October 31, 2026

HOW IT STARTED: Bad News, Abdul. Tucker Carlson Wants to Be Your Bestie.

[O]n his podcast, Carlson heaped high praise on El-Sayed. In an interview Carlson was conducting with Saagar Enjeti, the two talked about the El-Sayed campaign for the Senate in Michigan.

Carlson and Enjeti were talking about how El-Sayed has very obviously and very disingenuously moved to the middle to run in the general election against Republican Mike Rogers. You can bet your last dollar that he will revert back to his Islamic socialist roots if elected. But that’s not how Carlson framed it.

Enjeti said the quiet part out loud when he pointed out that El-Sayed is doing a bit of “shape shifting.” Anyone with an eye for politics can see that should El-Sayed win in November, he’d enter the Senate to the left of Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), and he’d be just as radical an Islamist politician as Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).

—Tim O’Brien, PJ Media.com, September 3rd, 2026.

How It’s Going: Dems In Disarray After Abdul El-Sayed Features Tucker Carlson In Campaign Ad.

Michigan Democrats are clashing over Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed decision to feature conservative commentator Tucker Carlson in a campaign ad, with prominent party figures demanding that he pull the spot days before Election Day.

The ad, released last week, features Carlson saying he “wouldn’t vote for Mike Rogers at gunpoint,” referring to El-Sayed’s Republican opponent. The spot also includes clips of Fox News personalities praising El-Sayed, part of the Democrat’s effort to appeal to voters who might otherwise support President Donald Trump.

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), whom El-Sayed narrowly defeated in the August Democratic primary, said Friday that she hopes the nominee will take down the advertisement, calling its use of Carlson an insult to the black congregation where the two Democrats are scheduled to appear Sunday alongside Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC).

Former Obama administration official Van Jones also condemned El-Sayed’s use of Carlson.

“No Democrat should ever celebrate the words of a white nationalist who actively undermines the safety of black people and Jewish people,” Jones posted on social media. Jones also condemned Republican attacks on El-Sayed’s Muslim faith.

Earlier: Is This the Most Antisemitic Ad to Ever Air for a Senate Race?

Evergreen question: Seriously, What the Hell Is Wrong With Tucker Carlson?

UPDATE:

Posted at 12:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

BUCKLE UP:

Posted at 12:06 pm by Stephen Green

THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS PROMISED:

Actually we could have had these in the 20th if Tom Hayden hadn’t chosen the antinuclear movement as a vehicle to keep the activist cohort from the anti-Vietnam War crowd alive (and drawing paychecks) after the Vietnam War ended.

Posted at 12:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

WHEN YOU ROLL TOO FAR LEFT FOR BERKELEY…: Woke California Bakery In Business For 50 Years Shuts Down. “After 50 years in operation, Nabolom Bakery & Pizzeria in Berkeley, California, is closing permanently. Co-owners Sabra Stepak and Julia Elliott (who took it over in 2016 after an earlier near-closure) publicly attributed the decision to a mix of factors, but openly admit their political activism was a primary reason for their downfall.”

Posted at 11:38 am by Stephen Green

HE REMAINS EMINENTLY MOCKABLE: Gavin Newsom Viciously Mocked Over Chest-Pounding Election Warning to Trump. “Most of the replies to Newsom’s silly chest-thumping focused on two main points. Pointing out that his new announcement was not, in fact, new. And that a California state statute cannot override federal election laws or lawful federal investigations under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.”

Posted at 10:52 am by Stephen Green

IT’S COMPLICATED:

Posted at 10:14 am by Stephen Green

NOW ARE WE IN A POPPING BUBBLE? OpenAI Raises Less Than Half of $30 Billion Target in Latest Round. “After receiving tepid interest from some large investors, OpenAI has so far secured roughly $11 billion in commitments for the new financing, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal values the company at $1.25 trillion—less than the $1.4 trillion valuation that it had earlier hoped to achieve.”

Posted at 9:45 am by Stephen Green

A LITTLE WEEKEND READING:

Posted at 9:07 am by Stephen Green

TRUE.

Posted at 9:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCUPIED ZONES: Anti-Gunner Vandalizes 9/11 Memorial To Spread His Hatred for Guns. “Neither the NYPD nor the NYFD were willing to comment publicly about a wanton act of vandalism that occurred this week at Ground Zero of the 9/11 Memorial.  Calls and emails to both agencies were not returned. It’s not too difficult to figure out why.”

Posted at 8:35 am by Stephen Green

SOME PEOPLE ARE POISON. THEY’RE USUALLY LEFTIST PEOPLE.

Posted at 8:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

“I HAD SPENT YEARS DISMISSING THOSE WARNINGS BECAUSE THEY CAME FROM REPUBLICANS.”

Posted at 8:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

HMM:

Related:

It is entirely acceptable.

Posted at 7:19 am by Glenn Reynolds

MUST-FLEE TV: Dan Rather on Trump’s First Amendment Assault, Bari Weiss’ ‘Wreckage’ of CBS News and How His Doc ‘Rather’ Is Now Streaming for Free on YouTube.

As seen in the doc, Rather isn’t slowing down: He continues to write a Substack newsletter, “Steady,” and has plenty of thoughts about the state of the media — and that includes what has happened to his longtime alma mater, CBS News.

“Rather” details his controversial 2006 exit from CBS News*, but also the highlights of his legendary 44-year career with the network (also depicted via never-before-seen footage in the doc). So Rather’s take on what has happened to CBS News under new owner Skydance carries weight. To sum it up, he’s not a fan.

“What’s happened at CBS News is sad,” he said. “It is in many ways a disaster, not just for the people who work at CBS News — and there’s still a lot of really good people working there. But this is a further example of big billionaire corporate power in bed with powerful people and the presidency to get control of these operations for their benefit.

* CTRL-F “Bush” brings back zero results in Variety’s article.

But why is a showbiz tabloid covering Dan Rather and CBS News? As “George MF Washington” explored in July: How Hollywood Lost the Hollywood Press. “Because now the business of the business isn’t deals or box office results so much as controversy… and that controversy, which is primarily centered on culture war issues and political agitation, is bad for The Business. In Hollywood, the political current runs almost entirely in one ideological direction. And while Hollywood itself may not notice because progressive views are commonplace inside the industry, to millions of potential ticket buyers in flyover country, the Trades now reinforce a perception that Hollywood is talking to itself rather than to America. The Trades engage with the business of cultural and political controversy in two ways…. by harvesting controversy and by creating controversy.”

Posted at 7:14 am by Ed Driscoll