Oregon, My Oregon

 Mike Cantrell at PJM, Proposed Oregon Bill on Care for Infants Born After Abortions Fails to Advance.

If you want to know just how evil left-wing ideology really is, just look at how Democrats treat babies in this country. For example, Democrats in Oregon blocked a piece of legislation that required medical professionals to provide care to babies born alive after abortions. In other words, if a child survives an attempted abortion in the womb, Democrats would leave that child to die from neglect and lack of care.

This is sick and evil. What greater evidence better authenticates the Christian teaching of humanity’s fallen nature? When lawmakers refuse to protect the most vulnerable citizens of this country—citizens the Creator made in His glorious image—they assault that Creator and participate in one of the most heinous forms of murder. By blocking this bill, Democrats show their true savage, demonic natures. You cannot be a Christian or a Catholic and remain a true Democrat. You do not have to become a Republican, but the ideals of the left run anti-Christian to the core.

“Pro-abortion lawmakers in the Oregon Senate voted against bringing a bill to the Senate floor Thursday that would require Oregon medical professionals to provide the same standards of care to babies born alive during failed abortions as newborns delivered under usual circumstances,” said Oregon Right to Life Communications Director Ashley Sadler.

Every single Democrat—18 of them—voted to shoot down SB 1554, the “Born Alive Infants Protection Act,” while every Republican voted in favor of it. If any of my left-wing friends or family members have ever wondered why I am a Republican, here is your answer. As someone who believes in Christ and seeks to obey the moral law of God, I cannot align myself with a political party that shows so little love and compassion for pre-born children.

Abortion isn't really an issue that drives me, but I do think the Supreme Court lucked into a reasonable policy early on. Easy abortion in the first trimester, regulated abortion in the second trimester, and no abortions except true emergencies in the third trimester. This would largely obviate the need for this law. OTH, I don't really think it was the Courts role to dictate that policy. 

Also, from John Sexton at Hat Hair, Oregon Universities Are Struggling, Portland State Needs to Cut Millions. 

University enrollment has been declining over the past decade and that seems to be particularly acute in Oregon where several different universities are struggling with big budget gaps. For instance, this reports was published last week. 

Southern Oregon University could receive $15 million from the state under an end-of-session budget bill aimed at stabilizing the Ashland campus as it faces its third financial crisis in four years...

SOU recently announced that it will drop below its approved cash threshold of $12.68 million this year. By the end of February 2027, the university projects it won’t have enough cash to make payroll. Leadership anticipates a shortfall of more than $14 million by June 2027.

Portland State University is also in serious trouble. It's facing a $35 million budget shortfall over the next two years and is now considering a process called retrenchment which would make significant cuts to as many as 19 departments.

When you're losing your customer base, you need to cut costs, which for a University, is largely staff. I would advise cutting unneeded administrators, which might actually improve the college experience, and encourage more students, but I'm going to guess that's a last resort.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Michigan Man Dies Trying to Bushwhack Border Patrol in Texas

Stacy McCain, Terrorism in Texas: Michigan Maniac Opens Fire on Border Facility in McAllen "As of 6 p.m. ET Monday, we know nothing about the shooter’s background or motive, but we all probably have our hunches . . . So when you take into consideration the expense of traveling 1,700 miles cross country, plus renting a hotel room for several nights, add in the cost of a rifle and ammunition, etc., this terrorist attack required a lot of resources. Where did Mosqueda get all that money? Did he have accomplices? Was he affiliated with any groups? Had he previously been involved in protests? Or was he just a “lone wolf” lunatic, radicalized in online forums? The mainstream media don’t seem to be very curious about any of this, for some reason. It’s just so mysterious . . ." Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "BREAKING: Three federal & TX law enforcement sources tell me an active shooter with a rifle & tactical gear ambushed Border Patrol agents as they arrived at a Border Patrol annex facility in McAllen, TX this morning. Local police and federal agents returned fire, killing him. I’m told this was a purposeful ambush/attack against federal agents and a press conference is planned for later this morning. No federal agents injured. Im told a McAllen police officer may have been shot, but is in stable condition." Paula Bolyard at PJM, Border Patrol Agents Ambushed at McAllen, Texas, ICE Detention Center. Da Caller, Active Shooter Ambushes Border Patrol Agents. Cam at Bearing Arms, Michigan Man Shot and Killed After Opening Fire at Texas Border Patrol Facility.

John Sexton hears some Democrats: Maybe We Went Too Far Left on Immigration. Ya think? At the College Fix, a Harvard professor claims ICE expansion is Trump’s ‘devilishly clever’ way of creating autocracy. Rusty Weiss at RedState thinks What Liberal Voters Are Demanding Democrats Do to Stop ICE Is Insane: ‘Not Just Unreal, but Dangerous’ "Axios on Monday published an astonishing report citing numerous Democrat members of Congress who say their voters want to see representatives literally willing to take a bullet to "protect our democracy."" I'm for it! Cabot Phillips @cabot_phillips "The desire to preserve one's culture and homeland is only xenophobic when white people are the ones expressing it." Quote DW News @dwnews ""Gringos, stop stealing our homes." Tourists were shouted at and store windows smashed during a protest against gentrification in Mexico City, where an influx of Americans and other "digital nomads" is driving up rents and pushing out locals." Sister Toldja at RedState, Federal Agents Respond Accordingly (and Massively) After Karen Bass Demands Immigration Sweeps Cease: Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "NEW: I just spoke to Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino @USBPChiefELC, who was the official on the phone with LA Mayor Karen Bass at MacArthur Park today. I asked him for his message to her, as she demands raids end? “I don’t work for Karen Bass. Better get used to us now, cause this is going to be normal very soon. We will go anywhere, anytime we want in Los Angeles.” Matt Vespa hears Charlie Kirk Got an Interesting Call Before Trump Signed the Reconciliation Package. It Wasn't Good. The usual crowd pushing for amnesty. Gotta keep those wages down, don't you know!

The death toll in the Texas flood has now climbed to 100+. Democrats and the media, (but I redund) wasted no time in blaming Trump and DOGE. At CNN, US Coast Guard rescue swimmer hailed as a hero after saving 165 kids from Texas flooding. VodkaPundit at PJM, Guess Who Lied About Trump's NWS Budget Cuts..., Grok. Of course, it just skims its data from "the media." From Reason, The Texas Floods Were a Natural Disaster, Not a Policy Disaster. "There's no evidence that cuts to the National Weather Service impacted the response to the weekend's tragic flash floods." It's inherently difficult to predict 15 inches of rain from thunderstorms in a limited area much ahead of time. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, What They Needed Was Sirens in Texas. Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, Climate Expert Slams Democrats for Trying to ‘Exploit the Tragedy’ of Camp Mystic Flooding. Bo Snerdley @BoSnerdley "Perhaps it is time to ring the lawyers again. Perhaps ABC News needs a refresher course." Quote Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump, "George Stephanopoulos: “We’re also learning there were significant staffing shortfalls to the National Weather Services offices in the region.”" VodkaPundit at Insty, YOU CAN’T MAKE AN OMELET WITHOUT PARADING OVER THE BODIES OF A FEW DOZEN DEAD CHILDREN: End Wokeness @EndWokeness "Whoops… there goes the narrative." AP admits extra staffing at Austin office to cover the weather event. Warnings went out, and were not received or heeded. MAZE @mazemoore "This is CNN. This is Dana Bash. Two weeks after the NC flood, after it became painfully clear that the federal response was inadequate, Dana Bash was viciously defending the Biden/Harris Admin and warning about the dangers of politicizing a storm response. It's only two days after the Texas flood and Dana Bash is already trying to blame Trump for the disaster. This is CNN." George MF Washington @GMFWashington "Social media is a poison, no different than drugs or booze. Some people can handle it, but almost no one can handle it as well as they think they can." Quote Raylan Givens@JewishWarrior13, "NYP: Pediatrician fired for vile post politicizing devastating Texas floods: May Trump supporters get ‘what they voted for’" From Twitchy, Massive Loser Troll Account Comes Face-to-Face with KARMA on His FILTHY Post About Girls Lost in TX Flood. 

From his NYPo gig, Insty says Take a political time-out, Elon Musk: ‘America Party’ rant proves even your genius has its limits. From NewsMax, Musk Should Stay Out of Politics, US Treasury Secretary Bessent Says. From Twitchy, Ron DeSantis Has a Suggestion for Elon Musk That Could Have a MONUMENTAL Impact. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, " BREAKING: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis calls on Elon Musk to put his resources toward a BALANCED BUDGET and TERM LIMITS FOR CONGRESS amendment, says that would be FAR more successful than a new political party. "You need to do a BALANCED BUDGET amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and you can do that through the states. You can do it through Article 5. We've got 28 states that have approved this! There's another four or five that are on the docket. Once you hit 34, then you write an amendment and then the states are able to ratify that." "If @ElonMusk wanted to weigh in on that and work on those state legislatures, he would have a MONUMENTAL impact doing this." "And we also need term limits for members of Congress. So you can do both of those things." PJM's Stephen Kruiser says Mars Will Have a Tesla Dealership Before Musk Has a Viable Third Party.

Matt Vespa at TownHall notices Top Trump Officials Smacked Down All the Anti-Reconciliation Nonsense on the Sunday Talk Shows. From NewsMax, Speaker Johnson: Expect 2 More Reconciliation Bills This Congress. Buck Throckmorton at Ace's is joyous that The Big Beautiful Bill Has Just Kneecapped Green Energy and the “EV Transition.” You can have all the green energy you want, but you'll have to pay for it yourself. From Reuters, Eyeing Arctic dominance, Trump bill earmarks $8.6 billion for US Coast Guard icebreakers.

Dave Manney at PJM says Trump’s 'Take It or Leave It' Tariff Blitz Is Bigger Than Monday. At Automotive News Europe, EU-U.S. trade talks focus on tariff offset for automakers. The Peacock whines Trump threatens extra 10% tariff on countries that align with ‘Anti-American’ BRICS policies. From sundance at CTH, President Trump Posts International Tariff Announcement Letters on Truth Social, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Explains MAGA Policy Intent on Growing U.S Economy to Deal with Debt Crisis and White House Trade and Manufacturing Economy Advisor Peter Navarro Discusses the Misalignment With Fed Chair Powell.

At NewsMax, NATO Head predicts WWIII Will Begin With Joint Attacks by China and Russia. “There’s an increasing realization, and let’s not be naïve about this: If (Chinese leader) Xi Jinping would attack Taiwan, he would first make sure that he makes a call to his very junior partner in all of this, (Russian President) Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, residing in Moscow, and telling him, Hey, I’m going to do this, and I need you to to keep them busy in Europe by attacking NATO territory.”

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, And the 2024 Award For Worst Political Memo Goes To .... Matt Margolis at PJM, Does This Bombshell Memo Prove That Biden’s Campaign Sabotaged Him? Ace, Revealed: The Six-Page Memo That Conned Biden Into Debating Trump Early (So That the Democrat Party Could Force Him Out). At Althouse, "Former President Joe Biden’s advisers convinced the aging commander in chief to hold an early summer debate with Donald Trump last year by insisting it would allow him to reach the “widest audience possible'..." "I don't for one minute believe the advisers believed the assertions in the memo. I will be presuming that they could see he was going to be incapable of appearing competent and that they needed to push him to release his hold on the nomination, and they only wanted to do that once the primaries were over and it was too late to do anything but advance Kamala Harris. So they conned him into humiliating himself in the debate and giving the media the basis for declaring him unfit — as if they just noticed — and demanding that he withdraw. The advisers were not mistaken. They knew what they were doing. They were lying. And they were devious. Let me restate that. THEY knew what THEY were doing. THEY were lying. And THEY were devious." Bob Spencer at PJM, Here’s Kamala Harris’s Snarling Response to Inquiries About Old Joe Biden’s Condition, “this is about saving our f**king democracy.”

From NewsMax, Jewish Group Slams Mamdani for Ridiculing Hanukkah. "Mamdani shared a video on his X account last year from the Geeta Brothers Duet Group, which showed two men wearing wigs dancing behind a menorah, spinning dreidels, and celebrating with Punjabi-style music." Dancing in "jewface." John Lucas at Bravo Blue, Zohran Mamdani — An Analysis of His Video Propaganda Piece Shows That His Core Beliefs Are Communist Dogma, ‘Profits? You don’t need no stinkin’ profits.’ Driscoll at Insty, HOW IT STARTED:" “PolitiFact” declares Zohran Mamdani is not a communist in fact-check of Trump. —David Rutz, Fox News, June 30th. How it’s going:" At Hat Hair Beege Welborn, sees Everyone All Hot and Bothered About the Jihadi Running for Mayor in NYC and Capt. Ed, Behold the Power of Independent Media: NYT Rushed Mamdani Scoop to Beat Rufo. Ace laughs at the news LOL: Zohran Mamdani Claimed He Was Black on His Columbia University Application, "Someone hacked Columbia's computers to prove they were still using illegal racial discrimination practices in admissions. We don't know if they found evidence of that yet, but what they did find is that the pro-Hamas jihadi communist New Democrat Zohran Mamdani claimed in his Columbia application package that he was "Asian" and... "black."" Robby Soave at Reason, Colleges Created a Diversity Box-Ticking Game—Zohran Mamdani Just Played It. "The big problem here is the elite racism of college admissions departments, not the mayoral candidate's creative box-checking." Althouse, "Race in America is often presented in two buckets: White and non-White. This is an update to the buckets..." ""... that existed for much of American history — White and Black — reflecting how the end of immigration restrictions in the 1960s allowed more Asian and Hispanic and Middle Eastern and you-name-it people to come to the U.S. But there are still two buckets, buckets into which people with mixed racial backgrounds jump (or are dropped) depending on circumstance." Explains Philip Bump, in "The useful political lesson from Zohran Mamdani’s college application/America’s understanding of race and ethnicity is still woefully simplistic" (WaPo)." Derek Hunter at Front Page, says Help New York City Kill Itself "A big dose of their own medicine is exactly what the doctor ordered." At NYPo, Why the future of NY under a ‘Mayor Mamdani’ has already arrived. From RCP, Could Dems Be Opening the Door for GOP in California’s Most Progressive Cities?

VodkaPundit at Insty, THE TRUTH HURTS, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS GETTING SHOT BY A BERNIE BRO <-

Hat Hair's John Sexton outraged that a Federal Judge Blocks BBB from Cutting Off Planned Parenthood's Funding. Bonchie at RedState, New: Judge Stops Congress From Defunding Planned Parenthood, Outrage and Confusion Follow. This is not a judge enjoining an executive order, this is a judge reversing an act of Congress, for apparently no reason other than she thinks PP needs money.

Capt. Ed has a FBI Surprise: Epstein Took His 'Client List' With Him. Sundance is blistering, Karoline Leavitt Announces DOJ/FBI Memo Authentic – “No Clients” for Jeffrey Epstein Sex Trafficking and Exhaustive FBI Investigation Says Jeffrey Epstein Acted Alone, 1,000+ Victims But No Clients, and No Sexploitation Purpose Apart from Self Gratification. Needless to say, there is some skepticism on the right. Connor Boyack @cboyack "Feb 21, 2025: Bondi says Epstein files are on her desk, under review per Trump’s directive. Feb 26: Announces files, including flight logs and names, to be released Feb 27, cites victim privacy for delays. Feb 27: Releases "Phase 1" files (200+ pages, mostly public), hands binders to influencers, accuses FBI of withholding thousands of documents. Feb 28: Demands FBI deliver all Epstein files by 8 AM, orders probe into withheld documents. Mar 2: Claims FBI misled her, says she now has thousands of pages under review, official who withheld docs fired. Mar 14: Says she received a “truckload” of unreleased documents, no release timeline given. Apr 28: Covertly recorded saying FBI reviews “tens of thousands” of Epstein videos with children. May 7: Publicly states FBI is reviewing “tens of thousands” of videos, denies files are missing, cites victim protection. And now Jul 6: Nothing to see here, no victims, no client list…"

Miranda Devine@mirandadevine "Fox hit is up! @SundayFutures with @jasoninthehouse this morning talking about how Brennan Comey and Clapper have been exposed as corrupt political hacks in a new official report by CIA career professionals. The new evidence reveals that at least one of them has opened himself up to perjury allegations." Quote Karli Bonne @KarluskaP, "When are we going to see people held accountable!!! @mirandadevine reports." Ace reports Trump May Prosecute Disgraced Ex-Communist CIA Head John Brennan for Perjury, "Matt Taibbi on the central role John Brennan played in legitimizing Hillary Clinton's completely fake oppo research "dossier" into a product of official US intelligence:" At the Free Bacon, Comey Don't Play That: Former FBI Goon Writes Crime Novel About Saving the World from MAGA 'Mouth Breathers'.

VodkaPundit at Insty, MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE: Harmeet Dhillon: Civil rights being rebuilt after ‘cultural shift’ under Trump. "The Justice Department‘s Civil Rights Division is undergoing a complete internal transformation under President Donald Trump’s second term — not just of enforcement strategy but of personnel, institutional practices, and long-held assumptions about how federal civil rights laws should be applied. “When my memos went out, that culture changed,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, head of the division, told the Washington Examiner in an exclusive interview. “There’s literally been lawyers there who spent their entire careers — over 40 years — doing the same thing, no matter who the president is.”" . . . Say what you will about the corrupt old patronage system, but at least it cleaned house every four or eight years." The Business Insider whines Some federal lawyers want to leave. They can't find jobs because Trump's policies are closing typical exit paths.

Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre "Treason This is called treason." Quote Bradley Jaye @bradleyajaye "Fired USAID bureaucrats warn Trump of coming regime change." Ace, Report: Fired USAID and Deep State Operatives Are Planning to Use Their Regime Change/Color Revolution Skills Against Trump, "Pretty sure this is treason." Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog is Uncovering the Soros/Singham NGO Soldiers: Nate Friedman @NateFriedman97 "Another paid protestor tries to stop my interview and then I expose him and the people he works for. The people's forum and Singham want to destroy America from within... WATCH."

Sundance reports TSA Drops Shoe Removal Screening for Airline Passengers.

Ace laughs as CBS "News" Fears Mass Layoffs Under New Skydance Ownership "Won't someone think of the journalists!" At Fox, Karol Markowicz hears Trump cuts millions in taxpayer funding for pushing COVID ‘cover-up’ "Springer Nature faced criticism for thousands of retractions and allegedly censoring content to appease Chinese government." NewsBusters listened to a Totally Tilted NPR Hour on Defunding, ONE Caller Says It's 'Terrible, Partisan, Hacky'. 

Atop Da Hill The New York Times wants your private ChatGPT history — even the parts you’ve deleted, and a judge is going along with them. "As it stands now, billions of user chats will be preserved as evidence in The New York Times’s copyright lawsuit against OpenAI."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Wait Until Next Year up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran Strikes Back, Agrees to Ceasefire, Breaks Ceasefire

All in one day. You can say a lot of things about the Trump years, but it's never boring. Open Source Intel@Osint613 "This would usually mean an attack is expected soon." Quote Open Source Intel @Osint613 "BREAKING: Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has announced a closure of the country’s airspace in response to the current situation." And sure enough, after warning Qatar, who warned the US, the Iranians lobbed a few easily intercepted missiles at the US bases in Qatar and Iraq. Ace, Iran Launches Six Missiles Towards US Base in Doha, Qatar. "Trump warned Iran that if they retaliated against the US, his mission would change from destroying Iran's nuke program to destroying the government and its military leadership. Iran launched six missiles towards our base at Doha. Reportedly, all were intercepted." Cutie Pavlich at TownHall, BREAKING: Iran Strikes Back. Raylan Givens @JewishWarrior13 "As I posted earlier, this was all a show (a very weak show) for the propaganda machine of Iran. 10 missiles launched, most intercepted. No injuries or casualties. If this is what the “gate of hell” looks like. We are in good shape. "Quote Raylan Givens @JewishWarrior13, "BREAKING Iran has now fired six ballistic missiles towards Qatar and Iraq." Yashar Ali @yashar "BREAKING President Trump says he hopes the Islamic Republic of Iran has “gotten it all out of their system,” and will not attack US bases and personnel in response to the bombing of nuclear sites. He also thanks the Islamic Republic for giving advance noticed (something reporters say was done with Qatar)." Althouse, "But the fact of the matter is, I had expected by now you would hear harsher rhetoric and seeing more missile attacks. " "Why would the Iranians be downplaying the amount of damage done? Well, they're probably wildly embarrassed about this. Here was the national treasure of Iran, right? The nuclear program was the symbol of its strength and its resistance to the United States. . . Said David Sanger — on today's episode of the NYT podcast "The Daily," "The U.S. Bombed Iran. Now What?" (Podscribe) — answering the question "What has been the response from the Iranians so far?" Jeff Charles at TownHall, This Is Who Warned Qatar Before Iran Launched Missiles at US Military Bases. "A spokesman for Iran’s Armed Forces explained that the attacks were carried out by the Revolutionary Guard Corps. “We warn our enemies that the era of hit and run is over,” he said, according to The New York Times." Ace, Trump Thanks Iran for Giving Him Advanced Warning About Their "Very Weak" Missile Attack Update: Trump Announces Agreement to Ceasefire and End of the "12 Day War" and Trump Announces "Total Agreement" to a Ceasefire and End to "12 Day War" "We'll see. The Mullahs are just playing for time to secure their hold on the country." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, Iran effectively gives up. World waits on developments. NYPo, Trump announces Israel and Iran have agreed to cease-fire ending ‘12 Day War’. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, BREAKING: Trump Announces Iran-Israel Cease Fire; UPDATE: Iranians Confirm; UPDATE: Netanyahu Confirms. Althouse, "CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!)..." "Writes President Trump, on Truth Social." Driscoll at Insty sees a BURIED LEDE: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Confirms Trump Ceasefire Going into Effect. ZitoSalena@ZitoSalena "“until the very last minute” Contrived way to confirm cease-fire is on." Sarah Arnold at TownHall sees Hours After Trump Declares Ceasefire, Iran Denies Agreement, Blames Israel for Starting War. And then, of course from Driscoll, WELL, IT WAS NICE WHILE IT LASTED: Israel War Room @IsraelWarRoom, "BREAKING: The IDF has detected new Iranian missile launches toward Israel. Civilians are being told to take shelter. Iran has violated the ceasefire set by @POTUS Trump just 13 minutes after it took effect at 7:00 a.m. local time." Cutie Pavlich, Strikes Resume After Iran Violates Trump's Ceasefire. Not that I didn't expect it, but you have to wonder who, if anyone, is in charge in Iran these days. Open Source Intel @Osint613, "BREAKING Report: Khamenei is currently unreachable. Top Iranian officials including former President Hassan Rouhani, MP Ali Larijani, and former Justice Minister Sadeq Larijani are seeking his approval to begin direct talks with the United States but have failed to make contact. A source told IranWire that only a small group has access to Khamenei. Ali Larijani, from a prominent clerical family, wants to position himself as a future leader after Khamenei, but his authority is weak since Khamenei disqualified him twice from running for president. - IranWire." So I suppose this means Israel gets to keep beating the stuffing out of Iran, while the US gets to go back to being a spectator. Virginia Kruta at Da Wire hears JD Vance: Iranians ‘Not Very Good At War,’ Should ‘Give Peace A Chance’, "They were trying to draw this process out as long as possible so that they could rebuild their nuclear weapons program."

From RCP, FNC's Griffin: "In 18 Years, I've Never Seen Such Operational Security." Insty at his NYPo, gig, Trump’s Iran strike revealed a second surprise: a competent White House. Vicky Taft at PJM says I Guess We Know Who Learned a Lesson From That Signalgate 'Scandal' ... and It Wasn't the Democrats. Philip Klein @philipaklein "Tucker 3 wks ago wrote that Iran “has a fearsome arsenal of ballistic missiles, many of which are aimed at US military installations in the Gulf.” He predicted, “The first week of a war with Iran could easily kill thousands of Americans.”" Roger Kimball at Spec World says On Iran, trust Trump’s instincts "Those who compare Trump’s actions to the ‘forever wars’ have seriously misjudged him." Bloomberg whines Iran Stands Alone Against Trump and Israel, Stripped of Allies. Capt. Ed hears Medvedev After Trump Rebuke: On Second Thought, We Won't Supply Nukes to Iran and Putin to Iran FM: Sorry for Your Troubles. Say Hi to the Ayatollah. 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ @NiohBerg "China: "Do not close the Strait of Hormuz" Russia: "Israel is kind of a Russian country, so we're not intervening" Hezbollah: "We don't have hands, eyes or dicks, so we can't help you but good luck bro"" PressTV.IR, Iran's atomic body condemns American assault on nuclear sites, vows legal action. Suing Trump? Now there's a novel thought. Driscoll cites the Great VDH, VDH : Ten Iranian Questions.|2. But what happens now? Won’t Iran release its terrorist cells in the U.S., or attack U.S. bases nearby with missiles and drones, or unleash missiles at the Gulf oil fields, or mine the Straits of Hormuz, or unleash a new unforeseen volley of missiles at Israel?" Not if they're smart. At the Chronic, Is the U.S. Vulnerable to a Drone Sneak Attack? Yes, but unlike the Biden/Harris admin, I assume Trump/Vance is actually working on it. Rabbi Michael Barclay at PJM, America Must Be Ready for Threats—From Iran and the Democrats.

Don Surber notes Trump saves world, Democrats complain. The Great VDH at NYPo, Trump’s support keeps growing while Democrats howl at the moon. PJM's Matt Margolis sees Democrats Got Caught in a Huge Lie About Trump’s Iran Strike. Ace, Democrats Call for Trump's Impeachment Over Iran Bombing, Refuse to Explain Why They Previously Supported Obama and Hillary Clinton Bombing Muslim Countries Without Congressional Authorization, "AOC hit the stupid wall at birth, but now she's hitting the looks wall at about 170 mph" and Turns Out, Trump Did Call Democrat Leaders Before the Strike. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Was Just Too Busy to Pick Up the Phone. "Schumer did pick up the phone, but somehow did not leak advanced word to Iran." Katie Jerkovich at RedState, When You Lose ‘The View’: Co-Hosts Destroy Democrat Narrative About Trump Airstrikes. At Twitchy, The View's Meltdown: Shrews Spiral Over U.S. Strike on Iran with Clueless Rants. Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "Thing that happens every weekend in New York City is happening again. Just changed the signs out." Quote Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein, "Massive anti-war / Anti-Trump protests breaking out in New York and DC." A Michele Tafoya vid at Hat Hair, on Hypocrisy in the Wake of the Attacks on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities. From NewsBusters, Scott Jennings MOCKS Democrat on Iran Regime: 'Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Butchers'. Dave Strom at Hat Hair reports MTG Big Mad at Trump. Hat Hair cites ZeroHedge, Trump Slams Massie As 'Not MAGA' Amid Iran Policy Infighting Among President's Base. The inimitable Kurt Schlichter at TownHall predicts Trump's Attack on Iran Will Not Destroy the America First Movement. Matt Vespa Yes, This Is a Real Live Fact-Check From the NYT About the Iran Bombing. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh " LMAO...! Pete Hegseth said "our boys" in B2s are on their way home from Iran. New York Times responds: "yet, both men and women have trained to fly them." Althouse, "There's an enormous amount of love in Israel for, for your president, for Donald Trump. And it's love that he's, he's earned by, by his actions." "Said Caroline Glick, the International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, to Ben Shapiro, on today's episode of his podcast, "Trump's MASTERSTROKE: What Comes Next?!" (Podscribe)."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.23.25 EBL, “Bomb Iran“, Vox Popoli: Turkey is Next, The Japan That Can Say No, Why Pakistan Backs Iran, The Iranian Expedition, and Team Trump and Bibi, American Conservative: Trump Risks a Strategic Misfire in Iran, American Greatness: Trump Torches Thomas Massie on Truth Social, President Trump Thanks God, Asks For The Lord’s Protection After Successful Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities, The Trump Doctrine (aka the Businessman’s Way of War), American Thinker: Trump Is No TACO After All, BattleSwarm: Iran – Uncle Sam’s Stick Gets Bigger, BREAKING – U.S. Hits Iranian Nuclear Sites, Fordow Damage Assessment, and Iran Attacks Empty U.S. Qatar Base…With 6 (Intercepted) Missiles, Da Tech Guy: A Moment 46 Years in the Making, also, Cause and Effect: “‘Never seen such operational security’” Edition, Dana Loesch: U.S. Bombed Iranian Nuke Sites, Elizabeth Nickson: World Tells Muslims Conform Or Get Off My Lawn, First Street Journal: World War III Watch, also, There is only one crime in war, and that’s the losing of it, The Geller Reports President Trump Announced US Has Completed Successful Attack on THREE Iran Nuclear Sites, President Trump’s Great Military Deception Strategy, China Issues Warning to Iran After Threats to Close the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump Announces Ceasefire Between Israel and Iran, IDF Hits Tehran’s Notorious Evin Prison, Destroys Khamenei’s ‘Israel Doomsday Clock’, Matt Taibbi: Divided America is Vulnerable in Wartime, Power Line: Motive Unclear, Misplaced Sympathy, “Regime change”, “You don’t know what you’re talking about”, and The gates of Evin Prison, This Ain’t Hell: Six B-2 stealth bombers headed to Guam from their US base, President Donald Trump: Remember, there are many targets left, Victory Girls: No Democrats, Bombing Iranian Nuclear Sites Is Not An Impeachable Offense, also, Could Iran Activate Terror Sleeper Cells In The United States? and The Federalist: Whatever Happens Next, Iran Doesn’t Need To Be Made Safe For Democracy.

Kimberly Klacik @kimKBaltimore "Stocks are up. The market is healthy. Oil is down. WW3 crybabies exposed. Trump is still winning." Leslie Eastman at LI reports Trump, Rubio Facilitate Peace Pact Between DRC and Rwanda to End Decades-Long Mineral War "“Transactional diplomacy”, including multi-billion dollar investment in critical mineral resource development, is replacing “soft power.”" WUWT, Trump Closes Notorious EPA Lab That Conducted Illegal Human Experiments. Lauren Lee @sheislaurenlee, "BREAKING: RFK Jr. Announces Program to END Insurance Pre-Authorization! “85% of Americans say that they have had delays in health care because of prior authorization. The doctors hate it. It costs them 12 to 15 hours a week filling out forms.” This is a MASSIVE win for everyday Americans against Big Insurance!"

Like a dog with a bone, Jonathan Turley, ‘Where’s Jackie?”: Why the Public Needs Answers on Biden’s Alleged Incapacity. Driscoll at Insty, GOODER AND HARDER, FUN CITY: "Shocking poll shows Zohran Mamdani overtaking Andrew Cuomo in NYC’s ranked choice primary." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.23.25 Director Blue: Top 20 Most Blatant Democrat Lies, EBL, The Next Mayor of New York?

At Breitbart, Commission Proposes New Local Authorities for Palisades, Malibu, Altadena After Fire, to get it out of the suffocating hands of the LA bureaucracy. It might help for a while.

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "BREAKING: SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport illegal aliens to third party countries - for now. Trump admin appealed to SCOTUS after a federal judge in Boston blocked third party removals & blocked the removal of aliens to South Sudan w/ several convicted murders on board, including one with a deportation order since 1999. Big win for Trump admin - for now." At Althouse, "The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to deport migrants to countries other than their own, pausing a federal judge’s ruling..." ""... that they must first be given a chance to show that they would face the risk of torture and letting the administration send men held at an American military base in Djibouti on to South Sudan. The court’s brief order gave no reasons and said the judge’s ruling would remain paused while the government pursues an appeal and, after that, until the Supreme Court acts. The court’s three liberal members issued a lengthy dissent." The NYT reports." Insty cites the WSJ: Justice Jackson’s Strange Lament: In dissent she feeds a ‘perception’ about the Supreme Court she admits is wrong. "The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Friday that oil refiners can challenge California’s electric-vehicle mandate. The decision shouldn’t have been controversial, but Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent accusing her colleagues of favoring “moneyed interests” deserves a rebuttal. . . . As Justice Brett Kavanaugh notes in the majority opinion, “EPA’s and California’s own actions—their statements, their enforcement decisions, their litigation positions—undermine the central premise of their redressability argument.” Lo, if blocking the regulations wouldn’t have an impact, why are EPA and California seeking to defend and enforce them?" Ace, Federal Magistrate Orders Trump to Release Abrego Garcia "Back to this crap again." "The Trump administration quickly moved to counter the ruling, filing a notice of appeal and signaling that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would likely take Garcia into custody regardless of the court's release order. Holmes herself acknowledged that her decision may ultimately be symbolic. "Either Abrego will remain in the custody of the Attorney General... or he will likely remain in ICE custody subject to anticipated removal proceedings that are outside the jurisdiction of this Court," she noted." At Twitchy, Stephen Miller says Expect ‘Fireworks’ as White House Holds Rogue Judge Accountable for Defying Supreme Court. "The highest court in the land recently ruled that Trump could deport illegal aliens to countries that they are not from. Murphy has made it clear he will defy the ruling." Duane Patterson at Hat Hair, America's Coming Two-Party System: Republicans And District Court Judges. "Until the Supreme Court finally reigns in these rogue district court judges, we are seeing the left-wing judiciary become much more potent and powerful than the Democratic Party is by a long shot." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.23.25 The Federalist, Here Are 10 Great Clarence Thomas Quotes To Commemorate His 77th Birthday and Federal Judge In California Remains At The Ready To Wrest Control Of National Guard From Trump.

At Da Fetched, House Democrat Breaks Ranks, Backs Trump’s National Guard Deployment in LA Riots, Henry Cuellar (D-TX). From Da Mail, Democrat mayor SMIRKS as he defends 'doxing' ICE agents. "Names of agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were posted to online by the City of Nashville, as part of a public records request that mandates information about immigration be posted online to a city website. Mayor Freddie O'Connell is currently under investigation by two Congressional committees for allegedly helping illegal immigrants in Music City evade deportations." Drew Berquist, ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Facility for Illegal Aliens Proposed by Florida Attorney General.

Sean Davis @seanmdav "The former abortion reporter for the Washington Post is VERY mad that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has a big family. Apparently she sent a deranged list of questions to the family demanding to know why they didn’t abort their oldest daughter. What a psycho!" From Ace,
"BBC Presenter Corrects the Woke Script Written For Her, Clarifying That "Pregnant People" Means, Obviously, Pregnant Women "This is actually a major breakthrough, insanely enough. One employee of the BBC actually Believes In the Science (TM) and is willing to share it with the public. Huzzah."

From the College Fix, Senate tames endowment tax plan, but universities still on the hook. "The Senate Finance Committee recently proposed a revised endowment tax plan for private colleges and universities with a top tax rate of 8 percent compared to the House’s 21 percent maximum rate." Up from 1.4%.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Kiss .500 Goodbye up more or less on time and under budget.

More Flotsam and Jetsam - President Zelenskyy Stumps for Kamala

Foreign interference in our election?  From Breitbart, Zelensky Attacks Trump and Vance to U.S. Media, Tours Ammo Plant in PA at Taxpayers’ Expense. Ace, Foreign Election Interference: Democrats Airlift Ukranian Dictator Zelensky to Campaign for Kamala Harris and the Chinese Communist Agent Tim Walz. At Am Think, Monica Showalter thinks Zelensky joins Putin, campaigning and advocating for Kamala Harris in Pennsylvania. 'Becca Downs at Hat Hair, House Republicans Are Investigating Zelensky's Visit to Pennsylvania.

Nick Arama at RedState, Biden's UN Remarks Are a Sad Ending to His Political Career As He Slurs, Struggles and Lies. From the Free Bacon, Biden Thinks No One Made Mistakes in Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal: Report and 'It Sure Looks Like This Administration Is Colluding With Iran': Lawmaker Calls for Probe Into State Department Following Robert Malley Revelations, "Biden-Harris admin sought to 'cover up' Malley's suspension for mishandling classified info, Jim Banks says." NY Sun, Biden Justice Department, in Filing in Federal Court, Sides With the UN Against Victims of October 7. "Immunities of the United Nations from lawsuits in America are likely to be tested by 101 victims of terror seeking damages from the UN agency dealing with Palestinian Arab refugees."

From Da Fetched, Tucker Carlson Says Kamala Harris Has No Real Support: ‘Purely a Media Creation’. At PJM, Matt Margolis, Law Enforcement Group Backing Kamala Harris Exposed as a Sham. Danishova@Danishova, "This Amazon gift card story is fake, but this is real. Actors posing as Republicans for Harris."  At Hat Hair Capt. Ed, Team Kamala: Word Salads All The Way Down? and Dave Strom, Kamala's Surrogates Have No Idea What to Say. Matt Margolis at PJM would like you to WATCH: Kamala Surrogate Actually Humiliates Kamala During Train Wreck Interview. Sister Toldja at RedState,  Ouch: Cardinal Raises Eyebrows After Sharing What Schumer Told Him About Kamala Skipping Al Smith Dinner. "Sen. Schumer had told him that he didn't believe Harris had made the decision to bow out directly but that her schedulers have been saying she cannot make it." Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog explores The Creepy Commie Origins of Kamala’s Catchphrase, “What can be, unburdened by what has been.”

Ace, Kamala Harris: I'll Scrap the Senate Filibuster to Write Pro-Abortion Extremism Into US Law, "Wait, so she's saying the federal government does have the power to intrude into abortion policy? So she must equally believe the US government can forbid or restrict abortion as well? Her values haven't changed. Wink." Charlie Kirk@charliekirk11, "BREAKING: Joe Manchin says "Shame on her" after Kamala Harris promises to gut the Senate filibuster to pass a national law on abortion after the issue was sent back to the states following Dobbs. Manchin now refuses to endorse Kamala Harris for president. Good for him." Hat Hair's John Sexton, 'Shame on Her': Harris Backs Ending Filibuster to Codify Roe, Manchin and Sinema React. 'Bonchie' at RedState, Joe Manchin Throws Kamala Harris Overboard After She Makes Dangerous Announcement. Kyrsten Sinema@kyrstensinema, "To state the supremely obvious, eliminating the filibuster to codify Roe v Wade also enables a future Congress to ban all abortion nationwide. What an absolutely terrible, shortsighted idea."

Guy Benson at TownHall, 'Her Campaign Declined to Say'. Alex Thompson@AlexThomp "New w/ @StefWKight In 2019, Harris pledged a series of executive actions to unilaterally give 2 million “Dreamers” a path to citizenship through parole-in-place. We asked if she still supported those actions. Her campaign declined to say either way." Spec World, Kamala punts on amnesty for ‘DREAMers’. John Sexton, Harris Camp Considers Sending Her to the Border for a Photo Op. At OTP, Video: Harris Paraded With Jussie Smollett And Chanted ‘Down, Down With Deportation’ and Media Scared To Confirm If Kamala Harris Worked At McDonald’s. Cam at Bearing Arms, MSNBC Columnists Wants More Gun Talk From Kamala. 

From The Babylon Bee, '共产主义是最好的! 好好好!' Says Tim Walz In Eloquent Rebuttal Of Alleged Ties To China. Adds Capt. Ed, "I have no idea what that means, but when I do a search for it on DuckDuckGo, I get a lot of images of Mao. I'm sure that must be a coincidence."

Beege Welborn, Perfect Biden-HARRIS Metaphor: Only Navy Oiler in ME Runs Aground, Springs Leaks and Continuing Our #Kamalanomics Kick: Consumer Confidence Tanked. From ET, Yellen Warns That ‘Veering Off Course’ Could Harm ‘Economic Trajectory.’

At WaEx, Trump fights Jack Smith efforts to ‘litter’ Jan. 6 case with evidence dump. John Solomon at JTN reports Bombshell transcripts: Trump urged use of troops to protect Capitol on Jan. 6 , but was rebuffed "Key lawmaker says interviews prove Pentagon wrongly allowed optics to overwhelm security concerns in lead-up to fateful day. The Pentagon's top brass did not comply with Trump's orders because of political concerns and "optics." Charles Glasser at Insty, BUT THE NARRATIVE! A lie goes around the world before the truth is even out of bed.  At Pop Times, Jamie Raskin Reveals Disturbing Plot to Limit Trump’s Power if Elected President Again. 

Capt. Ed hears Zuckerberg: I'm Done With Politics. I don't believe him, do you? Dave Strom, Wikipedia Employs Left-Wing Groups to Edit Controversial Topics. Da Caller, Wikipedia Donations Go Toward Embedding Feminism And Racial Justice In World’s Largest Encyclopedia.

At Campus Reform, Group attacks University of Michigan student for being Jewish: Police. Twitchy, Cornell University PhD Student Very Shocked America Won't Allow Him to Harass Jewish Students Any Longer. Jonathan Turley shocked that a Fired Machete-Wielding Professor Leads Protesters in Chilling Chant: “Slitting the Master’s Throat”. Insty is alarmed by the CRUSHING OF DISSENT: "Penn Law Suspends Tenured Prof Amy Wax For One-Year With Half-Pay For Making Racist Remarks. “Racist” remarks on their admissions program that are more inconvenient than racist. Notice the difference in the way her criticism of affirmative action has been treated, as compared to others’ expression in support of genocide against Jews."

Breitbart is unsurprised when a Transgender Fencer Dominates Female Opponents Six Months After Taking Up Sport. Da Signal, 9th Circuit Again Drops Ball on Title IX, Males in Women’s Sports. 

Dave Strom, Public Health Is Totally Corrupt. Ace, New York's Covid Czar Arranged Group Sex Parties During the Lockdowns He Demanded and Enforced. "You can't attend a funeral, but damn it all, the Regime Perverts aren't going to stop their illegal-drug-fueled wife-swapping gang-bang parties. Remember Monkeypox? Remember that our "health experts" would not even tell people -- gay men, in this case, one of the most protected of all protected classes -- to not join in anonymous gang-bang orgies? They couldn't even say that. For my friends, everything. For my enemies -- the law. The spirit of Lenin is the spirit of our age."

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Loungewear and FMJRA 2.0: Wait Until Next Year garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Border Chief Told To Shut Up about Special Interest Aliens

Mary Chastain at LI, Ex-Border Chief: Biden Admin Told Him to Cover Up Terror Encounters, Arrests. “The administration was trying to convince the public that there was no threat at the border.” Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Former Border Patrol Chief to Congress: Biden-HARRIS Told Me Ixnay on the SIAs, Special Interest Aliens. NYPo, Migrant brothel that operates 24 hours a day in seedy NYC ‘Market of Sweethearts’ raided by cops. 

The pure simplicity of this ad by Trump is so brilliant. It can’t be topped. pic.twitter.com/QtQI0xMezq

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) September 19, 2024

Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks Kamala Is Very Fragile, Vernon Jones@VernonForGA, "I keep telling yall about Kamala! Now look for yourselves. Kamala at the end of her interview with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). She couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Kamala left frowning (She’s a mean woman). I swear they were limited in their scope of questions. This is the problem. She’s been let off the hook so much, you can’t ask her substantive questions. And look at the journalists faces at the end This one didn’t go so well." Brittany@bccover, "Okay I missed this when it happened. 1) Look how fast Harris bolts the stage and 2) look at the moderators faces after she leaves. Just watch the whole interaction:"  Bob Spencer at PJM thinks Of All the Reasons the Left Has Given Us to Vote for Kamala, This Has to Be the Craziest "Fox News reported Thursday that during an appearance on (of course) MSNBC, (retired U.S. Army Brigadier General Steven) Anderson explained that if Kamala is elected, Vladimir Putin “will know the U.S. is committed to democracy when it elects a Black woman and product of a mixed marriage.”" Dave Strom again, White Dudes for Harris Ad Changed MY Mind...Not. Breitbart, Kamalabot: Harris Gives Same Canned Response to Israel-Hamas War Question for Third Time in 19 Days. From the Pop Times, Harris Will Falsely Blame Trump for 2 Deaths in Georgia Abortion Speech. Dave Strom, Kamala's Profoundly Dishonest Abortion Pitch. Cutie Pavlich at TownHall fears Guess Who Could Be Coming Back If Kamala Wins? Hillary? I doubt even Kamala is that dumb. At Da Fetched hears Tucker Carlson: They Want a ‘War with Iran Before Election’ to Stop Trump "Tucker warned that if Democrats are faced with a Trump victory in November, they would likely “throw the society into chaos” as a last-ditch attempt to hold on to power. According to Tucker, the next black swan event could be “a war with Iran.”" At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.24 (Afternoon Edition) Louder With Crowder sees  RFK Jr identify the one issue that ALL Americans should disqualify Kamala Harris over, freedom of speech.

Newt Gingrich claims The Economy will Defeat Kamala Harris. Beege Welborn, Let's Play 'Ask Kamalanomics': Strike One, Strike Two...Strike Three? NYPo, Biden admits economic recovery still needs ‘work,’ forgets meeting Fed chair in error-laden speech. Nick Arama at RedState, Biden Makes Bizarre Comment About Fed Chair That Has Everyone Talking. Greg Price@greg_price11, "Biden just claimed that he has "never once spoken to the Chairman of the fed since I became president." The guy has literally had several meetings with Jerome Powell in the Oval Office.  RNC Research @RNCResearch "Crooked Joe Biden says Americans' economic outlooks are "locked in the fear of negative mindset" — and definitely not because overall prices are up 20.3% since he and Kamala took office. VodkaPundit at PJM, WHOA: Even MSNBC Just Admitted the Biden-Harris Economy Is in Trouble. "While "at first glance, the U.S. economy, appears to be doing 'basically fine,' as Fed Chair Jerome Powell put it in his press conference earlier this week," MSNBC's Helaine Olen wrote on Thursday, "under the surface, signs of trouble are increasing.""

SAF, HARRIS-WALZ CAMPAIGN RECRUITING MILITARY VETERANS TO INFLUENCE SOCIAL MEDIA. I have no doubt they'll find some, even if they have to pay them. Mary Chastain again, National Guard Nuclear Manual Disappeared During Walz’s Tenure. “He alleges Walz was one of the few with access to the building where the top-secret manual was stored and was ‘often the only one there.'” I wonder if it found its way to China? At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.24 (Afternoon Edition), EBL: Israel makes Hezbollah pagers explode in hack attack, Lefties losing it – Rita Panahi reacts to Gwen Walz’s ‘deranged’ Trump rant, "Lefties losing it: Rita Panahi reacts to Gwen Walz's 'deranged' Trump rant." At Twitchy, It's SO On! RFK Jr. Breaks Out Puppets and Crayons to SCHOOL Tim Walz on Free Speech and the Constitution

Hat Hair's Duane Patterson looks at recent polls, For Whom the Polls Tell. "Kamala Harris still could win this election. She's ahead in a lot of polling out there, even though most is within the margin of considerable previous error. But as I continue to pour through all the cross-tabs, and look at who's issuing that polling in order to correct for the lie of the green in these surveys, about the only consistency in everything we're seeing is that Kamala Harris is not polling where Hillary Clinton polled, and Hillary got beat. She's certainly doing doing in polls what Joe Biden did in 2020, and he won by 43,000 votes split between Nevada, Arizona, and Wisconsin. And if you add in Georgia, the margin was still under 55,000. It'll be fun to see how things break in October." Liz Stauffer at LI, ‘The Thrill is Gone’ Edition: Independents Prefer Trump Over Harris in Latest Gallup Poll, "This poll indicates that Trump’s favorability is rising and Harris’s is dropping." Capt. Ed adds "Harris isn't really trying to broaden her appeal as much as she's trying to obscure her agenda. That may be wearying independent voters, even as it boosts base enthusiasm among Democrats. " Guy Benson at TownHall, cites Gallup: Significant Swing in Trump and Harris Favorability. At WaEx, Salena Zito finds Lifetime Pennsylvania Democrats are becoming Republicans. Avi Woolf, Wilderness Conservative@AviWoolf "Even a reversal of these numbers in Pennsylvania would be very, very bad for Harris." Quote Jacob N. Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh "Trump leads Harris 54-44 among Jewish voters in New York, according to the Siena poll"  Politico whines ‘Uncommitted’ group won’t endorse Harris as she swings through Michigan "The group that arose out of efforts to register “uncommitted” in the primary as means of protesting President Joe Biden’s policies in the Israel-Hamas war won’t endorse the vice president — but urged against voting third party or for Trump."  Capt. Ed, "This is of a piece with the Teamsters' non-endorsement, just in the other direction. The Teamsters refusal hurts Harris because of the assumption that the union would line up behind her, even with its members expressing majority support for Trump. On a much smaller scale, the lack of an endorsement for Harris here doesn't really hurt her; we know the members will vote for her anyway. The group practically endorsed that by urging members to cast "anti-Trump" votes while avoiding support for independent candidates. Who does that leave?" President NOTA.

Nick Arama sees Trump Lights It Up on 'Gutfeld' in Funny and Endearing Appearance, I saw it. Can you imagine Kamala doing something similar? At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.24 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy: The Soft Bigotry Of Low Expectations In Chicago, J.D. Vance Leaves NYT Reporter Speechless, and Trump’s Appearance On Gutfeld Show Proves He’ll Make America Great Again. Da Fetched, Trump Admits He Regrets ‘Not Going After’ ABC Debate Moderators. Ace, CNN's Lone Republican Scott Jennings Blasts the Network for Allowing Democrats to Constantly Lie About Trump's "Bloodbath" Comments. VodkaPundit tries to explain This Is What Trump's Crypto Play Is Really About "In a word: votes. Specifically, I think Trump is making a bold play for technologists and tech-minded libertarians who ordinarily wouldn't even dream of voting for him." Matt Margolis at PJM, Shirtless Trump Supporter Takes Down CNN Reporter in Epic Fashion. Da Blaze, Fan in MAGA hat denied entry at Arizona Cardinals' home stadium unless she threw it away, prompting apology from team. Don Surber explains What a Never Trumper believes. "No wise man has the power to reason away."

At the Pop Times, What You Need to Know About Trump’s Upcoming Springfield and Aurora Visits. From WokeSpy, Springfield Resident Warned Of “Pretty Horrid” Incidents Involving Pets Six Months Ago and Alleged Police Report Surfaces Seemingly Confirming a Springfield Cat-Eating Incident. Spencer Linquist at Da Wire, ‘What Has My Town Become?’: Springfield Residents Say It’s Falling Apart Amid Haitian Influx. Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller notes CNN Panelists Dogpile On Scott Jennings For Pointing Out How Springfield Bomb Threats Were Foreign Interference.

Olivia Nuzzi

At NYPo, Star political reporter Olivia Nuzzi on leave from New York magazine over alleged ‘sexting’ relationship with RFK Jr. Status Scoop: Nuzzi’s RFK Relationship. "Had the magazine been aware of this relationship, she would not have continued to cover the presidential campaign," the spokesperson said." He is a Kennedy, after all. Stephen L. Miller@redsteeze, "I know a lot of people are dunking on @Olivianuzzi right now over the whole Kennedy thing, but as a friend, I'm just thankful that she's not drowning in the backseat of a car right now." Amen

Dave Strom sees Iran Election Interference in Full Swing. Sundance at CTH, FBI Says Iran Hacked Trump Campaign, Then Sent Information to Biden and Harris. He assumes it's an FBI/CIA opp. "Yeah, I’m saying it… Based on precedent we can prove…. It’s not Iran, it’s us." George@BehizyTweets, "Oklahoma officials just announced that they have removed 450,000 ineligible names from the voter rolls, including 100,000 dead people and 15,000 duplicate registrations that somehow got pushed into the system . . . " George@BehizyTweets, "A federal judge in South Carolina just issued a precedent-setting ruling that voter rolls are public record under federal law and are subject to inspection by election integrity activists "Accordingly, the Court declares that the South Carolina Statewide Voter Registration List is a record subject to inspection pursuant to the NVRA, and that the NVRA preempts any South Carolina law limiting access to the Statewide Voter Registration List to South Carolina registered voters." - Judge Joseph Anderson Jr. . . " George@BehizyTweets, "Peter Thiel says if the 2024 election is close, Kamala Harris will cheat to STEAL it. He's also joining people like Elon Musk and calling for strict Voter ID, in-person election-day voting, & heavy restrictions on mail-in voting "They will cheat. They will fortify it. They will steal the ballots." . . . "  At Da Signal  Ben Johnson sees Experts Predict Up to 2.7M Votes Will Be Cast by Illegal Immigrants and  Fred Lucas reports the House Oversight Probes Why Census Miscounts Boost Democrats in Electoral College, Apportionment. “The 2020 PES identified statistically significant overcounts in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Delaware, Minnesota, Utah, and Ohio, while finding undercounts in states like Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Illinois,” he wrote. “Of the eight states overcounted in the 2020 census, six states have typically voted for electors for the Democratic Party candidate in presidential elections for the last three decades.”

Fox, 'Vocally anti-Trump' FBI agent leading probe of Florida assassination attempt: whistleblower, "FBI says it has 'full confidence' in Veltri's leadership and the whistleblower's claims are 'demonstrably false.'" Sundance at CTH, Florida Governor Says FBI Blocked State Investigators From Trump Assassination Crime Scene. Da Fetched, Secret Service Whistleblower Drops Bombshell on Trump Assassination Attempt: ‘Gunman Knew Vulnerabilities’ @amuse@amuse, "QUESTION: Why was MSNBC filming Trump on his golf course moments before he was shot? How did they know to be there? Who told them? Remember, CNN hadn't covered a Trump rally live until the Butler Rally. Is it weird left-wing media seems to be there every time?" LifeZette, Secret Service on Blast—Bongino Questions Loyalty After Second Trump Assassination Attempt. Coffee and Covid, Ryan Routh mystery deepens as Rep. Gaetz questions HomeSec; insinuates Routh's wife is CIA. WokeSpy, Broadcaster Stunned As Louisiana Democrat Encourages Trump Assassinations On Live Television. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, They Don't Just Want to Kill Trump, They Want to Kill You Too. John Sexton at Hat Hair VIP thinks The Left's Effort to Excuse Democratic Rhetoric is Absurd. Ace, The Left's Rhetoric Has Incited Another Assassin: Alaska Man Arrested for Threatening to Murder and Torture Six Conservative Supreme Court Justices, "The Democrat Party is the party of low-impulse-control, mentally-ill morons who have messiah complexes despite being complete loser basket-cases. If you tell this petri dish of bad chemicals and bad genetics that their lives are literally in danger if Bad Man Wins Election, some will do the unthinkable: They'll believe the Democrat-Media Complex. Some are too stupid to know any better." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.24 (Afternoon Edition), Louder With Crowder, Doocy lets KJP have it, blames WH rhetoric for second Trump assassination attempt. At the Babylon Bee, Biden Promises Next Trump Assassin Will Be A Woman Of Color. "I will appoint the first black woman to assassinate Trump," Biden said. "It's long overdue."

The redoubtable Julie Kelly at RCP, To Many, the Justice Dept. Is Honoring Political Neutrality in the Breach Again. Tom Knighton at TAW, If you had doubts about the weaponization of federal law enforcement, kill them now. At the Top Secret Umbra argues The Greatest Threat to American Spies is Their Own Leadership "Whistleblowers are trying to expose the awful truth about “Havana Syndrome,” but the Biden-Harris administration won’t let them." Capt. Ed adds "John has this outside the paywall, so be sure to read it all. The Havana Syndrome cover-up is inexplicable, except as a way to keep from exposing the incompetence of those in charge of intel services and the White House. And exposure of the reality of the attacks would force action by US agencies, which apparently they prefer to avoid."

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.19.24 (Afternoon Edition), Louder With Crowder, By his own words, Gavin Newsom signs law making Kamala Harris’s X account illegal in California, From Twitchy, THOUGHT POLICE: Gavin Newsom Won't Rule Out Legal Action Against Elon Musk (WATCH). End Wokeness@EndWokeness "BREAKING: Governor Newsom refuses to rule out legal action on Elon Musk over AI memes." The Babylon Bee shares  9 AI-Generated Deep Fakes Of Gavin Newsom That Are Illegal To Share In California "9. Here's an embarrassing picture of Gavin Newsom dining out at a French restaurant after ordering everyone else in the state to stay in their homes. Oops — that last one was totally real. Sorry, Gavin! Don't worry, nobody's laughing at you. Please don't put us in jail. Yet." Capt. Ed, "Don't share these in California, y'all! Really -- don't do it! Don't pass these around to Newsom's constituents to point out how stupidly authoritarian Democrats can be. (They already know, of course.) And #9 is not satire. I'm also unsure about #4."

Two from the College Fix, Will UCLA protect Jewish students this fall? Still a ‘question,’ lawyer says and White students sue Education Dept. over race-based exclusion in federally funded PhD scholarship program. At Campus Reform, ‘Racism expert’ Arizona prof attacks white students as ‘primary perpetrators’ of racial segregation on campus. John Sexton reports Anti-Israel Protesters Vandalize UNC Campus, Raise Palestinian Flag. Ashe Schow at Da Wire, Cornell Professor Who Praised ‘Exhilarating’ Slaughter Of Israelis Returns To Teaching.

At WaEx, Dave Harsanyi discourses on Taylor Swift and the tyranny of politics "Celebrity loyalty oaths are annoying because, well, who cares? In this case, it’s also a contrived act of faux bravery. In January 2020, Swift released a trailer for a forthcoming documentary, Miss Americana. In it, the star is pretending to wrestle with the decision of making an endorsement — as if opposing Donald Trump is going to threaten her career. Then, Swift, utters some of the most horrifying words in political discourse: “I need to be on the right side of history.” Capt. Ed, "I'm not a Shut Up and Sing guy, but David lands on what I find most irritating about celebrity endorsers: they're usually an inch deep on politics, and sometimes on life entirely. I don't know if that's true about Swift particularly, whom I have admired for her grit and tenacity, but it's certainly more true than not generally."

Volokh at the Volokh Report, Blocking Dissenters from School System's "StaffPride" Twitter Account May Have Violated First Amendment. From Behind the Black, Pushback: Pastor who was arrested in Seattle for reading the Bible aloud wins in court. 

At Raised by Germans, Tomboys Grow Up. When you let them.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Moving Indoors and FMJRA 2.0: One Last Series up on time and under budget.