OOPS: Popular Anti-Aging Treatment May Actually Cause Brain Damage. “A drug pairing often promoted in anti-aging research may come with an unexpected cost in the brain. University of Connecticut scientists report in PNAS that dasatinib+quercetin (D+Q) caused significant brain damage in mice, including the loss of myelin, the fatty covering that helps nerve cells send signals quickly and efficiently.”
March 20, 2026
MICROBIOME NEWS: How an imbalanced gut microbiome worsens chronic kidney disease.
CHRIS QUEEN: The Left’s Latest Lie About Georgia’s Pro-Life Law.
I wrote a column on this kind of thing over a decade ago and it’s gotten worse.
AT SOME POINT THE SMOKE STARTS LOOKING INCENDIARY: There’s Something REALLY Screwy Going on in the Georgia 2020 Election Fraud Investigation.
21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: Uber taps Rivian to build robotaxis in deal worth up to $1.25B.
Uber is kicking off the partnership with an initial $300 million investment in Rivian and is “expected to purchase 10,000 fully autonomous R2 robotaxis” ahead of a planned rollout in San Francisco and Miami in 2028.
Uber will have the option to buy up to 40,000 more autonomous R2 SUVs from Rivian starting in 2030. The two companies said they plan to launch the robotaxis in “25 cities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe by the end of 2031.” The fleet will be exclusively available on Uber’s network, according to the companies.
While the agreement is potentially lucrative for Rivian, it’s brimming with risk and challenges.
Rivian hasn’t started producing the R2 SUV yet; it has said manufacturing is expected to begin by June. Nor has it tested and deployed a self-driving system designed for robotaxis. To raise the hurdle even higher, the robotaxi is supposed to be built in Rivian’s Georgia factory, which is still under construction.
I guess there are still a few kinks to iron out.
IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™ — I’m Afraid for Nick Shirley’s Safety After California Fraud Exposé.
LIMITED TIME DEAL: Alpha Grillers Meat Thermometer Digital. #CommissionEarned
NOW OUT FROM RANDY BARNETT: Felony Review. I read it, I loved it, and I blurbed it. You can see my blurb at the link.
HMM: The bond market is flashing a signal not seen since before the 2008 crisis. “Thursday’s bond-market selloff caused the Treasury yield curve to exhibit what traders describe as a “bear-flattening” pattern. This actually began back in early February. Typically, the pattern emerges when bond traders are bracing for a difficult economic environment ahead.”
INCENTIVES, HOW DO THEY WORK?
Residents exiting Massachusetts took a net of $4.2 Billion in adjusted gross income with them in 2023, one of the largest totals in the country, after a tax on millionaires took effect – Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/s47lnvXCRg
— Evan (@StockMKTNewz) March 20, 2026
IT’S FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Wait, He Tried to Steal WHAT With WHAT? “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn the wrong vehicle for making a quick septic tank getaway, what police won’t accept in place of RealID, and how not to make a surprise booty call in South Dakota.”
TRIM YOUR NAILS: Ergonomic Long Handle Toenail Clippers with Catcher. #CommissionEarned
BATTLESWARM: Iran Strikes Day 20. “More Jihadis dirtnapped, Iran’s neighbors want the Islamic regime finished off, Mossad gives regime members person-to-person call warnings, Uncle Sam fast-tracks a lot of weapon sales to the Middle East, and the BRRRRRRRTTTTTTTT of Freedom rings out over the Strait of Hormuz.”
SOCIAL MEDIA MANIPULATION IS DONE IN REALTIME:
𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚.𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗝𝗢𝗘 𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗘.
Joe Kent goes on Tucker Carlson. Within minutes — not hours, minutes — the same clip, same… https://t.co/fOP7qwmZFO pic.twitter.com/TEF2OVLlz5
— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) March 20, 2026
More:
Who amplified it? Look at the coalition:
Russian state TV (RT).
Iranian state media through HispanTV.
Hamas-aligned Quds News Network.
Turkish state broadcaster TRT.
Sputnik Brasil.And simultaneously — Jackson Hinkle, Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Max Blumenthal.
Russia, Iran, Hamas, and MAGA dissidents.
All posting the same message. At the same time.
When does that happen naturally? It doesn’t.
The charts tell the story precisely. Within 2 to 4 hours of the Tucker broadcast, tracked amplification events spiked to 30 — dominated by MAGA dissident amplifiers and Pro-Palestinian/Islamist networks firing in parallel.
How many of these grifters’ “fans” are nothing but bots paid for by Moscow and Islamic radicals?
MICROBIOME NEWS: Gut microbiome thrives on fiber—tapeworms confirm it.
PROMISE MADE, PROMISE KEPT: Tenth Straight Month of Zero Illegal Alien Border Releases.
MAYBE YOU WANT TO RETHINK YOUR PARTY AFFILIATION THEN?
We made Al Franken resign over a joke, but this woman can cheerlead the rape, slaughter, and torture of Jewish civilians and no one in my party gives a fuck. https://t.co/foUm2LUtXa
— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) March 20, 2026
THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Meteorite hunters scour Ohio for fragments of 7-ton space rock that crashed into Earth.
SHARKS GOTTA SWIM, BATS GOTTA FLY: Another Day Ending in Y: JAMA Publishes Still More Anti-Gun Agitprop Presented as ‘Research.’ “Now, if a peer-reviewed medical journal founded in 1883, which is published 48 times a year and read by physicians across the country and around the globe, takes Professor Hicks’ scribbles and calls them actual research without labeling his work as opinion or anti-gun agitprop, that’s not a problem either, is it?”
Yeah, our public health industry hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory in recent years.
VDH ON IRAN: The Signals Are All Pointing In The Same Direction.
The military signal. A-10 Warthogs and Apache helicopter gunships are now flying strike missions in Iranian airspace at will. VDH’s point: you only deploy those aircraft when there is effectively no air defense left to threaten them. They are slow, low-flying, close-support platforms. Their presence confirms what the Pentagon has been claiming — Iran has no meaningful air defense remaining.
Iran’s strategy now is rope-a-dope. Run out the clock. Wait for American public opinion to shift. Hope the midterms create political pressure on Trump to stop. It is the only play they have left.
VDH’s conclusion: if Trump sees it through — and he believes he will — the regime falls. Not in years. Pretty soon.
Read the whole thing.
𝗩𝗗𝗛: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡.
Victor Davis Hanson has spent fifty years studying how wars end. When he says the tide is turning, it's worth listening to why.
His argument isn't based on what the Pentagon is… pic.twitter.com/pC35L1Hdsu
— M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) March 20, 2026
LOOKS COOL, SMELLS LIKE CRAP: Is smoking making a comeback? Celebrities like Kylie Jenner and Hudson Williams are making it look cool again.
THE AFTERLIFE’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:
'Fear Not!' Says Chuck Norris To Calm Trembling Angels https://t.co/11xKJ4bgS2 pic.twitter.com/i8fwloytn6
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 20, 2026
