The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan, 09/25/26
Source: The Weekly Dish
“Jacob Weisberg On Trump’s Collaborators.” (09/25/26)
https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/jacob-weisberg-on-trumps-collaborators
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Why Does Government Still Run Like a Commodore 64?
Source: RealClearPolitics
by Anthony Constantino
“America’s government has become a masterclass in deliberate, costly failure. You can order dinner, hail a car, transfer money across the country, trash a pundit, praise a friend, and run a business from your phone in seconds. The private sector figured this out years ago. Yet the second you deal with your own government, you step into a dysfunctional time machine: endless paperwork, overloaded websites that crash, multi-hour hold times, lines that stretch for blocks, and approvals that crawl at the speed of 1985. … The private sector rebuilds itself constantly. Yet government clings to legacy processes written for a slower century. Why? Because broken systems protect power.” (09/25/26)
South Africa: At Least 27 Killed in Two Overnight Mass Shootings
Source: New York Times
“At least 27 people were killed in two separate shootings in South Africa on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, adding to the toll of mass shootings in a country struggling to control violent crime. The shootings, which like other attacks in recent years came at bars or taverns, occurred near the country’s two most populous cities, Johannesburg and Cape Town, in township communities that face socioeconomic challenges. … South Africa has one of the world’s highest murder rates.” [editor’s note: And some of the world’s most restrictive victim disarmament (“gun control”) laws. How’s that working out for them? – TLK] (09/27/26)
Fountainhead Forum, episode 491
Source: Fountainhead Forum
“Sheldon Richman on libertarian walkouts, Murray Rothbard, and the liberty movement today.” (09/25/26)
Cheating with Democracy
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Changing polling places always occurs, every election year, and the biggest changes in this regard have been in the eight states (and D.C.) that have established mail-in only voting. Talk about a change of polling places! And then there is the purging of voter rolls of non-citizen, non-resident, and non-existent voters! Who could complain about that? Only unserious people. Like Democrats. Like Kamala Harris. And those who seek to game elections.” (09/25/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/09/25/cheating-w-democracy/
NYC: Prostitution arrests plunge 60% along well-known stroll
Source: New York Post
“Scoring illegal sex along Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue has never been easier — as the number of hookers has multiplied and prostitution-related arrests have plunged by 60% along the seedy strip since soft-on-crime socialist Zohran Mamdani became mayor this year. John, a 40-year-old Manhattan horndog, said he has no problem schlepping on the subway to the notorious open-air sex bazaar — nicknamed the ‘Market of Sweethearts’ — because the women are ‘cheap’ and cops have their hands tied by lax laws and policies. … NYPD officers reported making 193 prostitution-related arrests along Roosevelt Avenue this year through Sept. 13, records show. That’s a massive 59% drop from the 468 arrests during the same period the previous year when ex-NYPD captain-turned-mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch led a major enforcement effort dubbed ‘Operation Restore Roosevelt.'” [editor’s note: The Post reports this like it’s a bad thing – TLK] (09/27/26)
Progressivism’s Imposter Syndrome
Source: Law & Liberty
by Elizabeth Grace Matthew
“To a leftist influencer, almost anything is better than being exposed as a fraud.” (09/25/26)
Checks & Balances, 09/25/26
Source: Checks & Balances
“How Hitler Used Democracy to DESTROY It.” (09/25/26)
https://chkbal.substack.com/p/how-hitler-used-democracy-to-destroy
NYT’s Nikole Hannah-Jones Regrets Sending Her Daughter to Failing Public School
Source: The Daily Economy
by Corey A DeAngelis
“The Project 1619 journalist said parents should stick with struggling, segregated schools. Her daughter isn’t the only one who was cheated by that ideological choice.” (09/25/26)
UK: Police evacuate homes near air base used by US and detain men on suspected explosives offensives
Source: ABC News
“Police evacuated homes Sunday near an air base in England used by the U.S. and arrested several men over suspected explosives offenses. The Gloucestershire Police force said Sunday that residents of ‘a number of properties’ in Whelford, western England, have been taken to a nearby leisure center and that the situation is ‘contained.’ That is close to RAF Fairford, a base that American forces have used for strictly limited strikes during the war with Iran. … Police say several men have been detained on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act, and army bomb-disposal experts are examining several vehicles.” (09/27/26)
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/uk-police-evacuate-homes-air-base-us-detain-136793296