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Monday, October 12, 2026

Grassley Mocks Democrats for 'Falling All Over Themselves' to Defend No Kings Jack Smith — *AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool*

Now you know Jack.

We knew at the time that former Special Counsel Jack Smith was shredding the Constitution during his classified documents and election interference witch hunts against Donald Trump, who was a private citizen at the time. But after numerous congressional hearings, often led by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), we’ve now learned that he spied on lawmakers, tracked Melania and Barron Trump, targeted nearly 5,000 Americans for simply donating to Republicans, and so much more.

As if to give the finger to Americans who honor the rule of law, he showed up to a concert by TDS-riddled Bruce Springsteen wearing a far-left “No Kings” T-shirt on October 3. This came just days after he told Congress, “I believe that there is no role for politics in the proper administration of justice.”

On Thursday, Grassley blasted his Democrat colleagues for consistently defending Smith for partisan reasons and ignoring his crimes against regular Americans simply because he’s anti-Trump.

🚨 BREAKING: Chairman @ChuckGrassley SLAMS Judiciary Committee Democrats for "falling over themselves" defending Jack Smith's unlawful and unconstitutional actions.
Grassley revealed Smith targeted nearly 5,000 Americans for the false crime of donating to Republicans. Instead of standing up for their constituents, Democrats want an apology for weaponizer-in-chief Jack Smith.
Republicans aren’t backing down, and they won’t apologize for fighting for accountability.

The senator also responded to Dem complaints that they lacked access to vital information. That dog don’t hunt, he wrote in the letter, which was addressed to the Judiciary Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL) and committee Democrats; the reality is they’re covering up for his “abnormal” tactics:

Since January 2025, Grassley has made public nearly 2,200 pages of records related to Arctic Frost and Jack Smith’s Special Counsel team. As Grassley points out to Democrats, “If you want to use those records, you’ve been given access to do so. But the important question is, where is the outrage from your side about [Smith’s] clearly abnormal investigative tactics?”
Last week, Grassley exposed Smith for secretly subpoenaing bank records from nearly 5,000 Americans across the county. Zero Judiciary Committee Democrats have condemned Smith’s actions, despite a collective 914 constituents in their states being impacted. Grassley is calling on Democrats to demand an apology from Smith for his abuse of authority and invasion of Americans’ privacy, and encouraging Democrats to join his efforts to hold Smith accountable, instead of undermining them.

If there’s anyone who doesn’t deserve an apology, it’s Jack Smith, but the truth-challenged Durbin chooses to defend him anyway, and — according to Grassley’s letter — gaslight the public about why:

Jack Smith deserves an apology from my Republican colleagues who falsely accused him of perjury.
This shameful episode was an embarrassment to the Committee that demands an explanation.
That starts by providing Senate Judiciary Democrats with documents that Republicans withheld before Smith’s hearing—in violation of Senate rules.

Grassley’s been a champion in uncovering Jack Smith’s blatant disregard for the Constitution and “abnormal” (illegal) tactics, but true justice won’t be done until this guy faces some real accountability, preferably in a small room with bars. I say go for it, Attorney General Todd Blanche.

The more that comes out, the more we truly do know Jack. And he is not a good man.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/10/09/grassley-mocks-democrats-for-falling-all-over-themselves-to-defend-no-kings-jack-smith-n2207955?utm_source=rsmorningbriefingvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

Genocide Hypocrites

Genocide Hypocrites

Victor Davis Hanson Follow @VDHanson

On October 7, 2023, Hamas killers slaughtered 1,200 people, more than two-thirds of them civilians, inside Israel. For the ensuing three weeks, they refused Israel's demands to turn over the 251 hostages and to surrender the architects of the massacre. No matter — within a day of the attacks, when Hamas gunmen were still fighting Israeli troops on Israeli soil, the American Left was already screaming "genocide!"

They did not mean Hamas's intended genocide of Jews, a foretaste of which was seen when it launched a surprise invasion force of more than 4,000 terrorists some 15 miles into Israel. The killers were accompanied by some 2,000 "innocent" Gazan "civilians." All were bent on looting, murder, rape, torture, and hostage-taking of the defenseless.

Nor did the "genocide" chorus refer to the more than 13,000 rockets, missiles, and drones launched from Gaza after October 7 that predominantly targeted Israeli civilian neighborhoods.

What was most surreal about the charges of "genocide" against Israel — along with all the other slurs of "settler-colonialism," "apartheid," "occupation," "war crimes" — was that they so often came from elite first- and second-generation Middle Eastern immigrants to America. Yet these prominent American accusers have remained silent about whether their lurid accusations might far better reflect the sordid histories of their own homelands.

Take the Turkish-American anchor baby Hasan Piker, the millionaire podcaster who has dual citizenship and grew up in Turkey. Piker has gained celebrity as the socialist heartthrob who is the brain of the new Democratic/Socialist/Islamist alliance. Besides his antisemitic rants, he has declared that "America deserved 9/11" and "Oh God, I f-ing hate America so much."

Yet the outspoken Piker has only once in passing mentioned Turkey's 1974 invasion and the half-century-long occupation of nearly 40 percent of Cyprus.

Nor did Piker, who damns the creation of Israel in 1948, ever say a word about the Turkish torching of the historic Greek-majority Ionian city of Smyrna in 1922, in which tens of thousands of civilians were incinerated.

Given Piker's supposedly vast historical recall and outspoken human rights advocacy, one would at least expect him to be sensitive to the horror of Turkey's Armenian genocide, in which Turkish troops slaughtered more than one million civilians, and for which the Turkish government still denies any culpability. But when once challenged by Armenian-Americans, he dismissed them, saying flippantly, "It's more fun to enrage you."

And the pattern goes beyond mere podcasters.

Representative Ilhan Omar, a first-generation immigrant from Somalia, also brays loudly about supposed Israeli war crimes. Omar spouts "genocide" and "apartheid" in her frequently antisemitic rants. She has also labeled her adopted nation as "one of the worst countries" in the world.

But Omar is the daughter of a well-known colonel in the truly genocidal army of Somali dictator Siad Barre. The latter waged a decade-long war of extermination against the rival Isaaq clan that opposed Barre's 21-year-long dictatorship. Estimates of the Barre regime's murderous toll range from 50,000 to 200,000 killed, mostly civilians. Few in Omar's politically active Somali immigrant community ever concede that many fled Somalia to America only when Barre's two-decade reign of terror was finally overthrown, and they feared retaliation from his victims.

Of course, the nation's biggest elected leftist rising star has also joined in.

Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, employs the same tired anti-Israeli and anti-American verbiage. Yet he went further than other antisemites when he launched grandstanding threats to jail Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu any time the latter visited New York to address the United Nations.

For America's 250th birthday, Mamdani's July 3 "commemorative" address blasted American "monopolies that dominate every industry," federal agents supposedly "terrorizing our streets," and a country where we "sell our elections to the highest bidder." The calumny was odd coming from a dual citizen of the police state of Uganda, where there are no real elections but lots of Indian "monopolies."

Indeed, Mamdani himself better fits his own charges of "settler-colonist" and "apartheid." His Indian community in Uganda comprises less than 0.1 percent of the population. But somehow it still accounts for over 60 percent of Uganda's GDP. It was implanted there by 19th-century British imperialists as a "settler-colonial" community to help control the indigenous black population.

In short, we should remind these privileged ingrates — regardless of what corner of the world they hail from — to look inward before they blast their adopted country and not to project the sins of their own homelands upon either Israel or America.

https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2026/10/09/genocide-hypocrites-n2684395?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&utm_content=ncl-nm6vTBDscu&utm_term=&_nlid=nm6vTBDscu&_nhids=nc53XuXYUGN1ls

USAID Gets Gutted and All of a Sudden Everyone Stops Being Gay

USAID Gets Gutted and All of a Sudden Everyone Stops Being Gay

Matt Vespa Follow @mVespa1

It’s the purge, LGBT edition. Okay, it’s not. We’re not Iran, but the number of youths identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual is in freefall. Call it the ‘un-gaying’ of America or whatever, but there has been a long-overdue course correction since the end of the COVID pandemic. For a time, youth rates of LGBT identity were off the charts; some called it a fad. If those rates had held, by 2050, everyone would be gay (via WaPo):

Young teenagers are less likely to identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual than they were a few years ago, according to a new analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
The decline is particularly striking among ninth-grade girls, according to Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University who published her analysis of the 2025 data on her Substack “Generation Tech.” In 2021, 30 percent of ninth-grade girls identified as lesbian or bisexual. Last year, 17 percent did.
“It really does look like a free fall,” Twenge said. “But what’s causing it is unclear.”
Twenge has been researching generational differences for decades. As part of that work, she regularly analyzes data from the CDC’s biennial Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.
[…]
The “free fall,” Twenge found, mostly comes from a huge drop in the number of freshmen girls who identify as bisexual. While 26 percent of ninth-grade girls identified as bisexual in 2021, only 13 percent — half as many — did in 2025.
Online, conservative activists celebrated the news as a win brought on by the Donald Trump administration.
“Amazing what happens when you cut the Department of Education and USAID,” Terry Schilling, the head of the American Principles Project, wrote on X.

The rate of boys who identify as gay has been steady, remaining the same for the past 10 years. Twenge says the decline had its roots under Biden, and it’s puzzling why only girls’ sexual orientation numbers were affected.

When did this start under Biden? Does it matter? It accelerated big-league under Trump, and USAID being dismantled and roped into the State Department seems to jibe with the timeline. At any rate, it makes for a better story, so look what happens when you gut USAID — everyone stops being gay, as our Siraj Hashmi said:

https://townhall.com/news/mattvespa/2026/10/09/usaid-gets-gutted-and-all-of-a-sudden-everyone-stops-being-gay-n2684399?utm_source=thdailyvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&utm_content=ncl-RYXUvQphKC&utm_term=&_nlid=RYXUvQphKC&_nhids=nc53XuXYUGN1ls

Sunday, October 11, 2026

These Numbers Should Terrify Democrats Ahead of the Midterms

These Numbers Should Terrify Democrats Ahead of the Midterms

Matt Margolis Follow @mattmargolis

With less than a month to go before the midterms, the questionable polls keep piling up. I've been saying for a while that I think the GOP will outperform the polls this year, and a fresh report from CNN backs that up.

According to CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten, there's some incredibly good news for the GOP in both the short term and long term, which may matter more than the polls.

CNN anchor John Berman set up the segment by noting that plenty of surveys show the races slipping away from Republicans. He then asked Enten what the party could feel good about. Enten mentioned party registration in the swing states that usually decide presidential elections and compared today's margins with Election Day 2018, President Donald Trump's first midterm. Republicans have improved their standing against Democrats by four points in Arizona, five in Nevada, seven in Pennsylvania, and eight in North Carolina.

"So, when you take a look at how people are actually registering, this is not polling data, compared to where we were eight years ago, Republicans are doing considerably better in what are the swing states, at least normally in presidential elections," Enten said.

Berman pushed back with the obvious objection. That's a comparison to 2018, and the polls have been drifting toward Democrats for the past two years. So have Democrats made up any of that ground since 2024?

"In Pennsylvania, no. North Carolina, no. Nevada, no. Arizona, no," Enten replied. "There may be some tiny late gains that are going on right now, right, that I think over the last month maybe Democrats are gaining. But when you take the longer-term view versus the 2024 election in which Republicans won all of these states, Democrats are, in fact, not actually gaining ground."

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Think about that for a second. For two years, the media have told us that voters are sprinting back to the Democrat Party, and survey after survey supposedly proves it. Yet in the four states where it counts most, Republicans are gaining. Berman pointed out that Democrats have seen some upticks in recent months, and Enten agreed, with a caveat.

"There's been some ticks up, but they, in no way, blows away the Republican gains," he said.

Then came the historical context.

Enten told viewers that in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Nevada, and Arizona, Republicans hold their best registration position relative to Democrats in any midterm in at least two decades.

"The bottom line is this: Republicans, right now, are in a much stronger position than they have been, not just compared to eight years ago, but over the long term as well, the relative health of the Republican Party, at least in terms of party registration, is pretty gosh darn good relative to the Democrats," Enten explained.

Florida shows where this kind of shift leads. Asked about the state's upcoming races, Enten cited Kalshi prediction markets that give Sen. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) a 91% chance of winning her Senate race and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) a 76% chance in the contest for governor.

"I remember when Florida was a swing state," Enten says.

These voter registration trends defy the polls. Which do you trust more? A poll is a guess about who will show up, built on assumptions about what the electorate looks like. Registration is the electorate.

Of course, none of this means Republicans will win in November. But if there was ever a sign that the polls may be based on the assumptions, this is it

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/10/07/these-numbers-should-terrify-democrats-ahead-of-the-midterms-n4958086?utm_source=rsmorningbriefingvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

Norm Macdonald Meme Plays Out in MN As ‘Journo’ Frets Over Somali Gangs Being Called ‘Somali Gangs’

Norm Macdonald Meme Plays Out in MN As ‘Journo’ Frets Over Somali Gangs Being Called ‘Somali Gangs’

Warren Squire Follow @magnum_ck

Minnesota has a Somali gang problem and, by extension, an Islamic terror problem as well. But a local ‘journalist’ doesn’t want anyone to stereotype them. Instead, she and others want to deflect from the source of the problem by framing the group’s actions as part of an all-inclusive societal problem euphemistically called ‘gun violence.’ 'Gangs are gangs' after all, right? Wrong.

Here’s more. (READ)

KARE 11 (NBC Minneapolis) runs segment about recent Somali gang violence. The main worry? "Stereotyping." Because, of course. The story is framed by woke host Jana Shortal as a conversation on "gun violence." As always. The segment features a (presumably) Somali man at Edina city meeting: "Gangs are gangs. So please, let's not mention the Somali name." Sheriff’s Deputy counters: "Just being honest doesn't mean we're targeting or stereotyping our community." Reporter makes sure to hammer the Somali victim angle: "But that hasn't stopped some from stereotyping..." Local Minneapolis media is now running entire segments bringing the Norm meme to life.

Apologetic leftists are working to protect Somali gangs and terrorists by focusing on guns and our Second Amendment rights. In other words, making sure nothing substantial is ever done to prevent future violence by these coddled groups. (WATCH)

Exactly.

Posters say local ‘journalism’ has become a famous Norm Macdonald observational meme brought to life.

And because of this refusal to address the problem for what it is, more Somali gang violence will harm and kill innocents.

Commenters say huge increases in crime and terror have been imported.

Heavens no, not that!

Posters find it interesting that the people decrying stereotyping attach ‘white’ and ‘MAGA’ to everything with no qualms whatsoever.

And so would every ‘journalist’ in Minnesota, without hand-wringing or hesitation.

https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2026/10/08/man-edina-mn-city-meeting-doesnt-want-somali-mentioned-when-discussing-wave-somali-gang-violence-n2433052?utm_source=pjmediambvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm