A NEW, GUN-FRIENDLY ATF? Rarely Has the Phrase ‘Elections Have Consequences’ Been More Clearly Illustrated.

HISTORY:

3 years ago today: Ketanji Brown Jackson at her confirmation hearing claims to be an originalist, says she is unfamiliar with RBG's VMI ruling, and can't say what a woman is.

— Ed Whelan (@EdWhelanEPPC) March 22, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Party on, dudes and dudettes.

YOU NEVER CALL, YOU NEVER WRITE: Next month NASA’s Lucy probe will visit an asteroid that’s been waiting 150 million years to say hello.

IS THERE ANYTHING THESE DRUGS CAN’T DO? Weight Loss Drug Semaglutide Shows Promise as Alzheimer’s Treatment.

WELL, GOOD: Nanotech Breakthrough Unveils the Hidden Power of Exploding Stars.

WELL, GOOD: Probiotic boosters shorten fever duration in pediatric trial.

THESE SPECIALTY CARS ARE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE STUFF GM SELLS GENERALLY: Tested! The 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Precision Package Is Bombastic, Tracktastic, and Fantastic.

THE INSTADAUGHTER HAS SOME TURKISH FRIENDS AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS:

It’s amazing that US legacy media are still treating the Turkish protests as minor news. The Erdoğan Era, which began in 2003, has seen nothing like it, and the showdown is about to get ugly. A regime change in Turkey could shake the Middle East and improve Turkey-EC relations. https://t.co/GwGPfzoQwx

— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) March 22, 2025

NOT GONNA FLY THESE DAYS, EVEN IN CALIFORNIA: Lawmaker Pulls California Bill Imposing Duty To Retreat In Self-Defense Situations.

A LITTLE ON-THE-SPOT TWITTER-JOURNALISM:

Several dozen people protested @elonmusk in front of the Pru in Boston today.

Chant: “Elon, Elon your stock’s in trouble, we’re gonna burst your Tesla bubble “ apparently unaware of Tesla’s actual stock movement. Also lots of Ukraine flags and masks for some reason. pic.twitter.com/sb8uap3KMt

— @instapundit (@instapundit) March 22, 2025

I should note that as we approached this rally we saw several Chinese couples and one woman with a stroller moving away quickly and looking worried. I don’t know if they were afraid of violence or that it might hurt their visa status to be seen there.

SHOCKER:

Why are young men more conservative than they've been in generations?

6 reasons, right here 👇 pic.twitter.com/GrNYg3RBzn

— The Conservative Alternative (@OldeWorldOrder) March 21, 2025

FASTER, PLEASE: New electrolytes enable safe, stable and fast-charging lithium-metal batteries.

HE’S NOT WRONG: Pueblo Police Chief Pins Blame for 3 Cops Shot by MS13 Gang Member on Colorado’s ‘Progressive’ Criminal Justice System.

WELL, MAYBE THEY’LL GET THIS ONE RIGHT: Boeing will build the US Air Force’s next air superiority fighter.

And there’s not much of a choice, as Elon doesn’t build combat aircraft. But he’ll probably build the drones that replace this one.

WELL, GOOD: ‘Concierge’ screening for kidney transplant candidates leads to better outcomes, researchers find.

OBVIOUSLY IT’S THOSE DUMB RED-STATE REDNECK ANTI-VAXXERS: Number of Texas measles cases surpass last year’s national total.

Oh, wait: Europe grapples with highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years. “A total of 127,350 cases were reported in the region in 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997, according to analysis by WHO and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).”

Also: Ontario sees another sharp increase in measles cases, outbreaks growing in Quebec and Alberta.

I wonder where all these cases are coming from?

THIS WILL BE AN EARLY TEST FOR RFK, JR.:

🚨 Large Soda Companies are paying “influencers” upwards of $1,000 PER POST to lobby against the SNAP (food stamp) soda ban

Why?

Because Coca-Cola and PepsiCo pull in over $5 BILLION each year off taxpayer-funded food stamps.

DON’T FALL FOR IT. Big Soda is paying for these… https://t.co/CQmhSUR4oW pic.twitter.com/w9mTRbXZcs

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 22, 2025

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Woah – SNAP is about 25% of Coke's revenue!?

No wonder Big Soda is paying conservative X influencers.

— Mark Mitchell, Rasmussen Reports (@honestpollster) March 22, 2025

ONCE AGAIN, DEMOCRATS ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF AN 80/20 ISSUE:

"Tesla automobiles and Tesla dealerships have been vandalized by anti-Trump protesters. Is vandalism against Tesla an appropriate form of protest?"

NO –
DEM: 61%
IND: 79%
GOP: 78%
All Voters: 72% https://t.co/F5un4XeCSU

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) March 22, 2025

Democrat approval sits at 27%, and their strategy to climb out of that hole is apparently to send out the radical wing of the party on a speaking tour against oligarchs, while simultaneously engaging in a domestic t*rror campaign against the person they call an oligarch. pic.twitter.com/Mcltj3c0fM

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) March 22, 2025

MAKE THEM PAY: Legal group seeks info on universities’ role in ‘censorship-industrial complex.’

DON SURBER: Why libs should want to shut down the Department of Education.

PROGRESS: SpaceX sets rocket re-use record Friday with a nine-day turnaround.

JOSH HAMMER: John Roberts Is Responsible for the High Court’s Self-Delegitimization. He’s not functioning as an umpire, that’s for sure.

THIS WAS DONE WITH BAD MOTIVES:

Thank you https://t.co/k0SulTOeYV pic.twitter.com/h86jxJSASK

— ~~datahazard~~ (@fentasyl) March 22, 2025

THIS IS A TEENAGER’S DEFINITION OF INDEPENDENCE. “I’M INDEPENDENT, NOW WHERE’S MY ALLOWANCE?”

Apparently the word “independent” means something different in Australia than it does everywhere else.

Because if you need $600 million from a foreign country to conduct your research….your research is DEPENDENT on that country. https://t.co/BtVADz6eI6 pic.twitter.com/54FzogUrVU

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) March 22, 2025

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So essentially, the American taxpayer has unwittingly been the world’s piggy bank for god knows how long, and all the while, the beneficiaries of our forced donations have been telling us how awful we are. https://t.co/YHkl5RCujI

— CCP IS ASSHOE (@CCPISASSH0E) March 22, 2025

Eh, if they’re going to call us awful with our money or without it, let them do it without our money.