“ANSWERED” IS A FAR CRY FROM “HANDLED”: New Orleans Using AI to to Make Sure 911 Calls are Answered is a Good Thing… Isn’t It? “They system, of course, isn’t perfect. It had difficulty during training with accents, intonation and inflection. The New Orleans folks say they’ve worked on that and ironed out the bugs. But with AI, other possibilities can come into play that might delay a response.”

I’ve found AI helpful in all kinds of ways, but for customer service or tech calls, it’s usually an aggravating time-waster at best.

THEY DON’T HAVE TO FALL IN LOVE, THEY JUST HAVE TO FALL IN LINE:

So establishment Democrats blocked the crazy socialist in Wisconsin.

Wonder how that will go over with the younger college voters.

— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) August 12, 2026

I read about it … magical votes showed up at the last minute to help Crowley.

Funny how that happens when the Democrat establishment wants it to.

— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) August 12, 2026

Maybe not ha-ha funny.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Cute Couple — Tucker Carlson and Hunter Biden Find Each Other. “If Carlson really does want to run for president, his pathological hatred for Israel pretty much obligates him to run as a Democrat. He’s going to need to start working on his commie bona fides if he wants to get any cred with them. Don’t be surprised to see him brunching with Hasan Piker soon.”

ADHERING TO OUR ENEMIES: New Report Exposes the Foreign Cash Behind ‘Extremist Climate Activist Movement.’

TO BE FAIR, MARK KELLY IS THE VERY WORST AND MOST SELF-SERVING KIND OF POLITICIAN:

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— 🇺🇸Keith E. Roberts 🇺🇸 (@BIGHAAS15) August 12, 2026

UPDATE: Don Surber: Trump Finds a Use for the Press.

CHANGE (IT BACK): Pentagon’s top policy official outlines new ‘realism’ approach to China.

Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of defense for policy, said during a speech in the Philippines that U.S. defense leaders will not call out states engaged in efforts to bully regional allies or seeking to control large areas of the region.

Instead, the new Pentagon policy calls for quiet and respectful relations — while also bolstering American military defenses along a chain of islands off the coast of China known as the first island chain.

Mr. Colby’s 4,000-word speech to a think tank in Manila made no specific reference to China, but it was clear from the context of the speech and earlier comments that he was referring to Beijing.

The new policy will seek to be strong and clear but quiet, Mr. Colby said, noting it reflects President Theodore Roosevelt’s maxim of speaking softly and carrying a big stick.

That was obvious by the second graf, but these days, even an undersecretary of defense for policy has to whack people over the head with the point.

FORMER NFL SIDELINE REPORTER MICHELE TAFOYA SCORES VICTORY IN MINNESOTA GOP SENATE PRIMARY.

I’M LOSING MY APPETITE: Move Over, Thanksgiving: Francesca Hong Hosted ‘Feast of the Feminine,’ a ‘6 Course Dinner Inspired By Menstruation.’

It’s too bad Saturday Night Live doesn’t exist anymore; they could have had a lot of fun with this.

I WOULDN’T WORRY ABOUT IT THOUGH; IT’S NOT LIKE DETROIT IS A BIG NFL TOWN:

It's not just that that makes him sound anti-American.

It makes him sound beta. https://t.co/xU8k6QOBem

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) August 12, 2026

(Classical allusion in headline.)

I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS ALL ALONG:

Strategically there's no rush. The Islamic Republic makes a new enemy with each passing day. My guess is they're under orders from Moscow, Beijing or both to suck in the US at all costs. Washington is responding with a proxy coalition. https://t.co/KJA4IkI4x3

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 12, 2026

TAPPER, LOL II:

The right move, obviously, was to alert everyone, compromising sources and methods, and then have them wait however long for alternate transportation to be secured while keeping them safe in an area already determined to be a possible target https://t.co/jK60ULZtUk

— Aelfred The Great (@aelfred_D) August 11, 2026

UNDERCOVER VIDEO: DSA on Illegals: ‘You Don’t Have to Have Papers to Have Power.’

GOOD: The Trump Manufacturing Jobs Revival Is Accelerating.

20 MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE:

She's running for president and can't be in a relationship with a white dude.

That's points off in the Woke Olympics https://t.co/0FB0PNufm7

— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) August 11, 2026

The DNC-MSM will absolutely love her:

The media wants to make Ocasio-Cortez the Taylor Swift of American Politics.

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 11, 2026

LIMITED TIME DEAL: BAMBOO COOL Men’s Underwear Breathable Boxer Briefs. #CommissionEarned

PEACEFUL, EASY CONFLICT: Trump floats ‘easy, relaxed’ Iran war phase focused on hurting regime’s economy: ‘I’m their banker.’

TRUE BUT THAT’S PROBABLY WORSE: Fauci was not a mad scientist, but a mere bureaucrat granted unlimited power.

UNITED IN THEIR HATE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION:

Again, if you don’t see the Red-Green-Green alliance—you’re blind. https://t.co/IfSYMtXUWq

— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) August 11, 2026

THE 2020 PROJECT:

The people who talk about slavery as if it happened yesterday are trying to act like 2020 is ancient history. https://t.co/PN1PK17MhK

— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) August 11, 2026

SCOTT PINSKER: The Cunning Genius of AOC’s ‘Woke’ Reboot. “Tread carefully, Republicans: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is still America’s most dangerous Democrat — and still the odds-on favorite to win her party’s 2028 presidential nomination.”

FROM CEDAR SANDERSON:  Fen Dead (The Groundskeeper Book 6).

In the misty fen on the edge of town, a murdered man refuses to stay buried.

Chloe Brandt, groundskeeper of Belleview cemetery and reluctant apprentice mediator to the dead, has been called in to help. The deeper she digs into the strange killing, the more she realizes some bindings run deeper than any grave.

Armed with a glowing jar of restless oil, a crew of sectretive gnomes, and more confidence than caution, Chloe must navigate deceptions and dangerous liminal spaces before the fen claims another soul. In a world where even the dead keep secrets, the only way forward is to get your hands dirty.

AND HE DESERVES WORSE THAN THAT: The Euro Mean Girls Are Ganging Up on Pedro Sanchez.

MYSTERY OF THE SERVICE & INVESTIGATIONS STAFF: Remember that concluding scene in the first Indiana Jones flick in which the lone bureaucrat in a huge government warehouse pushes a cart loaded with stuff never likely to be seen again?

Well, there is a real-life instance akin to that scene playing out now regarding the once-mighty Service & Investigations staff of the House Appropriations Committee. It’s mostly lefty public administration types agitating about it now, but there are good and solid reasons for libertarians and conservatives to take notice as well, as I explain in today’s column on “Mark Tapscott’s Copy Desk.” And don’t miss the neat illustration, courtesy of chatGPT.

EVERYONE IN THE GAME:  Vietnamese satellite company signs launch deal with SpaceX.

SHE TURNED ON THEM MONTHS AGO:  Virginians Are Turning on Abigail Spanberger.