Five Things
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Five Things: Monday, October 26
Good morning. Here is what matters today, in five.
1. DOJ charges three noncitizens with voting in Ohio. The Justice Department has charged three noncitizens with casting ballots in Ohio, a year after the state sent federal prosecutors 167 referrals of apparent noncitizen voters. Secretary of State Frank LaRose says his office has referred more than 1,000 fraud cases overall. via The Daily Signal.
2. Audi picks Georgia for a $4 billion plant. Trump announced Saturday that Audi will build its first American factory in Georgia: roughly 4,500 jobs, up to 200,000 vehicles a year, with construction starting in 2027. Audi, the last big German brand without a U.S. plant, says tariffs drove the decision. via The Daily Wire.
3. Cornell faculty vote Wednesday on no confidence. Cornell’s Faculty Senate votes Oct. 28 on a no-confidence resolution against the administration, after more than 200 professors signed a letter accusing the university of fostering an “epidemic” of structural violence amid protests over a fraternity assault case. via City Journal.
4. Omar says paycheck to paycheck. Taxpayers pay her rent. Rep. Ilhan Omar told MSNOW she lives paycheck to paycheck and rents two homes. House records show taxpayers have covered $85,000 of her D.C. lodging since 2023, plus $33,000 in meals, while her husband’s venture firm took in $11.25 million from an Indian billionaire. via the Washington Free Beacon.
A 2016 Camry and a $30 million accounting error: the authentic working-class experience.
5. Kamala returns to the trail with a 76-word riddle. Campaigning for New Hampshire Democrats in Portsmouth this weekend, Harris described the Senate as rooms where “certain people” must speak to “encourage a certain conscience.” The 76-word answer never says who those people are or what they should say. via The Daily Wire.
Eight days before the midterms, Democrats sent in their closer. The Senate remains unexplained.
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Peggy Flanagan
Lieutenant governor of Minnesota since 2019, now running for U.S. Senate. Known for: seven years as the governor’s No. 2, a $9 billion fraud problem, and a very short answer about it.
Certified LeftistHonored for her laissez-faire approach to government oversight, and her skill at passing. Asked on “Morning Joe” whether she bears any responsibility for fraud in Minnesota programs that federal investigators say could top $9 billion, the state’s second-in-command for seven years took a deep breath, looked straight into the camera, and made a John-Stockton-like pass, of the buck, to her former boss.
“I would say, the governor says the buck stops with him. More should have been done sooner, and I agree.”
Source: MS NOW “Morning Joe,” Aug. 13, 2026Photo: Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
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From Our Allies
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From Our Allies: Monday, October 26
The best of the day from the Allies. Headlines link to the original; we add a line on each.
Trump’s Deportations Are Making America Safer
The Daily Signal — Jarrett Stepman argues that enforcing immigration law and deporting criminal illegal aliens is restoring order in America, and urges the administration to press that message harder.
Another Win For American Workers As Trump’s Tariffs Pay Off Big
The Daily Wire — Audi will build its first American plant in Georgia, a $4 billion investment expected to create 4,500 jobs that Trump credits to his tariffs.
Cornell’s Real Crisis Is Irrationalism, Not Rape
City Journal — Heather Mac Donald contends that Cornell’s claimed rape crisis is the product of radical faculty and a campus ideology of victimhood, not evidence of widespread assault.
Ilhan Omar Claims She’s Struggling Financially. Taxpayers Paid Her Rent While Her Husband’s Company Raked in Millions From Indian Billionaire.
Washington Free Beacon — By Andrew Kerr: “As Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) tells it, she and her husband, Tim Mynett, are on the precipice of financial ruin.”
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