COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE LEFTISM: Huge Brawl At Social Justice Warrior Middle School. “How huge? 200 people (including parents) were involved, and multiple cars of policemen had to break up the fight.”

WELL, GOOD: Researchers develop new technology to easily detect active TB.

MEGAN FOX: Muslim Comedian Under Attack for Calling Out Grooming Behavior by Non-binary Creep Jeffrey Marsh.

UGH: Japan loosens COVID-19 rules, but many keep masking.

SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE IS IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA: Open the Books Links Gov. Gavin Newsom and Silicon Valley Bank. “By Monday, Open the Books, which imposes transparency on those who refuse, ‘using forensic auditing and open records,’ found even deeper ties between Silicon Valley Bank and the Newsom’s: Silicon Valley Bank gave $100,000 ‘Behested’ gift to the Newsom’s nonprofit.”

AARP PUSHES ‘FAMILY FRIENDLY’ DRAG QUEEN HOURS: Not sure how promoting drag queen hours helps America’s largest seniors group, but AARP has been an integral part of the Left’s campaign to normalize sexualized cross-dressing displays, according to a report from AMAC.  That’s AMAC as in the Association of Mature American Citizens.

YOU MIGHT NOT BE INTERESTED IN THE GLEICHSCHALTUNG BUT THE GLEICHSCHALTUNG IS INTERESTED IN YOU: We Were Censored for Reporting on Natural Immunity. What’s Next?

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE! (CONT’D): Florida Teacher Arrested After Having Sex With Student At School Events: Sheriff.

SAD: The Russia That Might Have Been.

In the 12 months since Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine, the war has turned into an accelerating disaster for Russia. Although Ukrainians are the primary victims of the Kremlin’s unprovoked aggression, the war has already left hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers dead or wounded. Unprecedented Western sanctions have squeezed the Russian economy, and Moscow’s large-scale mobilization and wartime crackdown on civil society have caused hundreds of thousands of the country’s high-skilled workers to flee abroad. Yet the greatest long-term cost of the war to Russia may be in permanently foreclosing the promise of Russia occupying a peaceful and prosperous place in the twenty-first-century world order.

The current trajectory of Russia’s foreign policy was not predestined, and there were many chances for the Kremlin to do things differently. For much of the last 20 years—even following the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014—Russia had a historic opening to build a dynamic new place for itself in the international system. When Putin was sworn in as president, in May 2000, Russia was entering a period of greater possibility—both within and beyond its borders—than at any other point in its history. Internally, Russia had survived the collapse of the USSR and the tumultuous 1990s to go from an empire to an influential nation-state in the making. Despite the horrendous wars in Chechnya, Russia was, by the turn of the century, largely stable and at peace. Its planned economy had given way to an adaptable market economy. It was an imperfect but vibrant democracy.

Read the whole thing.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR WEEKLY INSANITY WRAP: Is Mark Kelly the Most Dangerous Man in the Senate? “This guy ran as a moderate — and got a way with it, too.”

Plus:

• Nikki Fried proves again she’s probably a GOP plant (or at least as dumb as one).
• Vivek Ramaswamy has the good news and the bad news about SVB.
• If Portlanders get any more gaslit, the EPA is going to have to shut them down.

So much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

BE PREPARED: Victorinox Swiss Army Huntsman Pocket Knife. #CommissionEarned

HE’S HALF-EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: Elon Musk hints Starship rocket may explode on first orbital launch, predicting 50% chance of success and ‘guaranteeing excitement.’ “‘I think it’s got, I don’t know, hopefully about a 50% chance of reaching orbit,’ Musk said, adding that SpaceX is building multiple Starship rockets and that overall, there’s about an 80% chance one of them will reach orbit this year.”

The occasional rapid unscheduled disassembly followed by rapid iteration and improvement have taken SpaceX this far.

STANFORD IS CRAZY: Stanford: Conservative students can contact diversity dean – who helped shut down their event – for ‘support’.

I’M NOT LAUGHING: Joe Biden Takes Things Seriously by… Going on Comedy Central?

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘Apparently, I am the wrong kind of black’: California equity director fired for viewpoint diversity.

BUILD BACK BROKEN: How Biden’s New Washing Machine Regulations Could Ruin Laundry Day.

The proposed washing machine rule marks the latest example of the administration turning to consumer regulations to advance its climate change goals. Last month, the Energy Department published an analysis of its proposed cooking appliance efficiency regulations, which it found would effectively ban half of all gas stoves on the U.S. market from being sold. The department has also proposed new efficiency standards for refrigerators, which could come into effect in 2027. “Collectively these energy efficiency actions … support President Biden’s ambitious clean energy agenda to combat the climate crisis,” the Energy Department said in February.

While the Energy Department—which did not return a request for comment—acknowledged in its proposal that “maintaining acceptable cleaning performance can be more difficult as energy and water levels are reduced,” it expressed confidence that Whirlpool and other appliance manufacturers can comply with its regulations without sacrificing stain removal and other performance standards. For the Heritage Foundation’s Travis Fisher, however, manufacturer concerns over the proposal are justified.

“When you’re squeezing all you can out of the efficiency in terms of electricity use and water … you by definition either make the appliance worse or slower,” said Fisher, who serves as a senior research fellow at the foundation’s Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment. “Why are we so focused on the energy output, as opposed to if it’s helping me wash my clothes? That standard has kind of gone off the rails.”

Our own Sarah Hoyt told me years ago that she believes the real purpose is to condition people to things that are worse than they used to be, to lower our expectations. I’ve never seen anything to contradict her.

FEDS FUND TRAINING FOR PIGS, DOLPHINS TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES: Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) reveals that grants by Biden USDA and NSF to fund studies training pigs to use joysticks and dolphins to use touchscreens to play video games. No, really, she’s not making this up.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: China Is Probably Just Waiting for U.S. Military to Get More Woke. “When someone in our Army says that we’re experiencing a ‘national security concern’ because of our inability to recruit new people, you can bet that the news gets to Xi as soon as it does anyone here.”

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Maryland Teacher Urges ‘War Against Capitalism,’ Brags About Indoctrinating Students: “Revolutions involve violence.” Commies deserve no more tolerance than Nazis.

Plus: “Does anyone else feel like… we can skip the math, skip the science, like we’ll do that next year.”

Related: Historic decline in IQ could stem from poor education, study shows.