July 17, 2026

BIAS THROUGH OMISSION:

The DNC-MSM refought 2016 and January 6 endlessly, but are “unexpectedly” not very curious about what happened to the entire world in March of 2020.’

UPDATE:

Posted at 12:55 pm by Ed Driscoll

CYNICAL PUBLIUS: Something About England. “A few weeks back, I visited the United Kingdom (mostly England, with some time in Scotland) for the first time in almost a decade. Having been there many times before, I was excited to discover whether all of the horrific news of a swing to tyranny was true or false. Although I started in London for a cruise to Norway, I arrived days earlier so as to explore the heart of London and the countryside of southern England. When I travel internationally, I try to eschew the usual tourist experiences and instead dig into the social milieu of a place. What I found disturbed me. Not only are the reports of a “1984“-style police state true, but the issues of social class, which have always plagued England, have taken on a new and disturbing twist, which I believe will soon result in the wholesale destruction of one of the greatest civilizations ever to exist.”

It’s CP, so read the whole thing.

I’d just add that the birthplace of English liberty — the thing the Founders waged a Revolutionary War to protect here — has become something entirely else. The special relationship wasn’t built on a common language, but on that shared love of liberty.

The British don’t seem to share it any longer. Or at least not the ruling class and the foreigners they continue importing.

Posted at 12:46 pm by Stephen Green

THE KING OF MISDIRECTION:

Posted at 12:32 pm by Stephen Green

IRAN MORPHED INTO MAMDANI’S NEW YORK SO QUICKLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED: Iran issues grim new order to citizens after US strikes ‘hit power plants’ as conflict spirals.

Iran has told its citizens to turn off their air conditioning during peak hours as the country’s power grid came under strain amid US strikes.

Tehran’s energy ministry said that the power restrictions were necessary ‘to help ensure a stable electricity supply in the southern provinces, which are currently facing extreme heat and attacks on electricity supply facilities.’

Temperatures in the capital were expected to hit triple digits Friday, with highs of 102F on Saturday and Sunday.

Donald Trump ordered the US military to hit Iranian bridges throughout coastal cities along the Strait of Hormuz. A report from Iranian state media claims an American missile struck in the vicinity of Qeshm, while other reports said locations around the island were hit by projectiles. The US also fired on a ship accused of trying to break the naval blockade.

Trump has threatened to broaden the campaign to Iran‘s power plants and bridges unless Tehran returns to talks, warning in a Fox News interview that attacks would intensify next week.

Related: “‘We are in an essential and existential war with America,’ [Iran’s] Qalibaf said. Who pulled a switcheroo on them? After decades of ‘Death to America’ ain’t that a surprise.”

Exit question from Lee Smith at Tablet: Is Trump Ready to Win Yet? “The reason America doesn’t win wars is not that it wants to turn tribal confederations into liberal democracies or teach surrealism to veiled schoolgirls or sow corruption abroad and reap the profits. Those are all effects of the fundamental problem, which is deciding, for whatever reasons, not to win. For Trump, the choices are stark: either preside over another American war without resolve and go down in history as the American president who forfeited America’s postwar birthright and lost the strait, or decide to win.”

Posted at 12:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

PEOPLE DON’T TRUST A SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T ENGENDER TRUST…:

…which is why election integrity is an 80/20 issue everywhere but Capitol Hill.

Posted at 11:55 am by Stephen Green

HE BENT THE KNEE:

Never bend the knee.

Posted at 11:28 am by Stephen Green

“THE DEEP STATE IS A MYTH,” THEY TOLD ME:

Posted at 10:57 am by Stephen Green

WELCOME TO THE CLUB, LADIES: A Surge In Black Women Buying Guns Over the Past Decade Has Led to Mushrooming Social Gun Clubs That Go Way Beyond Target Practice.

Going by “FoxCee Washington” in her training mode, in homage to Pam Grier’s fierce film heroine, and often sporting a short curly white wig and thigh-high boots, she organizes “Brunch and Bullets” outings in Atlanta, Miami, and other cities.

They usually start with a tutorial on firearms fundamentals in her Sprinter party van on the way to a shooting range, where she shows her clients, many of them learning to shoot for the first time, how to handle and shoot semi-automatic pistols and rifles with confidence, while concentrating on making them feel comfortable.

“I like to focus on breath work before they even shoot,” she says. “I talk very softly, put my hand on their shoulder. A lot of men that I’ve trained with just put the gun in your hand and say, ‘Go for it.’ And I’m like, ‘This is not what women need, you know? We’ve got a lot of fear and trauma we’re dealing with. We need calm.’ And I’ve had so many amazing responses. Some women cry because they feel relieved.”

More like this, please.

Posted at 10:42 am by Stephen Green

GO AWAY:

Posted at 10:26 am by Stephen Green

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.’”

Posted at 10:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

HEY, BIG SPENDER: Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC pledges another $100 billion to expand US chipmaking capacity.

The latest commitment appears to bring the company’s total pledges for investment in U.S. chipmaking to $265 billion. The company also raised its annual revenue forecast after booking record high profits thanks to runaway demand from the boom in artificial intelligence.

The world’s largest contract chip manufacturing and one of the world’s most valuable companies, TSMC is seen as a barometer for the global chip industry and for AI at a time when worries about a potential AI bubble have been buffeting financial markets.

As AI-related demand continues to jump and needs for computing power from data centers surge, TSMC has been expanding chip fabrication plants in the U.S., Japan and Taiwan. It said it is increasing its annual capital expenditure budget for this year to $60 billion-$64 billion, up from an earlier estimate of $52 billion-$56 billion.

And we still need more chips.

Posted at 9:40 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Another Week, Another Gropey Sleazebag Democrat. “Gallego also brings extra heaps of awful to the story. As Catherine goes on to note, he served divorce papers to his wife when she was very, very pregnant and, as we’re all aware, was Eric Swalwell’s defender wingman.”

Posted at 9:09 am by Stephen Green

I INTERVIEWED MARCO RUBIO WHEN HE WAS FIRST RUNNING FOR SENATE. HE’S COME A LONG WAY.

Posted at 9:02 am by Glenn Reynolds

THE EV BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Honda is officially pulling the plug on its only EV in the US.

After Honda scrapped plans to launch its next-generation EVs earlier this year- the 0 Series SUV and Sedan, plus the Acura RSX- we had a feeling the Prologue was on the chopping block.

Unlike the 0 Series models, which were set to enter production later this year at Honda’s “EV Hub” in Ohio on a dedicated platform, the Prologue is based on GM’s Ultium platform, the same one that underpins electric vehicles from Chevy, GMC, and Cadillac.

Honda already ended production of the Acura ZDX last year, which was also built on the Ultium platform, leaving the Prologue as its sole EV available in the US.

While Honda dismissed an Automotive News report earlier this year claiming the electric SUV would go out of production in December, saying the “article is based purely on speculation,” the rumors proved true.

There’s a lot of that going on, maybe: Lucid dismisses report that it is weighing filing for bankruptcy or going private after shares plunge.

Posted at 8:38 am by Stephen Green