The Conservative Cave

I'm told this is insurrection.

THE CASE OF WILLIAM PAUL

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/05/the-case-of-william-paul.php

William Paul is Senator Rand Paul’s son and former Rep. Ron Paul’s grandson. Yesterday he treated Rep. Mike Lawler to a drunken diatribe against — who else? — the Jews. He threw in homosexuals as well. Son William supports Thomas Massie and blames the opposition of “the Jews” to whatever difficulties Massie currently faces.

I hear, however, that President Trump has had a hand in Massie’s political situation as well. Trump himself has a Jewish daughter, so he might be a thorn in son William’s side as well. You never know.

Sad. Sadder still, while there are treatment centers for chemical addictions, I know of no corresponding "treatment centers" for antisemitism.

The Latest Bluesky Meltdown is Pretty Entertaining

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/05/13/the-latest-bluesky-meltdown-is-pretty-entertaining-n3814920

Whenever I see Bluesky gathering attention on X it's usually because they've ganged up against another conservative and done their best to drive them off the platform. But the really fun stuff happens when the woke liberals at Bluesky turn on other woke liberals at Bluesky and create a circular firing squad. And that's what has been happening there lately.

Yesterday, it dawned on one outspoken liberal, David Roberts, that maybe the whole concept of Bluesky wasn't working out so well for the left.

Quote

David Roberts

@volts.wtf

Follow
It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Bluesky has been a net negative for US politics. They corralled everyone on the left into a little glass fishbowl where they shout at one another & everyone else ignores them. Meanwhile, all the pols & institutions stayed on X & are being dragged farther right.
10:39 AM · May 12, 2026

Can you guess what happened next? The Free Beacon describes the reaction.

Quote

Bluesky users were shocked that such a revered member of the annoying left-wing pundit class would criticize their place of worship. Doing what comes naturally, they responded by shouting at Roberts while everyone else ignored them. He was forced to write a 10-post follow-up explaining that his criticism should not be considered an endorsement of X, the far more popular, immigrant-owned Bluesky competitor, which he described as a "toxic" "Nazi" haven that is turning mainstream journalists into right-wing activists.

...
Naturally, it wasn't long before someone brought race into it. David Roberts is white so of course that's a problem.

There are multiple X posts about this kerfuffle embedded in this article, very very amusing, but more than I want to format into this post. As DU has been demonstrating for over 25 years, echo chambers often do not attract the brightest and best of the echoed POV and often turn into Proggier- (or conservativier-) -Than-Thou urination contests, with purge sauce. DU has had a couple such purges, IIRC.

IRL, Trump was "installed" by the 10s of millions who voted for him.

Where Have The Men Gone?
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/where-have-men-gone
Via
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/where-have-the-men-gone-6023982

The Department of Labor keeps careful track of employment and the demographics thereof. Their latest report on men in the labor force is both mysterious and deeply alarming. It turns out that the labor force is missing about 7 million men who would otherwise be working. Close to a third of working-age men have vanished from the labor force.

The labor force participation rate among “prime age men,” age 25 to 54, in the 1950s approached 100 percent. Now it is 89 percent, meaning roughly 11 percent are not in the labor force (neither working nor looking for work).

Among all men over 16 years of age, the rate is a devastatingly low 66 percent, so about one-third are gone. Among U.S.-born men, nearly 22 percent are gone.

This is really quite shocking.

Labor participation for men has been declining since the 1960s. It had gotten worse since 2020. It is really startling.