OH: Paul Pelosi attack: David DePape sentenced to life in prison in state trial.

DePape was also sentenced to 30 years in prison in May in the federal case, in which he was convicted of seeking to hold former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hostage and attacking her husband with a hammer.

DePape had broken into the Pelosi home in San Francisco looking for Nancy Pelosi, who was not home at the time.

The Pelosi family said in a statement Tuesday that the sentencing in the state case gives Paul Pelosi “some measure of legal justice, and, we hope, a message to others that political violence against elected officials or their family members will not be tolerated, minimized or condoned.”

In a letter to San Francisco County Judge Harry Dorfman released by the Pelosi family, Paul Pelosi detailed how the attack affected him and his family while requesting that DePape receive the maximum sentence possible.

Did we ever get a satisfactory explanation — or, hell, even an unsatisfactory one — for Paul Pelosi’s odd behavior when the police showed up?

I’D SURE LIKE TO VOTE 29 TIMES: What the Hell Is Going on in Michigan?

THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO SHOW UP:

“Where are the babies?” Striking fertility trends here:
✔️Top 10 states for fertility are red.
✔️Bottom 10 states for fertility are blue. @Deseret: https://t.co/0cKNvZmuUC pic.twitter.com/9hXHyu9Xb4

— Brad Wilcox (@BradWilcoxIFS) October 30, 2024

But also note that South Dakota’s best-in-the-nation fertility rate would have been abnormally low not too long ago and is still under the replacement rate.

On the other hand, Vermont’s worst-in-the-nation rate is roughly the same as Russia’s, slightly above China’s, and nearly double South Korea’s.

IT OUGHT TO BE: The Fallout From Biden Calling Trump Supporters ‘Garbage’ Is Huge.

WE SHOULD BE SO LUCKY: Is Obama’s Kingmaker Era Over?

They are a sad couple, the Obamas. They achieved more than their wildest dreams and are richer than all but a few humans have ever been. But it’s not enough for them, and it never will be. To utopia-seeking radicals like Barack Obama, the beau ideal statesman of the destructive Left, no one can rest until they reach their ultimate goal — what Obama himself called for as early as 2008: “fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”

Perhaps at last Obama is seeing his empire collapse, mere days from his final triumph. The lawfare he helped engineer failed, just like the bugging of Trump Tower and the long campaign of Russia hoaxes failed. He is Wile E. Coyote and Trump is the Roadrunner he can’t catch, despite his many schemes.

Of course, one could argue that Obama himself is just a cog in the Machine, albeit a big cog, but he was the most effective front man the criminal enterprise in D.C ever had. He was the DEI-approved face of the blob, and they could operate with impunity under the cloak his transcendent “hope and change” popularity gave them.

Even a convincing Harris loss next week — far from a sure thing — wouldn’t necessarily mean that Obama is out of moves.

OUT: BIDENFLATION.

In: Calinflation. California regulator to quietly make flying, shipping, driving more expensive.

The California Air Resources Board is voting on November 8 on whether or not to adopt more stringent requirements for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, by which the state uses a system of credits and deficits to reward or punish producers that make fuel better or worse than the rising “clean” standard.” While the current LCFS guidelines aim for a 20% reduction in carbon intensity by 2030 compared to 2010, the proposed amendments would aim for a 90% reduction by 2045, thereby necessitating much steeper cuts.

If this regulation is passed by CARB, all but two of whose 14 voting members are appointed by the governor, a 15 gallon fill-up of gas would cost an extra $5.25 next year, while a round-trip ticket between New York and Los Angeles could see prices go up by $35.20 (assuming a 250 person jetliner burns 10,000 gallons of fuel each way between the two cities).

Because diesel is used for delivering and transporting goods across the country, and 40% of the nation’s imports come in through Los Angeles, California’s proposed LCFS amendments raising the cost of diesel would likely impact every American.

14 Newsom hacks should not enjoy that kind of power over the entire nation.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Swing State Voters Make Me Wanna Party Like It’s Time for Cautious Optimism. “Our partners at Decision Desk HQ are analyzing the early voting trends in three swing states and, if the numbers aren’t exactly a reason to break out the hats and hooters and party like it’s 1999 (with apologies to both Steely Dan and to Prince), let’s enjoy a moment of cautious optimism.”

DO NOT TRUST THE EXIT POLLS, EITHER:

🚨A WARNING ON THE EXIT POLLS🚨

I should pin this, but I'm not going to pin it, so just pay attention and please remember this warning…

Do not put a ton of stock in NEP, CES or VoteCast Exit Polls. Take them with a grain of salt WHETHER THEY ARE GOOD OR BAD for your…

— Rich Baris The People's Pundit (@Peoples_Pundit) October 29, 2024

People crave certainty but exit polls aren’t the place to find it.

TO BE FAIR, THE HEADLINER IS A DRAG: Kamala’s Rallygoers Are Only Sticking Around for the Opening Acts.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Nearly all looters nabbed in Pinellas County, FL, after recent hurricanes were in US illegally.

According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office at a press conference Thursday, 41 of the 45 alleged looters out of more than 100 people rounded up on a variety of other charges, including armed robbery, burglary, loitering, grant theft, vandalism and trespassing charges following the two deadly storms are in the U.S. illegally, Fox News said in a report.

Another 58 people have been scamming hurricane victims out of about $250 million for repairs that never got done, and were likely never intended to be done.

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri’s office added that another 196 people were caught under suspicious circumstances, questioned by deputies but then released for lack of probable cause. Of those people, 163 were found to be in the U.S. illegally.

I had been assured by all the best people that illegal aliens were less likely to break the law than citizens — after discounting illegal entry, of course.

BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: Bush Daughter Campaigns for Kamala Harris.

SAY, ISN’T THAT THE REGIME BIDEN-HARRIS HAS DONE EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER TO PROTECT? Iran Is Still Trying To Assassinate Mike Pompeo, State Department Discloses to Congress in Non-Public Memo. “The findings come on the eve of a contested presidential election in which Iran’s plots to assassinate former president Donald Trump have taken center stage in recent weeks. Trump was briefed late last month about real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States, according to his campaign.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: NY Times Proves That It Really Is ‘Pravda on the Hudson.’ “The Democrats have spent the last ten days or so shrieking about Donald Trump’s trip to a McDonald’s and one line uttered by a comedian at a rally that went on for hours. This is one of the most important elections in the history of the Republic and their closing argument is a temper tantrum.”

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office inadvertently posted a spreadsheet to its website with a hidden tab that included voting system passwords.

How do we know? Someone right-clicked "unhide."https://t.co/MKU59fnM2l #copolitics

— Marshall Zelinger (@Marshall9News) October 29, 2024

Full details here, including this: “Matt Crane, a former Republican Arapahoe County Clerk and current executive director of the Colorado Clerks Association, said the fact that the passwords were online, albeit hidden, is concerning, but that the group is satisfied with the actions the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office is taking.”

Why? Secretary of State Jena Griswold might be the worst Dem hack in a state government stuffed full of them.

TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED: Think the Polls Are Undercounting Trump’s Support? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t.

YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE HE’S ON CNN: Jake Tapper Is Lying About CNN’s Key Role In The Russia Collusion Hoax.

On Jan. 12, 2017, I appeared on a CNN panel to discuss current events. It was memorable, and not just because we were taping from the roof of a building near the U.S. Capitol as part of the outlet’s special coverage of Trump’s first inauguration. Just as we were about to go on, we were significantly delayed by President Barack Obama surprising Vice President Joe Biden with a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

As I recall, there were maybe five or six of us on set, including former Obama political appointee Jim Sciutto and host Jake Tapper, two of the four authors of the most important story of the entire Russia collusion hoax. “Intel chiefs presented Trump with claims of Russian efforts to compromise him” had been published just two days prior, followed up by BuzzFeed publishing the actual document claiming widespread collusion between Trump and Russia. That document — which nine months later was revealed to have been secretly bought and paid for by Hillary Clinton and the Democrat National Committee — included salacious lies about Trump supposedly paying prostitutes to urinate on a bed that the Obamas had slept in during a visit to a fancy Moscow hotel. The hysteria was such that many people wondered if Donald Trump would make it to the inauguration.

It may sound crazy now, but Washington, D.C. at that time was full of people who either believed or pretended to believe that Donald Trump really had colluded with Russia to steal the election.

Read the whole thing because Mollie Hemingway brought the receipts.

BECAUSE IT’S JUST MORE BIDENOMICS. IS THAT SO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND? Perplexed and Bewildered Democrats Wonder Why Harris’s Economic Message Isn’t Resonating With Voters.

I THOUGHT THE “HITLER LEARNS…” VIDEOS WERE PLAYED OUT BUT THEN THIS ONE CAME ALONG:

I love you, Internet. pic.twitter.com/6TrRISs5f4

— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) October 29, 2024

OTHER REPORTS INDICATE SHE’S SHORING UP… VIRGINIA: Democrat Kamala Harris Surrenders in North Carolina, Withdraws Nearly $2 Million in Planned Ad Spend from State.

Update: For what it’s worth, both Nate Silver and Atlas Intel think Harris has a very slight edge in NC.

SCORPION, WASP AGREE TO STING FROG: New York Times Caught Colluding With Democrats to INTERFERE in the Election.

CHANGE:

When I became an American citizen, I registered as a Democrat as I thought it was the kind, caring party. Now it’s the party of dishonesty, corruption and malice. I have resigned, and am looking forward to voting Republican. I love America. Vote! ❤️🇺🇸 https://t.co/inkg0sYyps

— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) October 29, 2024

HEH: Turnabout Is Fair Play: 20 Ways Kamala Harris Is ‘Literally HITLER!’

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA Reveals Nine Potential Landing Sites for Artemis III Mission to the Lunar South Pole.

I’VE BEEN A DONOR SINCE I TURNED 18 BUT YOU’D BETTER BELIEVE I’M RECONSIDERING: People Opting Out of Organ Donor Programs After Reports of a Donor Mistakenly Declared Dead.

REMINDER: The Washington Post committed massive election interference on behalf of Joe Biden to help him win in 2020. “The fact checkers at the WP straight up lied about other aspects of the story. They lied about the content of a speech given by Ambassador Pyatt and they lied about dates of incidents, all to smear Shokin and help Biden. Berruyer did a number of videos exposing all of it. Nothing complex, he just doubled checked what the WP claimed, and easily found they had repeatedly lied.”