Highlights of the News

Happy Columbus Day. Donald John Trump is still our president.

ITEM 1: Judge Amy Coney Barrett today enters the wringer that is the Senate judiciary committee for 4 days of unnecessary foolishness. In 1864, Lincoln nominated Salmon Chase for chief justice and the Senate confirmed him that day.

She released her opening statement on Sunday so Democrats can rip it apart. Here is all I needed to know, "Courts have a vital responsibility to enforce the rule of law, which is critical to a free society. But courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life. The policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches elected by and accountable to the people. The public should not expect courts to do so, and courts should not try."

I would add that it is not government's job to solve every problem.

ITEM 2: BGR reported, "Groundbreaking new corona virus vaccine candidate also kills the flu."

A two-fer.

We shall see if any of the vaccines actually work.

ITEM 3: Dick Durbin complains that Republicans got to pick RBG's successor.

Boo hoo hoo.

ITEM 4: PJ Media reported, "The Supreme Court: Anti-Barrett Letter With 'Thousands' of Signees Contains Duplicates and Dead People."

The deplorable bigotry of necrophobia continues. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say your right to vote ends upon death.

Zombie Lives Matter.

ITEM 5: Big League Politics reported, "The private security guard arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Patriot Prayer demonstrator in Denver is a far leftist with a track record of left-wing social media postings, Big League Politics can confirm.

"It’s not surprising that Dolloff is quick to resort to violence against conservatives when he views President Trump as a fascist dictator."

The media falsely accused Patriot Prayer of being some sort of militia.

Facebook banned them.

Where is the outrage of real militia violence against an actual peaceful protest?

I don't just want Joe Biden to condemn this left-wing violence, I want Rachel Maddow and the rest of the Antifa Cheerleaders to denounce this.

By the way, the guard worked for a Denver TV station. This means the media has killed more people this year than the NRA.

Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported, "A private security guard working for a local TV station was jailed for investigation of first-degree murder in the deadly shooting of another man during dueling right- and left-wing protests in downtown Denver, police said Sunday."

Dueling?

There was no duel.

An employee of a media organization shot and killed a Trump supporter.

ITEM 6: John Nolte reported, "The far-left Washington Post buried the news one of the alleged plotters in the scheme to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) is a Black Lives Matter supporter.

"You have to trudge through more than a dozen paragraphs to find this: 'One of alleged plotters, 23-year-old Daniel Harris, attended a Black Lives Matter protest in June, telling the Oakland County Times he was upset about the killing of George Floyd and police violence.'

"But-but-but I was told by the media, Joe Biden, and Whitmer all the plotters are right-wing, racist, militia men inspired by Donald Trump!!!"

Which raises the question of who is scummier: Whitmer or WaPo?

ITEM 7: Dan Rather made headlines by saying, "The story of the Trump administration is both tragedy and farce."

He needs to do his homework.

• Trump moved the embassy to Jerusalem, a move both parties had as a goal.
• Trump built 450 miles of a wall both parties once agreed to build.
• Trump got Mexico to turn back the caravans and protect our border.
• Trump dropped unemployment to 3.5%.
• Trump reduced the income gap between blacks and whites.
• Trump replaced NAFTA.
• Trump cut corporate taxes, which ended the exodus of corporate HQs from the USA.
• Trump reduced regulations.
• Trump appointed almost as many appellate judges in one term that Obama appointed in two.
• Trump is the first president in 40 years not to start a war.

The list goes on. The ad hominem attacks by Rather are a sign that he has no argument against Donald Trump.

ITEM 8: The Miami Herald whined, "Kamala Harris faces sexism and racism as online commenters label her ‘Black Hillary.’"

Meh.

Liberals regularly call the president of German heritage Hitler. They also mock his skin color by calling him the Orange Man.

Americans love mocking their politicians. To not mock her would be racist and sexist.

ITEM 8 1/2: Have pollsters learned anything from 2016?

Wisconsin: pic.twitter.com/1jwRe1ABIK

— Sam (@SunshineSt8Sam) October 11, 2020

Michigan: pic.twitter.com/Jml3spX0y0

— Sam (@SunshineSt8Sam) October 11, 2020

North Carolina: pic.twitter.com/oYtNzCUJuZ

— Sam (@SunshineSt8Sam) October 11, 2020

I hope not.

ITEM 9: The case for term limits.

He arrived in the Senate when I was 2 years old. https://t.co/zrVkdxeLCM

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 10, 2020

It also is the case for never voting Democrat.

ITEM 10: Cubans in Miami held a Trump Caravan of 30,000 vehicles.

This is happening in #Miami for @realDonaldTrump right now! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/BLPl9kl0D8

— Manny Diaz Jr. (@SenMannyDiazJr) October 10, 2020

I was expecting low-riders and 1957 Buicks.

ITEM 11: Old people in Florida waited in the hot sun for a campaign appearance by Mike Pence.

🚨3,000 waiting for @Mike_Pence🚨 https://t.co/M5MlraNw33

— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) October 10, 2020

What? Mike Pence?

I like that most of the caravan was golf carts. In West Virginia, it would have been ATVs.

ITEM 12: Too clever by half.

Democrats have gaslighted themselves by scaring Trump supporters into silence and then believing the polls they made worthless by scaring Trump supporters into silence. 😂

— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) October 11, 2020

Scott Adams nailed it.

ITEM 13: Citizen Free Press reported, "Texas teen breaks Guinness world record for woman’s longest legs."

She's 6'10. Her legs are 4'5.

Yes, she got legs. And she knows how to use them.

ITEM 14: Bret Stephens, token conservative at the New York Times, criticized the paper's Fake History 1619 project. This led to an ironic tweet.

It says a lot about an organization when it breaks it's own rules and goes after one of it's own. The act, like the article, reeks.https://t.co/mta1sfJoTB

— NYTimesGuild (@NYTimesGuild) October 10, 2020

Speaking of going after your own...

The inmates run the asylum.

Actually they do a better job than management.

Oh and did you spot the typo in the tweet? Just a reminder to report my typos and errors to DonSurber@gmail.com.

ITEM 15: 7-point national lead.

3-point lead in Arizona.

Biden/Harris hold campaign event in Arizona and the news station is shocked no supporters showed up 😭😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/u54tD41oq8

— Infidel Angela🇺🇸 (@InfidelAngela) October 11, 2020

But I am crazy for saying the president gets re-elected.

ITEM 16: Via PJ Media, loony leftists made a portrait of RBG in tampons.

Any guys up to making a portrait of Donald Trump out of beer cans?

UPDATE: From comments, John Holton said, "Wouldn't Diet Coke cans be more appropriate?"

Yesssssssssss!

ITEM 17: Just the News reported, "The White House doctor declared Saturday night that President Trump is no longer a threat to spread the corona virus.

"Dr. Sean Conley said he assessed that Trump was no longer considered a transmission risk to others."

Divorce couldn't stop him.

Bankruptcy court couldn't stop him.

Jeb! couldn't stop him.

Hillary couldn't stop him.

Uniparty couldn't stop him.

Media couldn't stop him.

Mueller couldn't stop him.

Impeachment couldn't stop him.

14.7% unemployment couldn't stop him.

Why did covid 19 think it could stop him?

ITEM 18: Just the News reported, "Joe Biden's running mate Sen. Kamala Harris on Sunday blasted the Senate GOP over plans to hold hearings this week on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, arguing that doing so will put people's lives at risk."

Thanks to President Trump, who's afraid of the Big Bad Covid anymore?

ITEM 19: A reader wrote from Monroe, Wisconsin, "Seeing a sprinkling of Biden yard signs around here, but a pretty large number of American flags. And a LOT of silence. Nobody’s talking. Nobody’s speaking. Nobody’s saying anything. You can almost hear a pin drop."

The American flag is the new Trump yard sign. The message gets sent without having to deal with the trolls.

ITEM 20: The Washington Post said, "Trump is in debt. We can't ignore the national security risks that come with that."

Bloomberg said, "More than 200 companies, lobbying groups and foreign governments have given business to President Donald Trump’s resorts and hotels, while gaining benefits from him and his administration, an investigation by the New York Times found."

Democrats need to coordinate their talking points better.

ITEM 21: USA Today reported, "'SNL' host Bill Burr divides fans after controversial opening monologue."

How is this news? I don't know who Bill Burr is. I don't care who he insulted. It is a TV show and I refuse to link this dumbass story because it may cause brain damage.

The space could have been used to get Biden's reaction to one of his supporters gunning down a Trump supporter at a Patriot Prayer rally in Denver.

Naw, just go with recapping a show watched by less than 4% of America.