The Morning Report — 2/3/26

Good morning kids. While the Democrat Left drags this nation further into an abyss of growing civil unrest and worsening levels of violence with their premeditated breakdown of law and order to thwart President Trump and his duty to defend our borders and the safety of the citizenry by enforcing immigration law in the apprehension and removal of illegal aliens, the resistance to that in my opinion and many others is dictionary definition insurrection. There can only be one response to that and so the ball is in President Trump's court.

On Jan. 12, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison initiated a lawsuit on behalf of the North Star State, along with municipal co-plaintiffs Minneapolis and St. Paul, against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Todd Lyons and the rest of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement apparatus. In his press conference announcing the suit, Ellison emphasized the same basic arguments as his formal complaint: Namely, that ICE’s enforcement “surge” in Minnesota amounts to a “violation of the Tenth Amendment and the sovereign laws and powers granted to states.”

In essence, Ellison and his Minnesota’s Democrat Party leadership confreres argue that the constitutional federalism articulated in the Tenth Amendment and its corollary of “states’ rights” can shield the Land of 10,000 Lakes from the long enforcement arm of federal immigration law. Ellison and Minnesota Democrats claim that by declaring their state and cities to be illegal alien “sanctuaries,” they can “nullify” federal immigration law. Stop me if you’ve heard that one before.

Democrats in America have a long and inglorious history of invoking “states’ rights” and shirking federal law. It has never ended well. . . On Thursday, Trump border czar Tom Homan announced that the administration is prepared to draw down federal personnel in Minnesota if the state cooperates. We’ll see if that transpires, but I have my suspicions. Historically, Democrat Party subversives and insurrectionists have not been known for their cooperation with the feds. The good news for President Donald Trump is that he has a clear legal precedent for how to respond, if the neo-Confederate uprising in Minnesota continues apace. On April 15, 1861, in response to the attack on Fort Sumter three days prior, President Abraham Lincoln invoked the Insurrection Act of 1807. Trump has recently been musing about doing the same.

Will Trump pull the trigger? Maybe. After all, there’s nothing new under the sun.

I suppose it was easy-peasy lemon-squeezey for President Trump to scramble the USAF to pulverize Iran's nuke sites. But putting down an insurrection here at home and even openly declaring we are in one, when much too large a segment of the populace does not see it that way or even understand the meaning of the word let alone have an iota of awareness of the history of their own nation as author Josh Hammer details in his essay.

My fear and oddly enough my hope is that it really would be the bitter end. As of now we are at the very bitter beginning, or in the midst of several decades of a political and cultural upheaval that President Trump's miraculous trifecta of presidential wins has at the very least slammed the brakes on. There are signs here and there that he and we have shoved the Overton Window into reverse and of course that is why we are witnessing the goings on in Minneapolis and elsewhere, as the Democrat Left senses the political and cultural revolution they inflicted on us in their multi-generational quest for absolute power is perhaps on the verge of collapse, or at the least being derailed for a long time to come (please God).

On that note there is a bit of positive news to report that let's hope is not a one-off:

The president of the union representing Seattle police officers said Friday he would not let his members implement what he called a “ludicrous” proposal from Democrat Mayor Katie Wilson of Seattle.

Wilson issued orders to local police, directing them to “investigate, verify, and document” activity by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for potential prosecution, similar to directives issued by Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago, Fox 13 Seattle reported. Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) President Mike Solan responded to Wilson’s order with a post on X Friday. (RELATED: Seattle Mayor Proudly Admits She Is Not Seeking Probe Into Somali Scammers)

“Toothless virtue signaling rhetoric like this has already cost two people their lives,” Solan posted on the SPOG X account, referencing the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area during immigration enforcement operations. “The concept of pitting two armed law enforcement agencies against each other is ludicrous, and will not happen. I will not allow SPOG members to be used as political pawns.”

Citizen journalists began probing Somali-run day care centers in Washington state after independent journalist Nick Shirley posted a 42-minute video that went viral showing him visiting Somali-run day-care centers in the Minneapolis area, propelling the issue of welfare fraud into the public eye. Initial reports of fraud in Minnesota by City Journal in November prompted the Department of Homeland Security to deploy hundreds of agents from multiple agencies to the Minneapolis area. Wilson previously stated she was not seeking a probe into reports that Somali scammers were engaged in welfare fraud during an interview with Seattle-area TV station KOMO that was posted on X Jan. 7.

“This whole issue is not really about fraud, right? It’s about dividing and conquering,” Wilson claimed during the interview. “It’s about making an immigrant community a target, right? There’s no reason to assume, based on the identity of a day care operator, that their small business is doing anything wrong.”

Of course, Seattle is a Leftist hell hole and its citizens made it that way by perpetually voting Democrat. Far too many are radical fundamentalist true believers of Leftist orthodoxy, so we'll see how many Prettis and Goods there are who will take up arms against the SPD and ICE, or perhaps Federal troops, should it come to that.

But that Seattle even has a Police leadership that can and will vocally stand up to this insane mayor I take as a good sign. Hopefully it's not a fluke.

Have a great day.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
• The Daily Mail quoted “an investigating source” who indicated that the patient, a 24-year-old man, “…was in a state of extreme discomfort, having inserted a large object up his rectum.” Because the artillery shell was not inert, “bomb disposal experts” were called in, as was the fire brigade.
  French Hospital Evacuated After Doctors Find Live WWI Artillery Shell in Patient’s Rectum

  Related: Fat Man found inserted up Little Boy — or Tim Walz's Sex Life, FKA Oppen-Heinie - jjs

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• Including CAIR and the organization that recruited Rep. Bro-Fo Omar.
  The Somali Muslim Network in the ICE Riots

• And Trump’s clear legal precedent to respond in Minnesota.
  The Rise of the New Confederacy

• The president of the union representing Seattle police officers said Friday he would not let his members implement what he called a “ludicrous” proposal from Democrat Mayor Katie Wilson of Seattle.
  Police Union Tells Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson To Pound Sand Over Anti-ICE Order

• “I want to show you a new form of resistance against ICE — another “ICE-out” method — that’s growing and developing.”
  Anti-ICE Agitators’ Terrorists' Latest Method of Resistance: Checkpoints
  
• One of the city’s protest organizations stoked a raging fire.
  Inside Minneapolis’ ICE Watch Network

• “We know that foreign powers like Mexico are actively involved in what they call the ‘resistance to Donald Trump,'” Schweizer told Bartiromo in a recent interview. “That’s not my words, that’s what Mexican officials who live inside the United States say.”
  Mexican Officials Go on Defense over Bombshell Reporting in ‘Invisible Coup’ . . .“We know that foreign powers like Mexico are actively involved in what they call the ‘resistance to Donald Trump,'” Schweizer told Bartiromo in a recent interview. “That’s not my words, that’s what Mexican officials who live inside the United States say.”
  
• I believe the feds have arrested 10 people now.
  Agents Arrest Two More in Connection With Minnesota Church Ambush
  
• I went to a minor riot this Saturday in Downtown Los Angeles, but I kept running into routine life on the way to the uprising.
  What I Saw At An Anti-ICE Riot Proved The Hysteria Is Totally Fake
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• Texas judge orders $3.2 million judgment against black mother and attorney who falsely alleged her son was 'tortured' by white friend
  Mainstream Media Breathlessly Covered an Alleged Hate Crime in Which White Kids Forced a Black Classmate To Drink Urine. It Was a Giant Hoax.

  "BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• In its latest survey of 1,004 likely 2026 voters, the political polling firm Cygnal found that respondents support removing illegal aliens from America and sending them back to their country of origin by a nearly 2:1 margin (61 to 34 percent). The poll also found strong support for ICE enforcement of federal immigration laws and agreement that illegally entering the United States is a violation of such laws.
  Poll: Likely 2026 Midterm Voters Support Deporting Illegal Aliens By 2:1 Margin

• The findings highlight strong public support for enforcing immigration laws, deporting criminal illegal aliens, and rejecting Democrat-led calls to defund ICE.
  DATA: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Enforcing Borders, Deporting Criminal Illegals.

• Did anyone elect Judge Reyes president?
  First Gay Immigrant Judge Claims Trump Can’t Deport Haitian Illegals Because It’s Racist

• Over 650 arrests were made, including migrants with criminal convictions, without incident, proving that the recent violent disorder in Minnesota could have been avoided if agitators and state officials had not sought to disrupt operations.
  Two-Week ICE Op Nabs Hundreds of Illegals Without Incident – Because State and Local Officials Cooperated.
  
• On Feb. 2, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a press release about the arrest of Gerardo Miguel-Mora, a criminal illegal alien with an extremely lengthy rap sheet for strangulation, rape, grand larceny, burglary, sexual assault, and drug possession. New York City released Miguel-Mora because city officials refuse to honor ICE detainers, so ICE had to re-arrest him on Jan. 30 of this year. But Miguel-Mora is no exception. He is one of thousands of illegal aliens who benefitted, at least temporarily, from sanctuary policies.
  New York Released Almost 7,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens

• This motion concerns the January 8 memo from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, which required members of Congress to provide notice to bypass Cobb’s order blocking her June 2025 memo.
  Judge Temporarily Blocks DHS Rules for Congressional Visits to Detention Centers
  
• The program was part of a $250,000 package approved by the Multnomah County commissioners
  Portland-Area County Launches ‘Sanctuary Fund’ Providing Taxpayer-Funded Grants To Assist Illegal Alien-invaders
  
• You really can’t make it up. A previously deported illegal immigrant named Gerardo Miguel Mora, whose rap sheet includes attempted rape and strangulation, was back in a New York City courtroom last week on a shoplifting charge, which, according to The Post, was his second arrest in the month of January — the first being for crack possession. That’s actually not the unbelievable part of the story.
  What possible justification do Dems have for not letting ICE deport a sex offender?

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• "Republicans acting alone could have defunded it — and should have"
  Corrupt Foreign Aid Agency Lives On After 11 Republicans Vote Against Defunding
  
• new report from the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Office of Inspector General reveals a shocking truth: nearly $5 million in taxpayer dollars from the Lifeline program went to more than 100,000 dead people. Lifeline, designed to help low-income Americans afford phone and internet service, spends roughly $1 billion annually — but despite promises of oversight, waste and fraud continue unchecked.
  Lifeline Program Wastes Millions While Dead People Collect
  Benefits
  
• Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mehmet Oz, told the press, "You've got hospice that's grown seven-fold in the last five years. They represent about three and a half billion dollars of fraud, we believe, just in L.A. County." Just think of that cost to U.S. taxpayers from only one county in California. Who knows how many other counties in California, let alone across the country, are also guilty of major fraud of this type?
  18 Percent of Fed-Funded Home Health Care Is in Los Angeles County, and Fraud Is Rampant

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• It never should have had it in the first place.
  Yes, Of Course Hamas-Linked CAIR Should Lose Its Non-Profit Status

• Italy’s Islamization enters a new stage.
  Stealth Jihad, Italian Style

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

• The dismissal highlights the ongoing tensions between Judge Boasberg and the Trump Administration over issues from immigration to former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations of President Trump.
  Appeals Court Dismisses Complaint Against Anti-Trump Obama Judge.

  
  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• “Apartment rents just dropped to the lowest level in 4 years,” Leavitt posted on her X account.
  Experts: Nationwide Rent Declines as Border Enforcement Reduces Migration
  
• Interest-bearing stablecoins are not the future of freedom. They are the opening act for state-run digital money.And once that door is opened, it does not close again.
  Trump Must Ignore Coinbase’s CEO’s China PR and Keep Crypto Free from State Control.
  
• The next credit crisis will come when all the billionaires default on their server farm loans.
  Central Banking Made Real Simple
  
• If he acts in harmony with his past statements, Kevin Warsh could restore the Fed’s integrity and independence.
  Trump’s Fed Pick Could Be Just What the Central Bank Needs

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• New data from the nation's capital show the success of Trump's crime policies.
  Washington, D.C. Had Just One Homicide In January

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

• The Democrat-led law targeted the Babylon Bee and other satirical sites, claiming their content risks ‘changing … voter behavior.’
  In A Big Win For Free Speech, Judge Blocks Hawaii Law Censoring Political Satire
  
• “Newsmax has absolutely no place on New York City streets,” Hoylman-Sigal wrote in his post. “I’m calling on the TLC to suspend their partnership with Curb until Newsmax is no longer being broadcast in 15,000 NYC cabs every single day.”
  NYC Democrat Calls to Remove Newsmax from Taxi Cabs

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

• The United States is on ‘the slippery slope to the government deciding when and under what conditions you can drive’ 
  Heartland Institute Expert: ‘Kill Switch’ for Cars Is "Classic Government Overreach"
  
• Decades of dire climate predictions—from ice ages to drowned cities—never arrived, showing alarmism thrives on fear while calmer experts admit the future is unknowable.
  Climate Alarmists Are Often (always!) Wrong But Never in Doubt
  
• Temperatures in the district remained below freezing for nine straight days for the first time since 1989
  ‘Climate Change’ Was Supposed to Make DC Winters 'More Southern'—And It’s Colder Than It’s Been in Three Decades

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Court: “How a teacher addresses a particular student in a particular classroom — and whether a teacher communicates with a student’s parent — is merely a part of that teacher’s job description.” . . .As a Christian who believes there are only two God-given sexes, Kimberly Polk refused to comply with school guidelines requiring her to use her students’ preferred pronouns and to refrain from discussing any student’s gender identity with their parents. She applied for a religious exemption, which the school district promptly rejected.
  Court Rejects Teacher’s Challenge to Gender Secrecy Policy: ‘Transing’ Kids is Part of Her Job
  
• It’s time to enforce the law and ensure that our children are focused on their education rather than on being used as pawns in the political battles of grown-ups.
  It’s Illegal For Leftist Agitators To Encourage High School Walkouts. Time To Prosecute
  
• Glenn Youngkin built a quiet reform model. Abigail Spanberger is moving fast to undo it.
  Virginia’s New Governor Is Rolling Back the State’s Higher Ed Wins
  
• The move comes as state test scores drop and unions shift their focus to politics
  Teachers’ Unions Sue To Block Tax Cut Referendum From Appearing on Ballot

  THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH

• A voter ID filibuster would be a 24/7 GOP campaign ad.
  Senate GOP Can Fix Elections, Boost Trump, And Wreck Dems With The SAVE Act
  
• Voter ID is racist, you guys. Chuckie reminds everyone that Democrats want illegals to vote.
  Schemer: ‘SAVE Act Would Impose Jim Crow Style Restrictions on Voting’

  L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN

• The Virgin Islands delegate has defended her communications with Epstein by claiming she did not have a 'friendship with him'
  Democrat Stacey Plaskett Called Epstein Her 'Friend,' Gave Disgraced Pedophile Exclusive Information About Her Legislative Work: Text Messages
  
• 'My last interaction with Epstein was in 2015,' Hoffman said in 2019
  Skype, Sushi, and a 'Phone Date': Democrat Megadonor Reid Hoffman Maintained Jeffrey Epstein Relationship Years After He Said It Ended

  
  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Mark Holodnak, formerly the treasurer for the Democrat Party Executive Committee for Legislative District 12 in Arizona, was captured on video shouting at the girls as a mob pursued them, claiming they took photos with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Monday by RedState.com reporter R.C. Maxwell. After the video of the encounter was posted, it sparked backlash across the internet with calls for Holodnak’s firing, according to the Arizona Republic. (RELATED: ‘Shark Tank’ Star Verbally Brawls With Former MS NSDAP Host After She Calls ICE 'White Supremacist')
  Dem Who Called Girls ‘F*cking C*nts’ For Allegedly Posing With ICE Loses Two Jobs

• Manny Rutinel spent his adult life railing against meat and dairy industries—then abruptly backtracked after launching his House bid
  Colorado Dem Seeking Swing Seat in Ranching District Spent Years Calling Animal Agriculture ‘Horrific’

  POLITICS

• Texas’ red fortress is wobbling—special election shocks and a messy Senate primary threaten GOP dominance unless Trump brokers a reset before Democrats capitalize.
  Reassessing the Mess in Texas
  
• ‘Exit, voice, loyalty’ in action as Cape Cod Potato Chips flees Massachusetts
  Trump States Gaining Population As High-Tax States Lose People, New Census Data Show
  
• Democrats are facing an existential crisis with the forthcoming 2030 census. On Sunday, (Harry) Enten broke down those population trends that spell disaster for the left, and he wasn’t offering a friendly warning, but more like an electoral obituary.
  Even CNN Admits That Democrats Are Screwed
  
• “Federal Election Commission records show Musk has contributed roughly $42 million to political causes since last June,” Newsmax reported.
  Elon Musk Pours Millions Into GOP 2026 Midterm Fight

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Under the agreement, India committed to reduce its own tariffs and non-tariff barriers against American goods to zero. Modi also agreed to stop purchasing Russian oil and to buy more than $500 billion worth of U.S. energy, technology, agricultural products, and coal.
  U.S. Will Cut Tariffs on India to 18% in Trade Deal

  
  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Just how deep does this enemy penetration of our country run?
  Another ChiCom biological warfare lab caught in Las Vegas?

• Reports have compared the idea to the country’s emergency oil stockpile. Project Vault would obtain rare earth elements such as gallium and cobalt, which is used in iPhones, batteries, and jet engines.
  Trump to Establish $12 Billion Critical Mineral Stockpile to Reduce Reliance on Chinese Rare Earths

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Hippocratic Oath? Not for patriots and infidels.
  The Danger of Leftist (and Muslim) Medical Professionals

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Scientists studying fossils from Ethiopia’s Afar Rift have uncovered evidence of another early human species which lived around the same time as Lucy, roughly 3.4 million years ago.
  A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story
  
• Two hydrogen fuel leaks during today’s Artemis-2 dress rehearsal countdown forced an early termination of the count as well as the cancellation of a second practice countdown.
  Fuel leaks cause Artemis-2 dress rehearsal countdown to terminate at T-5:15, several minutes early

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

• Varian had her healthy breasts removed about a year after questioning her gender.
  Shocking Details Emerge In Landmark $2 Million ‘Trans’ Malpractice Judgment

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Jelly Roll’s story matters because it cuts directly against the stereotype Hollywood prefers.
  Jelly Roll praises God at the Grammys in much needed Hollywood Christian revival

• Though admittedly I can tell we are seeing a curated slice for the camera, Melania seems focused on her tasks as wife, mom, and First Lady --- and she isn't all that impressed with the president.
  Democrats have ignored the First Lady's success story—'Melania' will make sure they never forget it
  
• Hollywood simply cannot help itself.
  Woke Casting Ruins Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’
  
• Christian Toto: Five for Fighting asks simple question that exposes music's cultural rot
  Grammy Nominee Shames Singers for Ignoring Iranian Protesters

  HITHER & YON

• Three Dog Night was known for hits such as “Joy to the World,” “Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” and “Black and White.” The group secured 11 top 10 hits on the Billboard 100 chart, as well as 21 top 40 hits.
  Three Dog Night co-founder Chuck Negron dead at 83 after health battle

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