MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: The Rout Continues, But Be Ready for the Counterattacks. Plus, is Elon bringing machine intelligence to the fight?

HEY, IT’S NOT SO EASY FOR MEN, EITHER: PEOPLE FREAK OUT IF WE GET PREGNANT AT ANY AGE. Sienna Miller speaks out on double standard women face after having kids at older age.

NECROTWEETING:

We’ve known for decades that Democrats keep voting even after they’ve died. Now we know they tweet from the grave as well, as this guy’s staff just kept posting in his name hours after he died. https://t.co/i1iuHhSSr3

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) March 13, 2025

CHANGE: Schumer Caves In Shutdown Showdown.

THAT’S DISTURBING: More than 1.2 million medical device side-effect reports not submitted within legal timeframe, analysis finds.

TOUGH WEEK:

The Mask is Off.

In the past week the corporate media desperately tried – and spectacularly FAILED – to astroturf fraudulent new woke personalities and products.

Rep. Al Green as a 'Civil Rights Hero' – FAIL
Michelle Obama Podcast Launch – BOMB
Dylan Mulvaney 'Biography' Launch… pic.twitter.com/j6pPnS3Lry

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 13, 2025

THIS IS SO WEIRD: Peter Beinart Has Gone Full Antisemite: In his recent book and an oped column, he channels Nazi and other antisemitic propaganda about the Purim Holiday.

REVIEW: 2025 Volkswagen Golf R First Drive: More Power, But Can You Feel the Diff?

DECENT PRICE FOR BENELLI: First Look: Benelli Nova 3 Shotgun.

AT ONE TIME, TECH MAGAZINES WOULD HAVE BEEN ALARMED ABOUT THIS NOT APPROVING: Spreading AI-generated content could lead to expensive fines.

STAY SAFE: Large study shows drinking alcohol is good for your cholesterol levels. “The cholesterol changes scaled with the changes in drinking. That is, for people who started drinking, the more they started drinking, the lower their LDL fell and higher their HDL rose. In the newly abstaining group, those who drank the most before quitting saw the biggest changes in their lipid levels.”

SPACE: Launch pad issue being evaluated as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission countdown continues.

WELL, YEAH: Partners experience benefits from a spouse’s knee or hip replacement.

THOSE PROBABLY AREN’T THE ONES WHO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR JOBS: Fire professors who oppose ‘gender-affirming care,’ Harvard faculty chair says.

I’LL BELIEVE IT’S A CRISIS WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP TELLING ME IT’S A CRISIS START ACTING LIKE IT’S A CRISIS: Enviros Gone Wild: Destroying the Rain Forest For a Climate Summit.

Spoiler: They haven’t.

MAKE THEM PAY: Seventh Circuit Revives Chicago Law Professor’s Free Speech Retaliation Claim.

FOLLOWING HARVARD: Stanford announces hiring freeze due to shifting federal policy.

FLASHBACK: Who are You? Voter ID law and election integrity should be top priority in new Congress: Voters want it, and with good reason.

DON SURBER: Union wants a government shutdown: Federal employees inadvertently make DOGE’s point. “Oh my goodness. How will I live without The Federal Government. Quite happily is my guess.”

I BELIEVE THIS: European Opposition to Trump Is Heavily Overstated. A lawyer friend in Europe says that as an American, she’s approached regularly by Europeans who tell her they hope Trump succeeds and that Europe needs a dose of the same medicine.

MY LATEST NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Trump is deworming Washington — now to keep the parasites out for good.

LOCKING ORDINARY PEOPLE DOWN, SETTING CRIMINALS FREE: Newsom Let Thousands Of Prisoners Walk During COVID. Then Crime Skyrocketed.

THE ENEMY WITHIN: How a Brown University Professor Helped Drive Anti-Israel Materials Into K-12 Schools.

SEBASTIEN LAI: President Trump, we need your help to get Hong Kong to release my dad, Jimmy Lai — before he dies in solitary confinement.

ICYMI: BAD FAITH IS HIS MIDDLE NAME: Michael Mann Sanctioned for False Testimony, Bad Faith.

My wife and I attended several days in court, near the end of the Michael Mann v. Mark Steyn and Rand Simberg trial in Washington, D.C. We witnessed a dramatic moment, when Mann’s lawyers had introduced into evidence a document, which was blown up for the jury and about which Mann testified, that contained a list of grants that Mann allegedly didn’t get as a result of the defendants’ purported defamation. The value of one of those grants, per the exhibit, was $9 million.

On cross-examination by Simberg’s lawyer, Victoria Weatherford*, it turned out that the exhibit reflected sworn interrogatory answers that had been served by Mann, but later superseded by revised answers, also given under oath. The $9 million had been reduced to $112,000. To say that Weatherford’s cross-examination was effective is an understatement. And Mann didn’t get away with the misrepresentation, as the jury found only nominal damages of $1.

But still, the false evidence had been presented, and defendants moved for sanctions to be imposed on Mann and his lawyers. Earlier today, more than a year after the events, Judge Alfred Irving entered a long order ruling on the defendants’ sanctions motion. It is embedded below. The facts are rather complicated, but the judge’s conclusions are unequivocal.

Good. Plus: “For the lawyers, the Court’s finding that they acted in bad faith and knowingly presented false evidence to the jury is crushing. As to Michael Mann, he has damaged his own reputation through dishonesty and misrepresentations under oath, far more than it ever could have been damaged by Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn.”