December 31, 2025

HE DID IT: Tucker Carlson Suggests That Israel Committed 9/11 Terror Attack.

Is Tucker Carlson “fringe?” It would be hard to claim that he is. He has been a journalist for decades, and one of the most recognizable and popular ones at that.

Yet he is now slyly promoting one of the most ridiculous and fringe conspiracy theories known to mankind, and one that is contradicted by so much evidence that it rivals Candace Owens’ “Charlie Kirk was assassinated by his friends” conspiracy theory.

It’s bats**t crazy.

The following clip is long, and Tucker makes his accusation that Israel was involved in 9/11 at the very end, but I still encourage you to listen to the entire thing.

Why, it’s as if:

Meanwhile, on the left, when Zionists aren’t doing 9/11, they’re running TikTok:

Earlier: “This sweary ‘wine mom’ is the Democrats’ answer to Joe Rogan.”

Related:

Fair enough guys, but the day is still young…

Posted at 12:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

KRUISER: My 2025 Person of the Year — ICE. “It is with great pleasure and honor that I announce that the agents of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are/is the first annual Stephen Kruiser Person of the Year.”

Posted at 12:13 pm by Stephen Green

DESPERATELY DEFENDING TIMMY:

Minnesota’s welfare fraud scandals dominate the national news, and calls are rising for Governor Tim Walz to resign. The Minnesota Star Tribune, a longtime DFL mouthpiece that is now run by a former Walz cabinet member, is doing its best to fend off criticism of the Walz regime. Toward that end, its “reporters” are desperately looking for a way to discredit the Nick Shirley video of Somali day care centers that has been seen by more than 100 million people.

Deena Winter, a Star Tribune reporter, evidently was assigned that task. In the Shirley video, he has a colleague who is identified only as “David.” Winter apparently thought this could be the weak link. So she set out to dox David:

As the knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade would say, she chose poorly. So poorly, she deleted her Twitter/X account:

Similarly, the Somali pirates are proving to be an early stress test for Bari Weiss, with mixed results. First the bad:

And now the good: ABC, NBC Barely Touch Minnesota Fraud, While CBS Delivers the Goods. “CBS Evening News is the only broadcast network which has reported on this story consistently, airing three dedicated reports and several other smaller mentions for a total of eight minutes and 16 seconds of coverage since December 2.”

Posted at 12:00 pm by Ed Driscoll

THIS IS NOT PHRASED AS A QUESTION: What happens when marriage becomes disposable.

Sometimes a marriage really is dangerous or irreparable. Abuse is not “a rough patch,” and infidelity isn’t always something a couple can or should survive. But what’s striking is how often the “leave” reflex shows up even when the situation is plainly ordinary: the grind of cohabitation, the stress of money, the monotony of raising children, the disappointment of discovering your spouse is a human being rather than a Disney-scripted soulmate.

This isn’t just an internet quirk. It’s a cultural tell, and it’s part of what’s behind the loneliness epidemic.

In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General warned that social disconnection is a serious public health issue, associated with higher risks of premature death and a range of mental and physical health harms. Loneliness isn’t simply a sad feeling; it’s what happens when the institutions and habits that tether us to other people weaken or collapse. And marriage, even an imperfect marriage, has long been one of the strongest tethers most adults have.

So when advice-column comments normalize “jump ship” as the default response to ordinary friction, they’re not just giving bad counsel. They’re reinforcing a broader story: Relationships are optional, people are replaceable, and the moment things get hard, you should optimize.

That mindset didn’t arrive by accident. It tracks with how modern dating has been redesigned.

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 11:42 am by Stephen Green

TERRORISTS POSING AS JOURNALISTS: Richard Pollock exposes the hypocrisy of a recent award ceremony honoring “Gaza journalists” at the National Press Club in the nation’s capital.

Posted at 11:28 am by Mark Tapscott

WELL, GOOD:

Posted at 11:26 am by Stephen Green

BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS: Trump Says Abraham Accords to Expand ‘Fairly Quickly.’

“At some point Saudi Arabia will sign the Abraham Accords,” Trump said, adding that the agreements “will be expanded fairly quickly” as more countries move toward normalization of relations with Israel.

Trump described Saudi Arabia as a key regional player and said relations between Riyadh and Israel are already improving.

He credited earlier U.S. diplomatic efforts with laying the groundwork for broader Middle East cooperation and said more nations — in and outside the region — are prepared to join the accords.

Previously: Psaki Rejects the Abraham Accords as ‘Tactics of the Prior Administration.’

Well, the whole world saw how that worked out — and now the Biden Cabal is the prior administration.

Posted at 10:40 am by Stephen Green

WE HAVE AN EPIDEMIC OF OVER-DIAGNOSING:

Posted at 10:24 am by Stephen Green

HMM:

It really is theft all the way down, even to hide the theft everyone wants to pretend isn’t happening.

Posted at 9:57 am by Stephen Green

HEY, BIG SPENDER: Meta acquires intelligent agent firm Manus, capping year of aggressive AI moves.

Manus, founded in China before relocating to Singapore, launched its first general AI agent earlier this year, which can execute complex tasks such as market research, coding, and data analysis.

The company claimed it had achieved an annualized average revenue of more than $100 million just eight months after launch, while its revenue run rate exceeded $125 million.
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While further terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, the Wall Street Journal reported that the deal closed at an amount over $2 billion, according to sources familiar with the acquisition.

That’s a lot of money for a company that doesn’t seem to have generated any profits.

Posted at 9:38 am by Stephen Green

CHANGE?

Posted at 9:22 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: 2025 Was a Trumptastic Rollercoaster Ride of a Year. “At the end of April I wrote that it felt like President Trump had put 100 months’ worth of work into his first 100 days. It was quite the contrast to the “call a lid by 9 AM” schedule that Joe Biden had favored for the previous four years. Fueled by Big Macs and Diet Cokes, Trump kept up that relentless work pace all year long.”

Posted at 9:07 am by Stephen Green

I DROVE A SELF-DRIVING TESLA THROUGH ATLANTA TRAFFIC THIS WEEKEND. I’ll be posting a report soon.

Posted at 9:04 am by Glenn Reynolds

SPECIAL NEW YEAR’S EVE MORNING OPEN THREAD: Disport yourselves in the comments.

Posted at 8:52 am by Glenn Reynolds