Spy Agencies Pulled 2020 Vote Study After Internal Dissent
In a rare move, a study was withdrawn shortly after it was issued after rank-and-file officers protested that it failed to address the allegations of politics seeping into intelligence that arose in the 2020 election and that remain unresolved for some today.

Racial discrimination has no place in higher education
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments today in two cases in which it has the opportunity to undo a mistake it made almost 20 years ago.

Poll shows majority of Americans want the death penalty for murderers
Seventy-three percent of respondents believe that the death penalty should either be implemented in all cases of murder or depending on the circumstances, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.

CBS Poll: Voters feel things are 'out of control'
Eight in 10 likely voters describe things in the country today as "out of control," as opposed to "under control." That doesn't bode well for the party in power.

CBS Predicts Republican House Takeover In Latest Poll
The poll predicts the GOP will control 228 seats compared to the Democrats’ 207.

Horowitz: The coming state legislative tsunami: Will Republicans capitalize on it?
If Republicans adhere to their platform, their coming domination of state governments can put an end to nearly every deleterious policy of the Biden administration. Will they use their power, or will they squander it?

FiveThirtyEight: Where Our Model Thinks The Polls Might Be Biased
The Deluxe forecast, which has the Democrats slightly favored to keep the Senate, already assumes that Republicans will do better than what current polls show. So if you look at the forecast, then assume the polls are wrong, you're actually doubling the Republican margin.

Poll shows black voters oppose defunding the police
A poll that shows ridiculously low support from black voters for defunding the police should be the final nail in the coffin for Democrats' anti-law-and-order campaign of the last seven years.

Dem Katie Hobbs blames GOP opponent for campaign HQ burglary. But police arrest busts her narrative.
"Let’s be clear: for nearly two years Kari Lake and her allies have been spreading dangerous misinformation and inciting threats against anyone they see fit," the Hobbs campaign said in a statement.

How does perpetuating a material lie square with Democrats’ professed concern for democracy?
For months, Democrats and the media have worked together to conceal the truth from voters, and they were prepared to do whatever was necessary to carry Fetterman over the finish line.

Biden says Republicans will purposely hurt economy to cut Social Security
“They're coming after your Social Security and Medicare. They're saying Republicans have made it clear ... they're going to shut down the government and refuse to pay America's bills for the first time in history unless I cut Social Security and Medicare.”

Politico: Will heads roll?
Biden doesn’t like to fire people. Some people say it’s the result of a culture that revolves around loyalty in which Biden often beknights people an “honorary Biden” and part of the family, making it difficult to dismiss them. He sometimes even begs them to stay when they want to leave.

Biden says the US has '54 states'
That's down from 57 states under Obama.

Biden's destroying the nation: Is it intentional?
Stephen Moore lists seven steps president has taken to undermine the economy and society.

AP: Trump White House gathered intel on Black Lives Matter protesters arrested in Oregon
OK.

Glenn Greenwald Explains Why Journalists Are Terrified To Question Paul Pelosi Narrative
Greenwald laid out his theory in a Twitter thread, saying that it didn’t even matter whether or not the prevailing narrative was true. The point, he said, was that it couldn’t be questioned.

NY Times: Who Is the Man Accused of Attacking Nancy Pelosi’s Husband?
People who have known him at various points in his life reveal a shy person who sought to improve the world, but also as someone whose life seemed to drift and whose behavior seemed strange at times, even unhinged.

Shellenberger: Pelosi Attack Suspect Was A Psychotic Homeless Addict Estranged From His Pedophile Lover
Berkeley resident David DePape was more in the grip of drug-induced psychosis than ideology-induced fanaticism.

LA Times: Accused Pelosi attacker David DePape spread QAnon, other far-right, bigoted conspiracies
DePape followed a number of conservative creators online, including Tim Pool, Glenn Beck, DailyWire+, and the Epoch Times.

Police say there was no third man, only two people in Pelosi home at time of break-in
San Francisco police offered clarifying information after statements made on Friday stirred speculation that there was an unknown third person in the house.

Attack on Paul Pelosi hints at a significant Capitol Police failure
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is provided a full-time Capitol Police protective detail. They must thus urgently answer two main questions. First, what protective systems were employed at the time of the attack — and if they were inactive, why?

WaPo Opinion: Don’t blame ‘both sides.’ The right is driving political violence.
It should not be controversial to say that America has a major problem with right-wing political violence. The evidence continues to accumulate — yet the GOP continues to deny responsibility for this horrifying trend.

NY Times: Pelosi, Vilified by Republicans for Years, Is a Top Target of Threats
The attack on the husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which appeared to target her, came after more than a decade of Republican efforts to demonize and dehumanize the most powerful woman in Washington.

Hillary Clinton Blames Republicans For Paul Pelosi Attack
“The Republican Party and its mouthpieces now regularly spread hate and deranged conspiracy theories,” Clinton tweeted. “It is shocking, but not surprising, that violence is the result."

Pelosi & Kavanaugh Murder Plots Show Media Double Standard
The same news media that mischaracterized psychosis as fanaticism in the alleged plot to kill Pelosi also downplayed the assassination plot against Kavanaugh by an abortion rights fanatic.

Where’s The Outrage As Left Calls For Violence Against MAGA Republicans?
"We've got multiple layers of hypocrisy here," said political analyst Michele Maples. "We've got attack your fellow Americans if they don't agree with you politically."

Here are six videos of Democrats calling for violence or physical confrontations that are still active on Twitter
Maxine Waters, Ted Lieu, Cory Booker, Joaquin Castro, Jon Tester, and Nancy Pelosi have all made comments suggesting violence or confrontations against Republicans.

Flashback: Nancy Pelosi says she'd use physical violence against Trump, doesn't renounce threat
“If he comes, I’m gonna punch him out. I’ve been waiting for this, for trespassing on the Capitol grounds. I’m gonna punch him out, and I’m gonna go to jail and I’m gonna be happy.”'

Bill Maher says Paul Pelosi attack is part of 'cold civil war' in America
"Civil wars, it's not going to be like the last civil war. It's going to be this kind of stuff. And I think when you shut off that valve of letting people talk, I think that stuff only gets worse."

Liberals Who Mocked Rand Paul For Getting Attacked By Neighbor Express Sympathy For Paul Pelosi
As many leftists took to social media and expressed their outrage at the attack, other users noted that many of those same leftists had celebrated when Rand Paul was attacked.

Top Dems Urge Biden To Nationalize Oil & Gas Industry
Calls for Biden to socialize industry have moved quickly from fringe to mainstream.

Reuters ESG Watch: Insurers flex muscles ahead of COP27 by refusing to finance oil and gas
“Insurance is the Achille’s heel of the fossil fuel industry. ... Outside China, new coal power plants have, for all practical purposes, become uninsurable.”

Mark Cuban says GOP doesn't actually care about 'woke capitalism,' slams pandering
Cuban said the only reason politicians on the Right espouse concern over these things is because "that's what works," he explained. "You have to pander to the extreme."

Even Goodwill Cancels Kanye West, Bans Yeezy Shoes From Stores
"...this is a meaningless gesture that helps no one & harms some people unnecessarily."

US speeds up plans to store upgraded nukes in Europe
The fielding of an improved gravity bomb has been moved up to December as Vladimir Putin threatens the region.

The US must be ready for Putin's dirty distraction
While the West continues to fixate on Russia 's claim that Ukraine is preparing to detonate a so-called "dirty bomb," Russia may be preparing to launch a second invasion from Belarus to capture Kyiv.

Russia removes bones of 18th-century commander revered by Putin from occupied Ukrainian city
Pro-Russian officials say they have removed the bones of famed 18th-century Russian commander Grigory Potemkin from the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson.

Vanity Fair: COVID-19 Origins and a 'Complex and Grave Situation' Inside a Wuhan Lab
The Wuhan Institute of Virology was far more troubled than previously known. Following the trail of evidence, Vanity Fair and ProPublica provide the clearest picture yet of a laboratory institute in crisis.

China’s factory activity drops, bogged down by more COVID controls
The official purchasing managers’ index for manufacturing fell to 49.2 this month. Readings below 50 indicate a contraction in business activity. The index has come in below 50 for six out of 10 months of the year so far.

Luke Bryan defends DeSantis concert appearance following left-wing backlash
"Hey [Luke Bryan] enjoy your new foray into conservative politics!" drag queen Scarlet Envy tweeted. "What an embarrassment to [American Idol]."

Julia Roberts Claims MLK Paid Her Mom’s Hospital Bill When She Was Born
“One day Coretta Scott King called my mother and asked if her kids could be part of the school because they were having a hard time finding a place that would accept her kids,” Roberts' story began.

Deepfakes of Celebrities Have Begun Appearing in Ads, With or Without Their Permission
Digital simulations of Elon Musk, Tom Cruise, Leo DiCaprio, and others have shown up in ads, as the image-melding technology grows more popular and presents the marketing industry with new legal and ethical questions.

WaPo: The 50 best Halloween songs of all time
They place "The Monster Mash" at #1: That's all you need to know about this list...

Once key, US newspaper editorial endorsements fade away
“Picking a candidate in this environment may alienate more readers than it persuades,” the New York Daily News wrote in announcing the new policy, which means the tabloid will sit out the governor’s race in NY.

Chris Cuomo demands new time slot at NewsNation as ratings tank: Sources
Cuomo is fuming about the lackluster performance of his nightly broadcast, which currently airs at 8 pm ET, and is wanting the 9 pm ET slot.

WaPo opinion: James Bennet was right
Controversy over an op-ed by Sen. Cotton consumed the NY Times in June 2020 and claimed the job of then-editorial page editor James Bennet. Two and a half years later, Bennet has shared some thoughts about the episode — and, in particular, the role of Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger.

WaPo: Historically diverse Supreme Court hears from mostly white men
That would make sense, since most men in the country are white.

Terror Wave In Judea And Samaria Continues As Israel Heads To Elections
Right-wing parties poised to retake Knesset as terror wave underscores the Left’s inability to clamp down on terrorism.

At least 153 dead, 133 injured in stampede during Halloween festivities in Seoul
An estimated 100,000 people had gathered in Itaewon for the country's biggest outdoor Halloween festivities since the pandemic began. It is not clear what caused the deadly crush.

120+ Dead After Bridge From 19th Century Collapses In India
The 750-foot bridge was built in the 19th century under British rule and had recently reopened after undergoing months of renovations.

Each Half of the Country Thinks the Other Are Unfit Parents. And One Half Is Right
When parents line up to drag their toddlers into a sex show, headlining male transvestites dressed like prostitutes, what do we think of them?

Trans Activists Offers Children Cash And Uber Rides To Get Them Away From Home
"We can pay for Ubers, Lyfts, and other passes if you need to leave immediately," wrote one Pride Liberation Project leader to adolescent members.

Florida takes steps to ban child sex changes
The rulemaking is the latest step taken by the DeSantis administration to tighten regulatory controls over "gender-affirming care," i.e. sex changes for children.

Leftists steal teen preacher's Bible, eat pages of it to protest Matt Walsh event at University of Wisconsin
Leftists protesting a recent event featuring anti-transgenderism activist Matt Walsh at the University of Wisconsin stole a copy of the Bible from a street preacher who was exercising his First Amendment rights.

Politico: The political world reckons with a Musk-owned Twitter
There are signs Musk’s takeover has liberated some darker impulses in the American conversation. The Network Contagion Research Institute says it has measured an uptick in the use of at least one racial slur in the 12 hours since the Musk buyout.

Musk’s Twitter Buy Is The First Real Accountability Big Tech Censors Face For Their 2020 Election Meddling
Musk’s Twitter firings are the first time any Big Tech censors have faced true accountability for their efforts to stop Trump’s re-election.

Elon Musk mocks the NY Times
Showing a screenshot of the NY Times, which had an article stating Musk shared a fake news story on his Twitter account, Musk responded, "This is fake – I did *not* tweet out a link to The New York Times!"

Trump to stay on his Truth Social amid Elon Musk Twitter takeover
"I am staying on Truth. I like it better, I like the way it works, I like Elon, but I’m staying on Truth," he told Fox News Digital.

Twitter to start charging $20 a month for verification under new owner Elon Musk
“The whole verification process is being revamped right now,” Musk, who took over as the CEO of the social media platform Friday, tweeted Sunday.

LeBron James rants, 'I could care less who owns Twitter'
Hey idiot, it's "couldn't care less." Speaking of which, get your "Don't be an idiot, don't be a LeBron" T-shirt here.

Kyrie Irving Says He Isn't 'Campaigning' For Alex Jones
He explained the video he shared was something Alex Jones did in the late '90s on cults and "secret societies in America" and that sharing the clip did not mean that he was supporting or campaigning for Jones.

Candy corn contains a disgusting ingredient made from insects
Candy corn’s slick outside coating is made from “lac-resin” — which is a secretion from tiny red Asian insects called lac bugs.