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Tuesday, January 27. 2026

Tuesday morning links

The Jet Stream Conundrum: Straight or Wavy, It's Always "Climate Change"


Universities push plant-based menus to slash emissions, but scientists say benefits overstated


"... it would be easier to sympathize with the Post (and, to be fair, most other newspapers) if they didn’t lie all the time."


Democrats Are Willing To Die To End Deportations. That Can’t Stop Law Enforcement


Dozens of Rioters Arrested Outside Minnesota Hotel Where ICE Agents Supposedly Stay


A conservative in the chaos of Minnesota - Being a red-blooded American in a blue state isn’t easy


Controversial Border Patrol chief and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, sources say


NATO Secretary General Admits EU Incapable Of Defense Without US Help


Can Europe’s Downward Trajectory Be Reversed?

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Re: Democrats Are Willing To Die To End Deportations…

Of course they are. Their very survival depends on counting illegal aliens in the census. It’s the same trick they pulled during the writing of the Constitution where they wanted to count all their slaves for apportionment. They had to settle with counting them as 3/5 of them (they shouldn’t have been counted at all till they were free).
#1 mudbug on 2026-01-27 10:09 (Reply)
If you look at enough videos, news reports and other sources you keep coming across "socialist" organization who are "united" in stopping ICE. Mostly the Democrats/left try to hide this blatant admission of their political belief. But the simple truth is that there at least 50 state socialist organization and numerous U.S. wide socialist groups. All of this is in addition to many far left groups that have the same political beliefs but actively avoid using the (S)ocialist word. Make no mistake, they are communist. The purpose of socialism is communism. The purpose of the BLM, Antifa black shirts is to use violence to bring communis to America. This hasn't changed; it is what they believed in when they were formed and it is what they believe in today. The Democrat party has adopted socialism/communism and they embrace the violent socialist groups and the riots and insurrections. The politicians will lie about their socialist/communist beliefs but they cannot deny their actions. Mamdani and Spanberger and Katie Wilson are the future of the Democrat party. And do not forget it is literally impossible to implement a socialist/communist regime without massive killing and jailing of those who are opposed to it. That's coming.
#2 OneGuy on 2026-01-27 11:13 (Reply)
re Can Europe’s Downward Trajectory Be Reversed?

I am more worried that OUR downward trajectory can't be reversed.
#3 feeblemind on 2026-01-27 11:41 (Reply)
re Controversial Border Patrol chief and some agents expected to leave Minneapolis on Tuesday, sources say

Looks to me like Trump is running up the white flag. Did he get a promise from the dems to not close the Government in return for his surrender in Minneapolis?

Doubt it.
#4 feeblemind on 2026-01-27 11:47 (Reply)
Or, he's listening to reason, and defering to people who are smarter and more experienced than he is. Noem and Bovino are dangerous, both to American citizens and to the public image of the president's agenda. Noem should never have been in charge of anything and Bovino is her lackey.

The president should have listened to Homan from the start and put him in charge of these operations. It would have gone much more smoothly. At the very least, Homan knows the difference between a violent criminal and a guy who's been hanging sheetrock for the last 20 years, and more importantly, he knows an average American knows the difference.
#4.1 jack walter on 2026-01-27 13:06 (Reply)
More shifting gears. Elsewhere it's reported Datarepublican has been putting a listing of funders behind the ICE riots together and then Walz found time to talk with Trump before the list is public.
#4.2 grant1863 on 2026-01-27 19:40 (Reply)
The lawyers are suing social media companies because kids are using the social media too much. I suspect that half the judges in this country will side with the lawyers on this. OK, it "seems like" they are just trying to protect the children, right? BUT there is no way to limit everyone under the age of 18 without implementing limits on everyone. It will accomplish two things that are essential to the left:
1. Censorship
2. ID-ing everyone on the internet.
The real purpose is to stop all the truth. Too much truth. The EU censors the truth on the internet as does China and Russia. Every Muslim country censors truth and most dictatorships do as well. Een Canada and Australia censor truth and opinions on the internet. But not the U.S. because we have the 1st amendment (well Biden did censor the truth but he did it illegally and clandestinely). That damned constitution is getting in the way of the NWO. But how do you get around it??? Of course!!! You do it for the children! We just want to save the children. Give us this one little law that restricts children's use of the internet and we won't abuse that power. Trust us!
#5 OneGuy on 2026-01-27 15:26 (Reply)
It is stunning how many of those Americans who hate America are LGBTQ or closely associated with them. The recent rioter, Pretti, was, no surprise. most of the school shooters are. Even elected and appointed government officials fall under this category. All the peaceful ones are normal and all the rioters and troublemakers have pronouns. Yes, I know I'm not supposed to notice this let alone say it out loud. But, there it is.
#6 LA Dave on 2026-01-28 11:10 (Reply)
Trump Has Failed His Nullification Crisis

Trump has seemingly failed to stand firm against the Minnesota Democrats flouting federal immigration law and fomenting insurrection.

QUOTE:
Minnesota tested a modern version of nullification theory by refusing to uphold federal immigration law, and, instead of standing firm like Jackson, Trump backed down.

All evidence suggests that federal agents will leave Minnesota without achieving their primary aim, and that represents a massive PR victory for the Democrats. They openly defied federal law, incited radical activists to assault federal law enforcement, and fired up their base for the coming midterms. And they now know that Trump will concede after a few weeks of bad coverage from the propaganda press.

. . . Trump’s indecision and retreat have opened the floodgates on lawlessness in America’s cities — a lawlessness the American people do not want. We now stand at an inflection point for the country as dangerous as the secession crisis of 1860. Then, President James Buchanan’s indecisiveness led the country into a catastrophic civil war. Now, we’ll see where Trump’s choices lead.

https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/28/trump-has-failed-his-nullification-crisis-other-states-will-follow-minnesotas-example/
#7 feeblemind on 2026-01-28 14:02 (Reply)
Trump succeeded in accomplishing what he set out to do which is expose the continuing insurrection against the Constitution. The insurrection did not occur in this decade but has been occurring since, at least, the early 1900's. As government expanded so did the grifting. The taxpayer has been the target for money theft and liberty theft. It is ongoing but the grifters are losing money sources and power sources which is all supported by the uniparty. Most voters prefer to ignore the problem but it takes, surprisingly, less than half the voting public to awaken to the grifter class and turn them out. We are the counter to the political grifters.
#7.1 indyjonesouthere on 2026-01-28 17:02 (Reply)

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