IS OUR CHILDREN LEARNING?

WELL KNOCK ME OVER WITH A FEATHER:

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— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) October 17, 2025

PRETTY MUCH: “No Kings” vs. the Democrat Deep State: They oppose Presidential power because they don’t want elections to matter. “That’s the true purpose of the Administrative State: to nerf elections and enable unfettered rule by unelected bureaucrats.”

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CHANGE: ‘Huge Win’: Trump Admin Delivers Blow To UN Climate Agenda, Derails ‘Ideological’ Global Carbon Tax.

TRUE COLORS: Bernie Sanders, Chris Murphy To Headline ‘No Kings’ Rally With Activist Who Defended Hamas Attack, Cheered Trump Assassination Attempt.

THAT’S HER JOB, AND SHE DOES IT WELL: Karoline Leavitt Fires Back at Hakeem Jeffries and She Brings the Receipts.

STATE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION: Court Concludes Filings (from >250-Lawyer Firm) Contained AI Hallucinations.

OPEN THREAD: Happy Friday!

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Vast gearing up to launch its Haven-1 private space station in 2026. “In the past couple of weeks, the California-based startup has completed the final weld on the primary structure of Haven-1, followed by painting. Next steps include integrating the flight article’s hatch and a domed window as the company moves closer to realizing its vision of a private space station in low Earth orbit (LEO). Haven-1 is designed to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and, at around 31,000 pounds (14,000 kilograms), will be the largest spacecraft to lift off atop the rocket. The space station is planned to host up to four short-duration astronaut missions during its three-year lifespan, with crews of four people spending 10 days at a time aboard Haven-1.”

WELL, GOOD: A Common Pain Relief Drug May Have Anti-Cancer Properties.

MARK JUDGE: Let Taylor Swift Be In Love.

HELEN ANDREWS: The Great Feminization. “In 2019, I read an article about Larry Summers and Harvard that changed the way I look at the world. The author, writing under the pseudonym “J. Stone,” argued that the day Larry Summers resigned as president of Harvard University marked a turning point in our culture. The entire “woke” era could be extrapolated from that moment, from the details of how Summers was cancelled and, most of all, who did the cancelling: women.”

UPDATE:

I am persuaded that feminization is the most portentous trend in American culture, and this is an excellent explanation of why.
It is also wonderfully written. E.g., "Women can sue their bosses for running a workplace that feels like a fraternity house, but men can’t sue when… https://t.co/SK2FHhjNgz

— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) October 16, 2025

HMM: GLP-1s May Throw Off Some Medical Scans — The latest quirk linked to GLP-1 receptor agonists is of more concern to doctors than patients. “According to new research, the latest quirk of GLP-1 receptor agonists is that they may influence the interpretation of oncological fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET-CT scans.”

TWO OF CADILLAC’S BETTER OFFERINGS: Dead: Cadillac CT4 and CT5.

But a question for writer Tim Healey: Do you really think your readers consider ICE a “”controversial law enforcement agency tear-gassing cities for no reason?”

BLAST FROM THE PAST: 1967 Pontiac GTO For Sale With Unblemished Original Interior.

AT LEAST IT’S NOT MONKEYPOX. THAT STUFF WAS SCARY: California confirms 1st US case of severe mpox strain with no travel history.

NOT SO SHOCKING: Social conflict among strongest predictors of teen mental health concerns, research shows.

BLOCKCHAIN IS OVERRATED: Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains: Malicious payloads stored on Ethereum and BNB blockchains are immune to takedowns.

STRONGER PEOPLE ARE HEALTHIER AND HARDER TO KILL: Study links stronger muscles to reduced organ damage from obesity.

WAIT, WHAT?

Wait. This is big news, if true, @rweingarten.

Your union contributed to Jay Jones but then pulled the contribution? https://t.co/F6dBXKWQVe

— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) October 17, 2025

WINSOME EARLE SEARS LAUGHS: Harvard course on black women in politics omits prominent conservatives.

INSURRECTION: Antifa-linked professor arrested for bringing loaded gun to anti-ICE protest.

WOW: The Daily Wire Has The Youngest Audience Of Any English-Language Site In America: Poll.

SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER! Minneapolis Public Schools Prohibit White and Asian Students From Taking Classes on ‘BLACK Culture’ and ‘BLACK Queens.’