Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Decapitates TDA, Musk Becomes First Trillionaire

The White House @WhiteHouse, "“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth.” - President DONALD J. TRUMP" Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, BREAKING: Trump Channels Inner Tom Clancy, Takes Out TdA Head in Airstrike. Althouse "At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua..." "Here's the background material that formed the center of Trump's post (where I have an ellipsis above): "Before I returned to office, Joe Biden opened our Southern Border to millions of Illegal Criminals, and allowed this foreign army to rape, maim, and murder American Citizens with total impunity. During my Campaign, I pledged to expel these monsters from our Country, and bring Justice to the families of those they slaughtered, including the precious 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, 22-year-old Laken Reilly, and countless other beautiful souls. With this action, the United States Military has brought retribution for them, their families, and their loved ones. Early in my Administration, I delivered on my promise to designate Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, deport thousands of evil criminals, and wage war against the Cartels, who have long been waging war against our Citizens, while weak leaders left America helpless and defensive." I expect some Democrat judge to order Trump to resurrect him.

Also at Althouse "The president's threatening to leave it permanently.... We'll just host weekly fights between people in politics, you know, and settle our scores that way...." "The comic stylings of Marco Rubio:" Regarding the giant temporary arena being set up on White House ground for the UFC fight. I don't follow UFC, but all the right (left) people are pissed off. Matt Margolis at PJM thinks This Scott Jennings Joke on CNN Is the Funniest Thing You’ll See All Week "This continues to be one of the more perplexing things happening at the White House. I do wonder, Scott, why? Why are we doing this to the tune —""Four hundred ninety-four porta-potties?” Jennings interjected. "That's a lot of porta-potties," Phillip replied."Somewhere Graham Platner is booking an airline ticket," Jennings quipped."

At the NYT, After Senate Loss, Cornyn Predicts ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump. From Twitchy, Texas Loser John Cornyn Tries to Insult Scott Presler and, Yeah, THAT Didn't Go Well for Him. As Charles De Gaulle once noted "The graveyards are full of indispensable men."

From the Brussels Signal, The G-7 is Trump’s chance to express US dominance within the Western alliance. Sundance at CTH sees Mark Carney Arrives in France Three Days Early for Defeating Trump Strategy Session with Emmanuel Macron.

On the Iran affair, News Wax has Khamenei Website Releases Statement: No Give Up on Hormuz, No Deal With Trump, Trump: Leaked Iran Deal 'Bears No Relation to the Truth' and cites FT: Iran Still Has Access to Missiles Despite Attacks.Dmitri Bolt at TownHall hears President Trump Just Blew a Hole in Iran's Alleged Leaked Deal "The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing," the president wrote on Truth Social. "What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith." Iran is playing it's usual games by saying one thing in negotiations, and another to the press. They may need a few more rounds of softening. Conrad Black at the Brussels Signal opines Trump will get what he wants in Iran by negotiation or by force. The Peacock preens Defense industry leaders preparing to meet with Trump as worries over missile supply grow, sources say. "The president is expected to press the leaders to find ways to swiftly increase production of weaponry for the Pentagon, sources told NBC News." Probably has at least a grain of truth, though. At RCW, Iran’s Execution Machine Is Running at Full Speed. Hopefully the people of Iran will respond in kind when they get their chance, assuming Israel leaves any of the leadership alive. 

Yesterday, SpaceX held its IPO, and Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire, at least on paper. Envious Democrats, Socialist and Democratic socialists are beside themselves (a neat trick) with envy and rage. John Sexton at Hat Hair calls 'Total Bulls**t": The Left Has Plans for Seizing and Spending Elon Musk's Money. Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "You know they’re the good guys by the way they keep calling for violence and bloodshed against those they view as their ideological enemies." Quote Aleph @woke8yearold "Over on the blue site popehat is calling for Elon Musk to be killed for being racist His brain has been cooked, although admittedly he was unstable to begin with." Insty, at his substack says Elon Musk is a Genius, and a Litmus Test. "People's reactions to him are diagnostic." Henrick Johansson @compliantvc, "Elon Musk is about to become a trillionaire If he agreed to pay just 80% of that as a wealth tax to the EU, the EU government could use its efficient operating experience to fund bicycles with solar panels attached to them for over 40 residents of the Netherlands Elon is being selfish by not paying the wealth tax." John Sexton hears Kimmel: Elon Musk Is 'An Immigrant Who Has Been Stealing From Us'. Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) @antoniogm, "The most envious, Marxist, redistributive person in the world isn't the guy busting his hump to frame a house, or the guy grinding out DoorDash...it's the smug guy worth 7 or 8 figures staring at a trillionaire he considers socially beneath him." Quote Rolling Stone @RollingStone, "Jimmy Kimmel warned against "obscenely wealthy weirdo" Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire. Watch: https://rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-m" From Twitchy, Here's Why Class Warfare Lefties Are Ignoring THESE Working Folks Profiting From Elon Musk's Greedy IPO and Limit and Give It: Scott Jennings Schools Grabby CNN Dems Who Want to Kneecap Trillionaire Elon Musk. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "“Elon Musk is a trillionaire.” As a securities law attorney, please allow me to explain how anyone who says this is basically lying to you: 1. The Securities and Exchange Commission has a myriad of laws that prevent founders and other large stockholders of publicly traded companies from dumping their shares. There are substantial holding period requirements, volume of sales limitations and public reporting obligations for stock sales. Basically, Elon holds largely illiquid shares, he is a “trillionaire” on paper only, and the best analogy is when people peg your net worth based on your home’s market price. That’s not money in your pocket, that’s the house you live in..." Peter Hague @peterrhague, "It’s basically incitement at this point, right? I’m sure the journalists have been very careful with language to avoid crossing the legal line (I’m not paying to read this crap) but it’s clear what their intentions are." Quote The Globe and Mail @globeandmail, "Opinion: SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire. Here’s how to properly hate him https://theglobeandmail.com /business/comme..." Northern Barbarian@xnoesbueno, "When Canada's house organ has to issue instructions on how to hate you, you must be doing something right. The richest man in history has devoted his life to making this world a better place. Useful things, making people freer. And getting us onto other worlds. (The Tesla thing, I personally don't really care about, except to the extent it financed other projects and also hilariously made virtue-signaling twats self-humiliate with ridiculous stickers.) The $44 billion for free speech alone when governments are actively censoring dissent, would deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, though associating that wretched tainted award with Musk would elevate it more than it would honor him. Personally devoting his efforts to rooting out massive corruption, fraud and waste in the United States government. Congratulations, @elonmusk. Keep doing what you're doing."

Matt Margolis says Just When You Thought the Platner Tattoo Scandal Couldn’t Get Worse… From the Free Bacon, The Scum Also Rises: Graham Platner Makes History As First Vanity Oysterman With Nazi Tattoo To Win US Senate Nomination. Ace has More: Graham Platner, Known to Have a Dick the Size of a Grain of Rice, Has Lied About Why He Has a Nazi Totenkopf on His Flabby Droopy Moob According To What Story He Thinks His Mark Wants to Hear, "I'm 99% sure this is the woman we heard about yesterday. I'm not 100% on that, though." At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed calls him Shameless: Khanna Invokes Epstein to Defend Platner, Dave Strom on Why Platner's Death Camp Guard Tattoo Really Is No Big Deal to Democrats and Mark Judge, Graham Platner’s Sexts and the Stasi Media. Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine, "Being called a thug and the worst person ever to run for office by Donald Trump might be the highest compliment I have ever received." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I mean, he could have called you a Nazi but you would have to agree." Dave Strom calls this Peak Democrat Propaganda: Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC, "A dirtbag who banged his dead brother's wife is asked by a dirtbag who banged his best friend/campaign manager's wife about another dirtbag who cheated on a fiancee (alleged) and sexted a dozen women right after getting married (confirmed)." Quote POLITICO @politico, "Hunter Biden defends Graham Platner on Newsom podcast http://dlvr.it/TT0RXs."From NYPo, Mamdani cashed in on mayoral perks for Knicks tickets — and downplayed the price: sources.

Ed Ring at Am Great on How the Machine Buried Spencer Pratt. "Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral bid surged on Election Day, only to be reversed as California’s entrenched political machine reshaped the final count after the vote." At Da Fed, Brianna Lyman notes California Allows Late Ballots With No Postmark — That’s An Invitation To Fraud. Stella X @Stellaaa, "Riddle me this LA: If it’s illegal for non-citizens to vote, why the Hell does the West LA Library have a display for non citizens that includes a VOTER REGISTRATION specifically for non citizens that allows them to “preregister” to vote. They even have a special section on the registration that allows you to vote ANONYMOUSLY if you don’t feel “safe” putting your address. Gee what could possibly go wrong?!..." Scott McKay at Am Spec calls What’s Happening in Los Angeles an Exercise in Brute-Force Politics. "The vote factory strikes again." Dave Strom reads the Los Angeles Times: Accusations of Voter Fraud 'Unfounded,' Yet They...Found It. F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli @USAttyEssayli, "The @LATimes headline says voter fraud claims are “unfounded” — then their own reporting confirms it. Their article documents homeless individuals being paid cash to register to vote. That’s a federal crime under 52 U.S.C. § 10307(c). “Three people told The Times they accepted a couple dollars to sign, with one saying he signed multiple signatures using various names and received $10." That’s not unfounded. That’s voter fraud and it’s exactly why there must be investigations." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees Spencer Pratt Unleashed: Of Course You Realize, THIS MEANS WAR “Karen, Nithya, ask yourself, is it possible one of your employees may have a recording of you doing or saying something that would force you to resign in disgrace?” he says deadpan into the camera. “Hope you sleep well at night.” Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Jimmy Kimmel i guess you missed the part of the story i don’t need a U-Haul…I have nothing left to pack."

Joe Chalfant at TownHall notes Dan Sullivan and GOP Officials Just Ended Democrats' Nefarious Plan in Alaska. InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022, "JUST IN: Alaska Division of Elections has ruled Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg ineligible to run for office after a probe into Republican allegations that he’s trying to rig the election by drawing votes from U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan." You have to give them credit for inventiveness though. He even looks like him.

From Da Mail, California hit by another huge fraud bombshell as thousands of claims for $4 BILLION in taxpayer-funded compensation meant for sex crime victims are FAKE, investigator says. Beege Welborn, GASP: 'Most' Claims in Los Angeles County's Four BILLION Dollar Sexual Abuse Payout Might Be...Bogus. Scott McLallen at TownHall, Nine Convicted in Ohio Drug Ring That Mixed Fentanyl Trafficking With $4.5M COVID-19 Fraud. Diversification! Stephen Kruiser at PJM, The Morning Briefing: Feds Keep Racking Up Law Enforcement Wins, Dems Hardest Hit.

Althouse sees the Demoncrats' newest wedge issue, AI data centers, "Democrats need organized voters. The political mobilization that the civil rights movement built..." ""... and that has propelled Democrats to victories across the country is aging. The G.O.P. is racing to disorganize and dilute Black electoral power across the South and the Voting Rights Act is all but dead. Your guess about the Democratic Party’s plan to fill the gaps is as good as mine. The party seems to want some kind of economic populist message without embracing the demographic reality that a member of the working class is just as likely to be Black or a woman as a white dude in a Carhartt...." Writes Tressie McMillan Cottom, in "This Could Be the Winning Issue for Democrats" (NYT). The suggested winning issue is opposition to data centers: "Americans hate data centers. They really, really hate them.... Data centers evoke strong emotions because they are tangible. Voters can hear them, smell them and see them.... [W]hen political problems become local, people can be persuaded to look beyond their party affiliation or even their own social class to help one another...."

From Sundance, Why Have I Spent a Decade Focusing on FISA, DNI Tulsi Gabbard (Aaron Lukas) Revokes Biden Era Assessments Created Inside Weaponized CIA Analyst System and DNI Tulsi Gabbard Releases New Information on 120 U.S. Govt Funded Biolabs Operating Worldwide. Ace, Despite the Lies of the Biden Administration and Its Egregiously Dishonest Spokeswoman Jen Psaki, the US Did In Fact Use Taxpayer Money to Fund Bioweapon Labs Across the Globe, Including in Ukraine.

Jae Sambo @JaeSambo "They can't even take accountability for slavery and give reparations but want to lecture everyone else about being accountable." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "I never owned slaves, but Karmelo murdered someone. Hope that helps." Flopping Aces @FloppingAces, "The trial told us Karmelo Anthony murdered Austin Metcalf. The aftermath told us something much bigger and uglier was running the show. Once the verdict and the 35-year sentence came down, the mask slipped. Instead of accepting the outcome, parts of the support ecosystem immediately shifted into intimidation mode. Death threats started hitting the Metcalf family’s phones. Some of them specifically said Austin’s twin brother Hunter should have been stabbed too. Others talked about desecrating the grave. This wasn’t grief. This was punishment for the family daring to get justice in a courtroom..."

From CIS, Latest Harvard/Harris Poll Shows Increasing Support for ‘Mass Deportations’. "The survey is all over the place — but it’s clear that voters want illegal criminal aliens gone," and notes an interesting ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Exception — From Canada, "The pregnant Dutch crown princess and a quickie proclamation of ‘extraterritoriality.’"

Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill, "Somalis rank among the most welfare-dependent groups in the United States, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. Six countries. Same result. Every single time. This is a pattern, and American taxpayers are paying for it. 81% of Somali immigrant households receive welfare. Even after being in the US for 10 years or longer, 78% are still on welfare. For native households, that number is 21%. They aren’t living the American dream. They are getting free stuff. And we are all paying for it...." Gene Volokh at the The Volokh Conspiracy cites a case where Cultural Difference "Cannot Be Accepted as a Reason to Mitigate" Ethiopian-Born Lawyer's Dishonesty-Related Misconduct. PJM's Athena Thorne begs Can We PLEASE Stop Mass-Importing Third-World Medieval Butchers?

VodkaPundit at Insty cites DAVID MANNEY: The Washington Post’s Credibility Crisis Hits the Checkout Page. “The complaint, filed in Superior Court of the District of Columbia, seeks class-action status for current and former subscribers, claiming the Post used reader behavior, engagement, and personal information to estimate how much subscribers would tolerate paying at renewal.” I've heard worse about WaPoo.

At The Weak Are Woke

At State of the Day, State of Wednesday: HERE IT COMES, AS PREDICTED. Riots in Belfast? Just like the good old days. Maybe this can unite the Irish. From sundance Britain’s Prime Minister for Northern Ireland Says “a Crackdown is Coming” Against Those Who Complain About Beheading. The Slantic attempts to explain away How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi. Poorer, actually. They mostly blame conservatives for "austerity" efforts.

Gene Parmesan @dsonoiki, "modern leftism is just a permission structure to be as awful as humanly possible to other people all the time for no reason."

From Fox, Emergency action seeks to prevent erasure of 'mother' and 'father' in code of largest US town. "New York's legislature voted to use nonbinary terms 'gestating parent' and 'non-gestating parent' in its state code."

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Maryland Man Meets "Maryland Man"

From Don Surber's Highlights of the week

When last we met "my" Senator (trust me, I never cast a ballot for him), Chris Van Hollen had traveled to El Salvador to to nominally get reassurances that "Maryland Man" wife-beating MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but really for photo ops, who had been deported using the enemy Aliens act, was still alive and healthy. At NYPo, Alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia seen ‘sipping margaritas’ with Sen. Van Hollen amid El Salvador deportation battle, new photos reveal. To be fair, I don't see margaritas on the table, just water. Margaritas would probably be safer, though. Sundance at CTH, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Shares Pictures of Senator Van Hollen and MS13 Deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia Having Margaritas. "The New York Times are claiming the team around El Salvador President Nayib Bukele set up the photo-op with margaritas in order to embarrass Maryland Senator Van Hollen. Even if they did, it’s still funny." and hosts Stephen Miller Responds To Van Hollen's Trip To El Salvador To Check On Abrego Garcia and President Trump Answers Media Questions on Ukraine and MS13 Deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia. At Da Signal, ‘Looked Like a Fool’: GOP Roasts Van Hollen Over Meeting with Illegal Alien. Nice Deb at Am Great, Government Watchdog Files Ethics Complaint Against Sen. Van Hollen Over Trip to El Salvador to Meet With Alleged Gangbanger. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Trump Team Performed a Masterclass in Obliterating This Narrative About the Deported Illegal Alien. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson "Tom Homan makes an absolute FOOL out of Kaitlan Collins on live television. She is just a walking L at this point: "2 federal judges and a Police department. said he's an MS-13 member. ICE data says he's an MS-13 member. El Salvador said he's MS-13." NewsMax, AG: Deported Migrant Owned MS-13 Rank, Street Name. Balmer Sun reports Allegations link Abrego Garcia to MS-13: Here’s what we know. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Here's When a Lefty Trump Supporter Stunned CNN When Debating That Deported Illegal Alien Case. Byron York at WaEx, Democratic passions catch fire over deported illegal immigrant. Chris Queen at PJM, Is There Any Question Which Party Is Fighting for Americans? Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "The police can forcibly take my blood at a traffic stop and there’s a $10 billion data center in Utah spying on everything I say. The media is telling me I’ll lose my due process rights if we don’t allow a wife beating illegal alien gang member back into the US. I’m tired." Quote Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto, "The El Salvador story is less about Abrego Garcia himself than about the right to due process. The assault on Harvard is less about the school itself (there are and will be others) but attempted federal control of private universities. The assault on law firms is less aboutShow more" From Twitchy, Here Are Numbers That Indicate Democrats Should DEFINITELY Keep Simping for Criminal Illegals.

Matt Margolis, BOOM! The Trump Admin Fights Back Against Rogue Judge's Contempt Warning. "Team Trump's legal filing didn't pull any punches. It meticulously detailed how Boasberg's ruling attempts to usurp executive authority that the Supreme Court explicitly confirmed just last month. The 5-4 decision authorized these deportation flights, but apparently, left-wing district court judges think they can override the Supreme Court because “Orange man bad.”" Josh Blackmun at the Volokh Report writes "A Recipe for District Judge Supremacy." "When a district judge acts hastily, yet appellate courts are told not to "rush in," that's not a plea for judicial sobriety—it's a recipe for district judge supremacy." Capt. Ed says Hmmm: SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Challenge on Birthright Citizenship. "What does this mean? It means that at least four of the justices want to debate this case now, rather than later. But are they debating the merits of the order, or the reach of the stays?"

At NewsMax, Rubio: US May Abandon Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks Without Progress. Sundance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio Says U.S. Willing to Walk Away from Ukraine Conflict, Decision in “Days Not Weeks” and Rubio, Witkoff and Kellogg Meet with French President Macron, Ukraine and UK Delegation to Discuss Outline of Ceasefire.

From TNP, U.S. Jobless Claims Dip, Signaling Trump Labor Market Remains Strong. At Da Mail, Trump hits record high approval rating amid tariff turmoil. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn comments It's amazing how the American people, contrary to the hysterics in the press, can be mature enough to know things don't happen overnight. And sometimes there's even a little pain before a gain." NewsWeek whines Japan Cautious as Trump Hails 'Big Progress' in Key Test of Tariffs. Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks China Is In Much Deeper Trouble Than Most Realize and explains How Transnationalists Think. At NewsMax, Trump Signals Tit-for-Tat China Tariffs May Be Near End.

Jeff Charles at TownHall reports You Weren't Supposed to Know About This Biden-Era Program – But Tulsi Gabbard Just Blew it Wide Open. Matt Margolis, Tulsi Exposes a Terrifying Biden-Era Program That Was Meant To Be Secret. At Da Caller, ‘Ghost Guns’ And ‘Hate Crime’: Tulsi Gabbard Declassifies Biden Admin Docs Targeting ‘Domestic Terrorism’. Sundance, DNI Tulsi Gabbard Releases Declassified Files of RFK and Biden Domestic Terrorism Plan. Dave Strom chortles Perfect: COVID.gov Now Goes to Page Debunking 'Proximal Origins' Paper, Trashing Fauci. 

From NewsMax, Giuliani to Newsmax: Situation 'Pretty Hard' for AG James.

The very picture of health

At Am Mind, Jeff Anderson wonders Is DOGE Enough? Probably not, but it's a start on a problem no other administration has touched. Ace hears CNN: Trump and Musk Murdered a Federal Worker By Worrying Her With DOGE Cuts Until She Had a Heart Attack, "You've got to be ****ing kidding me with this sh** now, CNN. You cannot be serious. You simply cannot be. I know what you're thinking -- this bureaucrat was probably in terrific shape, which means that the heart attack was caused not by 50+ years of unhealthy living but just by Trump's and Musk's nefarious plotting. And you're absolutely right -- she was an original member of the George Floyd Memorial Crossfit Center." NYPo reports a Tim Walz state employee allegedly caused $20K in damage vandalizing Teslas — weeks after governor mocked automaker’s stock prices. Dave Strom, Minnesota State Government Analyst Arrested for Vandalizing Teslas. "Well, when the governor gives the green light to go out and commit crimes for political purposes, it's not surprising that one of the 37,000 people working for him will happily do so." Dustin Grage @GrageDustin, "BREAKING: The man seen vandalizing a Tesla has been ID’d as 33-year-old Dylan Bryan Adams. He’s accused of causing $20K+ in damages across the Twin Cities. The kicker: Adams works as a Fiscal Policy Analyst for the State of Minnesota. Someone took Tim Walz’s words to heart."

The best endorsement money can buy at the Free Bacon, LeBron James Endorsed Kamala Harris. Then She Paid His Company $50K. Ace, Vice Chair of the DNC David Hogg: I'm Really Fighting for the Great Progressive Cause So If You See Some Sick Scandalous Claims Made Against Me, That's Just My Enemies Trying to Stop My Crusade for Justice, "Shyeah, okay. What did you do, David? What did you do?," and Minnesota AG and Islamist Keith Ellison Is Distancing Himself from a Fake "Charity" That Stole $250 Million in Covid Funds, Supposedly for Feeding Poor Children, "His grubby fingerprints are all over this, says David Strom," and The Self-Declared "Party of Science:" We Don't Want to Know Why Autism Rates Have Increased 1300% Over the Past 50 Years, Bigots, "RFKJr. talked about the skyrocketing rates of autism in children -- now 1 in 31 kids are autistic. The numbers are worse for boys: 1 in 20 boys are autistic. In California, that number is 1 in 12.5, or about 8%. RFKJr. wants to find out why 5% of our boys are now autistic (or 8% in California):" Twitchy want you to WATCH a Legit INSANE Lefty Woman Screams at MAGA Hat Wearing Man In a Restaurant (and Check Out Her Shirt). Alex Bradford @BadMoneyBrad "The irony is that she is wearing a Luigi Mangione as Jesus shirt during Holy Week, a man that murdered a father of two." Andy Palmer at Spec World speculates on Luigi Mangione and the left’s warped choice of heroes. "The Trump ‘resistance’ seems determined to lose." Dave Strom examines The Liberal Ratchet, "It has been an iron law in American politics that, no matter what the electorate wants, our politics only has two speeds: a rush to the left and then a period of the left consolidating their gains."

The Peacock reports Google hit with second antitrust blow, adding to concerns about future of ads business. "On Thursday, a federal judge ruled Google held illegal monopolies in online advertising markets due to its position between ad buyers and sellers." Well, it does.

Ace announces DHS Secretary Noem Announces the Freezing of $2.7 Million in Grants to Harvard, "I know I've reported that this was in the offing, but this makes it official. These new cuts are in addition to the $2.2 billion (with a b) that Trump already froze." At Campus Reform, Harvard finds wingtip on the other foot as Trump moves to revoke its tax-exempt status. John MacGhilionn at Am Spec explains The Fall of Harvard: How America’s Oldest University Became Its Most Expensive Liability, "Harvard’s leaders now prioritize activism over academics and show greater loyalty to foreign interests than their own government and students." The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great wonders Will Harvard Go Full Hillsdale? "Harvard risks $2.2B in federal funds as it defies anti-discrimination mandates, drawing comparisons to Hillsdale's stand-alone model of rejecting government strings." At Althouse, "We have now seen that the Trump administration manages the economy with the same expertise and competence it manages higher education, and as a result we might begin to rally the American people." "I'm reading "I’m a Columbia Professor. Here’s the Really Disheartening Part of This Mess," a NYT op-ed by Matthew Connelly, a Columbia history professor. I'm all for expertise and competence, but who is this "we" threatening to "rally" us in the name of longing for expertise and competence?"

Hollywood in Toto, Why the Left Self-Censors in Trump 2.0 Era, "Hollywood free speech warriors can't stop erasing their own projects, ideas." At the Free Bacon, WATCH: From Trees to White Women, Everything Is Racist in These PBS Documentaries. 

Ace, "Journalist" Gayle King Thinks She's an Astronaut Now, Attacks Sexism for Denying Her Credit. "Some of you are probably tired of this story. I'm not. I'm just getting warmed up. This energizes me. But I do know this is now three days old so I'll only have this post up for 40 minutes before I post another one. "Journalist" Gayle King is now also an "astronaut," the talentless, corrupt hanger-on now claims." Insty cites DON SURBER: Did Katy Perry just kill feminism? "“The 6 celebrities followed Freedom 7’s course? So what? You can retrace the route of the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria but that doesn’t make you Christopher Columbus.” The Internet mockery has been extreme: But efforts at stolen astronaut glamour notwithstanding, the real achievement is in fact that space travel has progressed to the point where you don’t have to be Alan Shepherd or John Glenn to fly in space: You can just be a passenger. Kind of like it’s a sign that air travel has advanced that you don’t have to be Charles Lindbergh to fly across the Atlantic. These women flew in space because they’re famous. Alan Shepherd was famous because he flew in space. It’s not the same, but that’s okay." 

Order-Order reports Supreme Court Rules A Woman is a Biological Female, in the UK.  

KORNACKI: "We see this - white women with a college degree. The only group of white voters that is on the left... do you want to continue DEI programs or do you think they should be ended? White men, no degree? End it. White men with a degree? End it, they say. White women no… pic.twitter.com/l1Pm1wh8J1

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 18, 2025

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Linked at Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup – Happy Easter and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Cost of Victory up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Chicks in Space!

But first, more important things. At Fox Business, Stocks move higher on some tariff relief for electronics. Sundance at CTH hosts Stephen Miller Reiterating Tariff Strategy Around Section 232 National Security Products, NEC Director Kevin Hassett Outlines Details of Global Tariff Strategy and notes Chairman Xi Jinping Pressures Hedge Position in Vietnam with Increased Trade Agreements. From ET, Trump Says Semiconductor Tariffs Coming Soon, "The president said that the entire electronics supply chain would be examined as part of what he called a national security tariff investigation." From Insty, TARIFFS ARE GOING TO BE A REAL PROBLEM FOR THEM: Mark Simon @MarkSimonHK, " This is from @BrookingsInst - Not MAGA or @POTUS CCP is flooding world markets with subsidized goods. This is how Xi fights for survival." Quote Robin Brooks @robin_j_brooks, "China's global trade surplus in the first 3 months of 2025 reached a stunning $273 bn. That's an order of magnitude higher than any previous surplus in the first 3 months of the year. China is very clearly at the root of major imbalances in global trade, which need to be fixed..." Mark Simon thinks Trump’s Challenge to Xi May be the Entire Story “Everyone has a plan until you get punched the face.” Derek at Flopping Aces calls it Trump’s Masterstroke: How He’s Quietly Strangling China’s Economy. From NewsMax, Taiwan President: 1st Phase of US Tariff Talks 'Smooth.' TNP reports Canada Commits to U.S. Trade Talks, Leaving China as Last Major Holdout.  Roger Kimball at Spec World says What the left calls ‘chaos,’ the rest of us call ‘winning’. "One by one, countries line up to make a deal with the world’s largest economy." Jeremy Frankel at TownHall links After Trump Tariff Pledge, Swiss Pharma Company Announces $23 Billion Investment in US. At Da Caller, ‘Companies Will Bring Work Back’: UAW President Defends Trump Tariffs In Verbal Slugfest With Befuddled MSNBC Hosts. Jeffrey A Tucker @jeffreyatucker "I'm trying to understand NYT economics. How can what's good for the US be an obvious disaster for Europe?" Newt Gingrich warns Americans, Not Government, Must Benefit from Trump’s Tariffs. Leslie Eastman at LI reports Trump Withdraws US From International Maritime Organization’s “Decarbonization” Negotiations. "If the IMO persists in its Net Zero insanity, it will sail into the FO phase of the FAFO cycle." Jeff Charles, Sen. Lie-a-watha Demands Investigation Into Trump Administration. Wait Until You Hear Why. Insider trading during the tariff flip flops. 

Jeff Charles at TownHall hears Trump Goes Off on 'Crooked' Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky Over Ukraine War  From Space.com, Russia and China are threatening SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation, new report finds.

Virginia Kruta at Da Wire reports Trump Swipes At Biden After Annual Physical: ‘I Got Every Answer Right’. Sundance notes White House Releases Results of President Trump Physical Examination. "I felt I was in very good shape — good heart, a good soul, very good soul." Jess Fields @jessalanfields "America is healing! Latest Harvard Harris poll shows OVERWHELMING support for Trump policies: 74% for deporting illegals 70% for closing the border 69% for DOGE 65% to ban trans men from girl sports 57% for ending foreign aid 57% for reciprocal tariffs 53% for Alaska drilling." PJM's Stephen Kruiser says Butter, Meet Hot Knife — Trump Keeps Cutting Through Media's TDS Noise. From WUWT, Trump EPA Reportedly Axing Obama-Era Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure Rule. Am Mil News reports Trump admin orders major increase in logging after wildfire disasters. 

At Red State, Ward Clark reports DOGE Has a New Portal for the Airing of Grievances. From Drew Berquist, Elon Musk Trolls the Media as He’s Lays Out Uncovered Waste During Cabinet Meeting. Politico tries to make trouble, Navarro denies clash with Musk over tariffs "The special adviser to Trump called Navarro “a moron” last week." Misty Severi at JTN, White House to ask Congress to trim $9 billion from budget, including cuts to USAID and PBS, "The full rescission package is expected to be formally presented to Congress when it returns from its Easter recess on April 28." US News, White House Proposes Drastic Cuts to State Department and Funding for UN, NATO and Other Groups. From LifeZette, Harvard Professors Try Blocking Audit Into Billions in Government Grants. Insty at his NYPo gig explains How Democrats used NGOs to end-run voters: A ‘parallel government.’ DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "New tool in the works! Today I've been deep in the guts of something ambitious: a system to cross-check Form 990 data, audit reports, and federal spending to flag when an org’s stated purpose doesn’t match where the money’s actually going. Here’s how it’s coming together: Scraped audit metadata by EIN from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Pulled all audit PDFs for every tax year. Extracted Program III, Schedule O, and mission statements from 990s. Identified all candidate FAINs from those audits.. Matching real award IDs in the USASpending database via UEIs/FAINs (tonight). Using AI to surface discrepancies between award descriptions and 990 claims (tomorrow). Publishing the tool (also tomorrow). We’ve already spot-checked a few orgs where the federal grant descriptions either don’t match anything in the 990… or wildly exceed what the org claims to have done. This might be the first large-scale "hey, here's where DOGE should dig deeper" tool. Coming soon"  Bob Spencer at PJM claims 'Mississippi Musk' Finds $400 Million in State Government Waste.

Sarah Anderson at PJM sees Trump Meets with Nayib Bukele, Destroys Fake News. Teri Christoph at RedState observes Trump and Bukele Torch CNN's Kaitlan Collins in Oval Office Showdown Over Deported MS-13 Gangbanger. Sundance hosts President Trump Welcoming El Salvador President Nayib Bukele to the White House – Video. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Did You See Everyone Pile on CNN in the Oval Office Today? Townhall.com @townhallcom "El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele tells reporters he will NOT return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the U.S. "Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous...You want us to go back to releasing criminals?...That's not going to happen." Ryan King at NYPo, El Salvador president says deported Maryland man with alleged MS-13 ties can’t be brought back to US despite Supreme Court ruling: ‘Question is preposterous.’ James Lynch at NRO, El Salvador’s President Bukele Says He Will Not Return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to U.S. Althouse, "The question is preposterous. How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? I don’t have the power to return him to the United States." ""I mean, we’re not very fond of releasing terrorists into our country. We just turned the murder capital of the world into the safest country in the Western Hemisphere and you want us to go back into releasing criminals so we can go back to being the murder capital of the world? That’s not going to happen." Said El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, quoted in "El Salvador President Nayib Bukele says he won’t return Abrego Garcia to U.S." (CNBC)." Don Surber, No, CBS, Maryland is not part of El Salvador, "In the 21st century, illegal aliens have more rights than a citizen." Vicky Taft at PJM, Do You Know Why the Beatified MS-13 'Maryland Father' Was 'Mistakenly' Deported? An illegal alien with a deportation order all ready? Twitchy sees Scott Jennings Stomps on Dem Fantasy an Illegal Alien Deported to El Salvador Will Return a U.S. Citizen. Matt Vespa again, CNN's Scott Jennings Drops a Key Fact About the Deported Illegal Alien Case…and Libs Won't Like It. Jeremy Redfern @JeremyRedfernFL "Let’s flip this around, Chuck: If a US citizen was sent to the US by El Salvador, and El Salvador asked for the return of that US citizen, should we send him back to El Salvador?" Quote Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer, "President Bukele’s comment today is pure nonsense. The law is clear, due process was grossly violated, and the Supreme Court has clearly spoken that the Trump administration must facilitate and effectuate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. He should be returned to the U.S.Show more"

BLOWTORCH: Scott Jennings ANNIHILATES Democrat Panel Defending MS-13 Gang Member

CNN seriously tried to argue that an illegal alien MS-13 member—accused of human trafficking—should be brought back into the U.S.

That’s when @ScottJenningsKY stepped in—and lit the whole argument… pic.twitter.com/ZlGMymUIbR

— Overton (@overton_news) April 15, 2025

Joe Cunningham at RedState, Another Federal Court Blocks Trump's Immigration Agenda in Nationwide Ruling—Without Calling It That "The judge, in an emergency ruling issued April 14, ruled that DHS "likely" acted unlawfully by issuing blanket revocations of lawful parole, rather than reviewing cases individually—as required by statute. DHS had argued it needed to terminate the parole in bulk to facilitate faster removals, but the court rejected that reasoning, saying nothing in the immigration statute permits cutting off parole early without case-by-case review. . . . As a result, the judge: Blocked DHS from enforcing the March 25 termination policy, Prohibited any attempt to revoke CHNV work permits tied to that parole, Barred the government from proceeding with removals based solely on that policy. . . . Interestingly, the court went out of its way to avoid the political landmine of issuing what it called a “nationwide injunction.” Instead, the judge certified a national class—everyone still in the U.S. under CHNV parole—and applied the ruling to that group. It seems a clever bit of legal footwork. Technically, this is a class-action injunction, not a nationwide one. But the practical result is the same: the government is now barred from applying this policy anywhere in the country, to anyone still covered by the CHNV program."

Hat Hair's Duane Patterson sees Anti-Semitism On Passover In Pennsylvania. Mary Chastain at LI, Police: Arson Suspect Admitted ‘Harboring Hatred’ Toward Gov. Shapiro. "The police also said that an ex-girlfriend of Balmer contacted the police. She claimed Balmer confessed to committing the fire and wanted her to turn him in to the police." But why does he hate Shapiro? VodkaPundit at PJM says So a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Normalizing Political Assassinations... starring Taylor Lorenz. 

Jeff Charles at TownHall reports Trump Just Napalmed 'Wacky Crook' Who Tried to Weaponize the Justice System Against Him, Letitia James. From Da Fetched, Senior FBI Official Tied to FISA Abuse and Hunter Biden Cover-Up Suspended. "Brian Auten, who was suspended under the leadership of FBI Director Kash Patel, played a central role in the FBI’s counterintelligence Crossfire Hurricane investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election." 

Musings from an Angry Webmaster finds a Report that claims that criminal gang Tren de Aragua is an actual foreign militia. Buck Throckmorton@BuckThrockmort, "Democrats will never forgive Laken Riley for being murdered by one of their precious illegal aliens. They still consider Laken’s murderer to be the true victim." ABC 7 News (Chicago), Chicago Cinco de Mayo Parade canceled over Trump immigration policy fears, organizers say.

Matt Margolis, Now We Know Why Democrats Are Losing the Messaging War. NewsBusters finds On NBC, Boston Globester Bombast: Democrats Should Cry 'Autocracy' from the Mountaintops! John Solomon and Steve Richards, While publicly rebuking Russia, Joe Biden opened 2014 back door for Moscow gas to flow to Ukraine ""Critical moment:" Timing of fall 2014 overture came as son's Burisma firm fretted it could be blamed for price spike without Russian help. Documents show as vice president, Joe Biden helped protect his son's interests." Sarah at Insty, IT’S A BIG CHALLENGE FOR THOSE TWO BRAIN CELLS: Kamala Harris Is Still Thinking About Her Political Future.

Atop Da Hill whines that AP says journalists blocked from Oval Office after judge’s order. NewsMax cites Trump: CBS, '60 Minutes' Attacks 'Unlawful, Illegal'. Matt Margolis, Say What? CNN Claims Only the Right Has an 'Extremism Problem'.

Space.com, Katy Perry and Gayle King launch to space with 4 others on historic all-female Blue Origin rocket flight. Jawad Iqbal at The Spec claims Blue Origin’s all-female space flight was a step backwards for feminism. ‘Look at the moon…Look at the Earth…wow,’ could be heard over the radio link. It is not exactly profound stuff. The mission? To float about – weightlessly and aimlessly – in space for a total of three minutes before returning to Earth." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair examines The Tao of AOC and Space Vixens " Normally, taking some women in skin tight spandex, pretending they're 'astronauts' going into 'space' as a 'rocket ship crew' would make for a laughably entertaining movie. Schmaybe shades of Galaxy Quest if any of the chicas were as adept at humor as Sigourney Weaver and the writers anywhere near as polished."

A lot of people are dunking on this supposed commercialized stunt, but there isn't a single guy on this entire planet who doesn't want to launch 6 women he knows into outer space. https://t.co/XtEG4WlwM2

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 14, 2025

NewsBusters, WOKE. IN. SPACE! CBS Host Apologizes for Saying ‘Mankind’: ‘I’m Sorry. I'm Sorry’

Misty Severi, Trump admin freezes billions in federal funding for Harvard, after Ivy League refuses to comply. "The joint task force slammed Harvard's decision in a statement, arguing it was evidence that the university was not serious about its commitment to combat antisemitism."  At WJ, Another Elite University Finds Out Trump Wasn't Joking and Loses $4 Million in Funding. Robby Soave at Reason explains, How Obama and Biden Paved the Way for Trump's Attacks on Universities. ""Universities were bending over for federal funds long before Trump," writes Laura Kipnis." He who pays the piper calls the tune. 

VodkaPundit at PJM notices Ford Has a 'Chief Learning Officer,' and He's Exactly What You'd Expect. Kurt Schlichter at TownHall thinks The Pentagon Must Go on the Offensive to Defeat Politicized Officers

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites Ken Paxton: Why Are Dems So Determined to Force Women to Compete Against Males?

The Wombat has Rule Five Sunday: Bunny Season! and FMJRA 2.0: No Grandeur, Lots of Misery, Just One Victory awaiting your attention at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Dept. of Ed Not Dead Yet

A reminder at Da Wire, Trump Officially Signs Order To Dismantle Dept Of Education, Pledges: ‘It’s Going To Work’. From LifeZette, Karoline Leavitt Levels Critics of Trump’s Education Plan [WATCH], Liberty Nation wonders about Executive Action on Education: What Can Trump Do Without Congress? "He can’t kill it – but he may make it wish it were dead." At Reason, Did Trump Just Abolish the Department of Education? "While he can't get rid of the department outright, a new executive order attempts the next best thing." Don Surber explains Why libs should want to shut down the Department of Education. Stephen Kruiser at PJM says Trump Begins Culling the Public Education Indoctrination Herd.

Sundance at CTH posts what he calls a Very Important Interview – Strategic Points Raised by Special Envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff. From Jerusalem Post, cited at Hat Hair, Big If True: Egypt Willing to Temporarily Absorb Half a Million Evacuated Gazans - Lebanese Report. Beege Welborn quibbles "Temporarily" is key. And good luck to them. At Hat Hair's Dave Strom took The New York Times Taken In By, or Conspired With(?) Deep State Hoaxers (again). Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 Quote, The New York Times @nytimes "Breaking News: The Pentagon is set to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s closely guarded plan for any potential war with China, officials said." NewsMax cites Rubio: Trump 'Will Take Action' to Prevent Iranian Nuclear Weapon.

From the Free Bacon, Trump EPA Cancels Funding for Nancy Pelosi’s and Ilhan Omar’s Pet Climate Projects. At Breitbart, Stephen A. Smith Challenges, Trump, Vance, and Hegseth to Debate DEI Cuts. Sure, why not? 

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: Trump says he will pay the astronauts who were stranded in outer space overtime out of his own pocket. DOOCY: They didn't get any over time. $5 per day per diem, that's $1,430 in extra pay. Can the administration fix this? TRUMP: No one mentioned this. If I have to, I'll pay it out of my own pocket, OK? I'll get it for them. I like that."

At Reason, One Federal Clause Allows DOGE To Cancel Contracts at Will. "The Federal Acquisition Regulation requires the right for the government to terminate any federal contract "for convenience."" Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Good idea" Quote MAZE@mazemoore, "Mark Cuban: Reduce the size of government by at least a third. Make it more efficient. Just a reminder that like so many other Democrats, Cuban was all about cutting government waste until Elon and DOGE started actually doing it. From the Pop Times Elon Drops Bombshell on Washington’s “Magic Money Machines”. Wouldn't anyone like one? 

NOW - DOGE Staffer Speaks Out, Unveiling Mission to Fix IRS’ Outdated Infrastructure |

“I really care a lot about this country, and this is a huge program that is currently 30 years behind schedule.”

For the first time, a member of the DOGE team has spoken publicly about the… pic.twitter.com/1zBjJ5hEAj

— Overton (@overton_news) March 21, 2025

NewsMax reports Elon Musk Meets With Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth. Common Defense adds Pentagon Exempts Shipyards and Military Clinics from Hiring Freeze - Common Defense. From Lifezette, Hegseth Cancels Pentagon Projects Pushing Green and Diversity Agendas.

Katie Daviscourt @KatieDaviscourt, "NEW — On March 19, a masked male suspect hunted down a woman for driving a Tesla in the Seattle area. The suspect allegedly followed the victim, cut her off, stopped in the middle of the road, exited his vehicle, and demanded she sell her Tesla, stating it was a "Nazi" car. This incident occurred in Lynnwood, WA, where there have been several attacks on Tesla vehicles and store property." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Great Moments in Progressivism: Lefty in SUV Terrorizes Seattle Woman for Driving an EV. Rusty Weiss at RedState, Angry Karen Tries to Steal Man’s ‘Racist’ MAGA Hat, Is Promptly Introduced to a Little Thing Called Karma. At Twitchy, Just Like That, a Meme Is Born: Unhinged Leftist Tries (and Fails) to Chase Down MAGA Supporter. Kevin Downey at PJM is amused, Call of Doody: Elon-Hater Goes a Smudge Too Far. Collin Rugg@CollinRugg, "NEW: Man caught throwing his dog's poop at a Tesla in St. Petersburg, Florida. The owner is trying to find the suspect to pursue legal action. Looks like someone is about to be famous." Dave Strom, The Conspiracy to Take Down Tesla Is Vast, Organized, and Well-Funded. From Ace, Jimmy Kimmel, Jasmine Crockett, and the Lincoln Project's Rick Wilson All Call for Political Violence, "Scott Jennings writes about the left inciting terroristic violence." Karol Markowicz at NYPo says Democrats’ silence is damning as leftist violence explodes. Capt. Ed hears a Former House Dem: Why Aren't My Fellow Dems Calling Out Domestic Terrorism? "Remember Rep. Patrick Murphy? No, not the nutty one from Florida, but the relatively sane House Democrat from Pennsylvania." Vicky Taft at PJM, Molotov Cocktail Hour Is Over for Tesla Bombers After DOJ Indictments. 

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.20.25, Director Blue: Top 20 Times Democrat Activist Judge Boasberg Overruled America, EBL: Elon Musk Sends Rocket To Rescue Astronauts, Wisconsin : Vote For Judge Brad Schimel for Supreme Court, Twitchy: SecDef Allegedly Removes Every Woman And POC From List Of Notable Americans, Zelensky Fights Trump’s Ceasefire Efforts, Announces “Redline”, Louder With Crowder: Tampon Tim Walz says you FEAR his “masculinity.” Also, he can totally kick all of our butts, After Chuck Schumer’s unhinged tirade against American taxpayers, Barstool CEO Dave Portnoy offers the only common sense solution, Elon Musk SAVAGES Tim Walz after the failed candidate celebrates Democrats terrorizing Tesla families and employees, Scott Jennings puts left-wingers on CNN in their place as they celebrate the terrorist attacks against Tesla owners,

Matt Margolis, Rogue Obama Judge Threatens Trump Over Deporting Venezuelan Gang Members. Sundance has a Boasberg’s Judicial Coup Update: Judge Gives President Trump Deadline of Tuesday for Compliance and Deputy AG Todd Blanche Responds to Boasberg Order…. "Boasberg gets the legal equivalent of “yup” from Blanche. Funny." At Hat Hair, 'Rumor Has It' Judge Boasberg 'Requested' Rmvl of Wife's Pro-Abortion, Trump Trashing Podcast Video: Paul Sperry@paulsperry_, "BREAKING: Sources say Judge Boasberg requested the removal from the Web of a 2024 pro-abortion podcast video of wife Liddy Manson trashing Trump. Boasberg's wife, an abortion activist, campaigned for Hillary in 2016 and gave her a total of $5,300 over her career, FEC data reveal." Don Surber says The court is out of order, "District judges are vetoing the president. This will not end well." John Davidson at Da Fed warns The Judicial Insurrection Is Worse Than You Think, and I think it's pretty bad. Dave Strom at Hat Hair VIP thinks The #Resistance Is Going to More Extreme Lengths to Defy Article 2 Authority. Insty at Substack on Trump and the Lower Courts "Some thoughts about what he's doing and what he might do." From ET, Trump Urges Supreme Court to Stop Injunctions Blocking Enforcement of His Orders. "The president said the judges do not care ‘about the repercussions from their very dangerous and incorrect decisions and rulings.’" "“These Judges want to assume the Powers of the Presidency, without having to attain 80 Million Votes. They want all of the advantages with none of the risks,” the president stated." From Da Fetched, Chuck Schumer Admits on Live TV: Dems Stacked Court to Undermine Trump.

Hat Hair, Ho-Lee-Smokes: Trump Scores YUGE Victory Over Lawfare Firm. Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke, "This is incredible. Not only did President Trump just manage to compel an elite law firm to admit wrongdoing by its former partner, Mark Pomerantz—the architect of NY’s lawfare against him—but he also secured $40 million in free legal work for causes of his choosing." From Althouse, "The chairman of Paul Weiss sought to reassure employees at the giant law firm that the deal it had reached with President Trump was consistent with principles that the 150-year-old firm has long stood by." "From "Paul Weiss Chair Says Deal With Trump Adheres to Firm’s Principles/In an email message, the law firm’s chairman, Brad Karp, reassured employees that its deal with President Trump was in keeping with its principles" (NYT)(free-access link)." Ace, Trump Strikes Agreement With Paul, Weiss Law Firm, with Firm Agreeing to End All DEI Practices and Donate $40 Million in Pro Bono Services to Causes Trump Chooses, "Paul, Weiss acknowledged the wrongdoing of its former partner Mark Pomerantz, who was a key instigator/plotter of the Alvin Bragg fake charges against Trump in the Stormy Daniels matter." Misty Severi at JTN reports the Justice Department accuses judge overseeing Perkins Coie case of bias against Trump, urges recusal, "The DOJ lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell to recuse herself from the case over the appearance of partiality, citing the current lawsuit."

From Da Caller, FBI Arrests Former Agent Who Said Rudy Giuliani Might Have Been ‘Compromised’ By Russian Intelligence. "Johnathan Buma was about to board a departing international flight at the John F. Kennedy International Airport when he was arrested by FBI agents, according to recently filed court documents. He was charged with disclosing confidential material, or violating 18 U.S. Code Section 1905." At Da Blaze, Anti-Trump FBI agent arrested trying to flee country, charged with leaking confidential intel.

Stacy McCain sees Double Standards for Jew-Haters? "There has been a lot of outrage over the FBI’s “Catholic memo,” and most of the commentary omits mention of the Xavier Lopez case, but the point I wish to make is this: Because the DOJ under Merrick Garland had identified “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists” as the No. 1 terrorism threat in America, and because this one crazy Jew-hater in Richmond happened to be associated with a Catholic group, a shadow of terrorist suspicion was cast on all conservative Catholics by the FBI."

At LifeZette, Biden Delivers First Post-Office Speech — And Not a Single Legacy Media Outlet Covers It. Scott Pinsker at PJM hears  They're BAAAAACK: NBC News Reports ‘The Bidens Want Back In’. Dave Strom snarks The Democrats Have Found Their Savior! NYPo, Biden aides, more Democrats pile on ex-prez’s offer to boost party fundraising after 2024 disaster: ‘This is an SNL skit’ and a sad one at that. In a video, Bill Whittle explains Why AUTOPEN Matters. Matt Vespa at TownHall says Here Are the Two Words From Joe Biden That Haunted Kamala Harris, "no daylight." Da Caller, ‘Four Shots Of Vodka’: JD Vance Says He’d Need To Be Totally Boozed Up To Answer Questions Like Kamala Harris. I think an Appalachian boy would like bourbon better. 

Matt Margolis hears There’s a Mutiny Brewing in the Democratic Party. The peasants are revolting! John Sexton, Chuck Schumer Still Facing Progressive Pressure to Resign. Reason is astonished to hear Chuck Schumer Thinks Only Republicans Hate Paying Taxes. Sundance, Senator Chuck Schumer Admits Democrats Organizing Astroturf Activists to Travel and Target GOP Townhall Meetings. Beege Welborn says Progs Getting Froggy and We Need a Pot. John Kennedy @SenJohnKennedy "Our secret plan for dealing with the Democrats is called, “Operation: Let them speak.”" John Sexton records Ben Rhodes' Admissions Against Interest "The hard truth is that the Democratic Party, in its current form, cannot lead the opposition that is required. Faced with a relentless onslaught from Mr. Trump, the party has lost touch with an electorate that sees it as emblematic of what they hate about politics, a polarized culture, overseas commitments and an economy where being middle class doesn’t feel like enough to get by. The party has a credibility gap rooted in its initial willingness to support Joe Biden’s decision to run for re-election while warning that the stakes were existential. If that was the case, then why ignore the overwhelming majorities of Americans who believed that he was too old to run, and choose loyalty to a Washington stalwart over the country’s appetite for drastic change?" George @BehizyTweets, "THIS IS BRUTAL! Gavin Newsom claimed on his podcast that no one in his office ever used the word "Latinx" to describe Latinos, so CNN aired a compilation of Newsom himself saying it REPEATEDLY. It's amazing to see leftists tearing themselves apart. Newsom: "By the way, not one person ever in my office has ever used the word Latinx." CNN's Erin Burnett: "But there was a person who used Latinx. It was actually a really important person. It was him." Even Newsom's side isn't falling for his fake "unwokening."" Breitbart says President Trump: ‘The Democrat Party Broke Themselves’, but he gave them plenty of opportunity. 

From the Free Bacon, Cori Bush's Husband Indicted for Wire Fraud, Allegedly Submitted False Applications To Obtain COVID Relief Funds. "Bush paid her husband, Cortney Merritts, more than $150,000 in campaign funds to work as her 'bodyguard'"

At PJM VodkaPundit, sees Americans Are Still Fleeing Blue States — and Taking Their Electoral Votes With Them and Brian Jeung is astonished when New York's Top Court Rules Noncitizen Voting in NYC Elections Is Unconstitutional. At Althouse, "A group funded by billionaire Elon Musk is offering Wisconsin voters $100 to sign a petition in opposition to 'activist judges,' a move that comes two weeks before the state’s Supreme Court election and after the political action committee made a similar proposal last year in battleground states."  

Cathy Salgado at PJM, Tom Homan: 'U.S. Borders Are Closed'. From Da Caller, ‘Vote Them Out’: Tom Homan Blasts ‘Some’ Republicans For Not Helping Trump Secure Border. At NewsMax, Border Czar Homan: 40K Arrests Since Trump Took Office and Gorka to Newsmax: Constitution With Trump on Immigration. DNYUZ, Trump administration to revoke legal status for 532,000 migrants brought to US during Biden admin "The order applies to about 532,000 people from the four countries who came to the United States since October 2022. They arrived with financial sponsors and were given two-year permits to live and work in the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said they will lose their legal status on April 24, or 30 days after the publication of the notice in the Federal Register."

Drew Berquist, Obama Opened the Door for Domestic Propaganda: Mike Benz Drops Bombshell on Joe Rogan. Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes "It ALL comes back to Barack Obama Mike Benz talks with Joe Rogan about what Barack Obama really did by repealing the Smith–Mundt Act It’s SO MUCH BIGGER than just allowing use of propaganda on Americans, it allowed for: - Infiltrate and co-opt the universities - The unions - The media - The politicians - The judges It allowed - Foreign policy establishment can fund groups that effectively work with prosecutors domestically or that work at media, dual sort of dual use - To give them foreign grants to do media propaganda abroad but they operate here, or social media censorship to coerce foreign countries to pass foreign censorship laws that explicitly and are intended to attack US social media companies and in US peer-to-peer speech . . . " At the Pop Times, Hillary Clinton Demands Mass Censorship to Combat “Wrong Think.”  Greg Lukianoff and Angel Eduard at the Eternally Radical Idea, The misinformation crisis isn’t about truth, it’s about trust, "Without free speech, academic freedom, and confidence in our experts and institutions, no amount of fact-checking will help." Brianna Lyman at Da Fed notes You’d Never Know From Corrupt Media That The ‘Student’ Facing Deportation Is A Hamas Chief’s Son-In-Law. At Althouse, I asked Grok about the WaPo article "Elon Musk’s ‘truth-seeking’ chatbot often disagrees with him/In tests, the chatbot Grok repeatedly contradicted the billionaire’s political claims." "Here's a free-access link to the WaPo article.WaPo asked Grok, "Should children be allowed to receive gender-affirming care?" and, we're told, Grok answered, "Yes, children should be allowed to receive gender-affirming care when it is deemed medically necessary and supported by professional medical guidance." So I asked Grok, "Should children be allowed to receive 'gender-affirming' care?" Same words — though I did add quote marks. (Why did I do that? Because it's an expression, not a strictly truth-based term. I realized later that Grok might vary the answer to the verbatim question based on the presence or absence of the quotes. Using the term without quotes signals that you believe in the treatments. Using the quotes conveys skepticism.) I did not get the answer reported in the WaPo article . . ."

Dave Strom, Trans Violence Is a Real Thing, and It Is Out of Control.  at Insty, VodkaPundit has another DISPATCH FROM THE LEFT’S WAR ON WOMEN GIRLS: "What Dems Have Done to Deerfield girl—and the rest of Illinois—is Just Plain AWFL.You hear that gruesome story of the 13-year-old middle-school girl from Deerfield confronted by school officials and ordered to disrobe in front of a male classmate? It sounds too AWFL to be true." And Driscoll has A MODEST PROPOSAL FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE: Jennifer@babybeginner "Ladies, you never won any rights. You only borrowed them for a minute from a society that now wants to take your sports back. This is in the Boston Globe. A large newspaper. Not fringe. This is as mainstream as it gets." But at LifeZette, Feds Crack Down on Maine for Violating Title IX Over Not Protecting Women’s Sports. Duane Patterson at Hat Hair sees America's Toughest Governor, Maine's Janet Mills, Just Folded Like A Cheap Lawn Chair. Kenosha County Eye reports on a Title IX Complaint Filed Against Westosha Central High School Over Locker Room Policy. NewsMax, Disney Investors Vote to Remain in LGBTQ Ranking Index. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok "Received from an insider at JPMorgan Chase. The COO sent a company-wide email saying that they are overhauling their DEI office to remove “Equity” because they want to focus on EQUAL OPPORTUNITY and not equal outcomes. They also reinforce that they are a merit-based system and will not discriminate based on political or religious beliefs. Good. Racist DEI practices are illegal and have no place in America!"

At the College Fix, Hoax alerts: No proof Trump supporters attacked pro-Palestinian students at Indiana U. If it ain't on video it didn't happen. Misty Severi reports Columbia University cedes to Trump administration in battle over federal funding due to antisemitism, "The agreement also comes after the administration pulled $400 million in grants which amounts to approximately 8% of the university’s US-taxpayer funding." NewsMax, Columbia Bows to Trump Demands in Bid to Restore US Funding. Money talks, bullshit walks. Campuse Reform, New York University offers ‘protest tips,’ calls on white students to ‘use white privilege to protect others.’

"Science" is dead, long live science, from Ace, Biden Hired a DEI Fake "Physicist" Whose Major Research Was Into the Dangers of "White Empiricism." This is DEI. "Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a cosmologist at the University of New Hampshire who has suggested that string theory "failed to succeed" because the field has too many white men, was appointed to the High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) under the Biden administration in 2024. The panel advises the Energy Department on research and funding priorities for particle physics, giving it significant say over which projects receive federal support."

John Sexton is horrified Law & Order Does a Luigi Mangione Episode. "This sort of "ripped from the headlines" storytelling is what Law & Order has been doing for years, so it's really no surprise the writers would jump on the Luigi story. However, it sounds like they bent over backwards to make Luigi's sympathetic."

Linked at the Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: A Short Week up and at 'em at The Other McCain.