Flotsam and Jetsam - Jordan Gets a Second Strike

Despite a stirring endorsement from Nancy Pelosi (Jordan as Speaker Would Be ‘Appalling,’ Our Democracy Is at Stake, Breitbart), Jim Jordan's quest to become Speaker of the House continued to founder as he actually lost votes on his second try. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw Jim Jordan Tries Again. Will It Matter? UPDATE: Vote Fails Again  Da Caller, Jim Jordan Fails To Become Speaker of the House In Second Round Of Votes "22 Republicans ended up voting against Jordan during the second ballot." The Center Square, Jordan fails again in second speaker vote. Hat Hair cited Manu Raju, New: Jordan Flops Again as Defectors Grow. Capt. Ed comments "Reportedly, the House GOP will retire into a conference meeting to figure out their next steps. Jordan appears to be toast, and one has to wonder why he thought these two floor votes were a good idea. I’d bet that empowering Patrick McHenry for a couple of months will be the next step, likely with a deal to change the MTV rules." Is this just the "moderates" revenge for the conservative caucus having taken out McCarthy? Stacy McCain thinks Anything That Makes Adam Kinzinger Happy Is Objectively Bad for America. "The fact that Kinzinger considers the anti-Jordan GOP congressmen to be “brave people” means that they are all knaves and fools. And the fact that Kinzinger hates Jim Jordan means that Jordan must be OK."

Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports Hundreds of 2020 election voter registration forms from Michigan appear fraudulent "A total of 254 voter registration forms for the 2020 general election that Just the News has received appear to be fraudulent. These forms were part of an investigation that the FBI took over, but what happened since remains mostly a mystery." At Da Fed, Shawn Fleetwood sees Pennsylvania Republicans Take On Democrats’ Early Voting Gambit With New ‘Bank Your Vote’ Campaign. Fighting fire with fire. 

At The Right Scoop,  Second flight of rescued Americans has arrived in Florida from Israel, courtesy of Ron DeSantis. Capt. Ed, "That’s how you demonstrate leadership — not by making speeches, and not by forcing Americans to sign promissory notes to get rescued, as the Biden administration did. Why aren’t candidates with access to private jets doing the same thing?"  More DeSantis: Biden Chooses Now to Prioritize Aid to Gaza? PJM's Cathy Salgado on Nikki Haley and Why the U.S. Can’t Ship Anti-Semitic Palestinians Here.

Da Caller reports Ukrainian Firm Tied To Hunter Planned Meetings With DC Lawmakers After Joe Biden Got Prosecutor Fired, Memo Shows. Breitbart, FBI Form: CCP-Linked Entity Sent Biden Business $3M ‘Thank You’ Gift. That's a heck of a lot of thanks. Breitbart, Janet Yellen Hails Globalism: Biden ‘Not Attempting to Decouple from China’ They pay too well.

Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks Biden looks awful in Israel."Biden looks like a bumbling idiot, which he has always been, and like a dementia patient who can’t maintain a train of thought for 30 seconds. Were he a grandpa being visited by his family in a nursing home this would be expected, and we would all be saddened by a once-vital man’s decline." 

Am Specs George Parry claims Chutkan’s Gag Order Is Pure Gold for Trump Campaign, "The judge makes her foray into presidential politics." At Da Fed, Dave Harsanyi says Hate Trump All You Like, The Gag Order Is Still Wrong, John Davidson maintains The Entire Premise Of Trump’s J6 Trial Is An Affront To Free Elections And Rule Of Law and Joy Pullman pens A Lawless Justice System Is The Perfect Tool For Criminalizing Opposition To Democrats. Althouse, "A judge warned Donald Trump and others at his New York civil fraud trial to keep their voices down..." "... on Wednesday after the former president threw up his hands in frustration and spoke aloud to his lawyers while a witness was testifying against him. . . . The Guardian reports." PJM's Athena Thorne notices The Left Is Coming to Terms With Failure to Lawfare Trump Out of the Race

Paul Sperry at RCP connects the dots, Leaker of Trump Taxes Worked for Biden Beltway Donor That Just Won a Big New IRS Contract "The most profitable government contractor in the world, Booz Allen has been connected to a number of high-profile Democrats over the years, including former employee James Clapper, who served as President Obama’s intelligence czar. Clapper was involved in an intelligence community operation just weeks before the 2020 election to suppress information about Biden foreign influence-peddling found on his son’s laptop." "A Democrat donor, Littlejohn struck a deal with federal prosecutors in which he copped to a single count of disclosing tax information without authorization. Though facing a maximum of five years, his plea deal calls for an estimated range of eight to 14 months when he is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 29.  That looked more like a Hunter Biden plea deal,” Habba said. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) agreed, saying Littlejohn is getting a “slap on the wrist.” "

Reason sees Prosecutors Appeal Proud Boys' Prison Sentences Over January 6 Riot "Prosecutors asked for longer prison sentences at trial and now seem to be trying again." At Althouse, "There are calls to burn down your home, Mitch; to smuggle guns into DC, and to storm the Capitol."

"I hope that sufficient security plans are in place, but I am concerned that the instigator—the President—is the one who commands the reinforcements the DC and Capitol police might require."

Mitt Romney texted Mitch McConnell on January 2, 2020, quoted in "The Juiciest Revelations From Mitt Romney’s Tell-All Biography" (NY Magazine).

Romney wrote that he'd just heard "from Angus King, who said that he had spoken with a senior official at the Pentagon who reports that they are seeing very disturbing social media traffic regarding the protests planned on the 6th."

The Dersh, says Harvard must condemn pro-Hamas students — and reckon with its history of antisemitism. Althouse, "And if they weren't exhilarated by this challenge to the monopoly of violence, by this shifting of the balance of power, then they would not be human. I was exhilarated." "Said a Cornell professor — who calls himself a "historian of the Black radical tradition" — quoted in "WATCH: Cornell Professor Says Hamas Atrocities Were 'Exhilarating'" (Washington Free Beacon)." Town Hall's Spencer Brown pleased with Another Big-Name Law Firm that Has a Message for Pro-Hamas Students, not here. Hat Hair cites the NYT, High-Profile Law Firm Rescinds Job Offers for Harvard, Columbia Grads -- But ... "On Tuesday, the firm said it was reconsidering that decision for two of the three students, who fought their dismissals and said that they did not authorize the letters, which did not have any individual signatories. The potential reversal highlights the complexities — for both employers and employees — of navigating what has quickly become one of the most emotionally divisive issues in recent decades."  At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.17.23 (Afternoon Edition), Louder With Crowder: CEOs are lining up to deny pro-Hamas Harvard graduates from getting jobs in the future,NYPo reports UPenn library staffer caught taking down posters of kidnapped Israelis, Cosmetics tycoon Ron Lauder to ‘re-examine’ financial support for UPenn over antisemitism concerns and Vogue editor-at-large Gabriella Karefa-Johnson wipes job title from Instagram after anti-Israel rants. Hat Hair's KT, Houston Hotel Cancels U.S. Campaign for Palestine Rights Conference. From the Babylon Bee, Liberals Replace Star Of David On 'Coexist' Sticker With Hamas Paraglider. "According to makers of the sticker, the paraglider symbol of murderous Hamas terrorists encapsulates the freedom and tolerance that all true liberals yearn for. "This change helps convey how serious we are about peaceful coexistence," said sticker designer Deandra Martinez. "We are so committed to peaceful coexistence we will commit mass murder of a particular ethnic group if necessary. We're just one genocide away from utopia, folks."

PJM's Lincoln Brown believes You Have the Right to Remain Confused: HHS and Federal Judges Want to Mandate Pronouns. Atop Da Summit, Biden Health Department Forces ALL Employees To Use ‘Preferred Pronouns’ "Or else…" At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.17.23 (Afternoon Edition),  Louder With Crowder Two Dudes Win Another Women’s Bike Race, And They’re Quite Proud Of Themselves and Jon Del Arroz: DC Nixes Mags Visaggio’s Trans Superboy.  mrc-TV has a Report: Trans 'Woman' Arrested For Threatening To Shoot Kids. 

🚨NEW🚨

Reduxx has learned that a trans-identified male was arrested in Illinois after threatening to commit a school shooting and murder children.

Police say Jason "Alexia" Willie took inspiration from the Nashville shooting that left 6 dead in March.https://t.co/TmiUN0DdP2

— REDUXX (@ReduxxMag) October 16, 2023

At OutKick, Victoria's Secret Bet On Megan Rapinoe, Woke Marketing Push Miserably Backfires

The Fox Business report stated that Victoria’s Secret intends to ditch its new woke shell and go back to “sexiness.” Which is good news for all.

The report shared: “[Victoria’s Secret’s] projected revenue for 2023 is $6.2 billion, which is 5% lower than it was last year, and even lower than 2020, when the brand’s revenue was $7.5 billion.”

It’s no secret that the company allowed former USWNT women’s soccer player Megan Rapinoe to launch a “new vision” for the brand, which translated to a feminist-forward approach.

“The Victoria’s Secret Angels, those avatars of Barbie bodies and playboy reverie, are gone,” Rapinoe told the New York Times in June, discussing her new vision for the brand.

VS may be asking Rapinoe for a refund soon.

Matthew Omolesky calls it Year Zero in the Stacks: Libraries, Public Schools, and Successor Ideology, "This Banned Books Week, librarians embraced the opportunity to conduct more social engineering and ideological indoctrination." At Center Square, Explicit book access in school libraries faces a reckoning. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.17.23 (Afternoon Edition), Louder With Crowder Parents Outraged Over Teacher PURPOSELY Showing Violent ‘Winnie The Pooh’ Horror Film To Nine-Year-Olds.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Don’t Lean On Me, Man, Because You Can’t Afford The Ticket up at The Other McCain more or less on time.