Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran 'Kinetic Action' Reheating

For lack of anything else new and exciting, the revived Iran conflict gets top billing. Ace, After Iran Downs Apache Helicopter, Trump Threatens New Round of Airstrikes "Is he serious this time or is it more, you know, twitter bullshit?" At Althouse, "If we need to negotiate with bombs, we’ll negotiate with bombs. And we’re very good at it. Nobody better in the world." "Said Pete Hegseth, quoted in "Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Will Strike Iran Again Tonight, Hegseth Says/The secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, said a new American attack would be launched on Wednesday night. Earlier, President Trump said more attacks were coming, a day after he predicted peace" (NYT)." And Trump posts a "West Wing" clip decrying the notion of a "proportional response." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Trump say to Iran: Bridge and Power Day May Be Back, Baby; UPDATE: On Like Donkey Kong? Airstrikes starting against radar and other air defense type sites, like they're getting ready for a big air operation. From the Scuttlebutt, Pardon, Your Bias is Showing. How the media always stops the chain of causation on the US, particularly if they can blame Trump.

Sundance at CTH reports President Trump Signs the Secure America Act. Ace, Trump Signs Bill to Fund DHS and ICE Throughout the Rest of His Term, "The 80-day long (IIRC) Democrat shutdown resulted in chaos and disruption but ultimately failed. They're the party of chaos and disruption, riots and "teen takeovers," subway knife attacks and women having their throats slashed open by infinitely-indulged homeless maniacs." Sundance also notes President Trump Delivers Shocking Response to Question About USMCA Renewal "President Donald Trump responded to a question about the current status of the USMCA trade agreement, or what Canada calls CUSMA. Watch and listen to how President Trump points out that he has no intention of renewing the USMCA." unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "Like Tillis, this idiot admits he lied to voters for the last 10 years." Quote The Calvin Coolidge Project @TheCalvinCooli1, "New: Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn tells CNN’s Manu Raju that he has much more freedom to go against President Trump now: “Are you kidding? Of course. Absolutely. My liberation day: May 26.”" At Insty, NANCY MACE IS OUT, ENDORSES OPPONENT FOR S.C. GOVERNOR. "“Buried the hatchet.” She started out promising but has been kind of erratic." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn says it Looks Like Daffy Kathy Done Broke 'the Deal' on a pipeline she had agreed to as part of the price for an ocean wind farm. Starve NY of power. See if I care. WaEx introduces The man leading Trump’s nuclear renaissance.

Hat Hair's Capt. Ed Gulps: Consumer Price Index Inflation Soars to 4.2%, Core to 2.9%. At CNBC, Social Security retirement trust fund may be depleted in 2032, new trustees report finds.

Twitchy laughs at the notion that Americans Will Be So Triggered When the Whole Planet Cheers Every Goal Against Them at the World Cup. Elijah the Middleborne @TheMiddleborne, "My brother in Christ, Americans barely know we even have a team." RedStates Jen O'Connell finds a group of Europeans who Fall in Love With America While Touring the Country; Americans Need to Take Lessons. "Thank goodness a German X user named Freddy, and several other European visitors touring the U.S. ahead of the World Cup events, are paying no attention to the Debbie Downers at NPR and on the left." Right over Left Everytime @RightSide_Uk, "Elon Musk just exposed the EU’s biggest lie. Ursula von der Leyen was lecturing about “democracy” when Musk hit her with the truth: “If democracy is the foundation of freedom, surely your position as leader of the EU should be elected directly by the people?” The EU is run by unelected bureaucrats who impose mass migration, net zero madness and speech controls on 450 million people — with zero accountability. This isn’t democracy. It’s a dictatorship in slow motion. The people are waking up. The EU’s days are numbered."

TownHall's Scott McLallen hears a Democrat Calls Republicans Fascists, Wishes He Could 'Run Over' Trump at Congressional Baseball Game. At Althouse a Great catch, by U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt. Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt, "Left it all on the field. Republicans win 11-2 Honored to be named MVP."

Hat Hair's John Sexton notices Politico's Senior Political Columnist is Clueless. Jonathan Martin @jmart, "The most interesting part about this is not the actual rehab, which is fine and in some cases needed, it’s the impulse to be for whatever Trump is for. His passion is renovation and buildings and grounds? OK that’s what we’re into, also" Quote Steve Guest @SteveGuest, "It’s undeniable: President Trump improved the Reflecting Pool ahead of America’s 250th by light-years. Anyone who denies that fact has an incurable case of TDS." "So the story here is not that people adopt whatever Trump likes. The story is that the media automatically attacks whatever he does. But Martin can't see it." At Althouse, Can we not all love the new pool? Howard Lutnick @howardlutnick, "I stopped by the new Reflecting Pool. It is simply glorious. There were a thousand people, everywhere, taking pictures and just enjoying its beauty. Thank you President Trump for restoring our city’s national treasure." No, we must hate it, because Trump!

Much hay is still being made over Nazi adjacent, woman beating communist Graham Platner's run for the Maine Senate seat currently occupied by RINO Susan Collins. Capt. Ed hears DSCC Chair Gillibrand: Oysterführer Uber Alles, or Tomorrow Belongs to Dems and Free Press: Dem Response to Platner Astonishing After #MeToo Posturing. Jonathan Turley notes On the Kavanaugh Anniversary, Democratic Leaders Swap Me Too for Maine. Batya Ungar-Sargon claims The Democrats Have Officially Ceded the Moral High Ground "In electing Graham Platner, they have chosen winning over being the party of "Believe All Women" and "Fight Fascism."" At Twitchy, The View's Sunny Hostin Declares Days of Dems Taking the Moral High Ground OVER. PJM's Rick Moran has a Poll: Democrats Willing to Throw Black Voters Under the Bus to Gain Power. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Consider the possibility that the DNC saw Graham Platner’s Nazi affiliation to be a PLUS. Maine is a swing state and Collins is practically a Democrat. They can’t run to the left of Collins, not really. So maybe they want to run to the RIGHT of Collins, and since these idiots ACTUALLY BELIEVE we are all actual Nazis, maybe they saw Platner as the ideal candidate. Because they are stupidly brainwashed. Just a theory…" Nick Arama at RedState thinks Platner's Reply When Asked If More Might Be Coming Should Worry Dems. At Fox, Platner’s ‘living on the sea’ claim dismantled by critics as financial docs paint a different picture. "Platner's disclosures show he earned little from oyster farming and harbor duties versus $4,800 monthly in disability." Twitchy, 'Scum Attracts Scum': Data Republican Delivers a Truth Bomb Ratio to Graham Platner. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Hello Mr. Platner, Ratio. That's it. That's the whole rebuttal. You are someone who, by the virtue of his Reddit posts, manages to be simultaneously a filthy-literal-Communist and anti-Semite. That in itself is an egregious sin, because literal, card-carrying Communists are fundamentally at odds with America's norms. But if that weren't enough, you have voluminous Reddit posts defending the Nazi Totenkopf symbol. You clearly knew the tattoo you got and you defended it publicly. There's no either/or way about it. Scum attracts scum. Which is why you can comfortably swim in both literal-Communist and literal-antisemitic far-right circles. I am no fan of Sue Collins. But the fact you are running against her, that you have even the smallest chance of defeating her --..." PJM's Matt Margolis hears Democrats Are Literally Blaming Trump for Their Support of Graham Platner. Don Surber observes Democrats don’t vet, "Woman who called Epstein “Uncle Jeffrey” screened Obama’s Cabinet appointees." Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar, "Klain is a former U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum board member..." Quote Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar, "BREAKING @jewishinsider via @marcrod97: "Ex-Biden chief Ron Klain defends Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo" Klain: "The tattoo was a skull and crossbones to remember his fallen comrades from his service in Afghanistan"" Drew Holden @DrewHolden360, "Thread: A quick side by side of things legacy media outlets will describe as Nazi-adjacent when they’re about Trump vs. how these outlets talk about Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo, which an ex-gf of his confirmed to the NYT was deliberate." At SpliceToday, Mark Judge want to know Will NPR Reported David Folkenflik Do His Job on Platner? Not very likely. Nick Arama likes Trump's Surprising, Hilarious Endorsement of Maine Senate Candidate ""She does because she's a sane woman. She's not my best friend at all," Trump said. "But she's a sane person. She's a person that's never missed a vote in many years. I mean, she's like 10,000 votes. She had 10,000 votes. She never missed a vote. Unfortunately, because sometimes she voted against me! "You know, look, she's a sane woman, and she's a respected person. Maybe a little different ideology than me. "But this guy is a thug. He's a fake thug. He's a phony. I made a lot of money picking out phonies. He's a real phony. He's a bad person."

From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, California Election Fraud Update For June 9, 2026. Dave Strom at Hat Hair hears from Homeless Addicts in L.A.: They Paid Us to Vote. Ace, Surprise! Democrat "Ballot Harvesters" Were Illegally Paying Skid Row Homeless Drug Addicts $5 to "Vote" for Nithya Raman. "Isn't odd that these meth-addicted morons knew, in advance, that it was Nithya Raman who would need the bulk of their "votes" and not the current communist mayor? It's almost as if most of these votes were cast after Election Day, with Democrat "ballot harversters" knowing they needed many more votes for Nithya Raman to eliminate the one person they needed out of the race, Spencer Pratt." From Da Caller, ‘They’re Crooked’: Spencer Pratt’s Bruising Mayoral Loss Raises Election Integrity Concerns. Dmitri Bolt sees Spencer Pratt Responds to His Crushing Defeat in LA With a Mysterious Image. PJM's Stephen Kruiser has a Friendly Reminder That California Is the DNC's Testing Ground. 

From the Free Bacon, 'Weak Link' Gavin Newsom Took $50K From Chinese EV Exec of Now-Blacklisted 'Chinese Military Company,' According to New Pentagon Classification, 'The Department of War has blacklisted BYD for a reason,' a former US ambassador says.
 'It means that there is a threat to the national security of the United States.' Chris Rufo et al at CJ observes Gavin Newsom Broke His Promise About California’s Fire Management Work. "Starting last year, the governor “fast-tracked” land, now totaling nearly 100,000 acres, for fire management. So far, state-approved groups have completed projects covering less than 1 percent."

Ace, Trump Orders the Postal Service to Not Deliver Mail-In Ballots to States That Refuse to Turn Over Their Voter Lists. "CNN is so mad. States' rights! States' rights! States' rights!" The News and Observer has news and observes a Judge rules voters known as ‘never residents’ can’t participate in any NC election. 

Dave Strom sees The Insanity of Karmelo Anthony's Defenders. From Ace, Jasmine Ratchett: "Black Women Live in Agony" Daily that Murdered Athlate Austin Metcalf "Never Lived Through" (Except The Day He Was Murdered by a Jasmine Ratchet Supporter) "Was she ever murdered? No? So Austen Metcalf did actually experience agony of a kind that this fat donut disposal unit and sloppy whore can only imagine. She also blacksplains that the knife used to lethally stab him through the heart is not really a deadly weapon at all. She says that in her opinion as a Real DEI Lawyer, she would have argued that the knife was not a deadly weapon, thus sparing Karmelo Anthony the death penalty, even though the knife is a weapon which was used to inflict an almost-instantly deadly wound. She's a good lawyer, she really earned that J.D." TMZ @TMZ, "Exclusive: Austin Metcalf's family is receiving death threats after the Karmelo Anthony verdict. Read more: https://tmz.me/43rnK6w"

At PJM Sarah Anderson thinks This Classy Clapback From Alveda King to Jasmine Crockett Is a Must-Watch. Matt Margolis sees Jesse Watters Make a Fool Out of Jessica Tarlov Over the SPLC Case. "Watters then made that point with a comparison aimed squarely at Tarlov: "Say Turning Point was funding Antifa … that we thought was going to young conservatives and they were sending it to people to buy all black and they were busing them to Portland to commit crimes. And then they were raising money off this crazy Antifa stuff." Believe me, the camera caught Tarlov's face, and it was priceless."

Sundance reports President Trump Navigates Speaker Mike Johnson on FISA Reauthorization and sees Interesting Names Being Floated for Permanent DNI Role.

CNBC whines White House border czar Tom Homan blames New York Gov. Hochul for promised ICE surge. Beege Welborn says When ICE Visits Your Plant and Your Employees Drop From 100 to 24? That's All on You. QThestorm @17QStorm, "BREAKING: Marco Rubio just said the quiet part out loud. Americans work 40+ years… Pay taxes. Follow the rules. Build the country. Then retire on $800, $900, maybe $1,000 a month. Meanwhile, new arrivals can allegedly receive more support from the same system they never paid into. Read that again. The people who built America are being pushed to the back of the line. This is not compassion. This is a government priority problem. America First was never just a slogan. It was a warning. Who comes first? The taxpayer… or the system?" Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Somalis stomp on the American Flag while holding a photo of the referee who was denied entry to the U.S. for alleged ties to a terrorist organization at a protest in Somalia."

And Another Thing, Press martyrdom and the state of legacy media. "Between the constant leaks, backbiting, and endless meetings, does anyone at CBS News do any work?" Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer, "Having lost a job and lost a spouse in my lifetime, they are very, very, so much not the same." Quote Townhall.com @townhallcom "NYTimes: I can hear how much this has hurt you. Scott Pelley: Yes. It's like your spouse being murdered." PJM's VodkaPundit has hopes that Bari Weiss Prepares to Do to CNN What She's Doing to '60 Minutes'. "But here's why you should absolutely positively get your hopes up that somebody at CNN is about to Pelley themselves into irrelevancy, courtesy of the New York Post. The paper reported late Tuesday that "CBS News boss Bari Weiss is likely to gain editorial oversight of CNN if and when Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is approved.""

At Spiked! The barbarism in Belfast. Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews, "It has now been revealed that the Belfast man who was nearly beheaded by an African migrant, Stephen Ogilvie, was helping the same man who attacked him move in as a next door neighbor just four days before the attack." A Driscoll post at Insty, WHEN THE LAW OF THE LAW OF MERITED IMPOSSIBILITY REBOUNDS TO EUROPE: Here Come the Riots. GB News @GBNEWS, "'There's a genuine feeling that what happened last night would not have happened if everything was in place to stop people like the alleged perpetrator getting in here.' Night Editor at Belfast Telegraph, John Laverty conveys the anger of Belfast locals over the knife attack." Kevin Sorbo @ksorbs, "You seem more upset over the protest than you do the beheading that took place." Quote Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer, "The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable. There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere." Ace, After Single Night of Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests, Two-Tier Keir Starmer, Who Did Not Mention Henry Nowak Until the Video of His Police-Assisted Murder Was Released, Is Johnny-on-the-Spot in Condemning Riots. "Belfast experienced some rioting last night. The riots were, as the US media described the BLM riots, "fiery but mostly peaceful." There was disorder, Some People Set Fire to Some Vehicles, a house was burned, but they were "mostly peaceful," meaning no one was killed." Sundance thinks The Irish, Scots and English are at The End of the “first follower” phase in Cultural Survival. From the Independent UK, As I watch Belfast burn in violent protests, I think of the far right in England and the US spreading poison. "People who know nothing of my city and have probably never been here are using what’s happening to their own advantage, writes Amanda Ferguson in Belfast." Drew Pavlou @DrewPavlou, "BREAKING NEWS: Australia's public broadcaster ABC News just accused @elonmusk of ''inciting racial tension'' in Belfast because he did not censor footage showing a Sudanese refugee attempting to behead someone. They're angrier at Elon than at the stabber." EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "Amazing how these were never used against Floyd protestors." Quote BRITAIN IS BROKEN @BROKENBRITAIN0, "BREAKING: Police are now using WATER CANNONS against protesters in Belfast Footage shows a group of protesters using a wheelie bin as cover against the water cannons as widespread unrest continues to break out ..."

Dave Strom hears the Feds Uncover a Michigan Conspiracy to Attack U of Michigan Officials to Force Cutting Ties to Israel. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING UPDATE: The @okstate administrator who threatened a Conservative student for honoring Charlie Kirk in a speech was REMOVED from her position." Quote Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "EXCLUSIVE: @JoshuaW4145, a conservative Oklahoma State University student, spoke with us after he was reprimanded by his university for giving a speech honoring the death of Charlie Kirk and promoting free speech. A faculty member allegedly told him that his speech was "triggering" and "partisan," and that his year was going to be "difficult" for him. He encourages others to stand up for their rights in order to "spark the flames of positive change on your campus and community that will never be put out."" At Campus Reform, Princeton ends 133-year anti-proctoring tradition amid AI cheating fears. "Princeton University will require instructors to supervise all in-person examinations beginning July 1 to respond to growing concerns about AI-assisted cheating and academic integrity violations."

And more! at The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.10.26. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Keepers & Discards up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - May Day! May Day!

Or as some might to call it, victims of communism day. Though, in a sense, we're all victims of communism and it's friendlier, but insidious brother socialism, which his been the guiding philosophy responsible for so much domestic conflict and wasted resources. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, It's 'International Remind the Commies That They're Morons' Day. Dan Surber saw Blue Wednesday for communists. "Iran is losing. Comey is losing. And America is having a great week." 1945 thinks Russia’s Economy Is on the Brink of Collapse. The Russian people writ large have been one of the foremost victims of communism, and they're still suffering as a result. 

Because I suppose we must, onto the third attempted assassination of President Trump at the hands of his domestic enemies. Scott McLallen at TownHall, New Footage Appears to Show Would-Be Trump Assassin Shooting U.S. Secret Service Agent. A full load of buckshot from a 12 gauge shotgun has got to hurt, even through a vest. The Secret Service guy who was hit was the only agent to fire, apparently. It's no surprise he missed. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, " JUST IN: The DOJ has released HIGH QUALITY security camera footage of attempted Trump assassin Cole Allen SPRINTING through the security checkpoint at WHCA’s dinner This is NOT AI generated, like much of the footage posted this week Secret Service is adamant their agent was NOT struck by friendly fire, but was shot by Cole Allen with a 12-gauge shotgun." Nick Arama at RedState thinks Trump's Hilarious Remark About a Bulletproof Vest Has Reporters Rolling in the Aisles. Trump War Room @TrumpWarRoom, "The reporter couldn't help but laugh. Q: Are there talks about you wearing a bulletproof vest? @POTUS: "I don't know if I can handle looking 20 pounds heavier." Dave Manney at PJM sees The Wisconsin Brewery Post That Triggered a Firing. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, Brian Kellar, the Senior Vice President of Regional Markets for @AspirusHealth, responded to Minocqua Brewing Company's post hoping for the ass*ssination of Trump, with a picture of himself wearing a "F*ck Donald Trump" shirt. A senior official at a healthcare company is supporting calls for violence against the sitting president. Any comment @AspirusHealth?" "Aspirus Health President and CEO Matt Heywood confirmed the organization parted ways with Kellar." Michael Goodwin at NYPo hears The Dems’ newest phrase in raging at the GOP is to go ‘Kill yourself’. Hat Hair's John Sexton worries about 'Normie Extremism' and Looming Violence. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "And here I thought it was because you had lost your mind. Like half the electorate. Unable to accept the results of an election. And in your case, turned your back on everything you ever believed in." Quote Bill Kristol @BillKristol, "Why do I bash Trump? Because he’s earned it. He’s in our faces each and every day—he’s turned all of life into political life. So we are left with a choice: passively accept your lot as a victim in his altered reality, or resist it and fight back."  

Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "Democrat congressman Seth Moulton compares Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to a Nazi submarine captain, says Hegseth like the Nazis, should face execution for war crimes. Insanity." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "The thing to understand is that the Obama/Biden regimes were successful in training many senior generals and admirals that DEI is a core competency of the US military, and in many cases THE core competency of the military, over and above readiness and warfighting. Thus, when Hegseth came on board with a charter to demolish the anti-American, unconstitutional, debilitating DEI policies these generals and admirals held dear, it was as if Hegseth had showed up in 1913 to tell the horse cavalry that they were no longer needed on the battlefield, or if he had been there and sided with Billy Mitchell in 1921 when he demonstrated the vulnerability of naval vessels to air attack. Pete is attacking their Golden Calf. ..." Quote Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "Pete Hegseth is ON FIRE today “The mantra you would hear dripping from the lips of generals, with a serious look on their face was, 'our diversity is our strength.’" InfantryDort @infantrydort, "I love watching George C. Marshall get invoked as the sacred model of nonpartisan military leadership. Fine, but let’s tell the whole story. @PeteHegseth’s reported senior officer “purge” is roughly 3% of today’s active duty general/admiral universe. Marshall’s senior-command cleanse? After the Louisiana Maneuvers, he relieved or pushed aside 31 of 42 division, corps, and army commanders. That’s 74%. And even by raw total force share, Marshall’s documented 1941 tranche was over 15x Hegseth’s reported rate. Marshall was the dark angel of career death. Do the midwit ideologues understand their own example? If Marshall existed today in the purest form, politicians would collectively stroke out. To his credit, Marshall did have a ready made excuse to give Congress with the plucking boards and testing. What the ideologues need to really fear is, what happens if Hegseth starts doing the same thing? 3%? That could just be a warm up. And if George Catlett Marshall Jr. were alive today, he would concur." 

And just in case you didn't notice (who did?) the longest government shutdown in US history ended not with a bang, but with a whimper. Politico, Congress ends record-shattering DHS shutdown. AP, Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown. ICE and Border Patrol not fully funded yet, but GOP expects to fix that through reconciliation. RCP comments Shutdowns Persist Because Congress Pays No Price.

From Ace, Economy Grows By Decent 2% Annualized Rate Despite Fuel Price Inflation; New Jobless Claims Fall to Near Record Lows, "Via Ed Morrissey. It's a decent growth figure, rebounding from the weak 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025." The Patriarch Tree @PatriarchTree, "In July 2022, the @RCPolitics average had Joe Biden's job approval at net -19.9. Donald Trump's current RCP average is net -15.6 -- i.e, despite everything, Trump is STILL more popular than Mr. Eighty-One Million Votes." Erick Erickson @EWErickson, "We just had astronauts go further into space than ever before, piloted by a black astronaut and Democrats openly argued that he was only there because of affirmative action. White progressives don't understand how belittling it is to black voters to claim all their success came from white progressive handouts, not their own capabilities and achievements." Quote (((Harry Enten))) @ForecasterEnten "Trump's GOP is holding on to the generational gains they made with Black voters in the 2024 election. The GOP has gained 12 pts on the Dems on party id with African Americans vs. Trump term 1 at this point."

If you happen to care about the British Royal visitation, Althouse finds "King Charles tames Maga but Britain’s still in the doghouse." "That's the headline at the London Times. Subheadline: "While the monarch has gone down a storm with President Trump’s VIPs, his US visit seems to have done nothing to help Sir Keir Starmer."" And, "Great king," says Trump, pointing at Charles. "The greatest king in my book." They charmed ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "The @RoyalFamily decision to celebrate Appalachia & placing it equal in importance with visiting New York City tells you how much our culture has shifted towards the middle of the country. And let's be honest few things are as American as a potluck dinner during a block party." Quote Rebecca English @RE_DailyMail "The King and Queen have attended a packed America 250 block party in Front Royal, Virginia. They brought ‘pot luck’ - coronation quiches, Victoria sponges and royal honey - and enjoyed a Main Street parade, marching bands and clog dancing to a bluegrass band. Crowds 7k plus!" Marcus Walker @WalkerMarcus, "This is the single most genius diplomatic gesture I have ever seen." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "KING CHARLES III: "There was one particular AUKUS predecessor, launched from a UK shipyard in 1944 that served for the majority of her life attached to the 4th Submarine Squadron in Australia playing a critical role during the war in the Pacific. Her name? HMS Trump — so tonight..." Trump does appreciate flattery.

Althouse is also into misc Trumpiania, "With those beautiful ears of yours — he's got great hearing," "The ballroom is, to the confusion of many, a top priority for Trump. Indeed, it has been one since long before he launched himself into politics," and "Amazon Discusses ‘Apprentice’ Reboot—With Don Jr. as a Potential Host." "The Wall Street Journal reports."

She's also on the Iran beat with "The Iran war must end with a decisive victory. And that victory can only be achieved in one of two ways..." ""Either Iran capitulates or the U.S. launches a final flurry of military strikes. Trump has given the regime every opportunity to sue for peace, and it has rejected his overtures. It is admirable that Trump is taking his time. He understands that what he is doing is important and cannot be rushed. But it is also true that he cannot declare victory until either Iran cries uncle — or he finishes the job." Writes Marc A. Thiessen in "Trump is 14 days from decisive victory in Iran/The regime won’t deal and the blockade alone won't break it. Only military action will" (WaPo)." And Billions of dollars and still no end date. "1. "The Iran war now has a price tag ($25 billion), but still no end date" (NPR). 2. "California high-speed rail price tag jumps to $231B, nearly seven times 2008 estimate" (Fox26News)." NYPo hears Tick-tock, Tehran — the regime’s escape routes are closing fast. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Nepo Babytollah, Maybe: We Will Never Surrender On Nukes, Ballistic Missiles. OK then, how about Ace, US to Deploy Brand New Hypersonic Missile, The "Dark Eagle," to Iran. Hat Hair's Dave Strom cares about The Atrocities Liberals Don't Care About.

Seth Mandel at Commentary calls Democrats The Party With the Nazi Tattoo as Hapless Woke Karen Drops Out of Maine Senate Race, Clearing Field for National Socialist (and Avowed Communist) Graham "Totenkopf" Platner (Ace). Erick Erickson @EWErickson, "We went from outrage over the OK hand gesture and Pete Hegseth’s tattoo to the actual Nazi SS tattoo being no big deal. Remarkable media shift, highlighting yet again how in the pocket of the Left the press corps is." At Althouse, "Mills attempted to blunt Platner’s momentum this spring by running ads bringing up controversy around deleted Reddit comments he made years ago downplaying the seriousness of sexual assault." ""Mills argued that Republicans would make 'mincemeat' out of Graham in a general election, given his Reddit comments, and that a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol, which he got covered up, will likely provide fodder for attacks." From "Maine Gov. Janet Mills drops out of race to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins/The seat is critical to Democrats’ hopes of retaking the Senate. Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and Democrat, is likely to win the primary" (WaPo). As I commented in this post, I don't mind so much that a young military guy got a stupid tattoo, but the fact that he grew up to be a communist. Phil Klein at NRO thinks Maine Shows Antisemitism Is a Shortcut to Success in the Modern Democratic Party. Dave Strom, Graham Platner, Zohran Mamdani, Hasan Piker Are Officially the Future of the Democratic Party. Igor Bobic @igorbobic, "Fetterman on Graham Platner: “Democrats really, really like Platner in Maine, but the Republicans fucking love him.” “If Maine wants an asshole with a Nazi tattoo on his chest, they get him.”" Stephen L. Miller @redsteez, "While Janet Mills ran out of money, Graham Platner has several priceless works of art and gold bars stored away." Sunny @sunnyright, "Can I assume that @BulwarkOnline and its cadre of Principled Former Republicans will be endorsing and supporting the moderate old school Susan Collins over the radical left-wing guy with a Nazi tattoo and history of racism and misogyny? If not, why not?" Gad Saad @GadSaad, "She is the daughter of evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson. He was a close colleague of mine and a friend. However, once I expressed disdain for Obama and Pelosi, he publicly explained that I had lost my humanity, and he was hoping that I would find it again. We've not spoken since. I was a great guy and scholar until I expressed a political opinion that was "heretical." I then became a subhuman. This is coming from an individual who support the Party of Empathy." Quote Brandi Kruse @BrandiKruse, "INSANE. Seattle's Socialist Mayor responds to exodus of wealth from Washington state by saying "BYE" ... then laughing. We're doomed." Aaron Sibarium @aaronsibarium, "NEW: Blue jurisdictions are rationing homeless services based on race. In Portland, a non-white, non-native English speaker who is LGBT would get priority over a domestic violence survivor with a 6 yr old child who's been homeless for 12+ months. The policies are shocking." Marc Porter Magee @marcportermagee, "At its height, the NYC public school system educated 1.2 million kids a year. Ten years ago that dropped below 1 million. The current estimates are about 880,000. Ten years from now it could be only 700,000. And yet the budget just keeps going up." Quote Marc Porter Magee @marcportermagee, "The Atlantic on NYC schools: “According to federal data, its per-pupil spending is nearly 50 percent higher than Los Angeles’s and Chicago’s … A shrinking student body mechanically pushes up per-pupil spending unless the education budget is cut—and the budget is never cut”" John Podhoretz @jpodhoretz, "Congratulations to New York City’s unhoused for their new, 11-block-long sleeping quarters." Quote New York Post @nypost, "DOT releases new vision for Park Ave. - transforming busy roads into pedestrian paradise." From Twitchy a Report Planned Parenthood Used Codeword ‘Benghazi’ to Hide Millions in PPP Loans. Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "At this point, the asymmetry is almost an advantage -- the contemporary left is constantly blindsided by their support for issues they've been told are popular only to wake up one day and find out they're a huge liability." Quote Reddit Lies @reddit_lies, "The post: "This is stupid, of course Dems understand what Republicans believe" The comments: *Dems demonstrating they do not understand Republicans*" Dave Strom sees The Moral Decline of Ro Khanna.

Pascal Najadi (USSF) @JfkPascalNajadX, "HOLY CRAP! No WONDER Gavin Newsom is suing to block Trump's executive order requiring barcode tracking for mail-in ballots CA vote fraudster Shakir Khan had 71 NAMES and 41 COMPLETED MAIL-IN BALLOTS at his single house They want to protect fraud." From Fox, Trump election integrity push exposes massive amount of dead people on North Carolina voter rolls. "Findings came as the state board began digging into its rolls to verify the citizenship status of registered voters."

VodkaPundit at Insty observes THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES REIGNS SUPREME: How U.S. Electric Vehicle Industrial Policy Created A New ‘Rust Belt.’ Twitchy, AOC Goes Straight Fatal-Attraction NUTS When Lee Zeldin Says He's Done With Her Lying Green Energy SCAM.

John Sexton reports Louisiana Suspends House Primaries. Who is Next? Preparing to redistrict after SCOTUS overturned their court imposed racial gerrymander. Ace, Louisiana Suspends House Primary Campaign Schedule Until They've Had a Chance to Redraw Congressional Maps. "Louisiana is, I've heard, good for at least one and possibly two Republican pick-ups with craftily drawn maps." Jen O'Connell at RedState calls it The Domino Effect: SCOTUS' Louisiana v. Callais Decision Unmoors Democrat Plans for Voting Takeover. PJM's Stephen Kruiser says The Democrats' Gerrymander Gloating Hits a Brick Wall. Tim in @MrNOVApolitico, "Tennessee is MORE Republican than Massachusetts is Democratic. If it's ok for Massachusetts to be 9-0 Dem then it's ok for Tennessee to be 9-0 Rep. Late primary, fully justified and Cohen isn't even black. Get it done." At Bastiat's Window, Dems and the Wood Chipper or Dems in the Wood Chipper?, "Virginia Democrats could face blowback after their drive for maximalist gerrymandering."

Andrew Follett @AndrewCFollett, "You literally drew this atrocity." Quote Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul, "The Supreme Court has been chipping away at our elections for years. It is clearly carrying out Donald Trump’s will with this decision. New York has always led the fight for voting rights and we’ll lead again." Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries just called the Supreme Court "illegitimate." That follows Democratic politicians and pundits calling for the packing of the Supreme Court. Nothing says Happy 250th Anniversary like tearing down the core institutions of the Republic." Gregg Nunziata @greggnunziata, "An ex president has three choices 1. Retire from the public stage 2. Speak only in unifying terms 3. Stay engaged as a partisan, with the dishonesty or selective truth that demands It's a tremendous shame that President Obama has chosen the last path." Quote Barack Obama @BarackObama, "Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach..." PJM's Matt Margolis hosts Scott Jennings Humiliating Former Daily Beast Editor Over Gerrymandering and Race. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "Not a single person crying about how the Supreme Court has made it impossible for black people to get elected supported Winsom Sears over the affluent white lady. Not one." Clay Travis @ClayTravis , "If you were born in America since roughly 1975, the only systemic racism that has existed in your life is racial discrimination by the state & feds in favor of minority groups. This governmental era of racism to cure racism is ending and Democrats are losing their minds over it." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "'Is It Too Late To Ask Who Gerry Mander Is?' KBJ Whispers To Clarence Thomas https://buff.ly/vrZP50y"

The Federalist @FDRLST, ""There's one way of life for the liberal justices and another for the conservatives," Mollie Hemingway noted. While the liberals could "appear on a Broadway play" or "travel all over the world," the conservatives can't go to dinner with their families "because they might get killed."" From Twitchy, Judge Halves Rapist’s Sentence Noting He’s an African American Male Who’s ‘Experienced This Society’.

Mary Margret Olohan at Da Wire, EXCLUSIVE: Biden DOJ Lawyers Fantasized About Prosecuting Catholic Nuns, Emails Show ""I'd like to prosecute any nun who still wears the head habit," one Biden lawyer wrote another." Did they rap him on the knuckles with a ruler? Dave Strom sees Catholics in the Crosshairs.

Dave Strom on James Comey: It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy. He's about where I am. "Comey is total scum, and the reason why I approve of obvious lawfare against him is that only the threat of tit-for-tat will stop this steady stream of abuses of power."

Capt. Ed, When Harmeet Met the Ostroushkos "At a recent anti-ICE rally in Minneapolis, Turning Point USA observer/reporter Savanah Hernandez got assaulted by activists for recording the public events. Minneapolis police identified the trio that assaulted Hernandez as members of the Ostroushko family – father Christopher, mother Deyanna, and adult daughter Paige. The video depicts Christopher Ostroushko blindsiding Hernandez, who was injured in the attack. The local police investigation resulted in a minor misdemeanor charge against only Christopher in Hennepin County, where progressive-activist DA Mary Moriarty would be more likely to bury the case than try it. In the meantime, the father has been making the media rounds to paint himself as the victim, as Beege reported last week ... colorfully. But a funny thing happened on the way to Moriarty's expected hall pass. The assault actually took place at the Whipple Building, which is federal property – and that gives the Department of Justice jurisdiction as well. Assistant Attorney General Dhillon took immediate notice of this at the time of the assault and promised to put her Civil Rights Division "on it" to open a probe into the assault and intimidation of a journalist. Late yesterday, that shoe dropped on the Ostroushko family: The Department of Justice today announced the unsealing of a federal grand jury indictment charging Christopher Ostroushko, Deyanna Ostroushko, and Paige Ostroushko with assaulting a journalist while she was reporting on an anti-ICE protest on federal property in St. Paul Minnesota on April 11, 2026. Christopher Ostroushko and Paige Ostroushko are also charged with willfully and forcefully injuring and intimidating that journalist."

PJM's Cathy Salgado is happy that the Texas Attorney General Sues Chinese ‘Birth Tourism’ Center. "Paxton is accusing the Houston-area De’Ai Postpartum Care Center of “unlawfully facilitating the invasion of Chinese nationals into Texas for the sole purpose of birthing children and obtaining ‘birthright citizenship’ in a manner that violates Texas law,” according to an April 29 press release. That includes violation of the Texas Penal Code." TownHall's Amy Curtis suggest you Listen to Justice Alito Absolutely Hammer the Lawyer for Haitian Nationals.

TB Adams at And another thing ... Respect the Kidnapper’s Pronouns, Bigot, "Style guides thick with activist-speak make LGBT news stories unintelligible."

Mary Chastain at LI,  informs us the Viral Rhode Island KKK Video was a Hoax. "You know, one of these days, an incident like this won’t be a hoax but since there have been so many fakes, no one will believe it."

Heh, Insty IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S TRUE:

Good morning ☀️😃 pic.twitter.com/OJoh05ExjG

— Steve 🇺🇸 (@SteveLovesAmmo) April 29, 2026

And still more! at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.30.26.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Bondi Out at DOJ

First a rumor, then officially announced, Pam Bondi is to leave the job of Attorney General at DOJ for an unspecified private sector job. Asst AJ Todd Blanche, a former Trump lawyer will replace her at least temporarily although EPA Admin Lee Zeldin is thought to be a strong possibility for a permanent replacement. Both Trump and Bondi are being nice about it, but I suppose there's plenty of time for a nasty tell all book later. Reasons for her dismissal are vague, most speculate it percolated up from the way she botched the Epstein files releases, saying she had the file of Epstein clients "on my desk," when it turned out there really isn't such a file. It could have just been unfortunate bureaucrat speech, but it makes it much too easy to charge a cover up. Or it could have been her failure to exact legal vengeance on those who committed lawfare against Trump. One odd rumor suggests she tipped off Eric Swalwell to the investigation coming his way over Fang Fang. Fox, Pam Bondi already fired as attorney general, cabinet official teed up as replacement: sources. Jeff Charles at TownHall, President Trump Fires Pam Bondi. Sarah Anderson at PJM, Pam Bondi Fired, Todd Blanche to Replace Her as Acting Attorney General. Sundance at CTH is not sad, Bondi Out. "Readers of CTH will likely not see this as a surprise. {Go Deep}Pam Bondi was the second sequential cabinet level removal prediction we made after she was announced. {GO DEEP} The first person we predicted to be removed was National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. Susie Wiles should be embarrassed." Althouse likes her NYT, "Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year. Pam did a tremendous job..." ""... overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to their lowest level since 1900. We love Pam, and she will be transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future, and our Deputy Attorney General, and a very talented and respected Legal Mind, Todd Blanche, will step in to serve as Acting Attorney General. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP" Trump, at Truth Social." Ace, Breaking: Multiple Reports That Trump Has Told Pam Bondi That Her Time as AG Is Coming to an End "Update: She's been fired now?" and Bondi's Out. Is Tulsi Next?! "As you know, Pam Bondi was fired today. This article repeats the rumor that Trump believed she was leaking to Eric Swallwell:" Matt Vespa at TownHall, Pam Bondi Reportedly Isn't the Only One on the Chopping Block, with picture of Tulsi. At Hat Hair Capt. Ed calls it Too Weird to Check: Trump Canned Bondi Over ... Swalwell? Sundance, No, Bondi Was Not Fired for Leaking to Swalwell and Bondi’s Replacement is Important, But Not as Important as Perceived. Reason whines Pam Bondi's Loyalty to Trump Wasn't Enough To Save Her Job "Ultimately, Bondi's fulsome defense of the president could not overcome blowback over her handling of the Epstein files."

I've got little reason to diss Bondi, though I do think she botched the Epstein matter. But the job of AG is a very important one, particularly in the era of lawfare. If Blanche or Zeldin would be better for the administration, yes, make the change. As for Tulsi, I would not be in a rush to dump her. She and RFK Jr are the evidence that Trump is willing to work with the principled opposition. Moreover, both Pam and Tulsi were dropped into snake pit; both Justice and the intelligence community are seething masses of anti-Trump fervor. It's hard to know which snakes are the King Snakes and which are the Coral Snakes.

Mike Davis @mrddmia, "The Colorado Court of Appeals confirms what we’ve said for years: Mesa County District Court Judge Matthew Barrett illegally persecuted Tina Peters for her First Amendment-protected political views. 9 years in prison. For a 69-year-old woman. Because Barrett didn’t like her political views. Barrett is a garbage human being. He shouldn’t be on the bench. He should be in prison. https://coloradojudicial.gov/system/files/o"

The Archdude @The_Archdude, "I want Canadians to land on the moon just so that their first words on the surface are forced to be a land acknowledgment to the native indigenous people of the United States." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Got a Major Charge Seeing Artemis Zoom Off? Progs Are Here to Tell You It Was ALL Bad. M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman "𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐁𝐂 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒 “𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍” 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐒 BBC Radio 4 is running a premiere of 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘻𝘦 asking whether the Artemis 2 moon mission raises “𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴” — including whether humanity risks “𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.” The moon. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. On the moon..."

From Twitchy, Chuck Schumer Admits Dems Held Up TSA Funding and Now He's Upset Trump Took Away Their Leverage. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "All this because Thune let Schumer renege on the appropriations deal, while still giving Democrats everything they wanted in the other appropriations bills. Thune sucks." Quote Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "According to a memo that OMB sent to Congress, it appears the White House plans to take “additional executive action” to pay civilian support employees at ICE & CBP via the OBBB since they aren’t being paid now and won’t be paid through appropriations because the Senate DHS bill. Republicans are agreeing to provides no funding for ICE & CBP.It appears the WH intends to get those support employees paid via OBBB so they don’t want to wait until June for a reconciliation bill. They haven’t been paid since mid February. pinions-2026-04/24CA1951-PD.pdf" PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks Dems' Ballroom Hate Is the Saddest Proof Yet of Their State of TDS Mental Unwellness.

Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees EU Pokes the Bear Again: Bragging About Sending Aid to Cuba. "Do European leaders WANT Donald Trump to leave NATO?" The Euro Con, Brussels-Funded NGO Attacks Conservative Governments, Again. Nick Arama at RedState has a Report: Our 'Ally' France Just Made Another Incredible Move Regarding the Strait of Hormuz "The Gulf countries were trying to advance a resolution drafted by Bahrain in the United Nations Security Council that would allow the use of force to defend their shipping in the Strait of Hormuz...But the effort was effectively stymied on Thursday by three countries. You could probably guess two of them - Russia and China. But the third was ridiculous: France. They opposed any authorization of military action or use of force, according to a diplomat and a senior U.N. official." No soup oil for you! Tom Sauer @thomasbsauer, "Like we haven’t been planning for this event and what we’d do for DECADES. It’s practically US 5th Fleet’s raison d’etre Go ahead, Iran. Try it." Disclose.tv @disclosetv "JUST IN - Iran has moved to close the Strait of Hormuz, with ships reportedly receiving VHF transmission from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warning "no ship is allowed to pass the Strait of Hormuz." — Reuters"

Iran International, Dubai crackdown hits Iran’s economic lifeline, squeezes IRGC networks. wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "To understand why Saudi Arabia and Israel are urging Trump not to relent on Iran it is important to understand the military term "pursuit phase". Pursuit is the phase which follows a breakthrough designed to catch or cut off a hostile force that is attempting to escape (retrograde), with the aim of destroying it before it can reorganize or establish a new defensive position. It begins when the enemy breaks contact and tries to withdraw, often after losing cohesion..." and "If this deck of cards tally is accurate the Iranian Regime is not so much being changed as shaped. At least that's what they seem to be doing." I assume the Israelis are not yet done. Apranik @patriot_apranik, "A host went on live TV begging ordinary Iranians NOT to leak the hiding locations of regime officials to Israel! He literally cried that if the people expose their coordinates, “it's over” and they will be eliminated. The Islamic Republic is terrified because they know the ultimate truth: millions of Iranians are acting as the eyes and ears of Israel on the ground. The Iranian people are actively cooperating to hunt down their oppressors. We are allies in this fight." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.26 (Evening Edition), Don Surber notes Trump predicted this in 1987.

Nick Arama White House Humorously Skewers Remarks Kamala Harris Decided to Put Out Before Trump's Iran Speech "Kamala Harris oversaw the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and ushered in an invasion of migrant criminals into our homeland. She should listen to the overwhelming majority of Americans who want her to crawl under a coconut tree and go away." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.26 (Evening Edition), Twitchy, Expert on Grand Strategy Can't See the Rationale for Blowing Up a Bridge in Iran. "Mehdi Hasan, who's definitely not a terrorist supporter, called the destruction of the bridge state terrorism and a war crime." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "The current state of The Bulwark. People who spent a decade promoting the Iraq War are now certain that a month-old conflict of total military domination has been lost because it's not over yet." At WUWT, The Iran War Reveals Who Is Living In A Fantasy World.

From Ace, As Part of JD Vance's Anti-Fraud Task Force, Feds Raid Fake Hospice Fraudsters In California. PJM's VodkaPundit asks The $196 Billion Question: Where Did California’s Medi-Cal Money Go? Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "I’m not a blackpiller but the web of corruption that extends between the Democratic Party, the public sector, NGOs, and various connected cronies is worse than anyone can imagine. We’re probably talking about hundreds of billions $ stolen nationally each year." Quote Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo... "In Gavin Newsom's California, the officials who are in charge of investigating fraud are committing fraud against the very programs they are supposed to protect. "Sacramento is pervaded by a culture of corruption."" PJM's Rick Moran pens Gavin Newsom, 'The Celebrated Jumping Fraud King of Calaveras County'. Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "Did you pay your federal taxes?" "They're . . . delayed." "They're delayed?" "Yes.""So you haven't paid them?" "No." Replying to @charlescwcooke Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "Just read this. A combined income of nearly $400,000/year. $60,000 of childcare paid for from campaign funds each year—three times as much as the next congressman. And his finances still look like this. These are the people who want to raise taxes. Crazy." Eric Swalwell. 

Sean Cooksey @SeanJCooksey, "A bombshell NYT report on the major legal jeopardy ActBlue is facing! ActBlue allegedly failed to investigate potentially illegal foreign political contributions and then misrepresented its safeguards to Congress. As a former FEC Chairman, I can tell you this is a big deal." Quote Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher "NEWS: ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned From @reidepstein and me:" Nathan Brand @nathanbrand, "Worst kept secret in DC… ActBlue failed to vet for foreign campaign donors."

 

At NYPo, Mamdani shows no respect for older New Yorkers who are killed — but he has plenty of sympathy for law breakers. Swann Marcus @SwannMarcus89, "Extremely underrated Hasan Piker moment was when he went on a five minute rant about how the streets should run red with the blood of landlords and like five days later everyone found out his mom owns and manages commercial real estate."

From PM, HUNDREDS of companies provide BIRTH TOURISM for foreign moms who want US citizen babies ""There are more than 500 firms in China that facilitate people coming from the Chinese Communist Party to give birth here in the United States."" At Tom Klingstein Alex Petkas thinks birthright citizenship was The Breaking Point of a Republic, the Roman Republic. NYPo notes a ‘Breakfast Club’ host confused by ‘extra nice’ ICE agents at airports acting ‘like Chick-fil-A workers’ "Charlamagne tha God said Tuesday he saw ICE agents picking up the slack of TSA agents so efficiently and friendly that he suspected there was a government “psy-op” at play." College Reform reports University of Utah signals unwillingness to cooperate with ICE, posts guide for dealing with agency. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.02.26 (Evening Edition), EBL, Birthright Citizenship at the Supreme Court and Twitchy: NBC News Reports Death of “Refugee” Released By Border Patrol is Homicide and New “Maryland Man” Joins “Virginia Dad” In the Headlines.

Dave Strom is giddy as Trump Trounces Tucker. Ace elaborates Trump Promotes Douglas Murray Article Blasting Tucker Carlson as a Sharia-Law-Promoting Holocaust-Denying Backstabber.

I&I, sees #ProtestsSoWhite: Media Ignore Lack Of Diversity In ‘No Kings’ Protests. The Free Bacon notes Karen Attiah, Radical Beefcake Columnist Fired for 'Endangering' Colleagues, To Receive 'Distinguished Service Award' From Journalism Society "Society of Professional Journalists will honor scandal-plagued ex-WaPo writer at 'hall of fame' ceremony in June." VodkPundit sees TMZ Is Coming for Congress — and Washington Is Nervous.

The Chronic examines The Woke Leftist-Islamic Identity Coalition Destroying the West. Dave Strom wonders Has King Charles Become a Muslim? It Seemed a Ridiculous Rumor, But...

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: O’s, Yeah! up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.