May 20, 2026
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
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The Morning Report — 5/ 20/26
Good morning kids. Let's start off with the cancerous existential threat that is the Anti-American Left and its epicenter the Democrat party. I'm beyond revolted and horrified to the point of being apoplectic and blood-boiling enraged at this as anyone with even a scintilla of common decency and an understanding of history and human nature would and should be.
Something must be done to stop this and stop them. Appealing to the better angels of their nature, forget it . . . they have none. Evil must be confronted and eradicated. For bringing us to the brink of the abyss, there isn't a Hell hot enough for them to roast in. Elsewhere ,
Last night looked to be a good night for the President and the conservative movement in general with several key primary victories. Most gratifying of all was the kicking to the curb of scumbag deluxe Tom Massie.
And then there's still Iran:
Good morning kids. Let's start off with the cancerous existential threat that is the Anti-American Left and its epicenter the Democrat party. I'm beyond revolted and horrified to the point of being apoplectic and blood-boiling enraged at this as anyone with even a scintilla of common decency and an understanding of history and human nature would and should be.
The top Democrat in a southern Texas House race, sex therapist Maureen Galindo, has called for transforming an immigration facility into a “prison for American Zionists” equipped with a castration center. Galindo’s campaign made a vile pledge that she will introduce legislation to that effect if she gets elected to Congress after baselessly alleging her Dem runoff foe was “being paid to put Jews and Mexicans in concentration camps via Zionist trafficking networks.” “When Maureen gets into Congress, she’ll write legislation so that all Zionism and support of Zionism is undoubtedly Anti-Semitic, since it’s Zionism harming the Semites,” her campaign wrote on Instagram last week.The sex therapist candidate called to transform an ICE facility into a prison for American Zionists. Yet her remarks about dumping Zionists into an ICE facility sound a lot like putting Jews in warehouses. “The standard that Democrats rightly apply to right-wing antisemites must apply equally to left-wing Jew-haters,” the watchdog group StopAntisemitism said in a statement. “Democratic leaders must clearly, publicly denounce these bigots infecting their party without hedging. “They must decline to appear on platforms with Hasan Piker. They must stop winking at extremist voices and truly stand for the principles they claim to stand for.” Galindo was the top Democrat in the March primary election, with 29.2% support to Garcia’s 27%. Since no one got a majority, the two advanced to a runoff election next Tuesday. . . . . .Throughout the campaign cycle, Galindo has railed against Zionists. She’s also attacked “Jews who own Hollywood,” something that is a well-known anti-Semitic trope.I wonder if Galindo came up with that brainwave about forcibly castrating Jews all on her own or if she stole it directly from the minutes of the 1942 Wannsee Conference regarding the Nazis Final Solution of the Jewish Question?! For those who do not know, before they decided to exterminate the roughly 11 million Jews of Europe they expected to be under their control once they conquered Europe from the Channel to the Urals, they thought those that wouldn't be worked to death building roads and munitions would have their genitals bombarded with X-rays so they could be sure no Jews would survive. The mass shootings of the Einzatzgruppen were viewed as too cruel — not for the victims but for the executioners, you see Graham Platner's Totenkopf tattoo is vile enough (and that he's a literal jerk-off!) but this evil slag is illustrative now of a growing segment of not just the leadership of the Democrat Party but far too many in its base. On further reflection, I don't think Galindo is aware of the details of Wansee let alone the reality of the extermination of over 6 million Jews as well as other racial or political enemies of the Nazis. I think she dreamed up mass sterilization all on her own. Let's face the unsettling truth in that she is not an outlier or one-off. She is not only a Leftist but one who is seeking political office and has the backing of the Democrat Party leadership. Shredding the Constitution and erasing our history is merely the first step. Ultimately, they know that they will have to eradicate us physically in order to make sure we never rise again. So, if this Galindo cancer were to be struck by a bolt of lightning or were to accidentally blow herself up in a tax-evasion scheme or Hamas bomb factory... or be hit by a bus crossing the street or get a reverse Luigi Mangione treatment (nudge nudge wink wink) I would not shed a tear and in fact would roundly applaud it. I do not condone violence. But waiting until after we're forced to wear a yellow star is a non-starter. My own family's World War 2 experience is now underscored by Democrat/Leftist acts of political and physical terrorism in its lust for absolute power.
Something must be done to stop this and stop them. Appealing to the better angels of their nature, forget it . . . they have none. Evil must be confronted and eradicated. For bringing us to the brink of the abyss, there isn't a Hell hot enough for them to roast in. Elsewhere ,
Last night looked to be a good night for the President and the conservative movement in general with several key primary victories. Most gratifying of all was the kicking to the curb of scumbag deluxe Tom Massie.
And then there's still Iran:
Citing the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, he said “serious negotiations with Iran are now taking place” and expressed confidence in a deal which he vowed “will include “NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN.”So okay, but I'm still waiting for the OR ELSE part of this to take effect. As of now it sure seems as if President Trump is doing the Obama red line boogaloo. Feh. Have a good day.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- “When Maureen gets into Congress, she’ll write legislation so that all Zionism and support of Zionism is undoubtedly Anti-Semitic, since it’s Zionism harming the Semites,” her campaign wrote on Instagram last week.
Sex therapist Dem candidate blasted over vile call to convert ICE facilities into camps for ‘American Zionists’ with castration center - Attorneys have First Amendment rights, just like everyone else.
John Eastman’s Disbarment in California Is an Outrageous Violation of the First Amendment Warranting Supreme Court Review
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Daily Tech News 20 May 20206
Top Story
- Google search is dead, says... Google. (Tech Crunch)
Professor Plum in the library with a lead pipe?
Or just Google being Google.
Anyway, the plan is, now that Google has killed its premier product through years of malign neglect, to force you into an AI "experience" any time you want to look something up.
One small problem: I already have Grok for that, and it doesn't try to sell me stuff I don't want, and most of the time it doesn't like to me either.
The secondary is problem is that behind the scenes Grok is using search engines like Google to pull related data together to answer your query. You can even watch it doing that - if you have SuperGrok (my company pays for it because it saves a lot of time we used to spend digging through Stack Overflow) you can watch it spin up three different agents that perform different searches and argue about the correct answer - and oftentimes even get it right.
So the question is, if the underlying search engines go away, what happens to the AI experience? Does it go the way of the nudged quanta in the single data drawer among the galaxy of indexes of indexes?
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May 19, 2026
Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - May 19, 2026 [Doof]
From Pure Nature
From Pure Nature
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Massie Be Gone Cafe
@JooBernardoCor1
@JooBernardoCor1
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Goodbye Massie: Decision Desk Projects Ed Gallrein will be the Republican Nominee for KY-4
Fox Calls It Too
Massie's army of RaNd PaUl!!! spammers and Middle Eastern bots are insisting that his posting of a 2022 endorsement with the date stripped off while pretending it's a current endorsement was Akshually True In a Way, If You Think About It.
Fox Calls It Too
Fox just called it for Gallrein. Posted by: JackStraw (hophead)Nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey-ey-ey, goodbye...
Henry Olsen
@henryolsenEPPC44m Very bad sign for Massie: Gallrein leads by 10% in the copious early vote from Kenton. This is where Massie needed to win big.
NBC News is noticing underperformance for Massie and overperformance for Gallrein in rural areas. Posted by: whig
@EricLDaugh 25m 🚨 JUST NOW: NBC reports that Ed Gallrein is out-performing SENATE candidate Andy Barr in some Kentucky locations, who was also endorsed by Trump Gallrein is winning the early and election day vote in key counties, with more expected to come in Massie needs election day strength to flip the race Posted by: whigAnd they called the race for Andy Barr, commenters report.
Massie's army of RaNd PaUl!!! spammers and Middle Eastern bots are insisting that his posting of a 2022 endorsement with the date stripped off while pretending it's a current endorsement was Akshually True In a Way, If You Think About It.
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Quick Hits
The people think that Kamala Harris is the Riddler who drives around in a Riddlermobile? The ads depict LA as a post-apocalyptic hellhole. This is obviously a parody that no one believes. Wait a tic... they do believe this. But they recognize the AI ads as an exaggeration of the truth.
Three months ago, Thomas Massie -- who today lied to voters and claimed a 2022 endorsement was a current endorsement -- smeared Trump as part of the "(((Epstein Class)))." If you don't think he's trying to smear Trump as a Dirty Jew Sympathizer, you haven't seen him claiming that only (((outside))) Jewish money is causing him to lose his race. Meanwhile, Massie is funded by California far-leftists and Middle Easterners. America First, baby! Weird how none of Massie's fervent internet defenders can keep the word "Jew" out of their mouths for a single sentence:
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger 5h Governments should censor AI "deep fake" videos, many say, because they threaten democracy. But there is no evidence they ever have. The reason legacy gatekeepers are panicking is that AI disrupts their business model and fuels underdogs like LA mayoral candidate @spencerpratt
AI-generated "deepfake" photos and videos, like the ones being put out by supporters of Los Angeles Mayoral candidate @spencerpratt, are a threat to democracy, say many. "These Pratt social videos are catchy but...they are also 100% deep fakes," said political consultant @murphymike. "In fact, Pratt for Mayor is the most AI deep fake-driven campaign I've ever seen.... There is no disclaimer on them. They're not officially from his campaign... not sure who's paying for this stuff."
The people think that Kamala Harris is the Riddler who drives around in a Riddlermobile? The ads depict LA as a post-apocalyptic hellhole. This is obviously a parody that no one believes. Wait a tic... they do believe this. But they recognize the AI ads as an exaggeration of the truth.
... Deepfakes, argued the Brookings Institution in 2023, "threaten to undermine" the "trusted information environment" democracies depend on. "Government needs to step up to protect elections from AI-generated deepfake video and audio," demanded the progressive Brennan Center in 2024. Stanford researchers warned that political deepfakes remain easy to generate and difficult to detect.I personally had little difficulty telling the difference between the Castroist Communist Incompetent Karen Bass and the fictitious comic book character The Joker. I mean, they do share an ideology of chaos and misery, but they are plainly distinct.
Governments are acting. State legislatures have targeted election speech, satire, and political ads that use altered images or voices. But the facts do not support deepfake alarmism, which activists, journalists, and policymakers are using to impose censorship. The Spencer Pratt advertisements are obviously fake... And a 2025 Cambridge paper on deepfakes and democracy concluded that, despite years of warnings, "there is no evidence" that deepfakes have produced the predicted election interference. The idea that Pratt's viral AI-made ads undermine democracy is absurd. Filmmaker @charliebcurran produced a 99-second Batman-themed AI-made ad on May 5, 2026. The ad depicts Mayor Karen Bass in Joker makeup, Governor Gavin Newsom dressed as a male Marie Antoinette eating cake, former Vice President Kamala Harris chugging vodka while declaring "Bass already solved crime, I endorse her," and Councilmember Nithya Raman as a puppet saying "let's move the drug addicts closer." As such, the Pratt ads make the fraud theory of political deepfakes even harder to sustain. A nonpartisan researcher told CBS Sacramento that "as far as we know, Spencer Pratt is not Batman." Noted one strategist, "the Spencer Pratt spot is exactly what AI should be, which is using innovation and technology to make an interesting ad that is not trying to fool voters." So why all the deep fake alarmism?...Because Democrats are losing and that means Democracy Has Failed Yet Again. Post here with a video report. Here's another ad. Most people can tell that this is a humorous ad. And this ad featuring Spencer Pratt as a Lego character in a Lego LA sure is deceptive. You and I may know that real people aren't made of Legos, but some people -- Democrat voters -- might be stupid enough to believe it's all really real. And we must Protecc Retards. Note the people complaining that ads showing a Lego Spencer Pratt must be criminalized because their retard voters might think they're real are the exact people who have pushed the Very Fine People Hoax for ten years straight.
Three months ago, Thomas Massie -- who today lied to voters and claimed a 2022 endorsement was a current endorsement -- smeared Trump as part of the "(((Epstein Class)))." If you don't think he's trying to smear Trump as a Dirty Jew Sympathizer, you haven't seen him claiming that only (((outside))) Jewish money is causing him to lose his race. Meanwhile, Massie is funded by California far-leftists and Middle Easterners. America First, baby! Weird how none of Massie's fervent internet defenders can keep the word "Jew" out of their mouths for a single sentence:
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Cavernous Nostril Now Glazes The Man She Used to Accuse of Having Sexually Molested Her Underaged Niece, Back When That Was Her Grift
But her new grift is antisemitism and cultivating a Nazi-curious Horseshoe Fusion political movement.
I'm so annoyed I'll even link a Jake Tapper post (just for the clip he's embedded). It's almost as if Cavernous Nostrils is a sociopath who will say literally anything to manipulate people and extract money from them.Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:55 PM | Comments (219) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Disgraceful RINO Grifter Tom Massie is Now Sending Out Texts Claiming Trump Endorsed Him Rather Than His Opponent
Fuck this guy in the pinecone.
Sociopaths love lying to people. Duping people makes them feel powerful and intelligent and masterful. When actually they're just degenerates who do not possess the simple but powerful moral inhibition against lying that normal people do. Because normal people have trouble lying, they have difficulty detecting truly brazen lies by psychopaths completely unbothered by lying. Normal people who are bothered personally by lying cannot even imagine just lying about big things that can be easily checked, so brazen sociopaths can pass lies by them sometimes. "No one would be so brazen," they think, wrongly. And then Candace Owens dupes millions of normal but bored and dimbulb Millennial housewives who think she must be telling the truth because, well, no one would be so brazen! Candace Owens makes her rent money based on this exploit. Most normal people think that someone will, if they're lying, avert their eyes and cough and show other signs of internal stress, so they think that they can detect most lies. Well, they can detect most liars because most liars are normal people who do experience internal stress when they're lying. Then there are the psychopaths like Candace Owens and Tom "Pinecone" Massie, who do not stammer and blink when they lie, but grin ear-to-ear because they love lying. Normal people do not detect these lies because, well, what kind of maniac would become almost sexually excited by lying? They think it's their superpower. And it is, in a way. It's a gift of Satan.Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:45 PM | Comments (315) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Katy Tur: When Speaker Mike Johnson Said That God Imbues People With Inalienable Rights, Was He Attempting to "Put God Over the Declaration of Independence"?
Katy Tur is a moderately pretty girl with a nice rack.
That is the only reason she is on TV "news." Keith Olbermann used to sleep with her and claimed that she was so stupid that he had to rewrite all of "her" news articles for her, because they were poorly written and pointless. Typical case of an old bent gangly dweeb having to do the hot girl's homework for her. But I do imagine that he's telling the truth about this one thing. Katy Tur heard Speaker Johnson refer to the opening lines of the Declaration of Independence -- the lines that say that men are imbued with inalienable rights by their "Creator," rights which cannot be set aside by the government because they do not originate with the government, but with God himself -- and is so uneducated and so stupid that she thought Johnson was inserting that language into the Declaration of Independence himself, and thereby attempting to inject This God Person into the atheistic document. Unbelievable. Except it is believable. John Sexton:I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise given that this was broadcast on MSNOW, but somehow it still surprises me. Katy Tur was asking her panel of guests about something that Speaker Mike Johnson had said Sunday at the "Rededicate 250" rally on the mall in Washington, DC. I watched Mike Johnson's prayer in front of the crowd and this is the line that Tur is reacting to:This is not some arcane political trivia, obviously. These are among the most-quoted lines in human political history. "When in the course of human events..." is routinely quoted by sixth graders. Katie Tur is entirely unqualified for this job or any other job that isn't centered on an OnlyFans account. She got the gig by fucking Keith Olbermann, and only kept it because 10% of MSNOW's audience consists of angry lesbians and even a smattering of effeminate yet straight men who wonder what she looks like naked.Those voices have seeked to distort the self-evident truth that we know so well, that our founders boldly proclaimed in the Declaration: That our rights do not derive from the government. They come from you, our creator and heavenly father.Here's Tur's reaction when bringing it up on MSNOW to her panel of guests.What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring that our rights do not derive from government? They come from you, our creator and heavenly father. Is this him putting God over the Declaration of Independence?
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Trump Endorses Ken Paxton for Senate
It's a bit late but hopefully it will swing enough votes to put another RINO out on the street outside of MSNOW begging to go on camera for five minutes to pitch his podcast.
Correction: The runoff is next Tuesday, not today as I originally claimed. (I saw a stupid media article saying the runoff was "this week," yesterday.) Thanks to hobbitpoly.Nick SortorMore:
@nicksortor 🚨 BREAKING -- IT'S OFFICIAL: President Trump has endorsed KEN PAXTON in the Republican primary for US Senate in Texas John Cornyn is DOOMED. "I know Ken well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a WINNER! Ken is a Strong Supporter of TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER and, very importantly, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT"
The Highly Respected Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, an America First Patriot, and someone who has always been extremely loyal to me and our AMAZING MAGA MOVEMENT, is running for the United States Senate, to represent a place I love and WON, BIG, three times, with 6.4 Million Votes in 2024 (The Most Votes in the History of the State, BY FAR)! I know Ken well, have seen him tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and he is a WINNER! Ken is a Strong Supporter of TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER and, very importantly, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, something which polls at 87%, including Dumocrats, and yet can't seem to get approved. Perhaps Ken can help move these important elements of Government forward because with the Filibuster, as an example, the Democrats will terminate it on their First Day in Office, giving us two extra States, D.C. and Puerto Rico, and a greatly enlarged Supreme Court of the United States, probably going with their Dream Number of 21 Justices from the 9 that we currently have -- And these new Justices will be Radical Left Lunatics! Two years ago, our Country was DEAD -- Now we have the "HOTTEST" Country anywhere in the World -- And I want to keep it that way. Ken Paxton will help me do that, MAKING AMERICA BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE! Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate. He will tirelessly fight to continue the Great Growth of our Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations (I just delivered the Largest Tax and Regulation Cuts in American History!), and Advance MADE IN THE U.S.A., Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Champion Texas Oil & Gas, Advocate for our Amazing Farmers and Ranchers, Promote School Choice, Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Support our Incredible Military/Veterans, Safeguard our Elections, and Protect our always under siege Second Amendment. John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough and, despite having the Most Successful Economy in the History of our Country during my First Term and, with all of the many other things that I accomplished (Secure Border, Military Dominance, Space Force, All Time High Stock Markets and 401(k)s, Record Job and Economic Growth, and so many other things that would be impossible to readily list!), which are considered by many to be legendary, John was very late in backing me in what turned out to be a Historic Run for the Republican Nomination, and then, the Presidency, itself, both of which were Landslide Victories and, more importantly, gave us the Country that we have today -- THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICA (and when we finish up with Iran, which will not be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon, you will see numbers that have never been generated by our Country before!), as opposed to the DISASTER of the previous Administration. Ken Paxton has gone through a lot, in many cases, very unfairly, but he is a Fighter, and knows how to WIN. Our Country needs Fighters, and also Loyalty to the Cause of Greatness. We can never allow what happened to the United States of America during the Corrupt Biden Administration, to happen again. In Texas alone, just look at the Border, with the Highest Level Criminals allowed to run through your State, totally unvetted and unchecked, through an Open Border Policy that was a Laughingstock all over the World. I came in, and fixed it, IMMEDIATELY. I will not permit those dark and dangerous days to come back! WE HAVE ALREADY MADE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, BUT NOW, WE WANT TO MAKE OUR NATION BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE. Therefore, Ken Paxton has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next United States Senator from the Great State of Texas -- KEN PAXTON WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!Should have passed the SAVE Act, Thune. I cannot overstate how important and salutary it is to establish that the voters will discipline and eject nonperforming office-holders who do not vote the way the voters want them to. If this becomes a permanent trend, it will be one of the most important accomplishments of the Trump years.
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"Teen Takeovers" Are Now Common in Blue Cities; Media Begins Pushing Idea That Violent Teen Orcs Don't Need Jail Time, Just "Youth Centers" They Can Fight In and Destroy Instead of Chipotles
Blue cities have allowed rowdy, often violent "teens" to take over the streets and private citizens' businesses for more than a year.
The "teens" are often "mostly peaceful." Blue cities do not arrest them or prosecute them because they've decided that minorities, especially "teen" minorities, are generally immune to the law. And how's that going?A gang of violent juveniles has been captured on video involved in a wild all-out brawl in a Washington, DC, Chipotle outlet Saturday night with chairs alternatively being thrown and used as weapons as the wild melee unfolded. In the background shrieks can be heard from those forced to watch the delinquent fisticuffs on display. A spokesperson with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has since said they are aware of this incident and are investigating, ABC 7News reports. Ken Ledet, who lives in the Navy Yard, told 7News he has seen chaotic scenes like this in recent months. "It's not shocking anymore, since this has become routine on Saturdays and Friday nights, but it's disappointing to know this is still happening," Ledet told the outlet.This is feral:
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The Morning Rant
This is a direct challenge to the sovereignty and economic leadership of America, and a nakedly partisan attempt to create through regulation what Europe is unable to do with innovation. The EU and its mandarins are content to be overtaken by China, invaded by 3rd world Muslim hordes, and bought out by Gulf oil money. But competing with America and Americans? That is a bridge too far. Europe is probably too far gone, but the Western Hemisphere is not, and an American-led regulatory structure that rewards innovation and hard work, and allows market forces to operate, will create the foundation for the economies on our side of the oceans to dominate. The triad of Marco Rubio at State, Howard Lutnick at Commerce, and Scott Bessent at Treasury, understands this very well, and they should expand their pressure on our hemispheric partners to change the paradigm of the zero-sum economic game that the EU insists upon playing.
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Earlier this year, iRobot, the company that made the Roomba, filed for bankruptcy and was sold off to a Chinese supplier. The cause was a decision made in Brussels, three years ago, to block Amazon’s rescue offer. Thusly, an American company was regulated out of existence by a foreign bureaucracy. A Chinese competitor inherited the spoils, which is a fair summary of how the European Union’s (EU) so-called consumer protections work in the real world. iRobot is no isolated case. The EU has built an entire regulatory architecture for precisely this purpose, with two pieces of legislation: the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), marketed as consumer protection but functioning as industrial policy directed at firms headquartered in the United States. In fact, five of the seven companies Brussels has designated as “gatekeepers” under the DMA are American. European competitors, on the other hand, are usually spared, and Chinese firms face notably lighter compliance pressure. It’s hardly an accident.
This is a direct challenge to the sovereignty and economic leadership of America, and a nakedly partisan attempt to create through regulation what Europe is unable to do with innovation. The EU and its mandarins are content to be overtaken by China, invaded by 3rd world Muslim hordes, and bought out by Gulf oil money. But competing with America and Americans? That is a bridge too far. Europe is probably too far gone, but the Western Hemisphere is not, and an American-led regulatory structure that rewards innovation and hard work, and allows market forces to operate, will create the foundation for the economies on our side of the oceans to dominate. The triad of Marco Rubio at State, Howard Lutnick at Commerce, and Scott Bessent at Treasury, understands this very well, and they should expand their pressure on our hemispheric partners to change the paradigm of the zero-sum economic game that the EU insists upon playing.
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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Salvador Dalí Well...okay. It's art. But my overriding though is: "So what?"
Salvador Dalí Well...okay. It's art. But my overriding though is: "So what?"
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The Morning Report — 5/ 19/26
Something's got to give, my friends. Have a good day!
The alleged gunmen in a shooting rampage that left three people dead outside a San Diego mosque have been identified as 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Velasquez, according to a law enforcement source. At least one of the suspects took a weapon from their parents’ home and left a suicide note that talked about racial pride, a law enforcement source told The Post. Clark attended Madison High School and was a standout wrestler, according to the school’s social media page. His grandfather, David Clark, 78, said: ”We’re very sorry for what happened. We know as much as you do. It’s a shock.” Clark and Velasquez were found dead inside a BMW from self-inflicted gunshot wounds only a few blocks from the Islamic Center of San Diego. Anti-Islamic writings were found in the suspects’ vehicle and “hate speech” was written on the firearms used in the shooting, according to the source.Let me state in no uncertain terms that this is absolutely horrendous to anyone who believes in and desires to live in a civilized society. Speaking of which, my personal feelings and opinions about Islam are no secret to anyone who has read my columns and listened to me speak on the podcast over these past few years and for sure as an American, a Jew and as one who is a student of history. Islam was, is, and a highly unlikely reformation of its core tenets regarding those whom it considers infidels and subhuman, notwithstanding, always will be a violent tyrannical totalitarian death cult that will seek the conquest of humanity and the world, as it has done for nearly 1500 years. Does that mean I advocate or implore anyone who reads and hears my words to go out and do what these two maniacs did, absolutely no. But to be a follower of Islam is to go out and commit the most abhorrent acts of violence or at the very least to cheer on those who do, as we saw on the rooftops of Jersey City as the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center collapsed into flaming heaps and in Israel in the wake of the October 7 mass wave assault from Gaza. Those being but two examples of the oceans of blood and tears spilled in the name of advancing Islam. The question of course is how to prevent these things from happening in the first place. Since Islam is not compatible and indeed completely antithetical to civilized society, further immigration to the west of Muslims should cease, and any attempts to impose Sharia law or to establish Islamic jurisdictions/political boundaries/communities et al as is being attempted in Texas among other places must be resisted by every LEGAL means necessary. Of course the Democrat/Left will interpret/bastardize my words, which echo individuals such as Robert Spencer, Pam Geller and others into "Go out and shoot up mosques or hunt down Muslims!" Shoot up a synagogue, a church, a Christmas parade and get a pat on the back. And on a not entirely unrelated note, there's this:
A trio of bloodthirsty fans of accused assassin Luigi Mangione — who were granted press passes by City Hall — spouted vile hate and unapologetic calls for political violence from a Manhattan courthouse steps Monday.
Self-proclaimed “Mangionistas” Abril Rios, Ashley Rojas and Lena Weissbrot proudly showed off the passes they received from Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, apparently for their online content documenting Mangione’s upcoming trial for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
But the credentialed “reporters” chillingly made no bones about supporting Mangione’s alleged vendetta to strike fear into the hearts of healthcare executives such as Thompson.
Something's got to give, my friends. Have a good day!
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- Victor Davis Hanson: America has repeatedly been declared a dying empire, yet every rival—from Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union to China—has ultimately fallen short of US power and resilience.
America: The Real Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - At least one of the suspects took a weapon from their parents’ home and left a suicide note that talked about racial pride, a law enforcement source told The Post.
San Diego mosque shooter Cain Clark identified as former high school wrestler
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Daily Tech News 19 May 2026
Top Story
- Intel has started shipping Nova Lake... Engineering samples. (WCCFTech)
Linked from that article is a tweet that announces the news and pronounces AMD's Zen 6 dead on arrival because Nova Lake is just so much faster.
Not mentioned in the tweet (but listed in the article) is that the full dual-die models of Nova Lake will consume up to 700W.
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May 18, 2026
Overnight Open Thread [05/18/2026]
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Lahaina Noon Cafe
Where's my money bitch?!!
Husky dramatic exit. An echidna. A hyrax. Rats enjoy driving little rat-cars. Pet rabbit meets wild rabbit. Fruit bat enjoys a banana. Greyhound who washed out of racing is adopted and loves his first toy. Polar bear joins Polar Bear Club, immediately wins presidency in a walk.
Where's my money bitch?!!
Husky dramatic exit. An echidna. A hyrax. Rats enjoy driving little rat-cars. Pet rabbit meets wild rabbit. Fruit bat enjoys a banana. Greyhound who washed out of racing is adopted and loves his first toy. Polar bear joins Polar Bear Club, immediately wins presidency in a walk.
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Quick Hits
Black dead ringer for Malcolm X Steve Cohen announces he won't be running in the new antigerrymandered Tennessee 9th district. He's retiring to spend more time with his Bucket Chicken.
Whoops: I got this one backwards. Dana Loesch tried to book Tom "Pinecone" Massie but he seems butthurt.
Nice work, Mayor Karen: wildfires break out in southern California again. Still not clearing that brush, huh?
Black dead ringer for Malcolm X Steve Cohen announces he won't be running in the new antigerrymandered Tennessee 9th district. He's retiring to spend more time with his Bucket Chicken.
Cohen said he was retiring from Congress and public life, "This is by far the most difficult moment I've had as an elected official," he said. He claimed the people "wanted me again." Cohen said he "considered" running in one of the newly-drawn districts, but he said they are "nothing like the ninth district that I've represented." But even in that, he couldn't make a simple statement without throwing a bit of a fit.Translation? He knows he wouldn't win.
He said he won't run for reelection in his district, with a caveat: "If the courts will give two more years to that district ... I will run for that office." "I don't want to quit. I'm not a quitter. But these districts were drawn to beat me."
A New York judge has ruled that some key evidence seized from Luigi Mangione's backpack during his arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald's is inadmissible at trial, while some of it can still be shown to jurors, including the suspected murder weapon. Judge Gregory Carro's written ruling was posted online ahead of a hearing Monday morning. He agreed with the defense argument that a search of Mangione's backpack at McDonald's was unconstitutional because it had been moved away from arm's reach, however, he found that a subsequent search of the bag at the police station was lawful. During that search, an officer found the handgun allegedly used in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50. He also found that most of Mangione's statements to police in Pennsylvania would be admissible, except for some made about his alleged fake ID after police read him his Miranda warning.
Eric DaughertyMamdani gave press passes to a couple of antifa-aligned "reporters" who announced, in their "reporting" on the Mangione hearing, that Brian Thompson deserved to be murdered and his children were better off without him.
@EricLDaugh 🚨 NOW: The judge has just ruled IN FAVOR of assassin Luigi Mangione by SUPPRESSING evidence the cops found inside his backpack Utter madness. The jury will NOT learn about:
- Bullet magazine
- Cellphone
- Passport
- Wallet
- Computer chip TOTALLY OMITTED from the jury. The judge says the Mangione was ILLEGALLY searched because they took his bag after the shooting without a warrant. The gun and diary will still be allowed in trial evidence.
Molly Crane-Newman
@molcranenewman "I'm saying fuck Brian Thompson. I don't give a flying fuck he died," says Ashley Rojas, wearing her press badge provided by @NYCMayorsOffice. Lena Weissbrot adds that Thompson's teenage sons "are better off without him" and should "enjoy the blood money."
Whoops: I got this one backwards. Dana Loesch tried to book Tom "Pinecone" Massie but he seems butthurt.
Nice work, Mayor Karen: wildfires break out in southern California again. Still not clearing that brush, huh?
Unfortunately, on Monday, a fast-moving wildfire broke out in Simi Valley, a Ventura County city about 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Over 200 acres have caught on fire and evacuations have been ordered. The images coming out are disturbing.
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JD Vance, Pete Hegseth Blast Flakey Fetish Weirdo Tom "Pinecone" Massie In Last Push in Primary Election
But before that the positive case for Ed Gallrein, SEAL and farmer, and the next congressman for Kentucky District 4.
This contest between Massie and Gallrein marks the first time that the incumbent congressman has faced a one-on-one primary. There is no doubt that this is his toughest race. Voters here have said they've moved away from him, not because of his quarreling with Trump, but because he's made it about himself, not them. In contrast, Gallrein, a multigeneration Kentuckian with decades of service in the U.S. military, is a relative newcomer to politics. He ran once in a crowded primary race for state senate in 2024, ultimately losing by just a smidge more than 100 votes. Gallrein spent time away from Kentucky while he was in the military, but it didn't take Kentucky out of him. His drawl is rich and deliberate, and his manners are impeccable. He retired 12 years ago and went right back to getting a little soil under his nails. His family also runs a popular destination farm in Shelby County, in the western stretch of the 4th Congressional District. In our interview, Gallrein said that he grew up on the family dairy farm, "Which is a contact sport, and for five generations we've been farming in Kentucky for over a hundred years down on the river bottoms," he said. His military bearing hasn't left him either. When he speaks, he commands the room, which draws the attention of voters interested in learning something new, as he did Thursday night at a GOP dinner in Kenton County. Gallrein stepped up to the podium. And after connecting with voters over football rivalries, he got right to the point. A call to service led him to join the military, but also to farming and running for Congress. "President Reagan inspired me to serve in 1983. There were no books or movies [on the SEALs] when I signed up for the SEALs from the farm field in Kentucky. So I left Kentucky and chose the hardest path I could to serve our nation because I had the audacity to think I could make a difference," he said. Gallrein, who rose to become a Navy SEAL officer and had a career that spanned three decades, said, "I served this nation leading missions around the world on seven different SEAL teams, including multiple times on SEAL Team Six, earning four bronze stars." Gallrein told the Washington Examiner that when his military service ended, he proudly came home to Kentucky. "Back to the farm, back to my family, back to serving veterans, and I thought my time was over." That was until Trump reached out to Gallrein last fall to come to the White House for a visit. "Thirty minutes into that conversation on Oct. 17, President Trump said, 'Ed, I don't have two consecutive terms like President Reagan to enact the agenda that I was overwhelmingly elected to deliver. Every year matters, every month matters, every week matters, every day matters. And every vote in the Congress and Senate matters.'" Gallrein said that Trump told him, "You need to serve our nation again." "Then it hit me hard," Gallrein said. "Because I'd already lived a life of sacred obligation as a career SEAL officer, leading troops all around the world. Some who didn't come home. They gave their all." So Gallrein went home, fed the livestock that night, talked with his family, prayed on it, went to church, and made the same decision he made in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan inspired him. "Duty, honor, country. If not me, who? If not now, when?"
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