MY LATEST SUBSTACK: The Gathering Storm.

NEITHER HOT NOR COLD, THEY SPIT IT OUT: GOP Voters Don’t Want Mike Pence’s Republican Party.

WE DIDN’T WANT IT BEFORE: The Biden Blob Is Back And Nobody Wants This.

SOUNDS LIKE HIS CAMPAIGN NEEDS A FACELIFT: Democratic Plastic Surgeon Running for Congress Refuses To Denounce ‘Blind Sheikh’ Terror Plotter, His Ex-Mentor: Hamawy Calls Sheikh ‘Leader of the Community.’

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REMINDER:

The worst scandal in U.S. history is the Trump/Russia Collusion Hoax.

This was literally a coup attempt, executed by a sitting incumbent President (to block his successor) and the losing Presidential candidate (to overthrow the man who defeated her in a fair…

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) May 9, 2026

HOW IT’S GOING:

🚨 The United States executed a brilliant military gambit that forced the Islamic Republic to expose parts of its hidden naval and missile network in the Persian Gulf.

As Sun Tzu wrote: “Offer the enemy a bait to lure him; feign disorder and strike him.”

That is exactly what… pic.twitter.com/CRU0TglPSY

— The Iran Watcher 🇮🇷 (@TheIranWatcher) May 9, 2026

WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT: The Left Has Normalized Assassination Talk.

INTERESTING:  Review – Uncivil Affairs: Part 3 of The Vixen War Bride Series by Thomas Doscher.

IF ONLY THEY’D BEEN TAUGHT SOMETHING USEFUL:  Nancy Pelosi urges CA college grads to ‘save our democracy’ against Trump in commencement speech.

HE’S TRYING TO FIGURE HOW TO CHARACTERIZE THIS AS A VICTORY:  Vladimir Putin suggests war in Ukraine is ‘coming to an end’ — hours after dismal Victory Day parade.

A LACK OF POLICE PATROLLING THE CITY MIGHT BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR – JUST SAYING:  NYC’s broken mental health system to blame for maniac’s fatal subway-staircase shove: expert.

SCAMMERS DEMAND THE RUBES KEEP PONYING UP:  How dare these po-faced protesters tell the people of Crowborough they are lacking in charity?

DON’T TELL ME THIS COMES AS A SURPRISE:   The party’s over for the supersized woman.

TEMU OBAMA ISN’T THE BRIGHTEST:  Remember When Hakeem Jeffries Said This About Redistricting? He Just Ate Those Words.

WHOEVER APPOINTED THE JUSTICE WHO AUTHORED THAT DECISION SHOULD BE RUN OUT OF POLITICS:  Did Anyone Notice What Was Funny With This VA Dem Senator’s Take on the Gerrymander Ruling?

AND IT’S GLORIOUS:  U.K. Reform earthquake.

WRITING IS A WICKED ENVIRONMENT:  A Hungarian psychologist raised three daughters to prove that any child could become a chess grandmaster through early specialization. He succeeded. Two of them became grandmasters. One became the greatest female chess player who ever lived. Then a sports scientist looked at the data and found something nobody wanted to hear.

X-cancel.

ALL MEDICAL SCHOOLS DID. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM:  DOJ Concludes UCLA Med School Racially Discriminated In Admissions Process.

OF COURSE HE DOESN’T:  Hasan Piker Invokes JFK Quote About ‘Violent Revolution’ Following Court’s Ruling on VA Gerrymander.

ALL OF US WHO KNEW STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS KNOW THIS:  Instructure Confirms Major Hack Affecting Canvas Users Across Thousands of Schools.

SOMETIMES THE PURPOSE OF A BILL IS TO FAIL:  The Deprecated Filters. Washington’s legislative feedback system still works. The people running it stopped wanting to be filtered.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED, THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Argentina not in the news.

PAY ATTENTION:

One Chinese shipbuilder produced more ships by tonnage in a single year than America did in the entire time since WWII. https://t.co/GHaY16elmd pic.twitter.com/tsGYSUpalE

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) May 9, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Party on, dudes and dudettes.