Honeycrush is the solo project of singer-songwriter Alexandra
Antonopoulos. Though a classically-trained vocalist, the Brooklyn artist
first picked up a guitar in 2021, recording her debut EP, Milk Teeth
(2023), in her home studio to critical acclaim.
Drawing
comparisons to artists Cat Power, Scout Niblett, Mark Lanegan, Jeff
Buckley, and PJ Harvey, there’s a distinctly rock influence even in
Honeycrush’s most somber melodies.
Antonopoulos weaves themes
of identity, the fraught struggle of self-discovery, and generational
experiences of womanhood into lyrics that tiptoe between abstract
poeticism and diaristic confession. Honeycrush performs live as a
four-piece rock band, with Antonopoulos playing solo shows on rare
occasions.
Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks the GOP's Case for Making Midterms About Law and Order Just Got Stronger "On Friday, the FBI released its "2025 Reported Crimes in the Nation" statistics, and it told a pretty interesting story, but the most important headline is this one: "Data reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program shows 2024 to 2025 marked the largest year-to-year decline in violent crime rates since FBI estimations began in 1936." The biggest decline in violent crimes in 90 years? That's huge." It is, but unfortunately parties in power tend not to be judged on what they do, but rather the judgment of what they haven't done. This is abetted by the media, which for Republicans, focuses on shortcomings, not successes. At the Wash Stand, Congress Closes Massive Spending Disclosure Loophole, but Will Trump Sign It into Law? "Legislation known as the Stop Secret Spending Act (SSSA) was approved earlier this year by Congress with bipartisan support in both the Senate and the House, closing a massive loophole in federal law that enables executive branch officials to hide hundreds of millions of dollars in spending from public examination." Trump is still holding out for the SAVE America Act.
Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh, " UPDATE: This pollster missed the Florida Governor GOP primary by a whopping 33 POINTS against Trump-endorsed Byron Donalds, for James Fishback WTF?! @TPSIOfficial this is an EMBARRASSMENT. Final poll: Donalds+4.6 over Fishback Reality: Donalds+37.4 over Fishback LANDSLIDE." Polls are propaganda.
Maryland is celebrating a milestone in Chesapeake Bay restoration after
Gov. Wes Moore announced
the state has achieved nearly all of its 2025 Chesapeake Bay restoration
goals. But some watermen say the pollution reduction target numbers don't
reflect the conditions they're experiencing on the water. The
Maryland Department of the Environment says the state has hit 100% of its
sediment reduction goal, 100% of its phosphorus goal, and 99% of its
nitrogen reduction goal. ... But Captain Robert
Newberry, president of the Delmarva Fisheries Association, says the
pollution reduction target numbers published don't line up with conditions
that watermen are reporting. "It's not my opinion, I'm taking up
a conglomerate of what everybody's saying. We have problems with the
numbers. They're not right," Newberry said.
Newberry says he
spoke with watermen from Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot, Dorchester,
Somerset, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, St. Mary's, Calvert and Charles counties
while researching the issue, and says the consensus among them was
skepticism. “The upper bay, the guys have been
seeing, dead zones, benthic zones, bad water all summer long. And they saw
it in the south too, they’re seeing extremely turbid water, which is
non-visible,” said Newberry. "Nothing was getting done in one year. All of a
sudden, boom, we hit 100% phosphorus reduction, 99% nitrogen and 100%
sediment. That's not the consensus I'm getting bay wide.”
... Allison Colden, Maryland executive director of
the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, says the numbers released this week are based
on bay-wide modeling and show Maryland has met or is on track to meet its
reduction goals. But she cautions that models don’t tell the whole story.
"Models are always inherently an abstract of what we
are seeing in reality," Colden said. "It's a necessity to simplify what
we're seeing in order to produce a model. And because of that
simplification, there's always a chance that there is, you know, some sort
of gap between what the model would predict and what we are seeing. That
doesn't necessarily mean the model is wrong.”
That's almost the definition of a model being wrong; when it doesn't match reality.
At TownHall Matt Vespa thinks
You Won't Believe It, A John Cornyn Staffer Pulled a Benedict Arnold Move.
Here's His New Boss, James Talarico campaign. How to admit you have no sincere beliefs in
one easy career move. John Waters at RC History, looks at The Next American Right. "Today, the insurgency has won. What remains is not a bold, dramatic
second act, but the far more familiar (and mundane) work of routine
governance. We have entered the revolution’s mopping-up phase."
Rep. Nancy Mace has publicly revealed the nine tattoos she previously said she got during one of the most difficult periods of her personal and professional life, showing the artwork on her new YouTube show after largely keeping it covered throughout her time in Congress.
The South CarolinaRepublican first disclosed the tattoos in a February interview with Politico, saying she got all nine in rapid succession between late 2023 and early 2024 during a period that included the end of her engagement and significant staff turnover in her congressional office. ... Mace has spoken openly about surviving sexual assault and molestation and has frequently discussed how those experiences shaped her life and political advocacy. In previous interviews, she has connected the tattoos to a broader effort to reclaim ownership of her body following years of personal trauma.
The congresswoman described getting the tattoos during a tumultuous period that also saw the breakdown of her engagement and intense public scrutiny surrounding her political career. She explained that she viewed the tattoo process as both physically and emotionally significant.
That was definitely a non-explanatory explanation.
Today's crew, Sarah and Ben, a young couple from St. Mary's County and Case, a New Jersey angler.
With the Striped Bass closure in effect, Pete was looking for Redfish and Bluefish schools by running south along the eastern channel edge using side scan sonar primarily. There were no working birds to be found.
He located a school of blues on the way south, and we caught more than enough, and I and Sarah also picked Spanish Mackerel to boot. On the way back up, Pete located what he thought was a school of Redfish on the sonar, but Ben caught this 37 inch Cobia. I was jealous.
Hooper Island light. It looks a little fixed up, now that it's in private ownership. There were no fish here.
Barely any news made it through the weekend, but here it goes anyway. From News Wax, CENTCOM Commander Cooper: USS Lincoln Visit 'Awe-Inspiring' after CNN voiced concerns that the food was boring after 240 days without making port. Sundance reports President Trump Makes a Surprise Announcement on U.S. Military Support to South Korea "Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful. Therefore, and based on the fact that it is too late to cancel, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises! While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, “No thanks!” Thank you for your attention to this matter.” Unrelated my ass! He also hosts Sunday Talks: AG Todd Blanche -vs- DSA Advocate Kristen Welker. She needs to get her thyroid checked. Commonplace recommends Trump Slam The USMCA Back Door, "For the trade agreement to survive, it must keep China out of North America." TownHall's Joe Chalfant likes how Trump Is Opening the Financial Floodgates to Keep Republicans in Office. At the Atlantic Council, Iran is draining its leverage in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump’s best move is to let it happen. At USA Today, Nicole Russell writes Karoline Leavitt exposed Democrats' double standard on women.
Civitas Institute discourses on The Fall of Fauci. Tom Knighton at TAW says It's not just Fauci, "It’s not just Fauci who is the problem. It’s damn near everyone involved in the system itself."
Matt Margolis is impressed that Sophie Cunningham Just Gave Leftists Another Reason to Hate Her. "She climbed onto the bar at Clayton's Country Bar in Indianapolis and led the crowd in Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue." Video of the moment spread across social media within hours, and the crowd sang every word right along with her." RedState's Ward Clark hears Caitlyn Jenner Has a Simple Answer to the WNBA's Transgender Player Problem "Cathy, XX, you’re in. XY you’re out. It’s that simple." It is that simple, but it will never satisfy the trans grievance community.
Researchers in Finland found that people who drank more coffee tended to have lower body fat, more
skeletal muscle and different metabolic markers than those who drank less
coffee.
The study also found a notable difference in sex
hormones among men: Higher coffee intake was associated with higher total
testosterone and higher levels of sex hormone-binding globulin, or SHBG, but
lower free testosterone.
But before coffee drinkers celebrate,
researchers stress that the study does not prove coffee causes these
changes.
Good news, I guess. But I also wonder about the arrow of causation in this study. It could just be that healthier, more virile men just drink more coffee, for a variety of reasons.
When Matty Wess, 47, of New Windsor, saw that one of his employees was taking heat online for her years-old, racist social media posts that had resurfaced, he took a unique approach to addressing the situation.
Wess, who owns Uncle Matty’s Eatery in New Windsor, decided to whip up a sandwich and name it after her. He said he aimed to create a “public shaming” sandwich with profits heading toward a good cause.
An Uncle Matty’s Eatery employee said that by Friday afternoon, the restaurant had sold 22 “Krista Club” sandwiches. The fried chicken sandwich is topped with bacon and cheddar and comes on a brioche bun with a side of pickles and chips. It sells for $16.99 and will remain on the menu until the end of August. Profits from every purchase will be used to purchase items that will be donated to The Gateway School.
Krista Schultz’s racist posts gained public attention this week when Carroll County Public Schools board member Kristen Zihmer rescinded her appointment of Schultz to the school system’s family life committee on Wednesday.
Wess said that while he condemns the post Schultz made, he wanted to defend his employee on a personal level. He believes all people should be allowed to learn from their mistakes.
Schultz serves on the Carroll County Republican Central Committee and was reelected in July. Zihmer had appointed her to serve on the public school committee that examines and discusses all instructional materials proposed for the school system’s health curriculum. Zihmer said she was made aware of the posts this week, which led her to revoke her appointment. Zihmer declined to comment for this story.
On Tuesday, a Facebook page, CCPS Parents for Honest Education, whose administrators are anonymous, shared what it said were screenshots of Schultz’s posts. The Carroll County Times could not independently verify the legitimacy of the posts.
One screenshot of a comment Schultz appears to have made on Facebook in 2019 says, “It was a good rap song. … Colored folks listen to it.” Another screenshot is of a meme Schultz appears to have posted in 2019 that shows a photo of a Black woman and white man together with text that says, “I ONLY DATE BLACK GIRLS BECAUSE I HATE MEETING FATHERS.”
Schultz posted on Facebook on Tuesday: “I have taken accountability for my actions, learned from my experiences, matured, and I don’t take any of it back because it has made me who I am today. So if some miserable, liberal, coward (who hides behind a couple Facebook pages anonymously) wants to try to throw something in my face from 10, 15, or 20 years ago… go for it… It motivates me.” She could not be reached for comment for this article.
The sandwich looks good, (if it really looks like that in real life) but it costs $16.99, which is a shame.
The summer news drought continues. At 1945, Donald Trump Already Won the Iran War. Ending It Is Tehran’s Problem Now. "Iran’s strategy is to drag the war out. James Jay Carafano argues that protraction is the only card the IRGC holds, and that Trump has handed it to them deliberately." "Trump has basically said, “Okay, you get to decide when the war ends. When you are serious about just accepting defeat, call me.” In the meanwhile, the Iranian regime can continue to suffer all the uncomfortable results of a protracted struggle with America and its allies, debilitating punishment that has demolished Iran’s threat as the bully-in-chief of the region." MSN, Iran responds after Trump says Strait of Hormuz will be US territory 'soon'.
RedState's Teri Christoph thinks Marco Rubio Just Made the Anti-Trump Ballroom Crowd Look Like Absolute Lunatics. "Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “In my work with heads of state and foreign ministers, I am frequently hosted in reception facilities that are visually impressive and reflective of the wealth and beauty of the nations I am visiting. In the United States, by contrast, we currently lack the ability to hold large events of a similar magnitude on White House grounds for those same heads of state and foreign dignitaries. Instead, we must currently host such visits in plastic or canvas tents on the South Lawn with unsafe and unsanitary portable bathrooms and accommodations unbecoming of our national stature…Our foreign counterparts offer premier security arrangements for United States officials. It is imperative that we not only offer the same level of elite security services, but offer the world’s leading capabilities in an efficient manner on grounds over which we exert permanent control…We must obviously seek every reasonable means to mitigate both the more predictable risks, including weather and physical incursions, but also emerging threats…The East Wing Project is essential to that defensive security posture. The Project is absolutely critical not only for the physical safety of guests, but also for advancing our diplomatic relations and the interests and standing of the United States in the world.”"
Leslie Eastman at LI reports Fifth Circuit Completely Roasts Biden DOE’s Stove and Oven Efficiency Rules. "The court voids the rules after determining that Biden’s Energy Department improperly tried to fast-track the measure as a “direct final rule”, which is usually reserved for noncontroversial matters."
Gina Milan @ginamilan_, "Only Sophie Cunningham could go from playing a Fever game to randomly showing up at a bar and singing “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” with the fans. She’s truly the freaking best." THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES: Sophie’s Choice Edition.
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