Hey, At Least We Bombed Somebody

 Ann Coulter

"What is usually enraging about reckless policies that endanger innocent Americans is that the people who implement them remain comfortably insulated from their effects. No-bail laws, open borders, Obamacare, gun control, TSA, actually having to watch Nicolle Wallace — somehow the people responsible for these policies always have a work-around." 

Jeffrey Goldberg is an 'anti-Trump hater': Leavitt calls out Atlantic editor-in-chief

"The left needs this to be a crisis," and that's why no one other than anti-Trump people care about an apparent war plans group chat reportedly leaked to a reliably anti-Trump writer, Rob Finnerty said. "No one on the right cares — because nothing happened."

"For a totally different angle on the encrypted app story, I thought that instead of discussing how plans for bombing the Houthis was leaked, I’d discuss the bombing of the Houthis.

"Including any journalist in a top-secret discussion of war plans demonstrates shocking incompetence. But the fact that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg — though not technically a journalist — is a big middle finger to President Trump.

"Forget that Goldberg is responsible for the disgusting lie — featured nightly on MSNBC –that Trump called American soldiers who died in war “suckers” and “losers.” Both Waltz and Goldberg represent the dominant foreign policy establishment that Trump expressly ran against. Instead of “Make America Great Again,” they think the government’s job is to “Make the Middle East Great Again.”

"This train wreck will be a test to see: 1) if Trump has an ounce of self-respect and will fire a national security adviser who has an anti-Trump zealot on speed dial; and 2) whether Trump intends to betray voters on his clearly stated opposition to Forever Wars.

"Because right now, his foreign policy team is looking like John Bolton without the ridiculous Wilford Brimley mustache. Since Trump keeps hiring these people, it’s a good time to remind him that, in 2016, he won more primary votes than any Republican in U.S. history (as well as the election) by saying things like this about a war that had a million more justifications than his recent bombing of the Houthis:" . . .

Levin: 4 Ways to Stop Rogue, Activist Judges – Here’s ‘the Best’

 "The best thing to do is to point out some of the most rogue, reckless of the judges, like Boasberg, and abolish those positions,” Levin concluded." 

Rich Terrell

Craig Bannister   "The most promising way to get rid of the rogue, activist federal judges currently overstepping their authority to block President Donald Trump from performing his legitimate duties isn’t impeachment, constitutional scholar, conservative commentator and Author Mark Levin said Sunday.

"On the latest episode of “Life, Liberty and Levin,” Levin used the example of how outgoing President John Adams used the Judiciary Act of 1801 to quickly install 16 new judges he favored just before leaving office – and how incoming President Thomas Jefferson dealt with Adams’ ploy.

"In the elections of 1800, Adams’ Federalist Party lost the presidency, House and Senate, so Adams used the new Judiciary Act to create and fill judgeships, Levin explained:

“President John Adams signed the bill on February 13, 1801, just three weeks before the end of his term of office. He lost. He was a Federalist. The Federalists lost the House of Representatives. The Federalists lost the Senate. So, the Republicans, that is Jefferson’s party, took all of the elected branches. All of them.

“He also sent to the Federalist-controlled Senate, that is Adams, his own Senate, nominees for the 16 new judgeships. So, he’s lost the election, so the Federalists, his party, they create these 16 new federal judgeships. He wants to rush them through. He wants to get them populated as fast as he can. And they were confirmed shortly before the end of the Adams administration.

“Now, these judges came to be called “Adams’ Midnight Judges” – some of whom were the subject of the case called Marbury versus Madison. That’s the crucial case, Marbury versus Madison.”

"Immediately after entering the White House, Jefferson used the new Congress to abolish Adams’ 16 new judgeships, Levin explained:

“On March 8, 1802 - just days after Thomas Jefferson's followers, the Republicans, took control both houses of Congress - Congress repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801 On April 29, 1802, Congress enacted the Judiciary Act of 1802 which among other things, abolished the 16 new judgeships created by Adams and the Federalists.”

. . .    

Dem Senator Gets Tripped Up When Asked Why There Were No Firings After Biden's Afghan Exit

 Matt Vespa

  "This Signal story has two aims: Remove Pete Hegseth, which Democrats failed to do during the confirmation process, and to prevent Trump officials from using Signal since the deep state can’t spy on their communications." 

"Democrats have been waiting for this moment for a while. They were powerless in the budget fight, and if Republicans can get this reconciliation package through and remain united, they’re going to get bulldozed again. The Trump tax cuts will be extended, the border wall fully funded, and other top domestic items that make liberals seethe uncontrollably. But this self-inflicted kerfuffle over a Signal chat between top Trump officials and The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg has paved the way for them to call for firings, though that’s never going to happen. 

"It was a massive screw-up: National Security Adviser Michael Waltz added Goldberg to this chat on Signal, a government-approved encrypted messenger app, where anti-Houthi operations were discussed. Goldberg claims super-secret war plans were discussed, so classified that he couldn’t share them; only to backtrack hours later when the story’s credibility, already suspect, was fading. The new texts revealed no war plans, but that didn’t stop Democrats like Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), aka Temu

"Jeffries was not so quick to call for any firings over Joe Biden’s shambolic exit from Afghanistan, which got Americans killed—13 soldiers died during the Abbey Gate suicide bombing. An aid worker and his family were also killed in a drone strike, where several children also died. The Biden crew claimed no civilian deaths initially but had to walk it back. That’s two disasters where people got killed. No one was killed in the Signal non-scandal, except the Houthi terrorists. Let’s hope more are turned into ashtrays." . . . 

Democrats hate Trump and his supporters, try to make the feeling mutual

• "Ms. Crockett had private education from primary through college. Why is she speaking like she grew up in the streets?"

 'Nothing to Sell but Hate'—Greg Abbott Brings Savage Reality to Jasmine Crockett  I'm sure Kerosene Maxine loves what Crockett is and does. TD

Nice try, except that as Bonchie reported, she’s made similar jokes in the past, and "Hot Wheels" is described in the Urban Dictionary as “An annoying paraplegic that uses her disability for pity.” It would appear that Ms. Crockett is as dishonest as she is vicious.

"The Democrats have acted despicably since Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office, repeatedly calling for violence, discovering a newfound love of profanity, and holding impotent protests against virtually everything. Their lowest moment came at the president’s speech to a joint session of Congress in February when they refused to stand for a 13-year-old cancer survivor or honor the memories of two women viciously murdered by illegal aliens. 

"It turns out that may not have been their nadir, however, because as we’ve been reporting, Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett has been on a tear lately with unhinged threats, crass NSFW rhetoric, and general awful behavior seemingly designed to launch herself to the top of the pantheon of the most toxic members of Congress.

"Over the weekend, she cruelly mocked Greg Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels” in reference to the partial paralysis that confines him to a wheelchair, a result of a tragic accident that occurred in his 20s when he was hit by a falling tree. He has overcome so much adversity since then, but this woman had the indecency to make fun of him for it? Unbelievable. (Mild profanity): . . ."

 I don’t use this word often, but Jasmine Crockett truly is wicked.To call Greg Abbott “Governor Hot Wheels” is cruel, contemptible & speaks to your lack of character.A tree fell on Abbott when he was 26 years old — paralyzing him from the waist down.

His loving wife stayed… pic.twitter.com/z8aOn93DXk

— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) March 25, 2025

Jasmine Crockett should be censured. Kicked off all committees. She needs to be kicked out of Congress.

JUST IN: Judge James Boasberg has been assigned to the Signalgate lawsuit.

When I saw this story break, I joked that some judge was going to order Trump's entire national security cabinet to resign over this. While that won't happen, you can expect some further shenanigans to play out. Who knows what the judge overseeing this lawsuit will come up with?  Now we know.

From Watergate … To This? The Signal “leak” is not a Democrat smoking gun. UPDATED

The American Spectator   

"Except this isn’t dirt. This is more like an online peeping Tom who couldn’t catch the girls with their clothes off. It’s nothing, and in fact, it suggests just how clean an administration this is if Goldberg and his Watergate Fan Club pals have to resort to this in search of a scandal."  

magamomabear on X

. . ."But the story we’ve been told is that National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, or perhaps more accurately, someone on his staff who was handling his phone, somehow invited the Atlantic editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, a partisan Democrat propagandist known for concocting fabulist stories that cast Trump in a bad light, into the Signal thread.

"Goldberg, after the missile strikes in Yemen successfully took out a number of Houthi fighters, went public with the messages exchanged and accused Hegseth and the others of essentially leaking “war plans” on Signal. The messages appear to have been real, but that didn’t stop Goldberg from lying about them.

"What was said in the Signal thread? Nothing classified other than the hardly-secret fact that our military was going to strike the Houthis less than two hours later.

"There are people demanding resignations over this, which is bizarre. If Goldberg isn’t lying about how he got into the Signal thread, it would seem that someone was a bit careless in policing the roster of participants in that thread, and while that might be worthy of criticism it surely doesn’t rise to the level of, say, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff guaranteeing the Chinese that he would give them fair warning if ever a U.S. attack was imminent. (RELATED: Gen. Mark Milley: A Case for Treason?)

"Not a single one of the people incensed about this nothingburger of a story had a cross word to say about Mark Milley, which should put paid to any notions of outrage over the Signal chat.

"In fact, the only real item of interest in the conversation Goldberg leaked out to the public was that Vance expressed reservations about hitting the Houthis, mostly based on the fact that 40 percent of European trade travels through the Suez Canal and Red Sea corridor, while only a nominal amount of American trade does. Vance asked, not unreasonably, what the U.S. was getting out of essentially fighting Europe’s war for it." . . .

 (Biden leaves billions of dollars of military equipment behind and terrorists happily scoop it up…)

DEMOCRATS: “Eh, mistakes were made… we just need to learn from this and move on.”

(Trump staff includes a reporter in military plans…)

DEMOCRATS: “HOW COULD HE DO THIS??? OUR…

— Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸 (@ZeekArkham) March 25, 2025

Impeach Trump!

UPDATE: Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt calls The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg an "anti-Trump hater"

Columbia Students Return to a Changed University

 Hot Air  

"But it turns out those kind of arguments are less compelling when your government funding is on the line. The chair of Columbia's biology department made the point that a lot of the big talkers don't have any skin in the game at this moment."

"Last week was spring break for students at Columbia University. That means students were off campus when the school effectively conceded to the Trump administration and promised to put in place many changes to how things operate going forward.

Columbia University students were stepping into a new campus environment Monday after their university announced sweeping policy changes while they were away on spring break, seemingly bowing to the Trump administration’s demands over the release of $400 million in federal funding to the school...

The new rules effectively ban protests inside and immediately outside academic buildings, and all demonstration activity is subject to the university’s antidiscrimination and anti-harassment policies.

The university hired 36 new campus police officers specifically trained to deal with protests with powers to remove or arrest protesters as part of the changes, and it will continue to cooperate with the New York Police Department as needed.

Anyone who engages in protests or demonstrations must, when asked, show their university ID and are banned from wearing face coverings for the purpose of “concealing one’s identity,” according to the university’s statement released Friday.

"The no masks rule could be especially problematic to the pro-Hamas extremists who have been running amok on campus. Like Antifa, CUAD (the coalition of groups organizing the protests) has used face covering to avoid accountability for actions which violate school rules or break the law. If students had to protest without the masks they might be less likely to take extreme actions that could result in suspension or expulsion." . . .

California’s Memory Loss

 The American Spectator   

Newsom and Brown seem to have forgotten that people once streamed into California from far and wide. And they don’t seem to care that most of the traffic is now on the way out, to states with lower taxes, fewer regulations, and more economic freedom. 

syracuse.com

"The University of California is “ending the requirement that diversity statements be used in hiring,” the California Globe reports, “the latest move away from diversity-based hiring and applying measures at the UC system.” Lost in the shuffle is California’s previous move to end “diversity-based” hiring, code for racial and ethnic hiring banned by state law.

"In 1996, state voters passed the California Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), Proposition 209 on the ballot, that banned racial and ethnic preferences in state education, employment, and contracting. Contrary to popular belief, the measure did not ban “affirmative action.” The state could still lend students a hand on an economic basis but could no longer admit and hire on the basis of race and ethnicity. At the time, state officials had forgotten a lesson from 1978. 

"The University of California at Davis medical school rejected Allan Bakke not because the Vietnam veteran was unqualified but on account of his race. The person of pallor sued and won, but California continued to reject and admit students on the basis of race and the proportionality doctrine.

"State education, employment, and contracting, this view contends, must reflect the racial and ethnic proportions of society. If they don’t, the cause can only be deliberate discrimination, and the remedy must be some sort of quota system now passed off as “diversity” or DEI. This doctrine ignores realities such as personal differences, effort, and choice.

"CCRI put an end to diversity dogma, and the disaster opponents predicted never occurred. As Thomas Sowell noted in Intellectuals and Race, after Prop 209, blacks and Hispanics graduated from UC schools in greater numbers. State educrats fought the measure from the start and in recent years built a vast DEI establishment that burdened taxpayers while serving no educational purpose." . . .

Argus Hamilton's Rogue Report; March 25, 2025

 JWR  

. . ."While on this subject, President Trump just renamed San Andreas. From now on it'll be known as Biden's Fault." 

• President Trump responded favorably Friday to an invitation by King Charles for the U.S. to join the Commonwealth. The president just beat me to a great joke. I can't think of a more perfect way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America's Independence than by rejoining the British Empire.

• Daily Variety reports Disney's new Snow White received terrible reviews and suffered a poor box-office in its opening weekend. If you saw it on an airplane flight, you'd walk out. I did think it was chivalrous of Disney to give us comedians an easy drug joke by casting a Colombian as Snow White.

• Oil and Gas Journal reports that the U.S. will be producing a record 14 million barrels of oil every day this year, which will help lower prices at the pump due to the increased supply. It gets even better. From watching the news last week, the whole country learned you CAN use gasoline with a Tesla.

• The White House vowed swift prosecution and justice for protestors who are firebombing Tesla dealerships. Quickly responding to the fire-bombings, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an order requiring all Teslas to park next to a fire hydrant. Now dogs can kill two birds with one stone.

• Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is reportedly going to challenge Chuck Schumer for his New York Senate seat in the Democratic primary. AOC is being promoted by supporters as the girl with something extra. In West Hollywood that's what you call a girl whose measurements are 36-24-36- and 9.

• Al Sharpton launched an attack on President Trump eliminating DEI programs. Democrats love DEI. They believe that Trump must be stopped before he issues a new executive order removing all black chess pieces from the playing board, and replacing them by high-achieving yellow chess pieces.

• The White House revoked the Associated Press's press credentials from the press room and Air Force One because they won't refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America in news reports. While on this subject, President Trump just renamed San Andreas. From now on it'll be known as Biden's Fault.

• The White House released 80,000 long-sought, super-secret CIA files on the JFK assassination last week. The revelations in the files that were kept top- secret from the public were sensational. We learned just as everybody suspected, that NFL referees really do cheat in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs.

• Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was in the Oval Office Friday to announce Boeing will build the new F-47 stealth fighter. At least the pilots have parachutes. Hegseth's announcement that the contract to build the Pentagon's new F-47 stealth fighter jet was awarded to Boeing blew my doors off.

• Attorney General Pam Bondi ripped District Judge Boasberg for trying to conduct foreign policy from the bench by trying to slap restrictions on Trump's presidential powers. It never ends. Yesterday, an activist judge ordered President Trump not to move his head during the next assassination attempt.

Victor Davis Hanson: The Left’s Tesla Terrorism Agenda

The Daily Signal "The Left is trying to instill and legitimize terror. How? By attacking Tesla dealerships, charging stations, and even individual owners. Victor Davis Hanson breaks down how these violent acts fit into a broader pattern of political intimidation on today's episode of "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words."

"“  We’ve had Molotov cocktails thrown at dealerships and we’ve had Tesla charging stations that were attacked. What is the point of all of this? … They’re trying to drive down Elon Musk’s popularity and indeed his viability.

“There was a message to the Left and it said, ‘If you engage in street violence, that is considered legitimate political protest, legitimate political protest, and there will not be legal consequences.’”

Democrats’ hatred of Trump is destroying their party

Liz Peek; The Hill 

"More shameful, though, was their sullen refusal to applaud or celebrate a young black child who had overcome brain cancer and always wanted to be a cop; the return of Marc Fogel, formerly held hostage in Russia; and a steelworker who has been a foster parent to some 40 kids. These were moving stories, but Democrats could not find in their angry souls any compassion for them."

"Democrats did not just lose an election in 2024 — apparently, they lost their minds, too.  

"Consider, for instance, how they kicked off Women’s History Month — by voting against protecting women and girls in sports, against guaranteeing them a fair playing field.  

"That’s right: Every single Democrat voted down the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would prohibit federally funded schools from allowing male transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports.

"It would prevent girls and women from being injured by bigger, stronger biological males. And, just as importantly, it would prevent girls who have worked like crazy to excel in sports from being humiliated by a men dressed like women. 

"Take, for example, the basketball game that took place a year ago between two Massachusetts teams — the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell and KIPP Academy in Lynn. A transgender player for KIPP, at six feet tall and sporting facial hair, injured multiple opposing female players, eventually forcing Collegiate to forfeit the game.  

"Or consider the gruesome injury sustained by Payton McNabb in a 2022 volleyball match, when a transgender opponent spiked the ball into her head and nearly killed her. Some 79 percent of Americans, including 67 percent of Democrats, favor keeping men out of women’s sports and locker rooms, according to New York Times-Ipsos polling. 

"So why fall on your sword by defeating a bill that so clearly aligns with the preferences of voters?" . . .

. . ."Here’s the problem for the “Resistance,” as Democrats like to refer to themselves: The policies they are “resisting” are popular with U.S. voters. Take their opposition to Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency? Is there anyone who does not think the federal government is too big and riddled with waste and fraud?" . . .  

Liz Peek is a former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim and Company.  

[Pro-Palestinian Democrat] Tlaib Faces Backlash for Comment on Airstrikes Against Houthis: ‘They’re Bombing Terrorists, Rashida’

 Rusty Weiss; RedState  

"Less than two weeks after the heinous attacks, Tlaib tearfully incited a pro-Palestinian riot in D.C. by parroting Hamas propaganda about a hospital attack that turned out to be disinformation."

She hates Israel more than she loves America but was still elected

 by Democrats. One has to wonder how many of her voters burned

Teslas. TD

"Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) drew condemnation from personalities on both sides of the political spectrum when she seemingly expressed outrage over recent airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

"Tlaib responded to reports of a Signal text group that included national security officials, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The group reportedly discussed classified details of upcoming attacks against the armed terror group. 

"Someone accidentally looped in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of "The Atlantic," into the chat.

" 'This is an outrageous national security breach, and heads should roll," Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) told Axios, a quote relayed by reporter Andrew Solender on X.

"Tlaib replied, "More heat for using a group chat than for the bombing itself." . . .

"Followers on social media swiftly fired back at Tlaib over the comment, another in a long line of examples in which the congresswoman initially jumps to the defense of terrorist organizations.

" 'They’re bombing terrorists, Rashida," Townhall editor Katie Pavlich succinctly explained to the Squad member.

"Former CNN and current News Nation correspondent Chris Cuomo wondered, "You want them to attack more Americans?"

" 'I mean, yeah, because killing Iranian-backed jihadists is a good thing," Chief Investigative Correspondent for Just the News Jerry Dunleavy chimed in." . . .

This form of government leaves power in the hands of a few: Oligarchies explained

 

What is an oligarchy? Definition and examples throughout history.

"Officially, our form of government in the U.S. is a representative democracy. This means citizens vote for their government officials. But Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is of a different opinion.

“ 'Of course the oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? Oligarchs run the United States as well,” the Democratic Senator said last year. “And it’s not just the United States, it’s not just Russia; Europe, the UK, all over the world, we’re seeing a small number of incredibly wealthy people running things in their favor.” 

"Wondering what this means in the context of global governments? Here’s everything you need to know about oligarchies, including examples. 

"The general definition of an oligarchy is a form of government involving the rule of a few persons or families. According to National Geographic, Greek philosopher Aristotle used the term in contrast to aristocracy (the elite upper class) to describe the rule of a few for “corrupt and unjust purposes.”

"One of the more modern uses is the phrase “iron law of oligarchy,” a concept by German sociologist Robert Michels that says democracy is an oxymoron – that it will ultimately fall to the hands of an elite few." . . .

Democrats would have us believe Elon Musk was a ruler oligarch, but to be feared most I feel are the Soros family.

Why does Tim Walz’s billionaire buddy Alex Soros love Albania’s narco-state? - Washington Examiner  September 26, 2024  "Tuesday’s highly publicized meeting between Alex Soros and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) merits attention. The 38-year-old left-wing philanthropist is one of the most important players in American politics and beyond. That’s thanks to his $25 billion fortune, which his famous father, George Soros, handed over to him to manage in the furtherance of the family’s left-wing global crusade. Calling Alex Soros the dark lord of left-wing dark money is no exaggeration. He is enmeshed in the Democratic elite, given his more than two dozen visits to the Biden White House, plus his recent engagement to Huma Abedin, who was Hillary Clinton’s longtime factotum.

"Alex Soros was among the first big names to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris when President Joe Biden’s campaign imploded, and he did a photo op with Walz at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last month, where the left-wing oligarch proclaimed himself to be “Walzpilled!” Nevertheless, Tuesday’s rendezvous at the investor’s palatial New York City residence, when Walz appeared submissive toward his benefactor, got attention.

"Republican pundits were quick to heap scorn on how Walz, the touted salt-of-the-earth “man of the people,” kowtowed to the scion of the Soros dynasty. Walz’s appearance with the ultimate radical nepo baby wasn’t exactly compatible with how “middle class” Harris and her running-mate portray themselves to voters. However, giving Alex Soros whatever he wants, in exchange for his cash and publicity, is exactly what voters should expect a Harris-Walz presidency to do if the pair take office on Jan. 20." . . .