IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME DOWN TO MURDERING JEWS:

Commie anti-Israel fanatic Owen Jones: "I support a one-state solution with Arab majority rule after a right of return is exercised. Don't worry, the Jews will be fine."
His X audience, as in the tweet below: "How dare you as a Westerner tell Palestinians that they can't murder… https://t.co/EdVmwNT8Mw

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) August 13, 2026

Slightly off-topic, but this came to mind.

More than 30 years ago, Ralph Peters wrote in the afterword to The War in 2020: “The destruction of Israel in a nuclear exchange, for example, will be less likely to trigger Islamic unity than to utterly dissolve it. Unable to direct their frustrations at the Zionist devil, the Islamic nations of the Eurasian landmass would quickly rediscover the holy and delectable mission of slaughtering each other over trivia.”

IT WOULD TAKE A HEART OF STONE NOT TO LAUGH: The Dems’ Great White Hope Just Got Humiliated in Michigan.

SCENES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE:

Universities across the Anglosphere are stocked with Jason Ardays. None match his colorful résumé, yet the faculty and administrators who hired them under DEI rules have faced zero accountability. Cambridge is just the latest chapter in the same story. https://t.co/sCuVdEIT4e

— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) August 13, 2026

THIS REALLY GOES FOR SELF-DEFENSE EVERYWHERE, OR AT LEAST OUGHT TO: God Protects Those Who Prepare: Church Security Shouldn’t Be Controversial.

COLONIALISM, STRAIGHT UP:

A New York town is facing a federal lawsuit after officials refused to allow a Christian Nativity display in a public square while permitting Islamic religious displays.

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has sued the town of Brighton, New York, accusing officials of… pic.twitter.com/QcNuOBO1oq

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 13, 2026

KRUISER: The Left Has Overplayed the Race Card So Much That It’s Now Just White Noise.

“SPEND LESS THAN YOU MAKE” STILL SEEMS TO WORK EVERYWHERE IT’S TRIED:

I once again see socialism being caused by the perception of downward mobility among privileged children of relatively wealthy people. https://t.co/oI3RSCiMMQ

— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) August 13, 2026

Admittedly, things would be easier for the rest of us if Washington would try it again.

MAGA: BofA to plow $250 billion into critical infrastructure projects. “The investment is intended for projects including data centers and compute power, renewable-power generation, energy storage, natural gas, electricity transmission and critical minerals and mining. The goal is to support energy security, job growth and economic competitiveness, the bank said in a statement Wednesday.”

Unlike under the previous administration, there seems to be very little money directed at making our highways less racist.

THE NEEDS OF THE PARTY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, COMRADE:

Oh. I didn’t realize progressives believe men cannot be classified as women without 2-3 years of wrong-sex hormones. Weird how not even that requirement appears in a single progressive law or policy letting men into women’s prisons, abuse shelters, bathrooms, locker rooms. https://t.co/mEOaZgeHPM

— Candice Jackson (@CEJacksonLaw) August 12, 2026

WHY NOT BOTH? Is Abdul El-Sayed Running for Senate or Trying Out for The Village People?

I REMAIN STEADFAST AGAINST RODENT URINE: ‘Rodent Urine’ & Other Unsanitary Conditions Spark MAJOR Recall Across Multiple Food Brands.

A major recall spanning hundreds of products across multiple industries is raising eyebrows (and clearing pantries) across several states. Gold Star Distribution, Inc. has recalled numerous grocery items, canned goods, medications, and other products due to unsanitary conditions at its Minneapolis storage facility. According to the recall, the FDA found “the presence of rodent excreta, rodent urine, and bird droppings in areas where medical devices, drugs, human food, pet food, and cosmetic products were held.”

As you can probably imagine, that’s a serious health risk.

The facility distributed recalled products to 50 stores across three states: Indiana, Minnesota, and North Dakota. “Exposure to contaminated products can pose serious health risks to consumers, including the potential for bacterial contamination, which may result in illness or infection, including Salmonella,” the recall states. And contamination from rodent droppings isn’t just gross—it can make people sick even from contact with packaging.

Check the link for details if you might be at risk.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: I’m Going to Miss Karoline Leavitt Kneecapping the Press Hacks. “Many conservatives of a certain age have a soft spot for the late Tony Snow, and that’s understandable. I think that what sets Leavitt apart is that the Dems’ flying monkeys in the mainstream media she’s had to face have been some of the worst of all time. It’s not just that, though. What has been most enjoyable about Leavitt’s tenure is the obvious delight she takes in correcting the biased, agenda-driven propagandists in the press room.”

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Cam Newton blows the lid off the NFL, claims players, coaches, and execs faked their COVID-19 vaccination. “Aaron Rogers wasn’t the only one,” Newton said about players being against the vaccine. “He wasn’t the only one in the Packers organization. He wasn’t the only one in the Packers quarterback room.”

IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Fat Amy Gets No Respect.

It’s the strike fighter that launched a thousand flamewars, yet somehow keeps succeeding at one mission after another. And might be about to take on yet one more.

“But it costs too much,” they said. “It flies too slow,” which is true. “The helmet is too heavy,” which is weird and also true. “It can’t dogfight.” And my favorite, because it’s the truest: “They never should have tried to make one jet fit three branches.”

Perhaps most embarrassing of all, the pilots who fly the F-35 — officially designated the Lightning II, which I always thought was a lazy name — call it “Fat Amy.”

Yet just in the last week, Lockheed Martin announced another new role for the much-derided fighter: ballistic missile defense. I mean, can something called Fat Amy do that?

And a whole lot more at the link.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Woke 2.0: Hollywood’s Next Act?

The box office struggled over the past five years, with many wondering if the theatrical model would go the way of the pager and 8-track tape. YouTube creators seized on woke Hollywood’s descent, mocking both the stars who read from the woke gospel to film and TV flops that suffocated on progressive groupthink.

“Lightyear”
“The Marvels”
“The Acolyte”
“Starfleet Academy”

This year, movie goers fell back in love with cinema thanks to “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” “Michael,” “Project Hail Mary” and “Toy Story 5,” among other smashes.

Comedy roasts came roaring back, too, and attempts to shame comedians for telling the “wrong” jokes no longer lead to hostage-style apologies.

Yet Ocasio-Cortez’s “Woke 1.0” quip suggested the worst is yet to come. It’s hard to see otherwise, politically speaking. Consider the rise of the radical DSA movement within the Democratic Party.

Woke 1.0 might look quaint by comparison. Will Hollywood follow suit?

Yes… and no.

Read the whole thing.

P.R. GUY SCOTT PINSKER: How Republicans Plan to Defeat Abdul El-Sayed — and Why We May Regret It.

THAT’S JUST A WARMUP FOR STARSHIP’S PLANNED CADENCE: SpaceX plans rare stretch of 3 launches in 7 days from California.

BREAKING: Karoline Leavitt Resigns as White House Press Secretary

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Google cofounder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses.

According to a filing from Friday, Brin donated an additional $20 million to Building a Better California, a PAC and political advocacy organization opposing the state’s billionaire tax and supporting other pro-business policies and housing and infrastructure affordability. He has now given a total of $102 million to the group.

Proposition 40, which will be on the ballot in November, would impose a one-time, 5% tax on California’s 200 billionaires, with 90% of the revenue from the proposed measure going toward the state’s health care program and 10% going toward education, food assistance, and administration. Brin, with a net worth of nearly $270 billion, could owe more than $13 billion as a result of the tax.

Previously: Gavin Newsom urges a national ‘billionaires’ tax’ while fighting one in California.

Democrats want a national billionaire tax (that will mysteriously end up applying to far lesser beings) on the national level in the hopes that there will be nowhere to hide from it.

GO AWAY: New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate.

Imagine that you share a ride to work with the same colleague most mornings. As it passes by a license plate reader, the camera records the car, which can be linked through vehicle records to its registered owner. Beside it, another sensor detects signals broadcast by devices traveling nearby, such as your phone and your colleague’s smartwatch.

After enough trips, software may treat some of those devices as a recurring electronic signature associated with the vehicle. Weeks later, one of the same device signals appears alongside a different car connected to an investigation. The signal itself may not contain its owner’s name, but its previous association with a known vehicle gives investigators another clue they can use to work out who was carrying the device.

SignalTrace, a system marketed by the security company Leonardo, is designed to work alongside automatic license plate readers. The company says it can recognize groups of consumer devices that regularly move together, then associate them with license plate records and time-stamped locations. The pattern can then be searched even when a police investigator does not know the plate number.

Wanted: A car-sized Faraday cage.

UNEXPECTEDLY: Election Night Chaos in Wisconsin Raises Some Uncomfortable F-Word Questions.

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Tax refunds gone for ‘foreseeable future’ under Prop NN.

A measure referred to Colorado’s November ballot by the legislature would allow the state to keep and spend over $850 million in just the first two budget cycles after passage, revenue that otherwise would be refunded back to taxpayers.

Majority Democrats passed Senate Bill 26-135 during the last legislative session, which placed Proposition NN on the ballot. The measure would allow the state to retain excess tax dollars collected over the current Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) revenue cap to spend on public education and cover homestead property tax exemption reimbursements.

According to a new report by the Common Sense Institute, Prop NN would increase state spending by $329.9 million in fiscal year (FY) 2027 and $521 million in FY 2028, totaling $850.9 million over the two years.

Those are funds that would otherwise be sent back to taxpayers under TABOR, the constitutional amendment that limits growth of a portion of the state budget to a formula of population growth plus inflation. TABOR also requires voter approval for tax increases, among other things.

If NN passes, Dems will pass along our tax refunds to their cronies in public education.

It’s For the Children™, of course, but as always, little or none of the additional monies will reach any classrooms.

DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCUPIED ZONES: Mamdani and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week (and It’s Only Wednesday).

It started so innocently, as these things do, with New York City’s young socialist mayor demanding nonsensical NYPD coverage for his activist wife’s ego-trip to Syria and Lebanon later this month. By the time the week was over, Zohran Mamdani’s rent control scheme was a shambles, his signature pied-à-terre tax was on judicial hold, and Florida was mocking him as its “Economic Developer of the Year” on a Times Square digital billboard.

Oh, wait — it’s only Wednesday.

Much more at the link.

MAYBE A FEW YEARS HARD LABOR: No Repentance = No Grace For Woke Bullshit. “There was no ‘Woke 1.0,’ just a continuous racialist, anti-Western Civilization, anti-rational, anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-capitalist, anti-Republican movement whose roots stretch back into the Comintern, Gramsci and the Frankfurt School, carried forward into the Port Huron Statement, the Weather Underground, the campus radicals of the 1960s and their long march through academia and other western institutions, special campus victimhood identity politics carve-out departments for blacks, Hispanics, radical feminists and ‘Queer Theory,’ into the political correctness of the 1980s that blossomed into the poisonous flowers of social justice, radical transsexism, Palestinian- and Islamo-felia and anti-Israel animus that has turned into full-blown antisemitism, and a radical fringe in the Democrat Party that metastasized to its core under Obama and President Autopen. AOC’s Democratic Socialists of America and their fellow-travelers were all on-board with their lunacy every step of the way.”

YES:

This is true.

Leftists want you dead and your society destroyed.

Democrats are leftists.

Vote. https://t.co/DzVtVPyrdD

— Nick Searcy, Actor/Director/Producer/Author (@yesnicksearcy) August 12, 2026

“There’s always a choice!” the wise man once said. “This one is a choice between ‘bad’ and ‘worse’ — which is a difference much more poignant than that between ‘good’ and ‘better.'”