SCOTUS PREVIEW:

BREAKING: The Supreme Court agrees to review the Reconstruction-era ban on distilling spirits in private homes. https://t.co/Ziz80e4SYH

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 19, 2026

We all saw what happened when home brewing was legalized almost 50 years ago…

SO PLAUSIBLE: Deregulation Can Make Medications Cheaper.

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW! Lawsplainer: California Officials Will Be Federally Prosecuted If They Ignore Evidence Of Ineligible Aliens Voting In Federal Elections.

JEEP RELIABILITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN BAD; WHY DON’T THEY FIX IT? Jeep Reliability Is Worse Than Average, but 3 Models Stand Out.

LEFTIES WANT TO MICROMANAGE LITERALLY EVERYTHING, BUT THEY CAN’T EVEN MANAGE A SMALL FLOTILLA: Gaza flotilla postpones mission to 2027 after mechanical failures, migrant deaths at sea.

STILL TRUE: Leftists’ masks are coming all the way off — revealing the ugly truth.

LOL:

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— Zalmi U (@ZalmiU) October 19, 2026

MORE CANDIDATES LIKE THIS, PLEASE:

JUST IN: Canadian man wins city council election after telling voters he has no idea what he's doing, doesn't enjoy politics, & is unqualified for office. pic.twitter.com/S17KPWspQ8

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) October 19, 2026

From the replies: “A politician who doesn’t want the job is the closest thing to small government Canada has voted for in years.”

NICE WORK, FELLAS: ICE Arrests Over 100 Gang Members in Under a Week.

BE PREPARED: Prepared Hero Emergency Fire Blanket, Kitchen & Home. #CommissionEarned

21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS:

In every millennial couple I know, the men do a lot of the cooking—often most of it. Outdated relationship narratives that still get used to shame men need to go! It just isn’t how it is anymore. https://t.co/yqZJPvGtA0

— Lisa Britton (@LisaBritton) October 19, 2026

AND ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: Arizona Eye Doctor Fired After Saying Jews Pray to “Synagogue of Satan”.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Silencer 101: Here’s What to Know Before You Buy Your First Can.

YES: Hero Oregon Dad Showed the Importance of Defying Restrictive Gun Laws. “Last week, not only did Oregon’s restrictive gun laws fail to stop a shooter intent on killing innocent people, but a passing good Samaritan had to violate those laws to end the murder spree. Fortunately, authorities don’t appear intent on prosecuting Kaylub Giamanco, father to two girls who attend the school, for ignoring the ban on guns on school grounds to save lives. But the law is clearly more of a threat to people with good intent than it is to those bent on doing harm. Such laws should and must be defied, but lawmakers need to remove these legal minefields before they do more damage.”

ABOUT THOSE FRANCE RIOTERS: Their leaders are leading them in tactics and strategies that come straight out of Saul Alinsky and Herbert Marcuse, according to Richard Pollock, former roommate of Rennie Davis of Chicago 7 infamy.

CAN’T WAIT TO READ THE ENTIRE SUBSTACK:

So, is it a coincidence that DOJ is out arresting people in California today for being non-citizens who have registered to vote?

What does that prove?

It proves that there are registered voters in California who are ineligible to vote in federal elections and California has…

— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) October 19, 2026

“That is ‘knowledge’ under the ‘aiding and abetting’ theory of criminal culpability.”

THEY WOULDN’T DARE, WOULD THEY? Bring the Charges, Oregon. I’ll Bring the Popcorn.

TRAIN YOUR DOG: BLACKDOG Military Dog Shock Collar. #CommissionEarned

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Returning the first samples from a Martian moon: Inside the science of Japan’s bold MMX mission to Mars. “The mission, known as Martian Moons eXploration (MMX), is a first-of-its-kind endeavor to study the origin of Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos. The robust undertaking includes a landing on Phobos to collect the samples — which will likely be the first from the Mars system to return to Earth — and a search for evidence that could shed light on events during the formation of the solar system billions of years ago.”

OUCH:

The newest painting in the Louvre. “The Girl with the Suicidal Empathy.” Oil on canvas. Go see it while the Louvre is still standing. pic.twitter.com/l52nF5oB4h

— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) October 19, 2026

LOVE IS LOVE: The remarkable bond between a man and a deer: In his new book ‘Penelope,’ author Paul Bochner recounts ‘one of the greatest loves I have ever known.’

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Where Are the Gendarmes? I’ve seen France’s Gendarmerie Nationale up close and in person, and since I just looked up the French equivalent of tough hombres, they’re the des durs à cuire you don’t want to mess with.

1/3 OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX REVENUES GO TO PAY DEBT INTEREST: With interest on the National Debt reaching $1.05 Trillion in the 2026 federal budget, more than one-third of all tax revenues are being consumed to pay for spending the government couldn’t afford but spent anyway. And don’t miss how that new Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos re-weighted its survey responses to Democrats’ advantage.

JODY FELL OFF OF HIS TRACTOR, COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT HE’D SEEN. Minnesota resident finds a jagged metal object with a burnt underbelly in a cornfield. Then deputies call it ‘presumably a space object.’

ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES: Who’s paying whom? The circular money machine behind the AI boom (or bubble).

A chip supplier invests in a customer such as a data center builder, the customer spends the money on the supplier’s chips, and both companies report growth.

One central bank analysis found that 55.2% of investments in AI firms came from other AI firms.

What’s not clear to investors or the market is how much of this AI boom is being driven by real, end-user demand—and how much might be a bubble.

Take Nvidia. The world’s leading chipmaker is investing in ChatGPT owner OpenAI to support data centers filled with Nvidia chips.

Nvidia will invest US$30 billion in a private funding round for OpenAI and provide a guarantee of up to US$105 billion for an OpenAI data center in Ohio. It will also invest in the company building it.

That helps OpenAI remain Nvidia’s best customer, but it also raises the question: Is the chipmaker propping up the market?

I read a couple of extremely sharp business analysts who believe we might not be in a bubble, and others just waiting for it to pop — so I have no idea. But I do know it’s probably not a good idea to get so deep into bed with OpenAI’s Sam Altman.