INSTANT KARMA:
HE TEXTED ICE HE WAS VOTING DEMOCRAT IN THE MIDTERMS.
That’s how they caught him.
Honduran noncitizen. California voter roll. Already on probation for blocking an ICE building — then he kept texting the agent that he couldn’t wait for November so their immunity would be gone.… pic.twitter.com/VjyBSkMOos
— QThestorm (@17QStorm) September 7, 2026
Also, that thing that never happens happened again.
A STUDENT SENATE VOTES 25–0 TO DENY A REPUBLICAN CLUB FOR BEING REPUBLICAN. At Whitman College, apparently freedom of association is fine, as long as you associate with the approved people. Rights that protect only popular opinions are not really protections at all.
ROGER KIMBALL: The Democrats are both cynical and naive.
Which leads me to the political principle a friend summed up in a pithy observation: “To be a liberal is to be unable to learn from the past.” Sometimes experience is a great teacher. Sometimes it is hardly more than a distraction. My friend’s point is that Democrats seem to derive no sustenance from their experience. The failure of their policies does not lead them to adjust their expectations or their actions. It causes them to double down on their mistakes.
The history of America’s welfare apparatus since the time of FDR and, especially, since the time of LBJ and the so-called Great Society programs, is a case in point.
Well, it depends. If the purpose of the Great Society was to make America better and happier, it was a mistake. If the purpose was to enrich a vast bureaucratic parasite class while holding the nation’s poor in government-funded serfdom, then it succeeded brilliantly. Just remember: The purpose of a system is what it does.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: It’s Going to Be a Big Week for IslamoFAUXbia. “I frequently write about the fact that American leftists live in an alternate, fictional reality. One of the biggest fictions that they peddle is that Islamic terrorism isn’t a problem but the white Christians are a powder keg that’s ready to blow. It’s wearisome and dangerous. When Democrats are in charge, they’re never looking for the real bad guys.”
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:
It’s alarming that Americans with advanced degrees are twice as likely to support political violence than high school graduates. They occupy the commanding heights of the US. They staff federal agencies, universities, foundations, newsrooms, law firms, tech companies, and medical… pic.twitter.com/I2WstrA5z7
— Timur Kuran (@timurkuran) September 8, 2026
Remember when higher education was supposed to have a civilizing influence?
THAT’S BRAVE: Small-scale protests break out in Iran over cost of living. “The protests come after DW Persian reported that many Iranians, including cancer patients, were forgoing or delaying critical treatment as healthcare costs become increasingly unaffordable. The prices of some medications had risen by 120%, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported. Some medications had increased in price by as much as 543%, German news channel Deutsche Welle (DW) reported.”
IMPRESSIVE:
EXCLUSIVE: Drone activity at the U.S.-Mexico border dropped roughly 75% after the U.S. used a laser weapon, the military says. https://t.co/7ZkYRoeNAt
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 7, 2026
IT WAS TOTALLY ON-POINT, WASN’T IT? Looking Back on the 2016 ‘Flight 93 Election’ Essay That Changed American History.
LIGHTNING DEAL: Mukiya 20000mAh Laptop Power Bank with Retractable Cable & Stand. #CommissionEarned
MACARTHUR PARK IS CLONING IN THE DARK: Adam Carolla: Los Angeles is “number one in artist renderings. You say whatever you want about your city, we’ll kick your ass with our renderings. Our actual product is shit, but if you want a bullet train or a park or a bridge, we got a rendering, and it’s amazing. Except we’ll never realize any of it:”
A new $82 million dollar park is opening under the 6th street bridge in Los Angeles, California
The promotion materials show it being amazing, clean, a place for kids with a splash pad and tons of amenities and fields
It’s not even open and it’s already COVERED in graffiti, it… pic.twitter.com/wYD0ZrnfY9
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) September 7, 2026
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER: Amy Acton’s ‘Assassination Attempt’ Narrative Is Falling Apart.
LEFTISM IS BAD FOR PEOPLE AND OTHER LIVING THINGS: America’s Bad Cities Are Costing You. “Does crime reduce the extent of agglomeration economies? To a major extent, yes, and we know it thanks to a suite of different disasters—bombings, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.—, to random events that displaced populations—the Mariel Boatlift, Japanese internment, close elections that appointed discriminatory mayors, etc.—, to the historical period known as the Great Migration—the mass movement of African Americans from the southeastern U.S. to the rest of the country’s urban areas. My replication package deals with all of these, and they produce convergent results, but for this article, I’ll just talk about the clearest example.”
Some fascinating stuff at the link.
MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer bashed America’s juries — and battered another pillar of justice.
NICE WORK — NOW GO FIND THE NEXT ONE:
🚨 BOOM! All the hospices are gone. Not a single hospice remains. No more luxury vehicles and no more of your dollars funding their fraudulent scheme. They were all frauds.
In this one location alone we saved America $30 million+.
END IT ALL. pic.twitter.com/AZd6ptatr7
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) September 7, 2026
Meanwhile: Critics say new ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ will make uncovering fraud more difficult.
“THE COUNTERREVOLUTION”: Victor Davis Hanson Surveys Trump’s Fall and Rise.
IT’S SEVEN IN THE MORNING. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR MARS ROVER IS UP TO? What is going on with Perseverance?
AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK: Carmakers Have A New Idea to Boost EV Range: Add a Gas Engine.
EV sales remain depressed since the Trump administration removed a $7,500 incentive last year and rolled back regulations driving a more electric market.
Two primary concerns have kept Americans from buying EVs en masse: the higher cost of battery-powered cars, and concerns over range—specifically, the availability of charging. In theory, EREVs solve the range and charging problem, while offering other advantages for bigger vehicles like three-row SUVs. Those require large batteries that can struggle with long recharge times. The setup is popular in China’s high-tech auto market, where even Ford and General Motors offer EREV vehicles not sold in the U.S.
Most plug-in hybrids on the road today are essentially gasoline vehicles with a battery shoehorned in to provide a small amount of all-electric range. EREVs flip the concept. They are designed first as electric vehicles, and the engine solely acts as a generator for the battery, with no mechanical connection to the wheels.
The setup saves some battery costs compared with full EVs and eliminates the need for gas-car parts like a transmission. EREVs also drive like EVs, including instant acceleration even when the battery is drawing from the generator.
EVs need to offer the range independence of gas cars.
THEY’RE ONLY GOING TO REPORT ON POTENTIALLY EMBARRASSING HAPPENINGS: Mainstream TV vague about airing first-ever GOP midterm convention — as NFL serves up big competition.
A GOOD MAN WITH A GUN ROLL OF DUCT TAPE: NJ gun shop owner ID’d as hero who duct-taped unruly airline passenger — and his clapback to the lunatic was brilliant.
NO. IT’S BAD SCIENCE FICTION. NEXT? Is the New HIGH Climate Scenario Plausible? Good news and bad news from a close look at the new CMIP7 scenarios.
NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE: American Heroes of 9/11: Todd Beamer and the Passengers of Flight 93.
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