Thursday Overnight Open Thread - October 9, 2025 [Doof]

—Open Blogger

The Thursday night ONT is here. Are you?

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Where It All Went Wrong

Former Bud Light consultant speaks out on how brand lost its way

A former Bud Light consultant behind some of the company’s biggest ads is speaking out about how he feels the brand lost its way and what they can learn from American Eagle’s Sydney Sweeney ad.

John Immesoete, who worked as the Group Creative Director for DDB Chicago 1995-2005, was the force behind some of Bud Light’s iconic spots, including the Real Men of Genius campaign, told Fox News Digital that he attributes the takeover by InBev as a turning point for the brand.

"When InBev took over, they basically acted like they knew everything better than anyone else. They had their own ways of doing things. There was a famous quote they had with some guys in a meeting where they were showing all the work that was done in the past and there were a lot of Clyde sales commercials that were quite famous. Somebody at Inbev had said, ‘tell me this, how do horses help sell beer?’ It's like well, if you don't know, you don't know."

Immesoete, who has just released a documentary "Once There Was a Brewery" which tracks the history of Bud Light and what led up to their catastrophic partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, said the beer company’s success can be attributed to an ethos spearheaded by its co-founder Adolphus Busch that "making friends is our business." He said that by partnering with Mulvaney, a transgender influencer, the brand needlessly alienated many of its fans and much of the country.

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The beer maker's trouble grew when Bud Light advertising executive Alissa Heinerscheid, who left the company following the disastrous ad, said that Bud Light’s brand was categorized by "fratty, kind of out-of-touch humor" in a 2023 interview. Immesoete said that her comments potentially did more damage than the ad itself.

He feared that the Mulvaney ad may have done irreparable damage to the Bud Light brand.

"I don’t know if they can ever come back from being considered the biggest disaster in marketing advertising history," Immesoete told Fox News Digital.

Immesoete contrasted Bud Light’s Mulvany ad with American Eagle’s Sweeney ad, which saw the buxom blonde actress donning American Eagle Jeans with the slogan "Sydney Sweeney has good genes." This ad also triggered a social media firestorm, but in this instance, Immesoete said the backlash actually helped the brand.

Decent article, worth checking out. Other than referring to Dylan Mulvaney as "her" repeatedly.

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Kewl Vids

This bird just found out that golf balls bounce on concrete, and he’s having the time of his life 😂pic.twitter.com/VH9mzuYvyF

— Interesting things (@awkwardgoogle) October 7, 2025

Drone beer delivery service is now a thing pic.twitter.com/ctEsvqeyGH

— Dudes Posting Their W’s (@DudespostingWs) October 9, 2025

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Travel Stuff

14 Least Visited National Parks in the United States

Most people flock to Yellowstone, Yosemite, or the Grand Canyon, but the least visited national parks offer something just as remarkable: solitude.

Skip the crowds and discover the underrated beauty of coral reefs and mountain peaks.

These lesser-known gems of the National Park Service provide a unique national park experience without the crowds, showcasing pristine wilderness, dramatic landscapes, and rich ecosystems.

Four are in Alaska. Makes sense that they'd be among the least visited. Check out the list and let us know if you've been to any of them!

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Here's a plug for one that wasn't on the list.

This National Park Has Some of the Country’s Best Night Sky Views

I become downright euphoric whenever I spot a shooting star, and standing beneath the towering sandstone in Capitol Reef National Park, I spotted dozens of them. It was the last leg of a four-state stargazing road trip—and what a grand finale.

While I imagined I’d love Capitol Reef National Park just as much as the numerous other stops on this adventure through the Southwest, I had no idea the less-trodden getaway would become the trip highlight, not to mention my favorite national park for stargazing.

But perhaps it’s not that surprising. One look at a light pollution map proves that remote Capitol Reef, located in south-central Utah, has impressively little artificial illumination. Skies this pristine are a rarity in the brightly lit United States, where over three-quarters of Americans can’t see the Milky Way from home.

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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

In the 1980s, Anguilla Was Given the .ai Web Domain: Now it’s Making a Killing on the Dot AI Boom

Back when the internet was just starting, nations were all given a URL in order to publish websites official to the nation. The US got .us and the UK got .uk.

Well Anguilla, the small British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, was given .ai, and with investments and startups surging in the field of artificial intelligence, the country has suddenly found itself with something like a new natural resource—as if it found an oil deposit.

Forever the country has depended on tourism and fishing, but now it sells off the domain rights for .ai for literally millions—$35 million last year to be precise.

Dumb luck. Good for them, though.

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DJ Doof - Birthday Boys Edition
(from thisdayinmusic.com)

Born on this date in 1948: American rock musician, singer, songwriter, and political activist Jackson Browne.

Born on this date in 1944: English bass guitarist, singer, songwriter John Entwistle from The Who

Born on this date in 1940: English musician and activist John Lennon

SO many great songs from all of those birthday boys. Which are your favorites?

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Close it up

The Goodest Boy Cafe

—Ace

Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad

The owner in this shop allows stray dogs to come in when it is dark so that they can spend the nights safely.. He puts blankets to cover the cold tiles so everyone has a comfortable bed...

Thanks to @ComradeArthur.

This is one Cool Dog.

All those years of seeing dogs pee on fire hydrants, and I never realized -- dogs are inviting the hydrants to spray them back.

Dog is a first-rate farmhand.

A couple of strays who look out for each other.

Get a room.

Pigeon wants to be included.

A cat gets pounced... by an emu chick.

This baby elephant really wants to get on the safari bus, but his mom won't let him.

If you think baby elephants are cute, check out this newborn baby elephant. The little clumsy ball of wrinkles can't even stand.

Heroic dog leads police to the location of his mistress, a grandmother who collapsed while walking him.

A loyal dog flagged down cops and helped them rescue a missing grandmother after she fell over during their walk.

The four-legged hero, named Eeyore, led officers with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office in Florida right to the injured woman.

The police were out looking for the 86-year-old grandmother after receiving a missing persons call at around 10.30pm on September 25, the Miami Herald reported.

Bodycam footage showed the moment Deputy Devon Miller responded to her family's distressed pleas for help.

Her concerned husband told Miller that his wife had failed to return home after walking Eeyore more than an hour ago.

The video showed Miller searching for the missing woman before she spotted the couple's dog in the street.

Eeyore, who is named after the donkey in 'Winnie-the-Pooh', directly approached the patrol car.

'Where's your mama? Show me where your mama is,' Miller could be heard asking.

Deputy Devon Miller was sent out to look for the missing 86-year-old woman when she spotted the dog, named Eeyore

Eeyore then led the deputy through a yard and straight to the injured woman lying on the sidewalk.

Miller radioed the paramedics for the woman, who was 'alert and conscious.'

The injured woman was stunned upon being rescued. As they waited for the paramedics, Miller explained that Eeyore led the way.

'The dog brought you?' the woman asked Miller. 'He wouldn't leave. He kept coming back to me.'

She added: 'I'm not even his owner. I'm his grandmother!'

The injured woman was taken to the hospital for further evaluation, according to the police.

The sheriff's office posted the touching video, writing: 'Sometimes heroes come with four legs and a wagging tail!'

Video below.

Quick Hits

—Ace

"Big Tish" James indicted for serial mortgage fraud.

New York state Attorney General Letitia James was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia on charges of bank fraud and making false claims to a financial institution, according to the Department of Justice.

The indictment was handed up in the Eastern District of Virginia, where former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Sept. 25 on charges of lying to Congress and obstruction of justice

"No one is above the law. The charges as alleged in this case represent intentional, criminal acts and tremendous breaches of the public's trust," US Attorney Lindsey Halligan said in a statement. "The facts and the law in this case are clear, and we will continue following them to ensure that justice is served."

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If convicted on both counts, James faces up to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $2 million.

She bought the three-bedroom, one-bathroom home in August 2020 for roughly $137,000, most of which was financed with a $109,600 loan that prohibited it from being used as a rental investment property, prosecutors alleged.

That allowed her "to obtain favorable loan terms not available for investment properties," they noted in the five-page filing, that saved her "approximately $18,933 over the life of the loan."

When a Post reporter visited the Norfolk home in April, neighbors said they had never seen James at the property.

Meanwhile, James' tax forms designated it as a rental that recorded thousands of dollars in additional income.

Norfolk property records reviewed earlier this year by The Post show James later granted power of attorney to her niece Shamice Thompson-Hairston on Aug. 17, 2023, authorizing the purchase of the Virginia property -- for which they secured a $219,780 mortgage.

Thursday's indictment puts the timeline of the alleged bank fraud scheme from August 2020 to January 2024 "for the purpose of influencing the action of OVM Financial, a Fannie Mae-backed lender, upon an application for a loan."

The New York AG "represented and affirmed in uniform residential loan applications and related documents that the Peronne Property would be used as a secondary residence, when in truth and fact, as JAMES then knew, the property was intended and used as an investment property with no intended or actual personal occupancy or use by her," the indictment alleged.

From the Department of Islamic Cultural Enrichment:

Two men on trial in UK over alleged plot against Jewish community

This is the terrorist propaganda network Reuters, so you should know that when they say "two men," they mean two Muslims, and when they say "alleged plot against the Jewish community," they are in fact talking about a scheme to use assault rifles to stage a Paris 2015 style attack, killing "hundreds" of Jews.

Also, the Cultural Enrichment Agents have nothing to do with the Cultural Enrichment Agent who just rammed his car into a synagogue. Or, at least, they have never met.

They just all enjoy invading Western countries and murdering Christians and Jews. For some reason. Some kind of a coincidence, I gather.

Two men plotted an Islamic State-inspired attack on the Jewish community in northwest England with the aim of "killing hundreds of innocent people", British prosecutors said on Wednesday at the start of their trial.

Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, are charged with preparing terrorist acts, while Walid Saadaoui's brother Bilel Saadaoui, 36, is charged with failing to disclose information about acts of terrorism.

All three have pleaded not guilty and are on trial at Preston Crown Court. Judge Mark Wall told jurors that the case had nothing to do with last week's deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester and the timing of the trial was coincidental.

Yup, just a pure coincidence.

Except this is not a coincidence. This is Enemy Action. We blew right through "the third time" sometime in the early 70s.

Prosecutors say Walid Saadaoui and Hussein had "embraced the views of the so-called Islamic State ... (and) were prepared to risk their own lives" in order to become martyrs.

They make 'em sound like propeh 'eroes, don't they?

Walid Saadaoui had arranged for two assault rifles, an automatic pistol and ammunition to be smuggled into Britain, with a further three weapons and more ammunition to be delivered, when he was arrested in May 2024, prosecutor Harpreet Sandhu said.

Sandhu said the assault rifles were similar to those used in a 2015 attack in Paris which killed 130 people, and were "capable of causing untold harm".

"Untold harm was precisely what Walid Saadaoui had planned to cause, together with the defendant Amar Hussein," Sandhu said, before he was interrupted by Hussein shouting from the dock: "How many babies?"

Sandhu said that Walid Saadaoui and Hussein's plan was to "identify a mass gathering of Jewish people whom they could attack", with a third man they thought was called "Farouk".

"In addition, they intended to kill any law enforcement or police officers who got in their way," Sandhu said.

The vicious communists of the Canadian government are going to murder 30 of the most beautiful animals in the world -- beluga whales -- because of their ideology. They can't afford to keep the belugas. China has offered to take them for use in a Sea-World type exhibit, and Canadians are so drunk on Marxist ideology they've decided that murdering these lovely creatures is preferable to having them swim around to applause from humans.

A shuttered Canadian amusement park said that without an infusion of cash it will have to euthanize 30 beluga whales after a government official blocked it from sending the marine mammals to a Chinese theme park.

Marineland, the aquatic theme park located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, laid out the dire situation in a letter Friday to Canadian Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson, The New York Times reported.

Thompson announced days earlier that she denied Marineland's request to export the belugas to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom theme park in China because it "would have meant a continued life in captivity and a return to public entertainment."

She further said that she was following requirements of the Fisheries Act meant to prevent the exploitation of marine mammals.

"Like many of you, I am angered that these whales have lived a life of captivity and as a result their health has deteriorated," Thompson said. "As Canadians, we know that whales belong in the ocean, not in tanks for our amusement."

You despicable cunt. So you're going to fucking murder highly intelligent creatures?

Thompson told CBC News that she had visited the closed Marineland facility and concluded the whales belong in the ocean after she "looked the belugas in the eyes."

At least she has The Science (TM) on her side, huh?

Belugas, in the wild, enjoy playing with humans.

Belugas, again in the wild, seek out humans to play with them and get pets. And if you drop your phone while you're filming them, they'll swim to the bottom of the sea to recover it and give it back to you.

THESE ANIMALS DO NOT DISLIKE HUMANS.

And for that sin: They must be massacred.

Marineland's business model struggled after a federal law passed in 2019 that banned keeping whales, dolphins and porpoises for breeding or amusement, according to the CBC.

The theme park said there is no suitable ocean "sanctuary" or facility for the whales. Meanwhile, Marineland said its financial situation continues to crumble, leaving it unable to meet the whales' costly care.

Of course they didn't bother to write in a grandfather clause so that belugas or dolphins already in captivity could be kept alive until their natural deaths, because these vicious psychopaths are nothing but ideology, rage, coercion, and murder.

Sure we'll kill the animals we claim to want to protect, but the important thing -- the only important thing -- is that weaklings and sub-morons get to dominate and bully other people so that they can feel powerful.

So much Cultural Enrichment happening in NYC's subways/Murder Dungeons that I can't even keep up.

A deranged crook with a mile-long rap sheet allegedly confessed to savagely beating a stranger to death outside a Brooklyn subway station -- coldly telling cops he didn't like the way the victim "looked at him," sources revealed Wednesday.

David Mazariegos, 25, was charged with murder in the senseless Tuesday afternoon assault near the Jay Street-MetroTech Station, law enforcement sources said.

The creep flashed a sinister, partially toothless grin Wednesday as he was carted out of a Manhattan courthouse, where he was first arraigned on charges from a past case and his dramatic arrest with a samurai sword in Times Square hours after the brutal slaying.

"Why'd you take my planet?" Mazariegos raved outside the courtroom when asked why he killed the man.

Sources said the sicko allegedly copped to attacking 64-year-old Nicola Tanzi in downtown Brooklyn because the hapless man held a subway gate door open for him -- an act of kindness that the hotheaded hoodlum told cops he disliked.

A shockingly brutal attack followed, with the assailant repeatedly pummeling the victim's face and stomping on his head up to 15 times, sources said.

The assault lasted 10 minutes before the sadistic attacker took Tanzi's wallet and ID -- which delayed his identification by police -- and left him battered and unconscious near Lawrence and Willoughby streets, according to sources.

The brutalized man died roughly an hour later in New York-Presbyterian Hospital Brooklyn Methodist.

Tanzi, who had lived in Brooklyn for over 20 years, worked in security and planned to retire next year, his pals the The Post.

"We lost a good friend. He was a really good guy," said Carmina Racaro, owner of a flower shop near Tanzi's Bensonhurst apartment. "He would come here for espresso, ask 'How are you?' He was happy."

Racaro said Tanzi originally hailed from Bari, Italy, and was a regular church usher during the Italian-language church services at the Catholic St. Dominic parish. He also belonged to an Italian club in Carroll Gardens, friends stated.

Tanzi's alleged attacker, of the Bronx, has at least 33 past arrests, including both sealed and unsealed cases, and is listed on the city's transit recidivist database, sources said.

Exorcise the Demons.

From Stace McCain: The Boxwine-and-Benzos Brigade is mentally ill and wants to purge the world of, well, you.

Typical Democratic Voter Inadvertently Explains the Great Mystery of Our Time

Did you ever wonder how the Democratic Party got so crazy? For example, how is it that the governor of Illinois is inciting violent mobs against federal immigration authorities and meanwhile, in Virginia, every Democrat is rallying to the defense of Attorney General candidate Jay Jones, who openly fantasized about murdering political opponents?

To summarize briefly: Bad causes attract bad people.

To understand the symbiotic relationship between toxic political movements and their toxic supporters, my advice is to first read Eric Hoffer's 1951 classic, The True Believer, especially Part 2: "The Potential Converts." Next, you should read Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom, focusing on Chapter 10, "Why the Worst Get on Top." Among the personal experiences that led me to comprehend this phenomenon was being swarmed by a mob of "Occupy" protesters in 2011. If you ever had the misfortune to be in close proximity to a zombie horde like that, you would never doubt that the fundamental problem of the Democratic Party is that its grassroots "base" is composed of dangerous lunatics.

If you ever needed a reason to vote Republican, this is it: Democrats are the party of people who celebrate terrorist massacres of innocent Jews.

All of which is preamble to introducing you to the person calling herself "Cloud," who describes herself as "Pisces / 26 / ATL / Immortal Angel Femboy / Cosplayer" on an Instagram account with approximately 8,000 followers. If ever anyone needed a Kiwi Farms LOLCow file . . .

This summer, "Cloud" went viral with a video denouncing Taylor Swift's engagement to "MAGA-adjacent" Travis Kelce:

"I can already feel myself regretting making this video. If ten people are sitting at a table, and one of them is a Nazi, and the other nine people are not telling the Nazi to fuck off, then you're at a table with ten Nazis. When Taylor Swift first started dating Travis Kelce and Travis Kelce was so open about his 'respect' for Donald Trump, I already knew we were reaching the beginning of the end, right? When she was posting photos with, like, other NFL wives and girlfriends or whatever, and they were all open MAGAs, and Taylor was happily posing with them on Instagram, I knew we were at the beginning of the end. I just didn't know how long it would take for the general populace to catch on that it was the beginning of the end. You cannot be friends with people who have different opinions on you when those opinions are life and death for other people -- when the Supreme Court ruling today has decided that certain people's lives are genuinely worth more on paper than others. This is a black-and-white issue. I'm sorry, but there is no nuance when it comes to Trump. You're either chill with the guy who has death camps in El Salvador or you're not. And the only reason I'm making this video is because I've been very open about how much I love Taylor Swift during the last few years. So I do feel obligated to come on here and say she is MAGA -- or at least, MAGA-adjacent. And I'm sorry, as a trans person, if you're Nazi-adjacent, that's still a Nazi to me. Do with that info whatever you will."

Oh this pyrsyn is trans? I would never have guessed.

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Violence is the logical conclusion of a syllogism built on such premises, and good luck trying to convince Democratic voters that their belief system is based on dubious premises and fallacies. Having convinced themselves that they are "on the right side of history," they consider it a hate crime to disagree with them. This fanaticism attracts bad people to the Democratic Party banner, and the bad people expect their party to represent their beliefs, which is why the Democrats are so crazy.

You know how sometimes Republicans, particularly of the Boomer/Bush variety, say that "We think lefties are wrong, whereas lefties think we are evil" with a smug grin like they're some kind of moral paragons?

Do you still subscribe to that? Not me. I think they're evil and I wish nothing but ill on them and I want nothing to do with them. No, I won't disown family members or friends they way they do. I'll make exceptions. Some friends may cheat on their wives or do drugs or behave in ways I don't like, and I'll make allowances, because they're friends or family members.

But strangers? No, I want nothing to do with them. I do not want to share a country with them.

They are evil, and it is repugnant and counter-productive to pretend otherwise. They are mentally-ill, stupid, destructive vermin who are destroying the last little bit of our civilization that still functions.

Turning Point USA Will Stage Its Own Counter-Super-Bowl-Halftime-Show, Featuring Pro-American and Wholesome Acts

—Ace

This is how you do it.

I think the NFL should just be boycotted into bankruptcy but obviously I am losing that argument.

If we're not just going to turn our backs on this woke federation of criminals, then I guess draining them of some viewers during halftime is an okay alternative.

Patriots have said no thanks to upcoming NFL Super Bowl halftime singer Bad Bunny after his latest diss against America, with Turning Point USA announcing an alternative halftime show for the big game in February. Advertisement

The NFL is apparently on a mission to disregard what their fans want after picking the anti-ICE singer, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, for the 2026 show. In response to the backlash, the singer (who sings almost entirely in Spanish) thumbed his nose at those upset about him being chosen when he appeared on "Saturday Night Live" earlier in October.

During his appearance, the Puerto Rico-based singer started out his monologue in English but changed to Spanish, telling Americans they had four months to learn that language if they want to understand what he's saying at his Super Bowl halftime show, as RedState reported.

The Party of Groomers Claims Another Victim: NC Democrat Charged With Statutory Rape of Child Between 13 and 15; Denied Bail Because He Attempted to Use His Connections to Find Out the Location of His Accuser

—Ace

Oh, and I don't just mean he groomed the child he raped.

I also mean he supports Groomer Legislation preventing parents from finding out if teachers at school are grooming them for transgenderism.

North Carolina state Rep. Cecil Brockman was arrested on Wednesday and is facing multiple felony counts related to sexually abusing a 15-year-old child.

Brockman, a Democrat serving his sixth term in the state House, is accused of engaging in a sexual act with a minor on August 15, according to BPR.

The records say that Brockman, 41, engaged in a sexual act with a 15-year-old. He faces two counts each of indecent liberties with a child and statutory rape of a child who is 15 years old or younger.

A magistrate's order denying Brockman bond in the case says he is a state representative and has "attempted to use his status to gain information on the whereabouts of the victim."

The order also says that Brockman made attempts to contact the juvenile victim, including in the hospital.

The Pallisades Arsonist, Murderer of 12 and Destroyer of $150 Billion in Proparty, Donated to Biden and Threatened to Burn Down His Sister's House (When the Kids Were Inside It)

—Ace

Whatever we do, we must never send criminals to prison or lunatics to the asylum. That would be Letting Trump Win.

Pallisades inferno arsonist Jonathan Rinderknecht donated to Biden:

The man accused of starting the devastating Pacific Palisades fire earlier this year allegedly donated to Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Federal authorities say 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht has been charged with maliciously setting one of Los Angeles's most destructive wildfires, which killed multiple people and destroyed thousands of structures.

This confirmed Democrat also threatened to burn down his sister's house.

When her children were inside.

The alleged firebug accused of starting the Palisades blaze threatened to burn down his sister's house and shoot his brother-in-law while their kids were inside, authorities said.

The threats concerned Rinderknecht's family so much that they moved out of the house to get away from him, according to feds.

The disturbing revelations came during a Thursday morning court hearing for Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, accused of igniting the most expensive wildfire in U.S. history.

Rinderknecht moved from Los Angeles back to his home state of Florida after allegedly starting the blaze that would grow into the Palisades Fire.

He lived with his sister and brother-in-law, where he continued a pattern of unhinged behavior, the ATF agent said.

Neighbors confirmed to The Post that they saw Rinderknecht at the 3-bed, 2-path $500,000 home, which is located in a gated community outside Orlando.

Two kids were moved out of the house after Rinderknecht came, due to concerns over the alleged firebug's rapidly declining mental health, according to the testimony.

Trump Signs Proclamation That We Will Celebrate Columbus Day on Monday (Not American Indian and Indigenous Peoples Day)

—Ace

"Columbus Day -- we're back, Italians!"

This has special resonance for me, being descended from a long line of people who enjoy taking Mondays off.

Trump Says He Won't Just Designate Antifa a Terrorist Organization, But a Foreign Terrorist Organization

—Ace

And he says again he'll go after the funders of terrorism.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would designate Antifa a foreign terrorist organization after a roundtable on the far-left extremist group with independent journalists, Jack Posobiec, Nick Sortor, and others who have delivered tremendous on-the-ground reporting on Antifa.

While fielding questions from members of the press pool observing the roundtable, one reporter asked Trump if he would designate Antifa, which he has labeled a domestic terrorist group, as a foreign terrorist group.

"Well, has that been done? Pretty close, right? Would you like to see it done," Trump asked, to which Posibeic immediately responded, "Yes, Mr. President."

"They have foreign links all across Western Europe, the Middle East," Posoibec added.

Trump added he would like to take such action, telling Secretary of State Marco Rubio, "We'll take care of it."

When Trump conferred with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Miller signed on.

"Yes, it's true. There are extensive foreign ties, and I think that would be a very valid step to take," Miller said.

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Posobiec zoomed in on Antifa's existence dating back a century, the messages on the bullet casings of Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, and the appalling leftist celebration in the aftermath of Kirk's murder.

"Thank you for mentioning the fact that one of the bullet casings read, 'Hey fascist! Catch!' on it. One of the other bullet casings right next to that had 'Bella Ciao' written on it. Now, 'Bella Ciao' is a song that is known in Antifa circles as the international anthem of Antifa," he said.

"And Mr. President, I think the situation is getting worse. When you look at people like Luigi Mangione in his twenties, Thomas Matthew Crooks, of course, who took a shot at you sir, the ICE shooter in Dallas, and now this Tyler Robinson, we're starting to see a pattern of more and more murderous violence," he added.

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While Posobiec underscored the resiliency of those present for the roundtable, he voiced his concern that someone at the table could be the next target of the radical left.

"Mr. President, we need to do something about this because I fear that the next one who could be killed could be sitting at this table right now, and we're not going to stop, but they need to stop, and they will not stop until they are stopped," he said.

After "Unhappy Experience" Meltdown, Repellent Democrat Candidate for California Governor Katie Porter's Campaign Is in "Crisis"

—Ace

Even propaganda outlet Politico is trying to push her out of the race.

Katie Porter's "unhappy experience" in a viral interview has become the news cycle from hell.

The bipartisan pile-on following the widely-circulated clip of her contentious sit-down with a local CBS news affiliate was only hours old when a new video surfaced from POLITICO of the former House member berating a staffer in 2021 -- the two clips fueling long-simmering concerns about her temperament and judgment.

Together, they suddenly boiled over into the broader political zeitgeist, raising questions about just how durable Porter's lead in California's gubernatorial race really is.

"Is this a disaster? Yes," said Gale Kaufman, a veteran Democratic strategist based in Sacramento. "And the reason it's a disaster is because it amplifies what her reputation already is."

Porter's Democratic rivals, smelling blood in the water, quickly seized on the former congresswoman's wince-worthy television appearance. Antonio Villaraigosa took the unusual step of purchasing three-minute ads in the Sacramento market to run the entirety of Porter's tense exchange with CBS reporter Julie Watts. Stephen J. Cloobeck released a digital ad knocking Porter for past inflammatory comments. Xavier Becerra and Tony Thurmond highlighted their own, less-incendiary, responses to Watts' questions. And Betty Yee called on Porter to drop out.

"As the last viable female candidate in this race, it matters to me that California's first female governor be a trusted, respected leader we can all be proud of -- not a viral embarrassment," Yee said in a statement. "Women in politics are still held to higher standards, and Katie Porter has clearly failed that test."

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But there was also a chorus of detractors from her own party, including palpable schadenfreude from operatives who had worked on rival campaigns or heard Porter was difficult to work with -- or for.

"What people saw in that interview is a certain temperament," said Marisol Samayoa, a consultant who worked for Adam Schiff's Senate bid. "The way she handled herself on camera is an example of the type of leadership Californians don't want to see."

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This week's bad headlines resonate so widely in part because they reinforced the criticisms that have shadowed Porter since she entered public life: that she can be undisciplined, thin-skinned in the face of criticism, and so abrasive or demanding that it damages vital relationships.

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Porter has long been dogged by allegations of mistreating staffers and endured an acrimonious breakup.

Below, a video showing her cursing out a staffer for having dared to intrude into "my shot." This video was almost certainly leaked by a disgruntled ex-staffer. If you recall, her ex-staffers were sending around video of her rage-quitting the softball interview and telling everyone that this is what they had to deal with their entire time working for this sour cow.

"Someone who used to work with Katie Porter sent me this clip from a train-wreck interview with her and said, 'Now imagine what she's like when there aren't cameras around,'" journalist Yashar Ali commented.

"You can see the unpleasant experiences so many Dem operatives and journalists have had with former Rep. / CA-GOV candidate Katie Porter (D) pouring out, now that video of her abusive personality has leaked out. Worst kept secret in politics," Jewish Insider's Josh Kraushaar wrote.

The Democrat-Antifa-Media Cult is now trying to take her out, for the same reason they took out Biden -- not because they have any ethical or moral objection to her, but because they see her as an election-loser and damaging to the Great Communist Cause.

Skip to 1:15. Before then, it's just Katie Porter reading a script about green energy and electric vehicles with corrupt self-dealing Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm (or whatever her name is).

Exclusive from @melmason on Katie Porter, who berates a staffer and tells her to “get out of my fucking shot!” while recording a video with the Biden administration.

The video + story — scooped by @politico👇🏼https://t.co/WENFsRlkwC pic.twitter.com/47dQ3n6nWJ

— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) October 8, 2025

She keeps issuing the same canned statement every time she's caught abusing and bullying her staffers:

Never a good thing when you have a canned I’m mean to my staff statement pic.twitter.com/M9vA3CjFMO

— Andrew Kaczynski (@KFILE) October 9, 2025

Then there was that time that Katie Porter dressed up as the ugliest, sloppiest, trashiest, rat-baggiest version of Batgirl in history, not just for Halloween, but to appear in Congress to vote on Trump's first impeachment, no less.

What the eff, dude. What the actual eff.

Is she literally insane? Does she think she's pulling this off? Does she think she looks... hot?

You may think "she's just showing her sense of humor," but no, she has proven again and again that she is a humorless angry wokescold, and she especially has no humor about herself.

She thinks she looks hot.

So I ask again: Is she literally insane?

The NY Post from 2019:

Democrat Rep. Katie Porter dressed up as Batgirl on the same day as the historic vote on President Trump's impeachment -- and critics accused her of "making a mockery" of Congress.

The California congresswoman donned the black superhero costume and mask for Halloween on Thursday -- sitting in the House of Representatives next to freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib and other Democrats who were wearing regular DC garb.

The stunt was met with condemnation -- with critics accusing Porter, 45, of not taking her job seriously.

"Democrat Rep. Katie Porter is making a mockery of the House of Reps," tweeted Republican National Committee spokesman Steve Guest.

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"This is how seriously these clowns are taking impeachment," the National Republican Congressional Committee tweeted on Thursday.

But Porter defended the stunt on Twitter, writing: "Taking my work in Congress seriously doesn't mean I take *myself* too seriously.

Oh yes you do.

GET OUT OF MY FUCKING SHOT!!!

Hello! How is your day going so far?

I woke up at... 6:20. AM, I mean. I feel like a fookin' farmer over here.

(I know, I know, farmers get up at 4:30 or 5. Close enough.)

Close it up

The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

—CBD

While the Archbishop of Canterbury virtue signals his dislike of Jews and Israel by demanding an end to the Gaza war, American churches demand that we block military sales to Israel, and the Pope spouts similar sentiments, Christians are being murdered throughout the world by Muslims who are simply obeying the dictates of their pseudo-religion. Yet there is no similar opprobrium for Islam. In fact, these representatives of Christians carefully sidestep the wholesale slaughter of Christians and the destruction of Christianity because it is politically expedient to attack Israel and Jews instead of defending their own faith.

But make no mistake...Islam is coming for Christianity, just as they are coming for Jews. And just like their systematic attacks on Jews across the world, they are ramping up their religious war against all who do not ascribe to their curious revolutionary political philosophy. You know, the one that treats women as chattel, sees non-believers as subhuman, sees nothing wrong with bestiality, and whose violent rhetoric is explicitly backed up by their scripture.

Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP) Documents Beheading, Shooting Christians, Burning Churches And Homes In Country's North; Over 30 Beheaded In September

So where are the campus protests against this genocide. And yes, it is a real genocide. Where are the street protests in our cities? Where are the marches in European capitals? Where is the United Nations General Assembly condemnation of the murder of tens of thousands of Christians by Islam simply for being Christian?

And most of all...where is Western Christianity? Do they not read the Bible?

Vengeance is poised with Me, and it will pay at the time their foot stumbles. For the appointed day of their reckoning is near, and what is destined for them hastens.

For a spoiler has come upon her, yea upon Babylon, and her mighty men have been seized, their bows have been broken, for the Lord is a God of recompenses, He shall surely requite.

So many of these attacks are happening far from the oh-so-sophisticated Western capitals, and are perpetrated against mere black people, and that makes it so very, very, easy for the West to ignore it.

Perhaps Christians in Africa should follow the lead of Israel, and realize that the West does not care! Take up weapons and defend yourselves. Carve out explicitly Christian lands and fight back against a political philosophy that is intent upon destroying you!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

Distant View of Niagara Falls
Thomas Cole

—J.J. Sefton

Good morning kids. There are a number of pretty big stories that have been breaking since late yesterday and early this morning. First, it seems that President Trump, in advance of a meeting he was scheduled to have in Egypt regarding a potential cease fire deal in Gaza has evidently broken through the logjam and secured the release of the Israeli hostages.

“A great day for Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Wednesday night, announcing the approval of a landmark deal to bring home all the remaining Israeli hostages — a breakthrough reached with direct backing from President Donald Trump.

The announcement capped days of intense diplomacy, confirming a Trump-backed deal that will bring home every remaining Israeli hostage.

“I will convene the government to approve the agreement and bring all our dear hostages home,” Netanyahu said in a statement on X. He credited the “courage and sacrifice” of Israel’s soldiers and security forces, and thanked Trump and his team “for their mobilization for this sacred mission.”

As a Jew, a staunch supporter of the State of Israel, a proud Trump-supporting American-American and a human being, I am overjoyed that the hostages at long last are seemingly taking their first steps toward freedom from the clutches of the manifestation of evil on earth. And yet knowing exactly who they were in the clutches of tempers my joy with a dread for the future.

What we are dealing with is not Hamas. We are dealing with ISLAM. Period Full Stop.

Negotiating with Islamic terrorists doesn’t work. It leads to more terrorism.

That’s been true of every single deal made with the Islamic terrorists inside Israel. And this may be the worst of the deals because it rewards Hamas, frees large numbers of terrorists and validates October 7.

Worse still, it risks dragging us further into ‘nation-building’ an Islamic terrorist state.

Israel and the US as well as the other participants in this conference, the regional Arab/Muslim states might concede to a defanging if not dismantling of Hamas as the government of Gaza or as an entity in and of itself. But as we all know and as I and others have articulated or tried to articulate here and elsewhere the 1.5 billion adherents to Islam around the world will either actively participate in or otherwise cheer on and support the slaughter of every Jew on the planet and the eradication of the State of Israel if it brings them closer to their goal of the conquest of the entire world.

Unless and until President Trump and whatever remains of the Western world acknowledges this at the very least to themselves and for the greater good publicly – as diplomatically and politically palatable as and if possible — as they can, 10/7 will happen again and again not just in Israel but all over GOd's green earth.

What I want to see, and sadly what just is never going to happen is President Trump or please-God President Vance publicly read the passages in the Koran, the PLO and its allies' charters that equate Jews with apes and pigs, infidels calling for all Muslims everywhere to kill Jews and infidels wherever they find them and Call out every Muslim everywhere to publicly renounce those words.

Of course they cannot and likely will not do that because the Koran is the so-called word of their supreme false-god, so to do so would be an act of apostasy that would cost them their lives. But by not doing so, it would in essence for those paying attention scream to the world of their approval of those ideas. Maybe it's the shock treatment that the world needs. As if the sight of babies being roasted alive in front of their parents, or the mass rape and torture of innocent girls and women that they broadcast in the act via the GO-Pro cameras they were wearing on that day two years ago would or should have been.

Until my last breath, there will be no peace in the Middle East and indeed the world itself until the practice of Islam as preached and as written in its texts is as extinct as the dinosaurs. Ditto Socialism/Communism. Both are tyrannical evils.

And as my dear mother of blessed memory warned me, herself a survivor of that latter evil hell on earth, "Evil never rests."

In any case, I hope and pray that the long suffering hostages are set free and reunited with their loved ones and that however this "deal" came about, some good comes from it because Israel and the West will have had to have given up some kind of concession to these beasts that they will doubtless crow about as a victory and as Daniel Greenfield warns in his essay, will give them an incentive (as if they need one besides the accursed poison words of that Goddamned fucking Koran) to butcher Jews, Christians, Hindus or even their own if they dare show a bit too much ankle in public.

In other news, it seems the police have nabbed someone that they strongly suspect set the fire that burned Pacific Palisades to the ground. Surprise surprise.

A 29-year-old Biden-supporting Uber driver obsessed with images of fire has been charged with setting a blaze that later grew into the Palisades Fire, authorities said Wednesday — nine months after the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history erupted.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is accused of “maliciously” sparking a brush fire on Jan. 1. That fire was knocked down by the Los Angeles fire department, but continued to smolder unnoticed, underground for days before high winds rekindled it into the raging Palisades inferno, federal prosecutors said.

The Palisades Fire left 12 people dead, destroyed nearly 7,000 homes and businesses and caused about $150 billion in damages.

No doubt he believed in Climate Change/Gobal Warming so he had to burn Southern California to the ground to make us apostates see the truth!

Just like fat Sitz-Pritzker has to let Chicagoans be gunned down like fish in a barrel by his own constituents to make us believe Trump is a Hitlerite dictator!

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) compared actions by the Trump administration to tackle crime and enforce federal immigration law in Chicago to the “early days of the Nazi regime” and claimed the National Guard may be deployed at polling places during the 2026 midterm elections.

Not to be outdone in the criminally insane rhetoric department is everyone's favorite beady-eyed traitorous seditious scumbag Self-gassing Adam Schiff-for-Brains

Schiff: We Can’t Rule Out Trump Launching Military Strikes on Domestic Groups

Considering that his party is, was and always will be at the epicenter of domestic political violence, treachery, mopery and the fomenters of criminal insurrectionist violence for the sole purpose of overthrowing America and seizing absolute power permanently. A drone strike on Democrat National Headquarters would go a long way in advancing the cause of freedom (rhetorically-speaking of course /s!!)

On that note, CBD and I had a fantastic podcast with friend and co-blogger DIOGENES. We talked about Secretary of War (I love that!) Pete Hegseth and is he America's "Patton Pending?!"

Thanks Diogenes for a great conversation.

TO end on a humorous note, perhaps not for the normal people who may yet still live in California, your likely next governor Katie Porker, Porter is an absolute disgrace in every way shape and form.

. . . the video shows Porter speaking with former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in July 2021, before she cursed at a staffer for interjecting to correct her on a policy detail.

“Get out of my fucking shot!” Porter yelled at the staffer in the video.

When the staffer issued her correction regarding a policy detail, Porter responded, “Okay. You also were in my shot before that. Stay out of my shot.”

At that moment, you can see clearly see Ron Jeremy go limp and then they immediately switched to a commercial for Cialis!

Jeremy later stated, while dousing his schvantz in Kwell and Clorox, despite the fat check from the DNC he just couldn't get it up for Porter.

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—Pixy Misa

• The editors apologise for the unwontedly upbeat tone of many of today's news items. We do expect to be back to our usual predictions of imminent doom tomorrow.
  
  
  
• The European Parliament has voted that words mean something. (The Guardian)
  
  In a 355 - 247 vote, the parliament said that you can't call a plant-based product "steak" unless it was produced by feeding the plants to a cow. The same goes for terms like "burger" and "sausage".
  
  All the usual suspects are outraged, as well as supermarket chains who will have to make sure all their products are appropriately labelled.
  
  
  
• Germany meanwhile has ruled that the police can shoot down drones, whether they are plant-based or not. (Reuters) (archive site)
  
  I think this should not only be allowed, but mandatory.

Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - October 8, 2025 [Autumn Rex]

—Open Blogger

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another random assortment of interweb debris. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.

[Top photo: Giles County Courthouse, Pearisburg, Virginia]

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This wasn't me. Really.

Man caught on video stealing beloved dinosaur statue from LA gas station

A man was caught on surveillance video stealing a large dinosaur from a gas station in Brentwood.

The incident happened Saturday, Sept. 27 at a Sinclair gas station on 13060 San Vicente Blvd.

Video shows the man walking towards the green Apatosaurus and appears to unscrew it from the ground. He walks away then returns with a white tarp or blanket over his shoulder.

As he covers the dinosaur, a white pickup truck then pulls up besides him. The man then places the dinosaur into the pickup and gets into the passenger side as the vehicle drives off.

Update: Beloved dinosaur statue returned to LA gas station

A Sinclair gas station owner in Los Angeles is breathing a sigh of relief after a beloved fiberglass dinosaur statue was returned after being stolen late last month.

It's a crime that was so shocking, the owner said people were crying and even leaving flowers at the spot Claire the dinosaur stood.

The green Apatosaurus, named Claire, was returned after being stolen over a week ago. The dinosaur was covered in a blanket along with a note that read, "Sorry for stealing Claire! Please do not press charges!"

Related (but again, not me):

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Five random bits of unverified (by me) Texas trivia found on the interweb:

1) El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas

2) The King Ranch in South Texas is larger than Rhode Island.

3) Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.

4) The name "Texas" comes from the Hasini Indian word "tejas" meaning "friends." Tejas is NOT Spanish for Texas.

5) The first word spoken from the moon, July 20, 1969, was "Houston," but the NASA Space Center was actually in Clear Lake City at the time - just outside Houston limits. Clear Lake City was annexed by Houston in 1977.

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Is there a mystery click behind this one?

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Is there a mystery click behind this one?

Somewhat related tangential trivia.

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We Finally Know How The Lights Switched on at The Dawn of Time

According to data from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the origins of the free-flying photons in the early cosmic dawn were small dwarf galaxies that flared to life, clearing the fog of murky hydrogen that filled intergalactic space. A paper about the research was published in February 2024.

"This discovery unveils the crucial role played by ultra-faint galaxies in the early Universe's evolution," said astrophysicist Iryna Chemerynska of the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris.

Do we trust the French to opine on free flying photo formulae?

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Somehow, TRex made it this far thought life without seeing the early days of Snoopy's story. Shame, shame.

How the Beloved "Peanuts" Found Its Way to Define the Modern Comic Strip

In 1950, Schulz took a somewhat spiffed-up "Li'l Folks" to United Feature Syndicate for nationwide distribution. The group agreed to publish the strip, with one stipulation: The name had to change. "Li'l Folks" was deemed too similar to multiple existing newspaper strips, so the syndicate rebranded it "Peanuts," a reference to the peanut gallery on the "Howdy Doody Show," where boisterous little children sat. Though Schulz never liked the name and would harbor no small resentment of it for decades, the cartoonist nurtured "Peanuts" into one of the most successful comic strips in history.

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How does Porsche test engines in development? This is not a new video, but first time for TRex. Instead of a standard engine dyno, this dynamic cradle replicates the g-force demands of the Nurburgring. One for the gearheads and engineers:

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Public service announcement: Dolly Parton remains among the living.

Dolly Parton says, "I ain't dead yet!" after sister's call for prayers sparks worry about the singer's health

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Good.

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

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Eliminator for the big ONT finish:

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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Reports of lost large scale dinos looking for homes are also welcome. Are you lurking ?? Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Close it up

Skies and Heavens Cafe

—Ace

Earth at night, as seen from space.

Bald eagle and sea lion have their eyes on the same fish.

Microburst over Perth, Australia, in 2020.

Dolphins surfing.

Low-lying rainbow.

Spacewalking along the ISS.

The "Wunderpus" octopus.

This penguin says "Duncanthrax's a soyboy beta cuck." And then he says "Step to me, n-bomb." I think that is over the line.

Sky horse.

Drill baby drill.

Puppy putt-assist.

Lazy dog.

Who Set the LA Palisades Fire That Killed 12 People and Caused $150 Billion In Damges? A Biden-Voting "Climate Change" Cultist, Naturally

—Ace

You don't say.

So you're telling me the party of apocalyptic-minded godless lunatics set a fire to purge the world?

A 29-year-old Biden-supporting Uber driver obsessed with dystopian imagery, "despair and bitterness" is charged with "maliciously" sparking the Palisades Fire, authorities said Wednesday -- nine months after the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history erupted.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is accused of setting a brush fire Jan. 1 that was put out, but then smoldered unnoticed underground for days before igniting the raging Palisades inferno, which left 12 people dead and caused about $150 billion in damages.

The Palisades blaze, which was sparked by the Lachman Fire, went on to level more than 6,000 homes and buildings in the wealthy coastal enclave.

Rinderknecht, who lived in the area at some point, allegedly ignited the flames near a popular hiking trail in the hillside of a state park overlooking the neighborhood at about 12:12 a.m. on New Year's Day -- just moments after dropping off his Uber passengers.

The passengers later recalled Rinderknecht appearing "agitated and angry," the feds said.

After arriving at the hiking trail, Rinderknecht allegedly filmed the scene on his phone and listened to the rap song "Un Zder, Un The," by French artist Josman, whose music video features him setting a series of blazes, the criminal complaint states.

Google records showed that Rinderknecht, born in France, had listened to the song nine times and watched the music video four times in the days leading up to the fire, according to court papers.

...

Rinderknecht is believed to have watched his fire burn for about a minute before fleeing down the hiking trail, where he made a three-minute video recording of himself attempting to call 911 several times to report the blaze.

As he was on the phone to dispatchers, he typed "Are you at fault if a fire is lift [sic] because of your cigarettes" into ChatGPT -- which was also captured in the screen recording, the complaint charges.

Rinderknecht allegedly drove away from the scene but turned around to follow the responding fire trucks back to the scene -- where he then watched and recorded several videos as crews battled the inferno, according to the complaint.

"Based on my training and experience, arsonists sometimes call 911 to report the fires they have set, and arsonists sometimes like to watch firefighters respond to the fires that they have set," an investigator notes in the charging docs.

The videos were among a trove of evidence discovered on Rinderknecht's phone in the aftermath of the wildfire, authorities said.

Months before the blaze, in July, Rinderknecht had ChatGPT-generated a grim "dystopian" image of a burning city, according to the criminal complaint.

His mentally-ill AI slop "art" looks like what gender-confused retarded demon would paint on the side of his child abduction van.

Take a guess what he looks like.

Did you guess something like this?

Apart from him having a hair color that appears in nature, I personally nailed it. How about you?

...

Months later, in November, Rinderknecht told ChatGPT that he had "literally burnt" a Bible -- boasting that he felt "amazing" and "so liberated" afterwards.

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Rinderknecht was interviewed by investigators shortly after the blaze but allegedly lied to investigators at the time about his location, according to the complaint.

During the Jan. 24 interview, Rinderknecht had told investigators where the fire began, which was information that hadn't yet been made public and that he wouldn't have known if he hadn't witnessed it, the complaint said.

He allegedly lied about his location, claiming he was near the bottom of the hiking trail at the time, the feds said.

During the interview, Rinderknecht's "carotid artery would pulsate and become visible" whenever he was asked about the fire -- indicating he was "extremely anxious," the docs state.

The accused arsonist also confessed to bringing a lighter up the trail -- and investigators later found a green BBQ-style lighter in his car's glove compartment that matched photos taken at his home just days earlier, authorities alleged.

While one Democrat burns down thousands of home to cleanse the earth of the disease of humanity, the Democrat political establishment capitalizes on that calamity, slow-rolling rebuilding permits so people will give up their homes and let them return to nature.

Also in California: Katie Porter, who is one of the most unfortunate-looking women I've ever laid eyes on, also has the reputation of being a beast and a bully to her staff. Her husband alleged that she physically and verbally abused him.

She is running to replace Gavin Newsom as California Crime Boss.

She was asked a very simple question that this reporter asks every Democrat candidate for governor: How will you appeal to the 40% of Californians who voted for Trump?

This physically-heinous woman is also a political extremist, and took offense at the idea that she would ever have to appeal to Trump voters for any reason. She derailed the interview and wound up doing a walk-off where she actually kept her fat ass glued to the chair.

What's her reason for the rage-quit? She complains that the reporter has "seven follow-up" questions for every question. She says she's "never had to do this before," that is, she's literally never had a reporter ask her follow-up questions, pushing past her first answer to try to elicit a true answer.

I believe her. No Democrats ever face follow-up questions. The left-wing media doesn't ask them, and they refuse to be interviewed by anyone who's not in the left-wing media.

JustTheNews: FBI Corruption Probe Turned Up Whistleblower Tip That Political Allies Paid Off Bill Clinton "Through the Back Door"

—Ace

Democrats can't quit the back door.

As part of a political corruption probe, the FBI obtained evidence that former President Bill Clinton was being paid through a backdoor arrangement with an allied consultant, according to a 2017 document released Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Chuck Grassley.

The Iowa Republican senator raised the issue in a hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi and questioned whether the FBI and Justice Department fully investigated the findings.

The document, which was provided to Grassley by a whistleblower, includes a case update drafted by then-Supervisory Special Agent Tim Thibault about the Washington Field Office's public corruption investigation into Virginia Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe linking former President Clinton to the case.

"McAuliffe case -- Steven Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer of Teneo was interviewed in New York City. Info provided seemed to confirm, Teneo was used as a pass through for Doug Band to pay former President of the United States," Thibault wrote.

Thibault is the disgraced, cashiered ringleader of so many RussiaGate-related operations against Trump.

So I'm sure he fully investigated this information.

"Doug Band was a Deputy Assistant to then-President Clinton and continued working for him post-presidency. Therefore, it's pretty clear the reference to 'President of the United States' is Bill Clinton," Grassley said in his opening statement.

"This information confirms there was an FBI case on McAuliffe, and it indicates the Clintons and their associates were relevant to it," said the senator.

"Did the FBI throw its resources behind this matter just like it did against Trump and his associates? Or did they sweep it all under the rug?" he continued.

Um.

McAuliffe was under investigation by the FBI for his private business ties before he became governor in 2014. The governor's lawyers confirmed that the bureau was probing him over alleged violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. McAuliffe insisted throughout the investigation that he never illegally lobbied for any foreign government. McAuliffe was a major fundraiser for Clinton while he was president.

Teneo, the firm mentioned in the case update, has close ties to both Bill and Hillary Clinton, and its owner, Doug Band, is a close ally of the political couple. He worked for then-President Clinton in the White House Counsel's office. After the government, he became a central figure in Bill Clinton's post-presidency, helping to set up the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative.

A leaked memo showed that Band helped organize an aggressive strategy for President Clinton's paid speaking engagements and consulting work while his wife served as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, the Washington Post reported. Band came under scrutiny from Republicans for how Band encouraged Teneo's clients to contribute to the Clinton Foundation.

CIA Deep State operative and Democrat/Antifa candidate for Virginia Abigail Spanberger is holding a fundraiser with Clinton and MacAuliffe this weekend.

After Some Initial Pity-Watches by Antifa Leftists, Jimmy Kimmel's Ratings Plunge 85% In Key Demographic (and Over 70% Overall)

—Ace

Jimmy Kimmel faced an all-too-brief three day suspension. When he came back, lefties tuned in as part of their routine #Slactivism form of lazy, passive politicking.

But then those leftists learned what most people knew as early as 1996: Jimmy Kimmel is not funny and never has been and never will be and has the charisma of a spent condom.

And so his ratings in the key 25-54 demographic prized by advertisers fell 85% since then.

Jimmy Kimmel's ratings boom appears to be circling the drain.

Disney briefly suspended ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" last month after the host's remarks about the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk sparked widespread backlash. Once Disney reversed course, the liberal comedian drew a massive audience for his much-hyped return on September 23.

On Thursday, Oct. 2, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" averaged 1.9 million viewers, shedding 71% of the audience that tuned in for the host's return from suspension.

The decline among the advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54 was even more significant, as "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" managed 265,000 viewers from the critical group on Thursday night to lose 85% of the 1.7 million who tuned in on Sept. 23. It marked Kimmel's smallest audience among demo viewers since the suspension.

Kimmel averaged 1.6 million viewers in 2025 before Disney decided to temporarily sideline him, so another drop would result in the show returning to its pre-scandal viewership.

ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" also trailed Fox News' "Gutfeld!" across the board on Thursday.

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Kirk's supporters panned Kimmel's non-apology, saying the ABC host failed to take responsibility for the falsehood.

"Kimmel is an unrepentant liar who tried to blame Charlie's assassination on the part of the country that just spent the last 2 weeks praying and holding vigils," Turning Point USA spokesman Andrew Kolvet reacted.

Repulsive lying leftwing communists (is there any other kind?) are using "esoteric" measures to claim that "Akshually Jimmy Kimmel's ratings are great, Racists."

WDW_Pro made two good points:

1, when Kimmel first came back, Sinclair and Nexstar stations were not carrying him. Therefore, his "comeback" show ratings were lower than they otherwise would have been. (Note the rumor that these networks only agreed to run Kimmel again because Disney/ABC threatened that they would not allow them to air the Super Bowl unless they aired this fat ball of failure.)

So Kimmel is now available on dozens of more stations than he was when he did his "comeback" show.

That means that if all of these stations had carried Kimmel on his first few nights back, and thus millions more #Slacktivist lefties could have watched him, his ratings would have crashed even harder.

2, Kimmel's ratings are a disaster for Disney/ABC but because they buckled to the left-wing Hollywood mafia Jimmy Kimmel is now practically unfirable and uncancellable. ABC has not renewed his contract and, per rumors, was not going to renew it. But now they'll haven little choice but to renew this pudgy deadweight for at least a year or two.

107 Trump Appointees Confirmed En Masse After Republicans Change Rules to End Democrats' "Confirmation Blockade"

—Ace

FAFO.

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed 107 of President Donald Trump's nominees -- including ambassadors Herschel Walker and Sergio Gor -- as the government shutdown entered its seventh day. The move, approved 51-47, came after Republicans changed Senate rules to bypass what they called a Democrat "confirmation blockade."

Key Details:

The confirmations included over two dozen ambassadorial appointments and more than a dozen U.S. Attorneys.

Among the notable confirmations were Sergio Gor as U.S. Ambassador to India and Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs, and Herschel Walker as U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) celebrated the move on X, writing, "CONFIRMED: 107 Trump nominees en bloc... Senate business continues, even on day seven of the Schumer Shutdown."

Diving Deeper:

The U.S. Senate confirmed more than 100 of President Donald Trump's nominees on Tuesday, marking one of the largest single-day confirmation pushes of his administration -- and it came amid a weeklong government shutdown.

In a 51-47 vote, Senate Republicans approved 107 Trump nominees in one sweeping package after implementing a procedural rules change allowing for "en bloc" votes. The change, used when the majority party controls the chamber, lets the Senate confirm groups of nominees simultaneously instead of one at a time.

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Republicans framed the mass confirmations as a necessary response to what they described as a months-long blockade by Senate Democrats. "Before the government shutdown, Democrats shut down the Senate floor, freezing the confirmation process," said Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) in a statement. "Today, we broke through that obstruction and delivered results for the American people."

The move followed similar action in September, when the Senate confirmed 48 Trump nominees. Tuesday's confirmations bring the total number of Trump administration appointments approved this fall to more than 150.

Semi-Related: A DOJ attorney and I'm sure a Straight-Arrow Ham-and-Egger is refusing to prosecute Big Tish James, claiming that she sees "no probable cause" for prosecution despite Big Tish signing multiple fraudulent mortgage applications and so far offering no defense or excuse for her actions.

A top Virginia prosecutor told her colleagues she will refuse to file charges against controversial New York Attorney General Letitia James. President Donald Trump has been pushing for James to face accountability for the lawfare she waged against him during the 2024 presidential election.

With no shortage of irony, it turns out evidence exists that James committed the same real estate fraud she alleged Trump engaged in. That is the very definition of hypocritical.

Elizabeth Yusi, who is in charge of major criminal prosecutions in the Norfolk office of the Eastern District of Virginia, told two of her co-workers that she does not see any probable cause that James committed mortgage fraud, two sources told MSNBC. Yusi will present her conclusion to the new interim U.S. attorney, Lindsey Halligan, over the course of the next several weeks.

In a mortgage fraud case, probable cause exists if someone knowingly files repeated false "primary residence" certifications to boost their odds of loan approval, and if lenders rely on those lies to offer better loan terms.

Is there really a lack of evidence against James, or is Yusi trying to protect her? We all know the left protects its own, practically at any cost.

MSNBC reported that Trump appointed Halligan two weeks after announcing he would fire acting U.S. attorney Erik Siebert, who also refused to pursue fraud charges against James, as well as other charges against former FBI Director James Comey. Siebert resigned on Sept. 19 after Trump informed him he'd be replaced.

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Prosecutors in the Eastern District office expect Halligan to fire Yusi for refusing Trump's request to go after James.

CNN Sad! "Populist Billionaire and Trump Supporter Babis Cruises to Czech Election Win"

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Weird, it's almost as if advanced Western countries with prosperity and a functioning civil society don't want to merge themselves with impoverished violent third-world barbarism.

Billionaire Andrej Babis's ANO party cruised to victory in the Czech Republic's parliamentary election on Saturday, raising the prospect of a government that would boost Europe's populist, anti-immigration camp and reduce support for Ukraine.

An ebullient Babis told supporters that ANO would seek a one-party cabinet but would talk with two small parties -- including the far-right SPD -- for support as his party will lack an outright majority.

He again rejected accusations that his win would make the central European nation a less reliable European Union and NATO partner.

"We want to save Europe ... and we are clearly pro-European and pro-NATO," Babis told reporters.

With nearly all results in, ANO was set to replace the current center-right cabinet led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala. Fiala congratulated Babis and conceded defeat.

ANO promised faster growth, higher wages and pensions, and lower taxes and tax discounts for students and young families during the campaign.

In basket-case France, Emmanuel Macron persists as President despite not having a majority of support in the National Assembly (and not having that support for years).

He just appointed another hopeless PM to attempt to govern with minority support, and that idiot has been forced to resign after a reign of twenty-seven days.

Lecornu, France's fifth PM in less than two years, had been tasked with convincing the country -- and investors -- that he can get a 2026 budget over the line.

He was installed in early September against a backdrop of public unrest and dissatisfaction over the messy state of French affairs.

Several successive governments had failed to pass budgets detailing spending cuts and tax rises.

France's new Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has resigned just weeks after his appointment, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis.

Lecornu, France's fifth PM in less than two years, quit just hours after naming a new cabinet on Sunday.

Speaking after the resignation, Lecornu said "each political party is behaving as if they have their own majority in parliament" and that the "conditions were not fulfilled" to stay in office, according to comments translated by France 24.

"I was ready to compromise, but each political party wanted the other political party to adopt its entire program," he said in a speech in the courtyard of Matignon Palace, the PM's headquarters, France 24 reported.

He now departs the role after just 27 days, making him the country's shortest-serving prime minister with little to show for his time in office.

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The right-wing National Rally posted on social media platform X that "Macronism is dead on its feet," saying the president had to choose to "dissolve parliament or resign, and quickly!"

Jean-Luc Melanchon of the far-left France Unbowed party went further, calling for Macron to be impeached. "Following the resignation of Sebastien Lecornu, we call for the immediate consideration of the motion tabled by 104 MPs for the impeachment of Emmanuel Macron," Melenchon wrote on X.

I read that Macron, who pretends to not be a leftist (note CNBC's curious insistence that he's "center-right") will finally forge a full alliance with France's left, and note that in France, the "left" means "the communists." He'll appoint a communist as PM.

Anything to avoid making a deal with Marine LePen on the invasion of third-world barbarians.