At WaPoo, Lindsey Graham died of aortic dissection, preliminary medical report says. "Graham died hours after returning from a trip to Ukraine. Trump said he spoke with the senator Saturday evening and that “could’ve been his last call.”" That certainly explains the sudden part. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair says RIP to Lindsey Graham (1955-2026). From sundance at CTH, Senator Lindsey Graham Dead, President Trump Discusses 7pm Phone Call Last Night with Senator Lindsey Graham, President Trump Reminds Jake Tapper to Stay on Task – Focus on Lindsey Graham, In Memoriam – The Most Interesting Revelation Released by Senator Lindsey Graham and Nancy Mace Wants to Replace Lindsey Graham "Not many people think highly of Nancy Mace. However, Nancy Mace thinks very highly of herself." Noah Rothman at NRO remembers Lindsey Graham’s Finest Moment. Stacey Matthews at LI Remembering Lindsey Graham’s Pivotal Role in the Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings.“I would never do to them what you’ve done to this guy. This is the most unethical sham since I’ve been in politics. And if you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn’t have done what you’ve done to this guy.” Eric Florack at PJM, Graham, McConnell, and Platner Gone? How Does This Play Out? Bob Hoge at RedState wants to know What Happens Now? The Race to Fill Graham's Seat Has Already Begun.
However, he had plenty of detractors on both sides. Joe Chalfant at TownHall, These Ghouls Couldn't Help But Gloat Over Lindsey Graham's Death. Will Ricciardella @WillRicci, "When ISIS butcher Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died, WaPo called him an “austere religious scholar.” When commie dictator Fidel Castro died, The NYT called him a “Cuban revolutionary who defied the U.S.” Lindsey Graham raised his younger sister after their parents died, served 33 years in uniform and more than 3 decades in Congress. He dies, and prominent media voices reach back 6 years for an essay titled “History Will Judge the Complicit.” This isn’t merely bad taste, it’s a moral hierarchy: America’s enemies get context, euphemism, romance — American conservatives get a bill of indictment before their body is even cold." Quote Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum, "Lindsey Graham was one of the main subjects of a @TheAtlantic cover story I wrote in 2020, on why people collaborate with regimes they know are immoral. Here's a gift link:" Ana Kasparian @AnaKasparian, "Are you offended? Let me clarify: I’m elated that he’s dead. Overjoyed…. Just like he was elated at seeing countless dead children throughout Middle East." Ace, Lindsey Graham Dies; Neo-Cons Across The Country Are In Mourning.
I don't have strong feelings about Graham. Certainly, as one of the early participants of the Reagan revolution, and long service, he's had ample impact on the country, for better or worse. I'm not really sure where the balance falls.
Nicole Silvero at Da Caller reports the Senate is Holding Slew Of Confirmation Hearings For Trump Nominees As Time Runs Short Before August Recess. It doesn't help to have two missing.
Da Signal explains how Trump’s Ukraine Strategy at NATO Is ‘America First’ in Action. Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "I've been advocating that Ukraine strike Russian tugs as part of a larger campaign against Russian riverine and littoral maritime traffic since 2022. Ukraine has delivered on all my expectations of what that would accomplish in the last five days. Brown Water logistics.1/" Quote Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv, "Russians enter state of deep depression amid the 5th consecutive day of double digit destruction of Russian ships on the Azov Sea, a total of 76 over the course of 5 days. Russians now lament that Ukraine is mow even deatroying the tugboats sent to tow the wrecks to port. At NYPo, US unloads military might on Iran after Tehran closes Strait of Hormuz — striking 140 targets: ‘Now they pay.’ At WUWT, Claim: The Iran War is Worsening the Climate Crisis.
Sundance looks at the U.S-Canada Strike Deal on New Gordie Howe International Bridge – Opening Date July 27th and Promethean PAC Visits Trump Policy Contrast Against Energy Priorities. From the Auto Wire, The EPA’s New Truck Rule Turns a Federal Felony Into a Factory Setting.
From AMAC, Graham Platner Debacle Proves Bernie Sanders and Socialist Left Can’t Be Trusted. Oh hell, we knew that a long time ago. Matt Vespa at TownHall laughs that Liberal White Women Are in a State of Despair Over Maine's Graham Platner. The lamentation of their women! Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Wasn’t it his advisor that helped give rise to Platner and ran his campaign? Now he gets to just bring the chapter to a close with no further questions?" Quote New York Post @nypost "Mamdani says it's time to 'bring this chapter to a close' after Graham Platner campaign collapse." Matt Vespa, So, Is This Why a Dem Rep Is Probably Glad He Got Detained in the West Bank? Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, ""A new video has emerged of James Talarico defending gun control laws by saying that people have not actually read the Second Amendment, stressing that the words "‘well regulated’ are right there in the text of the amendment itself." He needs to give that one another read..." "...He omitted the word following "Well regulated": "militia." It did not mean regulations, but rather a proficient, fully capable militia. Now if only Talarico could support a well-read amendment as well as a well-regulated militia..." From Twitchy, 'These People Are So F-ing Stupid!' James Carville Posts WILD Rant Against Frankenstein's Monster. At Hat Hair Betsy McCaughey warns Don't Let Marxists Rob Us of Our History. Dave Strom at Hat Hair believes 'Luxury Beliefs' Are Killing People and socialism is a luxury belief.
From RCP, Nick Shirley And Medicaid Czar Dr. Oz Report Billions In Senior "Adult Daycare" Fraud in Queens: "Korean And Chinese Mafias." Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "I'm of the opinion the entire Federal annual deficit spending is made up entirely of welfare and entitlement fraud." Quote Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters, "I’ve seen enough man The welfare system in this country is literally the largest fraud farm in the entire history of the human race x.com/nickshirleyy/s…"
At Althouse, "We don’t need presidents who have weird obsessions.", "Said Kamala Harris, back in October 2020, blogged at the time, here. I know that at the time I thought I bet all the Presidents have had a weird obsession. I know because I said that in a podcast at the time. That post and podcast predated access to Grok, so I didn't have the chance to use this prompt: Accept the hypothesis that every U.S. President had a weird obsession and to list all the Presidents with their weird obsession. I did use it today, though. Some of my favorites:..."
PJM's Kevin Downey hears More Than 200 FBI Agents Swarm Fulton County, Georgia, to Investigate 2020 Election Fraud. This could be very interesting, or it could be a dud. We already know there were enough unaccounted for Biden votes to swing the state. But could the FBI actually turn up evidence of deliberate fraud, as opposed to deliberately built in incompetence? Stay tuned.
Cam at Bearing Arms sees A Rare Dose of Common Sense From New York Courts In Gun Confiscation Case.
John Lott at Da Fed argues Trump’s Immigration Enforcement Really Is Slashing Violent Crime. Homeland Security @DHSgov, "EIGHT MISSING CHILDREN RESCUED. During the World Cup, @HSIKansasCity have been working every single day to combat human trafficking and arrest suspected traffickers. Thank you to these heroes for your work to save these children." Orange County Register, Truck driver wanted by ICE faces sentencing for big rig crash that killed 3 on 10 Freeway in Ontario, CA that is. NYPo ed board, Work-visa fraud costs America big: Hail the Trump team’s crackdown.
Sundance sees the Media Apoplectic at DOJ and FBI Investigating Four New York Times Reporters for Compromising President Trump Security During Turkey Visit. At the Eternally Radical Idea Greg Lukianoff celebrates VICTORY against Stop WOKE Act, Me in WaPo, ‘A Song of FIRE and ICE,’ ‘turn around, bright eyes,’ & more! "Bringing you the latest free speech news (7/12/26)."
Campus Reform reports University of California, Riverside grant funding policies favor immigrants over U.S. citizens "Campus Reform found the University of California, Riverside awards illegal immigrant graduate students up to $9,000 annually through one fellowship, while a comparable graduate research grant provides U.S. citizens up to $4,000." At Minding the Campus What Does It Mean to Be a Women’s College If Men Can Enroll? "Salem College says it ‘accepts applications from students who were assigned female at birth or who identify as women.’" Mark Judge at the Chronic, The Evil Complicity of Dahlia Lithwick’s Fake Trans Outrage. Hat Hair's Larry Elder explores What's the Real 'Defining Image of Race in America'? At Instapundit, AS ANDY WARHOL SAID, NOTHING IS MORE BOURGEOIS THAN TO BE AFRAID TO LOOK BOURGEOIS: Reddit Lies @reddit_lies, "Help! Someone on facebook is glorifying marriage and families!" and Driscoll has a very Driscolly post DISPATCHES FROM THE SECRET POLICEMAN’S BALLS (Or the Lack Thereof)..." Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer, "BREAKING: John Cleese renounces “the mob who have taken over Amnesty.” The iconic British comedian initiated and produced Amnesty International's landmark comedy benefit series, and for decades supported Amnesty as a fundraiser and public advocate. Proof they've lost the plot:" Quote John Cleese @JohnCleese "As a former major fund-raiser for Amnesty - I produced the first five 'Secret Policeman's Balls' - I renounce the mob who have taken over Amnesty Amnesty used to be about trying to do something about TORTURE x.com/_RebeccaMcCurd…"
It's a miracle that an AI lady needs so much coffee:
Younger adults aged 18 to 24 are more likely to be affected by coffee jitters. The study found that 58% of respondents who fall into that demographic reported feeling the anxious symptoms that often follow drinking coffee. However, only 12% of respondents aged 65+ reported feeling jittery and anxious after drinking coffee.
At the Balmer Sun, Analysis: Wes Moore’s Bronze Star was a political rescue mission "Evidence suggests the mission was launched under a false premise."
Most veterans who were wrongly denied a military award do not get a three-star general to personally intervene for them.
They do not get direct access to the Secretary of the Army.
They do not get a U.S. senator from a state they don’t live in to sponsor the award.
They do not get a politically damaging controversy transformed into a retroactive military honor, almost without question, nearly 20 years later.
And they do not get it done from start to finish in seven days.
But Maryland Gov. Wes Moore did.
Spotlight on Maryland has learned that Moore’s pursuit of the Bronze Star medal in 2024 relied heavily on political favors, special access, inaccurate information about his Afghanistan deployment and involved the deliberate concealment of key facts regarding Moore’s end-of-deployment awards in 2006.
These revelations raise serious questions about the process used to obtain the Bronze Star presented to Moore in 2024 and whether it violated federal law.
Read the rest. I don't know enough about military procedure and customs to know how egregious this is, but I know plenty of people to ask.
From Althouse, "Mr. Rubio could be the next leader of Venezuela, Mr. Trump suggested. And while the president’s aides say he was joking... the fact is that Mr. Rubio does not need to move to Caracas." "He already runs Venezuela from Washington...." Sarah Anderson at PJM sees Cuba Falling: Code Pink and Other Commies Plan to Riot in the U.S. to Support the Regime. Of course they do.
John Sexton at Hat Hair hears Russia Closes the Kerch Strait After 76 Ships Hit With Drones. At Space.com, The US wants to build offshore rocket launch sites. Critics say 'our coasts deserve better'. But, of course, the same critics are just hunky dory with giant offshore wind farms. I see a lot of value in intercepting things before the reach our coasts. Ask the Russians.
At Da Signal, Thune Accused of Excluding the SAVE America Act in ‘Must-Pass’ Bill. "“John Thune is planning on drafting his own version of the NDAA, actively working to try to block the SAVE AMERICA ACT,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., wrote on X Thursday."
Hat Hair's Stephen Moore has the sads that JD Vance Takes on Milton Friedman "If you turn economic development (i.e., prosperity) into a sort of idol, then you end up sacrificing a lot of the things that matter most." "American economic policy on the right is now much more Alexander Hamilton than it is Milton Friedman. I think that's obviously a good thing." Milton understood the economy better, but he really didn't care about the workers. Breitbart Bus Dig, The First Half of 2026 Saw Lowest Level of Jobless Claims Since 1969.
Ned Ryun and Ed McFadden at Am Great think We Must Have a Rebirth of Instinctive Patriotism. "American exceptionalism was never about perfect people. It was about a system of liberty that unleashed unprecedented freedom, prosperity, and self-correction."
Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "There was literally a Bolshevik takeover of the Smithsonian. Democrats can never be allowed to take power again." Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "This is just a sample; the full 162-page report lays out the entire Radical Left ideological capture of the Smithsonian — which the Trump Administration is rightfully correcting. READ THE FULL REPORT HERE: https://whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Smithsonian-Report-Saving-Americas-Story.pdf."
Ben Domenech at Da Wire interviews Data republican, The Data Cruncher Who Debunked The Biggest Charlie Kirk Conspiracies, "Jennica Pounds lets the data speak for itself and always brings receipts." At Althouse, "These MAGA mouthpieces complaining about Candace Owens are just getting a taste of their own medicine." "That's the top-rated comment at the Washington Post article, "Conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s death are still raging, infuriating friends/Right-wing influencers sparred over the case this week as a court hearing laid out detailed evidence in Kirk’s shooting.""It’s insane how the only racial violence the media really covers is white on black, which is statistically almost nonexistent. https://t.co/ab7pT3Dxdw
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 11, 2026
With Thai AI Amara Sunisa, whose creator clearly understands the value of virtual palm trees as backdrop:
