May 11, 2026

NORM FOR THE WIN… AGAIN:

Posted at 10:53 am by Stephen Green

THOSE DON’T EVEN REGISTER AS ROOKIE NUMBERS: Germany deports 135 Iraqi migrants in first three months of 2026.

In January 2025, the German parliament approved a controversial migration bill aimed at tightening enforcement measures. The legislation included provisions to curb illegal immigration, accelerate deportations, remove foreign criminals, detain individuals facing removal orders, and restrict family reunification.

Official data released to the Left Party faction in October last year showed that 328 Iraqis, including 18 minors, were deported during the first half of 2025.

Kurds from Iraq and Turkey have also been affected by Germany’s broader immigration crackdown, which saw more than 8,200 refugee residence permits revoked over the past year. The stricter policies have coincided with a sharp decline in asylum applications, which fell to their lowest level in a decade.

That new law needs much more tightening.

Posted at 10:38 am by Stephen Green

MAKE LA GREAT AGAIN:

Tweet concludes, “I wish I lived in LA just so I could vote for him.”

But in 2026, is that really an issue?

Related: “Spencer Pratt and The Art of Persuasion,” a Scott Adams-style look at Pratt’s campaign techniques.

Posted at 10:35 am by Ed Driscoll

NOT TO MENTION DECADES WORTH OF MEDIA BIAS*:

When Obama says, that the GOP should be “the loyal opposition,” hoping that they’ll blindly go along with their nearly 120 years of power grabs is what he’s referring to.

* As Tim Groseclose observed in his 2012 book, Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind,  “Groseclose contends that the general leftward bias of the media has shifted the PQ of the average American by about 20 points, on a scale of 100, the difference between the current political views of the average American, and the political views of the average resident of Orange County, California or Salt Lake County, Utah.”

Posted at 10:22 am by Ed Driscoll

DEALING WITH DEATH CULTS: Islam is not the first foreign threat to the United States that practiced a warrior death cult. Richard Pollock reminds of the Japanese Bushido code in World War II. There are lessons here for dealing with Islam.

Posted at 10:14 am by Mark Tapscott

JONATHAN TURLEY UNDERTAKES a distasteful task. “Under Schapiro, a wide array of speech was deemed “microaggressive” or intolerable in the interests of harmony and inclusion. He did little to quell the viewpoint intolerance at Northwestern and the virtual purging of faculty ranks of conservative or Republican faculty. Now the mob has come for Schapiro.’

Posted at 10:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

I FOLLOW THESE THINGS FOR A LIVING AND THIS STORY FLEW RIGHT UNDER MY RADAR UNTIL NOW:

WDIV-4 News called her “an Oakland County woman” in its lede.

Posted at 9:51 am by Stephen Green

IT’S COMPLICATED: Russia said to be sending Iran drone parts via Caspian Sea, bypassing Hormuz blockade.

According to the sources, who spoke to the American outlet on condition of anonymity, the long-overlooked trade corridor is helping Iran rebuild its military capabilities in the wake of the US-Israeli bombing campaign that ended last month in a tenuous ceasefire.

If shipments from Russia continue at their current pace, Iran could quickly restock its drone arsenal, US officials said, some 60 percent of which was lost during the recent war.

The Caspian Sea acts as a bridge, connecting the two countries which do not share a border but both have long coastlines on the massive inland sea. It allows Russia and Iran to trade openly, without fear of interdiction by US or other countries for evading sanctions, the New York Times reported.

According to the news outlet, Russia is sending goods that would normally pass through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blockaded for weeks now by both the US and Iran. Goods transiting the Caspian Sea include grains, animal feed, sunflower oil and other staple products.

Previously: Ukraine war briefing: Distant strike on Russian missile ship in Caspian Sea.

Who knows what Kyiv might do if somebody slipped them some drone parts cargo ship targeting data.

Posted at 9:36 am by Stephen Green

FUN IS CONTAGIOUS:

Posted at 9:20 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: We’ve Finally Found Something That United America. Sort Of. “So, why do I say it’s the first thing to unite Americans in quite a while? Because every single person I know mentioned it to me this weekend. And I’m pretty sure even some people I don’t know mentioned it. I saw it all over social media. I saw it from Democrats and Republicans and Independents. I saw it from skeptics and believers. I saw it from X-Files-obsessed dads and conspiracy theorist grandmas and aviation nerds who spend all their time on Reddit and FlightRadar24.”

Posted at 9:05 am by Stephen Green

STARMER’S LUCKY HE’S NOT LEAVING OFFICE ON A RAIL:

The left always talks about “decency” while doing indecent things. Anyway:

Well Bye Bye GIFfrom Well Bye GIFs

Posted at 8:35 am by Glenn Reynolds

MUCH MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE:

Tweet continues, “That’s what America First actually feels like when you stop punishing energy producers and start rewarding hard work again. We spent years watching kids get hooked on fentanyl or buried in student debt for useless degrees. Now we’re giving them calluses, purpose, and a future they can build with their own two hands. This is the country I want my kids and grandkids to grow up in.”

Posted at 8:35 am by Ed Driscoll

BLUE STATE UPDATE:

Blatant anti-semitism from Judge Kelley Paul here.

Posted at 8:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

DISPATCHES FROM THE “IT’S (D)IFFERENT WHEN WE DO IT” PARTY:

Posted at 8:22 am by Ed Driscoll

SOUNDS RIGHT:

I remember my friend Norah Vincent said that when she lived as a man, the first thing she noticed was that suddenly nobody seemed to care about her. As a woman, even a fairly masculine, not terribly attractive woman, people showed concern if she was carrying heavy packages, if she tripped and fell on the sidewalk, if she just looked sad. As a man, bupkis. You’re on your own, buddy.

Posted at 8:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

MEANWHILE, IN LOS ANGELES:

You don’t have to choose decline, L.A.

Posted at 7:47 am by Stephen Green

NEWS YOU CAN USE: “Remember: They’re not trying to kill you because you’re a ‘White Supremacist.’ They’re CALLING you a White Supremacist so they can justify killing you.”

Posted at 7:44 am by Ed Driscoll