Flotsam and Jetsam - Mohammed Abdulrahmen El-Sayed Betrayed!

PJM's Matt Margolis reports on this HUGE Development in Michigan that Could Be the Nail in the Coffin of El-Sayed’s Campaign. Fox News @FoxNews, "BREAKING: A surprise political twist in Michigan as Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens appears alongside Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers at a Detroit church, abandoning plans to attend a unity event with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. @GarrettTenney reports the Rogers campaign reached out to Stevens at the last minute following a dispute over a controversial pro-El-Sayed PAC ad that Stevens criticized as antisemitic. El-Sayed has since said he disagrees with the ad, but Stevens has also demanded an apology for his own past remarks about Israel. The unexpected appearance comes just two days before voters head to the polls." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair notes Stevens Appears With Rogers After El-Sayed Snub; UPDATE: Full Endorsement. At Althouse goes to the NYT for "The Democratic representative who lost a primary fight against Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, endorsed his Republican opponent on Sunday...." NYPo, El Sayed courted voters at mosques where speakers dubbed US ‘House of Satan’ and called for ‘final annihilation of Jews.’ From Spiked, Abdul El-Sayed: tribune of America’s Islamo-left, "Palestine brain rot has corrupted the Democrats." Sarah Hoyt at Insty says IF YOU VOTE IN MICHIGAN, STOP LAUGHING AND GET OUT THE VOTE FOR ROGERS: The El-Sayed-Haley Stevens Campaign Event Has Devolved Into Total Blood Sports. Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "JUST IN: Another Michigan Democrat just crossed over. State Rep. Karen Whitsett is endorsing the Republican, Mike Rogers, and rejecting El Sayed. When Democrats in Detroit start walking away, the party has a problem. Michigan, go finish it." Hugh Hewitt @hughhewitt, "Superb question by Ross Douthat and his dismissiveness of the El-Sayed go-to party trick —asking a question instead of answering one— leads AES into a meandering and absurd answer which leaves everyone aware that he will support boys in girls’ sports." Quote Mike Rogers @MikeRogersForMI, "@AbdulElSayed says it’s ok for MEN to be in girl’s locker rooms. Why? “Well because they are going to find out about it on the internet anyway.”" Matt Vespa at TownHall sees The Left Has a Complete and Total Meltdown Over Haley Stevens Endorsing Mike Rogers. Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "But there’s more - here’s James Carville: “The Democrats don’t even think you [Stevens] are worth a used condom.” Never seen anything like the anti-woman crash out going on rn. Wow." Quote Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Carville is having an unhinged crash out over Haley Stevens: "If you think that these Republicans are going to treat you as anything other than what they view you as...a used condom. The Democrats don't even think you're worth a used condom." Gina Milan @ginamilan_, "BREAKING: Teamsters President Sean O’Brien just voted for Florida Republican Senator Ashley Moody. Yikes. Democrats aren’t having a great day."

Jonathan Turley says “Alaskan Voters Need to Know”: Times Alleges Peltola Campaign Conspired to Confuse Alaskan Voters With Decoy “Dan Sullivans”. Of course she did, with at least a wink and a nod. TownHall's Joe Chalfant notices NYTimes Readers Aren't Happy With the Peltola Piece. John Reese - Person of Interest @Rickisback_ON_X, "Don't worry Alaskans, it's totally normal for a guy running for the US Senate to; not actively campaign, raise only $35K and give most of it to his campaign lawyers, and then when questioned about his authenticity, he flees his home and refuses interviews with anyone." Liz Mair @LizMair, "Did you draft him to run for Senate as Dan B Sullivan?" Quote Mary Peltola @MaryPeltola, "Look who I ran into in Juneau this morning." Ed: Don't be silly. The bear didn't register for the election. Dan Moose Sullivan, however ... The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Alaska Democrats Caught Busing In Thousands Of Dan Sullivans."

MAZE @mazemoore, "In 2016 The NY Times did a video on the 2000 election and how crazy it was to not have the results on Election Day. Now the MSM tells us that not having the results on Election Day is normal." Quote PBS News @NewsHour, "If you go to bed on election night and don't know who won a midterm congressional race, that's normal. And if you wake up the next morning and find that a candidate who was behind hours earlier has since pulled ahead, that's normal, too." The Associated Press @AP, "BREAKING: More than 4 in 10 names flagged as possible noncitizen voters in California cannot be found on voter rolls, according to a legal filing." streiff @streiffredstate, "that means 60% are, correct?" Jen Van Laar at RedState thinks it Looks Like The 'Analysis' Slamming DOJ's Noncitizen Voter List Is Coming Back to Haunt CHIRLA, CA. Roger Kimball @rogerkimball, "This is true." Quote Eric Metaxas @ericmetaxas, "You'll notice that Trump's attempt to have free and fair elections is being presented by the Left as his attempt to STEAL the election. Don't buy the lie. They are desperate. A fair election will spell their demise & they know it." From News Wax, Mullin to Newsmax: Noncitizens on Voter Rolls Top 300,000. From Fox, 'Biscuit' the dog is latest dead felon to get their voting rights back from Spanberger, confused owner says. "Del Tom Garrett demands an independent audit of Abigail Spanberger's restoration process before Election Day ballot measure."

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Will Thibeau at Am Mind on The Midterms’ Two Defining Issues. "Democrats are using the Iran War and AI to boost their electoral prospects." Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "Here's how this will work if the Democrats retake the house: There will be a big push for AI regulations that lock out open-weight and open-source AI models. The lie that will be told is that they're legislating for "safety". The reality will be massive amounts of money flowing from the cloud AI providers and AI-doomer nonprofits in a move actually designed to put a regulatory moat around the cloud providers' business models. "They want to put off the day when they're obsolescent as long as possible. Even if it means forfeiting the lead in the AI race to the Communist Chinese." Quote Andrew Curran @AndrewCurran_, "NYT: 'the lawmakers also signaled that if the Democrats retook the House in elections on Tuesday, the chamber was likely to shift away from its largely hands-off approach to artificial intelligence companies.'"Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "I warned you all about this. They will be lying. The actual goal of the big AI providers will be to outlaw open-source and open-weight AI in order to create a regulatory moat around their business, and have some hope of earning out their astronomical capital expenditures. The claims will be about safety and equity, the reality will be a money and power grab. Brace for the bullshit avalanche that's coming." Quote Choblin @choblin29, "BREAKING: OpenAI is preparing a policy and PR blitz immediately after Tuesday’s midterm elections, Axios reports. As public backlash against data centers grows, it wants to rebrand them as “AI compute campuses” and push Congress for mandatory “speed limits” on the most powerful."

Julio Rosas @Julio_Rosas11, "'Everybody [is] waiting for the Democrats to win': Another migrant caravan left southern Mexico in October and some migrants we interviewed said they hope for a Democrat victory in the midterms so the U.S. starts shifting away from Trump's immigration policies. W/ @Phase2Deport:"

Hat Hair's John Sexton, High Speed Rail CEO Resigns After Questions From CBS. You'll wonder where the money went, when you vote for a Democrat.

Jordan Boyd at Da Fed sees Trump Rallies For ‘Best Ever’ AG Paxton At Packed Lubbock Rally. At Althouse, "I came as Donald Trump. I didn’t have time to get — people spent a lot of time and money. Rich people. They spent nine hours getting ready. I had 10 minutes, so I came as Donald Trump." "Said Donald Trump, quoted in "'I Came as Donald Trump': The President Hosts a Luxury Halloween at Mar-a-Lago/President Trump attended his jungle-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago dressed as a distinctly recognizable figure" (NYT)." SheThinksFreely @L08818, "No president since Truman has cut 300,000+ federal jobs while adding a million private-sector jobs, all in under two years. That was 80 years ago and driven by the end of WW2. Trump is a once in a lifetime President! MAGA" From I&I, a First-Of-Its-Kind Poll Finds TDS Is Real, And It’s Shockingly Widespread.

InfantryDort @infantrydort, "And now we understand the absolutely rabid obsession with destroying Pete Hegseth. I’ve been in the Army since before 9/11. Served under many secretaries. Only in the past 18 months have I experienced: >politicians warning me not to follow illegal orders >billboards outside military bases telling me to report war crimes >the media attacking anyone who has a positive thing to say about the man, and defending anyone who hates him >stunning volume of leaks from senior officials trying to undermine him, and the lionizing of the leakers by the press >being called a war criminal myself, hundreds of times a day >a sustained media narrative portraying virtually every firing or senior officer removal as a “purge” >public efforts by retired officers, advocacy groups, and political figures to mobilize service members and military communities against administration policies >influential “Americans” publicly cheering for Iran This is just to name a few...." Quote Diomedes Appreciator @HomericFuturist, "Almost like it’s important to hold the authority to deploy the security forces." InfantryDort @infantrydort, "A sitting U.S. senator and a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General having an open discussion about how to get out of “authoritarian” rule." Quote Erikaaa @ErikaCA47, "Last month, Elissa Slotkin brags about how she went to Poland and Hungary and "brought home the playbook to get out of 'authoritarian' governments." WTAF. The Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland, Radosław Sikorski is celebrating the globalist coup. Here he is last month alongside Elissa Slotkin. Are you awake yet?!..." Andrea Shaffer, Anti-Marxist Warrior @Andreafreedom76, "Markey Reveals Color Revolution Plan: Unions & Workers to Shut Down Nation? Senator Markey must have participated in the organized Ed Holder Election War Game Exercises. In a interview conducted today, Senator Ed Markey stated that lawyers were already drafting an emergency case to bring before the U.S. Supreme Court both before and immediately after the election. He added that thousands of lawyers were being prepared for deployment to key polling stations across multiple states. Markey further said preparations needed to include readiness for a national strike on Election Day, with millions of people taking to the streets to protest what he described as an attempted electoral crime. He specifically called for workers, unions, and businesses to shut down in a manner similar to the response in Minneapolis following the deaths of Alex Freddi and Renee Goode. ..."

At Resp. State, Why is Egypt jumping into Houthi war? First, follow the money. "Cairo buys an increasing amount of fuel from abroad, owes billions to foreign lenders, and depends on open Red Sea-Suez traffic, among other pressures."

From Sundance at CTH, Following EU Assembly Rejection of “Associate Member” Status, Carney Wants U.S. Trade Deal Again and European Commission Begins Reevaluating Emissions Trading System, to Restore EU Oil Refining Capacity. At Oil Price, Europe's Natural Gas Prices Soar to Four-Year High as Winter Looms. Sucks to be them. A fun, slightly Rule 5ish AI video from Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, “America Innovates, Europe Regulates”. "Finally, a suitable use for AI-generated videos: Making fun of the EU choosing regulation over innovation."

Dave Rubin @RubinReport, "This is the guy Democrats want to destroy. Sheer insanity." Quote Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Our second product is called Blindsight and it will, as the name suggests, enable even those who are completely blind or have never seen to see. It is ready from an engineering standpoint. Just waiting on regulatory approval." The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great answers the question Why Do They Despise Musk?, "Elon Musk’s shift to the right, support for Trump, and defense of free speech have turned a former liberal darling into a target of the Left’s growing hostility toward billionaires." He didn't shift right; they shifted far-left.

Eric at Security & Cigars hears Common Use Comes to December. "It isn’t about common use. It’s about what the Bill of Rights put beyond government’s reach."

The Manhattan Contrarian sees the New York Times Breaks the Taboo On Mentioning That Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother. A random act of journalism. From the Chronic, ‘60 Minutes’ Still Frames Deportation as Cruelty, Not Correction. We warned you Bari Weiss was a liberal. A fairly fair liberal, but still a liberal.

Greg Lukianoff at The Eternally Radical Idea sees the Halloween costume police strikes again, Mbappé’s Mao meme, MSU gags its own trustee, & more!, "Bringing you the latest free speech news (11/1/26)."

Twitchy takes note that the Student Who Took GREAT PLEASURE Reciting Poem Celebrating Charlie Kirk Murder Suddenly VERY SORRY, and questions her sincerity:

Her parents are not US citizens and make millions here, so I’d imagine they got up her ass about destroying the family finances…….

— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) November 1, 2026

From Mazelit Airaksinen, NY Violin Teacher Calls Jews “Nazis” and “Gremlins”— Threatens Jewish Journalist, "“Jesus Christ you gremlins don’t stop” said violin and golf teacher Drew Martin Youmans of Kingston New York."

Sarah Hoyt at Insty asserts THIS IS AS ORGANIC AS ASTROTURF, WHICH IN FACT, IT IS: "The Violent Unrest in France Is Spreading to Other European Countries. The question is why. Is the left trying to wish their fantasy of world revolution into life?" From ¡No Pasaran! Last year, his head planted firmly in the sand, Macron decided to recognise a Palestinian state — unaware that Paris would become its capital.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Halloween Edition

I'm going as Dan Sullivan. No middle initial. PJM's Cathy Salgado hears Trump Calls for Disqualification and Prosecution of Peltola, ‘Decoy Dan’ in Alaska Senate Race. Twitchy notes Chuck Todd Defends Dem Name Trick in AK—Until He's Reminded When the GOP Did It They Went to Prison. Chuck Todd @chucktodd, "Careful assuming only one side does these things. See FL GOP and the state senate in 2020. The question is whether there is a big enough constituency that either believes politics should be better than this or whether most folks assume politics is this cut throat and it’s just..." Quote Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank "The Kennedys doing underhanded things is an old American tradition." pmcallFreeAafia FreeKhan Pardon Assange/Snowden @pmcall, "Those Republicans in Florida were also arrested, tried & sent to prison. Thank you for letting us know what should happen to the Democrats who were involved in this scheme in Alaska." The Federalist @FDRLST, "Lyman: Dems Claim Voter ID Is Too Confusing But Not ‘Decoy Dan’ Ballot Trick." Drew Holden at Holden Court says Stop Pretending Voter Fraud Doesn’t Exist. "It isn’t a conspiracy theory, and voters know it."At Althouse, Darkness on the eve of election, "The view from Memeorandum — where I've gone for many years to see an overview of the day's talked about headlines — is a non-view:"  Shipwreckedcrew is the Lawsplainer: California Officials Will Be Federal Prosecuted If They Ignore Evidence Of Ineligible Aliens Voting In Federal Elections "The Ninth Circuit Appeals Court has recognized that ”deliberate ignorance” when “aiding and abetting” others to commit crimes satisfies the “knowledge” element in criminal cases."

VodkaPundit at Insyt says SOCIALISM IS JUST PEOPLE WHO NEVER DID ANYTHING ORDERING AROUND THE PEOPLE WHO DO THINGS UNTIL NOTHING GETS DONE.  At the Victory Girls, Haley Stevens’ Fiancé Goes Red and Leaves Her Seeing Blue. "Michigan Democrat Rep. Haley Stevens is in quite the political pickle. Her fiancé, Jason Turkish, is a lifelong Democrat. But he’s voting for Republican Mike Rogers in the Senate race. Turkish accuses Democratic nominee Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed of putting Michigan’s Jewish community at risk. El-Sayed also happens to be the man who defeated Stevens in the primary. And she’s still backing him. Talk about a house divided." The NYPo Ed board is concerned; Hochul just confessed: She’ll give Mamdani his tax hikes next year. America @america, "Democrat Texas Senate Nominee James Talarico: “The Supreme Court needs to be overhauled… I am open to a discussion about expanding the number of justices.”" PJM's Matt Margolis says come and get it, And Here It Is: Proof That Talarico Is a Pervert! On Friday, our sister site Townhall reported that an email address belonging to Talarico appears in leaked records from the 2011 breach of Fling.com, an adult dating site. The profile tied to that address used the username "mohawk787" and listed its interests as "FETISH," "GROUPSEX," "SEXUAL RELATIONS," "ONLINE FLIRTING," and "OTHER." He'd be far from the first perv in Congress. Talarico's campaign claims it was a computer hack. 

Stephen Kruiser at PJM, NYT — Yeah, Obama Totally Knew About Omar's Immigration Incest. Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "The Ilhan Omar "married her brother" story was originally broken by @realDSteinberg at the @powerlineUS blog and @PJMedia_com in 2018. Media covered it only to try to bury it. It was treated as a conspiracy theory. Now we know the feds knew it in 2016." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "DHS Agents Seize Ilhan Omar's Phone But Decide To Let Her Keep Pager."

Elon Musk @elonmusk, "My biggest concern is that if there is a clean sweep by Democrats of the House, Senate and Presidency in 2028, they will: 1. Make DC and Puerto Rico states to gain a strong majority in the Senate. 2. Open the borders and legalize everyone living in America illegally to cement a permanent majority. 3. Increase the size of the Supreme Court to gain an immediate majority. This would result in America becoming a permanent one-party state and the end of democracy in any meaningful sense of the word. All that is needed to ensure this doesn’t happen is 51 Republican senators in 2029. That is why you should vote for Republican senators this election. Other reasons are irrelevant compared to this one."

Ace, Feds Raid Multiple Fraudulent "Autism Services Centers" in, Get This, Minnesota, "Hm. It's almost as if Democrat-run states deliberately allow massive fraud to illegally funnel money to their key constituent groups." AMAC, Democrats Make Protecting Fraud Their “Day One” Agenda. "Democrats are brazenly promising to throw the door wide open to fraud if they win back control of Congress this November – yet the media has virtually ignored it." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Man Achieves American Dream Of Working Hard And Paying Taxes For 50 Years So He Can Fund Fraudulent Somali Daycares."

General @TheGeneral_0, "Obama got caught with his pants down by telling a really stupid "joke", and it backfired tremendously. Then he lied about "they mobilized a whole government response to that joke". No they didn't, BO. You just got caught being a d!ck." Quote Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins, "Obama tonight on his Cheesecake Factory line: "They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke. Not to inflation, but to that joke. The White House even called the Secretary of the Treasury. This is the man who is in charge of the economy. The person who's supposed to..."

From Shooting News Week, Virginia AG: AR-15s Are Really Just Machine Guns That Shoot Semi-Automatically…Or Something. That is kind of the key distinction.

At WaEx, Hegseth firing Sylvia isn’t office politics — he smoked out a wartime mole. InfantryDort @infantrydort, "I think Pete Hegseth saved the U.S. military from falling into the ideological abyss. I also think he's done it with every single card in the deck stacked against him. A calcified bureaucracy and screeching "civil servants" who gnash their teeth any time "merit" is mentioned." Quote RationalActor @RationalActR, Replying to @infantrydort, "I am curious what you think of what Hegseth is doing. It’s been awhile since I was active duty. Since leaving it’s obvious that they commenced with a social experiment and they also politicized the institution. The warriors were ousted and professionally destroyed. And Now?? InfantryDort@infantrydort, "To say nothing of the fact that he's experienced the most hostile media treatment imaginable." cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander, "I rise to remind everyone that this is not a new development. Longer than 6-month deployments became a normal occurrence well a decade and a half ago and became normalized in 2013 after years of seeing them. At the time: "Eight-month deployments are becoming the fleet standard, with some stretching much longer. For instance, destroyers Barry and Gravely returned from nine-month cruises in November that were extended due to the Syrian crisis...." Quote Brent D. Sadler @brentdsadler, "A feature of a too small Navy in a too dangerous world… this was predictable decade plus ago and we need to fix this and return deployments to nominal 6 months." Quote U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute, "Long Deployments to Be Navy Standard For Next Couple Years, MCPON, CNO Say — USNI News."

So, is NATO ally Poland's democracy about to go tits up in a color revolution orchestrated by the Eurocrats? Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Holy Smokes - Looks Like Poland Might Be in the Middle of a Tusk-Orchestrated Coup UPDATE and MORE. Mario ZNA @MarioBojic, "COUP UNDERWAY IN POLAND! PM Donald Tusk has just sent police to storm Constitutional Tribunal building in Warsaw in the middle of the night. Tusk waited until President Karol Nawrocki left the country before ordering the police takeover. Nawrocki was halfway to Senegal when he abruptly turned his plane around and rushed back to Poland to confront the unfolding crisis. The EU, which backs Donald Tusk, has STILL NOT issued a statement on this unprecedented crisis or condemned the attempted coup." At EuroNews, ECB President Christine Lagarde to step down next February, months before her mandate ends "As Euronews reported, rumours first emerged in February that Lagarde planned to leave early so that French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz could oversee the choice of her successor before France's presidential election in April of next year." From Ace, Candidate of Germany's Far-Left Party "Die Linke" Confesses that Islamists Control Her Party and That She Fears They Will Kill Her.

Open Source Intel @Osint613, "An Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat yesterday killed two commanders from Hamas's military wing, the IDF said. One of them, squad commander Ihab Jamil Abu Takiya, was involved in holding many hostages early in the war, among them Noa Argamani and Emily Hand. Platoon commander Ibrahim Jihad Muhammad Abu Ashiba was also killed. According to the IDF, both men were advancing attacks on Israeli troops and civilians in violation of the ceasefire."At Am Think, Monica Showalter thinks about the Barbaric election aftermath in Brazil. "Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes reared his ugly head again." At Insty, VodkaPundit warns BUCKLE UP: Taiwan 2027 conflict window remains valid, Army Pacific commander says.

Insty hisself at substack worries about Life today under Late Democracy, "Can a system survive when so many people don’t believe in it?"EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince "It’s quite telling that democrats keep screaming about who they’re going to investigate and send the Feds after but never a mention of what crime? Usually you mention the crime or act you want investigated." Quote Senator Alex Padilla @SenAlexPadilla, "INVESTIGATE ELON MUSK." Collin Rugg @CollinRugg, "NEW: Robert Reich calls for the "defunding" of Elon Musk, calls for Democrats to go after Musk's companies. "Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX... It should be a public corporation." Does he want Musk to drop another $50M on the midterms?" Look for spare change in the couch in his office. He doesn't have a home. Karol Markowicz @karol, "Concerned about fascism so they're picking people at random to prosecute when they get power. To protect against fascism." Quote Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Kara Swisher adds DOGE's "Big Balls" to the Democrat target list. "They could just pick a few people. To me, that's the way you go. You pick like a Hegseth, a Musk, and I don't know, Big Balls.""

From the Chronic, The Supreme Court Is Not as Conservative as Many Believe. We've noticed. From Jonathan Turley, Last Stand at the High Court: Catherine Herridge Fights to Protect Confidentiality in Bizarre Case and “You are White-Presenting”: Texas Judge Ordered to Undergo Psychiatric Testing After Bar Complaint. 

Bob Hoge at RedState hears a Not Smart Florida Woman Threatens to Shoot Trump at Rally, Learns a Hard Lesson Indeed. She can go as a clown for Halloween.

Prowler @derzum_, "Verifiably, Trump has the largest effort of de-legalization, denaturalization, visa revocation and real deportations, on top of the greatest cuts to overall legal immigration in over a century" and "So far the Trump administration has terminated TPS for 1.1 million aliens, ended the parole of 500k, overseen removal orders against over 440k asylum seekers, revoked more than 300k visas, facilitated over 200k self-returns, and secured more than 130k voluntary departure cases," and "Confirmed cases of voluntary departure have soared to the highest levels in history. Illegal aliens are increasingly giving up in immigration courts, in fear of mass deportations. There have been more voluntary departures in 21 months of Trump than in 6 years of Obama, combined."

Noah Pollak @NoahPollak, "I wish more Republicans understood this. Education is one of our country's few genuinely existential problems. Our K through PhD system is a vast communism factory. It barely gets mentioned in our political debates." Quote Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "“Why does this keep happening on college campuses?” Universities are not a side quest for communist revolutions. They are the headquarters. They are the brain trust. They are the recruiting farm. Communist revolutions are spawned on campus." Quote Utah College Republicans @UtahCollegeReps, "College Republican attacked while peacefully tabling at the University of Utah."

Matthew Harwood at Expression, Government officials admit his Halloween decorations are legal. Why won't they leave him alone? "In Bristol Borough, a Halloween display tests what “voluntary” means."

Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "So true, UN, the real problem with men being maimed and killed in war is that women have to pick up their slack with the housework." Quote UN Women @UN_Women, "Conflict places more of the care burden on women and girls' shoulders. #Peace and security require more than their unpaid labor. Women and girls must be at the heart of peacebuilding."

Of course, there's still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.30.26 (Morning Edition) and In The Mailbox: 10.30.26 (Evening Edition). Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Is the The Alaskan Double Tap Going to Court?

After the NYT published a story backing up our long held belief that Democrats in wannabe senator Pelitola's campaign actively sought out a like named doppelganger for Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (Dan J. Sullivan) to split votes in Alaska's bizarre "ranked choice" voting system, the story has finally received some attention, and even legal proceedings. Funny how that works. Cathy Salgado at PJM has a Report: Democrat Campaign Recruited ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan to Run in Alaska. Hat Hair's Mitch Berge sees it as part of a larger Democrats Strategy: Counterfeit Republicans. TownHall's Matt Vespa sees The Dems' Election-Rigging Nonsense In Alaska Might Have Triggered Subpoena Wave and wonders What the Hell Is Lisa Murkowski Doing? Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "BREAKING: Colleague @davidspunt reports via two sources familiar that there is an ongoing DOJ "aggressive criminal investigation" into Daniel J. Sullivan appearing on the ballot for US Senate in Alaska, and the investigation has intensified in the wake of the bombshell NYT report today. DOJ sources tell David that multiple grand jury subpoenas will be issued in the coming hours and days, and there are preservation orders to cell phone companies that are being prepared regarding text messages and emails that may build a timeline for how Daniel J. Sullivan was placed on the ballot. The investigation is being handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Alaska and federal prosecutors are interested in potential charges relating to the depravation of rights of Alaska voters. The investigation is expected to go beyond Election Day and has been underway for several months." S undance at CTH sees Alaska Governor Requests Criminal Investigation of Democrat Ballot Fraud Scheme. Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "Alaskan Gov. Mike Dunleavy just told Fox that the decoy Dan J. Sullivan was asked to speak earlier to their investigators and he refused to do so. Now, no one seems to be able to find him as the Democrats ride out the scandal in the final five days..." PJM's Matt Margolis likes how Gutfeld Destroys Jessica Tarlov for Defending the Democrats’ Fake Dan Sullivan Scheme. "I get it. But see, what you just do, what you've done is you've opened the door for everything," he said. "Now nothing, now there's no reason to even defend the most low down dirty thing when you defend that." PJM's Scott Pinsker says Democrats Just Made Election Fraud a National Midterm Issue. Will the GOP Blow it? Quite likely; it's the Repblican way.From Fox, Bari Weiss faced 'significant resistance' from CBS News staffers about Alaska ballot scandal, insiders say. Sunny @sunnyright, "CBS reporters upset that their chief wants them to investigate stories published in the NYT." Quote Joseph A. Wulfsohn @JosephWulfsohn, "EXCLUSIVE: CBS News chief Bari Weiss faced “significant resistance” from staff at the network’s 9am meeting this morning while discussing the growing Alaska ballot scandal as she urged reporters to dig into the story, according to sources at the meeting." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "All she's attempting is moving one of the most notorious biased and corrupttrd news networks 6 inches back toward moderation and they can't stand it."

David Strom @DavidStrom, "2020: the most secure election in history. 2026, five days out: Democrats warn Elon Musk and AI could rig the vote, so paper ballots are suddenly a great idea. These are the same paper ballots they fought for years. This isn't election security. It's an excuse being built in advance." Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "Unlikely that anything will be done in the next 6 days. Calif will process votes every day -- separating the ballot from the envelope so that the vote is counted and no able to be segregated in the days or weeks ahead, The bigger problem is that Carter just told state and local official that their actions are not illegal. Even if he's later determined to be wrong by a higher court, this creates an "estoppel" argument that could prevent any later prosecution of state or local officials -- "Judge Carter told us it was ok." I said this last week. My concern for a while is that DOJ, being understaffed, doesn't have enough EXPERIENCED TRIAL LAYWERS working for it who can "see around the corner" to understand how what they do today might impact what they might want to do in 3 months. This is an example." PJM's Stephen Kruiser, Clinton-Appointed Judge Lends a Hand to California Voter Fraud. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Parallel vote tabulation (PVT) is a common tool in color revolutions." Quote Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters, "An anti-MAGA group says its legal partners are exploring a PARALLEL VOTE COUNT outside government. Seed the Vote’s own words..." At Da Caller, Hackers Knocked Federal Election Commission Offline, Emails Show. At Da Caller, ICE Reveals Fresh Lineup Of Foreign Nationals Accused Of Voter Fraud. Jen Van Laar at RedState hears a Clinton Appointed Judge say Not Allowing Illegal Alien Votes Is Like Disenfranchising Black Americans.

Steve Richards and John Solomon at JTN report El-Sayed courted Muslim centers where clerics portrayed U.S as Satan, sought ‘revenge’ on Zionists, "Newly surfaced recordings show the Democratic candidate courting votes at tax-exempt Islamic centers, where clergy and Islamic scholars called America the "House of [Satan]," asked Allah to support the fight against Israel, and prayed for vengeance against Zionists and their backers." Dave Strom at Hat Hair hears Abdul El-Sayed: Democrats Abandoning Him, Including Haley Stevens' Fiancé. "But in the case of Abdul El-Sayed, the people crossing the party line are genuine about it, and really are lifelong Democrats who would never consider voting for a Republican unless they felt driven to under extraordinary circumstances. They see Abdul El-Sayed's election as just such a circumstance." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "So just in case you're following along, the mostly public face of The Bulwark is endorsing a Muslim Britherhood adjacent proven Anti-Semite. Ok, sure but that's not even the best part of this. He's claiming that the opposing candidate will usher in internment camps, which would be a really uncomfortable fact, if his coworker and podcast partner had not floated someone with an actual Nazi internment camp guard symbol on his chest for President in 2028 prior to that candidate dropping out." Luke Greenburg at PJM reports a Bottoms Endorser Urged Muslims to Prepare for Possible ‘Active Resistance’.

Matt Lamb at LI, NY Times Exposes Talarico’s Fake Story About Overcrowded Classrooms. "James Talarico claims he battled to teach America’s youth in overcrowded classrooms. The New York Times says there may be more to the story. A few more hundred stories like that and the NYT might restore a shred of credibility. Steve @SteveLovesAmmo, "How to make a political candidate squirm 101: Ask James Talarico if he thinks Allah is non-binary as well."

Chris Pope at CJ observes Medicare for All Is Popular—Until People Find Out How It Would Work. "A Maryland policy experiment shows why the proposal would meet resistance in practice." Amy Curtis at TownHall claims Healthcare Costs Too Much. Voters Want Patients Back in Charge. Eddie Scarry at Da Fed notices ‘Affordability’ Is A Trojan Horse For Democrats To Bring Back The Biden Years. Anybody who really believes Democrats have any plan to improve "affordability" deserves to pay more. Unfortunately, it's the rest of us who'll pay the price. 

Sensurround Q. Catgirl writes I Didn't Leave the Democratic Party Because I Wanted To. I Left Because I Was Paying Attention. "The Audacity of Falling For Absolute Bullshit." "I still have my Obama campaign victory packet, which I keep as a cherished reminder that I am capable of being an absolutely colossal fucking idiot." C3 @C_3C_3, "Want some truth? Dems are a 30% party of social outcasts. Commies, young freaks, race baiters, mentally ill men, feminist Karens, old hippies and grifters. Propped up by the Media, USAID, ActBlue, Illegals and election fraud. They’re one HONEST election away from withering and dying or destroying America. Simple."

Dave Strom characterizes Newsomnomics: Paying NGOs to Deliver Gourmet Food to Welfare Recipients. From NYPo, Minecraft billionaire is latest California resident to flee state — as he offloads $70M Beverly Hills mansion. It's nice to be able to afford to flee the system you probably helped create.

Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, " DAMAGE CONTROL: Barack Obama is now on the campaign trail swearing he LOVES the Cheesecake Factory. Days ago he mocked Trump's White House as looking like "Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory." Now it's "my jam for about a decade." He insulted millions of regular Americans who eat there, got caught, and is calling it a joke. Nobody is buying it, Barack."

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald, "The WashPost -- like the WSJ -- has an editorial today sounding the alarm on Brazil's authoritarianism. Its point -- like mine and everyone's -- isn't that Bolsonaro is innocent. It's that Judge Alexandre de Moraes is a tyrant who persecutes political enemies with no limits." Monica Showalter at Am Think thinks about the Election travesty in Brazil. "A crony judge extended voting hours after polls had closed in conservative areas." From Am Con, Lula’s Victory Is Surprising Because He Has So Little to Offer Brazil "The left-wing incumbent’s fresh policies were largely reversals of those he implemented previously." It wasn't a surprise, it was a steal. Driscoll at Insty quips VLADIMIR PUTIN CALLED AND TOLD LULA TO DIAL IT BACK A FEW NOTCHES:
Sassafrass84 @Sassafrass_84, "Did you know… 2014: the candidate who ran against Lula’s party died. 2018: the candidate who ran against Lula’s party was stabbed and nearly killed. 2022: the candidate who ran against Lula’s party is serving a 27-year sentence for a “coup” that never happened. 2026: Flávio Bolsonaro, the candidate who ran against Lula, is in exile. What are the odds? Just huge coincidences. And Lula wants us to believe he won the election fairly?" Jeff Childers at Flopping Aces thinks Trump Is Building a New American Order in the Western Hemisphere. The Media Is Too Busy Hating Him to See It.

Unfiltered Artist @EmpireEnjoyer3, "I think Trump is trying to conduct a last ditch effort to pry Russia away from China because he sees the war over Taiwan as inevitable. Not sure if he factored in the North Korean question though, as they’ll likely take the Taiwan opportunity to reunify Korea with China’s help, and North Korean troops are already engaged in combat against NATO backed forces in Ukraine." Quote Open Source Intel @Osint613, "According to RIA, Russia's Rosatom is in talks with the United States on possible cooperation over small nuclear power plants that would supply electricity to artificial intelligence data centers."

Open Source Intel @Osint613, "ICYMI: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had some extraordinary warnings for the Iranian people in an interview with Iran International the other day. “Don’t pay your taxes because you’re not going to get anything back from the government.” He also urged Iranians to prepare for serious fuel shortages this winter. “You should start stocking up on heating fuel. There’s going to be a big heating fuel shortage. In terms of gasoline, everyone should fill up their tanks now.”..." John Sexton reports Trump Briefed on Military Options for Iran. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn is not too upset that Hegseth Fires a Three-Star for Leaking to the Press UPDATE: Uh-Oh "A Pentagon official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters, said Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was accused of misconduct for allegedly leaking classified information related to the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine war. Sylvia failed three polygraph tests about sharing classified information with the press, the official said, adding that the case has been referred to the Department of Justice." InfantryDort @infantrydort, "Generals? What Generals? The bar for becoming a general officer is in the fucking basement. You can see a trend in my posts as of late. I've gone full bluntness on this topic since nothing else seems to work. We spent twenty years losing wars while rewarding the people who learned how to survive the system that was losing them. Strategic failure became “complexity.” No victory became “persistent engagement.” Nobody got fired, everyone got another star, and the bureaucracy learned the oldest trick in Washington: rename failure until it sounds like expertise...." Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "If I worked at The New York Times after the paper got a Pulitzer for Russia collusion reporting, I would be too ashamed talk about “decisively forfeit[ing] any presumption of honesty.”" Quote David French @DavidAFrench, "One of the many problems with this administration is that it lies with such regularity and frequency that you can't trust a syllable that comes from anyone. This statement on background might be true, or it might not be true. But the administration has decisively forfeited any presumption of honesty."

Sundance at CTH reports 3rd Quarter GDP Comes in Strong at 3.4% Growth – Even with Massive Increase in Imported Industrial Purchases, “The AI Factor”. Miranda Devine @mirandadevine, "US GDP growth figures out this morning show a robust 3.4%, exceeding all expectations. That is more than double the anemic 1.6% in poor beleaguered Australia, and well above Europe (2.4%) and the UK (2%). Beats me how anyone with any ambition for a better life could vote for leftists." Brivael Le Pogam @brivael, "This is true everywhere in the West. Palmer Luckey just launched BlueChip with Qualcomm, a laptop designed and assembled in the United States. The "analysts" told us an American computer would cost $100,000. Luckey says it'll cost about 20% more than a high-end PC. The gap between those two numbers is the size of the lie. In France, we know this song by heart. Taxis. In 2008, a government commission proposed opening up taxi licenses. Strikes, highways blocked, and the government backed down within days. A Paris taxi license would eventually resell for over €200,000. Scarcity created by the state turned into private wealth. It took Uber to break it, and in 2014 the government passed a law to try to lock it all back down...." Quote dnap @dnapway, "Palmer Luckey says analysts claiming it's too expensive to manufacture in the US are lying to protect megacorps "I think I have a more realistic view than almost anybody. One of the problems with all these analysts that are telling you that it's going to cost $37,000 to build an American iPhone or $100,000 to buy an American computer." "They're trying to prop up a status quo that the megacorporations want to keep going. They want to outsource everything. They want to hire cheaper non-American labor."..."

John Lott at RCI says Go Figure: Arrests, Prosecutions and Deportations Fuel Record Drop in Crime.

Tim O'Brien at PJM wants you to Remember That They Tried to Kill Trump for a Reason Before You Vote.

Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "NYT reports today that the Obama DOJ first started investigating Ilhan Omar (alias) marriage to her brother ten years ago. “Federal agents in Minnesota opened an investigation, according to several people familiar with the matter. They found evidence suggesting that Mr. Elmi and Ms. Omar were siblings, according to the six former and current officials familiar with the case. But, because prosecutors did not pursue the matter, the agents had limited investigative tools, the officials said.” After rumors of the sham marriage—it was well known in Minneapolis’ Somali community back then—threatened to derail her run for state representative, the Obama appointed U.S. Attorney for Minnesota stepped in to save her with this extraordinary letter to her attorney. She was elected to Congress in 2018. Andrew Luger was later rewarded with the same appointment from Joe Biden. He then worked closely with—guess who?—Lisa Monaco." Quote Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "If NYT is reporting that, the memo’s out. Everyone, back off. Step away from the Somali." PJM's Cathy Salgado, cites the NYT: Obama Admin Had Evidence of Omar’s Bro-Husband. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair says Oh, Brother: NYT Drops Bombshell on Ilhan Omar-ish Marriage and Obama Admin. At the Free Bacon, After Shaming Conservatives for 'Seizing' on 'Rumors,' NYT Finally Concedes Ilhan Omar (Probably) Married Her Brother. "Times readers understandably shocked to learn that details surrounding Omar's marriage 'have long been murky.'" Vic Nava at NYPo reports llhan Omar’s alleged brother she wed in ‘sham marriage’ says he is a gay man in academic paper. Matt Vespa finds it hard to believe Ilhan Omar's Alleged Sham Marriage Just Got Weirder. Emily Kopp @emilyakopp, "NEW: Ilhan Omar's ex-husband & alleged brother identifies as a "gay man." In Somali custom, her ex-husband's name shows he's the son of NUR SAID. Per DOJ, Omar's name shows she's the daughter of NUR SAID. Omar's father went by NUR SAID online." Sundance is dismayed Lawfare Arguments Surrounding Ilhan Omar Search Warrant Release Ends on Desk of Infamous and Corrupt DC Judge James Boasberg. Unfortunately, almost any DC judge is about as bad. Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC, "I like how it takes 10 years for the feds to leak out that Ilhan married her brother and that Swalwell had sex with a Chinese spy, but about 3 weeks for them to leak out that they were investigating Donald Trump's campaign for Russia "collusion"" Quote Ken Dilanian @KDilanianMSNOW, "“Federal agents in Minnesota… found evidence suggesting that Mr. Elmi and Ms. Omar were siblings (meaning Rep Omar married her brother), according to the six former and current officials familiar with the case. But, because prosecutors did not pursue the matter, the agents had limited investigative tools, the officials said."

Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "Republicans are learning that the law is a door that only swings in one direction. Democrats can do illegal and unconstitutional things — like enacting DACA, or putting noncitizens on voting rolls — but when Republicans try to undo these things, judges prevent them from doing so." Steve Ferguson @lsferguson, "The Democrats are corrupting jury pools before the election." Quote Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters, Replying to @nataliegwinters "The plan reaches into GRAND JURIES. It describes educating community members to "“reject improper prosecutions when serving on grand juries” For investigations used to pressure unlawful compliance, it prescribes immediate framing as intimidation aimed at overturning an election." John Sexton reports Accused Cornell Student Asks Judge to Remove Biased Letitia James. At Twitchy, A Judge Is Facing Discipline for Her Conduct at a Hearing, and the Transcript Is WILD (LAWSPLAINING). At NYPo, NYC’s DAs go quiet when pressed on claims they told staff to downgrade illegal immigrants’ charges. Cat got your tongue?

Nice Deb at Am Great reports a University of Texas Student Reaps the Whirlwind After Reading Depraved ‘Kirkiversary’ Poem at TPUSA Event, a Brazilian student. The Gateway Pundit @gatewaypundit, "Someone Bought the UTSA Student’s Domain Name After She Read a Giddy Poem Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Murder, Now Anyone Who Googles Her Will Know Who They Are Dealing With." Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "I find it interesting that the people most unsuited for a paradigm where brutal violence is the determining factor in society are the ones who giggle as they promote it. Careful what you wish for." Quote Mike Solana @micsolana, "this is not a small group of people on the left anymore, but a large, dominant faction without whom democrats can’t win elections. and there is no debating them, because they aren’t interested in changing your mind. they just earnestly want you to die." Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio, "America will not host foreigners who celebrate the death of our fellow citizens. Visa revocations are under way. If you are here on a visa and cheering on the public assassination of a political figure, prepare to be deported. You are not welcome in this country." Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "Looking forward to reading David French‘s “The Conservative Case for Welcoming Foreigners Who Giggle at the Thought of Murdering American Patriots.”" Quote Seth Keshel @RealSKeshel, "How long until the conservative purity squad lecture us all on how we shouldn’t cancel her?"

Theo Wold @RealTheoWold, "Have you ever met a White South African refugee? I did just the other day here in Boise. He told me he works four jobs, including as an Uber Eats delivery man, to support his family. He said his kids sell homemade baked goods on a major trail in Boise and earned $1,000 just over the last month. He also told me that doing all of these things in South Africa would have required permits, government approval, and proof of cooperation with a black business or black cooperative before being licensed-- just to deliver food or operate a kid's lemonade stand. ... "Quote Steve Rattner @SteveRattner, "98% of the refugees admitted to the U.S. under Trump have been white South Africans."

The Free Bacon reports New York Times Increasingly Relies on Left-Wing Nonprofit Journalism. "'Economic Hardship Reporting Project' highlights plight of $315,000-a-year anti-Israel activist."
AG @AGHamilton29, "There is something seriously wrong at the BBC. This is the headline they used for a Muslim peace activist who was murdered by an Islamist group for preaching against radicalism." Quote BBC News (World) @BBCWorld, "Controversial Islamic cleric shot dead in northern Nigeria https://bbc.in/4sto6Fj." Readers added context, "Sheikh Yahaya Ibrahim Masussuka was a prominent moderate Sufi preacher in Nigeria known for advocating interfaith dialogue and opposing violent extremism. Ansaru claimed responsibility, citing his peace efforts as the motive." Stephen Kruiser sees that Trying to Ignore France's Muslim Problem, WaPo Stumbles Onto Truth About Socialism. Greg Lukianoff at WaPoo opines Universities normalized attacks on free speech. Now it’s all-out war. "School leaders spent years failing to rein in censorious administrators. The backlash is driving a new disaster."

Also at The Free Bacon, Asian-Americans in Harvard’s Incoming Class More Than Double, to 43.2 Percent "'The results speak for themselves' says racial bias Supreme Court litigant." 

Bill Ackman @BillAckman, "How can @MIT and President Kornbluth sit back and allow Kristin Knouse to remain on the MIT faculty when she has been found by a jury of her peers to have falsely accused him of rape, and intentionally destroyed his life and career with the help of co-conspirators in the MIT administration? How does this not violate MIT’s code of conduct? How can one continue to trust the research she produces? Why has MIT not immediately launched a formal investigation to reconsider the removal of @DMSabatini’s tenure and Knouse’s continued inclusion on the faculty? The evidence from the case is now in the public record. It is a straightforward process for MIT to review the facts. Justice must be served." Quote Craig S. Bell @craig_s_bell, "Female MIT scientist climbed into famed professor's bed and 'aggressively' demanded sex... before making #MeToo allegation that almost ruined him after he dumped her."

From Hollywood In Toto, How Legacy Media Weaponizes Late-Night Propaganda, "Comic tells anti-Trump jokes while reporters feverishly go to work.... The far-Left propaganda doesn’t merely exist on the shows themselves. Reporters at Variety, Entertainment Weekly, Deadline, TheWrap.com, The Hollywood Reporter and more regularly take these late-night screeds and turn them into news articles."

And more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.28.26 and In The Mailbox: 10.29.26. The Wombat has and FMJRA 2.0: The Continuing Crisis up on time and under budget.

Flotsam and Jets - Talarico Turns Up

As soon as they noticed he had been absent for 10 days he showed up. Stacy McCain is on it, Rumors Swirl: Where Is James Talarico? UPDATE: Talarico Appears in Public "The Talarico campaign had been stonewalling and making excuses, but as soon as I took notice of the candidate’s mysterious absence, they wheeled him out in public ... So I guess he got a day pass from the psych ward." Kyle Becker at RedState, We May Have an Answer to the 'Missing' Talarico Mystery. This Looks Bad. Really Bad. "former L.A. mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, who is not the only one who has sources making this assertion, says that Talarico appears to have checked into a mental health facility." Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "My sources are telling me Talarico is in a mental health facility. His campaign has stopped actively planning events in the vital homestretch of the campaign. If this is true, this is actually a time to pray for Talarico. We should, of course, savagely mock his smug, awful campaign advisors, by all means...and while yes, of course, this would be disqualifying for Talarico's aspirations to be a Texas Senator, we must hold empathy for anyone undergoing crisis. Campaigns are brutal, and not everybody is cut out for it. You need very thick skin. As much as I don't want Talarico anywhere near government, I also don't want wish him harm, and no political office is worth having a breakdown. His awful advisors are at fault for this. They pushed him to be something he isn't, and it didn't work. I'm praying that this isn't true, and he's OK. You want to win these fights on the battlefield of ideas, not the minefield of poor health." PJM's Matt Margolis, If This Is True About James Talarico, He's Finished. Kurt Schlichter at TownHall, So Where Did Talarico Go? "He’s been missing in action since the end of September — time to send out a search party. Maybe we can help, but looking for him is like playing Where’s Waldo, except easier, because you can safely avoid barbecue joints, gun ranges, or churches that actually believe in Jesus." So Talarico might actually be crazy? It's so hard to tell with Democrats.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Mamdani: I Demand Trump Release Illegal Alien, Gang Member, and Felon! UPDATE. That's just insane. Bret Stephens at NYT opines on Zohran Mamdani’s Moral Obscenity. I'm surprised they let him. Mike LaChance at LI hears Only 300 Attend Hasan Piker Event at UT-Austin After Thousands Sign Up. At Insty, Dave Bernstein, GOD SAVE THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM RABBIS WHO CAN’T RECOGNIZE EVIL LITERALLY STARING THEM IN THE FACE and Sarah Hoyt at Insty says I CAN DISTINGUISH. THEY MADE ME STUDY IT IN HIGH SCHOOL. I KNOW THE THEORY. FOR THE PRACTICE, DATAREPUBLICAN IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT: Up front, here are the definitions (plus bonus Leninism definition): Communists = Strive for a classless society with common ownership of production. Marxists = Communists who believe in a classless society as the end of history. Leninists = Those who idolize the man who operationalized Marxism to its logical conclusion. Socialists = Fake meaning (Berniebros): Kids who like free stuff. Real meaning (PSL, DSA): Communists who pretend to tolerate dissent.

At ¡No Pasaran! Election Protection helps prevent legal votes being cancelled by cheaters and elections being rigged by powerful interests

Ace hears Workers At Obama's Soviet Concrete Butt Plug Tower of Ego Threaten to Unionize Over Low Wages and Long Hours. "Here's my guess: They don't work very hard and they're paid more than they're worth. I hate to defend the Stuttering Clusterf*** of a Miserable Failure like that, but I bet he hired a bunch of DEI dregs who are surprised they're being "coerced" into working at all. We'll have to see, though. Either way, I'm glad to see the SCOAMF is being inconvenienced by the Marxism he champions." John Stossel @JohnStossel, "Seattle city council wanted to help "exploited" gig workers. So they forced delivery apps to pay drivers MORE. "I wouldn’t assume that prices are going to go up," said one politician. But prices DID go up. @judgeglock of @ManhattanInst explains how regulation backfired." At PJM another West Coast, Messed Coast™ Vicky Taft claims A Foolproof Test to Confirm If Elected Leaders Are Unserious Boobs. You should presume they are until the prove otherwise. Also, Nick Shirley Does It Again: A $120 Can of Spam Busts Open Seattle's Food Stamp Fraud. At Ace's, Trump Announces That Almost 500 Criminal Fraudsters Have Been Arrested While Living in Taxpayer-Funded Public Housing, "Outstanding."

At Shooting News Week, Kurt Schlichter expounds on This is How the Execution of Nidal Hasan Should Be Carried Out. Old school. Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "I'm opposed to the death penalty, because I want to allow governments as few pretexts for murdering people as possible. Criminals should be executed by their intended victims at the time of the intended crime. On the other hand, I'm hearing so much butthurt screaming about the upcoming public execution of the Fort Hood terrorist, uniformly from people that I despise, that I feel kind of like supporting it." From Twitchy, Sit This One Out, Lady: Hillary Clinton Is Aghast That America Is Publicly Executing a Terrorist. "There's "sit this one out," and then there's "STFU, you reprehensible harridan!""

From the National Security J, A Disaster Is Coming for Iran: The Economy Is Tanking At Warp Speed as Donald Trump Squeezes Tehran More and More. "One of Iran’s top security officials says the country is going through one of the most difficult periods in its history, as the rial hits record lows and Iranians drain their savings. Iran’s oil minister also resigned on Sunday, though Tehran says it was for personal reasons." AG @AGHamilton29, "OpenAI has revealed Iranian operatives used AI to create and plant articles claiming to be from Western journalists. They also created social media accounts for the fake journalists and flooded related social media posts with comments. https://openai.com/index/disrupting-ai-enabled-false-front-operations."

Sundance at CTH hears President Trump Announces Diesel Supply Agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin. OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical, "Just hours after the U.S. eased sanctions on Russian fuel exports, Ukrainian attack drones struck the NZNP Rostovsky oil products export terminal in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. The Russian fuel export terminal was set ablaze." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "SpaceX satellites to "drop like flies" should they interfere with Russia says Medvedev." Quote Dmitry Medvedev @MedvedevRussiaE, "Kiev moron's request to “block” Russia’s Rassvet satellites can only imply their destruction, a sure way to a full-scale space war. I hope the US gets this. Otherwise, Starlink satellites will drop like flies. Space is a cramped place so it's a must to be mutually polite." Elon Musk makes Starlink satellites like Frito makes Doritos.

Mary Chastain at LI reports Rubio Sanctions ICC: The Court ‘Will End Its Threats or We Will End the ICC’ “Our message is clear: the United States and its people are not subject to the jurisdiction of the ICC.” Sundance dances as President Trump Sanctions Politically Motivated International Criminal Court (ICC).

Sundance not unhappy that Canada Loses 68,000 Jobs in September After Losing 41,700 Jobs in August, Keep keeping those elbows up!

Leslie Eastman at LI, Hegseth Puts Warfighting Skills at the Center of Military Promotions, "The proposed Joint Warfighting Evaluations are envisioned to be something along the lines of the 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers, which showcased the skills of Eisenhower and Patton….but with AI!." Ace thinks
AI Companies are Wargaming a Public Relations Campaign to Assauge (sic) Citizens After a "Catastrophic" AI Event -- Which They Predict Will Happen Next Year, "This is worrying."

Katie Zacharia allegedly

Sundance hosts President Trump Announces Katie Zacharia as White House Press Secretary, I hope she's as good a Karoline Leavitt, and President Trump Celebrates Columbus Day at the White House, with the restored statue of Columbus that vandal protesters broke up and dumped in Baltimore Harbor. Quoth the Raven at QTR’s Fringe Finance, Judy Shelton, Scott Bessent And The Coming Gold Revaluation?. "The Treasury Secretary just brought one of America's most prominent gold advocates into his inner circle. ... About a week ago, I wrote an article exploring what would happen if the United States decided to revalue its enormous gold reserves, which are still officially carried on the government’s books at the absurd price of $42.22 per ounce. I explained how a revaluation could potentially create trillions of dollars in new Treasury financing capacity and, taken to an extreme, fundamentally alter the relationship between the dollar, gold and the national debt."

Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "IT WAS ALWAYS A SCAM. A whistleblower inside Letitia James’ own office says investigators spent a year on the Trumps, found no evidence, and still got ordered to keep digging because “what Tish wanted, Tish got.” No case. No crime. Just a vendetta with a badge. This is lawfare and the New York Post just put it on the front page." Ace says Oh, No! DOJ Seeks Perjury Indictment Against January 6th Fabulist Madison Cornbread, "Not Madison Cornbread! Madison Cornbread, no! Noooooo!" His name for Cassidy Hutchinson. Also, Three "Students" Arrested for Threatening to Murder the President. "CNN won't cover this. But I do remember CNN hyperventilating that a meme showing Trump beating up a wrestler with "CNN" superimposed upon his head was an unbearable threat to kill a reporter, and that a Trump crowd chanting "CNN Sucks!" was a direct threat against noted tough-guy mike-grabbing-woman-harasser Jim Acosta."

On Deep Background, Will the Court Stop Climate Lawsuits From Becoming a National Carbon Tax? I expect so.

Regarding the "Cornell 7" + 1, Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "I predict my comments to The Hill will age well: “I’m on the opposite side of whatever narrative is going on about Cornell here. Cornell would have bent over backwards to make sure that there were consequences, even to the point of violating probably some of these young men’s due process rights, if they were able to do so,” said Inez Stepman, senior legal and policy analyst at Independent Women’s Forum, a conservative women advocacy group. The case “should not be going through trial by mob,” Stepman added. “The environment in which we talk about these issues is frankly hostile to getting to the truth of them, and extremely and unnecessarily reputationally damaging for everybody involved, and it’s kind of a disgrace, honestly, the way these cases blow up, the way that the student newspaper published the names, that the whole thing, to me, is a disgraceful way to treat like a serious issue.” Quote Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "I have said since day one of this Cornell 7 thing that it's far, far, FAR more likely that the school violated the Constitutional due process rights of the boys involved than that it downplayed or brushed aside the allegations of sexual misconduct. Feeling really good about that."

Sarah Hoyt at Insty, SERIOUSLY? CONSIDERING HOW MUCH THE LATEST WAVES OF ILLEGALS WERE DRAWING ON THE SYSTEM THEY NEVER PAID INTO: "because they were being signed on for disability and other benefits at the border, this is highly improbable: NEW REPORT: Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Could Cut Social Security Retiree Benefits by $2,152 a Year, Economists Find. And if you dig to find who these economists are… A brand new firm this year that is apparently all about enforcing immigration is bad for the economy? All 3 (three) of them? I’d bet money they’re ex-government employees!" Jihad Watch watches UK Plans to Welcome ‘Palestinian’ Migrants. To be fair, the mess in the mideast owes a lot to British intervention. 

Dave Strom wonders if it's Time to Blast Strasbourg? Brit Hume @brithume, "Excellent thread on the forces involved in the riots in France." Quote Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics, "A Fox News Digital investigation traces how France's student protests over education cuts are being hijacked by a sprawling network of communist activists, labor unions and far-left political parties — all amplified by a transnational propaganda machine funded by Neville Roy." Andy Doyle at WaPoo opines John Cleese is not a terrorist, "The former Monty Python star’s criticism of Islam is a free-speech matter, not one for government intrusion."

From the Free Bacon, Harvard Celebrates Its Boycott-Israel, Blood Libel Nobel Laureate. "Prize winner is Harvard Law grad who returned to campus in 2022 to demonize Jewish state." At Campus Reform, EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Pro-Palestine students destroy October 7 memorial, allegedly set conservative's clothing on fire. "Anti-Israel students at a New Mexico university vandalized a memorial honoring victims of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Expression expresses, Acceptance of violence and shoutdowns fell in 2026, but so did tolerance. "A breaking wave?" From Da Signal, What Has Become of Charlottesville, Virginia? "... now that a 37-year-old schoolteacher from Albemarle County, named Michael Swiney, is facing 20 charges of sexual misconduct involving elementary school students, where are FOX News and ABC and CNN these days?" Luke Rosiak @lukerosiak, ""Never give up": A sex investigation found a male professor innocent, so the college just kept redoing it with new investigators as activists fished for a different result. A different result never came, but the college paid the accusers $10M anyway."

Buck Throckmorton at Ace's Morning Rant, The Memphis Situation: Tennessee Shouldn't Need Federal Help; “Bake the Cake” Rules Should Apply to Pizza Parlor Denying Service to Guardsmen.

Plus plenty more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.09.26! Linked at Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links.