October 6, 2026

DANIEL MCCARTHY: Latin America’s Many Trumps.

Latin America is turning right, and it’s a vindication for President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

In some ways, the Cold War never really ended in the Western hemisphere: Socialism has haunted the nations of Central and South America long after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the same Cuban regime the Soviet Union propped up for decades remains in power to this day.

The hard left thought it had cemented control over Venezuela, too, thanks to Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro — until American forces snatched Maduro right out of his bed back in January and took him to New York to stand trial.

Yet most of our neighbors to the south are not ruled by dictators. Instead, elections in Latin America have swung back and forth between left and right.

Only now they’re all swinging to the right, as the region’s biggest nation dramatically illustrated last weekend.

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 12:12 pm by Stephen Green

DETAILS DRIP, DRIP, DRIP OUT ABOUT FAIRFORD INCIDENT: Intended Drone Attack.

Concerns about the strategic and tactical implications of Operation Spiderweb have circulated in military circles ever since Ukraine succeeded in blindsiding the Russians. Bases once considered safely behind the lines are now suddenly vulnerable, and militaries are playing catch-up. High-tech, billion-dollar bombers thought to be out of the line of fire are suddenly potentially vulnerable.

In that light, nothing about Iran’s efforts or U.S. concerns is mysterious; what is bizarre is how the U.K. is treating the whole incident. One would not expect a security service to scoop up men who appear to be part of a complicated military operation on its soil and then let them walk out the door.

But then again, this is the United Kingdom, and from what I can tell, none of the men involved is white, a British nationalist, or against mass migration. That makes them clean as a whistle.

At least until they post a mean tweet.

As Jim Geraghty wrote yesterday in a post titled, “Suddenly, the U.S. Has No B-1 Bombers at RAF Fairford,” “The U.K. authorities seem to have the same approach to arrested terrorists as Jerry Seinfeld’s car rental agency had for cars. You know how to take the terrorist, you just don’t know how to hold the terrorist. And that’s really the most important part of grabbing the terrorist, the holding. Anybody can just take ’em.”

Posted at 12:00 pm by Ed Driscoll

WHAT A DIFFERENCE INFLATION-ADJUSTED GAS PRICES MAKE: We keep being told by the Mainstream Media, Democrats and more than a few GOPers that gas prices under Trump are at record levels. Well, the smart guys at Issues & Insights (I&I) asked what if those prices were adjusted for inflation?

The results are in and, while I won’t tell you which president’s prices were actually the highest, the (I&I) assessment finds Trump 47 ranks only in sixth-place on the highest-ever-inflation-adjusted gas prices. Can someone please pass this datapoint over to The New York Times/CNN/Washington Post/ABC/NPR/etc. etc.?

Oh yes, here’s the I&I explanation for Reagan’s position in this accounting: “Reagan’s average is on the high end because he inherited sky-high gas prices from Jimmy ‘Malaise’ Carter. When Reagan came into office [1981], gas was over $5 a gallon in today’s dollars. The month he left office [1989], it was $2.40.”

Posted at 11:56 am by Mark Tapscott

THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE:

Ginned-up rape claims trump actual murdered women because the former can be used to further the revolution, while the latter cannot.

Posted at 11:56 am by Stephen Green

TEXAS: Proposition I: Audit Austin.

Of course Democrats and unions hate the idea of audits, because that would show just how deep they’ve shoved their hands into the cookie jar:

Austin appears to use homeless program “consultants” as a conduit to donate money to Democrats.

That is, when they’re not using it to launder money into their own pockets.

Remember the entire “Reimaging Austin Police” lunacy? The entire purpose of that charade was to take money out of the hands of law enforcement and put it into the hands of radical leftwing organizations, almost all of which just happened to have members on the “reimaging” task force.
No wonder they don’t want audits.

Audit them IRS-style.

Posted at 11:25 am by Stephen Green

NAILED IT:

More:

2) Cornell University Office of Civil Rights investigation reaches finding consistent with police/DA, but concludes fraternity members violated school policies. Expels two frat members, suspends two others, bars one from campus, and shuts down fraternity permanently.
3) Seemingly settled, case fades.
4) Woman changes story, files much-publicized lawsuit blaming incident on fraternity, members, Cornell University, local bar, and her own sorority.
5) Case explodes politically. Local DA re-opens criminal investigation. NY governor appoints AG Letitia James, famous for pursuing President Trump, as special prosecutor.
6) Media narrative emerges blaming Trump for alleged “glorification of being thuggish and swaggering and mistreating women is kind of making you a cool kid.”

TL;DR: “In other words, probably DRAWN UP on a liberal whiteboard somewhere to help motivate liberal women around election time.”

Posted at 10:54 am by Stephen Green

I WANT TO BELIEVE: NASA chief Jared Isaacman wants to stay ‘open-minded’ about UFOs: ‘If it’s aliens, I think NASA should have a seat at the table.’

“When you watch these videos,” Burman asked Isaacman, “do you believe that anything that we’ve seen in any of this is potentially extraterrestrial. Is it military? What is it?”

Isaacman said that NASA has had “a seat at the table” since U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this year called for releasing Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) and UAP files. That call is now officially known as the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE).

“My position going into every one of these: one, be open-minded. I mean, it is kind of our job to go out and try to answer the question ‘are we alone?’ And I said look, if it’s aliens, I think NASA should have a seat at the table in this for sure,” Isaacman said.

“If it’s a Sputnik moment, we did really well the last time that happened. Which means, is this potentially red technology? Is this an adversary that’s testing some next generation propulsion? It’s certainly in the realm of the possible.”

Natural phenomena, space aliens, or unknown earthlings with seriously advanced tech…

Posted at 10:39 am by Stephen Green

WHO ARE MOST-EVER WRITTEN ABOUT PERSONS? The list compiled in 1999 by former CIA analyst Peter Dickson was updated a year later by J. Warner Wallace of Cold-Case Christianity. Jesus Christ topped the list both years, but there were some changes in 2020, most notably in the Virgin Mary dropping out of the Top 10.

But, as HillFaith reports today, it appears the Dickson listing has not been updated since then, and it is conceivable that more changes have occurred in addition to the Virgin Mary (Perhaps she’s regained a spot in the Top 10). If you know of a more recent compilation, please share it in the comments, either here on Instapundit or on hillfaith.org.

Posted at 10:31 am by Mark Tapscott

SOON ISN’T SOON ENOUGH…:

…but it would do.

Posted at 9:52 am by Stephen Green

CDR SALAMANDER: We Need to Talk About RAF Fairford and the B-1B FLAPEX: How many wakeup calls will we get? “It is as if no one really did a good Red Hat from a force protection point of view and assumed we’d be as safe ‘over there’ as we are ‘here.’ Complacent, comfortable, and … well … its England … how much safer can it be? That is an assumption best left to the past. FY2027’s Jolly Old England is not your grandfather’s Jolly Old England.”

We’re not as safe here as we think, either.

Posted at 9:42 am by Glenn Reynolds

GET OFF OF MY CHURCH’S LAWN: Anti-Gun Orgs Urge Clergy to Use Red Flag Laws to Grab Their Congregants’ Guns.

In September, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Gun Violence Solutions published a tract titled “Extreme Risk Protection Orders: A Clergy Resource Guide” (extreme risk protection orders are the gun control advocates’ preferred term for red flag gun confiscation orders). The document was authored alongside groups including Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence, Faith Leaders for Ending Gun Violence, and Jewish Women International.

Another author was the Presbyterian Office of Public Witness, which the document described as “the public policy information and advocacy office for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA).” The “progressive” PCUSA currently hosts the guide on its website. Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico, who has put his version of religion at the forefront of his campaign, trained at a PCUSA seminary.

Astute gun rights supporters will know that the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health bears the name of billionaire gun control financier Michael Bloomberg. For his part, Bloomberg appears to believe he can dictate terms to the divine.

Trying to convince clergy to question the fitness or even then mental health of their own parishioners is… well, crazy.

Posted at 9:37 am by Stephen Green

MONSIEUR, WE COULD USE A MAN LIKE CHARLES MARTEL AGAIN:

Posted at 9:21 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: A Curse on the House of Every Vile Member of the Biden Stasi. “Last week, there were more revelations about the execrable Jack Smith, the special counsel who shouldn’t have had a job in the first place. We already knew he was a dirtbag, but — as with all things related to Biden and his chief henchman Merrick Garland — the more we find out, the worse he gets.”

Posted at 9:06 am by Stephen Green

YEAH, THIS IS WHAT IT’S ABOUT:

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UPDATE:

Posted at 8:51 am by Glenn Reynolds

JUST DO IT: President Trump Approves Execution of Fort Hood Mass Murderer Nidal Hassan. “Hasan — who laughably acted as his own attorney — was tried and found guilty in 2013 and sentenced to death. Now, finally, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has requested permission and President Trump has approved the execution of the useless oxygen theif who’s been needlessly living at taxpayer expense for the last 17 years.”

Posted at 8:50 am by Stephen Green