Flotsam and Jetsam - Bloodbath in Tech Stocks in Wake of Midterms

Driscoll at Insty notices REALITY SETS IN: Chip stocks slaughtered as Wall Street suffers worst post-midterm day since 1896. "Related:" <- Dave Strom says Thanks, Democrats: Tech Stocks Getting Creamed. From Ace, Unexpectedly, Stock Markets Crash After Communist Victory. The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "Looks like we got a red wave after all."

Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii, "Trump seems very chill about the midterm losses because he realizes there won't be much difference between Republicans or Democrats being in control of the Senate." Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee, "House and Senate Republicans should take full advantage of our majorities while we still have them." Quote Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "Mike Lee is right. Stay in session. Cancel the vacation. Confirm all 135 of President Trump's nominees before Schumer gets the gavel." Of course Thune won't. Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "THIS: President Trump just shared Joel Pollak's take on last night, and it is the only one worth reading. "Securing the border is ugly. Fighting Iran is costly. Taking on special interests upsets donors. Backing AI scares people." "Tonight, Republicans paid the costs. The benefits will be with us for many generations." Weak Republicans campaign on what is easy. Trump governs on what is NECESSARY. One bad night does not undo a secure border." At PJM Chris Queen warns Don't Shrink Back: Our Fight Is Just Beginning, Jen Rust says Let's Win Our Country Back One Neighbor at a Time. Duane Patterson at Hat Hair asks Where to Now, St. Peter? Can You Show Me Which Road I'm On? and Dave Strom says Don't Underestimate the Importance of Tariffs As an Election Issue. Brianna Lyman at Da Fed warns Republicans Learned Nothing From 2006 About Midterms And Foreign Wars. At PollVault, Sean Trende asks Did Re-Redistricting Actually Hurt Republicans?, "Hear me out on this one." I think so, for instance, I think they cut many Texas districts too thin, betting that Hispanics Trump won in 2024 would stay in the fold. 

At PJM Eric Florack reacts, Vance Wants an ‘Honest Conversation'? Fine, Here’s One and Stephen Kruiser sees that After the Blue Wave, Ron DeSantis Has Entered the 2028 GOP Chat. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair hears DeSantis Brought the Fire Over Senate GOP, and I'm Here for It. Sundance at CTH, says ICYMI DeSantis Continues Scorching Earth Midterm Review Preparing for 2028 Race. Nick Arama at RedState hears Rubio Weigh in on Whether He's Leaving Admin With the Perfect Answer “I don’t know where these things come from, to be honest with you,” he said of the reports.“I love the work I’m doing,” Rubio added. “And plus I always laugh when they say he’s going to leave his job. I go, ‘Which one?’” Hat Hair's John Sexton reports Justice Alito Says He's Not Retiring.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites Axios: Trump Teeing Up Hegseth As Scapegoat; Trump Denies. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: Rep. Thomas Massie announces he will BRING A VOTE to IMPEACH SecWar Pete Hegseth next week unless he resigns "There is one contingency in which I won’t reintroduce the articles of impeachment: Hegseth resigns." This ACTUALLY going anywhere requires 67 US Senators after the House vote. The new Democrat landslide majority is not seated until January 2027 More USELESS BS." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, " THREAD: The true reason Pete Hegseth is being targeted is because he's standing between President Trump and a coup
@PeteHegseth named the institutions... CFR, Brookings, the general class... in 37 seconds in a video by @Liz_Wheeler . Within 72 hours of his nomination, a color revolution planning document cited him as an insider threat. They didn't go after him because of drinking. They didn't go after him because of women. They went after him because every color revolution manual ever written says the same thing: you cannot topple a government unless the security forces defect. And a loyal Secretary of Defense is the one person who makes sure they don't. I have the receipts. Their own documents. Their own training sessions. Their own words on camera. As always, patience as I pull together the thread." In an X article Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius argues Pete Hegseth for President. "my choice for President in 2028? Pete Hegseth. That’s right. You heard me. Pete Freaking Hegseth for President! I know he says he is not running. I don’t care, let’s draft him. He has my support for two reasons: (1) I believe he is the only major GOP figure who can hold the MAGA coalition together and actually make it grow and (2) as Secretary of War he has shown himself to be a bold executive capable of making tough decisions that lead to genuine, positive organizational change in our government." I had doubts about Hegseth when he was nominated, but so far I can't argue with anything that I can see he's done.

¡No Pasaran! says FIRST ELON, THEN YOU: “If the Democrats are willing to pick this type of fight with someone like Musk, why would they show mercy to any of the rest of us?” John Sexton, He Opposed Them. Now He Must Pay. Like Muslims, Liberal want to kill people who have abandoned their religion. Don Surber, wonders about The attack on SpaceX, "Do they want to nationalize it to end Twitter or to end the space program again?" Embrace the healing power of 'and.' Jonathan Turley is disgusted, “Lawyer Up”: Democrats Prepare to Unleash Political Rage in Congress. Dave Strom warns You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet When It Comes to Democrat Revenge Tour and First Lawfare Target: James O'Keefe for the dastardly crime of showing how easy it is to commit voter fraud in Minnesota. Dan McCarthy at RCP sees Lawfare Runs Amok From Brazil to Poland. Shooting News Week wonders After the GOP Wipeout, are We About to See a New 2020-Style Gun-Buying Surge? From Twitchy, 'Good Luck Keeping Your Guns': Jamie Raskin Makes Universal Gun Registration a Top Dem Priority. Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "The melting wax statue of Bill Nye with a blonde wig laughs uncontrollably over the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk and killing him twice. These are not democrats. These are communists. And they are evil. We have a communist violence problem."

From Space.com, Trump declares 'American space superiority for all eternity' in election night proclamation. Ward Clark at RedState sees a US Manufacturing Renaissance: Factories Are Coming Home. At the Breitbart Bus Dig, Tariffs Are Bringing Down the Trade Deficit While Allowing the AI Boom to Continue. NYPo Voters reject data centers in nearly 50 ballot initiatives during midterms in major setback to AI bigwigs. Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Interesting." Quote Gavin Baker @GavinSBaker, "The governor-elect of Texas, Gina Hinojosa, has explicitly said that all currently permitted datacenters in Texas will be allowed to finish construction. This essentially covers all of the 2027 and likely well into 2028. She is going to pass laws that ensure that all *newly* permitted datacenters going forward for delivery in 2028/2029 will pay taxes, commit to no increase in power prices for consumers, don’t impact water availability for people, be constructed with union labor and give “Texans a seat at the table.” Sounds reasonable. She doesn’t want to lose a lot of good blue collar jobs and property taxes for small towns in rural Texas..." Cynically, sundance notices Mission Accomplished – As Expected, Gas and Diesel Prices Begin Dropping. Susie Crabtree at RCP, sees California’s Billionaires Exhale as Prop 40 Goes Down.

CNBC reluctantly reports Russia confirms new Ukraine peace talks as Melania Trump prepares to host ceasefire meeting. Sundance hosts First Lady Melania Trump Delivers Remarks with Representatives from Russia and Ukraine and Zelensky Awards First Lady Melania Trump one of Ukraine’s Highest Honors. Flattery won't get you the Donbas or Crimea. 

Beege Welborn has A Haitian Update, Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "BREAKING: Bukele announces that El Salvador has launched a military operation in Haiti. The goal is to free 4 Salvadoran citizens kidnapped by the Haitian gangs. Bukele threatens that El Salvador will eradicate the Haitian gangs if they hurt the kidnapped men: “I want you, the gang leaders, to understand one thing very clearly… Today's attack is nothing compared to what is coming if we do not get all 4 hostages back alive. Do not take our word for empty threats. We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador and we can finish you too” 

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Given that the pending Democratic majorities in the House and Senate will be largely impotent, I’m also looking forward to them demonstrating how destructive, dangerous and idiotic they would be with actual power. The downside is, a vast swath of the American electorate is also dangerously destructive and idiotic, and will see the flailing as epic, heroic, righteous. Then, there’s the electorate’s vast swath of illegal aliens, dead people and homeless stumblebums filing multiple mail-in ballots who can be relied upon to vote Democratic no matter what." Quote Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "I encourage Democrats in this endeavor. It’s important for them to make as many enemies as possible leading up to 2028." At Da Mail, The rise of America's far left: Warnings rage over new wave of radical socialists... now insiders say: Prepare for a Democrat civil war. PJM's Rick Moran thinks The Democratic 'Civil War' Is Over. The Crazies Won. NYPO's Isaac Schorr has hopes Democrats’ blue wave may crash into a dead end. At Hat Hair, a Larry vid argues Schumer, Jeffries Realize They Might Be in Over Their Heads. VodkaPundit at PJM, This Is How Pelosi Ends: Not With a Bang But With a Weirdo. 

Althouse is desperately trying to sell the "moderate" Democrat idea, "Victories by moderates in competitive or Republican-leaning states and districts paved the way for large new Democratic majorities likely to be shaped by their priorities.", "That's the subheadline for a NYT article titled "Moderate Democrats Increase Their Numbers, and Their Clout."", Did moderates do so well in the elections because people were getting their information from talking to A.I.? and "He is my age. He sounded like I could have talked to him myself. He’s somebody normal, like me." "Said Tristan Waumsley, 35, of Richmond, Texas, "who voted straight Democratic at the state level for the first time in his life," quoted in "Fed Up With Politics and Struggle, Young Voters Rose Up/Young people powered Democratic candidates, joining global demands for generational change from a cohort weary of older people sitting on jobs and devouring resources" (NYT)." Cruadin@cruadin, "James Talarico got more 'votes' than any Democrat candidate has EVER gotten in Texas history. He got 500,000 more 'votes' than Kamala Harris got two years ago in a Presidential election year. The demographics of Texas have not changed significantly in two years. You can talk about gas prices, or Iran, or Trump's personality until the cows come home, this still seems ... odd, to say the least." Jonathan Turley notes a Poll: More Democrats Now Support Socialism Over Capitalism. So much for moderation. RNCResearch @RNCResearch, "DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer won’t say how much Democrats' far-Left agenda would cost taxpayers: ROMER: “There’s no like one solid number…” FOX: If you can just give me a basic number… ROMER: “I’m not going to give you a solid number!”" NPR admits Does the blue wave mean lower gasoline and diesel prices soon? Don't hold your breath. Larry O'Connor at TownHall sees Democrats Are About to Throw Out the Electoral College Without Touching the Constitution with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

Ashley Rindsberg @AshleyRindsberg, "Everyone wants to weigh in with their Most Astute Take™ on the midterms. But no one wants to even factor in the glaringly obvious: the US has been under the most sustained information attack by foreign states in decades, if not generations..." Dave Strom, It Begins: Newly Elected Muslim Legislators Give Their Victory Speeches in Foreign Languages. HonestReporting @HonestReporting, "1/6 Abdul El-Sayed's confrontation with @SkyNews was shocking. But watch what happened when other journalists questioned Michigan's newly elected senator. Muslim Brotherhood ties. Accusations of bias. Aggressive exchanges. Here's what the cameras captured." Quote Sky News @SkyNews "Michigan's Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed confronted @jamesmatthewsky, telling him he wouldn't answer his questions as he wants "zero" votes in the UK. Watch the heated exchange between the two." From Ace, Muslim Brotherhood Congratulates Abdulrhaman Mohamed El-Sayed for Working on Behalf of "the Islamic World" by Working Within "the [Infidel] Political System" "Huh! And I was told it was racist to say that Abdulrhaman Mohamed El-Sayed was working on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood for international Islam." At Da Caller, First Palestinian Elected To State Celebrates With Palestinian Flag, Forgets American Flag. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei @MKhamenei_ir, "The process of the US's collapse has accelerated." Beege Welborn observes Philly Jew Haters Have a Little Kristallnacht 'Boycott' Bike Hike Planned for Jewish Restaurants. Mediaite asks Where’s the Press? Explicitly Antisemitic Protest in Philadelphia Has Zero Media Interest. Mazelit Airaksinen, FIRED: Violin Teacher Who Called Jews “Gremlins,” Threatened Jewish Journalist, "“Do not mention me in your article by name or you will pay dearly” said Drew Martin Youmas, a Kingston, NY, violin teacher."

From the Free Bacon, Express Service: California AG Mysteriously Reinstates Deadbeat Charity Controlled by Code Pink Activist Medea Benjamin, Despite Missing $54 Million. "The lightning-quick reinstatement came after Benjamin’s charitable foundation didn’t file a tax return for at least four years." Constituent services. Ace sees Greasy Governor Gavin Newsom Makes It Official: All 500+ Loathsome Murderers on California's Death Row Will be Spared the Death Penalty. "He commuted their sentences. California hasn't executed a prisoner since 2006." And Incompetent, Uneducated Boob and Socialist Nithiya Raman Has been Elected the Final Mayor of the City Formerly Known as Los Angeles, "Say Goodbye to Hollywood."

Tim O'Brien at PJM reports DOJ’s Harmeet Dhillon Decides to Leave Washington and Return to Private Practice ""I resigned three weeks ago, and Susie (Wiles) asked me to please wait until after the midterms," Dhillon said, confirming that she formally submitted her resignation on November 5, Fox News reported. According to reports, Dhillon said she thought she had achieved everything she had wanted to achieve since deciding to come to Washington after President Donald Trump won a second term and invited her to join his administration." Susie Moore at RedState, Harmeet Dhillon Resigns From DOJ. Capt. Ed, Dhillon Resigns From DOJ After Midterm Rebuke. "This will put the White House in a tough position, as it now faces a (very) hostile Senate for any new appointments. It may be possible to push through a replacement in this session of Congress, but Thune will have to work fast, and he may have a couple of more rush jobs coming down Pennsylvania Avenue as well." Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "My guess is — Harmeet Dhillon found out yesterday she was not going to be nominated to the open Deputy AG position. She has been in a months-long battle to move up inside DOJ." Sundance, "Following a very predictable political outcome," Harmeet Dhillon Resigns as Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division "Dhillon was previously Team DeSantis. She will resurface thusly."

At Quotulatiousness High-trust societies "On the social media site formerly known as Twitter, Eva Chipiuk points out that high-trust societies can only absorb a small proportion of immigrants from low-trust cultures before the society begins losing some of the advantages of being a high-trust culture." From the Chronic, When the Gate Came Off Its Hinges "Illegal immigration activists are more motivated than ever to return to their plan of turning the United States into the world’s migrant shelter."

Some schadenfreude for John Sexton, Salon Is No More, Pass the Champagne. Ace, After 31 Years of Failure, Amateur Clickbait Hate-Site Salon Announces That They Are Shutting Down and Will Miss Their Six Readers, "Oh no! Anyway." A very Driscolly post at Insty, with lots of fine examples of their jounolism: SALON SINGS SWAN SONG: Goodbye from Salon.

 And yet another thing from T Beckett Adams ... The Fake News We Don’t Talk About (Enough). Drew Holden @DrewHolden360, "Thread: Of all the dumb things the media does, one of the worst is claiming that something the Left finds hard to believe is a “conspiracy theory.” Eventually such suggestions fall apart, as has been the case with the idea that it was a racist conspiracy to say Ilhan Omar might’ve married her brother. Remember?" Joe Concha @JoeConchaTV, "“it took *us*…" Quote Jorge Bonilla @BonillaJL, "CNN's Kasie Hunt laments "it took us years to get" to a blue wave midterm against Trump."Reddit Lies @reddit_lies, "I love how Redditors can't even find an image of Conservatives melting down so they just photoshopped a Maga hat on the crying liberal from Trump's first inauguration. Total cultural victory." VodkaPundit at Insty, SELLING OUT FOR FUN AND PROFIT: Frank McCormick @CBHeresy, "The real winners last night were the podcasters who spent the last two years sowing discord among conservatives and now get to spend the next two cashing in on the division they helped create." From the Daily Econ, The West’s Free Speech Consensus Is Fracturing.

Sundance reports Russell Brand Found Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault in London Case. Ace, Russell Brand Found Guilty of One Count of Rape and Three Counts of Sexual Assault, "Obnoxious, compulsive man plays with matches all of his life and gets singed." AshleyRindsberg @AshleyRindsberg, "NIH gave grants to Chinese labs to make super-viruses but won't give a grant to a leading scientist because he was falsely accused of sexual misconduct." Quote Kat Rosenfield @katrosenfield, "I thought I knew every horrible thing about this story, but it was not until I read @neerajadeshp's interview with Sabatini that I realized how total his unpersoning was x.com/PirateWires/st…" Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "Every critic of gay marriage said this was the logical outcome; virtually every mainstream proponent of gay marriage assured us it would never happen. And here we are." Quote New York Post @nypost, "California city makes history allowing throuples, foursomes to legally register as partners." John Sexton notes Colorado's New Governor Wants to Slow-Walk Ballot Initiatives on Trans Issues.

From the College Fix, ‘Republicans should be shot’: Trans student tackles College Republican at University of Utah and Justice Department to review Duke medical school for allegedly discriminating against white, Asian students. Campus Reform reports AAUP backs only Democrats in historic midterm endorsements and 98.5% of political donations from Northeastern University faculty members went to left-wing candidates.

VodkaPundit at Insty with one of his DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Why is my A student failing algebra? "Adriana Aviles’ son was an A student in math in New York City K-8 schools, she tells David Spector of the New York Post. He got into a top high school. But her honor-roll student is failing algebra. She tried to help him study. “He stared blankly at the page, completely puzzled by the material. He was completely thrown off by equations that contained fractions.” He scored a 10 out of 100 on the test...."

And more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.05.26.

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 - Halloween Edition

I'm going as Dan Sullivan. No middle initial. PJM's Cathy Salgado hears Trump Calls for Disqualification and Prosecution of Peltola, ‘Decoy Dan’ in Alaska Senate Race. Twitchy notes Chuck Todd Defends Dem Name Trick in AK—Until He's Reminded When the GOP Did It They Went to Prison. Chuck Todd @chucktodd, "Careful assuming only one side does these things. See FL GOP and the state senate in 2020. The question is whether there is a big enough constituency that either believes politics should be better than this or whether most folks assume politics is this cut throat and it’s just..." Quote Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank "The Kennedys doing underhanded things is an old American tradition." pmcallFreeAafia FreeKhan Pardon Assange/Snowden @pmcall, "Those Republicans in Florida were also arrested, tried & sent to prison. Thank you for letting us know what should happen to the Democrats who were involved in this scheme in Alaska." The Federalist @FDRLST, "Lyman: Dems Claim Voter ID Is Too Confusing But Not ‘Decoy Dan’ Ballot Trick." Drew Holden at Holden Court says Stop Pretending Voter Fraud Doesn’t Exist. "It isn’t a conspiracy theory, and voters know it."At Althouse, Darkness on the eve of election, "The view from Memeorandum — where I've gone for many years to see an overview of the day's talked about headlines — is a non-view:"  Shipwreckedcrew is the Lawsplainer: California Officials Will Be Federal Prosecuted If They Ignore Evidence Of Ineligible Aliens Voting In Federal Elections "The Ninth Circuit Appeals Court has recognized that ”deliberate ignorance” when “aiding and abetting” others to commit crimes satisfies the “knowledge” element in criminal cases."

VodkaPundit at Insyt says SOCIALISM IS JUST PEOPLE WHO NEVER DID ANYTHING ORDERING AROUND THE PEOPLE WHO DO THINGS UNTIL NOTHING GETS DONE.  At the Victory Girls, Haley Stevens’ Fiancé Goes Red and Leaves Her Seeing Blue. "Michigan Democrat Rep. Haley Stevens is in quite the political pickle. Her fiancé, Jason Turkish, is a lifelong Democrat. But he’s voting for Republican Mike Rogers in the Senate race. Turkish accuses Democratic nominee Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed of putting Michigan’s Jewish community at risk. El-Sayed also happens to be the man who defeated Stevens in the primary. And she’s still backing him. Talk about a house divided." The NYPo Ed board is concerned; Hochul just confessed: She’ll give Mamdani his tax hikes next year. America @america, "Democrat Texas Senate Nominee James Talarico: “The Supreme Court needs to be overhauled… I am open to a discussion about expanding the number of justices.”" PJM's Matt Margolis says come and get it, And Here It Is: Proof That Talarico Is a Pervert! On Friday, our sister site Townhall reported that an email address belonging to Talarico appears in leaked records from the 2011 breach of Fling.com, an adult dating site. The profile tied to that address used the username "mohawk787" and listed its interests as "FETISH," "GROUPSEX," "SEXUAL RELATIONS," "ONLINE FLIRTING," and "OTHER." He'd be far from the first perv in Congress. Talarico's campaign claims it was a computer hack. 

Stephen Kruiser at PJM, NYT — Yeah, Obama Totally Knew About Omar's Immigration Incest. Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "The Ilhan Omar "married her brother" story was originally broken by @realDSteinberg at the @powerlineUS blog and @PJMedia_com in 2018. Media covered it only to try to bury it. It was treated as a conspiracy theory. Now we know the feds knew it in 2016." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "DHS Agents Seize Ilhan Omar's Phone But Decide To Let Her Keep Pager."

Elon Musk @elonmusk, "My biggest concern is that if there is a clean sweep by Democrats of the House, Senate and Presidency in 2028, they will: 1. Make DC and Puerto Rico states to gain a strong majority in the Senate. 2. Open the borders and legalize everyone living in America illegally to cement a permanent majority. 3. Increase the size of the Supreme Court to gain an immediate majority. This would result in America becoming a permanent one-party state and the end of democracy in any meaningful sense of the word. All that is needed to ensure this doesn’t happen is 51 Republican senators in 2029. That is why you should vote for Republican senators this election. Other reasons are irrelevant compared to this one."

Ace, Feds Raid Multiple Fraudulent "Autism Services Centers" in, Get This, Minnesota, "Hm. It's almost as if Democrat-run states deliberately allow massive fraud to illegally funnel money to their key constituent groups." AMAC, Democrats Make Protecting Fraud Their “Day One” Agenda. "Democrats are brazenly promising to throw the door wide open to fraud if they win back control of Congress this November – yet the media has virtually ignored it." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Man Achieves American Dream Of Working Hard And Paying Taxes For 50 Years So He Can Fund Fraudulent Somali Daycares."

General @TheGeneral_0, "Obama got caught with his pants down by telling a really stupid "joke", and it backfired tremendously. Then he lied about "they mobilized a whole government response to that joke". No they didn't, BO. You just got caught being a d!ck." Quote Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins, "Obama tonight on his Cheesecake Factory line: "They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke. Not to inflation, but to that joke. The White House even called the Secretary of the Treasury. This is the man who is in charge of the economy. The person who's supposed to..."

From Shooting News Week, Virginia AG: AR-15s Are Really Just Machine Guns That Shoot Semi-Automatically…Or Something. That is kind of the key distinction.

At WaEx, Hegseth firing Sylvia isn’t office politics — he smoked out a wartime mole. InfantryDort @infantrydort, "I think Pete Hegseth saved the U.S. military from falling into the ideological abyss. I also think he's done it with every single card in the deck stacked against him. A calcified bureaucracy and screeching "civil servants" who gnash their teeth any time "merit" is mentioned." Quote RationalActor @RationalActR, Replying to @infantrydort, "I am curious what you think of what Hegseth is doing. It’s been awhile since I was active duty. Since leaving it’s obvious that they commenced with a social experiment and they also politicized the institution. The warriors were ousted and professionally destroyed. And Now?? InfantryDort@infantrydort, "To say nothing of the fact that he's experienced the most hostile media treatment imaginable." cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander, "I rise to remind everyone that this is not a new development. Longer than 6-month deployments became a normal occurrence well a decade and a half ago and became normalized in 2013 after years of seeing them. At the time: "Eight-month deployments are becoming the fleet standard, with some stretching much longer. For instance, destroyers Barry and Gravely returned from nine-month cruises in November that were extended due to the Syrian crisis...." Quote Brent D. Sadler @brentdsadler, "A feature of a too small Navy in a too dangerous world… this was predictable decade plus ago and we need to fix this and return deployments to nominal 6 months." Quote U.S. Naval Institute @NavalInstitute, "Long Deployments to Be Navy Standard For Next Couple Years, MCPON, CNO Say — USNI News."

So, is NATO ally Poland's democracy about to go tits up in a color revolution orchestrated by the Eurocrats? Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Holy Smokes - Looks Like Poland Might Be in the Middle of a Tusk-Orchestrated Coup UPDATE and MORE. Mario ZNA @MarioBojic, "COUP UNDERWAY IN POLAND! PM Donald Tusk has just sent police to storm Constitutional Tribunal building in Warsaw in the middle of the night. Tusk waited until President Karol Nawrocki left the country before ordering the police takeover. Nawrocki was halfway to Senegal when he abruptly turned his plane around and rushed back to Poland to confront the unfolding crisis. The EU, which backs Donald Tusk, has STILL NOT issued a statement on this unprecedented crisis or condemned the attempted coup." At EuroNews, ECB President Christine Lagarde to step down next February, months before her mandate ends "As Euronews reported, rumours first emerged in February that Lagarde planned to leave early so that French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz could oversee the choice of her successor before France's presidential election in April of next year." From Ace, Candidate of Germany's Far-Left Party "Die Linke" Confesses that Islamists Control Her Party and That She Fears They Will Kill Her.

Open Source Intel @Osint613, "An Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat yesterday killed two commanders from Hamas's military wing, the IDF said. One of them, squad commander Ihab Jamil Abu Takiya, was involved in holding many hostages early in the war, among them Noa Argamani and Emily Hand. Platoon commander Ibrahim Jihad Muhammad Abu Ashiba was also killed. According to the IDF, both men were advancing attacks on Israeli troops and civilians in violation of the ceasefire."At Am Think, Monica Showalter thinks about the Barbaric election aftermath in Brazil. "Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes reared his ugly head again." At Insty, VodkaPundit warns BUCKLE UP: Taiwan 2027 conflict window remains valid, Army Pacific commander says.

Insty hisself at substack worries about Life today under Late Democracy, "Can a system survive when so many people don’t believe in it?"EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince "It’s quite telling that democrats keep screaming about who they’re going to investigate and send the Feds after but never a mention of what crime? Usually you mention the crime or act you want investigated." Quote Senator Alex Padilla @SenAlexPadilla, "INVESTIGATE ELON MUSK." Collin Rugg @CollinRugg, "NEW: Robert Reich calls for the "defunding" of Elon Musk, calls for Democrats to go after Musk's companies. "Democrats ought to [start] laying the groundwork for nationalizing Starlink & SpaceX... It should be a public corporation." Does he want Musk to drop another $50M on the midterms?" Look for spare change in the couch in his office. He doesn't have a home. Karol Markowicz @karol, "Concerned about fascism so they're picking people at random to prosecute when they get power. To protect against fascism." Quote Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Kara Swisher adds DOGE's "Big Balls" to the Democrat target list. "They could just pick a few people. To me, that's the way you go. You pick like a Hegseth, a Musk, and I don't know, Big Balls.""

From the Chronic, The Supreme Court Is Not as Conservative as Many Believe. We've noticed. From Jonathan Turley, Last Stand at the High Court: Catherine Herridge Fights to Protect Confidentiality in Bizarre Case and “You are White-Presenting”: Texas Judge Ordered to Undergo Psychiatric Testing After Bar Complaint. 

Bob Hoge at RedState hears a Not Smart Florida Woman Threatens to Shoot Trump at Rally, Learns a Hard Lesson Indeed. She can go as a clown for Halloween.

Prowler @derzum_, "Verifiably, Trump has the largest effort of de-legalization, denaturalization, visa revocation and real deportations, on top of the greatest cuts to overall legal immigration in over a century" and "So far the Trump administration has terminated TPS for 1.1 million aliens, ended the parole of 500k, overseen removal orders against over 440k asylum seekers, revoked more than 300k visas, facilitated over 200k self-returns, and secured more than 130k voluntary departure cases," and "Confirmed cases of voluntary departure have soared to the highest levels in history. Illegal aliens are increasingly giving up in immigration courts, in fear of mass deportations. There have been more voluntary departures in 21 months of Trump than in 6 years of Obama, combined."

Noah Pollak @NoahPollak, "I wish more Republicans understood this. Education is one of our country's few genuinely existential problems. Our K through PhD system is a vast communism factory. It barely gets mentioned in our political debates." Quote Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "“Why does this keep happening on college campuses?” Universities are not a side quest for communist revolutions. They are the headquarters. They are the brain trust. They are the recruiting farm. Communist revolutions are spawned on campus." Quote Utah College Republicans @UtahCollegeReps, "College Republican attacked while peacefully tabling at the University of Utah."

Matthew Harwood at Expression, Government officials admit his Halloween decorations are legal. Why won't they leave him alone? "In Bristol Borough, a Halloween display tests what “voluntary” means."

Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "So true, UN, the real problem with men being maimed and killed in war is that women have to pick up their slack with the housework." Quote UN Women @UN_Women, "Conflict places more of the care burden on women and girls' shoulders. #Peace and security require more than their unpaid labor. Women and girls must be at the heart of peacebuilding."

Of course, there's still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.30.26 (Morning Edition) and In The Mailbox: 10.30.26 (Evening Edition). Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links.