MARTIN HACKWORTH: Unscientific American? Laura Helmuth resigns as editor. Don’t let the screen door hit you on the fanny.

ROLL OVER THEM AND LEAVE TREADMARKS: Gun Control Orgs Brace for the Fight Over Concealed Carry Reciprocity.

HIPPIES WITH PYRAMIDS: Study confirms Egyptians drank hallucinogenic cocktails in ancient rituals.

DON’T BE EVIL: OpenAI accused of trying to profit off AI model inspection in court.

WATCH THE PRESS BLAME TRUMP FOR THIS: NASA’s California-based Jet Propulsion Lab cuts 325 jobs after 500 in early round.

PEOPLE WHO USE HOOKUP APPS MORE LIKELY TO HOOK UP: Study: Risky sex more common among students who use dating apps.

WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR YOU MEDDLING KIDS THIS MEDDLING HAG: House Dems Sick of Pelosi, Blame Her for Defeats.

CENSORSHIP AND CLOSED-MINDEDNESS ARE A BAD LOOK: Berkeley Republicans field death threats, accused of creating ‘unsafe environment’ for hosting anti-trans talk.

YOU KNOW WHAT’S DANGEROUS? CENSORSHIP AND CLOSED-MINDEDNESS. Vanderbilt LGBTQ group protests Ben Shapiro’s appearance, calls rhetoric ‘reprehensible’ and ‘dangerous.’

WELL, VANITY FAIR: Vanity Fair, Which Made Me an 80s Brat Packer, Slimes Pete Hegseth.

THANK YOU, GOD, FOR WORKING NOT ONLY IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS, BUT HILARIOUS ONES:

Entire Entrenched Government Bureaucracy To Be Dismantled By Indian Guy And Autistic African American Obsessed With Rockets https://t.co/j3zj5EZJqT pic.twitter.com/jVyinXWeRQ

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 15, 2024

HMM: ‘People Are Pissed’: WSJ Reports Gaetz Nomination Doomed … In Committee. He did not cultivate many friends in Congress.

I WAS LESS IMPRESSED WITH NETFLIX’S PERFORMANCE, WHICH CONSISTED OF CONSTANT FREEZING AND BUFFERING UNTIL I GAVE UP: Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: No one was impressed by social media star’s win over 58-year-old former champ.

I see I wasn’t the only one with this experience.

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— Matt’s Idea Shop (@MattsIdeaShop) November 16, 2024

Come on, Netflix. If you’re going to host live events, you need enough server capacity.

UPDATE: Heh.

C’mon Netflix this picture quality is so blurry I won’t be able to tell if Mike Tyson is fighting Jake Paul or Rand Paul! #JakePaulvsMikeTyson

— Sutton Porter (@suttonporter) November 16, 2024

MORE: Via a friend.

VOX POPOLI, VOX DEI: Three-quarters have faith Trump will win deportation war.

I mean, Eisenhower did it.

HAHA, YOU SAID “AL SHARPTON,” “MSNBC,” AND “ETHICS” IN THE SAME SENTENCE: Kamala Campaign’s Payments to Al Sharpton a ‘Black Eye’ for MSNBC, Ethics Group Says.

Also Oprah: Chicago Trib Editorial Board: $1M? WTF, Oprah? “And it failed, too, which raises questions about whether the campaign even got its money’s worth out of the effort. Harris was no more coherent with Oprah than she was on 60 Minutes even with CBS News editing her answers, and only slightly more responsive than Harris was in the Fox News interview she did out of desperation. Ironically, ABC’s attempt at an infomercial on The View probably doomed Harris when Sunny Hostin stumped Harris with the obvious question of what she’d do differently from Joe Biden. Instead of being prepared to answer that, Harris wrapped her arms around the deeply unpopular status quo.”

Kamala wasn’t very good. But neither are her media enablers, even for a million bucks.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A HOTBED OF SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM? Vandals Target Home of University of Washington President.

NATE SILVER: Kamala Harris was a replacement-level candidate: Trump’s win is mostly Biden’s fault, not hers. Still, she was a mediocre candidate in a year when Democrats needed a strong one.

This is all really Obama’s legacy. After his two terms, the Democratic bench was devastated. The only person they could run in 2016 was Hillary, the only person they could find in 2020 with a chance was Biden, and when Biden crapped out all they had was Kamala. Who do they have for 2028? Gavin Newsom? Kathy Hochul? The GOP, on the other hand, has developed a lot of dynamic, young candidates.

This will change, and Dems will produce some stronger candidates. But probably not from the current pool.

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE! (CONT’D):

Carissa Smith, a teacher at the Dixon School District in MO was arrested on 19 charges including r*pe after she was caught allegedly paying students to have s*x with her. She also reportedly smoked marijuana with students.

MAKE THIS MONSTER FAMOUS pic.twitter.com/KcJr8lquln

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 15, 2024

VIBRANT DIVERSITY: An Attempted Honor Killing in Washington State.

SHE MESSED WITH THE WRONG BAKERY: Fingers Crossed: Whoopi’s Whopper Could Get Her Clobbered.

UTTERLY PREDICTABLE: James Pethokoukis: Well, they ran the numbers on degrowth — and it’s not good: Do people in rich countries want to live like they do in India?

Well, for people at the top of the heap, India may be a superior model to the United States, at least if you like a lot of fawning. For everyone else, not so much. I do get the sense that our ruling class has really started to see some appeal in the Third World model, though.

SO MANY RELIGIOUS BIGOTS OUT THERE ATTACKING CHRISTIANS NOWADAYS:

They're attacking Pete Hegseth for having a tattoo of the Jerusalem Cross, a Christian symbol that dates back to the 13th century.

These people are nothing but anti-Christian bigots. https://t.co/g7eKTLHpJJ pic.twitter.com/yR3XIGY0Bx

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 15, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Blue Origin stacks huge New Glenn rocket ahead of 1st launch.

IS THERE ANYTHING HE CAN’T DO? Trump Is Shrinking Government Already!

Donald Trump is magic.

I’m not joking. There really is something magical about the power he has over the world. Any normal person would have been crushed by all the forces arrayed against him, but somehow, he has survived and thrived despite constant attacks.

Since his election, both Russia and Ukraine have changed their tunes about finding a negotiated settlement, the markets have breathed a sigh of relief, free market advocates have been giddy and talking about investing in the United States, pharmaceutical companies are running scared, and…government employees are talking about mass resignations! Ending wars is difficult. Getting career civil servants to leave the government is nearly impossible. That Trump can do it without firing a single person yet is miraculous.

And it’s only been a bit over a week.