May 7, 2026

OR JUST SITS THERE DOING NOTHING WITH 80/20 LEGISLATION, SEN. THUNE:

Posted at 10:56 am by Stephen Green

BLUE CITY BLUES: Wall Street giant Apollo aims to open ‘second headquarters’ outside NYC — in latest fallout from Mamdani’s war on the wealthy.

Private equity giant Apollo Global Management, headquartered in Manhattan, has decided to open a new business hub — internally dubbed its “second headquarters” — in either Florida or Texas with an official decision likely to be made public in the coming weeks, people close to the matter say.

The new outpost could eventually become home to as many as 1,000 employees over time – in line with Apollo’s current headcount in New York, the sources said. The buyout firm currently employs more than 6,000 worldwide.

Previously: Zohran Mamdani’s victory in NYC mayoral primary leaves Wall Street ‘alarmed’ and ‘depressed.’

Now they’re just leaving.

Posted at 10:41 am by Stephen Green

ONCE BURNED, TWICE SHY:

Posted at 10:38 am by Glenn Reynolds

APOCALYPTO II, FIRST WORLD BOOGALOO:

 

If only Aztec Batman had been better at his job: Trailer: Warner Brothers reveals Aztec Batman, where evil white Europeans come to destroy the peaceful natives.

Posted at 10:35 am by Ed Driscoll

IT ISN’T THEFT WHEN THE LEGISLATURE DOES IT:

Posted at 10:25 am by Stephen Green

IF AMERICA IS A CREEDAL NATION, THEN CAN WE DENATURALIZE AND DEPORT PEOPLE WHO COME HERE AND DON’T SUBSCRIBE TO THE CREED?

Because if not, what does “creedal nation” mean?

Posted at 9:59 am by Glenn Reynolds

NOVEMBER PREVIEW (MISSISSIPPI EDITION): ‘Earliest Opportunity’ — Gov Opens Door To Redrawing Maps After SCOTUS Nukes Race-Based Districting.

Mississippi, Reeves said, now has three separate redistricting fights in play.

“We have Supreme Court districts, we have congressional districts – which is what everybody in Washington, D.C., cares about — and then we have legislative districts,” Reeves said.

The most immediate issue is Mississippi’s state Supreme Court map. A federal judge ruled last year that Mississippi’s three Supreme Court districts violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, triggering a remedial phase that could force lawmakers to redraw the districts.

“My initial call for a special session … was specifically for Supreme Court redistricting in the event that the federal judge forced our legislature to redraw those districts,” Reeves said.

But the governor made clear that the special session may not stop there.

“I have the ability as governor, constitutionally, to either remove that call of the special session or to add to it for the purposes of any other topic, which could include other redistricting matters,” Reeves explained.

Well, get to it.

Posted at 9:39 am by Stephen Green

FRAUD ALL THE WAY DOWN:

Posted at 9:23 am by Stephen Green

CALIFORNIA: Experts stress energy independence as gas prices rise.

With so much of the state’s crude oil supply coming from other parts of the world, energy industry experts told lawmakers that regulations are to blame for rising energy prices and volatility.

“California’s petroleum system has been weakened by design,” Jodie Muller, the president and CEO of the Western States Petroleum Association, testified on Tuesday afternoon. “For years, state policies have pushed the refining sector to contraction, with predictable consequences – less in-state production, reduced resilience and higher costs for Californians.”

The current system has very little margin for error because of the declining number of oil refineries in the state, Muller told lawmakers.

“We are now at an inflection point,” Muller said. “Additional policy pressures risk pushing the remaining refineries past the breaking point. We are still seeing hostile legislation by your colleagues.”

Decline is a choice California seems happy to make.

Posted at 8:37 am by Stephen Green

YES:

Posted at 8:21 am by Stephen Green

IF THEY KEEP PUSHING, THE DAY WILL COME:

Posted at 7:50 am by Stephen Green