Mom’s family was from West Virginia. Yes! We did it! We totally did it!

Good Shabbos, and Yeeehaw!

https://instapundit.com/798160/
Key reasoning:

…If you’re looking for an explanation of Massie’s defeat in a Republican primary election, consider the extraordinary possibility that Republican voters might have had something to do with it, having made their own evaluation about the quality of his service in public office. The change in the last two years is that Massie entered into a political partnership with Democrats, allying with the Bay Area Congressman Ro Khanna, a particularly repellent Democrat, to try to harm Trump politically….

No doubt the Zionists—especially AIPAC—made him do it

Massie Blames Defeat On Jews Of Rural Kentucky

Without commenting on any particular nom, perhaps the trolls are even better now, and thus harder to identify with certainty.

Some of the commenters at Turley’s blog are clearly either fully or partially AI.
Sarah Hoyt has one in particular recently that has raised my suspicions.
The best trolls IMO are actual humans who have enough AI support to be “instantly knowledgeable” about any topic (most of us got our ignorance reduced through long experience or lots of news reading). Trimming rhetorical sails with the wind of replies is a tell, I think.

The best answer for them here at Neo’s is generally the same as answering a genuinely contrarian* person: set them straight with facts, evidence, and links. The trolls will ignore all of that, but other readers could be persuaded.

However, I do enjoy a good Turtler tirade from time to time.

*Even though we have few commenters who agree 100% with others, there is a general consensus on the ideology and principles of the Neophiles. Drive-by trolls won’t know this. Paid or professional trolls will study the zeitgeist so they can blend in with the orchestra, while playing on a few topics contrary to that consensus.
Just because someone disagrees with others doesn’t make them a troll.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/09/groucho-principles/

(1) How about “term limits” for the bureaucrats above just-plain-secretaries, IOW anyone who can make (or break) policies, and who constitute the Deep Administrative State; include all Intelligence agencies and legislative staffers (who often “go with the office” if the new occupant is of the same party) as well.
Add a salary limit oo: the Fauci & Grady total was obscene (see my comment linked below).

(2) Hard retirement age for all elected and appointed officials, including Justices and judges, preferably under 80. And none of this “judge emeritus making important decisions” nonsense. Go plant flowers.

(3) Zero government funds for NGOs: if you call yourself non-governmental, then BE NON-governmental.

(4) End IRS rules favoring non-profits, which don’t make a “profit” in the same way movies never make a “profit” despite huge income vs expenses: because they pay out all their money to their executives (not always their staff), and fund other entities, not always in the purview of their mission statements. And other shenanigans in the movie and music industries..

(5) Actually enforce the current laws limiting the “revolving door” of government to lobby to media to think-tank to NGO to non-profit to political party. Add some more restrictions as well.
And mandate that all married or significantly-partnered couples in the above entities disclose the relationship EVERY TIME THEIR NAME IS MENTIONED, even if they aren’t currently directly connected to each other operationally (or “helping” on the sly.

Quoting myself from here; also see the link to DataRepublican.
I forgot to mention all the married couples involved in the Fake Russian Collusion scandal.

https://thenewneo.com/2026/05/19/our-brilliant-and-knowledgeable-journalists/#comment-2851978

https://datarepublican.substack.com/p/the-shadow-cabinet-of-soros