Flotsam and Jetsam - Fairfield Bomber Move Due to Anticipated Drone Attack

We seem to have settled on a reason for the sudden withdrawal of US bombers from England after the group of middle eastern "British" men were caught doing something shady around Fairford air base. It seems terrorists, probably at Iranian direction, were planning a mass drone attack on the airbase, the way Ukraine carried one out against Russian bombers. The men arrest outside the base were part of a diversion scheme. Leslie Eastman at LI, Suspected Iranian Drone Plot Prompts U.S. Bomber Withdrawal from Britain, "Some officials said they believed the plot was loosely inspired by Ukraine’s attack on Russia last year, when it smuggled drones deep into the country and launched them from semi-trucks." Dave Strom at Hat Hair sees Details Drip, Drip, Drip Out About Fairford Incident: Intended Drone Attack. From News Wax, UK Police Arrest 7th Man in Connection With Security Incident at US-Run Air Base. Sundance at CTH, Another Arrest Made in London, Connected to Terrorist Plot Against U.S. Military at RAF Fairford. NRO's Jim Geraghty, Suddenly, the U.S. Has No B-1 Bombers at RAF Fairford. "If the U.S. can find reasons to deem RAF Fairford or any other base on European soil not sufficiently secure for U.S. troops and weapons systems . . . well, that would be an easy way to justify moving those troops and weapons systems to the homeland, wouldn’t it?" CDR Salamander says We Need to Talk About RAF Fairford and the B-1B FLAPEX, "how many wake-up calls will we get?" RCD wonders about F/A-XX: Why the U.S. Is Putting All Its Fighter Eggs in the Boeing Basket.

It looks like the anti-Iranian states in the mid-east are getting a bit tired of the Houthis, Iran's proxies in Yemen holding the Red Sea hostage. Duane Patterson at Hat Hair, The Dawn of Yemen. "The Houthis had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day on Monday, and I'm here for it." Open Source Intel @Osint613, "Turkish troops, aircraft, and air defense systems are heading to Saudi Arabia to counter Houthi attacks, Turkish officials told Middle East Eye. The deployment falls under the Mecca defense pact with Riyadh and Islamabad, now activated." Ace, Saudi Arabia Joins Yemen's Government in Attacking Iran's Houthi Proxy Army, "The IRGC's proxy army in Yemen, the Houthis, struck two Saudi airfields, with light damage. More seriously, they had also seized key positions on the southern tip of the Yemeni coast on the Red Sea, opening a second front for the IRGC to attack the export of oil in an effort to force the world to stop Trump from destroying them. The terrorist-aligned AP:.." gCaptain reports Five Hormuz Incidents Reported Monday as Tanker Attacks Mount. VodkaPundit at PJM wonders NOW Will the Islamic Republic Finally Run Out of Money? "Which country has at least 50 ships loaded up with oil and other petroleum products for sale but just lets them stay moored along its coast?Well, Iran — of course." Cockburn at Da Spec says Reports about taking out Los Angeles and San Diego are greatly exaggerated.

Rob Schneider @RobSchneider, "IF THIS PRO-TERRORIST PILOT, IBRAHIM R MOSSALLAM, IS ACTUALLY FLYING UNITED AIRLINES PLANES, I WILL TURN IN MY UNITED CARD AND STOP FLYING ON UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHTS. PLEASE RETWEET!" Quote Gad Saad @GadSaad, "Wow, @united." Quote StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites, "Ibrahim R Mossallam is a United Airlines pilot who stated on an October 7th Facebook post the massacre in Israel that left 1400 people dead, women raped, and babies burned alive was "resistance by brave people". This is abhorernt @united - how can Jewish passengers feel safe." Libby Blanca Alon לבי בלנקה אלון @libby_alon, "EXCLUSIVE: Two United Airlines pilots deadheading on a flight operated by Ibrahim Mossallam after his return from a leave of absence reportedly gave up their first-class seats and spent the entire flight in the cockpit instead. Why? According to sources familiar with the incident, they did not trust him and wanted to keep a close eye on him throughout the flight. Sources also say United wanted to terminate Mossallam’s employment, but the pilots’ union blocked the move." Quote Libby Blanca Alon לבי בלנקה אלון @libby_alon, "BREAKING: UNITED PILOT WHO DEFENDED OCT. 7 STILL FLYING A United Airlines pilot who described the October 7 attack as “resistance by a brave people” and said it was “not unprovoked” is still flying passengers for the airline." News at Shooting New Week, President Trump Approves Execution of Fort Hood Mass Murderer Nidal Hasan. Dec. 3, about 16 years late. 

Ace reports Germany Arrests Its Former Top Spymaster for Treason, Accusing Him of Spying for a Foreign Power, "The foreign power is reportedly not Russia." Hell, it could be the US. Sundance sees Former Head of German Intelligence Arrested for Espionage, Treason and Other Sketchy Stuff. At the No Tricks Zone, Professor Fritz Vahrenholt Warns Of Severe Economic And Social Consequences
Green Energy Debacle: German Expert Professor Fritz Vahrenholt Warns Of Severe Economic And Social Consequences. They voted poorly.

Leslie Eastman, again, hears Russia Walks Back Plague Claims After Siberian Lab Employee’s Death, "Russia’s health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, reports that there was no lab accident. Furthermore, the agency also insists that the young woman did not die of exposure to any pathogen that she had been handling." Alex Berenson at Unreported Truths explains Why you don’t need to worry about the Russian plague accident (if in fact there was a Russian plague accident). "Public health ninnies and a reporter promoting a book (beware reporters promoting books!), are taking advantage of an information vacuum to spin up scare stories on X. Please don’t fall for them." I ain't worried yet; but then I said that about the China virus, too. cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander, "There are few things Ma Deuce can't do. When in doubt, mount a M2 on it...or add more." Quote OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical, "Ukrainian forces are starting to deploy remote automated turrets armed with M2 Browning .50 HMGs to shoot down low flying Russian drones around major cities. Sky Sentinels are already undergoing combat testing around Kharkiv."

iPolitics, Canada falls far behind U.S. on living standards and other key economic indicators. "Fractious Canada-U.S. trade relations remain headline news. But what should concern Canadians as much, if not more, is that we’ve fallen further behind our American counterparts on economic results than where we were a quarter century ago." Why you should want statehood; to save you from yourselves. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn observes The Carney-Val Trade War Wagon Suffers a Quebecois Blowout.

Sundance hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Icelandic Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Hold a Joint Press Availability – Video and Transcript.

PJM's Rick Moran hopes Could the Riots in France Lead to the Election of Conservative Marine Le Pen?, Dan McCarthy looks at Latin America's Many Trumps and Sarah Anders says Hate to Burst Your Bubble, but USAID Didn't Cause the Rightward Swing in Latin America. "It's the equivalent of me saying I stopped eating sugar this year, and my neighbor lost 70 pounds." But it didn't hurt. Krzysztof Szczawinski @Kristof_Poland, "The world is getting it finally… At this rate we might even get rid of post-communism soon…" Quote Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber, ""Why would USAID fund socialist or communist movements?" If you take a step back and look at the corporate and financial investments of many DNC megadonors, the answer will make a lot more sense."

Jordan Schachtel at Am Great thinks Super Intelligence Doomers Want to Control a Monster That Doesn’t Exist. "Doomers have built an entire lexicon with incredibly loaded terms that are meant to advance their objectives." At Space.com NASA chief Jared Isaacman wants to stay 'open-minded' about UFOs: 'If it's aliens, I think NASA should have a seat at the table.'

Rick Moran, Perception Is Reality: Democrats Are Altering Reality to Create the Perception of Crisis. The Associated Press @AP, "BREAKING: The U.S. stock market hits an all-time high as expectations rise for companies to keep making more money." It's pretty good for my 401k, too. Twitchy says Listen: You Can HEAR Greg Gutfeld Laugh at Jessica Tarlov Insisting Polls Spell TROUBLE for Trump. At the Everyman Commentary, Don’t Make This a ‘Mid’ Midterm. "In the interest of not losing these upcoming midterms, let’s review some key issues that should decide the matter and dispense with the current loser talk." Sarah Hoyt, When The Frogs Come Up. Comments at Althouse, Humperdink said... "Let’s review the 2026 scorecard: UK has already fallen. Germany’s auto Industry, essentially their economy, is in the tank. Unprecedented huge layoffs in the offing. France is on fire. Canada’s Carney pouts while driving the bus over the cliffs. The U.S.? Record stock market levels. Low unemployment. Illegal immigration invasion has hit near zero. Commies furious." Achilles said... "France is falling, Merz is on his way out, Carney is watching Canada fall apart, Bolsanaro is going to win in brazil, China is buying oil with dollars. There is record investment in US manufacturing. Stock market record highs. Average Rents are falling. Home prices are falling. Cost of living for the working class is falling and wages are going up. The walls are closing in on Trump for sure this time." Physics Geek @physicsgeek, "Leftist: brags about closing refineries and prevents others from being built and opening. Same Leftist: gas prices are too high."

Ben Whedon at JTN reports Obama to campaign with fellow Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in key Michigan Senate race, "Obama has generally stayed out of the spotlight since leaving the White House, though he has ocassionally appeared on the campaign trail for other Democratic candidates. Scott Pinsker at PJM thinks Obama to Campaign in Michigan for El-Sayed — Because It’s the Next Phase of the Revolution. DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "For decades, the communists were quietly infiltrating the halls of power. Obama supercharged their insurgency and prepped the cultural battlefield. Once Trump won in 2016, they quit the stealth campaign and effectively started their overt soft war. It’s still being fought today." Quote DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "They shot our President. They shot and killed our biggest grassroots voice. They’ve shot up our children’s schools." At News Wax, Trump Hits Fox for Easy El-Sayed Interview. Sister Toldja at RedState hears Abdul El-Sayed Gets a New Nickname That He's Not Gonna Like Too Much. Abdual, for his Egyption dual citizenship. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed doesn't care for The Company He Keeps: Another El-Sayed Islamist Surrogate. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "So, basically, imagine it's 1960 and Michigan is about to elect the son of Hitler's personal assistant as senator because after WWII we relocated hundreds of thousands of practicing Nazis to Dearborn. I exaggerate only slightly." Chris Freiman @cafreiman, "A reminder that our public schools are already well-funded:" Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed, "Pay teachers a fair wage. Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage. Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry." PJM's Matt Margolis notes Mamdani Tries to Hide His Jew-Hatred and Only Exposes It Further, by putting anti-semites in charge of fixing anti-semitism. In a Hat Hair video, Larry sees Democrats Plan Mass Protest Against Zohran Mamdani, "... NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces a stunning revolt from his own left-wing base, with pro-Palestinian activists accusing him of “betrayal” and organizing a protest outside City Hall on October 7." Beege Welborn finds Socialist Gimme Gimme Gimme Grab 'Backfires Spectacularly' - LA Edition. Sarah Hoyt at Insty, IT WILL NEVER WORK. INSUFFICIENT ROOM FOR GRAFT AND CORRUPTION: Want to Stop Socialism? Give Free Markets a Try.

Joe Chalfant at TownHall notices James Talarico’s Campaign Goes Dark With Just 28 Days Until Election Day. I can't believe he ran out of lies to tell. From the Free Bacon, ‘Independent’ Nebraska Senate Hopeful Dan Osborn Left Kellogg’s Picket Line To Address Fringe Young Democrats Conference That Backed a Prostitutes’ Union. Larry, New Maine Poll: Susan Collins Trails Overall, Leads Older Voters by 12, I haven't yet given up on Maine. From Da Caller, Virginia Officials Grant Parole To Dozens Of Rapists, Murderers, And Repeat Violent Offenders. Tim O'Brien at PJM hears Giffords Has Pennsylvania in Her Crosshairs as Key to Gun-Control House Majority. National Association for Gun Rights @gunrights, "When you're legally targeting a company for a small slogan on the box, this ceases to be a 2nd Amendment issue and becomes a 1st. But California isn't new to this. They're suing companies for making stickers about 3D printing. They're going after parts kit retailers. They just passed a law forcing all 3D printers to include "gun blocking" technology that doesn't exist yet. Once it does, every machine without it will be banned. California is a sick place."

Dave Catron at Am Spec, Democrat Donor Strike Comes Home to Roost. "They allowed the Republicans to enter the final midterm stretch with a huge cash advantage." Monica Showalter at Am Think thinks Just in time for midterms, all 45 Senate Democrats vote to keep trading stocks, enriching themselves in office.

Byron York @ByronYork, "The political path of the Cornell rape allegation: 1) Initial police/DA investigation finds woman's participation was "voluntary, conscious, and consensual." No criminal charges filed. 2) Cornell University Office of Civil Rights investigation reaches finding consistent with police/DA, but concludes fraternity members violated school policies. Expels two frat members, suspends two others, bars one from campus, and shuts down fraternity permanently. 3) Seemingly settled, case fades. 4) Woman changes story, files much-publicized lawsuit blaming incident on fraternity, members, Cornell University, local bar, and her own sorority. 5) Case explodes politically. Local DA re-opens criminal investigation. NY governor appoints AG Letitia James, famous for pursuing President Trump, as special prosecutor. 6) Media narrative emerges blaming Trump for alleged "glorification of being thuggish and swaggering and mistreating women is kind of making you a cool kid."" READY_FOR_THE_STORM @Maga25_Trump, "In other words, probably DRAWN UP on a liberal whiteboard somewhere to help motivate liberal women around election time." The Patriarch Tree @PatriarchTree, "“Rich frat boys are gang-raping helpless college girls and there’s only one way to stop it — VOTE DEMOCRAT!”" Quote Murray Hill Guy @MurrayHillGuy1, "I have a theory on why the Cornell story has gotten THIS big. This is becoming political. Mamdani is tweeting about it. Hochul jumped in. Letitia James is now involved." Meghan Murphy @MeghanEMurphy, "Progressives are stuck on a grievance hamster wheel. It's the same cycle, over and over again. Nothing ever moves forward, nothing changes, nothing is resolved. The purpose is just to be mad. And virtue signal about it. Not to change anything, not to better understand, not to seek deeper truths." Quote Monnie ♡ @mooniegirl_, "Thousands are now marching at Cornell University campus, standing in solidarity with Jane Doe. “Tear down the fucking frats. No Justice, No Peace.” John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "Democrats angry at Democrats for not prosecuting Democrats. Pass the popcorn." The Patriarch Tree @PatriarchTree, "The “Me Too” movement was just an expression of rage by Democratic women seeking symbolic revenge for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 defeat." Quote Claire Lehmann @clairlemon, "I've always found it interesting that the gay world never really had a #metoo movement, either. A different code?" Quote CAMILLE PAGLIA STAN FAN ACCOUNT @Provokatov, "I don’t really care about the Jane Doe Cornell 7 thing, lol. Gay men do that every day of the week and still have the ability to take responsibility for their decisions to take drugs and engage in somewhat dangerous behaviours." Capt Ed cites CNN Legal Analyst: Hochul Just Turned Cornell 7 Case Into a Kangaroo Court. That was the point of appointing her. NYPo's Jonathan Turley says Letitia James is absolutely wrong person to get to bottom of complex Cornell case. Tom Fitton @TomFitton, "Further undermining public confidence, Cornell picks disgraced former Obama DOJ official Sally Yates to "investigate" Cornell rape issues -- Yates is Obama appointee who was fired by Trump after abusing her office as Acting Attorney General. She had also helped lead the Obama gang's Russiagate targeting and abuse of Trump." At NYPo, ‘Cornell 7’ frat bro claimed accuser ‘sodomized’ him and that school didn’t care he was sex-assault ‘survivor.’ From Ace, Cornell 7 Frat Brother: I Was Too Drunk to Give Consent, She Raped Me. "It is true that almost everyone involved was drunk and drugged (by themselves).Why isn't it true that the accuser raped the boys, who, per the new feminist theory that being drunk negates any concept of consent, also could not consent to the female attacker's advances?" At Da Mail, 'Cornell 7' frat boy leaves America for 'Beverly Hills of Dubai', neighbor claims... as details of his international life of privilege and shock phone call with alleged gang-rape victim emerge. Don Surber says Women lie. Men serve time. "Fight for the presumption of innocence." With numerous examples.

At PJM Stephen Kruiser lays A Curse on the House of Every Vile Member of the Biden Stasi and Cathy Salgado cites the DOJ: Biden White House Wanted Federal Charges for COVID Protesters, Parents. Mary Chastain at LI reports an ‘Anti-MAGA Task Force’: DOJ Attorneys Warned Against Garland Memo Targeting Parents, "Our task force – which relies on support from across the political spectrum – would be severely handicapped, as many would come to view it as an arm of the Administration’s political efforts." Irons in the Fire, Ah yes, those professional Special Agents and trustworthy lawyers and bureaucrats. Hans Mahnke at Da Fed asserts The Jack Smith Operation Shows Lawfare Will Only Get Worse. Amy Curtis at TownHall hears Left-Wing Lawyer Marc Elias Wants to Pack SCOTUS So It's 'Better.' Here's What He Really Means. Teri Christoph at RedState sees SCOTUS Nukes Lefty Judge's Appeal After Court Says He Was Basically a Democrat Spokesman.

I have lots more in the digital fridge, but I for some reason I'm running way late today. There's even more at the wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.06.26 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 10.06.26 (Evening Edition). The Wombat has and FMJRA 2.0: A Winning Homestand up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning

Jonathan Sacerdoti at Da Spec reports The Flydubai attacker’s motive was even darker than we thought. Cathy Salgado at PJM elaborates FlyDubai Hijacker Wanted to Crash Into Tel Aviv Airport to Maximize Casualties. I didn't think of the airport, but I figured it was somehow intended to be more than just the plane full of passengers. A "well, duh" moment from the Victory Girls, FlyDubai Co-Pilot Terrorist Should Never Have Been Allowed Into The Cockpit. Lots of red flags ignored. 

Vic Nava at NYPo hears Trump approves firing squad for Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan’s execution after Pete Hegseth’s recommendation. "Hasan, who was sentenced to death by a military court in 2013, would be the first service member executed by the armed forces since 1961." It's only been 17 years. They should just sneak up and shoot him in the back and let him bleed out.

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports Iran Launches More Attacks Against Tankers. Time to launch more attacks on Iran's mullahs. At the Telegraph, Iran trains women to take up arms against new US offensive. IranWire, Exclusive: Many Military and Government Officials Oppose Expansion of “Jan-Fada” Campaign. Didn't Hitler do something like that just before the fall of Germany? Why, yes he did! Sundance at CTH hosts Susan Kokinda Giving Background Context for the IRGC Appeal to the West for Defense Against Trump. Mike LaChance at LI cites Florida Republican Randy Fine: Democrats are Siding With Iran Because They Hate Trump. “Look, it’s been clear to me, based on my time in Congress, that the Democrats are on the side of Iran, and it’s simply because they hate Donald Trump.” Dan Greenfield at Front Page sees Iran Plans to Win the War by Helping Democrats Win "The old joke about the Russians was that their military strategy was to get invaded and wait for winter. The Islamic terrorist strategy is to get invaded and wait for leftists to win elections." Sarah at Insty say FINE IS WRONG. IT’S WORSE THAN THAT. SURE THEY HATE TRUMP. BUT MOST OF ALL THEY HATE AMERICA. Brad R. Torgersen @BradRTorgersen, "Hillary losing really did break them, didn't it? Like, their collective tree branch snapped. The impossible suddenly happened, and they were permanently outraged. Trump had to be punished. The voters had to be punished, too."

Dan Rivers @danriversitv, "Scoop: I have heard from a source familiar with the RAF Fairford story that the US feared a drone a attack similar to Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb last year which destroyed 10 Russian aircraft. They fear Iran might copy the tactics and that drones might even already be in UK, hence abrupt departure of B1s." Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "It brings me no joy to point out that at this point it’s hard to make a realistic argument for Britain as being a sovereign and self-governing nation state."

From RCD, Russia – The Paper Tiger That Still Bites. Will Putin attack a NATO country just to find out if NATO is still a thing? Kevin Esvelt @kesvelt, "Russia's five-hospital quarantine, FSB involvement, and reported hazmat use in response to the death of a single researcher at a weapons-lineage Irkutsk lab are inconsistent with a lab-acquired plague infection, which would have been treated with prophylactic antibiotics. 1/4" Kevin Esvelt @kesvelt, "Russian authorities have surely sequenced the Irkutsk pathogen, but refuse to identify it. Physical lockdown indicates it cannot be controlled with prophylactic antibiotics, implying engineered pan-resistance or that it isn't plague at all." From News Nation, Woman accused of spying on Taiwanese president’s son arrested at LAX. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair VIP, Oh Look, Another Pooh Honey Pot in California!

Alex Berenson at Unreported Truths thinks Europe is in trouble "And its crisis goes a long way to explaining why the American left remains a longshot to take power durably, despite the big gains it will probably make next month." Inevitable West @Inevitablewest, "BREAKING: Pedro Sánchez dissolves Spanish parliament and announces early elections on November 29th The socialist tyrant has fallen." From sundance, Enmeshed in Corruption and Failed Socialism Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Collapses Government and Calls for New Snap Election. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair hopes First Round of Brazilian Elections Portends Sunbeams for Vampire Judge: What a Lula. Ace says Son of Former Brazilian President Cheated Out of a Win Tops Election Results in Brazil, Garnering 47% of the Vote. "It requires 50% to actually win the election outright, otherwise it goes to a two-person runoff. He almost got 50%. I bet he got well over 50% -- but the left cheats, subverts, and destroys everything, including democracy." Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber, "When I'm fully unleashed and get to tell this story in detail, country by country, operation by operation, I don't think the world will ever view the history of the past decade the same way again." Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "8 elections in Latin America since USAID got defunded The "far-right" won all 8 of them." Brandon Van Dyck at Am Mind explains Why the Populist Right Is Gaining Ground.

At Da Caller, Senate Energy Bill Would Fine Any President Who Blocks A Whole Class Of Energy Projects. Obviously aimed at Trump, who is opposed to most wind power. From WUWT, Heartland Institute Experts Applaud Trump’s New, Realistic Automobile Efficiency Standards. At RCP, People’s Republic of Boulder Wants To Run Your Energy Policy Reuters whines Musk says he will rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI. Dave Harsanyi at NYPo has The good news on federal workers you probably never heard about "The federal government has reduced its workforce by 300,000 jobs since Jan. 20, 2025, bringing it down to a still-bulky 2.7 million employees." The lowest since Lyndon. Greg Lukianoff at Insty wonders WHAT IF TRUMP’S BIGGEST STRATEGIC WEAKNESS IS THAT HE CAN’T STOP HIMSELF? The same instincts that made him a media phenomenon can become liabilities when presidential power, government lawyers, and the First Amendment enter the picture. 

William Teach at Pirate's Cove notes the Credentialed Media Has a Hissy Fit Over Trump’s New Assistant Press Secretary. "This is the same media who painted Trump and anyone associated with him as a Nazi, hence, it was OK to assault them, try and kill them, and actually kill them. "Right-wing TV personality who praised Charlie Kirk and wore f*** Biden shirt, lands White House press role. President Donald Trump’s new assistant press secretary — a former reporter for Real America’s Voice — once posed for a photo with a rifle while wearing a “f*** Joe Biden” T-shirt and was a fan of slain conservative influencer Charlie Kirk." Oh my goodness, a fan of Charlie Kirk? I fear I might faint!Kyle Becker at RedState, sees Usha Vance Has Close Call Aboard Marine Two. The Hair-Raising Video Is Concerning. A missed step off Marine Two while carrying the new baby. That's quite a pair of heels for a helicopter ride. 

PJM's Bob Spencer thinks Now THIS Would Be Fun: Kennedy Is Considering a Run for President! "No, not the MAHA guy, and not, thank God, one of the gaggle of off-putting leftists that the Secretary of Health and Human Services is unfortunate enough to have as his relatives. No, the Kennedy who may be running for president this time is none other than the most riotously funny man in the Senate, Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.), who is no relation to the famous Massachusetts family, either in bloodline or political outlook." He's kind of old, but he seems sharp, and the quote he would generate would be amazing.

From Ace, Communist Jihadi Zohran Mamdani: I Will Combat Antisemitism In NYC by Partnering Up With Aggressively Anti-Israel Arab Agitation Groups, "Oh perfect." The FOO @PolitiBunny, "Holy Hell, Michigan Democrats. Did you lose your damn minds or what?" Quote Great Lakes HQ @GreatLakes_HQ, "Abdul’s mother cashed the checks for bin Laden, his father is part of the Muslim Brotherhood, and his sister is on a terrorist watch list." Quote DSA Watch @DSA_Watch, "Abdul El-Sayed’s Sister appeared on a Terrorist Watch list, court documents show." You aren't necessarily responsible for your family, but it certainly gives some insight into how he was raised. Don Surber wonders Can AOC win the Obama primary? "He runs the party in his quest to Make America Communist Already." The Manhattan Contrarian explains How To Think Like A New York Progressive, if you really must. "Looking at New York’s official progressive orthodoxy in action, these readers often see illogic and inconsistencies that seem to make no sense at all. And yet, despite the apparent internal contradictions, the New York progressives themselves generally achieve near or even complete unanimity as to many of the important policies that they seek to implement. How does this work?" Althouse hosts a Talarico video, "We have to understand... that these violent hierarchies, these systems, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, economic exploitation, have colonized our own minds," "... especially for the white educators..." TownHall's Amy Curtis thinks Seattle's Minimum Wage Hike Will Be a Death Blow for City Business. Too bad. They voted for it.

Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "As Newsom leaves office without any achievements, running for president based on opposition to Trump, his real legacy remains the lockdowns he now says he regrets. Florida had the same death rate, but didn't harm its economy. California's economy grew, but lost its middle class." Shipwreckedcrew hears Gavin Newsom’s Gambit To Push Kamala Harris Out Of The 2028 Race -- “It’s Her or Me, You Have To Choose.” "They have never been friends and they have two separate power bases in California -- but Newsom can’t win the nomination if Harris remains in the race." Beege Welborn hears his wannabe successor, 'I Was Born a Poor $12 Mexican Immigrant's Child' Anthony Cabassa @anthonycabassa, "REPORT: During CNN's Gubernatorial debate, Xavier Becerra stated that his parents "came to this country with $12". This is a line he has repeatedly used during his campaign for Governor. The only problem? His dad was born IN California, and the timeline is not adding up." VodkaPundit at PJM, You'll Never Believe How L.A.'s 'Ambitious Effort' to Fix Homelessness Totally Failed. It didn't fail, the plan was never to fix homelessness, but make it worse, and have Democrat allies get rich off the grift. It was a tremendous success! Hat Hair's Dave Strom looks at Raman's Legacy: L.A. Housing and Commercial Real Estate Squeezed by Pet Policy. If she wins to become LA's mayer, will they call her "Top Ramam?" Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, New California Law Shields Taxpayer-Funded Entities. "Don't turn on the lights 'cause I don't want to see!"

Tom Knighton at TAW, says So NOW elections are vulnerable? Democrats are already complaining that if they don't get what they want in the midterms, it was stolen. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Mark Ruffalo warns that Democrats need to be watchful for voting machine manipulation and suggests Elon Musk could be involved: "We need to be on guard for what we may not see coming -- ELON." "That's the cybersecurity of these elections." "We know that these systems are vulnerable." We have been reliably informed for years that this kind of rhetoric Undermines Faith In Elections and is Very Dangerous To Democracy." Mary Chastain at LI reports that thing that never happens, DOJ Charges 16 Aliens With Election Crimes, Including Illegal Voting. "Ten of the aliens reside in Minnesota."

At WaEx, Samuel Alito warns ‘concerted’ effort to intimidate Supreme Court threatens its future. Eric Florack at PJM notes The Supreme Court Opens Monday. Here's What's Worth Watching. Shipwreckedcrew reports The Supreme Court Takes Up Issue Of What “Process” Is Required To Remove Illegal Aliens to Third Countries. "The conditions imposed by D.Mass. Judge and upheld by the First Circuit were all presented -- and rejected -- by the Supreme Court when it stayed an injunction imposing the same conditions." Hat Hair's John Sexton, Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in a Major Climate Change Case "Progressive lawfare aimed at oil and gas companies reached the Supreme Court today in the form of Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. This is an attempt by Boulder County to sue Exxon and Suncor over the effects of climate change on the county." From WUWT, Heartland Institute Experts Comment on Big Climate Case at Supreme Court Today. Susie Moore at RedState is happy SCOTUS Wipes Away 9th Circuit Ruling Against Trump Admin in Venezuelan TPS Fight.

In a Hat Hair video Larry says Trump Just Got Everything on Jack Smith. John Solomon and Steve Richards at JTN, Jack Smith team tracked Trump defense lawyers’ calls by monitoring his chief of staff's phone. "Declassified memos reveal that Jack Smith's secret dragnet, codenamed "Plasmic Echo," monitored senior Trump associates and staff's contacts with lawyers, staff, and journalists during the 2024 campaign." Sundance, White House Declassifies DOJ and FBI Documents Highlighting Susie Wiles Targeting by Main Justice. Matt Margolis at PJM, Jack Smith Just Proved He Lied to Congress. Non-partisan my ass. Ace, Jack Smith Spied on Trump's Lawyers and Advisors to Find Out Who They Were Talking to In Response to Their Prosecution, "They slapped Trump with an absurd investigation, and then essentially criminalized his use of lawyers to defend himself. They spied on his lawyers and advisors as if they were mafia capos."

The case of the Cornell 7 and the slutty sister is starting to heat up, as Democrats and the media (but I redund) have started, as we expected, to try to pin the blame on Donald Trump, in hopes of ginning up female rage for the midterms. There's one major problem with that, though, the actual events occurred during the Biden regency. WaEx, Right on cue, left-wing media blame the Cornell rape case on Trump. EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "Biden was president during this incident lady….." Quote Brent Baker @BrentHBaker, "“We can go to the President for this one.” On @ThisWeekABC, @mcottle of NY Times blames Trump for Cornell incident: “You can’t send those messages, no matter how drunk you are as a frat boy, without having some kind of misunderstanding about what women are there for and whether this is a real person you’re dealing with. And that, I think starts, you know, we can go to the President for this one. I mean, we are in a moment in this culture where the glorification of being thuggish and swaggering and mistreating women is kind of making you a cool kid.”" John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "It should be pointed out that all of this is happening at one of the most left-wing colleges in the country, at an institution run exclusively by leftists, where almost all of the students are Democrats." John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "And on one of the most left-wing colleges on the planet." Quote Tricia McLaughlin @TriciaOhio, "Except the events of the Cornell case happened in October 2024, when Biden was President. Media and pundits fall all over themselves trying to make everything and anything about Donald Trump. It’s embarrassing and so incredibly lazy." Byron York at WaEx, The political path of the Cornell rape allegation. From Breitbart, Rapey Cornell University Is a Democrat Problem, Not an American Problem. Heather Mac Donald @HMDatMI, "An unambiguous case of consensual sex. The aftermath of the Cornell group sex episode is a peerless example of the hypocrisy of the feminist movement, which proclaims the oppressiveness of any remaining traces the chivalric code. Females deliberately drink themselves blotto in order to lower their sexual inhibitions, voluntarily participate in sex, and then, after the regrets set in, deny their agency and put exclusive responsibility for their drunken encounter on their male partner, on the grounds that they are helpless to take care of themselves. I've written about the campus rape myth in
@CityJournal: https://city-journal.org/article/the-campus-rape-myth From my interview on
@realDailyWire's Wired in Live with @cabot_phillips." Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "Plot twist!" Quote New York Post @nypost, "'Cornell 7' frat bro claims he was too wasted to consent to sex with accuser - and that he's the real victim: records, reports https://trib.al/bELjP8q." Bethany Cherisse @BethanyCherisse, "The fact that Cornell Jane did not pass out at any point during the gangbang, but she DID attempt to have sex with a man who was unconscious, is really a point that needs to be highlighted. Repeatedly. So the feminist rhetoric demands we believe that Cornell Jane was too incapacitated to consent to the activities she participated in, but NOT too incapacitated to take advantage of someone else who was incapacitated. If the argument is that intoxication nullifies consent, then that standard must apply to both (or in this case, all) parties." Quote andieiam @andieiamwhoiam, "Because Lucy Craig, AKA Jane Doe of the Cornell rape hoax, waited three weeks. 21 days, to go to police, we will never know how much alcohol she drank, we will never know how much ketamine she snorted, we will never know many of the details that she kept from the authorities. But what we do know is that she went to a frat house intentionally to have sex with two men and continued to have sex with other men and even attempted to have sex with a man who was unconscious. After that she claimed that the acts were consensual and that she was willing to do it again. The only reason she went to the police is because she was disinvited to a Halloween party at the same fraternity. This doesn't sound like a woman who was raped. This sounds like a woman who was scorned. She labored under the delusion that these men would form a friendship with her and that some might even consider forming a relationship with her. She discovered that men don't like bimbos. And that's when she retaliated."

Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "I sat my 7-year-old down and explained to him that dying industries (legacy media, academia, DNC politics) ride algorithmically driven cultural hysterias both because it’s the only way they can stay relevant and because their business models demand it. He looked up at me and with a tear in his eyes asked, ‘so, for the sake of the journos, the assistant professors, and Dem Politics Inc, we’re obligated to attest to the moral urgency of the hysteria and act completely emotionally dysregulated?’ ‘Yes,’ I answered him. ‘Yes, that’s right.’ And then we both sat quietly." Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachy, "Note that you will never see a liberal magazine asking mothers to talk to their college-age daughters about it." Quote David Polansky @polanskydj, "Kids, turn off Paw Patrol right now—I need to talk to you about sexual assault." Michael Tracey @mtracey, "NY Post claimed to "exclusively" report that the University of Utah is the most rape-plagued campus in the USA, but failed to note that 81% of these purported rape reports were made by a single "survivor/victim" who reported being "raped by their intimate partner" 260 times."

Not unexpectedly, Lauren Conlin @conlin_lauren, "BREAKING: Judge William Sullivan has DENIED Lindsay Clancy’s motion for a finding of not guilty on all three murder indictments. Kevin Reddington argued the evidence was insufficient on two issues: whether prosecutors proved Clancy was the person who killed her three children and whether she was criminally responsible at the time. Sullivan rejected both arguments, finding there was enough evidence for a rational fact finder to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Clancy committed the killings and was criminally responsible. The motion is 5 pages, 5th page in the comments."

John Hinderacker at Power Line, discusses Migration as Weapon. At Hat Hair, John Sexton sees Leftists Lose Again, This Time on the Arizona Border, Beege Welborn calls it Dirty Deeds After Dark: British Government Locks Down Entire Town to Import More Migrants and Far-Left Violence Alert: Fuzzy Widdecombe Murder Suspect Charged With Terror Plot Against Farage. Ace hears ICE Nabs Another 15 "Worst of the Worst" Over the Weekend. "I voted for this." Newsweek, New H-1B Bill Would Hit Employers With $250,000 Fines. Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito @USLaborIG, "NOT SO FUN FACT: Universities can avoid Social Security, Unemployment Insurance and Medicare payroll taxes on qualifying J-1 researchers who are nonresidents for tax purposes." From the College Fix, Event at UC Berkeley mocking Charlie Kirk memorial draws scrutiny from State Department. "Spokesman Tommy Pigott told The College Fix in a statement via email that “people in the United States on visas are guests in this country, and we will not tolerate people here on visas who break our laws, support terrorism, or unlawfully incite violence, which ultimately led to the horrific assassination of an American.”" From No ¡Pasaran! This is the Best Pro-GOP Campaign Ad of the past 40 Years and Needs to Be Broadcast 24/7 for the Next 4 Weeks (Must-See Video). OK:

Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "The New York Times? Yeah I'm not even the least bit surprised. When that paper doesn't have a terrorist or a Communist to valorize it has no idea what to do with itself." Quote Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "The New York Post just revealed that the Gazan doctor who wrote two opinion pieces in the New York Times, accusing Israel of genocide after October 7th, is actually a Hamas terrorist himself. It turns out that Dr. Hussam Abu Safyia is a Hamas Colonel."

Hat Hair's Dave Strom, hears Macron: Shut Up, America's 1st Amendment the 'Opposite of Free Speech'. Reclaim The Net @ReclaimTheNetHQ, "Emmanuel Macron says American free speech is "the opposite of free speech." In his view, freedom only exists inside a "common framework" set by the state. He compared posting an insult online to hitting someone in the street. Those are different things, because one is speech and the other is violence. He wants people punished for posting "nonsense," with state-backed fact-checkers deciding what qualifies. He wants a verified identity behind every social media account. He has written to Ursula von der Leyen demanding the DSA be enforced "much faster, much more forcefully."" Ace notes Paris Police Report: Riots Are Being Incited by Far-Left Politician and Perennial Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Melanchon, "I mentioned this on Thursday, but the party "La France Insoumise" (France Unsubmitted/Unbowed) or LFI are openly cheering on the riots. The Red-Green alliance is right out in the open, including in support for anti-normie terrorism."

Steve Hayward at Political Questions takes on Our Unsustainable Universities. "That sucking sound you hear is higher education circling the drain." Buck Throckmorton at Ace's MORNING RANT: Trump’s Education Department Cuts Off Low-Paying Degrees from Federal Student Loan Program – Exploitative Universities Hardest Hit. NYPo reports US colleges slash tuition by tens of thousands as families balk at sky-high sticker prices. The market is working, albeit slowly. Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79, "A student notices a curious gap in the discourse at Harvard: “Examining the public comments of Harvard’s last four presidents, I was unable to find one reference to radical Islamism, even while they addressed major attacks.” “In my searches of Harvard’s course catalog, I found just one class mentioning either ‘Islamism’ or ‘Islamist.’” “Or take the offerings outside class…. When I searched for ‘Islamism’ or ‘Islamist’ in the Harvard Gazette, I found only a single event described across all of campus in the last two years.” “Why aren’t we talking about this?”" From Campus Reform, Michigan State, Rutgers faculty work to stall responses to McMahon’s higher ed reform letter. At the Martin Center, Higher Ed Is Still Muddling Through AI. "Universities need an AI strategy that prepares students and faculty for artificial intelligence while transforming teaching, research, and operations." One of the guys on the boat the other day worked in IT. When Pete asked him what he did, he said he used to code, but now, he just tells AI what to code.

Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal signals Parents Who Treat Boys as Boys and Girls as Girls Are Not Abusers, New Bill Declares.

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Flotsam and Jetsam - It's a Long Monday

 An amazing amount of stuff for a Monday. Don't those people have anything better to do on Sunday?

According to News Wax, UAE Had Shared Details about FlyDubai Flight with Israel, Including Pilots' Names and Nationalities. A failure in vetting for sure, but one whose part? PJM's Bob Spencer thinks a Veteran Pilot Startles Leftist Interviewer With the Truth About the Dubai Hijacking. "But how deep do you want to go into it? Because I, I hear, them saying, “Oh, we wonder what the motive is.” Well, excuse me, in Du— in the Middle East, the motive is, the fact that Islam calls for the death of Jews. All Jews. It's part of the core belief of Islam. This whole commission, this joke they had in Australia recently about antisemitism, just ignores the reality of what is the core belief of Islam that all Jews must die until the world becomes pure, free of Jews." Hat Hair's Josh Hammer warns Don't Let Flydubai Terror Scare Derail Abraham Accords Progress. At Response State, Reignited violence in Ethiopia threatens to engulf the entire region, "A tangled web of alliances, mixed with intense domestic conflicts in surrounding countries, will make it difficult to contain another civil war." Aggie at Althouse comments "Apparently, the Omani co-pilot asked the Indian pilot if he could leave his seat to go pray. The Indian pilot granted this permission, at which point the Omani co-pilot retrieved the rescue axe and proceeded to attack the pilot, in an attempt to crash the plane. Isn't that a terrific metaphor for what's going on in the West...."

At Da Signal, the Great Victor Davis Hanson shows that the Iran’s Regime Is Running Out of Options. At RCW, The Diesel Shock Came from Abroad; But the Missing Cushion Was Homemade. Failure to allow enough oil refining. We're looking at you, California, in particular. CTH's sundance hosts Barbara Boyd Outlines Trump Strategy Against Fuel Costs and Overall America-First Economy. From RCE, When All Else Fails, Start a War: Europe's Descent From Net Zero Folly to Military Mobilization.

A Driscolly post at Insty, US PULLS BOMBER JETS FROM RAF FAIRFORD AFTER TERROR PLOT: "The US has withdrawn all of its bomber jets from RAF Fairford after the base was the target of a suspected terror plot last weekend. The Pentagon said all B-1 bombers deployed to the base, which US forces have used to strike Iran, have returned to the US." Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "If this is true. We are seeing a massive USAF vote of no-confidence in the UK Labour government. If the "Special Relationship" between the US & UK depends on which political parties are in power simultaniously. We are post "Special Relationship."" Quote GMI @Global_Mil_Info, "It appears a mass withdrawal of B-1B Lancer bombers from RAF Fairford is underway, likely reflecting the ongoing security threat surrounding the airbase. The movement also appears to include aircraft from the most recent B-1B rotation, rather than being limited to the bombers." Insty says R.I.P. SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: Eli Afriat @EliAfriatISR, "The Pentagon confirms that all B-1 bombers deployed to RAF Fairford in the UK have returned to the US: "Due to operational security considerations, we could not confirm the aircraft's movement in real time; however, we can now confirm that all US bombers deployed to RAF Fairford in the UK have returned to their home bases in the US."" The Globe and Mail @globeandmail, "Quebec on the cusp of electing separatist government promising referendum." When Canada falls apart on its own, we can take Alberta, and maybe BC.

7% NaCl (Salty) @TwoRulesOfWar, "This seems like the start to a survival horror game." Quote, Annie Jacobsen @AnnieJacobsen "BREAKING: Plague outbreak expands, Russia BSL-3 lab accident - FIVE hospitals now quarantined The plague outbreak in Siberia, Russia has expanded w/5 hospitals now under QUARANTINE: Irkutsk Hospitals No. 1, No.3, No.10, Ivano-Matreninskaya." Looks like another lab "leak." From News Wax, Germany's Merz Visits Kyiv as Russia Steps up Attacks on Ukrainian Cities.

Inevitable West @Inevitablewest, "BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro has officially WON the first round of the Brazilian Presidential Elections, with millions more votes than communist tyrant Lula The polls got it horribly wrong. CHANGE is coming to Brazil!" Aaron Stanley @AaronWStanley, "What is the probability that the STF will attempt to annul these election results due to alleged US interference? @ggreenwald" Quote Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald,"Brazil's election count coming to an end with the slimmest margin yet between Bolsonaro and Lula: now about 2%. Still: very hard to see how Lula will leap ahead for the Oct. 25 run-off given tonight's huge right-wing wave and the right-wing tilt of the 4 candidates." The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "Americans were literally financing movements intended to destroy their way of life." Quote Mostly Peaceful Memes @MostlyPeaceful, "Since USAID was dismantled in 2025, no left-wing candidate has won a presidential election in Central or South America. x.com/kalshipolitics…"

Roger Kimball at Am Great discusses Trump and the Relentless Momentum of Events, "Trump is the great magnetic north of our political metabolism." Navarro to Newsmax: Trump Delivering on Manufacturing. At NYPo, Larry Kudlow and Stephen Moore explain Trump and Republicans can win the ‘affordability’ battle — here’s how. Sundance hosts Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Gives Lengthy Outline of His Role, National Security and the U.S. Economy with Anxious. Larry Correia @monsterhunter45, "As much as the black pilled doomers loved to cry about how the Trump admin hasn’t fixed every problem in America… I’d like to point our this is the current ATF director telling some Everytown For Gun Safety dude to fuck off. Keep in mind two years ago Biden’s ATF director was making literally millions of us felons overnight because we had the wrong shaped piece of plastic on our guns. Anybody who says these two sides are equal is dumb or an op trying to sell you something." Carson Holloway at Am Mind remembers George Washington’s Wisdom for the Midterms. "No political movement can succeed by ignoring its voters’ self-interest." Tim O'Brien at PJM wonders Are Republican Campaigns Forgetting About Their X Platform Advantage?. From Althouse, "I don’t know about anyone else, but a table full of very distinguished people just told me that they HATE, immediately after a mandatory time change, going home at night – and it’s DARK." ""It’s depressing! One of the gentleman stated that, 'I just hate going home in darkness.'" Writes Trump, who seems to believe Daylight Saving Time is a valuable political issue." No problem too small. And, "To understand the religious dynamics of the Texas race, it’s important to absorb the true depths of the 'God gap' in American politics." "Writes David French, in "The ‘God Gap’ Is Narrowing in Texas" (NYT)."

From Tech Crunch, OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’

Derek Hunter at TownHall sees Democrats Are Coming After You and It Won’t End Well. From Calling all Rush-Babes, *Hello, America! The Midterm Elections are a Month Away. Here’s what Chuck Schumer and the Democrats have planned. Da Signal is worried Muslim Migration Could Decide Key Senate Races. PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks It Feels Like It Should Be Easier to Defeat Abdul El-Sayed. NYPo, Gavin Newsom signs Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha into law as new California state holidays, but of course, Christmas and Easter are billed as "seasonal" holidays. Becca Lower at RedState has a Report: Somali Gang Shooting Injures 2 at MN High School Game, Has Major Implications for Midterms. Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "People don’t seem to understand that the DSA is a convergence around a replacement moral order. It is an anti-imperial theory in which power is not restrained by constitutional limits, individual rights, or conduct toward civilians. Power is judged by who exercises it and..." quote DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Correct. "Populist left" is a misnomer; the only thing that makes them "populist" is that they're anti-NATO and anti-Israel. It's always dangerous when the dissident right talks about allying with them. They're trading a fake perception of foreign control (Israel) for a very real set of foreign countries bent on destroying America. This includes China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, and many others. Just because they're anti-NATO doesn't make them anti-global-order. The populist left wants to abolish borders and install tyrants; it's their religion. Singham / CCP alone has routed 300 million dollars towards revolutionary disruption all over the world. There's no alliance with the populist left. They'll kill you first." Quotulatiousness quotes Those who are attracted to power are the ones least capable of using it wisely. At Da Signal, Pedro Rodriguez looks at Squad 2.0. Joe Chalfant at TownHall laughs when he finds out It Turns Out That Talarico's 'Latest' High-Profile Campaign Stop Is From February. 

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "EXPOSED: This is how paid protest networks can secretly claim to be grassroots and not big donor funded - 2 paid protesters organizers are exposed as being paid $80,000 each per year each, both work for The People's Forum - On paper, they make $0 from The People's Forum, so it looks like the protest organizers are no paid - However if you look dig a litter deeper into their taxes you can see they are paid by a different NGO called the Justice and Education Fund - The Justice and Education Fund is the nonprofit funded by Neville Roy Singham, the billionaire China ... My opinion is everyone involved in these foreign funded paid mass protest networks should be criminally charged" Bob Bluey at Da Signal explains The Real Reason Some States Still Count Votes for Weeks. 

From Twitchy, Woman Mystified by Middle Eastern-Looking Men Filling Up Walmart Grocery Carts With Milk Jugs. Jack Trade @JackTradexx, "They shop for their convenience stores, using SNAP (food stamps) card to pay for all the food, then sell for cash at their store. Have 3 wives, 2 of them collect government funds and the men use the funds to buy inventory for their store." From Fox, ‘Phantom’ Obamacare accounts spark new crackdown as Oz targets broker fraud. "CMS administrator says 760,000 fraudulent accounts have been terminated, saving taxpayers $2.2B."

Gail Heriot at Insty, IT’S REALLY LONG: "I’ve been reading through the Report of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans. It’s well over 1000 pages long (and printed in a way that makes it more like 2000 pages of an ordinary book). I probably won’t be able to read every single line of it, but I will try to read as much as I can. Somebody has to, and it’s up my alley, so I should be the one.." At Da Caller, Gavin Newsom Signs New Law Requiring Companies To Disclose Historical Ties To Slavery. From NYPo, California governor’s races sees another massive swing as nail-biting new poll released.

At Insty, WHO KNEW HE WAS “FAR RIGHT” DECADES AGO?

I just found the most brilliant bit by @JohnCleese He explains Leftism better in 90 seconds, than you could learn from any academic in 20 years. https://t.co/xtubCcbRdi

— Dr Manhattva (@Manhattva) October 3, 2026

To be fair, I think they probably left out the part where he looked at "far-right" extremism.

From Da Fed, Brianna Lyman sees a Poll: 6 In 10 Americans Oppose Democrats’ Plan To Pack The Supreme Court and Ben Weingarten like a Landmark Lawsuit that Pits The Sharia Regime Against The Constitution. From CIS, SCOTUS to Consider Legality of Trump ‘Mass Detention’ Policy. "More than 30 years after IIRIRA, we’ll finally find out what section 235(b)(2)(A) actually says."

At USA Today, The 'Cornell 7' haven't been charged. The mob doesn't care. "What's most troubling in the Cornell University rape allegations is that onlookers have already made up their minds about who is to blame." Eugene Kontorovich @EVKontorovich, "I didn’t think I would comment on the Cornell 7 matter, but there is an underlying culprit everyone is missing. It’s not “society,” it’s the government. The heavy partying at ultra-expensive institutions like Cornell is being financed by untold billions of non-market government-backed loans that let students take what amounts to a four-year cruise - parties, sports, even occasional lectures. I would guess none of the participants were electrical engineering majors. Most adults don’t have all-night ketamine bacchanals because they have to work in the morning. But 18-21 year olds are given all the privileges of adulthood without and of the responsibility. Don’t treat them like Roman aristocrats and then wonder at their decadence." Insty, I BELIEVE THE SOCIETAL/RELATIONAL DAMAGE IS ACTUALLY THE POINT: Timur Kuran @timurkuran, "The biggest issue raised by Jane Doe vs. the Cornell 7 isn't simply who is responsible. It is what the controversy could do to relations between men and women at a moment when American social life is already in trouble..." Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "My new @Townhallcom column takes no prisoners… “We don’t owe accusers anything except to treat the accusation seriously, to investigate both sides’ claims, and to test the admissible evidence against clear laws. But that’s not what the leftists and feminists want to do here. That’s not what New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wanted done by appointing New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor. Hochul had already framed the young woman as a victim who was “literally gang raped,” and said she deserves to have “justice pursued.” Her catspaw James is supposed to run an objective criminal investigation? That’s a travesty. She has her marching orders, and she will march accordingly.”

From Am Con, The Mysteries of Butler "A new book examines the assassination attempt that changed the course of our recent history." Something stinks, but it's not clear, who or what is rotten.

Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "If you want to see the GRANITE Act pass, and get foreign censors the hell off of America’s Internet, now is the time to take any and all action you feel appropriate. Call your reps, write an op-ed, tell your friends - literally anything."

At The 74, Parents Are Beginning to Grasp the Reality of Grade Inflation, New Data Shows. "Grades can give the false impression that students are on track. A Learning Heroes survey suggests parents are beginning to question what schools tell them." Atop Da Hill, Jonathan Turley says The blue-state model for education has failed, and the public has caught on. From the WSJ, The End of College as We Know It. "AI is wreaking havoc in universities, but higher ed’s woes long predate ChatGPT." Bob Graboyes at Bastiat's Window, says Plagiarize! Plagiarize! Plagiarize! Only Be Sure Always to Call It, Please, “Research.” "In the AI+internet Era, can plagiarism remain a meaningful concept, and will its prohibition be enforceable?" 

Charlie Martin @chasrmartin, "Not a history, major I see." Quote Ashok Kumar @comrade_kumar_ "It’s official: the Green Party is now the first major political party in the West to be explicitly anti-zionist. A historic moment." Steven Pinker @sapinker, "Yes, many critical-social-justice dogmas can't withstand intellectual scrutiny, so their proponents try to protect them via intimidation and walling off the university commons. Civil discourse and viewpoint diversity are threats to this tactic." Quote Jeffrey Flier @jflier, "This new "report" is an embarrassing example of politicized argumentation plus scholarly ineptitude. It reflects that the movement to increase civil discourse & viewpoint diversity is rapidly advancing, which worries these authors. This is the best they could do to fight it." Chicago Boys decry The Alien Transplant to The US, antisemitism.

David Mastio @DavidMastio, "TRUMP'S TRANS CIVIL RIGHTS TRIUMPH: New data show a predicted Trump-era targeting of trans people failed to materialize, even as LGBTQ leaders warned of an ‘epidemic’ of ‘danger,’ ‘violence,’ ‘murder’ and even ‘terrorism.’"

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