Althouse: Sunrise.

April 29, 2026

Sunrise.

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38 comments:

tcrosse said...: Over at The Free Press, Caitlin Flanagan, late of The Atlantic, notes that "The second thing to know about political violence is that it produces romantic heroes faster than MGM in the 1940s.... The photograph of Huey Newton in a peacock chair, flanked by a gun and a spear, still occasionally appears in dorm rooms now, and the 1960 photograph of Che Guevara is as much a part of move-in day as the Starbucks logo. It’s also why even Luigi: The Musical can’t stop an infatuation with Luigi Mangione, the young man who allegedly murdered Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, 17 months ago. All these men represent the romantic ideal of standing up against a seemingly intractable force—respectively, white supremacy, capitalism, and the profiteering of the American healthcare industry—risking their lives at the barricades and accepting whatever happens to them. When I saw a photograph of Cole Tomas Allen and learned that he, like the other three, is handsome, I knew that soon enough he would join their ranks."; 4/29/26, 7:31 PM
boatbuilder said...: Ahem. Sure, it's only a poll, but predictions of a big Dem victory in the midterms may be a bit premature.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5853599-midterm-voter-support-evenly-split/; 4/29/26, 7:57 PM
Narr said...: Lovely blue hues, and lucky ducks.; 4/29/26, 8:03 PM
Aggie said...: I'll be tuning out all of the projections, thank you. I've learned that no other opinions matter except for my own, which I will continue to form all by myself, carefully curated. The projections like these are very much like the polling industry, which I think seeks to craft public opinion rather than measure it. No thanks ! The environment is a toxic one, and I've learned to trust my instincts which on balance seem to be mostly right.

I think people would be better off if they treated their political views with the same care as they treat their personal finances. In this day & age of data mining and intrusive internet monitoring, the integrity of your privacy should be something you protect.; 4/29/26, 8:07 PM
Iman said...: Looks like the sub was preparing to blow the quackers out of the water.; 4/29/26, 8:29 PM
narciso said...: Its a rather calming tableau

Like a wm turner; 4/29/26, 8:30 PM
narciso said...: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-experimental-drug-movement.html; 4/29/26, 8:30 PM
narciso said...: https://x.com/PoliticalStacy/status/2049324896023437530; 4/29/26, 8:32 PM
Lazarus said...: Dzhokar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber, did make the cover of Rolling Stone, and John Wilkes Booth and his associate Lewis Powell were the 19th century equivalent of pin-ups, but romantic heartthrobs are a minority among assassins and terrorists. Even if John Hinckley Jr had been a real dreamboat, something tells me that he still wouldn't have won Jody Foster's heart.; 4/29/26, 8:33 PM
narciso said...: https://x.com/greg_price11/status/2049521721234059761; 4/29/26, 8:34 PM
narciso said...: Oh

https://x.com/HansMahncke/status/2049652638313054259; 4/29/26, 8:36 PM
narciso said...: Truth in labeling

https://x.com/EYakoby/status/2049652755539607572; 4/29/26, 8:39 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube Short: The reason why we dream

"If you go blind, the visual cortex at the back of the brain, gets taken over by hearing, by touch and by other things. In fact, our colleges at Harvard did an experiment where they blindfolded normally sighted people, and you could start seeing the takeover happening after 60 minutes, and that's when we realized, WOW. The purpose of dreaming is to defend the visual territory from takeover from the other senses."

There is nothing highfalutin about it?
That can't be right. Can it?
If believing the old romantic version is wrong, I don't want to be right.; 4/29/26, 8:55 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: "D4vd was 'last person to drive' Tesla before body found in trunk: DA"

It must've been unpremeditated because, unless somebody doesn't know about the cameras.
There is a silver lining to all the surveillance. Just saying.; 4/29/26, 9:02 PM
Iman said...: I wonder how Drago is doing? Hope he’s well.; 4/29/26, 9:04 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube: Death Valley National Park is experiencing its first major super-bloom in a decade

(Unless this is ai.); 4/29/26, 9:15 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Oil tops $120 as Donald Trump signals extended Hormuz stand-off ~ WSJ

“We’re going to get your energy prices down. We’re going to get your energy prices down by 50%." ~ Some guy

Just a reminder that Congress could stop this at any time but chooses not to.; 4/29/26, 9:19 PM
Hassayamper said...: Sure, it's only a poll, but predictions of a big Dem victory in the midterms may be a bit premature.

Much hinges on oil. I don't think it's going to stay above $100 long, but it could, in which case the Republicans are indeed cooked. But if Trump can extricate us from Iran in the next couple of months with someone other than the mullahs and Revolutionary Guard in charge, oil will fall to $40 or lower. Iran is storing up oceans of oil in every bathtub and mop bucket during the blockade. The UAE just left OPEC and is going to pump all the oil it can get out of the ground. The US is drilling, baby, drilling, and has never produced more oil in our history. Venezuela is coming on line, and our sophisticated refineries are the only ones that can take their sour, viscous oil in stride. Gas will be $2.50 per gallon if the Iranians are overthrown, and under $2 if Russia decides to cut its losses in Ukraine and its oil comes back to the legitimate market.; 4/29/26, 9:32 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Republicans going to have fun on the campaign trail this summer. Enjoy.

A double spike day I don't believe in my ~20 years I've ever seen this- $4.79, then updated to $4.99. unprecedented. what's even more wild that the market has completely gone insane is that all 3 markets are the SAME- MI/IN/OH ~https://x.com/GasBuddyGuy; 4/29/26, 9:48 PM
Quayle said...: You must be five years old. Where were you when the Democrat party in Congress and Biden triggered 8 and 9 percent inflation across the board?; 4/29/26, 9:50 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube:
The NYT "Greatest [Living] Songwriters" List is an Absolute Disaster

Is it a WOKE list?; 4/29/26, 10:01 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Better start talking about how old Joe Biden is.; 4/29/26, 10:02 PM
gadfly said...: On January 26, 2024, the jury deliberated for three hours and awarded Carroll $7.3 million in emotional damages, $11 million in reputation-related damages, and $65 million in punitive damages, totaling $83.3 million.

On March 8, 2024, Trump filed an appeal notice and secured a $91.63 million bond (based on the 110% typically required by the district court to cover interest).

With today's denial of his appeal, Jeannie Carroll is due over $100 million with interest.; 4/29/26, 10:10 PM
Jim at said...: With today's denial of his appeal, Jeannie Carroll is due over $100 million with interest.

Which says far more about the system of 'justice' you shitheads corrupted than it does about any of Carroll's primetime fantasies.

Or Trump's innocence.; 4/29/26, 10:18 PM
Aggie said...: Holman Jenkins adds his own layer cake of 'Look at Me !' cynicism to the Legacy Media picture. At the WSJ .; 4/29/26, 10:36 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Meanwhile, crude oil and bonds in after hours are fugly.; 4/29/26, 11:02 PM
Achilles said...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Republicans going to have fun on the campaign trail this summer. Enjoy.

A double spike day I don't believe in my ~20 years I've ever seen this- $4.79, then updated to $4.99. unprecedented. what's even more wild that the market has completely gone insane is that all 3 markets are the SAME- MI/IN/OH ~https://x.com/GasBuddyGuy

All they have to do is point out that it was higher under Biden and that it is only that high because of democrat states like California.

It is under 4$ a gallon in most of the country.

Only democrat retards in democrat states have to pay more.; 4/29/26, 11:16 PM
Achilles said...: gadfly said...

On January 26, 2024, the jury deliberated for three hours and awarded Carroll $7.3 million in emotional damages, $11 million in reputation-related damages, and $65 million in punitive damages, totaling $83.3 million.

On March 8, 2024, Trump filed an appeal notice and secured a $91.63 million bond (based on the 110% typically required by the district court to cover interest).

With today's denial of his appeal, Jeannie Carroll is due over $100 million with interest.

All this says is that Democrats are evil lying pieces of shit.; 4/29/26, 11:17 PM
Big Mike said...: I’ll bet if we waterboarded E. Jean Carroll we’d discover that she made it all up.; 4/29/26, 11:36 PM
Big Mike said...: I see that Al Gore has done a complete 180 and decided that global warming and tieing sea level are not the threat after all. Nope. It’s a new global ice age. What he means is, we’ve been too successful in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and must hurry to produce more. So take the long way around on your next trip to the grocery store and rev thar engine high.

And if you see someone driving a Tesla, that driver wants you to freez to death in the dark.; 4/29/26, 11:49 PM
Jamie said...: And if you see someone driving a Tesla, that driver wants you to freez to death in the dark.

I don't think that person necessarily wants you to freeze to death in the dark.

But the person who agitates for "no more fossil fuels" might. Because, to that person, one less human is one less unit of burden on the planet, and for some reason the supposed health of the planet (an undefined term) is more important than human thriving.; 4/30/26, 12:58 AM
Eva Marie said...: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWZaGQ8j1Od/?igsh=ZTlhOHQ5YnR3NzY4; 4/30/26, 2:52 AM
wendybar said...: Greg Price
@greg_price11
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16h
Democracy is literally dying in America unless Democrats can draw congressional districts based on race, count illegal aliens in the census, and end requirements to show an ID to vote.
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/2049533681920823760?s=20; 4/30/26, 4:09 AM
wendybar said...: ALPHAWARRIOR
@xAlphaWarriorx
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13h
On January 15th, 2021, the so-called Main Stream Media, now Defenders of “free speech” were nowhere to be found.

That morning, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force stormed my home with a flashbang, an armored vehicle on my front lawn, and a full SWAT team ordering my family outside at gun point. My children watched as their father, a decorated combat Marine and police detective, awarded the Medal of Valor, was placed in handcuffs.

My crime?

A post on Twitter on January 6th.

I wasn’t even there.

No criminal history. A single charge. $250,000 bail. Then thrown into solitary confinement.

What followed was a four-year legal battle that ended on January 13th, 2025…with me winning.

But while the truth took years to surface, the media didn’t wait. They labeled me a traitor. A domestic terrorist. A threat to my own country. They repeated it so often, they hoped it would become reality.

It didn’t.

Meanwhile, James Comey publicly made a threatening statement against the President and yet he faced none of what was done to me. No SWAT raid. No solitary confinement. No $250,000 bail.

Let that sink in.

To this day, the FBI has never contacted me to investigate the fabrications made by its Special Agent and JTTF detective. Over a year later and with a court order to return my firearms and they REFUSE TO RETURN them to me.

Despite that, I was immediately called back as an expert witness in my previous gang cases. Sitting in court, every gang member knew I was back. That put a target on me and my family overnight. I had to purchase new firearms just to protect us, while the government still holds mine.

The same agent who justified the warrant claimed it was based on a confidential informant.

Over a year later, they quietly walked that back.

“There was no CI. It was an error.”

An error?

No informant. No foundation. And still, no dismissal at the time. No accountability. No investigation into how this happened.

So I ask:

Why has no one reached out to examine what was done to me?
Why is there no interest in the truth when the system gets it wrong?

I’m in California.

@HarmeetKDhillon

@AAGDhillon
I would welcome the opportunity to share my full story with you. Please 🙏🏻

Because what I’ve written here?

That’s only the surface.

https://x.com/xAlphaWarriorx/status/2049574874696573317?s=20; 4/30/26, 4:29 AM
Enigma said...: @tcrosse: ..."The second thing to know about political violence is that it produces romantic heroes faster than MGM in the 1940s....

Those woke neo-Catholics need new saints. They demand saints who are fighting the same struggle and who thereby know how to cure them.

Marxism/Woke = a naive new coat of paint on religion.; 4/30/26, 4:32 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: The phony Carroll case is a great litmus test. Do you agree with creating an exception in state law that extends the statute of limitations for the sole purpose of bringing a case with zero physical evidence against the president of the United States? It says far more about your morality than it does about Trump’s.; 4/30/26, 4:51 AM
Eva Marie said...: The Democratic Party was the institutional engine of American slavery, the Confederacy, the Klan, and Jim Crow. After the Civil War, the morally appropriate response would have been a formal reckoning - an apology, an accounting, or dissolution. Instead, the party simply continued, and over the next century and a half it foisted its sins onto the nation as a whole.
That blame-shifting is what we are still living with today. When America apologizes for slavery, the Democratic Party hides inside the collective apology. When schools teach that “the country” was racist, the specific institution responsible disappears into a generic national guilt. The Republican Party - founded explicitly to end slavery, the party of Lincoln, the Reconstruction Amendments, and the majority votes for the 1964 Civil Rights Act - gets tarred with sins that were not its own.
The party that caused the harm gets to pose as the reformer. The party that opposed the harm gets blamed for it. And the entire country gets saddled with a guilt that belongs, historically and institutionally, to one political organization that never had to answer for it under its own name.
This is the blame shift that began in 1865 and has never ended. We are still paying for it - in distorted history lessons, in misdirected racial grievance, in a national conversation about race that can never reach honesty because the central actor has been written out of the story and replaced with “America” itself.
The Democratic Party’s greatest political achievement was not any policy it passed. It was convincing the country to carry its sins for it.; 4/30/26, 4:54 AM
Eva Marie said...: But the damage did not stop with the history books. A party that successfully evaded accountability for its founding sin learned a lesson it has never unlearned: that lying works. That narrative can be substituted for truth. That the responsible party can always be someone else. What began as blame-shifting about slavery has metastasized into a political culture of outright dishonesty about every aspect of our national life - our elections, our institutions, our economy, our history, our enemies, our own citizens.
This culture of permitted lying has attracted exactly the kind of people you would expect it to attract. Grifters. Operators. Professional obfuscators who understand that in a system where truth is optional, the prize goes to whoever can muddy the water fastest. The honest dialogue a free country requires has been buried under a century and a half of accumulated evasions, each one building on the last, until we have arrived at a political life in which Americans can no longer reach agreement on the most basic facts of their own existence.
This is the inheritance of 1865. The Democratic Party’s refusal to account for itself did not just rewrite the past. It corrupted the conditions under which Americans can speak honestly to one another at all. We are still paying that bill, and it grows larger every year.; 4/30/26, 4:59 AM