GOOD LORD: Bombshell Texts Reveal L.A. Fire Brass Knew Fire That Burned Down Palisades Wasn’t Out.

I HOPE YOU WEREN’T EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: NASA’s X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic jet makes historic 1st flight. “The X-59 was designed from the wheels up to be able to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing loud sonic booms, which can be disruptive to people on the ground below. Because of those booms, supersonic flight has been prohibited above land within a certain distance of the U.S. since 1973.”

IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: What in the Actual Hell Is Wrong With the Democrats? “Having gotten their New Deal and their Great Society, today’s Dems are largely stuck pushing fringe issues with candidates who are completely fringe outside of the country’s deep blue enclaves. Democrats can be a party of weirdos, sickos, and foreign ideologies, but they certainly can’t be a majority party that way.”

METAPHOR ALERT: Trees are emitting a ‘vomit’-like stench across California.

GOOD QUESTION: Why Aren’t We Doing More of This to Zohran Mamdani? “Where are the memes?”

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK: Bidding war frenzy and soaring prices hit Connecticut homes as NYC buyers flee amid fears of a Mamdani win.

As Zohran Mamdani surges ahead in New York City’s mayoral race, city residents are racing to secure homes in the leafy, affluent enclaves of Connecticut and Westchester County — driven by anxieties over potential policy shifts that could reshape the local economic and social fabric.

Real-estate brokers in these suburban markets report a frenzy reminiscent of the early pandemic exodus, with properties vanishing in days amid fierce competition and all-cash deals that push prices far beyond expectations.

In Greenwich, long a city suburb for the well-heeled, available listings have dwindled to historic lows, hovering around 117 from more than 800 a few years earlier. It has fueled intense rivalries even for multimillion-dollar estates.

The guy isn’t even elected yet, and already the sheep he counted on fleecing are fleeing instead.

Unexpectedly!

SHUT UP, THEY EXPLAINED: Woke Colleges Deny TPUSA Chapter Requests.

I’M EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: Trump directs Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons.

“The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country,” Trump wrote. “This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years.”

The Hill has reached out to the Pentagon for comment.

Trump’s announcement on TruthSocial came shortly before he was slated to meet face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since 2019 in South Korea on Thursday.

Trump later ignored a question from a reporter about the move while meeting with Xi and the Chinese delegation in South Korea just before reporters were ushered out of the room.

The U.S. halted the explosive testing of nuclear arms in 1992.

Former Trump’s national security advisor, Robert C. O’Brien, encouraged Trump, a presidential candidate, in June last year to test nuclear weapons if he wins the 2024 White House election.

Deterrence isn’t what it used to be. Maybe resumed testing will help restore it.

NON-ASSIMILATION:

Omar Fateh waves foreign flag, speaks a foreign language, pledges his loyalty to Somalia, tells Somalians to elect him

This is a rally in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/uVP4k8TVcK

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 30, 2025

Colonialism, straight up.

THAT’S NOT EVEN A WORD: And the Dictionary.com Word of the Year Is… You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me.

YOU GOTTA PUMP THOSE NUMBERS UP, THOSE ARE ROOKIE NUMBERS: ICE Buses 100 Illegal Aliens from Indiana to Texas for Deportation Processing. “The more than 100 illegal aliens being bused from Illinois to Texas this week for removal processing will add to the more than 527,000 who have already been deported under the new administration’s aggressive removal policies. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials announced on October 27, that more than two million illegal aliens have left the country. This includes 1.6 million who used the CBP Home app for self deportation.”

PEOPLE TEND TO TAKE POSITIVE NOTICE OF THIS KIND OF OPENNESS:

Please don’t miss this…

Tonight was just remarkable.

When have you ever seen a sitting Vice President take hostile questions for a straight hour from the American people? No vetting, no screening.

JD Vance took the fire tonight — and crushed it.

Proving he’s 48 every day 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/KXlgmSNi1l

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 30, 2025

ASSIMILATION: Iranian Activist, Taught to Hate the U.S. as a Child, Now Grateful For the Freedom to Express Herself

THE DEMOCRATS ARE ALMOST BEYOND PARODY:

But only almost.

SPACE: Now in 3D, maps begin to bring exoplanets into focus.

Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones – one so scorching that it breaks down water vapor, a team co-led by a Cornell expert reports in new research.

The temperature map of WASP-18b – a gas giant known as an “ultra-hot Jupiter,” located 400 light years from Earth – is the first applying a technique called 3D eclipse mapping, or spectroscopic eclipse mapping. The effort builds on a 2D model that members of the same team published in 2023, which demonstrated eclipse mapping’s potential to leverage highly sensitive observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

The researchers say that for many similar types of exoplanets observable by JWST, they can now begin mapping atmospheric variations just as, for example, Earth-based telescopes long ago observed Jupiter’s Great Red Spot and banded cloud structure.

“Eclipse mapping allows us to image exoplanets that we can’t see directly, because their host stars are too bright,” said Ryan Challener, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences. “With this telescope and this new technique, we can start to understand exoplanets along the same lines as our solar system neighbors.”

Exciting stuff, and JWST is just getting started.

IT’S THE FEEL-GOOD STORY OF THE WEEK: ICE Rioters Had a Very, Very Bad, ‘Find Out’ Kind of Day. “It may come as a surprise to the lofos on the left, but barricading roads, throwing rocks at officers, and shooting at the feds is not protected First Amendment activity.”

MAHA: Health Secretary RFK Jr. announces new FDA move to fast-track biosimilar drug approvals. “The result will be more competition, lower prices and faster access to lifesaving medicines.”

YES: The DSA Is Having a Moment and We Should Be Very Afraid.

THANKS, CHUCK: CBO: Shutdown to Shave Up to $14B From US Economy.

In a letter to House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, CBO Director Phillip Swagel said most of the decline in GDP will eventually be recovered once the shutdown ends; however, between $7 billion and $14 billion will not be.

The CBO also estimated that the government shutdown will reduce annualized real GDP growth in the fourth quarter by 1 to 2 percentage points.

The agency prepared estimates of the shutdown’s effects under four-week, six-week, and eight-week scenarios, according to the letter.

“In all three scenarios that the agency analyzed, the shutdown leads to a temporary economic slowdown,” Swagel wrote. “Real GDP is lower in the fourth quarter of 2025 than it otherwise would have been … The rebound in federal spending for employee compensation, the purchases of goods and services, and SNAP [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] benefits that occurs after the shutdown ends reverses most of the reduction in economic activity.”

Schumer could end this today, if he wanted to, or at any time these last four weeks.

Also, heh:

Senate Minority Leader AOC has told Schumer to create a fake problem to solve to end the shut down. He's gonna have Senate Dems vote for the CR as the only way to restore SNAP. It's all a fake sideshow.

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) October 29, 2025

Margot is only joking… but not really.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Legit Question — Was Tucker Carlson Always This Way? “I don’t know about you, but if I ever come across someone fanboying over a mass murderer, I’m going to have some follow-up questions.”

NOT ONE MORE WORD OUT OF THE DEMOCRATS ABOUT “SAVING OUR DEMOCRACY.” NOT ONE MORE DAMN WORD:

Federal sources confirmed to @FDRLST that Biden’s DOJ deliberately chose the name “Arctic Frost,” rather than follow the customary procedure of using a randomly generated name from agency computers.

Why? Because Arctic Frost is also a type of orange tree cultivar that can… https://t.co/VRlXU7qn3b

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 29, 2025

MAKE DIPLOMACY GREAT AGAIN: South Korea gives Trump golden crown, medal conferring highest honor.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung presented his U.S. counterpart with the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, South Korea’s highest honor, as well as a replica of a historic gold crown. The honor was given to Trump for his efforts to bring peace between North and South Korea.

Trump said it was a “great honor” to receive the medal and said he “would like to wear it right now.”

The U.S. president, who is on the final leg of his Asia tour, attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday. Trump announced during his visit that Seoul and Washington had “pretty much” reached a trade deal.

“We reached a deal. We did a lot of different things. Great session,” he told reporters, according to the White House pool report. “We came to a conclusion on a lot of very different items.”

I’m so old, I remember when Trump was some sort of fascist/naif hybrid who was going to bumble his way into WWIII.

ICYMI: Jake Tapper Just Told the Truth, and Now I Need My Fainting Couch. “CNN’s Jake Tapper just put the screws to Democrat Congresscritter Melanie Stansbury after she tried to deny her party’s complete culpability for the Schumer Shutdown. If you’ve never heard of her, Stansbury is a backbencher from New Mexico who votes like AOC but sounds like your niece trying to bluff through AP Civics.”

UPDATE (FROM GLENN):

He’s losing. He was always going to lose. https://t.co/DoUMIVXrjp

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 29, 2025

“GIVE ME YOUR MONEY OR I’LL TAKE YOUR STUFF” IS SOCIALISM IN A NUTSHELL: Democrats In Democrat-Run Cities Threaten To Loot Supermarkets If Democrats Keep Welfare Benefits Shut Down. “Now, I am making the assumption that the people pledging to commit crimes to support their perceived absolute right to free stuff from American taxpayers are, in fact, Democrats. There may indeed be a few down-on-their-luck Republicans impacted by the lingering effects of the Biden Recession that have had to rely on government handouts to feed their children, but they don’t seem like the type threatening to break the law. I’m also assuming those would-be looters are not Libertarians, as none of them strike me as the sort to have Milton Friedman books in their apartments.”

ON-BRAND FOR NBC: ‘Undocumented’ Dad or Criminal? NBC Shills for Child Abuser Illegal.