Flotsam and Jetsam - Talarico Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

Matt Margolis at PJM, Journalist Puts Talarico on the Clock, Threatens to Expose Where He Really Was. At Twitchy, 'You Tell Them OR WE WILL': Nick Sortor Drops the Biggest TIK-TOK We've Ever Seen on James Talarico. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "Good morning, @JamesTalarico! Would YOU like to reveal where you *actually* were these past couple weeks, or should me and @RheinAmacher do it? Please let us know by 1pm ET today! Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Kyle Becker at RedState, says the Mystery of 'Missing' Talarico May Be Solved After Journo Seemingly 'Confirms' Whereabouts. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment. While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS. The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful. And Talarico clearly can’t handle it. I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on." The hospital denies it, however. Matt Vespa at TownHall wants to know Was James Talarico Admitted to a Mental Health Facility in Ohio? Matt Margolis, Audio Appears to Confirm Talarico’s Stay at Mental Health Facility; Campaign Denies It and Talarico FINALLY Speaks, and I Think He Just Made Things Worse. Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll, "Texas Senate Update - The Ohio mental health center denies treating James Talarico" Quote Lindner Center HOPE @LindnerCtrHope, "Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "I wish I could give the benefit of the doubt on this one, but these are the same people who called us liars and conspiracy theorists for 4 years with Joe Biden. You don't get that grace anymore." Quote Just the News @JustTheNews, "Newly released audio raises questions about Talarico’s absence from campaign trial (sic)." Byron York @ByronYork, "Seems odd that Talarico stayed off the trail for so long because of illness without explaining to the public what was going on. Why not just say, I've got the flu, and I can do some brief virtual appearances, but mostly I need to rest for a while?" Quote NBC News @NBCNews, "Democratic state Rep. James Talarico has been off the trail for 12 days. His campaign says he is suffering from the flu and expected to be back in action this weekend." So, we know he's crazy, but did he actually seek treatment? From Twitchy, Uhh, They're Not Here for You: Team Talarico Tries to Take a Victory Lap at Kacey Musgraves Concert. "We won't deny that some people next to the rail as Talarico made his way to the front row (of course) recognized him and were taking videos. But we're pretty sure that most of the cheers in the arena were for Musgraves. Since, you know, that's who the crowd paid to see." Joe Chalfant at TownHall reveals some Influencers Got Payouts to Post Pro-Talarico Content. ATX data @data_atx, "The Talarico influencer army is NOT organic and real NYTimes report out today says tiktokers are being paid $4 per 1000 views for positive Talarico content Back in the day, the Beto fans posted for free!" So, maybe I'll put up a Talarice ad in a Rule 5 post.

Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "While Nithya Raman is desperately trying to delete videos of her recklessly calling people fascists like a psycho, don’t forget…she called me, a fire victim with zero institutional power, a fascist…all because I wanted to get naked drug zombies into rehab so my kids don’t have to see psychos jack off in public. She is just the worst." Quote TheBlaze @theblaze, "LA mayoral candidate Nithya Raman says Spencer Pratt represents “fascism” and calls him “Mini Trump”" Will she be worse than Zohran? Scott McKay at Am Spec calls him The Enemy Within, "Mamdani certainly sounds like he’s in league with the enemy." Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal explains The Quiet Rise of Democratic Socialism: How DSA Built Power Across America. I&I explores the question What Do South Americans Know That U.S. Voters Don’t? They tried socialism, and it made things worse. Bob Hoge at RedState, Liberal Anchor Drops a Clownish Line About Communists. House Majority Whip Steamrolls Him on Air.

Politico crows Wall Street and Big Tech’s blue wave nightmare: Elizabeth Warren working with Republicans. "Warren is likely to chair the Senate Banking Committee if Democrats take back the Senate." The Manhattan Contrarian wonders How Can Democrats Possibly Run On "Affordability"? when seemingly all their policies are designed to make things more expensive? Simple, by lying. To wit, from the Free Bacon, Colorado Dem Manny Rutinel Takes Credit for $350 Million Police Fund Proposed by Conservative Group and Passed by Voters, "‘Manny never once reached out to support the campaign for prop 130, which was a ballot measure passed by voters, not legislators,’ Advance Colorado VP says."

PJM's Kathy Salgado report Iran-Backed Houthis Kill American in Saudi Airport Strike. "At least 12 people died and over 300 suffered injuries after Houthi terrorists struck the airport in Saudi Arabia’s capita, Riyadh. One of the victims was an American." Another good reason to eliminate the Houthis. At Homeland Security Today, Terrorism-Related Encounters Surge at Southwest Ports of Entry, Analysis Finds. Now that the porous border has been hardened. "U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Southwest border ports of entry recorded more than 11,250 “terrorism-related encounters” in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2026 — more than twice as many as in FY 2025 and more than 100 times the previous administration’s record, according to a new analysis by Center for Immigration Studies." 

From Forbes, Russian Anti-Plague Laboratory Death Raises Questions On Biosafety And Global Health. The Russians are acting suspiciously, but then, they always do. At Am Great, the Raw Egg Nationalist (great name BTW) wishes A Plague on Your House: What’s Really Going on in Russia? "Russia claimed its offensive biological weapons program ended with communism, but there’s no clear proof it did." Sundance at CTH sees Zelenskyy Runs to Mark Carney for Support Against Donald Trump, I'm sure they'll be a big help. Oil Price.com warns Europe’s Diesel Woes Just Got Even Worse. "Europe’s diesel supply crunch is worsening, with imports hitting a record September low as China suspends fuel exports and Russian supplies remain constrained." At Breitbart Bus Dig, The Weekly Wrap: People Are Worried About Diesel Prices and AI Crowding Out Everything. Speaking of AI, Sarah Hoyt hosts Artificial Stupidity, The Prodigal Frankenstein’s Monster, and a Dead Irishman- A Guest Post By Thomas Kendal. It's actually pretty good. He thinks the AI companies are blackmailing the government to set their monopolies up by threatening an AI catastrophe in the next year.

Hat Hair's John Stossel defends Trillionaires. As Tom Lehrer sang of the "Old Dope Peddler" doing well by doing good. Sundance warns of A Sovereign Economic World Under Construction to Replace Globalist “Western Market Pricing.” At WUWT, Secretary Brooke Rollins Shepherds Another Anti-ESG Reform for USDA. "Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) enacted sweeping reform that will help heal America’s wounded dairy industry by ensuring that the fees farmers pay to advance farming interests no longer go to advancing ESG-related activities and subsidies often directed by interests outside the United States." 

Hat Hair's Duane Patterson still has high hopes Why the 2026 Midterms Might Fool Us All. 

Da Wire sees New Evidence In The Cornell 7 Case that Completely Blows The Accuser’s Story. "We will go into the text messages and this whole timeline." Kyle Becker sees Bill Maher Goes All-In on Cornell 7 Story. It's Enough to Make You Wonder If Frats Should Be Banned,he's not exactly a fan of free association. "Everything that’s inherently bad about men gets worse if you put them in a fraternity. The drinking gets worse, the cruelty, the treatment of women, the tribalism, the peer pressure, one-upmanship, conformity, segregation, nepotism, bullying, elitism, and just general a**holery — boat shoes, for example." Lisa Britton @LisaBritton, "This Reddit user is right… There’s been a war on male spaces for decades now. Fraternities are one of the last still around. We only hear about the negative things regarding fraternities, never the positives, and there are so many positives. Abolishing fraternities is not the way to go!" At Althouse, "What Cornell Teaches Its Students About Sex/From feminist porn awards to guides on group sex, Cornell has promoted sexual liberation as a virtue." "An article by Jared Lederman, a senior at Cornell, in The Free Press. Lots of links to the University's sex guides, such as "Yes, No, Maybe So: A Sexual Inventory Stocklist"."" Do what you want, you can always blame men in general and President Trump in particular later.

MD Kittle at Da Fed thinks Jack Smith’s Twisting Of Justice Makes The Case For Anti-Weaponization Fund. Prolife Press reports Pritzker Threatened Catholic Doctors Who Refuse Assisted Suicide Until a Federal Judge Stepped In. At Hat Hair, Josh Hammer asserts The Left Has Made It Harder to Kill Christa Pike. She Must Die Anyway.

From NYPo, NYC DSA darling Darializa Avila Chevalier claims it ‘doesn’t even matter’ that gangbanger shot by ICE has violent criminal record. No, but his attempt to run over ICE officers does. Sundance hosts Sunday Talks – DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sets the Record Straight on ICE Shooting in New York. Tyler O'Neil, The Activist Pipeline That Explains Why Biden’s DHS Only Investigated 496 Visa Overstays Despite Getting 3.1M Tips. Tierney's Real News looks at America’s Long History of Removing Threats, "Why the Communist Ban Still Stands and How Sharia Could Be Stopped."

Nick Ballasy at JTN reports DOJ investigating whether media outlets violated antitrust law after refusing pool coverage. "The investigation follows a move last month by the five broadcasters in the White House television pool to stop pool coverage of Trump after the administration restricted CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House." 

Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat, "Andy Burnham is changing the law You will need an I.D to use social media You will no longer need an I.D to vote in elections We can all see what is happening here right?" Greg Lukianoff at the Eternally Radical Idea, Rooster convicted for Shrexting, MN school board censors parents, FIRE sues LA City Council, & more! 

From United with Israel hears Hamas Hails Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Israel Blasts ‘Moral Failure.’ From Ace, The Nobel Peace Prize Is Neither Noble Nor Supportive Of Peace! "Navi Pillay just won the Nobel Peace Prize, and for those of you who are thinking..."Who," (I'm one of them) you would be entirely correct. She is an apparatchik in the international justice racket, first serving as a judge in South Africa..a well-known bastion of the rule of law! She then moved on to the UN, the International Criminal Court, and the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda ... Her record is depressingly consistent, and it is focused not on freedom, but on her 3rd World sensibility of Western responsibility for the ills of the world.And the Nobel Committee gobbles up that sort of crap! Have there been deserving winners? Sure, but just glance at the list of winners and it is obvious that it is usually hyper-political, self-serving, anti-Western, and also impossibly silly." NYPo opines France’s insane student protests are really about a growing radical Muslim population that wants to get rid of democracy. From the College Fix, Several universities cut ties with foreign groups following Department of War audit. 

From CJ, Harvard Medical School vs. Weight Loss, "A recent panel examined how to treat fat patients “more ethically.”" Defense Opinion opines Weak Math means Weaker National Defense. 

If Sophie Cunningham said black players should shut up and no one cared about their opinions, she’d be kicked out of the league in two minutes. But black players can say white players need to shut up? The WNBA is filled with racist morons. https://t.co/dQdPFPiYeY

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 11, 2026