HEH, INDEED:
All I got from the emails is that Epstein was pissed that Trump distanced himself from him and spent the rest of his life absolutely obsessed with trying to destroy Trump.
So… Jeffrey Epstein was the original George Conway.
— RBe (@RBPundit) November 15, 2025
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A TALE OF TWO ICE-AVOIDING JUDGES:
It is good that the judge who let a wanted illegal immigrant out the back door of the courthouse to avoid waiting ICE agents will stand trial.
No one is above the law, including judges.
So, the judge will face federal obstruction of justice charges when her trial begins next month and, if found guilty, could face six years in prison.
That is the way politicians say the system works or is supposed to work.
Only in this case the judge is not Boston Municipal Court Judge Shelley Joseph who was once charged with the same thing, but Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan.
While Dugan may go to prison, Joseph walks.
Like Joseph before her, Dugan is charged with federal obstruction of justice for letting wanted illegal immigrant Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 31, sneak through a side door of her courthouse to avoid waiting ICE agents.
Flores-Ruiz was arrested after a foot chase and has since been deported to Mexico.
After seven months in detention, Flores-Ruiz promised never to come back. Before shipping out, he said, “I am grateful and happy I was able to work here,” which is something you do not ordinarily hear from illegal immigrants.
Joseph, a Democrat, was appointed to the bench by Republican Charlie Baker, who later found her actions “extremely troubling.” He said, “Judges are not supposed to be in the business of obstructing justice.”
Read the whole thing.
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GREAT MOMENTS IN QUALITY CONTROL: Coca-Cola’s AI ad just ruined Christmas… again.
One AI-generated Christmas ad could have be brushed off as a novelty experiment. With two in a two in a row, Coca-Cola is making AI slop a new festive tradition.
Despite the backlash last year (or because of it?), the soft drinks giant has again decided to start the season with an AI-generated mess that sabotages its brand. Somehow it still doesn’t see the contradiction of its ‘real magic’ tagline.
The 60-second spot was produced by AI studio Secret Level. Like last year’s effort, it references the classic Holidays Are Coming ad with Coca-Cola’s red trucks crossing snowy landscapes to deliver Christmas cheer. The polar bears of old are now joined by an incongruous mix of gawping AI critters, from rabbits to seals, before the piece end with a jump scare: an AI-animated Santa Claus inspired by Haddon Sundblom’s 1930s illustrations.
Coca-Cola is so proud of the monstrosity that it’s even posted a bizarre behind-the-scenes video that appears to have an AI-generated voiceover. Two anonymous observers marvel over how a “tiny team of five specialists” managed to “churn out and carefully refine” over 70,000 video clips in 30 days.
Those video clips weren’t refined carefully enough: Devastating graphic shows just how bad the Coca-Cola Christmas ad really is. “Based on what the company’s been saying, it sounds like the aim of this year’s Christmas ad was less about building brand storytelling and more about trying to prove itself right after last year’s disaster. Pratik Thakar, Coca-Cola’s global VP of generative AI, said that this time around the brand ‘controlled every cinematic detail’ to achieve ‘seamless narrative continuity and character consistency’. But it seems the public at large has a better eye for detail than Coca-Cola’s own team.”
Exit quote: “The only explanation people can think of is that Coca-Cola is running the campaign for rage engagement, but that seems bizarrely off brand, and particularly for a Christmas ad.”
There’s only one thing Coca-Cola can do at this point to soothe the public’s collective ire: Hire Dylan Mulvaney in an effort to make us all forget the bad AI Christmas ad.
MICROBIOME NEWS: Gut bacterium could be key to tackling obesity crisis.
OLD AND BUSTED: #MeToo, #BelieveAllWomen.
The New Hotness? Oh My: Dem Received Texts from Epstein During 2019 Congressional Hearing – and It Gets Worse.
I don’t think the Democrats really thought about the can of worms they were opening up when they tried to smear President Donald Trump over the Epstein files.
The Democrats’ X account ran with the ridiculous story that Trump spent Thanksgiving 2017 with Epstein, even though his every movement was tracked that day as president. He spent it visiting military members and with family. The Democrats account then deleted the tweet they had posted.
Now it’s getting even more problematic for them; new information is coming back on one of their own, big time.
The Washington Post dropped a bombshell that Epstein appeared to have been communicating with Democrat Del. Stacey Plaskett, the non-voting delegate from the Virgin Islands, during a congressional hearing in February 2019. So this would have been well after the allegations about Epstein were all over the news, and he was a known convicted sex offender. The Virgin Islands is where Epstein’s infamous island is Little St. James.
The name was redacted in the documents. I wonder why? But the WaPo was able to figure out who it was by comparing the texts to the action at the hearing.
The hearing involved Democrats trying to go after Trump for the umpteenth time by questioning Michael Cohen, his former attorney. Epstein appeared to be feeding her information to influence her questioning. They matched up the time stamps on the texts that were released and the video of the hearing, so you can read what he was communicating while the hearing was in progress.
Clearly the WaPo revealing that a Democrat was texting Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing is (checks notes) “a far right hit job!”
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DISPATCHES FROM THE ICE FLOE: Why Furious Progressives Probably Can’t Do Anything About Chuck Schumer.
But okay, progressive grassroots, let’s concede that Schumer, who turns 75 later this month, is the embodiment of old school Establishment Democrats. He’s usually a weak communicator; he’s got a nasal, hectoring voice and he does not look inspiring or vigorous with his slumped shoulders and glasses perched at the end of his nose. He’s led the Democrats in the Senate since 2016, and you can easily make a case that it’s time for some new blood.
One problem for Democrats is that just about everybody in their current Senate leadership is similarly old and uninspiring. The current whip is Dick Durbin of Illinois, who voted to reopen the government and turns 81 later this month. Conference vice chair Elizabeth Warren is 76 and in her third term. Fellow vice chair Mark Warner is 70 and he is in his third term. The Senate Democratic Outreach chair is . . . er, 84-year-old Bernie Sanders.
Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, secretary of the caucus, is the young one, at age 63.
So, who do you want to replace Schumer, progressives?
(One reason to doubt that Schumer will be knocked off his perch anytime soon is the lack of buzz around any other Democratic senator as an alternative.)
Keep in mind, a significant chunk of the Democratic Senate caucus is thinking of running for president in 2028. Almost all of them have no chance, but that’s not going to stop them. Some of them ran in 2020 and got nowhere, and they’re still not deterred. Apparently, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York are all thinking about it, believing that Democratic primary voters will say, “Oh, we made a terrible mistake last time. We should have nominated you now.”
(That woman in Iowa still just wants some ranch.)
Flashback: The Democratic Party’s Ice Floe Politics. “The next time a Democratic politician makes an anonymous observation about the age or vigor of a colleague with whom they disagree, be skeptical. The remarks are made to reporters as if in sorrow, but the message is about as subtle as a shiv in the prison yard.”
And while, as Steve noted earlier, “on the off chance Schumer doesn’t actually intend to retire at the end of his term, party insiders want to escort him out like Tessio in the last act of The Godfather,” who are the Dems lining up to replace him as their party’s leader in the Senate?
UPDATE: Spartacus is ready to toss Schumer onto the ice floe: Dem Sen. Cory Booker Does Not Shy Away From Answering Query About Chuck Schumer’s Future.
The reporter then asked if the comments were pointed directly at Schumer, and if Booker felt that the New York senator was “still up for the job.”
“Chuck Schumer’s generation, Nancy Pelosi’s generation, John Lewis’s generation. They have so much to be proud of,” Booker said. “It is time, though, for new leadership.”
Boom, there it is. We will at least give credit to the New Jersey senator who showed more courage when asked about Schumer’s future, more so than the likes of New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-14), who refused to call him out when asked if Schumer should stay as minority leader, my RedState colleague Nick Arama reported.
“Should Schumer stay as minority leader?” the reporter asked.
“I think what is so important for folks to understand is that this problem is bigger than one person,” AOC replied. “And it actually is bigger than the minority leader in the Senate…A leader is a reflection of the party and Senate Democrats have selected their leadership to represent them.”
To be fair, AOC wants everyone in the gulag, not just Chuck Schumer.
POE’S LAW IS IN EFFECT:
BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: MSNBC Changes to MS NOW Today: What’s behind the network’s branding makeover?
Saturday will mark the end of an era for MSNBC as the liberal cable network moves forward under new ownership and a new name: MS NOW.
The media shakeup was nearly a year in the making after Comcast announced it would spin off its cable networks into its own company called Versant, separating MSNBC from its sister broadcast network NBC, which will remain under the NBCUniversal umbrella.
The looming split led to many burning questions about MSNBC’s future, including how it would operate without NBC News’ resources, who gets what in the corporate divorce, and whether MSNBC could even keep its name.
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In an effort to distance itself from NBC as part of the corporate separation, MSNBC is changing its name to MS NOW, an acronym for “My Source for News, Opinion, and the World.”
When MSNBC first launched in 1996, “MS” originally stood for Microsoft, NBC’s former partner in launching the network, although the company divested decades ago.
Notably, CNBC, MSNBC’s sister network that Comcast is also spinning off into Versant, will keep its name as it has always stood for Consumer News and Business Channel.
The New York Times reported MSNBC employed a $20 million ad campaign this month to sell viewers on the change, including an ad where Rachel Maddow reads the preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Another series of spots featured MSNBC hosts promising, “Same mission, new name.”
Stephanie Ruhle rifles through a rolodex of pretend emotions as MSNBC signs off for the last time:
The end. @Sruhle with the final moments of @MSNBC just before midnight Friday night: “This show is the very last broadcast for MSNBC from 30 Rock.” pic.twitter.com/XjGG6fKN4n
— Brent Baker 🇺🇲🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) November 15, 2025
Fortunately, we’ll always have the memories: Dan Gainor: Five ridiculous moments to remember MSNBC as it transitions to MS NOW.
3. And then there’s “Morning Joe”: Just as the thrill up the leg comment defined the Obama era, Joe Scarborough, the host of “Morning Joe” served up the garbage that defined the Biden presidency. We had a president who people knew was unable to speak coherently and unable to run the country. We all saw it. Biden held an embarrassing February press conference and was fond of saying he had talked to foreign leaders who were already deceased.
None of that mattered to Scarborough. It wasn’t long after that presser when he was defending Biden. On “Morning Joe” in March 2024, Scarborough said of Biden, “I’ve said it for years now, he’s cogent. But I undersold it when I said he was cogent, he’s far beyond cogent. In fact, I think he’s better than he’s ever been, intellectually, analytically, because he’s been around for 50 years.”
Then he put the cherry on top of the lie sundae: “Start your tape right now because I’m about to tell you the truth. And f— you if you can’t handle the truth. This version of Biden, intellectually, analytically, is the best Biden ever.” He ended up apologizing, but the damage to his reputation was toast.
4. Hating Charlie Kirk: The number of awful things said by the left and media about Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk’s death is difficult to count. One of them was so bad, it cost an MSNBC employee his job. The network fired political analyst Matthew Dowd for his comments about Kirk. Dowd, a rhetorical bomb thrower, said Kirk has been “one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.
It was so awful, that Kutler had to issue an apology: When you’ve lost MSNBC…
Still though, meet the new network, just the same as the old network: MS NOW Only Goes 4.5 Hours Before Making First Nazi Analogy.
WELL, POSSIBLY: Listening to music may lower dementia risk, study says.
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MEET CHATBOT JESUS: Churches tap AI to save souls — and time.
A new digital awakening is unfolding in churches, where pastors and prayer apps are turning to artificial intelligence to reach worshippers, personalize sermons, and power chatbots that resemble God.
Why it matters: AI is helping some churches stay relevant in the face of shrinking staff, empty pews and growing online audiences. But the practice raises new questions about who, or what, is guiding the flock.
I’m pretty sure George Lucas wrote THX-1138 as a warning, not a how-to guide for shaping what the future would look like. But still: Why Does So Much New Technology Feel Inspired by Dystopian Sci-Fi Movies?
WE AS A NATION CONTINUE TO DISAPPOINT MICHELLE OBAMA:
Amazing. A 250 year-old democracy has still not reached Michelle Obama's lofty personal standards
We continue to disappoint her. https://t.co/mSqRlCpYlB
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 14, 2025
Back in 2010 at the New Criterion, the late Kenneth Minogue warned:
My concern with democracy is highly specific. It begins in observing the remarkable fact that, while democracy means a government accountable to the electorate, our rulers now make us accountable to them. Most Western governments hate me smoking, or eating the wrong kind of food, or hunting foxes, or drinking too much, and these are merely the surface disapprovals, the ones that provoke legislation or public campaigns. We also borrow too much money for our personal pleasures, and many of us are very bad parents. Ministers of state have been known to instruct us in elementary matters, such as the importance of reading stories to our children. Again, many of us have unsound views about people of other races, cultures, or religions, and the distribution of our friends does not always correspond, as governments think that it ought, to the cultural diversity of our society. We must face up to the grim fact that the rulers we elect are losing patience with us.
Earlier: Michelle Obama Takes Victimhood As Currency to Another Level in Latest Interview.
UPDATE: At the PJ Mothership, Matt Margolis writes: Michelle Obama Is an Insufferable Racist.
“It is exhausting and it’s so expensive and it takes up so much time. Braids are for y’all, so we can work harder and focus on the work,” she claimed.
Wait, WHAT? Braids are… for white people? So Black women style their hair specifically to please… whom, exactly? This makes zero sense, but okay, Michelle, whatever helps you sleep at night in your multimillion-dollar mansion.
But buckle up, because here comes the pièce de résistance:
“So… why do we need an act, a-, g-, an active law to tell white folks to get outta our hair? Don’t— Don’t tell me how to wear my hair. Don’t wonder about it. Don’t touch it. Just don’t.”
Perhaps this is the new libertarian side of Michelle Obama — Virginia Postrel was writing about oppressive state hair braiding laws back in the 1990s.
Oh, and speaking of being oppressed:
TRUTH:
If you're born poor and succeed you're conservative.
If you're born rich and fail you're communist. https://t.co/0K5K1V6xeu
— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) November 14, 2025
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MRS GÖRING IS FAR TOO SYMPATHETIC: Nuremberg reviewed.
The first half is often comic. One fellow prisoner is Rudolf Hess (Andreas Pietschmann) who is feigning amnesia, and whose backstory is a farce. When Göring [Russell Crowe] and other Nazi leaders are subjected to Rorschach tests, it’s done for laughs. But the second half is the trial itself, where real footage from the concentration camps is shown. It’s so horrifying it makes everything else feel phoney. This is the moment when the penny finally drops for Kelley [Rami Malek] and he sees that Göring is a monster and not his pal. Well done.
It serves as a decent enough history lesson. And it’s watchable. The message? That evil is within us all*. But all the characters could have been sharper. Crowe, bursting from the seams of his Luftwaffe uniform, is at least physically mesmerising. But you may still need a Red Bull or two.
*Lionel Chetwynd, call your office!
Chetwynd is a longtime naturalized American citizen who was born in England and raised in Montreal. He’d remembered from Canadian regimental history that of the 4,400-odd Canadians sent to Dieppe, about 3,600 were killed. Although they knew it was basically a suicide mission, not one man failed to report for duty. Chetwynd asked one of the old soldiers in his regiment, Sgt. Gordon Betts, why.
“My generation had to figure out what we were ready to die for,” Chetwynd recalled Betts telling him. “You kids don’t even know what to live for.”
Many years later, when Chetwynd was a successful Hollywood writer specializing in historical dramas, he told the Dieppe story during a Malibu dinner party–as a sort of tribute to the men who died there so people could sit around debating politics at Malibu dinner parties. One of the guests was a network head who asked Chetwynd to come in and pitch the story.
“So I went in,” Chetwynd told me, “and someone there said, ‘So these bloodthirsty generals sent these men to a certain death?’
“And I said, ‘Well, they weren’t bloodthirsty; they wept. But how else were we to know how Hitler could be toppled from Europe?’ And she said, ‘Well, who’s the enemy?’ I said, ‘Hitler. The Nazis.’ And she said, ‘Oh, no, no, no. I mean, who’s the real enemy?’”
“It was the first time I realized,” Chetwynd continued, “that for many people evil such as Nazism can only be understood as a cipher for evil within ourselves. They’ve become so persuaded of the essential ugliness of our society and its military, that to tell a war story is to tell the story of evil people.”
That’s when Hollywood is telling story of the Allies, the good guys of WWII (unless you’re a devotee of Tucker Carlson). When Hollywood is telling the story of one of the leaders of the Nazi party, in that case, the “evil is within us all.” Probably doubly so for those who historically vote for men with an (R) after their names. Or as Matt Zoller Seitz “unexpectedly” writes at Roger Ebert.com, “At one point, a character tells us that it ‘happened here’ because ‘the people made it happen, because they didn’t stand up until it was too late.’ He’s talking about Germany, among other places.”
SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER! U. Minnesota pregnancy course says white doctors treat white patients better.
FIGHT THE POWER: Beloit College student blasts school for blocking TPUSA chapter. “A student at Beloit College is speaking out after saying the school is attempting to stymie her efforts to start a TPUSA chapter on campus. She also alleges that she and her chapter members have been repeatedly harassed, and the school has taken no substantive action to protect them.”
MAYBE TRUMP REALLY IS SMARTER: Rod Martin describes in illuminating detail how America’s Chief Executive is steadily taking apart Russia’s “Near Abroad” strategic defense perimeter.
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