Althouse: Sunrise — with birds on a misty lake.

October 20, 2026

Sunrise — with birds on a misty lake.

Coots:

Heron:

Ducks:

101 comments:

Aggie said...: The Wife went to vote today, Early Voting Day 2, same place, early afternoon. No Voterpede line coiled up in the hallway; today they kicked the line down the hall, out the door, down the sidewalk, past the parking lot, and out to toward the road. Waiting times in line roughly similar to yesterday.; 10/20/26, 7:34 PM
Achilles said...: The geese have been flying the last few days.

The weather is really nice. For now.; 10/20/26, 7:45 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Sign: The Herons walk at dawn
Counter-sign: But the Ducks only swim.; 10/20/26, 7:52 PM
imTay said...: Well I found out that André Gide had some things to say about accepting contradictions. Basically he said that only fools never contradict themselves. If your worldview is completely coherent, it is probably a narrative imposed on you by others, and to be "wrong" is often nothing more than questioning that narrative in search of a deeper truth. Which is basically what commenters mean here when they assert that somebody is "wrong."

He also said that if you never contradict yourself, you are not being honest with yourself. That being free is very difficult work and it is easier to submit to orthodoxy than to be truly free.

This all came up by accident while reading the introduction to Gide's "The Return of the Prodigal Son" at Starbucks. I guess that I had been thinking for the past few days about the idea that one needed to not fear being "wrong" sometimes if one wanted to have deeper understanding of the world. And of course some people prefer the secure guard rails of accepted opinion. In his story, based on the Gospel of Luke, but his own interpretation, he says that the prodigal son returned because being free was too hard and he was hungry. Probably would have been better if he had studied Gibbons before setting out on his own.; 10/20/26, 8:01 PM
Eva Marie said...: Europe regulates
America innovates

https://x.com/tetsuoai/status/2112303962770809258/video/1?s=46; 10/20/26, 8:01 PM
Inga said...: Trump is now growling and threatening members of the press.

“During a tense Oval Office media availability on October 20, 2026, President Donald Trump clashed heavily with Andrew Feinberg, a White House correspondent for The Independent. The confrontational exchange, which prompted viral social media reactions comparing Trump's expressions to a "growl" or baring his teeth, occurred as journalists questioned him regarding the Russia–Ukraine war.

Key Details of the Exchange

• The Interruption: While Feinberg was asking a question challenging the administration's position on Ukraine, Trump cut him off, pointing and stating, "I don't know who the hell you are, but you better be careful."
• The Follow-Up: As Feinberg attempted to continue asking questions about the president's golf courses, Trump repeatedly commanded him to be "quiet".
• Personal Scrutiny: Trump directly questioned the journalist's health, asking, "What's wrong with you? Are you a sick person?" After Feinberg responded that he was not, Trump stated, "I actually think there's something wrong with you."

Was Trump actually pointing out his own“ wrongness/sickness”? What a shameful thing it is to have this creature as a US president.; 10/20/26, 8:04 PM
Eva Marie said...: Megan Kelly with more of the Amy Acton (D) story.
https://x.com/megynkellyshow/status/2112650861973246289/video/1?s=4; 10/20/26, 8:07 PM
Iman said...: Amy Wackton (D); 10/20/26, 8:08 PM
Iman said...: Acton is a typical AWFL, a true nutcase Democrat. A lying, scheming, narcissistic wackadoodle.; 10/20/26, 8:11 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: "Inga said..."
I love it! President Trump is giving back some of the venom and hostility that those Democrat Party propagandists have aimed at him around the clock for 10 years. Those filthy lying traitors of the USA 4th estate in general and the White House press corps in particular deserve nothing but scorn, derision, and contempt.; 10/20/26, 8:15 PM
Peachy+2 said...: Soviet DInga shows up without a source.
BS NOW?; 10/20/26, 8:17 PM
Aggie said...: Who paid for the ad? I thought all political ads on running candidates had to identify who paid for it. Doesn't it have to be run on the screen, printed out? Usually you see the notice at the bottom, as the ad closes. Isn't this a Federal Election Law thing?; 10/20/26, 8:18 PM
Aggie said...: Risky move if it's attributed to Vivek. I think he's smarter than that, and would have thought he's smart enough, and rhetorically gifted enough, to win on issues. But I also read she refused to debate him.; 10/20/26, 8:19 PM
Peachy+2 said...: Biden was shameful - and you voted for him - Inag.; 10/20/26, 8:19 PM
Peachy+2 said...: Trump said "Be Quiet" - OMG! Impeach!
Trump doesn't' owe leftist media assclowns a damn thing. If he gave them the middle finger most of America would cheer.; 10/20/26, 8:22 PM
Peachy+2 said...: Eric Daugherty
🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk just pledged to give one of his own SpaceX shares to EVERY child in America next year, a gift worth about $10.5 BILLION

PATRIOT 🇺🇸 👏🏻

"Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many." - Elon.
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The corrupt Slotkin (D) left response - punish & harm!*; 10/20/26, 8:25 PM
Inga said...: Hey Michael Fitzgerald @8:15PM
It would be cool to see Tump growl and then foam at the mouth, eh? Why just growl and bare his teeth, foaming at the mouth would be the pièce de résistance.; 10/20/26, 8:26 PM
narciso said...: Dems can weaponize that ditzy trumo nice and do the struggle session against gosar but we cant ask questions.; 10/20/26, 8:28 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Peachy+2 shows up without source or link...

Peachy+2 said: #𝘉𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘎: 𝘋𝘕𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐𝘭𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹-𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴; 𝘉𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘖𝘑 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵.; 10/20/26, 8:30 PM
narciso said...: Two of the fairford plotters were rearrested; 10/20/26, 8:30 PM
Peachy+2 said...: Cheat the vote - it's all by design (D); 10/20/26, 8:32 PM
Peachy+2 said...: "Left-wing suspect arrested after 19th century French city hall torched in riots"; 10/20/26, 8:36 PM
Peachy+2 said...: Rachel Maddow already reported that Trump was foaming at the mouth; 10/20/26, 8:37 PM
Peachy+2 said...: @bennyjohnson
"Did you know that 81% of Somali immigrant-headed households in Minnesota receive some form of welfare?

For comparison, only 21% of native households get government assistance.

What’s the point of bringing in immigrants that need to be supported by U.S. taxpayers?"; 10/20/26, 8:39 PM
Mason G said...: "Left-wing suspect arrested after 19th century French city hall torched in riots"

You mean the student protests? I'm shocked.; 10/20/26, 8:50 PM
Eva Marie said...: Aggie, if you’re asking about Amy Acton’s mom’s ad:
Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign produced and is funding the ad.; 10/20/26, 8:50 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Peach+2: This is how one links to a story.

A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. ~ NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/julio-herrera-pardon-alina-habba.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVE.oxGu.b9-Qb_6-yZcF&smid=url-share

Just another example of apparent pay-to-play optics around clemency and the Trump administration

Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao the Binance founder, who had pleaded guilty to failing to maintain an effective anti-money-laundering program. The Wall Street Journal reported that Binance had facilitated a $2 billion purchase of a Trump-family crypto venture's stablecoin and helped build its technology. The overlapping business interests and pardon raised questions about conflicts of interest; they do not, by themselves, establish that the pardon was purchased.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/binance-trump-crypto-pardon-cz-changpeng-zhao-1007fde9

Schwartz was sentenced to three years in prison for a scheme involving roughly $38 million in payroll taxes. He paid lobbyists Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl $960,000 to seek a presidential pardon. Trump pardoned him after he had served approximately three months. The timing and lobbying expenditure are documented; an explicit payment-for-pardon agreement has not been established.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/23/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-fraud/

Trump pardoned Trevor Milton, who had been convicted of defrauding investors of more than $660 million. A Reuters investigation reported that Trump personally discussed the pardon with Milton and credited prominent allies, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with advocating for him. Reuters also found political donations among the broader network of clemency recipients and advocates. That raises questions about access and influence, but the reporting does not establish that a donation bought Milton's pardon.
https://archive.is/2026.06.11-172328/https://www.reuters.com/investigations/forget-doj-trump-pardon-call-bobby-other-influencers-2026-06-11/

Trump pardoned Wanda Vázquez Garces who had pleaded guilty to a campaign-finance violation, along with two co-defendants. The underlying case involved allegations of political favors in exchange for illegal campaign contributions. The Washington Post identified the pardon as another example of clemency benefiting people with political or financial connections. This is a case involving political connections, rather than documented payment for the pardon itself.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/16/trump-pardons-puerto-rico-ex-governor/; 10/20/26, 8:50 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: The broader pattern:
The most consequential reporting comes from a June 2026 Reuters investigation, which analyzed more than 1,700 clemency grants during Trump's second term. It found that:

96% of recipients did not meet longstanding Justice Department clemency guidelines.

Reuters identified 290 advocates who helped secure clemency for 197 recipients.

People familiar with the process said well-connected intermediaries could charge up to $2 million for their services.
Two successful pardon recipients disclosed hiring registered lobbyists, spending a combined $2.7 million.
Reuters could not establish the total amount paid to intermediaries or prove that specific payments secured specific pardons. The White House has maintained that a formal review process exists.
https://archive.is/2026.06.11-172328/https://www.reuters.com/investigations/forget-doj-trump-pardon-call-bobby-other-influencers-2026-06-11/

the Schwartz case is particularly concrete because the nearly $1 million lobbying expenditure was explicitly tied to seeking a pardon. The Zhao case raises a different but equally important question about the intersection of presidential clemency and the president's family's commercial interests.

Taken together with the New York Times report I shared, these cases provide a factual basis for questioning the appearance of pay-to-play clemency.; 10/20/26, 8:55 PM
Vance said...: Inga thinks it's horrible to growl at the press. She prefers the Democrat method: shooting press people who disagree with leftists.

My local paper, one that runs a sob story immigration piece every single day, is facing furious calls for censorship by local Inga's because they dare to run stories that report on what one of our actual Senator's says. And he's a Republican and not a Thune acolyte. The leftists say that the only allowable stories should be ones that attack Trump and Republicans. Never, ever should anyone report on things like Slotkins call to arrest every Republican. That's not newsworthy, see.... and we should use government to shut down anyone who disagrees with Inga's style of Democrats.; 10/20/26, 8:55 PM
Vance said...: Hey IEEE: isn't the "usual Justice Department Clemency guidelines" pretty much "are they a Democrat? If so, pardon them! If they are a Republican, they never get any hint of clemency!" So any Trump pardon would not comply with that rule, would it? Because the "justice department guidelines" the media uses are the Joe Biden guidelines, which were the same guidelines that said "Use SWAT teams and tanks to murder people who criticize Biden by invading their house at 6 AM and gunning them down in their wheelchairs."; 10/20/26, 8:58 PM
Smilin' Jack said...: “Well I found out that André Gide had some things to say about accepting contradictions. Basically he said that only fools never contradict themselves. If your worldview is completely coherent, it is probably a narrative imposed on you by others, and to be "wrong" is often nothing more than questioning that narrative in search of a deeper truth.”

Emerson got there first:

““A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series

I find that I am often misunderstood. Not that that means anything…necessarily….; 10/20/26, 9:01 PM
Aggie said...: '...Republican Vivek Ramaswamy 's team confirmed late Tuesday that it produced a controversial advertisement featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, and the campaign said it will spend $4 million to broadcast it despite facing bipartisan rebuke ...'

'...It did not include the "paid for" tag that is legally required to air on TV so viewers can know who produced and paid for it. D.J. Brynes, who blogs as "The Rooster," told CNN he got the video from a voter who viewed it as part of a poll and recorded it.

Connie Luck, a spokesperson for Ramaswamy's campaign, said Acton's mother was not paid for the one-minute spot. She said the ad will air both online and on TV in the closing days of the campaign....'

So I guess what we're seeing was online, not broadcast. But I would have thought the sourcing requirement would apply online too, for political ads?; 10/20/26, 9:02 PM
Inga said...: I guess it didn’t occur to Itchy that my quote @8:04 PM was a Google AI query about Trump growling the press, lol.; 10/20/26, 9:04 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘬 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘮𝘺’𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘺 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳. 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴. ~ NYT Pitchbot

Donna Arthur lost custody of Amy Acton at age 12 after Acton's stepfather was charged with raping her. Arthur stayed married to him until his death. Acton and her brother have been estranged since. Multiple outlets cite 1978 court records of the charges.

Outlets including the Columbus Dispatch cite contemporary reports and court records confirming the arrest and charges; he fled before trial. Acton detailed this in a 2019 interview. Arthur has disputed the accounts.
https://t.co/xRXdDWGfNt; 10/20/26, 9:08 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Weird how MAGA always just ‘happens’ to land on the side of pedo abusers; 10/20/26, 9:12 PM
Mason G said...: "Left-wing suspect arrested after 19th century French city hall torched in riots"

From Human Events...

https://humanevents.com/news/breaking-antifa-arsonist-arrested-for-torching-limoges-city-hall

"Those who attacked the building brought mortars, a 200-kilogram battering ram, and waved Palestinian flags. They also flew flags of Antifa and the far-left New Anticapitalist Party. Limoges Mayor Guillaume Guérin said that hundreds of far-left militants had joined the demonstration that was already 5,000 strong and deliberately targeted the structure.

"The ultra-left organized the logistics. They had prepared their attack and knew how to get inside," Guerin said. Workers who were inside at the time of the attack were threatened with death, the mayor said, per The Hungarian Conservative."

"Students", huh?; 10/20/26, 9:18 PM
Iman said...: I like it, Peachy.

Ma’amdinga appears in her usual shit disturber persona.; 10/20/26, 9:19 PM
Gospace said...: 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘴?

No. I believe that became an exception after authorities- DEMOCRAT authorities- trued to arrest, charge, and fine Facebook posters and other individuals for political posts. Pretty certain individuals can even rent billboards and post political ads on them without identifying who's paying for the billboard- as long as they are acting as an individual and aren't part of any actual campaign group. In fact, I think this applies to any print media also. Possibly applies to television- but most individuals cannot afford television ads.; 10/20/26, 9:20 PM
Aggie said...: @Gospace, thx. I think it was a poorly informed tack, but I'm not following this particular race, so I don't know the candidates really, aside from Vivek's previous presidential campaign. My only guess is that this is the start of an ad offensive: Having aired the mother's disturbing claims, he will now follow up with ads that reinforce them with damaging examples.; 10/20/26, 9:28 PM
Eva Marie said...: Cincinnati.com posted Ramaswamy confirms ad featuring Acton's estranged mother is from his campaign.; 10/20/26, 9:31 PM
Eva Marie said...: I think her mental state is a legitimate campaign issue. She doesn’t allow filming of her campaign stops, she won’t debate.; 10/20/26, 9:34 PM
Mason G said...: "She doesn’t allow filming of her campaign stops, she won’t debate."

To be fair, Democrat policy positions don't go over well with normal people.; 10/20/26, 9:37 PM
Josephbleau said...: Interesting how J6 was a fiery violent insurrection of traitors that almost cost us our freedom, but the riots in France are just the peaceful spirited expression of concerned students.; 10/20/26, 9:39 PM
Inga said...: “Weird how MAGA always just ‘happens’ to land on the side of pedo abusers.”

Acton’s mother taking the side of her pedo husband over her own daughter and son, losing custody of the children and then still staying married to the pedo rapist until he croaked, disgusting. Some mother, ugh.; 10/20/26, 9:45 PM
Caroline said...: In my mailbox today— “Texas Trans and lgbtq+ student guide— you are not alone! “ a pamphlet proceeding to outline how to be on the lookout for “safe adults,” where to access gender affirming care, blah blah. And what do you know, that is the top story at daily wire this afternoon — apparently this mailing landed in every Texas mailbox, and no one knows who sent it.; 10/20/26, 9:49 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: The sad reality is that most of the Republicans who end up voting against Vivek will do so because he’s Indian and Hindu, not because he’s a serial liar who weaponized child sexual abuse to try and win an election. The ad and Vivek's failure to repudiate it tells us so much more about him than his opponent.

The NYT has a full account of the attack ad using Amy Acton's mother, her brother's response, and the 1978 indictment of her stepfather on rape charges when she was a child.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/politics/ramaswamy-campaign-ad-acton-estranged-mother-donna-arthur.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KVE.Qx7t.jpEJ115bwl4k&smid=url-share; 10/20/26, 9:53 PM
Josephbleau said...: “ A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”

So the trick is that consistency is fine, but a foolish consistency is for the small minded. So you need to define foolish carefully. Thus Emerson says, your consistency was foolish, mine was not!; 10/20/26, 9:55 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: I wish President Trump would bite one of those lowlife liars with press passes. Actually take a chunk out of their faces, or maybe cook some of them and have a feast like Vlad Dracula's, then the ones left alive can be forced to work building the new Trump Wing of the White House.
https://www.executedtoday.com/2011/04/17/1457-the-wallachian-boyars/; 10/20/26, 9:55 PM
Iman said...: “Acton’s mother taking the side of her pedo husband over her own daughter and son, losing custody of the children and then still staying married to the pedo rapist until he croaked, disgusting. Some mother, ugh.”

Acton is a fraud. And mentally disturbed. And incompetent, based on reports of her actions when working for Mike Dewine during her shutdown of businesses during COVID.

I wonder if she shutdown Planned Parenthood operations during her oversight.; 10/20/26, 9:58 PM
Iman said...: “ Ilhan Omar Furiously Denies Immigration Fraud Charges, Says She Only Married Brother For Love”

—— The Babylon Bee; 10/20/26, 10:02 PM
Eva Marie said...: I thought we were for brotherly love. lol; 10/20/26, 10:05 PM
Aggie said...: This guy is running for something in MN, SOS I guess, and I gotta say, he sounds exactly - 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 - like Joe Pera .; 10/20/26, 10:12 PM
Jim at said...: *What a shameful thing it is to have this creature as a US president.*

Take your waving finger of shame and shove it up your ass.; 10/20/26, 10:20 PM
Iman said...: “I thought we were for brotherly love. lol”

Too many inbred lefties on the loose as it stands now. This country is saddled with these losers.; 10/20/26, 10:21 PM
Josephbleau said...: “The sad reality is that most of the Republicans who end up voting against Vivek will do so because he’s Indian and Hindu,”

IEE attacks a Hindu while claiming that Republicans attack Hindus, perfect. The old reverse racist racist assault.; 10/20/26, 10:29 PM
Aggie said...: Don't forget, he's a stalwart lifelong Republican who only dislikes Trump because he's not a true conservative.; 10/20/26, 10:32 PM
Gospace said...: Seeing a bunch of X posts supporting the Somali congresscritter, congratulating her because they THINK she's getting off scot-free because supposedly they haven't found anything. Which is, actually, where her problem lies. From what I'm seeing, what they're not finding is- any evidence that she was actually naturalized. Or that her father was. If there's no evidence she was naturalized, she wasn't. And is, indeed, Somali, not a hyphenated American.

I know some states have a law that states the ELIGIBLE candidate with the most votes wins. Does Minnesota have that law? If so, John Nagel, should he lose on election day, should file suit in state court the very next day that her election be voided- as she's not an eligible candidate. No special election by voiding the election entirely- void her win.; 10/20/26, 10:40 PM
Mason G said...: "From what I'm seeing, what they're not finding is- any evidence that she was actually naturalized."

I've seen reports that her birthdate has been changed to one that's more... convenient.; 10/20/26, 10:45 PM
Josephbleau said...: I have a lot of respect for Minnesota Somali fraud. Tiny bubbles, in the wine… but if the whole barrel is a bubble, and you sell it to a dem donor, that is a large money laundering event. You have to stand back in awe of that one.; 10/20/26, 10:47 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: There is evidence that the concern itself is not imaginary. A May 2026 Washington Post report documented racial and religious attacks against Ramaswamy from within the Republican Party, including rhetoric questioning whether his Hindu faith and Indian heritage made him genuinely American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/08/vivek-ramaswamy-racism-ohio-governor/; 10/20/26, 10:48 PM
Josephbleau said...: “ A May 2026 Washington Post report documented racial and religious attacks against Ramaswamy from within the Republican Party, ”

Nuff Said.; 10/20/26, 10:53 PM
Eva Marie said...: lol it was the Democrats including Inga who made fun of Vivek.; 10/20/26, 10:57 PM
Eva Marie said...: it’s the Democrats who made snide comments about our VP’s wife.; 10/20/26, 10:58 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: MeadeHouse buy any Forever Tickets?
https://apnews.com/article/brewers-world-series-timeless-ticket-promotion-fans-fe377e7b0c67dd70e84bc64aad77e45b; 10/20/26, 11:15 PM
Inga said...: “lol it was the Democrats including Inga who made fun of Vivek.”

If I made fun of Vivek, it certainly was not because of his ethnicity or religion, it was because he comes across as smarmy, someone who would crawl up Trump’s hind end if it got him ahead. All one has to recognize Vivek’s smarminess is to know of his connection to the political ad featuring Acton’s despicable mother.; 10/20/26, 11:17 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: Which Vivek? VP have son Vivek; 10/20/26, 11:18 PM
Inga said...: “Which Vivek? VP have son Vivek.”

Vivek Ramaswamy of course.; 10/20/26, 11:21 PM
Josephbleau said...: “I made fun of Vivek, it certainly was not because of his ethnicity or religion, it was because he comes across as smarmy, “

Careful Inga, Smarmy is a British insult from the Imperial Raj in India. You are insulting an Indian heritage American with a British Imperial Insult! Don’t you care about Racism , Inga.; 10/20/26, 11:25 PM
Josephbleau said...: I would not want you to be canceled as a racist Inga.; 10/20/26, 11:29 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: Why just growl and bare his teeth, foaming at the mouth would be the pièce de résistance.

Soon coming to Truth Social for Halloween; 10/20/26, 11:36 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: Inga at midnight RapidResponse desk!; 10/20/26, 11:38 PM
Josephbleau said...: “ Inga at midnight RapidResponse desk!”

No sir, I always fight against insults against all people, if Inga insults an Indian using a British Colonial slander, I am there to help, always.; 10/20/26, 11:46 PM
Eva Marie said...: Inga, you made fun of his last name and ethnicity until I calked you out on it.; 10/21/26, 12:29 AM
Eva Marie said...: Can you at least admit that having a secure border is a good idea? Crime is down, drug deaths are down. Isn’t that a good thing?; 10/21/26, 12:33 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube: Nathan Fielder (the Elizabeth Holmes Doc guy) makes a great point about 'cringe' (the word)
Is the word is a tad overused?
Then again, I haven't seen it yet. I'm going to wait for the stream screen when I can pause for ice-cream.; 10/21/26, 1:11 AM
Not an oldster. said...: Coots Herons Ducks
Who you dotmoney on to win, ann?
Not the herons, you love disturbing them fishing and drive them off with your presence getting the shot...

Are the coots the jews and the ducks the non jews? Who will win in the end? Stay tuned; 10/21/26, 1:21 AM
wendybar said...: America
@america
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10h
Nick Shirley: “When I exposed fraud, instead of the mainstream media investigating the fraud, they investigated me.”
https://x.com/america/status/2112662525976486319?s=20; 10/21/26, 3:24 AM
planetgeo said...: Inga has returned! It's like the swallows coming back to the Hawk-tua Girl. Got any great Iowa polls to gush about, Inga? And dear, I hope you've finally figured out that you're not supposed to wear a pussyhat, you know, down there.; 10/21/26, 4:54 AM
wendybar said...: Rob Schneider 🇺🇸
@RobSchneider
France has FREE health care, paid parental leave, paid family leave, FREE child care, FREE preschool, 5 weeks paid vacation, a 35 hour work week, generous unemployment and housing benefits, and heavily subsidized higher education.

Everything the left says they want AND THEY'RE STILL PROTESTING AND BURNING SHIT DOWN.

https://x.com/RobSchneider/status/2112274609231843785?s=20; 10/21/26, 5:33 AM
Leland said...: Remembering that time Joe Biden told half of America to shut-up because he had F-15s. This was after his administration got caught clandestinely silencing Americans on social media for disagreeing with his Administration.; 10/21/26, 5:39 AM
Leland said...: Then again, you only need to look to last week to hear Elissa Slotkin want to prosecute people to deter them from speaking.; 10/21/26, 5:41 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: The evidence of fraud against Omar is overwhelming and the proof she married her brother to help him establish residency in the United States has been in plain sight, studiously avoided by the DNC-Media cartel, but sitting there waiting for a prosecutor with the will to follow the evidence accumulated over the last three presidential terms.

Most obvious is her fraud entering the country and “switching” from her blood relatives’ name Elmi to her current fake last name Omar, so she could be settled with the Omar family here instead of her father, brother and sister in the UK. It’ll be easy show PBARD that she lied about her identity. The DNA shows her actual affiliations.

And the Biden DOJ had all this evidence in hand but refused to act. We can all assume why that was so.; 10/21/26, 6:22 AM
Iman said...: None dare call it treason? Data Republican names names:

https://x.com/infantrydort/status/2112317626894467100?s=46; 10/21/26, 6:33 AM
Iman said...: More info on the plans and names of the traitors:

https://x.com/joeoltmann/status/2112606082489368739?s=46; 10/21/26, 6:45 AM
Peachy+2 said...: Leland @ 5:39 - worth a nice hearty bold

"Leland said...
Remembering that time Joe Biden told half of America to shut-up because he had F-15s. This was after his administration got caught clandestinely silencing Americans on social media for disagreeing with his Administration.

I remember that.; 10/21/26, 7:58 AM
Peachy+2 said...: Inag is back to celebrate when her corrupt party wins the mid-terms. Nothing more.; 10/21/26, 7:59 AM
Caroline said...: On a more whimsical note, we are enjoying the hek out of Halloween mode on the Tesla. The screen is a tableau of spookiness, witches flying, zombies crawling, pumpkins lighting. The grandboys are rapt. Elon is just the bomb.; 10/21/26, 8:05 AM
Peachy+2 said...: From Insty:

DESTINATION: COLOR REVOLUTION.

"Even before Trump entered office, although well after the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton and the FBI had already begun working on destroying Trump. Chuck Schumer gleefully told Rachel Maddow that the intelligence community was going to go after Trump and that they knew how to do it. . . .
DataRepublican has been doing a very deep dive into the current Deep State project to take Donald Trump out after the Midterm elections, dropping chunks of her investigation, including receipts from an insider who leaked video, audio, and documents from a wide-ranging, shall we call it a “plot,” to amp up resistance to Trump and to create a Constitutional crisis that would, they hope, reshape the entire political landscape.

Including the Constitution.

The core groups involved are military alumni, various intelligence agencies, and, of course, the USAID folks. You may recall that as Trump closed down USAID, a bureaucrat walking out the door darkly insinuated that it was the biggest mistake Trump ever made."; 10/21/26, 8:06 AM
rcommal said...: That Ramaswamy ad is disgusting. Both kids were removed from the home and her mother lost custody. The stepfather jumped bail and fled, and the mother went with him. There are women in the world like that--thank God not that many.

How can people, no matter what they think of Acton, think this is OK? I thought we were against the abuse of young girls. Even if you think Acton is a terrible candidate, or even a terrible person, in which case don't vote for her, how is this is any way kosher? I mean, there is contemporaneous corroboration, for God's sake. Her younger brother, who was there throughout the events, has come forth. Why would you take the word of a woman like that over the brother?

This ad is slimy, and I don't get how it doesn't shock people, let alone provoke them to justify it on politics grounds.

I wonder what the Epstein survivors think.; 10/21/26, 8:19 AM
rcommal said...: I mean, if you want to go ahead and support Ramaswamy because he better reflects your values, have it. It's your right, certainly. But thinking this ad is OK is a whole 'nother thing.; 10/21/26, 8:22 AM
rcommal said...: It tells me that Ramaswamy is desperate. Or something.; 10/21/26, 8:22 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Is it too late to ask how this is Biden's fault?; 10/21/26, 9:02 AM
Lazarus said...: Gide was an incredible egotist. Very smart man with very little self-knowledge, but maybe it's easier to know other people than to know one's self -- or maybe people who seem to us to be lacking in self-knowledge know enough not to look too far inward.; 10/21/26, 9:23 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Ramaswamy's latest advertisement has drawn criticism from some of his strongest supporters, former Intercept reporters Glenn Greenwald and Lee Fang. It wasn't surprising to see other Republicans criticize Vivek for it, most of them hate him. It was a little surprising to see Glenn Greenwald and Lee Fang, who regularly fawn over him, criticize him.

Did we find the moral bottom of the Republican Party, or did Vivek just stoop too low, too fast? Perhaps the, "All rape is a lie" and "14 isn't really pedophelia" phases were supposed to be rolled out by Republicans later in 2027.; 10/21/26, 9:45 AM
Lazarus said...: Another premature Kennedy death.
They are the most accident people in the world.; 10/21/26, 9:48 AM
Dr Weevil said...: I'm amazed at the number of people who just assume Amy Action is telling the truth and her mother is lying. I have no idea which is telling the truth, but I do know that 12-year-old girls have in the past ruined people's lives with bald-faced lies. (There was a Muslim student in France who got her teacher lynched and later admitted that she accused him of disrespecting Islam because he gave her a bad grade.)

And we can't "Believe all women" here because they're both women and one of them is lying. Or should I say at least one of them, because they may both be lying about different things?; 10/21/26, 2:41 PM
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Dr Weevil said...: And speaking of liars, here's lying liar IEE. No one has ever claimed that "All rape is a lie", and it is a fact that some rape accusations are lies. The problem is telling which ones, and that is often impossible.; 10/21/26, 2:44 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/21/26, 4:55 PM
Bruce Hayden said...: “The core groups involved are military alumni, various intelligence agencies, and, of course, the USAID folks. You may recall that as Trump closed down USAID, a bureaucrat walking out the door darkly insinuated that it was the biggest mistake Trump ever made."

But remember the kids in Afghanistan who are starving because Trump, Musk, and Rubio shut down USAID. I am not quite sure why we are responsible for the starving kids in Afghanistan. If it had been so important, the Dems shouldn’t have botched our exit there so badly.; 10/22/26, 3:40 PM
Vance said...: IEEE is upset that Greenwald is abandoning Vivek? Since when has Greenwald been a Republican? He's only considered on the right because he's not in favor of a totalitarian leftist communist dictatorship. I guess that makes someone a diehard Republican nowadays.; 10/22/26, 8:41 PM