YES, THE SO-CALLED PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FOMENTS VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS, PART II: Columbia University student Khymani James publicly stated that “Zionists don’t deserve to live” and that others should be “grateful that I’m not just going out and murdering Zionists.” Although Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the umbrella anti-Israel campus group, initially issued an apology on his behalf, the group later rescinded that apology and explicitly endorsed “armed resistance,” while James himself disavowed any expression of regret.
December 17, 2025
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2028 PREVIEW: Rubio: I Won’t Run If Vance Enters 2028 Race.
“If J.D. Vance runs for president, he’s going to be our nominee, and I’ll be one of the first people to support him,” Rubio told author Chris Whipple in a “Vanity Fair” interview published Tuesday.
Rubio, 54, and Vance, 41, are widely viewed as leading GOP presidential candidates when Trump’s second term ends. Presidents are constitutionally limited to two terms under the 22nd Amendment.
Trump this year publicly praised Vance and Rubio and floated the idea of them running together on a future Republican ticket, without specifying who would lead.
“We have J.D., obviously — the vice president is great,” Trump said while traveling in Asia in October. “Marco’s great. I’m not sure if anybody would run against those two. I think if they formed a group, it would be unstoppable.”
Of course, intentions often change as the primaries come closer.
YES, THE SO-CALLED PALESTINE SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT FOMENTS VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS: I say so-called, because the movement does not care at all about the welfare of Palestinians, it’s at base a hate-Israel movement. As for violence against Jews, in the wake of the massacre in Australia I have seen many denials that the movement endorses violence against Jews, but putting aside the incendiary rhetoric (“globalize the intifada” and whatnot) there is plenty of contrary evidence, such as:
SAD:
📰 SYDNEY: JEWISH-OWNED BAGEL SHOP CLOSES AFTER FEAR OF BEING MURDERED
Avner’s, a Jewish-owned bagel bakery in Sydney, has closed effective immediately following the Bondi chanukah massacre and escalating antisemitic threats.
The owners say police and security agencies warned… pic.twitter.com/W8kMXLZ6mE
— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) December 16, 2025
“Police and security agencies warned the bakery had become a potential target, and that they were unable to guarentee their safety.”
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: In a Perfect World, Merrick Garland Would Be Living in GITMO. “There are so many people to despise from the Biden years that it’s probably best to just go with a Top 10 list. Number One on mine is Merrick Garland, who who turned the Department of Justice into Joe Biden’s personal goon squad. For four years, the chief law enforcement officer in the United States had zero respect for the law. Garland’s focus was getting revenge on Republicans for keeping him off of the Supreme Court. He had enormous power and the emotional maturity of a prepubescent boy whose parents didn’t like him.”
WHY ARE IVY LEAGUE CAMPUSES SUCH CESSPITS OF VIOLENCE? An MIT professor was fatally shot at his home and police launched a homicide investigation. “It’s difficult to grasp. It just seems like it keeps happening.”
WE NEED FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE:
This will go down as one of the most consequential articles in U.S.history.
And yes, it is super fucked up.
10 million views at the time I’m writing this.
May it help end the scourge of DEI forever.
And lead to a rapid cultural correction. https://t.co/JK2sv6zHl2
— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) December 17, 2025
ERIK DURNEIKA: The Myth of an American Retreat From the Indo-Pacific Debunked.
A Financial Times article alleges, based on anonymous sources, that the Japanese government feels abandoned by Washington amid an escalating row with Beijing. The same Financial Times published a now-debunked piece claiming that the Trump administration had blocked the Taiwanese president’s planned transit through the U.S.
None of these stories and talking points align with reality, though. The Trump administration isn’t turning away from the Indo-Pacific region and doesn’t plan to do so in the foreseeable future. In fact, quite the opposite is happening.
The NSS’s main priority is the Western Hemisphere, in line with the administration’s focus on protecting the homeland. Much of this focus is due to China’s and other adversaries’ expanding influence on America’s doorstep. China, for example, weaponizes migration and drug trafficking to the detriment of the U.S. and the rest of the free world.
At the same time, the Trump administration remains committed to the Western Pacific. The NSS covers a range of topics relating to the region, from China’s economic warfare and coercion to Taiwan, the South China Sea (SCS), the First Island Chain, and defense burden-sharing.
Contrary to attempts to paint the NSS as a dark, isolationist, “far-right” document, there is an emphasis on strengthening Indo-Pacific alliances and partnerships, including with Japan and India — another country Democrat elected officials claim President Trump has left behind.
A quibble or two aside, this is the best set of foreign policies and national defense priorities since Reagan.
BUCK ROGERS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING: Gil Gerard, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Star, Dies at 82.
THIS CALLS NOT MERELY FOR FIRINGS, BUT FOR PROSECUTIONS: Is Anybody Shocked That Biden’s DOJ Pressured FBI to Search Trump’s Residence?
WELL, WELL, THE LEFT WON’T BE HAPPY: The November Jobs Numbers Are Here, and It’s Good News for American Workers.
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THE NEW SPACE RACE: Oh look, yet another Starship clone has popped up in China.
The trend began with the Chinese government. In November 2024 the government announced a significant shift in the design of its super-heavy lift rocket, the Long March 9. Instead of the previous design, a fully expendable rocket with three stages and solid rocket boosters strapped to the sides, the country’s state-owned rocket maker revealed a vehicle that mimicked SpaceX’s fully reusable Starship.
Around the same time, a Chinese launch firm named Cosmoleap announced plans to develop a fully reusable “Leap” rocket within the next few years. An animated video that accompanied the funding announcement indicated that the company seeks to emulate the tower catch-with-chopsticks methodology that SpaceX has successfully employed.
But wait, there’s more. In June a company called Astronstone said it too was developing a stainless steel, methane-fueled rocket that would also use a chopstick-style system for first stage recovery. Astronstone didn’t even pretend to not copy SpaceX, saying it was “fully aligning its technical approach with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.”
And then, on Friday, the state-aligned China.com reported that a company called “Beijing Leading Rocket Technology” took things a step further. It has named its vehicle “Starship-1,” adding that the new rocket will have enhancements from AI and is billed as a “fully reusable AI rocket.”
Presentations and buzzwords are easy. Space is… you know.
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THE E.V. BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: WSJ:. Ford Learns a Brutal EV Lesson: The car maker takes a $19.5 billion write-down on its electric-vehicle business. “Ford has lost $13 billion on its EV business since 2023, with bigger losses expected in years to come. Last year Ford lost about $50,000 for each EV sold. The truth is that the business case for EVs has always rested largely on government subsidies and mandates. Now that this combination of government favoritism and coercion is mostly going away, most car makers have much less reason to make EVs.”
Do tell.
