Flotsam and Jetsam - Randy Andy Arrested in Epstein Files Case

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair has BREAKING NEWS: Prince Andrew Arrested Over Epstein Connections "CBS News offers more details. The issue is not Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's appearance in the Epstein Files per se, but rather the allegation that Andrew passed along confidential trade-policy material to Epstein. Andrew served as a trade envoy during his Epstein period, and the allegation is that he gave Epstein inside information on which the disgraced sex offender could have profited." At Althouse, They arrested Prince Andrew! ""Live Updates: U.K. Police Arrest Former Prince Andrew Over Epstein Ties, BBC Reports/The British police on Thursday arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of criminal activity linked to the Epstein files" (NYT). The Thames Valley Police said in a statement that it had “arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk.”" I think this also lends credence to the thought that the Epstein operation was, at least in part, an intelligence op, probably unofficially sanctioned by the US and Britain. Also, "With the Epstein files, searching for almost any word can lead to some interesting or weird or confusing or awful or misleading insight." "From "Making Sense of the Epstein Files, One Disturbing Search at a Time" (NY Magazine)." Epstein files as a Rorschach test? Meanwhile, Hillary is still hoping for a pony, at News Wax, Hillary Clinton: GOP Using Epstein Probe to Shield Trump. At Skating Under the Ice, When Counting Doesn’t Add Up "People keep obsessing about the number of times that Trump (or other people) are mentioned in the Epstein emails … but the number is MEANINGLESS. You can find every mention of any name at Epsteinify. Go there, click on “Include emails”, and look on the right. First mention of Trump’s name says: . . "

CNN hopes U.S. military prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump has yet to make a final call, sources say. Anything to generate more interest. Sundance hosts Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Answering Questions about Potential Military Attacks in Iran and Ongoing Ukraine Peace Negotiations. Ace, As the Communist Cuban Junta Enters End-of-Life Care, Marco Rubio Begins Secretly Talking to Raul Castro's Grandson About a Living Will "Nine days ago, John Sexton predicted the communist regime of Cuba was entering its last year." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Whiplash, Caught in Another Trump Whiplash...

From NYPo, Trump says ‘this is a Democrat shutdown’ as he touts low inflation, falling murder rate. C3 @C_3C_3, "Mitch McConnell is a no vote on the SAVE ACT. Over 90% of his constituents would vote yes. But his owners don’t want it. Can’t barely walk. Has no clue where he is. Everything wrong with politics. Congress was not meant to be a crooked nursing home." PJM's Chris Queen astonished to find Massie’s Price for a Vote? A Press Release — and a Pat on the Head. Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "Trump brings a D.C. anti-crime activist who lost her son to violence to speak. She says Democrats never sent anyone to talk to her. No one talked to her until Trump who finally did something. She gives Democrats hell: “I love Trump. I don’t want to hear nothing you have to say about that racist stuff. And don’t be hating on me because I’m standing up for somebody that deserves to be stood up for. Get off the man’s back. Let him do his job!”" Insty, ANOTHER NARRATIVE BUSTED: Police killed fewer Americans in 2025 under Trump than in Biden era 2023 or 2024. "Oh, I think Trump probably did. Plus: “We’ll see if anyone notices that police violence went down under Trump. I doubt it.” Even if they notice, I doubt they’ll tell."

Sundance foresees a Strong Possibility of SCOTUS Ruling on President Trump IEEPA Tariffs – Friday, Tuesday or Wednesday. The Center Square NY, Trump renews threat to cut funding for $16B Gateway project. 

From NYPo, Lara Trump reveals Trump’s unexpected reaction to leaving White House in 2021 on ‘Pod Force One’. “He told all of us that he wanted to have dinner that night. And none of us really knew how that would go. And the first thing he did, before he even sat down at the dinner table, is he looked around at all of us and he goes, ‘Well, kids, I’ve got to do it again.’” Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Remember how everybody in the White House had to wear all black the next day? Theater kids. And Obama was the Theater Kid-in-Chief." Quote Paul Sperry @paulsperry_, "BREAKING: President Obama and his National Security Adviser Susan Rice were so distraught after Trump won in 2016 they literally broke down and cried in front of White House staff, according to White House staff, according to 1,100 hours of new audio and video compiled by Columbia University in cooperation with the Obama Foundation. After all they'd built, they feared their accomplishments were "at risk" of being torn down by a "con man" and a "clown." Ergo, Trump had to be stopped?" I never noticed the "all black" before. 

Scott Pinsker at PJM is trying to Reconcile Two Shock Polls: 58% Say Dems Are Now ‘Too Liberal’ — Yet Biden Defeats Trump in a Rematch? Dmitri Bolt, Harry Enten Issues a Brutal Warning to Democrats for the Upcoming Midterm Elections. At WSJ, Democrats, You May Already Have Lost the 2028 Election. Guy Benson @guypbenson, "Republican pollsters have complained that some of their best ads and attack lines don’t poll well because voters simply don’t believe true things that Democrats are actually doing could possibly be real." Quote Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo, "This is what I dubbed "stealth extremism": mainstream liberal institutions, including the Democratic Party, routinely doing stuff their own supporters dismiss as an urban legend, because no one would *do* that." Mary Chastain at LI hears Democrats to Defy Leadership With Protests for Trump’s State of the Union "I wonder if Rep. Al Green will act like a clown again." Kurt Schlichter at TownHall asks What Do the Dems Do After They’ve Done Their Worst and It Flops? I don't think we've found the bottom of their worst yet. 

TownHall's Matt Vespa thinks Gavin Newsom Is Getting Dragged for Not Knowing What Illiterate Means...and It's Pretty Funny. Vicky Taft at PJM says Gavin Newsom Wants You to Know It's Not His Fault That He Doesn't Know What He's Doing. Running on being the first openly dyslexic candidate. Chris Cillizza @ChrisCillizza, "Yes, @AOC stumbled at the Munich Security Conference. But as @chucktodd noted today, Republicans criticizing her for her lack of foreign policy knowledge appear to have forgotten about the guy currently in the White House." Karol Markowicz @karol, "Incredibly dumb. Are you guys actually pretending Trump hasn’t had incredible foreign policies accomplishments just a year into his second term? You’re lying to yourselves or your audience."

Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "NYC public school teachers voted overwhelmingly for Mamdani. The United Federation of Teachers, representing NYC public school teachers, endorsed Mamdani, with 64% of delegates voting for him. He’s now raiding their pension fund." Arpit Gupta @arpitrage, "The proximate source of NYC’s budget woes is we have the most expensive public schools in the country $42k+ per student, as enrollment has dropped post pandemic, while spending keeps growing." Quote Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital, "Zohran Mamdani just proposed a preliminary budget of $127 Billion for NYC… The entire state of Florida is $117 Billion." Of course, many of those NY school children are illegal aliens, or children of illegal aliens. 

Calling all RushBabes has *News from the Washington State Legislature "What a lopsided session so far in Washington state… Majority Democrats are full speed ahead on passing the most unpopular bill in state history, while also in the process of repealing their death tax because it is driving people out of WA. Majority Democrats have officially ended the effort to protect children from fentanyl, for the 4th year in a row. Majority Democrats have ended any chance of reigning in fraud. Majority Democrats are attempting to kill the initiative process because they keep getting pushback from Washingtonians. Majority Democrats are on their way to ending elected sheriffs. Majority Democrats are pushing to release violent criminals from prison early. Majority Democrats are moving forward with essentially banning 3D printing. Majority Democrats tried to ban tires here (yes, really). Majority Democrats are going to allow Dow Constantine to take out 75 year bonds to pay for Sound Transit’s $35 BILLION budget deficit. Majority Democrats tried to ban retired Federal Law Enforcement officers from working in WA state. Did we miss anything?" Cam at Bearing Arms likes how a Virginia Sheriff Draws Line in Sand As Gun Control Bills Come Into Focus.

Sundance hosts Dan Bongino Interviews FBI Director Kash Patel. PJM's Dave Manney reports Kash Patel Says the FBI Found Antifa’s Money. "Patel didn't name specific donors, financial institutions, or nonprofits, but he did confirm that federal agents are examining whether funding flowed through U.S.-based nonprofit groups, including some with tax-exempt status, and whether foreign sources played a role."

Sundance also reports Disinformation Board Member Jennifer Daskal Appointed as FISA Court Advisor. "Washington Free Beacon – A Biden administration official who launched the Disinformation Governance Board and served as co-chair of the so-called Ministry of Truth has been appointed to advise the powerful Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, prompting concerns from some Republican lawmakers."

From Fox, Palestinian activist accused of expressing desire to 'kill Jews' wins deportation case. "Mohsen Mahdawi co-founded Columbia's Palestinian Student Union after Oct. 7 and spent two weeks in immigration custody. . . . Judge Nina Froes determined on Feb. 13 that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not provide sufficient admissible evidence to establish that Mohsen Mahdawi was removable, Reuters reported.Froes said DHS relied in part on a memorandum purportedly signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio but failed to authenticate the document."

From TNP, This State Is Launching a Sanctuary City Crackdown, Montana. Cathy Salgado at PJM, Illegal Alien Attempts to Drown Complete Stranger, Chills Out With Weed and Vodka.

In a Driscoll post at Insty, JIM GERAGHTY: Stephen Colbert and James Talarico Are Lying to You. "The equal-time rule was part of the Communications Act of 1934. It states, “If any licensee shall permit any person who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office to use a broadcasting station, he shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates for that office in the use of such broadcasting station.” Note that this applies to broadcast television stations include NBC, CBS, and ABC. The FCC’s equal time rule does not apply to cable channels like Fox News Channel, CNN, or MSNOW, because they don’t go out over public airwaves. (There are professional political pundits out there who don’t know or understand that distinction.). . ." At Hat Hair, a Chloe video reveals Democrats Just Humiliated Jasmine Crockett (And She Is PISSED) and Larry sees Crockett Rages As Colbert's Staged Coup Comes Crashing Down. At Althouse, The real victim is Jasmine Crockett. "I'm reading "The Colbert-CBS spat is about overregulation/Keeping the equal-time rule in place is a political choice" — gift link. That's by the Editorial Board of The Washington Post."

Matt Margolis at PJM, CNN Panel Explodes After Kevin O’Leary Calls Them ‘Nuts.’ From Hollywood in Toto, ‘Free Speech’ Bullying Shows Sorry State of Hollywood, Journalism "Berlin Film Festival under fire for refusing to take Legacy Media's bait."

Open Source Intel @Osint613, "French President Macron: Free speech is a pure bullshit if nobody knows how you are guided through this so-called free speech, especially when it is to be guided from one hated speech to another hated speech. I just want to have a transparent road through these different speeches, and I want, by the way, to have a sort of public order. I want to avoid a racist speech, hated speech, and so on."

And more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 02.18.26 (Morning Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Still Winning up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Top Picks of the Day

Jon Levine at NYPo fears Trump picks complicate GOP House majority, could make government body even more chaotic: ‘Panic time’ "“It will be panic time when the first spending bill happens in the new year,” said a second GOP House insider said." Yeah, but spending bill are always panic time. Also, Trump cabinet picks live updates: Union bigs show love for Trump’s labor pick. Althouse, "[A]s a team of ideological rivals contesting for influence and favor, the Trump cabinet seems to be set up for a lot of internal conflict..." "Writes Ross Douthat, in "Three Theories of the Trump Cabinet" (NYT). So there are 3 ways — at least 3 — that Trump's choices might work quite well... or quite badly." At WUWT, A Look At President-Elect Trump’s Picks For The Key Energy Policy Positions. wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "Pundits have noticed the incoming senior appointees are rather young. This is characteristic of the changing of the guard. For comparison the Founding Fathers averaged 44 years of age. Many were under 35. For obvious reasons few had gov't experience."

NYPo, Trump’s labor pick is ‘toxic’ anti-conservative RINO who is too close to unions, critics allege: ‘Not serious’. Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks The Honeymoon Is Over: Trump's Pick for Labor Secretary Is a Teachers' Union Fave I'm not sure Labor isn't one of those agencies that ought to go away, along with it's business counterpart, Commerce. Fox, Trump picks Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as nation's next surgeon general, "Trump said that Nesheiwat is a 'fierce advocate' for public health." TechJudge @techjudge "Janette Nesheiwat endorsed masks for children, promoted COVID vaccination for all age groups, and approved of censorship by social media companies." But did she learn anything? I don't blame anyone for taking the wrong path on Covid initially. I do blame them when they continue down that path for insidious purposes. NewsMax announces Trump Taps Sergio Gor to Lead White House Personnel and Trump Picks Former NFL Player Scott Turner to Head HUD, another dept. that ought to go away.

And how Trump's earlier picks faring? At Da Caller, Witnesses Told Cops Alleged Pete Hegseth Victim Didn’t Appear Drunk Before Or After 2017 Encounter, calling her credibility into question. At Twitchy, Did Pam Bondi Really Steal a St. Bernard? Journalism Has Gone to the Dogs. A long, sad story. But the short answer is no, she did not steal the dog. She adopted a dog in need in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Vicky Taft at PJM claims You'll Need to Hit the Showers for a 'Sanewash' After This Ridiculous RFK Hit Piece. Da Mail, Matt Gaetz says he'd be in prison if the sex 'smears' were true in first interview since withdrawing as AG pick. Hat Hair notices So Gaetz Is Gonna Be a MAGA Admin Recruiter.

Seth Mandell at Commentary tells How Harris Lost the ‘Weird’ War. Driscoll at Insty answers GRADUALLY, THEN SUDDENLY. Because they were the weird ones after all. Dana Loesch
@DLoesch, "The irony of the party that drowned a woman in a pond, made "secretary sandwiches," got BJs under the Resolute Desk, harassed masseuses for happy endings, filmed a p*rn* in the Senate hearing room, had topless trannies on the WH lawn lecturing the GOP about sexual impropriety." NewsMax thinks Voters Uninspired by Identity Politics Reason Harris Lost. Michael Barone thinks Trump Gains Among Nonwhite People are a Historical Precedent and Possible Harbinger. At OTP, Election Data Suggests Liz Cheney Hurt Harris In Swing States. At Hat Hair Salena Zito reiterates Biden Was the Fluke in 2020, Not Trump in 2016. 

At Da Wire, 53% Of Americans Approve Of Trump’s 2nd Term Plans: Pew Research. Misty Severi at JTN, Pollster John Rogers says nearly one million Republicans who did not vote in 2020 voted in 2024, "Rogers said that he expects to have the final tally of voters in March, but from the numbers they have seen so far, the operation was "tremendously successful across the board.""

Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Bombshell Report Reveals Disturbing Truths About the Biden-Harris Parole Pipeline. Insty, THE DEEPEST CIRCLE OF HELL IS RESERVED FOR THOSE WHO BETRAY A BENEFACTOR: Venezuelan migrant charged with raping his boss’ 14-year-old daughter while living in their Colorado home. At Fox, Blue state to shutter over a dozen migrant shelters as Trump’s set to implement deportation agenda, "The move comes as New York City announces it has catered to 223K migrants sine 2022." NYPo, Zionist org preps list of foreign pro-Hamas students, hoping Trump will deport them and Is it against the law for Trump to use the military to deport illegal migrants? Maybe not.

Da Caller, ‘Tired Of Everybody Questioning Elections’: Idaho County Draws National Attention With Unique Ballot Transparency Tool. Sounds like a cool toy, everybody should have one. 

At his White House Report Card WaEx's Paul Bedard finds Biden sleepwalking into war, Trump taking care of business. Straight Arrow News reports Sen. Mullin blocks promotion of general who led Afghanistan withdrawal. Pop Times CNN Reporter Grills KJP Over Biden’s Sudden Change After The Election. From the Free Bacon, Biden-Harris Admin Races To Dish Out $25 Billion for Green Energy Before Trump Takes Office, Sparking Fraud Fears. The fraud is the point. It's a payoff to supporters. The Center Square sees FEMA under investigation over Trump supporter discrimination “[O]n the condition of anonymity, a FEMA official stated that the practice avoiding ‘white or conservative-dominated’ areas is an ‘open secret at the agency that has been going on for years,’”  

OTP, Trump To Fire Entire Jack Smith Team, Have DOJ Probe 2020 Election. Pop Times, DOJ, Federal Bureaucracy Terrified Of Incoming Trump Administration  Fox, Ret. Gen. Milley says America will 'be okay' under Trump, after reportedly saying he was 'fascist to the core'. "Milley warned that 'outside guys' like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy can either be 'helpful' or reduce Pentagon to 'rubble'.  Kevin Downey at PJM says Don't You Dare Forget What the Democrats Did to We the People.

Paul Bond at JTN, RFK Jr. vs WaPo marks first round in Trump's vow for a showdown with legacy media, censorship. "Many news outlets have published Robert F. Kennedy Jr. profiles in the past 18 months, but The Washington Post’s in June was the only one to warrant a 20-page response from the Trump HHS nominee." Brad Slager at RedState examines The State of Our Media Complex: A Fake Trump Health Crisis Was Manufactured by the Arbiters of Truth. Elon Musk@elonmusk "The growth of propaganda in legacy media is easily tracked simply by counting word frequency." Quote The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole84, "Political Extremism was increasingly mentioned over the last decade in American newspapers." Mike LaChance wonders if he's taking it seriously, Could Elon Musk Actually Buy MSNBC? “How much does it cost?” WokeSpy foresees Several “Fake News” Media Outlets Could Face Bankruptcy During Trump’s Presidency.

At Campus Reform, East Tennessee State University art exhibit displays Nazi swastikas morphing into Christian crosses, features House Speaker Mike Johnson.

NewsBusters observes PBS News Air 10 Minutes of Trans Panic Over Trump's Win, Including the ‘Two-Spirit Kid’. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair adds Yeah. "Trump could really induce some head explosions if he went after the National Endowment for the Arts. That's the pyramid scheme funding PBS and NPR with our tax dollars." From RVN, CA Teens Fight Back After Being Compared To Nazis For Standing Up For Girls Sports. "Two teenage athletes at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California, have filed a lawsuit against their school, alleging that officials compared their “Save Girls’ Sports” T-shirts to “swastikas.”" Scott Pinsker at PJM, Bill Maher Beclowns Neil deGrasse Tyson on Scientific Bias: You Are ‘Part of the Problem.’  More at Hat Hair, where Capt. Ed  thinks Neil DeGrasse Tyson Flunks Science and Dave Strom asserts Neil DeGrasse Tyson Is an Ignoramus, Part Deux. Astrophysicists know about as much about sexual biology and economics as the man on the street, maybe less. 

I forgot to send my Rule 5s to the Wombat this week, but he still posted Rule 5 Sunday: Cheerful Bikini and FMJRA 2.0: Roster Like A Hole anyway. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Do You Want Fries With That?

In an amazing political stunt designed to thumb his nose at Kamala Harris over her unproven claims to have worked at a McDonalds as a wee lass, Donald Trump commandeered a McDonalds restaurant in Pennsylvania, worked the fryer and the takeout window. NYPo, Trump works fry cooker at McDonald’s — and MAGA faithful line up to order: ‘I’ll take whatever he gives me’. JTN. Watch videos of Donald Trump at McDonald's, working the fries, "Former President Trump stopped at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s where he worked the fry cooker and spoke to media through the drive thru window on Sunday afternoon. He was having "a lot of fun."" RSBNetwork, HE’S LOVIN IT: President Trump works McDonald’s drive thru and fry cooker, smacking down Kamala’s lies. At Twitchy, McDonald J. Trump: He Did It! President Trump Makes McDonald's Fries and Trump Practices Drive Thru Diplomacy as Woman Begs Not to Let U.S. Become Like Her Native Brazil. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Makes French Fries at Pennsylvania McDonalds. Mary Chastain at LI, ‘I Made it Myself’: Trump Works at a Pennsylvania McDonalds "“I’ve now worked for 15 minutes more than Kamala” at a McDonalds!" Nick Arama at RedState, MSNBC Goes Into Full Meltdown Mode As Trump Gets Huge Crowd and Cheers at McDonald's. Steven Cheung@TheStevenCheung, "MSNBC says working at McDonald’s is bizarre and strange. This is how @KamalaHarris and the elites think of everyday Americans who work everyday jobs." YaHoo! McDonald’s branch swears employees to secrecy over Kamala Harris’s employment history

Breibart highlights a new Poll showing Donald Trump Leading Kamala Harris In 5 Swing States, 3 Points Nationally. Matt Margolis at PJM sees 2020’s Most Accurate Pollster Released a New Poll... And It Is Weird "AtlasIntel, known for its accurate national polling in 2020, recently released a new set of numbers for the 2024 race. And boy, are they a doozy. According to the poll, Donald Trump is leading Kamala Harris nationally by three points, with Trump at 50.7% and Harris at 47.6% with a full field. . . . However, that’s not what their swing state polling shows. In fact, when you look closer at the state-by-state results, there are some serious questions about the reliability of these numbers. The main issue lies in the disconnect between Trump’s national lead and the battleground state data. If Trump truly has a two- to three-point edge across the country, he should be performing significantly better in swing states than this poll suggests." It's not a normal election.  Sarah Arnold at TownHall, PA Democrats See 103% Rise In Voters Leaving Its Party.  At Da Blaze, ‘It’s a tied game’: MSNBC pollster realizes Kamala is in trouble.  Da Mail goes Inside furious Kamala's campaign as infighting grips staffers and Trump emerges as red-hot favorite, "VP spends 60th birthday on the campaign trail as bettors predict Trump win." 'Streif' at RedState, Politico Claims Trump Is in a 'Media Blackout,' Objective Reality Called and Demanded a Retraction. Stacey Matthews at LI, Media Hoax: No, Trump Is Not ‘Exhausted’ or Slowing Down on the Campaign Trail, “What events have I canceled? I haven’t canceled. She doesn’t go to any events. She’s a loser. She doesn’t go to any events. She didn’t even show up for the Catholics last night at the hotel. It was insulting.” Matt Vespa at TownHall watches Bill Maher Remind Dems This Media Event Will Not Save Them From Trump. 

Da Mail, Finance guru Dave Ramsey 'doesn't care if you never listen to me again' because he's voting for Donald Trump. NYPo, Trump could scrap Education Dept., up school choice and boost education for all and Al Sharpton and Donny Deutsch worry they’ll be imprisoned if Trump is re-elected, but on enemy list. Stop, I already like him! Breitbart, Donald Trump: 21 Million Illegal Aliens in Country, ‘No Choice’ But to Deal Head On. Misty Severi at JTN, Trump teases suing '60 Minutes' for editing Kamala Harris interview. Fox Business reports Elon Musk kicks off daily million-dollar giveaway for signers of pro-Trump petition "America PAC backer awarding giant prize every day to a person who signs petition." Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok, "A California teacher allegedly had students do a mock vote for Trump or Harris. Those who voted for Harris are rewarded with a pizza party while those who voted for Trump are not."

Rich Lowry at NRO, The GOP Makes Democrats Pay the Price for Trans Insanity. Charlotte Hazard at JTN, Transgenderism looms large as issue, prominent pollster predicts it could swing Senate races to GOP, "We now have colleges forfeiting their [womens' teams] games rather than play against transgender athletes," Rasmussen said on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "So the issue has some general impact." 

At Althouse, "We expect our would-be tyrants to command a certain gravitas, to be earnest, play it straight. But Donald Trump almost never does." "He’s always smirking, acting coy, camp, or just plain bizarre. The effect can be deflating, confusing, bathetic. Can a man this ridiculous really pose an existential threat to our democracy?..." Roger Kimball at Am Great, 2024 Election Showdown: Harris’s America vs. Trump’s Comeback, "Were Kamala Harris elected, the “fundamental transformation of the United States of America” into a one-party socialist redoubt would be complete." At the Catholic Stand, The Character of Those Our Leaders Appoint Speaks Volumes. Rick Manning at TownHall, Why This Election’s Battle For The Supreme Court Matters More Than Anything Else. Joel Kotkin at Spiked worries Can the West survive four years of Harris or Trump? "Neither candidate is capable of restoring America’s faith in itself."

'Streif' at RedState wonders Did Pete Buttigieg Just Document Himself Committing a Federal Crime? Hatch Act, by campaigning for Kamala on Federal time. "Either he's actively campaigning for Harris or giving the impression of actively campaigning for Harris. Both are illegal. The real question is if anyone in the federal government cares. My guess is they don't for all the obvious reasons." At Da Caller Jason Snead explains how The Left Is Trying To Rig The System To Win. At Da Hill, Michigan secretary of state says she expects election results to be certified day after Nov. 5. NewsNation, Raffensperger denies voter fraud amid Georgia’s historic early-vote turnout. Mike Miller sees 'Serious' Fraud? Adam Schiff Files Contradictory Statements on 'Principal' Residences in Different States.

At the Free Bacon they're Bidding Farewell to Biden’s Foreign Policy "No More Half Measures." At American Military News, Biden announces $425 million in security aid for Ukraine. Sarah Arnold sees Biden's Biggest Concern If Trump Secures the White House, funding for Ukraine. A good politician, he stays bought, at least until a better offer comes along. John Kass goes inside Obama's mind The Big Guy and Me "Poor stupid Joe. All capped teeth and weak eyes. He always wanted to be called “The Big Guy” but he really wasn’t big was he? He was a little venal crook sticking his head out of the pocket of the credit card kings from Delaware.  How many Big Guys use their own crackhead son as a bagman?  His wife Jill hates me. Oh, she really hates me now. She sees me across the room and gives me that hard smile with those hate-filled crinkly eyes." Hat Hair sees a French Lady Trapped in a Trump Tariff Oubliette. 

KJP caught in a corner.

Biden-Harris admin say President Trump's tariffs are a "sales tax," but the Harris-Biden admin just announced new tariffs on Chinese goods.pic.twitter.com/sRAhNU27zo

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) October 20, 2024

At Hat Hair, Kamala Cacophony Unbearable, Scripted Juxtaposition Is Brutal. NewsMax cites Trump: 'Kamala's Agenda Is They/Them — Not You'. At Da Caller, Which Kamala Harris Should Voters Believe? DaWire catches Bernie Sanders On Kamala Flip-Flopping On Major Issues: ‘Goal’ Is To ‘Defeat’ Trump. "Harris went from supporting all key issues backed by Sanders to opposing all of them once her campaign launched." At WokeSpy,  In 1988, Kamala Harris’ Father Warned That Mass Immigration Was Harming African-Americans. At Da Caller, ‘Consistently Slipping’: Jewish Support For Harris Lowest Of Any Dem Candidate Since Reagan Era, New Poll Shows. OTP, Ousted GOP Congresswoman Cheney Campaigns With Harris In Pennsylvania. Dave Bernstein at Insty, HOW TO TURN OFF NORMIES, KAMALA HARRIS EDITION: Ryan King at NYPo, Christian students in Wisconsin speak out after Kamala Harris told them they were at the ‘wrong rally’. The Free Bacon, WATCH: Veep Thoughts With Kamala Harris (Vol. 27), 'You've got to take responsible for what happened in your administration.' Twitchy, He's a Wise Man: James Woods Offers Kamala Some Sound Advice for the Rest of the Campaign. 

At Althouse, The Washington Post Editorial Board pushes Kamala Harris to pay attention to the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States. "So here's what cued up the issue. There's an article in The Atlantic, published a week ago: "America Is Suffering an Identity Crisis/In two years, the U.S. will mark its 250th birthday, and the left doesn’t seem to care—giving up on America’s symbols and its very meaning." The left doesn't seem to care. But if Trump is elected he will preside over the occasion, and he certainly seems to care. I can now understand the WaPo editors' decision to forefront this issue. There's a horror of the Donald Trump Birthday of America Extravaganza and a chilling realization that his Make-America-Great-Again theme fits enragingly perfectly with the occasion. Quick! Present a left-wing alternative vision!" Also, Who better than Alec Baldwin to play the role of Bret Baier as a complete jerk in last night's "SNL" cold open? He does have the complete jerk thing down pat. Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair contemplates the possible horror of Secretary of State Pete Buttigieg?

Da Caller, ‘Literal Slavery’: Tim Walz Granted Hundreds Of Thousands To Meatpacker That Had Kids Cleaning Processing Plant. But I'll bet they were donors. 

AZ Daily Sun, ‘Disaster equity:’ FEMA shifts focus to migrants, climate, DEI.

Jonathan Turley, Adversarial Process or Oppo Research? Judge Agrees To Release More Trump Material Before the Election. Bob Hoge at RedState, CNN Legal Analyst 'Can't Think of Any Precedent' for Judge Releasing Trump Evidence So Close to Election. Brianna Lyman at Da Fed, Leftists Decried Comey For Flagging Hillary’s Emails. Now They Love Tanya Chutkan’s Election Interference.

At Hat Hair, Short Discussion: Trump Wins or the Retaliatory Lawfare Against Everyone Continues. 

I think @DavidSacks is right: Trump must win or the Dems will be emboldened and increase their retaliatory lawfare

I think @friedberg is wrong: the California Coastal Commission stated it doesn't have the power to limit launches at Vandenberg – I put the statement in the clip pic.twitter.com/pj7XCdvomq

— ALEX (@ajtourville) October 20, 2024

At Truth over News Jeff Carlson and Han Mahncke are in  In Search of Accountability for Anti-Trump Hoaxes "A potential new Trump administration must act swiftly to hold accountable those who perpetrated anti-Trump scams." Hat Hair finds Politico Loses It Over Trump Losing But 'Taking Power Anyway'. Beege Welborn adds "Spazz cases. Of course, when the first author's last name is Cheney, and they quote J-6 committee members as gospel, well. Let the fantasies rip." 

NYPo ed board, New York Times urges readers to call Trump a ‘fascist’ while pretending it’s journalism. Peter Berkowitz at RCP sees the Left Falsely Portrays Disinformation as the Right's Monopoly.

Campus Reform reports freshman hijinks, USC to host 'Demonic' drag show called 'Drag Me to Hell.'

The Babylon Bee, NASA Baffled At How Elon Managed To Succeed Without As Many Gay Non-Binary Muslim Dwarfs Of Color As They Have. "At publishing time, NASA sources still expressed skepticism that Musk would be able to successfully land a human being on Mars without the help of any gender-fluid atheist amputees of mixed racial descent."

Flotsam and Jetsam - Walzing Matilda!

Whee! It's windy here!

Stacy McCain on Tim Walz, Worst VP Pick Since Tom Eagleton? "Kamala Harris has been the designated Democratic candidate for barely two weeks, and she’s already screwed the pooch with her first major campaign decision, the choice of Tim Walz as her running mate. I’m sitting here with my office TV tuned to CNN, and everything right now is all about Walz’s disputed military service record." I doubt if Eagleton would have done as much damage. Matt Walsh at Da Wire, Woman Who Stole Nomination Picks Man Who Stole Valor As Running Mate. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed argues "This to me is the most salient point about the Walz stolen-valor issue. A competent vetting process, as Duane wrote earlier, would have either chosen a different candidate after discovering these issues or prepared an immediate campaign to defend the running mate. Instead, they've been caught off guard and are trying to make it up as they go along. And this is the one choice entirely within Harris' control."  Sean Trende at RC Polling, Kamala Harris' Puzzling VP Pick. PJM's VodkaPundit  thinks Tim Walz Is Bizarro JD Vance, Stephen Kruiser thinks the  GOP Should Send Kamala Harris a 'Thank You' Card for Picking Walz and Matt Margolis notes Even the Liberal Media Is Acknowledging Tim Walz's Stolen Valor. 

NewsMax, CNN: 'No Evidence' of Walz's Combat Claims, Blaine Holt to Newsmax: Stolen Valor a Big Deal for Vets and Rep. Derrick Van Orden to Newsmax: Walz Should 'Plead for Forgiveness'. Hat Hair's John Sexton, Post: Walz Knew His Unit Might Be Heading to Iraq Before He Retired. Kevin Trainor (Wombat-socko) at his substack, says he's Not The Very Model Of a Modern Sergeant-Major. Ace has More Stolen Valor Garbage: Walz Began His Political Career With Blatant Lie About Having Fought in the War on Terrorism; Atlantic Reporter Won't Say If Walz Lied to Him About Being a Combat Veteran, or If He Just Made It Up to Help Out the Team. Cam Edwards at Bearing Arms finds Realtree Issues Statement On Harris/Walz Camo Hats "Realtree DOES NOT support the Harris/Walz campaign. This hat they bought through a third party that we license to. Just want to be clear here because I’ve seen comments that say we’re supporting them. Simply not true." From WUWT, Dem VP Pick Gov. Tim Walz thinks we should ‘power our Navy using algae’ – Claims ‘the Pentagon is not a bunch of green tree-huggers’ – Morano responds. Proof he's living in the fantasy world of unicorn farts. 

Seth Dillon@SethDillon "The great irony is that his own statement — which he had every right to make — is misinformative." Defiant L’s@DefiantLs "Tim Walz says free speech does not apply to misinformation." Robby Soave at Reason, Tim Walz Was Dead Wrong About Misinformation and Free Speech. "Kamala Harris' veep should learn something about the First Amendment." At Althouse, "That Tim Walz falsely believes the free speech guarantee doesn't include what he considers to be 'misinformation' or 'hate speech' will bother almost no Dem supporters, since the vast majority of them want the state to be empowered to censor dissent." "Writes Glenn Greenwald, at X, displaying this . . . " Rick Moran at PJM, Tim Walz Is 'America's Dad'? Joe Moran Could Crush Walz and Pick His Teeth With His Bones. Reason complains Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Used COVID Relief Money on Things That Had Nothing To Do With COVID. "Minnesota used federal taxpayer dollars to cover state workers' parking costs, fund the Minnesota Zoo, and teach minority-owned businesses how to apply for government contracts." Ace, has Flashback: Tim Walz Signed a Bill Which Included Pedophilia as Part of the List of Protected Sexual Orientations "To be more precise: The old law defined sexual orientation by saying it explicitly did not include pedophilia." (Never drop the red acid.) Duane Patterson at Hat Hair reminds Democrats Vetting Isn't Just Looking For Someone Not Jewish.

At Da Caller, Kamala Harris: Momentum Or Fauxmentum? At Reason, Nate Silver: How Likely Is a Kamala Harris Presidency? Eric Abbenante@EricAbbenante, "James Carville (the last genuine Democrat) discussing how Kamala Harris' background is 'not all-American', and how she grew up affluent: "Her bio is not all-American. Both of her parents were professors at Berkeley. She doesn't have a 'up by the bootstraps' story. She grew up relatively affluent. College professors don't starve to death. Her bio is not the kind of thing she's going to win this thing on." Kamala Harris' 'up by the bootstraps' story: "So I met Willie Brown..."" VodkaPundit, Trump Just Said Out Loud What Everybody in Washington Is Afraid To "The presidency was taken away from Joe Biden." Matt Orfalea@0rf "EXCLUSIVE: In a newly discovered Zoom recording, the Biden/Harris team reveals how they manipulated voters to think Biden's mental decline was "disinformation".

Capt. Ed, The Silence of the Kams, or Where's the Beef -- And the Press? Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Reason Why Harris Refuses to Speak With the Media Is Downright Laughable. “There’s really no need,” the person said. “The voters that she needs are at the local level. They’re not reading the national press.” Benjy Sarlin@BenjySarlin "Trump is holding a presser today, we interviewed him last week and Vance yesterday and Vance is taking open press questions. Time’s just about up on Harris to avoid this becoming a thing. "Richard Goldberg@rich_goldberg, "Let's have an honest conversation about what happened last night in Michigan and what's going on right now with the @VP team's clean-up attempt. She was not on a teleprompter. She was not hiding behind a press release or a surrogate. It was Harris being confronted by a radical pro-Hamas group asking her to consider an arms embargo on Israel. When confronted with radicals in her face, she said she's open to it." RBe@RBPundit, "CNN, which is not a real news organization, found a way to admit they're not doing interviews with Harris because she's terrible at it by blaming it on Trump." Quote Maxim Lott@maximlott, "CNN's lead story ... the Trump campaign has a devious new plan ... trying to goad Harris into a trap known as a "major media interview"  Da Caller, ‘Absolutely Not’: Retired Border Patrol Chief Says Kamala Harris Never Once Spoke With Him About Border Crisis. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair is thinks it's Too Awful to Check: DNC Holding Up Pro-Israel Rally Permit? Capt. Ed presents 'Pull Off a Leg or Two': The Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Kamala Tried to Bury.

At Am Con, Why Wasn’t ‘Scranton Joe’ at the Harris-Walz Launch Rally? "The president said he would be on the trail for his replacement; Democrats seem to have other ideas." Politico acknowledges Pelosi on Biden: ‘Never been that impressed with his political operation’. "“They won the White House. Bravo. But my concern was: This ain’t happening,” the former speaker said in an interview." From the Martin Center, The Imminent Student-Loan Disaster We’re Not Talking About. "More than half of student-debtholders are not making payments. That is unsustainable." It's rational not to pay if you expect someone else to pick up the bill. From the Free Bacon, Biden-Harris Admin Said a $1B Program Would Bring Thousands of Solar Panels to Puerto Rico. Years Later, Only a Few Have Been Installed.

'We need to figure out how to move faster,' a solar industry expert said." But the money went to all the "right" (left) people. 

Jonathan Turley, The Justice Department Makes The Case Against Hunter Biden . . . and Itself in California. Capt. Ed, "I wrote about the new filing this morning. Turley's take goes in a different but very valuable direction, and raises the question as to why Hunter didn't get charged over FARA and corruption charges in the first place." Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, No FARA Charges for Hunter. Kevin Downey smells Chum in the Water: Hunter Biden Associate to Testify That He Bribed the First Son. 

Cathy Salgado at PJM, Illegal Who Tried to Breach Base Was on Terror Watch List, released on bail.

Paul Bedard at WaEx cites Jumbled polls show Trump up, surge in millennials and Generation X. NewsMax hypes a CNBC Poll: Trump Up 2 Points Overall, Well Ahead on Economy and Trump: I'll Expose 'Incompetent' Kamala Harris in Debate. Ward Clark at RedState, Former President Trump Speaks at Mar-a-Lago - and Takes Questions. Twitchy, Low Info Moron Mark Cuban Face-Plants GLORIOUSLY Trying to Belittle Trump/Vance Voters (Deleted, Got it). VodkaPundit, There's Lame and Then There's This Attempted WaPo Hit Piece on Trump. 

Ace, Biden Says He Doesn't Think There'll Be a Peaceful Transfer of Power in January 2025; Archdemocrat Jamie Raskin Says He'll Call Out the Army to Crush MAGA Protesters After He Refuses to Certify Trump's Election. "Is it possible that these two sentiments are strongly correlated?" Dave Strom at Hat Hair VIP is scandalized that Biden/Harris Put Tulsi Gabbard on Terrorist Watch List. At Reason, The FBI Raided This Innocent Woman's House. Will She Ever Get Justice? "Thus far, the courts have barred Curtrina Martin from asking a jury for damages. She is appealing to the Supreme Court."

At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn is jubilant that Elon Scores Another Bloodless Victory for Freedom: GARM Being Disbanded. At Freep, Elon Goes to War on Big Advertising. "The X CEO sues advertisers for ‘conspiring’ to boycott his platform. He has a point. But does he have a case?" Capt. Ed comments "Well, good. Musk may not win this case, but he's going to expose a cabal of speech-police activists that may not appreciate all of the sunlight they're about to receive. And Musk may be the only person who can afford to fight this war and have the resources to do it."

Eyal Yakoby@EYakoby "The @columbia Students for Justice in Palestine has just posted that they are “fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization.” It has never been about Israel, it has always been about destroying the freedoms and liberties of the West. @columbia, you created this."

O, Canada! At Twitchy, THE GLOVES ARE OFF: Jordan Peterson Vows to Fight After Canada's Supreme Court Rejects Reeducation Appeal. Stacy McCain is doing My Patriotic Duty: Posting ‘Material Which Incites Violence or Hatred’.

The British Crown Prosecution Services posted a message warning to “THINK BEFORE YOU POST,” telling Brits that they could be prosecuted for “posting material online which incites violence or hatred.” This comes in the aftermath of rioting after three girls were stabbed to death, and eight others injured, in Southport, about 20 miles north of Liverpool. Here’s the thing: This is all entirely the government’s fault.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: A Sight Not Seen For Quite Some Time up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Joe's 'Big Boy' Press Conference Goes About How You'd Expect

As scheduled, Joe Biden held what was billed as a "Big Boy" news conference, designed to show his superior policy chops over his competitor, Donald Trump. With a late start, presumably while they titrated his medication, it was 90 minutes long, with a long teleprompter speech, followed by questions from carefully chosen reporters, and likely planted questions at that. While not as awful as the debate, it was not the knockout solution to the questions of his aging that his campaign hoped. Some live stream comments at PJM, Biden Faces the Nation at Post-Nap Presser. Althouse, Let’s watch the Biden press conference. "Too much delay. It makes a bad impression. And we haven’t even seen him yet. . . I think he's doing reasonably well. . . He’s leapt over the low bar. This is the candidate. Deal with it, Democrats. . .  Whoa! He said his delegates, at the convention, are free to vote for anyone they want!" At the Wombats In The Mailbox: 07.11.24 (Evening Edition), EBL: Biden Having A “Big Boy” Press Conference Today, Here’s Blinken, Austin, & Sullivan Reacting To Biden Praising “Vice President Trump” During Presser. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.11.24 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy: Joe Biden’s “Big Boy” Press Conference Moved Back An Hour & X Has Thoughts. PJM's Matt Margolis thinks Joe Biden’s ‘Big Boy’ Press Conference Is a Disaster for the Democrats. "Of course, the speech was irrelevant. The questions and answers are what matter and it didn't go very well. In response to the first question, which was about Kamala Harris's ability to serve if he doesn't, he said, "I wouldn't have picked Vice President Trump to be Vice President if she wasn't qualified to be president." Ouch." 'Bonchie' at RedState, calls it a MELTDOWN: Biden Doesn't Know Who's President, Can't Read His List, and KJP Tries to Shut the Presser Down. James Lynch at NRO, Biden Strikes Defiant Tone in Bumbling Press Conference with Political Future at Stake. Sundance at CTH has the Joe Biden “Big Boy” Press Conference. At the Wombats In The Mailbox: 07.11.24 (Evening Edition), Herr Professor Jacobson at LI, My Hot Take: Biden Presser A Big Win For Donald Trump Because Democrat Chaos Continues. "Trump must be loving the chaos in the Democrat Party. That chaos will continue at least for some time period after tonight, maybe for weeks and months." RCP Video, @rcpvideo, "Reporter to Biden: Is Your Noticeable Decline Hurting America's Standing In The World?" Ryan Saavedra@RealSaavedra, "Biden, following numerous reports that all his events are extremely scripted and that the admin is in cahoots with reporters, starts off his Q&A: "I've been given a list of people to call on here." At OTP, ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR "Biden Suddenly Says 'I Beg Your Pardon' – To No One – In Middle Of Presser."

NewsBusters, Biden Confuses Harris, Trump in Rocky Start to Critical News Conference.  Sundance, Too Funny – Joe Biden Introduces Volodymyr Zelensky as “President Putin”. NYPo, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni rolls eyes, checks imaginary watch waiting for Biden’s arrival at NATO summit.

VodkaPundit at PJM, The Delegates Are Revolting! Biden Campaign Collapse Tracker Day 7. At Reason, Biden Can't Shake This. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair comments, "Technically, he doesn't have to. If he doesn't withdraw, he's the nominee. Democrats will be left trying to figure out how to shake this ... or more likely, spin it." NewsBusters, NY Times: Top Biden Aides 'Convinced' He Must Step Aside  Jim Treacher, Dems Can No Longer Suspend Their Disbelief, "Sorry, Joe." Wapoo, interpreted at Hat Hair, Awww: Team Biden Senior Staff Growing 'Despondent' Over Election Prospects. NYPo, Whopping two-thirds of Americans, most Biden supporters want prez to drop out of 2024 race: poll. At Twitchy, Jake Tapper Shares Text Message From Sad Longtime Biden Advisor And People Are NOT Buying It. The Free Bacon, Slotkin Won't Appear With Biden in Detroit: Report. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Pelosi and Obama Are Colluding to Get Biden to Exit the Race, But There's One Problem.  Phil Wegman at RCP, The Elite Are Abandoning Biden. Sundance at CTH, Hey Joe, The Call is Coming from Inside the Building. WaEx, Gretchen Whitmer suggests it ‘wouldn’t hurt’ for Biden to take cognitive test. Fox, Democratic Party in turmoil ahead of Biden's 'big boy' press conference. Brandon Morse at RedState, Biden Now Posing a Threat to Democrat Races in Both Chambers of Congress, Say Dems. OTP, Backstabber: Obama Knew About George Clooney Attack, Didn’t Stop. Breitbart, Michael Douglas: ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Biden, Calls for Him to Step Down ‘Valid’. NewsBusters, WATCH: Behar Is Distressed By All the Dems Speaking Out Against Biden.  Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.11.24 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy Morning Joe Says The Quiet Part About Obama & The Biden Campaign Out Loud. At the Wombats In The Mailbox: 07.11.24 (Evening Edition), American Conservative: Republicans Prepare for a Biden Ouster. Rick Moran at PJM hopefully, Will Biden Take the Democratic Party Down With Him in November? Dave Strom at Hat Hair, This Is Pathetic: Dems Apologizing to Dean Philips "But it really is pathetic that he was the only Democrat in Congress willing to state the obvious before it became necessary to do so: Joe Biden is unfit to be president.|

NYPo, Jen Psaki says Kamala Harris is best alternative to Biden but worries America too ‘sexist and racist.’ Althouse notes In the last day, Kamala Harris just drifted back ahead of Joe Biden in the betting odds. "Graphically depicted at RCP:"

At the Wombats In The Mailbox: 07.11.24 (Evening Edition), Don Surber thinks Biden likely stays "He sits on a quarter-billion bucks — and the nomination." and at Da Fed, Will Biden Cling To Power In 2024 The Way Democrats Predicted Trump Would In 2020? At City Journal, What Do You Do with a Failed Coup? "If President Biden holds on, as he looks determined to do, the media that long boosted him and are now trying to run him off will have to make another pivot." 

Joe Biden was an asshole, and he’s still an asshole and he’s the worst president since at least Jimmy Carter if not,James Buchanan. He’s not a decent nice guy. He’s an idiot. He’s corrupt. He’s a pervert. And he’s a jerk. A narcissistic, selfish jerk, and he always has been.

If… https://t.co/V09x10w4de

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 10, 2024

Capt. Ed, Dems, Media Begin Captain Louis Renault Award Contest Over Declinin' Biden. OTP, ‘The Dogs Are Loose’ – Angry Media Eager To Tear Into Biden At NATO Press Conference. Milwaukie J Sentinel, Milwaukee radio station says it agreed to edit interview with Joe Biden. Capt. Ed, "Earl Ingram also admitted that he took his questions from the White House. It's corruption all the way down." NYPo, Milwaukee radio station admits it scrubbed multiple Biden remarks from interview — at campaign’s request. Sundance, Milwaukee Radio Station Admits They Edited Audio of Joe Biden Interview at the Request of White House. "This latest admission adds fuel to a few fires.  #1 That Biden is having major cognitive issues; and #2 That the actual Hur tapes of the Biden deposition are unlikely to match the transcripts given to the House." 

Fox, Luna's bid to force Garland to hand over Biden-Hur tapes fails in House "Rep Anna Paulina Luna's resolution would have fined AG Merrick Garland $10K per day until release of Biden-Hur audi." Kyle Becker@kylenabecker "Plot twist: Hunter Biden took millions from the "f***ing spy chief of China" and has now become the "acting chief of staff" at the White House." Capt. Ed, Here We Go: House Oversight Subpoenas Biden's Handlers. 

From Da Fetched, Joe Rogan Says Open Border Used to Keep Dems in Power: ‘They’re Literally Importing Democratic Voters.’ Monroe Harless at Da Fed, The Left Misrepresents Stats To Deceptively Claim Illegals Are ‘Less Likely To Commit Crimes’. Paul Bedard at WaEx, Media ripped for falsely claiming Biden deported more than Trump. 

The Peacock crows Inflation falls 0.1% in June from prior month, helping case for lower rates. 3.3 to 3.2% Woohoo! Inflation Index Shows Americans Still Face Sky-High Prices, 

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.11.24 (Afternoon Edition), EBL: MAGA Golf: Trump challenges Biden to Golf Match (and Debate Mulligan) VodkaPundit has a Contrary Take: Trump's Golf Challenge Was a Master... Stroke. At the Slantic, Trump Is Planning for a Landslide Win, "And his campaign is all but praying Joe Biden doesn’t drop out." Matt Vespa sees A Must-Win State for Biden Is Now Veering Into Trump Landslide Territory, Pennsylvania. But they haven't count the 'mail-in' votes from Philly yet. Josh Kraushaar@JoshKraushaar "Cook Political Report: “In one set of surveys shared with me, Trump expanded his lead in Pennsylvania over Biden from four points to 10 points.” That would be landslide Trump territory." Even the Europeans see the writing on the wall, at WaEx, European officials extend hand to Trump and allies as second term becomes more likely. Althouse, "Monday will be dedicated to events under the banner 'Make America Wealthy Once Again,' Tuesday’s theme is 'Make America Safe Again,' Wednesday’s is 'Make America Strong Again' and Thursday’s is 'Make America Great Once Again'...." "Do you realize the GOP convention is just a few days away?" CBS 58, Here's why an expert on running mates thinks J.D. Vance will be Trump's V.P. pick. OK, but I'd rather have Younkin. At HillFaith, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY: How Should I Vote if I Don’t Like Either Candidate? At Da Caller, ‘I’ll Write Somebody In’: Republican Utah Governor Spencer Cox Says He Will Not Vote For Trump. That's just stupid, it's a binary choice, Trump or whoever the Democrats agree on. 

MD Kittle at Da Fed, There’s Only One Reason Democrats Oppose Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Vote. From the Wombats In The Mailbox: 07.11.24 (Evening Edition), The Federalist: Left-Wing ‘Civil Rights’ Groups Suggest It’s Racist To Keep Foreigners From Registering To Vote, Wisconsin GOP Prepares For Return Of Ballot Drop Boxes In November’s Election, Contrary To Media Claims,Democrats Continue To Spew Lies About The Contents Of Project 2025, and Will Biden Cling To Power In 2024 The Way Democrats Predicted Trump Would In 2020?  Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok, "Democrat Rep. Summer Lee suggests that passing a law that only American citizens can vote in our elections is a "xenophobic attack." They really really want illegals to vote." WokeSpy, Redditors Fear Citizenship Denial After “Accidentally” Registering To Vote. At OTP, Arizona Dem Candidate Accused Of Stealing Maricopa Election Tabulator Key. It just fell into my pocket! Sundance thinks Democrats are Putin. TNP reports Trump Vows to Prosecute Election Fraudsters, Including Mark Zuckerberg.

Stacy McCain takes on The ‘Misinformation’ Scam. At NYPo, a Bombshell report details how a little-known corporate cartel targets outlets — including The Post — claimed to be spreading ‘misinformation’ “The extent to which GARM has organized its trade association and coordinates actions that rob consumers of choices is likely illegal under the antitrust laws and threatens fundamental American freedoms,” NYPo, Elon Musk threatens to sue major companies over ‘advertising boycott racket’ targeting right-leaning media. Sundance, Oh Noes, Elon Triggered The Speech Police. James Rushmore at Racket has more from the FOIA Files: Clemson University,  "The FOIA request we sent Clemson University reveals a tight-knit relationship between university professors, federal law enforcement, and the news media." Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller, ‘These Positions Are Insane’: Josh Hawley Puts ‘Crazy’ Biden Judicial Nom On Blast For Bizarre First Amendment Claim.

This crazy judicial nominee thinks saying women and men are different is a First Amendment violation! Insane pic.twitter.com/GycO579Yt7

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) July 10, 2024

Paul Bedard at WaEx sees Media hate reaches epidemic level as bias expands "Voter disapproval of the media has become so normalized that lines such as “No matter how much you hate the media, it’s not enough” have become popular on Twitter, Facebook, and other sites." 

At WaEx, Seven states sue Biden HHS over transgender medicine for children. "Plaintiffs in the lawsuit, including Missouri, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Idaho, and Arkansas, argue that the rule violates the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, by requiring doctors to act against their sound medical judgment for patients with gender dysphoria." UPI whines Seven GOP-led states sue to block Biden's new anti-discrimination healthcare rule. From the Bleeding Fool, Disney Seeking White Transgender Actor for Lead in ‘Little Mermaid’ Musical. 

From the College Fix, University of Florida withholds diploma, suspends pro-Palestinian activists.

Campus Reform reports Harvard leftist summer reading list recommends book on how to indoctrinate students with CRT "One book suggests that ‘the US educational system is maintained by and profits from the suffering of children of color.’"

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Beatings Continue garnering clicks at The Other McCain.