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GOTCHA: DHS Slaps 60 Minutes With Receipts After They Cut Footage From Interview on Illegals. After reviewing Diawara’s file, [James] Percival posted that the asylum application listed a different basis for the fear claim. Diawara wrote that he was gay, and said he would face persecution in Mali […]

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instapundit.comSPACE JENGA: About That Russian Air Leak on the International Space Station… “It’s official: A perSPACE JENGA: About That Russian Air Leak on the International Space Station… “It’s official: A persistent air leak in the Zvezda module of the International Space Station forced Russia to permanently seal off the Transfer Chamber (PrK) to one of the structure’s few docking ports. In the movie version, this is when Tom Hanks would […]

instapundit.comCOLOR ME UNSURPRISED: An 88-year-old Harvard study discovered why having a good marriage at 50 mattCOLOR ME UNSURPRISED: An 88-year-old Harvard study discovered why having a good marriage at 50 matters more than almost anything for men.

instapundit.com“FUNDING REPUBLICANS” IS JUST ANOTHER OF HIS MANY NON-OFFENSE OFFENSES: https://twitter.com/micso“FUNDING REPUBLICANS” IS JUST ANOTHER OF HIS MANY NON-OFFENSE OFFENSES: democrats: if we take power we will seize elon musk's companies and put him in prison and no, we do not care if he technically committed any crime or not also democrats, somehow: why is elon musk funding republicans? https://t.co/ow343Xko3a — Mike Solana (@micsolana) October […]

instapundit.comDECOUPLING: EU Climbs Escalation Ladder With Beijing, Plans Wider Curbs On Chinese Imports. BloomDECOUPLING: EU Climbs Escalation Ladder With Beijing, Plans Wider Curbs On Chinese Imports. Bloomberg reports that the EU is preparing restrictions on imports of chemicals, furniture, and machinery from China, expanding efforts to shield domestic manufacturers and narrow the massive trade deficit with China, which stands at $404 billion. The report cited people familiar with […]

instapundit.comTHERE’S A LAME DUCK COMING: It’s the last legislative session of the 119th Congress, commencing at sTHERE’S A LAME DUCK COMING: It’s the last legislative session of the 119th Congress, commencing at some point soon after next Tuesday’s Midterm Elections. As I report today in The Washington Stand, the Senate and House have a bunch of unfinished business to complete and, with 71 Members leaving Congress at the end of the […]

VOTE AS THOUGH YOUR LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY DEPEND UPON IT: Another Election, Same Billionaire Funding the Same Anti-Gun Rights Agenda. “According to Moms Demand Action, part of Bloomberg’s Everytown conglomerate, the latest $10 million dollar ad campaign for U.S. House candidates […]

THAT DOES SEEM TO BE HER SPECIALTY: Ilhan Omar Finds the Most Outrageous and Offensive Possible Way to Brazen It Out.

RIP: Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actress of McMillan and Wife and Kate and Allie, dies at 80. People magazine, citing a representative for the actor, said Saint James died Monday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “She never met a stranger,” her family said in a statement to […]

WELCOME TO MARLBORO UNIVERSITY, WHERE STUDENTS SMOKE LIKE CHIMNEYS, ALUMNI DIE YOUNG, AND FACULTY PUBLISH STUDIES BLAMING LUNG CANCER ON MICROPLASTICS AND COLONIALISM INSTEAD OF CIGARETTES. That’s the premise behind my new series, BREAKING THE ACADEMIC FILIBUSTER, about academia’s decades-long […]

HEALTH: Chronic Pain Can Steal Your Appetite, and I Wanted to Know Why.

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instapundit.comANALYSIS: TRUE. The Anti-Trump Left Has Descended Into A Persistent Hallucinatory State. If you dANALYSIS: TRUE. The Anti-Trump Left Has Descended Into A Persistent Hallucinatory State. If you doubt that, go read the opinion pages of The New York Times, the agenda-setting newsletter of the government and nonprofit class. You couldn’t possibly do better than to start with Nicholas Kristof’s Oct. 24 column about Mean Orange Man, the journalistic […]

instapundit.comHIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘Comprehensive kink guides,’ ‘dildo-making contest’ part ofHIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: ‘Comprehensive kink guides,’ ‘dildo-making contest’ part of University of Southern California’s annual Sex Week.

instapundit.comTHOSE CLIMATE NARRATIVES DON’T MAINTAIN THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW: https://twitter.com/wattsupwiththatTHOSE CLIMATE NARRATIVES DON’T MAINTAIN THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW: 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿❓Media claimed 111 mph winds battered Cornwall over the weekend. The Met Office logged a maximum of 71 mph at Lizard Point. London gusts hit just 42 mph at Northolt. That pales against the 73 mph recorded there during the 1987 Great Storm.… pic.twitter.com/dsTTf7E5VP — Watts […]

WILD: North Carolina Libertarian Candidate in Custody After Armed Standoff.

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instapundit.comMAKE THEM PAY: College students fire back after Democratic Sen. Slotkin vows to target young conserMAKE THEM PAY: College students fire back after Democratic Sen. Slotkin vows to target young conservative staffers.

21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: ICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees. “The ICE contract covers the purchase of four Boston Dynamics Spot robots that were modified by Radeco to be marketed as a robot platform named Cerberus. The contract describes these […]

instapundit.comYEP: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2114848066767630417YEP: Everyday is zero-day these days — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 2026

instapundit.comKRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Modern Democrats Really Should Swap Out the Donkey for a Swastika. “TherKRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Modern Democrats Really Should Swap Out the Donkey for a Swastika. “There are only two ways to look at this. Either the paste-eating idiots on the left have never pondered the real consequences of the U.S. not having any friends of democracy in the Middle East, or they have.”

instapundit.comFIRST AMENDMENT STORY: Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story’s “Commentaries on the Constitution of theFIRST AMENDMENT STORY: Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story’s “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States” is still read today among constitutional law folks, so his explanation of the purpose of the First Amendment is VIP. Somebody should share this with the ACLU.

instapundit.comABOUT TIME: FBI agents finally face accountability after trying to smother the Hunter Biden corruptABOUT TIME: FBI agents finally face accountability after trying to smother the Hunter Biden corruption scandal.

SOMEONE PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ELON AND POTUS: Dutch government to cut 16 percent of workforce as part of AI efficiency push. No job is secure from the advent of artificial intelligence’s rapid growth. In a lengthy post detailing how the Dutch government plans to improve efficiency, it announced […]

instapundit.comACCOUNTABILITY: Trump DOJ charges James Comey with transmission of national defense information inACCOUNTABILITY: Trump DOJ charges James Comey with transmission of national defense information in third case. Related: Emails cast doubt on Jack Smith testimony he followed rules to protect attorney-client privilege.

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DEMOCRATS PARTYING LIKE IT’S 1939: Is This the Most Antisemitic Ad to Ever Air for a Senate Race? We’ve heard them say it before: we’re not antisemitic; we’re just critical of Israel. We don’t hate Jews; we’re just opposed to the Benjamin Netanyahu government. Yeah, the problem is that […]

instapundit.comSARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE IS STOCKED UP ON AMMO: https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/21148185SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE IS STOCKED UP ON AMMO: It’s official now: DSA = DNC Vote Republican! https://t.co/Nqt71H632A — Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) October 26, 2026

instapundit.comVICTORIA TAFT: Woke Oregon Governor’s Comments After School Attack Are Completely Disqualifying. “ThVICTORIA TAFT: Woke Oregon Governor’s Comments After School Attack Are Completely Disqualifying. “The unfortunately-named Tina Kotek, Oregon’s governor, is in a neck-and-neck battle for the right to park her and her “first lady’s” slippers under the bed at Mahonia Hall for another four years. Republican Christine Drazan is running an even race with the incumbent […]

instapundit.comDITTO WITH ISLAMIC TERRORISTS — AND NOW THEY’RE ALLIED: https://twitter.com/DrunkRepub/status/2DITTO WITH ISLAMIC TERRORISTS — AND NOW THEY’RE ALLIED: Crazy we thought this shit was over when the Wall fell. Turns out Communism is a lot like herpes; you can’t cure it, you can only treat the flare ups. — The Drunk Republican (@DrunkRepub) October 26, 2026

instapundit.comDISPATCHES FROM THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY: https://twitter.com/xnoesbueno/status/2114894634782753193DISPATCHES FROM THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY: That guy is hilarious. Seriously, between Bessant, Rubio, Hegseth, RFK Jr., and of course our crazy orange president himself, has there ever been a cabinet or an administration that on a daily basis makes you laugh out loud like these guys do? While seeing to the people’s… https://t.co/ntl5qqOKoq — Northern […]

BECAUSE OF COURSE: Barcelona Burns, and Spain’s Left Blames Israel.

EXCELLENT WORK! FASTER, PLEASE: Japanese Researchers Have Reportedly Found a Way to Destroy Cancer Cells.

instapundit.comA LOT OF LEFTY SCHEMES TURN OUT THAT WAY: Medicare for All Is Popular—Until People Find Out How IA LOT OF LEFTY SCHEMES TURN OUT THAT WAY: Medicare for All Is Popular—Until People Find Out How It Would Work.

THE STRANGE, LONELY LIVES OF CLIMATE SCIENTISTS: Penguins, man.

PRESTIGE WAS NEVER A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY: The Establishment Gave Extremism Its Credentials. How prestigious institutions lent credibility to a defender of Hamas, raising questions about their judgement and accountability. Elite schools have been hiring for ideology — left — for almost a […]

instapundit.comOF COURSE HE DOES; IT’S ONE MORE REASON TO NOT ELECT HIM: Gavin Newsom Calls DSA ‘Mainstream DemoOF COURSE HE DOES; IT’S ONE MORE REASON TO NOT ELECT HIM: Gavin Newsom Calls DSA ‘Mainstream Democratic Movement’ Heading Into 2028 Presidential Election. I’m sorry, I want to say something about selling your cloak and buying a sword, but with helicopters, in preparation for 2028. Yes, it is an evil thought. It was “half my […]

THE MAYOR BLAMES THE JOOS: NYC Comptroller Sounds Alarm After 30,000 Private-Sector Jobs Left the City in Just Two Months.

instapundit.comIT’S TIME TO DISBAND THE TEACHERS’ UNION, RAZE AND SALT EDUCATION SCHOOLS, AND CONSIDER THE WAY WE TIT’S TIME TO DISBAND THE TEACHERS’ UNION, RAZE AND SALT EDUCATION SCHOOLS, AND CONSIDER THE WAY WE TRAIN AND RECRUIT TEACHERS: Exclusive. “The United States Government must fall.” Earlier today, members of the Chicago Teachers Union collaborated with activist students and teachers in France. On that call, they explicitly called for violence, destruction, killing, and […]

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instapundit.comTHAT’S ALL? LOOK HARDER: Trump administration asks Washington to set aside ballots from 400 voterTHAT’S ALL? LOOK HARDER: Trump administration asks Washington to set aside ballots from 400 voters it says may be noncitizens. Do the dead and imaginary still get to stay in?

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instapundit.comI DON’T THINK THE SHENANIGAN IS FROM THE RIGHT. NOT THAT THEY’RE THAT HONEST, BUT THEY’RE THAT STUPII DON’T THINK THE SHENANIGAN IS FROM THE RIGHT. NOT THAT THEY’RE THAT HONEST, BUT THEY’RE THAT STUPID: A Little Local Political Shenanigan. I just think right now, the left is dumber and thought this brochure, explaining how kids can trans without their parents’ knowledge would benefit the left. Kind of like they thought disclosing the […]

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instapundit.comLOOK, WE CAN HOPE, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE PASSED THE SAVE ACT: Inside House GOP’s far-reaching pushLOOK, WE CAN HOPE, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE PASSED THE SAVE ACT: Inside House GOP’s far-reaching push to monitor midterm elections and prepare for legal fights. Committee on House Administration’s program could pave the way for recounts and lawsuits if improprieties found.

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instapundit.comSPEAKING OF OBAMA, LET’S REVISIT THE WAR ON THE WORKING POOR THAT WAS CASH FOR CLUNKERS: For anyonSPEAKING OF OBAMA, LET’S REVISIT THE WAR ON THE WORKING POOR THAT WAS CASH FOR CLUNKERS: For anyone curious about what it actually looked like to kill a generation of functioning cars, here’s an actual video from 2009 and brief explanation: The dealer first replaces the oil with sodium silicate solution. It’s a clear-ish liquid […]

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instapundit.comNOT A SURPRISE, IF YOU’VE EVER LOOKED AT IT: The SPLC’s Hate Map Was Never a Map. It Was a Hit LiNOT A SURPRISE, IF YOU’VE EVER LOOKED AT IT: The SPLC’s Hate Map Was Never a Map. It Was a Hit List Washington Used. And the hate was in the SPLC’s hearts as they drew it.

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I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE MINDS THAT HELD TOBACCO AS THE WORST THING EVER, AND POT AS GOOD FOR YOU: Marijuana legalization linked to troubling health trend in landmark new study. Keep in mind, I still think it’s governmental overreach to regulate what adults can consume. But the hypocrisy of […]