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January 21, 2026

Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - January 21, 2026 [TRex]

—Open Blogger

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Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.

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Mid-Week Cafe

—Ace

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Yokenthwaite Farm, Yorkshire

Friends don't let friends become cat ladies.

Turtle chicken race.

Mama cat and spitting image kitten.

This better not be AI.

Snow leopards always travel single file to disguise their numbers.

Dog sees its image in a cellphone camera recording it and has questions.

Horny chungus.

Hard to believe but I guess it's possible? This better not be AI, not for something this dumb.

Rescuing a half-frozen deer.

So throw it already!

Dog "helps." Notice he stopped just when his help would have been helpful.

Dogs and horses, living together...!

Two shakes of a lamb's tail.

Fussy baby.

Lap of luxury.

This guy's Finger of Accusation is top level.

Dog meets baby.

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Quick Hits

—Ace

Trump: I signed a bill to begin funding insane asylums again.

Trump also signed an EO blocking big investment companies from buying up single family homes.

Both American mega-corporations like Black Rock and Vanguard and foreign corporations, especially Chinese, have bought up many tens of thousands of homes and properties in the USA between them. These monopolistic efforts exacerbated an already difficult housing market.

In his Tuesday executive order, Trump blamed Wall Street investors for "crowding out families seeking to buy homes." He accused:

Hardworking young families cannot effectively compete for starter homes with Wall Street firms and their vast resources. Neighborhoods and communities once controlled by middle-class American families are now run by faraway corporate interests. People live in homes, not corporations. My Administration will take decisive action to stop Wall Street from treating America's neighborhoods like a trading floor and empower American families to own their homes.

To preserve the supply of single-family homes for American families and increase the paths to homeownership, it is the policy of my Administration that large institutional investors should not buy single-family homes that could otherwise be purchased by families.

Therefore, Trump requires Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Kevin Hassett to come up with definitions of "large institutional investor" and "single-family home" within the next 30 days in order to ensure the executive order is implemented.

Commentary: Trump Truth Social Posts On X @TrumpTruthOnX

Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations. Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st. Additional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome as it pertains to Greenland. Further information will be made available as discussions progress. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and various others, as needed, will be responsible for the negotiations -- They will report directly to me. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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People have speculated that this deal could cost us $700 billion, which, in terms you can understand, is equal to eight Somali day care centers.

But that's a lot of money for a rock covered in snow and Eskimos.

Vodkapundit: Never forget the Obamas' corruption.

One of Barack Obama's pet projects was a little something called Net Neutrality, and when Trump ended it early during his first term, it literally murdered everybody who had miraculously survived his tax cuts.

But the point is that, starting with House of Cards, a little non-black-owned firm called Netflix was poised for explosive growth. Without going too deep into the woods on an old issue, from 2013 (House of Cards launch) to 2015, the 11--15% of Americans streaming Netflix sucked down 30--37% of peak-hour bandwidth -- while paying the same flat rate as everyone else.

One solution might be that internet service providers (ISPs) could charge Netflix extra during peak hours. I like that solution, because it incentivizes ISPs to build more bandwidth. Netflix could either eat the charges or pass it along to their customers who were using all that bandwidth. Or ISPs could throttle Netflix's streaming quality -- and here's where things got tricky -- without throttling the quality of the streamers they operated, like Comcast-owned NBCUniversal.

...

However, Netflix founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings -- a big-money Obama donor and frequent White House visitor -- continued his extremely vocal support for Net Neutrality, which eventually forbid deals like that one. "Bits are bits," and under Net Neutrality, ISPs couldn't charge more for this bit (Netflix's) than they did for that bit (Nana's latest LOLcat post on Facebook). Even though Netflix was using trillions more bits.

...

[O]bama remained a yuge proponent of Net Neutrality going into his second term, railing against "gatekeepers deciding which sites you get to access." But it was never about Comcast blocking you from visiting VeryNaughtySite.com. It was about Netflix and Netflix subscribers getting a free ride -- and how to locate the grift.

...

In 2018, safely out of office, the Obamas landed a multi-year Netflix production deal reportedly worth at least $50 million (according to various sources like the New York Post), through Higher Ground Productions, churning out award bait nobody streams.

This was one of the most visible examples of post-office windfall politics in modern history, and hardly anyone blinked.

I mean, look at the virtually unwatched content Higher Ground Productions made:

American Factory (2019 Oscar-winning documentary)
Crip Camp (2020 Oscar nominee)
Becoming (2020 Michelle Obama documentary)
Exit West (upcoming scripted series)
Rustin (2023 film on civil rights leader Bayard Rustin)
Leave the World Behind (2023 apocalyptic thriller)

If you hadn't heard of those, you aren't alone -- neither had I, and I'm paid to follow this stuff. But the Obamas certainly took home enough Netflix money to "buy everyone."

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Trump Objects to Queer Starmer's Giveway of Critical Chagos Islands

—Ace

The important Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia is located at these islands.

President Trump has called the U.K.'s decision to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius -- a deal his administration previously supported -- an act of "great stupidity" that further justified his desire for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. One of the islands, Diego Garcia, is the site of a key U.K.-U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean.

"Shockingly, our 'brilliant' NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER," Mr. Trump said early Tuesday on his own Truth Social platform. "There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness. These are International Powers who only recognize STRENGTH, which is why the United States of America, under my leadership, is now, after only one year, respected like never before. The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired. Denmark and its European Allies have to DO THE RIGHT THING. Thank you for your attention to this matter. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP."

Mr. Trump issued his statement as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson, a Republican, was in the U.K. to address the British parliament, where he told lawmakers the U.S. and U.K. had "always been able to work through our differences calmly as friends. We will continue to do that. I want to assure you this morning that that is still the case."

The Chagos Islands were separated from Mauritius, which was then a British colony, in 1965.

The UK paid Mauritius for the islands, but Mauritius is claiming the deal was unfair.

Queer Starmer claims that Trump reversed his previous OK to pressure the UK over Greenland.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer went after President Trump on Wednesday for reversing position on a deal surrounding the Chagos Islands, suggesting the president did so because of tensions over his plan to acquire Greenland.

"I made out my position on Greenland absolutely clear on Monday and a moment ago. President Trump deployed words on Chagos yesterday that were different to his previous words of welcome and support when I met him in the White House," Starmer said in the House of Commons.

"He deployed those words yesterday for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland," he added, emphasizing he would not give in.


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CNN Sissy Accuses Trump of Being "Provably" Part of "Global Sex Trafficking Ring," and Liberal Host Wants to Let the Defamation Stand With No Pushback

—Ace

It falls to Scott Jennings to object, and to press the leftwing host to even address the major, serious, no-defense-possible defamation that just occurred.

First the host pushes back against Jennings, saying "I'll do the fact-checking here," except he didn't do it and clearly doesn't want to do it. Ultimately Jennings moggs him into offering the weakest possible "Trump hasn't been charged with crimes" fact check, but Berman would have let the defamation stand completely unchecked if not for Jennings' demand.

Trump is going to sue CNN, and they'll have to settle, because there is just no defense here. The clown made a false factual statement, not an opinion, and emphasized that he was speaking about what he was claiming was a proven fact by adding the word "provably."

And yes, CNN is liable for defamation that one of its panelists speaks on its platform.

Overton
@overton_news

A smug 25-year-old leftist activist just got HUMBLED live on CNN by Scott Jennings.

Cameron Kasky claimed President Trump was part of a "human sex-trafficking network" -- and for a moment, the panel let it slide.

Until @ScottJenningsKY stepped in and FORCED the host John Berman to correct the record for all to hear.

KASKY: "So I am appreciative that the president is being transparent about this. I would love it if he was more transparent about the human sex-trafficking network that he was a part of, but you can't win them all."

BERMAN: "Cameron's grateful that the president is being transparent about the Nobel Peace Prize and his desires for Greenland. Scott, what do you think about that?"

JENNINGS: "You're going to let that sit? Are we going to claim here on CNN that the president is part of a global sex trafficking ring, or...?"

BERMAN: "We're going to talk about the Epstein files. Scott... I will do the fact checking as we go along here. Repeat what you said about the global sex trafficking ring."

KASKY: "That Donald Trump was provably very involved with it."

Berman suddenly realized he was cornered...

And only then did he offer his brief, grudging, weak "fact check."

M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman

Jan 20

𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐓 𝐉𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊 - 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗡𝗡'𝗦 𝗔𝗦𝗦

⁣⁣⁣A smug, barely-out-of-college leftist activist wandered onto CNN and accused a sitting president of running a global human sx-trafficking ring -- 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻.

⁣⁣⁣And for a moment?

⁣⁣⁣CNN just let it sit there. You could almost imagine Trump picking up the phone to his lawyers.

⁣⁣⁣Until Scott Jennings -- 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 -- slammed the brakes and reminded the room that 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿.

⁣⁣⁣Here's how it went down.

⁣⁣⁣𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘺:
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘹-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.

⁣⁣⁣The moderator tried to pivot.
Tried to move on.
Tried to memory-hole it.

⁣⁣⁣That's when Jennings stepped in.

⁣⁣⁣𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴:
𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘵? 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘕𝘕 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨?

⁣⁣⁣You could feel the panic.

⁣⁣⁣Because that's not commentary.
That's not opinion.
That's a 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺 waiting to explode.

⁣⁣⁣Suddenly the host realized he was boxed in.

⁣⁣⁣𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯:
𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘌𝘱𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘪𝘯.

⁣⁣⁣Translation:

⁣⁣⁣𝐂𝐍𝐍 𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐀 𝐊𝐈𝐃 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐀 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 -- 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐍𝐎 𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄

⁣⁣⁣If Scott Jennings hadn't stepped in, that clip would already be Exhibit A in a courtroom.

⁣⁣⁣This is what happens when activism cosplay replaces journalism.

⁣⁣⁣This is why adults still need to be in the room.

⁣⁣⁣And this is why "𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬" is not a journalism standard.

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Justice D E-I Cites "Black Codes" Which Stripped Post-Civil-War Blacks of Right to Bear Arms As Good Law In Order to Justify Endless Gun Control

—Ace

Justice D-EI is making it as hard as possible for other DEI judges to ever get confirmed.

What were the Black Codes? They were post-Civil-War state laws enacted by the defeated Confederacy in spite.

They were almost immediately declared unconstitutional.

The Black Codes were a series of racially discriminatory laws enacted by Southern states immediately after the Civil War (primarily in 1865--1866) to restrict the rights and freedoms of newly emancipated African Americans (freedmen) and maintain white supremacy, often as a continuation of pre-war slave codes.

These laws frequently included provisions that severely restricted or outright prohibited Black people from owning, possessing, or carrying firearms (and often other weapons like Bowie knives or dirks). The intent was to disarm freed Black individuals, leaving them vulnerable to violence from white supremacists, including groups like the Ku Klux Klan, while preventing any potential armed resistance or self-defense against oppression.

Key examples from prominent Black Codes include:

Mississippi Black Codes (1865) -- One of the earliest and most explicit. In "An Act to punish certain offenses therein named, and for other purposes" (often part of the Penal Code section), it stated:

No freedman, free negro or mulatto, not in the military service of the United States government, and not licensed so to do by the board of police of his or her county, shall keep or carry fire-arms of any kind, or any ammunition, dirk or bowie knife...

Violations resulted in fines (up to $10), costs, forfeiture of the weapons/ammunition, and potential arrest by any civil or military officer. A license from a local police board was required, which was discretionary and rarely granted to Black individuals. Whites faced no such requirement.

South Carolina Black Codes (1865) -- Similar restrictions applied, stating that persons of color could not keep a firearm, sword, or other military weapon without written permission from a district judge or magistrate.

Louisiana (1865) -- Laws required consent before bringing firearms onto another's property, explicitly aimed at freedmen to disarm them.

Other Southern states adopted comparable measures, often requiring licenses (discretionary and biased against Black applicants) or imposing total bans on Black firearm possession unless in military service. These were not race-neutral; contemporary accounts and later analyses confirm they targeted freed Black people to prevent self-defense and enable terrorization.These disarmament provisions were short-lived in their original form -- many Black Codes were repealed or overridden by Reconstruction-era federal actions, including the Civil Rights Act of 1866, the Freedmen's Bureau Act, and the Fourteenth Amendment (ratified 1868), which aimed to protect freedmen's rights, including to bear arms against discriminatory state restrictions.The Black Codes' gun restrictions are widely recognized by historians and legal scholars as part of a broader pattern of racist gun control in U.S. history, designed to deny Black people the means of self-protection.

Justice D E-I needed some kind of precedent to "prove" her argument that the Constitution allows governments to strip citizens of their right to bear arms as it pleases. She wants to uphold a Hawaiian law that strips citizens of their Second Amendment rights.

So this genius decided to cite the Black Codes as good law which should control in gun control cases.

Specifically, the Bruen ruling says that we should look at the history and tradition of the Second Amendment in the US to determine if a new gun control law is constitutional.

She decides that the Black Codes are part of that tradition -- even though they were ruled unconstitutional days after they were passed. She says they were on the books for a couple of weeks (before being repealed or ruled unconstitutional), so why shouldn't we take them as good constitutional law? After all, this MacArthur Genius Grant candidate reasons, they were only ruled unconstitutional later, after they were passed.

Note to Justice D E-I: All laws ruled unconstituional are so ruled later, after they're passed. You can't rule on a law before it's passed. Not only is that nonsensical Because of How Time Works, but the Supreme Court actually forbids what it calls "advisory opinions," or opinions of the Court about whether a law would be constitutional, if it were passed. The Court ruled that only actual "cases and controversies" -- real cases -- could be adjudicated by the court, and never any future hypothetical ones. The Constitution just doesn't allow for that.


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Slick Bitch Gavin Newsom Has His Davos Speech Cancelled; Whines That Trump Did It
Scott Bessent Cooks Gavin Newsom As Communist Patrick Bateman

—Ace

More femme than Fidelito.

Gavin Newsom was informed at the 11th hour that his talk with Fortune at USA House in Davos was canceled.

Newsom had been invited to speak on Wednesday at an event sponsored by USA House, which for the first time was recognized by the U.S. government as the country's official headquarters at Davos. But an organizer told his office that they had opted to not include any U.S. officials in the talk focused on CEOs and other business leaders.

In a private exchange of messages obtained by POLITICO, a Newsom administration official accused the USA House of bowing to political pressure from the State Department -- an accusation the organizer denied, while emphasizing the governor was still welcome in the venue -- in a microcosm of the larger geopolitical tensions on display.

Some clips from Davos. Trump cooks the elites, of course.

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Bill and Hillary Clinton: We Won't Testify, But If One Single Congessman Comes to NY, Bill Alone Will Sit For Some Questions, as Long as There Is No Recording and No Transcript

—Ace

Comer rejected the "counter-offer."

Apparently decrepit alcoholic lesbian Hillary Clinton really doesn't want to be asked about her visits to Pedo Island.

"Facing contempt of Congress, the Clintons' lawyers made an untenable offer: that I travel to New York for a conversation with President Clinton only," Comer revealed in a post on X. The conditions only got worse from there. "No official transcript would be recorded and other Members of Congress would be barred from participating. I have rejected the Clintons' ridiculous offer."

Comer added, "The Clintons' latest demands make clear they believe their last name entitles them to special treatment."

Comer pointed out that the subpoenas came from a bipartisan House Oversight Committee and required sworn, transcribed depositions, and an informal, off-the-record chat fails to meet even the lowest standard of oversight. "Former President Clinton has a documented history of parsing language to evade questions, responded falsely under oath, and was impeached and suspended from the practice of law as a result," Comer said.


...

"The absence of an official transcript is an indefensible demand that is insulting to the American people who demand answers about Epstein's crimes," he said.

...

Of course, Hillary Clinton also remains squarely in the committee's sights. Comer laid out why her testimony matters and why a closed-door, casual conversation fails to satisfy the committee's responsibility. "Former Secretary Clinton's on-the-record testimony is necessary for the Committee's investigation given her knowledge from her time as Secretary of State of the federal government's work to counter international sex-tracking rings, her personal knowledge of Ms. Maxwell, and her family's relationship with Mr. Epstein," he said.

The Committee will now hold hearings on whether or not to refer the Clintons to the DOJ for prosecution. I sure hope it's a short hearing.

Hello! And welcome to the mid-week!

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Wednesday Morning Rant

—Joe Mannix

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Make 'N' Great Again

There is perhaps no greater misnomer in modern English than "Non-Governmental Organization," or "NGO." NGOs very rarely are actually non-governmental. Vast quantities of taxpayer money are sluiced through the NGO complex, and many if not most NGOs are anything but "non-governmental." There are almost no true NGOs, and tons of taxpayer money is involved with these non-NGOs.

The appropriateness of government sponsorship of ostensible charity notwithstanding, the last few months have underscored yet another problem with the idea of government-supported NGOs: accountability. There appears to be none. Enormous quantities of money are being stolen through the NGO complex. Even where it isn't outright stolen, it is likely money poorly spent. Our pseudo-NGOs are out agitating for all things awful, working against the interests of the Republic - and using the Republic's money and various allies in the political and bureaucratic complexes to do it.

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Posted by Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM Comments

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

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Still Life—Violin and Music
William Michael Harnett

Posted by CBD at 09:30 AM Comments

The Morning Report — 1/21/26

—J.J. Sefton

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Good morning kids. Let's switch things up a bit and hone in on another aspect of our national dissolution. Yes she's an abject disgrace and has absolutely no business inside a courthouse, let alone the highest court in the land, unless in an orange jumpsuit or with a bucket and a mop. And even then, given this latest pearl of wisdom maybe that's too much of a stretch.

Yes gentle reader, I give you associate justice Kentanji Brown Jackson:

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson used legislation passed as part of the post-Civil War “Jim Crow” laws Tuesday to justify a Hawaii gun control law. The Supreme Court heard a case challenging legislation passed by the Hawaii state Legislature after the Supreme Court’s June 2022 ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. Jackson questioned United States Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris regarding the constitutionality of a law that prohibited concealed carry permit holders from carrying a firearm on private property without permission. . . “So I guess I really don’t understand your response to Justice Gorsuch on the Black Codes,” Jackson, a Biden appointee, told Harris. “I mean, I thought the Black Codes were being offered here under the Bruen test to determine the constitutionality of this regulation. And it’s because we have a test that asks us to look at the history and tradition.” “The fact that the Black Codes were, at some later point, determined themselves to be unconstitutional doesn’t seem to me to be relevant to the assessment that Bruin is asking us to make. So, can you say more about that?” Jackson continued.

“Things I didn’t have on my bingo card today: Justice Jackson defending the racist Black Codes as precedent for what we should consider constitutional,” Carrie Severino of the Judicial Crisis Network posted on X.

A complete and utter debasement of anyone and everyone who ever suffered under the Democrat Jim Crow laws. Of course the bitter irony of this, to anyone with a conscience and an iota of moral rectitude is that it comes close on the heels of the birthday of Dr. Martin Lather King Jr. (yes I am well aware of Dr. King's failings as a man and his ties to communism, yet his beliefs and words are what matter most, especially in light of the fact that the racialist-Left are now embracing anti-white/American/Judeo-Christian evil as a means of destroying this nation and attaining absolute power, but I digress). And how does this square with Michelle Obama demanding a boycott of white-owned businesses? I'm so confused!

Yes, Kentanji Brown-25 is indeed an intellectual lightweight if not a dolt whose career achievements are based solely on the content of her melanin and XX chromosomes, certainly not her brain case. But this is not stupidity on her part. This is pure political expediency on her part. She will debase herself if it helps put a torpedo into one of the key pillars of the Bill of Rights. She knows enough to know that because she's black and female, and that she has a propaganda machine fully in her corner, no one will dare question her lest they be labeled racist and sexist. In fact, I'm waiting for the usual suspects to call her citing of Jim Crow laws as some sort of brilliant judicial masterstroke.

Chuckle-worthy that the case in question comes out of Hawaii, insofar as we are always quoting noted Hawaiian justices Buch M. Danno, Moe Loki and Mac A. Damia, who no doubt will be weighing in on this next item to give Kristi Noem a whack on the knuckles.

Arrests are coming soon in the investigation into an anti-ICE mob that crashed a Sunday morning service at Cities Church in St. Paul, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem appeared on Newsmax on Tuesday evening and said that arrests would begin “in the next several hours.” The secretary also said that ex-CNN host turned YouTuber Don Lemon could face charges for his involvement in the church protest as well.

“There will be arrests tied to that, and people will be brought to justice for how they violated the law in that situation,” said Noem.

Noem suggested that Lemon’s claim to have only been a bystander and journalist during the incident at Cities Church is belied by the foreknowledge he had of the demonstration and relationships has with activists involved. “The fact that ahead of time, before this even happened, he said that he had conducted some surveillance before they went into this church, he identified individuals that were going in with him that were activists in the work that they had done in the past, the fact that this entire situation was then posted on the Black Lives Matter website, all of that is something that they’re going to be responsible for,” said Noem.

While the left yawns if not applauds Brown-25 Jackson invoking Jim Crow laws to dismantle the Second Amendment, Their heads will explode when Noem goes after the terrorists who invaded that Minneapolis Church with the FaceAct and anti-Klan laws! Oh how delicious!

Let's face it, it was an act of terrorism straight up. The terrorists themselves even crow (not Jim) about making people feel uncomfortable, about ICE or whatever the issue du jour may be. Let's take it a step further — what if one or more of the scum were armed? If Renee Good could use her SUV as a weapon and if a transexual could shoot up a Catholic school and mow down innocent children, then that Church in Minneapolis could've been the sight of bloody carnage. And given who and what we are dealing with, it may yet happen. What happens when the Einsatz-Groupies of Hamas along with Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants' untold number of Afghan/Taliban asylum-seekers join forces with the Anti-ICE crowd and waltz into another church or synagogue in the Twin Cities to raise a few pulses?!

Speaking of terrorists and those who give them aid, comfort and support:

Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison (D.) defended the group of anti-ICE agitators who stormed a St. Paul church on Sunday, telling former CNN host Don Lemon—who accompanied the agitators and boasted of conducting "reconnaissance" ahead of the stunt—that critics of the incident were "getting tender about a church service."

Ellison appeared on Lemon's YouTube show on Monday to discuss the protest, in which Lemon accompanied Minneapolis attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, St. Paul school board member Chauntyll Allen, and other activists on "Operation Pull Up," the Washington Free Beacon reported. The group disrupted services at Cities Church in St. Paul based on the belief that a pastor there works for ICE, shouting "ICE Out" and other slogans.


The only thing that should be tender, is the skin on Ellison's neck after he's been sent to GITMO for an extended waterboarding session. This evil bastard. That's all I'll say.

Elsewhere, Air Force One was forced to turn back to Andrews AFB due to some potential electrical system snafu, while on its way to Davos for that WEF conference. Feh.

FYI, our good friend and director of communications at the Heartland Institute Jim Lakely invites you all to watch Heartland's alternative to the WEF, their World Prosperity Forum. Catch it linked here or on their YouTube channel

A Global Alternative to Davos The Heartland Institute hosts the World Prosperity Forum January 19–23 in Zurich, Switzerland, bringing together international leaders and policymakers to challenge the globalist, leftist agenda advanced each year at the World Economic Forum. While the World Economic Forum promotes a centralized, top-down vision for the global economy, the World Prosperity Forum advances a prosperity-focused, freedom-focused vision rooted in free markets, individual liberty, and rising living standards. The World Prosperity Forum will coincide with, and present a clear alternative to, the World Economic Forum taking place on those same dates in Davos, Switzerland.

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Daily Tech News 21 January 2026

—Pixy Misa

Top Story

  • Micron has bought a 300,000 square foot factory in Taiwan from Powerchip for $1.8 billion. (MSN)

    Powerchip manufactures DRAM, but is much smaller than Micron or even Taiwanese competitor Nanya. Micron is valued at $400 billion - the largest pure-play memory company in the world. Nanya's market cap is now around $25 billion, and Powerchip is around a third of that.

    The new site is expected to be producing DRAM in volume by the second half of next year.


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Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - January 20, 2026 [Doof]

—Open Blogger

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Howdy Hordelings! Appreciate your attendance here at the Tuesday night ONT. Grab a snack and a beverage. Skim the content. Solve the musical theme. Drop something poignant in the gray boxes. Lurkers - will this be your night to delurk??

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Tuesday Cafe

—Ace

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Snowy night in Tokyo
by @Omicram_Box


The creepiest of all dance moves.

Cute little puppy sneaks in for a bashful kiss.

Dog makes friends with some donkeys.

Big cat combat crawl.

Cat brings her kitten to snuggle with her human.

Watchcat on duty.

Sneaky single mother cat tricked a poor dog into thinking he's the father.

Attention-seeker.

Ping pong rope-a-dope.

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In Socialist Grifter Millionaire Paradise of Davos, Gavin Newsom Calls Upon World Leaders to Oppose the United States

—Ace

Before getting to that: The EU is very bothered about Trump's drive to take Greenland.

Trump has threatened punishing tariffs against the EU for opposing his takeover of Greenland.

The European Union's top official did not hold back in her warnings about President Donald Trump's threat to impose fresh tariffs on countries opposing his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, a semiautonomous Danish territory.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Trump's threats "a mistake" and questioned U.S. trustworthiness, saying that the EU-U.S. trade deal from July had to "mean something."

"Arctic security can only be achieved together. This is why the proposed additional tariffs are a mistake, especially between long-standing allies. The EU and U.S. have agreed to a trade deal last July. And in politics as in business -- a deal is a deal. And when friends shake hands, it must mean something," Von der Leyen said.


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This woman routinely attempts to impose European anti-speech controls on US citizens by shellacking Elon Musk with fines.

We're not friends.

French President Emmanuel Macron also addressed the issue at Davos, saying the tariffs could force the EU to use its anti-coercion mechanism against the U.S. "for the very first time," The Associated Press reported.

All you do is coerce the US.

The outlet noted that he argued that allied countries should be focused on bringing peace to Ukraine and ending the nearly four-year war with Russia.

Then stop buying Russian oil.

Trump announced on Saturday that starting on Feb. 1, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the U.K., the Netherlands and Finland would face a 10% tariff on all goods imported to the U.S. The rate will then increase to 25% on June 1. The president added that "this tariff will be due and payable until such time as a deal is reached for the complete and total purchase of Greenland."

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Some European nations recently tried to flex their muscles with a brief troop deployment to Greenland. France, Germany, Sweden and Norway participated in a two-day exercise to bolster the Danish territory's defenses amid Trump's threats. Germany deployed a reconnaissance team of 13 personnel, France sent 15 mountain specialists and Sweden, Norway and Britain sent three, two and one officers, respectively, according to Reuters.


I continue not understanding Trump's fascination with Greenland. But when I hear our ungrateful EU enemies shrieking, my opposition to Trump's takeover decreases.

About that Russian oil the Europeans keep buying while pretending to support the Ukraine:


Scott Bessent wants to know why Europeans claim they're supporting Ukraine while they're arming Russia by buying Russian oil.

Barron Trump @BarronTNews_

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🚨 HOLY CRAP! Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just went straight at Europe to their faces in Davos.

"Let's be clear. Europe is STILL buying Russian oil. Still. Four years later."

"They are literally financing the war against themselves."

Trump blasted the "foolish fortune-tellers" forever prophesizing climate doom.

Commerce Secretary Harold Luthwick blasts the WEF: "Globalism has failed." He assails the organization for endlessly pushing companies to "off-shore" and "far-shore" all of a country's jobs to foreign nations.

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Of Course: Jihadist Muslim Antifa AG Keith Ellison Prosecuted Christians for Protesting Outside a Mosque Under the FACE Act, but Insists His Left-Wing Antifa Thug Buddies Have an Inviolable Right to Storm Christian Churches

—Ace

Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC

ABOUT FACE:

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison has called for the use of the FACE Act to prosecute protests at mosques, according to @FreeBeacon
review.

Now, Ellison insists the FACE Act shouldn't apply to Don Lemon and comrades' storming of a church.

I should mention: the two mosque cases involved protesters *outside* the mosques.

Don Lemon and friends did their thing *inside* the church.

Chuck Ross at the Free Beacon:

'They're Getting Tender About a Church Service': Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Defends Left-Wing Agitators Who Stormed Minnesota Church 'None of us are immune from the voice of the public,' Ellison said in an interview with Don Lemon, who accompanied the agitators and boasted of conducting 'reconnaissance'

By saying he took the military action of "reconnaissance" before an action, Don Lemon again confesses to being a part of the church invasion, not just a disinterested "journalist" who just happened to have been there.

Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison (D.) defended the group of anti-ICE agitators who stormed a St. Paul church on Sunday, telling former CNN host Don Lemon--who accompanied the agitators and boasted of conducting "reconnaissance" ahead of the stunt--that critics of the incident were "getting tender about a church service."

Oh we're "tender"? We're pussies?

Well we'll see what happens when we storm a mosque. We'll see who's "tender" then.

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The incident sparked a federal civil rights investigation and calls to arrest Lemon for his role in the ordeal. A defiant Lemon mocked the churchgoers on Monday, saying they had a sense of "entitlement" that stems from "a white supremacy." He also insisted he was at the protest as a journalist and not an activist, and that disrupting a church service is protected by the First Amendment.

Ellison agreed.

"I think that protest is fundamental to American society. You know, it's freedom of expression. People have a right to lift up their voices and make their peace. And none of us are immune from the voice of the public," Ellison told Lemon.

"They're getting tender about a church service now," added Ellison, who is Muslim.

Unrelated: The Bulwark -- created, allegedly, to "conserve conservatism" -- is having a banner day.

Bill Kristol says he can answer the question "Can a man become a woman?" easily -- yes they can, and he knows many trannies he considers to be women.

Extravagantly queer Tim Miller says that women shouldn't be bothered to see dicks in their locker rooms because he, too, sometimes sees dicks in locker rooms that he has no interest in. (Citation needed.)

And Mona Charen says that any NeverTrumpers who chose to support Trump anyway because elections are binary choices and the left is worse just have difficulty with thinking.

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Trump's One Year Anniversary: Many Successes, Many Promises Kept

—Ace

Trump took office one year ago, January 20, 2025.

Amanda Head of Just the News notes some of the big success.

Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's return to office for his second term, and the country is nearly unrecognizable from the way it looked under his predecessor, former President Joe Biden.

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate right now is at roughly 6.02%, down from about 7.04% a year ago in January, when Biden was still in office. However, that's three-quarters of a point down from the rate in October of 2023, when the 30-year fixed mortgage rate reached 7.79%. Average rates were roughly 2.5 times higher than when Biden took over following Trump's first term.

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Gas prices cratering

As of January 2026, the national average price for regular gasoline is roughly $2.82 a gallon, down from around $3.08 in January 2025 under the end of the Biden administration.

The highest national average gas price during the Biden presidency skyrocketed to roughly $5.02 a gallon in June 2022, driven largely by self-inflicted refining capacity constraints.

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Egg-cellent prices

Right now, the national average retail price for a dozen Grade A large eggs is about $2.71, down from around $4.15 in January 2025 at the end of the Biden administration.

The highest egg prices under Biden hit roughly $4.82 per dozen, in early 2023, and spiked again in 2025 (reaching $8.17 in some retail locations in March) mainly due to avian flu outbreaks that forced massive flock culling.

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Bidenflation no more

The annual U.S. inflation rate (taken from the federal government's monthly Consumer Price Index report) now sits at 2.7% for the 12 months ending December 2025, unchanged from the prior month and down from around 3% at the end of Biden's term in January 2025.

In what came to be known as Bidenflation, the highest rate during the Biden presidency peaked at 9.1% year-over-year in June 2022, the highest in over 40 years, with cumulative inflation totaling a staggering 21.5%.

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GDP growth

The latest BEA (Bureau of Economic Analysis) numbers show real domestic Gross Domestic Product grew at a solid 4.3% annualized pace in the third quarter of 2025 (July--September), and the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow is now pointing to roughly 5.3% for the fourth quarter of 2025 -- up substantially from the roughly 2.4% annualized growth in fourth-quarter 2024 toward the end of the Biden administration.

...

Trump closes out his first year with border crossings down 95%.

This drop includes the illegal-alien population, which fell by an estimated 576,000 amid over 622,000 reported deportations and reports of 1.9 million self-deportations.

Under Biden's administration, the foreign-born population grew to a peak of 53.3 million by January 2025. The illegal-alien population reached a record 14 million in 2023 before beginning to stabilize or slightly decline in late 2024, contrasting with the sharp contraction in 2025 as Biden-era deportations focused more on border encounters rather than interior enforcement.

More at the link, including the peace deals.

Which brings me to a point of dissatisfaction: Trump might just have decided that Obama Was Right to Spare the Mullahs and Protect the Ayatollah.

I don't know if this is true -- the USS Abraham Lincoln is still four days away (I think) from Iran -- but it looks like he's selling out the Iranian protesters he urged to take to the streets and "TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!"

If [leftwing critics]had been right this time [that Trump is a warmonger], we'd now be hearing Trump give the command for "bombs away" over Tehran.

Instead, there he was on the White House lawn Friday afternoon, pointedly thanking the mullahs for not following through on their vow to execute hundreds of political prisoners rounded up in the protests.

"Iran canceled the hanging of over 800 people," Trump said, adding that he "greatly respected" the move.

To those with an honest and open mind, the week's roller coaster ride illustrated how Trump's fondness for talking about America's military might is often purposeful sword-rattling.

The bluster, this time and often, serves as an invitation to negotiations or is so persuasive that he gets most of what he wants without having to fire a shot.

'I convinced myself'

As the week began, the scenes in Iran looked like a five-alarm fire.

With the mullahs slaughtering their own citizens for the crime of protesting a collapsing economy, the calls for America to stop it grew louder, and Trump was game.

He gave every indication that our military was locked, loaded and ready to go.

In a bristling Tuesday post on Truth Social, he sounded prepared to take action with his promise to the brave demonstrators that "help is on its way."

"KEEP PROTESTING -- TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!."

He urged those in the streets, adding, "Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price."

Within 24 hours, he pulled back and explained the move by saying "very important sources" told him Iran had stopped killing protesters and was not moving forward with mass executions.

It's not clear where he got that information, but so far it has been largely accurate.

Additionally, reports surfaced that Trump was hearing warnings from our regional allies, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Turkey, that hitting Iran could ignite a much bigger war because of counterattacks by Iran and its heavily armed terror allies, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.

Some warnings raised the possibility of an Iranian civil war that could unleash a flood of refugees.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also asked Trump to postpone any attack so Israel would have more time to prepare for the likelihood that it would be a target of Iranian retaliation.

On Friday, Trump rebuffed the chatter that pressure from foreign leaders led him to pull back.

"Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself," he told reporters.

He also added that the regime's canceling of executions "had a big impact" on his decision.

The Wall Street Journal added two other factors.

First, military advisers told the president the US must beef up its resources in the region to carry out a significant attack and also protect our troops and allies.

The second reason was that Trump was told that a military attack probably would not topple the Islamic regime but would result in stepped-up brutality against demonstrators.

The upshot is that Trump's decision to hold off on a military strike was clearly the right and prudent call, at least for now.

Another reason? He keeps meeting with the sinister Islamist Tucker Carlson.

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Surprising Few, Ohio Immigration Judges Can Be Bribed

—Ace

You don't say.

In exclusive footage obtained by Townhall, evidence has emerged suggesting that migrants from the West African nation of Mauritania are exploiting the U.S. immigration and asylum system in Lockland, Ohio, raising serious questions about the integrity and oversight of the process. Advertisement

The footage includes allegations that some migrants are being coached on how to navigate the asylum system, encouraged to fabricate claims to meet legal thresholds, and informed -- according to sources on the ground -- that favorable rulings can be secured through illicit means. These claims point to systemic vulnerabilities that make the immigration system susceptible to abuse and corruption.

At the center of the operation is Patricia Golder, who, according to the footage, has turned the alleged manipulation of the asylum process into her business. Golder says she takes a portion of the pay given to the Mauritanian migrants in exchange for helping them navigate the system, and she claims she can bribe judges to rule in the migrants' favor. The footage also suggests that many of the migrants involved neither embrace nor intend to adopt core American values, even as they access public resources designed to protect legitimate asylum seekers.

In the 26-minute video, the undercover reporter is introduced to Golder by one of Golder's friends, identified as Cindy Reis, who says Golder helps Mauritanian migrants get their papers.

"She gets them their papers. She does," Reis says before introducing the reporter to Golder. "He knows about Mulberry Street."

"I try to work with them the best I can," Golder says.

"You know, we were talking about maybe getting them some work," the reporter tells Golder

"Yeah, that's what I'm going to do," Golder replies.

"And then the question is, do they have papers or not?" the reporter asks.

"Some of them have papers, some don't," Golder says. For those that don't have paperwork, Golder adds, "we pay them cash."

"And then, we can make an authorization where you say they volunteer, and you pay them," Golder says.<

Golder says that to get migrants work at big companies, she has to sign for them. But Golder declines to name the companies.

"I have to say I can't do that...that's because of the threat of ICE, so they don't want me to leak, because ICE would go there and take them away. ICE don't play," Golder says.

Golder and Reis know they're working with illegals.

"You gotta work under the radar," Reis tells the reporter.

Video of these admissions at the link.

We are importing rampant third-world corruption to our country for no reason, except to assuage leftwing white woman guilt.

This happens all the time.

2 plead guilty in scheme to bribe DMV employees to issue commercial driver's licenses -- 4 others charged DMV employees altered records to show individuals had passed driving tests

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Two defendants, including a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) employee, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a scheme to sell commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to buyers who never took the required tests.

In addition to Tuesday's guilty pleas, four more individuals, including two other DMV workers, were charged in a 17‑count indictment unsealed Friday. The charges stem from separate but related probes conducted by the FBI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the California Department of Motor Vehicles' Investigations Division, Office of Internal Affairs.

Google AI's digest:

Numerous cases of illegal alien driver's license bribe schemes involving DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) employees have been exposed across the United States. Recent investigations in states like Kentucky and Florida in 2025 highlight that this is an ongoing issue involving corruption, bribery, and the fraudulent issuance of identification documents.

Details of the Schemes

Bribery: DMV employees and third parties (like driving schools or immigration services companies) have been found to accept cash payments in exchange for illegally processing driver's licenses. Bribes have reportedly ranged from a couple of hundred dollars to several thousands of dollars per license.

Bypassing Requirements: In many cases, the fraudulent schemes involved bypassing essential requirements such as written tests, driving exams, vision tests, and necessary immigration status screenings. Employees would falsify records or use shared logins to process applications without the proper documentation or procedures.

Targeting: The individuals seeking the fraudulent licenses were often undocumented immigrants who needed valid identification for employment or other purposes.

Widespread Impact: These schemes have resulted in hundreds, sometimes thousands, of fraudulent licenses being issued.

Consequences: The schemes have led to numerous arrests and convictions of both DMV employees and the individuals who paid for the fraudulent licenses. Those involved face serious federal felony charges, including bribery, conspiracy, identity theft, and forgery, with potential prison sentences and substantial fines. Licenses issued fraudulently are subject to revocation.

Recent Investigations (2025)

Kentucky: Whistleblower lawsuits and investigations revealed an alleged scheme where temporary workers in regional offices were selling licenses for around $200 each to undocumented immigrants, often bypassing the Homeland Security screening process.

Florida: Eight individuals, including two DMV employees, were arrested in Bay County for a "driver's license for cash" scheme. Investigators seized over $120,000 in illicit proceeds and believe hundreds or more fraudulent licenses were issued over a two-year period.

New York: Multiple DMV employees and a driving school were implicated in a scheme to sell fraudulent licenses, sometimes for up to $2,000, to Chinese immigrants who were not required to take or pass the necessary tests.

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Jonathan Turley: Gay Sexual Assaulter Don Lemon Is Talking Himself Into a Prison Sentence

—Ace

A lot of crimes turn on mental state -- "intent." James Comey can tell you all about that. He reads "intent" requirements into laws that don't have it, like the Espionage Act.

Many times, you can take prohibited actions but not be chargeable with a crime because you didn't have the specified mental state.

Don Lemon obviously did invade a church. The question is: Did he intend to traumatize them? Did he intend to impede their civil rights through threat or force?

Did he show animus against their religion?

Don Lemon is yet another 70 IQ DEI disaster, like Candace Owens, who thinks he's smart because he's been awarded Participation Trophy after Participation Trophy.

Legal analyst Jonathan Turley urges him to shut his mouth, because he's on a media tour in which he satisfies each and every requirement of the crime out of his own cocksucker.

Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley

Don Lemon did his best to perfect the case against the protesters in the Minneapolis Church as targeting the congregants over their faith. In what sounds like a pitch for prosecution under the FACE Act, Lemon zeroed in on the religious values of the congregants in a new tirade...

In other words, he makes it clear he is targeting the church because he hates their religious views. Not just intent, but animus.

Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley

16h

...The former CNN host dismissed criticism for storming a church gathering, explaining "I think people who are, you know, in the religious groups like that, it's not the type of Christianity that I practice, but I think that they're entitled, and that entitlement comes from a supremacy, a White supremacy"...

Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley

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...This follows organizer Nekima Levy Armstrong, who leads the local Racial Justice Network, is declaring that the churchgoers "need to check their theology and the need to check their hearts."...

Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley

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...Lemon and Armstrong are playing directly into the language of the FACE Act, which "prohibits the use or threat of force and physical obstruction that injures, intimidates, or interferes with a person seeking to ... exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship."


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Minnesota Democrat Lawmaker (and Transgender): The Church Invasion That Resulted in Children Fleeing in Fear Is "Essential," "Must Continue"

—Ace

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They want the shooting to start.

Anti-ICE mob storming church 'essential' and 'must continue,' Democrat state lawmaker says

The mob screamed at women and children and harassed a young family that was trying to drive away in their vehicle.

By Hayley Feland


State Rep. Leigh Finke, a Democrat from St. Paul, posted on Facebook following an anti-ICE mob storming a local church service, calling the incident "essential" and saying that it "must continue."

"Actions like this--nonviolent resistance in the face of government inaction or oppression--are essential," Finke wrote in a Facebook post. "And they must continue until I.C.E. is out of our state, the administration is out of the White House, and dignity and humanity for all of our neighbors is achieved."

On Sunday, about 20 individuals stormed into Cities Church in St. Paul and shut down their morning worship service. The mob screamed at women and children and harassed a young family that was trying to drive away in their vehicle. People in the church were left traumatized, which former CNN reporter Don Lemon said is "what protesting is about."


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In the past, Finke has defended rioting and called for abolishing the police. "So I'm here to tell you that there will be more riots. We remember Stonewall as a riot and we know now that it was necessary. The next riots will be necessary too," Finke said during a speech in 2022.

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New video shows ICE agent being rammed and dragged while clinging to the car's hood; communist filth continue claiming he wasn't hit at all
Venezuelans who fled Maduro's tyranny just discovered that they can send him mail in prison and that the US will deliver it to him
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Podcast: Venezuela...nation-building or our interests? Minnesota insurrection heats up, be careful what you wish for Democrats, dive bars, and more!
More bad news for Nicholas Maduro as old blackface photos resurface
Ay yi yi, the week this guy is having!
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Did Everpeak and Hilton lie? Nick Sorter thinks they did, and has video evidence! [CBD]
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