Flotsam and Jetsam - Speaker Search, Where Do We Go From Here?

Reuters is happy to claim Republican search for new US House leader returns to square one. It's not square one, it's at least square two, we've eliminated 3, I think. Sundance at CTH, Ha! Rep Tom Emmer Called President Trump Yesterday for a House Speaker Endorsement after asking him to stay out of it earlier. Kurt Schlichter at TownHall thinks Smart > Dumb, "Grow the hell up."

At The Spec The EV election? "American consumers aren’t buying the climate change hysteria the Biden administration is selling." At Hat Hair Capt. Ed comments "There are so many other more pressing issues than just this insane push for EVs as we restrict electricity generation in the US. This election will likely be fought over inflation, abortion, the Middle East, and the exposure of wokery as terrorism-cheering. But Biden certainly deserves to lose on EVs alone."

Jonathan Turley  The President’s Taunt to Show Him the Money May Have Just Backfired. "Nevertheless, Biden’s taunt to show him the money would ordinarily send the media into a frenzy — much like Gary Hart’s invitation for reporters to follow him to see if he was philanderer. They followed him directly to a ship called “Monkey Business,” and that ended with a career-ending photo of Hart with Donna Rice on his lap. Few in the media were eager to follow the money after Joe’s taunt for the very reason that they were eager to follow Hart — they are fairly certain what they would find. . . .  When it comes to the Biden “Monkey Business,” even a picture of a Burisma executive on the president’s lap would not do. The new demand will be somewhere between an envelope of cash and an outright confession. " 

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, House GOP Opens Investigation into Homeland Security Hiring PLO Spokesperson. From Da Caller, Has Iran Compromised The Biden Administration? ET has an ANALYSIS: Biden Faces Party Rift Over Hamas–Israel Conflict. Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, Blinken, Austin: We're Ready for War In the Middle East. We should always be ready, it's the best way not to have to get into it. At RedState, 'Bonchie' notes Karine Jean-Pierre Sparks Controversy With Head-Scratching Answer on Antisemitism. She clearly didn't bother to listen to the actual question and went straight to the rote answer. RNC Research@RNCResearch ""What is [Biden's] level of concern right now about a potential rise of antisemitism?" KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: "Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks"" Mary Chastain at LI, Hate Speech: Biden, Jean-Pierre Sometimes Mentions Anti-Semitism, But Always Mentions Islamophobia. PJM's VodkaPundit, Biden Doubles Down on Stupid. At Da Caller, Deroy Murdock thinks Joe Biden Is The Greatest Gift Ever To Iran’s Ayatollahs. More than Jimmy Carter? That's a stretch, but there's still time. 

It's hard to stay ahead of reality at The Babylon Bee. We had this written last night only to wake up and see the White House doing exactly this before we had the chance to publish pic.twitter.com/Xheyvt2CrB

— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) October 23, 2023

Forbes worries Americans Are Overdue With Their Car Payments At Highest Rate In Nearly 30 Years. Thanks, Brandon!

Ace is concerned Biden Administration Grants a Huge Contract to the Consulting Firm Whose Employee Stole and Leaked Trump's Tax Information "Not even an attempt to hide it. " 

Ryan King at NYPo, Trump distances himself from ‘Kraken’ lawyer Sidney Powell: ‘Not my attorney, and never was’

From Gateway Pundit, Popular Conservative Reporter Owen Shroyer Releases Video on Twitter-X as He Prepares to Enter Prison Tomorrow for Political Speech Crimes "Owen stood outside the Capitol on January 6th and warned Trump supporters not to go inside the building. He did not engage in any violence. The corrupt DC court did not like his political speech that day so they are jailing him – just like they do in any other rotten dictatorship around the world today." Compare to Ray Epps.

At Da Signal, Hans von Spakovsky wonders Why Is Google Protecting Harvard Defenders of Hamas Terrorism? Twitchy finds a CNN Guest who Argues That What Israel Is Trying to Do Is Ethnic Cleansing. So now Hamas is an ethnic group? Steve Hayward at NYPo argues that the Reaction to Hamas massacre shows it’s time to decolonize the campus. Twitchy reports Jewish Middle Schoolers Forced to Sign Gag Order After Being Attacked By Pro-Hamas Students. Forget it Jake, it's California. Dave Strom maintains Speech Bans Are Still Bad. "The proper way to deal with immigrants who declare their allegiance with terrorists is actually much harsher than trying to suppress their speech: we should deport them if we can." Konstantin Kisin at the Freep, on The Day the Delusions Died "A lot of people woke up on October 7 as progressives and went to bed that night feeling like conservatives. What changed?"

At Da Caller, Coca-Cola Quietly Removes BLM References From Website.

Reduxx notices an NPR Member Station Sympathetically Profiles Trans-Identified Male Accused Of Rape At California Women’s Prison.

From the Free Bacon, in an Axios like parody calls it GROUNDBREAKING: Glamour's 'Women of the Year' Are All Women "The definition of courage." The Babylon Bee snarks Victoria’s Secret Quietly Cancels New Lizzo Lingerie Line "We probably should've given this more thought before we started," said Lillian Ellison, a marketing executive for the company. "Surprisingly, our customer base, and society as a whole, prefers to look at people and objects that are attractive to look at. Who knew the buying public didn't really want to look at giant fatties — er, I mean, people of size, in lingerie? You learn something new every day in the marketing business, I tell you!"