THEY HAVE LEARNED NOTHING AND FORGOTTEN NOTHING:
It’s like no one remembers how well “basket of Deplorables” went over.
And if your caveat is “oh, I’m just talking about Trump & Vance & not the voters” you do not understand the psychology of a voters mind.
They know you are calling them weird too. They can hear your code. https://t.co/b4rGBrdNOP
— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) August 7, 2024
YEP: UT’s Institute of American Civics Survey Shows Urgent Need for Civics Education in Tennessee. It’s a nationwide problem, really. Reminder/Disclosure: I’m on the Board of the IAC.
“STUDENT ACTIVISTS” LOSING CLOUT: Harvard Will Not Remove Sackler Name From Art Museum and Campus Building.
Appeasing “activists” has not worked out well for Harvard, or for anywhere else much.
OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.
WELL, THAT’S OFF-SCRIPT:
John Fetterman expects Donald Trump to win Pennsylvania.pic.twitter.com/DOu7ZGSabG
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) August 7, 2024
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Chang’e-5 Mission Discovers Significant Water-Rich Mineral in Moon Soil.
LOL: ‘Go Communist Immediately’: The Stunning Fumble That Re-Opened the Definition Fight. “Republicans have seized a moment in this election cycle largely handed to them by the Kamala Harris campaign. By picking a relatively obscure governor as a running mate, Democrats handed Donald Trump and the GOP a golden opportunity to redefine their opposition.”
SADLY COMMENTS ARE TURNED OFF BECAUSE I’D LOVE TO READ THE REPLIES:
How nice of the Trump camp to help publicize Gov. Tim Walz's compassionate and common-sense policy of providing free menstrual products to students in Minnesota public schools! Let's do this everywhere. pic.twitter.com/hk6v8cs8p4
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 7, 2024
HMM: Melting Away Alzheimer’s: How Dopamine Dissolves Harmful Brain Plaques. Don’t worry, be happy!
EH, HOW CAN WE HAVE A WAR ANYWAY WHEN SO MUCH OF OUR LEADERSHIP IS ON CHINA’S PAYROLL? What do You Mean We’re an 11 Carrier Navy in a 15 Carrier World?
THE CONVIVIAL CUP: What happens to your brain when you drink with friends? “Grab a drink with friends at happy hour and you’re likely to feel chatty, friendly and upbeat. But grab a drink alone and you may experience feelings of depression. Researchers think they now know why this happens.”
I DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO “DOWNLOAD” FEATURES FOR MY CAR: We Downloaded More Torque and New Features for Our Kia EV9. Was It Worth the Cost?
UKRAINE? OH, RIGHT:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have launched a up to 25K, or small NATO Corps sized, incursion into the Kursk Oblast that is moving between 7 & 10 km a day.
AFU Bde have between 4 to 9 battalions per brigade with 6 Bn as average, so ~18 Bn seem involved.
AFU's Strategic raid🧵
1/ pic.twitter.com/BiqBCtesoH— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) August 7, 2024
This is a long thread about how the Ukrainians are doing air interdiction with drones the way the U.S. Air Force has traditionally done it with attack planes, at a fraction of the cost.
A FLEX WORTHY OF A TRUE MARINE:
JD Vance after physically walking up to Kamala Harris’ plane to ask why she’s hiding from reporters:
"Hopefully it's going to be my plane in a few months. I also thought you guys may get lonely, because the VP doesn't answer questions from reporters."pic.twitter.com/xmXBC16MSY
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 7, 2024
AND WISELY: More Americans Own Guns for Self-Defense.
PROF. ROB NATELSON: United States v. Abbott and State War Powers.
Mr. Hyman and I investigated the Founding-era meaning of “invasion” and “invaded” to determine if, as three U.S. appeals courts have opined, those terms were limited to formal attacks by foreign military forces. We found they certainly were not. Both 18th century dictionaries and contemporaneous usage supported definitions broad enough to encompass peaceful but unauthorized cross-border incursions that resulted in damage. For example, in the years before the Constitution was written, both Benjamin Franklin and Pennsylvania officials referred to a peaceful but unauthorized wave of immigration into their state as an “invasion.”
We also learned that during the Founding era, migrants entering a country illegally were considered, or treated as, “alien enemies.” They were not accorded the same rights as “alien friends.” It made no difference whether an illegal migrants’ country of origin was friendly or hostile.
Read the whole thing.
FASTER, PLEASE: Nanonuclear CEO Reveals Safe Nuclear Reactor on Wheels.
DIDN’T OBAMACARE FIX THIS? More than 8% of Americans were uninsured in early 2024.
AT LEAST JOHN KERRY ACTUALLY WENT TO VIETNAM:
The Tim Walz Stolen Valor story goes back to the beginning of his political career.
He quit the military in 05, leaving his Battalion to go to Iraq w/out him.
Months later, he ran for Congress, telling media he just returned from fighting the war on terror.
Receipts to follow.
— Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.today (@JordanSchachtel) August 7, 2024
.@JDVance: “You know what really bothers me about Tim Walz?… When the United States of America asked me to go to Iraq to serve my country, I did it… When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq… he dropped out.”
pic.twitter.com/y2GWwjlqcm— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 7, 2024
Absolutely disgusting. https://t.co/dbLZaM6n6K
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 7, 2024
EH, IT’S NOT LOOKING GOOD: Will Tim Walz Reclaim Common Sense for the Democrats?
@presidentialscorecard #fyp #foryou #foryourpage ♬ original sound – PresidentialReviews
Kamala Harris’ new VP pick, Tim Walz not only supports CHILDREN at Adult LGBTQ Pride Rallies
He has children march at them with letters on their shirts spelling out his name pic.twitter.com/s0fwJPz8Wh
— Drew Hernandez (@DrewHLive) August 6, 2024
#JOURNALISM:
Tapper having to do his level best to wink and nod at his cohosts to stop being antisemites on-air is the current state of the press. pic.twitter.com/7SWvgOz53l
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 7, 2024
Plus:
Absolutely nothing in this is damning. Vance was basically right about everything he said.
But all people will read is the headline, and the Post knows that. https://t.co/8oFXBcM9xK
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 7, 2024
I'm thinking that if Marjorie Taylor Greene said this, Jake Tapper might be just upset enough to report on it. https://t.co/AeDSJO1M1r
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 7, 2024
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Professor: Being ‘super straight’ on social media part of ‘white supremacy,’ ‘colonialism.’
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