Flotsam and Jetsam - Still No King Today Either

Media estimate are that yesterday somewhere on the order of 6 million people turned out for "No Kings" rallies to protest something, so it's probably safe to say more like 1-3 million. But the rallies were a success, there is no king in America today, just a President attempted to do his constitutional duty of administrating the executive branch of the government in ways the majority voted for. John Sexton at Hat Hair No Kings: Leftists Attempt to Jump Start the Resistance. Sasha Stone, No Kings: The Lunatics Are Running The Asylum, "Do you have any idea how crazy you are?" From Twitchy, Retired White 'Antique-fa' Boomers Hijack 'No Kings' Rallies, TDS Striking Before Dementia, 'No Kings' Rebrands for Rallies Taking Place In Countries With Monarchies (You CAN'T Make This Up!) and WHOOPS! Kamala Harris' Husband's Sign BEST Nutshelled the 'No Kings' Protest (Accidentally of Course). Austen Allred @Austen, "“We dropped the whole ‘no kings’ theme of the protest so as to not upset the monarchy” is so unbelievably funny."

At Insty, PRETTY MUCH: “No Kings” vs. the Democrat Deep State: They oppose Presidential power because they don’t want elections to matter. “That’s the true purpose of the Administrative State: to nerf elections and enable unfettered rule by unelected bureaucrats.” Da Caller reports George Conway Comes Out As Antifa At ‘No Kings’ Rally. Scott McLellan at TownHall, Snipers Protecting 'No Kings' Rally Trigger CNN Reporter, Crowd. Althouse This afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin, we've got the Wisconsin/Ohio State football game and the big "No Kings" rally, Am I worried about the chaos? Here's a helpful chart: and The "No Kings" rally in Madison was very mellow. Lots of homemade signs and costumes. People milling and lolling about in the sunshine and shade. Jen O'Connell at RedState, Hot Takes: 'No Kings' Protests Across the Country (and World) Highlight Rebels Without a Clue. Matt Van Swol @matt_vanswol, "This is the "No Kings" protest in Marion NC, about a 30 minute drive from Asheville NC. The crowd that showed up is BEYOND PARODY at this point... ...literally every single person at this protest is retired and white Honestly, I've never seen anything like it."

Of course there's some evidence the protest was less than organic, let alone totally vegan. Matt Whitlock @mattdizwhitlock, "Actually, Saturday is about left-wing dark money groups funded by foreign billionaires showing the elected Democrats in Washington who’s really in charge of their party. Quote Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom, "Leave your Palestinian flags at home on Saturday. Leave ALL your personal policy demands at home. Saturday is about one thing only: Defending democracy & the rule of law. No fucking kings in America. That’s it. That’s our ONLY message. My #NoKings rant." Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews, "BREAKING - At exactly 1 PM, all of the “No Kings” protesters in Times Square immediately dispersed. Totally normal and definitely not astroturfed." I guess Soros wouldn't spring for a second shift. Beege Welborn adds Gracious. If I were the cynical type, I'd almost think the whole thing was organized BS and the earnest protestors were only getting paid for X-amount of chanting. IF I were the cynical type . . ." PJM's Matt Margolis, Pink-Haired Protestor Says the Quiet Part Out Loud About the ‘No Kings’ Protests "We've all been told to be peaceful," she explained matter-of-factly. "We've had training on how to be peaceful and to deescalate." "If you’re being paid and trained to be a protester, you’re not a protester, you’re a contractor." Tim Graham, The 'Smart' People Can't Accept Trump Isn't Stalin or Hamas. At I&I, None Dare Call It A Republic.

The View From North Central Idaho, Right Wing? Left Wing? I Don’t Care

The Babylon Bee nailed it.

A liberal activist goes back in time to kill Hitler…only to realize what they’ve become.

Irony at its finest. pic.twitter.com/XDoAFBKu26

— Jake (@JakeCan72) October 18, 2025

Politico admits Senate Democrats tank military funding bill amid shutdown feud, "Just three Democrats supported advancing defense spending legislation." From Fox, Johnson shutters House again in bid to keep shutdown heat on Schumer. Dmitri Bolt at TownHall, Bernie Sanders Gets Schooled by a Republican Student Over the Schumer Shutdown and President Trump Outlines One Mistake the Democrats Made With the Schumer Shutdown, "They didn't realize that that gives me the right to cut programs that Republicans never wanted. You know, giveaways, welfare programs, et cetera. And we're doing that, and we're cutting them permanently," Trump said in the interview, set to be released on Sunday." Katie Jerkovich at RedState, Trump Says Democrats Made ‘One Mistake’ With Schumer Shutdown - and Chuck's at the ‘End of the Line.' Jeffrey A Tucker @jeffreyatucker, "I cannot shake this irony. Five years ago, government shut down society. Today the government itself is shut down, society is open, and the agencies that were most at fault for this outrage are themselves being gutted. Anyone else see the poetry in this?" At ET, Federal Agency Planning Mass Layoffs Despite Judge’s Order, Union Says. "The Trump administration has said the Supreme Court is likely to overrule the lower court judge." It was a transparently partisan ruling. Matt Vespa hears Senior Dem Senate Source Says Chuck Schumer Seriously Considering Retirement, to take up retirement as burger chef.

Fox hears The deafening silence of the ‘Free Palestine’ movement after the Gaza ceasefire "When the moment comes to celebrate what they demanded, many supporters fall quiet — revealing that for some, the goal was never resolution, but righteousness." Reuters, Senior Hamas official: Terror group can’t commit to disarm, is open to 3-5 year truce "Doha-based politburo member says Hamas intends to maintain control of Gaza for ‘transitional phase,’ defends summary executions; PM’s office: ‘No ifs, no buts’ on disarmament." At WaEx, US warns of ‘imminent’ attack by Hamas on Palestinians that would violate peace deal. OTP, Vance Headed To Israel To Try To Advance Gaza Deal. The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great, How Biden and Obama Failed in the Middle East "Obama and Biden appeased America’s enemies and alienated its allies—while Trump deterred Iran, united Israel’s neighbors, and brought the Middle East closer to peace."

Anxious is anxious that Trump says he wants to end Ukraine war without sending Tomahawk missiles. Sundance at CTH, At a Certain Point the War Must End – Trump Announces No More Facilitation for Bloodshed, proposes freeze at current lines. Am Mil News, After Phone Call, Trump Says He Will Meet Putin In Budapest. At RCE, U.S. Coal Can Help Bring the War in Ukraine to a Close "Russian coal is a target ripe for a pressure campaign. Remarkably, Russia’s coal export revenues are larger than both those of pipeline gas and pipeline crude oil totaling an estimated $31 billion per year. It’s a substantial stream of foreign currency that has been used to bolster Russian offensives and pay for Iranian drones and North Korean troops and equipment." JD Vance @JDVance, "Or maybe he was wearing the colors of America" Quote Jake Broe @RealJakeBroe, "Pete Hegseth showed up to the White House meeting today with President Zelensky wearing a Russian tricolor flag tie. These people love Putin and Russia."

In misc Trumpiania, Sundance celebrates President Trump Successfully Sinking the Global Climate Change Shipping Tax. From LifeZette, GOP Oversight Destroys Dems’ Epstein–Trump Smear, Releases ‘Receipts They Don’t Want You to See’ Oversight Committee @GOPoversight, "BOMBSHELL: The Acosta transcript just DESTROYED the Democrats' Epstein–Trump smear. Ranking Member Garcia and @OversightDems have spent months pushing a LIE against President Trump. Here are the receipts they don't want you to see: Oversight Committee @GOPoversight, "1/ Acosta NEVER talked to Trump about Epstein. Not in person. Not on the phone. Not over email. "He moved in circles that I did not move in." (p. 65) That's straight from his testimony." The Peacock whines that Trump commutes prison sentence of ex-GOP Rep. George Santos "Santos “was somewhat of a ‘rogue,’ but there are many rogues throughout our Country that aren’t forced to serve seven years in prison,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post."

Matt Margolis thinks This Photo Should End Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign, but it won't. NYPo headline spills the beans, Mamdani appears smiling, arm-in-arm with unindicted ‘93 WTC bombing co-conspirator and terrorist apologist. Sunny @sunnyright, "24 years after 9/11, NYC is going to elect a socialist Muslim who hates the NYPD, hates Israel, pals around with Islamist terrorism supporters, and whose wife mourns Hamas operatives." Quote Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani, "It took Andrew Cuomo being beaten by a Muslim candidate in the Democratic primary to set foot in a mosque."

Matt Vespa thinks VA AG Jason Miyares Literally Drove Over His Dem Opponent With a Tank With This Response, but Jones has no shame. Breccan Thies at Da Fed fears Virginia Democrat Voters Side With Assassination Fetishist Jay Jones: ‘Gotta Fight Hardball’. Insty, REMEMBER THIS THE NEXT TIME THEY LAUNCH INTO THEIR “HAVE YOU NO DECENCY?” SCHTICK. <- At Da Signal, Scandal-Tainted Virginia AG Candidate Is Poster Child for What’s Wrong With Early Voting. Votes banked before "October surprise." Liz Stauffer at LI cites Spanberger: It’s ‘Horrifying’ that Crossing the Border Illegally is ‘Considered a Criminal Act’, "A Trafalgar/Insider Advantage poll, the only survey in the RCP average conducted after Spanberger’s disastrous Oct. 9 debate performance, showed her lead had dwindled to 3 points." 

At OTP, Megyn Kelly Says She Might Run For President If AOC Gets In Race: ‘Eff That Woman’. At Hat Hair, Salena Zito discourses on what she thinks Democrats Are Missing in Trying to Recapture Young People "As Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) plays video games and talks about "Fortnite" and Snoop Dogg to try to win back young people, he's missing the fact that Trump didn't win young people by doing any of those things. He won them over with a healthy dose of Vice President JD Vance, as well as by talking right to them and seeing that what they wanted was to know their "place" was going to be OK."

From Twitchy, 'You Should Know, I'm Your Colleague': Wesley Hunt DROPS Ro Khanna for Racist Redistricting Claim. At OTP, Minnesota’s Licenses-For-All Law Clears Way For Illegal Aliens To Vote. At OTP, Chamber Of Commerce Suing Trump Over $100,000 H-1B Price Tag.

Streiff at RedState says Put Some Ice on It. Solicitor General Nukes Court Orders Limiting Deployment of National Guard in Chicago. 

From WokeSpy, Dems’ J6 Committee Caught Collecting 30 Million Phone Records Targeting Trump Allies. ET, Jack Smith Referred to DOJ for Misconduct Investigation and Possible Disbarment, "The former special counsel was referred to the Justice Department by several current GOP lawmakers." Disbar Merrick Garland, then too. Sundance at CTH reports 2020 “Stop the Steal” Lead Attorney Now a White House Special Govt Employee. "(WSJ) – “Kurt Olsen, a lawyer who unsuccessfully pushed claims of voter fraud, has joined the administration as a “special government employee,” some of the people said. The appointment gives Olsen 130 days to work from within the White House without giving up any private business interests. He is talking directly with President Trump, the people said." Bill Marshall at TownHall thinks Letitia James' Histrionics Are Lawyer Table-Pounding "When a lawyer has the facts, he pounds the facts. When he has the law, he pounds the law. When he has neither the facts nor the law, he pounds the table." At Da Blaze, 'Shhhhh': Details about allegations emerge as John Bolton enters plea. "On or about July 23, 2018, Bolton sent Individuals 1 and 2 a message that stated, "More stuff coming!!!" A few minutes later, Bolton sent Individuals 1 and 2 a 24-page document which described information that Bolton learned while National Security Advisor. Less than three hours later, Bolton sent Individuals 1 and 2 a follow-up messaged that stated, "None of which we talk about!!!" In response, Individual 1 sent a message that stated, "Shhhhh." Individual 2 then sent a message that stated, "The only interesting thing is what [senior U.S. Government official] might have said from [foreign language] interpreter, which you didn't tell us..." Approximately two minutes later, Individual 1 sent a message in response that stated, "More to come with cloak and dagger...or something. So he says...""

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Breaking Even On The Road up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Mike Dorstewitz at News Wax opines Reported Changes at the IRS, if Accurate, Should Terrify Us All. The Internal Revenue Service is reportedly making plans to engage in more aggressive investigations into leftist groups and Democratic donors, "according to people familiar with the matter." The agency’s criminal-investigative division (IRS-CI) is already installing administration allies, while weakening the role of IRS lawyers in those investigations, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday." Tit for tat is a valid strategy.

At the College Fix, Students are doing better academically in GOP-led states: new report. Insty, IS OUR CHILDREN LEARNING?

At the Con Brief, Patel Says More People Could Be Charged In Charlie Kirk Assassination. Shooting News Week is concerned Don Lemon Encourages People of Color to Arm Up and Shoot ICE Agents. PM reports an Antifa propaganda movie with Leonardo DiCaprio TANKS at box office. Matt Vespa, Oh, God, This Woman Again? CNN Guest Made Some Mind-Blowing Remarks About Red States and JD Vance's Wife. "I'm a white woman that has lived in a red state my entire life, and I can tell you when I'm around white people, they test the racist water," she said." AWFL.