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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.

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ATQUE: Democrats Express Concern Over Increase In Gun Violence Against Active Shooters (Babylon Bee)

People with friends waste a lot of time and trouble on other people’s problems, and don’t get me started on family….

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Far-left activists with apparent ties to the Democratic Socialists of America recently established their own autonomous zone in Wisconsin’s capital city, Madison.

The tent cities have become a familiar sight in far-left cities where the destructive and disruptive occupation is openly encouraged by government officials.

Imagine what would happen if Alex Jones or Nick Fuentes tried something like that.

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If Muslims don’t have any Jews or Christians handy, they’re happy to blow up other Muslims.

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And who could blame them?

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Crack-heads appear to be a core Democrat constituency.

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Which is exactly what impeachment is for.

An Obama-appointed federal judge just decided the Supreme Court’s rulings are more like suggestions, and Republicans in Congress are done pretending she has the authority to make that call.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs issued an order on Friday blocking the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for Somali nationals. It was a brazen display of judicial activism, and it took Republicans about a weekend to respond.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) announced he will file articles of impeachment against Burroughs on Monday, accusing her of trampling both the Constitution and a Supreme Court ruling that should have ended this fight already.

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And why not? What evidence exists that they aren’t entitled to feel entitled?

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was shut down about a year ago. Since then, I’ve noticed a couple of things:

1) Latin American and other countries around the world are electing more pro-American leaders.

2) America’s Democratic National Committee is out of money.

It’s hard to say for sure, of course, but I don’t think that these two events are coincidences. I think they are direct results of USAID’s money spigot being turned off.

The vast majority of USAID money was used for leftist and other anti-American causes. So around the world, leftist and anti-American leaders are suddenly underfunded. And here in America, our leftist and anti-American party (the Democratic Party) is suddenly underfunded.

The Telegraph (UK).

Ministers have been accused of launching a “stealth clawback” of military pensions, leaving veterans who claim benefits thousands of pounds worse off.

Hey, they gotta get the money they spend from somewhere.

Officials at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have informed veterans that their military pension is considered “unearned income” and will therefore result in a pound-for-pound reduction in benefits.

In some cases this has resulted in veterans being ordered to repay tens of thousands of pounds, as well as having their monthly benefit payments reduced.

The Telegraph (UK).

A Cambridge professor hailed as a diversity poster boy claimed that he had featured in Seven Up decades before he was born.
Prof Jason Arday said he had appeared in the TV series, which follows the lives of a group of people for decades from the age of seven.
The inaugural episode was broadcast in 1964. He was not born until 1985.

Meet the ‘professor’ in question:

Construction Physics.

A battery technology that’s getting a lot of attention is solid-state batteries, lithium-ion batteries that replace the liquid electrolyte with a solid material. Chinese battery manufacturer CATL alone had more than 1,000 people devoted to solid-state battery research as of 2024, and battery manufacturers like BYD, LG, and Samsung are also working on the technology. US and European startups making solid-state batteries have collectively raised over $4 billion as of 2025.

Solid-state batteries have several potential advantages over the lithium-ion batteries with liquid electrolyte we use now. For one, replacing the liquid electrolyte with a solid should allow for lighter batteries, requiring less mass per unit of energy delivered. And because the liquid electrolyte currently used in batteries is flammable, replacing it with a solid could make batteries safer and less susceptible to fire.

I wanted to better understand why, exactly, solid-state batteries have these advantages compared to conventional lithium-ion batteries, and how they fit into the broader arc of lithium battery improvements.

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Prominent liberal podcaster and NYU professor Scott Galloway called out New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s publicly accessible database, saying it endangers landowners like himself.

Yup, sure does. Will he learn anything from that? Only time will tell.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani opened a new front in his ongoing battle with New York City’s wealthy after his administration published a searchable database identifying affluent property owners who could be subject to the city’s proposed pied-à-terre tax, a move critics say could expose them to harassment and public safety risks.

I’m waiting for him to call out millionaires like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Waiting … waiting … waiting….

Galloway proceeded to read out the definition of doxing as “’publishing private identifying information to expose someone to public pressure or harm without their consent,’” and said that while he is a fan of the tax, he is not a fan of how the list has become a “wanted poster” for property owners.

Well, that answers the question of whether he’s going to learn anything from this. Survey says: No.

New York Post.

Steve Wynn has finally unloaded his jaw-dropping Beverly Hills megamansion, “Villa Lulu” — and the house definitely did not win this time.

The 84-year-old former casino head honcho just cashed out on his 27,150-square-foot Benedict Canyon estate for a final price of $47.75 million, listing broker Leonard Rabinowitz of Christie’s International Real Estate told The Post.

While that sum sounds like he hit the jackpot, for Wynn, it’s a bust.

The 11-bedroom, 14.5-bath castle with multiple kitchens, initially had an eye-watering $135 million whisper price in 2020.

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Rabinowitz blamed the pricing situation on California’s tax rate and tax on billionaires, which is causing residents to flee the Golden State for places like Florida and Texas.

When laws are passed targeting Jews, it’s time for Jews to leave.

When laws are passed targeting rich people, it’s time for rich people to leave.

This is not rocket science.

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In 1997, historians William Strauss and Neil Howe published “The Fourth Turning,” a cyclical theory of Anglo-American history built around generational archetypes and recurring saecular rhythms of approximately 80 to 100 years — roughly the length of a long human life.

Their framework identified four “turnings,” each lasting roughly 20 to 25 years, that repeat in sequence.

The First Turning, the High, is an era of institutional confidence and community solidarity following a great crisis. The rules work, people trust them, conformity is rewarded — think the post-WWII boom, or the post-Civil War Reconstruction era.

The Second Turning, the Awakening, is a spiritual and cultural awakening that challenges the institutional consensus of the High. Individualism resurges; the establishment is questioned — the consciousness revolution of the 1960s-70s, the Second Great Awakening of the 1820s-30s.

The Third Turning, the Unraveling, sees institutions weaken, individualism reach its apex, and civic order decay. Trust collapses — in government, media, corporations, each other — as it did through the Culture Wars era of the 1980s-90s, or the Gilded Age of the 1870s-90s.

The Fourth Turning, the Crisis, is a decisive era of institutional destruction and reconstruction, typically catalysed by an existential threat — war, economic collapse, or civilisational rupture. The old order is swept away; a new one is forged. The Great Depression and WWII. The Civil War. The American Revolution.

If you see a blonde riding a dragon, it’s time to leave.

MAGA Exiles Declare War on Trump: ‘He Betrayed Us All’ (Mary Papenfuss/The Daily Beast)

McGlinchey: Trump’s Damage To US Diplomacy Could Last A Generation  Who?

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Like medieval monks who preserved civilization after the fall of Rome, traditionalists can live active lives and work to keep the flame of Western culture alive. To do so, we must build loving families, construct independent schools, and erect parallel institutions to challenge those that have betrayed their purpose.

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If correcting nonsense costs you 10x the energy of the person producing it, and low-quality interaction measurably reduces your well-being, what does a rational actor do? They stop. Not because they’re mean, but because they do that math that you haven’t done yet.

Nothing personal—it’s just business; I always liked him.

“You cain’t fix stupid.” —Ron White

I used to feel bad about reading during meals but nowadays that seems positively extraverted.

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A Liberal Democrat council has secured a High Court injunction that effectively bans the unauthorised display of the St George’s Cross and Union Flag on lampposts and public highways across an entire English county.

What began as a grassroots campaign to raise the colours of the nation has been declared a threat to community safety, with the full force of the courts now deployed against it.

Oxfordshire County Council, run by the Liberal Democrats, won its landmark case after months of legal action against the Raise the Colours campaign.

If you can’t fly your country’s flag, it isn’t your country any more.

Democrats would love to do the same in America, I have no doubt.

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

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What a give-away: If you allow elections, the Court will ‘move to the right’.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a term-limited Democrat who opposes the measure, said gerrymandering and dark money have put the Legislature out of step with the state and, “to think you can make the judicial branch a part of that dysfunctional system is frightening.”

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Meanwhile, the national and state affiliates for abortion provider Planned Parenthood contributed another $1.6 million toward the vote-no campaign’s $8 million-plus in spending.

There’s that pesky ol’ democracy that Democrats love to talk about but never like to practice.