Under the laws of war, you never attack anyone who is hors de combat: shipwrecked, wounded, defenseless, or already in your power. But on September 2, Pete Hegseth gave an… Read More
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Trump’s Ukraine ‘Peace Talks’ Were a Business Development Scheme for His Donors
Id say you won’t believe this, but Ive said that too many times. The Wall Street Journal dropped a huge investigation yesterday about Trump’s Ukraine peace talks, and the only… Read More
Three Years Out and Democrats Are Already Catastrophizing About 2028
Democrats in my comments keep falling into the trap of electability panic about the 2028 presidential election. Were three years out and people are already catastrophizing about who can’t win…. Read More
Stop Letting ‘Electability’ Gaslight You Into Defeating Yourself Before Voting
After I posted that I thought AOC could win the presidency if she ran, I got a lot of pushback about how we shouldn’t support another woman candidate because its… Read More
First Impressions: The Halo Effect
Your brain decides someone is trustworthy, intelligent, and competent based on whether they have nice teeth. The Halo Effect explains why attractive people get lighter sentences, better jobs, and higher grades – despite zero evidence they deserve them.
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The $21 Billion Efficiency Disaster
DOGE died 8 months early. It cost taxpayers $21.7B in waste, $135B in chaos, and potentially $500B+ in lost tax revenue. The “efficiency” agency was never about saving money – it was about breaking things.
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The Make America Sick Again Paradox
RFK Jr. bans food dyes while kids die of measles. 1,600+ cases, 3 deaths, vaccine panel purged. The “healthy” agenda comes with an asterisk: gut public health first.
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The Accidental Energy Revolution
AI companies need so much electricity they’re restarting Three Mile Island and funding fusion research. Private greed might accidentally solve climate change. Now we just need regulators who understand what a reactor is.
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DOGE Is Dead. It Saved $21 Billion. It Promised $2 Trillion.
Remember DOGE? Youre gonna love this update! You probably heard that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was going to save us $2 trillion. Then it was $1 trillion. Then… Read More
The Ultimate Defense Mechanism: Self-Justification
Cognitive dissonance makes your brain rewrite reality to protect your self-image. Each time you justify a bad choice, the next justification gets easier. This is how reasonable people end up defending the indefensible.
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US Embassies Are Now Required to Flag Abortion Access as a Human Rights Violation
In case you missed it, and let’s be real, you probably did, the State Department sent a diplomatic cable Thursday instructing U.S. embassies and consulates on how to prepare the… Read More
The AI Bubble Is Real and It’s About to Hit Regular People the Hardest
Okay – I just went back through my notes app – and hooooboy. I started to research and write sooooo many things this week that I just abandoned because there’s… Read More