April 16, 2026

GET WOKE, GO BROKE APPLIES TO CHURCHES, TOO:

Posted at 12:04 pm by Glenn Reynolds

WOW:

Posted at 11:58 am by Stephen Green

REALLY, ALL I NEED IS A CUP OF DECENT COFFEE WITH MAYBE A LITTLE CREAM: Starbucks’ ChatGPT experiment could quietly reshape how people order coffee.

Starting April 15, users will be able to turn to ChatGPT for help deciding on their next Starbucks order through a new integration with the coffee chain. To activate the feature, users simply tag @starbucks within a chat with the AI agent to trigger the new in-platform beta Starbucks app.

Users will be able to prompt ChatGPT to offer drink order advice based on mood, cravings, or even an image. For instance, a user might prompt ChatGPT with “@starbucks I’m looking for an iced pick me up,” with the LLM then suggesting an Iced Dragon Energy Drink alongside 5 additional options.

“Over the past year, one thing has become clear: customers aren’t always starting with a menu. They’re starting with a feeling,” Paul Riedel, senior vice president, digital & loyalty at Starbucks wrote in a blog post announcement.

A real boon for people who need help with this sort of thing, I suppose.

Posted at 11:43 am by Stephen Green

REMINDER: THE POINT OF OUR CURRENT ELECTION LAW ISN’T NECESSARILY TO STEAL EVERY ELECTION, BUT TO DISCREDIT THE SYSTEM:

Posted at 10:56 am by Stephen Green

DEVELOPING: Former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax Fatally Shoots Wife and Himself in Murder-Suicide. “Fairfax served as the lieutenant governor under former Democratic Governor Ralph Northam from 2018 to 2022. While in office, the lieutenant governor was accused of sexually assaulting two women years earlier. He maintained the sexual encounters, one of which took place in 2000 and another in 2004, were consensual. He then launched an unsuccessful bid for Virginia governor in 2021, coming in fourth in the Democratic primary. Prior to his tenure as lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax served as a federal prosecutor. On top of the sexual assault allegations against Fairfax, the Northam administration was also rocked by the emergence of a yearbook photo from 1984 depicting two men, one in black face and the other in a Ku Klux Klan costume. Northam initially said he was one of the two men but did not specify which. In the days following the scandal, however, Northam said he was not actually in the photo, but did admit to wearing black face for a Michael Jackson dance competition. Northam, however, never resigned.”

UPDATE:

 

Posted at 10:55 am by Ed Driscoll

BIDEN FORGOT THEM WHILE THEY WERE STILL GOING ON:

Posted at 10:25 am by Stephen Green

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

Posted at 9:54 am by Stephen Green

FOR DEMS, A WELL-PROSECUTED CAMPAIGN AGAINST A LONG-STANDING ENEMY IS A CRIME: Dems file 6 impeachment articles against Hegseth. “House Democrats will introduce six articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday accusing him of abuse of power, war crimes and other serious wrongdoing.”

Have no doubt: With a few (very few) notable exceptions like Sen. John Fetterman, Dems chose a side — and it isn’t America.

Posted at 9:39 am by Stephen Green

THEY ONLY REPORTED ON SWALWELL WHEN THEIR DEMOCRAT PARTNERS-IN-CRIME DEEMED IT NECESSARY:

Posted at 9:23 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Dems Still Trying to Ditch Stage 5 Clinger Kamala Harris. “All of the above, mixed with the leftist permanent state of aggrievement gives Harris a toxic sense of entitlement. Like Hillary Clinton before her, Harris believes that God, the world, and the American electorate owe her.”

Posted at 9:08 am by Stephen Green

WHY CAN’T WE DO THIS?

Posted at 8:52 am by Stephen Green

THE ANSWER IS, YOU’VE BEEN AT WAR FOR FOUR-PLUS YEARS WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT BUT 1.3 MILLION CASUALTIES, SANCTIONS, AND A BUSTED SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND: Putin Demands Answers as Russia’s Economy Undershoots Expectations.

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday demanded explanations from the government and Central Bank over why Russia’s economy is performing worse than expected this year, calling for urgent measures to revive growth in his second public complaint about economic weakness in a month.

According to the Economic Development Ministry, GDP in January and February was 1.8% lower than in the same period last year. The Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Economic Forecasting (INP) estimated a 1.5% year-on-year contraction for the first quarter, while the Central Bank had previously forecast GDP growth of 1.6% over the same period.

The ministry attributed part of the decline to calendar effects, noting that January had two fewer working days and February one fewer than a year earlier. Adjusted for this, GDP was flat year-on-year in January and rose 0.3% in February.

Putin dismissed the explanation as insufficient.

Well, it is insufficient. But since he won’t end the war and keeps silencing his critics, it’s the best answer he’s going to get.

Posted at 8:37 am by Stephen Green

RUPE DEBATE:  On Friday, I’ll be at Harvard Law School arguing that disparate impact liability is unconstitutional.  We’ll see if I persuade anyone.  I understand the event will be live streamed, but I don’t have a link for that yet.

If you’re interested in the subject, here’s a link to the article I wrote about disparate impact liability a few years ago.

If you have time and the inclination, by all means join me (assuming I eventually can get the link for you).

Posted at 8:19 am by Gail Heriot

IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: The Trump Doctrine, Defined. “What is the Trump Doctrine? My columns and essays in recent weeks have poked at it, hinted at it, but I never pulled it all together in one place — and not even President Donald Trump has fully explained it. So let’s do that now while the pieces still fall into place.”

Posted at 8:06 am by Stephen Green

FRAUD ISN’T AN UNFORTUNATE ASPECT OF THE SYSTEM. IT IS THE SYSTEM. THE PURPOSE OF A SYSTEM IS WHAT IT DOES.

Posted at 7:51 am by Glenn Reynolds

THE FALLOUT FROM BIDEN’S BORDER CRISIS CONTINUES:

Posted at 7:50 am by Stephen Green