November 2, 2026

CHANGE: Colombia’s ‘El Tigre’ takes fight to cartels as Trump alliance takes shape.

Colombia’s new president, known by the nickname of “El Tigre.” was voted in on a law-and-order ticket and so far his actions in fighting the cartels are seemingly paying dividends — not just in Colombia but in Washington, too.

Recently, he arrived at the Barranquilla police command around the early hours of the morning as 587 police officers and soldiers raided 50 locations across the Caribbean port city and its suburbs in Operation Blindaje 360. A few days earlier, domestic Colombian news outlets had widely publicized a recording intercepted by Colombian police of “Keko,” the alleged leader of a gang called “Los del Freseo,” boasting that de la Espirella had nothing on him.

“The Tiger’s got nothing. Let him come out, and we’ll put lead in him,” Keko allegedly said on the recording.

Then, before dawn, Colombia’s president had tracked him down and was face to face with him, all caught on tape.

According to a video released by his presidential office, El Tigre told Keko the gang leader was “a tough guy on the phone… but the look of the fear on his face matched that of his many victims.” The sweep ended with 72 arrests.

They’re all tough guys against unarmed civilians.

Posted at 8:34 am by Stephen Green

SUE HER FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY. THE PROCESS IS THE PUNISHMENT.

A federal lawsuit — and prosecution — for interference with civil rights would probably apply too.

Posted at 8:33 am by Glenn Reynolds

WELL, LEFTISTS ARE EVIL, SO. . . .

Posted at 8:28 am by Glenn Reynolds

DISPATCHES FROM THE RELIGION OF PEACE:

Posted at 8:22 am by Ed Driscoll

THEY MEAN BUSINESS:

From the linked essay:

Their economic doctrine is neo-feudal central planning wrapped in environmental hysteria. By mandating the death of the internal combustion engine, outlawing natural gas, and tethering the world’s greatest industrial powerhouse to intermittent windmills and Chinese-made solar panels, they are engineering energy poverty by design. Tripling electricity rates and normalizing rolling blackouts are features of a system built to break middle-class independence. While coastal elites lecture working families from private jets, they push national rent control policies proven to annihilate housing supply. Driving private landlords into bankruptcy clears the field for the state to become the sole arbiter of shelter, reducing self-reliant property owners to desperate tenants begging federal bureaucrats for a roof.

In the streets, they have unleashed a regime of calculated lawlessness designed to terrorize the productive class. Abolishing cash bail for violent predators, downgrading felonies to misdemeanors, and installing rogue prosecutors who legalize rampant theft have turned once-thriving metropolitan centers into boarded-up wastelands. They release career criminals into your neighborhoods and prosecute the lawful citizen who dares to defend his family. Exporting this urban carnage to suburbs and rural towns is a deliberate strategy: manufacture unbearable chaos until a terrified populace surrenders its liberties in exchange for authoritarian state control.

Needless to say, read the whole thing.

Posted at 8:18 am by Stephen Green

EVERYTHING IS FAKE:

Posted at 8:17 am by Glenn Reynolds

LOL. JAMES CARVILLE WILL FOREVER AFTER BE “TEMU SKELETOR” TO ME:

Posted at 8:14 am by Glenn Reynolds

ROGER KIMBALL: Beware the False Electoral Prophets.

As the 2026 midterm election jamboree entered its final days, the punditocracy has been treated to a couple of cathartic and possibly clarifying shudders.

As I write, Elissa Slotkin, a Democratic Senator from Michigan, is scrambling to retrieve her standing after she told an interviewer that she favored having the deep state harass people who supported Donald Trump and the MAGA agenda. She didn’t put it quite like that, of course. What she said was: “I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration?’ I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.’ I want that deterrence message sent.”

“Deterrence,” eh? Slotkin’s semi-veiled – or, rather, nearly naked – threats did not go down so well. Neither did her hysterical efforts to portray herself as a victim of “far-right” criticism when her remarks went viral. As of this moment, public sentiment has turned decisively against the CIA operative turned Democratic pit bull, notwithstanding the united front put forward by the legacy media. Item: “Trump’s Vile Tirade About Sen. Elissa Slotkin Exposes Sleazy MAGA Scam.” That’s from the New Republic. Similar instances of dispassionate reporting can be found wherever the organs of the deep state are operative.

Deep state organs are widespread, and need to be excised.

Posted at 8:08 am by Glenn Reynolds

IF YOU WANT TO GO TO WAR WITH AN AGENCY OR OFFICIAL, FOIA THEIR TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT RECORDS: High Speed Rail CEO Resigns After Questions From CBS. “The move followed an investigation by the Office of the Inspector General which concluded that consultants have billed the authority nearly $600,000 for unauthorized expenses, including first-class flights and rides to gyms as well as an escape room.”

Best line: “Only in California could a project that is years late and billions over budget somehow find money for consultant rides to a cigar lounge.”

I’ve always said that if my university ever fired me, I’d hire an investigator and audit all the travel accounts. Pretty much guaranteed pay dirt.

Posted at 8:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

SEPTUM PIERCING RULE REMAINS UNDEFEATED:

 

Posted at 7:45 am by Ed Driscoll

IT’S COMPLICATED: Isaacman outlines Artemis III multi-launch checkout sequence and Blue Origin priority.

He emphasized that the mission will require a sequenced series of launches involving three different vehicles and providers, and that NASA will only commit the Space Launch System (SLS) if Blue Origin’s lander is already in orbit.

Speaking during a wide-ranging interview with NSF, Isaacman confirmed that Artemis III is structured around an initial New Glenn launch carrying Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lander. That vehicle is expected to have the ability to loiter in orbit for roughly 30 days.

That flight would be followed by the SLS/Orion crew launch and a Starship launch.

He described the three-launch, three-provider profile as unprecedented for a NASA crew mission and a reflection of the multi-launch campaigns expected for future large-scale space infrastructure.

“We’re not going to launch without Blue Origin in it,” Isaacman said. “That’s why they’re going to launch first. Like they need to be up there, do some checkouts, and then we commit SLS.”

Yeah, about that:

SLS is worse than a boondoggle.

Posted at 7:32 am by Stephen Green

BROKEN WINDOWS:

Posted at 7:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

IF THEY’RE DOING THIS FOR MIDTERMS, IMAGINE WHAT 2028 COULD BE LIKE:

Posted at 7:16 am by Stephen Green

YOU STAY CLASSY, JAMES CARVILLE:

Back in July, Real Clear Politics reported: James Carville Says DSA Are ‘Paternalistic, Over-Educated Little White Turds’ Who ‘Think They Know Better Than You.’

And yet curiously, when Stevens endorsed El-Sayed’s opponent yesterday, Carville attacked her despite El-Sayed giving “every indication that he will align himself with DSA-affiliated members of Congress—veterans such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) and likely newcomers such as Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, both of New York, who rode similar waves of populist resentment to victory over establishment Democrats.”

Incidentally, El-Sayed has a similar opinion of women to Carville:

Posted at 7:14 am by Ed Driscoll

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

Look, I don’t personally know most of these people. And no, I don’t read most of the books (my reading tastes are weird, okay?) But they’re willing to associate with my blog, which tells you they’re probably not our political enemies. Which means if you read the blurb and the sample pages and get hooked, chances are you won’t be giving money to people who hate you.

Posted at 7:00 am by Sarah Hoyt