Sunday, July 12, 2026

Best Posts of the Week of July 5, 2026. The post Independence Day, Donald Trump advances efforts to wipe out democracy while worrying about Iran doing to him, what he did to it, and while starting the war up again, because he 's a loser. edition.

The morning after, as it were, for Independence Day, and a week where King Donny went to Europe riding on Qatari 1, not a pony, and then switched planes as it lacks, well lacks.

He got ignored, resumed the war, and threatened the Iranians if they assassinate him, which they probably find horribly amusing as he's obviously scared.  Murdering your opponents leaders is flat out stupid, and he probably actually has reason to worry.

As an historical week a lot occurred.  The news that thirteen out of fourteen British Colonies in North America had declared themselves sovereign was a huge deal that they were getting out, even as they retreated from their invasion of the fourteenth that was having none of it.  Much earlier, a judicial travesty was referenced on the Maid of Orleans.  In 1876 the world of Custer's disaster at the hans of the Sioux, Cheyenne, a few Arapaho (and with some unsung Metis watching it all) was spreading.

A really notable event was the entry of the first women into service academies.

I've long been of the view that women do not belong in combat, and I still hold that view. But the misogyny and racism of the Trump Administration has really made me rethink a lot of my long held beliefs about such things. At the tender age of 13, when women were admitted, I knew it and thought it improper. I don't now.

I'm going to start with the most important threads of the week out of sink:

The 2026 Election, 15th Edition. Trump will attempt to steal the election.


He's going to try it.

And this:


Friday, July 5, 1776. Getting the word out.














I have to say, on the next item, this really sucks:


And back when a saner pace of life meant a President could repair to the woods:


In an era when it's popular for those on the right to throw rocks at immigrants, somebody to remember:




I like Kyla Scanlon's Vlog (even though I'd note, as an aside, she really needs to gain some weight) but her post here is one in which we Distributist often wonder why people don't take the logical next step in their analysis.




Where we really started repeating old errors that would cause us to be a century behind where we should be.



The Soviets gave the Germans in Austria the boots:



Why the crap can other countries be lead by people of a sensible age and we cannot?




No matter what you think of the justice of the cause, this was heroic in the extreme. . . with two out of the three heros being Irish immigrants.




Rod Dreher worries about something he helped bring about.








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