CHANGE: Seeing no road to profit, GM shutters Cruise.

STILL A FEW BUGS IN THE SYSTEM: AI thought knee X-rays show if you drink beer—they don’t.

SHOCKER:

BREAKING: DOJ IG claims 26 FBI informants were in DC on Jan 6. (Guarantee this is not accurate)

At least 17 committed offenses for which other J6er have been federally charges. No CHS was charged. pic.twitter.com/9ex8GoC3xW

— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) December 12, 2024

BOSS MOVE: Trump invites China’s Xi Jinping to inauguration.

WELL, GOOD: ‘Brain boost’ from exercise may linger into next day.

AS GOES AMERICA, SO GOES THE WORLD: Niall Ferguson: The Vibe Shift Goes Global: At home, Yale Law School and DEI committees are out. Abroad, strength and escalation are in.

Related: Trump Revives Animal Spirits.

MARK JUDGE: The Coming Conservative Media Collapse.

The liberal media is in freefall. Ratings are cratering at MSNBC and CNN. The Washington Post is losing hundreds of millions of dollars and laying off staff. The Los Angeles Times has gotten so desperate that it’s hiring conservative columnists.

Considering all of that, you might be surprised to hear that conservative media is also in trouble. But the fact is, Americans are sick and tired of politics—all politics.

I dunno, I suddenly find it more interesting. But then, I’m not typical. Then again, neither is Mark.

BUT OF COURSE: Chinese student facing charges for voting in Michigan still on voter rolls: report.

ANTI-SEMITISM IS EVERYWHERE: New ADL study exposes SYSTEMIC job discrimination against Jewish applicants, students.

HMM. To Make DOGE A Success, Musk & Ramaswamy Should Start With The Tax Code.

This is actually an argument for a flat tax, though I’m not sure the author means for it to be.

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE DEMOCRATS TRIED TO MAKE HIM INTO BRETT KAVANAUGH — AND SUCCEEDED. Pete Hegseth Will Be Confirmed.

Well, Kavanaugh was confirmed, too, so maybe this was a bad strategy.

YOU MIGHT ALMOST SAY IT’S MORNING IN AMERICA: My New York Post column: National mood shift since Trump’s win is reviving America’s lost vigor.

WOULD YOU? Ouch: Just 32% of Democrats want Kamala Harris to run again.

THAT’S BECAUSE YOU’RE ALL MORONS. Tony Blinken Tells Congress ‘No One Anticipated’ Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan.

CLASS CONFLICT IN AMERICA:

Brian Thompson went from Jewell, Iowa (population 1,200) to leading 140,000 employees and overseeing $280B of revenue at one of the world’s most important companies. His mom worked as a beautician, his dad at a grain elevator—they were probably really proud when he graduated… pic.twitter.com/vX6JT2N30j

— Robert Sterling (@RobertMSterling) December 11, 2024

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Joel Kotkin: The American university is rotting from within: The modern academy is a threat to reason, liberty and Western civilisation.

AS THE OLD MEDIA COLLAPSES, THEIR HELP IS LESS USEFUL: It’s Becoming Clearer By the Day That Gun Controllers Just Can’t Stop the Signal Any More.

IT’S ONLY THE BEGINNING:

https://t.co/rSTm0jU9Gp pic.twitter.com/Sfa0HFQCS1

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) December 11, 2024

Helen has found something similar in the interviews she’s doing for her next book.

CONSCIOUSNESS OF GUILT: Bill Clinton: I’m Open to Discussing Preemptive Pardon for Hillary Before Trump Takes Office.

OPEN THREAD: Hump day.

YOU MIGHT ALMOST SAY IT’S MORNING IN AMERICA: My New York Post column: National mood shift since Trump’s win is reviving America’s lost vigor.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China set to launch first Guowang megaconstellation satellites on Long March 5B.

HAHAHA:

It’s like Keith is in a competition with himself to be the worst person alive and every day he wins. https://t.co/Z9OuuXmwFO

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) December 11, 2024

THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR THE NEW CIVIL LIBERTIES ALLIANCE IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO REIN IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE: U.S. appeals court tosses Nasdaq diversity rules for company boards. “A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down the Nasdaq’s diversity disclosure rules for companies listed on the stock exchange, which were designed to boost the representation of women and minority directors on boards. The conservative-majority New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Securities and Exchange Commission did not have the power to approve the rule that required companies to ensure women and minority directors were on their boards or provide an explanation of why this was not the case.”

Reminder/disclosure: I’m on the NCLA’s board of advisors.

UPDATE: Here’s the NCLA press release, and here’s the full text of the opinion.

ADVANCED KNAPPING THEN, STARSHIP NOW: A Major Leap Forward in Technology Took Place 900,000 Years Ago.