Top O' the Briefing
Happy Thursday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. The Sine Qua Non Sequitur is spending the day enjoying vodka-infused chocolate nonpareils at the quarterly gathering of the Marisa Tomei Adulation Society.
Like it or not, we've gotten a little too used to all sorts of legal wrangling and interference in our politics. That's on the Democrats, of course. They can't beat President Trump in elections, so they have been relentless in trying to ruin him personally and thwart his agenda via various lawsuits, judges, and prosecutors. Nobody sane wants to live in a permanently litigious society, but sometimes we have to get down in the mud to fight the people who have been trying to drag us down there.
Republicans are mixing it up legally, and the Democrats are none too thrilled. Let's start with some interesting news from yesterday. This is from Catherine:
A circuit court in Virginia just ruled that the newly passed but incredibly biased gerrymandered congressional map is unconstitutional.
Former Virginia attorney general and Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli II posted on X Wednesday about the gerrymandered map, "UPDATE on referendum lawsuits: The Tazewell Circuit Court just ruled the referendum unconstitutional. The Judge entered an injunction blocking certification of the election & denied a motion to stay pending appeal. A final order will be entered once drafted, & it will be immediately appealed."
What's rich about this is that the Democrats immediately began whining about an "activist judge." Their entire strategy to fight anything that President Trump and his administration do is built around activist judges; without them, the party is nothing. They haven't had the greatest luck with them so far, mostly because their activist judges tend to overreach and/or ignore the law. Let's hope this one is based on stronger legal grounds and sticks. If not, bye-bye Virginia.
I don't know if the judge involved in the Virginia decision is actually a Republican or not, but there is a much bigger story about the GOP fighting back legally. We discussed in Monday's Briefing the hit piece on FBI Director Kash Patel that The Atlantic published. Patel followed it up with a swift lawsuit. That story got a lot juicier yesterday, and it's tangled up with the recent Department of Justice indictment against the thoroughly vile Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
It would appear that the hit piece was a preemptive strike intended to discredit Patel and the DOJ ahead of the announcement of the indictment. This is from my HotAir colleague David Strom:
Laurene Powell Jobs owns The Atlantic. Well, guess what? The SPLC is Laurene Powell Jobs' favorite charity. In fact, the very first one she gave money to. It is the only charity she talks about supporting publicly.
In the immortal words of Alice as things got ever trippier in Wonderland: "Curiouser and curiouser."
This is the kind of thing that we are constantly up against when battling the left. They may be reeling over there in the last year and a half, but they are all still working together. Democratic politicians, the mainstream legacy media hacks, and radical activist organizations are all coordinating their efforts in an attempt to return to power.
As I've written many times, President Trump is teaching Republicans how to fight. Coming from the high stakes corporate world, he doesn't hesitate to unleash the lawyers. It's what they do in the private sector. Trump has gone after enemy of the people media outlets ABC and CBS in court and won settlements from both.
Ten years ago, I wouldn't have defaulted to "Sue everybody," and I suspect most of my regulars here wouldn't have either. Yet here we are. These corrupt media outlets have been doing the Democrats' dirty work for far too long. I hope Trump and his people keep burying them in lawsuits to the point where they just might pause before launching another character assassination attempt against a Republican. If that doesn't work, make them keep taking financial hits. Sure, they're acting like it's no big deal right now, but this is new territory for them. The second, third, or fourth trip to court will start to wear them down.
So, yeah, sue everybody.
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The Mailbag of Magnificence
We'll begin with a couple of excerpts from a longer note (which I greatly enjoyed) that Friend of the Briefing Gail W. sent me:
Dear Stephen, I’m so impressed by Morning Briefers who are knowledgeable about myriad subjects, most recently the A-10 Warthog — love the military guys!
and
PS: I share your love of dark humor and find joy in Kurt Schlichter’s Kelly Turnbull novels; pretty sure I could set up an effective trip-wire if need be.
I love "Morning Briefers" Gail! I feel a merchandising opportunity coming on. And yes, we do have a very sharp crew of regulars here at the MB. If you really like dark humor, you'd love to hang out with me and Schlichter when we're deep into his wine stock. It's been a while, maybe I should visit the old stomping grounds and we can launch a drunken YouTube channel. For America.
OG Friend of the Briefing Brice writes:
While I wouldn't vote for him if I lived in Pennsylvania, Fetterman (reminder... the worst Republican is still better than the best Democrat on policy) is one of the very few Democrat elected officials I have respect for. He is the only elected Democrat who doesn't look at political disagreement as evil and how can you not love his personal dress code of gym shorts and a hoodie which is my business casual? He's far more a man of the people than the vast majority of empty suits and blouses running around Congress.
If, ten years ago, any of us had written the Fetterman story from the Senate campaign through now as fiction, we'd have been told that it was too out there. "Wait, he took a mental health break as soon as he got into office, then came back more sensible than all of the other Democrats? Nobody in Hollywood will buy that."
Dan M. weighs in on Fetterman:
Re: "I wrote something positive about Fetterman, I got an email from someone who acted as if I'd compared him to Abraham Lincoln. Just because I think he's the least worst of the Dems doesn't mean I'm moving to Pennsylvania to vote for him." Good news! With a high degree of certainty, I believe you can vote in Pennsylvania without moving here. What a country!
If I'm not mistaken, Dan, I think that applies to voting Democrat in any state.
Rick M. shared this story:
After the retirement of the A-10 was announced, the 122nd fighter wing in Ft Wayne was "upgraded" to the slightly newer and sexier F-16. Having lived near the airport where they plied their deadly trade (practice runs only of course) I was driving down rural roads south of the airport and was a practice target more than once. Cool to NOT hear them and suddenly they zip past you at about 200 feet (2 birds per mission) and waggle their wings to signal "gotcha!" Love your column. Keep up the good work.
That's pretty cool. I think the 'Hogs here do all of their target practice out in the desert. We have plenty of F-16s here in Tucson too — they train the pilots here!
I have a couple more emails that I am going to hold in reserve just in case things slow down for the weekend again. Thanks to everyone who wrote me. It's almost like having a social life.
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