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Trump and the Republicans

Andy Ngo on X: "Hammam al-Hammami, the @flydubai pilot who tried killing his non-Muslim co-pilot to hijack a plane flying to Israel, had fundamentalist Islamic social media posts. He posted about wanting a wife who would wear a face covering and stop working. He complained about mixed-sex work"
Althouse: "The co-pilot who tried to hijack a flight bound for Israel... used a crash ax to attack the captain in the cockpit, UAE officials said."
There’s No Business Like Antisemitism Business
Russia Plans to Freeze Ukraine Into Submission This Winter – HotAir
AND THEN THERE ARE THE FACTS: Hakeem Jeffrries, Meet the Best U.S. Economy in Decades
Three Easy Ways to Reduce Pain at the Pump – HotAir
Steel Manufacturing, Bonds, and America First
The Diesel Export Trap: A Quick Fix That Raises Prices - RealClearEnergy
Is The GOP Failing To Sell Trump’s Economic Gains? I&I/TIPP Poll – Issues & Insights
This Explosive Headline Is a Lock for First-Ballot Induction Into the 'TDS Hall of Fame' – Twitchy

The Disloyal Opposition

EXCLUSIVE: Abdul El-Sayed Top Staffer Quits Campaign—Shares Disturbing Truth About “Manufactured Man”–“Pushed multiple staff to tears”–“Immature”–“Cartoonishly fake masculinity” and “Loves to fart in public” - The Gateway Pundit
Dear DSA: How to Destroy the 5 Democrats Who Want to Be President – PJ Media
Maura Healey Having a Mass. Gas Attack and Seems to Have Wiped Her Two Memory Chips – HotAir

The Just Us System

Judge Says the Law 'Criminalizing Non-Citizen Voting' Is Unconstitutional UPDATE – HotAir
Justice Samuel Alito Thinks He Knows Who Leaked the Landmark Dobbs Opinion
Gad Saad on X: "Oh I noticed."
Althouse: The ultimate process clusterfuck.
Althouse: "Well, she’s still trying to proceed as normal, and she’s trying to tell herself that she can just go on with her life as if this didn’t happen."

Althouse: Someone who styles himself ExHedgeFundGuy makes a TikTok clip out of a classic Camille Paglia interview and fails to include her name.
Laocoon of Troy on X: "Paglia's point is that women have been raised in a way that makes them naïve. They believe that the suburban, middle-class setting is the default condition of the world, and that the rights they have go with them anywhere, even to a foreign country or a bedroom during a drunken https://t.co/ZapI9RXklM"
Daniel Friedman on X: "Ever since the Dear Colleague letter in 2011 and the crackdowns on Greek life after Duke Lacrosse, fraternities have been training chapter presidents on how to protect their chapters from these situations. The Chi Phi president (who is not one of the 7 accused men) messed up,"

Cornell brings back #MeToo - The Spectator
Report: How Radical Environmental Special Interests Manipulate the Federal Judiciary - House Judiciary Committee Republicans
Even Democrats Oppose Letting Foreign Citizens Tilt The House

The Great Culture War

Daniel Foubert on X: "I'm French 🇫🇷. I was born in Paris. I spent 25 years there. But now: I don't even want to know what happens in that hellhole 💀⚰️. Not “troubled.” Not “declining.” Not “going through a difficult period.” No. A HELLHOLE. A country where everything is dirty, expensive,"
Dr. Eli David on X: "Lebanese 🇱🇧 journalist and author Brigitte Gabriel: “When I was born, Beirut was considered the ‘Paris of the Middle East.’ Today, Paris is considered the Beirut of Europe.” https://t.co/HybA8wN51T"
Trans rights better in Iran than Britain, say Green activists
Actress Criticizes Islam, Loses Her Career – PJ Media
Floridians demand school fire educator who said Jews “control everything”, that Israel is a “fake country”
Writing Is Critical Thinking — Even in the Age of AI - The American Spectator |