NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST WARNS that people all over the world will die because Trump wants to 'break things'.

He seems to believe that 'breaking (his) things' is bad....

WORST NEWS OUTLET OF THE WEEK - a look at the latest deliveries from the dysfunctional media.

I don't know that Red State could call an easy winner. From my perspective the range was
from F⁺ to F^-.

SAFETYISM KILLS: California, the ultimate helicopter state, which has led to excessive and even destructive regulations that don’t actually keep you safe, and which in fact may endanger you.

God forbid a piece of “highly toxic ash” touches your skin! God forbid a hazardous particle enters your body! Karen Bass is here to keep you safe as you sit in a cramped hotel room with your children and your dog, or on your friend’s couch.

But don't worry. California will (eventually) build high-rise apartments for you to live in (on your own properties)....

THE THREE AMIGOS give a progress report.

AMERICAN GREATNESS on redefining environmentalism.

I remember a science fiction story from many years ago where city dwellers had to enter a lottery to be allowed strictly controlled visits into the 'wilderness'. California is nearing that stage.

I THOUGHT THEY'D ALREADY LOWERED THE BAR TO ZERO: California bar exam is in shambles.

SHE'D ONLY BE EMPLOYABLE in a couple of deep blue cities.

But I might go if only to enjoy the French fries...

TERM LIMITS, PERHAPS? The judicial 'resistance' is setting itself up for an epic smackdown.

GETTING THE LEFT TO TELL THE TRUTH: Replace every mention of "our democracy" with "our bureaucracy" [and] everything starts making a lot more sense.

Watch the video.

NOTHING STEAMS MY CLAMS like liberals pretending to be virtuous.

AT LEAST I HAVE A JOB. Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responds to bizarre attack from former CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

MONSTER HUNTER NATION: Educating the stupid on how audits work in real life.

[R-LA] SEN. JOHN KENNEDY'S BOTTOM-LINE TAKE on public broadcasting is laugh-out-loud hilarious.

FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE DAY: He was suspended for helping DOGE. Now he runs the Social Security Administration.

It's an interim appointment, to be sure, until Trump's nominee takes the reins. But it must hurt. I will not be surprised to see resignations/firings in the near future....

DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN PRESIDENT FOR ONE MONTH and the Canadian aircraft crash in Toronto is his fault?

THE DEMOCRAT^* PARTY is starving to death.

^*The Democrat Party is not -- and has not been for years -- 'Democratic'.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Elon Musk's DOGE should be renamed FAFO (Federal Agency for Financial Oversight).

HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM HIS 'NORMAL' BEHAVIOR? Keith Olbermann goes ballistic over 'MSNBC racist purge'.

MAGA IS WORKING: Acting head of Social Security quits after clash with DOGE over data access.

This reminds me of an earlier post.

POWERLINE: "Populism” is when the wrong candidate wins an election.

As I have said (probably many times) before, if an 'expert' says something it's almost certainly wrong.