THE DEMS’ FAVORED NOMINEE FOR 2028:

What a headline… wow. pic.twitter.com/UXUkkoIbEM

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) January 29, 2025

IT’S ALL ONE BIG MONEY LAUNDRY FOR THE LEFT:

The US radical-left has been using US taxpayer money to fund radical-left political parties & media around the world! https://t.co/S693KvLkUk

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2025

I HAD LINKED TO A STORY ON THIS EARLIER THAT GAVE NO DETAILS ON WHAT HE HAD SAID: Tenured Law Prof Sues LSU For Removing Him From Teaching After Allegedly Saying ‘F*** Trump’ In Class. Not very professional, but I don’t think it’s a firing offense, more like a stern, “really, don’t do this again” talking-to from the Dean offense. On the other hand, someone who said “F*** Obama” in 2012 would probably have been drawn and quartered.

BIGOTRY: Conservative events repeatedly blocked at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

CHANGE: University of Miami is latest college to reinstate mandatory standardized testing.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Trump is following through with unprecedented and swift action to begin his presidency – which has reset the national mood.

THIS SEEMS MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE A “BURN IT ALL DOWN” RESPONSE THAN SYMPATHY:

C’mon, guys, this is just playing into Trump’s hands. “My employer, the Federal government, can’t mass email me until there has been a systematic bureaucratic review of how much information the Federal government, which employs me, will need to send the emails” is not a valid… https://t.co/Rf2l7XZAVB

— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) January 29, 2025

Related:

Interesting poll.

Downsizing government is the most popular issue by far! pic.twitter.com/8WqYNYE2aB

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2025

UPDATE:

The 8 month severance package is the first of several probable moves to reduce the size of govt. The reality that drives it is the bare fact that govt is running out of money to keep paying a bloated bureaucracy indefinitely but it can pay them for 8 months more.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) January 29, 2025

I’VE BEEN ARGUING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF INSTAPUNDIT THAT THE NONPROFIT SECTOR NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP:

Interesting from @QuasLacrimas pic.twitter.com/yDArXkGUC1

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2025

Related:

Interesting poll.

Downsizing government is the most popular issue by far! pic.twitter.com/8WqYNYE2aB

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2025

CHANGE: Virginia turning red: Dead heat in governor’s race, and Youngkin popularity soars.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Columbia Student Group Observes Holocaust Remembrance Day—By Noting ‘Parallels’ Between Auschwitz and ‘Zionist Dungeons and Torture Camps.’

A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Columbia Suspends Student Who Disrupted Israeli History Class.

TRUTH:

Trump has done more to save this country in the last week than every elected Republican before him combined did over the last 30 years. And at a far greater personal cost to himself and his family.

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 29, 2025

FLASHBACK: Why Not A Waiting Period for Laws? “I’d like to propose a ‘waiting period’ for legislation. No bill should be voted on without hearings, debate and a final text that’s available online for at least a week. (A month would be better. How many bills really couldn’t wait a month?). And if the bill is advertised as addressing a ‘tragedy’ or named after a dead child, this period should double.”

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Trump is following through with unprecedented and swift action to begin his presidency – which has reset the national mood.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China’s lunar agenda – a heightened warning.

HAHAHA:

Didn’t Biden just pardon you for treason?

Maybe sit this one out, Benedict. https://t.co/NIMkQfMPJr

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 29, 2025

THEY’D JUST WIND UP A CHINESE SATRAPY, WHICH PROBABLY MEANS CHINA IS BEHIND THIS: Next CA Plan: Declare Independence.

I DON’T WANT A SUPER-EARTH, I WANT AN IDENTICAL EARTH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SUN: What If The Solar System Had a Super-Earth? Here’s What Would Happen.

JURY NULLIFICATION in New York.

CRAZY AND UNORTHODOX:

Trump rubs people the wrong way so he had only one way to succeed politically: He'd find out what people wanted of their government, then promise to do that, and then actually do it.

It was such a dirty tactic that few politicians have ever stooped so low to try it.

— Ace of Spades (@AceofSpadesHQ) January 28, 2025

WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? TB outbreak: Kansas health officials report 67 cases since the beginning of January.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FIREARMS: Brownells BRN-180 Gen3 is an Objectively Better Rifle.

SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEMS: Report: Parts Availability for General Motors’ 6.2-Liter V8 Becoming Major Issue.

NEW JERSEY DRONES MYSTERY: White House Reveals What Was Going On. “After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons. . . . Many of these drones were also hobbyists, recreational and private individuals that enjoy flying drones. In time, it got worse due to curiosity. This was not the enemy.”