K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE:

The public school system is a jobs program for unemployable adults. https://t.co/DwNpy1waNn

— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) May 5, 2026

WHENEVER WAR LOOMS THEY START SLAPPING MORE GUNS ON THE SHIPS: Yes, Reality Demands More Guns, Larger Guns, Everywhere.

MARK PULLIAM: Justice Alito Cleans the Augean Stable of Faux Voting Rights Precedents.

GOOD: Missouri State U. shuts down Bias Response Team amid First Amendment lawsuit.

THE JUDICIAL BRANCH’S SELF-MARGINALIZATION CONTINUES:

The attempted assassin’s lawyer tried to cancel this hearing because the issue was solved but the judge REFUSED to cancel it because he wanted to put this performative show on where he apologized to a guy who tried to kill the President last week. That’s how crazy Democrats are. https://t.co/iLip2w39HP

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) May 5, 2026

HIGHER EDUCATION PRIORITIES: Proposed California bill would require community college health centers to provide abortion pills to students.

ICYMI: MY WALL STREET JOURNAL COLUMN: Don’t Stand So Close to ChatGPT: The danger of AI isn’t destruction but seduction. Applying fiduciary duty may be the solution.

Archive version here. Book is here.

NOW, THIS IS MORE LIKE THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS PROMISED:

There are rumors that Elon Musk may be exploring a takeover of the bankrupt Spirit Airlines, with ambitious plans to revolutionize the air travel experience.

Imagine the possibilities: Optimus humanoid robot flight attendants, seamless Starlink connectivity, AI-powered travel… pic.twitter.com/CrxcgobUDQ

— Robert Lufkin MD (@robertlufkinmd) May 4, 2026

I’m not at all confident that it’s true, but I hope it is.

EVERYBODY WHO WAS ANYBODY IN WEST AFRICA WAS COMPLICIT IN THE SLAVE TRADE FOR CENTURIES:

The most Green Party story I’ve ever read.

The Greens reparations officer, Antoinette Fernandez, who supports the idea of Britain paying trillions of pounds in slavery reparations, is descended from a Nigerian royal family that traded slaves.

One of them owned 1,400 slaves. pic.twitter.com/K3nfZdW7o5

— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) May 5, 2026

Flashback: My Nigerian Grandfather Sold Slaves. “Nwaubani Ogogo lived in a time when the fittest survived and the bravest excelled. The concept of ‘all men are created equal’ was completely alien to traditional religion and law in his society. It would be unfair to judge a 19th Century man by 21st Century principles. Assessing the people of Africa’s past by today’s standards would compel us to cast the majority of our heroes as villains, denying us the right to fully celebrate anyone who was not influenced by Western ideology.”

There’s a mythology that white slave traders ran around the bush kidnapping Africans, but that’s bunk, of course — they’d pretty much all have died. They bought African slaves from Africans. My brother talked to people in Ghana about that some years ago, and they reflected little guilt: Back then if you lost a war, you either died or were enslaved. That’s just how it worked.

One of the reasons Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon couldn’t get published when she wrote it was that the black literary community didn’t like that it portrayed the extent of African complicity in slavery. But history is history, despite efforts to rewrite it.

HER SOPHOMORIC GRANDSTANDING ISN’T IMPRESSING ANYONE, LEFT OR RIGHT: Justice Alito Just Took Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Cleaners. “Now, with this judgment, there was a harsh rebuke of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent, where Justice Alito, in an academic tone, essentially called her a reckless clown who doesn’t understand the law. We’ve seen a similar attitude on the liberal side as well, with Justices Kagan or Sotomayor disagreeing with the majority but avoiding Jackson’s dissents since they usually don’t make much sense. It led to a barrel of laughs on social media.”

Related:

Ketanji Brown Jackson is peak Obama. Obama bros with an autopen foisted her on the nation. When it finally could no longer be denied Joe was a vegetable, Obama himself foisted Kamala on the party.

The smartest guy in the room, we were told, pushed the most incompetent people to… https://t.co/fIjQZvma2A

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) May 5, 2026

THE ENEMY WITHIN: New Jersey Dem Congressional Candidate Testified on Behalf of Terror Mastermind ‘Blind Sheikh’: Adam Hamawy, running to represent the state’s 12th district, told prosecutors he had a yearslong relationship with the cleric whose followers carried out the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Is anyone surprised, at this point?

Related:

JUST IN: Fetterman Warns of ‘Communist Takeover’ in Democratic Party

"But the Maine race isn’t an outlier. Socialist and far-left mayors already run some of America’s biggest cities…"https://t.co/3RmvABVkV7

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) May 4, 2026

THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE:

Police bodycam ended the entire BLM grift

This might be the greatest backfire in history pic.twitter.com/63JhiOGKa5

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 4, 2026

Related:

Now they want to remove bodycams 😂

The irony is amazing. pic.twitter.com/JhmpRryAMC

— 🇺🇸 Bull Moose American 🇺🇸 (@BullMooseMemes) May 4, 2026

THE RAMPANT POLITICIZATION OF THE JUDICIARY IS RAMPING UP:

Sounds like this magistrate needs to be taken off this case. And sent back to, I dunno, judge school. Or just disrobed.

Any kind of equivalency between a would-be presidential assassin and a trespasser, even a J6 trespasser, indicates gross prejudice and a grossly distorted view… https://t.co/7R4V3lvF4Z

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) May 4, 2026

MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE:

Annnnnnnd away we go!!

Charities are regulated by the AGs of all 50 states since they raise tax-deductible money in all 50 states.

So, this is likely the first of MANY AG investigations into civil violations of state tax codes.

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we… https://t.co/3iD1VFMsyk

— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) May 4, 2026

ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF LEFTIST VIOLENCE:

12 people died in the Palisades fires. He should face federal terrorism charges and get the death penalty. https://t.co/utqc0mESdo

— Daniel Friedman (@DanFriedman81) May 4, 2026

THIS:

Many of the things you assume to be normal and universal are actually a product of a high-trust society

When you change the people you change the culture, when you change the culture systems that were built for the previous population fail https://t.co/2pRKsX3I5X

— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) May 4, 2026

AS THE BRITS SAY (OR USED TO), TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL:

🚨 HOLY CRAP!! Justices Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas just PUMMELED Ketanji Jackson's dissent, calling it "trivial at best, and the other is baseless and INSULTING"

🔥🔥

Jackson basically ATTACKED the majority, and argued Louisiana should be required to use an… https://t.co/AEWDA1DM0h pic.twitter.com/eZVwRDMwCe

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 4, 2026

Related:

KBJ is single-handedly discrediting progressive jurisprudence for a generation

May she stay on the court for as long as she wants, writing lone, angry dissents https://t.co/3xJRDI6qgv

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 5, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: US Space Force wants space-based missile interceptors for Golden Dome ready by 2028. “Golden Dome is real, and it is no longer theoretical.”

URBAN WOMEN ARE SCARIER THAN URBAN MEN: Urban Birds Appear to Fear Women More Than Men, But Why? More testosterone?

THAT COULD BE A LIFESAVER: AI Detects “Invisible” Signs of Pancreatic Cancer Years Before Diagnosis.

MY WALL STREET JOURNAL COLUMN: Don’t Stand So Close to ChatGPT: The danger of AI isn’t destruction but seduction. Applying fiduciary duty may be the solution.

Archive version here. Book is here.

(Bumped).

HMM: Patients clam up with medical AI, and that gap could reshape digital diagnosis.

TESTED: 2026 Honda Pilot vs. Nissan Pathfinder Comparison Test: Two Popular Three-Row SUVs Face Off.

SO MUCH LEFTY VIOLENCE:

🚨 UPDATE: An individual has been SHOT by Secret Service at 15th Street & Independence Ave (near White House).

The individual is in custody. He reportedly had a gun.

His condition is currently unknown. All Secret Service officers safe. pic.twitter.com/kSaBQELS52

— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) May 4, 2026