May 20, 2026
THEY SHOULD BE ACCUSTOMED TO DISAPPOINTMENT BY NOW: ‘I Can’t Believe This Is the Field’ — California Dems Reel Over Mediocre Governor Candidates.
NOT REALLY A CHOICE: The Choice Facing California Conservatives: Despair or Fight.
“Take not counsel of your fears.” — George S. Patton
MADE IN THE USA: Anti-Aging Face Moisturizer with Retinol, Collagen & Hyaluronic Acid. #CommissionEarned
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Minnesota’s Gun Rights Battleground Moves From the Capitol to the Campaign Trail. “Rep. Stephenson admitted it — if DFL lawmakers win the majority, they intend to pass these bills into law in 2027. That means bans on commonly owned firearms, magazine restrictions and new burdens on lawful gun owners and firearm retailers are not hypothetical. They are already written and already waiting.”
SAME OLD, SAME OLD: The New York Times: What ‘Journalistic Standards?’
WHEN TRUTH IS NO LONGER PARAMOUNT. I don’t think it’s clear what a campus is supposed to be doing if truth-seeking is not primary to its mission, but plenty of folks on campus don’t agree.
YOUR RACE CARD HAS EXPIRED:
Not surprisingly, Ohio Dem tries to imply @lukerosiak's fraud investigation is RACIST:
DEM: "For you to imply the racist information…You're implying that most of the fraud is happening in communities of color."
LR: "I'm not implying it. I'm stating it." 🔥 pic.twitter.com/eeY70xoi0h
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) May 19, 2026
PEOPLE LIKE HUNTING AND FISHING: Ancient Danes kept hunting and fishing for millennia even after farming spread, study finds.
THE CENSOR’S FAVORITE CLICHÉ HAS A BAD ALIBI: “Fire in a crowded theater” was born in a case upholding the punishment of anti-draft leaflets — which makes it a strange hero quote for anyone claiming to defend liberty.
NOVEMBER PREVIEW: Current polling shows Hilton and Becerra as top 2 in California governor race. “Under California law, the two highest vote getters in the June 2 primary, regardless of party affiliation, will go on to the Nov. 3 general election. The VOTER Index poll says that could be Hilton, a former Fox News host, and Becerra, a former California attorney general and congressman who served as secretary of health and human services during the Biden administration.”
IF THIS FLIES, CAN WE REQUIRE 4 HOURS OF BASIC ECONOMICS AND CIVICS BEFORE PEOPLE CAN REGISTER TO VOTE? Bill Would Mandate 4-Hour Course for Those Moving to California Who Own Guns.
IT’S A COLD ONE ON THE FRONT RANGE AND SO ARE NATURAL GAS PRICES: It’s a Hot One on the East Coast and So Are the Electricity Rates. “Nuclear domes and towers do not sprout like mushrooms, but those massive electric bills will feel like a thermal runaway in no time, with no cooldown in sight.”
RECYCLING: The Pentagon’s Next Critical Minerals Source Is Already in Its Own Warehouses. “A new generation of hydrometallurgical processing, including biosorption, can recover high-purity metals from end-of-life electronics at commercial scale without the footprint of a smelter. These facilities can be built in about 15 months for roughly $40 million each. They maintain full chain of custody from waste stream to refined metal. And the upstream supply chain already exists: some 900 certified e-waste recyclers operate across the country today. What’s missing is the domestic processing capacity to keep those metals here.”
WORST. HITLER. EVER: Money Well Spent: ‘Moron’ Thomas Massie Joins Marjorie Taylor Greene on Ash Heap of History.
These fans of the soon-to-be-former congressman (and other lunatics) will now be tasked with determining which supernatural force bears more blame for Massie’s defeat—Donald Trump or the Jews? A rhetorical question, of course. As the antisemites have certainly realized by now, even someone as handsome and powerful as Trump is not impervious to Jewish influence. The real question is whether they will ultimately grasp the futility of waging a lame crusade against an omnipotent cult that controls the weather, the space lasers, and the White House.
“My people are smart enough to understand that this is Israel trying to buy an election,” Massie told Fox News on Tuesday. Alas, his constituents’ brains did not prove beyond the reach of the meddling globalists, who spent a small fraction of their towering net worth to defeat a man Trump once charitably described as a “complete and total disaster as a congressman and, frankly, as a human being.” Money well spent, in our opinion. His righteous defeat concluded what was arguably the most important primary of the 2026 cycle. His victory would have emboldened the antisemitic conspiracy mongers that exist on both sides of the political spectrum. The result is proof that Republicans are not willing to coddle these freaks and are willing to happily purge them from their ranks. It sends a strong signal that frothing Groyperism is not a winning message in GOP primaries, which is good for the long-term health of the party and the country. For that, we can thank the unyielding leadership of Donald Trump—and whatever forces are controlling his mind.
Related: “Meanwhile, on the Left, an antisemite like Hasan Piker is praised, mainstreamed, campaigned with, and sanitized. Someone who doesn’t believe Israel should exist as a Jewish state like Zohran Mamdani is lauded as the future. Accusing Israel of genocide is the cost of entry, and the word Zionist has become a slur. Being pro-Israel, as the vast majority of Jews are, is a non-starter. The two sides are not the same. The Right may have antisemites—but the party is easily and eagerly purging itself of them. The Left is plagued by antisemitism—because it is embracing its antisemites.“
IF ONLY THERE HAD BEEN SOME SORT OF WARNING: “They built the cost structure of a growth company on top of a customer base that was mathematically guaranteed to shrink.”
Universities had 17 years of warning. They responded by doing the opposite of what the math demanded.
In 2008, American birth rates fell off a cliff. The Great Recession made people stop having kids. Those never-born children would be turning 18 right now. The number of U.S.… https://t.co/0tI8qYNR94
— Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) May 19, 2026
SOMETIMES ONE LOSES ONE’S MIND: The Based Book Sale and also Mistakes Were Made.
CUBA FALLING: These Sanctions Are Getting Mighty Personal.
DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS: Abbott Seeks New Crime Fighting Tools. “Texas is a law-and-order state, but soft-on-crime Democrats are hellbent on undoing public order in blue cities, so Texas Governor Greg Abbott is asking for new tools to correct the errors of their ways.”
ME ON FEDERALIST RADIO: The Dangers Lurking Within ’Seductive AI.’
DIGITAL DECOUPLING:
🇨🇳 FT: "One more on data decoupling. Scoop: @MorganStanley issues China-only iPhones & iPads to HK bankers. Covers entire IBD of 300+ from junior to MD. Devices carry only work email & zoom. GS, JPM etc have yet to implement such policy".
Hong Kong has been legally Chinese… https://t.co/PQSzDA34j1 pic.twitter.com/4KK2kOxeLj
— The Tectonic (@thetect0nic) May 20, 2026
This one is a bit dry, but still important.
I’d say I was amazed that it took these firms so long to protect themselves from Beijing’s prying eyes, but I already spent the last three decades watching American firms give up their IP and trade secrets to the exact same Communists.
