Thursday, October 30, 2025

Halloween Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Storms Asia

While the Congress dithers on the shutdown, Trump is off visiting Asia. Salena Zito at WaEx says Trump’s triumph in Japan began at a steel mill in Pennsylvania. Althouse notices The South Korean band plays "YMCA" for Trump. Matt Palumbo at Silverloch reports Trump Secures $350 Billion Trade Deal With South Korea. At News Wax, Trump: Trade Deal With South Korea Reached. Breitbart says Yes Kings: Trump Becomes First President to Receive South Korea’s Highest Honor, a replica golden crown. China began late last night. 

As for the shutdown, Sauron's Eye reports Airlines are feeding air traffic controllers as they miss their first full paychecks. So why don't we shift the burden of paying for air traffic controllers completely onto the airlines? Ace, Trump Scrapes Enough Federal -- and Private -- Money to Pay the Troops for One More Week. But it's not all bad news, at NP, Democrat Shutdown Will Effectively Shutter EPA Next Week. News Wax, Shutdown Talks Gain Urgency as Deadlines, Union Pressure Mount. At Town Hall Jeff Charles sees Democrats Signal That It's Time to Wave the White Flag on Schumer Shutdown and Amy Curtis, 'This Is Extortion': Even CNBC Has Turned on Democrats Over the Schumer Shutdown. From Da Blaze, Here's every time Senate Democrats voted to keep the government shut down. John Sexton at Hat Hair is amazed by Tapper: 'This is Also a Choice by Senate Democrats Not to Open the Government' and Dave Strom hears Democrats Now Openly Saying the Shutdown Is Theirs. At RedState Nick Arama thinks you should Watch Rosa DeLauro Throw a Tantrum About Shutdown - Then Faces Some Inconvenient Facts, Democrat Senator Gets Roasted on Live TV With Perfect Term for Schumer Shutdown Tactics and Sister Toldja wants you to Watch Thune Goes Scorched Earth on Schumer Shutdown Dems in Blistering Floor Speech on SNAP Debate. Overton at Hat Hair, Hmmm: About Those Food Stamps and Hungry 'Americans': Overton @overton_news "Newsmax host @RobFinnertyUSA just said what no one in mainstream media will admit about SNAP. He tore the mask off the entire food stamps program...and what he revealed will infuriate taxpayers. It’s far worse than anyone realized. “There are 42 million people in this country that need food stamps on a weekly basis.” “And we’re saying ‘people’ deliberately instead of Americans because most of the people that are on food stamps aren’t even from this country.” “45% of Afghanistan immigrants are on food stamps.” “42% of Somali immigrants, 34% of every immigrant from Iraq, 23% of Haitians.” “59% of ALL illegal aliens are collecting food stamps, meaning that most of the people getting food stamps from the U.S. Government and the U.S. Taxpayer are not even Americans.” “Think about that.” From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Democrats In Democrat-Run Cities Threaten To Loot Supermarkets If Democrats Keep Welfare Benefits Shut Down. From TNP, Trump Has REDUCED Food Stamp Dependence by 600,000. "While the exact cause of the drop in SNAP reliance isn’t entirely clear, declining inflation and increasing domestic industrial investment are two likely factors impacting the decline." Videos at Hat Hair, Chloe Trapanotto on Government Shutdown Chaos, Biden Autopen Scandal, and California’s Redistricting Battle and Larry, Democrats Abandon Schumer, Demand Shutdown Ends Now. Mark Tapscott at Insty, SURPRISED? DEMS WON’T SAY IF THEY COORDINATE WITH HEALTHCARE INSURERS: "The central demand of Hill Democrats is the government stays shutdown until Republicans and President Donald Trump agree to permanent extension of Joe Bide’s “temporary” Obamacare tax subsidies. . . "

From Da Caller, Fed Slashes Rates Again — Here’s How It Could Affect Housing Affordability. I wouldn't call 0.25% a slash, more like a nudge. News Wax, Powell: Fed Split on Policy, Dec. Cut Not Guaranteed. The market, initially buoyed by the cut, reacted negatively to his comment. Sarah Anderson at PJM Several Republicans Vote With Dems to Nix Tariffs on Brazil, Rand Paul showing his usual foolish consistency.

Misty Severi at JTN reports Trump admin secures 1,700 arrests in first month of Memphis takeover. "Bondi said the arrests include 126 alleged gang members, and that the federal taskforce has seized nearly 300 guns and located approximately seven dozen children." At Da Caller, ‘This Is Necessary’: Many Memphis Residents Happy About Trump’s National Guard Deployment.

From Breitbart, Zelensky Tells Allies Be Prepared to Keep Funding Ukraine For ‘Two or Three’ More Years. In response to Russia testing a new nuke capable missile, OTP reports Trump Orders Pentagon To Start Testing Nuclear Weapons. Coming to an atoll near you?

From Fox, JD Vance addresses possible presidential run with Marco Rubio after Trump teases 'unstoppable' ticket. "VP says focus remains on current duties, calls Rubio his 'best friend in the administration'" Vance-Rubio or Rubio-Vance? Either way, I'm good with it.

From Fox, Mamdani's mother in unearthed 2013 interview: 'He is not an American at all' "Mamdani's mother made the comments in a 2013 interview with the Hindustan Times." VodkaPundit at PJM, WHOA, Mamdani Is More Corrupt Than Even I Thought. "There's a bombshell report today exposing socialist New York mayoral candidate Zorhan Mamdani's "missing charity money… illegal campaign donations, and much more," courtesy of The Dana Show's Lorraine Yuriar." Peter Savodnik @petersavodnik "That so many Zohran voters expect and seek social credit for their Zohran vote tells you a great deal. This is the opposite of the so-called invisible majority. This is the poser class. The characterologically vapid. The new faux-progressive base." Quote sara hinkley @boneysoups, "
early voted for Zohran and an old lady called me pretty!" Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "The reason people hate Zohran is because he’s a spoiled retarded communist. His parents are privileged, placeless global citizens and Zohran was able to float along without real jobs in NYC taking a swing at a ‘rap career’ while living in a Chelsea apartment owned by his mother. Despite this he plays the victim and cries about being persecuted and is a vector for every bad idea that afflicts downwardly mobile creative affluents. . ." JNS warns Don’t fall for Mamdani’s Islamophobia gaslighting. "The mainstream media is trying to help the Democrats’ mayoral candidate silence criticism of his antisemitism and attempts to rewrite the narrative of the 9/11 attacks." VodkaPundit at Insty cites CHRISTIAN TOTO: Jon Stewart Betrays 9/11 Work with Fawning Mamdani Interview. “Why would someone so personally committed to helping 9/11 victims do such a thing? It’s a question best asked of Stewart directly. The chance that any journalist will do such a thing hovers between slim and none.” Atop Da Hill, Lawler calls Cuomo ‘lesser of two evils’ in New York City mayoral race. Mike Miller at RedState, DeSantis Makes Impassioned Pitch Directly to NYC Police Officers Ahead of Probable Mamdani Mayoral Win

T. Beckett Adams at And Another Thing says Media Nazi hunters go on vacation "Self-appointed Nazi hunters suddenly deaf, dumb, and blind." Dave Strom asks Where Is Your Pride, Democrat Voters?

Beth Brelje at Da Fed lists 8 Creepy Ways Biden’s Handlers Tried To Hide His Mental Decline To Keep A Grip On Power. Matt Vespa at TownHall tells the tale of How One Secret Service Officer Vented Following the Cocainegate Fiasco at the Biden White House. Susan Crabtree @susancrabtree, "EXCLUSIVE AND #BREAKING -- NEW INFO ON WHITE HOUSE COCAINE-GATE: "SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL" THESE ARE COMMEMORATIVE COINS A SECRET SERVICE OFFICER MADE IN REBELLION TO LEADERSHIP'S COCAINE "COVER-UP." The
@SecretService Uniformed Division officers who guard the White House were so pissed off that they were forced to be part of a cocaine cover-up in 2023, as several Secret Service sources referred to it, that one officer made a "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" commemorative challenge coin about the ordeal to lighten the mood and improve morale within the ranks, according to the photos below and several Secret Service sources
. The officer was punished (placed on administrative leave for an unknown amount of time) for making and distributing the unauthorized coin. The coin's distribution took place within weeks of the USSS closing the case in 11 days. . . " Mike Miller at RedState, This Is How One Secret Service Agent Dealt With That 'Mysterious' Bag of Cocaine in the Biden White House.

At Front Page, NJ AG Urges Barring Fed Election Monitors From Polling Places. "Democrat states are becoming sanctuary states for voter fraud." Jen O'Connell at RedState, More Fraudulent Voter Rolls Found in a Red State - Will This Cleanup Change the Midterms? "An investigation by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has uncovered over 1,000 noncitizens who "appear to have registered to vote unlawfully in Ohio," his office announced Tuesday." Fox, Ohio uncovers over 1,000 noncitizens 'appearing' registered to vote, sends cases to DOJ for prosecution "Secretary of State Frank LaRose says 167 individuals appear to have cast ballots in federal elections since 2018." Da Fed's MD Kittle reports Sources Allege Illegal Electioneering By Democrat Mayor’s ‘Political Machine’ In New Jersey. From News Wax, Jeffries: Maryland Will Begin Redistricting Soon. But at the Balmer Sun, Bill Ferguson says Maryland Senate won’t draw new congressional maps. Winsome Earle-Sears @winwithwinsome, "Abigail Spanberger and the Democrats took $300,000 and then immediately called a special session to gerrymander Virginia. Pay-to-play on clear display. We won’t let your voice be silenced by Spanberger’s Sideshow Session."

Da Caller reports the House Judiciary Says FBI’s ‘Arctic Frost’ Probe Potentially Targeted Over 150 Republicans. TNP, FBI May Have Spied On 160 Republicans Under Biden, Trump Calls for Prison Terms. Matt Vespa says Forget the Autopen Fiasco...This Is Joe Biden's Watergate. At the Center Square, WATCH: Cruz calls on House to impeach federal judge over subpoenas of Republicans, Judge Boasberg, then head of the FISA court, for signing off on the FBI's warrants and for allowing them to be hidden from the Republicans being surveilled. News Wax. Arctic Frost Targeted 160 GOP Operatives, Lawmakers, Rep. Jordan to Newsmax: Jack Smith Must Answer for 'Arctic Frost'. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Learning There's No Statute of Limitations on Conspiracy, Adam 'Bout Schiffs His Drawers. From Da Caller, James Comey Hit With Bar Complaint Over Alleged Obstruction Of Congress.

Ace, The Man Arrested for Offering $45,000 to Anyone Who Could Kill AG Pam Bondi Turns Out To Be, Get This, a "Trans Nonbinary" "I'm not going to rush into the details because I'm aware that most of you are in a state of absolute shock. A left-wing trans nonbinary extremist? Implicated in political violence? Make it make sense! The world's gone mad!" Jonathan Turley reports a University of Colorado TPUSA Student Leader Attacked After Antifa Posted “Hit List”. The Great Victor Davis Hanson warns The Left is ‘Bleeding Kansas’ "America again flirts with its own “Bleeding Kansas”—a cycle of partisan violence and defiance where lawless zealots are hailed as patriots and the rule of law bleeds away." Victory Girls see Democrats Still Think They Are The Non-Violent Party. Collin Rugg @CollinRugg "NEW: Liberal podcaster Jennifer Welch suggests the Dem establishment needs to get on board with wanting conservatives dead or else far-leftists will come “after you in the same way that we come after MAGA.” Welch: *Plays video of protester celebrating Kirk's murder." Welch: "Listen up, Democratic establishment. You can either jump on board with this, or we're coming after you in the same way that we come after MAGA. Period."

Becca Lower at RedState believes a Biden-Appointed Judge Shows Bias in Ruling on DOJ Investigation of 'Transgender Care' Doctors. "U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead ruled that a wide-ranging subpoena the Justice Department served in June on QueerDoc, a medical practice offering gender-affirming care online, cannot be enforced because the demand was not part of a legitimate law enforcement investigation. Whitehead, a Biden appointee, said it was apparent that the subpoena is intended to advance President Donald Trump’s goal of wiping out such care for people with gender dysphoria." Da Caller, Obama-Appointed Judge Trying To Take Control Of Border Patrol In Chicago. At Twitchy, Judge Ellis Auditions for Border Boss: Border Patrol, Report to Mommy Daily or No Tear Gas for You, but Sauron's Eye whines when an Appeals court grants Justice Department request to pause daily meetings between Gregory Bovino, Judge Sara Ellis.

Misty again reports FBI arrests nine anti-ICE activists responsible for political violence over summer, "One of the protesters that was arrested in the early morning raid allegedly damaged a vehicle belonging to immigration agents during a marijuana farm raid near Los Angeles," and ICE continues arresting 'worst of the worst' illegal migrants accused of sexual crimes. At Fox, Feds nab anti-ICE activists in sweeping pre-dawn LA raid. Vicky Taft at PJM, ICE Rioters Had a Very, Very Bad, 'Find Out' Kind of Day. Matt Margolis hears There’s About to Be a Huge Shake-Up at ICE — and the Left Is Gonna Be Furious. "Among those being removed, Melugin reports, are ICE Field Office Directors in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Denver, El Paso, San Diego, Seattle/Portland, and New Orleans. The shift could mark a significant operational change, given that ICE and Border Patrol “do different things,” as Melugin explained." From Breitbart, Trump Ends Biden Policy of Automatically Extending Work Permits for Migrants and Wall Street Journal: ‘Easing’ Rent Prices Coincide with Less Immigration to U.S. Under Trump. Dave Strom claims The Trucker Crisis Is Not Invented for Political Gain. From Da Caller, Janet Mills Under Fire For Having Backed Free Health Care For Illegal Migrants. From Ryan King and Josh Christenson at NYPo, More Americans want illegal immigrants booted out of US, even if no criminal record: poll.

Grummz @Grummz "Grokipedia enrages Wikipedia editors. Because Grokipedia does not need authors, and certainly does not need editors. They are out of a job, realizing their high priesthood of truth control is forever gone. They are replaced as of yesterday. It does not even really need contributors. As new events unfold, they will be integrated automatically. The past, already encoded and uploaded as the sum of human knowledge to date. Powered by Grok, who is now the world’s historian, watching and documenting its creators. . . " Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal "WHY GROKIPEDIA IS MAKING THE MEDIA MELTDOWN - AND WHY THAT’S A GOOD THING The legacy media is melting down over a digital encyclopedia. Not a government scandal. Not a war. A website. It’s called Grokipedia, Elon's AI-powered alternative to Wikipedia, and it has already done the unthinkable: challenged the establishment’s control over online “truth.” Launched in beta as version 0.1, Grokipedia already has more than 885,000 entries, and that’s just the start. Musk says version 1.0 is coming soon and promises it will be “ten times better”. Better than what? According to Musk: better than Wikipedia itself. And if you look at how both sites handle controversial topics, he might be right. Wikipedia is run by volunteers, but let’s not kid ourselves, ideological gatekeeping is baked into its DNA. From politics to culture to science, pages are shaped by editors who lean overwhelmingly left. Anyone who’s ever tried to update a conservative viewpoint knows what happens: instant reversion, flags, bans, and “consensus.” It’s not “the wisdom of the crowd.” It’s the orthodoxy of a very specific crowd. . ." I haven't tried it yet, but I will. Wikipedia is just awful whenever there's an opportunity for a political slant.

John Sexton astounded that Don Lemon claims Megyn Kelly Looks Trans. I'm not so sure Don Lemon is the best judge of women.

At PJM, Stephen Kruiser is Pondering How Much Magic Bari Weiss Can Work at CBS News. From Twitchy, CBS Staffer Calls Layoffs a 'Bloodbath,' Race and Culture Unit 'Gutted.' Mark Hemingway @Heminator "Oh no not the “Race and Culture” unit!" Quote Jeremy Barr @jeremymbarr, "One CBS News staffer described the cuts as a “blood bath.” I’ve also heard that the Race and Culture unit was “gutted.” x.com/jeremymbarr/st…" From Fox, Jewish CBS anchor forced to meet with Race and Culture Unit after grilling pro-Palestinian author: Report "Tony Dokoupil irked colleagues by grilling Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel." Pre-Bari Weiss. Nate Honeycutt at Expression details How targeting scholars for speech leaves lasting scars.

Stacy McCain wonders Who Is Paying the ‘Racist Trolls’ Who Disagree With Alonso Gurmendi? "Well, I haven’t checked my PayPal balance lately, so maybe the Mossad is secretly paying me — keeping it a secret even from me — but I would gladly hate this particular son of a bitch for free. Anyone who wants to join the Volunteer Troll Army can just look at Alonso Gurmendi’s timeline on X and jump into the fight. Tell him the Mossad sent you." From the Free Bacon, University Leaders Say ‘Organized Networks,’ Including Iran, Drove Anti-Israel Campus Unrest "Former director of national intelligence Avril Haines announced in July 2024 the Islamic Republic encouraged demonstrations and provided financial support to activists."

The College Fix reports ‘We don’t want his likeness on campus’: Socialist students protest Kirk statue where he was shot. Beege Welborn is annoyed by Democrats and Their Sick Twisted Sister Harpy Parade. Greg Piper at JTN (Misty doesn't do all the work, just most of it), Moms for Liberty activist beats defamation suit by DEI employee over 'woke,' 'white savior' jabs "Wisconsin appeals court saves Scarlett Johnson, three years later, from "costly, pointless, and incoherent" trial over whether she implied "undisclosed defamatory facts" about a onetime social justice coordinator in hyperbolic posts."

Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate "It’s amazing how AI came along with its massive energy needs and in a blink they just dropped ‘climate.’" Quote ABC News @ABC "Bill Gates thinks climate change is still a serious problem, but says it's time to focus on fighting poverty and preventing disease. https://abcnews.link/ll3V9oJ."

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Barbara Eden and FMJRA 2.0: Another Fine Mess up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

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