HE’S RIGHT: ‘God Bless Them For What They’re Exposing’: Jim Jordan Defends Musk’s Cost-Cutting Efforts At DOGE.

DON’T DO THAT, HE’D BE BORED AND YOU’D FALL IN LOVE: WATCH: ‘We Have To F—k Trump,’ Congresswoman Says As Democrats Struggle To Form Focused Message.

JOEL KOTKIN: Why Jews Are Fleeing the West. Because the Western political/managerial/academic class is made up largely of garbage people. And garbage people tend toward Jew-hating.

CHANGE: Goldman Sachs: On Second Thought, We’re Out on DEI Too.

Related:

Remember when everyone went after Ron DeSantis for fighting Disney when they tried to interfere in the Parental Rights in Education bill?

Well today Disney officially dropped DEI, telling execs to focus on "business outcomes" instead. Complete and utter victory for DeSantis.

— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) February 11, 2025

JOHN LUCAS: It Is Worse than We Thought: An impeachment inquiry is necessary for Federal District Judge Paul Engelmayer.

NOW THAT ASTEROID 2024 YR4 IS LOOKING MORE LIKELY TO STRIKE EARTH, an InstaPundit reader posts this bit of poetry in the comments:

O it’s Elon this, an’ Elon that, an’ “Chuck ‘im out, the cad!”;
But it’s “Elon, please, a rocket!” when the rocks are lookin’ bad.
When the rocks are lookin’ bad, my boys, the rocks are lookin’ bad,
O it’s “Save us, Mr. Elon!” when the rocks are lookin’ bad.

I think Kipling would approve. Of the poem, and of Elon.

IMPEACH NOW:

Oh great, a federal judge has just ordered me to uncancel my AOL subscription

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) February 11, 2025

NEWSWEEK LIES, DOG BITES MAN:

Newsweek article: https://t.co/1pQasRMD1Q

2024 Fiscal Year: https://t.co/k9nyq76aFY

Data Newsweek used which included CBP turning people away at the border: https://t.co/Ru8vF1MJqe

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 12, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s Groovy.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Crater-diving hopper ‘Gracie’ will launch to the moon aboard private Athena lander this month.

ELON EXPLAINS DOGE:

@nypost

During a press conference in the Oval Office, Elon Musk revealed that the Department of Government Efficiency allegedly uncovered disbursed social security payments to individuals who are 150 years old.

♬ original sound – New York Post | News

HELP US, ELON, YOU’RE OUR ONLY HOPE: Odds of a Tunguska-Scale Impact in 2032 Just Doubled.

Related: What asteroid 2024 YR4 teaches about techno-capitalism and risk: It’s good to possess the wealth and capability to act.

YES: Gun Rights Activists Need to Use All of the Tools of Federalism at Their Disposal.

IT’S COME TO THIS: Opposing Lab Grown Meat and Insect Meal in Pasta is ‘Far Right.’

You know, if they keep telling people that everything admirable is “far right,” people may start to admire the far right.

SCIENCE MARCHES ON: New treatments are needed for alcohol addiction. Are drugs like Ozempic the answer?

STUDDED TIRES FOR THE WIN: Audi RS E-Tron GT Performance with Studded Tires Proves 912 HP Isn’t Too Much for Winter.

GOOD: Bill In Congress Would Outlaw Gun Taxes, Insurance Requirements.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: How 3D-printed parts changed the NASCAR Cup Series.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Students discover a new protein while investigating Streptococcus infection.

J.D. IS A SMART GUY:

A Yale law professor says JD Vance is right: the federal judge who blocked DOGE from exposing wasteful spending by the Treasury Department violated the Constitution.https://t.co/2cCjdf2aXC

— Media Research Center (@theMRC) February 11, 2025

HMM: Potassium-enriched salt shows promise for cutting recurrent stroke risk in clinical trial.

IT BEGINS: “Under-Reported Trump Order Has Sweeping Implications For DEI At Universities.

It gets worse for the woke.

Trump’s new order includes this:

A term requiring the contractual counterparty or grant recipient to agree that its compliance in all respects with all applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws is material to the government’s payment decisions for purposes of section 3729(b)(4) of title 31, United States Code.

Want to guess what that referenced Code section is?

It’s the False Claims Act – the whistleblower law that allows private citizens to file what are called qui tam actions. That provision in Trump’s new order is specifically intended to make it easier to win whistleblower actions under the False Claims Act. In other words, if a university or other party falsely signs the certification that they have no DEI policies, private parties like their employees can blow the whistle, perhaps getting a cash award. Treble damages are among the possible consequences for False Claims Act violations.

Many major law firms have posted warnings for their clients about the new Trump order and the potential for whistleblower complaints, such as here.

However, the regular press and general public have yet to catch up on how drastically the law has turned against DEI.

Related: The False Claims Act and President Trump’s DEI Executive Order: Federal Contractor Employers Must Take Notice.

DON SURBER: Trumping the Media: Deep state can no longer use tax money to pay off media.

WHY IS YALE SUCH A CESSPIT OF BIGOTRY AND ANTISEMITIC VIOLENCE? Yale Jewish students kicked out of own center during pro-Palestinian protest.

THIS WILL END WELL: Universities’ opposition to ICE raids puts professors on the front line. “My university’s guidance does seem designed to delay ICE agents’ access to certain spaces on campus and to complicate identification of any particular person that agents may be seeking.”