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ED MORRISSEY: White House: Nice Swamp Ya Got There, Chuck. Shame If Something Happened to It. Of course, even with the spin, that still leaves Trump in charge of any shutdown. As I explained on Tuesday, that would give any aspiring swamp-draining president plenty of opportunity to hammer Democrats’ constituencies, but even I may have underestimated Trump’s ambition. The Wall Street Journal reports today that they will use any shutdown as an opportunity for permanent mass firings, not just furloughs: The White House’s budget office directed federal agencies to draw up plans to permanently reduce their workforces if there is a government shutdown next week, raising the specter of mass firings on top of the customary furloughs during a lapse in funding. The new memo sent by Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought sharply raises the stakes for funding talks and increases the pressure on Senate Democrats, who are demanding that Republicans restore hundreds of billions of dollars in healthcare spending as a condition of their support for keeping the government funded. The White House’s budget office directed federal agencies to draw up plans to permanently reduce their workforces if there is a government shutdown next week, raising the specter of mass firings on top of the customary furloughs during a lapse in funding. The new memo sent by Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought sharply raises the stakes for funding talks and increases the pressure on Senate Democrats, who are demanding that Republicans restore hundreds of billions of dollars in healthcare spending as a condition of their support for keeping the government funded. “Sharply raises the stakes”? You better believe it, Chuck. Vought makes clear, too, that the cuts will get targeted in accordance with Trump’s priorities: The OMB memo instructs agencies to design reduction-in-force plans for employees who work for programs that have no current funding and have no outside funding source, and that are “not consistent with the President’s priorities.” This would be in addition to any temporary furloughs that happen during a government shutdown. The memo from Vought says that any cuts made after the funding deadline would be permanent. https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/09/25/white-house-nice-swamp-ya-got-there-chuck-shame-if-something-happened-to-it-n3807167 John Nolte adds, “Trump can’t lose here. Democrats will be blamed for the shutdown. Bureaucrats will be fired. On the other hand, if Democrats cave and vote for the continuing resolution, their base will be furious. Additionally, these insane demands from Democrats have already been made public, which will haunt them going into the midterms.” https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/25/nolte-trump-plans-mass-firings-bureaucrats-if-dems-shut-down-government/ Or as Ed Morrissey writes, “Nice box canyon ahead of you, Chuck.” Jim Geraghty concurs: Democrats Prepare to March into a Box Canyon by Shutting Down the Government. “Do you envision Trump making significant concessions to ease the pain and suffering of federal government workers? No, I don’t, either. Schumer and the Democrats will have gotten themselves into a high-stakes fight with Trump where one of the party’s key constituencies — government workers — feel the most pain, and it gets worse the longer it drags on.” https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/democrats-prepare-to-march-into-a-box-canyon-by-shutting-down-the-government/ .

So Much for the ‘Trump Recession’ Democrats Really, Really Wanted. By Matt Margolis Democrats spent the 2024 campaign warning that Donald Trump would wreck the economy. Voters rejected that doomsday pitch and put him back in the White House. Ever since, Democrats have predicted collapse at every turn. In their telling, America was always either on the brink of recession or already in one — all because of Trump. But reality keeps stubbornly getting in the way. Instead of crashing, the economy keeps climbing. The latest Commerce Department report shows second-quarter GDP growth didn’t just top expectations — it crushed them. On Thursday, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released its third and final estimate of second-quarter growth, and the results blew through the doomsday chatter from the left. The economy expanded at a robust annualized rate of 3.8% from April through June, far above the 3.3% forecast and higher than the initial estimate of 3.0%. Consumer spending, long a key barometer of economic strength, also came in hotter than analysts had anticipated. Services in particular saw a strong revision upward, led by transportation, financial services, and insurance. Goods spending wasn’t as strong overall, thanks to a downward revision, but Americans still put plenty of money into motor vehicles and parts. For all the media chatter about consumer pessimism, the numbers show just the opposite: Americans are spending, and they’re spending big. {snip} Markets expect the Federal Reserve to move forward with two more 25-basis-point rate cuts this year, following the cut of that size at last week's meeting. https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/09/25/so-much-for-the-trump-recession-democrats-wanted-n4944097 https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-economy-q2-2025-final

Ex-Antifa Activist Praises Trump’s Decision to Name the Group ‘Domestic Terrorists.’ A former Antifa activist is praising Donald Trump's executive order that designates the group as "domestic terrorists." Gabriel Nadales left Antifa when his politics changed "There's this idea that Antifa is merely an idea and, to an extent, that is true, but antifa is a very collective or a specified set of ideas that believes in political violence to enact its own political goals. That is literally the definition of terrorism," he said. "So if you call Antifa just an idea, it is literally the idea of terrorism itself." https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/09/25/ex-antifa-activist-praises-trumps-decision-to-name-the-group-domestic-terrorists-n4944096 How far will the Constitution and the First Amendment stretch to accommodate Trump's executive order?

White House says to prep for mass firings if government shuts down Well, this is interesting: If the Senate Democrats continue to block the CR, Trump will have free reign to clean house, and the workers/unions will have no reasonable basis to argue against the firing of people from unfunded jobs in Court. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y4de02x3wo

We have always had misled souls out there Sara Jane Moore, Who Tried To Kill President Ford, Dies In Franklin At 95 Nashville Banner, by Demetria Kalodimos & Steve Cavendish Sara Jane Moore, the would-be assassin of President Gerald Ford, died Wednesday at a nursing facility in Franklin. She was 95. Moore’s death came two days after the 50th anniversary of her attempt to kill Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco in 1975. Her actions followed Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme’s attempt to assassinate Ford just 17 days earlier in Sacramento. The two events were unconnected. Moore was sentenced to life in prison. She attempted to escape in 1979, but was captured after a few hours. She was released on parole in 2007. https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/09/24/sara-jane-moore-dies-gerald-ford/ .

blus·ter /ˈbləstər/ verb talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect. "you threaten and bluster, but won't carry it through" noun loud, aggressive, or indignant talk with little effect. "their threats contained a measure of bluster"

Pentagon seeks Trump approval for first US military execution in 60 years following Fort Hood mass shooting Nidal Hasan killed 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting and has exhausted all appeals By Emma Bussey , Jasmine Baehr During his subsequent trial, Hasan admitted to the shooting and claimed it was necessary to protect the "Islamic Empire" from American forces. The Pentagon had categorized the massacre as an act of "workplace violence," a decision that drew sharp criticism from lawmakers, victims’ families and national security experts. They argued it obscured the ideological and terrorist motivations behind the attack. In 2013, a military jury convicted Hasan and sentenced him to death. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-seeks-trump-approval-first-us-military-execution-60-years-fort-hood-mass-shooting ,

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THAT'S the way you do it.

He was firing at the front of a moving ice van. A standing target he would have landed his shots against the ice driver and agent in passenger seat, but on a moving target he didn't lead it. Which made him impact behind his intended target hitting the detainees.

Ivanpah, the 5 square mile solar array in the Mojave Desert is closing down.... This is the array responsible for at least 6000 birds being fried every year, and that planes can't fly over for fear of being blinded. Another Obama green energy boondoggle that now the main question I have is what do they do with it now? I doubt much is recyclable so do they just bury it like they do the wind generators? https://nypost.com/2025/09/23/us-news/2-2-billion-ivanpah-solar-facility-in-california-turned-off-after-years-of-wasted-money/

Sigh I didn't say that they were "letting him back on" yesterday. That is just your usual "Frank-Filter" , bending everyone else's replies to what you think feel that we mean. So naturally your supposition about today is pointless,

Charlie Kirk's producer aint buying it: Yes, Jimmy got emotional. So what. He’s emotional for himself because he almost torched his entire career. Kimmel is an unrepentant liar who tried to blame Charlie’s assassination on the part of the country that just spent the last 2 weeks praying and holding vigils. What he’s really saying is that he still thinks it’s fair game to slander conservatives. He would rather advance his own political and cultural agenda than confront the truth. The truth is that his own side has been fanning the flames of political assassinations for years. The truth is that someone on the left picked up a gun and murdered someone on the right who advocated for peaceful debate. It’s critical that liars admit they lied. There can be no restoration without that. Anything short of that is a fake and scripted cry line designed to endear him to his fans, not to make right the wrong he committed.

Do as I say, not as I do. It's practically the Limousine Liberal Marching Anthem, and it made a grand reappearance last night {snip} "It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man... For those who think I did point a finger, I get why you're upset... I don't think the murderer who shot Charlie Kirk represents ANYONE. This was a sick person who believed violence was a solution, and it isn't. Ever." Of course that's how Kimmel feels ... now. When Kimmel bought into and amplified the lunatic-fringe theory that Tyler Robinson was a "MAGA asshat," a term that one of his staffers later used, he was happy to paint conservatives with that broad brush. When Kimmel found out that he had a severe case of cerebro-rectalitis, suddenly everyone is a free agent. Now Kimmel wants to lecture everyone on jumping to conclusions and linking violent "sick persons" to the political movement to which they belong. Pass. And notice that Kimmel offered the standard non-apology apology in this statement. He doesn't admit that he actually did point a finger in that accusation. He just addresses people who "think I did point a finger." Kimmel then says that he's understand why people would be upset for thinking that he'd pointed a finger at them. He won't admit that he actually did point a finger at them, accused them of exploiting the murder, and ridiculed them. Thus, Kimmel lets himself off the hook for any responsibility for his words, let alone the need to admit to them and apologize for them. This is a cowardly dodge by Kimmel, or as Scott Jennings called it, pathetic: Much more at the link: https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/09/24/kimmel-returns-hey-kids-dont-do-what-i-did-or-something-n3807128 All he had to say was: "I was wrong and I did harm to people who didn't deserve it. I ask for forgiveness without excuse or reservation" But he just couldn't do it

To say that God is truth is to acknowledge that truth itself proceeds from the nature of God. While many things can have the truth, only one thing can be the truth, with that one thing being God Himself. https://www.gotquestions.org/God-is-truth.html .

Jimmy Kimmel’s Return Was as Bad as You Knew It Would Be. By Matt Margolis FTA: When Kimmel addressed the controversy that got him suspended — you know, when he lied about Charlie Kirk’s killer being a MAGA supporter — he grew serious and even appeared to get emotional. He disavowed the idea that he had joked about a murder and explained that he was much too fine a person to do any such thing. And he took pains to disconnect the assassination from any political ideology: But I do wanna make something clear, because it’s important to me as a human, and that is, uh, you understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. Uh, I don’t, I don’t think there’s anything funny about it. Of course, this was a deflection from the lie that got him in trouble. No one had accused him of making light of the murder or suggesting it was funny. I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed, sending love to his family and asking for compassion, and I meant it, and I still do. Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what was obviously a deeply disturbed individual. You can see what Kimmel is doing here. He’s not only trying to absolve himself of pushing the lie that Tyler Robinson was a MAGA supporter, but he's also conveniently taking the position that Robinson was just “disturbed” and not a radicalized leftist. Keep in mind that Kimmel’s original monologue wasn't off the cuff. It was pre-written. So when he said what he said about Robinson, he didn’t misspeak; he meant every pre-approved word of it. So, he didn’t admit that he was wrong. Rather, he insisted that his words were merely misinterpreted. No mea culpa at all. https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/09/24/jimmy-kimmel-returns-plays-the-victim-blames-trump-doesnt-apologize-n4944044

Really ? Have you read some of his posts.

Well, that call for "Free Speech" from the Left didn't last long.

Yes. Truth exists. John 14:6: "Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me". In this statement, Jesus identifies Himself as the absolute truth and the only means of reaching God

Claudia Cardinale, ‘The Pink Panther’ and ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’ actress, dead at 87 By Eric Todisco Claudia Cardinale, the Italian actress best known for her roles in “The Pink Panther,” “Once Upon a Time in the West” and “8½,” has died. She was 87. Cardinale died Tuesday in Nemours, near Paris, her agent, Laurent Savry, confirmed to the Agence France-Presse. “She leaves us the legacy of a free and inspired woman both as a woman and as an artiste,” Savry said in a statement. https://nypost.com/2025/09/24/entertainment/claudia-cardinale-star-of-8-and-a-half-dead-at-87/

Well, he really blew his chance last night. Jimmy Kimmel chokes up as he explains Kirk comments, says he 'never' intended to mock assassination by Lindsay Kornick https://www.foxnews.com/media/jimmy-kimmel-chokes-up-he-explains-kirk-comments-says-he-never-intended-mock-assassination The Left doesn't like it when you change their 'narrative' and the Right knows that he is lying. He pleases no one. .

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