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Catch me also on the Mike Ferguson show on NewsTalkSTL.
Catch me also on this week’s RedState Radio:
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Some people just shouldn’t be out wandering around loose.
Case in point: A worker at a California Target store, who was wearing a red Charlie Kirk t-shirt, was berated by an unhinged lunatic calling her a racist. She handled it with grace and self-control, which is more than one can say for the unhinged lunatic.
A medical center caught in the crosshairs of an internet meltdown caused by one of its employees who cussed out a Target worker for wearing a Charlie Kirk T-shirt said that it was overwhelmed by thousands of “profanity-laced” messages.
Mike Wiltermood, president and CEO of California-based Enloe Health, said at a press conference Wednesday that the medical center had 
received more than 6,000 “profanity-laced” messages since the video went viral earlier in the day.
Wiltermood pleaded with the public to stop calling the center’s primary phone number, as the repeated calls “impeded our ability to serve patients and their families.”
Enloe Health, who apparently employs the unhinged lunatic, released a statement:
Enloe Health acknowledges that the off-hours behavior of a medical assistant employed in one of our outpatient clinics, as depicted in a recent social media post, was abhorrent and deeply concerning to our 
caregivers, our organization, and our community. The Target employee who was verbally accosted in this post deserves significant credit for handling the situation in a calm and collected manner.
We appreciate the many individuals who have seen this post and exercise restraint as they voice their personal views regarding this situation. Unfortunately, thousands of others have chosen to use profane language to express their disapproval to Enloe caregivers. These comments have overwhelmed our phone systems, impeding our ability to serve patients 
and their families.
The behavior depicted in this video does not mirror Enloe Health’s core values, and we are committed to doing what is right by taking the actions necessary to protect our patients and community. At this time, we ask for patience, grace and civility as we do so.
Maybe they should ask for some patience, grace and civility from their employee.
In a just world, that employee, who has not been named, would have been summarily dismissed, and indeed, that may well be what happened, although Enloe Heath isn’t saying.
The good news is that the Target employee is now the beneficiary of a GiveSendGo fundraiser that is, as of this writing, approaching $200,000. Let’s hope she takes a nice vacation, or perhaps retires; in either case, hopefully she will be far away from any more unhinged lunatics.
Also, catch me on RedState radio with my colleague and friend Susie Moore!
The J6 pipe bomber has been caught. Read:
Big news is breaking this Thursday morning, as multiple sources are reporting that a Virginia man has been arrested for placing pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee on January 5, 2021.
Details are sketchy as of this writing, but this would be the first time federal law enforcement has made an arrest in the high-profile case that has seemed to baffle investigators for nearly five years. According to one report, the suspect is a man from Virginia and the arrest by the FBI took place Thursday morning. There is no word as of yet on the charges this suspect might be facing.
A news conference is expected to take place at the U.S. Department of Justice sometime on Thursday.
BREAKING: Colleague @davidspunt reports the FBI has arrested the suspect believed to be behind the planting of pipe bombs at the DNC & RNC headquarters in DC on January 5th, 2021. Suspect is a male living in Virginia. Arrested early this morning in VA.
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 4, 2025
This is great news. It’s an interesting note that the pipe bomber set explosives outside both Republican and Democratic headquarters, and his motivations aren’t yet known as of this writing.
The bomber has, however, been identified, as one Brian Cole.
The suspect who allegedly planted pipe bombs blocks from the U.S. Capitol on January 5, 2021, has been identified as Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Va., according to two sources briefed on the arrest.
The sources say Cole, 30, is in FBI custody as of Thursday following roughly five years of investigation.
The FBI arrested Cole in northern Virginia.
Authorities have not released further details about the man, but one federal law enforcement source told Fox that the FBI is carrying out “court-enforced activity” at Cole’s residence.
By “court-enforced activity,” it’s a near-certainty they mean “executing a search warrant.” In non-legal language, the FBI is turning this guy’s living quarters upside-down.
Look, we don’t know much about this goblin yet. We know he tried to place explosives at both Republican and Democratic headquarters. We know, according to the FBI, that these pipe bombs were “viable,” meaning “they could go boom.”
What we do know is that all of the violent political rhetoric and, yes, acts of violence, here in the United States, has come from the left. Not the right; the left.
Why does that matter?
Because the left, both elected officials, appointees, and just the raging shouters, will keep calling for violence. They’ll keep crying out, calling the right fascists, Nazis, anything but fellow Americans. They’ll keep pushing, and pushing, and pushing, until they find out, to their lasting and final regret, that the right will only be pushed so far. And, when it comes to violence, we’re better at it than they are.
Well, now there’s this: A Florida Congresswoman has been charged with fraudulently obtaining federal disaster relief funds, laundering those funds, and using them to pay for her 2021 Congressional campaign. To that, I can only add, what a piece of shit. Here’s what the Justice Department has to say about it.
A federal grand jury in Miami has returned an indictment charging Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and several co-defendants with stealing federal disaster funds, laundering the proceeds, and using the money to support her 2021 congressional 
campaign.
According to the indictment, Cherfilus-McCormick, 46, and her brother Edwin Cherfilus, 51, both of Miramar, worked through their family health-care company on a FEMA-funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract in 2021. In July 2021, the company received an overpayment of $5 million in FEMA funds.
The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to steal that $5 million and routed it through multiple accounts to disguise its source. Prosecutors allege that a substantial portion of the misappropriated 
funds was used as candidate contributions to Cherfilus-McCormick’s 2021 congressional campaign and for the personal benefit of the defendants.
That’s fraud and money-laundering right there, and she stole federal disaster-relief funds, money that was supposed to go to help people in need. What a piece of shit.
But wait! There’s more!
The indictment further alleges that Cherfilus-McCormick and Nadege Leblanc, 46, of Miramar, arranged additional contributions using straw 
donors, funneling other monies from the FEMA-funded Covid-19 contract to friends and relatives who then donated to the campaign as if using their own money.
The indictment also charges Cherfilus-McCormick and her 2021 tax preparer David K. Spencer, 41, of Davie, with conspiring to file a false federal tax return. According to the indictment, they falsely claimed political spending and other personal expenses as business deductions and inflated charitable contributions in order to reduce her tax obligations.
“Using disaster relief funds for self-enrichment is a particularly selfish, cynical crime,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain. We will follow the facts in this case and deliver justice.”
That’s the “Fuck Around” part of the equation; here’s the “Find Out” part:
If convicted, Cherfilus-McCormick faces up to 53 years in prison. Edwin Cherfilus faces up to 35 years, Leblanc up to 10 years, and Spencer up to 33 years.
Let’s hope that the DOJ has them dead to rights.
People wonder why it is that Congress has the approval ratings of toenail fungus. Felonious assholes like Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick go a long way towards explaining the reason for that.
Well, it’s over. The longest shutdown of the imperial government in history is over. Things should start getting back to normal in Washington (dysfunctional and stupid), and the Democrats, I have to say, came out of this looking like real chumps. In a VIP piece over at RedState, my friend and colleague Bob Hoge writes:
What exactly did the Democrats accomplish? I can tell you:
Nada. Zilch. Zip. Niente. Nothing.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-4) summed it up nicely:
The peaceful sunset outside my office window tonight is a reminder to me that God still has His hand of blessing over our nation. Thankfully, after 42 long days, we will soon get our vote to finally end the painful Democrat Shutdown — and get the American government open and… pic.twitter.com/6qrsDcW2V6
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) November 12, 2025
Bob continues:
What was it all for? The Democrats will tell you the Republicans just want to kill everybody and nuke their healthcare, but in reality, if Obamacare was all that, why are we still needing to subsidize it to such a crazy extent? In their useless shutdown, which mostly just caused pain for regular Americans like TSA security officers, air traffic controllers, and SNAP recipients, they were demanding a three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which would have cost about $65–70 billion over that period.
If Obamacare was such a big “f**ing deal,” Joe Biden, why isn’t it working better?
I couldn’t possibly have said that any better myself.
House Republicans and Democrats each proposed their own plans to end this mess, but both were voted down, leading to the lapse in funding for numerous federal agencies. Democrats pushed hard for policy concessions, particularly an extension of enhanced tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These credits were set to expire at the end of the year, and honestly never should have been put in place at all; if Obamacare was that great, it shouldn’t have to be subisdized. Chuck Schumer framed this as a critical issue for working families – it’ isn’t – and refused to support any funding bill without addressing it. Well, in the end, 
that’s what happend.
The final deal was a short-term compromise. It included bipartisan spending bills to fund areas like food aid, veterans’ programs, agriculture, and the legislative branch, while extending funding for all other departments until the end of January 2026. This allowed time for further negotiations on full-year appropriations. And much good may that do anyone.
It also omitted the ACA tax credit extension that Democrats had demanded, which were, remember, slated to expire at the end of this years. Instead, Democrats secured only a vague promise from Senate Majority Leader John Thune for a vote on the issue in December—far from a guaranteed outcome, as the maximum effective range of a promise in Washington is about three inches.
Eight Democratic senators crossed party lines to support the bill, which really the party’s base and progressive wing, who viewed the agreement as a capitulation with no tangible gains. And, they aren’t wrong.
So, back to normal – until the next cluster-foulup. At least Mrs. Animal and I should be able to go see our grandkids this holiday season without being stranded in an airport somewhere.