SHOULD, BUT YOU KNOW THEY WON’T:  Democrats Should Shut the Hell Up About Trump’s Pardons.

THEY THOUGHT TOMMY ROBINSON’D LEARN HIS LESSON IN GAOL – AND HE HAS: THEY’RE AFRAID:  Tommy’s free – and still calling out the thought police.

SO THAT’S WHO WAS CHIEF???  Liz Warren Named As the Person Who Really Controlled the Biden Autopen.

NOT WITH DEAD VOTERS:  Will the Biden Decline Scandal Hurt Democrats with Voters?

THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE:  Critical Minerals and Rare Earths Mines Begin Popping Up Outside China After Trump’s EOs.

BUT THERE’S MILES TO GO BEFORE WE SLEEP:  For First Time in Rasmussen’s Polling History, 50 Percent of the Country Says America is on Right Track.

EUROPE’S ATTACK ON ENERGY AMOUNTS TO DISMANTLING CIVILIZATION:  Summer of European Blackouts Continues, with Outages in Nice and Cannes in France.

SOME CRAZINESS CAN’T STAND THE LIGHT OF DAY:  San Francisco scraps ‘equity grading’ program — in which homework and attendance wouldn’t affect grades — one day after unveiling it.

THE AP FORGETS TO MENTION MANY THINGS:  Somehow the AP forgot to mention that it has now been 130 days, the maximum number of days permitted for a “Special Government Employee” under law.

And for the lost and xless.

ALAS GREAT BRITAIN:  Met Police chief Mark Rowley issues stark warning over government plan to let out prisoners early.

IF YOU HANDICAP PEOPLE YOUR MOTIVES DON’T MATTER. YOU END UP WITH CRIPPLED PEOPLE: Growth Mindset and Evil In the Guise of Good by Charlie Martin.

IT’S OKAY. A LOWER COURT WILL SOON DEMAND HE BLOCK IT:  Judge refuses to temporarily block the Trump administration from removing Copyright Office director.

Why, yes, I’m very tired of this nonsense.

CENSORSHIP, INTRUSIVE SURVEILLANCE, AND MILITANT ISLAM:  The three-fold assault on freedom in the West, Part 1.

SPEAKING OF THE PLIGHT OF WHITE FARMERS…   Former Biden staffers deny whistleblower claims the administration secretly discriminated against white farmers.

GOOD:  Brown University clears student of wrongdoing after he sent campus employees DOGE-like email.

HAHA, SO LONG AS THEY JUMP OVERBOARD:

So the rats have time to get off the sinking ship. https://t.co/RLUFK3A52Y

— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) May 28, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

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THE NEW SPACE RACE: Apex announces Comet satellite bus for constellations.

JEFFREY CARTER: Down to the Banana Republics. “A judge just ruled that Trump’s tariffs are not kosher with him. . . . This same court, and these same businesses and states, were okay with Biden/Obama and anyone else charging tariffs. Hence, it’s political.”

Maybe there’s a legal principle that can explain this. But there have been so many examples like this that people have stopped assuming propriety on the part of the judiciary. That’s unfortunate, but it was inevitable once a significant number of federal judges started positioning themselves as part of the “resistance,” and once the Supreme Court — and in particular, Chief Justice Roberts — decided not to put an end to this right away.

AND AGAIN: Federal Court Blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs.

FASTER PLEASE: Anti-Aging Cocktail Extends Mouse Lifespan by About 30 Percent.

All of this stuff is going to come around just too late to do me any good, isn’t it?

JESSE SINGAL: What Happened When I Asked ChatGPT To Pretend To Be Conscious: I’m trying not to sound hysterical, but… everything is about to drastically change forever.

GOOD, SCARE THEM MORE:

Former Israeli hostage says the terrorists were “very scared” of Trump.

“More food, treated me better, stopped cursing me, stopped spitting on me.” pic.twitter.com/tgGk9Wqm5E

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) May 28, 2025

SO MAKE SURE THEY CAN’T: Erasing All Doubt Dems Fully Intend to Restrict You to Their Plantation the Second They Can. “I believe they are going to try to ride Trump out.”