Flotsam and Jetsam - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning

And not a lot of material! Maybe I didn't keep up with the reading. From Althouse, "They were going to build an F.B.I. headquarters three hours away in Maryland, a liberal state. We’re going to stop it.", "Said Trump, last year, quoted in "Judge Rules Trump Administration Can’t Scrap F.B.I. Move to Maryland/The ruling is almost certainly not the end of the lengthy fight over the F.B.I.’s future headquarters, which has lasted for years" (NYT gift link). In a 47-page ruling, Judge Theodore Chuang of the Federal District Court in Maryland wrote that “the F.B.I. erroneously concluded” that it could select a new headquarters for itself without consulting Congress. In reality, Judge Chuang wrote, Congress had already approved the Biden administration plan for the F.B.I. to move to Maryland...." Of course, it's nowhere near 3 hours from DC to Greenbelt, except when traffic snarls (not all that uncommon). I don't care, move the seat of government to Fargo, ND, just to see who really wants to be there.

Red State's Teri Christoph is happy to report Trump Humiliates Obnoxious CNN Reporter After Oval Office Outburst: Ouch! Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "@POTUS: "You're very disrespectful in front of this young man... You're a loud, boisterous person. You're Fake News. Be quiet. Be quiet. Be quiet. You're a fake reporter and you report FAKE NEWS." I don't think they're capable of shame.

At TownHall Matt Vespa thinks You Won't Believe It, A John Cornyn Staffer Pulled a Benedict Arnold Move. Here's His New Boss, James Talarico campaign. How to admit you have no sincere beliefs in one easy career move. John Waters at RC History, looks at The Next American Right.  "Today, the insurgency has won. What remains is not a bold, dramatic second act, but the far more familiar (and mundane) work of routine governance. We have entered the revolution’s mopping-up phase."

Vicky Taft at PJM asserts Trump's Messaging on the Mullahs Could Be as Powerful as a GBU-57. A bomb is only as good as it's aim. Victory Girls sees Iran Move To Crack Down On Civilians And Survive The Midterms. Armed Forces Press is angry the Media is Pushing the Carrier Crew Mental Health Story As Iran Blockade Is Working. From Althouse, "I just do not understand the mentality. If this is a representation of who our military is now… we’re just Rome sitting here waiting to burn. We’ve got nothing left." |From "Fox Host Trashes U.S. Sailors as ‘Weak’ for Speaking Out About Dire Conditions/Fox News host Joey Jones mocked service members speaking out about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln" (MTN)." At Twitchy, Messages Scrawled on Aircraft Flap by Service Members Show No Morale, Says Iranian Propagandist. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed wonder if it's Mixed Signals or Taqiyya? Hamas Pledges Disarmament As Iran Plots Wider War. TownHalls Matt Vespa looks at That Time Bill Maher Challenged This Former CBS News Anchor to Find a 'Moderate' Muslim.

Drew Bond at Am Mind assures us of America’s Winning Playbook Against China.

Capt. Ed calls it Off the Deep End: Dems Make 'Abolish ICE' Official Position. Matt Yglesias at Slow Boring asserts Woke 1 is dead. We’ve learned nothing. Documenting Saylor @saylordocs, "Javier Milei: “I thought being on the left was a mental problem. The empirical evidence is so overwhelming that it never worked anywhere, and they refused to accept it.” “But what I discovered is that being on the left is a disease of the soul. The left is built on envy, hatred, resentment, and unequal treatment under the law. They are very violent, and since they have no way or arguments to answer, they go for physical violence.”"

Mediaite watches CNN Data Guru Flags ‘Troubling’ Number for Democrats That May Predict Mike Rogers Victory, "Enten noted Rogers is leading El-Sayed by four points overall and five points among independents." But is it outside the margin of fraud?  Capt. Ed calls her the Spitting Image: El-Sayed Sis Charged With Assault on Illinois State Trooper. I hope she got properly thumped. PJM's Chris Queen thinks Jon Ossoff Sure Seems to Think He's the Next Barack Obama.

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "NEW: The company behind a recent poll that showed Karen Bass with a 12-point lead over Nithya Raman for LA mayor & showed Bass collecting most of Spencer Pratt's prior support has admitted their poll was FAKE and was intended as a "social experiment" to see how a poll could spread in the media ecosystem without verification. The company, Median Strategies, also conducted a recent poll in Wisconsin that had socialist gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong up by 20 points. Hong lost her primary. It was all bogus. Wild story via @Noah__Goldberg at LAT." At Althouse, Comedian strategies. So polls are often bogus? Who knew? Now let's not always see the same hands.

Capt. Ed calls it a Bombshell: FBI Knew Swalwell Got Illegal Donations From Fang Fang – and More. Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "And Jim Comey’s FBI tried to convert Fang Fang into an FBI informant. That should tell us something about the CHS program under Comey." Quote John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre, "The FBI framed a sitting US President for treason, dropped an investigation into Eric Swalwell for having an illicit affair with a Chinese spy, planted fake stories with the media and FISA court, and forced Big Tech to censor critics to influence the 2020 election." Western Lensman @WesternLensman22h, "Fang Fang once approached Victor Davis Hanson and tried to work her magic. VDH: “You would have to be a stupid, narcissistic idiot to fall for that." He's talking about Eric Swalwell."

At NYPo, A liberal journalist just exposed lying Fauci’s toxic relationship with the media. Exposed is a little strong, affirms comes closer. 

From NewsBusters, the "Forbes Editor Who Threatened Firms Hiring Trump ‘Fabulists’ Fired After Secret $6M Payment."

At Insty, Driscoll is still following the strange case of Dr. Arday, JULIE BURCHILL: "The True Tragedy of the Death of Jason Arday." Hat Hair's Dave Strom believes Racism Did Not Kill Jason Arday. 

Internewscast reports Harvard Professor Faces Backlash for Allegedly Using AI to Draft Anti-Trump Op-Ed. At least he didn't plagiarize it; there are plenty of templates to follow. Dave Strom wonders, rhetorically, How Endemic Is Fraud in Prestige Academia? Pretty endemic, I know of a few cases in my field, but it's exponentially worse in the "soft sciences" because the consequences are so low. Capt. Ed asks Has Texas Succeeded in Decolonizing Academia? It's doubtful. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn notes that When Even Basic Fractions Are a Math Problem Too Far for College Students. Sadly, my own math skills have begun to degrade from disuse.

Dave Strom hears Don't Say Sophie! Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Atlanta Dream refused to stand on the court for the National Anthem and then honored Stacey Abrams They ended up LOSING to Indiana Fever 95-91 Lmaooo." BrickCenter @BrickCenter_, "WNBA security told 2 fans to cover their “XX/XY” and “For the girls” shirts or LEAVE the Fever-Dream game. Meanwhile, a “Protect Trans Rights” shirt was featured on the Jumbotron." And Deconstructing Deconstructionism: Royce White and Enes Freedom Tying WNBA Into Knots "Defenders of the WNBA are pointing out, I assume rightly, that the two are just pretending to be women and therefore have no business being in the WNBA. Enes Kantor Freedom and Royce White, on the other hand, are demonstrating by persisting in their efforts that the same is true for every other man who is pretending to be a woman, and they, too, have no business being in women's sports."

Flotsam and Jetsam - “Easy Like Sunday Morning”

It's kind of a themeless Sunday morning, cleaning up debris from the week. Either that, or I did a less than thorough job of collecting links. In misc Trumpiania, Matt Vespa thinks This Image Says Everything About Trump's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Speech. RedState's Nick Arama likes how Trump Delivers a Funny Joke About Nicki Minaj at the WHCD - She Drops a Humorous Reply. Pop Base @PopBase, “After hearing the gunshots, many people yelled ‘Get down!’ which caused Nicki Minaj to start twerking. Can you believe it? She’s the only one that really understood what that meant.” 

At Hat Hair, Salena Zito has an American Dream: Trump, McCormick and Dimon Unveil a Massive Manufacturing Push in Pennsylvania. USTR Takes Action in Forced Labor Section 301 Investigations, raising tariffs on countries that allow imports of the products of slave labor. “President Trump recognizes that decades of moral suasion have not eradicated forced labor from global supply chains. The United States has had a forced labor import ban for nearly a century, and rigorously enforces it; it’s well past time for our trading partners to do the same.”

Sundance at CTH sees the Plot Thickens – New Jersey Data Contractor Says Noncitizens Registering to Vote Not Our Error, they deliberately registered noncitizens.

Switching gears to foreign affairs, sundance has President Trump Notes Europe’s Refusal to Accept Elimination of Marshall Plan – New EU Scheme to Fine U.S. Tech Companies, Zelenskyy Pledges to Share Exclusive Ukraine Satellite Intelligence to Assist NATO/USA in Defeating Iran and Canadian NATO Intern at Military HQ Arrested for Spying for China. At Am Con, The Fight Inside Trump’s State Department Is About Power—Not Expertise, "The president needs diplomats willing to advance his America First agenda."

I&I asks a rhetorical question, Why Are Dems Dodging Questions About The DSA’s Radical Platform? PJM's Matt Margolis sees Jessica Tarlov Thought She Was Schooling Her Co-Hosts. She Got Humiliated Instead. ""You've been calling every Democratic candidate for over a decade a socialist or communist," Tarlov said. Gutfeld wasn't having it. "The socialists are calling themselves socialists! We didn't name them the DSA," he said." Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis, "We know Hollywood is filled with commies. Funny how they don’t redistribute their wealth to the rest of us." Quote Nicholas Fondacaro @NickFondacaro, "Actress Molly Ringwald whines about McCarthyism and defends the communist ideology. She tacitly admits that Hollywood is filled with communists."

From the Victory Girls, Jewish Democrats In Michigan Plan To Back Republican If El-Sayed Wins Primary. We've been waiting for the majority of Jews to wise up for a long time. Data Republican at Substack, explore Chinese infiltration of US politics, Apax Partners: The Money Linking Singham and the DNC, "Apax Partners, Neville Roy Singham, and the sovereign investors surrounding the DNC’s most important political database." "Apax Partners’ management company — the entity that sits above every fund, including the one holding Democratic campaign infrastructure — counts China’s CIC and Singapore’s GIC among its owners. CIC is subject to China’s 2017 National Intelligence Law, which requires all organizations to “support, assist, and cooperate with national intelligence work.” GIC’s board is chaired by Singapore’s sitting Prime Minister, who also oversees the country’s intelligence services."

At Da Wire, Rubio Lays Down ‘Trump’s Law’ In 5 Words When Asked About Iran, "They are suffering billions of dollars in damage, and their economy’s a disaster." "“I saw Araghchi, the [Iranian] Foreign Minister, the other day say something about their policy is ‘an eye for an eye,’” Rubio told reporters. “The president’s policy is ‘a head for an eye.’" Gary Anderson at Am Spec worries Our Generals Are Failing Us in Iran and elsewhere. "The U.S. military excels at tactics and technology but too often fails at operational art, strategic thinking, and developing bold leaders."

Althouse is especially interested in the protests in Madison after the death of Corey Ruiz after he stabbed a policeman in Madison, Wisconsin. "I just wanted to get to my house — that is it"/"We all just want to do something in this world." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Opinions @jsonlinemkebs, "Madison protestors have now shut down the main drag entering in and out of Madison's East side. Shutting this road down would delay first responders significantly if they were responding to a medical emergency. This is lawlessness and is putting innocent lives in danger." "The protesters are not just expressing themselves but demanding that other people stop living their lives freely and become one with the protest." And "The Dane County Farmers’ Market will still take place Saturday morning on the Capitol Square, though organizers say the market 'will look different.'" "'It is not a celebration of local food, but a space where everyone can find food grown in their community to sustain themselves and be together,' the market said in a social media post.... That's from "'My family needs justice': Relatives of Corey Ruiz speak out for first time since police shooting/Family members spoke at press event with civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who previously represented George Floyd's family" (WPR)." Stacy McCain covers the Criminal Carnival in Madison, Wisconsin. "Amy Curtis: “If you don’t know Wisconsin, let me explain that Madison is so left-wing it flies in circles.” Indeed."

At Coffee and Covid News, "You had to scroll all the way down this morning’s New York Times web page to find it, but the story reported, “Hawaii Lt. Gov. Is Indicted in Corruption Investigation.” The short article is almost mind-numbingly boring, packed with passive-tense, soft verbs, and a distinct absence of outrage. Maybe the reserved tone was because the indictments were more Democrats, including the highest-ranking Democrat official under indictment yet."

This leads us to a larger point about Trump 2.0’s Department of Justice. While many in the MAGA base are still spreading “waiting for someone to get arrested” memes, high-profile, state-level arrests are happening all over the country.

How? The Trump administration systematically dismantled the so-called “ethical” gatekeepers in D.C. The DOJ’s Public Integrity Section —which historically acted as a brake and a bottleneck, protecting favored politicians and shutting down local investigations— was slashed from 36 lawyers down to just two. The long-standing requirement that local prosecutors consult with D.C. before indicting any local political figures was suspended.

By removing the federal roadblock, the Trump DOJ effectively unleashed state-level corruption prosecutions. The Hawaii case, for example, is being prosecuted by the state Attorney General’s Special Investigation and Prosecution Division, using evidence provided by the feds.

Leslie Eastman at LI is gratified Trump Demands Review of ‘Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence’ Used by Federal Judges, "Meanwhile, the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology investigates the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) over its stewardship of this nation’s scientific efforts." Conquest's Second Law: Any organization not explicitly and constitutionally right-wing will sooner or later become left-wing. With Fritz's addendum, "With explicitly right-wing organization, it takes a little longer."

From Twitchy, Convicted Murderer Karmelo Anthony Seeks a New Trial, Claims Judge Was Biased, a routine procedural step. Jay Rogers at TownHall thinks The Carroll Case Still Deserves a Second Look, it didn't even make sense as fiction.

At Twitchy, Judges Enter Orders Preventing DHS From Terminating TPS for Ethiopia, South Sudan , despite the Supreme Court telling them, more or less directly, to cut that shit out. John Hinderacker at Power Line, compares Trump’s Success, and AI’s Bias on immigration. "My colleague David Zimmer dug into the data to assess the success of President Trump’s immigration policies. He found them to be very successful, indeed:... I thought I’d put AI to the test to see what its response would be regarding the data I presented above. It responded twice that I was misrepresenting the data relevant to both the number and percentage of illegal aliens detained who had either a criminal history or pending criminal charge. AI referenced the CATO Institute and the Migration Policy Institute as source documents for refuting my conclusions. I then provided the link to the DHS raw data and asked AI to calculate the figures and get back to me. Here’s AI’s response – I’ll take the win!..."

From Shooting News Week, Congress Moving to Block Gun Purchase Tracking Causes a Major Media Meltdown, but then, they melt down over nearly everything.

Sundance reports a Terrorist Attack at Berlin Gay Pride Event. Those damn white sup.... oh wait, Yashar Ali @yashar, "BREAKING via AP Berlin police say they have identified a suspect with ties to Islamic extremist circles after a van plowed into crowds at the city’s major LGBTQ celebration Saturday night. The suspect, who is known to police, remains at large as authorities conduct an intensive search. One person was killed and at least 16 others were injured."

From Michael Shellenberger at Public News, Radicalization Of Universities Behind Smithsonian’s Attack On History And Biological Reality "If museums continue to refuse to reform themselves, Congress should cut their funding." Museum curators thinks of themselves as college professors, not public servants. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Springtime for Hitler in Ithaca." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Ivy Leaguer who's 'not interested in working for a Jew' says Cornell is welcoming him back https://trib.al/e3GExwA."

Driscoll at Insty has the QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: What Broke Black America? A Review of Howard Husock’s The Projects" I credit "The Great Society," LBJ's plan to buy Black's for the Democrats.

Insty says LET’S HOPE: SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM IS THE ANGEL OF DEATH FOR CANCEL CULTURE. The subtext was clear to her aspirant cancelers: I hear you, I see you, and I don’t care. This is 2026, not 2016. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "WOW! Sophie Cunningham's shoes sell out in 1 HOUR after she went viral for saying "no men in women's sports, I said what I said" "It sells out in ALL SIZES" "She had the guts to stand up and say, males do not belong in women's sports! She stood by it."" Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias, "Cunningham is articulating a view that 70-80 percent of Americans share, that reflects the law in many states, and that has been adopted by the IOC and the NCAA." Quote Billy Fleming @JooBilly, "It's kind of incredible to spend years building yourself up as one of the most likeable figures in the WNBA and then burn it all down to pick on a tiny and extremely vulnerable group of young, trans athletes. x.com/ComplexSports/…"

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: On The Beach and FMJRA 2.0: In The Bowels of the Draft up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Steps in the Potomac Shit

Leslie Eastman at LI notices Potomac Interceptor Rupture Poised to Become the Largest Sewage Spill in U.S. History "This man-caused disaster not merely a technical breakdown but a profound public health, environmental, and governance crisis affecting downstream communities." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn says 'P' Is for 'Perfume' as in 'River' - It's Also for 'Potomac'. At News Wax, Trump, Md. Gov. Moore Battle Over Potomac Sewage Spill Response. I say, get every federal bureaucrat in DC out there with a shovel.

From Fox, Collins boosts Republican voter ID effort, but won’t scrap filibuster, "Mike Lee-led campaign gains crucial vote but faces 60-vote Senate filibuster challenge." At RCP, Sen. Dave McCormick on SAVE Act: If An 80-20 Issue Can't Get 60 Votes, Something Is Amiss In The Senate, but then, we knew that. Dmitri Bolt at TownHall, CNN Confronts Chuck Schumer on Voter ID. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Fetterman: What's Wrong With Requiring ID to Vote? Secretary Kristi Noem @Sec_Noem, "It must be exhausting to regularly manufacture outrage even over the most commonsense statements. Yes, we must build election infrastructure that makes it easy and secure for eligible American citizens to vote—while preventing non-citizens, including illegal aliens, from casting ballots. The choice of who to vote for is obviously up to the voters themselves. So here's the real question for @jaketapper @jonkarl and anyone else clutching pearls over this: Do you actually support allowing people who are in this country illegally to vote in our elections?" Support? They're counting on it.

Sundance at CTH explores the relationship between Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein. John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre, "Nothing from NBC News on Obama's lawyer or Reid Hoffman - who donated $100 million to Democrats, bankrolled the Kavanaugh smear campaign, and funded the E. Jean Carroll hoax against Trump. Media silence when it doesn't fit the narrative." Quote NBC News @NBCNews, "At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files.  Batya Ungar-Sargon @bungarsargon, ""Ironically, in denouncing how 'wealthy powerful men' are protected in a two-tiered legal system, Khanna pulled the ultimate powerplay — defaming four individuals with little concern of accountability. Ironically, Khanna succeeded in showing the ultimate example of the impunity enjoyed by 'wealthy, powerful men.'" Quote Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "I have spoken with members who were part of the conference on the petition to force the release of these documents. Massie and Khanna opposed efforts to amend the petition to allow for greater resources to review the millions of documents... https://jonathanturley.org/2026/02/15/ro-" From Campus Reform, Jeffrey Epstein's obsession with human bodies led him to fund the genetics research of two current Harvard profs. "Epstein was obsessed with blue eyes and worked with scientific contacts to prove his hypothesis that blue eyes were a signifier of high intelligence while he was funding and visiting Harvard's Program for Evolutionary Dynamics." At Fox, Israeli intelligence sources reject claims Jeffrey Epstein was Mossad operative following document releases "Israeli prime minister escalates political feud following renewed scrutiny of Epstein's dealing with ex-Israeli leader Ehud Barak." But then, they would if it were true, too.

Dave Strom at Hat Hair claims You Won't Believe The New York Times' Take on Rubio's Munich Speech. "The New York Times' reaction to the speech mirrored that of AOC: Western values suck, and Europe is no longer Western because its population is being replaced by third worlders. AOC said it outright, giving an explicitly Marxist race and class-based analysis, while the Times sanded the sharp corners down a bit." You'd be surprised by what I might believe. Hat Hair's Duane Patterson looks at Marco's Moment, Morons, and Mendacity in Munich. Sarah Anderson at TownHall watches Rubio’s European Tour Heats Up — WaPo and the Cuban Revolution Take a Beating. Sundance hosts Secretary Marco Rubio's Joint Press Conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and reports President Trump Announces Board of Peace Meeting February 19th at the Donald J Trump Institute of Peace. 

PJM's Cathy Salgado hears the  Trump Admin tout $2,400 Savings From Ending Start-Stop Car Feature. We don't have it, but that's got to be annoying. We have a hybrid, and it alway shuts off, unless it need charge. But at least the electric side accelerates right off. News Wax, Trump Touts Dip in Mortgage Rates Vs. Biden. ""Joe Biden’s inflation crisis crushed the dream of homeownership for millions of Americans — but President Trump is bringing it back," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News." It's a bit much to claim credit for, but if the Democrats are going to wield the "affordability" club, it's fair.

From NYPo, Trump threatens kidnappers with death penalty if Nancy Guthrie isn’t returned alive in call with The Post, Democrats immediately call for cashless bail for the offenders /sarc.

Dave Strom looks at the Democrats Auditioning for Nomination in Munich. At Twitchy, AOC Mocks Marco Rubio for Saying Cowboys Come From Spain (Ask African Slaves). End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "AOC mocks Rubio: "My favorite part is he said cowboys are rooted in Spain. Uhhh, speak to Mexicans & African slaves!" Spain introduced horses to Mexico." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair calls it Too Dumb to Check: Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be AOCs. Joe Chalfant at TownHall, Did AOC's Word Salad Just End Her Presidential Ambitions? Hardly, it's par for Democrats who have to constantly talk around truth and logic. Brad Slager at RedState, The Ocasio-Cortez Disaster in Munich Gives a 2028 Election Primer As Bloomberg News Cleans Up Her Mess. Driscoll at Insty, WAS IT OVER WHEN THE VENEZUELANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR? Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "AOC: The US shouldn't engage in actions like the one against Maduro just because Venezuela is “below the equator." Venezuela is not below the equator. Got a round of applause anyway." A Larry video at Hat Hair, AOC, Hillary Clinton Globally Shamed As Rubio Stuns World Elites. Driscoll again with DAAAMN: Watch Hillary’s Face as Czech Deputy PM Macinka Shuts Her Down in Heated Back and Forth on Gender. Fox News @FoxNews, "REALITY CZECH: Hillary Clinton clashes with Czech Deputy PM Petr Macinka after he says President Trump reacted to policies that went "too far." MACINKA: "We saw the woke revolution. I don't agree with the gender revolution, the climate alarmism..." CLINTON: "Which gender? Women having their rights?" . . ." Amy Curtis noticed Hillary Clinton Lied About Deportations Under Her Husband and Obama. Well, her mouth was moving. 

Congressman Randy Fine @RepFine, "Piers, what is disgusting is a major NYC Muslim leader saying we must give up our dogs because "NYC is coming to Islam" We will not be shamed into being conquered like the Europeans. I choose my dog. I know my first appearance on your show didn't go well for you, but if you want to try again, I am happy to administer another beating." Jake Tapper @jaketapper, "Disgusting bigotry." Quote Congressman Randy Fine @RepFine "If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one." Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis, "So for the midterms, @TheDemocrats have decided to take the side of banning dogs and calling the critics who oppose banning dogs “racist.” Keep up the good work." and Totally weird how not one Leftist has said, “No, we won’t let Muslims ban your dogs.” I’m sure it’s just a coincidence. RBe @RBPundit, "Apparently all the political commentators just flat out missed that some Muslim activist who works for the new NYC mayor said dogs should be banned indoors in New York." Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "This "dogs" tweet thing is a classic example of a totally fake, made up scandal. A Muslim troll - an adult with a powerful position - tweeted that New Yorkers should get rid of all (indoor) dogs to appease Muslim immigrants, because dogs are filthy in Islam and Muslim incomers do not want to see them. In direct response, quoting his opponent, another powerful adult said that - if forced to make this binary choice by Muslims - he would prefer dogs to Muslim incomers. This is about the 90% US position, btw. Every S...S...SHOCKED response to part two is literally just someone intentionally ignoring the 1st 1/2-2/3 of the exchange so they can do the "You Monster!" bit. It really is tiring."

At Am Great, Ed Ring calls Mamdani and Newsom The Democratic Party’s Fraternal Twins. "Mamdani and Newsom sell rival myths, but their shared model—big government fused with big corporate power—centralizes control, inflates costs, and leaves ordinary Americans paying the price." At PM, Tenants in NYC public housing won't be allowed to complain about city landlord at Mamdani's 'rental ripoff' hearings. "If these hearings were truly about holding bad landlords accountable, the over 500,000 residents in NYCHA would be able to meaningfully participate." Government cheese. 

Jonathan Turley sees California Democrats Trigger a Reverse Gold Rush with a Wealth Tax: Eat the Rich. Hat Hair's John Sexton, Billionaires Make Plans to Avoid the California Wealth Tax. David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "There’s a weird poeticism to the radical American left being funded by divorce settlements." Quote Forbes @Forbes, "MacKenzie Scott’s $26 billion giving sprint in seven years, including a record $7.2 billion last year, makes her the third-biggest philanthropist of all-time. She gave more in 2025 than Musk, Page, Ellison and her ex-husband Bezos have in their lifetimes combined." Beege Welborn, How Green Is My Cult: CA Now Importing US Gas From *check notes* 4000 Miles Away. Driscoll sees BLUE STATES ARE MOVING LEGISLATION FORWARD TO RESTRICT HOW MUCH YOU CAN DRIVE: "The “15 Minute City” concept is gaining traction on the left, especially in Great Britain, where the Labour Party and leftist cities are seeking to impose harsh restrictions on vehicle use. Here in the U.S., blue states are pivoting toward mileage caps, which would establish maximum “vehicle miles traveled” (“VMT”) allowed for an entire state, with regulators then creating “incentives” to reduce individual driving so as to achieve the VMT objective. From News Nation: “Massachusetts bill aims to reduce driving to meet climate goals” . . ." From the College Fix, EXPOSED: Taxpayers paying for Democrat activists’ grad school tuition. Ben Smith at RedState, Democratic Auditor Takes Own Party to Court After $12M Fraud and 72% Vote for Audit. 

Stacy McCain has a warning, Warning: Stay Away From St. Louis, "“Well, Stacy, how dangerous is St. Louis?” you ask. IT’S WORSE THAN BALTIMORE!" I demand a recount. At Insty, CRIME: Follow the science! Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters, "Criminality is not random Only 0.2% of people ever commit murder, yet 67% of **all murders**are committed by people with prior arrests People inclined to commit crime will continue to, unless stopped. When those people are stopped, the crime stops." Quote Hunter Ash @ArtemisConsort, "This is a key point: the idea that imprisoning criminals won’t reduce crime tacitly assumes that there’s some kind of crime quota, and other people will start assaulting strangers if we lock up the people currently doing it. x.com/usinglyft/stat…"

At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed, Homan: You Better Believe We'll 'Flood the Zone' in 'Sanctuaries' Again, Dave Strom fears The Ground Troops of the Revolution Are Being Trained Before Our Eyes and In Minneapolis It's the Taxpayers Who Pick Up the Tab for Anti-ICE Activism and John Sexton reports a Public School Teacher Killed by Illegal Immigrant Fleeing ICE. From CIS, DOJ Reveals that Biden Granted ‘Quiet Amnesty’ to Nearly a Million Aliens. "Cases that have been ‘temporarily paused’ for more than three decades, and other denials of justice." The Redoubtable Julie Kelly (at substack) explores how a Deadly Crash Exposes Danger of So-Called 'Chameleon Carriers'. "Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and some federal lawmakers are looking into how trucking companies avoid oversight and accountability through shadow operations in the trucking industry."

The Chronic has No Pity for the ‘Washington Post.’ Ace, "The Media Whined That the Washington Post Cancelled Its World-Beating Sports Section. The Media, You Will Not Be Surprised to Learn, Lied." By "sports," they meant what they mean in every case: DEI propaganda and gay communism bullshit. They do this with every single entertainment men like. They fill men's entertainment with nonstop pro-gay, pro-feminism, pro-DEI propaganda. So that's what was going on with the Washington Post's "sports" desk before they cancelled it. Free Beacon's Andrew Stiles: . . ." Dave Strom notes They Don't Even Try to Distinguish Fact From Fiction Anymore. The article as about the Slantic, but it's a general problem.

Insty calls this SAVAGE. AND FAIR. Rolling Stone @RollingStone, "The MAGA right says Charlie Kirk is a martyr for freedom of expression, but still want people to lose their jobs for criticizing his rhetoric. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "You, of all outlets, need to SHUT UP. You were the first outlet to dox me. You ran a deranged piece painting me as some CFPB mastermind only because you couldn’t dig up dirt. You tried to cancel me. You don’t get to whine about cancel culture. Here’s the rule: if you don’t want to get fired, don’t cheer the deaths of your neighbors, family, or fellow Americans. You and I are not the same. We see you. You are hypocrites. You are evil. Go crawl away in shame."

PJM's Mike Cantrell hears an Aussie Influencer Says Pop Star’s Mansion Joke Got Him Booted From the U.S. “Billie Eilish got me deported from the US—I think her legal team contacted DHS,” Drew Pavlou wrote in a post published Sunday on X. “I spent 30 hours at LAX immigration trying to explain that my s---posts were just a joke and that I didn’t actually plan to personally move into her mansion.” Dmitri Bolt, A Man Joked About Moving Into Billie Eilish's Mansion. Her Response Is Breaking Irony Detectors. Man, she's really got that surly teen look down pat, for a 24 year old woman.

Matt Vespa thinks you should Look at What the Rhode Island Hockey Rink Shooter Posted on X Before the Attack. Steve Lookner @lookner "This is the X account of the Pawtucket high school hockey game shooter, according to the New York Post. Police said the shooter's name was Robert Dorgan and he/she went by the name Roberta Esposito. The shooter shot family members and a family friend, then himself/herself. (h/t @DoctorTurtleboy)" At Twitchy, DEVELOPING: Robert Dorgan a.k.a. ‘Roberta Esposito’ Shoots Six at a Youth Hockey Game in Rhode Island. Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "The Atlantic, a far left publication, has come out today with a piece about how indefensible it is to transition kids. Massive sea change. We’ve won the PR war to end this absurd abuse."

James Bacon, at Bacon's Rebellion on How to Make Sure Virginia Universities Are Governed by Unaccountable, Leftist Oligarchies Forever, elect Spamberger. 

And oh, so much more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.16.26! The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Mustang Gal and FMJRA 2.0: Still Winning up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - All Biden Orders Void Because of Autopen Signatures?

Matt Margolis has high hopes Could a Bombshell Discovery Render All of Biden's Presidential Actions 'Null and Void'? "Remember when House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) revealed his discussion with Biden when Biden couldn't recall signing the executive order halting LNG exports? Now we know why — he probably didn't. The real question is: Who did? Who was running the country while Biden was not all there? Oversight Project @OversightPR, WHOEVER CONTROLLED THE AUTOPEN CONTROLLED THE PRESIDENCY We gathered every document we could find with Biden's signature over the course of his presidency. All used the same autopen signature except for the the announcement that the former President was dropping out of the race last year. Here is the autopen signature." Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey asked the DOJ to investigate whether Biden’s cognitive mental decline allowed unelected officials to make decisions without his knowledge or approval. If that’s the case, Biden’s executive orders, pardons, and other actions, may be unconstitutional and void." Ace, All of Biden's "Laws" and Executive Orders Were Signed by Autopen (Robotic Signature Duplicator), Putting Biden's Entire Presidency in Question, "The headline is wrong: There was one single thing he actually signed, his notice that he was withdrawing from the 2024 race." Everything else was signed by the Biden staffers' Electronic President Substitute." We knew that Biden was not really in control, but we assumed they were at least shoving the paper under his pen for show. I predict nothing will happen because Biden is a Democrat.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Trump Warns Russia: Back Off And Stop Bombing; UPDATE: Russia Offers Pause. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Warns Russia to Negotiate Quickly or Face Tariffs and Sanctions, Zelenskyy Calls for an Air and Sea Truce as Interim Proposal for Ceasefire Ahead of Talks With U.S Team in Saudi Arabia and hosts Special Envoy Steve Witkoff Holds a Press Conference Discussing Hamas Hostages and Upcoming Meeting with Ukrainian Officials. The Telegraph whines Trump considers pulling troops out of Germany. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair is amused So the EU Pooped Themselves a Defense Budget Raise Yesterday. OTP, Adios, Puerto Rico? "Trump Lobbied To Cut Ties With Island." At Insty, HMM: Space Force general: ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield requires Manhattan Project-scale effort.

At TownHall Cutie Pavlich thinks The Details About Today's Job Report Are Pretty Important. Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "PRESIDENT TRUMP: For the first time in fifteen months, the job gains for native-born Americans exceeded the job gains for migrant and foreign workers. Employment for native-born workers went up by 284K while foreign born workers went down by 87K." Sundance hosts Kevin Hassett and President Trump Discuss Economy and Jobs During Oval Office Press Availability. From NewsMax, Trump Signs Order to Establish Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. "The reserve will be capitalized with bitcoin owned by the federal government that was forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings, the White House crypto czar, billionaire David Sacks, said in a post on social media platform X."

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports DHS Ends Collective Bargaining for the TSA. Streiff at RedState, Trump Strips TSA Employee Union of Recognition. I'm OK with unions, just not public sector unions. Now, get rid of TSA. Napolitan News Service, 61% Of Voters Favor Moving Control Away From Department of Education. RFK Jr effect? Bloomberg reports Snack Makers Are Removing Fake Colors From Processed Foods, "PepsiCo designed a new spicy potato chip without using its signature—and artificially formulated—dyes. Remaking the original Doritos is proving much harder."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.06.25 (Morning Edition), Twitchy: Sounds Like Adam Schiff Better Buckle Up Because It’s About To Get Real, Thread From Doctor Who Had Birds-Eye View Of Democrats During Trump’s Speech A Must-Read, and Megyn Kelly Ends Hateful Hag For Laughing At Video Of Tranny Injuring Payton McNabb, Louder With Crowder, Here are all the moments Democrats embarrassed themselves during Trump’s most pro-America speech ever, Multiple liberal cities are suing the Trump Admin, claim that being a sanctuary for illegals makes their city “safer”, Trump’s America and Why Liberals Won’t Stand for Anything, The culprit responsible for 23 Dem senators sharing the same propaganda identified themselves, and it makes sense now, and America is Back – Breaking Down Everything You Missed in Trump’s Joint Address, Dana Loesch, Is BlackRock Running The Panama Canal Moderately Better Than The CCP? also, Activist Judges – A Look At Judge Amir H. Ali, Don Surber, Zelensky & The Art of the Trumpenfreude. 

And from the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.07.25, Louder With Crowder: Donald Trump obliterates that cringetastic Democrat “fighter” video in the most MAGA way possible, Elon Musk needs only six words to SAVAGE the Democrats’ latest silly attack (and attacker) against him, Trump demands MSNBC host “be forced to resign” for wretched thing she said about a MAGA-loving teenage cancer survivor, Dem tries defending “Choose Your Fighter” video to Scott Jennings, gets lesson in politics instead, According To Hoyt, In Which I Go MAHA!, American Conservative,  The Ukraine War’s Finale is Upsetting—but Trump Isn’t to Blame, American Greatness, Secretary Kelly Loeffler to Move SBA Offices Out of Sanctuary Cities, also, Retooling Schooling, American Thinker: The Democrats Descend into Madness, and much more. 

At WaEx, Democrats mount resistance to GOP effort to keep government open. At Twitchy, MOCK-FEST! MA Democrat Claims MAGA Is TOO DUMB to Question Politicians Who Went to Harvard and ROFL. Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks Anti-Trump Protests Are a Joke. WokeSpy notes Rashida Tlaib Taunts Trump Over Taxes — 11 Years After Being Caught Not Paying Her Own Taxes!. Rusty Weiss at RedState, Jasmine Crockett Says Trump Is Going After Illegals So He Can Send Black People 'Back to the Fields'. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, Dems' Voter Outreach to the Clinically Insane Continues Unabated. Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV "Remember that “choose your fighter” video the Democrat members of Congress put out earlier today? The White House just responded with their own video:" Bob Hoge at RedState, Tim Walz Is Asked to Name the Dems' Next Leader, and the Look on His Face Is Priceless. To be fair, Walz is pretty good at the "deer in the headlights" stare. John Kass awards The Golden Moutza of the Month: Behold "I hope I’m not too late, but it has to go to Tony Evers, the Governor of Wisconsin for trying to change the word “mother” to “inseminated person”…the lunatic left knows no bounds! said, Diane Puetz." Jim Geraghty at NRO says Get Ready for the Democratic Retreat on Trans Athletes.

Stacy McCain, BUSTED: ‘Anti-Poverty’ Democrat Activist Joe Sanberg Accused of Massive Fraud. Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays, "Are there any Democrat organizations that are NOT some version of Hunter selling art?" Quote Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11, "The NYT reports that ActBlue is in “turmoil.” Mysteriously, seven top executives have all left in the past three weeks, several of whom had all been there more than a decade. None of them will explain on the record why they left." Da Wire, Kamala Aide Under DOJ Investigation For Allegedly Falsifying Paperwork To Get Musk Buyout, "The hiring conspiracy could involve Harris herself, as well as ex-FTC chair Lina Khan." Ace, John Podesta Handed Out $375 BILLION In Taxpayer Dollars to "Pop Up" Organizations Created Only Months Before, "People need to go to prison for 40 years for this." Steve Milloy @JunkScience, "The EPA-Stacey Abrams grift revealed: @staceyabrams just told MSBNC's @chrislhayes that the Biden EPA gave her $2 billion to buy people new home appliances to reduce electric bills. So Democrats upgraded vote buying from Obama phones to Biden refrigerators." Beege Welborn, EPA's $20B 'Slush Fund' Zeldin and DOGE Discovered Looking Really Dodgy. Gold bars, Titanic. Attorney General Andrew Bailey @AGAndrewBailey "@ElonMusk I am here to report $5 BILLION in wasted taxpayer dollars allocated to fund a green energy scam and massive land grab from Missouri farmers and landowners. I’m urging DOGE to immediately identify and cancel any DOE loan guarantees for the Grain Belt Express project."

From Da Signal, Trump Justice Department Could Enforce Expiration Date for Mail-In Ballots. At the Pennsylvania Record, 'Historic' case over future of Pa. elections tossed. "The suit was filed with the hope of ensuring "only votes properly cast are counted" in 2024 and beyond. It complained that standards laid out by the Help America Vote Act and the National Voter Registration Act were not met in 2022 but nothing was done to address that." Permission to rig elections granted.

From Altouse, "President Trump has clipped the wings of Elon Musk by putting the cabinet in charge of federal firings after mounting complaints about the billionaire’s indiscriminate approach to cost-cutting." "Trump told a meeting of his top team that it was time for the 'scalpel rather than the hatchet' after an outcry from voters, including in Republican districts, about the wave of sackings carried out by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). This is the first time Trump has acted to rein in the X and SpaceX entrepreneur, who has built a far-reaching power base at the president’s side — cemented by unrivalled access to his home and inner circle — prompting Democrat complaints of a plutocratic takeover of the US government," From "Trump reins in Musk after Doge sacking spree upsets rivals and allies/The president is putting his cabinet in charge of federal firings after voters complain about Elon Musk’s cost-cutting layoffs" (London Times). And, "Mr. Musk, who wore a suit and tie to Thursday’s meeting instead of his usual T-shirt after Mr. Trump publicly ribbed him about his sloppy appearance..." "I'm reading "Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk/Simmering anger at the billionaire’s unchecked power spilled out in a remarkable Cabinet Room meeting. The president quickly moved to rein in Mr. Musk" (NYT)." If it's in the NYT I start with the assumption that it's a lie. Atop Da Hill, Federal judge rejects request to block DOGE staff from Treasury system. ET, DOGE Announces Termination of Leases for 30 FDA Locations in 22 States. NewsWeek whines Elon Musk's DOGE Cancels Lease at Obama Library Site. Eric Lendrum at Am Great, Social Security Administration Identifies $800M in Savings for Fiscal Year 2025. 

Sarah Arnold at TownHall reports Kash Patel’s FBI Shocks Nation With Treason Arrests Just Two Weeks Into His Role "The U.S. Department of Justice said that two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers, Jian Zhao and Li Tian, and a veteran, Ruoyu Duan, were in the process of attempting to sell national defense intelligence to Chinese agents. Zhao and Tian were stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord." DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "I think it’s kinda crazy how you’ll never see a “Michael Brady” or “James McDougall” serving in the CCP army but we have Li Tian’s and Jian Zhao’s serving in ours (and committing treason) There needs to be better vetting, " At Insty, UPDATE: A friend writes: "Shoot them. That’s the normal thing to do. But that way they can’t be traded next time the Democrats are in power. And issue an advisory against Americans going to China, lest they get nabbed on trumped up charges like Putin does. A bit of a shot across the Chinese bow. . . " From Althouse, "The corruption needs to be immediately defunded. The F.B.I. should no longer exist as it’s constituted now." ""The mission should be divvied up. The money should be divvied up amongst other agencies that take the oath to their country seriously.” Said Dan Bongino, in a 2023 podcast, quoted in "How Dan Bongino Would Run the F.B.I., According to Dan Bongino/The newly appointed deputy director of the F.B.I. has a long history of criticizing the bureau and its leadership. He has promised 'dramatic change'" (NYT)." Even if they got this right, the agency is still fundamentally corrupt. Ben Bartee at PJM, AG Pam Bondi: Still-Unreleased Epstein Files to Be Redacted for ‘National Security’. Yeah, I'm pretty sure Epstein was working with some 3 letter agencies to get compromising info on both American and foreign elites. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Lawyer Recommends Dropping Corruption Case Against Mayor Adams. "The outside lawyer who was given the job of reviewing the case Paul D. Clement, a former Solicitor General for the G.W. Bush administration. Today, Clement recommend that Judge Ho drop the case with prejudice." Sundance reports President Trump Removes Perkins Coie Security Clearance and FBI Workstations from Within Law Firm. 

At Insty, KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON: If You’re Panicked, Thinking Amy Coney Barrett Is Another David Souter, Slow Your Roll. Randy Barnett@RandyEBarnett "And @shipwreckedcrew explained how this most recent decision was not a big deal. https://shipwreckedcrew.substack.com/p/no-the-supreme-court-did-not-allow?utm_medium=ios…" Quote Randy Barnett @RandyEBarnett, "A word to the wise from @fourboxesdiner: “CONSERVATIVES, STOP ATTACKING JUSTICE BARRETT!” Listen to Mark’s recapitulation of her record. Also remember, no Justice is perfect. https://youtu.be/CgqfK3JxR6A?si"

Jeff Charles at TownHall hears Democrats Are Big Mad That Pardoned J6ers Are Free to Roam the Capitol Building.

At the Tampa Freep, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Identifies Leakers Within Department, Signals Prosecutions, so it wasn't at the FBI? Reagan Reese at Da Caller goes Inside JD Vance’s Tone-Setting Trip To The Southern Border. ABC pretends to care Mass exodus of immigration officials could delay millions of deportations. Drew Berquist, Tulsi Gabbard Drops Bombshell: Biden Admin Freed Many ISIS-Linked Migrants Into U.S. Althouse notices "There's only so much he can do." "To be fair, it's possible that the things Trump is doing to shut the border are things a court will one day tell him he actually can't do. For now, he's doing it anyway. Those who want to preserve their dignity after leaning hard into "There's only so much he can do" have a big stake in the litigation. We're still in the middle of things. And here's the key line from Trump's March 4, 2025 address to Congress: "The media and our friends in the Democrat party kept saying we needed new legislation, we must have legislation to secure the border. But it turned out that all we really needed was a new President." If the President wants to do something, he'll push the boundaries of power. If he doesn't, he'll see those boundaries where they justify his inaction."

Ilya Shapiro at CJ, Trump Is Right to Deport Hamas Supporters. "Federal law authorizes denying or revoking the visa of anyone who supports terrorist activity." NewsMax, US to Use AI to Revoke Visas of Students It Deems Hamas Backers "President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January to combat antisemitism and has pledged to deport noncitizen college students and others who took part in pro-Palestinian protests that have been ongoing for months amid Israel's military assault on Gaza after Hamas' October 2023 attack. The AI-fueled "Catch and Revoke" effort will include AI-assisted reviews of tens of thousands of student visa holders' social media accounts, Axios reported." Dave Strom, Rubio Yanks Visas for Foreign Students Who Support Terrorists; UPDATE: Columbia Loses $400 Million Too. From Ace, As Terror-Supporting Foreign Savages Riot on College Campuses, Marco Rubio Announces "Catch and Deport" Program to Eject Lawless Islamists from Country, "Finally. From John Sexton at Hot Air, terror sympathizer radicals are taking over libraries and making threats while wearing masks." Insty, LOSERS ON PARADE: Meet the Columbia Radicals Arrested for Storming a Barnard Building: Students were charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing, and obstructing governmental administration. Althouse, "The Trump administration is discussing pulling hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts and grant commitments to Columbia University..."  Twitchy thinks Jerry Nadler Makes Great Case for Jewish Students to Become MAGA.

From the College Fix, Top D.C. federal prosecutor says he doesn’t want law students from Georgetown because of DEI. Campus Reform reports Iowa regents vote to end Social Justice, American Studies programs. John Sexton wonders After Dismantling DEI, What Comes Next? 

At RVN, Injured Female Athlete Fires Back After Democrat Disrespect at Trump’s Speech "“The Democrat Party failed women. They don’t care.” Rick Moran at PJM hears DJ's Dad Call Out MSNBC Hosts for Disgusting Comments. Da Caller, CNN Steps On A Rake After ‘Fact-Checking’ Trump’s ‘Transgender Mice’ Funding Claim. "During his joint address to Congress on Tuesday, Trump cited several examples of “appalling waste” he had cut, including $8.2 million in NIH-funded studies on “gender-affirming” hormone treatments mice. CNN’s Deidre McPhillips initially tried to dispute the claim, arguing only about $500,000 had been allocated for similar research in monkeys — she was later forced to issue a correction after the White House proved CNN’s “fact check” inaccurate in a statement."

Stacy McCain asks, rhetorically, Why Has the ‘Valuable Resource’ Known as 538 Been Summarily Discarded? "Perhaps a better metric of FiveThirtyEight’s value would be the fact that ABC News didn’t sell the site — for which their parent company paid a pretty penny, years ago — but rather shut it down. Had there been any market value to the site, why weren’t there any other media operations offering cash to acquire it from ABC News? The obvious answer is that FiveThirtyEight was always a money-losing operation, first for the New York Times, and then under Disney ownership, first at ESPN and then at ABC News. The salaries of the staff always exceeded whatever revenue was generated by FiveThirtyEight. Nate Silver goes on to say that there is a “bright future” for the kind of “data journalism” that FiveThirtyEight did, by which I suppose he means that there’s always a market for predicting elections wrong, so long as your error favors Democrats." Logan Washburn at Da Fed notices that After Disavowing NewsGuard, Microsoft Still Promotes The Censorship Group. At Fox, Wikipedia co-founder calls on Elon Musk to investigate government influence over online encyclopedia, "'May I ask you to determine what branches of the U.S. government—if any!—have employees paid to edit, monitor, update, lobby, etc., WIkipedia?' Sanger asked Musk." At Da Wire, Publisher Pulls Romance Book For Having Pro-Elon Musk Line, Being ‘MAGA Coded.’ "Author Sophie Lark issued a public apology and promised to use "sensitivity readers" in the future."

Linked at Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Breakthrough! posted and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

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