Flotsam and Jetsam - "Minneapolis is Decadent and Depraved"

Stacy McCain says Minneapolis Is Decadent and Depraved. "Gonna pause there a minute, because in none of the news accounts I’ve read is this explained: She was from Colorado Springs. The father of her child, Timmy Ray Macklin Jr., spent 14 years in the Air Force then tried to become a comedian before his death at age 36 (not 37). Less than three years later, the widow is living in Minneapolis with a lesbian “wife” and participating in radical protests? How does this happen? It’s hardly your typical Hallmark Channel movie plot." She was an outside agitator? Matt Margolis at PJM, Here’s What Dems Don’t Want You to Know About the Woman Who Attacked ICE Agents. Chloe at Hat Hair, I Discovered The KEY PIECE of EVIDENCE The Media Is Leaving Out Of The MN Shooting. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Family Member of Woman Who Tried to Ram ICE Agents in Minneapolis Had the Perfect Take. 'She had no reason to be there, in my opinion,' he said. 'It had nothing to do with her. She shouldn't have been in the way. She had nothing to do with the ICE agents or immigration, so she shouldn't have been there. She should have minded her own business.' Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "This is stupid. For one, the insinuation that she didn't know they were ICE agents is false. She had been purposely impeding them. Two, the insinuation that she was just passing through and got ambushed is false. She came from another state to obstruct ICE operations. Three, they had the legal right to tell her to stop and exit the vehicle after she interfered by blocking them with her car. Four, she did hit him. Five, she did gun it. You can hear it in the video, and her tires spun out, too. Someone trying to "move away" peacefully doesn't slam the gas on an icy road with federal agents around. The one thing you *could* argue is that she didn't see the officer. That's possible, but irrelevant to the legal questions. A car coming at an officer is a car coming at an officer, no matter the intent." Quote Jackie Hughes @jackieohughes, Replying to @dan_themandan and @bonchieredstate "She didn’t “gun her car at the ICE officer” and she didn’t hit him. She was just trying to move away. They had no right to ask her to leave the vehicle & how would you like it if your wife had her car door pulled at by a masked armed thug shouting “get out of the fucking car”?" captive dreamer @captive_dreamer "Look at how these leftists just lie. She wasn't "dropping her kid off" at school, she drove hundreds of miles and somehow knew where ICE would be and parked her vehicle in the middle of the road after letting her "wife" out to film it" Quote Pedro L. Gonzalez @emeriticus "To think Vance pretended to be a thoughtful political figure, writing for Catholic outlets like The Lamp, when he displays now the most dishonest, immoral behavior daily. This goon wants to convince you that a lady who was shot after dropping her toddler off at school was a x.com/jdvance/status…" Paul Stein @pstein4, "The Gaza playbook from @CNN." Matt Vespa, *This* Is Why the ICE Agent Opened Fire on the Driver That Reportedly Tried to Ram Him in Minneapolis. Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank, "The narrative cannot tolerate even the consideration of that." Quote David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "Everyone on CNN is refusing to acknowledge that the officer was struck by the car. It’s just lying. I really don’t understand how they can do it. Honestly." Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec, "Bolshevism:" Quote Oliya Scootercaster @ScooterCasterNY, "NOW: "Kristi Noem will Hang!" Huge crowd chants in Foley Square NYC, also "Save a life, kill an ICE" as they gather to protest the ICE killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. Some in the crowd condemn the talk of killing." Althouse has an old clip of Joe Biden saying "You have to have a federal government that can enforce laws."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, ICE Agent Involved in Shooting Was Same One Who Had Been Dragged 100 Yards in Earlier Car Assault. Teri Christoph at RedState, New: ICE Agent in MN Shooting Was Hospitalized Last Year After Being Dragged by Illegal Alien’s Car. Ace, Revealed: The ICE Agent Who Shot the Paid Antifa Disruptor When She Turned Her Car on Him... Had Been Run Over By An Illegal Alien Six Months Ago, and Dragged Down the Street With His Arm Trapped in the Car "But they're just "protesting," you know." John Sexton at Hat Hair hears Keith Ellison: ICE Wanted to Kill Renee Good. Tim Young @TimRunsHisMouth, "Whoopi now claims the Trump admin is going to kill her audience. Again, ABC News and Disney approve these messages… This isn’t just dog whistling… they want their people to incite violence and start a civil war." Mike Cantrell at PJM, Jimmy Kimmel Turns ICE Shooting Into Anti-Trump Merch. Mitchell Williamson @MWilliamsonMN, "Many people have noticed that agitators in Minneapolis are well-organized, sporting identical whistles, vests, and signs. Is this a grassroots organic movement? Of course not. Let’s take a look at the organizers and sponsors." At Hat Hair, Mark Judge (remember him?) has an essay on Hard Revolution: Minneapolis, Marxism and 'Riot Ideology'. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Dear Democrat ICE Protestors: Hi. How have you been? I know we don’t see eye-to-eye on much, but I am hoping you will nevertheless give me 5 minutes of your time, if for no other reason than for your own protection. I am going to speak some hard truths. Please listen. First of all, everything Trump and ICE are doing with illegal aliens is totally legal. They are completely operating within the bounds of federal law. The deportations are legal. The raids are legal. The detentions are legal. Your Democrat leaders know this, and they know it would be politically disastrous to just say “ignore the law.” Instead, they are attempting to delegitimize ICE while skirting around the full legality of what ICE does. To accomplish this, they need to paint ICE as being truly, horrifically evil. Nazi-level evil. They NEED that to be the image the public sees. . . " Larry Correia @monsterhunter45 "These grifters will not rest until they get more gullible dummies killed." Quote Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic, "Genuinely asking: What authority did ICE have to stop Renee Good? They aren't police. They aren't saying they suspected her of immigration violations. Why in the world were they making demands of her in the first place?" Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen, "The protesters trying to block ICE are disproportionately liberal, middle-class white women. My theory is that they've never had confrontations with law enforcement before, so the Karens think they can bully them like cashiers at HomeGoods. That is very much not the case." Quote Desiree @DesireeAmerica4, "
If you block a federal agent during an operation, you’re not getting a safety briefing, you’re getting moved. That’s not “violence,” it’s necessary! And when the mission’s federal, hesitation’s not an option." Great video at link. Mary Chastain at LI, Vance Torches Walz, Media on Minnesota Shooting: ‘This was an Attack on Law and Order’ “You should be ashamed of yourselves. Every single one of you.” Matt Vespa asks Can JD Vance Be Present for Every White House Press Briefing? He Was Masterful Today. Sundance hosts Vice President JD Vance and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Hold a Press Conference.

Mary Chastain at LI, DHS: Two People Injured in Portland Shooting Tried to Run Over Border Patrol Agents “The passenger of the vehicle and target is a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and involved in a recent shooting in Portland. The vehicle driver is believed to be a member of the vicious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.”Nick Sortor @nicksortor "BREAKING: One of the those shot by Border Patrol in Portland was a TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBER being targeted by an operation, DHS told Fox When agents stopped them, they attempted to RUN OVER the agents Are the Democrats going to hail a foreign terrorist as a HERO again?!" 

From Twitchy, 'CUFF This Piece of S**t': Is THIS the Real Reason Mayor Frey Doesn't Want ICE in Minnesota? Because WOW. Apple Lamps @lamps_apple, "Sarah Clarke, Mayor Jacob Frey’s wife, worked for Hylden Advocacy & Law. Hylden Advocacy & Law provided legal and lobbying representation to Feeding Our Future ($250 million food aid fraud). Hylden is also listed as a paid lobbyist on a Somali Museum founded by Osman Ali (museum received $4.5 million months after the owner plead guilty to fraud) Clarke left Hylden’s firm in January when the investigation took off. Clarke’s exit was abrupt and without explanation, leaving many unanswered questions... At least eight people named in the indictment donated $1,000, the maximum allowable contribution, to Frey’s 2021 mayoral campaign. Three of Mayor Frey’s appointees were federally indicted. Abdi Nur Salah, a former senior policy aide to then-Council Member Abdi Warsame, moved up the City Hall ranks into the role of Frey’s senior policy aide in 2018 Sharmarke Issa was appointed by Frey to chair the housing authority in 2019 and reappointed in 2021. Abdikadir Ainanshe Mohamud was appointed by Frey to the newly created Minneapolis Community Safety Workgroup." Sunny @sunnyright, "Democrats: The parties changed places Also Democrats: the state militia is deploying to fight the federal troops in order to protect our supply of cheap labor" Quote Polymarket @Polymarket, "BREAKING: Minnesota Governor, Tim Walz, authorizes state's National Guard to support local law enforcement in what he describes as a "war" against the Federal Government." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Democrats Once Again Threaten Civil War To Stop Republicans From Taking Away Their Slave Laborers."

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn says At This Point I Think ICE, Et Al, Should Assume Every Hotel Clerk Is an Enemy Combatant, Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "BREAKING: An independently owned Marriott hotel in Bloomington, MN confirms to @FoxNews they have ID'd & fired an employee who doxxed ICE agents by leaking their names, emails, and surveillance images of them as they checked in at the front desk. The images appeared in an anti-ICE Reddit post that went up last night. I took screenshots of the posts before they were deleted, and I have blurred the names, emails, and faces of the ICE agents. The hotel in question was the Residence Inn in Bloomington. The photos appeared to be from the perspective of an employee at the front desk, were posted to an "ICE WATCH MN" thread, and had the captions "ICE staying at Residence Inn in Bloomington by MOA" & "Three males & three females staying at this hotel. Company email and some of their names." I reached out to Marriott last night for comment, and they referred me to the independent ownership, CSM Lodging. In a statement to FOX, CSM Lodging confirms they identified and fired the employee . . . "

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "HOLY SMOKES. The Atlanta Fed just SURGED the Quarter 4 GDP forecast to a whopping +5.4% This is huge. Trump's economy really is gearing up for a BOOM in 2026!" Lomez @L0m3z, ""Experts are stunned..." The phrase of the decade." Quote Breaking911 @Breaking911, "Experts are stunned as U.S. economic productivity surges 4.9%, marking its highest level in nearly six years." Ace, Unexpectedly, US Trade Deficit Plummets to Lowest Level Since Global Depression Year 2009, Shattering "Expert" "Expectations." "Exports rose a solid 2.6% while imports fell 3.2%." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, 'Unexpectedly': Trade Deficit Improves to Best Showing in 16 Years – And More and Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Trump Pulls US Out of Core UN Global-Warming Pact, 65 Orgs. Sundance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Triggers the Clock with Notification of U.S. Withdrawal from UNFCCC and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright Discusses Consequences of Imaginary Problem Solving. Atop Da Hill, Trump calls for $1.5T budget for ‘dream military.’

CBD at Ace's The Morning Rant says Our Goal In Venezuela Should Not Be The Creation Of a Jeffersonian Democracy. From RCP, An Update to the Monroe Doctrine: 'It's About Peace on Earth.' Don Surber reports Temu Radar failed Venezuela "Chairman Xi lost the war without Trump firing a shot at him." Carlo Carrasco hears Venezuela To Turn Over 30 Million to 50 Million Oil Barrels To America. wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "Days after Europeans denounce US action in Venezuela they anticipate collecting debts from proceeds." oilprice.com: European Energy Giants Chase $6 Billion Debt from Venezuela " Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "The USA just placed a "Seize me" sign on any tanker who turns off its AIS beacon, as doing so makes it a "State-less" vessel. The Russian shadow tanker fleet, whether it flies a Russian flag or not, turn off their AIS beacons regularly to avoid targeting by Ukraine's drones. 1/" Quote Joni Askola @joni_askola, "There is zero reason, other than cowardice, for Europe not to seize any Russian shadow-fleet vessel it can. Let’s finally start doing it to bring Russia’s war in Ukraine to an end faster." Beege Welborn, Black Gold, Caracas Tea. Amber Duke says THE U.S. MILITARY IS STILL GREAT "I have a lot of questions about what happens next in Venezuela, but the success of the military operation is undeniable." From Althouse, "For those unfamiliar with the acronym, the first letter stands for a certain curse word, followed by 'around and find out.'"

From the Guardian, Iranian security forces clash with protesters at Tehran’s grand bazaar. 1945, Coming Soon: The Iran Civil War of 2026? Nioh Berg @NiohBerg, "BREAKING: The people of Tehran are burning down regime buildings right now. The crowd is MASSIVE." Beege Welborn hears Hezbollah, Iraqi Militia Fighters Crossing Into Iran to Be Regime Storm Troops. Noah Rothman @NoahCRothman, "If you’re following the news closely, every anti-American power on earth is about to experience total economic collapse simultaneously." and Iran: On the brink. https://fortune.com/2026/01/05/iran-trump-venezuela-maduro-currency-collapse-energy-crisis-water-shortage-protests/ Cuba: Been on the brink. https://wsj.com/world/americas/cuba-venezuela-maduro-impact-7adcefdb?mod=hp_lead_pos9 Russia: Very on brink. https://washingtonpost.com/world /2025/12/22/russia-war-economy-ukraine/ China: Brink-adjacent to brinkish."

At the Spec, Roger Kimball makes The case for annexing Greenland "The country is essential to America’s, and Europe’s, security in the Arctic region." The Victory Girls think Greenland Enjoys Being Courted, Eyeing Trump.

Ace has Nick Shirley's New Scoop: There Are 1000s of Fraudulent Minnesota (Somali) "Transport Companies" Taking Federal Money to Drive Around Patients, But the Patients are Phantoms "I'm beginning to see a pattern." Liz Sheld at Am Great has Morning Greatness: Minnesota Dems Blocked Auditors from Tackling ‘Avalanche’ of Somali Fraud, Blacklisted Whistleblowers. Amy Curtis at TownHall, Keith Ellison Calls Massive Fraud ‘Not Serious’ After Audio of Him Helping Fraudsters Resurfaces. Alpha News, ‘This is not a serious thing’: Keith Ellison says his office has ‘done enough’ to combat fraud. At Da Caller, Ilhan Omar Caught Sneaking Carveout For Somali-Led Group In Congress’ Spending Package. Eddie Scarry at Da Fed says What Separates Tim Walz From Other Democrats Is He Got Caught. Walt Hudson at Hat Hair, How the Left Manipulated Conservatives into Fighting Each Other Over Minnesota's Massive Fraud Scandal. Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "The entire Democrat Party ceases to exist without taxpayer money, election fraud, and the mass importation of foreigners. It’s a 20% Party without those things. Understand that and you’ll understand why they fight so hard for those things. Their entire existence is on the line." David Asman @DavidAsmanfox, "BREAKING NEWS: Treasury Secretary Bessent announcing tonight from Minnesota: Starting tomorrow, if you’re on public assistance, you can’t wire money out of the country. Treasury is derailing the gravy train to Somalia." Sundance hosts Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Delivering Remarks from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Ben Badejo @BenjaminBadejo, "She said 11-year-old white boys are evidence that humanity should stop procreating. She said she wants to impoverish the white middle class. She said this evil shit, you pathetic bootlicking loser. She must leave NYC public office immediately. Fuck her. And fuck you, too." Stephen Green @VodkaPundit "Go on and laugh, but she'd order you into a cattle car just as soon as look at you." Quote Jon Levine @LevineJonathan, "Make more Communists cry." Kitten @kitten_beloved, "Love that "yes white people are bad but we overplayed our hand by talking about it too much" has become the motte for this kind of guy." Quote David Austin Walsh @DavidAstinWalsh "Here’s the last thing I’ll say about Cea Weaver: The rhetorical shift among liberals and leftists against white people in general and white men in particular was politically stupid and led to bad political and cultural outcomes even as the underlying point was basically true." Tim Worstall at It's all obvious or trivial except.... says Cea Weaver Has A Point About Racism And Property Ownership, No, really, she does! "Not a good point but then she’s clearly a loon. As someone who lived and worked in Moscow at the tail end of the Soviet Union I have a simple attitude to communists - we no longer drown unwanted kittens but we do still have buckets of water so let’s put those assets to good use." Matt Taibbi at Racket, looks at The Unchecked Rise of Crazy Race Theory in Academia. "Expressing support for a loony housing appointee, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani became the latest politician to ratify a truly evil set of academic race theories." At the New Criterion, James Piereson says Socialism is a hate crime. NYPo, Newly minted NYC Council speaker challenges Zohran Mamdani on antisemitism executive orders.

At USA Today, Dems stay stuck in the past. Hating Trump doesn't win elections. Mike Miller at RedState hears JD Vance Predicts 2028 Democrat Presidential Nominee — His Pick Is Hilarious and Spot On. John Sexton, After Meeting with Ro Khanna, Reid Hoffman Says CA Wealth Tax is Massively Flawed and It's Not Just Billionaires Leaving California. Vicky Taft at PJM, From Now to Election Day, Karen Bass Will Have This Guy Talking About Her Horrible L.A. Fire Response. 

JB Shurk at Am Think thinks about Jack Smith’s Tyrannical Arrogance "Smith believes the government can prosecute any of us for rejecting official ‘truths.’"

John Sexton sees yet Another Wrinkle in the Supreme Court Case on Trans Athletes. "The wrinkle in the Idaho case is that, as of September 2025, the plaintiff in that case, whose name is Lindsay Hecox, has tried to withdraw from the case. Officially, lawyers for Hecox claim the case is moot because Hecox has dropped out of athletics at Boise State. Why? Apparently because Hecox recognizes there could be a significant backlash to having one's name permanently attached to a case that goes poorly for trans rights supporters, an outcome that seems increasingly likely."

VodkaPundit at Insty, PRIVACY: News orgs win fight to access 20M ChatGPT logs. Now they want more. "Not only does it appear that OpenAI has lost its fight to keep news organizations from digging through 20 million ChatGPT logs to find evidence of copyright infringement—but also OpenAI now faces calls for sanctions and demands to retrieve and share potentially millions of deleted chats long thought of as untouchable in the litigation. . . That actually looks like a pretty solid compromise."

Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko "This thread is an amazing example of why MSM reporters should never play Saul Alinsky "Rules for Radicals" on a US Merchant Marine captain and self-made reporter. He's seen more "Rules for Radicals" horse manure from the US Navy in the last 20 years than they've ever produced." Quote John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad, "Oh Drew, I’m thrilled you asked. If any of my followers want to explain this to him directly, please jump in. I’ve officially run out of crayons."

From Campus Reform, Court rules University of Washington violated professor’s First Amendment rights. "The University of Washington violated the First Amendment rights of a professor who mocked land acknowledgments in a course syllabus, a federal court has ruled."

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