KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Lindsey Graham — A Man of Many Surprises Right Until the End. “Lindsey Graham is the man who launched a thousand opinions. Nobody was neutral when it came to Graham, which I think is one of the highest compliments that anyone can receive. You could find the full gamut of opinions among just Republicans. He could be infuriating at times, then he could be the GOP pitbull that you needed to send after the Democrats.”
July 13, 2026
JUSTICE:
The biggest beneficiaries of government spending on law and order in the US are African Americans, who are overwhelmingly the highest per capita victims of crime.
— Emre (@emre_mayo) July 12, 2026
SINCE LOCAL AUTHORITIES SEEM UNINTERESTED IN STOPPING THE FRAUD, MUCH LESS PUNISHING IT, YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THEY’RE COMPLICIT:
The fact this one dude – by himself – can walk into any state and find blatant fraud everywhere he goes proves two things: 1) the fraud is rampant at an unprecedented scale and 2) the government agencies who are supposed to protect our tax dollars are either completely… https://t.co/h0JTzxGTQr
— Bryan Beal 🎧 (@bryanrbeal) July 11, 2026
UGH: Iran Paper Names Trump, 12 Others as Targets for Revenge.
The move escalated rhetoric from Iran’s ruling establishment as new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei used his first public message in weeks to vow retaliation.
As of Sunday, however, the newspaper’s list has not been formally endorsed by the Iranian state.
The Hamshahri daily, owned by the Tehran municipality, posted the graphic online late Saturday, pairing photographs of 13 foreign officials with a statement from Mojtaba Khamenei, who succeeded his father after Ali Khamenei was killed on Feb. 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran.
The image did not run in the paper’s Sunday print edition.
Along with Trump and Netanyahu, the infographic named British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
Reporting from JFeed identified additional figures pictured, including Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, and CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper.
Meanwhile:
Devil is dead
Big success for the US forces
Top official of IRGC Air Defence Hamidreza Dehghan, who threatened to make the entire Middle East a graveyard of American soldiers yesterday, has been eliminated in today's airstrike by the United States Forces. Officially confirmed pic.twitter.com/ELiGqDCwwX
— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) July 12, 2026
YES:
The most lasting legacy of Covid — even above the school learning loss and the national debt soaring — is that because virtually every “Covid conspiracy” ended up true no one trusts the government on anything. It’s the primary reason Dr. Fauci skating on his lies is toxic.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 12, 2026
DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE THE BEST BECAUSE YOU GET TWICE AS MANY: E. Jean Carroll’s Billionaire Backer Exposes the Oligarch Double Standard.
ALEX BERENSON: A gonorrhea vaccine fails – and reveals a much bigger problem with the studies health bureaucrats use to push flu and Covid jabs.
Though not fatal, gonorrhea is unpleasant and increases risk for HIV. Like other sexually transmitted diseases, it is far more common in gay men. English authorities offered the vaccine, originally designed for meningitis, after studies showed it cut infections by about 40 percent. The shot could have a “huge impact,” England’s top vaccine regulator told the BBC.
Or not.
Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published results from a trial of the vaccine in gay men in Australia. It failed to prevent gonorrhea — and some men who received it reported serious side effects.
The media has buried the trial’s results. Not one mainstream American news outlet reported the vaccine’s failure. And, after giving over 30,000 men the jab, English authorities are so far still recommending it despite the new results.
Keep this up and people will stop trusting the public health establishment.
GOOD ADVICE:
🫀Now that’s it’s been revealed that Senator Lindsey Graham died of an aortic dissection, I wanted to provide some clarity as to what it is (and isn’t).
As you see👇, the aorta is like the water main, a huge artery that sends oxygenated blood to the entire body. It’s under… https://t.co/nMF9aQjgVy pic.twitter.com/p1mEa7sFd8
— Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) July 12, 2026
“How to avoid this? Tough to detect in advance that it’ll happen. So… Eat well (including fatty fish with Omega 3’a), lower your cholesterol, keep your blood pressure normal (exercise and weight loss help a lot).”
WE SHOULD DOMINATE ALL OF CHINA: America can dominate Shenzhen. A call for factory abundance. “Shenzhen was a fishing village in 1980. Today it ships more electronics than the entire United States. You can go from CAD file to injection molded prototype in 48 hours there. In America that takes 6 weeks and 4 vendors. That is not because Chinese engineers are smarter. It is not because their labor is cheaper anymore either. Shenzhen wins because of density, speed, and a culture that treats building physical things as the highest-status work you can do. Every one of those is copyable.”
TODAY’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
Communist calls for destruction of the United States of America. https://t.co/Ya3wSB8o9S
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) July 12, 2026
Related:
DSA: "We're democratic socialists. That's different from communists."
Also DSA website: "Marx Marx Marx Marx Marx Engels Marxism Marx Marx!!!!" pic.twitter.com/UA8Bk9EHH0
— Phil Magness (@PhilWMagness) July 12, 2026
LIMITED TIME DEAL: Toniiq Liposomal NAD+ and Resveratrol Supplement. #CommissionEarned
ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS: Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.
There is also a fun vignette writing challenge.
ABIGAIL SPANBERGER, VIRGINIA FIREARMS SALESMAN OF THE YEAR: I’ve Never Been More Proud to Be a Virginian.
When Virginia’s lawmakers debated new restrictions on lawful firearm ownership, supporters believed they were taking meaningful steps to reduce “gun violence.” Many of us who own firearms believed something else would happen. We believed thousands of otherwise hesitant Virginians would decide it was time to exercise a constitutional right before it became more difficult to do so.
That’s exactly what happened.
Gun stores filled up. Background checks surged. First-time buyers became gun owners and longtime shooters decided now was the time for a new one. FBI background check data, widely used as the best available indicator of gun sales, showed just how dramatic the response was.
Virginia’s background checks climbed roughly 70 percent in March compared with the previous year, nearly 80 percent in April, more than doubled in May. This June’s volume exceeded three times the previous June’s total as the July 1 deadline approached. While background checks aren’t the same as firearm sales, the trend is unmistakable. Thousands of Virginians decided they would rather lawfully exercise a constitutional right today than wonder whether they still could tomorrow.
Whether someone supported the legislation or opposed it, the outcome should give all of us something to think about. An effort intended to discourage lawful gun ownership encouraged many Virginians — including lots of first-timers — to go out and buy one instead. Often many times over.
I don’t think that was the result the anti-gunners were aiming for (pun intended).
A loud and welcome variation on the Streisand Effect.
SECURITY & CIGARS: It Is the Government Itself Attacking Our Rights. “The entire point of the Constitution is that certain foundational laws, processes, and protections of individual rights are taken off the table.”
IT’S THE SITAR LINE THAT BRIAN JONES IMPROVISED ON A SITAR, HAVING NEVER PLAYED ONE BEFORE: Why is “Paint It Black” the most-played Rolling Stones song on Spotify?
RABBI MICHAEL BARCLAY: Lindsey Graham: A Man of Hidden Righteousness.
BUT THEY GIVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE A GLOW OF SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS: ‘Luxury Beliefs’ Are Killing People.
SPREADING THE WARMTH OF SOCIALISM: Lawless NYC homeless encampment near Intrepid grows to 12 blocks as locals plead for officials to step in.
REVIEWING TCW’S BEST MOMENTS AKA: WHEN MARK STEYN SHOVED MICHAEL MANN’S HOCKEY STICK WHERE THE SUN DON’T SHINE: TCW’s 12 of the best: Mark Steyn and the death of justice.
A CHURCH WITHOUT VALID DOCTRINE HAS NO REASON TO EXIST: Assisted suicide – how the Church has been killed off by its own woke leaders.
A LAST REVIEW BEFORE THE SITE SHUTTERS AND THAT IT HAS TO SHUTTER IS TERRIBLE: My TCW week in review: The fight must go on.
I EXPECTED THIS FROM THE IRANIAN REGIME – AND ALSO FROM THE AMERICAN LEFT’S ONLINE PERSONALITIES: These Ghouls Couldn’t Help But Gloat Over Lindsey Graham’s Death.
AND NOT BECAUSE HE WON A PRIMARY, WEIRDLY! Liberal White Women Are in a State of Despair Over Maine’s Graham Platner.
WELL, IT’S TACO BELL: Taco Bell Removes Fresh Produce Items Amid Growing “Explosive Diarrhea” Outbreak.
