TODAY'S NEWS, what the heck, make it for October 12-20, 2026

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HEADLINES: Reds are turning out in early voting; Paris is burning; Omar pulling a Talcumpowder and hiding

The News of Today is the History of Tomorrow

NOTE: With the successful concert over, this will be a potpourri of stories over the last 8 days. Glad to once again, finally, hang up the sticks. Or whatever you do with drumsticks. Anyway, now that I'm back we'll do a Tues/Thurs/Sat schedule for the news and Larry's Commentary this week.

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IN POLITICAL NEWS

1) In the battle of the mail-ins and early votes, Rs, while never leading historically in these categories, are doing very well. In PA, for example, GOP mail returns vs. 2022 were up 219% while Ds were only up 89%. In NV, Rs are up `12 points over Ds in early voting, which is unheard of. And they are turning out in the reddest counties in TX at unprecedented levels. Every major red county is outpacing the blue counties. Bell, which is a Trump +18 county, is at 95% of its 2024 turnout already (!!). Some may claim the GOP is "cannibalizing" voters, but even if true, it certainly means that the enthusiasm to vote is very with with Rs, something certain pollsters and pundits told us was unlikely. Meanwhile in his regular district-by-district updates, Seth Keshel has the Ds flipping PA7 in a very close race. but possibly a hold. PA10, he thinks, is gone, along with CA48. Based on the 2-3 D-GOP flips he has so far (such as PA10 and IA1), combined with the 5 R-D filps and this seat, by my calculations we're at Rs 209 and Ds 212. There is pretty good news, though, out of AZ6, one I had as a loss. If we hold AZ6, the likelihood of holding the House goes up a lot. Likewise, a dangerous R-D flip was liminated when FL7 Corey Mills dropped out and Ryan Elijah took over, causing the Ds to conclude they can't take that seat. Seth has another important race, NY17, as a hold. Meanwhile, some DemoKKKrats are worried about the "overhype" and say that a 20 seat margin doesn't sound realistic. Correct. How about a 3 seat minority? In NE, Senate candidate and likely loser there, Dan Osborn, has seen a string of staffers say "no mas" and leave.

2) The administration has sued Kollyfornia to prevent the state from counting non-citizens''s votes. Officials will be prosecuted if they ignore evidence of illegals voting. In NC we have another incident of non-citizens voting, with 10 arrested. In Kollyfornia we had 28 charged. But Data Gnu said that never happens? I give you at least 2-3 stories per week of illegals voting.

3) Better put some ice on that. The DemoKKKrat running against Vivek Ramaswamy, a Lockdown Lucy named Amy Acton saw her own mother film a commercial . . . against her.

4) An informant says he knows the location of the O.J. Simpson knife that was used to murder Nicole.

5) A school shooting in OR was abruptly ended by a good guy with a gun.

6) Some 491 fugitives hiding in public housing have been arrested.

7) Kollyfornia funneled over $350 million in fire relief funds into low-income housing construction---but not a dime for the people who lost their homes.

IN ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN NEWS

8) Bank of America (Bank of Amigo) has been fined $1.2 billion for funny money activities with the ChiComs.

9) Illicit Muillah Omar has pulled a Talcumpowder Talarico and disappeared. Shipwreckedcrew argues that Illicit Mullah Omar can indeed be denaturalized and deported if the info on her immigrant visa obtained by her father is false. But wait! Now it appears none of her "papers" can be found at all. The Feds reportedly have DNA evidence in the Illicit Mullah Omar probe. The DNA would prove the Illicit spoogegerbil mated with her own brother to avoid immigration law.

10) Shocked I tell ya! Immigrant "students" in Kollyfornia schools have plummeted. This is just another example of how the fantastic Trump border policies are absolutely destroying the left's infernal illegal vote fraud machine. The teachers' unions need the money from high enrollments to continue proping up the dicknipples---in this case, in Sacramento. But no story ever gets around to discussing the impact of these missing students on politics, nor does any story, such as one in our local Chandler, AZ, paper, which said the Chandler Public Schools would see an enrollment decline of 7,000-10,000 over 10 years, ever mention the disgust with public schools as people turn to charter schools, parochial schools, and homeschooling.

11) Oh, and under President Trump, over 3,000 visas have been revoked.

IN CULTURAL NEWS

12) Derek Thompson has an important discussion with Daniel Cox, author of Generation Uncoupled, a book about the decline not just of marriage but of dating, dancing even touching. Apparenly the Gen-Zers are so riddled with anxiety they won't dance out of fear of other people posting their stupid moves on social medial. George Gilder, in the 1970s, had many of the same conclusions, namely it's all about young men. If they perceive women earn more or are more highly educated than they are, well, they just don't care and you cannot make them care. Oh, and more than half of young women have no friends who are Trump supporters. Educated women are becoming as big a threat to national existence as foreign enemies and I know several modern (older) women why say they will never vote for another woman again.

13) This teacher broke down in tears saying that only one in 34 students could do age-appropriate work.

IN ECONOMIC NEWS

14) Elon Musk introduced a real, usable flying car. I'm sure it costs more than the GDP of the Congo, is almost impossible to refuel, and has no rules or regulations out yet on how its flight lanes will be governmened but take it from me, this IS a breakthrough and WILL come at some point.

15) Elon Musk said he will give every kid in America a share of SpaceX. The problem there is---ask the veterans of the early 1800s given free land in return for their service. Many promptly sold the deeds. Not to be left out, but Anthropic (which has yet to make a profit) says it will put money into a "public interest fund," or, as Data Republicans says, will create dozens of little George Soroses.

16) The DoE now has backed plans for a $581 million energy grid expansion.

17) Pending home sales dropped sharply.

18) A New Mogadishu (Minneapolis) restaurant with no prices is closing. Shocked, I tell ya. Socialism won't even work in New Somalia.

19) The feds accused ten banks of "de-banking" conservativse.

20) U.S. industrial production is growing at the fastest rate in four years.

IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS

21) France is in le pickle. It won't acknowledge any migrant/Muslim element in the "mostly peaceful" (seriously, they said that) protests that turned into riots. Now the gubmen has to order curfews. Shades of Jesus Carter, but French so-called leader Macaroni blamed the French people for the rioting that took out thousands of buildings and left two dead and a thousand wounded. Predictably, his disapproval rose over 80%. President Trump, speaking the truth, said "France is burning." The nation is a prime example of what happens when you have a goofball commie-inspired illegal immigrant problem and do not confront it until it's too big to confront. Already Lison, Portugal, and Milan, Italy are seeing the fine, judicious impact of The Religion of Peace (TROP ™) Riots are spreading from Belgium to Albania. In both Portugal and Albania, the army was called out. But you'll notice one place you see zero riots: Poland. Gee, I wonder why if it's only "students." Does Poland have no "students?"

22) So far we are getting a Talcumpowder-type answer from the NORKs on where their precious dictator Kim Jung-Un is. Or, more appropriately, it is thought Kim may be Jung-Unalive, reportedly dying during botched surgery. First, I'm sure said surgery was supervised by his trusted sister, and second, his dad was Kim Jung-Il, who illness led him to be Kim Jung-Dead. Nevertheless, the NORKs are providing pictures similar to those of the Rutabaga administration to assure people he is as alive as the Black Widow in the Marvel Universe.

23) Certain Danes are paying attention as the so-called "right wing" anti-immigration party just more than tripled its vote share and seats.

24) Certainly Frog authorities won't be watching the new movie "Replacing Europe," which followed the money trail to destabilizing western Europe through illegal invaders.

25) Oh really? The Financial Times admits that the conflict in the Middle East has shifted energy power to the Americas.. And ya'll ain't gettin' it back any time soon.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

26) Star quarterback Jalen Hurts for the Philadelphia E-Girls is out for the year with blood clots in the lungs. The full story is deeper and shows the E-Girls were reckless with Hurts' health. The Washington Foreskins---previously the Redskins---also played games with their own QB's recurring elbow separation. This has been a brutal year for NFL QBs, with already a half-dozen going out, some for weeks at a time. Some commentators are blaming the "no hit" training camps that don't prepare the bodies. It's hard to criticize officials, as they have tightened up everything concerning hits and protocols. Is it possible that the size and conditioning of such players is so fine-tuned that they are like finely-tuned race cars that break easily? By the way, this LIFELONG Cowboy fan is so disgusted that I am eager for anything that forces the Jones family out of ownership/management there. Win no more games at all this season, I say!

27) Christina Applegate, who played the teen hearthrob on "Married with Children," now says her doctors told her they misdiagnosed her, and that she does not have multiple sclerosis---but all her symptoms remain and she still needs a cane and wheelchair.

28) R. J. Witte, an actor with cerebral palsey, who played "Walter White's" son in "Breaking Bad," committed suicide at age 34. What was so great about his part is that it wasn't forced. It was a normal family with a handicapped kid who needed extra money.

29) A Netflix film vp is out amidst all the other layoffs. Also, CNN announced they gave the evil haglet Christiane Amanpour the boot.

30) Here is my review of "Run, Hide, Fight: Infidels." Good movie, one that needed to be made.

31) There is an exodus from BlueSky, as libs come back to X.

IN MEDICAL NEWS

32) A pro-China-Virus-vax study has now been retracted for false data. Sorta like Dr. Fallacy himself. Too bad we can't retract him. At any rate, "lead" researcher Kevin Ng, who saw another paper retracted earlier this year, is the fall guy. But he's only one of multiple authors.

33) RFK, Jr. announced tens of thousands of removals from Obamacare who were not supposed to be on it.

34) New docs show, as we all suspected, that the Rutabaga administration's social media policies on the China Virus were really only the beginning of a giant tyrannical crackdown on all health discussions.

AND FINALLY . . .

35) A kerfuffel broke out when digital "star" Kylie Jenner (who does nothing but, well, "appear") showed up on the Victoria's Secret runway with a $50 million bra. Outrage followed. One screeched "Why would they put the fantasy bra on Kylie Jenner?" Well, maybe because, unlike the rest of you washboards, she actually has breasts. But second, would diamond in a bra be, ah, uncomfortable? And third, $50 million? C'mon man. Ida Rosenthal, who invented the bra, sold it for $1 so that any woman could feel, er, uplifted. She maintained low prices throughout the Great Depression. Oh, and Ida was a former Russian Socialist who fled to America to become a great capitalist. What a country.