September 6, 2026

GREAT MOMENTS IN READER FEEDBACK: The real reason the Seattle Times shuts down the comment section.

It should come as little surprise that the Seattle Times editorial board endorsed a “no” vote Thursday on a state initiative that, if passed, would separate biological females from biological males in sports. This opinion is consistent with the slant of every story the paper has published on the subject.

Misguided? I think so. But it’s acceptable for the Times to have an opinion that differs from how the masses may think. What’s unacceptable, however, is the paper silencing all of its readers who want to push back.

Predictably, the comment section was disabled at the bottom of the editorial, continuing a trend of censorship on issues the Times knows will spark subscriber blowback. The paper almost always tries to justify the suppression by saying it’s a “sensitive” subject, but that is not the true reason.

What I think the Times’ bosses really want is to preserve what’s been described as the “illusion of consensus.” In short: They want to squash any evidence that their readers disagree with them.

Had the comment section been open, it almost certainly would have been filled with a chorus of subscribers voicing their opposition to the “no” endorsement. They would have pointed out that the Times has never shown any consideration to the biological females affected by trans athletes in their sports, and that the separation is simply a matter of fairness.

But this would make it known that the paper’s readers do not jibe with the agenda the Times is pushing. And the brass, well…the brass can’t have that.

Of course not. William F. Buckly famously said that “Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.” There probably aren’t many conservatives left in Seattle, but there are likely plenty of left-leaning Seattle Times readers who vehemently disagree with their stance that biological men should compete in women’s sports.

Posted at 12:36 pm by Ed Driscoll

CRAZY TOWN: Masked Woman at ‘Socialism 2026 Conference’ in Chicago Explains Why Fitness is Fascist (Video).

Socialists are currently attending the ‘Socialism 2026 Conference’ in Chicago and there are dozens of insane videos from the event that are already going viral on social media.

In this one, a masked woman explains why socialists must reject the idea of fitness, because to do otherwise would play right into the hands of fascists. Is this some sort of bizarre reaction to RFK Jr. and MAHA? No one would be surprised.

You will notice that this woman is masked. In 2026. In fact, it looks like almost everyone at this event is wearing masks. These are the people who loved the Covid-19 lockdowns. They’re pining for the return of those glory days.

“They’re pining for the return of those glory days,” because they haven’t (pardon the pun) progressed beyond them:

● Do you boast about your fitness? Watch out – you’ll unavoidably become rightwing.

—The Grauniad, September 27th, 2018.

● ‘Fascist fitness:’ how the far right is recruiting with online gym groups.

—The Grauniad, March 6th, 2022.

● MSNBC opinion article ridiculed for warning about ‘fascist fitness.’

—Fox News, March 23rd, 2022.

● The White Supremacist Origins of Exercise, and 6 Other Surprising Facts About the History of U.S. Physical Fitness.

—Time magazine, December 28th, 2022.

● According to MSNBC, if you exercise and work out, you’re a Nazi.

—The Washington Examiner, July 11th, 2023.

Labor Day weekend traditionally marks the beginning of fall for most Americans, so hopefully the far left will end its summer rerun season soon and begin to explore new modalities of craziness.

Posted at 12:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

MUCH MORE LIKE THIS PLEASE: U.S. Cuts Off Antifa’s Global Leftist Lifeline.

A report in the left-wing Guardian newspaper, headlined “Pro-choice militants are attacking ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ across US,” documented terroristic attempts at intimidation from New York and North Carolina to Wisconsin, Texas and Washington state in the past several years.

The paper noted: “The methods have been extreme: vandals have thrown molotov cocktails, committed arson, damaged property and made threats.”

Jane’s Revenge issued a statement demanding “anti-choice establishments” shut down in 30 days or face further violence.

That was in 2022 — yet the group continued operating, until its website went dark just days ago thanks to a Trump administration crackdown on terrorist infrastructure.

Jane’s Revenge and various other radical organizations, including antifa groups, were part of a network relying on web services provided by Italy’s “Autistici/Inventati,” or A/I Collective.

According to the State Department, the A/I Collective “builds and operates the digital infrastructure for violent Antifa cells and other far-left militants across the world,” providing technology “designed to support the operations of far-left terrorist networks, built to enable them to organize, recruit, communicate, disseminate propaganda, share target information and tactics, and carry out violent attacks — all while remaining anonymous, untraceable, and beyond the reach of the law.”

The collective has been facilitating leftist provocations for years.

But on Aug. 26, the State Department struck back, officially deeming the A/I Collective a “specially designated global terrorist.”

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 10:14 am by Ed Driscoll

GET WOKE, GO…: Nike To Leave the S&P 100 on September 21.

Nike is set to leave the S&P 100 before U.S. trading opens on September 21, 2026, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. The change was announced on September 4 as part of the index provider’s quarterly rebalance.

The sportswear company joins Honeywell Aerospace, Simon Property Group and Colgate-Palmolive on the list of S&P 100 departures. Dell Technologies, Palo Alto Networks, Arista Networks and Sandisk will enter the index.

Nike will remain in the S&P 500; S&P Global describes the narrower S&P 100 thusly:

The S&P 100, a sub-set of the S&P 500®, is designed to measure the performance of large-cap companies in the United States and comprises 100 major blue chip companies across multiple industry groups. Individual stock options are listed for each index constituent.

As legendary fictitious rock manager Ian Faith would say, their appeal is becoming more selective: Nike Stock Is Down 78% From Its All-Time High. Is This the Once-in-a-Decade Setup for Patient Investors?

But why did Nike stock drop so precipitously? Former Levis president Jennifer Sey has some flashbacks:

Prior to Mulvaney, Nike had few other missteps as well:

In 2025, Nike displayed this billboard at the London Marathon:

The previous year, Nike was all too happy to dial the War of the Sexes up to 11: New Ultra-Woke Nike Ad Says WNBA Dynasty ‘Makes Men Look Like Amateurs.

In November of 2021, as the world emerged from a pandemic during which numerous publications wrote that obesity could greatly increase the effects of Covid-19, a manufacturer of athletic footwear released this showstopping image:

Things began getting awfully weird at Nike in 2019, starting most prominently when they issued a pair of Betsy Ross-flag embedded sneakers, likely only so that uber-woke Nike endorser Colin Kaepernick could dunk on them, to coincide with the Fourth of July. In Nike’s collective mind, this was evil and “offensive:”

In 2018, Kaepernick was Patient Zero in Nike’s collapse: Colin Kaepernick part of Nike’s 30th anniversary of ‘Just Do It’ campaign.

AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File.
Posted at 7:45 am by Ed Driscoll

HARSH, BUT FAIR:

Related:

Posted at 7:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

ONE BRAVE MAN: Jonathan Turley: When ‘12 Angry Men’ becomes one angry man. “‘I hope that guy can sleep well at night.’ Those words from Kevin Reddington on the steps of the Plymouth, Massachusetts Courthouse were part of a diatribe against the “guy” who was reportedly the sole holdout in the Lindsay Clancy trial. The scene was a fitting end to a visceral trial, but it added a vindictive element that should prompt Judge William Sullivan to call out the seasoned defense attorney.”

Plus: “For Reddington and many viewers, the hung jury was less ‘Twelve Angry Men’ and more like ‘One Angry Man.’ Indeed, in addition to attacking the juror, women outside of the courthouse heckled Cruz as he tried to speak to the press, shouting that he ‘only cares about the three children. What about the Mom?'”

Let’s unpack that a bit: “He only cares about the three murdered children. What about the Mom who murdered them?”

People who watched the trial said that Reddington was very professional until it went to the jury. He’s certainly been an ass since. As Turley says: “You can disagree with this juror and the outcome but still celebrate that our legal system comes down not to judges or lawyers, but to simple citizens doing justice in thousands of cases a year. It comes down to whether every juror can vote not for a popular choice, but for a moral one. hat is why some of us were so shocked by Reddington’s public attack on this one juror. This is not who we are supposed to be as officers of the court. We stand in the path of the mob, not leading it.”

Well, some do. But if the mob determines outcomes, who needs high-priced lawyers? And how safe should they feel if they disagree with the mob?

Posted at 7:22 am by Glenn Reynolds

YOU MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN THE GLEICHSCHALTUNG, BUT THE GLEICHSCHALTUNG IS INTERESTED IN YOU — AND YOUR KIDS:

Tweet concludes:

If we started with that idea that every child is our child, we would build incredible public schools, we would guarantee everybody healthcare, we would guarantee childcare, we would stop putting money in bombs and tanks that kill kids and we would start investing in infrastructure and opportunity for kids.

El-Sayed is far from the only leftist with this notion. Just ask Randi Weingarten, New York magazine, Nation magazine, Politico, and Comcast:

Related: Saving Your Child From The Village. “It used to be that it takes a village to save a child. Now, you have to work hard to save your child from the village.”

Posted at 7:14 am by Ed Driscoll

THE DIRECTION IS GOOD BUT THE MAGNITUDE NEEDS WORK:

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

September 5, 2026

OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

DO TELL: WSJ: Say, Trump May Actually Win the Hormuz Crisis – by Mooting It. “Strategic patience for the win? Iran’s regime leaders thought they could force the US to buckle by strangling the global economy at the Strait of Hormuz. The US, however, has an actual blue-water navy, and that tends to matter in blockades involving a country entirely reliant on sea trade for its only valuable export economy.”

Posted at 8:53 pm by Glenn Reynolds

THE DOVER PROTEST: OBSERVATIONS.

“Their clothing is coordinated and remarkably uniform. I use the term ‘uniform’ deliberately. The near-universal face covering also frustrates identification and subsequent intelligence gathering. Whether that is its principal purpose or not, it is certainly the effect. Most strikingly, there is a conspicuous absence of the nationalist imagery normally associated with protests of this kind. Few, if any, English flags. Instead, there is a preponderance of Christian symbolism.”

Posted at 8:46 pm by Glenn Reynolds

MATT TAIBBI: Note on a Mistrial: Hoo, boy. “How can ‘mental defect’ have a lobby? What’s happening to people?”

Posted at 7:50 pm by Glenn Reynolds