INVESTIGATE HER:
🚨 NEW – Convicted Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock claimed from jail that Rep. Ilhan Omar knew about the $250M COVID meal fraud, alleging her office helped secure the USDA waivers that made the scheme possible.
A Minnesota state committee agreed, concluding Omar, Walz,… pic.twitter.com/giBZBzhofB
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) May 18, 2026
EDUCATION IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SELF-ADMIRATION: The complaint that Jonathan Haidt didn’t “reflect” graduates’ values says more about campus expectations than about Haidt.
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BE PREPARED: Why You Really Need to Take a Defensive Shotgun Training Class. “Another issue that we need to address is the assumption that a shotgun is a beginner’s tool and is less complicated and easier to use than, say, a carbine for home defense. Having a conversation with a good friend yesterday who happens to be a 20-year veteran of the US Army Special Forces with numerous combat tours, he said, ‘Brother, people think running a fighting shotgun is easy. It’s actually the exact opposite.’ He laughed and continued, ‘A freakin’ machine gun is simpler.'”
PERFECT FOR COCKTAILS:
Arctic sea ice measured 4.6 million km2 at the 2025 summer minimum, which is 35% higher than the record low of 3.4 million km2 set in 2012.
Late-season ice retention has improved drastically in the past 13 years. Losses have not accelerated.
And when the trend is extended, the… pic.twitter.com/L66CetqpAj
— Electroverse (@Electroversenet) May 19, 2026
Exit quote: “A collapse was forecast. But it did not occur.”
Science that fails at predictions isn’t very good science.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: GOP Needs More Than Investigations and Outrage to Combat Voter Fraud. “The Democratic elites use all of their imagination concocting schemes like this. I don’t like giving them any compliments, but they are very good at this sort of thing. I am convinced that there are people at the Democratic National Committee who never sleep and devote all of their time to coming up with new ‘anomalies’ that they can introduce into the election process.”
EVEN A FLATWORM IS SMART ENOUGH TO TURN AWAY FROM PAIN:
Dem who welcomed socialist mayor’s ‘change’ now sounding alarm over billionaire exodus: ‘Gravely concerned.’Now, less than five months into Wilson’s term, Seattle Democratic Councilmember Rob Saka admitted to the New York Times, “I am gravely concerned,” telling the outlet, “This is real.”
Saka previously welcomed Wilson after she defeated incumbent Bruce Harrell, saying in a statement, “The voters have spoken, calling for change and a renewed focus on affordability, community, and fighting back against a resurgent Trump agenda.”
He praised the “energy she brings to leadership,” and said he was “look[ing] forward to partnering with her to build a thriving, inclusive Seattle that uplifts working families, expands universal preschool for all, ends food deserts, and creates safer, more connected neighborhoods across our city.”
Translation: Saka hasn’t learned a damn thing that matters.
DECLINE IS MOST DEFINITELY A CHOICE:
One of the most dangerous things about @spencerpratt is that if he wins he will clean up Los Angeles and show that it can be done in New York, Chicago, Seattle, etc. None of our cities have to be like this.
As goes California, so goes the nation.
— Josh Rainer (@JoshRainerGold) May 19, 2026
Beyond Karen Bass, as Iowahawk noted about Nithya Raman:
Of all the Hot Dog Guying ever Hot Dog Guyed, this is the Hot Dog Guyest https://t.co/ppQRPM77XS
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 7, 2026
I'm just absolutely amazed at the gall of someone who had never once lived in Los Angeles, moved there in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fucking Thirteen for a city government job, founded a "homeless outreach" "non profit" in 2017, ran for city council in 2019 on a "fix…
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 7, 2026
Tweet continues, “in 2017, [Raman] ran for city council in 2019 on a ‘fix homelessness,’ promptly firehosed infinite taxpayer cash at other ‘homeless non-profits,’ and now suddenly says ‘it’s not okay for people to be sleeping on the streets.’ ‘We can fix this’? Yeah, we can, if the ‘we’ doesn’t include you.”
People generally nod their head in agreement that there exists a Military Industrial Complex with a financial interest in endless wars. At this point we should also agree there's a Homeless Industrial Complex with deep financial interests in perpetuating homelessness
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 7, 2026
WTF HAPPENED TO THE HARDY, PRACTICAL SCOTS? Transgender Indian migrant without work visa who got elected to Scottish Parliament wants locals to pay reparations to Palestinians.
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Civil war brewing at New York Times following publication of column alleging rape of Palestinians.
Nicholas Kristof’s column in The New York Times continues to reverberate a week after publication, and has created an internal rift between the newspaper’s newsroom and its opinion section.
The column, titled “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,” includes allegations of systematic sexual abuse by Israeli prison guards and soldiers against Palestinian detainees. It cites testimony from 14 Palestinians alleging the use of batons and carrots, threats to rape family members and dogs used for sexual assault while prison staff laughed and filmed the incident.
The article drew widespread reactions around the world, including protests and calls to cancel subscriptions. On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar threatened to file a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper for libel against the State of Israel. Israeli officials and the Israel Prison Service have completely denied the claims, and Netanyahu called them baseless.
Earlier: The Big Tell: NYT Not Reporting Kristof Accusations on its News Pages.
Think about that: the journalists who would run with allegations from the Steele Dossier and make a two-year crusade out of proving it are too ashamed to touch Kristof’s accusations.
That’s how absurd this story is.
Thus the kerfuffle between the Gray Lady’s “news” and opinion departments:
BREAKING: A massive civil war has reportedly emerged within the New York Times, with many journalists questioning the credibility of Kristof’s piece.
One NYT journalist stated: “I am sick of being embarrassed by the Opinion section.”
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) May 18, 2026
THEY CAN’T TAKE THE SKY FROM HIM:
Maybe the reason Elon wants to create AI data centers in outer space is not so much to get above the atmosphere as to get above political permission. He doesn't want to escape gravity. He wants to escape the environmentalists.
Gravity is more easily escaped than red tape. https://t.co/6ePJRyOqKJ
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) May 18, 2026
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE:
How different would America be today if universities weren’t overwhelmingly agents of the far left? https://t.co/2NkFzIwZjp
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) May 19, 2026
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CHANGE? New Bill Would Ban Radical Religious Leaders From Entering the United States.
Rep. Chip Roy introduced the Inhibiting Militant Adversarial Mullahs (IMAM) Act on Monday, which would bar radicalized leaders of certain religious denominations from being admitted into the United States.
“The United States should never roll out the red carpet for foreign clerics who preach anti-American hatred, celebrate terrorism, or serve as mouthpieces for radical regimes,” the Texas Republican told the Daily Signal in a statement.
If passed, the simple two-page bill would amend Section 101(a)(15)(R) of the immigration code to prevent nonimmigrant religious worker visas for “an alien with the title of Imam, Grand Imam, Shaykha, Mufti, Grand Mufti, Ayatollah or Grand Ayatollah from entering the United States.”
Roy, a co-founder of the congressional Sharia Free America Caucus, introduced the legislation following reports that some Muslim clerics have promoted hostility toward the United States.
That’s been going on for at least 30 years.
YOU MEAN NICHOLAS “DOG RAPE” KRISTOF? ‘Some Things Are Just Not Forgivable’: Hamawy Is Denounced by 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Survivors Who Are Appalled a Friend of the Blind Sheikh May Soon Be in Congress.
I encourage everyone to refer to him as “the dog rape guy” for the rest of his career.
PEAK M-SNOW: “What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that our rights do not derive from government; they come from our creator?”
"What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that our rights do not derive from government; they come from our creator… Is this him putting God above the Declaration of Independence?"
Truly the MSNBC clip to end all MSNBC clips.pic.twitter.com/Fy72cVrkgN
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 19, 2026
God talk is SO foreign to MS NOW. Katy Tur: What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that our rights do not derive from government? They come from you, our creator and heavenly father. Is this him putting God over the Declaration of Independence?
McKay Coppins: I… pic.twitter.com/sfpykN5bYc— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) May 18, 2026
IF YOU CAN’T GET JUSTICE FROM THE STATE, SOME WILL SEEK JUSTICE OUTSIDE THE STATE, AND SOME WILL SEEK JUSTICE AGAINST THE STATE.
You will start to see more and more of stuff like this if these kind of rulings continue. You will also see a rise in vigilantism because if the state refuses to do its job, others will step in to do it. https://t.co/wLFzDRHKtJ
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) May 18, 2026
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Given that the seal on the wall is in English, is this really from The Netherlands? Even if so, the cautionary point holds. The Dutch are just a bit further down that road than we are.
THE CLAIM THAT “THE PARTIES SWITCHED” IS ALSO BULLSHIT:
There isn’t a single deep southern state that’s been controlled by Republicans for generations.
GOP control is a recent thing:
Louisiana: 2011-2015, 2024-present
Mississippi: 2012-present
Alabama: 2011-present
Georgia: 2005-present https://t.co/cSN0B7Zv5F— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) May 17, 2026
Flashback: “In their book “The End of Southern Exceptionalism,” Richard Johnston of the University of Pennsylvania and Byron Shafer of the University of Wisconsin argue that the shift in the South from Democratic to Republican was overwhelmingly a question not of race but of economic growth. In the postwar era, they note, the South transformed itself from a backward region to an engine of the national economy, giving rise to a sizable new wealthy suburban class. This class, not surprisingly, began to vote for the party that best represented its economic interests: the G.O.P. Working-class whites, however — and here’s the surprise — even those in areas with large black populations, stayed loyal to the Democrats.”
This from the New York Times, even.
Related:
What actually killed the Solid South wasn't Nixon, it was long running economic stagnation and lack of industry relative to GOP states.
"Vote Blue No Matter Who," left region economically backwards, no matter how much whining about technocracy the elites did https://t.co/BbXdMIcbFZ pic.twitter.com/JX1QksjrLU
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) April 18, 2026
The whole thread is worth reading.
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