MUSK HAD TO DELIVER A PRODUCT, NEWSOM HAD TO WET EVERYBODY’S BEAKS:

So…

Elon Musk: $10 billion private funding.

700 space launches.

Gavin Newsom: $16 billion taxpayer paid.

0 miles of train track.

Think about how crazy that is…

Private funding vs your hard earned tax. dollars

In no universe is that ok.

— C3 (@C_3C_3) July 13, 2026

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE:

Anthropic – one of the biggest AI companies in the world – just announced a product for teachers.

They are working with Randi Weingarten’s union. pic.twitter.com/Pq5RokuBne

— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) July 14, 2026

PROFITS FOR ME BUT NOT FOR THEE: Hypocritical American Commies and Leftists Love Them Some Old-Fashioned Capitalism.

OH. MY:  DINOSAURS OF THE WILD WEST SERIES. Two cinematic episodes from the Director of Primitive War.

HMM: AI Hyperscale Data Centers Are Going to Power the Next Tea Party Revolt.

Related: The AI Backlash Comes to Texas.

I tend to see this as a lefty issue, probably pushed by China as an issue to undermine American AI. But ironically, it mostly boosts Elon’s efforts for space data centers.

PART OF THIS IS THAT THEY’VE BEEN SUBSIDIZED BY GRIFT AND FRAUD FOR SO LONG:  Theater Kids vs. Racketeers: How Art School Marxists Are Eating the Democrat Party Alive.

HE’S NOT ALONE. OH, HE’S NOWHERE NEAR ALONE:  Rising Rage.

TODAY IN ODD NEWS:  Florida student’s historic 11.99 GPA triggers district policy overhaul.

LIKE A SOW RETURNS TO HER MIRE:  Millionaires are Fleeing New York — Taking $11 Billion in Tax Revenue With Them.

THE TOOLS OF DEBATE:  We’re all familiar with the Motte and Bailey. Nick Shackel described and named it in a 2005 paper entitled “The Vacuity of Postmodernist Methodology”. But did you know he also named four other rhetorical maneuvers? Let’s go through them!

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NO. JUST NO. GET THE GOVERNMENT OFF STUDENT LOANS NOW: Student Loan Update: GOP Bill Would Codify Major Change for Borrowers.

The government has no money of its own. Government creates no value. it should stop printing money to allow universities to jack their fees, their costs, their salaries, with the future of American youth as the bargaining paw. Government should get its nose out of everywhere not specified in the Constitution. Enough is enough.

THE GODS OF THE COPYBOOK HEADINGS LIMP UP TO EXPLAIN ONCE MORE:  The result of places like New York blocking data center construction will be that the data centers, and the economic development that accompanies them, will end up in states with better governments. New York’s population has been falling, and it will continue to do so; this trend is driven by the economic stagnation brought by bad legislation and bureaucratic mismanagement. People don’t like living in places with insanely high taxes and poor economic opportunities.

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NEVER WAS:  Why Gun Debate Isn’t About Just Here and Now.

CHINA WOULD:  China detains US seismologist who has studied North Korean nuclear tests.

FOR ANYONE WHO WORRIED FOR ME:  Not to Leave You In Suspense.

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT:  It is Our Turn.

YEP:  The problem is the state.

OPEN THREAD: I’m out of Steely Dan references for now.

ITHACA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

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— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 14, 2026

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Your lost dog can now call home with the world’s 1st satellite-connected dog collar.

JIM TREACHER: Is Haley Stevens for Real?

In the Senate primary, Michigan Democrats have a choice between a candidate who wants to abolish prisons and campaigns with Hasan Piker and whatever Haley Stevens is doing. pic.twitter.com/UqZeXy2BoA

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 13, 2026

That clip is going around today, and a bunch of meanies are already comparing her to Pat. You know, It’s Pat. You’re not sure if it’s a man or a woman. Or Matt Foley, the motivational speaker who “lives in a van down by the river!” She does sound like she’s in a Saturday Night Live sketch of some sort. Back when it was still funny.

She kinda reminds me of a grown-up Little Rascal. “Hey kids, let’s put on a show!” And no, I’m not old enough to remember the original Little Rascals from the ‘30s. I’m only old enough to remember the syndicated reruns in the ‘70s.

At least this woman isn’t Abdul El-Sayed, her opponent in the primary. I haven’t really talked about that guy much, but the more I learn about him, the less I like him.

Stevens supports Israel, and El-Sayed does not. Huh. Weird. The terrorist sympathizer isn’t a fan of the Jews. (And yes, I know not all Muslims sympathize with terrorists. Just the ones running for public office these days.)

So this lady is the establishment candidate, and he’s the commie terrorist candidate. If you made me pick one, I’m going with Stevens every time. At least she’s not a Jew-hating communist.

And she seems like she’d be fun to party with. Which candidate would you want to have a beer bong with?

Let’s let El-Sayed himself answer that question:

"Haley Stevens is a suit with a large AIPAC bank account" is a great way to dispel concerns that maybe just maybe you've got Jews on the brain, Abdul https://t.co/oXhT6FTBk6

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) July 1, 2026

GRAHAM’S BODY WASN’T EVEN COLD: When the sad news of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s passing became public, the Left’s Culture Warriors lost no time trashing the man, Richard Pollock reports.

DISPATCHES FROM THE DOOM GOBLIN: Greta Thunberg joins Berlin protest wearing ‘Yalla Intifada’ shirt.

Swedish anti-Israel activist Greta Thunberg appeared at a protest in Berlin on Saturday wearing a T-shirt reading “Yalla Intifada,” as demonstrators rallied outside German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall’s new ammunition factory.

Thunberg joined protesters organized by the Berlin Alliance Against Arms Production outside Rheinmetall’s Berlin-Wedding plant, where production lines are being converted from civilian automotive parts to steel casings for 155-mm artillery shells.

“Greta Thunberg attended a protest wearing a ‘Yalla Intifada’ shirt,” the Combat Antisemitism Movement said on Monday. “The slogan combines the Arabic word for ‘let’s go’ and Intifada, terror campaigns that killed thousands of people.”

And she wore this t-shirt in Berlin, huh?

So is anybody who lionized this kid for being the Joan of Arc of climate change going to say anything about the fact that she switched to the Gaza attention train so seamlessly? If you’re a serious climate activist or if you’re a serious Israel critic, I kinda think her schtick… https://t.co/ADpkMola3b

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) July 14, 2026

Tweet concludes, “I kinda think her schtick should embarrass you. Because it highlights the mimetic faddishness of both causes.”

Not to mention where both causes originally intersected: Rupert Darwall on the Alarming Roots of Environmentalism.

INNER LIFE: Humans Have a ‘Sixth Sense’ You’ve Probably Never Heard Of – And It Appears to Be Key For Mental Health.

NO, TRUMP NOT BACKING OFF: On a proposed rule, that is, from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would ban Medicaid funding for hospitals doing transgender surgery on minors. And tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee marks up a bill to clear the legal path, namely, a right to action to sue providers of such medical “services.”