THE 21^st CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Plane forced to make emergency landing after man in FIFTEEN facemasks began screaming that gays were giving him cancer.

JUST CANCEL: Is Netflix Grooming Children? Absolutely.

Amazon Fire HD 10 tablet (newest model) built for relaxation. #CommissionEarned

AND YET, NO BUSINESS OWNER HAD TO BOARD UP HIS WINDOWS AFTER KIRK’S ASSASSINATION: Atlantic article likens Charlie Kirk to George Floyd, sparking online fury.

Its author admits he doesn’t know very much about America:

This guy literally just went viral for saying he doesn’t understand the phenomenon he now presumes to explain https://t.co/URXfSimRWk pic.twitter.com/JZ2B3bFV8t

— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) October 3, 2025

Pauline Kael, call your office!

WHAT IS CONCEALED CARRY? Is it a lifestyle, or a martial art?

HMM: Rebellion brews against nanny state in deep blue Denver.

Of all places to find a growing citizens’ rebellion against the nanny state, who’d guess it’s happening in woke Denver?

Take note — if Denverites can claw back a little freedom from their elite, it can happen in your city too.

In this city of 70 breweries, 2,000 liquor establishments, some 300 cannabis dispensaries and now mushroom clinics, it was pure poetry when the city council and Mayor Mike Johnston passed a ban on adults buying flavored tobacco and nicotine products, you know, for the kids.

A hint of cherry in your beer — sure. Peach-infused vodka — bring it on! Any bit of flavor in the product you’re using to help you quit smoking — a perversion that must be stamped out.

I imagine the city council members who voted to disempower people from their own bodily autonomy also spout “my body, my choice.”

The cognitive dissonance required for this type of selective maternalistic fascism is monumental. After all, those elite took away the personal decisions of 730,000 Denverites because, well, they know what’s right for others.

What they don’t say aloud, but we hear perfectly, is, “your body, our choice.” And constituents are finding that offensive.

Fortunately, some feisty business owners who didn’t appreciate potentially watching their shop be put out of business as pot shops spring up around them decided to do something. They delivered more than 17,000 signatures to repeal this bit of intolerance. And they’re starting to get some interesting allies.

Flavored vapes is where Denverites finally, maybe drew line?

GALLUP FINDS MSM TRUST AT HISTORIC LOW: The divide is along generational and partisan lines, but the depth of distrust overall just keeps getting deeper and deeper. S.A. McCarthy lays out the details for The Washington Stand.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: That’s a MAN, Baby! “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn why you don’t want to cross Sheriff Grady Judd’s radar, where not to swing your machete, and what’s even nastier than a moose bite.”

READER FAVORITE: Perfect Remedy 2-Pack Gel Ice Packs. #CommissionEarned

CHANGE: Washington Post hires three conservative columnists as Jeff Bezos shifts toward ‘free markets and personal liberties.

UPDATE: The end of Sally Quinn’s Washington.

I BET INSTAPUNDIT READERS COULD: How many Americans could pass the new citizenship exam?

Would-be U.S. citizens will face a much harder exam on civics and history, reports Ariana Baio in The Independent.

Until now, applicants had to answer six of 10 questions correctly from a test bank of 100 questions before the exam. For example, they might be asked to name one First Amendment right, know that the Constitution is “the supreme law of the land,” pick November as the month of presidential elections, identify George Washington as the first president or name one Indian tribe.

Now they’ll have to get 12 of 20 questions correct out of a test bank of 128 questions. There are fewer one-word answers.

Passing ought to be a requirement to graduate from high school. Or better yet, middle school and again in high school.

NOT FAST ENOUGH: UK Update: This Government Is Tearing Itself Apart.

NEW CIVILITY WATCH: Dem AG Nominee Jay Jones Fantasized About Shooting Former Virginia GOP Speaker: ‘He Receives Both Bullets.’

THE AWESOME MAJESTY OF THE LAW. The Hatchet-Wielding-Hitchhiking-Murderer-Unsuccessful-Intellectual-Property-Litigant.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Maine Woman Finds Hundreds of Shrink-Wrapped Ballots Stuffed Into Her Amazon Delivery.

THE NEW SPACE RACE, ARTEMIS BLUES EDITION: How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up.

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS: Abbott Creates Houston Crime Task Force. “President Trump has had great success in driving down crime rates in various crime-ridden Democrat-controlled cities by deploying inter-agency task forces of various law enforcement officers (along with some National Guard). Texas Governor Greg Abbott is taking a page of Trump’s own playbook to launch a multi-agency task force to tackle repeat felons in Harris County.”

EVEN JAPAN IS REJECTING EVs THESE DAYS: Toyota sold a mere 18 EVs in its home market last month.

WELL, GOOD: Rising early-onset cancer diagnoses in the US appear to be driven by increased detection, not disease.

BREAKING: Kash Patel’s FBI Cuts All Ties to Southern Poverty Law Center.

BODYCAM: ‘MeToo’ Accuser Raided. “Unraveling in Maricopa County, Ariz., is one of the most important stories in the last decade of ‘MeToo’ injustice, when false accusers destroyed lives without consequence.”

CHANGE: Walmart to remove many dyes, ingredients from its private-label foods.

GET READY FOR FALL: Flannel Shirt for Men Plaid Button Down. #CommissionEarned

WHOOPS: There May Be a Problem With the Prosecution of Charlie Kirk’s Assassin.

OF COURSE: Guess Who Chris Murphy Doesn’t Want to Include In the ‘Big Tent’ Party He Says He Wants to Build. “Of course, for Sen. Murphy, there is no room in his big tent for the guns.”