CHANGE: Colombia inaugurates new embassy in Jerusalem in reversal from previous break with Israel. “Colombia opened its embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, becoming the 10th country to do so, as new President Abelardo de la Espriella reversed his predecessor’s break with Israel by also restoring a free trade agreement between the two countries.”
October 15, 2026
THE FUTURE AND ITS ENEMIES:
Teamsters-backed bills in MA, IL, & DC would require a human backup driver in every driverless car, even though Waymo sees 94% fewer crashes causing serious or fatal injuries than human drivers.
That’s job protectionism at the price of safety policy. https://t.co/OsyITf5bf9
— NetChoice (@NetChoice) October 13, 2026
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Let’s Hope Enough Americans Are Sufficiently Afraid of Communism. “The commie threat from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) was easier to dismiss when we were just talking about AOC and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. It was a New York problem. Abdul El-Sayed has made a name for himself in America’s heartland. If he wins, that’s a game changer that is filled with rolling dark clouds.”
OUT NATO ALLY: Turkish authorities seize control of popular pro-opposition Halk TV after police raid headquarters, stop live broadcasts.
Halk TV said on X that authorities assigned a trustee, or administrator, to take over the outlet, while news reports said the raid was linked to a criminal investigation into owner Cafer Mahiroğlu, whose other assets were seized as well.
Mahiroğlu, who lives abroad, said in a video message on X that seven of his relatives in Turkey were in police custody, and that the accusations against him were false.
“Seizing Halk TV strikes at the heart of press freedom in Turkey where the vast majority of news outlets are pro-government. Halk TV is one of the very few remaining broadcasters that criticize the government and this action is a devastating blow to the Turkish people’s right to freedom of information and expression,” said Özgür Öğret, CPJ’s Turkey representative. “Control of Halk TV must immediately be returned to its staff and this deeply alarming and damaging crackdown on journalism must end.”
Turkey is witnessing an intense and sustained crackdown on independent and pro-opposition media, with dozens of journalists arrested or detained so far this year.
Stay tuned — just not on Halk.
FROM SEDUCTIVE AI TO REDUCTIVE AI:
The real kicker is that eventually once the models become smart enough, it won't even be worth them trying to explain concepts.
I see people asking "why does everyone hate AI so much?" (probably just for engagement/trolling) and this is why – the complete disconnect between…
— Robin (@solarise_webdev) October 14, 2026
My next AI project is going to look at those secondary effects.
THE WAR ON NORMALCY (CONT’D):
Everything from COVID policy to the sexual hysterias to the paranoid fantasy of ‘implicit bias’ has shared the similar aim of pathologizing, surveilling, and punishing normal, healthy socialization. https://t.co/PgtVGrpNTx
— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) October 14, 2026
BUT MOST PEOPLE PUSHING AI ARE AFRAID OF THE TRUTH.
Truth-seeking is the most important aspect of AI/SI safety https://t.co/2NnlB0PF4P
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 15, 2026
LOL, SHERROD BROWN: Sherrod Brown Taking Heat for Comments on ‘Trump Judges.’
FASTER, PLEASE:
🔴 Iran Update:
There is an absolute IRGC bloodbath happening in the Iranian region of Sistan & Balochestan. Assassinations everywhere and almost daily.
I haven't spoken much about this particular battlefield.
As an Iranian nationalist I will never approve of separatism, nor… pic.twitter.com/aOAV6NRHDu
— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) October 14, 2026
C’MON, PENNSYLVANIA:
Here’s how to do “On-Demand” voting for Pennsylvania:
1) Visit your county elections office
2) Fill out a mail-in ballot application
3) Give your application to an election official
4) You will be given your ballot
5) Fill out your ballot
6) Put your ballot in the proper…— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) October 14, 2026
Presler has moved mountains getting people registered, but he can’t vote in your place.
IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: The Middle Kingdom’s Middle Income Trap.
HE EVEN SAYS SO:
No, Abdul wants to replace you with Muslims https://t.co/9jD8UgTY4e
— Jack (@jackunheard) October 14, 2026
WHEN STATE GOVERNMENT IS A RACKET: California Hides Identity Of ‘High-Ranking’ Cop Who Abused ‘Confidential’ State Database.
MEDIA’S JANITOR “UNEXPECTEDLY” QUIET:
While we know if this had been FoxNews blowing a report this badly, CNN's @BrianStelter would be flooding his timeline with scorn all day.
As of now not a thing from the media analyst about this monumental screwup. https://t.co/7dVNoycTte
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) October 14, 2026
LIGHTNING DEAL: Steam Cleaner, 6 in1 Rotated Steam Mop Cleaner. #CommissionEarned
ANALYSIS: TRUE. The ‘Cornell 7’ Fallout Is Infantilized Women And Villainized Men
Another quote comes from Doe’s lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, who I’m half-convinced actually hates his client, given how absurd his arguments made on her behalf are. He told the Times that it was incumbent upon literally anyone but Doe to have ensured she never left the Tri Delta sorority house that night. “Somebody should have said: ‘Hey, no, you’re intoxicated. You’re not, you shouldn’t be going outside. It’s not safe,’” he said. “And that failed.” Doe reportedly said in investigation proceedings after the incident that she hid her intoxication from an authority figure at the sorority house that night. “I didn’t want to tell her I was drunk because she’s a mandated reporter,” she said, according to the Times.
So if she was hiding it, how is anyone supposed to stop her? And if they had tried and she insisted that she be let go to leave the house, then what? A sorority house isn’t a prison. (Though maybe it should be.) The only logical conclusion is that women, at least young ones, can’t be trusted to take care of themselves and therefore shouldn’t be permitted to attend college without a chaperone.
Make housemothers great again?
HEH:
The correct and honest segment from Dilanian would have been “our ‘sources’ make up shit all the time and you should never believe a damn thing you hear on MSNOW.” https://t.co/XCbHJlCIeV
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) October 14, 2026
Does Ms. NOW get anything right about Russia?
DEMOCRATS VIEW THE LIVES OF OTHERS AS A HOW-TO GUIDE:
Soviet level https://t.co/ZB91OzsMdU
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) October 15, 2026
VOTE WITH YOUR FEET: Millions Are Fleeing Blue States, and It’s Not for the Sunshine. “It’s the taxes, stupid.”
Or maybe it’s the stupid taxes.
AI SUPPORT THIN AMONG HILL AIDES: There is a slim majority, 51 percent, of responding congressional aides who told a recent CNCT Capitol Pulse survey they “trust AI companies to police themselves.” More surprising is the partisan makeup of that majority and there are some other puzzlers in the results, as reported on HillFaith.
A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE:
I laugh when I think about how horrified leftists are with current crop of Republicans.
You people have no idea what’s coming. The ones we have now are puppy dogs compared to the purposeful, angry men who are about to get involved in politics in a few years.
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) October 14, 2026
DEPENDS ON WHO THE ACCUSED PERPETRATORS ARE.
Left-wing activists will chant for every "abolitionist" slogan under the sun — defund the police etc. — but somehow when it comes to sex crime or Rape, they suddenly turn into the most bloodthirsty prosecutor and cop-lovers, and start demanding to vastly expand the prison state
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 14, 2026
Related: Reverse Rapism: Cornell shows not all gang rapes are alike.
The issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution.
I FEAR IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN OUTCLASSING HER TO DEFEAT THE VOTER FRAUD: Michael Goodwin: Blakeman outclassed Hochul on debate stage — paving the way for him to win on Election Day.
