Flotsam and Jetsam - An Overview of the Wreckage

At substack, Insty does a big piece on Trump’s Next Act, "And America’s." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "When you lose a battle, you do not retreat in disarray. You conduct an orderly tactical withdrawal, refit and rearm, and COUNTERATTACK." PJM's Athena Thorne says Meh. 2008 Was Worse. At NYPo Michael Goodwin claims How Trump reacts to this shellacking will determine his legacy Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "Trump was elected to do politically difficult but necessary things. Securing the border is ugly. Fighting Iran is costly. Taking on special interests upsets donors. Backing AI scares people. Tonight, Republicans paid the costs. The benefits will be with us for many generations." and Most of the takes today are wrong and you can ignore. What to know: 1. Reagan lost both houses and 8 Senate seats in 1986. 2. Bush did the Iraq surge *after* losing 2006 midterms. 3. Oversight won't be pretty but accountability is useful. 4. Have a good day. It's a great country. At Hat Hair, Mark Judge calls it The End of Trump’s Punk Rock Presidency. Cecile Shaw @CecileShaw, "What happens if Trump loses the House and Senate? Clinton & Obama already set precedent. They weren't done at all in their last 2 years. Victor Davis Hanson explains: Clinton fell to 37% approval but left office at about 66%. ..." Sundance at CTH hosts President Trump Delivering Remarks from White House Following Midterm Election and A Midterm Election Message from Vice President JD Vance. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites Trump: 'I Thought They'd Do Better,' but I'll Work With Democrats. 

News Wax cites Vance: Iran War Drove Trump Voters to Democrats and hears Trump Blames Fox for GOP Losses, Hits Democrat Donations. At Althouse, "Vice President JD Vance, a potential 2028 presidential contender, broke sharply with the president in owning the failures of the administration’s policies.", "That's the WaPo subheadline, under the headline "Vance blames Republicans’ midterm losses on Iran war, cost of living" (gift link). Here, read Vance's post. It doesn't strike me as a "sharp break" from Trump. I see it as just analyzing the substance of yesterday's big losses:" At Insty, Vodka refers to JEN VAN LAAR: Vance’s Explanation for the GOP’s Midterm Disaster Is a Little Too Neat and Tidy. At Chapter and Verse, Dana Loesch explains What J.D. Vance Gets Wrong. At Hat Hair Dave Strom sees Vance Comes Out Swinging: End the War, Abandon Israel, and Love or Hate Trump, Candidate Selection Was a Problem – Again.

CBS crows about Trump asking advisers if Hegseth should stay after midterm losses, sources say. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair calls it Sacrifices to Angry Gods Time: Are They Going to Send Pistol Pete Packin'? Did he make major wrong choices in his pursuit of the Iran conflict? If so he should go, but don't do it just to assuage the mob. They won't be assuaged, they'll just taste blood. 

To be fair to Trump, the Republican congressional majority wasn't a lot of help. News Wax reports Johnson Stepping Aside, Setting Up House GOP Leadership Fight. Leader John Thune @LeaderJohnThune, "Over the last two years, Senate Republicans have put up a strong record of accomplishment that’s created safer streets, more money in Americans’ pockets, and new opportunities for families and businesses to get ahead. After fighting Democrat obstruction at every turn, we prevented the largest tax hike in American history, secured our border in an unprecedented way, confirmed the president’s Cabinet at the fastest pace in two decades, and put strong conservative judges on benches across the country faster than we have since the Reagan administration. ..." From Twitchy, Sen. John Thune Gets a ‘Hello’ From DataRepublican Over His Tone-Deaf Pep Rally Post. Harold__Finch @HaroldWren22, "No recess appointments. 230 outstanding appointments to confirm. Huge backlog of judges you failed to confirm. Failure to pass the save act. Six HUNDRED house bills sitting on your desk with no action. You’re a failure. And a disgrace." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "Remember when the GOP gave Elon Musk a standing ovation in front of the American people... ...and then only voted on 1 DOGE cut, didn't defund the Taliban, gave $315 MILLION to a far Left group that DOGE defunded, and NEVER passed the SAVE ACT? I don't understand the GOP..." The Patriarch Tree @PatriarchTree, "Trump’s veto pen is now the only thing that stands between us and the complete Californication of America."

From Ace, The Wreckage, "Sorry for bailing last night. It was painful. It was a bloodbath. We're in a tough position now" and The Brutal Shifts in Demographic Groups That Doomed Us, "I started bolding the important parts but I stopped because it's all bold-faced important. Dmitri Bolt:" Sundance has some Initial Perspectives on Midterm Election Outcome. Conrad Black at RCP, Few Will Lament the End of This Midterm Campaign. Eric Florack at PJM, 'Marvin, What Do We Do Now?': Dems Wake Up to Their Bill McKay Moment. Hat Hair's John Sexton tells What the Exit Polls Say About Why Republicans Lost. Democrats did a good job of selling the affordability story. I doubt they can make good, but they'll blame Trump. Alexandriabrown @alexthechick, "(Long tweet warning) In which I anger everyone. 1. The Democrats won because the Democrat candidates persuaded more people that the Democrat positions would answer the problems that those people have. I can hear the instant but that's not true, those answers are not answers, they are actions that will compound the problems! Agreed. And the Republican candidates failed to persuade people that was the case..." Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "My only shred of hope to offer tonight: the left got wiped out this bad in the midterms multiple times and kept marching right through the institutions. So must we." 

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "Understand the implications of what happened in Texas last night. Gina Hinojosa has called on Gov. Abbott to end state & local cooperation with ICE & she can order that on day one. Hinojosa voted against the 2017 SB 4 as a TX state rep. The bill was essentially a sanctuary cities ban and required TX law enforcement to cooperate with ICE detainers. She then voted against another SB 4 in 2023, which made it a state crime to cross illegally into Texas...."

Kyle Becker at RedState hears Abdul El-Sayed Gave His Victory Speech. He Said Something Absolutely Chilling. Roger Simon says Welcome to Europe!, "Not the one in your guidebooks."

TownHall's Jeff Charles predicts Democrats Have Some Horrible Things Planned for Trump Next Year. Ya think? Dave Strom hears Lawyer Up! Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "Guy who broke the law to come to America now wants to use the law to punish his political enemies. Sounds about right." Quote Congressman Robert Garcia @RepRobertGarcia, "LAWYER UP." John Sexton, Get Ready for the Investigations and cites Scott Galloway: We Should Execute Traitor Elon Musk. Ian McKelvey @ian_mckelvey, "This is what national socialism looks like." Quote Matt Binder @MattBinder, "arrest Elon Musk seize his factories nationalize SpaceX." The Manhattan Contrarian has "Saving Democracy" By Prosecuting Political Adversaries: A Roundup. Cam at BA worries about The Blue Wave's Hidden Threat to Gun Owners. It's not so hidden. PoIiMath @politicalmath, "The big headline is the GOP collapse but this is also the first big election where AI policy went to a vote and AI lost big." Quote Brad Carson @bradrcarson, "So the 41 datacenter moratoria across the country are, I predict, going to go 41-0. In nearly every case it's about 67-80% opposing datacenters. True in California, Ohio, everywhere. Read all the results here: https://dashboard-production-c2fc.up.railway.app."

Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "There is a very interesting mismatch between the elections for *candidates*, which effectively yielded a massive and historic sweep for the Democrats, and the *ballot initiatives*, almost all all of which yielded conservative outcomes, even in the deep blue states (but not VA)." Capt. Ed says Hmmm: Eight States Elect Dems – and Overwhelmingly Pass Voter-ID, Citizenship Laws. At Da Caller, Ohio Enshrines Voter ID Into State Constitution — And Elects A Democrat Who Opposes It. John Sexton, The California Wealth Tax Looks Dead. Dave Strom sees a Bright Spot in the Election: Biological Reality Won When It Was on the Ballot  So voters rejected conservative politicians, not conservative principles. Good to know.

Driscoll at Insty wishes GOODER AND HARDER, LA: Raman ousts Bass as Los Angeles mayor. "In other words, Los Angeles citizens have chosen the socialist who massively inflated their homeless population, rather than the socialist who burned their city down:" At Hollywood in Toto, How Hollywood Helped Fuel Tuesday’s Blue Tsunami. "Breitbart warned us politics is downstream of culture (did we listen?)."

John Lott at Da Fed notes The Media Won’t Tell You Felony Violent Crime Is Plunging Under Trump. From Shooting News Week, Trump Admin Experiment in Jailing and Deporting Criminals – While Gun Ownership Soars – Has Made Americans Safer. 

Driscoll calls it UNEXPECTEDLY: "Crude oil prices plummet a day after the election. And: Dow Jones surges 1,500 points in best day of 2026, S&P 500 and Nasdaq rally after historic midterm election." Businessmen like divided government; they do less to interfere. Breitbart Bus Dig reports Factory Demand for U.S. Labor Is Rising Sharply. 

Abroad, Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "The Bundeswehr in Poland? If I were commanding so much as a platoon of the Polish Army, I’d make it my business to put as many German “soldiers” upside down in garbage cans. Give them swirlies.* Pull their flecktarn jackets over their heads, and boot their heinies in the direction of Der Sausageland. Go full high school jock on them. This is not the Wehrmacht. And yes, the Russians are watching. * Polish soldiers. DM me if you need to know what a swirly is." Quote Konrad Berkowicz @KonradBerkowicz, Translated from Polish, "Democracy according to the European Union. German army in Poland. Ursula von der Leyen sends the German army to Poland. Donald Tusk gave his consent. The media are silent about this. The world must see this."  Beege Welborn is Paging Hank Johnson - Guam Flipped and Greenland Ratified the Trump Treaty, but can the Democrats still fuck that up out of spite?

Beege Welborn worries The Border Worries Begin Anew. Da Caller hears Trump ‘Will Never Allow For Mass Amnesty’ After Floating Working With Dems On Immigration. At Twitchy, THESE People South of the Border Sure Seem Invigorated by the Midterm Results. From CIS,  If Sanctuaries Demand ‘Judicial Warrants’, Give them Judicial Warrants. "‘ICE-Free Zones’ are saying, ‘Show me the crime, and I’ll show you the alien’ — so show them the U.S. Code crime, and highlight the federal jail time those aliens receive before being deported."

Still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.02.26 and  In The Mailbox: 11.04.26 (Morning Edition). "Well, that was unpleasant.Kurt Schlicter’s American Warlord is out. How timely."

Flotsam and Jetsam - Wipeout!

That's what the FreeP called the near total victory of Democrats in yesterday's midterm elections. Stacy McCain calls it The End of Polls and Predictions and posts MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS HQ. Lawrence. As Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog likes to say,  Well, That Absolutely Fucking Sucked. Republicans lost both the House (reasonably expected) and the Senate (which we'd hoped to keep), with Muhammad Abdulrahman El-Sayed beating Mike Rogers in Michigan, and James 'Talafreako' overcoming Ken Paxton in Texas to become the first Democrat Senator from Texas for a long time. At Twitchy, 2026 Election Night Live: The Results Are In… and So Are the Hot Takes, Memes, and Meltdowns. Closer to home, Maryland passed, over my vote, Question 3, a duplicitously worded proposition to allow Democrats in the state legislature to redistrict in midterm to eliminate the sole congressional Republican representative, Andy Harris, from the Eastern Shore. The only question is whether they will follow through. I suspect they will.

Adam Coleman at Speaking Wrong at the Right Time says It’s the Economy, Stupid: Why the Midterms Were Predictable. I don't want to argue with the voters, but overall, the economy is pretty good, with the exception of high gas and diesel prices (largely caused by the war with Iran, but also plenty of blame to go around for blue states), and inflation persistently running above the Feds 2% target. There was never a goal for a general price decrease, called deflation, and generally considered a very bad thing economically. Althouse like her NYT, "Many voters told pollsters and interviewers that they felt hoodwinked by Mr. Trump, believing that he was going to bring down prices and not start new wars," and cites Trump, "I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP." "Wrote Trump, on Truth Social, 7 hours ago." Maybe, maybe not.

Chris Rufo warns Reprisals Are Coming, "After the midterms, the Left will seek revenge." Brian Joondeph at Am Think thinks When Democrats Tell You What They’ll Do, Believe Them. Seth Mandel at Commentary fears Democrats’ Day of Rage. Austin Dunn @austindunn96, "Calmest guy at the polling place today in NH was the 18-year old that got swung at. We want conversation, not violence!" A Turning Point guy assaulted by what appears to be a Bernie bro old enough to better. Victory Girls wonder When Will the Violent Left Be Held Accountable? Now? Probably never. At Althouse, "Impeaching Trump is a bad idea. I want to be clear that we believe that Trump commits five impeachable offenses before breakfast every morning." "So this is not a question of his culpability. This is a question of political reality, and the reality is there’s literally zero chance that he will be removed from office unless he does something even more egregious. Impeaching him for a third time without succeeding in removal isn’t a good idea and it would send voters a message that we’re not listening. Voters are saying, yes we are concerned about corruption and of course Congress should do oversight, but mostly what they’re saying is, 'help me in my life right now because I am struggling.'" Said Matt Bennett, co-founder of the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way, quoted in "Will Trump be impeached? What happens now Democrats have won the midterms/Figures in the party that has won back control of Congress are wary of a third failure to remove the president and may target Pete Hegseth instead" (London Times)." Michael Bicksel at Da Fed says I Saw Slotkin Threaten GOP Staff. She Deserves An Ethics Probe. Not gonna happen. So now, I'm dumping most of the election related news I collected yesterday, most of which is past its shelf life.

Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "The Trump administration has delivered on a long list of conservative priorities, many of which seemed like pipe dreams for lonely academic discussion for decades. These are not small policy tweaks, they are major structural changes: shrinking and controlling the administrative state, getting immigration and mass migration under control, enforcing civil rights laws for everyone (read: also for white men, what a concept), defunding the institutional left’s woke NGO complex, turbocharging school choice and reining in universities legally and financially. They amount to an excellent groundwork for what must be recognized as a counterrevolution against the march through the institutions the left has been operating for a century. But somehow, we’ve never been more deflated and blackpilled. This is madness!" Byron York @ByronYork, "Peggy Noonan wants Republicans to lose big so the GOP will have to rebuild. But not so the old GOP establishment can return. "It will never return. The GOP establishment of 1990-2016 ran things into the ground, is discredited and over. Also, they're 80.""

From Ace, Trump Will End the $3.8 Billion Per Year of Military Aid to Israel by Year's End;

Counterintuitively, Is This the Best Outcome for the US and Israel? "The US will stop the payment of military aid to Israel. It will, however, continue authorizing the sale of key US weapons systems to its ally." Mark Tapscott at Insty on US AID TO ISRAEL: "Now that President Donald Trump has announced the end of U.S. military aide to Israel, all kinds of conjecture is blowing up on Social Media on the backstory. But Richard Pollock’s is one of the few sane voices and he provides the needed context that points to the continued strong relationship between the U.S. and Israel."

Roger Kimball at Am Great, Sovereignty or Submission? Poland’s Battle Against the Eurocrats "What is a stake in this ongoing confrontation? Writ large, it is the choice between Polish sovereignty and Polish submission to the globalist agenda of the EU." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair wonders Is Donald Tusk Planning to Invoke Martial Law Tonight?

At Da Signal, Greenland Parliament Ratifies Security Deal Agreed With Trump. Can, or will Democrats deliberately fuck this up too?

I have a little more in the old digital fridge, but I'm going to stop here today, and look around. So what's going to happen in the next couple of years? My predictions:  Senate Democrats will quickly nuke the filibuster, and start to legislate their agenda; try to pack the Supreme Court (I still say Trump should try it quickly, just to get Dems on record it's a bad idea), make Washington and Puerto Rico states, open the borders, abolish ICE, and begin hearings into any Republican who sticks his head up. Only Trump's veto is in the way to stop them. Will Republicans fight to uphold it? They haven't been all that trustworthy in the past. Also, media companies and big tech will be ready to start censoring conservative voices again, and educational institutions will being to bring back DEI.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Today's the Day

 If you haven't voted, get out and do it. It's on our list.

TownHall's Kurt Schlichter asserts Your Vote for the Republicans Is a Vote Against Tyranny. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, This Is the Time for Choosing. And the First Choice Is ... "What kind of country do you want?" Roger Kimball at Da Spec warns Beware the false electoral prophets. Ace, Polls Are Made for Strippers and They Get Greasy and Slippery Around Closing Time, "The New York Times admits that Republicans are 30% less likely to respond to polls at all. And if a group disfavored by the media party refuses to answer at such high rates -- what is the skew within that group? That is, among the Republicans who do answer, is it the case that Republicans voting Democrat are the most likely "Republicans" to answer a leftwing pollster's questions?" W. Joseph Campbell @wjosephcampbell, has "Closing observations about polls and their prominence in 2026 midterms."

The Mayhem in Michigan is still getting the lion's share of the coverage. Dr. Maalouf @realMaalouf, "Mariam Odeh, a former staffer on Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign, is currently facing federal charges alongside 11 other anti-Israel activists accused of vandalizing the homes of members of Michigan’s Jewish and pro-Israel community and plotting to poison and murder them and their families. Jars containing noxious chemicals were thrown into family homes. Windows were smashed. Homes were marked with the Hamas red inverted triangle, designating them as targets for death. One of the accused allegedly threatened to slowly poison a victim once he became a doctor..." Matt Vespa at TownHall, An El-Sayed Supporter Went Crazy on a Jewish Woman at UM. Wait Until You See Her...

El Sayed shock troops getting violent now. When they tell you who they are, believe them. Pay attention Michigan.

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 2, 2026

Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "UNREAL: The University of Michigan student caught on video shoving Jewish conservative Liz Benichou to the ground is ALREADY BACK OUT. Police watched her do it. She resisted arrest. Then, as she was loaded into the cruiser, she screamed that she "should have f***ing killed" Liz. Campus police say she was processed and released pending warrant authorization. As of now, NO charges have been filed. Cam Higby says she was an Abdul El-Sayed supporter. A death threat on camera, and she's home by morning. Charge her!" Quote Cam Higby @camhigby, "Police say that the psycho who attacked @basedinmalibu HAS BEEN LET GO Prosecutors refused to hold despite the fact that she made terroristic threats, brutally assaulted Liz, smacked @teameffujoe in the face, tried to punch me." David Burge @iowahawkblog, "Her family were persecuted Mongolian immigrants, and as a young girl she spoke out against oppression by the Chinese Communist Party. What you're seeing here is not tribal wars, it's the result of brainwashing in American schools." Quote EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "Democrats imported 3rd world tribal wars. Oh goodie." At ¡No Pasaran! The quisling DNC is real; The violent Islamo-left is real: The most brutal psychopathic illegals — rapists, human traffickers, fentanyl bosslings — will be hired as guards at the re-education camps the lefties have planned for you and me. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: CT Governor Ned Lamont (D) just assauIted a journalist and tried slapping the camera out of her hands." Dave Strom at Hat Hair warns Threats and Condemnations Are the Wages of Crossing Jihadis. Clown World ™ @ClownWorld, "Threatening to murder someone's entire family over a book This is completely insane." Quote Back Channel @BackChannelQ, "Muslim tells Nick Shirley if any American burns the Quran or even attempts to burn one he will kill them, and kill their whole family “Burn of the Quran — attempted burning. F*ck that motherf*cker's life up and his family. — I'll kill him. Murder f*ckers”" At the Victory Girls, So Now Puppies in the Classroom are Islamophobic, Too?

At PJM, Ashli-Meghan Eskeldson hears an Expert Accuse El-Sayed of Hiding Muslim Brotherhood Ties Behind a ‘Modern’ Image and Tim O'Brien says Men Know That Abdul El-Sayed Is ‘That Guy,' Which Is Bad News for Him. "He’s the type who, every time he shows up, is likely to create one cringe moment after another. If he talks, he talks too much. If he brags, he brags too much. If he argues, he argues too much. You’d have to explain him to other people, sometimes apologize for him, but usually if you’re stuck in the group with him, you try to distance yourself from him. You try to send the “I’m not with him” vibe." Rusty Weiss at RedState thinks El-Sayed’s Answer on Men in Girls’ Locker Rooms Is the Worst Thing Any Sane Parent Could Imagine. Capt. Ed on El-Sayed: Men in Girls' Locker Rooms Is Totally Cool Because of the Internet. Plus: Israel, Maybe? From Althouse, The theory that since we haven't protected young girls from seeing photographs of penises, it's not important to protect them from a penis in the girls' locker room. 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” Completely unacceptable."

Da Caller thinks the Democratic Coalition Appears To Break Down Days Ahead Of Michigan Senate Seat Election. Nick Arama at RedState has More Bad News for El-Sayed With Democrats in Michigan Senate Race. PJM's Scott Pinsker wonders about Haley Stevens’ Bombshell Endorsement: What Does She Know That the Polls Don’t? In a Larry video at Hat Hair, NYT Senate Polls Under Fire As Democrats Turn on Haley Stevens. Capt. Ed has a Word From the Party of Women: Haley Stevens Is 'A Used Condom.' Dave Rubin @RubinReport, "What Temu Skeletor here can’t comprehend is that the Republican Party is actually the party of free thought and true tolerance. That’s why it welcomed
@elonmusk @RobertKennedyJr me and many more. Stevens will be warmly welcomed and then decide for herself where she lands." Quote L A R R Y @LarryOConnor, "James Carville to 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."" At Althouse: Byron York @ByronYork, ""It sounds like you're upset with me, too, Anderson." Indeed, it did. But did Haley Stevens expect that, by switching her support from a Democrat to a Republican, she would receive the media's Liz Cheney Country Over Party award? If so, she was badly mistaken." Quote Overton @overton_news, "Anderson Cooper is BIG MAD that Democrat Rep. Haley Stevens crossed the aisle to endorse Republican Mike Rogers. Listen to his tone as he speaks to Stevens during this CNN segment." Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Hamas Piker: I HATE AMERICA! YOU DESERVED 9/11 DNC: Well, we have a big tent! Haley Stevens: I don't think we should blame Jews for produce DNC: YOU TRAITOR! YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A USED CONDOM! What a time to be alive.." Ace snarks The Objective and Completely Unbiased Media Attacks Haley Stevens for Not Endorsing the Candidate They Totally Aren't Supporting. "The Democrats are considering stripping Haley Stevens of all congressional powers she might owe to the party." Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal sees Socialism on the ballot: Races to watch in the DSA orbit as the ‘squad’ may expand, "The movement's national tracker lists 59 candidates for state legislative offices across 25 states, including several in Minnesota."

From Shooting News Week, Don’t Illinois Our Texas: Billionaire Governor Throws $1.2 Million at Abbott’s Democrat Challenger. Hat Hair's John Sexton hears The Top Fundraiser for the Midterms Is... Talarico. Mary Chastain at LI reports Collins Blasts Schumer, Democrats Over ‘Completely False’ Campaign Ads “So this is part of Chuck Schumer’s playbook, and it’s one thing to have a legitimate debate on policy, and there are a lot of differences between my opponent and me.” DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "Oh look - Katie Hobbs is trying to pull her stolen election bullshit again." Quote Leading Report @LeadingReport, "Power outage temporarily shuts down heavily Republican-leaning vote center in Mesa, Arizona, per Maricopa County Recorder’s Office.

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "PolicyLink is a creepy giant NGO which deserves a lot more attention." Quote Andrea Shaffer, Anti-Marxist Warrior @Andreafreedom76, "Policy Inc. Data Republican Drop 13: The Players Include DSA Linda Sarsour, and Others! The connection between DSA, RAD, and "Thriving Together" for a new post-constitutional society is clear." InfantryDort @infantrydort, "“Behold the final endgame of the progressive machine: the controlled demolition of a free people.” Damn…." Quote Saggezza Eterna @FinalTelegraph, "The Liberals are now communists, and they intend on staying in power forever to rule over the ashes. The Architecture of National Erasure: Inside the Left’s Blueprint for Permanent One-Party Rule." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, The Shadow Cabinet of Soros. "Inside the Soros-Funded Nonprofit That Hand-Picked Biden's National Security Team, Then Pretended to Dissolve." At Rest News, BREAKING: Fake Wisconsin Protest Groups Backed by Soros, Tides, Arabella Dark Money. Insty notices EVERYTHING IS FAKE: Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey, "BREAKING: Dallas Morning News just added an editor's note saying they were unaware that the author was paid $57,000 by Gina Hinojosa’s political campaign. They said they wouldn't have published it if they knew. Then take it down, now,
@dallasnews." Matt Vespa thinks This Tweet Perfectly Captures the Media Eating It on Voter Fraud.

From AMAC, a reminder, Peak Irony: Obama Complains About Health Insurance Premium Spike That He Caused, "The 44th president apparently forgot that he promised Obamacare would lower premiums - and that it was a miserable failure." From CJ, Drug Prices Are Finally Falling "The Trump administration’s policies are helping bring down prescription drug costs and expand access to popular medications like GLP-1s."

Don Surber says Poland belongs to the Poles, "A weekend battle against EU supporters for sovereignty." Ace has his take on The Coup In Poland, "The globalists launched another coup. When the right took power, they installed judges they liked, which the left could not abide." Sundance hosts Susan Kokinda Highlights CIA Operative Elissa Slotkin, the Midterm Color Revolution and Slotkin’s Role in Poland.

Dave Strom asks Will Trump Nuke Iran? Like T'qr suggests? I don't believe so. He doesn't have to. Driscoll at Insty reports DEVELOPING: US struck Iran’s Qeshm Island, Wall Street Journal reports.

From CDR Salamander, Russia’s Bloody Two Months of Losing Ground, "a fine grind" John Sexton hears Ukraine Struck Three Russian Oil Refineries in Three Days. Sundance at CTH, Zelenskyy Outlines Clouded Threats to Trump – Lukoil Remains a Target Until U.S. Gives Weapons. After the midterm, he loses that leverage.

Elsewhere abroad, the Free Bacon thinks It’s Not Just Taiwan: China Plots Indian Land Grab. Oh great, the worlds two largest nations going at it. At Fox, Colombia's 'El Tigre' takes fight to cartels as Trump alliance takes shape. "Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella wages war on crime, following through on law-and-order election promises." Sundance delights in Canada Manufacturing Contracted in October – U.S. Manufacturing Expanded.  

Bloomberg reports Valero to Buy, Restart Idled Texas Refinery as Fuel Rallies. zerohedge @zerohedge, "The AI math gets more insane every year: In Dec '24, Morgan Stanley estimated 57GW of data center power needs and a 36GW shortfall through 2028. In Nov '25, it was 69GW of power needs and a 44GW gap. Today, the est. total power needed doubled to 116GW and the gap is 70GW." If AI is worth it, AI needs to pay for the new power. Build nukes.

At Ace, In No One Is Above the Law News, Democrat Operative and Flake John Bolton Learns No One Is Above the Law. "He has pled guilty to illegal retention of classified information. He will pay a $2.25 million fine, forfeit his federal pension, and could spend 60 months in prison. But, of course, a plea deal means prosecutors have agreed to recommend far less than that, and probably zero time at all." Sundance reports Activist Judge Dismisses Charges Against FBI Officials who Lied to Congress During Hunter Biden Laptop Review. "U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui dismissed the criminal complaint against former FBI officials Nikki Cole Floris and Bradley Benavides from the bench, sharply criticizing the government’s handling of the prosecution. “What has transpired here cannot be described as anything other than weaponization,” Faruqui said, describing the case as a “rush job” directed by President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel."

Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks Ilhan Omar's Marriage Certificate Is a Trainwreck. "A certified copy from the Hennepin County, Minn., government shows that the Democratic congresswoman’s surname was initially written as Omar, before being crossed out and replaced with Elmi. A final edit reverted it back to Omar." 

At Am Mind, John Eastman discourses on The American Regime and the Meaning of Citizenship. At Crisis, Meet the Rising Young Catholic Group Pressing for Tougher Immigration Enforcement. "Young Catholics for Ordered Migration wants the bishops to hear another view on immigration, one rooted in the Church’s tradition. As its response to the USCCB put it, “We ask only that the second half of Catechism 2241 be preached with the same clarity as the first.”"

Da Fed's Chris Bray finds The Lazy ProPublica Hit Piece On Cleta Mitchell Is Full Of Howlers. Insty, A GALLON WEIGHS ROUGHLY EIGHT POUNDS, SO THAT’S A GOOD PRICE. OR, ALTERNATIVELY, SHE’S DRUNK. Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "The View’s Ana Navarro: “Ground beef is $6.30 a gallon. Guys, please vote these bums out.”"

VodkaPundit at Insty says I GOT NOTHIN’: Dave Strom, As America Heads to the Polls to Decide Whether to Be Europe, the Continent Is Falling Apart. Sarah at Insty, MOSTLY, A LOT OF RIOTS ARE BEING BOUGHT. NO THAT’S NOT WHAT THE ARTICLE SAYS. IT IS WHAT IT IS: "Catching up with what’s happening in a declining Europe. Yes, their supposed leaders abet this. You want to keep it out of here, get out and vote. Vote against the socialists and their islamist allies. And gain us a little time to get more people in politics that you actually want to vote FOR."

And still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.02.26.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Swimming in Candy Wrappers

Only two trick-or-treaters came to take the candy. There's only a couple of day until we find out where the country is going.

Joe Concha at WaEx, The Dan Sullivan scheme: Another ‘conspiracy theory’ turns out to be true. At Twitchy, Is the ‘Decoy Dan’ Scheme Criminal? Douglass ‘Ricky Vaughn’ Mackey Weighs in (and a Deep Dive). News Wax, FBI Visits Dan J. Sullivan Donor in Candidate's Hometown as Alaska Senate Inquiry Widens. Derek Hunter at TownHall thinks Confident People Don’t Do What Democrats Are Doing at the End of the Campaign. Thomas Hern @ThomasMHern, "Caroline Sunshine embarrasses Karen Finney on CNN. "I think it is a disgrace that Democrats don't think that a woman of color can win a Senate seat on her own." "You still haven't answered my question, which is why do the Democrats in Alaska not think a woman of color can win?""

Shifting to Michigan then Texas, Sundance at CTH notices Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed is Angered Because Pete Hegseth’s Family Supported Him, and plays basketball better, too. Nick Arama at RedState thinks Pete Hegseth's Dad Leveled El-Sayed, Then Came the Clips That Finished Him Off. Nicki Minaj @NICKIMINAJ, "If you listen carefully it’s a misplaced anger at his own parents for not making him feel worthy that turned into raging jealousy of other children who had parents that lifted them up and poured into them. He’s projected all of that onto white people. ..." Quote Drew Pavlou @DrewPavlou, "Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed rants about how white kids had it better than him when he was a kid." Hat Hair's Betsy McCaughey has The Real 'Dr. El-Sayed' in His Own Words. Jack @jackunheard, "This might just be the best video on the internet. Reporter: “What has attracted you to the Mike Rogers campaign?” Detroit voter: “Well, he’s an American.”" At Althouse, "The Senate race in Michigan... will test moderate and independent voters’ appetite for a combative brand of unalloyed progressivism." "The party’s activist class believes Dr. El-Sayed’s success next week would establish a proof point that left-wing populism is a winning message, even in swing states. He has embraced an economic agenda that sharply attacks the billionaire class and taken a clear stance against Israel. Centrist Democrats fear that a potential El-Sayed triumph in an otherwise favorable climate for Democrats could be badly misinterpreted as a mandate." That's how the NYT puts it... I suspect the Times wants El-Sayed to lose." Hat Hair's Capt. Ed asks Today's Big Question: Will Haley Stevens Renounce El-Sayed? PJM's Tim O'Brien has Bad News, Abdul. Tucker Carlson Wants to Be Your Bestie. From the Free Bacon, At Talarico Rally, Jasmine Crockett’s Pastor Calls ICE ‘the New KKK’: Talarico Thanks Him for His ‘Kind Words’, "The Dallas pastor, who’s seeking Crockett’s seat, previously praised Karmelo Anthony as ‘our friend’" Ted Cruz @tedcruz, "Every voter in Texas should watch this before Election Day." Quote America @america, "5 minutes of James Talarico in his own words. Send this to your friends in Texas and let them know today is their last day to Vote Early." Jen O'Connell at RedState yells RETRACTED: The George W. Bush Project Caves, Endorses Ken Paxton in Order to Save Texas.

A Hat Hair video suggests Swing Voters Are Still Shopping, and It's Time for the GOP to Seal the Deal. Jeff Anderson at Da Fed tells you What The Midterm Senate Polls Won’t Tell You (And Where They Might Be Wrong). From Althouse, "Democrats were far more enthusiastic about taking the poll than Republicans were. Registered Democrats were more than twice as likely as registered Republicans...." "I'm reading "We polled Kansas. Democrats wanted to talk. Republicans, not so much. The Post is publishing results of its Kansas Senate poll in the interest of transparency and to highlight the challenges the poll faced" (WaPo)(gift link)." Dave Strom at Hat Hair hears NPR Reveals a Democrat Scheme to Rig AIs Into Deceiving Voters. At Insty, VOTE… WHILE IT’S STILL THE PRIMARY WAY OF SETTLING POLITICAL DISPUTES: 

Rusty Weiss at RedState laughs as Gavin Newsom Viciously Mocked Over Chest-Pounding Election Warning to Trump. Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, " TRUMP JUST WENT THERE Trump posted a "Life Before Obama" checklist on Truth Social. ISIS, Black Lives Matter, Antifa, the Russia Hoax, expensive Obamacare, and TDS all made the list. The day after Obama got on stage to say he's "tired of being divided," Trump handed him the receipt. Obama started it. Trump is finishing it." Ryan Fournier @RyanAFournier. "BOOM!" Brandon Gill just EXPOSED Obama’s fake “unity” garbage: He weaponized the IRS, spied on Trump, and insulted half the country—now he wants peace? Give me a break. Gill is fearless, calls out the Democrat BS, and doesn't back down. A massive rising star. More of this, please!" Hat Hair's Stephen Moore has a Gas Attack: Blue States Have the Highest Prices at the Pump.

varrock @varrock, "My old job consisted of telling White people they were evil, and then giving $200m/yr to Somalian NGOs with no strings attached. I did this for 20 years. The private sector, for some reason, does not value these skills and I'm struggling to find a job. This is Trump's fault." Quote Nightmare Vision @GodCloseMyEyes, "please read this piece, it was so good. it’s about dei officers in the federal government being cleaned out and many being unable to find new jobs because they were put on “dei watchlists” that come up in google searches in the exact same way it did for right wingers who had..." Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "A popular republic coming undone due to the unbounded passion for equality? If only people had predicted that." Quote wanye @xwanyex, "What feels like a big shift in liberalism in my lifetime -- maybe it's always been this way? -- is the progression from, "we should help the people at the bottom" to "every single person deserves the same as anybody else." I'm enough of a bleeding heart for the first thing, but..." Quote _s.a.m.e.m.e.m.e_ @st_louis_stan, "Can people like this come up with a single good reason why we should use taxpayer money to pay poor, unproductive people to take up the single most." Tom Kratman @TKratman, "Our thought for the day, riffing a bit off of one of Pournelle's thoughts on peace: "Communism" is the name of the alleged ideal we attribute to an oligarchy under which, by the cover of pleasant sounding political and social (and genetic) nonsense, that cannot bear objective close scrutiny, all power is gathered into the hands of a new, tiny, highly nepotistic, amorally familistic, corrupt and completely unprincipled ruling class, itself backed up by control over the means of information, a massive propaganda administration, unbounded by even a stunted sense of integrity, a lapdog judiciary, and a secret police with unreviewable powers of incarceration, enslavement, torture, life, and death, in order to advance themselves and their heirs under the lie of advancing mankind. Contrary to the common mantra, not only has it not "never been done right," it has _always_ been done _exactly_ right for its true purpose, cited above."

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees Pole-r Opposites and a Mexican Stand Off Shaping Up: Nawrocki and Poland v Tusk and the EU MORE. WarTranslated @wartranslated, "Poland's Constitutional Tribunal crisis is deepening, with police still guarding the Warsaw building where seven judges have been stuck since overnight, and judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska moving to revoke prior authorities and push judges to work remotely. Two ambassadors have quit over it, Romania's citing an illegal takeover and France's saying he can't do his job with this going on back home, while the tribunal insists on X that its site got hijacked and chairman Święczkowski is still in charge." At CTH sundance has an Alarming Update on Coup Effort From Polish Media. Seattle Extremist @SeattleIndepen1, "So a CIA agent masquerading as a politician visits Poland and a month later they have a coup. And now she’s threatening a coup in the US. Hmmm. It’s probably nothing." 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..." Ben Sellers at RedState sees Elissa Slotkin Just Revealed Her Ties to Color Revolutions in Europe’s Last Two Free Countries. Lloyd Billingsley at the Chronic examines the CIA Amigas, Slotkin and Spanburger. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "In just these past two weeks we have seen: 1. Widespread civil unrest and riots in France. 2. Widespread civil unrest and riots in Albania. 3. Widespread civil unrest and riots in Italy. 4. Widespread civil unrest and riots in Spain. ... 15. The uncovering of a Color Revolution plot in the USA led by embittered former USAID employees and ex-military members. That’s a lot to be happening all at once, don’t you think? And the USA is having midterm elections next week. You know, if I was a conspiracy-minded type I might be connecting some dots here..."

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald, "The center of the Brazil story is not Flavio Bolsonaro but rather Alexandre de Moraes, who has utterly destroyed the credibility of the Brazilian justice system and its democracy through years of escalating persecution against critics, dissidents and political opponents, all while the Brazilian left celebrated him for doing it...." Dan McCarthy at RCP fears Brazil and Venezuela Face a Tough Road Back to Sanity.

From sundance, Joint Humanitarian Mission to Evacuate Oleshky Citizens a Success, Prime Minister Mark Carney Says Canada Prepared to Wait on Trade Deal Until U.S. Gets a New President and Keir Starmer Says U.S. Will No Longer “Bankroll Europe’s Defense.”

Rod D. Martin @RodDMartin, "THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD. The U.S. poverty rate just hit an all-of-history low. American households recorded their highest real median income in history. It gets better. 975,000 new jobs were created JUST in August and September 2026, according to the latest household survey. That's nearly a million more Americans working in just two months. And we're supposed to believe Trump's economy is a disaster? Official child poverty fell to just 13.4 percent, its lowest recorded rate. And that's before we even talk about violent crime dropping to its lowest rate since 1900: that's a BIG quality of life improvement, especially for children in inner cities..."

From Twitchy, ‘Yes, This Is Real’: Harpy Senator Grades 'Melania Trump’s' Statement, Gives It an F-Minus. It was a verbatim quote from someone else. 

PJM's Matt Margolis thinks The Ilhan Omar Immigration Fraud Case Is Bigger Than We Thought.

At BA,Tom Knighton is Schooling Kagan on Originalism and the Second Amendment. 

John Sexton at Hat Hair, sees an Obama-Appointed Judge May Block Construction of Trump's Arch, Tanya Chutkan. You might remember her as the DC judge who allowed Jack Smith to prosecute Trump, and jailed numerous J6ers without bail. But I'm convinced she's completely non-biased in this.

From Shooting NewsWeek, Anti-Gunner Vandalizes 9/11 Memorial To Spread His Hatred for Guns. "Jonathan Andrew Tijerina, 31, was arrested at the 9/11 Memorial he defaced Monday night. He was charged with criminal mischief, making graffiti and possession of graffiti instruments. Tijerina painted the URL of his anti-gun website onto the marble stonework surrounding the North Tower of the reflecting pool. He then boasted of his insane criminal act on his website."

From Stacy McCain, who has a personal stake in this, Brett Kimberlin: Still GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY!

CIS, ‘The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies’, "Fairfax County, Va., sheriff won’t even make the call." Brandon @LibOrNormal, "The greatest thing I've seen in a long time!! Liberal White Woman..... Meet PAVEMENT." For blocking ICE agents. 

From WJ, a Leftist Candidate Accidentally Emails Own Notes to Reporters, Admits She's Terrified for Own Safety from Islamists in Party. At Althouse, [M]y speech was not a critique of Arabs or Islam, but of Islamism... a toxic ideology conceived and promoted by the terrorist group, the Muslim Brotherhood.” ""Let’s see which reporters take the time to read this post and then correct their stories." Writes RFK Jr., at great length, at X. He links to various reporters, and I don't think any of them have responded..." InfantryDort @infantrydort, "This is a somber reminder that in a struggle for political power, the most intolerant side will win. Every single time. There are no exceptions. It is time to be intolerant of those who wish us destroyed. And intolerant of evil as a whole. No more turning the other cheek." Quote Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy, Replying to @kaukosaataja, "You have to think in caveman terms. These debates are two tribes recruiting allies. TPUSA’s argument is “The other tribe is mean.” The other tribe’s argument is “We outnumber them. We’re organizing to kill them. We tell them to their face and they do nothing.” Who’d you join?" InfantryDort @infantrydort, "The enemy of our age is literally global Bolshevism. And Bolsheviks are demons in human form. The modern enemies of civilization may not refer to themselves as Bolsheviks, but their end state is the same: gain and retain power by any means necessary and crush dissent. You’re seeing it happen everywhere. >Uprisings in Europe >A coup in Poland >Brazil jailing political opponents >Political persecution against INDIVIDUALS That’s how you know what they do is evil. They don’t talk about making life better, no. They talk about persecuting and punishing people...." Aaron Hanscom at PJM, Can the West Be Saved? ‘Strange Death of Europe’ Author Douglas Murray Says It’s Not Too Late. I hope he's right.

Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre, "40 years ago South Africa had nuclear weapons and a space program." Quote Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: Johannesburg, South Africa, is reportedly on the brink of a "total collapse" of its water system as worsening shortages leave residents without running water for weeks." vittorio @IterIntellectus, "south africa went from a first world country with nuclear power and one of the largest railway systems in the world to a third world country in just 30 years progress is not a guarantee. decay is the natural state of things."

From the College Fix, No identified Republican professors found in Georgia Tech’s public policy department. From Campus Reform, 98.2% of political donations from Rutgers University faculty members went to left-wing candidates. They can do this all week and usually do. Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "In light of this, I motion that @elonmusk create a new MIT. One of my followers suggested it be called the Musk Institute of Technology. With merit, it would produce the most impressive graduates in the country. DEI for schools, nations and companies makes them dysfunctional, evil and insufferable. It’s the enemy of innovation and progress for humanity. Skin and sex should never be a thought in the process. Give the best tools to the best candidates and watch humanity flourish in the long run. That’s the path to greatness." Quote Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "It’s even worse than Anish notes here because boys make up 61% of the top SAT scores. So despite that fact and the fact that men apply about 2x as often to MIT; @MIT admits more women every year than men. It’s impossible for this to be merit based. Just mathematically impossible. x.com/anish_koka/sta…"

Also at the College Fix, New Title IX rule bolsters single-sex spaces, female students’ rights, legal expert says. 

Young women are dressing up as Sophie Cunningham for Halloween and RECREATING her famous finger point.. The left called her hateful for protecting girls' sports. Now she has over 9 MILLION followers across all platforms combined, and she’s become a role model for young girls across the country.. 🔥🔥

— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) October 31, 2026

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.