Flotsam and Jetsam - Fauci Files Freed

Rand Paul, who as a fellow Dr., has had it in for Anthony Fauci for quite a while for lying to Congress about the origin and seriousness of Covid, got his hands on Fauci's private diary somehow (he probably kept it at work), and it revealed the either Fauci was lying to Congress and the public or himself, was a double-dealing little glory hound weasel while also being the most highly paid government employee ever, while leading the effort to fight the disease. Fox, Fauci's newly released COVID diaries reveal bizarre fixation on fame as pandemic deaths mounted. "Fauci wrote that his "national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable" and that it was "not hyperbole" to say he was "the most famous and talked about person in the country."" Hat Hair's Dave Strom hopes Will Fauci Fall Finally? From Breitbart, Fauci, CNN Condemned ‘Small Household Gatherings’ Week Before Fauci-Tapper Dinner. From Sundance at CTH, Ahead of Anthony Fauci Testimony to Senate, Rand Paul Releases Files Outlining Serious Manipulation of COVID-19 Information. At Ace's they're charged up, Rand Paul Publishes Anthony Fauci's Private Diaries, In Which He Confesses He Knows Covid Didn't Come from "The Wet Market" and Has a Lethality of Only 0.2-0.3%; "The Media Refuses to Cover. And they won't cover it because the diaries also expose this deranged dwarfish narcissist as being their dinner-guest and "friendship building" pal." And THE MORNING RANT: As Bombshell Fauci Docs Drop, Faux-Conservative Media Indignantly Covers Story It Suppressed in 2020. Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "NEW: On page 302 of the new personal records of Dr. Fauci released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Fauci complains that in 2013, HHS didn't let him do a CNN television interview because of "pure jealousy", adding that it was because he's a "rockstar" who was "stealing their thunder."" C3 @C_3C_3, "Photo 1: A man who claimed Covid had a mortality rate of a flu in his diary. Photo 2: A man who claimed Covid had a mortality rate 10X of a flu under oath in front of Congress." Tara Servatius @TaraServatius, "DAMN. In early 2020, Fauci recorded in his diary how much he was able to make the stock market drop with his lie that covid was 10x more deadly than the flu. At the same time, in the same diary, he wrote that covid wasn't any more deadly than the seasonal flu. While he was going on TV saying the opposite to terrify the public into shutting down the economy. It was all a lie designed to take out Trump's most formidable weapon for reelection: his booming economy." Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "Fauci claimed he didn’t shut down schools. Then bragged in his diary that California and New York shut down schools based on his recommendations." Quote, "Tom Elliott @tomselliott, "Dear Diary, Today I shut down NYC and all California. Tony." KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat, "Fauci’s own diary just dropped. Feb 1, 2020. The secret call that produced "Proximal Origin." 12 scientists on the line. Only 2 thought the virus was natural. The other 10 — per Fauci's own notes — "felt that deliberate insertion was possible." They flagged Shi Zhengli's gain-of-function work on coronaviruses in Wuhan by name. 8 days later, Fauci went on Newt Gingrich's podcast: "I've heard these conspiracy theories. And like all conspiracy theories, Newt, they're just conspiracy theories." Then Facebook and Twitter banned you for saying the same thing his own scientists were telling him privately." Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke, "It is a new week, but I still do not think it has sunk in for most people, and perhaps it never will, that the event that upended our lives and changed the world was man-made. Some of us understood that from the beginning. Rand Paul’s recent document releases have now put the case beyond any doubt. The Wuhan lab created Covid and unleashed it on the world. And it could not have done so without Fauci’s help. Those are the facts. So what happens now? When does accountability begin? ..." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "From the Russia! Russia! Russia! conspiracy, through Covid, through the 2020 election fraud and the suppression of Hunter Biden's laptop, through Joe Biden's cognitive decline, they've learned that simply ignoring massive scandals works." Quote Jimmy Dore @jimmy_dore, "What is most amazing is not that we have the black-and-white evidence of Fauci being a criminal lying fraud maniac mad scientist who operated on fear and lies. But the fact that the people who worshiped him in the first place are not going to take in any of this information nor going to take in any of this information nor get angry or upset. Their worship of Fauci, and all the lies, he told about: -masks, -the infection fatality rate of the virus, -the vaccines stopping transmission, stopping contraction, -the toxic side effects that are off the chart, -the excess deaths caused by the vaccine, -the damage to children’s hearts, kidneys, neurological disorders from the vaccine, -the lies about NOT inventing the virus in the first place. Will still be ignored by the people who most ardently enforced the Fauci Covid narrative because to admit to themselves, all these lies, would mean that they were monsters acting in an evil way and poisoning themselves and their own children, and they just can’t live with that..." The Great Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson, "Dr Fauci and Mr. Science The Fauci files reveal not just a sociopathic narcissist, but also a pathological schizophrenic. For years, Fauci was assuring the public of Covid narratives that he either knew were untrue, or knew little about. He posed as a non-partisan, even as he collaborated with the leftwing cable news grandees and liberal columnists to hound his enemies and magnify his godhead. From the virus’s origins and effects of the lockdowns, to the efficacy of the mRNA vaccinations to the always changing 0/1/2 masks wearing protocols, Fauci used his massive government agency, and sycophantic media, to promote his always fluid narratives by punishing enemies and rewarding friends—on the basis of their loyalty to Dr. “I represent science”. He seemed to be obsessed with firing White House Covid advisor Scott Atlas, and demonizing Jay Bhattacharya, Sunetra Gupta and Martin Kulldorff—for the crimes of questioning the Fauci party line..."

And a bit more recent Covid news, From Fox, Alleged $32M COVID-19 fraud fugitive captured in Jamaica and returned to US, FBI says, "Elaine Angene Escoe was charged in a $32M COVID-19 pandemic relief fraud scheme allegedly involving wire fraud, money laundering." Matt Vespa at TownHall, There Was a Huge Win for Those Screwed Over by the COVID Vaccine Mandate. Appeals court rules a woman was wrongfully terminated for refusing the vaccine for religious reasons.

PJM's Stephen Kruiser argues John Thune Is the Most Effective Democrat in Congress Right Now. To be fair, he has poor material to work with. Rep. James Comer to Newsmax: Senate Stalling Trump's Agenda. Ace, Thune Schemes to Put the Senate Into Recess Until Late August, Ending Any Chance of Passing SAVE Before the Elections. In a Hat Hair vid Johnson Delivers House Wins as Pompeo Warns: Iran Still a Threat. Politico crows about the power of propaganda, Poll: Republicans’ gas price problem is even worse than it seems. "Three in five Americans believe gas prices in their area have risen by more than they actually have, according to a POLITICO analysis." But Dave Strom sees Americans Sour on Trump, Still Trust Him More Than Democrats.

ABC whines that Alaska sends 3,000 letters asking voters to verify their citizenship ahead of this year's elections.

Kyle Becker at RedState reports U.S. Ambassador Storms Out of U.N. Meeting After France Says Unthinkable About Trump Administration. France ONU Genève @FranceONUGeneve, "The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it." But they sure want our money, and help when the chips are down.

Jen Van Laar at RedState reveals, Biden Ghostwriter Tapes, Transcripts Are Out - and They're Already Raising Big Questions. He openly bragged about telling his ghostwriter classified information, and revealed he knew about the classified files in the garage. Matt Vespa, The Biden Ghostwriter Tapes Are Out...and They Confirm What We've Known for a While.

The Democratic National Committee Is Imploding says PJM's Matt Margolis, hopefully. "According to a New York Times report, the Democratic National Committee can't pay its bills and Chairman Ken Martin is paranoid and unhinged. In other words, the committee is drowning in internal chaos."

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites the DSA Co-Chair: You're Darned Right We'll Order the Code Red on America! RNC Research @RNCResearch, "DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer confirms their platform includes: - Abolishing the Senate, presidency, & Supreme Court - Abolishing ICE, borders, & prisons - Defunding the Pentagon - Mass amnesty for illegals." VodkaPundit at PJM puts it this way, DSA's Solemn Vow: We Win an Election, You Lose a Country. Steve Cook at RCD, From Ration Stamps to DoorDash: How Comfort and Socialism Are Disarming America. Dave Strom, For Some Strange Reason, Utopian Ideas Keep Failing. PJM's Eric Florack, Six Times the Bodies, Half the Outrage: Communism's Missing Reckoning. Joe at The View From North Central Idaho says They Never Stop Lying.

RedState's Rusty Weiss outraged, What in the Actual? Mamdani Doxxes NYC’s Wealthy by Publishing Their Names and Addresses. "How? By publishing a searchable database of properties that could fall under the new pied-à-terre tax, complete with the owners’ full names and addresses." Capt. Ed thinks it's Too Dumb to Check: Did Maine Dems Anoint an Ineligible Jackson to Replace Platner? Eric W. @EWess92, "Maine has a "sore loser" law that says a candidate that runs for one office and loses cannot run for another office in the same cycle. After Graham Platner dropped out, Maine Dems are poised to nominate Troy Jackson. But Jackson ran for Governor (and lost the primary). Eligible?" Quote Kat @katagious2, "GOP Rep. James White (Maine) points out that Troy Jackson may not legally be eligible to be the nominee for Senate." "However, as we saw in the Robert Torricelli switcheroo, any ambiguity in these statutes will provide the excuse needed for Bellows and state courts to refuse to enforce those standards. That's especially true given today's deadline for ballot changes in the general election. Enforcing these statutes properly, as White demands in his challenge to Bellows, would leave the Democrats without a challenger to incumbent Republican Susan Collins. Even if the statutes had no ambiguity, the courts would moan about robbing the voters of a choice in the general election, even though Maine Democrats actually robbed those same voters of their choice by pushing Platner out in the first place." 

From Da Caller, Karen Bass Blames Trump Administration For Increasing Homelessness In LA Ahead Of New Count. Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis, "It's adorable you think people are stealing because they're hungry. They're stealing because they're feral and don't care about civilized society." Quote Ashton Forbes @AshtonForbes, "Downtown St. Paul Whole Foods closed last year. Too much crime. It's heart breaking watching people steal food because they're hungry. Cities can't even keep them open with subsidies."

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "33 counties in Illinois have already voted to separate themselves from Illinois 7 more counties just approved to add the referendum onto the ballot JB Pritzker and Brandon Johnson are total failures!" They're a little far away to join Greater Idaho, but perhaps they can get together with Ohio to make a Grander Ohio!

At 1945, Trump Has Already Won the Iran War, a Twenty-Five-Year Army Veteran Argues — ‘the Enemy Gets a Vote’, "In a new analysis, national security expert James Jay Carafano argues President Trump has already achieved America’s key objectives against Iran and is de-risking rather than escalating — stripping Iranian assets with every exchange, discounting the midterms, and fighting the rest of the war on what he calls Trump Time." CDR Salamander is Squinting at the Iran Decision Brief. Reason whines about Waltz: Interceptor Shortage Is Biden's Fault, Fake News, and Illegal To Discuss, "The Trump administration official contradicted himself as he tried to explain away bad news from the Iran war."

At RCW, Eastern Mediterranean Gateway Act Is a Win-Win-Win. Aust BC, Israeli air strike kills top Hamas official in Gaza, Wael El-Ledawi. Another Dorito gone from the bowl.

From Althouse, "Critics say T.P.S. is a problem because it’s not really temporary. Look at the Salvadorans, they say." "They first became eligible for T.P.S. in 1990 because of the violent civil war in their country. Another wave came after two devastating earthquakes in 2001. Decades on, there are about 190,000 of them here, living and working legally. (At least for now — their protected status is slated to end in September.)" From "Protected No More" (NYT gift link)."

Don Surber on Journalism 2026, "Any time President Trump gives a speech, it must be described as rambling." To be fair, it usually is, but he knows where he's going.

At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed says Quelle Surprise: Berlin Terror Perp Killed; Known Wolf With Long Track Record while Beege Welborn has Some Last Minute Updates and Thoughts on the Islamic Attack in Germany Yesterday and Dave Strom notes on the Berlin Pride Attack: Organizers Worry About Islamophobia, Blame White Men. At Althouse, "[A]nti-queer' crimes more than tripled in [Berlin] between 2016 and 2025. Violent anti-queer crimes rose by half." "Some people at the memorial on Sunday said German leaders had contributed to a sense of insecurity. They singled out the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which has climbed in national polls with a platform that defines a family as a man and a woman with children. Others criticized Friedrich Merz, the chancellor, who defended a decision not to fly a Pride flag over the federal parliament building last year by saying Parliament was 'not a circus tent.'..." The New Reform Club notices the BBC’s Passive Voice, ‘A van drove into a crowd ....’ Gad Saad @GadSaad, "Ahmad attacks people at a Pride Parade because Islam. White liberal woman with aposematic hair coloring concludes white men are to blame. Suicidal Empathy is a fatal disease of the human spirit." Quote American AF @iAnonPatriot, "OMG. Liberal women are blaming “white men” for the Islamic extremist who ran over people at an LGBTQ parade in Berlin. “You’re not going to scapegoat the Muslim community like they’re the violent ones, when it’s actually you (white men).”" Ace sees another Maryland Man Goes on Stabbing Spree in Paris, Saying Allah Sent Him to Kill Women, "The police say that you should ignore his self-stated motive. It doesn't matter that he says Allah sent him to kill women. The man, you see, is "crazy."" "The suspect, Lebanese-heritage Abdul Ballut, 21, was shot and killed by police on Sunday after a 20-hour manhunt in the German capital." So, not really a Maryland Man, rather a "Maryland Man."

At the College Fix, Left-wing activist turns out to be professor. Insty at his NYPo gig notes Even the left is now flagging the gross bias at America’s universities. Beege Welborn notes In the Pantheon of Worthless Degrees to Waste Money on, This Is Up There "Arizona State launches degree on becoming an influencer — exactly the career more than half of Gen Z adults dream of." It helps to have big tits. Dave Strom calls the University of Minnesota: Taxpayer-Funded Groomers. VodkaPundit at Insty, WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT…: End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "This is who's calling you an extremist on the internet."

From ZeroHedge, Activists Target WNBA Player After She Takes Stand Against Trans Agenda. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Israeli Hostages Freed

I was never convinced it was going to happen. From Da Mail, Free at last! Israeli hostages hug one another in joy as all 20 living captives are finally handed over by Hamas following 738 days in Gaza hell as part of Trump's historic peace deal. At Althouse, "The remaining 13 living hostages in Gaza have been transferred into the hands of the Red Cross, the Israeli military said in a statement," "The NYT reports, 51 minutes ago, in its excellent live coverage" and "You know, I'm being a little cute — I don't think there's anything going to get me in heaven." Driscoll at Insty cites ROGER KIMBALL: The Physics and Politics of Peace: Trump’s Triumph in the Middle East and Ben Shapiro "Trump has brokered an unthinkable deal: the release of the final 20 live Israeli hostages, with Israel maintaining a secure posture in the Gaza Strip; the possibility of a non-Hamas future in Gaza, supported by regional allies; the even greater possibility of future Abraham Accords with countries like Saudi Arabia and Indonesia. So, how did this happen? It happened the same way things always happen in the Middle East: The decisionmakers ignored the conventional wisdom. The conventional wisdom said that military action could not guarantee security. That wasn’t just wrong; it was catastrophically wrong: It was military action that took out the supporting pillars beneath Hamas’ feet." Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Nowhere has the death of the "expert" class been more evident than in foreign policy. Everything they told you for decades was wrong, specifically regarding the Middle East. All of it, every bit of it, was dead wrong. And they still pretend they have credibility." Quote Matt Whitlock @mattdizwhitlock, "Joe Biden had approximately 1000 years worth of foreign policy experience and literally every conflict / region of the world got worse during his presidency." Unbelievably, except I believe it, at RedState from Bonchie, Antony Blinken Gives Biden Credit for Gaza Deal, and It Gets Worse From There. At Grabien, CNN’s Abby Phillip Blasts Obama for Not Crediting Trump for Israel-Hamas Deal. Credit where credit is due, NYPo reports Hillary Clinton heaps rare praise on President Trump for handling of Israel-Hamas peace deal: ‘I really commend.’

Of course it's not all wine and roses, Fox reports Dozens killed in Gaza as violence erupts between Hamas and armed clans, apparently including well know Paliwood star FAFO. aka Saleh al-Jaafari, seen in countless Hamas videos, portraying anything from a Dr. to a dead body. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, FAFO Found Out; Reported Killed By Fellow Gazans in Tribal Dispute. Will he get an post mortem Oscar? At Althouse, "President Trump Delivers Remarks to The Knesset." Sundance at CTH has a veritable bevy of posts, President Trump Speaks to Reporters as He Departs U.S. for Israel and Egypt, Egyptian Foreign Minister Dr. Badr Abdelatty Discusses Hostage Release and Gaza Peace Plan, Sunday Talks – Vice President JD Vance Outlines Gaza Peace Deal, U.S. Troops to Middle East and Qatari Base in Idaho and Sunday Talks – JD Vance vs Margaret Brennan – Video and Transcript. 

Larry Elder at Hat Hair on The Politics of the Shutdown, Obamacare, Crime and Deportations. At ET, Vance Warns of More Federal Layoffs as Shutdown Persists. "His comments come as the Trump administration recently confirmed 4,100 workers have received layoff notices." From News Wax, Govt Worker Unions Ask Judge to Halt Shutdown Layoffs, Dems' Shutdown Demand Won't Lower Healthcare Costs and Report: Trump Fed Chair Candidates Cut to 5. Matt Margolis at PJM, Democrats Are Quietly Pulling the Plug on Free Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants. ET reports Trump Directs Pentagon to Pay Troops During Government Shutdown, "The move follows recent CBO guidance that mandatory accounts under recent legislation could be tapped to cover military pay." Nick Ballasy at JTN, Trump directs Hegseth to ‘use all available funds’ to pay troops during shutdown, "I will not allow the Democrats to hold our Military, and the entire Security of our Nation, HOSTAGE, with their dangerous Government Shutdown," he wrote. "The Radical Left Democrats should OPEN THE GOVERNMENT, and then we can work together to address Healthcare, and many other things that they want to destroy." Stacey Matthews at LI thinks Trump Outfoxes Schumer and Jeffries, Directs Hegseth to Use ‘All Available Funds’ to Pay Troops . “I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th.” From OTP, Trump Weighing $14B Farm Bailout As Bankruptcies Surge.

At RedState Streiff sees JD Vance Cooks George Stephanopoulos for Refusing to Talk About the Schumer Shutdown. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: JD Vance destroyed ABC's George Stephanopolous so hard they CUT HIS FEED and went to break  VANCE: "Here's, George, why fewer and fewer people watch your program and why you're losing CREDIBILITY, because you're talking for now 5 minutes with the Vice President of the United States about this story regarding Tom Homan, a story that I've read about, but I don't even know the video that you're talking about. Meanwhile, low-income women can't get food because the Democrats and Chuck Schumer have shut down the government!" "You are focused on a BOGUS story. You're insinuating criminal wrongdoing against a guy who has done nothing wrong instead of focusing on the fact that our country is struggling because our government's shut down! Let's talk about the real issues, George." "I think the American people would benefit much more from that than from you going down some weird left-wing rabbit hole where the facts clearly show that Tom Homan didn't engage in any criminal wrongdoing." GEORGE: "It's not a weird left-wing rabbit hole! I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50,000 as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024, and you did not answer the question. Thank you for your time this morning." VANCE: "No, George, I said-" GEORGE: "We'll be right back."  UPDATE: Tom Bevan of Real Clear Politics tweets, “I swear, the only reason for the admin going on the Sunday shows anymore is to own the lib anchors. Nobody watches these shows. [Vance] is going to get far more mileage off of this on social media.”

At Hat Hair Josh Hammer looks at Operation Divide MAGA. Sundance, By Request – MAGA Division. OTP, Trump Teasing Construction Of New Monument In DC. From Twitchy, That's How It's Done: Pam Bondi Shows the RIGHT Way to Respond to Satire (Even Lame Satire from SNL). 

At Insty, VodkaPundit cites Amuse,  STOLEN: The Algorithm That Rigged the Census: How One Bureaucrat Stole the House and Billions in Funding. Read the whole thing to see how the last census was rigged. Also, Plus: “If all this is true, President Trump’s call for a mid-decade census is more than justified.”

Driscoll at Insty POOR JOE BIDEN IS STRUGGLING TO ADAPT TO PRIVATE LIFE: "Joe Biden’s post-presidency has been rough, to put it mildly. Nearly nine months after Donald Trump reclaimed the White House, Biden is holed up in Wilmington, Delaware, grappling with a reality that must feel like political exile. He’s dealing not just with the sting of losing power, but also the inability to sell access and enrich his family. Though he won’t admit to the latter. . . " Steve Guest @SteveGuest, "WATCH: Kamala Harris reveals that Joe Biden doesn't pick up her calls. Eugene Daniels asking about Biden's cancer treatment: Have you talked to him about it? Kamala: "Yeah. No. I called him earlier." Daniels: "How's he doing?" Kamala: "I have not talked to him. I just left him a message."" I wouldn't want to listen to her either. Ryan King at NYPo, Kamala Harris reveals Biden sent her call to voicemail when ex-VP reached out about cancer treatment. Everyman Commentary Ep. 12 - Democrats Just Need to Message Harder

Michael Barone asks Are Democrats the Party of Murder? Nick Ballasy, Luigi Mangione’s lawyers request dismissal of federal charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO assassination. "He became the darling of leftist women -- even described as "dreamy"-- but the legal team for the poster boy for leftist violence is also arguing that certain evidence should be excluded from trial."

At ET, Appeals Court Says National Guard Can Be Federalized but Not Deployed in Illinois, "A federal district court granted the state of Illinois a temporary restraining order on Oct. 10, halting a National Guard deployment in Chicago." From Newsweek, Trump Is Looking at All ‘Options’ Before Invoking Insurrection Act—Vance. Victory Girls, Antifa Thinks They Are The True Americans.Liz Stauffer at LI reports on a Chicago TV Station Producer Arrested for Throwing Objects at Border Patrol Vehicle, "The legacy media points to a temporary restraining order that “prohibit[s] the use of force against journalists” in Chicago." "Debbie Brockman “was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer.” A producer for WGN-TV, a Chicago television station, arrested after throwing objects at law enforcement. " From Twitchy, Attack of the Theater Kids: Leftist Cosplayers 'Storm' Illinois ICE Facility ... and We Got Nothin'. Mike Ryan @Michael75055607, "Thing is , you can't tell if inside they're strapped with a mack 10 or suicide vest. Best to hit them with a watter cannon on sight and sort it out from a distance." Quote Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, " JUST IN: In a pathetic move, liberals are STORMING toward the Broadview, Illinois ICE facility... ...they're acting exactly the way you'd expect." Jeff Carter at Points and Figures, They Need And Want Anarchy, "Especially In Chicago."

Fox, Kamala Harris alleges Trump using DOJ for ‘revenge,’ questions justice system’s integrity, "The former vice president has been touring several cities to promote her book '107 Days'." NYPo ed board, Letitia James now reaps what she had sown — so spare us the faux outrage. RNC Research @RNCResearch, "NBC: "But what about Trump?" LINDSEY GRAHAM: "...You didn't care that Letitia James made up charges that no one's ever faced. That Alvin Bragg made up charges no one ever faced...This may bother you that people are being held accountable. It doesn't bother me one damn bit." Ryan King at NYPo, Trump suggests ‘corrupt’ Sen. Adam Schiff could be next political rival in the crosshairs: ‘Sooo dishonest.’ RealRobert @Real_RobN, "This is: CNN——a criminal enterprise, CNN cuts off @DNIGabbard as she tells the world that Barack Hussein Obama attempted to overthrow the United States government in 2016 as part of a ‘treasonous conspiracy’, overthrew it in 2020 to cover it up—and now he’s been caught. “Multiple intelligence community assessments released in the months leading up to the November 2016 election concluded that Russia had neither the intent nor the capability to impact the outcome of the U.S. election. On December…”"

Fox, More than 30 children rescued amid trafficking operation in major US city as expert warns of growing crisis. 

At OTP, Okla. State Official Reprimands Student Over Charlie Kirk Tribute "during the talk, Wilson wore a hat emblazoned with “45 47,” given to him by Kirk a few months prior. This apparently did not sit well with OSU’s Melisa Echols, who later informed Wilson his hat could “trigger” some students. “As a person who doesn’t look like you and has not had the same lived experience as you, I have family who don’t look like you who are triggered—and I will be very candid with you—who are triggered by those hats and by that side,” Echols said. Ironically, Wilson (pictured) is Native American — a member of the Cherokee Nation." I don't know about students, but he certainly triggered at least one administrator. 

At ET, MIT Says It Will Not Sign Trump Admin’s Higher Education Compact "MIT is the first of the nine universities invited to join the compact to publicly reject it." "The proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” would require participating universities to freeze tuition for five years, limit international student enrollment, and adopt the federal government’s biology-based definitions of sex and gender when it comes to sports or single-sex spaces. Other provisions call for reinstating the SAT requirement for applicants, curbing grade inflation, prohibiting the use of race and sex as factors in admissions or employment, and reforming or dismantling departments that “purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas.”"

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: No Joy At Fenway at the usual time and place.

Oregon, My Oregon

At the Gates of Vienna, Oregon Drags its Feet on Greater Idaho

For the past two and a half years, I’ve been covering the Greater Idaho Movement, which aims to detach certain counties from eastern Oregon and annex them to Idaho, with which they have a great cultural affinity. Despite votes in the affected counties, the Oregon state legislature has so far failed to respond to the wishes of its eastern residents. One might be tempted to assume that those eastern counties deliver more tax money to the central government than they extract from it, and are therefore too lucrative to let go of.

The account below was sent out as a press release today by Greater Oregon:

LaPine, OR — Proponents of the Greater Idaho Movement released the following statement regarding the close of the Oregon Legislative Session.

“The failure of the Oregon Legislature to move either of the Greater Idaho bills in this session is an affront to the people of Eastern Oregon, as well as the democratic process in general. For five years the people of Eastern Oregon have been making their wishes known at the ballot box. Those wishes are to have elected leaders investigate letting our counties separate and join Idaho. Eastern Oregon representatives sponsored bills in this session to do just that, but were completely ignored by the Democrat majority in Salem. This failure to listen to the people of Eastern Oregon or our elected representatives only reinforces why Eastern Oregon counties need the governance of Idaho, a state far more in line with our values and way of life. After five years of hearing from voters and advocating with legislators to respect voter wishes, it is clear to our organization that Oregon leadership is intent on holding Eastern Oregon counties captive as part of a state we no longer wish to be part of and that federal engagement is necessary to achieve self-determination for the people Eastern Oregon.”

The Greater Idaho Movement seeks to convince Oregon to relocate the Oregon/Idaho state line westward so that the traditionally conservative eastern counties would join the state of Idaho, which the movement says better matches eastern Oregonian values. Since 2020, thirteen counties have passed their measures. The movement believes that moving the border would create a win-win situation for both Oregon and Idaho by better matching voters to state governance and would lower political tension across the state. State lines can be moved through a process called an interstate compact. In January, Greater Idaho bills were introduced in both the Oregon House and Senate requesting border talks or study. Neither of those bills received hearings despite the co-sponsorship of numerous eastern Oregon legislators and a joint letter requesting a hearing from all three state senators whose districts are affected by the proposal.

In 2023 the Idaho House of Representatives passed a resolution inviting the state of Oregon to begin border talks, and the Governor of Idaho has publicly supported border talks as well. The movement has previously reached out to the Governor of Oregon, as well as President Trump asking for support in getting border talks between the two states started.

The Greater Idaho statement may be found here.

I've always thought that that as long as you're going to ask for the politically impossible, you might as well simply seek secession from the remainder of Oregon. Call yourselves Right Oregon, maybe they'll take the hint and become Left Oregon.  

Oregon, My Oregon

At OTP, 13 Oregon Counties Support Secession Ballot Measure In Effort To Join Idaho13 Oregon Counties Support Secession Ballot Measure In Effort To Join Idaho

Thirteen fed-up counties in liberal Oregon have voted in support of measures to start negotiations to secede from the state and join conservative Idaho.

Crook County became the latest to approve the ‘Greater Idaho Measure’ following a vote on Tuesday.

The proposal seeks to move the Oregon border 200 miles to the west, meaning that 14 counties and several partial counties would fall under Idaho state lines.

Organizers behind the Greater Idaho movement say east Oregonians are being alienated by the state’s progressive policies which they blame for high crime rates.

They claim a move to Idaho would allow residents to take advantage of lower taxation and provide better representation and governance.

A view of Greater Idaho from Da Mail,

I notice they now include parts of Norther California and Washington in the scheme, which is reminiscent of the old idea of splitting a new state to be called Jefferson out of Oregon and California. That would at least have had the virtue of creating 2 new conservative Senate seats. If you're going to aim for the politically impossible, you might as well aim high.

Previous posts on the Greater Idaho movement.

Oregon, My Oregon

From John Sexton at Hat Hair, Arsonist Attacks Portland Police Vehicles

When Portland police arrived at a department training facility to help with a fire on Thursday morning, they found at least 15 patrol vehicles burning.

The Portland Police Bureau is searching for a suspected arsonist who they believe set the cop cars on fire around 1:55 a.m. while the vehicles were parked in a fenced training area, the department said in a news release.

The PPB released several photos of the burned cars, including this one.

Press Release: Portland Police Training Vehicles Burned, Arson Investigation Underway (Photo)
Link: https://t.co/joAmmRRC1g pic.twitter.com/UwnIOcaUi3

— Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) May 2, 2024

The investigation is underway but the arsonist was caught on video so there's no question what happened here. The question that does remain is who is responsible. Everyone seems to know the answer even if they aren't saying it outright. Portland anarchists have had quite a week. Wednesday, just prior to the arson, a group walked through the city breaking windows.

Fireworks were set off, windows were broken and property was spray-painted by a group of suspects marching through downtown Portland Wednesday, according to Portland Police Bureau...

Police said among the businesses damaged include banks, coffee shops, cell phone and electronic stores, retail clothing and accessories shops and property belonging to Portland State University.

As mentioned, there was also a lot of damage done to the library at Portland State University. Are all of these things connected? There's no proof of that so far but what we can say is that the same sort of masked anarchists who smash windows and start fires also may have been involved at PSU. The police released a list of everyone they arrested yesterday when they cleared out the campus library and very few of these people strike me as the usual undergrads.

Greater Idaho can't come soon enough. 

Oregon, My Oregon

Matt Vespa at TownHall passes along Wait, an Oregon Girl Was Allegedly Gang Raped at School...and No One Called the Police?

What is going on with Portland Public Schools? Third graders are being raped, and no one called the police—that’s the gist of the story. It’s a tale that slapped the school system with a $9 million lawsuit, and rightfully so. In 2022, the victim, then aged 9, was the target of multiple sexual assaults and unwanted advances at Scott Elementary School in Northeast Portland.

The school not calling the police was bad enough. What’s worse is that the alleged attackers weren’t expelled, which is the least this district could have done. Instead, they opted for a safety protocol wherein the girl and her alleged rapists would be given different lunch periods. Is this for real? 

NEW: Portland family sues Portland Public School district for $9 million after their daughter was allegedly ‘gang r*ped’ in the school bathroom.

The girl was allegedly assaulted by two male students in the Schools Uniting Neighborhoods program.

It gets worse. The boys only… pic.twitter.com/EJLRDgzTm6

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 4, 2024

Greater Idaho can't come fast enough.

Oregon, My Oregon

 Stacy McCain explains why he sees Big Trouble in Cracker Paradise

Just a few years ago, Portland, Oregon, was seen as a sort of progressive utopia, and it’s not really a secret why this was so: Portland is the whitest major city in America. Progressive like to talk about “diversity,” but they prefer to admire it from a comfortable distance, you understand.

So you had a lot of white hipsters moving to Portland, which gives them the desirable urban environment without having to deal with large numbers of brown people. Hypocrisy much? Anyway . . .

To say that Portland’s politics leans left is an understatement — Multnomah County gave 79% of its vote to Joe Biden in 2020, and it would have been higher were it not for the fact that about 3% voted for fringe left-wing candidates. The relationship between the whiteness of Portland and the left-wing politics of Portland is not merely coincidental. It is easier to believe socialism “works” in an ethnically homogenous polity (which is why socialism was so popular in places like Sweden). Once “diversity” enters the picture, however, people become suspicious that some groups are benefiting more than others from the collectivist redistribution racket, and the result — in America, at least — is what I’ve called “Missippification.” Pondering state-by-state results and exit-poll data after the 2000 election (Bush v. Gore), I noticed that Mississippi had both (a) one of the highest percentages of black population in the country and (b) the highest percentage of white people voting Republican, rivaled only by South Carolina. The more black people, the more white people vote Republican — this is the factor I call “MIssippification.”

Portland proves this principle in reverse — a predominately white city populated by the kind of left-wing kooks who like Bernie Sanders, but think he’s perhaps too “mainstream” for their taste. It’s no surprise that Portland is a hotbed of “Antifa” radicalism, just like it’s no surprise that Portland has a significant homelessness problem:

An Oregon family armed with fire extinguishers had to repeatedly save their home from fires after homeless squatters set a next-door house ablaze twice in one day.
Jacob Adams said he jumped into action as flames from both infernos threatened to leap over to their Portland property in the latest in a string of terrifying experiences since squatters took over the neighboring structure five years earlier.
“There are fires that have been happening off and on. Major ones. This recent one actually came and set our property on fire,” Adams told Fox 12.
“Within 12 hours of that fire, another fire popped up. My wife was screaming, and propane tanks were igniting off from the fire.” . . .
Portland has been dealing with a long-lasting homeless problem. There are over 6,600 homeless people in Portland across more than 700 encampments.
Although the city’s Mayor Ted Wheeler announced in October [2022] plans to ban the camps, the tent cities have largely remained undisturbed by city officials, including police.
The lax enforcement has allowed squatters to take over homes like the one next door to Adams, despite being served multiple eviction notices.
Over the past five years, Adams said he’s reported multiple thefts — including one culprit he caught stalking off their property with their firewood — drug usage and physical fights inside the rapidly deteriorating home, but to no avail.

See how this works? The leftist politics of Portland encourages and empowers the white trash segment of the population, so drug-addled misfits take over vacant homes and terrorize the neighbors.

If you think Oregon leans left now, just wait until the rural counties leave to join Greater Idaho. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - 'Big Guy' Questioned, 'Little Guy' Exposed, RFK Jr. Runs Indie

Hat Hair's Capt. Ed,  Biden's BBQ and Blinken's blindness: Let's have a cease-fire; Update: "We will not be seeing the president today."  Cutie Pavlich at Town Hall reveals We Now Know Why Joe Biden Called an Early Lid on Monday. “The President has been interviewed as part of the investigation being led by Special Counsel Robert Hur. The voluntary interview was conducted at the White House over two days, Sunday and Monday, and concluded Monday," White House Counsel spokesperson Ian Sams released in a statement Monday night." Sundance at CTH revels in it Joe Biden Interviewed by Special Counsel Sunday and Today Regarding Classified Documents Removed While Vice President. Don't get too excited about it; I'm sure they're looking at all possible angles to excuse it, and still pursue the persecution of Donald Trump for removing documents when he left office.

PJM's Matt Margolis reveals Hunter Isn’t the Only Biden With Nude Pics on the Internet. "But here’s where it really gets weird. According to a report from The Daily Mail, a naked selfie of Frank Biden was posted to a gay porn site back in 2018. (I won’t bother sharing the name of the site the picture was found on.) Frank Biden, who was 64 at the time the photo was taken, admits that it is genuine but claims he did not post it on the website." More in sorrow than in anger, sundance Joe Biden’s Brother, Frank Biden, Posted Fully Naked Pictures of Himself and Genitals on Gay Porn Dating Website. They're quite a family aren't they?

James Lynch at Da Caller has new evidence that the FBI Knew New York Post’s Hunter Biden Laptop Story Was Real Ahead Of 2020 Election, FBI Form Shows. Always check the paperwork. Jonathan Turley continues to hammer the theme The Biden Family Tree: How Investigations are Exposing the Bidens’ Influence-Peddling Dynasty. "Newly released evidence from the House Committee on Ways and Means reveals over $20 million coming from 23 separate countries on four continents to at least nine Biden family members. Not only are the Biden transfers becoming clear, so is the Biden family tree in this lucrative form of corruption."

Matt Margolis again, Secretary of State Blinken Accidentally Admits Biden Admin Funded Attack on Israel. Hat Hair's KT shows how Blinken blows the lid off White House talking points on billions for Iran “Iran has unfortunately always used and focused its funds on supporting terrorism.” Hat Hair's KT hears Haley blasts Blinken for denying link between $6B and Hamas attacks on Israel.The I&I ed board wonders Did Biden’s Policy To Isolate Israel Lead To Hamas’ Deadly Attack? At RedState 'streiff' wonders What Was the Role of the Iranian Spy Ring in the US Government in the 'Intelligence Blunder' With Hamas? It didn't help, that's for damn sure. From JTN, Biden administration to pour additional millions into ‘Gender Studies’ in Middle East. "U.S. to provide free tuition to women in the Middle-East, provided they “participate in an additional activity or short-term project where students can promote and advocate for gender equality.” The U.S. spent $787.4 million on advancing gender equality in now Taliban-controlled Afghanistan." Yeah, I'm sure that helped. /sarc. Ace, Israel Defense Minister Says That Weapons Biden Left Behind in Afghanistan Are Being Used by Iran's Proxy Army Hamas. Of course, guns are almost as fungible as money. Hat Hair's Dave Strom hears the  Biden Admin in the midst of crisis: climate change still the biggest threat US and world faces. "In the midst of all the crises America and the world face, listen to what Admiral John Kirby says is the biggest problem America faces. It is the most profoundly stupid thing I have heard since AOC opened her mouth and spoke." Tom Elliott@tomselliott, "Biden Admin's Admiral John Kirby: "Absolutely" we still believe the biggest threat humanity faces today is "climate change." "Climate change is an existential threat. It’s actually capable of wiping out all human life on Earth." And get ready for pain at the gas pump, as PJM's Cathy Salgado observes Oil Prices Spike Amidst Hamas Terrorist War on Israel. Inflation continues as Price of a Forever stamp is going up. Here’s how much they will cost in January according to PennLive. 

Fox, Republicans urge Biden not to release deadly apex predator near rural community "Locals oppose Biden administration proposal to release grizzly bears because they pose 'danger to the safety of their communities,' GOP lawmaker says." It's just a red area in a blue state. Why not release them in Central and Rock Creek Parks?

At NotTheBee, NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he's running as an independent after being snubbed by Democrats. NYT cited at Hat Hair,  RFK Jr launches independent presidential campaign; leaves Dem primaries. Capt. Ed,  "He had a better chance as a Democrat primary challenger. The only places this will matter is in states which Democrats might ordinarily win by thin margins, and even then he’d have to win tens of thousands of votes from Biden when he’s more likely to draw from the Green Party." From Da Caller, RFK Jr. Announces Presidential Run As Independent Candidate. Breitbart, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Will Run for President as an Independent. Althouse, RFK Jr. "I am here to declare myself an independent candidate for president of the United States." "Expected, but, just now, official." Steve Miller at News Week opines RFK Jr. Is a Lesson for MAGA World: Be Careful What You Wish For. Twitchy catches RFK Jr.'s siblings trying to sink his third party run faster than Uncle Ted's Chappaquiddick sedan. Burn the heretic? I guess the big question is which other candidate is hurt worst. Opinions (and polls) differ, and I'm smart enough not to believe either of them. At Gallup, Support for Third U.S. Political Party Up to 63%. At Am Think Steve McCann thinks about The Impact of Third Parties on the 2024 Election.

More proof he's running, at NYPo, Gavin Newsom vetoes bill that would require free condoms to be handed out at public high schools.

Sauron's Unblinking Eye reports Nancy Mace says she supports Jim Jordan for House speaker. YaHoo! expresses hope as A GOP congressman says conservative hardliners who helped oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker could 'very easily' cause the party to lose its House majority in 2024. From TNP, a POLL: Americans Overwhelmingly Support McCarthy’s Removal, but remember, about half of those are Democrats. NewsMax asks What Does Kevin McCarthy Do Now? Try to worm his way back in?  Jazz Shaw, Make up our minds. McCarthy "may be open" to coming back as Speaker. TNP, has a REPORT: McCarthy Is Already Eyeing a Return to the Speakership.   Capt. Ed, "McCarthy hinted at that himself after declining to put his name into the new speaker’s race in the GOP caucus. If he remains outside of leadership, he will still wield enormous influence thanks to his fundraising ties. It’s not just that he might give the Gaetz 8 the cold shoulder, either; they had better expect McCarthy to recruit challengers and get them the funds they need to compete." Revenge is dish best served cold. At Fox, Democrats indicated they'd help save McCarthy before voting to oust him: sources, "'Something changed over the weekend' before the McCarthy vote, one lawmaker said." You fucked up, you trusted us!

Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN on ‘Zuckerbucks’ in Wisconsin: State constitutional amendment to ban private election funding in 2024 ""We all know Zuckerbucks played a terrible role in the 2020 election and that must never be allowed to happen again," said state Rep. Ty Bodden. States can enact their own campaign finance laws for state and local elections and Idaho, Montana and North Carolina have also advanced legislation to either enact or tighten existing bans." TNP says Votes Increased by Up to 8pts in States with Universal Mail-In Voting. Votes or ballots? 

Also from Natalia, Ex-Detroit police chief says rival consultant offered ‘lucrative’ benefits to not enter Senate race "“So the message for me from that was, you're afraid of me, because I'm a serious threat,” former Detroit Police Chief James Craig said. Craig confirmed his run for the Senate seat for Michigan on the “Just the News, No Noise” television show." The best democracy money can buy.

At NYPo, Ex-CIA chief accused of calling for Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s ‘assassination’. Well, sort of. "The shocking suggestion from the retired US intelligence official came in response to a question from a user on the social media platform X, who asked if Tuberville (R-Ala.) should be “removed from his committee.” “How about the human race?” Hayden replied." Jennifer Van Laar at RedState, Retired Gen., Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Apparently Just Called For the Death of a U.S. Senator.  From Twitchy, Beg your pardon? General Hayden suggests assassination of sitting U.S. Senator. Tuberville has placed a hold on mass approval of military promotions that require Senate confirmation, in protest of the current military abortion policy, which skirts the law. Hayden, you may recall, is one the the 51 retired intelligence occifers who signed a paper declaring the Hunter Biden laptop story Russian disinformation, knowing fully well it wasn't.

Insty, HOW CAN THEY GASLIGHT US IF HE SHOWS US THINGS UNFILTERED? #JOURNALISM: The real problem is Elon letting people see what Hamas videotaped themselves doing. Of course, it's on the other socials too, but nobody protests because Elon!

From TNP, CA Gov Newsom Lowers Consent Age to 12 for ‘Gender Counseling’ Without Parents ‘OK’. That won't help his national campaign. At Campus Reform  Professor tells sex worker activist to start a ‘mass movement’ as part of ‘children’s liberation vision’. Dave Strom sees a movement to Liberate children to do...sex work?

One of the people on the panel - a professor at Johns Hopkins University - answered that if Chanel wants to fight for the rights of child sex workers to be child sex workers, she just needs to create a project, get other people involved, and create a mass movement on the topic: pic.twitter.com/6GCIlyjgjO

— Karlyn Borysenko (@DrKarlynB) September 6, 2023

From Behind the Black, Pushback: Court rules that schools cannot punish or suspend students who defy queer agenda “A school district cannot avoid the strictures of the First Amendment simply by defining certain speech as ‘bullying’ or ‘harassment'” as did the Linn-Mar Community School District, the three-judge panel ruled in a case that drew friend-of-the-court briefs by dozens of conservative and religious groups and 18 Republican-led states in favor of the plaintiffs."

At Breitbart, Biological Man Crowned ‘Miss Portugal’ in Miss Universe Pageant. A fake woman. A fake, but a pretty convincing fake. 

Da Caller notices International Women’s Rights Orgs Quiet On Kidnapping And Sexual Violence In Israel. They have no enemies on the left.

Ace gets a Shock: School Districts With DEI Officers Suffered Even Greater Learning Loss During the Pandemic Than Non-Wokef*cked Schools "Really. You don't say. You mean when an organization turns itself inside-out to prioritize things other than the stated priorities of the organization -- and even in direct opposition to the stated priorities of the organization-- its ability to achieve those now-deprioritized priorities suffers? I shan't believe it. I simply shannot."

Oregon, My Oregon, Another County Votes to Secede from Portlandia

Leslie Eastman at LI, Twelfth Oregon County Votes to Join the “Greater Idaho” Movement. "These counties do not want to be part of the “Greater Utopia” that includes Portland."

This January, I wrote that one Oregon county submitted a petition that added a ballot initiative for joining 11 other of the state’s counties in the “Greater Idaho” movement.

The votes have been counted and its official: Wallowa County is now part of the “Greater Idaho” movement.

The vote originally took place in May, with preliminary results showing support for the effort leading by only 21 votes. After all votes were finalized in June, the lead shrunk to only seven votes, narrowly avoiding the state requirement for a recount.

The “Greater Idaho” effort originally began in 2020 as an idea for large swaths of rural eastern Oregon to secede and join the more conservative Idaho to get away from the western, progressive part of the state.

With Wallowa County’s vote, 12 out of 12 counties that have held an election on a “Greater Idaho” measure of any kind have voted in favor of exploring the move.

The adage “every vote counts” was certainly true in this case.

The 50.1% to 49.9% split in Wallowa County will require its commissioners to discuss merging with Idaho and won’t trigger a recount, an elections official in Wallowa County confirmed to The Oregonian/OregonLive.

The final vote count stood at 1,752 people for Measure 32-007, which will require that commissioners “meet twice annually to discuss promoting Wallowa County interest in relocating Idaho borders to include Wallowa County,” versus 1,745 people against it.

Wallowa County Clerk Sandy Lathrop said the measure missed the requirement for a mandatory recount by just one vote. A recount is required by Oregon law when the winning margin is less than or equal to .2%, which is 6.994 votes in this instance. The state does not round up, she said, so seven votes wasn’t small enough to force a recount.

Lathrop also said six contested ballots were not cured before Tuesday’s 5 p.m. deadline.

Of course, they cannot really secede without the agreement of the Oregon legislature, the Idaho legislature, and the US Congress, so any such move is in the far future, if possible at all. But hopefully it's a warning shot to the Willamette Valley centric Oregon government that the hinterlands are getting restive. As long as you're trying, why not just secede to form a new state, and get 2 Senators.

Oregon, My Oregon

Vicky Taft at PJM, Portland's 'Controlled Demolition' Into Dystopia May Be Unrecoverable Thanks to George Soros and Dumb Voters

You can’t say Portland had good intentions because they should have known that what they were trying to do wouldn’t “solve” the drug and homeless problems in the metro areas. Free-wheeling drugs and government tents have never worked anywhere they’ve been tried. Never. Not in San Francisco, not in Los Angeles, not in San Diego, and not in Seattle. But the we’re-smarter-than-you set just threw millions more at it, ignoring that Portland doesn’t just have a homeless problem; it’s got a drug problem. And predictably, things are worse.

Oregonians can blame their “progressive” leaders, George Soros, and the voters staring back at them in mirrors for this mess.

The governmental equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle — state progressives, Multnomah county actors, and Portland activists — have worked together to dispirit the people through their lawlessness, destroy their once beautiful metro area with tents and bodies strewn about, and make it a hospitable place, as a local photographer put it, “for people to come to our city to kill themselves.”

These progressives have chased out several retailers. On Monday, Pacific Northwest outdoor outfitter REI told its members it would close its doors in NW downtown, citing break-ins and thefts.

Even REI, a store that sells gear for manly men& womanly women to survive in the wild gives up on Portland due thefts and break-ins.
I was a member there.
Take a bow @tedwheeler, @GovTinaKotek, @multdems, @MultCoDA for your parts in this "controlled demolition" of my hometown.

— Victoria Taft, The Adult in the Room, FITF Squad (@VictoriaTaft) April 17, 2023

Soros has had a hand in Portland’s decline. Soros’s Drug Policy Alliance, on whose board he sits, was the force behind a measure passed by Oregon voters in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs. Measure 110 allows crackheads to carry a personal amount of hard drugs. So, of course, they’re always high. Rarely is anyone arrested for drug possession because that’s racist or inequitable. They’re let off with a ticket and a promise to go to state-paid drug counseling that doesn’t exist to any great degree yet, though the state claims it’s helped 60,000 drug addicts.

Oregon is well-trod ground for Soros. Undermining the dignity of human beings and society is his aim. In the late 1990’s, his Open Society organization shoved through the so-called “Death with Dignity” law to get doctors to help people kill themselves. Then he backed the fraudulent “medical marijuana” statewide measure. Then came his Secretary of State project to undermine elections, and then his District Attorneys project, which threw traditional law out the window. Then came legalizing pot. And now this.

They voted poorly. Soon the rest of Oregon will need to build a wall around Portland to keep the loonies in, that is, unless they succeed  in joining Greater Idaho. 

Oregon, My Oregon

Epoch Times, Pro-Gun Rights Economist Disinvited From Committee Hearing by Oregon Senate Democrats

Oregon Senate Democrats disinvited economist and gun rights researcher John Lott from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing based on criticism from anti-gun online publications.

Democratic State Sen. Floyd Prozanski “had read something from Media Matters attacking me and said I didn’t have the credentials to be an expert,” Lott told The Epoch Times.

Lott had been invited by Republican State Sen. John Linthicum to testify as an expert witness in an April 6 hearing on SB 348, which would increase the requirements of Ballot Measure 114, approved by voters in November 2022 but is now tied up in the courts.

Linthicum had asked Lott, who has extensive experience studying the effect of gun control laws on society, to explain how SB 348 would impact Oregonians. Lott said that, as he was on his way, he received a call from Linthicum telling him that Prozanski had decided not to allow Lott to testify.

Prozanski then called a witness from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) to testify for the Republicans. Lott said he had never had this happen before.

“Basically, the Democratic committee decided for the Republicans who their experts would be,” Lott said.

Just more reason for Greater Idaho.