BUT, BUT HE'S A DEMOCRAT! Legislator who backed N.Y. bill used against Trump now opposes it after the tables turned on him.

The rules don't apply to him....

POWERLINE: Seen on campuses nationwide.

FINISHING SCHOOL: "[F]ormerly-respected academic establishments will just become an expensive finishing school for privileged foreigners, and the offspring of our own elite class who can’t hack more demanding school programs."

PROFESSIONAL PROTESTORS UNMASKED IN TEXAS: an elementary school teacher, a costumer designer and a Palestinian store-owner.

Among other things, these are the reasons why I put Austin permanently in the rear-view mirror.

STUPID DOESN'T COVER THE REASONS WHY; EVIL DOES: Who is paying for the anti-Israel protests?

And why?

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON (AGAIN): Try a little honesty about Israel.

Unless you're a progressive, for which honesty is a foreign concept....

WHAT ENERGY TRANSITION? Read the charts.

"The transition concept is wholly imaginary, except in America’s news rooms."

FROM POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES, these two seem to cover the last few weeks perfectly:

Now go see the rest.

“AMERICAN FECKLESSNESS”: The Biden trademark.

It's time to review my ammunition stocks....

THE END OF OLD LEFT-WING MYTHOLOGIES: The one-eyed Jack American Left has been flipped over, and what turned up proved frightening.

It's a bit of a longer read, but it's Victor Davis Hanson, so obviously read it all.

KURT SCHLICHTER: Let them destroy each other.

I am a bit concerned about the cost of rebuilding after the destruction is complete, but also bouyed by the knowledge that it will still be less than the cost of letting this insanity continue.

SEEN ON THE INTERNET: 'Dogs may help prepare you for babies, but cats help prepare you for teenagers'.

More 'shower thoughts' can be found here.

DEAD WORM FOUND IN RFK JR.’S BRAIN already polling higher than Biden in 11 states.

Yes, it is the Babylon Bee.

IT COULD: Will Argentina save the West?

If the West -- and particularly the U.S. -- can find the courage to follow President Milei's lead.