October 27, 2026

“A REPUBLIC, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT,” IS LOSING OUT TO “MUH DEMOCRACY”:

Inevitable? I don’t know. But it’s certainly painful.

Posted at 4:35 pm by Stephen Green

THAT HARDLY SEEMS POSSIBLE: Jackie Singh’s Stolen Valor Controversy Raises Bigger Questions About Media Credibility.

You may have seen the name Jackie Singh popping up on X over the last few days. But if you’re not a member of the military or veteran community, you may not have paid attention to the details and simply scrolled by.

For those not in the know, Singh is known for her extreme left-wing independent journalism. As a brash and outspoken purveyor of progressive ideology, she has a background that many on the left do not — she served in the U.S. Army in an active combat zone. And she uses that detail to bludgeon any and all criticism of the policies she advocates. 

Except it was recently discovered that her own description of her background might not be based in reality.

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 3:49 pm by Stephen Green

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

Posted at 3:33 pm by Stephen Green

HEY, BIG SPENDER: Nvidia to invest $3 billion in Meta as tech giants deepen AI partnership. “Nvidia announced its investment on Tuesday, adding that Meta would expand Vera Rubin and Vera CPU deployment, and that the two companies would deepen their partnership on Muse, the social media giant’s AI agent that launched last month.”

Round and round it goes.

Posted at 2:47 pm by Stephen Green

DEMOCRATS TAKING NOTES:

Posted at 2:42 pm by Stephen Green

ONE PROFESSOR PUNISHED FOR SPEECH? AN ANECDOTE. A HUNDRED? CHERRY-PICKED. A THOUSAND? SELECTION BIAS. SURVEYS? BAD QUESTIONS. BETTER SURVEYS? METHODOLOGICAL CONCERNS! Welcome to the “Academic Filibuster,” academia’s remarkable talent for turning every new piece of evidence into yet another demand for proof, while the problems everyone knew about decades ago only become more entrenched. I’m unpacking this phenomenon in my new series on higher education’s resistance to reform, starting with a FREE introduction.

Posted at 2:39 pm by Greg Lukianoff

COLLEGE SPORTS – AT WHAT COST? The Martin Center is out with a report on what sports cost UNC system students, not just in fees, but in other, less fungible, ways.

I loved my time at Duke in part because of the fun of being a “Cameron Crazie.” But there’s a point where the big money and attention of college sports becomes a liability instead of an asset, and if we weren’t already there in the late 90s (and I suspect we were), we’re way past it today.

Posted at 2:38 pm by Robert Shibley

AMERICA’S TEAM’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

Posted at 2:35 pm by Ed Driscoll

WELL, YES:

But wait, there’s more:

Who said trillionaires aren’t any fun?

RELATED (From Ed): Actually, perhaps there’s less:

 

Posted at 2:32 pm by Stephen Green

FEDS STEP IN: DOJ Charges Illegal Alien Who Smashed the Iwo Jima Statue at Quantico. “After a woke judge released the criminal illegal alien who smashed up a statue of the Iwo Jima World War II flag raising outside Quantico Marine Base, the Department of Justice stepped in to issue federal charges and ensure the alien doesn’t get off scot-free.”

Posted at 2:16 pm by Stephen Green

BUCKLE UP:

Key bit:

The question then becomes, what is an “enemy” that must be “adhere[d]” to in order for it to be treason?

Like with most complex issues of law, there is not a 100% straightforward answer, but an 1863 SCOTUS case, U.S. v. Greathouse, suggests that an “enemy” in this context must be in an open state of armed conflict with the U.S. for a nation to be an “enemy.”

So, technically, the Color Revolution plotters are likely not legally committing “treason” unless they are coordinating with Iran, the only nation we are currently in armed conflict with. (And they may well be, who knows!)

Sedition, OTOH?

Sedition, almost certainly.

But as Steve Ferguson noted: “Fun Fact: There is no statute of limitations on treason.“

Posted at 1:59 pm by Stephen Green

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Astroscale proposes fleet of ‘bodyguard’ spacecraft to protect satellites from orbital attacks. “Although Astroscale, headquartered in Japan but with significant presence in the U.K., is a leader in the commercial orbital rendezvous and proximity operations technology, no Western players currently match the deployed capabilities of Russia and China. Europe, in particular, is under-equipped for defense and military operations in space, according to the Secure World Foundation’s Global Counterspace Capabilities Report. With Russia’s accelerating orbital forays, the clock appears to be ticking.”

Posted at 1:45 pm by Stephen Green

GOTCHA: DHS Slaps 60 Minutes With Receipts After They Cut Footage From Interview on Illegals.

After reviewing Diawara’s file, [James] Percival posted that the asylum application listed a different basis for the fear claim. Diawara wrote that he was gay, and said he would face persecution in Mali on that ground. He is married to a woman and has two children.

“This illegal alien is [60 Minutes’] poster child for what it claims are wrongful deportations,” Percival wrote. “His claimed reason for fearing Mali was that he is ‘gay,’ just in case you’re wondering how bad the immigration fraud problem is.”

Separately, Percival posted clips from the interview that did not appear in the broadcast.

In one exchange, a correspondent cited figures showing that less than 14 percent of recent ICE detainees had violent criminal records. Percival responded that the label is misleading because many serious offenses — possession of child sexual abuse material and trafficking in heroin, among others — are not classified as violent crimes.

Embedded tweet continues:

… many horrible, HORRIBLE crimes that people do not classify as violent crimes. Let me give you some examples. Child pornography […] watching it is not considered a violent crime. Trafficking in heroin, not considered a violent crime. So anytime someone feeds you a violent crime stat like that, they are absolutely COOKING THE BOOKS to erase the significant criminality and public safety threat.”

Percival argued that any crime committed by someone present illegally is preventable and that earlier administrations had not removed such individuals at vaguely comparable rates.

I reiterate — ALL illegal aliens are bad actors. Breaching a nation’s sovereign borders is often a gateway to other crimes.

As Glenn wrote in the New York Post in September 2008, after Charlie Gibson’s interview with Sarah Palin was edited like a ransom note, always bring your own camera to an interview.

Posted at 1:22 pm by Ed Driscoll