Trump’s Reckoning Begins: Comey Indicted as the First Deep State Domino Falls, With Brennan, Clinton, Obama on Deck

"Past investigations have already left his prior claims almost comically contradicted, including that “Ethical leaders lead by seeing above the short term, above the urgent or the partisan, and with a higher loyalty to lasting values, most importantly the truth.”  Jonathan Turley

Trump’s Reckoning Begins: Comey Indicted as the First Deep State Domino Falls, With Brennan, Clinton, Obama on Deck   

"The case, assigned to Biden appointee Judge Claude Hilton, has sparked fierce reactions, with conservatives decrying potential bias but celebrating the move as Trump’s DOJ finally delivering. Trump’s post isn’t just rhetoric—it’s a manifesto for justice. He accuses Comey of being a “destroyer of lives,” knowingly peddling lies that fueled years of baseless investigations into his campaign."

Comey Associate and Columbia Professor Daniel Richman Subpoenaed

Donkey Hotey

"In the midst of the flurry of activity on Capitol Hill and in the courts, a single subpoena from federal prosecutors last week went largely unnoticed by many in Washington. However, it could represent a significant development in the long-standing and unresolved questions surrounding the exit of James Comey as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The subpoena was served on Columbia law professor Daniel Richman, a close friend of Comey’s who has been accused of serving as his conduit for leaks to the media.

"James Comey has long been one of the most carefully self-constructed images in Washington. Comey’s tenure often seemed more performative than professional, as with his controversial press conference in which he declared that Hillary Clinton had violated federal criminal law with her emails but declined to charge her.

"Comey had long been a political operator who portrayed himself as an apolitical public servant, immune to the temptations or trappings of the political class. Investigations have produced a contrary image." . . .

The Week In Pictures: Seashells Redux Edition  Plus this bonus PelosiToon.

Three suspects arrested after Houston youth baseball coach shot during pregame prayer with kids

 KHOU-TV

  “The feedback was horror about this [occurring] at a youth event, and that’s understandable. But that can happen anywhere; if kids aren’t safe at churches and schools, it can happen anywhere,” Baize said.

KATY, Texas — Charges have been filed against three men in connection with a shooting on Sunday, September 21, at The Rac Katy on FM 2855.  It happened as youth baseball player and coaches were on the field.

"A coach for one of the teams is recovering after he was shot during a weekend baseball tournament there. 

"Mahmood Abdelsalam Rababah, 23, Ahmad Mawed, 21, and Mustafa Mohammad Matalgah, 27, were arrested on felony charges of deadly conduct with a firearm. A judge set their bonds at $100,000 each." . . .

"According to the Waller County Sheriff’s Office, the three suspects fired guns from a nearby pasture in the direction of the field." . . .

. . ."Houston Warriors founder Andy Baize said the injured coach was saying a pregame prayer with their team.

"“He literally took the bullet for a child that was to his left, and so thankfully we avoided a major disaster. Still very, very emotional over it,” Baize told KHOU 11.

"Baize said the coach was shot in the shoulder. 

“ 'When he was struck by the bullet, his first reaction was to get down to the ground, cover his kids and get them to a safe space,” Baize said.

"Witnesses said someone used a belt as a tourniquet on the victim's arm before first responders arrived. He was airlifted to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

"The gunfire sent players, coaches and parents running for cover, but no one else was injured. 

"Coaches told KHOU 11 News they could hear gunfire throughout the weekend at the complex, and gunshots could be heard during an online stream. 

"The Rac Katy owners stated on Facebook Monday morning that three individuals were target practicing 600 to 700 yards away. Initially, the Rac Katy stated police were "immediately notified of possible illegal hunting" and responded to the scene." . . .

Genocide Pornography; Media Incitement Provokes Jihad Against the Jew

 Phyllis Chesler  

There is no famine in Gaza. (How many times can people say this?) There are food shortages caused by Hamas's hoarding and selling of Israel-distributed food on the black market.

"How does one prove that the legacy media is guilty of incitement to murder or massacre an entire people by repeatedly promoting and publishing falsehoods about that people?

"Does pornography lead to rape and woman-murder--or does it sufficiently satisfy misogynist hatred so that the porn addict does not turn to living women off-screen who are vulnerable and in his clutches? Can we charge pornographers and pimps with the murder of countless women by sadistic woman-haters? Can we sue pornographers civilly, cut into their profits? This was a burning and controversial question among feminists in the 1970s and 1980s.

Campus cool

"Does the long-range teaching of Big Fat Lies about Israel and Judaism in universities lead to attacks on Jewish and Israeli students? To visible Jews on the streets? Can we prove this in a court of law? Are the remedies criminal, civil, and/or, going forward, a commitment to fund the re-education of at least five to ten generations?

"In terms of media propaganda: Can we sue the New York Times for incitement in terms of its daily, monthly, yearly negative and false coverage of Israel? Just today, yet again, on their front page, they published their standard four-column-width color photo of "Palestinians (fleeing) their homes in Gaza."

"There are actually homes in Gaza? Apartments in tall, modern, high-rise residential buildings in Gaza--which the IDF is heartlessly, methodically blowing up? How can that be? We were led to believe that Gaza was a concentration camp, perhaps of an open-air variety....

Campus cool

"Today, there are no fewer than six articles in the A section of the N
YT about Gaza, "Palestine," and Israel, and, in the Arts section, a full-page article on "Palestinian" artists accompanied by six color photos. Talk about normalizing an identity that does not really exist. While I'm at it, let me really poke the bear--this is as much a delusion, a psychosis, a virus, an all-out cult as is the belief that one is born transgender.

"Yes, there are Arabs, both Muslim and Christian, who live in Gaza, in Israel, in the Middle East, and in North Africa. Those who call themselves "Palestinians" have been trained to weaponize this identity in order to commit a final and total Jihad/genocide against Israel. This is a very recent (perhaps a 100-year-old identity), and it does not compare to the 5,000-year-old identity of Jews, who are indigenous to the Holy Land.

"Back to the A section of the New York Times today that displays eight photos of Gazans in flight, Gazans suffering, and Gaza in ruins, a ninth graph, and a tenth nearly full-page graphic and gruesome illustration titled: "In Wartime Gaza, Children Fight to Survive Famine." We are shown "What Happens to a Malnourished (Child's) Body;" "Muscles Become Fuel;" "Systems Start to Collapse;" and "Organs Fail." . . . More...

Eyewitness account of Hamas gang-raping woman at music festival  

. . . “They bent her over and I realized they were raping her and simply passing her on to the next,” the witness told investigators from the police department’s Lahav 433 National Crime Unit. The victim was “alive,” the witness continued, “on her feet and bleeding from her back.” She was murdered by a man who pulled her long brown hair, then “shot her in the head while he was raping her, didn’t even lift his pants.” . . .

Most people posing as journalists have become defense attorneys for Democrats as they campaign for them

Jack Hellner  

"The founding fathers are turning over in their graves as most of the media are just campaign workers for one party."

"Here is what a simple internet search gives as the reason the founding fathers gave the media freedom of the press:

The Founding Fathers enshrined freedom of the press in the First Amendment to serve as a check on government power and provide an informed citizenry necessary for a functioning democracy [emphasis added].

"In that context, here is an abbreviated sample of what the media has done, starting in 2008:

"They never cared when Obama used the supposedly independent IRS to target and silence political opponents, and when people at the IRS destroyed equipment and documents, and lied to Congress—and the supposedly independent justice department let the criminals off.

"They never cared when Obama instructed the Justice Department to stop an investigation into a multi-billion-dollar drug-running by foreign terrorists to appease Iran.

"They never cared how often Holder, Clapper, Brennan, Mayorkas, Garland, Fauci, and others lied to Congress and weren’t charged. They were above the law as the media and other Democrats peddled the lie to the public that no one was above the law.

"They didn’t care that Comey listed numerous laws that Hillary and her aides violated, but didn’t recommend prosecution, because numerous people at the FBI, including Comey himself, were campaigning for her and working hard to destroy Trump.

"They didn’t care when Hillary and the DNC paid over $10 million to create a fictitious dossier to destroy Trump and then committed fraud by telling the FEC that they were legal fees.

"They didn’t care when Comey and others lied to the FISA court and used the fictional dossier as an excuse to illegally spy on people surrounding Trump." . . .

The Folly of ‘Palestinian’ Statehood

 The American Spectator   "The move to recognize a “Palestinian” state declares to the world that savagery and maximalist rejectionism are the currency of international legitimacy."  

"As long as the Jewish state stands on the front lines of civilization, the United States must remain at its side, unwavering, unbowed, and unashamed. Basic human decency and the American national interest both require nothing less."

"Four of America’s nominally closest allies — Britain, Australia, France, and Canada — disgraced themselves this week by recognizing a so-called Palestinian state. In so doing, these nations didn’t merely betray the broader Western civilizational inheritance to which they lay claim. They also rewarded terrorism, strengthened the genocidal ambitions of the global jihad, and sent a bona fide chilling message: The path to international legitimacy runs not through the difficult work of building up a nation-state and engaging in subsequent diplomacy, but through mass murder, the weaponization of transnational institutions, and the erasure of historical truth.

"The Trump administration has already denounced this craven capitulation by our allies. There can be no recognition — none whatsoever — of an independent “Palestinian” state in the Levant. Such a recognition is an abdication not only of basic human decency but of national interest and strategic sanity.

"The global march toward recognition of an independent “Palestinian” state ignores not only decades of brutal facts on the ground but the specific tide of blood on which this latest surge sits. It was less than two years ago — Oct. 7, 2023 — that Hamas launched the most barbaric anti-Jewish pogrom since the Holocaust: 6,000 terrorists poured into Israel, massacring roughly 1,200 innocent people in acts of unconscionable depravity — systematic rape, torture, beheadings, and kidnapping of babies. The terrorists livestreamed their own atrocities and dragged more than 250 hostages back to Gaza’s sprawling subterranean terror dungeons, where dozens remain to this day.

"Many gullible liberal elites pretend that the radical jihadists of Hamas do not represent the broader Palestinian-Arab population, but that is a lie. Polls consistently show — and anecdotal videos of large street crowds consistently demonstrate — that Hamas and likeminded jihadist groups maintain overwhelming popularity in both Gaza and Judea and Samaria (what the international community refers to as the so-called West Bank). This is a radicalized population that deserves shame, scorn, and diplomatic rebuke — not fawning sympathy and United Nations red carpets.

"The “government” in Gaza is a theocratic, Iranian-backed terror entity whose founding charter drips with unrepentant Jew-hatred and whose leaders routinely celebrate the wanton slaughter of innocent Israelis as triumphs of “resistance.” Along with the kleptocratic Palestinian Authority dictatorship in Ramallah, this is who, and what, G7 powers like Britain and France have decided to reward with an imprimatur of legitimate statehood." . . .More...

Bill Maher Highlights the a Real Genocide That No One Is Talking About

Townhall

 Pretty much like Muslims did to Israelis on Oct 7th to the praise of Western youth.

The victims are Christian, and they’re from Nigeria.

"The Hollywood Left is all about the fake Gaza genocide. Greta Thunberg has a pro-Hams flotilla sailing to the region right now. Every far-left clown is having a field day, spewing antisemitism, assaulting Jews in public, and seething about Israel’s righteous war against Hamas. There is no genocide happening in Gaza. The United Nations, soaked with anti-Israel acolytes, cannot be trusted either. It’s the same old story with the usual folks, but last night, HBO host Bill Maher highlighted a real genocide that no one is talking about. It’s due to a collection of reasons, notably media bubbles and political bias. The victims are Christian, and they’re from Nigeria.  

"Maher is an avowed atheist who has mocked and criticized heavily organized religion. But he was incensed that this has received so little attention in the media. Since 2009, over 100,000 Christians have been murdered by Boko Haram, along with 18,000 churches. Here we have a case where the Muslims are systematically trying to wipe out the Christian population—that’s what international law calls a genocide.

"The comedian added If you don’t see this, you live in a bubble and your media sources suck. Yet, because it's not Israel, the victims being Christian, and this conflict not fitting into the 'colonizer' narrative, it's ignored by the genocide crazies who probably don't even know what the definition of that word is." 

Gov. Gavin Newsom: How to Destroy California in Less than 10 Years

 Gov. Gavin Newsom: How to Destroy California in Less than 10 Years

"If I was a “progressive” governor and wanted to destabilize and destroy my state, there are certain policies I would impose, and orders I’d make, while insulating myself from my own policies:" . . .

Toon added by TD

. . . "Good job Gavin. You’ve outdone yourself.  

"Newsom’s policies have expedited the destruction of the most beautiful state; accelerated the declining population through outbound migration resulting in the loss of a congressional seat. He has irreparably harmed California’s businesses and once thriving economy starting with his 3 years of Covid lockdowns, which hurt mostly small business owners the most. Newsom more than quadrupled the drug-addicted homeless vagrants living on California streets making cities unlivable. He bolstered labor unions while crushing independent contractors and gig workers. Gavin Newsom increased poverty in California while growing state government.

"It’s as if Gov. Newsom was very carefully and specifically trained on what it would take to destroy California – the one thing in which he actually excels – that, and feathering his own nest with ill-gotten gains." . . .

There are no promises Gavin Newsom won’t break

Hat tip to Elizabeth A Wysocki

Newsom silent on anti-ICE rhetoric after Dallas shooting, despite urging nonviolence  

. . . "Fox News Digital pressed Newsom on whether he regrets his anti-ICE rhetoric and his support for a new, Democrat-led state law he signed Saturday prohibiting masks and other implements used to obscure ICE officers’ identities.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, separately slammed Newsom -- along with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. -- after the Dallas ICE shooting, saying his "rhetoric must end."

Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance proclaimed that "if your rhetoric encourages violence… you can go straight to Hell."

Gavin Newsom's Most Controversial Moments 

. . . "After the Panera Bread debacle, Gavin Newsom found himself in hot water once more after signing the new Safety Act into law, which relieves teachers of their duty to inform a child's parents of their gender identity without the kid in question giving them the okay to do so. In short, the Act is a means to prevent children from being forced to disclose their gender identity or sexual orientation to their parents before they're ready. When Newsom signed the Safety Act into law, there was an explosion of criticism, to the extent that the Chino Valley Unified School District in Southern California filed a lawsuit against the governor, decrying it as unconstitutional and professing that the law was in violation of parents' First and Fourteenth Amendment rights." . . .

Religious Liberty and the Genius of the American Founding

"The following is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on September 29, 2024, during a conference on “Christianity in America.' ” Glenn Ellmers

 Imprimus 

"The question which we and all American patriots confront today is whether we still understand and appreciate this incredible gift of religious liberty bequeathed to us by the Founders. Do we still have the knowledge and courage to keep alive the sacred fire of liberty?

"One of the most beautiful things written during the American Founding period is George Washington’s 1790 Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island. Washington had visited Newport in August of that year, and shortly after his visit, one of the leaders of the Jewish community sent Washington a letter thanking him and congratulating him on his conduct as president."

"Washington responded, in part:   

The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection, should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. . . . May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid. May the father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in his own due time and way everlastingly happy.

"Washington here magnificently summarizes the principle of religious liberty, a principle at the heart of the American Founding and one of the greatest accomplishments in human history. Today, this principle has been under assault—think of the vicious antisemitism we have seen on many college campuses recently or the persecution of Christians by our federal government. The faith of American Christians and Jews has been mocked and increasingly threatened by an aggressively secular, even atheistic, ruling class.

"We are in danger of losing the precious gift of religious liberty, which took almost 2,000 years for the Christian West to put into practice." . . .More  

"Glenn Ellmers is the Salvatori Research Fellow in the American Founding at the Claremont Institute. He received a B.A. from Boston University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate University. He has served as a visiting research fellow at Hillsdale College and as a speechwriter for two cabinet secretaries. He has written for numerous publications, including the Claremont Review of Books, The New Criterion, Perspectives on Political Science, Law & Liberty, and The American Mind." . . .

Donald Trump Blasts the Globalists at the UN.

 Wentworth Report   "His teleprompter didn’t work, so his carefully crafted 15 minute speech became 55 minutes of off-the-cuff newsworthiness and authenticity.

Donald Trump has used his major speech to the United Nations General Assembly to launch a ferocious attack on the institution, ridicule the global transition to cleaner energy and expose climate change as the “greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.”

Speaking on Tuesday morning local time, Mr Trump accused the UN of impotence in failing to end wars while at the same time undermining national sovereignty by funding uncontrolled migration. ..

He encouraged other countries to follow the example set by Washington, warning that illegal aliens were pouring into Europe in a manner that was not sustainable. “You have the right to control your borders,” he said. “It’s time to end the failed experiment of open borders … Your countries are going to hell.” …

. . . "The world went to ruin under Biden:

Opening his speech, Mr Trump said that it was six years since he had last spoken at the UN and argued that the world was — at that time — prosperous and at peace. However, since then, Mr Trump said “the guns of war have shattered the peace I forged on two continents.”

He said that this era of “calm and stability” had given way to one of the great crises of history and warned that America had descended into weakness, lawlessness and radicalism under his predecessor, Joe Biden. …"  More.

Why 118 Congressional Democrats Snubbed Charlie Kirk

Victor Davis Hanson  . . . "Collate it all. I have a final question, for all of us. Does this hatred that manifests itself among the Left, is it top-down? Does it trickle down from Gavin Newsom? Does it trickle down from Jasmine Crockett? And it goes all the way down and then we see people like Tyler Robinson absorb it? Or Luigi Mangione absorb it? Or Antifa absorb it? Is that what’s happening? Or is it bottom-up?

"In other words, the Black Lives Matters of the world, the Antifas of the world, the shooters of the world, the crazy trans shooters, lately, they are the shock troops and their attack on Tesla or their attack on ICE facilities, that filters up. And then the politicians are in panic, start to reflect those views and amplify them, so that they don’t feel they’ve lost their base." . . .

The Epidemic of Left-Wing Political Violence: Democrats and Media Fuel the Flames

Democrats are the party of political violence

"In a chilling YouTube video (above) that has garnered millions of views, conservative commentators dissect the rising tide of left-wing aggression in America, pointing to recent attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities and the tragic assassination of activist Charlie Kirk as prime examples of unchecked radicalism. This video serves as a stark reminder that political violence in the United States is overwhelmingly perpetrated by left-wing extremists, while Democrats and the mainstream media not only downplay these acts but actively encourage them through inflammatory rhetoric and selective coverage. As President Donald Trump and his allies push back, the evidence mounts that the left’s “resistance” has devolved into a dangerous campaign of intimidation, destruction, and murder.

"The pattern is undeniable: from the fiery riots of 2020 to the targeted assaults of 2025, left-wing actors have dominated the landscape of political violence. Take the recent shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas, where a leftist gunman killed one person in a brazen attack. Vice President JD Vance blasted the incident, attributing it to “left-wing extremists” who have been emboldened by years of anti-ICE propaganda from Democrats. This wasn’t an isolated event; Antifa agitators have called for further attacks on ICE, amid an “unprecedented wave” of violence against federal agents. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom’s reluctance to crack down has prompted warnings that if states won’t act, the Trump administration will." . . .

Nation Resets 'Days Since Leftist Terrorist Attack' Counter Back To Zero

. . . "According to sources, the counter was installed back in 2020 and has yet to make it past three days. "We also installed a 'days since right-wing terrorist attack' counter, but we pretty much never have to mess with it," said Donnenfeld. "Oh, we also had this counter for how many days since the last time Biden crapped his pants in public, but we let that one go. Too much trouble to keep up with anymore." . . .  Babylon Bee parody

Are Our Youth Being Intentionally Dumbed Down? "Some serious self-reflection is due from those in charge of teaching our kids."

Allan J. Feifer

. . . "follow the money. Administrators typically make 50-100% more than teachers. But, there’s a second, more insidious reason. Every gang of criminals requires enforcers. Administrators perform that role, rooting out any student or teacher who doesn’t toe a leftist line."

. . . "Standardized test scores show we are nearing rock bottom:"

1. Academic Decline

• Standardized Test Scores: U.S. students have experienced sharp declines in math and reading scores since 2015, with pandemic-era losses further accelerating the trend. In 2023, 40% of public school students failed to meet basic standards in either subject, a trend that has worsened since then.
• International Ranking: The U.S. ranks behind 36 countries in educational proficiency.
• Literacy Crisis: 28% of Americans are functionally illiterate, up from 19% in 2017.

2. Grade Inflation & “Equity Grading”

• Minimum Grades for Failure: Some districts award a minimum grade of 50 even for missed or failed assignments.
• Unlimited Retakes: Students may retake tests as many times as needed, often without penalty for skipping class or missing deadlines.
• Result: Graduation rates rise while actual mastery plummets—45% of high school seniors can’t do basic math.

3. Curriculum Erosion

• Phonics Abandoned: Effective reading instruction has been replaced by “whole language” approaches, leaving 60% of 4th graders struggling with reading.
• History & Civics Gaps: NAEP data reveal widespread ignorance of U.S. history and civic structures among high school students.
• STEM Weakness: China now dominates global STEM fields, while U.S. students tank.

4. Chronic Absenteeism & “Zombie Schools” . . .  More

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For Too Many in Education, Charlie Kirk’s Assassin Is Exactly the Type of Person They Are Trying to Create

 . . . "A significant portion of those exposed for celebrating Mr. Kirk’s cold-blooded murder are teachers, professors, school officials, and school board members. This phenomenon even captured the attention of the legacy media, though they predictably portrayed the offenders as most sympathetically. 

"To anyone paying attention, this is no surprise. Social media accounts have garnered massive followings mainly by highlighting outlandish pronouncements by teachers and other school officials publicly posted on the internet.

"This is a time for those working in and around education to commit to some self-reflection." . . .

Dangerous Schools and the Democratic Governors Who Ignore Them  "Democrat governors employ shady practices to trap students in violent, dangerous schools."

Randi Weingarten’s Fallacious Fascist Finger-Pointing . . . "Likewise, in its latest handbook, the NEA states that there were “12 million victims of the Holocaust from different faiths, ethnicities, races, political beliefs, genders, and gender identification, abilities/disabilities, and other targeted characteristics.”

" 'The union never addressed the Nazis’ attempted extermination of the Jewish people. But at the same time, the NEA handbook states it would teach students about the Nakba, which is described as the “forced, violent displacement and dispossession of at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948 during the establishment of the state of Israel. ' ”...