Rule 5 Saturday - Kalani Hilliker

This week's Rule 5 winner is:

Kalani Brooke Hilliker (born September 23, 2000) is an American dancer and actress. She rose to fame in 2013 as a contestant on the Lifetime reality series Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition and subsequently appeared on Dance Moms, becoming a regular cast member from 2014 to 2017.

Hilliker was born on September 23, 2000, in Mesa, Arizona to Kira Girard (née Salazar) and Matthew Hilliker.  In October 2019, Hilliker moved to Los Angeles. However, in January 2021, she announced on her YouTube channel that she left L.A. for Scottsdale, Arizona. Hilliker started dancing at the age of two. Her mother initially enrolled her in dance classes because she thought it would be fun to dress her daughter up. Hilliker started training at Club Dance in Mesa at age 5. As a child, she was an avid soccer player, but decided to pursue dance more committedly around age 9 and got an agent

In July 2020, Hilliker was photographed with a Blue Lives Matter flag. Then, in November 2020, she publicly announced that she would be supporting Donald Trump's presidential campaign in the 2020 United States presidential election. 

Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter

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Beach Report 7/28/23

Another hot one, about 86, without Georgia and Skye. An inconsistent west breeze helped some, but the shade afforded by the cliffs helped more. Do you see the Great Blue Heron?

It was a good low tide, and there was a lot of gravel and shell exposed.

Nothing really unusual today among the 20 teeth I found, but this really fine 1 1/4 inch Snaggletooth was lying in shallow water.

It's hard to see, but a V22 Osprey flew past.

Chesapeake Bay National Recreation Area Comes Closer

Da Balmer Sun, Van Hollen, Sarbanes introduce legislation to create Chesapeake National Recreation Area

Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation have introduced legislation to establish a Chesapeake National Recreation Area that would include several historical landmarks around Annapolis.

The Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act, sponsored by Democrats U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen and U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes, would establish the area with headquarters in Annapolis and in Hampton, Virginia.

Burtis House

“Think of the really important geographic historic landmarks we associate with the National Park Service. The Chesapeake Bay belongs in that category. It’s a national treasure, and it should be designated that way,” Van Hollen told The Baltimore Sun on Thursday. “If we get this national recreation status, it will bring with it the assets of the National Park Service. That means park rangers and more national park personnel and programs.”

The legislation would enable the park service to provide staff and programs at a trio of Annapolis landmarks — the Burtis House, a 19th-century cottage next to the Annapolis City Dock where Captain William Henry Burtis rented fishing boats; Whitehall, an 18th-century mansion first occupied by British colonial officers, and the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, built in 1875 near the mouth of the South River. It is the last screw-pile lighthouse on the bay in its original location.

I've fished at the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse a few times with Pete. A great spot in summer, if you can get there before the Annapolis crowd. The cottage and mansion don't excite me that much.

The city of Annapolis acquired the Burtis House in 2020, while Whitehall is a private wedding venue. The lighthouse is operated by the The Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park. According to Van Hollen’s office, the owners or managers of the sites have expressed interest in being included as initial sites in the recreation area. The legislation would allow the park service to acquire the landmarks, as well as any other potential sites through purchase, a donation or a partnership with the existing owners.

The recreation area would also include the North Beach adjacent to the Fort Monroe National Monument on the bay in Hampton, according to Van Hollen’s office. In 1619, the first enslaved Africans in mainland American colonies were brought to the site.

Ft. Monroe National Monument

The idea for a Chesapeake National Recreation Area, a different distinction than a national park, was first brought up in the 1980s in a commentary in The Capital by then-Anne Arundel County Executive Jim Lighthizer, according to a news release from Van Hollen’s office.

The legislation does not specify funding amounts from the federal budget for the recreation area. It would not allow the National Park Service to supersede state authority in fish and wildlife management efforts or acquire property from unwilling landowners.

That makes me feel a little better. But it is the camel's nose. 

“The Chesapeake Bay is as spectacular as Yellowstone or Yosemite, as great as the Great Smokies and as grand as the Grand Tetons. Establishing the Chesapeake National Recreation Area expands resources for environmental protection, and makes it clear that the United States cherishes the Chesapeake, the birthplace of American identity,” Chesapeake Conservancy President & CEO Joel Dunn said in a news release.

Flotsam and Jetsam - As Hunter's Problem Deepen, Jack Smith Files More Trump Charges

A day after Hunter Biden's sweetheart deal with the DOJ falls apart in the hands of skeptical judge, 'Special' Counsel Jack Smith files new charges against Trump and others in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. Coincidence? 

Stacy McCain, Judge Wrecks Hunter’s Sweetheart Deal. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever. . . " Andy McCarthy at NYPo, The fix was in for Hunter Biden — until a hero judge stepped up. It Looks Like Hunter Biden Might Experience Some Accountability, said PJM's Chris Queen hopefully. Will Scarf at Da Fed, How A Federal Judge Turned The Tables On Hunter Biden’s Sweetheart Plea Deal Roger Kimball at Am Spec, Hunter’s sweetheart deal goes bust. "The deal collapsed under scrutiny from Judge Maryellen Noreika and the threat of future liability." Jen Van Laar at Red State, Official Court Transcript From Hunter's Foiled Plea Agreement Hearing Sure Seems to Show Attempted Fraud on the Court. Well, if you don't try, it can't happen, right? From Da Caller, Judge Torches Hunter: ‘You Were Sober, So Why Didn’t You Pay Your Taxes?’ From the Free Bacon, Foreign Agent Cases Loom Over Hunter Biden’s Plea Deal. Ace, The Regime Jailed Trump Personnel For Failing to Register as Foreign Agents Under FARA. Will the Regime Put Hunter Biden in Jail for Doing the Same? "Spoiler: No, it will not. But we should hold them accountable for that." Dr. John at Flopping Aces, Hunter Biden has two defense teams: Latham and Watkins and Joe Biden’s DOJ. 

At Rare, The Corruption Of Hunter Biden Explained. Da Wire, Will Republicans Impeach Biden? Here’s The Full Corruption Timeline. Margot Cleveland at Da Fed, Biden Family Scandals Are So Much Bigger Than Hunter’s Hookers And Burisma Bribery. At Da Daller, ‘Disaster’: Jonathan Turley Points To One Democrat Who ‘Demolished’ Joe Biden’s Defense   The Divine Ms. Devine at NYPo has The real scoop on Bidenomics: Corruption, tax evasion and Hunter. Bob Spencer at Front Page, Hunter Biden’s Artistic Career = Influence Peddling, "Surprise, surprise, old Joe named a big buyer of Hunter’s artwork to a prestigious federal commission." At Twitchy, Rep. James Comer says banks submitted more than 170 suspicious activity reports on the Bidens, and this back and forth with Ted Cruz is great.

BREAKING🚨 Rep. James Comer says six banks, including JP Morgan, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, submitted over 170 suspicious activity reports to the Treasury Department regarding the Biden family, alleging their involvement in money laundering, human trafficking, and tax… pic.twitter.com/62WcXaITeM

— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) July 27, 2023

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.27.23 (Evening Edition), Man who didn't get sweetheart plea deal examines the two tiers of justice, Louder With Crowder, MSNBC lady swears Joe Biden did nothing wrong but love Hunter Biden…to Biden’s former spokeswoman, Flappr: Torts Illustrated – The Hunter Biden Plea Deal, American Thinker, Our Government Has Been Covering Up Its Crimes For A Very Long Time, Biden: Hiding in Plain Sight, Don Surber: Someone Finally Told Hunter No, Hogewash, Hunter Draws A Card, Legal Insurrection, Conditions of Release: Hunter Biden Must Look for a Job, Not Use Controlled Substances, and Consume No Alcohol, This Ain’t Hell: Bidens, Bidens, we got Bidens, even Bitin’ Bidens, Victory Girls: Long Knives Out For Joe and DOCTOR Jill Biden?, The Fed, Entire Democrat Party Pretends Biden’s 4-Year-Old Grandchild Does Not Exist. Matt Vespa at Town Hall explains Here's Why Joe Biden Can't Pardon His Son. "Joe still controls the Justice Department, which has kept his family safe from criminal prosecution for years. He knows he holds the cards, at least for now."

At WaEx Paul Bedard hears the Liberal Media Scream: CBS pushes for Hunter Biden media cover-up and Asher Nothis observes a Meltdown at CNN as Hunter Biden's plea deal falls apart. At Ace, Tom Elliott Sees a Slight Difference Between How the Leftwing Propaganda Media Greeted the Fake Ukraine "Whistleblowers" Versus the IRS and FBI Whistleblowers Against the DOJ. "I don't know if I see it. Do you?" Matt Vespa at Town Hall notes A CNN Host Decided to Ask a GOP Rep About Hunter Biden. It Was a Poor Decision. Glenn Greenwald@ggreenwald "Hilarious: CNN host: "I don't have a base, not Dem or GOP. I'm a journalist. You don't know my politics." Congressman: "Nobody believes that, ma'am." Cam Edwards at Bearing Arms thinks it's ironic that the WH press secretary suddenly doesn't want to talk about Biden's support for gun laws.

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.27.23 (Evening Edition), Herr Professor Jacobsen, Feds File Superseding Indictment Adding Charges Against Trump And Additional Defendant in Florida Case "Additional count of willful retention of National Defense Information and two new obstruction counts including trying to delete security camera footage." Fox, Trump charged with additional counts in special counsel's classified records probe. At Da Caller, Third Person Charged In Trump Classified Documents Case. Breitbart, Exclusive Video — Trump on Jack Smith’s Superseding Indictment: ‘This Is Harassment’ and MSNBC’s Weissmann Predicts Racketeering Charge for Trump in Georgia. 

Mark Adams at Am Think thinks Our Government Has Been Covering Up Its Crimes For A Very Long Time. Stephen Friend at Da Fed says It’s Time To Disarm All FBI Agents And Return Authority To Local Law Enforcement. "If the FBI won’t submit to the legislative branch’s oversight, Congress can take away its guns and its jurisdiction."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.27.23 (Evening Edition), The Geller Report: DOJ Drops Campaign Finance Charge Against DEMOCRAT MEGA DONOR Sam Bankman-Fried. At TNP, Charges DROPPED Against Dem Megadonor Sam Bankman-Fried. Not all charges, just the ones relating to election law violations. Apparently it's legal to give large straw donor donations to Democrats. Hat Hair's Dave Strom, Justice dropping campaign finance charges against SBF. Glenn Greenwald@ggreenwald, "The US is famous for heeding the commands and wishes of small and powerless governments like the Bahamas. So once the Bahamians said they didn't want DOJ proceeding with this campaign finance charge because it wasn't part of the extradition, the US had no choice but to obey."

Paul Bedard again notes Second Amendment advocates switch to Trump as DeSantis fades. Ironically, DeSantis might do better if the Republicans adopted ranked choice balloting.

PJM's Cathy Salgado details how The Facebook Files Reveal Pressure From the Biden Administration to Crush Free Speech. Dave Strom, again, De-banking has begun in the US. From Behind the Black, Democrats now favor oppression and censorship by almost 3 to 1. mrcTV, Pro-Choice or No Choice? Pro-Aborts Attack Pro-Life Counselors Outside D.C. Planned Parenthood. Hat Hair's John Sexton, San Fran man arrested for assaulting elderly Asian woman had prior hate crime charge dropped.

At Da Wire, ‘No One Has A Right To Sterilize A Child’: Two Detransitioners Sue Doctors Over Medical Interventions. "Detransitioner Soren Aldaco is seeking upwards of $1 million in damages." You go, girl! Bob Hoge at Red State, Detransitioner Chloe Cole Stuns Congress, This Is 'One of Biggest Medical Scandals' in U.S. History

It’s Chloe Cole’s birthday today, and she is on fire, testifying to the House Judiciary Committee on the dangers of child transition. 🔥@ChoooCole was given puberty blockers and testosterone at age 13, followed by a double mastectomy at 15.

She’s now saving kids across the… pic.twitter.com/3MVelxRY80

— Billboard Chris 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@BillboardChris) July 27, 2023

At Da Caller, AGs Defend Child Sex Change Bans, Blasts ‘Radical’ WPATH Guidelines.  Fox reports on a Professor who says he was discriminately fired for teaching sex was determined by chromosomes X and Y "College professor files discrimination charge against college that fired him for teaching reproduction must occur between a male and a female to continue the human species." St. Philip's College in San Antonio, Texas. Also, World Aquatics announces 'open category' to include trans swimmers: 'Our sport must be for everyone'. "World Athletics updated its policy for transgender athletes in 2022." The Peacock is proud to reports Trans men enter Miss Italy pageant in droves after trans women are told they can’t compete. "Trans activist Federico Barbarossa entered the Miss Italy pageant after its organizer said trans women weren’t allowed. His protest went viral and more than 100 trans men signed up, he said."

Da Caller snitches on Anheuser-Busch, Lobbyists Hosted Secret Fundraiser With Democratic Staffers. Meanwhile, MSN whines that Bud Light Brewer Lays Off Hundreds of U.S. Workers "The world’s largest brewer, which also sells Stella Artois and Budweiser, on Wednesday said the cuts would affect less than 2% of its roughly 18,000 U.S. workforce. The layoffs won’t impact front-line workers such as brewery and warehouse staff, the company said." I don't think less beer is being drunk, especially considering the heat wave. It's just being redistributed.

At Hat Hair, John Sexton, Five public school employees arrested for failing to report sexual assault of a 15-year-old. Covering up is an institutional thing regardless of the crime and Dave Strom considers  Why can't they find it in their hearts to reject sexual predators?  and Jazz Shaw looks at Michigan's dubious same-sex parental rights ruling. 

PJM's Rick Moran explores What it Is About Patriotic American Songs That Drives the Left Crazy? Well, they didn't have that far to go. 

Herr Professor Jacobsen again, SUNY Buffalo Medical School Youth Program Racial Preferences Challenged By Equal Protection Project "If you check “White” or “Asian/Pacific Islander” you need to show you were “economically disadvantaged,” but if you are “Black/African-American” or “American Indian/Alaska Native” or “Hispanic/Latino” you are presumed eligible. The Jacobs School of Medicine and the rest of the SUNY system need to stop discriminating on the basis of race and color: “EqualProtect.org is willing to assist SUNY in an Equality Audit without charge”"

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Fish Pic Friday - Cassie Zero

Cassie Zero@islandgirl11 🐚L.I.V.I N🌊 🌴Fishing/Spearfishing🌺 1 speed, its FFT 🎣 @stayput_anchor @redtailrepublic @subsafeco ♥️ my 22 Apache 💨 Dip Gal @zerossmokedfish

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Beach Report 7/27/23

Too hot for Skye today, 93 F and Georgia was babysitting so it was just me.

Shade helped a little.

A puzzler. If it was the Potomac, it might be an Odotus, Megalodon's ancestor, but here? I am asking the pros.

Update, the pros say Cretalamna appendiculata, the extinct Mackerel Shark from the Cretaceous era, which is not the age of our sediments (Miocene). They claim it was either planted, or "reworked", from eroded sediments mixed in the newer sediments. I doubt the planted story, given where it was found, and that it has clay in some crevices.

A very rare tooth for the location. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Hunter Plea Deal Self-Detonates in Courtroom

There's really only one story, but first, from the Sun a Flood of Incriminating Disclosures About Hunter Biden’s Business Dealings, Including Allegations That His Father Was Involved, Could Threaten ‘Sweetheart’ Plea Deal, "Hunter Biden’s former close friend, Devon Archer, is expected to testify next week that President Biden joined his son for multiple meetings with clients " and  Michael Goodwin at NYPo, a plea, Judge must nix Hunter Biden’s plea deal to show her court won’t approve a blatant miscarriage of justice. Ask and ye shall receive. Judge Maryellen Norieka asked a few simple questions from both sides that quickly revealed that, while the Feds were (allegedly) continuing to look into Hunter, with the possibility of charging him with, oh say, FARA violations later, the defense maintained that the deal gave Hunter full immunity from any crimes, and that the deal was allegedly binding on the judge and put to onus of enforcing it on her. When the Feds said that deal did not cover other potential crimes, the Defense declared the deal off, and after a certain amount of trying to put Humpty-Dumpty back together, the deal was still off, and the judge gave them 30 days to try to reach a new deal. Meanwhile, the Congress will continue to dredge up and publicize new material that DOJ either refused to consider or has been actively covering up. I would also suppose this puts U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware Weiss' planned testimony to Congress off indefinitely, as well. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.26.23, Nice Deb at Am Great hears DOJ Will Allow Delaware U.S. Attorney to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee, Balks on Ten Other DOJ Employees, before the shit hit the fan.

Althouse,"U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika... asked if there were more serious charges that could still be brought and the prosecutors and Hunter Biden’s lawyer both said there were not." "Noreika later asked if the investigation was ongoing, to which [U.S. Attorney David] Weiss responded that it was, but said he could not share any further details.... " Also "Judge Noreika stunned the participants with her scouring skepticism.... 'You all are saying, "Just rubber stamp the agreement"'...."

"Judge Noreika quickly zeroed in on a central component of the deal, a paragraph offering Hunter Biden broad immunity from prosecution, in perpetuity, for a range of matters scrutinized by the Justice Department during its five-year investigation. The judge, appointed by former President Donald J. Trump in 2017, questioned why prosecutors had written it in a way that gave her no legal authority to reject it. Then, in 10 minutes of incisive questioning, she exposed serious differences between the two sides on what, exactly, that paragraph meant....

Fox, Hunter Biden pleads 'not guilty' as plea deal falls apart during Delaware court appearance. The Peacock, Hunter Biden pleads not guilty after plea deal is derailed "The judge raised concerns over two separate agreements the president's son reached with prosecutors, but the agreement could ultimately be accepted."  Cutie Pavlich at Town Hall, BREAKING: Hunter Biden's Sweetheart Plea Deal 'Falling Apart' in Court.  PJM's Athena Thorne, Brave Judge REJECTS Hunter Biden Sweetheart Plea Deal. 'Bonchie' at Red State, It Sure Looks Like Hunter Biden and the DOJ Were Trying to Pull a Fast One on the Judge During Plea Hearing. "Zooming out, it appears that Hunter Biden’s team was intent on getting it on the record that by signing the plea, all investigations into Hunter Biden (and by virtue, possible future charges related to them) would be ended. Meanwhile, the DOJ seemed happy to let that happen until the judge threw up a roadblock."

The outcome of the Biden plea hearing is a cover story.

There is NO WAY that the two sides didn't discuss before today whether this was a "Global Plea" or not.

The idea that Hunter's team only learned today that other charges are still possible is idiotic.

One of two things…

— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) July 26, 2023

Sundance at CTH, DOJ Plea Deal With Hunter Biden Falls Apart as Federal Judge Infers DOJ Motive to Structure Immunity for Future Charges as DOJ Admits Ongoing Investigation. Ace, in red all cap italics, with the trademark flaming skull, HOLY SHIT: BIDEN'S LAWYER LIED TO THE COURT AND CLAIMED HE WAS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTIVES TO WITHDRAW A MOTION FROM THE HOUSE. UPDATE: JUDGE REJECTS SHAM PLEA DEAL and then Were the DOJ and Hunter Biden Attempting to Perpetrate a Fraud on the Court? "Supposedly, they had never discussed this foundational point, and so the "two sides" -- I submit they are on the same side -- argued in court about what immunities Hunter was and was not being granted." Oliver Wiseman at The Spec, Hunter’s messy day in court. 1945, Hunter Biden Is In Serious Trouble Now "Hunter Biden is seemingly trying to lay low following further scrutiny of his affairs by the House Oversight Committee." PJM's Matt Margolis, Democrats May Want to Panic About Hunter Biden Now. "Suddenly, the president’s son’s “Get Out of Jail Free” card was gone, and the Democrats’ hopes of putting the Hunter Biden saga behind them were dashed." Erick Erikson rhetorically wonders What If Hunter Biden Was A Trump?  At the Babylon Bee, Secret Service Says Eight-Ball Of Cocaine Found In Courtroom Chair Hunter Was Sitting In Probably Left By Tour Group.

A few more leftovers. At Breitbart, Former Biden Lawyer Served with Assistant Delaware Prosecutor Who Allegedly Froze ‘Big Guy’ Probe. From the Free Bacon, Money Honey: Hunter Biden's Art Patron Has Funneled Millions to Democrats. "Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali sent big checks to Biden, Obama, DNC." Jordan Boyd at Da Fed, Here Are All The People Who Have Corroborated Biden Family Corruption. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.26.23, Dana Loesch, Special K Says Hunter Biden Is A Private Citizen So Stop Asking Questions About Him, also, Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Caught Lying To The Court One Day before Expected Guilty Plea and 

From Da Wire, Speaker McCarthy Indicates Republicans Are Moving Toward Impeachment Inquiry Of Biden.  Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks Republicans Need to Catch a Case of Impeachment Fever. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.26.23, Twitchy, So-Called Conservative Alyssa Farah Goodwin Suddenly Very Worried About Consequences Of “Lowering The Bar To Impeachment.”

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.26.23, at Da Fed, Tristan Justice After Running Trump Impeachment Info Op, Media Rush To Bury Evidence Of Biden Bribery Business, John Davidson sees Mounting Evidence Doesn’t Matter, Corporate Media Will Never Cover The Biden Corruption Scandal, John O'Connor at Am Think thinks about How Investigative Journalists Have Become Cover-Up Promoters. James Bovard at NYPo, Aides and the press have created a Potemkin presidency, hiding if Joe Biden is up to it. NewsBusters, Nets Spend 11 Minutes on IRS Whistleblowers, Then Immediately Drop It. Dan Oliver at Am Great, Whistleblowers and the Rule of Law. Matt Vespa at Town Hall asks Is ABC News Serious With This Headline About the Biden Bribery Allegations? Deadly. Also deadly is this thread from Tom Elliot on Twitchy, Not so fast! Tom Elliott SCHOOLS MSNBC on the REAL Joe Biden ... and it's bad. Tom Elliott@tomselliott, "Who is @JoeBiden, really? A folksy, aw-shucks Scranton-born Irish Catholic who just loves the working man, Corvettes, & the American Dream? Or, a lifelong, self-dealing politician whose moral depravity & corruption make him uniquely unsuited for public service?  Thread ->" Althouse, "Without taking many leaps or liberties, it's pretty clear that the Hunter Biden story is going to be something that Republicans — and Trump — are not going to be able to resist seizing on."

"Because, remember, Donald Trump has been indicted by the Biden Justice Department on a slew of felony charges that have exposed him to many years in prison. So, is it that far-fetched to think that Donald Trump will be back on that debate stage, with Joe Biden, saying: Your Justice Department laid on the brakes for your son at the same time that it charged me. And so, the Hunter Biden story will keep going and going."

Says NYT Washington correspondent Michael S. Schmidt, at the end of today's NYT "Daily" podcast, "Hunter Biden’s Day in Court/A yearslong federal investigation has ended with the president’s son agreeing to plead guilty to tax misdemeanors."

Sister Toldja at Red State, Joe Biden’s Frazzled Handlers Rush to Hide the Evidence After Bizarre Cancer Cure Claim. At Hat Hair, Libs of TikTok, White House changes official transcript for our cancer curer POTATUS. Althouse strains to hear something else, If you think Biden said "We ended cancer as we know it," I think you're not very good at understanding slurred speech. "I believe he said "We could end cancer as we know it" [or "We can end cancer as we know it"]. There's slurring, but if you take it in context, he'd just said he would cure cancer because we can." Twitchy, OUCH! NY Post cover about Biden & his dog has some serious bite. Bill D'Agostino@Banned_Bill, "Imagine being a Secret Service agent. You get bitten by Biden's dog and he publicly denies it. Then his son loses a bag of coke in the WH, and he orders you to pretend you're so incompetent that you can't figure out whose it is. Then he gets a new dog and that one bites you too."

From Da Caller, RFK Jr Vows To End ‘Weaponization’ Of Government Agencies For ‘Political Purposes’. Now he can't be the Democrat nominee. At Am Think, Peter Barry Chowka thinks RFK Jr. scores some hits with conservatives on FOX News's town hall Tuesday. All sundance sees is Sean Hannity Unmasks as Full-Throated Neocon During RFK Jr Townhall.

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.26.23, Am Great Trump Holds 27-Point Lead Over DeSantis in Iowa Poll. Never-DeSantis sundance is pleased to report Donald Trump Raises 4X More Money From Small Donors Than Joe Biden – Meanwhile 83% of DeSantis Money Comes From Big Donors and Corporations. Althouse, "While some Republicans are running as more electable or effective than Trump and others embrace a pre-Trump GOP posture or are outright anti-Trump..." ""... Ramaswamy is pitching himself as something different — the next iteration of Trump, who is at times chummy with his rival.... Billed as 'America First 2.0 . . ." Lincoln Brown at PJM notices Mitt Romney's Plan to Oust Trump, basically, what Hillary did to Bernie. At Am Think, David Zukerman sees A puzzling suggestion from Mitt Romney. Breitbart has a Poll: Ron DeSantis Sinks to ‘Weekly Tracking Low’. He's going the wrong way. At Am Spec, Scott McKay sees him  Ron DeSantis as the Next Victim of the Democrats’ Digital Reign of Terror, "The facts don’t matter to these people." Sundance again, DeSantis Campaign Fires Creator of Ron DeSantis Promotional Video Showcasing Pro Ukraine Nazi Support and Symbolism. Andrea Widburg at Am Think thinks Senate candidate Hung Cao’s campaign shows how you make a good political ad. 

After serving 25 years in the U.S. Navy, I recognize that our country has real problems and we need real fighters in Washington. I’m running for United States Senate because I’m not done fighting for us. pic.twitter.com/IYVmIh1V2c

— Hung Cao (@HungCao_VA) July 18, 2023

Eric Lendrum at Am Great reports FBI Hands Over Documents Relating to Targeting of Catholics. As a result, 'Becca Downs at Town Hall reports House Judiciary Committee Won't Be Holding FBI Director Wray in Contempt After All. Don't worry, it will be something else shortly. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.26.23, Don Surber: They’re Rubbing Our Noses In Their Filth. The redoubtable Julie Kelly (now at her own site), J6 Celebrity Cop Appears Uninjured in New Video Despite Testimony He Was Going to "Die" on January 6. "Capitol Police officer Aquilino Gonell has repeatedly testified under oath and in federal court that he suffered near-death injuries on January 6. New security video contradicts his claims." At TNP, DATA: Leftists Increasingly Willing To Resort to Violence for Political Ends.

The Peacock is perturbed that House Judiciary Committee is to vote on whether to cite Zuckerberg in contempt of Congress, "for what it says is a failure to provide adequate documents in connection with an earlier subpoena." From Behind the Black, Democrats now favor oppression and censorship by almost 3 to 1.

At Front Page Gina Loudon purports to know The Dark, Untold Truth of Transgenderism "The truth is the greatest enemy of the state." ET reports Surgeons Reveal They’ve Engineered Female-Like Organs in Boys as Young as 15. "They say the number of minors requesting the extreme surgery is climbing." Erica Moshtahedian at Da Fed says I Was Prescribed A Puberty Blocker For Cancer Treatment. I Can’t Fathom Giving It To Healthy Kids. Alpha, Another detransitioner sues doctors for $1 million over botched surgery. At Da Wire, ‘No One Has A Right To Sterilize A Child’: Two Detransitioners Sue Doctors Over Medical Interventions. 

Thursday Tune - Family Tree

 

Caylee Hammack

Hammack started playing music at age 13. While not getting much of a music education or vocal lessons at a young age, she self-taught by listening and singing songs on the country radio. The first time she had to turn down potential tennis scholarships was at age 15, after a surgery to remove a tumor. She wrote her first song, "Addictive", about the pain pills she had to take after the surgery. 

While her brother played Southern rock and her sister Britney Spears songs, she discovered the country genre for herself and counts Dixie Chicks and the SHeDAISY as her early inspirations. 

She received a full music scholarship to Belmont University in Nashville at age 18, but declined because her boyfriend persuaded her to stay in Ellaville with him. After she broke up with her boyfriend and was noticed by Luke Bryan, she moved to Nashville at the end of 2013 with about $1,000 of savings, a high school diploma, and her clothes in trash bags. She ran out of money and slept in her car. With a fake ID, she entered the music venues and bars and, after asking a bass player at the Honky Tonk Central on Broadway, she started to sing cover versions there weekly.  Before signing a recording contract, she performed several original songs, including "Redhead".

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Eri Yoshida up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Pennsylvania to Get $25M for Cow Farts

WESA (Pittsburgh) Penn State study aims to help Pa. dairy farmers cut methane — and show carbon offsets are real

A team at Penn State received a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study reduction in dairy farm methane emissions by using what the agency calls “climate-smart” practices.

The research will include 70 farms across Pennsylvania that will be selected with help from the Center for Dairy Excellence, a nonprofit created by the state agriculture department. Those will include farms of various sizes and owned by underrepresented groups to help identify methods that work best for them.

The goal is to provide measurable reductions in methane emissions from cows. Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

 

The reductions can be used as carbon credits in the products the farms produce. The credits could be used by companies or retailers purchasing the products as a means to meet their climate goals.

According to Dr. Katherine Zipp, an associate professor of environmental and resource economics at Penn State, there is market potential for this. “Consumers have shown that they’re willing to pay for carbon offsets,” she said.

Jayne Sebright, the executive director at the Center, notes dairy farmers are interested in using methods that could cut emissions. “It’ll impact these farms significantly in helping them meet that challenge of becoming climate-smart farms, like, really mitigating their carbon footprint,” she said.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Biden Crime Family Files, Impeachment?, Defrauds Court, Cures Cancer, Dog Bites

At Commentary, Abe Greenwalt sums up Another Week, Another Layer in the Hunter Biden Story.   Fox reports Biden’s narrative on never discussing business deals with Hunter continues to crumble "Hunter Biden's longtime business partner reportedly to testify then-Vice President Joe Biden frequently sat in on business calls with son." Tristan Justice at Da Fed, Joe Biden Allegedly Interacted With Son’s Clients More Than 200 Times. Nice Deb at Am Great notes Joe Biden Participated in Dozens of Phone Calls With Hunter’s Foreign Business Associates, ex-Partner Devon Archer Expected to Testify, assuming Devon Archer lives long enough to testify. Have you heard about all the blood clots and cardiac arrests plaguing young men these days? Even the White House is beginning to wriggle back their denials of Joe's knowledge of Hunter's "business." Dave Strom at Hat Hair, Well that is a shift..., as KJP declares Joe was never "in business" with Hunter.

Ace, in red italics,  Source: The FBI Informed Alleged Prosecutor David Weiss That It Had Already Verified Many of the Bribery Claims Reported by the CHS. "Oh. Ohhh." Also, Of Course: Very Close Associate of Joe Biden Was Working in David Weiss' Officer During Hunter Biden "Investigation." "Of course. Of course."Althouse reads the WSJ, "News outlets dutifully reported that the [FD-1023] form was 'unverified' (a qualifier absent from most reporting on the infamous Steele dossier)." "“But saying the information is unverified raises the key question: What steps, if any, did the FBI take to verify these allegations? Think about it. As recently as two months ago, the bureau wouldn't even admit to Congress that the FD-1023 existed. Not until FBI Director Christopher Wray realized some people had already seen a copy, and he was threatened with contempt, did the FBI fess up and give members of Congress a limited look....” Writes William McGurn in "Hunter Biden's Bargain Plea" (Wall Street Journal). 'Bonchie' at Red State, calls it a Bombshell: Former Top Joe Biden Aide and Hunter Biden Confidant Was Working for David Weiss During the Hunter Biden Probe, I call it business as usual at the upper tiers of government. PJM's Matt Margolis. Longtime Biden Aide Worked for U.S. Attorney Weiss During Hunter Investigation. I'm sure Hunter's "brother" was strictly objective. Spencer Brown at Town Hall, New Bombshell About How U.S. Attorney David Weiss Conducted Hunter Biden Investigation Drops. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw reports DoJ to make Weiss available to testify... eventually "This week the Department of Justice sent a letter to Jordan offering to make Weiss available but said he would testify in a public hearing, and not until this fall." Well, fall is getting closer.

As Tristan Justice at Da Fed observes There Is More Evidence To Impeach Biden Over Ukraine Than There Ever Was For Trump. Madeleine Hubbard at JTN, McCarthy compares Biden to Nixon, says congressional probe will rise to 'impeachment inquiry' ""We would know none of this if Republicans hadn't taken the majority," McCarthy said about the scandals surrounding the Biden administration." To be fair, Nixon was never accused of taking bribes except for Pat's coat. Matt Margolis, HUGE: Speaker McCarthy Warms Up to Impeaching Joe Biden. Town Hall's Matt Vespa claims McCarthy Says Impeachment Inquiry Will Begin Once the Biden White House Does This..., "if they withhold information, the impeachment inquiry allows Congress to have the apex of power to get all the information they need." Last word on impeachment goes to the Babylon Bee, McCarthy Says 783rd Impeachable Offense By Biden Will Be The Last Straw.

Jazz Shaw, One of Hunter Biden's "art" buyers is identified. Shockingly, she's a Biden donor. "Another clue has come to light in the ongoing mystery of how Hunter Biden continues to almost magically make money appear out of thin air, despite lacking any capabilities to offer to anyone." Mary Chastain at LI reports Democrat Donor Appointed by Biden to ‘Prestigious Commission’ Bought Hunter’s Art at Gallery "Elizabeth “Hirsh Naftali is influential in California Democratic circles and is a significant Democratic donor who has given $13,414 to the Biden campaign and $29,700 to the Democratic National Campaign Committee this year.”

Another buyer purchased some of Hunter’s “art” for $875,000. The documents did not identify this buyer. But this “one buyer represents the majority of the $1,379,000 in receipts that Hunter Biden’s gallery received for his work, the documents show, with the gallery receiving a 40 to 45 percent commission.” Los Angeles attorney Kevin Morris is the third buyer. Morris is also a Biden “confidant and financial backer.” The NYT first reported Morris buying the art, but Morris said it might have been a gift instead of a purchase.

At NYPo, Hunter Biden set to plead guilty to tax charges — as lawyer tries to pull dirty trick ahead of court appearance. It's a very lawyerly article, but basically, it appears one of Hunter's lawyer attempted to misrepresent herself as a Congressional lawyer in an attempt to seal some of Hunter's dirt from the public. 'Becca Downs at Town Hall, Hunter Biden's Legal Team Is Accused of Some Deep Deception on Eve of Plea Deal. Bob Hoge at Red State, BREAKING: Hunter Biden's Lawyers Accused of Lying to Clerk in Criminal Tax Case, Given Hours to Explain Themselves. 

Nice Deb again, Joe Biden Claims to Have ‘Ended Cancer as We Know It’ At Twitchy, In the latest in a series of Biden GAFFES, he claims he cured cancer. His brain doesn't really have a filter anymore. 

BIDEN: "We ended cancer as we know it" 🧐 pic.twitter.com/oio44FEnVp

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 25, 2023

From Breitbart, a Poll: One-Quarter of Democrats Have Doubts About Biden’s Mental Fitness, three-quarters are in deep denial.

At the Daily Fetched, Biden’s New Dog Begins Acting Strangely, Sends Secret Service Agent to Hospital After Attack. Althouse is smitten, "President Biden’s nearly two-year-old German shepherd Commander bit seven people in a four-month period after former first dog Major was ousted from the White House over similar aggressive behavior..." and cites a Secret Service agent, "What a joke... if it wasn't their dog he would have already been put down — freaking clown needs a muzzle...." "Via "Judicial Watch: Secret Service Records Reveal 10 Attacks by Biden German Shepherd 'Commander'" (Judicial Watch). Meanwhile, over at CNN: "Bidens’ dog Commander involved in biting incidents as White House says he’s getting more training." More training!" Hat Hair's KT wonders Why is Joe Biden allowed to keep a dog at the White House?

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.25.23 (Afternoon Edition) Louder With Crowder  Pay attention, America: Now Biden is coming for your water heater. Power Line: Can Doug Burgum Be President?, and Would voters really reelect the ‘senescent, sticky-fingered … spavined’ Biden? and The Federalist: Ignore President Biden, Here’s What Is Really Happening In Israel.

NewsMax opines Neither Trump's Election Challenge nor His Electors Were Illegal.

Hat Hair's KT, Latest DeSantis campaign reboot strategy: Let Ron be Ron, also, from Politico,  DeSantis lets go of more than a third of campaign staff as reset continues "The cuts, which were confirmed by advisers, will amount to a total of 38 jobs shed across an array of departments." Well, clearly, they haven't been doing him much benefit, but it's not a good look. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.25.23 (Afternoon Edition) Twitchy: DeSantis Team In A Minor Car Wreck, But The Comments Are A Major Wreck. Matt Margolis, Ron DeSantis Involved in Car Accident in Tennessee DeSantis not hurt, but it is kind of a sign. 

Mike LaChance at LI wonders What Happens When Democrats Start Ignoring U.S. Supreme Court Rulings They Don’t Like? “In one of the most chilling developments in our history, the left has come to embrace the authoritarian language and logic of segregationists in calling for defiance and radical measures against the Supreme Court.”

At Da Fed Rand Paul warns Congress Must Stop The Executive Branch’s Heinous Attempts To Censor Americans. Scott Johnson at Power  Line on “This elaborate censorship conspiracy” 

Spiked reports on The great flight from heterosexuality "Why so many young people, even straights, are calling themselves ‘queer’." At Florida's Voice, Democrats leave hearing as Rep. Cammack wants video about gender transition surgeries played. Reddux, Man Who Beat Two Babies To Death Allegedly Awaiting Breast Implants At California Women’s Prison. Brandon Morse at Red State, The 'Barbie' Director Accidentally Made a Very Anti-Feminist Shakespearian Tragedy. 

 From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.25.23 (Afternoon Edition) Louder With Crowder: CMT starts to get Bud Light’d as Nashville restaurant bans network, Defiant Jason Aldean tells haters where to stick it, praises fans who “saw through a lot of the bulls****”, Country star gives powerful defense of Jason Aldean with vulgar (and awesome) rant, BattleSwarm: Scalps Taken, Da Tech Guy: I’m Old Enough to Remember When Barnicle & Co Said Gay Marriage Wouldn’t Affect Your Marriage, Bud Light, CMT boycotts betray a New York problem, Don Surber: Lawyers May End The Trans Madness, The Geller Report: MOTHERLESS EGGS: Erasing Women From Procreation One Manufactured Egg At A Time, Legal Insurrection:  Crazed Feminist Goes Nuclear on Oppenheimer  (…because a woman doesn’t speak for 20 minutes into the film, Outkick: Most USWNT Players Silent During Anthem At World Cup Debut, But At Least They Were Standing, This Ain’t Hell:  Trans Health Department Admiral, “Wrong Puberty”, The Federalist: The Global Fertility Industry Seeks To Erase Women From Procreation One Manufactured Egg At A Time, Depressed Barbie Is What Happens When Feminists Are Trusted With An Icon, A Department Of Friendship Can’t Fix The Sexual Revolution’s Lonely Fallout.

Ace, NPR: The Claim That the Progressive WEF Left Is Pushing People to Eat Zee Bugs Is Just a, Wait for It, Conspiracy Theory, Also NPR, a Dozen Times: Why Aren't You Eating Bugs Yet, Planet-Haters? "Ignore all the times we've told you that you must eat zee bugs to save the planet. Today's propaganda is that there is no propaganda push from the left to eat zee bugs." It's like they think we don't have the internet or something.

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The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Eri Yoshida up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.