The Morning Report — 1/15/26

Good morning kids. With Iran on the brink of at long last toppling the bloodthirsty Islamic regime and Nicolas Maduro behind bars, what comes next for the long suffering Venezuelan and Persian people remains a mystery.

As we discussed on the latest episode of the podcast linked here and in the sidebar as well as available on the popular outlets listed at the bottom of this post, so long as American boots on the ground are not in the cards, we stand firmly with the people and with all responsible small "d" democratic forces who will or will try to establish a stable and benign government that poses no threat to their citizenry and the wider world. With that there are unconfirmed reports that President Trump is indeed preparing for some sort of military strike on the Mullahs. Let's hope it's massive, quick and decapitates the regime allowing for the swift takeover of the government by non-Islamic opposition who can consolidate power and restore order ASAP. Pollyanna-ish of me? Maybe, but the mullahs have got to go.

With that, and with all the talk of President Trump reviving and reinvigorating a heretofore moribund Monroe Doctrine abroad, considering what's going on here at home, I think it's about time that the Insurrection Act is dusted off and wielded like a terrible swift sword against the cancer that has been eating us alive for over 200 years: The Democrat Party and those who use it as cover to destroy us from within. Unreal yet all too real.

An illegal Venezuelan migrant was shot in the leg by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis after he allegedly fled during a traffic stop and beat the “ambushed” officer with a snow shovel Wednesday evening, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The suspect was behind the wheel when he tried to get away from federal immigration officers at around 6:50 p.m. local time, but he crashed into a parked car, according to DHS.
The migrant then tried to escape on foot and “violently assault[ed] the officer” as the two wrestled on the ground, according to an X post from the agency. While the man continued to struggle with the officer, two other people emerged from a nearby apartment and allegedly mercilessly attacked the agent with a snow shovel and broom handle, the department said. In the chaos, the Venezuelan migrant was able to wriggle out of the officer’s hold and also allegedly started striking him “with a shovel or broom stick,” according to the post.  The officer, “fearing for his life,” shot the Venezuelan man in the leg, DHS said.
The wounded migrant and the two alleged attackers then fled into the apartment and barricaded themselves inside, according to the agency. Federal agents were eventually able to get inside and apprehended all three individuals.
The officer and the injured suspect were both taken to a nearby hospital, and the two attackers were taken into custody, DHS said. . . KARE reported that federal agents swarmed around North Lyndale Avenue and 25th Avenue, which is near a 21-acre park, just before 8 p.m. local time. 
A photographer with the outlet observed at least one ambulance leaving the area.
Angry protesters later swarmed the shooting scene and began hurling fireworks at police officers, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a late-night press briefing. Cops tossed tear gas canisters at the protesters in response.
“The crowd is engaging in unlawful acts,” O’Hara said.
“I urge anyone who is at the scene to leave immediately. This is already a very tense situation and we do not need this to escalate any further,” the chief added.
Mayor Jacob Frey also slammed the destructive protesters — claiming they were taking President Trump’s “bait.” . . . The shooting comes just one week after Renee Nicole Good, 37, was gunned down by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross after she allegedly tried to “weaponize” her vehicle against federal agents at a protest near her Minneapolis home.

Wait, The President is "baiting the protesters?" More accurately, they are not protesters but terrorists interfering with law enforcement doing its duty to protect the citizenry and arrest criminals, illegal aliens and criminal illegal aliens. The unmitigated chutzpocritical gall of Frey is off the charts as it is he and his ilk that have labeled the President as literally Hitler and ICE as the equivalent of the Gestapo.

Anyone who uses their car, a snow shovel, a molotov cocktail and even firearms against law enforcement deserves to be dealt with and should be met with lethal force.

If we're going to target tyranny, instead of IRGC barracks and command and control installations, maybe the President should be targeting the DNC, the Soros HQ, Ford Foundation and so on and so on.

If you want to know why Charlie Kirk is dead and why ICE agents are under assault, I give you this radioactive subhuman cancerous fistula of a soulless zombie:

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said chances were “high” that America could lose its democracy between now and next November. Murphy said, “I think that the president’s first just trying to make people stay home, trying to make ordinary citizens fear going out on the streets. But that doesn’t seem to be working, given the number of people that are turning out in these special elections, the number of people that are turning out for protests. So now, possibly he takes a look at the elections itself. Maybe he does try to take voting machines in a state where his candidate lost a close election. Maybe he goes in ahead of time and tries to use the military in order to take control of polling places. We’re going to have to, you know, have an army of lawyers unfortunately ready to be able to make sure that the Constitution is protected headed into this next election. We’ll be ready. The Supreme Court is probably going to have a role to play here. By and large, they have sided with this totalitarian takeover, but there will probably be a seminal case before the court between now and November where they’ll be asked, Can Trump federalize these elections, or can he not? That will be maybe one of the most dispositive moments as we try to make sure that he doesn’t, transparently rig the elections.” He added, “I do believe that this is the most serious threat to democracy since the Civil War. I think that we are at a 5050 moment right now. I think the chances are high that we could lose our democracy between now and next November. And so I want there to be a level of urgency out in America. I’m sometimes frustrated about the lack of urgency that some of my colleagues show, internally, about this moment. But I am actually optimistic because I have seen the American people refuse to be bullied into silence.”

I pray every night and day that Chris Murphy's "DEMOCRACY" has a kryptonite stake driven into its black heart of darkness and goes straight to hell for all time. I want my constitutional Republic as founded restored!

Projection ain't just a river in Egypt. You know the rigging is going to be massive next November and instead of ramming ICE agents, Sleeper cells of Renee Goods, shovel-wielding illegal aliens, Somalians and others are already being trained in how to interfere at polling stations or ballot counting/sorting locations as we saw in Wayne County Michigan on Election Night in 2020. Meh, you don't have to be Kreskin to have that brainwave.
Any police officer or legitimate GOP poll watcher will become a target of Democrat-Party approved/planned/Fomented terrorism. I said it here first.

I wasn't going to quote Murphy, the filthy scumbag, but evil must be stared in the face and confronted head on if we are to defeat it.

And if the midterms do go our way, Even if we squeak out a win in just one race for dogcatcher somewhere, the Democrat terrorism will be off the charts.

Have a great day.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
• The suspect — in the US illegally, according to DHS — crashed into a parked car while trying to flee from federal immigration officers, before attacking one with a snow shovel, DHS said.
  Illegal Venezuelan migrant shot in Minneapolis after mercilessly ambushing fed agent with snow shovel: DHS

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• Far-left agitators in the press and in elected office peddled numerous lies about the confrontation, but the agent’s injuries add further proof that he was acting in self-defense.
  ICE Agent Renee Good Rammed With Her Car Suffered Internal Bleeding
  
• And there it is. Forget all the news stories about righteous indignation over the plight of illegal invaders to America, many of whom have violent criminal records. The “ICE observer” army of mostly liberal white women does not care about any of that. All they know is they hate men and most of the ICE officers are men. Case closed. 
  Man-Hating Anti-ICE ‘Observer’ Says Quiet Part Out Loud About Why She Does It
  
• It's the regular Americans in their minivans who will take to the streets while their kids are in school that will pay the price for the celeb virtue signaling and Democrat moralizing.
  The Goods were larping at being revolutionaries in Minnesota—celebs and Dems must stop encouraging people to do this

• Democrats have a dream that, if they get 3.5% of Americans—that is, their fanatic base—protesting on the street, they can take over the country. It won’t happen.
  No, The 3.5 Percent Will Not Overturn Trump's Presidency

• Every bloody confrontation is the foreseeable result of deliberate instruction and escalation. The activist infrastructure behind this effort matters. 
  The ICE uproar is a conspiracy calculated to fool Americans

• Screw the pull quote. Click the friggin' link if you're really that masochistict as to want to read what this criminal degenerate scumbag said. Here's my take: GOOD because your "Democracy" is cancer and I want my American Republic restored!!! - jjs
  Murphy: ‘Chances Are High that We Could Lose Our Democracy Between Now and Next November’

  "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS

• “The State Department will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates,” the State Department wrote in a statement. “The freeze will remain active until the U.S. can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people.”
  State Department Freezes Visas for Welfare-Dependent Migrants from 75 Countries

• The report anticipates a continued decline in net immigration in 2026.
  U.S. Experiences Net Negative Immigration for First Time in Decades Under Trump.

• But the Left can't stop. And the Dems won't stop them.
  ‘Abolish ICE’ is a Big Part of Why Republicans Won in 2024

• “Round up all the criminals,” Fetterman said. “Deport them. They shouldn’t have ever been here, and they definitely have to go.”
  Democrat Sen. Fetterman Urges ICE to ‘Round Up All’ the Criminal Migrants

  IRAN ON the BRINK?!

• . . . according to a Reuters report citing European officials, as the Pentagon begins pulling personnel from key U.S. bases across the Middle East and Tehran warns it would retaliate if Washington strikes.
  Report: U.S. Military Intervention in Iran Could Begin Within 24 Hours — Bases Pull Personnel, Shift Posture Across Region
  
• Regime judges are threatening swift trials and executions for detainees, and human rights activists say some prisoners have been tortured and forced to sign confessions.
  Iran’s Brutal Repression Intensifies with Fast Trials, Executions, and Torture
  
• Starlink’s availability has increased the flow of information out of Iran, despite government efforts to block its use.
  Starlink Gives Iranians Free Internet to Beat Regime Blackout.
  
• Trump shouldn’t put off what the Islamic Republic deserves any longer.
  The Mullahs Are Overdue a Reckoning

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• A story of Somali fraud in three acts.
  Did a Minneapolis Daycare Fraudster Become a Somali Senator?
  
• Walz has garnered attention over a massive fraud scandal concerning the Somali population in his state.
  Articles Of Impeachment Filed Against Embattled Dem Tim Walz (Yanking the tampon string! - jjs)

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Lessons from the Somali fraud in Minnesota.
  Stop Government Funding of Non-Profits

• Proposed by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, as an amendment to an appropriations package considered by the House for the 2026 fiscal year, the measure sought to cut the budgets of the D.C. District Court and Court of Appeals by 20 percent. Roy cited the D.C. courts’ overreaching activism in stifling President Trump’s policy agenda as the reason for the amendment during a floor speech ahead of the vote.
  46 House Republicans Help Democrats Defeat Measure Defunding ‘Activist’ Judges Boasberg, Boardman (GOP = Grifting Oleaginous Parasites - jjs)
  
• The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Trump administration has intensified its crackdown on fraud in federal programs.
  The Trump Administration Cracks Down on Business Fraud

  
  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• It's as if China would withdraw its students in the states based on a fear that the kids would come back communists.
  The UAE withdraws state funding from students at U.K. universities — Can you guess why?

  J-6 FBI/PELOSI-ENGINEERED FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH,

• "Ashli posed no threat to the safety of anyone.”
  The Long Awaited Trial for Ashli Babbitt, That Never Came

  SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• Trump is currently requesting the Supreme Court review and overturn the $5 million defamation verdict, citing “indefensible evidentiary rulings” made by the district court.
  E. Jean Carroll Asks Supreme Court to Reject Trump’s Defamation Appeal. (why hasn't this sick cvnt been countersued into oblivion?! - jjs)

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Though Americans remain split over Trump, an improving economy in 2026, might assuage some critics.
  With America Divided, Will Improving Economy Boost Trump’s Approval Ratings? I&I/TIPP Poll

  
  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• Bondi wrote, “This past week, at the request of the Department of War, the Department of Justice and FBI executed a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post journalist who was obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor. The leaker is currently behind bars. I am proud to work alongside Secretary Hegseth on this effort. The Trump Administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our Nation’s national security and the brave men and women who are serving our country.”
  Bondi: DOJ, FBI Execute Search Warrant of Washington Post Journalist Who Reported Classified Information

• What that means in practice is, London's Office of Communications (Ofcom) will mandate on-device software able to read everybody's "private" messages in real-time, and scan their images, too, before any personal encryption tools come into play. 
  Big Brother Britain: ALL YOUR TEXTS ARE BELONG TO US!

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,

• Aside from EPA’s concerns about a technology whose centerpiece is the injection of vast amounts of a criteria pollutant into the stratosphere, there are other reasons to be worried about solar geoengineering. What if the technology actually succeeded in blocking sunlight?   
  Blocking The Sun: The Folly Of Solar Geoengineering 
  
• Pennsylvania’s power crisis is no longer theoretical: PJM’s latest auction shows deep shortages, soaring prices, and a state losing new generation to neighbors with clearer, faster rules.
  The Grid Is Warning Pennsylvania
  
• Harris' new home features many of the same amenities—such as a gas stove and fireplace—that the Biden-Harris junta targeted with regulations
  Chlamydia Harris Buys $8.2 Million Seaside Mansion After Warning 'Sea Levels Are Rising' Due to 'Climate Crisis'

  ABORTION

• The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the Title X grants to the nation’s largest abortion provider in December, Politico reported. The administration had frozen the funds last spring. Officials blocked approximately $27.5 million in grants as part of a probe into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at organizations receiving federal dollars, The Boston Pilot reported.
  ACLU Drops Lawsuit After Trump Admin Restored Millions In Funding To Planned Parenthood
  
• Data shows abortions have only increased in number since Dobbs.
  GOP Lawmakers Ramp Up Pressure On Trump Admin To Crack Down On Abortion Pill
  
• Democrats repeatedly insisted that abortion pills are ‘safe and effective’ and implied that the science on mifepristone is settled.
  Senate Democrats Downplay Complication And Abuse Risks Linked To Mail-Order Mifepristone

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• Former state state Sen. Colton Moore (R) responded to the controls, saying, “Ultimately what Savannah was doing was regulating citizens’ right to have a gun in their car…Their car was getting broken into, and they were going from a victim of a crime now to being a criminal. And that’s what we don’t want to happen going forward.”
  Georgia Bill Allows Citizens to Sue Local Governments over Gun Control

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Brown aims to make a political comeback this November by using the mantle of high health insurance premiums facing those in the Buckeye State.
  Sherrod Brown (-note) Supports Obamacare Subsidies, Took $400,000 from Health Insurance Lobbyists, Corporate PACs
  
• After weeks of waiting for the federal panel’s decision on the major case, the judges released a 117-page file revealing in a 2-1 vote that they denied the plaintiffs’ arguments that the maps were drawn to favor Hispanics in certain districts. After the lawsuit was quickly filed after election results rolled in, the case was brought forward to U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton, U.S. Circuit Judge Kenneth K. Lee and U.S. District Judge Wesley L. Hsu to request a temporary restraining order by Dec. 19.
  Federal Judges Give Green Light To California’s Gerrymandered Maps
  
• "Pechanga's political power in California is dangerous." (chimichanga >>pechanga - jjs)
  Watchdog Warns Of ‘Dangerous’ Alliance Between Trump-Hating Tribe And Top California Official

  POLITICS

• Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron is leading the Republican Senate primary against Republican Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr and businessman Nate Morris, capturing 40% of surveyed voters and holding an advantage among both men and women across all age groups, according to a poll commissioned on behalf of Kentucky First Action, a Cameron-aligned Super PAC.
  EXCLUSIVE: Heated Race To Replace Mitch McConnell Still Has Clear Frontrunner, New Poll Shows
  
• Walz was still prepared to forge ahead where no political clown had gone before as late as the fall and run for a third term as governor.
  Tim Walz can't leave Minnesota politics soon enough (He can't depart this world soon enough - jjs)

• A decent number of leftist counties are getting sick of being a part of leftist states. (I think the author meant conservative counties - jjs)
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  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS

• The plan’s success hinges on demilitarizing Gaza, establishing a technocratic government, and maintaining the fragile ceasefire.
  U.S. Advances Gaza Peace Plan, Threatens Hamas Over Hostage Remains.

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Germany, France, Sweden, and Norway are set to expand the NATO military presence around Greenland.
  European NATO Allies Expand Military Presence Around Greenland
  
• The meeting highlighted ongoing tensions over Greenland, though signaled some possible progress on a potential new security agreement for the critical Arctic island.
  Danish Foreign Minister Cites ‘Fundamental’ Differences on Greenland’s Future After White House Talks.

• The president announced the policy after two weeks of protests in the country calling for an end to the brutal Islamist regime, which has responded with widespread violence that, some estimates suggest, has killed as many as 3,000 people. The “supreme leader” of Iran, 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has since said in public remarks that it is the democratically elected Trump administration, and not his regime, that is on the verge of collapse, and Khamenei’s underlings have insisted that the regime has the country “under control.”
  China Fumes at Trump’s Iran Tariffs After Losing Access to Venezuelan Oil
  
• Vlaardingerbroek shared an image of a notice from the UK government stating that her Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) had been cancelled effective January 13, 2026.
  Eva Vlaardingerbroek BANNED from UK over Starmer comments

• The balance in great power competition is measured not only in its contestants’ strength, but because the accompanying and often derivative effects—international influence, economic pre-eminence, technological innovation—succor a global climate that is either friendly or hostile to differing and opposing political ends: China and Russia exemplify the latter. A Trump doctrine that aims at nullifying the most dangerous threats to U.S. security would help accomplish this.
  The Trump Doctrine

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Wanna bet? I’m laying odds that this joint government effort will end up being delayed and overbudget.
  NASA and Department of Energy agree to place nuclear reactor on Moon
  by ’30 (Commander Koening says Pfft! - jjs)

• This is another example of a serious quality control problem at Boeing, where engineers no longer view serious engineering failures as serious engineering failures.
  Because Boeing did nothing to replace a defective part, an airplane crashed killing fifteen

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• Oral arguments over state sports laws underscored a simple truth: sex categories exist for a reason.
  The Supreme Court Can’t Dodge Biology

  
  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Christian Toto: Podcast host warned Democrats how endless red tape would defy promises
  Carolla Called It: Palisades Fire Anniversary Sees Little Rebuilding

• America is living in the fallout of ideas that declared God dead and evil good.
  Western Civilization’s Decline Began in the 19th Century

• When popes and bishops go astray.
  The Worm-Filled Vatican Synodal Church

  
  HITHER & YON

• How a 1931 gangster film reveals today’s institutional rot.
  The Secret Six and the Machinery of Corruption

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