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.