THE BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Gallup: Higher Education Hits Another Low in Public Trust as the Public Rejects Institutional Bias.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
July 20, 2026
CAN CONFIRM:
Paper ballots are the smartest, safest way to ensure your vote is secure against attacks by foreign actors. Russia can’t hack a piece of paper like they can a computer. We introduced the Secure Elections Act to ensure our elections are safeguarded. We must be ready.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) March 31, 2019
SECURITY & CIGARS: “Consent of the Governed” – When States Reject the Compact.
NOBODY EVER BOMBS A LEFTY MEETUP:
We all know where this intersection of Neo-Luddites and Neo-Marxist socialist animals leads right?
Bombing the data centers, of course.
Bookmark this. The DSA street animals are already plotting. https://t.co/LReqb3O5Qg
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) July 19, 2026
But all this agitation, as I keep saying, just plays into Elon’s hands by boosting the need for his space data centers.
WE WERE TOLD A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS:
But I have been reliably told for over twenty years that climate change was going to kill us all. How dare you share facts that call that into question? https://t.co/IRts5edGqD
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 19, 2026
DON’T MAKE THE MISTAKE:
Well, that's to be determined, isn't it?
I'd advise the feds to watch them closely. Scrutinize the finances. Sledgehammer if they so much as jaywalk.
They're already flirting with, if not already actively in conspiracy to commit seditious insurrection. Foreign agents? Sounds… https://t.co/ZRgW1Gfc8A
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 19, 2026
“Don’t make the mistake of treating communist agitators like they are just another well-intentioned political expression of misguided idealistic youth. When they say they want to toss the Constitution, take them at their word, treat them accordingly.”
FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT: The Anti-Communist Film Festival – Official Dates Announced!
July 19, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Another reusable rocket? Japan launches, lands RV-X prototype (video).
AS ELON SAYS ABOUT THE PAYPAL DAYS, THE SCAMMERS ALWAYS PROTEST THE LOUDEST: Historian says it’s racist to question her — after book about slavery pulled from shelves over inaccuracies.
The proper response to this sort of response to criticism is “That’s bullshit and you should be ashamed to be peddling it.”
Meanwhile, a suggestion to academic prize committees: Before you award a prize, have some research assistants check the citations and sources.
WELL, A VISIT TO THE E.R. SHOULD FIX THAT HAPPINESS SURPLUS: Too Much Happiness Sent A Woman To The Emergency Room In an Incredibly Rare Case.
THEY SOLD THEIR BIRTHRIGHT FOR A MESS OF POTTAGE: “Academics Spent Years Lending Their Institutional Credibility to Various Political Projects. Now they are reputationally bankrupt. If they don’t repair the damage, and convince people to keep writing the checks, many institutions will eventually be financially bankrupt as well.”
It’s probably too late.
THE MATH DOESN’T ADD UP: Butterfield Effect Hits ‘The Trace’ Hard as They Try to Reconcile Lower Crime, Higher Gun Ownership.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THEY’RE PLAYING INTO ELON’S HANDS WITH HIS SPACE DATA-CENTER PLAN: China Doesn’t Have to Beat Us at AI … We’re Busy Handing Them the Win by Letting Doomers Panic Over Power Lines and Cornfields.
THE 21ST CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT AS I’D HOPED: Since the camera is always watching, why not snap a surveillance selfie?
THE NEW SPACE RACE: India launches its first privately developed orbital rocket.
I SIDE WITH RECIPROCITY: Empathy vs. Reciprocity.