MOSTLY THE LEFT IN THOSE PLACES. AND YES, THEY SHOULD:  Maybe the US and the EU should reflect on the damage they have caused before lecturing Israel on anything.

IT WAS THE EFFING AROUND OF TIMES, IT WAS THE FINDING OUT OF TIMES:  The DSA Has No Idea Why No One Wants To Give Them Money.

SHOCKED SHOCKED SHOCKED:  Three Former Presidents Start NGO to Import Illegal Aliens into the U.S..

WHEN DEMOCRATS AREN’T EATING DOGS, THEY’RE CAUSING THEM TO BE HOMELESS DISEASED AND STARVING:  The Other Biden Border Crisis: Thousands of Dogs Abandoned Along Southern Border.

Also, how does one get one of these puppies? And how does one arrange for her husband not to kill her for getting one of these puppies? I want to know for…. a friend. That’s it. A friend. Would have to be a pretty small pup to put up with five cats and grow accustomed to them.

WE’RE LIVING IN THE FUTURE:  Artificial Intelligence Tool Translates Argentinian President Milei’s Freedom Address in Real Time.

AS WITH THEIR PUNTING ON HEARING ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD, THIS IS A MISGUIDED DECISION, TAKING US CLOSER TO THINGS NO ONE WANTS:  Supreme Court Allows Feds to Cut Razor Wire on Texas Border While Lawsuit Continues Through the Courts.

Not even the left. They just think they want it.

WHAT ABOUT EXCESSIVE POLITICIAN FORTUNES? UM?  Bernie Sanders, Democrats Targeting ‘Excessive CEO Pay’ in New Bill.

THE QUESTION IS ‘INCLUSIVE’ OF WHAT? ARE THEY CONFUSING SKIN COLOR WITH MINDS AGAIN?  When the lesson is dismissed as a ‘troubling trend’.

Multicolored Marxists are still Marxists.

ENVY IS NOT A VIRTUE, AND NEVER LIFTED ANYONE OUT OF POVERTY:  Let’s talk class warfare and CEO salaries.

OF COURSE OUR REAL PROBLEM IS FRAUD:  The Case For Trump.

OPEN THREAD: Why? Because I like you.

UPDATE: Oops, this was supposed to be scheduled for tomorrow night. Well, now you’ve got two.

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Blue Origin and SpaceX start work on cargo versions of crewed lunar landers.

HMM: Supreme Court allows Biden administration to cut Texas border wire. “The decision on Monday isn’t the final word on the contentious dispute, which has hit a fever pitch in recent weeks as Texas and the federal government stand at odds over how to mitigate the immigration crisis that has seen record levels of illegal immigrants over the border since President Joe Biden took office. . . .The state argues that the federal government does not have the right to destroy Texas’s property and claims ‘eyewitness observers’ reported Border Patrol agents ‘facilitat[ing] the surge of migrants’ into Eagle Pass, Texas.”

WELL, GOOD: Bacteria Responsible For Acne Were Genetically Modified to Treat It Instead.

THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ACA7 MARCHES FORWARD:  If you’re a regular Instapundit reader, you probably already know about my efforts to stop Assembly Constitutional Amendment 7 (or “ACA7“), which is currently pending in the California Senate (after passing in the Assembly on a strict party-line vote).

But if you haven’t heard about ACA7 before, you can read about it here, here, and here.  I posted the text of Bill McGurn’s piece in the Wall Street Journal’s piece here (without the paywall).  And here’s a new piece by Mike Gonzalez in the Washington Examiner.  Word is getting around.

If you’d like to help, one way to do so is write an email to all state senators.  Here is the page on our web site that will allow you send them.  You can either use the standard message provided for you (easy peazy) or (even better) you can write your own message.  To do so, just press “copy” next to the list of senators to attach the email addresses to your clip board and then transfer them over to your email.

And if you don’t have time for that, there’s always just signing our petition if you haven’t already done so.  You don’t have to be a Californian to sign.

Meanwhile, here are more pictures from the “No on ACA7” photo parade we did on Twitter at Christmastime.  (We’ve been doing Zoom meetings with senators this month.  In February, we’ll be live and in person in Sacramento.)

They just can’t stop! California legislators are again trying to gut the state constitution’s ban preferential treatment based on race, sex, or ethnicity. They WANT the power to discriminate. Don’t let them have it. #NoACA7 #KeepDiscriminationIllegal pic.twitter.com/LZH5ntMrd3

— Gail Heriot (@GailHeriot) December 21, 2023

The #NoACA7 photo parade returns!
He can’t vote, but he can dream. And you can bet his parents can vote. #KeepDiscriminationIllegal pic.twitter.com/JLpiUjKgdB

— Gail Heriot (@GailHeriot) December 20, 2023

LOL, ANOTHER HIPSTER NOSTRUM FAILS: Green Menace? Study Finds Food From Urban Agriculture Has 6x Larger Carbon Footprint.

Anyway, I think it’s better if urban areas are dependent on rural areas.

BREAKING: Judge Unseals Records in Nathan Wade Divorce Case.

TRUE: Quality Matters, But You Also Need Luck.

LOL, BUSINESS INSIDER: Business Insider: Very Dangerous to ‘Indoctrinate’ Young Americans That They Can Lawfully Possess a Firearm.

READER FAVORITE: TurboTax Premier 2023 Tax Software, Federal & State Tax Return. #CommissionEarned

A FASCINATING VIP PIECE FROM CHARLIE MARTIN: Sunday Supplement Science: Misleading Climate Math, Good Science Videos, and a Programming Legend Passes.

KAROL MARKOWICZ: Leave The Pews: “For many liberal Jews, it was hard to ignore that it wasn’t the boogeyman white supremacists that they had been warned about their entire lives. No, it was their professors, their co-workers at the nonprofit, friends of their college-aged kids calling for an end to Israel and celebrating the murder of Jews. And these hateful marches were not happening in rural Alabama, in the places they were taught to fear, but mainly in the bluest of blue cities. . . . By Oct. 8, their ‘allies’ had already taken to the streets, some in grotesque glee over the slaughter of Jews in their homes, others tearing down posters of kidnapped children, to say Israel should just sit down and take it.”

Plus: “To those who sat in the pews for years as their congregation became a shameless political operation, the time has now come to depart. Your synagogue must be a place of worship, not of political activity, and, unfortunately for you, who paid your dues and hoped to align with a community of your peers, the political movement your shul promotes is the one that hates you.”

MEDIA DOUBLE STANDARD ON PRESIDENTIAL DEMENTIA: Why on Earth would anybody think there is a double standard on how the Mainstream Media covers mental goofs by Joe Biden and Donald Trump? Issues & Insights explains why that’s exactly what millions of Americans have good reason to conclude it does exist.

BUILD MORE NUKES: Sam Altman: Age of AI will require an ‘energy breakthrough.’