KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Chauvin Guilty but Unhinged Leftists Still Complain. “Another chapter closed in the tragic George Floyd saga yesterday but I think we all know that it won’t be the final chapter. This is going to be an American societal horror version of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time and we’re only about one-third of the way through the first of the seven books.”

SO MUCH HATE: Women’s March, Plagued by Anti-Semitism, Demands Prominent Jew’s Resignation.

EMBRACE THE SPAM: Progressive Groups Fight AT&T and T-Mobile’s New Texting Rules.

Mobile carriers like T-Mobile and AT&T are unhappy with the number of spam text messages — including political ones — that their customers receive. In the next few months, they’re rolling out major changes affecting who can send texts and how many they can send. The changes — named “10DLC” for the 10-digit long codes that high-volume businesses and apps use to text local numbers — will require high-volume text purveyors to register with the Campaign Registry, a subsidiary of the Milan-based communications firm Kaleyra. Carriers will impose higher messaging fees on any businesses, campaigns, and other mass texting efforts that don’t file with the Registry, and in some cases block them from delivering messages altogether.

In recent weeks, a coalition of liberal and progressive advocacy groups have mounted a campaign to put the brakes on 10DLC, rejecting the characterization of their messages as spam and raising concerns that the blunt 10DLC rules will hamper one of their most effective organizing tools.

A modest 25¢ fee to send a text, fully refundable on acceptance by the receiver, would do wonders for peace and quiet.

But honestly, I’d rather bring back the pillory for anyone who acts as though my device is their organizing tool.

#JOURNALISM:

MANCHIN GOES WITH THE UNION BOSSES: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), the sole remaining trace of what was once a strong pack of moderate Senate Democrats — think Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson of Washington — has mightily disappointed those who hoped he would buck the unions.

THIS IS ONE OF THE WEIRDEST PROJECTS I’VE WORKED FOR: And it’s now in audiobook.

The Founder Effect

It is 2185 CE. Humans now live throughout the Solar System, but their most ambitious adventure is about to begin. The starship Victoria will carry over 10,000 colonists to a new world outside the Solar System. The larger-than-life exploits of those colonists will become legendary. The colonists will build a new civilization, and the actions of a few individuals will become famous – and infamous – forever marking their new colony with the Founder Effect.

“Foreword: Legends” copyright 2020 by Larry Correia; “Descent” copyright 2020 by Mark H. Wandrey; “Confession” copyright 2020 by Les Johnson; “Somnum Exterreri” copyright 2020 by Christopher L. Smith; “Kamekura” copyright 2020 by Words of Weber, Inc.; “Sonny Stirs” copyright 2020 by Daniel M. Hoyt; “Stowaway” copyright 2020 by Brad R. Torgersen; “Cerberus Project” copyright 2020 by Monalisa Foster; “Alas Roanoke” copyright 2020 by Sarah A. Hoyt; “The Legend of Jimmy Vee” copyright 2020 by Chris Kennedy; “On the Trail of the Sügenhound” copyright 2020 by Vivienne Raper; “No Word for Princes” copyright 2020 by Jody Lynn Nye; “The Loss of Beaver Flight” copyright 2020 by Brent M. Roeder; “Jack Daw Days” copyright 2020 by Catherine L. Smith; “Redemption” copyright 2020 by Philip Wohlrab; “Looneytunes” copyright 2020 by D.J. Butler; “Fire from Heaven” copyright 2020 by Words of Weber, Inc. and Mark H. Wandrey

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: Burgess Owens Eviscerates Democrats’ ‘Jim Crow’ Narrative on Election Integrity. “True racism is this: It’s a projection of the Democratic Party on my proud race. It’s called the soft bigotry of low expectations.”

SPOILER: NO. Are outdoor mask mandates still necessary? They never were.

REMEMBER THOSE SUPERBOWL COMMERCIALS THAT MADE IT WORTH TO WATCH MEH GAMES:  Forbidden Coffee (A guest post by King Harv Coffees).

This is like that, only super-geeky and even more awesome. I haven’t giggled so much since the herding cats commercial.

FROM THE STOMPING GROUNDS OF CRAZY KARENS?  Nextdoor to alert users before they post something racist.

Say it ain’t so. This is my shocked face.

DEMOCRAT DOMINATED STATE TELLS CITIZENS WHERE THEY CAN STICK RELIGIOUS LIBERTY:   Connecticut lawmakers pass bill ending religious vaccine exemption.

… And ALL for a slightly severe common cold.

SIGNS OF COMING TO THEIR SENSES FROM GREAT BRITAIN:  Pub Owner Throws Lockdown Leader Out.

HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE:  Pratt chamber won’t answer questions about social justice survey.

WELL, ARRESTS ARE GOOD. IF THEY DON’T WALTZ OUT THE BACK DOOR:  Antifa Mole Leads To Multiple Arrests.

THIS CUTE IDEA OF MAKING BEING ABLE TO TAN IMMUNITY FROM CRIMES:  Columbus Ohio Release Body Cam Footage of Police Officer Shooting 15-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant Just Before She Stabbed a Woman.

Is going to rebound very badly. Both in encouraging the crazy and criminal element, and in the firestorm it will cause, in which real racism will come out to play.
If you’re a believer, pray for America. Things are about to get very dicey.

I’D FEEL SORRY FOR THIS WRECK OF A MAN:  Floyd Family Gets Phone Call from Grandpa Joe.

But he secured his place in the annals of the most corrupt politicians ever while still in control of his faculties. Now? Well, whatever remains of him has Caligula and Nero going “Dude!” Sure Nero made his horse a senator. But Biden made a dishonest brainless whore* his VP with fresh-stolen votes. Arguably the horse’s ass is worse than the horse.

*my apologies to honest, brainless whores. I don’t mean to impugn them by that comparison.

AS USUAL DEMOCRATS IGNORE ANY RESULTS OF THEIR ACTIONS BUT THE MOST IMMEDIATE:  Trial By Mob: Chauvin Jury Punts So They Can Leave.

DEAR NANCY, THANK YOU FOR GETTING DRUNK:  Pelosi: Dear George Floyd, Thank You For Getting Killed.

And revealing to the entire world the moral bankruptcy of your side of the isle.

IF THIS COUNTRY HAD BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A CABAL OF ITS WORST ENEMIES, WHAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT?  Israel Believes Biden Just Weeks Away From Signing New Iran Nuclear Deal.

IT’S TIME AND PAST TIME TO REVEAL THE REPORTERS’ NAMES AND ADDRESSES: Hackers Reveal Donors to Kyle Rittenhouse Defense Fund, Media Starts Knocking on Donors’ Doors.

Oh, you like mob justice? Well, how about a mob coming for you? (Does Utah even get mobs?)

HEY, NANCY, WE HAVE MANY MANY JUNKIES “SACRIFICING” THEIR LIVES:   Pelosi: ‘Thank you George Floyd for Sacrificing Your Life’.

And your covidiocy lockdowns are creating many more.  Drink another bottle of Grey Goose and shut up.

VOTE THEFT IS THEIR RELIGION:  Georgia Black Religious Leaders Demand Home Depot Boycott Over Silence on Voting Laws.

I already have a religion. It says vote theft is a sin.

DON’T WORRY, IT’S PROBABLY NOTHING:

Of course no one can say our military isn’t keeping its eye on the ball, in response: The US Navy falls to virtue signaling. “They put a mask on the eagle. A f**king mask on the Eagle of the United States.”

”Listen, Sug, don’t forget to say your prayers,” to coin a phrase.

MARK JUDGE: The Bad News Bears and Our 1980s Bacchanals. “The Bad News Bears is one of the most hilarious and politically incorrect films ever made. It came out in 1976, when America was a more freewheeling place, for better and worse, and was a huge hit. It portrayed kids realistically. The little-league Bears cussed, used stereotypes, thought their alcoholic manager Morris Buttermaker (Walter Mauthau) was useless, and got into fights. They were real kids. That include the girl pitcher Amanda Whurlitzer, brilliantly played by Tatum O’Neal. Amanda fired right back when the boys razzed her, and mowed them down with her fastball. She was tough, smart, and independent. Those are things we used to hope girls would be.”

Turns out it’s more useful to the powers that be to keep them insecure, anxious, and full of free-floating hostility.

OPEN THREAD: I’m a space lawyer — bet you weren’t ready for that.