I could have written this yesterday but it hadn't happened yet.

Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Federal Government From Accessing Oregon’s Voter Data
January 17, 2026

□ [“'We're Going to Get Answers': Congress Signals Investigation Over Ilhan Omar's Sudden Wealth"]

She was broke when she got into Congress, now, barely seven years later, she's got $30 million.  Sounds like she demanded a share of the pie each Somali brought in with taxpayer help.  Or you can blame her latest husband - her third, and possibly the first one she's not related to - who went to the Mr. Nancy Pelosi school of corporate investment.  So yes, Congress needs to look into this.

But will they actually do anything?  Now *maybe* this is part of the plan, to really start digging into how all this taxpayer money has been looted and what big corporations are using politicians as tools to keep the profits high.  That would be good to see, we need more of that.  But maybe this won't go anywhere because all of Congress is in on this and really don't want to give up the expensive lifestyle they're accustomed to.

Gotta say, the latter seems more likely.  What real incentive do they have to fix anything?  Maybe it would be something if they only went after the opposing party but there's still the 'uniparty.'  They really have no incentive to fix things.  The House Oversight Committee has saying the right things for the last year or so but they haven't really done anything.  And now they're getting ready to be re-elected, they have no reason to mess anything up.

Dylan Mulvaney Set to Make Broadway Debut in Women's History Musical
January 17, 2026

□ [“National Guard Troops Mobilized in Minneapolis as Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act"]

This article totally avoids answering who mobilized the NG, so your guess should already be that Walz did it.  I checked a leftist site who cites CNN that yes, that's what happened.  They're happy about this for some reason, I don't think they're looking at the implications.  For starters, Minneapolis was becoming chaotic.  There's too much video of citizens being harassed by the leftists, never mind that they're also attacking federal agents.  One of the points Trump was making is that states and cities are supposed to maintain their own territory and Minnesota had been failing to do that for the last few weeks.

□ [“Biden-Appointed Judge — ICE Can't Use Non-Lethal Weapons or Arrest 'Peaceful' Agitators"]

When are they going to do something about these activist judges?  You try to drive over a government official and they can't arrest you, much less perform a 'late-term abortion'?  That's not going to work.  I assume they'll obey for the moment and immediately appeal to a higher court but most people wouldn't blame them if they just ignored it.

This judge's verdict does mention that the protesters don't interfere with federal agents doing their job - meaning she hasn't bothered to see any of the footage - but the implication is that these protesters aren't actually doing anything.  Not a single illegal alien has been saved from ICE by doing this, they have continued to locate and arrest as many of them as possible, as if the protesters weren't there at all.  So why are the protesters there?  And why do they think they're there?

I'm guessing the protests will stop, or at least go down a lot, now that Walz has sent in the National Guard.  They need to make him look good and it's time for a new tactic.  More protests and violence, maybe they've got most of Congress in-line so they can go after Trump again.  But they must have lost a lot of illegal aliens in the last year, not sure how they'll recover there.

CENTCOM:  Al-Qaeda Leader Eliminated, Behind U.S. Ambush by ISIS in Syria
January 17, 2026

Two scammers plead guilty to $68M Brooklyn adult day care fraud scheme
January 15, 2026

María Corina Machado Gives Her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump
January 15, 2026

FDA Commissioner Confirms Agency Lied About Dietary Fat for Decades to Benefit Big Pharma
January 11, 2026

□ [“It's Not Men Who Radicalized; It's Women"]

They've always been that way.  It's just the media and increase in technology has made it easier for women to get away with it.  Radio, movies and tv made them think what they said was relevant to others, and easy to manipulate into thinking all women agreed with them.  Electricity and indoor plumbing meant it took less work to maintain the home so they started feeling entitled to more.  Soon you get 'no-fault divorce' and legal abortion and they still demand more.  The insanity doesn't stop until men refuse to put up with it anymore.

There are plenty of exceptions to point to but essentially men are individualist and women are collectivist.  That's why men are in charge, they need to figure out what's right for them and their family, if they have one.  Otherwise women think they're making decisions for everyone and can't even handle their own family.  The problem just builds on itself, which is why we now use terms like "baby mama" and "baby daddy."  It only works if you have 'one man, one woman, 'til death do us part,' but women don't want that and men are fine with that.

The men just go along with it and look for the easiest way to get by.  A lot of men have realized how much cheaper and easier life gets when you stop pursuing women.  Fewer and fewer males are willing to take part in this leftist insanity and they're increasingly pretending to be a brand-new gender, or just getting violent.  That's probably related to how women are increasingly radicalized.

I really don't expect this problem to be solved in our lifetime.  The fundamental disagreements are biological so it'll never change but unless society collapses and we have to spend several years with no electricity, hunting food, killing marauders, I don't see any way to fix it.  If there's a change, it'll be because leftism has become so repulsive that even women want to get away from it.  There's no reason to bet on that happening so men will just carry on as always.

RINO Don Bacon (D-NE) Wants to Impeach Trump Over Greenland – “Republicans Need to be Firm”
January 17, 2026

State Welfare Stats Show 78% of Somali Immigrant Households Still on Welfare After a Decade
January 9, 2026

□ [“Trump Announces Tariffs on 8 NATO Countries Until Deal is Reached for 'Complete and Total Purchase of Greenland'”]

As always, Trump is going about this is in the most annoying way he can find.  He does say that Russia and China want Greenland but that's the closest he gets to an explanation.  Why do they want it and why haven't they taken it in all these years since obviously nobody has made any effort to stop them?  No, they shouldn't have any part of North America but there's no real explanation of why anybody would care if they did.  What's in it for Russia and China to do this?

Without a solid explanation, Trump is not going to get any support from anybody on this.  Yet he's just doubling down with the tariffs?  He's planted new ones now and they'll go up much higher by June if he doesn't get Greenland.  I can think of several possible explanations for all this but it's really tiresome to keep doing this.  If there's a legitimate point to this, say so, even if it's just giving NATO an excuse to kick us out.

Otherwise there will be a point where we just give up on him.  There's too many other problems that he has yet to fix without creating new ones like this.  I'm probably in the minority that I support what he's doing with Iran and Venezuela - maybe even Syria - but there is still the relevant promise he made to stay out of other nations' problems, including Greenland.  Drop the charade, make a sensible argument or quit doing this.  And yes, I know he's Trump so he's not going to quit doing this but it's very very irritating.

Wild Brawl Pits Skier Against Snowboarders at an Elite Resort in the French Alps
January 17, 2026

Is a cat being playful or mysterious when he's always on the phone with a lawyer?

Foreign Nationals Account for 79% of Theft Arrests and 40% of Violent Crime Suspects on British Trains
January 16, 2026

□ [“Trump Confirms he Canceled Strikes on Iran – 'Iran Canceled the Hanging of Over 800 People'”]

But they can still use guns, right?  This is why military operations need to be kept secret, so people don't have to ask about stuff like this.  I'm sure the plan is still underway and we don't need to know the details but I'm not pleased to hear this.  Trump put himself in this mess and I just want the mullahs taken down asap.

Reports on what's going on are basically non-existent.  Some rumors that Iran is killing a great many protestors, others suggest less, there's basically no footage coming out.  Even if there was, it would be untrustworthy.  We are now at the point where we're just waiting to see what happens.

I'm still sure there's a plan.  No idea what it is but that's what I'm betting on.  No doubt there are already troops on the ground, doing whatever they do.  I assume the US will come out the winner, the mullahs the loser, and it probably won't take much longer.  But this waiting is not fun.  I hope the protesters are still going strong.

Mother of Hunter Biden's daughter asks court to arrest him for failing to uphold child support deal
January 16, 2026

□ [“Justice Department Launches Criminal Investigation Into Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey For Interfering with ICE"]

I'm sure it needs to be done, I'm not complaining about that, but it comes off as just a pointless step in the legal battle and doesn't seem all that relevant.  Can't other mayors be included, even in other states?  Don't their calls for resistance mean any more than this investigation?  And it has nothing to do with the Somalis helping themselves to taxpayer money, anything being done about that?  As I said, I'm not complaining specifically about the DoJ doing this, it just comes off as unimportant in the greater scheme.

Minneapolis is trying to get their people hurt or killed as martyrs but I don't see that working very well.  They don't seem to be inspiring anybody else beyond talk on social media.  The protesters being hurt or killed come across as being stupid enough to get involved in this stuff.  It doesn't help that ICE is carrying cameras, as law enforcement has been required to do for a decade or so, so the footage shows that nobody's being abused, they're causing their own problems with bigger, stronger, better trained officers.  Black Lives Matter ran into that problem too.

It should also be noted that ICE raids and patrols are still going on as they had been for weeks.  The protesters aren't actually doing anything to stop them.  Neither are government officials whining about them.  In theory they might be inspiring more protesters but they're also inspiring people who support ICE.  Even those who oppose ICE are more likely to be getting tired of this bad publicity.  Anecdotally, I've seen more non-whites openly supporting ICE and it's increasingly noted how few non-whites there are among these protesters.  But their supporters still aren't admitting that.  Problems ahead for Democrats.

Black Missouri Mayor Busted on Nine Child Porn and Sex Crimes After Inventing a Vile Race Hoax
January 16, 2026

□ [“Canada’s Globalist PM Carney Praises Xi, and Hails a 'New World Order'”]

Just a guess but I think this might be a reason Trump called Canada the "51st state" and has been making noise about Greenland, probably more to do with Chinese influence on our turf.  Might be other things too but China knows how to handle globalists and we've got these right next door.  It's definitely a threat and he needs to do something about it.

It's understandable that China would be pulling the strings a little tighter these days.  They need to make sure their allies will stick with them.  But there's no problem with Canada, Carney went to visit Xi, not the other way around.  He's probably still upset over Trump's tariffs.  Notice that we don't hear much about those anymore.

This Canada-China arrangement is another part of the war that's going on although there's not much detail.  I still think China is the main enemy, at least internationally, and they've got their pawns all over the world.  I'm not sure what Trump can do about this, especially since he's only got three years left.  Xi probably has more time.

‘She/They’ University of Washington Research Scientist Wishes Conservatives Dead for Daring to Ask Questions
January 16, 2026

□ [“Kathleen Kennedy is Gone.  She Regrets Nothing."]

This is a shock.  For years we heard she was going to leave at any time and that never happened.  Yesterday I heard that her departure had been set but I was very suspicious that it would happen anytime soon.  Even today when it came out that this was her last day at Lucasfilm, I didn't really believe it.  She'll get 'producer' credit for however many more movies actually come out, supposedly she's still involved, her replacements were her puppets, this doesn't mean anything.

But it's only now that it really hit me, this is a big deal.  It just suddenly happened.  She didn't get any 'going-away' celebration.  Last year we were told she'd wait until there was another hit Star Wars movie, the next one will be released in May but they're not going to wait any longer.  She's out now and there's no reason to think she got a vote on the matter.  It's her or those in charge of Disney.

Anecdotally we've heard that a Disney park has even removed almost everything from her sequel trilogy and focused entirely on the George Lucas movies, especially the only three that matter.  She had announced a couple dozen movies that never came close to being made and now never will.  And that's not even counting how Indiana Jones and Willow have been completely ruined under her.  The woman was able to make a 'Han Solo' movie fail, you would think that's impossible.

I would bet they can't restore this franchise.  It's very unlikely that any Disney company is going to produce something good.  Even if they do, some of their tv shows are reportedly good and they get ignored.  The audience has left.  And now KK is leaving too.

Minneapolis City Attorney Invites Staff to “Healing Circle” With Therapy Goats
January 16, 2026

No, I don't answer any questions, thank you for asking.

Iranian Airspace Empties – Only Flights from China and Russia Identified Over Iran
January 14, 2026

Verizon Says Software Issue ls Reason For Latest Outage
January 15, 2026

□ [“Trump Warns He'll Invoke Insurrection Act if ‘Corrupt’ Minnesota Politicians Don’t Stop the ICE Attacks"]

I assume there's a lot of legal hurdles to jump, I would like to think that Trump and his people have already taken care of that as much as possible so they can get started anytime.  The protesters are attacking ICE, looting their vehicles, all that stuff.  They're even harassing normal people just for driving vehicles vaguely similar to ICE, and it's the victim's fault.  Hopefully Trump has given his last warning.  And by the way, I notice his internet posts have gone back to being short and direct in the last week or so, like they were when he took office.

Walz has suddenly changed.  He's been promoting these protests all along, demanding more and has said at least twice that Minnesota is at war with the federal government.  That would be all the 'insurrection act' evidence needed.  Maybe that's why he suddenly said today that there should be more peace, 'turn the temperature down.'  Someone might have finally made it clear to him that if he's not with the federal government, he's the enemy and it's not like he gets any authority from his charm and personality.

The city police have been told to stand down.  Pretty sure the state police aren't involved, at least not on-behalf of the state government.  That leaves the federal officials the only ones on the ground to do their job, and they're the ones being attacked.  Walz didn't cause this but he's pushing it as much as possible so if there's "insurrection," he's legally responsible.  But at least he's not wasting time trying to do anything about the Somalis looting taxpayer money, that's too much like work.

China’s People’s Liberation Army Begins Annual Training Cycle, Focuses on Taiwan, Threatens Japan
January 15, 2026

□ [“Climate Change Warrior Kamala Harris Buys New Mansion in Malibu Near The Ocean"]

I get that she self-identifies as one of the elite but where would she get the money to buy a mansion?  I'm sure she has a lot more money than the rest of us but she can't get a job so how will she pay for this?  As far as we know, she still owes millions of dollars in campaign debt so how does 'let's buy a mansion' fit into that?

My impression is that this part of the money funneling scheme Democrats and their allies have been implementing for years, which we're finding out from her co-candidate Tim Walz in Minnesota.  Don't have any idea how she's involved - maybe her husband knows - but I think that's where it goes.  I also have to wonder if it's about more than 'profit.'  It's not just that she laundered enough money to spend it on a mansion, the house might be used for other purposes which keeps the money flowing.  Effectively she's an employee and this is where her workspace is, it just happens to make her look wealthy and upper-class.  Just speculation but can't get that thought out of my head.

She's not going away, or at least she's trying not to.  Problem is, she can't do anything so there's no reason to pay attention to her.  And notice that she's gotten very little attention for over a year now.  A supposed book-tour, a few other appearances and that's been that.  Her legions of die-hard fans aren't asking what she's doing these days, none of the ICE protestors are calling for her leadership.

I'd say it's 50-50 if she ever has any chance of coming back.  It's theoretically-possible Democrats will have grown up enough by 2028 to realize why she was such a bad candidate.  If they haven't, she will still get ripped apart in the primaries which the party can't afford to skip this time.  The only chance she has is that the party is still entirely *woke* and they need to bend over and give her all the privileges.  But that would wipe out any potential candidates for a long time and even if that's the case, why not just give Hillary Clinton another try if she's still breathing?

Disgraced Former Prince Andrew To Move Out of Luxurious 30-Room Royal Lodge by February
January 15, 2026

Trump Cancels Second Strike in Venezuela After Regime Frees Hundreds of Political Prisoners
January 9, 2025

□ [“Tousi TV:  The Iran Strike Is Coming; US Has Delayed"]

These are just rumors, no clue if they're true.  Supposedly the US needs to get more troops in and Israel still needs to get ready, since they'll be involved.  It's believable but for convenience sake, I'll just assume the attack is continuing on-schedule and is probably already underway.  But the fact that we haven't gotten any real news for a few days leaves lots of room for rumors.

It's also speculated that the government itself is falling apart, which is also believable although obviously there's even less evidence for that.  My impression is that everybody just seems to accept it now that the mullah regime is done and it's just a question of when Trump goes through with it.  If true, those in charge have probably broken into factions, trying to work out how to survive and how much money they can grab before they run.

Now that I think about it, that silence is strange.  Russia and China aren't speaking out for their BRICS ally.  Democrats aren't demanding that Trump call it off.  The Muslim world isn't blaming Israel for everything.  The Minneapolis protestors aren't claiming any parallels with Iranians.  It's like the whole world is just waiting for the mullahs to be 'past-tense.'

Hunter Biden’s Baby Mama Lunden Roberts Asks Judge to Jail Hunter For Failing to Pay Child Support
January 15, 2026

□ [“New Ukrainian Defense Minister Opens up About Kiev Military’s Dire Straits:  Mass Desertions, 2 Million Draft Dodgers"]

Wow, remember when this war was a big deal to some people?  What a simpler time that was.  Back when Democrats were so eager to get into a war.  But of course Ukrainians have a certain skin color which Iranians and Venezuelans don't share, so *some* people must be saved from evil tyranny and war.  They also help funnel a lot of money from the US, even taxpayer funds.

The new Minister of Defense is complaining about the bureaucracy overwhelming the military.  That is a problem the military will never be rid of but it's also something militaries usually reduce because it gets in the way of fighting a war.  But Ukraine is only getting around to mentioning this now?  Doesn't look good if you want them to take this seriously.

Russia keeps hitting the energy grid.  I'd be a little more impressed but don't they do that every year anyway?  It's fine as a military tactic but it needs to actually work every so often.  Maybe it's just the lack of attention anyone has for this war anymore but this really does make it look like both sides are playing a game, like it was more about deluding the rest of the world than actually fighting a war.  We don't even hear anything about peace talks anymore, everybody's moved on to Greenland.

Another problem is that France is trying to get Ukraine to stop buying US weapons, they want the money to go to the European defense contractors.  Once again, is this about protecting those sweet and innocent Ukrainians from the evil Russian bear or is it about keeping the war going as long as possible to bring in money?  Even Germany and the Netherlands say US weapons would be more affective, then there's the question of Ukraine getting any say in the matter.  None of this would be giving Ukrainians any reason to join the military.

Ontario School Purges 1984, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and Others to Promote 'Diversity'
January 15, 2026

Don't write about yesterday today when you can put it off until tomorrow.

Body Found on Washington Beach Identified as Former Oregon Mayor Who Disappeared 20 Years Ago
January 14, 2026

□ [“Macron Threatens US With 'Unprecedented' Consequences If It Moves on Greenland"]

Germany says it's now sending troops to Greenland, because how would we know this is a World War if Germany didn't send troops elsewhere?  Something about this is coming off like it's not just about territory or mining resources.  It's not about a valid place to defend the Arctic.  All of those points are probably relevant but something is odd about how France, Germany and the rest are instantly defensive about this.

For instance, when was the last time anybody mentioned Trump's statement about Canada becoming the 51st state?  He did say that and he's Trump so he probably meant it but that's more-or-less been forgotten.  But Greenland, that response is much stronger.  'Hell no, you aren't taking our Greenland away!!!'  The left always insists Trump is an idiot who never succeeds so you'd think that mean Greenland is safe from him, might as well go back to focus on [looks it up] those noble Iranian mullahs standing against the Trump tyranny as it tries to corrupt their own people.

So this looks more like the Europeans are up to something, probably with others involved, and they don't want Trump finding out.  Or more likely, he already knows but can't announce it for whatever reason.  That's what they're suddenly so desperate about, that's why they're willing to send troops out there now even before they get around to Ukraine, which shows how important that was to them.  [Although thinking about it, I don't know how the actual status works but Greenland is probably closer than Ukraine to being a legitimate ally so you can send in troops.  You can argue about why they're doing this now but you can't argue they don't have a right to defend Greenland.]

No idea what they might be doing there, dealing with aliens, slave colonies, Santa Claus?  In the last several months, there's been a few news articles of high-ranking leftists talking about literally blocking the Sun from lighting up the Earth, maybe this is where they would launch those ships from.  Whatever it is, I'm guessing something is going on there that the elites will do a lot of damage to prevent from being exposed to the world.

The EU is also using this talk as an excuse to try a united EU military.  They've always wanted that and have never come anywhere close to it.  It's not going to work this time either but they do enjoy the delusion.  Best of all, they never need to consider if their various nations even want that.  The people can die for the cause, that's all they're needed for.

NASA and Department of Energy Intend To Build and Deploy a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030
January 14, 2026

□ [“Medicaid Funneled to Illegal Aliens Now Tops $1.8 Billion Across 8 States"]

The scandal is getting bigger, more people are looking into it.  I suspect it won't turn out that a huge percentage of government spending has been for fraud like this but it will be enormous.  Even a small percentage of the trillions of dollars wasted over the years will be enormous and I may doubt it will be 10% of everything was fraud, that's more than bad enough.  And if I'm wrong and it actually is a lot more, well there's going to need to be some explanations.

Say, why is no one asking Joe Biden what he did about all this fraud back when he was pretending to be POTUS?  He was supposedly in charge of government agencies that are supposed to find and punish people for this, what were they doing all those years?  No one is asking Kamala Harris why she didn't include stopping this fraud in her campaign speeches.  Might have gotten her enough votes to win but I guess there some things she *won't* do to win office.

Nobody who worked for them is being asked about this.  Congress isn't being asked.  Even Minnesota officials aren't being asked that much.  It's already been weeks, you'd think someone would be announcing that they're going to start going after all the fraudsters.  Some Democrat who wants a shot at the title could say he's going to go after this.  But of course that would need to be someone who isn't also guilty of covering it up.

The protests against ICE really aren't helping.  They didn't help anyway for the last year because most of the country wants to get rid of these illegals, but now with what we're hearing about Somalis getting up to, and it's just a small part of the story?  Sensible people want to know wtf happened to our money that the government seized from us and Democrats are trying to ignore that even as it gets worse.

Verizon Experiences Massive Outage For Users Across US… DEVELOPING
January 14, 2026

□ [“US Military Action Against Iranian Regime May Start within the Next 24 Hours"]

Why would you use a headline like this?  You don't say what time it is for you so there's no clue when this 24 hours will be up.  What time zone are you in, anyway?  Oh wait, you're quoting from Reuters so really it's what time zone are *they* in?  This headline is why we can't have nice things.

Anyway, I assume the mission is already underway.  We don't know what they're doing so it's basically pointless to speculate on the timing, although my guess is we'll know by the end of the weekend.  Unless it's more long-term but that's unlikely, given that Iran has (reportedly) started shooting a lot of protestors, so Trump will need to move in quickly.  Iran had already cut off the internet, now they've even jammed Elon Musk's Starlink service.

The rial is dropping in value which will hurt the economy even further and incite more rebellion.  This will also make it hard to pay the mullah's armed guards, a sign that that they might want to start planning an escape while there's still time.  I know it's already been forgotten but remember the beginning of January when Maduro was still running Venezuela?  He might have had a chance to escape too.  You want to end up like him?  Because this is how you end up like him, with free residences in New York City.  [uh...]

Slightly-more seriously, it's a good question what's going to happen?  Multiple questions, about what the US will do to take out the mullahs and how that involves the protestors.  Then there's the question of what we and they will do afterwards.  It might take a long time to rebuild everything and there's a valid question of whether or not the US deserves to be part of that.  They owe us, sure, but do we really need the headache of handling everything for them?

Chicago Teachers Union Sends Out Flyer With Embarrassing Misspelling of the Word "Governor"
January 14, 2026

□ [“‘Whistleblower’ Leaks Identities of Thousands of ICE and Border Patrol Agents"]

This is a crime and is dangerous but honestly, I have less of a problem with this than the other attacks going on.  It's a legitimate form of attack if you really think you're at war here, which the left does.  It's also a sign that these organizations need to improve protection of their information.  This was clearly done by someone inside the one of the institutions, or a company connected to them.  It might have been a computer hack but if that's the case, you'd think they'd have gotten a lot more names out.

I'm also in favor of releasing more information that had always been kept secret and this is an example of taking the 'bad' along with the 'good.'  I don't mean this to ignore the danger of the agents who have just been exposed but it's one of the costs of war.  It also works both ways, there should be websites listing everything known about everybody that can be identified in all these protests and attacks.

The left is trying to make Civil War 2.0 happen everywhere and there's a fair chance they'll succeed, or at least have it happen on the streets in blue cities.  They act like this is an actual war but they aren't treating it as one, which is why so many old white women are surprised when they get arrested or shot by the government.  They're also missing the point that to be at war, you need to have national organization.  Without that you're just domestic terrorists and you won't find very many who side with you on that.  They'd need to call in other countries for assistance and would be just as expendable when that happens.

Woke Doctor Falters at Senate Hearing; Her Words Used Against Her and Won't Answer “Can Men Get Pregnant?”
January 14, 2026

I don't need a girlfriend who's just whiny, lazy and self-absorbed but still so darned cute. I already have a cat.

January 13, 2026 Scott Adams, Dilbert cartoonist, political commentator, age 68
Algerian Migrant With Deportation Order Arrested for Raping 15-Year-Old French Girl
January 13, 2026

□ [“Bill and Hillary Clinton Refuse To Testify in Front of House Oversight Committee"]

Did anybody *not* expect them to do this?  Didn't even realize it but Bill was supposed to have testified today, Hillary tomorrow.  There are people who go to jail for defying congressional subpoenas but the laws don't apply to everybody.  Now the question is what Congress will do about this.

Odds are nothing will happen because Congress doesn't get paid to do stuff.  That said, it's not a guarantee.  Even Democrats have to realize this sets a precedent they'd rather not face.  If the Clintons can defy them and get away with it, so can others.  If this Epstein testimony is such a big deal that the Clintons can ignore it, who else would go along with it?  For that matter, have any of the others obeyed the subpoenas?  Not getting much attention there.  That's why the odds are so high that Congress won't bother to respond.

I don't think this is the end but I don't have a clue where this will go next.  Maybe we'll see if the Democrats get any pushback from their voter base.  They can say nice things about Bill and Hillary but those two are old and out-of-date.  They may be obsessed about Somalis and ICE but they'd also be willing to sacrifice their own people to get more about Epstein which the Clintons definitely have.  If Congress votes on this, a lot of donors might call and say they'd better vote against the Clintons, or else.

Cash-Strapped Former Prince Andrew Might Be on Track To Write a ‘Tell-All’ Memoir
January 13, 2026

Venezuela Releases Dozens of Political Prisoners Amid Political Crisis and International Pressure
January 11, 2026

□ [“Trump Has Severe Warning for Minnesota Democrats After State Sues to End ICE Agent Surge"]

We're not even halfway through the first month and already this year is exciting, giving me tingles in my girly-parts.  [Note to self:  Where did those come from?  Better check into that.]  I think other states are involved but they're trying to sue to stop the federal government from enforcing federal law.  That's like trying to punish a baseball player for hitting a baseball with a bat and running around all the bases.  You're going to need to bribe a lot of judges and hope they're stupid enough to go for this.

Minnesota does seem to be where Civil War 2.0 is intended to start for real.  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pointing out evidence of AG Keith Ellison meeting with his donors about stopping the investigations into Somali fraud if they give him more donations.  There's already some video released and some of those people have already gone to jail for frauding the taxpayer.  The Democrats-in-charge knew about this all along, not just with Somalis and not just in Minnesota.

They're all glad the lesbian was shot, now it gives them an excuse to schedule these protests for the foreseeable future.  Which they're already doing.  This is just doing the same things they did last year where a bunch of old white people pretend they're relevant, or a majority.  They're not winning over support and it's not clear if they believe they are.  It's also increasingly clear to everyone that these people are mentally unhealthy, just by thinking they can defy federal law-enforcement and get away with it.

Trump Admin. Revokes Temporary Protected Status for Thousands of Somalis in America
January 13, 2026

□ [“Antifa TikTok Agitator Urges Armed Leftist Militias to ‘Fight’ ICE Agents"]

Women are capable of inspiring men to do more and take the lead.  I was very pleased when Sarah Palin was unleashed upon the country because it looked like she could do just that.  It didn't work out back then but the possibility is still there.  But it goes both ways, the old white women handling these protests are capable of finding males to do the same thing.

However where Palin could have found men willing to pick up guns and fight for her, this guy does not come across as being of the same caliber.  This guy posted a porn video online of himself with his wife and some other female and didn't even bother to get the required legal documents signed, which cost him a lot of money in court.  Beyond that, he openly admits to creating internet sock puppets to use against people he doesn't like.  Basically he comes off as someone who's all talk.  Many threats of violence and the leftism is more of an excuse to get away with that.

But they're all trying to push, inspire and outdo each other.  Their mental illnesses will become overwhelming at some point and at least a few will really try to kill people.  How many will actually go through with this?  People with this objective don't intend to come out of it still alive so I also wonder how much of this lines up with suicide bombing.  At least ICE is trained to handle this, the "suicide" is more important for the others than the "bombing."  But Muslims have a religious reward in mind, these protesters have none of that, yet they'll be doing the same thing sooner or later.

□ [“Democrats Are Being Warned Not to Say ‘Abolish ICE’ Because it’s a Losing Political Message"]

And so the party faces its own contradictions.  They oppose ICE, they want to abolish it, but they need to lie about it to have any chance of winning elections.  Everybody will know that, they don't think they'll be asked why they changed their minds?  Or how they'll deal with fellow Democrats who come from safe blue seats?  As much as their willing to fight Americans, the party is going to be fighting itself this year as those who see the problem need to get the votes of those who are the problem and the party has promoted them all these years.

Demographic Collapse:  France Records More Deaths Than Births for First Time Since WWII
January 13, 2026

□ [“ACLU Lawyer Can’t Answer When Justice Alito Asks Her to 'Define man or woman, boy or girl'"]

Two transgender lawsuits have merged [that sounds icky] and landed at the Supreme Court.  So far it sounds like this will not go well for the *woke* crowd as there are some obvious questions which the lawyers have no chance of answering.  Like 'if you can't define a gender then how can you define discrimination against that gender?'  All these years of arguing about this stuff and the left has never come up with an answer for that.

It was also noted that the black chick asked a question so incoherent that the lawyer had no idea what she was talking about.  I'm not sure why she's even allowed to be part of this hearing since she has no clue what a "woman" is but that's what being hired by DEI gets you.  Things don't seem to be going very well for her these days.

As always, I'm negative about the Supreme Court.  That's probably not going to change any time soon.  This case seems to be going well at the moment but it could change at any time.  They still haven't done anything publicly about the activist judges.  I'm also worried that, like Congress, they'll start admitting that the uniparty calls all the shots.  Not sure how this should be handled and am worried that the problem is just too big to solve.

Flashback:  See How Calmly the Media Talked About ICE Raids and Family Separation Under Obama
January 13, 2026

New York University Scrubs Zohran Mamdani’s ‘Housing Czar’ From Website After Her Ideas Became Public
January 13, 2026

Why do we call Batman "The Batman" but we never say "The Superman"? "The Wonder Woman"? "The Spider-Man"? Only Bruce Wayne would come up with something so ludicrous.

Surprise Meeting:  Pope Leo XIV Sits Down with Venezuelan Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado
January 12, 2026

□ [“Grand Jury Ordered Empaneled in Ft. Pierce, FL – Crossfire Hurricane and Mar-a-Lago Raid Under Scrutiny"]

I will be hopeful.  Not because there's any proof that it'll work *this time!*  Any belief I have that something will finally be done about the tyrants and their servants and what they've all imposed on us for all these years, it all comes from the timing of this being filed now.  Trump has hit or is ready to hit Venezuela, Iran and Cuba, three major long-time supporters of the globalist enemy.  Not saying I'm convinced we'll see any victory out of this but at least the chances for that look good.  Or decent.  Or possible.  Well at least there are chances, that's more than we've seen for a long time.

They've had to fight the activist legal system, the "deep state," the global elites who don't self-identify as belonging to any nation.  Perhaps this is why these activist judges seem to have been winning recently, as RINOs in Congress start voting against Trump and not pretending otherwise.  They may not even expect this to help them win, just to delay defeat at least long enough to escape.

One thing I'm rightfully worried about is the fight in the legal system.  Trump 2.0 has been going along with the laws and judges so that looks like an easy way to lose.  Then there's the grand jury itself, I don't remotely understand how this works but my impression is that they're citizens who determine if there's a crime or not.  It's all-or-nothing so if the left manages to get enough activists on the jury, everybody will be found not-guilty and that's that.  I'd like some evidence that this won't happen and can't even imagine any way that evidence could be legally shown to the public.

I'd like to say this is Trump's very last chance but he's Trump so saying that is kind of redundant.  Might as well say you're glad Marla Maples has finally freed him from that hussy Ivana.  So it's not something to place a bet on regardless.  But I do think a lot of Trump supporters are very fed-up with the promises that something will happen.  Trump's not getting any younger and this endless delays just make him sound more like a generic politician, which defeats the point.  So get moving.  [Completely irrelevant but I've just noticed that Trump has been married to Melania longer than to Ivana and Marla combined.]

Ex-Playboy Playmate Jenny McCarthy Has ‘Surrendered’ to Jesus, Says Kirk’s Death Immediately Drove Her to Start Studying the Bible
January 12, 2026

Obama Judge Disqualifies Trump-Appointed US Attorney Overseeing Letitia James Investigations, Tosses Subpoenas for James
January 8, 2026

Florida Sheriff Grady Judd ‘If You Violently Assault Police With a Two-Ton Weapon, Expect to be Shot’
January 8, 2026

DOJ is Reviewing 5.2 Million More Pages of Epstein Files
December 31, 2025

U.K. Metropolitan Police to Require Officers to Declare Freemason Membership
December 29, 2025

□ [“Cuban Dictator Miguel Diaz-Canel Responds to Trump Threats — Pledges to Defend Island to ‘The Last Drop of Blood’"]

Oh really?  That sounds very optimistic.  What does the rest of Cuba think about this?  For that matter, what do your guards think?  Are they willing to go through what Maduro's guards went through to protect you?  Because I'd say this is an ideal time for any of your staff to start looking for ways to protect themselves, and helping the Americans might be the best way to guarantee that.  I'm getting the impression that the Cuban government is not long for this world and this guy might be the last one to realize that.

□ [“Trump Says Iranian Leaders Have Called Him Begging to Negotiate"]

It's Trump so I'm not sure it's believable.  But for that matter, the mullahs may not know about this either.  Some of their people might be looking for the same escape rout.  I also think that Trump has made the decision to move in.  It may be underway or already happened and we just haven't been informed, but my impression is that the mullahs will be past-tense in a couple days.

Of course the protests are still going although we don't get much definite footage.  The population seems united in standing up against the mullahs but the tyrants have ordered them executed.  Last I heard, they've killed hundreds of protestors.  It's also said that more and more government forces are refusing to take part in that.  Thinking about it, none of their allies seem to be eager to help them.  It's like they know where this is going and don't want to be part of it.

Also a bit of odd timing, France has just removed all non-essential personnel from their embassy in Iran.  No word that anyone else is doing this - although the US has told all Americans to get out - but it is relevant.  France has also started taking moves to leave NATO.  Have they been closer to Iran than we knew?  Otherwise what's going on?

Under Pressure by Judicial Watch Lawsuit, Oregon Finally Agrees to Remove 800,000 Ineligible/Fake/Dead Names from Their Voting Rolls
January 12, 2026

□ [“Minneapolis McDonald’s Goes Viral for 'No ICE Access' Sign"]

Even before reading the article, I was pretty sure McDonalds headquarters would get involved and they would not be siding with whoever posted this.  It's private property sure, but it's also a public business meaning you can't just announce that *those* people aren't permitted here.  You could make the argument that businesses should have that right but that's not what's being done here and it also means you'd have to accept people you like being banned by other businesses.

Since I'm not part of big business, I can't picture all the various problems this causes.  What I do see is that this is something businesses don't seem to have dealt with for a long time, they've all gone the same way in unison.  I would speculate that's the *woke* agenda calling the shots but as I said, I don't know how business works.  There's also the obvious contradiction, just a few years ago they were banning people not vaccinated against covid or wearing stupid masks and nobody was permitted to complain about that.

Whether or not it was really about pushing the *woke* agenda, I think what we're seeing here is businesses refusing to take any part in this.  The Minneapolis McDonalds already has the sign taken down, they were probably told they wouldn't be permitted to be a McDonalds franchise if they kept it up.  This is something that society has been missing for a long time, businesses that know they're supposed to appeal to everyone so they stay out of political nonsense.

Then there's the fact that ICE has existed for over 20 years, they are federal agents with legitimate authority.  Whatever your opinion of them it's just a very stupid idea to automatically oppose them but that's just what the left is doing here.  It's even worse for businesses because they can shut you down for this.  I doubt they could shut down all McDonalds everywhere because of this one outlet but there could be negative ramifications across the board because this one store was stupid.  People who run businesses - or just people who support free enterprise - are willing to think of stuff like this.  Those who are trying to go after ICE are not.

NY Governor Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani Announce Plans to Spend Billions on ‘Free’ Childcare Program
January 8, 2026

Chaos Erupts as Hundreds of Somalis Storm ICE Operation at Strip Mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota
January 12, 2026

□ [“ICE Resistance Groups Growing, Some Funded by Soros, Linked to Terrorism"]

They've tried this multiple times over years.  They set up an 'autonomous zone' which is magically their own turf.  I first saw this in 2012's 'Occupy Wall Street' which, as far as I know, lasted longer than any of the later attempts.  I'm guessing they're funded by Soros and his ilk because they certainly don't have anything else to do with their lives.  Even if they get actual jobs, they'll ditch it immediately whenever there's a hint of the 'revolution.'  Riots are always the first priority.

I still haven't worked out where these people come from although it is becoming a bit clearer.  For one thing, it's been noted that these protests and last year's are almost entirely made up of middle-aged or old white women.  Maybe they include their pet males, perhaps even their kids, but that's really where all the drive is coming from.  There are some more thuggish males involved in some protests and I'm guessing that's where the Soros-funding is used.  But it's still just a guess.

They're trying to expand out of Minneapolis but I really don't think it's going to work.  Not that they won't get anywhere, there are probably still some big riots in the future, but these old white women just aren't capable of making anything that's big and real.  Don't remember where I heard it but someone pointed out a very good insight, this is what happens when the family is destroyed.  Most of these women don't have kids, those that do, most of them don't have a man and even those with a husband see their marriages as a much-lower priority than things like this.

They're trying to get Civil War 2.0 started.  It's obviously closer now than ever before but I really don't think Minneapolis is enough to make it happen.  As I wrote the above, I also found an article about Greg Gutfeld saying something similar, that these women need an intervention.  The only thing they're really doing is hurting themselves, and their cause if you care about that.

Two Days Away From NASA’s ‘Controlled Medical Evacuation’ of Crew-11 Astronauts, Ceremony of Change of Command Takes Place in the International Space Station
January 12, 2026

House Republicans Release Damning Report After Investigation of ‘FireAid’ Scandal in California
January 7, 2026

It's not that they couldn't make Blazing Saddles now. The secret is they couldn't make it back then either. They've been lying to us all along.

Oregon Gov. Kotek ‘Shaken and Outraged’ at Shooting of Tren de Aragua Gang Member
January 11, 2026

□ [“UK PM Starmer Floats Sending Troops to Greenland for Security to Keep Trump From Seizing It"]

Would these be the troops you want to send to Ukraine or are these separate troops?  Sounds like you're preparing to deploy a lot of young men and still don't have any real justification for it.  And you don't need their consent either.

I do assume there's a genuine reason Trump has been talking about wanting Greenland, probably something to do with the Arctic and hunting down those terrorist-supporting illegal elves Santa has slaving away in his workshop, but I can't stop thinking that this is just a hoax.  Trump is suckering Europe as an excuse to kick the US out of NATO so they can promote their wars without him.  Then they'll find out they don't have any worthwhile military forces and we won't be called to help.

The UK has 18,000 combat capable troops and another 60,000 that don't have the training, equipment or the will to fight.  They can get arrested for praying in silence, why would they risk their lives for this country?  And why aren't the new Muslim citizens eager to enlist?  Why don't you even ask why they're not eager?

I'm pretty sure the UK and EU are on Trump's list of targets, governments that need to be taken down.  I'm sure he's doing what he can to help the citizens do the actual work but these tyrants need to fall.  I'm half-tempted to try making a list of what governments need to fall in the next six months to have a world-wide celebration of the Declaration of Independence.

Biden Judge Strikes Down Key Parts of Trump’s Executive Order on Mail-In Ballots
January 11, 2026

□ [“Trump Issues a Dire Warning to Cuba as He Cuts Off All Oil and Money to the Dictatorship"]

Oh boy, he's got another target ready.  My understanding is that they've been basically supported by Venezuela since Hugo Chávez took over back in 1999 and they probably didn't expect that to change.  So now they've had problems over the last week or so.  Probably also been cut off from frauded US taxpayer money so they have sudden financial problems in addition to the problems they already had.  The guy who's been in charge for the last six years was born after the revolution and is only the third person to be in charge of Cuba since the revolution.  At least the Castros knew what life was like without them.  Similar to how Gorbachev was the only Soviet leader who had been born after their revolution and he was the last one they had.

As critical as I am on things Trump hasn't gotten done here at home and his foolishly getting involved with other countries, these take-down of tyrants is something I totally support.  I suspect that these tyrants have been attacking the US for a long time anyway so his wiping them out is justified.  No wars, just big hits at the top of their social ladders.  The US will do what we can to help afterwards but otherwise let these nations solve their own problems.  Notice how the media is deliberately not asking any Venezuelans what they think of Trump helping them.  They're also paying very little attention to Iran.

No news about Iran, at least nothing we can trust.  But we're told the protests are huge and all across the country.  The mullahs are ordering them punished and at least some guards are refusing.  If true, it's still more of a sign that their end is near.  So was 2025 about setting up a functional military that could handle these dictatorships and ready to do the work by 2026?

Senate Appropriations Committee Allocates $5 Billion In Taxpayer-Funded Welfare for Refugees – 14 Republicans Vote Yes
January 11, 2026

□ [“Feds Release List of Violent Criminal Aliens Arrested in Minnesota — Child Rapists, Sodomizers, Killers Roamed Free for Years"]

One of the reasons for these ICE raids on 'sanctuary cities' which of course the left needs to ignore.  They'll probably be the last people to realize things have changed while everybody else is getting by without having to deal with these criminals.  Or lose taxpayer money to fund them.  Or pay more for businesses to handle them.  This is one of those impacts on society that might be so big it's impossible to see it clearly.

The media is hiding this, the city and state governments are trying to lie about this.  I'm curious what local businesses are doing about these protests.  They might be attacked if they say the wrong things.  So they all keep trying to promote the illusion that there's something justified about attacking ICE - and letting us know that they consider anyone who disagrees with them is a legitimate target - but they really have nothing to fall back on.  It's also becoming increasingly obvious that the majority of these protestors are old white women and their servants.

They've gotten away with this mass self-delusion for years so it's understandable why they think it'll work this time but it's still mind-boggling how they don't see how this will fail them.  I saw a leftist site today trying to convince everybody to go on strike and although some people pointed out how it wouldn't happen, nobody even dared to mention that they were expected to do that for a week November.  All these demands with no basis in reality, yet they completely ignore the results or lack-thereof, which is why these illegal alien criminals had such leeway for so long.

Thousands Protest in Pacific Palisades a Year After Fires With No Rebuilding ‘They Let Us Burn’
January 10, 2026

U-Haul Driver Rams Through Protestors in Los Angeles
January 11, 2026

□ [“Peter Doocy Shows Footage of Himself Being Hit By Similar Sonic Weapon Recounted by Venezuelan Soldier"]

Interesting.  This footage appeared to be a directional weapon.  The effect was immense heat.  Not sure how that would be relevant to a sonic weapon but it's certainly a useful tool anyway.  The footage was at Quantico, a Marine base in Virginia.  A Marine was shown at the beginning and someone else looked like a service member but was too covered up to determine what branch but this was 2013 so it makes me wonder if any of my teams at the time had a weapon like this.

I don't think this would be a game-changer to war the way drones are but these weapons do come across as real-life sci-fi.  It does seem kind of strange that it's now becoming public - despite the footage from 2013 - but it may just be time for it to come out.  Can't be using it so heavily and still expect it to be kept secret.  Also makes you wonder what else we've got.

I'll assume other countries have these weapons too.  It might also be too expensive or difficult to power for any major use of it.  It's just interesting that we're finally getting a clue what new technology is being brought to the warzone.

Ferris State Professor Arrested By ICE in November For Sex Offenses Finally Fired
January 11, 2026

You're not walking in the purple rain.  I've told you before, I never want to see that again, this is your last warning.20250111