Morning

Sunday funday

Did Not Disappoint

Jeffries pretty much sold me on what Trump did. Was that not what he was trying to do?

MADURO IS WORSE THAN 27 SADDAMS, however..

Debbie was less nuanced.

Mommy He Shot Me Back

Look forward to Venezuela defense and retaliation being portrayed as criminal aggression.

State Media

 

What Did They Think Would Happen

No I don’t think the Dems have a magic wand, but their response to murdering fishermen was extremely muted.

Jeffries instead leaned on those probes as the alternative to impeachment, telling reporters: "What's on the table is a meaningful investigation which we can hope would be bipartisan."

It is less the action/inaction I am complaining about, and more the fact that they never gamed this one out. Did one person working for Jeffries say, "hey boss, what do we do when he starts bombing Caracas."

They never game anything out.

Sure Why Not

Welp

 

Bombing Caracas

Looking forward to numerous Dem statements about this being a distraction.

Happy to be wrong.

Anyway, cancel the World Cup and the Olympics.

Happy Hour

Get happy

MECHAHITLER The CSAM Generator

Will any government try to get Musk for this stuff?

Many governments make a lot of noise and pass laws, often bad ones, supposedly to Protect The Children and then just let things like this go if a rich guy does it.

Our politicians usually love to talk about the evils of the internet.

Still Knows What A Giraffe Is

Smart lad.

Run Away

They will just try to find a way around any setback, of course, but there is immense value in making these lazy people have to work a bit.

Never forget the institutions and individuals that surrendered eagerly.

America's Worst Newspaper

That fucking newspaper.

Was up briefly, at least.

Remember this stuff every time they try to lecture you about their sacred journalistic objectivity, or whatever.

Reciprocity

More countries will do this.

Mali and Burkina Faso will impose a travel ban on Americans in response to President Trump’s announcement this month that citizens of the two West African countries would be barred from entering the United States from Jan. 1.

Both governments said in separate statements on Tuesday that they were acting “in accordance with the principle of reciprocity,” and would apply the same restrictions on Americans that were imposed on their countries. The travel bans would take effect immediately, they added, and the decision was announced after Niger made a similar decision last week.

Usually absolute bans aren't at issue, but if you've ever wondered why some country requires difficult-to-obtain visas for Americans, it's because the US requires it of their citizens.

Morning

Funky Friday

Happy Hour

First one of the year!

The Failed Mamdani Mayoralty

It isn't looking good, folks. Gotta admit the NYT editorial board had a point when they published this.

Chuck's moved a bit.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who didn't endorse Zohran Mamdani for mayor, is expected to attend his inauguration at City Hall set to start shortly, per a source. Schumer will be seated on the dais with other top pols.

— Chris Sommerfeldt (@c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social) January 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM

This Is Almost As Bad As The Time Sarah Huckabee Sanders Was Politely Asked To Leave A Restaurant

"This" could apply to many things at the moment, but that episode was a reminder of about how some people matter (friends of Maggie Haberman) and some people don't, and no amount of pointing this out will change this perspective for many people in the elite discourse.

"They" are capable of getting mad about things (their friends facing mild social discomfort), objectively, while only activists are concerned with things like "immigrant concentration camps."

"The Left have an unfortunate tendency towards political violence," I muse, as I read about the torture camps established by my favorite political sources.

Of course there are good reporters doing things like reporting about torture camps.  But as I used to say a lot, there is the news and then there is the talking about the news. The people who talk about the news shape what is seen as important, what is emphasized.

Sure Why Not

Ominous.

Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink will start "high-volume production" of brain-computer interface devices and move to an entirely automated surgical procedure in 2026, Musk said in a post on the social media platform X on Wednesday.

Pretty sure this is just hype to get some funding money from rich suckers, but even if I were a rich sucker I think I would understand that brain surgery requires the nuanced precision that needs a bit of human touch. It isn’t just injecting jelly into a donut.

Maybe it isn't the best task for the horny chatbot.

And 'high-volume' in this context is very funny. 

Hopefully The Last Gasp

I know some of you get annoyed when I give Professional Democrats and their press familiars shit, but nobody relevant got 10% of the shit they deserved for backing Cuomo or failing to support Mamdani once he won the primary.

Get mad that they supported a completely incompetent corrupt "centrist" sex pest to be the mayor of a city he hates. Get extra mad that they (New York Democrats) are so incompetent that they couldn't find one of "their guys" who had slightly less baggage.

It is good he lost, but you can also get mad that they are so incompetent that they put their whole asses out there to push the guy who didn’t even win!