THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GUT-SHOT: It Should’ve Been A Defensive Gun Use: Illegals Beat, Sodomized, Ripped Fingernails Off Victim in NC Home Invasion.

HISTORY BEFORE IT VANISHES: The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks: It’s a race against time (and magnetic decay) to preserve decades of cultural history stored on obsolete hardware.

I remember interviewing Neal Stephenson about 20 years ago. For the Baroque Cycle he had read papers written by Isaac Newton — the actual papers, in Newton’s own handwriting, on paper — and remarked that meanwhile he had floppy disks at home that no machine you could buy could read anymore.

Even in the 1980s, my old law firm had a room full of obsolete word processors (I remember a huge device from the short-lived Exxon Office Systems, among many others) for use in discovery or FOIA requests.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Pentagon buyer: We’re happy with our launch industry, but payloads are lagging. “The point is to get missions out the door as fast as possible. Two to three years is too slow.”

I BLAME ALL THE DRIVERS WHO’VE MOVED DOWN FROM NEW JERSEY: Tennessee ranks among worst states for drivers.

BECAUSE KEY PARTS OF OUR SOCIETY DON’T KNOW WHAT A WOMAN IS? Motherhood literally rewires the brain. Why don’t we know the word for it?

ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC:

The immortal visual of the entire Democrat party—upon explicit repeated invitation—refusing to stand for the core moral principle that US government owes its allegiance to US citizens and not foreign criminal invaders, is the most shocking image in the history of the US Congress.

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) February 25, 2026

Imagine how awful a human being you have to be to vote against having an inquiry in to the mass rape of little girls

That's the Labour party pic.twitter.com/xAfjNTa2Gz

— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) February 24, 2026

WHEN A GOVERNMENT MAKES WAR ON ITS OWN PEOPLE: Stomach-Turning: UK Officers Used Police Cars to Help Traffic Girls for Pakistani Rape Gang, According to Latest Report.

In a civilized country they would face mobs with torches and pitchforks.

BURIED LEDE — MONTEVALLO HAS A LIBERAL MOB? TPUSA to host 1819 News CEO Bryan Dawson following death threats and student walkout.

The TPUSA chapter at the University of Montevallo rescheduled the mid-February “Change My Mind”-style event after administrators postponed the original date, citing safety concerns.

Now scheduled for March 5, it will still feature conservative commentator and 1819 News founder Bryan Dawson and be a “pick up the mic” format encouraging open debate, according to TPUSA Montevallo’s Instagram page.

“Montevallo caved to the liberal mob on campus who staged a walkout as a protest for the university allowing me to speak,” Dawson posted on his Facebook page. “Montevallo cancelled the TPUSA event citing this and security concerns due to death threats towards me.”

Dawson’s planned appearance had prompted a walkout by several dozen students earlier in the month who said they felt unsafe with the speaker selection, citing his criminal past, the Vallo Vision News reported.

Reading the Vallo Vision News suggests that there is, at least at the Vallo Vision News. On the other hand, “several dozen students?” Puhleez.

IS THIS REALLY A SURPRISE?

This is a really astonishing claim:

Students in Mississippi & Louisiana score higher on reading tests than students in California & New York despite spending way less money per pupil and having higher child poverty rates.

Decided to double check the data because, if true, this… https://t.co/TPfcozCBbW pic.twitter.com/DLgvSEKrRh

— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) February 24, 2026

I READ ROGER SIMON’S NEW NOVEL, EMET, AND I OFFERED A BLURB, which you can read at the link. Truly enjoyable and kept me turning pages until the end.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: UMD quietly republishes list of 25 demands from black students behind login page.

ROGER KIMBALL: What Trump got right in his State of the Union address.

The second thing I thought about was a fact I recently learned about Ulysses S. Grant. He was a great general, yes, and he was also a great, if generally under-appreciated, president. One sign of his greatness came posthumously. At his funeral, two of Grant’s pallbearers were Confederate generals. Grant had won the civil war, defeating the Confederacy, saving the Union. But in death he underscored his ultimate purpose: to unite the country. . . .

Article II, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution stipulates that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” That duty was eventually codified into the televised drama we have today. It’s pure theater. In Trump’s case, it is an hour or two of Muhammad Ali-like oratory on stage. Trump does not speak like Daniel Webster or even JFK. He infuriates the left and leaves even some of his supporters a little queasy. But he connects with the people. His opponents may dislike his policies. They may bridle at his rhetoric. But no honest observer can deny that he is utterly sincere in his love of America and his desire to improve the lives of its citizens.

To reunite the country, Grant had to utterly defeat the Democrats. Trump hasn’t done that yet.

MANY ORTHODOXIES ARE FALLING IN THE MODERN ERA: Eileen Gu Indicts Birthright Citizenship And Our Entire Immigration Orthodoxy. “Gu embodies what our immigration orthodoxy promotes: an America where citizens of the world can enrich themselves with no loyalties attached.”

STANDING UP AGAINST HATE: Trump Admin Sues UCLA For Creating ‘Antisemitic Hostile Work Environment.’

THINGS YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE THEY MIGHT HURT DEMOCRATS:

🚨Cornel West Just Called Gavin Newsom a RACIST—And the Left Is Silent Because… Democrat Privilege?🔥

Cornel West just torched Gavin Newsom over his cringey SAT pandering in Atlanta, labeling it a straight-up "white supremacy mindset" that assumes Black folks are "less… pic.twitter.com/Jt0iJNipsn

— Reverend Jordan Wells (@WellsJorda89710) February 24, 2026

OOPS:

IMO the dems were in shock tonight. They believed the media and thought Trump would be coming into the speech wounded. Instead, he came in with guns ablazing, taking victory lap after victory lap, calling out the crazy dems to their face, recounting his and thr gop wins, and…

— unseen1 (@unseen1_unseen) February 25, 2026

BREAKING: The NRCC (campaign arm for House Republicans) tells @FoxNews the visual of Democrats remaining seated & silent when President Trump asked Congress to stand for protecting Americans over illegal aliens was “a beautiful gift” & they will cut those images into campaign…

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) February 25, 2026

SHOCKER:

Can it be that the administration has a plan? The Lowy Institute asks: what if DJT is sentient after all?

"Donald Trump’s behaviour during this presidential term reveals a surprisingly deep strategic logic.

The core goal remains to restore absolute American superiority over…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) February 24, 2026

This applies in many spheres, actually. In 2016, Trump thought he was elected president of a normal America with functioning institutions. Now he knows better.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHY:

How is the Jack Hughes photo not the cover of TIME magazine? It is literally one of the most iconic American photos to ever exist. pic.twitter.com/XK4WxyJZdB

— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 24, 2026

UPDATE: I stand corrected. But I’ll bet it won’t be on the next cover either. I’d love to be wrong.

A GOOD CORRECTION FOR THE BLACKPILLERS, DOOMERS, AND PANICANS OUT THERE:

If it wasn't for rightwing lawyers, Trump wouldn't have been on the ballot in 2024, the Ninth Circuit would still be an leftist law factory, Roe would still be law, Chevron would still be law, discrimination against Whites would still be legal at universities, COVID vaccine… https://t.co/XnNNlCFJNu

— J.T. Alexander (@JTAlexander_) February 23, 2026

JEFFREY CARTER: “You know why libertarian Republicans can’t win in general elections? They are terrible at strategy.” “AOC would never break ranks with Democrats. She’d never pick a fight to make them look bad. Massie goes out of his way to do it.”

AND YET THEY’RE UTTERLY COMPLICIT IN IT: Mark Judge: The Mainstream Media Will Not Survive ‘The Information State.’

CALIFORNIA POST EDITORIAL: Racist liberals should quit calling everyone else racist.

WE SAW THAT TONIGHT:

This is an amazing chart. Republicans are prouder to be American today than in 2000. Something really weird happened to Democrats though.

What happened? pic.twitter.com/20jYwNh5ph

— Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) February 24, 2026

I READ ROGER SIMON’S NEW NOVEL, EMET, AND I OFFERED A BLURB, which you can read at the link. Truly enjoyable and kept me turning pages until the end.

THEY’RE SAYING IT WAS THE LONGEST STATE OF THE UNION IN HISTORY. Didn’t seem like it. I wasn’t even planning to watch the whole thing and I just kept watching.

UPDATE:

Plus:

The immortal visual of the entire Democrat party—upon explicit repeated invitation—refusing to stand for the core moral principle that US government owes its allegiance to US citizens and not foreign criminal invaders, is the most shocking image in the history of the US Congress.

— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) February 25, 2026