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October 31, 2026
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Victor Davis Hanson: Obama’s Latest Attacks on Trump Backfire Spectacularly.
Obama is a synthetic creation; his actual political skills are modest.
HMM:
Barack Hussein Obama was spotted in London a couple weeks ago. He was on his "what comes next" speaking tour.
Who did he meet with? 👀👀
Barack Obama is Donald Tusk’s dear friend. Today Donald Tusk is attempting a coup against the democratically elected President.
All roads… pic.twitter.com/4bVlwrFobO
— Erikaaa (@ErikaCA47) October 31, 2026
Related:
If the EU can organise a coup against one of its own members it should be equally acceptable for the people to remove corrupt western governments.
— Christopher Talbot (@Lord_Talbot64) October 31, 2026
It is entirely acceptable.
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.”
WHEN THEY FACE BLOODY REVOLUTIONS, I WILL NOT SYMPATHIZE:
You can cancel an election and ban the winner from running (Romania), you can ban your opponents from ever running again (Hungary), you can threaten to ban the main opposition party and subject it to relentless investigations by the secret police (Germany), you can threaten a ban…
— Jacob Reynolds (@jacobreynolds) October 30, 2026
GOOD. WE NEED MORE OF THAT: Book Review: Las Animas High. A Throwback to Good YA.
I HAVE HEARD THIS FROM UNDERGRADUATES WHO ARE SEARCHING FOR JOBS:
I can tell you this stuff is true. A family member, educated, accomplished etc, looked for work for more than a year and became so disgusted by the overapplication of AI to the process (which treats applicants like units, not humans) that he decided to write a novel (2 agents…
— Elizabeth Scalia (@TheAnchoress) October 30, 2026
WHO AMONG US HASN’T FORGOTTEN HOW TO WRITE THEIR NAME ON AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT? Ilhan Omar was so confused by marriage to ‘brother’ she crossed out her own name twice on official application.
REPUBLICANS AREN’T SPEAKING TO POLLSTERS, NOT EVEN TO SAY F-OFF!: The Washington Post Just Gave Republicans Another Reason to Question the Midterm Polls.
YOU CAN TELL BY THE FACT THEY’RE DEMOCRAT POLITICAL ACTIVISTS: ‘They Are Abject Liars’: Scott Jennings Weighs in on Alaska Democrats’ Election Antics.
THEY AREN’T JOURNALISTS, THEY’RE DEMOCRAT PARTY OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES: The Alaska Senate Fiasco Isn’t the Only Story CBS News Staffers Didn’t Want to Cover.
THESE DAYS THE SCHOOLS GET RID OF EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS: Reprise Post: The Terrible Mr. “T”.
THE NEVER SUFFICIENTLY D*MNED CHOMPY GNOME: There are useful idiots and then there are extremely useful idiots.
THEY HAVE A STRONGER STOMACH THAN I. I QUIT READING IT ALMOST TWO DECADES AGO: Neo-kremlinologists still find value in The E-Communist, er, I mean The Economist.
For us neo-kremlinologists, the magazine has been unduly generous in the last week, providing two interesting snapshots into the neuroses and instincts of the lumpenintelligentsia at the present moment. Before I go any further, it is important to add that these people are not uniformly specious or slow on the uptake — like the Soviet intelligentsia in the 1970s, it includes many highly intelligent and perceptive people, who may be thoughtful or even forthright about the crises that beset us, but only discreetly and on an individual basis. In the atmosphere of stultifying intellectual conformity that they inhabit, what matters is what they feel comfortable discussing and admitting to one another in public, because it is that which shapes the direction of policy. And it is on that that the Economist‘s cachet can be helpful, by virtue of the freedom it lends its unbylined writers to think aloud.
It was the more recent of the two articles that has garnered the most attention. An article titled “Do immigrants from some countries commit more sex crimes?” on 25th October admitted that, yes, they do. The piece was accompanied by a graphic showing — on a logarithmic scale — the rate at which immigrants in Britain were convicted of sexual crimes, by nationality, relative to that of British nationals. The graphic showed very clearly that nationals of countries in non-EU Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East were substantially more likely to be convicted of sexual crimes than British nationals, with people from Afghanistan way out ahead of any other group. EU nationals, meanwhile, were slightly less likely to be convicted of such offences, and East Asians and Australasians even more underrepresented in the statistics. People from the Americans and the Caribbean were, on average, roughly equal to British nationals in their prolificness.
IN WHICH THE DEMOCRATS NOTICE THEY’RE LOSING THE DEMOGRAPHIC THEY’VE BEEN HATING ON: Nancy Pelosi slams Mamdani, El-Sayed over ‘wrong’ stance on Israel — says views don’t represent Democrats.
October 30, 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?
Lots of Republicans will be sending you fruit baskets for this.
Great stuff all around, much appreciated.
— Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) October 26, 2026
Evergreen question: Seriously, What the Hell Is Wrong With Tucker Carlson?
UPDATE:
This might just be the best video on the internet.
Reporter: “What has attracted you to the Mike Rogers campaign?”
Detroit voter: “Well, he’s an American.” pic.twitter.com/7zN41YtbP4
— Jack (@jackunheard) October 30, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:
Man Achieves American Dream Of Working Hard And Paying Taxes For 50 Years So He Can Fund Fraudulent Somali Daycares https://t.co/rftVyxriyf
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 30, 2026
OLD AND BUSTED: Tea, Earl Grey, Hot.
The New Coldness?
Patrick Stewart took a different approach to the Ice Bucket Challenge. Instead of pouring ice water over himself, he quietly wrote a cheque, poured himself a drink over ice and raised a glass. Even his charity work came with impeccable style.
RIP, Sir Patrick Stewart. 🕊️…
— cinesthetic. (@TheCinesthetic) October 30, 2026
