Maryland, My Maryland

 WBOC, Easton woman charged for graffiti and property destruction

The Easton Police Department has charged an Easton woman with four counts of malicious destruction of property and four counts of use of hate symbol, among other charges, on Sept. 5.

Officers were called to Saints Peter and Paul Elementary School in Easton around 8 a.m. Friday morning and shown areas of the school property where they say the international transgender symbol was spray-painted. Police say this symbol was also found on a fence at the Hampton Inn, two nearby stop signs and an outside wall of a building along Dover and Higgins streets. Police say that later that same day, officers say they found more of the same graffiti on Park Street at Dover Road and Point Lane, Kemp Lane at Dover Road, and at J & K Wine and Liquors. Investigators obtained a picture of the suspect, who was covering her face.

Later Friday night, around 10:30 p.m., officers were called to Ulta Beauty in Easton, as well, for a person spray-painting the ground nearby. An Easton police officer saw a suspect matching the description in the call as well as from the photo earlier in the day near the Talbot Town Shopping Center, where the suspect was then identified as 32-year-old Sian Radaskiewicz-King of Easton. Police say Radaskiewicz-King was wearing a pair of distinctive shoes that matched the suspect in the surveillance video. She was then arrested.

Saturday, Easton police say they executed a search and seizure warrant on Radaskiewicz-King's home. She was arrested again and charged with defacing religious property, malicious destruction of property, disturbing school operations and trespassing on posted property.

According to the Easton Police Department, there has been no discovery of information or evidence threatening harm towards members of Saints Peter and Paul or the community.

Though police have charged the suspect for use of a hate symbol, the transgender symbol itself is not classified as a hate symbol by organizations that track extremist imagery, including the Anti-Defamation League and the FBI. According to Maryland law, use of a hate symbol is constituted by the intent to threaten or intimidate any person or group of persons.

I wonder what the process is for declaring a symbol to be a "hate" symbol. It seems to me to be very context sensitive. Certainly putting a "transgender" symbol on a Catholic church verges on an act of hate, though it might not on the local LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ advocacy center. 

I also wonder what symbol did leat to the charge of a hate symbol?

Flotsam and Jetsam - Tariffs, Stock Market Continue to Resonate

Well, I never got back to it yesterday, but it's a rainy day, so I should have time to get through this.

The markets reverberated again yesterday, taking back about one third of the big gains from the Wednesday reaction to the temporary suspension of the reciprocal tariffs (except on China). And so far today, it's up. I know that long-term, there has been no better investment than the markets, but it annoys me that in the short term (and even to a great extent the long term) the prices are determined by "feelz." 

Stephen Kruiser says I'm Always Going to Be a Big Fan of Sticking It to China. Don Surber, World cheers Trump's 10% tariff, "On Wednesday, he created Wall Street's biggest day in 24 years." At Althouse it's Camera time for Geraldo: "This is why Trump is triumphant!... That charisma is unbelievable! I could sing his praises forever. I wonder, if the markets were down, if I would be singing the same tune. I hope so...." At Hat Hair, Beege Welborn thinks 'If I Lived in China..' The NYPo ed board sees Trump’s tariff pause rightly resets the global trade conversation to: What to do about China? Sundance at CTH contributes President Trump Wallops China with Massive de minimis Tariff Increases – Mail Order Product Costs from China Will Skyrocket, Europe’s Big Pharma Companies Threaten Commission President von der Leyen, Change Trade Situation Quickly or We Go To America, Komrade von der Leyen Orders Pause on EU Retaliation Tariffs Pending Engagement with Trump Administration and Background Details of Trump Global Trade Reset Highlight Secretary Bessent as Key, For Now and President Trump Invites Media to Cabinet Meeting – Holds Press Availability. From Spiked, Trump is right to take on the free-trade fundamentalists, "The old order of globalisation and industrial decline has failed working-class Americans." Rich Cromwell at Da Fed observes The Laptop Class Disparages Manufacturing Because It Creates More Value Than They Do. The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great has Ten Tariff Questions Never Asked. "The real trade war wasn’t Trump’s—it was decades of lopsided deals, deficits, and double standards America tolerated while others profited." Mike Miller at RedState hears Sunny Hostin Accuses Trump of 'Insider Trading' for Advising 'Buy Low'—and This Former CFP Has Thoughts.

JD Vance@JDVance, "Incredible news. Inflation even lower than expected!" Quote Trump War Room @TrumpWarRoom, "NEW: Inflation drops to 2.4%, LOWER than expectations of 2.5%! Core CPI inflation falls below 3.0% for the first time since March 2021. Month over Month CPI inflation turns negative. Sundance analyzes how Inflation Drops to Lowest Level in Four Years 2.4% "The rate of inflation dropped significantly due to lower gasoline (-6.3%) and fuel prices, which directly impacts every middle-class worker.  The ripple effects (transportation, warehousing, etc.) from lowered gasoline prices is not yet embedded in the cost of goods, that should start to surface next month."  From NewsMax, House Approves 'Big, Beautiful Bill' 216-214.

From Military. com Space Force Commander in Greenland Sent Out Email Breaking with Vance After His Visit Kurt Schlichter@KurtSchlichter "Colonel Female Fredo must be relieved immediately. It is intolerable for her to take a political position at all, much less one in opposition to that of her commander in chief. cc @PeteHegseth @SeanParnellUSA @CynicalPublius @RobManess @JimHansonDC" Quote Visegrád 24 @visegrad24 "Col. Susan Meyers, commander of the 821st Space Base Group which oversees the military base in Pituffik, Greenland sent out an email to people working on the base after JD Vance’s visit. She wrote that she "spent the weekend thinking about Friday's visit -- the actions taken, Show more" She gone. Da Mail, Pentagon fires Greenland military chief over her criticism of JD Vance's visit to the territory which Trump has vowed to take over. Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed reports Trump Admin Ousts Official Who Shepherded Biden’s Military Covid Jab Mandate. Beege Welborn, sees Panama Pete - Sailing Right Along. Raylan Givens @JewishWarrior13, "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visiting the Panama Canal: “I want to be very clear: China did not build this canal, China does not operate this canal, and China will not weaponize this canal”" BowTiedMara @BowTiedMara, "URGENT Panama breaks with China and aligns itself with the US: Mulino abandons the Silk Road, resumes military exercises with Washington, and joins forces with Hegseth to secure the Canal, curb migration, and contain the communist advance in the region."

Politico whines Trump moves to hobble major US climate change study, "The cuts are a potentially fatal blow to the National Climate Assessment that Congress mandated to ensure the government understands the threats posed by rising temperatures." Matt Van Swol@matt_vanswol, "#BREAKING: Environmentalists are now SUING the Trump Administration for allowing timber companies to clear forest floors of fallen trees in Western North Carolina. The lumber from the trees could be used to rebuild homes cheaper... ...AND greatly decrease wildfire risk"

NewsMax reports Trump says DOGE Will Remain Active After Musk Leaves. At PJM Matt Margolis hears DOGE Uncovers Massive Unemployment Fraud Under Biden Administration. Fox hears Elon Musk scrap with Chuck Schumer, suggesting the senator profits from government fraud. "Sen Schumer has claimed DOGE is 'sabotaging' Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid."  At LifeZette, DOGE Official Blows the Whistle on Staggering Number of Illegal Aliens on Medicare. Jeff Carlson @themarketswork "Democrats are absolutely terrified of Elon looking into Social Security." Quote Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal, "Social Security is not a tech company. 73 MILLION Americans depend on those checks. The power of the people forced DOGE--the Department of Greed and Ego--to retreat from one of its many royal screw-ups. But Musk's end goal is the same as ever in his words: "eliminate" it. Our Show more " Andy Biggs asks Does Social Security have a dead beneficiary problem after all?

"Leaked SSA figures, intended to debunk DOGE, show 18% of age 100+ beneficiaries are, well, dead." Leah Barkoukis at TownHall, looks at how DOGE Exposes How Red Tape Is Strangling Federal Workers, with a weird, but trivial example. OCR, IRS acting commissioner is resigning after deal to share immigrants’ tax information with ICE Tom Knighton at TAW considers What we should be wondering about IRS head's resignation, "it’s hilarious to me that the acting head of the IRS quit because of an agreement to share data with immigration officials." Jeff Charles at TownHall, Trump's Latest Immigration Move Just Drove Out Another Key Leader.

At CJ, Chris Rufo and Dave Reaboi explain How “Tesla Takedown” Activists Fool the Public. TownHall's Tom Knight has a Note to the Left: Don't Start Anything You Can't Finish.

Da Hill complains House passes bill restricting district court judges from issuing nationwide injunctions. Jeff Charles at TownHall reports an Immigration Judge Issues Ultimatum to Trump Administration Over Mahmoud Khalil Case “I’d like to see the evidence,” Comans said. If the government cannot produce justification for removing Khalil, she added, “then I am going to terminate the case on Friday.” At NewsMax, Judge Lets Trump Require Everyone in US Illegally to Register. Jeff Charles again, sees Top DOJ Lawyers Are Jumping Ship – Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing for Trump.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Your Feel-Good Weepy FAFO Story Of the Week, Courtesy of the FBI. Bill Melugin@BillMelugin_ "NEW: The Texas man who allegedly threatened to shoot & kill ICE agents & urged his followers to do the same left a federal courtroom crying today after he was ordered held in detention, with the magistrate determining he is a threat and a flight risk, according to our @FoxNews team in the room. Additionally, federal prosecutors said they learned about Robert King’s alleged threats via the national FBI tip line. He had been living with his sister and brother in law, who is a Mesquite police officer and former CBP agent. Upon learning of the social media posts, the brother in law threw him out of the house." Ace, Left-Wing Pro-Illegal-Alien Tough Guy Led "Crying" from Courtroom As He's Ordered Held Without Bail For Making Terroristic Threats to Shoot and Kill ICE Agents and FBI Director Kash Patel. At NYPo, the Divine Ms. Devine claim Kash Patel’s FBI promotion of MAGA villain Steven Jensen sends the wrong message. But John Nantz at TownHall casts doubt on the Narrative Trap: The Manufactured Outrage Over Patel’s Leadership Appointment. At Am Mil News, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino could have unprecedented security detail. 

RealRobert @Real_RobN, And here it is, King Solomon Reports: Whistleblower emails CONFIRM: a criminal conspiracy between the Biden White House, the FBI Washington Field Office, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office – Washington D.C., and Jack Smith to plan, approve, and execute Arctic Frost, with the intent to frame, arrest, prosecute, and imprison Donald J. Trump. Operation Arctic Frost formed the basis of Special Prostitute Jack Smith's false elector case under which President Donald Trump was later charged with a conspiracy to defraud the United States for his campaign’s attempts to assemble alternate slates of electors which that the United States government was overthrown during the 2020 election." Cutie Pavlich at TownHall claims New Details Reveal Biden Stonewalled the Investigation Into Trump's Attempted Assassin. 

 Mollie @MZHemingway, "Of all the many media hoaxes, the one I laugh about the most was when the New York Times assured us "anonymous" was a HUGE, Cabinet Secretary-level figure and it turned out that they were 1000% lying and it was Miles Taylor, IV. Someone wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy down the DHS food chain." Quote, "Philip Melanchthon Wegmann @PhilipWegmann, "Trump signs a presidential memorandum stripping Miles Taylor--aka the New York Times' "Anonymous"-- which strips him of any remaining security clearance and orders DOJ to investigate his activities." Sundance at CTH, DNI Tulsi Gabbard Joins the Tick Tock Club – Repeating the “Just Wait, Trust Us” Nonsense.

From the Free Bacon, Outstanding Work, Doctor: How Jill Biden's Lust for Power Saved America "New revelations expose first lady's crucial efforts to ensure Trump's return to the White House." Da Caller, Chuck Todd Says Legacy Media Downplayed Biden’s Issues Due To ‘Fear’ Of Perception Of ‘Helping Trump’. VodkaPundit at PJM, Chuck Todd Finally Confesses but There's a Catch.   At Ace's, Media: We're Totally Fearless Truth-Seekers But Also We Hid the Truth of Biden's Dementia from the Public Because We Were Afraid of Social Ostracism by the White House or Fellow "Reporters", "There's so much Now It Can Be Told reporting on Biden's dementia, now that it's irrelevant and can't hurt the Democrat Party or help Trump," and Of Course: The US Knew That Seven American Troops Contracted Covid-19 at the Wuhan Games in 2019, But Covered It Up to Protect Hunter Biden's Business Partners in China, "I'm assuming that last part. Joe Biden is a traitor and forgot to pardon himself." Mike Miller at RedState reveals, The Chinese Spy Balloon? Team Biden Held Secret Talks With Beijing About Fear of Notifying the Public. Matt Margolis, Bombshell Report Exposes Biden's Massive Chinese Spy Cover-Up. NYPo, China acknowledges its role in years of cyberattacks against US over support of Taiwan: report. Bob Spencer at PJM, Kamala Harris Falls on Hard Times: ‘If She Ran for Dogcatcher, She’d Lose’. Dustin Grage@GrageDustin, "Tim Walz was heckled and booed by military veterans in Minnesota today over his stolen valor."

Matt Margolis thinks you should WATCH as Sen. Kennedy Goes Absolutely Savage on AOC. Twitchy wants you to Watch Blame-Shifting Chuck Schumer Squirm When a CNN Host Reminds Him How Long HE'S Been In DC. 

From the Free Bacon, Princeton Radicals Disrupt Event With Naftali Bennet, Yelling 'Genocide' and Pulling Fire Alarm. "‘This is our land, you came from Europe running away from the Holocaust!’ one activist yells" Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC  "Democrats routinely call for street violence and refuse to condemn it when it happens because they know it’s effective. Weak losers like Mitt Romney and Amy Barrett get eaten alive by these tactics. The failed assassination of Kavanaugh wasn’t a failure. It was a huge success." Quote Robert the Red@TxDrengr, " Replying to @JesseKellyDC When the commies sent one of their deranged lunatics to kill Kavanaugh that was a wake up call to SCOTUS. They can't afford Tier 1 operators from Triple Canopy to babysit them indefinitely." From Da Caller, The Left Is Out For Blood — Literally. John Hinderacker at Power Line hears Let’s Kill the Republicans. Be careful, we shoot back. 

Rasmussen Reports@Rasmussen_Poll "Fact Check: True" Quote Emerald Robinson @EmeraldRobinson, "You're about find out that all the brave people who were called "election deniers" and "conspiracy theorists" after the 2020 election were right." Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll, "Surprise! - "They've been using their NGO's to dump fake voter registration forms utilizing the fake SS#'s on key county registrar's offices for the last 5-6 election cycles. Then using those fraudulent voter registrations to request ballots in the mail. Then they pay the NGO's to have their staff fill out the ballots and mail them in." @drawandstrike" From WokeSpy, Jocelyn Benson Contradicts Testimony to Congress, Admits at Least 15 Noncitizens Voted in 2024. "At least." Cutie Pavlich sees Democrats Desperately Fight Against Citizenship Requirement to Vote. Mary Chastain at LI reports the House Passes SAVE Act, Which Requires Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote. "It also requires “states to remove non-citizens from existing voter rolls, while giving them necessary tools to do so.”" A video at the Fourth Rail, What They Don't Want You to Know About Voter ID Law (SAVE ACT). Mitch Berg at TownHall, Democrat AGs Sue To Stop (Checks Notes) Voter ID. Matt Vespa, View Co-Host Pretty Much Says Black People Are Too Dumb to Get an ID to Vote.

At PJM, Stephen Kruiser says 'Self-Deport' Gets My Early Vote for Phrase of the Year, Rick Moran on Ending Biden's Most Outrageous Violations of Immigration Law and Trump Plans to Withhold All Federal Funds From Sanctuary Cities. At TownHall, Jeff Charles notes DHS Has a Message for Migrants Using the CBP One App (self deport). Da Caller reports the Trump Admin Strips Benefits From Thousands Of Aliens On Terror Watchlist. Ya think? 

HSI San Antonio@HSI_SanAntonio, "SAN ANTONIO - 8 victims of sex-trafficking have been rescued during a multi-day operation coinciding w/ the 2025 NCAA Final Four playoffs. ICE, HSI, ERO, USBP @USCIS @SATXPolice & @TxDPS conducted this joint operation." At NYPo, Adam Coleman notices Modern Democrats reveal their true intentions align with those of the Confederacy: "Modern Democrats have latched onto an argument in favor of illegal immigration — and it’s the same one pro-slavery Democrats used in the 1800s. “So, I had to go around the country and educate people about what immigrants do for this country, or the fact we are a country of immigrants. The fact is ain’t none of y’all trying to go and farm right now,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said at a speech commemorating Grace Baptist Church’s 125th anniversary in Waterbury, Conn. “You’re not, you’re not. We done picking cotton. We are. You can’t pay us enough to find a plantation.”"

Campus Reform sees Free speech surges on college campuses. John Sexton sees Blue States Are Gearing Up to Defy Trump's DEI Order for Schools. Fine, no federal $ for you! And Is Princeton Underestimating Anti-Semitism on Its Campus and Others? No doubt. And Trump's Endgame for Columbia University: A Consent Decree that Lasts for Years, or until the next Democrat administration. The Free Bacon warns US Will Deny Visas, Green Cards Over Anti-Semitic Social Media Activity, Trump Admin Says. Althouse cites Chris Rufo, "Progressives within the federal bureaucracy, regardless of Democrat or Republican being in the White House, have been advancing left-wing racialist ideologies and DEI programs for decades." ""And so I don't have any doubt in my mind that what we're doing is, is, is the right course of action. It's defensible intellectually. And certainly I think it is actually a minimal and very restrained response to a long standing problem.... You know, I would certainly like to see much more dramatic action. I would like to see, you know, if, if, if they, if they are anticipating this as a, as a shock, I could easily imagine, you know, 10 times, 20 times, you know, 50 times more dramatic action that is, you know, within the realm of possibility...." From the College Fix, Top conservative civil rights advocates seek repeal of Minority-Serving Institutions programs. Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachy, "Reminder: you know those elite colleges your kids couldn't get into (too white) and that you'd never be able to afford anyway? Surprise: you were sending them your money anyway - up to a billion to each of the schools that rejected your 4.0 senior. Joke's on you. Like always." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Trump admin freezes $1B in federal funding to Cornell, $790M to Northwestern amid investigations into both schools https://trib.al/n94Zhbz"

From Da Caller, Kennedy Center Breaks All-Time Attendance Record Amid Liberal Bellyaching Over ‘Trump Takeover.’ Brandon Morse at RedState reports that Gina Carano Delivers Another Blow to Disney As Her Lawsuit Ramps Up and the Mouse Starts to Sweat. Gina Carano @ginacarano, "This is a small breath of fresh air in this long arduous process. I am grateful to the court for moving so quickly. I look forward to the details of my case becoming public and clearing my name, which will allow me to continue doing what I love without such brutal discrimination. I remain incredibly grateful for this opportunity to defend myself against this Goliath. Thank you" @elonmusk @x. "Quote Gene Schaerr @GSchaerr, "Discovery motion granted in @ginacarano's case against Disney! The court is forcing Disney to turn over information about how stars like Pedro Pascal, Rosario Dawson, & others from The Mandalorian, other Disney+ Star Wars shows, and the forthcoming movie The Mandalorian & Grogu."At Twitchy, Lawyer for CA School District That Suspended Girl Falls HARD for Judge's BLM Lesson Trap (WATCH).

“Maybe then you don’t give a Black Lives Matter course to a 1st Grader. Maybe you teach tying shoes.”

An attorney for @CapoUnified created a trap and then walked into it while defending their decision to punish a 1st grader for writing “all lives” matter during a BLM lesson.… pic.twitter.com/McxD5BQogG

— Scott Davison (@scottyd121) April 9, 2025

Riley Gaines Center @RileyGCenter, "Two years ago, @Riley_Gaines_ was ambushed at San Francisco State University for speaking the truth. Tonight, she returned to the same campus—unshaken, unafraid, unapologetic. A pro-trans protestor attempted to disrupt her speech but was quickly removed. The difference between then and now? Truth is gaining ground—and the other side knows it." At Campus Reform, ‘F*** YOU’: Flustered protester caught 'running away' from Riley Gaines at University of Arizona. "The protester heckled Gaines and insulted several audience members, calling one of them a ‘retard.’" Fox reports Trans fencer no longer on college team amid latest controversy. Jonathan Turley is concerned about “Coercive Control”: Parents Could Lose Custody Under Proposed Colorado Law for “Misgendering” "As someone who grew up in an Italian family, I must confess that I thought “coercive control” of a parent was called . . . well . . . parenting. I can still remember my Sicilian mother brandishing a broom in front of our door to prevent one of my sisters from going out with a boy that she did not like. She simply declared “I gave you life, I can take it away” and my sister went back upstairs." Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman "Anderson Cooper just misgendered a Civil Rights attorney. They are not serious. Keep on putting the pronoun police on camera, we will win every election."

There are still plenty of unused links at The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.09.25 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 04.09.25 (Evening Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: An Almost Perfect Week up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain on time and under budget.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Another Court Win for Trump

Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, Supreme Court Blocks Order Forcing Trump to Rehire 16,000 Bureaucrats, on the grounds that  American Federation of Government Employees lacks the standing to sue. Forgive me if I don't quite get this standing thing, it seems like a DOGE dodge courts use when they don't want to commit. Capt. Ed, SCOTUS *Sorta* Pauses Judge's Order to Rehire 16,000 Federal Probies. Ace, Supreme Court Reverses Lower Hawaiian Judge's Order to Re-Hire the Federal Layabouts Trump Fired, "A wise man once said "Winning."" Also at Da Signal, Trump Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelan Illegal Aliens. Capt. Ed, Bondi: 'Landmark' Ruling Puts District Judges In Their Place. At CTH, Sundance sees U.S. Supreme Court Begins Dismantling Federal Judge “Temporary Restraining Orders” Against Constitutional Executive Branch Action and hosts #75 Attorney General Pam Bondi on Fox, "Performative.  Oh, and Boasberg did cancel the 3:00pm hearing." Drew Berquist, Leaked Transcript Exposes Judge’s Plot to Block Trump Deportations. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Yeah, About Those Contempt Hearings Boasberg Was Mulling for Trump Officials... "The core of his argument has been smashed into dust, but one can still be held in contempt of rulings on appeal. The Federalist’s Margot Cleveland had more:" Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "So right now DOJ is desperately searching for cases involving orders entered without jurisdiction & whether you can be held in contempt. You can be held in contempt of an order that is overturned on appeal, but what if there was no jurisdiction to begin with? AND 1/ Reply Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "2/ Here we have the added nuance that it is called "jurisdiction" when you are speaking of where to bring a case in habeas but courts also call it "venue," so does that matter. Assuming it is "jurisdiction", the argument is the court lacked power so order was void ab initio." ET, Judge Boasberg Cancels Hearing After SCOTUS Vacates His Orders. At the Pop Times, GOP Congressman Moves To Impeach Activist Judge James Boasberg Without a Two-Thirds Majority. It won't work, but let the process be the punishment anyway. At PJM, Kevin Downey chuckles Trump Stacks Wins as Commies Weep Into Their Soy Lattes and Matt Margolis sees Liberal Heads EXPLODE With Latest Trump SCOTUS Victory. But the judges continue to quibble. From  OTP, AP Wins Reinstatement To White House Events After Judge Rules Against Government Ban.” "AP Wins Reinstatement To White House Events After Judge Rules Against Government Ban." John Sexton at Hat Hair, Judge Gives Trump Administration 24-hours to Show Proof Mahmoud Khalil is a Hamas Supporter, seems fair enough. The Researcher @listen_2learn, "This is Norm Eisen essentially saying that he was counting on his judge, Juan Merchan, sentencing Trump to prison for a year as part of keeping Trump from becoming president. Norm created the Bragg case which he said was about Trump interfering in the 2016 election. Everything Norm did the last four years was about the jury box and the ballot box to solve the problem of Trump, aka election interference, so Norm should be charged with the same crimes."

Stephen Kruiser at PJM says Trump's Painful but Necessary Scorched-Earth Approach Is Precisely What I Voted For. At the Pipeline, Michael Walsh say Tariffs Aren't the Issue. Ray Dalio@RayDalio, "Don't Make the Mistake of Thinking That What's Now Happening is Mostly About Tariffs." Ace, Stock Market Rallies, Regaining 3%. "This might be based on hopes about countries negotiating away their own tariffs to get America to reduce its own. Seventy countries contacted the Trump Administration to bargain over the tariffs." But then fell again after word of new tariffs on China. From Da Caller, Fake News Headlines Dupe CNBC, Cause Insane Stock Market Swing In Matter Of Minutes. "Several outlets reported on the now-debunked 90-day pause after White House national economic council director Kevin Hassett told Fox News that Trump will “decide what [he’s] going to decide” on tariffs." The Brussels Signal says Ice-cold calm needed on tariffs and not journalists’ urge to report ‘war.’ ET, China Backed Out of Imminent TikTok Deal Due to Tariffs, Trump Says, "The U.S. president said that the Chinese regime would have approved the deal ‘in 15 minutes’ if he reduced tariffs." Shut it down. John Sexton at Hat Hair VIP hears China Say It Will Fight Trade War with US 'To the End'. Sundance notes Commission President von der Leyen Coordinates EU Tariff Response with China and NEC Director Hassett Says So Many Nation Phone Calls Requesting Trade Negotiations They are Struggling with Scheduling. 

At Common Defense, Navy Admiral Fired from Position as Senior NATO Planner: 'Loss of Confidence in Her Ability to Lead'. Twitchy, FAFO: Navy Vice Admiral Refused to Hang Portraits of Trump, Hegseth, Is Fired. Jack Poso @JackPosobiec, "BREAKING: Per report, Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield refused to put up POTUS & SECDEF pictures in NATO HQ. Also held an “all hands” where she said “we will wait them out 4 years” She has been relieved of duty". Brad Essex at RedState, Service Members Who Left Military Over COVID Mandates: You're (Re)hired, but There's a Catch. If you earned money while "off", it will be subtracted from your back pay. NYT whines that After Meeting With Laura Loomer, Trump Fires National Security Council Officials, causality inferred, not proven. I don't care, more firings are better. Ace, "Top" "Vaccine" "Expert" and Public "Servant" Fired After Blocking the Secretary of Health From Accessing the VAERS Vaccine Adverse Reaction Database, "Vaccine Fascism is Best Fascism." Holden Culotta@Holden_Culotta, "𝕏 is losing it over RFK Jr.’s measles post. Meanwhile, FDA’s top vaccine regulator just resigned. Turns out Kennedy plans to EXPOSE hidden data on MMR injuries. There is a lot more going on behind the scenes than meets the eye …" Kurt Schlichter@KurtSchlichter, "It’s super authoritarian for an elected executive to use the powers of his office to enact the policies that he ran on and that the people voted for. Just be honest and say you really don’t believe that the half of Americans who elected Donald Trump have any moral right to see their policies enacted." Quote Conor Friedersdorf@conor64 Replying to @bdomenech "More authoritarian statism coming soon."

NewsMax reports Trump Signs Executive Orders to Boost Coal Production. Nick Arama at RedState hears Miners Cheer As Trump Signs Orders to Bring Back Energy Dominance, Has Them Laughing at Remarks on Biden. At Reason, Donald Trump's Energy Department Saved Your Appliances, "Decades of efficiency mandates have made dishwashers weaker, A.C. units feebler, and appliances more expensive. A new rollback offers a rare win for function over dogma."

At Am Great The Great Victor Davis Hanson explains The Poverty of the Criticism of Trump’s Agenda. "The left rages against Trump but offers no real alternatives on debt, trade, or immigration—just noise, while results quietly pile."  LifeZette, L.A. Dodgers Erupt in Laughter as Donald Trump Calls Out Dem Senators to Their Faces. Collin Rugg @CollinRugg, "JUST IN: The LA Dodgers start cracking up after Trump declines to introduce Senators in the room because he doesn't "particularly like them." The world is scrambling because of Trump's tariffs and he is completely unfazed. "We have a couple of senators here. I just don't particularly like them, so I won't introduce them." A video at Hat Hair, Inside Washington’s Budget Battle: Brent Gardner Breaks Down the Stakes with Hugh Hewitt.

Becky Noble at RedState reports a DOGE Official Confirms What We've Known All Along: Illegal Immigrants Are on Medicaid and Voting. Dan Greenfield at Front Page, The Social Security Website Isn’t Crashing Because 3,000 IT People Aren’t Enough "There are already too many men on the job." Make it 1,000, and tell them if they don't get if working right they'll all be replaced. At NewsMax, RFK Jr. says Some Cuts to CDC Will Be Reversed. "“We’re going to do 80% cuts, but 20% of those are going to have to be reinstalled because we’ll make mistakes,” Kennedy said." 

At Fox, Musk spars with White House trade advisor Peter Navarro: ‘Dumber than a sack of bricks’ Atop Da Hill, Musk’s brother urges Trump to fire Navarro “Navarro is truly a moron. What he says here is demonstrably false,” Musk said on X in response to a video where Navarro claimed Tesla is not a “car manufacturer” but a “car assembler. . . . Navarro said parts used in his Telsa’s were imported from Japan, China and Taiwan. He argued the administration’s tariffs were aiming to use American manufacturing . . . White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended Musk and Navarro’s spat, arguing that “boys will be boys.”"

Andy Ngo@AndyNgo "Portland leftist charged over using lasers to injure eyes of Tesla staff. A radical Portland leftist named Davis Loren Nafshun was arrested on March 29 after allegedly trying to blind staff working inside a Portland Tesla showroom using a powerful green laser. The laser, which Antifa also used in 2020 at the riots to injure the eyes of officers protecting the courthouse, can cause blindness. Nafshun, 27, was charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful directing of a laser and menacing. He was quickly released without bail the same day. Nafshun works at the taxpayer-funded homeless NGO "Do Good Multnomah." In 2023, the nonprofit received over $16.3 million in government funding, including over $3 million in federal funds. Many of the Antifa rioters and far-left extremists in Portland and elsewhere work for taxpayer-funded leftist nonprofits." John Sexton is tired of individual vandalism reports and resorts to a weekly Tesla Vandalism Update.

Ace, The Left Staged a Paid Astroturf Fake "Grassroots" Protest This Weekend, and It Was As Successful as Everything Else the Left Does Now. Twitchy claims Comedy GOLD: Anti-Trump Social Media Strategist Claims THIS Proves Protesters Weren't Paid So There. Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "Democrats are having shadow hearings today where disgruntled and fired DOJ employees can testify not under oath and not in a formal setting to smear President Trump." Sister Toldja at RedState plays the Sad Trombone for Cory Booker who Gets Some Bad News on Multiple Fronts After 'Marathon Speech' Stunt, "an ethics watchdog group is accusing the failed 2020 presidential candidate of violating Senate ethics rules with actions they say he took before, during, and after his remarks." NYPo, AOC flies first-class to Bernie Sanders’ ‘Fight Oligarchy’ rally as critics pan lefty pol for battling inequality one ‘mimosa at a time.’ Matt Vespa, MSNBC Guest Totally Implodes Over Trump's Immigration Policy, But Exposed Something Hilarious "They brought back Princeton Professor Eddie Glaude to rant about the developments, where MSNBC host Nicole Wallace, the most insufferable of them all, gave him the floor to once again say we’re all racists for not voting for Kamala Harris." Karol Markowicz at NYPo says Democrats lit the ‘assassination culture’ fuse — now their silence equals violence. At WJ, Stunning New Study Shows Left's 'Assassination Culture' Has Hit Disturbing Levels - Trump and Musk Targeted. Beege Welborn asks Aren't We Over This Yet? Terrorist Sympathizers Swarmed Grand Central Station Last Night. From the College Fix, CU Boulder pro-Hamas protestors barge into class – get yanked out by their keffiyehs. PJM's Stephen Kruiser wonders Why Are Democrats Always Rooting for the Bad Guys? and Dare We Dream About Lasting Improvements in Election Integrity?

Leslie Eastman at LI has a Report: Biden Admin Hid Report Linking American COVID Cases to China’s Military Games in October 2019, "The continuing stream of newly released information now coming out about the pandemic confirm initial assessments about the laboratory origin of covid, most likely from research being done at the Wuhan Institute of Virology."

This is one of those stories that could only happen in California:

1. Mayor of Los Angeles issues an executive directive making it fast & easy to build 100% affordable housing.

2. She doesn’t include any new public money in the order, so it’s supposed to just be a fake… pic.twitter.com/2O53ZaErBx

— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) April 8, 2025

Da Blaze is concerned about Kash Patel's surprising appointment of a top J6 inquisitor to head DC FBI office. But Shooting News Weekly is heartened that Acting ATF Director Kash Patel Announces an End to the Agency’s Abusive ‘Zero Tolerance’ FFL Inspection Program.

Driscoll at Insty sees CHANGE: The Border Crisis Is Over. Matt Margolis reports Trump Makes a Huge Move Against Illegal Immigrants. "The administration announced a bold new plan to impose hefty $998 daily fines on migrants who overstay their deportation orders. It's not stopping there, either; it will also seize property from those who don't pay up." Dave Strom, Yowza! Trump Administration to Fine Illegal Aliens With Deportation Order $998/Day Until They Leave. Charlotte Hazard at JTN, Trump administration to fine illegal migrants $998 a day unless they self-deport "The administration is using a 1966 law that will allow illegal migrants to be fined if they don't leave the U.S." There must be some obscure reason it's not an even $1000. At NewsMax, DHS Revokes Legal Status for Migrants Under App. Parker Thayer @ParkerThayer, "This guy didn’t resign when IRS employees leaked the sensitive tax information of 405,000 citizens to ProPublica, but draws the line at a legitimate law enforcement request for information on non-citizens." Quote unusual_whales @unusual_whales, "BREAKING: The acting head of the IRS plans to quit over the deal ICE has made with the IRS where the IRS will share migrants’ tax information with ICE, to help find immigrants they are trying to deport, per Washington Post." From NewsMax, Colleges Around US Say Some Intl. Students' Visas Are Being Revoked. At NewsBusters, a STUDY: CNN, MSNBC Refer to El Salvadoran Illegal Alien as ‘Maryland Man’ 120 Times.

Who did this? I can’t stop laughing 🤣

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— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) April 7, 2025

Honestly with Bari Weiss @thehonestlypod, "Axios founder @JimVandeHei says trust in American media collapsed in three phases. 1. Twitter exposed the political bias of “objective” journalists. 2. Coverage of Covid, “defund the police,” and word policing didn’t sit right with Americans. 3. The lack of coverage around Joe Biden’s mental decline was the final straw. “And it breaks my heart… I am a fierce defender of journalism... I think it’s a couple of bad apples who make it look bad for for everyone.”"

From the Free Bacon, ‘No Specific Memory’: Columbia University’s Armstrong Tells Feds She Can’t Recall Specifics of Any Anti-Semitic Incident on Campus, "Armstrong will now take sabbatical to 'spend time with family,' university says," and Caltech Renames Top Diversity Official While Keeping DEI Office Intact, "Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux received a 'promotion' to associate vice president for campus climate, engagement, and success." John Sexton reports Trump Freezes Assets at Cornell and Northwestern, Plus Obama Weighs In. 

Ace says Surprise! Nashville Police Lied to the Public About Transgender Killer Audrey Hale's Motivations. A text-book case of liberal group think combined with testosterone poisoning. Beege Welborn, Bondi Pulls All Non-Essential Funding From Maine Dept of Corrections.RedWave Press@RedWave_Press, "NEW: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announces the Trump administration has pulled all non-essential funding from Maine’s Department of Corrections after they allowed a 6’1” 245 lb. man into a woman’s prison. “We pulled all non-essential funding from the Department of Corrections in Maine because they were allowing a man in a woman’s prison.” “A giant, 6-foot-1, 245-pound guy, who committed a double mu-der with a knife…and he identified as a woman.” “So they were letting him be housed in a female prison. No longer. We will pull your funding.”" Northern California Record cites the Appeals court: Chico mom should get new chance to sue school district for secretly transitioning daughter. From Breitbart, J.K. Rowling Mocks ‘Asexual Day’ as a ‘Fake Oppression Day’ to Tell ‘Complete Strangers They Don’t Fancy a Shag’.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Tariffs Still in the News

Well, I hope you all had a nice weekend. Ours was so-so. Saturday was nice, but we did chores on Sunday morning, and spent most of the afternoon in telephone hell with Amazon (we think) trying to get a new TV connected to Prime. We did, but, but it cost us our afternoon walk. 

Tariffs are still dominating the news, of course. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.06.25, EBL, Stock Markets React To Trump Tariffs. At ET, Trump Tells Americans to ‘Hang Tough’ Amid Tariff Turbulence, Promises ‘Historic’ Outcome. AMAC says Elites Hate Trump’s Tariffs Because They Work. They like them just fine when wielded by other countries. At Common Place, Liberation Day Puts Main Street Ahead of Wall Street, "Trump’s tariffs make his commitment to America’s forgotten men and women clear." Francis Turner from L'Ombre de l'Olivier, Ackshuallllly Tariffs May Work, "For the US, that is. Maybe not for the rest of the world." Josh Hammer at Hat Hair discusses The Dismal Science and the Trumpian Tariff Hullabaloo, "the "dismal science" that is the economics profession is not always known for its close relationship to, well, real life." CBD at Aces, Tariffs: Good, Bad, Or Indifferent? "The hell if I know!" That's about where I am. Sundance at CTH has a veritable plethora, Sunday Talks: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent -vs- NBC Kirsten Welker, Sunday Talks – Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick vs Insufferable Margaret Brennan, Sunday Talks: White House Senior Advisor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro, French Business Leaders Reject President Macron’s Demand to Divest from USA, and NEC Director Kevin Hassett, “more than 50 countries have reached out to the president to begin a negotiation.” At Althouse, "Vietnam Offers to Drop U.S. Tariffs to Zero. Will That Be Enough for Trump?" "A New York Times headline reports the good news for Trump but the good is not enough for the New York Times. The good news must be balanced with bad news, even if it's just a nudging toward amorphous doubt. You know that Trump. There's always more disruption and chaos coming." Reuters, Taiwan eyes zero tariffs with US, pledges more investment. Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 ""More than 50 countries have reached out to the president to begin a negotiation," says National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett. "They're doing that because they understand that they bear a lot of the tariff."" Beege Welborn at Hat Hair comments Looks like we might have to postpone the meltdown for a bit... From Fox, Musk says he hopes for 'zero tariffs,' freedom of trade zone between US and Europe, "Musk says he is advising Trump to make a free trade zone." 

From the Peacock, U.S. Senate Republicans pass measure to move forward on Trump’s tax cuts. Ian Jaeger @IanJaeger29 "BREAKING: Inflation has fallen to 1.22%, per Truflation. I voted for this!" Note though, that "Truflation" is not the government estimate.

Matt Margolis at PJM, How Jeffrey Goldberg Got In the Signal Group Chat. At the Guardian, how the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat "Internal investigation cleared the national security adviser Mike Waltz, but the mistake was months in the making."

According to three people briefed on the internal investigation, Goldberg had emailed the campaign about a story that criticized Trump for his attitude towards wounded service members. To push back against the story, the campaign enlisted the help of Waltz, their national security surrogate.

Goldberg’s email was forwarded to then Trump spokesperson Brian Hughes, who then copied and pasted the content of the email – including the signature block with Goldberg’s phone number – into a text message that he sent to Waltz, so that he could be briefed on the forthcoming story.

Waltz did not ultimately call Goldberg, the people said, but in an extraordinary twist, inadvertently ended up saving Goldberg’s number in his iPhone – under the contact card for Hughes, now the spokesperson for the national security council.

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.06.25, Louder With Crowder: Police catch liberal woman vandalizing a Tesla, and the Police Chief claims SHE’S the real victim in all this. Leslie Eastman at LI, Portland Man Arrested, Charged for Allegedly Shining Laser at Tesla Employees. At WokeSpy, Elon Musk to Wrap Up DOGE Role on Schedule, Leavitt Fires Back at Media Spin. Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal, "ELITE PANIC: WHY BILLIONAIRE HEIRESS FEARS ELON'S ZERO-COST GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY There's delicious irony in Rep. Sara Jacobs—granddaughter of Qualcomm billionaire Irwin Jacobs—filing legislation to "defund" a government efficiency initiative that costs taxpayers absolutely nothing. In the most revealing self-own of 2025, Jacobs' "Delete DOGE Act" exposes the true anxiety of Washington's connected elite: not that government will spend too much, but that someone might actually examine where all those billions are going and who benefits. . . "

Atop Da Hill, Federal judge in scathing decision calls Trump’s deportation of Salvadoran man ‘wholly lawless.’ From UPI, Judge blocks White House funding cuts to NIH. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.06.25, EBL, Judge Paula Xinis Finds Out She Has No Authority. Matt Margolis at PJM, Activist Judge Caught Red-Handed in Setup Against Trump in Bombshell Revelations. Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2 "My plan to take Saturday off lasted about 13 minutes. I have just received the (purchased) transcript from Thursday's hearing before Jeb Boasberg. Lots of good stuff especially as I develop a fuller timeline of what went down behind the scenes on March 15. This really caught my eye. Remember the whole "THESE CASES ARE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED" bit by Boasberg and others? No one really believes this...right? Also--during the start of the 5pm Zoom hearing on March 15, Boasberg apologized for his casual dress saying he had gone "away" for the weekend and did not bring a tie or his robe. He knew this case was coming. He wanted this case. He wanted to stop the deportations and most importantly--he wanted to set a contempt trap for the Trump administration." Read the whole thread.

Twitchy, It Is SOOO On! Cue Corrupt Biden Administration WETTING Themselves After Reading THIS Tulsi Gabbard Post. DNI Tulsi Gabbard@DNIGabbard, "Thank you for your work. We are already on this, and look forward to declassifying this and other instances of the government being weaponized against Americans. Under President Trump’s leadership, @ODNIgov will bring transparency and accountability to end the weaponization of our intelligence community." Quote America First Legal @America1stLegal, "NEW: AFL is urging Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to declassify and release the Biden Admin’s classified domestic surveillance and censorship strategy. The Biden Admin’s weaponization of the intelligence apparatus against Americans must be fully exposed. Show more" USA Today, Justice Department suspends lawyer who criticized Trump administration in deportation case. Streiff at RedState, Bondi Suspends Attorney Who Threw the Trump Administration Under the Bus at Deportation Hearing. Glenn Thrush @GlennThrush "NEWS: The DOJ prosecutor who questioned the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on indefinite paid leave for a “failure to zealously advocate” for the department — less than 24 hours after defending the gov’t in federal court."

From the Free Bacon, Destined for Defeat: Behind the Democratic Disaster of 2024. Matt Vespa at TownHall sees Oh, So That's How Barack Obama Destroyed the Democratic Party. Althouse hosts Chris Cuomo — bulging out of his T-shirt — says Democrats should find "a message" and "then you find the messenger." "And Bill Maher — possibly still digesting that dinner he had with Trump — tells him how wrong he is. "The Democrats always say message. Who hears a message?" Matt Taibbi at Racket explains in great detail how Biden Lied About Everything, Including Nuclear Risk, During Ukraine Operation, "Sourced to tone-deaf "U.S. officials," a massive New York Times exposé reveals an unprecedented betrayal of American voters, but also Ukraine." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.06.25, Louder With Crowder, Kamala Harris tosses the word salad about “FEAR,” but she’s no FDR, and 2028 Dem frontrunner AOC lacks courage to answer reporter when asked if her rhetoric is to blame for anti-Elon violence.

Tony Seruga at Hat Hair Yawns: 'Hands Off' Protests Same Old Bused In Crowds, Astro Turfed Minions. DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "I saw a Tesla protest in Sarasota, FL yesterday All old people All white All similar signs Seemed strange to not see any young people and barely any diversity This entire operation feels paid." Quote Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I've spent the day studying pictures of these "protests" across the nation. The OP is correct: the median age appears to be about 70, and that's across the entire nation." Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Everybody is asking why it’s all white boomers at these protests. People. There hasn’t been a Jimmy Buffett concert in two years. TWO YEARS they’ve gone without a Cheeseburger in Paradise. It was only a matter of time before they started rioting. It’s gonna get worse." 

“Donald Trump is trying to repeal parts of The Constitution. Like rights.”
“Which rights?”
“I don’t have all the information.” pic.twitter.com/hJh0gvZnkg

— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) April 6, 2025

Althouse notices There were lots of handmade/"handmade" signs at Madison's anti-Trump rally yesterday. "What would you do if it was your job to create the look of a truly grassroots uprising? Wonky lettering. Off-beat slogans. One thing I noticed was that the signs — most of them — were on uniformly sized white poster board. I'd go with more unfolded boxes — corrugated cardboard — and spray-painted old sheets. And the sign-holders were densely packed in front of the speaker's podium. That's photogenic, but lacking in chaotic energy." Scott Pinsker at PJM, ‘Go Back to Africa!’ How the Democratic Party Became the Party of Xenophobes and Racists. At Twitchy, Woman Who Sucker Punched Pro-Life Reporter Plays the Victim Card and HOO BOY It Backfires BIG TIME. 

Breitbart reports 133 Illegal Aliens Busted in New York Deportation Operation. LA Times, 2 U.S. border inspectors in San Diego charged with taking bribes to wave in people without documents. From LifeZette, State Dept. Shuts Down Country’s Entire Visa Program After They Refuse Deportees.

From the College Fix, Professor flees Yale, U.S. for Canada due to ‘rise in fascism.’ Hat Hair cites from the San Fran Chronic, Then It's All 'Pay Off My Loan': S.F. College Rolling Out Nation’s 1st Degree in Psychedelics. 

At Da Wire, After Poor Showing On Boys Team, Male Switches To Girls Varsity And Takes First. "The thing that "never happens" happened again." Driscoll at Insty, YOU GO, GIRL! Joan of Arc was non-binary, schoolchildren taught. "Joan of Arc was non-binary, secondary school pupils are being taught. Lesson plans produced for English language students aged between 11 and 14 include the claim about the medieval figure, who is the patron saint of France and fought against the English during the Hundred Years’ War. . . " Sarah Anderson at PJM, This State Is Putting 'Trans' Rights Over Parents' Rights, Colorado. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 04.06.25, Twitchy: J.K. Rowling Roasts International Asexual Awareness Day, We Aren’t Doing This Again, and Oklahoma Softball Coach Scoffs At Reporter’s Question About Riley Gaines This Ain’t Hell, Air Force bucks Trump admin order regarding preferred pronouns in email signatures. 

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