WHAT’S BEING DONE ISN’T SCARY. WHY ARE SO MANY SCARED?  The Black Box Theory, DOGE, and Questions You Need to Ask.

NONE OF US ARE TIRED OF WINNING:  ‘There’ll be so much winning you’ll get tired of winning!’

And for the X-less.

ABOUT TIME:  Dem Donors Turn Off Money Tap For Left-Wing Activist Groups As Party Remains In Disarray.

YOU MUST HAVE A HEART OF STONE NOT TO LAUGH LIKE AN HYENA:  Dems Having Major Buyer’s Remorse After David Hogg Starts Texting Them Outrageous Messages.

DON’T THOSE DOGE BASTIDS REALIZE A FEDERAL JOB IS A SINECURE???  Not Many Americans Are Going to Tolerate What These Federal Workers Had to Say Last Night.

THIS IS DELICIOUS:  Sean Spicer’s revenge.

THE EXTRAORDINARY PROMO POSTS GO ON: The Special Book Promo Goes On.

Give these writers a look and see if there’s anything you fancy. Review and share. It’s time.

NO, NO IT’S NOT.

“The death of expertise is really about the rise of two social ills: narcissism and resentment.” https://t.co/nF4CJZu3Jl

— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) February 18, 2025

The “death of expertise” is about experts selling out, telling lies, and just not knowing what they were doing. It was The Suicide Of Expertise.

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

#JOURNALISM:

NBC’s Tom Costello instantly blames President Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE for the Delta plane crash in Toronto.

Really can’t hate these people enough.
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 17, 2025

Does Tom Costello understand that Canada isn’t a state yet? It’s still another country.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Improving spaceport infrastructure could ease strain at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg.

THIS IS REAGAN ALL OVER AGAIN: More CNN #Sadz: Frank Luntz Says Clinton Voters Who Flipped to Trump ‘Lovin’ It.’

JONAH LIVES: Incredible Video: Whale Swallows Man Then Spits Him Out Again.

MICROBIOME NEWS: New Study Uncovers a Shocking Side Effect of a Parkinson’s Drug: A new study reveals that entacapone, a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease, significantly disrupts the gut microbiome by inducing iron deficiency. “

HAS TRUMP EXHAUSTED THE LEFT? Reaction wasn’t as expected to news late last week that Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought’s delegating to his top politically appointed deputies budget allocation authority. That’s a big deal if you understand the crucial role OMB plays in developing and administering the federal budget before and after Congress completes its work.

Folks on the Left traditionally have far better understood the crucial importance of their control of the federal bureaucracy, and thus reacted vastly more quickly and decisively to what they perceive as any attack on its power or perogatives.

But then came Donald Trump II armed to the teeth with eight years worth of hard lessons learned about the Left and its bureaucracy. His first three weeks have seen an unexpected assault on multiple fronts on every major aspect of the federal Leviathan, including the bureaucracy.

Yes, the federal worker unions and their litigious Left-wing non-profit allies predictably headed to federal court in waves in the first two weeks, cheered on by the Mainstream Media. But then comes week three, Vought makes his move, and it’s all but crickets.

To be sure, Monday was a federal holiday and the courts were closed, so maybe there will be a new wave tomorrow. But check out my report today in The Epoch Times for more on the muted reaction to a key prong of the Trump campaign to reform the federal government and its workforce.

UGH: Flu and stomach bugs are spreading fast: Are you prepared? Tamiflu is a good drug, but my friends who have used Xofluza say it’s a game-changer.

THE LIST KEEPS GETTING SHORTER: The best manual transmission cars of 2025.

I’M SURE LEFTIES ARE ALREADY TRYING TO BLAME TRUMP FOR THIS ACCIDENT, WHICH HAPPENED IN CANADA. Delta Plane Crashes and Overturns While Landing at Toronto Airport.

JOANNE JACOBS: In a ‘boy-friendly’ school, boys get more time to play, socialize, choose activities. “Haidt makes the point that we’ve overprotected boys in the natural world and under-protected them in the artificial [virtual] world.”

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

Von Trapp Family Crosses The Alps Into Switzerland To Escape Free Speech https://t.co/0DnJ1fOzGp pic.twitter.com/PBvIEuXpEQ

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 17, 2025

MULTIVERSE OF HITLERS RELEASED FROM THE BUNKER, REHABILITATED, AND GIVEN NEW SUITS:

“All republicans are Hitler while they are in power,” before they come to power, and in some cases, even after they leave power — especially legendary authoritarian strongman, err, umm, Calvin Coolidge.

SO MUCH: What the Hell Is Wrong With CBS News?

DIY: Paint Sprayer Tool 1000W High Power Electric Spray Paint Gun. #CommissionEarned

GOOD LUCK: Gun Control Orgs Doing Battlefield Prep As Trump Administration Zeroes In On Biden Gun Control Policies.

UNRWA IS HAMAS: Hamas linked to UNRWA, aid went straight to leaders, recordings reveal.