The Monday Morning Stimulus

 It's a miracle that an AI lady needs so much coffee:

Marshfield News Herald, Feeling jittery from coffee? When experts say you might be overdoing it. 

When you start feeling jittery, or is that too easy? Anyway, I saw this:

Younger adults aged 18 to 24 are more likely to be affected by coffee jitters. The study found that 58% of respondents who fall into that demographic reported feeling the anxious symptoms that often follow drinking coffee. However, only 12% of respondents aged 65+ reported feeling jittery and anxious after drinking coffee.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Monday: Redhead in Denim up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Lindsey Vonn Crashes Out

The most conspicuous news of the day was American skier, gold medal winner 41 year old Lindsey Vonn crashed out of her attempt to win the women's downhill race at the Milan/Cortina Olympics, and had to be airlifted out. Reports are she needed emergency surgery. I was on a bathroom break during Lindsey's run and missed it live, but suspect it will be rerun many times. It's quite likely an unfortunate end to a long, successful athletic carrier, but plagued with injuries. The event was eventually won by fellow American skier Breezy Johnson. David Manney at PJM on Lindsey Vonn’s Crash and the Brutal Truth About Olympic Risk. "Mountains don't care about medals or legacy; they respond only with gravity, speed, and error." A YouTube of the crash is on the post. Althouse on the trivial, Aging is sad in a new way now.

Hoy, Lindsey Vonn compite en sus quintos JJOO.

📷 Foto ficha olímpica Turín 2006 (21 años)
📷 Foto ficha olímpica Milán-Cortina 2026 (41 años) pic.twitter.com/jQotPOJrsa

— David Orenes (@david_lrl) February 8, 2026

Breezy Johnson

So, yeah, she grew up. Kids do that. Modelling became part of her life. Changed her hair color, had professional makeup, maybe even had some "work" done, (I mean other than all her leg surgery). Her face looks thinner, but then I am reminded of Catherine Deneuve's famous quote: "At a certain age, you have to choose between your face and your ass." I don't think competitive downhill skiers have much choice. Many are criticizing Lindsey for taking the spot on the Olympic team and even making the run after an ACL injury a few days before. Not I. Ultimately the Olympics are about individual accomplishment. She won her spot on the team fairly, and was trying her best when she failed. You can't ask more. At Breitbart, Team USA Olympic Skiers ‘Heartbroken,’ Say They Don’t Represent ICE Operations by Wearing American Flag “I feel heartbroken about what’s happened in the United States ….. I’m pretty sure you’re referencing ICE, and some of the protests and things like that,” Lillis stated." As some TV pundit pointed out last night, reporters didn't run around asking athletes if they supported the US during the Biden, Obama or Clinton administrations. Stupid politics from someone who has spent their whole life running down mountains is to be expected. 

Oh, and I guess there was an important football game last night.

Sundance at CTH hosts President Trump's Superbowl Day Interview and Sunday Talks – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Discusses Trump Economic Plan and Growth Forecast. At Am Con, Trump Didn’t Destroy the ‘Rules-Based International Order’ "It was always a fraud." Nick Ballasy at JTN reports House Intel chairman warns China may be setting up illicit biolabs in U.S. to seed next pandemic. “Why would you have some illicit labs set up in an Airbnb, except for, maybe, you’re trying to create some sort of, you know, patient zero scenario, that you might infect someone, that you might create another COVID-like scenario." At TownHall, Scott McLallen notices TrumpRx Triggers TDS in Elizabeth Warren.

Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber, "Wow. The Epstein Files just took down the architect of CCDH! The censorship self-described “black ops” firm whose self-described mission was to “Kill Musk’s Twitter.” Thank you" @RepThomasMassie! Quote Paul D. Thacker @thackerpd, "Goodbye, Morgan McSweeney, founder of the censorship NGO, Center for Countering Digital Hate."

The woman on the right is Ghislaine Maxwell. She trafficked children for Jeffrey Epstein. The woman on the left owns your magazine. https://t.co/rNWc7gcnj4 pic.twitter.com/dl7V7E6km7

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 20, 2025

From Twitchy, Whoa, His Eyes Get BIGGER? Adam Schiff's Reaction to ABC's Jon Karl Pushing Him on Voter ID Is HILARIOUS. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Karl: What about requiring a photo ID to vote. Are you in favor of that? Schiff: The SAVE Act is a voter suppression law. Karl: But 71% of Democrats favor requiring photo ID. Is that something that you can support? And if not, why not? Schiff: This is another way to suppress the vote. Translation: We’re going to ignore the wishes of our own voters who don’t understand that more secure elections will destroy our party." Ian Jaeger @IanJaeger29, "BREAKING: Democratic Senator John Fetterman joins the Republicans and comes out in favor of requiring an ID to vote in every election across the country. “I do not believe that it’s unreasonable to show an ID to vote.” Fetterman is right once again."

At NYPo, Bjorn Lomberg observes Reality is finally crashing New York’s utopian green-energy party "Facing a court-imposed Friday deadline, New York has effectively conceded that its green goals would pose “costs consumers simply cannot bear.”"

Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson, "This is absolutely delicious! Karen Bass is suing Gavin Newsom over the Palisades Fire. They’re eating their own!" Quote Jeremy Padawer @JeremyCom, "The City of Los Angeles is now suing the State of California. And they called the fire victims “opportunists,” “profiteers,” and “conspiracy theorists.”"

Lawsplainer Shipwreckedcrew sees An Earthquake Ruling From The Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals On An Important Immigration Issue -- Detention of Aliens Without Bond Is Lawful. "Thousands of illegal aliens have been ordered released on bond by federal judges based on.established practice of almost 30 years -- but the Fifth Circuit holds that is not required by the statute." CIS is Going Back to the Past to Explain ‘Administrative Warrants’, Immigration Enforcement, "The Fourth and Fifth Amendments, and an administrative arrest and removal process that provides greater constitutional protection than opponents appear to appreciate." Commonplace on The High Cost of Immigrant Welfare. "There’s a bigger story behind the Minnesota fraud scandal." At Hat Hair, Larry Elder compares Mass Deportation: Who Was More 'Inhumane' -- Obama or Trump?

From WJ, Tom Homan Reveals How Many Anti-ICE Agitators Have Been Arrested: Many Are Paying the Price "Border czar Tom Homan told reporters that over 150 people had been arrested for trying to thwart United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers." Not enough yet. Campus Reform reports University of Minnesota arrests 67 at hotel protest, leftist student group slams school. Vicky Taft at PJM, Out of Control: Leftist Shoots Right-Wing Livestreamers in Portland in Drive-By Attack Near ICE HQ, with a BB gun. It would be funny if they fired back with a deer rifle. TownHall's Matt Vespa, Wait, That's Why Dems Are Scared About ICE Agents Wearing Body Cams R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts, "#BREAKING: Democrats are expressing concerns and fear that body cameras could be ICE's new Mass Surveillance tool and could infringe on the privacy rights of protesters." Steve Guest @SteveGuest, "HAHAHAHAHAHA. Democrats now oppose body cameras on law enforcement." Quote POLITICO @politico "Democrats fear body cameras could be ICE’s new mass surveillance tool." At Front Page, Dems Decide ICE Body Cams Are Bad. "ICE body cameras are a means of capturing evidence of their crimes." So they want them on during ICE arrests, but off during demonstrations. From Shooting News Week, Life in Chicago: While the Mayor Attacks ICE Agents, Gangs Shoot Up Their Rivals in Broad Daylight. Don Surber reports hilarity, White saviors are flinging dildos in ICE capades "Zak X mimics anti-ICE neighborhood patrols by sounding alarms that draw crowds, then reveals himself and mocks them for responding. His videos, amplified since early February 2026, have gained millions of views amid Operation Metro Surge, where ICE targets criminal noncitizens in the area. While right-leaning accounts praise the stunt as clever distraction from real raids, critics call it dangerous provocation in a tense city scarred by the fatal shooting of two watchers in January. Wall Street Apes tweeted, “This is hilarious. An American went to a location where he saw a member of the Minneapolis ICE Watch. He brought his own whistle. “He blows it and waits for all the ICE Watch activists to come running to waste their time. This is gold. You blow that whistle and next thing ya know you’re surrounded by retards. . . .Competing Antifa groups are slinging dildos at one another." Amanda Stulman at LI sees a Texas Lawmaker Go Mask Off: Non-Whites Can “Take Over This Country”
Gene Wu, member of the Texas House of Representatives, encouraged select racial groups to engage in an intersectional struggle against their shared “oppressor.” Stu Smith at CJ worries about An Anti-ICE Movement Increasingly Run by Revolutionaries. "The Freedom Road Socialist Organization and allies have played a key role in opposing immigration enforcement."

Driscoll has a Driscolly post at Insty, starting with PEGGY NOONAN: "A Lament for the Washington Post." Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer, "The moment was Covid. It happened. Almost every journalist in the nation failed to relay reliable information, instead succumbing to panic and the widest-spread daily curtailment of civil liberties in my lifetime. The rare figures who didn't were silenced or stifled or removed." Quote Lulu NYT @LuluGNavarro "Every single word of this fantastic column by @Peggynoonannyc ‘I fear sometimes that few people really care about journalism, but we are dead without it. Someday something bad will happen, something terrible on a national scale, and the thing we’ll need most, literally to survive, is information. Reliable information—a way to get it, and then to get it to the public. That is what journalism is, getting the information." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "And then every major journalistic institution said it was OK to go out and protest two minutes after telling us if we're outside together we're all going to die. That was it." Sundance The IC Nut is Cracking – Washington Post CEO, Will Lewis Quits. Gray Connolly @GrayConnolly, "Hang this WaPo in the Louvre." Insty sez BEZOS HASN’T GUTTED THE POST ENOUGH YET: "Colin Kaepernick Washington Post story on Super Bowl Sunday draws social media backlash. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was top of mind for The Washington Post ahead of Super Bowl LX on Sunday. . . ." Sauron's Eye whines Atlanta Journal-Constitution to lay off about 50 employees as it restructures for growth. "Restructures for growth," that's a nice euphemism. I hope they appreciate it. Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "It is hard to say when the NY Times hit rock bottom, but this may be the conclusive landing spot." " NY Times columnist Jamelle Bouie joked how Vance's mother should have sold him to feed her drug addiction. She recently celebrated 10 years of sobriety..." Fox is outrage when a NYT columnist says JD Vance should have been sold by his mother for drugs. "The vice president celebrated his mother's 10th year of sobriety in April" . Betsy Stauffer at LI hears a CNN Political Analyst Calls for ‘Fumigation’ to ‘Surgically Remove the Cancer’ of MAGA. “Joe Biden was … supposed to be a bridge or a palette cleanser. Or somebody who morally and ethically was antithetical to who Donald Trump was.” Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "This is the shortest and most precise explanation for the downfall of journalism that I have seen thus far." Quote Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "I have yet to see a single journalist publicly wonder what role journalists themselves played in the decline of journalism. x.com/JoshKraushaar/…"

From the College Fix, Arkansas State U. protesters want ‘accountability’ following alleged racist incidents "Want a ‘commitment’ administrators ‘will not use the First Amendment to defend ‘derogatory’ speech.’" It's a good bet the incidents are hoaxes. They usually are. Rob Henderson @robkhenderson. "My latest for @thetimes "Many educated elites have long excused rule-breaking among people in more disadvantaged communities, arguing that the system is stacked against them...Now, bizarrely, they are extending that same moral leniency to themselves."

At Spiked, Trans surgery is medical malpractice, "Fox Varian’s successful lawsuit against the doctors who removed her breasts needs to be a turning point." AMAC predicts The Transgender Industrial Complex Is Collapsing Josh Hammer at Hat Hair wonders Is This the End of Transgender Hysteria? It may be premature; from Da Caller, Infamous School Board Trains Staff To Fight ‘Terrorist’ Parents Angry About Trans Bathroom Policy, Loudoun County, VA, over the river and through the woods.

Among Jen Van Laar's RedState HOT TAKES: Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance Was a Middle Finger to America. I didn't watch it; did you? At the Mix, Chris Pratt Defies Hollywood To Praise Military Veterans.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Snow Bunnies and FMJRA 2.0: Harvey Dent Week up on time and under budget.

Flotsam and Jetsam - The War on the Secretary of War

Cynical Publius, best know for his Tweets Xs, pens a longer piece at Am Great on The War on Pete Hegseth. "Pete Hegseth is facing a calculated smear campaign because he threatens the entrenched establishment reshaping America’s military into something weaker and more political." Matt Vespa thinks Hegseth Responded Perfectly to the Libs' Uproar Over Our Air Campaign Against Narco-Terrorism. "So, as Democrats mourn the deaths of narco-terrorists, Hegseth responded to the uproar perfectly—he bombed another narco boat this week" RNC Research @RNCResearch, "Democrat Rep. Adam Smith thinks it’s okay for narco-terrorists to smuggle drugs into the U.S. because it’s only cocaine. SMITH: “We’re talking about cocaine here…”" Dave Strom at Hat Hair, The New Democrat Line on Narco-Terrorists Is That They Are Just Guys Trying to Make a Living. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Dem Rep Jim Himes describes people k*lled in drug boat second strike as “two terrified men...guys that probably didn’t have a lot of economic opportunity." They actually want you to feel sorry for the narco-terrorists." Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "Rep. @jahimes decided to go on MSNBC last night with Jen "Circle Back" Psaki to defend narco traffickers and said: 'Americans might cheer killing narco-terrorists… but look, these poor fellas clinging to the wreckage aren’t Pablo Escobar, they just lacked economic opportunity and made one bad choice.' Translation: 100,000 American corpses from fentanyl is sad and all, but don’t hurt the feelings of the guys smuggling it, they’re basically unemployed Uber drivers who took a wrong turn. Cry harder for the cartel mules while moms bury their kids, you spineless ghoul. This is the modern Democrat Party in one disgusting soundbite." A Larry video at Hat Hair sees Elissa Slotkin's 'Seditious Six' Narrative Crumbles on 'Morning Joe'. From the Pop Times, Stephen A. Smith Clashes With ‘The View’ Over Sen. Kelly’s Video on Military Orders. Don Surber sees Media frets over Afghans and dead narcos "Not so much Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and Sergeant Andrew Wolfe."

AP whines Trump praises Congo and Rwanda as they sign US-mediated peace deal "But the Trump-brokered peace is precarious." Aren't they all? Mediaite is none too happy the State Department Slaps Trump’s Name on U.S. Institute of Peace Building and Renames It After Him. Sarah Anderson at PJM reports Rubio Announces New U.S. Foreign Aid Model That Cuts Out NGOs. Sundance at CTH sees Canadian Media Catch On, U.S Trade Rep Jamieson Greer Says Trump Likely to Exit the USMCA (CUSMA). At Spec World, Why Trump’s Muslim Brotherhood crackdown is long overdue. "Intelligence about the activities of Egyptian, Jordanian and Lebanese Islamists will rapidly implicate Qatar and Turkey as the Brotherhood’s key international sponsors."

At ZeroHedge word that Trump's Next National Strategy Will Center On Humanoid Robots. But as John Sexton at Hat Hair notes It's Still Hard to Build Things in the US "The process that has turned a blank spot on the map into what some now call the Silicon Desert underscores a defining feature of American life: A tangle of bureaucracy often hinders ambitious visions, sowing confusion, uncertainty and delay. That tends to reinforce inertia and discourage development..."C3 @C_3C_3 "Exactly. There are so many obvious and easy wins for Republicans if they just follow Trump’s lead. Pray the Uniparty proves us wrong." Quote Catturd ™ @catturd2, "Trump and his cabinet can't keep doing everything themselves - at some point the Republican Party is going to actually grow a pair and stop hiding under their desks." John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad, "After a week in DC meeting Trump appointees across every level, not just the Pentagon, I’m stunned by how few truly understand the sheer size and weight of the steamroller that’s coming if we lose the midterms. Like nothing else matters. Not even shipbuilding." At RedState, Cliff Maloney says DOGE Isn’t Dead, but It Must Start Cutting Now If We Want to Win Local and Midterm Races. At PJM Cathy Salgado reports Florida Moves to Protect Elections From Illegal Alien Votes, but Florida isn't the problem, and Stephen Kruiser, sees Dems Keep Proving That They're Terrified of Fair Elections. "Besides Washington, the DOJ is suing Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for failing to show the feds their voter lists, which they're required to do." At TownHall fast talking Ben Shapiro claims to discern A Two-Pronged Democratic Strategy for 2028: "Sow doubt within the military ranks, and present a slate of candidates who project moderation." Hat Hair's Capt. Ed thinks it's Too Good to Check: Dems Dumping Climate Change – in CA? and the Great Victor Davis Hanson says Democrats Want to Distract You From This Before Midterms, improvements in the economy. Rusty Weiss at RedState sees Democrats' Big Epstein Exposé Crumbles Under the Weight of Reality – Will They Retract? Capt. Ed, reports a Federal Judge Orders Release of Original Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts. Am Spec, Republic or Democracy: Democrats’ Crusade to ‘Save Our Democracy’ Is a Ploy to Undermine Our Constitution "Blurring the distinction between democracy and a republic is undermining constitutionalism."

Rusty Weiss at RedState, Somali-Linked Fraud in MN Under Tim Walz Just Got About $7 Billion Worse: ‘Growing by the Day’. Eddie Scarry at Da Fed calls Scamming Somalis The Love Children Of Dems’ Mass Welfare And Immigration Policies. Ace, Ilhan "Omar" Nur, Immigration Fraudster and America's Sweetheart, Just So Happeened to Have Ties with the Somali Pirates Behind the Biggest Theft of Taxpayer Funds in American History "Throw her in jail, then deport her." Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks The Effort to Rehabilitate Somalis Is Getting Hilarious "Far from being, as a group, a plague upon our state, they are among the best citizens we have. So we are told. They contribute so much to Minnesota!" Clarity @covid_clarity, "Minnesota Somali population key statistics. % in Poverty: 58% % on Food Stamps: 42% % Unemployed: 40% % without H.S. Education: 41%" From Twitchy, 'MASSIVE Fraud Uncovered' --> New Obamacare Data Shares DAMNING Look Into Shady Subsidy Applicants. Da Caller opines Trump Was Right About Somali Refugees And Everyone Knows It. At TNP, Govt Watchdog Uncovers $94m in Obamacare Subsidies Fraudulently Paid for Dead People. VodkaPundit at Insty has another of his DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Weingart’s $27 Million Dollar Homeless Heist: LA’s Pay to Play Pipeline Strikes Again – And the Trail of Donations Tells An Ever Darker Story. "The Weingart Center Association, long portrayed as one of LA’s “trusted” homeless service providers, is now at the center of a federal probe into a secretive $27.3 million property flip in Cheviot Hills. A flip that looks less like a housing solution and more like a blueprint for legalized theft. A flip that mirrors Shangri-La’s scheme almost down to the timestamps. And a flip that, when paired with newly uncovered campaign donation data from the LA County Registrar-Recorder’s TRACER system, paints a damning picture of influence peddling, coordinated bundling, and political payoffs hiding in plain sight." I spent much of my childhood in Cheviot Hills. Lovely area. 

At Liberty Unyielding, A Minnesota law unconstitutionally limits foster care removals of black kids, but not white kids. C3 @C_3C_3, "Tim Walz… ICE: Gestapo. Trump: bastard Elon Musk: dipshit. Trump: son of a b1tch. Trump Supporters: fascists. Etc Walz wants to play the victim after he called us all kinds of names. And violence always comes from the Left not the right. Continue to mock him. He deserves it." Bret Weinstein @BretWeinstein, "I’m glad that the world has relaxed and we can go back to using the word ‘retarded’ when someone is being stupid, but we obviously shouldn’t wield the term as an epithet against those who are actually developmentally delayed like @Tim_Walz." At Mediaite, Chris Cuomo Accuses AOC and Far-Left of Lack of Patriotism: ‘They Hate More About It Than They Love About It’. From the Free Bacon, Mamdani Taps Felon Who Served 7 Years for Robbing NYC Taxi Drivers as 'Criminal Legal System' Adviser. "Mamdani has said transition officials like Mysonne Linen will make both 'personnel recommendations' and 'policy recommendations'." Good and hard. Kurt Schlichter at TownHall just figures The Democrats Always Take Sides Against Normal People Like You. Cam at Bearing Arms is gratified Gun Sales Surge in Virginia Ahead of Democrat Takeover. Amy Curtis at TownHall hears Halle Berry Humiliate Gavin Newsom at NYT Book Summit: 'He Should Not Be Our Next President', for all the wrong reasons. “Back in my great state of California, my very own governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row,” the “Catwoman” star continued. “But that’s OK, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and the way he has overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us, he probably should not be our next president either. Just saying.”

Althouse, "Trump Might Have a Case on Birthright Citizenship." "That was the title of a post last February.You might want to revisit that today, because "Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship" (SCOTUSblog). Campus Reform, University of Delaware student arrested, police say he had machine gun and a plan to attack campus, "A notebook detailed alleged attack plans against University of Delaware police, including multiple references to "martyrdom."" Luqmaan Khan. At Da Caller, DHS Says Newsom’s Office Playing ‘Word Games’ Over An Illegal Accused Of Killing An 11-Year-Old. From Breitbart, DHS Spox Clobbers Democratic Rep. Daniel Goldman for Ignoring Migrant Rapists Released in New York City And Another Thing, Have media forgotten what it means to be ‘sympathetic’? "Won't somebody please think of the drunk drivers, convicted murderers, and wealthy early retirees?"

Twitchy sees Joe Biden Emerges From Dems' Forced Retirement to Remind Us We Are the United States of... WHAT!? Nick Arama at RedState thinks you should Watch Biden Invent a New Name for America During Ranting, Confused Moments at LGBTQ Event "We're the United States of Ameragottit." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn says Oh, Here's News - Taliban Actually Using That Stuff POTATUS Abandoned During the Skeedaddle. From Da Signal, House Republicans Seek Answers on Biden-Era Data Breach of 256,000 Consumers. Matt Vespa at TownHall enjoys Here's What Caused a Lefty Trump Supporter to Laugh in the Face of a 'View' Co-Host on CNN.

From Fox, Who is Brian Cole Jr, the DC pipe bomb suspect? The redoubtable Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "Could be that Brian Cole Jr, who is black, was a BLM supporter. A few of the bomb components were purchased around the same time that George Floyd riots were consuming Washington: Regardless, there appears to be a race-related reason why Chris Wray buried this investigation:" TNP reports that, of course, Alleged January 6 Pipe Bomber’s Family Are Democrat Donors. Sundance sees a Wild “Coincidence” – J6 Pipe Bomb Suspect is Mentally Simple, His Father, Also Brian Cole, Worked with Civil Rights Lawyer Ben Crump, a Close Personal Friend of Pam Bondi and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino Says “Much More to Come” from J6 Pipe Bomb Investigation. At Hat Hair VIP, Beege says I Think Maybe Patel's FBI Has Christopher Wray's Pipe Bomber Number. Ace snorts, The Media Doesn't Know the Politics of the J5 Bomber, But They Can Say Defnitively That Brian Cole, Jr. is "A White Man." Dave Strom, Senator Mark Warner Complains That Trump Didn't Close Jan 6 Bomber Case Fast Enough, after the Biden Admin lost it for 4 years.

John Sexton is disappointed when DOJ Tries and Fails to Re-Indict Letitia James. Keep trying.

News Wax reports an Appeals Court rules Trump Can Remove Dems From 2 Federal Labor Boards.

John Davidson at Da Fed thinks Democrats Would Like To Suppress Free Speech The Way Britain Does. ZeroHedge, reports a Clandestine Campaign To Defund ZeroHedge, The Federalist & Breitbart Traced To Kier Starmer Operation.

Richard Grenell @RichardGrenell, "I’m told that NBC reporters know that @KDilanianMSNOW makes up sources and they are unwilling to be on a byline with him. @CarolLeonnig has been ruined with Ken’s fake news stories that get debunked immediately." Quote Ben Williamson @_WilliamsonBen, "1,000% false and did not happen. And I’d like to give some BTS insight into how this hogwash got printed. I got this allegation on Tuesday. It sounded made up and I told the reporter so. I went and checked with everyone involved - Alexis (who doesn’t even drink), the Director, the Detail, and more - all of whom said it didn’t happen. Couldn’t find any corroboration or record of it whatsoever. I went back to the reporter and said “everyone involved says this is false - can you give me any other info so I can provide some proof beyond just a denial? A date? Name of the friend? Anything.” Their response was: “We do not have that info but are comfortable with our sourcing.”"

Capt. Ed, NYT Sues Over AI Scraping; Meta Cuts AI Deals With Fox, WashEx and John Sexton wonders Can AI and Society As We Know It Coexist?

From RCP, Trump and McMahon Are Fixing Education, and DC Is Panicking. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "All DeSantis does is institute effective policy that advances conservative goals and betters his state. There are so many examples, it’s impossible to keep track at this point. But alas. He wore those boots." Quote Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil, "The first full year that Florida's in-school cellphone ban was in effect, student test scores went up by as much as 10% of a standard deviation." Ace says We Absolutely Must Defund the "Universities" "A trans professor -- we're already off to a great start -- failed a student for disagreeing with him that trans women are women (snap!)"

Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Hits Just Keep On Coming online and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

The Monday Morning Stimulus

 Also with Brandy Gordon for the rare triple play.

ABC, 90-year-old driver crashes car into coffee shop on Thanksgiving

An elderly driver was injured after crashing through a coffee shop on Thanksgiving night in Los Gatos, California, according to police. The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department said in a statement Friday that officers were called to the Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company just after 9 p.m. on Thursday night.

The driver, who was identified as a 90-year-old resident of the Northern California town, was extricated from the vehicle by responding firefighters. He was then transported to an area hospital in "serious but stable condition," police said.

It's the coffee shop's fault for getting in his way.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Old Trucks & Young Babes (Part 2 of n) up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Democrats Schutting Down the Schumer Schutdown

It's all over but the paper work. In exchange for a few minor concessions, a sufficient number of Democrat Senators have voted for a plan of a new CR, until Jan. 30. Concessions from the Republicans include rescinding the firing of Democrat voters Federal employees during the shutdown, SNAP (aka food stamps) funded through next September and a vote on the ACA subsidies in Dec, no promises as to the outcome. Democrats are pretending to be furious, while Republicans are pretending to gloat. Fox reports Senate Democrats, Republicans reach deal to reopen government, "Senate Republicans unveil three-bill minibus in bid to reopen the government." Scott McClallen at TownHall, Senate Reportedly Strikes Deal to Reopen Federal Government. Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, Senate Votes to Put Congress on Path Toward Ending Government Shutdown. Sundance at CTH, Senate Deal Reached to End the Govt Shutdown. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, BREAKING: Dems Finally Cave on Schumer Shutdown Clown Show; Newsom: ‘Pathetic'. At Twitchy, Shutdown Deal Reached and It Drives Defiant Dems Into Full Meltdown Mode. Joe Cunningham at RedState, A Number of Progressive Democrats Are Coming Out Hard Against Schumer Shutdown Deal. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Wait, so the president of the majority party who voted to keep the government open over a dozen times is now at fault for the shutdown? Why didn’t that standard apply to Obama, Jim?" Quote Jim Acosta @Acosta, "He’s presided over the longest, and most mean-spirited shutdown in American history, harming countless federal workers who were forced to seek out food banks to feed their families. Damn right they’re booing. Trump is despised across the DMV. x.com/acyn/status/19…" Althouse likes her NYT, "Six Takeaways From the Senate Deal to End the Shutdown." "Headline at the NYT. Free-access link: here. The 6 things (paraphrased unless in quotes): 1. Democrats lost their unity. 2. The health care matter was left out. 3. "Trump’s pressure tactics worked.... The group of people affected by the shutdown grew with each week" — from the thousands of federal workers going without pay to the millions who expected food-buying assistance and the millions who were hoping to travel by plane. 4. Trump did not participate in talks with Democratic Party leaders. He was, conspicuously, at an NFL game when the deal coalesced last night. 5. Republican leaders Mike Johnson and John Thune also withheld participation. 6. Democrats at least have "some concessions in their fight against the Trump administration’s concerted effort to reconfigure and diminish the federal government." That's not about health care. It's about rehiring those who were laid off during the shutdown and barring further layoffs until January 30th." Don Surber thinks Trump taught Republicans how to win.

Note, the prediction from my insider on the fishing trip, that the govt would reopen about Nov. 15 seems to be have been about on target. I wonder if I'll have band practice on Thursday?

In miscellaneous schutdown material, some a bit stale. At WokeSpy, Democrats’ Latest Shutdown Demands Prove Fight Isn’t About Health Care: Rep Tom Emmer. The Virginian-Pilot, Trump administration demands states ‘undo’ full SNAP payouts as states warn of ‘catastrophic impact’, "States are warning of ‘catastrophic’ disruptions." From OTP, SNAP CLAWBACK "States told halt full SNAP benefits, undo efforts to issue them, post SCOTUS ruling." I assume this is moot. At WJ, Schumer Sneaks Midterm Election Trap into New Proposal to End Government Shutdown. Virginia Kruta at Da Wire, Scott Bessent Flips Shutdown On Former Clinton Adviser George Stephanopoulos, "The ABC News anchor attempted to push back, claiming Bessent didn't have his story straight." But why read it when you can see it, Sundance hosts Sunday Talks: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vs George Stephanopoulos – Video and Transcript. OTP, Duffy Warns Air Traffic Could ‘Slow To A Trickle,’ Puts Pressure On Senate Dems and Hegseth Offers Military Air Traffic Controllers To Help Ease Flight Disruptions: Duffy. At Fandompulse, Video Game Delays And The Government Shutdown. Matt Margolis at PJM explains Here’s How Obamacare Really Works, and It’s Disgusting. At Hat Hair, 'If Pres Trump Came Out in Favor of Breathing to Live, They'd Hold Their Breaths'. John Kennedy @SenJohnKennedy, "President Trump is the President of the United States. My Democratic colleagues need to drink a cold, tall glass of ‘get over it’—not shut the government down because of that fact."

At Da Caller, Trump Admin Touts Record-Shattering Energy Report Despite Biden-Era Crackdown. WokeSpy, Bessent on Trump’s Rare Earth Revolution: ‘We’re Finally Becoming Independent Again’ At Hat Hair, Josh Hammer says It's Still the Economy, Stupid.

The Pop Times reports NYC’s New Mayor Mamdani Vows to Block ICE, Defy Federal Immigration Enforcement. The Telegraph sees Escape from New York: Bankers flee Mamdani for Texas, "Top earners are swapping Wall Street for ‘Y’All Street’ as the Lone Star State takes on the Big Apple." At Hat Hair, Betsy McCaughey predicts Mamdani Win Will Ravage Entire State, what happens in NYC doesn't stay in NYC. Tim Graham at TownHall says Don't Call Mamdani a Commie or Jihadi, but the sandal fits. C3 @C_3C_3, "Zohar Mamdani… 11/4: Vote for me for free stuff. 11/5: Give me your money. Typical Communist Swindler." From Fox, Nancy Pelosi's legacy is the socialist takeover of her party "Former House speaker retires after presiding over party's dramatic leftward shift since 2007.

Also at the Pop Times Biden Handler’s Hot Mic Moment Adds Evidence to Cognitive Decline ‘Debate.’ Larry Elder at Town listens carefully to Newsom: I 'Hate' Politicians Who Lie (Except for Biden).

Ward Clark at RedState has USAID's Secret Signal Chats that Document Plot Against U.S. Leadership. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, " MAJOR BREAKING: International actors are involved in the State Department led color revolution. This is not speculation; it’s straight from a recorded call. Ex-USAID employees describe how, before January 20, they moved internal groups off government systems and into encrypted Signal chats, then quickly linked with foreign partners and NGOs after the inauguration. This attempt at creating a color revolution isn't new news; this part was already reported in NOTUS earlier this year. But what's not reported is the international aspect. One participant explicitly frames it as "a global anti-authoritarian movement," connecting U.S. officials with "colleagues from around the world who have dealt with this directly." They reference coordination with Johns Hopkins, "international democracy and conflict mitigation spaces," and efforts to mobilize across borders against what they perceive as domestic authoritarianism. At what point does this become treason? As always, patience as I pull together this thread." DOGE wasn't a complete success, but the death of USAID was an important step. The same people are still around, but they now lack the backing of the US government. At CJ, Activists Want to Dismantle America’s Top Fighter Jet—by Any Means Necessary, "A global campaign is underway to cripple the F-35 supply chain." The excuse is their use by Israel, but of course, it's really that they are doing our adversaries bidding.

Sundance, Sunday Talks: Devin Nunes Discusses Trump Media Company Targeted During “Arctic Frost” Operation. Jeff Charles at TownHall, DOJ Is Trying to Investigate Stephen Miller's Doxxer – Democrat Officials Are Trying to Stop Them. From LifeZette, Judges Halt FBI Search of Activist’s Phone in Stephen Miller Threat Investigation. Da Caller notices Blue City ‘Violence Prevention’ Activists Keep Catching Violent Charges. The Misrule of Law documents how The Resistance Continues: Another Week of Nullification, Insurrection, and Obstruction. WSJ opines on The Politics of Anarchy, "Socialists regard disorder as a means to an end: government control." Greg Piper at JTN reports Pro-Israel Christians, Jews use law loathed by pro-life activists to stop anti-Israel disruptions. "It would make it more difficult to hold violent agitators and intimidating antisemites accountable under the law" if Congress repeals the FACE Act, as pro-life activists want, lawyer for religious organizations says."

From ET, Shots Fired at Border Patrol Agents in Chicago: DHS, "The incident occurred a few days after a federal judge ordered agents to stop using anti-riot measures," and ICE Has Received More Than 200,000 Job Applications: DHS.

OTP reports the BBC Director Resigns Over Editing Of Doc On Trump Speech Before J6, ‘Mistakes Made.’ It wasn't a mistake.

Kane 謝凱堯 @kane, "It gets worse: the @UCSF lecturer teaching the “psychopathology,” genetics, and evolution of “White people,” @danteking2020, has no publications in any field, and no background in genetics, psychology, or evolutionary science. This was paid for by taxes."

At WJ, School Cannot Force Students to Use Trans Pronouns, Federal Court Rules.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: In Like A Lion up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - About Tuesday's Elections . . .

At ET, Democrats Win Key Races: 5 Takeaways From Election Day 2025 Stephen Kruiser at PJM wonders Brutal Night for Republicans... Or Was It? Ian Bruene @J_Von_Random, "Today in SHOCKING NEWS! Democrat Machine Cities infamous for electing (or "electing") socialists have elected socialists in an off-year that isn't even mid-terms where most states aren't even voting. OMG THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE IN HISTORY. The ONLY POSSIBLE cause is that people were offended by twitter arguments over the last few weeks. Some of you demonstrate such a lack of memory beyond the last five minutes and general cognitive absence that a court could, probably should, find you mentally incompetent to be a full citizen. Please endeavor in future to reach at least the mental capacity of your average blue haired SJW. You do this every off year election, it's gotten really fucking old." Good point. Dave Strom at Hat Hair VIP on What Does It All Mean? Todd of Mischief at (Dis)Missive, has Thoughts on Election Day 2025, "Democrats won their races, but not a referendum." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Mamdageddon and Other Thoughts on Last Night's Unpleasantness and says If Republicans Want to Cut Socialists Off at the Knees, Homes Need to Be Affordable Again. A Larry video at Hat Hair showcases JD Vance's Emergency Election Warning: How to Beat Democrats, turnout. From Fox, Trump cites 2 reasons for GOP losses as Mamdani, Sherrill and Spanberger soar to victory. VodkaPundit at Insty sees MORE PLAIN TALK FROM DATA REPUBLICAN: DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "It’s a *structural* problem. The machine which spends billion of dollars to employ tens of thousands of “civic engagement coordinators” can dominate low turnout elections. Nothing more, nothing less. The GOP has to accept this instead of taking any silly lessons away like “we lost because we didn’t compromise enough”" Quote Mr. Jefferson, HSD, AA, BA @Jeffers95742731 Replying to @DataRepublican "Ugh... Does this mean any thing for 2026 though? Or are these just barren Democrat wastelands?" DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican, "6,000+ jobs on Indeed for "grassroots." Are you getting it yet?" At WokeSpy claims Republicans Positioned to Keep House Majority in 2026, Targets Democrats as ‘Socialists’ in New Ad. Don't get cocky. The Bugscuffle Gazette says The Democratic Party knows what it wants "And deserves to get it good and hard." Insty, AMERICA, 2025: Leon Joseph @ofcrdeonjoseph, "The president who is supposed to hate Black people wants to save Black Christians being slaughtered in Africa."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Mamdani Victory Party Was Lit. PJM's Matt Margolis thinks Mamdani’s Victory Speech Was the Most Disturbing Since Biden’s 'Red Speech' at Independence Hall. Amy Curtis at TownHall, finds The Mamdani Line People Are Calling 'One of the Most Horrifying Quotes' Spoken by a Politician. Jason Howerton @jason_howerton, ""We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about." Genuinely one of the most horrifying quotes I've ever heard from a politician." Twitchy, Zohran Mamdani Just Delivered One of the Most Horrifying Quotes Ever From a Politician. Jimmy Failla @jimmyfailla, "Mamdani had a CASH BAR at his victory party. If you can’t get a free vodka from this guy something tells me the free food and buses ain’t coming. Congrats, suckers." Silverloch notices Alex Soros Posts Photo With Mamdani After His Victory. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair says it's the Image of the Day: All Hail the Great Proletarian Triumph Over the Oligarchy, Comrades! VodkaPundit at Insty, WHY ARE WOMEN SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH SOMEONE WHO WISHES VIOLENT DEATH UPON CHILDREN? Twitchy again, Young Women Go Full Orwell: Majority Vote for the Commie in NYC, Because Feelings Over Freedom Every Time. At Da Caller, Mamdani’s Socialist Org Makes Progress Flooding Local Offices With Radicals Across US Pop Times, Elon Musk Warns New Yorkers About the ‘Charismatic Swindler’ That is Zohran Mamdani. From NYPo, Muslim group with ‘deep’ terrorist ties huge backer of Mamdani campaign: documents. Ted Cruz @tedcruz, "This is what happens when communists win." Quote Drew Pavlou @DrewPavlou, "Hasan Piker just went full mask off at the Zohran election victory party, declares it a tragedy that the USA defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War." AOC embraced him on camera just two minutes before he said this" Althouse finds Mr. Mamdani later told an ally that he had confided in his fiancée, Rama Duwaji, that he didn’t really think he could win." "The goal was to build a template for the kind of muscular leftist campaign that might one day crack the Democratic establishment’s hold. How that long-shot candidacy caught fire has been amply dissected by political observers here and in Washington. . . ." At Hat Hair, Chloe discourses on Mamdani, Socialism, Super PACs, and Political Violence. What Last Night’s Elections Really Mean (video). At Hat Hair, John Sexton cites Ross Douthat: Mamdani Is at the Top of the Cyclone But It's All Downhill From Here.

Dave Strom, Democrats: I Hope You Are Proud That You Elected Jay Jones. So, should we call him "2 bullets Jones, or just 2 tap? Matt Margolis, Virginia Elects Democrat Who Fantasized About Shooting Children. Mollie @MZHemingway, "As bad as Jay Jones is, knowing that my neighbors genuinely support him as AG while wishing death on Republicans and their children is far worse." Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Democrats realizing that they can run psycho candidates who want to kill Republicans and their voters won't bat an eye." From Ace, By Electing Child-Murder Fantasist and Cop-Murder Enthusiast Jay Jones, Democrats Have Chosen Violence, "At some point, they will succeed in convincing us that the path to political victory runs through rivers of blood, and won't that be fun." And Another Thing, All Democrats had to do was act normal. "They couldn't manage even that."

Dustin Grage @GrageDustin, "BREAKING: Jacob Frey has officially defeated Omar Fateh in the race for Mayor of Minneapolis. Minnesota of all places last night rejected socialism. There is still hope for the future."

Jeff Charles at TownHall, Chuck Schumer Just Pulled Off an Unprecedented Feat. Longest government shutdown in history. Dave Strom believes With the Elections Over, the Shutdown Will be Over Soon Too but John Sexton hears After Electoral Wins, Left-Wing Senators Want to Keep the Government Shutdown Going. Athena Thorne at PJM, says Touché, Lefties "Now that you got your election winnings, will you allow vulnerable Americans to eat again?" Adam Pack at Da Caller hears a Democrat Claims Some Federal Workers Want To Suffer Through Shutdown To Get At Trump, Van Hollen, likely true. From I&I, Here’s An Idea: Use The Shutdown To Privatize Air Traffic Control. Um, Maybe make the airlines pay to cost of the ATC system, but keep the money in a separate fund to avoid shutdowns. Ashley McCully at PJM sees a Local NC Farm Steps Up Amid Schumer Shutdown. Sundance at CTH hosts President Trump Delivers Remarks to Republican Senators During Breakfast at White House. From the Pop Times, Scott Jennings Embarrasses David Hogg, Flips the Script on His Shutdown Blame Game.

Capt. Ed hears Great News from ADP: Private Sector Hiring Increased By ... 42,000? But before we get too excited, have they fixed the manifest problems with the jobs numbers? Project Syndicate, Is Bessent Right About the Fed? From Fox, Trump gets apology from Canadian PM after anti-tariff Reagan ad backfires "The advertisement used Reagan's words to criticize Trump’s tariff policies toward Canada."

Driscoll at Insty cites ROGER KIMBALL: Time for a reckoning on the 2020 election. 

Pop Times reports a Fugitive Democrat Official Flees to Mexico After Elderly Fraud Charges. 

Ace, One of Biden's Inner Circle Had Four Million Reasons To Cover Up Biden's Galloping Dementia: A $4 Million Bonus if Biden Were Re-Elected "Mike Donnilon was one of the five people gatekeeping access to Biden, and hiding Biden in the basement, and running the government as Sundown enjoyed his 19 hours a day of "naps." He had reasons beyond mere partisanship to hide Biden from the world (and hide the world from Biden). His contract would award him $4 million if he successfully covered up Biden's dementia and defrauded the country into "re"-electing Biden."

Althouse thinks you should Listen to the live Supreme Court argument in the tariffs case, "Here, now." Sundance, Full Audio: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments Surrounding Presidential Tariff Authority. The Peacock infers Supreme Court justices appear skeptical that Trump tariffs are legal. They might be right, but I don't trust the Peacock's inferences. Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed believes Justice Jackson Is The Supreme Court’s Mean Girl. Shipwreckedcrew is the Lawsplainer: Ninth Circuit Judge Makes The Case That Calling Up The National Guard Is A Decision Left To The President -- No Role For Judges. "Appeals Court blocks the District Court's Order about Portland with unsparing language in a powerful counterpoint to the squishy approach of the Seventh Circuit to the same issues in Chicago." Mike Davies at Da Fed says John Roberts And Congress Need To Immediately Stop Gross Ethical Violations By Federal Judges. I think so too, but how? I don't see a process.

At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn reports the FBI Announces Arrest of Harvard Bombers and John Sexton hears Rep. Jared Golden Won't Run for Reelection, Citing Concern About Political Violence. From Politico, America is bracing for political violence — and a significant portion think it’s sometimes OK. "A majority of Americans think it’s likely a political candidate will be assassinated in the next five years." At JTN, GOP senators introduce legislation to codify Antifa terror designation "More than a month after President Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization, a group of senators is proposing legislation to codify the president’s executive order." It won't pass the filibuster, Antifa are the Democrat's black shirts. 

Atop Da Hill, Federal memo says cartels offering $10K for shooting at Border Patrol agents. Sister Toldja at RedState calls it a 'Game Changer': DHS Puts Masked Portland Wacktivists on Notice With Latest Announcement. The White House documents Criminal Aliens Receiving Medicaid.

Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Western Civilization is doomed, unless the core weakness of suicidal empathy is recognized and actions are taken that are hard, but necessary for survival." Quote Gad Saad @GadSaad, :A civilization is built on a set of internalized values. Numerous civilizations have developed radically different visions of how to organize societies, and these have competed in process akin to Darwinian selection in establishing which civilizational ethos permits for maximal flourishing. American exceptionalism is one such system and it has yielded the greatest society that the world has ever known. Suicidal empathy is going to destroy it because Western tolerance is its fatal Achilles tendon. Remember my words."

From the College Fix, Math teacher says he was called ‘ideologically violent’ for supporting standardized testing. John Sexton reports a Legal Challenge Overturns Scholarship Limited to Black Students in California.

Insty, QUESTION ASKED: Why do white men’s feelings matter more than black lesbians? "So there you have it: the feelings of white men matter more than the rights of black lesbians. That’s the takeaway from the mad fracas at a Gold’s Gym in Los Angeles this week, where a female gym-goer by the name of Tish Hyman says her membership was unceremoniously revoked. Her offence? She dared to complain about the presence of a person with a penis – what we used to call a bloke – in the women’s changing room. Women’s rights have been broken on the wheel of the trans ideology."

Still more links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.05.25 (Afternoon Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Beatings Will Continue garnering clicks at The Other McCain.