The Morning Report — 11/3/23

Good morning, kids. So yesterday I went off on the feckless idiots from the GOP that shot down the motion to censure Rashida "Rancida Taliban" Tlaib for her horrendous remarks in support of the worst mass slaying of Jews since the Second World War. Aside from the toxic bilge that flooded out of her filthy sewer, she either led or was highly visible in a loud, raucous and wholly unauthorized (seemingly) anti-Israel and pro-Hamas "protest" inside the Capitol.

Against that backdrop, there was also a vote in the House to remove GOP Rep George Santos from office for the crime of embellishing his résumé in order to get elected, among other things. This, in and of itself, is a joke compared to the half-century-plus career of lies and criminality of just Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants alone. Seriously, if one were to scratch the surface of virtually any Democrat in public office right now, and probably more than a handful of RINOs to be fair, some form of corruption, perversion or other variety of sleazy moral turpitude is bound to ooze out.

Be that as it may, surprisingly that vote failed since the loudest calls for his removal came from – surprise! – within his own party. So, some have suggested it was a quid pro quo between parties. Even if that were the case of this being a horse trade (whores trade) to leave Santos alone in exchange for Rancida not being censured, to me it's still a propaganda win for the Left no matter how you slice it.

"See, the GOP wants liars in their midst!" along with "Even the GOP recognizes Rashida has a right to her opinion, which is not hateful!" That last bit is almost exactly what Thom Massie belched up:

“Free speech isn’t just about protecting the speech that you like, it’s especially about protecting the speech you don’t like,” Massie told “Jesse Watters Primetime guest host Rachel Campos-Duffy. “I think the protest was an expression of speech. Now, the other reason that I voted against this resolution, the language was modeled after a resolution that I voted against two years ago that calls the January 6th protesters insurrectionists. It’s wrong to call the January 6th protesters insurrectionists and I think it’s wrong to call the people that were with Rashida Tlaib insurrectionists. So, those were my two reasons for voting against it.”

Is this schmuck for real? He's trying to be clever by less than half in terms of attempting rhetorical jiu-jitsu with the concept of "insurrection." J6 was not an insurrection; it was an FBI-led entrapment sting. What Rancida did was a nod-and-a-wink approved stunt to showboat for the media. The fact that her confederates shrieked the most vile Jew-hatred is gasoline on the fire. Forgetting free speech and the First Amendment, what she either led, organized or otherwise openly participated in has got to be a gross violation of the rules of the House and decorum that no doubt are at a minimum demanding of censure if not expulsion from Congress.

Meh, what the hell does it all mean anyway? I just wasted about 500 words in pulling what's left of my hair out over kabuki-bukkake theatrics and useless handwringing, preening and posturing from a politician and a party that's play-acting for or to the amusement of a Junta that's laughing in our face. That is after they've put their fist in it. Literally.

At Tulane University, Dylan Mann, a Jewish student, took part in a pro-Israeli rally on October 27. A group of pro-Hamas demonstrators looking for trouble arrived in a pickup truck — it has still not been made public if they were students or not — and tried to start a violent confrontation by setting fire to an Israeli flag. The flag was one that either they had brought themselves for that very purpose, or had ripped from the shoulders of a student taking part in the pro-Israel rally. Mann tried to stop them; he was then attacked by two of the pro-Hamas bullyboys, who punched him repeatedly. One smashed a megaphone into Mann’s face, breaking his nose. This level of violence is new on campus. We have already seen around the country demonstrations, including many at universities, by anti-Israel pro-Hamas groups that now routinely include a call for Israel’s disappearance — “From the river to the sea/Palestine will be free” means only one thing, that the single Jewish state should disappear altogether, to be replaced by a twenty-third Arab one.

Meanwhile, in another part of the Tulane campus . . .

The New Orleans-based Tulane Students for Palestine, which the university does not recognize as an official student group, on Wednesday took to Instagram to defend its use of the slogan, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," which calls for the Jewish state's annihilation. That slogan, the group said, is merely a call for a state in which "all people, including Jews, could live as equals." The group also dismissed the threat of Palestinian terrorism, arguing that "white supremacy" is a larger threat to the Jewish people than what it called "the struggle for Palestinian liberation."

"What we have seen for far too long is that it is Israel and the fantasy of Zionism that results in the expulsion and mass killing of Palestinians, not the other way around," the video says. "The biggest threat to us as Jews is and has always been white supremacy, not the struggle for Palestinian liberation and self-determination. You are hurting Jews and Palestinians when you conflate the freedom struggle with white supremacy."

Ah yes, nothing like beignets and Bolshie brainwashing to make the Yidlets in the Big Easy strut and preen right into the gas chamber all by themselves while one of their own gets his face pushed in by a real "victim." With Jews like these, Hamas could spare themselves the trouble and play a little basketball. And it doesn't even have to be of the Aztec variety either. "Look, ma. No hands! And no heads either!"

At this rate, Armageddon can't come fast enough for me.

Are we entering a period of institutional, social and technological discontinuity where the old progressive saws no longer apply? “This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said in a statement that accompanied the bank’s recent earnings release.

The United States is facing its fourth major inflection point in history since the early 20th century, and if world leaders get it wrong, the results could be similar to what occurred during the 1930s and ultimately led to World War II. That’s according to Frederick Kempe, CEO of foreign policy think tank Atlantic Council, and it is a fear he says more CEOs of major corporations are focused on today.

Every political scientist knows the theory that the US goes through a crisis roughly every 80 years or at least periodically. The year 1776 plus "fourscore and seven years" takes us to the civil war.  Eighteen sixty plus 80 takes us to WW2. WW2 plus 80 bring us to today, the current crisis.  There is nothing magic about this number; nor does it apply only to America. It's just that for some reason that is where its effects are most pronounced. It's three generations, the span of living memory. Institutions, culture and technological assumptions go out of scope.

If we are living through an inflection point, the likelihood the world is about to enter a discontinuity is high and we know relatively nothing about how it will turn out because our expectations are no longer a reliable guide. It is a maximum entropy moment until we "find" which way it is going to break, toward what attractor, what things now work. A word about maximum entropy.  It describes being in a new situation when you know nothing else about a situation than the possible outcomes, defined as 1/N for all possible N. 

If faced with a new die, the odds of any outcome without experience is 1/6 because the cube has 6 faces. As you get experience the actual bias of the die becomes evident. One die face may be loaded a little. The Bayesian gives you a progressively better estimate of the true distribution; you get comfortable, in control. You start to imagine you can completely predict things. But then one day God gives you a new die -- and you are back to maximum entropy. A final note. You can never actually enumerate all N, because there are some possible outcomes of which we are ignorant. That is sometimes called the "unknown unknown". We are never completely in control. But some people think so. Klaus Schwab or the Davos crowd come to mind. People who grew old thinking they understood it all are astonished to find nothing the same as it was.

The truth is you can't control the wave, though you can sometimes surf it. In trying to cope the most important attributes are flexibility, information reliability, reaction time and the availability of reserve energy. To paraphrase Wellington: nobody knows what's on "the other side of the hill". But something is climbing it. We can hear its heavy footsteps and have to be ready for it. 

Isn't that a cheery thought? But that said, maybe there are lights that shine in the darkness.

As violence and hatred toward Jews continues to worsen amid the Middle East war sparked by Hamas’ terrorist attack on an Israeli music festival, one Muslim group is denouncing antisemitism in all its forms and sending a message to their Jewish “brethren.”

“We Muslims have one word for Jews. Shalom,” reads the headline of the message pinned to the top of the social media page of Muslims Against Antisemitism (@MAA_UK on X/Twitter). Posted on Saturday, the message that follows is a reprint of a statement tweeted by MAA when it was formed back in 2018.

When Hamas attacked Israel last month on October 7, the Muslim group immediately began condemning both the attack and those who take joy in it (emphasis added):

“Let’s be very clear. Celebrating the brutal murder of Jews (or Palestinians), is NO cause for celebration. Today, many people have lost their precious lives. Celebrating in cars at this time is horrible & shows utter contempt and antisemitism towards all Jews.” …. “Please watch out for each other at this time. Antisemitism must not be tolerated in communities because of what is taking place in the Middle East. Jews in the U.K. cannot and must not be targeted by those who carry the poison of antisemitism within them.”

In other posts, MAA explains to Muslims that, if Jews feel safe, Muslims will be safe, as well, and that “You can cherish Palestinians, without hating Jews.” . . ."Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity" is the English translation of the Bible quote.

Considering the most we have heard from the so-called "moderate Muslim world" has been crickets at best, this is a life preserver in an ocean full of megalodon. Or is it? Is it just another taqqiya sunrise?

Hope against hope that it's the former.

Have a good weekend.

Heads Up: Author and commentator Scott McKay from American Spectator will be our guest on the next podcast to discuss his soon to be released book Racism, Revenge and Ruin: It's All Obama. The show should drop later today so check the sidebar or Cut Jib Newsletter.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "The emerging Red-Green alliance is poised to plunge the country into a spat of civic violence comparable to the summer of 2020, or worse."
  The Pro-Hamas Left is Warming Up for Real Violence
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "They can mourn George Floyd but not condemn Hamas."
  The Silence of the Holocaust Museums
  
• Richard Fernandez: "The truth is you can't control the wave, though you can sometimes surf it. In trying to cope the most important attributes are flexibility, information reliability, reaction time and the availability of reserve energy. To paraphrase Wellington: nobody knows what's on 'the other side of the hill.' But something is climbing it. We can hear its heavy footsteps and have to be ready for it."
  Inflection Point

ISRAEL AT WAR
• Hamza responded, “Allahu Akbar and praise God! Malek, take photos of the heads as the guys are playing with them and let them play with them [the heads] on the ground.”
  Hamas Terrorists Admit They Beheaded Israelis: "Take Photos of The Heads as the Guys Play With Them"
  
• "Hezbollah, a proxy of Iran, controls southern Lebanon (and much of the Lebanese government as well). It has threatened to enter the war and has fired on Israeli positions, killing several soldiers and forcing the evacuation of Israel’s northernmost cities. Israel  has responded to each incident by striking the Hezbollah position responsible for the fire. It has also launched preemptive strikes on terrorists who have tried to fire rockets or to infiltrate into northern Israel. But thus far, a broader war has not yet erupted."
  Lebanon Border Closer to War; Israel Encircles Hamas in Gaza City
  
• Ynet News: “IDF troops … met with a disturbing tactic: roughly 100 women and children were pushed forward by Hamas to act as a human barrier.” 
  Hamas’s New ‘Disturbing Tactic’: Using Gaza Women and Children as ‘Human Barrier’ as Terrorists Target Advancing IDF Troops
  
• "Hamas’ lack of concern for the fate of civilians in Gaza has been demonstrated in various ways. The terrorist organization routinely stations its command centers in civilian areas so any Israeli attack would engender condemnation. On Wednesday, Ynet reported that Hamas pushed roughly 100 women and children forward to serve as human barriers near Jabaliya as soldiers of the Givati Infantry Brigade fought Hamas’s elite Force 17."
  Hamas Hoarding Fuel To Keep Terrorists In Tunnels While Its Hospitals Run Low: Report
  
• "Israel can only defeat Hamas by first grabbing Gaza by the balls."
  The Lie Behind the ‘Hearts and Minds’ Plea
  
• "By opting for a ground invasion, the IDF has set aside potential responses that would be less risky but might pose an even greater danger to 'Palestinian' civilians."
  Appreciating Israel’s Dilemmas in Gaza
  
• "Punch Bowl News’s Jake Sherman reports that a dozen Democrats joined with Republicans to vote for the bill."
  House Passes Standalone $14.3 Billion Emergency Aid Package for Israel
  
• “It ought to be paid for by taking it away from something that is harmful to our economy, and that’s more IRS agents.”
  Rand Paul: Biden “Bluffing” In Threat To Veto House Bill On Israel Aid
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• "It's here." (What did Sean Connery's "Untouchable" Jim Malone say about where to put one of theirs if they put one of yours in the hospital? - jjs)
  SHOT: Tulane University – Pro-Hamas Demonstrators Break Nose of Jewish Student at Pro-Israel Rally
  
• "'The biggest threat to us as Jews is and has always been white supremacy, not the struggle for Palestinian liberation,' Tulane Students for Palestine says."
  CHASER: Tulane University Activist Group Says White Supremacy, Not Hamas, is Biggest Threat to Jews
  
• "The heckler is 'Rabbi' Jessica Rosenberg. You all know that 'Jewish Voice for Peace' is a rabid anti-Israel group that supports BDS. Even the ADL cannot stand JVP"
  Biden Supports a ‘Pause’ in Israel-Hamas War After Jewish Voice for Peace Heckler Demanded Ceasefire
  
• "Swalwell has taken at least four all-expenses-paid junkets to Qatar, the oil-rich Gulf nation and Hamas’s largest financial backer."
  Eric "Yum-Yum Fang-Bangee" Swalwell Claims GOP is "Team Hamas." He’s Repeatedly Praised the Terrorist Group’s Biggest Funder
  
• Robert Zimmerman: ". . . this madness has evolved and simplified. It has become for the moment 'Kill the Jews', but don’t think it will not later spread to 'Kill the Republicans!' 'Kill the Christians!' and later 'Kill the perverts!' The torches and pitchforks are out, and these lynch mobs are eager to use them."
  The Goal of Hamas (and its Supporters) is to Kill All Jews
  
• "Utopia's heart of darkness."
  Why is the Left So into the Hamas Pogrom?
  
• David Harsanyi: "A moral imperative."
  "Canceling: People Who Celebrate the Wanton Murder of Women and Children is Also Free Expression
  
• "Actions, students, have consequences. That includes signing letters attempting to excuse war crimes.'
  How Palestinians’ Supporters Dox Themselves
  
• "Israel, Hamas, and social media."
  Splinters From a Broken Heart

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• “We Muslims have one word for Jews. Shalom,” reads the headline of the message pinned to the top of the social media page of Muslims Against Antisemitism (@MAA_UK on X/Twitter). Posted on Saturday, the message that follows is a reprint of a statement tweeted by MAA when it was formed back in 2018. (Hope this is for real and not just another taqqiya sunrise - jjs)
  Muslim Group Publicly Condemns Anti-Semitic Violence and Hate, Hamas, Terrorist Attack on Israel
  
• "France has seen a dramatic spike in anti-Semitism since Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel on October 7. According to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, there have been 857 reports of anti-Semitic acts in France since Hamas started the war against Israel, which was nearly double the number reported for all of 2022, the Post reported."
  French Authorities Investigating Viral Video Showing Group of People Chanting "Fuck the Jews," We are Nazis" on Metro
  
• Raymond Ibrahim: ". . . 'Muhammad' is the most popular name of newborn baby boys all throughout Western European cities and capitals, including Berlin, Oslo, Brussels, and Amsterdam — and even in Israel."
  Muhammad Is Taking Over the World
  
• "Islamism is an entirely different phenomenon than Western political parties, and its goals and values are vastly different."
  Misunderstanding Islamism and the Gaza War
  
• Robert Spencer: "Why they often attract weak men."
  Jihad, Nazism, and the Cult of Masculinity

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• Victor Davis Hanson: "The best way of understanding it is that Israelis are Jews and the ancient plague of anti-Semitism is again sweeping the globe."
  One Sick War
  
• “There’s no indication from what’s been released so far about his background that he came to Cornell with these thoughts. He learned them at Cornell.”
  How Did Student Patrick Dai Become Radicalized at Cornell?
  
• As a Jew, I'd rather be in Israel right now than in New York City for a whole host of reasons - jjs
  Amid Eruption of Global Anti-Semitism, Many Israelis Say They Feel Safer in Jewish State at War

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• “This lack of transparency from the self-identified ‘most transparent administration in history’ is looking more like obstruction every day,” he continued. “Congress needs full access to these records and others as part of our investigation into Joe Biden and the Biden family’s corruption.”
  James Comer: National Archives Withholding 99.98% of Pages of Joe Biden’s Alias Emails

  SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• "The top clerk for New York Justice Arthur Engoron, Allison Greenfield, appears to have violated judicial rules preventing officers of the court from making excessive political donations, Breitbart News has learned. What’s more, it appears Engoron was advised of Greenfield’s violations in a 72-page complaint addressed to his court via email  that was also filed with the New York State Bar Association the same day he decided to issue a gag order against former President Donald Trump in his case currently playing out in Engoron’s Manhattan courtroom."
  Complaint Calls for Trump New York Trial Judge’s Clerk to Be Disbarred for Excessive Political Donations

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• "This is a fight you wanted."
  Lindsey Graham, GOP Sens Threaten Counter-Subpoenas Over Clarence Thomas Ethics Probe
  
• “Here we go again, Democrats & media allies are smearing Justice Thomas b/c his friend loaned him money in 1999 to purchase RV. Both Thomas & friend say loan was satisfied. Attacks on Thomas are unprecedented & prove Left wants to destroy Court b/c it’s no longer liberal,” wrote Paoletta, who has been friends with Thomas since he assisted with his confirmation to the Supreme Court in 1991. 
  D.C. Insider: ‘Despicable’ Media Attacks on Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas Part of Left’s Effort to ‘Undermine’ Supreme Court
  
• "Bestselling conservative author and anti-Critical Race Theory activist points the way toward American renewal."
  Christopher Rufo Video: America’s Cultural Revolution

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• "Qatari outlet 'openly endorsing Hamas's barbaric ideology.'"
  Pressure Ramps Up in Congress To Revoke Al Jazeera's Press Credentials
  
• "Google is overriding its own search results to force-feed users biased and misleading quotes about the conflict in Israel."
  If You Ask Google if Hamas Rapes Women, it Will Praise the Terrorist Group
  
• "The fog of war – according to the editor of The New Yorker.
  David Remnick, the Crisis in Israel and Shades of Gray
  
• Christian Toto: "The Intercept's dirt-seeking Tweet captures rage against progressive star's awakening." (No love lost at all for me with Schumer. That said, it's a miracle she had the guts to take the pro-Israel stand in the first place and it's horrendous what's being done to her, but I doubt she'll stand by as her career is threatened. Hope she proves me wrong - jjs)
  Press Attacks Amy Schumer for Defending Israel
  
• The Thursday essay, titled “MAGA and Christian nationalism: Bigger threat to America than Hamas could ever be,” was penned by columnist Brian Karem, the former senior White House correspondent for Playboy. (Karem. Sounds like a Muslim Karen - jjs)
  Salon Magazine: MAGA Republicans, Christian Nationalism "Bigger Threat to America than Hamas"

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• "The Maduro regime may have already violated its end of the agreement in spirit, as the country’s top court recently suspended the results of the opposition’s primary election while it conducts a wide criminal investigation into the election’s organizers. The Biden [junta] has so far not committed to reinstating the sanctions, as it reserves the right to do in the event that the Maduro government does not hold up its end of the deal."
  Biden Junta Delays Offshore Oil Lease Weeks After Easing Sanctions On Socialist Regime
  
• "Dreaming of an apocalypse that will never come true."
  "Climate Change" Apologists in Retreat
  
• "Climate alarmists yip and screech about saving our world, but their real objective is truly sinister."
  Say, They Want a Revolution . . .
  
• "Our freedom to roam is under assault from a plan to close everything off and make us ask permission before we enjoy it."
  If Biden Gets His Way, Your Next Adventure Out West Will Be Canceled
  
• "And fairly vital for us humans, too, it turns out."
  Carbon Dioxide: Vital Plant Food
  
• "Green energy is an unattainable pipe dream. This country and this world will never operate successfully on renewable energy. The left loves to use terms like clean, sustainable, and green, but there is nothing green, clean, or sustainable about any of this."
  Breaking Wind: Major Companies See Profits Caught in a Downburst

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• “We have just returned from our southern border, and it is painfully clear that with Joe Biden’s open border policy, our country is really at an increased threat for [sic] a terrorist attack,” said Senator Barrasso, who added the explosive devices brought into the country were the “size of cannonballs.” (Not a can of refried beans, I take it? - jjs)
  Illegal Migrants Caught ‘With Explosives’ Crossing Southern Border
  
• "A new caravan is on its way to the border. The organizer said that Latin American countries are conspiring against Biden because of his horrid border policies."
  Sanctuary City Democrat Mayors Demanding Billions From Biden to Help With Migrants

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "Bankman-Fried’s defense argued that he never intended to defraud people and claimed that the government had been looking for a fall guy in the wake of the FTX and Alameda collapse." (I assume he too won't kill himself in prison - jjs)
  Sam Bankman-Fried, "Scam Bank-Fraud," Convicted of Fraud, Faces Over 100 Years in Prison

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "Clinton took a strong pro-Israel stance after the conflict in Israel erupted, denouncing those calling for a ceasefire during a moderated discussion with former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III, according to CBS News."
  Students Walk Out of Hillary Clinton’s College Class
  
• "I’m not afraid to use power like a Democrat does, which means I will actually use lawful authority to use our government to advance the best interest of our constituents."
  Unions Deploy Eye-Popping "Methods of Disruption" Against Conservative School Board Facing Reelection
  
• "When the government runs something, there’s an endless supply of taxpayer money for them to use and abuse."
  If Public Education Were a Business, It Would Be Bankrupt
  
• "A new approach to help students achieve self-mastery would do wonders for long-term social mores, economic growth, and innovation."
  The Promise of Entrepreneurial Education

  ABORTION

• "‘Issue 1 is actually taking the abortion issue out of the hands of Ohioans,’ former Ohio Deputy Solicitor General Megan Wold said."
  Issue 1 Permanently Writes Planned Parenthood’s Business Model Into Ohio’s Constitution
  
• "There will need to be a deeper societal shift before progress can be made."
  Abortions Went Up After Dobbs
  
• "On Tuesday, the commonwealth will hold elections for its General Assembly, meaning all 100 House of Delegates and 40 Senate seats will be up for grabs. In the House, Republicans currently hold a 48-46 majority, with six vacancies. Meanwhile, Democrats control the Senate with a 22-18 majority."
  A Win for Virginia Republicans Next Week is a Win for the Unborn

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• "Clark cited both data showing an abnormal amount of absentee ballots were cast in certain districts and video evidence showing two Democratic officials shoving ballots into drop boxes, violating state law. Both Wanda Geter-Pataky, vice chair of the Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee and former city councilwoman Eneida Martinez pleaded the fifth while in court."
  Judge Orders Re-Do of Democrat Primary After Video Shows Absentee Ballot Stuffing

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "If it passed, Hawley’s bill would limit McConnell’s own power as a key player in the Senate Leadership Fund, a powerful super PAC that spent more money than any other group in key battleground states last year. McConnell’s camp have hinted to colleagues that many of them, including Hawley himself, need the Senate Leadership Fund’s money to fight their campaigns, implying they could be left high and dry if they go against the 81-year-old Minority Leader."
  McConnell Threatens Republicans Who Want to Get Corporate Cash Out of Politics
  
• "Schiff announced his bid for a California U.S. Senate seat in January. Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein died at the age of 90 in September, prompting California Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint Laphonza Butler as her replacement."
  California’s Adam Schiff-for-Brains Has Actually Been Living In Maryland for Two Decades, Docs Show
  
• Authored by Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., the letter sent to ActBlue Chief Executive Officer Regina Wallace-Jones requests information regarding the platform’s “lenient donor verification standards,” which Steil says have allegedly permitted “malicious actors” to “funnel unlawful funds to political committees” in key elections throughout the country. As noted by Fox News, ActBlue “amasses small-dollar donations … and then funnels them to various Democrat candidates and causes.”
  House Republicans Dig Into Democrat Fundraising Platform’s Shady Donor Verification Process
  
• {Ruben] Gallego brought in $3.1 million and spent $1.9 million between July 1 and Sept. 30, entering the year’s final fundraising period with $5 million in the bank, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). His Senate campaign dropped over $3,000 on a luxury resort in Puerto Rico, $2,700 on private security, nearly $2,000 on fine dining in Washington, D.C., and thousands more on related expenses, the disbursements show."
  Swing-State Dem’s Senate Campaign Drops Thousands On Swanky Resort, Private Security
  
• The scheme intended to inflate the Adams campaign’s finances which would increase matching funds it received from the city. The construction executives and former police inspector Dwayne Montgomery – a friend of Adams – believed their efforts would earn them lucrative city contracts once Adams was elected. Compounding the Mayor’s problems, the home of Brianna Suggs – Adams’s fundraising chief – was raided by the FBI earlier today.
  Feds Raid NYC Mayor Adams’s Fundraising Chief in Spiraling Election Finance Case

  POLITICS

• "The Trump campaign has raised $553,566 in Minnesota since the beginning of the year, compared to the approximate $391,867 that the Biden campaign brought in, according to records maintained by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Trump’s campaign has had 1,317 unique donors in Minnesota this year, topping Biden’s 466 unique supporters."
  Trump Campaign Taps Small-Dollar Donors To Outraise Biden In Blue-Leaning State
  
• "Ziegler, most recently a principal at the law firm and lobbyist group Williams and Jensen, has represented a bevy of bio-tech and pharmaceutical companies. Some of his most recognizable clients include the bio-tech firm Amgen, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Merck, Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk, and PhRMA – the major pharmaceutical industry trade group. The lobbying work on behalf of Pfizer and PhRMA are especially concerning given the industry connections to the Democrat Party and anti-Trump, globalist causes." (Well, that was a short honeymoon - jjs)
  Speaker Johnson Hires Pfizer, Big Pharma Lobbyist
  
• "Judging by past Republican debates, the upcoming debate on NBC (NBC!) will be more of a pathetic comedy show than a way of informing the public about the candidates."
  The RNC November Debate: Live From Miami, It’s Wednesday Night!
  
• "Biden, of course, is more susceptible to these cry-bully tactics than Trump ever was. The Democratic Party desperately wants to be seen as inclusive, as an ally to the oppressed masses and as a leader in world progressivism. By ranking Biden’s America worse than Trump’s, activists have a whole lot more to gain."
  Even Liberal Lunatics Admit America Was Better Under Trump Than Biden
  
• “Free speech isn’t just about protecting the speech that you like, it’s especially about protecting the speech you don’t like. I think the protest was an expression of speech. Now, the other reason that I voted against this resolution, the language was modelled after a resolution that I voted against two years ago that calls the January 6th protesters insurrectionists. It’s wrong to call the January 6th protesters insurrectionists and I think it’s wrong to call the people that were with Rashida Tlaib insurrectionists. So, those were my two reasons for voting against it.” (Can Massie be so fucking clueless as to not see the difference not just in speech but in intent and circumstances between J6 and Rancida?! - jjs)
  ‘Somebody’s Got To Stop It’: Thomas Massie Defends Vote To Kill Tlaib Censure

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "The remarks come as the Islamic Republic, which is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, has fueled attacks against Israel over the last month through several terrorist proxy groups, including Hamas, which murdered 1,400 Israelis. Terrorist leaders with Hamas and 'Palestinian' Islamic Jihad have repeatedly stated that Iran was the main backer behind their activities, providing them with money, weapons, and training."
  Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: "Death To America" is Not a Slogan, It’s "Our Policy"
  
• American ambassador: “Notwithstanding our concerns over the utility of the @UN_HRC Social Forum in general, we categorically refuse to sit, converse, or engage in any discussion on human rights chaired by Iran.” (Behind the scenes it's a completely different story - jjs)
  Iran, Backer of Hamas, Chairing the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum
  
• No other American [legitimate] president, with the exception of Barack Obama, would have been so unconcerned with attacks such as these."
  Iran Attacks U.S. Troops 28 Times, Biden Junta Fails to Seriously Respond
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• "How Newsom’s trip to China played into Xi’s hands." (This assumes Newsom is an unwitting dupe instead of a willing accomplice - jjs)
  China’s Perfect Manchurian Candidate: Governor Gavin Newsom
  
• "South Africa hosted wargames with Russia earlier this year and engaged with Hamas amid Israel war."
  As South Africa Cozies Up to Russia and Hamas, Biden Junta Promotes Economic Forum in Johannesburg
  
• "With his polling showing him more popular than any other Latin American leader, he’s all but assured re-election when Salvadorans go to vote on February 4, 2024. It is only sensible that the rules change for the elections take place to allow Salvadorans their rights to self-determination and safety in their country."
  Nayib Bukele Stuns the World in El Salvador’s Historic Presidential Re-Election Bid
  
• "The Chinese people protest the oppressive regime of Xi Jinping by mourning his sudden death."
  China’s Li Keqiang Is Finally Free
  
• Doug Bandow: "It is the height of perversity to claim self-defense in our invasion of Syria."
  George Orwell’s 1984 in Washington
  
• “The country has changed course. There is no going back.” (Wait until England is majority Muslim - jjs)
  The Once and Future Brexit

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• "In Gallup’s survey, however, which included just more than 2,000 U.S. adults interviewed online between Oct. 4-16, an increasing number of Americans want to the war to end quickly, rather than see a prolonged conflict wherein the Ukrainians reclaim territory."
  Poll: Plurality of Americans Say U.S. is Doing "Too Much" for Ukraine
• Ukrainian forces, Zaluzhny intimated, face a similar onslaught when they attempt to advance: “The simple fact is that we see everything the enemy is doing and they see everything we are doing. In order for us to break this deadlock we need something new,” he said, suggesting a wonder weapon on the level of the invention of gunpowder would be needed to “break this deadlock.” (Cry uncle and sue for an armistice - jjs)
  Ukraine’s Top General Concedes No ‘Deep and Beautiful Breakthrough’ Will Come in Ukraine’s Counteroffensive

  BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH

• "The report revealed the United States and its allies have supported the Afghan economy with “cash shipments” averaging $80 million that “arrive in Kabul every 10-14 days” ever since the Taliban takeover and [so-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal in 2021. The U.S. has sent over $11 billion in assistance to Afghanistan and Afghan refugees since then."
  Watchdog Report: U.S. Has Given Afghanistan $11 Billion in Aid Since Disastrous Biden Withdrawal

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• “We’ve seen natural disasters, the impact of [Chinese] COVID, some of the violence that took place after George Floyd’s murder, but I would tell you, what I saw back in May, is the first time since I’ve been in this job where I had store members saying, ‘It’s not safe to come to work,'” the CEO claimed, adding that angry customers were engaged in “very aggressive behavior at store-level, lots of threats,” and “destroyed products.” (Target now needs to go the way of the dodo - jjs)
  Target CEO: Conservatives Upset Over Trans Merch More Dangerous To Employees Than George Floyd Riots
  
• "The same generation offended by comedians has released statements supporting an organization calling for the complete annihilation of Israel."
  Why Does Gen Z Protest Everything But Terrorism?
  
• "In 2021, transgender pop star Kim Petras performed during the parade, marking the annual event’s first-ever transgender celebrity."
  Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Teases Gender ‘Non-Binary’ Bonanza
  
• "Our cities are becoming medieval."
  Notes From a Baltimore All Souls’ Day
  
• ". . . I think it actually does come from a deeply misogynistic tradition of thinking about women’s bodies as passive,” she argues. (How much you want to bet this is a childless shrew - jjs)
  Saying "A Bun in the Oven" is Now Offensive, Claims Historian

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