GOVERNOR DEATH: Don’t Forget What Cuomo Did To Your Grandparents. “Well, while families were forced to celebrate birthdays and holidays from the parking lot or on the other side of the windows, state governments, like New York under Cuomo’s reign, were placing Covid-positive patients from the hospital into local nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other adult care homes. Cuomo sent a March 25, 2020, mandate forcing elderly care facilities to accept Covid-positive patients.”

R.I.P. ALASDAIR MACINTYRE: My father admired his work even though he often didn’t agree.

And you can’t not love the man who wrote: “Reading this book was not entirely without theological significance for me. Whenever in the future I try to imagine what Purgatory will be like, the thought of having to reread Dr. Küng’s book is certain to recur.”

ICYMI:

In a massive blow to the permanent administrative state, the Supreme Court, in 6-3 order, lifts stay on @RealDonaldTrump firings of Democratic appointees to "independent agencies." Key majority finding does not augur well for the future of constitutionally suspect agencies that…

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 22, 2025

JOSH BLACKMAN: In the span of a single day, Chief Justice Roberts continues his attempts at moderation for the sake of moderation without any actual reasoning.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. The Southern Poverty Law Center Is the Real Hate Machine. “What remains is not a civil rights watchdog but a well-financed paranoia machine — bloated, sanctimonious, and politically drunk on its own self-righteousness.”

And the grift. Don’t forget about the grift.

THE LEFTY FOUNDATIONS ARE A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR TERROR AND SUBVERSION: Suspected Israeli Embassy Shooter Worked for Woke Education Group Backed by Ford, MacArthur Foundations.

MORE NUKES NOW.

It’s not flashy, and most people won’t pay attention—but this might be the most important executive order he will sign so far. https://t.co/ZWqRmrluYw

— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) May 22, 2025

OPEN THREAD: This thread’s for you.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Blue Origin updates work on ‘transporter’ for Blue Moon lunar lander.

JOHN HINDERAKER: “Tom Wolfe’s much-quoted adage is that ‘the dark night of fascism is always descending on America but always lands in Europe.’ In a similar vein, one can say that the authorities and the press are always looking for ‘domestic terrorism’ on the right, but in fact, it consistently comes from the left.”

HOW ABOUT IF YOU JUST HAVE SEX? Couples Who Cuddle at Bedtime Have Lower Stress And Feel More Secure.

MISTER WE COULD USE SOME MEN LIKE HERBERT HOOVER AGAIN: Justice Kagan Tells Us What She Really Thinks About President Trump: The Court “hand[s] the President the most unitary, meaning also the most subservient, administration since Herbert Hoover (and maybe ever).”

In other words, the executive power is vested in one President of the United States.

ELIAS RODRIGUEZ’ MANIFESTO: Shooter Manifesto: Why Two Israeli Embassy Workers Were Murdered Last Night: In it, Elias Rodriguez condemns Israel, makes no mention of Hamas starting the War.

Of course he doesn’t.

GOOD:

In a massive blow to the permanent administrative state, the Supreme Court, in 6-3 order, lifts stay on @RealDonaldTrump firings of Democratic appointees to "independent agencies." Key majority finding does not augur well for the future of constitutionally suspect agencies that…

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 22, 2025

BUT HOW MANY BUFF VEGETARIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE YOU MET? You Don’t Need Meat To Build Muscle, Scientists Say.

DEI COSTS LIVES:

Doctor Quality and Patient Outcomes

"A one standard deviation increase in doctor quality is associated with a 12.2- percentage point decline in a patient’s two-year mortality risk." https://t.co/K2aXps6NY8

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) May 22, 2025

WELL, THE PROBLEM IS A LACK OF TRUST IN THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY, AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY, AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? Banning Lab-Grown Meat is Stupid.

NO RUST: Singin’ in the Rain: Driving the Exceedingly Rare Aluminum Jaguar XK120.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: New Handguns for 2025.

RESEARCH THAT CHAT GPT CAN’T DO: Archaeologist sailing like a Viking makes unexpected discoveries. “The sailing boat—an open, square-rigged clinker boat similar to the boats used during the Viking Age (800–1050 AD)—traveled from Trondheim up to the Arctic Circle and back in 2022. Since then, Jarrett and his team have sailed over 5,000 kilometers along Viking trade routes (see map). His research shows that the likely routes of the Vikings took them farther from land than previously thought.”

SAD BUT TRUE: “I’m perplexed by the degree of openness from the government and in the press in North Korea. Over here in America, I don’t even know who was President in the last few years.”

ONCE FRINGE, NOW DOCTRINE: FDA limits access to COVID-19 vaccine to older adults and other high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules.

HE’S NOT WRONG:

After the execution of two Israeli diplomats on our soil, let me be clear:

The fight for the future of Western Civilization and our culture is happening NOW.

The barbarians are at the gate. America stands with Israel and the Jewish people, and we cannot allow our culture to be… pic.twitter.com/WiaajJyqwy

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) May 22, 2025

The indiscriminate killing of Jews is not because the war in Gaza. The war in Gaza is because of indiscriminate killing of Jews.

It’s amazing how hard it is for people to understand this simple fact.

— Yael Bar tur 🎗️ (@yaelbt) May 22, 2025

You caused a riot at a Jewish-owned business on 125th street, then someone started a fire and 7 people died, you contemptible, corrupt, loathsome piece of slime. https://t.co/uzQzVI0Myl

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) May 22, 2025

It's a rotating loop of evil… they hate capitalism, they hate whites, and they hate Jews.

If you think you're going to be exempt from that hate, you're wrong. https://t.co/wXqXhqQLEn

— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) May 22, 2025

The FBI needs to bring the full force of the US government down on Chicago leftist networks. There has never been a better rationale for wiretaps, confidential informants, RICO prosecutions. This is the milieu Obama came out of. Rip that whole rat’s nest apart.

— malmesburyman (@malmesburyman) May 22, 2025

Palmer Raids redux? I’m starting to rethink those . . .

OOPS: Small molecules in plant-based foods may reduce efficacy of anti-cancer drugs.

HMM: Blood, urine tests van identify level of ultra-processed food In diet.