IT’S A REAL PUZZLER:

In Europe there is a strange phenomenon where churches burn and mosques do not.

— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) July 18, 2026

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Gun Owners Just Scored A Huge Court Victory. New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, a Democrat, blasted the ruling. I like the lamentations of their women. “A federal appeals court ruled Friday that New Jersey’s ban on semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity magazines violates the Second Amendment, marking the first time a federal appellate court has struck down a state ban on so-called assault weapons. The Third Circuit reached the decision by a 10-5 vote, expanding a lower court ruling that had found New Jersey’s ban on Colt AR-15 rifles unconstitutional.”

WHEN JAMES CARVILLE IS A VOICE OF SANITY: Democratic strategist James Carville blasts major news networks for not carrying Trump speech.

CAN WE PUT A TARIFF ON IMPORTED COMMIES? Like Father, Like Son: Colorado House Candidate Who Wrote Pro-Socialism Blog Posts Hails From Powerful Socialist Political Dynasty in Dominican Republic.

TED BALAKER: ‘Citizen Vigilante’ Assassinates Taboos, But Will It Pop Bubbles?

TECHNICALLY, I SEE THE “PROBLEM,” I JUST DON’T THINK IT’S A PROBLEM:

Right now, some of you are rolling your eyes and saying "There she goes again, showing off her magnificent rack" and I just want you to know that I am not seeing the problem https://t.co/Y1XmjpeXFT

— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) July 17, 2026

MATT MARGOLIS: Democrats Are Panicking and Scrambling to Hide Something Big.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

LEBENSRAUM: Astronomers discover 1st atmosphere around a rocky Earth-like planet in the habitable zone.

ALIVE OR DEAD? HE’S SCHRODINGER’S SENATOR:

BREAKING: Kentucky Politicians Want to Know If Mitch McConnell is 'Dead’

Multiple Kentucky politicians demand that Mitch McConnell’s office provide convincing proof that the senator is still alive.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he received multiple calls suggesting McConnell… pic.twitter.com/3eoacIOwAI

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 18, 2026

I’M NOT PREPARED, BUT I’M RESIGNED:

No one is prepared for how stupid things are about to get. https://t.co/sV843FM1pA

— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) July 17, 2026

MURDER WILL OUT: Ancient DNA Finally Solves a 16th-Century Murder Mystery.

WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? Parasites Are Surging in The US. Here’s Exactly How to Wash Your Produce.

OH, PLEASE: Plane passenger invoked Sharia law to avoid sitting next to a woman —then attacked female flight attendant: cops.

LET THE SUNSHINE IN: Could Dark Matter Be Hiding in a Hidden Fifth Dimension?

THIS IS AN AGE OF MIRACLES AND WONDERS: Implant Helps Paralyzed Man to Feed Himself and Drink From a Cup.

I DID NOT SEE THIS COMING: Hypercar Electric Motor Tech Teams Up With a Quad-Turbo Diesel V-12 to Boost eVTOL Range.

WHY NOT BOTH? Personnel is Policy: Talarico Hires UT ‘Cocks Not Glocks’ Organizer to Craft His Anti-Gun Platform.

YEAH, HOW ABOUT THAT:

It’s wild how hard Schumer is trying to stop our elections from being secured. lol https://t.co/Umpi3uiMM6

— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) July 17, 2026

AI NEWS: Nobel Prize-winning physicist and team use Claude AI to solve decades-old math puzzle.

WE WILL LAUNCH NO ROCKET BEFORE ITS TIME: SpaceX abruptly scrubs Starship test flight.

COVID WAS A HUGE PUBLIC HEALTH FAILURE: Syphilis cases in expectant mothers have dramatically risen since the pandemic. A core complaint here, though, is . . . wait for it . . . “lack of funding.”

BURGERS AND FRIES — THE BEST THING FOR YOU: How to stay safe during the cyclosporiasis outbreak.

FREE SPEECH UPDATE: Court sides with U. Pittsburgh professor demoted for criticizing affirmative action: Third Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated medical professor’s case after judge threw out defamation claims.

GOOD: DHS to begin placing stricter time limits on student visas. “The change is meant to combat the rising number of visa holders, a trend that the department says ‘poses a challenge to DHS’s ability to monitor ​and oversee ⁠these nonimmigrants while they are in the United States.’”