Settlers gone wild

It's the colonialism, stupid

Illiberal roulette

New rule of this Republican primary: No overt Nazi symbols

Everyone should be skeptical of Nate Silver

And anyone touting the lab-leak 'theory' of COVID's origin at this point

Reading, listening, posting (7.21.23)

Trump is planning to ratchet up the authoritarianism in a second term

Plus: The failed college quarterback turned reactionary TikToker he's put at the helm

Substack triples down

And: The best things to read on the big Hollywood strike

Attack of the planet-killing idiots

Here's a 'major question': Can humanity survive?

The right to be an asshole

Free speech and conservatism

July 4th in history

Hanania backers include sex site mogul and Tyler Cowen

Plus: My theory on why Silicon Valley bros love this racist grifter. (Hint: It has to do with the future.)

Invite your friends to read The Racket

Who cares where COVID came from?

I do, for one. But some motivations are better than others.