Flotsam and Jetsam - Guard Shooter Identified as Afghan Asylee, Fani Willis' Cases Dropped

Following up on last night's news that two National Guard soldiers patrolling Washington D.C. were shot and critically wounded, while the suspect was shot and apprehended. Fox, 2 National Guardsmen critically wounded in 'targeted shooting' blocks from White House. Mary Chastain at LI, ‘Targeted Shooting’: Two National Guardsmen Shot Near White House During Ambush. "Both men were from West Virginia." One was a woman. From Da Mail, DC National Guard shooting suspect identified as Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal who came to US during botched 2021 withdrawal. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Shooter Identified as Illegal Afghan National UPDATE. Technically he was not illegal, he was granted asylum in March 2025. Clearly, Trump didn't fire enough people fast enough. Sister Toldja at RedState says the Paper Trail Behind Suspect in D.C. NG Terrorist Attack Points Directly to Joe Biden. MAZE @mazemoore, "August, 2021. Biden says that anyone being brought to America will undergo a thorough screening and vetting. After telling this falsehood, Biden criticizes Trump's refugee policies." At Althouse, "[T]he suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan, a hellhole on earth. He was flown in by the Biden administration..." "Said President Trump, last night." Scott McClallen at TownHall hears Trump Orders Re-Vetting of Afghani Immigrants After D.C. Shooting of Two National Guardsmen. Good luck with that. Like the Taliban is going to send us their paperwork, if they even have it. Sister Toldja outraged by The Sick Media Clip on the Military and 'Illegal Orders' Folks Are Pointing to After NG Terrorist Attack. Greg Price @greg_price11, "Sen. Elissa Slotkin went on TV last Sunday and claimed that National Guardsmen were going to start shooting at American civilians. Two Guardsmen have now been wounded after being shot on the streets in DC." 

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.26.25 At Twitchy, WATCH: Trump React to the Shooting of Two Members of the National Guard and Seditious Sen. Slotkin Trips Over Recent NG Warning During Today’s Mega-Ratioed Reaction and The Geller Reports, Screaming “ALLAHU AKBAR!,” Muslim Migrant Shoots Two DC National Guard Troops Near White House, Power Line: Two Guardsmen Shot in DC [Updated with Identity of Shooter], This Ain’t Hell: Shots fired in D.C. – For real, The Federalist, Two National Guardsmen Shot After Democrats Dubbed Their Presence In DC An ‘Occupation’, National Guard Shooting Suspect Came From Afghanistan Through Biden Program and Mark Steyn: Ambush in America.

In another update on older news, Chris Queen at PJM reports New Prosecutor Drops Fulton County RICO Case Against Trump and His Co-Defendants. The old Fani Willis cases. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Georgia Drops Fani Willis Case Against Trump Et Al. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.26.25 American Greatness, Georgia Prosecutor Drops 2020 Election Interference Case Against Trump and Allies, The Geller Reports CASE DISMISSED – Fani Willis Bogus Election Case Against Trump and Allies is DROPPED.

Breitbart reports Jobless Claims Fall to Seven-Month Low as Employers Hold the Line on Layoffs. Joe Weber at JTN, Pharmaceutical companies agreed to cut prices on 15 prescription drugs on Medicare plans, HHS. Capt. Ed, Trump Reverses? 'I'd Rather Not' Extend ACA Subsidies 'At All'. "Rather not" does not mean "I won't." Trump conceded that some kind of extension may be necessary to deal with the impact of the expiration on those hardest hit by it, but rather than push the plan that leaked out of the White House, Trump now wants Democrats to convince him." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.26.25, Twitchy, Senator Klobuchar Posts The Most Devastating Anti-Biden Chart – And Blames It On Trump.

From Minding the Campus, What Mamdani Never Learned at Bowdoin College. Da Mail sees 'Guerilla' liberals form a 'Fight Club' to oust Schumer after walking right into Trump's Oval Office trap. Ace cites Rod Blagojevich: Obama Hadn't Even Joined the Senate Yet, and Michelle Obama Was Already on the Phones Demanding Democrats Arrange a Political Patronage Job for Her, "I shan't believe this. I simply shannot." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Oh, of Course, That's Who's Funding the Latest Dem Attacks on Trump. Soros.

TownHall's Kurt Schlichter sees Seditionist Blue Falcon Democrats Stunned to Be Held Accountable for Their Behavior. InfantryDort @infantrydort, "For the deaf and hard of hearing referencing what the 6 lawmakers SPECIFICALLY said that deviates it from an innocent civics reminder: 1.” Trust is at risk” — No event or threat justifies this. 2. “Pitting troops against citizens” — An unfounded, destabilizing claim. 3. “We have your back” — False, unless it’s with thoughts, prayers, and tweets. Troops bear all legal risk if they refuse an order. 4. “Don’t give up the ship” — A dying battle command, not legal guidance. They took their words off the congressional floor and into the country. Now the country is reminding them that words have consequences. Public speech invites public accountability." Twitchy sees CNN Melts Down As Scott Jennings Shreds Left’s Latest Anti-Trump Narrative From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.26.25, At Am Great, the Great Victor Davis Hanson decries Insurrection Chic, Legal Insurrection, Hegseth Tells Navy to Review Sen. Kelly Regarding ‘Potentially Unlawful Comments’, The Federalist, The ‘Seditious Six’ Publicly Beg Rogue Spooks For Another Russia Hoax, and Why The ‘Seditious Six’ Should Be Prosecuted Swiftly For Urging A Military Rebellion.

Ace, DOJ Employee Charged With Terrorism For Doxxing Fellow Federal Agents, "She doxxed them in the midst of a raid, at the point of maximum danger."

Ace, thinks it's Incredible: A Jury Voted Unanimously to Convict Yet Another Somali Fraudster, Calling His Guilt "Obvious." Then the Leftwing Judge Set Aside Their Verdict and Set the Somali Free, Based On Her "Feelings." "The Somalis scammed the government's welfare programs again. The Somalis here ripped off the American citizens for $7.2 million, running a scam organization that supposedly delivered health care to poor people out of his mailbox, and spending that money on luxury goods and sports cars. The prosecutors proved that 94% of the money they stole from the government went into their own pockets. Jurors found him guilty, unanimously. Then the "progressive" judge stepped in an invalidated the verdict, saying that in her personal opinion, the prosecutors had not disproven other possibilities besides fraud, like, I guess, the possibility that they accidentally stole this money and intended to deliver it to the poor at some future date. (Were they planning on returning their luxury goods and cars? How much did they expect to get back for used luxury goods?)" Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports DOJ cracks down on healthcare fraud in Michigan, charging three people who stole $20 million total "A former pharmacist was sentenced to 46 months in prison while another former pharmacist and his brother were sentenced to eight years and five years in prison, respectively." "Nabil Fakih, a former pharmacist who owned and operated a pharmacy in Dearborn Heights, Mich., was sentenced to 46 months in prison for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme, according to the DOJ." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.26.25 The Geller Report: CAIR & Muslim Brotherhood Money Laundered Taxpayer Dollars To Run Thousands of Muslim Candidates in America, Power Line, Fraud? What fraud?

Beege Welborn, Mother of Press Secretary's Nephew Detained by ICE. Twitchy, Media Smear Fails: Not Leavitt’s Relative — Absent Mom Who Overstayed Visa Detained by ICE.

Sgt Mom at the Chicago Boyz, When All Is Revealed "I have to admit, I was amused no end to find out that most of the rabid First-Nations, Native American X-loggers were actually based in Bangladesh. Well, at least they could sort of claim to be Indian, anyway." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.26.25 Legal Insurrection , Three Levels of Manipulation on X – Only Two Of Which Are Addressed By “Location” Disclosure, William A. Jacobson @wajacobson, "@X @elonmusk should expand the location feature to include follower and engagement location analytics, will reveal an additional level of the manipulation, particularly with so many accounts hiding their posting location now. Quote Eitan Fischberger @EFischberger "Will neocon @IanCarrollShow post a recording of his follower and engagement analytics by country? Tune in to find out" x.com/zachschapira/s…"

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, University of Minnesota Warns of 'Whiteness Pandemic'. From the College Fix, Christian university in Southern California denies pro-life club official recognition. Capt. Ed hears Pope Leo XIV: One Spouse Is Enough. 21% of Americans: Uh ... as opposed to polygamy. 

Dave Strom, World's Strongest 'Woman' Is, of Course, a Man. New York Post @nypost, "World’s Strongest Woman winner stripped of title after organizers discovered she was born a man https://trib.al/om0VBEV"

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Flotsam and Jetsam - X 'Glitch' Exposes Foreign Propagandists

Let's see what washed up over the weekend. In the funnest story from the weekend, Fox X's new location feature exposes apparent fraudster accounts posing as Americans, Gaza journalists "Popular accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers deleted and scrutinized after being revealed as overseas operations." Pirate Wires, Foreign Rage Farmers Exposed by X in Major Update "X just revealed the location of every user on the platform, triggering chaos among foreign rage farmers and slop peddlers — the massive ranks of which have shaped our culture now for years." Rage farmers, I like that. A Driscolly post at Insty, WHOA: Major Foreign Propagandists Utterly Exposed After X Glitch Reveals Account Locations. "A temporary glitch on X led to a credibility bloodbath for a variety of foreign propaganda accounts that were either posing as Americans or lying about their locations in other ways. Days prior, Head of Product Nikita Brier had announced a new feature revealing the origin and current location of users. When it rolled out, though, only account owners could view it. That all changed on Friday night, though. In what is assumed to have been a mistake, everyone’s origins and current locations were made public for about an hour before disappearing. In one instance, it was revealed that one of Hamas’ biggest simps has been lying about being in Gaza." And Insty himself, AS MUCH OF A SCAM AS THE TIKI-TORCH NAZIS WERE: Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire, "Greatest feature in a decade. Everything is an Op." Clandestine @WarClandestine, "So it turned out a large chunk of the Jew-hating crowd were foreigners, posing as Americans. It’s almost like the woke-Right is just an astroturfed foreign op to fracture MAGA from within. Israel derangement syndrome is a psyop to make Trump’s supporters turn on him." Herr Professor Jacobson at LI, Foreign Fake MAGA Anti-Israel Accounts Exposed In X “Location” Disclosure, "Now we know that it was all a massive foreign influence operation of fake MAGA accounts meant not to promote Trump, but to turn Americans against Jews and Israel and to sow chaos and division among actual Trump supporters." Robby Soave @robbysoave, "I was reflexively disinclined to believe it was all foreign accounts promoting racism and anti-Semitism under the guise of the pro-Trump America First banner. That sounded too easy, and similar to the (now debunked) idea that all the Trump content on Facebook in 2016 was actually Russian bots. But... this "account based in" feature actually has unmaked tons of groypers as Pakistani, as far as I can tell? Very useful feature, and kudos to Elon Musk and the X team for implementing it. The hate is not coming from inside the house!"

Matt Boose at the Chronic says Trump Already Has an Affordability Agenda: Reduce Immigration. It's a step, an important step, but not the only step. I&I, About That ‘Sh*tty’ Trump Economy. "If this is what constitutes a “sh*tty economy”, then we’ll take more of it. From our perspective, it’s not Trump’s policies that are a problem (although we are not fans of tariffs), it’s his seeming unwillingness to stay focused on the economy." USA Today opines I was right about the pathetic Democrats. And most Americans agree with me. "A new poll found that in the end, Americans blamed Democrats the most for how they handled the shutdown, with 60% disapproving. Come next year's midterms, voters won't forget it." But just remember, in a poll result like that, about half of those disapproving will think Democrats didn't go far enough. Betsey McCaughey at Hat Hair, says Beware Housing Bills With Socialist Goals.

Dave Harsanyi at NYPo calls the Epstein vote a stain on cowardly Congress — whose members won’t stand up for the rule of law. Congress is already pretty stained. At Althouse, "The smart need money; the rich want to seem smart; the staid seek adjacency to what Mr. Summers called 'life among the lucrative and louche'..." ""... and Mr. Epstein needed to wash his name using blue-chip people who could be forgiving about infractions against the less powerful. Each has some form of capital and seeks to trade. . . Writes Anand Giridharadas, in "How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails" (NYT)". Mediaite reports Marjorie Taylor Greene Didn’t Tell Speaker Johnson She’s Resigning Amid Razor-Thin GOP Majority. Some reports suggest she left over Epstein, but the smart money is because Trump wouldn't support her for GA gov.

Moving to foreign affairs, Sundance hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Press Conference from Geneva Switzerland During Discussions with Ukraine Officials and Sunday Talks – Senator Mark Warner Not Happy with Ukraine Peace Proposal. Ward Clark at RedState sees A New Wrinkle: SecState Distances U.S. From 'Unacceptable' Ukraine Proposal. Althouse, "Is it really possible that big progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine??? Don’t believe it until you see it..." ""... but something good just may be happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA." Wrote Trump, on Truth Social." I'm confused, but only time will tell. Lee Smith at Tablet says Farewell to the Abraham Accords "MBS’s White House visit marked a return to normalcy in the Middle East, and a U.S. pivot toward China." I don't know if I agree. Sarah Anderson at PJM sees The Skies Empty Over Caracas As the Dictator Dances. For Af's, Elliott Abrams explains How to Topple Maduro "And Why Regime Change Is the Only Way Forward in Venezuela."

Sundance says I Fully Support Donald Trump Because the Alternative Is to Support a Republican. I understand his point, but it's not that bad. There is only one Trump, and he can't stay in office forever. Sasha Stone, MAGA Might be Chaos, but the Left is an Unhinged, Dystopian, Doomsday Cult. Thad McCotter at Am Great looks at The Progressives’ Practical Amorality: ‘Reid Alert!’ "Harry Reid’s false attack on Mitt Romney endures as the template for a progressive movement that wins by bending language, ignoring truth, and blaming others when its policies fail."

Larry Elder at Hat Hair is not amused by Michelle's 'Hair'-Raising Theory: 'White Folks' Stop Blacks From Learning How To Swim.

Sundance at CTH sees CIA Senator Elissa Slotkin Attempts to Change Conversation Away from Seditious Video Promotion Twitchy, GRRL, BYE: Elissa Slotkin Accuses Trump of Putting Words in Her Mouth and HOOBOY Was THAT Stupid. Shipwreckedcrew thinks DOJ Should Begin A Criminal Investigation Of The Democrat Members Of Congress Appearing on Video To Undermine The Military Chain-Of-Command. "18 U.S.C. Sec. 2387 makes it illegal to advise, counsel or in any manner cause insubordination or refusal of duty by any member of the military." Let the process be the punishment. 

Sundance thinks there's Something Sketchy About Narrative Underway Against Deputy AG Todd Blanche. Tom Knighton at BA laughs because Mother Jones and The Trace Are Very Upset That DOJ Is Defending All Civil Rights Now. At TownHall, Scott McLallen likes the way Scott Jennings Blasts Kara Swisher for Calling Hunter Biden Laptop Cover-Up Just 'Politics' and Jeff Charles notes She Punched a Pro-Life Activist and Avoided Charges – but It's Not Over Yet. At the Chi Trib an Editorial: A woman was set on fire on the Blue Line. Chicago can’t shrug this off.

Ryan King at NYPo reports Trump vows to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. From Twitchy, Somali Sheriff in Minnesota Just Called American Officers ‘Foreigners’ and Said He Serves Somalis First. Josh Hammer at Hat Hair explores What Is an American? AG @AGHamilton29, "Reminder Keith Ellison met with the culprits behind the $240 million Feeding our Future MN fraud scheme before they were charged and then he and his son took donations from them amid promises to deter the investigation. We have audio of that meeting." Nick Ballasy at JTN hears DOJ say an investigation underway into pro-Palestinian group surrounding Park East Synagogue. "Dhillon pointed out that obstructing access to a house of worship is a federal offense." From Calling All Rushbabes, Thank you, Secretary of State Rubio! English commentator on our State Department policy toward “international migration.” The FOO @PolitiBunny, "Measles is back because Biden allowed millions of unvetted and unvaccinated illegals into the country." Quote Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @SenatorWarnock "Secretary Kennedy has spent his time in office spreading doubt about vaccines. Now measles is back." At Shooting News Week, Trump Redirecting BSCA Grant Money Away From ‘Gun Violence’ NGOs to Fund Deportation of Illegals.

From the College Fix, U. Texas professors ponder exit due to academic freedom worries: ‘unbearable,’ ‘unwelcoming place’ "SB 17 forbids diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices in system schools as well as various DEI-related trainings and programs. U. Texas closed its Gender and Sexuality Center last year in response to the law. According to a survey by the student paper The Daily Texan, approximately 60 percent of over 430 (mainly undergraduate) professors said they have “considering leaving” UT due to SB 17, which includes 75 percent of College of Liberal Arts faculty." Great, now git! I suspect they can find some candidates who are not political hacks. Campus Reform remembers 5 times deranged leftists attacked conservative campus tables.

Dmitri Bolt at TownHall reports a Trump Ordered Report finds Experts Say No Evidence Supports Gender Treatments for Kids. Critics will, of course, say it was biased, but after the clowns and criminals in the Biden administration, I am not concerned. 

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