THE NEW SPACE RACE: Defense budgets on both sides of the Atlantic reshape space industry.

In the United States, investors say a similar surge is underway as companies position themselves for Golden Dome, the Pentagon’s planned next-generation missile defense architecture that is expected to rely heavily on satellite assets.

“I think that’s going to be a big driver for how space-based assets will be acquired, not just for Golden Dome, but how they will be acquired for other programs as well,” said Kirk Konert, managing partner at AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm with holdings in Firefly Aerospace, York Space Systems, Sierra Space, Redwire, and All.Space.

Firefly, which went public earlier this year, announced this week that it plans to acquire SciTec, a defense analytics company. The acquisition is intended to expand Firefly’s footprint in national security programs, including Golden Dome.

“The current environment is creating opportunities for new entrants in the commercial space sector,” Konert said. “It’s providing a big opportunity for our portfolio companies and investors like us.”

If you think missile defense is expensive, try losing a city.

IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™ — Antifa Gaslighters ACTIVATE!

BREAKING: Mass Federal Layoffs Begin.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: RS reveals tax inflation adjustments for 2026. “The One Big Beautiful Bill raised the standard tax deduction for married couples from $30,000 to $31,500 for tax year 2025, and for single taxpayers from $15,000 to $15,750. For tax year 2026, the standard deduction will increase to $32,200 for married couples, $16,100 for individuals and $24,150 for heads of household.”

FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS:

Wait. You mean all it took was for the president to say he'd send in the national guard if the local and state police didn't do their jobs for the state and local police to do their jobs? https://t.co/d0U0M6iV98

— RBe (@RBPundit) October 10, 2025

On the other hand, why is Pritzker suddenly so desperate to keep the National Guard away? Let’s see if they set bail high enough to matter, or file serious charges.

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: California Ignores Detainer and Releases Serial Criminal Illegal Alien; He Kills 6.

HE ISN’T WRONG: Dershowitz says he will campaign for GOP in 2026 midterms: ‘Totally frightened’ if Dems gain control. “It’s because I’m totally frightened if the Democrats were to gain control of either House. Who they would appoint as chair people? Who they would put in the position of inquisitors, and how they would deny rights to people, and how they would introduce a kind of McCarthyism that we haven’t seen since I was a college student in the 1950s?”

IT’S (D)IFFERENT NOW BECAUSE REASONS: Washington Post Suddenly Decides Prosecuting Political Enemies is a Bad Idea. “After eight years of cheering on Trump lawfare as the saving of the republic, the Washington Post has suddenly decided that prosecuting your political opponents is a bad idea. Much like the sudden calls for unity after Butler and Charlie Kirk’s assassination, there’s every reason to be skeptical of these rapid and rapidly passing revelations. But it does show what it takes to even begin to break through the fanatical mindset that led to the Mueller and Jack Smith vendettas.”

Related: “James charged Trump with nonsense; Trump charged James with a verifiable crime.”

UPDATE:

Obviously the infrequency of prosecutions does not create an immunity from prosecution. But the relevant standard is whether Democrats would prosecute a Republican who they found had committed this type of fraud. And the answer to this is also obvious. https://t.co/S0Bk1LJPcF

— Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) October 10, 2025

And from the replies: “The current admin has already found enough alleged infractions among its top political opponents that one suspects the base rate is pretty high and nobody’s looked.”

Yep.

WORST. HITLER. EVER. Israeli Town to Name New Soccer Stadium After Trump. “Eli Dukorski, the mayor of Kiryat Bialik, near Haifa, announces plans to name the city’s new soccer field after US President Donald Trump, in recognition of his ‘significant contribution to the release of our hostages.'”

HMM: Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software under investigation after railroad incidents.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday that it would investigate how Tesla’s semi-autonomous driving software handles railroad crossings as part of a wide-ranging investigation of incidents where the agency said Tesla vehicles have violated traffic safety laws.

NHTSA said it was launching the investigation of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software after receiving complaints from drivers, including reports of vehicles driving through red lights or on the wrong side of the road. The agency said the investigation relates to all Tesla vehicles equipped with FSD, or 2.9 million vehicles.

The agency said its investigation would look at the software’s performance at railroad crossings, which was the subject of an NBC News investigation published in September.

Tesla’s FSD supposedly has a better safety record now than human drivers, but just like humans, it isn’t without its little quirks.

ROBERT SPENCER: Gazans Celebrate Peace Deal with a Chant That Should Raise Eyebrows, But Won’t.

DEVASTATING:

I don’t know how you could watch this video and not conclude that Abigail Spanberger is a sociopath pic.twitter.com/TXMU8Mh5Mv

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) October 10, 2025

There’s so much to like about Winsome-Sears, but this is maybe the best I’ve seen her.

As for Spanberger… I’m not sure what to say — aside from “sociopath” — about someone able to so studiously ignore what Winsome-Sears was saying.

SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE IS ENJOYING A FULL SHIATSU MASSAGE: It Turns Out Gun Control Groups Only Oppose Some ‘Gun Violence’…Depending Who’s Being Targeted.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU DESPISE THE MEDIA…

They buried this at the very bottom… https://t.co/RksG2zODbN pic.twitter.com/1VqgDDLfpA

— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) October 9, 2025

…it isn’t enough.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Give Peace a Chance. “There has been an abundance of bad news in the last month. Even though this good news was necessary because of horrible tragedy, it’s worth reveling in for a while.”

HMM: Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting Systems, promises ‘paper-based transparency.’

Dominion Voting Systems has reportedly been sold to a company run by a former Republican election official. Dominion, one of the largest election equipment providers, came into the spotlight during the 2020 election when questions were raised about the company’s machines. The company has won several settlements with figures and media outlets over claims that Dominion’s machines were to blame for Trump’s loss.

A person familiar with the purchase told Axios that Liberty Vote, a Missouri-based company owned by Scott Leiendecker, had bought Dominion for an undisclosed sum. Leiendecker created a software program in 2011 that focuses on enabling election workers to check in voters at polling locations and verify voters. The company, KNOWiNK, is described as the “nation’s leading provider of electronic poll books” and is said to be used by more than a third of US states.

In the wake of the 2000 election, then-Missouri secretary of state Matt Blunt, a Republican, appointed Leiendecker to a role investigating St Louis’ elections administration. Blunt later appointed Leiendecker to be St Louis’ Republican election director when Blunt served as governor.

Liberty Vote officials gave Axios a statement from Nevada’s Democratic secretary of state, Cisco Aguilar, who described Leiendecker as “open, honest and transparent.”

Leiendecker told the outlet that his company is “committed to delivering election technology that prioritizes paper-based transparency, security and simplicity so that voters can be assured that every ballot is filled-in accurately and fairly counted.”

Paper ballots already do all that.

ICYMI, IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Superman Must Be Destroyed. “That’s the message I took away from the first half of James Gunn’s Superman reboot, which is dollar-for-dollar possibly the worst movie of 2025.”

HARDBALL: Trump: Only Cutting Dem Programs, ‘Taste of Their Medicine.’

“We’ll be making cuts that will be permanent,” Trump said during Thursday’s Cabinet meeting. “And we’re only going to cut Democrat programs, I hate to tell you.

“I guess that’s makes sense, but we’re only cutting Democrat programs, but we’re going to start that.”

Vought has been given Trump the OMB plans under government shutdown authority as foisted upon Congress, the White House, and Americans.

“Russell [Vought] can talk to you about it if he wants to, but we’ll be cutting some very popular Democrat programs that aren’t popular with Republicans, frankly, because that’s the way it works,” Trump continued.

“They wanted to do this. So we’ll give them a little taste of their own medicine.”

It takes some getting used to, watching a Republican play hardball like a Democrat.

COMMIES, I HATE THOSE GUYS: Here’s What We Know About the Alleged Palisades Arsonist.

IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Superman Must Be Destroyed.

PROFILES IN COURAGE:

I want to take a moment to recognize the bravery of the woman who, when told to “get out of my fucking shot” CALMLY FACT-CHECKS HER BOSS on EVs and is presumably still alive? She deserves better and I hope she found it. pic.twitter.com/sTceiRch1h

— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) October 9, 2025

To be fair, pretty much anyone within range of Porter’s voice (or throwing arm) deserves better.

UNEXPECTEDLY! Disney Fabulist Jimmy Kimmel’s Ratings Return to Suck Status.

Sure, the smugly dishonest Kimmel got a temporary sugar high from his suspension. But that’s all it was. Even with some six million people tuning in, he’s so unlikable and full of himself that he gained no new customers. They took him out for a drive, but had no intention of buying an unfunny, divisive, hate-filled lemon.

The question now is whether or not the Disney Grooming Syndicate renews Kimmel’s contract, which is up this year. If Disney does offer this walking ratings disaster a new contract, it will be just another form of left-wing affirmative action from a demonic corporation more interested in stoking hate than making money.

After all, if Colbert is reportedly losing $50 million per year over at CBS with 2.4 million viewers, how much money is Kimmel losing with his 1.7 million?

But Disney hates Normal People, and gets a charge out of insulting, alienating, and denigrating us. In their sick minds, that’s worth losing $50 million a year for.

Disney shareholders ought to demand answers.

(MUCH) MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE: Energy Department Ends 220+ Projects to Save Over $7 Billion.

DECOLONIZATION: Italy’s ruling party proposes ban on burqas, niqabs, and foreign mosque funding.

Italy’s ruling party, Brothers of Italy (FdI), has announced plans to draft a bill aimed at banning face and body coverings such as the burqa and niqab in all public spaces across the country, describing it as a measure against “Islamic separatism.”

“Freedom of religion is sacred, but it must be practiced openly, with full respect for our constitution and the principles of the Italian state,” Andrea Delmastro, one of the lawmakers drafting the bill, said in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

The ban would prohibit wearing face-covering garments in all public spaces, including shops, schools, and offices. Violators would face fines ranging from €300 to €3,000.

The proposal is part of a broader bill aimed at addressing what Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing party describes as “cultural separatism” associated with Islam.

The Left used to be all in favor of decolonization, but you can bet that won’t be the case now.

WORST. HITLER. EVER.

Hitler Brings Peace To Israel https://t.co/ct4Yl9t4qS pic.twitter.com/gOAspEsAok

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 9, 2025