Flotsam and Jetsam - Will Russia Really Invade Estonia?

John Sexton at Hat Hair hears a Moscow Refinery Shut Down After Election Day Attack. Streiff at RedState, notes Russia Lost Its Refineries and Trump Lost the Energy Ceasefire He Announced. PJM's VodkaPundit asks Who Had 'World War III Starting in Estonia' on Their 2026 Bingo Card? Insty, “WHAT WILL BRING WORLD WAR III?” “IT’LL PROBABLY BE SOME DAMN FOOL THING IN THE BALTICS.” Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "The city of Narva, Estonia, sits at the Russian border, on the Narva river, opposite the zone where the Russians have declared a curfew for its inhabitants and a no-go zone for people who don't already live there. Narva is 87% ethnic Russian. There are intelligence reports that Russia has been building hospital facilities near this border. Russian border guards have been spotted shoring up the banks of the Narva River in exactly the way you would expect if you thought they were going to throw expedient military bridges across it. ..." Howling Wolf gives us a Heads-Up! Tom Kratman @TKratman, "Several possibilities. 1) It is a bluff designed to distract us from the Ukraine. 2) It is a bluff designed to make us worry about the outbreak of general war without regard to the Ukraine. 3) It is real and indicates a willingness to fight the US and the pathetic rump of NATO. 4) It is real but indicates an intent only to grab Narva, in the belief that we wouldn't fight over it or that Estonia would accept a little border rectification rather than risk more general destruction. I'd say the order of likelihood is 1), 4), 2), 3) 3), in particular, I'd consider least likely because Russian performance in the Ukraine does not justify having much faith in the Russian armed forces against even us and Poland, alone. Or even Poland, alone." At Covid and Coffee, NATO FROZE OVER. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Sounds like a good idea. Russia seems to need a pointed reminder. And so does the rest of NATO." Quote War Correspondent @warDaniel47, "BREAKING: President Trump is officially moving towards establishing an ARMY base in the country of POLAND, after the election of right-wing President Karol Nawrocki. GREAT idea! They share our interests!" Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Keeps the Russians out. They don’t want to cross that line." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Though frankly with all this Russian war talk in Britain and now Estonia, I find it hard to imagine the Russians could mount another land campaign, or another war of any kind. They’re having a hard enough time with the one they have going." VodkaPundit at Insty, IN THE GRAND OLD TRADITION OF STALIN ORDERING TROTSKY MURDERED IN MEXICO: "Russia Allegedly Went Shopping for a Hitman in America. The Price Was $40,000. “An indictment unsealed in Manhattan charges five people with working in a network tied to Russian intelligence services. Prosecutors say the network recruited people in America to surveil Russian dissidents and, in at least one case, tried to recruit someone to carry out a killing here. All five defendants remain at large.”" Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "This visual of how Ukraine evacuates casualties in the age of drones demonstrates the US Army Medical Branch's block obsolescence. The Geneva convention is dead in the age of drones, which makes crewed medevac vehicles priority target death traps. Air & ground evacuation drones are the way."

Bob Hoge at RedState hears Iran Claims an 'Astonishing' New Weapons As Trump Weighs Three Options to End the Conflict. John Sexton asks What's Next in Iran? Kenneth R. Timmerman at Am Think thinks This Is The War That Ends The Endless Wars "Republicans, grow a spine and explain to your constituents what this war is all about." From the Telegraph, There’s only one way to defeat the Houthis. "The only sure way to remove the danger posed to the global economy by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and the Houthis in Yemen is to cut off the head of the snake that funds them." Dave Strom, Award-Winning Gaza Journalist Admits That Hamas Controls the Media Narrative™. Max @MaxNordau, "BOMBSHELL: Motaz Azaiza admits Gazans were hoping for war. "Let me tell you a secret. I don't know if you'll keep it in. A lot of people in Gaza were wishing the war would come." Why? "When a war or an escalation comes, the NGOs talk to you. There's a job opportunity." "People only know us through war." The most prominent "photojournalist" in Gaza admits that Gazans wanted a war because it would convince international organizations to give them money." NYPo, Gaza journalist who met with Mamdani admits he buried Oct. 7 footage of Israeli hostages being beaten to protect perpetrators. The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "This “free Palestine” movement is a social contagion. None of these people have any knowledge of the history of the conflict or the current politics of the region. It’s just the latest thing to show off, like the trans movement or a new pair of Nikes."

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, quotes Germany's Merz on Sunday's Election Results: 'We Can’t Sugarcoat It, It Was a Disaster.' As the Telegraph puts it, Merz’s CDU suffers total wipeout in state election. Ace, AfD Wins Another Regional Election in Germany; Ruling Chancellor's Party Collapses So Badly It Fails to Win a Single Seat in the Regional Parliament. Jo Bhakdi @JOBhakdi, "Imagine you are the police, there is a political coup and your new boss are now the clans you used to fight. An interesting situation which plays out in the German capital as well as in many Swedish cities...." Rod Dreher @roddreher, "Serious question: why should Englishmen fight to defend the prerogatives of a ruling class that has utterly failed in its duty to the people it governs? And not only that, but seems to actively despise them?" Quote Jacob Rees-Mogg @Jacob_Rees_Mogg, "We need to bring back Duty and the Stiff Upper Lip."

Sundance at CTH hosts Secretary Bessent Discussing the 12-Hour Session with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (sic), a Must Watch Interview with USTR Jamieson Greer – China, Europe, Canada and Beyond and Trump Dumps Globalist Potash Supplier, Canada, for Nationalist Potash Supplier, Belarus. Maybe. The US has potash too, but we don't mine much because of NIMBY.

At Am Prosp, Congressional Democrats in Hysterics About Saving the World From AI, "Why panic when you could just use existing laws?" Dave Strom, Moral Panics Are the Preferred Tool to Gain Control of Society Insty sees PANIC: "Human extinction fears make me want to flee AI and live on an island. Hope that works out for you." Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, "Bessent: No Liability Shield for AI Good call. If AI really is as dangerous as their paid activists claim, the solution is more liability. As for the claim liability will strangle the industry, the fix is neuter the trial lawyer lobby, not give out free passes to break stuff and walk away."Quote Wall Street Rollup @WallStRollup, "Scott Bessent makes it clear the Trump Administration will not take model liability off the hands of the AI labs:" You had me at neuter the lawyers. PJM's Scott Pinsker thinks Something Very Strange Is Happening With Trump and AI Users — and It Just Might Swing the Midterms. "Trump's approval stood at 54 percent among daily AI users, compared with 45 percent who disapproved, leaving him nine points above water with this group. Weekly AI users gave Trump a net rating (those who approve minus those who disapprove) of minus 35 points. Monthly users recorded a net rating of minus 50 points, the weakest result among all groups." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "It's not that hard. The left lets institutions and communities break down to a point of total degradation to prove why more government and non profits are the answer .... Mostly the concern I see on the political right over AI is cultural because there's nothing more that the political left and the Democratic Party wants them to get their claws into AI. Because once an AI is programmed to tell people that boys can become girls it's the death of truth. Data centers being built isn't the problem, the data in those data centers is." Quote David Sacks @DavidSacks, "While I’m no fan of socialism or arbitrary confiscations of wealth, I can see why Bernie Sanders’ proposal (for the government to take a 50% stake in AI companies) resonates, including with many on the right. The CEOs of the leading AI labs have told us repeatedly that they will x.com/BernieSanders/…"

RedState's Sister Toldja toldja Trump Ties the Press in Knots During Visit With Mamdani at Gracie Mansion. Sundance, President Trump and Communist NYC Mayor Mamdani Hold a Press Availability at Gracie Mansion. "The Make America Great mission does not care about feelings, it’s about results. Washington DC hates him, yet President Trump has restored the parks and monuments, for everyone in Washington DC. The same applies here. President Trump walked into Gracie Mansion because he refuses to facilitate incompetence. President Trump is watching Mamdani, and the New York Mayor knows Trump is watching."

From Fortune, Treasury yields are already blowing up the CBO’s long-term forecasts, and experts who previously downplayed U.S. debt fears are now starting to worry. Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "You’ve had negative net migration for the first time in your entire life and I don’t even know how old you are. You don’t vote because Trump and the GOP delivered on everything. You vote because the communists will make it all much worse." Quote Critical Semite Theory @CST_Professor Replying to @JesseKellyDC, "I voted for Mass Deportations, better economy and no new wars. I got the 'Retreat from Minnesota', $4.50/gal gas and a new war at Israel's behest."

Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "Hasan Piker: "The Republican Party has become a fascist party in America. It's turning into a fascist party ideologically in the United States."https://x.com" Yeah he's definitely gonna be campaigning for Democrats. Sure, some have denounced him but I reckon he'll tone down his crazy rhetoric and push more of the same used up card that Democrats actually approve of... Republicans are fascists and they hate America. Will it work though? I guess only time will tell." At Am Spec, Dan Flynn thinks Six Degrees of Hasan Piker Not a Winning Strategy. "Voters have often declined to judge candidates by their company." Jake Altman @TradeUnionJake, "Prominent Abdul El-Sayed supporter and former DNC member Liano Sharon, a signatory of the “Michigan Jews for Democracy” letter voicing support for El-Sayed, stated today that Haley Stevens should not face the death penalty because, “I don't support the death penalty, even for neo-Nazis.” Sharon also said that the statement, “We will see you at the gallows,” “carries a very appropriate sentiment.”..." Stu Smith @thestustustudio, "At the U20 Mayors Summit, Mamdani Says the Left Has Ceded “Quality of Life,” “Efficiency,” and “Fraud and Waste” to the Right This was one of the more interesting arguments Zohran Mamdani made today at the U20 Mayors Summit, and a reminder that he can be genuinely sharp when he drops the “central casting” routine. “In New York City, there are certain words that have taken on ideological associations.” “Quality of life has come to be seen as somehow a right-wing concern. Efficiency… has been taken on as a right-wing concern, rooting out fraud and waste, a right-wing concern....” In a Hat Hair vid, Scott Jennings says It's Time to Fight Back Against Socialism. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "WTF!? Denver socialist candidate for mayor Shontel Lewis that her STEALING thousands in public food stamps QUALIFIES her to serve as mayor "I actually think that experience is what actually QUALIFIES me...I did something silly." You literally can't make this up — she says stealing from the taxpayer QUALIFIES her for mayor At least she's being honest, THAT'S WHAT SOCIALISTS DO for a LIVING. This is actually a disqualification. At Quotulatiousness “Honest” graft « We have enough fraud in America, especially in food stamps!" From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog Los Angeles is Dead Last In Housing Affordability. Paul Valas at John Kass, Brandon Johnson’s So-Called Progressive Equity Agenda Is a Potemkin Village That’s Hurting the Black Community, but I'll be his friends are getting rich. 

MD Kittle at Da Fed says New Records Suggest ActBlue Opened The Door Wide To Foreign Donors, but we already knew that. At Data Republican's Substack I mapped 25+ GB of Effective Altruism material. Here's what I learned. "Why Effective Altruism should be banned from AI safety, policy-making, and governance."

@OliLondonTV, "Jamie Lee Curtis and Robert De Niro pledge to defend the U.S. Constitution in new campaign to protest Trump. “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”" Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Remember in 2016 when some of these same Hollywooders made a video begging Republican electors to defy the will of voters and not cast their votes for Trump." Steve Richards at JTN reports Prosecutors zero in on John Brennan’s role in Trump-Russia collusion narrative in conspiracy case, "Federal prosecutors will likely examine ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s pivotal role at the beginning, in the middle, and during the aftermath of the Trump-Russia investigation as part of the grand conspiracy probe." PJM's Matt Margolis says Now We Have Proof That the FBI Protected Biden in Classified Docs Case. At Althouse, Meade texts me from upstairs, at 5:47 a.m., about how badly Democrats want to be rid of Donald Trump. "I'd say there's a majority — 54% — who fail to disapprove of assassination. AND: Only 28% disapprove of a military coup to oust Trump." 

At NYPo, Justice Department charges 16 across multiple states with alleged illegal voting, election crimes and Jonathan Turley thinks Soros-funded DA Larry Krasner may have finally taken his ‘free all criminals’ too far. The Patriarch Tree @PatriarchTree, "Here you go, @AAGDhillon: Should be an easy layup." Quote Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "A new “reparations” program is launching in Germantown, Philadelphia to help Black families buy homes - Must identify as Black - Only black residents are eligible for the grants."

At CJ, Ilya Shapiro warns Don’t Judge the Supreme Court by Its Polls "Public confidence is down in an age of collapsing institutional trust, but Americans still generally support the Court’s rulings." It may be our least corrupted institution. 

Matt Vespa at TownHall asserts Unhinged Female Jurors Are Mad That the Lindsay Clancy Holdout Focused on the Facts and Patrick Clancy's 60 Minutes Interview Was Devastating. Sarah Anderson at PJM in tears 'He Died in My Arms' — Lindsay Clancy's Ex-Husband Speaks. The baby took days to die. Dave Strom on The Moral Perversion That Lies at the Heart of Lindsay Clancy's Support. Larry Correia @monsterhunter45, "To put the banality of evil into perspective, this reply is in the comments to the an article about an old lady in Canada changing her mind about getting MAIDed, the government killing her anyway, and to make it extra horrible, they botched it so she died terrified and covered in her own blood. But you know, in America sometimes dentists pull the wrong teeth!" Quote Sirenity @Sirenity_yyc "g to @DailyMail, "Shitty doctors exist in every country. Do we need to look at the ones who fuelled the opioid crisis in the US or the dentists in the US who erroneously extracted teeth?"

Steve Camarota at Am Mind says The “Trump Effect” on Immigration Is Real. Cathy Salgado at PJM looks at 16 Months of Zero Border Releases and a Crackdown on Illegal Alien Voting. At Ace's Morning Rant, Buck Throckmorton likes how a new Trump Executive Order Targets Employers that Lay Off American Citizens to Hire Foreign H-1B Labor. Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre, "The GOP is a clown show but if the Dems gain power they will simply end all immigration enforcement and the country will be over They have said this explicitly, repeatedly, and consistently." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "Texas Rep. Greg Casar compares immigration enforcement to "war" and says the only way "for Austin to be safe" is to stop enforcing immigration law altogether." Beege Welborn observes Dem Rep. Making Sure Austin Stays Angry Over ICE Shooting. 

Dave Strom cites a UK Whistleblower: 99 percent of Asylum Claims Are Fake "He said he had encountered a large number of Iraqi Kurds claiming asylum who said they had been in a relationship with the daughter of the prime minister of the Kurdistan region. The official said it had become a “running joke” among colleagues that the number of Iraqi Kurds who said they were involved with the daughter was in the “hundreds”." Ace, Whistleblower: 99% of Asylum Claims Are Fake, "You don't say. You don't say."Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "Denmark granted special residence permits to 321 stateless Palestinians from Lebanon in 1992. By the end of 2019, Danish government data showed that 196 of the original 321 (61%) had been found guilty of at least one criminal offense. Together, the 196 accumulated 881 criminal convictions or other guilty decisions between 1992 and 2019. The pattern extended into the next generation. Of 999 children of the original refugees who were living in Denmark at the end of 2019, 337, or roughly 34%, had been convicted of a crime."

Ace woke up and noticed Trump Announces Ban on CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from White House Press Room. Matt Margolis remembers when CNN Wanted Biden to Ban Fox News From the White House. From Twitchy, Scott Bessent Can't Help but LAUGH As CNBC Journo Tries Arguing With Him About the 1st Amendment. John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "Vance is so damn good at this. Look at how affable he is while hitting CNN, MS NOW, and Politico in the middle of the head with a ball-peen hammer. "Special access" is the exact right way to frame this... Because that's what it is... And we all remember these outlets pushing to have Trump blacklisted from social media. We all know these outlets censor Trump's statements and speeches by refusing to cover them. We all remember these outlets remaining silent when Biden revoked special White House access for hundreds of media outlets. https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status." Sundance likes how JD Vance Dismisses Three Media Networks Apoplexy About Losing White House “Special Access” and features Susan Kokinda Making Some Good Points. Don Surber says Trump learned, DC didn’t, "Why the second presidency rocks."

Ace, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Who Is Unaccountably Wealthy Due to Being a DEI Race Grifter and History Hoaxer, Sent Her Kids to Poor-Performing Schools As a Political Race Stunt. At Althouse,
"When Najya was entering pre-K, my husband, Faraji, and I decided to send her to the type of school that wealthier families with choices uniformly avoid..." "I'm finally reading the Nikole Hannah-Jones essay "In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice" (NYT gift link)."

From Campus Reform, Calif. board of trustees scraps Pledge of Allegiance over 'white nationalism' history. The Texas Trib notices UT-Austin cutting majors centering Latino, Black, women and gender studies, email shows. On FIRE, At Whitman, freedom of association is a partisan right. "Demand that Whitman College allow the Whitman Republican Club a fair shot at affiliation." 

From Calling-all-RushBabes *Here it is, Washington. The Money Quote on what the Governor thinks about the parents of our state.

Brad R. Torgersen @BradRTorgersen, "British author Mary Harrington speculates than an afternoon spent fishing in the company of other men has x10 the therapeutic benefit of a counselor's office visit. Get outside. Be out there doing things with other men. And if you have a good relationship with your father, spend time with your Dad. Your Dad has been where you are. Your Dad knows. Talk to your Dad." Quote D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler, "Men, it's good to have other men as friends. Ride motorcycles together. Go shooting. Read books. Play games. Make things. Share your experiences of being a son, a husband, a father."

Flotsam and Jetsam - Crime is Down, But Will Americans Notice?

Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks the GOP's Case for Making Midterms About Law and Order Just Got Stronger "On Friday, the FBI released its "2025 Reported Crimes in the Nation" statistics, and it told a pretty interesting story, but the most important headline is this one: "Data reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program shows 2024 to 2025 marked the largest year-to-year decline in violent crime rates since FBI estimations began in 1936." The biggest decline in violent crimes in 90 years? That's huge." It is, but unfortunately parties in power tend not to be judged on what they do, but rather the judgment of what they haven't done. This is abetted by the media, which for Republicans, focuses on shortcomings, not successes. At the Wash Stand, Congress Closes Massive Spending Disclosure Loophole, but Will Trump Sign It into Law? "Legislation known as the Stop Secret Spending Act (SSSA) was approved earlier this year by Congress with bipartisan support in both the Senate and the House, closing a massive loophole in federal law that enables executive branch officials to hide hundreds of millions of dollars in spending from public examination." Trump is still holding out for the SAVE America Act.

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, " UPDATE: This pollster missed the Florida Governor GOP primary by a whopping 33 POINTS against Trump-endorsed Byron Donalds, for James Fishback WTF?! @TPSIOfficial this is an EMBARRASSMENT. Final poll: Donalds+4.6 over Fishback Reality: Donalds+37.4 over Fishback LANDSLIDE." Polls are propaganda.

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports a Ukraine Drone Blitz: Largest Wildberries Hub in Russia Burns Down. UNITED24 Media “We Are Preparing for War”: Poland Says Major Russian Provocation Could Be Months Away — . If Putin can't beat Ukraine, why would he think he can beat Poland and Ukraine, let alone the rest of NATO?

IQ 589 | Cody Penn-Dent | Effluencer @codypd, "If I understand things correctly, Iran boarded a vessel that was using their toll lane and took the ship over They then made an announcement that they seized a ship that was trying to navigate the Strait and hadn’t paid Iran The US can’t and won’t escort a ship using Iran’s toll lane Iran decided to get a headline grab by seizing a vessel that was “obeying” Iran’s silly rules So the lesson will now be that going along with Iran’s silly rules carries significant risks Expect more Oman traffic with AIS off." Please us periods. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Trump: All Your Hormuz Are Belong to Us, er, US. If you're going to control it, control it dammit! At PJM, Rick Moran examines Iran's Not-So-Subtle War on U.S. Morale and the Left's Abetting of It.

Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "I’m so tired of these DSA types. It’s always the same exact bio: self-important, bottomlessly entitled rich kids who hate you, want free stuff, and think they can get it doing communist cosplay." Quote Augustus Melmotte @EnriqueDiazAlva, "Absolutely extraordinary. The co-chair of the NYC DSA is a self-described "union electrician", has an arts degree from Yale, a 1.5 million brownstone gifted by his parents, a trust fund, and has worked for a total of about 6 months in his entire life." Buck Throckmorton at Ace's The Morning Rant wonders What Don't You Understand About Socialists? "Mayor Klutz — what’s behind Mamdani’s long string of fumbles, failures and fiascos." At Da Caller, Hakeem Jeffries Punts On Adopting Socialist Agenda As New Polling Shows Dems Embracing It Over Capitalism. Rick Moran, New York Socialist Lawmaker Claims That Poor People Have a 'Biological Need' to Steal, and we must indulge it. Atop Da Hill, Democratic socialist defeats Vindman to take on Moody for Florida Senate. Glad to see him out. Dave Strom finds Living in a Post-Truth Society Is Depressing: Politics & Poll Tracker @PollTracker2024, "Bangor Daily News: Graham Platner will headline Ellsworth, Maine Labor Day rally Platner will speak at the rally, slated for noon on September 7 outside Ellsworth City Hall, about the history of unions and the role organized labor plays in communities across the country, according to the Hancock County Democrats."

Hat Hair's Dave Strom suggests Peggy Flanagan Will Become the Most Radical Senator Come January. From Ace, Abdulrahman El-Sayed Was Set to Appear at Islamic Conference with Pro-Pedophilia Imam; Now the Pedo Cleric Is Booted, But They're Keeping the Islamist Who Called the Holocaust a "Hoax", "As Hasan Piker said of Michigan voters: "You're all piece of shit Islamophobes" for noticing." Amy Curtis at TownHall reminds us Abdul El-Sayed's Mother Worked for Designated Terror Group That Supported Hamas, Osama Bin Laden. Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters, "EXCLUSIVE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother helped process tens of thousands in overseas transfers for an Islamic charity later convicted of secretly funneling $1.375 MILLION into Saddam-era Iraq—and blacklisted over alleged al-Qaeda, Taliban and Hamas ties." From the Free Bacon, James Talarico Voted Against Bills Targeting CCP Influence in Texas, Including Popular Measure Barring Chinese Nationals From Buying Farmland. "Talarico's only tweet on China touted a 'resolution condemning anti-Asian hate speech' like the term 'China Virus'." Steve Miller at TownHall observes The Media Strategy to Turn Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Into Taylor Swift. Scott Pinsker at PJM is irate; Jon Ossoff Knew EXACTLY What He Was Implying About This Cancer Survivor. Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "This is quite a message for the Democratic Party to send to young women working in politics. Party of women? Pretty ugly stuff." Quote Aaron Rupar @atrupar, "Ossoff says that Trump doesn’t want to do his job but wants to “travel with Natalie”" johnny maga @johnnymaga, "Natalie Harp received lifesaving treatment for her bone cancer as a result of Donald Trump’s 2018 “Right to Try Act,” and wanted to work for the man who made it possible. The attacks on her are disgusting." Capt. Ed, FL Dem: You Know Who's Kinda Raaaacist for Taking Our 'Opportunity District,' Right?, former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. 

Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "Kentucky has a population of just 4.61 million people. However, its governor just called for abolishing the Electoral College, which protects small-population states from being turned into electoral nonentities. https://yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/didn-t-realize-support-abolishing-211457020.html Next, Beshear will call for banning Bourbon." PJM's Cathy Salgado reports Over 5% of One Minnesota County’s Registrations Used Corrupt Vouching ‘Authentification.’

KCRA, California regulators approve new rules limiting what replacement tires you can buy for your car. "Gladfelty told KCRA 3 this new rule will eliminate an estimated 70% of the tires currently sold in California by 2033, which the California Energy Commission has also acknowledged and has not denied." Your tires, your choice!

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "WOAH! Lead Anchor at CNN Jake Tapper comes out and admits THEY ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t really President and calling the shots He says there was an elite inner circle of advisors who would make the decisions and “steer the country.” He gives the names of the people in that group Again, the mainstream media ALL KNEW Joe Biden wasn’t making decisions “Tell me about the word choice, and then tell me about those people who were really calling the shots around the president.” Jake Tapper “So the Politburo, not a term we came up with, it's a term from within the Biden administration, as the name would suggest is a tightly held group of senior advisors — these were the individuals that help steer the government.” The mainstream media was in on the coverup. How are there no consequences for these people."

From Twitchy, $5 Strippers?! Dems Are ONTO Sean Duffy's Son Over His VENMO Account. in Other News, Dems Are Dumb. FactPost @factpostnews, "Sean Duffy's son-in-law and GOP congressional candidate Michael Alfonso has been caught making Venmo payments for "The strippers" and "High supplies."" Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "I have no idea if there is anything here. I do know that literally not one of my male friends has ever—ever—sent me a Venmo payment with a description that wasn't a joke."

Amanda Head at JTN Reports on Intel Politics: NSA sat on election threat reporting over Trump ‘deep state’ label, memo shows, "The memo from 2020, declassified on Tuesday, reveals the intelligence analyst’s concerns about appearing as part of the “deep state.”" The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "At this point you have to assume the Russiagate nonsense was concocted as much to deflect from the Dems’ dealings with China as it was to sabotage Trump."

Calling All Rush Babes takes a long look at A Very Bad Supreme Court Decision. In 1941 the Court allowed the Feds to regulate how much food was grown.  

Teri Christoph at RedState sees Trump Has a Nasty Surprise Waiting for Mexican Illegal Aliens – and 'Mexico Is Not Happy'. Deporting them to elsewhere. TownHall's Amy Curtis notices NBC News Omits Some Important Details About Teens Whose Parents Were Detained by ICE and Deported. Mother arrested for theft. At NRO, Minnesota Man Arrested for Medicaid Fraud Scheme Previously Won State’s ‘Outstanding Refugee’ Award. End Wokeness @EndWokeness, ""Outstanding Refugee" winner Salman Elmi was just arrested for $1 million in Medicaid fraud, 8 felonies, and a sex trafficking ring." Just taking jobs away from hard working Americans! Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, ">Illegal alien comes here from Tajistakistan >Murders his derkaderka roommate >Is not punished >is allowed unsupervised jaunts into town We can’t share a country like this." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Virginia man acquitted by insanity in killing flees US during 48-hour mental hospital pass." Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Once again, it’s the people who purport to be hard-headedly realistic about the limits of political possibility who are so often proven wrong by events. Political reality is far less predictable than we like to believe." Quote Nick Solheim @NickSolheim, "The refugee ceiling this year is the lowest in the history of the program and actual admissions are running under even that. Five years ago everyone serious in this town told you that number was politically impossible." From Da Wire, Sanctuary City Mayor Vows To Hunt Down Property Owners Looking To Lease To ICE. "The Department of Homeland Security responded to Wu's plan Monday, saying the "pro-criminal mayor" is "trying to intimidate Bostonians.""

The Telegraph reports Moroccan police block second Ceuta migrant rush, after 88 people died in the first, mostly from drowning.

From Fire, Does free speech assume words are harmless? Part 7 of answers to bad arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff.

Which segues well into more beating of the dead horse academic, Jason Arday: Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "Leftists and DEI supporters are urging the British government to pass a law that would ban heavy media coverage of a person. They say this is needed after dozens of stories were published about Jason Arday’s numerous and extensive lies. There were so many stories because there were so many lies." Quote Change.org UK @UKChange, "In the 22 days before his death, 249 articles were published about Jason Arday. That's more than 10 a day. Tia Lazaro-James has launched a petition on https://Change.org calling on the government to protect individuals from media harm." Dave Strom reads Politico, Oh, Come On! Now We Need 'Jason's Law'. Reg @RegHumber, "“Why is that story about that far right guy who got accused of child trafficking no longer getting coverage?” “He complained under Arday’s Law and it’s in the courts. Should be back in the news in about a year.”" I'm just going to assume progressives would award themselves the right to determine how many stories are allowed. Jesse Singal @jessesingal, "Setting aside the insanity of a policy where subjects can shut down reporting about them by claiming mental anguish: Arday had called the police on multiple people who had asked him about his work. He had killed a THE story via legal threat. He deserved no benefit of the doubt." Quote Canary @TheCanaryUK, "BREAKING: Guardian's Katharine Viner was warned Arday was at risk - yet published anyway Author Kelechi Okafor released a series of internal emails showing the Guardian knew how vulnerable Arday was, yet ignored warnings."

Drew Pavlou @DrewPavlou, "This is the opening to one of Jason Arday’s papers. It is virtually unreadable. Maybe the worst sentence ever written in the English language. “Replete with espoused discourses of equality, diversity and inclusion within public bodies, is the UK, wherein lauded initiatives reward its universities’ commitments to increasing the access and positioning of ‘women’ in higher education.” Just leftist bafflegab loosely tied together. From the College Fix, Ibram Kendi: Cambridge scholar Jason Arday was ‘lynched’ for being black. Matt Taibbi at Racket says No, Jason Arday Wasn't the Media's Fault, "Blaming a suicide on correct reporting unfortunately makes perfect sense in this reality-challenged era." From the Slantic, Jason Arday’s Final Self-Delusion, "Elevating a fraud is shameful. Exposing one isn’t." Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "“White lies matter” Photos from my secret attendance at the Jason Arday memorial in London on Aug. 17. Arday was a Cambridge University DEI academic who had to resign in disgrace after journalists began reporting on his plagiarism, academic fraud and serial hoaxes. Thousands attended the rally, many of them nearly in tears. Arday k—lled himself after his lies were revealed by the press. The speakers said those who exposed Arday are to blame for his death." At the Freep, Coleman Hughes explains Why the Left Needed to Believe in Jason Arday. Gad Saad @GadSaad, "George Floyd (repeat felon): lionized Jason Arday (academic fraudster and pathological liar): lionized Luigi Mangione (alleged murderer): lionized All three are lionized by progressive people. This should tell you all about their moral compass." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbuen, "Consider it an honor. I’ve never had that many people want to murder me, one or two here and there maybe. But yeah, stayTF out of London. Good idea." Quote Nathan Cofnas @nathancofnas, "There is an anti-Cofnas hate rally in Trafalgar Square with ~15,000 attendees. If I were in London there is a real possibility that I would be murdered. 1000s of academics & journalists knew the truth about Jason Arday for more than a year. Now you know why no one said anything." Cofnas initiated the scrutiny of Arday's record, and was rewarded by being fired.

Hank Berrien at Da Wire reports Parents Sue School District Over Mosque Field Trip, Claim Religious Indoctrination "According to the complaint, students were allegedly coerced into participating in Islamic religious practices: donning hijabs, accepting Qurans." The Bugscuffle Gazette considers The Establishment Cause, "You don't get to pick and choose." USA @Dec_16_1773, "Islamophobia is a propaganda pejorative for people who believe their eyes, or know history." Quote Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "Muslims aren’t hiding it, they’re openly saying the time has come to change our policies in America They are saying it’s time to mobilize politically to make America an Islamic Country and follow Islam, follow Sharia Law."

At Twitchy, Just WOW: Lefty Coffee Shop Owner Boots Young Pro-Lifers After Comparing Them to the Klan (WATCH). Ben Smith at RedState sees Woke Mob Tries to Sink Children's Ride. Owner Doesn't Give a Ship.

Dave Strom is Deconstructing Deconstructionism: Royce White and Enes Freedom Tying WNBA Into Knots. Ace worries Some of You Will Not Believe Me, but the WNBA Is Woke Trash Filled With Hyperthyroidal Clown Hookers. "If only the world were run by seethingly-angry toxic lesbians. It would look just like the WNBA and be just as profitable."

Flotsam and Jetsam - Monday, Monday, Can't Trust that Day

Barely any news made it through the weekend, but here it goes anyway. From News Wax, CENTCOM Commander Cooper: USS Lincoln Visit 'Awe-Inspiring' after CNN voiced concerns that the food was boring after 240 days without making port. Sundance reports President Trump Makes a Surprise Announcement on U.S. Military Support to South Korea "Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful. Therefore, and based on the fact that it is too late to cancel, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises! While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, “No thanks!” Thank you for your attention to this matter.” Unrelated my ass! He also hosts Sunday Talks: AG Todd Blanche -vs- DSA Advocate Kristen Welker. She needs to get her thyroid checked. Commonplace recommends Trump Slam The USMCA Back Door, "For the trade agreement to survive, it must keep China out of North America." TownHall's Joe Chalfant likes how Trump Is Opening the Financial Floodgates to Keep Republicans in Office. At the Atlantic Council, Iran is draining its leverage in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump’s best move is to let it happen. At USA Today, Nicole Russell writes Karoline Leavitt exposed Democrats' double standard on women.

RedState's Nick Arama sees El-Sayed Tries to Attack Rogers in Michigan Senate Race, but It Boomerangs on Him. At Hat Hair Larry Elder hears Obama to Tell 'the Brothers' to Vote for El-Sayed and Josh Hammer asserts The Electoral Integrity Issue Isn't Israel -- It's Islam. Catturd ™ @catturd2, "This is why Democrats have to cheat in every election." Quote Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "The room is PACKED to hear Rockstar Democrat Senator Mark Kelly at the Nation’s LARGEST progressive youth conference. We have NEVER seen ENTHUSIASM like this." A nearly empty room. The Great Victor Davis Hanson, at the Blade of Perseus explores Who’s Been Destroying Norms? Joe Chalfant hears Democrat Ro Khanna Thinks That Racist America Needs a 'Multi-Racial New Deal', like the old one didn't do enough damage. Twitchy calls it the 'Biggest F**k You in HISTORY:' Mark Cuban ENDS Ro Khanna in HEATED Back and Forth About Wealth Tax.

Althouse is concerned about Socialists in shorts, "I'm reading the NYT article "Is the Democratic Party Facing Its Own Tea Party Moment? A string of primary wins by progressive candidates has revealed the strength of a high-energy insurgent movement but also its potential limitations," which you can read for yourself at that gift link," and bemused by "Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona is being sued in North Carolina under the state's 'homewrecker' law." "Sinema admitted in a deposition to having a sexual relationship with her then-married former bodyguard. Sinema argues the affair did not happen in North Carolina, so she shouldn't be sued in that state. The lawsuit was filed by Heather Ammel, the ex-wife of Sinema's former bodyguard Matthew Ammel...." I'm reading "'We went inside and had sex.' Sinema details affair with bodyguard" (The Arizona Republic)."

Jonathan Turley worries about Rage Politics: Hakeem Jeffries Will Take a Baseball Bat to the Supreme Court. I think Trump and the Republicans should make an attempt to pack the court ASAP, just to get the Democrats on record that it's a bad idea.

Sundance hosts Sunday Talks: Jim Jordan Discusses Recent Revelations and Declassifications About FBI Misconduct, a topic dear to his heart.

Civitas Institute discourses on The Fall of Fauci. Tom Knighton at TAW says It's not just Fauci, "It’s not just Fauci who is the problem. It’s damn near everyone involved in the system itself."

Lee Kuan Yimby @LeeKuanYimby, "This story gets crazier. The Mayor of Lawrence, left court today in a Dodge Charger and rammed into another car and left the scene. Same Mayor that can't speak English, and stole $1.5M in covid money." The Vigilant Fox @vigilantfox, "RFK Jr. reveals what HHS found when they went looking for the 375,000 migrant kids Biden lost. "It's a huge, huge tragedy." "One guy pretended to be the parent of 42 children. We have no idea what happened to those kids." "We're now finding them. We found about 137,000 of them, but a lot of them you just can't find. There was about 60 kids who were sent to one address. When we looked at that address, it was a container, a steel container in the middle of a parking lot." "A lot of them were sent to work at slaughterhouses and picking fruits in the fields. They were slaves."..."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, sees it's Out in the Open: Antisemites Not Even Trying to Hide It Anymore. Katya Sedgwick @KatyaSedgwick, "Why are we bringing foreigners to our country to break our civil rights laws?" Quote StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites, "Fatana Karimi, owner of Karimi Brows in Alexandria VA, kicks out a Jewish client over her Israeli ethnicity. Attorneys - our DM’s are open, we’re happy to connect you with the victim!" Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "A New York town is facing a federal lawsuit after officials refused to allow a Christian Nativity display in a public square while permitting Islamic religious displays. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has sued the town of Brighton, New York, accusing officials of violating the First Amendment through viewpoint discrimination. According to the complaint, a local physician repeatedly asked for more than two years to place a life-size Nativity scene in the Twelve Corners public square during the Christmas season. Those requests were not approved even though the town had allowed other private religious displays, including a large Ramadan banner." Mazelit Airaksinen hears a Nurse Fired for Calling Jews “Vermin” Claims To Have Been With Luigi Mangione on Night of Murder, "He couldn’t have done it. He was with me at the laundromat all night” claimed Hart."

Another Driscoll post about Jason Ardray at Insty starts with ROGER KIMBALL: The Unmaking of Jason Arday. From the Right Times with Kathy Gyngell, My Week In Review: Leftism Killed Jason Arday, Just As It Has Corrupted Us All, "Jason Arday, Rod Liddle, and a fortnight that exposed who the real gatekeepers of 'acceptable' opinion are." At Richard Hanania's Newsletter They're the Ones Who Told Us to Pay Attention to Jason Arday. "Don't let academia forget this story."

Matt Margolis is impressed that Sophie Cunningham Just Gave Leftists Another Reason to Hate Her. "She climbed onto the bar at Clayton's Country Bar in Indianapolis and led the crowd in Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue." Video of the moment spread across social media within hours, and the crowd sang every word right along with her." RedState's Ward Clark hears Caitlyn Jenner Has a Simple Answer to the WNBA's Transgender Player Problem "Cathy, XX, you’re in. XY you’re out. It’s that simple." It is that simple, but it will never satisfy the trans grievance community.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Jason Arday is Still Dead

Hey, it was funny when it was about Francisco Franco, am I right? At Insty, IT RARELY ENDS WELL FOR A MASCOT OF THE ANOINTED: “The real [Arday] story is of an elite academic world that was so excited by a compelling narrative that they rushed a clearly mentally unbalanced man with no real qualifications to the heights of academia because he ticked so many useful boxes.” Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "The story that will be spun about Jason Arday will be that his death lies at the feet of the people who called out his serial fabulations for being what they so transparently were, but the real story is of an elite academic world that was so excited by a compelling narrative that they rushed a clearly mentally unbalanced man with no real qualifications to the heights of academia because he ticked so many useful boxes. If anybody had stopped to drill into his story BEFORE we got to the point that he was a notable enough figure for others to begin to drill into it none of this would have happened." Driscoll has a typical tweet filled post DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Jason Arday Should Never Have Been Allowed High Enough to Fall as He Did. Melissa Chen @MsMelChen, "It’s tragic but truthfully, there was life on the other side for Jason Arday, the Ana Delvey of academia. He could have rode that infamy, written another book about the reality of his real life including a tell-all that exposes his experiences with the DEI bureaucracy and just spin it into a movie. Netflix would pick it up. He could’ve gone on to live a normal productive life. I feel so sorry for his kids who are now left fatherless." Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "That's right. Similarly, NY Times fabulist Jayson Blair wrote a memoir (the aptly titled 'Burning Down My Masters' House: My Life') after he was outed. American culture is wild, irrepressible, and exuberant and full of hucksters always coming up with new ways to reinvent themselves. There's a shamelessness to Americans that Europeans perhaps look down upon but that is a great source of creativity and excitement. This sort of possibility is actually one of the best parts of our culture and is responsible for possibilities that aren't available in milieus that are more staid and fatalistic. It's probably a healthy corrective for people like Arday to go out and transparently advertise their exploits (and shame the institutions responsible) rather than commit seppuku because they've tarnished the institutions and themselves been humiliated." Quote FischerKing @FischerKing64, "When Stephen Glass was outed as a fabulist whose journalism was largely fabricated, he didn’t kill himself. He actually wrote a ‘novel’ called The Fabulist basically telling the story. That’s how you handle this kind of situation. That’s real commitment to the con." Quillette @Quillette, "Compare the two cases and a pattern emerges. Cofnas cleared every formal bar that Cambridge erected—a competitive fellowship, a strong publication record, an eventual ruling that he’d broken no law and no policy—but he was punished anyway, and his position quietly expired while the university dithered. Arday did not clear the bars his professoriate peers had to clear, he was defended anyway, and he was propped up by administrators who failed to do due diligence. One scholar was punished for an opinion; the other was protected despite misconduct that objective methods could verify. Two different treatments, one shared instinct: expedience trumps evidence." More at Quillette, Institutional Failures in the Garden of Great Intellects. Razib Khan @razibkhan,"if academia is silly and standards don't matter there's no rationale for why the public should be funding such trivialities do you ppl bother to think beyond the latest controversy before your face?" Gilligan, at Da Spec wonders, rhetorically, Why is Cambridge platforming Islamic creationism? Another of Driscoll's DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Human Development. WhateverTF that is, new one on me but I’m kinda getting it from the title and her expressed interests. Part of the School of Grievance Studies. Identifies as queer Muslim. Which means she has spent a good deal of her adult life in a bizarre fantasy land utterly divorced from reality. Let her keep talking. Let her represent the University of Chicago. Colossal embarrassing academic frauds are not all as absurd as Jason Arday, but they’re all in contention and doing their damndest. You don’t want to interrupt them. https://humdev.uchicago.edu/directory/eman-abdelhadi" Quote Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch, "She’s an American citizen so I disagree with the deportation thing. But I don’t know why anyone would want their kid to be taught by this woman, why U Chicago employs her, or why she wants to stay in a country she so clearly detests (at least performatively)." Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith, "Things that are now rightwing: Investigative journalism Academic rigour Scientific dissent Nature Facts Biology Politeness Punctuality Normality Free speech Individual rights Rationality Objectivity Self-reliance Emotional restraint Delayed gratification."

The summer news drought continues. At 1945, Donald Trump Already Won the Iran War. Ending It Is Tehran’s Problem Now. "Iran’s strategy is to drag the war out. James Jay Carafano argues that protraction is the only card the IRGC holds, and that Trump has handed it to them deliberately." "Trump has basically said, “Okay, you get to decide when the war ends. When you are serious about just accepting defeat, call me.” In the meanwhile, the Iranian regime can continue to suffer all the uncomfortable results of a protracted struggle with America and its allies, debilitating punishment that has demolished Iran’s threat as the bully-in-chief of the region." MSN, Iran responds after Trump says Strait of Hormuz will be US territory 'soon'.

Bob Hoge at RedState likes how Wounded Vet Joey Jones Gives Tongue Lashing for the Ages to USS Lincoln Sailors Complaining to CNN about tuna and noodles.

From News Wax, Ukraine Launches One of Its Largest Aerial Attacks of the War, Killing at Least 6 People in Russia. While I don't condone the killing of civilians, it's not like Russia can complain.

RedState's Teri Christoph thinks Marco Rubio Just Made the Anti-Trump Ballroom Crowd Look Like Absolute Lunatics. "Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “In my work with heads of state and foreign ministers, I am frequently hosted in reception facilities that are visually impressive and reflective of the wealth and beauty of the nations I am visiting. In the United States, by contrast, we currently lack the ability to hold large events of a similar magnitude on White House grounds for those same heads of state and foreign dignitaries. Instead, we must currently host such visits in plastic or canvas tents on the South Lawn with unsafe and unsanitary portable bathrooms and accommodations unbecoming of our national stature…Our foreign counterparts offer premier security arrangements for United States officials. It is imperative that we not only offer the same level of elite security services, but offer the world’s leading capabilities in an efficient manner on grounds over which we exert permanent control…We must obviously seek every reasonable means to mitigate both the more predictable risks, including weather and physical incursions, but also emerging threats…The East Wing Project is essential to that defensive security posture. The Project is absolutely critical not only for the physical safety of guests, but also for advancing our diplomatic relations and the interests and standing of the United States in the world.”"

cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander, "The British ruling class hates their own nation." Quote Diana Alastair @sappholives83, "This is the little village of Linton-On-Ouse, population 644. They’re about to receive an influx of 1200 immigrants: all of them men, all of them Muslim, and none of them legal. This comes just days after the arrival in tiny Piddington (pop 350) of 1250 illegal immigrants." At WaEx, Netanyahu mocks UK as ‘Islamic Republic of Britain.’ Mazelit Airaksinen reports a NYC Doctor Apologizes for Remarks About Hasidic Jews, Blames "Addiction to Negativity" ""I will get this Facebook addiction under control" says Dr. Robert Guarino."

John Davidson at Da Fed argues The Problem With DSA Democrats Isn’t Socialism, It’s Third-Worldism. It can be both, and more. Hat Hair's Mark Judge (remember him?) explores The Ecstasy of the Young Communists. Atop Da Hill Jonathan Turley opines The worse it gets, the better it is: American leftism is thriving on its own failures. More money made it worse? Give us more and we'll fix that! Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "It's not that hard. The left lets institutions and communities break down to a point of total degradation to prove why more government and non profits are the answer. The goal is to purposely not solve problems and make life and safety worse. See the entire defund the police movement and homelessness nonprofits in California. Gavin Newson promised to end homelessness and instead it ballooned on purpose..." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "In fairness, starting with the socialism, you already know you’re dealing mostly with low intelligence, low historical or geopolitical literacy, and basically bumper sticker levels of logic and reasoning. So there’s that. At the higher levels, simple manipulative deception, but that tends to blither and blunder less." Quote Owen Gregorian @OwenGregorian, "DSA Members Can’t Bring Themselves to Admit Cuba is a Dictatorship – Immediately Try to BUT TRUMP! | Mike LaChance, The Gateway Pundit During a recent conversation with Latino journalist Jorge Ramos, high ranking members of the DSA turned into a stuttering mess when they were asked a simple question about whether or not Cuba is a dictatorship. HINT – It is. They immediately try to make the issue about Trump and the blockade on Cuba, because they cannot answer this question honestly..." Robert Chernin calls Woke 2.0 New Label, Same Bullshit, "The people, beliefs and goals have not changed. They simply discovered that Americans were listening and overwhelmingly rejected them." Rod Dreher @roddreher, "This is astonishingly blunt." Quote Dr. Maalouf @realMaalouf, "Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of the biggest far-left party in France, explains why the alliance between progressives and Muslims is necessary. “If you’re counting on white Christian workers to bring about socialism in France, it won’t happen. But our Muslim brothers and sisters will.” This is the same playbook being used by the left in all Western countries."

News Wax hears Trump Predicts AOC Presidential Run. PJM's Matt Margolis thinks This Might Be the Most Brutal Diagnosis of AOC You'll Ever Hear "AOC stands for Always On Camera," Conway said. "She is a performer, not a reformer. She went to Washington to legislate; that's her job. She's a pontificator, not a legislator." From the Free Bacon, Abdul El-Sayed To Headline Islamic Event Alongside Pakistani Cleric Who Forced His 13-Year-Old Niece Into Marriage, Was Denounced for ‘Pedophilic Rhetoric’, "Tariq Masood urged his congregants to marry off their own female children and invoked Sharia law on the question of women’s education." Scott McKay at Am Spec worries about Poor Francesca Hong, a Victim of Milwaukee’s Missing Election Results "Five USB sticks were missing results, Steve Kornacki was left speechless, and David Crowley emerged with a remarkably narrow victory." It does look fishy. 

An old refrain of Stacy McCain, Crazy People Are Dangerous: Weirdo Charged With Defacing WWII Memorial. Old School Eddie @Old_SchoolEddie, "Did you notice? Summer is typically riot season. However, since USAID was defunded, SPLC indicted, and ActBIue being investigated, things have been pretty calm this summer. Just saying..." Sunny @sunnyright, "A notable number of AWFLs want their political opponents dead. Not defeated. Not rejected. Dead. They think you’ve forfeited your right to live by not giving them what they want. Come to terms with that reality." Quote, "New York Post @nypost, "Luigi Mangione supporter calls murder of CEO a 'revolutionary act of protest.'" Matt Margolis, Oh, So This Is Why Luigi Mangione Pleaded Guilty. "Turley described the plea as "something of a Hail Mary throw," suggesting Mangione is hoping a judge eventually reduces his sentence enough to allow release at an advanced age rather than locking him away for life without parole. The real target, Turley explained, is the state murder case itself. The defense wants it dismissed entirely on double jeopardy grounds, and New York's double jeopardy standard is easier for a defense to clear than in most other jurisdictions. "The odds are in his favor, if you look at past cases, that that may in fact be dismissed," Turley said."

From Director Blue, The Day They Manufactured Russiagate: A Graphic Novel "How Obama's Inner Circle Framed a President." A sample.

Leslie Eastman at LI reports Fifth Circuit Completely Roasts Biden DOE’s Stove and Oven Efficiency Rules. "The court voids the rules after determining that Biden’s Energy Department improperly tried to fast-track the measure as a “direct final rule”, which is usually reserved for noncontroversial matters."

From Campus Reform, Trump DOJ intensifies push to stop tuition discounts for illegal aliens, keep Harvard accountable for campus anti-Semitism. At Twitchy, Nick Shirley Exposes WHY Kathy Hochul Is So Proud of Spending Taxpayer Money on Illegal Aliens. Nick shirley @nickshirleyy, " Your tax dollars have become the new money-laundering scheme for these corrupt politicians. Governor Hochul has been taking donations from these daycare fraudsters in NYC who receive millions of your taxpayer dollars to operate “adult daycares.” When I exposed the fraud in NYC, Governor Hochul and Mayor Mamdani went completely silent… maybe they didn’t want to offend their donors?" At NYPo, Bill Maher thinks immigrants must assimilate, accept American values and principles to be in US: ‘Not negotiable.’ Ian Miller @ianmSC, "Well that should just about cement Bill Maher’s excommunication from the Democratic Party." Moreover, from Matt Vespa, Bill Maher's Take on Trump's Secret Turkey Flight Will Not Please the Lib Press Corps "The media is mad they weren’t told. Get over it—your lives will never be above that of the president of the United States. The White House’s credibility is not on the line; can we please move on? No one cares except the press corps."

Gina Milan @ginamilan_, "Only Sophie Cunningham could go from playing a Fever game to randomly showing up at a bar and singing “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” with the fans. She’s truly the freaking best." THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES: Sophie’s Choice Edition.