newsmax Sues Fox, Alleging That the Fake Conservative Network Uses Illegal Means to Keep the Conservative Market All to Itself
This Reporter Got a Brutal Reality Check After Trying to Have a 'Gotcha' Moment With Trump
Instapundit - THAT’S WHAT XI SAID! ABC Gets Hot and Bothered By China’s Show of ‘Patriotism and Power.’ S
A Judge Lets Google Get Away with Monopoly

The Great Culture War

School Girls Told They Can Escape Boys in Their Locker Rooms if They Admit to Being Mentally Ill – PJ Media
Malcolm Gladwell Reaches His Tipping Point on Trans Athletes - National Review
Ace of Spades - HQ Liberal Woke "Intellectual" Malcolm Gladwell: I Knew That It Was Wrong to Let Men Compete Against Women But I Lied and Said I Supported It Because of Leftwing Social Pressure
NBC Apologizes for Not Using 'She' to Describe Male Minneapolis School Shooter
Restaurant Loses Case After Denying Male Entry to Women’s Bathroom – PJ Media
I Watched Transgenderism Ruin My Friends' LivesBlack Comedian Paints Himself White, Goes to NASCAR, Doesn't Find What He Expects – PJ Media
Smithsonian Celebrates Violent Racist Cult – PJ Media

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Monday, August 19, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Amerika's Wine Mom Speaks

 From the Free Bacon, WATCH: Veep Thoughts With Kamala Harris (Vol. 18). Hat Hair, Your 'Kamala Just Unburdened Herself Again' Word Salad of the DayCollin Rugg@CollinRugg:

Matt Vespa at TownHall, Harris Went on the Stump Without a Teleprompter...and Disaster Ensued. Bob Spencer at PJM, In Pennsylvania, Harris Gears Up for the Convention by Tossing an Ominous New Word Salad. Nick Arama at RedState, Kamala's Gobbledygook Answer About Paying for Her Spending Shows Exactly Why They Don't Let Her Talk.  From Twitchy, WATCH: Kamala FINALLY Answers Questions From the Media and It Goes As Well As You'd Expect. At RCP, Steve Cortes Food Costs and Price Controls: Kamala’s Bread Lines Ahead? From Althouse, Are we still talking about "price gouging"? "From "Dems defend Harris’ economic policy but don’t go all in on price-gouging/Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was alone in discussing the particulars of a policy designed to stop price gouging" (Politico)." and What does "Heavy on Buzz" even mean? "I'm trying to read Reid J. Epstein, in "Harris’s Early Campaign: Heavy on Buzz, Light on Policy/On policy, the vice president is drafting off President Biden, essentially cherry-picking the most popular parts of his agenda and betting that a younger messenger can sell them to Americans" (NYT)." Buzz = Bullshit. Twitchy Thanks to Kamunism, a Whole Bunch of Women Are About to Vote Themselves Out of the Job Market. Jeff Charles at RedState, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Tried to Defend Kamala Harris’ Policy Stances - It Was an Utter Train Wreck. NewsMax, Harris in Campaign Dash Before Protest-Shadowed Convention. PJM's Matt Margolis, Another Humiliating Rally for Kamala Harris, partially filling whole gymnasiums! But it really doesn't matter. It depends on how the votes in Philadelphia get counted. Keri Smith cited at Hat Hair, 'Grampa - What's a 'Psyop'?' Adam Turner at RedState, The Campaign of 'Joy' Is Over; Now We Have the Campaign of Events, My Dear Boy, Events. From WokeSpy, Kamala Harris Campaign Manager Admits She Can’t Win "“I don’t think Kamala Harris would win this year,” said DeCerce, who also wants us to know he uses he/him pronouns. “She doesn’t have any accomplishments to speak of.” “She’s weirdly unpopular” DeCerce said, while clarifying that he likes Harris. But despite that, he doesn’t think Harris can beat Trump. “I don’t think Kamala Harris would win this year,” he said. But of course, DeCerce blames that on “a bunch of racist, sexist, bulls***,” as bigotry is the monocausal explanation for all criticism of the left according to them." The Victory Girls would like to introduce you to Ella Emhoff, Kamala’s Ketamine-Pushing Stepdaughter. Meh. NewsBusters, Daily Show Gives Thanks Harris, Not Haley, May Be First Woman President.


Shooting News has Politics as Usual: Tim Walz is a Gun Control Opportunist. From AlphaNews, Man who says he accompanied Walz on trip to China calls VP candidate ‘Maoist to the core’ “It was almost a daily revelation of how much he adores the communist regime.” Stephen Miller@StephenM, "Walz: no one who grows up poor and forgotten is allowed to pursue their dreams." Quote Dustin Grage@GrageDustin "Governor Tim Walz on JD Vance going to Yale University: “None of my Hillbilly cousins went to Yale, or went on to become venture capitals, that’s not who people really are.”" At Am Think, J.B. Shurk thinks Harris/Walz are Mostly Peaceful, mostly. "Call me crazy, but I don’t think politicians who fail to protect cities should be put in charge of protecting nations." NYPo predicts If Kamala Harris and Tim Walz win, expect our military to be woke — and weak. From Insty, A NEW TYPE OF MASCULINITY, SOARING LIKE A BLUE FALCON ABOVE THE OLD: "On “Positive Masculinity:” Does Tim Walz represent a new “enlightened archetype” of men? “No man with a spine would go near the term ‘positive masculinity,’ since it implies there’s something wrong with masculinity. A woman who agreed to bask in cheers of men calling her an example of ‘positive femininity’ would rightly be viewed as pitiable if not an outright traitor to her sex by other women. . . . Also they’ll say anything to manipulate their core single white female constituency."

At the Free Bacon, Harris Thanks Biden for His Service Amid Reports She's Plotting to Disown Him. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw wonders Would the Democrats Dare to Invoke the 25th Anyway? They'd do it in a heartbeat if they thought they could get 1% more of the vote. Norms. "The reason Ward says that it "may not be necessary" to invoke the 25th Amendment is that Joe Biden still has it within his power to remove the need for it. He could show up at the convention in Chicago this week, stand up behind the microphone and say, "That's it. I quit. I'm going home to Delaware." Why would he do that? Because, as Ward points out, he's always been a petty, vindictive man." Althouse, "Republicans said there is 'overwhelming evidence' that Biden participated in a 'conspiracy to monetize his office of public trust to enrich his family.'" "Interesting timing: Biden is scheduled to give the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention tonight, opening night," and "Becoming chief sausage-maker for President Obama.... Plotting a 2016 presidential run, only to be discouraged by Obama.... Running as a moderate, but governing as a progressive.... Signs of slipping concerned allies.... A legacy now tied to his own vice president’s candidacy...." Those are the "Six Takeaways From the Magazine’s Profile of Joe Biden/His decision to quit the race ended a remarkable chapter in American political history — and started one that may yet define his legacy" (NYT)." At Insty, EXCITEMENT ON THE WAY? toddstarnes@toddstarnes, "JUST IN: It was just announced that Michelle Obama will speak at the DNC. Buckle up. #coup #DNC2024"

A game changer if true, from zerohedge@zerohedge  
Stacy McCain sees Hurricane-Force Media Hype. "CNN (I watch, so you don’t have to) is still hyping polls that show Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and, if all you knew about the election is what you get from the “mainstream” media, you would believe she’s cruising to certain victory. Alan Bauer at TownHall,  The Democrats Are Gifting Donald Trump the White House. "In my first track race in high school, I ran a 220 yard sprint. After 110 yards, I was in first place, all by myself. The basic problem was that there were still 110 yards to go, during which I saw the back of every jersey for the seven guys who passed me."  A flurry from NewsMax, ABC Poll: Harris Takes Slight National Lead Into DNC, Trump: I Look Forward to Harris DebateDick Morris to Newsmax: Trump Will 'Massacre' Harris in First DebateTrump: Kamala Has Gone 'Full Communist', Trump: 'We Will Make America Affordable Again' and Trump: Dems 'Should Reimburse Me' for $100 Million Spent Fighting Biden, that was part of their strategy. Jazz Shaw worries about Trump's 'Comrade Kamala' Attack. Accurate, But Too Far? The Great Victor Davis Hanson at NYPo explains How a demonized Trump came back from 2020 ruin to become 2024 nominee. "The American people increasingly compared the Biden three-year disaster with Trump’s record as he left office: no wars, a secure border and legal only immigration, low inflation, low interest rates, and low unemployment." Nick Arama, Joe Rogan Drops Eye-Opening Flashback Footage of Trump on 'The View' The loved him before he challenged Hillary. Jazz Shaw, Willie Brown's Feelings are Hurt. "In a season chock full of dumb political stories, this one may turn out to be a contender for taking the cake."

John Hudson cited at Hat Hair, Already Voting for JD - WaPo Didn't Have to SELL Him to Me. John Hudson@John_Hudson, "SCOOP: Leaked document shows J.D. Vance’s effort to rid ‘wokeness’ from U.S. foreign policy The Ohio senator froze dozens of ambassador nominations over issues like gender transition care and diversity hiring in a “anti-woke” questionnaire obtained by The Post."


From Insty, YES, BUT DEMOCRATS REPRODUCE VIA INDOCTRINATION IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM: Edward Dowd@DowdEdward, "Don’t interrupt your opponent when they are working hard on their own demographic decline! They should set up a mRNA Covid mobile “vaccine” unit for the trifecta!" Quote Robert W Malone, MD@RWMaloneMD "It’s almost DNC day! In preparation, the convention has set up abortion and vasectomy mobile units and even has… a giant IUD on display! (Not a meme folks - this is for real, as reported by the NY Post)."

Logan Washburn at Da Fed reports  Feds Are Helping Register Alabama Prisoners To Vote, via a liberal NGO.

wretchardthecat@wretchardthecat, "USSS chief Cheatle presided over the greatest collapse in institutional reputation since the Russian VDV got clobbered in the opening days of the Ukraine war."


Hat Hair issues a Why For Alert: Johns Hopkins to Return to Standardized Testing Requirements for Admission

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Flotsam and Jetsam - CO Court Cans Trump Primary Bid

Despite never even have been formally accused of insurrection (not a charge that Jack Smith hoked up), let alone convicted, the Colorado Supreme Court in a 4-3 vote, at the behest of liberal petitioners, has ruled that, under the 14th Amendment Section 3, Donald Trump in ineligible to be President because of the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion. Several other states having decided otherwise already, I would expect the Supreme Court to take up the case expeditiously. At Althouse, "The Colorado Supreme Court has issued an unsigned opinion disqualifying Trump from the ballot...."

Hat Hair's John Sexton Colorado Supreme Court Bans Trump from the Ballot. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, The Morning Briefing: Colorado Supreme Court Hits Trump, Begs for SCOTUS Attention. Am Think's Andrea Widburg  Colorado’s Supreme Court has removed Trump from the state’s ballot. Bob Hoge at Red State, Reaction Continues to Pour in Over CO Court's Shock Decision to Bar Trump From Ballot, RFK Jr. Slams. Althouse again, "Will the U.S.Supreme Court Keep Donald Trump Off the Ballot ? Some Initial Thoughts." "From Rick Hasen at Election Law Blog.
It is... imperative for the political stability of the U.S. to get a definitive judicial resolution of these questions as soon as possible. Voters need to know if the candidate they are supporting for President is eligible....In the end the legal issues are close but the political ramifications of disqualification would be enormous....
Voters need to know if the candidate they are supporting for President is eligible.... and voters need to know if they need to fight for the candidate they are supporting on the substantive merits and not just rely on his opponent's being "disqualified" on some wild legal theory.

At Insty,  TODAYS JUDICIARY: UPDATE: Matt Taibbi: “This is a major escalation of the lawfare phenomenon that’s zoomed from simmer to boil in the seven short years since Trump was first elected in 2016. The glee of #Resistance dolts like Robert Reich and Dean Obeidallah at this decision shows that this was a move dreamed up at the very center of the bubble-within-a-bubble-within-a-bubble that is the blob of the modern Democratic Party.” I find this far more discrediting to the judiciary than anything the Supreme Court has done, or failed to do.

Althouse again! What's the connection between sounding like Hitler and having read "Mein Kampf"? I'm reading "Trump, Attacked for Echoing Hitler, Says He Never Read ‘Mein Kampf'" (NYT). "Shirer wrote that the world could have seen in Hitler's book "the kind of world he meant to create by armed German conquest." By contrast, Trump seems especially averse to military activity. His "blood" talk is in the context of securing American borders. That's the opposite of conquest. And we've already seen Trump in power. If he had a Hitleresque plan, wouldn't he have executed it in his first term? Consult a summary of what Hitler did in his first 4 years of power and compare." 

At Off the Press, ‘Likely’ Voters Prefer Biden: Poll. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed comments "This gets to a point I make more often in conversation than in writing. Most of the ground Biden has lost in recent polling has been from his own base, but those voters aren’t really leaving Biden, and they’re not crossing over to Trump. In a 2020 replay, the voters that Biden has ‘lost” in polling will come home in droves in a presidential election. We saw that in the 2022 midterms especially, as Democrats made Trump an effective bete noire for turnout purposes." All the more reason for the GOP to stress turnout, and engage in the kind of vote harvesting that the Dems have perfected, to the extent that it's legal, and crack down on illegal methods that flourished under the Covid regime. NYPo, China stepped up election meddling in midterms, didn’t fear Biden. Why would they? He's on the payroll. 

Victory Girls, Nikki Haley – The Trump Deal Breaker "I want Trump to be President again, but Haley is a definite deal breaker. I agree with Tucker Carlson on that one . . . " Capt. Ed, "I’m not sure *why* she’d be a deal breaker, as opposed to other choices. Trump chose Mike Pence in 2016 and no one called that a “deal breaker,” even though Pence was more establishment than Haley. But to be honest, I’m not sure why Trump would pick her anyway. She wouldn’t bring a significant bloc of voters her way, and her messaging on foreign policy will be a turn-off to his base. I’d guess that Kristi Noem would get an offer first."

Athena Thorne at PJM, George Santos Pours Piping Hot Tea About Former Congressional Colleagues




Stephen Kruiser thinks Elon Musk Is Making All the Right Enemies. Hat Hair cites PolitiFact Founder: Next-Gen Factchecking Should Include Big Tech Speech Suppression. Capt. Ed. "Just in case anyone thinks that the fact-check industry has been at all humbled by their repeated failures over the last few years, here’s the founder of PolitiFact demanding speech suppression based on his opinions. Nate Silver was stunned by the hubris, but who wants to bet that the Big Tech platforms aren’t thinking the same thing?"


Ace, Gay Pornster Senate Aide Was Previously Warned by Senator Cardin's Staff to "Stop Posting Nude and Semi-Nude Pictures" to His Social Media Accounts, "Was that wrong?" Matt Vespa at Town Hall, Here's a Hilarious Rage Bait/Satire Piece About the Senate's Recent Gay Sex Fiasco, Fired for his act of love in the senate, "Aidan Maese-Czeropski's act was symbolic and brave, because in a world full of hate, displays of love are rebellious. We shouldn't bend over to a party that hates; we must do the opposite." It's getting harder and harder to discriminate between satire and real life. But Hat Hair's Dave Strom has some hopeful news UK Government Backing Off Gender Transition in Schools

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