IT ISN’T THE PEARL-CLUTCHING THAT’S WORRISOME — IT’S THE ENABLING: The Great American Demographic Shift. “Import the third world’s populations without assimilation, and you import the third world’s problems along with them. Nobody should clutch his or her pearls over this.”
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July 21, 2026
YES: Doug Burgum to Newsmax: ‘Geopolitics of Energy Have Changed Forever.’
“President Trump, when we take a look at the global factors that are going on here, and whether it’s the conflict in the Middle East, whether it’s diplomatically, we’ve got alignment now with Arab countries that for forever were our adversaries,” he said.
Burgum said that will turn into new markets and business partners for the U.S.
“Now, they’re aligned, moving ahead with Abraham Accords, other things that are there. Great partnerships,” he said.
“Countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE [United Arab Emirates] … UAE has taken over 3,000 attacks from the Iranians,” Burgum continued.
“So the diplomacy in the Middle East has changed forever. The geopolitics of energy have changed forever,” he said.
American energy dominance plays a huge role, too, freeing up policy options that were previously unthinkable.
Turns out, we could drill our way out of several problems.
NOT THE END OF THE WORLD — THE SUEZ WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED FROM 1967-1975:
BREAKING: At least 8 oil tankers have aborted transit through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait following the Houthi naval blockade against Saudi Arabia, including 3 Chinese VLCCs carrying Saudi crude.
Three tankers loaded with Saudi crude bound for China and one for India have made… pic.twitter.com/enyAb3CYgy
— The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) July 21, 2026
Alternate take:
So let me get this straight…
China, who is an ally of Iran, has decided to participate in a magic show by not sending boats through a corridor that Iran and its ragtag psycho pals in Yemen say is closed
From this I am to infer the ragtag psychos closed it? https://t.co/KJ4nCNzmIr
— IQ 594 | Cody Penn-Dent | Effluencer (@codypd) July 21, 2026
More: “It isn’t closed and those claiming it’s closed are retarded.”
WELL:
A B-61 variable yield nuclear bunker buster detonated at 5 KT, and 30-foot subsurface, would wipe Pickaxe Mountain off the map and have minimal fallout.
Iran is either a nuclear threat, or it's not. If Iran is, POTUS maintains 1st-strike option.
Enough games already. pic.twitter.com/9jp9B81oBN
— Matt Tardio (@angertab) July 21, 2026
All things considered, I think I’d rather keep that genie in the bottle where it’s been since 1945.
EVERYONE NEEDS A HOBBY: Conservative think tank wants Supreme Court to legalize home whiskey distilleries.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that the federal ban against home whiskey distilleries is unconstitutional. However, the 6th Circuit upheld the federal ban.
The federal government said the law is constitutional because it was enacted to prevent tax evasion and that it would be easier for a distiller working out of their home to conceal the business and therefore avoid paying taxes.
On Monday, the Buckeye Institute filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to decide between the two conflicting appeals-court rulings.
“Two courts of appeals considered the same provisions, against the same constitutional challenge, on mater-ally identical facts, within 11 days of each other, and issued opposite judgments,” Buckeye’s Monday petition to the Supreme Court states.
Legalized home-brewing revolutionized the beer industry, and could do the same for distilled spirits.
Besides, who the hell is Washington to tell us what legal products we can make in our own homes?
THE SYSTEM THEY DO SUPPORT WAS RIGGED TO RIP THEM OFF:
This is important. The far left in this country is mostly made up of people who spent a ton on their degrees and can’t make back what they spent. As a result, they hate capitalism. https://t.co/uxunm7kn6g
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 21, 2026
KEEP CALLING THEM OUT, MR. PRESIDENT: Trump Calls Out Dems for Helping Iran ‘Savages,’ Punishing U.S. Citizens.
THE LEFT LOOKS AFTER ITS OWN:
An unethical doctor named May Lau who medically transitioned children in Texas was sued by the state Attorney General and surrendered her medical license.
She moved to Portland, Ore. where she was hired as an associate professor of pediatrics at OHSU. pic.twitter.com/21KqfNj6bO
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) July 21, 2026
SETH MANDEL: The Normalizing of Mamdani’s Creepy Bibi Obsession.
Mamdani should say that, were he an official of an ICC member country’s national government, he would support arresting a foreign politician he disagrees with. But as he’s the mayor of a city in a non-ICC country, he is about several dimensions removed from being able to make this threat without coming off like someone more deserving of a restraining order.
As so often happens, Democratic Sen. John Fetterman had the right response, which was to mock the mayor as a fake “tough guy” who is all talk. The key to this discussion, as far as I’m concerned, is to resist the temptation to pamper Mamdani’s fragile ego by pretending there is a real-world debate over arresting Netanyahu.
The serious question at hand isn’t whether Mamdani will arrest Netanyahu but whether we should be concerned by the insanity of the mayor’s behavior. Do foreign officials need police protection from the mayor of New York City? Does Mamdani have a list of global politicians he openly fantasizes about assaulting? Or is it just the guy governing the world’s only Jewish state?
We should be concerned about the baleful effects of normalizing this kind of nuttiness.
“The goal is always to denormalize normal things, and normalize abnormal things,” as Glenn just noted yesterday in a different context.
IT ISN’T LIKE THAT, IT’S EXACTLY THAT:
This is like a pro-terrorism Islamist privileged twat commie douchebag homerun derby. https://t.co/lysCkPwS3b
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 21, 2026
SARAH ANDERSON: Marco’s Moment: What Happens Next in Venezuela Could Define Rubio’s Legacy. “Rubio, going into this situation, started out with a really bad hand.”
HE’S DOING GREAT!
In one four-minute, off-the-cuff answer, Talarico managed to advocate for or say all of the following:
– Reparations are part of his faith tradition.
– Race-based tuition relief.
– Race-based homeownership grants.
– Race-based baby bonds.
– Slavery still defines modern Texas.
-…— Team Cruz (@TeamTedCruz) July 21, 2026
Steve’s Second Law of Holes states that when your opponent is busy digging himself into one, hand him a bigger and nicer shovel.
FREE “ROB ME!” SIGNS: With the Vampire Law Dead, Hawaii’s Anti-Gunners Want to Help Property Owners Create Their Own ‘Gun-Free’ Zones. “Hawaii law firm Davis Levin Livingston has partnered with the gun control group Brady: United Against Gun Violence to offer free signs for businesses that decide to keep guns off their property.”
BECAUSE ABC NEWS HAS NO STANDARDS. NEXT QUESTION?
Hey @ABC News. How can Sunny Hostin be your Senior Legal Correspondent and Analyst when she was caught on video unethically abusing her power to help her son escape accountability with police and lying about being a current federal prosecutor? The latter is a federal crime.
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) July 21, 2026
For whatever reason — a misguided attempt at prestige, perhaps? — “The View” is produced by ABC’s news division. Which is all you need to know about the standards of ABC News.
SOMETIMES THE HEADLINES WRITE THEMSELVES: Newsom’s Insider Diaper Deal Stinks.
SKYNET SMILES (AGAIN): New F-16 Kit Hands the Controls to AI at the Flip of a Switch.
The capability was recently demonstrated by the US Air Force, marking a major step toward autonomous air combat.
The test was conducted under the Viper Experimentation and Next-Generation Operations Model (VENOM) program, a collaborative effort involving the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance AI for future combat aircraft.
At the heart of the project is the VENOM Autonomy Kit, an upgrade that interfaces with the F-16’s flight controls and mission systems.
It allows pilots to seamlessly switch between human and AI control while remaining in the loop to oversee the mission.
The on/off switch is hardware, not software, right?
Right?
COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE LEFTISM:
🚨 JUST NOW: One of the people injured in the anti-ICE terror attack in NYC today was an IMMIGRANT on his way to his IMMIGRATION HEARING
Oh the IRONY
The suspect admitted in his interview that he "DIDN'T CARE" if he hurt or kiIIed anyone, regardless of whether they were federal… pic.twitter.com/t3EXoEey19
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 20, 2026
“The suspect admitted in his interview that he ‘DIDN’T CARE’ if he hurt or killed anyone, regardless of whether they were federal employees or civilians.”
Or immigrants.
THEY SAUDIS NEED TO GET IN THERE WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND ROOT THEM OUT: Trump Weighs Massive Escalation in Iran As Houthis Threaten to Close the Red Sea’s Critical Strait.
EPIC FURY: The U.S. Campaign Against Iran Is Moving Inland: This Is No Longer a Coastal War.
As of today, July 20, Iranian media has reported attacks near Khomein and Khondab in Markazi Province, Semnan in northern Iran, the Parchin military complex southeast of Tehran, and Tabriz in the northwest, where officials said a military area was struck for the first time during the renewed campaign. Shiraz, home to an IRGC Navy facility damaged earlier this month, was also reported hit again.
CENTCOM also confirmed that the Kehuristan Bridge in Hormozgan Province was rendered unusable. The bridge links Bandar Abbas with western Hormozgan and forms part of one of the province’s main transportation routes.
Roads, bridges and railways are how Iran moves mobile launchers, fuel, ammunition and replacement equipment. Disrupting those routes makes it harder to sustain missile operations, even if launchers survive.
Stay tuned.
DEAFENING:
Can you imagine if a dead teen with a gunshot wound were found in a house owned by the spouse of a Republican who happened to be a convicted felon and had just received a $2 billion contract from the state?
When it’s a Democrat, it’s complete silence. https://t.co/0jOxssOZMn pic.twitter.com/OePGA2Sy2X
— Apple Lamps (@lamps_apple) July 20, 2026
CORN, POPPED: Trump Tells Mamdani: Hell No on Arresting Netanyahu.
SKYNET SMILES: Introducing Thunder: Autonomous Attack Rotorcraft for the Near-Surface Fight. “The advantages that Thunder brings to the battlefield extend beyond its hardware – they are also defined by the centrality of software and autonomy to its performance. Anduril’s core Lattice for Mission Autonomy software delivers the trusted, flight-proven formation behaviors, separation management, and flight logic necessary for Thunder to remain useful, predictable, and safe around crewed aircraft. By translating operator intent into trusted machine-speed route, timing, tasking, and deconfliction decisions, Lattice eliminates the need for pilots to manage Thunder with a stick and rudder, enabling them to focus instead on the most important decisions at hand.”
Full autonomy is coming to the battlespace whether we like it or not.
COURT: ‘Smithers, Release the Biden Tapes!’ “Prepare yourself for the Mother of All I-Told-You-Sos.”
HMM: Judge pauses Paramount-Warner merger.
U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern District of California issued a temporary restraining order barring Paramount from closing the transaction, a corporate tie-up that would unite two movie studios, two streaming platforms and two news organizations under the control of David Ellison, the son of billionaire technology tycoon Larry Ellison.
Martínez-Olguín’s order said the restraining order will remain in effect for 14 days. The judge, who is presiding over the case, scheduled an Aug. 3 hearing on the states’ motion for a preliminary injunction, which would freeze the transaction while the legal process plays out.
The plaintiffs, led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, sued to block the merger July 13, arguing in a 38-page complaint that it would “extinguish competition” in Hollywood.
I’m more or less agnostic on the merger, other than it might be the only way for two storied studios to survive outside the Netflix behemoth. But there’s no end of entertainment to be found in California using every means at its disposal to create a more and more hostile business climate.