Flotsam and Jetsam - Manic Monday

Just another.  Steve Richards at JTN reports Memos reveal FBI faced roadblocks to prosecute possible 2020 Michigan voter registration fraud. "The FBI collected witness interviews alleging voter registration fraud in Michigan in 2020. Newly-disclosed documents show the case was delayed, and ultimately “killed” by the Biden administration." Tim O'Brien at PJM, Did Former FBI Agent Nikki Floris Run a ‘Shadow Government' During the 2020 Election? Teri Christoph at RedState astonished ABC News Just Caught Democrat Senator Mark Warner Telling a Massive Lie About Voter ID. Not astonished that Warner told a lie, but astonished that ABC called them on it. Victory Girls note Democrats saying “Mad King” Trump Should Be Impeached For Nuclear Election Speech. Speech is free for everybody but Trump.

Eric Florack at PJM has suspicions Is Trump Grooming Marco Rubio As His Successor?. Rubio/Vance, or Vance/Rubio. Leslie Eastman at LI sees Science Over Climate Narrative: Dr. Matthew Wielicki to Lead America’s Climate Research. "Dr. Matthew Wielicki’s appointment signals a course correction toward true scientific rigor and away from narrative-driven climate alarmism." About time. 

At Althouse, "I was in a bad position, and they preyed on me, bro. They were chasing the money." "Said Boosie BadAzz, quoted in "Boosie Lobbied for a Trump Pardon. It Never Came. He Wants a Refund. The Southern rapper paid $600,000 to two right-wing operatives. Now, they’re in a dispute over a contract the rapper believes entitles him to at least half his money back" (NYT)." I didn't think lobbying came with guarantees.  

From Flopping Aces, China Doesn’t Have to Beat Us at AI … We’re Busy Handing Them the Win by Letting Doomers Panic Over Power Lines and Cornfields. Ars Technica examines the question Could China and Russia really destroy Starlink? Only with a boomerang. “We will likely have similar concerns and discussions when China fields its Starlink-like constellation.”

TownHall's Derek Hunter worries we have Half a Nation of Traitors. Sundance at CTH hosts Sunday Talks – Martha MacCallum Interviews DSA Co-Chairman Gustavo Gordillo About Using Vehicle of Democrat Party to Install Communist Government. "Gordillo explains the immediate DSA demand to control housing (govt), control food distribution (grocery stores), give free daycare for children, and create affordability for lower income citizens/aliens by taking the wealth from the high-income earners and giving the wealth to the lower income group." Amy Curtis at TownHall notes One of the DSA's Biggest Influencers Wants to Shred the Declaration of Independence, Too Milli Sands at Am Think thinks Communism Hasn't Been Done Right. (Yeah, That’s The Ticket.) "The current crop of young Democrat/DSA politicians is testing the leftist theory that communism will work if you just put the right people in charge." At Da Signal Victor Davis Hanson scoffs at The Left’s Search for a Working-Class Candidate. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "They really thought they could just walk into the Democrat Party because muh Trump and tame the dragon." Quote Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25, "At some point Dems are going to have to grapple with the reality that in the face of all of Trump and Republicans’ manifest horribleness and incompetence, people aren’t rushing toward the Democrats. If you think the DSA stuff is helping, you’ve never talked to a swing voter." Richard Grenell @RichardGrenell, "Sarah Longwell has come to the end of her TDS journey only to realize that Trump is the better choice. She’s now trashing Democrats." Fusilli Spock @awstar11, "Correct. This is what they want." Quote Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "The fun thing about this is that, per Article V, the Senate can’t be abolished without the consent of all 50 states, so this is functionally indistinguishable from a call to abolish the Constitution. x.com/cspanwj/status…" Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I am really getting sick and tired of "moderate" Democrats (as if such a thing actually exists) shouting that the DSA is some sort of new, existential threat to their party and to America. In reality, the DSA is the entirely logical and foreseeable outcome of the way Democrats have been pandering to the most extreme and perverse elements of our society for the past 40 years. Logical. Foreseeable. Stop acting surprised. You are what you are, you get what you deserve." Quote Jamie Metzl @JamieMetzl, "I am a lifelong Democrat. I served on President Clinton’s National Security Council and in the State Department under Madeleine Albright. I am also a lifelong human rights and civil rights advocate. But every Democrat and every American should recognize that the DSA." The Patriarch Tree @PatriarchTree, "“Supporting Hamas is not progressive.” — @VanJones68 DSA going to lynch him for that." Quote Van Jones @VanJones68, "I'm tired of being told that, to be a progressive, I now must swear allegiance to crazy ideas. I'm a strong Democrat, with a winning bipartisan track record. I'm rooted in progressive ideals and policies: criminal justice reform, Green New Deal, Medicare for All, free education, clean air and water. These are ideas I have fought for my entire adult life. But some people in groups like the DSA are pushing an agenda FAR outside those ideals. Supporting Hamas is not progressive. "No police, no prisons, no borders" is not progressive. Celebrating the murder of Israeli civilians is not progressive. These ideas are REGRESSIVE..." Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald, "I'll admit to having struggled to find coherence or consistency in liberal rules of identity politics. But even given this "complexity,", I will never understand why AOC has license to use a fake black preacher accent when speaking to black audiences:" At Althouse, That could be taken 2 ways. ""We’re well on our way to getting the government that we fuckin' deserve." Says Troy Jackson, in this video posted by his campaign. That's linked to in the NYT article "Maine Democrats Take Step Toward New Senate Pick, With Jolt of Momentum for Jackson/Troy Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, showed signs of significant strength, as half the state’s counties picked delegates to a convention where they will choose Graham Platner’s replacement." Reminds me of that old political joke: "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.""

At Da Signal, Victor Davis Hanson on Why Mamdani Wants to Erase Europeans From New York’s Immigration History. At NYPo, Critics slam Mamdani for threatening to arrest Netanyahu in NYC: ‘Delusional’ and ‘reckless’. From Fox, Controversial program paying drug users for used syringes becomes permanent in NYC. Instead of paying for treatment, they pay to keep people using. Betsey McCaughey at Hat Hair, Tolerating Homeless Encampments Violates the Rights of Everyone Else.

Driscoll at Insty, GOODER AND HARDER, LA: Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Your tax dollars are now subsidizing illegal food carts while 100 legitimate restaurants go out of business every year in LA. We live in a cuckoo clock. Are they gonna give restaurants free stoves, too? Or is this only for people who violate all the rules and pay no fees?" At NYPo, Supermarket takes drastic action to prevent meat theft: ‘Welcome to California’.

Larry Elder at Hair Hair claims On the Iran War, NATO Chief Agrees With Trump -- The Media Buried the Lede. At Da Signal Victor Davis Hanson warns Trump Has Just Weeks Left to Finish the Iran Conflict.

Hat Hair's Josh Hammer has hopes As AG, Todd Blanche Will Finally Seek Justice for Dems' Dirty Lawfare.

CTH hosts Sunday Talks – Border Czar Tom Homan Discusses Value of ICE Body Cameras Showing Insanity of Criminal Aliens and Leftist Agitators. CBD at Ace's Physical Deportation Is The First Step, And Cutting Illegals Off From Our Society Is The Next Step! Debanking. Hey, liberals did it to conservatives so it must be legal, am I right? Alex Muse at The Enterprise, Careful What You Gavel For: How Boasberg's Lecture Became Trump's Weapon, "Thanks, Your Honor: Trump Activates the Court Boasberg Told Him About." Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen, "If you ever wonder why migrant rapists get slaps on the wrist while white people go to jail in Europe - It's because the majority of their judges are female." Quote Stefan Schubert @StefanFSchubert. "A majority of judges are women in all EU countries except Ireland." I'd like to see that by state in the US.

Greg Lukianoff at The Eternally Radical Idea reports FIRE weighs in on Oversight Board AI report, Canadian free speech up in smoke, Colleges settle Kirk comment cases, & more! Joe Chalfant at TownHall, hears This Law Means That Praying at a Northern Ireland Hospital Could Land You in Trouble With the Police.

Jonathan Turley cites Gallup: Higher Education Hits Another Low in Public Trust as the Public Rejects Institutional Bias. "According to the latest Gallup poll, only 38% of U.S. adults have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education." Campus Reform reports Northeastern Illinois gender studies major enrolls just 4 students. Eliminate the department.

From NYPo, Historian says it’s racist to question her — after book about slavery pulled from shelves over inaccuracies. From Twitchy, Cops Tried to Edit THIS Part Out of Sunny Hostin's DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM Incident With Her Son and WOW.

At NYPo, a Chaotic bodycam video shows trans Florida student freak out on cop for ‘misgendering’ him — before being cuffed. From State of the Day, State of Friday: ELLEN PAGE'S MANFACE "She is the reality they always imagined. ... No matter how hard they try, Ellen Page is not going to explain masculinity to me." Liberty Unyielding reports a Transgender neo-Nazi assigned to women’s prison, despite wearing a mustache and being biologically male, in Germany.

Flotsam and Jetsam - A Funny Thing Happened in DC

Streiff at RedState observes Hundreds of Patriot Front Demonstrators Hit DC's July 4 Celebration and Minds Are Blown "Allegedly, Patriot Front is a Texas-based White nationalist group classified as such by the ADL and SPLC. It was created in the run-up to the infamous 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. A teenager named Thomas Ryan Rousseau executed a coup d’etat inside the “Vanguard America” organization by seizing its website and Discord server and declaring himself the Obergruppenführer, or whatever. After the rally, which we now know was organized and subsidized by the “anti-hate” group Southern Poverty Law Center (see SPLC Funneled $270K Cash to Charlottesville Hoax Rally Planner — ‘Manufacturing Racism’ – RedState), Rousseau rebranded the group as the “Patriot Front.” Here at RedState, we have noticed some peculiarities about this organization." RazörFist @RazorFist, "Reminder: Patriot Front were one of many "right-wing" organizations we recrntly learned the Southern Policy Law Center had funded. You guys can ditch the faggy gimp mask and buy a second outfit now." Quote Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas "White nationalists are marching down the streets of Washington, D.C. on America's 250th." John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "It’s simple logic… In the same we know the moon landing was real because of it weren’t, the Russians would’ve said so, if these were actual right wingers, the corporate media would have doxxed them by now." Quote Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee, "Patriot Front: Brought to you by leftists who don’t know that patriots don’t wear masks." Seattle Extremist @SeattleIndepen1, "How do you know Patriot Front is fake? If they were legit, the media would be in a feeding frenzy to find out who is funding them, there would be endless efforts to infiltrate with hidden cameras to capture compromising and embarrassing conversations, relentless efforts to dox members. There isn’t. Which means it’s a protected psyop." PoIiMath @politicalmath, "Patriot Front is a funny organization b/c left-wingers are like "these are the racists you support" & the right-wingers I know are like "go ahead and arrest them all"" Quote Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran, "1/10 Want to know how they quickly got 400 makes extremists in DC? It's because many of them are Republican staffers." Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "This black lady must feel extremely safe surrounded by dozens of federal agents." Quote Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas, "This image is from today. A Black woman sits on the DC metro as masked white nationalists prepare to march on our nation's capital. This is America's 250th anniversary. REUTERS/Cheney Orr."

Noticed they paid the fare instead of jumping the turnstile https://t.co/Pl1LHpf6Ro

— Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeaceful) July 5, 2026

To be fair, one of them did duck under the turnstyle. I'd really like to know who they really are, and who is paying, besides the SPLC.

PJM's Sarah Anderson notices The World Lights Up for America’s 250th, While the American Left Opts to Whine About It. At Twitchy, Lefties Melt Down Over US Men's World Cup Boost: Beg Balogun to Voluntarily Sit Out So Belgium Won't Cry. "Earlier, we told you the red card against the American men's World Cup Soccer team was rescinded. It's alleged President Trump intervened. The unhinged America haters (that makes them xenophobic) are falling apart over it."

Sundance at CTH hosts Sunday Talks: Secretary Burgum -vs- Dana Bash, Ambassador Hoekstra Interview Highlights How Canadian Govt Controls Canadian Media, A Shift Begins? Canadian Media Start Discussing Six-Month USMCA Termination Possible and President Trump and Russian Federation President Putin Held an 85-Minute Phone Call.

From Fox, Trump pardons 9 people convicted of tampering with emission controls on diesel engines "Alaska veteran Mac Spurlock was among those freed after armed EPA agents raided his shop over engine modifications." I believe he also revoked the regulations under which they were arrested.

Betsy McCaughey at Hat Hair, Mamdani's Rent Freeze Threatens Everyone Who Owns Anything. Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "Yeah, I don’t know that Mamdani is even worth responding to seriously because DSA rhetoric is just an incoherent pastiche of ideological slop that last had real salience more than 50 years ago. A meta-criticism pointing out that retarded theater kids have commandeered a major political party yet lack the requisite cognitive capacity to form a coherent ideological narrative for what they’re doing is probably closer to the target than responding to his midwit provocations in earnest." Quote Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi, "This Mamdani-style anti-American chic that gets gushing reviews from self-hating upper class neurotics is just a revived late-sixties/early 70s fad that was boring and stupid then, and still is now x.com/bobbyness11/st…" Vicky Taft at PJM features an Explosive Spencer Pratt Video which Dismantles Mamdani and Communism Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "The communist always must destroy your history. History is what attaches you to something. Memories make a home. The communist attacks your history to unmoor you from your home, so you won’t fight him when he demolishes it and renovates it in his image." Quote CSPAN @cspan "NYC Mayor Mamdani on American exceptionalism: "We are told that America is exceptional because we are richer, stronger, more powerful than everyone else... The truth, my friends is that America is exceptional because here, nothing is fixed into place."" Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "“If I’m being honest I have a much easier time connecting with baristas, nonprofit workers, grad students…” Uh, we know." Quote Lee Kuan Yimby @LeeKuanYimby, "R/Socialism: Men that build and maintain the things I think are basic human rights make me sick." Hat Hair's Larry Elder asks When Will Obama Say, 'What's Happened to My Party?'. My guess is never. Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "Obama invited the terrorist Ayers to his presidential library opening last month, after years of denying they had a relationship." Quote Stu Smith @thestustustudio, "Bill Ayers and Princeton’s Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Mark July 4th With No Patriotism, No Borders, and “Fuck the USA” As you celebrate Independence Day, remember that there is an entire class of activists, including many embedded in higher education, who spend their days trying to dismantle the country..." Jonathan Turley seems to be losing hope, “You Cannot Kill the Beast Until You Name it”: Democratic Politician Denounces the Declaration of Independence. "Pennsylvania state and socialist Chris Rabb, the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District, has joined the growing chorus of Democrats denouncing the founding documents and core institutions in the country on our 250th anniversary. The Democratic socialist is running unopposed for Congress and will almost certainly be a member of Congress after November."

From Da Caller, Ex-CIA Director John Brennan Sues Trump Admin Over Probe Into Russiagate, "claiming he is being “vindictively singled out for investigation and prosecution” by officials, according to court documents." As an architect of Russiagate, he knows a vindictive, partisan prosecution when he sees it.

NYPo finds Biden’s illegal immigration surge triggered 30% rise in home prices, $ 20% in rents, Fed paper finds. It's pretty simple economics, increase the demand without increasing the supply and prices rise. From CIS, DOJ Vows to Crack Down on Birth Tourism in Response to ‘Birthright’ Opinion. We'll see. Hat Hair's Josh Hammer claims Congress Can Still Ban Birthright Citizenship. Here's How.

Greg Lukianoff at the Eternally Radical Idea all about America turns 250! A full-on Frederick Douglassfest! Matt salutes Tom Paine! & more! "Bringing you the latest free speech news (7/5/26)" From the Chicago Boyz, Musings on the Declaration of Independence "The Constitution is the means of government; it is the Declaration that announces the ends of government. – Justice Clarence Thomas, Remarks on the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Apr 20, 2026." ((Aaron Walker))) @AaronWorthing, "Yes, but you can’t speak freely in that pub" Quote No Context Brits @NoContextBrits, "America is 250 years old. This pub is 1,466 years old."

From the Campus Reform, Those who agree with Charlie Kirk ‘deserve to go out like him,’ anonymous student says, "An anonymous student posted a message on an app called ‘Fizz’ implying that people who agree with assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk should be murdered as well." At the College Fix, Massachusetts principal apologizes to Arab students after lesson on Holocaust. In a slightly more hopeful sign, NYPo finds America’s medical schools tiptoe away from DEI — for now.

The Wombat has  FMJRA 2.0: Slowly I Turn up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Vandalism at the Reflecting Pool? Whoda Thunk!

PJM's Stephen Kruiser is Wishing a Summer-Long Rash on Libs Who Complain About Knicks' White House Visit. Nothing is too petty. John Sexton at Hat Hair notes The Top Story at the Washington Post is About Algae. It's amazing how fast algae can grow given light, nutrients and warm temperatures. Some double as many as three times a day. At GateWay Pundit, Leftists Vandalize Trump’s Newly Renovated Reflecting Pool by Cutting Blue Sealant Out and Writing “86 47” Message – Man Arrested. Check out emily miller @emilymiller, "Exclusive! RAW VIDEO. Man arrested for vandalizing Lincoln Reflecting Pool. He grabbed the hose that female National Park Service workers were using to clear the algae. Police and National Guard responded. Watch." He's old enough to know better. I hope they toss his ass into jail. Dmitri Bolt at TownHall sees Another Threat Against the President Appeared in Washington DC. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "JUST IN — EXCLUSIVE: United States Park Police are investigating an “86 47” inscription on the sealant of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool We discovered writing just now while walking the edge of the pool. This BS needs to end. This comes as mobile SURVEILLANCE TOWERS have been deployed around the pool, along with Park Police and National Guard on 24/7 watch. It’s insane to see that TDS is this bad that death threats are being written into the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial." At Da Wire recounts how Vice President Vance was Assailed On All Sides By The View’s Lies. At Althouse, "He came in strategically prepared to disarm us with niceness.... It worked on you, didn't work on me" said Ana Navarro. How dare he come in and be nice! He's a Republican!

On the Breitbart Bus, High Gas Prices Did Not Hurt Retail Sales or Push Up Inflation Expectations. "A pair of reports on American businesses suggests that the U.S. economy was remarkably resilient against the pressures created by the Iran War." Insty thinks it's FUNNY HOW STIGLITZ AND PIKETTY DON’T LOOK INTO THIS PHENOMENON: Financial Dystopia @financedystop, "The “Boom Belt” is basically America’s new economic engine. 11 states: Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Together, these states would have the 3rd largest GDP in the world. They’re responsible for around 70% of U.S. population growth and 57% of all new jobs." SnerdlyCornPop @SnerdlyP, "The Old South was misgoverned by Democrats for 150 years and within 2 decades of Republican governance it is now the economic engine of America. New England used to be Republican and prospered, but now it is becoming an economic backwater. California was the land of milk and honey when Ronald Reagan governed and now it is a train wreck of public unions and shit government."

Hat Hair's Dave Strom calls it Donald Trump's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week. Bruce Crossing @SenatorCrossing, "I’m married to a beautiful Italian-American spitfire who could be Prime Minister Meloni’s sister. I know that posture well. This conversation was not a pleasant one for our President." Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby, "BREAKING: The Trump administration has launched a Section 301 investigation into Germany over drug pricing, arguing Berlin’s policies force Americans to subsidize pharmaceutical innovation for the rest of the world." Hat Hair's John Sexton thinks Russia's Control of Crimea is Getting Much Harder to Maintain and Desperate Cuba Announces Free-Market Reforms. "Under the reforms, foreign investors are no longer required to form joint ventures with the state, large private enterprises will be authorized, and both Cuban and foreign investors will be allowed to acquire stakes in state companies..."

At TownHall Joe Chalfant has Bad News for Democrats: Republicans Continue Record-Setting Fundraising Totals and Jeff Charles hears Trump Just Warned This State Not to Embrace Mail-In Voting, Utah.

PJM's Cathy Salgado reports Tehran Mayor says War With 'Great Satan' U.S. 'Is Ongoing, Existential' and Stephen Kruiser is Starting to Get the Feeling That We May Never Get Along With Iran. Dmitri Bolt hears The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Just Declared the Strait of Hormuz Closed. Peel a few more layers off their leadership. CNBC hopes Hormuz relief may not ease the economic toll that’s already ‘baked in,’ analysts warn. At Hat Hair, Dave Strom hears Trump's Kinda Ticked Off as War Rages in Lebanon; Strait Closed for Now, Iran Deal Is Vance's Waterloo; Is He Napoleon, or the Duke of Wellington? and Iran Cancels Switzerland Talks while Capt. Ed reports Israel, Hezbollah Agree on Ceasefire, US Says. RDAW English claims a Kurdish dissident group reports Iranian attack despite war-end deal with US. Autism Capital @AutismCapital, "Referring to someone as a nation's "disfigured and probably gay supreme leader" is diabolical lmao." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Iran's disfigured, 'probably gay,' supreme leader agrees to direct talks with US, could start this weekend."

Ned Ryun @nedryun, "Obama has been, and always will be, a monumentally arrogant douchebag." Quote Fox News @FoxNews, "“The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” Former President Barack Obama took aim at America’s founders during the opening of his presidential center, arguing they left slavery intact and limited political rights despite laying the groundwork for the the nation. The remarks come just days before the United States marks its 250th anniversary, as Obama urged Americans to continue the work of building a “more perfect” union."

Jeff Charles hears a Federal Judges Just Ruled on Biden's Request to Conceal Ghostwriter Tapes. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn lets the cat out of the bag, Oh, Yay - Looks Like We're Going to Get Treated to POTATUS on Tape. Betsy Stauffer at LI sees Biden Dazed and Confused at the Obama Presidential Center. "Looking visibly confused, Biden removes his Ray-Bans and squints into the crowd. … in a weak, faltering voice, asks, “Where’s my granddaughter?” Capt. Ed thinks it's an Utter Disgrace: 'Where's My Granddaughter?' It's elder abuse. Matt Margolis thinks Hillary Accidentally Revealed the Dems' Big Secret About Joe Biden. They knew. "I think there were a lot of conversations going on behind the scenes," Hillary said. "I certainly am aware of that, and participated in a number of them, but there was no way to convince him by going public." From Ace, Hunter Biden Challenges Don Jr. to a Cage Match; Jill Biden's Trash "Book" Flops Hard but the Fake NYT Bestseller List Has It, Somehow, At #1 "A reality TV clown before actually being cast on a reality TV show."

Capt. Ed hears the Nazi-Tatted Creep Has Surprising Take on Law Enforcement: 'Opportunistic Cowards.' At the Free Bacon, James Talarico, Who Says His 'Faith' Requires Him To Oppose Super PACs, Is Using His Campaign Website To Give Them Direction—And They’re Taking It. "The Texas Senate candidate has compared rejecting money in politics to Jesus rejecting tests from the Devil." Chris Queen at PJM hears Jon Ossoff Tried to Mock Mike Collins Over His ‘Daddy.’ Then the Receipts Came Out. He made a fortunate choice of parent selection, too. "Ossoff slammed the Paycheck Protection Program that was part of the 2020 COVID-19 relief package because he claimed that the loans went “overwhelmingly to the highest earners,” but one recipient who got up to $1 million from the program was Richard Ossoff. Daddy Ossoff donated $8,400 to his son’s 2020 campaign." VodkaPundit at Insty notes THE BOLSHEVIKS ALWAYS OUST THE MENSHEVIKS: Mamdani seeks to remake NYC congressional delegation in his socialist image, clashes with old guard.

From Da Signal, ‘Affordability’? Virginia Drives Gun Manufacturer to Cheaper Georgia and The Art of the Deal "First, Spanberger agrees to put the marijuana retail market she vetoed in the budget. This was something she was decrying just a week ago! Then, somehow, the owner of that big THC store in Portsmouth—aka Lucas—drops her insistence that data centers in Virginia “pay their fair share” by reneging on $1.6 billion worth of sales tax relief on computers and peripherals purchased for their operations in the commonwealth." Scott McKay at Am Spec say Sanctuary’ Policy Is a Double-Edged Sword, As Virginia’s Dems Are Finding Out. "Virginia Democrats are learning that selective enforcement is a lot less fun when conservatives try it."

RCP's Susie Crabtree looks at The Newsoms, the Nonprofits, and the Federal Questions. At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Houston “Financial Integrity Advisor” Paid $127,000 To Show Up Twice This Year. From the Free Bacon, Notorious, China-Based American Mogul Is Running Shadowy Influence Campaign to Undermine U.S. AI Efforts, Give Communist China an Edge in Technology Arms Race. "Sen. Tom Cotton is calling for a Justice Department investigation into foreign efforts to undermine artificial intelligence infrastructure, such as data centers." Steve Soukup at Am Great looks at Elon Musk vs. the Democrats: Outcomes vs. Process, "Elon Musk didn’t leave the Left—the Left left innovation behind, and the world’s first trillionaire made them pay the price for it."

Capt. Ed cites Tulsi Gabbard: Here's How Fauci Helped Cause the COVID Pandemic - And Perjured Himself. Ward Clark at RedState reveals a Desperate Fauci Emailed Biden for Pardon on Inauguration Morning. Ace piles on with Tulsi Gabbard Releases Fresh Evidence That Fauci Funded the Creation of Covid-19, Then Intimidated Officials from Blowing the Whistle on His Crimes, "The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued this statement:"

Lucas Morel at Am Mind likes Justice Thomas’s Declaration "... because progressivism “has coexisted uneasily with the principles of the Declaration,” Thomas argued, “it is not possible for the two to coexist forever.” By alluding to Lincoln’s 1858 “House Divided” speech, Thomas suggested that America is undergoing an identity crisis, one that will have to be resolved for the house not to fall. In 2026, a year of reflection on the nation’s founding truths, Americans must decide whether to follow those who sought to create “the supposedly enlightened world of Hegel, Marx, and their followers,” or return to the faith of our fathers, the Spirit of ’76." Shipwreckedcrew reports The Supreme Court To Decide Whether Illegal Aliens Have A "Due Process" Right To Be Released From Custody While Awaiting Deportation. "The Court stopped short of making such a finding in 2001 in Zadvydas v. Davis but the issue is back with the aggressive enforcement by the Trump Administration of Immigration Laws."

Dave Strom sees Philadelphia's D.A. Krasner Keeps Getting Bad News. "In a forceful and scolding opinion, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office misled the courts, “violated its duty of candor,” and submitted false statements when asking a judge to vacate a 2004 murder conviction. In the opinion released Tuesday, Justice Kevin Dougherty wrote that prosecutors’ pattern of misleading judges in seeking to overturn murder convictions is so troubling and recurrent that, going forward, before Krasner’s office seeks such relief, judges must notify the state attorney general’s office and allow it to review the case." Vicky Taft at PJM, Ten Years After Antifa Attack, a Reporter Seeks to Win Back His Second Amendment Rights "Mike Strickland is asking for his Second Amendment rights to be restored in a Portland courtroom on Thursday. The request comes ten years after his 2016 assault on the streets of Portland by Antifa and Black Lives Matter's activists at a "Don't Shoot Portland" event. I've reported on his case multiple times since the incident. Strickland seeks to have his multiple felonies reduced to misdemeanors so he can begin the process of clawing back his Second Amendment rights. He asked friends to write letters of support. Strickland thought mine would be too triggering to a Multnomah County judge. You can be the judge of that..."

John Sexton thinks The Post's Coverage of the Minnesota 'Antifa' Indictment is Pretty Bad. From Da Caller an Islamic Group With Terror Ties Tried To Infiltrate Texas GOP — Media Treated Them Like The Victims. At TCW, How the BBC conspired with open border activists to rig Question Time and ambush Reform.

Matt Lamb at LI notes DoorDash Drops Southern Poverty Law Center as ‘Gatekeeper’ of Employee Donations. "The Southern Poverty Law Center continues to lose credibility." I never noticed they had any.

YaHoo! reports Keir Starmer 'considering resigning' after Andy Burnham by-election victory "Several Cabinet ministers have reportedly told Starmer "to go" or set out a timeline for his departure." Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis, "So what’s the acceptable number, Piers?" Quote Piers Morgan @piersmorgan, "Many thousands of young girls were raped and abused in the grooming gangs scandal, crimes that were then shamefully covered up by authorities. But the 250,000 victim statistic was invented and according to this independent report, massively exaggerated." yaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan, "“But the absence of a coordinated, unembarrassed, angered feminist response on the scale this scandal demands is impossible to ignore. The inquiry is explicit: “The country now knows the full truth. The country has been given the basis for justice. The country has the roadmap to ensure these crimes never happen again.” Yet the response of the major women’s movements has been silence.” @TheFP" Beege Welborn asserts the UK is Being Swallowed by Its Own Imported Crocodiles and John Sexton reports as sign of sanity in a UK Court: No Trans Women in Female Prisons.

Insty says HAPPY JUNETEENTH!

At his NYPo gig Insty writes Our campuses are corrupt — and higher education is due for its comeuppance, and he's a perfesser so he knows. Complete Colorado reports an ‘Unofficial’ CU student group cheers for Boulder firebomber. The College fix likes that the Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down race-based college scholarships. Mary Chastain at LI, Arkansas Student Scores Improve After State Rejected DEI and Focused on Fundamentals "So weird what happens when you eliminate the social justice nonsense!" Driscoll at Insty has another DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Cigars, a canceled lacrosse season and the scandal rocking a Massachusetts town. Autism Capital @AutismCapital, "They revoked their entire season for…smoking cigars? What? The image of a team celebrating with cigars was too “chauvinistic” for people to handle and they chimped out? What the heck is going on here?" Quote Disgraced Propagandist @DisgracedProp, "Insane thing happened in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Winning lacrosse team seniors photographed smoking cigars while celebrating their graduation. Forced to FORFEIT their entire season just before big playoff game for "violating state athletic association rules against tobacco use." Guy Benson @guypbenson, "oh that checks out." Quote Disgraced Propagandist @DisgracedProp "The same Ipswich principal Jonathan Mitchell who forced the lacrosse boys to forfeit their season for smoking cigars at graduation also banned a student org for ties with TPUSA."

At the FreeP, How Vermont Became Ground Zero for the Anti-Israel Movement. Well, they keep electing Bernie, don' they?

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.18.26, In The Mailbox: 06.19.26 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 06.19.26 (Evening Edition). Linked at the Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile, Somewhere In The Great Basin a bit late, but within reason.

Flotsam and Jetsam - FBI Nabs J6 Bombing Suspect, Supes Buy Texas Gerrymander

And MAGA he's not. Cathy Salgado at PJM, J6 Pipe Bomber Arrested: Nick Sortor @nicksortor "BREAKING: The alleged DC pipe bomber, arrested about 90 minutes ago in in Virginia by the FBI, is expected to appear in court TODAY His identity has still not been released This could get spicy." Althouse finds "The suspect’s identity remained unclear for the moment, but the arrest could ultimately provide an answer to one of the most tantalizing mysteries arising from the Jan. 6. riot." "I'm reading "Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot" (NYT). "The break in the case was not based on new information but came after agents bore down yet again on their investigative files and discovered a new lead, according to one person familiar with the matter."" Ace, Pam Bondi Announces Charges Against J6 Bomber Brian Cole, Jr., Says More Charges May Be Filed, Feds Raid Home Linked to Suspected J6 Bomber, a Suspected "Anarchist" and Bondi, Pirro, Bongino Crow About J5 Bomber Arrest, Note That Biden Allowed the Case to "Languish." "A lot of celebrating from the beleaguered DOJ leadership. ... Federal agents swarmed the Woodbridge, Va., home of 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. following the break in the case that has vexed and embarrassed the FBI for nearly five years." From Sundance at CTH, FBI Arrests Male J6 Pipe Bomb Suspect in Virginia and the DOJ Press Conference Announcing Arrest of J6 Pipe Bomber, Brian Cole – Indictment pdf. John Sexton at Hat Hair on Who Is Brian Cole, Suspect in the DC Pipe Bomb Case? "Brian Cole, Jr. worked for a bail bonds company run by his father that worked to free illegal immigrants from ICE facilities and sued the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security. Weeks before 30-year-old Cole Jr. allegedly planted pipe bombs at the headquarters of the Democrat and Republican parties on January 6, 2021, a court ruled against the company in its lawsuit attacking the Trump administration on immigration issues, The Daily Wire has learned... Later in 2021, the company held a press conference bemoaning anti-black racism with a left-wing attorney. Cole Sr. and Benjamin Crump, who represented the family of Trayvon Martin, attempted to sic the Biden Department of Justice on a local Tennessee prosecutor who had raised questions about the bail bond company." Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Suspect in the J6 Pipe Bombing Incident Has Been Captured. Why the Story Could Vanish Soon. NYPo, Accused DC pipe-bomber Brian Cole Jr.’s dad once defended by famous civil rights attorney who repped George Floyd. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "The January 6th pipe bomber terrorist was… - a young black guy - radical anti-Trump activist - sued Trump & ICE & DHS - extreme racial justice advocate - works at his family bail bonds company that frees criminal aliens from ICE custody Yeah, this explains exactly why the FBI & DOJ could not “find” this guy for 4 years. The Biden FBI had mountains of evidence against Brian Cole. Receipts, cell data, license plate, photos and videos of the crime. They knew exactly who did it! But Brian’s profile destroys their entire ‘MAGA white supremacist insurrection bomber’ narrative in one blow. The FBI didn’t “fail” to catch him. Leftists protected their own. This is the biggest FBI cover-up scandal in history. What a nightmare…" From Twitchy, When Jake Tapper Said the J6 Pipe Bomber Was a ‘White Man’ and Then This Happened Greg Price @greg_price11, "Jake Tapper identified the J6 pipe bomb suspect as a “30-Year-old white man.” Idk about you but this guy does not look white to me." Technofog, Brian Cole: The DC Pipe Bomber "Next question: whether he was working alone." Sister Toldja at RedState, Watch: Democrat Senator Hilariously Own-Goals His Party With Criticism of DOJ Pipe Bomb Case Arrest. Tim Burchett @timburchett, "Your Democratic party controlled FEDS had it for 4 years. @FBIDirectorKash and #Bongino had it for 9 months and solved it." Quote Townhall.com @townhallcom, "Democrat Senator Mark Warner: It kinda makes me "crazy" to see the Justice Department treating the arrest of the pipe bomber suspect as a "victory lap.""

Pretty nice house for an "anarchist". https://t.co/mUX0fuxJfa

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) December 4, 2025

John Solomon at JTN Patel tells Just the News the FBI is 'faster, stronger, more accountable' after reforms "FBI director and his deputy outline a dozen new reforms they have implemented."

Susie Moore at RedState reports Supreme Court Allows Texas Redistricting Plan to Stand. John Sexton, Supreme Court: Texas Can Use New Congressional Maps. Althouse, "The court’s brief, five-paragraph order indicated that 'Texas is likely to succeed on the merits of its claim that the District Court committed at least two serious errors.'" ""Moreover, it added, the lower court 'improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign, causing much confusion and upsetting the delicate federal-state balance in elections.'" From "Supreme Court allows Texas to use redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory" (Scotusblog). Here's the opinion. There's a long dissent by Kagan, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson, arguing for deference to the decision of the district court. Alito writes a concurring opinion, joined by Thomas and Gorsuch:" So that's kind of new; now the Supreme Court is supposed to give deference to the hand picked activist Democrat on the district courts. 

Sundance sees a Leaked Transcript of EU Conference Call with Zelenskyy Highlights Fear of Trump Securing Peace for Ukraine "“There is a possibility that the U.S. will betray Ukraine on the issue of territory without clarity on security guarantees,” Macron said, according to Spiegel, adding there was “a great danger” for Zelenskyy. The Élysée did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment. Spiegel reported the Élysée denied in a statement to the German outlet that Macron spoke of any betrayal. “The president did not use those words,” Macron’s office said, per Spiegel." From TNP, Venezuela Reopens to U.S. Deportation Flights Following Trump’s Airspace Ban. Sara Anderson at PJM reports Maduro’s Ex-Insider Turns Snitch, Sends Trump an Explosive Letter. "Hugo “El Pollo” Carvajal Barrios is an ex-military intelligence officer for the Venezuelan government and was a powerful official within Maduro's Cartel de los Soles. Today, he's in U.S. custody, charged with narco-terrorism, among other things. As part of a plea deal for a lighter sentence, he's agreed to help the U.S. government by telling it everything he knows about Maduro and the cartel."

A Hat Hair video, AFP’s Brent Gardner: Democrats Can’t Claim ‘Affordability’ After Driving Historic Inflation and Capt. Ed, The Rent's Not So Damn High: Has Trump Turned a Corner on Affordability? unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "The gop should be taking a victory lap and telling Americans how they are bringing back affordability to the voters. This is easy politics. Celebrate the wins. Make the people see what you are doing." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "CNBC reports the national median rent just fell for the fourth straight month. More progress. More to be done. https://cnbc.com/2025/12/02/apartment-rents-vacancies-november.html."VodkaPundit at Insty, HOW MUCH OF THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS WAS REALLY JUST THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRISIS? Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, "Turns out 2 million migrants going home does wonders for rental vacancies." Quote Barchart @Barchart, "Multifamily Vacancy Rate hits 7.2%, the highest level ever recorded." And HMM: Small businesses cut 120,000 jobs in November, ADP says. Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, ""Weak" job growth but no layoffs. It's almost like there's simply fewer people -- like, say, 2 million illegals." Quote Lisa Abramowicz @lisaabramowicz1, "Initial jobless claims just fell to the lowest since Sept. 2022. Not screaming distress." VodkaPundit at PJM sees Washington's Spending Train Is 'Unstoppable.' It's a weakness of our republic; Politicians on both sides see advantage in taking a little from the many (often from the future), and giving it to the few now. 

At ET, IRS, Treasury Issue Guidance on Trump Accounts "Five types of contributions can be made to a child’s IRA account until the child turns 18." "The tax-advantaged Invest America accounts, commonly referred to as “Trump accounts,” were established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law by President Donald Trump in July. The plan aims to provide every newborn child with a “head start toward lifelong financial security and the American Dream,” the White House said in a Dec. 2 statement.
Any child younger than 18 who is a U.S. citizen and has a valid Social Security number may open a Trump account. In addition, children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028, will receive a $1,000 initial seed contribution from the government, according to the joint guidance issued on Dec. 2." From News Wax, Bessent Sees More Private Contributions to 'Trump Accounts'. 

Matt Margolis at PJM thinks Democrats Humiliate Themselves AGAIN With Another Epstein Drop. That dead horse is down to bones. NY Post Opinion @NYPostOpinion, "I asked if Trump Derangement Syndrome is real: I got the death threats in reply proving it is https://trib.al/VCdpkYi." At Hat Hair, a Larry video, Kennedy Family Cancer Diagnosis Ends in Political Hit Job. Dave Strom, And They Call This 'Journalism'

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog thinks Trump (Inexplicably?) Pardons Henry Cuellar. “Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman’s wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH,” Trump wrote. "The president said that Cuellar “spoke out against Open Borders” and that the previous administration would “attack, rob, lie, cheat, destroy, and decimate anyone who dares to oppose their Far Left Agenda, an Agenda that, if left unchecked, will obliterate our magnificent Country.”" My working assumption has been that these political calculations may indeed be why the Biden Administration charged Cuellar…but that he was probably guilty as well." TNP, Trump Pardons Democrat Who Accused Him of Inciting Insurrection, Voted for Impeachment. From OTP, Trump Pardons Businessman Indicted By His Own DOJ In July "Trump issued the pardon of Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke without a public statement. It’s unclear why he pardoned Leiweke, though he is represented by Trump ally and former Rep. Trey Gowdy. Gowdy lobbied the administration to drop the case against Leiweke or grant him clemency, CNN reported."

Insty, #BURN. Also, the answer is yes.

Is this photo is suitable for someone serving as White House Press Secretary?

Let's see 😉 pic.twitter.com/aHk36es7u4

— Godly Nation (@GodlyNations) December 1, 2025

Turns out the poster was from Africa.

Cathy Salgado has an Update on Wounded Guardsman Andrew Wolfe "Andy remains in critical but stable condition. He was more active today as he had his eyes open often, he had a period of about 10 minutes where he was raising his left arm and leg well into the air and he was trying to grab his breathing tube. His vitals remained stable during this period which was good. He had no setbacks today. Tomorrow he will have his tracheostomy and feeding tube surgery and they will remove the breathing tube that runs through his mouth and down his throat. As always, we thank you for your love, support and kindness."

Bob Hoge at RedState, Jim Jordan Demands Answers on Arctic Frost, Subpoenas Former Special Counsel Jack Smith. Smith wants an open session so he can dish dirt on Trump. From Fox, Court says Boasberg didn’t know Arctic Frost subpoenas hit lawmakers, Grassley calls that ‘deeply troubling’. "Court official suggests Biden DOJ did not notify chief judge that Arctic Frost subpoenas targeted members of Congress." Din't know nuffin.' At TNP, Top Federal Court Official Defends Boasberg in Arctic Frost Scandal and Stefanik Secures FBI Weaponization Provision in Defense Bill After Clash with Speaker Johnson, "The provision requires Congressional disclosure when the FBI opens counterintelligence investigations into presidential and federal candidates." Sundance says Watch Out for the 2026 FISA 702 Reauthorization. They won't give up domestic surveillance so easily. 

 On the demise of Lititia James' case in Georgia, the At J Con, says the Trump case was a steaming mess, but a lost opportunity for justice "Pete Skandalakis ended up with the case after he was unable to dump it off on any other DA in the state." At TownHall, Byron York says a Requiem for a Scandal. "Nothing in the evidence suggests that [the contingent electors] conspired to overturn the election," Skandalakis wrote. "On the contrary, the record overwhelmingly demonstrates that the electors believed their actions were legally required to preserve Georgia's electoral votes in the event President Donald J. Trump prevailed in the then-pending lawsuit in Fulton County challenging the election."

RCD takes on The Seditious Six. Mike Kochin at Am Great sees Principled Cowardice and the Seditious Six. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "It just dawned on me what Seditious Mark Kelly might be up to. THEORY: -Kelly clearly thinks he can run for President. -Kelly saw that when the lawfare goons had Trump arrested, it basically ensured Trump's election. -So Kelly is purposely getting even more seditious and is goading Trump into having him recalled to active duty for a court martial. -Kelly thinks the blowback will get him elected. He wants to be a martyr. Just a theory, mind you, but the difference is that every charge against Trump was fabricated nonsense whereas Kelly actually has violated numerous sections of the UCMJ." C3 @C_3C_3, "Well well well… It appears Mark Kelly leaked classified information trying to frame Pete Hegseth for leaking classified information. Oops!" Sundance thinks Democrat Senator Mark Warner Advocates for Military Coup against President Trump.

At AOL, Retarded Tim Walz Says Trump’s Slur Is Inspiring Others To Scream It Outside His House. Does his wife still sleep with the windows open? From the Free Bacon, WATCH: ‘Then Why Aren’t There State Prosecutions?’ Local Reporter Calls BS on Tim Walz’s Claim He Sent Somali Fraudsters to Jail. "Walz appears to be taking credit for the actions of a conscientious state official who alerted the FBI to Feeding Our Future's scheme." WaEx, Tim Walz promotes new Minnesota paid leave program open to ‘undocumented workers.’ Althouse, If the Minnesota fraud was so huge, why didn't government officials notice and take action? "The question is asked on today's episode of the NYT podcast "The Daily." The answer is two-fold: 1. A group called Feeding Our Future accused the state of racism for "slow walking" their application. This wasn't long after the "national reckoning" that followed the death of George Floyd, and "at that time, nobody wanted to be called a racist, even it was wholly unfounded" and "that really had a paralyzing effect on people in state government who knew something funny was going on, but didn't really want to stick their necks out and stop it." 2. Money was cycling back to the Democratic Party. "Somali Americans have become politically quite powerful in the state... and... became important donors to their campaigns.... [S]ome democratic elected officials... worried that any action they took to question or intervene in a way that would maybe stop these schemes, could have alienated a really important constituency." My bold.

Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo, "“They stole billions, but they paid $67 million in taxes.” Quote KSTP @KSTP "Somali Minnesotans generate at least $500 million in income annually and pay about $67 million in state and local taxes." At Fox, Ilhan Omar pressed to explain how fraud in Minnesota got 'so out of control' "Small Business Administration probes groups tied to $1B COVID fraud scandal in Omar's state." You didn't stop us, was her response. Capt. Ed calls it Today's Deep Question: What Did Ilhan Omar Know About Minnesota's Billion-Benjamins Fraud? Tom Knighton at BA, says Ilhan Omar Just Let Cat Out of the Bag With Anti-Gun Comments "“We have more guns in this country than we have humans,” she said in the video. “So, one of the things that is going to be important is to create a registry so we know where the guns are. We know when they go into the wrong hands when they’re stolen. And we can actually start a buyback program. I know that some of the Minnesota legislators have had that legislation, and that’s something that we should be thinking about on a federal level.” It’s interesting that Rep. Omar would mention a “gun buyback” in the same breath as gun registration. Pro-gun advocates have warned for years that registration always leads to confiscation wherever it has been tried. Thus, anti-gun Democrats have avoided lumping the topics together."

At Homeland Security, Miles from Nation's Capital, ICE Arrests ISIS-K Afghan Terrorist Who Was Released into the U.S. Under Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome. From NYPo, Chilling new details emerge about killer migrants responsible for 29 homicides sprung from NY jails instead of being handed off to ICE. Tim Graham notices Journalists Can Promote 'Sedition' When It's 'ICE Resistance'.

PJM's Matt Margolis notices a GAO Bombshell Reveals Obamacare Fraud on a Massive Scale and Stephen Kruise asks When Does the Part Where Obamacare Fixes Everything Happen? Short answer, never. From Fox, Schumer unveils Democrats' Obamacare fix plan, likely dead in the water, "Schumer unveils Democrats' plan to prevent Obamacare subsidies from expiring ahead of key vote."

From Breitbart Gavin Newsom Pushes Retroactive Tax, Including Those Who Fled the State. You have money; we want it.

John Solomon at JTN reports an Election Integrity Push: DOJ on track to compel voter roll cleanups in over half of U.S. states ""The sloppiness of the elections in blue states is no accident. It is on purpose. It is a feature, not a bug," Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet J. Dhillon says." Shrinking the margin of fraud. 

From Twitchy, Morning Joe Host Who Assured Us Biden Was Sharper Than Ever Says Team Trump Is 'Making S**t Up Every Day'. Don Surber says Pentagon reporters self-deported. America won. "On October 15, roughly half of the 101 members of the self-important Pentagon Press Association turned in their credentials as Pentagon reporters to protest new rules such as not giving reporters free range in the military headquarters. These are the eagle-eyed journalists who never noticed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in the hospital for a month." Capt. Ed hears Don't Fall For Fake News on Israel, Young People, Says ... Hillary Clinton, who invented both the term "fake news" and the Russiagate Hoax. Dave Strom sees The Vaccine Debate Is Not Driven By Science, gives the Hep B Example.

At Breitbart, Tennis Great Margaret Court ‘Upset’ over Transgender Propaganda Confusing Children. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports America First Legal wins case against Fairfax County Public Schools over boys in girls' bathrooms "AFL obtained judgment on behalf of a female student who was told that if she was uncomfortable with a boy in the girls’ bathroom, then she must use a different restroom." Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen, "If you call everyone from Trump to Sydney Sweeney to JK Rowling "Hitler" Then yes, it does in fact follow that Hitler must not have been that bad." Insty has a FLASHBACK: "Draft women? Why not? It occurs to me that if you want to boost birthrates, having a draft for women with a pregnancy/motherhood exception would probably do it. We certainly see high pregnancy rates among female troops scheduled for deployment already . . . ."

From the College Fix, Nine in ten college students think ‘words can be violence’, but mostly conservative words.

More stuff at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.03.25 and In The Mailbox: 12.05.25 (Afternoon Edition)!

Linked at 357 Magnum in Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups. How meta. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Old Trucks & Young Babes (Part 2 of n) and FMJRA 2.0: Another Winning Week up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.