Flotsam and Jetsam - "Gone are the Days When the Ox Fell Down"

At PJM Scott Pinsker asserts There Was Only One Way the Democrats Could Blow the Midterms — and Lord Help ‘Em, They’re Doing It! and Matt Margolis thinks If Democrats Aren't Panicking About Minnesota Right Now, They Should Be. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I get tired of Democrats claiming to be on the “right side of history” when both their past and their present are so utterly sordid and destructive. So, if you are a Democrat, let me tell you about MY side of history and YOUR side of history. My side of history is Cato the Elder, John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Irving Babbitt and William F. Buckley. Your side of history is Thomas Hobbes, Karl Marx, Josef Stalin, Mao’s Little Red Book and Noam Chomsky...." In a TownHall vid, Mike Johnson Warns America Could Face France-Style Riots if Democrats Take Congress. Or even if they lose. Hon. Vickie Paladino @VickieforNYC, "None of the conversations taking place by Democrats and leftists in anticipation of retaking Congress are about the ways they’re going to make life more affordable for Americans. The conversations are exclusively about how they’re going to use power to take revenge on their political enemies. There is no strategy to lower gas prices or grocery prices. No strategy for the budget. No talk about hearings on affordability or inflation or the stock market. Just revenge. That’s all they’re talking about, two weeks before an election they believe to be sewn up. They mindlessly chant ‘affordability’ during the campaign, but they have zero plans or interest in making anything more affordable. ‘Affordability’ was always a cheap lie to get them power. And they’re not even hiding it anymore." Quote Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "The Bulwark crew is absolutely ecstatic over the idea of investigations and prosecutions of Elon Musk. Can barely contain themselves." From Twitchy, Come Get Some! Elon Musk Fires Back HARD at Bulwark Dweebs Wetting Themselves Over Imprisoning Him."

TownHall's Matt Vespa sees Obama Really Went There at the Dem Rally in Michigan, Huh? Christian Heiens @ChristianHeiens, "The Iranian economy is in shambles, the country has Great Depression levels of unemployment, inflation is over 100%, oil exports and revenue have dropped to $0, the Iranian Rial has collapsed over 60% of its value vs the Dollar since March, almost its entire navy has been sunk, virtually the entire upper echelons of the government were decapitated in the opening salvo of the war, and there now appears to be a growing rebellion against the central government in Balochistan. In what universe does this put Iran in a stronger strategic position now than in January?" Quote Disclose.tv @disclosetv, "NOW - Obama says that Iran is "in a stronger strategic position now than before the war started." TMK @themagaking, "Remember when Barack Obama said Donald Trump would never be president, then dropped the microphone like he was the coolest guy in the room? Yeah, look at him now. Desperately campaigning to stay relevant. Trump has been living rent-free in his head ever since." Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "Makes speeches for 500k a pop. Hasn’t eaten dinner that costs less than $250 in years. Has never been in a Cheesecake Factory. Undefeated at condescending to regular folks. Will always be known for a presidency that ushered in the Trump era to begin with." Quote Aaron Rupar @atrupar, "“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama."

From WaEx, Out of arguments, el Sayed resorts to crying ‘Islamophobia.’ Susie Crabtree at RCP, In Michigan, Bitter Final Debate Over Trust and Trump. Deroy Murdock at Da Signal signals Gender Fluidity Fuels James Transarico. Which of his six genders is he today?

Dave Strom at Hat Hair on the revelation of several fake polls boosting Democrats, Once Is Happenstance. Twice Is Coincidence. The Third Time It’s Enemy Action. At RCP Carl Cannon explains Why RealClearPolitics Didn't Fall for the Fake Polls. Don't believe the polls. Vote like your safety and freedom depend on it; it does. From the Free Bacon, Arkansas Dem Senate Candidate Says Requiring Proof of Citizenship To Vote 'Disenfranchises 22 Million Americans' "Shoffner, on election integrity, said the government shouldn't 'stick its nose into our business.'" theGAnerds @theGAnerds_Real, "GA Early Voting REAL TIME ELECTION FRAUD Only two weeks in, and the GA 2026 General can not be certified. Again, this is REAL TIME analysis. We have documented (so far): - felons dropped in for a vote that weren't on the voter roll - swapped votes from a person's primary Reg ID to their clone that resides in the secondary dark database - back dated Registrations that were not there in time to vote but were made to look they were there all along - deleted votes - voter suppression by "theft" of a Reg ID for a vote - double voting duplicate Reg IDs @potus - WHO is going to lock up @GaSecofState ? @ODNIgov @AGToddBlanche @FBIDirectorKash @KurtOlsen_USA."

From NYPo, Hunter Biden threatened sex worker after 2020 election while embroiled in laptop scandal: new FBI emails.

Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "This is close to one my "impending fall of the Mullah Regime" indicators. A major Russian aerial/ground evacuation from Tehran with lots of people and records, like we saw from Baghdad to Syria immediately before Operation Desert Storm, is at the top of my indicator list." Quote WarMonitor @WarMonitor3, "BREAKING: Russian airforce TU-134 used to evacuate high ranking personnel has just left Iran with its transponder off rumoured to be picking up Russian scientists from Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. We saw similar evacuation flights before US strikes on Iran in February..." From CEPA, Deepening Black Sea Crisis Demands US Involvement, "Russian strikes on Black Sea shipping are probing NATO’s tolerance for attacks on allies. The US and Europe must reinforce the region." From Campus Reform, COL. MANESS: The Pentagon just put the 'war' back in our service academies. 'Tenure breeds stagnation, complacency, and a curriculum that drifts from educating warfighters toward the research priorities of tenured academics.' At RCD, It’s Not President Trump but Thomas Friedman Who Should Be Ashamed.

Sundance at CTH grins at the First Tremor – British Columbia Premier David Eby’s Anti-Trump SNAP Election Backfires, Canadian Conservatives Win Big. "I’m not going to extrapolate too much into this outcome against the backdrop of a U.S. midterm sentiment; however, it would be foolish not to notice the hidden vote base that turned out for Lorne Doerkson."

Nick Arama at RedState hears Bill Maher and Karoline Leavitt Drop Some Big Truth Bombs About Trump That Dems Should Listen To.

1776 reports Ilhan Omar Hires Biden’s Personal Attorney As Feds Probe Her Immigration History. “It is going to be a very expensive and challenging time.” Matt Margolis hears This Liberal Lawyer Says Ilhan Omar Is in Serious Trouble. The Dersh.

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius wonders Why the Silence Over the Uncovering of the Color Revolution Plot? "5. The FBI is Quietly All Over This, We Do Not Want to Compromise Their Investigation. If in fact the FBI is already building a case against the seditionist plotters, going widely public about it now will drive them further underground and harm the investigation. With Trump staying silent now, the FBI can go about their business unimpeded, with arrests to arrive after the midterms (and likely after the new Congress is already seated, so the “Trump is trying to overturn the election!!!!” narrative will be stale). The Trump team is smart, and they have learned how to navigate indictments in a hostile media environment, and an environment where the courts, the FBI and the DOJ all still harbor mendacious “resistors.” I think this scenario is quite likely." PJM's Vicky Taft echos Steve McGarrett, Book 'Em: Feds Arrest FBI Deep Staters Who Lied to Congress (and America) About Hunter Biden Laptop.

Mia Cathell at WaEx reports Treasury traces SPLC to debanking of Christians after group dismissed it as conspiracy. Dave Strom says The SPLC's Hate Map Was Never a Map. It Was a Hit List Washington Used.

Leslie Eastman at LI, Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of 1868 Home-Distilling Ban. "After the Civil War, Congress banned home distilling to protect federal tax revenue."

At CIS, White House Makes Bold Claims on Immigration Enforcement, Border, " ‘How President Trump Ended the Border Invasion and Restored American Sovereignty’. More worksite enforcement promised, but please show us the stats." From Da Mail, My son was killed by an illegal immigrant. Now I'm exposing the chaos of the system that failed him... and why it MUST be the topic on which the midterms turn.

Dave Strom sees Cenk Dives Into the Sewer and Decides It Smells Sweet. Yeah, Lindsey was gay. So what?

From Da Signal, France Is Burning and the Media Is Most Concerned that the Right Is Right. AG @AGHamilton29, "Missed this. Paris police invited shopkeepers to hire their own security for riots. This is a state that has one of the highest taxation levels in the world, but apparently can’t afford to protect business owners from the criminal radicals the state has allowed to run wild." Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachy, "“The schoolchildren just want nicer classrooms” “Hide the Mona Lisa from rampaging third world hordes”" Quote Musée du Louvre @MuseeLouvre Translated from French, "Dear visitors, Following the recommendation of the Paris Police Prefecture, the Louvre Museum will be exceptionally closed this Saturday, October 24." Althouse finds "That [burned Limoges] City Hall is at the epicenter of generations of struggle. It's not connected to how I fancy croissants and brie..." ""... and red wine but all I can find now is kebab in a shop blaring rap.... We should be alert to how the history of struggle is obscured by the reactionary and racist commodification of nostalgia and tourism."" Dave Strom hears 'X Is the Only Thing Keeping Democracy Alive' in France'. RadioGenoa @RadioGenoa, "This is Lecco, Italy. North Africans threatened on social media to do here what they did in Milan, destroy everything. The Lecco football ultras showed up to defend the square and the shops. Result: none of the North Africans showed up. Honor to Lecco ultras—true patriots, true men." Tommy Robinson @TRobinsonNewEra, "More footage of Scottish locals disrupting an Antifa meeting where they're plotting Paris style riots." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "British article. 'We used to laugh at American preppers. Who is laughing now?' My comment: Does anyone get the feeling Godzilla has been reported swimming toward land but nobody wants to alarm the public until someone verifies it?"

The College Fix reports a U. Michigan project that aims to ‘resist’ Trump’s patriotic portrayal of U.S. history. Mollie @MZHemingway, "Shameful news out of Georgetown Law." Quote Emily Jacobs @emilyfjacobs, "New from me: Georgetown Law’s Student Bar Association passed a resolution this week condemning a Jewish attorney on Sen. Ted Cruz’s staff and accusing her of Islamophobia after she appeared on campus to discuss the Muslim Brotherhood and her work representing victims of." Jonathan Turley was probably not surprised that the Cornell Faculty Completes a Self-Study and Concludes that Their Ideological Bias Requires No Corrective Action.