THAT OUGHT TO TURN OUT THE RANK AND FILE, LIFELONG DEMOCRATS:  Hasan Piker Calls For an Ideological Purge of the Democratic Party—Dressed Like Mao—in Fiery Speech.

IT SEEMS DR DREW DOESN’T THINK REPORTS OF VACCINE INJURIES ARE A MYTH:  Dr. Drew Thinks the COVID Vaccine Might Have Contributed to Lindsey Graham’s Death.

TAPPER THOUGHT HE WAS LOBBING HIM A SOFTBALL:  CNN’s Jake Tapper Asked This Leftist Michigan Senate Candidate About Israel and Iran. It Didn’t Go Well.

ANYTIME THE GOVERNMENT HAS POWER TO KILL ITS BATCH LOTS OF ITS CITIZENS, THE RESULT IS DEATH. ALWAYS:  Keep Studying While It Solves Itself. The conspiracy theory about European AC policy isn’t crazy. It’s just underdocumented. Here’s the same mechanism with receipts.

I FIGURED THIS OUT DECADES AGO: Disillusionment Is Also a Product. The people who told you “everything you know is a lie” had a business model that required you to believe them instead.

HE’S RIGHT, YOU KNOW?  The thousands of comments on my voter fraud post remind me of one very important thing. The issue isn’t about Trump. It is about the perception of the citizens. But they need to make it about Trump.

A DREAM WELL LOST:  Because no defense was possible.

TRUMP MIGHT? I MEAN IT WOULD EXPLAIN GREENLAND:  Do You Know Why the PRC Has a Polar Strategy? …do we?

THEY SHOULD COLLAPSE:  Nearing Structure Collapse.

THE ORTHODOX AND THE AMISH (OR EVEN THOSE WACKY EPISCOPALS WITH THEIR NO CONTRACT BRIDGE RITUALS) DON’T TEND TO EXPLODE:  Getting It Right.

And my people? We just genuflect, genuflect, genuflect. (Yes, it’s the song.)

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Hamas attacks Gaza aid sites, holds Palestinians ransom for expended ammunition expenses – report. One source also said that Hamas had been smuggling various goods inside trucks belonging to aid organizations, as well as commercial ones, in order to generate funds.

THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET OFF THE LOAN BUSINESS:  As defaults on student loans surge, millions are trying to get their lives back on track.

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

There’s also a fun vignette challenge.

AND IT’S BACK: Watching the 13th orbital test flight of SpaceX’s Starship/Superheavy.

THAT PRETTY MUCH DESCRIBES ALL OF HIS POLICIES:  Critics slam Mamdani for threatening to arrest Netanyahu in NYC: ‘Delusional’ and ‘reckless’.

THROWING TANTRUMS AT POLICE IS A GOOD WAY TO GET THROWN IN JAIL:  Chaotic bodycam video shows trans Florida student freak out on cop for ‘misgendering’ him — before being cuffed.

OF COURSE SHE DOES:  One of the DSA’s Biggest Influencers Wants to Shred the Declaration of Independence, Too.

REMEMBER WHEN THE IRISH WAGED RELIGIOUS WAR AGAINST EACH OTHER?  This Law Means That Praying at a Northern Ireland Hospital Could Land You in Trouble With the Police.

WHEN EVEN THE ECONOMIST THINKS YOU’RE TOO WOKE:  “Frequent apologias for feminism”: Calling Nolan’s film “an epic mistake”, The Economist dismisses the movie as “a very silly adaptation” of “The Odyssey”.

NEXT ONE WILL LIFTOFF:  SpaceX’s 13th Starship Test Aborted Less than a Second before Liftoff.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Dr. Oz claims NY Medicaid program is being ripped off by Chinese crime syndicate.

JUDGE BOASBERG TRIPS ON HIS OWN BANANA PEEL:  Careful What You Gavel For: How Boasberg’s Lecture Became Trump’s Weapon. Thanks, Your Honor: Trump Activates the Court Boasberg Told Him About.

AI RESTRICTIONISTS WANT YOUR SYSTEMS VULNERABLE AND YOUR HANDS TIED:  Hugging Face dealt recently with an AI operated attack. They had to use open models to defend, because the closed model guardrails would not allow them to use them for defense.

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I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE CRAMPED SMALLNESS OF A MIND THAT CAN ONLY APPRECIATE PEOPLE OF THE SAME RACE, SEX OR OTHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC:  I was “black” when I read The Odyssey in high school… …but somehow I never imagined the characters as looking like me. Why? Because they were GREEK characters. I didn’t need Odysseus to look like me to appreciate his story.

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WHERE IS MY SHOCKED FACE AGAIN?  Controversial program paying drug users for used syringes becomes permanent in NYC. The $3M budget line uses opioid settlement money critics say should go to addiction treatment services instead.