ROGER KIMBALL: Trump’s Whirlwind Week: Peace Talks, D.C. Cleanup, and a CBO Win.

WHY THEY HATE HIM: RFK Jr Makes Another Major Change To Boost ‘Radical Transparency.’

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED ALREADY: George Mason President Implemented Illegal Race-Based Hiring Schemes, Education Department Finds.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: HP 17.3″ Touchscreen 2025 New Laptop. #CommissionEarned

GOOD CHANCE THE STARMER GOVERNMENT WON’T BE AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO COLLECT IT ANYWAY: 4chan Will Refuse to Pay Daily UK Online Safety Fines.

A UNIFIED THEORY OF NETWORKED NARCISSISM: How and why social media makes us all into the worst versions of ourselves. “In this essay, I’m going to offer my hypothesis, which lies at the nexus of anonymity, algorithmic reinforcement, and psychological fragmentation—in both the normal understanding of that term and in a way I’m going to define shortly, emotional whiplash.”

INVASIVE PLANTS BAD. INVASIVE PEOPLE GOOD? Surprising Pushback as Community Fights to Undo Damage from Invasive Plants.

OPEN THREAD: Make it special.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX launches Space Force spaceplane X-37B.

THE DIVORCE REGIME: Great talk about divorce, men on strike and the decline of male space.

STAY SAFE: Headlamp Rechargeable 3000 High Lumens Super Bright. #CommissionEarned

THIS SEEMS TRUE:

In any moral debate, the people using the most euphemisms are probably wrong.

— Hans Fiene 🦬 (@HansFiene) August 20, 2025

ONE OF THE 21ST CENTURY’S BIGGEST PROBLEMS:

The average AWFL would rather be carjacked and have her arm broken than not be able to virtue signal.

It’s mental illness. https://t.co/xQuur44iZB

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 23, 2025

HIGHLY PLAUSIBLE: Study links poor sleep to self-harm in teenagers.

I suspect an awful lot of teenage pathologies are linked to poor sleep. I, on the other hand, sleep like a baby because my conscience is clean. From this morning’s Oura Ring output:

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

Hello Mr. Eisen,

I have to say, your statement in support of John Bolton is one of the most audacious things I've ever read, and I read your playbook on color revolutions.

You yourself filed a DOJ complaint urging a criminal investigation into Bolton's Super PAC. You argued… pic.twitter.com/fVwdZjLeXO

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) August 23, 2025

DISPATCHES FROM THE PRO-CRIME AWFLS:

This is what should happen EVERY TIME

Sergeant Miles with Trenton New Jersey Police Department is protecting ICE agents doing their jobs. Liberal activists show up, start screaming, impeding ICE’s operation and causing problems. They are arrested pic.twitter.com/hyfgdleV9m

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) August 22, 2025

In 2020, Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate reported: Homicides Reach Record High in Trenton, New Jersey.

Curiously, young white women want to impede the police’s job there.

As well as the Chicago PD:

Wait, forget the Chicago PD. How backed up are the hospitals in Chicago, if her arm hasn’t healed yet?!

Exit question: So, It’s Not MAGA Country? Chicago Carjack Victim Defies Trump, Says There Are ‘No Red Hats’ There.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE JEEP CHEROKEE WAS A NICE, CHEAP SUV: How Much Will the 2026 Jeep Cherokee Cost? A Lot.

UPGRADE YOUR TABLET: MUNBYN High-End Rugged Windows Tablet IRT10. #CommissionEarned

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Florida Uses a Science-Based Approach to Managing Wildlife With Resumption of Black Bear Hunting.

Flashback: Bears, Boston and the Gods of the Copybook Headings.

READER FAVORITE: 4500 Sq.Ft Most Efficient Energy Star 2025 Dehumidifier. #CommissionEarned

NOW IT’S JUST A TASTY, TASTY CONDIMENT: Ketchup was once a diarrhea cure.

Ah, I remember the innocent days of Instapundit Ketchup-blogging.

CBO WAKES UP: The CBO Just Dropped a $4 Trillion Truth Bomb on the Dems’ Anti-Trump Tariffs Rhetoric.

MARK JUDGE: ‘The Lives of Others’ and the Anti-Communist Film Festival.

TEST THIS ON VIDEO OF JOE BIDEN: Eye movement patterns reveal subtle signs of cognitive and memory decline.

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