Tattoo Thursday

ABC, Miami Artist Breaks Record With Mid-Air Tattoo, "A Miami tattoo artist set the Guinness World Record for the highest altitude skydive while giving himself a tattoo." 

I have only one question. Why?

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: SecTreas Taking The Long Position? up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - From Gamers to Air Traffic Controllers

 A dog day in summer, not all that much of significance happening. From Althouse, "If you can merge gaming with aviation, why not?". Laura Ingraham @IngrahamAngle, " 2,000+ Gamers Hired for AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL @SecDuffy : “They multitask. They have to think on their feet. They work with their hands and their eyes, and they’re making great controllers… We had 14,000 applicants, 8,000 qualified. We were getting the best and the brightest.”" Sundance at CTH contributes Trade Court Rules U.S. President Can Set De Minimis Rules/Rates and Foreign Nations Cannot Interfere, Canadian Trade Officials Threaten to Leave USMCA Trade Talks if Trump Triggers 50 Percent Tariffs and The Southern Murkowski Wins SC Primary – Heads into Runoff Against Ralph Norman. I've nothing bad about Darlene Graham, but I'm generally against nepotism. If she was a good politician, she'd already be one. Peter Navarro to Newsmax: China Dodging US Tariffs. If they can, they will. Another from Althouse, "The right-wing De la Espriella, who was inaugurated last week, pledged during his campaign to bring the 'wrath of God' against drug traffickers and other armed groups to 'end them like cockroaches, like rats.'" "From "Colombia’s new president asks Trump to bring militarized antidrug campaign to the country/The South American nation is the world’s largest producer of cocaine" (WaPo)." Yeah, but you have to put in the effort, too. A day late, Ace notices Karoline Leavitt Will Leave Her Job as WH Spokeswoman at the End of the Month, "She says she wants to mother her new baby, and for once I believe the "spend more time with my family" line." TownHall's Kurt Schlichter opines The Doomers Can’t Deny Trump’s Big Wins "don’t spaz out like a teenage girl whose parents just read her diary about what President Donald Trump has accomplished so far." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair hears Trump Backing Another Fracking Attack in California. Make them contribute to the national energy supply. At RCE, Trump Is Right to Make Defense Contractors More Accountable.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Good on Trump for Being 'Stubborn' With Iran, Says ... Joe Scarborough? "Get ready for an avalanche of hate directed at Joe Scarborough for his sensible take this morning on the predicament Trump faces with Iran." From News Wax, Bessent to Newsmax: US to Hit Iran With Unprecedented Economic Isolation and Vance: Low Oil Prices Are Top US Goal in Iran Conflict. I thought it was no nukes. 

Capt. Ed parodies Pollsters in WI, MI: It Wasn't Us – It Was the One-Armed Voter! "So what actually happened? Axios attempts to pass along a series of excuses in a "here's why" piece, but it reads more like a litany of blame-shifting for an industry that has consistently failed to predict outcomes. Or even come close, for that matter." Dave Strom at Hat Hair thinks that This Isn't Suspicious: MI SOS Requires Deletion of Election Records One Week After Certification, despite a federal law require votes in a federal election to be held 22 months. Kevin Kijewski @KevinKijewski, "PICK A CRIME: That's the choice Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson handed my client, a township clerk. A new state rule Benson made orders my client to DELETE the electronic poll book records of the August 4 primary within 7 days of certification. What’s the problem? Federal law orders her to KEEP those same records for 22 months, into 2028. Delete them? Face up to 1 year of imprisonment under federal law. Refuse? Up to 90 days imprisonment under Michigan law. Every path carries a penalty aimed at my client personally. For trying to follow the law..."

John Sexton sees Mamdani's Rent Freeze Is Going As Well As Expected. Scott Pinsker at PJM opens The Gentleman’s Guide to Destroying the DSA, Humiliating El-Sayed, and Saving America! "But now that we know El-Sayed can’t resist taking the bait and flushing his happy-happy-joy-joy image down the toilet when the alternative is appearing weak or “different,” the GOP ought to make a beeline in that direction. That’s our PR sweet spot — and Abdul El-Sayed’s biggest vulnerability." Dave Strom, Oh, Joy! 'Diverse' Somali Child Care Owner Wins Democrat Primary for State House Seat in Rural MN. At least the sign was spelled right. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "The most dangerous thing Republicans can do is underestimate candidates like AOC in 2028. We need to focus on addressing the issues that are attracting voters to them instead of dismissing their concerns. Time to get serious." Quote Polymarket @Polymarket, "BREAKING: AOC overtakes Marco Rubio in the 2028 presidential odds for the first time this year, moving into second place. 13% chance AOC wins the White House." James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames, "I once again see socialism being caused by the perception of downward mobility among privileged children of relatively wealthy people."

From Breitbart, Democrat CA Gov. Nominee Xavier Becerra Blinks, Calls for Paramount-Warner Settlement, as Paramount threatens to leave the state. Beege Welborn thinks she detects Some of the Bloom Coming Off That Faded Becerra Rose. "Becerra now has the support of 55% of likely voters, down from 61% in last month, according to a Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies/Los Angeles Times poll. Hilton, meanwhile, has edged up one point, from 36% to 37%, shrinking Becerra’s once-commanding 25-point lead to 18 points." I'd like to believe California can better itself, but it's hard. Justine Bateman @JustineBateman, "LOL. Your comparison between these two cities is very significant. Detroit's main industry of automotive production was destroyed and left the town hollowed out. The same thing is happening with Los Angeles. The entertainment business has been steadily drained from this place for at least a decade. LA will soon be hollowed out just like Detroit. It is becoming just sprawling city with no central industry at all." Quote Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom, "Detroit and Los Angeles have a lot in common — cities defined by resilience, reinvention, and generations of Black and Brown leadership. And both have been targeted by Donald Trump because of it. Grateful to sit down with Black leaders to talk about building economic power..."

VodkaPundit at Insty, NOT FLORIDA WOMAN: "Tacoma Democrat arrested in five-car DUI crash one week after winning House primary. “Though she was recognized as a House candidate, a source tells The Jason Rantz Show that she did not seek any special treatment, nor did she identify herself as a candidate.” That’s actually refreshing."

Capt. Ed explains The NGO Racket: How Durban 2001 Led to 'Rape Dogs', SPLC Corruption, and More

Kamala Harris Issues Dire Warning That SAVE America Act Could Result In America Being Saved https://t.co/dyXgRavq4g

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 13, 2026

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "It might be too late already. The dynamics of demographics and basic givingAF are such, western civilization may already have hit the tipping point. To be determined. Spain was occupied for 800 years, drove them out. The Balkans were occupied for 500 years. But were left with a wretched legacy of divided populations. ..." Quote Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan, "I had to write this because too few Americans understand the stages by which Islamists pursue power and where America may be today. We should learn to recognize the pattern before it is too late.…" David Bernstein @ProfDBernstein, "Commie anti-Israel fanatic Owen Jones: "I support a one-state solution with Arab majority rule after a right of return is exercised. Don't worry, the Jews will be fine." His X audience, as in the tweet below: "How dare you as a Westerner tell Palestinians that they can't murder and expel the Jews!", Quote Ashish Prashar @Ash_Prashar, "People in the west cannot be allowed to set the terms of liberation. No one should dare ask the occupied who are victims of a genocide to live side by side with the very terrorists committing those crimes. Colonizers do not belong on that land whether they are British or Israeli." Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "A New York town is facing a federal lawsuit after officials refused to allow a Christian Nativity display in a public square while permitting Islamic religious displays..."

Stacy McCain enjoys his schadenfreude as The Feds Put the Cuffs on Heidi "Grudge, you say? Why would I have a grudge against Heidi Beirich, who did so much to make me famous as a “neo-Confederate white supremacist”? Probably the SPLC has removed her bylines from the various articles she wrote about me, decades ago, when her transparent purpose was to get me fired from The Washington Times." Sundance, SPLC Chief Financial Officer Arrested for Paying Hate Groups and Nazis – Wire Fraud, Conspiracy, False Statements. TheFOO @PolitiBunny, "America wasn't a racist country. Americans as a whole aren't racist. So SPLC tried to make it happen so they had a reason to take people's money. Evil." Quote Twitchy Team @TwitchyTeam, "What an absolutely horrific woman. Gets WORSE: Techno Fog Shares Most DAMNING Receipts yet of Former SPLC CFO's Neo-Nazi Relationship." Ace, Grossly Ugly SPLC AWFL Who Funneled Money to Her KKK Boyfriend So He Would Give Her a Pity Nazi-Bang Arrested for Money Laundering, "Sad!"

PJM's Matt Margolis thinks The Russiagate Hoax Looks Even Worse After These FBI Revelations "The White House Government Transparency Task Force released a trove of intelligence community records on Wednesday, including a recovered FBI spreadsheet. It cataloged more than six dozen prominent Americans, foreigners, and organizations tied to the Biden-Ukraine scandal and Donald Trump's 2019 impeachment. Democrats, including the Bidens, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, and George Soros, were labeled "targets" of Russian disinformation. Conservatives investigating the Bidens, including Fox News, One America News, Michael Caputo, and Rudy Giuliani, were branded "conduits" spreading it. It gets worse. The FBI also tagged Trump's own Cabinet officials, Bill Barr and Mike Pompeo, along with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), then-Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), as disinformation "conduits." For what? Investigating whether the Biden corruption allegations were true. The FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force signed off on every single assessment."

Kyle Becker at RedState says Boom: Judges Give Americans a Pair of Election Integrity Wins "Judge Andrew Oldham, writing for a unanimous panel, concluded that the challengers lacked standing to attack Texas's mail-ballot ID requirements because they failed to demonstrate that their members faced a substantial risk of future harm." Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket, "BREAKING: In a loss for voters, the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a state law requiring absentee ballots to include a witness signature. As a result, absentee voters must continue to: mark the ballot in the presence of a witness and sign a certificate stating all voter eligibility requirements are met."

At Althouse, "The Ivy League graduate had briefly planned to pursue an ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defence after pleading not guilty to murder of healthcare boss.", "I'm reading "Luigi Mangione expected to discuss 'plea deal on Friday'" in the London Times. You can tell the publication is British and not just by the spelling of "defence." It's the forefronting of "Ivy League graduate" rather than his being considered especially cute, which is what counts in America." Ace hears The Left's Dreamboat Assassin Luigi Mangione Close to Pleading Guilty In Execution of United Healthcare CEO and Father Brian Thompson "These are federal charges, so they plea deal is being negotiated by "Trump's" DOJ. But we all know about the Southern District of NY, where Comey's foul daughter worked. If this is a sweetheart deal -- if it's anything less than life in prison without parole -- then every single corporation should immediately evacuate New York City, as this communist shithole has been determined to be a place where a jury won't convict a leftwing killer. And if Trump doesn't like the deal, he should overrule "his" lawyers and yank it off the table. I fear that's exactly the plan."

Sundance approves that DOJ Announces Charges Against 11 Defendants in Chinese “Fake Marriage” Fraud Scheme. Beege Welborn is irate, Hola, Yanquis! 37 Illegal Years in US, Speaks Nary a Word of English, and Demanding Citizenship. Breitbart News @BreitbartNews, "Margarita Cielo Balbuena, a woman who has been in the U.S. since 1989 and cannot speak a WORD of English, demands amnesty at a Democrat presser about Delaney Hall: "We need a path to citizenship for those of us that have been present at least 7 years in this country."" Mike Bales @MikeBales, "If white South Africans still don’t “belong” in South Africa after four centuries, explain how a Somali who arrived in Minnesota last month is already American." Littlekelley @Little1kelley, "The white South Africans don’t (as far as we know) vote for the Democratic Party."

Dave Strom hears Pedro Sánchez Wants People to Think Ceuta Is Over; It's Worse Than Before.

Dave Strom sees The Lynchings That Aren't. Sean Davis @seanmdav, "Her black boyfriend was arrested. You don’t hate CNN enough." Quote The Lead CNN @TheLeadCNN, "Police investigating after a Black woman was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi."

Timur Kuran @timurkuran, "Universities across the Anglosphere are stocked with Jason Ardays. None match his colorful résumé, yet the faculty and administrators who hired them under DEI rules have faced zero accountability. Cambridge is just the latest chapter in the same story." Quote Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien, "Still no one in Cambridge has resigned - and there has been no accountability for this misuse of taxpayers' money." Ward Churchill just died.

Capt. Ed, Woke Will Eat Itself, Chapter MCLXII: WNBA Meets to Discover Definition of 'Woman', And ... can't. 

At Althouse, "The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today released a report Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of “Gender Medicine'..." "... a commissioned report examining insurance coding practices, perverse financial incentives, and the provision of sex-rejecting procedures for minors. Drawing on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Guidance, Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations, peer-reviewed scientific literature, hospital records, whistleblower testimony, nationwide insurance claims analyses, and interviews with patients and parents, the report presents HHS’ findings and recommendations about the industry pushing and profiting off so-called “gender medicine.” A shortform documentary illustrating the report’s findings and highlighting the stories of victims of predatory gender medical practices was also released in conjunction with the report...." Wesley Yang @wesyang, "The chances are quite high that virtually every gender clinic and doctor in America already has a long backlog of criminal acts that will be trivially easy to discover — and that now will be found and prosecuted." Quote Eithan Haim MD @EithanDHaimMD, "The critical detail to understand about the HHS Report, especially the section on healthcare fraud, is that the "signals" are remarkably easy to identify. The list of fraudulent diagnoses are widely advertised by gender activists, easily detectable through publicly available."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Another Rough Start up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Platner Bails Out - Iran War Back On

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Beach Report 7/3/26

A brutally hot summer day, without even a decent breeze to help. Temps at home were around 97 this afternoon. When I left for the beach, Cove Point was showing about 88 over the water, later climbing to 92. 

I managed the full walk up the beach past Matoaka and back with the help of one bottle of water. You can't see in these pictures, but there are a few places along Matoaka where the cliffs provide some welcome shade.

I found 14 shark's teeth of which this was the best. It's a Snaggletooth, of course, but there appears to be  some debate over position. I think it's an upper tooth close to the center, maybe next to the parasymphyseal because of the heavy serrations, others think it's a lower. Paul Murdoch was out walking a group, and I asked him, and he waffled.

The Sea Nettles are definitely here. 

There was a fly-over from a B2 bomber flanked by 2 B1 bombers. I assume they were on their way to a fly-over of the National Mall. This is the first time I've ever seen either of those planes in real life. Too bad I couldn't get my phone ready for a picture in time.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran Refuses Trump's Hormuz Demand

To open the fucking strait. From Ben Whedon at JTN, Iran rejects 45-day ceasefire plan "Despite the apparent stall in negotiations, Trump declared he is negotiating with an "active, willing participant" on the Iranian side." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Go Figure: Iran Rejects Ceasefire, Drops a Little List of Its Own Demands in Return. M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman, "𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝟏𝟎-𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐒 — 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐄 While Trump was speaking at the White House, Iranian state media confirmed through IRNA that the regime has conveyed its response to Pakistan’s mediation effort: 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞. Instead, they want a “𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳” — on their terms. Iran’s 10-point demand list includes: an end to all conflict in the region, a “𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭” for the Strait of Hormuz, the 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, and — most remarkably — 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 for what the U.S. and Israel have destroyed. The reporter on the ground called it what it is: “𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴”." Yeah? Well, fuck that. Dave Manney at PJM calls it Defiance Without Leverage: Tehran’s Fatal Miscalculation. Ace sees Iran Rejects Cease-Fire Proposal "Iran Rejects Latest Cease-Fire Proposal, Wants Permanent End to War." Nick Arama at RedState thinks this is Despicable: Iranian Regime's Vile Move to Try to Stop Trump From Hitting Power Plants. Decado @ItsDecado, "The absolute cowardice of this cannibalistic regime is on full display for the entire world to see. Right now, the senior commanders of the Islamic Republic and their families are cowering in deep underground bunkers. But what are they asking of their followers? They are literally begging them to become human shields. State TV has just called for people to form human chains around our power plants tomorrow to cry to the world about war crimes. They are demanding that bodies be used to protect the very infrastructure they stole from us. Look at the undeniable contrast. President Trump willingly sacrificed millions of dollars in military equipment just to ensure not a single American pilot was lost in the southwest. That is the fundamental difference between a true leader who actually values human life, and a terrorist occupation that feeds on it. The mullahs are perfectly willing to let their own supporters burn to ashes as long as they get to survive another day in the dark." Betsy Stauffer at LI, Democrats Blast Trump’s Easter Ultimatum to Iran in Typical, Homogenized Messaging “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day … Open the F***in’ Strait, you crazy b**tards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah.” TownHall's Tom Knighton notes Iran's Greatest Ally Is the Left. Aviva Klompas @AvivaKlompas, "Dear college students who so fervently protested for months across America: Iran is hanging kids your own age for doing exactly what you did - protesting. Why aren’t you standing up for Iranians who desperately want freedom?" Driscoll at Insty sees BILL KRISTOL FINALLY DISCOVERS A MIDDLE EAST WAR HE OBJECTS TO.

VodkaPundit at PJM, Next Phase Begins: Israel Decapitates Iranian Intelligence. From NYPo, All the pieces are lining up for regime change in Iran. Duane Patterson at Hat Hair, Iran Is Also Losing The Lego War. Scott C. Johnston @SJohnston60, "My liberal friends all dismiss Pete Hegseth as a “Fox News clown” And yet, in barely more than a year, recruiting is soaring and he has overseen four flawless and very complex operations. Midnight Hammer Venezuela Iran Pilot rescue Hats off to this guy." From VodkaPundit at Insty, HMM: Trump confirms U.S. sent guns to Iranian people, but says intermediary kept them. "“We sent some guns,” he said. “They were supposed to go to the people so they could fight back against these thugs. You know what happened? The people that we sent them to kept them.” “So, I am very upset with a certain group of people and they’re gonna pay a big price for that,” he added. Trump previously told Fox News’s Trey Yingst that he believed Kurdish groups had kept the guns intended for the Iranian people. Kurdish militia forces had been the subject of speculation over a possible role in a ground operation against Iran."

Rusty Weiss at RedState, Trump Vows to Hunt Down, Jail Leaker Who Endangered Missing F-15 Pilot by Tipping Off Iran. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "HOLY SMOKES. President Trump just said a leaker AIDED AND ABETTED Iran, leaking to the fake news information about the search for an American airman PRISON. "When they did that, all of a sudden, the entire country of Iran knew that there was a pilot that was somewhere on their land that was fighting for his life!" "They put this mission, that man at great risk, and HUNDREDS of people looking for him!" This leaker then prompted Iran to put out a BOUNTY on an American troop. Trump will seek JAIL TIME if the media outlet does not reveal who it was. LOCK THE LEAKER UP. "The person that did the story WILL GO TO JAIL if he doesn't say!" Sundance at CTH hosts CIA Director John Ratcliffe Discusses Covert Intel Role During Iran Rescue Operation and President Trump News Conference on Iran Rescue Operation. Amy Curtis at TownHall, President Trump Held a Major Press Conference Today. Here's What He Said. From NYPo, How US used SEAL Team 6, a CIA ruse and death from above to rescue missing F-15 airman in Iran: ‘They’ve been schwackin’ dudes chasing him’. Spitfire @RealSpitfire, "We literally setup a temporary special forces base inside Iran and flew in 300 Army, Navy, and AF special forces troops and little bird gun ships. Then we fought a whole mini war and killed like 1500 Iranian soldiers in 6 hours. And all we left behind was a pair of American flag underwear and some MRE’s. I’m not pro war… but holy sht we can do some amazing things." Jesús Enrique Rosas - The Body Language Guy @Knesix, "So while a wounded American Colonel was hiding in a mountain crevice at 7,000 feet in Iran with nothing but a pistol and a prayer, and the CIA was running a fake rescue convoy to confuse the IRGC, and MQ-9 Reapers were methodically deleting anyone who got within two miles of him, and special operators were prepping to fly INTO Iran, fight their way to a ridge, extract one man, have two planes get stuck in the sand, blow them up, fly in three MORE planes, fight their way OUT... The American left saw that the White House had gone quiet and decided: clearly, Trump is dying at Walter Reed. They posted old video from the Butler assassination attempt as breaking news. They cited "credible reports." A guy literally drove to Walter Reed and reported back: no motorcade, no activity, roads open, nothing happening. Didn't matter. The narrative was already at a million views. Trump was in the Oval Office the entire time, monitoring a rescue op so complicated it already has a Wikipedia page..." From Twitchy, Slim Jim Shocker! Image on X Surfaces of a Valuable US Asset Iran Recovered After Pilot Rescue.

Another crushing blow dealt to the imperialist aggressor. In a single stroke the Iranians have closed the teriyaki beef stick gap and will soon establish dominance. https://t.co/KFWNusASjl

— Strategic Trends (@StrategicTrends) April 5, 2026

Beege Welborn, New Benchmark in European Warfare: French Retreat From Battle They Never Joined MORE. Dave Strom at Hat Hair thinks the Rescue of F-15 WSO Reveals HUGE Cultural Divide Between Left and Right, Europe and America. Twitchy, John Konrad BLISTERS Europe In a Devastating Post About the REAL Reason NATO Is In Trouble. John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad, "This is why Americans are the deadliest fighters on earth..." At PJM, VodkaPundit, The European Mind Can't Comprehend Why We're Such Bad A****s. Tim Soret @timsoret, "As a European, I apologize to Americans for all the idiocy coming from our side. You save your pilots no matter the cost. You send humans to the moon. You fight authoritarianism head-on. It's truly inspiring. We're on the wrong side of the moral equation." Quote Tim Soret @timsoret, "Frankly I hope I can join your ranks one day. I'm done with the morally smug, economically illiterate, declinist mindset here. We think we're so cultured & so smart, but it's mostly masturbatory. Americans keep demonstrating their uniquely actionable & pragmatic intelligence." Donald Vandergriff on Why the United States Must Withdraw from NATO: Reclaiming Maneuver Warfare, Mission Command, and Strategic Initiative in a Fourth-Generation World "Withdrawal is not isolationism; it is the maneuver required to win in the generations of war ahead." 

A Larry video at Hat Hair, Trump Crushes Democrat Operation to Remove Him As Republican Support Surges. alexandriabrown @alexthechick, "For 40+ years, I have heard that Current President will not leave when his term ends Because of Reasons. The hysterical bleating about it has not gotten less stupid of those years." Quote Frank @richardrahl1086 Replying to @alexthechick and @maddenifico
"When Trump leaves office in January 2029 these people will act like they never said any of this ridiculous shit." Matt Margolis at PJM, Here’s What Trump Has to Say About More Cabinet Shake-Ups. Sundance, President Trump Endorses Steve Hilton in California GOP Primary. At the Chronic, Florida Conservatives’ Powerful Lessons for America. Tom Knighton at BA, Hysteria Reigns Following Hegseth's Announcement allowing soldier to carry guns. Insty, HE’S NOT WRONG. BUT THEN HE SELDOM IS.

𝐕𝐃𝐇: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐅𝐓'𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑-𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆

Victor Davis Hanson opens with a claim that sounds hyperbolic until he backs it up: we are watching 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧… pic.twitter.com/6gXd3bnYF6

— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) April 6, 2026

Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll, "No, we shaved off votes in the red counties in the countryside where Trump was strong, and we left the blue counties untouched. We shaved off 10 percent in Douglas County (CO) and 10% in Mesa County (CO) and other red counties until Biden's count was over 50 percent statewide." Quote Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll "Page 185: "The engineer who actually built the algorithm stealing the election for Biden looked at me like I was an idiot and asked, "Do you think we stole the election here in the blue counties? We're smarter than that. No, we shaved off votes in the red counties in the x.com/Rasmussen_Poll…" Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll, "NEW: Mainland China CCP factory employees and Taiwanese warehouse workers have provided written affidavits on how they and others have installed illegal corrupted components into U.S. voting machines FOR YEARS ... From @EmeraldRobinson & @PatrickByrne" Maisey Jefferson at Da Fed reports Maine Supreme Court Shoots Down Dems’ ‘Unconstitutional’ Ranked-Choice Voting Scheme. 

Erick Erickson @EWErickson, "The biggest problem the Democrats have is their inability to love America when they are not in charge of it." Quote Delanie Bomar @DelanieBomar, "This is a five-alarm fire for Democrats in swing states. CNN: "Democrats are, just simply put, running behind their previous benchmark." Dave Strom thinks It Is Impossible to Overstate How Deranged the Left Has Become and Hasan Piker Is Becoming a Litmus Test for the Left. Jean @queens_parents, "Anti-capitalist Zohran Mamdani is tight with his buddy Hasan Piker who thinks this about property owners who don’t rent: “Yeah kill them! KiII those motherf*ckrs and muder those motherf*ckrs in the streets…let the streets soak in their red f*ing capitalist bloods”" Kim "Katie" USA @KimKatieUSA, "TikTok influencer goes on TMZ and calls assassin Luigi Mangione “the closest thing we have to a real-life superhero” then demands he be released because “we have MORE WORK TO DO.” These people aren’t confused. They’re straight-up evil." End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Joy Reid's warning about the far-right: "Their plan? 0 income tax, 0 regulation, earn as much as you want, your family inherits it all!"" Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "To save Democracy, we must criminalize voting" Quote Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok "Meet Suzanna Karatassos (D). She’s running for Georgia State House. She says if Democrats win then anyone who voted for Trump should lose internet access for four years." 

Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren "Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "Just stop, we all know your scam. >Democrats raise taxes. >Money flows to NGOs packed with Democratic operatives. >Those operatives take their cut, write a check to Democratic campaigns > Report back that the problem still exists and needs more funding. If you fix the problem... the money stops. So nothing ever gets fixed..." At Bastiat's Window, Eating Jeff Bezos
Senator Elizabeth Warren proposes a wealth tax on "ultra-millionaires." "Note that in 1913, the federal income tax was sold as a tax on the richest of the rich in America." VodkaPundit at Insty hears a GOOD QUESTION: Why is Kweisi Mfume Funneling $245K in Federal Funds to Johns Hopkins for Gun Locks That Are Already Available for Free? “But maybe the prospect of the Bloomberg School, that’s named for America’s most prominent gun-grabber, handing out locks provided by the gun industry is more than anyone at Johns Hopkins can handle. Better, then, to have taxpayers foot the bill, right? Besides, the school has demonstrated that they’re more than happy to hoover up as many federal tax dollars as they can to further the cause of civilian disarmament. Or maybe the money went somewhere else — who knows?” Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "Gee, was anyone else president in the interim?" Quote Charlie Sykes @SykesCharlie "10 years after Trump vowed to erase the national debt, it has doubled https://reason.com/2026/03/31/10-years-ago-today-trump-promised-to-eliminate-the-national-debt-instead-it-has-doubled/"

Nicole Russell at USA Today notes Democrats destroyed California. Could a Republican save it? | Opinion. Joel Kotkin at NYPo, Why Californians are leaving — and what Gavin Newsom is spending $19M to hide. From the California Globe, Top 50 Disasters Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Ushered into California: 2025 Edition. Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "The juxtaposition between the 60 Minutes piece on California’s high-speed rail disaster and Elizabeth Warren’s “please bro, just another seven billion dollars” tweet is delightful." Beege Welborn says Dems Searchin' for Their Electoral Savior and Their Fantasy Candidate Looks Suspiciously Familiar. John Sexton at Hat Hair has hopes Is San Francisco Sobering Up? They might try rehab, but I doubt it will stick. And a Report: Group of Women Preparing to Accuse Rep. Swalwell of Harassment and Virginia Voters Discover Gov. Spanberger Is Not a Moderate.

Bob Hoge at RedState reports Steve Bannon's Contempt of Congress Conviction Vacated by the Supreme Court. Mediaite whines JUST IN: Supreme Court Sides With Steve Bannon, Leading to Possible Dismissal of His Contempt of Congress Conviction. Now do Pete Navarro. 

Kevin Downey at PJM has the The J6 Pipe Bomb Update You Don't Want to Miss. It's still Weird. I'm not convinced either way.

MD Kittle at Da Fed thinks Trump Needs A ‘Vicious Operator’ To Bring Justice Back To The Justice Department. Sundance has a Question from Mail: It’s Been Two Weeks on the Atkinson Transcript, What’s the Holdup?

CIS reports DHS Funding Follies Continue "How do you deal with kidnappers who aren’t clear what ransom they’re demanding?" TownHall's Joe Chalfant thinks Sec. Markwayne Mullin's Newest Proposal Should Have the Left Terrified. Sanctuary city? No customs and border patrol at your airport. Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "NEW: In interview w/ colleague @BretBaier, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin floats the idea of stripping CBP/customs officers from airports in large sanctuary cities as retaliation for refusing to cooperate with the federal government. International travelers wouldn’t be able to fly into airports and leave without going through customs. Mullin points out that Democrats are also refusing to fund CBP. “It’s something we’re looking at,” Mullin said." From PM, Texas continues cutting services for illegal immigrants. Bart Marcois at Am Great asks Is Deportation Compassionate? "True compassion doesn’t stop at borders; it strengthens nations by rewarding legal immigration, enforcing the law, and exporting the ideas that made America prosper." Atop Da Hill, Jonathan Turley on birthright citizenship, Reclaiming our own birthright: We might need to amend the Constitution.

Driscoll at Insty, 60 MINUTES: Steve Kroft ‘Hated’ Working for CBS Newsmagazine, He Says. "60 Minutes has been rocked by tumult recently, with high-profile talent shakeups and the $16 million parent company Paramount agreed to pay to Donald Trump last summer to settle a lawsuit regarding the newsmagazine. When asked about the atmosphere at 60 Minutes during his July 2025 appearance on The Daily Show, Kroft said, “Devastating’s a good word. I think there’s a lot of fear over there. Fear of losing their job, fear of what’s happening to the country, fear of losing the First Amendment, all of those things.” The “fear of losing the First Amendment” is pure hyperbole; beyond that 60 Minutes’ tumult hasn’t been just “recently.”" NYPo, NPR didn’t quote a single member of Michigan synagogue after attack — but interviewed terrorist’s pals in Lebanon. At Hollywood in Toto, ‘SNL’ Audience Cheers Trump Assassination Joke.

Susie Crabtree at RCP, California High School Reverses Suspension Over Pro-ICE Flyer. From Liberty Unyielding hears Howard University appoints racist crackpot as history professor, giving him an endowed chair, Ibram X. Kendi. Well, Howard University. At the College Fix a Native American adjunct lecturer ponders ‘colonial logics’ of Artemis II moon launch.

Jonathan Turley is outraged by Poison Ivey: Chicago Bulls Release Forward After He Speaks Out Against Pride Month. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Chicago Bulls Offer To Reinstate Jaden Ivey If He Will Do Some Cocaine And Beat A Few Women."

Plenty more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.06.26.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Sets Sights on Iran's Power, Bridges and Oil

Until now, the military action in Iran has focused on the Iranian leadership, with attacks carried out mostly by Israel, and their military capabilities, largely with US Forces, leaving the civilian infrastructure of power, transport and revenue generation (oil) largely alone, hoping that if and when a suitable government of Iran emerges it won't be left with a country without the ability to take care of itself. Now, Trump is threatening to start dismantling the underpinnings of the regime further, by targeting power plants, bridges and oil production if the IRGC does not open the Straits of Hormuz to international traffic. Jim Hanson @JimHansonDC, "It doesn't get more straightforward than this from President Trump. The gloves come off Tuesday against the Ayatollahs." Althouse has the vapours over his use of the curse word, "Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah." "That's the way our President speaks...Hard to believe, but there it is." Sundance at CTH, President Trump Fills in Remarkable Background Details – Deal Tomorrow or U.S. Begins Systematic Destruction of Iranian Infrastructure. OutspokenSamantha @Outspoken_Sam, "Yes, I did in fact vote for a President who would call our enemies "crazy bastards" and threaten to send them to hell if they didn't take us seriously. What's actually embarrassing is voting for someone to send them money."

Of course, most of yesterday's digits were spilled on the rescue of the weapons system operator of the F15 that was shot down over Iran. It appears the airman, injured in the incident, evaded capture, and climbed a 7,000 ft mountain to wedge himself into a hidey-hole to await rescue. Reports are the US built a runway to land rescue planes in the desert, rescued the WSO, and had to ditch two C-130s in place due to mechanical issues, blowing them up to prevent their secrets from being revealed. It is also reported that Irani resistance slowed the IRGC search, and the CIA promoted a hoax to mislead the IRGC as to where the man was hiding. I'm not so sure of the first, and I expect the CIA to lie at every available opportunity, especially to make themselves look important. Stacy McCain calls it an Easter Miracle: U.S. Rescues Second Crewman From Downed F-15E in Iran. Streiff at RedState explains How the Amazing Rescue of Two American Airmen Unfolded. Althouse has the NYT take, "The rescue followed a life-or-death race between U.S. and Iranian forces that stretched over two days to reach the injured airman, a weapon systems officer, officials said." ""The operation took commandos deep inside Iran and involved hundreds of special operations troops. There were no U.S. casualties among the rescue team, Mr. Trump said. The rescued officer had 'sustained injuries, but he will be just fine,' Mr. Trump added..." From "Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Rescues Officer From Downed Fighter Jet in Iran, Trump Says" (NYT)." From Sundance, President Trump Announces, F-15 Crew Member Rescued in Daring Raid and Former CENTCOM Commander Frank McKenzie Discusses U.S. Rescue Operation in Iran. RedState's Nick Arama thinks the Former CENTCOM Commander Delivers the Perfect Comment on the Rescue of Officer From Iran. wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "The most interesting aspect of the weapons officer rescue in Iran was CENTCOM's ability to use so many disparate personnel and capabilities in such a rapid and integrated way. They were making it up as they went along with complex tools and time critical sequences...A lot of the news focus is naturally on the machines, because that is what you can see. But someone told me years ago that air forces are not made out of planes. They are made up of people, and that is what we glimpsed here." Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: Former CENTCOM commander Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie just said it PERFECTLY “It takes a year to build an aircraft — and it takes 200 YEARS to build a military tradition where you don't leave anybody behind!”" Insty at his substack, The Iran Operation, "Was the secret weapon AI staff work?" Ace cites Tousi TV: Second F-15 Pilot Rescued as Iranian Civilians Aid American Operation to Rescue Him. Morse Report @MorseReport, "BREAKING: The rescued F-15 pilot downed over Iran survived entirely ON HIS OWN inside a mountain crevice: “Completely invisible to the enemy.”" Stephen Green @VodkaPundit, "U.S. engineers were repairing and even building new airfields on Okinawa while the battle for the island was still ongoing." Quote Kingofnowhere @Kingofnowher_e, "A French general at Trump’s plan to build a runway inside Iran to fly out uranium under active bombing: “American officials should stop snorting cocaine between meetings.”" cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander, "It isn't so much that Iranians are that bad, it is just that Americans are that good." Quote C Schmitz @chrisschmitz "That location confirmed by @andynovy is just 50km from the City Centre of Isfahan, a city with about 2.2m Inhabitants. The IRGC cant prevent an enemy ad-hoc Airfield half an hour drive from one of the largest cities in country. x.com/andynovy/statu…" Driscoll at Insty, “FIGHTING US TROOPS ISN’T LIKE BEATING TEENAGE GIRLS:” Nioh Berg @NiohBerg, "Hearing a bunch of dumb regime loyalists also got killed last night because they wanted the $60k bounty and climbed up the mountain only to realise fighting US troops isn't like beating teenage girls. Good riddance really." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "OK. To recap. In the last 24 hours: 1) American military set up a base within enemy territory to rescue a downed flier, defying the ill-wishes of countless lefty douchebags plus fulfilling the shahadat jones of untold IRCG and Basij. 2) Americans reclaimed their indigenous rights to the Moon, declared it the 51st state, named it Trump, that our crazy orange president may moon his adversaries and nattering naysayers unto eternity. This will be most fun during those periods when the celestial orb formerly known as the Moon appears in an orange-ish hue. The phenomenon formerly known as a blood moon will henceforth be called a more Trumpy Trump. 3) Canadians, feeling the sting of American mockery, got pissed off. 4) King Charles III affirmed his allegiance to Islam, in an act of the kind of obtuse regal boneheadedness that traditionally has preceded the downfall of kings. 5) France douchebaggedly asserted its Frenchness on the international stage, in an act of the kind of obtuse French boneheadedness that is likely to bite France in the ass. 6) America, Fuck Yeah (Also, American astronauts, with a Canadian along for the ride, unclogged a space toilet enroute to Trump, the celestial object formerly known as the Moon)." And, Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "The phrase that comes to mind is, "America, Fuck Yeah." Quote RiverOaksGuy @Bowtiedplayer, "Imagine being Iran's leadership right now You once were the feared boogie man of the Middle East. Instead, you get the complete shit kicked out of you for 5 weeks straight, your entire navy sunk, your supreme leader killed, and you FINALLY shoot down 1 plane." At Calling All Rush-Babes, *About that rescue of a downed pilot inside Iran. America Wins! A Driscolly post at Insty, “IT’S A TESTAMENT TO THE U.S. MILITARY THAT NO AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT IS MORE VALUABLE THAN A SINGLE AIRMAN’S LIFE:” Peter Meijer @PeterMeijer, "Between January’s Maduro extradition and today’s F-15 WSO rescue, President Trump is demonstrating an exceptionally high risk tolerance for military operations in his second term. Not a great time to be an adversary of the US!" Quote RedDevil @Snakeeater36 "SOF elements made a flying ORP and went and got dude in the dead of night….possibly dismounted, then BIP’ed the plane, and left. I think we have entered a time where our military is allowed to take bolder risks than we have seen in a long time."

While progressives aren't yet so obtuse as to actually express their anger at the military's (and by extension, Trump's) victory in this rescue, they have begun to counterattack by highlighting the cost of the incident, four airplanes lost (the F15, an A10 Warthog, and two C-130s). Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "Trump orders two transport planes blown up so Iranians don’t steal and reverse-engineer our technology after a wildly successful rescue mission of two American pilots deep inside Iranian territory. Biden leaves behind $85 billion in military equipment to the Taliban and over 100 military K9s abandoned at Kabul airport during a disastrous withdrawal that killed 13 service members. Take a guess which one Democrats are calling a success. InfantryDort @infantrydort, "America, please don’t listen to the new narrative that we wasted so much equipment to save one life. There’s a reason recruiting is through the roof. And it’s because we don’t leave your sons and daughters behind enemy lines because it’s financially convenient." Lee (Greater) @shortmagsmle, "I’m noticing a lot of foreigners who seem to not understand why we’d risk hundreds of lives, spend millions of dollars, and sacrifice several aircraft to rescue one guy. And the reason they don’t understand is also the reason people can’t be made American by a piece of paper." Quote Daniel Foubert @Arrogance_0024 "Lose all this to rescue 1 pilot and call it your greatest military success of all time." Varad Mehta @varadmehta, "Can't wait to hear tomorrow about how the US being able to conduct a massive search and rescue op inside Iran, find the missing airman while killing a bunch of Irani goons, and then escape more or less unscathed, is a defeat for America and makes the mullahs stronger than ever." Rabbi Linda Goldstein @realrabbilinda, "Imaging losing 1 plane for every 13,000 strike missions and thinking that America is winning the war in Iran. At this rate, Iran can absorb 52,000,000 strikes to down the remaining 4,000 US strike aircraft. America will lose." From Twitchy, T. Becket Adams Nails the Moment: Europe Disappointed U.S. Actually Saved Its Pilot in Iran. Kama @Kama_Kamilia, "Im beginning to understand, why Americans feel the way they do about us. Incomprehensibly difficult operation to save the finest America has to offer. And all morons can scream about is “what about the money?” while incessantly lying." Quote Robin Monotti @robinmonotti "We are witnessing the greatest humiliation of the US military since Vietnam, and this will be Trump's legacy! Another hundreds of millions fighter plane downed by Iran:" Stelios Panagiotou @Panagiotou90St, "People underestimate how much third worldist anti-westerners have infiltrated western discourse. After a while, there are no excuses for not getting this. The demoralisation and destabilisation op didn’t start yesterday." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "How long before the theory emerges that the US deliberately ordered the F-15 crew to bail out over Iran so they could rescue them dramatically."

Lee (Greater) @shortmagsmle, "Everyone cried about the press losing their normal ability to freely roam the pentagon soliciting leaks, but notice how the military just pulled off an incredible top secret rescue operation without any Bolshevik subversion gumming things up." Bryan O'Nolan @BryanONolan, "Moonshot. Soldier rescued. NYT doesn’t know what NATO stands for. Glorious few days we’ve had." Althouse and her NYT, A NYT column refers to "Fuck around and find out" as "the unofficial Proud Boys motto.", "I'm reading "America Is Used to Hiding Its Wars. Trump Is Doing the Opposite" by Charles Homans..."

Stacy McCain astonished by the Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless: The Family Had ‘Great Satan’ Green Cards. Fugitive Caesar @ThomBrady5, "I was considering this from the American perspective, but from the Arabic, Iranian, and Muslim perspective this is a huge propaganda coup for the American government. These photos completely discredit Iran, at a moment when Iranian soldiers are deserting and demoralized." Quote Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio, "Until recently, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were green card holders living lavishly in the United States. Afshar is the niece of deceased Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani. She is also an outspoken supporter of the Iranian regime who celebrated attacks on..."

Tom Kratman @TKratman, "From Martin Iles, reposted: Having lived in the USA for nearly two years, I've realised something. The USA and the remainder of the Western world are no longer aligned. We all laugh and mock when the Americans say, "Freedom!" because we truly think we're as free as they are. Wrong. We're not. Not even close. The laws, the mindset, and the behaviour, is totally different in this regard..." Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "Hello, Europeans. The first thing you need to understand about the rant I'm about to utter is that I'm not MAGA, not a Trumpite, but a libertarian who has in the past nevertheless been strongly supportive of US military presence overseas. Because I want the wars that defend this country to be fought in somebody else's country, as far away from me as possible with a nice big ocean in the way. Also relevant: I have a history of having lived in Europe and traveled there extensively. I was at one time bilingual in English and Spanish, and have been passably fluent in Italian and French as well. I could probably still find my way around London and Rome and central Paris reasonably well. So if you're tempted to tell yourselves that I'm some kind of parochial American hick, abandon that hope. All that was set-up. So that, when I tell you that almost the entirety of the US electorate, not just Trump supporters, is increasingly fed up with your shit, take me seriously. We've been cleaning up your messes and keeping the sea lanes open since 1917. And that was for you, not us - we, being very close to resource self-sufficient, don't need that investment so much. We've spent enormous amounts of blood and treasure on keeping you safe. We risked nuclear hellfire on our own cities for nearly 50 years to keep Soviet tanks from rolling through the Fulda Gap..." John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad, "NATO is in far bigger danger than anyone realizes. And the reason has nothing to do with defense budgets. The real danger is psychological. It’s cultural. Europeans didn’t just free-ride on American security for 80 years. They built an entire identity around the idea that they evolved past the Americans protecting them. That identity is now the single biggest obstacle to Western survival. And the darkest irony is: we helped build it..." At TownHall, Alan Joseph Bauer says Allahu Akbar, Europe! "Europe is lost as a Christian continent, and its demise is self-inflicted." Dave Manney at PJM thinks Macron’s Latest Comments Show France Hasn’t Learned a Thing. Why would he, he hasn't suffered much, yet. At WUWT, Miliband Expected to Block North Sea Oil Drilling. At RCE, If Washington Wants Lower Gas Prices, It Should Get Out of the Way. It should, but it won't. Its power comes from meddling.

At NYPo, California’s fraud problem is so bad the DOJ will ‘never have enough’ prosecutors to fight it. Really his a few hard, and it will make many of the rest look for safer grifts. Mike Solana @micsolana, "glad we're mainstreaming a conversation on california's rail disaster, as it's the gateway to understanding why america can't build anymore. but the msm is still afraid to spell it out: the purpose was never to build rail, but to buy union votes. in this, the dems succeeded." Quote 60 Minutes @60Minutes, "An ambitious state-run high-speed rail project linking Los Angeles and San Francisco hasn’t stayed on track. 60 Minutes reports on the costly struggle to bring high-speed rail to the United States, Sunday. http://60Minutes.com."

From the Free Bacon, Maine Democrat Graham Platner Called Jesus a 'Zombie' and the Virgin Mary 'a Skank' in Unearthed Reddit Post "'I've been about as crudely atheist as one can be,' Senate candidate wrote." At Althouse, "Candidates and incumbents should center each day on content creation.... creating output tailored specifically for TikTok or Instagram or YouTube." ""It means several hours a day filming in campaign offices — even candidates’ homes.... Successful candidates understand they are putting on a permanent show...Writes David Plouffe, in "Always Be Posting: The New Rules for Democratic Candidates" (NYT)."

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "A company was paid more than 6 figures to bring in trucks and setup the No Kings Day protest at the Capitol in St Paul, Minnesota “We provided the stage, the sound, the lighting and contracted in all the generators and infrastructure and video towers and set them up for the No Kings three rally at the Capitol” “We brought in, oh, about about a hundred speakers, which are kind of over here and all the electrical infrastructure — it had to have been 30 different trucks worth of stuff that came” The company was Slamhammer Sound & Roadcase Co, they talk about the logistics and equipment used during the 'No Kings' protest in St Paul, Minnesota on March 28, 2026 It’s always paid and highly organized." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "As fun as it is to see ActBlue exposed, one must always ask the motives when legacy media seemingly puts crosshairs on its own. It’s long been a goal of the “democracy” camp to overturn Citizens United and ban PAC money. Here’s the catch: they want to replace it with union money and taxpayer-funded money schemes much like the NGO gaming of subsidized campaigns which allowed Mamdani to win in NYC. They more or less are moving towards a total monopoly on campaign funds for Democrats. Yes, let’s enjoy the collapse of ActBlue. But beware." Quote Peter Schweizer @peterschweizer, "NYTimes report on Dark Money in politics: "In the 2024 election cycle, over 40 percent of the nearly $2 billion raised by the largest Democratic super PACs came from entities that did not disclose their donors, according to the Times analysis. That was twice the rate of the largest Republican super PACs that cycle."

Sundance seems concerned that Asst Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon Campaigns Hard to Replace Pam Bondi.

Erick Florack at PJM goes there, The Islamic Immigrant Problem. AG @AGHamilton29, "A+ dad. Lowlife antisemite decided to randomly threaten a dad and two kids because they were Jewish. The dad rightly pulled out his gun and held him at gunpoint until the police got there and arrested the aggressor. Also will note this as a good example of why it’s good to live in a place like Florida. There are definitely some states/cities where the dad would have been the one arrested." Quote Unlimited L's @unlimited_ls, "NEW: Muslim man arrested after calling a Jewish family “dirty people” at a Miami Beach park and then claiming he had First Amendment rights Ahmad Zeeshan, 32, reportedly asked, "Are you guys Jewish?" and after confirmation yelled, "Get the fk out of here, you fking dirty people." Zeeshan allegedly threatened to attack the father, who pulled a gun after feeling his and his children’s safety was at risk. Both men called police. Zeeshan said the father threatened him with a gun, while the father said Zeeshan was yelling anti-Semitic slurs."

Driscoll calls it a GENIUS MOVE: Did ICE Just Use the DMV as Bait to Lure Illegal Alien Truck Drivers? The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, “Now have ICE operate the DMVs.” PJM's Cathy Salgado, Dem Senator Mourns Criminal ‘Asylum Seeker’ Who Caused Big Pileup While Fleeing ICE. "Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is shedding crocodile tears over an “asylum seeker” who was “driving to work” when “he was rear-ended by an ICE vehicle.” The real story? He was an illegal alien with a years-old final deportation order who caused a massive vehicle pile-up while fleeing immigration officers. And the illegal alien caused severe injuries to immigration officers, too." Behold my Senator. Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "BREAKING: DHS tells @FoxNews that this “asylum seeker” is actually a Honduran illegal alien who has had a final deportation order since 2018, & when ICE targeted him in Baltimore, he fled in his vehicle at high speeds, slammed on his brakes and caused a multi car pileup, then he bailed out and ran away on foot before being chased down and arrested. DHS says two ICE agents were hospitalized as a result of the crash, and they are accusing Sen. Van Hollen (D-MD) of misrepresenting what happened here." Quote Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen, " Ever Alvarenga, an asylum seeker, was driving to work Thursday morning when he was rear-ended by an ICE vehicle. He is still in the hospital after suffering significant injuries to his head, chest, back, & hands. After the accident, he was detained & ICE now refuses to allow his attorneys to meet with him privately, a clear denial of the due process rights afforded to all under our Constitution. ICE tactics are endangering our communities & violating the Constitution."

AG @AGHamilton29, "In the 1970’s, the KGB put together an operational plan for undermining America via informational warfare and ideological subversion: “To change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of defending themselves, their family, their community, and their country” That same strategy has been actively deployed by America’s enemies with the assistance of some people at home now..." Quote, Jamie Weinstein @Jamie_Weinstein, "What’s incredible about the response to this tweet is a bunch of prominent figures just openly admitting, “yea, we are rooting against America in Iran.” Saying essentially Iran has the moral high ground." At Twitchy, SHOUT IT! Gene Simmons Taking on HORDE of Angry, Mouth-Breathing, Anti-American Trolls Is GLORIOUS and Stephen King Sweeps the Bad Timing Awards With an EPIC Fail About Trump's Situation Room.

Kyle Becker @kylenabecker, "This is all intentional. Race relations were actually improving until the second term of Obama. Then the propaganda media activated the Ferguson/BLM playbook — straight out of Critical Race Theory — and it's been downhill ever since." Quote The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole, "In the 2010s: - Focus on Race up, - Race Relations down."

Jonathan Turley sees Poison Ivey: Chicago Bulls Release Forward After He Speaks Out Against Pride Month "This week, the Chicago Bulls waived guard Jaden Ivey for “conduct detrimental to the team.” No, Ivey did not assault anyone or gamble on games. He did not call for violence. Ivey expressed his opposing religious beliefs, including criticizing the NBA’s Pride Month celebrations."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Grinding Forward up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.