(1) Tulsi Gabbard has resigned. In her resignation statement she says it’s because her husband has a very rare form of bone cancer. This sounds horrendous, and I wish them both well. Gabbard is only 45 years old, and I thought perhaps her husband was an older man. But no; he’s actually seven years younger than she.

(2) The DNC “autopsy” of the 2024 election is out, and it’s quite a document. The Ruthless podcast guys make very humorous mincemeat of it here (if you have trouble with the occasional obscenity I suggest you skip it, but I think they’re both insightful and funny):

(3) Tucker Carlson is not a happy camper about Massie’s political defeat. Yesterday I predicted that Massie would go on the interview circuit and probably land one with Carlson, and Carlson’s remarks about the election only deepen that possibility in my mind. From the link:

For [Carlson], [Massie’s loss] means that the Republican Party is dead, MAGA is dead, and America is a conquered nation controlled by evil Jews in Israel. …

Taqiyya Qatarlson also claims the election was stolen by “mail in” ballots. He says he has no evidence of this, but invites the Nazi losers who watch him to do their own “sleuthing” and prove his conspiracy for him.

Plus, Carlson now has no idea what Islamic Jihad is:

Tucker Carlson LAUGHS at "Islamic jihad" saying "whatever that is?!"

As he mocks the people"concerned about Islamic jihad, Hamas and Hezbollah" who voted against Thomas Massie. pic.twitter.com/B0mvxf24VH

— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) May 21, 2026

The entire “woke right” anti-Israel wing of the right (or supposed right; I really don’t think they’re on the right) is extremely upset at Massie’s loss, as is the left.

(4) Why is Wisconsin trying to avoid federal scrutiny of its voting rolls? I think that’s mostly a rhetorical question:

The [Wisconsin] judge ruled that Wisconsin’s “voter registration lists are not documents subject to production under [federal law]. That makes it unnecessary to decide whether the government has complied with the other statutory requirements to demand records.”

Gov. Tony Evers cheered the ruling.

“The Trump Administration only wants this info so they can prevent eligible Wisconsinites from voting, sow doubt in our secure elections, make it harder for our clerks and administrators to do their jobs, and claim there’s fraud when they lose elections,” Evers wrote in a post on X. “This is great news.”

Sure thing, they want to prevent eligible voters from voting, and they want to “sow doubt” in elections. Nothing spreads trust in the validity of elections like secret voter rolls.

But Dan Lennington with the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty said the Trump Administration is not “sowing doubt.” Instead, he said the Trump Administration simply wants to make sure Wisconsin is doing what it has promised it would do for years.

“The Wisconsin Elections Commission has received about $77 million over the last two decades from the federal government to maintain its computer systems, which includes the statewide voter registration database. The feds now just want the opportunity to inspect what they are largely paying for,” Lennington told The Center Square. “They do this all the time in other areas like Medicaid, unemployment, and other federally funded areas.”

(5) Crime has gone down under this administration’s watch:

The FBI released preliminary crime data for 2025, and the numbers are stunning. Violent crime fell at a rate not seen in nearly a century, and the man overseeing the bureau is the same one the left has been trying to torch for months.

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter dropped more than 18% nationwide last year. Aggravated assault fell more than 7%. Rape declined nearly 8%. Robbery cratered by about 18.5%. All told, violent crime dropped about 9.3% overall; there were roughly 1.1 million fewer violent crimes than in 2024.

“The 2025 crime data in this report shows the single largest decrease in violent crime and murder since 1937 — as well as huge decreases across the board in terms of aggravated assault, rape, and robbery,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement.

Property crime wasn’t far behind. It dropped by about 12.4%, translating to approximately 5.2 million fewer property offenses than the year before. The data comes from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which pulled information from more than 17,000 law enforcement agencies — covering roughly 96% of policing across the country.

Could be that the FBI has gotten tougher on crime. Could also be that Trump intervened in DC, as well. And could be something about the deportation of illegal alien violent criminals.