I'M DOUBTFUL: Can blue states and cities recover? It'll be easier -- and cheaper -- to just raze them and start anew.

'FREE FOOD' MARKET costs taxpayers [meaning 'us'] over $5 million.

READ IT: The Washington Post's headline about Israel rescuing its hostages is beyond outrageous.

THE DAILY CHART: Common law making a comeback?

If only....

THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN ONE PICTURE:

PowerLine's Week in Pictures has many more. Go see them.

BREAKING: Guilty verdict reached in Hunter Biden trial. Sentencing is TBD, but the smart money is on no jail time.

ZOMBIE ADMINISTRATIONS produce zombie companies.

DONALD TRUMP'S ‘Letter from the Rikers Island Jail’ is hilarious.

BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT HUMAN: They hate humanity and want it extinct.

Not even close to human....

WHAT AN IDIOT. AOC worries Donald Trump would throw her in jail if he wins presidency.

He would (properly) put her in a mental institution....

NANCY PELOSI IS ON THE OTHER SIDE: Winston Marshall argues that populism is not a threat democracy, but rather is democracy itself.

DO YOU REALLY TRUST JOE BIDEN with his finger on the nuclear button?

BECAUSE AMERICA MIGHT REALIZE BIDEN HIMSELF IS AN AI DEEPFAKE? DOJ claims it can't release Biden-Hur interview due to threat of AI deepfakes.

BECAUSE HE'S TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN THEIR HEADS? Why won't he go away?

NEVER -- I REPEAT, NEVER -- MOVE TO CONNECTICUT: Town Council votes not to fly 'Thin Blue Line Flag' for slain cop. votes to fly pride flag instead.

BECAUSE THE LEFT IS LIKEWISE ENAMORED? Palestinianism is based on antisemitism, sexism, homophobia and denial of human rights. so why is the Left so in love with it?

IT’S SATIRE, BUT JUST BARELY: Ilhan Omar calls for day of mourning over hostages rescued.

I'd call it news....

SANITY MAKES A RETURN: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declares 'independence from California' as Virginia exits emissions pact.

Instapundit takes note.

I lived there for nearly 12 years. Virginia was never a Blue state; it was --and is -- a Red state polluted by proximity to Washington DC.

BEHIND BARS? Hunter trial turns into Biden family reunion.

A SOUND IDEA: Texas Republicans propose powerful election rule to fight back against Democrats.