March 7, 2026

THANKS, FELLAS:

Not that you’d fire a Patriot at a Shahed…

Posted at 12:30 pm by Stephen Green

TRUE ENOUGH:

Posted at 12:03 pm by Glenn Reynolds

I DID NOTICE:

Posted at 11:16 am by Stephen Green

THIS:

Posted at 10:56 am by Stephen Green

JOSEPH CAMPBELL: Will the 2026 midterms be a ‘blue wave?’ Here’s what to watch as polling ramps up.

One of the safe wagers about this year’s midterm elections is that polling of competitive congressional races will be frequent and abundant — and maybe even misleading. After all, the “red wave” of sweeping Republican victories anticipated four years ago turned out to be a very modest “red trickle.”

While Democrats are favored to win control of the House of Representatives this year, it may be months before clarity emerges about how November’s congressional elections will turn out. Even so, it is none too early to be aware of some realities about election surveys this year, especially as polling already has been conspicuous in unfolding U.S. Senate races in Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire and Georgia.

Pollsters in 2026 are coming off back-to-back disappointments. In 2024, polls overall understated Republican Donald Trump’s support for the third time in as many presidential elections, despite modifications to survey techniques that sought to avoid such an outcome. In 2025, polls collectively underestimated support for victorious Democrats in gubernatorial campaigns in New Jersey and Virginia — the year’s two most prominent statewide races.

Of course, past results are no sure indicator of future polling performance, as the recent experience of AtlasIntel makes clear.

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 10:14 am by Ed Driscoll

MSM IGNORED GABBARD’S ISLAMIZATION WARNING: But others, led by a group of House Republicans, acted and continue doing so today. How deep is the problem today? Rep. Brandon Gill, one of that group, cites demands for Muslim calls to prayer in rural North Texas.

Posted at 10:10 am by Mark Tapscott

THE CORBYNIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES APACE: JFK’s Grandson Jack Schlossberg’s Shocking ‘Jew Blood’ MAHA Recipe Post Exposes a Very Dark Side (Watch).

Jack Schlossberg is a candidate for New York’s 12th Congressional district. More importantly, he is JFK’s grandson and the son of Caroline Kennedy. He is clearly political royalty. He also has some very severe problems. A recent social media post exhibits that all too well. He calls this concoction the ‘MAHA energy ball’.

This is not safe for work or little ears.

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JFK might be rolling in his grave, but probably not his dad: Joseph Kennedy and the Jews.

Posted at 8:45 am by Ed Driscoll

GEORGE GALLOWAY — THAT’S A NAME I’VE NOT HEARD FOR A LONG TIME. A LONG TIME:

Posted at 8:22 am by Ed Driscoll

BIDEN BOOKENDS: Biden Tells Majority Black Crowd At Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Funeral ‘I’m Smarter Than You.’

Reverend Jesse Jackson’s funeral was held on Friday afternoon in Chicago.

Several well-known figures attended, including Barack Obama, Joe and Jill Biden, and the Clintons.

Joe Biden not only attended but also gave a speech at the funeral.

However, as usual, Biden had a rough time behind the podium.

During one part of his speech, as he attempted to tell a joke, he claimed he was smarter than most of the people in attendance:

Watch Biden here:

And thus Biden in his twilight years echoes the moment that helped derail his first presidential bid, in April of 1987: Joe Biden’s worst-ever campaign moment, revisited.

Posted at 8:14 am by Ed Driscoll

SINK ‘EM ALL: CDR Salamander: The Sinking of the Dena Was Textbook …the chart don’t lie.

Take a look at the chart above that I yanked from NYT.

What it represents are the Sea Lines of Communication (SLOC) out of the Persian Gulf/Arabian Gulf. Each of those dots is a tanker delivering the hydrocarbons that enable modern civilization to exist and keep three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse in the stable.

The one center-screen? That is the SLOC our warships and their logistics chain use to move from the Pacific into the Indian Ocean and on to our fleet.

See the city of Colombo? That is the main commercial hub on the island nation of Sri Lanka. The very center of the SLOC that flows south of Sri Lanka lies about 40 nautical miles south of the island.

Until you understand the above, you really should not be even starting a conversation about the sinking of the Iranian frigate, IRIS Dena, by a US Navy SSN. . . . No naval leader in the last three thousand years would have looked at this scenario and said, “No, leave that warship alone.”

This was probably one of the most justifiable sinkings of a warship in recent history.

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 8:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

ED MORRISSEY: Dire Strait: Sure Looks Like China Is Writing Off the Ayatollahs.

[Foreign Affairs’ Yun] Sun writes, Beijing has belatedly realized how poorly Iran performs, both economically and in terms of real power projection. Only when the West appeases Iran does the regime appear strong. When the West confronts Iran, everything withers, including their will to fight. Sun writes that Trump isn’t the only one looking forward to a potential regime change:

Although Chinese state media have refrained from openly criticizing the regime, the Chinese policy community focused on the Middle East is clear-eyed about the bad decision-making, rampant corruption and poor governance in Tehran. Israel’s ability to infiltrate the Iranian security apparatus, which is what allowed it to effectively target Iranian military leaders and nuclear scientists during the 12-day war, suggests that many Iranian officials don’t trust their system and are willing to sell out their country. Chinese leaders are skeptical of the viability of an Iranian state that its own officials don’t have faith in.

China’s disillusionment with Iran’s leaders means that Beijing is not inherently opposed to regime change. Because its priority is to ensure that Iran remains a viable economic partner, it is regime agnostic. In fact, if the U.S. and Israeli attacks curtail Iran’s rogue military ambitions and the country repositions itself as an economic power in the Middle East, it could represent a future that China embraces.

China also has a meeting with Trump at the end of March. Xi wants to find a rapprochement with Trump on trade as well as global security concerns. Iran could have been leverage in those talks before the war broke out, but now it will be either a liability or potentially a deal-breaker.

Why, it’s as if: Trump’s ultimate target in this war is China. Geoffrey Cain of the Spectator notes that, “at the end of this month, Xi must sit across from Donald Trump, the man who greenlit the strike on the Ayatollah in Tehran and the seizure of Maduro in Caracas:”

Xi arrives boxed in on every front. He cannot defend Iran without alienating the Gulf states. He cannot abandon Iran without appearing weak to the remaining members of the coalition he spent a decade assembling. He needs a trade deal to stabilize China’s economy, which is slowing far faster than Beijing admits. Official figures claim 5 percent growth, but Rhodium Group, a widely cited independent research firm, puts the real number at closer to 2.5 to 3 percent. He needs Trump in a generous mood.

The deepest damage, though, is something Xi cannot afford to acknowledge: what losing Iran means for Taiwan.

Most analysts think about a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in military terms. Can Beijing’s forces actually land there and take the island? But invading Taiwan would also trigger western sanctions far worse than any-thing imposed on Russia. And after what happened to Khamenei, Beijing knows that escalation does not end with sanctions. To survive all that, China needs countries willing to sell it oil off the books, help it move money past western banks and provide political cover. Iran and Russia were supposed to be those countries.

China could still invade Taiwan, but not with any confidence that the CCP would survive the consequences. Some will argue that makes Xi more dangerous, that a leader who sees his options shrinking might act before they disappear. But everything he is doing points the other way. He is shoring up his economy, not preparing for war.

The summit will be conducted in the language of trade. Iran will hang over every session, but don’t expect that in the communiqué. Every government from Tokyo to Riyadh will read the subtext.

Xi will sit across from Trump and speak the language of a strong and ascendant China. The image is no longer the reality.

It doesn’t help Xi that the war in Iran isn’t serving as a convincing infomercial for the CCP’s weapons systems: China Sold Iran Fancy CM-302 Missiles—Turns Out They’re Temu Trash: 100% Failure Rate in Real War

Posted at 7:45 am by Ed Driscoll