Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️

EXCLUSIVE: California Democrats are rapidly moving toward a South Africa-style racialist government: anti-whiteness as a governing principle; racial commissars in every institution; $500 billion in reparations; land seizures in the name of "equity." city-journal.org/article/califo…

Now more than ever.

@BretWeinstein What cover up? Evidence seems pretty persuasive and the state’s basic case has been the same since Robinson was arrested, the weapon was retrieved, and the furry boyfriend produced the confessions.

If Tyler Robinson acted alone, what’s with the cover up?

GOOD MORNING 🇺🇸

It's happening

Wall Street Journal reports that young conservatives are embracing Richard Nixon as an icon.

.@MonicaCrowley and I both told President Nixon he would be vindicated. Now he has been.

@Avik Should he have let the US run out of gold? That was the other option.

@christopherrufo Nixon caused the greatest surge in inflation in modern history. So, good luck with that. freopp.org/whitepapers/ho…

This summer, we're Nixonmaxxing

Why did POTUS suddenly pivot from "unconditional surrender" to a deal at any cost in Iran? TL/DR it's the interceptors, stupid. - it takes Lockheed >two years and $5-15m to make a missile interceptor - i.e., $10k drones take a $5m missile to defeat - our forecast was that a) the population was going to rebel and b) we’d quickly take out the missile launchers - But: Iran murdered 50k protesting citizens before our forces were in place; we didn’t defeat the launch capability as fast as expected - we were facing down dwindling interceptor supplies - 50% of patriots are gone and 80% of Thaad interceptors are gone. They cannot be replaced in a relevant timeframe - if we actually ran out of defenses, US and allies in the region would be slaughtered— and the US would be facing a historic defeat - we're already rationing interceptors, which is why our soldiers died in Jordan last night and why there are no more Patriots in Ukraine. - in this context we try to make any deal you can — regardless of cost. Pretend it’s about gas prices if we must. So we are losing this war. Badly. And what really lost the war was the fucked up defense supply chain that can’t make munitions in a relevant cost or timeframe — and we have no technology that defeats the enemy in an economically sustainable way. This is why advanced anti drone and advanced missile defense is so critical. Personally I am bullish on directed energy intercept, particularly space-based directed energy. Regardless of specific technology, we must be able to build interceptors faster and cheaper than any enemy can build offensive weapons. Against China right now we lose. Badly. It isn’t even close. Fortunately we are learning this lesson against Iran not against China—and there is still time to pivot and fix the US industrial base, but only barely.

@christopherrufo Dating myself, but in the early days of twitter (early 2010's) there was an account called @PresNixonUSA that did a pitch-perfect Nixon. We still don't know who ran that account, but he was a genius. And this, I believe, is where Nixonmaxxing truly began.

great taste @L0m3z @christopherrufo 🎬🎬🎬

“It is a way for conservatives to regain their self-confidence, and to reject delegating their self-perception to the left," said @ChristopherRufo when asked what's driving the Nixon renaissance. wsj.com/politics/richa…

@travisk @DavidSacks @elonmusk China does this in every sector, massive IP theft, 51% joint ventures, and forced transfers. The US needs to get serious about it across the board.

.@DavidSacks @elonmusk The Chinese models are distilling off American models… my guess is American models can’t legally do this without being sued by Chinese AI companies in American courts .. 🤔.. and distilling a Chinese model is really theft from an American company… What should American AI and IP policy be here? If distillation isn’t enforced against, then everyone should be able to distill from everyone else.. otherwise one arm tied behind American models’ backs. Maybe systems need to get better at preventing distillation techniques, and problem solves itself?

The kids are “Nixonmaxxing.” wsj.com/politics/richa…

The kids are “Nixonmaxxing”: More than half-a-century after Watergate, conservative youth are discovering the aesthetic, and adopting the attitude, of the late president on.wsj.com/3RdBOxT

OH: “i’ve switched to Kimi from claude for a bunch of work. it’s just so much more fun because it just does the thing instead of lecturing you” Woke lobotomized models are the enemy of American competitiveness.

We think of this evil as Marxism. In reality, Marxism is nothing more or less than the current instantiation of a much more ancient evil: possession by the envious and hateful spirit that drove Cain to murder his brother Abel. The great book of Genesis thus portrays mankind as riven by an eternal fratricidal conflict. Those who reject genuine sacrifice become embittered by their subsequent failure ("rejection by God"). Instead of repenting and changing, they turn to revenge. And who do they target? Those who strive to do well and offer what is best. I can't believe how much wisdom the author of Genesis 4 compressed into that story's few sentences. You might even come to believe that God Himself had a hand in it. Truly: it's uncanny. The first two human beings born into history are, respectively, a good, honest productive man and his brother, who allows himself to be consumed by resentment and the desire to destroy. Communism, in a nutshell.

@FillingTheCrack "Destroy democracy to save democracy"

@christopherrufo Tisza was elected to restore democracy and that requires, yes, purging those that have misled, abused and robbed the electorate — and have always keenly detested democracy in the first place.

The "restoration of democracy" in Hungary includes purging the sitting president, banning opposition MPs from re-election, and prohibiting the former PM from ever holding office again. When the libs say "our democracy," they mean it—you're not allowed to participate.

Muh norms, muh democracy, muh liberalism