Flotsam and Jetsam - The Mess in Minneapolis Continues

The events in Minneapolis are still where the action is. At LifeZette, ‘MN Mom’ Liberal Narratives Destroyed as New ‘Dancing Car Horn’ Video Emerges. Matt Margolis at PJM explains how Yes, Renee Good’s Actions Meet the Legal Definition of Domestic Terrorism. Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock, "Look at the training “MN Ice Watch” (which Renee Good belonged to) gives: They train activists to assault law enforcement, to swarm, pressure, and open their car doors. And they say each “de-arrest” is a “micro-intifada.” Do with that what you will. H/t @StrackHaley." Dan McLaughlin at NRO identifies The Problem Isn’t ICE. It’s ICE Watch. Da Mail is pleased to reports the Widow and son of ICE shooting victim Renee Nicole Good become MILLIONAIRES thanks to tidal wave of GoFundMe donations. Hamas pays the families of suicide bombers, too. CIS, Death During ICE Operation in Minneapolis Underscores, Deepens Immigration Divide "Listen to the career cop turned ‘border czar’; he knows that waiting for official judgments are what we do in a Republic of ‘laws, not men’." 

John Sexton at Hat Hair says White Lives Matter, or at least white lesbians. "It occurred to me yesterday that what we're seeing online and in the streets in reaction to the shooting of Renee Good is very familiar. And then it occurred to me why. What we're seeing is the Black Lives Matter playbook." Driscoll at Insty, UNEXPECTEDLY: NYT’s Kristof Equates Iconic Tiananmen Tank Man to a Commie Karen in an SUV Trying to Run Over ICE Agents. Sean Davis @seanmdav "The ICE officer is the one who got run over, and the stupid commie lesbian is the one driving the vehicle, you dummy. Analogies: how do they work?" Anna Khachiyan @annakhachiyan, "They assume they’re protected by the same system they seek to dismantle because they have a fanatical belief in their own moral superiority but also because they have no reason to assume otherwise as we live in a relatively safe and comfortable society where luxury beliefs like theirs are tolerated unlike in actual communist countries." Quote Wokal Distance @wokal_distance, "I'm not commenting directly on the actual ice/lady incident. However, one thing that's become clear is that leftists think they have veto power over any attempt to enforce laws they dislike, and that law enforcement must defer to their discretion regardless of what the law says." Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* @EsotericCD, "There is a vast swathe of people on the activist left who either explicitly or implicitly deny the legal authority of ICE to exist and do what it does - either out of ignorance but more often simply because they believe it to be "unrighteous." They remind me of nobody so much as "sovereign citizen" types. (Their arguments are of that caliber.) The problem is there are exponentially more of them."Althouse finds "We've seen it since the 1960s.... Police violence lands on this country in a tinderbox fashion." "Says David French on the new episode of the Advisory Opinions podcast (transcript and audio at Podscribe)," and who manages to completely ignore the fact that Renee Good was shot in the act of running down an ICE agent. At Hat Hair, Josh Hammer decries The Moral Blackmailing of the American People. Ace, Iran And Minneapolis...They Are Nothing Alike! Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews, "BREAKING - This man is going viral after revealing that the last woman shot by Minneapolis police was a White woman named Justine Damond, who was killed by a Somali officer after she called for help, and not a single Democrat spoke out or protested." Sundance at CTH hosts Sunday Talks: Border Czar Tom Homan -vs- NBC Kirsten Welker and Sunday Talks: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem -vs- Jake Tapper.

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "It's time to recognize the extraordinary skill and professionalism of ICE. Faced with legions of leftist subtards criminally attempting to disrupt and block ICE's every lawful move, there has thus far been only one fatality, and that was a case of a violent leftist subtard being eliminated only while in the process of attempting to murder an ICE agent. It's astonishing that the fatalities have been so low. Thanks ICE. You guys are real pros." From ET, 3,200 Percent Increase in Vehicular Attacks Against ICE Officers: DHS. Ward Clark at RedState hears the Crowd-for-Hire Boss Says He Wants Nothing to Do With 'Any Form of Illegal Protest' in Minneapolis. Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Same professional protestor found at 100 different protests." Quote Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "Jan 11"She is a professional protester. I found her at almost 100 different protests. Let's look at her portfolio..." At Twitchy, 'From This Angle' - Hilarious Memes Take on The Minnesota ICE Incident. A Well_Armed Lamb @AWell_ArmedLamb, "From this angle it very clear the balrog was not trying to pass and just panicked as the wizard broke the bridge out under its feet."

From the Misrule of Law, Anatomy of an Insurrection. At Breitbart, ICE Protester: We Have to ‘Show Up with Guns and End This’. Rusty Weiss at RedState, Watch: Unhinged Dem Rep Has to Be Pulled Away From Tom Emmer in Heated Exchange Over Minneapolis Shooting. At TownHall, Joe Chalfant shows Leftist Agitators Stalk and Threaten to Kill Journalist Covering Minneapolis Unrest and Minneapolis Radicals Begin Distributing Devices to Disable ICE Vehicles. WaEx, Philadelphia’s district attorney warns ICE agents ‘who commit crimes’ to get ‘the F out’.

Amy Curtis at TownHall, Oregon Democrats Defend Violent Venezuelan Gang Member After Another ICE-Involved Shooting in Oregon.

Nick Ballasy at JTN reports Iran security forces have killed at least 496 people as opposition protests continue. From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Iran: IRGC Commanders Assassinated; U.S., Israeli Help Expected UPDATED. Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "Okay folks, we have to say at this point what is driving the uprising in Iran isn't the strength of the protests. It is the WEAKNESS OF THE IRANIAN STATE. Basij commander Shoushtari's killing is the neon sign of Mullah-ocracy weakness. It had to be an inside job, reasons. This means we need to talk about Russia's LAST PLANE OUT OF TEHRAN." From RCD, Tehran's Trojan Horse. Nioh Berg @NiohBerg, "Right now islamic regime media is posting videos from Soleimani's funeral procession 6 years ago and presenting them as a rally today. They're also showing other old footage with trees in full bloom despite it being winter and January. Propaganda efforts 1/10." From Fox, Trump has historic chance to help topple Iran's America-hating regime. "With unrest spreading across Iran, the US should consider cyber tools, better VPN access and targeted sanctions to help protesters challenge the regime." News Wax hears Trump Team Weighs Military Options as Iran Unrest Escalates. A Driscoll post at Insty ask IS THIS WHY THE MEDIA ISN’T COVERING THE IRAN PROTESTS? Tahmineh Dehbozorgi @DeTahmineh, "The Western liberal media is ignoring the Iranian uprising because explaining it would force an admission it is desperate to avoid: the Iranian people are rebelling against Islam itself, and that fact shatters the moral framework through which these institutions understand the world. . . " Ari Paul @AriDavidPaul, "Just realized majority of the west thinks Iranian people are Muslim…this explains a lot. I think BBC etc have been so reluctant to report on this because it breaks the “identity” narrative. The Marxist framing is that people are reduced to a singular identity. Iranian=muslim=minority=oppressed. And that stands against Israel=white=jews. Except Iran is majority non-Muslim (according to every poll not run by Iran’s brutal government.) And the indigenous peoples are burning mosques in objection to their colonization and oppression. And Israel has a sizable Muslim and Arab citizenry, not to mention sizable populations of black and brown Jews. Iran’s revolution completely breaks their worldview." I certainly didn't know it. At NYPo, U-Haul plows into massive crowd at Iran protest in LA — as demonstrators attack driver, chaotic video shows. "The rental truck, which had the words “NO SHAH. NO REGIME. USA: DON’T REPEAT 1953. NO MULLAH” emblazoned on one side, was swarmed by protesters as tensions quickly escalated, according to harrowing footage obtained by KABC" so I think we can rule out an accident. 

From RCW, Venezuela Exposes Western Europe’s Procedural Reflex. Nick Ballasy at JTN reports Trump signs executive order to protect Venezuelan oil revenue in US accounts. ET explains The Broader Strategy Behind Trump’s Removal of Venezuela’s Maduro. "Trump led the most consequential action so far to restore US dominance in the Western Hemisphere and drive out the CCP." Sundance has Sunday Talks: Energy Secretary Chris Wright Discusses Venezuela Next Steps – Video and Transcript and Maduro Bodyguard Reveals Stunning Information About U.S. Attack on Compound – Was a Sonic Weapon Deployed? News Wax, Nicaragua Frees Dozens of Prisoners After US Pressure. From the Center Square, Trump eyes striking Mexican cartels.

VodkaPundit at Insty has some PERSPECTIVE: "Stalin’s Red Army required just 820 days from the end of the Battle of Stalingrad to capture Berlin — a distance of about 1,380 miles, fighting the entire way. In the 1,418 days since Russia’s the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, their forces hold nothing further than 25-50 miles from the territories captured in 2014. Winning? Losing? I don’t know. But I’m damn sure that 1,418 days of this is a pointless, stupid waste."

Jeff Davidson at TownHall is all Greenland or Bust: The Compelling Case for Acquisition. Sundance has an interesting take, U.K Asks Germany and France, EU NATO, to Support Expanded Presence in Greenland. "Seriously folks, you would think that after all this time the Europeans would finally understand how President Trump manipulates the media cycle and gets them to do exactly what he wants – while they and the majority of their constituents think it’s exactly the opposite. This stuff is just too funny now."

Sundance, Bessent Is Angry – Minnesota Governor Walz Refused to Provide Any Security for Treasury Secretary. An interview with Chris Rufo. At Am Great Thad McCotter says The Democrats’ ‘Affordability’ is a Ploy to Avoid Accountability "Democrats smashed the economy with trillion-dollar spending, then cry “affordability” while blaming the cleanup crew—hoping voters forget who swung the sledgehammer." 

From Da Blaze, 'A giant step back': Liberals rage against red meat after new food pyramid guidelines release. At the Snowdon (no, not that Snowdon) Substack Anti-alcohol academics smoked out "An attempt to rig the US's drinking guidelines has failed spectacularly."

Not The Bee wants you to WATCH as a Reporter Asks Ayanna Pressley About Fraud, Has His Phone Slapped To Ground By Her Ex-Con Husband. At Hat Hair Larry Elder says Minnesota Stealing is a Reason to Rethink Government Welfare. Amy Curtis, Rep. Tim Burchett Just Shared an Alarming Update on Where Minnesota Fraud Money Actually Ends Up. From Breitbart, Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent: Reward Money for Whistleblowers in Minnesota’s Growing Fraud Scandal. From RVM, Newsom’s Latest Scam: Ghost Daycares Raking in BILLIONS While Your Taxes Vanish, just like Minnesota, but bigger. Fred Lucas at Da Signal says it's Not Just Minnesota: How Tax Dollars Are at Risk of Fraud in This State, Illinois. 

Amy Curtis explains Here's How Much Commie Mamdani's 'Affordable' Government Housing Will Cost You, 30%. American AF @iAnonPatriot, "Zohran Mamdani’s advisers plan for socialized housing.. “Housing will be owned by a collective and everyone will be paying 30% of their income, in order to live in their housing.” “If someone makes $0 per year, they live for free — if someone makes $500k per year, they’re paying 30% of that.” Insanity." The Manhattan Contrarian thinks the New York Business Community is Starting To Wake Up About The Coming Energy Train Wreck, which, to be fair, predates Zohran, but his policies will only make it worse.

Betsy McCaughey at Hat Hair looks at the The Geniuses in Congress -- That's a Joke. "Ten members ended 2025 with stock market returns far exceeding the S&P, the Dow, the Nasdaq or what legendary stock pickers like Warren Buffet achieve. Rep. Tim Moore (R-N.C.) earned 52% on his stock portfolio; New York's Tom Suozzi (D), representing parts of Queens and the Long Island "gold coast," scored a 35% gain. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is closing out her Congressional career with a staggering 33% stock profit for 2025." At Breitbart, Former SNL Star Bowen Yang Warns Democrats Not to ‘Waste Your Money’ on Jasmine Crockett’s Senate Run.

Cathy Salgado at PJM hears Trump Calls to Jail Jack Smith After $20K Bribe Revealed. Fox cites JONATHAN TURLEY: Even the Washington Post admits Jack Smith was wrong on free speech
Special counsel's testimony contradicts Supreme Court precedent on protected political speech, constitutional experts.

From NYPo, OnlyFans models and social media influencers are claiming half of coveted US visas meant for movie stars. I approve. Import all the good looking women. Insty agrees GIVEN WHAT MOVIE STARS AND CELEBRITIES HAVE DONE TO US, I APPROVE:

TNP, British Government Regulator May Ban X Within Days. Insty, THEY ONLY WANT CURATED GARDENS OF LEFTY HATE: Amy Curtis @RantyAmyCurtis, "That these people want to ban X in their countries but tolerate BlueSky says all you need to know." Quote Mike Reader MP @mike_reader, "I'm pausing my use of X. You can still follow me and engage with me on Facebook, LinkedIn and BlueSky."

At Insty, TRIGGERNOMETRY INTERVIEWS GREG GUTFELD (Video): "Exit quote: “For a long time, we were—using the Dean Wormer analogy from Animal House—we were Dean Wormer, the evil head of the college, and the left was Animal House. I always felt my role was to somehow flip that. And that’s what you’re seeing now: the scolds, the humorless people—the Karens of the world—are on the left. The people on the right are the ones having fun, being a bit reckless here and there, but that’s part of free speech. We’re sharing the risk. We’re not scared anymore. And I think that’s really the answer to your question.”"

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