The Morning Report — 10/29 /26

Good morning kids. Lots of ground to cover this morning so let's dive right in. First up, as if Spain doesn't have enough madness and bloodshed to contend with these days, on top of it all there was an absolutely horrific train crash there yesterday.

Several Americans are believed to have been injured in a high-speed train collision that killed at least 68 people in Spain on Wednesday when one train collided with another that had stopped on the tracks. The crash took place in Spain's Castilla-La Mancha, with the regional government confirming the death toll and adding that another 58 people required medical treatment in hospitals. Several Americans are believed to have been hurt in the crash, according to the State Department.

Prayers go out for all the victims and their loved ones. Yikes, having traveled extensively in Spain many years ago via their rail system, I can just imagine the carnage. Of course with everything else going on in Spain and Europe vis a vis the violent riots with its roots in Islam and their allies of convenience in and of the Left whose common enemy is Western civilization itself and the possibility of terrorism immediately comes to mind. You may recall the attack in Madrid at the Atocha train station shortly after 9/11 as well as the fact that Spain has been dealing with the terrorist Basque separatist group ETA for decades and so Terrorism cannot be ruled out, unless of course you're the Media channeling the specter of Yasser Arafat correcting that word as Tourism, which no doubt they're doing as we speak sincerely one day later and there's but one link I can find to this story. No doubt the Media and the Left but I repeat myself has its hands full trying to preserve protect and defend the election thievery in Brazil and more importantly run cover for whatever they have planned for next week here in the USA. The mass bloody carnage of a grisly train wreck, what a perfect metaphor...

On that note, we have a couple of items that underscore that threat which seems to be solidifying into a very distinct possibility, regionally in several crucial races if not nationally. First up there's this vile Gestapo-like action from the direct descendants of Goebbels and the Gestapo:

Investigative journalists James O’Keefe and Cameron Higby have been hit with felony charges by left-wing Minneapolis prosecutors for their video exposing vulnerable loopholes in Minnesota’s elections. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty accused conservative media personalities O’Keefe, 42, and Higby, 26, of “try[ing] to sow doubt about Minnesota’s secure voting systems” on Wednesday . . . “Mr. O’Keefe and Mr. Higby filmed themselves and posted the videos to social media to try to sow doubt about Minnesota’s secure voting systems,” a press release from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office reads.

I'm not familiar with Minnesota's state criminal code, so will someone kindly enlighten me to the exact law or laws that these gentlemen broke? I ain't no F. Lee Bailey or Ironsides but I can't seem to find “try[ing] to sow doubt about Minnesota’s secure voting systems” anywhere in my dog-eared copy of "Understanding the Minnesota Criminal Code For Dummies/Dhimmis."

Meh, let's not lose our heads over this. They're will be plenty of time for that under Potus El-Sayed and VP Omar! Over the top? You tell me; the battle lines are being drawn, "For What It's Worth?!"

That garbage in Mecca-macacasota is bad enough but this next item is murder!

And yet after the DOJ identified illegal voters in Washington state, Gov. Robert Ferguson decided to invoke the National Guard. Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday criticized a federal request that Washington state set aside the ballots of more than 400 voters over citizenship concerns, calling the move “disappointing” a week before Election Day... Department of Homeland Security investigators claim, with a “high level of confidence,” that the voters in question are not U.S. citizens, according to a letter sent to Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs... National Guard personnel in plain clothes? What police state nonsense is this.Someone set three ballot drop boxes on fire back in 2024 and destroyed a few hundred ballots. Not sure how unarmed Guardsmen in civies are supposed to stop this. . .

These bastards are playing with fire. Meh, we've been saying this since forever and yet the Democrat Party and Leftists have metastasized like a cancer all over the place. Even if we the people of WE THE PEOPLE turn out like never before next week, there's just no way in hell that these bastards are going to allow their power to be denuded if they can help it?

But it raises a broader and more serious point that we touched upon in the latest episode of the podcast (linked here) as well as in the sidebar and on the popular outlets listed at the bottom of this post.

Western Civilization and arguably its high water mark the American Revolution and the Republic it spawned are on a knife edge of being destroyed. So, my fear is that we can vote for Donald Trumps all up and down the line all for election after election And Make No Mistake, we Must!!! but at what point will voting harder and harder and harder just not cut the mustard?! Horrid as the prior two stories are, we have already witnessed and lived through many more since before Trump descended the golden Trump Tower escalator 11 years ago now?

So Psaki-Psircling back to the podcast, when do we the people of WE THE PEOPLE dare "take arms against a sea of troubles?" and as I pondered (not necessarily weak and weary) is resorting to the tactics, specifically the violence (albeit in true self defense) of our enemies, who as we have seen are in every sense of the word mortal enemies, isn't the negation of the very things we are trying to preserve? The Democrat Party and Leftism must be completely removed from every position of power and influence in and out of government and society at large and never be permitted to rise again. We must fight evil remorselessly and relentlessly lest it once again rise to hold a rusty hacksaw to our neck!

It's us or them. And that's the plain unvarnished truth, like it or not. And so with that bitter pill I nevertheless bid you all to have a good day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• The crash took place in Spain's Castilla-La Mancha, with the regional government confirming the death toll and adding that another 58 people required medical treatment in hospitals. Several Americans are believed to have been hurt in the crash, according to the State Department.
  Spain: 68 Dead in High-Speed Rail Crash Points to a Systemic Problem
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• Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty accused conservative media personalities O’Keefe, 42, and Higby, 26, of “try[ing] to sow doubt about Minnesota’s secure voting systems” on Wednesday...
  James O’Keefe, Cam Higby Criminally Charged for Exposing Vulnerable Minnesota Election
  
• There's a pretty clear use for the National Guard and this isn't it.
  WA Gov Calls On National Guard to ‘Protect Ballots’ After DOJ IDs Illegal Voters

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• Victor Davis Hanson: Elon Musk’s shift to the right, support for Trump, and defense of free speech have turned a former liberal darling into a target of the Left’s growing hostility toward billionaires.
  Why Do They Despise Musk?
  
• "This country will not go communist on our watch."
  'When socialists attain power, they never ever give it up'
  
• The former labor secretary wants the Democrat Party to steal SpaceX and Starlink.
  Robert Reich And Organized Theft
  
• They dropped the SPLC screening tool following DOJ allegations that the group funneled $3 million to white hate groups.
  BlackRock, Microsoft, and Seven Other Companies Drop SPLC Screening
  
• FOR SIX YEARS, THE RULE HAS BEEN SIMPLE: IF YOU QUESTION AN ELECTION, YOU ARE A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. IF YOU QUESTION IT LOUDLY, YOU ARE AN INSURRECTIONIST. IF YOU QUESTION IT WITH A FLAG AND A BAD IDEA ABOUT WHERE TO PARK, YOU ARE A DOMESTIC TERRORIST.
  Democrat-Aligned Groups Increasingly Threaten To Undermine Democracy

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

• Am I missing something here? Shooting someone in the face sounds like attempted murder to me.
  ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Given Probation for Shooting Man in the Face
  
• Woke media and politicians are already bewailing the death of Oscar Daniel Isaya Corrales, the 27-year-old man whom an off-duty FBI agent shot on Monday. In fact, Isaya Corrales was a Venezuelan illegal alien with a lengthy rap sheet who was firing into a homeless encampment, hence why the off-duty agent killed him.
  Leftists Claim to Love the Homeless Until an Illegal Alien Tries to Murder Them
  
• The monumental difficulty of deporting a Muslim illegal immigrant murderer.
  Muslim Who Assaulted Jake Lang in Dearborn Was Criminal Illegal Alien Convicted of Murder in 1999

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

• Saudi Arabia’s oil exports are going strong and holding near war-time highs despite the ongoing wave attacks from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, according to maritime tracking firms.
  Damn Strait Saudi oil exports boom despite relentless Houthi attacks

  
  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Mohammad El-Sayed's charity was tangled up for years in federal investigations over sending money to Iraq up until days before the US invasion
  Abdul El-Sayed's Father Sits on Board of Charity With Muslim Brotherhood Ties That Got Caught Funneling Cash to Saddam, Was Raided by FBI and US Military

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• Both arrests are part of a nationwide operation the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rolled out last week. The first round brought in five people – four Haitian nationals and one Cuban national – and DHS called it the “opening salvo” of a much larger push.
  ICE Arrests 2 More Haitian Illegal Aliens in Ohio Food Stamp Crackdown

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Congress should close four loopholes and catch more fraudsters.
  JD Vance Says Current Law Misses 99% Of Fraud. He’s Close, And Here’s How Congress Can Fix It
  
• As middle-class families struggle to afford groceries, the state delivers organic produce, salmon, and more to Medi-Cal members.
  California Sends Luxury Foods to Welfare Recipients
  
• "I have an answer to not being able to get it past the Democrats or the Republicans together." (great, another Coney Island Whitefish wrapped in the South African constitution? - jjs)
  Trump Names Potential SCOTUS Pick He Says Both Parties Would Approve

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

• 'Economic Hardship Reporting Project' highlights plight of $315,000-a-year anti-Israel activist
  New York Times Increasingly Relies on Left-Wing Nonprofit Journalism
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• According to Stanford University’s 2026 AI Index, the computing costs associated with developing and operating advanced AI systems have increased dramatically. OpenAI’s reported annual computing expenditure reached approximately $16.3 billion in 2025, compared with $5.8 billion in 2024. Anthropic’s equivalent spending reached approximately $6.8 billion in 2025.The economic consequences are substantial. Unlike software development, building the physical infrastructure necessary to operate advanced AI systems requires enormous upfront investment.
  Is the AI Boom Hiding a Manufacturing Slump?
  
• The question haunting Microsoft is whether its expensive vision of tomorrow will prove worth the costs in human talent and input.
  Microsoft Buyout Offers for 60,000 Workers Amid $175 Billion AI Push
  
• One thing to keep in mind is that mass hysteria, particularly on platforms like X, is often wrong.
  Governments Are Telling Citizens To Prepare For The Worst. Here’s What You Need To Know.

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• No matter what Democrats are saying about ‘affordability,’ trust that their priorities are anything but lowering prices.
  ‘Affordability’ Is A Trojan Horse For Democrats To Bring Back The Biden Years
  
• Their pursuit of levies on net worth already have support beyond California.
  Democrats’ Wealth-Tax Proposals Won’t End on Election Day

  
  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• A federal judge ruled the DOJ unlawfully extended Essayli’s authority beyond the 120-day limit, disqualifying him from two cases but allowing time for an appeal.
  Judge Rules Bill Essayli Unlawfully Serving as Los Angeles Top Prosecutor

  THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

  
  

• Cleta Mitchell: It is not misinformation, disinformation, or a crime to echo Democrats’ longheld view that election machines are vulnerable to manipulation.
  Democrats Want Me In Jail For A Post Explaining Election Security
  
• Watch with great care when lazy journalists start using the word ‘unprecedented.’
  The Lazy ProPublica Hit Piece On Cleta Mitchell Is Full Of Howlers
  
• Republicans should not be bullied or duped into the latest inane round of ‘pledges’ to blindly accept the results of the midterm elections.
  Election Integrity Deniers Demand Allegiance To A Troubled Election System
  
• In the run-up to the midterm elections, which are scheduled for November 3, the Trump administration has been cracking down on noncitizen voting.
  Trump DOJ is Demanding That This State Set Aside Ballots From Hundreds of Suspected Noncitizens.
  
• ‘Americans from every state deserve fair and honest elections no matter what political party is in power,’ said Honest Elections Project Executive Director Jason Snead.
  Report: State Midterm Races Will Determine Election Rules For 2028 And Beyond

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

• According to the outlet, while Peltola’s campaign “has repeatedly denied any involvement” in Daniel J. Sullivan entering the race, the effort to find a second Dan Sullivan “involved the Peltola campaign’s lawyers, as well as senior aides at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee”:
  Trump: Democrats’ Fake Alaska Senate Candidate Scheme ‘A Fraud on the American Public’'
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• Malig-Nancy Pelosi is not on board.
  Fellow Squad Member Rallies Support For BRO-FO Omar, But Not All Democrats Are On Board'

  POLITICS

• The DSA has already signaled its intention to use its leverage within the House to extract concessions from Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D), the current House Minority leader, in his bid for the speakership. Specifically, the DSA aims to lower the thresholds for both discharge petitions and vacating the chair to make it easier to force votes on DSA-aligned objectives and topple the House leadership.
  The DSA Could Quadruple Its Congressional Representation in the Midterms.
  
• Polling this midterm election has been especially unreliable, but looking at past polling results might be useful for understanding what could happen.
  What The Midterm Senate Polls Won’t Tell You (And Where They Might Be Wrong)
  
• We have a two-party system, whether we like it or not.
  In Defense of Realist Voting

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The official sustained a laceration in his left cheek before he drew his service weapon and “fired several shots at the attacker, killing the minor on the spot.
  Serbia: Minor Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ Attacks Israeli Embassy Officer Before Being Shot Dead
  
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc of right-wing and religious parties held a lead over the opposition on Thursday morning, according to updated partial results from the Central Elections Committee.
  Staying ahead Netanyahu bloc maintains edge over opposition in Israeli elections as vote count continues
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• Bolsonaro was nowhere to be found on Tuesday, fueling rumors that he planned to travel to America.
  Flávio Bolsonaro, Family Arrive in Miami After Fleeing Brazil
  
• Nobody circles the wagons quite like the leaders of the global left, who will eagerly line up behind just about anyone — the corrupt, the vindictive, the incompetent and even the openly evil — so long as they perceive them to be “part of the team.”
  Of course the power-hungry left is shamelessly celebrating an authoritarian thug in Brazil

  FRANCE IS BURNING, And Europe With It

• But we were assured it was only students in despair over the condition of their schools.
  Muslims Desecrate Statues of Joan of Arc With Hijab and ‘Palestinian’ Flag
  
• A malevolent agenda.
  Video: Why Are The Protests Really Happening in France?
• "The far-left extremist scene is internationally connected and coordinated."
  Radicals Plot to Move French Riots to Germany

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticized the decision to engage Putin independently, questioning what the Norwegian and Finnish leaders hoped to accomplish and insisting that European governments must maintain a united position.The disagreement comes as Russian forces continue their offensive in eastern Ukraine, Moscow targets Ukrainian infrastructure, and tensions surrounding Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad raise fears of a wider confrontation.
  European NATO Members Break Ranks to Hold Talks With Putin on Ending the War.
  
• Zelensky’s term expired more than two years ago. The longer he refuses to hold an election, the more he undermines Ukraine’s defense.
  Iraq Held An Election In A War Zone. Why Hasn’t Ukraine?

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• The company’s goal is to produce genetically engineered working dogs outfitted with high-tech gear. The first puppies are expected in early 2027.
  ‘Dogs of War’: Colossal Biosciences Plans Genetically Engineered Military Canines

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Larry Elder: Who's going to pay for it?
  Washington Post Editorial Board: The ‘Childish’ Lies of Medicare for All

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• As this white dwarf’s mass is about half that of the Sun, the scientists conclude that these two objects have to be almost impossibly dense to avoid being ripped apart by tidal forces.
  Scientists: Implausibly dense objects required to create two concentric gaps in debris disk around ancient white dwarf star
  
• The Dart probe impacted Dimorphos in 2022, shortening its orbit around Didymos by about 32 minutes and reshaping the asteroid’s overall shape. Hera is aimed at documenting more precisely the changes in this asteroid binary. It will also deploy two small cubesats for closer observations, Juventas to make radar observations and Milani to obtain multispectral mineral data.
  Europe’s Hera probe sees both Didymos and Dimorphos for the first time

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

• Sharing a belief with 80 percent of the population makes you a dangerous extremist — according to the legacy media.
  Dumb Info Ops Ramp Up Against Reasonable Colorado Measures To Protect Children

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Historically low birth rates signify not just fewer babies but less happiness.
  You Can Be Your Career-Obsessed Friends’ On-Ramp To Motherhood
  
• “We have put our lives on hold to foster networks of care, resources, and a home base for organizing. It’s time we pass it on.”
  Massachusetts Lesbian Bar in Viral Story About Masking is Closing Permanently

  HITHER & YON

• Christian Toto: The making of “Rocky” proved as challenging and inspirational as the Italian Stallion’s journey.
  Why ‘I Play Rocky’ Is More Than Just a Crowd Pleaser
  
• Toto Too: 'Crystal Lake' scores big on Peacock, more revivals heading our way
  Here’s Why Hollywood Won’t Stop Reviving Classic Movies

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