Politics

Monday, July 27, 2026

Rand Paul releases over a thousand pages of Anthony Fauci's diary entries

“There have been everything from harassments by emails, texts, letters of myself, my wife, my three daughters,” Fauci told Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.). “There have been credible death threats, leading to the arrests of two individuals — and ‘credible death threats’ means someone who clearly was on their way to kill me, and it’s required my having Protective Services essentially all the time.”

- Fauci

https://thehill.com/homenews/5992015-fauci-diary-entries-released/

To be clear, Rand Paul is using Fauci as a punching bag to blame for the pandemic. It's easy to score political points by turning a person or a group into a boogeyman.

I just heard a talk show host claim that Fauci should be sentenced to life in prison. For what, exactly? He went on to describe Fauci as a megalomaniac.

I give Fauci credit for dealing with the pandemic under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. I believe that is the objective conclusion.

I have tried to be as informed as possible on this issue. Based on what I have read, I believe the following points are supported by the available evidence:

The EcoHealth Alliance grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology was relatively small and did not describe gain-of-function research. I read the grant myself. Despite Rand Paul's repeated claims, there is no conclusive evidence that Fauci was funding this type of research. That said, I do not trust the Chinese government; for all we know, they could have been conducting bioweapons research.
If COVID-19 had originated from work reportedly conducted at the Wuhan lab, many scientists argue that the virus would likely have looked considerably different based on the techniques and types of viruses known to have been studied there.
Many scientists maintain that the available evidence is consistent with a natural origin for COVID-19, despite frequent claims to the contrary.
Although the lab leak hypothesis is plausible, I believe support for it is often politically motivated. There is also evidence linking the earliest known cases to the Wuhan seafood market. Approximately 30% of the initially identified cases had connections to the market, and viral genetic material was detected in environmental samples collected there.
Diseases regularly spill over from animals to humans, and such zoonotic transmission has occurred multiple times in China. One contributing factor is the sale and consumption of a wide variety of live and wild animals in markets where sanitary conditions are often poor.

If the evidence supported a different conclusion, I would say so.

The Decline of American Men: What Happened?

Scammed Twice

This is alarming. Scammers are impersonating the FBI itself, specifically the people who handle Internet Crime Complaint Center reports. And they hunt one group above all others: Americans who already lost money to a scam.

The pitch sounds like mercy: We recovered your funds. We can help you file to get them back. Simply cover the fee.

https://thecurrentalerts.komando.com/p/scammed-twice?_bhlid=4eaa234680798ad3bdb45514b5705f029891f88c

The Terminator Isn't a Warning, It's a Loop We're Already Inside

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Is Politeness 'White Supremacy'? Gill Makes the Smithsonian Admit It

Data Center water usage, according to Google AI

Nationally, golf courses use significantly more water than data centers. U.S. golf courses use about 2.08 billion gallons of water per day, compared to approximately 449 million gallons per day for U.S. data centers. [1]

However, the comparison is nuanced:

Regional Clustering: While golf courses are spread out, data centers cluster in specific metros (like Northern Virginia or Phoenix). This means a server farm can drain localized watersheds much faster than a distributed golf course. [1, 2]

Exponential Growth: Golf course water use has slightly declined, but data center water usage—driven by cloud computing and AI—is growing by roughly 20% each year, with projections suggesting data centers could rival total golf consumption in the coming years. [1]

Economic Value: Data centers generate far more tax revenue and economic output per gallon of water used compared to golf courses. [1]

For a deeper dive into regional impacts, check out the Montgomery Advertiser or read the full analysis on Buttondown. [1, 2]