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In The Mailbox: 07.24.26

Posted on | July 25, 2026 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Head is finally clear; throat is still sore and I’m weak as a kitten. So much for catching up.
Usual weekend deadlines for the usual weekend posts.
Ceterum autem censeo Silicon Valley et Hamas delendam sunt.

OVER THE TRANSOM
Doug Ross: A Day of Impossible Victory with John Paul Jones (1779), also, Dr. Evil – Fauci, The Comic Book
357 Magnum: Welcome to the Panoptican,  Is Self-Defense Legal in Massachusetts? and Leftist Violence
EBL: Cod Fat, Michelin Fried Fish, “Looking for a Place to Happen”, Critical Drinker’s Odyssey – Meh, and Spruce Beer
Twitchy: Ben Shapiro Schools Piers Morgan – Free Speech Means I Don’t Have To Feed Your Clickbait Show, David Axelrod Deletes Tweet After Falling For Fake Trump Gold Coin Meme, and So Much For The First Amendment
Louder With Crowder: Megan Rapinoe refuses to calm down, claiming you’re anti-women’s rights if you don’t support men invading women’s sports, Someone put up a billboard that says no child has “two dads,” and the LGBTQ+ community is beside themselves over it, Shiloh Hendrix Found Guilty – Breaking Down the Sham Verdict, The IRS made a $20K mistake, now they are threatening to seize a 76-year-old man’s farm if he doesn’t pay for it, and That AWFL woke reporter who compared Caitlyn Clark to Emmett Till? She “apologized” by doubling down
Vox Popoli: The Secret History of Psykosonik, also, The Addition of Economic Attrition
According To Hoyt: Summer Time, and the Livin’ is Easy, The Golden Summer, Behold this One Strange Trick, All The Legs, All The Pants, and Once More Into the Breach!
Cedar Sanderson: Lightly Toasted Marshmallow Strip #16, also, Novel News
Stoic Observations: The Cobb Left Party, also, Puritanical Coders
John C. Wright: To Know and Love and Serve the Lord, also, Rocks & Brains & Darwin
Defending The Wood Perilous: To Kickstart or Not To Kickstart
Mazelit Airaksinen: NYC Doc Claims Jews Smell & “Criminally, Illegally, & Fraudulently” Live In America

RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES
American Greatness: Attorney For Shiloh Hendrix Explodes After Disorderly Conduct Verdict in N-Word Trial, Justice Department Moves to Revoke U.S. Citizenship From 10 Criminal Migrants, South Korea’s Crackdown on U.S. Companies Threatens South Koreans’ Access to Advanced Technology, Italy Names the Problem While America Renames It, and The Manufactured ‘Bipartisan’ Push for an AI Kill Switch
Animal Magnetism: Animal Magnetism LIVE Ep. 96 – Alaska And Baby Birds
BattleSwarm: Fuck You Tim Walz, Karmelo Anthony Conviction Aftermath: “Only Good Cracker Is A Dead Cracker”, Federal Judge To Hood County: No You Can’t Have Immunity For Arresting Someone For A Meme, Austin: Soros DA = 74% Higher Homicide Rate, and LinkSwarm For July 24, 2026
Behind The Black: 13th Starship/Superheavy launch goes almost perfectly, Martian crater with many gullies flowing into corroded “irregular cellular structures”, GAO releases a schizophrenic report on NASA, JAXA successfully tests older solid-fueled motor for use in its Epsilon-S rocket, and Google owns 6% of SpaceX
Cafe Hayek: Brandon Farris’s Defense of Steel Tariffs Fails, Trump Acts to Increase U.S. Trade Deficits, Is the “China Shock” Responsible for Trumpian Protectionism? Oren Cass Again Swings and Misses in His Attempt to Discredit Economists, and Trump Abandons His ‘America First’ Stance!
CDR Salamander: The Next War Will Come Home, also, Fullbore Friday
Chicago Boyz: SpaceX Flight 13 Superb, The Subversion of the Republic, Mamdani, Grocery Stores, & Political Ice Floes, Mamdani & Netanyahu, and Can Musk Do More Impossible Stuff?
Dana Loesch: Midweek News Roundup
Don Surber: DSA is not in America’s DNA, also, Saudis go nuke
First Street Journal: Killadelphia, Even The Philadelphia Inquirer has questions about defending Larry Krasner, This is what happens when the George Soros-sponsored, criminal-loving and police-hating “progressive” prosecutors get elected, Democrats playing stupid games, and To paraphrase what Mary McCarthy once said about Lillian Hellman, “Every word (Larry Krasner says) is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’.”
Flopping Aces: This Week In Radical Leftism – Washington Post Still Dying In Darkness
Gates Of Vienna: Hijrah Colonization: “This Is What Surrender Looks Like”, Philanthropic Jihad, Recalling the Butchery of July 22 2011, A Persian Carpetbagger, and In-Flight Sharia
The Geller Report: NYC Landlords Sue Commie Mamdani for ‘Blatantly Illegal’ Rent Freeze, 278,000 Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Just Four States: California, New Jersey, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, Preparations Continue For ‘Massive Attack’ on Iran, Texas on the Brink: Paxton Stands Between Liberty and Talarico’s Radical Leftist Takeover, and RINO Traitor Senators Cornyn, Tillis Drag Their Feet On Blanche Nomination But Voted For All Obama, Biden Appointees
Hollywood In Toto: Yet Another Huge Sign That Woke Is on the Run, The Perils (And Promise) of Elon Musk’s A.I. Odyssey, The Dink – Pickleball Finally Gets Its Own Sports Comedy, Chris Rock Goes Navel-Gazing Route with Misty Green, and Here Comes a Four-Hour Elon Musk Hit Piece?
Legal Insurrection: DOJ Investigating Whether Harvard’s China-Based Aid Programs Discriminate, Interior Dept. Proposes Expanding State Authority Over Grizzly Bear Management, Pete Hegseth Chooses New Schools to Affiliate With War Department, DOJ Sues Colorado Over In-State Tuition for Illegals After Equal Protection Project Complaint, and Penn State Raises Tuition While Also Raising President’s Pay, Spending Millions on DEI
Nebraska Energy Observer: Speaking Kinda Quietly and Carrying One Hellova Big Stick, Ann Widdecombe, I think we are going to miss them, Straight from the Jackass’s Mouth, and Scattershot Friday
Outkick: Dan Le Batard claims ESPN is run by McAfee and white people in unhinged rant, Restaurant chain’s promo goes awry during Bosox win streak, John Tortorella opens up about being fired by Vegas after losing Stanley Cup final, Bills’ latest addition to new stadium painfully on-brand, and Wife swap with friends ruined by father-in-law/Messy married affair with co-worker/Wedding objections
Power Line: Accused Widdecombe killer in court, Trump’s Success, and AI’s Bias, Real friends of fake Dan, Senator Sheehy has a few thoughts, and Nuremberg Trial For Trump?
Racket News: Meet The New Boss Same As The Old Boss
Shark Tank: Rick Scott Backs Property Tax Amendment, Swipes At Democrats Over Spending
Shot In The Dark: President Trump, also, Self-Inflicted Wound
The Political Hat: Quick Takes – Academic Ridiculousness, Firing Line Friday: Human Rights, Foreign Policy, and Ronald Reagan, Quick Takes – Friction For The Euthanasia Slippery-Slope, and Firing Line Friday: Firing Line 1966-1986: World Leaders
Transterrestrial Musings: Be Careful What You Gavel For, It’s Desperately Needed, RIP John C. Dvorak, Commercial Space, and The Willful Ignorance Of The Anti-Semites
Victory Girls: Democrat Socialist Communists Plan To Get Rid Of The Constitution, Democrats Feeling Tetchy About Donald Trump And Iran, Mamdani Puts On Theater Show When He Can’t Arrest Netanyahu, Plumber Shuts Down Business After Obama Center Fails To Pay, and First Lieutenant Posts “F” Trump Video On Final Day
Watts Up With That: Renewables ‘Can’t Keep Up’ With Data Centers – As Usual, the Left Wants Government to Step In, Canadian Wildfire Smoke Is Not Proof of Climate Change, Yet Another Embarrassment From The National Academy Of Pseudoscience, New York’s Wind Permitting Scandal, and Newsom’s plastics bill increases prices, punishes the poor
The Federalist: Mamdani Isn’t The Problem, It’s Immigration, New Jersey Dem Governor Pledges Transparency, Blocks Election Docs Release, The Problem With Nolan’s Odyssey Is That It’s Not Homer’s Odyssey, Louisiana Governor, AG Model Fight Against Lawfare After Bogus New Orleans Indictment, and American Manufacturers Are Reshoring, And The Big Beautiful Bill Helped
Mark Steyn: An Evening for Some Terpsichore, Blow-Up – Take a Picture, It’ll Last Longer, The People of Quebec v. Niqab, Live Around The Planet: Wednesday July 22nd, and Take Your AirPods Out

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