Swalwell Tries to Challenge Greg Gutfeld for Poking Fun at Lame Gym Videos, Embarrasses Himself Instead

  RedState   "The House is in recess now, but that hasn't stopped silly Democrats like Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) from lame attacks on Republicans and President Donald Trump. It's all they know how to do since, as former Democratic operative Dan Turrentine noted, they don't have any agenda." . . . 

"Here’s a deal for [Gutfeld]. (Never heard of him til he spent 8 mins criticizing what I bench press) *The deal: if tough guy benches more than me for 10 reps I’ll leave Congress. If not, he leaves Fox News. I’ll give Greg 48 hrs to accept, then I’m calling him GUTLESSfeld"

. . . "The funny thing is he had a chance to "lower costs" for the American people, but he voted against the "One Big Beautiful Bill" that helped preserve tax cuts for Americans. Instead, he's doing things like this video. 

Swalwell was roundly mocked on X. Fox's Greg Gutfeld had a little fun with him, as our sister site Twitchy reported. Gutfeld said Swalwell's videos gave "the ick."

"That mocking upset Swalwell, who then decided to embarrass himself more. 

"Not only is Gutfeld more successful at his job and on the issues, where it counts, but Swalwell isn't aware of Gutfeld's physical history. While Gutfeld is older than Swalwell, he used to lift. He has a bodybuilding history. 
"I have no doubt Gutfeld would have creamed Swalwell at the same age, and maybe he would now as well. Swalwell may not want Gutfeld to take up that bet. " . . .More...

Eric Swalwell Challenges Greg Gutfeld to Bench Press Duel—Loser Quits Their Job - LateNighter

Eric Swalwell's 'cringe' workout video mocked for benching light weight Accommodation; San Jose News   . . . "Conservative podcaster Eric Matheny mocked the weight Swalwell was lifting as well.

" 'It's not a flex for a 43-year-old man to bench press what a 14-year-old freshman football player does. What is up with these phony attempts of masculinity? Do Swalwell and Tim Walz use the same PR guy?' " . . .

Eric Swalwell's Workout Video Sparks Funny Online Jokes! | US Newsper   "California Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell has recently found himself at the center of an online storm after posting a workout video that has gone viral. The video, which showcases his exercise routine, features Swalwell bench pressing what many consider to be light weights. This has led to a wave of mockery and ridicule from social media users." . . .

Bad Bunny Brought Political Divisiveness to the Super Bowl

  The Punching Bag Post 

"Those on the left were effusively generous in their praise of the Bad Bunny halftime show. MS NOW’s resident propagandist, Nicole Wallace, gave the show her best panty-wetting praise."

"On his Saturday morning show, CNN’s Michael Smerconish expressed his hope that Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny would not bring political controversy and division to the Super Bowl. Smerconish said that the Super Bowl may be the most unifying event we have in America – noting that tens of millions of folks from all backgrounds would be watching For Smerconish, the Super Bowl represented and electronic common ground.

"As far as Smerconish went, he was right. People watching were bonded by a love of the American sport – even if they were fans of different teams. In fact, many have pleaded in the past to keep divisive political expressions out of all sports – and other venues not related to politics.

"Bad Bunny did not use the halftime program to express hardcore political views – and yet political controversy raged in the show’s aftermath. That is because Smerconish missed the salient point. In selecting a politically controversial personality to headline the halftime show, the NFL guaranteed a political reaction. It was built in. Bad Bunny had already established himself as a controversial political partisan during the Grammy Awards.

"The fact that choosing Bad Bunny guaranteed controversy, Turning Point USA responded by producing an “alternative” halftime program with popular entertainer favored by folks on the right. It did not prove to be the alternative they had hoped for. Bad Bunny attracted more than 180 million viewers compared to 12 million for the alternative — which was a great show with great talent regardless.

"Bad Bunny’s performance as an entertainer was judged along political lines. It could not have been otherwise. The MAGA right was harshly critical. President Trump said it was “absolutely terrible.” “One of the worst, EVER!” Booking Bad Bunny was such a bad decision that there are calls for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to resign.

"It is not the first time the NFL has been accused of engaging in woke policies and actions. In the past, various players have disrespected the National Anthem by refusing to stand, kneeling or turning their backs –although that did not happen at the 2026 Super Bowl.

"Those on the left were effusively generous in their praise of the Bad Bunny halftime show. MS NOW’s resident propagandist, Nicole Wallace, gave the show her best panty-wetting praise. “It was awesome, even if you didn’t understand a word …” For Wallace, it was the best performance … ever.

"Both Trump and Wallace are wrong. It was not the worst musical program ever – but it was not nearly the best. It was okay. The fair criticism came from those not driven by political purpose. Some fairly criticized the format — produced for television, not the folks in the stands – and the fact that it was almost exclusively in Spanish. Only Lady Gaga offered some English lyrics. (As an iconic American event, I personally believe that criticism has some justification.)" . . .  More...

Trump, Beware—These ‘Unforced Errors’ Could Hand Democrats a Midterm Win

Victor Davis Hanson

We’ve never seen politics like this, and you can win the midterms even though you’re an incumbent president. And don’t make errors that don’t need to be made.

"Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson. There’s about nine months left into the midterm elections in November. And how should we envision this with the current administration, its chances of retaining control of the House or Senate?

"Well, I think the best simile is that there’s a pathway over the mountains, like a pass, but on one side there’s a shear drop, and the other, there’s, on the right side, there is ample room, if you travel close to the mountains and not get near the precipice.

"Now, what is the precipice? There is a pathway to save the Republican Congress and thereby to save the Trump counterrevolution. We saw what the alternative was under Joe Biden, but it’ll be much worse in 2028 if a Kamala Harris wins and has a Democratic Congress waiting for her, which she could have, at least at the beginning of it in November.

"So, what do we have to look at? What are the perils that you’ll fall over the cliff as you go on the pass to the midterm? The first is these unforced errors. I don’t want to get into who did it or whose fault it is. I’m just suggesting that when you say Rob Reiner after his death, you say something untoward, I’m talking in a strict political sense now, it’s not  good.

"Why? Because to repeat the Trump success in 2024, you must do three things. You must win black males at 26%. You must win Hispanic males about 55% and get them out to vote. And you must win or come break even with independents. That’s in addition to getting your base out.

"But if you make fun of Rob Reiner after he’s dead and not say, you know, not honor the old Latin warning [de mortuis nil nisi bonum], don’t say anything bad, don’t say anything unless it’s good about the dead, then you’re going to offend whom? The independents.

"And so, this week we had this strange little meme or video that President Donald Trump was sort of the Lion King, and all of his enemies were various animals that inhabit the jungle. And I think Joe Biden was an ape and all that. But there was the Obamas portrayed as primates." . . .  Trump, Beware—These ‘Unforced Errors’ Could Hand Democrats a Midterm Win

Victor Davis Hanson, a senior contributor for The Daily Signal, is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and host of "The Victor Davis Hanson Show."

How Much Longer Before California Falls Into The Ocean?

How sad for the state that made junior college affordable for me, gave me a home, a church, loved friends and family, along with a stable career and wonderful memories. TD

 Issues & Insights

"But California was never about survival, it was about opportunity, growth, the future. It can be again, but not until the ideologues who have all the political power are thrown out."

"Another billionaire, this time Mark Zuckerberg, has fled the Golden State. There are still plenty left. But the trickle could quickly turn into a flood if voters and lawmakers continue to punish the rich. At what point, one wonders, will it be too late for the state to abandon the path to destruction that it chose to take many years ago?

"Zuckerberg follows Peter Thiel, Sergey Brin and Larry Page as recent ex-pats. He and his wife are reportedly relocating in income-tax-free Florida. The exodus is clearly in response to the probability that voters will approve a special tax on billionaires this fall.

"Most reports indicate the tax will be a one-time levy of 5% on billionaires. But due “to aggressive design choices and possible drafting errors, the actual rate on taxpayers’ net worth could be dramatically higher,” the Tax Foundation says.

"It might also be more lasting than just a single assessment. As we closed out 2025, we warned that “no one should kid themselves about” the tax sunsetting as promised:

California voters approved Proposition 30 in 2012, a ‘temporary tax’ on the state’s high-income earners to underwrite education spending. It was extended in 2016. For now, it will sunset in 2031. But there’s never enough of someone else’s money, so the usual agitators want to make it permanent by placing it on the 2026 ballot in tandem with the Billionaire Tax Act.

"Because there’s never enough of other people’s money, we expect that millionaires will be next in line for the shakedown. This is not some irresponsible claim because California tried just a few years to reach deeper into the wealthy’s pockets with a bill that would have hit couples whose net worths exceeded $50 million with an additional tax. Just because it failed, it doesn’t mean that the junior Castro-ites in Sacramento will abandon the idea.

"It’s rather demoralizing that in our society, billionaires are demonized. When Robert Reich, now a University of California, Berkeley professor who imparted leftist counsel to past presidents, says he wants the U.S. to drive billionaires “to extinction,” and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says “I don’t think we shouldn’t have billionaires,” they are cheered, not jeered, by the products of public education that is dominated by leftist ideology." . . .

What Do Democrats And Nancy Guthrie’s Kidnappers Have In Common?

Why are these so-called "journalists" not disgusted with the bizarre collection of cartoon characters making up the Democrat Party? TD

Issues & Insights 

  "So, in short, Democrats are willing to hold the entire nation, not just one elderly woman, hostage, and put every U.S. citizen at risk. All to protect non-U.S. citizens who are in the country illegally!?!?!?"

"As the FBI scrambles to find Nancy Guthrie’s abductors, Democrats in Congress are preparing their own kind of kidnapping. Except, instead of one victim, they want to hold the entire country hostage.

"After shutting the government down for a record 43 days last fall in the vain hope of keeping “temporary” Obamacare subsidies in place, the once respectable political party has now decided on an even more bizarre and disturbing kidnapping scheme.

"It plans to hold funding for the Department of Homeland Security hostage if it can’t convince Republicans to agree to ICE “reforms.”

"Except that, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement is housed in the DHS, Republicans secured funding for ICE as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. So, the shutdown won’t have any effect on deportations.

"What it will have an effect on are things such as:

• Protecting the American people from terrorist threats
• Safeguarding cyberspace
• Running airport security
• Operating the Coast Guard
• Handling responses to natural disasters

"Oh, and shutting down DHS will also harm the processing of applications for work permits, green cards, naturalization, and asylum for legal immigrants.

"Pressed on these points by the Daily Signal, Democrats brushed off the concerns.

When The Daily Signal asked about the impact a shutdown would have on FEMA and TSA specifically, Democrats did not seem concerned.

Rep. Shri Thandar, D-Mich., who serves on the committee alongside Guest and Pfluger, said he is actually willing to leverage FEMA funding for Republicans to meet their demands. ‘That’s the leverage that we have,’ he told the Daily Signal. 

‘I would like Democratic leaders to stay firm and get some concessions that are meaningful … We should use every leverage that we have,’ Thandar concluded.

Nancy Guthrie sheriff admits it could take YEARS to find Savannah's abducted mother, 84, and says he is 'exhausted' by hunt for kidnapper

  Live updates | Daily Mail Online

Nancy Guthrie sheriff admits it could take YEARS to find her 

"The sheriff hunting for Nancy Guthrie made a grim prediction about how long it may take to find Today host Savannah's kidnapped mother.

"Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos spoke Friday, before a raid on a house and traffic stop that resulted in no arrests. 

"Nanos has been condemned for how slowly the search for Nancy is going, two weeks to the day after she was last seen being dropped off at her $1 million home in Tucson, Arizona. 

"A delivery driver arrested Tuesday was freed without charge.

"On Wednesday, horrifying footage of a figure in a ski mask and black gloves at Nancy's doorstep on the night of her abduction was obtained.

"Investigators are now desperately trying to identify that person, who was described as a man with 'an average build' wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack.

"Follow along for more details as the investigation unfolds "  

New: Nancy Guthrie Case Escalates, Multiple Detained After SWAT Raid, Range Rover Covered in a Tarp – RedState

Lots of Leads and Some Progress on the Guthrie Case – HotAir    . . . "So thousands of tips and some information which could be used to help rule suspects in or out. What we're still lacking at this point are actual suspects.

"Just a random thought. Other cases have used public genetic databases to help identify samples, usually by connecting them to a known family tree. It's called genetic genealogy. Could that be used here to identify the DNA found in the house?  I'm sure someone has thought about but no word on whether it's being pursued.

"Finally, here's a local news interview with the Pima County Sheriff. If he sounds a little defensive it's because there were reports he was withholding data on the case from the FBI. But he says that's not true at all and that all decisions are being made together with the FBI." . . .

AOC Makes Her Big Foreign Policy Debut, Then Promptly Falls Flat on Her Face

 Glenn Greenwald

"The Queens Democrat has always had serious difficulty speaking coherently on foreign policy. Despite tutoring and weeks of media promotion, it's only gotten worse."

UPDATE, 5pm CST: Nancy Guthrie's online posts spark new leads in hunt

 Daily Mail

Nancy Guthrie made posts on a neighborhood app that revealed she had previous run-ins with criminals outside her $1 million home and the reason she decided to buy a doorbell camera.

The 84-year-old mother of Today Show host Savannah Guthrie was taken from her home in the upscale Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona in the early morning hours of February 1.

She had lived in the home since 1975, raising her three children there, according to her profile on Nextdoor.

The neighborhood is safer than most other areas of the city, with the Pima County Sheriff's Department map showing there were virtually no crime incidents in Guthrie's area.

Another map from Crimegrades.org shows Guthrie's street straddled a light green and a light orange section, that seemed to have more property crime than violent crime.

Guthrie, herself, dealt with such crime at least once, in September 2024, her profile showed.

The tragic backstory of the nest camera 

'Male thieves. Package stolen from front door yesterday. Be alert US POST OFFICE DELIVERED,' she wrote at the time." . . .

Savannah Guthrie dismisses bungling sheriff from search for her missing mom "Savannah Guthrie reportedly told the under fire sheriff investigating the abduction of her mother that she 'doesn't need him'. 

"Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who has come under flak over the investigation, told Fox News that he had talked and texted Savannah who responded that 'she has her own people and didn't need him'. 

"The sheriff's department, with the aide of federal agents, have been hunting Tucson, Arizona, for nearly two weeks after Nancy Guthrie, 84, vanished from her $1 million home in the foothills of the city.

"Investigators have been going door-to-door in neighborhoods around Nancy's house while also looking for clues around her daughter Annie's nearby home, which she had visited just hours before disappearing.

"Investigators briefly erected a tent in front of Nancy's entryway Thursday. Her blood was discovered there in the early days of the investigation, and where a doorbell camera captured images of a masked person the night she went missing.

"Investigators are also looking to identify a truck potentially connected to the abduction, but Fox News also revealed that cameras in the area may not have captured the vehicle. "...More...

Three Cheers for Attorney General Pam Bondi

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  

"The hard fact is that Democrats hate Trump, and because Bondi is not only a Trump appointee but a rising GOP star, she is therefore a target for all manner of slurs."

"She hit it out of the park.

"This week, Attorney General Pam Bondi went toe-to-toe with House Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee. The subject was yet another round in the endless tale of the late pedophile/financier Jeffrey Epstein, with a zillion files now having been released.

"It was crystal clear from the get-go that Democrats were out to get Bondi. And at bottom, there was no question why: Bondi is not just any attorney general. She is President Donald Trump’s attorney general. And for a Committee stacked with Democrats infected with Trump Derangement Syndrome, this hearing was already set to have its explosive moments.

"It did not disappoint.

"Bondi, the decidedly experienced former attorney general of Florida, was ready for her antagonists. And on a personal note, I should say that in the way-back, at a dinner with several others, I had the opportunity to be at the table with her. Safe to say, she is a seriously talented and capable public servant who is more than capable of holding her own.

"The Democrats, led by retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), wasted no time in not only going after the attorney general but attacking Trump as well. And safe to say Bondi wasted no time in dishing right back to her opponents, giving as good as she got if not better.

"Falling back on the old line about their time being taken up as they hurled verbal assaults at her, Bondi dished right back at them as Raskin went on about what he had previously told her. Replied Bondi: "You don’t tell me anything,” and went on to mock Raskin as a 'washed-up, loser lawyer'. "And directing her wrath at Nadler, she added:

You said the president conspired, sought foreign interference in the 2016 election. Robert Mueller found no evidence, none, of foreign interference in 2016. Have you apologized to President Trump?

You all should be apologizing. You sit here and you attack the president, and I am not going to have it. I’m not going to put up with it.

None of them asked [former Attorney General] Merrick Garland, over the last four years, one word about Jeffrey Epstein. How ironic is that? You know why? Because Donald Trump.

. . . More... 

'They yell, cry to distract': Fitzgerald plays old Obama clips to blast Dems on illegal immigration-

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" 'They yell, they cry to distract.' That’s what Fitzgerald said as he dropped old Democratic videos during the explosive hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi. The videos show Democrats calling to stop illegal immigration, while Fitzgerald revealed that 90 members’ phone records were obtained, adding another layer of scrutiny. He also highlighted the Arctic Frost operation, which Bondi repeatedly refused to discuss, escalating tensions in the hearing."

As Democrats Keep Dropping Like Flies From Epstein Ties, They Keep Calling Trump a 'Pedophile'

 HotAir  

"Hi Wall Street Journal, here’s a better headline for you: Obama’s close friend and former White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler is OUT at Goldman Sachs after her deep connection to Jeffrey Epstein was exposed by documents released by the Trump administration."

Obama's top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler was also Epstein's lawyer and had a long affair with his personal lawyer. She defended Epstein ....

"[Managing Editor Ed Morrissey] just wrote about the ignominious fall of Kathryn Ruemmler, Obama's White House Counsel and choice for Attorney General of the United States, a job she declined in 2014. 

"Ruemmler wasn't just close to Epstein; she was a close advisor to him both when she was in the White House, continuing the relationship up to his death. She gave him legal and PR advice, and invited him to meetings with former government officials such as...John Brennan (Hmmm...), and as Ed pointed out, she called him "uncle" when he gave her expensive gifts. " . . .

"Ed describes some of the connections between Ruemmler and Epstein, although there is vastly more out there; she wasn't just "connected" to Epstein. Her relationship was, if anything, closer to Epstein than Larry Summers', although, admittedly, she probably didn't take advice from him on how to bed conquests. 

"Instead, she consulted with him on whether to take the job of Attorney General of the United States, and did damage control for him because they were so close." . . .

 Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to resign after 'xoxo' emails with Epstein surface

Media Democrats deceptively report on plummeting murder rates so they don’t have to credit Trump

 Jack Hellner; American Thinker  

"Not ripping into the police and working to defund them all the time may help. Going after cartels, instead of enriching them with money from illegals and drugs might help. Focusing on criminals instead of DEI initiatives might help. Going after criminals instead of Catholics, parents at school board meetings, pro-life people, and Trump supporters might help."

"Most of the media is doing their best to avoid reporting on the dangerous illegals and other criminals that the Trump administration is taking off the streets. They never cared about the number of deaths at the border, how Biden’s policies were enriching cartels, how many gang members and terrorists came across the border, nor how many children were lost during the Biden years despite always claiming that they supported the law and that one death is too many.

"Now they are also making sure to rarely report that the number of murders and mass murders has plummeted in 2025 in Trump’s first years. But when they do report, like here from the Intelligencer, they claim they have no idea why that is happening:

Nobody really knows why the murder rate is plummeting

After a major spike in the murder rate that coincided with the beginning of the pandemic and lasted well into the 2020s, the last two years have seen a remarkable reversal, with killings and shootings dropping to levels not seen in decades, possibly over a century. The decline is evident in New York City, where 2025 saw the fewest shootings and shooting victims in the city’s recorded history. But the trend is happening across the country in cities big and small, including those that have struggled mightily with gun violence in recent years like Chicago (which in 2025 saw the lowest number of murders in 60 years).

"People posing as journalists at the NYT also have no thoughts as to why murders have declined: “What’s Behind the Staggering Drop in the Murder Rate? No One Knows for Sure.”

"Axios originally ran a headline saying the murder rate dropped “despite Trump” but after severe backlash, quietly retreated and edited it:. . . "