Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Decapitates TDA, Musk Becomes First Trillionaire

The White House @WhiteHouse, "“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth.” - President DONALD J. TRUMP" Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, BREAKING: Trump Channels Inner Tom Clancy, Takes Out TdA Head in Airstrike. Althouse "At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua..." "Here's the background material that formed the center of Trump's post (where I have an ellipsis above): "Before I returned to office, Joe Biden opened our Southern Border to millions of Illegal Criminals, and allowed this foreign army to rape, maim, and murder American Citizens with total impunity. During my Campaign, I pledged to expel these monsters from our Country, and bring Justice to the families of those they slaughtered, including the precious 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, 22-year-old Laken Reilly, and countless other beautiful souls. With this action, the United States Military has brought retribution for them, their families, and their loved ones. Early in my Administration, I delivered on my promise to designate Tren de Aragua as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, deport thousands of evil criminals, and wage war against the Cartels, who have long been waging war against our Citizens, while weak leaders left America helpless and defensive." I expect some Democrat judge to order Trump to resurrect him.

Also at Althouse "The president's threatening to leave it permanently.... We'll just host weekly fights between people in politics, you know, and settle our scores that way...." "The comic stylings of Marco Rubio:" Regarding the giant temporary arena being set up on White House ground for the UFC fight. I don't follow UFC, but all the right (left) people are pissed off. Matt Margolis at PJM thinks This Scott Jennings Joke on CNN Is the Funniest Thing You’ll See All Week "This continues to be one of the more perplexing things happening at the White House. I do wonder, Scott, why? Why are we doing this to the tune —""Four hundred ninety-four porta-potties?” Jennings interjected. "That's a lot of porta-potties," Phillip replied."Somewhere Graham Platner is booking an airline ticket," Jennings quipped."

At the NYT, After Senate Loss, Cornyn Predicts ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump. From Twitchy, Texas Loser John Cornyn Tries to Insult Scott Presler and, Yeah, THAT Didn't Go Well for Him. As Charles De Gaulle once noted "The graveyards are full of indispensable men."

From the Brussels Signal, The G-7 is Trump’s chance to express US dominance within the Western alliance. Sundance at CTH sees Mark Carney Arrives in France Three Days Early for Defeating Trump Strategy Session with Emmanuel Macron.

On the Iran affair, News Wax has Khamenei Website Releases Statement: No Give Up on Hormuz, No Deal With Trump, Trump: Leaked Iran Deal 'Bears No Relation to the Truth' and cites FT: Iran Still Has Access to Missiles Despite Attacks.Dmitri Bolt at TownHall hears President Trump Just Blew a Hole in Iran's Alleged Leaked Deal "The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing," the president wrote on Truth Social. "What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith." Iran is playing it's usual games by saying one thing in negotiations, and another to the press. They may need a few more rounds of softening. Conrad Black at the Brussels Signal opines Trump will get what he wants in Iran by negotiation or by force. The Peacock preens Defense industry leaders preparing to meet with Trump as worries over missile supply grow, sources say. "The president is expected to press the leaders to find ways to swiftly increase production of weaponry for the Pentagon, sources told NBC News." Probably has at least a grain of truth, though. At RCW, Iran’s Execution Machine Is Running at Full Speed. Hopefully the people of Iran will respond in kind when they get their chance, assuming Israel leaves any of the leadership alive. 

Yesterday, SpaceX held its IPO, and Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire, at least on paper. Envious Democrats, Socialist and Democratic socialists are beside themselves (a neat trick) with envy and rage. John Sexton at Hat Hair calls 'Total Bulls**t": The Left Has Plans for Seizing and Spending Elon Musk's Money. Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "You know they’re the good guys by the way they keep calling for violence and bloodshed against those they view as their ideological enemies." Quote Aleph @woke8yearold "Over on the blue site popehat is calling for Elon Musk to be killed for being racist His brain has been cooked, although admittedly he was unstable to begin with." Insty, at his substack says Elon Musk is a Genius, and a Litmus Test. "People's reactions to him are diagnostic." Henrick Johansson @compliantvc, "Elon Musk is about to become a trillionaire If he agreed to pay just 80% of that as a wealth tax to the EU, the EU government could use its efficient operating experience to fund bicycles with solar panels attached to them for over 40 residents of the Netherlands Elon is being selfish by not paying the wealth tax." John Sexton hears Kimmel: Elon Musk Is 'An Immigrant Who Has Been Stealing From Us'. Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) @antoniogm, "The most envious, Marxist, redistributive person in the world isn't the guy busting his hump to frame a house, or the guy grinding out DoorDash...it's the smug guy worth 7 or 8 figures staring at a trillionaire he considers socially beneath him." Quote Rolling Stone @RollingStone, "Jimmy Kimmel warned against "obscenely wealthy weirdo" Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire. Watch: https://rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-m" From Twitchy, Here's Why Class Warfare Lefties Are Ignoring THESE Working Folks Profiting From Elon Musk's Greedy IPO and Limit and Give It: Scott Jennings Schools Grabby CNN Dems Who Want to Kneecap Trillionaire Elon Musk. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "“Elon Musk is a trillionaire.” As a securities law attorney, please allow me to explain how anyone who says this is basically lying to you: 1. The Securities and Exchange Commission has a myriad of laws that prevent founders and other large stockholders of publicly traded companies from dumping their shares. There are substantial holding period requirements, volume of sales limitations and public reporting obligations for stock sales. Basically, Elon holds largely illiquid shares, he is a “trillionaire” on paper only, and the best analogy is when people peg your net worth based on your home’s market price. That’s not money in your pocket, that’s the house you live in..." Peter Hague @peterrhague, "It’s basically incitement at this point, right? I’m sure the journalists have been very careful with language to avoid crossing the legal line (I’m not paying to read this crap) but it’s clear what their intentions are." Quote The Globe and Mail @globeandmail, "Opinion: SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire. Here’s how to properly hate him https://theglobeandmail.com /business/comme..." Northern Barbarian@xnoesbueno, "When Canada's house organ has to issue instructions on how to hate you, you must be doing something right. The richest man in history has devoted his life to making this world a better place. Useful things, making people freer. And getting us onto other worlds. (The Tesla thing, I personally don't really care about, except to the extent it financed other projects and also hilariously made virtue-signaling twats self-humiliate with ridiculous stickers.) The $44 billion for free speech alone when governments are actively censoring dissent, would deserve a Nobel Peace Prize, though associating that wretched tainted award with Musk would elevate it more than it would honor him. Personally devoting his efforts to rooting out massive corruption, fraud and waste in the United States government. Congratulations, @elonmusk. Keep doing what you're doing."

Matt Margolis says Just When You Thought the Platner Tattoo Scandal Couldn’t Get Worse… From the Free Bacon, The Scum Also Rises: Graham Platner Makes History As First Vanity Oysterman With Nazi Tattoo To Win US Senate Nomination. Ace has More: Graham Platner, Known to Have a Dick the Size of a Grain of Rice, Has Lied About Why He Has a Nazi Totenkopf on His Flabby Droopy Moob According To What Story He Thinks His Mark Wants to Hear, "I'm 99% sure this is the woman we heard about yesterday. I'm not 100% on that, though." At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed calls him Shameless: Khanna Invokes Epstein to Defend Platner, Dave Strom on Why Platner's Death Camp Guard Tattoo Really Is No Big Deal to Democrats and Mark Judge, Graham Platner’s Sexts and the Stasi Media. Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine, "Being called a thug and the worst person ever to run for office by Donald Trump might be the highest compliment I have ever received." Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "I mean, he could have called you a Nazi but you would have to agree." Dave Strom calls this Peak Democrat Propaganda: Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC, "A dirtbag who banged his dead brother's wife is asked by a dirtbag who banged his best friend/campaign manager's wife about another dirtbag who cheated on a fiancee (alleged) and sexted a dozen women right after getting married (confirmed)." Quote POLITICO @politico, "Hunter Biden defends Graham Platner on Newsom podcast http://dlvr.it/TT0RXs."From NYPo, Mamdani cashed in on mayoral perks for Knicks tickets — and downplayed the price: sources.

Ed Ring at Am Great on How the Machine Buried Spencer Pratt. "Spencer Pratt’s LA mayoral bid surged on Election Day, only to be reversed as California’s entrenched political machine reshaped the final count after the vote." At Da Fed, Brianna Lyman notes California Allows Late Ballots With No Postmark — That’s An Invitation To Fraud. Stella X @Stellaaa, "Riddle me this LA: If it’s illegal for non-citizens to vote, why the Hell does the West LA Library have a display for non citizens that includes a VOTER REGISTRATION specifically for non citizens that allows them to “preregister” to vote. They even have a special section on the registration that allows you to vote ANONYMOUSLY if you don’t feel “safe” putting your address. Gee what could possibly go wrong?!..." Scott McKay at Am Spec calls What’s Happening in Los Angeles an Exercise in Brute-Force Politics. "The vote factory strikes again." Dave Strom reads the Los Angeles Times: Accusations of Voter Fraud 'Unfounded,' Yet They...Found It. F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli @USAttyEssayli, "The @LATimes headline says voter fraud claims are “unfounded” — then their own reporting confirms it. Their article documents homeless individuals being paid cash to register to vote. That’s a federal crime under 52 U.S.C. § 10307(c). “Three people told The Times they accepted a couple dollars to sign, with one saying he signed multiple signatures using various names and received $10." That’s not unfounded. That’s voter fraud and it’s exactly why there must be investigations." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees Spencer Pratt Unleashed: Of Course You Realize, THIS MEANS WAR “Karen, Nithya, ask yourself, is it possible one of your employees may have a recording of you doing or saying something that would force you to resign in disgrace?” he says deadpan into the camera. “Hope you sleep well at night.” Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Jimmy Kimmel i guess you missed the part of the story i don’t need a U-Haul…I have nothing left to pack."

Joe Chalfant at TownHall notes Dan Sullivan and GOP Officials Just Ended Democrats' Nefarious Plan in Alaska. InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022, "JUST IN: Alaska Division of Elections has ruled Dan J. Sullivan of Petersburg ineligible to run for office after a probe into Republican allegations that he’s trying to rig the election by drawing votes from U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan." You have to give them credit for inventiveness though. He even looks like him.

From Da Mail, California hit by another huge fraud bombshell as thousands of claims for $4 BILLION in taxpayer-funded compensation meant for sex crime victims are FAKE, investigator says. Beege Welborn, GASP: 'Most' Claims in Los Angeles County's Four BILLION Dollar Sexual Abuse Payout Might Be...Bogus. Scott McLallen at TownHall, Nine Convicted in Ohio Drug Ring That Mixed Fentanyl Trafficking With $4.5M COVID-19 Fraud. Diversification! Stephen Kruiser at PJM, The Morning Briefing: Feds Keep Racking Up Law Enforcement Wins, Dems Hardest Hit.

Althouse sees the Demoncrats' newest wedge issue, AI data centers, "Democrats need organized voters. The political mobilization that the civil rights movement built..." ""... and that has propelled Democrats to victories across the country is aging. The G.O.P. is racing to disorganize and dilute Black electoral power across the South and the Voting Rights Act is all but dead. Your guess about the Democratic Party’s plan to fill the gaps is as good as mine. The party seems to want some kind of economic populist message without embracing the demographic reality that a member of the working class is just as likely to be Black or a woman as a white dude in a Carhartt...." Writes Tressie McMillan Cottom, in "This Could Be the Winning Issue for Democrats" (NYT). The suggested winning issue is opposition to data centers: "Americans hate data centers. They really, really hate them.... Data centers evoke strong emotions because they are tangible. Voters can hear them, smell them and see them.... [W]hen political problems become local, people can be persuaded to look beyond their party affiliation or even their own social class to help one another...."

From Sundance, Why Have I Spent a Decade Focusing on FISA, DNI Tulsi Gabbard (Aaron Lukas) Revokes Biden Era Assessments Created Inside Weaponized CIA Analyst System and DNI Tulsi Gabbard Releases New Information on 120 U.S. Govt Funded Biolabs Operating Worldwide. Ace, Despite the Lies of the Biden Administration and Its Egregiously Dishonest Spokeswoman Jen Psaki, the US Did In Fact Use Taxpayer Money to Fund Bioweapon Labs Across the Globe, Including in Ukraine.

Jae Sambo @JaeSambo "They can't even take accountability for slavery and give reparations but want to lecture everyone else about being accountable." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "I never owned slaves, but Karmelo murdered someone. Hope that helps." Flopping Aces @FloppingAces, "The trial told us Karmelo Anthony murdered Austin Metcalf. The aftermath told us something much bigger and uglier was running the show. Once the verdict and the 35-year sentence came down, the mask slipped. Instead of accepting the outcome, parts of the support ecosystem immediately shifted into intimidation mode. Death threats started hitting the Metcalf family’s phones. Some of them specifically said Austin’s twin brother Hunter should have been stabbed too. Others talked about desecrating the grave. This wasn’t grief. This was punishment for the family daring to get justice in a courtroom..."

From CIS, Latest Harvard/Harris Poll Shows Increasing Support for ‘Mass Deportations’. "The survey is all over the place — but it’s clear that voters want illegal criminal aliens gone," and notes an interesting ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Exception — From Canada, "The pregnant Dutch crown princess and a quickie proclamation of ‘extraterritoriality.’"

Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill, "Somalis rank among the most welfare-dependent groups in the United States, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. Six countries. Same result. Every single time. This is a pattern, and American taxpayers are paying for it. 81% of Somali immigrant households receive welfare. Even after being in the US for 10 years or longer, 78% are still on welfare. For native households, that number is 21%. They aren’t living the American dream. They are getting free stuff. And we are all paying for it...." Gene Volokh at the The Volokh Conspiracy cites a case where Cultural Difference "Cannot Be Accepted as a Reason to Mitigate" Ethiopian-Born Lawyer's Dishonesty-Related Misconduct. PJM's Athena Thorne begs Can We PLEASE Stop Mass-Importing Third-World Medieval Butchers?

VodkaPundit at Insty cites DAVID MANNEY: The Washington Post’s Credibility Crisis Hits the Checkout Page. “The complaint, filed in Superior Court of the District of Columbia, seeks class-action status for current and former subscribers, claiming the Post used reader behavior, engagement, and personal information to estimate how much subscribers would tolerate paying at renewal.” I've heard worse about WaPoo.

At The Weak Are Woke

At State of the Day, State of Wednesday: HERE IT COMES, AS PREDICTED. Riots in Belfast? Just like the good old days. Maybe this can unite the Irish. From sundance Britain’s Prime Minister for Northern Ireland Says “a Crackdown is Coming” Against Those Who Complain About Beheading. The Slantic attempts to explain away How Britain Became as Poor as Mississippi. Poorer, actually. They mostly blame conservatives for "austerity" efforts.

Gene Parmesan @dsonoiki, "modern leftism is just a permission structure to be as awful as humanly possible to other people all the time for no reason."

From Fox, Emergency action seeks to prevent erasure of 'mother' and 'father' in code of largest US town. "New York's legislature voted to use nonbinary terms 'gestating parent' and 'non-gestating parent' in its state code."

And even more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.12.26. Linked at the Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Checking Out The Free Agents up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Oregon, My Oregon

Oregon in the current year: Tren de Aragua members abduct woman and torture her with a power drill to steal her debit card info, turn out to be living in a drug den that is listed as a “drug rehab facility” receiving $2.3 million/year in Oregon Medicaid funds. Owners have likely… pic.twitter.com/7YiGjFuaVg

— Blake Neff (@BlakeSNeff) February 6, 2026

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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Oregon, My Oregon

Portland police chief cries when he admits the couple shot while attempting to run over ICE agents were indeed Tren de Aragua:

Portland Police @ChiefBobDay broke down in tears after being forced to admit that the Border Patrol truck attack suspects are indeed Tren de Aragua associates. PPB knew of their names from a July 2025 investigation into a shooting in which the victim identified the assailants as…

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 10, 2026

The Portland Police Chief Who Apologized to Antifa: "Portland Police Chief Bob Day is the city's worst police leader yet."

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."

Believe it or not, there are still good links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.08.26 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 01.08.26 (Evening Edition). The Wombat has  FMJRA 2.0: Still Stuck In The Ruts up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.