Republican-led US Senate confirms Trump’s first second-term judicial nominee [More]
Anybody grill her about anything that matters?
[Via bondmen]
Notes from the Resistance
Republican-led US Senate confirms Trump’s first second-term judicial nominee [More]
Anybody grill her about anything that matters?
[Via bondmen]

That Ryan apparently believes he had a sincere dialog suggests he also believes that Newsom was giving him return respect instead of just using him. [More]
Take on the role of useful idiot and what are people supposed to think?

You get what you vote for. Good and hard. And some want it gooder and harder. [More]
Why are the so-called “gun safety groups” afraid to be associated with this anti-gun “Democrat”? Why not ask them?
Blue city officers flocking to cop-friendly red states, police leader says: ‘Why would anyone stay?’ FOP vice president reveals why law enforcement is abandoning Democrat-run areas for greener pastures [More]
Do they bring blue state police union “us first” anti-gun attitudes with them?
Part of me thinks “Opening salvos of CW2.” Perhaps, but another part thinks this is what those manipulating the predictable have planned before the midterms, the administration to horrify the normies, and the Democrats hoping to create martyrs and amplified outrage.
I guess all three outcomes are not mutually exclusive.
[Via Michael G]
We are NYC rabbis who support Zohran Mamdani – Here’s why [More]
The Mensheviks enjoyed a lot of support among the Jews—among two classes of Jews, that is. Martov and a large number of the Menshevik leaders—most of them—were classic representatives of the intelligentsia of Old Russia in its Jewish version, who perhaps knew Yiddish and did not renounce their Jewish identity, but thought of themselves as internationalists.
That was useful. Until it wasn’t.
[Via bondmen]

Nation’s largest teachers union votes to sever ties with Anti-Defamation League over Israel support [More]
Then we have David Hogg splitting the Democrat Party…
So, naturally, the Republicans, not wanting to feel left out, screwed us on suppressors and short barrels, and upped the disgruntlement by playing Emily Litella with the Epstein files…
There has been concern raised in recent days that the Trump administration is considering amnesty for farm workers and hospitality workers. Rollins said the president “has been unequivocal that there will be no amnesty.” [More]
And can they promise that for when Democrats take over?
Now tell us “No birthright citizenship for the kids they crank out,” and “No inclusion in census counts for apportionment.”
I think we’ve all seen this movie.
[Via Sweet Babboo]

It’s doesn’t look like Musk’s America Party will provide the safe haven to jump to that some gun owners are knee-jerk responding to… [More]
What ship will angry gun owners be jumping to?
Rep. Andrew Clyde just introduced an amendment to the Senate-passed budget reconciliation bill to remove the NFA registration requirement for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs. Call your Rep and DEMAND they support the Clyde Amendment! No half measures! Gut the NFA! [More]
I generally don’t appreciate naysayers, but who believes the momentum hasn’t been dissipated?
[Via Michael G]
This.
That and Elon’s been flaky on “2A.”shall not be infringed.”
Look, the guy’s a genius who has done stuff bordering on magic, and we owe him a lot. That doesn’t mean he can’t also be wrong, and at times, profoundly.
No new Ross Perots. All his supporters knew is they were mad as hell and against plenty, but they weren’t looking too closely at what he was for.
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough had previously determined that the “Byrd Rule” applied in this case. Because a reconciliation bill — a type of budget bill — requires only a simple majority of 51 votes for passage, the Byrd Rule imposes restrictions on what provisions can be included. Measures deemed to be “extraneous” to the budget must secure a supermajority of 60 votes to pass. As a result, the proposal to remove undocumented immigrants from Medicaid failed by just four votes. [More]
I especially like that part of the Constitution where it says she can infringe on the right to keep and bear arms and then our “gun rights leaders” call it a “next best win.”
[Via Michael G]
Tangentially Related UPDATE
There is also the argument that the remaining requirements for registration violate the Firearm Owners Protection Act… It includes a blanket prohibition on the creation of a federal registry of guns or gun owners. The NFA has survived this prohibition only because it is a tax. [More]
So, who has to do what, and will they?
Law-abiding citizens should have the right to responsibly own firearms without excessive government interference. [More]
That sounds like some shallow appeal-to-those-who -don’t-think-it-through weasel wording right there.
What about when being “law-abiding” means surrendering that “fundamental aspect of our freedom and security”? And how is any government interference with that which shall not be infringed not excessive?
And yeah– so much for “America First.”
Thomas Massie has failed us. He voted against cutting taxes on tips, overtime, and Social Security. He even voted NO on protecting children from AI-generated child exploitation.
This is a crafted misrepresentation. That first part is in the debt increase package. In the second, he saw unintended consequences in unelected Melania’s pet legislative process and Speaker Johnson would not allow amendments.
It’s all part of the all too familiar politics of personal destruction, where, “yuge” ego seeks revenge on any who oppose, support is bestowed on supplicants who fawn, and attacks are ad hominem logical fallacies.
This is what Trump wants to replace Massie with, and cultists in the 4th District are falling for it? I’m not trusting that poll, because right now she only has 53 Truth followers and 176 on Facebook. One suggested she’d get more exposure on X, but I think her campaign is afraid of the rationing she’d get from Constitutionalists sick of all the BS.
Top Biden aide admits to Congress she directed autopen signatures without knowing who gave final approval [More]
Enough.She didn’t just operate it on her own. Who told her to run a document through? Put them on the hot seat.
Who “authorized” her? Who are the “members of the inner circle”? Why hasn’t she been threatened with contempt unless she gets specific with “So-and-so directed me to have this signed?”
This could undo every law, every appointment, every EO going back to who knows when? Are Republicans ever going to strap ’em on and act like this is the existential spiritual and physical war that it is?
Oversight never played real hardball with Fast and Furious, either.
Anti-Hunting Activists Push Big Banks to Discriminate Against Hunting & Farmers [More]
Hey stupid Fudds who vote Democrat: Keep being self-destructive, you morons.
Same for you Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party suckers…
President of Argentina Javier Milei signed a decree Wednesday broadening gun rights in the country by allowing Argentine civilians to purchase and possess semiautomatic weapons for the first time in 30 years. [More]
It’s not uninfringed, but it’s a damn sight better than it was.
[Via bondmen]
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
The US government skyrocketed the USAID budget for Brazil while Bolsonaro was there. Not to help Brazilians economically, but to flood the political opposition in Brazil with money to try to take him out. [More]
[Via Michael G]
Democratic governor candidate seeks support from gun owners [More]
Make some popcorn and watch this.
[Via Jess]