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Two Decades Past Retirement Age, Nancy Pelosi to Retire



Nancy Pelosi made her long-awaited retirement announcement on Thursday,
finally preparing to pass the torch after nearly four decades in Congress. She
delivered the news in an X video, whichyou’re free to subject yourself to here
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Originally from the gritty streets of Baltimore, Pelosi personifies the
American Dream. She entered politics with a net worth of roughly $3 million and
will exit as the owner of assets valued somewhere between $250 million and $400
million. Her wealth’s growth considerably exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the
Dow Jones Industrial Average, cementing her legacy as one of history’s wisest
and most shrewd investors. Either that, or she’s a serial insider trader.

Donald Trump
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celebrated the former speaker’s looming exit shortly after the news broke,
calling her an “evil woman who did a poor job” and heralding her retirement as
“a great thing for America.”Numerous Republican lawmakers
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called on Congress to honor her by banning its members from trading stocks.

Pelosi will remain in office until her term ends in January 2027. Read more
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Pro-Kirk Assassination Furry Running for Congress


Nancy Pelosi may be retiring, but Congress will still have plenty of crazy
Democrats. A new one could take office after the midterms.

A “furry” who identifies as a honey badger, celebrated the murders of Charlie
Kirk and the UnitedHealthcare CEO, and claimed “America deserved 9/11” is
running for one of Michigan’s House seats. The candidate, 36-year-old IT
contractor Samuel Smeltzer, seeks to topple Republican incumbent Tom Barrett.

Smeltzer, a self-declared United States hater and China lover, is running
because he believes his party “needs Honey Badger energy." His platform
includes higher taxes for the rich, calling Republicans Nazis, and support for
the “furry community” and the “queer community.”

Smeltzer’s official campaign statement on the assassination of Charlie Kirk
described the Turning Point USA founder as “a white supremacist who preached
stochastic terrorism” while labeling his killer “an Alt Right Groyper who was
radicalized by Nick Fuentes.” This candidate clearly needs help.Read more
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GOP Congressman Introduces MAMDANI Act to Block New York’s Federal Funding


"If New Yorkers want communism, we should let them have their wish and not
artificially prop them up with our successful capitalist system.”

That was Congressman Buddy Carter’s reaction to Zohran Mamdani’s triumph in
Tuesday’s New York City mayoral election. The Republican lawmaker is proposing
a block on federal funds to the Big Apple in response to the socialist’s win.

Carter is expected to formally introduce his proposal on Friday, presenting
the House with the MAMDANI Act to prevent New York from receiving Washington’s
money for as long as the Uganda-born Zohran occupies Gracie Mansion. The
two-page bill states that "any unobligated Federal funds available" for the
city "are hereby rescinded" until the mayor-elect is gone.

Congress has never enacted a similar law. Read more
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“RIP NYC”: 50 Cent Blasts Mamdani on Defund the Police



It’s safe to say Zohran Mamdani will not be New York’s most pro-police mayor.
Check out this tweet of his from the George Floyd era:


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Music and multimedia mogul 50 Cent expressed worry over how Mamdani’s anti-law
enforcement views will affect crime in the Big Apple this week, writing on
Instagram, “I think [Zohran’s] intentions are good, but his Tax plan is gonna
run the big money out of the city and if he defunds the police they are gonna
purge.”

Mamdani won his race because of prices, not policing or social policy. With
that being the case, we wonder what percentage of his voters even know about
his crazy views on police, trans, drugs, and crime.

This man really should have been easy to beat. The establishment just needed
to run a candidate with a populist economic platform and non-insane views on
the other things. It’s too bad they didn’t have it in them.Read more
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Supreme Court Ends “Gender Identity” Passport Madness


A victory for common sense.

The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration permission to only issue
passports indicating biological sex, not “gender identity,” on Thursday, ruling
that doing so represents the government “merely attesting to a historical fact
without subjecting anyone to differential treatment.” The ruling comes after a
Biden-appointed judge demanded the president allow transgenders to choose their
own sex designations.

This entire issue requires an Overton window shift. Republicans saying “there
are only two genders” doesn’t go far enough. There are zero genders. The whole
thing is fake. There’s no word for the race, eye color, or height with which
people can “identify.” What makes sex different?Read more
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Trump Reaches Deal to Slash Obesity Drug Prices


Yesterday’s Morning Note
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administration’s plans to focus on costs of living. The issue gave Democrats
easy campaign material in this year’s elections, and the White House wants to
solve it to give voters a reason to vote red in 2026.

The president took a step in the right direction on Thursday, announcing
deals with pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to slash weight
loss drug prices. The agreements will make doses of the manufacturers’ upcoming
obesity pills available for $145 per month through Medicare, Medicaid, or
TrumpRx. Similar treatments currently cost north of $12,000 a year, Trump said
in the Oval Office.

RFK Jr. touted the announcement alongside the president, saying it will have
“dramatic effects on human health” and lead to Americans losing 125 million
pounds over the next 12 months. Current high prices serve as a barrier for
members of the obese community to access the medications. The deals will take
effect in mid-2026.Read more
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DHS Celebrates “Lowest Border Crossings in October History”



The U.S. had a record-low number of border crossings last month, according to
newly compiledDepartment of Homeland Security data
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“Preliminary data for October, the first month of Fiscal Year 2026, shows
record-low encounters, sustained control across all sectors, and the sixth
straight month of zero releases by the U.S. Border Patrol,” the agency
announced this week. “Thank you, President Trump and our brave DHS law
enforcement. You make America proud!” Secretary Kristi Noem added.

Standout statistics include a 79% drop in border encounters compared to
October 2024, six consecutive months of zero releases, fewer total encounters
in nine months under Donald Trump than the Biden administration’s monthly
average, and a 95% daily average decrease since the presidential transition.

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that “all we really needed” to secure the border “was a new president.” Those
words continue to ring true.Read more
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Psycho Sandwich Thrower Gets off Scot-Free



There’s a new law of the land in our nation’s capital.

If you buy a Subway footlong, head to an anti-Trump protest, scream at a
federal officer for being a “f**king fascist,” and pelt the sandwich at his
chest as hard as you can, you will face no legal punishment. Such behavior is
completely okay in Washington. It’s not even a misdemeanor.

A DC court on Thursday let ex-DOJ staffer Sean Dunn off scot-free for
perpetrating the tasty assault described above, agreeing with his defense that
the attack was nothing more than a “harmless gesture.”You can watch footage of
the incident here <[link removed]>.
It looks pretty vicious.

While this story is ultimately amusing, it exposes an obvious double
standard. If a January 6th election justice protester did theexact same thing
while Congress authorized Joe Biden’s 2020 victory, does anyonereally think
they would have escaped punishment? Of course not. The previous administration
probably would have put them on the no-fly list. But a liberal sandwich thrower
who thinks diversity is our strength? No consequences whatsoever.Read more
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Irish Police Investigate Rogue Lion that Turns Out to Be a Dog



Irish police were concerned.

An apparent “lion-like” creature roaming through the country’s western woods
put law enforcement on high alert this week, prompting an investigation into
the potential public safety threat. But fear not. It turns out witnesses
fearing an invasive Saharan presence had nothing to worry about. The beast
wasn’t a lion at all. It was a dog with a snazzy haircut.

Cops announced the seamless capture of the four-legged fugitive on Tuesday,
bringing County Clare locals relief to learn it was in fact a “very friendly”
dog named Mouse.

Lions are not native to the European country’s cold and rainy climate. The
government doesn’t even permit residents to own large cats. If they want to see
one, they’ll have to visit the zoo. Or adopt Mouse.



Read more and see photos here
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Commentary


Focus on America



This may be the least surprising thing you’ve read all week: Marjorie Taylor
Greene is right.

The Georgia lawmaker dropped the hammer on the Congressional GOP on Thursday,
blaming their bizarre focus on foreign agendas over American interests for the
party’s defeats in this week’s elections.

“I think domestic policy should be the most important issue that the
president and the Republican-controlled House and Senate are working on,” she
said during a CNN interview. “And that showed up in the election.”

Greene also slammed the herds of fake Republicans working to hijack MAGA,
chastising them for “keeping [the president] on nonstop tours around the world
and nonstop meetings with foreign countries’ leaders.”

“[It’s] not America First,” she exclaimed. “It’s just not.”

Amen to that.

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that solving America’s cost-of-living crisis is the GOP’s ticket to electoral
dominance. Zohran Mamdani's triumph in New York makes this clear. The
Uganda-born socialist is off the rails on policing, trans, drugs, and crime,
but the people chose him anyway. Imagine how well common-sense conservatives
would do if they, too, zeroed in on affordability. It could be a red wave
unlike anything since 1984.

So how come a similar tsunami didn’t come crashing down on Tuesday? What’s
prevented the Republican Party from prioritizing what voters actually care
about, which is domestic issues?

Other countries.

Money for other countries, wars for other countries, negotiations for other
countries, security guarantees for other countries. And strange worship of
their leaders, too.

We’re willing to accept that dishing out some offshore charity is worth
entertaining. America shouldn’tnecessarily erect impenetrable metaphorical
walls on its borders and pretend the rest of the world doesn’t exist. Maybe
some international aid is good. We’re open to hearing the case.

But revolving the entire government around the agendas of foreign powers?
Behaving like Lindsey Graham and treating Asian and European capitals as more
important than South Carolina’s? That’s too much for voters to handle. It’s too
insulting. They will revolt.

You know who doesn’t act that way? Mamdani. It doesn’t matter how many times
Ted Cruz calls us pseudo-communists
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was his race’s only candidate whose program solely focused on New York. That
doesn't mean we endorse his crazy views. He's off the rails on a lot. But he's
not wrong oneverything. Remember his primary debate
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politician drooled over the chance to flee the Big Apple for a distant land,
but Zohran said he’d rather stay in his own city? That’s the attitude the
people want.Put America first.

Whichever party does will enjoy lots of victory parties.



 

Video of the Day

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Healthcare executive faints during Oval Office press conference.
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This Day in History


November 7, 1944: FDR wins his fourth term. America’s 32nd president defeated
Thomas Dewey in an Electoral College landslide, becoming the first and only
commander in chief to win the White House four times. Roosevelt’s victory came
amid the U.S.’s entrenchment in the Second World War, fighting both the Germans
and the Japanese after entering the conflict three years earlier. The president
maintained his office despite being in serious health decline and died a few
months into his term. Harry Truman assumed the presidency with no knowledge of
the Manhattan Project.


 

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