Althouse: Sunrise.

October 23, 2026

Sunrise.

90 comments:

Iman said...: Lovely pics; 10/23/26, 5:50 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Seems the starlink Ukraine controversy is finally becoming more clear. The Ukrainians engineers were hacking Starlink to use it for things in violation of the terms of service. Including offensive weapons. Starlink "patched" its system, and when it did the Ukrainian hacks no longer worked.

Meanwhile the WSJ is lying and quoting anonymous sources in the DoD that Musk is doing this or that. Who cares? The WSJ has no credibility. They lie at the drop of a hat. So, name your sources or its not true.; 10/23/26, 5:53 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Like No. 3 photo the best. Autumn lane at sunrise.; 10/23/26, 5:54 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Zelensky says he's working to replace Starlink. The Finns are helping him.; 10/23/26, 5:55 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: NFL c'est la Buena; 10/23/26, 6:22 PM
Original Mike said...: "Zelensky says he's working to replace Starlink. The Finns are helping him."

That was funny.
I assume it's fiction.; 10/23/26, 6:56 PM
Leland said...: Space Force can’t even launch its satellites now with SpaceX retiring the Falcon 9. I’m sure Ukraine will be successful building a constellation of satellites and finding a launcher to get them in orbit…

SpaceX is retiring the Falcon 9 to allow competition a chance, but competition isn’t there yet.; 10/23/26, 7:02 PM
Humperdink said...: Trump should ride the Ilhan What’sHerName mystery all the way to the midterms.; 10/23/26, 7:33 PM
Political Junkie said...: Rooting for the Brewers, partly because of Althouse.
Hope Ann and Meade can catch a game.; 10/23/26, 7:36 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳.

The claim that Ukraine had hacked Starlink to bypass speed restrictions is unsubstantiated. There’s no credible evidence that a routine software update broke a Ukrainian workaround. Presenting speculation as established fact doesn’t make it so.

𝘐𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵: 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘟 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 2026 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 “𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴” 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. ~ Grok (The Althouse Magic 8 ball); 10/23/26, 7:48 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles ~ The Onion
𝘞𝘈𝘚𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘎𝘛𝘖𝘕—𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘱 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴. “𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 80% 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 $30,000 𝘢𝘯𝘥 $80,000,” 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘱’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 13-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴.

Between Donald Trump, Jim Jordan and Vivek Ramaswamy, Republicans may have built an insurmountable lead among sex abusers in Ohio.; 10/23/26, 7:57 PM
Lazarus said...: GOP NY governor candidate Bruce Blakeman's ex-wife is Paul McCartney's third and current wife. I'd like to think that this would make Bruce cool, rather than just confirm that Paul isn't.; 10/23/26, 7:59 PM
Jersey Fled said...: Life is too short to read IEE’s posts.; 10/23/26, 8:01 PM
narciso said...: There s a whole of babbooning on x just tells one is over the target; 10/23/26, 8:08 PM
Lazarus said...: The Sarah Jane Moore documentary, "Suburban Fury," isn't very entertaining. It's just her telling her story. But it is very relevant to what's been going on lately.; 10/23/26, 8:14 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control ~ FT
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/215fcbb4-390c-46f1-acf7-6657bce12b7f

𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘌𝘖 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘕𝘎 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘛 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘬 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘜𝘚 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘜𝘚 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘸, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢.

Nothing in the Trump administration happens that doesn’t involve “the family” wetting its beak. Crony capitalism has been displaced by the Golden Age of Grift.; 10/23/26, 8:40 PM
bagoh20 said...: ""Zelensky says he's working to replace Starlink. The Finns are helping him."

I guess they really plan of stretching out this bloodbath collection plate.; 10/23/26, 8:50 PM
Jimmy said...: Just read that tickets for Brewers World Series games start at $2000.00. wow, really nice to know that normal people can afford it. Sarcasm.
you would think the commies that run Minn would only let the proletariat in, for free.
will the raghead liar book a seat, or the mayor or gov. Pretty sure one or all of them will appear, for the 'people'.; 10/23/26, 9:08 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: Shouldn't congress-critters' Bio details be FOIA-ble?; 10/23/26, 9:25 PM
Eva Marie said...: IEE, you attack with incomplete facts but let me ask you a simple question: Are you happy our borders are secure? Was that a good idea?; 10/23/26, 9:28 PM
Peachy+2 said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/23/26, 9:33 PM
Peachy+2 said...: Roof Top killers are a leftist thing now.

I heard a chilling thing on the news - that Charlie Kirk's killer's lawyers are asking for a 2029 trial. Would a democrat be able to pardon him?; 10/23/26, 9:34 PM
Gospace said...: Seems absolutely correct.
𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬
@𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬2
𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴' 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

So the Somali who has openly stated she represents Somalia in the US House is running for reelection. But this time, it's been pretty much uncovered she's not a US citizen.

So let's say the day after the election, which she will likely win because she represents Somalia, and Somalians pretending to be Americans are a large part of the voter base in her district, John Nagel files suit in state court to be certified the winner, as ineligible candidates can't win elections. This will force the citizenship question to be answered before the federal judiciary finally gets around to handling it. Now the House can determine it's own membership- it's in the Constitution. Whether the state courts act or not- John Nagel can petition the House to take the matter up. 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 5: 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴
𝘌𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘘𝘶𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴;
Doesn't require a 2/3 vote as expelling a member does. Simply requires Congress to determine- was she even eligible run? If not, she couldn't win, and John Nagel was the eligible candidate with the most votes.

If she is seated, and subsequently deported- the Democrats still won't provide the necessary votes to get a 2/3 majority to expel her. Unless they realize that will cost them to lose control of both Houses and the Presidency in 2028.; 10/23/26, 9:39 PM
William50 said...: Now for a little guitar pickin'...

Richard Smith plays Jerry Reed's "Struttin; 10/23/26, 9:41 PM
Eva Marie said...: Ken Paxton for Republican leader in the House; 10/23/26, 9:42 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: US is prepared for long stand-off with Iran, says Trump envoy ~ FT
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤.

𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘻, 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘕, 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘻.

Great news for the Democrats as Trump has fully demonstrated how incompetent and ineffective he is.

The US had a nuclear agreement with verification procedures in place with Iran that the stable Genius ripped up, just because it had Obama's name on it. Now, after 8 months of aimless war egged on by Bibi, Trump has put himself in a tough position for the midterms because he has no response for Iran as energy prices continue to rise unless he capitulates and decides to make a deal. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.; 10/23/26, 9:44 PM
Iman said...: Paxton would be better in the Senate.; 10/23/26, 9:51 PM
Political Junkie said...: I voted for Ken, but he is a piece of shit.; 10/23/26, 10:03 PM
Original Mike said...: "you would think the commies that run Minn would only let the proletariat in, for free."

Minnesota commies have no say in the Badger State.; 10/23/26, 10:06 PM
Political Junkie said...: As a 12 year old in Oct 1982, I was rooting for the Brewers against the Cardinals. That did not work out so well for the Brewers. Hope 2026 will be the Brewers year.
Still hard for me to think of the Brewers in the National League. Just feels wrong.; 10/23/26, 10:15 PM
Original Mike said...: Whoo!; 10/23/26, 10:21 PM
Ampersand said...: How can there be massive social dissatisfaction in a socialist nation like France, with low levels of income inequality, low levels of military spending, a massive commitment to social welfare spending (65 percent of the budget), and a high degree of tolerance and diversity? Maybe they need the help of the New York Times Editorial Board. I'm pretty sure that they know how to fix everything.; 10/23/26, 10:33 PM
Gospace said...: Why election day should be election day and not week or month- and the example is brought to you by--- DEMOCRATS! They wanted a do-over.
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2113809139759472874; 10/23/26, 10:36 PM
Eva Marie said...: lol, maybe he can be Senator and leader of the House - my mistake.; 10/23/26, 10:48 PM
Mason G said...: "DEMOCRATS! They wanted a do-over."

Next, do "ranked choice voting."; 10/23/26, 10:55 PM
Humperdink said...: Pittsburgh Trib headline: “ Duplicate mail-in ballots sent to Westmoreland voters”. My hometown paper.

How did they find out? A voter called in to let the election bureau know. “I am confident no duplicate ballots will get counted,” said Election Bureau Deputy Director Hannah Lindley. Gotta love the security of mail-in ballots.; 10/24/26, 3:55 AM
wendybar said...: Elon Musk

@elonmusk
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Oct 21
Some fools still think the legacy news is real. Amazing.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2112931457786081428?s=20; 10/24/26, 4:49 AM
wendybar said...: Never forget....

John O. Brennan
@JohnBrennan
·

My former CIA colleagues Elissa Slotkin in Michigan’s 8th District & Abagail Spanberger in Virginia’s 7th District will bring needed common sense, experience, & wisdom to Congress. They will help derail the Trump train, bring bipartisanship to Washington, & deserve your vote.
12:12 PM · Nov 4, 2018
https://x.com/JohnBrennan/status/1059131178505199618?s=20; 10/24/26, 4:54 AM
wendybar said...: Elon Musk

@elonmusk
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4h
Replying to
@Rothmus
Those who are opposed to corporations and favor government do not realize that government is simply the largest, most monopolistic corporation of all and it has a monopoly on violence.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2113859987248472215?s=20; 10/24/26, 5:00 AM
john mosby said...: He also mentioned the Lindsey Graham gay sex revelation, and added "well, that answers the question: what is the opposite of an October Surprise?" CC, JSM; 10/24/26, 5:39 AM
Rustygrommet said...: The US had a nuclear agreement with verification procedures in place with Iran ..................

Which Iran promptly and repeatedly ignored. You don't really think those tunnels and centrifuges were built just since Trump was president, do you? You really are the dumbest person here. No, seriously. You have no reasoning skills.; 10/24/26, 5:43 AM
Humperdink said...: I see the lawyers for the Charlie Kirk’s murderer want his trial delayed until 2029. This is a joke, right?; 10/24/26, 5:43 AM
john mosby said...: "He" in my 5:39 AM comment refers to Bill Maher, the subject of a comment before that which was disappeared. That one was longer and talked about other things Maher said on last night's show. I won't repeat them so that this one doesn't also get thrown from the helicopter. CC, JSM; 10/24/26, 6:03 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Oh look the patron saint of massaging poll numbers Nate Silver is now trying to wiggle out of the whole Wedgewood mess. Nate personally chose to heavily weight the fake numbers and include them in two of his “hot” bulletins.

Because Nate like almost all pollsters is there to cheer on D and suppress excitement for R votes. We see you unscientific click monkeys. We know your game. We know longer fall for the pretend horse race you’re calling.

When it takes an average of 240 calls to get ONE answer then all the normies have self selected “opt out” and all you are truly “polling” is the weirdos who still wait by the landline for someone ANYONE to call.

RIP polling.; 10/24/26, 6:20 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: **Life is too short to read IEE’s posts.**

Yes. Among others. Though I did see RCO right up top with a salient point about Ukrainian hackers trying to change the Starlink system to their advantage.; 10/24/26, 6:24 AM
Dave Begley said...: Tixs to the Brewers game were still over $2k at the time of the first pitch.; 10/24/26, 7:30 AM
Humperdink said...: Talarico and Paxton tied at 49-49? Sorry, I don’t buy it.; 10/24/26, 7:31 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Original Mike said...

["you would think the commies that run Minn would only let the proletariat in, for free."]

"Minnesota commies have no say in the Badger State."

That's true, but WI has its own commies, they're just concentrated in enclaves like Milwaukee and Madison.; 10/24/26, 7:52 AM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...: “Tied at 49-49?”

Talarico is fading. Don’t be surprised if he loses by a comfortable margin. I noticed the same is happening in the Collins race. Looks like Republicans are starting to come home.; 10/24/26, 8:24 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Ukraine says Starlink back to normal after week of throttling ~ Reuters
𝘒𝘠𝘐𝘝, 𝘖𝘤𝘵 24 (𝘙𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴) - 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 ‌𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚.
𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘬'𝘴 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘟-𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘜𝘚 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘺𝘪𝘷 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.

There has been a chain of stories in the WSJ culminating in one about Trump allegedly asking Musk to re-enable capacity. Early stories covered how Musk had initially had discussions with Trump and other senior government figures before the slowdown, with Musk saying the decision came from the government. It seems clear that it did come from administration, but that Trump has been surprised by the extent of the Republican backlash and that Musk has agreed to take the flack on this to try and make Trump look better going into the midterms.; 10/24/26, 8:31 AM
Jaq said...: Weird because more oil than ever is coming out of the Strait of Hormuz

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Dips-Into-Strategic-Oil-Reserve-Again-Amid-Supply-Disruptions.html; 10/24/26, 8:31 AM
Peaceful warrior said...: Hi RCOCEAN, I agree that SpaceX has good reasons to enforce restrictions on how its commercial Starlink service is used, especially when it comes to weapons. I also think it makes sense to be cautious about reports based on anonymous sources.

Personally, I haven't found solid evidence that Ukrainian engineers hacked Starlink or that a routine software update disabled those hacks. Would you mind sharing the sources supporting that explanation? Those details could help us better understand what happened and whether the controversy really has been resolved.

On October 24, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense reported that high-speed service had been restored. That's encouraging, although questions remain about who imposed the earlier restrictions and why.

It makes sense to respect SpaceX's contractual rights while still asking reasonable questions about what happened and who was responsible.; 10/24/26, 8:35 AM
Humperdink said...: I agree on the Troy Jackson fade in Maine. If he had married his sister instead of his cousin he would have a shot.; 10/24/26, 8:38 AM
Jaq said...: A vote for Republicans is a vote for genocide and ethnic cleansing. A vote for Democrats is a vote for nuclear war with Russia over the issue of us putting nuclear missiles and stealth fighters 200 miles from Moscow and denying language rights to historicly Russian area, because for some reason the Ukrainians are willing to fight for us to the last man for these things.

All of this crap is taking place on the other side of the planet, BTW, and trillions of dollars of debt is from fighting these wars.; 10/24/26, 8:39 AM
Jaq said...: If the oil disruption is temporary, why are the futures prices so high?; 10/24/26, 8:42 AM
Jaq said...: Remember when the Soviets tried to put nukes in Cuba?; 10/24/26, 8:43 AM
Bob Boyd said...: Remember when the mullahs tried to put nukes in Iran?; 10/24/26, 8:49 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The Western Journal : "Breaking report: 'Ilhan Omar' is not the congresswoman from Minnesota's real name"

#Catfishing Congress... There is a guy running because he happened to have the same name as the other guy running.; 10/24/26, 9:02 AM
Leland said...: WSJ readership so low, they need IEE to advertise for them, like those political post cards in the mail that you throw in the trash.; 10/24/26, 9:06 AM
Mary Beth said...: "Also: No italics, even briefly. Use asterisks for emphasis. And don't play with the format by changing fonts or using boldface or all caps."

I see this is being ignored by one commenter. Are italics allowed if it's being formatted externally and then being pasted into the comments? Is this a rule with exceptions or a rule without consequences?; 10/24/26, 9:06 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Update by "IdahoLearningNews Editorial Team" : "Federal investigators move to seal Ilhan Omar search warrant as unverified name claim spreads".; 10/24/26, 9:11 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: Here's a BBC article saying all the internet limits on both star link and star shield have been restored. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwkg5md14j8go; 10/24/26, 9:16 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: You can grok it yourself but Ukraine military uses star link and star shield. Both uses Musk owned satelites. Star link is commerical and isn't supposed to be used for offensive military purposes. Star shield is used by US military and other militaries. As you'd expect it operates under US Government control.

People including Zelensky and the WSJ seem to be mixing up star link and star shield.; 10/24/26, 9:21 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Democrats’ Projected Majority Grows as 19 More House Races Shift Away From the GOP ~ Cook Political Report
𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴’ 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴’ 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 2027; 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵-𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 2006 𝘢𝘯𝘥 2018.

𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 19 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴’ 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘪𝘹 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘴 — 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 — 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘜𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘜𝘱.

𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 218 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 220 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥, 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵. 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 198 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥, 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 17 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘜𝘱𝘴.

𝘕𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 12 𝘢𝘯𝘥 22 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴. 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 215; 10/24/26, 9:24 AM
Bob Boyd said...: "People including Zelensky and the WSJ seem to be mixing up star link and star shield."

Some of them deliberately.; 10/24/26, 9:25 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Amid Ad Uproar, Ohio Governor’s Race Moves From Toss Up to Lean Democrat ~ Cook Political Report
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘬 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘮𝘺’𝘴 𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘩𝘪𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘺 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘮 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘜𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳. 𝘓𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘺-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 12 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

𝘈𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘵 $4 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘝.; 10/24/26, 9:26 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Starlink and Starshield are distinct systems, and conflating them obscures the issue. But that distinction alone doesn't disprove reports of restrictions affecting Ukraine's military operations. The real questions are which system was restricted, who controlled that decision, and what operational consequences followed.; 10/24/26, 9:30 AM
Eva Marie said...: “Is this a rule with exceptions or a rule without consequences?”
O, there are consequences. You won’t notice at first. It starts small. Your Amazon package comes a day late. DoorDash leaves your pad thai with the neighbor. A button pops off your shirt. Then your fitted sheet won’t stay on that one damn corner, your phone only charges if the cord is held at a certain angle, every song stuck in your head is a car insurance jingle. And one day you’ll type something really important, and it will come out in Comic Sans.; 10/24/26, 9:31 AM
Humperdink said...: I know this come as a shock, but looking at front page of the Minnieapolis Star Tribune makes no mention of their famous Congress Chick Ilhan Omar/Elmi.; 10/24/26, 9:38 AM
Leland said...: Instructions... read them.; 10/24/26, 9:45 AM
Peachy+2 said...: Jaq is auditioning for his soap opera spot on - As the Tuq'r Turns.; 10/24/26, 9:51 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “Tied at 49-49?”

“Talarico is fading. Don’t be surprised if he loses by a comfortable margin. I noticed the same is happening in the Collins race. Looks like Republicans are starting to come home.”

I don’t see that. Rather, the polls are likely tightening because the election is not that far off. Pollsters who don’t tighten up their fake polls right before an election, to match reality, tend to be ignored next time around. The Dems do this for every major election. Nate Silver is in this crowd. His prognostications are respected. That’s where his money comes from.

Tallerico is just too wacko liberal to win in fairly red TX. By claiming that Jesus had 6 genders, instead of being male, is ahistorical nonsense, and is likely to lose most of the Christians of most denominations in TX (I expect that most of even the Presbyterians, where he is a minister, don’t agree with him). Even the non accepted Book of Mary doesn’t go there. (She was supposedly very close to Jesus, possible even his wife, but in her Gospel, Jesus was still very male).; 10/24/26, 9:56 AM
Jersey Fled said...: “ I know this come as a shock, but looking at front page of the Minnieapolis Star Tribune makes no mention of their famous Congress Chick Ilhan Omar/Elmi.”

I think there’s a Said in there too.; 10/24/26, 9:56 AM
Bob Boyd said...: And if it was restricted, why was it restricted?
If it was restricted, why is the presumption that it should never be restricted?
Why is it presumed that Ukraine is entitled to these systems?; 10/24/26, 9:56 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “ Starlink and Starshield are distinct systems, and conflating them obscures the issue. But that distinction alone doesn't disprove reports of restrictions affecting Ukraine's military operations. The real questions are which system was restricted, who controlled that decision, and what operational consequences followed.”

We know the answers to all those questions, though with your selective reading, you may not.

- the decision to slow up StarLink for the Ukrainian military was made at the top of StarLink. Very likely for strategic business reasons. That really means Musk. Hence the attacks on him, and Krugman’s suggestion that the USG take over the company.

- Ukraine was using StarLink to control its missiles and drones in near real-time. This was considered offensive military use of the StarLink network. It increased the accuracy of their missiles and drones. StarLink policy is no offensive military usage of its network. Maybe there is some moral aspect to that policy, but I suspect that it mostly was to make it more palatable to our quasi-enemies, such as Iran, Russia, and China, for being allowed to operate in those countries. In short, a strategic marketing decision.

- I expect that Musk discussed this with Trump when the policy was implemented. Likely, Musk explained why, and. Trump, with a business degree and experience, understood Musk’s explanation of Why the policy.; 10/24/26, 10:18 AM
Dr Weevil said...: Here's Barnacle Jaq (8:39am) repeating the same stupid lie I've corrected three or four times before, most recently less than 48 hours ago:

"A vote for Democrats is a vote for nuclear war with Russia over the issue of us putting nuclear missiles and stealth fighters 200 miles from Moscow."

Here's what I wrote on Thursday at 3:44pm on the Musk thread (link):

"Jaq keeps claiming that it's only 200 miles from Ukraine to Moscow, because he's too lazy to look at a map, or too stupid to know how to measure distances on a map. The fact is that the nearest part of Ukraine to Moscow is ~320 miles away, and that the nearest part of Latvia, already a member of NATO, is only 380 miles from Moscow. The speed of nuclear missiles makes a difference of 60 miles trivial, and only a moron thinks anyone in NATO is the slightest bit interested in a first strike. Again, Barnacle Jaq repeats Putinite propaganda straight off of RT - which, by the way, has numerous talking heads talking about nuking us."

When will Barnacle Jaq stop repeating Putinite propaganda? Most likely, only when the paychecks stop.; 10/24/26, 10:19 AM
Leland said...: "Why is it presumed that Ukraine is entitled to these systems?"

About a year ago, Musk suggested de-orbiting ISS. Folks I worked with at NASA were apoplectic that Musk would suggest such a thing. Musk was just repeating exactly what the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel recommended. Yet, my response to them was "who do you think keeps the ISS flying at all?" See, these NASA employees failed to advance the Orion capsule, Ares-I to launch it, X-38, or any other vehicle and launcher to keep ISS operational. SpaceX did. They built Dragon cargo, Falcon 9, and later Dragon crew; which ended NASA's dependence on Russia to keep ISS flying. Yet, these NASA employees felt entitled to have access to that equipment to keep ISS (which they have also failed to advance a replacement).

Ukraine and its EU simps are simply doing the same. They have failed to make anything, have made themselves dependent on others, and now demand those, who provided them access to something, give them everything. Marxism straight up.; 10/24/26, 10:20 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: 𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵.

You’re presenting speculation as fact. A contractual restriction on offensive use may explain SpaceX’s policy, but it doesn’t establish why this particular slowdown was ordered or whether it was justified. Reports indicate the restrictions disrupted both Ukrainian strike-drone and defensive operations. And your claim that Musk discussed it with Trump beforehand is disputed; Trump’s involvement and the precise chain of authority remain unclear. A plausible business rationale isn’t proof of what actually happened or a defense of its consequences.; 10/24/26, 10:30 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “ If it was restricted, why is the presumption that it should never be restricted?
Why is it presumed that Ukraine is entitled to these systems?”

Working backwards, it’s mostly Dems complaining. Ukraine is their war. They bought Biden, and he stayed bought. It’s fine to poke the bear, but how far do we push the Russians? We try to get the two sides together, but Ukraine doesn’t want to participate. They feel that they don’t have to, because the Dems, in this country, have their backs. Their war is costing us money, and, in particular, is cutting into our supplies of critical military munitions. Trump wants this to end, and is attempting a negotiated settlement. The Ukrainian leadership essentially is blowing him off, but still expects major help from the US, which we continue to give them.; 10/24/26, 10:42 AM
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Dr Weevil said...: I should add that the second half of Barnacle Jaq's 8:39am sentence was also a lie: ". . . denying language rights to historicly Russian area, because for some reason the Ukrainians are willing to fight for us to the last man for these things."

No one was ever hindered from speaking Russian or reading Russian books in Donbas or anywhere else in Ukraine. On the other hand, the Russians have destroyed all Ukrainian-language books in the occupied areas, including the ethnically-Ukrainian ones, throwing the books out the windows of the college libraries. They also make a point of bombing publishers' warehouses in unoccupied Ukraine: destroying a third of all the unsold books in the country just in time for the start of the school year. They also beat people heard speaking Ukrainian in the classroom or on the street. And all that's just fine with Barnacle Jaq.; 10/24/26, 10:46 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “You’re presenting speculation as fact. A contractual restriction on offensive use may explain SpaceX’s policy, but it doesn’t establish why this particular slowdown was ordered or whether it was justified. Reports indicate the restrictions disrupted both Ukrainian strike-drone and defensive operations. And your claim that Musk discussed it with Trump beforehand is disputed; Trump’s involvement and the precise chain of authority remain unclear. A plausible business rationale isn’t proof of what actually happened or a defense of its consequences.”

It’s not speculation when this started. It started in response to Ukraine using StarLink for offensive military operations. StarLink shut it down, and announced their policy. Ukraine complained. StarLink ignored them. Recently, we found out at least one reason how StarLink was implementing this policy - by slowing down their network for the Ukrainian military. Was it just telemetry (etc) data that was being slowed down? Don’t know. Doesn’t matter.

I don’t know if Trump and Musk talked about this in advance. Neither do you. Trump doesn’t appear to have twisted Musk’s arm. But he has other issues involving Russia on his mind. In particular, he wants Russia to sit on the sidelines in regards to his sanctions on Iran. And they are ostensibly cooperating. Iran is right across the Black Sea from Russia, and they could easily resupply them with the missiles they so desperately need, but haven’t. Iran is Trump’s major concern. Ukraine is just a nuisance.; 10/24/26, 11:06 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: I agree that I was speculating. But I don’t see Trump ordering Musk to cripple StarLink for the Ukrainians. Which leaves the decision with StarLink. It could have been a moral decision. But a long term business strategy decision appears to me to be more likely. Esp with China preparing to take the StarLink system down, if they want to.; 10/24/26, 11:13 AM
Narr said...: Test; 10/24/26, 11:15 AM
Narr said...: I don't use italics, and can't post in Barf Bold no matter how much some commenters deserve it.; 10/24/26, 11:17 AM
Aggie said...: There is no escaping the rather bald conclusion that a message was being sent, and that it was received, and left them smarting. And that operations have been restored, but probably not left where they were before.

The rumor that Ukrainians were hacking the system is spot-on consistent with my experience with Ukrainians, just sayin'.; 10/24/26, 11:27 AM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: Caspian Sea (not Black); 10/24/26, 12:12 PM
Josephbleau said...: My pals in the business say that the limitation was that the satellite terminal itself was not allowed to travel more than 100 mph, this is to limit the system to defensive communication applications. Although it is not public, Spacex, the US government, and Ukraine have a contract that specifies what is allowable use of the system. It would not surprise me that Ukraine would push the limits because they are at war. It would not surprise me that if Ukraine did that, the US or Spacex would modify the system to prevent the contract violation.

But we don’t know what happened. Yet some here are prematurely assigning blame.; 10/24/26, 1:59 PM
Josephbleau said...: It’s like, I hack a password that lets me play an online video game at high resolution when I did not pay the extra fee. The game company blocks the password and I go to low resolution. I scream and yell because I could not finish my game in high rez. You get the service you pay for in your contract, don’t complain.

Now we don’t have enough information so see if this story applies to Ukraine at all.; 10/24/26, 2:13 PM
Michael McNeil said...: People talk as if there’s a choice whether the International Space Station is deorbited or remains in service—but there may well be no real choice. Since 2019 the PrK transfer tunnel on the Russian Zvezda service module (a core element of the Russian segment) has shown progressive cracking and intermittent leaks, with NASA rating the risk of catastrophic structural fatigue failure high. Why do you think the American residents of the station take refuge in their Crew Dragon lifeboat when the Russians prepare to do serious work on that section?; 10/24/26, 5:05 PM