Sunday, July 12, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Sen. Lindsey Graham Dead at 71

At Fox, Sen. Lindsey Graham dead at 71 after 'brief and sudden' illness, office says, "The longtime politician had served as a US senator for South Carolina since 2003." Ah yes, the Reagan revolution. I vaguely remember. Insty says R.I.P. LINDSEY GRAHAM: "He has his fans and detractors, but for me his best moment was his insouciant response to being followed by shrieking harridans during the Kavanaugh confirmation." Althouse says Goodbye to Lindsey Graham. ""Lindsey Graham, longtime senator from South Carolina, dies at 71/Graham, a staunch Trump ally and key GOP foreign policy voice, was running for reelection this year. He died of a 'brief and sudden illness,' his office said" (WaPo)(gift link)." Long time commenter Shouting Thomas said... "Conspiracy theorists on X already have a handle on this. Graham was poisoned by Russia during his recent trip to Ukraine! And, in the telephone game of social media, that has now transitioned from a crazy theory to a verified fact… because people further up the call chain already claimed it. So, it’s verified!" Speaking of dead Senators, SCHRÖDINGER’S SENATOR: Tweeted and then deleted by the National Right to Life: Will we have a state funeral for two?

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."


I guess we're not quite through with Graham Platner. Stacy McCain on Platner’s Progressive Götterdämmerung. Jeff Blehar at NRO sees Graham Platner, Classy to the Last. I&I, Platner Proves Dems Will Put Up With Anything, Except Losing. From Althouse, "Platner’s Rise and Fall Revives Old Questions About ‘Bernie Bros’ and Women.", "A NYT piece by Patricia Mazzei and Kellen Browning." From NYPo, the Divine Miranda Devine: Slimy Dems — the party of Me Too — show their true colors in Graham Platner scandal. At Da Signal, The Ghost of Graham Platner Will Haunt Establishment Democrats. Jennifer Sey at Sey Everything gives the low down on The Graham Platner Saga. "He was a fabrication from the start. The son of a wealthy lawyer presented as a working class hero. No one cared that it was a lie. No one cared that he was credibly accused of rape. Until they did." John Hinderacker at Power Line has The Week In Pictures: Goodbye, Nazi Edition.

Jake Altman at CJ, says I Watched the DSA Go Crazy. The Democrats May Be Next. "The anti-democratic far Left is using the same strategy that helped them capture the Democratic Socialists of America." At Hat Hair John Stossel looks at Spoiled Socialists. Buck Throckmorton at Am Spec (better known at Ace's) sees Two Roads to the Same Communism. "Net-Zero climate communism is just as much a threat as DSA-style communism." Erik Lidström explains Three Reasons Why Socialism Cannot Work in a "A short but comprehensive essay." Dick Morris to Newsmax: Socialists Will Help GOP in Midterms. I hope so. Hon. Vickie Paladino @VickieforNYC "Plotting the overthrow of the country isn't constitutionally protected activity. Speaking academically about how the country could be taken down is protected, but that's not what the DSA is doing. These aren't academic theories being debated in a classroom. ..." Quote DSA Watch @DSA_Watch "DSA Members: "The most important thing we can do is take America down from within"" InfantryDort @infantrydort, "Why does everyone keep treating it like protected speech then? I grow more confused on this by the day."

Twitchy sees FAKE NEWS! Ro Khanna Goes Full Greta Thunberg With 'Detention' Stunt on a Trip to the West Bank. The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome @TheMossadIL, "According to the
@israelpolice statement: The tour group, including Rep. @RoKhanna, entered a designated Closed Military Zone (CMZ) in Judea & Samaria, a restricted area where civilian entry is illegal for safety and security reasons. IDF forces stopped them. Police arrived, saw zero violence, issued the repeat-offender organizer a final warning, briefed the group on the military order, and sent them on their way. They broke the law. Simple as that.:" David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "How would the U.S. react if a member of the Israeli Knesset illegally broke into an ICE facility to interview detainees? Because that’s pretty much what Khanna did here." Karol Markowicz @karol, "This is why this dude is having tantrums in Israel trying to move this out of the news." Quote New York Post @nypost "Ro Khanna bankrolled pro-Platner rally after women's 'unsettling' allegations exploded into public view https://trib.al/o8qdlGz."

At Da Signal, How One Duo Uses California Voting Rights Act to Flip Red Cities—With Your Tax Dollars. PJM's Vicky Taft has another trademark West Coast, Messed Coast™ — A Political Money Grab so Audacious It Comes With Its Own Standing Ovation. David Tangipa @DavidTangipa, "INSANITY ALERT: NEW CALIFORNIA LAW WOULD ALLOW TAX DOLLARS TO FINANCE CAMPAIGNS Prop 4 is an insane proposition that would repeal the ban on tax dollars (sales tax, property tax, and general fund money) from being used to finance politicians campaigns. Here’s the breakdown on what the votes would do: A “yes” vote supports repealing the ban on public financing of campaigns, enacted in 1988, and allowing the state and local governments to create programs that provide candidates with public funds under spending limits and eligibility rules. A “no” vote opposes repealing the ban on using public funds for election campaigns, keeping the prohibition in place with the existing exemption for charter cities. ..." Drew Holden at Commonplace advocates to Bring Back Election Day. "America started single-day voting to address the same concerns voters have today."

Jen Van Laar at RedState hears Newsom Lawyers Up As Missing Tax Returns Fuel More Questions About Federal Probe. "Tax Returns? What Tax Returns?" Matt Vespa thinks Nick Shirley's Latest Fraud Video Is Another Gold Mine James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII, "Legendary reporting. Especially getting this guy to admit it." Quote Nick shirley @nickshirleyy, "Here is the full 53 minutes of my crew and I exposing New York fraud, we uncovered over $190,000,000 in fraud as these fraudsters use the elderly and needy to commit fraud through adult and personal home care scams in NYC. Your tax dollars are paying for elderly Koreans and Chinese to play ping pong and do tai chi, while the fraudsters give $ kickbacks to those who enroll. Like it and share this video, the fraud must STOP..." At NYPo, Minnesota daycare owner outed by Nick Shirley admitted to filing more than $4.6M in false claims. From the Free Bacon, 'Anti-Corruption' Senate Candidate Chris Pappas, Whose Ex-Lobbyist Husband Works for Uber, Sits on House Transportation Committee That Uber Heavily Lobbies "Pappas lied about his relationship with now-husband during a debate in a past congressional race, in which his opponent accused him of conflicts of interest."

Ward Clark at RedState reports Iran’s 'Very Specific Plot' to Assassinate Trump Foiled by Warning From Israeli Intelligence. Vijeta Uniyal at LI, Mojtaba Khamenei Vows to ‘Avenge’ His Father ‘Soon’ as Trump Warns of Swift Retaliation to Any Assassination Attempt "President Trump: “1000 Missiles are Locked ​and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, … ⁠should the Iranian Government act on its ‌threat.”"


Fox reports Fury erupts as US brand fires 1,600 employees after securing thousands of foreign worker visas, Microsoft XBox. "One lawmaker called to end the H-1B foreign worker visa program entirely to prioritize hiring American workers." CIS explores the question Has Immigration Enforcement Benefitted American Workers? "Evidence from the BLS household survey suggests the answer is ‘yes’" Tommy Robinson @TRobinsonNewEra, "South Africa has 'repatriated' Nigerians. No cries of racism from the left. How strange."
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.""

Jeff Charles at TownHall worries that the Southern Poverty Law Center Has Been Indoctrinating Our Teachers. Rothmus @Rothmus, "Your median professor sits so far left that AOC, Sanders, and Warren would count as moderates in any faculty lounge. Faculty from 55 elite universities form one towering blue spike of ideology far out on the left, density exploding past 6, with virtually nothing on the conservative side. This was built through decades of selective hiring, social enforcement, and the systematic purge of dissent. And because they credential the people who run media, law, government, and tech, the monoculture leaks into every elite institution downstream." Campus reform cites PROF. JENKINS: College campuses are ground zero for ‘the gospel of envy.’ From the College Fix, Seven years later, a campus cancel culture incident heads to trial.

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