Flotsam and Jetsam - Weekend Cleanup

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

At Power Lines The Week in Pictures:

Xi’s Gotta Have It Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Gets Greenland

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Oktoberfest and FMJRA 2.0: An Awful Road Trip up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - US Poverty Hits All-Time Low

At NYPo, Americans are richer than ever — and poverty hits an all-time low, but you won't hear it from the WaPoo, the NYT, PBS, ABC, CBS or NBC. Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii, "Stocks at record highs. GDP at 5.1%. Real incomes at record highs. Poverty at record lows. Food inflation below 20 year average. Factories at 82% capacity. Standard of living best ever. Crime at record lows. Trump approval on the economy - record lows. What am I missing?" Ace, US Poverty Rate Falls to Lowest Level In History, "Well, as long as we've been keeping track of it, anyway. And median (average) household income hit a record high. Wait until you see how the media spins this." I know the dictum is that you can't tell people the economy is good when they don't feel it, but the MSM spend a great deal of time and effort convincing people that the economy is great when Democrats are in control and even more attempting to plant the thought that the economy sucks when Republicans are in charge.

Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital, "This is 100% accurate. The left has completely moved on from climate change, net-zero, electric car mandates, etc. The climate panic faded and their ideas were all wrong, so for 2028 the new existential threat that needs regulating is AI." Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet. "This is the case against AI doom. Pass it on First we recaptulate standard x-risk argument: we build AI substantially smarter than humans → it becomes an autonomous optimizing agent → its goals are misaligned → instrumental convergence makes it seek power and resist correction → superintelligence lets it acquire decisive strategic advantage → humans lose control permanently. Here are the main counterarguments: ..."Too long, but read it anyway. Sundance at CTH hears Palantir CEO Frames AI Leaders Request as Effort to Avoid Lawsuits from Large Corporate Clients Over IP Theft. 

At Am Great, the Great Victor Davis Hanson discourses on Iran, the Midterms, and October Surprises, "The Iran war could reshape the midterms as Democrats, Iran’s regime, dissidents, and Kurdish rebels weigh the political and military stakes of the next 50 days." The WSJ (archive) documents how Iran’s Attempts to Get Around the Hormuz Blockade Are Hitting a Wall "While Saudi Arabia and others find workarounds, bottlenecks are threatening Iran’s economy," and Saudi Arabia Has Another Option to Get Its Oil Out "A shuttle service that slips oil through the Strait of Hormuz now looks like the kingdom’s best fallback." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Iran: We Got a Mighty Convoy, Stuck Here Overnight. From the Volokh Conspiracy, Dave Bernstein notices Iran's Expanding Campaign Against Jewish Targets Outside Israel.

Sundance is suspicious, British Military Intelligence Officer Killed in “Accident” in Ukraine. I am less so, even at the height of the Iraq War, common accidents were a huge part of the number of allied deaths. Military work is inherently dangerous. Space.com notes The battlefield now extends all the way to the moon, U.S. military's highest-ranking officer says. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress....

The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great looks at The Fantasy House of Mark Carney. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Said the Spider to the Fly: EU Issues Invitation to Canada to Be Its First 'Associate'. Sundance is on it, noting Prime Minister Mark Carney Accepts EU Associate Member Status, Opens Canada Gate for European Migrants and Two More British Commonwealth Countries Considering ‘Associate Member’ EU Status – That’s Four of The Five Eyes. 

Tim O'Brien at PJM is jubilant, Trump’s Super PACs Are About to Flood the Midterms With Over $130 Million. Fox News @FoxNews, "WATCH: Republicans step in around Sen. Mitch McConnell as confusion breaks out over his vote during a farm bill markup in the Senate Agriculture Committee. McConnell quietly says “aye” as GOP Sen. John Hoeven leans over and tells him “no" multiple times. A staffer then intervened and Chairman John Boozman reinforced McConnell's "aye" vote as the bill advanced 12-11 along party lines. Hoeven’s office says he initially misunderstood what the committee was voting on." So, he's back, but not really.

From Twitchy, 'Legal Observer' Witnessed a Forklift Run Into the Kennedy Center Pillars 'Several Times', but had no video. I don't; let the damn thing fall down from neglect.

At Hat Hair a Larry video shows Hasan Piker Going Rogue, Screws Democrats With America 'Worse' Than Al-Qaeda Comment, Capt. Ed, Piker: America Is Worse Than Al-Qaeda. M-SNOW: Please Shut Up and Today's Deep Question: What Is El-Sayed's Imam – and MSM – Trying to Hide?, 'Associations': Major Michigan Newspaper Makes Stunning Endorsement and Dave Strom asks Does Anybody Believe Talarico and El-Sayed Have Moderated? No, of course not. ¡No Pasaran! argues "Muslims have finally cracked the code on the West"; For Islam, "Socialism Is THE Trojan Horse" to power — Larry Taunton's September 11th keynote address. Ace, Totally Normal Heterosexual Christian James Talarico Wants You to Know He Has a Favorite Drag Queen and He'd Like to Know Your Favorite Too, "Thanks to Ed Morrissey for this horror. Not only does he have a favorite drag queen at the ready when asked, but "she" is quite the beaut. Talarico's favorite drag queen specifically targets children. Of course "she" does." From Newsline, Don’t Buy Talarico’s “Triangulation” in Texas Senate Race. I don't. Amy Curtis at TownHall, This Is How James Talarico Wants to Run the United States. Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet, "Talarico: "What if we ran our world like we run a kindergarten classroom? Because at the end of the day, aren't we all just really big kindergartners?" He’s just so … soft. I hate it."

鈴森はるか 『haruka suzumori』 @harukaawake, "Mark my words. Years from now, across Europe, Muslims will end up destroying many cultural artifacts across Europe. The reaction will be exactly this: Radical Muslims: It's haram so we must destroy it. Moderate Muslims: It shouldn't be destroyed but let's not blame all Muslims. Useful Idiot Leftists: It shouldn't be destroyed but let's not be Islamophobic." Cathy Salgado at PJM sees an Ex-Muslim Exposes ‘Poison’ Now ‘Injected Into the West’. Quotulatiousness notes Veterans of the GWOT “saw things with our own eyes that are hard for others to believe” Man-love Thursday is apparently a real thing in Afghanistan. But the men are usually boys. Drew Pavlou @DrewPavlou, "I discovered that the lady who went on Australian national television the other day and said that white Australians have no culture is in fact the daughter of a Sudanese warlord who abducted and enslaved hundreds of child soldiers, dozens of whom starved to death Human Rights Watch accused William Nyuon Bany of these horrific crimes against humanity in a September 1995 report titled ''Children in Sudan: Slaves, Street Children and Child Soldiers.'' ..." The McMullan @TheMcMullan. "In response to the clip going around with the African lady saying 'WHAT WHITE CULTURE!?!' Because I can explain it in more detail than anyone else... here are the main things that create western civilisation. The principle, the law of nature that is an adaptation to and what operation it creates in our civilisation...." Another long one worth reading. 

Jim Hanson @JimHansonDC, "ActBlue is a criminal conspiracy to commit election fundraising fraud. Indict and arrest them immediately so people see what the Dems are doing before our elections." Quote Townhall.com @townhallcom, "NEW: A House Judiciary report just dropped screenshots of ActBlue's internal Slack messages. They show staff knowingly waved through foreign donations—using "verification" methods you won't believe." Beege Welborn has high hopes ActBlue in Le Deep Doody! MD Kittle at Da Fed thinks In Corrupt Milwaukee, Election Integrity Dies In Darkness. Matt Vespa at TownHall reports Dems Think North Carolina Is a Lock for Them. Roy Cooper Nuked That Narrative With These Remarks. PJM's Matt Margolis notices In Blue State America, It's Always 1984 and Athena Thorne remarks I’m So Glad This Nightmarish Legal Fight Is Playing Out During an Election Season.

PJM's Vicky Taft reports There Are Ghost Kids in Them Thar Fake Daycare Centers in Gavin Newsom's California, Aaron Hanscom sees Gavin Newsom Is Back on Top of One 2028 List. Does It Mean Anything? and Stephen Kruiser sighs Karen Bass Will Probably Get Her Shot at Finishing Off Los Angeles.

Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "In a stunning political move, the chief judge of the Minneapolis federal bench disclosed the behind the scenes collaboration between all judges to thwart legal proceedings related to immigration cases this year. Patrick Schiltz, who admitted his longtime involvement in a pro-migrant nonprofit, reveals how judges remained on their cell phones nonstop to halt deportation proceedings. And rather than evaluate each case individually—as is required—the judges developed pro forma orders (as I predicted) to immediately stop cases in their tracks. This is something: Schiltz: “Some judges built templates of legal orders so they could respond quickly to some of the detention issues that were arising again and again.”" Quote Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw, "An alarm is being sounded for the American public. Sitting federal judges go on the record with the NYT. On threats to democracy by DOJ/administration actions." Causing Dave Strom to wonder Can We Start Impeaching Judges Now? Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters, "EXCLUSIVE: Judge Boasberg was a 9-time host for a CCP-founded program run by a Chinese spy front flagged for its efforts to compromise Americans. SIX were during his FISA term—with access to top secret intelligence."

NYPo thinks Kavanaugh throws Trump ‘a lifeline’ on mail ballot rules despite Supreme Court rejecting restrictions. The left had no problem with changing election rules mid stream in 2020. 

Sundance considers diGenova’s Problem.

TownHall's Scott McLallen reports Lone Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Case Gets a Lawyer — and a Safe House. Kyle Becker at RedState hears the Holdout Clancy Juror Breaks Silence. What He Says About 'Activist' Jurors Makes Them Look Worse.

Sundance is pissed Republican Rep Maria Salazar Attacks President Trump – Says ICE Deportations “Gone too Far”, "Florida Representative María Elvira Salazar is well known to the CTH audience; she is a decepticon." Ben Whedon at JTN reports Kash Patel confirms admin working on legislation to stop 'birth tourism'. "Patel made the remarks during an appearance before Senate lawmakers of the Judiciary Committee." 

It's a newt, and it has a great crest!

Dave Strom hears a A Cry for Help: Piddington Declares Independence From UK Over Migrant Settlement and Newts Get a Veto. Piddington’s Women Don’t. GB Politics @GBPolitcs, "NEW: Women in Piddington, a village of just 350 people where the government plans to put 1,250-3,500 illegal migrants, have released a video begging female MPs to speak out for them in Parliament." At the Telegraph, Great crested newts could thwart Piddington migrant camp. Via Ace, A Haitian Woman Attacked and Then Gnawed On the Face of a Woman, Disfiguring Her Forever. Canadian Courts Gave Her a Reduced Sentence So That This Doctor/Engineer Wouldn't Be Deported. "Seal the northern border, reduce visas for Canadians, increase tariffs to 50%, permanently. We must insulate ourselves from this demonic nation." Hey, there's good fishing up there!

From the Free Bacon sees Dems Get Crazier, NYT Coverage Stays the Same. "Every scandal left uncovered at the paper of record." C3 @C_3C_3, "35% of media coverage of Lindsay Clancy is negative. 96% of media coverage of Elon Musk is negative. One killed her children and the other exposed government theft. So telling…" Ashley McCully at PJM hears Liberal Millionaires: Wait, What Is Free Speech Again? Dave Strom hears Merz: the Rise of the AfD Shows Why Free Speech Must Be Curbed. Ezra Levant @ezralevant, "The chancellor of Germany says free speech is just a kooky American idea that he doesn't share: “Please don’t come to me with free speech... That is at most a libertarian political understanding from parts of the USA that I personally do not share. A liberal society must still be able to protect its citizens from false information, from personal degradations, from discrimination.”" Quote Julian Reichelt @jreichelt, " Translated from German, BREAKING NEWS: Chancellor Friedrich Merz wants to massively restrict social media and says: "Don't anyone come to me with free speech!" We must "still be able to protect citizens from false information." Against men like Merz, we have the fundamental right to freedom of expression as a right of defense. His view of the citizens is dangerous and borders on a case of suspicion hostile to the constitution." The Babylon Bee, Macklemore Performs Concert In Gaza And Oh No! They've Thrown Him Off A Roof.

Stacy, the Other McCain on The ‘Killadelphia’ House of Horrors.

An interesting argument, Peter Van Valkenburgh @valkenburgh, "For thirty years we've argued that software deserves First Amendment protection because software is speech. But the Constitution gives us another reason: software is a press. ..."

Nick Sortor @nicksortor, " WTF?! The University of Utah student who CELEBRATED Charlie Kirk’s assassination in a viral photo is now trying to get Rylie, the patriotic student who called her out, EXPELLED @UUtah better choose their next steps WISELY unless they want DOJ involved Support" I heard the school relented after being outed. Jesse Singal @jessesingal, "cult is overused but exactly right in these sorts of contexts. as we know from a trillion institutional meltdowns centered on these trainings, if they weren't intentionally built to give power to power/control to certain Cluster B types, they may as well have been." Quote Jonathan Kay @jonkay, "this is one of the cult-indoctrination slides contained in an all-staff Sept. 14 meeting for teachers at a York Region District elementary school." James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames, "Today in things literally nobody could possibly be surprised about if they have been paying even the slightest bit of attention." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Blue states with strong teachers' unions have lower student literacy levels: study shows." From Ace, a Study: Blue States with Strong Teachers Unions Influence Have, for Some Reason, the Lowest Student Literacy Rates in the Nation, "You know those teachers unions only care about the kids. It's all about the kids, you know. When they shut down the schools for a year and a half so that teachers could sit at home on their asses and literally phone in their lessons, that was all for the kids, too. Their lazy, greedy stance has resulted in the worst literacy rates in the nation." Capt. Ed claims an Exclusive: How to Protect Jewish Students, Faculty From 'Jew-Hatred'. Christopher Rufo @christopherrufo, "EXCLUSIVE: Berkeley Law School dean Erwin Chemerinsky explains how he has secretly enacted a policy of racial discrimination in faculty hiring—which is illegal in California. "If I'm ever deposed, I'm going to deny I said this to you." Christopher Rufo @christopherrufo, "This man must be sued, deposed, fired, and sent into retirement. He's a virulent, proud racist—and an enemy of equality." John McWhorter @JohnHMcWhorter, "Sad thing is this is normal. She genuinely, warmly thinks her people are smart in "alternate" ways, and that being good at tests (close reasoning and linear thinking) is "white." I wrote about this strain of thought a few months ago here: https://nytimes.com/2026/07..." Quote Neetu Arnold @neetu_arnold, "New York Regents member Felicia Thomas-Williams on why she thinks students shouldn’t have to take Regents exams to graduate: “You don’t assess a fish on climbing a tree because fish can’t climb trees”"

And at long last, we get to the good stuff! Don Surber on Making Sydney Sweeney a sports billionaire. "I thought feminism was about women owning their sexuality. Silly me." Lana A. @lana_asanin, "Honest question for the Sydney Sweeney enthusiasts: Besides the two enormous elephants in the room… what exactly is the attraction? Her face? Her charm? Her personality? Help me understand the phenomenon. And before somebody types “intelligence”—please respect the seriousness of this scientific investigation." The two elephants are plenty. Also, she pisses off the right people. End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "These are the "journalists" writing hit pieces on Sydney Sweeney. Class is dismissed." Check them out at your own risk.

Matt Vespa on Here's What Triggered the Left's Recent Meltdown Over Sydney Sweeney. Carlos @txiokatu, "What’s Sydney Sweeney have to do to get the approval of white women? Strangle three kids?" Ace, Fake News "NHL Reporter" Blasts Sydney Sweeney for Using Her Body to Sell Merch... But Of Course Previously Posted a Booby Bikini Photo to Sell "Hot Girls for Hockey" Merch, "That's only the first part of this embarrassing hypocrisy. The second part is this "reporter" doubling down and insisting that because she showed her boobies to sell merch to women, that's totes different than Sydney Sweeny using boobies to sell a gambling service to men."

And the Wombat has even more at In The Mailbox: 09.17.26. Linked at 357 Magnum in Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 19 September. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Coffee & Sweater and FMJRA 2.0: Finally, A Winning Week awaiting your digital pleasure.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Talarico Campaign Caught Buying Votes

But first, Dave Strom at Hat Hair is here to remind us Just Because the AI Doomerism Is Overhyped Doesn't Mean That It Can't Be Dangerous. ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "The building of AI data centers is not landing in a neutral country. It is landing in one where the debate over artificial intelligence has turned political, cultural, and increasingly fearful. That opposition is not theoretical. In Archbald, in Conshohocken, in Wilkes-Barre, in Hampden Township outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvanians have packed municipal meeting rooms to fight data-center proposals over noise, water, air quality, property values, and the fear that their power bills will subsidize somebody else’s chatbot. .... And people — actual complicated people and not the caricatures that the loudest voices on either side reduce them to — are perfectly capable of holding both views at once." Francis Turner on AI and the security/regulation shell game, "Regulation is not security and vice versa." At PJM Tim O'Brien says AI Regulation: If Bill Gates Is for It, I’m Against It. But Is It That Simple? and VodkaPundit has a Thursday Essay: They Want to Save Us From AI. Who Saves Us From Them? Catturd ™ @catturd2, "Always remember, the climate hoax cult has never been right about a single doom prediction ever." Quote Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, " WOW: Laura Ingraham just marked 20 YEARS since Al Gore tried to scare the living daylights out of America. Florida underwater. Shanghai gone. Calcutta wiped. Manhattan’s World Trade Center memorial submerged. Hundreds of thousands of refugees. ..." TheLastRefuge @TheLastRefuge2, "It's a tale of two viruses. One created in 2020 (Wuhan Labs), the other created in 2026 (Frontier Labs). One was molecular (covid), the other digital (AI). Both man made. Both promoted by media. Both escape a lab. Both create fear/panic. Both require experts to inform. Both introduce mitigation measures. Both end with govt control rules. Both timed to coincide w/ critical elections. COVID Passport / Digital ID Trust the medical scientists Trust the computer scientists There's a pattern here folks. Stop me when you can see it." Dave Rubin @RubinReport, "Six years ago Bernie told us that we had six years left because of climate change. That grift is over and now he’s onto the robots. Mock this miserable goon into oblivion." Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "As you get older, you become allergic to this doomer bullshit, because you’ve seen a million doomsday prophecies fail to ever materialize, and you realize…they’re just constantly lying." Quote Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid, "The cover of Time magazine in 2006 and 2026. From "climate change will destroy humanity" to "AI will destroy humanity"." and Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "You know a movement is totally grassroots and organic when they spontaneously have coordinated signs with logos and corporate level branding. What an op." Quote PauseAI @PauseAI, "The world is waking up to extinction risk in the wake of Jacob Coxon's resignation. We need to rise up to the occasion now." DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "These look like the people who used to run Twitter and would ban you for saying men can’t be women." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Meet Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s handpicked super-woke globalists he thinks will save us from an AI apocalypse. Read today's cover here: https://trib.al/lNmAVwg." Breitbart Bus, AI Wizards Want to Govern the Muggles "A cabal comprised of some of the biggest players in the artificial intelligence industry has discovered a potentially lucrative application for human intelligence: persuading Washington to regulate the sector and hold down potential competitors." Driscoll at Insty, SKYNET PONDERS WHO WILL PAY ITS CRIPPLING STUDENT LOANS: Cody Fenwick @codytfenwick, "My favorite AI joke: Current models are getting close to PhD-level intelligence. After that, they're expected to achieve the intelligence of someone who decided not to do a PhD."

Rick Moran at PJM sees Iranian Security Forces Prepare for Anniversary of Anti-Hijab Protests. Saudi pipeline closure is a brief interruption that will last days, U.S. Energy secretary tells CNBC. Hat Hair's Duane Patterson looks at Houthis and the Media Blowhards. PJM's Sarah Anderson reports Rubio Redirects Millions in Military Money Away From Europe and the Middle East. 

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, Said the Spider to the Fly: EU Issues Invitation to Canada to Be Its First 'Associate'. The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Da Signal thinks Mark Carney Is Leading Canada ‘Right Over the Cliff’. 

Mickey Kaus @kausmickey, "I dunno, but if I were President and the poverty rate dropped to the LOWEST RATE ON RECORD I might make a big deal out of it -- a lot bigger deal than the Trump White House is making." Quote Reuters @Reuters, "US poverty rate dips to lowest on record, Census Bureau says https://reut.rs/4j68xR9 https://reut.rs/4j68xR9." From Commonplace, What Low Interest Rates Hath Wrought. "Suppressing rates steers the U.S. economy away from real economic activity and toward financialization." Amy Curtis at TownHall catches Gavin Newsom Tries Blaming President Trump for Home Prices, but Data Shows Who's Really to Blame. Matt Margolis at PJM notes Democrats Still Don’t Know How to Read Charts. Oh, they know, they just choose to misread them. 

Hat Hair's Dave Strom expounds on how Socialism Is the Ideology of the Failure. Mark Ross at Am Think thinks he is Getting used to tyranny, "Sometimes I feel like a frog that’s getting boiled." Insty at his NYPo gig says Leftists’ masks are coming all the way off — revealing the ugly truth.

David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "It was clear last week that Talarico was trying to get ahead of some bad things coming, now they are arriving." Quote Townhall.com @townhallcom, "EXCLUSIVE: TALARICO SUPER PAC CAUGHT PAYING VOTERS! "We are paying people $25...a roundabout way of paying people for their votes." At Hat Hair, Larry has a vid, Hidden Camera Footage Catches Talarico SuperPAC Paying For Votes and Capt. Ed calls it 'Shady As F***': Team Talarico Buying Votes in Texas, $25 a Pop. Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "The intent to violate the statute is there. THis is no different than the use of straw donors in making contributions. I think this guy and his group have a bigger problem than he imagines. Creating "evading" of federal law is just another word for "conspiracy." This might get interesting." Amy Curtis at TownHall sees an Explosive Judiciary Committee Report Accuses ActBlue of Major Fraudulent Donation Cover-Up. Ace has another Report: ActBlue Raised Illegal Foreign Money for Democrats and Then Covered It Up. "In before the guy who says "nothing will happen" says "nothing will happen." Alas, I agree. We've been watching this story for years and like all other stories about Democrat Party corruption and treasonous partnership with hostile foreign actors, nothing ever happens." Vicky Taft at PJM thinks Karen Bass Feels Heat From Feds Over Millions in Stolen and Laundered ‘Homeless’ Funds. Christopher Rufo @christopherrufo, "EXCLUSIVE: Chinese criminal gangs with links to the CCP have built an illegal cannabis empire in Siskiyou County, California. They're generating $2 billion a year in revenues and criminal growers are now 20% of the entire population. Gavin Newsom is doing nothing to stop them."

Matt Margolis at PJM sees James Talarico's Lesbian Minister Just Outed Him, no, not a gay, which we assume, but as misleading us on his true views. Capt. Ed, Talarico's Question for Texans: Who's Your Favey-Fave Drag Queen? From Ace, New Zohran Mamdani Top Advisor Literally Wrote the Book on "Gay Communism" "Okay, it wasn't a book, it was a magazine, and she didn't write it, she edited it. So, more accurately: She literally edited the magazine by and for Gay Communists."

Matt Vespa at TownHall is amused that Chuck Grassley Couldn't Handle Cory Booker's Theatrics Over Kash Patel Yesterday. From FIRE, VICTORY: Federal court says ICE threatened critic by serving him with 'Warning Notice' over an email. From Shooting Newsweek, Federal Judge Blocks Maryland From Enforcing Prohibition On Concealed Carry in Silver Spring Synagogue. 

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "This is a big announcement. Leftists have had their own free legal representation for decades. Conservatives haven’t. This is because traditionally, conservatives have thought of politics as winning the debate. It’s comfortable. It’s institutional. They don’t have to be “mean” to anyone. Until, enter Oversight Project (@ItsYourGov ). Think of them as an actiontank instead of thinktank. The first such organization for conservatives to meet leftists on their own terms. Creating the first-ever home for conservatives affected by lawfare is just the start." Quote Jeff Clark @JeffClarkUS, " Alert -- Critical announcement: Under the banner of The Oversight Project, I am opening a new law firm that I am opening a new law firm that I will lead to combat government weaponization of all types, but especially abuses of congressional and state legislative branch oversight, perversion of bar discipline processes, and securing the dismissal of bogus criminal indictments...." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "I would like to introduce you to Rosa-Luxemberg-Stiftung NYC (EIN 45-3658022), which is registered as a 501(c)(3) and also is a straight-up German-funded soft money passthrough for Die Linke, the German Communist party. I couldn't find any FARA records for any of their employees." Quote DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, " MAJOR BREAKING: German government has been grooming DSA leaders for over a decade, and nobody noticed? Last night, Darializa Avila Chevalier — endorsed by NYC-DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) — beat a five-term incumbent to win New York's 13th."

Still more in my digital frig, and more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.16.26, but I have places to go. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Finally, A Winning Week awaiting your digital pleasure.