DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCUPIED ZONES: Families of 9/11 victims want to ban Mamdani from sacred 25th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero: ‘unwelcome guest.’

“Our objection is based on his public record — his failure to meaningfully acknowledge the horror of that day, and his employment of, support for, or association with individuals who have minimized 9/11, defended terrorists, or even suggested America ‘deserved’ the attacks,” said Giovanni Galante – whose 29-year-old wife Grace Catherine Galante was among 2,977 innocents killed by al-Qaeda terrorists.

Galante, 55, is one of the organizers of a petition drive that has collected over 1,100 signatures in a little over a week, including from at least 300 victims’ families.

“This day is sacred to us,” said the Brooklyn-born real estate agent who now lives in Florida.

“It is not political, and it is not a platform for those connected to such views. His presence would be deeply hurtful and inappropriate — like an unwelcome guest at a deeply personal ceremony.”

Previously: Zohran Mamdani: Muslims are the real victims of 9/11.

DOG BITES MAN: Left-wing activist turns out to be professor.

ASKING AI ABOUT POLITICS IS NOT THE SAME AS BUYING BEER. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT NEED TO KNOW YOUR AGE: Age-verification laws could force Americans to identify themselves before seeking lawful information. 

IN THE US, POVERTY IS A LEADING INDICATOR OF OBESITY:

It's adorable you think people are stealing because they're hungry.

They're stealing because they're feral and don't care about civilized society. https://t.co/wh4GuUvIda

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) July 27, 2026

RELIGION OF PEACE UPDATE: Gunmen Kill Priest Who Baptized 175; Jihadis Abduct Pastor’s Family.

GET RID OF FLIES AND GNATS: Zevo Flying Insect Trap for Fruit Flies & Gnats. #CommissionEarned

APPARENTLY STILL THINKING IT’S 2020: Mount Holyoke mandates DEI training, ‘anti-racist plans’ for official student group recognition.

FAUCI LIED, KIDS PAID THE PRICE:

Fauci claimed he didn’t shut down schools. Then bragged in his diary that California and New York shut down schools based on his recommendations. https://t.co/rasjG2MloV

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 26, 2026

NICE WORK, FELLAS: Israeli air strike kills top Hamas official in Gaza, Wael El-Ledawi. “Colonel Wael El-Ledawi, head of the service in central Gaza, and Major Ramez Abu Zraiq were both killed in the attack as they travelled in a vehicle through Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza.”

WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT…:

This is who's calling you an extremist on the internet pic.twitter.com/VMlXtGdWp1

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 26, 2026

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: John Thune Is the Most Effective Democrat in Congress Right Now. “Unfortunately, whenever the Democrats aren’t providing much in the way of competition, the Republicans are always willing to step up and get in their own way. In fact, the GOP has long been the GOP’s most difficult foe.”

“A VAN DROVE INTO A CROWD.” The BBC’s Passive Voice. Technically, that’s actually active voice, but I take the point. But a more accurate passive voice would be “A van was driven into a crowd by a Muslim immigrant with a long history of crime, who probably should have been executed, or at least imprisoned for a long time, before this point.”

TYLER DURDEN: Activists Target WNBA Player After She Takes Stand Against Trans Agenda.

Rule #1 when dealing with the political left: Never apologize to the political left. It won’t shut them up. They will smell blood in the water and attack even more aggressively. Cunningham seems to understand this rule well.

In response, the media has gone on the attack, admonishing Cunningham for her comments. Leftists on social media are calling for her to booted from the league. Some are burning her jersey in an effort to inspire a boycott of her merchandise.

However, as usual, whenever leftist try to boycott someone it ends up backfiring. If a bunch of mentally ill gender fluid weirdos want to buy her jerseys just to burn them, Cunningham will be happy to take their money. Beyond that, her willingness to go against the progressive agenda of the WNBA has also earned her a lot of respect.

Almost overnight, Sophie Cunningham merchandise has sold out online, including her exclusive basketball shoes in women and men’s sizes.

“Put Money in Your Rival’s Pocket” might be the sweetest variation on the Streisand Effect.

Jim Woolsey’s obit from last week marks not just the death of a fascinating man, but perhaps also the passing of bipartisanship. From Richard Miniter in the WSJ:

“Woolsey went on to work at the Navy Department under Jimmy Carter and as an arms-control negotiator under Ronald Reagan. He became Bill Clinton’s first CIA director in 1993. Today the parties don’t mix much in Washington, and yes men are favored.”

Sad that nowadays being “reasonable” means doing things my way.

SIR ISAAC NEWTON SMILES: Joel Kotkin: Scientists who believe in God are challenging the expert atheist establishment. Or Werner Heisenberg, who (allegedly) said, “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.”

As I’ve suggested before, all you have to do to sell creation science to intellectuals is call it simulation theory.

YES:

Those of us who said starting in 2020 that Fauci was a maniacal media whore who cared much more about being adored by tv journos than saving any actual lives from Covid apparently understated the case against him

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) July 26, 2026

Many forgot to mention “Colossally evil sociopath,” for example:

Biggest mistake he ever made was letting the federal government do its job re covid.

We're only now starting to plumb the depths of what the federal government's job was.

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) July 27, 2026

I NEVER WANTED TO BE A DEAN: Law School Dean Tenure Shrinks to 2.8 Years Due to Financial Constraints and Strained Relationships With University Administration.

It’s not a great job. I was recruited to apply for a deanship a few years ago. I had always said I didn’t want it, but it was a school where I had quite a few friends, and it looked attractive. I did some deep introspection and concluded that I didn’t want to be a dean even in an attractive setting. As it turns out, I dodged a bullet, since I would have come in just in time for Covid and Black Lives Matter, but I wouldn’t have been happy regardless.

DON SURBER: Journalism 2026: Any time President Trump gives a speech, it must be described as rambling. And/or “dark.”

ELIMINATIONIST RHETORIC: If Mamdani’s Rhetoric Endangers Jews, What Exactly Does the Left’s Non-Stop Trump Hate Do?

LEFTIST WHITE WOMEN ARE A DEADLY DANGER TO CIVILIZATION:

She has been programmed to blame only straight, White men for everything, so she follows her programming like a robot

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 26, 2026

ICYMI: RAND PAUL RELEASES DOCUMENTS ON INTERCEPTED COVID RESEARCH MATERIALS:

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has released another batch of documents related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The latest records show that U.S. officials intercepted undeclared biological materials tied to a U.S.–China coronavirus research network as early as 2018, likely in an attempt to avoid international tensions and regulatory scrutiny, Paul said.

The documents, which include a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report, primarily focus on a network centered around University of Minnesota virologist Fang Li.

The released documents also include pages from “Tony’s Diary:”

Privately, in his diaries, Doctor Fauci admitted he no longer believed the wet market was the origin of covid. A week later, he convenes a call with 12 scientists, and only two of them think it's definitely animal spillover.

Publicly, he comes out against lab leak and presses… https://t.co/OUc88vmIqv

— Robby Soave (@robbysoave) July 26, 2026

As Jim Geraghty writes, “For the entirety of 2020 and long after, the ‘it started in a wet market’ view was the respectable one. Believing that somebody at the Wuhan Institute of Virology hadn’t been careful one day and had gotten accidentally infected with a virus that had gained a function or two during its time in the lab made you a crazy conspiracy theorist. In fact, the lab leak theory was evidence of your racism. And now — in July 2026! — we learn that Fauci himself had dismissed the wet market as a potential source at the end of January 2020.”

Then there’s an incredible juxtaposition by Fauci of new deaths and new WaPo profiles:

Fauci's diary entry for May 21, 2020 is one of the most grotesque documents you will ever read. It opens with the mounting Covid death toll and people dying across the country, then abruptly pivots into an extended exercise in self-congratulation about his newfound fame. How was… pic.twitter.com/IMpCWerfTR

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) July 25, 2026

Alyssa Farah, now an employee of ABC News, makes an appearance in “Tony’s Diary:”

Apparently while working at the White House, Alyssa was moonlighting as guest booker for CNN: pic.twitter.com/XHjq1inCXz

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 26, 2026

(Originally posted yesterday, by Ed, but too important to risk losing it in the weekend.)

THE NEEDS OF THE PARTY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, COMRADE:

1996. Bill Clinton campaign ad hypes his hardline immigration record:

Doubled border agents!
Signed law protecting US workers from illegals!
Record deportations!
Dole doesn't want to jail illegals!

Run this ad today, and you'd be smeared as a far right xenophobic bigot by the… pic.twitter.com/E6h7eTCvdl

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 26, 2026

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Anti-Aging Face Moisturizer with Retinol, Collagen & Hyaluronic Acid. #CommissionEarned

MAINE MESS: There’s Not A ‘Ha Ha’ Big Enough.

Remember how Democrats pushed rapey commie Nazi Senate candidate Graham Platner off the ballot not because he was a rapey commie Nazi, but because polls showed him losing to RINO Susan Collins in November?

Well, the “we don’t need no stinking voters” nominating committee has picked his replacement. Tiny problem: he may not be eligible to run.

Ineligibility only becomes a problem for Democrats if it also turns out that Troy Jackson has sexually assaulted one too many women who aren’t Republicans.

TAKE A HIKE, MARK: You’re Kidding, Right: Mark Sanford Announces Bid For Lindsey Graham’s Senate Seat.