For the first time since a 72-inch wastewater pipe burst along the Clara Barton Parkway, DC Water engineers say there are no sanitary sewer overflows escaping from the damaged section of the Potomac Interceptor since the incident happened.
DC Water says the pipe collapsed on Jan. 19. The burst led to roughly 200 to 300 million gallons of raw sewage pouring into the Potomac, according to the Potomac Riverkeepers.
Well, good. Better late than never.
As Stacy McCain notes THIS! THIS! I VOTED FOR THIS! 100%. "If the Trump administration never accomplished anything else, this would be sufficient cause to call it an overwhelming success." At NYPo, Ex-CNN host Don Lemon arrested for Minnesota church invasion while in Los Angeles covering Grammys. "Lemon spent the night in jail and is expected to make a first appearance in court sometime Friday, according to Brian Stelter, the chief media analyst for Lemon’s former network." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, BREAKING: Don Lemon Arrested On Federal Charges. PJM's Matt Margolis, BREAKING: Don Lemon Arrested by Federal Agents for His Role in Church Mob. James Blair @JamesBlairUSA, "A federal grand jury indicted Don Lemon. He was not just magically arrested. A federal grand jury indicted Don Lemon. He was not just magically arrested. A federal grand jury indicted Don Lemon. He was not just magically arrested. Pass it on…" Shipwreckedcrew compares Don Lemon to a J6 journalist he defended in The Don Lemon Indictment And The Steve Baker Treatment, "Let's take a look at how the DOJ opposed my effort to get the case dismissed against Steve, and the language used by Judge Cooper in DC in denying my motion to dismiss." Driscoll at Insty, THE WORST OF DON LEMON (Post-Arrest Edition): "On Friday, it was reported that Don Lemon was arrested for his part in the invasion of a St. Paul, MN church. The notoriously leftist Lemon (he’s a multiple winner of MRC’s Worst Quote of the Year) was so biased that he actually got fired from CNN." Matt Finn @MattFinnFNC, "One of the victims of the St. Paul church says agitators prevented them from getting to their children, one thought it was a shooting, and others weren't able to leave. One woman fell and was injured. Pulled from a federal affidavit dated 1/20. . . ."
In a Hat Hair video, Larry observes Don Lemon Arrest Causes Hysteria on CNN, MSNow. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Imagine thinking that storming a church, harassing the pastor and congregants, and the refusing to leave immediately when asked is holding “those in power to account.” Journalism is the most delusional sector in existence." Quote Jim Acosta @Acosta, "Attorney for my colleague and friend Don Lemon has released a statement saying Don was arrested by federal agents in LA last night. This is outrageous and cannot stand. The First Amendment is under attack in America!"and at RedState, Left-Wing Politicians and 'Journalists' Go Insane Over Don Lemon Arrest, but the Receipts Loom Large. Dr. Richard Harambe @Richard_Harambe, "Jim is correct saying the first amendment is under attack but Don Lemon was the one doing it." Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "The current position of the Democratic Party is that as long as you are holding a cell phone or a camera you can literally commit any crime you want and face no consequences." Alex Bruesewitz @alexbruesewitz, "This is a very important point. Yes, the Trump administration brought the charges, but a federal grand jury in a BLUE STATE (Minnesota) indicted him. He must be held accountable. You cannot lead mobs into churches & attempt to intimidate Christians while they are worshipping!" Quote James Blair @JamesBlairUSA, " Any “news” outlet failing to make clear in their headline that Don Lemon was indicted by a federal grand jury is intentionally misleading the public. Thank you for your attention to this matter." Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog "Don Lemon actively participated in a federal crime. It's on camera. He filmed it . He went with the mob, joined in what they were doing, and actively and verbally encouraged and affirmed their actions the entire time. He deserves to be thrown in prison. He is not above the law." Quote Jemele Hill @jemelehill "They arrested Don Lemon. This is horrifying. I don’t care what your political beliefs or leanings are, what journalism outlet you represent, this absolutely cannot stand." Sean Davis @seanmdav, "According to the retarded new legal theories of Democrat journos, if the 9/11 terrorists had just livestreamed their flights, the whole thing would’ve been kosher." Quote Mike Davis @mrddmia, "Journalists do not get license to conspire with fellow agitators, storm churches, and terrorize worshippers. Those are serious federal crimes, under the FACE Act and Klan Act." Matt Vespa at TownHall wonders Did CNN Mean to Say That About Don Lemon's Arrest...Because It Doesn't Help Him. "“He [Lemon] clearly knew something was taking place that day with the protesters. He told his viewers on YouTube to stay tuned because there was something about to happen,” said Brian Stelter." John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC "Hi everyone declaring Don Lemon’s arrest the end of democracy… and I say “everyone” because not a single one of you did anything but cheer real fascism against real journalists… BTW, a few years later the fascist state of CA and the fascist DA Kamala Harris (yes, THAT Kamala) were forced to drop their fascist charges. All of them. You’re all hypocrites. You have no principles. Have a nice weekend. Cry more." Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "Kamala Harris literally arrested a legitimate journalist because she didn't like he had exposed Planned Parenthood for the barbaric and illegal practice of selling aborted baby parts. You voted for her anyway. Don't pretend you care about this," Quote Jon Favreau @jonfavs, "Do we think Newsom’s DOJ will start with the Megyn Kelly and Matt Walsh types or just make it more efficient by raiding Fox and arresting everyone?" Sunny @sunnyright, "The Constitution doesn't contain immunity for "credentialed" journalists." Quote Kat Rosenfield @katrosenfield "These guys were uncredentialed and the courts didn't buy their claim of being journalists; who knows, maybe they won't buy Lemon's either, but again, I'm just saying what's true (which is what I always do; what's different is that this time you happen not to like it)" The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Chilling: If They Can Arrest Don Lemon For Something As Simple As Breaking The Law, Imagine What They Can Do To You."
Hat Hair's Dave Strom, L.A. Rent Prices Dropping Because... Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "If Americans knew how much they actually paid for the 50 million foreigners here, there would have been a revolt years ago. Deport them all." Quote Project for Immigration Reform @PFIRorg "From the @latimes: “L.A. rent prices drop to four-year low” Buried inside is a quiet admission that deportations have raised vacancies, forcing landlords to compete and cut deals. This is the story @JDVance and the administration should be highlighting." Ace, As Illegals Flee LA, Rent Prices Fall to a Four Year Low, "The LA Times doesn't make this connection, of course. It's all just a coinky-dink." At CIS, New Census Bureau Estimates Indicate Huge Decline in Illegal Immigration. Cathy Salgado at PJM notes One Year In, Laken Riley Act Took 21,400 Criminal Illegal Aliens Off the Streets. Hat Hair Staff, Deport Every Single Illegal Alien Possible. What about illegal don't they understand? The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "You can tell Bruce Springsteen is sincere in his disgust for ICE because here he is screaming at Barack Obama after the former President employed the exact same tactics Trump is using now."
Capt. Ed, Oof: DoJ Releases 3M Pages, 180K Pics in Epstein Files Finale. Sundance at CTH hosts Deputy AG Todd Blanche Holds a Press Conference. Althouse, "DOJ concludes Epstein files review with release of 3.5 million records." "Axios reports. Bring on the voracious readers." Sundance at CTH, DOJ Releases 3.5 million Pages, Images, Videos and Files of Epstein Material. From NYPo, Epstein claimed Bill Gates caught STD from ‘sex with Russian girls,’ slipped Melinda antibiotics in latest files released by DOJ. Ace, Epstein Docs: Bill Gates Sought Secret Antibiotics to Slip His Wife So She Wouldn't Know He'd Given Her an STD He Got from Epstein's Hookers "Also, NBD, but Epstein gave top Obama advisor and Democrat operative Kathryn Ruemmler a $10,000 handbag. That's not bribery, right?" Of course, Democrats are already whining they can't find the pony under the shit: US Senate minority leader slams Justice Department over Epstein files "'Why are there so many holes, missing pieces, unanswered questions when it comes to the release of the Epstein files,' Chuck Schumer says..."
We already hit this one a little yesterday, Trump nominates Kevin Warsh for Federal Reserve chair to succeed Jerome Powell. Sundance, President Trump Announces the Appointment of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve Chairman. But does he have enough votes for confirmation?Silver still hovering around $85/oz. At the Manhattan Contrarian, "Affordability": Two Theories Of How To Achieve It. "Approach Number 1 is that the government orders producers not to increase prices, and sometimes also offers handouts of one sort or another to favored constituencies to reduce their effective costs. Approach Number 2 is that the government mostly keeps out of the relationship between producers and consumers, and thereby makes the producers reduce their costs if they want to attract customers." #1 is easier to talk about, but #2 actually works. Andy Wolf at Am Spec writes The Data Is In — and the Narrative Is Wrong, "Consumer confidence, demographics, and falling inflation gird the Trump economy." From the Right Scoop, CAUGHT: Big Pharma DEFIES Trump, jacks up prices to stick US with the bill. Amy Curtis at TownHall asserts Trump's Energy Policies Saved Lives During Harsh Winter Storms. RBe @RBPundit, "Something something warmth of collectivism something something." Quote New York Post "NYC cops, sanitation workers ordered to stop taking down homeless encampments weeks before 10 found dead in deep freeze. " Reuters whines Obamacare enrollment drops to about 23 million people for 2026. Sundance, Trade Watch – President Trump Has Conversation with President Sheinbaum About Upcoming USMCA Review. MasterResource, U.S. Out of Paris Climate Agreement.
ToI reports Iran rounds up thousands in mass arrest campaign after crushing unrest, sources say "Plainclothes forces raid homes across country, put detainees in secret lockups, campaign aimed at deterring any return to street protests, activists say." Capt. Ed, Iran's FM to Trump: Call Me, Maybe?
PJM's Sarah Anderson on The New Monroe Doctrine: Buckle Up — This Is Where It Gets Real and sees Cuba's Bad Day Just Got a Whole Lot Worse "While Rubio wouldn't own up to it — and I'm not sure that "regime change" is the appropriate phrasing — I think it's pretty obvious that a free Cuba is a goal of the Donald Trump administration. I mean, they wouldn't 'fess up to plans to dethrone Nicolás Maduro either, but we knew that was coming for months, and we watched it happen on January 3." Dmitri Bolt at TownHall, Rubio Blasts Dem Senator As She Asks If Trump Will Follow the Geneva Convention Against Narco-Terrorists. Just as soon as they start wearing uniforms. Capt. Ed calls it Victory: Panama Supreme Court Boots China From Canal Control. Streiff at RedState, Chinese Influence Suffers Major Body Blow As They're Tossed Out of Key Port Facilities on Two Continents. TankerTrackers.com, Inc. @TankerTrackers, "The irony of seeing a Russian-flagged tanker sail as close as possible to a NATO coastline in order to avoid an attack by Ukrainian drones." From the Brussels Signal, No more disruption, NATO must evolve the alliance with dignity.
From Sundance, President Trump Holds an Oval Office Press Availability – Following Announcement of “Freedom 250” Grand Prix. At Althouse, "To think, 190 miles an hour down Pennsylvania Avenue — this is going to be wild." "Said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, quoted in "Trump announces August auto race in downtown Washington" (Politico)." Trump does love a spectacle.
NYPo, Florida nurse gives up license after saying he won’t perform anesthesia on MAGA patients. Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Just a reminder that Reid Hoffman really did say in a public forum that he wished President Trump had been killed in the assassination attempt." Quote Katie Miller @KatieMiller. " x.com/reidhoffman/st…" Jonathan Turley is astonished by the Ohio Attorney General Candidate who Runs on Rage: “I am Going to Kill Donald Trump”
PJM's Chris Queen notes If Georgia’s 2020 Election Was 'Fair,' Fulton County Sure Is Defensive About It. Kevin Moncla @KevinMoncla, "The following is our comprehensive Report of Investigation for Fulton County's 2020 General Election:" At Twitchy, BOMBSHELL --> Jonathan Turley Explains WHY FBI Seizing Fulton County Votes Is a BIG DEAL (Cue Dem Panic) Officer Lew@officer_Lew, "JUST IN : Jonathan Turley just dropped a bombshell on the Fulton County FBI ballot seizure: “A judge found PROBABLE CAUSE — that’s not given lightly.” This is HUGE. A federal judge reviewed the evidence and signed off, meaning there's enough to believe a crime occurred and these 2020 ballots hold the proof. Now those ballots are finally in FBI custody for real review—after years of Fulton County denying access and stonewalling audits. People were blocked from examining them during the election challenges, and now the feds have them." Sundance, Senate Intelligence Committee Demand Answers About DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s Ongoing Reviews of Govt Activity. J.T. Alexander @JTAlexander_, "Hi there. Former Intel guy who is also a former law enforcement guy here. If Gabbard is on scene, it means that the FBI has found a foreign/counterintelligence nexus to the investigation into the 2020 election in Georgia; otherwise they'd be reporting to Bondi and DOJ. Gabbard was very likely able to discern the relevant gist from the documents recovered because she already knew what they contained before she ever arrived. Let me explain a bit further . . . TLDR, Somebody, somewhere, someday soon is completely f*cked."
At Imprimis, Power Line's Scott Johnson on Learning From Minnesota’s Somali Fraud Scandal. Am Mind's Ayaan Hirsi Ali looks at Minnesota’s Post-Assimilation Reality from the Somali viewpoint. Twitchy, This Is HUGE If What We're Hearing About Amy Klobuchar and Tim Walz's 'Inside Deal' Is Legit – WATCH. VodkaPundit at Insty, IN OTHER NEWS, I DECLINE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OLYMPIC DECATHLON: Gov. Walz says he “will never run for an elected office again” once term ends. Jesse Watters @JesseBWatters, "BREAKING: Journalist @LizCollin reports that WALZ and KLOBUCHAR may have made an INSIDE DEAL to appoint him as SENATOR. “Governor Walz you’ll notice, was careful to say he will not run for public office again. However, he could be appointed to a Senate seat.” I doubt it. But never say never. From Fox, GOP lawmaker moves to block welfare recipients from sending money overseas: 'Abuse ends now.' "Violators of the legislation would be subject to a civil fine of up to $100,000." From the Center Square, Paul introduces legislation to halt welfare funding for non-citizens. Salem Radio Network, Sharper is the latest Georgia Democrat accused of lying to collect pandemic unemployment. Scott McLallen at TownHall, Ex–Nonprofit Leader Who Championed Social Justice Sentenced for COVID Fraud. At Energy Security and Freedom Washington State Experience Shows Green Energy Is All About the Grifting and the Bragging and Does Nothing for Which It Was Intended. Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "A general feature of the 2020s in North America and Western Europe is what we’re struggling to maintain infrastructure capabilities we took for granted in the 1990s in the face of extraordinary technocratic malfeasance." Quote Wesley Yang @wesyang, "Two elderly women in my neighborhood froze to death during a dayslong power outage during a period of subzero temperatures." Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "The @NESpower disaster in Nashville reveals again that DEI is Deadly to Everyone Involved."
Hat Hair's Dave Strom wonders Is Spanberger in the Running for Most Radical Leftist Governor? Ace, Virginia's Governor Sold Herself as a Moderate Centrist as a Candidate. Surprise! In Office, She's a Radical Leftist. "I know you're all stunned." BeeGe Welborn, When Democrat Tax Crack Addicts Attack. At the Spec, Roger Kimball looks at The deep-state vampire "And it took Abigail Spanberger, the new Governor, about 15 minutes to return Virginia to la-la land. She had campaigned on “affordability” but rejoined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a climate-change scam that will raise everyone’s utility bills. She introduced a 3.8 percent “net investment tax” on individuals, trusts and estates. She stopped cooperating with ICE. . ." Hat Hair's Tim O'Brien says Hey GOP! This News Report Is the Ad That Will Win the Midterms.Beege Welborn, Gov Maura Healey Has a Fit of Mass Confusion. Harry Bergeron smiles as Cathy Salgado reports Mamdani Restricts ‘Gifted’ Student Program Despite Parental Advocate Objections. From Am Think thinks Parents want teachers in classrooms, not in protests "Why is school time, and union infrastructure, being used to advance political activism instead of education?"🚨 JUST IN: Virginia voters are shocked as Democrats roll out a tidal wave of new taxes — from deliveries to cars, gyms, and even pet services.pic.twitter.com/lH9AsPUJe4
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) January 29, 2026
Katharina Nahlik was born on 19 August 1995, and grew up in the Mariahilf district in Vienna, where she attended the Vienna Bilingual School, and made one year abroad in Malaysia for when she was 15. She studied environmental engineering at BOKU university in Vienna.
In 2014, Nahlik was crowned Miss Vienna, and has worked as an international model since.
In 2019, Nahlik married US diplomat Shilo Mazepa in Spoleto, Italy. Amina Dagi, a former Miss Universe contestant, was her bridesmaid. Later that year, the couple moved to Washington D.C. In 2021, she filed for divorce and the two are now separated.
Since 2022, Nahlik had been in a relationship with plastic surgeon Dr. Leonard Hochstein while he was still married to Real Houswives of Miami castmember Lisa Hochstein. They were engaged in July 2023. In September 2024, Lenny and Katharina ended their engagement. However, in December 2024, Hochstein reproposed to Nahlik.
High-profile studies reporting the presence of microplastics throughout the human body have been thrown into doubt by scientists who say the discoveries are probably the result of contamination and false positives. One chemist called the concerns “a bombshell”.
Studies claiming to have revealed micro and nanoplastics in the brain, testes, placentas, arteries and elsewhere were reported by media across the world, including the Guardian. There is no doubt that plastic pollution of the natural world is ubiquitous, and present in the food and drink we consume and the air we breathe. But the health damage potentially caused by microplastics and the chemicals they contain is unclear, and an explosion of research has taken off in this area in recent years.
However, micro- and nanoplastic particles are tiny and at the limit of today’s analytical techniques, especially in human tissue. There is no suggestion of malpractice, but researchers told the Guardian of their concern that the race to publish results, in some cases by groups with limited analytical expertise, has led to rushed results and routine scientific checks sometimes being overlooked.
The Guardian has identified seven studies that have been challenged by researchers publishing criticism in the respective journals, while a recent analysis listed 18 studies that it said had not considered that some human tissue can produce measurements easily confused with the signal given by common plastics.
There is an increasing international focus on the need to control plastic pollution but faulty evidence on the level of microplastics in humans could lead to misguided regulations and policies, which is dangerous, researchers say. It could also help lobbyists for the plastics industry to dismiss real concerns by claiming they are unfounded. While researchers say analytical techniques are improving rapidly, the doubts over recent high-profile studies also raise the questions of what is really known today and how concerned people should be about microplastics in their bodies.
“Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising” was the shocking headline reporting a widely covered study in February. The analysis, published in a top-tier journal and covered by the Guardian, said there was a rising trend in micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) in brain tissue from dozens of postmortems carried out between 1997 and 2024.
However, by November, the study had been challenged by a group of scientists with the publication of a “Matters arising” letter in the journal. In the formal, diplomatic language of scientific publishing, the scientists said: “The study as reported appears to face methodological challenges, such as limited contamination controls and lack of validation steps, which may affect the reliability of the reported concentrations.”
One of the team behind the letter was blunt. “The brain microplastic paper is a joke,” said Dr Dušan Materić, at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany. “Fat is known to make false-positives for polyethylene. The brain has [approximately] 60% fat.” Materić and his colleagues suggested rising obesity levels could be an alternative explanation for the trend reported in the study.
A particularly telling example is the saga of Fritz Haber his attempt to pay off Germany's WWI debt by extracting gold from seawater. Now, Fritz Haber is a giant among chemists. His development of the Haber process for making ammonia from nitrogen gas and methane allows mankind to sustain it's current population. Of course, for him it was a method to make nitric acid for gun powder and explosives, but it did earn him a Nobel Prize.
His preliminary attempts to extract gold from seawater suggest that it might be a viable method to get gold and pay off post-Versailles war debt. Via Google AI, "The German Atlantic Expedition (1925–1927) on the research vessel Meteor aimed to study the South Atlantic, famously utilizing sonar to map the seabed and revealing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Chemist Fritz Haber initiated this effort, hoping to extract gold from seawater to pay off Germany's post-WWI war debts." Of course, it turned out that the initial attempts were false positives, and that it didn't work on a large scale. Seawater contains so little dissolved gold it is almost impossible to measure, even today.
We relearned those lessons in the 1980s when reliable measurement of some elements in seawater began to be made. I assume the people who measure low levels of organic contaminants went through the same learning curve.
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| Georgia's amazing 4.5 inch Megalodon tooth |
In a state better known for its delicious seafood and as the home of the United States Navy, there’s a new effort to create the country’s first state shark. Earlier this month, Maryland State Senator Jack Bailey and House Delegate Todd Morgan filed SB135 to designate the megalodon (Otodus megalodon) as the official state shark.
While the mighty megalodon is not swimming along the shores of the Bay State now, the enormous prehistoric shark relative once dominated the shallow seas that covered Maryland and the rest of the Atlantic coastal plain. They lived about 23 million years ago (during the Miocene Epoch), before going extinct about 3.6 million years ago. They were about three times bigger than a modern great white shark. Some estimates put them upwards of 82 feet long and 66,000 pounds. They primarily ate whales and the ancestors of dolphins and manatees, while their young hunted seals.
But why should “the meg” be the state shark of Maryland? The beaches along southern Maryland are full of megalodon fossils—particularly their giant teeth. Megalodon teeth have been found in several counties including Anne Arundel, Caroline, Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Prince George’s, and St. Mary’s. Citizen scientists and paleontologists alike have also uncovered teeth from other non-megalodon prehistoric shark species including Galeocerdo contortus and Galeocerdo triqueter (similar to modern day tiger sharks) and Sphyrma prisca (a relative of the hammer head shark).
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Calvert Cliffs State Park in southern Maryland is a common spot for digging up teeth and the Calvert Marine Museum has a number of fossils on display. Paleontologists believe that Maryland was once a whale and dolphin calving ground and nursery for hungry megalodons. A roughly 15-million-year-old fractured whale vertebrae and tooth uncovered in Calvert Cliffs even shows evidence of a possible megalodon attack.
“Turns out no state has a state shark, so we’re hoping Maryland is the first,” Dr. Stephen Godfrey, curator of paleontology at southern Maryland’s Calvert Marine Museum, told WMAR Baltimore. “To me, this is such an iconic animal. I think it’s time for megalodon to take center stage as the first shark designated as a state shark.”
If the bill is approved by Maryland’s General Assembly and signed by Governor Wes Moore, the designation would take effect October 1, 2026. The megalodon would join Maryland’s other state symbols, including the Baltimore oriole (state bird), jousting (state sport), and walking (state exercise).
I don't know what the value of being the official state shark is, if you've already been dead for 10 million years, but whatever.
Gold and silver prices plunged Friday, as President Donald Trump’s nomination for the next chair of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, appeared to relieve concerns about the central bank’s independence and sent the dollar soaring.
Spot silver was down 30% at $80.55 an ounce, trading at its lows of the day.
Meanwhile, spot gold shed around 11% to trade at $4,812.71 an ounce. Gold futures dropped 9.1% to $4,980, trading below $5,000.
The sharp moves down were initially triggered by reports of Warsh’s nomination. However, they gained steam in afternoon U.S. trading as investors who piled into the metals raced to book profits. Metals were also under pressure as the dollar spiked higher, making it more expensive for foreign investors to buy gold and silver and spoiling the theory that metals would replace the greenback as the globe’s reserve currency.
The dollar index last traded around 0.8% higher.
So, just think about this. Until 1964, dimes, quarters, half dollar and dollar coins were minted with "coin silver " a 90% silver, 10% copper alloy, which constituted the value of the coin. Subsequently, except for bullion coins, the coins were minted with nickel alloy cladding on top of a copper core (much cheaper). The 1964 and earlier dimes contained 0.07 Troy ounces of silver, which, yesterday at one point was worth $8.40 from the silver value alone. Today, only $5.60. Still, it buys about the same candy bar that it did in 1964, when a 1 oz Hershey chocolate bar cost about a nickel. Today, $2-3.
Sundance at CTH has the news conference, Border Czar Tom Homan Holds a Press Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At Althouse, "Um, the President of the United States called me Monday morning and asked me to deploy here. I got here Monday evening, and I'm staying until the problem's gone." "Said Tom Homan, in Minneapolis, just now. I'm quoting from the transcript at YouTube, here, along with video." Virginia Allen at Da Signal, Tom Homan Explains ICE ‘Drawdown’ Plan in Minnesota, "What Must Happen in Minnesota Before 'Withdrawal'" "Specifically, the border czar is asking state and local officials to honor Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers and allow agents to arrest criminal illegal aliens in the controlled environment of a prison or jail, rather than releasing them from custody before federal agents can apprehend them." At Twitchy, NOT A WORD! Tom Homan Putting Anti-Ice Democrats In Their PLACE About Illegals Is GLORIOUS (Watch). Townhall.com @townhallcom, "Tom Homan CALLS OUT Democrats attacking ICE: "Where were they the last 4 years when the numbers of women and children sex-trafficked was at an all time high? Where were they when a quarter of a million Americans died from fentanyl coming across the border? Where were they when women and children were dying making that journey? ...Not a WORD." USA Today opines Trump secured the border. Don't let Minnesota overshadow that. Nick Arama at RedState says Yikes: This Threat to Kristi Noem From Hakeem Jeffries Isn't Toning Down the Temperature at All. Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "NEW: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on DHS Secretary Kristi Noem: “She’s got to be put on ice permanently.”" I'm sure he thought that was a clever pun, but imaging Trump threatening to put Jeffries on ice. From WJ, Watch As Chants Ring Out About Lynching Kristi Noem, Clueless Lib Protesters Realize to Their Horror Who They're in Bed With.
Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "Federal agents are in a recalcitrant state trying to enforce federal law, and the governor of that state wonders if it’s Fort Sumter without stopping to puzzle out which side that makes him in the analogy." The Peacock whines Tim Walz says he'll never seek elected office again "The Minnesota governor unexpectedly announced this month that he wouldn't run for re-election." Mike Miller at RedState, Embattled MN Gov. Makes Big Announcement About Political Future, but What He Leaves Out Is Pure Walz. I guess he has enough baksheesh from the Somali fraudsters to get by. Hat Hai's Capt. Ed hears the Twin Cities Police Union Chief: These Deaths Are On Walz, Frey. Sasha Stone thinks Tim Walz is the Worst Kind of Coward.
Tom Knighton at BA sees The Truly Scary Part of Minneapolis Protests "Now, where things go from here could be overstated. This could somehow de-escalate on its own, and this could be the anomaly. But I wouldn't bet money on that one if my life depended on it, and it kind of does." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, sees Polar Bear of Little Brains Jealous of ICE Flow in Other Cities. Illinois Review @IllinoisReview, "Defying his own city’s winter storm warnings, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stood on ice — literally — with hundreds of protesters while calling to abolish ICE, then accused the Trump administration of kidnapping illegal aliens. Illegal Aliens First. The Safety of American Citizens Last." Ace, Don Lemon Arrested, But Not for the Sexual Assault He Was Credibly Accused of . " Don Lemon's shit-eating grin just got 10% more literal. Disgraced ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested early Friday over the anti-ICE protest that stormed a Minneapolis church during Sunday service, according to his attorney and Attorney General Pamela Bondi." At Da Signal, Dave Harsanyi asserts Protest Culture Is Annoying and Un-American. Jerry Dunleavy at JTN, Anti-ICE protest ‘terrorized’ Minnesota church, left kids scared, parents blocked: DOJ says. "DOJ says Minnesota churchgoers were "intimidated, harassed, oppressed, and terrorized" by anti-ICE agitators. They also added that at least one woman was hurt in the confrontation." Oli London @OliLondonTV, "Man dressed as Batman goes on anti-ICE tirade in front of the Santa Clara City Council. “I am disgusted by each and every one of you.”" TownHall's Amy Curtis sees Stephen Colbert Wants People to Stop Calling Ice Agents Nazis — and the Reason Why Will Have You Fuming. Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_, "Stephen Colbert: “Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis. That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were willing to show their faces.”" Ace, Surprise! Left Wing Uses Pressure from Below, Pressure from Above Color Revolution Tactics to Push... Comprehensive Immigration Reform "So it makes perfect communist color revolution sense that the "insiders" are now pushing amnesty and open borders again, this time, supposedly as a way to avoid the further violence and chaos they're allied "outsiders" are perpetrating." At Am Spec, Scott McKay has some Some Obvious Truths From Minnesota.
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, " MAJOR BREAKING : The largest ICE license plate tracker, StopICE, has been compromised. First, follow @astrarce and @bitchuneedsoap. If you visit the StopICE license plate tracker, you will note all their plates have been overwritten with the following image: <-. From Twitchy, Woman Who Doxxed ICE Director and His FAMILY Just Found OUT by Losing Her Job and She is BIG MAD. Blue Lives Matter @bluelivesmtr, "MAJOR update: The woman who DOXED the ICE Director and his family has LOST HER JOB! Turns out the tables were turned on her and now she BIG MAD. She made the announcement privately on a local community group and is upset that people dimed her out. So of course this was brought to us to HIGH FIVE all of you for pushing back against evil. Heidi Scholes of Groveland, Massachusetts posted the home address of the ICE Director all over the internet, encouraging protestors to head to his house. His own CHILDREN AND WIFE have been made targets thanks to Heidi and her minions. Heidi's Facebook profile says she's "radicalized by basic decency" - which is pretty ironic, considering there's no "decency" in doxxing. Let's be clear - you target federal #lawenforcement and their families... and you make our naughty list. And you don't want to make our naughty list. Because our team is made up of trained warriors, law enforcement, combat veterans... and people who are really, really good at unmasking and exposing evil. Go ahead and f around, leftists. You'll find out."
