CUI BONO? Economists (71%) and Accountants (85%) Oppose California’s Billionaire Tax; 60% of Tax Lawyers Support It.

BUY GUNS AND AMMUNITION, BECAUSE IF THIS HAPPENS WE’RE LOOKING AT CIVIL WAR:

The past few days, I got my hands on thousands of new transcripts and hundreds of recordings, thanks to leads from @SKDoubleDub33 and @iamlisalogan .

You've heard that the DSA is proposing structural reforms to America, including abolishing the Senate and imposing term limits.… pic.twitter.com/cyPpofdZOj

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) October 18, 2026

GENEROSITY IS WASTED ON THE EVIL.

Europe gives them free healthcare, free housing, free education, every social program, and a quality of life they could never have back home… yet they will still loot and destroy the West into the third-world.

There is no magic soil.
A nation is simply it’s people.

— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) October 17, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Make me proud.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Rocket Lab pushes 1st launch of next-gen Neutron rocket to 2027.

WELL, GOOD: In a Huge First, Physicists May Have Found a Shortcut to Fusion Energy.

JOSH HAMMER: Abdul El-Sayed: A Muslim Brotherhood Puppet and a Grave National Security Threat.

INDEED:

I honestly do not understand how any American who is not already a literal Communist or a literal Jihadist could vote Democrat after hearing what Slotkin said below.

This is LITERALLY totalitarianism. It's not the fake "fascism" the Left likes to accuse the Right of, it is the… https://t.co/UkrJ706hj3

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 18, 2026

UPDATE:

They told me the US was heading toward fascism and they were right. https://t.co/OvEdujX85q

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) October 18, 2026

It’s a very short jump from here to reeducation camps, gulags, and mass graves. https://t.co/hVm3u377Lk

— Hon. Vickie Paladino (@VickieforNYC) October 18, 2026

Plus:

Really looking forward to the David French column about how Slotkin is right. https://t.co/ZWOo7mESuX

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) October 18, 2026

I predict extra sanctimony.

A SECRET NAZI/ALIEN BASE: NASA Is About to Investigate What Lies Beneath a Giant Hole on the Moon.

MORE BABIES PLEASE: Fertility Rate in the US Projected to Remain Stable Through 2100.

IT WAS KIND OF OVERSHADOWED BY THE TESLA LAUNCH: Porsche Mission S Concept First Look: New Mid-Engined Hypercar Comes Into Focus.

LEFTISTS ARE KOOKS: Unhinged, Impaired Leftist Candidate Jaime West: ‘We Have Guns, Too.’

GOOD: Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket.

MITOCHONDRIA NEWS: Scientists Found a Way to Upgrade the Powerhouses of Our Cells Without Shutting Them Down.

NEWS I HOPE YOU CAN USE: Going back to the dentist after years away? A dentist explains what the first visit is like, and why it’s less scary than you think.

SHOCKING NEWS: Colorful Sexual Enhancement Pills at Gas Stations May Contain Drugs Not Listed on Labels.

ME ON SUBSTACK ON ELON’S FLYING CARS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO HATE THEM.

Related:

They’re saying this is the most American sentence ever typed https://t.co/GG9WIZ3bv9

— Mary Tiles Texas (@MaryTilesTexas) October 16, 2026

UPDATE (From Ed): Monty Python’s Flying Car Circus:

I love this app 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/WKY1Oh42HM pic.twitter.com/zM3mJgiTi7

— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld) October 18, 2026

RELIGION NEWS: Rutgers scholar opposes integrated churches because black people may vote Republican.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: New Silicon Valley academy offers higher-ed alternative as fewer Americans see college as important.. “Its launch comes as Gallup finds only 31 percent of Americans now consider a college education ‘very important,’ down from 70 percent in 2013.”

COMMIES HATE THIS:

And, it's actually distributed, since you can't get the profit without the sale. Instead of being used to force the behavior you want.

You just want stuff for free so you can sit around getting fat. pic.twitter.com/MWiE2WHIej

— D.L. Campanile (@DLCampanile) October 17, 2026

IT’S COME TO THIS:

"Fraternities are raping us women repeatedly! Let us in!" https://t.co/qPEFDjpOh0

— Cadbury Cream James 🐣 (@James_PA10) October 16, 2026

FASCISM:

Sen. Slotkin just openly threatened to persecute anyone who worked for Trump, with the explicit goal of intimidating young conservatives. https://t.co/djptVKQYGP

— Evita Duffy-Alfonso (@evitaduffy_1) October 17, 2026

DAVID MASTIO: Harvard’s Faculty Lead Academia in Record Donations to Democrats in Key Senate Races. With large donations coming in at unprecedented levels, employees at colleges and universities under investigation by the Trump administration are focused on trying to turn the Senate blue.

JOHN LUCAS: The Constitution’s Red-Headed Stepchild — The Second Amendment.

SIGH.

You have to have a heart of stone not to laugh https://t.co/CP5aar5fYv

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 17, 2026