Flotsam and Jetsam - UFC 250 Trumps Magnificent Troll

Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles, "The President paid to get the epic flyover UFC photo, and it was well worth whatever it cost. But stop to consider that he got this picture for free." Sasha Stone maintains Trump's UFC 250 is the Greatest Troll in American History. Althouse notices Among the celebrities at the UFC Freedom 250 festivities: The Holy Uncle. Thomas Hern @ThomasMHern, "Vice President JD Vance hanging out with Pope Leo’s brother, the Holy Uncle, at the UFC Freedom 250 Fight Night at the White House. This is the greatest timeline in human history." The Victory Girls see America 250 Brought The Blue Angels. The Resistance Brought The Blues. Including Robert DeNiro who says he can't love America while Trump is president. A Driscolly post at Insty, USA! USA! USA! Logan Hall @loganclarkhall, "Libtards have boxed themselves into a position where they are forced to countersignal pro-American kino like this and it’s a complete disaster for them." Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock, "Every anti-Trump counter-programming effort always looks like a talent show at a senior center - but with a little bit less energy." Quote Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "Libs are counter-programming the UFC event at the White House. With this." Insty says HE’S NOT WRONG: David Burge @iowahawkblog, "I'm not a fan of MMA on the White House lawn. But if this is the alternative, fuck it, let's have MMA, WWE and Monster Trucks in the Rose Garden every Tuesday." Quote TheFOO @PolitiBunny, "Who exactly do they think is getting ‘left behind’? This is so confusing and sad. lol" David Burge @iowahawkblog, "I think we've failed as a society to fully educate our Theater Kids how fucking tired we are of their bullshit." Ace, sees Bitter Old Has-Beens Stage Counter-Event to WH UFC Show, "The left is very angry that Trump "desecrated" the White House by staging a sporting event there. They say the White House lawn is sacred, and only for wholesome events like lurid transgender perverts exposing their fake breasts to children. Yes, that happened under Biden. #pRiDe."

Sundance at CTH observes President Trump Attends G7 Summit in France – This One Will Be Ridiculous. Althouse finds "Greenland is the largest island in the world, but it has fewer than fifty-seven thousand residents, who are mostly scattered..." ""... among settlements and towns along its western coast. Although it belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark, it lies to the west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and is part of North America. The latest articulation of the U.S.’s National Security Strategy, published in November, frames Trump’s imperial ambitions as an extension of the Monroe Doctrine, the assertion by President James Monroe, in 1823, that any attempt by European powers to further colonize the Americas would be treated as 'dangerous to our peace and safety.' Under Trump’s leadership, the N.S.S. says, “we will deny non-Hemispheric competitors the ability to position forces or other threatening capabilities, or to own or control strategically vital assets, in our Hemisphere.'" Writes Ben Taub, in "Inside the Ludicrous, Deadly Serious Plan to Take Over Greenland/'We want Greenland,' Trump said. Four men sprang into action to make fantasy a reality" (The New Yorker)."

At Althouse, A woman dies and this is how she is remembered? For her "burning hatred for Trump"?Variety, ‘ALF’ Star Anne Schedeen Dies at 77; Family Remembers Her ‘Burning Hatred for Trump’ "Now, this is just very sad. Imagine dying and that's the headline — how you burned with hate. Thanks, family. Thanks for remembering the hate." At People Ian McKellen Says He Imagined Destroying Mar-a-Lago While Filming an Explosive Scene for Avengers: Doomsday. He is an archvillain after all. unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "Doomers must have mental whiplash at this point. 1. China kicked out of Panama 2. Venezuela secured and friendly without a war. 3. EU and Canada whimpering like babies 4. No Russian tanks rolling across Germany or the rest of Europe. 5. No ww3 6. China in a major deflationary event 7.... 32. ICE and border patrol fully funded for the rest of Trumps term. 33. Stock markets at record highs. 34. Do I need to go on? There are about 100 more domestic policy issues I could list... And it hasn't even been 2 years." Dan Kervick @DanMKervick, "We’ve lost Venezuela. We might lose Cuba. The condition of Palestine is desperate. Global climate action is dead. Technofascists are running everything. The US “left” is Magafied populist trash in possession of zero brain power." Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck, "There’s a personality I distrust most and it’s the people who say it wouldn’t have mattered if Kamala won instead of Trump or that it was preferable for her to win so we could accelerate toward what’s inevitable. We’ve achieved cultural and political victories unlike any time in my life. If you can’t see that then you don’t belong near politics. Could he have done more? Sure but he’s also fighting an often terrible Congress. Not enviable..."

At Ace, Mitch McConnell Hospitalized Again With "Undisclosed" Condition, "These people just will not retire. Their egos are too big and their bank accounts are not yet big enough." There's an awful lot to dislike about Mitch, but I'll always keep in mind he kept Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court.

Author Carlo Carrasco asks What Does Trump’s Deal With Iran Mean For Israel? and I think he really intends it as an open question. YNet, IDF says it killed Hezbollah commander tied to 2007 murder of US soldiers.

The Victory Girls see The Left’s Greed And Envy Is On Full Display. At PJM, Stephen Kruiser notes Sane People Aren't Triggered by Elon Musk's Wealth, Tim O'Brien looks at Elon Musk and the Politics of Envy and VodkaPundit hears dems beg Will No One Rid Me of This Turbulent Musk? and at Insty, THE LEFT WANTS HIM DEAD, AND THEY AREN’T SHY ABOUT TELLING EVERY TRIGGER-ABLE NUTCASE OUT THERE: and THIS MAN IS A MONSTER! Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Starlink connecting schools on remote islands!" Quote Starlink @Starlink "Starlink is providing high-speed internet to a community tech center in Île-à-Vache, a remote island off the coast of Haiti, connecting hundreds of students and teachers to reliable connectivity for the first time." Don Surber preaches Musk beware, "$612 billion can become $3,000 very quickly." Which would leave him with a mere $400 billion. Adeo Ressi @adeoressi, "My quote from the New York Times today: Adeo Ressi, Mr. Musk’s college roommate at the University of Pennsylvania, said the SpaceX chief never cared as much about financial gain as obtaining resources to help him achieve his entrepreneurial goals. For Mr. Musk, “money is a means to an end,” Mr. Ressi said, comparing his friend’s mind-set to a gamer accumulating coins in a video game to beat a level. “He’s amassing resources to do things, and the thing he wants to do most is colonize Mars,” Mr. Ressi said. “That’s a really big driving force behind his wealth accumulation.”...“It’s not like he’s planning to leave this in a massive family trust,” Mr. Ressi said. “It’s literally going to be used to make humanity into a multiplanetary species.”" Da Daily Economist looks at The Long Tradition of Wealth-Extracting Socialists.

Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt. "When I said this throughout my campaign, CNN people called me cruel and unhinged. Now, after they helped secure the election for the 2 dorks responsible for all these problems, CNN is now echoing my campaign talking points as gospel. Fascinating! OSZ @OpenSourceZone, "CNN: Dem Lead Much Smaller Than Previous Blue Waves Generic Congressional Ballot June Polls: 2006: Dem +11 2018: Dem +10 2026: Dem +5 Democrats Lead is also shrinking: NBC: Dem +6 -> Dem +5 MU Law: Dem +4 -> Dem +1 Ipsos: Dem +3 -> Dem +3" Sarah at Insty, I ALWAYS WONDER HOW MUCH OF THESE “TIGHT RACES” IS FRAUD: Socialist in Tight House Race Showered Convicted Palestinian Terrorist With Love and Praise, Taunted Jewish Student Who Objected to Her Disruptive, Anti-Israel Agitating. Cal Globe, California Uses FORCE to Protect FRAUD "Shutting down investigative journalism is a form of tyranny and so are unexplainable election results." NYPo's John Fund wants you to meet Meet Dean Logan, the dean of LA County election snafus. Twitchy, THIS --> Michael Knowles Only Needs Four Minutes TOTAL to Explain How Democrats Steal Elections (Watch):

How Democrats Steal Elections In 4 Mins pic.twitter.com/1KoNPUXBrj

— The Michael Knowles Show (@MKnowlesShow) June 12, 2026

Christian Toto at Hat Hair hears Bill Maher: Vote for the Guy with the Nazi Tattoo! From Ace, Needledicked Nazi Once Mocked a Teen's Suicide Attempt. "Pussy Hustler continues showing he's a New Democrat Man." Driscoll at Insty cites MATTHEW CONTINETTI: It’s the Age of Sanders, Too. From the Free Bacon, Arizona Democratic Candidate Cast As Rural Working Mom Is a Millionaire Consultant With Deep Soros Ties, Wants Sex Work Decriminalized To Help ‘Trans Women of Color.’ "JoAnna Mendoza reports stake in a political consulting firm worth up to $5 million."From the Center Square, Support broadens beyond Harris, Newsom in Democratic primary poll.

Dmitri Bolt at TownHall, Gavin Newsom Announced He's Being Investigated by the DOJ. Here's What We've Learned. At Ace, Gavin Newsom: Trump Is Investigating Me and My Wife Because He's Corrupt and Not Because I Shovel Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars of Taxpayer's Money to My Wife For Her "Businesses" "A refresher on the corrupt Ultra-Karen Jennifer Siebel Newsom ..." Leslie Eastman at LI reports HUD Suspends Federal Homeless Funding to Los Angeles in Wake of Fraud Allegations. "Los Angeles officials are dismissing the move as political theater. However, the missing tens of millions, unverifiable housing sites, and documented conflicts of interest are not partisan talking points; they are governance failures with real human consequences."

Nick Ballasy at JTN reports the Biden DOJ targeted parents at school board meetings despite FBI, sheriffs' objections, memos show "AFL said it acquired the documents as part of its ongoing lawsuit related to former Attorney General Merrick Garland’s October 4, 2021 memorandum that targeted concerned parents at school board meetings during the COVID pandemic." Ace, Despite Merrick Garland's Assurances, DOJ Officials and the National Sheriffs' Association Objected to His Targeting of Christian Conservative Parents "If they do this, they might as well rename the damn thing the Anti-MAGA Task Force," an official wrote." From Fox, Gabbard says declassified biolab records validate concerns previously dismissed as misinformation. "Records show more than 40 Ukrainian labs housed Soviet-era pathogen collections and received US biocontainment training." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "THREAD: What do Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, and Elaine Chao have in common? They were all paid by a Marxist-Islamist Iran group that was designated as terrorist until 2012. No, this is not a joke..."

At WaEx, The perpetual victimhood and racial tribalism of Karmelo Anthony’s defenders. Cathy Salgado at PJM likes how Mark Robinson Takes on Karmelo's Supporters With Ruthless Honesty.

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports an ICE Agent Opens Fire After Being Struck by Fleeing Vehicle (Update). "The NY Post has more information on the suspect. An illegal migrant from Peru rammed his van into an ICE agent during a “targeted vehicle stop” in New Jersey on Monday, prompting the officer to open fire on the fleeing suspect, authorities said. The chaos unfolded as immigration officers tried to pull over and arrest Freidrich Castillo-Ormeno, who was released in the US under the Biden administration, around 9:30 a.m. in Manahawkin, according to ICE."

Salon with an instant classic.

The Victory Girls notice Salon Can’t Help But To Hit JD Vance "Well, according to Marcotte, Vance credits Erika Kirk, who is “even more hated” than her deceased husband. Way to champion women here, Mandy. Trash a widow. Classy." Duke at RedState enjoys how the ‘No Kings’ Crowd Gets Wrecked by One Brutally Honest Media Column "By invoking the language of America's founding, the No Kings movement cheapens what that struggle actually meant. America was born from years of real tyranny, paid for in blood by people who had none of these freedoms."  

Sundance at CTH is outraged when the U.K Media Discover British Version of DOJ-CRS called “Research, Information and Communications Unit” (RICU) and Embattled British Prime Minister Announces Social Media Information Control System to Protect “Children” Ace reads the Daily Mail: A Former "Counter-Terrorism" Propagagnda Unit Headed by an MI-6 Spy Has Been Redirected to Run Nonstop Psyops Against the British Public to Convince Them to Accept Terrorism and Third-World Hyperviolence as Normal and Perfectly British, "I think we already knew this, but social media is blowing up about it, so maybe we didn't. Or maybe it was alleged but now we have more information." TCW observes Child protection is an excuse for the super-surveillance of everyone. At the Spec, Will Keir Starmer’s under-16 social media ban actually work? Colin Wright @SwipeWright, "If this turns out to be the case, it will be a brazenly political decision that's inexcusable. No social media app glorifies hate and violence more than Bluesky. Just last week, the large and influential user Ken White called for Elon's assassination. The post is still up!" Tommy Robinson @TRobinsonNewEra, "I've just heard 3 people who were reporting on riots in Northern Ireland using their YouTube accounts have been arrested. They were not involved in any rioting, they are not involved in any criminal activity. They are looking to do anther Southport to clamp down on free speech." John Carter @martianwyrdlord, "You can have whatever opinion you want on economics and still be on the left, but if you say "young white girls shouldn't be raped and murdered by foreign men", you will be expelled from the left. Therefore young white girls getting raped and murdered by foreign men is what the left is." Quote Jen @JENpatriotic, "Lefties in Brighton Chanting "Rhiannon Whyte deserved it" right to Rhiannon's mothers face When Siobhan raised the issue with the police, they SHOVED her down onto the floor!" At Spiked! Labour: enemies of the people. "The party that swam against the populist tide is now being swept away by it."

John Sexton reports a Russian Diplomat Paid for Arson Attack Against Keir Starmer. "Lyukshin allegedly set up a fake far-right group called Direct Action which was completely fabricated." I think that's pretty much an act of war. Ace puts it together Ukranian Rent-Boys Who Set Fire to Keir Starmer's Property Were... Paid by Russian Diplomat In Effort to Fake Up a "Far Right" Plot Against Him. "So Keir Stermer wasn't a social acquaintance of the rent boys. No, it was a Russian op designed to stir up trouble, arranged by a paymaster calling himself "EL" or "EL Money." I'm guessing Keir Starmer's government gladly accepted the hoax as a reason to target the "far right.""

Insty, YOU WILL BE MADE TO CARE: On Pride Night, some Giants add reference to Bible verse to hat. "On Pride Night at Oracle Park, with the San Francisco Giants wearing special edition hats to represent the LGBTQ+ community, multiple players wrote Bible verses next to the team’s rainbow logo, while one chose to forgo wearing the cap entirely. Starting pitcher Landen Roupp and reliever JT Brubaker wrote the Bible verse Genesis 9:12-16 on the caps they wore Friday night, the same passage that has been displayed by other players on their Pride Night hats during games.Read more: Giants’ Sam Hentges on decision to not wear Pride Night hat: ‘I don’t morally support it’ “Kind of what the verse says, the rainbow is a symbol of God’s covenant to us and us as believers stand firm in that,” Roupp said..." The College Fix claims San José State U. women’s volleyball team ‘allegedly recruited male for advantage.’

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Storms Davos, Settles Greenland

That's one way to get Minnesota out of the news, I guess, not that it was 100% efficient. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Trump Hitting Davos Like a Wrecking Ball, Announces a Framework for Greenland Deal. At TownHall, Matt Vespa says Trump Pulls Another Masterclass Negotiation on Greenland. It helps when you hold all the cards. And Another Thing explains What newsrooms don't understand about the Greenland deployments "Europe doing what Europe does best: posture." Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "You mean Trump took two extremely opposite positions only to coerce people into giving us a deal that made us better off in the end? No way. I’ve only watched him do this publicly for like 30 years. Good thing we all hyperventilated though. I was SURE he was gonna bomb Greenland" Quote NewsWire @NewsWire_US "TRUMP GREENLAND DEAL SAID TO INVOLVE SMALL POCKETS OF LAND: NYT" Althouse, "Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland..." From Sundance at CTH, President Donald Trump Holds a Bilateral Discussion with NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte – Outcome: a Greenland Deal and NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte Tells Davos Audience, “Trump is Right”. Josh Wolfe, The Arctic Smokescreen, "The most dangerous mistake about "Greenland is believing it is about Greenland."

But wait, there's more, much more from Davos. Beege Welborn sees Chagos Chaos - Trump Has Rightly Kicked Up a Hornet's Nest. Ace, Trump Objects to Queer Starmer's Giveway of Critical Chagos Islands, "The important Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia is located at these islands."

Althouse, Trump live, now, at Davos. Sundance was on a roll, Ahead of Trump’s Arrival to Davos, Secretary Bessent Holds a Press Conference, President Trump Delivers Highly Anticipated Speech at Davos Assembly, President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Discussion with Switzerland President Guy Parmelin, President Trump Extensive Interview on Current Events, Minneapolis, Economy, NATO, and 2028 Candidates with Cutie Pavlich, President Trump and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Hold a Bilateral Discussion, World Economic Forum Thanks President Trump for Stopping their Pretending and WEF Finance/Banking Panel – If Independent National Economies Continue Rising, Global Trade Drops and We Lose Control.Teri Christoph at RedState, Fresh Humiliation for Gavin Newsom As He’s Barred From USA House Pavilion in Davos. A Larry video at Hat Hair, Trump Eviscerates Gavin Newsom in Front of World Elites at Davos. From Ace, Slick Bitch Gavin Newsom Has His Davos Speech Cancelled; Whines That Trump Did It, Scott Bessent Cooks Gavin Newsom As Communist Patrick Bateman "More femme than Fidelito." Driscoll at Insty, HE’S SUPER CEREAL! "Al Gore accosts Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick after Trump official’s Davos speech. Former Vice President Al Gore briefly accosted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick after the Trump official’s speech on the sidelines of this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, The Post has learned." Da Wire, GOP Officials Warn Climate Activist Group To Stop Pressuring American Companies "They said the group was leading an “assault on American families and businesses.”"

John Sexton at Hat Hair, Iran Makes Threats As Trump Considers His Options. KOMO News, US forces seize seventh Venezuelan oil tanker, intensify crackdown on illegal shipments. 

PJM's Cathy Salgado reports Trump Signs EO to Block Wall Street From Buying Single Family Homes. At Ace's Quick Hits, "Trump: I signed a bill to begin funding insane asylums again. Trump also signed an EO blocking big investment companies from buying up single family homes." Dave Strom at Hat Hair says I Voted For THIS. At Althouse, Notorious crackhead and grifter... Elizabeth Landers @ElizLanders, "The White House distributed a print-out to reporters in the briefing room listing out “365 wins” from President Trump’s year back in office. #243 stands out: “Stripped notorious crackhead and grifter Hunter Biden of his taxpayer-funded secret service detail.”"

Dave Strom sees CNN Allows Claim That President Was Part of 'Global Sex Trafficking Ring' Until Scott Jennings Challenges. Ace, CNN Sissy Accuses Trump of Being "Provably" Part of "Global Sex Trafficking Ring," and Liberal Host Wants to Let the Defamation Stand With No Pushback. Vicky Taft at PJM, CNN's New Kid 'Apologizes' for Telling a Complete Whopper About Trump and Then Makes It Even Worse "I would like to retract my comments from CNN last night and truly apologize. Donald Trump was obviously not involved with a giant international child sex trafficking ring where women and children were systematically abused by elites. I said that by accident and didn’t mean it" . . . The apology assumes malice aforethought, meaning that if it were so "obvious," he knew that it was untrue when he said it twice. This seems to open him up to greater legal exposure." Ward Clark at RedState, New: Ghislaine Maxwell to Face House Grilling - Virtual Deposition Set for February 9. Scott McClallen at TownHall, House Oversight Sends Contempt Resolution Against Clintons to Full House Over Epstein Probe. Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "CA Dem Rep Dave Min defends the Clintons during contempt hearing; says that “bringing criminal charges against a former president” would be a very serious matter. Right, Congressman. Doing something like that would be unheard of and totally crazy." My irony meter has been busted for years. Ace, Bill and Hillary Clinton: We Won't Testify, But If One Single Congessman Comes to NY, Bill Alone Will Sit For Some Questions, as Long as There Is No Recording and No Transcript, "Comer rejected the "counter-offer." Apparently decrepit alcoholic lesbian Hillary Clinton really doesn't want to be asked about her visits to Pedo Island." Matt Margolis thinks Bill and Hillary Clinton Are in Real Trouble Now.

At Althouse, "Barron Trump was on a video call with a woman in London when he saw her ex-boyfriend allegedly grab her hair and push her to the floor while shouting 'you are not worth anything'..." "From "Barron Trump ‘saved woman’s life’ in London/The US president’s youngest son tells court that he saw his friend being assaulted by a former boyfriend during a video call and called the police" (London Times). Barron made that emergency call on January 18, 2025. The trial is going on now."

PJM's Chris Queen notes Your Church Isn’t Immune: After Minnesota’s Church Invasion, It’s Time to Prepare. From Twitchy, Wholly Ignorant: Hakeem Jeffries Skips Over His Deranged Team Storming a Church to Warn ICE Not to Do It. William Teach at Pirate's Cove fakes Heartache: DOJ Investigating Wackos Who Invaded Church. Sister Toldja at RedState, sees Jacob Frey Stages Cringe Pandering Stunt, the One Thing Missing Was a Jill Biden Breakfast Taco (Updated). Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy, "This woman is crying hysterically because ICE was conducting a search for two child rapists living in her neighbourhood. That’s right. She was crying for child rapists. This is why, as a survivor of child sexual abuse, I will never trust the left." I&I, The Democrats’ Shock Troops Without Uniforms. RedWave Press @RedWave_Press, "Abby Phillip: “ICE raids [are] controversial, always have been, always will be.” Ben Ferguson: “Not really. When Obama was doing them it wasn't controversial. You guys [CNN] did ride alongs.”" Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "WOW: "Obama's ICE chief gets award for 920,000 removals. Trump's ICE chief is called a Nazi..." "...SAME GUY, TOM HOMAN, was in charge in Obama!" Tom Homan is a national treasure. He is a HERO and even the mainstream media ADMITTED it. What changed?" Overton @overton_news, "This will go down as a defining moment for Scott Jennings on CNN. 25‑year‑old left‑wing activist Cameron Kasky tried to tell Jennings he couldn’t use the word “illegals” while discussing ICE operations in Minneapolis. What followed was righteous indignation. @ScottJenningsKY UNLOADED with both barrels: KASKY: “You don’t get to say the word illegals anymore because the percentage—” JENNINGS: “I don’t?!” “Who are you to tell me what I can and can’t say?!” “I’ve never met you, brother! I can say whatever I want.” “They’re illegal aliens. And that’s what the law calls them. Illegal aliens.” “That’s what I’m going to call them.”" Rusty Weiss at RedState, Vance Heads to MN in Show of ‘Unwavering Support’ for ICE, Defying Leftist Chaos Agents.

Vicky Taft is Sorry to Break up Your Narrative About Renee Good, Lefties, but I've Got Some News. Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "We’ve searched marriage records in several states and there is no evidence that Renee Good and Becca Good were married. Renee Good petitioned for a name change in 2023 so she could share the same last name as her “partner.” So Becca Good is not her “wife.” Shipwreckedcrew, ICE Off. Jonathan Ross Was 100% Justified In Shooting Renee Good -- Facts Matter. "NYT and other media are engaged in an exercise to show descriptions by Administration Officials have been wrong and thereby mislead readers into believing facts were different than they actually were."

News Wax reports ICE Launches Maine Operation. Dave Catron at Am Spec, Minnesota and the New Nullification Crisis "No fewer than 16 Democrat states are attempting to nullify federal immigration laws." Matt Vespa jazzed that an Appeals Court Puts the Kibosh on Insane Judge's Ruling That Hamstrung ICE Agents in Minnesota. 

Bob Hoge at RedState DHS Reports Massive Surge in Website Traffic As Millions of Illegals Make a Choice to self deport. From NYPo, Migrant Iowa superintendent to change not guilty plea after being charged with claiming US citizenship. Leslie Eastman at LI, Feds: California Owes $1B for Covering Illegal Aliens With Medicaid Dollars. "Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), says funds were improperly used for health care for undocumented immigrants."

Becca Lower at RedState, New U.S. Senate Candidate Michele Tafoya Calls Out MN Dems' 'Crisis of Leadership,' Says It's 'Fixable'. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites Tafoya: You Better Believe I'm Running for Senate in Minnesota. I'm somewhat familiar with Tafoya from Gutfeld! where she make occasional appearances, as well as her podcasts. She's much too honest to be a Senator. 

At Matt Margolis substack, As I Suspected, Kamala’s Campaign Was Antisemitic All Along. PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks Michelle Obama Exists to Make Hillary Clinton Seem Delightful.

Theo Wold @RealTheoWold, "Republicans taking office: “We can't do these things that will allow us to gain more power. The Democrats will just do it back to us later." Democrats taking office: “We are going to grab power, shove our unpopular agenda down your throats, and make sure you can never win an election again."

The FOO @PolitiBunny, "Spanberger just put KKK/Blackface Northam on the VMI Board of Visitors ... After she called him a bigot in 2019. She's a joke. A fraud and a liar." Michelle Maxwell ™ @MichelleMaxwell, "Before you go writing off Virginia know this, Abigail Spanberger has been groomed to run for President(the new Hillary). Being governor is just a stepping stone. So while everyone is distracted with Gavin she is the plan. The VA Legislature will push crazy, radical stuff&she will veto some of it to appear moderate. Spanberger is the country’s problem now&we better not take her lightly."

From the Center Square, Entitlement fraud costs taxpayers billions ... or trillions, dwarfing Minnesota. Scott McClallen reports U.S. Sues Louisiana Hospital Operator Over Alleged Medicare Fraud and Kickbacks. PJM's Rick Moran worries Have We Become so Cynical, so Jaded, That $9 Billion in Fraud Against the Taxpayer Isn't a Huge Issue? Driscoll, GOODER AND HARDER, CALIFORNIA: What Blue Zone Collapse Looks Like.

Jonathan Turley, Democrats Fight to Keep the Insurrection Myth Alive in the New J6 Committee. From Ace, Justice D E-I Cites "Black Codes" Which Stripped Post-Civil-War Blacks of Right to Bear Arms As Good Law In Order to Justify Endless Gun Control. "Justice D-EI is making it as hard as possible for other DEI judges to ever get confirmed. What were the Black Codes? They were post-Civil-War state laws enacted by the defeated Confederacy in spite. They were almost immediately declared unconstitutional."

Detectives' Endowment Association @NYCPDDEA, "Last week, two NYPD Detectives were mistreated while seeking medical attention at NYU Langone – Cobble Hill Emergency Room after being injured on duty during the arrest of a violent perpetrator. Upon arrival, they were met with rudeness, disrespect, and a lack of basic professional courtesy by hospital administrators. It is an outrage that any NYPD Detective injured in the line of duty should have to worry about being treated at any hospital in the city they protect. As nurses across the city strike over issues like workplace safety, treating Detectives poorly is not how to make hospitals safer. . ."

John Sexton at Hat Hair says Here We Go Again: Unnamed CBS Employees Attack Bari Weiss. I guess the new boss wasn't the same as the old boss.

Ilya Shapiro @ishapiro, "It’s a protest about nothing." Quote Dave Rubin @RubinReport "How pathetic do you have to be to protest outside a Seinfeld comedy show? Note these people never actually do anything like volunteer in their communities, build institutions, invent things, or just be productive citizens at any level whatsoever…" Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Melanie Yazzie, a professor at @UMNews, says that her goal is to "dismantle the United States." She wants that to become EVERYONE's political goal. These people want to destroy the country, and they aren't even hiding it anymore."

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Flotsam and Jetsam - MN Mob Invades Church, Confronts Congregation

A bunch of Minnesota "protesters", egged on by failed journolist former CNN talking butthead Don Lemon, invaded a Baptist church in Minneapolis yesterday and confronted the congregation, following word that the name of the pastor was the same a one of the ICE agents that had been doxxed by the media. This is a plain and obvious violation of federal FACE Act, widely used by the Biden administration to jail grandmothers protesting at abortion clinics, but which at the behest of Republicans in Congress, also forbids the same acts at churches. At Twitchy, Don Lemon Leads ICE Protestors to Church - Just NOT How You Think: Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews, "BREAKING - Anti ICE agitators, led by failed CNN host Don Lemon, stormed a Minneapolis church this morning, halting services and holding members hostage because they believed the pastor was ICE affiliated. “The whole point of it is to disrupt and make people uncomfortable.” (video at link). Dave Strom at Hat Hair, ICE Protesters Storming Churches Now; Hotels Kicking People Out. John Hinderacker at Power Line, More Minneapolis Madness: Collin Rugg @CollinRugg, "NEW: Don Lemon tries lecturing a pastor on the First Amendment after a mob of far leftists stormed a church in Minneapolis. Pastor: “This is unacceptable. It's shameful to interrupt a public gathering of Christians in worship…” Lemon: “Listen, there's a constitution, the First Amendment to freedom of speech and freedom to assemble and protest.” Pastor: “We're here to worship Jesus because the hope of the world is Jesus Christ…” Lemon: “But did you try to talk to them?” Pastor: “No one is willing to talk. I have to take care of my church and my family so I ask that you would also leave this building.” Imagine storming a church mid worship and thinking you are the good guys." Insty says HEY, WITH DON LEMON I’M JUST GRATEFUL IT’S NOT SEXUAL ASSAULT. Greg Price @greg_price11, "I'm no historian but I don't think there's ever been a situation in the last 100 years where the people storming the churches were the good guys." Quote End Wokeness @EndWokeness "BREAKING: Anti-ICE mob storms church in St. Paul, MN and shuts service down." Betsy Stauffer at LI, Anarchy: Minneapolis Activists Harass And Attack Anyone They Suspect of Being ICE, "One beating of a passerby stopped when one of the attackers told his comrades, “He’s one of us.”" Seamus (FreedomToons) @seamus_coughlin, "Me and my street militia are going around demanding to see people's papers and shutting down churches. You know, to fight fascism" Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre, "Every protester in this video has committed a federal crime They can all be easily identified Don Lemon needs to be in custody by the end of the day if the administration is to ever be taken seriously again." ABC whines DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor. "U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said her agency is investigating federal civil rights violations “by these people desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshippers.”" RushBabe, *No more subterfuge. The Leftist insurrection is blatant and dangerous.

At CIS, Is a ‘Civil War’ Brewing in Minnesota over Immigration? "Either get smart or stop lying, because the mullahs are watching." Phil Labonte @philthatremains. "my first impulse is to say, “it’s just talk, for now.” but then i remember the murders of Charlie Kirk, and Aaron Danielson, i remember Alvarado where 11 individuals ambushed officers at an ICE facility, i remember McAllen where a gunman fired dozens of rounds at a Border Patrol facility, injuring a police officer and an employee, i remember Dallas in September where a shooting at an ICE facility left one detainee dead and two others wounded where the attacker used ammunition marked with "anti-ICE" messages, i remember the guy that went to J.D. Vance’s home, and i remember the two attempts on Donald Trump. then i think, “oh, they’re already doing it.”" Quote Reddit Lies @reddit_lies, "Bluesky skeeters are discussing making IEDs to hit ice btw." Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Latest Trump Move Involving Minneapolis Is Going to Trigger a Lib Meltdown. Insider Wire @InsiderWire, "#BREAKING: 2 U.S. Army battalions on standby for possible deployment to Minnesota amid anti-ICE unrest." From News Wax, Pentagon Readies 1,500 Soldiers to Possibly Deploy to Minnesota. Sundance at CTH hosts Sunday Talks – Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Discusses Minneapolis Investigations and Violent Protests and Sunday Talks – DHS Secretary Kristi Noem -vs Margaret Brennan Discussing Minneapolis Violence and reports Minnesota Governor Activates National Guard. "According to the Minnesota Dept of Public Safety, Governor Tim Walz has activated the national guard. However, in a statement on their X account the officials note, the guard “are not deployed to city streets at this time, but are ready to help support public safety, including protection of life, preservation of property and supporting the rights of all who assemble peacefully.”" Ward Clarke at RedState sees a Mic Drop Moment: Noem Calls Out Brennan's Border Blindspot. From Da Caller, ‘As A Muslima’: Rashida Tlaib Blows Gasket Over ‘Neo-Nazi’ DHS Post Of Man Riding Horse. 

Kim "Katie" USA @KimKatieUSA "Sheriff Grady just dropped the truth: 76% of illegals detained in his county have criminal charges. The other 24%? Riding with the criminals. He explains exactly why ICE is flooding Minneapolis, LA, and other sanctuary cities and how easy it is to stop." The Victory Girls report Child Abusers Top ICE List Of Most Wanted. 

Da Caller, Renee Good’s Partner Reportedly Under Investigation By Federal Authorities To Determine If She Impeded ICE Agents. From Breitbart, Judge Bars LAPD’s Use of Less-Lethal Foam Bullets on Protesters. Elizabeth Barcohana @E_Barcohana, "The ICE raids will continue just until we flatten the curve of illegal immigration. We’re all in this together." Katie Zacharia @KatieZacharia, "Stay at least 6ft away from ICE officers as they socially distancing from those infected with the woke mind virus."

News Wax has a Report that At Least 16,000 Killed in Iranian Protests. From 1945, Coercion Without Ownership: The Real Trump Playbook on Iran. Sundance reports Israel Not Happy with Trump Appointed Turkey and Qatar Roles in Assisting Gaza Stabilization and Executive Board. Kareem Rifai @KareemRifai, "They don't teach this in law school, but a feature of international law is that it hibernates and only wakes up when it can be used to defend the hypothetical sovereignty of people guilty of mass crimes against humanity." Quote Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan, "Assassinating Khamenei wouldn’t just be illegal under international law, wouldn’t just be a betrayal of antiwar, anti-regime change MAGA voters, but, with Khamenei also being a religious leader, it could lead to all sorts of terrorist blowback against US interests and civilians. x.com/danielbshapiro…"

John Sexton at Hat Hair wonders How Will China Try to Take Control of Taiwan (Can It Be Stopped?). Driscoll at Insty says BOMB CANADA — THE CASE FOR WAR: Blume Industries CEO Balding 大老板 @BaldingsWorld, "It is truly mind boggling the absolute memory hole Canadian activity has disappeared into because people hate Trump so much. Canada for years has had massive Chinese money laundering, drug, intel, and security issues with regards to China something everybody should know. They are not an ally they literally let the PLA train in China a few years ago. The idea that Trump took his actions in a vacuum and that is what prompted everything is just completely afactual ignorance. . . ." Quote Chris McGuire @ChrisRMcGuire, "Canada's agreement to let Chinese cars into their market is an extremely poor strategic decision. But it also shows that without strong and consistent messaging from Washington, even our closest allies will sacrifice long-term strategic interest for short-term economic or. . . "

From Da Mail, European diplomats reveal the 'tough guy' US negotiator leading the charge on Greenland: 'He hates us,' JD Vance. Sundance has Sunday Talks – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent -vs- NBC Kristen Welker, Topics: Greenland and The FED. News Wax, Europeans Reeling as Trump Imposes Tariffs on 8 Countries Over Greenland Dispute. Susie Moore at RedState, Bessent on Greenland, Tariffs, and Why Jerome Powell Is in a Pickle. From Althouse, "Is President Trump serious about annexing Greenland?"/"President Trump strongly believes that we cannot outsource our security." CBD at Ace's, Greenland, NATO, The EU...The Clownshow Continues "So...everyone calm down. Greeenlanders? Take nice big checks written by America, and maybe some good high-paying jobs in our expanding military infrastructure and mining efforts. Denmark? Smile, cash the check, and relax now that you don't have to deal with Greenland. And the EU? Just sit down and shut up. Nobody cares what you think."

Sundance, The Norwegian Nobel Committee Have an Important, Albeit Hilarious, Announcement. "A Nobel Peace Prize laureate receives two central symbols of the prize: a gold medal and a diploma. In addition, the prize money is awarded separately. Regardless of what may happen to the medal, the diploma, or the prize money, it is and remains the original laureate who is recorded in history as the recipient of the prize. Even if the medal or diploma later comes into someone else’s possession, this does not alter who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A laureate cannot share the prize with others, nor transfer it once it has been announced. A Nobel Peace Prize can also never be revoked. The decision is final and applies for all time."

Bill Murry at Da Fed, How Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Delivering 120 ‘Marshall Plans’ To The U.S. Driscoll sees CNN POLL: 58% declare Trump’s second term so far a “failure.” "The only Republican at CNN disagrees with his employer:" Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "I was reliably told by Democrat pundits that all of their Trump voting friends had abandoned him." Quote InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022, "WSJ POLL: 92% of people who voted for Trump in 2024 are giving him a positive job rating today, including 70% who “strongly approve”" From RCP, The Fed’s Job Isn’t Finished Until Hiring Comes Back.

At Twitchy, FAFO in Real Time: Leftist Gets Secret Service Visit Over 'What She Deserves' Threat to Press Sec: Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz, "The Secret Service came to my door today because of a tweet. No threats. No violence. Just words. That’s where we are now." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "You are doing the favorite trick of the left: playing victim and crying tyranny at the slightest bit of accountability. You do deserve to be locked up forever, because it’s clear you enjoy nothing more than seeing people die for disagreeing with you. And instead you are free — because the people you so wish death upon are far too generous, far too nice, and far too tolerant. . . .”

Fox 4, Foods that Americans were told to avoid for decades are back under Trump's new nutrition rules. Nora Dimitrova Clinton at LI, sees Cowboys Versus “Soy Boys”: The Politics of Food, Alcohol, and Tobacco.

Matt Margolis asserts Democrats Are So Screwed and a Former Obama Advisor Just Proved It. "In a New York Times op-ed titled “Democrats Will Lose in 2028 Unless They Change Course Now,” Plouffe warns that the party’s long-term future looks bleak. He says the electoral map itself is shifting out from under their feet—and unless Democrats overhaul everything, they’re heading for years of political pain." Josh Barro at Very Serious, The Cult of Jasmine Crockett Shows Democrats are Still Trapped in the Dumbest Form of Identity Politics. "Comedians Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers were right to tell people not to waste money on her campaign. But they had to apologize anyway." Salena Zito at Hat Hair hears that In Reelection Launch, Josh Shapiro Admits Violent Attack Almost Drove Him From the Race, from Democrat anti-semite. 

Insty cites CHRIS BRAY: What Blue Zone Collapse Looks Like: “In my last post, I said that the Blue Zones are functionally insolvent. ‘The well is dry.’ Several commenters responded with the observation that they’ve been hearing this story for twenty years or more, but the Blue Zones are still going, so what insolvency and collapse are you talking about? But the collapse of the Blue Zones doesn’t look like Enron or K-Mart; California doesn’t shut down. The state has 39 million golden geese to cut open. There’s a lot of ruin in a state. But the collapse remains real, and it’s already happening. It looks like this.” Billy Binion @billybinion, "The entitlement here is astounding. California didn’t make these people money. These people made money for California. No one “deserves” it. When faced with crushing financial losses, it’s entirely rational for business owners to move elsewhere. Wealth taxes inevitably fail." Quote Chief Nerd @TheChiefNerd, " Kara Swisher on California’s Wealth Tax “You made all your money in California, you ungrateful piece of sh*t. You could figure out a way to pay more taxes, and we deserve the taxes from you.”" Michael Guimarin on X: "I’m coming off private for about an hour so you can read this. The billionaire tax in CA is an example of an irregular warfare action by the Chinese Communist Party on the United States. What it does is push out the people who would fight CCP encroachment into CA. The CCP" / X. Back on private. At Liberty Unyielding, Virginia state tax rate could rise from 5.75% to 13.8%, highest in the nation. Good and hard. Betsy McCaughey at Hat Hair says Time to Crack Down on Fraud. Shouldn't it always be time to crack down on fraud? From the Daily Economy, The Public School Shell Game Makes Phantom Daycares Look Tiny. 

Hat Hair's Larry Elder takes issue with Mamdani's Fantasy World of Equal Outcome as does John Stossel in The Warmth of Collectivism. "In my new video, TikTokers claim capitalism is "ending." They sing about the beauty of communes. One asks, desperately, "Where is my commune?!" Good question. They're hard to find because they keep failing."

Michael Sebastian @HonorAndDaring, "Either we crush the nice guy loser mindset of Republicans or we lose our civilization. The nice guy losers who want to be loved by their enemies are selling us out." Quote Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Democrats take power and immediately disenfranchise their opponents. Red state republicans can either disenfranchise them first, or end up living in a vassal district of a blue state." Atop Da Hill, Authorities’ inaction on threats against Trump voters is alarming. Insty hosts a video, STALIN’S AUTHORITARIANISM WAS LEFT AUTHORITARIANISM, AND THE AMERICAN LEFT WAS LARGELY OKAY WITH IT: Jeffery Mead @the_jefferymead, "That’s the same logic used by Stalin’s secret police. “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” You pick the target first, assume guilt, then dig through everything until you can justify a charge. That isn’t the rule of law. That’s prosecution as a weapon. Very authoritarian from the side who is always warning us about authoritarianism.." At Althouse, "Mr. Trump does not attempt to hide his use of law enforcement powers for vengeance. He glories in it...." "His usurpation of law enforcement power threatens us all.... His move to control investigation and prosecution from the White House portends an America where the state uses force to promote the political interests of its leaders, rather than uphold the laws passed by our representatives. . . . Writes The Editorial Board of The New York Times, in "For Trump, Justice Means Vengeance.""

RCW warns The UK’s Free Speech Act is a Paper Tiger — And America is Next.

From TCW, DEI and a stark admission – it’s a war against straight white males. Campus Reform reports ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ to lead Harvard lecture linking drag, politics, and Kamala Harris’ ‘chitthi brigade’, "Kareem Khubchandani is a drag queen who calls himself 'LaWhore Vagistan.' He is teaching two classes at Harvard on drag and 'queer ethnography.'" At Hat Hair, Stephen Moore says we need to Stop Pretending That Colleges Are Nonprofit Institutions.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Too Good To Be True? marinated and ready for consumption at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Substance Free Sunday

We're Still hashing over the week's events. Nick Arama at RedState wants you to Watch: Things Getting Wild in MN As Anti-ICE Crew Harasses Regular People, Concerning City Email Revealed and sees What Led Up to This ICE Operation at a Mexican Restaurant in MN Has the Left Melting Down. Matt Vespa at TownHall, What ICE Agents Did After Eating Lunch at a Mexican Restaurant in MN Will Probably Drive Libs Insane. Came back later for the illegals working there. And Wait, That's How a Local Minnesota Dem Described the Leftist Violence Against ICE "State Sen. Bobby Joe Champion, said attacks on law enforcement following the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good, 37, on January 7 only show that Minnesotans are being good neighbors, or something. This comes after ICE agents were ambushed by Venezuelan illegals this week, some of whom were armed with shovels." Driscoll at Insty, DAVID BROOKS DESCRIBES ICE IN MINNEAPOLIS AS ALMOST AN ‘ARMED OCCUPATION:’ Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "Does the median lib understand this? If state and local authorities in Minnesota cooperated in handing over CONVICTED CRIMINALS to the feds none of what’s happening would be necessary." Quote captive dreamer @captive_dreamer "When ICE shows up in Texas, they go to the local jail and take these people into custody. When they arrive in Minneapolis, they've got to go door knocking because the local police have been told to not cooperate with feds." CIS, Minneapolis School Officials Are Shielding Illegal Aliens from ICE ... and Opening Themselves Up to Federal Felony Prosecutions.

Ben Smith at LI, DOJ Subpoenas Walz, Frey Over Alleged ICE Obstruction and Reckless Rhetoric. ‘Mayor Frey and Governor Walz have to get their city under control. They are encouraging impeding and assault against our law enforcement..” Erick Florack at PJM explains The Reason Walz Is Declaring War on the Federal Government "He’s, in fact, trying to start a civil war, in an effort to protect himself from the consequences of the laws he’s already broken. Mind, this has nothing to do with Renee Good, or anyone else. It’s all about Walz trying to stay both in office and out of jail." Matt Vespa, Here's What a CNN Host Said About Tim Walz That Left Scott Jennings Stunned. "JENNINGS: “They have literally both said ICE leave Minnesota. In fact, Tim Walz said, we’re on the third day of Gettysburg at one point.” PHILLIP: “He did not say that either. Okay, sorry, but he didn’t say that.”" Yes he did. From Twitchy, Tiffany Cross Accuses Pete Seat of Lying About CNN's MN Report — Then the Clip Plays and Exposes Her. Thomas Hern @ThomasMHern, "Why does CNN keep inviting Tiffany Cross back on their network to lie? Pete Seat accurately references CNN's 4PM report on Minneapolis agitators. Tiffany Cross flips out and falsely accuses Pete Seat of misrepresenting the report and being in a cult, Abby Phillips does nothing. Watch the exchange with the 4pm report included and decide for yourself who is lying." Driscoll, “IS THE NEW YORK TIMES A LIBERAL NEWSPAPER? OF COURSE IT IS:” "The Same New York Times That Called Trump a ‘Nazi’ and ‘Fascist’ Objects to THIS Hateful Word for Women. As the article piously reported: In the days since a federal agent killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, Republican officials and conservative commentators have called the 37-year-old white woman “very violent,” a “deranged lunatic woman” and a “domestic terrorist.” Some right-wing influencers have latched onto a different word — or rather an acronym: Ms. Good, they have said, was AWFUL." From Dan McCarthy at RCP, The Trouble With Activism That Abets Law-Breaking. At NYPo the Cherkaskys opine The ICE uproar is a conspiracy calculated to fool Americans "Ordinary Americans are being played — manipulated into dangerous confrontations by politicians and rabble-rousing activists." A video at Hat Hair, Can President Trump Make Minneapolis Great Again? It's doubtful.

Derek Hunt at TownHall asks Why the Hell Should We Care If Democrats Don’t? "I used to feel bad for people in the cities overrun by Democrats’ BLM/ANTIFA Brownshirts; who wants to see their fellow Americans going through hell? But then you realize that these people voted for this, and did so repeatedly. I can have sympathy for someone complaining of a headache, but it quickly fades if I find out they have a habit of hitting themselves in the head with a frying pan. After that, I stop caring completely. We’re too that point with everything Democrats do." From the Chicago Boyz, The Fire Next Time. "It doesn’t take much imagination to conclude that what happened to the J6 protestors would land on any military or law enforcement personnel luckless enough to catch the focused attention and malice of progressives to headlines to brandish and solitary prison cells to fill. The veniality and vengefulness of our current crop of ambitious progressive politicians and administrators guarantees that they would not be able to resist the opportunity to grandstand."

Each Republican is always more Hitler than the previous one. Driscoll, SOCIALISTS NATIONALLY BEGIN SEARCHING FOR THEIR NEXT HITLER: Jim Acosta Helps Dems Make the Pivot to ‘JD Vance Is Worse Than Trump’ (Plus: Get the TDS Straitjacket!). Curtis Houck@CurtisHouck, "Jim Acosta: “[JD Vance is] the future of MAGA. It is a — a — it is a fascist, authoritarian, white nationalist MAGA.” Jennifer Welch: “It’s worse than Trump.” Acosta: “It is worse than Trump.” Welch: “He’s worse.” Acosta: “It’s Trump with staying power. You know, Trump, the other day is, you know, he’s — he’s — he’s asking, am I gonna go to heaven? Am I gonna go to heaven?” Welch: “Yeah.” Acosta: “It must be dawning on him that the sand in — in Dorothy’s hourglass is running out, you know, in the Wizard of Oz.” Welch: “The curtains are closing. . . ”" Sunny @sunnyright, "Fascism is when Donald Trump enforces laws that Barack Obama enforced, but with the key distinction that Democrats are big mad about losing the election and so that makes it fascism."

At Breitbart, Trump Cancels Biden Rules Forcing Banks to Give Loans to Illegals. What a fascist! 

From the Chronic, Trump’s Successes All Point to Avoiding Entanglements. Josh Hammer at Hat Hair wonders Is a Red Line Still a Red Line? in Iran. No Pasaran! claims a Bombshell Revelation! Lexington Institute Explains the Exact Event Which Caused Trump 45 to Want to Acquire Greenland; ADDENDUM: Here Is What Is Wrong with Greenland's Status Quo, "it turns out that in 2017, according to the Lexington Institute's Rebecca Grant, Greenland’s prime minister flew to Beijing and asked China to bankroll new airports, according to The Wall Street Journal. [To its credit,] Denmark stopped the deal. If anything like that happens again, Greenland will be flying a U.S. flag." Tim O'Brien at PJM revisits Denmark’s Dirty Little Secret About Population Control in Greenland. Involuntary sterilizations. Sundance at CTH admires how President Trump Announces New Tariffs Against “EU Leadership” Nations Attempting to Interfere in North American Strategic Defense and Greenland Negotiations. Matt Taibbi at Racket asks If NATO Dies, Do We Really Have to Mourn? "Donald Trump's Greenland-gobbling may mean the end of the Atlanticist dream, which should have ended with the fall of communism."

From Da Signal, Hegseth Declares War on Pentagon Bureaucracy

Stacy McCain has a Radical Vegan Transgender Cult Update: Three ‘Zizians’ Make Court Appearance, in western Maryland.

Betsy Stauffer at LI, Virginia Democrats Vote to Redraw Congressional Map, Target Four-Seat Gain, "The Virginia state Senate passed a constitutional amendment on Friday that, if approved by a statewide referendum, would allow the Democrat-controlled legislature to redraw the state’s congressional maps before voters head to the polls this fall. This move could hand the Democrats four new seats in Congress. The Commonwealth is divided into 11 congressional districts. Democrats currently hold six of those seats, and the GOP, five. If the Democrats’ redistricting efforts are successful, that balance would be transformed into a 10–1 supermajority, all but erasing Republican representation." That would make them worse than Maryland.

Victory Girls envy Kamala Harris’s turn as Marie Antoinette "Former vice president Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff purchased an $8 million mansion in an exclusive oceanside Malibu neighborhood last month. The move came after Harris spent years warning that such communities could be threatened by the “climate crisis.” A real estate listing for the mansion, reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon, says the luxury pad is “perched in a prime coastal location” with “breathtaking ocean views.” The property sits right near a coastline that—according to climate scenarios endorsed by Harris—is at risk of facing extreme flooding. A climate model issued by the Biden-Harris administration determined that Point Dume State Beach, the beach a short walk from Harris’s new property, would be severely damaged by sea level rise even under the model’s most modest projections." So they'll have a nice cliffside view of the rising seas?

From NYPo, House, feds probe to unravel mystery of ‘Squad’ Rep. Ilhan Omar’s skyrocketing wealth: ‘It’s not possible’ I wonder how many 'day cares' or 'transportation services' she is co-owner of.

At Twitchy, Video of BBC Reporter Trying to Lecture Elon Musk About 'Misinformation' Has Aged WONDERFULLY. RCP wonders If Britain Bans X, How Far Will It Go To Block Free Speech?

TCW, DEI and a stark admission – it’s a war against straight white males.

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Too Good To Be True? marinated and ready for consumption at The Other McCain.