THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX launches highly secret Israeli communications satellite.

OUT THIS WEEK FROM KURT SCHLICHTER: American Apocalypse. An oral history of the Second American Civil War, set off by the dual assassinations of President Trump and Vice President Vance. In the style of his The Attack.

DON SURBER: The Trump Surplus: MAGA-nomics is winning.

THEY AREN’T RATIONAL PEOPLE: Miranda Devine: Shocking new poll reveals majority of deluded Dems still believe the Russia collusion hoax was real. “The fact that liberals and Democrats still believe in the hoax is likely a reflection of their preferred media outlets, such as the New York Times, which refuses to hand back its ill-gotten Pulitzers, and MSNBC, which pays discredited plotters such as former CIA director John Brennan and former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissman to act out their Trump derangement on air.”

Related:

The legacy media has massive range and sway with older people but diminishing sway with younger people. A 70 year old Democrat who still watches CNN every night is possibly the most insane person on the planet because they’ve been consuming poison for 70 years. https://t.co/AeKlrANyEU

— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) June 16, 2025

PUPPET GOVERNMENT:

Remember how I said the auto pen thing was a big nothing. Yeah I’m taking that back now. Because I couldn’t conceive of this. https://t.co/AMFzkVzKgk

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 14, 2025

Can’t wait for the “it doesn’t matter that Biden didn’t sign those pardons himself” takes. https://t.co/Q8L6AVUAIL

— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) July 14, 2025

In short they were not pardoned.

This is what irks folks who live by the rules, work hard & expect the same from those they often put in power then watch with frustration and disgust what they do once they get it. https://t.co/oGnyxirH2z

— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) July 14, 2025

UPDATE:

So the guy in charge of Covid censorship to cover up the crimes of Covid criminals then personally pardoned the top Covid criminal so that criminal couldn’t be charged with the crimes he originally censored you from talking about. https://t.co/LPfdLit90D

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) July 14, 2025

COMMIES ARE GARBAGE PEOPLE AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH:

Mao Zedong: “Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.”

Privileged arts graduate: “But that’s not ‘real’ communism!” https://t.co/mp15uMjmEH

— Alice Smith (@TheAliceSmith) July 12, 2025

THE ENEMY WITHIN: “I view Stanford and MIT as mainly political lobbying operations fighting American innovation at this point….”

People who are doing extremely well by milking the status quo are seldom good sources of innovation.

FIRST STAGE SEPARATED, UPPER STAGE IGNITED: As Tesla Stumbles, SpaceX’s Finances Go From Strength to Strength: Musk’s rocket-and-satellite powerhouse uses technological edge to boost revenue and win customers.

Tesla made Musk rich, famous, and possessed of a huge base of engineers and AI tech. That let him get SpaceX going. SpaceX is closer to his dream.

THE MOVIE AMERICA WAS WAITING FOR:

James Gunn Releases Film About The Importance Of Accepting Morally Upstanding, White Immigrants Who Speak Perfect English https://t.co/kdzDmFgSZS pic.twitter.com/9zmoDJQQvz

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 8, 2025

OPEN THREAD: It’s fancy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Chinese company Landspace aims to debut its reusable methane rocket this year.

TECHNOLOGY MARCHES ON: This Foot Scan Could Stop Your Small Cut From Costing You a Limb.

WELL, GOOD: Researchers Reveal Surprising Health Benefits of Watermelon.

THE EV BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Nissan Reportedly Scaling Leaf EV Production Plans Way Back.

TO BE FAIR, THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A GOOD ANTI-GUN BILL: Ohio: Anti-Gun Lawmakers Pushing Bad Bills.

GIFFORDS CLAIMS A LOT OF THINGS: Because of Course: Giffords Claims Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid Reforms Will Result in More Crime and ‘Gun Violence.’

AND THAT’S EVEN BEFORE WE GET TO THE CLANDESTINE GOVERNMENT-FUNDED GAIN OF FUNCTION WORK: Bird flu found to evolve rapidly, infecting more hosts and finding ways to spread more effectively.

MASSACHUSETTS MASKIROVKA: Harvard Grad Schools Rebrand Diversity Offices as University Wipes DEI Messaging.

A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Education Department Announces Investigation of George Mason University’s DEI Practices.

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Dolphins Got Giant Testicles. We Got a Chin. Only One Makes Sense.

They both make sense when you realize it’s all about sex. Dolphins mate a lot, and need a lot of sperm. Human chicks dig a manly chin, and are more likely to mate with men who have them.

You can put my Nobel in the mail.

FIGHT THE POWER: Christian professor who criticized DEI wins battle for tenure at Michigan State U.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

Many problems at Columbia would have been solved if professors spoke to their students the way Nozick did. https://t.co/EbFr4gsdyj

— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) July 12, 2025

THE THEATER KIDS NEED TO BE REINED IN, NOT GIVEN POSITIONS OF IMPORTANCE:

The fact the State Dept. can’t go through a two percent staff reduction without making a scene and patting each other on the back about fighting “fascism” should be nauseating to normal people. https://t.co/SBF1bCJbGK

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) July 12, 2025

This isn’t making me question the wisdom of these firings. https://t.co/akGEEcN5t6

— Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) July 12, 2025

Bottom line:

These are losers responsible for decades of failure, and their humiliation should be increased https://t.co/hRikMpmb4p

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 12, 2025

ANTISEMITISM IS THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOSERS. DOWN DEEP, THE EU KNOWS THAT IT’S A LOSERS’ ORGANIZATION.

Israelis touring Europe should not be surprised by the ressentiment they encounter. First, they are richer than most Europeans. Second, they still have the courage to fight in war, which most Europeans no longer have. Third they are educationally and linguistically superior.

— Edward N Luttwak (@ELuttwak) July 12, 2025

But nobody likes to have their nose rubbed in it.

DON SURBER: MAGA saves children
Underage illegal aliens are manna to California Democrats. “Underage illegal aliens are pure gold to Democrats because Democrats can use them in so many ways. They prop up enrollment at schools because federal money is based on body counts and how poorly children do in school. Ted Kennedy and Dubya monetized failure. Graduate kids who cannot read and collect more money in the name of helping children. Democrats can use underage illegals for sex. The Glass House raid shows child labor lives on.”