20 MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE:

She's running for president and can't be in a relationship with a white dude.

That's points off in the Woke Olympics https://t.co/0FB0PNufm7

— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) August 11, 2026

The DNC-MSM will absolutely love her:

The media wants to make Ocasio-Cortez the Taylor Swift of American Politics.

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 11, 2026

LIMITED TIME DEAL: BAMBOO COOL Men’s Underwear Breathable Boxer Briefs. #CommissionEarned

PEACEFUL, EASY CONFLICT: Trump floats ‘easy, relaxed’ Iran war phase focused on hurting regime’s economy: ‘I’m their banker.’

TRUE BUT THAT’S PROBABLY WORSE: Fauci was not a mad scientist, but a mere bureaucrat granted unlimited power.

UNITED IN THEIR HATE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION:

Again, if you don’t see the Red-Green-Green alliance—you’re blind. https://t.co/IfSYMtXUWq

— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) August 11, 2026

THE 2020 PROJECT:

The people who talk about slavery as if it happened yesterday are trying to act like 2020 is ancient history. https://t.co/PN1PK17MhK

— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) August 11, 2026

SCOTT PINSKER: The Cunning Genius of AOC’s ‘Woke’ Reboot. “Tread carefully, Republicans: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is still America’s most dangerous Democrat — and still the odds-on favorite to win her party’s 2028 presidential nomination.”

FROM CEDAR SANDERSON:  Fen Dead (The Groundskeeper Book 6).

In the misty fen on the edge of town, a murdered man refuses to stay buried.

Chloe Brandt, groundskeeper of Belleview cemetery and reluctant apprentice mediator to the dead, has been called in to help. The deeper she digs into the strange killing, the more she realizes some bindings run deeper than any grave.

Armed with a glowing jar of restless oil, a crew of sectretive gnomes, and more confidence than caution, Chloe must navigate deceptions and dangerous liminal spaces before the fen claims another soul. In a world where even the dead keep secrets, the only way forward is to get your hands dirty.

AND HE DESERVES WORSE THAN THAT: The Euro Mean Girls Are Ganging Up on Pedro Sanchez.

MYSTERY OF THE SERVICE & INVESTIGATIONS STAFF: Remember that concluding scene in the first Indiana Jones flick in which the lone bureaucrat in a huge government warehouse pushes a cart loaded with stuff never likely to be seen again?

Well, there is a real-life instance akin to that scene playing out now regarding the once-mighty Service & Investigations staff of the House Appropriations Committee. It’s mostly lefty public administration types agitating about it now, but there are good and solid reasons for libertarians and conservatives to take notice as well, as I explain in today’s column on “Mark Tapscott’s Copy Desk.” And don’t miss the neat illustration, courtesy of chatGPT.

EVERYONE IN THE GAME:  Vietnamese satellite company signs launch deal with SpaceX.

SHE TURNED ON THEM MONTHS AGO:  Virginians Are Turning on Abigail Spanberger.

GEE, YA THINK?  David Crowley Says Francesca Hong Is a Liability on Eve of Wisconsin Primary.

SECRECY GOT THEM INTO THIS HOLE AND FILLING IT WITH HORSE[BLEEP] WON’T GET THEM OUT:  The Education System Needs Fixing, Not Secrecy.

THEY DON’T SEEMT O HAVE THE KIND OF NONSENSE WE HAVE HERE:  Data on Foreigners Facing Deportation in Japan Shared By Immigration Agency With Local Governments.

REAL BANNED BOOKS:  The book “Easy Meat,” the best broad overview of the rape gangs in Britain, was banned from Amazon’s store in 2021, at the height of the closure of the Internet. It has not been reinstated.

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FIND THEM WHERE THEY ARE:  FAA’s Gamer Recruitment Campaign Scores Over 2,000+ Air Traffic Controller Candidates.

WEIRDLY, DEMOCRAT DISTRICTS HAVE MORE. “WEIRDLY”:  Map Shows H-1B Visa Filings in Democratic and Republican Districts.

FOLLOW HER. DEFINITELY FOLLOW HER:  You Can Follow the Racist, or You Can Follow Me. There is drama and this time I caused it.

OKAY, THEN:  Weapons Is a Modern-Day Allegory of the Boomer Menace..On the surface, the film seems like a typical example of the horror genre, but underneath is an argument about the elderly preying on the young.

THINGS ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF CONTROL:  Oh, I’ve seen this kind of crap before, now it involves Flock cameras.

NEWS YOU CAN USE:  It was just revealed, not a few weeks ago, that the ludicrous and lurid allegations against Activation-Blizzard software were completely bogus; and fake outrage generated from such is what gave the Californian state government power to *force* the company to do diversity hires – with the resulting propagandization and degradation of their product afterwards being inevitable.

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SOMETIMES THE INSIDE OF MY HEAD IS A VERY WEIRD PLACE:  The Cat’s Choice.

WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Churchill was a longtime professor of ethnic studies at CU Boulder. He became a nationally controversial figure in higher education after an essay he wrote that referred to some of the victims of the 9/11 attacks as “little Eichmanns,” a characterization that prompted widespread condemnation and made Churchill a national figure.

The controversy soon expanded beyond his writings about the 9/11 attacks.

In 2005, the University of Colorado launched a formal investigation into allegations that Churchill had plagiarized portions of other people’s work, misused sources and fabricated material. University officials also investigated allegations that he had misrepresented his American Indian ancestry.

Churchill was the subject of many a blogpost at Instapundit back in the day if you wish to scroll through the archives.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.