PA's Shapiro a Big Pharma shill?

Clarence Thomas played the long game and he won. Josh Hammer.

Democrats try to brush aside Woke I. Michael Barone.

Mail-in ballot safeguards might have a chance, thanks to the Supreme Court. John Lott Jr..

We can’t allow David Crowley to bring Milwaukee mayhem to the rest of Wisconsin. Restoration of America.

Scott Jennings: I expect Donald Trump will declare victory soon in Iran. Real Clear Politics.

Rahm Emanuel: I don’t consider DSA part of the Democrat Party. Fox News.

Host Hayden Ludwig interviews author Seth Keshel about the election vulnerability nobody is talking about. Restoration Spotlight.

Host Grace Reilly, newly married, starts season 2. Restoring America with Grace Reilly.

In episode 6, Doug Truax and Will Thibeau discuss America’s military readiness crisis. Restore the Military podcast.

Somebody stole a truck with 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer inside. ABC 7 Los Angeles.

(@CynicalPublius) Dear United Kingdom: Thank you for shopping at the USA, and we hope your recent re-purchase of Harry and Megan will give you much happiness. Please note that we have a "no returns" policy. Best regards, The USA. Tweet.

(@hughhewitt) Bravo to @WSJ ’s @KimStrassel who is over the target on the sorry state of legacy media reporting on court cases brought against President Trump and his Administration. From her column today: “It works like this: The administration takes an action that offends liberal sensibilities. Interest groups rush to litigate, sometimes with prepackaged lawsuits. The press quotes liberal law professors and the litigators themselves as to why the suits are worthy. A liberal judge issues an injunction, which is treated as further proof of a lawsuit’s merit. The stories omit any critical analysis of standing, jurisdiction, merits or precedent. When a higher court corrects the legal overreach, the media, rather than acknowledge it got it wrong, insists the judges are in the tank for Mr. Trump. Consider that ballroom case. When the National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit last December to halt the project, the press corps pushed the litigation as a slam dunk. The stories all led with a quote from the suit, presenting as fact that ‘no president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever...’ The pieces cataloged the laws the administration had supposedly violated, and the claim that any building required the ‘express authority of Congress.’ Critics hailed the early August ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to halt the project as evidence of the trust’s legal firepower. Chief Justice John Roberts’s order last Friday staying that injunction wasn’t accompanied by an opinion and isn’t a ruling on the merits. But any reporter with a half-sharp pencil might have reported the potentially fatal problems with this suit. These were nimbly outlined by Judge Neomi Rao, who dissented from the D.C. Circuit’s injunction.” Read the whole column. Link in replies. But store for reference Strassel noting the fact that anti-Trump press likes to “quote liberal law professors and the litigators themselves as to why the suits are worthy…” I’ve been on a law faculty for 30 years. Wonderful people. Mostly from the left. Some from the far left. Perhaps a half dozen originalists over three decades. The ideologically-driven can never divorce their analysis from their politics. Reporters should thin their “source list” and keep those law profs who were quoted saying (1) birthright citizenship would be upheld along with (2) President Trump’s right to finish the East Wing and (3) the Court would uphold expansive immunity for acts by presidents while in office. These three cases were not particularly difficult. If a law prof swung and missed on all three, find a new law prof or two to consult and quote. (BTW: @JoshMBlackman of @STCL_Houston and James Phillips of @StThomasLaw were 3/3. There are others. No excuse save advocacy journalism to keep using “sources” who don’t get the easy cases correct.) Tweet.

RFK JR. SAYS Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and other officials may have fabricated measles deaths for political reasons. Restoration News.

Virtue-Signaling: NFL Bringing Back “Woke” Messages for End Zones, Helmets BONGINO REPORT.

$215 billion. DOGE website.

Will Democrats control House after 2026 midterms? 90%.

Will Democrats control the Senate after the 2026 midterms? 51%