The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 2/2/26

Good morning kids. As I and many of you for sure have pondered lo these many months going on perhaps years now if we are in a state of civil war, but for sure we are in a phase of accelerating societal breakdown. On the surface, life goes on much as it always has, kids go to school we go to work or otherwise go about our routines mostly as per usual. Beyond the violence and mayhem we are witnessing in Minneapolis and elsewhere, the most alarming aspect is the utter breakdown and corruption of our judicial system that has now been infiltrated and weaponized against us.

This here is madness and things like this more than even the open violent insurrection against law enforcement which not only represents President Trump and his policies but is supposed to represent our collective individual and societal liberties, rights and freedoms, will be and are indeed our undoing, in the here and now.

First, Judge Gregory Carro in New York State argued that Luigi Mangione, the leftist terrorist, wasn’t a terrorist because he said he wasn’t.
. . . More of the same now at the federal level where Judge Margaret Garnett, a recent Biden appointee, decided that Luigi Mangione stalking Brian Thompson in order to kill him wasn’t a “crime of violence”. . . The only thing tortured and strange here is that Democrats are trying not to pretend that they’re bailing out a leftist terrorist. Had Luigi Mangione worn a red cap and hunted down and killed a liberal judge, all of a sudden all of these rulings would be the opposite of what they are, and the ‘tortured and strange’ parts of them would be the sound of the law creaking to be bent backward the other way.

You better believe that the ICE agents who took down Good and Pretti, should some Soros prosecutor get the ball rolling are going to get the Derek Chauvin treatment if not a cell on death row. Donald Trump and Kristi Noem as well. The DemoKKKrats are already making noises about impeachement should they win back Congress this coming November and beyond that, they are itching to see those two and others dangling from a hangman's noose.

They've learned their lesson. Next time they will completely wipe out all opposition to them and seize absolute power. And anyone who objects will ironically and disgustingly be labeled as a terrorist and insurrectionist, and be subject to the harshest of penalties. Like J-6 the process will only be the beginning of the punishment.

It is clear that the Democrat Left has the ability and the willingness to mobilize an armed force of internal terrorists and insurrectionists who will do their bidding knowing they face no repercussions. At least no repercussions in the legal sense.

Can you imagine if average law abiding and armed citizens had a similar system to communicate and rapidly mobilize to be on scene to counter the criminal terrorist insurrectionists and stand shoulder to shoulder with law enforcement, or to oppose any Don Lemon squad of goons bent on invading a church service?

We are heading down that road. But considering our innate sense of morality (that has been completely burned out of the Left since childhood over the past 60 years or more) and concomitant abhorrence of violence, Perhaps it might never come to armed response.

We as a nation are coming to a crossroads. The Left uses our Constitution as both a shield and a cudgel. And bearing all of the aforementioned in mind, there's this frightening development:

Democrats spent years pushing for gun restrictions. Now they’re rushing to buy firearms and invoking Second Amendment rights after federal agents killed a licensed gun owner in Minneapolis.
The shift has drawn accusations of hypocrisy from conservative critics. Writing in The Hill, columnist Robby Soave noted that progressives “favor all sorts of restrictions on gun ownership” yet now champion constitutional gun rights following Alex Pretti’s death. The ACLU even backpedaled on whether it supports concealed carry rights for protesters, Soave wrote.

But, they will acquire and use firearms in an offensive manner and when the smoke clears claim self defense as a judge like the one who let Mangione off the hook and the one who railroaded Derek Chauvin will agree. When you have mayors and governors now openly going after and attempting to impede ICE and other federal agents from doing their duty, no doubt their armed Antifa goons and gang-bangers as in Long Beach CA will be deputized and given the full protection of a bastardized legal system.

Unfortunately or fortunately? We cannot deny anyone their second amendment right to bear arms based on their political beliefs. But considering a frighteningly large number of individuals not only want to destroy America as founded but as we have seen not just in Minneapolis but since the 1960s are willing and able to use violence to achieve their aims. Worse the Democrat Party in its eternal quest to seize absolute power is giving them political and legal cover to act as their street goons/enforcers.

If by some chance their election rigging machine fails to deliver them control of Congress, what we're seeing in Minneapolis is just a foretaste of what is to come that will be orders of magnitude worse. The President will be forced to respond and in so doing potentially play into their hands despite being completely in the right to quash an armed violent leftist/Democrat insurrection.

Friend and friend of the blog Mark Pulliam lays it all out in his latest piece, on his blog which is worthy of bookmarking and following:

. . .What happens if the Republicans lose control of Congress in the mid-terms this November?
We don’t have to wonder, because the Democrats have told us. Expect a 180-degree reversal of everything President Trump has done. We can expect as abrupt a change, on a national scale, as the radical onslaught incoming Governor Abigail Spanberger is imposing on the commonwealth of Virginia. Elections truly have consequences.
And if the Democrats re-gain the White House in 2028, things will be even worse. President Trump’s historic victory in 2024, and the MAGA agenda in general, will be foiled by the Democrats’ radical policies . . The Constitution, as we know if, would be shredded.

And for me it would essentially be the end of even the veneer of the illusion of regular order/business as usual that we barely are able to delude ourselves into believing. They will go all out to seize absolute power, crush any and all opposition and that will be that. A run of 250 years as they traipse around in the skin suit for another century or so demanding respect.

Unless something radical changes the course of history back towards sanity. As we had hoped the election, three times!, of Donald Trump would do.

Have a great day.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

Just how do they “spontaneously” materialize en masse to scream profanities, blast whistles and block official vehicles? . . . When I deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, I saw similar spotter tactics employed by any number of guerilla groups who communicated via handheld radios to initiate IEDs on roadways traveled by American troops.
I’ve seen insurgencies up close — and anti-ICE actions look eerily familiar
In 1776, pamphleteer Thomas Paine, in a series of essays entitled “The American Crisis,” exhorted the besieged colonists during the Revolutionary War to stand strong in their struggle for freedom. His opening line was “These are the times that try men’s souls.” The same is true today. However bleak conditions may appear, we must remain committed to victory.
The New American Crisis

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

"This opinion may strike the average person — and indeed many lawyers and judges — as tortured and strange"
Biden Judge Protects Luigi Mangione from Death Penalty in “Tortured and Strange” Ruling, Claiming It Wasn’t a “Crime of Violence”

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Lemon and his co-defendants could be facing months in prison for their actions.
Unsealed Indictment Reveals Charges Against Don Lemon.
The left cheers lawlessness abroad and at home, punishes dissent, and excuses violence—America faces decay if moral fanaticism goes unchecked.
The War on Terror Came Home
It may not even be a true story, but it teaches a lesson about when leftists resort to tactics they’d rather not experience themselves.
When a Leftist Doxxer Gets Doxxed
Martinez is one of five declared candidates for the November 2026 election to lead the city of about 450,000, having completed his Candidate Intention Statement in late 2025, according to the Long Beach City Clerk’s website. He originally posted the more than two-minute-long video message to Instagram declaring, “Long Beach needs to be ICE FREE.” He also expects to “see 55 gang leaders in front of City Hall this Monday at 5pm [sic].” (RELATED: Antifa Influencer Declares ‘Guerrilla War’ Against ICE After Minnesota Shooting)
California Mayoral Candidate Rogelio Martinez Rallies Gang Leaders To End Federal Law Enforcement In Long Beach
The Minneapolis-based Headwaters Foundation for Justice awarded $3,321,013 in funds and non-cash assistance since 2014 to groups that now seek to monitor Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or protest the agency, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis of tax filings, activists’ websites and their social media posts. One related protest at the Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) airport led to around 100 arrests on Jan. 23. (RELATED: Radical Groups Like Renee Good’s Are Tailing ICE All Over America) (Where is the joint IRS/82nd ABN operation? - jjs)
Minnesota Anti-ICE Activists Get $3.3 Million From Soros-Backed Charity You’ve Never Heard Of
American radicals borrow the rhetoric of 1776 while channeling the chaos of 1789—and the mobs they summon won’t take orders.
The Left’s Revolutionary Confusion
"Trainings will not be recorded or posted online." (PATCO the union to oblivion and mass revocations of medical licenses - jjs)
Major Nurses Union Holds Secretive Training Sessions To ‘Fight Against ICE’
A failure of medical ethics that seems to be spreading. (or the Islamization/Mengele-fication of medicine - jjs)
Nurses, Heal Thyself: Trump Derangement Syndrome Enters the Hospital
West Chicago’s mayor scolded a teacher for saying “Go ICE,” twisting law enforcement into villains while shielding lawbreakers with emotion and bias.
West Chicago, Illinois’ “Nonpartisan” Mayor Daniel Bovey Takes Anti-ICE Side Against Local Teacher
Wilson’s measures aim to thwart the enforcement of federal immigration law in Seattle, despite no current evidence of a particular increase in ICE activity in the city.
Far-Left Mayor Orders City Police to ‘Investigate’ ICE.
A new survey finding points to the dangers of digital outrage culture.
Women Are More Likely Than Men to Endorse Political Violence
"BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
U.S. District Court of Minnesota Judge Katherine Menendez on Saturday denied a motion to enjoin the federal government from continuing its immigration law enforcement surge in the Twin Cities.
Federal judge denies Minnesota motion to end immigration surge
President Trump’s current show of weakness on deporting illegal aliens risks splintering the Republican Party.
Did We Just Witness Donald Trump’s ‘Read My Lips, No New Taxes!’ Moment?
Tim Walz and many other Democrats in Minnesota bear heavy responsibility for the deaths of two Minnesotans and for putting the lives of federal law enforcement at risk.
Peaceful ICE Arrest Of 650 Aliens In West Virginia Proves Dems Are Manufacturing Chaos In Minnesota
Hispanic illegal aliens, with all their criminal pathologies and economic pressures, go to Hispanic neighborhoods—and legal Hispanics don’t like it.
We know the identity of the Border Guards behind Pretti’s shooting, and it matters that they’re Hispanic
The illegal alien in question abandoned his child while attempting to evade capture.
Clinton-Appointed Judge Orders Illegal Released, Claims ICE ‘Traumatized’ His Son
In a video clip of an interview from March, Wu is seen saying, “Every single human being has the legal right to come to the United States and seek shelter.” (only as many as can fit up your sigmoid and in your mouth simultaneously - jjs)
Boston Mayor Wu Claims ‘Every Single Human’ on Earth Has ‘Legal Right’ to Come to the U.S.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
“No one wanted to put that pain on the American people again. The Democrats forced it. We were insistent that we would not allow that to happen,” the speaker added. “…Republicans are going to do the responsible thing.” The dynamic of the current government shutdown is very different from the 43-day record-breaking one last year, when the two sides deadlocked for weeks without a clear path out of it.
Mike Johnson ‘confident’ gov’t shutdown will end Tuesday – as he shoots down Dem demands
Zahui was the center of controversy last year when he tried to bar DOGE from accessing the USADF’s financial books and rejected the new chairman of the organization appointed by President Donald J. Trump.
Govt. Official Who Tried to Bar DOGE From Inspecting His Books Pleads GUILTY to Corruption.
Thousands are still without power, and restoration timelines could stretch out another 10 days.
Tennessee Senator Declares War On ‘Woke’ Nashville Power Company After Week-Long Outage
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The candidacy has sparked outrage, highlighting concerns over extremism in UK politics and the legal loopholes enabling such figures to stand for election.
Muslim Terrorist Stands for Election in Muslim Enclave.
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
We may speak the same language, but our words don’t mean the same things.

Leftist Censors Cry about Censorship
"Conveniently missing from what you just showed, George, is the appellate court and a judge on the appellate court who said just a few days later there was clearly probable cause, and it wasn't even a close question," Blanche explained. “So, and by the way, a grand jury, which is what our system has set up to determine whether probable cause exists, concluded that there was probable cause. That indictment is now public. Everybody in this country can pull it up and read for themselves and see what the grand jury found that, that Mr. Lemon did.”
Deputy AG Todd Blanche Annihilates Stephanopoulos Over Don Lemon
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
A civil lawsuit was filed in federal court on Thursday against a $60,000-a-year New York private school and a former teacher, Winston Nguyen, 39, who was arrested in June 2024 for sending nude photos of two young teenage girls in a “revenge porn blast” to his students on Snapchat.
Girls Sue Elite NYC Prep School over Teacher Soliciting Nudes Then Distributing Them as ‘Revenge Porn’
SECOND AMENDMENT
Democrats spent years pushing for gun restrictions. Now they’re rushing to buy firearms and invoking Second Amendment rights after federal agents killed a licensed gun owner in Minneapolis. The shift has drawn accusations of hypocrisy from conservative critics. Writing in The Hill, columnist Robby Soave noted that progressives “favor all sorts of restrictions on gun ownership” yet now champion constitutional gun rights following Alex Pretti’s death. The ACLU even backpedaled on whether it supports concealed carry rights for protesters, Soave wrote.
Left-Wing Groups Suddenly Discover The Second Amendment
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
The FBI recently raided Fulton County’s Election Hub and Operations Center. What comes next?
A Voter Fraud Reckoning in Georgia?
Congratulations, Chief Justice Roberts. You kept your hands clean. But at what cost?
Will New Election Evidence Damage the Supreme Court?
POLITICS
For more than a year now, rightwing influencers have been opening the Gates of Toledo, injecting figures who are not even plausibly rightwing, who try to secure real world political victory for liberals, and who in every ambiguous situation will always take the side of the Left, into the highest levels of rightwing discourse.
Escape Velocity: Evaluating the first 12 months of the 2nd Trump administration (Hat tip to commenter "The Lower Depths" - jjs)
Until the Trump team can override the negativity the media create—in stark opposition to the successes of his presidency—Republicans are in trouble.
Trump’s First Year Was A Triumph, But Republicans Aren’t Acting Like It
Minnesota’s political battleground sparks unrest, shapes elections, and shows how closely the nation’s future can hinge on one state.
Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lunatics, Turning Red This Year?
(If they can steal $9+ billion, they can steal elections, just ask Norm Coleman - jjs)
I am the Tennessee First, Trump-supporting, Christian conservative in this race running to represent all citizens of Tennessee House District 11.
KENNY CODY: Why I am running to represent Tennessee's 11th District in the State House
Roger Kimball: Elite opinion hardens into “wisdom,” but conservatism thrives on realism, humor, and hard-earned limits—antidotes to the gloomy utopianism of perpetual reform.
Conservatism’s Case for Cheerful Realism
. . . I found this Nick Freitas video really helpful and I wanted to pass it along. Nick explains a strategy for improving our representation and where to find better information about a politician's true loyalties. (hat tip to commenter Emmie! - jjs)
The Worst RINOs in America
IRAN ON the BRINK?!
Blindfolded, beaten, and silenced, Arash paid the price for asking questions the Iranian regime refused to answer.
Inside Iran’s Notorious Section 209 Political Prison
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS
I didn’t expect to be so overcome with so many emotions.
Recovering the Last Hostage in Gaza
What kind of peace do the 'Palestinians' really want?
Do Muslim Preachers Who Rail Against Zionism Really ‘Forget the Qur’an’?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"We should be able to speak freely about one of the greatest medical scandals in modern history."
Belgium Investigating Arrest And Detention Of ‘Billboard Chris’ And British Activist
Brussels and Berlin are increasing regulatory pressure on European industry.
EU Tightens Regulatory Pressure
French officials have recently introduced an aggressive social media strategy in an effort to promote the country’s political messaging and combat the spread of alleged disinformation from the U.S. and other countries, Politico reported Thursday.
French Officials Try Outdoing Trump Admin In New Strategy
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The issue of Chinese corporate espionage has been a serious problem in the United States and in other Western nations in recent years, especially in the AI and semiconductor industries.
Former Google Engineer Convicted of Spying for China. (Why aren't his lungs being waterboarded to mush? -jjs)
BIDEN AFGHANISTAN BUG-OUT DISASTER AFTERMATH
Can you guess the numbers?
The Cost to Taxpayers of Afghan Refugees
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
The plant will create 850 permanent jobs and 2,000 construction jobs, while advancing production capacity for obesity treatments.
Eli Lilly Invests $3.5 Billion in America for Advanced Obesity Drugs Plant.
My sources suggest that they are—and that the problems are the same seen across the rest of America.
Are Fraud And Waste Embedded In Washington State’s Health Care Authority?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
...if approved, it will give SpaceX license approval to launch Starship/Superheavy as much as 146 times per year, from its launchpads at Boca Chica, Kennedy, and Cape Canaveral.
FAA moves forward on its environmental assessment of SpaceX’s proposal to launch Starship/Superheavy from Kennedy Space Center
None of this is confirmed, but Musk has not denied it either. If so, this IPO would be the largest ever in the history of the stock markets, by many magnitudes.
Rumors: Musk is considering merging SpaceX with xAI and Tesla
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
A psychologist and surgeon were found liable for the mutilation of a "trans" minor.
Detransitioner Awarded Millions In First Malpractice Verdict: ‘This Is How It All Ends’

CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Melania is set to haul in more than $8 million in its opening weekend, which would be the best at the box office for a documentary in the last decade. A humble Ratner told Breitbart News via a phone interview Saturday that he gives “all the credit” to the first lady, the film’s subject, for its extremely successful box office performance.
Exclusive: ‘Melania’ Director Brett Ratner Gives First Lady ‘All the Credit’ for Documentary’s Opening Weekend Success
"That's the left's Charlie Kirk. They're gonna get shirts 'I am Renee Good. I am a dumb, retarded lesbian.' Get your shirts right now. Benbankas.com," he continued. "I mean, if you watch the footage, she should have been shot ten minutes before that. The way she was acting, driving around with cops, and they gave her a break. They didn't shoot her right away because they're like oh, she's a dumb, retarded, crazy lesbian; she doesn't know what she's doing; she's white, so she's never committed a crime before... they gave her the benefit of the doubt."
Comedian's Sold-Out Minnesota Shows Canceled... Because He Made a Joke
Thad McCotter: What once seemed a frantic modern world now looks quaint, as technology and postmodern ideology combine to turn everyday life into a nonstop sprint of stress, indulgence, and negation.
Koyaanisqatsi Reconsidered
Hillary speaks, but she doesn’t listen. She half-absorbs events and the lives of other people, and coughs out a kind of instinctive Reader’s Digest annotated version, but mangles all the details as efficiently as bad AI.
Saint Hillary Is Here To Tell You You’re A Terrible Christian
Christian Toto: Why did comedy maestro change his tune on classic western spoof?
Mel Brooks Does Shocking 180 on ‘Blazing Saddles’

HITHER & YON
In no particular order, here are 10 great Justice Alito quotes to commemorate his 20 years on the Supreme Court.
Here Are 10 Great Justice Alito Quotes To Mark His 20 Years On The Supreme Court
Look at the reasons it ticked closer to midnight this year.
The ‘Doomsday Clock’ Ticks Down Again — Here’s Why That Is Good News
Daniel Greenfield: But the more the fake clock ticks, the safer we are.
The ‘Doomsday Clock’ is Running Out of Seconds

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1 Happy Ground Hog Day

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 07:20 AM (gbOdA)

2 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 02, 2026 07:21 AM (iMotb)

3
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 02, 2026 07:23 AM (tljrc)

4 Judge Margaret Garnett, a recent Biden appointee, decided that Luigi Mangione stalking Brian Thompson in order to kill him wasn’t a “crime of violence

He's probably the reason she ovulated for the first time in two decades.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 07:24 AM (+4yJ5)

5 Let's see that armed force the left can raise up.

I'm pretti sure it won't last long.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 02, 2026 07:25 AM (KiBMU)

6 Thank you JJ!

You rock!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 02, 2026 07:26 AM (Cjt/F)

7 Yonder Horde

You can make the case that there will always be leftist horseshit.

But it devolves into serious horseshit because the judiciary is on their side.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 07:26 AM (jtM2q)

8 If Judge Margaret Garnett got popped in the back of the head it might change her mind.

Posted by: fd at February 02, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

9 5 Let's see that armed force the left can raise up.

I'm pretti sure it won't last long.
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 02, 2026 07:25 AM
+++++

"Why do you have real bullets?"

Posted by: The lovely and gracious Rebecca Good at February 02, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1)

10 Mike Johnson ‘confident’ gov’t shutdown will end Tuesday – as he shoots down Dem demands

I hope his confidence is justified. But I don't expect anyone from the GOP to explain that the Dems are shutting things down because illegal aliens are more important than citizens.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 07:31 AM (+4yJ5)

11 Koyaanisqatsi recolsidered, LOL!

now that's comedy gold right there!
also true, which makes it extra poignant ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 02, 2026 07:32 AM (Cjt/F)

12 There have been many times of civil unrest. The Republic is not lost.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 07:35 AM (0KSrI)

13
Today is the first day of the Westminster Kennel Club show at the Javits Center in New York. Borzoi are judged at 2:15 and The Big Dummy has to be at his benching spot by 11:00.

Any thoughts you can spare for him, not to win but to show at his best, would be appreciated.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 07:35 AM (tgvbd)

14
Judge Margaret Garnett, a recent Biden appointee, decided that Luigi Mangione stalking Brian Thompson in order to kill him wasn’t a “crime of violence"

Doesn't the stalking indicate intent and the intent makes it first-degree murder and first-degree murder carries the death penalty? But I'm just an unsophisticated yahoo.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 07:38 AM (tgvbd)

15 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2026 07:38 AM (b6mcP)

16 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 07:35 AM (tgvbd)

Prayers for the safety and well being of everybody attending including dogs, and for the Big Dummy to give his best showing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2026 07:39 AM (Bw1/o)

17 Thanks for posting the Nick Freitas link, JJ.

Many times around here we ask ourselves "What can we do about these spineless RINOS?"

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 02, 2026 07:41 AM (FMtrg)

18 > Judge Margaret Garnett, a recent Biden appointee, decided that Luigi Mangione stalking Brian Thompson in order to kill him wasn’t a “crime of violence"
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You'd think more than the hard left would have an issue with that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 07:41 AM (jtM2q)

19 it must be "nuance", H7

i remember saint hillary? or was it algore? telling me I lacked "nuance", decades ago ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 02, 2026 07:42 AM (Cjt/F)

20
Her Majesty told me that at 1:30 this morning a woman banged on the connecting door to the room screaming for help. HM contacted the front desk and someone came up but no one acknowledged the knocking.

Just another day in The Center of the Universe. Why go there? Incompetent government and people who are arrogant when they're not crazy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 07:43 AM (tgvbd)

21 "The FBI recently raided Fulton County’s Election Hub and Operations Center. What comes next?"

Let me guess...

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at February 02, 2026 07:43 AM (vFG9F)

22
Stalking prior to murder: not violence

Using wrong pronouns: literal genocide

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 07:44 AM (tgvbd)

23 like that cop, chauvin; convicted simultaneously! of murder 1 (premeditated), murder 2 (intentional but not premeditated), and manslaughter (unintentional), all from one set of "facts".

wtaf?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 02, 2026 07:45 AM (Cjt/F)

24 "Lemon and his co-defendants COULD be facing months in prison for their actions"

They also COULD all get cupcakes.

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at February 02, 2026 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

25 Why go there? Incompetent government and people who are arrogant when they're not crazy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 07:43 AM

+++
For a dog show, evidently.

Posted by: Hey. You asked at February 02, 2026 07:47 AM (2Ez/1)

26 and of the two, I'd bet on the cupcakes

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 02, 2026 07:47 AM (Cjt/F)

27 18 dogs rescued from extremely cold temps oytside , and one gives birth inside warm shelter. "Good News Network" site:

https://tinyurl.com/h69twuh9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2026 07:47 AM (Bw1/o)

28 Question about dog show mechanics in NYC. Hadrian, how does HM and The Big Dummy get from hotel to Javits? Uber? Walk? I'm trying to picture how it works.

Posted by: Out of the Loop at February 02, 2026 07:47 AM (oftw2)

29 The Dems are 8-0 in special elections -- including a 20 plus point swing away from Trumps victory margin in a Texas State Senate special election Saturday. Of the smart set here blow off these turnabout routs as 'special elections noise'.

What o what could be suppressing 'R' voter turnout? Repeatedly? The blog and the DC political pros tell us it could not possibly be the failure to imprison ONE seditionist or traitor who persecuted and prosecuted and drove to suicide several J6's among other high crimes.

Trump still believes if he brings in YUGE investment and stops foreign wars and endorses enough RINO's for reelection that all will be well. The plebes in the hinterland see it otherwise. And they refuse to turnout and vote for more of what Trump is selling. The plebes want justice( some might call it retribution ) and they want DOGE on steroids.

It's that simple and that obvious. Trump is not giving the base what THEY want most of all. They love him but they crave justice and a full on attack against the pilfering of their hard earned tax dollars.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at February 02, 2026 07:48 AM (ZdMwZ)

30 Good morning good people.

John 15:18-19
"If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you."

Posted by: Tonypete at February 02, 2026 07:48 AM (cYBz/)

31 Ware County GA

The date time stamp on the ballots from the Dominion machine obtained through an open records request indicates the 2nd scan of this batch of ballots occurred on 11-11-2020, which was 8 days after the first scan.

So it appears the GA counties were reporting election numbers and then a week (8 days) (re)scan in the number of ballots to equal said number.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 07:48 AM (gbOdA)

32 “Every single human being has the legal right to come to the United States and seek shelter.”

Can I stay at her house?

Posted by: Jack T. Ripper at February 02, 2026 07:49 AM (vFG9F)

33 The FBI recently raided Fulton County’s Election Hub and Operations Center. What comes next?
A Voter Fraud Reckoning in Georgia?
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Run, Dana, run!

https://tinyurl.com/2s9sw8v8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 02, 2026 07:49 AM (P3kKw)

34 Donald Trump and Kristi Noem as well.

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Looks Like Trump Has Invoked The Insurrender Act:

[President Trump on Truth Social: "I have instructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help ..."

truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/
posts/115991701359412321

Posted by: ShainS -- Looks Like Trump Has Invoked The Insurrender Act at February 02, 2026 07:49 AM (0Eh0f)

35
Question about dog show mechanics in NYC. Hadrian, how does HM and The Big Dummy get from hotel to Javits? Uber? Walk? I'm trying to picture how it works.
Posted by: Out of the Loop at February 02, 2026 07:47 AM (oftw2)

1) I sigh with relief when I remember it's not my problem.

2) I believe WKC has a shuttle from a nearby hotel.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 07:49 AM (tgvbd)

36 In the Era of plea deals and first time offenders I can absolutely them not going to prison.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 07:50 AM (0KSrI)

37 And:

John 3:20:
"Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed."

Posted by: Tonypete at February 02, 2026 07:50 AM (cYBz/)

38 We're not voting our way out of this.

Posted by: p-squared at February 02, 2026 07:51 AM (0prFs)

39 Looks Like Trump Has Invoked The Insurrender Act:

[President Trump on Truth Social: "I have instructed Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, that under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat Cities with regard to their Protests and/or Riots unless, and until, they ask us for help ..."

truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/
posts/115991701359412321

Posted by: ShainS -- Looks Like Trump Has Invoked The Insurrender Act at February 02, 2026 07:49 AM (0Eh0f)
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If you read the wording carefully, I don't think it's about surrender.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 02, 2026 07:52 AM (P3kKw)

40 1) Hair...check.
2) Lighter...check.

Doom!

Posted by: Doom and Gloom Guy at February 02, 2026 07:53 AM (aP8y5)

41 33 The FBI recently raided Fulton County’s Election Hub and Operations Center. What comes next?
+++
Not much. Two and a half years from now some low level election official you've never heard of gets fined $500 and can't vote for two years.
But nothing changes in the voting system and nothing is done to improve election integrity.

Posted by: Tell me I'm wrong at February 02, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)

42 I hate to "color with only black crayons", so to speak, but I am deeply concerned for the future of our country should the le
Leftists get power again. It's as if every day of the Trump
Presidency, rage and resentment grow more and more, waiting for release when that day comes.

BAMN

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 02, 2026 07:54 AM (LBorg)

43 "What o what could be suppressing 'R' voter turnout?"

The Rs.

Posted by: davidt at February 02, 2026 07:55 AM (Q+gd/)

44 "Trump’s First Year Was A Triumph, But Republicans Aren’t Acting Like It"

The ox goring upset their apple cart.

Posted by: fd at February 02, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

45 like that cop, chauvin; convicted simultaneously! of murder 1 (premeditated), murder 2 (intentional but not premeditated), and manslaughter (unintentional), all from one set of "facts".

wtaf?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 02, 2026 07:45 AM (Cjt/F)

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"Facts are stubborn things." -- Reagan, 1988

"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." -- Bubba, 1998

Posted by: ShainS -- Looks Like Trump Has Invoked The Insurrender Act at February 02, 2026 07:57 AM (0Eh0f)

46 "Trump’s First Year Was A Triumph, But Republicans Aren’t Acting Like It"
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Gentlemen we've got to protect our phoney baloney jobs.

Posted by: Harrumph at February 02, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)

47 We as a nation are coming to a crossroads.

We passed every off-ramp, there is only the cliff ahead.

When Obama talked about fundamental transformation, moving from a high-trust to low-trust is probably the most concise way of describing it.

In your opening monologue for this post, JJ, you compared the Left having nothing to lose, to us Normals who have our life, liberty and property at risk even if we were to build community defensive measures.

To be concise as possible to where we are:

We need a Cincinnatus; we have no one.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 07:58 AM (a4flb)

48 The ox goring upset their apple cart.

Posted by: fd at February 02, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

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Important Safety Tip: "Don't cross the memes!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Looks Like Trump Has Invoked The Insurrender Act at February 02, 2026 07:58 AM (0Eh0f)

49 Happy Thoughts towards the Big Dummy and his showing.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 07:58 AM (+4yJ5)

50 Progressives cannot wrap their minds (or, more to the point, their hearts) around this irony: that “reform” so regularly exacerbates either the evil it was meant to cure or another evil it had hardly glimpsed.

Sowell discusses this in A Conflict of Visions:

Resource Allocation: Every decision involves limited resources such as time, money, and manpower. Choosing to invest in one area may detract from another.

Consequences: Each choice has implications that affect various stakeholders. Recognizing trade-offs helps in understanding the broader impact of decisions.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 07:58 AM (gbOdA)

51 I am not in the doom and gloom camp. I am in the get off your ass and work to make things better camp. Criticism is the refuge of the lazy.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 07:58 AM (0KSrI)

52 Is "Melania" a movie a young man would enjoy?. I thought of taking my conservative son to get him out of the house, and for some company for me, because his job search has been disappointing so far, even at the local supermarket.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2026 07:58 AM (Bw1/o)

53 Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 07:58 AM (0KSrI)

Bravo!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2026 07:59 AM (Bw1/o)

54 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

"Perhaps it might never come to armed response."

You're whistling past the graveyard.
-History

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

55 Not much. Two and a half years from now some low level election official you've never heard of gets fined $500 and can't vote for two years.
But nothing changes in the voting system and nothing is done to improve election integrity.
Posted by: Tell me I'm wrong at February 02, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)

You could punch a hole in a ballot like when a check is read.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:01 AM (gbOdA)

56 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

57 I hate to "color with only black crayons", so to speak, but I am deeply concerned for the future of our country should the Leftists get power again.

They are already in power. Explain the trillions of dollars each year towards fraud and there is no political or legal way of stopping it.

It requires profound violence at this point and that spirit has been bred out of us over the past several decades and has been replaced with a reluctant permanent humiliation and servitude.

Sam Adams was right.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 08:02 AM (a4flb)

58 jj

worst rino link broken

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:02 AM (gbOdA)

59 I saw HM and The Big Dummy open for Hapshash and The Coloured Coat.

Posted by: Delurker at February 02, 2026 08:02 AM (gtcuf)

60 They've learned their lesson. Next time they will completely wipe out all opposition to them and seize absolute power.

See: Virginia, Commonwealth, circa 2026.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 02, 2026 08:03 AM (MZ+PY)

61 58 jj

worst rino link broken
Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:02 AM (gbOdA)

Try again. Works for me.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 08:04 AM (x0n13)

62 The thing about accusing leftists of hypocrisy is that they don't care.

They're just going to say "So, what are YOU going to do about it, personally? The only thing that matters to me is beating YOU."

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 08:04 AM (iXqHn)

63 Morning everyone, happy Monday. Thx JJ.
Love Blazing Saddles and thought Spaceballs had a few good gags. However a new Spaceballs will be like the new Spinal Tap, a festival of cameos with a fifth of the humor of the first one , because no offense allowed. Unless of course you're offending conservatives etc(the right people).

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 08:04 AM (BWnHZ)

64 Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. 6 more weeks of winter.
Happy Groundhog Hog Day!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 08:05 AM (NpAcC)

65 Nope; I'm not at all in the mood today for "it's all over!!" posts. I think some of the new nics throughout the day might be trolls of dispiritedness. See some of you tomorrow.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 02, 2026 08:06 AM (Bw1/o)

66 You'd think more than the hard left would have an issue with that.
——-

There are a lot of assumptions once held as a society that apparently are not operative any longer. It’s been perplexing to me, I’m not sure what’s more disturbing, that a lot of people think they have everything wrapped up and don’t need to concern themselves about such things or, they are dumb as a post. As we can see they have been working diligently to make leftist crimes consequence free, even highly compensated.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 08:06 AM (ExGho)

67 The left then: we need to get rid of guns, fossil fuels and nuclear energy so we can have complete power over the population.

The left now: we need guns and nuclear power so we can have complete power over the population.

Posted by: Cray Cray at February 02, 2026 08:07 AM (raCgc)

68 So I heard Dr Robert Redfield on the radio this morning (former CDC director)… he now says the covid jab isn’t really a vaccine and should never have been mandated or given to children or generally healthy people. So now he admits publicly what we all knew from the very beginning… he can EABOD

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:07 AM (xyl55)

69 Boston Mayor Wu Claims ‘Every Single Human’ on Earth Has ‘Legal Right’ to Come to the U.S.

Does that include the "right" to plunder the Heritage Americans and drive the younger generations into hopelessness and despair?

I find it fascinating that in their home countries, they had to bust their ass to find food for the day, but part of that "right to come to the US" there is also the "never again have to work a day in your life" baked in.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 08:07 AM (a4flb)

70 I'm one of the few commenters here who chastises Trump and his administration for not confronting the judiciary on day one.

On matters of executive authority and presidential power they defer and let the issue run through the courts. All well and fine. But it doesn't have to be so. It wasn't under *biden. And it wasn't *biden calling the shots either. But the policies were preferred by the judiciary so they let it slide.

On purely legal, criminal matters the judiciary is overtly biased. By design. That needs to be addressed and IMO should have been a priority from this administration on day one.

If the judiciary was truly apolitical the left would not have a cushion to fall back on when they riot, murder or steal.

It obviously isn't. And it's having the left's desired effect. I think that's wrong.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 08:07 AM (jtM2q)

71 Not having a good morning. Need a vacation from everyone that has a memory of a goldfish, i.e. this whole house.

Posted by: pookysgirl, very tired at February 02, 2026 08:07 AM (Wt5PA)

72 The thing about accusing leftists of hypocrisy is that they don't care.

To the Left, hypocrisy is not a vice, its a tool.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 08:09 AM (a4flb)

73 Quite the news dump!
Thank you JJ.

Posted by: Don Lemon's Shit Eating Grin at February 02, 2026 08:10 AM (h2D4l)

74 Let's go move into Mayor Wu's house!

Posted by: Every Boston taxpayer at February 02, 2026 08:10 AM (2Ez/1)

75 However a new Spaceballs will be like the new Spinal Tap

Or History of the World Part 2. The meeting for it probably went like this.

"OK, you guys watched Part 1? Did you write down everything that made it funny? Good. Don't do ANY of that."

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 08:11 AM (+4yJ5)

76 Americans widely disapprove of Trump's ICE
And the economy continues to get worse. Not from inflation but from huge job losses . We had 3 straight months of negative job growth.
Under Biden we averaged 200000 new jobs each month
The odds that Dems will take the House are at 78% and still trending up.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 02, 2026 08:12 AM (mcdVj)

77 {pookysgirl}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

78 People who are so very upset at the idea that you have to show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE in order to enter the country should campaign to end the CBP and PoEs. But they won’t.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:12 AM (O3dBq)

79 Can you imagine if average law abiding and armed citizens had a similar system to communicate and rapidly mobilize to be on scene to counter the criminal terrorist insurrectionists and stand shoulder to shoulder with law enforcement

Every Milo needs a Clodius.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 02, 2026 08:12 AM (uQesX)

80
The ‘Doomsday Clock’ is Running Out of Seconds

During the Cuban Missile Crisis it was at seven minutes. Now it's at 85 seconds.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 08:13 AM (tgvbd)

81 Do not think for a second these cartel judges are issuing these insane orders as some sort of high-minded "we must strictly interpret and apply the law" bullshit.

Every time these cartel judges make these ruling--whether it be the terrorist Luigi is not a terrorist, or all the lies that Trump is violating the Constitution--be very clear in your understanding:

What they are doing is destroying the rule of law.
They mean to create a system of rule by man, by judges, by them and them alone.

Trump needs to borrow a page from the left:
Lie about the target of the FISA warrant, just like they lied about Congress and others being the target.

And start arresting these cartel judges.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 08:13 AM (9O65X)

82 And if the Democrats re-gain the White House in 2028, things will be even worse. President Trump’s historic victory in 2024, and the MAGA agenda in general, will be foiled by the Democrats’ radical policies . .

And we'll help!!!

Posted by: The GOPe at February 02, 2026 08:13 AM (uQesX)

83 Sock off

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at February 02, 2026 08:13 AM (h2D4l)

84 @75 NR Pax, forgot about History of the World , Part 2. Didn't see it but I heard it sucked and was woke

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 08:13 AM (BWnHZ)

85 69 Boston Mayor Wu Claims ‘Every Single Human’ on Earth Has ‘Legal Right’ to Come to the U.S.

Does that include the "right" to plunder the Heritage Americans and drive the younger generations into hopelessness and despair?

I find it fascinating that in their home countries, they had to bust their ass to find food for the day, but part of that "right to come to the US" there is also the "never again have to work a day in your life" baked in.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 08:07 AM (a4flb)

She hasn’t arrested CBP officials in Boston? You think she would if everyone on earth has the legal right to enter the U.S.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:14 AM (O3dBq)

86 Americans widely disapprove of Trump's ICE
57% approve

We had 3 straight months of negative job growth.

False. In October 2025, the U.S. experienced a net job loss of 105,000, followed by a gain of 64,000 jobs in November, and an increase of 50,000 jobs in December.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

87 84 Didn't see it but I heard it sucked and was woke
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I watched the trailer and that was enough.

"White people suck, AM I RIGHT?"
laughter

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 08:15 AM (+4yJ5)

88 69 Boston Mayor Wu Claims ‘Every Single Human’ on Earth Has ‘Legal Right’ to Come to the U.S.

Does that include the "right" to plunder the Heritage Americans and drive the younger generations into hopelessness and despair?

I find it fascinating that in their home countries, they had to bust their ass to find food for the day, but part of that "right to come to the US" there is also the "never again have to work a day in your life" baked in.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 08:07 AM (a4flb)

Every time I see that I have to remember that "Mayor Wu" is NOT John Walker Flynt.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 08:15 AM (iXqHn)

89 The marmot (Arctomys Marmotta), in its fat state, when it first retires to its winter quarters, is in very good condition, and is then killed and eaten in great numbers, although we may affect to despise it.

Posted by: Marmot Facts at February 02, 2026 08:15 AM (vFG9F)

90 Cue Primus, “Groundhog’s Day”

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:15 AM (O3dBq)

91 Alias, it must be rough knowing that we're the only people out there who actually pay attention to you.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 08:16 AM (+4yJ5)

92 Mornin’, All. Happy Groundhog Day!

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 08:16 AM (77rzZ)

93 I find it fascinating that in their home countries, they had to bust their ass to find food for the day, but part of that "right to come to the US" there is also the "never again have to work a day in your life" baked in.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 08:07 AM (a4flb)

It is strange that Progressive want to fix the poor with more taxes and then insist on importing more poor.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:16 AM (gbOdA)

94 I've not seen enough about that loss of the TX state senate seat to know what happened.
Where the Dem flipped a Trump area by like a 20 point swing.

What I have seen is, the Dem won't win in November.
And the TX legislature is not in session until next year.

He still should not have won.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 08:16 AM (9O65X)

95 And start arresting these cartel judges.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 08:13 AM (9O65X)
=====

This is essential.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 08:16 AM (RIvkX)

96 covid jab isn’t really a vaccine and should never have been mandated or given to children or generally healthy people
——

Or people who had contracted the crud and recovered long before it was available. I knew they were smoking their socks when the official reponse was “Naturally conferred immunity? What’s that, never heard of it.”

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 08:16 AM (ExGho)

97 Republicans keep losing special elections by a lot.
The midterms could be a blowout.

If Christian Meneefee gets sworn in today by Johnson we are just down to 1 vote.

Another Democrat flips GOP state senate seat.
Seat has been red in Texas since 1992.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 08:16 AM (NpAcC)

98 I’m generally optimistic and believe Trump has done amazing things in one year. But one negative note: If the Dems win or steal 2028 it’s hard to imagine how bad would be the consequences. Stuff of nightmares

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:17 AM (ZtAny)

99 The Dems are 8-0 in special elections -- including a 20 plus point swing away from Trumps victory margin in a Texas State Senate special election Saturday. Of the smart set here blow off these turnabout routs as 'special elections noise'.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters

1. There was an ice storm which stopped 30,000 voters from showing up for the runoff.
2. The 'republican' who was endorsed by the teachers union and came in third in the primary threw his support to the democrat.
3. The senate seat only lasts through 2026, and will face election again in November, while the Texas senate won't even be in session until January 2027, so the seat is meaninginless.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 08:18 AM (0U5gm)

100 Stupid groundhog.

Posted by: Everybody with piles of unmelted snow all around at February 02, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

101 94 I've not seen enough about that loss of the TX state senate seat to know what happened.
Where the Dem flipped a Trump area by like a 20 point swing.

What I have seen is, the Dem won't win in November.
And the TX legislature is not in session until next year.

He still should not have won.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 08:16 AM (9O65X)

We have to admit an entusiasm and effort gap. TX should be the ultimate wakeup call...

And in the other TX race, Johnson now can lose 1 vote, Massie, in the House...1 more swap and he's out with Massie kicking him out with the Ds...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:18 AM (tOcjL)

102 enthusiasm - dang typo

Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:19 AM (tOcjL)

103 “Americans widely disapprove of Trump's ICE“

Source?

I love what ICE is doing. If I have to show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE just to reenter my own country, everyone else can too.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:19 AM (O3dBq)

104 So much doomsaying and kicking-yourself-in-the-nuts-ing. I don’t get it. We are winning. I’m out.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 02, 2026 08:19 AM (u0k2c)

105 And we'll help!!!
Posted by: The GOPe at February 02, 2026 08:13 AM (uQesX)
*******
Don't forget to blame the voters too.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

106 Worried the dems win in 2028? What are YOU doing to work against that happening?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 08:19 AM (0KSrI)

107 What I have seen is, the Dem won't win in November.
And the TX legislature is not in session until next year.

He still should not have won.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 08:16 AM (9O65X)

We have to admit an entusiasm and effort gap. TX should be the ultimate wakeup call...

And in the other TX race, Johnson now can lose 1 vote, Massie, in the House...1 more swap and he's out with Massie kicking him out with the Ds...
Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:18 AM (tOcjL)

We have Trump. I never have to vote again. Which is good, because self-government is just TOO HARD.

Posted by: Americans at February 02, 2026 08:20 AM (O3dBq)

108 the data shows that 85 percent of Afghan households with children are on one or more forms of welfare — including 81 percent on Medicaid, 61 percent on food stamps, and 15 percent on cash assistance.

About the same as the Somalis.

Maybe bringing in 69 IQ immigrants to a country that requires around 90 IQ just to function is a mistake.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:21 AM (gbOdA)

109 So, the two BP agents that killed Pretti are both Hispanic.

Expect no further memorialization of that dead commie.
LOL.

As I saw elsewhere:
Here's your multi-racial working class coalition.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 08:21 AM (9O65X)

110 Early voting for the primary in TX begins on 17 Feb.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:22 AM (O3dBq)

111 Biden's job numbers were proven to be wildly inflated bullshit.
They hoped they could lie their way into another term.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at February 02, 2026 08:22 AM (h2D4l)

112 104 So much doomsaying and kicking-yourself-in-the-nuts-ing. I don’t get it. We are winning. I’m out.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 02, 2026 08:19 AM (u0k2c)

Reality is not doomsaying.

The special elections show we have an enthusiasm and effort gap. Ignoring that MEANS we lose 2026 and 2028. Accepting that and figuring out what to do to fix it means we win it.

Since it's men not voting, they should figure themselves out.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:22 AM (tOcjL)

113 104 So much doomsaying and kicking-yourself-in-the-nuts-ing. I don’t get it. We are winning. I’m out.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 02, 2026 08:19 AM (u0k2c)

Yeah, these Morning Report threads are becoming consistently Black Pill carrying on fests. Not worth even reading let alone commenting in. Out.

Posted by: tubal at February 02, 2026 08:22 AM (pDt9x)

114 I saw this a few minutes ago on the tech news. So the wheel does just keep on turning.

90 Suddenly it doesn't seem so shocking that the crowd would cheer for the release of Barabbus, a criminal and murderer, while condemning Jesus, the man who peacefully spoke the truth.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 02, 2026 07:12 AM

Posted by: Cicero Skip at February 02, 2026 08:23 AM (p6dVP)

115 So much doomsaying and kicking-yourself-in-the-nuts-ing. I don’t get it. We are winning. I’m out.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 02, 2026 08:19 AM (u0k2c)
******
Sometimes we need a reality check in order to fix things.
We are also losing Hispanics.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

116 “Americans widely disapprove of Trump's ICE“

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Interesting take, since EVERY pollster, even the liberal ones, show that between 55 and 65 percent of all Americans are in favor of deporting EVERY illegal, not just the felons.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 08:23 AM (0U5gm)

117 109 So, the two BP agents that killed Pretti are both Hispanic.

Expect no further memorialization of that dead commie.

The agents will be vilified as race traitors and made out to be the Hispanic face of white supremacy as soon as the reporters wake up from their drinking binge.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 08:23 AM (+4yJ5)

118 Here's your multi-racial working class coalition.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 08:21 AM (9O65X)

And they work, unlike hyper-evil rich people. We need to kill all hyper-evil rich people because they never work.

(What Marxist phrases like “working class” really means)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:24 AM (O3dBq)

119 Trump is not giving the base what THEY want most of all.

Trump isn't.

Congress is trying, they've sent up bill after bill to repair the damage to the nation caused by their inaction over the past several decades, but Trump has vetoed all of them.

Judges are trying, they're begging to have the laws enforced as written but Trump just allows the criminals to run riot.

The bureaucracy is trying to find, and cut out, all of the fraud and waste which Trump has allowed to enrich them over the past several decades but Trump says, "No, the taxpayers can go fuck themselves. You deserve a new Porsche."

Trump isn't giving the people what they want.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)

120 It is strange that Progressive want to fix the poor with more taxes and then insist on importing more poor.
——

They worked hard at destroying industry for decades, and we’re also told computers and robots will replace unskilled labor.

Tens of thousands of factories have shuttered, hollowing out good paying lower skilled labor jobs. The “expert” economists assured everyone this was a great thing. What are these million hordes of illiterate peasants (not derogatory just what they are) supposed to do? America has native born poor without any prospects. The bottom line is our political class at every level has thrown the citizenry under the bus. The political class doesn’t care, so long as they can make bank.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 08:24 AM (ExGho)

121 "Experts pounce on Dems Huge upset win in Texas!" screams a headline from Raw Story.

First, the Dems won exactly nothing, since the Texas Senate won't convene again for two years and the Dem that won will be voted out by then. And everyone knows it. No one cares, Margaret.

Second, just for the record, Raw Story is just a cut out for freelancing WAPO reporters who moonlight for cutouts while at working at their WAPO desks - a way of amplifying false WAPO stories they write...these cutouts often have the same DC PO Box as WAPOs.

Posted by: Boswell at February 02, 2026 08:25 AM (NTVPI)

122 Sometimes we need a reality check in order to fix things.
We are also losing Hispanics.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 08:23 AM (NpAcC)

(SOB, WHINE)

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:25 AM (O3dBq)

123 Whoa 8-0 is wrong. We won that Congressional seat in Tenn by double digits. We won several state senate elections around the country including Fl
and SC.

Posted by: Jonah at February 02, 2026 08:25 AM (YCxFk)

124 111 Biden's job numbers were proven to be wildly inflated bullshit.
They hoped they could lie their way into another term.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at February 02, 2026 08:22 AM (h2D4l)

23 by about 1.1 Million

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:25 AM (gbOdA)

125 107 We have Trump. I never have to vote again. Which is good, because self-government is just TOO HARD.
Posted by: Americans at February 02, 2026 08:20 AM (O3dBq)

"Vote? I have a job! Why aren't the lazy bastards who don't make as much money as I do voting to make up for my unavailability?"

--Very Important People

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 08:26 AM (iXqHn)

126 Since it's men not voting, they should figure themselves out.
Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:22 AM (tOcjL)
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Voting for me and millions of Californians under the yoke of "ranked choice voting" "open primary" "mail in" "voter motor" ballotting is literally pointless.

I am only ever presented with a choice between two communists. That is how voting works in "our democracy."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)

127 Tens of thousands of factories have shuttered, hollowing out good paying lower skilled labor jobs. The “expert” economists assured everyone this was a great thing. What are these million hordes of illiterate peasants (not derogatory just what they are) supposed to do? America has native born poor without any prospects. The bottom line is our political class at every level has thrown the citizenry under the bus. The political class doesn’t care, so long as they can make bank.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 08:24 AM (ExGho)

This is now AI to the upper labor classes. Adults under 40 are training their replacement and it's no longer an Indian, but an AI.

We need to figure that out. Gen X doesn't care b/c by the time AI eliminates most of those jobs, especially almost all entry level and mid level (aka working class), they'll be retired. The next groups won't.

What will the 90IQ male do in America for work?

Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:27 AM (tOcjL)

128 The congressional special election in Texas was a Dem hold. A very blue district

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 08:27 AM (BWnHZ)

129 Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. 6 more weeks of winter.
Happy Groundhog Hog Day!
Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 08:05 AM (NpAcC)

So... winter will end in mid-March as opposed to mid-March?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

130 #War. It bears repeating.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 02, 2026 08:29 AM (b4LBp)

131 We might have only 11 months left. The overturn of a red Republican district in Texas by 31 points, Simply because the Republican stayed home is ominous. If the Democrats take thet house, we will see nothing but two years of obstruction and impeachment. Prey that the media narrative falls on deaf ears. Prey for the truth to rise up within the people and for them to act on it.

Posted by: Paul 1149 at February 02, 2026 08:29 AM (GDcy1)

132 Lou Holtz passy away. Always liked listening to him. Good college coach but even he couldn't fix the Jets

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 08:29 AM (BWnHZ)

133 127 What will the 90IQ male do in America for work?

Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:27 AM (tOcjL)

Join the infantry, soldier!

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 08:29 AM (iXqHn)

134 The agents will be vilified as race traitors and made out to be the Hispanic face of white supremacy"

Hey, we can trot out the "white hispanic" bit again!

/NYT

Posted by: man at February 02, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

135 So I heard Dr Robert Redfield on the radio this morning (former CDC director)… he now says the covid jab isn’t really a vaccine and should never have been mandated or given to children or generally healthy people. So now he admits publicly what we all knew from the very beginning… he can EABOD
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:07 AM (xyl55)

Did anyone ask him why we have a CDC if they were incapable to determining those facts before the covid jab was mandated or given to children or generally healthy people?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

136 Fox Varian sued her Westchester, NY, area psychologist and plastic surgeon for the gender-transition mastectomy she got at 16.

Just read that 2 or 3 times.

Ok now

Who the fuck lets 16 YOs make any life changing decision when they cant even decide on Capn Crunch vs. Cinnamon Toast.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:30 AM (gbOdA)

137 winter will end in mid-March as opposed to mid-March"

Nah. It's around the 15th...

Posted by: man at February 02, 2026 08:31 AM (XuXeR)

138 I used to have a different nic, given or forced?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 08:31 AM (0KSrI)

139 133 127 What will the 90IQ male do in America for work?

Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:27 AM (tOcjL)

Join the infantry, soldier!
Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 08:29 AM (iXqHn)

How many defense make work infantry posts can we support? That's just another "make work" fed job after a certain point...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:32 AM (tOcjL)

140 >Mel Brooks Does Shocking 180 on ‘Blazing Saddles’
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the article provides no examples or quotes to support its premise

Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 08:32 AM (ZxPkt)

141 ". . .What happens if the Republicans lose control of Congress in the mid-terms this November?

We don’t have to wonder, because the Democrats have told us. Expect a 180-degree reversal of everything President Trump has done. We can expect as abrupt a change, on a national scale, as the radical onslaught incoming Governor Abigail Spanberger is imposing on the commonwealth of Virginia. Elections truly have consequences.

And if the Democrats re-gain the White House in 2028, things will be even worse. President Trump’s historic victory in 2024, and the MAGA agenda in general, will be foiled by the Democrats’ radical policies . . The Constitution, as we know if, would be shredded."

A cornerstone of the Left's effort to destroy the Constitution is a Radical Left Supreme Court majority.

They believed they'd get it under 8 years of Hillary. This is one reason they went totally bananas when Trump defeated her. Biden was going to get their SCOTUS plan back on track. Fortunately for over half the nation, he only got one pick.
Trump has three more years of possible opportunities. Any Repub winning the White House in 2028 pushes their goal out another 4 years. The violence will escalate.

Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 08:32 AM (5rh/l)

142 I expect Trump’s planned 250 year extravaganza celebrations this year to have a positive impact on midterm voting; plus he’s eventually gonna barnstorm the country doing midterm campaigning… he’s really good at that. We could pull it off and keep both chambers. The Dem wailing and gnashing of teeth would be delightful

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:32 AM (P/Wjn)

143 134 The agents will be vilified as race traitors and made out to be the Hispanic face of white supremacy"

Hey, we can trot out the "white hispanic" bit again!

/NYT
Posted by: man at February 02, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

The Zimmerman letter! "A, Zee?"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 08:32 AM (x0n13)

144 The doomsayers about the Nov election are a waste of time to listen to. I think Dem insanity and related horror shows will increase throughout 2026 and will drive more independents to the Republicans , not because they are liked or particularly competent, but because the opposite is more insanity

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 08:32 AM (BWnHZ)

145 The Zimmerman letter! "A, Zee?"

Si!

Posted by: man at February 02, 2026 08:33 AM (XuXeR)

146 We need to figure that out. Gen X doesn't care b/c by the time AI eliminates most of those jobs, especially almost all entry level and mid level (aka working class), they'll be retired. The next groups won't.

What will the 90IQ male do in America for work?

Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:27 AM (tOcjL)

Seems to me a nice American made washer and dryer would sell biggly.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:33 AM (gbOdA)

147 142 I expect Trump’s planned 250 year extravaganza celebrations this year to have a positive impact on midterm voting; plus he’s eventually gonna barnstorm the country doing midterm campaigning… he’s really good at that. We could pull it off and keep both chambers. The Dem wailing and gnashing of teeth would be delightful
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:32 AM (P/Wjn)

He is trying to adopt male cool factor by having the car race through DC. So, he's trying, but will men care?

Trump and Rs live and die by straight men voting.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 02, 2026 08:34 AM (tOcjL)

148 I'm still a big believer in "the worse, the better". History changes through crisis points (schwerpunkten?). A long stupid standoff of uniparty goons gulling the masses into a torpor is what has let Default Progressivism degenerate into Default Retardation. The goons who made a comfy living presiding over comfort will never stop presiding until they can no longer make a comfy living at it.

Let the smellies have their tantrum. They're just giving us targeting data. The populace at large is still 99%* disengaged with this crap other than seeing clips of videos of bullshit and thinking "wow, that's messed up". Their rice bowls are still upright and full enough to get through the day. Ideology goes right out the window for a normie when a smellie messes with his rice bowl.

Americans tolerate this shit because it's still mostly a weird reality TV show. People get up, go to work, go to their street hustle, whatever, to a large enough extent that they can safely keep watching the TV show. That's changing, because the smellies are losing and their flabby comfy handlers aren't strong enough to hold the reins anymore.

Sorry for disjointed rant. Coffee not kicked in yet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2026 08:34 AM (JwNbV)

149 We don’t have to wonder, because the Democrats have told us. Expect a 180-degree reversal of everything President Trump has done. We can expect as abrupt a change, on a national scale, as the radical onslaught incoming Governor Abigail Spanberger is imposing on the commonwealth of Virginia. Elections truly have consequences.

=====

The Party has its own agenda.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

150 1. There was an ice storm which stopped 30,000 voters from showing up for the runoff“

More like 300,000

Vote totals in that district in 2024 were about 400,000
On Saturday total vote was about 96.000. The Democrat got 57,000 of them.

I noted that every story wants to talk percentages, no one wants to talk actual numbers. Numbers show things that percentages don’t.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 02, 2026 08:34 AM (IUuBi)

151 Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. 6 more weeks of winter.
Happy Groundhog Hog Day!

==

not again !

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 08:34 AM (g47mK)

152 You better believe that the ICE agents who took down Good and Pretti, should some Soros prosecutor get the ball rolling are going to get the Derek Chauvin treatment if not a cell on death row. Donald Trump and Kristi Noem as well. The DemoKKKrats are already making noises about impeachement should they win back Congress this coming November and beyond that, they are itching to see those two and others dangling from a hangman's noose.
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If (I suspect "when") the GOP loses in November, impeachments will come hot and heavy for the next two years. I doubt they'll get any convictions, but they will try consistently.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:34 AM (MABZ1)

153 how do they know he "saw" his shadow ? what does that even mean ??

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 08:35 AM (g47mK)

154 Yeah, it was obvious to anyone sane 20 years ago America “needed” exactly Zero immigration from an employment standpoint.

In addition to hollowing out factory jobs and manufacturing they hollowed out people’s brains, too. They would “advocate” for open borders at the morning rally and “$25 minimum wage now!” In the afternoon. Hello..

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 08:35 AM (ExGho)

155 It is funny how many first time posters keep repeating the lies about the Texas senate race.

Gaslighting is all they have.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 08:35 AM (0U5gm)

156 Lou Holtz passy away. Always liked listening to him. Good college coach but even he couldn't fix the Jets
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 08:29 AM (BWnHZ)

Holtz was the only coach that could ever coax me to root for Notre Dame… especially in their Catholics vs convicts series with The U… good guy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:35 AM (P/Wjn)

157 Fortunately for over half the nation, he only got one pick.
____

I'd say for entire nation, minus those who steal from the productive and the industries set up to facilitate the steal. So about 70%.

There is a significant minority of Dem voters that have no idea how much worse it will get when the people they voted for screw them over. But they will still vote Dem because they've been told that MAGA is the worst thing in the world and the ability to connect the dots through critical thinking has been educated out of them.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 08:37 AM (Dv3i1)

158 152 If (I suspect "when") the GOP loses in November, impeachments will come hot and heavy for the next two years. I doubt they'll get any convictions, but they will try consistently.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:34 AM (MABZ1)

I expect more of the "Put Rudy in Prison", "Put Bannon in Prison", "Put Roger Stone in Prison" operations.

Except this time they'll put everyone who didn't vote for Kamala (possibly including those that didn't vote at all) in prison.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 08:37 AM (iXqHn)

159 People who are so very upset at the idea that you have to show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE in order to enter the country should campaign to end the CBP and PoEs. But they won’t.
Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:12 AM (O3dBq)

People who are so very upset at the idea that you have to show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE in order to enter the country should campaign to conquer every country on Earth which requires that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

160 Trump was not involved in that TX local election. He will be in TX US Senate race, though.

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 08:37 AM (g47mK)

161 Beware the Ides of March.

Posted by: The groundhog at February 02, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

162 April showers bring May flowers!

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 08:38 AM (g47mK)

163 The shift has drawn accusations of hypocrisy from conservative critics. Writing in The Hill, columnist Robby Soave noted that progressives “favor all sorts of restrictions on gun ownership” yet now champion constitutional gun rights following Alex Pretti’s death. The ACLU even backpedaled on whether it supports concealed carry rights for protesters, Soave wrote.
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Those conservatives are behind the times to a dangerous degree.

The New Left, with the trannies as their vanguard, are highly militant, armed up and oppose any gun control under the fear that such rules will target their own psychotic selves.

Now, they aren't being intellectually consistent. Post-revolution, of course, only *they* will be armed - but until then, they are all-in on the second amendment.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:39 AM (MABZ1)

164 "Voting." That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems at February 02, 2026 08:39 AM (2Ez/1)

165 Punxatawny Phil saw his shadow, which means that we have ten more months of democrats constantly pushing doom polls to try and dispirit people about the November elections.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 08:39 AM (0U5gm)

166 A Saturday Special election during rare cold weather in Texas?

Posted by: Jonah at February 02, 2026 08:39 AM (YCxFk)

167 Hilldog:

That compassion is weak and cruelty is strong has become an article of MAGA faith. Trump and his allies believe that the more inhumane the treatment, the more likely it is to spread fear. That’s the goal of surging heavily armed federal forces into blue states such as Minnesota and Maine — street theater of the most dangerous kind.

See the TELL? This is created Street Theatre by the LEFT. They needed another St George, BL (really dont) M event.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:40 AM (gbOdA)

168 Lou Holtz passy away. Always liked listening to him. Good college coach but even he couldn't fix the Jets
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 08:29 AM (BWnHZ)

Holtz was the only coach that could ever coax me to root for Notre Dame… especially in their Catholics vs convicts series with The U… good guy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:35 AM (P/Wjn)
******
I hadn't heard this.
Isn't he still in hospice?

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

169 - it can't happen here; they wouldn't dare
- it can't happen here; we'd stop them
- holy crap, it's happening here
- Thank God, we stopped them

I kind of think we're smack in the middle of phase 2 on that journey, and i'm optimistic that phase 3 might be quick and relatively painless. I base that purely on how weird America is in general.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2026 08:40 AM (JwNbV)

170 And for me it would essentially be the end of even the veneer of the illusion of regular order/business as usual that we barely are able to delude ourselves into believing. They will go all out to seize absolute power, crush any and all opposition and that will be that. A run of 250 years as they traipse around in the skin suit for another century or so demanding respect.
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Yeah, we're in the final phase of the transition. Maybe we get another sticksave, maybe we don't. But the "old world" is dead and gone. I think it is no longer a question of "democracy or republicanism or dictatorship," but rather, "which dictator?"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:40 AM (MABZ1)

171 Apparently, Argentina is painting over Che images on buildings, etc.

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

172 151 Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. 6 more weeks of winter.
Happy Groundhog Hog Day!

==

not again !
Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 08:34 AM (g47mK)

Will a giant vole come and drop Bill DeBolshevik down a manhole?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 08:40 AM (x0n13)

173 "Early voting" shouldn't even be a thing.

Posted by: You get what you tolerate at February 02, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

174 Mar 3 we can get rid of John Wayne McCornyn.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:41 AM (gbOdA)

175 "Daniel Greenfield: But the more the fake clock ticks, the safer we are.
The ‘Doomsday Clock’ is Running Out of Seconds

Imagine what would happen if there is ever a SMOD countdown clock."

The Earth would be pretty much depopulated about a week after the countdown clock is made public. Leftist nirvana!

Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 08:41 AM (5rh/l)

176
A Saturday Special election during rare cold weather in Texas?
Posted by: Jonah at February 02, 2026 08:39 AM (YCxFk)

Saturday elections are for bond issues described on the ballot using triple negatives.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 08:41 AM (tgvbd)

177 We have Trump. I never have to vote again. Which is good, because self-government is just TOO HARD.
Posted by: Americans at February 02, 2026 08:20 AM (O3dBq)

We just have to outwait Trump. I never have to think again. Which is good because I've become filthy rich since I got this job. -- Congressional GOP

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 08:42 AM (ExV1e)

178 A Saturday Special election during rare cold weather in Texas?
Posted by: Jonah at February 02, 2026 08:39 AM (YCxFk)
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Yeah, but the Democrats seemed to have gotten their butts out to vote.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

179 A Saturday Special election during rare cold weather in Texas?

Posted by: Jonah

And it was a runoff, which always gets lower turnout.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 08:42 AM (0U5gm)

180 173 "Early voting" shouldn't even be a thing.
____

Neither should "Late voting", but here we are.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 08:42 AM (Dv3i1)

181 163 The New Left, with the trannies as their vanguard, are highly militant, armed up and oppose any gun control under the fear that such rules will target their own psychotic selves.

Now, they aren't being intellectually consistent. Post-revolution, of course, only *they* will be armed - but until then, they are all-in on the second amendment.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:39 AM (MABZ1)

Also, far more trained than we'd like to think they are.

Sometimes by actual Carribean and South American paramilitary guerilla groups.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 08:42 AM (iXqHn)

182 Here is Elizabeth Warren and CBS’ Gayle King discussing the Don Lemon indictment, and how the grand jury process must be respected.

“Voted independently."

“Trust the process."

“Foundational to our Democracy."

Just kidding. They were talking about Trump.

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 08:42 AM (RHGPo)

183 People who are so very upset at the idea that you have to show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE in order to enter the country should campaign to conquer every country on Earth which requires that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

Those are also the people who want, for instance, socialized medicine Because Other Countries Do It. Other Countries also ferociously guard their borders and will check your passport coming AND going.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:42 AM (O3dBq)

184 I’m relatively new to Texas; only lived here a few years now. But I’m learning that politics here is more complicated than you might guess from afar. It’s solid red from outside. But on the inside you notice lots of shenanigans. For instance, in my state house district, some GOPe nobody got in a few years ago and voted to impeach Ken Paxton. So we voted him out last cycle for a more reliable conservative republican. Well… this guy is back running great guns now in the GOP primary to get back in… ads and signs everywhere. AND his wife is running for GOP precinct chair. What??!! Where’s all his money coming from?? A power grab like that from one family? It stinks… I think he’ll lose but it has the stench of Bush family influence about it to me….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:43 AM (P/Wjn)

185 "Early voting" shouldn't even be a thing.

==

Yes it should be a thing (with proper id of course), and Republicans need to participate and not wait until that one special day , when earthquakes, fires, faulty gas and water lines all happen at the same time.

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 08:43 AM (g47mK)

186 You know, there's an interesting thing about fake voters.

They can't carry rifles.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 08:44 AM (IG3/x)

187 Don Lemon WARNS MAGA, saying they just awakened a sleeping giant after he was arrested, and that he's not even worried a LITTLE BIT about being "locked up" for storming the church

"I ain't even worried!"

... so, why should I worry ?

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 08:44 AM (RHGPo)

188 rats - corrected Number 175 - deleted the last quotation mark.
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"Daniel Greenfield: But the more the fake clock ticks, the safer we are.
The ‘Doomsday Clock’ is Running Out of Seconds"

Imagine what would happen if there is ever a SMOD countdown clock.

The Earth would be pretty much depopulated about a week after the countdown clock is made public. Leftist nirvana!

Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 08:44 AM (5rh/l)

189 Yeah, but the Democrats seemed to have gotten their butts out to vote.

Posted by: redridinghood

The "republican" who was endorsed by the teachers union and came in third and didn't make the runoff helped organize getting teachers to the polls.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 08:44 AM (0U5gm)

190 173 "Early voting" shouldn't even be a thing.
Posted by: You get what you tolerate at February 02, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

It shouldn’t be two weeks long. But I don’t have a problem with early voting. That way I vote after work first thing and can work all Election Day with no worries.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:44 AM (O3dBq)

191 170 Yeah, we're in the final phase of the transition. Maybe we get another sticksave, maybe we don't. But the "old world" is dead and gone. I think it is no longer a question of "democracy or republicanism or dictatorship," but rather, "which dictator?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:40 AM (MABZ1)

Shitlibs are still all in on the "One World Government controlled by the EU" train.

The Far Left isn't going to let that happen, I don't think.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 08:45 AM (iXqHn)

192 Vote totals in that district in 2024 were about 400,000
On Saturday total vote was about 96.000. The Democrat got 57,000 of them.
I noted that every story wants to talk percentages, no one wants to talk actual numbers. Numbers show things that percentages don’t.

What these numbers tell me is that there are 57,000 professional democrat moochers who vote for a living in that district. See purple hair and nose rings aplenty.

Posted by: Moochers and Looters at February 02, 2026 08:45 AM (aP8y5)

193 I have always thought that the '6 more weeks of winter' thing was bullshit. 6 weeks from Feb 2 gets you to about a week before the first day of spring.

So shadow or no shadow, of course it'll be 6 more weeks.

Just sayin'. Have a day!

Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 08:45 AM (ZxPkt)

194 The Earth would be pretty much depopulated about a week after the countdown clock is made public. Leftist nirvana!
Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 08:44 AM (5rh/l)

And if the damn thing winds up missing us, we'll double our global population in 9 months.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2026 08:45 AM (JwNbV)

195 Don Lemon WARNS MAGA, saying they just awakened a sleeping giant after he was arrested,

==

the moosh that roared ! Moosh Lemon!

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 08:45 AM (g47mK)

196 I used to have a different nic, given or forced?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 08:31 AM (0KSrI)

Depends on the intelligence of the parents, I suppose.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

197 Morn' all.... Yikes.. Some of you are even more pessimistic than me... Debbie downers...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 02, 2026 08:46 AM (VE6XX)

198 Where’s all his money coming from?? A power grab like that from one family? It stinks… I think he’ll lose but it has the stench of Bush family influence about it to me….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

There is a lot of Bush money floating around, and it is all being used against the people of Texas.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 08:46 AM (0U5gm)

199 the star on Che's beret is upside down
just noticed that

Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt)

200 "We are also losing Hispanics."

Citation please. Any links would also be appreciated.

Posted by: Halp! My hairs on fire!! at February 02, 2026 08:46 AM (FEXGh)

201 Neither should "Late voting", but here we are.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 08:42 AM (Dv3i1)

You would think 99% of people would agree ballot scans 8 days after the election and mail in ballots received after the vote date are fake and fraudulent.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:46 AM (gbOdA)

202 ]i]Mel Brooks Does Shocking 180 on ‘Blazing Saddles’
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the article provides no examples or quotes to support its premise
Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 08:32 AM (ZxPkt)

"You hear people say, “No one could get away with making that movie anymore.” Do you think you could still make Blazing Saddles today?

Sure. There were certain words we used [that would not fly today]. We used the N-word a lot, because Richard Pryor used it a lot and he was one of our writers. There were so many different things in Blazing Saddles that were in questionable taste, but who cares? Good taste doesn’t mean a thing. They realized that funny is money, so they let us get away with a lot of stuff."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

203 184 I’m relatively new to Texas; only lived here a few years now. But I’m learning that politics here is more complicated than you might guess from afar. It’s solid red from outside. But on the inside you notice lots of shenanigans. For instance, in my state house district, some GOPe nobody got in a few years ago and voted to impeach Ken Paxton. So we voted him out last cycle for a more reliable conservative republican. Well… this guy is back running great guns now in the GOP primary to get back in… ads and signs everywhere. AND his wife is running for GOP precinct chair. What??!! Where’s all his money coming from?? A power grab like that from one family? It stinks… I think he’ll lose but it has the stench of Bush family influence about it to me….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:43 AM (P/Wjn)

Many shades of red. I got a good State Sen but my HR rep is the walking definition of RINO. Oh, and you have to vote for a lot more offices than elsewhere. Especially in a TX city.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 02, 2026 08:47 AM (O3dBq)

204 In 2023 the California Air Resources Board voted to ban the sale of new diesel big rigs by 2036 and require large fleets to convert all their trucks to zero-emission models by 2042. About 1.8 million trucks operate in the state.

To enforce the ban, California needs a waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (In December, for example, the Biden administration approved California’s mandate to phase out new gas-powered cars.) But on Tuesday the board withdrew its requests for approving emission standards for diesel trucks in anticipation that the Trump administration will likely reject them.

A coalition of 74 House lawmakers is raising the alarm on an Environmental Protection Agency move to potentially greenlight California's ban on diesel-powered locomotives, which the lawmakers say could derail the U.S. supply chain.

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 08:48 AM (RHGPo)

205 "We are also losing Hispanics."
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Retrace your steps. When was the last time you remember having them?

Posted by: Something your mom would say at February 02, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

206
What these numbers tell me is that there are 57,000 professional democrat moochers who vote for a living in that district. See purple hair and nose rings aplenty.

Posted by: Moochers

At least half of them are teachers, so yes.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 08:48 AM (0U5gm)

207 There was an ice storm which stopped 30,000 voters from showing up for the runoff“

More like 300,000

Vote totals in that district in 2024 were about 400,000
On Saturday total vote was about 96.000. The Democrat got 57,000 of them.

I noted that every story wants to talk percentages, no one wants to talk actual numbers. Numbers show things that percentages don’t.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 02, 2026 08:34 AM (IUuBi)

I reckon all those folk fell into the "you're only allowed to vote on election day and, if you cannot get to the polls, the other guys deserve to win" crowd.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 08:49 AM (ExV1e)

208 Ah, yes. "The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists", which is not, and has never been, a scientific journal. It's got a name intended to make the naive think it is one, but it's been a leftist/communist propaganda rag from day one.

For beginners, what the fuck is an "atomic scientist"? That's not even a THING, yo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 08:49 AM (IG3/x)

209 Who the fuck lets 16 YOs make any life changing decision when they cant even decide on Capn Crunch vs. Cinnamon Toast.
Posted by: r hennigantx

The kind of medical professionals who either don't want to be sued and stripped of licensure because they aren't "affirming" someone's choices or the kind who stand to make good money in agreeing to do this.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 08:49 AM (+4yJ5)

210 For beginners, what the fuck is an "atomic scientist"? That's not even a THING, yo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 08:49 AM (IG3/x)

Those are the scientists you're not allowed to cut in half.

All the others are fair game.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2026 08:50 AM (JwNbV)

211 President Donald Trump has threatened to sue Grammy's host Trevor Noah for making "false and defamatory" comments regarding his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Writing on Truth Social, Trump said: "Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time on Epstein Island. WRONG!!! I can't speak for Bill, but I have never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close, and until tonight's false and defamatory statement, have never been accused of being there, not even by the Fake News Media.

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 08:50 AM (RHGPo)

212 I’m glad Groundhog Day is a thing whether it makes sense or not because we got one great movie out of it… really the only Bill Murray movie I’ve ever liked. Prime Andie MacDowell… wowza

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:50 AM (P/Wjn)

213 "The new sheriff is a Somali!"

No, that doesn't work...

Posted by: Mel Brooks today at February 02, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

214 For the 2026 midterm campaign push, will Trump attempt to uplift the electorate or scare us? That is, exult in the return of "greatness" and an economic "golden age," or primarily cite and recite the horrors of Left and what they have in store for us? Probably both. But there is deep angst among the people which no economic recovery will efface. It's there and it's real. Trump is no Lincoln-esque spiritual philosopher, but I think he needs to tap into this profound moral unrest, connect it to the Godless Left (throughout history). In short, I'd like to hear more Lincoln sobriety and true, spiritual uplift, and less chest-beating and bombast about material gains or greatness.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 02, 2026 08:51 AM (b4LBp)

215 Don Lemon WARNS MAGA, saying they just awakened a sleeping giant after he was arrested, and that he's not even worried a LITTLE BIT about being "locked up" for storming the church ...
Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 08:44 AM (RHGPo)
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Don Lemon is partly right.

He isn't going to be locked up. He is going to walk. He will cut a sweetheart deal with prosecutors or he will walk after jury nullification or hang (which it will be depends on the venue). He is right about that.

I think he is wrong that "Remember Don Lemon" will be the rallying cry of leftist warriors.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:51 AM (MABZ1)

216 187 Don Lemon WARNS MAGA, saying they just awakened a sleeping giant after he was arrested

What a pissy little drama queen. He's as relevant as some dude writing for his high school newspaper.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 08:51 AM (+4yJ5)

217 213 "The new sheriff is a Somali!"

No, that doesn't work...
Posted by: Mel Brooks today at February 02, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

When he actually pulls the trigger the movie is over in about 5 minutes.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:52 AM (gbOdA)

218 really the only Bill Murray movie I’ve ever liked.

What? No love for Stripes or Ghostbusters? BURN THE HERETIC!

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 08:52 AM (+4yJ5)

219 There's always a contingent of people who scoff at the idea of a snowflake paramilitary. This is wrong. Shitty little middle class college kids have always formed up the very most ruthless and violent cadres - they are the ones you need to dash a baby against a railroad embankment during food confiscations and so forth.

The soft kids coming out of the cities to starve out millions of hearty peasants in the countryside at riflepoint were the Logans and Ethans of the USSR.

If they're buying guns, they're planning to use them as soon as possible, and in the knowledge that the State will back them and you will be punished for fighting back. They are starting the game at a significant advantage.

Don't be complacent.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 08:52 AM (BI5O2)

220 “Shitlibs are still all in on the "One World Government controlled by the EU" train. The Far Left isn't going to let that happen, I don't think.”
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Socialism in one country is not allowed, comrade!

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 08:52 AM (ExGho)

221

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 02, 2026 08:52 AM (DDJSl)

222 * For beginners, what the fuck is an "atomic scientist"? That's not even a THING, yo.*
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Neither is a "real estate novelist" but, hey.

Posted by: Billy Joel at February 02, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

223 According to Bessent, 2026 will be a year of excellent economic growth around 5%, so all of this doomcasting is just wishful thinking on the part of democrats.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 08:53 AM (0U5gm)

224 > What a pissy little drama queen.

I saw Pissy Little Drama Queen open for Yngwie Malmsteen back in '87.

Oh, wait: that *was* Yngwie Malmsteen.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 08:53 AM (IG3/x)

225 And if the Democrats re-gain the White House in 2028, things will be even worse. President Trump’s historic victory in 2024, and the MAGA agenda in general, will be foiled by the Democrats’ radical policies . . The Constitution, as we know if, would be shredded.

But, then Republicans can just riot in the streets and block Federal agents from enforcing the laws we don't like, without any consequence....right?

Posted by: Confused, Naive Moron at February 02, 2026 08:53 AM (DFX0J)

226 ProPublica identified the CPB agents who shot Preeti.
A couple of white supremacists named Ochoa and Gutierrez

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 08:53 AM (BWnHZ)

227 ... To enforce the ban, California needs a waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (In December, for example, the Biden administration approved California’s mandate to phase out new gas-powered cars.) But on Tuesday the board withdrew its requests for approving emission standards for diesel trucks in anticipation that the Trump administration will likely reject them. ...
Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 08:48 AM (RHGPo)
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CARB is an unaccountable and monumentally destructive politburo that should never have been allowed to fuck with things outside of California. If California wants a dictatorial panel to arbitrarily set rules on them, that's their prerogative. It *must* stop at their state lines.

I think California needs to get rid of CARB and lock its members into public stockades so they can be pelted with rotten fruit, but that's their business. No waivers. CARB is not allowed to set national policy. And where CARB sets state policy that screws with national conditions, it needs to reined in externally.

One of the better things Trump has done is tell CARB to get fucked. Repeatedly.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:54 AM (MABZ1)

228 10,000 hours to be an expert.
16 (waking) hours in a day.
625 days long was Groundhog Day.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:54 AM (gbOdA)

229 226 ProPublica identified the CPB agents who shot Preeti.
A couple of white supremacists named Ochoa and Gutierrez
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 08:53 AM (BWnHZ)

George Zimmerman!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 08:54 AM (x0n13)

230 I'm not sure what is going on, despite the left's bluster that they are winning, but the insanity is off-the-charts in my hate feed.

That is, I've never seen such vitriol and bile.

Like usually, I can read it and laugh at how deranged and unconnected to reality they are. Plus get a little insight into their madness.

From the way they are lashing out, whatever is going on, deep, deep in the bowels of the radical left there is pure, utter panic.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 08:55 AM (9O65X)

231 "Groundhog Day...really the only Bill Murray movie I’ve ever liked."

*polite cough*

Posted by: Caddy shack at February 02, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

232 George Zimmerman!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 08:54 AM (x0n13)

Juan Epstein>George Zimmerman

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:55 AM (gbOdA)

233 231 "Groundhog Day...really the only Bill Murray movie I’ve ever liked."

*polite cough*
Posted by: Caddy shack at February 02, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

Im alright

with either

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 08:56 AM (gbOdA)

234 CBP agents haven't been charged with shit. No reason to publish their names.

ProPublica is just doxxing these guys. Somebody should start doxxing them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 08:56 AM (BI5O2)

235 225 But, then Republicans can just riot in the streets and block Federal agents from enforcing the laws we don't like, without any consequence....right?
Posted by: Confused, Naive Moron at February 02, 2026 08:53 AM (DFX0J)

The Dems will go full Tiananmen Square.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 08:56 AM (uEmCf)

236 *polite cough*
Posted by: Caddy shack at February 02, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)
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Wasn't "Caddyshack" a Dangerfield movie that happened to have Bill Murray in it?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:56 AM (MABZ1)

237 He isn't going to be locked up. He is going to walk. He will cut a sweetheart deal with prosecutors or he will walk after jury nullification or hang (which it will be depends on the venue). He is right about that.

I think he is wrong that "Remember Don Lemon" will be the rallying cry of leftist warriors.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:51 AM (MABZ1)
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In my naivite I imagined jury nullification would always be citizens overruling leftist prosecutions, not the reverse.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 02, 2026 08:56 AM (ehP+W)

238 Wasn't "Caddyshack" a Dangerfield movie that happened to have Bill Murray in it?

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I don't get no respect...

Posted by: R. D. at February 02, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)

239 From the way they are lashing out, whatever is going on, deep, deep in the bowels of the radical left there is pure, utter panic.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 08:55 AM (9O65X)

Our side may be full of angst, because the fight is harder than we wanted it to be; but their side knows that they’re losing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 02, 2026 08:57 AM (IUuBi)

240
Speaking of unloved Bill Murray outings, "The Razor's Edge" was definitely a huge misstep for him but it didn't matter in the end.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 08:58 AM (x0n13)

241 What? No love for Stripes or Ghostbusters? BURN THE HERETIC!
Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 08:52 AM (+4yJ5)

I admit it… I didn’t hate them but I didn’t really like Stripes or Ghostbusters or even Caddyshack

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 08:59 AM (P/Wjn)

242 In my naivite I imagined jury nullification would always be citizens overruling leftist prosecutions, not the reverse.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 02, 2026 08:56 AM (ehP+W)
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Like any knife, it cuts both ways.

*Judicial* nullification is new and different, though. It used to be extremely rare. Judges are starting to use it more to make sure leftists are never punished. Even if when juries convict, judges are throwing out the verdicts for political reasons.

Jury nullification is the last hedge against an out-of-control judiciary. It can also be used to ensure fellow travelers never get punished. It's a multi-pronged weapon and must be wielded with caution. Judicial nullification is a different ball of wax.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:59 AM (MABZ1)

243 Bill Murray was hilarious in Tootsie.

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)

244 One of the better things Trump has done is tell CARB to get fucked. Repeatedly.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:54 AM (MABZ1)
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If I BBQ lunch or burn a firelog without their permission I will receive a fine.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 08:59 AM (RIvkX)

245 I think he is wrong that "Remember Don Lemon" will be the rallying cry of leftist warriors.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 08:51 AM (MABZ1)

It's undeniable now that there is a kind of invisible shield of immunity around any Leftist with the slightest public profile. We will see this once again in his case. Just one more tearing away at institutional trust and the social fabric.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 02, 2026 09:00 AM (b4LBp)

246 Just pile up the stuff California wants at the border. Let these assclowns figure it out.

This CARB fairy tale shit has to end. This organization predates the EPA, so they get to essentially dictate to America? Makes no sense, but it has been successful.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 09:00 AM (ExGho)

247 ".. deep, deep in the bowels of the radical left there is pure, utter..."

I think you know what word comes next.

Posted by: But this is a family blog at February 02, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)

248 What Fools these Mortals Be?

The Dancing Brennan Undead are as usually agitated because it is all too obvious that their boss had-to-have know about Epstein's operation especially because of its connection to Russia -- and if he didn't how intelligent is he. Uncle Sourpuss would like to remind you that you cooperation is appreciated [and expected].

Gee, is it now the ctHARRIS/25 (19+6) who made deals to keep the ball rolling? Jaime Dimon knows all including their very account numbers.

After that them ratting each other out and opening fire upon each other rather than upon hapless normal people blow would be an event worthy of ppv.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhoRtheTargets
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ctHARRIS19takedown
Not One Battle after Another; One LIB after Another.

Very clear what the quid pro quo is these days, and the whistleblower action against Gabbard: to force congressMONSTERS to realize the obviousness of what is written in the Epstein, and Ghilsane files -- forWAR'd or forELSE. Guess we're gonna find out!

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-futPrezGabbardStepsUp
:: saving the Trump Presidency ... and. indeed. the world. because she could.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 02, 2026 09:00 AM (SDe7Q)

249 >> We don’t have to wonder, because the Democrats have told us. Expect a 180-degree reversal of everything President Trump has done.

I’ve heard all the whistling past the graveyard excuses and pathos pleas like this. They aren’t working and if you want to hand waive off the special elections, you do so at our collective distress. The bottom line is the other side and their liege are motivated to vote. Independents are breaking against Republicans and they don’t care about all the Chicken Little shit. If we don’t work on a GOTV strategy very soon, it doesn’t look good. That’s the pattern, if any, that can be derived from all the elections thus far.

Right now Democrats are crushing Virginia and New Jersey in a preview of what’s to come. Congressional Democrats have vowed to do the same. It’s up to the voters to get off their asses and prevent it from happening. Bottom line. Full stop.

Posted by: Vengeance at February 02, 2026 09:00 AM (wn0/z)

250 HuffPo: MAGA 'Was All A Lie': Marjorie Taylor Greene Torches Trump In Scathing New Interview. The former Trump insider tore into the president for selling out his MAGA supporters.

Many supporters have invested so much social and emotional capital into the MAGA identity that acknowledging Greene’s points would require admitting they were fundamentally misled for years.

Nothing changed except the polling. She didn’t discover the lie, she discovered the exit ramp. This is what happens when movements have no ideology beyond vibes and grievance. Once the vibes turn, everyone pretends they were never that into it.

I doubt I'll ever forgive her but I do appreciate her doing the damage. She needs to start with an apology to David Hogg.

Liberals knew it was all bullshit. We explained it over and over again, but were told we were “talking down” to people and the media normalized Republicans’ nonsense because, although it’s killing America, the clown show is great for business.

She doesn't understand it was always about ethnic cleansing. The "lie" is just the cover story, which most conservatives are aware of.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 02, 2026 09:00 AM (DFX0J)

251 243 Bill Murray was hilarious in Tootsie.
Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)

It seems to me that many of these dudes that trans at >30 use Tootsie as their model woman.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 09:01 AM (gbOdA)

252 Stripes was probably peak Sean Young.

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

253
Watching videos of the snowpocalypse in the Northeast. Everybody on them seems astonished to wake up and find a foot of snow on the ground without any warning whatsoever.

It's not as though you have no idea several days ahead that you're going to get snow. Presumably, if you live there, you've gotten snow before. But people seem to respond by running out to the store to clear out all the milk, bread and eggs instead of making sure they have the right kind of shovels or firing up the snowblower and having a plan to deal with what's falling.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 09:01 AM (tgvbd)

254
For beginners, what the fuck is an "atomic scientist"? That's not even a THING, yo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 08:49 AM (IG3/x)

They're close relatives of "climate scientists." Left-supporting science for a price. Their price is $20, same as in town.

Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 09:01 AM (5rh/l)

255 224
Oh, wait: that *was* Yngwie Malmsteen.

He's not out of line and he's right.

I admit it… I didn’t hate them but I didn’t really like Stripes or Ghostbusters or even Caddyshack
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I'm too lazy to hunt you down. Just burn yourself in effigy and we'll call it even.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 09:01 AM (+4yJ5)

256 This CARB fairy tale shit has to end. This organization predates the EPA, so they get to essentially dictate to America? Makes no sense, but it has been successful.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 09:00 AM (ExGho)
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Because the FedGov permits it. If the FedGov says no, CARB gets checked outside of CA. If the FedGov says yes, CARB's influence extends to the state line and no further.

Regardless of administration, the FedGov usually says yes. Until Trump. His EPA has has been telling CARB to go piss up a rope with fair frequency.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:02 AM (MABZ1)

257 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at February 02, 2026 09:02 AM (53oGX)

258 Nothing changed except the polling. She didn’t discover the lie, she discovered the exit ramp. This is what happens when movements have no ideology beyond vibes and grievance. Once the vibes turn, everyone pretends they were never that into it.

Just keep telling yourself that...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 02, 2026 09:02 AM (VE6XX)

259 237 In my naivite I imagined jury nullification would always be citizens overruling leftist prosecutions, not the reverse.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 02, 2026 08:56 AM (ehP+W)

That's actually been the ironic shit of the past 20 years.

People on the right have been telling the Left exactly how to fight, and they've been listening, while we've been mocking them.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 09:03 AM (uEmCf)

260 > Stripes was probably peak Sean Young.
Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

Speaking of the Hot/Crazy Axis...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 09:03 AM (IG3/x)

261 Right now Democrats are crushing Virginia and New Jersey in a preview of what’s to come. Congressional Democrats have vowed to do the same. It’s up to the voters to get off their asses and prevent it from happening. Bottom line. Full stop.
Posted by: Vengeance at February 02, 2026 09:00 AM (wn0/z)

If the democrats stage a renascence after what we've seen in the last few years then the country is finished. There can be no other conclusion. We just haven't the wits to survive.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 02, 2026 09:03 AM (b4LBp)

262 We are also losing Hispanics."

Citation please. Any links would also be appreciated.
Posted by: Halp! My hairs on fire!! at February 02, 2026 08:46 AM (FE
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Many articles out there.
I would link, but tinyurl is down for me right now.
Also, a friend of mine who's Hispanic and on Hispanic social media has told me Hispanic's are upset because of what they "perceive " is happening with ICE etc. (all lies)
She tries to educate them, but they get their news from MSM and Telemundo.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 09:03 AM (NpAcC)

263 Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 02, 2026 09:00 AM (SDe7Q)

Ahhh...Manfred. The spiritual heir of TVOC and MUMR.
Keep on keeping on!

Posted by: Halp! My hairs on fire!! at February 02, 2026 09:03 AM (FEXGh)

264 If the democrats stage a renascence after what we've seen in the last few years then the country is finished. There can be no other conclusion. We just haven't the wits to survive.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 02, 2026 09:03 AM (b4LBp)
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It's part of the overall trend of civilizational suicide. I am not sure the die is fully cast yet, but it might be. The odds of western civilization surviving are low.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:05 AM (MABZ1)

265 OG Lurker (and official first comment) with a quick note for the Luigi Mangione story. I, too, was thoroughly disgusted by what seemed a complete breakdown of logic by yet another leftist judge until I read a breakdown over at Twitchy. Not sure how to create a link, and can't paste the link without getting rejected. Check out the Aaron Walker article "Judge Drops Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione, Sends A Harsh Message to Supreme Court".
It's quite illuminating.

Posted by: DLSly at February 02, 2026 09:05 AM (2JT2x)

266 245 It's undeniable now that there is a kind of invisible shield of immunity around any Leftist with the slightest public profile. We will see this once again in his case. Just one more tearing away at institutional trust and the social fabric.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 02, 2026 09:00 AM (b4LBp)

I disagree that it's invisible.

It's highly visible. The public profile IS the shield.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 09:05 AM (uEmCf)

267 I don't know.. When I look back in history to the ginned up social and racial upheaval of the mid-late 60's, the public was oblivious as to who was fostering and funding it, and what the motivations were behind it.
I think.. “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun..”
Then I recall left-wing terrorism of the early 70's, including bombing campaigns, political assassinations, and left-wing militant organizations that eclipse the impotent rage of lazy, fat, blue-haired lesbians, and their beta commie-cosplaying simps we see out there screaming like idiots for likes on social media, I think.. “There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come by those who will come after.”
This has all been done before, and will be done again.. And yet the ship will always right itself..

Posted by: General Turgidson at February 02, 2026 09:06 AM (koFAO)

268 Stripes was probably peak Sean Young.
Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

Speaking of the Hot/Crazy Axis...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 09:03 AM (IG3/x)

Sean Young never did much for me except in No Way Out she was extremely hot… and played a crazy chick ( probably herself, no acting required)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 09:06 AM (YobFY)

269 > For beginners, what the fuck is an "atomic scientist"? That's not even a THING, yo.
-----------
I refer you to "Atomic Tranny Dogboy" the DoE director of the program dedicated to dealing with nuclear waste.

One Samuel Otis Brinton

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 09:06 AM (jtM2q)

270 What, under the couch?

Yeah, illegal aliens can be reliably be expected to be less supportive of ICE operations. Duh

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 09:06 AM (ExGho)

271 Doesn't the judge dropping certain charges only leave it open for Luigi to be tried for any or all of those same charges after he's been rotting in prison for a few years?

Of course I have no idea if anything like that has ever happened.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 02, 2026 09:06 AM (ULPxl)

272 Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 09:03 AM (NpAcC)

So you heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend?

Okay now.

Posted by: Halp! My hairs on fire!! at February 02, 2026 09:07 AM (FEXGh)

273 Are Seattle hot dogs any good? (cream cheese slathered on the bun, topped with the hot dog and caramelized onions, maybe some jalapenos)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 09:07 AM (Dv3i1)

274 Hate to rain on a good DOOM parade, but if the GOP loses the House in the midterms, nothing's getting reversed. It's not even getting reversed if the Senate flips (which seems unlikely).

2028 is where things go sideways if Vance loses.

Posted by: McLurkerson at February 02, 2026 09:07 AM (AZDyS)

275 Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 09:03 AM (NpAcC)

So you heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend?

Okay now.
Posted by: Halp! My hairs on fire!! at February 02, 2026 09:07 AM (FEXGh)

Suddenly I’m humming REO Speedwagon….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 09:08 AM (YobFY)

276 264 Joe, I think we’re entering Late Bronze-Age Collapse Territory, worldwide.

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)

277 In the last twenty minutes of coast down to Art Thread we'll pretty much devolve into a Movie Thread...

Posted by: Must be Groundhog Day at February 02, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

278 261 If the democrats stage a renascence after what we've seen in the last few years then the country is finished. There can be no other conclusion. We just haven't the wits to survive.
Posted by: Ordinary American at February 02, 2026 09:03 AM (b4LBp)

Nothing to do with lack of wits, everything to do with lack of balls.

Instead of taking charge of the situation, we kept sitting back and saying "Surely, default Democrats have to wake up and start caring about more than just 'My Team Win'!"

Because they don't, and they haven't.

They don't care if everything goes up in flames as long as they get to see someone they don't like burn.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 09:08 AM (uEmCf)

279 It's part of the overall trend of civilizational suicide.
——-

Are you sure 3 shots to the back of the head is a “suicide”?

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 09:09 AM (ExGho)

280 The Hispanics who have appeared in polls show a majority support removing illegals. The majority still support Trump . The GOPe could screw that up however

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 09:09 AM (BWnHZ)

281 They don't care if everything goes up in flames as long as they get to see someone they don't like burn.
____

Hate has no home here. That's why we have to hunt you down and kill you, MAGAt!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 09:09 AM (Dv3i1)

282 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 02, 2026 09:10 AM (u82oZ)

283 Who the fuck lets 16 YOs make any life changing decision when they cant even decide on Capn Crunch vs. Cinnamon Toast.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Democrats.

16 years old...

I want to cut off my tits. *Well, you know best.*
I want to vote so I can vote communist. *Listen to the children.*
I want to be a whore. *Sex work is work.*

I want to smoke. *No, you're too immature to make decisions like that.*
I want to drink. *No, you're too immature to make decisions like that.*
I want to buy a gun. *No, you're too immature to make decisions like that.*

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)

284 Morning all. What on the Shit Show today?

Posted by: rickb223 at February 02, 2026 09:10 AM (OWbr4)

285 279 It's part of the overall trend of civilizational suicide.
——-

Are you sure 3 shots to the back of the head is a “suicide”?
Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 09:09 AM (ExGho)

You have to pull the trigger very very fast!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 09:10 AM (x0n13)

286 ...if the GOP loses the House in the midterms, nothing's getting reversed. It's not even getting reversed if the Senate flips (which seems unlikely).

How many more times will Trump be impeached if Dems win the house lol? I'm guessing two more times.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 02, 2026 09:10 AM (JCZqz)

287 First, Judge Gregory Carro in New York State argued that Luigi Mangione, the leftist terrorist, wasn’t a terrorist because he said he wasn’t.

This is part of the left's ever present answer of "It is different when we do it!"

Consider the church attack in MN. The people doing it specifically said they did it to make the people in that church afraid. That's...terrorism. Yes today its people yelling and screaming in your church, but tomorrow it could be a Luigi...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

288 Joe, I think we’re entering Late Bronze-Age Collapse Territory, worldwide.
Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)
++++
Perhaps. Both Western and Eastern civilization are hanging by a thread. Indian civilization could go either way. Arab and African, not so much. Their civilizations are both barbaric and primitive. Survivability is high in the absence of advanced, complex, organized and productive civilizations - though achievement is very low.

When the advanced civilizations kill themselves, the barbarians win by default.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:11 AM (MABZ1)

289 Suddenly I’m humming REO Speedwagon….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 09:08 AM (YobFY)

Sorry for the earworm.

:/

Posted by: Halp! My hairs on fire!! at February 02, 2026 09:12 AM (FEXGh)

290 Summer of Love 2026

Trump just said that he won't send in Feds to quell riots unless invited by the local authorities.

Could get sporty ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 02, 2026 09:12 AM (dtajH)

291 So, at some point we get to shoot back? Cuz shooting back would be a wonderful option.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 02, 2026 09:12 AM (Hpgos)

292 Are you sure 3 shots to the back of the head is a “suicide”?
Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 09:09 AM (ExGho)
++++
Who manufactured the gun, loaded it with ammunition, handed it to the gunman, knelt before him and didn't so much as flinch when the muzzle was pressed to his skull?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:13 AM (MABZ1)

293 ... Independents are breaking against Republicans and they don’t care about all the Chicken Little shit.

forELSE
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsTheChickenRun
Nothing faster than a LIB thinking with their Feet.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell :: there will be no peace as long as Kirk (charlie) is remembered -- Kingon Ambassador LIBBING OUT
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RemainKLINGON
The ny/MADMANI variant incoming....

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 02, 2026 09:13 AM (P6+qO)

294 2028 is where things go sideways if Vance loses.

Posted by: McLurkerson at February 02, 2026 09:07 AM (AZDyS)

If we lose 2026 AND deportations get stymied AND MAGA otherwise is stalled, don't count on Vance at all. A populist figure will emerge who will make Vance look like a stick in the mud.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 02, 2026 09:13 AM (b4LBp)

295 288 When the advanced civilizations kill themselves, the barbarians win by default.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:11 AM (MABZ1)

The Turkroaches will end up the ultimate survivors when the rest of civilization destroys itself.

Because it's ALWAYS the roaches that survive in the end.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 09:13 AM (uEmCf)

296 *Joe, I think we’re entering Late Bronze-Age Collapse Territory, worldwide.
Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 09:08 AM*

But did the Bronze Age have bikini clad boobettes?

Posted by: I gotta ask at February 02, 2026 09:13 AM (2Ez/1)

297 293 ... Independents are breaking against Republicans and they don’t care about all the Chicken Little shit.

Not this Independent...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 02, 2026 09:13 AM (VE6XX)

298 > Trump just said that he won't send in Feds to quell riots unless invited by the local authorities.
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Calculated to cause severe problems for locally elected leftists.

Will it work?

*flips coin*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 09:14 AM (jtM2q)

299
Democrats.

16 years old...

This is a reflection of the left's lack of any actual beliefs. The smoking/drinking/etc restrictions are there from an older, saner incarnation of the left that they haven't changed them...yet.

Their drive for youth voting is just because they expect they'll get those votes, and the sex stuff is because the left embraced pedophilia.

And, even the last point it comical. The left is all onboard with legalization underage prostitution - look at their recent legislation in CA - but still gets pissy about Leo D dating 20 year olds.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

300 "GOP" Senators KILL
@RandPaul
's amendment to CUT $5 BILLION in Refugee Welfare funding AFTER multiple massive Somali fraud scandals were EXPOSED!

20 GOP senators voted NAY to keep the fraud flowing while the national debt approaches $39 TRILLION!

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 09:14 AM (gbOdA)

301 When the advanced civilizations kill themselves, the barbarians win by default.
_____

*panties moisten*

- AWFL Sipping a Caramel Macchiato, venti, skim, extra shot, extra hot, extra whip at Starbucks while scrolling through TikTok and re-reading A Handmaids Tale

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 09:15 AM (Dv3i1)

302 292 Who manufactured the gun, loaded it with ammunition, handed it to the gunman, knelt before him and didn't so much as flinch when the muzzle was pressed to his skull?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:13 AM (MABZ1)

"Not us! We're too badass to do that!"

--You know who by now.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 09:15 AM (uEmCf)

303 You would be a fool to completely ignore the trend. There needs to be some adjusting, not a wholesale change in the agenda. That’s why the enemy is trying to force.

Don’t forget part of the color revolution strategy is to try and give the appearance of inevitability. It’s also to purvey there is an overwhelming amount of support for actions like the anti ICE protests. They are using force multipliers like the media to drive that op. They are also overwhelming special elections because of the low turnout to also achieve that goal.

It’s a bit worrisome that people are not turning out to vote. Ditto the fact it seems independents are buying some of what they’re selling. Don’t forget they put Democrats over the top in places like Virginia.

That said, there is also a lot working against Democrats. They really don’t have an agenda except to destroy, divide, conquer and rule. There is also a lot of time for things like the economy to continue improving, especially as wages go up.

People need to get out to vote. And the GOP needs to get off their 2025 victory lap and do something. Because from what I can tell they’re mostly sitting on their asses. YMMV.

Anyway, praise the Lord.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 02, 2026 09:15 AM (wn0/z)

304 I don't often comment, typically because by the time I read the comments here it's time for ART. Everybody has their own experience, but I feel inspired by what has taken place in the past year. Trump could have ended up in jail or even dead, but he is now President. He is in a one man culture war against an entrenched gang of leftists in the media, academics, Soros backed goons. He has ended the USAID grift that funds so much of the chaos. He is exposing the fraud of the Somali (and other) assholes. He has told the WEF its game over on your plans for a no-borders, one-world authoritarian government. Financial investment in manufacturing is pouring back in to the USA. He's protecting our "backyard" in Central and South America from the CCP belt-your-ass-in-the-road initiatives that have been going on for 20 years. I know, I know, the RINO's in the GOP suck, and the relentless cultural rot and grift seem insurmountable, but the tide is turning. Enjoy your coffee and assist in the fight any.way.you.can.

Posted by: CoolHandLuke at February 02, 2026 09:15 AM (YRYz0)

305 Weird story of the day: a Nigerian who had been a contestant on the voice died from a snakebite that occurred while she was sleeping. Occurred in Nigeria

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 09:15 AM (BWnHZ)

306 289 Suddenly I’m humming REO Speedwagon….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Just ride the storm out. You'll be fine.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 09:16 AM (+4yJ5)

307 Reading today's news can drive one to drink.

For those observing Tu BiShvat, you have until sunset to chug four cups of wine.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 09:16 AM (pUU4E)

308 I want to cut off my tits. *Well, you know best.*
I want to vote so I can vote communist. *Listen to the children.*
I want to be a whore. *Sex work is work.*

I want to smoke. *No, you're too immature to make decisions like that.*
I want to drink. *No, you're too immature to make decisions like that.*
I want to buy a gun. *No, you're too immature to make decisions like that.*
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 02, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)
++++
In my opinion, the multifarious "age of majority" is a problem that underscores a kind of social madness. There needs to be one single age of majority, that is all-or-nothing.

Why can I legally have sex, get married, enter contract, gamble on the lottery, join the army, own a rifle, buy pornography and smoke cigarettes at 18 but have to wait until 21 to buy a handgun, drink or gamble in a casino? Why am I child until 25 for medical purposes?

It is and always has been bullshit, and it encourages more of the same bullshit. "You're kind of an adult, but not really" is insane. 16, 18, 21 - whatever. Just have *one.* I think 21 is most reasonable, but having a single age of adulthood is perhaps more important than the age itself.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:16 AM (MABZ1)

309 When the advanced civilizations kill themselves, the barbarians win by default.

And it can have long reaching impacts.

The Byzantine empire was the strongest Christian state. They'd weathered generations of war against the Caliphate. And when the Seljuk Turks showed up they put together a large army to meet them.

The emperor though had enemies and they intentionally lose the battle for him so they could claim the throne.

The Crusades recovered many of the lost lands later...but only for so long. And that's why Asia minor is muslim Turkish (and backwards savages) and not Greek Orthodox...all because a few people 1000 years ago decided they wanted political power...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 09:17 AM (sKqQm)

310 305 Weird story of the day: a Nigerian who had been a contestant on the voice died from a snakebite that occurred while she was sleeping. Occurred in Nigeria
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 09:15 AM (BWnHZ)

Please wire $5000US via Western Union to cover all modalities for the United Sefton Pastrami Fund to my office in Lagos!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 09:17 AM (x0n13)

311 2 measles infections confirmed at Texas facility where 5-year-old detained in Minnesota was held

We spend Billions to eliminate a deadly childhood virus and Progressive invite in 20 million carriers with glee.

I will never listen to a public health message again.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 09:18 AM (gbOdA)

312

AND - - Remain Blessed!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 09:18 AM (x0n13)

313 Well at least we get to comment and opine on the collapse of our society so there’s that…….that and the fucking embarrassment as an able bodied male not doing a fucking thing about it. The more I watch this shit go down and do nothing I can’t help but to think that at this moment I’m betraying my kids. Shitty father, shitty American. Just going to work and not confronting evil in the streets and putting it down. I’m ashamed.

Posted by: JROD at February 02, 2026 09:18 AM (LEz2V)

314 I think 21 is most reasonable, but having a single age of adulthood is perhaps more important than the age itself.

This was a traditional thing in most societies - there would be some coming of age ritual and then you'd be a man/woman free to make your own decisions.

We have stupid carve outs as "I used to have a different nic " notes.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)

315 It is and always has been bullshit, and it encourages more of the same bullshit. "You're kind of an adult, but not really" is insane. 16, 18, 21 - whatever. Just have *one.* I think 21 is most reasonable, but having a single age of adulthood is perhaps more important than the age itself.

Yet you could be in your thirties and still be a Ward of the State, and all of these ages are meaningless under various forms of Red Flag laws.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 02, 2026 09:19 AM (kHd4y)

316 299
Democrats.

16 years old...

This is a reflection of the left's lack of any actual beliefs. The smoking/drinking/etc restrictions are there from an older, saner incarnation of the left that they haven't changed them...yet.

Their drive for youth voting is just because they expect they'll get those votes, and the sex stuff is because the left embraced pedophilia.

And, even the last point it comical. The left is all onboard with legalization underage prostitution - look at their recent legislation in CA - but still gets pissy about Leo D dating 20 year olds.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

90% of what's driving leftism among the youth is sex, and young people wanting to be horny in public and display their fetishes (but they demand you call it "kink") in public.

This is why almost all fiction is aimed at horny teenagers now, and if they're not written by troons, they're written by fujoshits (obsessive yaoi fangirls), and they're almost entirely about having gay sex.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 09:20 AM (uEmCf)

317 We spend Billions to eliminate a deadly childhood virus and Progressive invite in 20 million carriers with glee.

Also the same people tell us we use too much energy and too many goods and bring those people here so they can use American levels of energy and goods.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)

318 Anti-Police Activists Heckle Zohran Mamdani Outside of Mayoral Residence – “We Advocated for You, Zohran! You Lied, Zohran! Shame!”

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 09:20 AM (6mlHc)

319 Unexpectedly -

@NICKIMINAJ

Any Christian who votes democrat again is a fool. They’re showing people that it’s ok to disrupt a church during worship. This is how they truly feel about you. The veil is lifted. No morals. No integrity. It’s not enough for them to have an opinion, they’ve escalated to physical intrusion of places of worship. The demons inside of them are so bothered. All the time.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 09:20 AM (Dv3i1)

320

Minaj a trois?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 09:21 AM (x0n13)

321 I am terrified at what is going to happen the next time the Democrats assume power in the executive.

They will unleash all that they *think* that Trump is doing to them upon us innocent Americans that want nothing more than to be left the F alone.

Posted by: Defenestratus at February 02, 2026 09:22 AM (WYStd)

322 >Stripes was probably peak Sean Young.

Posted by: Bulg
----

have you seen Fatal Instinct

Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 09:22 AM (ZxPkt)

323 The demons inside of them are so bothered. All the time.

Demons then: My name is Legion for we are many.

Demons now: My pronouns are they/them

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

324 >320
Minaj a trois?

...................................

I don't see why not..

Posted by: General Turgidson at February 02, 2026 09:22 AM (koFAO)

325 Well over a year ago I posted about my school bus, stopped on the side of the road with its red lights on, being hit by the cab of a jackknifing semi. Which was following a car that ran my lights too close, after that car braked hard going through my lights.

It was hit just in front of me. My boss would not show me the video of me being tossed around, even with seatbelts.

Hrothgar has sent me a video, taken in secret, of what really happened, and why it took a year of repairs to fix the warped frame:

https://x.com/hot_pepper76/ status/2017981965958291740

Mind the gap

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 02, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

326 We spend Billions to eliminate a deadly childhood virus and Progressive invite in 20 million carriers with glee.

… these invaders didn’t even get a COVID “clot shot” that Dementia Joe mandated.

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 09:23 AM (6mlHc)

327 Hahaha.Epstein files hit Britain. Labor party MP arrested.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 09:23 AM (0KSrI)

328 Punxatawney Phil's approval ratings may actually go below Trump's:

https://is.gd/FW73JU

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 09:23 AM (OUMaO)

329 FEXGh)

290 Summer of Love 2026

Trump just said that he won't send in Feds to quell riots unless invited by the local authorities.

Could get sporty ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 02, 2026 09:12 AM (dtajH)

And Trump is right. We’ve seen, as in Minneapolis, that these “riots” are organized and supported by the local governments in the hope of creating some national incident that they can use to campaign on.

So if they want to burn their own cities down, let them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 02, 2026 09:24 AM (IUuBi)

330 322 Nope.

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)

331 Musk reports that 18% of all home health care billing comes from one county in California. The fraud is on a scale that no scale anymore can measure.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 02, 2026 09:24 AM (b4LBp)

332 The Main Stream Media is dead! No one listens to them any more!

Also: We're losing the public opinion battle because the Main Stream Media keeps lying about everything!

Meanwhile, TrueCons can't stop jerking off to the NFL, the lowest of all the low-hanging fruit.

And nobody on the right is showing up for special elections.

You're damned right I'm black pilled.

Posted by: BuT sPeCiAl ElEcTiOnS dOn'T mAtTeR! at February 02, 2026 09:24 AM (qUkBO)

333 So you heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend?

Okay now.
Posted by: Halp! My hairs on fire!! at February 02, 2026 09:07 AM (FEXGh)

Suddenly I’m humming REO Speedwagon….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 09:08 AM (YobFY)
******
lol.
She did show me many Hispanic social media sites that were more supportive of Trump in the past, but now they aren't.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

334 Peak Sean Young was Blade Runner, though Stripes works also

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 09:24 AM (BWnHZ)

335 … these invaders didn’t even get a COVID “clot shot” that Dementia Joe mandated.

When Fauci was asked why they weren't clot shotting the illegals he said that they have rights unlike American citizens

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 09:24 AM (sKqQm)

336 317 Also the same people tell us we use too much energy and too many goods and bring those people here so they can use American levels of energy and goods.
Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)

Yes. So _THEY_ can use American levels of energy and goods.

Not you. You're just a machine to generate revenue to give to the Third World and Third Worlders who come here.

The US is nothing more than a Welfare Administration District for the Rest of the World (in the eyes of the Left).

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 09:25 AM (uEmCf)

337
Any Christian who votes democrat again is a fool.

"No one can be at the same time a good Catholic and a true socialist." - Pius XI, Quadragesimo anno (1931)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 09:25 AM (tgvbd)

338 140 >Mel Brooks Does Shocking 180 on ‘Blazing Saddles’
----

the article provides no examples or quotes to support its premise

Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 08:32 AM (ZxPkt)

The past several years I've noticed more and more headlines in all media have little relation to the article contents. From both Left- and Right-leaning media. The ClickBait Pay Incentive Force is STRONK!

It will get worse before it gets better - if ever.

Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 09:25 AM (5rh/l)

339 330

okay

Posted by: Don Black at February 02, 2026 09:26 AM (ZxPkt)

340 Now you see it...

"Iranian President has ordered the start of negotiations with the United States, with talks expected to take place in Türkiye within days, according to Fars citing an Iranian government source."

And now yo don't!

"Iranian state media outlets Fars and Tasnim removed their report about U.S. Iran talks"

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 09:26 AM (g47mK)

341 Happy Monday!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 02, 2026 09:26 AM (0yjaw)

342 So you heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend?

Okay now.
Posted by: Halp! My hairs on fire!! at February 02, 2026 09:07 AM (FEXGh)
++++
Hey, the entire "parallel construction" Russiagate conspiracy could have been reasonably called "Operation REO Speedwagon"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:26 AM (MABZ1)

343 Some goods-
Are outpacing Democrats in fundraising by $100 million 40,000 for the midterms.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 09:27 AM (NpAcC)

344 Second, just for the record, Raw Story is just a cut out for freelancing WAPO reporters who moonlight for cutouts while at working at their WAPO desks - a way of amplifying false WAPO stories they write...these cutouts often have the same DC PO Box as WAPOs.
---
I'll point this out again:
Raw Story was the sole source for all the media reports that the video you saw with your own eyes of the ballots being taken from under the table in Atlanta and ran through the machine multiple times was FALSE.

I chased down all the links to that source, laundered though multiple outlets, and every one led to Raw Story.

And their proof?
They talked to an anonymous election official who said that was false, those were legitimate ballots and everyone knew they were stored there.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 09:27 AM (9O65X)

345 Take out the 40,000.
Democrats are in the hole.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 09:28 AM (NpAcC)

346 And their proof?
They talked to an anonymous election official who said that was false, those were legitimate ballots and everyone knew they were stored there.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 09:27 AM (9O65X)
++++
"Trump said Hatians were eating pets in Ohio. This is untrue. We asked local officials and they said it wasn't happening."

This is modern "journalism." Speaking Official Truth From Power.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:28 AM (MABZ1)

347

Caught it from a friend who caught it from a friend who . . .

Bill Gates' wife via Russky prostitutka via Epstein

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 09:28 AM (x0n13)

348 166 A Saturday Special election during rare cold weather in Texas?

Posted by: Jonah at February 02, 2026 08:39 AM (YCxFk)

Teachers and all other union members in the district have to to provide proof of voting Democrat at work today or be fired.

The voters for the dead must provide proof or be killed.

Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 09:29 AM (5rh/l)

349 327 Hahaha.Epstein files hit Britain. Labor party MP arrested.
Posted by: Ben Had

"Nooo! Trump was supposed to get arrested over this!" -the average leftist.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 09:29 AM (+4yJ5)

350 Bill Gates' wife via Russky prostitutka via Epstein
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 09:28 AM (x0n13)
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LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:29 AM (MABZ1)

351 PDT has said No there will be no negotiations .

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 09:29 AM (0KSrI)

352 https://is.gd/9LvDk2
@WallStreetApes
The fraud being exposed in California is INSANE

- 18% of THE WHOLE COUNTRY'S home health care billing is coming out of Los Angeles County
- One doctor billed the government $120 million in a single year claiming to oversee 1,900 patients
- With almost 2,000 hospice agencies, Los Angeles County has more than 36 states combined and 30X MORE than the whole state of Florida and New York

"How is that possible? And take a look at this map, a cluster of 287 hospice providers, in a two-mile radius, some in strip malls, unmarked buildings, even a wrecking yard and vacant lot. All of it is just paperwork. I could fill that out in Kazakhstan if I want and get a hospice license waiting for me."
[video]

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California (the entire state) has slightly less than 12% of the US population per official numbers.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 02, 2026 09:29 AM (ULPxl)

353

Art is coming UP!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 09:29 AM (x0n13)

354 Minaj a trois?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 02, 2026 09:21 AM (x0n13)

Now I’m chuckling thinking about the Seinfeld episode where George helps Jerry accomplish the “roommate switch” but it backfires when she’s “into it” and Jerry just can’t go through with it… he’s not an orgy guy….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 09:30 AM (YobFY)

355 351 PDT has said No there will be no negotiations .
Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 09:29 AM (0KS

It would just be a stall tactic...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 02, 2026 09:30 AM (VE6XX)

356
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Posted by: r hennigantx at February 02, 2026 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

357 "Nooo! Trump was supposed to get arrested over this!" -the average leftist.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 09:29 AM (+4yJ5)
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The second own-goal in the same category.

#meToo (and to a lesser degree, the hanger-on #timesUp) was supposed to take out Trump. Instead, it destroyed Hollywood.

Epstein was supposed to take out Trump. Instead, it is blowing back on the Party.

Trump is - or at least, Trump *was* - a womanizing philanderer. He also had a type: hot Eastern European women in their twenties. Don't Epstein for that. Just need a bankroll and a passport.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 09:31 AM (MABZ1)

358 I've mentioned before that the WSJ Opinion page has given a recurring spot to Rahm Emmanuel, where he can detail his policy ideas. On last weekend's WSJ 1 hr show on Fox, Matthew Continetti* touted Rahm as the best option for POTUS in 2028, confirming our suspicion that they were platforming him as the Darkhorse, "sane" candidate after Newsom flames out.

*Bill Kristol's son-in-law

Posted by: Lizzy at February 02, 2026 09:32 AM (0yjaw)

359 Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Sudan today is a cautionary tale.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 02, 2026 09:32 AM (u82oZ)

360 Status of Leftist's hair this morning:

[x] Mussed

Posted by: CoolHandLuke at February 02, 2026 09:34 AM (YRYz0)

361 ahaha.Epstein files hit Britain. Labor party MP arrested.
Posted by: Ben Had

"Nooo! Trump was supposed to get arrested over this!" -the average leftist.

==

Qatar is mentioned over 5-6000 times in Epstein files...Steve Bannon 1500-2000 times...

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 09:34 AM (g47mK)

362 The Constitution forbids the government to grant royal titles. That is why we have no "Your Majesties", "Your Excellencies", "Your Royal Highnesses", and nobody strutting around in Royal Robes demanding that you rise when they simply enter the room. Isn't that correct Your Honor?

Judges are people who take on Royal airs - they sneaked that past the founding fathers. Now you know exactly what is wrong with the judiciary - they have been pieces of shit, Royalist traitors, to the idea of an egalitarian, Constitutional Republic since Day One. "If it pleases the court". "How do you plead". They keep leaving off the word "serf" or "peasant" at the end of those phrases, since that would give the whole game away.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at February 02, 2026 09:34 AM (Da7Vv)

363 Are Seattle hot dogs any good? (cream cheese slathered on the bun, topped with the hot dog and caramelized onions, maybe some jalapenos)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 09:07 AM (Dv3i1)
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Burn the city to the ground.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 09:35 AM (RIvkX)

364 See y'all around 11.

I can't risk getting fired over NOOD ART.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 09:35 AM (uEmCf)

365 Ah, another cheery and hope-inspiring Monday Morning Report editorial. Kicking the week off in high style.

Okay, sarc. But this morning I see sunshine melting the snow and birds preparing for Spring and salt-of-the-earth Oklahomans armed and on the right side, so I don't get so concerned as perhaps I ought. 🎶 Always look on the bright side of life.

But considering a frighteningly large number of individuals not only want to destroy America as founded but as we have seen not just in Minneapolis but since the 1960s are willing and able to use violence to achieve their aims.

Another classic JJS incomplete sentence. When I read such, I always feel suspendered. Considering [all this] what? It should at least end in an ellipsis…

(The trouble with quibbles is a tiny price to pay for JJS bringing us all the world five days a week.)

Anyway, on with the day. Yikes. I've been willowed already.

Posted by: mindful webworker - groundhog- better fried or baked? at February 02, 2026 09:39 AM (j02Vi)

366 In before That Guy Who Intones "Nothing will happen".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 02, 2026 09:46 AM (0sNs1)

367 If the Democrats win in the midterms or the next presidential election it will be 100% the fault of the dickless republicans. It is amazing that we have to be assaulted 100% of the time by leftist garbage regardless of who is in power, yet we hardly ever hear shit from the rinos that infect the core alliance on the right.

Posted by: T at February 02, 2026 09:51 AM (aGnRN)

368 America’s predicament is partly the fault of people my age who worked and paid the tax money which was stolen. We never demanded an accounting. Now we demand a ‘different’ accounting.

Posted by: Eromero at February 02, 2026 10:00 AM (yw3eV)

369 Man aren't we Debbie Downer's this morning.

The fight is ongoing. The left is motivated by an existential crisis. Their process for governing relevance is under threat. They've retreated in Minnesota. Virginia is showing the country what happens when they win - they lie about everything. California is about to have a federal proctology exam. The fun and games in Fulton County Georgia are about to be exposed. The Church invaders in St. Paul are getting arrested - even Mr. Lemon.

The GOP has an outside chance to gain 3 seats in the Senate - all with more MAGA types than before. Early forecasts show Vance winning the presidency in 2028. Breathe everyone.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 10:01 AM (GZYu7)

370 Good morning, all, and thank you, J.J. 🙏

They're being trained to accept their definitions, their forms of protests, their violence.
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moms4liberty
4d
🚨 BREAKING: In a recorded webinar, the president of the nation’s largest teachers union lays it all out.

Becky Pringle tells attendees she is committing the National Education Association, its 3 million members, and all union resources to a coordinated political effort.

The webinar included discussion of a plan explicitly titled “No Sleep for ICE,” where activists bragged and laughed about a protest that “got out of control,” leading to federal agents being evacuated in the middle of the night in Minneapolis.

It didn’t stop there.
The event ends with direct political training for a Democratic candidate.

This is not about teachers.
It’s not about children.
It’s about raw political power.

Which is exactly why serious questions are being raised about whether a federally chartered public-sector union should be operating like this at all.

Who the #NEA is really serving?

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 02, 2026 10:46 AM (NFX2v)

371 They're out banging the drums, literally and figuratively, about the 3.5%* rule, (Wikipedia, in part) "a concept in political science that states that when that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against an authoritarian government, that government is likely to fall from power. The rule was formulated by Erica Chenoweth in 2013."

But their nonviolent protests are always different than peaceful, and they'll always claim because something impeded them and forced their hand, their only options were to react boldly.
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From my area years ago during the mostly peaceful protests... Lawmakers (State Senators & Reps) called for the DA to investigate violence and intimidation aimed at BLM supporters during a march in the summer of 2020 when it was alleged peaceful protesters were met with violence and intimidation by a group of counter-protestors & a local police department's "lackadaisical" response. (Context: Likely NEVER in prior history used to describe that particular police department).

"We need to make sure our community feels safe when peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights." "...horror that this demonstration of love and support for

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 02, 2026 10:46 AM (NFX2v)

372 Black lives was met by a menacing group (Context: Mostly VWF members & supporters) with a mission to taunt and intimidate peaceful protestors."

"Instead of actively protecting the First Amendment rights of our neighbors, it appears police were both late and seemed to be protecting the white counter-protestors instead."

In reality, the police physically stood between two groups on the lawn of a municipal building and non-violently kept them from crossing into the opposing group. (Some of those law enforcement officers were undercover..) However, it was alleged by protest supporters that there were armed, White male counterprotestors who had also been drinking where the two groups "met up." Again, in reality, there were legally armed police officers, both male & female, and since it was August, water and drinking cups were available.

In the end, (White) members of three different county school boards were called on to resign. The next month, another march took place down the main street, accompanied by not just a 1%ers escort MCC, politicians & union organizers (the usual accompaniment) but also an array of law enforcement & drones.

The Left continues. We stay home.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 02, 2026 10:46 AM (NFX2v)

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