June 26, 2026

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DEVELOPMENT:

Posted at 10:27 pm by Glenn Reynolds

OPEN THREAD: Tonight we will blog the dragon. And the comments will taste like cherry wine.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

THIS COUNTRY IS GREAT. DON’T LET THE COMMIES RUIN IT AS THEY HAVE ENGLAND AND EUROPE:

Posted at 8:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

MARK FELTON: The Reichstag Red Flag — How the Soviets Faked An Iconic WW2 Image.

Posted at 6:45 pm by Ed Driscoll

MONICA SHOWALTER: Democrats board the crazy train in New York Democrats have no one to blame but themselves.

Complete amnesia about the horrible history of socialism and all its failed promises.

Democrats did nothing to combat that, and indeed went along with any nutty idea the far left put in front of them — defund the police, tax the rich, surveil and censor the conservatives.

Because they did nothing, they opened the door to the crazies coming in, and now the floodgate is opened. The addition of mass migration from hostile socialist and Islamist hellholes, rife with failed ideas from their homelands made it even worse, introducing antisemitism not seen since the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

They did nothing to stop that, too. Now they are paying the piper. But what’s bad is that we all may pay the piper if heaven forbid, they take national power. It’s already obvious these bad trends which came from Obama’s and Pelosi’s tight little jurassic club are spreading — Democrats are raring to elect freaks in Maine and Michigan, and no amount of bad revelations about their pasts will stop these voters. Democrats are reaping what they’ve sown.

And as a result, John Podhoretz writes, “We’re in a Waking Nightmare:” “Imagine if I had said to you, on the morning of October 8, 2023, that in 32 months’ time, a Muslim anti-Zionist would be elected mayor of a city with 900,000 Jews who comprise 11 percent of that city’s population and would lead insurgent Democrats to victories over establishment incumbent Democrats in two of the city’s congressional districts fueled largely if not solely by their embrace of anti-Zionism and the idea that Jewish self-defense in the land of Israel constitutes a ‘genocide.’ I think you would have thought I was insane. But here we are. The Muslim anti-Zionist mayor of America’s most Jewish city sponsored three candidates for Congress, two in primary races against sitting left-wing incumbents, and pretty much secured for them the Democratic Party nominations in their districts.”

 

Posted at 5:45 pm by Ed Driscoll

STILL WAITING FOR BARI WEISS TO GUIDE CBS NEWS TO THE CENTER:

 

Posted at 5:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

DANIEL GREENFIELD: “Kill Your Parents” at the Obama Presidential Center.

“We are a guerrilla organization. We are communist women and men,” Prairie Fire, a book co-authored by Ayers, Dohrn and other radicals declared. “Revolutionary war will be complicated and protracted. It includes mass struggle and clandestine struggle, peaceful and violent, political and economic, cultural and military, where all forms are developed in harmony with the armed struggle.”

Barack Obama may have seated his two terrorist mentors in the front rows, but he made no direct reference to them, except for having “found my community here, friendships that would last a lifetime.”

“Happy Birthday, Ho Chi Minh!!” Ayers had posted a month earlier. “Happy Birthday Cathy Boudin!! LIVE LIKE THEM! We love, love, love you!!!!”

Kathy Boudin had been a member of the Weathermen who, along with the May 19th Communist Organization, had distracted two police officers while her associates murdered them. No word on whether Boudin, now, like Ayers, an academic, was at the Obama Presidential Center opening, but like Ho Chi Minh, she was there in spirit.

Gosh, and the building has such a warm, welcoming appearance:

Posted at 5:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

SMART LEGISLATION: Hey Universities, You Can Take Money From The ChiComs, Or From Uncle Sam, But Not Both. “This would seem a common sense policy implemented that should have been implemented long before now. Communist China is always looking to steal technology from the West through its ‘Thousand Talents’ espionage program, and Chinese nationals have been stealing technology from American universities (including Texas A&M) for a while now.”

Posted at 4:53 pm by Stephen Green

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Supergirl – Joyless DC Flop is a Super Mess.

“Supergirl” reportedly endured severe editing in recent months, and boy, does it show. This film is a bona fide mess, a story with no stakes, microscopic character movitation and bland battle scenes.

“Supergirl” features a trafficking subplot that never registers. We also glimpse our heroine’s backstory which is equally blah but suggests why she drinks herself into a stupor.

We also bounce from planet to planet, with some having yellow suns that give Kara super powers and others? Not so much.

So what?

David Corenswet drops in occasionally as cousin Superman, and these moments are like walking into an air-conditioned mall on a sticky summer day. The actor’s “Superman” film may have been a disappointment, but he embodies the character and has a presence that’s lacking here.

Who cares about anything happening in “Supergirl” from start to finish? The best way to sum up this stink bomb of a superhero romp?

Whatever.

HiT or Miss: “Supergirl” is a dud on every level that counts.

Perhaps the Fleshlight-style drinks cup whose photo made the rounds on social media a couple of weeks ago was an omen of bad things to come: David Corenswet & Nicholas Hoult Couldn’t Believe This Suggestive Supergirl Cup.

The Superman co-stars’ unfiltered reactions to the viral Supergirl cup captured exactly why the internet couldn’t look away.

With the next DC Universe film just weeks away, marketing is in full swing, and these days, that means more than press tours and trailers. Collectible popcorn buckets and themed drink cups from theater chains have become a staple of big releases, and Supergirl is no exception.

The upcoming release has had its fair share of promo cups and buckets, but one AMC design stole the spotlight for the wrong reason. The chain released a cup meant to look like Kara Zor-El in her blue suit and her tan coat.

Instead, the flesh-colored jacket took over social media, with viewers pointing out its unfortunate resemblance to foreskin. The cup’s viral moment even prompted a response from David Corenswet and Nicholas Hoult, picked up by Entertainment Tonight.

“I don’t like that one bit,” Corenswet started before Hoult joked, “I need a lot of those.” The Superman portrayer further added, “I don’t understand, and I don’t think I want it explained.” Hoult then slyly said, “It reminds me of…” before Corenswet stopped him, saying, “No, no no no no.” Thus, it’s safe to say that they see the cup’s unusual and mildly suggestive aspect too.

Paging Dr. Freud, paging Dr. Freud:

UPDATE: He’s being awfully ambiguous, but the Critical Drinker appears just slightly displeased by the new movie:

 

Posted at 4:30 pm by Ed Driscoll