Thursday, February 5, 2026

Mahmoud Khalil opens up uncomfortable questions about October 7

"How could anti-Israel protests be so well coordinated, so fast?"

 Aaron Shuster - American Thinker 

 "And is it unreasonable to ask whether some organizers arrived in advance not merely to study or observe, but to mobilize — knowing that a catalytic event was coming?"
Followed by...

 "The recent decision to expel Mahmoud Khalil from the United States has been treated by much of the media as a narrow immigration matter — a technical ruling about visa status and disclosure failures.  That framing misses the larger question his case raises.  Khalil’s removal invites a re-examination not just of who he is, but of what followed Hamas’s October 7 massacre — and how quickly the global response was prepared.

...the stooges...
"On October 8, before Israel had mounted any meaningful military response, before troops entered Gaza, before retaliatory operations had even been organized, massive demonstrations erupted across cities, countries, and continents.  These rallies were large, coordinated, visually unified, and message-disciplined.  They featured printed placards, chants in multiple languages, and identical slogans framing Israel as the aggressor and Hamas’s violence as “resistance.”

"The speed and scale of these demonstrations demand scrutiny.  Large protests do not materialize overnight.  Anyone who has organized even a modest public rally understands the realities involved: permits, staging, sound systems, marshals, messaging, coalition coordination, transportation, and promotion.  At an international level, these requirements multiply.  Coordinating demonstrations across time zones and legal jurisdictions requires planning.

...the sinister.

"That reality raises an uncomfortable question: How were so many people, in so many places, ready to mobilize immediately after October 7?


"To understand why this matters, we must recall what October 7 actually was.  Hamas fighters breached an internationally recognized border and carried out a coordinated massacre of civilians inside Israel.  Entire families were murdered in their homes.  Concertgoers were hunted and executed.  Women were raped, mutilated, and paraded.  Elderly civilians and children were abducted and dragged into Gaza as hostages.  More than 1,200 people were killed in a single day.  Over 250 were taken captive.

"This was not a clash between armies.  It was mass murder.

"The rallies that followed inverted the moral frame almost immediately.  Israel was accused of genocide before it had fired back.  Self-defense was pre-emptively delegitimized.  Terrorism was contextualized, rationalized, even celebrated." . . . More...

Aaron J. Shuster is a writer, producer, and cinematist. His work focuses on moral clarity; political inversion; and the intersection of history, ideology, and power.  He has written extensively on antisemitism, totalitarian movements, and Western civilizational ethics.

Joe Biden: Decline and Fall

PragerU

"Joseph Biden spent his career chasing one goal: the presidency. After decades of political frustration, he finally became the 46th president of the United States. What happened next is one of American history’s tragic ironies. Presidential historian Tevi Troy explores Biden’s rise and fall."


Democrats, lacking a positive agenda, bet on chaos, Trump hysteria, and media allies to spark a midterm backlash as Trump’s economic rebound gains steam.

 Victor Davis Hanson › American Greatness  

"The more violence, Nazi-invective, and sheer craziness the left can instill—storming church services, ramming ICE vehicles, taking over the streets, or boasting of armed resistance—the more they believe that voters will blame not them, the instigators, but Trump, the target of their insurrectionary madness.

 "Recent regional special elections have seen Democratic candidates win a number of special election races.

"Now energized left-wing politicos remind the nation daily that every incumbent president, except three over the last century, has suffered substantial midterm losses in Congress.

"Polls show Trump suffering an average 11-point negative unfavorability rating.

"So Democrats promise to soon stop all new legislation and end Trump and his counterrevolution itself.

"But the left will never offer any alternative agenda on the economy, the border, crime, or foreign policy.

"Instead, the new Democrat-Socialist Party views the Biden disaster of 2021-2024 not as a result of his puppeteers’ toxic policies of open borders, 21 percent aggregate inflation, dead-end green energy subsidies, DEI mandates, trans fixations, and an appeasing foreign policy that led to wars abroad and emboldened China.

"Instead, they now blame those catastrophic years on Biden’s own enfeebled state—as if he were merely a hapless, debilitated messenger for their otherwise superb radical message.

"So absent a positive agenda, Democrats will simply run all their state and federal campaigns as if Trump, their Satanic monster, is on every ballot.

" 'Their Trump obsessions result in three now well-worn strategies.

"The first, of course, is still more chaos.

"The left believes that the unending 2020 riots cost Trump the election.

"Ever since, they have sought to concoct a nihilist replay—whether the Tesla hysterias, the perpetual threats of government shutdowns, tough-guy talk of open insurrection against the federal government, or the current, performative-art, anti-ICE violence in Minneapolis.

"They concede most Americans still support Trump’s closed borders and legal-only immigration, but hope they want a return to “normalcy” even more."    Full article...

"An L.A. Eviction Lawyer Has a Message for Billie Eilish, and I Can't Stop Laughing" Stephen Green

 Let's be careful what we wish for. How about we just build them a big casino?

Stephen Green   

"So imagine you're one of the remaining 3,900 or so Tongva people native to the Los Angeles basin and Southern Channel Islands, who had everything stolen from them by nasty white people just like Billie Eilish, including their language." 

"It's one thing to live on stolen land, constantly looking over your shoulder to see if anybody noticed and might decide to do something about it. It's quite another to insist that "No one is illegal on stolen land" in front of 14.4 million viewers on live television, and have that clip played countless times for countless millions more all over YouTube and social media — all while living in a mansion that, well, sits on "stolen land."

"Billie Eilish did the latter on Sunday, and now one Los Angeles attorney plans to do something about it.

"But I haven't even told you the best part: Avi Sinai specializes in difficult evictions.

"Just roll me over and throw some dirt on top of me because I'm dead of laughter.

" 'If you are facing a contested or high-risk eviction," Sinai's website boasts, "Sinai Law Firm provides strategic, trial-ready representation grounded in real courtroom experience."

"Sinai also claims he runs "the premier eviction firm in the county." 

Apologies to these people:

"One happy client named Alessandra T gushes on the website, "Avi was an absolute game-changer in our eviction case in Santa Monica... he not only secured a judgment for the amount owed, but also successfully removed the tenant." And Paula B. wrote that he "was able to turn a very difficult tenant situation that appeared very bleak into the best possible outcome."

"If you've ever heard any horror stories about how difficult it can be to secure an eviction in Democrat-run locales, you get some idea of what a fierce attorney Sinai must be.

"All that is why, when Avi says he'll represent the indigenous Tongva people pro bono, should they decide to try to reclaim the stolen land where Eilish's $2.3 million Glendale mansion sits, you've got to sit up and pay attention.

"Or fall down laughing. Results vary by individual." . . .

P.S. On the off chance that you are part of the Tongva people or know one, here's a link to Sinai Law Firm's webpage where he offers "same-day service," just by calling 310-967-7772.

Steve launched VodkaPundit on a well-planned whim in 2002, and has been with PJ Media since its launch in 2005. He served as one of the hosts of PJTV, a pioneer in internet broadcasting. He also cohosts "Right Angle" with Bill Whittle and Scott Ott at BillWhittle.com. He lives with his wife and sons in the wooded hills of Monument, Colorado, where he enjoys the occasional adult beverage.

The Recall Push for LA Mayor Karen Bass Should Be Without Question After This Development

The recall I remember was to take out Gavin Newsom; how did that go?

Matt Vespa  

"There have been petitions to recall Bass—this story should make that push unstoppable. She doctored the report on the fire (via NY Post): . . . "

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"Her city was burning, but Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was too busy partying in Africa, having been invited to attend the inauguration of Ghana's president. It was a terrible move, a public relations nightmare, especially after fire crews struggled to contain the blaze, which became one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in state history. It raged for most of January 2025. There have been petitions to recall Bass—this story should make that push unstoppable. She doctored the report on the fire (via NY Post): " . . .  

Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass secretly altered the official Palisades Fire response report to downplay the failures made by the city and fire department when the deadly blaze erupted, a new report said.

Bass, after seeing an early draft of the after-action report, wanted key findings of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s shortcomings scrubbed or watered down — and even warned then-interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva the unedited conclusions could expose the city to legal liability, sources close to the Democrat’s staff told the Los Angeles Times. 

Bass was cautioned that the self-serving tweaks in with the report was a “bad idea” that could torpedo her political career but still withheld the working draft until after changes were made, insiders told the Times.  . . .  

Celebrities Who Lost Homes in LA, Palisades Fires: Full List - Business Insider [From Jan 2025] Guess we might not see celebrities wearing "Save Mayor Bass" pins at the next Hollywood function. We'll wait to see how she is covered on MSNOW and Joy Reid.

"Wildfires in Los Angeles raged through the star-studded Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Paris Hilton, Miles Teller, and Anthony Hopkins were among the celebrities who lost their homes.

The average house price in the northern LA area is around $4.5 million." . . .

While it can be hard to feel pity for so many self-righteous, virtue-signaling pin-wearers, losing old personal memories is a loss one fears significantly. TD