DYSPEPSIA GENERATION

The Other McCain.

One of the problems with American politics is how the two-party system tends to foster a Manichean duality on every issue. The Democrat “borg” (which includes media and academia) pushes whatever its policy agenda may be at any moment, and demonizes anyone who dissents. Meanwhile, those of us in the conservative opposition (Republicans, by default) are compelled to naysay whatever Democrats are advocating. Over the course of decades, one may see the two coalitions change — constituent groups changing loyalties — but this process is usually so gradual that it is not recognized at the time such shifts are happening.

One of the sudden shifts came in 1994, when the Republican Party’s “Contract With America” helped produce one of the most consequential midterm elections in American history. For the first time in 40 years, the GOP captured control of both Houses of Congress. Among other things, 1994 marked the beginning of the end of moderate or conservative Democrats being able to win elections in the South. This was ironic, in that Bill Clinton had been elected as an alleged moderate, but during his first two years as president, enacted an agenda so left-wing that it completely alienated many of his erstwhile supporters — including me.

You don’t get to backstab me twice.

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Believing that they are better than everybody else — not merely smarter, but also more “compassionate,” etc. — is what makes our elite so insufferably obnoxious, especially to those of us who tested pretty doggone good ourselves, even if we didn’t go to Harvard.

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Members of Britain’s notorious grooming gangs could be released after serving only half their prison sentences because of a loophole in the Labour government’s early-release scheme.

The Times reports that several men convicted of sexually abusing vulnerable girls may qualify despite Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s promise to exclude grooming offences from the policy.

The loophole applies to crimes committed before specific anti-grooming laws were introduced in 2003. Because the perpetrators were prosecuted under older offences such as indecent assault, they fall outside the government’s exemptions.

Among those who could benefit are Mohammed Imran Akram, Safraz Ahmed Latif, Wajid Hussain, Mohammed Naheem, and Nadeem Ali. The five men were jailed last year for abusing a Bradford girl from the age of 13 while she was in care.

They received sentences of between six and eight years—a combined total of 35 years—but some could now be released by the end of 2028.

Unbelievable. I thank God every day that I don’t live in Britain.

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The seven people arrested following a violent shooting and stabbing in Cologne have all been released after prosecutors concluded that there was insufficient evidence to justify keeping them in custody.

The incident unfolded late on Monday evening, August 3rd, on Berliner Straße in Cologne, where two large families from immigrant backgrounds became involved in a violent confrontation that left four people seriously injured. Two victims suffered gunshot wounds, while another two were stabbed. Despite the violence occurring on a public street, police said there was no danger to the wider public.

Investigators initially detained the four injured individuals along with two 19-year-olds and a 21-year-old in connection with the attack. However, the public prosecutor’s office announced that none of the suspects would remain in custody because the legal threshold for arrest warrants had not been met.

According to a spokesperson for the public prosecutor’s office, the “necessary level of suspicion” could not be established because investigators were unable to determine which individual was responsible for which specific act during the confrontation.

While all seven suspects have now been released, prosecutors stressed that the investigation is continuing. Authorities believe the violence was preceded by an ongoing dispute between the two families involved.

Import Turd World people, receive Turd World problems.

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Irish health chiefs have declared that “pregnant men” are entitled to maternity leave—despite pregnancy and childbirth being exclusively female.

Gript reports that new guidance from the state-run Health Service Executive (HSE) says transgender employees who are legally recognised as male can claim 26 weeks of paid maternity leave if they become pregnant or give birth.

“Since 2023, transgender men who are pregnant or have given birth can access maternity leave,” the advice states.

To qualify, employees must hold a gender recognition certificate under Ireland’s Gender Recognition Act 2015, which allows a woman to change her legal sex to male.

They can also claim a further 16 weeks of unpaid maternity leave immediately after the paid period ends.

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You wanted to slow down ALL immigration? This is how you do it.

Democrats will still give them free handouts, but at least it will be less than it was.

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Her husband was freaking out back when she slapped the teenage Trump fan at the Jersey Shore and was detained.

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This is just tremendous to see.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is running for governor, and at a debate hosted at Farmfest she told one of the biggest whoppers of all time.

Minnesota farmers were not having it.

Richard Epstein.

On July 1, 2026, New York City put into place its tax on second homes—the so-called pied-à-terre tax on high-value homes, condos, and co-ops within the city. That tax was applied retroactively from January 1, 2026, but its retroactive application is only one of the many problems with a tax whose two major supporters are New York State Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani. On the day of its publication, the lead editorial of the New York Times dismissed an anticipated fuss over the new tax as though it were no big deal, billing it as a corrective against out-of-staters who freeloaded on New York’s vast cultural and social resources. The Director of Finance in the City, Richard Lee, announced that the city is “committed to implementing the new nonprimary residence property surcharge fairly and efficiently.” But the public mood sharply changed when the Mamdani administration took one large and foolish step when it published a list containing some 960,000 units that could be subject to the tax, including, as the New York Post notes, such celebrities as Woody Allen, Anna Wintour and Cynthia Nixon. The mayor thinks that he can clear $500 million per year, while the Democratic City Controller puts that number between $340 and $380 million—which, given the pace of events, could also be too high. But the bad news is out of the bag: the tax roll already “far exceeds early estimates.”

The story already looks like a colossal policy misadventure. So as the events continue to play out, it is useful to conduct a post-mortem to explain how the legal situation came to this. The driving force behind the campaign is a proud boast: TAX THE RICH. Mamdani makes no bones about it. As he stated on Tax Day, “I promised that we would tax the rich, and with our new pied-à-terre tax, that is exactly what we have done . . . to fund our parks, schools, and libraries.” At the same time, Governor Hochul pleads with the rich ex-New Yorkers to return home, knowing full well that their exodus was driven by a mix of oppressively high taxes and repressive regulations. A pied-à-terre tax is not a way to lure them home.

So now the acid test for the new pied-à-terre tax is this: what does it do to help the situation, especially when it doesn’t only tax the rich? To see how counterproductive the new pied-à-terre tax system is, look at the full table put out by the Department of Finance that covers all classes of non-primary residents, even though there can be only one primary residence, even for full-time New Yorkers with two or more homes in the city.

This says the quiet part out loud: Most of “The Rich” in New York are exactly the Wokerati that Mamdani counts on as his base. Politics is all well and good when it just means verbal virtue-signaling; when it hits the actual pocket-book, well … I suspect that the exodus from New York City will accelerate.

The Telegraph (UK).

Prof Jason Arday has resigned from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph revealed he falsely claimed to have published a book.

In a statement on Wednesday evening, Prof Arday said he was stepping down “with immediate effect” from his position at the university and at Jesus College citing the “unrelenting level of public scrutiny”.

It came hours after the university announced it was investigating him following new information regarding his “academic qualifications and honorary appointments”.

Prof Arday, who was a professor of sociology of education, has been at the centre of a plagiarism row after The Telegraph reported accusations he had copied parts of his PhD thesis from another student.

Earlier on Wednesday, The Telegraph also revealed that Prof Arday had repeatedly claimed that he was the author of a book called Being Young, Black and Male: Challenging the Dominant Discourse.

The book was listed in his biography description in published essays as well as in promotional material for speaking events, and was attributed to the Palgrave Macmillan publishing house.

There is no evidence that any book was written or published.

Another affirmative action hire bites the dust. Thousands to go.

Carl Benjamin (Sargon of Akkad) goes over it in depth.

The War Zone.

From short-range missiles that threaten Taiwan to dual-capable weapons that can reach Guam, these varied systems are a key component of China’s anti-access strategy.

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My favorite is the Flaming Pig.

“What is that delicious smell? OH MY GOD IT’S THE FLAMING PIG!”

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German police have launched a double homicide investigation after two corpses were discovered near an asylum accommodation facility in the southern city of Augsburg. Shortly afterwards, a 29-year-old man was taken into custody as the primary suspect.

According to a police spokesperson, authorities were called to the scene in the southern district of Augsburg on the evening of Monday, August 3rd. Investigators discovered the bodies of two men: a 39-year-old with dual Syrian and Saudi Arabian citizenship, and a 54-year-old Iraqi national.

The suspect, whose identity has not been released in accordance with German privacy laws, is a 29-year-old man holding both Syrian and Saudi Arabian citizenship. He was provisionally arrested at the scene and is currently being investigated on two counts of manslaughter (Totschlag).

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Ali Shehab, a leading figure in Sweden’s Foxtrot criminal network, has been sentenced to life in prison by an Iraqi court for drug trafficking, Swedish prosecutors confirmed on Tuesday..

The 22-year-old, who has dual Swedish and Iraqi citizenship, was arrested in Iraq in December 2025 in a joint operation involving Iraqi police and Swedish authorities. Prosecutors said he was convicted for his role in drug trafficking operations that were run from Iraq and directed a criminal network supplying the Swedish market.

According to Swedish prosecutors, Shehab is a close ally of Foxtrot leader Rawa Majid and has been linked to multiple serious crimes in Sweden. He is suspected of ordering the October 2025 shooting on a public street in Gävle, in which a 13-year-old boy opened fire and injured six young people. Authorities also accuse him of instigating murders and attempted murders in Lund, Gävle, Norsborg, and other locations, totaling five murders and 23 attempted murders.

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Pedro Sánchez is reportedly preparing to summon three senior ministers for crisis talks as a damaging row over whether his government ignored advance warnings of the mass breach of Spain’s border at Ceuta deepened on Wednesday.

The Spanish prime minister is expected to meet Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Defence Minister Margarita Robles and Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares at La Mareta, the state residence in Lanzarote where he is spending his summer holiday, according to La Razón.

The meeting comes amid growing tensions between the Interior and Defence ministries over what the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) knew before tens of thousands of migrants entered Ceuta, a Spanish territory in North Africa bordering Morocco, last week.

CNI sources told La Razón that the interior ministry was warned “with sufficient time” and that intelligence notes had been prepared. The agency reportedly identified several WhatsApp groups promoting the crossing by July 22—eight days before the influx began—including one named “Crossing to Ceuta or death.”

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When the Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order in Trump v. Barbara, it settled for now in the courts who becomes a citizen at birth. It did not settle—and could not settle—whether American citizenship may be bought and sold.

It remains well within the power of Congress and the president to shut down the contracts, clinics, agencies, and visas that convert foreign money into American citizenship—without amending the Constitution or defying the Court. Until the Court revisits the issue, the political branches are solely responsible for overseeing the marketplace, and they have no excuse to delay.

If you doubt that such a marketplace exists, meet the Simpson triplets.

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Tuesday, August 4th saw the French Coast Guard rescue at 170 ‘small boat’ illegal migrants whose unseaworthy vessel caught fire in the English Channel.

The rescue took place near to the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, according to the local authorities. It was a response to a clear pattern: larger boats, starting from further away from their target of England’s Kent coastline, crammed with evermore lawbreaking foreigners.https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/britain-june-15-largest-channel-migrant-daily-total-2026/

The near-tragedy unfolded within hours of Reform UK announcing ‘Operation Fortress,’ an ambitious policy plan to have the Royal Navy lead a pushback against the increasingly large ‘small boats.’

UPDATE: French prosecutors are now investigating, with the possible ‘mega-dinghy‘ pilot—an Egyptian national—in police custody.

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The Sweden Democrats (SD) are calling for a much tougher national response to Islamism, saying that the ideology poses one of the greatest threats to Swedish democracy in modern times.

In a recent debate article, party secretary Mattias Bäckström Johansson and MP Johnny Svedin said that decades of large-scale immigration from predominantly Muslim countries have reshaped parts of Sweden, creating neighborhoods where cultures and values are increasingly at odds with Swedish society.

The party, which supports the current government, recently backed the launch of an official inquiry into the scope of political Islam and Islamism in Sweden. The investigation will examine the extent of religious radicalization and how Islamist influence and infiltration are affecting society.

The authors stress that Islamism should not be confused with Islam as a religion, describing it instead as a political ideology that seeks to reorganize society according to religious principles.

A  distinction without a difference. There is no such thing as ‘Islamism’; there are merely Muslims who act as Muslims have acted throughout history, and Muslims who don’t … yet.

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Despite repeated assurances from the Spanish government that the migration crisis in Ceuta is easing, residents of the Spanish exclave say the emergency is far from over. While Madrid maintains that most of the migrants who crossed into the city from Morocco have already left, accounts from local residents, the city government and regional media paint a different picture.

Although daily life is slowly returning to normal after businesses shut their doors during the weekend emergency, thousands of migrants are reportedly still in Ceuta, hiding from security forces deployed throughout the city.

The city government says reception centers remain overwhelmed, operating at 2872% above capacity. At the same time, videos allegedly showing remaining migrants shouting “Allahu Akbar” have reignited public debate on the integration of Muslim immigrants in Europe.

Local reports indicate that many migrants have fled into the wooded hills, forests and beaches surrounding Ceuta to avoid being returned to Morocco. According to the Spanish newspaper ABC, groups of around 20 young men have established makeshift camps around the city.

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The Afghan man accused of killing a British charity worker and wheeling her body through Athens in a suitcase entered Europe illegally by small boat before becoming a champion boxer and co-founding a refugee charity.

Sharif Ahmadzai, 26, arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016 after travelling through Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey, according to an account of his journey published online.

He is now accused of murdering 38-year-old Elisabeth-Jane Ross, a Christian volunteer from Edinburgh whose decomposing body was discovered inside a suitcase in a derelict building in Athens’ Kypseli district on July 18.

Medical evidence reportedly suggests Ross died from asphyxiation.

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In the county of Segrià in Catalonia, a broken bottle became active and caused the death of a 75-year-old woman. The bottle was wielded by a culture-enriching “youth” from Morocco, who used it to make “several cuts… in the area of the neck.” I assume that means the misguided youngster slit her throat.

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An almost unbelievable scandal involving a professor of black studies at Cambridge University demonstrates how institutional DEI can only be defeated from without, not within.

First, the story, which has received far too little attention from American media.

Cambridge University professor Jason Arday has been one of the darlings of academia, particularly in the U.K. He’s been wildly and effusively celebrated as an incredible, inspirational story of how a young, black man with autism who couldn’t read until he was 18 became an esteemed professor.

“He has helped the Government with its antiracism strategies; advised on the national curriculum; guest-edited the Today program,” Kathleen Stock wrote for UnHeard. “ … His writing has been enthusiastically praised by [journalist] James O’Brien and [member of parliament] David Lammy. His fans now await his memoir, to be published in a month’s time.”

Arday’s life story and work have been promoted as a necessary antidote to the alleged systemic racism of Western societies.

He was a poster child of successful DEI, much like how Ibram X. Kendi was billed as the wise swami of anti-racism before he came crashing down to earth.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Missouri incumbent Rep. Wesley Bell registered a resounding victory in Tuesday’s Democratic primary against Cori Bush, a prominent Democratic socialist and ardent critic of Israel.

The Associated Press called the race just an hour after polls closed, at 8:02pm local time. By 10:15 p.m., Bell had 66.1% to Bush’s 30% with 50% of votes counted.

The primary is a déjà vu moment for St. Louis. The same pair of candidates vied just two years ago to represent the state’s 1st Congressional District.

Bell prevailed in 2024 to oust Bush in a clash that was largely defined by a $9 million influx of AIPAC cash in support of Bell. In this rematch, Bush made the American Israel Public Affairs Committee a central issue in her campaign, similar to other Democratic Socialists of America candidates.

“AIPAC has become yet another way for MAGA-donors to divide the Democratic base by meddling in primaries,” Bush told JTA in a written statement prior to the primary. “In St. Louis and across the country, people know that our fight against antisemitism means fighting against the far-right’s effort to divide us.”

Looks like it worked this time. Or maybe people just woke up to the fact that Cori Bush is a dirtbag communist.

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Before people get excited about the idea that paying more taxes for “free” healthcare will fix all our problems, maybe they should look at what’s happening in “Great” Britain.

I thank God every day that I don’t live in Britain.

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Well, now at least someone is being charged: The principal and athletic director who refused to report high school wrestler Kallie Keeler’s claim of sexual assault by a male wrestler pretending to be a female.

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Kind of a metaphor for life.

Brett Cooper discusses this in passing but if it’s the New Thing on the Left it represents a serious escalation among the People Who Want to Destroy Civilization. Apparently “Choice Feminism” is a form of feminism that allows individual women to choose their own lifestyle, whether they want to be bar-crawling street hoes or corporate girl bosses (or maybe even wives and mothers). Apparently this is the new category of Heretic and Sinner for the Left.

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Hey, we’ve all wanted to do that.

They’ll probably spend more supporting him in prison than it would have cost them in benefits.

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The Muslim problem in Sweden must be pretty bad.

ATQUE: Australians baffled as to why trash is suddenly piling up along roadsides in their new, diverse society

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I guess all women are trans (not-birthing) women now.

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Ah, yes, the warmth of collectivism….

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Miami has already outsold Manhattan in ultra-luxury deals this year as buyers reconsider New York investments

Homeowners across New York City now have an extra month to prove their primary residency and avoid Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new pied-à-terre tax, an extension triggered by mass confusion over a publicly posted tax roll.

But as the city tries to address problems with the rollout, real estate leaders caution that targeting high earners could ultimately backfire on working-class New Yorkers if revenue shifts out of state.

“Policymakers need to be honest about the trade-offs and what drives the local economy,” Aria Development Group founding partner David Arditi told Fox News Digital, warning that if high-earning taxpayers leave, “it doesn’t just hit the people who left, it shows up much more prominently in the budget of those who will stay behind.”

“Every city that leans this heavily on a small group of high earners has to reckon eventually with this possibility. New York still continues to have real staying power, but we’re clearly in a moment where that’s being tested,” he continued.

Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you flee.

The Telegraph (UK).

So that is that, apparently. Crisis over. Nothing to see here.

That was the smug verdict in much of the commentary over the weekend. Tens of thousands of people may have crossed illegally into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta.

But when Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister, declared shortly afterwards that “practically all” of them had returned to Morocco, relief quickly gave way to mockery – even though almost nobody had bothered to verify Madrid’s claims.

Giorgia Meloni’s outrage, and her suggestion that Schengen free movement with Spain might have to be temporarily suspended? Wildly overblown, apparently. So too was the criticism coming from other European capitals.

German liberal weekly Die Zeit denounced what it called “fact-free Spain-bashing” and went further still: “The new arrivals were returned quickly and without bureaucracy, so precisely what conservative and Right-wing parties always demand has happened.”

It would be comforting if that were true. It is not.

The Telegraph (UK).

A mega-dinghy believed to be carrying 160 migrants has caught fire during an attempt to cross the Channel.

Search and rescue services were launched at around 6am on Tuesday after the vessel’s engine went up in flames in French waters.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Eastbourne was deployed alongside both the British and French coastguards as part of a rescue operation to retrieve the migrants and return them to France.

It is understood that up to 160 people were on board the dinghy, it is not yet known whether any of those on board have been injured or killed.

The average number of people per small boat has increased from seven in 2018 to 63 in the year ending this March, and up to 70 last month.

The Telegraph (UK).

Pc Andrew Harper’s killers will be released from prison early under plans approved by Andy Burnham.

Criminals guilty of manslaughter will be eligible to be freed halfway through their sentences, despite Labour’s review of the scheme.

Rapists and serious child sexual offenders, including grooming-gang perpetrators, will no longer be released early following pressure from victims, MPs and front-line prison officers.

Writing in The Telegraph, Mr Burnham said he had “pushed to the very limits of what is possible” but could not exempt more criminals without the prison system “collapsing within months”.

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Carl Benamin (Sargon of Akkad) takes a look at what happens when Africans are in charge.

How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (New York Times)  If there were a Democrat President, of course, all would be fine.

Trump’s promise of an economic ‘golden age’ collides with reality (Paul Waldman/MS NOW)  More accurately, the Narrative that Trump hasn’t brought any economic benefits collides with reality—like gas prices.

Trump slashes Medicare drug subsidies, cutting against affordability message (Mallory Wilson/The Hill)  Medicare drug subsidies don’t ‘cut drug costs’, they merely shift the costs to the taxpayers. That’s not what Trump promised to do.

Is MAGA Melting Down? — MAGA continues to be powerful, but we may be in the last months of the height of its powers. (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?)  MAGA is the New Jooz.

2028: Trump’s final act begins (Jim VandeHei/Axios)  Narrative Media mind-readers get a lot of mileage out of their fantasies.

Pre-Trump GOP is coming for Vance (Mike Zapler/Axios)  Sorry, Narrative, the Wall Street Journal hasn’t been ‘the standard bearer of traditional conservatism’ for at least a decade. Next, you’ll try to pretend that David French is a conservative … Oh, look: World War Two-and-a-Half Is Breaking Out (David French/New York Times)

Even Republicans in Congress can see how unpopular Trump’s immigration agenda is (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)  Unpopular with whom? The Usual Suspects? It certainly seems popular with ‘Republicans in Congress’.

Sen. Mark Kelly says Trump administration is “flailing” in Iran and “has to try to figure out a way out of this” (Kaia Hubbard/CBS News)  Compared to what Biden and Obama did, he’s been pretty successful. Of course, a Democrat Senator can’t even hint at that….

MAGA Rep Accused of Wife Beating Streams Jaw-Dropping Attack on Her (Laura Esposito/The Daily Beast)  MAGA is the New Jooz.

Media shifts to more aggressively fight Trump in courts (The Hill)  Since their lapdogs the Democrats dont’ appear to be having much luck.

Did Trump Finally Find an Offramp for the Iran War? (Damian Paletta/Wall Street Journal)  The ‘off-ramp’ has always been there; Iran has just refused to take it. You would think that a writer for the Wall Street Journal would be paying better attention….

Trump overhaul could gut Head Start preschool standards, leaving states to set the rules (Moriah Balingit/Associated Press) Wow, look at all those preschool standards guts all over the place…. Of course, as we all know, letting states set any standards is TOTALLY reprehensible. That would be (whisper it) democracy! Why, they might be Republicans! WE CAN’T HAVE THAT!

MAGA vs. Mullin (Politico)  MAGA is the New Jooz.

This Sleazoid MAGA Congressman May Just Have Turned a Red Seat Blue (Michael Tomasky/New Republic) MAGA is the New Jooz.

Let’s Talk About the Massive Parking Garage Trump Wants to Build at Dulles (Martin Austermuhle/NOTUS)  If a Democrat President had proposed it, of course, he’d be the new FDR.

Trump denigrates fellow golfers as lacking ‘talent’ as he boasts about winning trophy on his own course (Ariana Baio/The Independent) I guess Britain has high-school journalism as well.

Trump Gets To Keep Tax Immunity Under DOJ Deal With Republican Senators (Arthur Delaney/HuffPost)

Iran denies Trump claim that new talks will start Monday after he called off attacks (NBC News)  Lucy with the football. I hope Trump has a plan.

‘Stark example of brutality’: Trump’s ICE used court orders in plan to force-feed at least 10 hunger strikers in detention (Jos?? Olivares/The Guardian)  I’d let them starve, but ICE can’t do that in this degenerate bleeding-heart world.

For Iran, Trump’s Reversal on Escalation Shows Who Has the Upper Hand (Erika Solomon/New York Times)

Trump’s Smithsonian Attacks Are Attacks on America’s Future (M. Gessen/New York Times)  Of course, the NYT assumes that The Future is Woke.

Senate Republicans see Trump as a growing political liability (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)  He’s getting in the way of the Uniparty. Can’t have that….

Senate Republicans Rush to Immunize Money Launder-in-Chief’s Tax Crimes (emptywheel)  Don’t hold it in; tell us how you really feel.

MS NOW Host Ali Vitali Frets Trump’s ‘Otherizing’ Illegal Alien Truckers, No Mention of Deaths

Trump’s Meddling in Justice Dept. Causes Problems of His Own Making (Alan Feuer/New York Times)  It’s All About Trump.

For Trump, the Year Is Always 2020 (Katie Rogers/New York Times)  Yeah, that’s when you guys pissed him off.

MAGA Erupts at Trump DHS Chief–and Accidentally Exposes Big MAGA Scam (Greg Sargent/New Republic)  Greg Sargent loses his shit. (MAGA is the New Jooz.)

Lincoln Project’s Clout Fades in Trump’s Second Term

Sen. Warren Cites Trump in Push to ‘Scrap’ Debt Ceiling  We mustn’t let him keep us from spending money.

Dem States Sue to Challenge Trump’s Latest Tariffs He can’t tax American business. Only WE can tax American business.

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So far, in Zohran Mamdani’s socialist utopia in New York City, it can take multiple forms of identification to shovel snow and, if his proposal is implemented, potentially to shop at government-run grocery stores.

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Gee, imagine that. There must not be enough black teen gangbangers to take up the slack. Bummer.

Crime rates have fallen to “historic lows” across the United States, with homicides this year on track to register the lowest level in at least 126 years, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

In the first half of 2026, homicides were down 18 percent compared to the first half of last year, DHS said in a July 31 statement. Carjacking crimes tumbled 47 percent during this period, motor vehicle thefts fell 20 percent, robberies dropped 17 percent, and residential burglaries declined 13 percent.

The numbers come from a July 2026 report from the nonpartisan think tank Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) that assessed crime stats across various U.S. cities.

The New Neo.

This isn’t exactly news – I wrote about it in this previous post about Tucker Carlson, for example – but it’s a little more official now, or as Ace writes: “Tuq’r Qarlson, Marjorie Trailer-Queen, Thomas Massie, and Joe Kent Meet and Announce New Party for Nazis and Lunatic Conspiracy Theorists.”

They can add the Kristol Krew, the DavidFrenchiphiles, the RINOs in the Senate—Oh, the places they’ll go….

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Raise your hand if you think that a convicted felon is going to vote Republican.

I didn’t think so.

Shortly after Virginia removed more than 6,500 noncitizens from its voter rolls, Gov. Abigail Spanberger said she has restored voting rights for 10 times that many convicted felons in the state.

Virginia’s state constitution permanently disenfranchises convicted felons but gives the governor’s office broad discretion in restoring the rights. Spanberger announced Friday that 66,085 formerly incarcerated Virginians have had their voting rights restored since she took office in January.

“The right to vote is foundational to who we are as Americans. As a Member of Congress, as a candidate for Governor, and in the months since I took office, I have heard from many Virginians who have shared their personal stories of redemption with me — and heartfelt reflections of the moment their voting rights were restored by previous governors,” Spanberger said in a public statement.

Accordingly, the restoration of voting rights to a convicted felon ought to entail the same sort of scrutiny as pardoning said criminal. But Democrats need the votes, so blanket amnesty it is.

ATQUE: This November, Remember New Jersey’s Voter Rolls

New York Post.

John Fetterman is a little less lonely these days, but not because his courage has proven contagious to Democratic elders.

The Pennsylvania progressive has been branded a Benedict Arnold for speaking the truth about the ascendant, anti-civilizational forces within his own party

Bernie Sanders “keeps pushing these communists and these . . . awful anti-American people,” Fetterman argued last month after the collapse of Graham Platner’s candidacy in Maine.

His “anti-American” modifier was of special import because it cut to the core of the conflict.

The Democrats’ bloody civil war isn’t about health care, or immigration, or LGBT issues, or marginal tax rates.

It’s about two irreconcilable worldviews: one that celebrates the United States as exceptionally commendable, and the other that scorns it as exceptionally reprehensible — often using Israel as a proxy.

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You thought woke was dead, but it turns out it’s gone to the moon.

Every time I hear an Australian accent these days I can’t help but translate it to retard.

That’s Dr. — yes, DOCTOR — Rebecca Allen, the co-director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne University of Technology.

This happened during a real segment on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation concerning a discarded SpaceX rocket stage that will apparently slam into the moon, creating a crater. Allen is concerned that Elon won’t have the proper respect for the “indigenous sky country” honored by people groups who never invented the wheel.

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Islam, the pit bulls of human religion.

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Well looky, looky, it seems Mamdani’s communist grocery stores are of the Jim Crow variety.