Motive

I thought for awhile what the motive for this would be, if we rule out mental illness (don't know!), and I suppose it's that being martyred by the evil libs can be a very lucrative play.

Appropriately Reported, At Least

Cool beans.

The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month.

Welp

 (in response to Dems telling the military not to follow unlawful orders)

I blame the heated rhetoric of The Left.

Freedum

Smell it.

The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.

The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate information, and an algorithm flags vehicles deemed suspicious based on where they came from, where they were going and which route they took. Federal agents in turn may then flag local law enforcement.

Suddenly, drivers find themselves pulled over — often for reasons cited such as speeding, failure to signal, the wrong window tint or even a dangling air freshener blocking the view. They are then aggressively questioned and searched, with no inkling that the roads they drove put them on law enforcement’s radar.

Larry Summers To Join Harvard Institute Of Politics

(joke)

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.

Malware 11

There have inevitably been numerous meetings in Microsoft (and other companies) where someone has pointed out that their spicy chatbot rollout has numerous catastrophic privacy and security issues and is therefore completely unsuitable and dangerous, and was overruled by someone else saying, "Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."

Microsoft’s warning on Tuesday that an experimental AI agent integrated into Windows can infect devices and pilfer sensitive user data has set off a familiar response from security-minded critics: Why is Big Tech so intent on pushing new features before their dangerous behaviors can be fully understood and contained?

As reported Tuesday, Microsoft introduced Copilot Actions, a new set of “experimental agentic features” that, when enabled, perform “everyday tasks like organizing files, scheduling meetings, or sending emails,” and provide “an active digital collaborator that can carry out complex tasks for you to enhance efficiency and productivity.”

Hallucinations and prompt injections apply The fanfare, however, came with a significant caveat. Microsoft recommended users enable Copilot Actions only “if you understand the security implications outlined.”

I Don’t See How Donnie Two Scoops...

I don’t like to be a doomer, but there is no way anything gets released in the "Epstein Files" that incriminates him

Morning

Therapeutic Thursday.

Happy Hour

Get happy

Bending Towards Justice

It isn't perfect, but 2010 me would definitely enjoy hearing about Larry's later in life humiliation.

Harvard has started a new review of ties that its former president, Lawrence H. Summers, and others at the institution had with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to the university.

I don't really understand people like this, but Larry loves being in the public eye and doing media hits and well...

The Crimson keeps whacking him.

The Finest People

Every one of them.

A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol was arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim.

Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, was arrested in Tennessee in August and extradited to Florida on charges of lewd/lascivious molestation, lewd/lascivious exhibition and transmission of material harmful to a minor.

Welp

Just made up an indictment.

NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court. Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution

— Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM

Seems like bad lawyer behavior to me!!!

What Game Is Thune Playing

Like Mike Johnson, I was a bit surprised that Thune just let the Epstein bill through. What's his plan here?

I don't think this is it, of course, but if you were a Republican wouldn't you hope Trump disappeared somehow? Most elected Republicans, anyway.

Immunity Card

It didn't work this time, but it probably does a lot of the time.

More than a dozen men have been arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say.

According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.

...

"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."

I am sure it is one reason many are joining. 

Almost Have To Respect The Game

What are the odds of there being another pardon?

I know there are no rules anymore, but some of us remember how Clinton pardongate lasted months.

Months into the Bush administration, and journalists/pundits/talking heads just could not stop talking about Clinton. It was an addiction. It was all they knew how to do. It was their entire careers.

Surprise Twist

I thought there would be Senate shenanigans.

Happy Hour

Get happy

Well Now That Laura Loomer Has Said It

Maybe our great journalists will take it seriously, because somehow that's how things work.

Over To You, Mr. Balls And Strikes

My skimming of the Law Blog Types has them saying that this ruling is designed to get around any existing objections Roberts will have, that does mean he can't come up with new ones!

A federal court Tuesday blocked Texas from using its newly drawn congressional map in next year’s midterms, ruling that the map is likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

US District Judge Jeffrey Brown, who was appointed to the bench by Trump in 2019, wrote that the challengers were “likely to prove at trial that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map.”

But as I said, I don't worry my beautiful mind with The Ass Law, none of it is real anymore.

Chuck's Lost The Baileys

When Dems get negative feedback from what they imagine (but isn't necessarily) is "from the left," they tell themselves it's just some weird online thing.  But everybody is online now.  No one platform  is a representative focus group, but if people are mad online then they are mad in real life, too.

Schumer Has Worst Ever Favorability Rating, 32-55%; Only 45-43% with Democrats

Other notables: oh no people not from NYC are mad they didn't get to choose the mayor. 

Majority of NYC Voters: Mamdani Will Be Good for NYC; Plurality of Voters from Rest of NYS: He Will Be Bad for NYC;

This is New  York state, not nationally, but one reason people might be less than thrilled with Chuck is that he isn't providing any voice on these things.

Strong Majorities Oppose Trump on: Demolishing East Wing of White House, Deploying ICE Agents to City Streets, Increased Tariffs, Prosecuting Enemies, Bombing Boats Claimed to Be Venezuelan Drug Traffickers & Cancelling Fed $ for Gateway Tunnel