July 23, 2026

TO THE LEFT, NORMALITY IS A HATE CRIME:

Posted at 12:07 pm by Glenn Reynolds

THE AP MORPHED INTO THE BABYLON BEE SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED:

Hey, let’s pick our battles here. I’m still worried about this issue: How climate change is hitting vulnerable Indonesian trans sex workers.

Posted at 12:00 pm by Ed Driscoll

ASTROTURF ALL THE WAY DOWN:

Full story:

A group calling itself a “conservative social movement” against AI data centers enlisted Green Party figures, a transgender congressional candidate, a Democratic state legislative candidate and progressive activist organizations to run its nationwide protests — all while positioning itself as a grassroots right-wing uprising against Trump’s AI buildout.

Humans First, chaired by Tea Party co-founder and Jan. 6 rally organizer Amy Kremer, claimed to rally conservatives on July 18 with 142 protests across 42 states. But a Fox News Digital review of the group’s own protest pages found organizers including an Illinois Green Party chapter that supports impeaching Trump, a Georgia group founded to resist Trump’s agenda and protect “diversity, equity & justice,” and a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation as a featured speaker.

The group’s startup capital came via a loan from the Center for AI Safety, a San Francisco nonprofit whose staffers appear on Humans First’s incorporation documents.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find CCP money in there, too.

Posted at 11:27 am by Stephen Green

CONSERVATIVE PUNDITS HARDEST HIT: Harris 2028 White House bid ‘not going to happen’: Former Biden aide.

During an interview on Fox News’s “America Reports,” Michael LaRosa, former first lady Jill Biden’s press secretary, told host Gillian Turner that voters “are not going to give Kamala Harris a third at-bat.”

The conversation started because of a New York Magazine article, which identified Harris as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028.

Minyon Moore, a Democratic strategist, said to the outlet, “She’s been listening to the American people and really trying to figure out what’s impacting them and how she can be of service to them.”

For starters, she could run again and make my job so much easier.

What’s genuinely funny though is the idea that voters ever gave Harris two at-bats. She didn’t even make it to Iowa during the 2020 primaries, and didn’t even face a mini-primary in 2024.

Posted at 10:41 am by Stephen Green

SMART:

Five years ago, Jen Psaki dismissed the Abraham Accords as “tactics of the prior administration.” But now they’re the prior administration, and the Accords are back.

Posted at 10:25 am by Stephen Green

SHUT IT DOWN:

From the replies: “I have no idea why the Trump admin hasn’t nuked it from orbit, legally speaking.”

Or literally.

Posted at 9:54 am by Stephen Green

CDR SALAMANDER: The Next War Will Come Home. “The larger issue is that we are reaching the point that the concept of ‘the rear’ is rapidly decreasing.”

The Germans learned it by 1943; the Japanese by 1944. Having fought our major wars on the other sides of big oceans, the United States hasn’t really caught on. But we need to.

Kurt Schlichter’s The Attack gives a taste for this, but doesn’t really account for the swarms of inexpensive ship-launched drones that are likely to play a major role in the next war.

Posted at 9:51 am by Glenn Reynolds

CALIFORNIA’S FINAL SOLUTION:  Urban Democrats in the California Legislature have figured out a way to get rid of some of the state’s rural Republican voters:  Reintroduce the grizzly bear into some of the state’s low population areas and allow the apex predator to snack on the locals.

Posted at 9:49 am by Gail Heriot

THAT THING THAT NEVER HAPPENS…: New Jersey Dems Did Nothing For Years After Warnings About Noncitizens On Voter Rolls.

Local election officials and watchdogs have for years warned the Democrats who control New Jersey government that lax voting laws would lead to noncitizens popping up on the voter rolls. Still, the Associated Press carried water for a fellow Democrat traveler trying to hold on to a rapidly collapsing narrative.

“The revelation comes as President Donald Trump and other Republicans continue to assert that voting by noncitizens is rampant in U.S. elections, even though it’s rare and, when caught, can be punished as a felony that can lead to deportation,” useful idiot Geoff Mulvhill wrote in his coverage of the scandal.

When caught? Such crimes are rarely caught due to lack of interest by many election and law enforcement officers on the front and back ends of the system. Democrat policymakers have bent over backwards to be “inclusive” and “equitable” in voter rights legislation, at the expense of election security.

Former two-term Gov. Phil Murphy in 2018 signed into law a measure that automatically registers New Jerseyans to vote when they apply for an ID or a driver’s license. A year later, the Democrat signed into law a bill allowing illegal aliens to obtain a driver’s license. What could possibly go wrong?

Everything that went wrong was by design.

Posted at 9:39 am by Stephen Green

YES:

Posted at 9:23 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Rally Trump Is Still My Favorite Trump. “Trust the process, that’s what athletes say. Trump’s process is all about winning. Sure, that’s a new focus for the GOP, but the president has been able to convert a lot of the party to the winning mindset.”

Posted at 9:08 am by Stephen Green

NAILED:

Posted at 9:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

NO, SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION ISN’T TULIP MANIA: If the tulip mania reference escapes you, then you really need to read Issues & Insights’ (I&I) explanation for why the recent dips in stock value for VIP space commercialization ventures is NOT a sign of a bubble. And if the tulip reference is familiar to you, the I&I suggestion of the significance of space commercialization will make perfect sense to you.

Posted at 8:54 am by Mark Tapscott

I WENT LONG ON POPCORN YEARS AGO, WHEN BERNIE SANDERS WENT BIG:

Posted at 8:52 am by Stephen Green