GLAD SOMEBODY STILL MAKES THOSE: Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing F1 Collector Series Is a Rear-Drive Manual Monster With More Power.

SETTING THE BAR AWFULLY LOW: James Talarico Wants You to Know That He’s Smarter Than Beto O’Rourke.

A NICE PIECE ON MY FORTHCOMING SEDUCTIVE AI BOOK: Why AI’s biggest threat is actually its power to seduce us — and the computers are already winning: Prof. “The machines get better every year, but people stay the same.”

21ST CENTURY WARFARE: Suddenly, everyone wants drone interceptors like Ukraine, but the supply isn’t there.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: The Search for Aliens Levels Up.

IS IT REALLY? New York Times: After 60 Days, Republican Patience for the Iran War Is Wearing Thin.

I mean, the headline itself is ridiculous. 60 days? Patience wearing thin?

Related:

It's easy for the media to gaslight everybody because…well, we've been in endless war mode for so long, that we've forgotten how to win at war. The last few wars have been more like "draws".

No one can comprehend the success.

— Heidi (@heidiponyrider) May 2, 2026

I KNEW STEVE COHEN WHEN I INTERNED AT THE STATE SENATE IN COLLEGE. HE WAS VERY WHITE.

Dems: “No, you can’t end the racial gerrymander of Memphis. That’ll lead to less black representatives, you racist.”

Me: “But the current Dem rep there is a white dude and the GOP candidate is black.”

Dems: pic.twitter.com/xMhGiZhAFg

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 2, 2026

The current Democrat Rep is a white dude, Emmanuel.

This white dude. https://t.co/WvJeIPYsOK pic.twitter.com/058brZgw88

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 2, 2026

That fried chicken isn’t fooling anybody, Steve.

I THOUGHT SOUTH CAROLINA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A RED STATE: South Carolina State U. disinvites GOP commencement speaker after students protest.

AT LEAST THEY’RE LEARNING ABOUT MARKETS: Harvard hosts OnlyFans ‘model’ to lecture students.

Hey, it’s honest work. At least she doesn’t work for McKinsey.

WHAT A JERK HE IS, AND WHAT A TRAGEDY HE WAS GIVEN POWER AND USED IT TO DAMAGE THIS COUNTRY: Obama’s gaffe about WHCD shooter Cole Allen is just the latest in the former president’s legacy of lies. “Barack Obama’s tacky, hyperpartisan post-presidency is welcome insofar as it serves to remind the public of his tacky, hyperpartisan leadership style.”

THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE INCREASINGLY MONEY LAUNDRIES AND ACTIVIST FARMS FOR THE LEFT: Schools Received More Money Than Ever. Parents Aren’t Seeing The Results.

THIS IS WHY IT’S DROPPING OUT OF THE NEWS:

The Iran war is a complete win, possibly becoming the most comprehensive victory of most of our lifetimes. I say this as someone who leaned toward diplomacy before it began.

Do not believe analysts whose only horizon is a 24-hour news cycle and who would be delighted by defeat. https://t.co/IXtp8KJnQ7

— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) May 1, 2026

LOL: Democrats Pounce on Supreme Court Voting Rights Ruling, Demand ‘Term Limits for Justices,’ Impeachment.

THAT’S THE ONLY KIND THEY PLAY THERE: Playing Dirty Pool at the International Criminal Court. The story is described as “a ball of snakes,” but that’s also a pretty good description of the ICC itself, along with most of the other international institutions and bureaucracies.

LEFTISTS ARE GARBAGE (CONT’D):

I’m not sure there a more vivid illustration of these dirtbags’ depravity than them screaming “shame” at a *children’s cancer hospital* because they hate its donors. https://t.co/bvxi6sdI4N

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) May 1, 2026

AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: Trump drops a narco-trafficking nuclear bomb into Mexican politics. “Imagine if Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), both close partners of President Donald Trump, were suddenly indicted for taking huge bribes from an international drug cartel operating out of Texas. That’s essentially what just happened with the Justice Department indictments issued against the Sinaloa drug cartel on Wednesday.”

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

WELL, GOOD: ‘This is going to be what makes the Earth secure.’ How one California company plans to protect us from dangerous asteroids.

I BLAME THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE: UK Healthy Life Expectancy Has Fallen by More Than 2 Years, Study Warns.

HMM: Bowel and Ovarian Cancers Are Dramatically Rising in Young Adults and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why.

THAT WOULD BE NICE: End of black box AI? Scientists develop blueprint for transparent system that reveals how it learns and makes decisions.

AFTYN BEHN, TENNESSEE’S ANSWER TO AOC: VIDEO: Left Wing Liberal Aftyn Behn Goes on Unhinged Rant.

I’M NOT SURE I WANT A “SOFTWARE DEFINED VEHICLE.” Hyundai Previews Next-Generation Infotainment System for Software-Defined Vehicles.

Actually, I’m pretty sure I don’t want one:

We’ve grumbled about this in the past but the push toward software-defined vehicles is effectively to make automobiles into smart devices. Vehicle features will be gatekept behind subscriptions and will likely need to be purchased via connected services.

We’ve seen this in modern cars via companies forcing customers to purchase things like remote start using a subscription and making activation exclusively available via a phone app. This not only has you paying more for hardware that has already been equipped to the vehicle, it also creates additional avenues for the manufacturer to harvest information about you. Exactly how far the industry plans on going with this isn’t clear. However, the assumption is that it will be as far as possible because that’s been the trend thus far.

Yuk.

ONE RICH GUY WHO HAS LOTS OF PUPPETS DANCING TO HIS TUNE: Federal Gun Control Fraud: The ‘Virginia Plan’ is the California Plan…is the Bloomberg Plan…

JAMES LILEKS: Packing everything but Polly Pocket’s Plastic Shoe.