DSA’S SOLEMN VOW: We Win an Election, You Lose a Country. “The Democratic Socialists of America mean to end the United States — and if you don’t believe me, take a look at what DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer had to say about it this weekend.”

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: The money train: Colorado’s Front Range rail a looming debacle.

Early this week, Colorado’s Front Range Passenger Rail District released its Plan for Colorado Connector – CoCo, the name it has given to a proposed passenger train between Fort Collins and Denver.

The plan calls for spending $332 million in phase 1 (three trains a day each way), $1.7 billion for phase 2 (extending trains to Pueblo), and $2.7 billion for phase 3 (increasing frequencies to up to 10 daily roundtrips).

My first thought is that, as someone who actually went to planning school for a year or so before becoming disillusioned by the profession, I resent it when government agencies call documents like this “plans.” A real plan considers a wide range of alternatives, carefully evaluates the benefits and costs of each alternative, and then, as a part of implementation, sets up targets and a monitoring process so that it can change or cancel the plan if it fails.

This document contains none of that. Instead, it simply proposes to spend a lot of money, after which it would spend a lot more money, and then spend even more money. No alternatives are considered and there is no suggestion that if the first step in the project fails in some way they will modify or abandon later steps.

In short, this is not a plan; it is a sales brochure designed to convince legislators and the public to pay for expensive train service that few people will use.

Democrats couldn’t figure out how justify California-style high-speed rail in Colorado, so we’ll get the smaller scale “CoCo” grift machine, instead.

ERIC FLORACK: Six Times the Bodies, Half the Outrage: Communism’s Missing Reckoning.

RECOIL THERAPY: The New York Times Crosses the Hudson and Discovers Guntry Clubs. “It’s a meditative thing for me,” said Kenneally, who at an earlier point in his movie industry career also worked part-time as a Los Angeles County reserve sheriff’s deputy. “It’s just always been a way to sort of blow the cobwebs out after a day of work.”

GENERATION IRON RICE BOWL: China’s Best and Brightest Bet on Beijing, Not Business.

CHANGE: Cyclospora outbreak has many changing eating habits, CBS News poll finds.

Most Americans are following news about the outbreak of cyclospora at least somewhat closely and four in 10 say they are now buying or eating less produce because of it.

Women are a bit more likely than men to be doing that, and older people more so than younger.

This outbreak is grabbing Americans’ attention. Nearly as many are following news about the cyclospora parasite as they are the conflict with Iran.

People paying very close attention to news about cyclospora are especially likely to be buying or eating less produce now.

Another good reason to eat less produce is meat.

SOME SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

It is a new week, but I still do not think it has sunk in for most people, and perhaps it never will, that the event that upended our lives and changed the world was man-made. Some of us understood that from the beginning. Rand Paul’s recent document releases have now put the…

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) July 27, 2026

“He can deny it. He can dodge. He can hide behind definitions and bureaucratic language. But someone must finally say it to his face, in public, and put the truth on the record.”

DON’T GET COCKY: The Democratic National Committee Is Imploding.

DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCUPIED ZONES: Families of 9/11 victims want to ban Mamdani from sacred 25th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero: ‘unwelcome guest.’

“Our objection is based on his public record — his failure to meaningfully acknowledge the horror of that day, and his employment of, support for, or association with individuals who have minimized 9/11, defended terrorists, or even suggested America ‘deserved’ the attacks,” said Giovanni Galante – whose 29-year-old wife Grace Catherine Galante was among 2,977 innocents killed by al-Qaeda terrorists.

Galante, 55, is one of the organizers of a petition drive that has collected over 1,100 signatures in a little over a week, including from at least 300 victims’ families.

“This day is sacred to us,” said the Brooklyn-born real estate agent who now lives in Florida.

“It is not political, and it is not a platform for those connected to such views. His presence would be deeply hurtful and inappropriate — like an unwelcome guest at a deeply personal ceremony.”

Previously: Zohran Mamdani: Muslims are the real victims of 9/11.

IN THE US, POVERTY IS A LEADING INDICATOR OF OBESITY:

It's adorable you think people are stealing because they're hungry.

They're stealing because they're feral and don't care about civilized society. https://t.co/wh4GuUvIda

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) July 27, 2026

RELIGION OF PEACE UPDATE: Gunmen Kill Priest Who Baptized 175; Jihadis Abduct Pastor’s Family.

FAUCI LIED, KIDS PAID THE PRICE:

Fauci claimed he didn’t shut down schools. Then bragged in his diary that California and New York shut down schools based on his recommendations. https://t.co/rasjG2MloV

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 26, 2026

NICE WORK, FELLAS: Israeli air strike kills top Hamas official in Gaza, Wael El-Ledawi. “Colonel Wael El-Ledawi, head of the service in central Gaza, and Major Ramez Abu Zraiq were both killed in the attack as they travelled in a vehicle through Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza.”

WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT…:

This is who's calling you an extremist on the internet pic.twitter.com/VMlXtGdWp1

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 26, 2026

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: John Thune Is the Most Effective Democrat in Congress Right Now. “Unfortunately, whenever the Democrats aren’t providing much in the way of competition, the Republicans are always willing to step up and get in their own way. In fact, the GOP has long been the GOP’s most difficult foe.”

TYLER DURDEN: Activists Target WNBA Player After She Takes Stand Against Trans Agenda.

Rule #1 when dealing with the political left: Never apologize to the political left. It won’t shut them up. They will smell blood in the water and attack even more aggressively. Cunningham seems to understand this rule well.

In response, the media has gone on the attack, admonishing Cunningham for her comments. Leftists on social media are calling for her to booted from the league. Some are burning her jersey in an effort to inspire a boycott of her merchandise.

However, as usual, whenever leftist try to boycott someone it ends up backfiring. If a bunch of mentally ill gender fluid weirdos want to buy her jerseys just to burn them, Cunningham will be happy to take their money. Beyond that, her willingness to go against the progressive agenda of the WNBA has also earned her a lot of respect.

Almost overnight, Sophie Cunningham merchandise has sold out online, including her exclusive basketball shoes in women and men’s sizes.

“Put Money in Your Rival’s Pocket” might be the sweetest variation on the Streisand Effect.

YES:

Those of us who said starting in 2020 that Fauci was a maniacal media whore who cared much more about being adored by tv journos than saving any actual lives from Covid apparently understated the case against him

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) July 26, 2026

Many forgot to mention “Colossally evil sociopath,” for example:

Biggest mistake he ever made was letting the federal government do its job re covid.

We're only now starting to plumb the depths of what the federal government's job was.

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 27, 2026

ELIMINATIONIST RHETORIC: If Mamdani’s Rhetoric Endangers Jews, What Exactly Does the Left’s Non-Stop Trump Hate Do?

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

1996. Bill Clinton campaign ad hypes his hardline immigration record:

Doubled border agents!
Signed law protecting US workers from illegals!
Record deportations!
Dole doesn't want to jail illegals!

Run this ad today, and you'd be smeared as a far right xenophobic bigot by the… pic.twitter.com/E6h7eTCvdl

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 26, 2026

MAINE MESS: There’s Not A ‘Ha Ha’ Big Enough.

Remember how Democrats pushed rapey commie Nazi Senate candidate Graham Platner off the ballot not because he was a rapey commie Nazi, but because polls showed him losing to RINO Susan Collins in November?

Well, the “we don’t need no stinking voters” nominating committee has picked his replacement. Tiny problem: he may not be eligible to run.

Ineligibility only becomes a problem for Democrats if it also turns out that Troy Jackson has sexually assaulted one too many women who aren’t Republicans.

ISLAM RECOGNIZES NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RELIGIOUS AND THE POLITICAL:

“Don’t politicize” means don’t blame the politicians that were instrumental in creating this act of terrorism.

— Sue Ellena (@Sue_ellena) July 26, 2026

ROBERT SPENCER, ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Is Zohran Mamdani Mentally Ill? “Ah, of course. Claiming that obvious Islamic jihadis are mentally ill is the common practice of authorities in Europe, and we have seen it in the U.S. as well. Officials don’t want to acknowledge the reality of Islamic jihad, as that would raise uncomfortable questions about why they’re doing so little (if anything) to stop the jihadis, and so they pretend that each and every violent Muslim screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ is mentally ill.”

I LIKE GROK:

Fun game from @instapundit. Gotta say grok might be reflecting preferences, though grok makes the case, shows its work, and frankly writes very well. Exactly nailed my beliefs and intent. I did not expect that answer, don't quite fill those shoes, though there are in fact one or…

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 26, 2026

I use three LLMs — Grok, ChatGPT, and Claude — because each has its own strengths and weaknesses. But Grok is easily the most fun, and since it uses X for training, is also the most up-to-date.

HOW TO MURDER INNOVATION WITH THIS 1 WEIRD TRICK:

Watched a 60 Minutes segment on a guy whose company spent $3 billion working on curing a rare and deadly disease in children.

The dose of the resulting drug is very expensive.

Commenters are calling for “Luigi” to be released to kill him.

— Sunny (@sunnyright) July 24, 2026

UPDATE (From Ed): The Assassination Fan Base.

AWKWARD:

I dead seriously saved this clip, and am going to post it, Ibram Kendi, and Robin D'Angelo under any posts I see from Wokists arguing that right-wingers are just too dumb to be profs and attorneys. https://t.co/lBGwjxM4Bj

— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) July 25, 2026