Here We Go Again – New York Governor Hochul Appoints AG Letitia James to Weaponize False Rape Allegations Against “Cornell 7”

October 2, 2026 | sundance

Here we go again.

I hope people have caught on by now. However, just in case, let me try to help:

• In 2010 it was Sandra Fluke

• In 2012 it was Romney’s “binders of women”

• In 2014 it was the ‘Me Too” movement / Mattress Girl

• In 2016 it was “Grab them by the pussy” (Trump)

• In 2018 it was E Jean Carroll (Trump)

• In 2020 it was Amy Dorris (Trump)

• In 2022 it was Matt Gaetz, Hershel Walker

• In 2024 it was Jeffrey Epstein et al

• In 2026 it is “The Cornell 7”

Each of these examples are election years.

In each election year professional Democrats deploy the same process to generate support from “suburban women voters”, also known as AWFLS.

These are women voters typically from middle to upper-middle-class backgrounds, who are perceived as politically liberal or left-leaning, often vocal about social justice issues and engaged in activism or virtue signaling. Their gender identity defines them.

In order to generate support, or activate this specific voter base, women’s issues and/or sexual misconduct is utilized as a trigger mechanism. Once the election is over, the emphasis and narrative disappears…… until the next election cycle. Wash – Rinse – Repeat.

For this 2026 cycle the DNC tested: The Lindsay Clancy trial (didn’t work); then Sydney Sweeney posing naked with sports balls (again, didn’t poll test well); then came the first female execution in 200 years (backup fail ongoing); so, they have stuck with the Cornell Seven.

The DNC needs to constantly motivate suburban women to vote! So, find a story that emphasizes how awful men are and how women are victims.

Drumbeat those talking points on every channel 24/7 for the month before elections.

If you cannot see the pattern by now, you are politically oblivious.However, once you see it you can never unsee it.

NEW YORK (AP) — The woman who accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of gang rape was “failed” by people obligated to protect her, including campus police and the county prosecutor, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday.

Hochul said at a news conference that she decided to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor to take over the investigation after learning “troubling details” about how authorities have handled the woman’s claims thus far, including that the district attorney closed the case without having anyone interview the accuser or anyone else involved in the alleged attack. (read more)

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/02/here-we-go-again-new-york-governor-hochul-appoints-ag-letitia-james-to-weaponize-false-rape-allegations-against-cornell-7/

House Oversight Democrat in Sexual Relationship with Leftist YouTuber Tied to Influencer Program That is Under Investigation by Her Committee: Report

by Cullen Linebarger Oct. 2, 2026 1:40 pm

A House Democrat is reportedly in a sexual relationship with a liberal YouTuber at the same time her committee is investigating one of his projects.

Sources Say News’ Juliegrace Brufke, a veteran Capitol Hill reporter previously employed by Axios and The Daily Beast, reported on Thursdaythat 34-year-old Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) has been seeing 24-year-old Jack Cocchiarella while the House Oversight Committee is looking into Chorus’s influencer program.

The Chorus Creator Incubator Program is a leftist nonprofit initiative that pays online influencers like Cocchiarella up to $8,000 per month to spread Democratic propaganda.

Cocchiarella sits on the creative council of Chorus and is listed as a co-founder.

According to Brufke, Ansari and Cocchiarella have been together on several occasions, including at the young leftist’s 24th birthday party last Friday.

More from Brufke: Ansari was at Cocchiarella’s residence for his 24th birthday party on Friday, according to sources in attendance, with one source describing them as having a flirtatious dynamic with the congresswoman and helping set up ahead of the gathering kicking off.

It was not a one-off, according to other sources.

The pair appeared affectionate at the MS NOW party during White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend, according to screenshots of text messages from multiple confirmed MS NOW party attendees describing what they had witnessed. Two others confirmed they saw the pair together at the party. One source said Cocchiarella confirmed to them directly that he was involved with “a Democratic congresswoman.”

Both Ansari and Cocchiarella turned up at a MoveOn “Won’t Back Down” event in Phoenix in August. Cocchiarella has also had Ansari on his YouTube show as recently as July.

In some cases, the personal relationships of public officials are no one’s business. But when a member of Congress is DATING a person whose program is under investigation by the legislative body, this should be national news.

Sources have also told Brufke that Ansari has flip-flopped her views on Israel, and they accused Cocchiarella of posting antisemitic material on social media.

If Ansari is truly dating Cocciarrella, as Brufke reports, she should be wary of him, given his controversial personal history.

Sources Say News reported: As a student at Dartmouth College, he faced allegations of sexual misconduct, NH Journal reported in 2022. The outlet said Dartmouth disciplined him over at least one allegation of abusive behavior, citing a letter warning he could be suspended under the school’s gender-based misconduct policy, and reported he was removed from the Dartmouth College Democrats.

The Columbia Spectator, writing in 2023, reported he had faced multiple sexual-assault allegations at Dartmouth.

He later sued a former classmate who accused him online of rape, which was ultimately settled. He has denied any wrongdoing. His lawyer told NH Journal he had never been accused of sexual assault and had never been the subject of a criminal or Title IX investigation. Cocchiarella has said he was never investigated by Dartmouth’s Title IX office.

Dartmouth later said in emails that he was never investigated and left in good academic standing, according to a 2023 profile.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/house-oversight-democrat-sexual-relationship-leftist-youtuber-tied/

US deploys thousands more troops, Marines to Middle East as oil prices surge

Washington is sending the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East, adding roughly 10,000 sailors and Marines to the region by the end of November. The deployment comes as oil prices surged more than $4 a barrel amid concerns about regional stability and global energy supplies.

October 1

Trump says US ‘trying to be nice’ to Iran leader: ‘We’ve got to deal with somebody’

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. is “trying to be nice” to Iran’s current leader as it seeks someone to negotiate with, saying most of the country’s leadership is gone.

Trump made the remarks while discussing the war with Iran during an appearance at a Peterbilt factory in Denton, Texas.

“For the most part, their leaders are gone,” Trump said.

“That was one of our problems. We don't know who the hell to deal with, to be honest," he added.

“We're trying to be nice to the current person, but we've got to deal with somebody at some point. So we're doing very well.”

Trump also expressed confidence in the war's outcome, predicting a quick resolution.

“We'll win very easily,” he added, stating he believes victory will come “right after the election—but maybe before the election.”

“Their currency is valueless. They have no money. They have no Navy—all 159 ships are lying beautifully at the bottom of the sea.” he said.

“They have some missiles, but we can handle it. Very few are left, and their manufacturing capacity is dead,” Trump added

THE LATEST LIVE

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says investigators will know within days whether a radicalized FlyDubai co-pilot had ties to Iran, as he warns Israelis to stay on alert.

• Iran is weighing its commanders reportedly preparations for a wider retaliation plan “from the Strait of Hormuz to U.S. interests.”

• Global oil markets are tightening as China pauses October fuel exports and the Trump administration presses France and Germany to release emergency diesel stocks.

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed Iranian leaders to leave the U.S. post-UNGA after peace talks stalled over the weekend.

• President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Iran nuclear threat was obliterated in “one night” and that it happened well ahead of schedule.

• The Treasury Department announced two actions targeting what it said is a shadow banking network used by Iran to evade sanctions, as well as companies tied to Iran's automotive, rail, manufacturing and steel sectors.

• The U.S. is sending the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East, U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News.

• Oil prices rose and settled up more than $4 a barrel amid news that Washington is deploying more troops and an aircraft carrier to the Middle East.

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/us-iran-war-peace-trump-talks-latest-october-1

“Told You To F—k Yourself”: Outgoing RINO Thom Tillis Tells Trump Off In Profanity-Laced Texts He Is Publishing To Sell a Book

by Jim Hᴏft Oct. 2, 2026 7:40 pm

Retiring RINO Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) is cashing in on his war with President Trump — and he is not even pretending to be polite about it.

According to ZeroHedge, citing Politico’s reporting, Tillis handed over screenshots of two profanity-laced texts he claims he sent President Donald Trump earlier this year. The messages are set to appear in his forthcoming memoir, “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents: The Trouble with Sycophants, Courage Outsourcing, and Partisan Groupthink”, due out October 6.

On May 22, Tillis texted the president: “I still want to help but I don’t take this bull* from anyone, including you Mr. President. Save that s for the cowards who don’t care if you fail. I care if you fail and right now we are failing.”

That message landed the same day Trump blasted Tillis on Truth Social as a “nitpicker” who was “always fighting against the Republican Party.”

Then, on June 6, Tillis went further, not by actually telling Trump off, but by bragging about what he would have said.

“As I have said before, you NEVER threatened me with a primary challenge. I get that you may have me confused with so many Republicans that you have threatened in the past, but NEVER me,” Tillis wrote on the text.

“If you had ever threatened me directly with a primary, I would have immediately told you to f*** yourself, and I would have announced my retirement immediately. Save those threats and head games for cowards and fools.”

The outgoing senator is selling the episode as courage. Voters in North Carolina already know the rest of the story.

And this is hardly the first time Tillis’s private frustration with Trump and the MAGA wing of the Republican Party has spilled into public view.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported in June, a leaked email from Tillis to his Republican Senate colleagues showed the retiring senator complaining about Trump’s continued push for the SAVE America Act and criticizing Senator Tommy Tuberville after Tuberville publicly called out Republicans who opposed the legislation.

In that email, Tillis argued that additional votes on the SAVE America Act created political problems for vulnerable Republican senators and criticized members of his own party for publicly attacking colleagues who opposed the measure.

The feud only grew from there.

In July, The Gateway Pundit reported that Tillis took to the Senate floor and vowed to use procedural tools to slow government business if another version of the SAVE America Act was advanced through reconciliation. Tillis argued that the election-related legislation could not realistically be implemented on the accelerated timetable being proposed.

Then in September, Tillis turned his fire on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The Gateway Pundit reported at the time that Tillis publicly urged Trump to replace Hegseth, accusing the Pentagon chief of mismanaging military leadership. Hegseth had originally been confirmed by the Senate in 2025 after Vice President JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote.

Trump, meanwhile, has made little attempt to hide his own hostility toward the retiring senator.

Following one dispute, Trump publicly called Tillis a “loser” and said the North Carolina Republican was angry because he would soon be leaving the Senate.

Now Americans are getting a look at what Tillis was saying privately.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/told-you-f-k-yourself-outgoing-rino-thom/

Poll: 6 In 10 Americans Oppose Democrats’ Plan To Pack The Supreme Court

By: Brianna Lyman October 02, 2026

Voters overwhelmingly want to keep the Supreme Court bench capped at nine justices, a new poll found, despite Democrats’ push to pack the court.

A new McLaughlin Associates poll found that voters overwhelmingly support keeping the Supreme Court at nine justices and back the “Keep Nine Amendment.”

The amendment sought to require that the Supreme Court be comprised of nine justices.Notably, nearly every single House Republican and one Democrat, Don Davis of North Carolina, supported the amendment during a Sept. 2 vote that came to 212-206. Fifteen members did not vote. The measure failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to pass it.

The new poll asked respondents: “Would you support or oppose an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Called ‘Keep Nine’ Which States: ‘The Supreme Court of the United States shall be composed of nine justices?'”

Amongst all respondents, nearly 64 percent supported the amendment while nearly 18 percent opposed it. When broken down among party lines, 46 percent of Democrats support the Keep Nine Amendment and 54 percent of independents support it.

Yet despite the public favoring keeping the court at nine justices by a more than 3-1 margin, Democrats are promising to expand the court should they take back power.

“Thirteen is a pretty good number,” Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said on NBC’s Meet the Press in August. “A baker’s dozen would be a good number to have on the court.”

His calls for expanding the Supreme Court are among a cacophony of voices on the left who want to expand the bench should Democrats take back power.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris advocated for expanding the bench to 13 justices and has called for Supreme Court reform. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., said in June that Democrats are “absolutely” going to try and expand the court after the Supreme Court’s decision on Temporary Protected Status.

Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Penn., said just last month that he would support “legislation that adds additional justices.”

https://thefederalist.com/2026/10/02/poll-6-in-10-americans-oppose-democrats-plan-to-pack-the-supreme-court/

Anytime Clyburn is involved, Obama is behind it. Clyburn, made the ghost Obama.

Conservative Talk Host Larry O’Connor Explains How Fake Polls Are Being Weaponized for the Midterms (VIDEO)

by Mike LaChance Oct. 2, 2026 9:00 pm

Polling for this election cycle is crazy. Does everyone remember when we were told that Farncesca Hong, the Democrat Socialist running for governor of Wisconsin was a lock? How about Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate primary? He was supposed to win his race by double digits and ended up squeaking out a win by a hair.

Are you tired of being told that James Talarico is walking away with the Texas Senate race, even though every single thing that he says is completely insane?

In the video below, conservative talk host Larry O’Connor addresses this issue, and explains that polling is being weaponized against Republicans and conservative voters.

Townhall provides some background:

Shut up about the polling and fight. That’s the overall message Larry O’Connor had today regarding the mountains of polls showing a blue avalanche, and he’s sick of it. Polling has degraded massively since the 2012 election, when even Gallup, which missed the mark so badly on Obama and Romney, opted to retire its final election poll for presidential races. It had Mitt Romney up 49-48 over Obama and were off by several points…

He broke down how the likely/registered voters are off, how voter enthusiasm isn’t all that different between the MAGA base and Democrats, so how could there be massive swings in the YouGov/Economist and Harvard/Harris polls?

There’s also been no real decline in MAGA support for Trump, so these defectors, another sub-plot in this cycle, might also be a wild dream.

The math isn’t mathing on some of this stuff, but political operatives are taking it as gospel, which has diverted cash from key races like North Carolina. It’s a state that’s split down the middle regarding voter registration, and people here don’t decide who they’re voting for until two weeks before Election Day.

In the video, Larry says:

“When you see that James Talarico is beating Ken Paxton by over five points in Texas, when you hear people saying that James Talarico is a better candidate than Beto O’Rourke ever was, James Talarico, a man whose viral clips of him standing in a church pulpit saying that Jesus was non-binary, and that Christ wants children to change their sex, I think maybe the polls that show James Talarico is winning might be a little off.”

Watch the whole thing:

Larry makes so many good points here.

The most important one is that people have to ignore the media and vote.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/conservative-talk-host-larry-oconnor-explains-how-fake/

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