COMMON SENSE COONS: The Delaware senator offers some hard-headed, reality-based advice to his fellow Democrats. Interesting that two Democrats from adjoining states are looming as significant voices of reason in their party.

Obviously, there is much in the Coons analysis with which to disagree, but statements like this could be tremendously encouraging signs of an openness to a genuine policy debate about where the country is headed:

“Democrats need to stop telling Americans how to be and what to feel and believe. Instead, we need to listen. Then we need to solve the problems they’ve shared with us. In the last few years, it’s not just our message that was wrong—it was some of our policies, too.

People didn’t recognize the impacts of the bills we wrote and the votes we took. That’s why Americans don’t believe us when we preach at them from auditorium stages, cable news desks, and social media posts. We have to get back to the values and ideas that draw people to be Democrats to begin with.”

Let’s see where this goes.

TRAVEL ADVICE: “If you’ve ever wanted to feel like a celebrity, turning heads everywhere you go, I recommend taking a gaggle of children to a country with a plunging birth rate.”

HOLIDAY DEAL: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 16GB (newest model). #CommissionEarned

THEY ARE EVIL AND SHOULD BE DESTROYED:

If this reporting is true true, Hollywood not only violeted CRA for years by discriminating against white men, but has been merrily telling the white men this, and writing it down in widely circulated emails in case they wanted to file a lawsuit. No words https://t.co/FDOCf2YZ2H

— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) December 15, 2025

Related:

This is a great deep dive into the systemic hate and discrimination White males have faced due to DEI policies. I’ll always fight for these young men. We have a long way to go but I’m proud of the progress we’ve made incinerating these policies. https://t.co/4DWy04uzR2

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) December 15, 2025

Also:

Just to be clear, for those who have been telling me "This happened everywhere", I am not surprised they did it, I am surprised they TOLD THE WHITE MEN THEY DECLINED TO HIRE and WROTE IT DOWN. It's like pinning a "sue me" sign on your backside. https://t.co/5jKXGvJVez

— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) December 15, 2025

And:

It starts well before this, even before college. When one of my kids was 16, he wanted to do some sort of science-themed summer internship or volunteer wor,k, since everyone knows if you don't have this sort of thing on your resume, you can't get into a decent college.

We… https://t.co/wlwWLdTMJq

— Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) December 16, 2025

White men deserve reparations for the past ten years. https://t.co/BxrMKu614Z

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) December 15, 2025

DEI delenda est https://t.co/vvZScmLMjO

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) December 16, 2025

AGREED: ‘Financialization of All the Things’ is Parasitism, not Capitalism.

Friend-of-the-blog Alexandria Brown offered up a recent X/tweet addressing the financialization of, well, everything in business and commerce, and how it should be viewed in relation to the ideal of capitalism. Specifically, Alex wrote: ”Here’s a fun question to which I have not made up my mind even a little bit: is the financialization of All The Things a form of capitalism which is at least tolerable or is it so reductive of human life and endeavors as to be past a limitation on acceptable commercial behavior?”

Those of us who advocate for free markets understand that capitalism also presents an opportunity for bad actors to misbehave within the system. Be it 20th century snake oil salesmen peddling patent medicines, or 21st century Wall Street investment bankers selling pools of subprime mortgages as high-quality securities, there have always been bad actors exploiting the opportunities within a free market.

But just because we conservatives endorse capitalism doesn’t mean we must endorse – or even tolerate – the worst practices that occur therein.

In my opinion, the “financialization-of-all-the-things” is a form of parasitism that does not create wealth, rather it serves to extract the accumulated wealth from entities where wealth has previously been created.

Read the whole thing.

MARK PULLIAM: MAGA Meets Sisyphus: Can Trump 2.0 Overcome Its Many Challenges? I do not question the resolve of President Trump, but have serious concerns about Congress, the courts, and faint-hearted Republicans across the country.

LOOK, THEY NEED HEAT. THEY CAN’T LIVE IN A REFRIGERATOR:  Help the Gregorys with home repairs!

IT’S NASTY STUFF: Trump Designates Illicit Fentanyl ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction.’

BEYOND PARODY:

They’re actually going to do it.

They’re actually going to ignore the immigration policies that caused this attack. https://t.co/FTDKhMeXBZ

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) December 15, 2025

“We’ll do anything to keep Australians safe”

“So you’ll monitor mosques for radicalism?”

“No, too far”

“You’ll restrict immigration?”

“No, too far”

“You’ll take more rights from law-abiding Australians?”

“Yes, perfect.”

— Sunny (@sunnyright) December 15, 2025

SIXTY YEARS ALREADY. WE NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND COLONIZE PLANETS!  First Rendezvous. Today marks the 60th anniversary of first orbital space rendezvous between the crews of Gemini 7 and Gemini 6A, which holds the record for time spent in space.

IT IS THE SEASON OF HOPE:  Proud, fervent, diverse – Unite the Kingdom carol service’s message of hope.

THREE GUESSES (AND THE FIRST TWO DON’T COUNT):  London Mayor Sadiq Khan Knows Who the Real Victims of ‘Radicalization’ Are (and Guess Who He Blames).

ARE YOU KIDDING? THE MAN PUTS CHEESE ON RAW BEEF PATTIES ON THE GRILL!   Tone Deaf: Did Chuck Schumer Really Say This About the Bondi Terror Attack on Sunday?

THE LIGHT WILL KEEP BURNING:  A ray of hope during a weekend of horror.

THE LEFT NEVER SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND THAT:  The Law of Unintended Consequences remains undefeated.

IT IS AN ATTEMPT AT A WORLD WIDE TERROR CAMPAIGN:  Bondi Beach Chanukah massacre.

HE’S RIGHT, YOU KNOW:  Here’s a handy helper to understand how libs compare gun stats between the US and countries with gun control like they love.

And for the X-Cancelled.

GOOD:  Seismic Power Shift Looms as Bolivia May Rewrite Lithium Deals Involving China to Favor U.S.

DEFEND WHAT YOU HAVE OR LOSE IT:  I had a conversation with a client yesterday that made my brain hurt. At one point she said something about Trump’s “treatment” of immigrants & how mad it made her. Probably 20 minutes later she started telling me about some issues she was having with neighbors.

And for the x cancelled.

PROBABLY WORTH EVERY PENNY:  Valero Eats $1.1 Billion Loss to Escape Newsom’s Toxic California.

DID SEE BS ACCIDENTALLY COMMIT REAL JOURNALISM?  4 members of far-left group charged for alleged terror plot in California, feds say.

WONDER IF IT’S TIED TO THAT PLACE IN CA WHERE THERE WERE 20 LITTLE GIRLS THAT HAD BEEN SURROGATE BORN TO ONE CHINESE COUPLE?  Chinese billionaires using US surrogates ‘to create mega-families with 100 children’.

ALSO, NO, WE’RE NOT DOING PHRASING ANYMORE:  Hard Or Soft?

ONLY YOU CAN SECURE YOUR OWN RIGHT TO LIFE:  When you outsource your security to the government. You get government security.

WHAT GOOD IS A CLANGER IF YOU DON’T MAKE IT SING?  Oh the 2025th noel, the clangers did sing!