A DESPERATE PLEA FOR SANITY: CAN WE PLEASE STOP TALKING ABOUT 2028 ALREADY???

THE ENEMY WITHOUT: US Will Deny Visas, Green Cards Over Anti-Semitic Social Media Activity, Trump Admin Says: ‘You are not welcome here,’ DHS tells anti-Semites, terrorists.

CHRIS BRAY: Eisgruber Pretends (But Arguments Work Better When They’re True).

On NPR this week — the broadcast version of The Atlantic, the place for utterly conventional thought from people who are always wrong — a deeply concerned interviewer sat down with the president of Princeton University, Christopher Eisgruber, to talk about the vicious monster Trump’s anti-intellectual assault on the modern research university. The discussion became quaint immediately, as Eisgruber spooled out a depiction of the university as a great citadel of knowledge, a castle of wisdom where disinterested experts fearlessly seek out only the purest expressions of truth, striving selflessly as servants to the people . . . Actual research: How lesbians feel about Dawson’s Creek. Universities have been hollowed out, are being hollowed out, and have been politicized. You can’t set foot on a campus and not see the centrality of left-focused activism to academic culture. Which is fine, to a point, and everybody gets to believe what they want to believe, although part two of that argument is that no one has a right to other people’s money. But for crying out loud, don’t pretend that academia is an open culture engaged in a disinterested pursuit of truth, and don’t pretend that suddenly — suddenly, for the first time ever! — Donald Trump is politicizing the modern American university. The modern American university is politicized. We know. It’s kind of not that hard to figure out.

And he has the poster.

KENNEDY CENTER BREAKS ALL-TIME ATTENDANCE RECORD AMID LIBERAL BELLYACHING OVER ‘TRUMP TAKEOVER:’

The Kennedy Center broke its all-time attendance record for a public event March 29, with over 11,000 attendees for the EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky fireworks show, the Daily Caller has exclusively learned.

The history-making moment was celebrated amid a flurry of criticism from liberals about President Donald Trump’s takeover of the entertainment facility. Critics voiced concerns about Trump’s understanding and appreciation for the arts when he took control of the Kennedy Center. However, attendance numbers have told a different story. With a focus on shifting away from politically-charged programming, the facility experienced tremendous success with a widely-attended fireworks show.

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Trump named conservative firebrand Richard Grenell as the president of the Kennedy Center amid a series of moves designed to strengthen Trump’s grip on the performing arts center.

Based on the photos, the change seems to be going just fine; Ben Folds hardest hit.

WHO SAID THERE WAS JUST ONE? Who was the ‘decider’ within the Biden White House?

Mr. Klain, like others in Mr. Biden’s inner circle, urged him to run for a second term, knowing he wasn’t capable of serving. They and their allies in the media covered up his true condition and assured his party’s leaders and voters that he was up to the job and could win a second term. Even after the debate that would end Mr. Biden’s candidacy, Mr. Klain told Mr. Whipple that he believed Mr. Biden should have stayed in the race and could have defeated Mr. Trump.

Mr. Klain’s account confirms that Democratic operatives were planning to run Mr. Biden for a second term, in a disservice to the man they worked for and in betraying the duty they owed their country. Many justified their actions after the election by claiming they thought Mr. Biden, unlike Vice President Kamala Harris, would have defeated Mr. Trump.

That rationale pales compared with the constitutional negligence of the Biden administration. White House staff, the Cabinet and all their immediate staff, and mainstream media were aware that Mr. Biden had checked out, leaving the decisions he should have made in the hands of staffers and underlings. Being a White House staffer is a heady rush, but staffers must have been wildly elated not to have anyone nix their whims, say to draft an executive order and ship it off to the autopen. That they no doubt didn’t want to end might be understandable if the country were not at stake. They persuaded themselves to let the good times roll for another four years if they could prop up the boss for another run. After all, he won the race in 2020 from his basement.

My guess is that some days it was Klain, sometimes Jill Biden, Obama working the phones behind the scenes, etc. And on other days it was a scene out of “Veep,” with staffers fighting over the autopen to push their individual agendas.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Carhartt Men’s Loose Fit Heavyweight Short-Sleeve Pocket T-Shirt. #CommissionEarned

THE ONLY REAL WEALTH IS HUMANS: Man-Hours.

FAT CHANCE: Macron Should Be a Statesman and Pardon Le Pen.

UNCLEAN HANDS: Oh, and by the way, the complainant is a prisoner who had a “role in firebombing and vandalizing Jewish houses of worship.”

THE ROT RUNS DEEP AND WIDE: Rubio Exposes Leftist Agenda and Corruption of USAID Programs.

FROM HOLLY CHISM:  Escape Velocity.

#CommissionEarned

An optimistic collection of six stories revolving around leaving Earth, or living (and making a living) further out in the solar system.

Xanadu–Sometimes, making a profit just needs an outside perspective for why it hasn’t yet.
Turing’s Legacy–It takes love to make a person. And maybe an accident.
Theory in Practice–Psychological care may well be more important in a closed environment.
Reasonable Accommodations–Microgravity could be an answer to some disabilities.
You Can’t Go Home Again–The effects of long-term isolation on asteroid miners explored.
Everyday Miracles–What could push someone to emigrate to a new off-planet colony?

TRUE:

Any nation that can’t transport thousands of drones across oceans – and can’t reload and refuel them with sealift – won’t just fall behind, it’ll vanish from the battlefield. Logistics wins wars. https://t.co/HP9SsgCXvE

— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) April 7, 2025

THAT’S APPROPRIATE, GIVEN KAMALA WAS AN INCOHENT, DERANGED CANDIDATE:  MSNBC Guest Goes on Incoherent, Deranged Rant on Why Kamala Harris Lost.

OF COURSE THEY DID:  Wait, We Outsourced the ‘Crown Jewel’ of Global Warming Research to Crackpot Climate Consultants?

TO ASK THE QUESTION IS TO ANSWER IT:  Would Secretary Mayorkas Do What Kristi Noem Just Did to an Illegal Alien?

THIS IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM:  The Media is Calling the Shots in the Tariff War.

GOOD:  Justice Department Limits Employee Engagement in ABA Events.

DANGEROUS BUT NEEDED:  Traversing Narrow Channels.

LET’S NOT. NEXT YEAR IS OUR 250TH ANNIVERSARY. LET’S CELEBRATE OUR PAST:  A grand piece of American history is soon to be destroyed — shall America’s greatest ship be condemned to the depths?

NEWS YOU CAN USE?  Effectiveness of the Influenza Vaccine During the 2024-2025 Respiratory Viral Season.

HUMAN DYNAMICS FORGOTTEN IN MARXIST DUALISTIC OPPRESSOR/OPPRESSED  VISION:  Snow White and the Household Covenant.

BOG STANDARD COMMIE:  AOC flies first-class to Bernie Sanders’ ‘Fight Oligarchy’ rally as critics pan lefty pol for battling inequality one ‘mimosa at a time’.

MY FRIEND DAVE FREER HAS A NEW BOOK COMING OUT:  STORM-DRAGON UP FOR PRE-ORDER.

And for those who read only on paper, yes there are paper editions coming out on the 11th. Amazon just doesn’t allow small presses to put that on pre-order.

#JOURNALISM:

Of all the many media hoaxes, the one I laugh about the most was when the New York Times assured us "anonymous" was a HUGE, Cabinet Secretary-level figure and it turned out that they were 1000% lying and it was Miles Taylor, IV. Someone wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy down the DHS food chain https://t.co/CjZtyxJov4

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 9, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.