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 - Dow Hits 50K, Benghazi Mastermind Captured, But the White House Reposted a Mean Video

After a few day without much issues of interest for the title, I find myself blessed with too many. First, yesterday the Dow Jones industrial Average, for some reason considered a benchmark for the stock market, first crossed 50k and ended at 50,156. In the immortal words of Robert Reich after the first election of Donald Trump, when asked when the stock market would recover, he said “If the question is when markets will recover, a first-pass answer is never.” Our 403Bs are looking pretty healthy. YaHoo! whines Trump admin issues new rule, making it easier to fire 50,000 federal workers "Approximately 50,000 federal workers in “policy-influencing” positions will lose specific protections against firings and become more at-will employees in the next month, per a new Trump administration rule announced Thursday." People will whine that Democrats will do the same when they are in office. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Swamp Draining: Here Comes Schedule F? At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog on The “No Hire, No Fire” Economy, Statistics show that, one year into Donald Trump’s second term, the economic lassitude of the Biden Recession is still weighing down the American economy, as it isn’t creating jobs. As Hat Hair's John Sexton points out American Workers Are Doing Well Overall, But the Biden Years Sucked. Wages up, inflation down, but it takes a while to turn the tide of public opinion, especially when the press is stacked against you. From Sundance at CTH, Deporting Illegal Aliens and the Impact on Inflation, Consumer Prices and Wages. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, A Quick Primer on the Mexican Screw Worm Fixn' to Screw You at the Meat Counter. Amanda Head at JTN reports How Trump's MAHA movement unexpectedly took a bite out of food price inflation "The food market has been reinvented substantially in the year since Kennedy's MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement merged with Trump's MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement in the fall of 2024." PJM's Stephen Kruise finds An Entertaining Treasury Secretary Is the Trump 47 Bonus Prize. But the scariest thing you will read today is Hat Hair's Dave Strom, What Percentage of Our Economy Is Fake? I don't think fake is quite the right word, it's very real but parasitic. Ace, Taking the Welfare Americans Just Don't Want: Half of All the Immigrant Households Contributing So Much to Our Economy Are on Welfare. "What would our economy do without them, besides thrive." Kane 謝凱堯@kane "Oregon’s Senator is bragging about paying $689M for 104,654 rural broadband connections, or $6,854 per connection. Construction won’t start until end of year, let alone service. You can buy Starlink for $350 retail with free two day shipping." Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton, "Hours after Gavin Newsom celebrated a major made up milestone for California’s criminally over budget and delayed high speed rail, it caught on fire… Fortunately, no tracks were destroyed in the blaze, but that’s only because none have been laid in 16 years." Bob Hoge at RedState, Gavin Newsom Mocked Into Next Week As He Holds Ceremony Honoring Invisible High-Speed Train.

At Hat Hair Beege Welborn asks What Difference Does It Make If We *checks notes* Finally Got a Benghazi Terrorist. Sundance, Third Member of Ansar Al Sharia Captured and Indicted for Participating in Benghazi Attack. Ace, Architect of Bengazi Terrorist Attack Finally Arrested "Wait, Hillary Clinton told me a video-maker was responsible for the attack. Are you telling me that Hillary Clinton lied? Because if you are saying that, Chief, then you and me are going to have a problem."

But the outrage of the day (on the left), "President Trump posted a blatantly racist video clip portraying former President Barack Obama and the former first lady Michelle Obama as apes...." ""The brief clip, set to 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight,' was spliced near the end of a 62-second video that promoted conspiracy theories about anomalies in the 2020 presidential election....In response to questions about the clip, which Mr. Trump posted Thursday during a late-night spree on social media, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said criticism of the video was 'fake outrage.' 'This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from the Lion King,' she said. 'Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.'" I'm reading "Trump Posts Video Portraying Obamas as Apes/The White House press secretary dismissed criticism of the clip’s racist content, shared by the president’s Truth Social account, as 'fake outrage'" (NYT)." And "Well, look, Laura, you know, it was a meme that was posted by a staffer at the President's Truth Social account." "I'm going to assume incompetence and sloppiness because the video that was shared had the offensive image spliced it at the very end, and the image had absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the video." At TownHall, Matt Vespa, About That 'Racist' Video the Trump Team Posted Featuring the Obamas...It's a Fake News Hoax.

Capt. Ed, Hmmm: 'Flash of Orange' Raises New Question in Epstein's Death? At NYPo, Michael Goodwin says The Clintons knew Team Trump was coming — and waved the white flag over Epstein. From Campus Reform, the EPSTEIN FILES: How the 'most powerful people' at Columbia helped Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend get in. From Ace, UK Police Search the Homes (Plural) of Labour's "Prince of Darkness" Political Fixer and Close Pal of Jeffrey Epstein "No word on whether any Ukrainian rent boys were interrupted when trying to burn the homes down." At No Pasaran! Epstein Scandal: No Matter How Clever You Think Trump Is, You Do Not Appreciate His Brilliance Enough. wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "The irony is the Epstein files were supposed to sink MAGA but the torpedoes are running circular."

NOELREPORTS @NOELreports, "The United States has urged its citizens in Iran to leave the country immediately. In the advisory, immediate departure is listed as the top recommended action. The notice also warns that airlines continue to cancel flights to and from Iran. #Iran" Capt. Ed, Stand By: US-Iran Talks End In Oman Before They Begin.

From Twitchy Dems Go for Gold in BS: JD Vance 'Booed Relentlessly' at Olympic Opening Ceremony (Watch and Listen). Althouse, "this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway/like, do you see that smirk? that brief 'ain’t i a stinker' grin? beneath contempt." ""i can’t imagine a parent who wouldn’t sell little JD for percocet if they knew he would turn out like this/to be a bit serious one irony of vance’s life is that he is also an addict: addicted to power and clearly willing to sell anything to get it" Writes NYT columnist Jamelle Bouie, at Blue Sky, commenting on this video showing JD Vance declining to entertain hypotheticals about Alex Pretti." Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen, "Imagine having 90% less violent crime. We could literally do it. But unfortunately, it would require upsetting the neurotic women and effeminate men who are active on Bluesky. So I guess we just have to deal with the violent crime." Quote Disclose.tv @disclosetv, "NOW - Trump: "You know, 2% of the population produces 90% of the violent crime—think of that!"" Ed Ring at Am Great wonders Can the Center Hold? "As politics harden into moral warfare, friendships fray—and only shared prosperity, grounded in pragmatic policy, may yet keep America’s fragile center from collapsing."

Dave Strom is holding out hope, Could It Be That the 2020 Election Fraud Will Be Exposed? Nicolle Russell at USA Today asks a rhetorical question Americans want voter integrity. Why don't Democrats? In a video at Hat Hair, Larry records Jamie Raskin Panicking During Hysterical SAVE Act Meltdown and at BA, Schumer Panics As 'Morning Joe' Host Betrays His Voter ID Narrative. Matt Margolis at PJM likes how CNN Erupts After Scott Jennings Drops Truth Bomb on Election Denialism.

NYPo, Kamala Harris returning to the political landscape can be best described by Gen Z as ‘cringe’. Jerry Dunleavy IV @JerryDunleavy, "I regret to inform you that, after being clowned on, “Headquarters 67” is now “Headquarters 68.” Unfortunately I can now predict where this is going. From Althouse, Ella Emhoff, step-daughter of Kamala Harris, has been on SSRIs for 15 years, and she has some questions. "I don't know if this is something that I feel like is being talked about enough." I do feel a little sorry for the children of politicians.

From Twitchy, So It BEGINS! Ilhan Omar Will Absolutely FLIP OUT When She Sees What James Comer JUST Dropped. Rep. James Comer @RepJamesComer, "NEW I’m demanding financial information from companies linked to Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s husband. His companies reportedly went from $51K to $30 MILLION in one year — with zero investor information. So we want to know: Who’s funding this? And who’s buying access?" They need the money more than ever, since their winery evaporated. Mike Cantrell at PJM, Pressley Waves Away Questions After Wealth Explodes by Millions. Funny how that works, but it's a bipartisan phenomenon.

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "Investigation into ICE protesters storming the Minnesota Church reveals Don Lemon didn’t just happen to be there Don Lemon was part of the planning and was provided logistics days in advance Storming the church was a highly organized event by Democrats “Developing — a new federal arrest is drawing attention to what prosecutors say was Don Lemon's role in planning and recording the disturbing protest of demonstrators storming that Minnesota church service. A Temple University student has now surrendered on federal charges admitting he helped Don Lemon with logistics and local contacts ahead of that anti-ICE protest — Court records and social media posts show Richardson describing himself as assisting Don Lemon in the days leading up to the protest — Prosecutors say this new arrest undercuts that defense, suggesting planning and not just passive coverage.”" Capt. Ed, Did a 'New' Arrest Just Puncture Lemon's 'Journalism' Defense? Dave Strom says FACE It: There Is a Double Standard.

John Sexton is happy Police Finally Make Arrests in Minneapolis and Dave Strom shines a light on The Hidden Habeas Horror Show in Minnesota. Shipwreckedcrew explores the question Is A Warrantless Entry Into A Residence To Take Custody Of An Illegal Alien Really A Violation Of The Fourth Amendment?? "The default of the legal academy is that entries into the home by police must be authorized by a neutral magistrate based upon a finding of "probable cause" -- but I'm not sure that's true." Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, ""What process is due?" Two factual issues: 1. Enter the U.S. without inspection. 2. Remain in U.S. without status. No equitable issues to consider. 99% of outcomes are removals. Congress intended the process to run by Regulation. If Congress doesn't like the Regulation it can change it." Quote Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick, "HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after March 9 unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case." Matt Vespa says Wow: CNN Host Asks Some Good Questions About ICE Detainers...and It Shocked Jacob Frey. Nick Arama at RedState thinks you should Watch the Liberal Media Nail Mayor Frey With an Inconvenient Question About Turning Over Illegal Aliens.

At the Chicago Boyz, Minnesota Nice-ly Frelled. Kyle Becker @kylenabecker, "Anti-ICE Hysteria is the new Covid Hysteria. Anti-ICE virtue signaling is the new Ukraine emoji. Anti-ICE rioting is the new BLM rioting. Anti-ICE propaganda is the new Russia Hoax. No matter how many times the Democratic Party goes back to its same old dirty tricks, they can always count on the same gullible, impressionable, low-info fools to keep falling for it." From the Free Bacon, Anti-Israel Group That Stormed University of Minnesota Building Now Leads Illegal Anti-ICE Agitation "The school's Students for a Democratic Society chapter is one of several far-left groups that have shifted their focus to ICE in recent weeks." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "#BREAKING: Tennessee Highway Patrol has just released dashcam footage after a TN legislator claimed a person was "run over" by a state trooper during an anti-ICE protest. However, the footage shows 3 people jumping in front of a police car and 1 person flopping onto the hood of the vehicle. "The Tennessee Highway Patrol is releasing dashcam video from the incident in question in the interest of transparency and to allow the public to assess the facts for themselves." "The video shows two men, including presumably the person the legislator identified, running into the cruiser on their own accord." "This video is being made available so citizens can view the actual events and draw their own conclusions."" Fox, I infiltrated radical groups 40 years ago. Leftists are desperate for martyrs. From Ace, Terrorist For Group Which Does Not Exist, Antifa, Arrested for Inciting "Guerilla War," "Boy this organization that does not exist sure seems to inspire a lot of terrorists who do exist." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "The whitest white woman thing I've ever seen." Quote New York Post @nypost "Minneapolis yoga students berate instructors, demand they condemn ICE in wild video — and company caves ." Casey Chalk at Da Fed argues Anti-ICE Activism Represents The Suicide Of Western Civilization.

Jonathan Turley, Police Thwart Alleged Assassination of OMB Director Russell Vought "What is most chilling is how Demarco parroted the talking points of Democratic leaders in justifying the assassination. He reportedly told agents that he found the November 2024 election to be the “lowest point in his life” and feared “impending war and a fascist takeover.”" Ace, Mostly Peaceful Protesters Stalks OMB Director Russ Vought to Assassinate Him. "He says his mission was to "stop fascism." Say, isn't there a terror organization that doesn't exist that justifies violence as necessary to stop fascism? That revolutionary violence is anti-facist, in fact? Oh wait it doesn't exist, right. M'bad, as the kids who are now in their 50s say."

Charles Cooke at NRO on Why the Outrage Over the Cuts at the Washington Post Is So Annoying, the start of a Driscolly post at Insty. At Twitchy, 'Very Revealing'! One Short Word in AOC's WaPo Layoffs Take Gives Away How Dems View the Media: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @RepAOC, "When Jeff Bezos bought WaPo, he immediately took control of the opinions section. Now, he's laying off hundreds of journalists, including those covering Amazon. This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of billionaires with vested political agendas taking over our media." 'Our media' Joel Berry @JoelWBerry, "I live in the Midwest. I’ve seen entire factories—employers that kept a little cornfield town alive—disappear overnight after production was moved to Mexico or China. Complete devastation for an entire close-knit community. No tears, no 4,000-word eulogies in WaPo, no hyperventilating on Twitter. Anonymous suffering, broken families, people forced to uproot their lives just to survive. The overeducated, overpaid, overvalued, overprivileged activists-disguised-as-journalists who spent years whipping up climate hysteria and fomenting racial division while destroying the reputation of a once-great American newspaper have no idea what devastation looks like. Good luck with your Substack, Ashley." Quote Ashley Parker @AshleyRParker, "Yesterday, I was wet-eyed (obvi) on the Metro, wearing my Post beanie (obvi), and a woman, a stranger, leaned over and hugged me. Which is to say: The entire city understands the scope of this devastating tragedy… " The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Journalists Shocked To Be Laid Off From Obsolete Media Outlet That Loses $100 Million Annually."

As Dave Strom observes Democrats and the Media Create Hoaxes Daily. At the Euro Con How Hate-Speech Laws Destroy the West. Inevitable West @Inevitablewest, "Argentinian President Javier Milei: "When you tell a socialist the truth, they cry, claiming it’s hate speech. No, it’s not hate speech. It’s that you’re useless people who have ruined the planet."" Also from Dave Strom, Lucy Connolly Was Set Up.

Althouse finds "How can official orthodoxies persist for so long even when few people believe them?", "Megan McArdle asks, in "The transgender orthodoxy is cracking/Malpractice suit and shifting clinical guidelines show cracks in transgender orthodoxy" (WaPo)(referencing the book "Private Truths, Public Lies" by political scientist Timur Kuran)." Timur Kuran @timurkuran “The consensus looked invincible, until it wasn’t. A few years ago, it was risky … to even hint at doubt. Slowly journalists began raising … concerns. Now, a whopping malpractice verdict … makes it risky for doctors NOT to question these interventions.” Ace hears Senators Ask Netflix Head Ted Sarandos: Why Does Your Company Propagandize Children as Young as Babies to be Transgender? Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "OMG. CoComelon Lane, a Netflix show for CHILDREN, showcases a little boy in a dress, dancing for his two gay dads. Why does @netflix have so many shows pushing LGBTQ propaganda on children???" John Sexton sees More Evidence for the 'Wokeness as Feminization' Theory.

Driscoll, OCEANIA HAS NEVER BEEN AT WAR WITH THE WASHINGTON PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM: "Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen dies at 91. Sonny Jurgensen, the Hall of Fame quarterback whose strong arm led to passing records for the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders and affable personality made him a beloved figure, has died at the age of 91. ESPN was on in the locker room of the gym this afternoon, and I watched the newsreader discussing Jurgensen’s pro career by uttering something like “his time playing football in Washington,” as a way to avoid the R-word entirely. Similarly, if the WaPo’s readers are wondering what happened to its sports section, rest assured its demise was entirely self-inflicted" Mike Mcdonnell @MMcdonnell54533 "@ericfingerhut @JacksonSports The Washington Post sports desk pushed the NFL to have the Washington Redskins change their name. It was a political sports desk. The entire sports desk was laid off today. America is healing."Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: An appeals court just lifted a previous judge’s ruling blocking Trump from gutting DEI DEI is on its deathbed MASSIVE WIN."

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Flotsam and Jetsam - I Come Not to Praise Dick Cheney But to Bury Him

Not to speak ill of the dead, but Dick Cheney's state funeral was held yesterday in Washington, and it went as you might expect. At Hat Hair, Dave Strom has some Thoughts on Dick Cheney's Rehabilitation by Democrats From Ace, The Deposed Regime Gathers to Pretend to Honor Dick Cheney While Actually Making Petty Attacks to Advance Their Dying Political Careers. "Rachel Maddow sits beside Anthony Fuckin' Fauci at the Cheney Funeral Show. Neither Trump nor Vance were invited. The Obamas didn't come, because they are beyond pretending they're interested in anything that doesn't pay them seven figures for a quickie appearance. The Clintons were too busy dodging subpoeans to make an appearance. But George W. Bush, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris, her Punchy Cuck of a husband, Anthony Fauci and Rachel Maddow all made the scene. Pretending to eulogize her father and speak of the legacy he leaves for posterity, Liz Cheney hijacks the funeral to turn into another McCain funeral, focused on petty attacks against transitory political figures." Joe Concha @JoeConchaTV, "This tracks. Rachel Maddow is there as well, who only called Cheney the “maestro of terror” after he left office while writing a scathing book about him called “Drift.” Yep- let’s just pretend this never happened because Liz and Dick Cheney endorsed Kamala. Worked out great." Quote Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN: President Trump and JD Vance not invited to the funeral for Dick Cheney. Those seen in the building include Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, George Bush and Mitch McConnell." From NYPo, Nancy Pelosi doubles down on wild comments calling Trump ‘worst thing’ on Earth. Back at ya, Nancy. Ace again, The World's Most Ostentatious "True Conservative" Republican -- George Conway -- Might Run for Jerry Nadler's NYC House Seat... as a Democrat "As a Democrat? That makes no sense! George Conway is always boasting that he is the truest of all true conservatives! Wait a sec -- could it be... and I'm just spitballing here... could it be that the liberal grifters grifting as "The True Conservatives for the Leftwing Antifa Democrat Agenda" are actually all limousine liberal Democrats and in fact have been all along? Nah, that's crazy. They couldn't all just be lying to us. Or... could they? While I figure this puzzle out, peruse Just the News."

With congressional action which will likely result in next to nothing accomplished, the Epstein story seems to be temporarily fading into the bushes, likely to reemerge when Pam Bondi fails to give the Democrats any fresh ammunition. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 11.20.25, Louder With Crowder, Big-brained Jasmine Ratchet blasts GOP for Jeffrey Epstein donations…except it’s the WRONG Jeffrey Epstein and Matt Taibbi at Racket says The Jeffrey Epstein Story is Beginning to Smell Like Russiagate. "Once again, inference zooms past fact in a mania with Trump as a target." Beginning? No it, reeks. NewsBusters sees a possible Defamation Suit Inbound? Behar: ‘Obvious’ Trump Is Epstein’s Pedophile Partner. From Matt Margolis at PJM, Joy Behar Just Put ABC on the Brink of Another Huge Trump Lawsuit Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BRUTAL moment as Rep. James Comer goes on the House floor and reads the ENTIRE email where Hakeem Jeffries' team begged Jeffrey Epstein for money. “Let’s read it. 'To Jeffrey Epstein.' That's the REAL Jeffrey Epstein, not Jasmine Crockett's." Ace, Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury and Democrat Party Wise-Man Larry Summers Is Booted from Harvard's Classrooms as the Leftwing School Examines His Relationsip with Pedophile Financier and "Wing Man" Jeffrey Epstein "And when I say he was a wing man of Jeffrey Epstein, I do in fact mean the Jeffrey Epstein, not a Jeffrey Epstein." 

Yesterday was a big day on Wall St, as stocks soared on a great jobs report, and then plunged when they realized the Fed was likely to use it as an excuse to keep rates up. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair VIP, Jobs, GDP Indicators: Has the Economy Turned Rosy? "Did the Schumer Shutdown hide an economic revival? Or more importantly, did it kill one? The Bureau of Labor Statistics got furloughed at the very beginning of the shutdown, and today announced that we will never have jobs data for the month of October. We may not see full data for November either, depending on how fast BLS managed to restart its large-scale surveys of American workers and businesses. However, BLS had completed its survey work in September before the shutdown stopped them from reporting the results. The US added 119,000 jobs in September after a poor summer of job creation, far exceeding expectations." Sundance at CTH, Secretary Scott Bessent Discusses Excellent September Jobs Report. Stephen Miller @StephenM, "This is the first time this has happened in our lifetimes. Truly astonishing achievement." Quote Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47, "Over the past year: 2.5M native-born Americans GAINED employment; 670K foreign-born workers LOST employment."

At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed sees Midterm Madness: House Dems to Face a Mamdani Purge. and John Sexton reports Mamdani's Mob Chants 'Globalize the Intifada' Outside Manhattan Synagogue. According to the Manhattan Contrarian, With Zohran Mamdani, Everything That Has Already Failed Is New Again. What we learn from history is that we don't. Bonchie at RedState calls it a Clown Show: Democrat Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick Responds to Bombshell Indictment in Astonishing Fashion. Plays the Trump and the race card. Cathy Salgado at PJM, Dem Says His Disgusting Criminal Record Shouldn’t Influence Mayoral Run "Michael English, who hopes to be elected mayor of Providence next year, has referred to “immature decisions” that led to a “period of incarceration.” According to the Providence Journal, the history behind that vague comment is that, as a 26-year-old, English had a relationship with a 13-year-old. After being released from prison after a little over a year, he tried to get in contact with his teenage victim again. Instead of expressing profound regret for what he had done, English responded to exposure by bragging about his life since prison and sneering at his critics."

The Center Square claims Report: Biden gave away billions of tax dollars for ‘climate justice’ without public consent. Feeding the base. Hat Hair's Duane Patterson examines Michelle Obama And The Politics of Ingratitude. "speaking of grace, I don't seem to remember the feds raiding one of Michelle's three houses and going through her underwear drawer."

Katie Jerkovich loves how Karoline Leavitt Drops Mic on Dems Calling on Troops to Defy Orders. Twitchy, Oh DAMN: Mollie Hemingway DROPS Jake Tapper on His Head for Whining About Trump Calling Out SEDITION Jake Tapper @jaketapper, "Update: now he’s suggesting the Democratic lawmakers should be executed." Mollie @MZHemingway, "Remember the years you and your colleagues spent falsely claiming that Trump was a traitor who stole the 2016 election by colluding with Russia?" Ever Earnest Mann @ever_e_mann, "Jake “Both Sides” Tapper misses the point the @POTUS is making about the seriousness of what they have done. SEDITION is punishable by death. He did not call for it, he pointed out one of the potential penalties. There is a difference. As usual it is lost on “Both Sides” Tapper who has a documented history of misrepresenting the President’s statements." He didn't miss the point, he deliberately misstated it. A video at the 4th rail asks Are Democrats Putting Our Troops in DANGER with Their Latest Moves? Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Wow I see the people who cheered the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the attempted assassination of Donald Trump are very upset about Trump’s rhetoric again!" At No Pasaran, Ashli Babbitt and the left's first consequence-free taste of MAGA blood: Openly calling the Orcs to man the barricades, the Left's revolutionary cosplay is headlonging into homicidal politics.

Dmitri Bolt at TownHall, The Judicial Coup Continues. Here's What Trump Move a Federal Judge Is Trying to Block Now. John Sexton at Hat Hair hears Federal Judge Rules Trump's National Guard Deployment in DC Illegal. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "BREAKING: A Biden judge has just HALTED President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Washington, DC Apparently murders and carjackings have dropped WAY too much for these radical leftists START REMOVING DEI JUDGES FROM THE BENCH before we lose our whole country!" Also from John Sexton, It Looks Like Judge Dugan's Case is Really Going to Trial.

From Twitchy, Border Commander Greg Bovino Responds to Woman Who Says She'll Stab ICE Agents With a Screwdriver. Commander Op At Large CA Gregory K. Bovino @CMDROpAtLargeCA, "Governor Stein, you caused this. Let me say this again, Governor. When you spout lies about a lawful law enforcement operation, you spark something in weaker minded people like this who may act upon your directions. You need to check yourself." Quote hernando arce @hernandoarce, "A deranged woman has a message for ICE agents: “if you try to pull me over and bust my window, I will stab you with a screwdriver.” “You about to get that motherf*cker in your neck.”" From Ace, ICE Targets Charlotte, NC for Illegal Alien Arrests; Thirty Thousand Students In Public Schools Stay Home "Does this mean that around 30,000 of Charlotte's public school students are illegals or children of illegals? I think it does. I did not hear of any leftist campaign to Keep Your Kids Home as a protest. This was organic," and Somalis in Minnesota are Defrauding the Government By Claming Autism, and Then Sending American Tax Dollars to the Somali Terror Group Al-Shabaab, "The biggest funder of the Al-Shabbab terror organization is the American taxpayer. Are we still pretending that these are Americans, transformed into tricorn-wearing patriots simply by touching magical American soil? These are foreign terrorist invaders, and criminals, and conquerors. It is time to send them back." Undead FOIA 3.0 @UndeadFoia, "This broke my brain. From $3 million to $399 million in 5 years and nobody flagged it until now?" Quote, Edward L Hamilton @EdwardLHamilton, "Absolutely bonkers story about Somalian immigrant communities in Minnesota over-diagnosing their own kids with autism so that they can funnel billions of Medicaid dollars back to terrorist cells in Somalia. x.com/christopherruf…" Andrea Widburg at Am Think thinks (no, not yet) The New York Times misfires when it attacks Trump’s use of the DHS. Jamie Wilson at PJM looks at 'Jobs Americans Won't Do': The Lie That Broke a Nation and the Economic and Social Devastation It Hid. Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "Without mass deportation, the communist cannot lose. With it, he cannot win. It is everything to him. It’s his entire foundation. Remember that. On this issue, we must win."

Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "The Wyoming GRANITE foreign censorship shield bill, the first of its kind, was filed today in Wyoming, U.S.A. I have managed, through my network of spies, to obtain a copy of the bill text. I publish it here. Global censors: we're coming for you." For the first time, state legislators are moving to implement rules that will allow U.S. citizens to strike back – hard – against foreign countries that want to interfere with Americans’ civil rights online.

John Sexton notes Math Standards Have Dropped and Equity is Part of the Problem. Christopher F. Rufo, @christopherrufo, "It’s amazing how much the author of this article dances around the simple cause of this problem: DEI. Schools couldn’t figure out how to close the “racial achievement gap,” so they simply eliminated tests and recruited a cohort that was certain to underperform—for “equity.”" At Insty, VodkaPundit just says WOW: Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck, "Oh this is hilarious. Sad but hilarious. This study finds (and others confirm) that a teacher earning a graduate degree has a NEGATIVE effect on student achievement. Attending a graduate school of education literally makes teachers WORSE at their job." From Real Clear Education, The Heckler’s Veto Is Killing Universities’ Credibility. Teri Christoph at RedState reports students being Paid to Hate: CAIR Caught Handing Out $1,000 Checks to Campus Antisemites. Dave Strom, CAIR Paid Students To Vandalize College Campuses.

Ace sees the irony in Joy Reid: I Would Be Alarmed If I Saw a Man's Penis in the Women's Locker Rooms. "As background, Joy Reid previously admitted that she was "homophobic," stating that she would "cringe" at the sight of two men kissing, and asserted that most people would, too. No lies detected. But here's the lie: As a black leftist, she's allowed to say that, because blacks aren't down with everything gay like white leftists are." Driscoll at Insty remembers OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT WAR WITH THE GENDER CULT: "Never Forget What They Stood For: The Left Enters the ‘Feigned Ignorance’ Phase of Gender Cultism." Collin Rugg @CollinRugg, "NEW: Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett makes fun of how MAGA women look while standing next to a 6-foot-5 dude wearing a dress. "You know a MAGA woman when you see one. They all have a look, right? Like, they lips be up to... anyway." "But yeah, they don't even know."" The College Fix finds Aussie academics who say Parents should get ‘consent’ before changing their newborn’s diapers. From the Chronic, Yes, Hollywood Has Been Feminized, And It’s Ruining Everything. PJM's Stephen Kruiser figures out Some Celebrities Are Finally Getting That We Don't Care What They Think.

From Althouse "It has come to my attention that a post referencing Indigenous People's Day was published from Official Alamo social media accounts..." ""... on October 13, 2025. Given that on October 9th, President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation declaring the second Monday of October to be Columbus Day, I have serious concerns regarding the writing, approval, and posting process of the Alamo Trust, Inc. (ATI) Communications Team in coordination with ATI leadership.... This is not the first incident that has highlighted personnel who are misaligned with the culture of The Alamo.... Specifically, the second draft of the Visitors Center & Museum (VCM) script, where a 'Land Acknowledgement' plaque was to be displayed in the lobby. Additionally, 'Freedom' was only mentioned once, 'Liberty' a mere 13 times, but 'Slavery' and 'Enslaved' were mentioned nearly 70 times. This speaks to a pattern of behavior that is completely misaligned with the priorities of my office, and the vast majority of Texans who care so deeply for our Shrine of Liberty...." Wrote Dawn Buckingham, the Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, in a letter discussed at a WaPo article titled "Republican overseeing Alamo renovation ousted after ‘woke’ social media post/Kate Roger, a Republican, has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against state officials after a social media post and PhD dissertation led to her losing the job of overseeing a massive renovation of the Texas landmark" (gift link)."

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