July 16, 2026
WELL, TRUMP DIDN’T INVOKE THE GUARANTEE CLAUSE. Yet.
OPEN THREAD: Cry a jag for me.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 15, 2026
GETTING READY FOR THE SPEECH:
Going into tonight's speech, remember this: all the GOP wants to do is make voter fraud detectable and provable.
That's it.
For some odd reason Democrats support systems that make voter fraud nearly undetectable to a standard a court wlll recognize.
Odd, doncha think?
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) July 17, 2026
headlines after Trump’s speech will be….
THE FACTS LIE!!!! 😂💀
— 𝐌𝐑. 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 ™ (@MrWhiteMAGA) July 16, 2026
I was just briefed by the White House on what to expect this evening.
I would encourage every American to tune in tonight to the President’s speech. This may be the most important Oval Office address since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The time for complacency with China is over.
— Bernie Moreno (@berniemoreno) July 16, 2026
🚨Some of the facts that will be revealed in President Trump’s speech tonight are truly shocking.
If the networks were truly serving the public interest they would air it and as a country we would collectively resolve to take action.
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) July 16, 2026
No place for hate. The news.
They think they are taking a high moral stance.
What they are actually doing is a soft insurrection. They are undermining the Republic by failing to carry out the honorary role the Constitution granted them, that the forefathers expected of them. To… https://t.co/YLOC59vOZe
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 17, 2026
The shocking number was compiled by the Department of Homeland Security and is including in a forthcoming report by the agency, per my source — who noted it's just one piece of what Trump is expected to unveil during his primetime speech tonight. https://t.co/q0SvVUj5BI
— Caitlin Doornbos (@CaitlinDoornbos) July 16, 2026
UPDATE: Supporting documents are on the White House website.
CONCLUSION: Short and sweet. Evidence of fraud, data breaches, and government and media coversups of fraud and Chinese interference, with promises of prosecutions and more.
Plus:
Cue an entire U.S. social media industry defending China from allegations that it has meddled in our elections.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) July 17, 2026
Wow! FBI official actually wrote in an email they were running a “shadow government” to keep President Trump and the public from knowing about China’s election meddling in 2020 pic.twitter.com/My2Q9Ftz1M
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) July 17, 2026
PENTAGON REFUSES TO PUNISH PILOT FOR LOW BEACH FLYOVER.
Yes, and?
This is one of the most brilliant moves Hegseth has made. Here’s why:
Experienced pilots are freaking out in my DMs about these close flybys. Even some based people I follow and love, like @MCCCANM, are questioning them while my son’s class of young student aviators can’t stop… https://t.co/vM9pjQrv9O pic.twitter.com/Se1IjH1BnZ
— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) July 16, 2026
BLUESKY GAVE UP ON COMPETING WITH X: “Bluesky really did grow for a while and lots of people on the left started trying to move not just their own accounts but many of their followers over to the new platform. These days the site has 45 million registered users. And yet, 18 months later it’s fair to say that Bluesky is nowhere near being a competitor to X. Exact numbers are hard to source but X currently has about 250 million daily users whereas Bluesky is hovering somewhere between 1.5 million daily users and fewer than half that.”
It’s not exactly the friendliest, most welcome place to hang out:
NEWS: Popehat @Popehat, aka attorney Ken White, has been permanently banned from Bluesky, apparently for a post in which he suggested there was a moral upside to Elon Musk’s death.
The Bluesky body politic, meanwhile, is losing its mind over this. Popehat is one of their heroes. pic.twitter.com/iKcUXrGe15
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) June 24, 2026
TWO GRAUNIADS IN ONE!
● Shot: ‘A masterpiece in every way:’ The Odyssey earns near universal acclaim as full reviews published.
—The Grauniad today.
● Chaser: Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey used occupied land as a film set. That feels like a betrayal.
—Also the Grauniad today.
I ENTERED THE EDITOR’S MIND WHILE YOU WERE TALKING TO DR. MCCOY, CAPTAIN. IT WAS ALL DARK AND EMPTY, and there were little mice in the corners and spiders had spun this web…: Inside the Mind of an NYT Editor.
(Classical allusion in headline.)
SO MUCH FRAUD EVERYWHERE: Obamacare Fraud Cut in Half This Year.
LET’S NOT GO ON ABOUT WHO KILLED WHO — THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY OCCASION!
This clip is extremely important, because it reveals how the Dems/MSM plan to counter the revelations about 2020.
They are going to try to shame MAGA into “letting it go”, because it happened 6 years ago.
They are using the Hillary “what difference does it make” defense. They… pic.twitter.com/e7K71rFNLt
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) July 16, 2026
But this strategy is basically an admission. Time for the Guarantee Clause powers? That piece was a random bit of musing, more or less off-the-cuff, but I’ve heard from a couple of eminent constitutional law professors who thought I was dead-on. We’ll see.
Related: What will Trump say?
WELL, YES:
This would be the response of a competent party.
— Stephen Fleming (@StephenFleming) July 16, 2026
I LIKE THE CUT OF HIS JIB: Rubio Goes Hard on the ‘Unique Evil’ of Far-Left Terrorism, Promises More to Come.
READER FAVORITE: Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds. #CommissionEarned
“JUSTICE.” Now More Than Ever, Ensuring Supreme Court Justices’ Personal Security Is Critical. “This is outrageous stuff and, obviously, totally unacceptable. And with another hot-button case like Viramontes being decided next year, it’s critically important that security for the Justices be tighter now than ever. Leftists have carried out shootings before — or tried — and said in the manifestos they left behind that they did it, at least in part, to advance the cause of gun control. With the rise in the glorification of assassins on the left in recent years, don’t think they wouldn’t try to take out a conservative justice again, whether to affect the Viramontes ruling or for any number of other left wing priorities.”
BUT WOULD HE CAUCUS WITH THE GOP TO KEEP THE MAJORITY? Fetterman draws red line for Democratic Party, says he would leave if it abandons Israel. “The warning comes the same day that over 100 House Democrats voted against sending more aid to Israel, though the amendment containing the proposal failed to pass because of wide Republican support.”
ARISTOTLE FOR THE WIN:
— Okiesmokee (@Okiesmokee1994) July 16, 2026
YOU NEED TO USE DR EVIL VOICE TO PROPERLY READ THE NUMBER: Oligarchs Just Snuck HOW MUCH Money Out of Russia?
