DON SURBER: Pentagon Reporters Self-Deported; America Won.

YES.

The @HouseGOP and @SenateGOP need to stop horsing around and do Trump's agenda. If they don't, they may lose the midterms; if they do it, they could be in power for the next 50 years.

If this were a Democrat president, Democrats would have already voted in the agenda.

— Heidi (@heidiponyrider) December 3, 2025

SAY ANYTHING:

This literally happened https://t.co/vUGco2Uax1

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 4, 2025

MATT RIDLEY: Matt Ridley: Why Science Lost Its Way Even Before COVID.

CDR SALAMANDER: Can Maritime Power Recapture San Francisco Bay? “From top to bottom, San Francisco Bay used to be covered thickly with naval bases, shipyards and everything else you would expect from a world dominating naval power. However due to a political climate hostile to both the military and industry, grasping developers, and the domination of green-eyeshade accountants over strategists and national-security-minded people, as we see a challenge on the other side of the Pacific not seen since Imperial Japan, the bay’s once potent military ecosystem is almost completely abandoned and derelict like some forgotten remains of a once great empire—which they might be. . . . Yes, to all the problems, but the requirement remains. If you can’t refurbish, claw back, restart, reclaim, or otherwise take back what the Jesus Jones Era took away—what do you do? Is all lost? No, not really.

IT’S COME TO THIS: Hillary Clinton Warns Youth Being Misled by ‘Totally Made Up’ Narratives About Gaza, Israel.

REALCLEARDEFENSE: The Seditious Six.. “As a retired Naval officer, Mark Kelly is still subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and, theoretically, could be recalled to active duty to face military discipline. The discipline could range from administrative action, such as a letter of reprimand, to a general court-martial for violating Art. 134, UCMJ, insofar as it incorporates 18 U.S.C. § 2387 which punishes actions taken with an ‘intent to interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline’ or Art. 94, UCMJ, which punishes mutiny.”

FLASHBACK: Draft women? Why not? It occurs to me that if you want to boost birthrates, having a draft for women with a pregnancy/motherhood exception would probably do it. We certainly see high pregnancy rates among female troops scheduled for deployment already . . . .

THIS:

My favorite moment the whole hearing: https://t.co/3WCEneGMFa

— Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) December 3, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

WHERE WE ARE TODAY:

Every show he’ll ask someone making $40k a year with $50k of credit card debt why they’re spending $400 a month on DoorDash and the answer is inevitably some variant of ‘self care’ or ‘YOLO’ or ‘I owe myself a treat’ and it makes me want to scream. https://t.co/QromoiRYQa pic.twitter.com/Foqiz26ZWd

— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) December 3, 2025

DON’T TRIFLE WITH U.S. EXPORT CONTROLS: Cosmonaut removed from SpaceX’s Crew 12 mission for violating national security rules: report.

OF COURSE. HAS TO BE. Actually, the bar exam failed Kim Kardashian.

It’s a very hard bar, even for very smart people who went to law school and who studied hard for it.

FASTER, PLEASE: Scientists Discover a Way to ‘Recharge’ Aging Human Cells.

HOW’S THAT SPACE PROGRAM COMING ALONG? Scientists Uncover New Evidence of Ancient Airbursts That Ravaged Earth Without Leaving Craters.

THERE DOES NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY. SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NONE.

Actually no, let’s declare a pandemic tribunal and start building gallows. pic.twitter.com/Tt0M5O8IOG

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) December 1, 2025

GOOD: Exercise slows tumor growth in mice by shifting glucose uptake to muscles.

IF IT’S AS FAST AS THE NAME IS LONG, IT’S A ROCKET: Tested: 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance Courts Controversy.

IT’S LIKE NORTH KOREA WITH WORSE WEATHER: Elon Musk Slams UK After Man Arrested for Posing With Legal Gun in Florida.

OOPS: The missile meant to strike fear in Russia’s enemies fails once again.

WELL-KNOWN: Childhood instability accelerates women’s sexual strategies, study suggests. “Faster strategies align with earlier sexual debut, more short-term mating, more lifetime partners, and more offspring at younger ages. Slower strategies align with later sexual debut, safer reproductive behavior such as monogamy and contraceptive use, fewer lifetime partners, and greater parental investment.”

SPACE: Trump White House appoints Taylor Jordan space commerce chief.

HMM: Tai chi as effective as therapy for insomnia, researchers say.

“THOSE AREN’T PILLOWS” IS A CAPITALIST MESSAGE? Holiday classic ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ has ‘dangerous’ capitalist message: professor.

LAWLESS CAMPUS: Video shows students vandalizing TPUSA leader’s patriotic poster at UW-Madison.