December 8, 2025

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: New Member of Congress Shocked to Find She Has to Obey the Law. “This was a pathetic publicity stunt, of course. Grijalva knew exactly what would happen if she interfered with law enforcement, and made sure that she had someone there to video the whole thing. Her post was quickly followed by outraged responses from Kelly and the Democratic National Committee, who — golly gosh gee — just happened to be glued to X on a Friday night. All made sure that they included the “member of Congress” talking point. In fact, every X post (TWEET) in her defense has included the line, as if it’s a Hogwarts spell that sanitizes her potentially criminal behavior.”

Posted at 9:05 am by Stephen Green

OMAR DOESN’T GET THROWN OFF OF ROOFTOPS WHEN SHE VISITS BACK HOME, BECAUSE BACK HOME, EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS SHE’S PAVING THE WAY FOR ROOFTOP-THROWERS OVER HERE:

Posted at 8:49 am by Stephen Green

FASTER, PLEASE: Pentagon rushes to fix challenges in deterring China, including shortage of ships and missiles.

The Pentagon under War Secretary Pete Hegseth is focused on deterring China and strengthening America’s position in the Pacific, and it is working to rejuvenate the sclerotic U.S. defense sector, which cannot currently produce the number of munitions and ships that may be needed in a potential conflict with the Chinese.

President Donald Trump has issued numerous executive orders aimed at fixing the flawed defense industrial base (DIB), and Hegseth recently announced a new acquisitions strategy aimed at revitalizing the DIB, but for now the U.S. faces strains on its stockpiles of missiles and is significantly overmatched by China in terms of how many ships each nation can build.

“Significantly overmatched” is an understatement. We’re barely in the game any longer.

Posted at 8:34 am by Stephen Green

SORRY, EUROPE, YOU’RE GOING TO BE MOCKED AND BELITTLED BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT:

Posted at 8:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

2026 PREVIEW: Trump names Indiana state senators who ‘need encouragement’ on redistricting.

President Trump on Friday celebrated the latest redistricting moves in Indiana, while pressuring several state senators to support a new map that could offer the GOP two more seats in the 2026 midterm elections.

Trump called the updated map “much fairer” and “improved,” and congratulated the Indiana General Assembly’s GOP leaders for passing a new set of congressional lines earlier Friday.

“It was my Honor to win Indiana six times, including Primaries, in 2016, 2020, and 2024, and this new Map would give the incredible people of Indiana the opportunity to elect TWO additional Republicans in the 2026 Midterm Elections,” he wrote on Truth Social.

“The Indiana Senate must now pass this Map, AS IS, and get it to Governor Mike Braun’s desk, ASAP, to deliver a gigantic Victory for Republicans in the “Hoosier State,” and across the Country,” Trump continued. “I am hearing that these nine Senators, some of whom are up for Re-Election in 2026, and some in 2028, need encouragement to make the right decision.”

The word of the day is “Fight.” Until further notice.

Posted at 7:32 am by Stephen Green

IT’S A GIANT MONEY LAUNDRY AND INFLUENCE FACTORY:

Posted at 7:19 am by Glenn Reynolds

HE’S RIGHT, AS USUAL:

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

I CAN VOUCH FOR UNIVERSAL HATRED OF 11:  Pinker has been plugging his book on common knowledge lately, and it just collided in my head with another interesting development; the apparently growing revolt against Windows 11 among long-term Microsoft customers. I haven’t read the book yet, but I’m pretty sure that one of the things that Pinker must talk about in it is sudden legitimacy collapses in totalitarian societies.

But as a non-techy, I don’t want Linux. The rest of the family has gone thataway, but for me the computer is a glorified typewriter and I don’t want to fiddle with it.

X-cancel link.

 

Posted at 4:12 am by Sarah Hoyt