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Friday, September 30, 2022

Biden Sundowns, BLM Bomber Begs for Mercy

Starting with Ace, The "President" Attempted a Seance With a Ghost on Live Televison. The Propaganda Press Refused To Air Any Coverage of It Whatsoever, Or To Even Mention It and then Top of Mind: The Leftwing Propaganda Media Actually Asks Karine Jean-Pierre What Was Going on In the Demented "President's" Mind When He Called Out "Where's Jackie?," Searching For a Dead Woman's Ghost. At NewsBusters, They Would Know: The View Calls Biden's 'Jackie' Moment Just a 'Brain Fart'. "Behar interjected to defend Jean-Pierre, suggesting she was dealing with hostile “right-wing” media that “has weaponized his gaffes!” “I mean, they have weaponized the gaffes, They’ve said that he’s senile,” she raged." From Town Hall, Spencer Brown sees Wandering Joe Biden Get Lost Again After Delivering Remarks. Sundowning. At Commentary, Noah Rothman watches The Dam Break 

To their credit, journalistic outlets declined to spit-polish the president’s performance. Gone was the impulse to contextualize his comments until viewers questioned the evidence of their own eyes. Most media played it straight. Biden “asks if deceased congresswoman is present,” observed CNN. “President Biden sought out deceased Rep. Jackie Walorski,” the Associated Press reported. “President Biden apparently forgot,” the New York Times conceded, “that Representative Jackie Walorski had died in August.”
It shouldn't be to their credit, it should be their job. At Front Page, Will Biden Get Bailed Out On, ‘She Was 12, & I Was 30?’ "Why, exactly, did the crowd laugh?" Because, at some point, dirty old men are funny. At Breitbart, Pollak: Why Is No One Discussing the 25th Amendment for Joe Biden? Well, you just did, but, in any event, the question answers itself. I do believe we are starting to see the movement to ease Biden out semi-gracefully for 2024.


At Am Think, Brian Parsons is trying to think out whether DeSantis is a  MAGA Understudy or Saboteur? Michael Barone is trying to figured out Are Polls Understanding Republicans' Support? Sounds like he's leaning yes.


From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.29.22  at LI,  Mike LaChance, Mitt Romney Trying to Undermine Mike Lee Re-Election Effort "“If you’re not going to have the back of your colleague in your state who is a fellow Republican, how will I know you’ll have my back?” The unsinkable Mollie Hemingway at Da Fed finds GOP Senators Baffled By Mitt Romney’s Ploy To Oust Mike Lee — And Maybe Thwart A Majority. At PJ Media, Lincoln Brown finds  No Surprise: 'Liz' Romney Stabs Mike Lee in the Back and Stephen Kruiser thinks Mitt Romney's Tedious Treachery Shtick Has Worn Thin. "If the GOP should take back control of the Senate, they might want to propose a Romney-for-Manchin trade with the Dems. I’m only somewhat kidding there."

AARP, cited at Haut Hair, has a Shock poll: Johnson up 5 over Barnes in WI Senate race.  "The race for Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate seat is also close, with Sen. Ron Johnson (R) leading Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes (D), 51% -46%. Johnson’s lead is slightly bigger (52% – 45%) among voters 50+." Not a shock, KT at Haut Hair finds a Quinnipiac poll,  Abbott is up over Robert Francis O'Rourke by 7 points. Insty wonders WHAT IS IT ABOUT DEMOCRATS AND CHILD ABUSE? Tim Ryan Attends Fundraiser Hosted by Attorney Who Pressed To Minimize Payouts to Nassar’s Victims. VodkaPundit at PJ Media, Meet the New GOP: Younger, More Female, More Hispanic (and More Attractive, if You'll Pardon Me) No pardon necessary. 
Yesli Vega
I had a little birdie whisper in my ear last night that Virginia’s 7th Congressional District is one of those races to watch on election night. There, Republican Yesli Vega is taking on two-term Democrat incumbent Abigail Spanberger.

Vega is the daughter of refugees from El Salvador’s civil war. She and her husband, Army vet Rene, have two children. Vega got her start in Virginia law enforcement, working as a patrol officer, field training officer, hostage negotiator, and crisis intervention team member.

She successfully ran for an open seat on the Prince William County Board of Supervisors in 2019. As her campaign website puts it:
Due to her commitment to advocating and fighting for conservative principles, Yesli won the Republican nomination with over 80% of the vote. She then won the general election in her Democrat leaning district by thirteen points in a blue wave year, not by running away from her conservative principles, but by boldly proclaiming them.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin was so impressed that he named Vega his Hispanic outreach chair during his successful run to unseat Democrat Ralph Northam in 2021.

Althouse, The WaPo Fact Checker fact-checks Stacey Abrams's denial that she was ever an election denier.

I scrolled immediately to see how many "Pinocchios" this got, but somehow this gets to be one of the statements that eludes the rating. Let's figure out why:
. . .
More at the link, but no explanation of why there is no rating. It comes across as very clear that Stacey Abrams was an adamant election denier — for years and in many separate statements. So the question, really, is whether her denying of the denying was clear enough to constitute a lie:
In recent weeks she has subtly adjusted language to argue that, unlike Trump, she “never denied the election” and “never denied that I lost.”
What's subtle about that? Give her the 4 Pinocchios she deserves.

Matt Taibbi,  YouTube Demonetizes TK Content, "A brief note to subscribers about YouTube's decision to demonetize TK material, saying Matt Orfalea's factual video "isn't suitable for all advertisers"  From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.29.22 EBL also, Remember when it was ok to say an election was illegitimate? Ace, "Russia Hacked Our Election" Fact Check: Mostly Symbolic "This is amazing. It falls to the left-leaning Matt Orfala to produce this, because the GOP Establishment is actually pushing the "Insurrection" narrative themselves."


At the AZ Sun Times, As Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward Alleges Maricopa County Broke the Law in the 2022 Primary Election, Groups Launch Drop Box-Watching Operations. Vicky Marshall at Da Fed, ‘Zuckbucks 2.0’: Democrat Operatives Are Helping Milwaukee Rig Its 2022 Elections

At NYPo Miranda Devine has 30 ex-FBI agents stand up to support whistleblower who exposed agency’s political bias. Ex-agents because they might be fired otherwise. Fox, FBI allegedly engaging in 'purge' of conservative employees, retaliating against whistleblowers: Jim Jordan, " Whistleblowers within the FBI have come to congressional Republicans with allegations of misconduct by the agency." Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.29.22  Da Tech Guy has another Novena to St. Matthew for the FBI Agents involved in the Mark Houck Arrest, Day 4 – The Retirees Speak Up. Insty, And surprise, surprise! The New York Times are happy to pivot on a dime from… …to “how dare you suggest defunding the FBI!” NYT Suggests It’s ‘Toxic,’ ‘Misinformation’ to Call for Defunding FBI. At Am Great, Eric Lendrum hears Republicans Urge DOJ to Investigate Cyberattacks Targeting Christian, Pro-Life Websites, also, a cold day in hell. Also at Am Great, Jack Cashill on Why Ray Epps Matters, "Like Alger Hiss before him, Epps has come to bear the weight of a powerful narrative." At Haut Hair Beege Wellborn wonders What happened when the FBI raided Congressman Henry Cuellar's (D-TX) home?
I’d just like to take a moment to point out the obvious differences between what happens when a Democrat’s home is raided and when a Repubican’s home is. If this had been Trump’s or Matt Gaetz’s or anyone else remotely prominent in the GOP, a major network would have been on site to spontaneously capture the raid (which would have been a SWAT team, not a polite knock), we would already know the size and color of the ladies’ underwear they’d rifled through, not to mention pictures of documents, and enough salacious details – not necessarily true, but juicy enough – to spark a feeding frenzy of WALLS ARE CLOSING IN, thus keeping CNN/MSNBC on air for another week.

Oh, but not here! No leaks. Almost a year into an “investigation” and bupkis out of anyone at DoJ. Not even a vapor wafting from a window. SO odd. 

Another reason besides the obvious that this is all flying under the radar is that Cuellar is now tied in a dogfight for his re-election. Nancy Pelosi might not be fond of him, but I’m sure they expected to keep the seat, as he’s a nine-term Congressman. Another young Latina Republican named Cassy Garcia (former Deputy State Director for Ted Cruz) has charged from deep back in the polls. She is going for the jugular.

Tristan Justice at Da Fed reports Ginni Thomas Shuts Down Misconduct Claims In Voluntary Testimony Before J6 Panel. I eagerly await Pauli Pelosi's testimony on insider trading by Congresscritters. 

“Regarding the 2020 election, I did not speak with him at all about the details of my volunteer campaign activities. And I did not speak with him at all about the details of my post-election activities, which were minimal, in any event. I am certain I never spoke with him about any of the legal challenges to the 2020 election, as I was not involved with those challenges in any way,” Thomas said at the beginning of her testimony earlier today.

At Wa Free Bee, Firebombing Attorney Begs for Light Sentence, Citing Inebriation and ‘Unprocessed Trauma’  "Urooj Rahman was 'quite drunk' during George Floyd riots, court filings show"

Attorneys for Urooj Rahman argue the self-described human-rights activist was "numb, disassociated, and inebriated" when she threw a Molotov cocktail into a New York City police car during the George Floyd riots in May 2020. Lawyers say Rahman was also reeling from her many "abusive partnership relationships" and processing "early trauma" from being taunted as a Muslim after 9/11.

On the night of May 29, 2020, Rahman "became quite drunk" after drinking vodka on "an empty stomach" with fellow lawyer and later getaway driver Colinford Mattis. Rahman’s attorneys say the pair’s decision to firebomb an NYPD cruiser was an "aberrational" act meant to protect others from future police violence.

"Tossing the Molotov cocktail was a way of expressing anger at those police officers around the country for whom Black lives did not matter," Rahman’s attorneys wrote in a September memo to U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan. "It was an act of protest intended to avoid exposing others to harm."

Rahman’s attorneys have requested she be released on "time served," saying "her conduct that night was a marked deviation from her otherwise exemplary life."

The request for a special dispensation builds on a sweetheart deal already reached by Justice Department prosecutors in the case. In June, Rahman and Mattis entered into a second plea agreement that broke their potential 10-year sentences down to a maximum of 5 years. Prosecutors want Judge Cogan to go even lower, arguing for just 18 to 24 months based on the "history and personal characteristics of the defendants."

Rahman and Mattis each confessed to counts of conspiracy to commit arson and to making and possessing an unregistered destructive device, dodging a previous domestic terrorism sentencing enhancement. The two had pleaded guilty in October 2021 to one count of possessing or making a destructive device, which could have earned them each 10 years in prison.

Since their arrest, Rahman and Mattis have won the sympathy of national media and liberal elites. New York magazine, NPR, and other outlets have run favorable profiles of the two. Rahman has remained under house arrest with electronic monitoring since June 2020, when a former Obama administration intelligence official helped post her $250,000 bail.

Jerry Dunleavy at WaEx reports that a Skeptical judge won’t dismiss Durham’s case against dossier source Igor Danchenko “The motion is denied,” the judge ruled during the Alexandria court hearing. However, the judge said he would revisit his ruling after Durham’s team had presented its full case during the October trial. Trenga, a George W. Bush appointee who has sat on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, added that “I think it’s an extremely close call, particularly with count one” related to longtime Hillary Clinton ally Chuck Dolan." At Da Fed, Margot Cleveland maintains Special Counsel Durham’s Protect-The-Establishment Approach Is Destroying The Country

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Oktoberfest and FMJRA 2.0: Shadows Of The Night ready at the The Other McCain.

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Biden Speaks to Dead People, Tanks Economy and Drains Oil Reserves

"He said, 'Jackie, are you here, where's Jackie. She must not be here." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.28.22, The Geller Reports “Where’s Jackie?” Demented Biden Asks, Referring to Rep. Jackie Walorski, Who Died in August,  Mary Chastain at LI,: Special K Melts Down When Media Doesn’t Buy Her Explanation for Why Biden Asked for Dead Congresswoman and Scott Johnson at Power Line calls it the Senior moment of the day.  At Wa Ex, Chris Datioc, Biden appears to ask if dead congresswoman is at White House speech, "President Joe Biden appeared to ask Wednesday morning if the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) was in attendance for a speech he delivered in Washington, D.C. Biden's mistake came during his remarks at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Walorski, who was tragically killed in a car crash in August, was a core congressional ally in planning the conference . . ." Even the NYT, cited at Haut Hair deigns to notice, White House's bizarre, dogged denial over Biden's "Where's Jackie?" PM, White House says 'it's not all that unusual' for Biden to forget a congresswoman is dead. At Red State Kira Davis calls him Lost in Space. 'Becca Downs at Town Hall, About Time: Even the White House Press Corps Realize Biden Isn't Making Sense. Mincing no words, Ace, The Dying-Brained "President" Asks If a Dead Congresswoman, Whose Death He Recently Noted, Is Present With Him. "Maybe his half-dead brain partly exists on the Ghostly Planes and so Biden sees Jackie there, beckoning to him. John Sexton notes that Joe Biden issued a statement about how bereft he was about Jackie Walorski's death due to a car accident"

Ace: Quick Hits

It looks like the "Dobbs Bounce" is over, Capt. Ed at Haut Hair reports Morning Consult boards its RV ... again: Biden job approval drops 5 points, GOP gains in generic ballot. At WaEx Paul Bedard cites a Rasmussen poll: Most fear '1930s-like Depression.' "In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, 57% said that they believe the United States will enter a “1930s-like Depression” soon, including 21% who think a depression is “very likely.” Just 32% don’t think the downturn will end that badly." Paul Mirengoff, It's not just the economy. Concern about crime is also driving the midterms. "You can tell, because Dems are talking about Willie Horton" 

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.28.22, EBL reports  Hunter Biden has his own potential ChiCom honey trap "AoSHQ: Hunter Biden has his own "close" possible ChiCom spy,Daily Mail: Hunter Biden's "close" relationship, Where is the DOJ and FBI on this?" Vicky Taft at PJ Media, Joe and Hunter's Fang Fang Problem.

JiaQi Bao
JiaQi directed the then-vice president’s son to a scheme to “sell natural gas to China in 2017”–you know, as your secretary does. Bao reportedly told him “where the Chinese wanted to purchase the gas from,” according to The Daily Caller.

JiaQi also gave Hunter pointers on oppo-research for the “big guy’s” White House run. Sure, homegirl offered “opposition research for Joe’s White House run and encouraged him to draw funds from the company’s accounts when the joint venture collapsed and even ended up with Hunter’s military dog tags.”

Beege Welborn at Haut Hair, Media out to damage DeSantis before Ian even landfalls. "Their desperation is showing, and the problem they’re running into is that we all have the receipts for everything they forget to mention, every tale they twist, every snide aside they drop into a report." Biz Pac, ‘That’s nonsense, stop politicizing!’ DeSantis blasts agenda-driven reporter over ‘lax response’ to storm. Paula Bolyard at PJ Media, The Left Is Hoping DeSantis Botches Hurricane Response. Here's What They Didn't Count On and details his response. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.28.22, at Twitchy, Rachel Vindman vows to harass Gov. Ron DeSantis again and again because he deserves it. Mrs. Bearclaw. As David Harsanyi at Da Fed notes Never Let A Devastating Natural Disaster Go To Waste.

Guy Benson at Town Hall says Fetterman Really Isn't Going to Want to Debate Dr. Oz After This Ad. Fox reports John Fetterman wipes Black Lives Matter section from campaign site amid attacks over crime, "Fetterman's website previously stated he has 'championed the idea that Black lives matter' before the phrase became a 'hashtag.'" At Zero Hedge, Beto Turns On Biden, Blames Prez For Latino Voters' Rightward Shift. “Republicans showed up with a very strong, compelling economic message,” Some truth there. But it's also cultural, as David Strom at Haut Hair notes, Salon: drop latinx...so we can invent another word. At Da Fed, Tristan Justice finds Ohio’s Tim Ryan Only Supports Natural Gas When He’s In A Close Race and Sofia Corso reports Actual Police Endorse Ron Johnson After Democrat Opponent Faked Law Enforcement Support. KT at Haut Hair sees how Wisconsin Democrats once again turn to Hollywood for election year victories.

Capt. Ed finds McConnell backs "modest," bipartisan Electoral Count Act reform -- and so do a majority of Americans and notes how it will also impede Democrats now routine challenging of Republican victories. At ET, Minnesota Counties Sued Over Duplicate Voter Registrations. 

Life News, After Raiding Pro-Life Family’s Home, FBI Targets Pro-Life Sidewalk Counselor in Another State. "According to Gibson, two agents questioned pro-life advocates on Tuesday, including a pro-life advocated named Henry who was a victim of an incident where a Planned Parenthood customer tried to use a box cutter to cut up a pro-life sign he was holding. Similar to the incident with Mark Houck, the customer ended up falling down as a result of the scuffle." Eric Lendrum at Am Great reports Donations Flood in for Family of Pro-Life Activist Raided by FBI. A good way to get on the FBI's list? From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.28.22, Da Tech Guy is still saying Novena to St. Matthew for the FBI Agents involved in the Mark Houck Arrest Day 3 Whistleblowing in the Wind  and at Transterrestrial Musings How Corrupt Is The FBI? "Very. And this sort of thing is why conservatives are insufficiently tame. [Update a while later] The case for dismantling the FBI."As Da Wire points out, there are Still No Charges For Man Who Admits To Shooting 84-Year-Old Pro-Life Canvasser, "The man admits to "firing a warning shot" and then shooting the elderly woman by accident." Insty, HE’S NOT WRONG TO POINT THIS OUT: Donald Trump Jr.@DonaldJTrumpJr "Are you paying attention yet?  Logan Hall@loganclarkhall. "biden designated trump voters extremists, tim ryan said to "kill" the MAGA movement, mazie hirono endorsed "call to arms" on abortion. since then, a republican teenager murdered, FBI sent SWAT teams to arrest a christian, and an elderly woman was shot spreading pro-life causes." Insty also cites KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Fascist Creep Factor for Biden’s DOJ Gets Worse Every Day. “We’re almost in ‘stick a fork in it, it’s done’ territory when it comes to justice.”

At Da Caller, Americans Lose Trillions As Markets Dive and a POLL: Over One-Third Of Americans Say They Won’t Meet Their Retirement Goals. NRCC, Have you checked your 401k?. Getting scary. Louder with Crowder, 70% of Americans need second jobs to combat inflation. Joe Klein at Front Page, Biden Fiddles While Inflation Blaze Burns On, "And he lies about his record on inflation." To be fair, he's not really sure what the truth is. Da Wire, Biden’s America Stinks On Ice: Inflation Already Hurting Holiday Shopping At the Peacock, The ‘real cure’ for inflation has gone ignored, Steve Forbes says “The real cure is to stabilize the currency. You don’t have to make people poor to conquer inflation.”  Hannity, WIPING OUT WAGES: Average American Household Has Lost $7,200 in Income Under Biden. Capt. Ed issues a Recession red alert: Durable goods orders drop for second straight month -- unadjusted for inflation. WaPoo's Michelle Singletary responds with 7 ways a recession could be good for you financially, "Hey, a recession isn’t all bad news. Here are seven silver linings." David Strom, WaPo: the recession is good for you, really! Insty, WAPO: 7 ways a recession could be good for you financially. "* And since there’s an Obama administration retread in the White House, enjoy the funemployment! “For the ‘funemployed,’ unemployment is welcome.” UPDATE: Not the Bee asks us to “Look at this actual WaPo headline from today:”" The Center Squarehas a Poll: 79% of Americans dissatisfied with the direction of the country. When Kudlow and Bernie agree, Kudlow Smacked Biden: He Inherited a V-Shaped Resurgence And Tossed It Into Toilet (Da Lid) and ‘Rough Shape’: Bernie Trashes Biden Economy (Wa Free Bee). I suspect their prescriptions might be at odds, though. At WaEx, Yellen on the skids? Treasury secretary eyed in White House midterm shake-up: Report. But why? As Wa Free Bee reports Dems are happy, The Stock Market Is Bottoming Out. This Democrat Thinks Her Party Saved The Economy.

Capt. Ed hears Biden: Forget that "mission accomplished" party -- and remember that gas station owners are the real inflation villains. OilPrice, U.S. Gasoline Prices Break Losing Streak, "Gasoline prices rose 3.2 cents from a week ago, according to new GasBuddy data published on Monday. The price hike is the first in 14 weeks. The national average for a gallon of gasoline in the United States rose to $3.67 on Monday, GasBuddy data showed." And it was only Wednesday when Biden makes inaccurate claim about gas prices for second time in a week (The National Desk). At JTN, Biden dangerously draining Strategic Petroleum Reserve like 'campaign credit card, industry warns, "With crude inventory in the SPR down to its lowest level since Ronald Reagan's first term, President of the U.S. Oil and Gas Association Tim Stewart said the reserve is being used by Biden to "buy down political risk" ahead of the midterm elections."

Da Geller Reports a Constitutional Crisis: Biden’s Student Loan Handout Could Cost $400 Billion, Congressional Budget Office Reports and STUMP, "Where Stu & MP spout off about everything," Taxing Tuesday: Using Taxes as Standing to Sue over the Student Loan Forgiveness.

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Annals of the Biden Crime Family: Panic in the Pandemic

It's been a while, so this is a mixture of older and newer stuff, most of which wouldn't appear in your daily paper or MSM broadcast news. 

H/T Ace
From Fox,  Miranda Devine: Biden's ethical standards aren't worth a hill of beans -- the ugly truth about 'Honest Joe' "Biden watered down his family’s ethics rules immediately after the election"

White House press secretary Jen Psaki admitted a little over a week ago that the president’s wayward 51-year-old son still owns 10 percent of Chinese equity firm BHR Partners.

So much for Joe’s promise that "no one in my family will . . . have any business relationship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or a foreign country. Period. Period. End of story."

But that was B.E., aka before the election. Everything’s changed now.

Biden watered down his family’s ethics rules immediately after the election to a vague statement about "appropriate distance" from the presidency.

"My son, my family will not be involved in any business, any enterprise, that is in conflict with or appears to be in conflict, with the appropriate distance from, the presidency and government," he told CNN in December.

Clear as mud.
Naomi Lim at WaEx, Family tradition: Republicans lack ways to check Biden family access-peddling and Jerry Dunleavy Computer repair shop owner who obtained Hunter Biden laptop sues Twitter over 'hacked materials' claim
A prior lawsuit, also claiming defamation and demanding $500 million in damages, was filed in the same court and tossed out by a judge in late December over lack of jurisdiction. In his new lawsuit, Mac Isaac attempts to bypass the jurisdiction issue. He also says that there had been defamation damages greater than $75,000 and that the exact award amount could be determined after a trial.

In addition, Mac Isaac asked Twitter to “make a public retraction of all false statements and to issue a public apology” to him.

Rassmussen,  54% of Voters Say Biden Is a ‘Puppet’ of the Left. And at least 46% haven't been paying attention.

Natalie Winters at TNP, 2013, Joe Biden Met With The Chairman Of The Chinese Propaganda Unit Seeking To ‘Influence Foreign Governments To Adopt Beijing’s Preferred Polices. 2021, WATCH: Joe Biden Excuses the Uyghur Genocide as ‘Just a Chinese Cultural Norm,’ Spreading CCP Propaganda. Breitbart, Conservative Lawmakers Launch Legislative Blitz Exposing Biden’s Weakness on Communist China. Expect no media coverage.

In the Mail from across the Pond, Biden's deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo RESIGNS for threatening to 'destroy' reporter if she revealed details of his secret relationship with an Axios journalist - after White House only suspended him for a week. Bye bye! But at WaEx, Katherine Doyle exposes The radicals: Five firebrand Biden nominees and appointments

From WUWT, Biden’s Offshore Leasing Moratorium Will Increase GHG Emissions, and from WaEx, Biden climate goals mean conflict with natural gas, the resource behind recent emissions reductions but that's OK because the true aim of "climate" policy is government control over industry. 

Breitbart, Biden Plan Brings Deported Illegal Aliens Back to U.S. to Get Amnesty. John Solomon at JTN, Arizona sheriff slams Biden's 'hasty' border easing, cites fivefold spike in illegal immigration. Vote harvesting for 2028. 

Sky News, Australia, ‘Never before’ has the leader of the free world been ‘so cognitively compromised’. Sundance at CTH has the video at Australia News Calls Out Joe Biden for Cognitive Compromise, The Dementia is Transparently Obvious


Arguing against that Former Republican Capt. Ed at Hot Air reports Newsweek’s Big Biden Scoop: He Won A MarioKart Match Against His Granddaughter. Video or it didn't happen. Also, Media Discovers: Presidenting In A Pandemic Is Unexpectedly Difficult
Neither CNN nor Politico are incorrect in that approach, but the timing of their epiphanies is certainly … curious. For instance, after a full year of assigning personal responsibility for every COVID-19 development to Donald Trump, Politico suddenly discovered that presidents don’t have total control of pandemic management three weeks into Joe Biden’s term . . .
The goalposts don't even slow down. 

Saturday, August 8, 2020

A Russiagate Buffet

Lots of articles, but not much to connect them all (except Donald Trump, of course). Pick what you like:

Chuck Ross at Da Caller on Sally Yates testimony: Sally Yates Says Comey Went ‘Rogue’ By Setting Up Michael Flynn Interview. So, like Bill Barr says, she admits the FBI had no proper predicate for interviewing Flynn to set up their perjury trap.

Newsmax interviews Ric Grenell, on Biden's likely VP choice and other things, Ric Grenell to Newsmax TV: Susan Rice Was 'Lying and Spying'



He puts the Russian election interference charge into perspective. Remember, if you hate Ric Grenell, your're homophobic.

Speaking of false stories planted in the press, John Solomon claims that Democrats planted false stories in effort to derail Biden investigations, 
“In the last few weeks, Democrats have falsely accused me and Senator Johnson of receiving packets of information, including tapes, from a Ukrainian,” Grassley said. “That’s false reporting based on leaks from a letter written by Senator Schumer, Senator Warner, Speaker Pelosi, and Representative Schiff, which is itself based on cherry picked innuendo from classified documents.”

In his forceful remarks, Grassley accused Democrats of acting in bad faith.

"This nonsense of orchestrated leaks to plant stories falsely accusing me of dealing in disinformation based on actual disinformation that I wasn’t even privy to serves only the interest of our shared adversaries," he said. "This is the behavior of cowards. And it has to stop."

Elsewhere, he countered the Democrats’ claims.

“Let me be clear, my investigation with Senator Johnson is based on how the Obama administration formulated its Ukraine policy, which then Vice President Biden oversaw while his son was on the board of a corrupt Ukrainian natural gas company that was under investigation,” Grassley said.
Dan Chaitin at WaEx reports that Top Mueller prosecutor urges DOJ officials to resist Barr investigations. Good old Andy Weissman. Put him in jail; I don't really care how.
Chuck Ross again, Steele Source Had Meeting In Russia At Crucial Point In Dossier Saga. Always remember that the DNC and Hillary campaign purchased Russian disinformation for the election. Mark Hemingway at NYPo, Bogus Russia scandal sourced to man with history of public drunkenness, working for a woman with a history of public drunkenness.

Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.06.20 (Evening Edition), the First Street Journal thinks It’d be a shame if someone hacked the DNC’s server again, and published all of those confidential e-mails about Joe Biden’s dementia. Wouldn't it?

Jerry Dunleavy at WaEx reports John Durham set to interview John Brennan
Brennan has acknowledged that he is in the "crosshairs" of the criminal inquiry into the Russia investigation led by Durham. He recently claimed, and the White House acknowledged, that he asked the CIA for his official records, including his personal notes and any classified CIA documents that he had signed to help him write his upcoming memoir, but the agency denied his request.

Last year, the New York Times reported that Durham asked for Brennan’s electronic communications, phone records, and other documents from the CIA, something NBC News confirmed on Wednesday.

Durham is looking into whether Brennan took politicized actions to pressure the rest of the intelligence community to match his conclusions about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s motivations, according to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal. These sources said Durham has been interviewing CIA officials this year, focusing on the National Intelligence Council, a center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which oversaw the collaboration between the CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency in putting together the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian meddling. Barr confirmed Durham is scrutinizing the assessment.

“There was definitely Russian, uh, interference,” Barr said in June. “I think Durham is looking at the intelligence community’s ICA — the report that they did in December [2016]. And he’s sort of examining all the information that was based on, the basis for their conclusions. So to that extent, I still have an open mind, depending on what he finds.”
Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.07.20, Don Surber: Durham’s Investigation Drags On. Surber thinks it's being slow-walked.

This is probably worth watching, if not in real time. Fox News,  AG William Barr to sit down with Fox News host Mark Levin on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin’

Linked at Pirate's cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinups and links.