🚨 Don’t Condescend – August 25 2025

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Lead: Ukraine Bites the Hand That Feeds It

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President Zelensky is not helping. Over the weekend, he discussed regaining Crimea as well as the territories that were lost in the war with Russia since 2022.

But the Trump administration has made it clear that Ukraine will have to concede those areas in any settlement. By raising maximalist goals now, Zelensky is peeing in the pool.

Vice President JD Vance says Russia has made “significant concessions” to President Trump, marking a possible shift in the conflict.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports that the Trump administration has had to restrain Ukraine from using long-range missiles to hit targets inside Russia—provocations that could blow up peace talks before they even start.

And let’s not forget: just last week Ukraine attacked Hungary, a NATO country. NATO props them up, and yet they lash out at NATO states?

How much longer do we have to babysit these dangerous, hand-biting idiots?

Democrats’ Language Problem

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Democrats need to knock it off with the “tortured language,” says a new report.

“Democrats and their allies use an awful lot of words and phrases no ordinary person would ever dream of saying,” the report says.

Some examples include: Dialoguing, othering, triggering, centering, microaggressions, postmodernism, the unhoused (by which they mean homeless), heteronormative, intersectionality…

Why do they do this? It’s as if they fetishize academia and use it to talk down to people. It doesn’t make them sound smarter—it just alienates voters who don’t live on college campuses.

The report acknowledges that when people use this language, it signals that they belong to a group that is in favor of “cancellation, doxing, or trouble with HR if they make a mistake.” This causes people to “leave” the conversation.

This doesn’t mean that Democrats can’t care about these things but they should not be overly pedantic about it. The word “pedantic” is probably problematic too but it describes Democrats so well that I can’t resist.

Pedantic: narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned.

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Trump Threatens Troops in Maryland — And He’s Already Proven He Can Do It

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President Trump threatened to “send in the ‘troops,'” in Chicago and in Maryland if Governor Wes Moore “needs help” reducing crime rates.

Governor Moore invited President Trump to visit Baltimore but the President didn’t like his tone when he said “if you are not willing to walk our communities, keep our name out of your mouth. If you are not willing to stand with our people, keep our name out of your mouth.”

That line made Moore an instant target. The President called him out for lying about his Bronze Star military award. Moore does now hold a Bronze Star, but it was only awarded years after he had already claimed credit for it. He acknowledged the error last summer in this statement.

Moore, meanwhile, is a rising star in Democratic politics. George Clooney has even suggested he should be the party’s next presidential contender. A public feud with Trump may hurt him at home, but on the national stage, the attention could be exactly what he needs to raise his profile. Democrats love anyone who is willing to spar with President Trump.

But could President Trump actually “send in the ‘troops,'” to Baltimore and Chicago?

Normally, the National Guard is under the governor’s control. But the President can “federalize” Guard units under the Insurrection Act, which is meant for extraordinary situations when local authorities can’t or won’t maintain order. Trump already used this power in California this summer, overriding Governor Gavin Newsom, and a federal appeals court backed him. So yes—if Trump decides to, he could do it again.

What’s Trending?

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Little League World Series is trending because the finals were this weekend. I won’t spoil it for you but you can find out who won here.

John Williams is trending because a new biography about the famous film composer is coming out and excerpts are being published to garner enthusiasm.

Southwest Airlines is trending because the airline updated its plus-size two-seat refund policy which will require customers who do not fit between the two armrests to purchase two seats. They are eligible for a refund for the second seat only if the flight is not otherwise full. Plus size passengers are not happy with this change.

News By The Numbers

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$18 million. That is how much the Netflix film K-Pop Demon Hunters made at the box office in North America this weekend for its limited release, making it the number one film of the weekend.

160,630. That is how many bottles of levothyroxine sodium tablets are under recall from the FDA. That is a popular thyroid medication.

$5 billion. That is how much Coca-Cola paid to buy Costas Coffee in 2018 but the company is reportedly looking to sell it.

Spare Bedroom Tax

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The Australian government is considering a tax on “unused bedrooms” in people’s houses. As in, they will tax you if you have rooms that no one sleeps in.

Officials say this would help address Australia’s housing crisis by pushing families to downsize—especially older couples whose children have moved out. The data shows that 60% of Australian households are made up of just one or two people. Heaven forbid those two people want a little extra space.

There’s no official figure yet on what this tax would cost—at this stage it’s just a concept.

What this really exposes is the mindset of bureaucrats who believe private property isn’t really yours—it’s just on loan until the state decides it could be “better used.” Today it’s spare bedrooms. Tomorrow it could be your car, your yard, or any other part of your life they decide you’re not using “efficiently” enough.

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