Minnesota CEOs Request ‘De-Escalation’ of Federal Immigration Law Enforcement; Perhaps Federal Laws that Protect Minnesota Corporations Should Also Not Be Enforced

The capture of corporate executive suites by the left is something I never would have predicted a few decades ago, because a fundamental tenet of the left has been state ownership of all enterprises. But with many corporations actively advocating for the advancement of the left’s radical agenda, corporations have bought themselves a level of protection from left-wing politicians. In addition, many corporate executives are clearly true believers in the left’s effort to reorganize civilization.

We on the right have no obligation to continue defending corporations who are allied with the left against us.

Last week the CEOs of dozens of corporations headquartered in Minnesota released a letter requesting that the federal government stand down and stop enforcing immigration law, specifically requesting “an immediate deescalation of tensions” and instead of enforcing the law, demanding that the federal government work with state and local officials “to find real solutions” other than removing criminal illegal aliens.

Among the signers were the CEOs of Target, Best Buy, US Bank, General Mills, 3M, and Red Wing Shoes.

These CEOs are advocating for selective non-enforcement of federal laws that protect everyday citizens from the pathologies that have been brought to this country by a flood of millions of illegal immigrants, many of whom are hardened criminals. Since these CEOs believe that enforcement of federal law is optional, surely they would be OK if federal laws that protect their corporations are not enforced too, correct?

Here are some more opportunities for selective non-enforcement of federal law:

Target has a famous logo protected by US trademark laws. If Target is cool with federal immigration laws not being enforced, I’m cool with allowing any retailer to use Target’s logo without any enforcement of federal trademark laws.

3M is an industrial powerhouse that has prospered from its development of patent-protected products. Perhaps the federal government should “de-escalate” enforcement of 3M’s patents when competitors sell knock-offs?

Red Wing Boots is a market leader in premium-priced work boots. Since its CEO is advocating for federal laws not to be enforced, there is a great opportunity to sell cheap imitation boots with Red Wing branding, and have the federal government stand down in protecting Red Wing’s trademark.

US Bank relies on the federal government to enforce laws that protect banks from criminal fraud. Enforcing these laws requires federal manpower and taxpayer money. Since US Bank’s CEO is advocating for the federal government not to enforce immigration laws, perhaps we can extend the same courtesy and have US Bank exempted from federal protections against bank fraud.

If Best Buy’s CEO is going to advocate for the non-enforcement of federal law, I might in turn advocate that any electronics retailer be allowed to put up a sign identifying their store as a Best Buy.

General Mills sells Cheerios, among other cereals, and other well-known consumer products such as Pillsbury and Betty Crocker, which are all protected by trademark law. It seems to me that by signing the letter requesting that immigration law not be enforced, General Mills’ CEO is also announcing that federal laws protecting its trademarks can be ignored too. Selling generic oat cereal as authentic Cheerios sounds like a good business opportunity.

Laws that protect corporations and laws that protect individuals are all part of the social contract that keeps this country functioning. It is reckless for either corporations or individuals to advocate for the selective non-enforcement of laws that don’t specifically benefit them...but that’s what these Minnesota CEOs are doing.

If the “real solutions” that these CEOs seek is to allow criminal aliens to avoid arrest and deportation, then those companies can surrender federal protection of their intellectual property as part of those “real solutions.”

When I hear the MN corporate CEOs request the federal government stand down on enforcing immigration law that protects citizens, I also hear them saying it’s OK to no longer enforce federal laws that protect *their* businesses, such as Intellectual property & false advertising.
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) January 28, 2026

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 02, 2026 11:00 AM (/BPde)

2 I have a suggestion for the CEO

Posted by: Eat shit at February 02, 2026 11:01 AM (jbnUc)

3 Mo'nin Buck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 02, 2026 11:01 AM (/BPde)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 02, 2026 11:01 AM (P3kKw)

5 Trumpless trumps?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 02, 2026 11:03 AM (Kt19C)

6 The capture of corporate executive suites by the left is something I never would have predicted a few decades ago, because a fundamental tenet of the left has been state ownership of all enterprises.
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Why in the world not? They just want money, power, and prestige. State ownership won't deprive them of those.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 02, 2026 11:03 AM (AlhUl)

7 It's only when people flee federal law enforcement or inject themselves into situations that don't involve them that people are getting hurt.

Maybe the de-escalation shouldn't be coming from federal law enforcement but from legit targets resisting arrest and white saviors trying to protect Somali sex pests?

Oh, and did you see that the two officers involved in the Pretti shooting were Hispanic?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

8 *sotto voce*

sponge

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at February 02, 2026 11:03 AM (c3YdQ)

9 ICE - the usual law enforcement
The Left - escalate to the point where crazies are attacking ICE and receiving instant karma
Corporations - Hey ICE, de-escalate willya?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 11:03 AM (Dv3i1)

10 > Last week the CEOs of dozens of corporations headquartered in Minnesota released a letter requesting that the federal government stand down and stop enforcing immigration law, specifically requesting “an immediate deescalation of tensions” and instead of enforcing the law, demanding that the federal government work with state and local officials “to find real solutions” other than removing criminal illegal aliens.
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I find that to be odd and scripted. But, yes, quit enforcing any law that would potentially damage one of those companies.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 11:03 AM (jtM2q)

11 9 ICE - the usual law enforcement
The Left - escalate to the point where crazies are attacking ICE and receiving instant karma
Corporations - Hey ICE, de-escalate willya?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 11:03 AM (Dv3i1)

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It's not even ICE.

It's the other DHS support personnel who are providing protection to ICE since local police won't do it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (GBKbO)

12 Oh, you missed a big one, and my personal "favorite": United Healthcare.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (OUMaO)

13 Great article. Don't let the interlocking boards of directors off the hook, the CEOs dance to their tune.

How many corporate boards have Valerie Jarrett as a director?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (RIvkX)

14 12 Oh, you missed a big one, and my personal "favorite": United Healthcare.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (OUMaO)

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"We drop all charges against Luigi since his act was justified."
-DOJ

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (GBKbO)

15
*polite cough*

Is ICE doing anything now they weren't doing five or ten years ago?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (tgvbd)

16 OK, back now that the first image on the page won't get me in trouble at the office.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (uEmCf)

17 Eromero’s dizneyland.

Posted by: Eromero at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (IAc3W)

18 They really think they are exempt from consequences. When that changes, this behavior will change.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 02, 2026 11:05 AM (Dg7ng)

19 Never doubt the ability for the CEO to be oblivious to what actually needs to be done. Opinions on deportation are getting more pro-deport though the entire Minnesota situation. The country is getting to the point they want all immigration halted. These CEO's just make those attitudes increase across more and more people.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 11:05 AM (GZYu7)

20 15
*polite cough*

Is ICE doing anything now they weren't doing five or ten years ago?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (tgvbd)

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Nope.

The left is just throwing a tantrum about it now. That's the difference.

"Why can't Trump do deportations without a circus?!" ask the idiots.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:05 AM (GBKbO)

21 So how many Somalis has this group of big business brought on to their payrolls?

Posted by: pudinhead at February 02, 2026 11:05 AM (Hpgos)

22 >>Among the signers were the CEOs of Target, Best Buy, US Bank, General Mills, 3M, and Red Wing Shoes.

Sure, sure, because the Right is all about ensuring the comfort of the capitalist pigs.

Wait. What?

This should dispel the myth that mega-corporations are tools of the Rethuglicans. It won't, of course, the radical Commies will still want their executives dead, but isn't it cool they can make them dance for their cause?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 02, 2026 11:06 AM (0yjaw)

23 Last week the CEOs of dozens of corporations headquartered in Minnesota released a letter requesting that the federal government stand down and stop enforcing immigration law, specifically requesting “an immediate deescalation of tensions” and instead of enforcing the law, demanding that the federal government work with state and local officials “to find real solutions” other than removing criminal illegal aliens.
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"Enforcing the law" is not their goal. Revolution is their goal. Giving the revolutionaries what they want is therefore what what they demand.

I'd like to see weaponization of law work in our favor for once. Audit and investigate all of these corporations. Find out what all illegal shit they're doing. There is surely some amount of fraud and other problems in daily operations. Any organization that large will have it. Go find it.

Then issue ruinous fines to the corporations in order to destroy them, and arrest and imprison the corporations' officers for the crimes.

Play ball or get the corporate death penalty.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:06 AM (MABZ1)

24 Oh, and did you see that the two officers involved in the Pretti shooting were Hispanic?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

What would Jesus do?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 02, 2026 11:06 AM (/lPRQ)

25 The Minnesota State Bird.

https://is.gd/haXIHG

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 02, 2026 11:07 AM (J+Psw)

26 10 I find that to be odd and scripted. But, yes, quit enforcing any law that would potentially damage one of those companies.
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Last week Nerdrotic and Chris Gore noted that actors who were in CAA (a talent agency) were all reading the same libtard talking points verbatim. I imagine there's something similar for CEOs.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 02, 2026 11:07 AM (Dg7ng)

27 I wonder what other laws they are violating.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 11:07 AM (jc0TO)

28 If the “real solutions” that these CEOs seek is to allow criminal aliens to avoid arrest and deportation, then those companies can surrender federal protection of their intellectual property as part of those “real solutions.”
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Why, that would be unfair!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:07 AM (MABZ1)

29 Obvious question: How many of the executives at the corporations are Americans? The kind born and raised here, not the paperwork kind with 'star wars' names. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (0yjaw)

30 CEOs of mega corps are there for a few years to rake in millions in pay and benefits. Priority No. 1 is creating generational wealth. They'll do whatever the left wants since the consequences won't affect them and NOT doing what they want will make their brief tenures uncomfortable. The right is too busy jerking off to sportsball to be seriously considered.

Posted by: Why Does Mommy Pee Standing Up? at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (qUkBO)

31 Minnesota CEOs Request ‘De-Escalation’ of Federal Immigration Law Enforcement; Perhaps Federal Laws that Protect Minnesota Corporations Should Also Not Be Enforced

When you start enforcing the laws that protect me and mine from the illegals, I'll consider your offer.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

32 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

33 Our "elites" are the worst class our country has ever seen.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (zjgNU)

34 "The capture of corporate executive suites by the left is something I never would have predicted a few decades ago, because a fundamental tenet of the left has been state ownership of all enterprises. But with many corporations actively advocating for the advancement of the left’s radical agenda, corporations have bought themselves a level of protection from left-wing politicians. In addition, many corporate executives are clearly true believers in the left’s effort to reorganize civilization."

It's easy to understand. The CEOs and higher underlings in the Twin Cities don't want -
To be murdered by leftist crazies
Have family members murdered by leftist crazies
Have their homes burned down by leftist crazies
Have their pets killed by leftist crazies
Be harassed a lot in public by leftist crazies
Have their vehicles destroyed by leftist crazies
Have their children in school continually bullied and beaten by leftist crazies
etc

Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (5rh/l)

35 How many corporate boards have Valerie Jarrett as a director?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (RIvkX)

She ruined my retirement financial calculations .
( on the board of Walgreens before they went private)

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:09 AM (cwGMH)

36 What is the attitude of the CEOs regarding the fact that the insurgents in Minneapolis have now set up multiple checkpoints where they stop your car, demand ID, run your car's license plate through a database, and decide whether you can proceed or not.

Are they cool with that? Is it OK for their customers and employees to be subjected to that?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 02, 2026 11:09 AM (n1OCj)

37 Morning.

OT but I got that Dire Straights song stuck in my head. You know the one, with the cool riff at the beginning. Man, that's a fucking tasty goddamn riff.

Also, Target is for fags. I walked into one when I was last home looking for the new Negadeth album with the exclusive bonus track and I felt like I needed to be draped in the rainbow fag flag just to enter. Holy shit, what happened to that place?

Posted by: Robert at February 02, 2026 11:09 AM (Z2yLo)

38 It is funny, because Minnesota has already capitulated. In the time the CEO's thought to write the letters, and managed to put it out, the Minnesota government has agreed to work with ICE on turning over criminal illegal aliens who are jailed.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 11:09 AM (GZYu7)

39 If the “real solutions” that these CEOs seek is to allow criminal aliens to avoid arrest and deportation, then those companies can surrender federal protection of their intellectual property as part of those “real solutions.”
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But it isn't. They don't give two shits about illegal aliens, beyond wanting to continue employing them and shifting costs out. That is fairly minor.

The "real solutions" that they want all involve socialist revolution.

So give them what they want. Entirely. Any corporation that advocates for revolutionary socialist policies should be immediately nationalized, with all owners expropriated.

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

40 The CEOs are held hostage by HR Karens in a lot of cases. Oppose them and a sexual harassment lawsuit appears. Even if there are no grounds, many Hawaiian judges “believe all women” so it’ll be tough to fight.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (3cXfB)

41 Bird calls.

https://is.gd/UpuLi9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (J+Psw)

42 Thx Buck.
Target in particular is a big DEI and ESG pusher and good friend to the trans fanatics so eff tgem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (BWnHZ)

43 34 It's easy to understand. The CEOs and higher underlings in the Twin Cities don't want -
To be murdered by leftist crazies
Have family members murdered by leftist crazies
Have their homes burned down by leftist crazies
Have their pets killed by leftist crazies
Be harassed a lot in public by leftist crazies
Have their vehicles destroyed by leftist crazies
Have their children in school continually bullied and beaten by leftist crazies
etc
Posted by: Gref at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (5rh/l)

But they DO want all of that to happen to EVERYONE ELSE.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (uEmCf)

44 I've seen some nice stuff at target and best buy. So if a member of my family is a victim of robbery and assault, it's ok if I walk into one of their stores and make a few five-fingered discounts too, right?

Posted by: Diogenes at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (2WIwB)

45 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

I don’t think those CEOs are billionaires unless they own the company.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (cwGMH)

46 Gotta love Red Wing in this grundle of lurching cocksuckers. They pretend to be products for blue-collar "real Americans," and here they are fucking their customers in the ass. Just more Nike-ish scammers.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (iFTx/)

47 I refuse to set foot in Target.

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 11:11 AM (77rzZ)

48
if the CEOs want deescalation, how about instead of arresring and deporting their employees...we simply arrest the CEO.

go after his store managers in red states, get convictions with jail time.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 02, 2026 11:11 AM (PnEh/)

49 How about this?

"As far as the DoJ is concerned, it's open season on the following named corporate executives - there will be no federal response to any crimes against these individuals, except for Civil Rights Department investigations into any Minnesota law enforcement agency who makes an arrest for any particular crime against these individuals."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (BI5O2)

50 48
if the CEOs want deescalation, how about instead of arresring and deporting their employees...we simply arrest the CEO.

go after his store managers in red states, get convictions with jail time.

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 02, 2026 11:11 AM (PnEh/)

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Interesting look at the use and abuse of everify:

https://x.com/gak_pdx/status/
2018067388558905741

"Illegal alien employment is not the sort of scam Jason (and many on the left) think it is - where the evil boss man knowingly hires random Latinos he pays under the table at a fat discount to market rates! The company my ex worked for? 100% of their employees were fully documented as valid to work in the USA with a 100% eVerify rate- all paid union wages, health benefits, taxes, etc. Does everyone at the company know like 30% of the workforce is illegal? Yes, but not according to the procedures the government mandates they use to detect legal status."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (GBKbO)

51 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

I don’t think those CEOs are billionaires unless they own the company.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (cwGMH)
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They are probably close enough. We start with billionaires and then come for these cocksuckers.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

52 The capture of corporate executive suites by the left is something I never would have predicted a few decades ago, because a fundamental tenet of the left has been state ownership of all enterprises. "

All they did was shift from the Communist model to the Fascist model.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (/QdgR)

53 >>Oh, and did you see that the two officers involved in the Pretti shooting were Hispanic?

One of them looks like a Chippendales dude.
Toxic masculinity alert, lol!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 02, 2026 11:13 AM (0yjaw)

54 Idiots: Okay, we've stopped the flood of illegals. Time to call of the dogs and just let the 10 million who entered the last four years to stay, as well as all the others.

Me and a whole lot of other people: Offer not accepted. Ramp up deportations. Enforce existing immigration

I like to have the idiots confirm that they totally support enforcing the border and preventing illegals from entering, and they just want this ONE amnesty to settle the issue if those already here, and never again. Most of the time, they agree.

When you tell them we already did it in 1986, and we're still trying to enforce the "border security/deportation" half of the deal, their attitude changes.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 02, 2026 11:13 AM (JCZqz)

55 Remember the Three Core Principles of True Conservatism:

1) Endless wars.

2) Open borders.

3) Lower corporate income tax rates.

The CEOs are just adhering to the principles of True Conservatism.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 02, 2026 11:13 AM (n1OCj)

56 I'd like to see these CEO's faces when they realize they're about to get the Bud Light treatment.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 11:13 AM (jtM2q)

57 33 Our "elites" are the worst class our country has ever seen.
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They may be the worst elites ever. Late Roman bureaucrats were actively Christianizing society. In eras when Chinese mandarins get decadent they at least write good poetry. Even Soviet elites could make good military hardware and non-dissonant classical music. Literally nothing our current elites do is competent or worthwhile. Nothing.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 02, 2026 11:13 AM (Dg7ng)

58 Damn pedo dinosaur!

https://is.gd/A6QOss

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 02, 2026 11:14 AM (J+Psw)

59 37
‘Target is for fags. I walked into one when I was last home looking for the new Negadeth album with the exclusive bonus track and I felt like I needed to be draped in the rainbow fag flag just to enter. Holy shit, what happened to that place?’

Fags took over.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 02, 2026 11:14 AM (jbnUc)

60 6 The capture of corporate executive suites by the left is something I never would have predicted a few decades ago, because a fundamental tenet of the left has been state ownership of all enterprises.
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Why in the world not? They just want money, power, and prestige. State ownership won't deprive them of those.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 02, 2026 11:03 AM (AlhUl)

They'd get to be Commissars or Ministers of this that or the other by being loyal Party men anyway, so yeah. Also let's not pretend that the corpos are all about free market enterprise. They want to get and keep theirs (even though they usually had nothing to do with the creation, development and success of the product or service they're now in charge of) by any means necessary, up to and including government coercion and interference to maintaining their place in the fake and ghey economy.

Posted by: There's a reason BigCorp gives big bucks to Dems at February 02, 2026 11:14 AM (TbWk/)

61 The capture of corporate executive suites by the left is something I never would have predicted a few decades ago, because a fundamental tenet of the left has been state ownership of all enterprises. "

All they did was shift from the Communist model to the Fascist model.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (/QdgR)

You beat me to it Tom.
Spot on!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 02, 2026 11:14 AM (2WIwB)

62 How those corporations get Nationalized.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:15 AM (0KSrI)

63 52 The capture of corporate executive suites by the left is something I never would have predicted a few decades ago, because a fundamental tenet of the left has been state ownership of all enterprises. "

All they did was shift from the Communist model to the Fascist model.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (/QdgR)

Only difference is the State allows the corporations to retain their capitalist name.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:15 AM (cwGMH)

64 Our "elites" are the worst class our country has ever seen.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (zjgNU)

There have been worse ruling classes in history, but you have to start mass murdering people to join that club.

If you're going by corruption as a measure, nobody can beat America's. They've stolen more than anyone in history could even possibly imagine in their wildest, most larcenous fantasies.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:15 AM (BI5O2)

65 52 The capture of corporate executive suites by the left is something I never would have predicted a few decades ago, because a fundamental tenet of the left has been state ownership of all enterprises. "

All they did was shift from the Communist model to the Fascist model.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (/QdgR)

The Long March through the Institutions means ALL institutions, including boardrooms.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:15 AM (uEmCf)

66 Blue shitholes burn. Good people lose their livelihood in several cases.

Big business is OK with this because of that old adage "too big to fail" coined, I think, during the Bush years.

Shut more little guys down, use your billions and insurance claims to rebuild your monstrosities and continue to hire illegals at low wages.

Until the CEO's are arrested and charged for violating federal employment laws, this will continue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 02, 2026 11:15 AM (/BPde)

67 Scanning the list, I do business with precisely… zero.

I can’t boycott them harder, so I suppose this makes sense. Suck up to the crazies who you count on for your meager existence. A pox on all their houses.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 02, 2026 11:16 AM (ewuvP)

68 I only go to Target when I need to use the shitter and one of their stores is close by. I like to make a lot of noise while I am in there smelling the place up and I never flush.

I am a giver.

Posted by: No Flush Joe at February 02, 2026 11:16 AM (n+1Zi)

69 >> The capture of corporate executive suites by the left is something I never would have predicted a few decades ago, because a fundamental tenet of the left has been state ownership of all enterprises. "

First, you have to recognize that some of these companies have become international entities that see themselves as above America - stateless, globalist entities. These execs are the ones who attend Davos events and talk about saving the world. They do not see us as their community, we are simply data points to exploit for profit.

Second, they are likely to be run by non-Americans, reinforcing the lack of shared values/incentive to make life better for our communities/towns/cities/states.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 02, 2026 11:16 AM (0yjaw)

70 if the CEOs want deescalation, how about instead of arresring and deporting their employees...we simply arrest the CEO.

go after his store managers in red states, get convictions with jail time.
Posted by: BifBewalski at February 02, 2026 11:11 AM (PnEh/)
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The problem is that 99% of illegals working for companies have their papers. Even if the company suspects an employee is illegal, if they have papers there's nothing they can do about it. The papers are fake or obtained illegally, sure, but on their faced they look legal. So even the most guilty CEO or manager can always say "Don't blame me, Jose had his papers."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)

71 Big corporations have NEVER been the friend of traditional Americans…. Whatever enhances profits mentality doesn’t produce ethical results necessarily

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 11:17 AM (YobFY)

72 There have been worse ruling classes in history, but you have to start mass murdering people to join that club.

If you're going by corruption as a measure, nobody can beat America's. They've stolen more than anyone in history could even possibly imagine in their wildest, most larcenous fantasies.

Eh, I think one can argue that Britain's current government is worse. They've given away an entire country.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 02, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

73 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

How many of the CEOs of the top 1,000 companies in America are billionaires?

10?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 02, 2026 11:17 AM (n9ltV)

74 OT but I got that Dire Straights song stuck in my head. You know the one, with the cool riff at the beginning. Man, that's a fucking tasty goddamn riff.
________

Gonna have to be more specific. Several fit that description.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 02, 2026 11:17 AM (XvL8K)

75 64 There have been worse ruling classes in history, but you have to start mass murdering people to join that club.

If you're going by corruption as a measure, nobody can beat America's. They've stolen more than anyone in history could even possibly imagine in their wildest, most larcenous fantasies.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:15 AM (BI5O2)

And even these ones are constantly acting like they have the bloodlust for mass murder, and are whining like kids who can't have a cookie until after dinner about it.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:17 AM (uEmCf)

76 >>Oh, and did you see that the two officers involved in the Pretti shooting were Hispanic?

One of them looks like a Chippendales dude.
Toxic masculinity alert, lol!
Posted by: Lizzy at February 02, 2026 11:13 AM (0yjaw)

Lots of ICE officers are Hispanic. Therefore every leftist calling for the abolition of ICE is engaging in white supremacy. Every time Pantifa takes a swing at an ICE officer that's just their racism in action.

Fuck the left.

Posted by: Robert at February 02, 2026 11:17 AM (Z2yLo)

77 Scanning the list, I do business with precisely… zero.

I can’t boycott them harder, so I suppose this makes sense. Suck up to the crazies who you count on for your meager existence. A pox on all their houses.
Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 02, 2026 11:16 AM (ewuvP)

Sadly, I like Cheerios.
I promise not to buy any more.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 02, 2026 11:18 AM (2WIwB)

78 70
The problem is that 99% of illegals working for companies have their papers. Even if the company suspects an employee is illegal, if they have papers there's nothing they can do about it. The papers are fake or obtained illegally, sure, but on their faced they look legal. So even the most guilty CEO or manager can always say "Don't blame me, Jose had his papers."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)

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What I didn't know is that the companies who use eVerify are not allowed to challenge obviously fraudulent documents as long as they're well-done enough.

18 year old Juan Gonzalez has an ID that says he was born in 1974 and is named Ingmar Andersson? Have to accept it if the ID looks real.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:18 AM (GBKbO)

79 My favorite part about shopping at Wal-Mart is driving by the closer Target to do so.

Posted by: MarkW at February 02, 2026 11:18 AM (qxVUf)

80 An easy way to de-escalate would be for Minnesota/Minneapolis to nullify their sanctuary state status and order all LEO to immediately start cooperating with ICE and the Border Patrol. I'd be OK with that.

Posted by: Ripley at February 02, 2026 11:18 AM (GUOwU)

81 Fags took over.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 02, 2026 11:14 AM (jbnUc)

Like a wise man once said, by their fruits you shall know them.

Posted by: Robert at February 02, 2026 11:18 AM (Z2yLo)

82 57 33 Our "elites" are the worst class our country has ever seen.
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They may be the worst elites ever...
Posted by: the lower depths

Looking at how screwed the Brits are, I'd take our elites over theirs.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at February 02, 2026 11:18 AM (JCZqz)

83 “I am reluctant, even in these last days of a dying west, to over-invest in the awesome metaphoric power of this incident… Yet, notwithstanding my reluctance, its metaphoric power is nevertheless spectacular: the conversion of a German Empire artillery shell into a sex toy is the last century of western civilisation distilled into a single Toulouse derrière.”

Mark Steyn in this morning’s essay on the latest Epstein files dump. Also in the essay: “Apparently, being the bloke who gave the world Windows 98 doesn't pull the birds like it used to, so even Bill Gates required assistance from Mr Epstein.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 02, 2026 11:19 AM (EXyHK)

84 76 Lots of ICE officers are Hispanic. Therefore every leftist calling for the abolition of ICE is engaging in white supremacy. Every time Pantifa takes a swing at an ICE officer that's just their racism in action.

Fuck the left.

Posted by: Robert at February 02, 2026 11:17 AM (Z2yLo)

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The Hispanics are justifiably taking out their generational and genetic anger on the whites who are imposing colonialism on stolen land.

Pretti, go home!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:19 AM (GBKbO)

85 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx

That’s why we need a better e-verify system.

There is no reason why we can’t.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:19 AM (cwGMH)

86 Entering my third year of escaping from MN and still having to hear about it every damn day. Honestly thought I'd never hear about Walz ever again.

Posted by: jhawk90 at February 02, 2026 11:19 AM (ggOdn)

87 Old and busted: Become the state, then capture and nationalize every corporation.

New Hotness: Capture and nationalize every corporation, then become the state.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2026 11:19 AM (JwNbV)

88 I only go to Target when I need to use the shitter and one of their stores is close by. I like to make a lot of noise while I am in there smelling the place up and I never flush.

I am a giver.
Posted by: No Flush Joe at February 02, 2026 11:16 AM (n+1Zi)

Last time I was in a Target, I did mostly that.

Dropped a bomb in there I was PROUD of.

I just can't make myself not flush........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 02, 2026 11:19 AM (/BPde)

89 The Long March through the Institutions means ALL institutions, including boardrooms.
Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:15 AM (uEmCf)
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Yup.

Remember 15-20 years ago when the common refrain on the Right was, "wait 'til these Millennial snowflakes have to get out into the 'Real Word'(tm) and their shift won't fly?"

Nope. The Millennials are a mega-generation and it was captured damn near totally by revolutionary leftists. They went out into the 'Real World'(tm) and remade it in their own image.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:19 AM (MABZ1)

90 56 I'd like to see these CEO's faces when they realize they're about to get the Bud Light treatment.
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I think this may be the problem though. CEOs are isolated from the real world. How many of them even know what "the Bud Light treatment" means?

Posted by: the lower depths at February 02, 2026 11:19 AM (Dg7ng)

91 Redwing CEO salary $ 681,702 a year.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (0KSrI)

92
I don’t think those CEOs are billionaires unless they own the company.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (cwGMH)
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They are probably close enough. We start with billionaires and then come for these cocksuckers.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

...and then watch as their guys get waivers, while ours all get screwed.

I get the frustration and share the sentiment, but this would be putting a gun to our own heads. Perhaps even literally.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (OUMaO)

93 "...such is the tragi-comedy of our situation—we continue to clamour for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. You can hardly open a periodical without coming across the statement that what our civilization needs is more ‘drive’, or dynamism, or self-sacrifice, or ‘creativity’. In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful." -C.S. Lewis

60+ years ago, but still very relevant as we've never addressed the problem. It's gotten much worse.

One difference between his time and ours is that our publications and institutions are no longer calling for the missing virtues. Some don't even know these things exist.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (zjgNU)

94 General Mills sells Cheerios

And they also gave the world Kaboom!

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (77rzZ)

95 I never flush.

I am a giver.
Posted by: No Flush Joe

Two generations ago, I would be your permanent home.

Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital Bldg. 23 at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (oftw2)

96 Target is not in a good place right now - they led with their chin on LBGTQLMNOP, got whacked hard for it, reacted - got the LBGTers ticked off at them, all at the same time they started offering garbage products. What would you ever buy at Target, all the social justice BS aside, what do they sell that you gotta have?

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (GZYu7)

97
Gonna have to be more specific. Several fit that description.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 02, 2026 11:17 AM (XvL8K)

Likely, Money for Nothing.

However, that song as been cancelled because he says 'faggot' multiple times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (/BPde)

98 Dire Straits The Sultans of Swing is an all time great riff…. So is Money for Nothing

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (YobFY)

99 I get the frustration and share the sentiment, but this would be putting a gun to our own heads. Perhaps even literally.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (OUMaO)

The income tax was originally promised to only apply to millionaires. Look how that worked out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 02, 2026 11:21 AM (/QdgR)

100 ‘Target is for fags. I walked into one when I was last home looking for the new Negadeth album with the exclusive bonus track and I felt like I needed to be draped in the rainbow fag flag just to enter. Holy shit, what happened to that place?’

Fags took over.

Negadeath? Is that by Negasonic Teenage Warhead? Yeah, she's pretty gay.

Posted by: Confused Moron at February 02, 2026 11:21 AM (JCZqz)

101 Redwing CEO salary $ 681,702 a year.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (0KSrI)

Wonder how many illegals or sweatshop children make their shoes and boots.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 02, 2026 11:21 AM (/BPde)

102 Target CEO, $ 1.4 million base salary with 20 million in stocks options.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:21 AM (0KSrI)

103 The problem is that 99% of illegals working for companies have their papers. Even if the company suspects an employee is illegal, if they have papers there's nothing they can do about it. The papers are fake or obtained illegally, sure, but on their faced they look legal. So even the most guilty CEO or manager can always say "Don't blame me, Jose had his papers."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)

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What I didn't know is that the companies who use eVerify are not allowed to challenge obviously fraudulent documents as long as they're well-done enough.

18 year old Juan Gonzalez has an ID that says he was born in 1974 and is named Ingmar Andersson? Have to accept it if the ID looks real.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:18 AM (GBKbO)
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Yup. And that is the much-lauded e-verify. The real solution is keeping these parasites out of the country. Once they're inside, if they are connected or clever enough, they can obtain or forge any documents they want -- and there ain't a damn thing that anyone can do about it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:22 AM (iFTx/)

104 I am interested in the earnings report for Tyson Foods once they have to pay legitimate wages to those legally in the country.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 11:22 AM (0U5gm)

105 There is zero qualitative difference between ours and the UK's ruling class. They frequently partner in their crimes, after all.

Britain is a much smaller country, with much less regional independence from the central government, so it's all overwhelmed them much faster.

But we'll get there soon. They're busting their asses to catch-up to Ol' Blighty, and Ameticans are harder workers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:22 AM (BI5O2)

106 Redwing CEO salary $ 681,702 a year.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (0KSrI)

I think in the last year Musk made that much in an hour.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:22 AM (cwGMH)

107 Pretty sure the escalation is Coming From INSIDE the House (Tampon Timmy and Jacob Frey). They need to de-escalate. Why are these CEOs more afraid of State Govt than Federal Govt. That calculation needs to change.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)

108 In other words, these bozos are all for exploiting the downtrodden, under the radar masses in order to keep their fat cat salaries.

We have GOT to learn how to word things such that all of the sheep who are supporting these manufactured protests are so confused by the diametrically opposed messages that it sends them into paroxysms of "Norman, compute" to the point that they are all permanently frozen in place with vacant stares on their faces.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 02, 2026 11:22 AM (SRRAx)

109 I really regret not seeing Mark Knopfler play live - don't think he's going to tour again.

Posted by: jhawk90 at February 02, 2026 11:23 AM (ggOdn)

110 Likely, Money for Nothing.

However, that song as been cancelled because he says 'faggot' multiple times.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Could also be Heavy Fuel or Lady Writer. Sure there are other with a great opening riff I can't think of right now.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 02, 2026 11:23 AM (XvL8K)

111 I can some degree see high CEO salaries at publicly-traded companies. They're the ones (along with the CFOs) whose asses are on the line with the SEC.

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)

112 One difference between his time and ours is that our publications and institutions are no longer calling for the missing virtues. Some don't even know these things exist.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian

They call it "toxic masculinity" now. They've done worse than forget, they've declared war on those virtues.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 11:23 AM (OUMaO)

113 107 Pretty sure the escalation is Coming From INSIDE the House (Tampon Timmy and Jacob Frey). They need to de-escalate. Why are these CEOs more afraid of State Govt than Federal Govt. That calculation needs to change.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)

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The state and local governments have capitulated.

Local PD is offering protection to ICE now, meaning DHS can draw down their other forces, and all police departments are now honoring ICE detainer requests.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:24 AM (GBKbO)

114 For once, the That Guy Who Always Thinks It's Beginning is on target.

And So It Begins: AIs Now Talking With One Another Behind Our Backs

Moltbots autonomously get together on Moltbook, which — you guessed it! — is Facebook for autonomous bots. They might as well have a sign on the clubhouse door that says, "No Humans Allowed." There, various Moltbots share skills and Lord-only-knows what else. One post found by Willison was on Moltbot telling the others how it gained remote control of its user's Android phone.

https://is.gd/jIvm1Q

Posted by: Archimedes at February 02, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

115 Finally someone stumbling on an approach I've advocated since the first term. Coercive reciprocity.

No, don't start with the federal laws mostly affecting large corporations. At least not specifically. Start with the jurisdictions - state, local.

I'd have had DOJ/FBI/all other agencies draw up a complete list of law enforcement, and law enforcement support, provided to a given jurisdiction.

Then "de-prioritize" such enforcement - i.e. just stop it. You know, how the feds have chosen to not enforce immigration law for decades. Online fraudsters are feasting on people and businesses in your city? Wow, a string of bank robberies? Somebody outside the state is somehow harming businesses? Damn, that's a shame.

Meanwhile, feds focus on cooperative jurisdictions (except immigration enforcement, which continues X2 in stupid places).

Posted by: rhomboid at February 02, 2026 11:24 AM (U/Byj)

116 Target is not in a good place right now - they led with their chin on LBGTQLMNOP, got whacked hard for it, reacted - got the LBGTers ticked off at them, all at the same time they started offering garbage products. What would you ever buy at Target, all the social justice BS aside, what do they sell that you gotta have?
Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (GZYu7)
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Target also has a structural problem its biggest competitor (Wal-Mart) does not: it's almost entirely urban and suburban. There aren't many Target stores in the exurbs and beyond.

As a result, many of Target's stores are in the blue hives. This makes their performative leftism useful on a transactional basis, but it also means they pursue policies that radically increase the cost of goods sold, primarily theft (and expensive mitigation costs), local corruption costs, out-of-control real estate costs, etc.

It scores marketing points with their AWFL target market, but causes structural strain throughout the productive business.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:25 AM (MABZ1)

117 I'm disappointed about RedWing boots and 3M. But I don't buy RedWing boots personally. I probably do use some 3M products.

I've never quit boycotting Target over their militant "anyone can use the women's restrooms" stance.

I sometime will buy an actual General Mills cereal when the grocery has them on sale. But cereal for me is a snack substitute for cookies. For breakfast I prefer my doctored oatmeal.

Minnesota, Minnesota. There is a huge difference between welcoming high work ethic scandinavians 100+ years ago and welocming zero work ethic Somali and Hatian immigrants these days. If only you were smart enough to realize this.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 02, 2026 11:25 AM (vlkz/)

118 It's the fault of capitalism that the corporations who illegally hired illegal aliens kept the profits they made from paying lower wages for themselves.

Which is why we need to let more illegal aliens in and stop enforcing all immigration laws.

Especially the laws against corporations hiring illegals.

And we need to increase welfare benefits because American workers can't find good jobs.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 11:25 AM (9O65X)

119 116 It scores marketing points with their AWFL target market, but causes structural strain throughout the productive business.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:25 AM (MABZ1)

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College educated white women are getting smaller as a share of the overall electorate every election now.

It's a dying sliver of the American electoral scene.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:26 AM (GBKbO)

120 I would embrace AI totally and advocate it’s existence if it was developed to root out fraud including a fool proof E-verify.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:26 AM (cwGMH)

121 Ok. I really need to start getting some work done.

L8rs, all.

F*ck the left. They want you dead because you don't support communism and give them all your money.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 02, 2026 11:26 AM (/BPde)

122 General Mills CEO $ 1.35 million base salary with 16.5 million in stock incentives.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:26 AM (0KSrI)

123 CNN does Star Wars.

https://is.gd/bMr673

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 02, 2026 11:26 AM (J+Psw)

124 I had a plate put in my foot two years ago and after recovering I spent a lot of time finding comfortable footwear. Red Wings Irish Setter boots came out as the most wearable. Now I have to start all over.

Posted by: Cosda at February 02, 2026 11:27 AM (nn5L2)

125 Of course terrorist activity and kidnapping, sure, continue normal support. But scour the list of fed assistance, and discontinue every possible item.

Only immediate public safety problems get help. Nothing else.

If nothing else just as an experiment, to see whether there's any way to educate or motivate or coerce the voters of these jurisdictions to imitate actual useful citizens, for once.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 02, 2026 11:27 AM (U/Byj)

126 edwing CEO salary $ 681,702 a year.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:20 AM (0KSrI)

I think in the last year Musk made that much in an hour.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:22 AM (cwGMH)
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You guys know that salary is not wealth, right? The Target CEO is worth $100M. Most CEOs and other big executives take smaller salaries in exchange for other forms of compensation (stock options, etc). Saves on taxes and avoids unfavorable comparisons between their sky-high salaries and those of their workers.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:27 AM (iFTx/)

127 89 Nope. The Millennials are a mega-generation and it was captured damn near totally by revolutionary leftists. They went out into the 'Real World'(tm) and remade it in their own image.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:19 AM (MABZ1)

I suspect it was already remade before them.

Hollywood (and Academia) boomers who never let go of the 60s.

Late Gen-X Early Techbros (who'd be in their 50s now) who supported whatever it took to get them closer to celebrities.

But yeah, millennial finance bros were probably a plague among our civilization.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:27 AM (uEmCf)

128 College educated white women are getting smaller as a share of the overall electorate every election now.

It's a dying sliver of the American electoral scene.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:26 AM (GBKbO)
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One hell of a sliver.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:27 AM (MABZ1)

129 Stop the payments of welfare and free money and they will go away. Or at least that will free up money for more enforcement.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at February 02, 2026 11:27 AM (+48wn)

130 107 Pretty sure the escalation is Coming From INSIDE the House (Tampon Timmy and Jacob Frey). They need to de-escalate. Why are these CEOs more afraid of State Govt than Federal Govt. That calculation needs to change.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)

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The state and local governments have capitulated.

Local PD is offering protection to ICE now, meaning DHS can draw down their other forces, and all police departments are now honoring ICE detainer requests.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:24 AM (GBKbO)
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Was just getting ready to respond the same. Minnesota threw in the towel.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 11:27 AM (GZYu7)

131 I had a plate put in my foot two years ago and after recovering I spent a lot of time finding comfortable footwear. Red Wings Irish Setter boots came out as the most wearable. Now I have to start all over.
Posted by: Cosda

Do you have a Good Feet Store in your area?

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 11:28 AM (77rzZ)

132 But yeah, millennial finance bros were probably a plague among our civilization.
Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:27 AM (uEmCf)
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I'd take an entire tower block full of Millennial finance bros over a single Lexus full of Millennial AWFLs.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:28 AM (MABZ1)

133 Was just getting ready to respond the same. Minnesota threw in the towel.

Posted by: Black JEM

Minnesota mouthed the words. We'll see what they actually DO.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 11:29 AM (OUMaO)

134 Posted by: rhomboid at February 02, 2026 11:24 AM (U/Byj)

Stupid NBA coach Doc Rivers asked the rhetorical question why was ICE concentrating on illegals in Minnesota when they are doing nothing in Texas that has 10x more.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:29 AM (cwGMH)

135 117 I probably do use some 3M products.

*peels sticky note with password from bottom of keyboard, throws it away*

Posted by: anachronda at February 02, 2026 11:29 AM (oY6Yp)

136 134 Posted by: rhomboid at February 02, 2026 11:24 AM (U/Byj)

Stupid NBA coach Doc Rivers asked the rhetorical question why was ICE concentrating on illegals in Minnesota when they are doing nothing in Texas that has 10x more.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:29 AM (cwGMH)

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"Why is my news feed not filled with media about riots in Texas?"
-the actual question he doesn't realize he's asking

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:29 AM (GBKbO)

137 Cosda, you might try Twisted X.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:29 AM (0KSrI)

138 What is the attitude of the CEOs regarding the fact that the insurgents in Minneapolis have now set up multiple checkpoints where they stop your car, demand ID, run your car's license plate through a database, and decide whether you can proceed or not.

Are they cool with that? Is it OK for their customers and employees to be subjected to that?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 02, 2026 11:09 AM (n1OCj)

Nothing a death squad couldn't erase in 15 seconds.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 02, 2026 11:30 AM (snZF9)

139 Seems an pAntifa f*ck in Portland leveled a Vet in a motorized wheelchair over the weekend, knocking him unconscious.

He was high fived for his actions by others and the police stood by and did nothing.

Until that shit is addressed, it's going to be a long long road.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 02, 2026 11:30 AM (/BPde)

140 What is the attitude of the CEOs regarding the fact that the insurgents in Minneapolis have now set up multiple checkpoints where they stop your car, demand ID, run your car's license plate through a database, and decide whether you can proceed or not.

Are they cool with that? Is it OK for their customers and employees to be subjected to that?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 02, 2026 11:09 AM (n1OCj)
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Clearly, they're fine with it. They demanded capitulation to those running the illegal area-denial tactics.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:30 AM (MABZ1)

141 National Address needed from DJT. ASAP.

Yes he/we had a "mandate" in 24. But even a mandate can get lost in the media narrative sauce, derailed by (real or manufactured) individual "outrage" cases, and by the relentless Alinskyism of the opposition to demonize "ICE."

Of course most of this originates as commie astroturf. But DJT needs to recapture the narrative among independents and (again) lay out our fundamental need to control our borders, and the fact that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the sole, legitimate arm of government to do that.

Posted by: Zek at February 02, 2026 11:30 AM (5FPX4)

142 The more stories of fraud that come out of California, the more I realize they have fully implemented socialism.

Paid for by us.

They have universal housing, universal income, universal health care for hundreds of thousands of the residents.

All paid for by us.

Benny Johnson showed last week that entire hotels that have been converted to "homeless" housing.
And all the cars surrounding are luxury vehicles, BMW, Lexus, etc.
While the place is locked up tighter than a prison to keep ICE out.

All paid for by us.

And the the director of HUD roused himself to ... issue a generic "we will not tolerate fraud" letter.

Where's the arrests?
Where are the raids?
When are you going to cut off the fund?
And tell the federal cartel judge to fuck off when she orders the funds restored?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 11:31 AM (9O65X)

143 How many corporate boards have Valerie Jarrett as a director?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (RIvkX)

The greatest reward for a lifetime of government service is to be appointed to multiple boards of directors for multinationals: this is just compensation for the sacrifices true patriots deserve.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 11:31 AM (rbvCR)

144
What would you ever buy at Target, all the social justice BS aside, what do they sell that you gotta have?
Posted by: Black JEM

Groceries

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 02, 2026 11:32 AM (Cqx++)

145 I'd take an entire tower block full of Millennial finance bros over a single Lexus full of Millennial AWFLs.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:28 AM (MABZ1

Yeah, they take a hit of meth, and Pitbull songs start playing inside their heads, and then they can at least have fun.

Millennial Karens are just morose bundles of psychosexual neuroses fueled by Somali box wine.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:32 AM (BI5O2)

146 141 National Address needed from DJT. ASAP.

Yes he/we had a "mandate" in 24. But even a mandate can get lost in the media narrative sauce, derailed by (real or manufactured) individual "outrage" cases, and by the relentless Alinskyism of the opposition to demonize "ICE."

Of course most of this originates as commie astroturf. But DJT needs to recapture the narrative among independents and (again) lay out our fundamental need to control our borders, and the fact that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the sole, legitimate arm of government to do that.

Posted by: Zek at February 02, 2026 11:30 AM (5FPX4)

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"The narrative will shift if Trump talks about things!"

"Oh, no...we can't hype small riots in St. Paul outside a hotel anymore because Trump gave an address! He's got us boxed in! We can no longer frame ancillary, pathetic attempts at attention as mass events anymore!"
-the media, apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:32 AM (GBKbO)

147 Where's the arrests?
Where are the raids?
When are you going to cut off the fund?
And tell the federal cartel judge to fuck off when she orders the funds restored?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 11:31 AM (9O65X)
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Nowhere. Not yet. I think cutting off of funding might be what actually happens, but time will tell.

If it does, it will cause actual chaos in states like CA.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:32 AM (MABZ1)

148 144
What would you ever buy at Target, all the social justice BS aside, what do they sell that you gotta have?
Posted by: Black JEM
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A while ago they used to sell Redskins' gear. Not so much anymore.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 02, 2026 11:33 AM (Hpgos)

149 81
‘Fags took over.

by their fruits you shall know them’

ISWYDT.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 02, 2026 11:33 AM (jbnUc)

150 Millennial Karens are just morose bundles of psychosexual neuroses fueled by Somali box wine.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:32 AM (BI5O2)
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That needs to be engraved in stone somewhere.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 11:33 AM (MABZ1)

151 51 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

I don’t think those CEOs are billionaires unless they own the company.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (cwGMH)
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They are probably close enough. We start with billionaires and then come for these cocksuckers.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

And after these cocksuckers are all bankrupted, they have to start taxing everyone whose income is below that threshold.

You and me.

Thomas Sowell explains this quite eloquently.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 02, 2026 11:33 AM (SRRAx)

152 And the the director of HUD roused himself to ... issue a generic "we will not tolerate fraud" letter.

Where's the arrests?
Where are the raids?
When are you going to cut off the fund?
And tell the federal cartel judge to fuck off when she orders the funds restored?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 11:31 AM (9O65X)

Until this happens, Trump is a failure. He's doing nothing to fix this. His FBI and DOJ are doing nothing about this. No one in any type of high level leadership position has been arrested, charged, tried.........the money just keeps on flowing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 02, 2026 11:34 AM (/BPde)

153 134 Posted by: rhomboid at February 02, 2026 11:24 AM (U/Byj)

Stupid NBA coach Doc Rivers asked the rhetorical question why was ICE concentrating on illegals in Minnesota when they are doing nothing in Texas that has 10x more.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:29 AM (cwGMH)

It might only be stupidity.

But it might ALSO be an exhortation to try to get people in Texas to start rioting.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:34 AM (uEmCf)

154 And not just law enforcement. Find any and all kinds of federal support (not, technically, appropriations or disbursements, which are the obvious lever to use, but the America-destroying GOP and its idiotic voters prevent this), and "de-prioritize". That is, put on the not-to-do list.

Significant portions of Dem and even more "independent" voters support immigration law enforcement.

Time to, finally, use reciprocal means to force the issue.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 02, 2026 11:34 AM (U/Byj)

155 141 National Address needed from DJT. ASAP.

Yes he/we had a "mandate" in 24. But even a mandate can get lost in the media narrative sauce, derailed by (real or manufactured) individual "outrage" cases, and by the relentless Alinskyism of the opposition to demonize "ICE."
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Conundrum Cluster on Substack had an excellent essay over the weekend that I sent to JJ (it was in today's Morning Report). The author specifically complained about useless ultimatums from right-wing influencer types. I'm not sure if rando commenters here are "influencers", but our demands are equally silly and counter-productive.

Posted by: the lower depths at February 02, 2026 11:34 AM (Dg7ng)

156 That's a damn shame that Red Wing boots signed onto that request. I have a pair and they're pretty nice but I guess I'll be looking elsewhere for the replacement pair.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at February 02, 2026 11:35 AM (luW68)

157 "The narrative will shift if Trump talks about things!"

There is no silver bullet. But I believe that the 20-30% "in the middle" (low information voters) are still somewhat open to persuasion. And, if '24 election/poll numbers have degraded this much based on opposing spin, I maintain we're foolish not to fight that battle for public opinion, because a good chunk of the voters were with us only a year ago.

Posted by: Zek at February 02, 2026 11:35 AM (5FPX4)

158 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:27 AM (iFTx/)

The conversation started because you said tax the Billionaires which seemed you were implying the CEOs. I understand the sentiment and that you know CEOs aren’t billionaires . But we also understand what they make and probably over paid.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:35 AM (cwGMH)

159 Will there be six more weeks of rioting?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 02, 2026 11:35 AM (Cqx++)

160 So how many Somalis has this group of big business brought on to their payrolls?
Posted by: pudinhead at February 02, 2026 11:05 AM (Hpgos)

I don't think the Somalis much work, it is the others, the Mexicans and Haitians that do the work.
They work harder and don't complain because they understood under Biden that ICE mostly only comes for the uppity ones.
And I bet that frosted Hohman's balls. Ever. Single. Day.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 11:35 AM (rbvCR)

161 The only thing I would add to not enforcing federal law is walling off the cities that demand it. Let the people within suffer the joy of their words.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 11:35 AM (+4yJ5)

162 139 Seems an pAntifa f*ck in Portland leveled a Vet in a motorized wheelchair over the weekend, knocking him unconscious.

He was high fived for his actions by others and the police stood by and did nothing.

Until that shit is addressed, it's going to be a long long road.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at February 02, 2026 11:30 AM (/BPde)

Cops need to be taken off of Pensions and put on 401ks.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:36 AM (uEmCf)

163 >>>>>>>>Do you have a Good Feet Store in your area?
Posted by: Bulg
*******
I've seen their ads but they aren't close. Do they sell shoes? The ads only mention inserts.

Posted by: Cosda at February 02, 2026 11:36 AM (nn5L2)

164 153 It might only be stupidity.

But it might ALSO be an exhortation to try to get people in Texas to start rioting.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:34 AM (uEmCf)

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The entire body of tactics being used now is an effort to create a revolution...under a specific color. A color revolution.

Hyping up small revolutionary bodies making asses of themselves, trying to frame the power structure as needing overthrow...

It only "worked" in 2020 because of covid which allowed for this concentrated BLM support. It also didn't work in 2020 because they shut down ballot counting in six states in the middle of the night to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall to barely beat Trump (the GA documentation is...detailed and damning and exactly in line with this).

After months of mail in voter fraud.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:36 AM (GBKbO)

165 What would you ever buy at Target, all the social justice BS aside, what do they sell that you gotta have?
Posted by: Black JEM
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A while ago they used to sell Redskins' gear.

Unresponsive.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 02, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

166 What is the attitude of the CEOs regarding the fact that the insurgents in Minneapolis have now set up multiple checkpoints where they stop your car, demand ID, run your car's license plate through a database, and decide whether you can proceed or not.

Are they cool with that? Is it OK for their customers and employees to be subjected to that?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 02, 2026 11:09 AM (n1OCj)

Try that shit when I'm trying to get to the hospital and see what happens.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 02, 2026 11:36 AM (2WIwB)

167 "but our demands are equally silly and counter-productive."

FYNQ.

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 02, 2026 11:37 AM (cS1cw)

168 Will there be six more weeks of rioting?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 02, 2026 11:35 AM

Tim Walz saw his shadow?

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 11:37 AM (jc0TO)

169 I've seen their ads but they aren't close. Do they sell shoes? The ads only mention inserts.
Posted by: Cosda

Only inserts, I think. But they might be of use to you, no?

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 11:37 AM (77rzZ)

170 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.

Be careful what you wish for. Most of these "billionaires" are not in cash, but in unrealized stock gains. The last thing you want is to give traction to the democrat push for a "wealth tax."

Posted by: Halfhand at February 02, 2026 11:38 AM (EFrJp)

171 Damn.. I already don't buy anything at Target

Posted by: It's me donna at February 02, 2026 11:38 AM (VE6XX)

172 14 12 Oh, you missed a big one, and my personal "favorite": United Healthcare.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (OUMaO)

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"We drop all charges against Luigi since his act was justified."
-DOJ
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:04 AM (GBKbO)

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Luigi takes out the new UH guy - justice department: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: Oglebay at February 02, 2026 11:39 AM (2ap+5)

173 "If Best Buy’s CEO is going to advocate for the non-enforcement of federal law, I might in turn advocate that any electronics retailer be allowed to put up a sign identifying their store as a Best Buy."

How about "Breast Buy"?

Posted by: Luis Ricardo Falero at February 02, 2026 11:39 AM (vFG9F)

174 And since the topic is immigration law enforcement, appropriate to repeat my mini-rant on top-down enforcement, with employers.

First, fix e-Verify, or use resources to make it effective in select situations as examples. The main lazy excuse - not a reason, an excuse and a dodge - is that illegals can commit fraud and there's no way for employers to dig into it. Well HSI can dig into it, that's their purpose.

It's not that hard. Pick a few large employers with known large-scale e-Verify fraud situations. HSI starts digging into individual cases and booting the fraudster illegals. Monkeys, seeing chickens being killed, react predictably.

Of course before this there can be a focus on known large-scale violators (food processing, etc), where they often don't even bother with e-Verify fraud. But don't just raid/root out the illegals. Prosecute the executives for their clear crimes. Massive demonstration effect.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 02, 2026 11:39 AM (U/Byj)

175 157 There is no silver bullet. But I believe that the 20-30% "in the middle" (low information voters) are still somewhat open to persuasion. And, if '24 election/poll numbers have degraded this much based on opposing spin, I maintain we're foolish not to fight that battle for public opinion, because a good chunk of the voters were with us only a year ago.

Posted by: Zek at February 02, 2026 11:35 AM (5FPX4)

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20-30%?

wtf, dude.

No way. It's maybe 1%. Partisan leanings are just baked in the cake. The "I'm gonna decide on which side to vote on based on the issues of the day," or whatever voter is vanishingly small.

It's about turnout of partisans and leaners, and combine that with the fact that the media is SIGNIFICANTLY less powerful now, especially amongst those who aren't addicted to it (super powerful with those who watch MSNOW all day, super unimportant to everyone else) with social media having cut through the shit and provided their own bubbles to thrive in.

No, way, man. Your model is both wrong and like 20 years out of date.

Trump does talk about this shit all the time, also. A little while ago he was holding up pictures of deported criminals in a new conference.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:40 AM (GBKbO)

176 Apparently Xcel Energy has stayed out of this???

Posted by: Oglebay at February 02, 2026 11:40 AM (2ap+5)

177
insurgents in Minneapolis have now set up multiple checkpoints where they stop your car, demand ID, run your car's license plate through a database, and decide whether you can proceed or not.

This is the first I've heard of this. Where did you hear it?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 02, 2026 11:41 AM (Cqx++)

178 "The capture of corporate executive suites by the left is something I never would have predicted a few decades ago, because a fundamental tenet of the left has been state ownership of all enterprises."

This was clear to anyone a few decades ago. Clearly predictable if you had only read your stock proxies and the "shareholder" propositions. But no, you couldn't do that. "Conservatives" are all-in on making money from the market but too damned lazy to pay attention to the things necessary for the markets to work properly. Similar goes with voting in government elections, especially local government elections. Most "conservatives" are f'n worthless. Especially those that pontificate about it.

Posted by: WTP at February 02, 2026 11:41 AM (Q7v6G)

179 Target seems hellbent on destroying themselves. This, and previously all the alphabet people shit.

Why aren't they in chapter 11 by now?

I can't not shop there any harder than I'm already doing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 11:41 AM (jtM2q)

180 "If Best Buy’s CEO is going to advocate for the non-enforcement of federal law, I might in turn advocate that any electronics retailer be allowed to put up a sign identifying their store as a Best Buy."

How about "Breast Buy"?

Posted by: Luis Ricardo Falero

Corning was doing well, last I saw.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 11:42 AM (OUMaO)

181 CEOs are cowards just in it for the big paycheck. That's why we have HR departments now.

Posted by: Oglebay at February 02, 2026 11:43 AM (2ap+5)

182 I refuse to believe that average Joe or Jane Citizen are against ICE deporting criminal illegal aliens or against ICE raids to accomplish same… the commie “protesters” (ie rioters) are a tiny percentage of the population… it’s all astroturf…. No, probably what’s going on is that Joe and Jane have lives to live and they’re not really paying much attention. I hope they’re engaged by the time midterms roll around

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 11:43 AM (/iXAp)

183 This is the first I've heard of this. Where did you hear it?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 02, 2026 11:41 AM (Cqx++)

They're bragging about it on Twitter. Group called Minneapolis Spring, or something like that.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at February 02, 2026 11:44 AM (lFFaq)

184 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

I don’t think those CEOs are billionaires unless they own the company.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (cwGMH)
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They are probably close enough. We start with billionaires and then come for these cocksuckers.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

And after these cocksuckers are all bankrupted, they have to start taxing everyone whose income is below that threshold.

You and me.

Thomas Sowell explains this quite eloquently.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 02, 2026 11:33 AM (SRRAx)
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If we can stop a billionaire's tax then we can stop a millionaire's tax. I'm tired of spending political capital on scumbags who hate us and are constantly screwing us over.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:44 AM (iFTx/)

185 Never underestimate the pusillanimity - and the likelihood of ulterior motives - of corporate brass.

Posted by: Paco at February 02, 2026 11:44 AM (2L+MU)

186 HR departments.

The End.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 02, 2026 11:45 AM (bss/y)

187 182 I refuse to believe that average Joe or Jane Citizen are against ICE deporting criminal illegal aliens or against ICE raids to accomplish same… the commie “protesters” (ie rioters) are a tiny percentage of the population… it’s all astroturf…. No, probably what’s going on is that Joe and Jane have lives to live and they’re not really paying much attention. I hope they’re engaged by the time midterms roll around

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 11:43 AM (/iXAp)

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When the question is asked plainly ("Do you support deporting all illegal immigrants?"), the answer is usually 55-60% in the affirmative.

When the question is asked poorly ("Do you support Trump murdering innocent BIPOC allies to tear families apart?") it gets far less support.

Also, with so much "Trump is doing so badly and there's so much chaos" you'd expect his favorability to me lower than it is. It's higher than Obama's at this point in his second term.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:45 AM (GBKbO)

188 ******I've seen their ads but they aren't close. Do they sell shoes? The ads only mention inserts.
Posted by: Cosda

Only inserts, I think. But they might be of use to you, no?
******
Maybe I should check them out but I need a fairly stiff sole shoe with a wide toe box and an insert might not do it.

Posted by: Cosda at February 02, 2026 11:45 AM (nn5L2)

189 182 I refuse to believe that average Joe or Jane Citizen are against ICE deporting criminal illegal aliens or against ICE raids to accomplish same… the commie “protesters” (ie rioters) are a tiny percentage of the population… it’s all astroturf…. No, probably what’s going on is that Joe and Jane have lives to live and they’re not really paying much attention. I hope they’re engaged by the time midterms roll around
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 11:43 AM (/iXAp)

I wouldn't be so sure.

Everyone has a number of idiots even in their own family who are just "I just want whatever the Democrats want, because I want them to win,".

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:45 AM (uEmCf)

190 Most "conservatives" are f'n worthless. Especially those that pontificate about it.
Posted by: WTP at February 02, 2026 11:41 AM (Q7v6G)

You were doing okay until the last sentence.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:45 AM (cwGMH)

191 If some NPCs ever try to demand an ID from me, there will be national headlines about that incident.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:46 AM (deuVf)

192 What I will find interesting is when the left blames tariffs for increased prices when in actuality it will be rising wages as employers are forced to hire legal workers.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 11:47 AM (0U5gm)

193 And going back to jurisdictions, there was the letter sent by DOJ to over 400 such months ago, specifically warning of prosecutions of public officials for their obvious crimes (most under 8USC 1324, I think).

Are cases being built to carry out those explicit threats? You do that, on top of coercive reciprocity in selective enforcement of other federal laws, and some of the less insane "blue" states and cities will almost certainly start to play ball.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 02, 2026 11:47 AM (U/Byj)

194 HR departments.

The End.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 02, 2026 11:45 AM (bss/y)

Appropriately the opening of Apocalypse Now…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 11:47 AM (/iXAp)

195 Conundrum Cluster on Substack had an excellent essay over the weekend that I sent to JJ (it was in today's Morning Report). The author specifically complained about useless ultimatums from right-wing influencer types. I'm not sure if rando commenters here are "influencers", but our demands are equally silly and counter-productive.
Posted by: the lower depths at February 02, 2026 11:34 AM (Dg7ng)

You mean like the demands that Trump invade Venezuela and install Maria Corina Machado as the new liberal head of state?

'Cause the funny thing is, Delcy Rodriguez is using her long time influence in Maduro's government to push a political amnesty bill for passage this month, and is closing the Helicoide political prison and releasing the prisoners there, and seems to be on the path to making a normal country instead of one wracked by factional fighting aimed right at our belly.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 11:48 AM (rbvCR)

196 51 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

I don’t think those CEOs are billionaires unless they own the company.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (cwGMH)
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They are probably close enough. We start with billionaires and then come for these cocksuckers.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

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I don't think it is terrible economic policy.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 02, 2026 11:48 AM (Vh9CX)

197 This should dispel the myth that mega-corporations are tools of the Rethuglicans. It won't, of course, the radical Commies will still want their executives dead, but isn't it cool they can make them dance for their cause?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 02, 2026 11:06 AM (0yjaw)

You've just touched the real reason CEOs are doing this. They don't want to be assassinated.

Violence works.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 02, 2026 11:48 AM (g8Ew8)

198 In addition, many corporate executives are clearly true believers in the left’s effort to reorganize civilization.

I don't know how true that is.

These people get harassed by leftwing activists if they don't do this stuff, and they and their companies get access to various benefits if they do go along with the left.

So its really a pure pay for play scenario.

Now the problem here is there needs to be pain coming from the us when they engage in this pay for play. Since they are making a risk/reward decision in going left, increase the risks.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

199 When the question is asked plainly ("Do you support deporting all illegal immigrants?"), the answer is usually 55-60% in the affirmative.

When the question is asked poorly ("Do you support Trump murdering innocent BIPOC allies to tear families apart?") it gets far less support.

Also, with so much "Trump is doing so badly and there's so much chaos" you'd expect his favorability to me lower than it is. It's higher than Obama's at this point in his second term.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:45 AM (GBKbO)
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Sadly, some of these ops are coming from our own side, mostly right-leaning media looking for clicks. I woke up to my inbox flooded with right-leaning doomsaying on the TX special election on Saturday. "THE END OF THE WORLD!" Then I looked more carefully, and it wasn't nearly the story they pitched.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

200 Open borders are fine, those CEOs have security and send their kids and grand kids to private schools that are protected. The likelihood that one of their loved ones are murdered or raped by someone let into the country is far lower, they are will to take that chance.

Posted by: Zeno the Stoic at February 02, 2026 11:49 AM (KOQ8U)

201 193 And going back to jurisdictions, there was the letter sent by DOJ to over 400 such months ago, specifically warning of prosecutions of public officials for their obvious crimes (most under 8USC 1324, I think).

Are cases being built to carry out those explicit threats? You do that, on top of coercive reciprocity in selective enforcement of other federal laws, and some of the less insane "blue" states and cities will almost certainly start to play ball.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 02, 2026 11:47 AM (U/Byj)

Haven't many other blue states signed retarded declarations about "Whatever California passes, we automatically also adopt into law"?

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:49 AM (uEmCf)

202 I told you those idiots would sell us the rope. Now, on to the next step.

Posted by: V. Lenin at February 02, 2026 11:49 AM (65cLN)

203
Thomas Sowell explains this quite eloquently.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 02, 2026 11:33 AM (SRRAx)
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Sowell ain't infallible you know.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 02, 2026 11:50 AM (Vh9CX)

204 So its really a pure pay for play scenario....
Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

I think you misspelled "gay for pay".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2026 11:50 AM (JwNbV)

205 199 Sadly, some of these ops are coming from our own side, mostly right-leaning media looking for clicks. I woke up to my inbox flooded with right-leaning doomsaying on the TX special election on Saturday. "THE END OF THE WORLD!" Then I looked more carefully, and it wasn't nearly the story they pitched.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

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15% turnout election on a random Saturday with a snow storm leads to Democrats taking a state legislature seat where the winner will probably never even set foot in the State Legislature building because it won't meet until next year...after the general election for the race in November when the Republican will definitely win because it won't be a 15% turnout election.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

206 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.

Disagree.

Any tax to hit billionaires would have to be a WEALTH tax not an income tax.

And once we normalize the government taxing wealth they aren't going to stop until they start taxing people with ANY money to their name.

They'll promise "this will only be on billionaires!" and then if you have 10K in your bank you saved from the salary you are taxed on they'll tax that too

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

207 Target actually recently was noted to be overperforming their sector, but the EPS declined each quarter of last year. They have negative revenue growth, and their NET Profit Margin is under 4%.
Walmart, which is not my favorite store either because they too sell a bunch of junk, showed increased EPS in the second half and is showing strong growth numbers, making their even smaller net profit margin more palatable.
Their stock outlook shows the difference.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (GZYu7)

208 OT:

I have been looking at motorcycle videos on ewetub.

People are such retards. There is a short where a guy is obviously trying to scare people away from larger bikes by showing how high a 1000cc sportbike revs with a slight movement of the handle.

It's in neutral, you asshole. It's not under load.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)

209 82
‘Looking at how screwed the Brits are, I'd take our elites over theirs.’

That’s like saying pigshit is better than dogshit.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (jbnUc)

210 >>> What would you ever buy at Target, all the social justice BS aside, what do they sell that you gotta have? Posted by: Black JEM

Soda stream replacement canisters. I can go right to the front desk, swap out my old one for a new one, bada boom. Easier and cheaper than online. And they have really cute home goods. But I don't go often.

I've been to the Targets in Harlem and the Bronx...they were an oasis of sanity for all-in-one shopping in the city. I assume they are two of the stores Target is closing in NYC and that's a blow
For those communities.

Libs talk about food deserts, and then let looters destroy needed grocery stores in NYC serving consistent, quality groceries to poorer neighborhoods. It's beyond stupid.

Posted by: LizLem at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (gWBY1)

211 191 If some NPCs ever try to demand an ID from me, there will be national headlines about that incident.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:46 AM (deuVf)

And that's the thing. They're never going to come for you, because they know what you (and others in your area) would do.

They'll continue to just be tyrants of their blue fiefdoms, where the law apparatus and corporate barnacles allow them their tyranny.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (uEmCf)

212 So, how do we punish the media which is clearly on the side of the illegals, the Somalis, the paid rioters and the criminals?

I don't think it's arguable they're any better than the CEO's who apparently think ICE is some sort of "disruptive influence" in their business dealings.

I can't not watch CNN or any of the 'newz' outfits any harder than I'm already doing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (jtM2q)

213 I can't believe that judge took the death penalty off the table for Mangioni.

We are well and truly f***ed as a country.

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)

214 ‘Looking at how screwed the Brits are, I'd take our elites over theirs.’

Our elites are the same groups of people. We just have more protections then they do...for now.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

215 "You were doing okay until the last sentence."

Nah. The last sentence is the main point. WTFU. Or perhaps I should have said, "those who are paid to pontificate about it" or "those who have moderately significant platforms pontificating about it ". So many people who didn't like to hear debate about these problems in thepast such that they pushed back on those pointing out what was happening are now big, stronk conservative fighters who "don't understand how we gat here". Those of us who do understand how we got here get very irritated hearing their mystified BS.

Posted by: WTP at February 02, 2026 11:52 AM (Q7v6G)

216 ‘Looking at how screwed the Brits are, I'd take our elites over theirs.’

That’s like saying pigshit is better than dogshit.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (jbnUc)

Yeah, ours would love to be able to get away with what the Brits are doing. This is not even an argument- let alone a good one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 02, 2026 11:52 AM (bss/y)

217 I have not stepped foot inside a Target since they did the tranny bathroom thing. Fuck them all to hell.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 11:52 AM (qpQFJ)

218 212 So, how do we punish the media which is clearly on the side of the illegals, the Somalis, the paid rioters and the criminals?

I don't think it's arguable they're any better than the CEO's who apparently think ICE is some sort of "disruptive influence" in their business dealings.

I can't not watch CNN or any of the 'newz' outfits any harder than I'm already doing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (jtM2q)

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Their influence is diminishing with every passing year.

That's their punishment. You're not the only one tuning them out.

And it's going to accelerate over the next few years as Boomers, the primary audience of broadcast news, dies out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:53 AM (GBKbO)

219 209 82
‘Looking at how screwed the Brits are, I'd take our elites over theirs.’

That’s like saying pigshit is better than dogshit.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (jbnUc)

You can't run Bartertown on dog shit.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 02, 2026 11:53 AM (w/O5Q)

220 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:08 AM (iFTx/)

I don’t think those CEOs are billionaires unless they own the company.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:10 AM (cwGMH)
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They are probably close enough. We start with billionaires and then come for these cocksuckers.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

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I don't think it is terrible economic policy.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 02, 2026 11:48 AM (Vh9CX)
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It's not great for the reasons others have expressed above. A lot of it boils down to unrealized stock gains, which I don't think should be taxed. But I don't see why I should fight to protect the wealth of insanely rich oligarchs who hate my guts, actively work to harm my interests, and pay less (percentage-wise) in taxes than most people do.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

221 I have not stepped foot inside a Target since they did the tranny bathroom thing. Fuck them all to hell.
Posted by: Really??

Same with me.

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 11:54 AM (77rzZ)

222 The left then: Evil megacorporations need to pay citizens a living wage! People not being able to be paid enough is killing the economy

The left now: If you don't let megacoprorations hire illegal aliens at salaries less then what they'd pay an American you'll kill the economy!

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

223 Was just getting ready to respond the same. Minnesota threw in the towel.

Posted by: Black JEM

Minnesota mouthed the words. We'll see what they actually DO.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 11:29 AM (OUMaO)
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They are doing it - the fair question would be, for how long?

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 11:54 AM (GZYu7)

224 I have to limit myself to one copcam video a day. The level of insanity out there is incredible .

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:54 AM (0KSrI)

225 Never really went to target. So I just kept on not going.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 02, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y)

226 So, how do we punish the media which is clearly on the side of the illegals, the Somalis, the paid rioters and the criminals?

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Not to mention at least half of the US Congress.

Posted by: ShainS at February 02, 2026 11:54 AM (YEJTc)

227 We are in a tough time given what looks like an attempted leftist revolution, but at least we're not China which is imploding more every day

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 11:55 AM (BWnHZ)

228 You know what will teach these CEOs a lesson? A tax cut for people earning $1M or more a year. Who’s with us?
- GOP

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 11:55 AM (qpQFJ)

229 > They'll promise "this will only be on billionaires!" and then if you have 10K in your bank you saved from the salary you are taxed on they'll tax that too
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If any of that is invested and making money, you're already being taxed on it. Hell, if there's enough interest on it just sitting there, you're taxed on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 11:55 AM (jtM2q)

230 227 We are in a tough time given what looks like an attempted leftist revolution, but at least we're not China which is imploding more every day

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 11:55 AM (BWnHZ)

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2020 was far worse than this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:55 AM (GBKbO)

231 Open borders are fine, those CEOs have security and send their kids and grand kids to private schools that are protected.

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Some version of this reasoning pertains to all of their support for the Party's agenda...

The corporate executive says

1.) If I don't promote the Party's bad policy, the Party will destroy my business

2.) If I do comply, my business is large enough to sustain the economic damage from the policy but my smaller competitors' are not

3.) Thee human cost of the policy of the policy will never be visible from my doorstep, and only from the safe confines of my penthouse office

4.) Which befits a man of my station, and also befits the station of the hoi-polloi who must bear the consequences.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:56 AM (deuVf)

232 Can anyone explain to me why Ehud Barak, the former IDF Minister was on the board of the largest Cannabis company in Israel?
I see he is retiring to spend more time with his gladiolas or something.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 11:56 AM (rbvCR)

233 I think you misspelled "gay for pay".
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Who!? Where!? I need to do some deep, undercover investigative work here!!!

Posted by: Don Lemon at February 02, 2026 11:56 AM (JCZqz)

234 170 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking. Terrible economic policy, but fuck these people.

Be careful what you wish for. Most of these "billionaires" are not in cash, but in unrealized stock gains. The last thing you want is to give traction to the democrat push for a "wealth tax."
Posted by: Halfhand
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I'd prefer to cap all tax deductions for 'charity' and apply corporate taxation to all these foundations that billionaires like to create.

And roll back the ability of billionaires under Citizen's United to be able to spend unlimited money in elections to influence outcomes.

Buckley v. Valeo was wrong in equating money with free speech. For example, they allow time place and manner restrictions on using bullhorns for free speech including politics. Which is exactly the same thing as allowing unlimited amounts of money to be spent on elections by billionaires. Essentially a giant megaphone blasting 24-7 giving oligarchs undue power in our elections.

Posted by: whig at February 02, 2026 11:56 AM (2swu2)

235 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

I’m for a Flat tax.

And I’m against a consumption tax.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:56 AM (cwGMH)

236 If any of that is invested and making money, you're already being taxed on it. Hell, if there's enough interest on it just sitting there, you're taxed on it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 11:55 AM (jtM2q)

Yup. Uncle Sam gets your 1099-B before you do.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 02, 2026 11:57 AM (JwNbV)

237 Oh I forgot to add... Maybe Mandami can turn the old abandoned NYC Targets into his experimental city run commie grocery stores...

After he deals with people protesting him because he's being a crappy mayor. Everything's more expensive, trash is piling up on the street. He's already doing a crappy job as mayor even by crappy NYC mayor standards.

And that ignores the news that broke that his mom is in the Epstein files, and the rumor that maybe he is Jeffrey Epstein's son. (I doubt it, but it's a fun rumor à la Justin Castreau,) but there is a non-AI pic of him as a young kid with his mom, bill Clinton, bill gates, and Jeffrey Epstein is touching him. Creepy deep state Hollywood crap.

Posted by: LizLem at February 02, 2026 11:57 AM (gWBY1)

238 whoa, Dan Bongino's first show is a Trump interview ? Nice!

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 11:58 AM (g47mK)

239 235 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

I’m for a Flat tax.

And I’m against a consumption tax.
Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 11:56 AM (cwGMH)

I'm in CA and now they are proposing a mileage tax.. I think we are the only State whose gas prices are actually going up so lets add a new tax !

Posted by: It's me donna at February 02, 2026 11:58 AM (VE6XX)

240 232 Can anyone explain to me why Ehud Barak, the former IDF Minister was on the board of the largest Cannabis company in Israel?
I see he is retiring to spend more time with his gladiolas or something.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 11:56 AM (rbvCR)

Mike Benz recently posted something about him (Ehud Barak) and Epstein.

Don't know enough about Mike Benz to know if it's legit, or just another "Da Jooz" conspiracy.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:58 AM (uEmCf)

241 I can't believe that judge took the death penalty off the table for Mangioni.

We are well and truly f***ed as a country.
Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)
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Blame the odd statute he was charged under. It requires a murder plus an additional separate "crime of violence." A murder alone isn't enough. Charging him under this statute was always a stretch. He's still facing the "normal" federal murder charge, which would put him in prison for life.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 11:58 AM (iFTx/)

242 2020 was far worse than this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:55 AM (GBKbO)

So true! I still can’t believe how quickly everything fell apart that year. Scary even in retrospect

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 11:59 AM (YobFY)

243 Ehud Barak has always been shady, and he was a terrible PM.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:59 AM (deuVf)

244 Bongino is a joke.

And not a good one.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 02, 2026 11:59 AM (RO/Ao)

245 I refuse to believe that average Joe or Jane Citizen are against ICE deporting criminal illegal aliens or against ICE raids to accomplish same… the commie “protesters” (ie rioters) are a tiny percentage of the population… it’s all astroturf…. No, probably what’s going on is that Joe and Jane have lives to live and they’re not really paying much attention. I hope they’re engaged by the time midterms roll around
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 11:43 AM (/iXAp)

I wouldn't be so sure.

Everyone has a number of idiots even in their own family who are just "I just want whatever the Democrats want, because I want them to win,".

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:45 AM (uEmCf)

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It's another attempt at a well-financed Color Revolution by enemies foreign and domestic.

Posted by: ShainS at February 02, 2026 11:59 AM (YEJTc)

246 Mayor Jihadi may be the best thing to happen to NYC.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:59 AM (0KSrI)

247 There was a video of a mom supposedly washing out her daughter'a eyes of pepper spread at a protest. WTF?

It's beyond irresponsible to bring a kid to a protest. Anyone who dis should be visited by CPS immediately. You are clearly negligent.

Posted by: LizLem at February 02, 2026 12:00 PM (gWBY1)

248 A wealth tax could be simple and not affect people with $10k in savings or whatever.

Anyone with a total holding of equity of an any publicly traded company, valued over $10M shall pay 1% of the value of said equity annually as a tax. This shall also be applied to any stock options whether exercised or not.

The number $10M grows with inflation every year, same rate used to calculate Social security increases.

Done and done.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 12:00 PM (qpQFJ)

249 189 182 I refuse to believe that average Joe or Jane Citizen are against ICE deporting criminal illegal aliens or against ICE raids to accomplish same… the commie “protesters” (ie rioters) are a tiny percentage of the population… it’s all astroturf…. No, probably what’s going on is that Joe and Jane have lives to live and they’re not really paying much attention. I hope they’re engaged by the time midterms roll around
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 02, 2026 11:43 AM (/iXAp)

I wouldn't be so sure.

Everyone has a number of idiots even in their own family who are just "I just want whatever the Democrats want, because I want them to win,".

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:45 AM (uEmCf)
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Polling is pretty strong on continuing to deport, deport, deport. Hispanic support exploded in January. Majorities want ALL illegal aliens deported, some polling reaching 64%. It's a loser for the dems, which is why Minnesota gave up. If two deaths cannot move the needle, its time to close up shop.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (GZYu7)

250 I hate that they tax interest income on savings accounts including CDs.

Always bitching about the low rate of savings in America. Great motivator taxing your interest right?

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (cwGMH)

251 I'd prefer to cap all tax deductions for 'charity' and apply corporate taxation to all these foundations that billionaires like to create.

Replace "cap" with "eliminate" and I'm all in. What you do with your money is your business. What I do with mine is mine. No more "good use and bad use" decisions by an obviously corrupt government.

Posted by: Nope at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (Ddi7K)

252 2020 was far worse than this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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We tend to forget the past which is why we so often repeat it.

Mustache man made a speech in the late 30's regarding his resolution of the Final Problem. In it, he specifically calls out who, after all, remembers the Armenians (referring to the Turks slaughter of the Armenians in WWI).

Posted by: whig at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (2swu2)

253 A murder alone isn't enough.

In California, "Laying in wait" for someone was usually enough of an enhancement. Saw that play out once when I lived out there.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (+4yJ5)

254 How about we don't buy anything from these goobers and tell them why. I've been pretty loyal to Red Wings for a long time. Won't miss them.

Posted by: DanMan at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (8uzBS)

255 Why are these CEOs more afraid of State Govt than Federal Govt. That calculation needs to change.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Something about Heaven is high and the emperor is far away, probably.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (a+4eV)

256 2020 was far worse than this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:55 AM (GBKbO)

Things are still moving. The WHO held another "pandemic planning session" last year. Apparently they are planning to release yet another bioweapon on us.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (rbvCR)

257 Ehud Barack is the second worst PM after Olmert. They both sucked Abbas cock.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (0KSrI)

258 249 Polling is pretty strong on continuing to deport, deport, deport. Hispanic support exploded in January. Majorities want ALL illegal aliens deported, some polling reaching 64%. It's a loser for the dems, which is why Minnesota gave up. If two deaths cannot move the needle, its time to close up shop.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (GZYu7)

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Messaging is driven by AWFLs and electoral politics is driven by black women.

Nothing out there now shows any sign of being able to break that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (GBKbO)

259 Nood. Grammys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 02, 2026 12:02 PM (bss/y)

260 damn, am i sad to see red wing in that list. they made great work boots. I've got a pair that are officially 20 years old and other than a resole that would help, they are fantastic. I was going to replace them with a new pair of red wings, but no more...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at February 02, 2026 12:02 PM (nXhwP)

261 Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 12:00 PM (qpQFJ)

So you agree with Fauxchoantas to tax unrealized gains?

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 02, 2026 12:02 PM (cwGMH)

262 256 2020 was far worse than this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 11:55 AM (GBKbO)

Things are still moving. The WHO held another "pandemic planning session" last year. Apparently they are planning to release yet another bioweapon on us.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 12:01 PM (rbvCR)

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There have been 5 major attempts to recreate covid panic since 2020.

They all lasted about a day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 12:02 PM (GBKbO)

263 This bikini brunette prefers sunny beaches to snow-blasted Minnesota communism:
http://tiny.cc/w3gy001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 12:03 PM (MABZ1)

264 Mustache man made a speech in the late 30's regarding his resolution of the Final Problem. In it, he specifically calls out who, after all, remembers the Armenians (referring to the Turks slaughter of the Armenians in WWI).

It never happened!

Posted by: The Turks at February 02, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

265 refuse to believe that average Joe or Jane Citizen are against ICE deporting criminal illegal aliens or against ICE raids to accomplish same…

—

Yesterday my city had a protest against ice at a downtown intersection. Not a lot of people there maybe 100. But there were A LOT of cars honking as they drove by.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 12:03 PM (qpQFJ)

266 It's beyond irresponsible to bring a kid to a protest. Anyone who dis should be visited by CPS immediately. You are clearly negligent.
Posted by: LizLem

It's not negligence if you're doing it deliberately.

It's abuse.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 02, 2026 12:03 PM (a+4eV)

267 14 homeless deaths in NYC due to the cold. 8 others being investigated. The warmth of collectivism goes boink

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 12:03 PM (BWnHZ)

268 Tom Cotton famously advised tech executives that if they "silence conservatives and center-right voters" and "discriminate against them," they should not ask Republican senators for support when facing action from Democrats. Cotton concluded his remarks with "Best of luck" concerning their regulatory future. Let's break that line of argument out again only this time actually follow it up with real action.

Posted by: JTSmith at February 02, 2026 12:04 PM (3mBMD)

269 Gosh! He's swell!

Byron York
@ByronYork
You really can't make this up. From the new Vogue profile of Gavin Newsom: 'Let’s get this out of the way: He is embarrassingly handsome, his hair seasoned with silver, at ease with his own eminence...lithe, ardent, energetic, a glimmer of optimism in his eye; Kennedy-esque. Add to that his stunning wife and four adorable kids, and the executive strut of a self-made millionaire.'

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 02, 2026 12:04 PM (J+Psw)

270 Some version of this reasoning pertains to all of their support for the Party's agenda...

The corporate executive says

1.) If I don't promote the Party's bad policy, the Party will destroy my business

2.) If I do comply, my business is large enough to sustain the economic damage from the policy but my smaller competitors' are not

3.) Thee human cost of the policy of the policy will never be visible from my doorstep, and only from the safe confines of my penthouse office

4.) Which befits a man of my station, and also befits the station of the hoi-polloi who must bear the consequences.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 11:56 AM (deuVf)
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You've just described an aristocracy, except with none of the requirements of aristocrats of old.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 12:04 PM (MABZ1)

271 https://x.com/NewsWire_US/status/
2018347458997166100

NewsWire
@NewsWire_US
Nancy Pelosi’s Super PAC donated to Jasmine Crockett’s campaign for Senate in Texas — NOTUS

The establishment is backing Black Girl Magic in TX even though she's an embarrassment and stupid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 12:04 PM (GBKbO)

272 Another bioweapon?

Maisy Hirono bathwater or Whoopi Goldberg scented hair spray?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 12:04 PM (HFAps)

273 @ByronYork
You really can't make this up. From the new Vogue profile of Gavin Newsom: 'Let’s get this out of the way: He is embarrassingly handsome, his hair seasoned with silver, at ease with his own eminence...lithe, ardent, energetic, a glimmer of optimism in his eye; Kennedy-esque. Add to that his stunning wife and four adorable kids, and the executive strut of a self-made millionaire.'
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 02, 2026 12:04 PM (J+Psw)
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Her chair was wet when she stood up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 12:05 PM (MABZ1)

274 266 It's beyond irresponsible to bring a kid to a protest. Anyone who dis should be visited by CPS immediately. You are clearly negligent.
Posted by: LizLem

It's not negligence if you're doing it deliberately.

It's abuse.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 02, 2026 12:03 PM (a+4eV)

Just saw a bodycam video yesterday of an AWFL mother taking her two kids to protest cops arresting a bank robber in Wisconsin.

"But he's black and you're white!" was her only reasoning.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 12:05 PM (uEmCf)

275 Also, the prople who despise Netanyahu and Likud have Barak to thank for that. The Left hasn't had a PM in a quarter-century, and he's why.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 02, 2026 12:06 PM (deuVf)

276 I hate that they tax interest income on savings accounts including CDs.

Always bitching about the low rate of savings in America. Great motivator taxing your interest right?
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This could be a great new position for Trump. He's already out there with "no tax on tips". He could come out swinging with "I'm tired of hard working Americans being penalized for saving--if your family makes less than $75,000 a year I'm doing away with you paying any taxes on the interest you earn."

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 12:07 PM (TN0g+)

277 Anyone with a total holding of equity of an any publicly traded company, valued over $10M shall pay 1% of the value of said equity annually as a tax

And then $10mil becomes $5mil, then $3mil and on and on. I'll remind you that the income tax was originally pitched as only applying to the "rich" - now look who pays it.

Posted by: Halfhand at February 02, 2026 12:07 PM (EFrJp)

278 Billionaire's tax. Let's do it. Not joking.

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My history book tells me that the income tax as originally proposed was only for millionaires.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 12:07 PM (0U5gm)

279 Mike Benz recently posted something about him (Ehud Barak) and Epstein.

Don't know enough about Mike Benz to know if it's legit, or just another "Da Jooz" conspiracy.
Posted by: XTC
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It is true that Barak and Epstein knew each other and Barak visited the NYC townhome on several occasions and this has been previously reported by other sources.

But, I think the point that Benz has been trying to make is that Epstein was a financier of the intel agencies primarily as he worked for Bear Stearns involving their relations with BCCI in the 80's. BCCI was a CIA related corporation (look up Clifford Case btw) and a project of the Safari club (western intel agencies) doing shady shit across the globe.

So Epstein being a pervert was his hobby and passion but apparently he moved a lot of money around the globe and was spook related to the CIA, Mossad perhaps, and likely MI-6.

So, Epstein was an 'asset' apparently and as such got intel protection for his sick perverted fantasies. And possible at times, the intel agencies asked him to produce kompromat on specific individuals, especially foreign ones like the Al Thani family and the Saudis.

Posted by: whig at February 02, 2026 12:07 PM (2swu2)

280 The Vanity Fair reporter, her name is Holly Wood?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 12:07 PM (HFAps)

281 I don't know what Trump can do about this but, I saw on X how I-9 is essentially worthless.

It only requires the employer only to verify that the employee submitted the required "authorized" documents.

That is, a 25 year old Hispanic who speaks limited English can submit obviously forged docs that say his name is Joe Smith and he was born in the US in 1958 and there's ... no penalty on the employer for accepting that:
They are the authorized documents.

And nothing in the law that lets a diligent employer verify with the feds the identity.

Plus state laws that make doing so a crime ....

And no reward for reporting those who hire illegals ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 12:07 PM (9O65X)

282 You've just described an aristocracy, except with none of the requirements of aristocrats of old.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Corporations are very similar to the old royal titles, the titleholders come and go while the titled estate carries on with its inherent legal privileges.

Posted by: whig at February 02, 2026 12:09 PM (2swu2)

283 whoa #2 Bannon is mentioned in Epstein files over 1500 times ?? He was leaking shite to Epstein, gossiped about Trump and some random secretaries, insinuating that he is having affairs with them. Great guy! Smartest thing Trump is kicking that POS out.

oh look, Bannon is getting to use Epstein's Paris apartment !

https://tinyurl.com/un7v7nw

Bannon is welcome to use Epstein's plane..and Palm Beach place !

https://tinyurl.com/2vkeu274

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 12:09 PM (g47mK)

284 Don't know enough about Mike Benz to know if it's legit, or just another "Da Jooz" conspiracy.
Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 11:58 AM (uEmCf)

No clue. Maybe judge it on the merits and sourcing of the information than on whether someone with "credentials" approves of the guy telling you about it?

I never figured out why people like Kissinger were on the board for Theranos, other than it became a thing for "those who deserve a board membership due to their service" to get into a position to loot a profitable start up and their money managers didn't realize it was overhyped and a fraud that they would lose money on instead.

I think this is a good explanation why the C Suites and boards like whatever the current thing is. They just use the Private Equity model nowadays, and gut the company before selling the wreckage

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 12:09 PM (rbvCR)

285 Until proven otherwise, all children at a protest are being used as human shields.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 12:09 PM (HFAps)

286 anti-Trump fraud Bannon has some 'splaining to do !

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 12:10 PM (g47mK)

287 A wealth tax could be simple and not affect people with $10k in savings or whatever.

Anyone with a total holding of equity of an any publicly traded company, valued over $10M shall pay 1% of the value of said equity annually as a tax. This shall also be applied to any stock options whether exercised or not.

The number $10M grows with inflation every year, same rate used to calculate Social security increases.

Done and done.

Posted by: Really??

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And if the market crashes the next year, they get a refund, right? Oh, no, they don't.

And the wealth tax proposed is 5%, which means that in a couple of decades, all of the wealth is taxed away, spent on better things that only the government is smart enough to spend on.

Stupid idea.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 12:10 PM (0U5gm)

288 I've been to the Targets in Harlem and the Bronx...they were an oasis of sanity for all-in-one shopping in the city. I assume they are two of the stores Target is closing in NYC and that's a blow
For those communities.

Libs talk about food deserts, and then let looters destroy needed grocery stores in NYC serving consistent, quality groceries to poorer neighborhoods. It's beyond stupid.

Posted by: LizLem at February 02, 2026 11:51 AM (gWBY1)
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If you are in a retail desert - perfectly understandable. But in fly over country Target is never the only option - Walmart, Meijer, a Kroger store, and maybe a large regional store like Wegmans, Hy-Vee, Publix, plus perhaps a Whole, Foods, Fresh Thyme, Trader Joe's, other small store options for meat, breads, convenience, etc.

It's almost like there is no compelling reason for large cities to exist anymore.

Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 12:11 PM (GZYu7)

289 Bongino is a joke.

And not a good one.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 02, 2026 11:59 AM (RO/Ao)

Mark Levin is far more polished and understands the world better, true.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 12:11 PM (rbvCR)

290 And nothing in the law that lets a diligent employer verify with the feds the identity.

Plus state laws that make doing so a crime ....

And no reward for reporting those who hire illegals ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Yep. The only safe harbor for employees is using the DHS approved E Verify. That is why Biden junta was issuing social security numbers willy nilly to all comers, states were issuing drivers licenses to illegals, and Soc. Security was allowing fraudulent use of existing numbers to allow illegals to work here at those businesses (and register to vote, etc.).

Posted by: whig at February 02, 2026 12:11 PM (2swu2)

291 Bannon is the real deal !

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 12:12 PM (g47mK)

292 Mayor Jihadi may be the best thing to happen to NYC.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 02, 2026 11:59 AM (0KSrI)

I think it will go back to being five separate cities soon.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 12:12 PM (rbvCR)

293 And if the market crashes the next year, they get a refund, right? Oh, no, they don't.

And the wealth tax proposed is 5%, which means that in a couple of decades, all of the wealth is taxed away, spent on better things that only the government is smart enough to spend on.

Stupid idea.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Heh. Now do property taxes to be paid for by the plebes.

Posted by: whig at February 02, 2026 12:13 PM (2swu2)

294 288 It's almost like there is no compelling reason for large cities to exist anymore.
Posted by: Black JEM at February 02, 2026 12:11 PM (GZYu7)

They exist for Law Firms to congregate together around Lawmaking bodies.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 12:13 PM (uEmCf)

295 Hypocrisy is not a "Symptom" of the Political Left - it's a REQUIREMENT!

Posted by: Skier at February 02, 2026 12:14 PM (0Ctrb)

296 It's almost like there is no compelling reason for large cities to exist anymore.
Posted by: Black JEM
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Not much except in almost all cases, they serve as a conduit for welfare bennies. The rural hinterlands don't but urban areas can squeeze enough tax payer money from the states, local government via taxes on outsiders, and fed gov to concentrate those services in urban areas. That is why the cities tend to suck a lot of the welfare class out of rural areas over time.

Posted by: whig at February 02, 2026 12:15 PM (2swu2)

297 Bannon is welcome to use Epstein's plane..and Palm Beach place !

https://tinyurl.com/2vkeu274
Posted by: runner
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Imagine that.

Posted by: whig at February 02, 2026 12:18 PM (2swu2)

298 Heh. Now do property taxes to be paid for by the plebes.

Posted by: whig

Yes, as far as I can tell, property taxes are not even constitutional.

The best idea is a consumption tax, which taxes everyone, unlike now.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 12:19 PM (0U5gm)

299 What would you ever buy at Target, all the social justice BS aside, what do they sell that you gotta have?
Posted by: Black JEM

Groceries
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 02, 2026 11:32 AM (Cqx++)

For that, we have many, many other choices of supermarkets. Easy to avoid Target or Walmart when shopping for groceries.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 02, 2026 12:22 PM (5xuJ/)

300 What we need nationwide is no more Chambers of Commerce. And then shut down the BS fed/state corporations including Governors, Secretaries, Mayors, and many more. (Predators and D level actors, imho.)

Healthcare organizations are a huge push behind that dumb letter. Of course they are given the Medicaid fraud in the state which we all know is only the tip of the iceberg there & nationwide.

The darling children - alleged to be US citizens or not - are entitled to lots of services.

And all of those organizations headed by executives who've graduated liberal colleges & universities, what should be their position and that of their shareholders?

The slew of Minnesota of corporations including, but not limited to, Minneapolis Downtown Council; Minnesota Business Partnership, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. And then the sports teams: Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx – On behalf of the entire organization; Minnesota Twins - On behalf of the entire organization; Minnesota United FC, Minnesota Vikings – On behalf of the entire organization; Minnesota Wild – On behalf of the entire organization. F 'em all.

But picking & choosing to enforce federal laws is not an option.😟

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 02, 2026 12:29 PM (NFX2v)

301 Target stores in Minnesota often feature a CVS Pharmacy.

CVS, one of the feds favorites.

Healthcare funding, darling, and good $ for campaign donations, etc.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 02, 2026 12:32 PM (NFX2v)

302 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 02, 2026 12:44 PM (mHWM0)

303 Never gets old.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 12:53 PM (jc0TO)

304 It tells you that General Mills is using illegals, or cheap labor on work visas, to make their cereals and food products.

Are there "dorm houses" with 30-40 foreign workers hotbunking, like Dole had in Springfield OH?

Are their workers now "subcontractors" instead of employees?

How many labor laws is General Mills breaking or evading, and how many labor unions or domestic workers are they avoiding employing?

Posted by: Suburbanbanshee at February 02, 2026 01:06 PM (p2GXS)

305 We should all recall that for decades the Chamber of Commerce branch of the Republican party has been in favor of amnesty for illegal aliens. One thing the CEOs like a lot is cheap labor. So it's not too surprising that many CEOs want ICE to stand down, even the so-called Republican CEOs.

Posted by: Ralph at February 02, 2026 01:22 PM (8WZD4)

306 The Minnesota CEOs also ought to ask Tampon Tim and that feckless little fairy Mayor Frey to deescalate their rhetoric.

Posted by: comanche voter at February 02, 2026 01:57 PM (cB7nX)

307 I bet if the DOJ started rounding up enough regional-manager types to find out who created whatever minimal process those companies use to verify eligibility for employment and put the screws to those people, those large corporations would shut right up about de-escalating tensions.

Posted by: Octochicken at February 02, 2026 02:04 PM (oCS0o)

308 301 Target stores in Minnesota often feature a CVS Pharmacy.

CVS, one of the feds favorites.

Healthcare funding, darling, and good $ for campaign donations, etc.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 02, 2026 12:32 PM (NFX2v)

Not just Minnesota Targets. Pretty sure that's a nationwide partnership.

Posted by: Octochicken at February 02, 2026 02:05 PM (oCS0o)

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