https://newrepublic.com/post/214224/donald-trump-mike-lindell-mypillow-governor-primary-conspiracies

«Pillow magnate and election denier Mike Lindell won’t accept his loss in Minnesota’s gubernatorial primary, claiming there are anomalies in the voting numbers.»

🙄

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-moronic-bullshit-of-the-third

«If you bother to look at the funding sources of Third Way — those that have been made public, that is (Third Way is structured as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization that’s not legally required to publicly disclose its donors) — you’ll find a Star Wars cantina of billionaire megadonors, Fortune 500 CEOs, corporate dark money bundlers, and giant corporations.

Odd that The New York Times chooses to describe Third Way as a “leading Democratic centrist group” without revealing that it’s simply a Trojan Horse for corporate America.»

https://www.ksnt.com/capitol-bureau/efforts-have-to-continue-kansas-lawmaker-pushes-for-change-to-supreme-court-selection-process-after-amendment-fails-with-voters/

They never quit. They never will.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/rep-andy-ogles-loses-republican-primary-tennessee-rcna591185

One clown down. I guess now the Republicans can get back to their more normal quiet racism.

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-voting-to-give-trump-a-tariff

Well THIS seems like a really bad idea. (Why am I sharing another Bulwark article?)

https://kansasreflector.com/2026/08/04/kansas-voters-reject-constitutional-amendment-on-judicial-selection-by-wide-margin/

Congratulations to Kansas for holding on to a good thing. I wish we had this system in North Carolina.

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/a-blistering-critique-of-the-roberts-supreme-court-hawaii

Good article, worth bookmarking (which I’m doing by blogging it).

«The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, Catherine Rampell and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good faith.»

Bill Kristol was and probably continues to be a big fan of Ronald Reagan and the Bushes.  Dubya appointed John Roberts to the Supreme Court. Still waiting for Kristol’s mea culpa.

Some conservative figures have indeed issued mea culpas.

Not enough.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/colleges-restricted-endowments-financial-trouble-247c7d3c?st=auQJeP&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink (gift)

«The percentage of private, nonprofit colleges drawing down endowments at greater than 7%—considered a sign of financial instability—nearly doubled to 19.3% in 2025 from 9.7% in 2016, according to Perspective Data Science, which analyzed nearly 1,000 institutions. The percentage of schools drawing down endowments at 15% tripled to 5%.

“A lot of schools are doing whatever they can to keep the lights on,” said Hendricks.

College and university enrollments are hitting the so-called demographic cliff, a falloff in the population of potential students caused by lower birthrates. The largest number of Americans born in a single year started college this past fall. Now, enrollments are projected to fall 13% by 2041, according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. In the Midwest and northeast the decline has been ongoing for several years.»

(Pretty sure I’ve posted about this before, a couple of years ago. Small Midwestern colleges winking out, one by one.)

Not even linking to his editorial on the both-sides newspaper.

Yo, dude. This from the guy who just can’t bring himself to vote for a Democrat under any circumstances?