Flotsam and Jetsam - It's All About the Oil

I&I has a I&I/TIPP Poll that Finds Surprising Pockets Of Support For Military Action Against Iran. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn hears the Hormuz 'Largest Energy Shock on Record', but had surprisingly small effects on oil supply and prices because of resiliency in the system. Open Source Intel @Osint613, "Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, on repeated Russian strikes against Ukraine's energy sector: "Trump's 'energy ceasefire' was not specified, so Russia is hitting Ukrainian energy sector." At Hat Hair John Sexton has a Report the Pentagon Withheld Warnings to Ukraine of Incoming Strikes, because Zelenskyy ignored Trump's demand that he stop targeting Russian refineries. Mykhailo Fedorov @FedorovMykhailo, "Starlink connectivity at speeds of up to 160 km/h is being restored. Removing Starshield’s speed limit entirely is now critical for Ukraine’s defense. Thank you, @elonmusk. We hope for your continued support." Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government. Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS. Starlink is a commercial service owned and controlled by SpaceX. Usage of Starlink is limited to civilian or defensive activities and cannot be used for offensive military action, as doing so would be inappropriate for a commercial company." Stephen Moore @StephenMoore, "Europe is lecturing the world about fossil fuels while continuing to buy Russian natural gas. Now European leaders are criticizing President Trump for seeking lower fuel prices at home. If buying Russian energy is wrong, shouldn’t the same standard apply to everyone?" Sundance at CTH reports NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte Sees No Imminent Threat from Russia to NATO and Nord Stream Pipeline Bomber Says He Was Operating on Instructions from Ukraine Government. Putin would be a fool to try, considering he can't whip Ukraine.

At OilPrice.com, Trump Announces “Massive” Greenland Oil Exploration Plans. At Hat Hair Capt. Ed sees Affordability: Inflation Keeps on Ticking Up As Election Nears; "As the data shows, this is almost entirely related to fuel prices, and perhaps mainly related to diesel," and Dave Strom, wonders Would the Fed Be Justified in Raising Interest Rates? I don't think inflation due to fuel prices is easily treated with interest rate hikes. Not all inflation is equal.

PJM's Scott Pinsker on the upcoming execution of former Maj. Hassan, DJT: Dead Jihadi Television, "Press one for “no,” press two for “fry that [censored] like a fish and put it on YouTube.” At the The Scuttlebutt, Death and Treason. Eric Florack at PJM notices The Left Discovers Its Conscience — Right on Schedule, 'Barbaric'?

Siraj Hashmi @SirajAHashmi, "James Talarico vanishes for 13 days, 3 weeks before Election Day. His proof he was home sick? Photos the New York Times agreed NOT to show you. The NYT's message to voters: "Trust me, bro." If Talarico has nothing to hide, why is the NYT hiding it for him?" At NYPo the Divine Miranda Devine says With all these ‘sick’ Democrats like James Talarico, one wonders: how are they in the lead? Dave Strom asks Why Are People Still Convinced That Talarico Was in an Ohio Mental Institution? Because he hasn't provided any evidence of where else he was for 12 days. Nick Arama at RedState asserts Talarico Gets Nailed for Big Problem With Claim in New Ad, Shows Campaign Is in Trouble. Lone Star Liberty PAC @LoneStar_PAC, "James talarico says Texas oil and gas workers are "destroying the planet" and it's "time to transition" the industry."

Capt. Ed says For A Man With No Ties to the Muslim Brotherhood ... Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby, "Abdul El-Seyed’s surrogate Hasan Piker: “I don't give a fuck what Black people care about. Let's go back to a better time, when lynchings were happening.” 1.4 million black people live in Michigan." Ooana Trien ~ Eric Arthur Blair’s Mistress @ooana, "I’m so angry about this because all of this is about one man’s desire to turn those stables into self storage. He finally found an administration willing to murder horses and destroy a N.Y. staple while at the same time there is an utter lack of will in the N.Y. media to tell the truth. These animals aren’t going off to greener pastures. They’ll be killed. Why? So a Manhattan mini storage can go into building holding the stables. Btw NYPD horses will be next if they get away with this. Mark my words." Quote Complex @Complex, "NYC is moving to ban horse-drawn carriages after nearly 200 years of history. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin reached a deal to phase out the industry by June 2028, citing public safety concerns and long-standing criticism over animal welfare." From the Free Bacon, NYC First Lady Painted Portrait of Her ‘Inspiration’: A Jew-Hating Artist Who Said ‘Anne Frank’ Is a Hoax, Posted Hitler’s Paintings, and Celebrated Oct 7 "Rama Duwaji’s obsession with the Palestinian cause is shown in her reverence for the violence-tinged painter Sliman Mansour." And, NY Democratic Socialists Boss Railed Against Landlords. His Rich Parents Rented Out Their Florida Mansion for $18,000 a Month, Bought Him a $1 Million NYC Home. From Fox, French AI CEO warns Americans against voting Democrat saying 'you don't want to be France'. Aaron Hanscom at PJM sees Millions Are Fleeing Blue States, and It’s Not for the Sunshine. It's the taxes and regulations, stupid. 

At NYPo Michael Goodwin saw Blakeman outclassed Hochul on debate stage — paving the way for him to win on Election Day. I'll believe it when I see it. TownHall's Stephen Miller says Sensing Midterm Blood in the Water, the Hibernating Woke Left Is Waking Up. They've been asleep? I hadn't noticed. From Da Wire, a Leaked Call Exposes Environmentalists Trying To Deceive Congress And Kill Pro-Energy Agreement. "A transcript leaked from 89 Left-wing climate groups show the groups planned to pressure Democrats." At the Crimson Hub, FAUXCAHONTAS "EFF-YOU": How Elizabeth Warren wants to stop you from profiting from stock buybacks, after she and her husband reaped their literal rewards. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: Lamar Cook, former aide to Democrat MA Gov. Maura Healey, has been arrested AGAIN on charges of SNAP and wire fraud after he allegedly "mistakenly" received over $30,000 in vacation pay and falsified his income to receive SNAP benefits. Cook is already facing charges for cocaine trafficking and firearm charges. WTF is going on in Massachusetts?" John Sexton reports a Nutcase Gets Four Years in Prison for Threatening Matt Walsh's Wife.

Matt Vespa notices The Ilhan Omar Saga Just Got More Interesting and The Media Blew a Gasket Over Federal Agents Raiding Ilhan Omar's Home. They still have a gasket to blow? Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "This is a very good summary. She has evaded all meaningful accountability because she and her supporters would scream “racist” at anyone who demanded it. I think those days are at an end. The record of her criminality is significant and compelling." Quote Ian McKelvey @ian_mckelvey, "Off the top of my head: Minnesota regulators found that Omar improperly used campaign funds for personal accounting expenses and travel. They ordered repayment of $3,469.23 and a $500 civil penalty. A campaign-finance investigation documented joint tax returns she filed with..." Quote Riderfan @Kamenriderfan0, "What law exactly did she break and the evidence of that is where?" PJM's Dave Manney reports Ilhan Omar Has a New Problem, and It Fits in a Pocket. Ace says Ilhan "Omar" Falsified Her Birth Date In Her Immigration Paperwork. "She lied about being 17 when she applied for citizenship, because the law stated that a minor could piggyback off a naturalized parent's citizenship but an adult couldn't. So she changed her actual age, 18 or 19, to 17. Then her staffers changed her Wikipedia entry, which had shown her real birthdate, to her fraudulent birthdate, so that it would agree with her fraudulent immigration paperwork. That last part isn't illegal. It just shows she knows she was lying all along." At Hat Hair, a Larry video, Ilhan Omar Could Face 'Denaturalization' Amid Developing Investigations and Dave Strom sees House Dems' Response to Ilhan Omar Warrant: Eliminate Homeland Security.

Ace wants Cornell's Jane Doe Nominated for Best Rape Hoax at This Year's Spirit Awards. "She's a shoe-in. During her seven hour rape by seven rapists, she apparently had full possession and use of her phone, which she, get this, did not use to summon the authorities but instead chat with her roomie. Don't you Racists know that all women in the middle of a gang-rape experience trauma that causes them to text as if nothing is happening?" At the Free Bacon, In Cornell Sexual Assault Case, Democrats Forget the Lessons of the Duke Lacrosse Scandal. Michael Tracey @mtracey, "Left-wing activists will chant for every "abolitionist" slogan under the sun -- defund the police etc. -- but somehow when it comes to sex crime or Rape, they suddenly turn into the most bloodthirsty prosecutor and cop-lovers, and start demanding to vastly expand the prison state." Beege Welborn has Today's Progressive Parable: When Michael of Tracey Met the AWFLs of Ithaca. Ann Coulter weighs in at Unsafe, Reverse Rapism, "Cornell shows not all gang rapes are alike."

At Da Caller, Jack Smith’s FBI Probe Obtained Personal Data Of 640,000 Everyday Republicans, MAGA Hat Buyers. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Soviet level", Quote New York Post @nypost, "Ex-special counsel Jack Smith obtained personal info on 639K Republicans- including red MAGA hat buyers https://trib.al/i3Q5oKB." Sundance is outraged about “Politically Exposed Persons” – Treasury Investigation Confirms 9 Major U.S. Banks Targeted Conservatives and Businesses Based on Politics. From Ace, Report: Major Banks (Those Most Dependant on Government Goodwill) Shut Down MAGA, Pro-Life, Christian, and Other Conservative Accounts to Appeal to Biden's Authoritarian Enforcers, "Miranda Divine:"

Sundance, DOJ Holds Press Conference to Announce Major Indictments for Federal Tax Fraud.

At Blessings of Liberty Jeffrey Rosen consider the question Can states and municipalities sue oil companies over climate change? "Unpacking oral arguments in Suncor v. Boulder." Shipwreckedcrew says No More Half Measures -- SCOTUS Must Clearly Narrow Standing In Environmental Cases By Eliminating Claims Of Mere “Esthetic” Injuries.

From CJ, An ICE Shooting and the Left’s Mad Rush to Judgment. "The Oscar Belgal incident is the latest excuse to condemn the police." PJM's Cathy Salgado likes how Mullin Slams New York for Ignoring 16,000 ICE Detainers: ‘Evil Sanctuary Policies.’

Eric Daugherty on X: "🚨 JUST IN: MSNOW reports "KASH PATEL IS IN RUSSIA" FBI Director Kash Patel is on camera, right now, going full tough on crime mode at Liberty University in Virginia, USA 🇺🇸 You literally can't make this up 🤣🤡 Which "sources" fed MSNOW total BS? Doug Powers on X: "The correct and honest segment from Dilanian would have been “our ‘sources’ make up shit all the time and you should never believe a damn thing you hear on MSNOW.”".

Eric Daugherty on X: "🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Elon Musk's X just took down more than 13,000 accounts tied to foreign influence operations from IRAN, RUSSIA, and CHINA that were targeting U.S. politics ahead of the midterms THANK YOU, X! 🇺🇸 The networks used fake accounts to post and amplify content about..." The New Neo notes It's bots all the way down. 404 Media reports Tesla's 'Security Protocols' Stopped DHS From Installing a Tracking Device.

Jonathan Turley is not too thrilled with Harper’s Magazine which will Honor NPR CEO Katherine Maher with First Amendment Award. From FIRE, New Jersey drops complaint against school board member targeted for asking constituents about taxes.

RedState's Teri Christoph sees the Sneering Leftist Mob Comes for Joni Mitchell After Her Proud American Moment At Althouse, "The subject of her citizenship became part of a larger cultural conversation in April this year..." ""...when The New York Times created a list of 'the 30 greatest living American songwriters.' Ms. Mitchell was not included. 'We elected not to steal that honor from Canada,' The Times wrote in an article about its selection process. (Just a month before, the Juno Awards, Canada’s equivalent to the Grammys, had honored Ms. Mitchell in Ontario with a lifetime achievement award.) The Times’s reasoning did not sit well with fans and cultural commentators who felt that she... should nevertheless have been included." Says the New York Times, in "Joni Mitchell Is Now an American, After 60 Years of Living in the U.S./On Tuesday, she announced the news of her U.S. citizenship on social media with a video and a photo of herself at the ceremony."" As John Sexton notes Progressives Are a Bunch of Depressed, Anti-Humanity Bores.

Pub @PubWanghaf, "This Shane Gillis thing is huge for women because they all collectively get to be their favorite three things all at the same time - the victim - the hero - sexy." The Spectator @TheSpectator, "I was mid-hip thrust when I found out @Shanemgillis had called me a whore. Technically I found out four hours later, when I reviewed the footage of Saturday Night Live. My tripod was on the bench, my ring light was clamped to the squat rack and my boyfriend Tanner was holding the back-up phone for the side angle. Tanner films all my content. He is not allowed to look at me. The “joke” was about how women dress at the gym. I know it was about me, because everything is. So I did what any survivor would do. I went to my car and filmed myself crying. It took 11 takes, because the lighting in a Range Rover is unforgiving, and grief is no excuse for a bad shot. In the final cut, you can see a single tear land on my sports bra right over the logo, which clicks through to an affiliate link. My caption: “I’m literally shaking.” Then I put on the shortest shorts I own, went back inside, and filmed my ass from three angles with the caption, “Does this outfit work for you, Shane Gillis?” I wanted to send him a message that my body is not for men. To make sure Shane got the message, I tagged him. Then I tagged every man I follow. Some people say my response proved his point. These people are rapists." Dana Loesch @DLoesch, "This is tiresome and cringe. I wrote about this here https://danaloesch.substack.com/p/shane-gillis-isnt-wrong but to address a couple things below: 1) "If we want to be good role models for our children, stop talking about the way women look, period,” Bush Hager, 44, added." What is your kid doing watching a. ..." Quote New York Post @nypost, Jenna Bush Hager slams Shane Gillis’ ‘SNL’ monologue as backlash against comedian piles up: ‘It’s not OK’AmishDude @TheAmishDude, "1) Let's make a deal. They can dress how they want and we can look at what we want. 2) But what if "whore" isn't a pejorative? Did she think about that? 3) This is a weird kind of prudishness where the prude isn't offended at the activity but at the noticing of the activity."

Bob Hoge at RedState notes a Runner Switches to Girls' Track Midseason — School Says the Real Problem Is the Parent Who Noticed "On September 5, the cross-country athlete finished 76th in a boys’ JV cross-country race, but on September 29, he magically finished first in a varsity girls’ meet against Union High. This could be the moment that this whole drama officially jumped the shark, because it’s almost impossible to argue that “changing genders” right smack in the middle of the season is normal or reasonable."

From 1776, Trump Mocks ‘Gays For Palestine’ With Rooftop Reality Check "Do you know what they do to gay people in that part of the world?"

Still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.14.26 (Afternoon Edition). 

Flotsam and Jetsam - DHS Raids Ilhan Omar's House

First, from Matt Margolis at PJM, Federal Agents Raid Ilhan Omar's D.C. Home. At Da Caller, DHS Raids Ilhan Omar’s Home Amid Criminal Investigation. News Wax, Feds Search Rep. Ilhan Omar's Home in Criminal Probe and Trump Calls Omar 'Totally Crooked' in Remarks on Raid. Sundance at CTH, Federal Agents Execute Search Warrant on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Home. "The political left is going bananas, the socialists are having fits, the Islamists are in a rage and the communists are apoplectic about the news that federal law enforcement has executed a search warrant at the home of Representative Ilhan Omar. However, there are no specific details about the nature of the federal action." From Pirate's Cove, Wow: Federal Agents Searched Ilhan Omar’s House. Althouse posts "Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say." "AP reports." Ace, DHS Agents Execute a Search Warrant on Ilhan "Omar's" DC Home, Seeking Her Old Immigration Paperwork. "Deport." Gina Milan @ginamilan_, "Just so we’re clear… A federal judge in D.C. signed off on the search warrant for Ilhan Omar’s home. The DOJ had to show probable cause as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork. In a district full of liberal judges, that doesn’t happen without serious evidence. Today is a very good day for America." and a Friendly reminder… The Biden DOJ launched an investigation into Ilhan Omar in 2024 over her finances, campaign spending, and dealings with a foreign citizen. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "If you didn't want the DOJ to prosecute jihadist Congresswomen who illegally obtain citizenship and commit criminal immigration fraud, perhaps you should not have rifled through Melania's underwear drawer at 3 a.m." RedState's Kyle Beck says Holy Moly: The Code Name for Ilhan Omar Raid Is Just Too Funny. Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "WaPo reports that the federal criminal fraud investigation investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is called “World War 11”, an apparent reference to a recent comment Omar made when she said the Alien Enemies Act hadn’t been used since “World War Eleven”." Shipwreckedcrew says Yes -- Minn. Rep. Ilhan Omar Can Be Denaturalized And Deported If Her Original Immigrant Visa Was Obtained Via Fraud By Her Father. "This is a story that has been around for many years, with evidence being produced in the country of Somaliland where Omar’s father is reported to have served while in the Somali National Army." Roger Simon wonders if Ilhan Omar was Investigated in Time for... My Book?, "Something larger is at stake."

At PJM, VodkaPundit reminds us So the FBI Did Another Big Raid You Might Have Missed.... "Did you hear the one about the FBI investigation in the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners that caught one of them with his hand in the cookie jar of his own nonprofit?" I didn't miss it.

Rabbi Mike Barclay connects Houthi Attacks and New Archaeological Discoveries in Israel. Duane Patterson at Hat Hair wonders what it take Getting the Iranian Regime to Cry 'Uncle' in Farsi. Fox opines The Iran war didn't make your heating bill this high. Blue-state energy policy did. "The US has just 130 operable refineries, down from 301 in 1982." At CTH sundance hosts Barbara Boyd Explores the Ramifications of the Trump-Putin Energy Deal. From Jamestown, Xi’s Purge and the War Over Taiwan. "The purge shows political will emphasized over military professionalism. Military conflict is less likely in the short term while new officers enter their posts, but gray-zone pressure will likely escalate. A leadership consisting of compliant subordinates makes war increasingly likely over time." Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks Carney is Committing Commercide, to gain politically. 

Fox hosts Trump warns of a 1929-style depression if Dems win. From NewsWax, Musk Pours $276 Million Into GOP Midterm Push. From CJ, Trump’s Census Proposal Is a Big Step in Restoring National Unity, "Eliminating race and ethnicity tabulation from the decennial questionnaire will help dismantle identity politics and the grievance industry." Eric Trump @Eric_TrumpRv, "JUST IN: President Trump alludes to possibly appointing Ron DeSantis to a CABINET POSITION “I like him a lot!” I’m ALL for this. Ron DeSantis is one of the best executives in America, and his term is up in just months." 

Security and Cigars explains An Oath is a Terrible Thing, "Why Former Major Nidal Hasan Must Be Executed."

The Victory Girls opine, Kimberly Guilfoyle Is A Headache The Administration Doesn’t Need. From News Wax, Kimberly Guilfoyle: 'Where's the Beef' in Allegations? "Guilfoyle's attorneys offer a sharply different account: Rather than receiving improper payments, Guilfoyle was attempting to collect money owed for legitimate work performed before entering diplomatic service. At no point has anyone claimed she received private money while serving as a U.S. ambassador. A disputed private business arrangement predating public service is not, by itself, evidence of corruption. Then there are the questions about private-aircraft travel. Sources close to Guilfoyle's team state that she sought and obtained State Department guidance before using private aircraft and complied with applicable travel, ethics, gift, and reporting rules." Both can be true, it's a headache for Trump, and the allegations can be overblown. I resent the media forcing these choices. UPDATE from Da Caller, White House Asks Scandal-Ridden Kimberly Guilfoyle To Resign. Don Surber has The story ABC does not want you to see, "The Disney subsidiary went after Trump’s sons and failed. ABC scrubbed the URL. I found it."

At Hat Hair Capt. Ed calls it Too Weird to NOT Check First: Did Talarico Have a Mental Health Crisis? Althouse has the Tweet found after prompting A.I. with "get me up to speed on the Talarico-had-a-nervous-breakdown craze." James Talarico @jamestalarico, "I’ve never even been to Ohio." Quote Lindner Center HOPE @LindnerCtrHope, "Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope." and comments "What?! Never been to Ohio? That's got to be disqualifying. How can we have a Senator who's never been to Ohio?" I've been to Ohio. He didn't miss much. Richard Grenell @RichardGrenell, "Jacqueline and the NYT have tracked down a disputed bakery bill from 6 years ago…but let James Talarico disappear this month for 12 days with no curiosity. Journalism is dead." Quote Jacqueline Alemany @JaxAlemany, "Six years later, Sen. Roger Marshall settles a $700 bakery bill for 50 frosted sugar cookies, 100 mini strawberry muffins and 100 fudge brownies. " So both Talarico and the Ohio funny farm deny that he went there. Now, we all know politicians lie, alot. But it occurs to me that under HIPAA, the hospital may be legally obligated to lie, if the patient does not want his stay there revealed. I'm going to stick with this might be true.

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees El-Sayed Has a Sudden, Fierce Case of Amnestic 'Who's My Buddy? Who's My Pal? Obama Is!' while Capt. Ed says Oh Brother(hood) II: El-Sayed's Islamist Boogaloo. From the Free Bacon, Abdul El-Sayed’s Family Has ‘Long Been’ in Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Senate Candidate’s Sister Said in Unearthed Social Media Posts. "El-Sayed said on 'Meet the Press' that neither he nor any of his family members have ties to the Islamist group." Charlie LeDuff @Charlieleduff, "No BS Newshour Episode #427 El-Sayed Scampaign Donors Elizabeth is a true believer in liberal causes and continues to make small political donations by way of ActBlue—the Democrat online fundraising platform. (4:36) But somehow, those few dozen small donations she has made have transmogrified into 14,696 donations totaling more than $150,000—the equivalent of eight donations a day, every day for the past five years averaging $9.18. She says she has contributed to Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Socialist running for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, but not 47 times spanning the last TWO YEARS, as federal filings show..." TownHall's Dmitri Bolt Debunks Another Socialist Lie: Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Billionaires Make Money by ‘Doing Nothing.’

At Victory Girls, Mamdani Monday: DSA Demands And The Italian Snub. He boycotted the annual Columbus Day Parade, probably fearing boos. NYPo, Gov. Kathy Hochul booed while marching in NYC’s Columbus Day parade: ‘You’re a disgrace’ PJM's Stephen Kruiser says Columbus Day Always Puts Me in a Land-Stealing Mood and Bob Spencer hears The Democratic Socialists Are Furious With That Far-Right Extremist, Zohran Mamdani. The Center Square cites a Poll: Majority of voters concerned about socialists running for office. Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "Men respect an honorable enemy." Quote Mike "Wild Horse" Kobe @Wild_Horse, ""Hey Mike, I know you CLAIM that Native Americans are mostly patriotic Americans, but I'm just not convinced." This is the 2026 powwow for the Northern Cheyenne, the Arapaho, the Dakota and the Lakota, the largest Plains Nation, the one that fought the US Army to the bitter end and defeated Custer. This is them. Today." The Wombat has In The Mailbox: 10.12.26 (Annual Admiral of the Ocean Sea Appreciation Post). 

From NRO, Dem Campaign Ads Cite Soros-Backed Fake News Sites to Sway Voters in Key Races. From Fox, The blue wave looks real until you look a little closer. "The Democrats need a net gain of four seats to control the Senate, and while some are prematurely sipping Champagne, nobody really knows if they can draw that kind of inside straight. If they tell you they do, they’re lying." At ¡No Pasaran! "Happy to Mail That Ballot for You"?! What the right to vote does NOT require is governments providing every possible personal convenience imaginable.

Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "I wrote for @NRO about the mysteriously absent “no” in the Cornell 7 case : “The end result of liberal sexual ethics writ large — according to which women seldom say no and they can be, or should be, every bit as debauched as men — has not been a joyful bacchanal but a minefield. It’s a two-tiered system for the sexes. Female sexuality is practically unlimited, but it’s not coupled with an expectation of responsibility or agency, or even the minimal requirement to know and clearly communicate one’s own mind. On the other side of the ledger, male sexuality is maximally constrained. In a reversal of biological fortune, men are now expected to be the brakes on sex, even when women directly advertise that they are eager and open to all comers. In the face of “free p****,” to quote one defendant’s vulgar chat message, they must either be rapists or monks…" Matt Vespa at TownHall says I Can't Believe the Media Admitted They Left Out These Cornell Texts in Their Reporting. Collin Rugg @CollinRugg, "NEW: Texts from 'Jane Doe' following the alleged "r*pe" show her calling the incident a "gamgbang," saying it was "our body our choice," according to TMZ. Doe also appeared to console the man (who she later accused of r*pe). "aw jonathan i really appreciate this text... i don't think we should feel any shame for the part. our body our choice asf," Doe said, according to TMZ. Doe also appeared to acknowledge that a fourth person was involved in the encounter. She also said they were "super out of it."..."

Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, reports the Montana AG Asks Supreme Court to Revive Case Against DEI Training That Allegedly Declared ‘All Caucasians’ Racist. At CFACT, Feds defy Supreme Court ban on labeling every puddle a ‘protected wetland’. Bureaucrats are gonna be bureaucrats as long as their not held to account, and then maybe a little longer.

At Am Great, DOJ Launches Antitrust Investigation Into Major TV Networks Over White House Coverage Boycott. "DoJ officials contacted the networks Friday, requesting communications and documents concerning the coordinated suspension of coverage." Did they conspire, or was it a decision they all made separately?

The Manhattan Contrarian looks at Two Versions Of The Story of the ICE Arrest In Far Uptown Manhattan that Ended In Shooting: Dave Strom says As New York Politicians Complain About ICE Shooting, They Ignore That It Is Their Fault. New York Post @nypost, "NY rejects 16,000 Trump ICE detainers for illegal migrants accused or convicted in over 52,000 crimes https://trib.al/wlDa7cB."
DHS, DHS Issues Statement After ICE Arrests Illegal Alien from Nigeria Who Exposed Himself in Public While Working for Congressional Campaign in Pennsylvania.

At Campus Reform, Gallup: Belief in college importance hits record low. From the College Fix, Harvard will stop granting internships to foreign law students and Publisher removes 200 papers University of Chicago statistician wrote in under 1 year. "Scholars say situation adds to larger concerns about AI usage producing high volume, low quality articles." But, are they right? If he's using AI to publish junk that wasn't actually done, throw him out. But if he's using AI just to do the bullshit work of writing, and getting real work published, more power to him.

From the National Interest, France’s Riots Stem from a Deep Rot, and a lot of Muslim immigrants. John Davidson at Da Fed observes In France And Britain, Multiculturalism Is Leading To Authoritarianism. Buck Throckmorton at Ace's takes from From Peter Clack - “A society dismantled simultaneously by energy delusion and the abandonment of its sovereign borders.” From VodkaPundit at Insty, THE GOOD NEWS, MR. POTENTIAL ASYLUM-SEEKER, IS THAT THE GAZA ARABS MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY BUILDINGS LEFT TALL ENOUGH TO BOTHER THROWING YOU OFF OF…:

🇪🇸 A member of the Spanish LGBTQ+ community, draped in a Palestinian flag, says he'll seek political asylum in Gaza if the right wins the election 🙄 https://t.co/JfOgbmFzrk

— Prof. Math & CS (@Zeev81309559) October 12, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Talarico Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

Matt Margolis at PJM, Journalist Puts Talarico on the Clock, Threatens to Expose Where He Really Was. At Twitchy, 'You Tell Them OR WE WILL': Nick Sortor Drops the Biggest TIK-TOK We've Ever Seen on James Talarico. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "Good morning, @JamesTalarico! Would YOU like to reveal where you *actually* were these past couple weeks, or should me and @RheinAmacher do it? Please let us know by 1pm ET today! Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Kyle Becker at RedState, says the Mystery of 'Missing' Talarico May Be Solved After Journo Seemingly 'Confirms' Whereabouts. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment. While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS. The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful. And Talarico clearly can’t handle it. I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on." The hospital denies it, however. Matt Vespa at TownHall wants to know Was James Talarico Admitted to a Mental Health Facility in Ohio? Matt Margolis, Audio Appears to Confirm Talarico’s Stay at Mental Health Facility; Campaign Denies It and Talarico FINALLY Speaks, and I Think He Just Made Things Worse. Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll, "Texas Senate Update - The Ohio mental health center denies treating James Talarico" Quote Lindner Center HOPE @LindnerCtrHope, "Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "I wish I could give the benefit of the doubt on this one, but these are the same people who called us liars and conspiracy theorists for 4 years with Joe Biden. You don't get that grace anymore." Quote Just the News @JustTheNews, "Newly released audio raises questions about Talarico’s absence from campaign trial (sic)." Byron York @ByronYork, "Seems odd that Talarico stayed off the trail for so long because of illness without explaining to the public what was going on. Why not just say, I've got the flu, and I can do some brief virtual appearances, but mostly I need to rest for a while?" Quote NBC News @NBCNews, "Democratic state Rep. James Talarico has been off the trail for 12 days. His campaign says he is suffering from the flu and expected to be back in action this weekend." So, we know he's crazy, but did he actually seek treatment? From Twitchy, Uhh, They're Not Here for You: Team Talarico Tries to Take a Victory Lap at Kacey Musgraves Concert. "We won't deny that some people next to the rail as Talarico made his way to the front row (of course) recognized him and were taking videos. But we're pretty sure that most of the cheers in the arena were for Musgraves. Since, you know, that's who the crowd paid to see." Joe Chalfant at TownHall reveals some Influencers Got Payouts to Post Pro-Talarico Content. ATX data @data_atx, "The Talarico influencer army is NOT organic and real NYTimes report out today says tiktokers are being paid $4 per 1000 views for positive Talarico content Back in the day, the Beto fans posted for free!" So, maybe I'll put up a Talarice ad in a Rule 5 post.

Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "While Nithya Raman is desperately trying to delete videos of her recklessly calling people fascists like a psycho, don’t forget…she called me, a fire victim with zero institutional power, a fascist…all because I wanted to get naked drug zombies into rehab so my kids don’t have to see psychos jack off in public. She is just the worst." Quote TheBlaze @theblaze, "LA mayoral candidate Nithya Raman says Spencer Pratt represents “fascism” and calls him “Mini Trump”" Will she be worse than Zohran? Scott McKay at Am Spec calls him The Enemy Within, "Mamdani certainly sounds like he’s in league with the enemy." Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal explains The Quiet Rise of Democratic Socialism: How DSA Built Power Across America. I&I explores the question What Do South Americans Know That U.S. Voters Don’t? They tried socialism, and it made things worse. Bob Hoge at RedState, Liberal Anchor Drops a Clownish Line About Communists. House Majority Whip Steamrolls Him on Air.

Politico crows Wall Street and Big Tech’s blue wave nightmare: Elizabeth Warren working with Republicans. "Warren is likely to chair the Senate Banking Committee if Democrats take back the Senate." The Manhattan Contrarian wonders How Can Democrats Possibly Run On "Affordability"? when seemingly all their policies are designed to make things more expensive? Simple, by lying. To wit, from the Free Bacon, Colorado Dem Manny Rutinel Takes Credit for $350 Million Police Fund Proposed by Conservative Group and Passed by Voters, "‘Manny never once reached out to support the campaign for prop 130, which was a ballot measure passed by voters, not legislators,’ Advance Colorado VP says."

PJM's Kathy Salgado report Iran-Backed Houthis Kill American in Saudi Airport Strike. "At least 12 people died and over 300 suffered injuries after Houthi terrorists struck the airport in Saudi Arabia’s capita, Riyadh. One of the victims was an American." Another good reason to eliminate the Houthis. At Homeland Security Today, Terrorism-Related Encounters Surge at Southwest Ports of Entry, Analysis Finds. Now that the porous border has been hardened. "U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Southwest border ports of entry recorded more than 11,250 “terrorism-related encounters” in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2026 — more than twice as many as in FY 2025 and more than 100 times the previous administration’s record, according to a new analysis by Center for Immigration Studies." 

From Forbes, Russian Anti-Plague Laboratory Death Raises Questions On Biosafety And Global Health. The Russians are acting suspiciously, but then, they always do. At Am Great, the Raw Egg Nationalist (great name BTW) wishes A Plague on Your House: What’s Really Going on in Russia? "Russia claimed its offensive biological weapons program ended with communism, but there’s no clear proof it did." Sundance at CTH sees Zelenskyy Runs to Mark Carney for Support Against Donald Trump, I'm sure they'll be a big help. Oil Price.com warns Europe’s Diesel Woes Just Got Even Worse. "Europe’s diesel supply crunch is worsening, with imports hitting a record September low as China suspends fuel exports and Russian supplies remain constrained." At Breitbart Bus Dig, The Weekly Wrap: People Are Worried About Diesel Prices and AI Crowding Out Everything. Speaking of AI, Sarah Hoyt hosts Artificial Stupidity, The Prodigal Frankenstein’s Monster, and a Dead Irishman- A Guest Post By Thomas Kendal. It's actually pretty good. He thinks the AI companies are blackmailing the government to set their monopolies up by threatening an AI catastrophe in the next year.

Hat Hair's John Stossel defends Trillionaires. As Tom Lehrer sang of the "Old Dope Peddler" doing well by doing good. Sundance warns of A Sovereign Economic World Under Construction to Replace Globalist “Western Market Pricing.” At WUWT, Secretary Brooke Rollins Shepherds Another Anti-ESG Reform for USDA. "Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) enacted sweeping reform that will help heal America’s wounded dairy industry by ensuring that the fees farmers pay to advance farming interests no longer go to advancing ESG-related activities and subsidies often directed by interests outside the United States." 

Hat Hair's Duane Patterson still has high hopes Why the 2026 Midterms Might Fool Us All. 

Da Wire sees New Evidence In The Cornell 7 Case that Completely Blows The Accuser’s Story. "We will go into the text messages and this whole timeline." Kyle Becker sees Bill Maher Goes All-In on Cornell 7 Story. It's Enough to Make You Wonder If Frats Should Be Banned,he's not exactly a fan of free association. "Everything that’s inherently bad about men gets worse if you put them in a fraternity. The drinking gets worse, the cruelty, the treatment of women, the tribalism, the peer pressure, one-upmanship, conformity, segregation, nepotism, bullying, elitism, and just general a**holery — boat shoes, for example." Lisa Britton @LisaBritton, "This Reddit user is right… There’s been a war on male spaces for decades now. Fraternities are one of the last still around. We only hear about the negative things regarding fraternities, never the positives, and there are so many positives. Abolishing fraternities is not the way to go!" At Althouse, "What Cornell Teaches Its Students About Sex/From feminist porn awards to guides on group sex, Cornell has promoted sexual liberation as a virtue." "An article by Jared Lederman, a senior at Cornell, in The Free Press. Lots of links to the University's sex guides, such as "Yes, No, Maybe So: A Sexual Inventory Stocklist"."" Do what you want, you can always blame men in general and President Trump in particular later.

MD Kittle at Da Fed thinks Jack Smith’s Twisting Of Justice Makes The Case For Anti-Weaponization Fund. Prolife Press reports Pritzker Threatened Catholic Doctors Who Refuse Assisted Suicide Until a Federal Judge Stepped In. At Hat Hair, Josh Hammer asserts The Left Has Made It Harder to Kill Christa Pike. She Must Die Anyway.

From NYPo, NYC DSA darling Darializa Avila Chevalier claims it ‘doesn’t even matter’ that gangbanger shot by ICE has violent criminal record. No, but his attempt to run over ICE officers does. Sundance hosts Sunday Talks – DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sets the Record Straight on ICE Shooting in New York. Tyler O'Neil, The Activist Pipeline That Explains Why Biden’s DHS Only Investigated 496 Visa Overstays Despite Getting 3.1M Tips. Tierney's Real News looks at America’s Long History of Removing Threats, "Why the Communist Ban Still Stands and How Sharia Could Be Stopped."

Nick Ballasy at JTN reports DOJ investigating whether media outlets violated antitrust law after refusing pool coverage. "The investigation follows a move last month by the five broadcasters in the White House television pool to stop pool coverage of Trump after the administration restricted CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House." 

Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat, "Andy Burnham is changing the law You will need an I.D to use social media You will no longer need an I.D to vote in elections We can all see what is happening here right?" Greg Lukianoff at the Eternally Radical Idea, Rooster convicted for Shrexting, MN school board censors parents, FIRE sues LA City Council, & more! 

From United with Israel hears Hamas Hails Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Israel Blasts ‘Moral Failure.’ From Ace, The Nobel Peace Prize Is Neither Noble Nor Supportive Of Peace! "Navi Pillay just won the Nobel Peace Prize, and for those of you who are thinking..."Who," (I'm one of them) you would be entirely correct. She is an apparatchik in the international justice racket, first serving as a judge in South Africa..a well-known bastion of the rule of law! She then moved on to the UN, the International Criminal Court, and the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda ... Her record is depressingly consistent, and it is focused not on freedom, but on her 3rd World sensibility of Western responsibility for the ills of the world.And the Nobel Committee gobbles up that sort of crap! Have there been deserving winners? Sure, but just glance at the list of winners and it is obvious that it is usually hyper-political, self-serving, anti-Western, and also impossibly silly." NYPo opines France’s insane student protests are really about a growing radical Muslim population that wants to get rid of democracy. From the College Fix, Several universities cut ties with foreign groups following Department of War audit. 

From CJ, Harvard Medical School vs. Weight Loss, "A recent panel examined how to treat fat patients “more ethically.”" Defense Opinion opines Weak Math means Weaker National Defense. 

If Sophie Cunningham said black players should shut up and no one cared about their opinions, she’d be kicked out of the league in two minutes. But black players can say white players need to shut up? The WNBA is filled with racist morons. https://t.co/dQdPFPiYeY

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 11, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Where in the World is James Talarico?

Suddenly, someone noticed the Democrat candidate for Texas Senator has been missing from the campaign trail for more than a week, and his campaign has been substituting old footage for news to try and paper over his absence. At PJM, Chris Queen wonders Where in the World Is Jimmy Talarico? We Miss Our Favorite Heretic!, Matt Margolis asks Are We Really Supposed to Believe Talarico Has the Flu? and Cathy Salgado thinks Talafreako Is ‘Sick,’ Becerra Is Hiding, and Dems Know Their Candidates Are Too Dumb to Campaign. Jen O'Connell at RedState sees Paxton 'Milk Cartons' Talarico's Absence From the Campaign Trail As Dem's Staffers Let the Mask Slip. Matthew Foldi @MatthewFoldi, "#TXSEN NEWS: In the closing days of James Talarico's race against @KenPaxtonTX, Talarico's own staffers could cause major problems for the Texas Democrat -- in this exclusive footage, one of Talarico's Marxist field organizers explains how she views him as the "vehicle" to push Texas drastically leftward, and that Talarico is actually far more anti-Israel than he publicly claims to be..." Stephen Green @VodkaPundit, "10 days isn't the flu. 10 days is "caught in bed with a live boy AND a dead girl."" At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Trump Texas Trip Targets Talafreako. Trans-Touter? Truant. America @america, "Democrat Nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas James Talarico: “I don't care where you get the revenue, I don't care what taxes you have to raise.”

Scott McLallen at TownHall reports Rogers, El-Sayed Clash in First Michigan Senate Debate. Cathy Salgado again, 'He's Lying!' Rogers Exposes El-Sayed’s Terror Ties and Deception During Debate. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn says If Snippets I'm Seeing of the MI Senate Debate Is How the Whole Thing's Going? YOICKS. RedWave Press @RedWavePress, "OH MY: Mike Rogers takes Abdul El-Sayed to the WOOD CHIPPER, CLAPPING BACK after the Muslim progressive hits him for owning a home in Florida: “He owns a home in the United Arab Emirates. At least Florida’s in the United States.” Alana Goodman @alanagoodman, "El-Sayed refuses to publicly support the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei, because, as he admitted on leaked audio, he doesn't want to alienate radicalized pro-Khamenei/pro-Hezbollah voters in Dearborn. Great questioning from @AudreyFahlberg , one of the few reporters to press El-Sayed on this very important issue!" Quote Audrey Fahlberg @AudreyFahlberg, "There hasn’t been much reporting follow up on @alanagoodman’s scoop about a private Abdul El-Sayed campaign comms strategy call following the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during which he said "there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad" about his death." From Twitchy, OUCH! New Video of El-Sayed Roasting Obama Just Made the Upcoming Campaign Stop AWKWARD. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites El-Sayed: You Know Whose Health Care Policy Stunk and Gave Us Trump, Right? From Ace, El-Sayed, Ready to Campaign with Shit-Fingered Midas, Previously Said Obama Was a Failed President Who Left the Country Off Worse Than When He Found It. "We have something in common with Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed: We agree that the SCOAMF was a disaster." At PJM, VodkaPundit looks at Barack Obama and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad News Cycle. From Da Mail, an Embarrassing blow for Barack Obama as workers at his 'death star' presidential center are already so fed up they're leaving in droves... as stern letter is released.

Hat Hair's Dave Strom notices Mamdani Doesn't Hate Jews Enough for His Supporters... No, he really does, it's just an act. Jarvis @jarvis_best, "He’s gotta be concerned at this point about a primary challenge from his wife." Quote Peter Sterne @petersterne, "Mamdani is stone-faced as the protesters call him a traitor and sellout." The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "You almost have to admire Mamdani. Dude just walks around NYC smiling and shitting on everything because the place is so far gone that he’s untouchable, and he knows it. Like John Gotti wearing a keffiyeh." PJM's Stephen Kruiser, October 7 vs. January 6 — Guess Which Date the Dems Think Is Worse. 

Steve Calabresi at the Volokh Conspiracy explains The Democratic Socialists of America Platform. "The DSA would abolish the police, open borders, socialize medicine, abolish the Department of War, and abolish the Senate." From Da Signal, Bill to Strip DSA of Party Rights Picks Up Steam in DC. “The DSA has made clear that it wants to abolish and fundamentally change the 250-year American experiment of self-government,” Fuller told the Daily Signal. “The organization’s co-chair has confirmed support for abolishing institutions like the Senate, presidency, and Supreme Court, abolishing ICE and our borders, defunding the Pentagon, and mass amnesty for illegal immigrants.” Wake me up when a Democrat signs on. At Quotulatiousness, Central planning also centralizes the importance of “who you know” "Maria Gabriela Chavez holds assets estimated at $4.2 billion, making her Venezuela’s wealthiest individual by a comfortable margin. Her father nationalized over 1,200 private companies between 2002 and 2012."

Matt Margolis thinks These Numbers Should Terrify Democrats Ahead of the Midterms. Which is why they're already talking about the election being stolen (I mean, aside from the usual projection). "when you take a look at how people are actually registering, this is not polling data, compared to where we were eight years ago, Republicans are doing considerably better in what are the swing states, at least normally in presidential elections," Enten said." Don Surber is hopeful Democrats may blow it. "There is a 13% chance they will pick up fewer than 3 seats in the House." "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.." From ¡No Pasaran! Vote Red — Or America's Dead: It's your year to save this country.

The inimitable Kurt Schlichter at TownHall, Trump Has Reset the Strategic Chessboard and People Are Blackpilling? "Oh no, gas is a little more expensive per gallon, and a bunch of Democrats haven’t been thrown into jail yet. I guess the only thing to do is vote for a bunch of communists." At Insty VodkaPundit says BUCKLE UP: "China’s Build Up of Nuclear Forces. ... The Pentagon called it a “strategic breakout” five years ago, and Beijing’s pace has only accelerated since then." Stephen Fleming @StephenFleming, "It’s possible that the First Space War has already started and they’re just not telling us." Quote LeoLabs @LeoLabs_Space "LeoLabs has detected another debris-generating event in orbit. This is the latest in a series of events we've seen over the last 6 months. Together, they point to a worrying trend for space safety and security, and underscore the critical need for persistent sensing."

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald, "The third-place finisher behind Bolsonaro and Lula -- Augusto Cury -- has just come out and endorsed Flavio Bolsonaro in the run-off. Lula's prospects for overcoming his first-round deficit grow dimmer by the day." Quote Sam Pancher @SamPancher, "Augusto Cury has decided to support Flávio Bolsonaro, according to an investigation by @igorgadelham Support video is expected to be released in the next few hours." Time for the lefty judge to jail the son! From Twitchy, European Parliament Displays Statue of Naked, Gold-Plated Trump Called ‘The Orange Plague.’ Wrath Of Gnon @wrathofgnon, "The US should simply remove all military protections and aid to the EU and its member states. What is the point of all this if even the people who tell us loudly they are the good guys can't follow basic human decency?" Naomi Seibt @NaomiSeibt, "A German artist was allowed to display a NAKED TRUMP STATUE at the EU parliament. Meanwhile, it is ILLEGAL to “damage the reputation of a politician” in Germany. Imagine the uproar if Trump put a naked Angela Merkel statue in the White House!" Good idea, let's try it! Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks Rubio's Excellent Speech on Western Civ Is a Rorschach Test. Mark Paolette at Da Fed swears Trump’s Triumphal Arch Completes A Longstanding National Aspiration. I can live with or without it. Just another thing to move when we make Fargo ND the capitol city. At Am Great, the Great Victor Davis Hanson wonders Are We Becoming Gondor? "J.R.R. Tolkien’s vision of a declining Gondor offers a warning for the troubled West—but also a message of hope that renewal remains possible."

Insty calls it SETTING AN EXAMPLE: Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Must see TV. But yeah, there’ll be hating. More public executions please. More executions. Murderers, rapists, terrorists and traitors. (We have quite a few of the latter as yet uncharged. Not a good idea. Charges, executions, get people’s attention.) Gibbeting. Old American and English tradition. Let them rot in public view." Quote wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "The livestreaming of Hasan's execution is likely to generate strong emotions on all sides. Western societies now look away from death, sanitize it, medicalize it and move on. For all its negatives a firing squad puts it right in our face again. It was not always so. ..." InfantryDort @infantrydort, "This monster shot many people. Among them, a pregnant woman who cried out “My baby, my baby!” before she died. In case any of you are feeling sorry for this miserable fuck being executed in 1080p." At Althouse, "We'll make sure that people are able to watch it — that it's public — because people need to understand that there are serious consequences for these types of things.", "Said Pete Hegseth, promising a public execution. ... So we are called to contemplate something that we have long believed to have been abandoned. There is some excitement — I see it in Hegseth's body language — over the return of the spectacle of imposing the death penalty." Twitchy, TDS Accounts Try to Dunk on Pete Hegseth Running With Troops and Faceplant on the Previous SecDef. The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller, "This is the funniest shit of all time… wait for it… Quote FactPost @factpostnews, "Pete Hegseth trails behind the crowd while running with troops in San Diego." Bravo Charlie Mike @brent_maz, "Can you run? Or are you pointing out that the mid-40’s side doesn’t run as fast as the 20 something’s?"

505 days after Elon’s decline and fall… He’s the World’s first trillionaire and National Medal of Science Award winner. The Media truly does suck. https://t.co/9eceZ1x5Oz

— C3 (@C_3C_3) October 8, 2026

The Free Bacon highlights how Wall Street Journal vs. Treasury Secretary Bessent Erupts as Pre-Election Blood Feud. At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Trump Tightens SNAP Requirements As Nick Shirley Demonstrates EBT Fraud.

The Chicago Boyz, About That Night in Cornell "Third, the timing of the claim is suspicious. I know her suit was technically filed in September, but coming as it does shortly before an election it qualifies as an “October Surprise.”" Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis, "100% convinced that Cornell is little more than a Democrat psyop weeks before a midterm election that’s shaping up to be brutal for them." Quote Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog, "So the Cornell accuser called it a “gang bang,” specifically stated that nothing illegal occurred, and said “our body our choice.” Ok. Case closed. Let’s move on to the next hoax please." Lisa Britton @LisaBritton, "When I got into an argument with the late Senator Dianne Feinstein in front of a room full of constituents, accusing her and the party of using women (their pain and trauma) to get votes, this is the kind of stuff I was referring to." Quote Women's March @womensmarch "The epidemic of sexual violence holds auditions in the frat house and does prime time in the White House. Cornell and LSU are not exceptions, they are examples of rape culture on campuses and communities across the country. Thursday, we bring the rage about this case and many..." Matt Vespa at TownHall, sees The Cornell Case Takes Another Turn, and Letitia James Is Involved. Lauren Conlin @conlin_lauren, "SCOOP: CORNELL SEVEN: Gillio Lopes, one of the seven men accused in Jane Doe’s civil lawsuit, has filed an Article 78 challenge looking to REMOVE NY Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the criminal investigation. His attorneys argue James showed bias toward Jane Doe in a Sept. 28 social media post, three days before Gov. Hochul appointed her to lead the reopened criminal investigation. Lopes wants the appointment overturned and a different prosecutor assigned. A judge has not yet ruled. More details via @lamag shortly." alexandriabrown @alexthechick, "As someone who has spent 30 years *stares bleakly into the distance* serving defendants, it is basic, basic competence to make sure you have the right address for the defendant. In a case of this notoriety, there is no excuse for failing to make sure that is the right person." Quote Michael Tracey @mtracey, "Jane Doe lawyer Thomas Giuffra was already notorious for not doing basic due diligence to check stuff in his sensational rape-alleging lawsuits. Now he's got a random Marine he tried to serve, because he happens to have the same name as a defendant, begging the Court for relief..." AG @AGHamilton29, "This is part of why I said the public mob mentality on here based on allegations in a lawsuit was extremely inappropriate and unhelpful. The texts directly contradict claims in the lawsuit. We don’t know what’s true, but that’s why people should wait for the facts." Quote TMZ @TMZ, "EXCLUSIVE: Cornell alleged sexual assault, Jane Doe says "gangbang ... our body our choice." We can't wait for the facts! There's an election coming! Stacy McCain sees The Wrong Matthew Ingalls, the Correct ‘Jane Doe’ and the Cornell 7 Case and finds Amanda Marcotte ‘A Reliable Barometer of Wrongness’ on the Cornell case and just in general. He also outs 'Jane Doe.' Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "I almost literally cannot think of a worse idea than paying college women tens of thousands of dollars to make Cornell-quality rape claims." Quote New York Post @nypost, "NYS lawmaker pitches bill to give sex assault victims tuition reimbursement in wake of Cornell 7 case." From the Free Bacon, Cornell’s President Misses the Point—In a Telling Way; "'Body autonomy' is not the key issue." Lisa Britton @LisaBritton, "When you realize that most of “female empowerment!” is actually big business in many ways, then the escalating gender war starts to make more sense." Quote Christina Buttons @buttonslives, "She’s right of course. There really is a campus rape industry whose objective is to convince women they’ve been raped. There’s an entire ecosystem of advocacy groups, lawyers, researchers, victim-services programs, and the Title IX bureaucracy that has a financial and..." Quote Heather Mac Donald @HMDatMI, "A real rape victim is not going to initiate friendly (and possibly sexual) contact again with her alleged rapist, as Jane Doe did. ..."

Susie Moore at RedState hears ‘Make the Supreme Court Say It Twice’: Roberts Blocks 4th Circuit's Extraordinary Election Order. At Shooting News Week, With Yesterday’s SCOTUS Denial, Concealed Carry Reciprocity is Now Up to Congress. At Da Caller Harold Hutchinson says Anti-Gunners Reveal Motive Behind Their Under-The-Radar Involvement In Supreme Court Climate Case. They want lefty cities setting national policy. Also from Da Caller, DOJ Seeking Criminal Indictment Of Cassidy Hutchinson Over Jan. 6 Testimony.

At Twitchy, Norm Macdonald Meme Plays Out in MN As ‘Journo’ Frets Over Somali Gangs Being Called ‘Somali Gangs.’ Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "So basically, we took his family in from Somalia, cared for them, allowed them to stay here PERMANENTLY, and how does their son repay us? BY ATTEMPTING TO KlLL 60 NON-MUSLIMS AT THE MALL The “melting pot” experiment has failed. SEND THEM ALL BACK!" amanda @amandatalks__, with a Friendly reminder that the most ISIS recruits in the entire country during the height of the caliphate came from this cluster of buildings in Minneapolis." Ace says Don't Call Them Somali Gangs. Call Them Well-Armed Doctors and Engineers. "The Somali community, and the left generally, continues to rage that Somali gang members are called Somali gang members. They want them called "American" gang members. And they insist that the problem isn't Somalis, it's just guns. FoxNews..."

Mary Chastain at LI, Trump Admin Suspends Microsoft, Others From PERM Program Over Alleged Visa Abuse. "JD Vance: “In other words, if you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants.”" From Da Caller, White House Suspends Microsoft From Green Card Program Over H-1B Fraud. Dave Strom says BOOM! Administration Shutting Down Foreign Worker Flow to Companies That Abuse Programs. Ace, Citing Microsoft's Practice of Laying Off American Workers and Replacing Them With H-1B "Indentured Servants," Trump Suspends Microsoft's Ability to Use the Green Card Program. "Niiiiice. Should have been done long ago. Hit Disney next. The terrorist-aligned AP is sad."

Mary Chastain, Trump Admin Investigating Nine Universities for Alleged Visa Fraud. “We will investigate whether foreign influence, improper financial relationships, or visa abuse are compromising federally funded research.” Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "@USLaborIG: "I am announcing a historic investigation into the J-1 visa fraud involving nine major American universities — Pit, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Brown, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT. Subpoenas have been served; investigations are underway.""

From Twitchy, WHOA. Never Seen THAT Before: ABC So SCREWED UP Their Trump and Sons Hit Piece They Just DELETED It. Brent Scher @BrentScher, "Damn, ABC completely took this down. No editor’s note, no nothing, just deleted." Quote Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind, "ABC News reported that AI defense company Anduril Industries, a company in which Donald Jr.’s 1789 Capital has a major investment, was awarded a multi-billion deal announced by Trump on Tuesday, and had been awarded 135 other contracts with the government." John Sexton sees The NYTimes Offers a Defense of the Prairieland Antifa Gang. Adam Carolla @adamcarolla, "All the liars and hustlers want to move on." Quote Dr Charlie Ward @DrcharlieWardQ, "MUST WATCH : CNN’s Dana Bash: “I really want to move on [from talking about the mistakes during COVID] HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “Of course you want to move because you were part of the problem.”"

Althouse finds The Nobel Peace Prize as a "grotesque weaponization of an award to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice." "I'm reading "Live Updates: Human Rights Lawyer Navi Pillay Is Awarded Nobel Peace Prize/Ms. Pillay has served as a judge in her native South Africa and on international courts investigating war crimes. She led a U.N. panel that determined that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected" (NYT):" Cathy Salgado explains Why Anti-Israel Is Anti-American: We Face the Same Enemy. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Hamas Disappointed Leftists Don't Believe They Massacred Jews After They Went To All The Trouble To Livestream It."

At Da Signal, France Bowed by School Riots.This has very little to do with schools and a lot to do with mass immigration. The 74, wonders Do Americans Worry About Schools Becoming Too White? Too Asian? "Hartney: New survey finds Republicans and Democrats support merit-based admissions, but they react very differently depending on which groups benefit." Jonathan Turley dissects The Education Cartel and the Blue State School Scam. "Families and students have become largely irrelevant to an education cartel, a self-sustaining, self-perpetuating political alliance of unions and politicians."

Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "British teen arrested after Facebook post criticizing British politician for being on his phone instead of working The new Britain ladies and gentlemen Illegals are murdering people in the street but Facebook posts can get you arrested." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Seems like a reasonable expectation, given…" Quote The English Crusader @andrewc44104127, "ARE THEY PLANNING TO PUT THE ARMY ON THE STREETS OF BRITAIN? Our Source | Warned us that a regiment that has been waiting to deploy all year abroad, has had their plans cancelled, and the whispers in the chain of command is it is because they think there is going to be major civil unrest. Meaning, they are keeping the regiment in the UK to deploy on UK streets if needed, and if there is their massive civil unrest. This is highly unusual and not normal. We went and did research and there are in fact multiple regiments that have been waiting to deploy abroad, having their plans cancelled..." Mrs. Rutter ™ @lindarutter, ""I never thought I'd live to see the day when the right wing would become to cool ones giving the middle finger to the establishment, and the left wing become the sniveling self-righteous twatty ones going around shaming everyone." ~John Lydon AKA Johnny Rotten The Sex Pistols"

Kyle Becker at RedState thinks Caitlin Clark Gets the 'Last Laugh' on WNBA After Her Team Is Eliminated. Christine Brennan @cbrennansports, "A bit of good news for the WNBA: Instead of losing 55% of TV audience when Fever go out (info below), the drop for semis Game 1 vs Game 1 of Fever-Aces a week earlier is 44-47%: 2.11M Fever-Aces ABC 1.17M Liberty–Dream ABC 1.12M Aces–Valkyries NBC/Peacock All Sun vs NFL games." Quote Christine Brennan @cbrennansports, "There’s joy among anti-CC WNBA fans but no joy among TV execs and sponsors. Sad reality hits the W with Fever now out: based on three seasons of viewership data, when Caitlin Clark leaves, half of W’s TV audience leaves as well. Maybe this month is different? From On Her Game:" But they don't really care because the WNBA is supported mostly by the NBA.

There's still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.07.26 and In The Mailbox: 10.08.26. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: A Winning Homestand up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.