‘It Cost Us Seats’: Carville Slams Dems’ DEI Return

 RedState

"When someone's right, he's right. In warning Democrats about this, James Carville is right. Let's hope that the Democrats don't listen to him. I mean — he's just another old white guy, right?"

"James Carville, the Democrat strategist from the Clinton era who somehow manages to keep reappearing, has some stark warnings for the new Democrat majority. On Thursday, Carville appeared on a podcast called "Politics War Room" and warned the incoming Congress and other Democrats against bringing back some of what Carville rightly points out are some of the Left's dumbest recent ideas — like Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI.

And, about that, credit where credit's due; he's not wrong.

Carville spoke with a panel on Thursday’s episode of the "Politics War Room" podcast about the Democrats' midterm victories before responding to a statement from Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., declaring that "DEI is back."

"I really like him. He's a very personable man. I think these people are all wrong," Carville reacted. "They tried DEI. The country hated it. Just hated it. It cost us seats."

Carville also pointed out that even Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) can, like the proverbial blind squirrel, find an acorn every now and then.

Carville agreed with comments from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., dismissing "Woke 1" and argued that returning to those policies would take the party in the wrong direction.

Bear in mind that Carville, a Clinton creature, hasn't really changed his tune all that much since the Clinton presidency; bear in mind also that the Bill Clinton of, say, 1995, after the 1994 drubbing he took in his first midterm election, would be considered a flaming right-winger by today's Democrats." . . . More.

'Dig him up and do it again': Popular podcaster loses droves of sponsors over celebrating how Charlie Kirk's murder led to blue wave

 The Western Journal

"However, as Mediaite noted, the podcast has peddled hate directed at Kirk and his widow, Erika Kirk, for which no apology has been provided." 

"A giddy progressive podcaster learned the hard way that even when Democrats win elections, celebrating the assassination of a conservative is revolting to mainstream Americans.

"Two days after the Democrats swept the midterms, the leftist hosts of the “I’ve Had It” podcast decided to celebrate by reveling in their hatred for conservatives, according to Breitbart.

"During an episode titled “Drinking MAGA Tears,” host Jennifer Welch and co-host Angie Sullivan amused themselves by mocking conservatives’ positions on abortion, transgender issues, and vaccines.

"Then it was time to celebrate the September 2025 assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk by reading a post that glorified violence.

“'We’re digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again,” Welch read.

"Then came giggles amid the smug contemplated murder."

"As backlash over the comments grew, Cash App, Chewy, Boll & Branch, and Lola Blankets all said they would stop sponsoring "I've Had It." . . .

More, including reactions from sponsors.

Jennifer Welch has learned nothing. Charlie wasn’t murdered by the 2nd Amendment or because someone mishandled a firearm. He was murdered by a political assassin - a culture they roundly endorse with every laugh, snicker, and vile joke at his expense. But of course, she knows that. She and her co-host laughed uncontrollably because they’re actually happy Charlie is dead. If they apologize for being part of a toxic and evil culture that perpetuates violence against conservatives, I might actually be willing to listen. Until then, I hope and I pray every sponsorship dollar continues to dry up until they are left without a cent to make any more insulting, half-hearted donations to their pet causes. This isn’t about politics, it’s about basic human decency, something they still very clearly lack.

— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) November 7, 2026

 Liberal podcasters apologize after laughing at joke about digging up Charlie Kirk's body

The US Has Freed 115 Americans Without Concessions, Counterterrorism Czar Says

"The Trump administration has not paid ransoms in exchange for the release of Americans, said Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president."

American Thought Leaders - The Epoch Times and The Epoch Times

"With more than two years remaining in Trump’s second administration, Gorka said it was “absolutely conceivable” that the number of American hostages could be reduced to zero."

An Israeli-American Female Journalist Noted For… Having A Pair!

Caroline Glick takes European nations to task for being the same, cowardly states that turned away from the Jewish suffering of the 1930s.

James Zumwalt - American Thinker   

"Antoinette’s elitism towards the sufferings of others continues in France today. But, unfortunately, like the plague, this decay is in Britain and Canada too, where their leaders arrogantly disregard the ordeals of their own people."

"As calls become louder for the deportation of Ilhan Omar for a myriad of justifiable reasons, the wish arises that we could effect a one-for-one replacement for her. If we were able to do so, there is a no-nonsense female Israeli journalist who would undoubtedly be at the top of our “importation” list.

"Unfortunately for us, however, while this woman initially had walked among us here in the U.S., she departed to go to where her heart took her. While born into a Jewish family in Houston, Texas, in December 1969, Caroline B. Glick left for a new life in Israel after graduating college in 1991, becoming an Israeli citizen soon thereafter.

"Glick recently made a statement that has earned her the title of “The woman with steel balls!” Her message was to the governments of Britain, France, and Canada, triggered by their condemnation of Israel for how it seeks to defend itself against Arab Palestinians operating behind the terrorist group Hamas—the three states also announced the imposition of sanctions.

"Despite not being born in Israel, by her statement, Glick displayed an attribute that is in short supply here in the U.S.—she resoundingly demonstrated her love of country and adamant displeasure for those who dared criticize it, all the while ignoring the historic evolutionary journey its people have been forced to take in order to survive. Glick gets the immediate attention of the leaders of these three nations with her opening salvo:

You sanctimonious, hypocritical cowards. How dare you threaten the one Jewish state on earth — after everything your nations did to us! You dare speak of ‘humanitarian values’ while standing on piles of Jewish bones your ancestors buried beneath cobblestones, cathedrals and the charters of ‘civilized’ nations!

. . . More.

James Zumwalt is a retired Marine infantry officer who served in the Vietnam War, Panama, and Operation Desert Storm. He is the author of three books and hundreds of opinion pieces in online and print publications. He speaks frequently on foreign policy and defense issues as well as on the leadership of his famous father, after whom the world’s first stealth destroyer is named.

Hinojosa’s Californication of Texas will have national implications

 Washington Examiner

"When the Democrats last controlled Texas in 1994, the party supported strict immigration enforcement, generous tax breaks for oil and gas investments, and the state led the nation in capital punishment. More than 30 years later, the Democratic Party of Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa is far to the left of her predecessors.

Hinojosa has promised to end all immigration enforcement, including cooperation with federal law enforcement. She has authored legislation to make oil and gas production more expensive, and she has promised to roll back gains Texas parents have made toward choosing where their children go to school.

"In short, Hinojosa plans to make Texas as chaotic and anti-growth as California.

"Consider Barbara Jordan, the pioneering black Democratic congresswoman from Houston who chaired the bipartisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. In 1994, her commission found that America’s immigration system lacked credibility because people who had no right to enter could do so easily, while those already here illegally could remain with impunity. It recommended stronger border enforcement, verification of workers’ employment eligibility, and more effective deportation procedures. Jordan’s approach demanded that immigration laws be enforced at the border and inside the country — the opposite of Hinojosa’s promised withdrawal of state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

"The contrast on energy is just as stark. Under Democratic leadership in 1993, Texas enacted tax incentives to encourage new oil and gas discoveries and bring idle wells back into production. Hinojosa, by comparison, has authored legislation making oil and gas production more expensive. She has also promised a moratorium on new data center development, threatening investment in the facilities and the additional electricity generation needed to power them. Where her Democratic predecessors offered incentives to expand energy production, Hinojosa would impose new restrictions on producers and obstruct a major source of growth in electricity generation.

TRUMP’S CORRUPTION HAS COST REPUBLICANS DEARLY

"On education, Hinojosa threatens to reverse one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R-TX) most consequential reforms. In May 2025, Abbott signed legislation establishing education savings accounts, backed by $1 billion, that allow participating families to pay for private school tuition, instructional materials, and educational therapies. The program gives parents greater power to find an education suited to their children rather than depend on their assigned public school. Hinojosa has called the program a “scam” and pledged to redirect its funding away from families and toward bureaucrats. Where Abbott expanded parental choice, Hinojosa wants to withdraw the financial support that makes those choices possible." . . .

Abdul El-Sayed says ‘I should’ve stood with their pain’ as The View’s Sara Haines presses him on synagogue attack remark

MSN  

“It took you about five months to seemingly understand why that landed wrong with people and voters and constituents,” she added. “Do you think that leaders have a responsibility to challenge the extremist views in their own religion, especially considering you’re the first Muslim senator of the United States?”

"Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed’s victory lap after his midterm win in Michigan took a somber turn on the November 5 episode of The View, when co-host Sara Haines pressed him on comments he made after an attack on a Michigan synagogue in March.

"On March 12, a man drove a truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township and exchanged gunfire with security before killing himself, authorities said. El-Sayed condemned the attack at the time, but drew criticism for adding, “Hurt people hurt people. Violence is a cycle,” a reference to reports that the attacker’s relatives had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon." . . .

"After an opening segment on El-Sayed’s historic win as the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate, Haines turned the conversation to the controversy.

“'I’m a practicing Christian, you’re a practicing Muslim,” she began, explaining that she feels a particular responsibility to speak out when people invoke her faith to justify cruelty. “Your response, that ‘Hurt people hurt people’ after the Temple Israel attack in Michigan in March really stuck with a lot of people.”

“'It took you about five months to seemingly understand why that landed wrong with people and voters and constituents,” she added. “Do you think that leaders have a responsibility to challenge the extremist views in their own religion, especially considering you’re the first Muslim senator of the United States?” . . .

Fetterman dares El-Sayed to keep Hasan Piker on the campaign trail

"Schumer’s public support put Senate Democratic leadership behind El-Sayed after Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers. At the same time, Fetterman was publicly criticizing El-Sayed’s association with Piker, leaving the nominee’s supporters and critics on display before the general election." 

 James Talarico Declines to Say Whether Allah Is Non-Binary Also • Genesius Times

. . . "The question was posed by a reporter after a campaign event. Talarico paused, then said he would not characterize the matter. He looked around for any signs of Muslims in the crowd before providing a non-answer.

“'I am not going to speak to that,” Talarico said. “People have different understandings.”

"His campaign later issued a written statement confirming that Talarico does not take a position on the gender of Allah." . . .

Why Is There No Accountability for John Thune?

 "The Senate GOP’s biggest failure shouldn’t get a promotion to minority leader."

The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

"What does this fake-baked nincompoop actually do all day?"

"I suppose I’ve become cynical enough that it’s very rare to read something that shocks me into a cough or a spit-take, but I nearly had one when I saw this on Wednesday…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., vowed that Republicans “will not stand idly by as the far-left, socialist wing of the Democrat Party attempts to unwind everything we’ve done.”

Thune’s pledge early Wednesday came after Democrats captured control of both chambers of Congress in a sweeping midterm election victory, prompting conservatives to demand accountability from Republican leaders.\In a lengthy post on X, Thune defended the GOP’s record under President Donald Trump, citing tax cuts, border security, judicial confirmations, and economic policies he said benefited American families.

“Over the last two years, Senate Republicans have put up a strong record of accomplishment that’s created safer streets, more money in Americans’ pockets, and new opportunities for families and businesses to get ahead,” Thune wrote." . . .

. . . "While Thune was touting his utterly meager achievements as the Senate Majority Leader before losing that job amid what looks like a nine-seat turnover (not a single pickup, and losses in nine states, most of which were thought to be unlosable) in Tuesday’s midterms, House Speaker Mike Johnson was giving a dignified resignation as the GOP’s caucus leader in that body." . . .

"Congressman Tim Burchett has just sternly questioned Senate Leader John Thune: Why has the House bill aimed at stopping American taxpayers funding the Taliban been shelved for nearly 11 months, yet has taken no action?!

Thun admitted he hadn't even read it. For every week of delay = $40 million of your extra money flowing to Afghan terrorists! This is crazy. Americans are funding our enemies, while Congress is sleeping soundly?!

'Very important' evidence found miles from Learjet crash site in Florida, investigator says

 JOSH FUNK, Associated Press  

“We’re going to crash into the ground,” she said, as the jet descended at a rate of more than 20,000 feet (6,100 meters) per minute. And then, before the transmission cuts off: “We’re out of time!” 

"A piece of the Learjet that slammed into the ground in Florida, killing all nine people aboard, was found nearly 4 miles from the crash site, investigators said Tuesday, confirming that the plane was breaking apart before impact.

"National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said most of the left elevator — part of the tail that controls the plane's pitch — was found in three pieces between 1.3 miles (2 kilometers) and 3.8 miles (6.1 kilometers) from Greenacres, near West Palm Beach, where the jet went down Sunday afternoon.

"'What that means exactly, in terms of what caused the aircraft to lose control, or whether the loss of this piece was a result of the forces on the aircraft, we don’t know yet,” Chapman said at a news conference.

"Without the elevator intact, the pilot would not have been able to pull the Learjet out of its nosedive, Chapman said.   

Investigators examine the site where a Learjet crashed to the ground, killing all nine
people aboard, in Palm Beach County, Florida Source: Reuters

"“At those speeds I don’t know that it would’ve been effective even if it had still been attached to the aircraft, but knowing that it was lost is a very important piece of evidence in terms of pointing us toward other things to investigate,” Chapman said.

"Weather will be a key initial focus of the investigation, Chapman reiterated Tuesday. The nosedive started after the co-pilot reported ice starting to build up on the plane and some significant turbulence as the Learjet flew into a rapidly developing thunderstorm cell.

"The pieces that broke off the plane were probably a byproduct of the nosedive, not the cause, aviation safety expert Jeff Guzzetti told The Associated Press. Their discovery within a few miles of the crash site suggests the elevator components fell off closer to the ground, he said.

"“If those parts would have broken off at altitude, those pieces would be a lot farther away,” Guzzetti said.

"Freeze frames from videos appear to show the entire horizontal stabilizer missing from the top of the tail before impact." . . . More.

Woman whose seven-year-old neighbor was abducted and murdered by pedophile slams California Governor Gavin Newsom for commuting his death sentence

Daily Mail Online    

‘It’s especially insulting to hear Newsom go on about morality, as if he is morally superior to those of us whose lives were affected by these heinous crimes and who want to see the perpetrators brought to justice,’ she said.

"A woman who lived just a few doors away from seven-year-old Danielle van Dam when she was abducted and murdered has launched a furious attack on California Governor Gavin Newsom after he commuted the killer's death sentence.

On November 5, 2026, Newsom used his constitutional clemency authority to commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates on the state's death row, including Van Dam's killer David Westerfield, reducing their punishments to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In his letter Newsom stated 'I know we cannot execute people in our imperfect legal system and remain true to our core values, first among them justice and human decency.'

Yet Christina Buttons fired back against the governor's plan of action. In an emotional social media post she wrote, ‘I have been waiting 24 years for my neighbor David Westerfield to be executed for the kidnapping and murder of my 7-year-old neighbor, Danielle van Dam.’ 

‘And now thanks to @GavinNewsom, it looks like it will never happen.’

Danielle was last seen February 1, 2002, when her father put her to bed in the family’s home in the upper-middle class Sabre Springs neighborhood of San Diego.

In what could only be described as every parent's worst nightmare, her nude body was found nearly a month later, dumped on a remote roadside, too decomposed to determine the cause of death or whether she had been sexually assaulted.

A massive search involving thousands of volunteers ensued, but suspicion soon turned to their 50-year-old neighbor Westerfield, who had driven away in his motorhome on the morning of her disappearance." . . .  More.

How the USS Arizona Actually Blew Up at Pearl Harbor

Reported Aboard

"How did the USS Arizona explode? One bomb. Four decks. Five inches of armor. And somewhere below them, a room the Navy still can't agree on.

"At 8:06 on the morning of December 7, 1941, during the Pearl Harbor attack, an armor-piercing bomb built from a battleship shell hit the battleship USS Arizona beside her second turret. About seven seconds later came the forward magazine explosion that sank her. 1,177 men were killed, nearly half of all the Americans who died at Pearl Harbor. For more than eighty years, the Navy, the Park Service and historians have argued about the USS Arizona explosion, and what happened in those seven seconds. "The clues were never lost. They are in the Navy's own 1941 plans of the ship, where one small compartment between the forward turrets was lettered in capital letters. They are in the explosion footage filmed from the hospital ship Solace. And they are in the statements the survivors wrote within days: an ensign sent to seal the doors who met a man looking for the magazine keys, a radioman on the forecastle minutes before the bomb came down, and one plain sentence that still haunts the record. "In this documentary, we follow the bomb deck by deck, open the plans, weigh four answers to what went first, see the oil still leaking from the wreck today, and go down with the divers who found something on the wreck forty years later that no one expected." . . .

Anchor slips up and makes a telling admission while gleefully reporting midterm results

V. Saxena   

Live Admission: While reporting on the blue-tsunami midterm results, Hunt said "us," implying personal alignment with Democrats' success.

" A CNN anchor with a history of left-wing bias seemed to make a telling slip-up live on television late Tuesday as Republicans were getting trounced in the devastating blue-tsunami midterm elections.

"CNN anchor Kasie Hunt made the slip-up while speaking on a small panel about the then-incoming election results. Hunt noted in her remarks that Republicans were getting crushed.

 . . . "Hunt made it sound as if Democrats winning the 2026 midterm elections was something that she'd personally desired.

NewsBusters, a conservative site that tracks liberal media bias, called it a "mask-off moment" for her and CNN.

It would be easy to dismiss Hunt's slip-up as just a rhetorical mistake if it weren't for her extensive history of left-wing bias.

In 2019, while at MSNBC, she famously misidentified Democratic segregationists as Republicans while teasing a segment on then-presidential candidate Joe Biden's comments about working with segregationist senators James Eastland and Herman Talmadge.

She said that Biden had referenced "two former Republican colleagues."

Savannah Guthrie labeled 'unprofessional' and 'inappropriate' after she is heard reacting to Abdul El-Sayed's victory in hot-mic moment on NBC: 'Yikes'

"Others, however, quickly jumped to her defense. "Maybe she was just ready to go home and realized she still had hours to go," one user suggested. "Who knows what she was reacting to! I say UGH and OMG all day out loud while responding to my own thoughts no one else can hear!'"

Thank you, Haley Stevens, for refusing to stay silent

 MSN  

Our community owes Haley Stevens its gratitude, and it should say so loudly. I would guess she is sleeping soundly these nights, knowing she never put her name behind a career built on hatred of the Jewish state.

"On Sunday morning, two days before Michigan voted, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) walked into Perfecting Church in Detroit and took a seat beside Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. She had been scheduled to attend a Detroit church service that same day with Abdul el Sayed, the man who narrowly beat her in the August Democratic primary, as a show of party unity. Instead, she was told she was no longer welcome. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), who helped organize the event, said she asked Stevens to stay away because the situation had become too distracting. A few hours later, Stevens announced she would back Rogers.

"The punishment arrived fast. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called it a “despicable betrayal.” Her chief of staff resigned. The chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party said she was no longer a member. On Tuesday night el Sayed won, and he is now headed to the U.S. Senate. By the usual Washington arithmetic, Stevens lost everything, and plenty of commentators will spend the coming years describing her decision as a political blunder.

"I see it as one of the most morally correct acts I have watched an American politician perform in a very long time.

"Consider how differently the same people reacted two years ago. When Liz Cheney crossed party lines to campaign for Kamala Harris, Democrats were overjoyed. Harris praised the Cheneys for putting country above party, and former President Joe Biden said he had never been so proud. When a Democrat crossed the other way because she could no longer stomach her own party’s nominee, the language of courage disappeared overnight and was replaced with talk of treachery. Apparently conscience is admirable only when it travels in one direction." . . .

The left-wing, MSNOW-ish Daily Beast calls her a "Loser"