Mike’s Blog Round-up

New Jersey Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has a slight lead over Democrat Sue Altman. However, Kean, who endorsed the felon for 2024, doesn't seem willing to fight for his job. The question Kean dodged was whether he backs Trump's deportation plan for migrants. "Yeah, Congressman, you just dodged the question," Altman said.

At a October 14 rally, Trump appeared lost, confused, and frozen on stage. The former president stood on stage as music played for over 40 minutes as the crowd poured out of the venue early. The song playing in the video clip above is called "Time to Say Goodbye." It is played at funerals. The former president answered just four questions from the "town hall" then said the audience didn't want to do any more questions.

This week in 1961 Frank Loesser's musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", starring Robert Morse and Rudy Vallée, opened at 46th Street Theatre, NYC. Today's selection, "The Company Way". No More Mister Nice Blog: Trump and Musk: Who Owns Whom? Crazy Eddie's Motie News: The BBC World Service examines 'How the US election could change our climate' plus MSNBC on Project 2025 and climate. The Daily Howler: The eternal sunshine of the Fox & Friends mind! Attention space nerds!

Nothing like having a bunch of neo-Nazis yelling “white power,” “make America white again,” and "heil Trump” in your boat parade to help with your voter outreach program. As The MeidasTouch Network noted, Eric Trump promoted the parade, which was held this past Sunday, on social media. Here's more on the neo-Nazis from their post: A Trump boat parade featuring Eric and Lara Trump on Sunday was joined by neo-Nazi Trump supporters flying swastika flags and yelling racist comments.

SEOUL, South Korea — In a symbolic display of anger, North Korea on Tuesday blew up the northern section of unused roads that once linked it with the South, with the rivals exchanging threats days after Pyongyang’s claim that South Korea flew drones over its capital. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The roads’ choreographed demolition underlines North Korea’s growing anger against South Korea’s conservative government.

It’s going to be hard to win games when the increasingly shorthanded Colorado Avalanche play well at the start of this season. It is impossible when the Avs play the way they did Monday night. Two losses to open the 2024-25 campaign could mostly be explained away by a pair of rough goaltending performances.