A View from the Beach

Friday, June 26, 2026

Rule 5 Saturday - She is Sarah Harris

This week we celebrate with Sarah Harris:

Internationally published model who has appeared in magazines such as Playboy and Maxim Australia. Her popularity led to her amassing more than 2.4 million followers on her verified iamsarahharris Instagram account.

She shot an add campaign for Billabong swimwear at the age of 15.

She underwent a breast augmentation reversal procedure in 2017.

She is originally from Auckland, New Zealand. She is engaged to fitness model Josh Williams.

Reputedly she currently resides in Dubai:

Sarah Harris is a dynamic model and influencer based in Dubai. Since launching her career in 2014 she has become as a dominant influencer in the global luxury, beauty, and travel sectors, captivating over 2.6 million Instagram followers with her sophisticated content.

Sarah has worked with prestigious brands like GUESS, Four Seasons, Anantara, The Ritz Carlton and Le Meridien Resorts, leveraging her modeling expertise and passion for wanderlust to create her celebrated series, Suite and Savoury. This platform showcases bucket-list destinations and insider tips, establishing her as a trusted authority in luxury tourism. Represented globally and renowned for elevating top-tier talent in the UAE’s vibrant market.

Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. Linked at The Right Way in the weekly Rule 5 Saturday LinkOrama. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Redness and FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile, Somewhere In The Great Basin a bit late, but within reason.

Right after I took this pic, a woman sitting nearby told me the Great Blue Heron had swallowed a large eel about an hour previously, and had been sitting there ever since.

A bit overcast, about 80 F, humid, and not very breezy, a classic beach day. Not a great day for fossils. The beach was mostly bare sand; I managed four very ordinary teeth, a small ray plate chevron, and a Tilly bone.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Wins a Couple More at the High Court

The Supreme Court is in the process of cleaning up this years caseload, and a few important cases have come down. Regarding immigration, the Court overrode the lower court ruling keeping the Trump administration from revoking the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of Haitian and Syrian illegal aliens. The Court also ruled the administration could continue its policy of refusing asylum requests from would be immigrant in third countries (like Mexico and Canada) who have not yet entered the US. Both decisions were 6-3 in the way you would expect. Bob Hoge at RedState, Tension on the Bench: Justice Alito Is None Too Pleased With Sotomayor's Bitter Dissent on Asylum Case. "Sotomayor read from her 39 pages of angry rhetoric as the other judges either stared impassively or read their notes." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Yeah this part of the statement doesn't feel very *temporary'" Quote Aber Kawas @AberKawas, "I’m angered by today’s Supreme Court decision to strip Temporary Protected Status from Haitian and Syrian families who have fled violence and instability to seek refuge here. This ruling won’t stop there. It opens the door to ending TPS for more than a million people from fled violence and instability to seek refuge here. This ruling won’t stop there. It opens the door to ending TPS for more than a million people from countries across the world, putting countless families at risk of deportation and separation...." Chris Queen at PJM, When Does an Immigrant 'Arrive' in the U.S.? The Supreme Court Ruled on That Question. Townhall.com @townhallcom, "BREAKING: The Supreme Court delivers a MASSIVE win for Trump's immigration agenda! SCOTUS reverses a lower court ruling that forced the federal government to accept migrants who hadn't even reached the border as "asylum seekers." The vote is 6-3." Many expect that the court released these two pro-administration immigration decisions to soften the blow when they rule against Trump on birthright citizenship. I can see that. At CIS, Salvadoran National Indicted for Rape of 16-Year-Old in N.Y. "An example of why the Laken Riley Act requires the deportation of aliens under removal orders."

In other cases Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "Oh, is that what the case was about? The Court convened, and the justices were asked whether they liked “big business” or those with “cancer,” and seven of the nine chose “big business”? Or was it about FIFRA’s preemption clause? The press’s coverage of the law is a disaster." Quote POLITICO @politico, "Supreme Court sides with big business in Roundup cancer risk fight http://dlvr.it/TTCdCf" Readers added context "The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that federal pesticide law (FIFRA) preempts state failure-to-warn claims requiring cancer warnings on Roundup labels beyond EPA requirements; it did not decide the cancer risk." At the Volokh Conspiracy Josh Blackmun looks at two 2nd Amendment cases and says Something Feels Off About Hemani and Wolford (Updated), "The Court decides two major Second Amendment cases, but the latter does not even mention the former." Teri Christoph at RedState is pretty jazzed that Spanberger Gets Smacked Down *Again* As Virginia Judge Blocks 'Assault Firearms' Ban.

PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks Trump Is Losing Patience With Useless Uniparty GOP Leadership on the SAVE Act, and in general, and Dave Manney says Trump Wants Action While Senate Republicans Count Excuses. At the Wash Stand, Trump, House Freedom Caucus Up Pressure on Senate to Pass SAVE America Act that 79% of Americans Support. Misty Severi at JTN reports the Postmaster General says he will comply with Trump rule to hold back mail ballots, "The proposed rule seeks to create lists of citizens in each state to help determine who is eligible to vote and calls on the Postal Service not to distribute mail ballots to those not on state lists."

Kurt Schlichter at TownHall advises us to Calm Down About JD Vance. Sarah Anderson at PJM calls it Marco's Mic Drop Moment: 'We Have No Drama, We Have No Games.'

Mark Tapscott at PJM, sees OTAS GETTING SUNLIGHT: "Federal law requires federal spending to be publicly available on the USASpending.gov, but not there is at least $99.7 billion in Department of War research and development spending using Other Transactions Agreements (OTA) over the past six years. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala) offers an amendment in the House Rules Committee (one of 1,200+!) that makes it clear OTA contracts must be disclosed on USASpending.gov. May not seem like a big deal in a $7 trillion federal budget but that’s how bureaucracies typically get around the law, finding (or creating) loopholes like OTA. And loopholes tend to breed like Jack Rabbits. Sundance at CTH, Arrogant, Sanctimonious and Entitled Republican Sub-Committee Chairman Mark Amodei (NV) Unmasks Himself." ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "'Welcome to the Money Belt,’ Trump on Pennsylvania’s economic reinvention--our interview discussing regions rapidly reinvention as well as him becoming part of an elite group of POTUS to ever visit the Army War College that includes Washington & Eisenhower." Sundance hosts Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent – The 5 Pillars of Economic Statecraft.

From ToI, US military says it killed senior ISIS leader in airstrike on Syria last week. The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great says Don’t Forget the Broader Context of the Iranian Memorandum. "Trump’s Iran memorandum is not a surrender or a new beginning—it is the next phase of a strategy built on pressure, deterrence, and avoiding another costly Middle East war." At No Pasaran!, "A Total Defeat," a "Capitulation," a "Catastrophe", Warns a French Trump Supporter Regarding the Iran-USA Treaty. The French talking capitulation? That's a laugh. And, it's not a treaty yet, it's an MOU.

Monica Showalter at Am Think thinks Democrats board the crazy train in New York "Democrats have no one to blame but themselves." Adam Turner at RedState believes In New York, the Democrat Establishment Dug Their Own Graves. At Twitchy, John Fetterman Is the Only Democrat Calling Out the Commies Who Swept New York's Congressional Races and OUCH: Scott Jennings Using Young White Socialists to Mercilessly SHRED Hakeem Jeffries Is Absolute Gold. From the Victory Girls, Schumer And Jeffries Think The Socialist Zombies Won’t Eat Them. PJM's VodkaPundit says It's Official: The Democrat Party Is a Socialist Skinsuit. The Undercurrent @NotTheirScript, "This is the DSA co-chair. Let me summarize what he says in this video: We’re using the Democratic Party as a ballot-access vehicle, not because we share its goals. We build our own organization, get elected under the Democratic label, caucus with Democrats when it’s useful, and push our own agenda from the inside. We see the Democratic establishment as an obstacle, not a home." Brianna Lyman @briannalyman2, "In 7 months Democrats have elected/nominated: -A man who fantasized about murdering Republicans/their children -A man with a NAZI tattoo -An Al Qaeda volunteer -A woman who said the US is an "effing disgrace" -A woman who said 9/11 was our fault This is who the party is." Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_, "I want to get the people who hate this country out of this country and the Democrats are trying to get them in office." Logan Hall @loganclarkhall, "We imported a ton of third world foreign communists and allowed them to participate in our elections and run for office and then they all vote for third world foreign communism. Doesn’t take a genius to realize this was never going to be anything other than a recipe for disaster." David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "NY 13 has a population of roughly 750,000, almost all Democrats. A total of 66,000 votes were cast in that race. Thats’s how the DSA wins." Curtis Houck @CurtisHouck, "HILARIOUS: ‘CBS Mornings’ co-host Gayle King cuts off Manhattan Institute’s Reihan Salam as he explains that democratic socialists want to abolish borders and prisons, support Russia, and oppose U.S. foreign policy, telling him to “concentrate on the election that just happened” and suggests these kinds of people are just a footnote on the left." Christina Pushaw @ChristinaPushaw, "Mamdani origin story: Rejected by white girls in college Darializa origin story: Rejected by black and Arab men who preferred white women I am sensing a theme here."

From the Free Bacon, ‘We Could Make Prisons Obsolete’: James Talarico Called To Slash Police Budgets and Spend the Money on Social Programs "Talarico, who has said he does not support defunding police, also said prisons are 'the consequences of systemic racism and global capitalism'"

Politico whines that Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success. "A logistically smooth tournament poses a problem for Trump’s critics."

Flopping Aces @FloppingAces, "The media’s current strategy with this wave of enforcement is simple: treat every development as its own isolated headline so the larger pattern stays invisible. One day it’s a 455-defendant healthcare fraud takedown spanning dozens of states. Another day it’s eight Antifa militants receiving a combined 450 years for a coordinated attack on an ICE facility. Then it’s Dominion quietly dropping its billion-dollar lawsuit against Mike Lindell after Smartmatic gets criminally indicted and its own assets get sold to new ownership. Meanwhile, violent crime continues dropping to levels not seen in decades. Each story gets its own article, its own framing, and its own carefully managed level of attention. One gets softened with language about “protesters.” Another gets buried in local coverage. A third gets presented as a strange legal development with no connection to anything else happening. What they’re trying very hard not to say out loud is that these are not random, disconnected events. Different categories of enforcement ... financial fraud, ideological violence, public corruption, voting systems lawfare, and ordinary street crime ... are all being pressured at the same time. That simultaneity is the actual story..."

Hat Hair's Dave Strom says No Jews, No News: Gaza 'Flotilla' Activists Held Captive In Libya for Weeks, Nobody Cared. I certainly didn't.

Beege Welborn says The British Government Prefers Its Citizens Well Done. GB News @GBNEWS, "Britons ordered to remove air conditioning from homes in 40C heat under Net Zero crackdown." The Chronic wonders Can Anyone Govern Britain—or America? Of course, it depends on what you mean by govern. VodkaPundit at PJM VIP has a Thursday Essay: The Burning Questions Europeans Will Bring Home With Their Ranch Dressing. "How did we fall so far behind the Americans?" Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Oh, it gets better than that. Say what you want. No thought police will knock. Shoot what you want. Mostly. Eat what you want. Drive for miles. Not kilometers. Buy a big house. With a big yard. Set the temp inside your big house where you want. Fahrenheit, you'll have to learn. But yeah. Opportunity. Make of yourself what you can. What you want. A photo with our crazy orange president is a good day. Great man, loves America, loves the people. Busting his ass to make the world a better place. Come back any time. Call your new pal Don, see if he can arrange for you to stay." Quote Oliver Henry @oliverhenry, "I now understand the American dream. I came to the World Cup because I was offered a last minute ticket to watch England play Croatia in Dallas and I started documenting my journey."

From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Bill: Hey Universities, You Can Take Money From The ChiComs, Or From Uncle Sam, But Not Both, "Many of America’s universities have proven eager to take money from communist China for “partnership” arrangements. A new bill aims to put an end to that by making them choose between ChiCom money and federal funding." Seems reasonable.

Ace, "Watch how ABC and the AP carefully avoid ever mentioning that this cult is made up entirely of men who pretend to be women," Member of "Ziz" Cult -- Which Claims That Transgenders Are Supreme -- Charged in Murder of Parents. CJ wants to know How Many Girls on Testosterone Is Too Many? "A new Oregon study shows that pediatric gender transitions aren’t as rare as advocates of the “affirming” model assured us."

The Instawife hosts BUCK SEXTON AND I discuss why the dating market is broken and my new book.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile, Somewhere In The Great Basin a bit late, but within reason.

Fish Pic Friday - Jessica Jackson

A girl on a mission:

On a journey to fish in all 50 states 24/50

Is it too late to start?

Linked at The Right Way in the weekly Rule 5 Saturday LinkOrama. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Redness a bit late, but within reason.

Fish and Wildlife Service Redefines Shellfish

FWS.gov, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Modernizes Shellfish Definition, Reduces Regulatory Ambiguity. "Final rule clarifies that cephalopods such as squid are included in regulatory definition of shellfish."

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced a final rule updating the regulatory definition of "shellfish" to eliminate outdated language, improve regulatory clarity, and reduce unnecessary burdens on the regulated community.

Under 50 CFR part 10, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulates the import and export of wildlife and wildlife products. The regulations provide an exemption from certain import and export requirements for shellfish.

The final revisions clarify that cephalopods—including squid, octopus, and cuttlefish—are included within the regulatory definition of shellfish. The update aligns federal regulations with modern scientific understanding and longstanding commercial practice.

“America’s seafood industry operates in a global marketplace, and our regulations should reflect modern science and common sense,” said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Brian Nesvik. “This update removes an unnecessary regulatory burden on U.S. squid fisheries, provides greater certainty for seafood producers and exporters, and aligns our regulations with longstanding commercial and international practice.”

These changes help ensure that commercially harvested squid fisheries are treated consistently with other seafood products under existing import and export regulations. By clarifying the scope of the shellfish exemption, the rule reduces unnecessary regulatory requirements and associated costs for seafood producers, processors, importers, and exporters.

The Service developed the rule in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to help ensure consistency across federal agencies.

The rule does not alter existing conservation authorities, wildlife protections, or management responsibilities. Instead, it updates definitional language to better reflect current scientific understanding and longstanding industry practice.

OK, that make sense, but I wonder how many days they spent working on it.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Redness a bit late, but within reason.

Oregon, My Oregon

At Hat Hair, Oregon to Sort Inmates by Gender Identity After Rapist and Murderer File Lawsuit

At the end of April a judge in Oregon ordered the state' Department of Corrections (ODOC) to adjust the way it segregates inmates. Prior to the judge's ruling, the decision was made on a case by case basis, however most trans-women wound up housed in male prisons. The judge ordered ODOC to reverse the presumption in these cases so that more trans-women would wind up housed in women's facilities.
Two prisoners sued the state, alleging it failed to protect transgender women from sexual and physical violence by housing them in men’s prisons where they faced dangerous and degrading conditions. They sued on behalf of a class of current and future transgender women prisoners.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke said his preliminary injunction ordering individual assessments for all transgender women in custody isn’t nearly as sweeping as it may appear because he’s requiring corrections officials to follow the same practice that they say they already use.

But he noted that despite the evaluations, more than 90% of transgender women in Oregon’s prison system are housed in men’s prisons.

The current system, he said, appears to begin with a presumption that transgender women should generally be housed in men’s prisons, with rare exceptions.

Instead, he ruled, the presumption should be that transgender women will be housed according to their gender identity.
The reason the judge issued this injunction while the case is still ongoing is because he was concerned that trans-women prisoners would be subject to violence in a male prison. The lawyers for the state pointed out that moving people with male genitals to a women's prison would also potentially expose women to sexual violence.
“ODOC has an important government objective in reducing potential sexual victimization by convicted and potential sexual predators at intake who may not be sincere in their asserted gender identity,” they argued.
Not mentioned in any of the court documents or in stories about the outcome were the identities of the trans-women who'd filed the lawsuit. Instead they were solely identified by initials. But the site Reduxx reports it was able to identify the plaintiffs in the case and their prison record calls into question the wisdom of the judge's decision,
The initial complaint, filed in September 2025 on behalf of men identified only as “S.D.” and “J.F.”, alleges that housing males who claim a transgender status in men’s prisons violates their constitutional rights...

Inmate “J.F.” is Jessica Anne Marie Foust, previously known as John Jay Chapman. He has been designated as a “vulnerable” inmate by the ODOC, and asserts that he is “a legal female.”

In 2008, Chapman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping a developmentally disabled woman who resided at an adult foster home in Gresham, Oregon, managed by his mother. While incarcerated, Chapman was convicted on four counts of assaulting a correctional officer. Three years later, in 2015, he began to identify as transgender...

The class action suit also includes the experiences of inmates identified as “Z.Z.” and “L.B.” Reduxx can identify Z.Z. and L.B. as “Zera Lola Zombie” and “Lillithia Moon Blood-Gaia.”

Zombie, born Daniel Lee Smith, is a violent trans-identified male who is classified as a “female” inmate in the Oregon inmate directory and is housed in women’s prison Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF). He is serving a 35-year sentence for charges including the brutal murder of his girlfriend, Samantha Brown. In 2014, Brown was beaten to death, her corpse left in the trailer home she and Zombie shared.
As for L.B., who also joined the lawsuit. Reduxx identifies him as “Lillithia Moon Blood-gaia.” L.B. is in prison for molesting a female child he was babysitting. In other words, he's a pedophile who was convicted and sentenced to 24 years. At the time he was arrested his name was Daniel and he had a full beard, but while awaiting sentencing he requested to be housed in a female prison on the grounds he was trans. He has since received breast implants, also on the order of an Oregon judge.

So there you have it. A convicted rapist, a murderer and a pedophile are paving the way for themselves and other convicts like them to serve out their sentences in a women's prison. These are literally the last people who should be anywhere near a women's prison but clearly the judge in Oregon doesn't agree.

As the Bard of Avon once suggested, "let's kill all the lawyers" presuming most judges are lawyers.

I have to say, I love the transgender prisoners names, Zera Lola Zombie and Lillithia Moon Blood-Gaia, Jessica Anne Marie Foust. Girls, I suggest you not break the law in Oregon.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Marxists Take New York by Storm

At Hat Hair, Dave Strom sees Mamdani Is Now King of New York After Sweep in Congressional Primary Contests; DSA Rising Fast, Capt. Ed says And Now, the Good News From Last Night... UPDATE: NYT Hardest Hit? and cites Politico: You Know Who's Happy About DSA Wins This Cycle? (Give Politico some credit in this report from the House GOP confab this morning. The word pounce never appears. And readers have to get to the penultimate paragraph before seeing the word seized.), Duane Patterson asks do you Remember the Good Old Days When Trump Hatred Unified Democrats? and in a video, Siraj Hashmi for Larry thinks Hakeem Jeffries Is Done: Is This the End of His Career? PJM's Steve Kruiser calls it a Big Night for Comrade Mamdani's Commies in New York Primaries. At CTH, sundance claims ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Now Officially Controls the Democrat Party and Sean Hannity Aghast and Saddened When Lead Counsel of Trump Impeachment Loses Primary, Dan Goldman. At Twitchy, Joe Scarborough Tries to Run Away From Radical DSA Dems, Gets BODY CHECKED by Donnie Deutsch. C3 @C_3C_3, "The Democrats are electing America hating Communists and the Republicans are worried about the Filibuster Rule. Think about that…" Ace worries Socialists Take Over the New York Democrat Party, Eye a National Takeover. Jon Levine @LevineJonathan, "TLDR— NYC election results reflect highly educated yet downwardly mobile white people who are angry that their expensive degrees are worthless and people in jobs they find demeaning (electricians, plumbers) are making more than them." Ilya Shapiro @ishapiro, "It’s the omnicause reaching final fruition. Not that far a leap from thinking everything in America is structurally racist, sexist, and otherwise unjust according to the latest intersectional matrix and just thinking America needs to be ended." Quote Bridget Phetasy @BridgetPhetasy, "Pretty amazing how fast MeToo and BLM and climate anxiety has been replaced with DEATH TO AMERICA." I&I has a Poll: Nearly Half Of Democrats Say They Have ‘Favorable’ View Of Socialism. Vijeta Unyal at LI, reports Al Jazeera ‘Journalist’ Mourned by Mamdani was Hamas Terrorist, IDF Reveals. "Ahmed Washah “simultaneously served as a photojournalist for the Al Jazeera network and as a sniper operative for Hamas.”" At NYPo, Dad of Mamdani-backed NY primary winner Aber Kawass, who downplayed 9/11, was deported for property fraud — not ‘cruel’ immigration as she claimed.

More at Hat Hair, Capt. Ed, Talarico in 2022: Let's Defund the Prisons!, Mitch Berg, Talarico: Will It Play Outside Austin? and Dave Strom, Wow: Representative Seth Moulton, Candidate for Senate, Assaults Questioner. "It's not exactly off the cuff. No doubt the response to it was gamed out in campaign meetings early." From NottheBee John Fetterman blasts Larry David for being embarrassed to be an American after the White House UFC fight. At USA Today, Forget Trump. Democrats have lost faith in America itself. "New polling shows a historic, and deeply partisan, decline in how proud Americans feel about their country, with Democrats driving nearly all of the drop." Amy Curtis at TownHall, Ted Lieu Vows Lawfare Against Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Cam at BA says Hmm: Virginia 'Assault Firearm' Sponsors Say Governor Wants Amendments to New Law.

At PJM VodkaPundit explains How Government 'Affordability' Turns an $18 Antibiotic Into $2,500. Alex Berenson at Unreported Truths claims Anti-competitive hospital practices cost American families up to $2,500 a year, "Don't take it from me. The number is a (conservative) federal estimate. Much of the extra cash goes to executives like Steven Corwin, who made $26 million in 2024 running a "nonprofit" hospital chain." Mountain States Policy has an Analysis: Montana cut income tax rates, and revenues more than doubled. A Larry vid at Hat Hair, AARP's John Hishta Warns Social Security Faces a 20% Cut in 2032 Unless Congress Acts.

From Ace, Feds Announce Arrests of 455 Defendants Responsible for $6.5 Billion in Fraud Looted from the American People, "The Justice Department: National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 455 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $6.5 Billion in Alleged Fraud."

Capt. Ed SAVE Your Leverage? Trump Cancels Bill Signing Until ... Sundance, President Trump Cancels Bill Signing Event Due to Republican Intransigence on Save America Act. Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, "Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT." AP, Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors.

From Da Signal, the Great Victor Davis Hanson tries to explain Why the Media Called Trump a Warmonger…Then an Appeaser. At Hat Hair, Dave Strom thinks Vladimir Putin Is a Very Unhappy Man Right Now, John Sexton reports the Largest City in Crimea Goes Dark and China is Tightening the Noose Around Taiwan. Sundance hosts NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte Giving a “Remain in NATO” Pitch to President Trump in White House.

Teri Christoph at RedState likes how Usha Vance Expertly Trolls NYT 'Journo' Who Had Epic Melt Down Over MAGA Baby Boom. Sasha Stone @realsashastone, "Waaa Trump hurt my feelings..." Quote USA TODAY @USATODAY, "Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s done supporting the GOP, joining Tucker Carlson in a growing split with Republicans ahead of midterms."

Sundance hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio Outlining Partnership Discussions from Kuwait. The Chronic claims Trump Played the Hormuz Hand He Was Dealt. News Wax cites Trump: Senate Iran Vote Helps Enemy.

Also at News Wax, Supreme Court Nears Major Trump Power Rulings "The cases involve his efforts to limit birthright citizenship, fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, oust Democrat members of independent agencies, and terminate a humanitarian legal status protecting hundreds of thousands of Syrian and Haitian immigrants from deportation." Ace, Fourth Circuit Overturns Lowly District Court Judge, Okays Trump's Expedited Deportations, "Congress passed a bill authorizing expedited deportation -- which could take as little as a few days. They called this, "expedited deportations." And Texas, DOJ Sign Joint Decree Declaring Biden's Prior "Backdoor Amnesty" to be Illegal and Void Mary Chastain at LI reports a Judge Blocks Trump From Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote. "The judge wrote that Congress holds election power, not the Executive branch."

NYPo sees Karmelo Anthony’s high-profile supporters pull out all the stops to get Austin Metcalf killer’s conviction overturned.

Stacy McCain examines Feminists and Their Problems and continues his coverage of the trans, vegan death cult, Zizian Cult Update: Michelle Zajko Charged With Murdering Her Parents. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: MORE TRANS VIOLENCE Police in Colorado responded to calls of a stabbing in a Dairy Queen. They arrived to find a suspect fleeing by car and immediately gave chase. They were forced to shoot him after he crashed into multiple vehicles, injuring civilians. The deceased suspect was identified as Patti Wilson, a man pretending to be a woman. According to ‘westernslopenow’, someone who knew Wilson said he suffered from mental problems. Wilson also has a previous arrest for assault. The media and the coroner are referring to him as a “woman.”"

When you tell your college son to shave and put on a suit and tie for his JP Morgan summer internship interview and then you see who at JP Morgan is going to be evaluating his appearance pic.twitter.com/r6nhiUN7To
— Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) June 24, 2026

At NYPo, Brendan O'Neill says Mr. Sensible Keir Starmer bowed to the left and made the UK an unholy mess — a stern warning to Democrats, and Brits visiting US for first time during World Cup are apologizing to Americans: ‘We were wrong’. AMAC notices Liberal Media Ignores the Ravaging of Britain.

Joanne Jacobs hears It's impossible to fail in Philly schools. It's too much paperwork.

And even more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.24.26. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile, Somewhere In The Great Basin a bit late, but within reason.

Tattoo Thursday

NPR, Prison tattoo program gives participants skills while reducing risk

A new program in Missouri allows people serving time in prison to earn a tattoo license while also reducing the risk of infections and illness from contraband tattoos.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Redness a bit late, but within reason.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Humpday Hash

A truly themeless day, so let's just start with miscellaneous Trumpiania. Joe Chalfant at TownHall thinks it's disgusting that Deranged Vandals Force Authorities to Implement New Security Measures Around Reflecting Pool. It's a reflection on liberals. Althouse finds "When asked if Trump was the 79-year-old man in question, White House spokesperson Kush Desai did not say no...." Eli Lilly Approved Obesity Drug for Mystery 79-Year-Old Patient and "He was much less stoked to be assigned by Tina Brown, then editor of The New Yorker, to profile Mr. Trump in 1997,"I'm sorry to hear that Mark Singer has died. You can click on my tag "Mark Singer" to see how he's come up here over the years. What a distinction to have Trump's "YOU ARE A TOTAL LOSER" in your NYT obituary. To continue the all-caps — RIP." Reason complains Trump Says His Task Force Is Fighting a Foreign 'Invasion.' It's Busting Americans for Drugs Instead. At CTH, sundance has Primary Elections in New York, Utah, Maryland and South Carolina – Results and Open Discussion.

In the Iran conflict, sundance hosts Secretary Rubio Holding an Impromptu Presser Upon Arrival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. News Wax claims Trump says Iran Has 'Fully Agreed' to Nuclear Inspections. If so, they're lying. NYPo goes Inside the insurance racket Iran wants to run in the Strait of Hormuz — and how it will devastate Western shipping. Oil Price.com sees the Hormuz Crisis Sparks a Middle East Pipeline Boom. Makes sense. I suppose they're allowed to build such things still. Don Surber addresses the question Where’s the regime change? "It is in Iran because killing the ayatollah created a power vacuum." I think we need to peel back three or four more layers of the onion.

Matt Margolis at PJM says Stick a Fork in James Talarico. He's Done after a video comes to light of him admitting "I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity, right?" At Hat Hair, Dave Strom thinks If The Texas Senate Race Isn't Safe, Then We Might as Well Pack It in and Move to Canada for MAiD and Capt. Ed notices Whoa: Crockett, Allred Snub Talarico and Texas Dem Convention.

Driscoll at Insty does COFFEE AND CLICHES: Lefty owner of anti-Israel NYC coffee shop calls US ally ‘Nazi Germany of our time’ in hateful online outburst. "The radical leftist owner of a woke Brooklyn coffee shop that boasts about discriminating against pro-Israel Jewish customers on social media has a history of deranged anti-Israel LinkedIn posts — including accusing the Jewish state of genocide and comparing it to Nazi Germany." Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "Some of us almost spit out our coffee this morning on Dan Goldman going on CNN to denounce the lack of civility in politics. This stems from the refusal of a barista to sell him a coffee. Goldman, who is viewed by many as the face of rage for his party in attacking anyone with..." Steve Eisner @DoTheRightWing, "Classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. They spend all their time hurling the most vicious insults against the Right never even thinking to protect their flank as they get eaten by their own on the Left." Michael Birzin @bigbee383, "He's found out too late that he isn't communist or antisemitic enough for the DSA. After today the Democratic party should officially change it's logo. The communist left has taken over." J on Levine @LevineJonathan, "NEW from me The owner of the coffee shop which refused Dan Goldman's "AIPAC" money: 1. Owes NY almost $400,000 in taxes 2. Accused Israel of doing 9/11 3. Donated to Graham Platner (naturally) 4. Been repeatedly cited by NYC health inspectors." Charles Murray @charlesmurray, "My daughter's friend in grad school, upon being asked by a member of her dissertation committee why she didn't include a Marxist perspective. "I grew up in the Soviet Union. I don't practice recreational Marxism." Quote Possum Reviews @ReviewsPossum, "I don't care what communism is in theory because I know what it is in practice. x.com/ilektramerc/st…"

Amy Curtis at TownHall, Josh Shapiro Actually Said This About the Democratic Party. Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "Josh Shapiro: "I think Democrats are the party of real freedom. Real freedom that... allows parents like me and my wife Lori to make decisions over what vaccines our kids are gonna be able to get." You're free to bake the cake, or else. From the Victory Girls, Chicago’s Latest Emergency Is A Word Nobody Can Define: Transfemicide Beege Welborn at Hat Hair asks Excuse Me, Chicago - Could You Point Me to Where the 'Transfemicide' Is Happening? TheBlaze @theblaze, "Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he has declared a “Transfemicide State of Emergency.” "You know how many PEOPLE of all colors, but mostly black, have been killed in Chicago in the same past ten years? FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED With 197 already this year." Ace, So Close to Pride Month? As Chicago Recovers From Bloody "Juneteenth" Violence Leaving Eight Dead and Thirty-Nine Shot, BlacKKK Mayor Brandon Johnson Changes the Topic and Babbles About Anti-Trans Violence That Barely Exists. "It was another weekend of slaughter in the Lightworker's supposed home city." Nick Matau @nick_matau, "The terrorist group (PFLP - who started modern terrorism) Sama Safi belongs to has killed over 20 U.S. citizens." Quote Rep. Derek Tran @RepDerekTranCA, "I am deeply alarmed by the detention of Sama Safi in an Israeli prison. Sama, a 20-year-old Palestinian American student, was taken from her home in the middle of the night and continues to be held without charges. This is part of a disturbing pattern of the Israeli government."

George MF Washington @GMFWashington, "I do an early morning bike ride on weekends just as all the addicts are “coming to”… if you really want to see the horrors Newsom and Bass turn a blind eye to, that’s the time to do it, before they wisely move back into the shadows before the normies start their day." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Iconic Santa Monica beach turns into 'sleeping bag city' at sunrise - as locals erupt https://trib.al/9T5XZRi." I went to Santa Monica beach many times growing up. Beege Welborn hears Newsom to CA State Employees: Okay, Everybody Back in the Pool! You can stop cowering from Covid now. Ace cites Politico: Senator Reuben Gallego (Who Fancies Himself a Candidate for President or VP in 2028) Shared a Joint Back Account With His F***buddy Eric Swalwell, Used His Campaign Kitty to Pay for Personal Expenses, "I can't believe that this slob believes he can be President or VP. He thinks he has an in because he's Hispanic and Democrats are nothing but racial panderers." Bob Hoge at RedState reports Former LAFD Chief Hits Karen Bass With Blistering Defamation Suit Alleging Mayor Lied Through Her Teeth.

Matt Vespa at TownHall says Get Over It, Lady. Hillary Clinton's Latest Remarks on the Electoral College Are Not Surprising. Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "It’s only calls for an anti-Democratic insurrection when it’s a right wing candidate calling for it, when it’s a left wing candidate doing it he’s bravely calling on his supporters to rise up as freedom fighters in defense of Democracy" Quote Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork, "Left-wing Peruvian presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez, who is currently projected to lose, has announced at a press conference that he does not recognize the election, alleging that there "has been a manipulation of the vote," asking his supporters to take to the streets."

From Althouse, "Schlossberg’s Defeat Dampens Dream of a Renewed Camelot." "That's one of the NYT's front-page headlines about yesterday's primaries. Dream of a Renewed Camelot... Who was still dreaming that dream?" and The London Times stresses the Texan in Elon Musk as it reports the news/"news" that he's not a trillionaire at this precise moment. You mean stocks go up and down? Who knew? Twitchy is shocked Popehat Banned from Bluesky Over Bizarre Musk Assassination Missive.

Streif at RedState is gratified Antifa Terrorist Gang Gets Nearly a Half Millenium in Prison for ICE Facility Attack. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN: A group of Antifa terrorists were just SENTENCED to HUNDREDS OF YEARS in prison after a violent attack on the ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas FAFO, LOCK THEM UP! I voted for the law and order! The group's RINGLEADER, Benjamin Song, got 100 years. The others got as many as 70 years and 50 years. BIG WIN." Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "This reporter describes the Antifa attack on a TX ICE facility as a “noise demo”, during which they showed up in all black, armed, threw fireworks as a distraction, and then shot an Alvarado, TX police officer in the neck as he responded to the scene." Quote Sam Russek @samrussek "Update: 8 Texas protesters were sentenced today, following a July 4 noise demo outside an ICE detention center. The maj. were sentenced to 50 years in prison." You don't hate the media enough. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Ah, democrats in congress are publicly expressing support for a group of domestic terrorists who tried to assassinate a cop to free illegal aliens. But remember, you’re a dangerous extremist if you get loud at a school board meeting," Quote Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida "These sentences are a travesty and totally unjustified, but that's the point. Americans hate the fascist Trump regime, so the only way they can try to cling to power is brute force. NSPM-7 is a grave threat to all of us and more bullshit "terrorism" charges like these are coming." From Ace, Two More Leftwing Incels Charged In Planned UFC Mass Casualty Attack; Another Incel Kills Two People in Montreal, "Maybe young working-age men shouldn't spend all day on the internet jacking off with a robotic vagina. Maybe that's not the way God or biology (or both) designed men to live their lives. Maybe it does something insidious to your brain."

Jake Scullum at Reason hears Clarence Thomas Explain Why the Commerce Clause Cannot Justify Federal Bans on Gun Possession, "Even under the Supreme Court's highly elastic understanding of that clause, Thomas says, such laws do not qualify as regulation of interstate commerce." Shooting News Week, AP Poll Shows Dems Not As Worried About Threat to Gun Rights They Don’t Value FischerKing @FischerKing64, "Suspect SCOTUS is dropping some pro-administration rulings on immigration because at the very end of the term they're going to drop a 6-3 bomb ruling in favor of birthright citizenship - and then they're all going to disappear for their vacations and paid seminars/speeches" and "I could be wrong and would like to be. I was genuinely surprised when they overturned Roe v. Wade. I thought their careerist instincts would override any fidelity to the law - that they would uphold it 5-4 thinking it would avoid court packing discussions." At Da Caller, Judge Shuts Down Trump Admin Database Used To Remove Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls. Twitchy, Judge BLOCKS Trump Administration From Restricting SNAP Benefits for Soda and Candy.

Beege Welborn says it's Soundin' Like Acting DNI Bill Pulte Swept In With a Broom to Sweep Out. Sundance elaborates Acting DNI Pulte Removes 51 from Agency – Six Fired and 45 “sent back to their home agencies.” "I’m not sure if that represents 45 from across all the desks, or the complete elimination of some overstaffed liaison desks. That said, given the nature of the leaking was recently to CNN (State Dept leaks to CNN), I am somewhat confident the State Dept liaison office inside the DNI is now empty office space." At Coffee and Covid, "Mere days after former DNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified 1,600 pages of secret intelligence community emails and work product from the first months after the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci has had a sudden, but sincere, change of heart. Yesterday, SFG Media reported, “Anthony Fauci Refuses to Testify Voluntarily Before Congress on COVID-19.” It’s ironic. Having run the world’s premier allergy agency, Fauci has suddenly become allergic to testifying."

Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "Chief Sund was Pelosi's (and others) scapegoat. She forced him to resign on Jan 7. Sund was just months away from retirement eligibility and deprived of a job he loved--all so Pelosi could place the blame on his shoulders. Congress should right this wrong." Quote, "Chief Steven Sund @ChiefSund, "Before any investigation, Pelosi and her staff were already plotting my removal. On Jan 6, Pelosi admitted on camera that she was responsible for the security failures at the Capitol. Yet, within 24-hours, she publicly blamed me for Jan 6..."

FedWire, DHS and CBP announce 13 consecutive months of zero releases at the border. Amy Curtis at TownHall, Illegal Immigrant Busted After Using Uber Gig to Kidnap, Assault Passenger.

Not surprisingly, Nigel Farage thinks Britain is broken, we need an election. Steve Soukup at Am Great wonders “Is There No England Now?” "Whether Keir Starmer has resigned or not, Britain’s turmoil over immigration, speech, and identity signals a ruling consensus fracturing under public backlash." At TCW, Delusional to the end: Starmer’s resignation speech proved why he had to go. Sarah at Insty snorts BUT HE’LL ‘FIX’ THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT BECOMING MINORITIES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY: "Open borders Burnham won’t fix broken Britain." At the Babylon Bee, Visitors From Europe Tell Us Their 13 Most Surprising Discoveries In America. "4. The police won't raid your house if you share a meme: Go ahead and be funny, Europeans." Benjamin Domenech @bdomenech, ""Hot Swedish women like America, here's why that's bad." - @TheAtlantic" Quote Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Oh, you all are enjoying the posts from the hot Swedish influencer? Well, she's a whore. x.com/bdomenech/stat…"

From the College Fix, ASU professor docked for ‘Christian bias’ after asking students about ‘highest good’ and Roughly one-third of UC Berkeley law students claim ‘psychological’ disabilities. To be fair, it's probably a low estimate. Joanne Jacobs sees Liberals see promise in tax-credit scholarships; conservatives see dangers.

Ace, Under Threat of Anti-Trust Action, Un-American MLB Walks Back Threat to Discipline Players for Daring to Include Biblical References on Their Forced Gay Cosplay Hats. "As you know, the San Francisco Giants forced players to wear pRiDe rainbow caps. Some players objected to being forced to wear this antibiblical message, so they put little strips of cloth on the caps noting a specific Biblical passage that mentions the rainbow as God's promise to never flood the world again." NYPo, Woman who emptied Knicks trashcan on street — then stole it — is fired from JPMorgan Chase, was DEI exec. Althouse asks "What's "experiential content" and why am I "experiencing" that as bullshit?" From State of the Day, the State of Monday: ALPHABET PRIDE'S DISASTER MONTH "Something tells me it’s going to get worse before it gets better."

And more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.23.26 The Wombat has and FMJRA 2.0: Meanwhile, Somewhere In The Great Basin a bit late, but within reason.

The Wednesday Wetness

At USA Today Water into whine: Century of problems rage at Lincoln reflecting pool. Remarkably unpartisan

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Redness a bit late, but within reason.

Skates in the Upper Bay?

Probably not the Choptank

Chesapeake Bay Mag reports a New Visitor to the Bay: Skate Spotted in the Choptank

A ShoreRivers team monitoring underwater grass beds in the Lower Choptank River in Maryland spotted something unusual in the water recently: a juvenile Skate.

Cownose Rays are common in the Choptank—a major tributary of the Chesapeake Bay—but other Rays and Skates are not.

“It’s unusual because they are a high-salinity animal, so prefer other spots,” says Matt Pluta, Choptank Riverkeeper. “We are more mid-salinity, in the 12-15 ppt (parts per thousand) range.”

Definitely not the Choptank

Higher salinity generally means more Sea Nettles, too. I have to say, I haven't seen any yet. But we expect them by July 4.

By comparison, the Atlantic Ocean—the saltiest major ocean— is 33 – 37 ppt.

The fish was located close to Irish Bay, although it hasn’t been seen since. But it’s presence—and an increase in the number of Cownose Rays—tells us something may be changing in local waters. “It tells us we are saltier than normal,” Pluta says.

In case you spot a Ray—or Skate— look but don’t touch. “When it comes to wildlife, keep your distance and just observe,” Pluta recommends.

I've seen a couple of small ones caught in the bay, or washed up dead. Those of us who know better have to remind a lot of folk that the much more common Cownose Rays are not skates.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Redness a bit late, but within reason.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Tucker Flounces Out of the Party

Anxious anxiously reports "I'm out": Tucker Carlson says he's done with the GOP. Betsey Stauffer at LI, Tucker Carlson Officially Exits the Republican Party; ‘It’s Immoral … I’m Out’ “How could I or any American voter support a political party that’s not loyal to the United States? That puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens.” He's gone around the bend.

Nick Sortor @nicksortor, " WOW! Looks like the U.S. Park Police are using PLAINCLOTHES informants to catch people screwing with the sealant in the reflecting pool This woman has just been DETAINED after being caught. Keep your hands off the freaking sealant, losers." Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "MSNOW’s Cornell Belcher is in with what may be the most unhinged media reflecting pool take yet: Kids can no longer “splash around" in the pool for fear of being arrested, which is the “ultimate symbol” of the country’s fall into authoritarianism. Good lord."