DON’T WORRY, COLORADO DEMOCRATS ARE WORKING ON IT:
Congratulations, Colorado! We're almost in the top ten most expensive states to live. I'm sure @GovofCO and @BlueVotersCO can get us into the top ten this year! https://t.co/KOpXZO6gnO
— Michael Brown (@MichaelDBrown) February 24, 2026
DATA REPUBLICAN THREAD:
🧵THREAD: All about the foreign-influenced Western media called Grayzone and Iranian protests
Last month, 𝕏 celebrated the Iranian protests.
Then they … just disappeared from the headlines, and it came out quietly that hundreds and even thousands of protesters were brutally… pic.twitter.com/7jvOb775jZ
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) February 23, 2026
More: “IRGC mouthpieces calling protesters Mossad agents is expected. What gets that narrative into Western discourse is a different layer: outlets that look like independent journalism but have documented financial ties to Iranian and Russian state media.”
Do read the whole thing.
THAT’S A LOT TO UNPACK IN JUST THREE TWEETS:
Are we doing the entire Press commenting on Gavin Newsom's behavior toward female reporters? Can you ask them?
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 23, 2026
I wonder why Axios or Politico or WaPo don’t seem to have asked similar questions*.
*I don’t actually wonder that.
NOTHING’S SHOCKING: Apparently, Tucker Carlson Supports the Muslim Ownership of Christian Slaves.
CHANGE: New Louisiana SNAP rules limit soda and candy purchases for 750,000 recipients.
Approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Aug. 4, 2025, the two-year pilot initiative removes soft drinks, energy drinks and candy from the list of items eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits.
State health officials said making nutritious choices is essential to building healthier communities as rates of chronic disease rise. The project is intended to direct SNAP benefits toward nutritious foods to help reduce obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and other diet-related health issues while enabling families to make healthier choices.
“This is a pivotal step toward a healthier Louisiana,” LDH Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein said. “By focusing SNAP dollars on proteins, whole grains, fruits and vegetables, we’re investing in the long-term health of Louisiana’s children and families, while reducing future health care costs. This decision ensures that nutritious choices are not only available — they’re the foundation of everyday life.”
“This waiver encourages Louisianans to put real food on the table — fresh produce, meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, breads and cereals — as well as to learn to make healthier choices when reaching for a pre-prepared snack or meal,” Louisiana Surgeon General Dr. Evelyn Griffin said. “Instead of picking up a soda and a candy bar on your way to work, you might opt for a bottle of water and a banana. Small changes can have a big impact on your health when you’re making them consistently. Moving the health outcomes needle for the better is what this waiver is all about.”
That’s a step forward, but if we have to have SNAP, purchases of most prepared foods should be limited.
CONSTITUENT SERVICE: Newsom Pardons Illegal Alien Attempted Murderer.
WELL, YES: Drones ‘change everything’ about combined arms combat, US Army aviation chief says.
While Army aviators are no strangers to unmanned systems, drones being fielded today are immensely different from those developed over the last two decades, many of which tended to be larger and required more manpower to operate, Gill said.
“In the last five to 10 years I would say we have seen a complete shift in what drone technology is and how it can be used,” Gill said. The net result, he added, is that drones are “no longer just the purview of Army aviation.”
“I would argue now with the proliferation of small drones and how cheap and effective they can be that Army aviation is just one minor user now. … Everybody is going to have drones in the airspace to some degree.
“It’s going to change everything. The nature of war is the same. It’s always an endeavor of human conflict. But the character of war is just fundamentally different.”
Whoever figures out first how to use drones to enhance maneuver warfare instead of shutting it down (as in the Russo-Ukraine War), probably wins the next major war.
TO BE FAIR, THEY’RE ALWAYS MAD ABOUT SOMETHING: The Left Is Big Mad at Kash Patel for Celebrating the Gold Medal Win With USA Hockey.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE A PREQUEL TO ‘ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK’ (BUT PLEASE DON’T), MAYBE THIS IS HOW IT BEGINS: NYPD officers harassed, doxed by agitators in Mamdani’s NYC.
CHEATING TAKES TIME THAT JUST COUNTING LEGITIMATE BALLOTS DOESN’T: Virginia Democrats Push Extended Deadline for Counting Absentee Ballots 3 Days After Election Day.
HE TURNS OUT TO BE RIGHT ABOUT A GREAT MANY THINGS: Trump Is Right About the Mexican-American War,
After more than a century and a half of virtual apologies and silence from America’s leading political figures, President Trump finally broke one of the oldest taboos in American politics by issuing a statement celebrating the 178th anniversary of America’s victory in the frequently maligned Mexican-American War. Although the war was condemned at the time and in later generations as a land grab perpetrated by President James Polk, in truth it was brought about by Mexico: Mexican double standards, Mexican chauvinism, Mexican intransigence, Mexican belligerence, and a Mexican attack on the army of the United States.
The road to war was set in motion by the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which had been de facto independent since at least 1836 but over which Mexico still claimed sovereignty. Few, however, are familiar with the history of that time and the many factors muddying questions about the justice of the war, including Mexico’s status at the time, claims of Texan independence, and the effect these facts would have on later Mexican claims.
Some good history here, well told.
NO ENEMIES TO THE LEFT:
Kash Patel celebrating USA Hockey Team historic win
Democrat Senator sipping margaritas with a foreign gang member and alleged human trafficker and wife beater
Guess which one Democrats are more upset over pic.twitter.com/LqCrl88exe
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 23, 2026
Based, indeed:
FBI Director Kash Patel got the murder rate to a 125 year low in America in only one year.
If he wants to celebrate with our gold medal winning hockey team, not only is it appropriate it's based as fuck!
This is what winning looks like.🇺🇸pic.twitter.com/DNlhEE95ok
— Brenden Dilley (@WarlordDilley) February 23, 2026
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: The Chicago Way Never Dies: Illinois CDL Scandal Demands Answers
DON’T BE A SOFT TARGET: Hope Isn’t a Plan: Is Your Church a Sitting Duck? “I’ve been to a handful of churches that have top notch safety teams and like many, I’ve been to churches that not only had multiple unlocked and unmonitored entrances — some dark by the way — that had no safety team at all. Unfortunately, unprepared or ill-prepared is still the norm. Yes, even at events and major religious holidays that bring crowds.”
PRIORITIES:
There are two Canadas: one where people with cancer have to wait 8 months for a CT scan and one where this happens. pic.twitter.com/yyImWqcezT
— Daniel Friedman (@DanFriedman81) February 21, 2026
VIDEO: Four Years Of Crashing Margin. “If we have a look at this table, it shows what’s been happening with producer prices over the past 12 months. And the scale on the right hand side here starts at zero and goes down to minus 4%. And as you can see, in every single one of the past 12 months, Chinese producers have been cutting their prices. This chart is also referred to as the factory gate prices. So this is the price of products when they’re leaving Chinese factories. And the latest data for January 2026 shows that year on year prices were down by 1.4%.”
THIS:
The left: Haha stupid rightwingers rooting for Alyssa Liu and she's totally woke.
The right: She proudly represented her country, wore her flag after winning, and put her hand over heart while singing our national anthem. Her politics are irrelevant.
The left: Her politics are…
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) February 23, 2026
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: U-S-A! Yeah, That Was Fun. “These Olympic Games have seen an unfortunate share of pathetic, ungrateful Americans. Thankfully, our biggest winners have been red, white, and blue patriots. Our hockey champions have really carried the flag. The future of the United States of America is in great hands with the young men and women we’ve just seen win hockey gold.”
RELIGION OF PEACE UPDATE: Taliban Legalizes Wife Beating: Afghanistan’s Shocking 2026 Penal Code and the World’s Outcry.
In a move that has shocked the international community and deepened the plight of women in Afghanistan, the Taliban has enacted a new penal code that effectively legalizes domestic violence against wives and children — provided no bones are broken or open wounds inflicted. Signed by the group’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, on January 7, 2026, this 90-page document, titled the De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama or “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts,” has been circulated to provincial courts for immediate implementation across the country.
The code not only permits husbands to physically punish their wives and daughters but also erects near-impossible barriers for any woman seeking justice — effectively making the family home a legal cage. The revelation, first published by Kabul-based human rights organization Rawadari on January 21 after they obtained the original Pashtu document, triggered an immediate global firestorm. The United Nations, world governments, human rights organizations, and prominent public figures lined up to denounce what many are now openly calling gender apartheid — a legally enforced system of sex-based oppression that has no parallel anywhere in the world in 2026.
This is the full story of what that code says, who it is already hurting, and why the world’s outrage — however loud — is struggling to find an answer powerful enough to reach inside Afghanistan’s courts.
Cue outcry from Western feminists in three… two… never.
RABBAI MICHAEL BARCLAY: Is Tucker Carlson Suffering from a Clinical Mental Illness?
STRENGTH:
The sad thing is, pretty much all of the people ripping on this have NO IDEA just how much respect the troops have for this.
No idea.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) February 23, 2026
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