I Saw Slotkin Threaten GOP Staff. She Deserves An Ethics Probe

Now you can sign a Change.org petition calling on the Senate to open an investigation into Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s threats against Republican staffers.

Conservative Review  

"If Sen. Slotkin does not correct her statement or apologize to the millions of young conservatives she appeared to threaten when she came to our campus, an ethics investigation is warranted." 

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"Two weeks ago, Sen. Elissa Slotkin came to my campus for an interview at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. Despite our political differences, I, like many other students, was very excited to hear her speak — it is not often a sitting U.S. senator comes to talk to students, after all.  

"However, Slotkin did not just come to talk about the midterm elections or to encourage political participation among students. In fact, she came to do the opposite, at least as it pertained to one segment of students.  

“'I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like, that sounds fun, I might get an opportunity.’ I want them to be like, ‘[blasphemy], that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, so let me avoid participating in that.’ I want that deterrence message,” Slotkin told the audience. 

"I was shocked. The senator sought to send a “deterrence message” to young conservatives interested in serving our country in government. How would this “deterrence” be achieved? By investigating myriad members of the Trump administration, up and down the chain of command. Slotkin spoke so highly of our “democracy,” yet I was left wondering whether my friends had a place in the “democracy” she envisioned.  

"During high school, I spent a semester serving as a U.S. Senate page. It gave me enormous respect for the Senate. Despite their policy differences, the senators I encountered seemed genuinely excited for the next generation of public servants and sought to encourage our future careers.  

"Slotkin shattered that perception. I still believe such a vision of the Senate is achievable, but only if it acts; only if, as a body, it recognizes that such conduct is unbecoming of one of its members. The Senate is fundamentally a collegial body. Such collegiality requires it to define what conduct should be encouraged and what should be discouraged. " . . .   More.

Michael Bicksel is a student at the University of Chicago and a senior editor for the Chicago Thinker, where he originally reported Sen. Slotkin’s remarks.

A Cambridge Democrat for 60 years just registered Republican — Alan Dershowitz says the party left him

 Mass Daily News

CAMBRIDGE — Alan Dershowitz has been a Democrat his entire adult life. He voted for Hillary Clinton. He supported Obama. He taught at Harvard Law for 50 years. He lives in Cambridge — one of the most liberal cities in America.

"On Tuesday, the 87-year-old lawyer announced he's done. He's registered as a Republican."

Dershowitz: Why I Registered as a Republican

"Even as recently as 10 years ago I couldn't have imagined myself uttering the words 'I am a Republican,'" Dershowitz wrote on Substack. "But recent events have pushed me away from the Democratic Party and toward what I regard as the lesser of two evils — the deeply flawed but far better Republican Party."

The reason, in his telling, comes down to one thing: Israel.

"The Democratic Party has become the most anti-Israel party in modern history," he wrote. "It openly embraces antisemitism."

"Dershowitz didn't mince words about what he's giving up. He says he still agrees with Democrats on abortion, immigration, separation of church and state, and taxation. He calls himself a "foreign policy Republican" — someone who would put an asterisk next to his registration if the form allowed it." . . . More.  

The more interesting question is why the differences between Democratic Socialists and supposedly mainstream Democrats keep getting smaller—

 

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In ‘Caliphornia,’ a dangerous bill is about to be passed that will force your children to be indoctrinated with Islamic ideology in the classroom  

"Public schools are legally permitted to teach about religion from a historical and cultural standpoint under the First Amendment, but they are strictly barred from proselytizing or forcing religious practices. The federal court will ultimately determine whether this specific field trip violated those constitutional boundaries."

 If Democrats Walk Like Socialists And Talk Like Socialists, Maybe They’re Socialists   "Most of the media will spend the next three months pretending that Democrat socialists are sweet and pure as they continue to attack Republicans.

"For the last ten years, Trump has worked very hard to reduce the size and power of government, lower taxes, reduce regulations, and essentially give more power to the people and the private sector. Meanwhile, the media and other Democrats have intentionally told the public that Trump is an authoritarian, a fascist, a dictator, and a king. In addition to endless Hitler comparisons, they investigated him for years on claims that he was a Putin pawn or asset.

"We will hear a lot about affordability from the media and other Democrats before the election, but they didn’t seem nearly as concerned about affordability in 2022, when Biden-era inflation reached over 9% and average gas prices went above $5 per gallon. At the time, they were telling us how great Biden’s policies were.

"Now Democratic Socialists are becoming an increasingly visible part of Democrat politics, but the media is working hard to convince the public that their ideas really aren’t all that radical. At the same time, the media tries to maintain a clear distinction between establishment Democrats and Democratic Socialists, even though there is considerable overlap in many of their policies.

"An interesting indication of how blurred that distinction has become came recently when centrist House Democrats circulated a “Promise to America.” One of the promises was very simple: “We are capitalist, not socialist.” There are 212 Democrats in the House, and only ten signed it." . . .

El-Sayed campaigns with Farrakhan aide who blamed Jews for slave trade

"Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed continues to double down on his public associations with antisemites, campaigning Thursday alongside a Nation of Islam “student minister” and acolyte of the antisemitic group’s longtime leader, Louis Farrakhan, who has referred to Jews as “termites” and praised Adolf Hitler." . . .

Tim Walz Turns Against Kamala and Embraces This Candidate

 "Many Democrats have attributed Harris’s loss to her selection of Walz as her running mate." I'm sure any one of her TV interviews would have told you all one needed to know. TD

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"Harris was interviewed last week by CNN about Walz’s comments, and she said that she was unaware of them. She was, she said, still deciding whether or not to run for president." She is no Lady Thatcher or Golda Meir you know.

"I’ve become friends with school shooters.”

That was a real line uttered by Tim Walz during the 2024 vice presidential debate, which he entirely flubbed. In her book, 107 Days, Kamala Harris went after Walz — hard — for his debate performance. JD Vance, she said, was acting mid-mannered in order to counter Trump’s anger and insults. “When Tim fell for it and started nodding and smiling at JD’s fake bipartisanship,” Harris wrote, “I moaned to Doug, ‘What is happening?’” She continued, “I told the television screen: ‘You’re not there to make friends with the guy who is attacking your running mate.’” (RELATED: Kamala Harris’s Sad Book Tour Will Now Be Longer Than Her Campaign)

"Harris went on to confirm the veracity of the SNL sketch that aired the following weekend showing her (played by Maya Rudolph) watching the debate alongside her husband, Doug Emhoff (played by Andy Samberg), in disappointment and consternation. “While I did not in fact spit out wine, it was otherwise uncanny in its portrait of our evening,” she said.

"Many Democrats have attributed Harris’s loss to her selection of Walz as her running mate. On election night, campaign surrogate Lindy Li told Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich: “One of the things that are top of mind is the choice of Tim Walz as vice presidential candidate… A lot of people are saying tonight that it should have been Josh Shapiro. Frankly, people have been saying that for months.”

"Harris hasn’t done much to counter that narrative. Further, she wrote in 107 Days that her first choice for a running mate was Pete Buttigieg, but she thought the U.S. was too homophobic to elect a gay man as vice president.

"Buttigieg, she wrote, “would have been an ideal partner — if I were a straight white man…. But we were already asking a lot of America: to accept a woman, a Black woman, a Black woman married to a Jewish man. Part of me wanted to say, Screw it, let’s just do it. But knowing what was at stake, it was too big of a risk.” (RELATED: Meet the Post-Biden Democrats: Biden’s Democrats)

""Many Democrats don’t want Kamala Harris to run for president again. Earlier this month, 20 Democrats told Politico that she is failing to define herself as a politician in the aftermath of her loss. Former South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges went after her, saying that Democrats want someone who is “fresh, new” and “I hear a lot of talk about that — ‘we don’t need recycled candidates.’” Harris, he said, “seems like more of the same to me.”

""The Wall Street Journal also reported earlier this month that donors “have told [Harris] directly that a bid would be a long shot.”

"'The other week, I described all of this as a “Democrat Campaign to Destroy Kamala Harris.” Now Tim Walz has joined the mix and has turned against his own former running mate. (READ MORE: The Democrat Campaign to Destroy Kamala Harris)" . . . More.

Ellie Gardey Holmes is Reporter and Associate Editor at The American Spectator.... She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she studied political science, philosophy, and journalism. Ellie has previously written for the Daily Caller, College Fix, and Irish Rover.

Vivian Silver, 74: Lifelong peace activist who drove Gazans to hospitals

 The Times of Israel

"Canadian-born peace activist Vivian Silver, 74, was killed by Hamas terrorists in her home in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7.

"For more than a month, she was declared missing, and believed to be captured and held hostage in Gaza. But on November 14, her family confirmed that her remains had finally been identified via DNA.

"One of her sons, Yonatan Zeigen, was on the phone with his mother when gunmen arrived in Be’eri. When he heard gunshots outside her window, he told her to hang up so she could stay quiet, he told the BBC.

"They began to text one other on WhatsApp. He last heard from her around 11 a.m. that Saturday, as Silver hid inside a closet in the house, and told her son that the terrorists were inside the house. She believed that a massacre was happening and told her son that she loved him.

“‘She wrote me, ‘They’re inside the house, it’s time to stop joking and say goodbye.'”

“‘And I wrote back that ‘I love you, Mum. I have no words, I’m with you.'” Vivian responded, “I feel you.”

"That was the last message, Zeigen told the BBC." . . . More.

Vivian Silver: 1949-2023   

. . . Israeli-Canadian peace activist Vivian Silver, 74, was murdered by Hamas during its October 7 massacre in southern Israel. Her home in Kibbutz Beeri, near the Gaza border, and her body had been so violently destroyed, it took almost 40 days to identify her remains." . . .

Student Who Took GREAT PLEASURE Reciting Poem Celebrating Charlie Kirk Murder Suddenly VERY SORRY

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. . . "Now she says she hopes to do better "as a Christian" and hopes to get a second chance. Yes, we don't buy it. Look into her eyes—completely lifeless and soulless." . . . The Post Millennial

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"UTSA student Isa Casahuga Lemgruber drew intense backlash after reciting a gleeful poem at a campus event that celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination as the “Kirkiversary,” including a reference to a “shot to the neck.”

"We made the same face. Keep going.

"Facing widespread outrage and a university conduct review, she released a public apology to Kirk’s family and event host Christian Collins, claiming time for reflection and condemning political violence.

"RIIIIIIGHT.

"After a University of Texas at San Antonio student proudly recited a twisted poem celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the backlash was swift and unforgiving. Now facing potential consequences, she has issued an apology to his family — but critics are highlighting the apparent disconnect between her original pride and sudden remorse.

"She's not sorry she wrote and read it, she's sorry it bombed in such a horrific and consequence-filled way." . . . More.

Her legal statement/ hostage video: "She's deeply sorry that the things she said publicly -- and with great pride -- resulted in people correctly calling her a hate-filled, violence-loving monster. https://t.co/gtFRKslU5R"

— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) November 1, 2026

UT San Antonio student 'apologizes' after reciting 'Kirkiversary' poem at TPUSA Pick Up the Mic event

Wealthy Prep School Student Faces Backlash Over Mocking Charlie Kirk's Death — WVAL International News and Politics   "The polished veneer of privilege cracked open this week, exposing the family behind the student who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death. Isabela Casahuga Lemgruber, 19, attended St Agnes Academy in Houston, a Roman Catholic all-girls prep school where tuition hits $28,400 annually. The institution, which once proudly announced her admission to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) as a freshman studying international relations and diplomacy, has since scrubbed that social media post from existence." . . . 

Someone Bought the UTSA Student’s Domain Name After She Read a Giddy Poem Celebrating Charlie Kirk’s Murder, Now Anyone Who Googles Her Will Know Who They Are Dealing With   

. . . The website states:

She attends the University of Texas at San Antonio (class of 2029) and majors in International Relations and Diplomacy. Isa is from Houston and attended St. Agnes Academy. Her mother is realtor Paula Lemgruber Casahuga. Her father Guillem Casahuga is a partner at Arthur D Little.

Isa is “thrilled” to gloat about conservatives getting murdered.

The website also reprinted the poem in full, along with the video of her reciting it, under the heading “Poem written by Isa Casahuga.”

Speaking to The Gateway Pundit about the incident, TPUSA contributor and close friend of Kirk, Jack Posobiec, said, “It is plain for all to see. The Left wants us dead. I am not using hyperbole; they are openly celebrating murder, violence, and the slaughter of their political opponents.”

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"The press will do nearly anything to see Democrats elected, and that almost always includes shading the truth and letting the Democrats lie without challenge and without consequence. Voters need to know. Please spread the word."

"By now it’s obvious that the Democrats and their communications team that is also known as the legacy media are going to use the last month before the midterm elections to push the idea that were in a slump and Republicans need to be thrown out of office because it’s Donald Trump’s economy.

• On Sept. 26, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries claimed that “Republican policies have tanked the economy” and the American people are aware of it. “Time for dramatic change,” he added.
• In July, Jeffries claimed “far too many” Americans “can barely survive” because “people are drowning in this failed Trump economy.”
• That same month, a USA Today opinion piece declared that Trump “fears accountability” in regard to “affordability” and “looks very much like a man without a plan to improve the economy.”
• The Atlantic more recently told us that “affordability” is the “new word” that Trump hates.

"Clearly the strategy is working. A few months ago, Axios insisted that Trump is trying “to sell an economy voters aren’t buying.” The Associated Press reported last week that “Most Americans blame Trump for high prices as his economic approval hits new low, AP-NORC poll shows.” Web searches are filled with links to stories about voters turning on Trump due to the economy.

"Yet prices and economic struggles are almost without exception created by Democrats’ tax heavy and regulate hard policies. The air is filled with noxious lies from the left that travel across the country while the truth is smothered.

"The Democratic Party-media complex of course has done this before — in 1992 when Bill Clinton centered his challenge to incumbent President George H.W. Bush on his claim that the economy leading up to the election was the worst “in 50 years.” As we said about three weeks ago, it was true that Bush’s term hit a rough patch that began in July 1990. The recession, though, “ended in March 1991,” according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.

"Please read that again. The downturn ended in March 1991, and the economy began to grow again. Not March 1992. Nor March 1993. The economy was expanding when Clinton was calling it the worst in a half century, and the media merrily went along for the so obviously disingenuous “I feel your pain” ride to the White House.

"The truth this time around shows that during Trump’s second term, with Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress, inflation “has been 2.9%, which is 41% below the 5% average under (Joe) Biden and 55% below the 6.5% average under Biden while Democrats controlled both the House and Senate,” according to Just Facts." . . .   More.

‘Is Paris burning?’ asked Hitler. In 1944, it wasn’t; in 2026, it is.

Andrea Widburg

"In Germany, high school students protesting for better education look very different. Somehow, they all grew beards, shouted 'Allah is great,' and waved the Palestinian flag."

"June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the end for the Nazi’s dominance across Europe. By August 1944, the Allies were heading to Paris, one of the crown jewels in Hitler’s European conquest. Hitler planned to hold Paris but, failing that, he wanted the Allies to suffer a Pyrrhic victory. To that end, he ordered General Dietrich von Choltitz to leave behind “nothing but a field of ruins.” The Nazis would completely destroy Paris, leaving nothing but scorched earth.

"What Hitler hadn’t counted on was that von Choltitz (according to his own reminiscences) couldn’t make himself follow that final order. As it became clear that an Allied victory was imminent, he reportedly said to his military operations chief, General Alfred Jodl, “Jodl! I demand to know! Yes or no? Is Paris burning now?”

"Well, Paris was not burning then. Whether von Choltitz was the hero he claimed himself to be or the Nazis just didn’t have the time, the men, and the supplies to destroy the historical city is unclear. What’s clear is that the city survived.

"It’s less clear whether the city will survive the current iteration of the Nazis: A fanatical alliance of socialism and antisemitism that is assiduously destroying Paris from the inside out. The barbarians are inside the gates, and the French willingly invited them...and now seem unable to stop them.

"Nor have the fires been limited to Paris. As a general matter, the same modern Nazi forces (the true “Neo-Nazis,” if you will) are systematically using the weekends to destroy Europe’s ancient cities, one by one—and in each case, they do so with relative ease because the nations invited the barbarians and are now afraid to challenge them." . . . And they elected a mayor in New York. . . .

. . . If you’ve still been holding your nose about whether to vote for Republicans in this election, knowing that too many are weak quislings, reframe the issue for yourself: Acting out of pique, do I want to allow the Democrats to render Trump impotent for the last two years of his presidency, potentially paving the way for a President AOC in 2028, or do I want an ascendant Trump* in the White House to protect America from a nuclear Europe with its weapons aimed at us? Do you honestly want this image to sum up the last time we saw Paris?" . . . More.

*Made more difficult now by his verbal abuse of the Reuters reporter over a routine question. TD

Kamala Harris Told Democrats Something Shocking About Impeaching Donald Trump That Has Hakeem Jeffries Squirming

I can see Doom Goblin Greta moving to this cause. Why not? TD

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"Democrats spent two years promising their base they would impeach Donald Trump the moment they took back the House. Now polls show they are days away from winning a majority in the US House. But Kamala Harris just told Democrats something shocking about impeaching Donald Trump that has Hakeem Jeffries squirming." 

. . .  "Remember, I was in the Senate for the last go-around," Harris said. "And the votes aren't there."

"That's the whole game, right there.

"Hakeem Jeffries has spent months dangling impeachment in front of progressive donors and activists to drive turnout and fundraising.

"He refused to take it off the table publicly, telling ABC News his party would be "guided by the Constitution" and "let the chips fall where they may."

"Nancy Pelosi played the same game – saying Trump's own actions would determine whether a third impeachment was warranted.

Neither of them said what Harris just said.

Both Times Democrats Tried, Trump Won

"Trump is already the only president in American history impeached twice.

"The first time – over the Ukraine phone call in 2019 – the Senate acquitted him 48-52 on abuse of power and 47-53 on obstruction.

"The second time – over January 6th – the Senate acquitted him 57-43, even with seven Republican senators voting to convict.

"The Democrats needed 67 votes to remove him." . . . More.

University of Texas Student Reaps the Whirlwind After Reading Depraved ‘Kirkiversary’ Poem at TPUSA Event

"Since the video went viral on X, Casahuga has reaped a whirlwind of scorn and opprobrium, with online sleuths quickly identifying her. Someone even bought the domain for her name, creating a website to serve as a permanent online record of her disgraceful display."  Debra Heine

University of Texas Student Reaps the Whirlwind After Reading Depraved ‘Kirkiversary’ Poem at TPUSA Event › American Greatness 

. . . "Sadly, the celebration of Kirk’s assassination, gruesomely captured on video, is nothing new for leftists.

"Thousands of depraved individuals openly shared their gleeful reactions on social media, arguing that the 31-year-old conservative husband and father somehow deserved it, and mocking Ericka Kirk, his surviving wife. They also expressed support for more political violence against their political opponents.

"It was so bad, that the State Department immediately began revoking the visas of foreign nationals who celebrated Kirk’s assassination." . . .

Kirk anniversary comes as GOP pushes to energize voters    "The one-year anniversary Thursday of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk comes as Republicans try to galvanize voters ahead of the midterm elections.

"Kirk, 31, the co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed Sept. 10, 2025, during a public event at a university in Utah. On his organization’s website, a memorial to the husband and father appears prominently.

"His widow, Erika Kirk, has led Turning Point USA since last year and is attending the Republican midterm convention in Texas this week.

"President Donald Trump remembered Kirk during a speech in Dallas on Wednesday night. Supporters have credited Kirk and Turning Point USA with helping Trump make gains with younger voters in 2024.

"'Exactly one year ago tomorrow, a far-left extremist assassinated my great friend and conservative voice, Charlie Kirk, because Charlie Kirk spoke the truth,” Trump said.

"In Kirk’s absence, Turning Point USA says it has seen “unprecedented expansion,” with more than 1 million students involved in its programs during the 2025-26 school year."

 'Kirkaversary' social media trend sparks fury as sick celebrations of Charlie Kirk's death continue on 1st anniversary  

"A self-described Portland, Oregon, tattoo artist shared on social media that they were offering “$50 neck tattoos” with “the exact placement of the kirkhole.'” 

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Video: How Charlie Kirk Taught Young Conservatives to Argue Respectfully Without Anger, with Isabel Brown

Kirk’s death prompts shock, grief across Gen Z ideological lines | Reuters

“When they took a shot at Charlie, they’re almost taking a shot at the very idea of open debate and free expression,” he said. “This is something that no one on either side is going to stand for. I think what we’ll see is cooler heads prevail and a more positive message break through.”