NOT SURPRISING BUT STILL DISAPPOINTING:

The Clancy jury has told the court that it is deadlocked. As expected, Judge Sullivan is now sending them back. That is a common response to push a jury further. Not surprising given the intense divisions in the country, the jury appears to be manifesting those same divisions…

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) September 1, 2026

BELMONT CLUB: September 10, 2001. “Nearly 25 years ago, on Sept. 10, 2001, the left-wing parties of Europe and America surveyed their breathtaking domain. Viewed from their vantage point, the Soviet Union had collapsed, and the world was theirs to inherit. To most Westerners, even educated ones, Islam was an ancient myth rumored to be surviving in distant places. Christianity was a fading force beaten down by Free Love and atheism. With the fall of Moscow, the world was theirs.”

NOW OUT: The Hunt For Confederate Gold (American Treasure Hunters, 1). #CommissionEarned

ANOTHER 20,000 BROKEN EGGS, STILL NO OMELETS:

The data is clear: Colin Kaepernick’s NFL protest which started ten years ago helped lead to 20,000 more murders — 10,000 of them black victims. Woke 1, as AOC calls it, was an unmitigated disaster. Read & share this: https://t.co/1fikCpf7zU

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 1, 2026

SCHLICHTER: The Washington Post Embarrasses Itself Trying to Embarrass Me.

Before this article came out, WaPo reporter Dan Lamothe tried to get me to comment. He texted me on my cell:

“Colonel, this is Dan Lamothe. Working on a story about undisclosed SGE and HQE employees for the Pentagon. You pop up in the system. Looking to touch base about it today, please.”

And he DM’d me on X:

“Kurt – Dan Lamothe with The Washington Post here. We’ve confirmed you appear in the Pentagon system as an HQE employee and wanted to seek clarification about what your role is. You appear under P&R, so I presume it’s possible the rumors are true that you’re working on war college-related efforts. You have continued to write on defense and immigration issues. Have you disclosed your government affiliation to readers anywhere? Thanks very much. Dan”

Gee, I guess we’re on a first-name basis. Now, I know what you are thinking: “What obscenities did you reply with, Kurt?” Well, none. I did not reply. Why?

1. I don’t comment on my work.

2. I don’t talk to the regime media.

3. Screw the Washington Post.

You may also note how he said I “appear in the Pentagon system” and “pop up in the system.” So what was a Pentagon reporter doing in the Pentagon personnel system? Is that where he got my phone number?

Needless to say, read the whole thing — and don’t screw with a trial attorney who also did standup.

MASSIVE RESISTANCE: U. Missouri suspends staffer who told undercover reporter DEI continues.

HEH:

For halloween this year, I'm going to dress up as a liberal white woman. pic.twitter.com/Xo6moJyvTQ

— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) September 1, 2026

NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVE ALWAYS CHANGED WHO GETS TO QUESTION AUTHORITY. The printing press brought millions of new minds into the conversation. Social media brought billions. Free speech is what lets that scrutiny produce discovery, correction, and progress.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: 5 of Town’s Muslim Council Members Under Investigation for Election Fraud.

WEAPONIZED JUSTICE: Whistleblower: NY AG Ordered Vendettas on Political Opponents – Including Trump. “Two days ago, one of James’ assistant AGs went public to accuse her of ordering political vendettas, almost all of them without cause.”

MASSIVE RESISTANCE: HHS initiates civil rights investigation into OHSU after race-discrimination complaint.

SINCE AT LEAST LENIN, THE LEFT HAS SEEN STRONG FAMILIES AS IMPEDIMENTS TO PARTY CONTROL:

Yes, the problem with America is our commitment to taking care of our families.

Aside from confirming that all the DSA-types are all projecting their daddy issues, I’m begging them to say this out loud as often as possible. https://t.co/USsf96Tn5M

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) September 1, 2026

THE ENEMY WITHIN: Higher Ed’s Secret Foreign Funding.

The Trump administration has made university accountability a signature issue, from combating discrimination to exposing foreign influence on campus. Now the higher-education lobby is trying to block the release of major foreign-donor names. The administration shouldn’t give in.

Universities receiving federal funds have been required by law since 1986 to report foreign gifts and contracts totaling $250,000 or more annually. They haven’t always done so. The first Trump administration uncovered nearly $6.5 billion in foreign gifts and contracts universities failed to disclose. The Biden administration failed to open any foreign-funding investigations, according to a September 2024 report from the House Select Committee on China. The second Trump administration restored enforcement and launched a public dashboard for reported foreign funding.

The disclosures show what’s at stake. In 2025 universities reported more than 8,300 foreign gifts and contracts, worth $5.2 billion, including $1.1 billion from Qatar and $528 million from China. The Education Department has identified roughly $380 million in historical university transactions with entities flagged by the U.S. government. That includes $158 million involving companies on the Defense Department’s Section 1286 list, which identifies foreign institutions and talent programs “confirmed to be engaging in activities that threaten U.S. national security interests.” Another $193 million involves entities on the Commerce Department’s Entity List, which restricts access to sensitive U.S. technology. Most of the flagged entities are Chinese, including organizations tied to Beijing’s military and nuclear program.

All foreign donors and contracting parties should be identified. In July the Education Department promised to publish “the names of all foreign sources from prior reporting cycles.” Yet it has repeatedly delayed doing so as higher-education groups press to keep those identities from public view.

Keep pushing. There’s no good reason for foreign influence-buying to be kept secret.

ARIZONA DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT? DHS plans to launch voter fraud investigation surge Tuesday. “Offices in nine states are expected to take investigative action from early September to mid-October, according to the guidance. Those states include Washington, Wisconsin, Missouri, Georgia, California, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New York and Connecticut.”

MORE OF THAT WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE ON DISPLAY:

For at least the past 20 years, minority- and female-written essays have been graded LESS harshly than white male equivalents. https://t.co/lvjvOk1Z7F

— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) August 30, 2026

ANOTHER REASON WHY THE MIDTERMS MATTER: State Bailouts; Will They Come? How Will Senators and Representatives Vote?

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: RFK Jr. Continues to Terrorize Leftists With Healthy Food. “We knew that the Dems were going to be permanently triggered by the fact that a scion of their royal family jumped ship to become part of the MAGA machine. Kennedy continues to compound their misery because he and the president have obviously developed a strong, friendly bond through working together. It doesn’t matter what he does in his role at HHS; the lefties have predetermined that they’re going to hate it all.”

ERDOĞAN WEEPS: Israel, Greece finalize €3 billion defense system agreement. “Greece has dubbed the new program ‘Achilles Shield,’ a deal the ministry ranks among the largest in the country’s defence history. Never before has the Israeli Ministry of Defense delivered a single, fully integrated array built to counter threats as varied as ballistic missiles, aircraft, and hostile drones. The two countries also finalized a smaller, supplementary contract, valued at 26 million euros, for Israel to provide Greece with drone dome systems.”

REPORT FROM MY HOMETOWN: Knox County bans automated license plate readers; Demands removal and destruction of data within 30 days.

MASSIVE RESISTANCE (CONT’D): Even After Affirmative Action’s Fall, DEI Thrives at Elite Law Schools.

501(c)(3)s NEED TO BE REINED IN SHARPLY, OR JUST ABOLISHED:

One of the most galling aspects of all this lawfare is that so much of it is run through 501(c)(3) organizations, meaning organizations whose activities are effectively subsidized by taxpayers. They then use the aura of “IRS approved nonprofit” status to confer a kind of… https://t.co/KuttnwrLoX

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) August 31, 2026

EVERY LEFTY INSTITUTION IS CRUMBLING: Ailing Burning Man festival hit by another hammer blow as it’s revealed most attendees are now MIDDLE AGED. “Last year, the share of Burners in their 50s even surpassed those in their 20s.”

REMEMBER, SPACEX TURNS THE IMPOSSIBLE INTO THE MERELY LATE:

Your occasional reminder that physics PhDs are not engineers. The physics PhDs told us that we couldn't do missile defense. https://t.co/ra7Ybd82G0

— Rand Simberg (@Simberg_Space) August 31, 2026

CERTIFIED? YOU KEEP USING THAT WORD: Trump Admin Says Certified Truck Driver Had ‘No Name Given.’

MASSIVE RESISTANCE: Inside Cal Berkeley Law Review’s Admissions Team, Where ‘Diverse Life Experience’ Matters More Than ‘Editing Abilities:’ Documents from the UC Berkeley law journal show how editors use personal statements to bypass bans on affirmative action.