P&D and The Week That Was

 Truth is the Sublime Convergence of History and Reality

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De Omnibus Dubitandum, (Everything is to be questioned!)

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By Rich Kozlovich 

 

 

The disaster of the Biden administration keeps unfolding as Congress investigates the AutoPen scandal.  A top Biden White House aide, Neera Tanden, testified how she was authorized to use the Autopen, explaining she would send a request to Biden's "inner circle" and get a response back, but seemingly claims she has no idea who in the inner circle was authorized to give her that permission.  Then when asked if she ever discussed Biden's mental decline with anyone in the leadership.....she said no, which is as believable as saying rain isn't wet. 

 

A Democrat member of the committee claims she's lying, and has been told by staffer (name not shared) all Autopen uses were directly authorized by Joe Biden, yet there's evidence he had no idea about at least one authorization.  Someone's lying.   Her testimony lasted five hours, and I'm betting she'll be back, right along with this unnamed staffer who refutes her testimony. 

 

Before this I pretty much thought this was good politics but was going nowhere because all Biden has to say is he authorized all of it.  But the facts and the testimony coming out makes me wonder if that will work.  As the author notes if people are found to have committed perjury and face prison time.... they'll squeal to save themselves.  

 

Congress is also investigating what is roundly believed to be illegal fundraising by ActBlue, and Trump wants a special prosecutor to investigate the massive levels of voter fraud involved in the 2020 election. The DOJ just fired three "high ranking" prosecutors of January 6 defendants, and the Oversight Project has referred former FBI Director Wray to DOJ for criminal charges.   The purge must never stop, as the rot is deep and wide, and if this window of opportunity closes, it may never open again.

 

Trump's negotiating skills really are amazing.  He just brokered a peace deal ending 3 decades of war in Africa between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  In twelve days he brokered a peace deal between Israel and Iran.  He's also gotten Netanyahu to agree to end the Gaza War, and expand Abraham Accords.  

 

But let's not kid ourselves, this Iran deal is fragile on the best of days.  Iran's rhetoric about destroying Israel and America is just as virulent now as it was last month, and should have been obvious to the most casual observer this would be the case as long as this regime remained in place, with them actually claiming all that destruction was a slap in the face to America and an Iranian victory. 

 

Iran Threatens Retaliation Over Trump’s ‘Disrespectful’ Jabs at ‘Foolish’ Supreme Leader  Iran’s foreign minister has issued a warning over President Donald Trump’s jabs at the Islamic Republic’s so-called “supreme leader.”.......Abbas Araghchi accused the American president of using a “disrespectful and unacceptable tone” toward Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He demanded that Trump show “respect” or face serious consequences.........

 

 Wake up, America, Muslims hate us, the game is not over when dealing with rabid ayatollahs who insist they're never going to give up on building a nuclear bomb.  As one writer noted:

 

Iran’s response has not just been military but also domestic. The regime has gone into siege mode. Internet access is cut. Checkpoints were established throughout the streets to inspect vehicles, and young people’s mobile phones were confiscated to determine if they had posted anything against the regime. Additionally, mass arrests targeted individuals accused of sympathizing with Israel or criticizing the government. More than at any time in the past, the Islamic Republic is trying to intimidate the Iranian people; in fact, it is trying to compensate for its loss on the battlefield and ongoing repression at home.

 

I've wondered why Trump made Israel stop their assault on Iran allowing them to finish the job.  Personally, I think it's because Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize so badly he's allowing this fixation to mold his thinking.  A prize I don't think he'll get, but he gets it, he should reject  it. 

 

There’s a movie about the K-19: The Widowmaker, a Soviet submarine, where a lot of brave young men sacrifice themselves to save the crew. Harrison Ford is the captain and at the end of the movie the remaining members of the crew meet to honor their fallen comrades he says:

“For their courage I nominated these men for the title of hero of the Soviet Union. But the committee ruled that because it was not wartime, and because it was merely an accident, they were not worthy of the title hero. What good are honors from such people? These men sacrificed, not for a medal. But because when the time came, it was their duty. Not to the navy, or to the state, but to us. Their comrades.”

I put this in the same category.  "The Nobel Peace Prize often aligns with Norwegian liberal views, undermining its credibility and purpose."  When an organization is so corrupt it gives ‘honors’ to, among others of ill repute, Jimmy Carter claiming he was untiring in his efforts to "find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights", when in reality "Carter's sympathy for the leftward and violent fringe cost more lives than it saved."  Barack Obama for doing nothing, and Yasser Arafat for the lie of trying to bring peace to the Middle East, "what good are honors from such people?"

The Big Beautiful Bill is now facing another road block, the Senate Parliamentarian, as she's gutting more and more parts of the Big Beautiful Bill, including Medicaid changes in order to cut waste, and her ruling on Medicaid for illegals, all of which will require 60 votes to pass, and GOP  lawmakers are to say the least... upset, and no one really believes she's impartial. 

 

Where in the Constitution is there any mention of a Senate Parliamentarian?  There isn't!  It was created by the Senate and in 1937, and in point of fact the majority leader in the Senate can overrule her, but Thune refuses to do that.  And he can fire her, and since he's such an invertebrate in failing to overrule her, he won't fire her.  I keep wondering if the Majority Leader can do that, why can't the President of the Senate, Vice President J.D. Vance do that? The Founders would not recognize America today, and not because of the technology, because of what government has morphed into, the nation's values, and society's morality.

 

This week I have seven commentaries of my own, and I think they're really well done.  One video link, eighteen by others, and the six permanent links.  Enjoy!

 

My Commentaries

1. Ketanji Brown Jackson's Race to the Top
2. Is Zohran Mamdani Really the Anointed One?
3. What about the Houthis?
4. Israel Iranian War
5. A Cesspool of Halfwits, Nitwits, Misfits, Dipsticks, and Meritless Pinheads
6. Trump Bombs Iran, and Exposes the Hypocrisy of the Democrats
7. An Abundance of Uncertainties

Videos

1. Victor Davis Hanson on Iran Bombing

Commentaries  

1. Obama Ordered Drone Killing of American in 2011 By Susan Daniels
2. Some Consequences of an Israel-Iran Truce By John Droz, Jr.
3. Media Balance Newsletter, June 23, 2025 By John Droz, Jr.
4. Anti-Nuke Activists Fight for Iran’s Nukes In the 1980s, Helen Caldicott, a key leader of Physicians for Social Responsibility By Daniel Greenfield
5. President Trump Kept 30 Years of Broken Promises  By Daniel Greenfield
6. This and That From Robin Itzler  By Robin Itzler
7. From Around the Nation and The World By Robin Itzler
8. Legal Immigration: Democrats Were Once For It  By Robin Itzler
9. What happened to Trump’s ‘unconditional surrender’ demand to Iran? By Robin Itzler
10. The Man Who Saved Babies By Robin Itzler
11. Democrats Were Once Against Illegal Immigration Before They Were For It  By Robin Itzler
12. Good Laugh For Today: New York State Says It Will Build A New Nuclear Power Plant By Francis Menton
13. New York/Florida Comparison: The Contrast Becomes Ever More Dramatic By Francis Menton
14. Another Honest – but Economically Illiterate – Leftist By Dan Mitchell
15. Americans Are Getting Richer, Part III By Dan Mitchell
16. Assessing Javier Milei, the World’s Best Leader: Part X By Dan Mitchell
17. Slowly Strangling the Death Tax By Dan Mitchell
18. Muffing a Gimme on Social Security By Dan Mitchell

Permanent Links

1. 45 Communist Goals to Destroy America as Listed in the 1963 Congressional Record
2. My Seven Rules of Geopolitics
3. The John Boyd Legion of Honor
5. Former White House Advisor: “Trump to Release $150 Trillion Endowment”

 No matter what anyone says, you can’t marginalize the truth!  You can suppress it, you can ignore it, you can avoid it, you can attempt to undermine it, you can attempt to subvert it, you can attempt to organize against it, you can even laugh at it, but if we have the courage and the fortitude to stand and confront the lies, irrespective of the personal costs, the truth will stand the test of time, because truth and time are on the same side.

Constant as the North Star