Flotsam and Jetsam - You Can't Rename Lake Ontario Says the LatinX Birthing Person

Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX "I think that Trump renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America is pointless and stupid. Wanna know what else I think is dumb? The fact left-wingers are triggered about this after they spent the last decade plus renaming sports teams, public schools and universities, streets and highways, food and condiment brands, and redefining half the dictionary altogether. Here’s a list of some in case you forgot: • Washington Redskins -> Commanders • Cleveland Indians -> Guardians • Stanford Indians -> Cardinals • Loudoun County Raiders -> Captains • Edmonton Eskimos -> Elks • Columbus Day -> Indigenous Peoples’ Day • Lee–Jackson Day -> eliminated • Robert E. Lee High School -> John Lewis High • Jefferson Davis Highway -> Richmond Highway • Mount McKinley -> Denali • Fort Bragg -> Fort Liberty • Fort Hood -> Fort Cavazos • Boy Scouts of America -> Scouting America • Aunt Jemima -> Pearl Milling Company • Uncle Ben’s Rice -> Ben’s Original • Eskimo Pie ice cream bars -> Edy’s Pie • Land O’Lakes -> removed the Indian, but kept the land • Illegal alien -> undocumented worker • Hispanic -> Latinx (a term Hispanics did not want and do not use) • Mother -> birthing person • Anchor baby -> child of noncitizens • black -> Black • Breastfeeding -> chest feeding • Inmate / prisoner / convict / felon -> justice-involved person • Ex-con / ex-felon -> returning citizen • “Gender” as a biological fact interchangeable with “sex” to being a social construct • Fat -> plus-sized • Master bedroom -> primary bedroom • Manhole -> utility hole And so on and so on. . ." Nick Arama at RedState, Bill Maher Hilariously Levels Criticism of 'Lake America,' Hoists Liberals With Their Own Petard. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "LMAO! BILL MAHER JUST DROPPED: "Trump [renamed] Lake Ontario to Lake America — liberals are VERY pissed at this. They say, 'you can't just go around renaming things to suit your agenda!'" "Just ask my LatinX birthing person!""

Matt Vespa at TownHall sees This MSNBC Contributor Tried to Slip This Anti-Trump Talking Point Past Bill Maher. It Didn't Work. Twitchy, Molly Jong-Fast's Clash With Byron Donalds Over Measles Gets Personal on Bill Maher’s Show. Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees Shapiro's Shame: The COVID Playbook, Lancaster Edition. Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "I live in Pennsylvania; Josh Shapiro is the governor of my state. Until this incident I thought he was one of the least bad Democrats - I believed he was above the kind of sleazy demogogic move that he just tried to pull. I didn't think his chances of being the Democratic nominee in '28 were very good even before this, because the ascendant Islamist/Palestinian faction in the party won't tolerate a Jewish nominee. But if he had any shot at all, it's gone now. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes." Quote Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is running MAJOR DAMAGE CONTROL after he just got fully exposed fabricating "measles deaths" for two newborns RESIGN, NOW!"

Twitchy debunks WaPo: Historic Cherry Trees Are Coming Down by the Dozen Thanks to Trump. Just arborists removing sick trees.

LT Jonathan Kendrick @PlisskenPatriot, "President Trump is firing on all cylinders. Incredible work from this administration." Quote Unfiltered Artist @EmpireEnjoyer3, "It’s the end of Congress’ annual August Recess and Trump finally kicks it into overdrive for the midterms. - Iran War is over and oil is flowing through the Straight again, with fuel shortage lines across Iran and hyper inflation under Treasury Secretary Bessent’s crushing sanctions..." At 1945, 5 Reasons Trump’s Iran War Victory Will Make America Stronger. "After a week in which the story flipped from Tehran trouncing Trump to the Iranians being in serious trouble, it is time to look past the war to what it means for American power. There are five reasons the United States will emerge from the Iran War as a more formidable force than it was going in." John Lucas at Bravo Blue, on HOW NOT TO GUARANTEE STRATEGIC DEFEAT, “Don’t give up the ship!” Victory Girls are not sympathetic to Crybabies: Stars and Stripes Reporters Want Their Jobs Back. Insty sees AMERICA’S ENEMIES SYNCHRONIZE THEIR MESSAGING: Ezra Levant @ezralevant, "U.S. Democrats and Mark Carney are synchronizing their messages. Carney hired Maia Johnson, a staffer for Hillary Clinton, to run the trade negotiations. Pretty clear the reason Carney ripped up a done deal was to embarrass Trump and help Democrats in the mid-terms." Quote Scott Robertson @sarobertson_, "Fmr U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice: "If you're sitting in Canada, whether you're a farmer or a citizen or in the PM's office, the only rational conclusion is that Canada has to reduce its reliance on the US. It's got to diversify its economic partnerships, its security relationships." Brilyn Hollyhand @BrilynHollyhand, "When America had a disagreement with Canada, Democrats sided with Canada. When America had a disagreement with Iran, Democrats sided with Iran. When America had a disagreement with Venezuela, Democrats sided with Venezuela. Do Democrats ever side with America?"

Sundance at CTH throws cold water at those buoyed up by recent Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia, Moscow and Kiev Exchange Warehouse and Distribution Attacks, But Only One Side Feels Impact.

Breitbart Bus Dig asserts Warsh and Bessent Are Not at Odds Over the Bond Market. Steve Moore at Hat Hair explores the question Is the USA Going Bankrupt? "Thank God, no, we aren't going bust as a nation, despite our gargantuan $40 trillion national debt. The rapid pileup of debt under Republicans and Democrats alike is certainly a disgrace and worrisome. When I came to Washington in the mid-1980s, our debt hit $1 trillion for the first time. It seemed like a tidal wave of red ink. Forty years later, we're at $40 trillion. That's a big and scary number. But our national wealth is roughly $180 trillion. So our debt-to-asset ratio, which has been rising, is still less than 25%, and much lower than at the end of World War II, when the debt hit 40% of wealth." From the Right Scoop, Democrats are attacking Republicans over sky high prices THEIR Big Pharma allies are CAUSING.

Stacy McCain thinks about How You Got Hasan Piker: It Started With Cowardice in the Public School System. At Twitchy, 'So, Like, a Normie D**che': Hasan Piker Gets Demolished ... by His HAIRDRESSER. Rolling Stone @RollingStone, "Rolling Stone names Hasan Piker as one of the most influential creators of 2026. The self-declared Marxist has found himself at the center of endless controversies, thanks to his criticism of Israel on his daily streams but also because he's become the face of a movement to push Dems to the left." Most influential doesn't mean good. PJM's Tim O'Brien says Yay, Sports! Abdul El-Sayed’s Unforgivable College Football Gaffe. Hat Hair's John Sexton thinks Mamdani's Universal Child Care Extension Turns Into 'an Absolute Disaster'. At Twitchy, Mamdani's 'Signature Childcare Program' Launch Provides a Preview of City-Owned Grocery Stores. Gooder and harder. Cory Franklin at John Kass says Et tu, David Axelrod? Krzysztof Szczawinski @Kristof_Poland, "You probably think the British Establishment is populated with conservative men – while in fact it is quite the opposite – it is full of guys like this ... Ignatieff asked the question every serious reader wanted asked. He asked it in the plainest possible form. Ignatieff's First Question. Ignatieff: "In 1934, millions of people are dying in the Soviet experiment. If you had known that, would it have made a difference to you at that time?" Hobsbawm: "Probably not." Ignatieff Pressed Him. Why? Hobsbawm: "Because in a period in which, as you might imagine, mass murder and mass suffering are absolutely universal, the chance of a new world being born in great suffering would still have been worth backing." Then Ignatieff Put a Number on It. Ignatieff: "That the loss of fifteen, twenty million people might have been justified?" Hobsbawm: "Yes." He Bet Twenty Million Dead on a World Revolution..." Josh Howerton @howertonjosh, "Muslims have a plan to make America a Muslim nation. Marxists have a plan to make America a Marxist nation. Secular Progressives have a plan to make America a Secular Progressive nation. Christians seem to always have a plan to keep Christianity from further influencing our nation by discipling people into political apathy (“we don’t get political”) or political ambiguity (“Jesus isn’t a Republican or Democrat, neither Right nor Left” = primary application of gospel to culture) ^^^this has had very predictable results for the last few decades."

Driscoll at Insty also says GOODER AND HARDER, LA: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass orders cops to stop cracking down on illegal street vendors. Why bother with a business license? MAZE @mazemoore, "This clip perfectly embodies the uselessness of so many of our politicians. Senator Blumenthal (from my home state of Connecticut), holds a press conference on train safety. Blumenthal breaks the rules, walks too close to the edge, and almost gets hit by a train." Not close enough.

This is who Colorado Democrats have running against @bradleyforco ! Just wow!

From Douglas County Campaign Watch:

"This is unacceptable.

"Democrat Christian Schilder is asking voters to elect him to the Colorado House while video from the middle of his campaign shows him… pic.twitter.com/jeSGGC6gf6

— FreeStateColorado (@FreeStateColor1) August 28, 2026

Atop Da Hill, Jonathan Turley looks at Judge Talwani and why liberal complaints about the ‘shadow docket’ are so hollow. "Like her colleague in Boston, U.S. District Court Judge Brian Murphy, Talwani is viewed by many as a one-stop-shop judge for forum-shopping. Both have issued hair-trigger injunctions, and both have been repeatedly reversed."

The Magnificent Margot Cleveland at Da Fed says Fauci’s Egomania Destroyed Lives Both On A Large Scale And On A Personal Level. PJM's Matt Margolis is shocked by Dr. Fauci's Newly Revealed and Disturbing CIA Connection. "Fauci's ties to American intelligence run far deeper than anyone outside a handful of investigators realized."

Kyle Becker at RedState is happy to report President Trump's New Order on H-1B Visas Sends Shockwaves Through Immigrant Communities. Sundance enjoys his schadenfreude as Hamptons Yacht Club Cancels Restaurant Service After Staff Deported – Caviar and Economics. Tongue firmly in cheek, Jim Geraghty says Finally, ICE Catches and Detains the Worst of the Worst, Milo Yiannopoulos. Magills @magills_, "All laughs aside, I am genuinely worried what will happen to Milo, a homosexual, after he’s deported back to a Muslim country." (England), Quote Homeland Security @DHSgov, "On August 27, ICE arrested Milo Yiannopoulos, an illegal alien from the United Kingdom, at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) in Kenner, Louisiana. Yiannopoulos legally entered the country on May 14, 2019, through New York City, New York. He chose to x.com/tmz/status/209…" Joe Chalfant asks a stupid question, The Washington Post Can't Be That Dumb, Right? "The Washington Post, in a baffling attempt to disparage the mass deportation agenda put forth by President Donald Trump, published data revealing that more than 60 percent of illegal aliens detained by ICE had criminal records other than being illegally present in the United States." Insty, RACIST? TERRORISM? THESE ARE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE RESISTING SETTLER COLONIALISM: "Translated: “A mob of racists is blowing up and burning the migrants’ cabins in Ceuta. Far-right terrorism live.”" Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "Everybody loves decolonisation until Europeans start doing it."

Melissa Chen @MsMelChen, "There exists no person who could have exposed Jason Arday and not have their life turned upside down." Quote Jesse Singal @jessesingal, "The avowed antiracists defending Jason Arday (a con artist) are now weeks into a campaign against a black reporter at the Guardian who published one of the most important articles exposing him. The origin of that article was Arday reaching out to the journalist to lie to him." Timur Kuran @timurkuran, "The present carving up of the academy is a 19th-century invention, not a sacred settlement. If sociology disappeared, economics and political science would absorb most of its intellectual work. Sociology’s sister disciplines already produce much valuable scholarship on mass mobilization, the family, fertility, discrimination, and the social bases of religion, among its other traditional concerns. Setting aside the special case of hyper-politicized sociology, it is healthy for universities to wind down academic communities that have become corrupted." Quote Carlos Iván Moreno @carlosivanmoren, "Translated from Spanish
Universities Without Sociology? The idea is starting to sweep across U.S. campuses. if a discipline doesn't guarantee employability or good salaries, perhaps it should lose space."

Brigitte Gabriel @ACTBrigitte, "Three girls butchered at a dance class in Southport, England by a 2nd generation Rwandan immigrant and the streets exploded because people are done watching governments protect the system that keeps delivering this nightmare." Quote Mavica @mavica81, "Translated from Spanish. The mob in the United Kingdom after another little girl was stabbed by an asylum seeker..." Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen, "The feud between Africans and black Americans has produced some of the funniest intra-race racist material I have ever seen. And I say that as an Asian." Quote Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives @dom_lucre, "LATEST: Africans with ancestors who sold Black Americans into slavery have started uploading videos mocking Black Americans for their culture."

Driscoll at Insty appreciates CONQUEST’S FIRST LAW OF POLITICS: Everyone is conservative about what he [or she] knows best.

🙄 https://t.co/qgbLJzJwWn pic.twitter.com/d2MXvI0zwA

— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) August 29, 2026

Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec, "So, hormones are so dangerous they can make you crazy enough to kill your kids, but totally fine to give to anyone who wants to transition, including kids?" From NYPo, Sophie Cunningham sparked a revolt — and the WNBA bullies are floundering. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran Used Trash Bags to Simulate Mines in the Gulf of Hormuz

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites Axios: Trump Has the Upper Hand in Hormuz. VodkaPundit at PJM, hears Iran Mined the Strait of Hormuz With… Trash Bags? "According to reporting cited by CNBC's Brian Sullivan, shipowners said many suspected mines were decoys, including inflated trash bags," the IW post continued. "Separate reporting citing U.S. officials said more than 200 mine-like objects were cleared from the main shipping lane, but only around 11 were actual mines." Such deceptions have a long history in warfare. I reluctantly award them points for creativity. At Twitchy, People Are LOVING the Faces a CNN Panel Makes As Scott Jennings Explains Trump's WIN in Iran. Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "By any meaningful metric, we have won this war. Now it's time for the president to formally announce it to the American people." It's sad to see the CNN panel sad to hear America is winning." Insty, TRUMP IS CRUSHING IRAN WITH ALMOST NO (U.S.) CASUALTIES, AND PEOPLE ARE BITCHING: Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "FACT CHECK: True." Quote Marc Thiessen @marcthiessen, "Trump’s attack on Iran was not a blunder; it was the bravest foreign policy decision any president has done in my lifetime. He is the first president to take the words of our enemy seriously — and act before they were able to kill millions."

Sundance at CTH is happy to say Goodbye Canadian Oil – President Trump Announces “Biggest Oil Deal in World” with Venezuela. Trump: "The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY! At my direction, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, working closely with Highly Respected Interim President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez, and, through a partnership with private business, have secured majority U.S. control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela, at no cost to the American Taxpayer."" OilPrice, U.S. In Talks To Take Direct Ownership Of Venezuelan Oil Fields. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "It’s the Venezuelan dividend. Take out the brutal dictator who turned a prosperous nation that pumped money out of the ground into a wretched impoverished third world hellhole. Welcome Venezuela back. Cut China and Cuba off from a cheap oil source. The other part. No accident this happened months before Iran. The IRGC had a presence in Venezuela. Supplied Venezuela with weapons, patrol craft. You want that in striking range of the southern coast of America?"

Sundance reports Russia Begins Targeting Dual Use Infrastructure in Kyiv, Tens of Thousands Flee the Region. Begins?

Don Surber predicts the Saudis will build nuclear reactors, "The only question is if they are build by Westinghouse or Red China. Democrats don’t want Westinghouse to land the contract." From Resp State, Trump wants to stabilize Libya. Militants have other plans. Of course they do.

From Space.com, 'It's going to be beautiful': President Trump signs order to create US Space Academy. "It'll attract, train and graduate the very, very best of our nation." Sundance, President Trump Announces the United States Space Academy. At Insty, VodkaPundit quips "It’s a shame the name Starfleet Academy is sullied."

Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "Caring about Donald Trump's idiosyncrasies is a waste of time. I care that the border is shut. That DEI is dying. That we're rebuilding our military. If he wants to say he's renaming a lake to freak out the squares, that's a bargain." Quote Emily Zanotti @emzanotti, "Just...just one shred of dignity. One. Please. x.com/Republicans/st…" The Appalachian Podcast @GetOnTap, "#BREAKING President Trump just announced that his administration is moving to allow farmers the ability process their own meat. This is huge for farmers, the economy, and for rural Americans who should be able to get meat from their neighbors. Long overdue, but these are the decisions we were hoping to see." Heather Champion @winningatmylife, "It was easy for Trump to walk right in and take over the Republican Party bc they were all false fronts. Kristol, Tucker. I resent this tremendously." Quote Bill Kristol @BillKristol, Replying to @BillKristol, "MAGA is a Red Scare, a Race Scare, and a Gender Scare all at once." To be fair, he was the man who put "neo" in neocon. Dave Hoile at Am Great says The International Criminal Court Is a Woke NGO. Shut It Down. "Secretary Rubio’s pledge to dismantle the ICC brick by brick will be easier to execute than many may think."

At Twitchy, Trump Blasts NYT's Maggie Haberman for ‘Sources Say’ 9/11 Smear, CNN’s Jake Tapper Rushes to Rescue "Maggot Hagerman, the Fake Reporter from The Failing New York Times, an unattractive person both inside and out, and who knows less about me than most reporters on the beat (She’s a SCAMMER!), made up a story that on September 11th, I’m not going to the World Trade Center, in New York City, because they won’t let me make a speech, and I’m going to the Pentagon in D.C., because I’m a featured speaker." "This is more Corrupt News, I’ve been to New York many times over the years, and no one ever speaks, it’s a “solemn ceremony!” I never even thought of what Maggot made up, and besides, I would love not to speak, because I’m speaking all the time, and this is a day to remember the victims, and their beautiful family members."" Insty says YOUR TERMS ARE ACCEPTABLE: Jelly Roll Dares Trump Fans to Stop Listening After Playing Court Jester for Jimmy Kimmel.

Matt Vespa at TownHall, That PA Measles Story Just Took a Wild Turn, At Hair Dave Strom looks at The Lie Buried in the Truth of Measles 'Associated' Deaths. A newborn died of a broken spleen, tested positive for measles. Commissioner Josh Parsons @CommissionerJP, "Correct. This is a point I have been making. The PA Sec of Health says she "thoroughly" reviewed the two cases. At the press conference they emphasized the two individuals were "unvaccinated." The underlying assertion was that this status was by choice. We later learned that one case was the infant who died at birth. The infant obviously had no opportunity to be vaccinated. A thorough review of the case by the PA Secretary of Health would obviously reveal this. Thus, stating it the way they did is an attempt to deceive the public. If there is one attempt to deceive the public in this matter, it is fair to ask if there are other attempts." Quote Madhava Setty @Madhava_Setty, "Replying to @AboutPediatrics @CommissionerJP and @SecKennedy You do realize that if the death was in a newborn calling it an unvaccinated death is ridiculous." Cary Kelly @CaryKelly11, "Blaming measles for a death a coroner said was caused by a lacerated spleen is stupid. Community notes, where are ya?" Quote Geraldo Rivera @GeraldoRivera, "Kids dying because they weren't vaccinated for measles is stupid." Also at Hat Hair, Beege Welborn on The Mystery Measles of Lancaster County", Unless someone coughs up a red, spotty corpse pretty quickly, power-mad Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro is going to have some serious 'splainin' to do." Secretary Kennedy @SecKennedy, "Governor Shapiro's unseemly rush to Lancaster County to convene a national press conference and his giddy delight in announcing two measles deaths was a morose commentary on the contemporary political dialogue. The performance was a replay of the Democrats' COVID playbook: fearmongering, misinformation, finger-pointing, and the weaponization of infectious disease fears for political gain..."

At Am Mind, John C. Eastman stares down The $40 Trillion Hole "Time to revisit the Constitution’s Spending Clause limits." Politicians just can't control their urge to give away taxpayers money.

Dmitri Bolt is happy to hear Scott Bessent Is Coming for Soros, CAIR, the SPLC, and the Left’s Tax-Exempt Empire. It's time to get rid of tax-free NGOs entirely, left, right or center. Make them part of the regular economy.

Ace wakes up to the realization, from the X Safety Team: We Have Uncovered 200,000 Bots and Fake Accounts Created by Chinese Intelligence to Propagandize Against Data Farms, "...so that China can win the AI race because the US just quit it." It almost worked with nuclear power. AG @AGHamilton29, "Keep this in mind when you see posts with tens of thousands of likes that happen to fit with the information war positions of certain adversaries. You think this is the only CCP bot farm? Any idea how many Iranian/Pakistani/Russian active bot farms currently exist on here and other platforms?"

Susie Crabtree at RCP reports the Secret Service Spokesman, Two Others Suspended Amid Leak Probe  "All three employees are based in the communications office. Placing Secret Service agents or officials on administrative leave and suspending security clearances is standard practice during an investigation and not a confirmation of wrongdoing."

Dave Strom, Abdul El-Sayed Will Save Jews From Global Warming! Jarvis @jarvis_best, "I was pleasantly caught off guard by the argument of former journalist Peter Beinart who responded to a group of Michigan Jewish Dems who were uncomfortable with El Sayed by telling them that El Sayed will stop global warming and global warming will be Bad For Jews." Capt. Ed, Piker Melts Down As Michigan's Jewish Dems Fight Back. Dave Strom again, Yes, It Matters Who You Embrace and Campaign With. Insty says NO. NEXT QUESTION? "Can Abdul el Sayed be trusted with intelligence community secrets?  To be fair, these days I’m not sure the intelligence community can be trusted with that stuff."A Hat Hair vid claims to know The Bloc of Michigan Voters the GOP Must Win Over. Am Con calls Alaska The Sleeper Race That Could Decide Senate Control, "Name confusion and the Last Frontier’s ranked-choice system may spell trouble for Republicans." CDM @CDM_PRESS, "NYT Killed A Story That Exposed How Democratic Spam PACs Drain Elderly Donors — And A Stanford Professor Had To Publish It Himself. A surprisingly concentrated group of elderly donors are responsible for the lion’s share of money raised by these groups. Full story in comments..."

At AMAC, Blue-City Blackouts Expose the Left’s Race Hustle. "In response to power outages in two blue cities, some liberal activists are blaming "racism" for delays in getting the lights back on. But there is one glaring problem with that theory." Black looters shooting at repairment and Blacks run the system from top to bottom. Being Democrats, you can be sure the system is being looted at the expense of maintenance. 

West Coast, Messed Coast™– Califraudia's Protection Act for Billion-Dollar Robber Barons. Bob Hoge at RedState sees Nick Shirley Leave a NYTimes Reporter Sputtering As He Educates Her on CA's 1st Amendment Assault. If I understand the law correctly, he should immediately file a complaint against her, and any other "unfriendly" new reporter that seeks to interview him, just as a lesson.

Matt Vespa reports  A Top FBI Official's Remarks About Running a Secret Government Are Now More Chilling. Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal says the FBI Followed Catholic Priests, Continued Richmond Memo Work After Removal Order: DOJ Report Finds.

Yashar Ali @yashar, "BREAKING via TMZ Milo Yiannopolous has been apprehended by ICE and is currently in a detention center." From Not The Bee, Former Trump supporter Milo Yiannopoulos has been arrested and detained by ICE. Sundance provides some details, ICE Arrests Milo Yiannopoulos for Overstaying Visa Pending Deportation and Removal. "Yiannopoulos legally entered the country on May 14, 2019, through New York City, New York. He chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws.   Yiannopoulos was issued a final order of removal by an Immigration Judge on July 22, after failing to show up for his immigration hearing. He will remain in ICE custody pending removal." Dave Strom says  This Is Pretty Funny, Actually...  MILO @Nero, "California needs ICE checkpoints at supermarket entrances, gas stations, strip malls, intersections and government buildings, with on the spot deportation for anyone who can’t prove they are in the US legally."

From Ace, Rubio Suspends All H-1B Visa Processing, "Rubio tried to ban visas for citizens of countries who tend to abuse our welfare system. A Biden judge named Jeanette Vargas, get this, blocked this necessary measure." Mike Letts at PJM sees Minnesota Just Got Handed a Loss Following Its Absurd Request Over ICE Agent Christian Castro. "a federal judge who delivered the latest blow to the state of Minnesota, calling them out on the same insanity that Abbott saw. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. rejected Minnesota’s requests for a temporary restraining order, allowing Castro to walk free. That’s not to say he won’t face the charges down the road, but this is a step in the right direction."

From the College Fix, Trump’s loan limits prompt UPenn to help graduates find jobs. Campus Reform finds University of Pittsburgh curriculum features several classes on Marxism, including class on ‘racialized police violence’ and racial capitalism. At the Wash Stand, Trump Banned Federal DEI Programs, but Thrift Savings Plan Contracts Ignore the Order. Buck Throckmorton at Ace's  MORNING RANT: “Polite conservatism” didn’t put woke corporations on the defensive - conservative activists did; This time the target is the Big Four Accounting Firms.

NiohBerg @NiohBerg, "Reminder that in both Libya, Syria and Iraq, the moment civil war broke out and the ruling regimes lost control over entire regions, the locals immediately reopened slave markets. As if it was the most natural thing to do. Not all cultures are equal." Bob Spencer at PJM, Trump Says He’d ‘Absolutely’ Ban Sharia. From NYPo, CAIR blamed 9/11 on US support for Israel, recommended bin Laden’s writings in back-to-school guide: ‘Evil propaganda.’  Kyle Becker @kylenabecker, "Any “feminists” care to comment? Or is “feminism” just a Marxist scam to poison sexual relations and attack Western culture? It’s interesting what radicals attack and don’t attack. Because it exposes them all as frauds." Quote Faraz Pervaiz @FarazPervaiz3, "Canadian Islamic scholar Dr. Shabir Ally says: “A Muslim man can have 4 wives and an unlimited number of female sex slaves (concubines). The four wives are also slaves, but with higher status.”" At Hat Hair, Mark Judge writes on Jews, Literacy, and American Freedom.

James McGee at Am Spec looks at Iryna Zarutska, Lindsay Clancy, and the Politics of Who Gets Mourned. "Our culture has its victims and villains backward." Our culture doesn't. The left does. 

Capt. Ed, Nihilists, Man: WPATH Goes the Full Lebowski. "Now that it faces action from the Federal Trade Commission for fraud, however, WPATH suddenly wants to wrap itself in the First Amendment. All of those claims about a scientific basis for chemical and surgical sex changes on children? That was just their opinion, man! Call it the Full Lebowski." ripx4nutmeg @ripx4nutmeg, "At least four women's golf tournaments in Canada have been won by men this summer." Well, Cana Duh. 

Even more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.28.26! Linked at the Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Going After Putin

Mary Chastain at LI, Trump Threatens Russia With Sanctions, Tariffs Until Putin Agrees to Ceasefire, "The post comes after Russia attacked homes in Odesa." Sarah Arnold at TownHall wonders Is Putin Ready for a Truce With Ukraine? If he gets the right deal. Bonchie at RedState says Russia Just Spit in Trump's Face, and It's Time They Reap the Whirlwind. The Telegraph reports US ‘to cease all future military exercises in Europe’ but Sundance at CTH calls it Sketchy Sourcing: Trump considering pulling 35,000 US troops out of Germany as President becoming ‘increasingly frustrated’ with Europe "As much as we may want this to actually happen, the sourcing for the original claim is rather dubious. “A source close to the White House told The Telegraph: “Trump is angry that they [Europe] appear to be pushing for war.”” From ZeroHedge, Poland & Baltic Nations Welcome Macron's Words Of Nuclear Escalation Aimed At Russia. NewsMax cites Italian PM Meloni: NATO Could Cover Ukraine With Defense Protection. I'll believe it when I see it. At RCP, the Great Victor Davis Hanson has Five Ukrainian Fables. Professor Peter Arenella @arenella1 "At this point, my only hope for the US to avoid becoming an ally to Russia is a violent resistance by our military. Tragic to say that because the military are trained to avoid any politically motivated intervention. Firing all the Joint Chief of Staff military leaders and replacing them with military acolytes of Trump anticipated that possibility and acted swiftly to minimize that type of intervention. Ultimately, we will get what we deserve by giving Trump a second chance to destroy our democracy." Chase@ItsChaseBurger "So let me get this straight: The left support "democracy" lasts until the exact moment you start losing elections? Makes sense."

'Becca Lower at RedState reports JD Vance Speaks Up for Normal People After Ukraine Activists Once Again Pester His Young Family. JD Vance@JDVance, "Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of “Slava Ukraini” protesters followed us around and shouted as my daughter grew increasingly anxious and scared. I decided to speak with the protesters in the hopes that I could trade a few minutes of conversation for them leaving my toddler alone. (Nearly all of them agreed.) It was a mostly respectful conversation, but if you’re chasing a 3-year-old as part of a political protest, you’re a shit person." At Althouse, "Tell me about the social media meme that's just different images of JD Vance." "For the annals of Things I Asked Grok."

France24, European court rejects bid to overturn Romania vote annulment. Going through the motions of Democracy. From Fox, Trump says 'something's going to happen very soon' with Iran as he pushes to negotiate nuclear deal, 'If we have to go in militarily, it's going to be a terrible thing for them.' Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Trump to Iran: Let's Make a Deal? "Is this another Godfather-esque play to make Ali Khamenei an offer he can't refuse? Is it a reversal on Barack Obama's JCPOA? Or is it a way to de-escalate with both Russia and China and dial down tensions by restoring commerce as the main medium of international relations? Or is this just spitballing to suss out the possibilities?" At the UK Sun, Trump’s iconic Turnberry golf course is wrecked by pro-Palestine protesters after he unveiled shock ‘Gaza Riveria’ plans "Multiple holes were damaged with threatening messages painted on walls."

Larry Elder at Hat Hair, sees The Trump Effect: Winning Hearts and Minds. At Da Caller, Don Jr. Asks Reporter ‘Are You F*cking Retarded?’ when she asked him if he would run in 2028. Matt Margolis at PJM thinks The Media Can't Hide This Trump Victory Forever: "It turns out that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Trump completed the hazardous materials cleanup in Los Angeles in just 29 days—far ahead of initial projections. “The estimates were it was going to take 18 months,” Jennings pointed out. “But this is the cleanup of the hazardous material that you have to do in order to start rebuilding. Twenty-nine days.”" And, Something Huge for the MAHA Movement Is About To Happen. RFK Jr. to sit down with junk food manufacturers. Leslie Eastman at LI, The New York Times Mocks RFK Jr for Vitamin A Guidance to Combat Texas Measles Outbreak "A great deal of research shows Vitamin A can be of benefit to those infected by measles." He is stressing the measles vaccine, but if you haven't got it by now, it takes a while to take effect, so you might as well boost your immune system.

Da Caller, House GOP Unveils ‘Clean’ Text To Fund Government While Democrats Threaten Shutdown. Please don' throw me in dat briar patch! At Hat Hair, Trump Endorses House Budget Bill - Urging GOP Unity to Git 'Er DONE. Trump Posts on 𝕏 @trump_repost, "The House and Senate have put together, under the circumstances, a very good funding Bill ("CR")! All Republicans should vote (Please!) YES next week. Great things are coming for America, and I am asking you all to give us a few months to get us through to September so we can continue to put the Country's "financial house" in order. Democrats will do anything they can to shut down our Government, and we can't let that happen. We have to remain UNITED — NO DISSENT — Fight for another day when the timing is right. VERY IMPORTANT. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" At NRO, Trump Kills an Intrusive Housing Rule, Again "This past week, Scott Turner, President Trump’s new secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced that HUD would be terminating the notoriously intrusive Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. By attaching strings to billions of dollars in community development block grants from HUD, AFFH gives the feds the ability to control zoning regulations and many other aspects of local government." Kevin Killough at JTN reports Trump put the brakes on offshore wind, now critics of onshore wind want to be heard too "Like critics of offshore wind, opponents of wind farms on land say the projects ruin the the countryside, impact historic sites and harm wildlife." Trump saves whales, Democrats opposed. At OTP, Trump Cracks Down On Loan Forgiveness That Funds ‘Illegal Activities’ "President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to exclude nonprofits that he says engage in “the subsidization of illegal activities” from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The executive order states “individuals employed by organizations whose activities have a substantial illegal purpose shall not be eligible for public service loan forgiveness.”"

Owen Gregorian@OwenGregorian "DHS Ends TSA Collective Bargaining After Bombshell Finding Of 'More Full-Time Union Workers' Than Airport Screeners | ZeroHedge The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ending collective bargaining for Transportation Security Officers with the TSA, Fox News reports, citing a release obtained by Fox Business. According to the report, The TSA has more people doing "full-time union work" vs. performing actual screening functions at 86% of US airports. Put another way, 374 out of 432 federalized airports have fewer than 200 TSA Officers to perform screening functions, while the rest are paid by the government but work "full-time on union matters" and do not retain certification to perform screening. . . " Sundance at CTH, DHS Cancels TSA Collective Bargaining Agreement. "Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for the lifecycle of the TSA." At the Pop Times, FEMA Fires Three More Supervisors Who Directed Crews to Avoid Pro-Trump Homes. "That brings the total number of FEMA employees given the boot to four. The terminations follow weeks of “exhaustive investigation” in which the agency determined that the errant supervisors failed to “meet our standards of conduct” which involves avoiding any partisan behavior." RedState @RedState, "Travesty: Elderly Vet Told to Remove Trump Signs or FEMA Officials Would View Him As ‘Domestic Terrorist." Da Beast whines Trump Once Again Defies Federal Judge Ruling on FEMA, "The Trump administration has previously claimed that the FEMA money isn’t being “held”; it’s being reviewed manually, which they say doesn’t violate any court order." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair VIP, CBS Gives FEMA Official Fired for Sending NYC $59M Her Moment of Rebuttal.

Phil Kerpen @kerpen "250% dairy tariffs are so crazy! By the way, Canada's butter tariff is 298.5%." Quote John Harwood@JohnJHarwood, "the president is a madman x.com/cnnbrk/status/…"

At RVN, Pres. Trump Names Second Lady Usha Vance to Head Delegation for Special Olympics. Misty Severi at JTN reports Trump names Fox News hosts as final two Kennedy Center Board members. "The Kennedy Center has released a list of more than 20 shows, including "Hamilton," that have pulled their performances, or been dropped by the center." Fox News host Laura Ingraham and Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo.

Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes, "Rep Tim Burchett says he’s willing to lose his job to tell us the REAL REASON government officials are opposing Elon Musk and DOGE “They’re gonna push back because you’ve got Congressmen on both sides of the aisle. If they follow that paper trail, it's going to come back to them. You've got their wife and or girlfriend that works for some agency, quasi-agency or some business. This towns as crooked as a dogs leg” “I’ll get primaried for saying that but that’s the truth and we all know it” “Somebody’s gonna straight it out, it looks like it’s gonna be Elon Musk.” Mia Cathell at TownHall reports USAID Chief Reportedly Considering Criminal Referrals. Sister Toldja at RedState, Democrat Heartbreak As CNN Polling Analyst Harry Enten Reveals What Americans Really Think of DOGE "Americans on Trump and DOGE's efforts. Musk and DOGE should influence government spending and operations. Look at this, 54 percent. The majority say that he and they should." Atop Da Hill, Why DOGE is and will remain popular, even if its cuts are small.

So far, DOGE claims that is has saved about $65 billion in federal funds. So far, I have seen people make every argument — from “DOGE is revolutionizing the government” on the one side to “These cuts are basically just a rounding error” on the other. What people don’t realize is that both can be true at the same time.

Let’s start with the $65 billion. How much is that? It’s enough to cut a $450 check to every taxpayer every year. That’s actually quite a significant amount of money if you look at it that way.

But let’s take the flipside. We pay more than $900 billion every year just on interest on the government’s $36 trillion debt. In that sense, DOGE naysayers are not wrong when they say the savings constitute a drop in the bucket.

Insty, IS ELON MUSK AN “OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES?” "Subject matter expert Seth Barrett Tillman responds to a claim by Prof. Katherine Shaw: “Shaw indicated that the test for being an ‘officer of the United States’ is that the purported officer exercises ‘significant power.’ That is entirely wrong.” UPDATE: Prof. Katherine “Kate” Shaw is Chris Hayes’ wife, FYI." Da Blaze hears Trump berates journalist asking about reported shouting match between Musk and Rubio: 'You're just a troublemaker'. At RCP, DOGE Has Consultant Cabal on the Run. "Fresh from a run through federal agencies that saw budgets (and heads) exploding all over Washington, Elon Musk and the DOGE team have turned their Starlink satellite and aimed its powerful laser at the most inflated portion of the unofficial “shadow” bureaucracy: government consultants. This has the biggest names in the business – like Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, and IBM – getting nervous, and with good reason."

Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "12 billion dollars was allocated to the Navy for submarines and not one submarine was built. 42.5 billion dollars was allocated to hook people up to high-speed Internet, and not one single person was hooked up to high-speed Internet. 7.5 billion dollars was allocated to build EV charging stations. Only 37 stations were built. Thats 200 million per charging station. Where is the rest of the money?" From the Free Bacon, Biden-Backed Green Group Wired $651M in Taxpayer Money to Credit Union Accounts. The EPA Says It Now Has No Oversight of the Funds. "'It is just like a money laundering scheme,' expert tells the Free Beacon." Althouse, "Literally mutilating animals. Mutilating animals in demented studies that are like the worst thing you could possibly imagine from a horror show...." "Right. So, I mean, the reality is that our elected officials have very, very little power relative to the bureaucracy until DOGE. So DOGE is a threat to the bureaucracy. It's the first threat to the bureaucracy. Normally the bureaucracy eats revolutions for breakfast. This is the first time that they're not, that the revolution might actually succeed. That we could restore power to the people instead of power to the bureaucracy." Said Elon Musk, on the Joe Rogan podcast last week." Jeff Carlson @themarketswork "There’s one obvious reason why the unions might be doing this. Massive social security fraud with fake employee dues flowing into union coffers - and being used for political contributions in the process." Quote KY3 News@kytv, "Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans: https://ky3.com/2025/03/08/uni."

NYPo ed board says Bring the hammer down on Perkins Coie and every other player in the Russigate scandal. Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt, "The American Bar Association sat on the sidelines as our legal system was weaponized against normal Americans. Now, they launch a pressure campaign against President Trump on day one. We’ve had enough. It’s time to liberate our legal system from this failed institution." Misty Severi reports the Trump Organization sues Capital One for closing bank accounts after January 6 riot. "The lawsuit, which was filed in Florida, alleged that the bank's actions were the result of "political and social motivations." At Althouse, "The same basic separation-of-powers principles that counsel against a court maintaining a prosecution over the executive's objection support dismissal with prejudice here." "So writes Paul D. Clement, responding — at the request of the judge — to the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss charges against Eric Adams."

Sarah Arnold reads a New Book that Uncovers Security Breaches During Trump's Campaign. OTP reports the Would-Be Trump Killer Wants Rifle Tested To See If It Was Operable. NewsWeek, Aileen Cannon Questions Lawyers' Gun 'Theory' in Trump Case. Whether or not it was, Routh certainly hoped to fire it. At American Military News, Secret JFK assassination files to be released on new webpage, GOP lawmaker says.

At Insty, ANDY NGO: Whatever happened to antifa? "Then there’s Elon Musk. Following his takeover of Twitter, now X, in October 2022, many key antifa accounts involved in organizing, recruiting and disseminating propaganda and fundraising were suspended for violating rules against inciting violence. These accounts should have been suspended under the previous regime, but as the Twitter Files revealed, the company had a left-wing political culture and policies were unevenly applied. In November 2022, after I reported on the violent extremists of CrimethInc., an antifa extremist collective that produces guides on why and how to commit violent crimes, Musk suspended their account. Other accounts escaped suspension but chose to de-platform themselves from X. They feared their private messages could be accessed and turned over to law enforcement. Most of them relocated first to Mastodon, and are now at Bluesky, two smaller Twitter alternatives where leftist violence and death threats are tolerated."

Matt Vespa, Here's a 10-Minute Video That Obliterates the Liberal Media's Protection of Joe Biden. Leslie Eastman, Did Biden Nix Plans for SpaceX to Bring Boeing Starliner Astronauts Home Sooner? Apparently. Tom Knighton at TAW explains Why Biden administration might not have been the kind of bad we thought. The auto-signature scandal. "For all the talk of insurrection surrounding January 6th, the truth of the matter is that if people were simply deciding on laws and executive orders without the president being aware of it, it’s an insurrection. They took over for the sitting president without the consent of the people." Jerry Dunleavy at JTN writes Despite his claims of being broke, Hunter Biden's 'lawfare' continues against IRS whistleblowers.

Breitbart reports Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Democrats’ Pathetic ‘Choose Your Fighter’ Video & Sad Protests. From Twitchy, Dems Release Another Cringe Dance Video and 'High Comedy'! MSNBC Guest Assigns Blame for the Democrats' Anti-Trump Messaging Fails. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "MSNBC: Democrats can’t effectively message anymore because there’s not as much “non partisan” media as there used to be." Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Hakeem Jeffries' ‘leadership' has Democrats polling at 21%, as uncontrollable radicals create never-ending optics nightmares for the party. His solution is to release a bizarre video threatening to “expose” Republicans. He’s losing it." Matt Vespa, Top House Dem Probably Said the Dumbest Thing Regarding Trans Athletes and Women’s Sports. Hollywood in Toto notes Bill Maher Flattens Left’s Land Acknowledgment Farce. ‘I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again—either give the land back or shut the f*** up!’ Josh Hammer at Hat Hair discourses on The Democratic Fork in the Road and the Woke Repudiation Imperative.

At Da Wire, Gavin Newsom Starts His 2028 Campaign With Painfully Obvious Lies. 

JTN's Natalie Mittelstadt is concern about a Florida election lawsuit that exposes a loophole in federal voter registration law, "Lack of voter verification: A Republican congressional candidate is suing Florida election officials over “clone” voters found on voter rolls and questionable mail-in ballot requests."

Sundance grins as DHS Administering Lie Detector Tests as Two Operational Leakers are Identified for Prosecution. At WokeSpy, ICE Raids Target “Worst of the Worst” Despite DNC-Linked Sabotage. Julio Rosas at Da Blaze hears VP Vance on mass deportations: We've made great progress, but 'Rome wasn't built in a day'. Da Wire, California Prosecutor Says He’s Already Charged More Illegals Than Biden Did In Four Years "The prosecutor said it's the highest number of illegal alien reentry charges that the office had ever filed in a single month." Pop Times, Sanctuary Laws Protect Illegal Alien Who Burned Woman Alive in NYC from ICE Arrest and Tom Homan Goes Off on Sanctuary City Mayors: ‘Trump is Saving Lives, They Can’t Stand It’. At the Cowboy State Daily, Teton County Sheriff Changes Mind, Will Hold Inmates For ICE. "The Teton County sheriff who refused to hold onto inmates for federal immigration authorities without a criminal warrant changed course Wednesday, and said he will now honor civil detention requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement." Fox, ICE raids at schools: Federal judge gives green light, "Denver Public Schools argued a drop in school attendance was due to a new Trump administration policy of not shielding schools from ICE raids." Jon Levine at NYPo reports Former illegal immigrant aide to AOC self-deports to Colombia amid questions about employment.

At Da Mail, Jeff Bezos outrages Washington Post staff again with brutal insult to legendary late publisher "for missing a ceremony meant to honor the late publisher of the Washington Post." Don't like it? Quit. NewBusters is amused by CNN On Cuomo Comeback Attempt: 'Can You Be Masculine And A Decent Person?' A better question is whether a politician can be a decent person. 

Dave Bernstein at Insty, MODERN DAY NAZIS HOLDING AN ANTI-NAZI RALLY: "Because to left, “Nazi” means “people I disagree with” and has little if anything to do with actual Nazis. By the way, but “support of Israel” they mean only that the rabbi thinks Israel should continue to exist. The only way Israel will cease to exist is through mass murder and expulsion. Hence, modern Nazis." Brianna Wu @BriannaWu "Do Democrats hear ourselves? Jerry, if allowing Jews to go to school without getting screamed at and harassed by antisemites is the MAGA agenda and something we oppose DEMOCRATS ARE FUCKED. What are you doing, buddy?" Quote Rep. Nadler @RepJerryNadler, "Trump’s $400 million cut to @Columbia sends a chilling message that universities must align with the MAGA agenda or face financial ruin. My statement with @RepEspaillat. . . " John Sexton at Hat Hair, Columbia's Administration is Scrambling but Leftist Students Still Don't Get It. At Hat Hair, Victor Joecks emphasizes The Importance of Retaking Institutions.

Dave Strom, Yet ANOTHER Study Shows Medical Instead of Mental Health Treatment of Gender Dysphoria Is Harmful. Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok, "The Oxford Academic Journal of Sexual Medicine released a new study on the effects of "gender-affirming surgery" on people with gender dysphoria. After analyzing over 100,000 patients, they concluded that those who received surgery had an increased risk of mental health issues and substance use disorders. Wonder why the mainstream media isn't covering this..." RVM, University Tries to Justify Radical All-Gender Locker Room Plan in California. John Sexton, San Francisco Bathhouse Struggles to Create a 'Phallus Free' Women's Night. It would take a heart of stone not to laugh.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Breakthrough! posted and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Stops Zelenskyy's Allowance, NY FBI Head Pushed Out Over Epstein

From Fox, Trump pauses aid to Ukraine after fiery meeting with Zelenskyy. Paula Bolyard at PJM, Trump Makes a MAJOR Move on Ukraine. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Pauses Ukraine Support for Evaluation – JD Vance Discusses Breakdown. Ace, Trump Pauses All Aid to Ukraine Until Zelenskyy Commits to Good-Faith Negotiations and Stops Dressing Like a Hackysack Hobo. We'll see if this focuses Zelenskyy's mind.  Maybe his European friends will make up the difference, but I doubt it.

At Althouse, A staggering scene unfurled before the lenses of the entire world.... "I'm reading "France’s prime minister tears into Trump’s attack on Zelenskyy as a staggering show of 'brutality'" (AP), which quotes French Prime Minister François Bayrou,"" and "Designer Behind President Zelensky’s White House Outfit Defends the Choice." "A headline at Women's Wear Daily. Who knew Zelensky had a designer?" Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Zelenskyy: End of War 'Still Very, Very, Far Away'; UPDATE: Public Backs Trump on Ukraine and Europe Not So Unified on Ukraine After All. Bonchie at RedState sees Zelensky Takes a Shot at Lindsey Graham Because He's Apparently Lost His Mind Sundance at CTH, Again, Zelenskyy Rejects Peace Possibility – President Trump: “America Will Not Put Up With it Much Longer.” Via Insty, LAUGHING WOLF: The Zelensky Implosion. “What Zelensky displayed is far too common in Western Europe, where it is fashionable and acceptable (and far too common for my taste) to display such arrogant entitlement towards America and Americans. I will note that when you get out into the countryside, or more into Eastern Europe, this fades. Or, at least it did when I last traveled around a bit.” Hat Hair's Duane Patterson is Cutting Through the Noise On Ukraine. "Here's the deal. Once you get past the rhetoric and look at the deal itself, the chronology of how it took shape, and events from over the weekend, it remains the best option on the table. Why? Because it's the least worst option." At L'Ombre de l'Olivier Francis Turner asks Can Ukraine Win Now? "And by win I mean get back to where it was 3 years ago if not better." Possible but unlikely. At WaPoo, Marc Thiessen opines Zelensky must mend the breach with Trump — or resign. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Ukrainian MP Calls for Crucial Impeachment Proceedings Against Zelenskyy. Don Surber thinks Trump may have killed NATO, too. "Zelensky learned the hard way how useless the organization is." Dave Strom, Most People Don't Know That the Europeans Are Helping Fund the Russian Side of the War. Bill Whittle, Churchill and Zelensky: ALLIES vs. FRIENDS. PJM's Stephen Kruiser, Dear News Cycle — I Really Can't Leave You Unsupervised, Can I? "It's no secret that I am not a fan of Zelenskyy's. I don't want Vladimir Putin to run roughshod over any country that he wants to, but Zelenskyy does everything he can to make himself difficult to like. Here's something I posted a week and a half ago on X":SFK @stephenkruiser, "I grew weary of Zelensky(y) about 42 minutes into the war. Rubio is dead on: the guy is a greedy ingrate. He's such a tool that he can't inspire sympathy even with Putin as his foe. Sensing Online, "I stand with Ukraine" means what, exactly? Mike Miller at RedState likes the way Victor Davis Hanson Delivers Brutal, Bottom-Line Reality Check to 'Rock Star' Zelensky. Matt Taibbi at Racket says Farewell to Volodymyr Zelensky, the GEICO Lizard of the New World Order. "Thanking God that the era of mandatory applause for neoliberal mascots is finally over. Can Greta Thunberg come to the White House next?"

(((Harry Enten))) @ForecasterEnten, "A little bit of a reality check for some: -Trump's net approval on Russia/Ukraine (+2) is far more positive than Biden's was by the end (-22). -The share (31% to 50%) who want a compromise in the war is way up -The share who say Russia is an enemy is way down (64% to 34%)." Hat Hair sees Rubio and Waltz Crushing It on Sunday Talk Shows Western Lensman @WesternLensman "RUBIO: “We don’t even know that peace is possible." “It begins with the first step, and that is engaging [the Russians] to see if it's even possible. Because if it's not possible, then what we're looking at is a protracted stalemate, with thousands of people dying, billions of dollars pouring in, and more death and destruction." "And that's not something that the President wants to be a part of. He's made it very clear."" Johnny St.Pete @JohnMcCloy, "NSA Advisor Mike Waltz Crushing it right now on CNN. “It was not clear that Zelensky shared our goal and bringing an end to this war” “To come into the Oval Office with body language shaking your head & arms crossed is disrespectful” “Hypocrite Democrats had no problem making a horrific deal with a murderous Iran regime and using Russia as an intermediary”" From Breitbart, Rubio: Trump Detractors ‘Need to Grow Up and Realize’ the Ukraine War Needs to End. Twitchy, LOL-THERE It Is! JD Vance Drops BRUTAL Meme When Chris Murphy Can't Keep His Zelenskyy Stories Straight. Matt Whitlock @mattdizwhitlock, "Would love every Democrat Senator on Capitol Hill to answer tomorrow 1) Did they encourage Zelensky to take the deal they also call a “disaster that gives Putin everything be wants?” 2) they have a lot of commentary but what’s their alternative plan besides just spending more?" CREA, EU imports of Russian fossil fuels in third year of invasion surpass financial aid sent to Ukraine, "Tighter sanctions that undercut Russian countermeasures can slash Kremlin revenues by 20% annually." 

Still on the job after being doxed, DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican, "Is there an explanation for this? Retirees living in Ukraine? Looks like there are tons of those. @DOGE_SSA" Are they real people, or is it fraud. Probably some mixture of the two. 

At Da Wire, Keeping Up With Trump: Here’s Everything The President Did In Week Six. "The Epstein files released, Mexican cartel members extradited, and an Oval Office shouting match." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Trump Exposes Dem Lies on Border Security in Spectacular First Month. Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11 "Trump approval rating by age: 65+ - 45% 40-64 - 46% 18-39 - 60% The next generation wants a country and a future; their parents don’t seem as concerned. The kids are alright!" Da Fetched, Bernie Sanders Claims Trump’s Popularity Is Due to Dems “Playing Dead for Years.” At Chronicles, Cheering On Trump’s Masculine ‘Reign of Destruction.’ Sundance, President Trump Announces $100 billion Investment from TMSC to Chip Manufacture in Arizona. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair sees Chili Today, Tariffs Tomorrow. Tariffs go into effect today. From Fox, Rubio signs declaration to expedite $4B in arms to Israel 'wrongly withheld' by Biden. Mary Chastain at LI, Rubio Expedites the $4 Billion in Arms to Israel Withheld by Biden. The Punchbowl points out Young, one-time skeptic, wants to be a ‘team player’ for Trump. 'Becca Downs at TownHall, Dem Congresswoman Doubles Down, Refers to Trump As the 'Enemy'. From Fox, Bill Maher and panel rip 'f------' stupid' no-spend day movement, interpretive dance protests to counter Trump. "An 'economic blackout,' or no spend day was planned on Friday to protest big corporations, according to reports."

From Twitchy, You and What Army? Twitter Drags Euro Calling for U.S. Military Assets in Europe to Be 'Confiscated.  Beege Welborn, EU Democracy Update: Looking to Strip Hungary of Its Veto In Order to 'Defend European Values' LAGNIAPPE. A Larry video at Hat Hair, Margaret Brennan Owned Again! Hillary Slammed By Hegseth! John Lucas at Bravo Blue, No, Mr. Secretary, generals do not have civil service protection or tenure. They serve at the pleasure of the president. The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great explains Who Really Politicized the Pentagon? "The Pentagon has long been political—Trump’s firings aren’t new, but their results will reveal if the military is truly depoliticized or just under new management."

Capt. Ed sees RFK: Get Your Kids Vaccinated! Measles! At Irrational Fear, Dr. Wielicki hopes Mr. Zeldin, Will You Rescue America From the EPA’s Climate Fraud?

VodkaPundit at PJM says It's Official: USAID Is All But Dead. Tom Elliott @tomselliott, "NBC San Antonio investigates nonprofit that got its $18 million/month contract ended by DOGE; finds empty facility & revenue of $1.1 billion in 2022."Corrine Clark Barron at Am Great notes Federal Employees Are Whining Again—And This Time, No One’s Crying With Them. "Federal employees’ meltdown over layoffs is peak entitlement—welcome to the real world, where the private sector has been toughing it out for decades without the dramatics." Ace, Speaker Johnson "Prefers" To Keep Feeding The Beast, Instead Of Following The Will Of The People. "Because of course he does! There is always a reason to kick the can down the road, even though DOGE has identified a huge amount of wasteful spending that can simply be cut. No questions asked. JUST CUT IT. But his masters need that sweet, sweet cash, and if it drives America farther into the abyss of out-of-control budgets and interest payments, well, that's a penalty he is willing for us to suffer. Johnson Backs Temporary Spending Bill, Says Congress Should Codify DOGE-Proposed Cuts Later."

Capt. Ed amused, but pissed off that Chuck Todd says Now We Can Call Biden 'Craven' For Running -- In 2020. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Ex-Biden Aide Admits Administration Gaslit Americans on Biden's Health. Scott Pinsker at PJM sees Dems Rise From the Grave: Their Three Paths for Regaining Power. "Follow. The. Money." Adam Wren @adamwren "@playbookdc: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback. We got their takeaways." Hide their liberalism. Carol Roth @caroljsroth, "This is a warning for the GOP as well. The coalition in and around the White House right now is a big tent and it is not "traditional Republican". Either they take care of Main Street or they will be in trouble, too."

Dave Strom hears Tim Walz Mulling a Run for President...America Rejoices! Mary Chastain says Do it. PLEASE, Tim Walz Thinks He has the ‘Right Skill Set’ to Run for President in 2028. “If I think I could offer something . . . I would certainly consider that.” Ace, Tim Walz: Why Sure I'd Consider Running for President in 2028, "Walz is answering Frequently Non-Asked Questions, for some reason."

Brianna Lyman at Da Fed says the Indictment Of Pennsylvania Dems Shows Exactly How Mail Ballot Fraud Happens.

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson "BREAKING: Head of FBI field office in New York James Dennehy FORCED TO RESIGN following accusations from the Department of Justice in regards to his office hiding thousands of Epstein documents." Collin Rugg@CollinRugg, "BREAKING: Head of FBI field office in New York *resigns* after the Department of Justice accused his office of hiding thousands of Epstein documents. James Dennehy says he was forced to resign in an email to staff. "Late Friday, I was informed that I needed to put my retirement papers in today, which I just did. I was not given a reason for this decision," Dennehy said. Dennehy had previously told his office to "dig in" after Trump was elected. The resignation comes after AG Pam Bondi instructed FBI Director Kash Patel to launch an investigation into claims that the New York field office was hiding thousands of documents. . . "  John Sexton at Hat Hair, Head of FBI Field Office in New York Resigns. Drew Berquist, FBI Withholds Key Epstein Files as Questions Swirl Over James Comey’s Ties.

Elon strikes again, Steve Guest@SteveGuest, "@grok absolutely obliterates this article from The New York Times: “‘Full on Fight Club’: How Trump Is Crushing U.S. Climate Policy” Grok: “The article exhibits bias through its emotionally charged language, one-sided sourcing, selective framing, and omission of counterarguments, all of which tilt heavily against Trump's environmental policy shifts. It assumes the primacy of climate action as a moral and scientific imperative, casting dissent as reckless or corrupt rather than a legitimate policy choice. While it reports factual events (e.g., policy changes, legal challenges), the presentation favors an audience that already opposes Trump, potentially undermining its objectivity for readers seeking a balanced view.” What a spectacular takedown: https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5"

From Da Caller, Iowa Becomes First State To Axe Transgender Protections From Civil Rights Code. Matt Vespa at Town Hall, After This Vote, the Dems Show They Really Haven't Learned Anything From Their 2024 Loss. "A Republican-led Senate bill to prevent boys from participating in girls' sports failed to overcome the legislative filibuster on Monday night after it did not reach the necessary 60-vote threshold to advance. The bill failed to clear the key procedural hurdle by a vote of 51-45, along party lines. All Democratic senators voted against the motion to proceed, with the exception of absent Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., who were absent." Breaking911 @Breaking911, "These 45 pieces of trash just voted against keeping men out of your daughter’s sports."

From the College Fix, Theology school cancels lecture by historian who challenges ‘colonialism’ narrative.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Return to Mediocrity ready and willing at The Other McCain.

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