Althouse: Sunrise.

May 13, 2026

Sunrise.

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77 comments:

Eva Marie said...: More info on those trained dogs:
https://x.com/kosherchutzpah/status/2054582875245117777?s=46; 5/13/26, 7:50 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Intelligence assessments say that Iran retains most of its missile sites, launchers, and uranium. An alcoholic, woman-beating former Fox News host says that all of these were obliterated by kinetic lethality. For presidents busy designing ballrooms, it can be hard to know who to trust.; 5/13/26, 7:52 PM
William50 said...: From last nights open thread...

FullMoon said...
Is Wisconsin open carry?
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Yes Wisconsin is open carry. Due to my proximity to leftist Madison and wishing to avoid confrontations, I prefer to conceal carry.; 5/13/26, 7:55 PM
narciso said...: No 3 is very vivid

https://t.co/jV7ZtuI86e; 5/13/26, 7:57 PM
narciso said...: ☕️ BLANKET OF DOOM ☙ Wednesday, May 13, 2026 ☙ C&C NEWS 🦠 https://share.google/REYwvcWQath2b633l; 5/13/26, 7:59 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: IRAN WAR - The Movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDeBbzaj8oA; 5/13/26, 8:01 PM
narciso said...: Yeah richard falk is the sort who would try to sell the brooklyn bridge as he pitched the ayatollah 50 years ago; 5/13/26, 8:03 PM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/13/26, 8:03 PM
Dave Begley said...: Argued my 8th Circuit case today. It’s a major civil rights case.

The panel was tough on both sides.

Coin flip. Could go either way.

The first case was out of ND. One lawyer was excellent.

I was sitting in the courtroom and snapped a picture. Later the Clerk told me that was not allowed. I had no idea! I deleted the picture.; 5/13/26, 8:04 PM
William50 said...: #1 for me.; 5/13/26, 8:05 PM
Iman said...: Spectacular photos!

Americans have learned what Democrats don’t support and actively dislike (Trump, Republicans, the United States of America 🇺🇸), but what do they honestly support?; 5/13/26, 8:05 PM
narciso said...: Congrats david begley

They only do etchingss of court cases?; 5/13/26, 8:06 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: To all the radical leftists criticizing Trump for today's inflation numbers: We are at war, a major shipping corridor is closed, and we've been dealing with massive tariffs! Given that, it's remarkable that Trump has kept inflation as low as he has.; 5/13/26, 8:06 PM
Iman said...: …other than actively supporting Iran.; 5/13/26, 8:08 PM
Achilles said...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

To all the radical leftists criticizing Trump for today's inflation numbers: We are at war, a major shipping corridor is closed, and we've been dealing with massive tariffs! Given that, it's remarkable that Trump has kept inflation as low as he has.

Inflation is almost half what is was during the Biden years.

But retards gotta retard.; 5/13/26, 8:10 PM
narciso said...: They have always been "on the other side' its only a question of whether they paid to spout this bilge; 5/13/26, 8:12 PM
narciso said...: Like meidas touch a favorite of the last shooter; 5/13/26, 8:14 PM
William50 said...: At IEE @ 8:06...
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I think that's what's called a back handed compliment?; 5/13/26, 8:15 PM
narciso said...: Oops
https://notthebee.com/article/man-vaporized-by-jet-engine-was-career-criminal-with-more-than-20-arrests-death-ruled-suicide; 5/13/26, 8:16 PM
narciso said...: Imagine if they did loath this country at a fundamental level; 5/13/26, 8:20 PM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/13/26, 8:20 PM
narciso said...: Not loath; 5/13/26, 8:20 PM
narciso said...: Likewise
https://x.com/Zoltan__D/status/2054668430519722278; 5/13/26, 8:23 PM
Humperdink said...: Think the Commie left is a collection of anti-semites?

“For his part, in his (PA Governor Josh Shapiro) 2026 memoir, “Where We Keep the Light,” the governor recalled that during the vetting process, Harris’ team asked if he had worked as “a double agent for Israel” or if he had “ever communicated with an undercover agent of Israel.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/josh-shapiro-aoc-waging-war-midterm-congressional-race/; 5/13/26, 8:32 PM
Iman said...: Toobin, on a conference call
Toobin, he didn’t care at all
They saw him when teh chicken died
But he kept toobin on

What in the world ever became of Simp Jeff?
He narfled the garthok, you know he isn't the same
Boxes of Kleenex, vitamin C, and Rogaine®
All Jeff Greenfield can say is, "Ain't it a shame?"; 5/13/26, 8:40 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube: "The Weaponization of Therapeutic Language" or, "You can't talk to some people"

#The way we sound like now.; 5/13/26, 9:07 PM
Iman said...: TMZ’s Harvey Levin and his sidekick have gotta be two of worst shitheads in SoCal. It’s good to see them fuck themselves:

https://x.com/its_The_Dr/status/2054671224630919482?s=20; 5/13/26, 9:09 PM
Mason G said...: "TMZ’s Harvey Levin and his sidekick have gotta be two of worst shitheads in SoCal."

So I guess their point is that it can't be all that bad having your house burn down if you stay in a hotel now and again.

Or something.; 5/13/26, 9:21 PM
Eva Marie said...: CIA raids Tulsi Gabbard’s office:
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2054722723834732776?s=46; 5/13/26, 9:22 PM
Eva Marie said...: Thomas Massie going down:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/05/trump-backed-challenger-leads-thomas-massie-in-new-gop-primary-poll/; 5/13/26, 9:24 PM
Gospace said...: I have read multiple posts today about the CIA raiding Tulsi Gabbards office and seizing JFK assassination documents.

Huh?

Lots or unanswered and currently unasked questions about that.

Who in the CIA?
Who ordered it? And what idiots thought it was a good idea to obey the order?
What authority was it ordered under?
And last- Did it actually happen?

That's a problem with breaking news- verifying veracity.; 5/13/26, 9:25 PM
Eva Marie said...: It was (according to this report) testified to by the whistleblower at today’s hearings and confirmed by Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna; 5/13/26, 9:36 PM
Eva Marie said...: Which is why I provided the link.; 5/13/26, 9:37 PM
Eva Marie said...: But who knows . . . nowadays. That dog’s testimony might also be fake.; 5/13/26, 9:42 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube: It's because that's why or, how I stopped worrying and accidently thought English to migrants.; 5/13/26, 9:43 PM
Iman said...: You’ll know Newscum is lying by his moving lips…

https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2054681892461359322?s=20; 5/13/26, 9:48 PM
Caroline said...: Ann—I would love an update on your son’s presidential biography project. Is there one who has upended his assumptions ? An underrated one? I’m eager about his progress.; 5/13/26, 10:12 PM
Mason G said...: In case you had any illusions about what the public school system's purpose is...

Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, asked whether the enrollment decline could affect the teacher retirement system.

“Have you looked at the impact that this decline will have on the viability of the teacher retirement system?” Hinojosa said.; 5/13/26, 10:17 PM
Eva Marie said...: Although that was a cocker spaniel so we really are in believe all dogs territory.; 5/13/26, 10:30 PM
Aggie said...: @narciso: "...man-vaporized-by-jet-engine-was-career-criminal-with-more-than-20-arrests-death-ruled-suicide ...."

I guess you could say he exhausted his appeals.; 5/13/26, 10:41 PM
Peachy said...: Leaving Coloraradie - the democrats here are assholes; 5/13/26, 10:42 PM
Jupiter said...: "CIA raids Tulsi Gabbard’s office:"
Who? What? The CIA not only lacks any police powers to "raid" offices in any jurisdiction in the USA, it is forbidden by its charter to operate in any way within the USA. Not that criminals are constrained by laws.; 5/13/26, 10:43 PM
Original Mike said...: DNI denies reports CIA 'raided' Tulsi Gabbard's office to seize documents related to JFK, MK Ultra

I don't know much about Rep. Luna. Is she a nut case?; 5/13/26, 10:47 PM
Eva Marie said...: Who knows *sigh* it’s not the first time I’ve fallen for a fake news story.; 5/13/26, 11:02 PM
Original Mike said...: Here's Sundance on the supposed raid. He's generally reliable.; 5/13/26, 11:16 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Pretty damning of FOX NEWS that they didn't call Gabbard's office and ask what was happening. I don't imagine a solo online reporter like Nick Sortor or Nick Shirley could get through the filters, but FOX...? C'mon, that is shameful and should be embarrassing. Are there simply no basic standards in newsrooms today?; 5/13/26, 11:41 PM
Eva Marie said...: Well the Piers Morgan interview with the dog better be real or I’ll lose all faith in the news.; 5/14/26, 3:32 AM
Howard said...: Gabbard Raid Fake News.; 5/14/26, 4:17 AM
Howard said...: The guy who got sucked into the jet engine reportedly had severe dandruff... they found his head and shoulders on the tarmac. H/T Christa Mcauliffe; 5/14/26, 4:20 AM
wendybar said...: Ian Haworth
@ighaworth
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19h
I went to a steakhouse but couldn’t afford to pay the bill, so I pressured everyone else in the restaurant to pay it for me. Then, I went on social media and boasted that I’d paid the tab.

That’s what Zohran Mamdani is doing with his “I balanced the budget!” routine.

https://x.com/ighaworth/status/2054560759250633166?s=20; 5/14/26, 4:38 AM
Christopher B said...: I recall reading the CIA officer testifying about Fauci said something about Gabbard's internal investigation team being watched by the CIA but nothing about a raid.; 5/14/26, 5:27 AM
Leland said...: Watched a video of TMZ questioning Pratt over where he lives. Spencer Pratt’s response is great and consistent to his message. What I find interesting is that the Marxist (Pratt is a Democrat and he is running against Socialist) trying to make hay of his temporary living arrangements.
These are the same people who say illegal aliens should get to vote because they pay taxes. Homelessness is temporary because they can’t afford housing and just need free housing. Yet a citizen, who is homeless but isn’t being allowed to rebuild, shouldn’t be allowed to run for office? I know my argument is assuming basic moral principles from Marxist, who only have the principle of power, but why do Democrats allow these people in their party? Why defend Karen Bass simply because she calls herself a Democrat?; 5/14/26, 5:29 AM
john mosby said...: Most likely explanation for the DNI 'raid':

Congress and Trump told the IC to save all the JFK and MK Ultra files.

Shortly thereafter, a bunch of people went into Gabbard's office and...saved all the JFK and MK Ultra files.

That's kind of what happens whenever there's a data call: Congressional, FOIA, lawsuit discovery, etc. All the relevant documents get consolidated in one place. Including the ones the boss has lying around her office.

Earnest pro-Trump sources saw this happen, concluded the worst, and contacted Luna.

Embarrassing right now. but does send a useful signal to any remaining deep staters that anything remotely resembling shenanigans will be immediately reported out of the building. CC, JSM; 5/14/26, 5:34 AM
Leland said...: Had that Denver Airport suicide been about 1500ft further up the runway, the results could have been much worse. I understand they were at about 80kts, which is below V1 commit to takeoff, so they could stop. A single engine failure can be managed, but that impact also damaged the wing leading edge and the pilots saw what happened and were shaken up.

I also saw a law firm is already moving to cash in by suing the airport and officials for not securing the airport. I hope the lawsuit fails. The security meets federal guidelines. More would just increase the cost of airport operations and there flying, while likely not stopping someone determined to commit suicide. Maybe you think that will lead to a terrorist attack, but haven’t we’ve seen that more security is just theater in that regards?; 5/14/26, 5:36 AM
Eva Marie said...: Pratt us a Republican.; 5/14/26, 5:38 AM
wendybar said...: Pratt registered as a Republican in 2020; 5/14/26, 5:43 AM
wendybar said...: Prior to that, he was an Independent.; 5/14/26, 5:44 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: I found the Sundance article (and comments) credible. What appears to have happened is that the CIA agents (unbeknownst to CIA Director Ratcliffe) waltzed into the office containing these records, and waltzed out with 40 boxes of them, during the govt shutdown, and refuses to return them. And without the documents, themselves, they can’t be declassified, as ordered by the DNI.

Before the inauguration, maybe before the election, Sundance had suggestions for who should be placed where, to get control over the Intelligence Community (IC). I think that Radcliffe was suggested for CIA and maybe Bongino as FBI DD. BUT, the key to cleaning up the IC is the DNI. I think that Tulsi Gabbord was a dark horse there, but has performed well. Being an attractive Democrat female has helped. Plus military intelligence training.

DNI is a uniquely powerful position in the Executive Branch of our govt. According to Sundance, absolutely key to reform. They have the unique power of being able to reach into any intelligence silo and getting what they want. Anyone else, besides the President and his DNI, can be frozen out through classification. The President and his DNI, can legally see anything and everything, regardless of its level of classification. Whenever you hear an attack on DNI Gabbord, realize that it is invariably coming from some IC agency, trying to take her out, or at a minimum, distract her. And this is why the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division and the DOJ’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Branch (both IC members) worked so quickly and brutally to take LTG Flynn out as Trump’s incoming DNI (who is the one person who could have stopped their Crossfire Hurricane and RussiaGate investigations cold).; 5/14/26, 6:03 AM
Dave Begley said...: Oral argument by DDB.

https://media-oa.ca8.uscourts.gov/OAaudio/2026/5/253175.MP3; 5/14/26, 6:15 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “Intelligence assessments say that Iran retains most of its missile sites, launchers, and uranium. An alcoholic, woman-beating former Fox News host says that all of these were obliterated by kinetic lethality. For presidents busy designing ballrooms, it can be hard to know who to trust.”

Usual absurdities by this TDS addled propagandaest. Maybe we didn’t actually destroy all of the Iranian’s enriched uranium - but we did destroy their access to it. Uranium, being as hard and dense, as it is, is hard to actually destroy. But we know where it is, and are working to get access to it, so that we can, at a minimum de-enriched it, and hopefully remove it. That is one of our key requirements in our negotiations with the Iranians. We could do it without their cooperation, but that would require boots on the ground.

The idea that we haven’t taken out almost all of their missiles and missile launchers is absurd. Their use of them has followed a classic exponential extinction curve. Triple digits expended a day, early on, then double digits, then single digits, then very sporadic use. Moreover, their proxies demand more, and they can’t provide them. We now have loitering assets (A-10s, AH-64s, B-52s) in the vicinity, which hit their launch sites within minutes of launch. If they still had very many of them left, they would have been using them against shipping and our warships for control of the Strait of Hormuz. They mostly aren’t, and instead doing such things as using a flotilla of 6 or 7 small craft (sunk in minutes by one or two of the loitering AH-64 Apache gunships).; 5/14/26, 6:31 AM
Dave Begley said...: Judges were tough on both sides!

Judge Kobes, from SD, asked the most questions. When he was up for confirmation the ABA alkeged he was “not qualified.” LOL. The ABA claimed he wasn’t qualified because he is conservative. The ABA opinion was a political hit job and the “not qualified” comment was pretextual. Heck, he worked for the CIA. I’d say a well-rounded legal background.

VP Pence cast the deciding vote. First time that happened. Best thing Pence did in four years.; 5/14/26, 7:01 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “Leaving Coloraradie - the democrats here are assholes”

For those of you too lazy to check this out, the Jefferson County School System (JCPS) has decided that school kids, on Overnight school trips, will sleep with those of the same alleged sex, and not the same biological sex. Biological boys, pretending to be girls, sleeping with girls, regardless of the wishes of their parents.

JeffCo is the county just west of Denver. It covers a bit of the front ranges, and that part is rural. But almost all of the population is in close in suburbs of Denver. We moved into JeffCo in 1955 (though my grandparents had a girls’s camp in the rural part of the county even earlier). I attended JCPS at least 1-12, and my 4 younger brothers K-12. Daughter would have too, except that she was in private schools. And, if they don’t move, so will my 20 month old granddaughter. Until maybe a decade ago, JeffCo was reliably country club Republican. Not anymore, of course, with mail in voting. Even with that, the JCPS school board has long been problematic, controlled by the JCPS teachers and their union, probably for 40-50 years now. I expect to be helping with tuition, to send my granddaughter, and hopefully sibling(s), to private school to avoid this sort of nonsense.; 5/14/26, 7:03 AM
Enigma said...: Drinking the Kool-Aid for breakfast makes the entire day more interesting.; 5/14/26, 7:16 AM
narciso said...: As i mentioned about richard falk; 5/14/26, 7:32 AM
Tina Trent said...: What do people think a mayor actually does, beyond appointing people and setting a tone and direction? Unless they're busy with graft, some clever, some pathetic. When Nancy Pelosi moves into a singlewide because her mansions and stocks and bank accounts were all simultaneously destroyed by government incompetence, get back to me.; 5/14/26, 7:39 AM
narciso said...: Were talking tmz a den of scum and villainy; 5/14/26, 7:43 AM
narciso said...: Schumer actually crashed a bank with his hijink in 2007; 5/14/26, 7:44 AM
Iman said...: anna paulina luna
she’s just a bird on the wing; 5/14/26, 8:07 AM
Peachy said...: Leland - yep. I watched that too.
Pratt held his own against non-stop grilling.
Funny how the MSM(D) soviet - never grill a damn corrupt democrat. ever.; 5/14/26, 8:35 AM
Jersey Fled said...: AP News radio this morning blamed a massive Russian drone attack on Kiev on Trump’s visit to China.

We don’t hate the media enough.; 5/14/26, 9:49 AM
Leland said...: Eva Marie said...
Pratt us a Republican.

5/14/26, 5:38 AM
wendybar said...
Pratt registered as a Republican in 2020

5/14/26, 5:43 AM
wendybar said...
Prior to that, he was an Independent.

5/14/26, 5:44 AM

I was going by his interview with Joe Rogan, when he seemed to side-step the question. Maybe he said he was Republican in the interview, but it seemed clear to me that he considers himself a Democrat in the traditional sense, as does Rogan. My point is, I think similar to what Pratt is attempting in his campaign, questioning why these Marxists are allowed to represent the Democrat Party, when they don't represent Democrat/Liberal values.; 5/14/26, 10:37 AM
Leland said...: After yesterday's open thread; shocking that DJIA is above 50,000. I understood the market was ready to collapse.

Does that mean the market isn't overvalued. No. But the same person raising the alarm had done so three times now as the market was reaching new highs. Last time was just before it hit 50,000 prior to the war. And here we are, 60+ days into a war; yet the market is stable and strong.; 5/14/26, 10:41 AM
Hey Skipper said...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Intelligence assessments say that Iran retains most of its missile sites, launchers, and uranium. An alcoholic, woman-beating former Fox News host says that all of these were obliterated by kinetic lethality.

Notice how I don't say what you said, but directly quote it, in context, so it is clear to everyone that I'm not making stuff up.

Unlike you. How about providing us exactly what he said, in context, instead of your steaming pile of bovine extrusions.

It is that sort of thing that got Charlie Kirk killed. Accusations made by people too lazy, stupid, or malevolent to back them up with precisely what he said and why.; 5/14/26, 10:45 AM
wildswan said...: The CIA said Russia was solid and strong right up to the moment it collapsed. Now it's saying Iran is strong. We know Iran has lost money, allies and its armed forces and is shooting and torturing its citizens. It may be "strong," i.e., able to pay 2-3 hundred thousand of its citizens to loot and shoot. I refuse to believe it is even as strong as present-day Russia.; 5/14/26, 11:34 AM
Eva Marie said...: “I was going by his interview with Joe Rogan, when he seemed to side-step the question.”
He sidestepped the question so that Democrats would vote for him.; 5/14/26, 11:44 AM
Leland said...: No Bad Ideas Brainstorm doesn't include changing key platform planks that voters don't like, such as "open borders", "unlimited immigration", "unsecured elections", "unmonitored entitlements" or "lawfare against opposition". Instead, it is mostly more lawfare against the opposition and how to fix the courts so that it sticks.

And they call us fascists.; 5/14/26, 12:08 PM
Eva Marie said...: Thx Dave Begley - hope you win; 5/14/26, 12:14 PM