Robert Reich: 'nuf said

Powerline: "Dems lying about taxes: What else is new?"

As John Hinderaker notes, Robert Reich is not a fool and surely understands that the way he presents his argument is deeply dishonest.  But he's got to stir up the outrage and get the clicks.

RIP Kyle Busch

I can't improve on this excellent article from Jerry Wilson at Red State: "Why Kyle Busch's Death Hurts So Much."

For those of you unfamiliar with the NASCAR scene, Kyle Busch was a talented driver and a two-time Cup champion.  But it's fair to say he was not a fan favorite.  He was abrasive and off-standish and was an ungracious and sullen loser.  When he won, boos would rain down on him from the grandstand.

But I kinda liked him for his uncompromising style.  At one NASCAR race I saw in New Hampshire, I might have been the only person in the crowd wearing a #5 Kyle Busch hat.

Kyle Busch leaves behind an 11-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter.  Very sad.

Something happened

Ace: "Surprise! The DNC's "Autopsy" Is a Sham, a Deliberately Incomplete Document Left Unfinished Because Democrats Don't Dare Tell the Truth About Their Collapse."

Politico: "'The report's so stupid': The DNC 2024 autopsy is roiling Democrats."

From what I can tell, the report is a version of the joke of when you're asked at an interview about your greatest weakness and you respond: "I work too hard!"  In this case the Democrats have come up with "gosh darn it, we just weren't negative enough against Trump."

"Sure we called him Hitler but we should have called him Super Hitler!"

Also, I hear the passive voice does some heavy lifting in phrases like "then the debate happened."

That's okay. You guys didn't mention it either until you were forced to after that debate. https://t.co/qXdi5z79cg

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 21, 2026

Colbert is a coward

Sasha Stone: "Good Riddance, Stephen Colbert - It couldn't have happened to a bigger jerk."

Good riddance, Stephen Colbert, you snide, smug, sanctimonious, intolerable partisan hack. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

My main beef with Colbert/Kimmel/Oliver etc. is that they love to play the tough guy within their echo chamber but they'll never confront their enemies face-to-face.  If they truly believed they had a monopoly on political rhetoric, they would invite Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio or Scott Jennings onto their show to mix it up.  Instead they all - like cowards - invite Bernie Sanders and AOC so they call all agree with one another and bask in the glow of their own moral superiority.

Oh it's (D)ifferent now

Manhattan Contrarian: "Sue and Settle: Two can play this game." - "So no, New York Times, there is nothing “unusual,” let alone “highly unusual,” about the government using settlement of a litigation to set up a slush fund to pass out to political friends and allies.  The only thing unusual is the use of this strategy by a Republican President.  It took him a while, but it looks like he finally figured out that two can play this game." 

This will go as well as "buy nothing" day

Nobody is going to do this: "NAACP Urges Athletes to Withhold Support From Schools in States That Have Moved to Erase Black Votes." 

Here we go again

Red State: "SCOTUS Just Hit Reset on Two Voting Rights Cases - and KBJ Is Not Happy."

The sole dissenter...again. 

Extra - Legal Insurrection - “KBJ has become the equivalent of a hand grenade that Joe Biden threw into the Supreme Court”

Medicaid for...art lessons?

Wall Street Journal: "The Great California Medicaid Grift - Why the federal share of the state’s spending on the program is $138 billion, more than the general fund of every other state." 

And the media lets them off the hook

Townhall: "Democrats Refuse To Even Talk To the American People Anymore."

I used to watch the Sunday morning shows but the quality of the interviews has gotten so poor.  The guests are asked a question and - no matter the topic - they launch into their talking points as a kind of filibuster to run out the clock.  You will never get Elizabeth Warren to tell you what a "fair share" is.  Hakeem Jeffries will never explain how he thinks the Supreme Court is full of racists.  Democrats can say the craziest stuff and the interviewer just nods along.

Flashback - "Bill Maher Blasts Democrats for Being Too ‘Afraid’ to Go on His Show."

There's no crying in NASCAR

Outkick: "Female NASCAR driver cries during shocking in-car meltdown, parks truck during race and rage-quits the series." - "In no world should her boss be trying to talk her off a ledge over the radio during a race. That's high school stuff. This is the real world." 

I've been a NASCAR fan for a long time so let me say this about another female driver that NASCAR was desperately trying to promote: Danica Patrick.  She was considered something of a joke and her racing record was extremely spotty with more DNFs than top-10 finishes.  But she was never afraid to jump out of her car after a race and confront somebody who had done her wrong.  She's a spitfire.

Crying in your truck?  What a travesty. 

Mamdani discovers he's the parasite

NY Post: "Billionaire Ken Griffin ghosts Mamdani after NYC ‘Tax the Rich’ video flap"

After Mamdani doxxed Griffin, the billionaire said he was "reviewing" a huge development in New York City and that he was definitely going to expand his financial operation in Miami.  Quite suddenly, the Boy Mayor discovered that he's the parasite to Griffin's host.

SCOTUS to VA Dems: GTFO

Hot Air: "BREAKING: Unanimous SCOTUS Rejects VA Dems Attempt to Reinstate Referendum."

This was all just posing.  Nobody actually believed the Supreme Court was going to rule on a state matter.  The Dems didn't even get KBJ, that's how stupid this appeal was.

Defamation 101

Jen Psaki makes up some fake stuff and here comes the blowback: "Eric Trump Torches Psaki’s ‘Monolog of Lies,’ Vows Massive MSNOW Lawsuit."

This is the only way the mainstream media learns: with cold, hard cash.

None dare call it fascism

Hot Air: "Tossing the Constitution: The Democrats' Latest 'Save Democracy' Plan." 

He bought this on himself

PJ Media: "Biden's Third 'Memoir' Will Embarrass and Humiliate Him."

Biden tried to claim executive privilege to prevent the release of audio tapes with his ghostwriter.  But - guess what! - Trump is in control of the government now. 

Booker is incapable of shame

LA Times: "Cory Booker should be ashamed of himself"

But do we really believe that white Democrats — in the post-Jim Crow South, or anywhere else — are unwilling or incapable of representing the political interests of Black voters? Do Black legislators ignore the interests of their white constituents?

Which brings me back to where I started.

Cory Booker is Black. Black residents make up roughly 13% of his state’s population. Are the other 87% disenfranchised or otherwise unrepresented by his election? Of course not. But I would love to have heard Booker explain why.

Good question!  In a totally unrelated question, can a gay man represent the interests of straight constituents?  The people need to know.

I've heard better political slogans

Karen Bass has settled on a position for her campaign: "Meth heads need teeth!" 

Xavier Becerra is pathetic

Ace: "Obama's Oxygen Thief DHS [sic] Secretary, Xavier Becerra, Is Currently the Leading Democrat for California Governor and Cannot Answer Questions About His Record Without Begging for Mercy."

When the reporter points out that children as young as 14 wound up, get this, working as near-slave labor in slaughterhouses and with heavy machinery, he just sulks. It's not fair to demand accountability from a Democrat.

As Thomas Sowell says: "When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination."  And, brother, nobody gets more reach-arounds from the mainstream media than Democrats.

Now this is where it turns pathetic: He begins whining that he agreed to a profile not an interview and in a profile you're supposed to shine his ass with Turtle Wax and a sheepskin chamois and only ask a few "tough questions" while this monster just keeps asking him tough questions!

Let me repeat the headline fact: He's the current front-running Democrat for governor, and he says it's not fair to ask him about his actual record.

In my opinion, the funniest part of this interview is when Becerra tries to dismiss these criticisms of losing immigrant children as Trump-driven propaganda and the interviewer responds "that's from the New York Times."  Oh, man.

The Left hates free speech

Legal Insurrection: "UCLA Under Senate Investigation After Threatening Federalist Society Students - A dean’s threat to punish Federalist Society students if they released the names of disruptive protesters “violated the First Amendment.” 

Democrats believe in assassinations

Unless they fail and - unacceptably! - generate sympathy for the attacked: "Washington Post: 42% of Democrats Think the Butler PA Assassination Attempt that Killed One Man Was "Staged"." 

The one-time tax on billionaires...

...will be neither "one-time" nor only on billionaires.  Real Clear Policy: "California’s ‘Billionaire Tax’ Could Reach Far Beyond Billionaires." 

Never go full banana republic

PJ Media: "The Democrats’ Unhinged Response to the Virginia Ruling Tells You Everything."

That’s right, Democrats literally violated the state constitution to pass the gerrymander, yet they're blaming the Supreme Court of Virginia for calling them out on it. Two options emerged from the call. The first was a straightforward act of defiance — redraw the congressional lines anyway, despite the court having already struck them down.

The second was something out of a banana republic playbook: engineer the replacement of the entire Virginia Supreme Court, potentially through retirements or impeachment, then push through a newly constituted bench that would rubber-stamp the invalidated map. The New York Times described this as "an unusual gambit to replace the entire state Supreme Court, with a goal of reinstating their gerrymandered map."

That’s one way to put it.

The story I saw said the Democrats wanted to lower the retirement age to 54 (!) to clear out the entire Virginia Supreme Court, then install seven new justices.  This is sheer lunacy.

Do the right thing, L.A.

Pirate Wires: "The Case for Spencer Pratt - if angelenos have any survival instinct left, they'll elect the only candidate capable of restoring our belief in reality."

This was a tough article to read, especially if you like dogs.

Look who's prosecuting fraud!

Fox News: "Minnesota nonprofit accused of siphoning $6.5M to fund Vegas trips, luxury cars, private liquor store - We Push for Peace leaders face civil lawsuit from Minnesota attorney general"

Minnesota is a target-rich environment and Keith Ellison was shamed into doing his job.

Performative coping

Virginia Democrats are appealing their own Supreme Court's ruling to the Federal Supreme Court: "What VA Dems Are Doing Following Their Brutal Redistricting Defeat Will Leave You Howling."

They can't be this stupid.  This has to be just for show to prove to the sheep they're "fighting."

I love the answer to this question

PJ Media: "Who’s the Biggest Loser After the Virginia Supreme Court Ruling?"

The answer is Hakeem Jeffries, who set $40 million on fire.

Unconstitutional

Huge news out of Virginia: "Breaking: Virginia Supreme Court Overturns Gerrymander Scheme in Big Blow to Democrats." 

From my quick read, it sounds like the Virginia Court ruled the process to cram the referendum through the Legislature was so flawed that it was ruled unlawful. 

Extra - The ruling was 4-3 and it looks like the Virginia Supreme Court also has three justices who just ignore the law.  As former Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli notes, the dissenting judges decided to make up a rationale that was never argued by the State of Virginia. 

Thanks, Virginia!

Hard to overstate how much Virginia’s insanity, led by Democrat Louise Lucas, pushed multiple red states to redistrict. The Callais decision from SCOTUS was obviously important, but by itself it wouldn’t have led to TN or AL redistricting. The insanely corrupt Democrat overreach…

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 8, 2026

I have secondhand embarrassment from this article

Boston Globe: "For Colbert, humanity was never a punch line - What’s most noteworthy about the late-night host is not his anger but the extent to which his comedy is grounded in empathy and rooted in values."

OMG.  The whole article is a hagiographic tribute to Colbert for his humanity starting with this banger:

If there were a Mount Rushmore of late-night TV hosts, as measured in terms of cultural impact, four visages would be carved in stone: Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert, whose final night on the air is May 21.

For once, I laughed at something related to Colbert.

Boston Globe columnist Don Aucoin wants us to praise Colbert for his biography instead of for the job he was supposed to have: comedy.  As for the show reportedly losing $40 million a year, well Aucoin just ain't havin' it:

The network has insisted the cancellation was “purely a financial decision,” driven solely by how much money the show was losing, not Colbert’s scorching takedowns of Trump. If you believe that, I’d like to offer you a good deal on the Mystic River Bridge.

Um, I do believe that and can I see that deal on the bridge?

As I said below, Colbert failed at his job and killed the "Late Show" forever.  Don't try to put lipstick on this pig by telling us his heart was in the right place.

I love David Letterman...as a comic

As a culture commentator, not so much.  Don Surber: "Letterman defends Colbert—poorly - In an NYT interview, Santa David made a case that failed like a Colbert monologue."

Colbert was done in by his hubris, which led him into believing he could survive on network television with only half the potential audience.

Oh, Colbert can. He made $15 million a year doing a half-assed job, but CBS made less than zero on the show—reportedly taking a $40 million loss each year.

Don’t cry for Stephen Colbert. Victimhood is a badge of honor on the left and the money will roll in from stand-up tours, TV specials and maybe a movie.

When you strip away all the niceties, Colbert is a failure.  He strayed from comedy for a nightly ego stroke and people changed the channel.  David Letterman - who I saw live in NY during his heyday - should know the difference.

Tennessee goes all red

Shot: "Hakeem's End Zone Dance May Have Been a Safety."

Chaser: "Hakeem's Folly: TN Legislature (Noisily) Passes Redistricted Map. Mississippi's Next. UPDATE: Lee Signs." 

Gonna be some reapin'

Hot Air: "It's Going to Be a Long, Very Hot Summer in Blue Cities."

I, for one, am shocked that New Yorkers somehow feel they have permission to let their antisemitism flag fly.

100% scripted

Twitchy: "Remember When President Biden and Jimmy Kimmel Had a Good Laugh About Jailing Political Opponents?"

Watch this 20-second clip at the link of Joe Biden and Kimmel.  The "comedy" host sets up a Monopoly-themed question and Dementia Joe makes a funny quip within a half-second of being asked.  This was completely set up in advance.

Joe Biden assured me she was smarter than anyone else on the Court

Hot Air: "Uncivil War at SCOTUS: KBJ v ... Everyone?"

The gist of this article is that the Supreme Court suspended the usual 32-day pause before posting the ruling on the Louisiana redistricting case.  The reasoning is that, having ruled racially-drawn districts violate the 15th Amendment, that ruling should take effect before the next election.

Seems reasonable.  And it seems that this procedural ruling had an 8-1 majority since only one Supreme Court Justice dissented.  Take a wild guess.

Justice Alito, in particular, seems to have had enough of Jackson's insults and grandstanding.  KBJ has alienated justices on both sides of the ideological spectrum in record time and it seems like she's incapable of reading the room.

Suicidal empathy in Sweden

Hot Air: "Sweden Lays an Immigration Hammer Down."

The Swedish people were asked to "show tolerance" and "open their hearts" to immigrants and those immigrants showed up with hand grenades. 

Another day, another assassination attempt

Fox News: "Secret Service officers shoot armed individual near White House."

By my count, this is attempt #5 on Trump.  

Fauxcahontas kills another company

Flashback: "iRobot Faces Bankruptcy After Elizabeth Warren Helped Kill $1.65 Billion Amazon Merger."

Today: "Elizabeth Warren Killed Spirit Airlines and Now She’s Complaining About It." 

When journalism happens

NY Post: "Bill Maher drags Gavin Newsom for high-speed rail and sky-high gas in blistering interview."

I cracked up at this line:

The moment appeared to catch Newsom off guard, his expression shifting as the criticism landed.

Yeah, imagine that: an interviewer pressing a politician and expecting a straight answer.  This is why somebody like Hakeem Jeffries would never appear on Maher or Rogan.  Jeffries, in particular, excels at never answering a question and he sticks to shows like "Meet the Press" where he knows he can get away with his obfuscation.  The last time Jeffries was pressured was when GOP Congressman Mike Lawler confronted him in front of cameras and all Jeffries could do was engage in schoolyard insults.

How do low-IQ clowns like Newsom and Jeffries rise so high on the national stage?  It's because the media actively covers up their deficits until - like Biden on the debate stage - it's all exposed.

Like this:

Staffers for Seattle Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson abruptly end an interview with KOMO News Senior Reporter Chris Daniels when she can't answer basic questions

Wilson has been criticized for dodging the press & being unable to answer basic questions since she came into office pic.twitter.com/eJnFtg6CLy

— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) May 1, 2026

Another aftereffect of runaway Covid spending

American Thinker: "SNAP Is Beyond Broken - From millionaires to overseas foreigners, from NFL players to luxury car owners, our money is going to everyone but us."

Please come back and pay our bills

The Laffer Curve is hilarious!

The return to normalcy

Federalist: "Dems Revive Court-Packing Threats After Being Told They Can’t Do Racist Gerrymandering - After being told states can’t partake in racist gerrymandering, Democrats are renewing their threats to pack the Supreme Court once they regain power." 

Why wait?  Can we pack the courts right now?

Here come the sob stories

NY Times: "Since Congress Let Obamacare Subsidies Expire, Millions Are Dropping Coverage - Americans can’t afford the higher health insurance premiums that resulted from Congress’s refusal to extend federal tax credits."

Just a reminder: Congress passed Obamacare subsidies and then extended them during Covid to paper over the structural failure of the program.  According to the NY Times and the Democrats (I repeat myself) we were supposed to prop up this farce in perpetuity, like Somali Learing Centers.