THE TRUST IN THE BLUE MODEL HAS GONE ICE COLD:  The Trust Thermocline, Twitter and the Feds.

WHAT DIFFERENCE, AT THIS POINT, DOES IT MAKE?  Hillary Clinton accuses GOP of using fear tactics during NYC rally for Gov. Hochul.

EPISODES IN CLOWN WORLD:  NEW JET-FUEL CONTAMINATION INCIDENTS WITH DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID REPORTED.

FROM A FRIEND A REMINDER THAT IT’S BEEN BAD A LONG TIME:  Voter fraud in the US – an anecdote.

REFUSE TO BE CANCELLED:  Pushback: “I do not consent to your attempt to blacklist me.”

And remember that living well is the best revenge.

COLBERT TAKES THE C & L OUT OF CLASS:  Stephen Colbert shades Michigan man who switched from Dem to GOP during mocking mea culpa.

THE MORE THE LEFT SUPPRESSES ELECTION RESULTS, THE MORE THE ELECTORATE WILL REBEL:  Panic at the D disco about midterms; more background on hard-right success in Israeli elections.

DO LET’S:  Let’s put “political violence” in perspective.

By the Way Tilting at Windmills is still running a sale for Instapundit readers.

OH, DEAR. SHOCKED, SHOCKED SHOCKED. AT THIS RATE MY SHOCKED FACE WILL DEVELOP HOLES:  ‘Politicized bureaucracy’ has FBI ‘rotted at its core,’ GOP charges in shocking report.

What’s shocking is that the GOP realized there might be gambling at Rick’s.

The FBI delenda est. Abolish the agency. Salt the Earth.

AND THS IS WHY:  CDC: Alcohol-Related Deaths Spiked During Pandemic.

NOT IN THIS LIFETIME:  COVID Amnesty? Hell, No!

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, JUST KEEP MOVING, NOTHING TO SEE: NBC News pulls report claiming Paul Pelosi didn’t indicate ‘emergency’ to cops.

For a moment there NBC forgot they were in the narrative enforced moment and inadvertently did journalism. But they caught it in time, phew. All fixed. They won’t make that mistake again.

THAT’S BECAUSE THE DOJ APPROVES OF TERRORISM AGAINST PREGNANCY SUPPORT CLINICS:  4 Kookiest Cases The DOJ Pursued While Letting Pregnancy Center Firebombers Walk Free.

IT’S NOT AUTOMAGICAL:  If Republicans Win On Tuesday, Thank The Election Integrity Movement.

THIS JUNTA IS LIES ALL THE WAY DOWN:  The Big Lie about ‘The Big Lie’.

GOOD IDEA:

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Why suburban women are flocking to the GOP: As simple as A,B,C.

YEP: Russia Exposes Germany’s Weakness. “Germany has relinquished any aspirations of a leadership role in Europe. Its inadequate response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine has exposed Berlin more as an obstacle to European security rather than as a defender. German policy is also hypocritical by preaching anti-corruption to Balkan states seeking to join the European Union while enabling massive Russian penetration of its economy and political system. . . . Successive German governments opened up the country to Russian state influence, which penetrated all major political parties, national institutions, banks, businesses, and energy corporations. The results of this massive Russian corruption were visible in energy projects such as the Nord Stream pipelines and the laundering of billions of Russian dirty money through German banks. The results of Moscow’s penetration of German foreign policy have been evident since the launch of its extended war against Ukraine.”

Of course, Russia’s weakness has also been exposed.

WELL, THERE YOU GO: Chuck Norris Endorses Blake Masters in Arizona Senate Race.

HONORS: ‘We’re moving into a new era’: People pleased about building new statue to honor John Lewis.

Funny that they’d put up a statue to an Election Denier. John Lewis on Trump: ‘I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president.’ “Lewis argued that the suspected efforts of Russian hackers to tilt the election in Trump’s favor are evidence of ‘a conspiracy on the part of the Russians and others to help him get elected.'” Literally conspiracy theory.

Remember: It’s never a legitimate election if Democrats lose. And it’s basically treason to question an election where Democrats win.

WELL, NARRATIVE MAINTENANCE. ALSO, THEY BASICALLY APPROVE OF ATTACKS ON REPUBLICANS. “The establishment media have ignored the physical attack against Republican New Hampshire candidate Gen. Don Bolduc.”

NEW YORK’S HOCHUL CRIME MESS: Krazy Kat denies crime’s a problem — but Hillary Clinton lets the truth slip.

OPEN THREAD: Dance to the music.

JOHN HINDERAKER: He’s Baaack. “I have often said that Trump was a very good president–our best, rather easily, since Ronald Reagan. Unfortunately, though, that isn’t the end of the story.”

The Insta-Daughter’s theory is that every president is in some sense the opposite of his predecessor. The defining characteristic of Biden is going to be senility. Trump isn’t senile, and he probably won’t be in 2024 — unlike most presidents he didn’t even seem to age in office. But he won’t be young.

Strategically, I think Trump’s role should be as a “fleet in being” to distract the Democrats while a new, surprise candidate is positioned to destroy them. But I don’t think that Trump has the inclination to play that role. Now I’d be happy to support him if he were the nominee, and I’d love it if he won and stuck it to the “cabal” that elected Biden. But I’d rather have 8 years of, say, DeSantis than 4 years of Trump. I don’t think you can fix things in 4 years. 4 years of Trump followed by 8 years of DeSantis would be great, but how likely is that, really?

WOEING: First Starliner crewed flight further delayed. “NASA has delayed the first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle with astronauts on board, a slip that will push back the spacecraft’s first operational mission into 2024.”