THEY’RE WAY OUT OF SYNC WITH THE VOTERS: Navratilova Rips Craven Senate Dems Abandoning Girls in Sports. “The bill, led by Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., failed to receive the 60 votes it needed to get through the procedural vote. Republicans needed 60 votes but only received 51. No Democrats sided with Republicans on the bill.”
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
March 5, 2025
ELECTION INTEGRITY UPDATE:
BREAKING: Congressman Pete Sessions is introducing a bill banning universal mail-in voting and electronic voting machines and shortening the early vote period from months to THREE DAYS. This is a GAME CHANGER!
The legislation is called the Make Elections Secure Again Act (MESA)… pic.twitter.com/IMQ1tVQ7R9
— George (@BehizyTweets) March 5, 2025
This is stuff that would have been a no-brainer for both parties a few years ago.
YALE LAW IS NOT HAVING A GREAT DECADE:
BREAKING: Yale Law has put Helyeh Doutaghi on ‘Immediate Administrative Leave’ after it was revealed she was part of a US-designated terrorist organization. pic.twitter.com/BTfyoBIw3T
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) March 5, 2025
Background here.
COME FLY WITH ME: Butch Wilmore says Elon Musk is “absolutely factual” on Dragon’s delayed return. “On one hand, Wilmore says ‘politics is not playing into this at all’ in reference to his extended stay in space. On the other hand, he says he believes Musk, after the founder of SpaceX said he offered to bring NASA astronauts back in 2024, but that this option was rebuffed by the White House for political reasons.”
March 4, 2025
OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.
THE PJ CREW IS LIVEBLOGGING THIS, but I have to say that Trump looks great. He looks better than he looked 8 years ago, and for that matter better than Obama, who’s a much younger man. And as for comparisons with Joe Biden, well . . .
UPDATE: Okay, I have to say Nancy Pelosi’s expression when they cut to her right after President Trump said “make America great again” was worth the whole previous four years.
Caption this 👇 pic.twitter.com/Jq53XqNG0p
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 5, 2025
All right, Ilhan Omar’s expression when he announced the end to DEI wass a close second.
And pretty sure that this is a photoshop, but it should be real.
Democrats right now: pic.twitter.com/ajsEZtU2Ms
— Prison Mitch (@MidnightMitch) March 5, 2025
It's so hard to say what the Democrats stand for right now. Trump has touted deporting violent criminals, protecting schoolgirls from violence, stopping fraud & waste, keeping American tax dollars in America. Who could reasonably oppose any of that? Yet the Dems keep booing…
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) March 5, 2025
ANOTHER UPDATE:
Who wore it better? pic.twitter.com/SGuDBYuu3F
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 5, 2025
Grampa Simpson. At least he wasn’t evil.
An old man waving a cane and booing is a good rebranding for the Dems.
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) March 5, 2025
MORE:
Democrats are so mad pic.twitter.com/G21tqzQt0m
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 5, 2025
THIS IS AN AGE OF MIRACLES AND WONDER: Sunrise on the moon! Private Blue Ghost lander captures amazing shot after historic lunar touchdown.
IT’S VIRAL, BUT IN TERMS OF POINTING AND LAUGHING: “It’s ludicrous. But that got our attention and made it viral. And yet, I think that what is viral is the fakeness — the rote performance — and not the substantive message. I watched the whole thing intently, but I didn’t notice what they said, only the bizarre overlap.”
JAMES PETHOKOUKIS: Why China might lead the Robot Revolution.
I HATE THE PROLIFERATION OF SCREENS: To Screen, or Not to Screen? “Last week Matt P. brought you a report showing the chief of design at Mercedes-Benz grumbling about the proliferation of screens in modern automobiles.”
Related: Bring Back Our Knobs.
Not so long ago, if I wanted to adjust the heat in my car, or the volume on my car radio, I could grab a nice, simple knob. Turn it to the right, and the car got warmer, or the radio got louder. Turn it the other way, and the opposite occurred. I could always sense how far I was adjusting things—without ever taking my eyes off the road—because millions of years of evolution have produced a neurological feedback mechanism that lets me know just how much I’m turning my wrist.
Easy, effective, intuitive. That’s simply good design, right? You’d think. But in most late-model cars, making those kinds of adjustments requires pushing buttons multiple times, or navigating menus within menus, and—almost always—taking your eyes off the road.
My thoughts.
A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: After ATF Abuse, a New Bill in Congress Would Finally Give the Tiahrt Amendment Teeth.
SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LEAD A “NATURAL” LIFESTYLE ARE FULL OF INK: Where does tattoo ink go in your body?
IT’S AN EQUALIZING TOOL: Researchers surprised to find less-educated areas adopting AI writing tools faster. It used to take years of expensive schooling to learn how to write like a pretentious twit. Now you can just ast Grok to write something in the style of a pretentious twit.
ART OF THE DEAL:
I was told that the meeting was a disaster for President Trump. https://t.co/2003E6v9wh
— Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) March 4, 2025
TRUMP KEEPS GETTING THE DEMOCRATS TO TAKE THE LOSING SIDE ON THE LOPSIDED ISSUES:
In other words, Senate Democrats sided with the 13% of voters who believe biological males should be allowed to compete in women’s sports. https://t.co/INmensYuDi
— Scott Rasmussen (@ScottWRasmussen) March 4, 2025
Related: Does the Democratic Party need to change? It can’t. It won’t.
FEDERAL WORKERS: What Did You Do Last Week?
WHEN YOU CUT OFF THE FUNDS FOR THE ASTROTURF RENT-A-MOBS, I GUESS THEY DISAPPEAR: Kyle Rittenhouse speaks at UMemphis – this time ‘without violent disruptions.’
CRACKING DOWN ON HATE AND BIGOTRY IN HIGH PLACES: Department of Justice anti-Semitism task force plans visits to 10 college campuses, including Northwestern and Harvard.
Related:
🚨BREAKING
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., along with the Dept of Education and GSA, announced a comprehensive review of Columbia University’s federal contracts and grants in light of the university's failure to adequately respond to rampant antisemitism on campus. pic.twitter.com/9al8B7SxBn
— Shelley G (@ShelleyGldschmt) March 4, 2025
THE NEW YORK TIMES? REALLY? Trump Has Cartels, Traffickers Running Scared, Says …
SOLID ADVICE!
That sucks bro. Have you considered surrendering?
— 📟 רחמים (@rahamimX) March 3, 2025