July 18, 2026

OH, THERE HASN’T BEEN A COMPETITION FOR A LONG TIME:  Democrats, Please Get Your Act Together.

It’s not like during the cold war we could vote for democrats who wanted to surrender to the USSR.

Posted at 1:27 am by Sarah Hoyt

July 17, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

ALIVE OR DEAD? HE’S SCHRODINGER’S SENATOR:

Posted at 8:55 pm by Glenn Reynolds

I’M NOT PREPARED, BUT I’M RESIGNED:

Posted at 8:11 pm by Glenn Reynolds

THE NEW REPUBLIC DEESCALATES: Scott Bessent: A Deranged Leftist Attempted to Assassinate Me Shortly After I Became Secretary of the Treasury. The New Republic: Don’t You Understand You’re Forcing Us Lefties to Murder You?

I’m not at all happy to see TNR writing that a Trump official had his assassination attempt coming to him, but it is a step down for the far left publication, which in 2013, suggested that Obama shell the entire GOP congress:

When Russia faced a constitutional crisis in 1993, President Boris Yeltsin did what any good dictator would do — he had the military surround the White House and had tanks shell the upper floors as a demonstration of force, announcing to the press that “Fascist-communist armed rebellion in Moscow shall be suppressed within the shortest period.”

It’s an efficient way to show who’s boss, and the folks at The New Republic seem like they’re warming up to the idea.

Back then, Jim Geraghty tweeted, “The New Republic: Your first choice for violent, authoritarian, eliminationist rhetoric!” Little has changed at the post-Marty Peretz TNR.

Related: Rubio Confronts an Epidemic of Left-Wing Violence and Extortion.

Posted at 5:48 pm by Ed Driscoll

I talk with Karol Markowicz about my book:

You can see the book here.

Posted at 5:40 pm by Helen Smith

THE MOLOTOV–RIBBENTROP PACT IS BACK, JACK! DSA member says she has no problem supporting ‘secret Nazis’ under one condition:

Far-left podcaster Emma Vigeland raised eyebrows this month with her reaction to Maine oysterman Graham Platner’s political collapse.

Vigeland, a former Young Turks correspondent who now co-hosts The Majority Report With Sam Seder podcast, said on a separate Vox podcast that she doesn’t care if a progressive or socialist candidate has “Nazi” skeletons in their closet.

“I am wary of over-focusing on an individual’s personal character over their platform. You know, I’ve said this before. I don’t really care if say like Bernie Sanders or AOC go home and they’re a secret Nazi, but they go out and they vote for the right things. Like we’re talking about politicians…” the Democratic Socialists of America member said during the podcast, which published earlier in July.

I’m so old, I can remember when “punch a nazi” was an endlessly recurring phrase on the far left during Trump’s first term.

Posted at 5:27 pm by Ed Driscoll

BEEGE: Maine Dems Dump Rape-y Nazi and Get a Freak Parade.

I thought, since I love you all so much, I would set you up for the weekend first thing with a big old helping of the steaming Carnival Side Show tryout mess the Democratic Party of Maine held last night, cleverly disguised as the Maine Democrat U.S. Senate Debate.

Oh, the little dickens – they almost had us fooled. ALMOST.

And then these stellar individuals, like, opened their mouths, and poof! All of a sudden, a hairy, rapey, fake oystering Nazi MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

Oh, gosh, I can’t wait for you to meet them.

There were two back-to-back debates of a slate of four at a time, and some were just so darn memorable.

One of the sterling individuals on the stage was Shenna Bellows, Maine’s infamous Secretary of State. I say ‘infamous’ because you might remember her attempt to keep Trump off the Maine GOP primary ballot over the insurrection clause until crushed like a bug by SCOTUS.

So much more at the link.

Meanwhile:

Posted at 4:54 pm by Stephen Green

OLIVE GARDEN NOW MORE SECURE THAN ELECTIONS:

Posted at 4:38 pm by Stephen Green