November 11, 2026

MUH DEMOCRACY: Colorado Democrats plot to overturn the will of their voters.

Last week, Colorado voters passed several propositions that run counter to the state Democratic Party’s platform. Two of them, Propositions 134 and 135, address transgenderism by barring male athletes from girls’ sports and banning sex-change surgeries for transgender minors. The other two, Propositions 132 and 133, address crime by increasing penalties for possessing or selling fentanyl and making child sex trafficking punishable by life in prison.

On the same ballot, Colorado voters gave Democrats a projected legislative supermajority and elected Democrat Phil Weiser governor by nearly 28 points. And because punishing criminals and protecting children from the imposition of transgenderism are outside the Democratic Party’s priorities, Weiser is already considering how he and Colorado Democrats can alter those measures.

Speaking about Propositions 134 and 135, Weiser said, “We’re going to have to take a look at these anti-trans measures and what adjustments are necessary and appropriate.”

On Proposition 132, Weiser said outright that he doesn’t want to put people who possess or sell fentanyl in jail.

“We’re going to figure out what we do about that,” he said.

Top Democrats in the Colorado legislature are already working with opponents of the propositions to figure out how best to water them down or, more likely, repeal them.

The will of the people must be respected, except when it runs counter to Democrat preferences.

Posted at 12:44 pm by Stephen Green

NARRATIVES DON’T MAINTAIN THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW:

Posted at 12:28 pm by Stephen Green

JAKE TAPPER CAN’T AFFORD TO PULL ON THAT THREAD:

Posted at 11:26 am by Stephen Green

SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE PRETTY MUCH OUR 21ST CENTURY BOURBONS:

They have learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.

Posted at 10:55 am by Stephen Green

JONATHAN TURLEY: Mullin’ Over the Separation of Powers: Justice Jackson Again Stands Alone. “In Mullin v. Friends of Ruidosa Church, the Supreme Court just lifted the injunction on the Administration’s effort to go forward with the completion of a border wall through the Big Bend region of West Texas. The issue should not be the policy merits. There are good-faith arguments against the wall in such areas. Indeed, outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) wrote an op-ed against the project. However, the sole question before the Court was the authority of a president to order the construction and use of statutory waivers to do so. Eight out of nine justices voted that ‘the Government is exceedingly likely to prevail on its argument that the District Court lacked jurisdiction.’ Once again, the sole holdout was Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who did not explain her position.”

Why not? It isn’t like she was asked to define what a woman is.

Posted at 10:40 am by Stephen Green

WHAT A MESS — BY DESIGN:

Posted at 10:24 am by Stephen Green

GOOD AND HARDER, THE LONE STAR EDITION: Newly Elected Dems Waste No Time in Pushing to Transform Texas Into Virginia.

When Abigail Spanberger and the the rest of the blue horde took over government in the Old Dominion in January, they immediately set about repaying the gun control industry that supported them in their campaign, enacting bans on “assault rifles” and “high capacity” magazines, “ghost guns” and other home-made firearms, mandated universal background checks, expanded the scope of the state’s red flag confiscation law and so much more.

Texas Democrats were clearly paying attention and a sprinkling of the anti-gun legislative mayhem they proposed yesterday includes . . .

HB 606: Gun ban for adults under 21
HB 173: Outlaw transfering semi-auto rifles more than .22 caliber to adults under 21
HB 606 Outlaw all firearm transfers to adults under 21
HB 613: Universal background checks
HB 659: Mandate reporting to multiple gun or magazine purchases to DPS
HB 218: Red flag confiscation

Those are just a taste. And these are only the bills filed on the first day they could.

Republicans still hold the Texas Senate. Let’s see how much resolve they have.

Posted at 9:38 am by Stephen Green

THE DSA SUCCEEDED IN MOVING THE OVERTON WINDOW HARD TO THE LEFT:

Posted at 9:21 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Jim Jordan May Have to Bring Back Dueling to Deal With GOP Senators. “Unlike the execrable John Thune, Speaker Mike Johnson is an honorable man. He knows that the party needs to show voters that lessons have been learned from the Blue Wave romp on Election Day. Going forward with the same team that limped into the buzzsaw wouldn’t have conveyed that message, which is why Johnson removed himself from consideration for next year’s minority leader.”

Posted at 9:07 am by Stephen Green

HMM: Mamdani’s Staff Is Panicking As Their ICE Favor Pipeline Just Hit a Brick Wall Named Stephen Miller.

The communist New York City mayor has quietly been asking President Trump’s team to release individuals held in ICE custody, according to a Monday report from Politico.

Sources and quotes from Mamdani himself show that his inexplicably cordial relationship with the President had previously expanded into an open line of communication on specific immigration enforcement issues. According to Politico, that communication came through former Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

It began in February, when Mamdani persuaded Trump during a White House sit-down to free Columbia University student Elmina Aghayeva, who had been detained by federal immigration agents earlier in the day.

Mamdani pointed to her release as proof that his surprising relationship with Trump could deliver for New Yorkers. What nobody knew at the time was that he kept going back to the well.

It seems to have run dry.

Posted at 8:36 am by Stephen Green

ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Unhinged anti-Israel activists hurl objects at the Bidens during Ireland visit, shout ‘Genocide Joe.’

A mob of anti-Israel activists surrounded former President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, during a stop in Ireland on Tuesday, throwing objects at the couple and clashing with police.

The frightening scene unfolded outside Trinity College Dublin, where former first son Hunter Biden was honored for his “Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse.”

The 83-year-old former president was being escorted to his waiting vehicle when the demonstrators began pelting his security detail with what appeared to be cartons of milk, footage of the incident posted on social media shows.

Aides used an umbrella to block at least one object from landing near the Bidens.

At one point, police tackled an enraged activist who looked to be trying to get closer to the motorcade.

Irish authorities were also seen tussling with two other protesters as milk rained down on them.

At least two arrests were made, according to Irish outlet RTÉ.

Multiple protesters were seen waving Palestinian flags.

To paraphrase Jonah Goldberg, Bomb Ireland, the Case for War:

Posted at 8:22 am by Ed Driscoll

GOOD LORD, THAT SECOND SENTENCE WAS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED:

Posted at 8:19 am by Stephen Green

JAMES LILEKS: Panic! at the yarn store:

A Twin Cities yarn store is the latest small business to pull Harry Potter products from its shelves in protest of J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans views.

The team at Needle & Skein in St. Louis Park announced the decision in a Nov. 7 apology letter regarding the recent sale of Harry Potter-themed kits at the shop.

Reddit applauds! Reddit is happy. The Fiber Art Community has been on this for a long time. I remember reading how social-justice issues split the Yarn-American Community a while back – and by “split” I mean the people who did not realize that knitting is inherently political, and decline to incorporate the proper politics into their worldview, where excoriated and ostracized. Hence the rise of things like the Social Justice Sewing Academy.

Flashback: The Latest Dispatches from the World of Jacobin Knitting.

Posted at 7:45 am by Ed Driscoll