Tuesday's tabs are full of grace ...
🚨 BREAKING: Senator Blumenthal (D) attacked AG Pam Bondi and it BACKFIRED, massively. pic.twitter.com/F8jUjqLbzo
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 7, 2025
"I cannot BELIEVE that you would accuse me of impropriety when you LIED about your military service! You lied, you admitted you lied, to be elected a US senator! How…
... How dare you, I am a career prosecutor, don't you EVER challenge my integrity."
"I have abided by EVERY ethics standard. DO NOT question my ability to be fair and impartial as attorney general."
Ed: This is how you handle these arrogant hypocrites. I'm surprised it took this many years before witnesses to these public beatings figured this out. Make them pay for character attacks and reset the incentives.
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Cockburn at Spectator World: Boomer denialism is in full swing, as evidenced by an ungodly cringe video from New York Times columnist and one-time Oregon gubernatorial candidate Nicholas Kristoff yesterday, in which he appears from behind a small tree, whisper-finger raised to his lips and sarcastically says “Be careful. Portland is on fire,” and then says “NAH” and walks off to a boring Oregon Historical Society dinner. How much did OHS pay him? It was too much.
The libs have it all wrong. Trump has not “declared war” on American cities. People still brunch in Portland. There will be at least one more game in Wrigley Field this year. The secret police are not watching the comings and goings of DC barflies. But antifa chapters are definitely throwing Molotov cocktails in select locations and rogue SUVs are boxing in ICE convoys. The refusal to admit this is a problem is “mostly peaceful protest”-style deflection, with slightly different language. The next time Cockburn hears it, he’s calling for the National Guard.
Ed: Can't wait for the hippies to shuffle off the stage, finally.
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This is an all-time paragraph. pic.twitter.com/7aB6PbilLr
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) October 7, 2025
Ed: That one's from 2020, after Weiss resigned from the NYT and published her resignation. Sometimes success is the best revenge, or at least the best vindication.
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Matthew Continetti at The Free Press: Fellow deficit hawks, I bring bad news. Republicans and Democrats are dug in for the first government shutdown for the first time in six years. What they’re fighting over should trouble you if you’re worried about entitlements and out-of-control spending.
The Democrats want to preserve healthcare subsidies projected to cost $350 billion over 10 years. But if Congress can’t summon the will to allow these “emergency” supports to expire, how will it solve the much larger problem of our deficit and debt? ...
Democrats want to keep the money flowing, gradually expanding eligibility and subsidies to cover as many Americans as possible. Health insurers don’t want to see the extra government backing they’ve enjoyed disappear. And some Republicans fear a backlash from voters who could find themselves paying more for health insurance on the exchange.
Ed: The problem really isn't Democrats or Republicans. It's us -- voters who won't give up "free" stuff even when we realize it's not free at all.
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Gavin Newsom tells his supporters to "punch Republicans in the mouth." (Except he used an expletive...)
— steve hilton (@SteveHiltonx) October 7, 2025
Newsom needs to be disciplined by the party. Those comments must be withdrawn. The Democrats are a sick party with a sick culture of violence. pic.twitter.com/WqmFIy5Ck4
Ed: I'm old enough to remember a Democrat Party leader saying something about bringing a gun to a knife fight. I think they made him President.
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Glenn Reynolds in the NY Post: They’re denying the sort of routine protections that local police and the justice system are supposed to provide, while nonprofits wage “lawfare” via litigation and provide defense for those who are arrested.
Put it together and you have an army of crazies and far-left “activists,” a propaganda wing and a legal- and financial-support system, all acting in resistance against the duly elected government of the United States.
Dare we call it an insurrection? If not, what is it?
It’s certainly not politics as usual.
Ed: In Chicago, where the mayor is declaring parts of the city off-limits to the federal government, it's getting closer and closer to the standard definition of insurrection.
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BREAKING: Pam Bondi just DOGWALKED Pencil Neck.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) October 7, 2025
This is the BEST segment you will see from today!
"You know, Schiff, if you worked for ME, you would've been FIRED, because you were CENSURED by Congress for LYING!"
"You've been ATTACKING my FBI Director, my office, the Border… pic.twitter.com/q6bPq3uEGZ
Ed: Be sure to check out more of Bondi's greatest hits today on Twitter. She tore into each Senate Democrat.
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Hollywood in Toto: Now, Paramount+ is sharing a new series dedicated to the attacks. “Red Alert,” available now on the platform, is a four-part scripted look at that awful day.
HBO Max honors the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7 with “One Day in October,” a limited anthology series tied to the monstrous assault.
It’s about time major streaming platforms shared these perspectives.
Still, the shows were preceded by powerful documentaries that captured key angles of Oct. 7 and its aftermath. All are essential viewing given the sorry state of the world, but the attacks’ second anniversary makes viewing them today all the more powerful.
Some were aggressively ignored by film critics, Legacy Media outlets or both. All offer a powerful way to remember what took place and, hopefully, make sure another Oct. 7 never happens again.
Ed: Click through to see the films highlighted by Christian.
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BEASTMODE: Trump mocks Ilhan Omar, says not even Somalia wants her back.
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) October 7, 2025
"I met the president of Somalia ... I said, 'You have somebody from Somalia that's telling us how to run our country. Would you like to take her back?' And he said, 'No, I don't want her!'" pic.twitter.com/eE4QIukh1u
Ed: Come on, Mr. President. You can make a better trade deal than that! Put some effort into it! Lower tariffs, offer incentives ... let's close this deal.
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WSJ: Tickets sold out. Donations poured in. Excitement coursed through Chapel Hill at the prospect of the greatest coach of all time transforming a program that had become a national afterthought into one styled after his NFL success, from schemes and scouting to nutrition and development.
But 10 months on, the enthusiasm has all but vanished. North Carolina’s blowout loss to a mediocre Clemson team on Saturday dropped their record to 2-3 and marked their third defeat by 25 points or more. Hopes that Belichick would turn the Tar Heels into a contender have quickly evaporated. Along the way, there have been a series of flare-ups involving his 24-year old girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, and signs of a frayed relationship with the New England Patriots, the franchise he led to six Super Bowl victories.
Even more troubling, the first month of this NFL season has raised questions about Belichick’s final years in the pros. His former players, such as current San Francisco 49ers quarterback Mac Jones, are thriving without him—and so is his former team. The Patriots are now 3-2 after Sunday night’s upset win over the Buffalo Bills, showing signs that they’re finally improving the talent-barren roster that Belichick assembled.
Ed: I almost wrote a full post about this today, but wasn't sure how much interest there would be. It seems we have finally settled the "Brady or Belichick" question. The dominant dynasty resulted from a combination of the two, but it seems clear in retrospect that Belichick benefited from the Brady Era far more than Brady did from the Belichick Era.
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Oct 7th 2025 - Make Your Choice. 🎗️ pic.twitter.com/0iXLM7eQFK
— John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) October 7, 2025
Ed: A fitting Final Word from our friend John.
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