The Rightist

News, Conservative opinion, and a good-natured jab at the left

?Leftist of the DayWho is it today? →

Five Things

  • 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.

    See, that was better than doom scrolling. Now share this with a friend.

Leftist of the DayPast Leftists →
  • Peggy Flanagan

    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.

    Honored 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, 2026

    Photo: Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

    Certified Leftist

    Share today’s Leftist →

    More jabs on the Satire page →

Top Story

News

 
 

Opinion

Satire

From Our Allies