ROGER KIMBALL: Trump, Musk, and the Deep State: The Battle Over Transparency Begins. “Trump and Musk are unraveling the deep state’s secrets at record speed, and the left is panicking—wielding emergency orders, judicial overreach, and legal theatrics to stop the exposure.”
Spoiler: It won’t work.
ICYMI: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING BATSHIT CRAZY OVER:
UPDATE: Reader John Steakley writes:
From some of what I see online and conversations with my lefty friends, the Dems seem to be coalescing around an innocuous-sounding theme of “Slow Down.” I.e., without debating the merits of what Trump is doing, can’t we just all agree that he’s doing it all way too quickly?
This avoids any awkward debates about the merits of USAID funding transgender basket-weaving classes in Patagonia, and skips right to the real Democrat goal of just stalling Trump until we are closer to midterm elections.
If the GOP indulges this for even a second, they deserve every midterm loss they will suffer.
Keep going. Don’t slow down. Don’t even slow down to talk to the bitter losers asking you to slow down. You have at best four years of a GOP Congress and probably only two. Don’t waste time.
Faster, please.
Related:
Dems: We need 80000 IRS agents to audit your $600 venmo payment.
Reps: There are over $100B annual entitlement payments to people without social security numbers.
Dems: Auditing is extremely dangerous to our democracy!
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) February 9, 2025
Plus:
If you’re outraged at all the ridiculous and wasteful government spending you should be. If you’re outraged that DOGE is looking into things, I wonder why?🤔
— Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) February 9, 2025
WHEN NANCY PELOSI AND JOE BIDEN ARE THE FACES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IS THAT A SURPRISE?
CBS just recorded their highest approval rating for President Trump in their polling history this past week.
The thing that makes this newsworthy is the age split: Trump's doing better among the young than the old! pic.twitter.com/nUlLtLlDrk
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) February 9, 2025
Related:
One of the underrated aspects of why the Democratic Party is in the dumps right now is that they are so lame and cringe.
That’s showing up with young voters.
Luckily, they’ve made David Hogg vice chair of the party so that’s sure to up their appeal. https://t.co/oyttc6tfZ7
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) February 9, 2025
Also, younger people consume more non-mass-media news so the monolithic narrative approach doesn’t work on them very well.
WHAT A FERTILITY COLLAPSE LOOKS LIKE:
Unbelievable but true, there more people in France born in 1946 (and still alive) than there are people born in 2024 https://t.co/OAi6FUj1sS pic.twitter.com/X1QTZJPCbC
— François Valentin (@Valen10Francois) February 8, 2025
HARSH BUT FAIR:
I have no sympathy for academic researchers and their staff who do shit science and live off NIH grants. I am sorry. Never have. Never will. They do work that cannot be reproduced, just say the same empty slogans that are in vogue. During the pandemic they failed society and…
— Vinay Prasad MD MPH (@VPrasadMDMPH) February 8, 2025
OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.
IN ENDORSING KAMALA, SHE CHOSE . . . POORLY.
This Super Bowl game is off to a great start.
The whole stadium BOOED Taylor Swift but ERUPTED in cheers for President Trump.
Based. pic.twitter.com/Z9PyGEERvr
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 10, 2025
GOOD. SLS IS A WHITE ELEPHANT. Boeing warns SLS employees of potential layoffs.
BRR: Unpacking the records of history’s cruelest summers.
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING BATSHIT CRAZY OVER:
UPDATE: Reader John Steakley writes:
From some of what I see online and conversations with my lefty friends, the Dems seem to be coalescing around an innocuous-sounding theme of “Slow Down.” I.e., without debating the merits of what Trump is doing, can’t we just all agree that he’s doing it all way too quickly?
This avoids any awkward debates about the merits of USAID funding transgender basket-weaving classes in Patagonia, and skips right to the real Democrat goal of just stalling Trump until we are closer to midterm elections.
If the GOP indulges this for even a second, they deserve every midterm loss they will suffer.
Keep going. Don’t slow down. Don’t even slow down to talk to the bitter losers asking you to slow down. You have at best four years of a GOP Congress and probably only two. Don’t waste time.
Faster, please. (Bumped).
Plus:
Because…THIS pic.twitter.com/cnQUPEEKdd
— EFHutton (parody) (@EFHutton123) February 8, 2025
MASS PLAYS A ROLE, THOUGH: Heavier Vehicles Actually DON’T Always Protect You More in a Crash.
GOOD ADVICE: Check It Out: Put your defensive firearm to the test before relying on it to save a life.
I test mine regularly by practicing with it.
THAT’S BECAUSE THE MEDIA WORLD IS MADE UP OF GARBAGE PEOPLE, WHO APPARENTLY ARE ALSO TAX-DOLLAR PARASITES.
The media has weird inconsistent standards pic.twitter.com/FNPU6vWfGg
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) February 9, 2025
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: A spine-zapping implant helped 3 people with a muscle-wasting disease walk better.
MY MIGRAINES DISAPPEARED FOR THE MOST PART WHEN I STARTED TAKING COENZYME Q10: The link between headache disorders and suicide—a 25-year Danish cohort study.
GOOD NEWS: Boeing Prepares for SLS Cancellation in March.
Some are arguing for the cancellation after the Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 flight. However, there are months of fixes needed for the human rated Orion. The heat shield is not safe. Rushing to get off two more flights will likely cost over $20 billion. It is not just two flights but working to fix and still run the program for about four more years. Costs and delays will continue to increase trying to fix the problems. The current contracts are cost plus contracts. Boeing and the other companies would run more costs through the cost plus program.
I have been calling for the cancellation of Space Launch System for about a decade.
Now we are in a series of government wide cuts which could eliminate a trillion dollars per year of waste and perhaps another trillion of inefficiency. There is no way we get to those cuts and a balanced budget trying to carry on ineffective corporate charity and theft by Boeing.
It’s time.
AS A KID, I HAD UNDIAGNOSED MIGRAINES FOR YEARS: Emergency room doctors sometimes don’t spot migraines in minority children.
JUDICIAL #RESISTANCE.
The judicial resistance has begun. The Trump administration will ultimately win most of these legal battles—they’re lawyered up well this time—but the establishment won’t give up without a fight. https://t.co/CwNfwkStR0
— Ilya Shapiro (@ishapiro) February 8, 2025
It’s not like the establishment is going to respect election results, or the Constitution, if either one threatens its feedlot.
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