Why Kash Patels perfect for FBI, fires burned Gavin Newsoms political future and other commentary

Kash Patel’s “understanding of the FBI’s corruption” and willingness to attack “partisan witch hunts make him the perfect candidate to clean house,” argues The Federalist’s Elle Purnell — and explain why “Russia collusion hoaxers” like The New York Times’ Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman “don’t want him running” the agency.Their accusations in a hit piece ahead of Patel’s confirmation hearing “don’t deserve a line-by-line rebuttal,” as they’re still denying that the “fraudulent Steele dossier” was used to justify the “Crossfire Hurricane” FBI probe “into Trump and his campaign, seeking to uncover evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia to steal the 2016 election,” and the “warrant to spy on members of the Trump campaign, including Carter Page.” In other words, “Savage and Goldman are deep state apologists.”“Two years ago Gavin Newsom was widely seen as a rising Democratic star and likely future presidential candidate,” but “how quickly things change,” snarks Joel Kotkin at UnHerd.

In his weekend trip to Cali, President Trump “wasted no time in attacking the state’s progressive policies,” calling “on Newsom to change the state’s water policies.” “Trump’s demands have drawn attention to the state’s self-inflicted wounds, and its pattern of astounding incompetence,” while his energy plans make “things all the more difficult for Newsom’s climate policies,” since “Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Ohio are ready to get richer,” while “Newsom is taking California in the opposite direction.” “As the fires are extinguished, so too are the California governor’s presidential hopes.”The International Energy Agency is undermining energy security by discouraging investment in oil, natural gas and coal, caution Mark P.Mills & Neil Atkinson at The Wall Street Journal.

The IEA’s 2024 World Energy Outlook does just that by predicting, for instance, th...