My book is on Audible! audible.com/pd?asin=B0CPMD15…

Holy cow, Ross did it!

What if there is no longer any real theory of politics beyond everybody whiplashing from one party to the other in the vain hope that doing so will lower prices?

"This election should teach both parties that lesson again, but it will still be hard to learn. The Democrats will resist it because it’s hard to learn anything from your own election victories. It just feels too good to win. You would think it should be obvious that this was not a public endorsement of anything about the Democratic Party: The party remains exceedingly unpopular, and its politicians didn’t even run on anything in particular in this election. Voters can’t stand the Democrats, but this election was not a referendum on the Democrats. It was a referendum on the Republicans, whom voters clearly also cannot stand."

This *ought* to be what happens. I think it's unlikely to happen and more likely to be spun inside the party as a progressive groundswell.

NYT reports AK Dems put spoiler candidate on ballot with same name as Republican incumbent senator. Dems: "Yawn," "It's just politics," "Nothing illegal," "I don't like it but it doesn't matter," "norms, schmorms." A week later, MI Dem politician endorses GOP senate candidate. Dems: "This is the biggest outrage since the Defenestration of Prague!" "this will radicalize people!" "this Quisling should be flayed alive!" "Why has she not been turned into a pillar of salt yet?!?"

The Democrats are gonna win tomorrow, but they're so divided and headless. You've got: * Leftists who still think Palestine is everything * Angry old ladies who hate Trump but otherwise have no idea what they want * Intellectuals who are still just really really mad that Mark Zuckerberg is rich * Center-left Climate Libs who have basically just given up and think China owns the future * Weird splinter factions of woke Bluesky cancel culture people running around calling everyone anti-trans * Abundance?

Country over party. #gapol

We're proud to announce Issue IV of From the Academy: Antisemitism on Campus! Featuring essays by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (@Ayaan), David Bernstein (@DavidLBernstein), Andrew Pessin (@AndrewPessin), and Michael Poliakoff (@PoliakoffACTA); a review of Shai Davidai’s (@ShaiDavidai) new book, American Intellectual Antisemitism, by Neeraja Deshpande (@neerajadeshp); a conversation between Trey Dimsdale (@TreyDimsdale) and Ken Marcus (@Klmarcus) of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (@brandeiscenter); and much more. Together, these contributions examine the rise of campus antisemitism, the institutional failures that enabled it, the experiences of Jewish students and faculty, and the challenge of combating antisemitism while preserving free speech and academic freedom. Supported by: @AHAFoundation LINK:fromtheacademy.com/issue/ant…

Kid Rock has Bill Maher pounding on the table laughing as he tells the wild story of how Trump left him on the phone with the president of France. Kid Rock had privately told Maher the story once before. It didn’t matter. Maher still couldn’t keep it together. MAHER: “Bob, you’ve gotten to know Trump personally over the years. What’s something about him that people would be surprised to learn? Oh, you want to tell the Macron story?” KID ROCK: “The what?” MAHER: “The Macron, the golf cart story.” KID ROCK: “Oh yeah, that was funny. Yeah, we’re out golfing, and I hate speaking out of school, but this is just a fun one. And I mean, the guy’s taking calls all day. He’s working while you’re golfing. The guy does not stop working. I think we can all agree on that. He works. He sleeps like maybe four or five hours a night, right?” “So we’re out there. Macron calls. He’s like, blah, blah, blah. He’s talking. We’re on the golf cart, right? I’m standing next to his golf cart. He’s like, ‘Hey, I’m here with the great Kid Rock,’ like Macron knows who I am. And he’s like, ‘Bob, say hello.’ So he gives me the phone.” “I’m like, ‘Hello, Mr. President.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m from the Paris of the Midwest, Détroit.’ And Trump leaves!” [Maher completely loses it] MAHER: “I love that!” Only Trump would hand the president of France off to Kid Rock and drive away. To this day, Macron probably still doesn’t know what the heck happened. 🤣

I've spent 25 years fighting for free speech on college campuses, so you'd think nothing could scare me anymore. You'd be wrong. In honor of Halloween coming up, here are some of the most terrifying findings from FIRE's 2027 College Free Speech Rankings.

Amy Acton ad in Ohio: Totally blew up in Vivek's face. Mary Peltola recruiting Dan Sullivan: Totally blew up in Peltola's face. Trump gerrymandering everywhere: Totally blowing up in GOPs face. Maybe the lesson here is instead of doing scumbag political trickery you just try to go win our votes on the merits!

A landmark accountability win for Jewish—and non-Jewish students alike—and a model for schools nationwide. NAVI brought a comprehensive complaint to Los Angeles schools—with detailed evidence of how teachers pushed their own political agendas in the classroom. The district then investigated and substantiated all 11 allegations of unlawful political advocacy by teachers at Canoga Park High School. The district found that teachers violated both federal and state civil rights laws when they misused their classrooms and school activities, and directed and managed student clubs to advance a one-sided and biased political agenda about Israel. The district ordered the school to take corrective action, including mandatory teacher training on keeping politics out of the classroom and preventing antisemitism, removing biased materials, and changing affected curriculum. NAVI helped make this happen. We exposed the conduct, documented it publicly, and worked with partners to obtain records and file the complaint to prompt the investigation. We also want to recognize LAUSD for conducting a thorough investigation and taking action. Public schools can—and should—be partners in upholding civil rights and ensuring students can learn free from political coercion. Now comes the next step: turning these findings into stronger policies that prevent partisan political advocacy from taking over the classroom—and using those policies to drive lasting accountability. This is NAVI’s model in action: map the problem, mobilize partners, disrupt harmful activity, and transform findings into lasting policy change.

My piece today on @FoxNews urging schools to be transparent with parents about what their children are learning foxnews.com/opinion/parents-…

This ad is vile. One thing that's so despicable about far-left hatred of Israel is how quickly they just glide past the fact that Israel was subject to horrific terrorist violence. One does not have to agree with all Israeli policies (I certainly don't) to know that this is a grotesque caricature.

The final campaign ad from Israel’s Yashar! party, led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, who is seeking to replace Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister.