June 25, 2026

GREAT MOMENTS IN TOLERANCE FOR DIVERSITY:

As Mark Steyn wrote 20 years ago, “our tolerance of our own tolerance is making us intolerant of other people’s intolerance, which is intolerable. And, unlikely as it sounds, this has now become the highest, most rarefied form of multiculturalism. So you’re nice to gays and the Inuit? Big deal. Anyone can be tolerant of fellows like that, but tolerance of intolerance gives an even more intense frisson of pleasure to the multiculti masochists.”

Posted at 7:45 am by Ed Driscoll

GO FIGURE:

Posted at 7:39 am by Glenn Reynolds

CORN, POPPED: Postmaster General says he will comply with Trump rule to hold back mail ballots.

Postmaster General David Steiner told senators during a hearing Wednesday that he plans to abide by the Trump administration’s rule regarding not delivering mail-in ballots in states that decline to hand over sensitive data about voters to the federal government.

The proposed rule faces court challenges and Steiner said he would follow any court ruling on the matter, but will follow the rule until an order blocks it. The proposed rule seeks to create lists of citizens in each state to help determine who is eligible to vote and calls on the Postal Service not to distribute mail ballots to those not on state lists.

Steiner confirmed he would follow the rule after Democratic Michigan Sen. Gary Peters asked “If a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposal rule?”

“Under our proposed regulation, no,” Steiner said, according to the New York Times. “We would tell the state that we need the manifest.”

Steiner also agreed that USPS is not responsible for administering elections but indicated the rule was a procedural step for ensuring ballots are only sent to eligible voters.

Cue the lamentations of their women in five… four… three…

Posted at 7:35 am by Stephen Green

OTAS GETTING SUNLIGHT: Federal law requires federal spending to be publicly available on the USASpending.gov, but not there is at least $99.7 billion in Department of War research and development spending using Other Transactions Agreements (OTA) over the past six years.

Rep. Barry Moore (R-Ala) offers an amendment in the House Rules Committee (one of 1,200+!) that makes it clear OTA contracts must be disclosed on USASpending.gov. May not seem like a big deal in a $7 trillion federal budget but that’s how bureaucracies typically get around the law, finding (or creating) loopholes like OTA. And loopholes tend to breed like Jack Rabbits.

Posted at 7:33 am by Mark Tapscott

I’LL TAKE “WHO’S VOTING FOR DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS?” FOR $500, ALEX:

Posted at 7:14 am by Ed Driscoll

GEORGE WAS A YEAR BEHIND ME IN LAW SCHOOL AND CONTINUES TO PLAY TO TYPE:

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds