HEH:
It’s a pretty nuanced position. I don’t know why we keep misrepresenting it https://t.co/9z48b7ySGK
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) September 15, 2026
HEH:
It’s a pretty nuanced position. I don’t know why we keep misrepresenting it https://t.co/9z48b7ySGK
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) September 15, 2026
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: You Don’t Realize How Far L.A. Has Fallen Until You Come Back.
MAYBE CORRELATION IS CAUSATION, AFTER ALL:
Hurricanes been real quiet since this happened. 🤔 https://t.co/MVJZWtPDB5 pic.twitter.com/lSXdzqmbji
— Cody Sargent (@codydsargent) September 14, 2026
CORN, POPPED:
Libs support ICE deportations in 3…2…1…
— Wanye Kest (@skeeminarmenian) September 15, 2026
How to Be a Haitian Immigrant and Annoy the Left: Be here legally, and understand and uphold the justice system.
AND IT’S CERTAINLY NO FRIEND TO INDEPENDENT WOMEN:
Just to be clear, this is Variety explicitly piling on a popular young actress in an environment where there are not enough movie stars and where studios are openly complaining about not being able to attract men. Variety is no longer a friend to Hollywood. https://t.co/OvsQ6aUuoX
— George MF Washington (@GMFWashington) September 15, 2026
UM: Anonymous Donor Paid for Cremation of Would-Be Trump Assassin.
More:
Well, that’s kinda weird. https://t.co/OlFLbAoMx1
— Hard Pass (@HardPass4) September 15, 2026
Everything is weird, and I don’t mean “kinda.”
IMPRESSIVE:
Barron's Al Root: Boy, we were wrong about SpaceX.
"We said that SpaceX was the big loser in its February merger with xAI. Now, it looks as if SpaceX shareholders were the winners. Revenue has simply accelerated faster than anyone expected. That growth has radically altered… pic.twitter.com/IF2MWgfzw2
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) September 13, 2026
More:
“We said that SpaceX was the big loser in its February merger with xAI. Now, it looks as if SpaceX shareholders were the winners. Revenue has simply accelerated faster than anyone expected. That growth has radically altered near-term earnings forecasts and long-term cash flow projections; As Mark Twain says, we’ll admit that error in forecasting, so we can move on to the next thing we don’t get quite right.”
Like with most things early on, a lot of people struggle to understand or believe in Elon’s vision. But more often than not, he ends up proving the doubters wrong. Nice to see Al admitting he was wrong. More mainstream media should follow his lead.
With all the anti-AI smoke blowing this week, it’s enough to make you wonder if it isn’t partly an anti-Elon play.
I REMEMBER WHEN “WELCOME WEEK” WAS JUST ASKING AROUND FOR WHICH BARS DIDN’T ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE THAN A STUDENT ID: UW-Madison hosts drag show for welcome week festivities.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison hosted a drag show Sunday as part of the festivities to welcome students back to campus.
“One drag queen repeatedly called an audience member a ‘twink’ and joked that the game was ‘good Christian bingo with good Christian values,’” the Madison Federalist student news outlet reported.
“The drag queen also told the players to scream bingo ‘like you’re faking something’ … The drag queen joked that all the men are ‘bottoms’ in Madison.”
I have nothing to add.
DID YOU MISS THIS OVER THE WEEKEND?
🚨 1/MAJOR ESCALATION: Barack Obama just told Hakeem Jeffries to make AI regulation the center of the Democratic agenda — “once you are speaker.”
The NYT story reads like a former president weighing in. Read it closely and it’s something else: the next domino in an eighteen-day…
— Sayer Ji (@sayerjigmi) September 13, 2026
If Democrats want to make AI control “the center of the Democratic agenda,” I have to assume they believe AI is a threat to Democratic control.
So related: China’s spymaster warns that AI is a threat to Communist Party rule.
CHINESE AI, THE CASE FOR WAR:
So, the Chinese have officially stated that they consider the calls for an AI pause to be a "power play" and will not be participating in any US-led agreements to slow down development.
Following AI-doomer logic, it is now absolutely imperative that we bomb the hell out of…
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) September 15, 2026
China is believed to be a generation behind on frontier AI, and a “pause” allows them to catch up — or leap ahead, depending on how long a pause CCP-friendly elements in Congress might impose.
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Attorneys Try to Build on Remington ‘Negligent Marketing’ Claim to Include Independent Reviews of Guns Used in Crimes.
I was just subpoenaed in an anti-gun lawsuit…for being a guntuber. Link to the lawsuit is below. The case is Roberts v. Smith & Wesson, and it’s the same playbook, almost copy+paste, of the Soto v. Bushmaster “Sandy Hook” lawsuit against Remington, which put them out of business.
This one arises from the Highland Park July 4 shooting, where the killer used an M&P15. The plaintiffs are of course attempting to blame S&W for the incident and the theory, you guessed it, “negligent marketing.” They say S&W appealed to young men interested in militaristic imagery and that this influenced the shooter to select the M&P15, and that this more or less was a cause of this incident. Insanity.
Now they are reaching beyond S&W and into firearms media.
I’m old enough to remember when the Left at least put up a pretense of supporting First Amendment rights… which makes me feel pretty old, honestly.
DO NOT TRUST DAVID AXELROD:
Oh, is it another existential crisis like Covid and climate change that means we have to surrender our freedom to the smart people? Right on time. https://t.co/NMLKtu0e69
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) September 14, 2026
More:
All the bitching and moaning about AI ending humanity and data centers ruining the world, is propaganda astroturfed by our foreign adversaries.
They aim to influence and spook US citizens and lawmakers, to prevent the US from dominating the AI race.
All of it is bullshit.
The… pic.twitter.com/ytlKBgiBbp
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) September 14, 2026
Even if you don’t know much about the issue, the way the players are lining up is a yuge tell.
REAGAN SMILES: Space Force Confirms We Have Weapons in Space.
THEY’RE JUST ON THE ROAD TO COMMUNISM — LENIN AND STALIN SAID SO: ‘Socialists’ Are NOT Communists, New York Times Insists. “Yet even by the standard of partisan cheerleading, every once in a while—okay, almost every day—an article comes along that is so shameless in its Democratic Party advocacy that it’s enough to make a reader laugh out loud, or at least engage in a visible eye-roll.”
ONCE IS HAPPENSTANCE, TWICE IS COINCIDENCE, THREE TIMES IS ENEMY ACTION:
Yet more stuff that takes way longer than 24 hours to decide, queue up press stories about and then publicly launch.
Quelle coïncidence!https://t.co/xE0iC8sdHW
— Preston Byrne (@prestonjbyrne) September 15, 2026
NICE WORK, FELLAS: Feds Arrest Would-Be ISIS Mass Shooter in Butler County, Pa.
SHE CARRIED OUT AN INTRICATE PLAN TO MURDER HER THREE CHILDREN:
Worse threat to the planet than AI. https://t.co/eUqQe0161X
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) September 15, 2026
THE CHURCHILL EFFECT: Yesterday’s Swedish Elections and Our Midterm Parallel.
Speculation is that part of what may have provided some of the malaise that led to the progressives eking out what may be a numbers win – remember, they still have to form a government and it looks to be extraordinarily difficult at the moment – is the success that the conservatives had in beginning to right the ship in such a short time.
This certainly sounded familiar to me.
Much more at the link, and here’s some background from last week: How to Virtually Eliminate Gang Violence With This One Weird Trick.
THE LEFT PROJECTS, ALWAYS:
Imagine thinking Sweeney & her glorious tits set women back when it's actually a bunch of pink hat "feminists" defending a mother who blames her hormones for filicide. https://t.co/YftKlsSLeT
— 🍹 Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) September 15, 2026
INEVITABLE: A Visa Restriction Too Far.
Regular BattleSwarm readers know I’ve become quite the immigration hawk. All illegal aliens should be deported, NGOs that helped carry out the illegal alien invasion should be investigated, disbanded and their members prosecuted, the cost of applying for a H-1B visa should be raised above $100,000, and the government should crack down hard on companies (I’m looking at you, Microsoft) who have abused the H-1B system to avoid hiring Americans.
But now someone has finally come up with a crackdown idea that’s just stupid and counter-productive.
Even a smart and well-intentioned government will come up with some genuinely bad ideas. Keep it small and divided is the best defense.
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