Flotsam and Jetsam - Just Another Sunday in the South

And the pickens are kinda slim. And I'm OK with that.

From Twitchy, Hypocrite 'Eat the Rich' DSA Leader Caught Lying and Living Off Mom & Dad’s Manhattan Money. The Manhattan Contrarian is outrages Democratic Socialists Commemorate Fidel Castro's 100th Birthday. The Free Bacon reports the El-Sayed Campaign Gets a $175,000 Boost From CAIR, Whose Leader Was 'Happy' About Oct. 7, After Alleging Primary Opponent's AIPAC Support Constituted 'Foreign' Intervention in Election. At the JPo, Mohammed El-Kurd laments not being allowed to hijack planes in protest "Last month, El-Kurd called on pro-Palestinian supporters to 'Normalize the massacres as the status quo' at a rally in London.." Mohammed El-Kurd @m7mdkurd, "You can’t protest peacefully. You can’t boycott. You can’t hunger strike. You can’t hijack planes. You can’t block traffic. You can’t throw Molotovs. You can’t self-immolate. You can’t heckle politicians. You can’t march. You can’t riot. You can’t dissent. You just can’t be." NYPo Opines on Why the DSA’s Medicare-for-All dream threatens us with a real-life nightmare. At Althouse, "The rollout could’ve been better. Absolutely, I said the rollout has to be cleaned up and fixed." "Said Governor Kathy Hochul, quoted in "How New York’s Second-Home Tax Turned Into a Headache for Mamdani/The bumpy rollout of the tax created an opportunity for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s opponents to fight him in court and in the City Council" (NYT gift link)." "I did finally watch the whole minute. From the transcript: "This pied-a-terre tax is specifically designed for the richest of the rich, those who store their wealth in New York City real estate, but who don't actually live here.... This is a fundamentally unfair system that hurts working New Yorkers." What's "fundamentally unfair"? It's a child's reasoning: If someone has something that he's not using, it should be mine."

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, sees Desperate Measures for Desperate Times: Dem Primaries Magically Become a Blue Wave. Democrats @TheDemocrats, "The blue wave is here—and these wins prove it." Queen Velvet @TMIWITW, "Democrats won Democrat primaries. Are democrats voters actually this stupid or do you just treat them as if they are?"

Joe Chalfant at TownHall rejoices that Elon Musk Just Gave Republicans Unbelievable News Heading Into the Midterms. "Elon Musk, who briefly became the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX went public in June, is expected to spend up to $200 million on boosting the electoral prospects of Republicans across the country." He just looked between the cushions on the couches. 

Tweets that didn't age well: Dr. Richard Harambe @Richard_Harambe, "Happy two year anniversary of Joe Biden challenging Trump to a debate for those who celebrate." Quote Joe Biden @JoeBiden, "Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate. Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again."

From Breitbart Bus Dig, The Sky Isn't Falling in the U.S. Treasury Market. News Wax notices Newsom Touts Trump Accounts for California Families. Matt Vespa at TownHall heard Trump Went Nuclear on Some Familiar Names Last Night. Here's What He Said. "President Trump seems to have had it with Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Thomas Massie."

ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "It's impossible to have a nuanced, conversation about data power centers on social media; the politics right now is to demonize them, call them predators rather than show there are also examples of good industry stewards. Few have the courage to raise the consequences of that. Except Fetterman." Quote U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA, "AI supremacy and energy dominance underpins our national security. China continues to fuel and benefit from our overreaction. I reject the political pandering and hyperbole over data centers or AI." Steve Moore at Hat Hair, Net Zero Is Dead and Gone. "Much of this never made sense given that AI and data center energy needs will double or triple our electric power demands over the next two decades. That will require an all-of-the above approach to meet those needs and to keep power affordable for our businesses and families."

At Althouse, "[T]his relationship is pathological, and a source of great irritation among other courtiers. It is Trump distilled to his essence..." "... cult leader and his most rabid follower, narcissist and his most flattering mirror. The daughter of a devoutly Christian real estate broker who died by suicide during the pandemic, [Natalie] Harp idolizes Trump with a rare fervor.... ... Trump told his staff that Harp was the only one who loved him as much as his wife and kids did. 'She’ll never leave me,' he would tell other staffers.... It’s a perfect (taxpayer-funded) relationship. She thinks he’s amazing. And he agrees." Writes Maureen Dowd, in "Natalie’s Magnificent Obsession" (NYT gift link)." She's so jealous! Eric Florack at PJM sees the The '34 Felony Convictions' Mantra Just Disintegrated as President Trump makes peace with Michael Cohen. "President Trump was interviewed by his former attorney, Michael Cohen, the star witness in the hush money case, which verdict is under appeal. Trump said Cohen was weaponized against him by the Justice Department. Cohen agrees, adding that he felt coerced by the Feds. The case stems from the president's effort to pay adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 during the 2016 election."

1945 notes US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Were Not Needed to Bomb Iran. They Were Needed to Blockade It. "A B-2 flying from Missouri and a Tomahawk launched from a destroyer two hundred miles offshore can both hit a target that once required a carrier. An F-35C off a flight deck does roughly what an F-35A does from a Gulf air base. The blockade was different: no target list to exhaust, only a duration set by Tehran." Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee, "MSM spin narrative incoming." Quote New York Post@nypost, "Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz skyrockets nearly 400%, as analysts say Iran's grip on critical waterway weakens https://trib.al/ZwiB1KE." 

News Wax reports US Imposes Tariffs on $20 Billion of Canadian Products as Canada fails to come to terms with Trump. Sundance at CTH, Trade Talks Collapse – Prime Minister Carney Talking Alot, President Trump Remains Quiet "Canada wants unlimited and unrestricted access to the U.S. market as if they were a 51st state. However, Canada will not permit unlimited and unrestricted access to their market for U.S. companies. This, Carney says, compromises the sovereignty of Canada."

From Twitchy, Julie Kelly Spots Telling Info in New DOJ Filing in the Comey '8647' Case (Backfiring Stunt Alert!) Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "Some hilarious stuff in latest DOJ filing in Jim Comey seashell case. It appears Jim and his wife, Patrice (who had attended the Women's March in DC with their daughters after Trump was inaugurated in 2017) set up the entire stunt. She even Googled the slang definition for "86" to make sure his post would be accurate." At Da Fed The Magnificent Margot Cleveland reports Round River Docs Suggest FBI Misclassified Information To Hide Biden Family Crimes. RedState's Kyle Becker has The Backstory on Bill Gates' Secret 'Q' Clearance — And It Is Chilling.

News Wax notes Trump Asks Supreme Court to Revive CNN Lawsuit "Trump said in the lawsuit that CNN defamed him through reports that said he had no evidence to support his claims of improprieties in the 2020 presidential election and repeatedly characterized his claims as the "Big Lie," a phrase Trump said was intended to link him to Hitler and Nazi propaganda."

C3 @C_3C_3, "It’s been a year since DeCarlos Brown murdered Iryna Zarutska and he hasn’t even had a trial yet. Shiloh Hendrix has already been tried, found guilty and sentenced for saying a word. I never want to hear about white privilege ever again." To be fair, murder trials tend to take a long time. 

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "WOAH Oakland Democrats PASSED legislation banning citizenship checks for police jobs and city jobs City Employees and Oakland Police will be prohibited from asking about a person’s immigration and legal status when applying for jobs The Public Safety Committee passed the ordinance unanimously Democrats want to arm illegals in the police force against American citizens Everything that passed - Restricts collection of immigration status on applications - Ban on asking about legal status and sharing info with ICE agents - Officers prohibited from enforcing federal immigration rules - ICE agents blocked from entering non-public areas of city buildings without a warrant." At State of the Day, the State of Thursday: THE GREAT BETRAYAL. "News broke Tuesday night that a woman had been fatally stabbed near Great Falls national park. By Wednesday, our suspicions had been confirmed. “The killer was an illegal alien,” my wife said, even as I was still carrying my kids through the door."

At Hat Hair Dave Strom says Nuke Academia From Orbit. It Is the Only Way to Be Sure. "Critical Theory, I keep reminding you, does not seek to communicate anything we understand as "truth" or "reality." It is about asserting power. The goal here is to intimidate everybody with an accusation of racism. To call you a Nazi. To make you quail in terror at the thought that you will face social opprobrium." Melissa Chen @MsMelChen, "You guys realize that the leftist reaction to the Jason Arday case is going to incentivize more and more people to just "self-ID" as autistic or neurodivergent right? Why? Because it instantly unlocks two-tier judgment. There will be massive upside to identify as "neurodivergent" and no downside. It's a choose-your-own-adventure but this time you're just choosing your own alibi. No one challenges the claim, and you might even score an endorsement from figures like autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen. The same excesses that distorted the trans movement will now come for "neurodivergence." Increasingly, mental health status is treated as a moral free pass - permission to act like an asshole or commit crimes (see the Lindsay Clancy case)." Kamel Amin Thaabet @K_AminThaabet, "Israel is murdering children!!!! Now excuse me, I have to go to the rally for Lindsay Clancy." Hat Hair's John Stossel on Racist Tests. At NYPo, Hofstra professor facing possible termination over discrimination claim for saying ‘word salad’, because "racism" of course. From the College Fix, Judge dismisses pro-Hamas professor’s discrimination lawsuit against Columbia. “I’m with Hamas and Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad,” he said on social media." A Driscolly post at Insty starts with CHRISTIAN TOTO: Pop Culture Puts Antisemitism on Blast (Finally).

At the Chronic, Ian Smith offers A Novel Explanation for Woke Culture. "My colleagues would rather I not say this, but I will: As access to mental health care has expanded, so have rates of mental illness. And this isn’t simply a matter of greater awareness leading to more diagnoses. The more therapy people get, the more fragile, anxious, and dysfunctional they seem to become. This isn’t just an individual crisis—it’s a societal one. Which raises an uncomfortable but urgent question: Is modern therapy not only failing patients, but making them—and the culture at large—sicker?"

Insty, I THINK THE WNBA IS A PSYOP DESIGNED TO CONVINCE NORMALS THAT BLACK WOMEN AND LESBIANS HATE AMERICA:

Sophie Cunningham is once again the only player on the court to put her hand above her heart for the singing of the US national anthem pic.twitter.com/c6grxtZMzm

— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) August 22, 2026

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: More Coffee, Please and FMJRA 2.0: Embracing The Suck up on time and under budget at The Other McCain (if you count Megan).

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump is Cleaning Up and Beautifying Washington DC

... in anticipation of the 250th anniversary, and Democrats can't stand it. Apparently dirt and bums are what the city ought to look like.  Don Surber, Making DC worthy of our greatness. 

People outside of DC don’t realize what a transformation this is. Union Station used to be packed with drugged out zombies shambling around screaming at passersby, and barefoot, piss-soaked homeless people passed out on the floor. Columbus Circle right outside used to be a gross… https://t.co/THnYayRwVb pic.twitter.com/QtDKrsiKoF

— Payton Alexander (@AlexanderPayton) May 28, 2026

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "More fascism" Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Trump just restored Columbus Circle in DC. It hasn't flowed in 2 decades." At Althouse, "But blue is a color we associate with injury: Think of the mottled black and blue of a bruise. It is the color of authority and stereotypical masculinity..." ""... of depression, but also tranquility; of cleanliness; of cold; of winning first prize. And so we must ask: What is American Flag Blue?" I'm reading "Did Trump pick the right blue for the Reflecting Pool? We asked a pool guy. Old Glory Blue? American Flag Blue? Let’s reflect on all the shades, while a federal judge mulls 'aesthetic injury' in the president’s latest decorating flourish" (WaPo). Also Althouse, "Trump administration officials have pressed the office responsible for printing the nation’s money to design a $250 bill featuring the president’s portrait..." "... according to four current and former employees, in what would be the first appearance of a living person on U.S. currency in more than 150 years.... The employees spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. The Washington Post reports. Gift link." I don't think it will happen. I believe it's "stray voltage", an outrageous idea floated to keep libs distracted.

Beege Welborn at Hat Hair noticed It Was Scott Bessent's Turn Behind the Press Podium and Oh, My. From Ace, Judge Clears Way for Trump to Tighten Verification for Mail-In Votes; Scott Bessent Touts New IRS Rules to Identify Antifa's Funders; OMB Director Russ Vought Acts to Make Sure That Federal Grants Go to US Citizens Not Foreigners and Illegal Aliens. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "WOW! Scott Bessent just revealed the IRS has moved to make NGOs LIABLE for violent activity committed by their grant recipients like Antifa George Soros has been put on NOTICE. "The IRS is now giving guidance on the Form 990, which nonprofits they have to file. We are going to DEMAND that nonprofits know their grant recipients." "So if a grant recipient is violent, if they are suppressing people's rights, then YOU are responsible for that." As for the for the investigation into who is funding Antifa terrorism: "We made substantial progress. And I think in the weeks and months ahead, we are going to have a lot to report.""

News Wax shares a Report: Trump Shares Draft Iran Peace Agreement With Israel, Allies. Atop Da Hill, Trump in Iran leaders’ ‘head’ says a Retired US general. WSJ reports on The High-Seas Black Market That Keeps Iran’s Illicit Oil Flowing, "Despite U.S. sanctions, the regime has managed to sell billions of dollars in crude to China using a clandestine network of aging tankers. Our reporters paid a visit." I suspect we're looking the other way for China.

News Wax hears Carney Seeks New US-Canada Partnership to "help make America great again." Fine, but remember, you're the junior partner. Defence24com @Defence24eng, "Guatemala has reportedly agreed to joint military strikes with the U.S. against drug trafficking groups inside its territory. Washington is also reportedly pressuring Honduras as part of a broader regional anti-cartel strategy."

C3 @C_3C_3, "So… In the past year 50 NFL players have been arrested. 3% of the league. None have caused the outrage Jaxon Dart did just introducing the Duly Elected POTUS. Who won the Electoral College and Popular Vote. Think about that."

CNN whines Republicans are poised to finish this year’s redistricting war 10 seats ahead of Democrats. “The Supreme Court has effectively announced that the adults have left the room,” he said. “What you see is what you get when you reward bad behavior, which is a lot more bad behavior.” Toni Constantini at Am Mind asks Can Anyone Stop JD Vance in 2028? Rubio has his followers. Frankly I wouldn't mind 16 years of a Rubio/Vance co-presidency. That would get me through. I&I argues Yes, Today’s Gas Prices Are ‘Peanuts’, but it still wouldn't hurt to bring them down.

Matt Vespa at TownHall, Here's What Joe Biden Told Jill After He Got Wrecked by Trump in That Disastrous Debate “I really f**ked up, didn’t I?” Althouse, "As the president walked off the stage, he whispered to his wife, 'I really f**ked up, didn’t I?' she writes. '"Yes, you did,'" I whispered back.'" "I'm reading "5 Revelations From Jill Biden’s Upcoming Memoir" (Intelligencer). I don't believe any of it." And "Jill Biden is now out there finally admitting that she did NOT know what went wrong with Sleepy Joe during our spectacular, and highly rated, 2024 Presidential Debate..." ""... where Joe was not exactly performing to the highest level of debate standards. She said that she thought he was having a 'stroke,' and various other really bad things, and yet never rushed onto the stage to help her troubled husband, as any good wife would do. The only thing she failed to mention was how well I was doing prior to his near total collapse... Writes Trump, just now, on Truth Social." At PJM Erick Florack wants to enjoy The Imminent Democrat Party Civil War. Kevin Killough at JTN reports Michigan Gov. Whitmer says she won't be running for president in 2028. "Whitmer said that she'd received advice on the importance of "taking a break and not jumping right into something.""

Jesse Arm @Jesse_Leg, "This is the best piece yet at distilling what the Spencer Pratt phenomenon is all about. His rise represents the shattering of the honesty taboo in Los Angeles and other poorly governed big blue cities like it." Quote Mike Solana @micsolana, "for people dumbly blinking at the moment while they wonder why pratt is climbing up the polls: he's literally just telling the truth. and in a one-party state, anyone brave enough to break the honesty taboo commands the stage." John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "No. What this polls shows is that 1) Pratt ‘s losing the run off, 2) even if he squeaks through the left has 51% of the general election vote. Pratt’s at 22 percent. Love the guy, but he’s at 22 percent." Quote Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN: A SHOCK POLL just released finding the LA mayoral race getting RAZOR TIGHT, Karen Bass has only 26% 26%." I can't say I really expect him to win. Even if he had the votes, which I instinctively doubt, they wouldn't let him. But he is making a dent in their armor. Insty at his substack, Bringing Back Normality, "And striking fear into Democrats" Normality is a low priority in California. At Hollywood in Toto, Is Kimmel’s Pratt Assault Start of New Late-Night War? "Far-Left host uses personal attacks to slam candidate offering L.A. hope." Jillian Michaels @JillianMichaels, "Did climate change also drain the reservoirs, defund the fire department, allow the utility companies to avoid updating dilapidated spark happy infrastructure, and veto forestry management bills?" Quote Ian Miller @ianmSC, "Jimmy Kimmel says Spencer Pratt shouldn’t win the LA mayoral election because he doesn’t believe in “climate change” after his house burned down Meanwhile the fire was started by an arsonist and destroyed his house because of widespread LA incompetence." Sarah at Insty, THEY WOULDN’T, WOULD THEY? "Rolling Stone Calls Spencer Pratt the ‘Quintessential American’ and They Didn’t Mean It As a Compliment."

Cathy Salgado at PJM is outraged California Gives Illegal Aliens ‘Free’ Fridges, Solar Panels. Ace, Gavin Newsom: The State Will Tax the Enemies of the Democrat Party at a 100% Rate to Save Democracy, "Seizing the estates of political enemies. Sounds very democracy-savey. He says they will change California law to seize 100% of recompense paid to Californians from the weaponization fund for Biden Regime abuses." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "“The whole point of the fund is to make victims whole after the federal government was weaponized against political opponents, pro-life activists, and parents at school board meetings, and Newsom never had a problem with any of that weaponization when it was actually happening.” Quote Mike Netter @nettermike "So California Governor Gavin Newsom flew to Washington, took some meetings, hopped on a plane home, and during the flight back he had himself one of those big airplane epiphanies. The kind where a governor decides he is going to act as Congress, the state legislature, and the IRS all at once..." News Wax, Bessent Rips Gov. Newsom's Plan to Tax Trump Fund: 'Stupid'. 

Shooting News Week, Breaking: Virginia’s Expanded Regulation Punishes Gun Owners, But Does Nothing to Stop Crime. So, a typical gun control measure? Cam at BA is outraged, Spanberger Spokesperson Says Background Checks on Private Gun Sales Resume Despite Court Order. So it's OK for her to ignore the court?

Anila Ali

TownHall's Amy Curtis is gratified Hundreds Protest Zohran Mamdani Outside Gracie Mansion. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN: A huge crowd just STORMED outside Ugandan Mayor Mamdani's Gracie Mansion to oppose the pro-Hamas Islamist wave sweeping NYC NYC has been overrun with foreigners and gullible liberals! Wake up, or your city is COOKED." Insty likes an “EROTIC POET.” ‘May Allah Condemn You to Hell’: Erotic Poet on New York City Council Damns Fellow Muslim Woman Who Dared Criticize Mamdani’s Treatment of Jews: Shahana Hanif was angered when Muslim activist Anila Ali expressed solidarity with Jews and protested Mamdani’s weak response to antisemitic incidents. "Good for Anila Ali."

From Twitchy, ‘This Can’t Be Real’: James Talarico's 'Top vs. Bottom' Mailer Ignites Endless Mockery on X. 

Ace sees Fidel Castro's Daughter Doesn't Deny That Blackface-Wearing Gay Canadian Justin Trudeau Might Be Her Bastard Half-Brother. "He looks like Castro, and he's a stone-cold authoritarian communist bitch. Almost as if he was trying to impress the man he knew to be his father. His mother was said to be enamored of Fidel Castro and would visit the country a lot. Whether her cuck husband Pierre Trudeau approved or objected impotently, we don't know. Apparently this rumor has been "debunked." Allegedly Trudeau's mother did not meet Fidel Castro until 1976 -- allegedly -- and Castreau was born in 1971. So this could just be a bunch of hooey. But Castro's own daughter seems to accept the possibility of the "conspiracy theory" being true."

Ace, Muslim Man Shouts Allahu Akbar as He Stabs Three Citizens In Switzerland; a Leftist SWATs Amy Coney Barrett to Get Cops to Kill Her; a Man Threatens to Kill Erika Kirk and Blow Up Every TPUSA Event. Dave Manney at PJM, Swatting Justice Barrett Was a Threat, Not a Prank, and she's already too squishy.

The College Fix finds a Growing numbers of legal scholars support Trump’s order on birthright citizenship. But it doesn't matter if they're not on the Supreme Court.

Herr Professor Jacobsen at LI reports the SPLC Wants Indictment Thrown Out For “Vindictive Prosecution” “latest manifestation of a top-down, retributive campaign in which [Trump] directed his Justice Department to go after those individuals and groups he deemed his political enemies, including the SPLC” Ben Weingarten at Da Fed counters DOJ Takes On Leftist Attempt To Punish Any Lawyer Who Disagrees With Democrats. Ace, on DOJ considering perjury charges against E. Jean Carroll, DOJ Now Investigating Obvious Perjurer For, Get This, Obvous Perjury, "My first reaction to hearing about the DOJ investigating the perjurious elderly lunatic whore was negative. I didn't like the "optics" of the DOJ investigating Trump's enemies. But then I remembered the context: The Democrats turned the entire prosecutorial network, state and federal, into a machine for prosecuting Trump and his allies and even the lawyers defending Trump and his allies from their prosecutions. Let me posit: It would be criminal to not use the prosecutorial resources of the country to prosecute Democrats and their lunatic fabulists. We have been told many times that "No one is above the law." Matt Margolis, Now We Know Who Was Really Behind E. Jean Carroll’s Bogus Allegations Against Trump "As PJ Media previously reported, tech billionaire Reid Hoffman, a virulently anti-Trump donor, bankrolled the whole operation. Yet Carroll testified under oath in October 2022 that no one was paying her legal fees, calling it "a contingency case."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Uh, Wut? CIA Senior Official Stole $40 Million in GOLD BARS, and That's Not the Worst Part. "Now I have a better idea why Democrats keep promoting former CIA agents as their rising star political candidates. Not only are they skilled at pushing color revolutions, but apparently, the CIA is a great place to commit financial fraud, which is another key part of the Democratic Party's reason for being."

Ace hears Toxic Incompetent Radical Leftwing Propagandists Are Finally S-Canned at 60 Minutes, and the Left is (You'll Never Guess!) Hysterical. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, The Democrats' X Account Is Kinda Scary; UPDATE: They're Proud of Being Nasty.

At the Martin Center, Academic Armageddon Advances "Even at top schools, leaders must cut needless costs." Ben Greenfield @benzgreenfield, "The Nazi book burnings were famously led by ... The Germany Student Union. Many university students are moral morons. https://x.com/matzar3lla/sta..."

Helen Mirren In 1969's 'Age Of Consent'

From NYPo, Dame Helen Mirren, 80, called ‘evil Zionist b—h’ by anti-Israel nut in sick attack on the street. From Ace, Formerly Beloved British Series "Doctor Who" Is Now So Toxically Woke and Unpopular That No Actors Are Willing to Step Into the Role, Formerly Beloved British Car Brand Jaguar Loses 99.4% Of Its Profit Year-Over-Year." "Who can say why. It's all a mystery. The role has been cursed by wokeness, and now no actors want to play Doctor Who, because they don't want to be associated with the "baggage" of the previous seasons of woke poison."

John Sexton reports Three Women in Maine Prison Join Lawsuit Alleging Harassment by Trans Inmate.

Still plenty more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.27.26 and In The Mailbox: 05.29.26 (Very Early Morning Edition). The Wombat has Rule Five Sunday: Outstanding In Her Field and FMJRA 2.0: Technical Difficulties up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Jill Biden Thought Joe Was Having a Stroke at Disastrous Debate

But she did nothing about it. From NYPo, Jill Biden shockingly admits she thought Joe was ‘having a stroke’ during disastrous 2024 debate with Trump, Jerry Dunleavy IV @JerryDunleavy, "This is called a limited hangout. Biden’s performance in the 2024 debate against Trump was not much different than how Biden appeared in multiple public appearances prior to that — it wasn’t shocking for politicos watching him closely, and definitely wasn’t shocking for his wife." Quote CBS Sunday Morning @CBSSunday "Former first lady @DrBiden said she was “frightened” by her husband Joe Biden’s performance at the 2024 presidential debate. “As I watched it, I thought, ‘Oh, my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death,” Biden told CBS News Sunday Morning’s Rita Braver in an interview airing this Sunday." Ace, "Doctor" Jill Biden Continues the Family Business of Lying, Claiming She Had "Never, Ever" Seen Joe Biden As Confused As He Was During the 2024 Debate, "Before or Since." Greg Price @greg_price11, "Jill Biden to CBS on the 2024 debate: “I was frightened because I had never seen Joe like that... I thought he was having a stroke." Jill Biden immediately after the debate in 2024: "Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question. You knew all the facts!" 

Still conducting the autopsy of the primary election in which Ken Paxton waxed incumbent Senator John Cornyn for the Republican nomination for Senator. At PJM Stephen Kruiser saw Another Rough Runoff Night for Trump Detractors and Scott Pinsker, John Cornyn Survived 42 Years in Politics — Until MAGA Changed the Rules. Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "Senate Republicans had two options to save Cornyn: 1) Pass the SAVE Act 2) Blow $100 million on a primary election Why they chose door number two is beyond me. As long as I can remember the NRSC has made decisions that are at odds with voters and reality." Quote Christian Heiens @ChristianHeiens, "Establishment Republicans spent ~$100 million in support of John Cornyn just to lose by 25 points." Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz, "There is zero doubt tonight that Donald Trump is in complete and total control of the Republican Party. He can beat just about any Republican in just about any state in just about any primary. He is chief strategist, chief advocate, and chief voice of the GOP. His name may not be on the ballot in November, but make no mistake: Nothing and no one will have a bigger impact on voter behavior." Don Surber, Wacky birds whack Cornyn and Rinos, You want the party back?, "Earn it." Nick Arama at RedState, Trump Praises Paxton, Delivers Perfect Nickname for Talarico - Once You See It, You Can't Unsee It. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Did Republicans Put a Senate Seat in Play in TX?

Sundance at CTH, President Trump Holds an Open Press Cabinet Meeting Outlining Current and Ongoing Events and President Trump Praises DNI Tulsi Gabbard for Her Incredible Work at Reforming the Intelligence Community. Open Source Intel @Osint613, "Trump: "Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Central casting. He loves war."" Kevin Killough at JTN, Energy Dept reports removing last of enriched uranium from Venezuela, reducing risk to US, S America, "Venezuela had built the RV-1 reactor to support physics and nuclear research, and its work finished up in 1991. The material was leftover from those operations." At ArmedForces Press, The Blob's Maniacal Urge To Deploy U.S. Forces On Ukrainian Soil Must Be Resisted. WSJ, U.S., Iran Exchange Fire for Second Time in Days "Iran launches missile toward Kuwait that was intercepted by local forces, following U.S. strikes on Iran."

Breitbart Bus, Economic Gloom Is Spreading to Trump’s Voters. Twitchy, WaPo Asks a Pool Guy If Trump Picked the Correct Color for the Reflecting Pool. In short, yes. Tim O'Brien at PJM, Chris Cillizza’s Ginned Up Panic Over Trump’s Routine Checkup Is 'Sort of Gross'.

At NYPo, Trump slams ‘crooked’ Biden after ex-prez sues DOJ to halt release of audio, transcripts from special counsel probe. Sauron's Eye whines Biden sues Justice Department to block release of audio files from biographer interviews. Matt Margolis at PJM, What's He Got to Hide? Joe Biden Sues the DOJ to Keep Damaging Audio Hidden. IIRC, Biden denied Trump presidential immunity during the interregnum, so I think it should be denied. John Sexton at Hat Hair looks at Kamala Harris and the Burden of What Has Been.

Betsy Stauffer at LI looks Inside Mamdani’s Plan to Seize ‘Neglected’ Properties, Redistribute to ‘Responsible Stewards.’ “And for buildings that have suffered chronic neglect, we will work to transfer ownership to responsible stewards – stewards that include community land trusts, nonprofits or even the tenants themselves.” At TownHall, Dmitri Bolt explains how Zohran Mamdani's City-Run Grocery Store Just Got Even Worse and Zohran Mamdani Took a Swing at Margaret Thatcher. Now It's Coming Back to Haunt Him. Hat Hair's Dave Strom discourses on Socialism and Social Trust.

NEW AD: James Talarico is a threat to everything we hold dear.

This is Texas, and we will fight to protect it. pic.twitter.com/7bI9jti6Gz

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) May 27, 2026

Cathy Salgado at PJM Remembers How Talarico Called ‘White Skin’ ‘Immunity’ From Deadly ‘Racism’. Marc Thiessen @marcthiessen, "Good move in one of the biggest cattle ranching states in America." Quote Lone Star Liberty PAC @LoneStar_PAC, "James Talarico: "I am proud to say that our campaign has officially become a non-meat campaign. We are only buying vegan products from our local vegan businesses." #TXsen" From Ace, Gay Weirdo James Talarico: All of Those "Cringey" Things I Said In the Past Few Years Are Either Completely True or Completely Out of Context "Via Twitchy, the Daily Wire reports that this Totally Real Authentic Bible-Believing Christian attends a church whose library contains gay groomer books." John Sexton, This Is What Trying Too Hard Looks Like. Just remember how Abby Spanberger campaigned and how she's governed so far. Cam at BA, Virginia Governor, AG Respond After Prosecutors Refuse to Enforce Gun, Magazine Ban.

NYPo, Dems cut ties with scandal-plagued Graham Platner, warn of ‘civil war’ in party. PJM's Kevin Downey hears Even the Big, Blue Towns Are Sick of the Democratic Freak-Show. From Ace, Leading NJ Democrat Congressional Candidate Volunteered to Join an Al Qaeda Terrorist Front Group, "Masks. Off. This guy was also a character witness -- a positive character witness, mind you -- for the "Blind Sheikh" terrorist who was the mastermind behind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, Muslim terrorists' first attempt to bring down the towers. " And Demented Cane-Shaking Sasquatch Al Green Loses His Primary Hugely, "Al Green is a noted crusader for the rights of indigenous cavemen." NYPo, Sex therapist who vowed to put ‘American Zionists’ into ‘castration’ centers loses Texas Democratic primary. Matt Margolis reports A Senator Got Pepper-Sprayed, and Greg Gutfeld’s Response Was Brutal “It took place on Memorial Day," he said. "The message is clear. Illegal immigrants, no matter how criminal they are, take priority over dead soldiers." ... "We would rather foment anti-American spectacles on Memorial Day than express support for our country," Gutfeld said. "It's like throwing mud at a bride at our wedding. We do not celebrate this day." “Do I care that Andy Kim got pepper-sprayed? No, I don't care," he said. "You are doing this on Memorial Day, champ. You're actually participating in something that undermines our country's security." Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: Sylvia Sims Bolton, a Democrat Councilwoman for Waukegan, IL, was just arrested for allegedly illegally casting a mail-in ballot in her dead mother's name. The thing Democrats say never happens, happened again!"

Greg Price @greg_price11, "Reporter: "What do you say to President Trump saying he's a lifelong Knicks fan?" Hochul: “I’d ask him to name the starting lineup of the 1993 Championship team and see how he does." The last time the Knicks won a championship was 1973."

From NYPo, Gavin Newsom’s last state budget includes $33K portrait of himself.

Sundance says Wait, What? – Twenty-Year CIA Senior Manager Arrested Following Raid on Home Revealing $40 Million in Gold Bars, $2 Million Cash and 35 Rolexes. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: David Rush, a former senior CIA officer, was busted for having $40 million worth of gold bars stashed in his house that he claims were "work expenses." Rush also reportedly fabricated his college background and his experience at the US Naval Test Pilot School. How does this even happen???"

Ace, Ken Dilanian: Kash Patel Has Fired a Completely Non-Partisan FBI Analyst For No Other Reason Than Disagreeing with Him About a "Shooter's Motive" Ten Years Ago. "That's the headline/digest this CIA operative and FusionGPS asset posted on Twitter to advertise his MSNOW article. Based on that headline, would you care to guess who that shooter might have been, and what disagreement there might have been about his motive? To help you out, the shooting he's talking about happened in 2017, not quite ten years ago. Do you have your answer? Further hint: This analyst claimed the shooter wasn't a domestic terrorist with any political motive, but was simply shooting rando targets in order to get police to kill him. That is, "suicide by cop." Yes, he's talking about a Democrat operative who refused to acknowledge that the James Hodgkinson III, the man who shot up Republicans at a softball practice and hit Steve Scalise five times, wasn't Aksually a Rachel Maddow fan and Bernie Sanders volunteer who hated Republicans, but just a man with no discernible motive other than seeking to end his own life in the most convoluted manner possible."

Matt Vespa at TownHall, So, About That Ex-Capitol Police Officer Initially Identified as the J6 Pipe Bomber... It's complicated. 

John Sexton is delighted that DOJ Launches Investigation of E. Jean Carroll. "In a 2022 videotaped deposition, Carroll told then-Trump attorney Alina Habba that no one else was paying for her legal fees. But two weeks before the trial Carroll’s attorneys informed the judge and Trump’s lawyers that they secured funding from Hoffman’s nonprofit. Carroll’s lawyers said she never met nor had conversations with anyone associated with the nonprofit. Habba said in court at the time that Carroll’s team “conspired to conceal the truth for nearly six months.”"

Insty says I’M OKAY WITH THAT, IF THE REST OF US — INCLUDING PRESIDENT TRUMP — ARE FREE TO DISREGARD LOWER COURT ORDERS WE DON’T LIKE: KBJ Says It’s ‘A Legitimate Question’ Whether Judges Should Defy Emergency SCOTUS Orders.

Dave Strom hears Homeland Security Drafting Plans to Stop Processing International Flights at Sanctuary City Airports and how Trump's Immigration Cruelty Truly Knows No Bounds! Paid a woman to go back to Venezuela even when activists wanted her to stay. AG @AGHamilton29, "Fun fact: Over 50% of border patrol agents and 20-30% of ICE agents are Hispanic." Quote Graham Allen @GrahamAllen, "This is hilarious… two brown guys just walked out of ICE’s Newark facility, and leftist idiots started CHEERING They didn’t realize that they WORK THERE."

At Spiked, a long read, Anatomy of a blood libel, "Why so many people believe the racist lie that Israelis are using dogs to rape Palestinians." Hollywood in Toto catches the ‘Daily Show’ Host Justifies Violence Against Trump? "Josh Johnson's rationalization smacks of excusing assassination attempts." 

From Da Fed, Jay Greene and Ian Kingsbury cite DOJ: By Its Own Admission, Yale Med School Illegally Discriminates Against White, Asian Applicants. Richard Morrison @RichardMorrison, "Find someone who loves you as much as public university administrators love admitting that they're still violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 14th Amendment." Quote Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey, "BREAKING: Arizona State University administrator caught telling an undercover journalist that "We Are DEI."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Technical Difficulties up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Master Debate Revisited

Dave Strom at Hat Hair calls the V.P. Debate: Much Ado About Nothing "J.D. Vance is about 30 IQ points above Time Walz, but you would never know it from the VP debate. Vance did better than Walz, but that was a given. What didn't happen was a Walz collapse or explosion, and I was hoping to see my governor show his true colors by exploding with rage as he has in the past." At TownHall Guy Benson asserts Vance Won...and It Wasn't Even Close and Kurt Schlichter insists JD Vance’s Debate Performance Shows This Guy Is a Conservative Superstar. Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Media Really Couldn't Hide This Fact About the VP Debate. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, JD Vance Did a Great Job Against Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan and Dems' Media Lapdogs Know They're Losing Their Grip on the Narrative. At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed finds Focus Groups say Vance Won the Debate And a Few Converts. What About the Media?, Vance Got It Right on Haitians, Not CBS, Says ... Chris Cuomo, CBS News Welched, Vance Soared. Jeff Blehar at NRO asks Can We Please Finally Dispense with the Ruse of ‘Fact-Checking’? Capt. Ed adds "To put it bluntly, cutting the mics to stop Vance from rebutting their "fact check" was a chickens**t move." Da Signal is Fact-Checking Claims Made in Vance-Walz Debate and thinks Vance Delivers a Master Class in How to Deal With Biased Moderators. Althouse cites Andy Cuomo, "At one point, Vance wanted to correct something about how Haitians got into this country — and he was RIGHT...." and "... I’ve written pretty harshly about Vance.... But I thought he actually did himself and his ticket some good." ""Vance came into this debate with a mission, which was to make himself and his running mate seem more reasonable, less extreme and more respectful of women. He knew exactly what he wanted to achieve, and he was just really good at it. He calibrated his tone really shrewdly. Whereas, I don’t think Walz had an objective other than to answer the questions and talk a lot about Minnesota.... Says Matt Bai, in "Did Tim Walz miss a crucial moment at the VP debate? The governor didn’t seem to have a clear objective in his face-off with Republican JD Vance."" 'Bonchie" at RedState says MSNBC's Must-See Post-Debate Meltdown Managed to Be Both Hilarious and Educational. From Twitchy, Jon Cryer Tries to Disparage Vance With 'Pretty in Pink' Reference and Shows His True Colors. At Reason, J.D. Vance Actually Does Understand How Costs Get Passed Along the Supply Chain. 

Stacy McCain, How Badly Did Tim Walz Lose? 'Bonchie' at RedState, Tim Walz's Self-Implosion Continues During Press Gaggle, and John Fetterman's Reaction Is Priceless. Jim Geraghty at NRO, Tim Walz Loses His Bubble Wrap. Twitchy, 'Amazing'! Politico Explains Tim Walz's Debate 'Eye-Popping' and It's Something Else. Ace, Real News Site Politico: Walz's Deer-In-the-Headlights Look Showed "Passion," Whereas JD Vance's Beard Demonstrated Toxic Masculinity Which Is Off-Putting to Strong Empowered Women. Althouse, It felt like an imitation of Kamala Harris's "I grew up a middle-class kid" — Tim Walz began his answer with "I grew up in small, rural Nebraska, town of 400." "The moderator, Margaret Brennan, purporting to delve into "personal qualifications" — that is, character — asked Tim Walz to explain why he said he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests when, in fact, he was not. . . " And, "Mind-blowing that Tim Walz said he was 'friends with school shooters' 🤡" said Elon Musk... "... at the top of the X page headlined "Controversy Over Tim Walz's School Shooter Comment/Last updated/17 minutes ago/Grok can make mistakes, verify its outputs."" Scott Pinsker at PJM, Tim Walz: Friend of School Shooters, but Mainly Just a ‘Knucklehead’. Twitchy, COME AGAIN? Twitter Posts HILARIOUS Reactions to Tim Walz's 'Friends With School Shooters' Gaffe. Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "REPORTER: “Can you clarify what you meant when you said you became friends with school shooters?”" The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee, "School Shooters Distance Themselves From Tim Walz https://buff.ly/47T1Nyj"

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.02.24 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy: Liberal Media Screeches At J.D. Vance’s Annihilation Of Tampon Timmy, X Posts Hilarious Reactions To Tampon Timmy’s School Shooters Gaffe and Don Surber: Kamala – Walz was a mistake. 

Greg Lukianoff at Insty, HOW TIM WALZ GOT FREE SPEECH VERY WRONG AT THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: "There is no hate speech exception, government must not be the arbiter of truth, and you CAN shout fire in a crowded theater. And to make that last point clear, here is a helpful video from FIRE:" From Reason, Yes, Tim Walz, You Can Shout 'Fire' In A Crowded Theatre. "During Tuesday's debate, Tim Walz fumbled a key moment by misunderstanding the First Amendment." He didn't fumble it, he expressed Democrat's position. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair has A Couple More Thoughts On Last Night. Greg Price@greg_price11. "CBS: You lied about being in China during Tiananmen Square. What do you say? Tim Walz: “I used to ride my bike with friends growing up.” This is completely painful to watch."

Twitchy, DAMNING Thread Shows How Tim Walz's Radical Leftist Policies Have DESTROYED Minneapolis. At YouTube, TIMMY GOT ISSUES | Official Music Video. Mildly amusing. 

At Althouse, This morning, the betting odds converged. At Hat Hair, John Sexton notes that In Nevada and Pennsylvania, Latino Voters Are Shifting Toward Trump, Salena Zito thinks that In Pennsylvania Tour, Trump Hits All the Right Places and Messages. At Spiked, ‘The working class will decide this election’. "Ruy Teixeira on why it’s too early to write off Donald Trump." Capt. Ed adds "If that's true, then Democrats created a real problem for themselves by torpedoing Biden. He was their last connection to that demographic, and the party is now fully under the thrall of Academia-driven elite progressivism."

At NewsMax, Trump Won't Participate in Interview for '60 Minutes' Election Special. Why give CBS another crack at him? Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw notes California Makes it Illegal to Prevent Voter Fraud. "Newsom has now signed a law making it illegal to require voter identification, preferring to keep everything on "the honor system." How do you suppose that's going to work out?"

Ace is disgusted with Our Media Betters: Noted Whore Olivia Nuzzi Alleges In Court Filings That, After This Bottle-Blonde Jezebel Porn-Bombed RFKJr. With Dirty Pictures and Sexts, Her Politico "Reporter" and Soyboy Beta Cuck Ex-Fiancee Started "Blackmailing" Her. "Let me sit at your feet and take moral instruction from you as if you were Christ the Lord Newly Arisen."

Sunny@sunnyright, "Biden ships pallets of cash to Iran while it builds its nuclear program but opposes allies neutralizing the nuclear threat. At what point is it just fair to say Biden-Harris support Iran having nukes?" Rep. Meuser to Newsmax: Iran 'Emboldened' by Biden Admin. Matt Margolis thinks Kamala Completely Botched Her First Public Statement About Iran Attacking Israel: WATCH. PJM's Cathy Salgado, ‘The World Is on Fire’: Trump Says Biden-Harris Weakness Led to Iran Attack.

At Politico, Harris hails striking dockworkers, swipes at Trump’s record. "The vice president supported striking dockworkers and hit at the former president’s Trump’s economic policies." Ward Clark at RedState says October Surprise! Kamala Harris Embraces Striking Port Workers, Owns Any Resulting Economic Damage. 

Capt. Ed wonders whether it's a Dirty Trick? Second-Hand Domestic Abuse Allegation Emerges Against Harris' Husband, "The Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, 59, allegedly struck the woman in the face so hard she spun around, while waiting in a valet line late at night after a May 2012 Cannes Film Festival event in France." Insty, #HIMTOO? "Kamala Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff ‘forcefully slapped ex-girlfriend for flirting with another man’ and was accused of ‘causing’ nanny mistress’s miscarriage during their affair. As Ed Morrissey writes, “Well, the oppo-research files have opened up right on time." Ace, Allegation: Doug Emhoff Slapped His Girlfriend In Public for Flirting with Another Man. "Wait, a woman dating Doug Emhoff flirted with another man? That makes no sense. Doug Emhoff is a Super Alpha that men want to be and women want to be with. No woman would ever seek another man's company if she had The 'Hoff. So this bullshit is obviously fake news." End Wokeness @EndWokeness "Doug Emhoff timeline: 2009: Impregnated his chiId's nanny, 2012: Physically assauIts his girlfriend, 2023: Lectures us on toxic masculinity, 2024: Hailed for redefining masculinity" Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.02.24 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy, Is This The Democrats’ “New Masculinity”?

VodkaPundit at PJM, Kamala Must Combat 'Frightening!' Commie Memes, but She Can't Because She Is One

At Da Signal, Hurricane Helene Response Highlights Biden and Harris’ Failure to Lead. PJM's Chris Queen reports Politicians Are Hindering Rescue Efforts in North Carolina, and One Rescuer Has Had Enough. Insty, NO ONE IS COMING, IT’S UP TO US. "Via Chris Bray, who notes: “While serious military assets sit unused and nearby, well into the disaster, little groups of neighbors are going hard at the problem. . . . No one in the American green zone knows what to begin discussing, much less doing. Wars metastasizing, ports closed, communities flooded. Did Margaret Brennan and Norah What’s-her-name appear to notice any of that? Friends and neighbors will have to do. And “the American green zone?” Harsh, but fair.”" Sarah Arnold at TownHall examines How Hurricane Helene Will Affect the Election.

John Sexton tries to figure out How Much Prison Time is Hunter Biden Facing? I'll be very surprised if he spends one day behind bars.

Charlotte Hazard at JTN, Defamation lawsuit against attorney Andrew Weissmann moves forward. "Passantino said in the lawsuit that Weissmann’s tweet was a "lie and a "smear." Filed under suits I want to succeed. 

At his NYPo gig, Insty says Adams is just the latest pol caught at the trough in the United States of Global Graft. Capt. Ed, "Foreign graft has always been around, but corruption seems to be getting worse ... and not just with elected officials. The media may be worse, but that's not an excuse for pols."

𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎@NiohBerg "Check the date. Absolute psychopaths." Campus Reform reports Two more potentially anti-Semitic attacks happen at UMich as Jewish students think of safety measures. Insty, at NYPo, Jewish students, come here to the South — where you’ll be safe. 

At CJ, Chris Rufo is Unmasking the “Whole-of-Government” DEI Agenda. "One prominent proponent of that policy is Vice President Kamala Harris, who rose to power on the coattails of racial politics and, as vice president, has worked to entrench DEI into every aspect of the federal government." Capt. Ed says "Rufo plans a slow rollout of the findings over the next month, so keep an eye on City Journal. But no one can claim to be ignorant of this stampede toward quotas as 'justice.'"

Hans von Spakovsky at Da Signal, Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict. "By inviting a speaker, history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University—who has already said that she plans to attack presidential candidate Donald Trump in the annual Bancroft Lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy on Oct. 10—the academy is violating Defense Department directives prohibiting the military from engaging in partisan political activity."

At Hollywood in Toto, Kevin Sorbo Schools Whoopi: I’m Proof of New Hollywood Blacklist. "Conservative star shares how industry punished him for having 'wrong' views."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Pleasure Is To Play up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.