Flotsam and Jetsam - Homan Goes To Minneapolis

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.

Ace woke up to the news "Peaceful Protester" and Super-Hot Male Model Alex Pretti Seen in New Video Spitting at ICE Agents, Kicking Their Cars. "Assault and battery with a side of Blue Steel." Mary Chastain at LI, Durbin Used Fake AI Picture of Alex Pretti Shooting on Senate Floor "One of the agents doesn’t have a head." From NewsBusters, MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace Displays AI-Enhanced Alex Pretti Photo, the one they "prettified." Shipwreckedcrew explains, THE LAW on "Excessive Use Of Force Claims" -- Public Sentiments Do Not Reflect The Realities Of Legal Principles. ""Right" and "Wrong" are only seldomly relevant in the analysis, and the law has a tolerance for alleged "mistakes" by law enforcement in fast moving and confusing situations." 

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."

PJM's Rick Moran claims The Iranian Regime Is in Worse Shape Than Previously Thought. Hat Hair's Duane Patterson quips Iran's Doomsday Clock Is So Close To Midnight, the Ball Is Dropping. Globe Observer @_GlobeObserver, "BREAKING: USS Abraham Lincoln has gone dark, with no transponder or communication, signaling possible preparation for action against Iran." Frontalforce @FrontalForce, "BREAKING A third US carrier strike group, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), is moving into the Middle East theater. Encircling Iran ?" TheIntelFrog @TheIntelFrog, "US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) has been confirmed by officials as entering the region as of yesterday. It's last position was departing NSA Souda Bay, Crete on the 26th. It joins the USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Both ships will likely be positioned to provide ballistic missile defense for Israel." Quote The War Zone @thewarzonewire, "Destroyer, Electronic Surveillance Jet Joins U.S. Forces Massing In Middle East Amid the ongoing military buildup, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that no one knows who would lead Iran next should the Khamenei regime fall." At Da Wire, CNN’s Report From Tehran Echoes Regime Propaganda While Glossing Over Massacres. "Iran’s leadership is sending a strong and very defiant message to the United States."

Common Place's Oren Cass and Dan Kishi point out Canada Doesn’t Have the Cards. Canada is the foam on America's latte. At Am Con, The ‘Art’ of Trump’s ‘Concept’ Deal in Greenland.

Rick Moran thinks 'Trump Accounts' For Kids Could Turn Out to Be a Game Changer for the Next Generation. I expect Democrats to seize them at the next opportunity "for the children!"

For your amusement, Althouse posts this video, "How can you succeed when you say things like that?" To be a political pundit means you have no shame.

Ace notices Feds Seize 700 Boxes of "Votes" From Fulton County, GA, Election Hub; Democrats Shriek In Fear "Via Twitchy, Democrats are scrambling for a "plan" to #resist a signed judicial search warrant. Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC "You can’t make it up. The FCC will vote on requiring that federal subsidies flow only to people that are both living and lawful beneficiaries. Dems oppose." Beege Welborn hears Dr Oz Is the Latest Trump 'Racist' Going After Medical Fraud by Armenian mobs in California. Leslie Eastman at LI, Newsom Smears Dr. Oz as ‘Racist’ After He Targeted Alleged California Medical Fraud, "Because Oz asserts Russian, Armenian gangs are involved in a $1.4 billion fraud involving home healthcare services, Newsom’s office suggested that Oz’s Turkish heritage played a role in his findings." No Pasaran! sees Widespread failure across nearly every level of leadership in Minnesota: Public programs fraud on the scale we see today— of which Ilhan Omar is Somali Fraud Exhibit A—indicates a leadership class that has either forgotten or no longer takes seriously the idea that public office is a public trust.

Dave Strom cites Mamdani: Fiscal Crisis as Bad as Great Recession in NYC, because he can't spend money he doesn't have. 

And this is where I quit yesterday. Ilhan Omar was "attacked?" at a speech, by a man wielding a syringe of what turned out to be apple cider vinegar, which he sprayed on her torso. Now, vinegar in the eyes would be painful, but not deadly (ask me how I know), but on clothes, all it does is smell funny. Kind of like the whole affair. Ace, Ilhan Omar "Attacked"... with... Water... "Some claim it was staged. Including Trump. Or, at least, he jokes that she "probably" sprayed herself, while also not caring if she did nor not." And As Media Convulses Over Ilhan Omar Being Sprayed Like a Misbehaving Kitten, Tim Walz Says He'd "Beat the Shit Out of JD Vance If I Could," and a Democrat Attorney General Candidate Threatens to "Kill" Trump "But boy oh boy, Ilhan Omar had her monthly shower a few days early, what a tragedy. JLR© @JLRINVESTIGATES, "Anthony Kazmierczak was arrested last night for attacking Ilhan Omar. He was once married to a Patrice Kazmierczak. They divorced a few years ago. His ex-wife Patrice is a political activist & a big supporter of Ilhan Omar & AOC." Matt Vespa, Here’s the Guy Who Sprayed That Stuff on Ilhan Omar. Matt Vespa, It's a Question Everyone Is Asking About the Ilhan Omar Syringe Attack...and I Can See Why. Trish Regan @trish_regan, "Ilhan Omar was reportedly sprayed in the face tonight — And, she runs after the attacker?!! As though she’s about to take him out? This is not normal behavior. Not even close. No wonder people are asking if it was STAGED!" Matt Margolis, Here’s Why Many Say the Ilhan Omar Assault Was Staged. Twitchy, FAKE, FAKE, FAKE! Ilhan Omar LOSES It When Asked Why She Didn't Follow Foreign Substance Protocols. Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "The craziest thing about Ilhan Omar getting sprayed with apple cider vinegar is how her net worth increased by 3,500% since getting elected." To be sure, she's not the only congress critter to do that. Dave Strom sees a mystery when Ilhan Omar's Winery Disappears...Literally Gone From the Internet and Archives. "A major part of that growth in wealth has been the rapid rise in the valuation of a sketchy "winery" from a few thousand dollars to a whopping $5 million to$15 million, despite having (perhaps) released few wines and, in recent years, none at all. Its locations appear to be empty buildings, its wines are unavailable, and once attention was turned to its sketchy nature, all the information about it disappeared from the internet." Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Hmm" Quote Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal, "Ilhan Omar’s so called $5M winery vanishes without a trace...no license, no footprint, just gone. Source: @NEWSMAX x.com/MarioNawfal/st…" From Wombat at the In The Mailbox: 01.29.26 (Afternoon Edition), EBL: Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has a California winery? More likely a California money laundry. 

FWIW, I give the chances of the vinegar attack being staged about 10%. You'd have to be a real sucker to do that knowing you'd be caught and charged assaulting a congresscritter. However, if she begs for his release from the charges, or fails to file needed charges, the chance goes up to 95%.

✪ Evil Te𝕏an ✪ @vileTexan "After Benny @bennyjohnson went digging on Illan Omar, I went digging a little bit on "the squad". Rashida Tlaib is a broke ass mf'r btw. However, Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) has some interesting things going on. Her husband is pulling in $1M/yr from "government funded" sources. So I dug through her congressional financial disclosures and used AI to break some things down. Let's go. THE NUMBERS: * 2018 net worth: -$12,500 (per OpenSecrets) * 2024 net worth: ~$8,000,000 That's an $8 MILLION increase in 6 years on a $174K congressional salary. How'd that happen? . . . " 

From the GatewayPundit, Tulsi Gabbard Releases Documents that PROVE it Was Barack Obama who Led the Russiagate Conspiracy and Coup Against Donald Trump – Documents Have Been Turned Over to the DOJ. Sundance notes Virginia Senator and SSCI Vice Chairman, Mark Warner, is Very Concerned About Tulsi Gabbard, and Search Warrant Revealed – DNI Tulsi Gabbard and FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey on the Ground in Fulton County. The fact that Tulsi is there suggests foreign activity is suspected.

From Da Caller, Police Charge West Virginia Librarian For Allegedly Recruiting People To Assassinate Trump, as someone quipped, leaving WV with no librarians. 

 

Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo "After weeks of trial, a jury has found the City of Seattle liable for a black boy who was shot dead by the CHAZ BLM-Antifa security in 2020. The city evacuated the police station & built barricades to help the far-left rioters. Report by @KatieDaviscourt." I'm pleasantly surprised a Seattle jury did that. 

From the College Fix, Chicago schools refuse to hire Christian college student teachers despite lawsuit. Hat Hair's John Sexton hears a Biologist Sues Cornell Claiming Racial Discrimination and Dave Strom hears Michelle Obama complain Black Women Don't Complain Enough. Eitan Fischberger @EFischberger "Newly unsealed federal court orders point to massive Qatari funding shaping Carnegie Mellon’s behavior and enabling antisemitism on campus: . . . A federal judge said a reasonable juror could conclude that CMU’s reliance on over $1 billion from Qatar motivated the university to accommodate donor expectations . . ." Ace, AP: "Car Rams Into Chabad Headquaters In New York City". "If you don't know what a Chabad house is, join the club. My guess is that it's some kind of community center or charity. Jewish. Which is why AP resorts to their favorite fact-obscuring tactic: Claiming a "car" rammed something, rather than a person at the wheel of that car. And the man who rammed the car into the Jewish center has an Arabic last name, "Sohail." So you'll understand Associated with Terrorist's lunatic choice to make the car the bad actor in this story."

A Driscolly post at Insty, AND NOW, A WORD FROM GUS FRING: Sociopath Giancarlo Esposito Willing to See 50 Million (Other) People Die for His Revolution. "Actor Giancarlo Esposito crystallized today’s Democrat Party by admitting he is willing to see people die to fulfill his revolution. This is a direct quote, per the far-left Variety, and these are the words of a narcissistic sociopath. Block quotes are Variety’s… "This is time for a revolution — and they don’t even know that’s what they’re starting. We have to stand up to it. They can’t take us all down. If the whole world showed up on Putin’s doorstep or the Iranians’ doorstep or in Washington, they’d kill 500 or 50 million or however [many], but the rest of us would survive with a new [world]." Don’t you get it, you over-privileged, leftist dummies? Do you not see it? You bored, spoiled brats attempting fill the God-shaped hole in your soul by attacking law enforcement, destroying private property, and provoking violence are nothing more or less than cannon fodder to Democrat Party elites like Giancarlo Esposito. . ."

From the Martin Center, A Triumph for Civic Renewal at America’s 250th "A Texas program aims to improve civic literacy in underserved communities."

At the Spec, Amelia: the purple-haired goth girl who became a nationalist icon.

Still more from the Wombat at the In The Mailbox: 01.29.26 (Afternoon Edition)

Fish Pic Friday - Abbey Edwards

Abbie Edwards@abbs_01 Just for fun • A lil’ bit of everything all wrapped into one• Wvu cheer alumni 📍 WV -> SWFL 🎣 life is a gift & the giver is good

Flotsam and Jetsam - Another Alex Petti Video Drops

On with the Minneapolis mayhem! Yesterday a video came out showing a man, very likely Alex Petti in a previous interaction with the Border Patrol, in which he yells at departing officers, spits at the car, and then kicks the rear light out of it. Officers then pile out of the car, put him on the ground, subdue him, but leave without arresting him. He was wearing his pistol at the time, but in never came into action. Kind of puts the lie in the "Legal Observer" argument. Mediaite, BBC Confirms Authenticity of Viral Video Appearing to Show Alex Pretti Kicking Agents’ Car 11 Days Before Shooting. Cathy Salgado at PJM, Alex Pretti Committed Previous Felony on Officers Before Deadly Attack. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "LEFTIST HOAX DESTROYED New video shows Alex Pretti violently attacking federal officers and destroying federal law enforcement vehicles. His firearm is fully visible in the footage. This video PROVES that Alex Pretti was not an ‘innocent bystander’ or ‘legal observer’ He was a violent agitator and psychopath hellbent on attacking federal law enforcement. Another left wing hoax destroyed." Driscoll at Insty, BOMBSHELL: Video Shows a Man Who Looks Like Alex Pretti Spitting at, Confronting Federal Agents. Not to mention “kicking the tail light of their vehicle on January 13:” Matt Vespa at TownHall, A New Bombshell About Alex Pretti Just Dropped. Here's the Footage...And It Nukes the Lib Narrative. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn says Video Blows 'Peaceful Pretti Protester' Narrative to Bits UPDATE. MAZE @mazemoore, "Last night on CNN. Ana Navarro: Alex Pretti was the perfect guy. He's the guy that you want to date your daughter. He's the man you want your son to be. They can't malign him because we have the videos. Turns out Ana didn't have all the videos." Of course, this doesn't really change the facts on the ground in Petti's subsequent shooting, but it does suggest he was spoiling for a physical confrontation with Federal agents, and that's exactly what he got. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "I keep telling you this weird commie nonsense is their religion." Quote Norm Eisen @NormEisen "Good morning from Mineapolis & the Alex Pretti memorial--a holy site in our fight against autocracy. I'm here to meet with civil rights, community & government leaders @DDAction_ & The Contrarian"

Drew Holden @DrewHolden360, "The entire legacy media rushed out a story this afternoon about an Arizona man shot by Border Patrol, explicitly trying to tie what the agents did to Minnesota. Turns out, the man shot was an alleged human trafficker who shot at agents first. Many headlines remain unchanged." At Campus Reform, MSU ‘Peace Warriors’ protest on behalf of woman who struck ICE agent with vehicle, for some values of the words "peace" and "warriors." Hat Hair's Dave Strom discourses on 'The Myth of the Peaceful Protester.' At Am Mind, The Revolution Is On in Minnesota. At Fox, Spurning Trump means Mayor Jacob Frey owns Minneapolis mess." "Gov. Walz signals openness to dialogue while Frey refuses to cooperate with federal agents."

Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "Just an extraordinary amount of self-congratulation around the basic theme: "We stopped ICE from arresting a Laotian rapist." That just is the core reality here. Minnesota county-level jails rejected something like 900 ICE detainers for felons over the past year (vet me on this) and these people made of the core of the target pool pursued by ICE/CBP and defended by the whistle warriors. I actually don't think raw physical bravery is rare, as a former hood kid and athlete. I think high IQ is." Quote nxthompson @nxthompson, "An extraordinary paragraph. https://buff.ly/uH5ykhX." Eddie Scarry at Da Fed hears Democrats Are Willing To Die To End Deportations. That Can’t Stop Law Enforcement. Nick Arama at RedState sees the Anti-ICE Crew Occupies Wrong Hotel Lobby in NYC, Finds Out That's a Big Problem DeVory Darkins @devorydarkins, "Last night, AGITATORS stormed an NYC hotel protest ICE. Zohran Mamdani's response: good for them! "This is from the mayor's office's spokesperson said, "Mamdani commends the protestors who exercise their right to protest against ICE today. ICE is a rogue agency that has carried out lawless raids, arrests shootings and targeted American cities. The mayor is pleased with the NYPD's response at today's peaceful protest." Paul Mauro: "Mayor Switzerland. He won't take a side no matter what happens here. He is saying 'That was great protestors. You went in and committed unlawful trespass and NYPD took dozens of arrests. Oh and by the way, NYPD did a great job as well'. So clearly he doesn't want to stand for either side." There wasn't even ICE agents staying at the hotel...." Hat Hair's Capt. Ed, Virginia Is For FAFOs: Nurse Fired For Online Threats to Poison ICE Agents.

Stephen Kruiser at PJM thinks Dems Are Angry That ICE Is Deporting Their Midterm Voters, not to mention the blue state bodies to be counted in the next census. Matt Vespa, If That's What Dems Want Regarding Future ICE Arrests, They're Bonkers. Well, they are bonkers, Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "If reports are true that Dems are demanding judicial warrants for all ICE arrests as part of DHS funding bill, that will take a massive amount of targets off the board for ICE. They would only be able to go after illegal immigrants who have committed a new *federal* crime *after* entering the U.S. illegally. State & local crimes would not apply. (Feds don’t enforce state & local). For instance, if an illegal immigrant gets arrested in Minnesota for a DUI crash causing great bodily injury (state crime) and bonds out of jail, ICE would not be able to target him for arrest because there would be no judicial warrant (not a federal crime). ICE would not be able to target anyone for just being in the U.S. illegally. They would have to wait for a federal crime to be committed, then a federal judge would have to sign off on probable cause for arrest. It would cripple any hopes of “mass deportations” or widespread immigration enforcement." Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock, "If you were wondering why there’s a sudden pressure campaign to kick ICE out of Maine, this is why" Quote Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "The Maine Wire reveals they found “39 companies in one building” for home health care in Maine He says EVERY SINGLE ONE is empty but collecting millions in taxpayer dollars “We went in, we knocked on all the doors, and nobody's home. They're one-room office suites. They all have matching signs on the door — no one's there” He lists the different home healthcare companies and they’re getting between $4.4 million and $2 million." Dave Strom hears Philly DA, 'If We Have to Hunt You Down the Way They Hunted Down Nazis for Decades…' Blue Lives Matter @bluelivesmtr, "Absolutely CHILLING. THIS is the Democrat party, folks. Here's George Soros-backed Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner. He publicly declared that Democrats will “hunt down” @ICEgov agents when @realDonaldTrump leaves office: “If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades…we will find your identities!” Make sure everyone in America sees this. These people are out of control." Stacey Matthews at LI, Senate Judiciary Dems Called Out for Deceptive Tweet on Young Girl Who Died in CBP Custody. “Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in 2023 under the Biden administration. Democrats waiting till Trump is president to bring awareness to her death is completely foul!” RedState's Nick Arama thinks you should Watch: Greg Gutfeld Obliterates the Offensive Liberal Narrative on ICE/Deportations.

SKDoubleDub @SKDoubleDub33, "The GOP needs to understand this ecosystem of NGOs and the level of organization. They have been working nonstop on this since 2016 and the “network of networks” that are part of the “movement of movements.” It. continues to grow, tighten and organize. They have their 4-B framework: Building Bridging Blocking Belonging 2 unspoken: Breaking Beliefs . . ."

PJM's Rick Moran thinks Iran Has Entered a 'Doom Loop' Thanks to the Internet Shutdown. Hudson Institute sees A Nightmare Scenario for Iran. Ace cites Trump: "A massive Armada is heading to Iran," Ready to Strike "with speed and violence" "Iran requested talks with the US to avert a possible military strike. Iran denies they did this, but the government is just a collection of filthy primitive Satanic liars." The Telegraph explains How Trump could use his ‘beautiful armada’ to crush Iran. Sarah Hoyt at Insty, thinks IF HE OFFERED THE MULLAHS MORE THAN “TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN” IT WAS A MISTAKE: "Trump Issues Warning to Iran: Make a Deal. Or Else."

Sundance at CTH hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testifies to Senate Foreign Relations Committee About Venezuela Operations and excerpts Rubio Testimony – Senator Chris Coons (D) Angered Trump Administration Did Not Give Senate Opportunity to Leak Maduro Capture Operation. Beege Welborn watched Duckworth v Rubio and It Wasn't Even Close. VodkaPundit at Insty, RESTORING THE MONROE DOCTRINE — THE DONROE DOCTRINE? — MEANS NOT TOLERATING THIS KIND OF THING: Denise Wu @denisewu, "Allow me to translate, China doesn’t want to lose their spy base in Cuba." Sundance also says Giddy Up – USTR Jamieson Greer and Mexican Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard Begin Formal Trade Negotiations. Charles C. W. Cooke @charlescwcooke, "This is truly the stupidest concept in the world. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the clock stayed at seven minutes to midnight . . . and moved back at the next review to twelve minutes." Quote Leading Report @LeadingReport, "BREAKING: The “Doomsday Clock” has moved to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it’s ever been." Dan McCarthy at RCP asserts Canada Should Warm to Trump's Arctic Plans.

Capt. Ed is disappointed with the Fed: Economy's So Bright, We Gotta Freeze Rates? Sundance hosts President Trump Delivering Remarks Introducing Trump Savings Accounts for American Children.

John Sexton thinks the 2030 Census Predictions Look Good for GOP, unless they put their thumb on the scale again. At PJM Matt Margolis reports FBI Executes Search Warrant at Fulton County Elections Office and Chris Queen says the FBI Raid Vindicates Georgia Election Concerns — Even If It Changes Nothing. Sundance, FBI Executes Sealed Search Warrant on Fulton County, Georgia, Elections Office, "This is an interesting development." Ace, in red font, FBI Raids Fulton County, GA, Election Headquarters As Part of Probe Related to 2020 Election "Remember, it was revealed a few weeks ago that a huge count of supposed "early votes" were submitted without any signatures and without the "tapes" recording these votes. Just poof, 315,000 votes out of literally nowhere."

Sundance, Conniving Effort – Alexander Vindman Launches Democrat Senate Campaign in Florida. AMAC, Can Democrats Swipe Alaska Senate Seat? If there's an opportunity, they'll try. Cathy Salgado hears a Dem Candidate Threatens to Execute Trump, legally, of course. Da Caller reports Police Charge West Virginia Librarian For Allegedly Recruiting People To Assassinate Trump.

ET, Fraud Concerns Spread From Minnesota to Ohio, "Anti-fraud efforts were already underway in Ohio, officials say, long before outrage over Minnesota Somali fraud spread suspicions to the Buckeye State." Ace, California Defrauded the US Government for Millions to Provide Phone and Internet Service for Their Most Reliable Democrat Voters, "I speak, of course, about the dead. Note that the program they afforded allowed them to either allow the US government to verify the claims made, or else California could opt out of this federal verification and do the verification themselves. California chose to do its own verification. And then provided phone and internet service for almost 100,000 dead people." At Hat Hair, John Sexton cites the Slantic, Atlantic: The California Wealth Tax is a Risky Bet and Sergey Brin Donates $20 Million to California Political Effort After Leaving the State.

Dave Strom hears Mamdani: Fiscal Crisis as Bad as Great Recession in NYC.

Maybe more later. Maybe not!

A Tuesday Tune - Tomorrow's Anthem

Guitargirlmag, Tomorrow’s Anthem Bring Energy to Universal Bar & Grill. "Tomorrow’s Anthem delivered an energetic set at Universal Bar & Grill in North Hollywood on August 16, 2025, leaving fans eager for more." 

The Southern California all-girl band, Tomorrow’s Anthem, took the stage at Universal Bar & Grill in North Hollywood on August 16, 2025, and delivered a tight, engaging set that showed why they’re a band to watch. Their mix of driving rhythms, melodic guitar work, and heartfelt vocals kept the crowd locked in from start to finish.
The intimate venue gave fans a chance to connect closely with the music, and the band’s energy made the night feel electric. Overall, a strong performance that left the audience looking forward to what’s next from Tomorrow’s Anthem.

According to AI, "Tomorrow's Anthem is an all-girl Southern California-based band, consisting of members Shannon (lead guitar/vocals), Sam (bass/vocals), Jiya (drums), and Teagen (rhythm guitar).  They play a variety of genres including classic rock, blues, and punk. They won the 2019 Best Youth Band Spotlight Award. " They started young...

Bay Report 1/28/26

 WBOC, Ice begins forming in Tangier Sound, disrupting travel to island communities

SOMERSET COUNTY, Md. -- Waters across parts of the Chesapeake Bay are beginning to freeze, and the developing ice is already affecting transportation for communities in and around the Tangier Sound.

Nice video at the link. Meanwhile, I took a brief trip down to the harbor and beach:

Not a lot of expose shoreline. I didn't stay to look for fossils. Footing was treacherous. It looks like snow, but as somebody noted on Facebook, it's really more like snowcrete

It doesn't look like anybody in the harbor is going anywhere soon, especially with temperatures expected to stay below freezing until at least Monday, and even after that, it's below freezing more than it's above. I suspect the ice will only get thicker. 

 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Walz Sics State Smokies on Seditionists

Georgia and I chipped out the path for our car to get out of the garage yesterday so she can go shopping today, and it was even worse than the day before. Under the influence of sun and air temperatures that continue to stay well below freezing, the snow/sleet/freezing rain combination has hardened almost like concrete. We are not expected to break into the thaw zone until Tuesday, and predictions show more snow (hopefully real snow) on Sat-Sun, of a few more inches. Pete reports the harbor is totally iced over. Maybe I'll get down to the Bay today and get some photos.

The madness in Minnesota continues. Bonchie at RedState thinks you should Watch: Tim Walz-Led State Patrol Unleashed on Rioters, As Trump Shift Already Appears to Pay Dividends. Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock "Alarming that Tim Walz and Jacob Frey had the ability to do this the entire time, but they allowed lunatic activists to harass federal law-enforcement officers and create an unnecessarily violent environment." Quote Anthony @anthonycabassa, "BREAKING : About a dozen more protestors have just been arrested for refusing to disperse the area." The way Don Surber sees it, The Walz is caving in to Trump, "Talk softly and carry a big Insurrection Act of 1807." Democrats, of course are calling TACO. Jim Geraghty at NRO thinks Trump Isn’t the Only One Changing Course in Minnesota. At Hat Hair John Sexton claims Democrats Are Over-Celebrating Their Win and Dave Strom reports Tim Walz Wants to Beat the S*!T Out of JD Vance. I think Vance should challenge him to an MMA style bout. Insty, AND I WANT TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST WITHOUT OXYGEN, USING ONLY YOGIC BREATH CONTROL: Tim Walz Wants to Beat the S*!T Out of JD Vance. Insty at substack, Of Squids, Ink, and Minnesota's Corrupt Machine "Tim Walz, et al., try to change the subject, even at the expense of supporters' lives."

At Hat Hair, Chloe looks at how Cam Higby Infiltrates ANTI-ICE Group Chats. I Break Down What He Found and What It Proves, Beege Welborn thinks it Seems Kind of Funny How All the 'Organic' Cockroaches Scatter When the Signal Light Comes On and Capt. Ed cites Patel: You Better Believe the FBI Is Following the Money in MN. Calling all Rush Babes, goes *Behind the Scenes in Downtown Minneapolis…and Portland…and Los Angeles…and New York City. At News Wax, Patel: Funders of Minneapolis Protests Identified by FBI. Rick Moran at PJM, Andy Ngo: Here's What I Saw When I Got Inside the Signal Chats Used by Extremists in Minnesota. From Twitchy, You Can Run, But You Can't HIDE: DataRepublican NUKES Every Alleged Donor to MN Anti-ICE Signal Group. Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, Why Is Peggy Flanagan Backing Organizers of Resistance to ICE? Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "These were engineered spectacles. The confrontations were coordinated at a high level and the police were held back to allow them. The libs who died were fed ideological programming to engage the way they did. Nothing spontaneous about this - it was cynical political strategy." Quote captive dreamer @captive_dreamer, "Alex Pretti and Renee Good died because Tim Walz and Jacob Frey refused to allow local and state law enforcement to cooperate with ICE. It's that simple." The Center Square sees Systematic organization behind riots in Minnesota probed by FBI. Athena Thorn at PJM, Can We Get These Guys a Pulitzer? Mike Netter @nettermike, "LAWYER UP”: Former DOJ Chief of Staff Issues Grave Murder Charge Warning to Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan The legal walls are closing in on Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor. Following the explosive revelation that Peggy Flanagan allegedly operated as a “dispatch admin” for the radical ICE-interference network under the handle “Flan Southside,” one of the nation’s top legal minds has issued a chilling warning about her future. . . " The Felony Murder Warning Chad Mizelle, former Chief of Staff at the Trump DOJ and Acting General Counsel at DHS, stated plainly that if the Signal chat is tied to the Alex Pretti shooting, Flanagan is in "serious trouble." Mizelle explained the "felony murder" reality: if you are involved in a conspiracy—in this case, interfering with federal ICE operations—and someone dies as a result, every participant in that conspiracy can be charged with murder. . ." Elon Musk @elonmusk, "They must be hiding something very big in Minnesota to send their foot soldiers there from all over the country" Quote Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters, "Let me get this straight: 1. prior administrations deported millions of people, and riots were basically nonexistent 2. the moment trump took office, a coordinated campaign by politicians/legacy media *directly called for resistance to ICE* 3. once riots happen and people are die, the spotlight shifts to stopping deportations and defunding ICE. If this was such a crime against humanity, why did no one riot in 2024? The intention behind the unrest is NOT empathy. Empathy is being manufactured on false grounds to achieve political aims. And people are getting hurt."

Susie Moore at RedState, (Updated) U.S. 'Border Patrol-Involved' Shooting in Arizona Leaves 1 Person Injured. "U.S. Border Patrol shot a man with an active arrest warrant after he fired at federal agents Tuesday during a foot chase near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said. The man, identified by federal authorities as Patrick Gary Schlegel, 34, escaped from a facility in December while serving a 36-month sentence for human smuggling, according to court documents." At NYPo, the Divine Ms. Devine: More martyrs for cynical Dems after fatal Alex Pretti shooting. John Sexton notes Pretti Was Allowed to Carry a Gun to a Protest. Yep, he was. But he did it wrong. Dave Strom, Democrats and the Media Now Suggesting that ICE Agents Should Be Shot; UPDATE: ABC Predicts More Guns and Did MSNOW Photoshop Alex Pretti's Picture to Make Him Look More Attractive? Yep, they did. C3 @C_3C_3, "See what the Media does? Everything they do is to manipulate. To propagandize. They truly are the enemy of the people." From Twitchy, When ‘Reporting’ Sounds Like a Pep Rally: ABC’s Trevor Ault and the Gun-Toting Protester Hypothesis. Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen, "They didn't bring weapons to a protest. They stood outside their house as rioters invaded their neighborhood. It's crazy how these people lie so casually." Quote Climate Defiance @ClimateDefiance "Patricia and Mark McCloskey brought weapons to a protest. They were honored as keynote speakers at the 2020 RNC." A Larry video at Hat Hair catches the Fox News Panel Erupting As Jessica Tarlov Spews Anti-ICE Lies: Liberal Media Panics. From Shooting News Week, The Minneapolis Insanity Has Some People Thinking About Gun Ownership and the 2A for the Very First Time. Mitch Berg at Hat Hair, The Administration and the Second Amendment: Damage Control. 

Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks The Reactions to This Anti-ICE Clown Getting Wrecked by a Flashbang Were Amazing. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok "Meet Melinda, a healthcare worker at @VCUHealth. She posted a series of videos encouraging people to inject ICE agents with succinylocholine, a temporary paralysis drug, and spray poison on them. She also encourages woman to go on dates with agents and drug their food. Any comment @VCUHealth? How can you have such a vile person working with patients? How can anyone feel safe at your facilities if you employ such people?" then BREAKING: VCUHealth confirms Malinda has been placed on administrative leave. Leave?! She needs to be fired immediately, have her license revoked, and potentially face charges. She literally called to poison and drug ICE agents. Sorry but this is not enough." From WaEx, DHS investigating woman who tried to buy guns to ‘kill ICE Agents.’ Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "My favorite anti-ICE protest clip of all time is when a woman here in Asheville NC shows up to a protest wearing a mask, spells her FULL NAME LIVE ON THE NEWS... ...gets asked why she is wearing a mask "It's a protective measure against fascism..." ...YOU SPELLED YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME LIVE ON AIR." As PJM's Stephen Kruiser notes Anarchist Dems Are SO Lucky That Trump Isn't the Guy They Say He Is. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee "J6ers Wishing They Had Thought Of Branding Themselves 'Legal Observers.'" 

From Fox, Trump admin wins court victory freeing ICE agents from Minnesota protest restrictions, "The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling that blocked certain tactics against anti-ICE agitators in Minnesota." Ace, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Overrules Lawless Lowly District Judicial Insurrectionist, Removing Bullshit Restrictions on How ICE Can Handle Violent "Protesters", "Who knows, it's possible that this judge's lawless diktat that "protesters" should be allowed to be violent and ICE is barred from responding with non-lethal munitions like tear gas and pepper spray actually led to the death of the violent protesters. MXM News:" At News Wax, Judge Threatens ICE Chief Over Minn. Immigration Enforcement. "A U.S. District judge ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Todd Lyons to appear in Minnesota federal court "and show cause why he should not be held in contempt."" Capt. Ed says Hmmm: DoJ Withdraws Lemon Arrest Warrant Request – But ...

Logan Hall @loganclarkhall, "Average blue state elected Democrat: “We want to burn everything to the ground and hunt down our enemies and jail them for life.” Average red state elected GOP: “I’m certain we can find a good compromise here.”" Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "BREAKING: Philly DA Krasner vows to "hunt down" ICE agents, labels them "WANNABE NAZlS!" Mickey Kaus @kausmickey, "An amnesty deal now seems further away than ever because it’s now 100% clear Dems will never keep their half of the bargain if it involves any significant restrictions on future migration. They’ll pocket the amnesty & reopen the border Biden-style as soon as they get the chance." Quote Mickey Kaus @kausmickey, "This is a good way to attract millions and millions of illegals, who (as Paul admits) would prefer living in the richest country in the world as non-citizens to living wherever they were before. (Paul's claim that his plan is a novel idea is ridiculous. "Non-citizenship" has x.com/Rothmus/status…"

ABC whines DHS increasing self-deportation stipend from $1,000 to $2,600 "The administration previously offered $1,000 for those who self-deported." RNS, As Springfield's 15,000 Haitians brace for deportations, local churches train to resist ICE. From AMAC, Don’t Believe Media Lies – Americans Want Immigration Enforcement. 

At Althouse, "DO NOT make the mistake President Biden made for not firing a grossly incompetent DHS Secretary." "Writes Senator John Fetterman to President Trump, quoted in "Fetterman calls on Trump to fire Noem: 'Americans have died'" (The Hill). When I first read that line — "Americans have died" — I thought he meant to say the entire nation has lost its soul. But he meant the simpler, concrete reality: Renee Good and Alex Pretti have died. There's also this: "Trump Holds 2-Hour Meeting With Noem Amid Backlash to Minneapolis Shooting" (NYT): . . . The referenced "grossly incompetent" Biden DHS Secretary was Alejandro Mayorkas, who oversaw the 10+ million illegal border crossings. Why didn't Biden fire him? A cynic would say Biden approved of what was happening. And yet even if he approved, he should have signaled that he did not approve, and firing the Secretary is a showy way to express disapproval."

From Sundance at CTH, President Trump Interview with Will Cain in Iowa - Full Video, President Trump Delivers Remarks on the Economy from Clive, Iowa, President of European Parliament Bans EU Nations from Purchasing Russian Gas Without Paying Commission to Third Party, Big Picture: President Trump and Trade Using the Art of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and Ontario Premier Doug Ford Appears in Awkward Presser - We Love Chinese EVs Now. BeGee Welborn, Calgary, Alberta Held an Independence Round Up Yesterday. News Wax notes US Steel Surpasses Japan, Boosted by Trump Tariffs. David Harsanyi @davidharsanyi, "No one is in charge. That's why they're cheap." Quote Joseph Brown @heresyfinancial, "Whoever is in charge of TV prices should be put in charge of healthcare, education, and housing prices."

MD Kittle at Da Fed, says the Plummeting Murder Rate Shows ‘Law And Order Works.’ Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "The only unsafe places in America are all run by the people he actually agrees with." Quote Giles Coren@gilescoren, "This morning I cancelled our family holiday to America. I cannot in good conscience take my wife and children there and tell them they will be safe. The United States is no longer a place for decent people." Amanda Head at JTN, tells the Tale of two managements: Trump's prep and readiness vs. Biden's 'no comment' "Fears of FEMA cuts unfounded, Trump administration has not met with disaster fumbles, such as Hurricane Katrina under President Bush's watch, or the East Palestine, Ohio toxic spill after a train derailment under President Biden."

At the Euro Con, “This revolution will succeed but we need external help to reduce the price of victory”—Iranian dissident. Insty, HILLARY DEPOSED QADDAFI AND SLAVE MARKETS APPEARED IN LIBYA. "BIDEN BUGGED OUT OF AFGHANISTAN AND NOW": Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat, "TALIBAN ANNOUNCE RETURN OF SLAVERY TO AFGHANISTAN The old Ghulam system in which children were taken as sexual slaves and servants has officially returned Where is the left crying out against this? Where are the marches? Where are the speeches? Silence."

Sarah Anderson at PJM, That's the Night That the Lights Went Out in Cuba? Mexico Cuts Oil Shipment.

Susie Moore at RedState, (Updated) MN Rep. Ilhan Omar Sprayed With Unknown Substance at Town Hall Event. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "WOW! Big evil MAGA man who sprayed Ilhan Omar turns out to have far-left gender questionable kids Imagine that."

John Sexton sees that In a Major Setback for Dems, Judge Rules Against Virginia Redistricting Effort. "Hurley struck down the legislature’s move on several grounds, ruling that lawmakers last year failed to vote on the amendment before the public began casting ballots in the November 2025 election and did not publish the amendment three months before the election, as required by state law." Law! We don't need no stinkin' law! Chad Mizelle @chad_mizelle, "Let’s talk Judicial Lawfare. Over 4 years of the Biden administration, 9 district court rulings against the administration were later overturned on appeal. About 2.25 per year. In 2025 alone, the first year of President Trump’s second term, 32 District Judges have issued 133 rulings against the Trump administration that were stayed or overturned on appeal. Simplified, District Judges are now issuing rulings that ultimately fail on appeal at more than 50x the rate compared to the previous presidency. And for the record, when these cases reach the Supreme Court, President Trump’s win rate is roughly 90%."

Reason reasons, What Mamdani Gets Wrong About the NYC Nurses Strike: State Regulations, Not Greed, Are the Problem "Zohran Mamdani had a chance to pursue health care reform in the New York State Assembly. He didn’t take it."

Stacy McCain identifies one of The Worst People in the World, and she's a jourolist at the Slantic. John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "We might care if it weren't for all the lying. Y'all shouldn't have done all this lying: · The ICE Detains Five-Year-Old Hoax · The Hegseth ‘Kill Everybody’ Hoax · Trump “Destroying” White House Hoax · Photo of Starving Gaza Baby Hoax · Israeli Troops Murdered Food-Seeking Palestinians Hoax · Trump Tariffs Will Explode Prices Hoax · Maryland Man Hoax · Black Newborns Much More Likely to Die If Doc’s White Hoax · Elon Musk Nazi Salute Hoax · Mass Hysterectomies Performed on Immigrants Hoax · The All-White Trump Party Hoax · Springfield Bomb Threat Hoax · Trump Called for Liz Cheney to Be Executed Hoax · Violent Crime Down Under Biden/Harris Hoax . . . " Quote, Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM, "Our journalist colleagues at The Washington Post here in Ukraine provide vital coverage, particularly of the human impact of Russia's ongoing war. It would be a major loss for The Post if it closes or downsizes this team or its other excellent foreign bureaus. But it would especially be a loss to the communities they cover and the American public, too. Hoping The Post leadership comes to its senses." The Hollywood Reporter reports Bari Weiss Unveils Sweeping Vision: “I Am Here to Make CBS News Fit for Purpose in the 21st Century” "Weiss rallied the troops and outlined her vision at an all-hands meeting Tuesday morning, naming a lineup of new contributors: "Our strategy until now has been to cling to the audience that remains on broadcast television. If we stick to that strategy, we're toast."" I wish her luck, but I don't hold out a lot of hope. Driscoll at Insty, FIRED NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST DISHES ON HER COWARDLY, CENSORIOUS NYT EDITORS.

Mazelit Airaksinen observes the NYC Therapist Who Wished Hitler “Ended” Jews Still Practicing "No consequences for antisemitism in healthcare at the state level."

Jamie Wilson at PJM, Amelia Victorious: How to Lose the Culture War With a Video Game. Quotulatiousness, Amelia was not created by the “extreme right”. She is lovely. 

More at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.26.26 and In The Mailbox: 01.27.26.

The Wednesday Wetness

WUSA 9, Sewage spill in Montgomery County considered 'catastrophic' 

After nearly a week, since a section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line collapsed along Clara Barton Parkway, DC Water reported it's close to fully containing the overflow. DC Water built a temporary bypass system after 72 inches of the 54-mile sewer line collapsed on the evening of Jan 19, causing sewage water to run into the Potomac River. On Sunday, the company said that in the first full day of operation since the bypass was activated, the flow of wastewater increased by about 40 million gallons per day. Almost back to its normal 60 million gallons per day average. Despite this, some of the wastewater continues to escape around the break site. While the bypass is operating, crews will begin excavation, inspection, and develop a long-term repair plan. It is unclear what the timeline of that will be.

While DC Water is working on ways to permanently fix the leak, the Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRKN) released the results of its testing of the contaminated water from last week's sewage spill. According to its report, the data shows a "far worse impact than originally contemplated." The president of PRKN, Betsy Nicholas, announced on Monday, "These measurements of E.coli bacteria show contamination which is nearly 12,000 times what authorities limit for human contact. And so far, almost 300 million gallons have entered the Potomac River. The long term impact cannot be overstated. We measured against the standards established by Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality and Maryland’s Department of the Environment. We were able to get this information thanks to the real-time testing done on Friday, January 23 by Dean Naujoks, Potomac Riverkeeper, and Evan Quinter, PRKN Volunteer Coordinator on Friday.”