The Morning Report — 10/20 /26

Good morning kids. Apologies in advance for continuing on from yesterday with thoughts about what's going on in France and by extension Europe and whatever remains of the West and civilization as it had been (or as we had intended it to be) since 1945. Nearly 600 years ago as the black plague ravaged most of Europe the great fire of London, which some historians suspect might have been set by foreign enemies of England has also been cited as a factor in stopping the plague.

In any case whatever parallels or similes to the current situation in Europe the fact remains that they and indeed WE TOO are on a knife edge of succumbing to a new dark age, one that is by our, that is by our fellow citizens in name only, making.

There are two ways of looking at the midterms, now less than three weeks away.

One is as a simple referendum on the issues and politicians of the day. The other involves a far deeper conflict of visions (as Thomas Sowell puts it): socialism versus capitalism, intrusive versus limited government, and the destruction of time-honored institutions and traditions versus their preservation and renewal.

Rarely in American history have the two parties been so far apart or the choice between them so stark. In brief, Islamist-sympathizing socialism is on the ballot against free-market capitalism and American exceptionalism.

The new Islamist-allied socialist Democrat Party is confident, largely because the party holding the White House has increased its share of House seats in a midterm election only three times since 1900. Each of those exceptions arose under unusual circumstances. . .

. . .Are they demonizing the majority of the American people in the manner of Zohran Mamdani’s housing czar, Cea Weaver, who declared that homeownership is “a weapon of white supremacy”? Or like Melat Kiros, who argues that “We were never really going to be able to tackle white supremacy in the way that we need to without reparations”? Could anyone imagine Republican or conservative candidates apologizing for terrorism in the manner of marquee Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who responded to a cowardly Islamist attack on a synagogue with “Hurt people do hurt people”? In short, treat this midterm election as the deep choice that it is.

That is just a taste, and a very bitter one (like bitter almonds IYKWIMAITYD) from our esteemed friend Prof. Victor Davis Hanson who goes into much more disturbing detail of just what's at stake two weeks from now.

And the equally eloquent and cromulent Glenn H Reynolds goes off on this harridan Elissa Slotkin.

Democrats speak with forked tongue.

On Sunday, former President Barack Obama denounced the Trump administration’s investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar for immigration fraud as un-American. 

In America, we don’t go after our political opponents, he said.

This from the man who sent his Internal Revenue Service after Tea Party protesters, and whose running mate, after he became president, treated traditional Catholics, COVID-vaccine skeptics and parents who spoke out at school board meetings as potential terrorists.

Not to mention raiding Donald Trump’s home and sending FBI agents to rifle through Melania’s underwear. . .

. . . Biden’s team went after COVID-vaccine skeptics and critics of trans policy. 

Slotkin just wants to scare young people away from being conservatives.

The goal seems to be something like Britain — a society where disagreeing with the government on social media gets you a visit from police, and possibly a jail term, just for stating a contrary opinion.

As The Post’s Karol Markowitz put it, “They told me the US was heading toward fascism and they were right.”

Ironically, Slotkin is an alumna of the Central Intelligence Agency, where the motto “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free” is carved into the wall. 

It is a core American belief that you don’t learn the truth through censorship and intimidation. 

You learn the truth through free and open debate and competition in the marketplace of ideas.

One would think a CIA alumna would understand, and support, these American principles. Instead she’s talking like a thug.

Well this is the same CIA that somehow hired John Brennan, a Gus Hall-Angela Davis voting communist who not surprisingly became Obama's CIA chief and who no or shockingly few Republicans opposed (or am I misremembering?).

Reynolds continues...

But Slotkin represents the kind of thinking that is bringing America closer to civil disorder, if not outright civil war.

For over two centuries, America managed to engage in a peaceful transfer of power without the outgoing parties having to protect themselves against political prosecutions by the incoming party.

The other way is dangerous. . . the increasing politicization of the justice system and the creation of what were fundamentally political crimes and prosecutions. We warned this practice would destroy faith in both the political and the justice system.  Things have only gotten worse since. Sen. Slotkin’s speech amplifies the problem. Treating political opposition as a crime is wrong. It’s unAmerican. And it’s dangerous.  

Well, that's strong language, especially from someone I respect, but that brings me to someone that I'm not so confident in nor respectful of to say the least who had this to say...

Marsha Blackburn: The Radical Left Wants Tennessee. They’ll Have To Go Through Me.. .Socialism stops at the Tennessee line.

While Blackburn yammers on about voting, the question was and is at what point will voting simply not matter? whether the Democrats do as they've always done by stealing elections or as we see in France and as we saw here in 2020 as well as several other times in our recent past riot and burn cities to the ground, on top of outright assassinating their political enemies?

When what Slotkin and her ilk are hot and horny for fails, then violence is their only option?

And so, Marsha Blackburn and all of us the question is "How many divisions do they and more crucially WE have?!

I'd like to end on a more humorous note as commenter Spamf Roming noted my reference to the classic movie "Casablanca" was totally wrong:

Bogey didn't kiss Elsa at the station. She sent a note and stood him up. He didn't kiss her at the airport, but sent her off with her husband.

On that note I bid you all to, despite the above and all the rest of the news,have a good day.

And please vote early and often!!!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Victor Davis Hanson: The midterms are a fundamental choice over America’s economic future, national identity, immigration, energy, and Western civilization.
  The Deep Midterms
  
• If Alberta votes Oct. 19 to leave Canada, Washington should be waiting with open arms for the resource-rich province and its conservatives.
  Instead of Making Canada The 51st State, Just Take Alberta

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• This is about people who want to destroy the West. 
  America Is Watching Its Own Future Unfold

• Glenn Reynolds:In a book I coauthored with Peter W. Morgan in 1997, we wrote about the increasing politicization of the justice system and the creation of what were fundamentally political crimes and prosecutions.  We warned this practice would destroy faith in both the political and the justice system.  Things have only gotten worse since. Sen. Slotkin’s speech amplifies the problem. Treating political opposition as a crime is wrong. It’s unAmerican. And it’s dangerous. 
  Elissa Slotkin’s threats to prosecute conservatives moves America closer to civil war (which side has the most guns and probably the entire military on its side? -jjs)
  
• As Slotkin herself said, her plans for ‘victory’ are focused on dealing out ‘retribution’ to Republicans. Americans should take her warning very seriously.
  The Democrat Party Platform Is Throwing Conservatives In Prison And Slotkin Just Said It Out Loud
  
• If Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune doesn’t at least censure Sen. Elissa Slotkin, he supports unconstitutional abuses of power. It’s that simple.
  If Thune Doesn’t Censure Slotkin, He Supports Nuking All GOP Staffers
  
• The Article III Project is releasing daily digital ads warning American voters of the ‘Red-Green Alliance’ of Marxists and Islamists.
  The Unholy Marriage Between Marxists And Islamists Is ‘The Most Dangerous Partnership’ In U.S. Politics
  
• A deranged leftist on TikTok advises people on how to "unalive" Tesla and SpaceX Founder Elon Musk but walks it back, saying it's all a "joke." You're not fooling anyone, dude!
  Deranged Leftist Wants Elon Musk Dead, Calls It A 'Joke'
  
• From Lenin and Stalin to today’s radical left, the history of communism reveals a recurring pattern of false promises, political repression, and revolutionary violence.
  Marxists, Deception, And Violence

  "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• “Make it known to ICE that it is not authorized to use your garages and lots,” the radical mayor says in his letter.
  NY Mayor Mamdani Demands Parking Lot Owners Ban ICE Agents
  
• The prospects of Democrat ruination are readily apparent. The early ballots, blue and red, are already being cast. The question is whether enough GOP voters treat the stakes as real.<
  Democrats Want To Wreck America With Third-World Immigration/a>
  
• Homeland Security chief Markwayne Mullin will soon review a plan to expand worksite inspections, White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday. (Proseuctions/Fines with extreme prejudice!!! - jjs)
  Tom Homan Pushes DHS to Pressure Employers Who Hire Illegals

  THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)

• Iranian leaders have long danced around their true intentions with their nuclear program after former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a fatwa against developing atomic weapons in 2005. Since then, officials have maintained that any atomic enrichment happening inside Iran was for domestic nuclear energy development and not for bombs, despite doubt from nuclear watchdog groups — as well as American and Israeli leaders.
  Iran pols finally admit they want nuclear weapons: ‘It’s a necessity more important than bread’

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY

• Her allegations revive questions about extremism in "Palestinian" classrooms and the UNRWA agency's responsibility to protect children from indoctrination.
  Gaza teacher says she was threatened for opposing hatred of Jews in classroom
  * * * * *

• ICE arrested Khalil, who is a green card holder from Syria of "Palestinian" descent, in March 2025.
  Mahmoud Khalil Asks The Supreme Court For A Lifeline

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• First Mayor Mamdani, next Senator El-Sayed?
  The Muslim March to Power
  
• Some parents first raised concerns about the camp’s display of Israeli flags last spring. CAIR-CT now wants the district to stop using the site altogether.
  CAIR-CT Demands Greenwich Schools Bar Jewish Camp Visit Over Israeli Flags; Trip to Go Ahead

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released October 19, showed builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes declined three points to 29 in October, down from 32 in September.
  Exclusive — HUD Secretary Scott Turner Defends Trump’s Housing Reforms: ‘America Cannot Regulate Its Way to Affordability’
  
• The U.S. Supreme Court added to its 2026 docket on Monday two high-profile cases. . .
  SCOTUS Takes Up Cases On Race and School Admissions, Federal At-Home Distilling Ban

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

• Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has offered a detailed explanation and a fresh apology after the Instagram account of the No Kings movement was suspended for several hours during nationwide rallies for suspicious behavior driven by AI usage.
  Instagram Suspends ‘No Kings’ Account for Suspicious Activity, Leftists Led by Bernie Sanders Suddenly Care About Censorship
  
• Fifth Circuit rules the FCC illegally created a private company to administer its $9 billion telecom subsidy fund without congressional approval.
  Fifth Circuit Strikes Down FCC’s $9 Billion Telecom Fund
  
• In an apparent attempt at a CNN impression. . .
  BBC Claims French Riots Were ‘Mostly Peaceful’ While Showing Country on Fire
  
• There’s little doubt that this globalist serial liar decided to leave CNN knowing that she now works for David Ellison, the Skydance CEO who successfully merged his company with Warner Bros., which owns the basement-rated CNN. Ellison put Bari Weiss in charge of CBS News, and one area where Weiss is actually good is how Israel is covered. Weiss is Jewish and a defender of the Jewish state. Amanpour’s seething hatred for Israel isn’t something she bothers to disguise.
  Disgraced, Far-Left Christiane Amanpour Leaving CNN in June
  
• Don’t expect the CNN stars to ask any awkward questions. Qatar is subsidizing CNN’s new Doha bureau and is a major sponsor of the moneymaking conference.
  CNN Is Caught Quietly Deleting Sycophantic Language About Hamas-Loving Qatar Ahead of Network’s For-Profit ‘Global Forum’ With Wolf Blitzer, Christiane Amanpour

• Tarlov clearly sees herself as the open-minded voice at the table. The reality is far less flattering. She has become a useful prop for an antisemite whose election she is helping to secure, and she's perfectly happy to set aside his hostility toward Jews to help the Democrat Party. That's where Gad Saad comes in.
  Ouch! Gad Saad Destroys Jessica Tarlov, and It's Brutal

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Donald Trump ran on a promise to end job-killing regulation, and now is the moment when we’re within sight of the fulfilment of that promise.<
  The New Bill That Might Be Trump 2.0’s Biggest Accomplishment/a>
  
• By 2023, government transfer payments to the lowest income quintile totaled roughly 70 percent of their average cash income.
  It’s Not Billionaires Robbing The Middle Class, It’s Welfare Recipients
  
• Does public money create private value? The best evidence says yes.
  Put the Taxpayer on the Cap Table

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

• It is time to prosecute. (meh execute- jjs)
  With MAGA Enemies List, Jack Smith Trashes The Constitution Once Again

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Giving murderers a pass isn’t compassion, it’s cruelty.
  The Death Penalty Upholds the Value of Human Life
  
• Faisal is also charged in the fatal crash that killed the mother of a former Trump Middle East adviser
  Man Charged With Killing Former Trump Adviser’s Mother Arraigned On Hate-Crime Charges

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• The federal government has intensified efforts to curb rampant sexual abuse of students in the nation’s schools and to end the despicable practice of “passing the trash.”
  Pedophilia Proliferates in U.S. Schools
  
• “despite trying to follow the university’s procedures, members of YAF say administrators restricted the event without providing a clear explanation”
  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. Trying to Block Col. Allen West From Speaking on Campus

  THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• The effort, “Operation Protect the Vote,” focused on foreign nationals accused of fraudulently registering to vote in U.S. elections. Some of those arrested are also accused of already casting ballots in an election.
  Federal Officials Arrest Over Two Dozen Connected with Illegal Voting in California
  
• “This is not political or controversial. 18 U.S.C. § 611 [voting by aliens] makes it a federal offense for noncitizens to vote in a federal election. We will not allow California to dilute the votes of American citizens,” posted First Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli.
  Trump is Trying to Stop States from Counting Suspected Noncitizen Ballots. Can He Do It?

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

• As if we needed more evidence that this man is a plant.
  Report: Left-Wing Donors Bankroll ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan in Alaska Senate Race
  
• The Indiana Democrat candidate admitted on Monday that she downed “three beers” before slurring through a viral, trainwreck interview — in which she pledged to fire all…
  'I was nervous!' Indiana Dem reveals how many beers she downed before trainwreck interview
  * * * * *

• The sprawling criminal probe is seeking in part to prove Omar allegedly married her brother in 2009 to try to help him get a green card.
  Family matters Feds have DNA evidence that could prove Ilhan Omar wed her brother, committed immigration fraud: sources

  POLITICS

• Several pivotal races remain close enough that turnout, late shifts among undecided voters, or a modest polling miss could determine which party holds the majority.
  The Battle for the Senate Comes Down to These Eight Races
  
• President Donald Trump’s Monday evening rally outside of Wichita, Kansas, saw thousands of attendees lined outside the arena and “every seat filled” as he continues to barnstorm the country ahead of the November midterm elections.
  Trump’s Kansas Crowd ‘Blew the Roof Off the Arena’
  
• El-Sayed couldn’t hide his own skepticism as he was trying to explain to the Bostonians why Flint residents care about their city
  'They’re Like, "Why?"' El-Sayed Asked Why Anyone Would Want To Live in Flint, Michigan, in Appearance Before White Boston University Audience
  
• Democrats, such as Michigan's Sen. Elise Slotkin and Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed keep reminding us who they are. And voters are believing them.
  IBD/TIPP poll shows a narrowing midterm race: The trend is our friend
  
• There is not one position in the DSA platform that has not been embraced by local Democrat candidates for federal, state, and local office.
  PETROGRAD 2026
  
• Despite Dem poll lead, Republicans hope to boost GOP turnout to pull an election upset. (unless the polls are total shit and the GOP is really leading? -jjs)
  Dems Hold Slim Lead Over GOP In Midterm Vote, But Can They Keep It? I&I/TIPP Poll
  
• Democrats pour $4.3 million into Kathy Hochul’s reelection campaign as Republican Bruce Blakeman challenges her on taxes, energy costs, and crime.
  Democrats Pour $4.3M Into Kathy Hochul Reelection Fight
  
• 'Nonpartisan law enforcement professional' takes on political hack Letitia James
  Saritha Surge Could Be Surprise in New York
  
• Socialism stops at the Tennessee line.
  arsha Blackburn: The Radical Left Wants Tennessee. They’ll Have To Go Through Me.

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Communist and socialist groups are organizing a coordinated strike across Europe on November 20.
  REVEALED: 54 communist, socialist and Muslim organizations are backing French riots
  
• They're telling us that the riots are "mostly peaceful."
  The Riots In France Aren’t What You Think
  * * * * *

• Putin knows that the original Yalta was a triumph for Joseph Stalin, who persuaded an ailing President Franklin Roosevelt to open the door to postwar Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. Look: Yalta One was a meeting of allies — this new one would be Trump volunteering to be outnumbered by our determined foes.
  Trump going for ‘Yalta 2’ with Putin and Xi would blow up the Republican Party
  
• The dispute exposes a growing contradiction at the heart of the European project, with many asking how the free movement of people within the bloc can survive if single states can grant access to hundreds of thousands of foreigners all on their own.
  Europe Is Splitting in Two Over Mass Migration.
  
• The images, published by North Korean state media on Monday, show a seemingly animated Kim examining children’s footwear.
  Shop till you drop Kim Jong Un ‘proof of life’ photos released by North Korea after wild rumors dictator died from brain hemorrhage

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• The obstacle is often the enormous cost of the final clinical trials needed to win approval. Researchers call this funding gap the biotech “valley of death.” Yet, President Donald Trump could make a difference by providing federal funding to help promising treatments through the valley and across the finish line.
  The missing piece of the puzzle holding up a key Alzheimer’s drug

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• “Two new reports from WWF-Mexico and its partners found that colonies covered 7.24 acres of forest in the 2025-2026 season. That’s an increase of 4.42 acres compared to last season.”
  Monarch Butterfly Populations Rebound as U.S. Honeybee Colony Counts Rise
  
• If all goes as planned, it will orbit Mars from 2027 to 2030, studying the Martian moon Phobos in detail. It will then grab about ten grams of material from Phobos, shift its focus to the second moon Deimos for about a year. It will then return the Phobos samples to Earth in 2031.
  Japan launches MMX sample return mission to the Martian moon Phobos
  
• No details, but the promise is astounding.
  Musk: “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America”

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• Our culture has spent decades denigrating basic truths about sexual morality. Is it any wonder we don’t produce many gentlemen or ladies? 
  Feminists Ask Men To Sleep With Them, Leave Them Alone, And Save Them From Themselves

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• The actress and wannabe expat then fantasized about leftists having to “welcome” fleeing Trump supporters back to “the reality of the United States.”
  Rosie O’Donnell Spews Another Conspiracy-Soaked Screed About Midterm Elections Being Rigged (Sensing Dems will get their ass kicked hard? - jjs)
  
• Christian Toto: Former big-screen comedy king stood silent during woke madness
  Judd Apatow (Almost) Struck a Blow Against Cancel Culture
  
• Under Secretary Lonnie Bunch, the museums have drastically fewer visitors, especially the National Museum of American History.
  The Smithsonian’s Dwindling Attendance

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