DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE:
Academia managed to rid itself of Claudine Gay but Arday was already on the rise.
The individual cases and names don’t really matter — the production of the proverbial, eternal Arday is the true reason for which the rest of it exists.
What did y’all think “inclusive… https://t.co/MM7Y72n4F9
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) July 28, 2026
RABBI MICHAEL BARCLAY’S IRAN UPDATE: Back to the Negotiating Table?
21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS: Tech Giants Voltron Up Against AI Safety Threats. “Nvidia and a host of tech giants on Monday launched a new artificial intelligence safety initiative focused on open models, as the fallout from a cyberattack committed by rogue OpenAI models continues.”
More:
A pretty extensive list of (mostly) American tech giants (NAVER and SK Telecom are South Korean companies, and SAP and Siemens are German). Hell, I’ve even worked for three companies on that list.
Notable omissions? OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, all of whom used closed rather than open AI models. Plus Apple, which made the conscious decision not to be a player in the AI space.
That’s an awful lot of collective brainpower to address the problem, but I wonder if the very size will make it unwieldy.
Also, I’m not sure how much I trust any of these guys — but there isn’t much choice.
HEH:
New Yorkers vacationing in Florida next year https://t.co/xoj2usF76C pic.twitter.com/ooKy2e3f09
— The Drunk Republican (@DrunkRepub) July 27, 2026
WOEING: Boeing posts wider loss than expected as Air Force One costs weigh on results. “Boeing took a $280 million loss on the program to deliver two 747s that will serve as the next-generation Air Force One aircraft to the U.S. government as it said it ramped up investment for that plane. It said it still expects the first delivery in 2028.”
The order was formalized eight years ago this month — following a 2017 handshake deal — with delivery of the first aircraft due in 2024.
“BRITISH” DOES AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK IN THIS POST:
British Islamic scholar Abu Ibraheem says:
“A woman must not show herself. Even full niqab is not enough if her eyes can be seen. A man will see them and get turned on. Allah made men this way. It takes a certain type of woman to go and put her picture online.”
Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/6lxWKwibes
— Shunya (@Shunyaa00) July 27, 2026
THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING AT BANE’S GROCERY: NYC: Begun, the Class War Has.
LOW-COST PROBLEMS REQUIRE LOW-COST SOLUTIONS: Marines Just Added AI That Turns M240 Machine Guns Into Drone Killers. “The move pairs the AI-powered robotic mount with the M240 machine gun already familiar to Marines, giving the service’s most expeditionary counter-drone platform a kinetic option that can detect, track and engage Group 1 through Group 3 unmanned aircraft systems at a fraction of the cost of missile interceptors.”
IT’S LIKE A WHO’S WHO OF EVERYBODY YOU FIGURED WAS ON THE CCP DOLE:
Ezra Klein as the first name on the list is one of those chef’s kiss moments. And as Miranda Devine added, “Note nobody from the New York Post, Fox or WSJ.”
Full thread with all the names here.
TIM O’BRIEN: The DSA and Its Revolution of Nihilism.
WELL, HE’S RIGHT: Trump takes aim at DSA, says ‘this is a serious threat,’ warns socialism leads to living in squalor.
Trump said Democrats aligned with the DSA were moving past socialism and toward communism, arguing that their policies would damage the American economy and institutions. “But they’re siding with the radical left communists taking over the party,” Trump said. “They want, in other words, the normal socialists who can destroy a country too. They’re not going fast enough. Do you remember, like, in one of my State of the Union speeches, I said, we will never be a socialist country. But I was right. We’re going to be a communist country,” he continued. “That’s what they want. They skipped socialism.”
Trump called communism “the greatest threat to our country in history,” comparing it to World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, and 9/11. “This is a serious threat because they’re going to give, promise all sorts of things,” Trump said. “In one year, the country will be absolutely bankrupt. You’ll live in squalor. You’ll live in fear. You won’t have police. You won’t have firemen. You won’t have anybody.”
Trump’s comments come as the DSA has gained influence within Democratic politics, with a number of candidates backed by the organization defeating more establishment Democrats in recent primary elections.
For once, I’d argue Trump was being too kind.
COMING SOON TO A REMAINDER BIN NEAR YOU:
Countdown to Jake Tapper writing another book, this time on how he was totally fooled by Fauci.
— Patricia Heaton (@PatriciaHeaton) July 27, 2026
CUBA FALLING: A Lot Happened Last Week. Let’s Talk About It.
FILL’ER UP: Oil prices plunge after US pauses attacks on Iran. “Global prices fell 9% on Monday, crossing below $90 a barrel and landing at about $88. The decline reversed a days-long run up in crude prices as fighting threatened to worsen a historic global oil shock.”
DESANTIS WAS EFFECTIVE AND HONEST, WHILE FAUCI WAS… FAUCI:
Badge of honor!
Proud to have blocked local governments from enforcing Faucian edicts on their citizens. https://t.co/qXFPtzMxTv
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) July 27, 2026
THERE HE GOES AGAIN: Rubio’s Genius Move: Venezuela Quits the ICC. Another Country Follows.
IT’S A DEMOCRAT CAMPAIGN DONATION LAUNDERING OPERATION: ActBlue faces scrutiny over Michigan woman’s $100K+ in donations.
The story caught national attention after Michigan Enjoyer reporter Charlie LeDuff posted a video interviewing Elizabeth Waffle of Milan, Michigan.
“I doubt it,” Waffle said when asked by LeDuff if she’s made 14,696 donations totaling more than $150,000 in the past five years, which are the totals reported by Michigan Enjoyer.
Living in a trailer, Waffle said she didn’t think it was possible she’d donated that much.
“I don’t have that kind of money,” she said. “I can’t believe it.”
ActBlue is an online platform used nationally by Democratic candidates and progressive organizations to raise funds.
According to Federal Election Commission records pulled by The Center Square, Waffle’s name shows $100,295 in contributions processed through ActBlue across the 2021-2022, 2023-2024 and the 2025-2026 election cycles. That is a total of 12,900 donations ranging from $0.24 to $107.50.
Seems legit.
DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCUPIED ZONES:
This should horrify every American
A man tries to walk through Minneapolis with an American Flag
He immediately gets harassed, threatened with physical violence. Shortly after a car pulls up quickly and a man gets out to rush him to cause harm. He has to run and yell he’s… pic.twitter.com/21ZasvhhDg
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) July 27, 2026
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Turns Out Fauci Is an Even Bigger Donkey’s Derrière Than We Thought. “Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to another edition of, ‘Gosh, We Were Right Again.’ While it’s true that American conservatives have been able to say that all along, we’ve really been on a roll since the Wuhan Chinese Bat Flu Pandemic and Tyranny Festival of 2020.”
A MINI SAVE ACT: House Administration Committee chairman doesn’t rule out mail-in ballot restrictions in third party-line bill. “The House Administration Committee was allotted $10 billion in the House’s budget resolution for election law reforms, as the committee has oversight authority of federal elections. House GOP leadership has previously said they hope to include as much of the SAVE America Act, Republicans’ voter ID and proof of citizenship bill, into the budget bill ‘as possible’ with the committee’s portion of the legislation.”
ISWYDT:
Photo 1: A man who claimed Covid had a mortality rate of a flu in his diary.
Photo 2: A man who claimed Covid had a mortality rate 10X of a flu under oath in front of Congress. pic.twitter.com/xKs8oDt8YB
— C3 (@C_3C_3) July 27, 2026
SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE WAS LAST SEEN FILLING OUT HUNDRED OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS: Thune pours cold water on canceling recess to pass SAVE America Act. “The marquis voter ID legislation has languished in the Senate due to the 60-vote filibuster threshold. Thune has declined to alter Senate rules or fire the parliamentarian to sneak voter ID in through the reconciliation process, which is limited to budget matters.”
THIS IS FAUCI’S LEGACY:
Fauci broke our societal trust in ways we will never regain. As confidence was lagging anyway, he caused the collapse.
Science. Journalism. Government. Hollywood. Culture. Economics. Law Enforcement. Judicial System. Our fellow Americans.
All of it.
It will not return in our…
— Elaine (@elbh) July 27, 2026
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