THIS HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE RETHINKING A FEW THINGS, OR AT LEAST SHOULD:

I expected the Trump tariffs to be a disaster. I'm puzzled by what I'm not seeing.

They don't seem to have harmed the US economy in any way I can notice with my eyeballs or in the statistics. Business activity is booming, unemployment seems to be low, household consumption is…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) September 24, 2026

HOE ABOUT EXPANDED SCHOOL CHOICE FOR MOMS WHO CAN’T AFFORD IT? A black mother’s choice for her son: It will be private school.

I’m sending my black son to private school, writes Jenisha Watts in The Atlantic. Growing up in Lexington, Kentucky, she “received an abysmal education” at the sort of mostly black, low-income public school that failed Nikole Hannah-Jones’ daughter. She worked hard to catch up, but is still coping with her educational deficits. She will not put her son at risk.

What’s interesting is that Watts considers Hannah-Jones a friend and confidant. She admires her courage. “I’ve always believed that I have a responsibility, especially as a Black woman who comes from a difficult background, to care about all kids in need,” she writes. “I fear I am betraying that when I choose what is best for my son and my son alone.”

Why does doing the right thing for you kid have to be accompanied by all the public handwringing?

SHE’S JUST NOT THAT BRIGHT:

Say that again… slowly. https://t.co/Tw79ecLjwM

— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) September 23, 2026

Plus also sometimes impaired.

THAT’S RIGHT: We’re Shooting Down Enemy Drones With Fricken Laser Beams.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: 4K Night Vision Binoculars for Adults. #CommissionEarned

THE GOP SHOULD LISTEN TO RANDO:

This is the winning midterm message.

But the GOP at large won’t pick it up because too many of their candidates’ donors want to replace American workers with cheap foreign labor. https://t.co/z6jO9Gt5YA

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) September 24, 2026

GUN NATION: What Really Matters in Terms of Self-Defense…By the Numbers.

TOUGH JOB, BEING A BUREAUCRAT. SOMEONE MIGHT MOCK YOU. Australia’s top public servants want Parliament to rein in social media clips that subject officials to ridicule. But making fun of powerful government officials isn’t a bug in democratic debate. It’s one of the features.

SPOILER: HE IS THE MOST UNAWARE WHITE LIB IN HISTORY.

And for an encore, our crazy orange president red-pilled Matthew Yglesias

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) September 24, 2026

LIVING (WELL…) HISTORY: ‘Paging Hezbollah’ Goes Inside One of the Most Daring Anti-Terror Operations of All Time.

IRAN SIEGE UPDATE (VIP): Siege: Nothing Happens Until It All Happens.

VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY DEPEND UPON IT:

100% – and the doomer grifters are doing everything possible to get Democrats elected because Trump called them out and bruised their fragile, little egos. https://t.co/gzF2Y7opNW

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) September 24, 2026

Earlier: “Before you speak of rifles, use the piece of paper men once crossed oceans and battlefields to earn. If you curse the Republic as dead, make damn sure you showed up while it was still breathing.”

GET RID OF PESTS: Dr. Killigan’s Premium Clothing Moth Traps with Pheromones. #CommissionEarned

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, LOL: Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Filmed Hamas Beating Jewish Hostages and Covered It Up. “Everything coming out of Gaza is Hamas propaganda. The turning point in the Oct 7 war came when the media chose to uncritically publish all of it and politicians and much of the public chose to believe it. There is no such thing as ‘journalism’ in Gaza. All there is organized manipulation.”

HIGH POINT OF MY DAY: CNN Insiders Are Panicking Over This Bombshell Development.

WORST. HITLER. EVER: 

● Shot: Trump’s media ban shows steady slide of his regime into outright dictatorship.

—The London Independent*, Tuesday.

● Chaser: CNN, M-SNOW, Politico reporters back at White House after federal judge blocks Trump ban.

—The New York Post, today.

* Yes, that London Independent.

THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WANTS YOU TO THINK THAT WHAT THEY DO IS GENUINELY DIFFICULT WORK, REQUIRING A RARE SKILLSET, BUT IT REALLY ISN’T:

Less than 48 hours ago, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins said we independent media outlets could NOT handle covering President Trump with our pool cameras

We set out to prove her WRONG, and we DID.

Today, we covered EVERY SECOND of President Trump’s welcome ceremony for Xi. Right here on… https://t.co/cW0rNMlA6K

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 24, 2026

“IT’S MAKING THE FROGS GAY.” Eh, close enough: A Wastewater Hormone Turns Male Fish Into Worse Fathers.

CHANGE (IT BACK): DHS Ends Biden-Era Solicitation of Donations for Illegal Aliens in Custody.

THERE ARE NO WORDS:

It's obvious that the heuristic I used to mine quotes from the 1.5 million or so forum posts & comments by Effective Altruists was leaving a lot of insanity on the table.

Thanks to prompting from @perrymetzger , I found Yudkowsky talking about baby-eating, BSDM-theorizing, and… https://t.co/ZKTKuKQPqy pic.twitter.com/E7N9TRiIs4

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) September 24, 2026

THE PREDICTIONS FAILED BUT THE GRIFT GOES ON: Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this.’

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Hawaii Vampire Gun Restrictions Just Won’t Die. “Unfortunately, a Ninth Circuit en banc panel just reversed this lower court’s decision and has found that these ridiculous hurdles to firearm ownership are perfectly fine.”

SUICIDAL EMPATHY OR SUICIDAL INTENTIONAL IGNORANCE?

The West: Why did you commit the terror attack?
Terrorist: My religion dictates it.
The West: So climate change?
Terrorist: No, my religion.
The West: So beard bullying?
Terrorist: No, my religion.
The West: So, violent video games then?
Terrorist: No, my religion.
The West:…

— Gad Saad (@GadSaad) September 24, 2026

More:

The West: So, American imperialism then?
Terrorist: No, my religion.
The West: So the Zionist entity forced you to defend yourself?
Terrorist: FFS, it’s MY RELIGION.

Conclusion from the West: Terror attacks stem from a confluence of paleo-botanical-sociocultural-ethnopolitical forces that requires a nuanced analysis. What is absolutely clear though is that this has nothing to do with religion.

The Left’s ability to deny agency to anyone they think is inferior — in ostensible solidarity! — is a virtual trapeze act of cognitive dissonance. Yet they pull it off reflexively and seamlessly.

Truly a marvel to behold.

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INCENTIVIZING TERRORISM: Pay-For-Slay in Action: Israeli Dad’s Murderer Was in Debt, Wanted Jihad Payoff.