KNOW WHERE YOUR DONATIONS GO:  Hamas Operatives Funneled Over $8 Million to Military Wing in Italian Fundraising Scheme.

THE FINAL PHASE: IMPORTING A NEW ‘CLIENT’ POPULATION:  How to destroy a country, part 4.

GOOD NEWS:  Thailand and Cambodia Pause Border War with 72-Hour Cease Fire.

A STUNNING LESSON IN FAILING TO GET IT:  Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Says it’s ‘Sad’ That Latino Americans Are Joining ICE.

FOR THE TIMES, THEY ARE ACHANGING:  Xmas & New Year’s wishes: Revolution is in the air — The hegemony of the left is coming to an end, a victim of its intellectual poverty and dogmatic blindness.

WE SHOULD QUESTION EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING:  I had this idea… “what if autism diagnoses are partially from fraudulent billing?” And then poked around a bit. And … turns out that the whole “1 in 30” statistic isn’t based on official diagnoses; ADDM has clinicians review school records and if the record fits then it counts as autism even if there’s no medical diagnosis. Then that statistic is quoted to justify increased ABA centers, increased research, all kinds of grants.

And for the xcluded.

NOT TIRED OF WINNING:  California drops lawsuit seeking to reinstate federal funding for the state’s bullet train.

FROM THE EXTRAORDINARY DATA REPUBLICAN:  Timothy Mynett: Ilhan Omar’s husband and the progressive money man you’ve probably never heard of Ilhan Omar’s wealth headlines ($30M net wortH ) are dominating today’s feeds. But behind that story is someone far less visible: her husband, Tim Mynett.

AND ON THREAD READING APP:  HERE

MANY SUCH CASES:  I was writing some code the new-school way yesterday, prompting gpt-4.1 through aider, and for whatever reason my mind flashed back 50 years and the utter freaking enormity of it all crashed in on me like a tidal wave. And now I want to make you feel that, too.

AND FOR: the X-cancelled. 

THE DEFINITION OF THE CURE BEING WORSE THAN THE DISEASE:  The Vaccine Nightmare is not going away, but more people are waking up and connecting dots.

DISGUSTED BUT NOT EVEN SLIGHTLY SURPRISED:  ‘If you tell anyone, I’ll kill you’: Ex-hostage Romi Gonen recounts captors’ repeated sexual assaults.  25-year old, abducted from Nova rave and held in Gaza for 471 days, says Hamas gunman was ‘ecstatic’ as he abused her for 30 minutes while she wept the whole time: ‘I was paralyzed’.

MOST MEXICAN PAST GLORY DAYS ARE IMAGINARY:  The US-Mexican border.

GOING THE WAY OF ATLANTIS:  Europe And Other Lost civilizations.

LET THE WEEKEND BEGIN:  We’re Gonna Meme Around The Clock.

OPEN THREAD: Enjoy.

BLUE STATE UPDATE, EVERYTHING IS A SCAM:

“Look at me. I am the autistic now.” https://t.co/bIGDqcSSqr pic.twitter.com/EVMAbM6i4H

— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) December 28, 2025

TREAT THE SHOULDER PAIN: Shoulder-Heating-Pad-Heated-Wrap. #CommissionEarned

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: “Medicinal cannabis is increasingly used to treat a variety of conditions, but a comprehensive new review suggests that there is insufficient scientific evidence to support its effectiveness in many cases.”

CHOOSING POORLY:

WE CAN HOPE: The EU Could Be Gone in Four Years: A Revolutionary Eruption Is Coming.

READER FAVORITE: 5 Precision Adjust Knife Sharpener. #CommissionEarned

I BELIEVE THIS: Why an After-Dinner Walk Is So Good for You, According to Experts.

OOPS: Hyundai Recalls Tucson Again Over a New Fire Risk.

READER FAVORITE: Grass Fed Colostrum Powder. #CommissionEarned

THINK OF THE AUTHORITIES ENFORCING GUN CONTROL AS ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE AND YOU WON’T GO FAR WRONG: Another Win for Gun Control: ‘Jihad Jack’ Got a Gun Permit While Millions of Australians Remained Disarmed.