HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UW-Madison gives $1.1 million in student fees to club promoting ‘ethical porn,’ pole dancing class.

STAY STRONG: Toniiq NAD+ Supplement 1500mg. #CommissionEarned

HARBORING: University of Oklahoma boasts ‘safe place’ for illegal alien students .

BEST TAKE YET:

the coldplay incident confirms what most of us already knew: you can never trust HR

— sophie (@netcapgirl) July 17, 2025

THIS ACTUALLY FEEDS INTO MY THOUGHTS ON “SEDUCTIVE AI.” What’s With Girls and Penguins?! – The Biology and Theology of Cuteness.

CHRISTIANS NEED TO STAND WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE: Why Christians Must Stand With Armenia.

But, basically, with themselves.

MAKE THEM PAY: Israeli Student Assaulted at Infamous ‘Die-In’ Protest Sues Harvard for Protecting Perpetrators.

DAN MARKEL UPDATE: 11 Years After FSU Law Professor Dan Markel’s Murder: Luis, Sigfredo, Katie, And Charlie Are In Jail, Donna’s Trial Begins August 19. What About Wendi? What, indeed?

LIGHTNING DEAL: Fly Fans for Outdoor Tables. #CommissionEarned

WELL, HE’LL CERTAINLY PRETEND TO: Will Gavin Newsom Ditch Woke and Move to the Center?

As Ann Coulter wrote during the 2004 election cycle:

When they’re running for office, all Democrats claim to support tax cuts (for the middle class), to support gun rights (for hunters) and to “personally oppose” abortion. And then they get into office and vote to raise taxes, ban guns and allow abortions if a girl can’t fit into her prom dress.

The common wisdom holds that “both parties” have to appeal to the extremes during the primary and then move to the center for the general election. To the contrary, both parties run for office as conservatives. Once they have fooled the voters and are safely in office, Republicans sometimes double-cross the voters. Democrats always do.

But that strategy usually works best with relatively unknown candidates (see also: Carter, Clinton, and Obama). How will Newsom, who has spent the last two decades as an extremely high-profile leftist in a state with wall-to-wall media coverage feign a pivot to the center? (See also: Kamala’s spectacularly cack-handed attempt to distance herself from her previous uber-woke statements last year.)

MATT TAIBBI: Barack Obama Now Squarely in Russiagate Crosshairs: New disclosures from a Tulsi Gabbard-led working group point directly to the top, as the legacy of “Hope and Change” begins a plunge to the ocean floor.

I’M SENSING AN AURA OF A PENUMBRA OF A PERTURBATION AS TO WHY COLBERT WAS CANCELLED:

CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.

America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.

Watch and share his message. pic.twitter.com/Rz7HcWFLYM

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) July 18, 2025

CBS’s billionaire owners pay Trump $16 million to settle a bogus lawsuit while trying to sell the network to Skydance.

Stephen Colbert, an extraordinary talent and the most popular late night host, slams the deal. Days later, he's fired.

Do I think this is a coincidence? NO.

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) July 18, 2025

Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled.

If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.

— Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) July 17, 2025

If you refuse to see what is happening, the cancellation of the Colbert show should open your eyes.

I want to explain to you what a censorship state looks like – where a corrupt government gives favors to media that suppresses criticism of the regime. pic.twitter.com/qxWJ7hqBsE

— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) July 19, 2025

Thank you Stephen Colbert for your willingness to speak truth to power.

Staying far from timid.

And never bending the knee to a wannabe king. pic.twitter.com/L9EzYzU5IE

— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) July 19, 2025

Fromer NPR CEO @Vivian Schiller on CBS cancelling Colbert’s show: “This has not been a great week for free speech and speaking truth to power” pic.twitter.com/33T2mcOrTg

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 19, 2025

Thank you, Sen. Merkley. The most important issue facing Oregon voters is protecting Stephen Colbert's $15 million salary. https://t.co/djRmFxg4e0

— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) July 18, 2025

The fact that they're treating this like the cancellation of a political punditry show tells you all you need to know about what the show had become. https://t.co/xKGlVH6PdK

— Noam Blum (@neontaster) July 18, 2025

The news of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show cancellation is disheartening. I’ve been fortunate to appear on @colbertlateshow four different times. Each time, Stephen asked important questions and made sure to make us laugh. pic.twitter.com/ChXjVtblvn

— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) July 18, 2025

A snapshot of how politics, media and entertainment intersect in 2025: Democratic senators want to know why CBS is ending Stephen Colbert's show pic.twitter.com/LoS08Ul7S1

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 18, 2025

Exit quotes:

They have no idea they're proving our point… https://t.co/onbLRwgwA0

— Chad Felix Greene 🇮🇱 (@chadfelixg) July 18, 2025

It’s so telling that these eulogies of Colbert’s comedy show never include the line: “he was funny” https://t.co/ErA8aqun6h

— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) July 19, 2025

THE HISTORY OF THE LAST FEW CENTURIES HAS BEEN THE ENDING OF FEUDALISM AND THE SERFS’ REJECTION OF THEIR ARISTOS AND THEIR BUREAUCRATIC UNDERLINGS:  The World Economic Forum and the ‘Volk’ movement.

ROBIN HANSON: Morally Full Of Ourselves: What happens to cultures when selection pressures weaken while pressures to change remain due to cultural activism and environmental changes? “One simple possibility is a faster random walk into maladaption.”

WE’RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER INTERNET:  How the Obama Admin Betrayed the American People.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED. BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  WSJ Reporters Behind Epstein Smear Have Deep Ties to Clinton-Backed Russia Hoax Machine.

ALSO: PRIVATE SECTOR IS GROWING WHILE PUBLIC SECTOR SHRINKS:  Trump’s America First Agenda Works: Native-Born Workers See 100% of Job Gains As Foreign Hiring Plummets.

IMPRESSIVE, GIVEN THE DEMS’ EXTENSIVE USE OF STRAW DONORS AND OVERSEAS FUNDING:  PA Republican Crushes Democrat Field in Fundraising As America First Agenda Gains Momentum.

SPOILER: YOU PROBABLY WILL:  A Teen Posted TikToks to Garner Support After Her Parents’ Murders. You Won’t Believe What Happened Next.

BEHOLD, MY SHOCKED FACE!  Biden’s Green Dream of EV Postal Truck Fleet Is a $10 Billion Failure.

I HEAR EVEN THE BEAR IS LEAVING THE FLAG OF THE FORMER GREAT BEAR FLAG REPUBLIC:  In-N-Out Owner Rips California Policies, Is Moving To Tennessee.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT SHOULD BRING OUT SCREAMS OF “ARISTO, ARISTO A LA LANTERNE!”:  Fury Erupts Over CA’s Plan to Convert Fire-Ravaged Lots into Low-Income Housing.

LET THEM FUME:  Democrats fume over new plan to house illegal migrants in New Jersey, Indiana military bases.

THE BEST FEMALE RUNNER TO DATE CANNOT RUN A 4 MINUTE MILE, SOMETHING THAT 7 AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HAVE DONE THIS YEAR:  A Stark Reminder That Sex Differences Matter in Elite Sport.

ICE AND FEDERAL PROSECUTORS NAIL PEOPLE FOR FAKE U VISAS IN LOUISIANA:  ICEberg is mostly hidden.