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Saturday, July 4, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Happy 250th Birthday America!

Rep. Eric Davanzo
Althouse cites Donald Trump and hosts his speech at Mt. Rushmore, "These are very, very special times. And this is a very special place. You live in a very special place. Congratulations everybody." "Those were the very very very special words of our President, Donald J. Trump, speaking at Mount Rushmore, on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the 4th of July." Oh no! He was mean to the communists! Also from sundance at CTH, Freedom 250 from Mount Rushmore – Livestream Links. Don Surber is Defining MAGA, "Been around 250 years. We will be around another 250." ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "Line to get into the Pennsylvania booth at the Great American State Fair out the door! Pavilion is filled with displays from businesses all across the state. PLACE matters--that's what drove people & businesses to step up with pride; no way were they going to let this go empty." At Hat Hair, Dave Strom, America at 250: When You Get Ordinary Americans Away From the Noise, We Still Agree on the Basics, John Sexton hears a SoCal HOA Bans Display of the U.S. Flag and Capt. Ed finds Politico Party Pooper: Trump's America 250 Celebration Will Pollute DC, You Know "Politico even tried complaining to the EPA, whose spokesperson laughed in its face." From NYPo, Pennsylvania state Rep. Eric Davanzo says he was kicked off House floor over ‘patriotic’ suit ahead of America 250. Streiff at RedState thinks the Rogue USAF Major's Speech Garners Progressive Praise, but I Don't Think They've Thought This Through.

Fox News@FoxNews "JUST IN: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani used America’s 250th anniversary to sharply criticize the country, accusing the U.S. of allowing children to go hungry while billionaires and “oligarchs” gain more power. He said America’s wealth was built by working people with “calloused, dirt-streaked hands" while accusing the country of allowing the wealth built by workers to be concentrated in “the soft hands of a precious few.” Mary Chastain at LI sees Mamdani Trashes America, Trump in Speech Marking Country’s 250th Birthday. Like the nepo-baby has ever had a job that gave him callouses. Bob Spencer at PJM says Mamdani Gives 250th Anniversary Speech, and Boy, Does This Guy Hate America. L A R R Y @LarryOConnor, "He’s been trained by his political handlers to smile almost incessantly. It’s an obvious forced smile to make his odious policies seem reasonable and safe. Here, he’s lost the smile. The result? He and his message convey their inherent hostility." Matt Taibbi, Listen to This Article: Zohran Mamdani and the Nitwit Revolution, "New York’s Mayor proved he’s a generational political talent this week, re-shaping the Democratic Party and setting America up for a referendum on its founding principles." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "We heard this trash from Obama and it was bad enough the first time. Nobody who loves America talks this way." Quote Gerald Posner @geraldposner, "One year ago today, reports revealed that @NYCMayor checked both “Asian” and “Black or African American” on his 2009 Columbia application (he wrote in “Ugandan” and later said he doesn’t consider himself Black or African American — just an American born in Africa — because the forms had no box for “Indian-Ugandan”). ... When Mamdani gets to the “enslaved Africans” section, that might be the perfect moment to mention how he tried to check the African American box himself back when it could have helped tip the university admissions scale." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Eloquent? He trashed the country and then insisted it belongs to non-Americans while making a mockery of George Washington." Quote David Axelrod @davidaxelrod, "These eloquent words speak to me as the grateful son of a refugee who arrived here with his family, carrying little more than their hopes and dreams of freedom and a better life." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "In fairness, he doesn't know how free markets, capitalism, socialism, communism and New York City work, so I'd have to say the desk is either the least of everyone's concerns. Or a tell." Quote Kate Hyde @KateHydeNY, "Are we as offended by Mamdani using George Washington's desk to make a speech once we realize he doesn't even know how a desk works?"

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn has Hot Child in the City: Commie Mamdani Expects Mommies and Families to Fry At Twitchy, Ben Ferguson Pointed Out CNN Wasn't Complying With Mamdani's A/C Rule and the Host Was NOT Happy. Alexis Wilkins @AlexisWilkins, "Attn: New York Liberals If you don’t like getting told what temperature to set your thermostat, you probably won’t like socialism." PM sees Mamdani's rent freeze affects 1 million apts—nearly 50% are occupied by foreigners. 44 percent of all homes that are rent-stabilized in the city were occupied by people born outside of the US, which would translate to around 440,000 residences. From the Free Bacon, Darializa Avila Chevalier Dating Mamdani Lawyer Who Repped Al Qaeda Terrorists, Including 'Close Associate' of Bin Laden. "The pair met outside of an 'ICE detention facility,' according to Chevalier." Love at first protest!

At Am Great the Great Victor Davis Hanson pens The New Socialists: Elite, Ungrateful, and Toxic as Ever "The new socialist movement believes it can remake America—but its growing radicalism may prove the very thing that drives voters away and fuels a counterrevolution." Dan Greenfield at Front Page worries Hamas Rioters Get Their Own Members of Congress, "Democrats welcome their first “Death to America” congresswoman." From RCP, Legacy Versus Reality: America’s Jews and the Democrat Party. Dave Strom sees Democrats Are Now Debating Who Is 'Too Jewish'. Driscoll at Insty, “PROGRESSIVE” LEFT GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE: "Did a CNN Anchor Really Just Say This About Jewish Democrats?" Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet, "Donny Deutsch, on MSNOW, just gave us an inside sneak peek at establishment Democrats’ panic about the rise of extremist DSA candidates: "Well, Democrats have gone off the rails... Democrats right now are focused on two things:" • "Antisemitism." • "Socialism." ..." Chaskel Bennett @ChaskelBennett, "Israel sent search-and-rescue teams to Venezuela. That's a documented fact. The @nytimes reported on the international response while omitting Israel's rescue mission. Other major media outlets did the same. That's not a typo. It's not a factual dispute. It's an editorial choice. When the facts don't fit the narrative, the facts disappear. That's why nobody trusts todays activist media especially when they report on Israel." Mitch Berg at Hat Hair VIP has the "We've Never Tried 'Real Social Housing'" Hall Of Eternal Shame. At AMAC, a New Documentary Sheds Light on Shocking Radicalism of Minnesota Gov. Walz.

From NYPo news that the FBI infiltrated Gavin Newsom’s inner circle by convincing governor’s ally to wear a wire. Sundance, Lisa Monaco and Merrick Garland Organized Wire Recording Surveillance of Gavin Newsom in June of 2024. "Newsom was under political surveillance prior to Biden’s withdrawal. This puts context on the plan to replace Biden with then VP Kamala Harris. What does then Deputy AG Lisa Monaco and then VP Kamala Harris have in common? They were both key figures within the Barack Obama operation." Chef Andrew Gruel @ChefGruel, "This is nuts!! Voters chose @realSonjaShaw for State Superintendent in the primary, but instead of respecting the fact she may win, Newsom is fast-tracking legislation to shift key powers from the independently elected Superintendent of Public Instruction to a governor-appointed official. That’s an end run around the voters." Quote California Post @californiapost "Gavin Newsom passes 'biggest power grab in California history' over State Superintendent role." PJM's Vicky Taft sees the West Coast, Messed Coast™ States Give Serfs a Huge America 250 'Gift', gas tax increases.

The Center Square, reports GOP hardliners vow to blockade must-pass bills unless voter ID demands met. TownHall's Dmitri Bolt hears This Republican Has a Wild Idea for Fixing Housing Prices: Let the Market Actually Work. "Stop all of the subsidies," Rep. McClintock told Newsmax, Thursday. "That thing is chock full with subsidies and grants. All those do is force up the price of housing for everybody while hiding it for those that are lucky enough to qualify for the subsidies." Real capitalism hasn't been tried either. Mark Tapscott at Insty says TIME FOR REHAB FOR BOTH DEMS, GOP: "Tomorrow is a great day, the 250th commemoration of the proclamation on July 4, 1776, of America’s Declaration of Independence. But on July 5, 2026, we better get honest with each other and our leaders about the approaching fiscal calamity. Read all about it here with my latest Substack column:" Democrats and Republicans MUST Stop Lying About Their Deficit Spending and Debt, Beginning July 5, 2026, if America is to Survive "There is no more kicking the can down the road to delay starting the admittedly painful rehabilitation treatment of our Federal Spending Addiction (FSA)."


AG @AGHamilton29, "Qatar is an actual slave state with just a few hundred thousand citizens and a clear record of funding terrorism. The fact that we have somehow allowed them to buy their way into influencing so much of America's ME policy and dictating information flow is still crazy to me."



At Da Wire, Mark Krikorian looks at the Citizenship Follies, "Are we going to just have to bar the admission of women from abroad?" John Eastman at Am Mind, reminds us of 1776, Not 1608: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong on Birthright Citizenship. At the Chronic, Mark Judge looks at Justice Kavanaugh’s Transgender Ruling and the Misogyny of the Left.

PJM's Stephen Kruiser tells Dear Europoors: I'm Setting My Thermostat to 1776 for Independence Day. Max @minordissent, "Europoors: if we stop using AC we will solve climate change China: 1M sq ft indoor ski resort that has 10 MW of refrigeration running 365 days a year." Allan @UnrealAllan, "This isn’t so much “third world” as just plainly irrational. A high-capacity public escalator uses about the same energy in 24 hours as that needed to cool 1,500 square feet of living space for 24 hours. What can’t be ignored though is our *energy infrastructure* has been far outstripped by *energy demand*. It would be nice if people were able to analyze and discuss these issues rationally without the insta-default to political histrionics, hysteria, and irrationality." Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Escalators in NY are now being turned off to "conserve energy" Welcome to the 3rd world." Try shutting of the elevators in government buildings, I dare you.At YouTube, The World Cup is Destroying the Anti-America Narrative.

Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith, "The UK is what happens when career public sector middle-managers get into power." James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames, :2002, "Quote Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat, "A leaked internal home office report from 2002 shows the UK Government had planned to change what "British-ness" meant through mass immigration It was always the goal to erase our identity and replace us.

Jennifer Sey @JenniferSey, "This is hilarious. Dude, we’ve been telling you. They hate the gays. Like really hate. Not like in a fun way." Quote Sunny @sunnyright, "When progressives actually meet Islam, part 6,512"

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.03.26. Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Slowly I Turn up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Friday, May 29, 2026

Forget It Jake, It's Baltimore

 From the Balmer Sun, Baltimore budget deficit swells to $64M. Here’s why.

Baltimore officials say an unusually brutal winter and soaring overtime costs have pushed the city’s current budget into a $64.4 million deficit, forcing leaders to tap reserve funds despite stronger-than-expected tax revenue. Finance officials told the Baltimore City Council on Tuesday that cleanup costs tied to four snowstorms — along with overtime spending in the police and fire departments — wiped out what had been projected as a $19.6 million surplus earlier this fiscal year. The largest hit came from emergency winter operations that kept crews working around the clock for weeks. The city budgeted $8 million for snow cleanup and instead spent $80 million this year.

“Even in the best planned environment, you’re going to hit a storm that’s going to go beyond what you’re budgeted for,” Deputy Finance Director Bob Cenamme told council members. “That’s why we have reserves.”

Baltimore wasn’t the only city struggling with this year’s winter storms. Philadelphia, for example, budgeted $4.1 million for snow cleanup and ended up spending $59 million. Washington D.C., meanwhile, budgeted $7.3 million and spent more than $67 million.

To close the gap, Baltimore plans to draw from its rainy-day fund and use FEMA reimbursement money. The city’s reserve fund now sits near $200 million.  City officials confirmed to The Baltimore Sun they haven’t received the FEMA funds yet. As of Tuesday, Baltimore was still in the process of applying for the money.

Tax revenue, parking revenue and investments saved the city from digging an even deeper hole in its budget, city officials said. Income tax revenue alone gave the city $17.3 million more in revenue surplus than originally projected after generating $74 million more than predicted in Q2. Vacancies across several agencies, including the comptroller’s office, state’s attorney’s office and city IT department, also reduced spending.

Still, the city’s overall financial outlook deteriorated sharply from earlier projections. The Q2 projections for the total budget were worse by $84 million, as the city expected to have a $19.6 million surplus instead of a $64.4 million overall deficit.

Here's a clue. If you spend more money than you take in, you'll run a deficit.  

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - No Kings Today

The Free Bacon reports Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy To Headline ‘No Kings’ Rally With Activist Who Defended Hamas Attack, Cheered Trump Assassination Attempt, "Afeni Evans frequently denigrates 'Amerikkka' and expressed her desire for 'the west' to 'fall'." At Twitchy, Got Our Hands on Some Chants the Mouth-Breathers Will be Using on 'No Kings Day' and Talk About HILARIOUS.

AP whines Trump warns Hamas ‘we will have no choice but to go in and kill them’ if bloodshed persists in Gaza. Spoiler, it will. And the Israelis will have no choice but to continue to clean house. From Althouse, "Enough blood has been shed, with property lines being defined by War and Guts. They should stop where they are." "Said President Trump, quoted in "Trump urges armistice at current battle lines in Ukraine after Zelensky meeting/The president said he wants both sides to stop where they are. Zelensky signaled openness to such a ceasefire as a starting point to talks" (WaPo)(free-access link)." And, "[Maduro] has offered everything. He's offered everything. You're right. You know why? Because he doesn't want to fuck around with the United States." Streiff at RedState, 'He Looked Like a Deer in the Headlights': Trump Lowers the Boom As US Defeats China-Backed UN Tax Scheme.

Jack @jackunheard, "BREAKING: The U.S. posted a massive $198 BILLION surplus in September — the largest September surplus on record, according to Scott Bessent. “September’s monthly surplus of $198 billion was the largest surplus of any September on record and 147% higher than last year.”" At Da Caller, Trump Admin Fires Entire Agency In One Swift Move Amid Schumer Shutdown the Community Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI). "The CDFI fund claims to “expand economic opportunity for underserved people and communities by supporting the growth and capacity” of financial institutions, but critics have argued the agency has drifted from its mission and become politicized." From Ace, Tricolor Auto Failure Follow-up: JPMorgan Takes a $170 Million Hit; Trump Disbands the Government’s DEI Agency that Was Involved "The federal government under President Biden had given its seal of approval to Tricolor and its securities, certifying them as “social bonds” under the US Treasury’s CDFI program (“Community Development Financial Institution Fund”), because Tricolor’s customer base was “underserved communities,” primarily Spanish-speaking non-citizens." TCW, Maybe Trump actually knows what he’s doing . . .

At TownHall, Dimitri Bolt reports This Top Democrat Just Hit Karoline Leavitt With Vicious Personal Attacks Dime store Obama Juan Jeffries "You've got Karoline Leavitt, who's sick. She's out of control. And I'm not sure whether she's just demented, ignorant, a stone-cold liar, or all of the above," Jeffries said." and Amy Curtis says Karoline Leavitt Fires Back at Hakeem Jeffries and She Brings the Receipts. Karoline Leavitt @PressSec, "Hakeem Jeffries and the Democrats are lashing out because they know what I said is true. The Democrat Party's elected officials absolutely cater to pro-Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals. House Democrats voted against a resolution condemning Hamas following the horrific October 7th terrorist attacks, and Democrats cheered on pro-Hamas radicals while they hijacked America’s college campuses and harassed Jewish students. Democrats opened our borders and allowed tens of millions of illegal aliens into our country over the past four years, including rapists and murderers, because they view them as future voters. Democrats coddle violent criminals and support soft-on-crime policies like cashless bail that let violent offenders back on the streets to hurt law-abiding citizens. Democrats do NOT serve the interests of the American people. . . " at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.17.25 (Afternoon Edition) Twitchy, Hakeem Jeffries Is Very Upset For Katherine Leavitt For Pointing Out Who The Dems Prioritize, At PJM Scott Pinsker wonders Did JD Vance Just Set the Ultimate ‘No Kings’ PR Trap for the Dems? JD Vance @JDVance, "A friend shared these truly disturbing messages from a Young Republican group chat. The group's leader "genuinely" calls for murdering the children of his political opponents. Oh wait, actually this is from Jay Jones, the Democrat running for Attorney General in Virginia." At Althouse, "Guys. No one believes you on here." "The White House joins Bluesky. The results are predictable." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.17.25 (Evening Edition), Twitchy: Trump White House Joins BlueSky With Epic Trolling Video.

Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist@DeAngelisCorey, "Wait. This is big news, if true, @rweingarten. Your union contributed to Jay Jones but then pulled the contribution?" Quote Jake Altman @TradeUnionJake, "AFT President Randi Weingarten confirmed that AFT never endorsed Jay Jones and pulled its contribution. Credit to AFT and Weingarten." PJM's Matt Margolis is late to the party, Debate Disaster: Jay Jones Crashes and Burns. Minnesota Department of Human Service Employees @Minnesota_DHS, "We personally know Tim Walz as some of us work with him directly. What we can say, Tim Walz THRIVES on creating a hateful, divisive and hostile environment. His eyes light up with crazed enthusiasm when he attacks/criticizes his perceived opponents. Staff are fearful of him and his “nice guy” image is a facade. Behind closed doors, he is a terrifyingly incompetent clown who will bulldoze anyone who dares to question him. #Hostile #IncompetentGovernment" Matt Van Swol @matt_vanswol, "#BREAKING: Popular Democrat homeless activist in Charlotte NC, Cedric Dean, has just been raided by the FBI for allegedly: "Running a $14.5 MILLION DOLLAR health care fraud scheme by taking advantage of the homeless and submitting false claims to Medicaid...""

Ace, Plot Twist: Another Member of "Big Tish's" Family of Butch Criminals Is a Fugitive "We already read that one of the grand-nieces ensconced in Big Tish's fraudulently-obtained properties is a criminal absconder with open warrants in another jurisdiction. Now we find out the other family member living at one of Big Tish's many grifter-pads is a felon who lied on her gun purchase application, Hunter-Biden-style" and Kash Patel Files First-Ever Terrorism Charges Against Two Antifa Men Plus: John Bolton Surrenders Himself for Arrest and Booking "What a dummy, doesn't he know that these two men don't even exist? Good luck prosecuting ghosts, you big dope." Shipwreckedcrew, A "Career" Federal Prosecutor Is Fired From Eastern District Of Virginia? To Quote Paul Harvey Here Is "The Rest Of The Story." "Credit to Julie Kelly for calling attention to Michael Ben'Ary's continued employment -- but this is as much about Chuck Rosenberg as it is about Ben'Ary."But he returned to DOJ in 2002 as Special Counsel to …… …. FBI Director ROBERT MUELLER. An issue that arose shortly thereafter when it came to light that Rosenberg had made a political contribution to Maryland Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen — the Champion of “Maryland Man” Kilmar Obrego Garcia. Van Hollen and Rosenberg were law school classmates. Rosenberg survived that, and after 2 years as part of Mueller’s staff, Rosenberg was named in 2004 as Special Counsel to …. …. Deputy Attorney General JAMES COMEY. See a pattern starting to develop? …. Deputy Attorney General JAMES COMEY. See a pattern starting to develop?" At RCP, What the Stats Really Say About Crime Surge. "a new Bureau of Justice Statistics report, which includes data through 2024, shows that Trump was right during the debate when he said, “Crime here is up and through the roof.” The National Crime Victimization Survey shows violent crime surged 59%, with rape and sexual assault up 67%, robbery up 38%, and aggravated assault up 62%. That’s the largest four-year increase in the survey’s 52-year history."

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "BREAKING: A Massachusetts woman has been arrested & charged w/ threatening to kill federal agents who were making an immigration arrest outside of a MA courthouse. Feds say Bethany Abigail Terrill yelled "Charlie Kirk died and we love it! We're coming for you, gonna kill you!" to federal agents assisting ICE at the Malden, MA courthouse on September 29th, and it was all captured on multiple federal body cams. Feds say she also tried to interfere with the arrest. DOJ press release below. Multiple federal sources confirm to @FoxNews that this is a photo of Terrill. (Instagram)." Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "One of the hard Left's most prominent media mouthpieces is now screaming that black and brown people need to get guns to shoot ICE agents with - exhorting them to remember the Second Amendment. This means it's time to talk about the doctrinal split between Antifa and the Gramscians. On the one hand, revolutionary terrorists running an essentially Maoist playbook; on the other hand, infiltrators pursuing the Long March through the institutions. Both groups have the same enemies, and the same goal: the latter-day mutation of Marxism that the kids call "gay race communism". But they differ on the means. Most journalists are Gramscians, but Don Lemon has just declared firmly for the Antifa side. . . " Mary Chastain at LI reports Pritzker says ICE Agents Should be Charged for Breaking State, Local Laws. "Something tells me Illinois will find a way to do it. When has that state ever followed rules or laws?" At the Center for Immigrant Studies, ‘Sanctuary’ Policies Are at the Heart of L.A., Chicago, Portland Stand-Offs "If states and localities really believe only a small minority of immigrants are criminals, give ICE access to the criminals and watch the ‘at large’ arrests plummet."

Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke "Sam is trying to frame it as a bad thing, but those outlets were actually the ones who exposed the Russiagate hoax, the Covid origin cover up, and the Ukraine impeachment scam. If that’s supposed to be a problem, I’ll take more of it. Finally some actual journalists in the mix." Quote Sam Stein @samstein, "Congrats to our new, in house Pentagon press corps The Federalist, the Epoch Times, OAN, Turkish newspaper AkÅŸam, three individuals from the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency, two Turkish freelancers, a reporter for the Australian, an Afghan freelancer; and three lesser-known operations, AWPS News, the India Globe and a blog called USA Journal Korea."

Even more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.17.25 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 10.17.25 (Evening Edition). Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Breaking Even On The Road up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump's DC Takeover Continues

At WokeSpy, Kash Patel’s FBI Hits the Ground Running with Trump’s Plan to Clean Up Washington DC. John Sexton at Hat Hair sees the National Guard Deployed in Washington, DC (and the Left is Lashing Out). From Common Defense, Troops, Tough Leadership, and a Plan to Restore Safety in America's Front Yard Expected Mid-Week. Liz Peek observes Democrats Officially the Pro-Crime Party. Christian Collins @CollinsforTX, "173 House Democrats backed a Washington, D.C. law to REDUCE penalties for: - Murders - Sexual assault - Robberies - Carjackings - Home invasions Democrats are pro-criminal, and it’s why they are against Trump's efforts to make the Capital safe again." At Da Mail, Anderson Cooper explains the clever trap Trump has set for Democrats after announcing DC crime crackdown that has infuriated liberals. End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Black business owner laughs in the face of a reporter who says crime is down: “Trump's absolutely right”" At NYPo Rich Lowry opines Washington, DC, has only itself to blame for Trump’s law-and-order takeover. From Fox, Trump warns he may bypass Congress with national emergency to keep DC police control beyond 30 days. "President Trump seeks congressional extension of 30-day federalization of capital police as arrests top 100 people." Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, " BREAKING: Tom Homan just announced that DC’s illegal alien Sanctuary City status has been REVOKED under President Trump’s federalization. Oh, they are going to lose it over this. “D.C. under federal control is not going to be a 'sanctuary' city. We're working with the police hand-in-hand — and when we encounter a criminal illegal alien, they'll be turned over to ICE." GREAT NEWS. Restore the capital." Dan Greenfield at FrontPage, D.C. Cops Only Caught 32% of Armed Robbers. Pop Times, DOJ’s Harmeet Dhillon Becomes Target of Robbery Attempt as DC Crime Escalates. Also at WokeSpy, Dark-Money Donors, Including George Soros, Pump $20 Million Into DC Anti-Trump Protest Movement. Drew Berquist sees Nancy Pelosi Gets Egg All Over Her Face When Former Capitol Police Chief Responds to Her J6 Post. From Ace, Trump, Pentagon Plan for Rapid-Deployment National Guard Force to Stop Democrat Rioting, "Well they didn't say "Democrat rioting" but is there any other kind? Oh right, there was four hours of people milling about amiably in the Capitol. Just like Germany in 1953. Or whenever. I don't know history good." Insty, THIS IS WHAT PROGRESSIVE POLITICS LOOKS LIKE: @instapundit @instapundit ""Incel?" Wasn't Big Balls literally protecting his girlfriend? Seems potentially libelous." Quote Stephen L. Miller@redsteeze, "This is the Democratic Party operative who started the border agents on horses whipping migrants that the entire media ran with that made it all the way to the White House and they still take him as being credible."

John Sexton at Hat Hair, NBC News: Here's the Texas Dems' Exit Strategy. Ace, Confirmed: Democrat Runaways to Return to Capital Now That Beto's Bribe Money Has Been Cut Off, "I mentioned this as an update to a post last night but now it's confirmed. Now that they have to pay for hotel and travel out of their own pockets, these Selfless Servants of Socialism have decided that all they really wanted to do was to "raise awareness about gerrymandering."" At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.12.25 (Early Evening Edition), Twitchy: Texas Democrats Cave & Will Return To Texas This Weekend.

ET, US Deficit Grows to $291 Billion in July Despite Record Tariff Revenues "Trump’s tariff windfall hit a new record—but it wasn’t enough to offset higher spending, driven in part by high debt servicing costs." Thanks to Jerome Powell. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee "Jerome Powell Says He Won’t Lower Interest Rates Until He Can Be Sure It Won’t Help Trump https://buff.ly/DEaFAPp." TNP, Trump Strikes Deal With Nvidia, AMD: Share of China Chip Sales Will Go to U.S. Government. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.12.25 (Evening Edition), Watts Up With That, How Jerome Powell Played Biden’s Climate Games While Inflation Ran Rampant.


Matt Margolis at PJM sees Exposed: How Hillary Planned to Reward Schiff for Undermining Trump, CIA Director? From the Pop Times, Jim Jordan Explains Why Whistleblower Against Adam Schiff is Credible. Matt Vespa at TownHall, We Won't Get Caught: The Latest Russian Collusion Doc Involving Adam Schiff Is Nuts. Clandestine @WarClandestine, "These allegations from the Dem whistleblower are WILD. Schiff called a staff meeting, told everyone he was going to leak classified intelligence to harm Trump, someone pointed out that’s treason, other staffers said not to worry about it because they won’t get caught… WHAT?!" Sundance at CTH, DNI Tulsi Gabbard Declassifies 2016 Clapper Email to Adm Mike Rogers Telling NSA Director, “That’s OUR story, and We’re Sticking to it”… Matt Vespa, James Clapper: Everyone Just Get in Line on the Russian Collusion Hoax...Screw the Usual Process.  Ace cites Just the News: James Comey Got His "Friend" Hired by the Government and Given a Top Secret Clearance So That Comey Could Leak to Him and Have Him Leak to Reporters. "Actually, that much, I think, was already known. But it's hard to write a headline about the new stuff. John Solomon and Jerry Dunleavy: "Comey's media mole told FBI he shaped Russia narrative, needed 'discount' to deny leaking intel. The FBI confirmed illegal intel leaks but rounded up no offenders. Declassified memos have unmasked Comey's secret media conduit, a law professor whom Comey put on the government payroll." Sundance also has Kash Patel Sends John Solomon Declassified Information on James Comey’s Leak Operative, Daniel Richman and Matt Taibbi Says His FBI/DOJ Sources Are Seeking Big Indictments in Russiagate. Kevin McCullough at TownHall says Lock Him Up! Lock Her Up! Lock All Of Them Up! At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.12.25 (Early Evening Edition), Twitchy, Schifftier Than We Thought! From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.12.25 (Evening Edition), Director Blue: Risky Schiffness, American Greatness: Report: Dem Whistleblower Repeatedly Warned FBI About Adam Shift’s RussaGate Leaks, American Thinker: The ‘Scarf Administration’ of Barack Obama, Comey’s Last Moves – Spying on a President, Setting the Trap, & Lying About It, The Geller Reports Democratic Whistleblower Reveals Adam Schiff Approved Classified Leaks to Target President Trump.



Nick Arama at RedState hears Melania Trump Delivers a Big Legal Warning to Hunter Biden, and He'd Better Listen. "During the interview titled "Hunter Biden Returns" with Andrew Callaghan, Hunter claimed that "Epstein introduced Melania to Trump. The connections are, like, so wide and deep." But Melania Trump isn't letting that claim go by. Her attorney, Alejandro Brito, has dropped a $1 billion warning on Hunter to retract his statements about her and apologize. The attorney's letter threatened legal action over the "false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory" statements."


From PM, Karen Bass says LA has 'rapid response network' to disrupt ICE arrests "In Los Angeles, we have a rapid response network where everybody is alerted. If you see masked men getting out of unmarked cars, let everybody in the area know." Lock her up! From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Socialists Plot To Attack Federal Agents. "Did you know that obstructing federal agents as they carry out lawful duties is a federal crime under 18 U.S. Code § 1501?" From the Pop Times, ‘Guatemalan Before American’ Rep Delia Ramirez Calls ICE a ‘Terrorist Organization.’

Dave Strom considers the question Are Pravda Media Attacks on Fox News Nothing But Jealousy? Not nothing, there's plenty of partisanship too. Larry Correia @monsterhunter45 "The Daily Beast is literally evil. "Vets plead with Ron DeSantis to stop killing them"? Then you look at it, and it's a DEATH ROW MURDERERS who just happened to have served in the military at some point. No matter how much you hate the media, they deserve worse." Quote Christina Pushaw @ChristinaPushaw, "Notice how this activist slop headline does not mention the heinous murders that these individuals committed to earn the death penalty. x.com/thedailybeast/…" A Driscolly post at Insty, THIS IS CNN . . .

From Twitchy, Court Rules That the Little Sisters of the Poor Provide Abortion Coverage. I thought that was done when the Supes ruled in their favor. Insty, YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT PAINFUL AND EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO SCREW WITH YOU: Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter "They won’t go ahead and leave the Little Sisters the Poor alone because they haven’t been defeated yet, and they haven’t been defeated yet in part because you’ve been helping them you invertebrate sissy joke." Quote David French @DavidAFrench "It’s absolutely insane that this is still going on. How about folks just go ahead and leave the Little Sisters of the Poor alone? x.com/becketfund/sta…" Michael Walsh @TheAmanuensis "@DavidAFrench The very first lesson kids need to learn about the Left is that they will NEVER leave you alone." At Althouse, "The anti [Obergefell] forces will get Thomas and probably Alito. Roberts was strongly against at the time but..." "...has been careful to treat it as legitimate precedent since. Gorsuch usually sides with religious litigants but also wrote Bostock, the most important gay rights decision in years, and Roberts raised eyebrows by joining him. Most people who know Barrett and Kavanaugh believe them to have zero appetite for reopening this issue. Trump isn't pushing for it. . . . Walter Olson, quoted by Ilya Somin, in "Why the Supreme Court is Highly Unlikely to Overturn Obergefell in the Kim Davis Case/My Cato Institute colleague Walter Olson explains" (Reason)."

At Fox, JONATHAN TURLEY: Dershowitz takes on pierogi politics, and Leftist hypocrisy "Legal legend says chef refused service after he wore pro-Jewish T-shirt to Martha's Vineyard farmers market." 

Roger Kimball at Spec World, is happy Trump is liberating the Smithsonians from ‘Woke’ "Trump is giving Americans back their cultural and educational institutions." 


Virginia Kruta at Da Wire, MS-13 Member Serving Time For Murder Sues Trump To Be ‘Recognized’ As A Woman. "After filing a number of complaints alleging attempts on his life, Contreras Aguilar took on the name Fendi G. Skyy."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Birds Win! Birds Win! up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Friday, May 16, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - Comey Puts Out Hit on Trump

The micro-scandal of yesterday was former FBI director James Comey's plea on Twitter for someone to kill Donald Trump, nicely dressed up a something he found on the beach, which he soon deleted and rapidly denied any insight into. Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr, "Just James Comey causally calling for my dad to be murdered. This is who the Dem-Media worships. Demented!!!!" 86 is mob speak for 8 miles out and 6 feet under, while 47 refers to Trump's current term. From Fox, Ex-FBI chief Comey’s ‘86 47’ social media post condemned by White House as attempt to put ‘hit’ on president, "'This is deeply concerning to all of us and is being taken seriously,' White House spokesperson says". John Sexton at Hat Hair, James Comey Wants to '86' President Trump. At Twitchy, BREAKING: James Comey Posts Alleged Call to Murder Trump on Instagram, Then Deletes It (But We Have It). Sundance at CTH, Former FBI Director James Comey Posts Threatening Message About President Trump, Deletes Instagram When Called Out. Driscoll, who's keeping the seat warm while Insty is vacating, has a FLASHBACK: ‘Shorthand for killing someone:’ "Trump campaign disturbed by Gretchen Whitmer displaying ‘8645’ in background for interview. —The Washington Examiner, October 20th, 2020." Sundance at CTH, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Says James Comey Should be “Arrested and Put Behind Bars” for Threatening the Life of President Trump. Karol Markowicz at NYPo reminds us Democrats lit the ‘assassination culture’ fuse — now their silence equals violence. Do I think Comey was really trying to threaten Trump? Probably not, but it's a pretty good excuse to put him on trial. Let the process be the punishment.

Meanwhile, President Trump is still abroad in the Arab states, collecting deals on behalf of the American people. Sundance, of course, has some videos, President Trump Arrival Ceremony in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and President Trump Delivers Remarks to USA Troops at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Batya Ungar-Sargon @bungarsargon "President Trump gave a momentous, epoch defining speech yesterday in Saudi Arabia, which repudiated both Democratic and Republican foreign policy and paved a new way forward. What does Trump's approach mean for the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Israel? My
@TheFP column:" Quote The Free Press @TheFP "Trump’s speech in Saudi Arabia sent a clear message to our allies: “Get on board or get left behind.” @BUngarSargon on the Trump speech that reveals how the president plans to bring peace to the Middle East: “cool hard cash.” https://thefp.pub/43vo1G4 https://thefp.com/p/trumps-grand." At IBD AI Stocks: Saudi Deals Drive Nvidia, AMD, Supermicro Higher. NewsMax, Trump Signs $1.2 Trillion Economic Deal With Qatar. Drew Berquist, Trump’s Qatar Visit Brings Cash and Cooperation—Cue Media Panic. At TownHall, Matt Vespa sees Hillary Clinton's Weigh-in on the Trump-Qatar 747 Story Blows Up in Her Face. RBe @RBPundit "NARRATOR: Hillary Clinton inadvertently reveals how the Clinton Global Initiative operates." Quote Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton "No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious." In other foreign policy news, sundance has Secretary of State Marco Rubio Press Conference from Turkey about Ukraine-Russia Conflict and Secretary Rubio and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Deliver Remarks in Turkey as Ukraine Delays Discussions. At Am Con, Sumantra Maitra examines The Moment That Tested U.S. Diplomacy. "Within 48 hours, the U.S. achieved three diplomatic breakthroughs."

The gloom and doom predicted for Trump's tariff policies stubbornly refuses to arrive. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Afternoon Edition) Twitchy, Axios Reports Fears Over Tariffs Killing The Economy “May Be Overblown”, Louder With Crowder: Trump’s Economy Wins Pile Up And The Left Can’t Stand It and Don Surber: Trump triumphs in Saudi Arabia. From Ace, Axios: "Hard Data Suggests Tariff-Driven Inflation and Recession Fears May be Overblown" POLITICO @politico "Trump tariffs have little impact on prices so far, defying grim forecasts." "Who pushed these Grim Forecasts, Politico? If it's the sources you rely on for every DNC press release story-- are you going to apply more skepticism to their claims going forward, or not so much?" Conrad Black at the Brussels Signal, Tariff de-escalation and hints of new world order show Trump’s tactics are working. At Althouse, "And what's interesting here is that even people who are skeptical of Trump's tariffs might be in favor of reining in fast fashion for environmental reasons or because they're against overconsumption." "From today's episode of the NYT "Daily" podcast, "The End of Fast Fashion?" (audio and transcript at Podscribe). I'm happy to see the NYT devoting some attention to the progressive argument in favor of Trump's tariffs on China." Fox sees Trump On the rise: New poll indicates Trump's approval ratings are edging up. "Trade deals with UK and China help improve economic outlook as president's numbers recover from earlier decline." And Fox polls usually underestimate Trump. Da Caller, Plurality Of Swing Voters Support Trump’s China Tariffs, New Poll Reveals. Quantus Insights @QuantusInsights, "April shocker: U.S. Treasury posts $258B surplus — 2nd largest ever. • Tax receipts surged to $850B • Customs duties (Trump tariffs) doubled to record $15.6B • Borrowing needs down $53B this quarter For a gov’t hooked on deficits, this is a rare fiscal win—driven by new trade policy." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn examines The Good and Bad on the Economic Front Today. Kurt Schlichter at TownHall sees When Conservative Theory Collides With Unconservative Reality "But in so many areas, we don’t have a free market. The problem is that many of our co-conservatives demand that we pretend we do. They wish to govern based on that fantasy. Of course, our opponents don’t feel themselves bound to that. They do what’s to their advantage."


Ace, Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Nationwide Universal Injunctions Issued by Lowly District Court Justices Who Keep Electing Themselves President. Althouse was "LISTENing LIVE: Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship." except it's not really about birthright citizenship, it's about the power of Circuit Court judges to set national policy. Leah Barkoukis at TownHall, Trump Weighs in on the 'Big Case' Before the Supreme Court Today. PJM's Matt Margolis sees Justice Thomas Destroys the Case for Nationwide Injunctions With One Devastating Question "“So we survived until the 1960s without universal injunction?” he asked." Cutie Pavlich at TownHall, Clarence Thomas Sends a Nukes Into the Left's National Injunctions. I expect the court to find someway to split the baby. Townhall.com @townhallcom "THE IRONY! In 2022, Elena Kagan, a LIBERAL Supreme Court justice, says "It CAN'T be right that one District Judge can stop a nationwide policy in it's tracks" OH?! You mean how District Judges have issued 17 nationwide orders stopping Trump's policies in their tracks?" Nice Deb at Am Great hears from a Source: The Fix Is In to Torpedo Trump’s Tariffs in New York Trade Court. "According to the well-placed source, rather than drawing the panel at random, Chief Judge Barnett “fixed” the outcome by selecting three judges whom he knew would “overrule the president” and render his tariffs “null and void.”" From the NYPo ed board, Junk judge John McConnell is helping destroy democracy, just like Hannah Dugan. "US District Judge John McConnell has ordered the reversal of Team Trump’s freeze on certain forms of federal assistance, yet he sat for nearly two decades on the board of a homeless services provider, Crossroads Rhode Island, rising to chair it — and the Crossroads group directly benefited from federal grants via the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the tune of more than $15 million since 2010." Susie Moore at RedState, Judge Who Ordered Admin to Process 12,000 Refugees Tucks Tail After 9th Circuit Corrects Him...Again. "In the latest development, Judge Jamal Whitehead has now rescinded his order setting forth a "compliance framework" for the Trump administration that required them to begin the process of settling roughly 12,000 refugees in a week's time. This comes after the 9th Circuit issued another "clarifying" order essentially rapping Whitehead on the knuckles." From LifeZette, Judge Faces Prison for Helping Illegal Alien, Sen. Josh Hawley Says ‘Good’. MD Kittle at Da Fed hears Delusional Leftists Compare Judge Indicted For Helping Illegal Evade Arrest To Harriet Tubman. To be fair, they were both born in the swamp. Katie Jerkovich at RedState, thinks you should Watch Scott Jennings Gets Democrat to Admit NY Case Was 'Plot to Upend' Trump's Presidential Campaign.

Elsewhere in the swamp, TV News Now @TVNewsNow "JUST IN: Judge Jeanine Pirro has been sworn in as interim U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C." Nick Arama at RedState, thinks it's Priceless: John Brennan Absolutely 'Livid' Over Tulsi Gabbard 'Cleaning House'. "If John Brennan is livid, you know it's a good thing. That's the only worth of anything he says. If he hates it, you know then it's a great thing. It's like an "Inverse Cramer" reaction." How dare you root out our moles! From Twitchy, And Here We GO! Steps Dan Bongino Is Taking to Investigate J6 D.C. Pipe Bomber Will TERRIFY J6 Committee. Took all the old agents on the case off and put new eyes on the problem. Interviewing people the original team passed. If only he could Alana de la Garza and Missy Peregrym on the case!

At Headline USA, Tapper Hires PR Crisis Guru as Biden Book Backlash Erupts "Tapper defended the hire as an apparent bid to make the book’s “rollout as smart as possible"..." Ace, Jake Tapper Reportedly Hires a Crisis Communications Firm to Stop Criticism. American Wire, Lara Trump waiting for an apology from Tapper following book release MAZE @mazemoore "On October 18th, 2020 Lara Trump suggested that Biden was showing signs of cognitive decline. Jake Tapper flipped out on her. How dare she diagnose Joe Biden! Nine days later Jake Tapper had Mary Trump on for a 10 min segment to discuss Donald Trump's mental illness and decline." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Afternoon Edition), Louder With Crowder: Trump’s Economy Wins Pile Up And The Left Can’t Stand It, Chuck Todd, pretending he didn’t know Biden was in cognitive decline, unloads on Chuck Schumer.   AMAC, Media Shocked That Media Covered Up Biden’s Cognitive Decline. Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze "The game here is the media and these authors trying to isolate the biggest political cover up in American History down to just like 4 people and a dog around Joe Biden That's why they granted anonymity and cooperation to "cabinet secretaries". Make the blast radius of this as small as possible." Quote Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, ""Aides and members of the administration lied to us. They lied to everyone and the country." "Ok who are they?"" Hollywood in Toto thinks Kimmel, Clooney Have Some Serious Explaining to Do. "New, shocking details about Biden's decline tie directly to Hollywood liberals." Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer. "They're all so deeply full of shit and I'm glad they had their asses handed to them." Quote TheBlaze @theblaze, "Biden’s former NSA Jake Sullivan says he didn’t know about Biden’s mental decline: “What happened in that debate was a shock to me.”" A Driscolly post on THE FALL OF JOE BIDEN — AND HOW HIS TEAM COVERED UP HIS DECLINE cites The Times, The fall of Joe Biden — and how his team covered up his decline. "Last summer, his disastrous debate with Donald Trump exposed the 81-year-old president. In an explosive new book, Original Sin, White House insiders reveal how Joe Biden’s frailties were hidden from the public." Stephen Kruiser at PJM finds No Comfort in Dems Admitting We Were Right About Biden's Mush Brain. "Being right doesn't erase all that went on leading up to having it be proven. The damage done to the Republic while it was being run by a drooling moron and his commie handlers is going to be difficult to undo. President Trump is doing his best, but the Biden puppet presidency was an absolute wrecking ball." Madeline Leesman at TownHall notices Hakeem Jeffries Was Not Prepared for This Question From CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "Why should voters trust Democrats when it's clear so many in your party went to great lengths to keep Biden's condition hidden from the public?" Magills @magills_ "Former Transportation Secretary Buttigieg has been getting a lot of grief over his failure to recognize President Biden’s mental decline but to be fair to Pete that wasn’t the only train wreck he ignored during his tenure." The Post and Courier, Democrats must be honest about how we got here, "National Democrats have a Joe Biden problem." From NewsMax, Dems Blame Election Loss on Everything But Selves.

Russ Greene @GreenPlusAnE "America is at high risk of blackouts because we decided to retire a bunch of power plants and replace them with solar and wind, right as demand for electricity started to rise. We are still on the same track as Western Europe, just a bit behind."

You don't hear much about it anymore, except constant whining at WaPoo, but PJM's Cathy Salgado reminds us DOGE Still Hard at Work Cutting Fraud and Waste. 

LifeZette sees a MIC DROP: Kristi Noem Obliterates Dem Rep Goldman Over His Defense of MS-13 Terrorist. Matt Vespa, This Dem Decided Last Night Was the Best Time...to Side With Cop Killers. Twitchy, Sebastian Gorka TORCHES Politico (on Their Own Stage) for Defending Deported 'Maryland Man'. It is pretty awesome. Fox, Trump border czar fires back at AOC over DOJ probe remarks: 'Why doesn't she pass some legislation?' "'I'm doing my job. The border is secure... She should try doing her job,' Homan tells Fox News Digital." Hat Hair's Dave Strom notices Murders Drop Like a Rock in...Denver and Aurora. I Wonder Why. Sara A. Carter @SaraCarterDC, "Homicides Drop Sharply in Colorado Cities Following ICE Deportations of Tren de Aragua Gang Members." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 05.15.25 (Afternoon Edition)   Louder With Crowder, Media Claimed Trump Admin Deported A “Teen With No Criminal Record,” Turns Out They Missed A Huge Detail, and Joe Rogan makes shocking discovery about media’s “Maryland Man” hoax.

Capt. Ed at Har Hair is amazed by Harvard: By Golly, We Found Our Own Money to Fund Our Research! Madeline Leesman, A Massachusetts School District Provided a Math Assignment on 'Systematic Racism'. Well, Massachusetts.

Wanjiru Njoya @WanjiruNjoya, "90% of farms seized from the Boers by the Bantu commies are lying derelict. Nobody told the Bantus that farms require hard work, so they didn't bother. This was a catastrophe for the farm animals, most of which had to be euthanized." So, pretty much a traditional communist revolution.

From WokeSpy, Female Colorado Capitol Staffers Intimidated After Bathroom Complaint Against Trans Aide. Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok "USATODAY's crossword puzzle wants you to fill in Lia Thomas as the answer to a "NCAA champion swimmer." Lia Thomas is a man. He cheated to get his NCAA championship. USATODAY is promoting a cheater and a liar. Lia Thomas did not earn his medal." Even the crosswords are chock-a-block with propaganda.

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