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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flotsam and Jetsam - Swimming in Candy Wrappers

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees Pole-r Opposites and a Mexican Stand Off Shaping Up: Nawrocki and Poland v Tusk and the EU MORE. WarTranslated @wartranslated, "Poland's Constitutional Tribunal crisis is deepening, with police still guarding the Warsaw building where seven judges have been stuck since overnight, and judge Anna Korwin-Piotrowska moving to revoke prior authorities and push judges to work remotely. Two ambassadors have quit over it, Romania's citing an illegal takeover and France's saying he can't do his job with this going on back home, while the tribunal insists on X that its site got hijacked and chairman Święczkowski is still in charge." At CTH sundance has an Alarming Update on Coup Effort From Polish Media. Seattle Extremist @SeattleIndepen1, "So a CIA agent masquerading as a politician visits Poland and a month later they have a coup. And now she’s threatening a coup in the US. Hmmm. It’s probably nothing." Quote Erikaaa @ErikaCA47, "Last month, Elissa Slotkin brags about how she went to Poland and Hungary and "brought home the playbook to get out of 'authoritarian' governments." WTAF. The Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland, Radosław Sikorski is celebrating the..." Ben Sellers at RedState sees Elissa Slotkin Just Revealed Her Ties to Color Revolutions in Europe’s Last Two Free Countries. Lloyd Billingsley at the Chronic examines the CIA Amigas, Slotkin and Spanburger. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "In just these past two weeks we have seen: 1. Widespread civil unrest and riots in France. 2. Widespread civil unrest and riots in Albania. 3. Widespread civil unrest and riots in Italy. 4. Widespread civil unrest and riots in Spain. ... 15. The uncovering of a Color Revolution plot in the USA led by embittered former USAID employees and ex-military members. That’s a lot to be happening all at once, don’t you think? And the USA is having midterm elections next week. You know, if I was a conspiracy-minded type I might be connecting some dots here..."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flotsam and Jetsam - Elon Explains Starlink Ukraine Link

At ZeroHedge, Musk Clarifies Why Starlink Speed Limits Were Throttled In Ukraine: "May You Burn In Hell". Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Correct. Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be. Starshield, a different system, is controlled by the US government. What they decide to do is up to them. Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to kill people. That loophole was closed last week. Starlink remains critical to the defense of Ukraine, as it is the only system that cannot be jammed or blown up, at least for now. Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately. This is NOT a threat, it is simply a statement of fact. Starlink was also crucial to preventing Russia from overrunning Ukraine in the early days of the war, as all other means of communication were destroyed or jammed by Russia. SpaceX has done more to defend Ukraine than any private company on Earth BY FAR. That said, I have nothing but UTTER CONTEMPT for the virtue-signaling evil warmongers who push for endless slaughter and offer no realistic solution to the conflict. May you burn in hell. End of story." Quote varifrank @varifrank, "STARLINK WORKS THE SAME WAY ITS ALWAYS WORKED. ITS NOT A WEAPONS SYSTEM, NO MATTER HOW MUCH UKRAINE WANTS IT TO BE. From a commenter at Althouse "x.com/CNBC/status/21…" “If Russia decides that the civilian Starlink satellite network is weaponized and fair game, we risk a serious Kessler syndrome. First modeled by NASA’s Donald Kessler and Burton Cour-Palais in 1978, it describes a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit gets so high that collisions start producing debris faster than natural processes (mainly atmospheric drag) can remove. Each collision creates more fragments, which raise the odds of further collisions, leading to a self-sustaining cascade, a runaway cloud of satellite debris that can make certain orbital bands increasingly hazardous. Space could become unusable for years to centuries. You like driving around with GPS? Starlink MUST remain a civilian entity.”Elon Musk’s response: “This is indeed one of the main reasons that Starlink must remain a civilian operation. It can be used for infrastructure that is military, but it cannot be used for unequivocally offensive strikes that make it fair game to be struck back. An adversary blowing up Starlink satellites would create a domino effect of destruction that would generate a vast field of debris making space unusable.” John Hawkins @johnhawkinsrwn, "Ukraine would have been overrun 10 times over if not for Musk giving them Starlink early on and denying Russia Starlink. The whole idea that he's some kind of monster because he also doesn't want people dying by the tens of thousands for nothing is insanity pushed by bad actors." Quote Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar, "all of Musk's money can't change the fundamental reality of American public opinion:" Quote ian bremmer @ianbremmer, "50% of maga voters sympathize with ukraine, 5% (!) with russia."

Mashable notes the Critical 'Musk' documentary pulled from theatres after just two weeks, "The film concludes its theatrical run with a $571,902 box-office performance." George MF Washington @GMFWashington, "Wait… was it pulled or did it just get a 2 week Oscar-qualifying run?"

Sundance at CTH hosts Attorney General Todd Blanche -vs- CBS Margaret Brennan, Video and Transcript and Sunday Talks – AG Todd Blanche -vs- CNN Dana Bash on Alaska Election Fraud. Kyle Becker at RedState appreciates how Blanche Torches Dana Bash for Insane Remark on Next 'January 6': 'That's Not a Real Question!' At Da Caller, ‘Oh, Stop It!’: Todd Blanche Cuts Off Dana Bash’s Speculating How Trump’s Alaska Election Lawsuit Could Lead To Another Jan 6. 

At Da Caller, Jared Kushner’s Phone Was Hacked — It Exposed An Alleged $2 Billion Foreign Money Web. "In an official statement, Mizelle said the book’s central allegation is false, as “there are no bank accounts.” Mizelle continued, saying no evidence has been produced that his client’s phone was ever hacked, and noted that the Jerusalem Post took down its reporting on Cole’s claims after identifying “significant factual questions about the alleged financial transactions.”"

The Left is celebrating as Lula wins shock Brazil election but Bolsonaro refuses to concede. As Beege Welborn at Hat Hair notes The Fix Is In: Judge Who Was Lula's Personal Lawyer Extends Brazil's Voting for Two More Hours WELP, so that they could manufacture the votes they needed. Nick shirley @nickshirleyy, "Brazil's right wing revolution has begun... Thousands upon thousands of people took to the streets in Rio de Janeiro in support of Flavio Bolsonaro as he attempts to take down Lula and declare war on the gangs of Brazil. Under Lula a Supreme Court judge put former president Jair Bolsonaro in prison and then house arrest for the next 20+ years. His son Flavio is running to free his father and free Brazil from Lula’s communist-like government. Brazil's right wing movement is being led by the Bolsonaros, 30 year old Nikolas Ferreira, and 28 year old Lucas Pavanato. Something incredible is taking place as millions reject the ideas of socialism and communism. VAMOS BRAZIL!" Nancy Pearcey @NancyRPearcey, ""When the left loses an election, it tries to destroy the country; when it wins, it succeeds." — Friedrich Hayek."

Sister Toldja at RedState, sees Mike Rogers Shuts Down Kristen Welker's Gotcha Games in Contentious 'Meet the Press' Interview. At Twitchy, Dana Bash Presses Haley Stevens on 'Stepstool' Abdul El-Sayed ... Her Response Is Brutal. From Da Wire, Abdul El-Sayed, You’re No Jack Kennedy, "By claiming the mantle of JFK, El-Sayed implies his critics are bigots." Renewed Right reports An Abdul El-Sayed Operative Was Caught on Camera Saying Three Words That May Cost Democrats the Election. James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII, "BREAKING NEWS: Abdul El-Sayed Campaign Official Reveals El-Sayed Receives Overseas Donations, Admits Foreign Contributions Are Illegal Under Federal Law, Warns Denouncing Hamas Could Cost Support “You know, he [Abdul El-Sayed] has people from overseas that donate to him...No it is not allowed." “He [Abdul El Sayed] can't just say, you know, no, I don't support Hamas, you know, I reject all of them, because he's going to lose the people that brought him up in the first place.” At TownHall Amy Curtis lays out All the Documented Ties Between Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood. Driscoll at Insyt cites CHRISTIAN TOTO: Spencer Pratt, Gad Saad Slam Princess Bride Alum Over El-Sayed. Gad Saad @GadSaad, "Here we go: @PatinkinMandy is a Self-Loathing Degenerate, Lobotomized Wood Cricket Jew. I despise Patinkin more than I do @AbdulElSayed."

At NYPo, Miranda Devine says Dems know Ilhan Omar is in deep trouble — that’s why they had Obama parachute in. At Althouse wonders Does Obama even know what cheesecake is? "I've listened to this 20 times: ... I believe he's trying to talk like a standup comedian. I feel as though he's been coached on how to sound like a standup comedian who is also the Obama who once presided over what's now supposed to be remembered as a golden age. That's not easy, but when he gets to his big punchline — "He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory" — it's like he doesn't even know what cheesecake is let alone have any familiarity with the restaurant chain a lot of Americans regard as a pretty nice place to go out to eat." Mickey Kaus @kausmickey, "Did a memo go out to Dems: "We're going to win this mid-term on Design!" Quote Aaron Rupar @atrupar, "Bill Clinton: "I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace's bathroom."" Mickey Kaus @kausmickey, "“The hard fact is that Nixon lacks taste”--Arthur Schlesinger Jr., 1960. (That was designed to win over skeptical Adlai voters, I believe. But class snobbery is still one theme of Dem politics and policy--eg. screw those hillbillies if they won't learn to code when migrants do their former jobs.)" Lance Gooden @Lancegooden, "Democrats and Barack Obama told us American manufacturing jobs “are just not coming back.” President Trump just announced Audi is building a $4.2 billion manufacturing plant in the United States. Turns out putting America First works!" Hat Hair's Larry Elder disputes a Trump Critic: He's 'Racist' Because He 'Demeans' Black Politicians, who happen to be Democrats. Jordan Briskey @JordanBriskeyWI, "I did it today. I went and voted. I voted against fascism. I voted against racism. I voted to protect my rights and all rights for all, the Constitution, and for democracy. That’s why I voted to a straight Wisconsin Republican ticket +1 ‘If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism.’ -
@RonaldReagan"

Stacy McCain takes on Fake Polls, Real Bias: ‘Shaping the Narrative’ and the Bandwagon Effect. "The polls may be fake, but the bias is real. Once you recognize how these influence operations function — once you start noticing the sneaky ways in which journalists smuggle their own prejudices into allegedly “objective” news coverage — you become skeptical about everything you see in the news media. Be not deceived!" The Manhattan Contrarian shows how The New York Times Shows Democrats How To Run On "Energy Affordability", by ignoring the inconvenient fact that most of the high cost of energy is caused by Democrats. And just some flat out lying. Tim O'Brien at PJM looks at The Lindsay Clancy Effect and How the Democrats Are Courting the Psycho Vote. At Da Signal, LA Registrar Says Citizenship Check Stops at Voter’s Word—Even After Federal Charges and an 8-1 Supreme Court Decision Upends Student ID Fight in Battleground Days Before Key Senate Election. The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, allowed New Hampshire to block student IDs as a valid form of voter identification. In an unsigned order released Thursday, the justices paused Oct. 2 and Oct. 5 orders by U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante, a George W. Bush appointee, that prevented the state from enforcing its restrictions on student IDs. Justices cited past precedent, noting, “This Court has repeatedly emphasized that lower federal courts should ordinarily not alter the election rules on the eve of an election.” They added, “Here, the District Court did not point to anything that would justify deviating from that principle.”" Anyone care to guess who the lone dissenter was?

Breccan Thies at Da Fed hears CIA Spook Slotkin Doubles Down On Threat To Destroy Young Conservative Staffers. Da Caller notes Ex-USAID Officials, Military Brass Reportedly Discussed ‘Extra-Constitutional’ Plans For America. Shipwreckedcrew Answers The Question Of Why Kash Patel And Dan Bongino Set About To Fire Many Senior FBI Officials, "Deputy Assistant Director and HQ Section Chief Led “Operation Round River” To Deflect Any Derogatory Information About Hunter Biden As “Russian Disinformation” After His Laptop Contents Were Known." Because they deserved it. Josh Hammer at Hat Hair outlines November's Stark Choice: Two Visions for Justice and the Rule of Law.

Charlie Martin at PJM reports Ian Brinksman Arrested: Caught in a Honeypot? "Ian A. Brinksman, a government contractor, was arrested by the FBI on October 23 after a search of his residence and charged criminally under the Espionage Act, specifically 18 USC 793(d). I won't quote the whole paragraph, but I will note the last sentence of paragraph (f): Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.... Allegedly, Brinksman was passing TOP SECRET /Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) to someone identified only as "Individual 1" for publication. "Individual 1" is reportedly Brinksman's girlfriend, whom several news reports have identified as Aida Chavez, a journalist who has a Substack and reports on national security stuff. She has previously been associated with The Nation, The Intercept, More Perfect Union, and The Hill." "After my own divorce, a cynical friend commented that the question every divorced man has to deal with is whether the screwing you get was worth the screwing you got. Brinksman should be asking himself that question."

From Da Caller, ICE Nabs Violent Illegal Who Came Back After 2 Deportations. Joe Chalfant at TownHall thinks This Admission Shows Why Trump Was Right to End TPS for Haiti. Insider Wire @InsiderWire, "#BREAKING: Haiti says it's “overwhelmed” by illegals deported from the United States." CBD at Ace's documents how Modern Immigration Is A Far Cry From That Of Our Ancestors. Old immigrants came to make a better life, new ones come to get a better life, at our expense. 

At NYPo, Top LA journalist had fling with Dem SoCal lawmaker, let her write his stories. "A high-profile Los Angeles immigration reporter has been fired amid allegations of ethical breaches, including claims he had a secret romantic relationship with a rising California state senator and allowed her to help write stories published under his byline. Memo Torres, 46, abruptly parted ways with left-leaning news outlet L.A. TACO this week after an internal investigation that the publication says followed nearly five months of discussions over repeated violations of its policies and journalistic standards, according to LA Material. ... The publication said it gave Torres multiple opportunities to take responsibility and improve, insisting his departure had nothing to do with its immigration coverage. “The rumor that we’ve turned our back on ICE coverage is a lie. And a dangerous one,” the statement said. But according to the outlet, sources have raised questions about Torres’ coverage of Democratic state Sen. Sasha Renee Pérez, 34, including allegations that the pair had a personal relationship while he reported on her political agenda."

From eugyppius: a plague chronicle, New German legislation will require that social media platforms massively boost “diversity-promoting” content. "The regulatory war on the demon social media algorithms continues." The Alliance Defending Freedom warns Defend the right to speak the truth about gender.

Amy Denton at PJM observes France Is on Fire Again, with emphasis on again. Greg Lukianoff at The Eternally Radical Idea explains Why Macron is MacWRONG about the France Riots, FIRE West Coast, Busting the Filibuster & more! The Brawl Street Journal, Fueling the Next Riot, "How Europe’s energy policies set up a hot winter." Driscoll at Insty cites JULIE BURCHILL: The ‘homicidal empathy’ of the Islamo-left. RadioGenoa @RadioGenoa, "This video is very important for Europe. It shows that those who loot, destroy cars, set fires and cause chaos speak Arabic. And if they speak Arabic, they are not Europeans. Let's assume many people won't want this video to spread, because it tells too much truth." And, THE BBC BOLDLY GOES WHERE CNN HAS GONE BEFORE: BBC News (World) @BBCWorld, "Clashes erupt in Paris after largely peaceful protests across France" At Am Think JB Shurk think Many Western Governments Won’t Survive, "Why would citizens defend governments that abuse them?" At Da Signal, the Great Victor Davis Hanson: Why Western Civilization Is Fighting Back.

From Campus Reform, Federal judge upholds Trump admin executive order banning federal contractors’ DEI initiatives, "A Biden appointee has upheld an executive order from President Donald Trump, further eroding federal contractors' ability to promote DEI initiatives." Betsey McCaughey at Hat Hair calls out Hollywood Lawyers Perverting Justice in the Cornell 7 case. (Shouldn't that be the Cornell 8?)

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Last of the Autumn Light and FMJRA 2.0: The Continuing Crisis up on time and under budget.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Ukraine, Iran and Omar, Oh My!

Here's a pretty good breakdown of how the Ukraine Starlink kerfuffle probably happened. Long story short Ukrainian's were hacking Starlink to allow it to do things it wasn't supposed to (like offensive attacks). But then, so was Russia. Starlink changed the software to prevent that, and Ukraine got bent out of shape (the Russians probably did to, but they were too polite to complain). Chamberlain's Ghost @RSA_Observer, " Now this is something! This technical thread suggests (explains) that the entire Starlink/shield slowdown issue is not a consequence of a political decision in the US or by Musk but the result of Ukrainian engineers hacking the system to bypass it's controls and do something they are not permitted to do - and when Starlink took steps to prevent the bypassing and ensure the controls remained effective, suddenly the system stopped working in 'bypass mode' - and Zelensky then set out to politicise matters. The explanation makes the bits of the puzzle fit together and fits with the New York Times article in which Ukrainians explained that although the system is formally limited to 100 mph they have managed to exceed it..."

From the JPo, Netanyahu orders Iranian regime's downfall, Katz warns 'Iran will burn' at IDF cadets' graduation. "Speaking at the IDF officer cadets' graduation ceremony, Netanyahu declared regime change in Iran a military objective, while Defense Minister Katz warned that "Iran will burn" if it attacks Israel." Are we surprised, or shocked?

Katie Bergh @Katie_Bergh, "In the wake of unprecedented cuts in last year's Republican reconciliation law, SNAP participation & spending have been falling — and the decline is much deeper than the Congressional Budget Office initially projected."

Nick Arama at RedState says Hoo Boy: Baier Nails El-Sayed on Multiple Points - His Incredible Defensiveness Is Something to See. From the Crimson Hub, Is The Con On? Meet the Pastor Behind the Defunct Group Helping Abdul El-Sayed Court Black Voters. "According to Federal Election Commission records, AES' campaign has paid $82,500 to the Ecumenical Ministers Alliance (EMA), a Detroit-based organization headed by Rev. Horace Sheffield III. There's just one rather significant problem. Michigan corporate records show the organization was dissolved all the way back in 2014." Ari Fleischer @AriFleischer, "Abdul is not the only Muslim to run for the Senate. Mehmet Oz ran in 2024. No one ran against Oz because he’s a Muslim. That’s because Oz didn’t call Israel Bloodthirsty. Oz didn’t write an oped urging support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Oz didn’t have donors who belonged to the MB. Oz didn’t blame terrorism on the policies of the US. And Oz didn’t justify a terrorist on a synagogue. This race isn’t about Abdul’s faith. It’s about his extremist ideas." Quote Aaron Rupar @atrupar, "El-Sayed: "We had a little debate. Or I had a debate and he just pointed at me and said, 'He's Muslim.'" Hat Hair's Capt. Ed cites an M-SNOW Host: I'm Getting Skeptical About Talarico Polling After ... visiting Texas. PJM's Matt Margolis asks if you Still Think Talarico Will Flip Texas? You Might Want to Read This. Chris Watts at Am Spec reminds us The DSA Wants to Overthrow Our Constitutional System. "They are openly calling for a worker’s revolution, the overthrow of our constitutional system, and a socialist republic." At Am Great, Chris Toto has high hopes, Is Hollywood Waking Up to the DSA Nightmare? Don't mistake moment of lucidity for a trend. The College Fix reports 95% of Michigan faculty donations go to El-Sayed over Rogers in Senate race. Are you surprised. I'm not.

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Anti-capitalist socialist Billie Eilish just dropped a jewelry line selling silver chains for over $2,000." For $2k, they should be too heavy to wear.

Tony Kinnett @TheTonus, "Here are 3 of Nate Silver's own Silver Bulletin aggregates which literally assigned major “influence” to Wedgewood." Quote Nate Silver @NateSilver538, Replying to @NateSilver5383. "I think there's been a tendency to overstate the influence of Wedgewood. They were pretty obscure, though fairly prolific. It's almost always best not to give any individual pollster undue attention, especially if they have no track record." unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "Look at who is outing these fake pollsters and ask yourself why they are doing so at this time? It's not conservatives outing them. The people outing them are trying to get ahead of something and set a narrative. You be the judge of what they are trying to get ahead of and what narrative they could produce from outing their own fake pollsters 2 weeks before an election....." Dustin Grage @GrageDustin, "The polls make a lot more sense when you realize Democrats’ only path to taking the Senate depends on Republicans staying home. The goal is to demoralize you into sitting on the couch instead of showing up on Election Day. Don’t fall for it. If Republicans show up, we win. It’s that simple."

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, " BREAKING: A judge has just THROWN OUT Democrats' lawsuit seeking to let Wisconsin voters take back mail-in ballots they'd already returned and vote AGAIN Hold on, they were going to let people vote AGAIN? This is why we needed an army of GOP lawyers! When their preferred primary candidate dropped out, Democrats went to court to get those votes redone The RNC fought it twice and won both times. The court REFUSED to change the rules in July, and today a Dane County judge tossed the case entirely Wisconsin law is clear, once you return your ballot, it's FINAL. Big win for GOP!" PJM's Vicky Taft has another West Coast, Messed Coast™: Woke Governor to Send National Guard to Ballot Boxes. "Ferguson says he's making the offer to send the out-of-uniform, unarmed National Guard Soldiers to any of the state's 39 counties because the Washington secretary of state received an envelope containing an unknown white powder inside. Ferguson also mentioned concern about the unsolved 2024 firebombing of a ballot receptacle in southwest Washington. One or more leftist saboteurs were believed to have been behind that firebombing, since it was believed to have been linked to two other cases of ballot box vandalism the year Trump was on the ballot." PJM's Stephen Kruiser wants Somebody Please Get the Democrats an Ativan and an Election Defeat.

Jeffrey A Tucker @jeffreytucker, "The whole ethos of Washington, D.C. these days is: let's keep the racket going as long as possible. This is every agency, every Congressional office, every lobbyist, every think tank. Idealism is gone. Public service is gone. The notion of government as servant of the people is gone. We hardly even hear these cliches anymore." John Sexton at Hat Hair hears a Federal Contractor Sues Government After James O'Keefe Video "ATI Government Solutions, the company featured in this video, has now filed a lawsuit against the government claiming that they were unfairly cut off from all government contracts as a result of the video." NOVA Campaigns @NoVA_Campaigns, "Turns out
@SenLouiseLucas is nothing but a cheap low life hood rat asking her drug dealer if they’re actually a cop. “On or about April 19, 2022, LOUISE LUCAS asked ICC #1 if they were a member of law enforcement before purchasing between 3-5 pounds of marijuana from ICC #1.”"

At his substack, Insty does a good job of condensing Democrat's plans for a 'color revolution' after the midterms, The Coming Insurrection, "And what to do about it." "This isn’t some fever dream, it’s right there in the extensive files that DataRepublican has provided. Here’s an article by Chuck DeVore in The Federalist. The goal is sustained mass violence and street clashes designed to push President Donald Trump into invoking the Insurrection Act. Once invoked, Democratic governors and progressive organizations would treat the order itself as evidence of “fascism” and a reason to undermine federal authority. Groups including the United Democracy Alliance, invoking Erica Chenoweth’s 3.5 percent rule, appear ready to coordinate the street actions, legal support, and media framing. Neville Roy Singham, operating from Shanghai and connected to the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department, is positioned to amplify the disruption from abroad." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "RE: The Democracy Files/Illegitimacy Playbook The problem with @DataRepublican's Democracy Files is that the truth they expose sounds so outrageous that anyone who points out what is actually going on initially sounds like a foaming-at-the-mouth, lunatic conspiracy theorist. So if anyone thinks that, I encourage you to go and watch the videos for yourself..." bye bye @johoromero, "One must admire the confidence required to mistake constitutional vigilance for insurrection, particularly when one has evidently devoted so little effort to understanding either." Quote Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "America currently has a cabal of ~1,600 former military officers/NCOs and ex-State/USAID/CIA employees who are members of the National Security Leaders for America, an organization currently involved in an active plot to overthrow our Constitutional order via an American Color x.com/DanLamothe/sta…" Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Did you happen to catch the part of the plot where Democrat governors will declare the Constitutionally-elected Presidency invalid and seize control of American governance? That's literally in the videos, idiot, and I am not exaggerating. Go watch the videos and report back and let us know if you still support the Democrat coup plot." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Hey @JBPritzker! What are you doing hanging around with the National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A)? Are you part of their plot to launch a Color Revolution in America by creating a "legitimacy crisis" after the midterms where Democrat governors declare our duly-elected..."DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Yes, he is. 1. The videos explicitly name the Illinois governor as one of the two that were willing to buy into the illegitimacy memo. 2. He’s co-chair of Governors Safeguarding Democracy which apparently liked the memo and presentation. 3. I believe Democracy Funders Network is involved in a lot of the funding and his sister chairs that." Tim Burchett @timburchett, "Not a single Democrat member of Congress has condemned this."

@timburchett @MZHemingway It’s because they’re all part of the Color Revolution. Dem Governors and now mayors are as well. @DataRepublican found 1,000 of docs and videos https://t.co/clPT81gNtJ

— Frmlykisro 🇺🇸 (@frmlykisro) October 23, 2026

John Sexton at Hat Hair, Former FBI Officials Charged With Lying to Congress. Kevin Killough at JTN reports Two ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop. "According to the affidavit, Floris and Benavides made "materially false statements" in a House Judiciary Committee probe in the FBI' now-dismantled Foreign Influence Task Force." From Ace,
Biden Stripped the Visa From a Ukrainian Witness So That He Couldn't Testify to Congress About Burisma and Hunter Biden, "Trump is such a corrupt authoritarian you guys." Helen Raleigh at Da Fed notes Feds Say Bank Of America Choked Conservatives’ Accounts Harder Than Drug Cartels.’ Jonathan Turley wonders about A Game of Chicken? Whitehouse Taunts Biden and Other Democrats For Being Too “Chicken” to Pack the Court.

At TownHall, Amy Curtis gloats The New York Post Got a Hold of a Document That Further Proves Ilhan Omar Isn't Who She Says She Is. Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain, "The New York Post has obtained and published an official copy of Ilhan Omar's sister's marriage certificate. It describes their father as "Nur Said Elmi," and his profession as a "military officer. More evidence that she is not who she says she is."Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "If only someone had spent 15+ years warning people "fact checkers" were arrogant, explicitly dishonest, censorious, and actively partisan!" Quote Pirate Wires @PirateWires, "Allegations of the Minnesota congresswoman marrying her brother aside… Ilhan Omar’s father was a high-ranking military official in Somalia’s genocidal Marxist-Leninist Barre regime. This fact would have likely disqualified him from immigrating to the U.S. as a Somali refugee — and, by extension, prevented Omar from becoming a U.S. citizen through her father’s naturalization. Snopes and Politifact buried the truth about Omar’s father, averting a scandal that could’ve been disastrous for her political career; @ashleyrindsberg reports." PJM's Stephen Kruiser wonders Dare We Dream That Ilhan Omar Has Finally Run Out of Brothers to Marry? At Twitchy, WHOA: Ilhan Omar’s Marriage Timeline Is a Mess PLUS HER Sister’s Marriage License Proves PROBLEMATIC, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Claims She Drives a 2016 Camry … Then This Photo Drops and 'No Phone, Who Dis?' Spencer Pratt Knows Why Ilhan Omar Wants 'Less Scrolling, More Strolling'. She makes Don Surber's Highlights of the week. "Asked my wife if she is my brother. She said no. I was relieved until she added, I am your sister." RedState's Nick Arama sees Omar Creates Media Storm When She Shows Up to Vote, Comments on Her Name. Dave Strom interpretes the NYTimes: If Ilhan Omar Broke the Law, She Should Get Away With It Because Muh Democracy. "The New York Times admits that Ilhan Omar may be a criminal, but since she is an opponent of the president, democracy itself is at stake if she is investigated." From Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Amount of Evidence Against Ilhan Omar Could Scale Everest. Here's the List.

From Ace, To Presume to Overrule a State Anti-DEI Executive Order, a, Get This, DEI Judge Uses AI to Write An Opinion Filled With Fake Cases. "Huh, a DEI hire resorting to AI to do his homework for him. And all to stop the people from ending DEI practices. Who could have seen this coming. There is good news: the Appeals Court was so shocked by the complete DEI incompetence on display that they not only reversed him, they kicked him off the case entirely." We really need a mechanism for getting rid of obstructionist judges permanently.

Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain, "HUGE: The en banc Fifth Circuit just held, 11-6, that illegal aliens caught in the interior can be detained without bond for the duration of their removal proceedings. Judge James Ho in a concurring opinion: "A nation ceases to be a nation if it can't protect its borders." At Da Caller, Trump Zeroes In On Immigration As Midterms Near. Ace, Trump's DHS is Knocking on Doors to Ask People About Their Immigration Status and Voter Status as the Left Continues Lying About Its Legions of Illegal Voters Update: Big Win in Court for Border Enforcement, "Tuq'r Qarlson will continue lying about "Trump not doing anything" because, of course, he's a Democrat/Qatari operative. "Charles Schumer and Democrats are suing to keep illegal aliens on the voter rolls." Dave Strom, 1) It Isn't Happening; 2) Yeah, but Isn't a Big Deal; 3) It's Actually a Good Thing...: Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "You've got the numbers wrong. I'm not saying Lee is right -- he's not. The 20,000 names are ACTUAL Green Card holders with California addresses with USCIS who match names and addresses with registered voters in California's publicly available voter registration list. DOJ never said they all voted in the past. It only asked California to independently verify their eligibility to register because if they were Green Card holders they are ineligible. It is not exculpatry to say, as LA County has said, "Only 28% have vote." That's actually a confession. 0000.00% should have voted if they are Green Card holders...." Quote David J. Bier @David_J_Bier, "Only 28% of a sample of DHS's bogus list of 20,000 voters that it claimed were "verified" noncitizen voters actually voted. So that's 5,600 out of 5 million California noncitizens. That'd be 0.1% (if they are noncitizens, which they probably aren't based on DHS's record)." Quote Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee, "“Noncitizens don’t vote,” they said."

WaPoo, Virginia man charged in damage of Iwo Jima statue near Quantico, "Prince William County police said the violence, enacted with a sledgehammer, left one of the statue’s Marines without a head." "Virginia man" heh. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, " BREAKING: Outrage erupts after man named "Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano" took a SLEDGEHAMMER to the historic Iwo Jima statue at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia and knocked the head off one of the Marines HE LITERALLY BEHEADED IT. Dig into his history and find out if he's an illegal! Should be deported regardless! Police caught Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, of Stafford, in the act around 10 PM Wednesday. They say the damage runs into the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of dollars The 9-foot limestone statue was carved by Felix de Weldon, the same sculptor behind the famous Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington. It honors the Marines who raised the flag over Iwo Jima. He's charged with felony destruction of property, trespassing, and felony injury to a monument, and he's being held without bond. Throw the book at him." Yes, he's illegal. Sentence him to mowing lawn at Quantico for the next 30 years. Then deport.

From Twitchy, Just GUESS How Jake Tapper Covered VA State Senator Louise Lucas' Drug Trafficking Arrest (WATCH). Trump!!! Dave Strom, WTH, NBC?! Open Source Intel @Osint613, "This morning, two Palestinian gunmen, armed with hundreds of rounds, tried to launch a mass-casualty terrorist attack, seriously wounding Israeli soldiers before being eliminated. The attack was caught on video. NBC’s headline? Israel kills two Palestinians “accused of launching an attack.”" From NYPo, CBS News hacks explode as Bari Weiss tells them to actually report on Abdul El-Sayed’s lies. PJM's Scott Pinsker has The 3 Rules for Lying to the Media — And Why Republicans Keep Losing at Roulette.

Am Con asks Is Europe Doomed? "Shocking scenes out of France show a continent in crisis." At Jihad Watch, Muslims Desecrate Statues of Joan of Arc With Hijab and ‘Palestinian’ Flag, but they didn't behead her, at least. VodkaPundit at Insty, LE CHANGEMENT: "Testimony from a friend of mine, a shopkeeper in Paris. “My shop was looted on October 17. A motorcycle shop, right in the heart of Paris. Twenty-one years I’ve poured everything into it. I pay my taxes, I’m a family man,” and last night he called all his friends, including me. Tomorrow we’ll be about twenty of us inside the shop, doors locked. If it comes down to a confrontation, we’ll face it. I won’t let myself get looted a second time. Enough with the complaints that lead nowhere, enough waiting for someone else to protect what I’ve built. “Tomorrow, it won’t be the police watching over my store anymore. It’ll be us.” When the State abandons protecting the property of hardworking citizens, all that’s left is this: friends who organize and refuse to take it lying down. Call it a militia if that suits you. To us, it’s just not getting looted again." Lionel Schriver at Da Spec asks Can we be surprised that France has descended into nihilism? Dave Strom, Tell Me This Isn't Totalitarian... "In Germany, the police will start a manhunt for a person who calls a politician "fat." Friedrich Merz, the German Chancellor, has filed somewhere between "hundreds" and thousands of complaints, with attached criminal penalties possible, over people insulting him online."

PJM's Dave Manney hears Ohio State’s Medical School Had a ‘Side Door,’ DOJ Says. Nobody wants to hear their heart surgeon (or retina doc) came through the side door.

Catching up, I find the Wombat has In The Mailbox: 10.22.26 (Early Morning Edition), In The Mailbox: 10.22.26 (Evening Edition) and In The Mailbox: 10.23.26. The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Last of the Autumn Light and FMJRA 2.0: The Continuing Crisis up on time and under budget.