May 19, 2026

PERFECT FOR COCKTAILS:

Exit quote: “A collapse was forecast. But it did not occur.”

Science that fails at predictions isn’t very good science.

Posted at 9:21 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: GOP Needs More Than Investigations and Outrage to Combat Voter Fraud. “The Democratic elites use all of their imagination concocting schemes like this. I don’t like giving them any compliments, but they are very good at this sort of thing. I am convinced that there are people at the Democratic National Committee who never sleep and devote all of their time to coming up with new ‘anomalies’ that they can introduce into the election process.”

Posted at 9:06 am by Stephen Green

EVEN A FLATWORM IS SMART ENOUGH TO TURN AWAY FROM PAIN:

Dem who welcomed socialist mayor’s ‘change’ now sounding alarm over billionaire exodus: ‘Gravely concerned.’Now, less than five months into Wilson’s term, Seattle Democratic Councilmember Rob Saka admitted to the New York Times, “I am gravely concerned,” telling the outlet, “This is real.”

Saka previously welcomed Wilson after she defeated incumbent Bruce Harrell, saying in a statement, “The voters have spoken, calling for change and a renewed focus on affordability, community, and fighting back against a resurgent Trump agenda.”

He praised the “energy she brings to leadership,” and said he was “look[ing] forward to partnering with her to build a thriving, inclusive Seattle that uplifts working families, expands universal preschool for all, ends food deserts, and creates safer, more connected neighborhoods across our city.”

Translation: Saka hasn’t learned a damn thing that matters.

Posted at 8:35 am by Stephen Green

DECLINE IS MOST DEFINITELY A CHOICE:

Beyond Karen Bass, as Iowahawk noted about Nithya Raman:

Tweet continues, “in 2017, [Raman] ran for city council in 2019 on a ‘fix homelessness,’ promptly firehosed infinite taxpayer cash at other ‘homeless non-profits,’ and now suddenly says ‘it’s not okay for people to be sleeping on the streets.’ ‘We can fix this’? Yeah, we can, if the ‘we’ doesn’t include you.”

Posted at 8:35 am by Ed Driscoll

ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Civil war brewing at New York Times following publication of column alleging rape of Palestinians.

Nicholas Kristof’s column in The New York Times continues to reverberate a week after publication, and has created an internal rift between the newspaper’s newsroom and its opinion section.

The column, titled “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,” includes allegations of systematic sexual abuse by Israeli prison guards and soldiers against Palestinian detainees. It cites testimony from 14 Palestinians alleging the use of batons and carrots, threats to rape family members and dogs used for sexual assault while prison staff laughed and filmed the incident.

The article drew widespread reactions around the world, including protests and calls to cancel subscriptions. On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar threatened to file a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper for libel against the State of Israel. Israeli officials and the Israel Prison Service have completely denied the claims, and Netanyahu called them baseless.

Earlier: The Big Tell: NYT Not Reporting Kristof Accusations on its News Pages.

Think about that: the journalists who would run with allegations from the Steele Dossier and make a two-year crusade out of proving it are too ashamed to touch Kristof’s accusations.

That’s how absurd this story is.

Thus the kerfuffle between the Gray Lady’s “news” and opinion departments:

Posted at 8:22 am by Ed Driscoll

THEY CAN’T TAKE THE SKY FROM HIM:

Posted at 7:48 am by Stephen Green

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE:

Posted at 7:44 am by Ed Driscoll

CHANGE? New Bill Would Ban Radical Religious Leaders From Entering the United States.

Rep. Chip Roy introduced the Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs (IMAM) Act on Monday, which would bar radicalized leaders of certain religious denominations from being admitted into the United States.

“The United States should never roll out the red carpet for foreign clerics who preach anti-American hatred, celebrate terrorism, or serve as mouthpieces for radical regimes,” the Texas Republican told the Daily Signal in a statement.

If passed, the simple two-page bill would amend Section 101(a)(15)(R) of the immigration code to prevent nonimmigrant religious worker visas for “an alien with the title of Imam, Grand Imam, Shaykha, Mufti, Grand Mufti, Ayatollah or Grand Ayatollah from entering the United States.”

Roy, a co-founder of the congressional Sharia Free America Caucus, introduced the legislation following reports that some Muslim clerics have promoted hostility toward the United States.

That’s been going on for at least 30 years.

Posted at 7:33 am by Stephen Green

PEAK M-SNOW: “What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that our rights do not derive from government; they come from our creator?”

 

Posted at 7:14 am by Ed Driscoll

IF YOU CAN’T GET JUSTICE FROM THE STATE, SOME WILL SEEK JUSTICE OUTSIDE THE STATE, AND SOME WILL SEEK JUSTICE AGAINST THE STATE.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Given that the seal on the wall is in English, is this really from The Netherlands? Even if so, the cautionary point holds. The Dutch are just a bit further down that road than we are.

Posted at 7:07 am by Glenn Reynolds

THE CLAIM THAT “THE PARTIES SWITCHED” IS ALSO BULLSHIT:

Flashback: “In their book “The End of Southern Exceptionalism,” Richard Johnston of the University of Pennsylvania and Byron Shafer of the University of Wisconsin argue that the shift in the South from Democratic to Republican was overwhelmingly a question not of race but of economic growth. In the postwar era, they note, the South transformed itself from a backward region to an engine of the national economy, giving rise to a sizable new wealthy suburban class. This class, not surprisingly, began to vote for the party that best represented its economic interests: the G.O.P. Working-class whites, however — and here’s the surprise — even those in areas with large black populations, stayed loyal to the Democrats.”

This from the New York Times, even.

Related:

The whole thread is worth reading.

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

A LIST OF STORM-DRAGON REVIEWS:  Review…

Posted at 7:00 am by Sarah Hoyt

HOW MANY OUTBREAKS ARE THEY GOING TO TRY TO STAMPEDE US WITH?  WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak in Congo, Uganda a Global Health Emergency.

I’d advise you not to drink every time they come up with another super scary disease outbreak that is totally going to come over before the elections. Not all of us have the liver of Stephen Green. It would straight up kill you.

Posted at 4:32 am by Sarah Hoyt