CNN crows Congress will vote on limiting Hegseth’s travel budget unless he releases unedited video of boat strikes. "Tucked into Congress’ massive defense policy bill is a provision that would limit Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget unless he provides the House and Senate Armed Services committees with unedited video of US military strikes in the Caribbean. The mandate in the must-pass piece of legislation – known as the National Defense Authorization Act – would withhold a quarter of the budget unless the Pentagon provides lawmakers “video of strikes conducted against designated terrorist organizations in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command.”" Althouse, Why withhold video of death? "I'm reading "Trump says Hegseth will decide whether to release boat strike video/The comments come after the president previously said his administration would release video of a controversial military operation, 'no problem'" (WaPo)." Fine, release the one of Obama droning an American teenager at the same time. Insty says THAT’S DIFFERENT, BECAUSE SHUT UP: Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "Matt Taibbi was talking on his podcast about how no one flinched during Obama’s presidency when they’d carry out the ‘double tap’ drone strikes: They’d drop a bomb on some ostensible terrorists. And then they’d wait and drop another bomb on the first responders: maybe some more terrorists, but also nurses, doctors, emergency respondents, good-Samaritan neighbors, and very often curious children. No one flinched about this practice. It was *totally fine.* But then of course Obama was in charge when this was happening. Just something to keep in mind as they try to engineer hysteria about that drug boat being hit twice." At Hat Hair Duane Patterson says Donald Trump Puts Teeth, and Drones, Behind Nancy Reagan's 'Just Say No' Policy. PJM's Matt Margolis remembers Democrats Supported Targeting Narco-Terrorists Before Trump, and We Have the Receipts. Matt Vespa at TownHall says there's No Way Adam Schiff Used That Phrase to Describe the Narco-Terrorists We're Blowing Up, “shipwrecked survivors.” Sarah Anderson at PJM sees Regime Meltdown: Another High-Ranking Maduro Insider Provides Trump with a Shocking Tell-All. From LifeZette, Dem Rep Claims Trump and Hegseth Will Murder Americans ‘Right Here at Home’ and Poll Shows Broad Backing for Stronger Military Action Against Narco Terrorists as Strikes Escalate. Ben Whedon at JTN, reports Trump's net approval rises 5 points: Harvard-Harris poll. I'm not saying that's the reason, but... At WokeSpy, Hegseth Slams Biden’s Admin as ‘Asleep at the Wheel, Credits Trump with Restoring Order.
Ace reads the NYT: Zelensky's Government "Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester." "Sounds like Zelensky learned from Tim Walz and Ilhan "Omar" nur." Sundance notes Zelenskyy Met with Starmer, Merz and Macron – Now Heading to Brussels. News Wax cites Zelenskyy: No Accord So Far on Eastern Ukraine in US Talks. Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Indeed So many politicians in Europe who are traitors to their own people." Quote, "Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith, "Hilarious to read all these tweets by Europeans telling US citizens to stay out of European politics. These are the same Europeans who have spent every waking moment over the last decade obsessively tweeting against Trump!" Dave Strom at Hat Hair VIP, Trump's National Security Strategy Commits an Unforgivable Sin: Telling the Truth.
Capt. Ed at Hat Hair VIP, Tariff Reinvestment? Trump Launches $12B Farmer Aid Package. Sundance hosts President Trump Holds a Roundtable Discussion on Agriculture and Farm Support. From News Wax, Trump Orders DOJ, FTC Task Forces to Probe Food Price Fixing. From Da Blaze, Trump Accounts: Newborns get a $1,000 tax-free nest egg that grows until age 18 — American dream revival or debt nightmare? VodkaPundit at PJM, Hey, Guess What the Experts Were Wrong About This Time! So many possibilities, but this one is about the production of smaller, cheaper cars. The FOO @PolitiBunny, "You voted to sunset these subsidies, Kirsten." Quote, Kirsten Gillibrand @SenGillibrand, "This is devastating. President Trump and congressional Republicans are abandoning cancer patients and survivors who rely on the enhanced ACA tax credits to buy health care." But they really intended them to be eternal. Sundance, House Releases Text of 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Codifying 15 Trump Executive Orders.
Jeff Skelley at the Decision Desk HQ looks at Carpetbagging and district-shopping: Politicians who run on new electoral turf "California Rep. Darrell Issa announced he would not run for a seat in Texas, but others are eyeing new districts and/or states to run in — which is nothing new in U.S. politics." A lot of people are leaving California for Texas. Atop Da Hill, Trump names Indiana state senators who ‘need encouragement’ on redistricting. At Da Blaze, 'Low IQ traitor': Trump torches MTG after she claims he 'directly fueled' death threats against her. News Wax, Trump Rips Pardoned Rep. Cuellar for 'Lack of Loyalty'. Frog meets scorpion.
A video at Hat Hair alleges Fraud in Minnesota Has Tim Walz Facing a Blizzard of Opposition. From NYPo, Somali illegal migrant fraudster photographed with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar. At WJ a Fact Check: No, Tim Walz Did Not Put Somali Fraudsters in Jail the Way He Claims - In Fact, He Is Blamed for That Same Fraud. At Breitbart, WATCH — Tim Walz’s Daughter: Trump Calling Dad ‘Retarded’ Has ‘Unleashed F**king S**t Storm’. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Special Needs Community Demands People Stop Comparing Them To Tim Walz https://buff.ly/y1aG8Fg" A Chloe vid at Hat Hair, Ilhan Omar’s FRIEND Just Exposed Her and White Liberal Wench Jennifer Welch Made Her Nastiest Comment Yet From Alpha News, EXCLUSIVE: Somaliland activist offers perspective on Rep. Ilhan Omar and Somali fraud in Minnesota "She's pointing fingers, calling everybody racist and Islamophobe. So to me, Ilhan Omar is a fraud. And I'm hoping that justice knocks on her door very soon." From Ace, Caught on Tape: Pro-Jihad, Pro-Antifa Muslim Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Gave Pep Speech to Somali Fraudsters: "Let's Just Go Fight These People," "Audit him and then throw him in prison." Driscoll at Insty cites MARK STEYN: "Minneapolis, Twinned with Rotherham." Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis, "Expecting Somalis not to rape our women is now Naziism." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "@IlhanMN says expecting immigrants to assimilate to American society and adopt American values reminds her of the Nazis." RightLine @RightLineNews, "JUST IN: Tom Homan is DEMOLISHING CNN as they try to insinuate he’s racist for arresting Somali migrants https://x.com/atrupar/status/1997669890098941970/video/1 CNN: Agents stop people because they look Somali?! HOMAN: No they're NOT. You can detain and question people based on reasonable suspicion! CNN: Is that based on how they look?!"HOMAN: NO. Their appearance alone can't raise reasonable suspicion. Dmitri Bolt at TownHall, Tom Homan Destroys Dana Bash After She Accuses ICE of Racial Profiling in Minnesota.
From WJ, Widespread Obamacare Fraud: Phony SSNs Had a 100% Success Rate for Getting Coverage, Investigation Finds. Wesley Yang @wesyang, "The Democratic party is the tail wagged by an enormous nonprofit industrial complex with millions of white collar rent-seekers who depend on it for their livelihoods and move in lockstep to generate the same policy outputs regardless of which figureheads nominally occupy elected office. . . "
From Althouse, "Why Mr. Biden waited so long to effectively seal the border has become one of the defining questions of his presidency." "Some aides feared that closing the border would be overturned by the courts. Others said that principles mattered. 'It was truly believed — deeply, by many, including the president — that that was not in keeping with our values,' said Ms. Jacobson, the former border czar...." From "How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration/The Democratic president and his top advisers rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return Donald Trump to the White House" (NYT)(gift link). dan turrentine @danturrentine, "Could not stomach reading this story on @JoeBiden immigration policy this AM, for fear I would be depressed, angry, or both. Just read it now and hope my blood will stop boiling by bedtime. Every D needs to read and take a long look in the mirror." Don Surber hears Democrats finally shout FJB, "Having lost the immigration war, they scapegoat their president." Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "The NY Times just got around to writing a story on how Biden and his staff were warned of the "chaos" caused by open borders and suggesting steps to deter the flood. The warning was ignored as they falsely claimed to be doing all that they could." Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "...We now know that Mayorkas's claim that there was nothing else that they could do was false. Within weeks, using the same authority, the current Administration effectively stopped such illegal crossings on the Southern border." From John Sexton at Hat Hair, The Latest ICE Outrage Didn't Involve ICE. Ace sees Nepo Baby Communist Congresswoman Grijalva Blocks ICE from Enforcing the Law, Gets Pepper Sprayed, Then Plays Victim "She inherited her Arizona seat from her father, the communist ratfucker Raul Grivalja. This antifa politician obstructed ICE operations as part of a dangerous mob and got pepper sprayed, as the other antifa rioters did. Then she claimed, "I didn't do nuffin'."" Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "BREAKING: Newly released video PROVES Democrat Rep. Adelita Grijalva was LYING about being pepper sprayed by ICE agents It wasn’t even CLOSE. In fact, the video shows her ACTIVELY OBSTRUCTING agents from conducting arrests @Rep_Grijalva should be ARRESTED for obstruction! To make it worse, it was Grijalva’s own camera man who pushed her away. NOT ICE." At RVM, Vance Breaks Down What Real Success on Immigration Means to Him. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "This is huge." Quote Aaron Sibarium @aaronsibarium, "NEW: Many IT firms are posting job ads that unlawfully bar applications from US citizens. Several of the firms are minority-owned—meaning they receive preferential access to government contracts at the same time that they exclude US." Dave Strom, It Is Always Lies.
Regarding Zohran Mamdani, Stacy McCain fears for New Yorkers, They’ve Forgotten How Bad It Could Be. From CJ, Meet the Anti-Cop Activists Who Will Advise Mamdani on Criminal Justice. "Many members of the mayor-elect’s Committee on Community Safety have long histories of anti-law-enforcement radicalism." From the NYPo, Zohran Mamdani gives advice to thwart, evade ICE in video message urging viewers to ‘stand up’ to feds. PJM's Cathy Salgado sees Commie Mamdani Defies Feds, Lies About Illegal Aliens. From Tom Knighton at TAW, The lies they believe. Matt Margolis has hopes, Grab Your Popcorn: Jasmine Crockett Is About to Crash and Burn, announces run for Texas governor.
WUWT predicts New York’s climate law will ration fossil fuels and tax the rations. From Fox, Alaska Natives defy Democrats, champion push to revive Arctic drilling that Biden shut down "Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat calls Rep. Nick Begich's resolution a 'positive sign' for Indigenous self-determination."
RVM cites Lara Logan: Deep State Preparing to Steal the Midterms. Althouse "It’s impossible to determine a single root cause for the overall sense of anger and frustration with government..." ""... but there is a fairly obvious hinge point after which voter fury grew, about 20 years ago. That’s when the Iraq War grew deadlier while the stated purpose of the invasion — to eliminate Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction — turned out to be false. The housing market had blown up by 2008, causing a financial collapse that left millions of homeowners underwater and, the following year, led to an unemployment rate of 10 percent. Around that time, cable news began breaking away from its early focus on crime and trials and was instead becoming focused wall-to-wall on politics and government, fragmenting into ideological corners just as technology turned phones into instant echo chambers...." From "Anger is a defining character trait for both parties, new study shows/Updated Pew research shows Democrats are now at record levels of anger toward government, surpassing previous GOP records" (WaPo)."
Ace, Family of J5 Bomber Denies Leftwing Media Claims That Bomber Was MAGA, ""Sources" put out the word to leftwing CNN and the Washington Post stating that the J5 Bomber "expressed doubts" about the 2020 election. They pushed this claim to prop up their narrative that the bomber was inspired by Trump to plant the bombs. In fact, he started buying bomb components in 2019 and then bought more of them during the George Floyd riots. All before the election. So what, is he a MAGA Psychic? Note to self: Copyright "MAGA Psychic."" NewsBusters sees the AP Editorialize All Over Pipe Bomber Arrest as DOJ 'Rewrite of History' of January 6. Shipwreckedcrew thinks DOJ Must Conduct A Criminal Inquiry Into The J6 Pipe Bomber Investigation. "It makes no sense that the FBI could not bring a case against Brian Cole in 2021 if the evidence is as seems to be laid out in the affidavit." From LifeZette, ‘Open Cover Up’: Biden’s FBI Was Not Incompetent, They Were ‘Competent at Corruption’. Steve Richards at JTN, Loudermilk asks for interview with key pipe bomb witness whose timeline diverges with FBI, "The witness, who later publicly identified herself as Karlin Younger, said she found the pipe bomb in an alleyway while doing laundry on the day of the Capitol riot.,"
From OTP, Ex-FBI Agents Sue After Being Fired For Protest Kneeling "The lawsuit says the agents were assigned to patrol the nation’s capital during a period of civil unrest prompted by Floyd’s death. Lacking protective gear or extensive training in crowd control, the agents became outnumbered by hostile crowds they encountered and decided to kneel to the ground in hopes of defusing the tension, the lawsuit said." From LifeZette, DC Judge Sides With Comey Ally, Bars DOJ From Using Seized Evidence, Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "Nothing “remarkable” about this Clinton-appointed witch who was never concerned about the 4A rights of J6ers and threw pro life grandmothers in federal prison for years siding against the Trump administration:" Quote Roger Parloff @rparloff, "Remarkable win for Prof Dan Richman (and Comey), at least temporarily. Judge Kollar-Kotelly orders USA not to access any info seized from Richman's devices—which Mag Judge Fitzpatrick called the centerpiece of the case vs Comey—till she permits." Cathy Salgado at PJM, reports Alina Habba Resigns After Woke Court Campaign.
Capt. Ed says Hmmm: SCOTUS Treads Lightly With Humphrey's Executor. But John Hinderacker at Power Line has hopes the Supreme Court is Poised to Restore Constitution. Althouse thinks "This is one of the hottest benches I've seen in a while." "There's live-blogging of Trump v. Slaughter going on over at SCOTUSblog. ADDED: I'm listening to the direct audio from the Court, which is here. AND: At SCOTUSblog, Amy Howe observes that "a solid majority of the justices appeared to agree with the Trump administration that a law prohibiting the president from firing FTC commissioners except in cases of 'inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office' violates the constitutional separation of powers...." and "I’ll put my cards on the table," said Justice Gorsuch. "Maybe... there is no such thing in our constitutional order as a fourth branch of government...." Insty cites Ace, WELL, GOOD: "Supreme Court seems likely to give Trump more power over agencies. Under the Constitution, there’s no such thing as an “Independent Agency.” Related: Thoughts from Prof. Philip Hamburger." unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "Repeat after me. There is no 4th branch of government. There is no such thing as an "independent" agency." Quote The Associated Press @AP, "BREAKING: The Supreme Court seems likely to expand the president's power and back President Trump's firing of independent-agency board members." USA Today, Supreme Court seems likely to give Trump more power over agencies. Elon Musk @elonmusk, "She is openly advocating for the destruction of democracy" Quote @amuse @amuse. "SCOTUS: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told the Court that presidents should not be able to fire the PhDs & experts who run the government. She even argued presidents should avoid control over transportation & the economy. In a remarkable exchange in Trump v Slaughter, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson claimed the president should have no power to fire expert bureaucrats. She said economists, PhDs, scientists, & transportation officials should operate beyond presidential reach. Such a view would carve the heart out of Article II & cement rule by permanent insiders rather than elected leadership. Jackson’s theory elevates the deep state over the voters who choose a president. That is a constitutional revolution in plain sight."
Bob Hoge at RedState says Oh, Come On! Clinton-Appointed Judge Jumps in to Stop Trump's Wind Project Order. At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn notices Greenpeace Lost in a US Court Over Pipeline Damage, Skitters to Dutch Court to 'Overturn' Judgement and John Sexton sees The Case Against Judge Dugan is Coming Into Focus. Dave Bernstein at the Volokh Conspiracy examines The Baffling Opinion in the Yakoby v. University of Pennsylvania Title VI Case.
Sundance reports the European Union Fines X (Twitter) $140 Million for Violations of Europe’s Digital Services Act, for not censoring what they want censored. Cathy Salgado, ‘Fourth Reich’: Musk Hits Back at EU After X Fine. Nick Arama at RedState thinks it's Hilarious: X Bodies the EU With the Perfect Response to Their Fine Nikita Bier @nikitabier, "The irony of your announcement: You logged into your dormant ad account to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer — to post a link that deceives users into thinking it’s a video and to artificially increase its reach. As you may be aware, X believes everyone should have an equal voice on our platform. However, it seems you believe that the rules should not apply to your account. Your ad account has been terminated." TechBuzz, X Terminates EU Commission's Ad Account After €120M Fine. Elon Musk @elonmusk, "America has freedom of speech as part of its constitution. In Europe, speech is routinely suppressed without people even knowing. As described above, left wing NGOs pushing propaganda mean less than nothing. Only a fool would think otherwise." Randy Barnett @RandyEBarnett, "We knew this was coming. Best that it happens with Trump as president." Quote Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "The EU has virtually declared war on free speech and is targeting American companies. That war just began with the first DSA fine. Not surprisingly, X was the chosen target — a company blamed by many in the EU and the U.S. for rolling back free-speech protections..." Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "A client got their first letter from Australian eSafety. This was our reply. The US government was copied." Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "Australia presents, to the United States, the exact same threat that the UK and EU do. The timing is not coincidental. All three sovereigns programmed their regimes to come online at the same time. We have a very short window, as a country, to shut it down."
T Adams at And Another Thing looks at ABC News vs. the White House, "A significant mistake from a small screw-up." John Sexton sees Of Course, the NY Times is Fawning Over Jennifer Welch. A Larry video at Hat Hair, CNN Getting Overhauled: Trump Ally Seeks to Buy the Network. At Althouse "[David] Ellison is the son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, one of the world’s wealthiest people and a friend and supporter of President Donald Trump." ""Trump on Sunday said he would be 'involved' in assessing the intended Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery deal, saying Netflix’s market share in the streaming sector 'could be a big problem.'" From "Paramount launches hostile bid for Warner Bros., challenging Netflix deal/The David Ellison-run company is promising Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders a deal it says is more lucrative and easier for the Trump administration to approve" (WaPo)."
NPR whines about HHS "dead naming" Admiral Levine, HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait. Rusty Weiss at RedState thinks What HHS Just Did to Biden Health Official Rachel Levine's Portrait Was Pretty Ballsy. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "HHS changed Richard Levine’s name back to Richard after the Biden admin referred to him as “Rachel.” This is a dude! If the truth hurts, seek help." PJM's Sarah Anderson thinks it's Awkward that the FIFA 'Pride Match' Will Feature Two Countries That Ban Homosexuality.
Still many unused factoids at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.08.25. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Hits Just Keep On Coming online and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.
