REFORM: Sweeping anti-DEI higher ed reform bill in Ohio inches closer to passage.

QUESTION ASKED: Is Hamas Caving?

It looks like Hamas realizes that is is outmatched by Israel’s military power, and is getting desperate. According to recent reports, Hamas is now offering to release civilian hostages in exchange for a short, five-day ceasefire.

“Although the terms have varied in recent weeks, Hamas has indicated most recently that it would release all civilian hostages in exchange for a five-day pause, according to diplomats familiar with the discussions who spoke on the condition of anonymity about the sensitive matter. Israeli military captives, whose precise number is unknown, would be retained, possibly to eventually be offered in trade for Palestinian prisoners in Israel,” reports The Washington Post.

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We’ve seen that scam before, too. The fact is, Hamas never misses a trick, and at the moment, it looks like Israel isn’t about to fall for the terror group’s games. According to The Washington Post, Netanyahu “rejected any effort to link hostage talks with a pause in the fighting, saying just minutes after Blinken publicly called for it that consideration of any cease-fire would happen only after all of the hostages were freed.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Report: Harvard Law editor who assaulted Jewish student said by Stanford to have ‘compassion and humility’.

¡NO PASARÁN! WITH GREAT MOMENTS IN MULTICULTURALISM: Echo Chant Overheard on the Paris Metro — “We Are Nazis, We Are Proud!”

Plus ça change: The Mufti and the Führer.

“PEACE” ACTIVISTS HAVE BEEN GARBAGE PEOPLE FOR A VERY LONG TIME: No, They Aren’t Peace Activists, They Are Antisemites.

WHITE HOUSE REPORT CARD: Biden in minefield of his own making.

NYT: Trump Leads in 5 Critical States as Voters Blast Biden, Times/Siena Poll Finds: Voters in battleground states said they trusted Donald J. Trump over President Biden on the economy, foreign policy and immigration, as Mr. Biden’s multiracial base shows signs of fraying.

Discontent pulsates throughout the Times/Siena poll, with a majority of voters saying Mr. Biden’s policies have personally hurt them. The survey also reveals the extent to which the multiracial and multigenerational coalition that elected Mr. Biden is fraying. Demographic groups that backed Mr. Biden by landslide margins in 2020 are now far more closely contested, as two-thirds of the electorate sees the country moving in the wrong direction.
Voters under 30 favor Mr. Biden by only a single percentage point, his lead among Hispanic voters is down to single digits and his advantage in urban areas is half of Mr. Trump’s edge in rural regions. And while women still favored Mr. Biden, men preferred Mr. Trump by twice as large a margin, reversing the gender advantage that had fueled so many Democratic gains in recent years.

Black voters — long a bulwark for Democrats and for Mr. Biden — are now registering 22 percent support in these states for Mr. Trump, a level unseen in presidential politics for a Republican in modern times.

Even a flatworm is smart enough to turn away from pain. Which means it’s still smarter than some Biden voters.

ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Thousands of pro-Palestinian marchers descend upon WH chanting ‘Allahu akbar,’ ‘F–k Joe Biden’ as they demand ceasefire.

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters massed in Washington, DC, Saturday afternoon before descending upon the White House to chant, “Allahu akbar” and “F–k Joe Biden” as they accused the president of genocide and demanded a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” the crowd dotted with Palestinian flags and signs cried at the start of the event, which drew attendees from across the country.

The chant – which is growing increasingly popular in the wake of Hamas’ deadly incursion into southern Israel last month and Israel’s subsequent retaliatory attacks on Gaza – is widely considered antisemitic because it implies the elimination of the State of Israel and its people.

Others chanted, “Long live the Intifada,” an Arabic word used to refer to Palestinian uprising, specifically to conflicts that ran from 1987 and 1993 and from 2000 to about 2005 that left thousands dead.

Unofficial reports estimate 300,000 showed up to the protest, but DC Police could not confirm, telling The Post it does not estimate crowd size.

This seems awfully insurrection-y:

https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1720962838343389621

WHAT DO YOU THINK? What is behind the 40% drop in China’s U.S. Treasury holdings? Market players see Beijing selling American debt to prop up the yuan.

JOEL KOTKIN: Is the West ready for World War 3? Even as geopolitical tensions rise, Western elites are still sabotaging our industries and energy security.

It’s almost as if those “elites” are on the payroll of our enemies.

BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: WATCH: George W. Bush, 77, Still Throws Baseball Better Than Obama.

“Bush is 77 years old. That’s not quite as old as Sleepy Joe Biden, but still very old. Nevertheless, he can still throw a baseball better than Barack Obama in his prime. That’s profoundly embarrassing for Obama, who claims to be good at sports. (Fact check: He is not.)”

UNEXPECTEDLY! Mask Mandates Officially Return In California.

The return of mask mandates is officially here.

Yup, even in late 2023, masks are back.

Starting Wednesday, several counties in Northern California have reinstated mask mandates in hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare settings. This had previously been rumored, but officially took effect this week. In far left Marin and Santa Clara Counties, those rules apply not just to employees but to anyone entering those facilities.

Contra Costa, Alameda, San Mateo and Sonoma Counties are set to punish all healthcare workers with masking, though won’t require the public to mask. Yet.

They’re back. And they’re not going away anytime soon.

Thanks to the unimaginable incompetence of local health officials, masks will be required in at least those settings until the end of March. Why? Because of flu season, of course!

This is what the endless misinformation from Fauci, the CDC and other health “experts” has created, a permanent state of rolling mandates in far left areas unwilling to accept reality. A culture of safetyism, where panicked administrators enact preemptive mandates that will, inevitably, accomplish nothing.

And it’s exactly why combating that misinformation remains as important as ever.

Flashback: Ignoring Them Is the Only Way Out.

TOM COTTON READS THE RIOT ACT: “See what happens when we take back the majority.”

Sen. Tom Cotton point-blank reads Democrat colleagues the RIOT ACT: “See what happens when we take back the majority"🔥 pic.twitter.com/28dM4sn1yS

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) November 3, 2023

LOOK UP!  November 3, 2023 Quick space links.

BUT THEY JUST CAN’T HELP THEMSELVES: Bill Maher Explains Once Again Why Liberals Are Idiots for Siding With Hamas.

BECAUSE OF COURSE HE DOES:  Hacker Attempts to Sell 23andMe’s Stolen Data on Ashkenazi Jews.

FIT IN OR F*CK OFF, IT’S TIME TO APPLY IT TO IMMIGRATION:  Western Integration I: Young Westernized Middle Eastern Girl in France Mocks the Murder of an Israeli Baby in an Oven (VIDEO).

And not superficial fit in. Barbarians should be ejected.

AND THE CHASER TO THAT SHOT:  Palestinian Media Darling Ahed Tamimi: “What Hitler did to you was nothing. We will drink your blood and eat your skulls.”.

Because of course she said that.

APPARENTLY THEY’VE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE ENEMIES TO THE LEFT (IF NOT ENEMIES THEN EMBARRASSMENTS):  Well-financed Dems look to oust Anti-Israel ‘Squad’ members Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush.

THOSE DASTARDLY ISRAELIS! HOW DARE THEY FIRE UPON A NON-MILITARY TARGET? (WHAT DO THEY THINK THEY ARE, PALESTINIANS?)  Hamas leader’s Gaza home destroyed by airstrike.

THIS IS PROBABLY NOT SWAYING MANY OPINIONS BUT IT’S BETTER THAN CHEERING HAMAS:  Fabio: I’m so pissed at Joe Biden and the antisemites.

ARREST THEM AND IF APPROPRIATE, DEPORT THEM:  Protesters storm port to block military supplies for Israel.

Storming a port and blocking military supplies is not speech. It’s sabotage.

SHE HAMPERED THEIR ILLUSION OF BEING IMPARTIAL. UNFORGIVABLE: NY Times writer Jazmine Hughes resigns after accusing Israel of ‘genocide’.

OBJECTIVE ACHIEVED:  Green, powerless and defenseless.

TO ASK IT IS TO ANSWER IT:  Do we really need the World Health Organization?

LIARS GOT TO LIE:  Democrats revise their own party history.