MISTER WE COULD USE SOME MEN LIKE HERBERT HOOVER AGAIN: Justice Kagan Tells Us What She Really Thinks About President Trump: The Court “hand[s] the President the most unitary, meaning also the most subservient, administration since Herbert Hoover (and maybe ever).”
In other words, the executive power is vested in one President of the United States.
ELIAS RODRIGUEZ’ MANIFESTO: Shooter Manifesto: Why Two Israeli Embassy Workers Were Murdered Last Night: In it, Elias Rodriguez condemns Israel, makes no mention of Hamas starting the War.
Of course he doesn’t.
GOOD:
In a massive blow to the permanent administrative state, the Supreme Court, in 6-3 order, lifts stay on @RealDonaldTrump firings of Democratic appointees to "independent agencies." Key majority finding does not augur well for the future of constitutionally suspect agencies that…
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 22, 2025
BUT HOW MANY BUFF VEGETARIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE YOU MET? You Don’t Need Meat To Build Muscle, Scientists Say.
IMAGINARY PRONOUNS, REAL TORNADOES:
This is St. Louis CEMA Commissioner.
As a tornado with 152mph winds arrived, Sarah (they/them) and her staff was not available to activate the tornado siren.
5 kiIIed, 38 injured. pic.twitter.com/qTXYR5JDR6
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 22, 2025
Next time, the tornadoes should be thoughtful enough to line up during business hours.
DEI COSTS LIVES:
Doctor Quality and Patient Outcomes
"A one standard deviation increase in doctor quality is associated with a 12.2- percentage point decline in a patient’s two-year mortality risk." https://t.co/K2aXps6NY8
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) May 22, 2025
WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED?: “Biden Education Dept. Put Priority in Pronouns.”
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WELL, THE PROBLEM IS A LACK OF TRUST IN THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY, AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY, AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? Banning Lab-Grown Meat is Stupid.
SOMETIMES, ONLY THE DEATH PENALTY WILL DO:
In the charges against Rodriguez, we now know Sarah Milgrim tried to crawl away, heavily wounded.
He walked after her and shot her again ans again until he had to reload, and she was dead.
Monster. pic.twitter.com/1nncTNAUr7
— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) May 22, 2025
IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Europe Invented Modernity — Now They’re Dismantling It.
SORT OF LIKE AN OPEN THREAD BUT WITH WINE: Instapundit readers are again warmly invited to watch and participate in a videocast in which I’ll be a guest. 7-8 PM EST tonight, and also available on replay.
And like all the best joints, no cover, no minimum.
Several IP folks joined in last week, asking questions or adding comments. The show’s theme is to talk about a wide range of subjects in the news and allow (gasp!) a reasonable conversation, respecting those who express unpopular but well-stated views.
What an idea, right?
Here are the links, take your pick of whichever is easiest for you:
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Jon Stewart Ignores His Critical Role in Biden Cover-Up.
Tapper had it coming. So, too, does Stewart, except he’s pretending otherwise.
Late-night TV, along with “Saturday Night Live,” did all they could to hide Biden’s sad decline. Hosts like Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and John Oliver either ignored the countless Biden gaffes or actively spun reality to pretend he was just an old man, not one battling a dementia-like condition.
Stewart is considered the dean of late-night political humor. And, on occasion, he puts his liberal blinders down to speak straight to his audience.
And yet he did very little of the kind when it came to Biden’s cognitive state.
Read the whole thing.
THIS IS CNN:
After the shooting, the CNN anchor’s main concern is the optics against anti-Israel protesters, not the safety of Jews. Her guest pushes back. It’s an incredible moment of television. pic.twitter.com/8iBFbQgNAA
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) May 22, 2025
NEW REBOOT OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS LOOKS UNWATCHABLE. 1/10. CANNOT RECOMMEND: The Democrats’ Base Turns Out.
The Democrat Party base gets removed from Secretary Rubio’s hearing on Tuesday.
These protesters are peak cringe. pic.twitter.com/FLNztXXWsc
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) May 20, 2025
Meanwhile, in the wake of last night’s murders, Rubio is looking spot-on in his exchange with Pramila Jayapal:
Jayapal: “You revoked her student visa!!!!”
Based Marco: “Yes. Proudly.” https://t.co/4bABrFvCfc
— Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) May 22, 2025
CREDIT WHERE IT’S DUE: BBB Passes, and Mike Johnson Should Get Credit.
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UNDER THE BUS: Tapper’s Book May End Kamala’s Political Career.
There’s still no word yet as to whether Kamala Harris will run for governor of California or hold out for another doomed attempt at the presidency. But it might be a moot point in light of revelations in Jake Tapper’s new book “Original Sin” about the Biden administration’s systematic cover-up of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. Oh sure, we all knew Biden was impaired, but the difference between today and the four years of the Biden presidency is that now even the liberal media is talking about it, and Kamala can’t run from her role in the cover-up.
Past reports indicate that Kamala will make a decision on a gubernatorial bid by this fall. The question is, how will the mainstream coverage of this Biden-Harris administration scandal impact her decision?
She has some serious explaining to do. Throughout Biden’s presidency, she consistently portrayed him as a “strong, effective, and capable leader.” Even after that disastrous June 2024 debate that ultimately led to Biden’s withdrawal from the race, Harris doubled down, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper it was just “a slow start, but it was a strong finish.”
This scandal isn’t going away. If she chooses to run for governor, she won’t be able to hide from it.
To be fair, Kamala 2020 and Kamala 2024 may have done far worse damage to Kamala’s political career than Tapper and Thompson could ever hope to with their book.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: New Handguns for 2025.
HMM: Target’s Sales Dented by DEI Boycott.
The retail company said a laundry list of problems dragged down its quarterly sales, including a boycott by shoppers who disagreed with its decision this year to end some diversity programs.
Target’s sales have been tepid for years.
Did anyone stop and wonder if maybe Target’s sales have been tepid because the company went all-in on DEI, woke, and “pride” — even in the children’s clothing department?
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Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has privately expressed openness to joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel in a move that would dramatically shake up the Middle East, according to two congressmen who met with him last month.
In exchange, al-Sharaa wanted assurances that Israel would stop bombing Syria, stop fomenting sectarian divisions and reach a renegotiated arrangement regarding the Golan Heights, Reps. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and Martin Stutzman (R-Ind.) told The Post.
“He said, ‘We’re open to not only recognizing Israel, but also to try and join the Abraham Accords, but they must stop bombing within our nation,’” Mills recounted.
Previously: Syria faces renewed sectarian violence as government fails to deliver inclusivity.
al-Sharaa has to clean up his act before the bombings can stop.
NOW WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO DO THAT?
The same people who told you that Joe Biden was perfectly fine are also telling you that the people who want to murder you don’t really want to murder you https://t.co/pqwUcC8TaY
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) May 22, 2025
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