Category Archives: Media Criticism

I have two stacks on my desk. The left stack is financial disclosure forms from members of Congress. The right stack is waivers for members who filed their financial disclosures late.

The right stack is always taller.

On Wednesday morning, I watched a soldier get arrested on…
— Peter Girnus 🦅 (@gothburz) April 24, 2026

Business, Economics, Education, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

Better Late Than Never

April 24, 2026 Rand Simberg 4 Comments

No more Pell Grants for crap degrees. But the loan program still needs a massive overhaul, if not obliterated entirely.

History, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

The SPLC

April 23, 2026 Rand Simberg 7 Comments

🧵🚨 THREAD: How the Charlottesville rally and SPLC birthed an entire billion-dollar-plus "democracy" ecosystem 🚨

11 federal counts. Wire fraud. Money laundering conspiracy. But here's what the SPLC headlines are missing:

• The indictment describes a paid informant in the… pic.twitter.com/iCQeu550kB
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) April 22, 2026

Is it possible that, after all these years, there will finally be consequences for this massive lawlessness and corruption?

[Update a while later]

Is anything the Democrats do not fraudulent?

With the organized-crime syndicate that is the Democrat party, it being fraudulent is always the way to bet.

History, Law, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, War Commentary

The Real Reason Hegseth Is Targeted

April 22, 2026 Rand Simberg 2 Comments

🧵 THREAD: The true reason Pete Hegseth is being targeted is because he's standing between President Trump and a coup@PeteHegseth named the institutions… CFR, Brookings, the general class… in 37 seconds in a video by @Liz_Wheeler . Within 72 hours of his nomination, a color… pic.twitter.com/DgWilvJlf8
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) April 21, 2026