IT’S A DISEASE: America’s Social Justice Affliction.

YOUNG HEROES: Video: As Demonic Trans Shooter Rampaged, These Faithful Big Kids Protected the Little Ones.

I’M UNCONVINCED THAT IT SHOULD EVEN EXIST AT THIS POINT: Liberals And Conservatives Agree: The ABA Should Not Have A Monopoly On Law School Accreditation.

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Rocket Lab Opens New Launch Pad for Neutron Rocket.

HMM: ‘Cortisol Cocktails’ Are The Latest Stress-Busting Trend. Here’s The Science.

PROGRESS: Cornell Scientists Unlock the Secret to Age-Defying Weight Control.

WELL-DESERVED: The Humiliation Of Letitia James — And Of The New York Legal Establishment.

IT’S PRETTY FANCY: Five Months In, the Cabin of Our 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Still Wins: We have very few complaints about an interior that’s a master class in blending use and style.

ABOLISH THE ATF: ATF says concealed carry ‘puts everyone involved at risk.’

VITAMIN D UPDATE: Can vitamin D supplements really slow aging, as a recent study suggests?

I THINK SO: Are You Lifting Heavy Enough? Here’s How to Tell.

AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK:

Have they tried not lying to people about boys becoming girls? https://t.co/exNrHsW0z6

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 31, 2025

Related:

Public service announcement: there is an extremely easy way to tell when you can trust the experts and "follow the science", versus when you can't.

The corruption of science has a purpose, and the purpose is to provide rationalizations for the assertion of political power.… https://t.co/gW3BkVuifq

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) August 31, 2025

Related (From Ed):

This was it. This was the exact moment people stopped caring about anything the CDC does or says. May every single one of them be shown the door. https://t.co/8VEOijuMvf

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 31, 2025

From June 2nd: Five Years Ago Today, the Pivot Began.

More (From Ed):

The damage done by this is incalculable. This, and the closing of churches while liberal-coded institutions were opening was a radicalizing, red-pill moment for so many conservatives. https://t.co/H1ibuBBeCw

— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) August 31, 2025

MEDICINE: Doctors may need to rethink routine beta blocker use after a heart attack.

I ALWAYS HAVE BREAKFAST: Researchers link skipping breakfast to risk of broken bones.

GOOD: A fresh executive order aims to ban unions at more federal agencies.

Like FDR, I think government-employee labor unions are an abomination.

“RESISTANCE” AT THE EXPENSE OF STUDENTS. Cal Poly Pomona ‘postpones’ job fair due to inclusion of Customs and Border Protection recruiter.

SHOCKER: Syllabus data reveals rise of leftist authors in college, decline of classical authors.

BACK LATER, OFF TO FILL UP MY SUV AND GO FOR A DRIVE: Supposedly Climate Change Is The Real Reason For #IranProtests.

THE ESTABLISHMENT HAS ITS PRIORITIES, AND YOUR WELL-BEING IS NEVER AT THE TOP OF THE LIST:

The Church of England didn't condemn rape gangs.

It didn't condemn decriminalising abortion.

It didn't condemn assisted dying.

But it happily condemns stemming illegal immigration.

There is little value in a CofE that insults the Word of God & ignores the welfare of England. https://t.co/OTvSRTapb9

— Ike Ijeh (@ikeijeh) August 31, 2025

If it’s on the list at all, which is doubtful.

HE NEEDS TO SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE THAT WILL FRIGHTEN AND HORRIFY FOR A GENERATION:

There's a lot of worry in his voice. And it isn't about democracy. https://t.co/Jfz87XEKlK

— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) August 31, 2025

SO YOU’RE SAYING THINGS ARE GOING WELL? 0% of Democrats Are Satisfied With How Things Are Going in the US.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, NOT THE BLOOMBERG-FUNDED PROPAGANDA: RFK Jr Dismisses Gun Control Calls, Will Examine Psych Drugs In Mass Shooting ‘Health Crisis.’

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#JOURNALISM:

amazing to receive this immediate, public response to press reports online. how much of "news" before the internet was real? to what degree did largely invented stories shape our politics? god, the 20th century was insane. https://t.co/d9u7eZ0hRz

— Mike Solana (@micsolana) August 30, 2025