DYSTOPIA IS EXPENSIVE, YO: $100K is ‘low income’ in even more CA counties.
May 23, 2025
AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY HANDED ILLEGALS? Analysis: House GOP budget could cost Medi-Cal nearly $40 billion per year, bankrupt CA.
ANALYSIS: TRUE. The Southern Poverty Law Center Is the Real Hate Machine. “What remains is not a civil rights watchdog but a well-financed paranoia machine — bloated, sanctimonious, and politically drunk on its own self-righteousness.”
And the grift. Don’t forget about the grift.
THE LEFTY FOUNDATIONS ARE A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR TERROR AND SUBVERSION: Suspected Israeli Embassy Shooter Worked for Woke Education Group Backed by Ford, MacArthur Foundations.
MORE NUKES NOW.
It’s not flashy, and most people won’t pay attention—but this might be the most important executive order he will sign so far. https://t.co/ZWqRmrluYw
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) May 22, 2025
OPEN THREAD: This thread’s for you.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Blue Origin updates work on ‘transporter’ for Blue Moon lunar lander.
HOW ABOUT IF YOU JUST HAVE SEX? Couples Who Cuddle at Bedtime Have Lower Stress And Feel More Secure.
MISTER WE COULD USE SOME MEN LIKE HERBERT HOOVER AGAIN: Justice Kagan Tells Us What She Really Thinks About President Trump: The Court “hand[s] the President the most unitary, meaning also the most subservient, administration since Herbert Hoover (and maybe ever).”
In other words, the executive power is vested in one President of the United States.
ELIAS RODRIGUEZ’ MANIFESTO: Shooter Manifesto: Why Two Israeli Embassy Workers Were Murdered Last Night: In it, Elias Rodriguez condemns Israel, makes no mention of Hamas starting the War.
Of course he doesn’t.
GOOD:
In a massive blow to the permanent administrative state, the Supreme Court, in 6-3 order, lifts stay on @RealDonaldTrump firings of Democratic appointees to "independent agencies." Key majority finding does not augur well for the future of constitutionally suspect agencies that…
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 22, 2025
BUT HOW MANY BUFF VEGETARIAN SCIENTISTS HAVE YOU MET? You Don’t Need Meat To Build Muscle, Scientists Say.
IMAGINARY PRONOUNS, REAL TORNADOES:
This is St. Louis CEMA Commissioner.
As a tornado with 152mph winds arrived, Sarah (they/them) and her staff was not available to activate the tornado siren.
5 kiIIed, 38 injured. pic.twitter.com/qTXYR5JDR6
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 22, 2025
Next time, the tornadoes should be thoughtful enough to line up during business hours.
DEI COSTS LIVES:
Doctor Quality and Patient Outcomes
"A one standard deviation increase in doctor quality is associated with a 12.2- percentage point decline in a patient’s two-year mortality risk." https://t.co/K2aXps6NY8
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) May 22, 2025
WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED?: “Biden Education Dept. Put Priority in Pronouns.”
READER FAVORITE: AIPER Cordless Robotic Pool Vacuum. #CommissionEarned
WELL, THE PROBLEM IS A LACK OF TRUST IN THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY, AND THE FOOD INDUSTRY, AND WHOSE FAULT IS THAT? Banning Lab-Grown Meat is Stupid.
SOMETIMES, ONLY THE DEATH PENALTY WILL DO:
In the charges against Rodriguez, we now know Sarah Milgrim tried to crawl away, heavily wounded.
He walked after her and shot her again ans again until he had to reload, and she was dead.
Monster. pic.twitter.com/1nncTNAUr7
— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) May 22, 2025
IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Europe Invented Modernity — Now They’re Dismantling It.
SORT OF LIKE AN OPEN THREAD BUT WITH WINE: Instapundit readers are again warmly invited to watch and participate in a videocast in which I’ll be a guest. 7-8 PM EST tonight, and also available on replay.
And like all the best joints, no cover, no minimum.
Several IP folks joined in last week, asking questions or adding comments. The show’s theme is to talk about a wide range of subjects in the news and allow (gasp!) a reasonable conversation, respecting those who express unpopular but well-stated views.
What an idea, right?
Here are the links, take your pick of whichever is easiest for you:
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Jon Stewart Ignores His Critical Role in Biden Cover-Up.
Tapper had it coming. So, too, does Stewart, except he’s pretending otherwise.
Late-night TV, along with “Saturday Night Live,” did all they could to hide Biden’s sad decline. Hosts like Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and John Oliver either ignored the countless Biden gaffes or actively spun reality to pretend he was just an old man, not one battling a dementia-like condition.
Stewart is considered the dean of late-night political humor. And, on occasion, he puts his liberal blinders down to speak straight to his audience.
And yet he did very little of the kind when it came to Biden’s cognitive state.
Read the whole thing.
