MAGICAL INDEED:  When Hegseth was proven right.

CLEAR THE LAWYERS OUT OF THE WAY, LET PEOPLE DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE:  BFA testifies for SB 273 to provide civil immunity for voluntary firearm storage.

IT’S…. SOMETHING:  Headline Of The Week Pt. 3.

AN I TOLD YOU SO:  I have been screaming about this gap in cost-effective US anti-drone capabilities for three years on X. Only when reality came along and B*tch slapped the US Military that their Big/Expensive/Few weapons have failed the cost-effectiveness in combat test did they notice.

And: X-Cancel.

ALSO WHAT HE SAID:  Reposting this because it’s important that Americans understand that until Pete Hegseth became SecWar, we enjoyed a long series of SecDefs who cared more about politics and “signaling” than giving America’s service men and women the authority and resources necessary to fight and win.

And for the X-cancelled.

THERE’S A LOT TO THINK ABOUT IN THIS:  Beijing Doesn’t Think Like Washington—and the Iran Conflict Shows Why. Arguing that Chinese policy is hung on alliances—with imputations of obligation—misses the point. 

WHAT HE SAID:  I’ve Seen Some Shit. So I know some shit.

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS AND TODAY’S — WHICH IS LATE, THANK YOU FOR NOTICING — IS EXCEPTIONALLY ENTICING:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

CONNECTING DOTS:   Trump hit Iran — but he’s really got China in his crosshairs.

HOW DARE A PROFESSOR PRESUME TO THINK?  My journey from professor to pariah.

YOU CAN SCHOOL A LEFTIST BUT YOU CAN’T TEACH THEM ANYTHING:  Leftist Gets Schooled About Why There’s a Charlie Kirk Banner at the Department of Education.

REALLY? SERIOUSLY:  Officers Who Stopped Austin Shooter Must Face Grand Jury.

OH PLEASE, LET’S NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES. LET THEM WORRY:  Iran Is Finished. Is This Country Next?

BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THE GLOBAL WARMING SCAM WAS: Endless opportunities for graft and fraud.  Solar Scam: How California Turned “Green Energy” Into a Slush Fund for Activism, Rate Hikes, and Tree-Cutting.

ISN’T THAT THE WAY THESE THINGS GO?  While Democrats rage against the American/Israel war on Iran, the PEOPLE celebrate.

BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  HHS finds up to $600m ‘improper’ payments for autism services, errors on every bill checked in four states.

UNFORTUNATELY MAGIC EIGHT BALL SAYS UNLIKELY:  Will Megyn Kelly Kindly Shut the Heck Up?

MAZEL TOV:  ONLY IN ISRAEL:   A wedding took place in a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv, IL. Mazel Tov!!

And for the Cancelled of X. Here.

APPARENTLY:  Did Hasan Piker Really Give Advice on Terrorist Attacks? (Video.)

INDEED:  LUCAS’s Coming Out Party. It’s been what, a couple thousand years or so since the Persians had a military invention of their own? They were overdue.

MAYBE WE WILL MANAGE TO CHANGE IRAN; MAYBE WE JUST MANAGE TO MAKE THEM STOP BOTHERING US:  Whatever.

What they become is up to them. Not letting them bother us is up to us.

FASCINATING, IN FACT:  Interesting.

CURRENTLY RUNNING A SALE THROUGH THE END OF TOMORROW:  MurphicIndustries, ornaments, miniatures, military models, miniature bases, RPG terrain, chibi, custom engraving.

Sale extended past Tuesday end of day for Instapunditers with code HOYTSHOCKED.

COOL:  Two moons of Saturn against its majestic rings.

TURNS OUT GETTING AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS FROM TEMU AIN’T THE SMARTEST THING:  “But Why Did the Iranian Air Defenses Fail to Activate?” Inside Operation Epic Fury — How the U.S. & Israel Struck Iran.