July 12, 2026
OBVIOUS SURVEY SAYS OBVIOUS THINGS: Almost half of Muslim Americans have favorable view of Hamas — and few support Israel, new survey shows.
I THINK MICROSOFT NEEDS TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, LIKE, WHO OWNS THEM? Fury erupts as US brand fires 1,600 employees after securing thousands of foreign worker visas. One lawmaker called to end the H-1B foreign worker visa program entirely to prioritize hiring American workers.
WELL, THAT’S THAT: Hello Mrs. Owens.
July 11, 2026
¡NO PASARÁN!: Today Is George Bush’s Birthday (George Turns 23).
Today George Bush will be celebrating his birthday. Some will protest and say, that’s not true, the former president‘s birthday was July 6. But we’re not talking about the same person, apparently. Nor about his father. Because this George Bush turns only 23 today.
The George Bush I have in mind is not the one whose full name is George Walker Bush, nor the one whose full name is George Herbert Walker Bush, but the one whose full name is George Bush Abdul Kader Faris Abed El-Hussein (no relation to Saddam). And this George Bush was born in Baghdad on July 11, 2003.
Read the whole thing.
OPEN THREAD: I can’t cry anymore, while you post around.
CRITICS, CHINESE FRONTS, WHATEVER: The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites. Critics say ‘our coasts deserve better.’
OH, GREAT, ANOTHER JURASSIC PARK SEQUEL: For The First Time, Ancient Human DNA Has Been Found Preserved on Cave Walls.
NARRATIVES DON’T ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW:
It’s insane how the only racial violence the media really covers is white on black, which is statistically almost nonexistent. https://t.co/ab7pT3Dxdw
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 11, 2026
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AMONG OTHER THINGS, LESS WORK FOR DOCTORS: The pitfalls of using social media and AI for health decisions, according to a doctor.
ABOUT THE SAME:
How would the U.S. react if a member of the Israeli Knesset illegally broke into an ICE facility to interview detainees? Because that’s pretty much what Khanna did here. https://t.co/0bo6YyCOMG
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) July 11, 2026
Here’s what happened:
According to the @israelpolice statement:
The tour group, including Rep. @RoKhanna, entered a designated Closed Military Zone (CMZ) in Judea & Samaria, a restricted area where civilian entry is illegal for safety and security reasons.
IDF forces stopped them. Police arrived,…
— The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome (@TheMossadIL) July 11, 2026
The FA always seems like such a good idea until the FO, and maybe there could have been a little more FO in this case.
UPDATE (From Ed):
This is why this dude is having tantrums in Israel trying to move this out of the news. https://t.co/bgPkT8chcw
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) July 11, 2026
THAT GAY CRUISE SHIP DENIED ENTRY INTO TURKEY? Egypt Just Said ‘No’ Too:
I bet Gaza could use the tourist dollars, and apparently a lot of the aid money was looted by Hamas, and fancy nightclubs are springing up on the Strip.
That was my first thought when I read that the Egyptians had followed the Turkish example of denying entry to the Virgin cruise ship hosting a gay-themed cruise.
The Gay cruise that got rejected from Turkey is now being denied entry into… Egypt…
Are people this oblivious about the Middle East and gay rights there?
Funny thing the only country they would prob have fun in is Israel… if only they could their biases aside and go. pic.twitter.com/VXRfgttRbk
— Ben 🇮🇱🇺🇸 (@BennnnnBennnnnn) July 10, 2026
What were they thinking, scheduling a gay cruise to visit Muslim countries? It’s not that Egypt or Turkey is exactly a craphole—both have been centers of civilization at times, and neither is crushingly poor in the way that Conan O’Brien’s and Anderson Cooper’s favorite vacation destination, Haiti, is.
Are we certain of who Egypt and Turkey are angry with here?
What if the countries denying entry aren’t homophobic they’re just scared of Patti LuPone https://t.co/lUJe8WgAug
— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar) July 9, 2026
What will happen to the ship if no nation lets them in?
What if no country takes them in? What if they are forced to spend the rest of their lives on a gay cruise, sailing the oceans without end like some sort of eternal gay ghost pirate ship? https://t.co/lSscDgy9hk
— Jarvis (@jarvis_best) July 10, 2026
Actually, there is one Middle Eastern country that will happily let them in. Curiously, that destination doesn’t seem to be on the ship’s itinerary:
EVERYONE’S SUV SHOULD HAVE A SLUSHIE MACHINE.
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THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE, THE ISSUE IS ALWAYS THE REVOLUTION: Omnicause Mission Creep: Giffords Moves from Gun Control to Defending Illegals Attacking ICE Agents.
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TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE: I Watched the DSA Go Crazy. The Democrats May Be Next.
STATING THE OBVIOUS WILL GET YOU BURNED AT THE STAKE IN THE UK NOW: Oxford don under fire for saying Britain needs air-con. He’s right that opposition to air conditioning is basically a “tribal issue.”
JENNIFER SEY: The Graham Platner Saga.
Maine Democrats now scramble to replace him via a convention process with no direct voter input — echoing their handling of Biden: prop up the flawed candidate until politically untenable, then override primaries for the “right” choice. They preach “democracy” while sidelining the voters who picked Platner.
My thoughts: He’s the nominee. They nominated him. Own it. Live with it. (I know this isn’t happening but I’m just telling you what I think should have happened.) I think they should be stuck with this loser.
But when the optics finally collapsed, the party operatives pushed him out.
But what was the line, really? That he lied about his background didn’t do it. That he trolled teens online didn’t do it. That he twisted Lindsay Fifield’s arm behind her back and locked her in the bathroom didn’t do it. Those were all fine, seemingly. Just a real working class dude! Only when Racicot detailed the rape, did anyone seem to care. Did voters seem to care. Not sure why that was the straw that broke the camel’s back but voters finally started to question if he was fit for office and his numbers started falling and the Dems said you need to drop out.
And he did.
But he went out with a bang: Graham Platner, Classy to the Last.
Particularly because the real Graham Platner – the anti-social, privileged, communist failson mouthing slogans – finally emerges from behind all that professionally crafted guff right at the end. Platner’s final sign-off:
“F*ck ICE. Free Palestine. Up the hearts.”
Ah, now that’s more like the scumbag I know. Of course, because this is Platner, my first thought is: when he said “f*ck ICE” did he mean that in a gay way, or more like a viking? And I don’t even want to know what “up the hearts” even means – no offense, but it sounds like some kind of commie gobbledygook to me*. But as for “free Palestine” being Platner’s final sign-off? That’s a tell. That explains why he was recruited by his handlers in the first place. The Democratic Socialists of America may talk its programmatic game about fully automated luxury communism and whatnot, but what ultimately animates this movement, putting the steel in its spine, is the emotional charge of an enemy to unite against.
Earlier: Graham Platner: The Left’s Caricature of the American Everyman.
* It apparently is commie gobbledygook: “‘Up the Hearts’ is a rallying cry for Portland Hearts of Pine, Maine’s first professional soccer club.”
SCHRÖDINGER’S SENATOR: Tweeted and then deleted by the National Right to Life:
https://t.co/6804BRgDpC pic.twitter.com/JqVfwExXvx
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) July 11, 2026
VITAMIN D UPDATE: 5 New Things Scientists Have Learned About Vitamin D In 2026.
NO JEWS, NO NEWS:
Obviously correct. https://t.co/rYMHOboILR
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) July 11, 2026
(Classical reference in headline.)
