Flotsam and Jetsam - Gone Fishin' DIY

It's been a while since I resorted to this.

Trump and the Republicans

Andy Ngo on X: "Hammam al-Hammami, the @flydubai pilot who tried killing his non-Muslim co-pilot to hijack a plane flying to Israel, had fundamentalist Islamic social media posts. He posted about wanting a wife who would wear a face covering and stop working. He complained about mixed-sex work"
Althouse: "The co-pilot who tried to hijack a flight bound for Israel... used a crash ax to attack the captain in the cockpit, UAE officials said."
There’s No Business Like Antisemitism Business
Russia Plans to Freeze Ukraine Into Submission This Winter – HotAir
AND THEN THERE ARE THE FACTS: Hakeem Jeffrries, Meet the Best U.S. Economy in Decades
Three Easy Ways to Reduce Pain at the Pump – HotAir
Steel Manufacturing, Bonds, and America First
The Diesel Export Trap: A Quick Fix That Raises Prices - RealClearEnergy
Is The GOP Failing To Sell Trump’s Economic Gains? I&I/TIPP Poll – Issues & Insights
This Explosive Headline Is a Lock for First-Ballot Induction Into the 'TDS Hall of Fame' – Twitchy

The Disloyal Opposition

EXCLUSIVE: Abdul El-Sayed Top Staffer Quits Campaign—Shares Disturbing Truth About “Manufactured Man”–“Pushed multiple staff to tears”–“Immature”–“Cartoonishly fake masculinity” and “Loves to fart in public” - The Gateway Pundit
Dear DSA: How to Destroy the 5 Democrats Who Want to Be President – PJ Media
Maura Healey Having a Mass. Gas Attack and Seems to Have Wiped Her Two Memory Chips – HotAir

The Just Us System

Judge Says the Law 'Criminalizing Non-Citizen Voting' Is Unconstitutional UPDATE – HotAir
Justice Samuel Alito Thinks He Knows Who Leaked the Landmark Dobbs Opinion
Gad Saad on X: "Oh I noticed."
Althouse: The ultimate process clusterfuck.
Althouse: "Well, she’s still trying to proceed as normal, and she’s trying to tell herself that she can just go on with her life as if this didn’t happen."

Althouse: Someone who styles himself ExHedgeFundGuy makes a TikTok clip out of a classic Camille Paglia interview and fails to include her name.
Laocoon of Troy on X: "Paglia's point is that women have been raised in a way that makes them naïve. They believe that the suburban, middle-class setting is the default condition of the world, and that the rights they have go with them anywhere, even to a foreign country or a bedroom during a drunken https://t.co/ZapI9RXklM"
Daniel Friedman on X: "Ever since the Dear Colleague letter in 2011 and the crackdowns on Greek life after Duke Lacrosse, fraternities have been training chapter presidents on how to protect their chapters from these situations. The Chi Phi president (who is not one of the 7 accused men) messed up,"

Cornell brings back #MeToo - The Spectator
Report: How Radical Environmental Special Interests Manipulate the Federal Judiciary - House Judiciary Committee Republicans
Even Democrats Oppose Letting Foreign Citizens Tilt The House

The Great Culture War

Daniel Foubert on X: "I'm French 🇫🇷. I was born in Paris. I spent 25 years there. But now: I don't even want to know what happens in that hellhole 💀⚰️. Not “troubled.” Not “declining.” Not “going through a difficult period.” No. A HELLHOLE. A country where everything is dirty, expensive,"
Dr. Eli David on X: "Lebanese 🇱🇧 journalist and author Brigitte Gabriel: “When I was born, Beirut was considered the ‘Paris of the Middle East.’ Today, Paris is considered the Beirut of Europe.” https://t.co/HybA8wN51T"
Trans rights better in Iran than Britain, say Green activists
Actress Criticizes Islam, Loses Her Career – PJ Media
Floridians demand school fire educator who said Jews “control everything”, that Israel is a “fake country”
Writing Is Critical Thinking — Even in the Age of AI - The American Spectator |

Flotsam and Jetsam - FlyDubai Hijack Updates and a New Attack Thwarted

Cathy Salgado at PJM reports Netanyahu Confirms Hijacker Had ‘Islamist Radical Indoctrination.’ From NRO, Thwarted Hijacker Underwent ‘Islamist Radical Indoctrination,’ Netanyahu Says. Ace, Source at FlyDubai: The Omani Co-Pilot Was a "Religious Extremist" (Non-Amish Division), "We Hired the Services of a Terrorist". "Via Ed Morrissey, "We may never know the motive" once again becomes "We knew the motive all along because of course." But the media will never get tired of playing this game." Mary Chastain at LI, ‘Altercation’: Media Downplays Cockpit Stabbing on Flight Carrying 174 to Israel, "How the media described the stabbing: altercation, “violent” altercation, fought, struggle." From Twitchy, Israel War Room Torches NBC News' Post About Plane That Apparently Decided to Try and Crash Itself. NBC News @NBCNews, "He is being hailed around the world as a hero for helping stop a passenger plane bound for Israel from plunging into the ground, despite his own severe injuries." And, 'Did the Terrorist Write This Headline?' CBS Dusts Off a Media Cliché for Hijacking Attempt Update CBS News @CBSNews, "Questions about the motive of the co-pilot who tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel continue to swirl." Laughing Wolf's take on the FlyDubai Incident. Zionist Squirrel @Contra_Flash, "The flydubai incident is a good litmus test to see if people who claim they aren’t Nazis or Nazi-esque can condemn an attempt to kill a plane full of Israelis without excusing it, minimizing it, “contextualizing” it, or deciding the victims had it coming." Quote crunchyrugger @crunchyrugger, "they cannot."

Sunny @sunnyright, "Second foiled antisemitic terrorist attack in one day." Quote Tom Winter @Tom_Winter, "NBC News: Plot to attack Texas capitol foiled, DPS says. Suspect allegedly told his friend that he was angry at AIPAC (American Israeli Public Affairs Committee) and that "these people have to be exterminated."" AG @AGHamilton29, "I don’t know how anyone can keep seeing these stories and not realize how the current environment, including a lot of the conspiratorial rhetoric from the far-left and alt-right, is encouraging political violence." Ace, Of Course: Texas Police and FBI Disrupt Planned Terror Attack to "Shoot Up" the State Capitol, Out of Antisemitic Animus. "No word on his immigration status. No statement that he's a citizen. So maybe he's one of those Doctors and Engineers our country would collapse without." Mary Chastain again, UK PM Burnham: ‘Strong Indications’ Iran is Linked to RAF Fairford Plot. "Then WHY did you guys release them on bail!!?" The Bebe, UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford incident, police say. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Well there’s an Iranian link. Is this going to be another catch and release?" Quote Politics UK @PolitlcsUK, "BREAKING: Counter Terror Police have arrested a 27-year-old dual UK/Iranian national in London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts over the RAF Fairford plot." From the Babylon Bee, Britain Apologizes For Disrupting Whatever It Was Nice Muslim Men Were Doing.

Bob Spencer at PJM looks at what happens to A Connecticut Jihadi in an Obama Judge’s Court. Dave Bernstein at Insty, NOTHING IS MORE PATHETIC THAN WATCHING A POLITICIAN DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE BECAUSE IT’S IN HER POLITICAL INTEREST TO DO SO: Dan Burmawi @DanBurmawy, "“We’ll make sure no non-Muslims live in our city.” How? By charging a “service fee”, and funneling 75% of it to the mosque. “We’ll name our streets after the greatest Islamic conquerors, like Khalid bin al-Waleed.” “If they keep saying Muslims want to take over America, it will become a reality.” “We’ll use the infidels to serve Islam. John Smith will get us the permits. We have the money.”" Dave Strom, Muslims Keep Saying the Not-So-Quiet Part Out Loud, Elites Keep Saying It's Not True and What Do You Get When You Combine the French Love of Riots With Muslim Love of Riots. More and bigger riots. PJM's Aaron Hanscom, Why Jews Who Turn on Israel to Be Loved Still Get Hated. Ace is disgusted; Of COURSE: The UK Gives the Exact Same Sentence to a Muslim Immigrant for Actually Setting a Migrant Hotel on Fire As They Gave a White Citizen for Briefly Saying "Burn the Hotels Down for All I care."

Ace is irate that Iran Urges Americans to Vote for Democrats. "FOREIGN COLLUSION?! The case for Democrat collusion with Iran is far, far more extensive than the completely-fake Hillary campaign contrivance of "RUSSIAN COLLUSION." And the mad theocrats of Iran are making their support of the Democrat Party explicit." And vice versa. Dick Pollock at The World In Crisis views an Explosive New Film Reveals Iran’s Mass Killing of Protesters. "Independent Documentary Is Released A Week Ago...the Western Media Doesn’t Care." And neither do the Democrats. PJM's Eric Florack thinks The Real Battle Isn't Iran vs. the World; It's Iran's People vs. the IRGC. At YaHoo! Persian Gulf crude oil flows have largely recovered. For diesel and gasoline, it's more complicated.

Ace wakes up to realize Secretary of War Hegseth Plans to Fire 20% of All Generals and Admirals; Appoints a Panel to Game Out the Future of Warfare, Including Elon Musk. Hat Hair's Dave Strom has good news Chances of Chinese Attack on Taiwan in the Near Term Seem to Be Diminishing. From The Scuttlebutt, Enemy Actions. At YaHoo, Cold War Spy Satellite FARRAH III Breaks Apart in Orbit, Cause Unknown, maybe just an accident. Maybe.

From Campus Reform opines Universities must adapt quickly to AI to preserve the value of a college degree. "'If students continue to use AI to elide cognitive friction, they will fail to master the material and enhance their skill sets.'" Bloomberg reports Google Grapples With Employee Skepticism About New Gemini Model. CNBC, SpaceX launches Google AI chips into orbit in push toward space-based data centers. Race @multiplanet1, "After the first Falcon 1 rocket exploded 33 seconds after launch in March 2006, Elon Musk did something that his employees did not expect. He personally called the family members of the engineers who had worked on the rocket. Not the engineers. Their families. The engineers were at the launch site. They had watched their work explode in the sky. They were processing the failure in real time with their colleagues. They had each other. Their families were at home. Their spouses and parents had watched on a livestream or heard the news secondhand. They had no colleagues. They had no context. They just knew that the thing their husband or wife or child had spent 3 years building had just been destroyed in 33 seconds and they didn't know if anyone was hurt. Elon called to tell them everyone was safe. That the failure was a known risk. That the team would try again. That their family member had done extraordinary work and the explosion was not a reflection of their ability..."

Rod Martin calls it The Greatest Story Never Told: Trump’s Economic Miracle. "Trump’s economy has produced all-time record household income and an all-time record-low poverty rate. Now the Atlanta Fed predicts 5 percent GDP growth. You’d think somebody would notice." KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat, "NEW: RFK Jr. says Medicare spending on wound care patches exploded from $200 million in 2019 to $14 billion last year: "It's all stolen." Bad actors billed Medicare billions by slapping the most expensive skin grafts on elderly and dying patients who didn't need them. "The doctors who prescribed them would get 6% of the sales cost. And so, they were incentivized to prescribe more expensive products. In Europe, they spend 35 cents a cubic inch. We were spending $135, and that went up to $2,000 a cubic inch." "So 2019, we were paying $200 million. Last year we spent 14 billion. All stolen. It's all stolen. And we were on track to spend 23 billion this year." "We put an end to it, and we now have driven that cost down to somewhere around a billion dollars...."

PJM's Matt Margolis sees CNN’s Data Guru Just Dropped Brutal Numbers for the Democrats’ Midterm Dreams. The Calvin Coolidge Project @TheCalvinCooli1, "Just in: Chuck Schumer says Republicans would Steal the Midterms Elections He said: “Two things could have us to lose. One, they steal the election. The second thing is money. They have obscene amounts of money.”" From Da Signal, 47 Democrats Refuse to Vote to Ban Insider Trading. Ace hears The Muskily Heterosexual James Talarico: Despite My Transparently Disingenuous Claims to Have Moderated on the Trans Issue, I Have Not Changed My Position At All. "There's always the question with shifty, dishonest left-wing politicians. You know they're lying, but who are they lying to? When they claim to be moderate, are they lying to the moderates? Or are they lying to the leftist base?" They're lying to the moderates. Matt Margolis thinks Platner’s Replacement Nukes His Campaign With Disgusting Holocaust Remark. Matt Vespa thinks Troy Jackson's Apology to Jewish Voters Shows Dems Don't Know What Genocide Is. The Free Bacon reports Sen Kirsten Gillibrand Dons a Hijab at Bronx Mosque, Alongside Cleric Who Praises Hamas and Osama Bin Laden’s Mentor, in Under-the–Radar Visit. "The mosque in ‘Little Yemen’ has multiple ties to Muslim extremists and Hamas supporters." From PM, Pramila Jayapal questioned socialist Seattle mayor's competence during mass shooting response: 'I’m not confident she knows what she is doing'. Shooting News Week sees Virginia AG is Making the Process the Punishment in the Old Dominion’s War on Guns. Cathy Salgado hears Hilton Mock Becerra for Saying Tax Breaks for Those Earning Under $150K Benefit ‘the Wealthiest’.

Hugh Hewitt @hughhewitt, "Sometimes it takes your breath away. President Middle Finger, “You can keep your doctor,” “the ‘80s called” and “Tell Vladimir that after the elections….”" Quote Townhall.com @townhallcom, "Barack Obama: "I don't understand how we got so toxic and just so divided and so bitter."" Matt Vespa sees Bill Maher Had George Santos on His Podcast. It Didn't Disappoint. “It’s all F*CKING Kabuki theater!” “At the end of the day it ends in pizza. You know what that means?”

Brianna Lyman at Da Fed, Jack Smith Spied On And Targeted The Federalist During Biden’s Anti-Trump Witch Hunt.

NYPo, Trump’s $100,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas blocked by second judge. 

Dan Greenfield, aka Sultan Knish, sees Bari Weiss is Destroying CBS News. "No raping? No lies? You can’t do journalism that way." You go, girl!

Quotulatiousness likes Trump’s student loan policy change, "On the social media site formerly known as Twitter, Larry Correia applauds President Trump’s decision to stop providing goverment-backed student loans for courses that don’t provide students who graduate with a viable career path..." RCE takes A Closer Look at the Pentagon’s New Curriculum, not for soldiers, but for their kids. "Last month, the Associated Press reported that the Defense Department school system, which serves roughly 70,000 students at 160 schools around the world, will offer a new course on Western civilization drawing on The Golden Thread, the two-volume history by Allen Guelzo and James Hankins, and lesson materials developed with Hillsdale College." At Am Think, Monica Showalter on Why Johnny can't read in New York City's public schools: Failing upward: School officials who ran the bad NYC public school Nikole Hannah-Jones described get promoted. ROOZ @ROOZVA, "This is a sentence that should literally never be written. Fairfax County taxpayers are paying someone more than 3x the national median household income to run and office whose sole purpose is to racially discriminate against students. If that doesn’t radicalize you, I’m not sure what will." From the College Fix, Cal State lecturer removed after kicking student out for question on Native American alcoholism rates and Minority enrollment has increased since Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action, stats show. From the Martin Center, UCLA Would Rather You Didn’t Read the Syllabus. Seth Dillon @SethDillon, "What a heartwarming story. More of this, please." Quote WG1WGA @WWG1WGA_QQ, "School officials are in panic mode over kids revolting against “Pride Day” Kids refused to wear colors and some even chanted that their pronouns are USA."

From NYPo, Sydney Sweeney’s racy ads help sports betting platform quadruple valuation to $2B. Sex sells, duh. Driscoll at Insty catches a GREAT MOMENT IN DOUBLE STANDARDS: Kings reporters caught thirsting over Ben Simmons, Zach LaVine in wild hot-mic moment: ‘I like lightskins.’ "New Sacramento Kings guard Ben Simmons and his teammate Zach LaVine received an awkward welcome from several reporters during the team’s media day. A live stream of the Kings’ press conference caught a few women in the room speaking about the players in between interviews. One reporter was seemingly asking which player had been speaking the podium. “Ben Simmons. Ben Simmons was, that’s what comes with being Ben Simmons. Cringe. Cringe!” another woman responded. “He’s lucky he’s so fine,” one reporter said. “He’s a good looking dude! I didn’t notice, his skin is so smooth. I was like, damn, no tattoos?” said another. One male reporter said that that former Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole was the woman’s type, to which the woman said, “Allegedly, I like lightskins, I guess.” I’m sure the media would be equally laid back if the genders were reversed." Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "Women media members got caught on a hot mic discussing the hotness of Sacramento Kings players. If men in media were caught on a hot mic talking about hot female athletes they would be fired in five minutes and we’d have weeks of toxic masculinity stories." David Burge @iowahawkblog, "She bulldozed over Sophie Cunningham like a Mack truck, the refs gifted her with a foul on Sophie, the fan pointed at her and say "that was on you," and then she ran into the stands screaming at him like a toddler having a tantrum. Hope that helps." Quote Jemele Hill @jemelehill, "What just happened with A’ja Wilson and that Indiana fan? Whatever was said, it set A’ja off and she usually doesn’t react like that." Heather Mac Donald @HMDatMI, "Let’s take a moment, in light of the Cornell “rape case” hysteria, to savor the dilemmas facing the activists and academics who promote the idea of “rape culture.” If there is indeed a “culture of rape” at elite institutions, as Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez recently reaffirmed, why do female students flock into them? Cornell’s student body went from a little under 50 percent female in 2005 to nearly 54 percent female in 2025. The hoary (no pun intended) statistic bandied about relentlessly during the height of 2010’s campus rape frenzy—that one in four female undergraduates would be sexually assaulted during her college years—signifies a level of criminal sexual violence unheard of even during African tribal wars...." Suffragent @Suffragent_, "The eternally-validated Camille Paglia on the Cornell case. "The sexual revolution must be undone because middle-class women can't handle it. They cannot take responsibility for their own actions."" 

Flotsam and Jetsam - A Hump Day Heap

A lot of material. Monday are slow because of the weekend, but it sure seems like pundits much churn out words on Tuesday.

At News Wax, Rubio Says UK Airbase Incident Involved Foreign State. Sundance at CTH, Rubio on U.S. RAF Fairford Base Terror Threat, “Clearly Involves the Hands of a Foreign Actor” But if you follow the logic from Beege Welborn at Hat Hair in The RAF Fairford Follies, Day Three UPDATE, it may just be a case of "British subjects" trying to steal diesel, either from large farms nearby or even the base. 

Also at News Wax, Belgian Official: Iran Inspired Attacks on Jewish Sites. Hugh Hewitt @hughhewitt, "Imagine millions of Americans believing the U.S. was not winning the battle with Germany in March of 1945. That’s where we are today vis-a-vis Iran. Incredible. And it’s not for lack of actual facts reported widely. It is the consequence of the mental prison of TDS." Hat Hair's Duane Patterson sees A Billion Reasons Why Iran Is Losing. Shaun Maguire @shaunmmaguire, "It was always obvious this would happen Basically from the first 48 hours of the War after the US + Israel dominated Iran’s air space America has Iran on the ropes And as a byproduct this is the most leverage America has had with China in a decade (they need Iran’s oil)." Quote The Wall Street Journal @WSJ, "Iran’s ability to choke off oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz—and use that as leverage in talks with the U.S.—is breaking down." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "Trump deserves credit for doing what even FDR would not: stopping a potential existential threat when the public did not favor a war, and when any difficulty would be blamed on "the Jews." Trump really did learn the lessons of history. Unlike many of his critics, right and left."

From Defense News, Russia raises 2027 military spending by 27%, budget documents show. News Wax hears Russia Offering US Recruits $26,000 Bonus to Fight Ukraine. "Ukrainian officials say at least 18 Americans have joined the Russian military." John Sexton at Hat Hair VIP warns Europe Expects More Russian Hybrid Attacks. 

Sundance hears Mark Carney Blames USA for Layoffs of Canadian Steel Workers "In reality it is (1) Canadian energy, climate and manufacturing policy; in combination with (2) the specific decision to allow the import of cheap steel from China; in combination with the decision to (3) rebuke U.S requests to stop purchasing that Chinese steel; that has driven out Canadian steel manufacturing."

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "WOW! President Trump was just asked what his midterm message is for millions of Americans to vote red, and he dropped RAPID FIRE truth nukes to the Fake News in the Oval Office: - 17 months in a row of ZERO illegal crossings - The best crime numbers in history, even after Democrats let in 25 million people - The most jobs in the history of the United States - M*rders are lower than at any time since 1900 - New plants are being built every day, like today's $18B investment - $21 TRILLION being invested in America, the most in history - China has only $3 trillion, and Biden had just half a trillion - The war will be won very soon - Gas prices will come tumbling down - "Nobody else could have done that. Nobody else." - Democrats want to open the border back up." And Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, " UPDATE: Donald Trump posted overnight CNN's admission that he has 98% PERCENT SUPPORT among the MAGA GOP "There's been no real decline in MAGA support...these folks say they're gonna vote for Congressional Republicans! That support is really holding up strong!" IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. If EVERY 2024 MAGA voter comes out, it's over, Republicans would trounce in the Senate and likely retain the House The communists don't want us to vote, that's exactly why we need to!" Midterms are all about turnout. Tricia McLaughlin @TriciaOhio, "Fentanyl deaths are down 55% and Heroin deaths down 89% from their peaks. That’s a direct result of closing the border and enforcing the laws on the books." George Brooks at Am Think thinks about The math at the pump: Before you blame Trump, follow the damn barrel "Iran matters, refiners matter, supply matters—and the price on that sign has more than one father." AMAC says Voting Democrat – or Staying Home – Won’t Lower Gas Prices, "Democrats are obsessing over high fuel costs, but the historical record and their policy platform strongly suggests that things would be even worse if they were in charge." From RCP, Welcome to Gas Town "America’s diesel market looks like a Mad Max film. The America First fix is hiding in plain sight." At Da Caller, ‘The Perfect Storm’: GOP Strategists Cry Havoc As Poll Delivers Tough News For Lindsey Graham’s Sister. Roger Simon at Am Ref, discourses on Elon Musk & Why the Midterms Don’t Matter "Or don’t matter much." Rand Simberg @Simberg_Space, "There will be cloud cities on Venus, millions living on terraformed Mars, a vast increase in terrestrial wealth from mining the asteroids and moons of the gas giants, and morons will be saying "Elon Musk is an idiot. They haven't even gotten to Alpha Centauri."" DogeDesigner @cb_doge, "You don’t hate the legacy media enough.." 

At Da Caller, Vance Says He And Trump War-Gamed A Senate Floor Takeover To Pass SAVE America Act. From Reason, Once Recession-Proof, D.C. Feels the Pain From Federal Workforce Reductions, "Formerly tax-supported workers are discovering the uncertainties the private sector faces every day." Sundance, President Trump Launches “America.GOV” a Website for Everything Connected to Citizens and Government. Twitchy cites Sen. Mark Warner who Says 100,000 Virginians Have Been Kicked Off of SNAP Because of the Big Ugly Bill.  Althouse finds Do you mean "May President Trump Demolish the Kennedy Center?"? "I wonder, reading "Can President Trump Demolish the Kennedy Center?" in the NYT. Subheadline: "The president has entertained the idea of tearing down the performing arts venue. Analysts say any plan would face multiple daunting challenges."" And "That humans have long been aware of the corrosive danger from kowtowing, toadying, sucking up, piling it on thick, apple-polishing and otherwise bootlicking..." "...Write Matthew Gwyther — producer of the BBC documentary, "Sucking Up: A Guide to Sycophancy Through the Ages" — in "From the Garden of Eden to the president's Cabinet meetings, apple-polishing has a sorry history" (WaPo).

Cathy Salgado is happy Hegseth Ends Civilian Tenured Jobs at Military Academies. 

At Pirate's Cove,  Anthropic IPO Warns Of “Existential Risk To Humanity.” "This doesn’t sound like a good idea to sell stock." Martin Hackworth at Howlin' at the Moon in ii-V-I sees For whom the AI bell tolls, "Ask not for whom the bell tolls, educators and journalists, it tolls for thee." At Ars Technica, AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise. “There is no evidence of any significant, widespread displacement or reduction in hiring.” Hat Hair's John Sexton says The Left's Fear-Mongering Over AI Was Inevitable. At Da Signal, the Great  Victor Davis Hanson on AI and the Same Old Politicized Hysteria. From Sundance, President Trump Hosts Meeting with Top U.S. Leaders in AI and Super Intelligence – Remarks and Video, President Trump Notes Super Intelligence Team Four Points for SI Frontier Research Safety. Da Caller says As Trump Meets Xi, Experts Say China Targets Weak Spots In Western Tech. I expect nothing less. 

Ron DeSantis @RonDeSantis, "Today we officially designated the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR and Antifa as terrorist organizations per the anti-sharia law signed earlier this year."

The Manhattan Inst. explains How States Can Cut Rules and Regulations—and Make It Stick. "Idaho’s Two-Step Process That Other States Can Copy."

PJM's Matt Margolis hears Frank Luntz Just Gave Democrats Devastating News About the Midterms "I'm looking at a turnout differential that advantages the Democrats by a couple of points, which means that there are more people who oppose Donald Trump, who are planning to vote, than those who support him," Luntz told CNN This Morning on Monday. "There's always been a historical advantage to the party out of power in the midterms, particularly in the first midterms." A couple of points? That's it?" At DataRepublican’s Substack, What Early Voting Shows: Week of September 29 "NC, Florida, and OH aren’t showing signs of a blue wave yet. But don’t get comfortable." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites the NYT: Senate Dems Start Spending in Texas and Politico: How Dare GOP Candidates Rebut Dems' Sermons! Restoration News reports Changes to Military Ballot Requests Will Disarm Democrat’s Overseas Voter Registration Racket.

The Manhattan Contrarian observes For Some Reason, New York's Rent Regulations Don't Seem To Be Keeping Rents Low. Beege Welborn hears Newly Victorious Berlin Communists Already Doing the Economic Voodoo That They Do So Well. You'd think Berliners would know better, but it has been a while. Joe Weber at JTN reports Newsom signs law easing rules requiring students to learn English, change will impact 1 million "Nearly 1 million California students designated as English learners will no longer have to pass a set of tests and benchmarks to exit the program." From the Wash Stand, IRS Losing Up to $304 Billion Annually to Fraudsters, but Agency Has No Anti-Fraud Strategy, GAO Finds.

From Ace, Fauci Infected African Monkeys with Aerosolized Ebola. His Primary Fear? Not an Ebola Outbreak. Just That the Public Would Find Out About His Faucistein Experimentations. "Deb Heine at American Greatness:" What was he trying to do, start a pandemic?

John Sexton satisfied as the Supreme Court Allows Third-Country Deportations. Mary Chastain at LI,  Supreme Court Clears Trump Admin to Resume Third-Country Deportations for Now. "However, SCOTUS will hear the merits of the case during the December 2026 argument session." News Wax, Justices Weighing Policy, OK Deportations to 3rd Countries.  Sundance, Supreme Court Allows Rapid Third-Country Deportations to Continue. Dave Catron at Am Spec hears Ketanji Brown Jackson Throws a Fit As Supreme Court Backs SAVE Voter Verification."The justice’s dissent over the SAVE voter-verification system continues her increasingly public dispute with the  Court’s majority." Da Caller reports Trump Admin Asks SCOTUS To Uphold Trans Surgery Ban In Federal Prisoners.

Lara Logan @laralogan, "Absolutely brilliant move from Patrick Byrne. Well done. Imagine that a party to a lawsuit can just email the judge and get what they want almost instantly? If you are Dominion you don’t have to imagine - that is your reality. Why are these judges so corrupt? Many are compromised." Quote Patrick Byrne @PatrickByrne, "Dominion wrote to our Judge ex parte and got relief in 2 hours; the next day I tried the same thing: Dear Judge Nichols, I was impressed by the email from Dominion’s lawyer directly to you and impressed by the alacrity with which you acted upon it. Untutored in the august ways of the law as I am, I..." Read the whole letter, it's a masterpiece. At ET, Federal Judge Strikes Down New York’s $75 Billion Climate Superfund. In the Pirate's Cove, Bummer: NY’s Climate Scam Act Shot Down In Second Federal Court.

From Da Caller, Newly Released Records Undercut Jack Smith’s Account Of How Trump Classified Documents Probe Began. Turns out there was no criminal referral from the National Archives. He made that up when he told Congress. At RedState, Teri Christoph sees Mollie Hemingway Tears Into Jack Smith Over Stunning Arctic Frost Revelation: 'I'm Sickened by This'" and Kyle Becker thinks Sen. Kennedy Nails Jack Smith to the Wall in Stunning Exchange: 'Do You Believe in The Tooth Fairy?' Matt Vespa says Jack Smith Was Visibly Uncomfortable When He Got Asked This Question by Sen. Kennedy. From Hat Hair, a Larry video, Jack Smith Under Fire As Bombshell New Trump Probe Records Surface and Beege Welborn thinks Jack Smith Was Even Scummier Than We Thought Which Seems Impossible. At Twitchy, STUNNED: Jack Smith Has True Deer in Headlights Moment As Eric Schmitt Breaks Out DAMNING Receipts. But if you only watch one video on this, let it be this one from Sundance, Senator Josh Hawley Confronts former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith During Explosive Senate Committee Hearing.

Charlie Martin at Insty LOVES THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING: Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Has Gone Completely Nuts With This Move. From Ace, Lindsay Clancy's Scumbag Lawyer Kevin Reddington Contradicts His Earlier Defense, Now Insists That There's No Evidence Lindsay Clancy Murdered Her Children at All. "He doesn't say it, but the Conspiracy Cultists claim that Patrick Clancy killed his children, then "hypnotized" Lindsay into believing she did it and confessing to it." John Sexton asks, and answers What's Happening With the Cornell 7 Case? Nicholas Fondacaro @NickFondacaro, "Sunny Hostin, a former sex crimes prosecutor, actually defends the Cornell 7. She argues that under New York State law, the girl consented and that the media is "reporting this story inaccurately. I think they're reporting it unfairly." "The pictures of these young men who have not been charged, not been adjudicated are being plastered all over the internet," she decried." I guess if it's not about Trump she's capable of rational thought. 

At Da Blaze, 'Come on': Democrat DC councilman makes BIZARRE comment after beating bribery charge in mistrial. No DC jury will convict a criminal accused by the Trump admin. ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "The problem isn’t that a judge cut him loose early. It’s what happened after the door opened. Nothing in the public record I could find shows anyone kept watching a man a Florida judge had called a likely danger without treatment, or that anyone passed that warning to Pennsylvania..."

At Da Caller, Vance Sets The Record Straight On Mass Deportations "And my understanding of what happened is … if you, let’s say, have a DHS agent and that guy can deport one person that day, he can go and deport a violent criminal or a person who hasn’t committed a violent crime; of course, we’re going to prioritize the violent criminals.” “But that is not a reflection of overall deportation policy,” Vance added. “That’s about prioritizing fundamentally limited resources.”" Noah Pollak @NoahPollak, "This is the single most consequential policy to combat antisemitism in the US in the last decade and it's not even close. And the Trump admin -- and especially those like @StephenM who implemented it -- will get no thanks or credit from legacy Jewish organizations, which is shameful." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "Legal Immigration from Majority-Muslim Nations Was Cut 96% Since 2024." Da Caller again, Trump Invokes Rare Authority To Cancel Nearly $1,000,000,000 In Congressionally Approved Spending "President Donald Trump has moved to cancel more than $800 million that Congress approved for refugee aid, migrant education and diversity programs...Officials argued the money is no longer needed because illegal crossings have fallen sharply under Trump’s border policies. They labeled the spending wasteful and harmful to taxpayers." NYPo, Feds urged to crack down on fake passports, green cards along NYC’s Roosevelt Avenue. News Wax hears IRS Drafts Citizenship Question for 2027 Tax Returns. At CJ, Robert VerBruggen explains The Troubles With the H-1B Program, "Concrete Evidence." Amy Curtis at TownHall reports a Watchdog Found Tons of Vetting Errors for Migrants Who Entered US After Biden's Afghanistan Failure. Ace, The Venezuelan Shot by ICE Has Been Charged With Assaulting an Officer "The violent illegal alien attacked ICE agents as they were serving him a final deportation order. The media are demonic liars, and keep repeating "he had a valid work permit" as if this is the same as permission to be in the country. It's not." Dave Strom is not a fan of UK Justice: Immigrant Who Set Asylum Hotel on Fire Gets Same Sentence As Lucy Connolly. Alice Smith @TheAliceSmith, "It’s never been clearer in the UK. They don’t penalise us because we’re “far-right”. They classify us as “far-right” so they can penalise us." From ¡No Pasaran! Importing the Middle East's Clan Culture to Europe: How Assmilated Are the Danish Green Party's Muslim Leaders? All Are in Favor of Arranged Marriages and Resent "Mr. and Mrs. Denmark" for Thinking of Those with Negative Connotations. Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog finds an NGO That Literally Wants To Replace You.

Da Caller notices that Journalists Banned From White House Receive Vomit-Inducing Hero’s Welcome Upon Return. Mark Judge at Hat Hair sees Secrets: Will Bob Woodward’s New Memoir Be a Coverup? Absolutely. From the College Fix, UPenn requires disclosure of ‘controversial speakers’ and you know who they mean, don't you. 

Every one of these people are directly responsible for the violent and vitriolic political rhetoric of the day. If you wonder why a quarter of Americans now think assassinating a sitting president is ok, look no further. pic.twitter.com/KVZ7oGTxbQ

— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) September 29, 2026

Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "BREAKING: @SenMikeLee HAS INTRODUCED THE GRANITE ACT FOREIGN CENSORSHIP SHIELD BILL IN THE U.S. SENATE! https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5478/titles"

Ace hears that In 2027, Trump's Department of Education Will Begin Limiting Government Loans for "Students" In No-Hope Majors, "I voted for this. Sounds good, but it's a very limited first step." Matt
Vespa, Trump's College Loan Tweaks Are Being Felt...and Campus Libs Are Going to Blow a Gasket. Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital, "This is long overdue. He’s not banning the degrees. If you want to study african-american history or music theory, you still can. You simply need to pay for it or apply for private student loans. The student debt crisis in this country is insane and so many degrees today are absolutely useless. The reason college is so expensive now is because the US government started backing the loans. Obviously the universities were going to start charging $200k, because their customer is now the US government instead of the music theory kid. Taxpayers should only be subsidizing, and therefore incentivizing, degrees our nation actually needs: doctor, engineers, etc." Q uote The New Republic @newrepublic, "Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious stud...." Carlo Carrasco, Trump Administration Trashes Biden-era Title IX Rules, Sex Officially Defined by Biology. At PM, University of Minnesota declares to new students Declaration of Independence has 'embodied sexist policies': report. Campus Reform reports University of Minnesota removes Flock camera in Somali-heavy neighborhood while others remain. Some pigs are more equal than others. 

John Sexton hears Nikole Hannah-Jones' Daughter Still Doesn't Get Her Mom's Decision. She was a sacrifice to the gods of DEI. Dave Strom, Everything Is Racist, "The BBC actually ran a story about how women who don't paint their nails are making a racial statement, because nail painting is somehow tied to social injustice or something. Being a man, it all goes over my head."

We Asked AI To Recreate The Lesbian Bar Drama From Actual Reports pic.twitter.com/Agu2tAv2HB

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) September 28, 2026

From  The Pirate's Cove, Jew Haters Threaten To Boycott Kimmel Over Gal Gadot.

Da Caller observes a Classic American Town Hosts Soft Core Smut Drag And Burlesque Show With Kids Present. Ace hears about a NYT Tech Editor Gunned Down by In-Laws -- Because His Trans Lifestyle Wound Up Influencing His Son to Wear His Sister's Dresses "Modern problems." The Redneck Intellectual discusses Marriage Nihilism, "The Sixth in a Series." "On a deeper and more fundamental level, same-sex marriage will unquestionably affect my liberties and opportunities in innumerable ways; it will affect my marriage indirectly and in meaningful ways; and it will certainly affect the way future generations experience marriage." 

InfantryDort @infantrydort, "You don’t know how radical they’ve become. That’s the mistake. A civilization ending mistake. Young white men are the most vilified cohort in the modern age. What shocks me is how people don’t understand what history says about vilified cohorts. Many people over the age of 40 simply forget, young white men don’t remember the super egalitarian post war order. The world we grew up in no longer exists. We were taught judge people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. MLK etc etc. And by God, I still live by that. I see the divine spark in others. It’s what makes being a Soldier in this nation possible. We don’t care what you look like. Everyone is equally worthless. But sometime after the 90s, tribalism was injected back into this place. The super rare conditions that allowed for so many in this nation to live under one flag withered away. And it became politically useful to demonize one group above all others; white men..."

Flotsam and Jetsam - Suddenly Monday

Tedford Tyler at Am Con thinks this week's visit show Trump Has Learned How to Deal With China. "The president’s engagement with Xi is delivering results." We'll see. At Hat Hair, Josh Hammer notes  Trump's Greenland Agreement Is the 'Art of the Deal' in Action. Ask for the moon and stars, and settle for just the moon. 

Georgia took this picture in McKinleyville CA this week

Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent declares the U.S. economy has entered “the acceleration phase.”" From the Chronic, Republicans Cannot Blame Any Midterm Losses on Trump’s Economy. Except for gas prices, things are going great, which is why the Democrats and media (but I redund) keep talking about gas prices. Shawn Farash @Shawn_Farash, "Good morning X! Did you know: Of the top 5 states with the most expensive gas, only one has a Republican governor? (Nevada) Of the bottom five states with the cheapest gas, all are GOP-led states. On rent: The top five states with the most expensive rent prices are ALL democrat-run states. The bottom five are all GOP-run states. If your motivating factor this election is affordability, then democrats are not a good choice."  Breitbart Bus Dig is Raising ‘a Fuss and a Holler’ About the Labor Market, "Young American men had a hot, hot, hot summer in the labor market—as long as you count working as a hot summer." Ben Smith at LI, Trump Cancels $810M for Illegal Immigrants, Race-Based Programs. "Trump spending cuts target $810 million for illegal immigrant services, race-focused programs and other federal spending." 

TMZ @TMZ, "Nicki Minaj is jumping into the upcoming midterm elections, insisting that all young voters must do one thing -- vote Republican."Don Surber on Midterms diplomacy, "Iran is waiting for Democrats to take back Congress." And Democrats are encouraging them. The inimitable Kurt Schlichter at TownHall says We Are So Tired of the Loudmouth Quitters, and names a few. "Every election cycle we hear the same stupid spiel from a certain band of pseudo-conservative quitters: “Oh no, I’m not getting my way. I’ve got no reason to vote. I’m not going to vote. The Republicans aren’t conservative enough, so I’m just going to let the communist pervert Democrats win. Waa, waa, waa.”" Roger Kimball at Am Great examines the many Varieties of Trump Derangement Syndrome, "The effort to normalize various pathologies seems to be, as we have been taught to say, trending." The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "I was there. Overwhelming applause and cheers. This is dumb, even for People magazine."

Bob Graboyes at Bastiat's Window, discourses on  AI, Internet, and Rapid Advances in the Technology of Fraud. "AI and global connectivity have made the production, refinement, and dissemination of fraudulent information far easier than could have imagined a generation or two ago." The answer to most of AI's potential downfalls is to task AI with preventing them. At Common Place, Oren Cass explains How to Worry About AI, "Lessons from climate catastrophism for the cataclysm du jour,"

Kyle Becker at RedState hears AOC Gets Brutal News As She Test-Runs Senate Bid: She Is 'Rejected'. If she's too radical for New York State, she's not going to become preznit. At Althouse, Fetterman knows how to play viral media. I say he did this — deadpan — on purpose. "Well played, Senator!" That stroke clearly killed something in the left side of his brain. Tom Knighton at BA asks and answers What Did Newsom Do on Gun Bills? Now We Know. 

From Law and Liberty, The Slippery Constitutionality of Open Primaries. If Republicans want to get rid of them, they need to abuse them to the disadvantage of the Democrats.

PJM's Bob Spencer notices The Latest Attempt to Impeach Trump Criminalizes Not Being a Leftist. "Prof. Jonathan Turley remarked drily that Cohen “appears to believe that the problem with past impeachments has been brevity. His 26 articles of impeachment include everything short of ripping a label off a mattress, including the new impeachable offense of ‘self-aggrandizement.’” 

From Twitchy, Trump Intervenes After Overnight ICE Order Sparks Base Revolt: ‘No One Is Off the Table’ "Last night, panic spread across social media as reporters claimed the Trump Administration had decided to only arrest illegals who had criminal charges pending or convictions. That was a big change from 'anyone here illegally needs to go home'." Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "I’ve spoken on the phone with President Trump and nine ICE & DHS sources about this today. Here’s what I’ve learned. Yes, this verbal guidance did go out to ICE offices across the country last night. I’ve spoken with ICE agents who received it & were shocked & frustrated by it. It’s unclear who it started with. However, I’m told it’s erroneous, was some type of “miscommunication” during conversations about prioritizing “worst first”, and there is no change in immigration enforcement policy. President Trump tells me anyone in the country illegally remains “on the table” for ICE arrest & deportation. I’m also told new guidance went out to ICE field offices tonight to reaffirm this and that yes, arrests of illegal aliens and “collaterals” without additional criminal history will continue. ICE sources confirm to me they received the new guidance. I’m not really sure what happened here - but everyone is on the same page, including President Trump, in telling me that his immigration enforcement agenda isn’t scaling back." Quote Jennie Taer @JennieSTaer "SCOOP: ICE officers across the country were told this weekend to stop arresting non-criminals, agency sources tell @realDailyWire Now, ICE may only arrest illegal immigrants with criminal convictions or charges for the time being, said the sources." From FreightWaves, ICE launches tip line to report CDL fraud as crackdown widens. "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hot line follows shutdown of 110 truck driving schools and investigations spanning 23 states." The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial, "These people obviously can’t get in. Who is funding this op and why?" Quote Anthony Aguero Live @AnthonyAguero, "Over 400 aliens predominantly from Honduras entered Mexico on Thursday, ready to make their way to the US southern border… Here’s footage of the caravan. Someone is incentivizing this movement, this is not organic." Obviously a midterm op. Insty calls it A REMINDER OF WHAT IS AT STAKE IN NOVEMBER. Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital, "As we enter the age of AI, robotics and widespread automation there is zero reason for more mass immigration of low-skilled labor… Immigration at this point in American history should be extremely restrictive." Quote Starship Gazer @StarshipGazer, "Big drone cleaning the Starbase launch control room windows for clear views of Starship flight 14 on launch day."

Leslie Eastman at LI reports Ceuta Confirms First Monkeypox Case After Summer Border Surge from Morocco "Meanwhile, Kasai province in the Democratic Republic of Congo is facing a mpox epidemic." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "When they pissed off this guy, they pissed off someone who has fought insurgencies, in Northern Ireland and Afghanistan, knows how to run one, and knows the British counterinsurgency game from the inside. They’ve succeeded in pissing off other British vets who know the same things. What they don’t have is guns." Quote Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox, "This story has broken me. It has unleashed a rage so strong I can barely express it, but allow me to try. Above all, I am angry with the decades-long malevolent incompetence of the British state: politicians of all parties, the judiciary, the civil service. Their collective uselessness has shattered the social contract and made us all poorer and less safe. In just 25 years, they have led us from an affluent, high-trust society to a broken, low-trust one..." Dr Strangetweet or How I Learned to Love the RT @lone_rides, "I have an idea for a book. “Hit me” A patriarchal society, women have no rights. They’re forced to dress appropriately. “Like it so far.” This society then starts to fifth column other countries. And people welcome it! “That’s slightly unrealistic but keep going.” Then when the group from this patriarchal society is big enough, they take over the host country. There is some pushback but many people in the host country join with the society in crushing it. “Nope. The plot won’t work. It’s unbelievable.” That’s what I thought but this is a history book about the spread of Islam through immigration." Quote Be Thinkful @BThinkful, "Now what if I told you the people most sympathetic to the invasion were women?"

Larry Elder at Hat Hair hears Trump Bans Media from the White House -- This Is Why He's Angry "The better question is: What took so long?" Nick Arama at RedState laughs as CNN Hilariously Begs Mike Waltz for Trump to Let Them Back in the Pool - His Answer Is Gold Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "LMAO!! CNN's Jake Tapper just BEGGED Ambassador Mike Waltz on national TV to ask President Trump to "let CNN back in the pool" for Air Force One and event coverage "Yesterday, the White House barred CNN from pool...I'd ask if you can convey to President Trump to let CNN back in the pool." Waltz did not promise to do so. ..." Sundance at CTH sees Media Aghast at Not Controlling White House Press Coverage, hosts AG Todd Blanche -VS- ABC Martha Raddatz. "There’s still obviously litigation going on, but the important thing, Martha, is to know that that being in the White House is a privilege. It’s not a — it’s not a right." unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "Pretty much most the reasons people state for why they are upset about Trump is based on some fake news they read or were exposed to, whether that person is a dem or republican."

From the College Fix, Elementary school staff presented with ‘anti-oppressive’ pledges to dismantle the system. O Canada! Monica Showalter thinks Nikole Hannah-Jones has just written a new version of 'The Jungle'?  "Sinclair, recall, was a progressive-era muckraker who wrote 'The Jungle' in 1906, with the express aim of converting America to socialism. His book described the filthy meat-packing plants of Chicago and the terrible labor conditions experienced by America's Lithuanian and other immigrant workers in a wrenching, emotionally engaging book that became a massive bestseller. But much to his surprise, he didn't convert anyone to socialism. People read about those filthy meat-packing plants where chemicals and spoilage were present, and absolutely shuddered at the thought that they were eating from them. That prompted major legislation to reform food sanitation practices, including the Meat Inspection Act, and the Pure Food and Drug Act by Congress." Garry Kasparov@Kasparov63, "I wish it was a bad joke," Quote Seattle Extremist @SeattleIndepen1, "This book is real. So is the award. In “A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint” the author argues that white paint isn’t neutral—it carries associations with purity, cleanliness, and power that tie into systems of exclusion and racism. This from the university that gave us Mortimer J Adler and the Great Books movement."

Rob Henderson @robkhenderson, "One of Sweeney’s sins is that she entertains men without first assuring women that their approval disgusts her. Contrast this with Sabrina Carpenter...Her sexual presentation comes with a clear assurance of female allegiance." Bill Costello at Realities Last Stand looks at The Science of Why Women Hate Sydney Sweeney, "Intrasexual competition, guy’s gals, and the vulnerable young men the controversy overlooks." "Evidence suggests women are more supportive than men of egalitarian outcomes and equity over merit-based hierarchies. Beauty is a particularly visible inequality, and its rewards are hardly distributed fairly."

At NYPo, Paranoid owner of woke Mass. lesbian bar puts big restrictions on mask-free Saturday over ‘infiltrator’ fear. Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma, "the reason this lesbian bar story went so viral is that basically every left wing person in America has personally experienced some version of this story in their life over the course of the last decade and is really goddam sick of it." Quote Max Tani @maxwelltani, "Per a note to Boston Globe staff today, the lesbian bar story generated 1,000 subscriptions to the paper yesterday. The Globe’s managing editor said it was “by far our best performing story of the year,” and appears to be “on pace to shatter all sorts of Globe records.”"