Violence Works🚨
ICE riots in New Jersey reveal a lot about how the system works
Swing and miss (again)🤷: We told you there’s no “there there” in the Epstein files, and it’s proving true — the House Oversight Committee is finding precious little, and it’s a political disaster
Amazing 🤦: Members of Congress who ran to every TV camera screaming Epstein cover-up now say they have moved on from the topic.
Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene got pushed out
Not because of a conspiracy but because nonstop screaming about Epstein is now second only to UFOs — and you start to sound like a crackpot.
LONG Hot Summer ⌛
‼️The Newark ICE riots sadly work for the extremes of both parties.
🤷For Team Trump, we are talking about something other than Iran and gas prices
🤦For Team Anti-Trump, the last time they really won was in Minneapolis, so why not try it again
Prediction💭: It’s only May — things will get MUCH worse.
Bad look👎: Today, the governor of New Jersey backtracked and finally agreed to send in state troopers to stop the protesters rioters from trying to break into the ICE detention facility.
Over the line❌: In addition to violence, they shouted that Black ICE officers should “hang”
Be fair⚖️: What would happen if a well-organized group of Proud Boys had blocked the jail where J6ers were housed? Watch here
Look back🔙: Starting Monday, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill and Senator Andy Kim, D-N.J., led a group of fellow travelers to an ICE facility and demanded access — that sparked protests, so then the Antifa types showed up.
🤦In any other situation, local law enforcement protects federal buildings, etc., as they are trained in crowd control, etc.
❗But no — Democrats loved the pictures of ICE fighting with rioters — after all, it worked in Minneapolis, so local law enforcement refused to show up.
Be smart🧠: In January, the administration picked a fight — now the protestors picked a fight — thankfully, in both cases, those that picked the fight lost
There is a lesson there.
Impossible situation‼️: ICE has no choice but to protect its facility from people trying to break in and cars trying to get out
⚠️Just like in Minneapolis, the rioters appeared well-supplied, armed and trained to create violence.
Escalation🗣️: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said he might pull all Customs and Border Protection agents from airports in sanctuary cities to protect ICE facilities.
Confusing😵💫: The refusal by ICE to arrest everyone fighting and blocking them baffles me.
Reality⚖️: The American people broadly sit in the middle here
📈They almost universally want illegal immigrants who have committed other crimes deported
📈The numbers on deporting all illegal immigrants vary but are surprisingly high
Watch tonight📺: Newscaster Oliya Scootercaster on scene to show how easy it would have been to prevent the voice
Plus➕: Larry O’Connor and Madeline Summerville on the politics of not solving the immigration debate
Underestimating Iran
‼️Trump is getting a lesson in negotiating with people who wear suicide vests — it’s different than even staring down the mob in New York City.
Weekend work: The memorandum of understanding to keep talking with Iran for 60 days about a deal Trump said was 95% done on Saturday is as thin as turnip soup.
Look back🔙: We told you Iran would keep playing Trump — they know he desperately doesn’t want to go back to war.
Hot take🔥: When Trump says he doesn’t care about the midterms — he’s generally telling the truth — he’s seen what a foreign policy disaster can do to a president’s legacy.
‼️He understands a bad deal is better than no deal, but much of the “America First” crew does not agree
Scary headlines📰:
Hype team🔥: President Trump laid out his vision for a deal in a Truth Social post, and his supporters declared it the deal of the century, etc.
Yes – it would be if it happened — it won’t happen without significant U.S. military action or internal regime change brought by economic strangulation of the IRGC.
Tonight📺: Brig. Gen. John Teichert and Caroline Sunshine tonight on the push between military reality and President Trump’s vocal anti-war supporters.
Democrats’ 2028 Identity Crisis 🫨
💣Rep. Ro Khanna has tossed the first grenade into the 2028 Democratic primary —
‼️Khanna is laying down about the Laken Riley Act in terms of what is and isn’t disqualifying for Democratic candidates in 2028
Khanna: “No one who voted for the Laken Riley Act should have any role in the future leadership of the Democratic party in this country. . . . It’s disqualifying”
What I am thinking💭: Really, the Democrats’ answer is to be against the Laken Riley Act — illegal immigrants arrested for theft, shoplifting and assault on a law enforcement officer should be released back into the USA?
🛣️Democrats are split about which lane to head down in order to win in 2028.
Culturally progressive‼️: The above-mentioned Mr. Khanna and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu who put out a flyer celebrating “trans period pride”
For those of you unaware, “trans period pride” is the pride biological males have in having their period
Economically progressive💸: This is THE lane that will define 2028 — making America’s economy fair again.
Fact check☑️: Pete Buttigieg is now leading the polls for the Democrats in 2028
Why❓: Because he all but ignores culture’s issues, focuses on the economy and doesn’t focus everything on Trump.
Pete Buttigieg: 18%
Gavin Newsom: 16%
AOC: 11%
Josh Shapiro: 10%
Kamala Harris: 10%
Tonight📺: Caroline Sunshine and Ryan Cummings on whether a culturally sane, economically progressive Democrat could win the primary — I am fairly certain they would crush it in the general.
Elite Blinders 🫣
🗣️Spencer Pratt may or may not win the LA mayor’s race — far more telling is the reaction from the Democratic elite.
❗Alex Wagner, the host of “Runaway Country,” was aghast that anyone could vote for Pratt.
Wagner: “The fact that Spencer Pratt has a legitimate shot at becoming mayor of Los Angeles on literally nothing but virality and bluster is I mean... I’m not hitting the panic button but my hand is moving towards that.”
❗Then there is LA resident Jimmy Kimmel
Kimmel: “Spencer Pratt, who is running for mayor, another narcissist looking for attention, and I just — are we really going to risk repeating that mistake we made with Trump in LA, of all places? Mayor should not be your first job.”
Birds of a feather🤦: Kimmel and Wagner don’t face the effects of the policies they support.
Look back🔙: We used to call these people limousine liberals.
Look back🔙: Democrats did the same thing in 2016 — demonize anyone who doesn’t extoll the virtues of toxic empathy.
There’s this large section of the Democratic elite that are ridiculing anyone who is upset by the results of a failed Democratic leadership
Watch tonight📺: Julian Epstein and Shaniqua McClendon
I enjoy the political comics. Great Touch!
Jimmy Kimmel doesn’t live down amongst the regular people. He most likely lives, if not in a gated community then up in the hills away from the madding crowd. So easy for him to, to say.