Instapundit

March 20, 2026

ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO MEMORY HOLE AN INCONVENIENT HISTORIC LEFTIST ICON:

The @nytimes is being lavished with praise by the virtue-signaling brigade, but there are very basic problems with their Cesar Chavez story…

-The “evidence” doesn’t come close to the threshold for such a devastating claim, especially against a man who has been dead for 33 yrs

-We don’t know for sure that the 2 children who are now claimed to be his, via 2 “rapey” encounters, are biologically his, partly because his accuser had 4 kids with his BROTHER, which the NYTimes somehow left out of the story (along with the fact that she had at least 11 children with at least 4 men)

-We somehow don’t even know the names of the two kids that were allegedly fathered by Cesar -The NYTimes ignored the numerous very positive recent public statements by Dolores Huerta about Cesar, including a YouTube video created during the #MeToo panic where she praised him for his protection of women against sexual harassment

Read the whole thing.

Earlier: Why Cesar Chavez Suddenly Became Politically Inconvenient to the Left.

RELIGION OF PEACE UPDATE: The ‘Holy Month’ of Ramadan Is Ending, and Here’s the Death Toll.

FROM JESSICA SCHLENKER: Excessively Attentive.

Elizabeth Bennet harboured few expectations for her trip to Kent. Primarily, she was to see her dear friend Charlotte, which necessarily entailed tolerating the odious Mr. Collins. Perhaps, if she were truly fortunate, she might even gain an introduction to the great Lady Catherine — whether she wished it or not. She promised to fill her letters home to her father with faithful recountings of any absurdities thus encountered; he almost promised to write back.

But when a revelation prompts Mr. Bennet to arrive in person, Elizabeth is drawn into the center of a long-buried family mystery. A single portrait holds the key, and the truth it unlocks threatens to upend everything she understands about her past and her expectations for her future.

Excessively Attentive is a Regency-set reimagining of Pride and Prejudice that remains faithful to Jane Austen’s wit, social precision, and moral insight. Thoughtful, character-driven, and richly grounded in period voice, this novel asks what it means to belong — not by birth alone, but by character, courage, and choice.

OR WORSE. LEFTIES WILL EXCUSE AND PROTECT ANYTHING UNTIL SUDDENLY THEY WON’T.

JOEL! That’s it! I was wondering why this stuff was coming up more than 20 years after Chavez died and you have hit on it: EPSTEIN! All the talk about the Epstein scandal stirred this up! https://t.co/IJYzcA7Nz3

— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) March 18, 2026

BEWARE: Utilities Efforts Would Undermine President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge.

YES: Rama Duwaji Is A Jew-Hating, Lover Of Terrorists.

TAKING OFFENSE IS THEIR WAY OF GOING ON OFFENSE – IT’S WEAPONIZING VICTIMIZATION: If Muslims are desperate to take offence, why disappoint them?

THE IDEA IS TO BURY COMPLAINTS, NOT ADDRESS THEM (CAN’T LET PEOPLE REALIZE THEIR AREN’T ALONE): BBC’s ludicrous defence of its self-serving complaints system.

VIVA LA LIBERTAD, CARAJO! Argentina Formally Withdraws from the World Health Organization.

WHAT HE SAID: On The Manufactured MAGA “Schism”. (Video.)

I SAY WE BEAT THEM INTO RUBBLE AND WALK AWAY: Special Follow On.

I MEAN YOU COULD UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WORRY WE MIGHT DEPORT FRAUDSTERS: Almost 200 House Dems vote against deporting people who commit welfare fraud.

PERHAPS THEY LOOKED ACROSS THE OCEAN AT CANADA? Life wins: Scotland votes no on assisted suicide bill.

IRAN WAS A MAJOR BITCOIN MINER: How Iran Turned Sanctions Into a Bitcoin Gold Mine, and Why It Just Collapsed. Iran Mined Bitcoin in Secret for Years, and the US Just Blew Up the Operation.

That probably explains why Israel bombed its gas field and why the IRGC was so upset that they did.

FOR THE LOVE OF BOB (HEINLEIN) SOMEONE EXPLAIN 4CHAN TO THE BRITISH: Ofcom Fines 4chan £520,000, Lawyer Responds With Picture of Giant Hamster.

They’re lucky the giant was neither masturbating nor committing cannibalism!

SERIOUSLY? 10–18 Days Until Australia Runs Dry. The Clock has already run out and Australia Is Running on Empty.

WORTH CONSIDERING: Trumping Everyone on Iran. This is not a gas, or a blast, but I’m going to drone on about it at mine own pace.