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Wednesday, September 30, 2026

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 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. 
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."

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..."
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Sunday, September 27, 2026

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. 


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:..."
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.
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Friday, September 25, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - With Frickin' Laser Beams

VodkaPundit at PJM says That's Right: We're Shooting Down Enemy Drones With Fricken Laser Beams. Insty says ZAP! "The US military has been deploying lasers in the Strait of Hormuz to knock out regime hardware, taking out “drones and incoming cruise missiles at a much lower cost than using more expensive kinetic weapons like missiles,” the Department of War recently confirmed. “Somewhat surprisingly, the laser weapons are operated by soldiers using reconfigured Xbox game console controllers.”" NYPo, US military spending $500M on ‘war-ready’ laser weapons — and zapping drones in Iran, along US border: experts.

Over liberal and never-Trumper objections, News Wax reports Trump Welcomes Xi With White House Tour, Gifts, Dinner. Becca Lower at RedState says Nice Try: Thursday's Trump-Xi WH Dinner Coverage Does Not Go Well for CNN, MS NOW. Althouse finds ""As a special treat in honor of President Xi and Madame Peng, I’d like to invite everyone in the room to visit through that beautiful curtain in the back door." ""It’s all lit up and looks beautiful. It's one year away from completion, the new ballroom that you've heard about, and you will see something that you will really love. Presidents have been trying to get this built for 150 years that I can tell you that, tonight, if we had it, we would have had way more than a thousand people, standing room only, and this room has about 145. That's about it. So they've been looking for this for over 150 years..." He is really proud of it, so the liberals and never-Trumpers must oppose it, and tear it down if they get power. Miles Yu at the Hudson Inst explains Why We Must Prepare for the Chinese Communist Party’s Collapse. "As the Hudson Institute report “China after Communism: Preparing for a Post-CCP China” argues, the People’s Republic of China has survived many crises, but the sudden collapse of the world’s longest-ruling communist dictatorship and second-largest economy is hardly inconceivable. The international consequences would be enormous."

Back at the UN, News Wax reports how Netanyahu Slams Mamdani, Blasts Antisemitism, 'Genocide' Claim. Ace, Dozens of Muslim Delegates Walk Out as Netanyahu Addresses UN, "The BBC. Note the spin." They should all go home, then disband the UN, which has long outlived its usefulness. Open Source Intel @Osint613, "Argentine President Javier Milei: "The United Nations has become a useless organization whose entire function is to feed a caste of arrogant parasites masquerading as well-intentioned officials. Those who claim to defend human rights have backed bloodthirsty dictatorships and regimes that stone women in the streets. They systematically voted against Israel while staying silent in the face of Islamist terrorism and the murder of Christians in Africa."" Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, " WOW!! Argentina President Javier Milei just walked up to the mic at the United Nations and RIPPED THEM TO THEIR FACES ..." Chris Bray at Da Fed argues Trump’s Greenland Deal Makes The World More Secure, And Makes The Media Less Relevant Than Ever. Katie Pavlich @KatiePavlich, "Just curious if @UN_Women has noticed or feels they should say anything about this." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Women in Gaza are being traded for food, forced to marry their rapists: UN https://trib.al/kX7S2I6."

Beege Welborn at Hat Hair hears Carney-Val Continue: 'I Had Plans Prepared for Syrupean Elbows Up in Case Trump Attacked'. From Twitchy, DEFCON MAPLE SYRUP: Carney Prepared for a Trump Invasion, and X Has Entered the Chat. PJM's Stephen Kruise wonders if Canada's Mark Carney Didn't Get Hugged Enough at Syrup Camp. I mean, seriously, did anyone think Trump was going to attack Canada? We have issues with their government, sure, but not Iran or Venezuela level issues. Robert Chernin writes The Trump Doctrine Is America Choosing Survival Over Therapy, "Call it the Trump Doctrine. And call it what it is. This is not isolation. Isolation is a tantrum. This is not endless war. Endless war is a habit. This is America recovering the right to decide."

PJM's Charlie Martin on Iran, Siege: Nothing Happens Until It All Happens. VodkaPundit at Insty has SHOT: Endangered GOP Senate Candidates Take Sudden Turn On Iran War. Chaser: Senate Shoots Down Final War Powers Resolution Before Midterm Elections. John Sexton at Hat Hair VIP notes Sen. Fetterman Crosses Party Lines on Iran War.

From Defense News a Report: CIA warned Europe of Russian drone attack from vessels in the Mediterranean. At Am Con, Will Germany’s Chancellor Go Down? "AfD’s seemingly unstoppable rise has Friedrich Merz on the ropes." Das tut mir leid!

Semafor claims OpenAI exec is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the US working with China on AI. At Am Great, the Great Victory Davis Hanson looks at AI and the Same Old Politicized Hysteria. "America has endured decades of politicized doomsday warnings. Today’s AI panic follows a familiar script." Althouse find "This month, 27 Fields medalists — winners of mathematics’ highest honor — have signed a joint declaration stating that solving famous open problems is not, in itself, the goal.", ""Such problems are 'landmarks and lighthouses,' they write, whose deeper purpose is to guide mathematicians toward conceptual understanding and insight. Terence Tao, one of the signers... has described what’s happening as 'strip-mining' mathematics. Good problems, he argues, are like nonrenewable resources. Some of them — the smaller, easier ones — can help train the next generation of mathematicians." At PifferPilfer, AI Isn’t Outthinking Mathematicians. It’s Out-Remembering Them. "The key advantage may not be superior reasoning, but a virtually unlimited symbolic working memory."

Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "This is the winning midterm message. But the GOP at large won’t pick it up because too many of their candidates’ donors want to replace American workers with cheap foreign labor." Quote JD Vance @JDVance, "Our message to corporate America is simple: We’re not going to let you lay off American workers so you can replace them with cheap foreign labor." I&I asks Is Trump Getting The George H.W. Bush Treatment On The Economy? Of course. It's amazing that Democrats have the chutzpah to run on gas prices, since part of their long time policy objectives is to jack up gas prices. Catturd ™ @catturd2, "100% - and the doomer grifters are doing everything possible to get Democrats elected because Trump called them out and bruised their fragile, little egos." Quote Brendon Leslie @BrendonLeslie, "If you’re sitting this election out because of your weird obsession for Israel then you’re basically voting for socialism. You’re not conservative." From Reuters US Energy Secretary Wright says diesel export ban won't work, "and could push up gasoline and jet fuel prices." Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "I expected the Trump tariffs to be a disaster. I'm puzzled by what I'm not seeing. They don't seem to have harmed the US economy in any way I can notice with my eyeballs or in the statistics. Business activity is booming, unemployment seems to be low, household consumption is up, stock market seems to be doing fine. Is my whole model of trade and economics broken? How is he getting away with this?" It may not be broken, but it's certainly too simple. At Am Mind John Eastman calls it President Trump’s $5,000 Fiscal Test. "Suddenly, the political class discovered fiscal responsibility. Critics immediately pointed out that the federal government doesn’t have over a trillion dollars lying around. They warned that the checks would increase the deficit. They reminded us that the national debt has surpassed $40 trillion. They worried about inflation, borrowing costs, and the burden we are leaving to future generations. Those are legitimate concerns. In fact, they should have been dominating our national political debate for decades."

Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD @TonerousHyus, "They’re calling him the most unaware white lib in human history." Quote Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias, "DC crime has fallen enough that the CVS by my house has stopped locking the locks on the cases they installed during Peak Shoplifting and it’s such a quality of life upgrade." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "And for an encore, our crazy orange president red-pilled Matthew Yglesias."

And bad news from News Wax, Butler Rally Survivor Copenhaver Dies 2 Years After Shooting. Althouse finds "Copenhaver was hit in the arm and abdomen. The wounds left him with lingering injuries, which required him to undergo surgeries..." ""... including a transection of his colon. He also suffered kidney damage as well as loss of feeling in his leg, and was required to walk with a cane. The top of Trump’s right ear was injured before the Secret Service ushered him off stage..." From "James Copenhaver, shot at Trump rally, dies two years later/The 76-year-old was called a ‘true American patriot’ by the US president. It is unclear if he died from injuries sustained in the crossfire in Pennsylvania" (London Times)."

At Campus Reform, Hasan Piker, who said America ‘deserved 9/11,’ to speak at sold-out Cornell event, and well protected, I'm sure. From the Free Bacon, Abdul El-Sayed Called on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood To 'Purge the Media and Police' Shortly Before Islamic Government Arrested Reporters for 'Insulting Islam' "El-Sayed was a vocal supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood, which shares his devotion to Sharia law." Althouse find Mamdani pandering to NYC Jews, Let the children come to Mamdani. "This gets my old tag, "using children in politics."" 

Ace notes New York Times Reveals that Democrat Senate Candidate Mary Peltola Abuses Staff, Cursing Them and Calling them "F*ggots". "LOL. She explodes at her staffers and calls them "faggots" and "retards" and calls Planned Parentood harpies "BITCHES."" Well, to be fair, they are Democrats. From the Free Bacon, Left-Wing House Hopeful William Lawrence Featured Pedophile Sex Predator, Who Repeatedly Raped His 12-Year-Old Half-Sister, at His Campaign Launch Event.

Kevin Sorbo @ksorbs, "Say that again… slowly." Quote Leading Report @LeadingReport, "Kamala Harris says Republicans are cheating by removing ineligible voters from the rolls."Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "This is why you vote Republican. Not because they are so amazing they deserve your vote. Because the other side is insane and they will torch this country and smile while doing it." Quote TheBlaze @theblaze, "Democrat Rep. Delia Ramirez while speaking in Spanish: “We are going to abolish the Department of Homeland Security so our people will no longer have to live in fear.”" Matt Vespa at TownHall hears Maria Salazar, Trump's Deportation Traitor, Got a Wake Up Call From Her Constituents. Ryan King at NYPo sees Marco Rubio begins yanking visas of birth tourism enablers: ‘Sending a clear message.’ PJM's Cathy Salgado likes how DHS Ends Biden-Era Solicitation of Donations for Illegal Aliens in Custody. It takes a while to prune a big tree. From Ward Clark at RedState, Rashida Tlaib Said ICE Killed Him. Now DHS Delivers a Brutal Fact Check. Homeland Security @DHSgov, "On September 20, ICE officers attempted a stop of a vehicle registered to a known criminal illegal alien with multiple alcohol related driving offenses who is also wanted in Guatemala for a drunk and disorderly charge, during a targeted enforcement operation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. As officers attempted the stop to confirm the identity of the driver, the driver of the vehicle fled at a high rate of speed. In the interest of public safety, ICE officers immediately discontinued the enforcement action. A short time later, officers saw smoke nearly half a mile from the attempted stop and discovered the vehicle had crashed into a tree and caught fire. Officers immediately attempted to render aid and extinguish the fire until the Grand Rapids Police Department and Fire Department arrived. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by local officials. Officials also estimated that the suspect’s vehicle was traveling well over 100 miles per hour when the crash occurred. Upon further investigation the driver of the vehicle was Mario David Coronado-Juarez and not the vehicle’s registered owner. Coronado-Juarez was an illegal alien from Guatemala who was previously removed by Border Patrol from the United States in 2021. He re-entered the country, a felony, at an unknown date and location. Resisting officers and evading arrest is dangerous for our officers, illegal aliens, and the public." Quote Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, "@RepRashida ICE killed another man. His name is Mario David Coronado Juarez. Mario lived and worked in Michigan for 7 years as a construction worker, sending money home to his kids in Guatemala."Nick Plumb @PlumbNick, "Texas DPS has confirmed a technical issue caused an unknown number of voter registrations to not be processed. Civix, a company you’ve probably never heard of, received a $36M contract for the Texas Election Administration Management system, happens to be a steady employer of H-1Bs. How many of these foreigners are working on critical election infrastructure? ..."

InfantryDort @infantrydort, "BEFORE YOU BURN THE HOUSE I keep hearing people talk about civil war like it’s weather coming over the ridge. “Burn it down! Let the whole thing break! Start again in the ashes!” Reckless words from folks who still have a ballot sitting on the table. Before you speak of rifles, use the piece of paper men once crossed oceans and battlefields to earn. If you curse the Republic as dead, make damn sure you showed up while it was still breathing...." and read the rest.

Random news from the Justice system. Fred Lucas at Da Signal, reports Jack Smith Team Knew Spying on Congress ‘Might Be Unconstitutional’ but ‘Forged Ahead’: House Report "The report notes that Smith privately told Garland that members of Congress “likely have a valid Speech or Debate privilege immunizing them from compelled testimony.” However, Garland gave his “blessing” for Smith to pursue the records." Say anything you like about Mitch McConnell, but remember, he kept Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court.

DogeDesigner @cb_doge, "BREAKING: The US is seeking to join Elon Musk’s court fight over the EU’s €120 million fine on X. The Trump administration has applied to support X’s challenge, arguing that the European Commission overstepped its authority. Washington is now standing with Musk."

Buck Sexton @BuckSexton, "Unsurprising to find out the demonic "it's not her fault" jury loons were rigging the system and breaking rules while they accused the lone sane voice of doing that." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Lindsay Clancy holdout juror Michael Desronvil claims fellow jurors used cell phones during deliberations: report https://trib.al/6XJu3cL" Jonathan Turley is disturbed, From Holdout to Hunted: Kevin Reddington Seeks Phone Records and Interview with Holdout Clancy Juror. Twitchy, Ruh-Roh: MASSIVE Receipt Shows Sunny Hostin LIED About Being a Holdout Juror... Shocking, We Know. Ace, Did Sonny Hostin Lie About Being the Holdout Juror in the Butcher of Tompkins Square Park Case?


Fox reports a California gunman repeatedly released before deadly rampage, fiery shootout with deputies, "Derek Spencer, 44, was killed in a Placer County deputy-involved shooting after allegedly gunning down Cheryl Macy."

Hat Hair's John Sexton, Judge Orders White House to Allow Reporters Back In, Pool Coverage Still MIA. Ace, Of Course: Liberal Judge Rushes in to Save CNN and MSNOW "Just the News:" "Real America's Voice and Just the News have been undermining this boycott by doing the pool coverage themselves." Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "Less than 48 hours ago, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins said we independent media outlets could NOT handle covering President Trump with our pool cameras We set out to prove her WRONG, and we DID. Today, we covered EVERY SECOND of President Trump’s welcome ceremony for Xi. Right here on 𝕏 THE GAME HAS CHANGED! “They don’t have the resources,” @kaitlancollins said. She was proven wrong. @RealAmVoice @JackPosobiec." Quote Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "NOW: Legacy media outlets are REFUSING to cover President Trump for the American people, in solidarity with CNN They're saying independent media CANNOT replace them, claiming "we don't have the resources"" Brian Stelter @brianstelter, "Here's the latest on the White House TV pool: When Trump flew back from New York last night, Fox News was the scheduled TV pool crew. But Fox did not film the president’s arrival at Andrews since this decision remains in place: “The TV pool will not be covering events designated..." Whale Psychiatrist @k_ovfefe2, "I hate to tell you, Brian, but everything President Trump did yesterday was live streamed all over the internet just like it always is. No one watches TV. No one misses the press pool. You are extinct, you just haven't realized it yet." Stephen Kruiser sees MSM Hacks Hope They Have One More Despair PsyOp in Them This Year.

unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "Did people forget about the southern poverty law center scandal already where the dems paid the KKK and other extremists groups?" Quote Derek @SuitablePolitic, "It's amazing to me that people think Democrats aren't paying for a guy to both sound like a stereotypical "alt-right guy" and ultimately call for Democrats to win every cycle. Fuentes isn't alone, either. Most of the Retard Right can be traced to this specific strategy." Quote Fugitive Caesar @ThomBrady5, "Nick Fuentes is secretly paid by the Democrats and it's obvious if you think about it." Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke, "Remember, whenever you read anything in the Wall Street Journal about China, you should assume it came straight from the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda office." Quote Melissa Chen @MsMelChen, "There's a weird pattern here with China correspondent @Lingling_Wei pushing Beijing’s preferred strategic narrative in the Wall Street Journal. The sourcing looks like a CCP info op. Almost every load-bearing claim involves:..."

Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav, "The new radical leftist Prime Minister in Britain, Andy Burnham, has announced his plans to create a "Ministry of Truth" to control news media and eliminate news or opinions that the government disagrees with." TNP, UK Govt Announces New ‘Ministry of Truth’ to Tackle Alleged Disinformation. Dave Strom says In 90 Seconds You Can Watch the 'Russian Disinformation' Excuse for Speech Controls Collapse. Beege Welborn is amused that Rather Than Have a Home Boiler, Labour Is Proposing to Barge in Hot Water to Heat British Homes.

Gad Saad @GadSaad, "The West: Why did you commit the terror attack? Terrorist: My religion dictates it. The West: So climate change? Terrorist: No, my religion. The West: So beard bullying? Terrorist: No, my religion. The West: So, violent video games then? Terrorist: No, my religion. The West: So, American imperialism then? Terrorist: No, my religion. The West: So the Zionist entity forced you to defend yourself? Terrorist: FFS, it's MY RELIGION. Conclusion from the West: Terror attacks stem from a confluence of paleo-botanical-sociocultural-ethnopolitical forces that requires a nuanced analysis. What is absolutely clear though is that this has nothing to do with religion." ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "Evangelicals, Catholics and Baptists whose support for the Jewish people is rooted in distinct theological frameworks, historical developments & biblical interpretations. Also normal people who had a decent high school education." Quote Bennett Arron @BennettArron, "Does anyone, apart from Jews, actually care that antisemitism is off the scale?" Jonathan Tobin at JNS argues Confronting Jew-haters is more important than worrying about cancel culture.

Richard McGough Bible Wheel @RichardAMcGough, "Ah yes, the awesome Roland Fryer, the man Claudine Gay tried to destroy after he debunked some DEI dogmas she held so dear." Quote Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79, "“Do you believe in karma?” “I hear it’s a motherf*cker.” Roland Fryer in response to @bariweiss when she asks him about Claudine Gay." But, as Dave Strom warns We Overestimate the Progress Made in Stamping Out Wokeness.

The Wombat has more at In The Mailbox: 09.24.26 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 09.24.26 (Evening Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: An Awful Road Trip up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

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