July 26, 2026

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

THIS WEEKEND IS A BIT INSANE: I’ll do my regular posting tomorrow, but I forgot to post the meme post here earlier, and I know a lot of you like it.  So:  Meme Days Of Summer.

Posted at 12:26 am by Sarah Hoyt

July 25, 2026

AND AGAIN: Terror Attack in Berlin.  “Fifteen people were injured, with one having died so far. German police are investigating whether the attack was terror-related, but I am not sure what there is to investigate. The perpetrator drove a car into a gay crowd at a high rate of speed, and then attacked people with a knife. There’s your investigation. I assume the terrorist was a Muslim, but it is possible he was some other kind of extremist. We will find out soon.”

UPDATE: Its origin and purpose, still a total mystery.

MORE: Suspect in Berlin Pride attack identified as ‘Islamist.’ “‘Based on the investigators’ initial findings, we have already identified a suspected perpetrator,’ Florian Nath, a spokesman for Berlin police, said, adding that the force’s search for the suspect was ‘proceeding at full speed’. ‘He is known to us as a member of Islamic circles here in Berlin … we still have no information whatsoever regarding his specific motives, the exact sequence of events, or his role in the crime itself.’”

Posted at 10:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

OPEN THREAD: Bloggin’ all over the world.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

IT’S A FORM OF BULLYING, OR MAYBE TYRANNY: The protesters are not just expressing themselves but demanding that other people stop living their lives freely and become one with the protest. “I am reminded of something Michelle Obama said back in 2008: ‘Barack Obama … is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.'”

Posted at 8:39 pm by Glenn Reynolds

HOW TO MURDER INNOVATION WITH THIS 1 WEIRD TRICK:

UPDATE (From Ed): The Assassination Fan Base.

Posted at 8:30 pm by Stephen Green

THIS POST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE OXFORD COMMA:

As one wag joked on Facebook, “Wow, how did she have time to write?!”

Posted at 4:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

THE LEFT ALWAYS PRETENDS THAT ITS EXTREMIST MINORITY VIEWS ARE ACTUALLY THE NORM:

Posted at 4:11 pm by Glenn Reynolds

BEWARE THE FLAMBOYANT CANDIDATES WITH NO EXPERIENCE:

The city also has to be on the alert for Legionella impacting nursing homes this summer. Late Monday, dangerous levels of Legionella were found in the water system at a long-term care facility in Rochester, New York, forcing the facility to shift to bottled water and stop all bathing.

Let the deaths in New York this week be a red flag that being mayor is a serious management job. It’s not about wildly speculating on the popularity of arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a preposterous and illegal act. Or cycling around the city, grinning for the cameras.

The investor class is seeing the warning signs of management inexperience. Yields are suddenly jumping upward on municipal bonds, a sign that debt holders are jittery watching the boy mayor demand ever-higher taxes to fund his socialist ideas and allow record dependence on cash welfare to continue.

Voters across the nation should watch this unfold and learn from it as they’re wooed by other candidates offering Mamdani-like theatrical appeal and utopian visions but no experience governing. In many of these races, people’s lives and money could depend on wisely choosing a leader with a track record.

Why would voters start now?

Posted at 2:44 pm by Ed Driscoll

TRUMP’S SUCCESS and AI’s Bias. “The apology is welcome, but it would be better if AI programs didn’t regurgitate liberal talking points in the first place.”

Posted at 2:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: Adventures in the Patriarchy™: Disgraced Former CNN Host Discovers Perverted New Shtick.

Via Unraveling With Brooke Baldwin (emphasis added):

If you’ve been reading me for a while, you know I signed up for my very first dating app a few months ago and lasted approximately three minutes before deleting it… Very recently, I gave it another shot.

Why? Maybe I wanted a distraction. Maybe I like to kiss. Maybe I’m a grown-ass woman who can do whatever the hell she wants.

This time I made it… five whole days.

Part of my bio read:

Integrity. Brains. Respect. Big career. Deeply spiritual. Serial monogamist… but taking a break from that for the first time in my life. Rare window.

Rare window.

It’s true. I know myself. I love love. I love partnership. This chapter won’t last forever.

But here’s what’s fascinating. Over the last month or so, I’ve had the opportunity to sleep with four different men. This is not a humblebrag. Nor have I suddenly become Samantha Jones. (Though if that’s your lane… Do you, boo.)

What’s interesting isn’t them. It’s me.

We’ll get to that but first — they’re all amazing.

One literally flew in just to take me to dinner and spends his days trying to save our democracy one congressional district at a time.

One used to run a country.

One is just… hot.

That’s all you’re getting for now.

(Also, this is officially awkward because I know at least a couple of these gentlemen subscribe to this Substack now. Hi, fellas. 👋)

Now that she’s effectively doing a safe-for-work Substack version of OnlyFans, I’d like to bring to your attention my personal favorite Baldwin moment from her storied CNN career, when she performatively feigned outrage after Clay Travis said on the air, preposterously and hilariously, that the only two things he really believes in are the First Amendment and boobs.

Newsreaders invariably get incensed by the notion they can easily be replaced with actors, and yet Baldwin certainly gave an Oscar-winning performance back in 2017:

Posted at 1:44 pm by Ed Driscoll