LET THEM: Protesters Chain Themselves to Columbia’s Gates…Again.

YUPPIES OF THE WORLD, UNITE! Matt Taibbi: In Highest Comedy, David Brooks, Arch-Priest of “Elites,” Calls for “Civic Uprising.”

It’s always a constitutional crisis justifying the abandonment of all norms when the establishment doesn’t get its way. Plus: “It’s genuinely touching to see Brooks, the AFLAC duck of elitism, a man who wrote an actual book on being a snob, forced to consider the question of raising mass support. Adding to the pathos is the fact that it’s mere months after this same coalition of academics, lawyers, ‘nonprofits,’ and scientists tried and failed at throwing up every legal and illegal obstacle to Trump’s election. In other words, ‘civic uprising’ flopped when the folks in whom Brooks places faith held every lever of authority. Now they’re going to lead a grassroots revolt? The irony in this is breathtaking, but you have to have lived through it to see it. . . . As for Brooks, he made news a few years ago by complaining about a $78 bill at the excellent Smoke House Barbecue at Newark Airport, neglecting to mention that 80% of his tab came from the bar.”

Flashback: How David Brooks Created Donald Trump.

FOLLOW THE “SCIENCE:” How the IPCC Buried the Medieval Warm Period.

OUT THIS WEEK FROM KURT SCHLICHTER & IRINA MOISES: Lost Angeles: Silver Bullets On The Sunset Strip.

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

PROGRESS SO AMAZING IT’S. BECOME ROUTINE: SpaceX launches its 32nd Dragon cargo mission to the ISS for NASA.

GOOD: Vagus Nerve Stimulation Has Lasting Effects in People With Severe Depression.

ICYMI: THE U.S.S. ROBERT HEINLEIN: A friend writes:

The U.S.S. Robert A. Heinlein Campaign!

We want the new Secretary of the Navy – John Phelan — to name a future DDG-51 Flight III
destroyer for Robert A. Heinlein.

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It is the prerogative of the Secretary of the Navy to name Navy vessels. Navy policy is to name destroyers for deceased members of the Navy.

We want the new Secretary of the Navy – John Phelan — to name a future DDG-51 Flight III destroyer for Robert A. Heinlein.

This would happen if lots of people write asking him to name a future Arleigh
Burke-class destroyer for Heinlein.

Phelan’s address is:
The Honorable John Phelan
Secretary of the Navy
Room 4E686
Defense Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20301

More information may be found at the Campaign website.

www.USSRobertAHeinlein.com.

Good idea. Endorsed.

FLASHBACK: The Smug Style in American Liberalism.

TIME FOR A REVOLUTION: Germany Is Revoking Gun Rights from AfD Supporters—and It’s a Warning Shot for the West.

MAKE THEM PAY: ATF wanted former sailor to serve an additional 10 years in prison for 100% legal MAC Flats.

IT’S GOTTA BE EITHER CLIMATE CHANGE OR RFK, JR.: What causes breakthrough measles infections? “3% of the identified cases are so-called breakthrough infections. People got sick despite being either partially or fully vaccinated with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot.”

THE DEMOCRATS’ DILEMMA: To regenerate a head, you first have to know where your tail is.

NEED BLACK-HOLE DEODORANT: Astronomers confirm the existence of a lone black hole.

HMM: Mixed results: Study finds potential link between infant acid-suppressants and celiac disease.

DO TELL:

Heath is lying to you about what’s in that immigration bill. It allows 5000 legal aliens in a day. Trump shut the border by simply enforcing the law. Oh, and it sends all illegal alien litigation to the DC courts. Yeah, I wonder why. And it provides billions for grants to… https://t.co/aO6zpGE9XT

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 21, 2025

MARK JUDGE: Casting Off the Oppression of the Race Hustle.

THE FAFO DECADE:

Life comes at you fast. pic.twitter.com/Q0TRXuqjdW

— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) April 20, 2025

Background: George Mason PhD student asks ‘when must we kill’ Trump, his administration.

LOUIS K. BONHAM: Trump Admin Should Unleash The False Claims Act To End Discrimination In Higher Education. “To its credit, the Trump administration is employing a wide array of sanctions on such recalcitrant schools. Billions in federal funding are being frozen or withdrawn, revocation of schools’ tax exempt status is being considered, and even their eligibility to enroll foreign students may be yanked. Yet the Trump administration has yet to use one of the most potent weapons in its arsenal – one that, if deployed, could represent an existential economic threat to all but the wealthiest universities that insist on continuing their discriminatory practices. This weapon is the federal False Claims Act, and it is time to unleash it on woke academia. . . . But while the government can bring such claims itself, the FCA has another important component: the ability for whistleblowers (i.e., people with inside information of the fraud) to bring FCA suits in the government’s name, and receive a reward of up to 30% the funds recovered. Such private prosecutions are known as qui tam actions, and the vast majority of the billions recovered annually under the FCA arise from them.”

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Learning to live with AI: Observations from a not-really-early adopter.

ASTROTURF DOESN’T GROW ON ITS OWN:

USAID money is gone. https://t.co/6l24qGFgis

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) April 20, 2025

TO BE FAIR, THIS BIT SHOULD APPEAL TO MORONS SO IT WILL BE POPULAR ON CAMPUS:

Why are there no Greeks, Assyrians or Armenians left in Turkey today? pic.twitter.com/6rwCPqvlUN

— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) April 21, 2025

IF GUN CONTROL IS SUCH GOOD POLICY WHY DO ITS PROPONENTS ALWAYS HAVE TO LIE? NJ AG Matt Platkin Can’t Reconcile His False Narrative That the Bruen Ruling Resulted in More ‘Gun Violence.’

THIS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE IN COURT: Equity Sucks When It’s Their Turn: AP Loses Case to Regain White House Press Perch.

TRUTH:

Democrats have destroyed every major city in the USA where they're in power. https://t.co/cedfTdYQWC

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) April 20, 2025