Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Don Lemon Goes to Church, May Get Arrested

Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal wonders Who’s Responsible for Demonizing ICE So Much That Agitators Invaded a Church Service? (featuring a picture of Tim Walz). Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "You know what other Democrat group used to attack peaceful worshipers in churches? The Ku Klux Klan. You Democrats never change." Nick Arama at RedState, MN Church Stormed by Anti-ICE Agitators Releases Statement Showing Their Actions May Have Consequences, civil suits too? "We are evaluating next steps with our legal counsel." Irons in the Fire asks Remember a jerk named Don Lemon, used to be with CNN? "He's moved on to claiming the 1st Amendment give him and his clowns the right to, at the least, trespassing and- if they kept people from leaving and such- quite possibly kidnapping. No, it doesn't, asshole. And you and the others should be prosecuted." From NYPo, Don Lemon blasts Minnesota churchgoers harassed by anti-ICE protesters for ‘entitlement’ and ‘white supremacy.’ Brad Slager at RedState, The Don Lemon Church Incursion Could Serve As a Tipping Point for the Direction of the Country. Ace notes Jonathan Turley: Gay Sexual Assaulter Don Lemon Is Talking Himself Into a Prison Sentence "A lot of crimes turn on mental state -- "intent." James Comey can tell you all about that. He reads "intent" requirements into laws that don't have it, like the Espionage Act. Many times, you can take prohibited actions but not be chargeable with a crime because you didn't have the specified mental state. Don Lemon obviously did invade a church. The question is: Did he intend to traumatize them? Did he intend to impede their civil rights through threat or force? Did he show animus against their religion? Don Lemon is yet another 70 IQ DEI disaster, like Candace Owens, who thinks he's smart because he's been awarded Participation Trophy after Participation Trophy." Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley "Don Lemon did his best to perfect the case against the protesters in the Minneapolis Church as targeting the congregants over their faith. In what sounds like a pitch for prosecution under the FACE Act, Lemon zeroed in on the religious values of the congregants in a new tirade... ...Lemon and Armstrong are playing directly into the language of the FACE Act, which "prohibits the use or threat of force and physical obstruction that injures, intimidates, or interferes with a person seeking to ... exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship."" Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "Don Lemon just DOUBLED DOWN, calling the church members he terrorized "entitled white supremacists" for being upset he STORMED their service to "protest" ICE! Don Lemon is a POS."

At Hat Hair, John Sexton hears MN AG Ellison: Disrupting That Church Was 'First Amendment Activity' and Dave Strom notes Ellison Wants FACE Act if You Photograph Outside Mosques, But You Can Invade and Disrupt Churches. Teri Christoph at RedState, Minnesota's Muslim AG to Christians: Church Ambushes Are ‘Just Something You’ve Gotta Live With’. Ace, Of Course: Jihadist Muslim Antifa AG Keith Ellison Prosecuted Christians for Protesting Outside a Mosque Under the FACE Act, but Insists His Left-Wing Antifa Thug Buddies Have an Inviolable Right to Storm Christian Churches. Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC, "ABOUT FACE: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has called for the use of the FACE Act to prosecute protests at mosques, according to @FreeBeacon review. Now, Ellison insists the FACE Act shouldn't apply to Don Lemon and comrades' storming of a church." Chuck Ross at the Free Bacon, ‘They’re Getting Tender About a Church Service’: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Defends Left-Wing Agitators Who Stormed Minnesota Church "'None of us are immune from the voice of the public,' Ellison said in an interview with Don Lemon, who accompanied the agitators and boasted of conducting 'reconnaissance.'" Ace, Minnesota Democrat Lawmaker (and Transgender): The Church Invasion That Resulted in Children Fleeing in Fear Is "Essential," "Must Continue." Dave Strom, Minnesota's Democrats Endorse Storming Church and Harassing Ordinary Minnesotans. Da Wire reports Minneapolis Prosecutor’s Top Aide Was Part Of Anti-ICE Protest At Church. Luke Rosiak @lukerosiak, "One of the protesters who took over a church service and screamed "shut it down" works for Minneapolis's local prosecutor, is married to a St. Paul councilwoman, is running for state Senate, and runs HOMES FOR HOMIES taking Section 8 money and steering it to black criminals." CBD at Ace's The Morning Rant: Violence Is Being Normalized. From Sundance at CTH, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on Minneapolis Church Terrorism: “Arrests are Coming” – “Next Several Hours.” Insty, at his NYPo gig, writes With anti-ICE fury, Democrats are playing with fire. At TownHall, Matt Vespa CNN Guest Was So Mad About Scott Jennings Wrecking Her Narrative That She Wrote a Cringey Post About It. Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "I’d like to personally thank @julieroginsky for reminding everyone that it was Democrats in Alabama who opposed civil rights in 1965 & turned fire hoses against the brave marchers in Selma. Although I wasn’t born until 1977, Julie."

Jerry Dunleavy at JTN reports DOJ subpoenas Tim Walz and other Minnesota Democrats over ICE obstruction "The DOJ is scrutinizing the Minnesota Democrats over their anti-ICE policies." Dave Strom, George Wallace, Meet Tim Walz; UPDATE: Frey, Walz, Ellison Served With Subpoenas. John Sexton FBI Serves Subpoenas to Minnesota Officials

Driscoll at Insty, WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS: AWFLs and Boomers Protest ICE by Buying Salt at Target and Then Immediately Returning It. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee "After Learning Of Anti-ICE Target Protest, Wife Announces She Too Will Stand Up For Immigrants By Spending All Day In Target and Minnesota Changes Official State Bird To Screaming Lesbian. Twitchy, ICE Agent Refuses to Show Warrant to Lib Because 'You're a Nobody'. johnny maga@_johnnymaga, "Lib tries to protect a child predator from ICE: “Do you have a warrant? I’d like to see it!” ICE: “I have a warrant, but I’m not going to show you.” Lib: “Why not?” ICE: “Because you’re a nobody.” Why do these people think they have a right to view others’ arrest warrants?" At Hollywood in Toto, Celebrities Can’t Stop Lying About Renee Good, with special reference to The Boss. 

At Althouse, "The Department of Homeland Security and ICE must start talking about the murderers and other criminals that they are capturing and taking out of the system." ""They are saving many innocent lives! There are thousands of vicious animals in Minnesota alone, which is why the crime stats are, Nationwide, the BEST EVER RECORDED! Show the Numbers, Names, and Faces of the violent criminals, and show them NOW. The people will start supporting the Patriots of ICE, instead of the highly paid troublemakers, anarchists, and agitators! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" Writes Trump, just now, on his place called Truth." Sundance at CTH, Border Patrol and ICE Officials Hold a Press Conference Discussing Ongoing Targeted Operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, laying out the criminals they caught.

Amy Curtis at TownHall, claims an Exclusive: Bombshell Footage Claims Judges Can Be Bought With Bribes in Ohio Immigration Courts. At Hot Hair a Larry video, Undercover Video Captures Fraudsters Bragging About Bribing Immigration Judges. Ace, Surprising Few, Ohio Immigration Judges Can Be Bribed, "You don't say.

Blue Lives Matter @bluelivesmtr, "We're not saying that Blue Lives Matter was behind feeding false information to far-left, anti-ICE protestors. We're not saying we had teams comprised of HUNDREDS of off-duty cops and veterans volunteer to run decoy operations so far-left activists THOUGHT they were conducting ICE raids. We're not saying they were in fact they were just driving around in what appeared to be unmarked vehicles with tinted windows... drinking coffee and listening to Guns and Roses.... being chased down and surrounded by protestors. What we ARE saying is that if it DID happen.... it sure worked remarkably well in NINE DIFFERENT STATES, allowing ACTUAL raids to successfully take place unimpeded, helping support the capture of HUNDREDS of criminals. . . "


Yesterday was the 1st anniversary of Trump's second inauguration. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, 'When He Was 47, It Was a Very Good Year'. Althouse, With stacks of papers as props, Trump endeavors to prove to the press that the first year of his second term was jam-packed with amazing accomplishments. "I watched the entire thing, and you can too. If you don't already agree that it's been a great year, I don't think he can ever prove it to you, but he has to do this, because, he says, no one else is going to do it for him." Ace, Trump's One Year Anniversary: Many Successes, Many Promises Kept, "Trump took office one year ago, January 20, 2025. Amanda Head of Just the News notes some of the big success."

President Trump was on the way to Davos last night when Air Force One turned back for an electronic glitch. A quartet from sundance, Treasury Secretary Bessent Delivers Remarks from Davos, Howard Lutnick: “Globalism Has Failed”…, President Trump Asked Directly if He Wants Peace Board to Replace The United Nations and Oh Dear – The Wall Street Journal Just Realized, President Trump is Making U.N. Functionally Obsolescent. Althouse, Speaking of things that feel like we're in a movie, the President of the United States just posted this on his place called Truth. and "On social media, Mr. Macron’s sunglasses were seen as a political statement, projecting a tough image in the face of Mr. Trump’s threats to..." ""... impose tariffs on French wine and champagne and to annex Greenland." Driscoll, OLD AND BUSTED: “Never Again.” "The New Hotness? Davos’s Iran invite is a new low." At Am Con, Greenland and the Guarani "A 40-year-old movie about Jesuit missionaries in South America holds interesting insights about the future of Denmark’s largest territory."

RCD maintains The U.S. Is the Sole Superpower. From NYPO, Michael Goodwin: Trump spared the ayatollah for now— but his options in Iran are still wide open. Althouse, "President Trump has said he would ensure Iran was 'wiped off the face of the Earth' if the country carried out any assassination attempt against him...." ""In an interview with NewsNation that aired on Tuesday... the president said: 'I’ve left notification, if anything ever happens … the whole country’s going to get blown up. I would absolutely hit them so hard. I have very firm instructions, anything happens, they’re going to wipe them off the face of this Earth.'" The London Times reports." It would be difficult to wipe Iran from the face of the earth. But it would be very easy to make sure the survivors were miserable. Also, "I mean, whatever you think about the operation to get rid of Maduro, whether you think it was wise, it was an astonishing display of military prowess." "Said Jonathan Swan in today's episode of the NYT "Daily" podcast, "Trump 2.0: A Year of Unconstrained Power" (audio and transcript at Podscribe). As the episode title suggests, today marks the 1-year anniversary of Trump's second term in office." At Oil Price.com, Cuba’s Energy Crisis Will Worsen Without Venezuelan Oil. John Sexton, Cuba Declares a 'State of War' as the Country Runs Out of Time. Fox, Gunmen abduct dozens of worshippers from multiple Nigerian churches using sophisticated weapons. "Police cite conservative figures while church leader Reverend John Hayab reports 163 still held captive."

Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge "America's trade deficit plunges by half to the smallest in nearly 2 decades. - Chinese imports crashed - American exports grew - Tariff inflation was absorbed by exporters - Trillions of investment incoming Instead of importing Chinese junk we’re importing factories." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, From Schumer Shutdown to Stand-Down? gCaptain cites Bloomy, Trump Is Winning The Fight Against Offshore Wind Despite Court Losses.

Sarah Anderson at PJM, reports BREAKING: There's a New Baby Coming to the White House! Well, technically the Naval Observatory. Usha pregnant with a boy. From Althouse, "Maybe Mr. Adams was an early Trump supporter because 'Dilbert' was itself proto-MAGA." ""The strip’s everyday resentments and cynicism added up to a now-familiar worldview. 'There’s no such thing as expertise. It just doesn’t exist,' Mr. Adams said. Mr. Adams thought this extended even to issues like international trade. 'In these big, complicated situations, no one really knows if we have a good deal. It’s best just to negotiate from ignorance and hope the other side gives in,' he told me. 'In the real world there is a fog. In a world where nobody knows, the loudest person is going to get the most.' . . . Writes Joel Stein, in "'Dilbert' Was Always MAGA" (NYT)."

Inez Stepman @InezFeltscher, "The trajectory of the “conservative condemning the right” is basically the same one trod by porn actresses. The first time you open your kimono is the most valuable, and thereafter you find yourself doing increasingly humiliating and degrading acts just to stay relevant." Quote Bill Kristol @BillKristol, "Well said by @Timodc. I’d add that no one is under any obligation to answer metaphysical or theological questions. Having said that, I suppose if I were asked, I’d answer: Yes. It seems pretty clear-cut to me. I mean, I personally know adults who were men and are now women." Bill Crystal was never conservative. That's what the "neo" in neocon implies. He always was a liberal who sometimes allied with conservatives for his own purposes. Amy Curtis, The Party of Science Debuts a Bold New Theory About Menopause. It's all Trump's fault!

Driscoll at Insty, IN SOCIALIST GRIFTER MILLIONAIRE PARADISE OF DAVOS, GAVIN NEWSOM CALLS UPON WORLD LEADERS TO OPPOSE THE UNITED STATES: Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "BREAKING: Gavin Newsom has bizarre MELTDOWN in Davos "I should have brought a bunch of knee pads for all the world leaders!" "Diplomacy with Donald Trump, he's a T-Rex! You mate with him, or he devours you!" "I can't take this complicity, people ROLLING OVER!" "Handing out crowns, Nobel Prizes? PATHETIC. I hope people understand how PATHETIC they look on the world stage. IT'S EMBARRASSING!!" CRY MORE, GAVIN! This is what STRENGTH looks like!" Ace, In Socialist Grifter Millionaire Paradise of Davos, Gavin Newsom Calls Upon World Leaders to Oppose the United States, but "Before getting to that: The EU is very bothered about Trump's drive to take Greenland. Trump has threatened punishing tariffs against the EU for opposing his takeover of Greenland."

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "The lightning speed with which a newly-installed regime in Virginia enacted a series of Marxist, pro-crime laws is astonishing. This is what Democrats will do nationally if they regain power. Meanwhile, the eGOP is unwilling to take any actions to support the MAGA agenda while they sit and stew with “muh principles” and “if we do it to them they’ll do it to us.” Guess what? They are going to do it to us no matter what. End the filibuster. Enshrine the DOGE cuts. Pass the SAVE Act. Save America." Matt Vespa lays it out at TownHall, Here Are Some of the New Taxes Coming to Virginia Under Democrat Rule. It's Insane. Dave Strom, That Virginia Election Had Consequences: State Lurches Far Left. Allie Beth Stuckey @conservmillen, "Can’t stress enough: It really really really matters for whom you vote." Quote Christian Heiens @ChristianHeiens, "Democrats in Virginia have introduced a bill to eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing for rape, manslaughter, assaulting a law enforcement officer, possession and distribution of child pornography, and all repeat violent felonies." Gooder and harder. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Incoming NJ Gov Mikie Sherrill Promising Power Ranger Moves "New Jersey’s new governor, Mikie Sherrill, is poised to freeze electricity rates on her first day in office, following through on a key campaign promise as US politicians including President Donald Trump rush to take on soaring energy costs. Sherrill, a Democrat, will issue an executive order calling a state of emergency on utility costs after she’s sworn into office Tuesday, said a person familiar with the matter. The much-anticipated moves will enable New Jersey to block utility-rate increases sought by companies while it accelerates new power generation, said Allison Clements, co-chair of Sherrill’s energy transition team." Good luck with that. 

Dmitri Bolt at TownHall, Guess How Much of Every Humanitarian Dollar the US Spends Actually Reaches the People Who Need It? JD Vance estimates 12%. The rest is "overhead". Of course, even that 12% probably does more harm than good. Dave Strom, 'The Mob Mentality Is Stunning.' "Dr. Mehmet Oz and Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill came to Minnesota to get a firsthand look at the Medicaid fraud that, so far, has eaten up about half of all Medicaid money for the past several years."


Tom Wigand, the American Discerner wonders about Amelia Rockwell: Can an AI Chick Save England?
From Twitchy, Pam Grier Stuns America With Incredible Announcement That She Is a Time Traveler From the Past Nicholas Fondacaro @NickFondacaro "Pam Grier recalls her mom trying to protect her from seeing lynched bodies hanging to trees in Columbus, Ohio. She noted that white families would also be lynched for supporting black families: "My mom would go, 'don't look, don't look, don't look,' and she would pull us away because there's someone hanging from a tree. And they have a memorial for it now where you can see where people were and left. And it triggers me today to see that a voice can be silenced and if a white family supported a black, they're going to get burned down or killed or lynched as well." It's been 126 years since double lynching in Columbus. vittorio @IterIntellectus "Why Young Women Moved Left While Young Men Stayed Sane." Althouse, "In just four years, anti-gay bias rose by around 10 percent.... Just as bias against gay people fell especially steeply before 2020..." ""... it has surged particularly sharply since. Perhaps most surprising is that these trends were distinctly robust among the youngest American adults — those under 25. This group increased its animus against marginalized groups in general and gay people in particular at a faster rate than older Americans did. Also surprising is that although anti-gay bias has risen faster among conservatives, it has also risen among liberals. What explains this decline in tolerance?" From "Americans Are Turning Against Gay People" (NYT). Tolerance?! I would think it's considered homophobic just to use the word "tolerance," which connotes minimal acceptance and little more than a willingness to refrain from discriminating or saying actively mean things. In fact, I'd suggest it is the demand to do so much more — to celebrate pride in sexual matters and to endure indoctrination sessions that force feed questionable fine points — that has made people resistant and more likely to check a less gay-friendly box on the survey." Mike Cantrell at PJM, Top Cardiologist Issues Stark Warning on Child Gender Drugs—And It’s Not What Activists Want to Hear. “These interventions carry risk of significant harms including infertility/sterility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density accrual, adverse cognitive impacts, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications, and regret.”  

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