David Waldman is back for more today and hopes you are too!

Is Luigi Mangione any less hot because he’s rich? Sure, more poor people shooting CEOs might seem more felicitous to some, but it takes money to become an anarchist in today’s society. One might say Luigi Mangione and Brian Thompson were just two rich criminals whose lifepaths crossed. However, if you prefer that your enraged criminals be authentically impoverished, you’re in luck, plenty are now on order.

Democrats got it wrong with Latinos and immigration. Few people chose solidarity when they can safely opt not to. Some rogue Harris staffers tried a little outreach, but why bother? Blacks and Latinos are always in the bag for us, right?

Most countries don’t prefer to elect fascists, criminals or idiots. Some do. Dems got it wrong there also. Kimberly Guilfoyle was named ambassador to the country that Don Jr. figured he’d have the least reason to visit, with the language Kim had the least chance to blab in. Anyhow, Silvio was busy.

Federal cutbacks might prevent Mitch McConnell from getting that Hoveround he needs.

Greg Dworkin hauls in another raft o’ stories from Syria. David Rothkopf (on Threads!) believes you need to know why Syria matters to you. Alex Simon slightly decomplexifies the Alawi strongholds of Latakia and Tartous. Charles Lister (also on Threads!) describes the expanding territories being captured by the HTS group. And, Haid Haid writes his second PhD thesis on the so far successful pragmatic terrorist group HTS governance model.