VICTORIA TAFT: Smell Yourselves Lefties: Loon Attacks Couple Wearing MAGA Hats. Then She Turns Around and Wow. “It was the moment that lefties, if they have any introspective tendencies, should consider the moment when the mirror was held up and everyone saw the ugliness. And hatred. Yes, plenty of hatred. And lunacy. Plenty of that, too. “
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August 27, 2025
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CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL: Land’s End.
Whomever Britain chooses to lead it away from its era of multiculturalism, something big is going to change. In the United States, most deep reforms must travel a narrow road of constitutionality and survive the scrutiny of the Supreme Court. Britain has a different constitution. The democratic prerogatives of the British Parliament are almost absolute. It is true that, at the turn of the century, Blair enshrined the European Convention of Human Rights in British law and empowered a Supreme Court to vet parliamentary decisions. For now, such institutions and treaties impede any program of large-scale deportation. On the other hand, Britain’s proudly (or notoriously) sovereign parliament could abolish these Blairite guardrails in an afternoon. All three conservative leaders—Farage, Badenoch, and Jenrick—have, in one way or another, declared themselves open to the idea. Even relative to Brexit, or to what Donald Trump has done thus far in the United States, this would be an earthquake. It would take at least until the next election, but on present trends it cannot be ruled out. Maybe that will turn out to be what Brexit was for.
Read the whole thing.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: A Primer On Pepper Spray.
DAN ZIMMERMAN: The Time is Now: This May Be Our Last Chance to Finally Dismantle ATF. “For decades, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has stood as one of the most tyrannical agencies in Washington, with a long history of abusing its power against the American people. From Waco to the murder of Bryan Malinowski in Arkansas last year, the ATF’s record is littered with tragedy, government overreach, and open hostility toward law-abiding gun owners.”
DISPATCHES FROM AIRSTRIP ONE: The New Face of British Resistance Is Just 14 Years Old. “Culturally, things are so crazy that the BBC didn’t just blur out our heroine’s face, they even blurred out her blades. And now you understand the screencap at the top of this column. Mustn’t ruffle any feathers, you see.”
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KEYSTONE COPS, WEST COAST EDITION:
San Francisco police have a robbery suspect from Los Angeles pinned down, until they don’t… https://t.co/zcZnsGDiOF
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) August 26, 2025
You couldn’t put that in a movie because nobody would believe it.
RAIN AND WIND AND STORM SURGE: Wind isn’t the only threat: Scientists urge shift to more informed hurricane scale.
QUESTION ASKED: Is This the Identity of the Minneapolis Church Shooter?
JON CALDARA: Consolidation of radio a cautionary tale for local TV news.
We’ve seen this type of conglomeration here before, in radio, and it’s served no one well, including, ironically, the companies that did it.
Before 1996, the Federal Communication Commission’s rules usually allowed only two radio stations to be owned by one entity in any one media market, an AM and FM station. It made for the “WKRP in Cincinnati” period of radio — local, often independently owned, stations with a variety of styles and personalities. In other words, lots of choice for listeners.
It also gave birth to the heyday of local talk radio, arguably the most potent force for limited government news and views we’ve ever had. It’s what drew me to work in talk radio for nearly 27 years now.
In Colorado, we had local giants like Mike Rosen and Peter Boyles who would dive into local politics and bring out stories and opinions the newspapers and TV stations wouldn’t touch. They kept the mainstream media honest
Talk radio was a political force. Those days are gone.
The FCC changed their rules so one company could own up to eight radio stations in any market. It started a buying spree. Companies went into debt to buy as many stations as they could as fast as they could.
The plan was to centralize the operations of the radio stations; thus, saving a lot of money by taking meat cleavers to the local stations.
Why have a newsroom crew serving only one station when you could have that one newsroom serve eight radio stations? Lay off all the other newsrooms’ employees, and there’s your profit.
If you’ve ever heard the same voice on different radio stations report the same news item, it’s because they record the story once and send it out to eight “sister” stations. No option of hearing how up to seven other stations might have covered that story differently.
If you’ve ever heard a radio traffic reporter mispronounce a common Colorado street or city name, it’s because they’re not in Colorado. They’re in another studio in a different state reading off some computer screen; then the guy does the same for the next city.
Fallout for local news
But the biggest damage done was the death of local news coverage and talk shows. Oh, yes, they’re still around, but they are not nearly the influencers and power brokers they once were.
Less local news/talk means less local accountability.
MINNEAPOLIS UPDATE:
Nearly an hour later, credible journalists (including @karol) have ID'd the Minneapolis shooter as Robert Paul "Robin" Westman, whose motives are known. @ABCNewsLive continues to play dumb.https://t.co/eXaO9ZkG5R
— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) August 27, 2025
And for as long as X allows it, here’s the shooter’s video manifesto.
BREAKING 🚨🚨 🚨
WARNING HIGHLY DISTURBING
This is an 11 minute video posted by the psychotic school shooter today in Minneapolis. It was posted 2 hours ago on a YouTube channel named Robin W.
In it he shows a manifesto and an arsenal of guns with writing on them while… pic.twitter.com/w5VNufJWXL
— Champagne Joshi (@JoshWalkos) August 27, 2025
Joshi isn’t exaggerating — it is disturbing.
Between the “Kill Trump” stuff and his “I’m a girl!” hairdo, it’s an easy guess the shooter isn’t exactly MAGA.
GREAT MOMENTS IN GASLIGHTING:
A very incomplete list of prominent Republicans prosecuted during the Biden Admin:
Donald Trump (4 separate jurisdictions)
Rudy Giuliani
Mark Meadows
John Eastman
Sidney Powell
George Santos
Jeff Fortenberry
Steve Bannon
Peter Navarro
Kenneth Chesebro
Jenna Ellis
Jeffrey Clark… https://t.co/IJxbu985AO— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) August 26, 2025
JUDGES ARE LIKE PROFESSORS, AND TEND TO BE CARELESS: Senator castigates federal judiciary for ignoring “basic cybersecurity.”
TRAVIS KELCE LAUNCHES AMERICAN EAGLE COLLECTION AFTER TAYLOR SWIFT ENGAGEMENT:
Kelce said he kept the collection a secret “for nearly a year. It was an awesome opportunity to team up with an established brand where both sides were excited to truly collaborate on every decision in the design and creative process.”
The line represents more than 90 pieces priced between $14.95 and $179.95, and were made to “evoke Travis’ unique style, delivering an elevated take on everyday essentials and transforming classic silhouettes into bold statements of confidence and individuality.” Cricket sweaters, rugby polos and utility cargo pants are on the menu.
The campaign is the first new American Eagle spot to run after this summer’s brouhaha over “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans.” Launched a month ago with the star of “Euphoria” and “Anyone But You,” the ad touted Sweeney’s genetic blessings. Some took the message as the company praising Sweeney’s specific looks as desirable over others. KQ
American Eagle defended their vision, saying the ad “is and always was about the jeans. Her jeans. Her story. We’ll continue to celebrate how everyone wears their AE jeans with confidence, their way. Great jeans look good on everyone.”
A decade ago, the DNC-MSM gave Kelce’s fiancée the same Bletchley Park-level decoding effort that Sweeney received at the beginning of this month:
● Can’t Shake It Off: How Taylor Swift Became a Nazi Idol.
—Vice.com, May 23rd, 2016.
● White Supremacists Call Taylor Swift An Aryan Goddess.
—NPR, May 27, 2016.
● Neo-Nazis Are Really Into Taylor Swift.
—KQED, May 25th, 2016.
Dominic Green had fun deflating that weird obsession of the legacy media in 2018: Taylor Swift, Nazi Barbie? “Really, the only Nazi Barbie was Klaus Barbie, a model long out of production. Pop’s echoes of fascist propaganda testify not to pop’s pretend radicalism, but to its merciless commercialism.”
I’m so old, I can remember when Freddie Mercury received the same treatment in the 1970s from Rolling Stone:
Whatever its claims, Queen isn’t here just to entertain. This group has come to make it clear exactly who is superior and who is inferior. Its anthem, “We Will Rock You,” is a marching order: you will not rock us, we will rock you. Indeed, Queen may be the first truly fascist rock band.
Well yeah, that’s how it works; I kind of assumed that when I paid my money to see Queen at the Philadelphia Spectrum a few years later, they would indeed be rocking me, along with the 17,000 other people in the stands.
IT’S NOT EXACTLY THE PATIENT AS CEO: Study finds many doctors disregard wishes of cancer patients.
KEEP YOUR NAILS TRIMMED: Ergonomic Grip Toenail Clipper for Thick Nails. #CommissionEarned
JESSE WALKER PROFILES CURTIS SLIWA: The Man in the Red Beret: What Curtis Sliwa Brings to New York’s Wild Mayoral Race. Love to see him win, but I think the non-Mamdani candidates should draw straws to see who stays in and the rest should quit so as not to split the anti-Mamdani vote.
AND WHY WOULD ISRAEL LET THEM IN?
WSJ: Egypt is training 10,000 Palestinian forces at its military academies to secure postwar Gaza, drawing exclusively from West Bank PLA/Fatah ranks, Hamas’ main rivals. pic.twitter.com/wdSIhTeMAa
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) August 27, 2025
NOTWITHSTANDING MY COLLEAGUE’S ACTION, MY CLASSES WILL MEET AS USUAL TOMORROW: Professor cancels class after learning Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged: ‘I can’t focus.’
In fact, he teaches social media strategies and this was a stunt, demonstrating his expertise. Clever!
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO RETAKE CONTROL OF D.C.’S UNION STATION AMID CRIME CRACKDOWN:
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to retake control of Washington, D.C.’s Union Station — its latest measure geared at combating crime in the district.
“Instead of being a point of pride, Washington’s Union Station has fallen into disrepair,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement. “By reclaiming station management, we will help make this city safe and beautiful.”
While the Department of Transportation has owned the historic station since the 1980s, it has allowed a nonprofit, the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, more control over the station year after year.
Now, the Department of Transportation says it plans to use a new deal with Amtrak and USRC to fund improvements to elevators, lighting, security and other repairs to the roof and several major systems.
Perhaps you could say he’s pounced on the station, or even seized it: AP Reports Trump Has Seized Upon Americans’ High Level of Concern About Big City Crime.
Evergreen:
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: It’s Official: Bill Gates Now Contains 2 Percent Less Bond Villain. “That’s because of who Gates just cut off from his charitable foundation’s metric crap-tons of money.”