December 8, 2024

OPEN THREAD: It’s blogging dynamite, I can hold out here all night.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

TRUMP SHOULD JUST DO A BLANKET PARDON, AND ORDER THE DOJ TO COMPENSATE THEM:

Compared to the fiery but “mostly peaceful” demonstrations encouraged by the media and Democratic politicians in 2020, this was a tea party.

Posted at 6:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

DOES ANYONE IN AMERICAN POLITICS HAVE MORE FUN THAN DONALD TRUMP?

Fun is contagious.

Posted at 5:41 pm by Stephen Green

WHAT WILL THE LEFTIES DO IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HITJOB AND NOT BRAVE RESISTANCE FIGHTING? Assassinated UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and wife had lived separately for years: report. The InstaWife has opined all along that the inscriptions on the bullets are too obvious. Well, stay tuned and we’ll see.

Oh, and we all know the answer to my question above: They’ll move on and pretend it never happened and they never said anything.

Posted at 3:51 pm by Glenn Reynolds

VDH: What the Trump Nominees Have Not Done — And Will Not Do.

Deflated by the resounding November defeat, the left now believes it can magically rebound by destroying President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees.

Many of Trump’s picks are well outside the usual Washington, D.C./New York political, media, and corporate nexus.

But that is precisely the point — to insert reformers into a bloated, incompetent, and weaponized government who are not part of it.

Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, is already drawing severe criticism.

His furious enemies cannot go after his resume, since he has spent a lifetime in private, congressional, and executive billets, both in investigations and intelligence.

Instead, they claim he is too vindictive and does not reflect the ethos of the FBI.

But what will Patel not do as the new director?

He will not serially lie under oath to federal investigators as did interim FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a current Patel critic.

He will not forge an FBI court affidavit, as did convicted felon and agency lawyer Kevin Clinesmith.

He will not claim amnesia 245 times under congressional oath to evade embarrassing admissions as did former Director James Comey.

He will not partner with a foreign national to collect dirt and subvert a presidential campaign as the FBI did with Christopher Steele in 2016.

He will not use the FBI to draft social media to suppress news unfavorable to a presidential candidate on the eve of an election.

He would not have suppressed FBI knowledge that Hunter Biden’s laptop was genuine — to allow the lie to spread that it was “Russian disinformation” on the eve of the 2020 election.

He will not raid the home of an ex-president with SWAT teams, surveil Catholics, monitor parents at school board meetings, or go after pro-life peaceful protestors.

Exit quote:

Posted at 2:45 pm by Ed Driscoll

THE DEATH CULT: How a Liberal Media and a Delusional Left Will Turn an Assassin into a Hero.

When we’re in the midst of a political cycle, it’s tricky to see the forest for the trees. The tempest is too distracting and disorienting. It’s only years later — with the benefit of hindsight — that we can recognize these historic trends for what they are.

So connect the dots and see for yourself: first, Trump was “literally Hitler.” Then he was a “literally a fascist.” There were assassination attempts and nearly a decade of nonstop lawfare. Finally, Republicans and independents had enough and rejected the left, reelecting President Trump (his 34 felonies notwithstanding).

Americans stopped believing in the sanctity of law because the law was contorted and manipulated into a blunt weapon that was used against political opponents.

And today, after Biden broke his word (yet again) and issued a blanket, unconditional pardon of his nitwit kid, the left stopped believing as well: the law means nothing anymore. The final holdouts have stopped holding out.

So why not kill a healthcare CEO?

If you can’t trust the legal process, all that’s left is mob violence. Which is where we’re at: welcome to post-legal America.

The Democrats have created a Frankenstein’s monster. Right now, they’re cheering the mayhem, violence, and destruction — but eventually, the monster will turn on them, too.

As Glenn wrote last night, after wide swatches of Democrats, egged on the DNC-MSM, channeled their inner John Wilkes Booth (much as they did after the two assassination attempts against Trump in the final months of the election): “Note to All the Journalists Who Are Cheering the Assassination of a Healthcare CEO: Your industry is hated by millions and millions of people too. Just sayin.’”

Posted at 12:44 pm by Ed Driscoll

OH, TO BE IN ENGLAND:

We don’t have to go far to imagine it — just remember how the UK’s rozzers acted during 2020:

As James Lileks wrote at time, “I don’t make the laws, sir, I just enforce them with a great deal of enthusiasm.”

Posted at 12:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

REBELS FIND ASSAD’S LUXURY CAR COLLECTION (Video): “Syrians have stormed Bashar al-Assad’s abandoned presidential palace in Damascus, looting the dictator’s belongings, posing behind his desk and uncovering his large collection of luxury cars:”

The looting of Assad’s palace in Damascus comes after rebel groups launched a lightning offensive last week and quickly took control of the country’s largest cities, ending the Assad family’s decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for the Middle East.

Until Assad’s government fell, his residence and the presidential palace had been strictly off limits to ordinary citizens.

Related:

● Syrian rebels topple President Assad, difficult times lie ahead.

● Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani: former al Qaeda chief who led overthrow of Syria’s Assad?

● Netanyahu Abrogates 1974 Peace Deal With Syria and Orders IDF Into Buffer Zone. “The new position on Mount Hermon is a game-changer in Israel’s war with Hezbollah. From that peak, Israel can visually and electronically monitor any movements by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.”

Posted at 12:00 pm by Ed Driscoll