YES:
The most lasting legacy of Covid — even above the school learning loss and the national debt soaring — is that because virtually every “Covid conspiracy” ended up true no one trusts the government on anything. It’s the primary reason Dr. Fauci skating on his lies is toxic.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 12, 2026
DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE THE BEST BECAUSE YOU GET TWICE AS MANY: E. Jean Carroll’s Billionaire Backer Exposes the Oligarch Double Standard.
GOOD ADVICE:
🫀Now that’s it’s been revealed that Senator Lindsey Graham died of an aortic dissection, I wanted to provide some clarity as to what it is (and isn’t).
As you see👇, the aorta is like the water main, a huge artery that sends oxygenated blood to the entire body. It’s under… https://t.co/nMF9aQjgVy pic.twitter.com/p1mEa7sFd8
— Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) July 12, 2026
“How to avoid this? Tough to detect in advance that it’ll happen. So… Eat well (including fatty fish with Omega 3’a), lower your cholesterol, keep your blood pressure normal (exercise and weight loss help a lot).”
ABIGAIL SPANBERGER, VIRGINIA FIREARMS SALESMAN OF THE YEAR: I’ve Never Been More Proud to Be a Virginian.
When Virginia’s lawmakers debated new restrictions on lawful firearm ownership, supporters believed they were taking meaningful steps to reduce “gun violence.” Many of us who own firearms believed something else would happen. We believed thousands of otherwise hesitant Virginians would decide it was time to exercise a constitutional right before it became more difficult to do so.
That’s exactly what happened.
Gun stores filled up. Background checks surged. First-time buyers became gun owners and longtime shooters decided now was the time for a new one. FBI background check data, widely used as the best available indicator of gun sales, showed just how dramatic the response was.
Virginia’s background checks climbed roughly 70 percent in March compared with the previous year, nearly 80 percent in April, more than doubled in May. This June’s volume exceeded three times the previous June’s total as the July 1 deadline approached. While background checks aren’t the same as firearm sales, the trend is unmistakable. Thousands of Virginians decided they would rather lawfully exercise a constitutional right today than wonder whether they still could tomorrow.
Whether someone supported the legislation or opposed it, the outcome should give all of us something to think about. An effort intended to discourage lawful gun ownership encouraged many Virginians — including lots of first-timers — to go out and buy one instead. Often many times over.
I don’t think that was the result the anti-gunners were aiming for (pun intended).
A loud and welcome variation on the Streisand Effect.
RABBI MICHAEL BARCLAY: Lindsey Graham: A Man of Hidden Righteousness.
IT CERTAINLY FEELS THAT WAY LATELY:
I'm of the opinion the entire Federal annual deficit spending is made up entirely of welfare and entitlement fraud. https://t.co/uLLWZE5l79
— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) July 12, 2026
GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT: A $20M Ridley Scott-Style Epic Just Beat James Gunn’s Superhero Movie at the Box Office. “Telling the story of George Washington as he tests his honor, loyalty and courage by fighting in the French and Indian War long before he became the first President of the United States, Young Washington had a reported budget of just $20 million and is distributed by Angel Studios, which historically debuts films within strategic release windows.”
They also know their audience and do that old-timey Hollywood thing of actually catering to it.
I don’t know what James Gunn’s DC Comics movies are supposed to be, and I’m not sure he does, either.
THAT’S A BAD 24 HOURS:
OpenAI’s last 24 hours:
> Top Exec unexpectedly departs
> Shuts down browser tool after 9 months
> Sued for trade theft by Apple
> Caught selling product to China against sanctions— Katie Miller (@KatieMiller) July 10, 2026
A friend in the industry can barely mention Sam Altman without adding “snake-oil salesman.”
NARRATIVES DON’T ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW:
It’s insane how the only racial violence the media really covers is white on black, which is statistically almost nonexistent. https://t.co/ab7pT3Dxdw
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 11, 2026
ABOUT THE SAME:
How would the U.S. react if a member of the Israeli Knesset illegally broke into an ICE facility to interview detainees? Because that’s pretty much what Khanna did here. https://t.co/0bo6YyCOMG
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) July 11, 2026
Here’s what happened:
According to the @israelpolice statement:
The tour group, including Rep. @RoKhanna, entered a designated Closed Military Zone (CMZ) in Judea & Samaria, a restricted area where civilian entry is illegal for safety and security reasons.
IDF forces stopped them. Police arrived,…
— The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome (@TheMossadIL) July 11, 2026
The FA always seems like such a good idea until the FO, and maybe there could have been a little more FO in this case.
UPDATE (From Ed):
This is why this dude is having tantrums in Israel trying to move this out of the news. https://t.co/bgPkT8chcw
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) July 11, 2026
THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP:
South Africa has 'repatriated' Nigerians.
No cries of racism from the left.
How strange. pic.twitter.com/PuQDC6qWtf
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) July 11, 2026
ASTROTURF ALL THE WAY DOWN: Cuba Falling: Code Pink and Other Commies Plan to Riot in the U.S. to Support the Regime.
IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™: A Political Money Grab so Audacious It Comes With Its Own Standing Ovation.
MAYBE LAST MONTH WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER: Billionaires’ Row tower at risk of ‘raining chunks of concrete’ on NYC will begin facade repairs this month.
THEY’RE LESS UGLY AND TAKE UP LESS SPACE THAN OFFSHORE WINDFARMS: The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites. Critics say ‘our coasts deserve better.’
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Gator-Infested Waters. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn not to go out of the frying pan and into the gator-infested waters, that ‘no contact’ means ‘no contact,’ and Indiana Man’s one weird trick for starting fires.”
IT ISN’T EVEN SURPRISING HOW FLAGRANT THE CITY’S ACTIONS ARE:
WOAH 🚨 My jaw literally dropped listening to this
The Los Angeles Police Department came and tried to clean up Skid Row and in a response a nonprofit working with Mayor Karen Bass SUED THEM and stopped police from EVEN BEING ALLOWED TO ENTER
“LA CAN, which is another… pic.twitter.com/VEUuDkFof9
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) July 10, 2026
But it does make you wonder what Bass’s take might be.
THIS TREND GOES BACK DECADES AND UNDER BOTH PARTIES, BUT THAT DOESN’T MAKE IT GOOD: Uncle Sam’s armory outfits Colorado cops with military gear.
What’s surprising to me is how little concern there seems to be among majority Democrats about this, particularly from the more progressive members. One would struggle to total up the quantity of words spoken and written by them about “defunding” the police or distrusting the judicial system, yet I can’t think of the last time I heard one of them mention military equipment used by those same police.
You’d think there’d be all kinds of heartburn about it.
Not while the Progressives are the ones issuing the orders, no.
BRANDING:
In the spirit of designating every minority enclave of the city, I'm officially renaming my district 'Little America'.
Here we welcome refugees from the rest of the city who want to live amongst a culture reminiscent of the nation they once knew as The United States, which New… pic.twitter.com/thdH3fPTli
— Hon. Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) July 10, 2026
And from the replies: “An emphasis on the 2nd Amendment may help in your enclave.”
Helps anywhere, really.
UNEXPECTEDLY: California wolves are eating much more cattle than wild prey, study finds.
The return of the wolf in California has been met with joy by conservationists, who delight in the improbable population rebound, and with fury by ranchers who bemoan the toll on their cattle.
Now, a new study on the diet of gray wolves suggests that the population regrowth is a result of the animals feasting on cattle, as their natural prey sources remain comparatively scarce.
Researchers at UC Davis found cattle DNA in 72% of wolf scat samples collected in the summers of 2022 and 2023.
By comparison mule deer, the primary natural prey for wolves in California, appeared in 45% of samples, and small mammals appeared in 51% of samples.
“Whether it’s through scavenging or whether it’s through depredation, [cattle are] a huge component of the wolves’ diet,” said Tina Saitone, lead study author and professor in the UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics Department. “Their conservation success is because of livestock producers in the state.”
Whether it’s in California or here in Colorado, I’m convinced that wolf reintroduction is just another way for lefties to stick it to conservative ranchers.
CORN, POPPED: Lab-Leak Payback Has Begun.
The origins of the coronavirus pandemic remain contested; the evidence is incomplete. But pundits, activists, and members of the Trump administration have long insisted that the case is closed, and that the virus slipped out from a lab in China. They’ve maintained the view that U.S. scientists were involved and later tried to hide the facts. They’ve said that justice must be served.
Now the reckoning they want appears to have arrived. An expert on the flu got hauled off by the FBI. A coronavirus researcher was indicted in Detroit. Two prominent virologists stepped down or were removed from senior roles. And a fifth infectious-disease researcher—Anthony Fauci, the central figure in an alleged “lab-leak” cover-up—was recently subpoenaed to appear before the U.S. Senate.
The precise timing of these cases, which have all come to light since April, may be a coincidence. Yet all five are centered on a small community of scientists affiliated with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which Fauci ran for nearly 40 years.
Of course — and read the whole thing.
SO THAT’S WHY THEY STOPPED TEACH ARISTOTLE:
— Truth Teller (@GuidedBill) July 10, 2026
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