IT’S SATIRE, BUT JUST BARELY: Ilhan Omar calls for day of mourning over hostages rescued.

I'd call it news....

SANITY MAKES A RETURN: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declares 'independence from California' as Virginia exits emissions pact.

Instapundit takes note.

I lived there for nearly 12 years. Virginia was never a Blue state; it was --and is -- a Red state polluted by proximity to Washington DC.

BEHIND BARS? Hunter trial turns into Biden family reunion.

A SOUND IDEA: Texas Republicans propose powerful election rule to fight back against Democrats.

KURT SCHLICHTER: America can choose to be great again.

The cynics say “No,” and it would be a lie to pretend that they have no evidence. After all, you look at the Greatest Generation and what they did to save the world from socialism in various forms and beat the Depression, and then you look at the next generation and how they put a man on the moon, gave us the 80s, and beat the socialists in the Cold War, and then you look with disgust at this generation and the best it can do is COVID panic, DEI, and resurrected socialism.

Schlichter asks "Is there still courage and strength in Americans? Do we measure up to our forefathers?"

"Yes. Let me tell you a story."

I was asked to represent the family of one of the Marines killed by Biden and his Pentagon’s shameful incompetence in Kabul, and I have permission to discuss it. I was present (with another lawyer and ex-colonel/battalion commander) when the Marine Corps sent a colonel out to brief the family on the investigation findings. That briefing differed from later testimony and revelations in key ways, but that’s not the issue here. What is important here is what those young Americans did.

They never backed off. They were courageous. They were heroes.

But will we? Go read the whole thing.

BECAUSE AMERICA MIGHT REALIZE BIDEN HIMSELF IS AN AI DEEPFAKE? DOJ claims it can't release Biden-Hur interview due to threat of AI deepfakes.

WHY JOHNNY CAN'T BUILD: Rebuilding America needs a focus on common sense ways to address common needs.

Duh. Read the whole thing.

I ABSOLUTELY 100% AGREE: “The non-profit industrial complex is destroying America. We ought to figure out ways to ban it.”

IF ONLY THEY CAME IN THREES: Ammo Grrrll remembers her very bad, no good, terrible day.

In my life, three's a minimum.

CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD TO MSNBC: It isn't MAGA messaging; it's reality messaging.

A LOOK AT HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE: An insider's perspective on pharmacy benefit managers.

It isn't pretty.

THE BABYLON BEE prepares New Yorkers for moving to Florida.

My advice? Don't move; I might want to move back myself.

TILTING AT WINDMILLS: The NFL got its Butker kicked. As much as I (used to) enjoy watching NFL football, I'm pretty much giving it up.

Streaming and sports announcers have also given it a bad name.

GUESS WHAT? The U.S. is a banana republic.

WELL YES: Disinformation conspiracies turn out to be true again and again.

It's the Left, after all....

YES, PLEASE: Abolish the Ivy League?

I think this quote is getting traction: "Alumni should all ask their alma mater to disclose how much funding they have received from Qatar, China, and other foreign sources." I would only change 'ask' to 'demand' before I contributed another penny (assuming I were to contribute at all).

CDR SALAMANDER: Failure will continue until accountability improves. (Hopefully starting Nov. 5, 2024 and continuing beyond).

Empires don’t often die in a blaze of glory, no. More often than not they end in simpering apologies and excuses from poor leaders putting the wrong people in positions they have no place being, and when they fail - there is no accountability.

We are supposed to be a serious nation with serious obligations. We have serious competitor-nations who wish our nation and those we support harm.

We - and if we like it or not it is Uncle Sam and his taxpayers - inherited stewardship of the global system that cannot prosper when it’s primary force continues to demonstrate abject incompetence - from Afghanistan to Gaza - all the while holding no one accountable. Our enemies are encouraged and our friends disheartened. It is almost as if the humiliation and failure is the actual goal.

That last sentence rings true....

ANDREW MALCOLM: The story a black rock told me on a Montana mountainside.

Heartwarming.

HE MAY BE AN ASSHOLE, but he's my asshole.

THE DAILY CHART: Biden raids the Strategic Petroleum Reserve again.

But not to worry; he'll buy more from Iran, refine it in Venezuela, and replenish after he wins....