THIS PIECE BY ANDREW SULLIVAN IS RECOMMENDED BY STEVE BANNON, SO: The Issue That Could Lose the Next Election for Democrats. “I don’t believe it’s disputable at this point that the most potent issue behind the rise of the far right in America and Europe is mass immigration. It’s a core reason that Trump is now president; it’s why the AfD is now the third-biggest party in the German, yes, German, parliament; it’s why Austria’s new chancellor won by co-opting much of the far right’s agenda on immigration; it’s why Britain is attempting (and currently failing) to leave the EU; it’s why Marine Le Pen won a record number of votes for her party in France this spring. A critical moment, in retrospect, came with Angela Merkel’s 2015 decision to import over a million Syrian refugees into the heart of Europe. . . . This is, to be blunt, political suicide. The Democrats’ current position seems to be that the Dreamer parents who broke the law are near heroes, indistinguishable from the children they brought with them; and their rhetoric is very hard to distinguish, certainly for most swing voters, from a belief in open borders. In fact, the Democrats increasingly seem to suggest that any kind of distinction between citizens and noncitizens is somehow racist.”

FROM ANDREW KLAVAN: Another Kingdom.

WEIRD HOW AS FEMINISM PERVADES SOCIETY, GIRLS AND WOMEN SEEM STEADILY UNHAPPIER: Rate of self-harm among teen girls rose 68 percent from 2011 to 2014.

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DEMS MAY WISH THEY HADN’T HATCHED THIS WHOLE RUSSIA STORY TO EXPLAIN HILLARY’S DEFEAT: NBC News: Mueller Now Investigating Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta.

KURT SCHLICHTER: The Establishment Flunkies Flunk Out. “All human institutions are essentially a reboot of high school, and within the political scene the Never Trumpers are convinced that they are the cool kids despite being the chess club of American politics.” This is unfair to the Chess Club.

FROM JOHN HAWKINS, another non-Salon list of people to follow on Twitter.

OVERDIAGNOSED: New Study Casts Doubt on Diagnosis of Adult-Onset A.D.H.D. “The new study, while smaller, mined more extensive medical histories than earlier work and found that most apparent cases of adult-onset attention deficits are likely the result of substance abuse or mood problems.”

I dunno, I think smartphones and social media induce a sort of ADHD.

LIGHTEN UP, FRANCIS: School Cancels Halloween Parade Because It’s Not ‘Inclusive’ Enough.

You’d think that letting kids pretend to be anybody they want to would appeal to these people.

THIS WILL END WELL: The Men Taking Classes to Unlearn Toxic Masculinity.

EARLIER: ‘Victimhood narrative’ taught in schools fuels anxiety in young women, academic claims.

Everyone must be taught to fear each other and themselves for inclusivity or something.

HMM: Prominent anti-Putin whistleblower Bill Browder says he has been barred from entering the US.

OOPS: Ford Recalling Over a Million Vehicles Because Doors Might Fly Open.

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MY USA TODAY COLUMN: From Supreme Court down, ‘Front Row Kids’ and values dominate judiciary.

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE STICKING A BOMB IN YOUR BVDs: Underwear Bomber Says Prison Rules ‘Severely Restrict’ His Practice of Islam.

PATRICK POOLE: Senators Develop Selective Amnesia About US Troop Presence in Niger After Combat Deaths.

It’s different when Obama deploys them, because shut up.

THERE’S A LOT GOING ON IN THERE THAT WE STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND: Alzheimer’s Patients Have Altered Gut Bacteria.

CLEARLY, WE NEED TO NATIONALIZE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. FOR THE CHILDREN! Is Social Media Contributing to Rising Teen Suicide Rate?

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Drinking tea or coffee can reduce the risk of premature death – but which is best for you?

I can’t say which is best for me, but it’s clear that my coffee drinking is best for those around me.

A LOT OF LAWSUITS READY TO BE FILED IN SILICON VALLEY: Does Age Discrimination in Tech Start at 40?

SOONER OR LATER, YES: Is a dangerous bird flu on the horizon?

TYLER O’NEIL HAS MORE on the Mueller-Podesta-Clinton-Uranium-Kremlin investigation.

WHEN METAPHORS FAIL: “We’re reaching the end of a poker game in which both players have now shown their trump cards but not actually put them on the table.”

COMING SOON FROM ROGER KIMBALL AND ENCOUNTER: Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism.