November 9, 2026

HERE’S THE THING: A COUNTRY WHOSE POWER POSITIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ELECTED THAT HAS ELECTIONS WITH MASSIVE POSSIBILITY OF FRAUD IS IN DANGER:  Whole Lotta Cheatin’ Goin’ On.

They can scream themselves blue in the face about super-secure elections and how the cheating is not enough to flip it. Isn’t it? We have no reasonable way to audit, and every we doubt or ask questions we get shouted down.

I never game a d*mn for the reputation of Caesar’s wife, but I know system like ours, elections have to be above reproach. Because otherwise, we’re all tap dancing on a powder keg over the abyss.

We don’t have to prove it. They have to prove it. The left, which has opposed every attempt at cleaning up elections (aided by a few stinkers on the right) needs to wake up right quick. Because the ballot box is in serious doubt. And we don’t — really we don’t — want to open the next box.

Posted at 1:25 am by Sarah Hoyt

YEAH, HEARD THAT:  THREAD: The true reason Pete Hegseth is being targeted is because he’s standing between President Trump and a coup 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.

Posted at 1:00 am by Sarah Hoyt

IS IT TRUE? DON’T KNOW. PERSONAL STUFF GOING ON. HAVEN’T LOOKED AT NUMBERS, BUT: For every 1,000 Trump points, 850 stayed Republican. 150 landed on the Democratic side. Everywhere.

There’s other weirdness in the numbers, but these a friend noticed day after the elections. A 15% flip, everywhere he looked.

Also, I echoed this on twitter and got someone claiming to work in intel quoting a conference started by someone affiliated with Mother Jones at me and snarling that I should prove it and calling me names. You know…. Sometimes one wonders.

Posted at 12:29 am by Sarah Hoyt

November 8, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Pop Culture Proves It: The Left Loves Political Violence.

Seeing comedians embrace political violence is something new, sinister and revealing.

These examples work in two terrible ways. They show the moral rot within the artistic community.

The second, more alarming element? They share the Left’s complicity in cheering on violence. If a Kimmel, Che, Klepper or Goldberg met audience blowback for their pro-violence yuks, they’d probably stop.

We’re living in the death of shame, but personalities know enough to protect their livelihoods.

None of this means a Chappelle, Kimmel or Burr should be canceled or have their free speech rights violated. This is a warning, a bright red flag about a culture that shrugs its shoulders as violence escalates.

Those shrugs may soon turn to cheers. Then, pitchforks.

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Posted at 5:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

THIS JUST IN: Duke Student Stephen Miller got the Duke Lacrosse Case Right. Film at 11!

Flashback to Mary Katharine Ham in 2006, who gave us a video tour of the non-crime scene:

Posted at 4:20 pm by Ed Driscoll