Cal Evans

If you are confused how John Thune just became Senate minority leader… Imagine your party gets hammered in the midterms, losing at least seven Senate seats to the Democrats and the majority along with it, and instead of stopping to ask what went wrong, Senate Republicans walk into a closed-door room just one week later, shut out the very voters who sent them there, and come back out with the EXACT SAME leader, because when Ron Johnson, Rick Scott, Mike Lee and others begged for a little more time so members could lay out a real vision for the party, the delay was voted down 31-15 in a private tally we only know about from anonymous sources, and then, with no challenger and no recorded vote, Thune kept his job by acclamation, and the rest of the leadership team stayed almost entirely unchanged, as if nothing happened, as if millions of Republican voters didn't just watch their majority crumble, as if "accountability" is something Washington demands of everyone except itself, so now the SAME people who led us into the minority get to lead us through it, Republican voters still don't know how their own senators voted on the delay, and we're all just supposed to nod along and trust the process and feckless, worthless people that put us here in the first place, which is exactly why so many of us are FURIOUS tonight.

Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, a Green Beret who once performed emergency surgery on his own shattered arm in combat, is telling the Republican Party to treat its midterm losses the same way he treated a battlefield wound: stop the bleeding, get up, and fight. Collins, dubbed the "Chuck Norris of Florida politics" by Gov. Ron DeSantis, says the GOP now faces a choice after what DeSantis called a "near extinction-level" midterm cycle. His prescription is Florida's playbook: stand firm on conservative values, but aggressively court no-party affiliated voters instead of only preaching to the base. "Hard times happen. Warriors, leaders get up and fight," Collins says. "That's what we have to do now." Full story here foxnews.com/politics/gop-bru…

🚨BREAKING: President Trump announced that Stephen Miller will become White House chief of staff beginning Monday, Nov. 9, replacing Susie Wiles, who will move to the Trump political operation. Trump described Miller, currently the administration’s deputy chief of staff, as one of his “most trusted advisors.” The president praised Wiles for her work, saying she had done an “outstanding job” as chief of staff.

Omarchy 4.5 is finally here! Traditional desktop mode, M1/M2/M3/Neo compatibility, 50 languages, 7-second installs, and a million other features, fixes, and improvements. omarchy.org/news/2026/11/oma…

If this is true. And I have no reason to doubt it. Windows studio and office will no longer be used by me professionally or personally

LEAKED: MICROSOFT'S CLOUD + AI CHIEF TELLS EMPLOYEES "WE WANT TO BRING MORE TALENT INTO THE UNITED STATES." That is Scott Guthrie in his division's internal AMA, two days after Microsoft offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees and a week after the US Gov’t suspended their PERM filings. He told visa and green card holders Microsoft will "continue to sponsor" them. He said Microsoft is "working with the US administration to get clarity," and "we're not sure that everyone's looked at the right data."