In what has somehow only amounted to this month’s fourth or fifth wildest piece of political theater, Ben Shapiro appeared before the House Judiciary Committee to talk about GARM (the Global Alliance for “Responsible” Media), an arm of WFA — a cabal of every major ad agency and giant reptilian consumer institution — dedicated to combatting “harmful content.” As the organization is run entirely by MSNBC cat moms, “harmful content” has come to be defined as anything sufficiently challenging to the State Left, effecting a de facto blockade on contrarian media, as well as Elon’s X. Now, the GOP is investigating the group on antitrust grounds, and Elon, as of yesterday, is planning to sue them into outer space. It’s a major development. Sure, the D.C. swamp people, the press, and the “disinformation experts” all play a role in the decentralized censorship apparatus we’ve reported on for years, but America’s woke Mad Men hold the real power. Congratulations, we’re finally over the target.

In a last-ditch effort to distract from Debate-gate, Biden (or, more likely his handlers) is instructing voters to “Google Project 2025” — a reference to the Heritage Foundation’s sprawling, 900+ page, compendium of policy recommendations for an incoming administration. The book, which is essentially a collection of fairly standard conservative policy desiderata (that, by the way, they’ve been publishing before every election since the Reagan Administration), is apparently part of Trump’s plan to steer the US toward far-right “autocracy,” and the left cried Hitler (again). Meanwhile, social conservatives are actually furious over the new, Trump-approved RNC platform which notably scraps longstanding language about nationwide bans on abortion and same-sex marriage. The dual meltdown of America’s AOCs and Trads is a strange, if touching moment of unity, and probably suggests the real reason many radicals have resorted to histrionics: they know moderation is a winning strategy.

Wednesday, the House passed the SAVE Act, a bill that would effectively bar illegal immigrants from voting in federal elections. If such a measure sounds reasonable to you, then congratulations, you are at odds with all Democrats in the House save for 5, the Democrat President who has vowed to veto the bill, and the Democrat-led Senate where the bill is now likely doomed to fail. Their reason for opposition? Not every US citizen can reliably produce a form of ID, so requiring voters to do so now would be racist, actually (aka, Democrats believe that Black people somehow don’t know about passports and driver’s licenses). I’m just surprised to see some smart politicking by Republicans for once. Getting it on record that Dems’ claims about “protecting democracy” are essentially BS right before Election Day? That’s a far cry from trying to convince people Mitt Romney is relatable.

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