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The Absurdity of #NOKINGS David Strom I absolutely, positively understand why liberals dislike Donald Trump's policies. He is, after all, reversing so many of the policies they love, and they have every right to object to them. But seriously, folks, get a grip. Donald Trump is not trying to be a king, and your biggest complaint is that he is actually enforcing immigration laws passed by Congress, which your preferred president did everything to subvert. The great martyr to freedom most celebrated by liberals in the media is a wife-beating human trafficker who may, or may not, be deported after a long, drawn-out legal process. Sure, there are clashes in the streets between ICE officers and Antifa activists, but those are on Antifa. A U.S. senator was briefly handcuffed because he charged the Secretary of Homeland Security while concealing his identity as a Senator (he revealed his identity AFTER he was detained). When there is a legal dispute about a presidential action, the courts get their say--and, usually, the Supreme Court eventually rules in favor of the president. The images we see from Pravda are enough to incite outrage, of course, and the carefully curated stories are designed to bring tears to the eyes of the emotionally incontinent. I wrote about the prevalence of the sob story over the full story yesterday. Propagandists are good at that sort of thing. But the #NOKINGS shtick? Come on. If Donald Trump were a king, there would be no court battles. There would be no government shutdown. The Senate Democrats wouldn't be able to put roadblocks in Trump's way. The courts wouldn't be in a position to even delay, let alone deny a presidential diktat. It is all so tiresome. As tiresome as the newfound ability to diagnose senility in presidents. Democrats who solemnly assured us that Joe Biden was sharp as a tack are now screaming to high heaven that Donald Trump is mentally and physically incapable of being the president. As many have noted, the Democrats are the party of the third-rate theater kids who believe that being overly dramatic is the same as being convincing. And, admittedly, there is a segment of the population who are touched by the drama. https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/10/15/the-absurdity-of-nokings-n3807855

Now the Big Question — Will Hamas Beg to Be Finished Off ? “Perhaps Hamas leaders don’t have the internet and are completely unaware of how Israel and President Trump have said this is going to play out if they run afoul of the plan. Israel is going to systematically destroy what remains of the organization, and President Trump has promised the full blessing of the United States in its efforts to do so.” https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/10/15/the-morning-briefing-now-the-big-question-will-hamas-beg-to-be-finished-off-n4944857

President Trump posthumously awarded Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Here’s How You Know That Dems Own This Shutdown I & I Editorial Board October 15, 2025 Those who follow the news might have noticed something different about the current government shutdown, which is now entering its third week. Namely, the lack of horror stories that usually accompany shutdowns. Anyone want to guess why that is? Consider what the news media were reporting when the government shut down for more than a month starting in late 2018 – the result of a fight over funding for the border wall. Then, the public was treated to headlines such as: “The Government Shutdown Is ‘Life And Death’ For Low-Wage Subcontractors Who Likely Won’t Be Repaid For Lost Time” “How The Shutdown Is Reaching A Breaking Point “ “Delayed Tax Refunds. Missed Federal Paychecks. The Shutdown’s Pain Keeps Growing” “Government Shutdown Leaves Workers Reeling: ‘We Seem To Be Pawns’” “How The Federal Shutdown Is Affecting Health Programs” “Fallout Grows As Partial Government Shutdown Drags On” As with most shutdowns, the press raced to record the trauma of national parks closing, with headlines such as: “National Parks Are Overflowing With Poop Thanks To The Government Shutdown.” This time around, we’re being told things like: “Governors Tap State Funds To Keep Some National Parks Open During The Government Shutdown.” Back then, air travelers were warned to fear for their lives: “Travel industry fears damage from a long government shutdown” “’Every day it gets less safe to fly’: air travelers begin to feel effects of shutdown” This time, the press has spent its time reassuring passengers that their flights won’t get canceled because “commercial flights will continue to operate and airline employees will not be impacted.” Even the fact that the Trump administration is using the shutdown to fire federal workers – which team Trump thought would pressure Democrats to cave – seems to be getting short shrift. So why the blasé attitude by the mainstream press about this shutdown? Because this one is 100% caused by Democrats, who refused to pass a bill to keep the government open unless Republicans agree to spend hundreds of billions on health care subsidies for wealthier Americans and illegal immigrants. During that 2018-19 shutdown, all those horror stories in the news made sure to pin the blame on Republicans for the shutdown – which is exactly how Democrats wanted it told. This time around, the strategy appears to be to downplay the supposed harm of a shutdown while muddying the Democrats’ responsibility for it. And the press is once again taking its marching orders from the party’s leaders. https://issuesinsights.com/2025/10/15/heres-how-you-know-that-dems-own-this-shutdown/ .

US blows up 6th Venezuelan drug boat in past month, killing 6 more ‘narcoterrorists' by Steven Nelson President Trump posted a video Tuesday afternoon showing the US military bombing another alleged Venezuelan drug boat, killing its six occupants. “Under my Standing Authorities as Commander-in-Chief, this morning, the Secretary of War, ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility — just off the Coast of Venezuela,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route. The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. https://nypost.com/2025/10/14/us-news/us-blows-up-6th-venezuelan-drug-boat-killing-6-narcoterrorists-trump/

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No surprise.

Follow up: PA Governor's Mansion Arsonist Pleads Guilty, Learns Sentence Ward Clark On Tuesday, the accused firebomber of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's official residence entered a plea of guilty and received his sentence: 25 to 50 years in prison. Balmer reportedly gave as the reason for his attack the governor's support for Israel and that nation's pursuit of a military solution in Gaza. At the hearing, prosecutors displayed video of the attack. (at the link) What's troubling about this case is that it's another in a disturbing series of politically-motivated crimes of violence. Fortunately, Governor Shapiro, his wife, his children, and their guests were not seriously harmed; this could have gone much worse, and it would appear to have been Cody Balmer's intent that they were much worse, as he admitted, in his statement of intent to attack the governor with a hammer, had he encountered him. Governor Shapiro is a Democrat, but this kind of thing is not a partisan matter. We should all abhor this kind of politically-based violence. Unfortunately, one side seems more and more likely by the day to call for just this kind of thing. https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/10/14/new-pa-governors-mansion-arsonist-pleads-guilty-learns-sentence-n2195053

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Would have been 32 today.

Trump: We're Ready for a Long Schumer Shutdown — Thanks to Tariffs Ed Morrissey Democrats have put themselves in a historically bad spot by choosing to reject a clean continuing resolution offered each day by Republicans anyway. The track record for government shutdowns has been grimmer than a roulette wheel on a dodgy casino on a secondary highway. The house, or more accurately the White House, always wins. Presidents control the designation of essential services and the use of funds when Congress refuses to budget, which is why Democrats -- who know this better than the GOP, usually -- have never opted for a shutdown as a bargaining tactic. After winging his way back from a global triumph in the Middle East, Donald Trump comes back to the Schumer Shutdown with an even stronger hand politically. However, Trump's foreign policy also offers him fiscal strength that previous presidents have not had in shutdowns, or at least not to the extent Trump will enjoy. Punchbowl explains: The White House is girding for a long shutdown and has found several new funding streams for critical programs, according to top Trump administration officials. — The Office of Management and Budget is “working on ways” to get paychecks to federal law-enforcement officers, according to an administration official. This is similar to what Trump ordered over the weekend for 1.3 million active duty military service members. — The Trump administration will ensure the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children — known as WIC — can continue to operate for the foreseeable future, a White House official said. The administration says it will use hundreds of millions of dollars in Section 32 tariff revenue. This is a vital nutrition program that serves more than six million participants per month, including 40%-plus of U.S. infants. https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/10/14/trump-were-ready-for-a-long-schumer-shutdown-thanks-to-tariffs-n3807818 .

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The fact that you have the right to hold a No Kings protest tells you it's all grandstanding and not really needed.

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