MEANWHILE, IN LOS ANGELES:
What the YIMBY folks may not yet understand is that I’m their pathway to actually getting 100K new housing units. Imagine what we can do with 55 blocks on Skid Row, once it’s clean and useable for the first time… https://t.co/NCZq2nys8k
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) May 10, 2026
You don’t have to choose decline, L.A.
TRUMP: US Will Obtain Iran’s Enriched Uranium.
In an interview released Sunday on “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson,” Trump said the U.S. is closely surveilling Iran’s nuclear facilities through capabilities developed under Space Force and warned Tehran that any movement involving the uranium would immediately trigger a response.
“We’ll get that at some point, whatever we want,” Trump said. “We have it surveilled. You know, I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching.
“If somebody walked in, they can tell you his name, his address, the number of his badge.
“If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up.”
After seeing what US/IDF forces were able to accomplish before the ceasefire, Tehran ought to believe him.
Still, Trump should have named it Starfleet.
THE NEW SPACE RACE:
SpaceX just stacked Starship for the first time on Pad 2. Booster 19 and Ship 39 have formed a full V3 stack on the new pad, smashing the record once again as the tallest rocket on Earth! @NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/9V4dle0qUG
— Ceaser G (@CeaserG33) May 9, 2026
No announcement yet from SpaceX, but the FAA still has launch slots listed for May 12 and 13.
THE SOONER THE BETTER: Starmer’s End: Will Labour Exit With Him?
A BIGGER PAYCHECK THAN HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN SOME SERVICE INDUSTRY, TOO:
Last Friday my son’s buddy, a 19-year-old kid walked off a drilling rig with his first real paycheck in his life.
Sweat on his shirt, dirt on his boots, and a look on his face like he just became a man.
That’s not a “policy win.” That’s what America First actually feels like…
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) May 10, 2026
PASSING THE SAVE AMERICA ACT WOULD HELP, TOO, SEN. THUNE:
A reminder that decades of a.) lopsided pro-Democrat gerrymanders b.) flawed censuses c.) the illicit inclusion of noncitizens for apportionment and d.) districts illegally drawn based solely on race, the Democrats have enjoyed a cushion of at least 40 extra improper house seats.
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) May 10, 2026
BRYAN CRANSTON, EXPERT ON THE BLACK EXPERIENCE:
When an interviewer asked Miles Davis if black music came from black suffering, he said “my father’s rich and my mother’s good looking, I never suffered”
Shitlibs are completely retarded, their view of history, and of race, is a two dimensional caricature https://t.co/hyz6vh22n0
— Rogue Scholar Press (@RogueScholarPr) May 10, 2026
WHEN THEY TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM:
Doing things illegally and against the Constitution is the only chance Democrats have. https://t.co/7In0oLHlrB
— Nick Searcy, Actor/Director/Producer/Author (@yesnicksearcy) May 9, 2026
CHANGE:
Leftists feel despair because their patronage networks are being dismembered piece by piece. Trump supporters feel despair because they were locked out of career development by DEI racial discrimination and suffered 18 years of decline since 2008. That's what's driving this. https://t.co/7glEYUZ6JW pic.twitter.com/n7D6s5nGWY
— Fugitive Caesar (@ThomBrady5) May 8, 2026
Peaceful change, too, unlike what we’ve seen from some lefty groups.
FASTER? PLEASE! NASA Pushes Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotor Blades Past Mach 1. “The rotor blades that will carry NASA’s next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during March tests at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Data from the tests, which took place in a special chamber that can simulate environmental conditions on the Red Planet, indicate that the fastest traveling part of the rotor blade, the tips, can be accelerated beyond Mach 1 without breaking apart. Data gathered from 137 test runs will enable engineers to design aircraft capable of carrying heavier payloads, including science instruments.”
STILL A BIG MESS: Rabbi Michael Barclay’s Iran War Updates for May 7 and 8.
YOU DON’T SAY: Wealth Tax Author Admits: Not a One-Time Tax.
“I’m not here to pretend that it’s once and never again.”
The main author of the California asset seizure ballot measure is a Marxist Berkeley professor from France who replied “so be it“ when asked about residents fleeing the tax.
And on Tuesday night he admitted it isn’t a “one-time tax” as proponents try to claim.
Wealth tax author and Berkeley professor Emmanuel Saez said: “I don’t think it’s going to be a one-time tax. Because you can’t surprise billionaires more than once.”
Make the tax permanent because billionaires won’t stick around to pay it? Is this guy drunk?
A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
BREAKING: Utah Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen has resigned #utpol #utleg pic.twitter.com/u2C5OEua9c
— Katie McKellar (@KatieMcKellar1) May 8, 2026
Background: Utah leaders to probe relationship between Supreme Court justice, redistricting lawyer.
THAT WOULD BE NICE, YES: We Need to Stop Letting Democrats Casually Commit Felonies With No Consequences.
NOW THIS IS WHAT I VOTED FOR:
Another jobs report, another report on shrinking the federal government.
The federal bureaucracy is down 345,000 since Trump took office 🔥 pic.twitter.com/L4xYQtizh3
— Richard A. Stern (@RichAStern) May 8, 2026
UNSUSTAINABLE: U.S. deficit projected to hit $2 trillion, double fiscal target.
Will McBride, the Tax Foundation’s chief economist, said the numbers show Congress isn’t taking action to address financial warnings about the U.S. debt.
“It indicates Congress and the administration are still ignoring the dangers of an unsustainable debt trajectory and actively making it worse rather than addressing it,” McBride told The Center Square. “The effect is to make a crisis more likely to happen sooner rather than later.”
The projections come from Treasury’s quarterly refunding presentation to the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, a panel of bond market participants that advises the department on debt management, making them among the most closely watched fiscal disclosures in financial markets.
Milei showed the way, and it involves a chainsaw, not vague promises.
THEY AREN’T JOURNALISTS…:
He burned an elderly woman so severely with a homemade flamethrower that she died of her injuries. What kind of journalists would fail to include that murder in this headline?? https://t.co/lObyi0VrUi
— Kristin Reid (@KristinMReid11) May 8, 2026
…they’re narrative enforcers.
I hope this helps.
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Thrilla With a Drilla. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn which fashion accessory doesn’t go with speeding, which drill bit goes best with trespassing, and how they promote awareness in Britain these days.”
NO LAUGHING MATTER:
I am not joking when I say VA Supreme Court justices should get stepped up security from the Commonwealth. https://t.co/pzRhEcmomd
— Benjamin Domenech (@bdomenech) May 8, 2026
ANY JUSTIFICATION TO BAN RIFLES: Don’t Expect the Persistent Mismatch Between Perception and Reality to Affect Gun Policy or Politics.
WELL, YEAH — HOURS BEHIND THE PRESS:
No doubt some political scientist is currently hard at work on the following take: “When right-wing populists lose an election in a smallish Central European country, that shows the death of populism, but when right-wing populists win crushingly in the UK, that shows nothing at… https://t.co/AaSE9sNDlA
— Adrian Vermeule (@Vermeullarmine) May 8, 2026
HEH:
Say you’re sorry for blackpilling right now. pic.twitter.com/D8xiBiQbBG
— Seamus 🐗🗿 (@huss_john_83) May 8, 2026
Related:
Republicans might actually win what would have been otherwise bleak midterms because they used power correctly
I’m as shocked as anyone https://t.co/NXvwzBJuK0
— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) May 8, 2026
Play the game as hard as Dems do, and you win.
A TRILLION HERE AND A TRILLION THERE…:
Blue states have bled $2 trillion in wealth to red states in the last decade — and New York leads the pack.New York had the biggest fall in cumulative adjusted gross income (AGI) — losing $660 billion between 2012 and 2023.
California came next with $503 billion in the same time period.
In contrast, Florida gained $1.3 trillion, and Texas gained $371 billion between 2012 and 2023.
It comes as billionaire bigwigs are beginning their Big Apple exodus as a result of Mayor Mamdani’s wealth-bashing agenda.
Hedge fund titan Ken Griffin and Marc Rowan both announced recently that they will move jobs out of New York in response to Mamdani’s calls to “tax the rich.”
Gooder and harder.
INDOCTRINATED, NOT EDUCATED:
What do colleges require students to take to graduate in 2026?
In one study of 120 prominent schools, 0 require economics & only 18 require US government or American history.
By contrast, 61 required a DEI course for graduation. pic.twitter.com/PXR7pE5c07
— The Missing Data Depot (@data_depot) May 8, 2026
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