IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: Declassified Documents Show Ukrainian Diplomat Was Set to Testify About Hunter Biden Before US Revoked His Visa.

The White House released the information to reporters late Wednesday about the State Department and Treasury Department taking action in 2020 to revoke the visa of Andrii Telizhenko, the Ukrainian diplomat. Telizhenko had worked for the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington.

Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin had called him to testify in early 2020, shortly after the first President Donald Trump impeachment, regarding the president’s phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in which Trump inquired about then-former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden’s links to the energy company Burisma.

Democrats accused Telizhenko of promoting Russian disinformation.

Just like the laptop.

WHERE ARE THE AI COUNTER-BOTS?

JUST IN: A crime group used Claude, Grok and Kimi AI agents running in parallel to attack more than 400 banks and financial firms across Latin America, per security firm Straiker.

They got past the guardrails by posing as an authorised red team. When models refused, it switched…

— Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ (@shanaka86) October 22, 2026

OH: Cornell Accuser Drops Case Against Man She Misidentified as Fraternity President.

MUSTN’T GET THE HOI POLLOI ALL RILED UP AND RUINING A PERFECTLY GOOD GRIFT:

Why isn't this the lead story on every news outlet, both broadcast and cable?

The citizens need to know why they need to work two or three jobs to survive https://t.co/LljVBBKuj5

— Steve Ferguson (@lsferguson) October 21, 2026

I WAS JUST SAYING THIS:

Starting to make sense why they wanted government to clamp down on AI… https://t.co/KKsZoMhhut

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) October 21, 2026

No, really — I was just saying this last month: The AI ‘Pause’ Might Not Be What You Think it Is.

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Forget LA to SF: California Democrats Can’t Even Build A 2.25 Mile Rail System. “I’m skipping over all the various physical defects (including electric arcing) the system has experienced. Third rail electric systems have only been around since the late 19th century, so you’d think this would be a solved problem by now.”

That’s the best I could do for an excerpt, since it’s a long post with one unbelievable failure stacked up on another.

GETTING TO FIFTYPLUSONE IS SO MUCH EASIER WHEN THEY SPOT YOU FIVE:

BREAKING: A polling site has just admitted that they falsely inflated numbers for Abdul El-Sayed.

These polls were then used by the New York Times and other polling aggregators. pic.twitter.com/7mdrz8oJwa

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) October 21, 2026

Like the media, so much polling is now just an op.

NOVEMBER PREVIEW: Vivek Ramaswamy Risks Everything on the ‘Mom’ Ad. Will It Work?

ELECTING FORMER SPOOKS TURNS OUT TO BE A BAD IDEA*:

Wow. https://t.co/CJ3ec1rJUQ

— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) October 21, 2026

*See also: Abigail Spanberger.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Socialism Isn’t Just Deadly — It’s Soul-Crushing.

Far-left political influencer Hasan Piker was recently grilled on a satirical internet show—and the clips it generated were gold.

“Now, Karl Marx said, ‘To each according to his needs.’ You live in a $2.7 million house,” the host said. “Why are your needs more important than 90% of other Californians?”

Piker appeared uncomfortable as he answered—and it wasn’t because he was fully decked out in a Mao suit.

To put it simply, proudly sporting the uniform of a regime that took the lives of an estimated 80 million people, all while enjoying the prosperity of a $2.7 million house and invitations to Oscar parties, isn’t a good look.

But of the socialist states Piker views favorably, former Yugoslavia arguably ranks among the highest. He once published a video titled “Yugoslavia Was Awesome!” in which he praised aspects of the former socialist country, including its living standards.

That idea might seem laughable to survivors like Slavenka Drakulic—literally.

Talk about soul-crushing — ever get behind the wheel of a Yugo?

WEIRD, EH?

Antifa, like noncitizen voting, “does not exist”

Oddly, both keep … seeming to exist https://t.co/KRVsQka4LD

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) October 22, 2026

MORE GUNS, LESS CRIME / ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Hey, Gun Grabbers — Where’d All My Wild West Shoot-Outs Go?

SCHLICHTER: Dem Hack Drops the Mask and Lets Her Fascism Freak Flag Fly.

The sour, bitter face of our enemy is the face of the chubby girl who always tried to get between you and her hot roommate — except instead of a double-bagger trying to block your shot, she’s now a Democrat trying to condemn you to serfdom. It’s the same face you see worn by malignant amphibians like Elissa Slotkin (D-CIA), a particularly loathsome creature who trumpets her time at the Central Intelligence Agency to establish her phony USA! USA! bona fides. This comes at the same time she supports a Jew-hating communist to be her co-senator who is, at minimum, a slobbering affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood. Whether her flex is calculated or stupid is a puzzlement; does she think she’s exploiting him instead of being exploited herself? It is useful to remember how the Iranian mullahs took power and then immediately shot all their erstwhile leftist allies. Regardless, they deserve each other; we don’t deserve either.

When fascism comes to America, it will come from the left, because the left is where fascism comes from. It will come in the form of a Democrat, a Democrat who pretends to be patriotic and points to her résumé as if it’s proof. And it will be dressed like an HR director at a mid-tier company in a second-tier town.

Read the whole thing, I probably don’t have to say.

RASMUSSEN IS USALLY PRETTY SOLID, TOO:

"Armando" here – with the BLOCKED replies – should know that ABC, CBS, ABC & Fox broadcasting networks have blacklisted our polls for well over a decade. On cable, which isn't FCC regulated, Fox News, CNN and MSNOW also blacklist our polls.@BrendanCarrFCC knows this already. https://t.co/xm7DmkDgKw

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) October 21, 2026

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Fraud Sure Is Easy to Find When It’s Being Looked For. “The Dems wouldn’t look at SNAP for anything untoward because of reasons and feelings and stuff. The intent of the program is all that matters to them. Never mind the unconscionable fact that this hiccup came at the expense of those the lefties claim to care about.:

EVERY TIME WITHOUT FAIL: There’s Nothing Like a Tragedy to Expose Anti-Gunners and Politicians for the Ghouls They Are. “One of the very first public statements to be released by an elected official came from U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who’s been in the Senate in Washington, D.C., since 1996. Sen. Wyden wasted no time to post a statement on social media calling for more gun control laws and disgustingly laying the blame at Republican lawmakers’ feet.”

NOVEMBER PREVIEW: Nobody knows nothin’.

A pollster faked all his data and just got caught months later. So, here’s the lesson: people don’t know how to read polls, poll aggregators are garbage-in-garbage-out, and every major Senate race right now is a statistical dead heat. So go vote. pic.twitter.com/E3rshLqr4U

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 21, 2026

IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: So Who’s Winning the AI Arms Race?

YES: Elissa Slotkin Was Speaking for the Entire Democrat Party.

Slotkin responded to the inevitable backlash by doubling down on X and making clear exactly what she has in mind.

“America must be a place where the rule of law still matters,” she wrote.

“Those laws should apply to everyone equally. If you have aided in the corrupt use of U.S. taxpayer dollars to benefit the President or his family, or you have violated the law in order to carry out guidance from the President, you should be held accountable. And given how rampant that corruption appears to the average American, people looking to work for his Administration should realize that while the Supreme Court has granted the President immunity, it has not done the same for those who do illegal things at his behest.”

You don’t have to twist Slotkin’s words. Taken at face value, her proposal would give carte blanche to investigate and prosecute pretty much anybody who has done pretty much anything for the Trump administration since January 20, 2025, so long as it’s deemed to be “corrupt”—and corruption, like beauty, is very much in the eye of the beholder.

“Give me the man and I will give you the case against him,” another infamous lefty once said.

RUBIO STRAIGHTENS OUT THE PRESS:

Reporter: “Have you spoken to Zelensky recently, and is there any way for the U.S. and Ukraine to repair ties after this meeting?”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio: “I spoke to him today. We had a 45-minute conversation. Look, I'm seeing a lot of things in the media that are not… pic.twitter.com/qJaGLTDsjp

— RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) October 21, 2026

Here’s the crux: “I spoke to him today. We had a 45-minute conversation. Look, I’m seeing a lot of things in the media that are not accurate, so let me clear those up. And as I did in my conversation with him, number one is the Department of War. Everything they’ve been doing with Ukraine remains the same. That has not changed.”

Then there’s this: “I know one of the things that President Zelensky has been talking about is that he’s been trying to buy interceptors. And I understand. So does every other country in the world. I also talked to Saudi Arabia today. They’d like interceptors. Israel would like interceptors. We would like interceptors. Every country in the world would like interceptors. And many parts of the world are asking for that.”

It’s a real sellers’ market for anyone who can ramp up.

OR THEY DON’T CARE: Dems Don’t Get Buyer’s Remorse Because They’re Too Stupid to Know What They’re Buying. “While I am loath to jump on board the ‘blame social media for all of society’s ills’ bandwagon, I will say that it has made the already slow thinking of the Democratic base slow to an almost imperceptible crawl.”

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: The Case Against Talafreako: A Link Roundup.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU SQUINT: Solar Orbiter Traces Giant Magnetic Switchbacks Directly Back to the Sun.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Jimmy Carr Has Perfect Response to Faux Shane Gillis Outrage. “Comedians don’t have to like or laugh at their fellow stand-ups, but they should lock arms when they come under fire for telling jokes.”

ABUSING THE SYSTEM:

Let me get this straight:

Purdue is bringing in someone on an H-1B visa to teach…….. ENGLISH literature and writing to AMERICAN students?

There are American English PhDs looking for work, but this position is being filled through a foreign-worker visa pic.twitter.com/Wq2676vm2t

— indy reporter (@Indy_reporter_) October 21, 2026

Of course, it seems more and more the system was designed for abuse.