GOOD, BUT… F-35C Readiness Rises, Navy Fighter Shortfall Fades.

…the number of F-35s in service is still small, and getting the logistics spun up as the fleet grows will continue to be rocky. Just the way it goes.

“ANTI-ZIONISM” REVEALS ITS TRUE FACE AGAIN (LINK FIXED): Open antisemitism at Duke/UNC conference.

So I tend to be a skeptical of videos like this, which take hours of interviews and splice them down to a few minutes. But with that caveat, this looks very, very bad.

RUN ALL THE CANDIDATES! Is Terry McAuliffe Running for President? This Alligator-Trump Tweet Is Mighty Suspicious…

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How to Dismantle a Nuclear Missile.

NICE: Brilliant Optical Illusions Inspire Families To Adopt Rescue Pets. “There’s always room for more. Adopt.”

DAVID HARSANYI: Is Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange A Foreign Spy Or A News Publisher? While I’m highly sympathetic to the principled arguments being made in defense of Assange, they’re not applicable in this case.

I DIDN’T REALIZE DONATING BONE MARROW WAS DANGEROUS: N.J. high school principal dies after donating bone marrow to boy.

I DUNNO, SOME PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE IT DOESN’T ENDURE: The Internet’s Enduring Free Speech Legacy.

HEINLEIN’S CRAZY YEARS (CONT’D): 234 House Democrats, Two Republicans Co-Sponsor Bill Forcing Schools To Let Male Athletes Compete On Girls’ Sports Teams.

REINING IN THE DEEP STATE: One of the ways the regulatory bureaucracy works is through issuing “guidance documents” that essentially have the force of law, without having to jump through the pesky hoops of getting a bill through congress or complying with the Administrative Procedure Act. Some good news today, though – the President is issuing an executive order aimed at curbing this practice.

The EO will also require agencies to comply with laws about submitting documents to Congress, something previous Presidents have let their agency heads ignore. It’s a few small steps along the road to dealing with the bigger problem, but it’s good they’re being taken.

The Executive Order is something my colleague Wayne Crews has been advocating for, so kudos to him.

VIDEO: Former Obama State Department Official Gregory Hicks Talks About The Deep State.

WELL-DESERVED CONGRATULATIONS TO ROGER KIMBALL, who wins this year’s Bradley Prize.

JUSTICE: Prosecutors Charge Man for Abandoning Pet Fish Before Realizing That Isn’t Illegal. He should be entitled to compensation, as well as a public apology. Charging someone without understanding the law is malpractice.

THE NOMENKLATURA DON’T NEED TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING TO THE PROLES: Bernie Sanders Asked to Explain $340k in Private Jet Flights.

THEY TOLD ME THAT BY THE TIME TRUMP HAD BEEN IN OFFICE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WE’D SEE INDICTMENTS EVERYWHERE. AND THEY WERE RIGHT! Michael Avenatti indicted on 36 counts by California federal grand jury; accused of ripping off mentally ill paraplegic client.

WHO IS DANIEL GREENFIELD? Blogger Daniel Greenfield, aka Sultan Knish, declares that his work is guided by George Orwell’s statement: “We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”

FASTER, PLEASE: SPLC’s ‘Hate Group’ Accusation Outed as a Scam, More Than 60 Groups Considering Lawsuits.

INTERESTING PIECE FROM STEVEN CALABRESI AND GARY LAWSON: The Depravity of the 1930s and the Modern Administrative State. “To be clear, we think that constitutional interpretation should be about the Constitution, not about time periods, values, or constitutional ‘orders,’ but if for some reason one wants to focus on time periods, the 1930s should be the last time period to which one looks for guidance.”

I believe a decent argument can be made that the post-Court packing judicial victories for the New Deal were procured by duress, and that later Supreme Courts are thus free to revisit them without the usual concerns for stare decisis.

TONY KATZ: The Official Buttigeig 2020 Path To The White House: #NeverPence. “Pete Buttigieg is engaging in fear mongering and hate, pushing the idea that Mike Pence is somehow attacking you, actively hurting you and coming after you when, of course, that is not the case. Buttigieg wants you to believe that the Vice President hates you, when that is also not the case.”

Meanwhile he lectures you on Christianity and morality.