THIS IS REAL CHANGE:
Trump's actions against NGOs, gutting of USAID, sanctions on ICC, leaving 66 world organizations, pulling back Civil Rights rulings & DEI regulations, firing federal workers, pursuing election integrity and clearing out fraud all damage the power of the foreign and domestic left. pic.twitter.com/MNicp2tM8D
— Prowler (@derzum_) August 26, 2026
UPDATE: Sorry, embed was missing before. Fixed now!
HA-HA, NO: Jill Biden says husband should be remembered as ‘hero’ for dropping out.
In an interview with The Jamie Kern Lima Show, the former first lady didn’t directly answer whether she was the “Lady McBeth” who pushed Joe Biden to spend four more years in the White House and instead laid the blame at the feet of their long-serving staff.
She confirmed that Biden, 83, originally intended to serve only one term as president but claimed, after Republicans had a poor showing in the 2022 midterms, Democratic Party members and his own advisers said he needed to run for re-election.
“After the midterms occurred and we won the midterms, and how you know the Democrats were doing so well, and everybody was coming to Joe and to me and saying, ‘He’s got to keep going,’” she said. “His advisors were saying that. People were saying that everywhere, out on the road. He has to run.”
There was nothing heroic about Biden finally getting forced to drop out after his debate “performance” against Trump.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Trump Might Just Have Enough Spine for the Entire GOP. “President Trump isn’t out there trying to help Republican candidates out of some tired sense of obligation. He’s on a mission, and has been since he first ran for office. He has been trying to remake the GOP and has had a lot of success doing so. He also knows that there is a lot of work to do, and that his time to do it is running out.”
BUSH GOT CRUCIFIED FOR TRYING TO FIX THIS TWO DECADES AGO: How to avoid a Social Security cut? Lawmakers are floating ideas for what to do.
The measure that Durbin, D-Ill., and Cassidy, R-La., are pushing would not dictate an outcome, but instead set up a process for Congress to take action. It calls for the bipartisan Social Security Advisory Board to collect public input and submit draft legislation to Congress that would keep the program’s retirement trust fund solvent for at least 50 years.
The resulting bill would then be introduced by the majority leaders of the Senate and House. If they do not want to go along, any member could sponsor the bill. It would then be referred to the two committees with jurisdiction over Social Security — the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee.
Both committees would have the chance to debate the bill and amend it if they wish. If not, the original bill drafted by the advisory board would be placed on the Senate and House calendars for consideration. Lawmakers could offer substitute proposals, with final votes after 100 hours of debate. Passage would require a three-fifths vote in the 100-member Senate and a simple majority in the 435-member House.
Even though the bill does not prescribe a solution for replenishing Social Security, sponsors have struggled to win support.
I get the feeling that a Congress with basically zero spending restraint has the guts needed for fixing Social Security.
IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: A Tale of Two Cities. “America’s first and second cities — New York and Los Angeles — are doing their best imitations of That ’70s Show, but without the laugh-track or anyone with Kurtwood Smith’s natural authority to tell them to stop being dumbasses. If you had to bet a hundred bucks right now on which city could turn it around, which would it be? LA? NYC? Both? Neither?”
SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE IS TRANSITIONING TO SERENITY: ‘Shocking’ study shows link between transgender ideology and left-wing violence.
The new study from researchers at Rutgers University, the right-leaning Manhattan Institute and Network Contagion Research Institute found that those normalizing transgender beliefs were more likely to be supportive of political violence.
Respondents were quizzed about six potential targets of political violence for the study: “killing Charlie Kirk, killing Donald Trump, killing Brian Thompson, arson of ICE buildings, damaging wealthy people’s property, and violence against police.”
“These findings suggest that gender ideology is associated with LWA [left-wing authoritarianism] and willingness to justify political violence,” stated the study, which titled “Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left-Wing Authoritarian Psychology?”
“Experimental research is needed to determine causality,” according to the researchers.
The real-world evidence is pretty compelling.
CATHERINE SALGADO: Abbey Gate and the Afghanistan Debacle, Five Years Later.
NICE SAVE:
Earlier today Ship 40 was successfully recovered from the Indian Ocean at Christmas Island thanks to the help of the Boskalis semi-submersible ship Forte. Soon heading towards Starbase Texas, which will take a few weeks. https://t.co/DuLIgtDNmh
— Avid Space (@LabPadre) August 26, 2026
A floating treasure-trove of data.
YOUR OCCASIONAL REMINDER OF JUST HOW BAD WIKIPEDIA IS: Antisemitic vandals target Dolly Parton’s Wikipedia page just hours after her death.
THAT SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT:
"Mental load" is almost entirely wholly voluntary stuff woman do to impress other women.
What the guys did, On Average, btw, was fund 70% of the holiday and drive 6-8 hours to get there. https://t.co/nLjaNObiQo
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) August 26, 2026
DEFLECTION, PRO-LEVEL:
Warren said 9 million people are in default on their student loans and Dances With Identity Theft wants everybody to believe that Trump officials are the problem with the system? https://t.co/03WDeyWfsS
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) August 26, 2026
SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE JUST OPENED ITS OWN LEARING CENTER: Judge in Feeding Our Future case found Ilhan Omar’s relaxed provisions made food program ‘vulnerable to fraud.’
PERSPECTIVE:
It was the one time in my adult life I was ashamed to be an American. Like, shit, we’re doing this again.
Abandoning these people, in a war in which Americans are no longer dying. Where we have the enemy stalemated, locals fighting with our support. Millions of people living…
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) August 26, 2026
“This time, let’s not abandon those millions of people.”
AND THAT’S PUTTING IT NICELY: HHS Official Slams ‘Wolves in White Coats’ Who Transitioned Kids.
A WORTHY CAUSE REQUEST FROM LAUGHING WOLF: HTA, Travel Request. “I hate to ask, but I was just asked to attend Bill’s Celebration Of Life. I don’t have the funds, and it looks like a round-trip airfare and two nights in a hotel. If you can, please do hit the tip jar in the upper right, and anything not used for this goes to my seminary tuition and books. If I can’t go, I can either refund or put it towards seminary tuition and books. Thanks.”
Background here.
GOOD QUESTION: Why Isn’t The Muslim Brotherhood A Designated Terrorist Organization? “U.S. Muslim Brotherhood authorizes $140M annually to help Muslims take control of American government.”
THE GAME IS RIGGED:
Think for a second about this real and common methodology, also often used gor whites and minorities. https://t.co/3jsDXSZ06N
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) August 26, 2026
AS IS SO OFTEN THE CASE: Reports of Trump’s Waning Influence Have Been Greatly Exaggerated.
YES:
https://t.co/Kte19MmWZF https://t.co/hpJjiQS8nG pic.twitter.com/T7qK1lvhTO
— Mike Kupari 🚀💥 (@RocketPulpHack) August 25, 2026
Years ago, I started using “These are Heinlein’s Crazy Years — we just live in them” as an Insta-tag here. But then our real-world crazy outpaced anything even Heinlein’s prodigious imagination could come up with, so I stopped.
KEVIN DOWNEY JR WITH THE RECEIPTS: Mass-Shooting Stats: Inconvenient Facts Vs. Liberal Lies.
DON’T LEAVE OUT THEIR RINO ENABLERS:
People wonder why Democrats take unpopular positions on things like voter ID and the deportation of foreigners.
To put it simply: Popularity is not nearly as important for their survival as cheating is. Without the cheating, the Democrat Party is a 20% party. https://t.co/m7LSrvuzRh
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) August 26, 2026
If the GOP loses the Senate in November, it will be in no small part because just enough members cling to the 20% of the 80/20 SAVE America Act.
TO BE FAIR, THEY’RE USUALLY SHRIEKING OVER SOMETHING: Gun Control Industry Shrieks As CDC Restores Defensive Gun Use Stats, Hilariously Claims Gun Violence Archive is the Gold Standard.
I tried to find a good section to pull, but this is a “read the whole thing” research piece.
JUST IN CASE YOU WANTED ANOTHER REMINDER OF WHY EVERYONE LOVED DOLLY:
What a bitch, that Baba Wawa. Sooo condescending. But Dolly was pure grace. https://t.co/QqxZ0Nmtiv
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) August 26, 2026
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