JAMES PETHOKOUKIS: Is there a long German word for regret over rejecting nuclear energy?

HMM: Is AOC’s Engagement Off, or Is She Just Skirting Ethics Rules? “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Workers’ Paradise) announced her engagement way back in 2022, but it’s three years later now, and questions have begun to swirl around her marital plans. This is not just a matter of leftist schoolgirls dreaming of emulating Comrade Heroine, or even of disappointed young blokes who yearn to take the place of the beta schlub AOC apparently plans to marry. It actually involves serious ethics violations, which just a scant few months ago Democrats could commit by the bucketload without fear of the slightest consequences beyond a few curmudgeons grumbling at PJ Media. Now, however, it’s a different story.”

IT’S TRUE:  12 things I’ve learned about Portuguese life.

ALL IS PROCEEDING AS I HAVE FORESEEN: America’s College Towns Go From Boom to Bust: Many state universities are losing more students every year, failing the local economies they once fostered.

If only there had been some kind of warning.

I should note that not all schools are failing: “At the University of Tennessee Knoxville, the state’s flagship school, enrollment jumped 30% in 2023 compared with 2015.”

THIS TIME WE REALLY MEAN IT:  Would I vote Leave again? Like a shot!

NO WONDER THE DEMS ARE SO INFURIATED:  Trump, Grenell Lead Kennedy Center’s Shift Away from Woke Programming, Embrace Family-Friendly Content.

IT WAS IN PLAIN SIGHT, THEREFORE NOT NEWSWORTHY:  Biden’s Top Adviser Screamed at a Reporter to Not Publish a Story About Biden’s Mental Decline.

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GOOD:  Supreme Court Lifts Injunction Blocking Trump From Ending Protections for Venezuelans.

GOOD. MANDATING THINGS THAT CAN’T WORK THAT WAY IN REALITY IS IDIOTIC:  Vermont Pulls the Plug on Its Electric Vehicle Mandate.

AS OPPOSED TO BEING WHOLLY CONTROLLED BY INTERNATIONALIST MARXISTS? QUEL HORREUR!  Hillary Clinton: A Republican Female President Would be a ‘Handmaiden to the Patriarchy’

WHERE IS MY SHOCKED FACE?  In telling us why they are fleeing Trump America, three Yale professors prove they are unqualified for their jobs.

(I lost my violin, I lost my shocked face. I’m not doing well tonight.)

NOTED:  When it comes to Wikipedia, you get what you pay for. It is staffed by an army of administrators and editors to ensure that information is presented in a way that supports the company “strategy.”

SANITY SPREADS:  ‘DOGE’ in the States: One State’s Success Story Making 25% of Regulations and Fees ‘Disappear’.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF IRONY SO THICK YOU CAN MAKE IT INTO GRAVY:  Tax filings reveal Biden cancer charity spent millions on salaries, zero on research.

IT’S NOT A DEPORTATION FOR AN EXPIRED VISA. IT’S ONLY A DEPORTATION IF THEY DON’T LEAVE AND STAY ON ILLEGALLY:  Voice of America layoffs to result in dozens of deportations.

Also, has anyone seen my violin. it’s so tiny it’s hard to find.

IT TURNS OUT SH*T MAKES LOUSY GLUE:  “We Were Fooled” Narrative Continues to Crumble.

And their narrative was full of excrement.

PLAUSIBLE:

I'm slowly becoming convinced that a majority of the opposition to Trump are boomers who think Trump is cancelling social security because the TV told them so. https://t.co/rJ2yA0RcfY

— Reddit Lies (@reddit_lies) May 19, 2025

WELL SAID:

Congress is like a wedge salad. Less work to produce yet it costs more money.

— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) May 19, 2025

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Venus Aerospace debuts potentially revolutionary rocket engine with landmark 1st flight (video).

DEAL OF THE CENTURY: Harvard Paid $27 For a ‘Copy’ of The Magna Carta. It Turned Out to Be The Real Thing.

OF COURSE: Just like the M.I.A. stock market crash, the long-promised airline travel slump is nowhere to be found.

CHANGE: Supreme Court Allows DHS to Suspend Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans.

MORE NEW ANTIBIOTICS, PLEASE: Growing Public Health Threat: New “Northern Lights” Bacteria Resists Multiple Antibiotics.

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