May 12, 2026
BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: Don Lemon Teases Presidential Run.
Former CNN host Don Lemon once again teased a 2028 presidential run during an appearance last week at the Vanity Fair “Truth Tellers” summit in London.
“I’m a man of a certain age,” he said when asked about the possibility of running for president. “Why not?”
The moderator, journalist Kara Swisher, chuckled, according to Vanity Fair.
“You laugh,” Lemon replied. “I’m a self-made millionaire, from a country where my ancestors were enslaved, so I think that’s a pretty big accomplishment. … I made it to the top of my profession.”
Lemon left out that he was dismissed from that top position by CNN in 2023 over accusations he mistreated female co-workers and after making what was seen as a sexist comment that then-GOP candidate Nikki Haley was “past her prime.”
I’d laugh this off, but I can never tell when the Dem base of self-flagellating neurotic women will attach themselves to a candidate.
TIM SCOTT DOESN’T COUNT BECAUSE HE ISN’T A DEMOCRAT:
This man has represented South Carolina as their Senator for 13 years (so far). Voters chose him in 2014, 2016, and 2022. https://t.co/pRSXhe6RCa pic.twitter.com/7cbwilc7PD
— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) May 12, 2026
THE ETERNAL FEMALE FRUSTRATION: Sergey Brin’s ‘MAGA girlfriend’ denies pushing Google co-founder right: ‘If I could control him, I’d be married with a baby right now.’ “The Democrats red-pilled him. I didn’t have to do anything.”
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The GOP Is Having a Run of Good Luck, Hope It Does Something With It. “That screaming you hear is from all of the higher-ups at the Democratic National Committee as they rush for the Prilosec after seeing their race-based election tampering efforts take another hit.”
MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: How Trump’s ‘anaconda’ tactics put the squeeze on Iran and China.
And the Democrats.
YES:
We are getting closer to an actual pogrom like Crown Heights 1991. Seriously time for Brooklyn Jews to arm themselves. https://t.co/7mu7tnbHF2
— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) May 12, 2026
YOU CAN’T HATE THE NEW YORK TIMES ENOUGH–THIS IS HOW THE HAMAS PROPAGANDA MACHINE WORKS: New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published a lengthy piece alleging systematic sexual assault on Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli jails. The piece was based on extremely dubious sourcing, and included the absurd allegation, which has circulated for months with no actual evidence provided, that Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners. Even a credulous fool might have paused at that one.
But it looks like Kristof, and the Times, are no mere credulous fools. A very extensive, detailed, and exquisitely sourced report was released today documenting, in gruesome detail, Hamas’s sexual depravity on 10/7 and its sexual crimes against the hostages it kidnapped to Gaza. As @aizenbergt55 comments on X, “If you do not believe @nytimes knew EXACTLY what they were doing with the timing of the Kristof “opinion” piece [ie, trying to preempt justified outrage at Hamas’s sexual crimes by suggesting that Israel similarly engages in such crimes] I have a nice bridge to sell you.”
UPDATE: Checking in with the Times today, it turns out they will publish the ridiculous “rape dog” allegations, but not a word in today’s paper about the report referenced below.
#JOURNALISM IN THE TRADITION OF WALTER DURANTY:
The reason the antisemitic @NickKristof column got through the NYT publishing process is because the NYT is filled with antisemites.
Their coverage of everything involving Israel, which for them is everything because Jew-hatred is pathological, is done by the same people. https://t.co/EC41tciUfJ
— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) May 12, 2026
GREAT MOMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTALISM: Lambo Fury as Green councilor proudly posts footage of himself driving gas guzzling Lamborghini days after his election — despite his party’s ‘war on motorists.’
A Green councillor has proudly posted footage of himself driving a Lamborghini just days after he was elected – despite his party’s ‘war on motorists’.
Mohammad Baghdadi Khan uploaded the video of him at the wheel of the gas-guzzling supercar alongside footage of him winning his seat last week in the Halliwell ward of Bolton, Greater Manchester.
The film featuring the Lamborghini Huracán Spyder – which cost up to £270,000 – appears to have been taken during a wedding in 2023 when a fleet of supercars ferried guests to the venue.
He also posted footage of himself driving what seems to be his regular car – a Mercedes with personalised number plates – which he used while campaigning.
He boasted if elected he would be ‘standing up for the people, the community, fighting for what’s right’.
In his campaign pledges, also posted online, Mr Khan – known as Baggy Khan – promised to work for ‘greener spaces’ and supported taxes for ‘billionaires not workers’.
His decision to flaunt his cars was branded an ‘absolute joke’ and ‘hypocrisy’ by many, given his party’s motoring policies.
I don’t want to hear another word about Glenn Reynolds’ carbon footprint.
Related: The Greens: the new nasty party.
MONEY: However you feel about their creator, TrumpIRAs are sorely needed.
As a progressive economist, I wrote a paper in 2021 with a generally conservative colleague, Kevin Hassett, who now directs the National Economic Council in the Trump White House. We agreed then on the basic arithmetic of the American retirement crisis. We still do. That’s why people like him and people like me can all say: Trump’s executive order establishing TrumpIRAs, signed last month, is simply the right move for American workers.
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Trump’s executive order targets the most fundamental failure in this system: access. Roughly 56 million American workers have no employer-sponsored retirement plan — no account to contribute to, no match on offer from their employers, no on-ramp to the capital markets that have built wealth for everyone else.The order establishes a federal retirement account — TrumpIRA.gov — paired with a refundable $1,000 annual government match and automatic enrollment. That last part matters enormously. The research Hassett and I conducted found that automatic enrollment paired with a government match substantially increases participation among low- and moderate-income workers. When saving is the default and the government matches your first dollar, people save. A worker earning $40,000 who contributes $1,000 annually and receives a $1,000 match, over 40 years at a 6% real return, retires with more than $310,000 in today’s dollars. Most of that is compound growth. Getting workers into the market early is the entire intervention.
It’s a good plan — and it’s always nice to see a progressive who doesn’t suffer from TDS. A near-miracle, really.
THIS REMOVES THE WHOLE POINT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE: No Drinks At Sea? The New Crackdown On Cruise Ships. “Vacationers were not thrilled to hear the news.”
Ya think? It seems to me like the Bahamas are going out of their way to be less hospitable lately.
DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE THE BEST STANDARDS BECAUSE YOU GET TWICE AS MANY:
Noooooo, only the other sides billionaires.
— Petite Patriot (@Pamelajn922) May 12, 2026
That should clear things up for you.
BUT WILL THE JUDICIARIES BE SMART ENOUGH TO DECLARE BACK? Hakeem Jeffries Declares War on Every Judiciary in the Country. “The defenders of Democracy™ and Norms™ are in full Banana Republic mode.”
JOHN LUCAS: Enough Already!
Personally, I think jerking the Iranians around with negotiations that never go anywhere is fair turnabout.
CHANGE:
For those of you who weren't around for politics before President Trump, you have no idea how monumental of a moment it is to have the State Department call out replacement migration by name. https://t.co/NSYjSdEE5y
— Theo Wold (@RealTheoWold) May 11, 2026
PEOPLE WHO ARE POCKETING THE CASH USUALLY ARE: Northwestern’s President Says He’s ‘Positive About the Relationship’ Between the University and Hamas-Friendly Qatar.
IT’S CALVINBALL ALL THE WAY DOWN:
Speaking of… all of a sudden CA Dems think the "Top 2" primary isn't fair. I'm not going to get out of their way while they dismantle it, that's for damn sure. From today's Politico CA Playbook: https://t.co/PrlwyYLvOQ pic.twitter.com/HeuQ1KyIlv
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) May 11, 2026
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CHANGE: Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice leaves Democratic Party over antisemitism concerns.
Justice David Wecht, who was elected to the court as a Democrat in 2015, said in a statement he is switching his party affiliation to independent due to an “acquiescence to Jew-hatred” becoming “disturbingly common among activists, leaders and even many elected officials in the Democratic Party.”
“I can no longer abide this. So, I won’t,” Wecht said. “I am no longer registered within any political party.”
In his statement, Wecht said he’s long felt antisemitism was most potent on the fringes of the right — especially after the 2018 shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, where Wecht was married and is a former board member. But he said that since 2018, “that same hatred has grown on the left.”
Like kudzu, it’s taken over the left.
REALCLEARWORLD: Victory or Defeat, Iranian Old Regime’s Fate is Sealed.
THE NEW SPACE RACE:
Launch rehearsal complete. During a flight-like countdown, more than 5,000 metric tonnes (11+ million pounds) of propellant were loaded on the fully stacked Starship and Super Heavy V3 vehicles for the first time pic.twitter.com/e9oZlzc0yz
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 11, 2026
Still no official word from SpaceX, but NextSpaceFlight has Friday afternoon penciled in.
