Forget It Jake, It's Baltimore

From the Balmer Sun, Concrete falls from railroad bridge, striking car in East Baltimore

One person was injured when concrete came loose from a railroad bridge in East Baltimore and struck a car below on Sunday, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department.

The concrete fell onto the westbound side of Northpoint Road around 11:30 a.m., hitting the car’s door and breaking the windshield. The driver suffered minor injuries and was hospitalized, fire officials said. She walked out of the car on her own and was the only person in the vehicle.

Fire department spokesperson John Marsh initially referred to the accident as a “partial collapse” but later emphasized that the concrete was only debris. Twelve fire units responded.

The roadway was temporarily closed Sunday with traffic being rerouted at Quad Avenue and Northpoint Road. Sunday afternoon, there was still debris in the road under the bridge.
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Amtrak said around 3 p.m. Sunday that its crews had completed a safety analysis of the bridge and that train traffic was set to commence pending approval of the City’s Department of Transportation. The department did not respond to a request for comment.

I'm sure the bridge is fine, just fine. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - The Biden Coercion Scheme? Biden Plans Trans-Pacific Railroad

As Margot Cleveland at Da Fed reveals, The Bidens ‘Coerced’ Burisma To Pay $10 Million In Bribes, Says Credible FBI Source 

In the FD-1023 from June 30, 2020, the confidential human source summarized earlier meetings he had with Zlochevsky. According to the CHS, in the 2015-2016 timeframe, the CHS, who was providing advice to Zlochevsky, told the Burisma owner to stay away from the Bidens. Then, after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential contest, the CHS asked Zlochevsky if he was upset Trump won.

Zlochevsky allegedly told the CHS he was dismayed by Trump’s victory, fearing an investigation would reveal his payments to the Biden family, which included a $5 million payment to Hunter Biden and a $5 million payment to Joe Biden. According to the CHS, the Burisma executive bemoaned the situation, claiming the Bidens had “coerced” him into paying the bribes.

The CHS responded that he hoped Zlochevsky had taken precautions to protect himself. Zlochevsky then allegedly detailed the steps he had taken to avoid detection, stressing he had never paid the “Big Guy” directly and that it would take some 10 years to unravel the various money trails. It was only then that Zlochevsky mentioned the audio recordings he had made of the conversations he had with Hunter and Joe Biden, according to the CHS.

Ace, The Bidens Didn't Just Take Bribes From the Burisma Executive -- They Coerced Him Into Paying Them Off. Oh. When you don't have much to sell but the power to threaten. Michael Ginsberg at Da Call is still calling it ‘Direct Bribery’: Republican Congressman Confirms FBI Document Refers To ‘Big Guy.’ It pisses off Matt Margolis at PJM that Biden Laughs Off Question About Recordings of Him Accepting Bribes. But, Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw reports a Majority of Americans believe Biden engaged in bribery, but most of the Democrats among them are OK with it. Todd Starnes reports Reps Ask Who Gave Joe Biden’s Corp. Nearly $10M in 2017 "Republicans in Congress are calling for Biden to be transparent about a “smokescreen” used on his 2017 tax returns listing nearly $10 million to his entity “CelticCapri Corp” without specifying revenue line items." Not only is he for sale, he's cheap!

The TN Star reports Senator Marsha Blackburn Calls for Special Counsel Investigation into Biden Family amid Bribery Allegations. At Breitbart, FBI Deputy Director Abbate Refuses to Commit to Releasing the Unclassified Document Alleging Biden Bribery, even though they know Grassley has copy. Mike Miller at Red State, sees Sen. John Kennedy Uses Perfect Analogy to Blister FBI, DOJ Inaction on Biden Bribery Allegations and posts it. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed sees the obvious, More double standards: The moribund Biden FD-1023 and Operation Crossfire Hurricane. 

At Am Think Brian Joondeph thinks The FBI is Now a Democrat SuperPAC. The redoubtable Julie Kelly sees the J6 Pipe Bomber Story Goes Boom "The FBI conducted a halfhearted inquiry, at best. Now we know why." The dog ate their homework. At Da Wire, Watchdog Sues DOJ For Records On Merrick Garland’s Role In Loudoun County Rape Scandal. "The White House reportedly worked with the National School Boards Association on the NBSA’s memo, which suggested invoking the anti-terrorist PATRIOT Act on parents and specifically singled out a Loudoun County father who was arrested for disorderly conduct. The Department of Justice then used that memo to mobilize the FBI against conservative parents." Even Yahoo! new is reporting The CIA Is Begging Congress to Please Keep Spying on U.S. Citizens Legal. "Federal agents urged lawmakers to reauthorize 702 without adding new reforms that could potentially slow down or impair operators’ access to intelligence. The officials danced around advocates’ concerns of civil liberty violations and instead chose to focus on a wide array of purported national security threats they say could become reality without the “model piece of legislation.” Multiple intelligence agents speaking Tuesday invoked the specter of September 11th and warned lawmakers new safeguards limiting agents’ ability to rapidly access and share intelligence on Americans could risk a repeat scenario."

Sundance at CTH hosts Tucker Carlson Outlines the New American Dictatorship on Rumble, but you can find it on Twitter at Twitchy, Tucker Carlson's latest zings triggering over Fox News' 'wannabe dictator' Biden chyron.

Ep. 4 Wannabe Dictator pic.twitter.com/MDcs5g0gxB

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 15, 2023

Hat Hair's Dave Strom cites the WaPo: Trump chose not to avoid indictment and chose to fight.  Madeleine Hubbard at JTN reports Trump rejected lawyers' suggestions to avoid indictment, listened to Judicial Watch instead: report "Fitton criticized the Post story, stating that it focused on "how Trump deserved to be abused by the Biden DOJ because he objected to being abused by the Biden DOJ."" At WaEx, Byron York looks back at Donald Trump's arraignment. The great VDH asks Indict Walt Nauta? Why Not the Biggest Liars First? "The last thing this country needs is any more bottled-piety lectures on the rule of law from Special Counsel Jack Smith, Joe Biden, and the array of admitted lying former high government officials." Da Fed's Tristan Justice thinks the Trump Indictment Timeline Reeks Of Deep State Information Operation. PJM's Stephen Kruiser says Trump Is Just the Tip of the Dems' Rogue Law Enforcement Harassment Iceberg.  Bill Otis at the Ringside says All the Options Are Bad But indicting Trump was a mistake.  The Dersh explains Why Donald Trump Cannot Get a Top-Tier Lawyer. Short answer, lawfare. PJM's Matt Margolis says Corrupt Prosecutor Jack Smith Helps Trump Raise Big Money for His Campaign  and Cathy Salgado reports a Previous Target of DOJ's Trump Legal Hit Squad Alleges Misconduct.

Renzi was convicted on 17 felony counts in 2013 surrounding alleged bribery and extortion. He pled “not guilty” to all charges and was later given a full Presidential Pardon by then-President Donald Trump. It seems multiple individuals involved in prosecuting Renzi, including Smith himself, were sanctioned. Based on a 2019 complaint and request for investigation filed on Renzi’s behalf by respected legal firm Mayer Brown, evidence was found of prosecutorial misconduct including improper media leaks, illegal wiretaps, concealment of exculpatory evidence and impeachment evidence, destruction of evidence, and introduction of false testimony before and during Renzi’s trial. This misconduct involved both the FBI and DOJ, with prosecutors under the supervision of none other than Jack Smith. David Harbach was among those handling the prosecution of Renzi.

James Lynch at Da Caller, Merrick Garland Breaks Silence On Trump Indictment, Says He Can’t Address ‘Particulars.’ At the Freep, Eli Lake says Trump Probably Broke the Law. But That Law Shouldn’t Exist. "The former president’s actions were craven, reckless, and stupid. So is the decision to prosecute him for violating the 1917 Espionage Act." At Am Think, Vince Coyner thinks "Even if he's guilty, even if he's convicted, if Donald Trump is on the ballot, I'm voting for him." The alternative will be worse. Breitbart notes Donald Trump Deploys ‘Clinton Socks’ Defense Against Federal Charges. Charlie Martin at PJM VIP wonders Why Are Bill Clinton's Socks Presidential Documents but Donald Trump's Boxes Aren't? At NYPo, Andy McCarthy has A proud defense of whataboutism — comparing Trump to other cases is the practice of law. Frank DeVito at Am Con, considers The Trump Indictment: What Can a Unitary Executive Do? "The question at the heart of the indictment is the extent of executive power." Althouse read the NYT. "Republican presidents have accepted the canard that the D.O.J. and F.B.I. are — quote — 'independent.'" ""They are not independent agencies. They are part of the executive branch. They answer to the elected president of the United States."Said Ron DeSantis, quoted in "The Radical Strategy Behind Trump’s Promise to ‘Go After’ Biden/Conservatives with close ties to Donald J. Trump are laying out a 'paradigm-shifting' legal rationale to erase the Justice Department’s independence from the president" (NYT)" and How to argue, powerfully, in the court of public opinion.

Breitbart snitches on Maddow saying the quiet part out loud, Trump Could Do a Plea Deal Vowing Not to Run for President Again to Avoid Jail Time.  At Am Spec Scott McKay claims Paul Ryan’s Attack on Trump Proves He’s Played Out, "He just wants to count the money as his side loses a war that he won’t even fight." NewBusters watches The View Is SAD Trump Didn’t Show Fear During His Arraignment. 

From the CB, NY AG Announces Manhattan Case Against Trump Will Be ‘Adjourned’ It was just to keep him penned in until they could do something else. Breitbart has a Report: Westchester District Attorney Ends Criminal Investigation into Trump Organization. At LI, Judge Greenlights E. Jean Carroll’s Bid to Seek Increased Damages in Trump Defamation Lawsuit "Trump: “What kind of a woman meets somebody and brings them up and within minutes, you’re playing hanky-panky in a dressing room, OK?”" A lot, when they are billionaires.

Matt Vespa at Town Hall sees Biden Went Off Script and the Results Were Literally Off the Rails, says they have plans to build a railroad across the Pacific ocean, really. 

BIDEN: "We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean" pic.twitter.com/p3yvuaupsF

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 15, 2023

'Bonchie at Red State watches Joe Biden Suffers Multiple Malfunctions While Touting a Railroad 'Across the Indian Ocean.'  At Da Blaze,  Biden goes 'off script' and promises to build a railroad across the Indian Ocean, prompting mockery: 'Ambitious'. Capt. Ed comments "Sometimes Biden just flubs descriptions but his meaning can be understood. In this case, though, none of it makes sense. . . This is indeed off-script, and all the way off in every sense of the word." PJM's VodkaPundit has a few too many, Biden Wants to Build an 8,000-Mile Ocean Train, and I Say Let's Do This! Nice Deb at Am Great, Joe Biden Announces Ambitious Plan to Build a Railroad ‘All the Way Across the Indian Ocean.’ At 1945, Joe Biden Is Starting To Scare The American People For One Reason "Despite all of this, some voters may still shrug their shoulders and vote for Joe Biden anyway – despite their long-term fears or nerves." Atop Da Hill, Jill Biden warns against Trump: ‘We know what’s in store if these MAGA Republicans win,’ Hopefully, a few of you go to jail, but I doubt it. At WaEx, Anita Dunn's latest assignment: Remaking Kamala Harris's image. Victory Girls see Dems Desperate to “Remake” Kamala Harris. Lipstick, pig. 

I&I is wondering If Biden’s Economic Plan Is ‘Working,’ Why Are Tax Revenues Plunging? Cathy Salgado sees the real Biden Economy: Real Average Weekly Earnings Drop for 26th Straight Month.  Politico whines Biden’s debt deal paved the way for the next financial mess. They usually do. Addison Smith at JTN hears 'Craziness:' Democrat Sen. Manchin knocks Biden's kitchen crusade, promises pushback. Mary Chastain at LI,  ‘Not in Check With Reality’: Manchin Won’t Stop Fighting Biden’s War on Appliances." “It is putting us in the danger zone, the grid. With all the movement and demand for more electric appliances that would take the place of gas whether it be a stove or furnace.” Da Caller, Biden Vetoes GOP-Led Effort To Stop Strict Vehicle Emissions Regulations. Hat Hair's Beege Wellborn calls Proposed land "conservation" rule  a big, ol' fed land "grab."

Althouse cites Anxious, "President Biden is almost certain to be Democrats' pick for president in 2024, but he might not win the first two contests of the primary season..." and RFK Jr. tells Joe Rogan he's "gotta be careful" — he's "aware of" the danger of assassination, he's "not stupid," but he does not "live in fear, at all." At WaEx, Poll finds RFK Jr. holds highest net favorability among all 2024 candidates, with Chris Christie lowest. PJM's Ben Bartee watches the Democrat Party Panics Over RFK Jr. Primary Challenge.

The Daily Fetched listens to  Long-Time RINO Frank Luntz: “I Was Wrong, ‘Strong’ Trump Can Win 2024”. Never-DeSantis sundance, has the Big Picture DeSantis Corporate Club Plan and Some Site Note Reminders, also, DeSantis Transfers $83 Million Raised for Governor Race to National Campaign PAC and As Predicted Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Files to Run for 2024 GOP Nomination. I think he's in the VP race. PJM's Chris Queen hears Ron DeSantis Calls Gavin Newsom Out, "But what I would tell him is, ‘You know what, stop pussyfooting around. Are you going to throw your hat in the ring and challenge Joe? Are you going to get in and do it or are you just going to sit on the sidelines and chirp? So why don’t you throw your hat in the ring? And then we’ll go ahead and talk about what’s happening." 

At Da Blaze, 'Schiff just hit the fan': House Republicans poised to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, but the results were predictable, atop Da Hill, House blocks resolution to censure Adam Schiff. Stephen Kruiser, GOP Squish Caucus Saves Evil Adam Schiff From Being Censured. Sundance, Sheesh, 20 House Republicans Join With Democrats to Stop Censure of the Insufferable Adam Schiff. Make politicians lying to the people a punishable offense? You never know where that might lead.

Da Fed's Shawn Fleetwood predicts The Ohio Supreme Court’s Ballot Amendment Ruling Is Not The Win Democrats Think It Is and Maine Democrats Scramble To Rig State Elections With Unconstitutional Ranked-Choice Voting. At WaEx, Paul Bedard notes Voters see ‘cheating’ everywhere, 54% expect it in 2024 election. Matt Margolis, Kari Lake Song ‘81 Million Votes, My A**’ Hits Number One on iTunes. Jay Valentine at Am Think thinks The 2024 Reality TV Show to Blow Up Leftist Election Fraud "We have written about how the data for the six swing states show enough sovereign voter fraud (the election commission is in on it) and phantoms to overcome any likely Trump vote majority. Accumulating events indicate that leftists may be helping Trump blow through their fraud firewall."

From NewsMax, Tucker Carlson's Lawyer to GOP Lawmakers: Boycott Fox. HE notes Fox walked back 'dictator' chyron but PBS didn't even apologize for Trump 'context warning'. Matt Vespa Fox News Workers Were in for a Shock When They Logged Into Their Employee Portals. Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog 🧵 "1/ BREAKING: We've obtained internal docs from  @FoxNews  employees. Fox Corp is celebrating Pride by encouraging employees to read about “glory holes,” supporting a group that gives sterilizing hormones to homeless youth, & deployed woke AI to monitor everyone. EXPLICIT CONTENT" At Twitchy a DAMNING thread shows how Google is waging info wars on behalf of progs (they even targeted us!) PJM's Chris Queen, The Mainstream Media Has Declared War on Opposing Views — Here's How to Fight Back. At NYPo, MSNBC, CNN anchors blasted as ‘DNC propagandists’ after clips used in pro-Biden ad. 

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Musk Jettisons Hunter Laptop Files

Flotsam and Jetsam - Flotsam (also known as "flotsan") refers to goods from a sunken vessel that have floated to the surface of the sea, or any floating cargo that is cast overboard. In maritime law, flotsam pertains to goods that are floating on the surface of the water as the result of a wreck or accident. One who discovers flotsam is allowed to claim it unless someone else establishes their ownership of it. Jetsam designates any cargo that is intentionally discarded from a ship or wreckage. Legally jetsam also floats, although floating is not part of the etymological meaning. Generally, "jettisoning" connotes the action of throwing goods overboard to lighten the load of the ship if it is in danger of sinking. Per maritime law, one who discovers these artifacts is not required to return them to their rightful owner except in the case where the latter makes a legally abiding claim. However, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration "flotsam may be claimed by the original owner, whereas jetsam may be claimed as property of whoever discovers it."

Yesterday, Elon Musk threw a bunch of Twitter files over the transom, specifically, files related to the treatment of the Hunter Biden laptop story, which twitter banned, and censored people who attempted to retweet it. He did this by handing the files to Matt Taibbi, a pro-free speech liberal, for publication and commentary on Twitter. The files show that Twitter did take suggestions for banning from government officials and politician, mostly, but not exclusively Democrats, Ace, "The Twitter Files" Is Being Tweeted Out One Tweet at a Time by Matt Taibbi. "Elon's offer to have me work all Friday night is declined. But here's the link." Twitchy, via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.02.22, does the best job of simply laying out the Tweets, Elon Musk (and Matt Taibbi) help explain ‘what really happened with the Hunter Biden story suppression’ (WOW); Updated, also, Glenn Greenwald’s Take On The “Twitter Files” Does Not Disappoint and Mark Ruffalo Gets Repeatedly Dragged After Calling For Nationalization Of Twitter, also from the Wombat, Da Tech Guy: Good News, Bad News about the Twitter Files -Truth and Consequences edition. Other coverage at Haut Hair by John Sexton, Elon Musk releases info on Twitter's suppression of the NY Post's Hunter Biden story. Spence Brown at Town Hall, Full Bombshell Thread on Twitter's Censorship of the Hunter Biden Laptop Story. Politico whines ‘This will be awesome’: Musk leaks Twitter's Hunter Biden files "The tech billionaire's latest move will likely ingratiate him further with conservatives — and plunge the social media platform deeper into political controversy." It's not a "leak" when you own it. At the Right Scoop, THE TWITTER FILES: Tucker Carlson breaks down the EXPLOSIVE Taibbi Twitter exposé

Alhouse whines about How elite media is covering Elon Musk's dumping of information about how Twitter helped the Democratic Party in the 2020 election. "First, let me say, I would like a well-written, organized, comprehensive piece of writing explaining this material. Alternatively, show me everything — all the raw material. Instead, Elon Musk directed us to the Twitter account of Matt Taibbi, and we were expected to receive a long series of tweets and to puzzle through it. Was that to drive massive traffic to Twitter? Was it supposed to be better all fragmented like that? And Musk adds support to my hypothesis. "Me, in the previous post: Hypothesis: He didn't really have the story he wanted, so he went all out to churn traffic on Twitter." John Hinderacker at Power Line, How Twitter Helped Elect Joe Biden  At CTH, sundance hosts Tucker Carlson Discusses the Twitter Political Censorship and Targeting with James Woods. I won't embed it but it's worth the time. Nick Arama at Red State, James Woods Blows the Doors Off Dem Effort to Shut Him Down on Twitter. At Insty, IT’S NOW OBVIOUS WHY THEY DIDN’T WANT ELON MUSK TO HAVE CONTROL OF TWITTER, AND OF THE EVIDENCE OF WHAT THEY DID

Liz Brown at Reason worries Kanye's Suspension Shows Musk Twitter Might Look a Lot Like…Old Twitter. Capt. Ed at Haut Hair, Twitter: So long Kanye, we knew Ye too well. Bobby Miller at NRO, cited at Haut Hair, Musk was right to kick Kanye off Twitter. "Musk should stay the course. He hasn’t been perfect, but he seems to be taking “the bird” in the right direction." I think it was an act of compassion towards Ye. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.02.22, Louder With Crowder, Journalismer reveals the most offensive detail about Elon Musk yet. "The media is running out of excuses to attack Elon Musk, so Axios is trying something new. Declaring that Musk is totes a Republican now." Also Don Surber: NYT fights free speech, "The New York Times did a hit piece on the First Amendment today with a story, "Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find."

At Da Wire, Apple CEO Tim Cook Hides Behind Staffers As He’s Grilled For Enabling Communist China’s Human Rights Abuses. Spence Brown at Town Hall says Tim Cook's Silence Just Said, Everything. Dan Greenfield at Front Page observes Apple Crushes Dissent in America and China "Suppressing protests in China and censoring Twitter in America." At Ace's Morning Rant Buck Throckmorton wonders  What Can We Do To Counter the Power of Billionaire Philanthropaths?. You know, the guy (and gals) who want you to freeze at home in the dark eating bugs while they fly private jets to the tropics for Global Warming conferenced to sunbathe and eat Wagyu beef. 

Jazz Shaw reveals The Ministry of Truth was far more sinister than we were told "newly revealed documents presented by Senator Josh Hawley and others strongly suggest that the board had progressed far further than Mayorkas testified and he seemingly lied under oath about some of the details. (Yahoo News)"

The Peacock screeches Biden signs legislation to avert rail strike "The president defended the deal after an amendment to add seven days of paid sick leave for rail workers failed because of opposition from Republicans and Sen. Joe Manchin." At Da Wire, Hawley Tears Into Biden Admin, Democrats, Establishment GOP After Senate Imposes Labor Deal On Railroad Workers. At Twitchy, As Democrats vilify Republicans over rail worker sick leave, thread explains what’s REALLY happening. "You know, the bill evil Republicans voted against … is what the workers actually rejected. But Democrats, along with the media and their Lefty Twitter trolls, are framing this as BIG MEAN REPUBLICANS don’t want rail workers to have sick time." At CNS News, Biden Uses the Phrase 'Indian Country' 9 Times After Telling Tribes He Was Chided for Saying That. Da Caller, Tara Reade Calls GOP-Majority House To Investigate Alleged Sexual Assault By Joe Biden. I&I reports Interrogated By Cruz, Diplomat Gives False Testimony About Biden’s Billion Dollar Bribe.

At Da Wire, DeSantis Explains Why Republicans Failed To Deliver Red Wave During Midterms. From Hollywood in Toto, Disney Blinks, DeSantis Snags First Huge Win of 2024 Campaign "Florida governor follows Trump playbook in possible White House prelude." Capt. Ed, DeSantis: We will not undo repeal of Disney's tax district, keeping the squeeze on. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.02.22, Eric Lendrum at Am Great reports Florida Divests $2 Billion from BlackRock over ESG Policies.

RNC Research@RNCResearch "BIDEN: "I can't think of anything [Raphael Warnock] hasn't voted for with us.” “They’re running against him saying he votes 98% of the time with Joe Biden. I wouldn’t tell [Georgia voters] that on the phone.” From the Free Bacon, Chairwoman of Warnock’s Church Sits on Board of Firm Accused of ‘Shamelessly Profiting’ Off Low-Income Tenants, "Ebenezer Baptist Church under fire for evicting tenants from low-income apartment complex" At the Victory Girls, Obama Stumps For Slumlord Warnock In Georgia.

Guy Benson at Town Hall sees McConnell needle the Democrats, By the Way, House Democrats Have Chosen a Conspiratorial Election Denier As Their New Leader. David Strom at Haut Hair catches Time magazine making excuses for Hakeem Jeffries, Denying election results legit is not election denying. It seems to depend on whose ox is being gored.  From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.02.22, at Am Think David Fried thinks he has Advice for Kari, Blake, and Mark, "#1 Request an independent signature test of a sample of mail-in ballot envelopes." Also, Jack Gleason thinks Our Republican Leaders Have Failed Us, but we're used to that. Jim Geraghty at NRO (cited at Haut Hair) wonders What exactly was the point of the Cochise County stunt?  "It didn’t change any election results, embarrassed the county, and may well cost the county’s taxpayers more in legal fees." Well, Cochise lost his war, but does anybody remember the name of who beat him? At JTN, Georgia man receives 25-year sentence for voter fraud in 2021 Senate runoff election. "Resident forged a signature after receiving ballot by mistake."

At Insty, SAY ANYTHING: Janet Yellen blames Americans’ ‘splurging’ for record-high inflation. "In other words, “Don’t blame us for conjuring trillions of dollars out of thin air and then giving it away. It’s your fault for spending it.”" At Da Wire, Top Commodities Regulator Tells Senators He Met With Sam Bankman-Fried 10 Times, and didn't smell something fishy? Grabien, hosted at Haut Hair has a fun Flashback supercut: CNBC used to be pretty stoked about Bankman-Fried. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.02.22,Transterrestrial Musings: The Media Treats The Fraudster With Kid Gloves,

The redoubtable Julie Kelly at Am Great calls the Oath Keepers Verdict A Dangerous Escalation in Criminalizing Dissent "New ground is set with every egregious indictment and conviction with dire consequences for the future of political speech and activity."

The indictment was preposterous on its face, something only a grand jury seated in the most Democratic city in the country could countenance. None faced a weapons charge, raising the natural question of how a group of military veterans, most suffering various degrees of service-related disabilities, planned to overtake the government “by force” without a single firearm or explosive device. Despite constant talk in the media about the Oath Keepers’ quick reaction force, individuals who brought weapons with them on the drive to Washington left them behind in a Virginia hotel—legally—so as to not violate the city’s strict gun control laws. . . .Some militia.

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.02.22, The Lid, McCarthy Tells J6 Committee He’s Coming After Them When GOP Takes Over.  At the College Fix, Juvenile bomb-threat caller never posed credible danger to HBCUs, but FBI refused to say so until after midterms. 

Ace notes Another Hoax: Treasury Finds No Evidence of Political Retribution in Audits of James Comey and Andrew McCabe "They were chosen for audits by random selection by a computer, as is normal, and as people told them and the various Democrat conspiracy theorists of BlueAnon."

Linked at Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links.

Biden - to Run or Not? 11th Circus Overrules Mar-a-Lago Special Master, J6 - Investigating the Investigators

Matt Margolis at PJ Media wonders  Did Joe Biden Just Hint That He Won't Run For Reelection? “Four more years!” the jokester in the audience shouted. “Oh, I don’t know about that,” Biden responded." Could this be why? Lincoln Brown at PJ reports Tara Reade Is Ready to Testify Before Congress Against Joe Biden. Matt Vespa at Town Hall observes With the 2022 Midterms Over, These Old Stories About Biden Are Resurfacing. Nick Arama at Red State notes Obama Just Made a Hilarious 'Freudian Slip' Attack on 'Uncle Joe'. He doesn't do much by 'accident.' Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.01.22, Joel Gilbert at Am Think says Beware — Michelle Obama's Book Launch of her 2024 Campaign. I really don't think so, it's too much like work. Also, the great VDH at Am Great, If You Really Wanted to Destroy the United States, Then . . . "It would be hard to imagine any planned agenda to destroy America that would have been as injurious as what we already suffered the last two years."  Vicky Taft at PJ Media thinks Gavin Newsom Finally Answers the Question About 2024 "California Gov. Gavin Newsom has assured Joe and Jill Biden that he won’t challenge the president in the 2024 election and vows not to run even if the 80-year-old president retires from political life." Like a politician never changed his/her mind before. Atop Da Hill, Myra Adams has Six big questions for the first 6 months of pre-presidential campaign drama "#1 Will President Biden run for reelection?"   Teri Christoph at Red State wonders Is This the Surest Sign Yet That Ron DeSantis Plans to Run for President in 2024? A book to sell.  “The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival”

At Da Wire, ‘Gender-Fluid’ Biden Admin Official Placed On Leave After Being Charged With Felony. Capt. Ed at Haut Hair hears the Fifth Circuit to Biden on Academia bailout: Keep pounding that sand, pal. Haut Hair, Durbin: I'll vote for rail deal -- with or without the sick days and Manchin: Count me out on the rail sick-day addition too. Beege Wellborn at Haut Hair wonders Is that light the end of the tunnel or a railroad union freight train? The rail deal passed; without the sick day addition. 

Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.01.22, the  Volokh Conspiracy reports Eleventh Circuit Quashes Trump Effort to Block Federal Government Access to Mar-a-Lago Documents,  Sundance at CTH is disgusted, President Trump Special Master Appointment Overturned by Appeals Court – If Secret Search Warrant is Valid, All Seizure Valid – But You are Not Allowed to See Search Warrant, Because National Security

Today the appeals court essentially said if the search warrant was legally predicated and legally valid, and if the search warrant was used legally, then all the seized documents are valid for the investigative purposes of the DOJ – regardless of their content. The only way to fight the authority of the DOJ seizure is to challenge the legality of the search warrant. However, here’s where things get weird.

President Trump’s lawyers have been: (1) blocked from receiving a non-redacted search warrant; (2) denied access to the underlying probable cause affidavit used to predicate the search warrant, and (3) denied the full contents of the documents that were seized as part of the warrant (they are not allowed to see). Yet somewhere in this convoluted mess, we are supposed to believe a 4th amendment violation doesn’t exist.

At Da Wire,  House Democrats Now Have Donald Trump’s Taxes, Treasury Department Indicates. Selective leaks commencing 3... 2... 1... Also, Oath Keepers Founder Convicted Of Seditious Conspiracy Over Capitol Riot. As I have said before, I have no trust in DC judges or juries. At Da Fed, Margot Cleveland notes that If Big Brother And Big Tech Can Team Up To Violate Political Opponents’ Privacy Over J6, They Can Do The Same To You.   According to Sister Toldja at Red State, MSNBC Anchor Gets Mugged by Reality During Segment on J6 Committee Antics. MSNBC and reality in the same sentence? Also at Da Fed, Tristan Justice hears McCarthy Demands J6 Committee Preserve Records. Whatever for, I wonder? Fox, FBI denies purging conservative employees in letter to Jim Jordan "Jordan may escalate his FBI probe after taking control of the House Judiciary Committee." It's against the law to lie to the FBI; it's not against the law for them to lie to you.

At Am Spec, Midterm Results Show What Happens When Americans Vote With Their Feet "The country is undergoing a “balkanizgration.” Spence Brown at Town thinks We Might Finally Get Some Answers on What Killed the Red Wave. I doubt it. At Ace's Morning Rant Dave in Fla, An Election Like No Other. "Before I get into the numbers, I have a message to anyone reading this who is involved in a GOP State Party. Go talk to the State Parties in Florida and California. Find out what they are doing and copy it. If you want to win in the future, those two states are your template."

On the ongoing mess in Mesa (Arizona), Athena Thorne at PJ Med ia reports Kari Lake Talks Arizona Lawsuit Timeline and Plans. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.01.22, Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed, Poll Worker Gives An Inside Look At ‘Complete Chaos’ In Maricopa County On Election Day. From Da Caller, Katie Hobbs’ Office Threatened County Board With Arrest, Indictment If They Didn’t Certify Results. At ET, Republican AG Candidate’s Election Lawsuit Dismissed by Arizona Judge Over Premature Filing and Recount Ordered in Colorado Race Between Rep. Boebert, Frisch. Mandated by state law due to narrow margin. Extremely unlikely to be overturned. Vicky Marshall at Da Fed, PA County Cements Suppression Of ‘Thousands’ Of Voters By Flip-Flopping To Certify Disaster-Plagued Election. "After refusing to certify its general election results due to widespread failures that potentially disenfranchised voters, the board of elections for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, has flip-flopped and voted to certify its election results anyway — after pressure from a lawsuit by known Democrat election meddler Marc Elias." Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.01.22, The Geller Reports Far-Left Radical Hakeem Jeffries Replaces Pelosi as House Leader, Sundance, If You Wonder What’s Wrong With Georgia – The Republican Lt Governor Appears on CNN to Tell Georgia Republicans Not to Vote for Hershel Walker. Ya, vote for the wife beater and the slum lord instead. At Da Wire, Raphael Warnock’s Church Belongs To A Leftist Group That Supports Critical Race Theory 

Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.01.22, The Geller Reports Elon Musk Confirms Twitter ‘Interfered In Elections’, and Major News Outlet Casually Admits China Interfered in the 2022 Election to Boost Democrats. Breitbart, Elon Musk: Twitter Has ‘Interfered in Elections’. Am Con detects The Musk of Censored Speech "Your awareness of censorship is the result of the censors’ and regime’s weakness." The Free Bacon has a report that the EU Threatens To Ban Twitter Over Musk’s Lack of Censorship. Newsbusters reports Colbert, Ex-CNN Reporter Claim Free Speech Responsible For Dictators, Ace, Martha McCallum Grills John Kirby: Why Is the White House "Keeping an Eye on Twitter" While Not Even Saying a Word in Private to Apple About Actively Assisting China in Repressing Its Own People? "In case you missed it, Apple bowed to the demands of their Chinese Communist Partners and secretly deleted a key feature in Apple phones which protesters and dissidents had previously used to communicate discretely." Da Wire, Tech Entrepreneur David Sacks: Apple Is Doing The Same Thing In The U.S. That They Are Doing In China. Dan Flynn at Am Spec believes Apple and China Want to Delete Apps on Your Phone, "Elon Musk has it right: “This is a battle for the future of civilization.”" Harry G. Hutchison at Am Think thinks America’s Authoritarians Echo Chinese and Iranian Tyranny. Jazz Shaw at Haut Hair watches Twitter and Apple kiss and make up (for now). Miranda Devine at NYPo, As Elon Musk fights censorship, states take aim at Anthony Fauci, Big Tech. John Davidson at Da Fed says A GOP With Backbone Would Support Elon Musk, Punish Apple, And Fight For Free Speech On Twitter. A GOP with a backbone? Like that'll happen. Da Caller, Watchdog Group Sues Biden’s DHS For Records On Alleged Coordination To Censor Americans. Judicial Watch. They have a record of success. At Front Page, Bob Spencer,  Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, but Words Can Do That, Too, Says Sheila Jackson Lee "It all happened on MSNBC." Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.01.22, at Twitchy, NOT A DRILL! Media Matters toady being BANNED ‘for no reason’ on Twitter (cue tiny violins). Althouse reads the Guardian, "I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended." "Tweeted Elon Musk, quoted in "Kanye West suspended from Twitter after posting swastika inside Star of David/Elon Musk intervenes after rapper posted image hours after airing antisemitic views in Alex Jones interview" (The Guardian)." Also, "The naive view is that the refusal to defend West marks a sea shift in black attitudes toward Jews..." "... transcending the impulse to defend the indefensible just because it was done by a fellow African American. The cynical view is that if West hadn’t first angered black people with his comment that slavery was 'a choice,' and betrayed black leaders with his decision to put on the MAGA cap, the reaction would have been entirely different."

Reuters reports Elon Musk expects Neuralink's brain chip to begin human trials in 6 months "The company is developing brain chip interfaces that it says could help disabled patients to move and communicate again, with Musk adding on Wednesday it will also target restoring vision." That Devil! As William at Althouse comments "Good luck to him....I do hope, however, that paraplegics of conscience will not yield to his siren song and sign up for his cure. Such a cure, whatever short term benefits it offers to paraplegics will ultimately aid Musk in his efforts to subvert Twitter and cause the death of democracy. It's important to keep your eye on the big picture."

Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 12.01.22, Vicky Marshall at Da Fed says Thank Sam Bankman-Fried For Democrats’ 2022 Ground Game. $36 million dollars of OPM (Other People's Money). At ET, Bankman-Fried’s Money Tied to Major Media Outlets, Bringing ‘Journalistic Integrity’ Into Question. There's a question? CoinDesk opines, FTX’s Collapse Was a Crime, Not an Accident. "Sam Bankman-Fried is a con man and fraudster of historic proportions. But you might not learn that from the New York Times, CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris writes."  At RCP, GOP Rep. Warren Davidson: I Don't Know Why Sam Bankman-Fried Is "Not In Custody."  Doug Murray at NYPo notes how the Media treats fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried with kid gloves because he was a Dem darling and Ace sees The Democrat Establishment Turns on Sam Bankman-Fried... While Protecting the Democrat Establishment From any Blowback, Of Course "George Stephanopolous pretends that this guy wasn't part of the Democrat Financial Complex and actually treats him like the criminal he is."

At Da Caller, Florida Takes $2 Billion Away From BlackRock Due To Firm’s Activist Investing Standards. It's a start. 

Biden Has the Rail Strike Blues, Musk Reveals Twitter Interfered in Elections

Sarah Arnold at Town Hall, According to Joe Biden, Americans Are All Just a Bunch of Idiots. To be fair, half of them are below average. IJR, Biden's Controversial Move Infuriates Rail Unions As Catastrophic Strike Looms: 'Joe Biden Blew It'. Grabien (cited at Haut Hair), McCarthy: Biden's begging us to end the rail-strike threat after misleading the nation about it. Capt. Ed at Haut Hair asks Today's big question: Should Congress unilaterally fix Biden's dumb rail deal? Also at Haut Hair, Beege Wellborn notes ADP private sector November jobs report in and...oh, dear …"…Companies added just 127,000 positions for the month, a steep reduction from the 239,000 the firm reported for October and well below the Dow Jones estimate for 190,000. It also was the lowest total since January 2021."

Ed Driscoll at Insty, has another in a long line of DISPATCHES FROM WEIMAR AMERICA: Biden’s married, non-binary nuclear waste guru who stole woman’s $2,325 bag from airport hosted SPANKING seminar at kink conference just weeks later — under ‘NuclearNerd’ nickname that’s still in use on fetish hookup website. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.30.22,  This Ain’t Hell sees the DOE Nuke Waste Disposal chief in trouble, "You have to wonder if he/sheit was eligible for Secret Service protection, what the agents’ callsign for him would be be." Also, Shot In The Dark has A Tale Of Two Stories From The MSP Baggage Claim. Becky Noble at PI says Biden Is Sufficiently Far-Left for Progressives to Back Him In 2024.

Atop Da Hill, Trump campaign increasing screening after Nick Fuentes dinner. From across da pond at Da Mail, 'He tried to f*** me': Trump 'fumed at "crazy" Kanye' for bringing Nick Fuentes to dinner and says white supremacist's views 'wouldn't have been accepted' at Mar-a-Lago if they were raised. Althouse cites the Guardian, "It makes no sense. Somebody who’s such an extraordinary friend of Israel, whose daughter is an Orthodox Jew, whose grandchildren are Orthodox Jews—I cannot explain..." and takes note of the Milo Yiannopoulos connection. Sundance at CTH sees how Mitch McConnell Uses Mar-a-Lago Ambush to Hit President Trump. April Ryan claims a bomb was sent to her house because of Trump, but Haut Hair's Jazz Shaw has doubts. At Town Hall, Kurt Schlichter continues to make The Case Against Everyone Else 2024 – Part 2. His takedown of Larry Hogan is particularly amusing, to me a Maryland resident.  

He's pretty much a chunkier Chris Sununu, always there to undermine other Republicans and please our enemies. When he finds out that he's a Nazi the minute he wins the nomination, something that will never happen in a zillion years, he's going to be really upset and confused.

Ace,  Tom "Salami Nipples" Nichols Admits: When We Said We Were NeverTrump, What We All Really Meant Was That We Were NeverRepublican, and Were Crazed Democrat Hyperpartisans "Yeah, we know, Tom. But you've denied that until now." Sundance notices money talks.  A Common Misconception in Elections, The RNC and DNC Do Not Represent “Voters”, They Represent the Interests of Their Private Corporations. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.30.22, Don Surber claims McCarthy couldn’t lead flies to a pile of manure,

Sauron's Eye reports Jan. 6 committee conducts likely final interview, chairman says. At Mediaite, Trump WH Adviser Stephen Miller Just Testified For Hours Before Jan. 6 Criminal Grand Jury. At Ringside at the Reckoning Bill Otis says Yes to a Special Counsel, No to This One. Too much evidence of bias. At Da Hill, House panel gets access to Trump tax returns. Anticipating selective leaks any second now. Gabe Kaminsky at WaEx sees Republicans Investigating the investigators: FBI sent list of six demands in wake of ‘bogus information’ from informants.

KT at Haut Hair notices a fresh Threat to democracy? Election denier is the new House Minority Leader. Ed  Driscoll again, DISPATCHES FROM THE “IT’S DIFFERENT WHEN WE DO IT” PARTY: Hypocrisy alert: Democrats just chose an election denier as Pelosi’s successor. Hakeem Jeffries. Paul Bedard at WaEx notes Voters agree democracy under attack, disagree on why. Democrats always see democracy under attack when they don't get their way. 

Madeleine Hubbard at JTN reports Democrat congressman sues Pennsylvania county he partially represents for not certifying election. "The county board's two Republican members voted against certifying the vote on Monday while two Democrats voted in favor and one abstained." What's the point of having a certification process if you can't not do it when you think the election was rigged? Ben Yount at The Center Square (Wisconsin) Rep. Brandtjen: Military ballot voting dropped over 80% in 2022. Very curious:

We have learned that the number of active military members voting in the 2022 election dropped by over 83% since the 2020 election!” Brandtjen said in a statement.

Brandtjen is at the center of the story about military ballots in Wisconsin. She received three fake military ballots ahead of Election Day. Those ballots, it turned out, came from a Milwaukee election manager.

“When Milwaukee deputy election clerk Kim Zapata created three military members out of thin air and sent requests for legitimate ballots to my home address, the vulnerability of the military ballot process was exposed,” Brandtken added.

Military voters in Wisconsin don’t have to actually register, and never have to show voter ID in order to get an absentee ballot in the state.

Brandtjen said there were nearly 10,000 military votes in the 2020 election, and not even 2,000 in the 2022 election.

“The 2022 active military voters dropped to 1,573 after a 2020 high number of 9,876, 4,966 in 2018 and 6,736 in 2016," she said. Referencing the Wisconsin Election Commission, Brandtjen continued: "The substantial drop should have been noticed by WEC, and inquiries should have been made. Once again, WEC failed to do their job.”

Wisconsin law requires local election managers track military voters on a list, and Brandtjen said many clerks did not do that.

Brandtjen is not saying whether she thinks the shift in military voting numbers point to more shenanigans from the 2020 election or a lack of shenanigans in the 2022 election.

Star News,  Poll: Most Americans Trust Elections Less If Results Take ‘Days or Weeks’ Instinctively we know that if you can't wrap it up in a day, something is wrong. Case in point, Maricopa County, where as Jack Phillips at ET reports Kari Lake Doesn’t Concede After Maricopa County Certifies Results. Why can't she just keep digging up fresh votes like the Democrats?

Also at the Star News, Walker and Warnock Tied in Latest Georgia Senate Runoff Poll. Not beyond the margin of fraud. Sundance expresses concern via John Fredericks On The Ground, State of Georgia Senate Ballot Race – DNC Gathering Ballots, RNC Wasting Time Losing in Court. Politico, Braun to run for Indiana governor, opening Senate seat in 2024. "The first-term Republican senator filed paperwork to run to succeed Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, who is term-limited." Republicans have a good shot at the Senate in 2024, but that might make it incrementally harder.

'Bonchie' at Red State, Elon Musk Keeps Dishing Dirt on Twitter, This Time About Election Interference.  At PM, Elon Musk confirms that Twitter has interfered with elections. Ed Driscoll, OUT ON A LIMB: Musk Confirms: Yes, Twitter Has Interfered in Elections. Which explains why, as Jonathon Turley observes Washington Goes to War Against Twitter and Free Speech. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.30.22, Twitchy, IRONY – Fauxcahontas Doesn’t Think Elon Musk Should Be Deciding Who Gets Heard On Twitter And Who Doesn’t, Chicago Boyz: The Fear of Elon Musk, The Geller Report: Elon Musk Releases Twitter Transparency Reports Detailing Account Bans and Speech Suppression and EU Threatens Musk With Twitter Ban and Weasel Zippers, Elon Musk: If Free Speech Is Lost, “Tyranny Is All That Lies Ahead” and from Evita Duffy at Da Fed, Google Gives Millions To Boost Leftist Disinformation Peddlers Of Legacy Media.

Biden Nantucket Vacation Flames Out

Fox, Biden’s Secret Service rental vehicles burst into flames after he left Nantucket vacation. Haut Hair's Beege Wellborn, Wait, whut?! Biden's Nantucket Secret Service rental vehicles burst into flames. Bob Spencer at Haut Hair, There Once Was A Prez on Nantucket, and Each of His Cars, a Fire Struck It. There's speculation that one or more of the vehicles was electric, and it was battery fire. Frankly, I doubt it; Li-ion battery fires are notoriously difficult to fight, and the damage is all to the front, while the batteries of electric vehicles they are in the rear and underneath. Pretty odd, though.

Via Insty

Speaking of flaming, Ace woke up yesterday afternoon and noticed Sam Brinton, Biden's Genderfluid, Puppy Perversion Official In Charge of Nuclear Materials, Charged With Felony Theft of a Woman's Luggage. At WaEx, Paul Bedard says the Theft case against Biden nonbinary aide Sam Brinton is admittedly getting ‘weirder’. Jordan Boyd at Da Fed notes the Biden Energy Dept. Won’t Say If It Will Fire Cross-Dresser Charged With Felony For Allegedly Stealing Lady’s Luggage. I would be very surprised if that happens. It is in a protected class. Stacy McCain Crazy People Are Dangerous (and They’re Working for the Biden Administration) if for no other reason that they're crazy. "It doesn’t make sense, but that’s just the way it is with lunatics — their behavior doesn’t make sense, like when 81 million people decided that Joe Biden should be President of the United States, a completely crazy choice that has had predictably crazy consequences." At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.29.22 (Evening Edition), EBL chimes in with Biden’s Baggage Bandit Brinton Busted and Nice Deb (at Am Great) contributes Transgender Pup Fetishist DOE Official Charged With Stealing Woman’s Luggage at Minneapolis Airport.

The Biden Rail Strike appears to be on track. Da Caller reports Biden’s Big Union Deal Could Be About To Implode. Capt. Ed at Haut Hair, Biden passing the buck to Congress on rail strike -- and union blowback; Rubio: I stand with the workers and Pelosi: We'll hold a floor vote tomorrow to impose Biden's deal on rail workers. What happened to the party of labor? 

'Bonchie' at Red State hears Biden COVID 'Lead' Inadvertently Says the Quiet Part out Loud on Censorship. Jeremy Konyndyk@JeremyKonyndyk "Farewell to Twitter's health care ad revenue." The Manhattan Contrarian wants to  Talk About Biden Corruption. Enough talk; it's time for indictments. Joe Curl at Da Wire says D.C. is Abuzz With Chatter About Biden Replacing VP Harris. With what? She checks all the boxes except ability. Don Devine at Am Spec makes the case that Bureaucratization and Peril Haunt the Modern Presidency "A president cannot succeed without personal loyalty to him and his program," putting all Republicans at a disadvantage. 

John Sexton at Haut takes note that Tom Nichols admit Never Trump really meant never Republican. Duuuuh. Spin, Strangeness and Charm wonders  Was the Nick Fuentes meeting a setup? Does 45 have a mole in his personal staff, or are they just that incompetent? [UPDATE: you wouldn’t believe it]. Milo Yiannopoulos was involved? Definitely. "And, Yiannopoulos said, he arranged the dinner “just to make Trump’s life miserable” because news of the dinner would leak and Trump would mishandle it." Jeff Lord at Am Spec offers up A House GOP Opportunity: A Resolution Calling on Biden, Democrats to Apologize for Dem Support for Slavery "Democrat support of slavery was once official party policy — and no apologies yet." He' right. Edward Mike at Am Think considers Should it be Trump or DeSantis in 2024?

At Breitbart, Judge Rules Trump Ally Devin Nunes Can Sue NBC Universal for Defamation "The complaint filed by the Nunes legal team alleged MSNBC and Rachel Maddow knew that the package had been given to the FBI but chose to instead “inflict maximum pain and suffering” on Nunes to harm his reputation." I hope it's filed in his home district, because DC won't work. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.29.22 (Evening Edition), at the Volokh Conspiracy: Devin Nunes’ Libel Claim Over Rachel Maddow Show Broadcast Can Proceed for Now, as to One Assertion.

Capt. Ed, Gulp: Warnock's war chest triple that of Walker's. Insty, ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE A CLOSE RUNOFF IN GEORGIA THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SENATE CONTROL, AND THE GOP IS LETTING IT SLIDE: Gulp: Warnock’s war chest triple that of Walker’s. Is it because they know the fix is in, or because they don’t want to win? Jazz Shaw at Haut Hair, Latest residency accusations could spell trouble for Walker. At Da Caller, MSNBC Anchor: Georgia Voter Turnout Shatters Expectations, which is not normally a great thing for the GOP. I hope they've learned to scavenge votes like Stacy Abrams, but I doubt it.

At Da Wire, Democrats Flip Pennsylvania State House In Another Massive Midterm Loss For Republicans, Promise ‘Center-Left’ Agenda, giving Democrats control over the electoral machinery. At Da Caller, How The GOP Establishment Made An Avoidable Mistake In The Midterms. Only one? At NewsMax, Rep. Kevin McCarthy to Newsmax: Dems Could Pick Speaker If GOP Isn't Careful. At the Conservative Brief, Carmine Sabia warns Democrats Could Pick Speaker If Republicans Continue Fighting. I suspect the Republicans will get it together at the last possible second. Meanwhile, Democrats chose election denier Hakeem Jeffries —  first Black party leader in Congress (WaPoo).

WaPoo also reports Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy. Rhodes seems like a nut, but I don't trust DC juries or DC judges anymore. At Twitchy, a Detailed thread shows FBI OBLITERATED bedrock civil liberties in their J6 quest to ‘Defend Democracy’. 

Matt Vespa at Town Hall explains Why the 'Power Grab' Case That's Heading to the Supreme Court Could Give the Left Fits.

The legal beef that must be settled is whether it was constitutional for the North Carolina state Supreme Court to dismiss the latest redistricting map, which heavily favored Republicans. It’s a test of the “independent state legislature doctrine.” That legal position says that state/local courts cannot interfere in the redistricting process—the pickle here for those arguing in favor of the doctrine is that the Tar Heel state passed a law granting local courts the authority to review the maps. If successfully argued, critics warn that the “independent state legislature doctrine” could pave the way for single-party rule. Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Tim Moore sued voter Rebecca Harper, leading us to this final legal showdown (via The Week) . . . 

 Jay Valentine at Am Think thinks Here’s How They Did it: Real-time Election Fraud

County election managers change the zip code of 31,000 voters on September 3. Ballots go out that week. Those 31,000 are undeliverable. Someone collects those valid ballots. On September 15th, those addresses are quietly changed back.

National Change of Address Database (NCOA) will not pick up those address changes. They didn’t happen because there is no history.

The 31,000 citizens were getting their mail just fine -- except for ballots. Ballot addresses were driven by the county mail-in ballot database -- the one that was changed, then changed back.

Many states send ballots to everyone; the recipient is none the wiser that they never received a mail-in ballot. They may vote in person. Oops! “You already voted!” Ever heard that?

David Strom at Haut Hair notes that Elon Musk is now a Russian stooge apparently for bringing freedom of speech back to Twitter. Ace, DeSantis: Apple's Threat to Deplatform Twitter from Its App Store is an Act of "Raw Monopolistic Power" Which Should Be Met by Congressional Action. From Althouse, Dear Tim Cook... Love, Josh Hawley. Josh Hawley@HawleyMO, "I’d like to know why ⁦ @Apple⁩ continues to aid and abet the totalitarian regime in #China while campaigning against free speech at home. My letter to Tim Cook"