Flotsam and Jetsam - Weekend Cleanup

WaEx reports Xi assured Trump he would cease aid to Iran, US ambassador to China claims. I believe he said it, but I don't believe him. Matt Margolis at PJM saw CNN Have a Total Meltdown Over Trump Showing Xi the Autopen Photo. "Anderson Cooper needed an emotional support animal and an emergency session with this therapist." Kyle Becker at RedState, Karoline Leavitt Dishes on Trump's Humiliation of World Leader. This is Priceless. At CTH, sundance hosts as Susan Kokinda Recaps Chairman Xi State Visit and Current Geopolitical Events.

WarTranslated @wartranslated, "On Patriot missiles, Trump said he’s talked with Zelensky a lot and claimed Zelensky agrees and Putin agrees too. He said he wants them to make a deal soon, possibly before a harsh winter." I hope so, but remain skeptical. Ted Snider at Am Con worries Will Ukraine Turn to Russia After the War?, "Don’t rule out warmer ties with Moscow." A least they share something like a shared language and culture. From 1945, The Race to Succeed Putin Has Begun. "Almost all of the names are in their late forties to mid-fifties, and that is the point. Putin’s own generation — men like FSB director Aleksandr Bortnikov, who turns 75 in November — is being passed over. The Kremlin’s reading of the Soviet collapse is that Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko dying in succession gave the West its opening, and Putin appears determined not to leave the same gap behind him." Sundance has the transcript, Russian President Vladimir Putin Reacts to Call for Trilateral Negotiations. It's fuzzy, but I'm seeing not much encouraging.

Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain, "Daily reminder that the Strait of Hormuz is open and we are winning." Quote Gordo @GordoCDA, "Axios is reporting that 60 million barrels of oil has passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 72 hours according to US Government sources." At Da Caller, Senate Shoots Down Final War Powers Resolution Before Midterm Elections.    

At Am Mind how Trump Attacks Cartels at the Root, the corrupt Mexican officials who allow the problem to fester.

Misty Severi at JTN reports Hegseth announces Army National Guard has achieved its 2026 recruiting goal, "The Army reached its own recruiting goal for the current fiscal year in May, months before the Sept. 30 deadline. The Army said it enlisted 61,500 men and women four months before the deadline." 

Sundance finds New York Times Latest Example of AI Doom Fear is Silly. "The entire article is nothing more than taking something that is easily understood and adding jargon to make it sound complicated. The word “meddling” is used to describe the AI process of trying to get passed the gate. When there were individual people doing this, we called it “hacking” now the process is automated via instructions to the software search." The Free Bacon calls it ‘Suicidal Compassion’: Meet the Anthropic Officials Who Think AI Might Be Justified in Going Rogue Against the Humans Enslaving It. "Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has said AI systems ‘may be deserving of important rights'." dnap @dnapway, "Chamath explains the political calculus behind Obama’s anti AI speech “This is a very important moment for a very simple reason, which is that the world is about to endow 3-6 companies with about $10 trillion of wealth.” “And what Obama knows very well is that most of those companies are overwhelmingly left leaning. And what he also knows is that there is a huge portion of that money that will then get put into philanthropic and charitable causes that then he and the people around him will be beneficiaries of ..." Salena Zito at Hat Hair is happy that Ground was Broken on a Rust Belt Powerhouse: Shippingport's Data Hub Rises in the Age of AI Anxiety. 

Breitbart Bus Dig, What Today’s Treasury Sell-Off Is Telling Us. "The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed to 5.108 percent, its highest level since 2007. If this was a warning about Washington’s debt, its timing was peculiar. The sell-off followed a report that American businesses are growing much faster than economists expected. There was no news about the federal deficit or debt."

At Twitchy, a PhD’s Heart Breaks for Marine One Pilot Being Yelled at by Trump. Common Sense @commons96055467 "This picture is a very important picture to look at. It’s what America has become. Screaming powerful dudes treating others as if they are their servant property. My heart is breaking for this young Marine One pilot. He doesn’t deserve this shit from trump." Roy Dopson @dopson_roy, "I've taken hundreds of helicopter flights 1. Helicopters are loud, and the door was open 2. The pilot has his earphones on, which would make it hard for him to hear 3. Don't draw conclusions without understanding the situation." PhDs and common sense aren't handed out together. 

Hat Hair's John Sexton claims to have Some Good News in the Midst of All the Wave Election Talk. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "You are in the middle of an intensive, carefully orchestrated information warfare campaign designed to make you believe that the midterms are already lost and that there is no hope. This only works if you choose to let it work. Don't let it work. Fight the power."

Foundation for Economic Education @feeonline, "People keep calling U.S. healthcare a "free market failure." The truth is, it hasn't been a free market in 70 years. Here’s how decades of central planning created a $5.3T crisis:..."

The face you make after you voted for socialism because gas was expensive. pic.twitter.com/HEFsbtdZWu

— Resist CBDC 🏁 (@Resist_CBDC) September 26, 2026

At Power Lines The Week in Pictures:

Xi’s Gotta Have It Edition

FischerKing @FischerKing64, "Obama ran an entire campaign on ‘hope and change.’ Then he governed as a statist who backed the existing power structure, refused to break up the banks, continued the senseless foreign wars - and made sure he made tens of millions in Netflix deals after. He is a reason for people being cynical today when politicians talk about ‘a moral and ethical story.’" Quote CSPAN @cspan, "Former President Obama says Democrats made a mistake by making goals materialistic and instrumental: "What people are starved for at the moment is the ability to tell a moral and ethical story about how we live together in this moment." This one was fun, Bridget Phetasy @BridgetPhetasy, "Moderate Democrats wanna sanitize the last decade with "Woke 1.0 was craaaaazy." No. Woke 1.0 was evil." From WaEx, AOC’s team admitted it: The Green New Deal was never about saving the planet. From the Crimson Hub, Here are all the Democrats defense pork john Martin Kao donated to, and whom ProPublica never mentioned in their “corruption” piece. Nick Arama at RedState sees Biden Receive a Planned Parenthood Service Award, and It Does Not Go Well. 

Paula Baker and Don Critchlow at Da Fed explain How Socialist Democrats Use The Soros Strategy To Fill Local Courts With Woke Judges. From the OCR, California Supreme Court rules against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in ballot seizure fight. @instapundit @instapundit, "It is shocking that the British Army, which was decimated by German machine guns in 1914, has in 1915 enthusiastically adopted the machine gun itself." Quote National Review @NRO, "It remains a supreme irony that Trump, the president most pursued by his enemies via lawfare, has become infamous as its most enthusiastic practitioner." Two wrong may not make a right, but they might make an even.

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "DHS just revealed that rent prices are DROPPING in cities with increased levels of ICE enforcement. -San Antonio: -4.8% -Austin: -4.3% -Dallas: -3% -Houston: -3% -Miami: -2.6% -Phoenix: -4.2% -Atlanta: -3.2% -Nashville: -5.3% -New Orleans: -8% The most effective solution to the affordability crisis: Mass Deportations" Proving causation may be difficult, but the mechanisms is obvious, reduce housing demand, and prices fall.

Expose H1B Fraud @JobsNowPaper, "BREAKING: Rochester General Hospital in New York hired 82 resident doctors. 80 are foreign workers on H-1B or J-1 visas. Only 2 are Americans. 98% of the residency slots went to visa workers- mostly from countries with documented USMLE cheating. Americans got 2 jobs." joshua steinman @JoshuaSteinman, "They made it impossible for normal American kids to get into medical school, then said we needed to import a bunch of foreign doctors because there was a”shortage.” Why? Because becoming a doctor was one of the ways smart working class kids could lift themselves out of poverty." Quote Mary Talley Bowden MD @MaryBowdenMD, "25% of US physicians are NOT American, yet somehow the AMERICAN Medical Association is lobbying to let more foreign doctors in. American Hospital Association I get - they want cheap labor. But AMA?"

From Althouse “During the Obama administration they tapped the AP bureau’s phones and the phones of AP bureau reporters. They tapped their phones! "Said Atlantic writer James Kirchick on Bill Maher's show last night." James Price at Da Wire goes Inside Britain’s Infrastructure Of Information Control. "Britain's state-imposed “narrative control” has jumped the shark." PJM's Cathy Salgado notes CBC Suspends Jewish Journalist for Daring to Expose Pro-Hamas Protestors. Well, Canada. At State of the Day, State of Thursday: DEMS GOT NEW DIGITAL SOCK PUPPETS. "For the low, low price of $30 a post, he can create a TikTok account, lie about who and where he is, and read a script Democrats have prepared for him about the cost explosion they created!" Scott Pinsker at PJM on What Tucker Carlson Gets Wrong About Jews — and What Conservatives Get Wrong About Antisemitism. Did Tucker go crazy, or was he always just chasing an audience?

John Stossel at Hat Hair on the schools ditching gifted and talented programs for "equity," Un-Gifted and Talented. Dexter Van Zile @dextervanzile, "For more than two years, school officials in Boston, Mass., have employed True-See Allah, an admirer of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan who has described white people as being “born with lie and murder in their nature” and has declared Jews the “enemies” of God. Allah himself once spoke of working at a retail store owned by “a Jewish guy that’s got short arms and deep pockets.” ..." From the Free Bacon, Harvard Turns to Biden, Obama Lawyers To Fend Off Race-Blind Admissions Enforcement. Hat Hair's Dave Strom asks How Scared Are Students to Speak on College Campuses? Relax, on conservatives are afraid to speak their minds. At the College Fix, Columbia professor wins award for book on ‘white paint’ being racist. You'll only find something that stupid in academe,or maybe the media. From the Chronic, Suicidal Empathy Is Colorblind: Ask the Author of the 1619 Project. From RCE, The ABA Shouldn’t Get to Grade Its Own Homework.

Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal hears an Episcopal Priest Claims ‘God Is Trans,’ Mary ‘Assigned’ Jesus the Wrong Gender. Matt Vespa sees the Lesbian Massachusetts Bar That Got Wrecked for Relaxing Its Mask Mandates Continues to Be a Circus. From the Dispatch, Jonah Goldberg weighs in with the sense he usually has when not discussing Donald Trump, The Last Ditch for Mask Hysteria, "When the revolutionary praxis of COVID consciousness clashes with capitalism."

Stacy McCain on how the internet can drive you crazy, Deranged Stalker Deborah Frisch Is Out of Prison, But for How Much Longer?

From Althouse, "She’d done everything she thought men expected of women on the far right, so when the hatred came for Amy Dangerfield she felt so depressed she could barely stand."

"She’d moved from Australia to the United States in 2017 with a dream of spreading her internet-inspired beliefs: that women had driven men to madness through rejection and disrespect; that society needed strong men to survive...."

From "She helped lead a far-right internet movement. Then it turned on her. Inspired by female conservative influencers, Amy Dangerfield worked to become one of Nick Fuentes’s model 'groypettes.' A vicious fight left her grappling with the dark side of far-right fame" (WaPo)(gift link).

While I'm not really well informed about Nick Fuentes, I do wonder why the left keeps harping on him and his few followers. Sure, he has some goofy, anti-left ideas about relations between the sexes, but that's not very novel on either side of the political scale. Has he advocated violence, like a lot of lefty influencers? Not that I know of. Beside, I heard he might be one of the people the SPLC was paying off.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Will Russia Really Invade Estonia?

John Sexton at Hat Hair hears a Moscow Refinery Shut Down After Election Day Attack. Streiff at RedState, notes Russia Lost Its Refineries and Trump Lost the Energy Ceasefire He Announced. PJM's VodkaPundit asks Who Had 'World War III Starting in Estonia' on Their 2026 Bingo Card? Insty, “WHAT WILL BRING WORLD WAR III?” “IT’LL PROBABLY BE SOME DAMN FOOL THING IN THE BALTICS.” Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "The city of Narva, Estonia, sits at the Russian border, on the Narva river, opposite the zone where the Russians have declared a curfew for its inhabitants and a no-go zone for people who don't already live there. Narva is 87% ethnic Russian. There are intelligence reports that Russia has been building hospital facilities near this border. Russian border guards have been spotted shoring up the banks of the Narva River in exactly the way you would expect if you thought they were going to throw expedient military bridges across it. ..." Howling Wolf gives us a Heads-Up! Tom Kratman @TKratman, "Several possibilities. 1) It is a bluff designed to distract us from the Ukraine. 2) It is a bluff designed to make us worry about the outbreak of general war without regard to the Ukraine. 3) It is real and indicates a willingness to fight the US and the pathetic rump of NATO. 4) It is real but indicates an intent only to grab Narva, in the belief that we wouldn't fight over it or that Estonia would accept a little border rectification rather than risk more general destruction. I'd say the order of likelihood is 1), 4), 2), 3) 3), in particular, I'd consider least likely because Russian performance in the Ukraine does not justify having much faith in the Russian armed forces against even us and Poland, alone. Or even Poland, alone." At Covid and Coffee, NATO FROZE OVER. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Sounds like a good idea. Russia seems to need a pointed reminder. And so does the rest of NATO." Quote War Correspondent @warDaniel47, "BREAKING: President Trump is officially moving towards establishing an ARMY base in the country of POLAND, after the election of right-wing President Karol Nawrocki. GREAT idea! They share our interests!" Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Keeps the Russians out. They don’t want to cross that line." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Though frankly with all this Russian war talk in Britain and now Estonia, I find it hard to imagine the Russians could mount another land campaign, or another war of any kind. They’re having a hard enough time with the one they have going." VodkaPundit at Insty, IN THE GRAND OLD TRADITION OF STALIN ORDERING TROTSKY MURDERED IN MEXICO: "Russia Allegedly Went Shopping for a Hitman in America. The Price Was $40,000. “An indictment unsealed in Manhattan charges five people with working in a network tied to Russian intelligence services. Prosecutors say the network recruited people in America to surveil Russian dissidents and, in at least one case, tried to recruit someone to carry out a killing here. All five defendants remain at large.”" Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "This visual of how Ukraine evacuates casualties in the age of drones demonstrates the US Army Medical Branch's block obsolescence. The Geneva convention is dead in the age of drones, which makes crewed medevac vehicles priority target death traps. Air & ground evacuation drones are the way."

Bob Hoge at RedState hears Iran Claims an 'Astonishing' New Weapons As Trump Weighs Three Options to End the Conflict. John Sexton asks What's Next in Iran? Kenneth R. Timmerman at Am Think thinks This Is The War That Ends The Endless Wars "Republicans, grow a spine and explain to your constituents what this war is all about." From the Telegraph, There’s only one way to defeat the Houthis. "The only sure way to remove the danger posed to the global economy by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and the Houthis in Yemen is to cut off the head of the snake that funds them." Dave Strom, Award-Winning Gaza Journalist Admits That Hamas Controls the Media Narrative™. Max @MaxNordau, "BOMBSHELL: Motaz Azaiza admits Gazans were hoping for war. "Let me tell you a secret. I don't know if you'll keep it in. A lot of people in Gaza were wishing the war would come." Why? "When a war or an escalation comes, the NGOs talk to you. There's a job opportunity." "People only know us through war." The most prominent "photojournalist" in Gaza admits that Gazans wanted a war because it would convince international organizations to give them money." NYPo, Gaza journalist who met with Mamdani admits he buried Oct. 7 footage of Israeli hostages being beaten to protect perpetrators. The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "This “free Palestine” movement is a social contagion. None of these people have any knowledge of the history of the conflict or the current politics of the region. It’s just the latest thing to show off, like the trans movement or a new pair of Nikes."

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, quotes Germany's Merz on Sunday's Election Results: 'We Can’t Sugarcoat It, It Was a Disaster.' As the Telegraph puts it, Merz’s CDU suffers total wipeout in state election. Ace, AfD Wins Another Regional Election in Germany; Ruling Chancellor's Party Collapses So Badly It Fails to Win a Single Seat in the Regional Parliament. Jo Bhakdi @JOBhakdi, "Imagine you are the police, there is a political coup and your new boss are now the clans you used to fight. An interesting situation which plays out in the German capital as well as in many Swedish cities...." Rod Dreher @roddreher, "Serious question: why should Englishmen fight to defend the prerogatives of a ruling class that has utterly failed in its duty to the people it governs? And not only that, but seems to actively despise them?" Quote Jacob Rees-Mogg @Jacob_Rees_Mogg, "We need to bring back Duty and the Stiff Upper Lip."

Sundance at CTH hosts Secretary Bessent Discussing the 12-Hour Session with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (sic), a Must Watch Interview with USTR Jamieson Greer – China, Europe, Canada and Beyond and Trump Dumps Globalist Potash Supplier, Canada, for Nationalist Potash Supplier, Belarus. Maybe. The US has potash too, but we don't mine much because of NIMBY.

At Am Prosp, Congressional Democrats in Hysterics About Saving the World From AI, "Why panic when you could just use existing laws?" Dave Strom, Moral Panics Are the Preferred Tool to Gain Control of Society Insty sees PANIC: "Human extinction fears make me want to flee AI and live on an island. Hope that works out for you." Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, "Bessent: No Liability Shield for AI Good call. If AI really is as dangerous as their paid activists claim, the solution is more liability. As for the claim liability will strangle the industry, the fix is neuter the trial lawyer lobby, not give out free passes to break stuff and walk away."Quote Wall Street Rollup @WallStRollup, "Scott Bessent makes it clear the Trump Administration will not take model liability off the hands of the AI labs:" You had me at neuter the lawyers. PJM's Scott Pinsker thinks Something Very Strange Is Happening With Trump and AI Users — and It Just Might Swing the Midterms. "Trump's approval stood at 54 percent among daily AI users, compared with 45 percent who disapproved, leaving him nine points above water with this group. Weekly AI users gave Trump a net rating (those who approve minus those who disapprove) of minus 35 points. Monthly users recorded a net rating of minus 50 points, the weakest result among all groups." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "It's not that hard. The left lets institutions and communities break down to a point of total degradation to prove why more government and non profits are the answer .... Mostly the concern I see on the political right over AI is cultural because there's nothing more that the political left and the Democratic Party wants them to get their claws into AI. Because once an AI is programmed to tell people that boys can become girls it's the death of truth. Data centers being built isn't the problem, the data in those data centers is." Quote David Sacks @DavidSacks, "While I’m no fan of socialism or arbitrary confiscations of wealth, I can see why Bernie Sanders’ proposal (for the government to take a 50% stake in AI companies) resonates, including with many on the right. The CEOs of the leading AI labs have told us repeatedly that they will x.com/BernieSanders/…"

RedState's Sister Toldja toldja Trump Ties the Press in Knots During Visit With Mamdani at Gracie Mansion. Sundance, President Trump and Communist NYC Mayor Mamdani Hold a Press Availability at Gracie Mansion. "The Make America Great mission does not care about feelings, it’s about results. Washington DC hates him, yet President Trump has restored the parks and monuments, for everyone in Washington DC. The same applies here. President Trump walked into Gracie Mansion because he refuses to facilitate incompetence. President Trump is watching Mamdani, and the New York Mayor knows Trump is watching."

From Fortune, Treasury yields are already blowing up the CBO’s long-term forecasts, and experts who previously downplayed U.S. debt fears are now starting to worry. Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "You’ve had negative net migration for the first time in your entire life and I don’t even know how old you are. You don’t vote because Trump and the GOP delivered on everything. You vote because the communists will make it all much worse." Quote Critical Semite Theory @CST_Professor Replying to @JesseKellyDC, "I voted for Mass Deportations, better economy and no new wars. I got the 'Retreat from Minnesota', $4.50/gal gas and a new war at Israel's behest."

Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "Hasan Piker: "The Republican Party has become a fascist party in America. It's turning into a fascist party ideologically in the United States."https://x.com" Yeah he's definitely gonna be campaigning for Democrats. Sure, some have denounced him but I reckon he'll tone down his crazy rhetoric and push more of the same used up card that Democrats actually approve of... Republicans are fascists and they hate America. Will it work though? I guess only time will tell." At Am Spec, Dan Flynn thinks Six Degrees of Hasan Piker Not a Winning Strategy. "Voters have often declined to judge candidates by their company." Jake Altman @TradeUnionJake, "Prominent Abdul El-Sayed supporter and former DNC member Liano Sharon, a signatory of the “Michigan Jews for Democracy” letter voicing support for El-Sayed, stated today that Haley Stevens should not face the death penalty because, “I don't support the death penalty, even for neo-Nazis.” Sharon also said that the statement, “We will see you at the gallows,” “carries a very appropriate sentiment.”..." Stu Smith @thestustustudio, "At the U20 Mayors Summit, Mamdani Says the Left Has Ceded “Quality of Life,” “Efficiency,” and “Fraud and Waste” to the Right This was one of the more interesting arguments Zohran Mamdani made today at the U20 Mayors Summit, and a reminder that he can be genuinely sharp when he drops the “central casting” routine. “In New York City, there are certain words that have taken on ideological associations.” “Quality of life has come to be seen as somehow a right-wing concern. Efficiency… has been taken on as a right-wing concern, rooting out fraud and waste, a right-wing concern....” In a Hat Hair vid, Scott Jennings says It's Time to Fight Back Against Socialism. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "WTF!? Denver socialist candidate for mayor Shontel Lewis that her STEALING thousands in public food stamps QUALIFIES her to serve as mayor "I actually think that experience is what actually QUALIFIES me...I did something silly." You literally can't make this up — she says stealing from the taxpayer QUALIFIES her for mayor At least she's being honest, THAT'S WHAT SOCIALISTS DO for a LIVING. This is actually a disqualification. At Quotulatiousness “Honest” graft « We have enough fraud in America, especially in food stamps!" From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog Los Angeles is Dead Last In Housing Affordability. Paul Valas at John Kass, Brandon Johnson’s So-Called Progressive Equity Agenda Is a Potemkin Village That’s Hurting the Black Community, but I'll be his friends are getting rich. 

MD Kittle at Da Fed says New Records Suggest ActBlue Opened The Door Wide To Foreign Donors, but we already knew that. At Data Republican's Substack I mapped 25+ GB of Effective Altruism material. Here's what I learned. "Why Effective Altruism should be banned from AI safety, policy-making, and governance."

@OliLondonTV, "Jamie Lee Curtis and Robert De Niro pledge to defend the U.S. Constitution in new campaign to protest Trump. “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”" Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Remember in 2016 when some of these same Hollywooders made a video begging Republican electors to defy the will of voters and not cast their votes for Trump." Steve Richards at JTN reports Prosecutors zero in on John Brennan’s role in Trump-Russia collusion narrative in conspiracy case, "Federal prosecutors will likely examine ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s pivotal role at the beginning, in the middle, and during the aftermath of the Trump-Russia investigation as part of the grand conspiracy probe." PJM's Matt Margolis says Now We Have Proof That the FBI Protected Biden in Classified Docs Case. At Althouse, Meade texts me from upstairs, at 5:47 a.m., about how badly Democrats want to be rid of Donald Trump. "I'd say there's a majority — 54% — who fail to disapprove of assassination. AND: Only 28% disapprove of a military coup to oust Trump." 

At NYPo, Justice Department charges 16 across multiple states with alleged illegal voting, election crimes and Jonathan Turley thinks Soros-funded DA Larry Krasner may have finally taken his ‘free all criminals’ too far. The Patriarch Tree @PatriarchTree, "Here you go, @AAGDhillon: Should be an easy layup." Quote Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "A new “reparations” program is launching in Germantown, Philadelphia to help Black families buy homes - Must identify as Black - Only black residents are eligible for the grants."

At CJ, Ilya Shapiro warns Don’t Judge the Supreme Court by Its Polls "Public confidence is down in an age of collapsing institutional trust, but Americans still generally support the Court’s rulings." It may be our least corrupted institution. 

Matt Vespa at TownHall asserts Unhinged Female Jurors Are Mad That the Lindsay Clancy Holdout Focused on the Facts and Patrick Clancy's 60 Minutes Interview Was Devastating. Sarah Anderson at PJM in tears 'He Died in My Arms' — Lindsay Clancy's Ex-Husband Speaks. The baby took days to die. Dave Strom on The Moral Perversion That Lies at the Heart of Lindsay Clancy's Support. Larry Correia @monsterhunter45, "To put the banality of evil into perspective, this reply is in the comments to the an article about an old lady in Canada changing her mind about getting MAIDed, the government killing her anyway, and to make it extra horrible, they botched it so she died terrified and covered in her own blood. But you know, in America sometimes dentists pull the wrong teeth!" Quote Sirenity @Sirenity_yyc "g to @DailyMail, "Shitty doctors exist in every country. Do we need to look at the ones who fuelled the opioid crisis in the US or the dentists in the US who erroneously extracted teeth?"

Steve Camarota at Am Mind says The “Trump Effect” on Immigration Is Real. Cathy Salgado at PJM looks at 16 Months of Zero Border Releases and a Crackdown on Illegal Alien Voting. At Ace's Morning Rant, Buck Throckmorton likes how a new Trump Executive Order Targets Employers that Lay Off American Citizens to Hire Foreign H-1B Labor. Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre, "The GOP is a clown show but if the Dems gain power they will simply end all immigration enforcement and the country will be over They have said this explicitly, repeatedly, and consistently." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "Texas Rep. Greg Casar compares immigration enforcement to "war" and says the only way "for Austin to be safe" is to stop enforcing immigration law altogether." Beege Welborn observes Dem Rep. Making Sure Austin Stays Angry Over ICE Shooting. 

Dave Strom cites a UK Whistleblower: 99 percent of Asylum Claims Are Fake "He said he had encountered a large number of Iraqi Kurds claiming asylum who said they had been in a relationship with the daughter of the prime minister of the Kurdistan region. The official said it had become a “running joke” among colleagues that the number of Iraqi Kurds who said they were involved with the daughter was in the “hundreds”." Ace, Whistleblower: 99% of Asylum Claims Are Fake, "You don't say. You don't say."Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "Denmark granted special residence permits to 321 stateless Palestinians from Lebanon in 1992. By the end of 2019, Danish government data showed that 196 of the original 321 (61%) had been found guilty of at least one criminal offense. Together, the 196 accumulated 881 criminal convictions or other guilty decisions between 1992 and 2019. The pattern extended into the next generation. Of 999 children of the original refugees who were living in Denmark at the end of 2019, 337, or roughly 34%, had been convicted of a crime."

Ace woke up and noticed Trump Announces Ban on CNN, MSNOW, and Politico from White House Press Room. Matt Margolis remembers when CNN Wanted Biden to Ban Fox News From the White House. From Twitchy, Scott Bessent Can't Help but LAUGH As CNBC Journo Tries Arguing With Him About the 1st Amendment. John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "Vance is so damn good at this. Look at how affable he is while hitting CNN, MS NOW, and Politico in the middle of the head with a ball-peen hammer. "Special access" is the exact right way to frame this... Because that's what it is... And we all remember these outlets pushing to have Trump blacklisted from social media. We all know these outlets censor Trump's statements and speeches by refusing to cover them. We all remember these outlets remaining silent when Biden revoked special White House access for hundreds of media outlets. https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status." Sundance likes how JD Vance Dismisses Three Media Networks Apoplexy About Losing White House “Special Access” and features Susan Kokinda Making Some Good Points. Don Surber says Trump learned, DC didn’t, "Why the second presidency rocks."

Ace, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Who Is Unaccountably Wealthy Due to Being a DEI Race Grifter and History Hoaxer, Sent Her Kids to Poor-Performing Schools As a Political Race Stunt. At Althouse,
"When Najya was entering pre-K, my husband, Faraji, and I decided to send her to the type of school that wealthier families with choices uniformly avoid..." "I'm finally reading the Nikole Hannah-Jones essay "In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice" (NYT gift link)."

From Campus Reform, Calif. board of trustees scraps Pledge of Allegiance over 'white nationalism' history. The Texas Trib notices UT-Austin cutting majors centering Latino, Black, women and gender studies, email shows. On FIRE, At Whitman, freedom of association is a partisan right. "Demand that Whitman College allow the Whitman Republican Club a fair shot at affiliation." 

From Calling-all-RushBabes *Here it is, Washington. The Money Quote on what the Governor thinks about the parents of our state.

Brad R. Torgersen @BradRTorgersen, "British author Mary Harrington speculates than an afternoon spent fishing in the company of other men has x10 the therapeutic benefit of a counselor's office visit. Get outside. Be out there doing things with other men. And if you have a good relationship with your father, spend time with your Dad. Your Dad has been where you are. Your Dad knows. Talk to your Dad." Quote D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler, "Men, it's good to have other men as friends. Ride motorcycles together. Go shooting. Read books. Play games. Make things. Share your experiences of being a son, a husband, a father."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: An Awful Road Trip up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Gets Greenland

In all but name. And, hey, we didn't get their welfare state or the Democrat votes. At Da Caller, Trump Announces U.S. Will Have ‘Permanent Control Over Security’ In Greenland. Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump, "BREAKING NEWS: I am pleased to announce that the United States of America has entered into an Agreement with The Kingdom of Denmark, and Greenland, that gives the United States permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing ALL of our many U.S. concerns. There will be NO COST to the United States! ...." At PJM Matt Margolis says Trump Secures a HUGE and Historic Deal with Greenland and Scott Pinsker asks What Happens When Pacman Rescues the Princess?: The Great Greenland Gaslight. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, ""OK, that's nice but Trump has not yet made all of my heart's wildest dreams and desires come true, so I'm sitting out the midterms." /sarc off This is a geopolitical masterstroke. In an era of aggressive Chinese economic and military expansion, this pact between the USA and Denmark is vital. Great job Mr. President and Secretary Rubio." Matt Morse @MattMorseTV, "“Trump’s new deal with Greenland is exactly the same as the old one!” Not true at all. Key new details: Duration: The 1951 deal lasted only as long as NATO existed and Greenland remained part of NATO. Trump’s 2026 deal lasts indefinitely, even if NATO implodes or Greenland becomes independent. ..."

Theresa Fallon @TheresaAFallon, "There has been a prevalent optimism bias in Europe. Even at the #MSC in 2022, shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, US officials warned that Moscow was about to make a move. Despite all the mounting evidence that war was near, European strategists would not accept this conclusion." Quote Gandalv @Microinteracti1, "For two years the official line is that Russia might be able to attack a NATO country in five to eight years, which is the kind of warning that lets you roll over and go back to sleep. In August American intelligence quietly moves the start of that window to this autumn...." From sundance at CTH, President Vladimir Putin Gives Remarks on Europe’s Preparations for Expanded War Against Russia. FWIW, I don't see Europe wanting war with Russia, but they are getting increasingly fearful the US won't support them in the way they've become accustomed. Good.

VodkaPundit at Insty cites CONRAD BLACK: Canada must mature as a nation. “Carney is pushing a “war” against the country to which we sell about 70 per cent of our exports, the country upon which we are completely dependent for our own military security. And Carney appears to be much more the continuator than the reformer of the helter-skelter immigration policies that have put terrible pressure on housing costs for Canadians of modest incomes. The fact that nearly 45 per cent of Canadians are foreign-born or the children of foreign-born parents heaps tremendous social costs on the country. Canada’s fertility rate of 1.25 is among the lowest in the Western world and we are the assisted suicide capital of the world with the beaming encouragement of our terribly inadequate public health-care system.” From sundance, Barbara Boyd Reviews Shield of Americas, Rubio and Trump’s Moves Against Canada/EU and President Sheinbaum and President Trump Agree on Terms for Bilateral Trade Deal.

Matt Cookson at RCW thinks it's Time for MBS to Finish Off the Houthis. Sundance thinks China Leverages Pressure on Iran to Stop Strikes on Saudi Oil Fields. Guy Benson @guypbenson, “The blockade proves the success of sanctions. If the U.S. keeps its chokehold, Tehran will likely break.” Max Abrahms @MaxAbrahms, "This has less to do with Israeli behavior than the onslaught of disinformation about it." Quote Dominic Michael Tripi @DMichaelTripi, "NEW: Israel’s net favorability in the US reaches new all-time low, falling an unprecedented -67 points from +51 in Trump’s first term to -16 now, with approval continuing to fall across all polls."

Pro America Politics @proamericapol, "President Trump secured 65 billion barrels of oil from Venezuela. He just secured military and economic control over Greenland. Poverty in the US just hit an all-time low. We have net negative immigration to the US for the first time in 75 years. Do you see why they have to desperately obsess over the temporary increase in gas prices? It's all they have." RightWI @RightWI1776, "Wow I can't believe Diesel is over $9/gallon Wait nevermind this was 2022 under Biden." John Hinderacker at Power Line, A Booming Economy: Who Cares? From Breitbart Bus Dig, The World Still Loves the American Economy. Dave Manney at PJM says The $6.7 Billion DOGE Headline Is True. It Also Leaves Out Half the Story. "Spend $6.7 billion once to reduce annual spending by more than $20 billion, and suddenly the story sounds rather different."

Sundance reports President Trump Announces AI Task Force and Pending Appointment of AI Czar. Kevin Killough at JTN hears California Gov. Newsom signs order demanding federal government regulate AI 'before it's too late' "Newsom's statement cites an incident where an Anthropic AI model escaped a containment system to hack into another platform, and says the federal government hasn't responded to the concerns." From the NoTricksZone, Economic Masterminds: German Socialists Suggest Taxing Productivity Gains Stemming From Using AI. mike bski @BskiMike22802, "If You Were Born Before 1980, The Left Has Killed You With Climate Change At Least 17 Times!" ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "There are times when I cover an issue in politics/culture on the ground that is seen so wildly different than what either polling shows, social media dictates or the manufactured fear demands it should be. AI/data power centers is one of them The story..."a

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "Stephen Miller delivered the greatest on-air masterclass on why you have to vote Republican in the midterms “Democrats’ policies aren’t just wrong; their policies are evil.” “You cannot sit on the sidelines when we are trying to save this country from an agenda that is sinister and wicked and morally indefensible.” Republicans are delivering results: a thriving country under President Trump, secured borders, falling crime, and an America First agenda. The second Democrats take power, they will open the borders again and the mass invasion of our country will continue. This is a fight for the future of our nation. Vote." Chip Roy @chiproytx, "Republicans looking at polls - in Texas or anywhere - and accepting defeat are engaging in self-fulfilling prophecy. Be proud of what we’ve done, admit where we need to do better, expose the radical Democrats, & decide to win. Sports Psychology 101."

The College Fix does a DEEP DIVE and finds Abdul El-Sayed’s sister is a radical university professor. Twitchy ws amused when Abdul El-Sayed Got Heightmogged by an Average Sized Female State Rep. and Became the Weekend’s Meme. War Correspondent @warDaniel47, "OMG. Stunning resurfaced footage shows Ugandan Mayor Mamdani saying the plan is to manipulate white leftists into electing 3rd worlders like him Spoken in his 3rd world accent: "You need someone to be a validator, tell them to TRUST US." "Minority communities, because we've never had representation, we are tied to identity. White communities...are more ideology...voters think of themselves first as progressive." Muslim invaders PURPOSEFULLY position themselves as "validators" to manipulate the public into handing over control TERRIFYING. He needs to be deported." Twitchy sees Jessica Tarlov Saying Dems Are on the Side of Sanity Nearly Made Bill Maher Fall Out of His Chair. RedWave Press @RedWavePress, "Bill Maher: “There are things in history that absolutely do compare to the Holocaust. But lots of people just love to throw that term around. I mean, this country is so antisemitic now…” David Foster: “What turned the Democratic Party antisemitic?” Bill Maher: “Israel. It's what turned them. It's a question I explore a lot on my show.” David Foster: “I don't know the answer. And you don't either?” Bill Maher: “I do. Again, it's lack of education…" and RedWave Press @RedWavePress, "Bill Maher: “Greta Thunberg. She's a professional useless idiot and I would like to talk some sense into her.” David Foster: “How did she get to be so Greta?” Bill Maher: “How did that whole generation get there? My short answer: lack of education. We stopped teaching kids things. They don’t know anything… Ignorant is different than stupid… And it’s not their fault that the schools stopped teaching them things..."

Chef Andrew Gruel @ChefGruel, "Funny thing, this doesn’t even include federalized national guard troops, so Newsom basically just signed a bill making it harder for other states to help us with riots, wildfires, earthquakes or any other major emergency. Great job." Quote California Globe CaliforniaGlobe, "Newwsom Signs Bill Barring Out-of-State National Guard Deployments into CA. Because we don’t want military help with our riots?" Carol Roth @caroljsroth, "Actually, it was insane in real time. It was also intentional and evil." Quote Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: Gavin Newsom says closing California beaches during COVID was “insane, in hindsight.”

Kyle Becker at RedState reports Minnesota's Anti-Ice Fraud Fund Was Just 'Shut Down.' The Reason Couldn't Be More Ironic. "A $2 million "anti-ICE" fraud fund that was intended to help those who were "harmed" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers enforcing the law was recently frozen because of — you guessed it — fraud."

Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "Mike Davis @mrddmia confirmed this morning that Article III Project plans to file a judicial misconduct complaint related to the NYT article published yesterday profiling Judge Patrick Schiltz and including comments from 6 other federal judges: declassified.live Courthouse Coup, Minnesota Style In a recent interview with the New York Times, Patrick Schiltz--the former chief judge of the Minnesota district court--described a collective effort to block the administration’s deportation plans."

SCOTUS Wire @scotus_wire, "BREAKING: In a 2-1 vote, the Fifth Circuit ruled that the federal ban on direct interstate handgun sales violates the Second Amendment."

From Da Caller, DHS Cracks Down On Immigration Attorneys Who File ‘Meritless’ Asylum Claims. Sundance reports President Trump Identifies H1B Visa Abuse as a “National Security Threat.” Jonathan Turley sees Sen. Paul Introduces a Birthright Citizenship Amendment, which, of course, won't happen anytime soon. "Most countries in the world reject this controversial policy. Our closest allies in Europe reject birthright citizenship and follow the common practice of “jus sanguinis,” or right of blood. We are part of a smaller number of countries following “jus soli,” or right of soil. Various countries that once followed the practice later amended their constitutions or laws to get rid of it. That is what would need to be done with a 28th amendment." Beege Welborn is disappointed by a Dem in RINO Clothing: SoFL Rep Salazar's Message for President Trump.

Lara Logan @laralogan, "The situation in Ceuta is turning worse & worse. The Spanish government has been exposed lying to the people as it is obvious tens of thousands of illegal immigrants are still there. Perhaps more importantly the world is seeing what globalism & open borders really mean: invasion & conquest. This is happening across the western world to differing degrees - you just don’t get to see it. But the effect is the same: over time your culture, country & identity are overwhelmed & replaced." Quote Reuters @Reuters, "WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Spanish police began moving hundreds of migrants from beaches in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta to temporary facilities at the city's port, sparking tension as migrants vied for limited spots at the new location." Twitchy sees a Migrant Charity in Scotland Gives 'Asylum Seekers' Lessons on the Age of Consent. Lee Anderson MP @LeeAndersonMP_, "Importing Savages. ASYLUM seekers arriving in the UK are being handed booklets warning them that sex with children is illegal and men and women are equal under UK law."

Nick Arama at RedState laughs as CNN Left on the Sidewalk After Being Booted From WH, Then a Passerby Hilariously Chimes in Live. "Tell the truth! If you tell the truth, then you won't get revoked. Tell the truth." Twitchy, Kaitlan Collins Calls CNN White House Ban an ‘Illegal Assault’ on Their Constitutional Rights. TownHall's Matt Vespa likes how Sarah Huckabee Sanders Easily Shut Down the Media's Outrage Over CNN's WH Ban by Making This Point. Jack @jackunheard, "CNN got banned for telling lies about the president. Conservatives got banned for telling the truth about the covid vaccine. We are not the same." Sassafrass84 @Sassafrass_84, News flash: Biden also changed the White House press pool and he cut off more than 440 reporter’s credentials. Zero outrage. I don’t know about y’all but the hypocrisy gets to me sometimes." Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "This is straight up commie shit, BTW. The State is going to enforce political content restrictions? California is indistinguishable from a communist country." Quote Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "According to this anon reporting, Bob Bonta is demanding that he get content oversight over CNN. LMAO after all of his denials that this bullshit lawsuit "wasn't about CNN", the cat is out of the bag. We all knew it...this was always just about politics. What a scumbag."

At Althouse, "Following a 19-month effort by President Donald Trump to take control of the arts center, its board voted to close the building Tuesday..." ""... as Trump, who has demanded his name be added to the institution, threatened to cancel a more than $250 million renovation. The president said Wednesday that without his intervention the building could be 'ripped down.'" I'm reading "What Washington lost when the Kennedy Center closed/We asked Washington Post readers to share memories of the storied arts hub. Hundreds responded" (gift link so you can see the selected memories)." Let it fall down. 

Seth Dillon @SethDillon, "This has got to be one of the craziest headlines from the woke era."

The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "No One Notices As Entire Cast Of 'The View' Replaced With Shrieking Feral Pigs."

At Hat Hair, Larry Elder looks at The 'Modern-Day Lynching' Hoax -- and the Elephant in the Room, racism is rare, so the demand is high. British Patriot @EnglandUK, "Stand Up to Racism just posted a celebration video of Restore Britain being “chased out of Camden” for leafleting in the Holborn & St Pancras by-election. Rupert Lowe says one of his team was hospitalised with burns. Read that again. A legal party, standing a candidate on 8 October, handing out leaflets. Then a mob. Then hospital. Then the attackers boast about it..."

Marina Hyde at the Guardian asks Are you outraged by Sydney Sweeney – again? More fool you. "Forgive me. Life is, in fact, very, very boring, because yet another Sydney Sweeney-advertising-centred firestorm has been ignited by this ad." Jonah Goldberg weighs in at the Dispatch, by Cashing In on Sydney Sweeney’s Cash-In, "Media bias shows itself in the bazonga discourse." He can think a little when his TDS is shove aside. The New Yorker whines Have Conservatives Taken Sexy Back? "The culture wars have come for lingerie as the right, once the advocates of promise rings and purity culture, embarks on a crusade to “Make America Hot Again.”"

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Flotsam and Jetsam - The Return of the Murder Turtle!

Contrary to my expectations, The Wall Street Journal @WSJ, "Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) voted at the Capitol on Monday for the first time in three months, after a fall that raised concerns about his health and whether he would return to work. He arrived in a wheelchair flanked by his chief of staff and a longtime aide, addressing the press in brief remarks outside the Senate chamber that Senate officials didn’t allow to be videotaped. “I must admit, after two years of—decades actually—of dodging your questions, I wasn’t sure how many of you would be here today,” McConnell joked to reporters. His speech wasn’t clearly enunciated and at times hard to make out. McConnell gave a thumbs-up during the first vote, a procedural measure on confirming a federal judge." From Althouse, Mitch is back — he's alive and he's sitting up straight and smiling. I would say propped up straight. Despite his steadfast never-Trumpism, I still have a residuum of respect for Mitch based on his denying Merrick Garland a Supreme Court seat. 

Duane Patterson at Hat Hair thinks The Houthis Are Now in The Kill Box, and has other bad news for the Iranian regime. Hat Hair's John Sexton says Ukraine's Attacks on Russian Oil Refineries May Have Bought It Some Leverage. From Sundance at CTH, Trump Says Zelenskyy No Longer Will Target Diesel Refineries – Zelenskyy Qualifies, Only if Russia Doesn’t Hit Food Routes. We'll see how long that lasts. 

Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "The U.S. has officially announced that it’s keeping both offensive and defensive weapons in space. The type of weapons and how many are up there hasn’t been revealed. It’s the first time the U.S. admits to having combat capabilities in space." This follows yesterday's news of a Chinese satellite 'mysteriously disintegrating' after Chinese satellite imagery was used to target the US troops in an attack that killed three.

From NYPo, ‘Big Short’ trader Michael Burry slams OpenAI, Anthropic for ‘self-serving’ calls to slow AI – joining backlash. Sundance has President Trump Notes AI is Being Politicized – Danger Ahead, President Trump: Relax, “the robots are not going to be taking over the world” and Vice President JD Vance Comments on AI Frontier Companies Requesting Govt Regulation. Althouse says Now, this is how you run for President 2 years out. "You look like you're not doing it at all. You can just quietly lay out your theory of the meaning of "Emily in Paris."

At WUWT, BREAKING: EPA eliminates rule that limits ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions from power plants. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn celebrates, Boomity - EPA Eliminates 'Greenhouse Gas' Rule. But as John Sexton notes, Progressives Are Still Freaking Out About Trump's Ballroom.

From Da Wire, Battleground GOP Candidate Survives Overnight Plane Crash Over Lake, "An experience like this reminds you just how precious life is." Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "Everyone knows you can’t drown in 30 feet of water if you are a Republican." Quote Amy Curtis @Ranty AmyCurtis, "Replying to @Ranty AmyCurtis A reporter for @journalsentinel — @hopekarnopp — spent her Saturday night/Sunday morning fact checking the depth of the lake. She *minimized* what happened to Tiffany and his pilot." Ace, Republican Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Tiffany Survives After Plane Loses Engine Power and Crash-Lands in River; Media Minimizes Event, "He's a sitting congressman, too."

Kyle Becker at RedState hears Karl Rove Says He Is Voting for a Democrat. The 'Final Straw' Is Revealing.

At Da Caller, Data Shows The DSA Takeover Of The Democrat Party Is Nearly Complete. "The latest survey shows that among Democrats, 59% consider themselves DSA supporters, compared to just 30% who do not. Out of total voters polled just 26% consider themselves supportive of the DSA, compared to 66% who do not consider themselves backers of the socialist group." From the Free Bacon, Abdul El-Sayed Promoted Infamous Hijab Hate Crime Hoax, Despite Warnings from Police, "The Democrat has a long history of making unverified and false claims alleging anti-Muslim discrimination." cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander, "National Socialists in common cause with Democratic Socialists…of course." Quote Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig, "Men wearing swastikas shouted "Heil Hitler" and "Free Palestine" in New York City. "Free Palestine" has never been about wanting Palestinians to have a better future." Mike Letts at PJM hears Ilhan Omar Has Been Cleared of Misconduct Accusations, but Something Doesn’t Add Up. Tho, from Ace, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullins: We Know Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother to Defraud the Immigration System. We're Investigating Her Now. "Happy Monday! Some good news to start the week off." Dave Strom sees Rules for Thee, Not for Me...or the 'Oppressed.' Seattle cutting trees for a "homeless" (bums) site, despite their own regulations. 

Kurt Schlichter at TownHall warns Don’t Believe the Hype About James Talarico, his 'Betofication.' "I am not seeing the Talaricomania." RedState's Teri Christoph says They Call Him 'Talafreako' for a Reason — Wait Until You Hear What He Said About Parents ""I think there are some folks that would think that if you deny your child's gender identity, that's incredibly harmful. And whether or not we label it with the term abuse, it's abusive for sure," Talarico said while debating legislation designed to protect parents who refuse to affirm a child’s gender identity from having that used against them in custody proceedings." Zach Kraft @ZachKraft_, "James Talafreako's obsession with forcing sex changes on other people's kids is creepy and downright scary. He voted to allow parents to be found guilty of ABUSE and have their children TAKEN AWAY if they refused to allow child sex changes, no age limit." At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed sees Talarico Pulls the Race Card for Some Reason – Hilarity Ensues and Talarico: I'm Broke Because I Don't Take One Percenter Money, except that he does. Attorney General Ken Paxton @KenPaxtonTX, "I condemn racism in all its forms, including James Talarico saying white men are America's top terror threat and that he prays to overcome his own 'whiteness,' whatever that means. Only one person in this race has a history of dividing Texans by race, and it’s James Talarico. I will continue to focus on uniting our State and bringing together the broadest possible coalition to fight for Texas, our values, and our families." Quote James Talarico @jamestalarico, "Thank you @JohnCornyn for your leadership. Racism has no place in Texas. @KenPaxtonTX: will you condemn this blatant racism or will you cower to..."

VodkaPundit at Insty notes HE’S LOSING IN 2028 TO THE WOMAN WHOSE CAMPAIGN FLOUNDERED BEFORE IOWA IN 2020: onestarmango @lonestarmango, "He's desperate for an exit because surveys show him with no chance. Gavin Newsom Won‘t Run in 2028 if Kamala Harris Does https://breitbart.com/ politics/2026/09/14/ gavin-newsom-wont-run- 2028-if-kamala-harris-runs/ via
@BreitbartNews."

Stephen Kruiser at PJM notes SCOTUS Has a Sylvia Plath Episode Regarding Mail-In Ballots "On Monday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request to allow the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) new ballot-mail rule to take effect for the 2026 elections. The ruling leaves U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani's preliminary injunction in place and effectively means the rule will not govern the November midterms." Too late, they said, after months of judicial dawdling and obstruction. Althouse chimes in "If the question of the Postal Service’s power were before us in something other than the context of an ultra vires claim..." "".... the Government’s argument would present a difficult question. But here the question is different. In order to assert an ultra vires claim, the plaintiffs must show that the challenged regulation of envelopes here is 'entirely "in excess"' of the power to govern collecting, handling, transporting, delivering, forwarding, and returning of mail. The same is true of the requirement to pass along information about each recipient of ballot mail. At the very least, the Postal Service did not act '"contrary to a specific prohibition"' in enacting the rule... [T]he plaintiff States’ statutory claim is based on a contestable reading of a broadly drawn statute empowering the Postal Service to regulate the mail." Writes Justice Alito, dissenting, joined by Justice Thomas, in United States Postal Service v. California. Here's the NYT: "Two Conservative Justices Would Have Allowed Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Rules/Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, called the challenge to the restrictions a 'Hail Mary pass' that was unlikely to prevail because of the Postal Service’s broad authority to regulate the mail" (gift link)." Sundance, Judicial Delay Tactics Worked – Supreme Court Blocks USPS Mail-In Ballot Plans. 

From Ace, The "Rogue Juror" Has Been Doxxed and "Visited" At His Home by Angry Lindsay Clancy Baby-Killer Cultists, "This was always the plan," and NBC Boston Doxxed the Juror by Providing Specific Details of His Arrest Allowing Anyone to Find His Name Through Court Records; Defense Lawyer's AWFUL Wife Goaded the Media Into "Getting" the Juror, "This article originally had the full details of the arrest of the Black Man Who Didn't Take Orders from Old White Women."

Sundance is celebrating Former CIA Director John Brennan Subpoenaed as “Target” of Grand Jury for Testimony October 15th.

Dave Strom has New Crime Stats: Children of Migrants More Likely to Be Criminals Than First Generation in Denmark. Ace is Shocked: Danish Crime Statistics Show that Immigrants, Particularly Muslim Immigrants, Commit Crime at Double the Rates of the Native-Born and the Children of Immigrants Are Even Worse "Denmark is one of the only western countries to track immigrant crime because the rest have been pressured to keep the public deliberately blind to the actual numbers by activists. Because Racism." Beege Welborn on Buying Baby Citizens. PeterSweden @PeterSweden7, "70% of people with a non European background voted for the left wing bloc in the Swedish election today according to exit poll by Valu. Now you know why the left supports open borders." Driscoll at Insty, OLD AND BUSTED: Queers for Palestine. "The New Hotness? Animal Rights Activists Defend Muslim Migrants Killing Animals. After horrifying images of Muslim migrants who had invaded the Spanish North African territory of Ceuta killing a baby dolphin went viral, animal rights activists rallied to their defense..." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Media Assures Americans That Migrants Haven’t Killed Any Cats, Just Women And Children."

VodkaPundit at PJM observes Begun, the Bari Weiss Era at 60 Minutes Has... But for How Long?

Dave Strom asserts it's Time to Break Up Academia. How does that even work? John Sexton hears Mahmoud Khalil Sues Columbia for Failing to Protect Him (or Something). Is there a way they can both lose? Mazelit Airaksinen documents a Florida Teacher who says Jews “Own Everything”, Israel is “Fake Country”: FOOTAGE "“I don’t care what I post because I’m making so much money off of TikTok” says Miss. Jaden Salameh." VodkaPundit at Insty reminds us PROGRESSIVISM HAS ALWAYS BEEN RACIST, STARTING WITH EUGENICS OVER A CENTURY AGO: Hon. Vickie Paladino @VickieforNYC, "This is an outrage. I don’t think people outside of blue city politics really understand how almost comically evil progressivism becomes when it’s allowed total power. It has nothing to do with ‘affordability’ or ‘heath care’." Quote Yiatin Chu @ycinnewyork, "If we thought DeBlasio 7% plan was racist in proposing to cut Asian students at Specialized High Schools by half, @CMRestler @CMNantashaW now want to explicitly EXCLUDE districts with Asian students out of the Discovery program." Ryan @teslaxryan, "Anthropic’s Head of Personality Alignment, Amanda Askell, argued that discrimination against white students “may be desirable” as a way of correcting historical injustice. This is coming from one of the most prominent people working on AI alignment. Let that sink in." Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal is alarmed that Parents are ‘Intentionally Left Out’ of AI Strategy Discussions Between Microsoft, Left-Leaning Teachers Union, Critics Say.

This anti-AfD protest in Germany is the best advertisement for the party that I have seen pic.twitter.com/6iaefaRzud

— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) September 13, 2026

From WaEx, Washington state government demands women let men see them nude. But the usual crowd objects when Sydney Sweeney BOLDLY GOES WHERE ESPN HAS GONE BEFORE: Sydney Sweeney’s naked betting advert ‘sexualizes’ women’s sport. "Sydney Sweeney has been accused of sexualising women in sport after appearing naked in a betting advert. The Hollywood actress posed for Novig, a sports-prediction market company, in a video that has had almost one million views in four days. The advert shows Sweeney sitting topless on a basketball hoop, saying: “So they wanted to show just sports.” After saying “sports” nine times while playing tennis, golf, and baseball in various states of undress, she adds: “You can’t trade this, I just look good here. No betting on wars or deaths, and no politics. Just you and your take on sports.” It closes with her walking away naked. The 29-year-old Euphoria star has been criticised by female athletes, who have accused her of setting back women in sport.

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