DEPENDS SUCCESSFUL AT WHAT, DOESN’T IT?  Oregon’s Governor describes Portland as “Beautiful, vibrant, and successful”.

ON TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING:  DEI vs. Story, Part 4: How Publishing Lost the Plot: The Silencing of the Straight White Male.

APPARENTLY TEMU OBAMA LOST HIS MIND AT THIS:  Trump Posts Video With Jeffries in a Sombrero, Schumer Advocating for Illegals.

WELL, WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE SAID GOODBYE TO MARKET FORCES:  Say “Goodbye” to the EV Tax Credit and “Hello” to Market Forces.

That way lies insanity.  And penury.

YEP:  If that’s not a hostile work environment, then what is?

NOT SURPRISING:  Bombshell ICE sweep in Minneapolis-St. Paul finds 50% of immigrants had committed immigration fraud.

WELL!   YouTube Agrees to Pay Trump $24.5 Million (Plus the Future of Global Communications).

THE THOUGHT POLICE DETAIL:  Dispatch from the hate-crime front line.

NY BANKERS HAVE REFINED THEIR AUDIENCE:  JPMorgan Chase now employs more workers in Texas than NY — top city biz advocate calls it ‘scary’ development.

UNEXPECTEDLY! EVERYBODY RUNS TO SEE THE TRAIN WRECK BUT THEY DON’T HANG AROUND FOR THE CLEAN-UP:   Jimmy Kimmel’s short-lived ratings spike comes to screeching halt.

IN HER DEFENSE, DEMOCRATS ARE TERRIBLE AT THAT SORT OF IDENTIFICATION:  Democrat Rep. Deborah Ross Wrongly Identifies Victim of Violent Crime.

I’D LIKE TO SAY THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE:  OHP performed an enforcement action along I-40 and apprehended 125 illegal immigrants.

If you don’t have x but want to read about the trucker whose license says “No Name Given” go here.

YOU DON’T SAY?  Illegal Des Moines Superintendent’s Background Just Got DARKER (That Thing Dems Say Doesn’t Happen? Yeah).

THIS. ALL OF THIS:  Heads Up.

AND ONCE MORE WITH FEELING:  Get training. And carry your guns.

AND AGAIN:   Mass Shooting Deterrence.

ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING HE SAID:  Become a Martial Arts Master in 5 easy steps! Learn the esoteric secrets of Irish Judo.

STOP, DROP AND THINK:  The Face Of War.

Running around with your hair on fire can kill you. And us.

ALWAYS WAS:  NATO – the alliance of paper tigers?

DON’T BE MANIPULATED:  25 Years Ago — Fate of 12-Year-Old Palestinian Led to 911 Attack and the Invention of the Word Pallywood: “If we ignore how images propagate and mutate, we hand the moral high ground to those who traffic in outrage”.

BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY DID:  Antifa legal group, ACLU partner to protect militants behind ICE tracking site.

WHAT SHE SAID:  Spiritual Evil.

OH, DEAR:  Nukem Swalwell is now making another threat.

GO READ:   Meditations on Objectivity. Because she asked.

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDY AUTHORS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

There’s also a fun vignette challenge.