The Intermittent Missive – The Snowpocalypse Edition

Feb 18:

rcd via e-mail
Sales-Tax Escalator
https://www.city-journal.org/article/state-sales-tax-cost-inflation
The one tax that has never provoked a significant revolt keeps climbing higher…as inflation surged, few politicians targeted one of the most direct and controllable costs they impose on everyday purchases: the sales tax. Unlike property and income taxes, which have periodically provoked revolts, sales taxes have rarely faced organized political opposition. That helps explain why they are the one major tax category whose rates have risen almost continuously over the past century. Taken together, general sales taxes and selective sales taxes—special levies on goods such as cigarettes or rental cars—now constitute the largest source of revenue raised by state and local governments.

Bleeding-Heart Karen Adopts a Haitian Migrant, Puts Her to [Unpaid] Work in the Kitchen
https://armageddonprose.substack.com/p/bleeding-heart-karen-adopts-a-haitian
…we have Karen from Boston, speaking with local media, describing her experience acquiring her own personal Aunt Jemima — with a Caribbean twist for extra Diversity™ seasoning — to work in her kitchen…Now, there is a term — it’s on the tip of my fingertips but escapes me in the moment — for a live-in servant of the colored persuasion who performs unpaid housework…Somehow, it eludes me.

Virginia Democrats Move to Slash Mandatory Prison Time for Rape, Manslaughter, Child Porn Crimes
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/virginia-child-rape.html
HB 863 would eliminate many mandatory minimum prison sentences in Virginia law for a range of offenses, removing statutory requirements that judges impose a fixed minimum term for certain crimes and instead giving judges broader discretion in sentencing.

CALIFORNIA VOTER FRAUD: New Shirley Report Highlights Dogs Voting, Dead Voters, 125-Year-Old Registrations, 100+ Voters at One Home
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/california-voter-fraud-new-shirley-report-highlights-dogs-voting-dead-voters-125-year-old-registrations-100-voters-at-one-home.html/
Investigative journalist Nick Shirley has uncovered major irregularities in California’s voter rolls, including more than 100 people allegedly registered at a single residence, dozens registered to a mail store, voters listed as 125 years old, and even a case where dogs were reportedly registered and received ballots. He also points to deceased individuals voting.

ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE: Massive BILLION Gallon Sewage Spill in Potomac River One of Largest in Nation’s History in Democrat-Run Maryland
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/environmental-catastrophe-massive-billion-gallon-sewage-spill-in-potomac-river-one-of-largest-in-nations-history-in-democrat-run-maryland.html/
A massive sewage spill that began January 19 after the collapse of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line near Cabin John, Maryland, has released hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River — potentially making it the largest wastewater spill in U.S. history. Previous records stood at 143 million gallons, but estimates now suggest the total could approach 1 billion gallons before the crisis is contained.
DC and Maryland Democrats are STILL pumping raw sewage directly into waterways leading to the Potomac River, with NO end in sight.

Maryland to ‘Reap the Consequences’ of Dem Governor Wes Moore’s Political Stunt
http://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/18/watch-maryland-to-reap-consequences-of-governors-political-stunt-n2199303
Just over one month into the 90-day legislative session, Gov. Wes Moore signed emergency legislation into law prohibiting local cooperation with ICE, outlawing 287(g) agreements in the state of Maryland…This stupid policy ensures that dangerous criminals who would otherwise have been detained and repatriated are instead still loose on the streets in Maryland, endangering the citizens, endangering local law enforcement, and endangering the federal agents who now have to go out and hunt them down, instead of having them quietly handed over at the local hoosegow

Dems Plot to Make a Circus Out of the State of the Union Address, Because of Course They Do
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/18/dems-plot-to-make-a-circus-out-of-the-state-of-the-union-address-because-of-course-they-do-n2199290
…since they are not in control of the Oval Office, the Senate, or the House, Democrats now rely on obstruction, protests, and endless whining over imagined existential threats posed by the president…Expect a carnival-like atmosphere later this month, and bring some popcorn. Trump, however, will have the last laugh, because it will be him standing at the podium and not one of them.

Backfire – DHS Shutdown Now Halts ICE Oversight
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/18/backfire-dhs-shutdown-now-halts-ice-oversight-n2199295
…Democrats in and out of Congress were whining for more oversight of the actions of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), but now the partial government shutdown that Democrats voted for and caused has curtailed the very department that was carrying out that oversight – the Department of Homeland Security.

CA Republicans Have Gathered 1.35 Million Signatures to Force Showdown on Voter ID Measure
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/02/18/135-million-signatures-force-showdown-on-voter-id-democrats-tried-to-kill-n2199286
Republican Assemblyman Carl DeMaio says supporters are preparing to submit 1.35 million petition signatures to qualify a Voter ID constitutional amendment for the November ballot. The proposal is specific. It would require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote for the first time, require a government-issued photo ID when casting a ballot, require mail ballots to include identifying information tied to a valid government-issued ID in addition to signature verification, and authorize formal audits of voter rolls.
VIDEO – 00:05:04 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2023823941220135200

TEXAS
AG Ken Paxton files another lawsuit over D-FW development tied to EPIC mosque
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ag-ken-paxton-files-another-lawsuit-over-d-fw-development-tied-to-epic-mosque/ar-AA1WtT94

Mistrial in federal domestic terrorism case over Alvarado ICE facility attack
https://www.fox4news.com/news/mistrial-federal-domestic-terrorism-case-over-alvarado-ice-facility-attack

Hunt files police report against Cornyn campaign staffer over alleged family ‘doxxing’ incident
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunt-files-police-report-against-cornyn-campaign-staffer-over-alleged-family-doxxing-incident
Texas congressman alleges senior campaign aide posted last four digits of Social Security number, driver’s license ID number, home address on social media

Momentum is building to meet electricity demand in Texas with small nuclear reactors
https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2026/02/17/momentum-is-building-to-meet-electricity-demand-in-texas-with-small-nuclear-reactors/
…Unlike the large nuclear plants that have operated in Texas for decades, the new generation of small modular reactors is designed to be built in factories and shipped in pieces to be assembled on site. Supporters say they could provide reliable electricity with lower emissions…Small modular reactors are nuclear power plants designed to produce 300 megawatts of electricity or less — a fraction of the more than 5,000 megawatts generated by the two large reactors that operate in Texas today…Small reactors have powered submarines since the 1950s.

Gun-toting Texas uncle wastes no time punching holes in armed crooks he sees robbing his nephew
https://www.theblaze.com/news/gun-toting-texas-uncle-wastes-no-time-punching-holes-in-armed-crooks-he-sees-robbing-his-nephew
Herman said the victim was attempting to sell his watch and agreed to meet the buyer around 8 p.m. Thursday outside a Costco in Cypress, which is about 30 minutes northwest of Houston. But the buyer had no intention of paying for the watch. Instead, he brought two other people with him, and they ended up pulling guns on the victim in an attempt to rob him…Herman said the victim’s uncle walked out of the Costco, saw the robbery happening, and opened fire…the uncle ended up shooting two of the three suspects before they all fled the scene. Two of the suspects — ages 17 and 18 — were hospitalized, …aggravated robbery charges will be filed against both of them. The third suspect — age 16 — also was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery and turned over to juvenile authorities…multiple firearms as well as the stolen property were recovered during the investigation.

ISLAM
Muslim Temple University Students for Justice in Palestine: “It is Our Job to Destroy the United States.”
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/muslim-temple-university-students-for-justice-in-palestine-it-is-our-job-to-destroy-the-united-states.html/
video – 00:01:22 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2023615178844041380

TERROR CONSTITUTION: “Palestinian” Constitution Codifies Pay-For Slay and Terrorist Payments, Elevates Sharia as Supreme Law
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/terror-constitution-palestinian-constitution-codifies-pay-for-slay-and-terrorist-payments-elevates-sharia-as-supreme-law.html/
The document designates Islam as the official religion and Sharia as the primary source of legislation…It declares Jerusalem the capital and references an “inalienable” right of return for fictional “Palestinians” and their descendants without clarifying that return would apply only to a future “Palestinian” state rather than Israel…Article 24 effectively codifies continued financial support for the families of “martyrs” and prisoners — language long associated with the PA’s controversial payments to convicted terrorists and their families, commonly referred to as “pay-for-slay.”
Read every word. You can read it here…https://constitutionnet.org/sites/default/files/2026-02/2026.02 – Draft constitution (English).pdf

NYC Mayor Jihad Mamdani Forces Israeli Company Out of New York City
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/nyc-mayor-jihad-mamdani-forces-israeli-company-out-of-new-york-city.html/
The New York City municipality is evicting an Israeli drone business for “business considerations.” Needless to say, nobody is buying it. Easy Aerial, a drone manufacturer that works with the IDF, received notice that it will have to leave its New York offices at the Brooklyn Navy Yard municipal complex. They were given 60 days—insufficient time to relocate its 100 employees to another location in the city. The company’s chairman, Shahar Abuhatzira, thinks this isn’t a local decision—“100 percent from the top.”
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Feb 19:

Cawthon: 2A Supporters Need Results Before Midterms
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/02/19/cawthon-2a-supporters-need-results-before-midterms-n1231615
The current Congress can’t pass gas, let alone any pro-2A legislation. The Supreme Court seems to be content to smile benignly on lower courts’ defiance of its decisions. The burden of inspiring pro-2A voters to show up at the polls falls squarely on President Trump, the actions of his administration, and the efforts of pro-gun groups and gun owners to persuade them to get back on track…If Republicans want the gun vote, they need to earn it. They need to stop endorsing anti-gun Republicans like Tony Gonzales while trying to keep a vehemently pro-gun Brandon Herrera out of office, just to name one example. Especially because Brandon doesn’t cheat on his wife with staffers who later self-immolate. Allegedly.

TDS up and close ain’t pretty.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/tds-up-and-close-aint-pretty
During this almost one-sided conversation…“this is getting ridiculous, and we have to thank Trump for that. [next words, almost shouting] OH MY GOD! I CANNOT HEAR THAT NAME WITHOUT GETTING PISSED OFF!” And that I admit caught me off guard. Nobody but him mentioned Trump, not even remotely glancing at a shallow angle. But he is the one that says the name and immediately loses fecal containment? They are absolutely sick in the head and probably the rest of the central nervous system.

A Generation Got Told Their Brains Were Defective. The Research Just Said “Our Bad.”
https://thediagnosis.substack.com/p/a-generation-got-told-their-brains
ADHD Research Finally Found Strengths in ADHD. The Kids They Told Were Broken Are in Their 40s Now, But Sure.
Adults with ADHD endorsed ten specific strengths significantly more than neurotypical participants: Hyperfocus (the ability to concentrate intensely on tasks of genuine interest) – Creativity – Humor – Spontaneity – Intuitiveness – And here’s what should make every deficit-focused researcher deeply uncomfortable: Across both groups, people who recognized and used their strengths reported higher well-being, better quality of life, and fewer symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.

Why Do Lesbians Have Such Crazy High Divorce Rates? – And Equally Crazy Rates of Physical Abuse
https://jackcashill.substack.com/p/why-do-lesbians-have-such-crazy-high
“Yes, multiple studies indicate that lesbian couples have a significantly higher divorce rate than both heterosexual couples and gay male couples, with some research showing they divorce at more than double the rate of straight couples.”

What is driving liberal women crazy?
https://jennyeholland.substack.com/p/what-is-driving-liberal-women-crazy
I posted a YouTube video (00:16:10 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hafzBwp–E) asking this, and it blew up. Here are some further thoughts on the question half of the US is currently asking…Could these women have been driven mad by having absorbed and taken as a creed the fact that white people are responsible for all the world’s ills?
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What’s the Deal With White Leftist Women?
https://kerismith.substack.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-white-leftist
On the Most Mentally and Morally Ill Demographic of Our Time…White leftist women are currently the most mentally and morally ill demographic in America. According to a 2020 Pew Research study (https://wibc.com/108211/pew-study-white-liberals-disproportionately-suffer-from-mental-illness/), a staggering 56.3% of them have been diagnosed with a mental health problem. They report less life satisfaction than any other demographic, and they have the highest usage of antidepressants (National Health and Nutrition Examination Study, as reported by the New York Times)(https://cosm.aei.org/why-so-blue-liberal-women-are-less-happy-more-lonely-but-why/).

Educashon iz Inportant
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/educashon-iz-inportant
Middle Tennessee Liberals protesting a possible ICE office and detention center in Wilson county teach us the power of less-than-average education.

FBI Director Patel: We Know Who’s Bankrolling Antifa, and We’re Coming for Them
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/18/fbi-director-patel-we-know-whos-bankrolling-antifa-and-were-coming-for-them-n2199322

Watch: DC Water Manager Admitted Deciding Agency Had Too Many Whites – DEI Fixed That But Also Covered DC in 240 Million Gallons of Raw Sewage
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-dc-water-manager-admitted-deciding-agency-many-whites-dei-fixed-also-covered-dc-240-million-gallons-raw-sewage/
you may have your river water more, um, feces-enriched than before thanks to the failure of the Potomac Interceptor rupture. Sure, the sewage pipe’s failure is so massive that the media is calling it the “Pooptomac” disaster…Sure, aging infrastructure is apparently to blame for the disaster, which has led to the spillage of roughly 240 million gallons of untreated sewage flowing into the Potomac River — the biggest spill in U.S. history…But cheer up: DC Water, the authority that controls the pipeline, has less white guys than it used to! Doesn’t that make you feel better? E. coli for racial justice, that’s what I always say.

It Begins: Major Defense Contractor Bails on Virginia Just One Month Into Spanberger’s Term
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/02/19/boeing-bails-on-virginia-just-one-month-into-spanbergers-term-n2199339
We are just one month and two days into Democrat Abigail Spanberger’s tenure as governor of Virginia, and businesses have already begun fleeing the commonwealth after seeing the writing on the wall…Boeing announced Wednesday that it would be relocating its Defense, Space and Security headquarters from Arlington, Virginia, to its previous longtime home in St. Louis, Missouri…We’ve seen this movie before. Democrats take over a state, pass all kinds of taxes and regulations that are onerous to both businesses and residents alike, and the mass migration from said state begins. California comes to mind, and, indeed, Spanberger and her fellow Democrats have made quick work of turning Virginia into the California of the East.

‘Large human smuggling operation’ uncovered in Texas? ICE makes alarming claim about ‘alien from India.’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/large-human-smuggling-operation-uncovered-in-texas-ice-makes-alarming-claim-about-alien-from-india

President Trump’s D.C. Crime Task Force Surpasses 10,000 Arrests, Murders Down 68% Since August Launch
https://istandforfreedom.com/trumps-crime-task-force/
The Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force has now surpassed 10,000 arrests since its August 2025 launch, and over 1,000 illegal firearms have been pulled from the streets. Murders have plummeted 68 percent compared to the same period last year, robberies are down 47 percent, and violent crime overall has dropped 31 percent…Additionally, the task force has also recovered 19 missing children. Among those arrested were the teenagers allegedly responsible for killing 21-year-old congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym last June—shot while walking near the D.C. Convention Center in a bullet meant for someone else.

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: NYC Board of Elections ADMITS to Registering ILLEGALS To Vote, “WE ACCEPT ANYTHING”
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/caught-on-camera-nyc-board-of-elections-admits-to-registering-illegals-to-vote-we-accept-anything.html/
Independent journalists from Muckraker released footage Tuesday showing a New York City Board of Elections employee giving a registration form to someone claiming non-citizen status, noting the office accepts any submission without reporting issues. The worker acknowledged occasional non-citizen attempts but said his role is just to collect and forward forms, which later face database checks.

Mamdani Told New Yorkers How He Felt About the Police, Now He’s Showing Them
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/02/19/mamdani-told-new-yorkers-how-he-felt-about-the-police-now-hes-showing-them-n2199338
Zohran Mamdani has made no secret about his feelings about New York’s finest. His campaign platform included creating a Department of Community Safety. This Department would “prevent violence before it happens by prioritizing solutions which have been consistently shown to improve safety.”…None of this should come as a surprise to New Yorkers. Zohran Mamdani clearly stated who he was and what he wanted to do if elected mayor. Now he is doing it. The problem is that Mamdani, like a good socialist, no doubt read every book on socialism there is, and all of them said that taxing the rich would work. What they left out was the part about the rich being able to pack up and head to friendlier financial climates. What does he do then?…Let’s review: no snow removal, no trash pickup, defunding the police (let’s be honest, that’s what it is), taxing the rich, and when the rich leave, hiking property taxes. In case you had not figured it out yet, New York, it could be a long four years for you.

islam
Khamenei’s Threat: Iran Can Hit US Navy So Hard It ‘Cannot Get Up Again’
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/khameneis-threat-iran-can-hit-us-navy-so-hard-it-cannot-get-up-again.html/

New York City in 2026: Waking Up to Islamic Calls to Prayer
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/new-york-city-in-2026-waking-up-to-islamic-calls-to-prayer.html/
Twenty five years after 9/11, the conquest is complete. Conquered by cowardice and ignorance.

ISLAM IN AMERICA: Muslim Daily Prayer, “Oh Allah, Kill Every Jew, Christian and American”
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/islam-in-america-muslim-daily-prayer-oh-allah-kill-every-jew-christian-and-american.html/
You cannot peacefully coexist with those who openly seek your destruction. Muslim daily prayer: “Oh Allah, kill every Jew, Christian and American”
VIDEO – 00:01:55 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2003704837406408712
VIDEO – 00:01:26 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1995330113764725042

Feb 20:

Here’s the Supreme Court Ruling on President Trump’s Tariffs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/02/20/wi-voter-system-2020-n2669140
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by imposing broad tariffs without congressional approval, placing new limits on the executive branch’s ability to use tariffs as a unilateral economic tool. You can read the ruling here. (https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf)

Washington Democrats Raid Police & Firefighter Pensions $4 Billion Pension Surplus to Fund Their Spending Spree, ALL REPUBLICANS VOTED NO
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/democrats-steal-from-le-firefighters.html/
In a brazen vote, they moved to siphon $4 billion out of pension funds meant for law enforcement officers and firefighters — the very people who risk their lives daily — to plug a deficit of their own making.

“Just another day in the Democratic plantation.”
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/just-another-day-in-the-democratic
To quote Mad Mike Williamson: “Brutal. And brilliant.
embedded video – 00:02:06 – https://x.com/keibenet/status/2024228113220096322
(WOW! Sharp and cutting as an obsidian knife blade and on point as a laser – jlr)

Ilhan Omar lets the cat out of the bag on Dems’ plans for DHS
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/20/ilhan-omar-lets-the-cat-out-of-the-bag-on-dems-plans-for-dhs-1623334/
…“What I will say is that there is an easier conversation happening today than you know, six, seven years ago when I got to Congress about what we need to do with ICE, which is to abolish it,” the Somali-born Democrat told her audience at a Wednesday townhall…“And, there is a lot of conversation about what the dismantlement of the Department of Homeland Security should look like,”
video – 00:00:30 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2024325644478218553
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https://x.com/itspoopintheend/status/2024445832796266788 – So let me get this straight. A foreign-born representative who calls for the destruction of America all the time is leading the call to defund the agency in charge of defending the border.

Defiant GOP lawmaker introduces ‘Protecting Puppies From Sharia Act’ amid Dem calls for censure
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/20/defiant-gop-lawmaker-introduces-protecting-puppies-from-sharia-act-amid-dem-calls-for-censure-1623328/
U.S. Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) isn’t bowing down to Democrats who are demanding that he be punished for expressing his preference for dogs over Muslims and plans to introduce a new bill as a middle finger to his critics. Congressional Dems have spent much of the week raging against the Florida Republican over his response to a New York City Muslim activist who opined that dogs are “unclean” and don’t belong indoors, a key belief of the Islamic faith, but one that is just downright un-American…“Republican leaders must hold this so-called Member of Congress accountable,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said in a statement. “Political violence, xenophobia, and hate crimes against the Muslim community are on the rise. House Democrats will not let the racist and bigoted behavior of Randy Fine go unchecked. Accountability is coming to all of these sick extremists when the gavels change hands in November, if not sooner.”
(A NAKED THREAT against US Legislators – jlr)
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Susan Rice’s Terrifying Vow If Democrats Take Back Power
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/02/20/susan-rice-we-will-punish-those-who-supported-trump-n2671629
Several prominent Democrats have been open and vocal about their plans to punish members of the Trump administration, including civilian ICE agents, if they regain power. Eric Swalwell has vowed to make ICE agents’ lives a living hell if he’s elected governor of California, Rep. Shri Thanedar said Dems will prosecute ICE and Border Patrol agents, as has Philly DA Larry Krasner, and Mehdi Hasan wants the next Democratic president to run on a platform of prosecuting conservatives. Now Suan Rice, the former Obama National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, as promised that Democrats will punish those who “bent the knee” to President Trump…”When it comes to the elites, the corporate interests, the law firms, the universities, the media…it is not going to end well for them, for those that decided…that they would act in their perceived very narrow self interest,” Rice said, “which I would underscore is a very short-term self-interest and take a knee to Trump.”
video – 00:02:51 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2024661247296172486
The Democrats have spent a decade telling us that President Trump is an authoritarian, a fascist, Hitler, who is weaponizing government.
Then they run on a platform of punishing the people who didn’t resist Trump to their liking.

Hollywood Legend Becomes Latest Billionaire to Flee California
https://www.westernjournal.com/hollywood-legend-becomes-latest-billionaire-flee-california/
Spielberg has officially taken his talents to New York (or Manhattan, to be more specific) amid a broader “billionaire exodus” happening in the Golden State, according to the New York Post.https://www.westernjournal.com/hollywood-legend-becomes-latest-billionaire-flee-california/
(Spielberd does not fully understand what he has done – jlr)

Jasmine Crockett Says It’s DEMOCRATS Who Are Racist Now and There’s Just NOT Enough Popcorn (Watch)
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/02/20/jasmine-crockett-says-democrats-attacks-on-her-are-racial-n2425223
video – 00:01:11 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2024652697077510652

‘He made a big mistake’: Trump accuses Obama of revealing classified information on aliens
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-obama-aliens-viral-classified
Obama made the comments during an interview with Bryan Tyler Cohen – https://www.theblaze.com/news/theyre-real-obama-makes-shocking-statement-about-aliens-then-tries-to-walk-it-back
‘He’s not supposed to be doing that. He made a big mistake. He took it out of classified information.’
video – 00:00:45 – https://youtu.be/F-OirPpUzuw
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Trump Orders Release Of All Files Related To UFOs & Aliens
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-has-ufo-speech-ready-deliver
“Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
And cue the crazies…

Bernie Sanders Dismisses Wealthy California Exodus, Then Proposes National Wealth Tax
https://americanjournaldaily.com/sanders-california-cnn/
There was a time when the American dream had a specific destination: California. It was the land of golden opportunity, where innovation and ambition could build empires under the sun. That California, however, is a distant memory, something you’d see in a black-and-white movie. That California is gone, replaced by a cautionary tale—a real-time experiment in what happens when radical progressive policies run amok. The results are as predictable as they are tragic. A quiet, steady exodus of the very citizens who once made the state thrive is underway. Job creators, innovators, and families are packing their bags for states that still value economic liberty. This flight of capital isn’t a mystery; it’s a rational response to a state that has chosen to punish success. But for the architects of that decline, the truth is a bitter pill. For proof, look no further than socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders. He recently revealed the left’s stunning hypocrisy, and you almost have to see it to believe it…What they are saying to the people of California is, it doesn’t matter to us, we’re billionaires, and we’re getting richer and richer, and if children die because they can’t get to a doctor, tough luck. We have the power, California, and we are going to punish you… And by the way, that is why I will be introducing a national wealth tax. Where are they going to run then?
(out of the country to money safe havens overseas. Taking their money, and the jobs they provided to US citizens, with them – jlr)
Key Takeaways
∙Senator Sanders’ reaction reveals the Left’s deep-seated emotional fragility when their policies fail.
∙Socialist policies inevitably drive away success, leaving states poorer and more desperate.
∙The Left uses emotional blackmail, inventing motives to avoid debating economic facts.
∙The ultimate goal of a national wealth tax is control, not prosperity—a cage, not a solution.
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NYC
NYC Opens First ‘Free Grocery Store,’ But It Isn’t What Residents Think
https://americanjournaldaily.com/nyc-free-store-socialism/
It’s the oldest grift in the progressive playbook: the siren song of “free.” They promise a utopian fantasy where the government handles every need, somehow magically exempt from the basic laws of economics. They paint a glorious picture of a benevolent state where no one wants for anything, all provided by the stroke of a bureaucrat’s pen. Spoiler alert: it never, ever works…That’s not a dispatch from crumbling, socialist Venezuela. That was the scene in the West Village of New York City, where a so-called “free grocery store” devolved into a vortex of predictable chaos. The images of desperate citizens lining up before dawn, the rationing of tickets, and guards barking at disappointed Americans to “go home” is the inevitable conclusion of any system built on handouts. And there you have it. That’s socialism in a nutshell. When a resource is declared “free,” it is instantly made worthless and scarce. The system doesn’t reward the most needy; it rewards the first, the fastest, or the most aggressive, creating a frantic scramble that turns neighbors into rivals. As one man named Sherrod said after being denied, “I couldn’t get no more food.” This is the cold equation of collectivism: a promise of plenty that delivers only anxiety, conflict, and, ultimately, starvation.

Jihad Mamdani Appoints Terror Group CAIR Staffer as NYC Chief Immigration Officer
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/mamdani-terror-cair.html/
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Faiza Ali — a former staffer for the designated terrorist group Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) — as the city’s new Chief Immigration Officer. What could possibly go wrong?
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ISLAM
A Bomb A Day
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/a-bomb-a-day.html/
Sweden is now averaging nearly one bombing a day in some months. More of the glorious rewards of Muslim immigration (al hijrah.)
Last year, the country recorded 189 explosive attacks in 2025 — a 39% increase from the year before and more than double the number seen seven years ago. In January 2025 alone, police documented roughly 30 explosions, amounting to nearly one blast every day.

Iran Preparing for War With US
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/iran-preparing-for-war-with-us.html/
Iran’s leaders are talking about a nuclear deal with the U.S., but they are also rushing to prepare for war in case talks between the countries fail. Tehran is deploying its forces, dispersing decision-making authority, fortifying its nuclear sites, and expanding its crackdown on domestic dissent. The moves reflect its leaders’ belief that the survival of the regime itself is at stake…. Iran has also been conducting work at its nuclear sites to better protect them from strikes, according to satellite imagery published and analyzed by the Institute for Science and International Security, a think tank based in Washington. The satellite images show that Tehran has been hardening and strengthening tunnel entrances at its Isfahan site—where Iran is believed to have kept much of its highly enriched uranium and which was heavily damaged by U.S. and Israeli attacks last June—and at a deep underground tunnel complex in what is known as Pickaxe Mountain
(Iran Preparing for War With US: WHY? – 1) They need an internal distraction from the freedom uprising and a reason for the military mobilization, which is being used to try to shut down the uprising. 2) They need to coverup the continuing murder of 1000s of demonstrating citizens – they will be shown, on TV, as killed by US bombing – jlr)

Backdoor Blasphemy Ban Hits UK Court
https://usnewsbreak.com/backdoor-blasphemy-ban-hits-uk-court/
A single UK court appeal could turn “public order” law into a backdoor blasphemy ban—where the threat of violence decides what citizens are allowed to say.

(WORTH READING in its entirety – jlr)
Europe’s Civilizational War Will Be Bloody
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/europe_s_civilizational_war_will_be_bloody.html
retired colonel Richard Kemp argues, this cultural explosion will be much worse because Europe’s political “ruling class” has prevented voters from making course corrections that are popular with the public but unpopular with European “elites.”
When all the ‘release valves’ for a civil society have been welded shut, society stops being ‘civil.’
Europe’s “elites” have created the conditions for a bloody civil war — because entire civilizations will be warring against each other.
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Why Henry VIII Would’ve Killed for Your Tuesday
https://wilderwealthywise.com/why-henry-viii-wouldve-killed-for-your-tuesday/

Active Response Training – Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 20, 2026
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/weekend-knowledge-dump-february-20-2026
∙ Editor’s Notebook: Physical Infirmity – “With physical infirmity, you are left having to adapt, adjust, modify – and reconcile. Thinking about it and putting a plan in place before you need it is just a smart investment.”
∙ Buy Cheap and Stack it Deep – Caleb’s thoughts on the future of ammunition prices.
Ammo is going to get a lot more expensive soon
∙ Introduction To Concealed Carry Belts: The Foundation Of Your EDC Setup
∙ The Best Personal Defense Strategies for Civil Unrest

Feb 22:

Susan Rice Threatens ‘Accountability Agenda’ and ‘Revenge’ Against Trump Supporters
https://istandforfreedom.com/susan-rice-revenge-supporters/
“If these corporations think that the Democrats when they come back in power are going to play by the old rules and say ‘Never mind, we’ll forgive you for all the people you fired, all the policies and principles you violated, all the laws you’ve skirted,’ I think they’ve got another thing coming… Democrats have had a bellyful, and we’re not going to play by the old set of rules.”*************Let that sink in. A former senior White House official openly promising an “accountability agenda” against corporations, law firms, and universities that “took a knee to Trump.” She’s not talking policy disagreements. She’s talking about punishing Americans for the unforgivable sin of supporting a democratically elected president.
(If you let them talk they will tell you EXACTLY who they, are and WHAT they want – They want you either silent, afraid, and compliant; or they want you dead – it is a binary solution for them- jlr)

We don’t have to live this way
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/we-dont-have-to-live-this-way
We should expect more — of ourselves, of our communities, of our elected officials, and of our courts. America is not a nation of voiceless citizens. If standards are collapsing, enough of us have abdicated oversight and responsibility. Disorder becomes permanent when citizens treat it as background noise. The first act of resolve is refusing to call dysfunction normal. We do not need another commission. We need resolve. We don’t have to live this way.

Sickening Video: Every American Should Hear Anti-ICEer’s Comment on Little Girl Who Was Raped by Illegal
https://www.westernjournal.com/sickening-video-every-american-hear-anti-iceers-comment-little-girl-raped-illegal/
Liberal women — confused, self-loathing, and by their own admission mentally ill to a disproportionate degree — have inverted morality itself in their hellish quest to protect criminal illegal aliens from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
video – 00:02:20 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2022383991706521794

POTUS and FLOTUS in Attendance at White House Governors Dinner — but Note Who Didn’t Show Up
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/21/potus-and-flotus-in-attendance-at-white-house-governors-dinner-but-note-who-didnt-show-up-n2199418
When the dinner finally rolled around, no Democrats were spotted in the room.

City That Launched George Washington’s Career Excludes Pledge of Allegiance As ‘Unnecessary Pageantry’
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/02/22/city-that-launched-george-washingtons-career-excludes-pledge-of-allegiance-as-unnecessary-pageantry-n2199421
“I would prefer to remove the Pledge of Allegiance under Public Hearings Section C under Article 5,” Mayfield said of the amendment to the proposed bylaws.  The Winchester Planning Commission opted to remove the pledge from its business meeting agenda on Tuesday, with one commissioner calling it “pageantry” and another saying it’s “unnecessary.”
video – 00:01:40 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2024178435245932960

Attorney Attacks ICE Agents During Detention Operation, Finds Out
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/02/21/attorney-attacks-ice-agents-during-detention-operation-finds-out-n2425268
an 80-year-old lawyer known for representing illegal immigrants take a tumble after laying hands on an ICE agent during the detention of Jack Randmaa, who was being arrested for vehicle vandalism.
video – 00:00:45 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2025214464677871836
video – 00:01:08 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2025247516674179220

NYC
Mamdani Is Collapsing Faster Than We Thought
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/02/21/mamdani-is-collapsing-faster-than-we-thought-n4949774

NYC Property Owners Flee to Texas and Florida as Mayor Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Collides with 40% Tax Increases
https://istandforfreedom.com/nyc-property-mamdani-tax/
I have people just walking away. I have two people selling their buildings right now. I have more people selling the buildings and leaving for Texas and Florida. Since January, my business in real estate—I’m a licensed corporate broker—has doubled in the number of buildings we are selling.  Let that sink in.   His business selling buildings has doubled in less than two months. Lopes pointed to one property where the tax bill is jumping from $68,000 to nearly $100,000 this year—while the city tells the owner he can raise rents by a pittance. “Where do you think that money’s going to come from?”

Jim Snow 2.0: Mamdani Requires Snow-Shovel Volunteers to Show Two Forms Of ID, Social Security Card
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jim-snow-20-mamdani-requires-snow-shovel-volunteers-show-two-forms-id-and-social-security
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called on New York residents to volunteer as emergency snow shovelers. “You too can become an emergency snow shoveler. Just show up at your local sanitation garage between 8am and 1pm tomorrow with your paperwork,” he said during a Saturday press conference before the city’s first blizzard warning in nine years…the Mamdani administration is actively committing a hate crime – by requiring volunteers bring ‘Two small photos, two original forms of ID, plus copies, and a Social Security card’ – the thing Democrats say is “Jim Crow 2.0” when it comes to voting in elections.
video – 00:00:17 – https://www.facebook.com/reel/861032300282476
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The Anti-ICE revolution comes without Spell Checker.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/the-anti-ice-revolution-comes-without

No Laughing Matter: John Cleese Declares “I’m Afraid They Are Going To Have To Arrest Me”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/no-laughing-matter-john-cleese-declares-im-afraid-they-are-going-have-arrest-me
The government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer has continued its headlong plunge into the criminalization of speech. The guidelines include a section on cultural nationalism, stating that such views are now the subject of government crackdowns. To even argue that Western culture is under threat from mass migration or a lack of integration by certain groups is being treated as a dangerous ideology.

Shooting
https://areaocho.com/shooting-3/
If I’m in a place where I carry my gun the hell if you’d catch me in flip flops
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FA to FO
Dearborn Police release footage of fatal lobby shooting of armed man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MENPkw0Gffc
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Lawsuit dismissed in fatal shooting of man with gun in Dearborn police lobby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHWWWPiIP4I

Armed Man Shot Breaking Into Mar-A-Lago Carrying Fuel Can, Shotgun
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-armed-man-shot-breaking-mar-lago-carrying-fuel-can-shotgun/
An armed man who entered the secure space of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was shot and killed early Sunday. The incident took place at about 1:30 a.m.
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I love Home Video Surveillance…but I am aware of the issues.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/i-love-home-video-surveillance
video – 00:01:33 – https://youtu.be/dttFwvK3gR4
video – 00:00:14 – https://youtu.be/hoQf99nFdzM

That was too easy.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/that-was-too-easy

LOL – SHE MAD! Sen. John Kennedy Triggers TF Out of AOC By Encouraging GOP to Continue Letting Her Speak
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/02/22/john-kennedy-aoc-back-and-forth-n2425287
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Sen. Kennedy Delivers a Hilarious Assessment of AOC As She Has Epic Meltdown Over Munich Criticism
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/02/22/kennedy-and-aoc-remarks-n2199423

AOC’s Weepy MELTDOWN After the World Points and LAUGHS at Her Foreign Policy Knowledge Is a DOOZY (Watch)
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/02/22/aoc-melts-down-cries-foreign-policy-watch-n2425289
video – 00:00:27 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2025393277852147858

Democrats Are Obsessed With White Men
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/02/22/democrats-are-obsessed-with-white-men-n2671696
You can’t turn around these days without seeing some leftist somewhere whining about white men. As a white man, it seems like every Democrat is an obsessed stalker – it’s enough to make us want to take out a restraining order…What is the obsession the left has with us?… We created democracy, pretty much all the rights everyone enjoys and all the concepts behind them, in one way or another. Literally all the technology Democrats use to complain about us – television, computers, internet, print, etc. Hell, even the languages most liberals speak…there’s no money in honesty with Democrats; bigotry pays well on the left and victimhood is their Bitcoin.

Pneumonia Bacteria FOUND Living Inside Alzheimer’s Brains
https://usnewsbreak.com/pneumonia-bacteria-found-living-inside-alzheimers-brains/
A common bacterium responsible for pneumonia has been discovered lurking in the eyes and brains of Alzheimer’s patients, potentially offering a breakthrough in understanding and treating a disease that has devastated millions

Doc is running for TEXAS Governor
DocPeteChambersForTexas was live
video – 00:47:53 – https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ynJOMMMvoWKR?t=pVIpJ4gvsNUPee5olO3SyA&s=09

Will the British Monarchy Survive?
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/02/22/will-the-british-monarchy-survive-n4949807
(Who in America really cares? – it’s quaint, it’s historical -it is a toothless old lion, the crown has no real power anymore – jlr)

Feb 23:

Pete Hegseth Comes Under Fire for Meeting the Standards He Demands of Others. Yes, You Read That Right
https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/02/22/pete-hegseth-comes-under-fire-for-meeting-the-standards-he-demands-of-others-yes-you-read-that-right-n2199449
…What particularly got their goat was Hegseth bench-pressing. What really got them was his pressing 315 pounds. It was nearly a metaphor for Hegseth’s career. He faltered. He almost failed to make it. But when it counted, he succeeded.
vide0 – 00:00:23 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2025400351520616890
The Daily Beast outdid itself in being the most shameful outlet. Hegseth had filmed himself lifting before the Fort Campbell event with his teenage son spotting for him. The headline of their story is Pentagon Pete Berates Son Gunner for Nearly Ruining Publicity Stunt.
The bottom line is that Hegseth is building a bond with the rank and file unlike any Secretary of War/Defense in our history. He’s showing them that he can walk the walk he’s imposing on them. He’s laying down a marker for their bosses, because if SecWar presses 315, you can bet there will be pressure on lots of colonels and generals to be seen lifting weights at the gym. The services are recovering the professionalism destroyed by Lloyd Austin, and the cultural rot is being excised. The competence of the military makes Hegseth immune from attacks in that quarter, so the left has to find something else. And this is the crap they come up with: lying and mocking Heseth for lifting weights with the troops, when most of the critics would be hard-pressed to do a single rep of push-away-from-the-table, much less lift the plates. They do it because it is all they have left.
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CDC Scientists Engineer New Chimeric Frankenvirus Combining Nipah Virus Fusion Protein With Paramyxovirus Backbone: Journal ‘npj Vaccines’​
https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/cdc-scientists-engineer-new-chimeric
Some constructs 100% fatal in mammals.​..A new peer-reviewed study reports that government scientists genetically engineered a live paramyxovirus chimera that acquired new membrane-fusion, host-cell interaction, and immunological functions derived from Nipah virus, according to the paper’s methods and results.The move comes as NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya recently stated that such experiments were not being performed under the Trump administration. “Nowhere in the United States Government will we invest in a project that poses a risk of catastrophic harm to the American people ever again,”
(WHY?  WHY did anyone think this was a good idea! – apparently this is the government scientist version of “hold my beer  . . . . ” – jlr)
The rest is behind a paywall, but…Supporting journal articles may include:
PHV02 | Public Health Vaccines, LLC – https://phvaccines.com/PHV02.html
Nipah Vaccine – A Partnership Built to Develop a Nipah Vaccine – https://nipahvaccine.com/
Functional and antigenic constraints on the Nipah virus fusion protein – PMC – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12885220/
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw4609
The nanoscale organization of the Nipah virus fusion protein informs new membrane fusion mechanisms – https://elifesciences.org/articles/97017
Nipah virus: a recently emergent deadly paramyxovirus – PubMed – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10827955/
The nanoscale organization of the Nipah virus fusion protein informs new membrane fusion mechanisms – https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/97017v1
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03222-21
Novel Roles of the Nipah Virus Attachment Glycoprotein and Its Mobility in Early and Late Membrane Fusion Steps – PubMed – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35506666/
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2024/02/08/2024.02.07.579372.full.pdf
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Trump-Kennedy Center ATTACKED—Toxic Substance Dumped Overnight
https://usnewsbreak.com/trump-center-attacked-toxic-substance-dumped-overnight/
A toxic chemical attack on the Trump-Kennedy Center’s ice rink early Friday morning forced performance cancellations and exposed the escalating violence targeting venues associated with President Trump’s legacy.

From Behind Enemy Lines – Protests
https://vineofliberty.com/2026/02/23/from-behind-enemy-lines-protests/
I posted this 8 years ago. Deserves being posted again. I may not agree with the current reasons for protests happening, but I absolutely support your right to peaceably assemble, and while it isn’t a “guaranteed in the Constitution” right, your right to protest.
(as always – cogent, articulate and sharply on point – Thank you – jlr)

Liberal Judges Declare Themselves President
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/liberal-judges-declare-themselves-president/
Rogue federal judges are no longer content trying to thwart President Donald Trump’s agenda with absurd rulings and nationwide injunctions—now they are actually trying to appoint personnel to the executive branch against the chief executive’s wishes. The latest incident happened in upstate New York, where federal judges swore in a prosecutor of their choosing as U.S. attorney. Within hours, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche responded with the constitutional equivalent of a rolled-up newspaper, posting “Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, @POTUS does. See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired.”

Virginia Takes Aim at the Constitution
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/virginia-takes-aim-at-the-constitution/
Virginia has centered on efforts by Governor Abigail Spanberger and her Democrat accomplices in the legislature to override the state constitution, abolish Virginia’s bipartisan redistricting commission, and impose a radical gerrymander on the Commonwealth. Yet another bill adding Virginia to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC), which Spanberger is soon expected to sign into law, is potentially just as damaging – not only to Virginia’s Constitution, but the U.S. Constitution as well.

Bachelor Chow – Picante sauce.
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/bachelor-chow
My use of the term “bachelor chow” just indicates that the recipe to follow has some pre-made/“open a can of” elements.

Priceless Video: Woke Woman Fled to Canada Because of Trump – Now She’s Reduced to Begging Because She Had No Idea How Bad It Would Be There
https://www.westernjournal.com/priceless-video-woke-woman-fled-canada-trump-now-reduced-begging-no-idea-bad/?
video – 00:02:52 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2025676402402460121

Mass Hypnosis Event – People have gone crazy. It’s not politics. It’s actual mass madness.
https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/mass-hypnosis-event
The American Immigration Lawyers Association also complained about detention policy during the High Holy Reign of Saint Barack the Lightbringer: “The Obama administration’s massive expansion of family detention began in the summer of 2014 and will incarcerate thousands of asylum-seeking children and mothers who are fleeing extreme violence in the Northern Triangle region of Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) this year. This practice is a due process and humanitarian disaster and must end.”…We could just have normal policy debate, again, but first we would apparently need to medicate about a third of the population. This level of psychotic hysteria is unsustainable. Our cultural revolution needs to be brought to a close.
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Mexico Explodes: It’s Now Open War Between Cartels, Mexican Military
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/23/mexico-explodes-its-now-open-war-between-cartels-mexican-military-president-flees-n2199453
The United States is now in the interesting position of having a failed narco-state on our southern border, wherein the cartels, enriched by drugs and human trafficking, are directly taking on the Mexican military and the Mexican government. They appear to have set the civil authorities back on their heels, and now the Mexican military is involved. The country has descended into chaos. The cartels have some serious military hardware to bring to bear, and it would be shocking if they don’t have some former military in their ranks – or, worse, current military.

Americans Ordered To Shelter in Place in Mexico Amid Cartel Violence After Kingpin’s Death
https://americanjournaldaily.com/mexico-usa-rubio-americans/
We’ve all seen the glossy travel brochures, right? The ads promise turquoise water, warm sand, and an easy escape just across the border. Places like Cancun and Puerto Vallarta are peddled as idyllic paradises where hardworking Americans can finally relax. We’re constantly told that Mexico is our friend, a partner we can trust. Spoiler alert: it’s a lie. The entire image is a carefully constructed fantasy. Beneath the surface of all-inclusive resorts is a brutal, narco-terrorist state waging a war it has no control over. This is a war that doesn’t care about tourist seasons or international borders. For thousands of Americans who bought the sales pitch, the dream evaporated this weekend when our own government had to issue a startling warning.
“Due to ongoing, widespread security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity in many areas of Mexico, U.S. citizens should shelter in place until further notice. Roadblocks have impacted airline operations, with some domestic & int’l flights canceled in both Guadalajara & Puerto Vallarta. Taxis/ride shares are suspended in Puerto Vallarta. Seek shelter and remain in residences or hotels.”
Key Takeaways:
∙Mexico’s government is incapable of controlling the violent cartels operating within its borders.
∙The chaos in Mexican tourist hubs is a direct preview of the threat posed by an unsecured border.
∙An America First policy of securing our own border is the only real solution to this threat.
∙The cartels are a paramilitary force, not just criminals, and must be treated as such.

After Cartel Response to Leader’s Killing, Mexico’s Gun Laws Look Even More Ridiculous
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/02/23/after-cartel-response-to-leaders-killing-mexicos-gun-laws-look-even-more-ridiculous-n1231649
… the attacks have once again revealed just how idiotic Mexico’s gun laws are. The country makes it nearly impossible for average citizens to legally own firearms for self-defense, though several states have seen the rise of community self-defense groups who are arming themselves with illegally obtained guns, including AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles.

Jim Snow 2.0′: Critics blast Mamdani’s $19 snow jobs after $30 wage pledge
https://www.theblaze.com/news/jim-snow-2-0-critics-blast-mamdanis-19-snow-jobs-after-30-wage-pledge
…e Department of Sanitation activated an emergency snow-shoveling program paying $19.14 per hour. Overtime is set at $28.71 after 40 hours…like others, also focused on the documentation requirements tied to the job, contrasting them with New York’s voting rules, which generally do not require voters to present photo identification. “This … from someone who believes requiring ONE form of ID to vote is racist??
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SNOW JOB: Mamdani Begs Residents to Shovel the Snow and DEMANDS FIVE IDS To Pick Up A Shovel
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/snow-job-mamdani-begs-residents-to-shovel-the-snow-and-demands-five-ids-to-pick-up-a-shovel.html/
meanwhile in another part of the forest. . .
It’s Not The Same!
https://vineofliberty.com/2026/02/23/its-not-the-same/

NYC Mayor Mamdani Breaks 86-Year Tradition, Freezes Out Catholic Clergy — Dolan Is ‘Ticked Off’
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/02/23/nyc-mayor-mamdani-breaks-86-year-tradition-freezes-out-catholic-clergy-dolan-is-ticked-off-n2199458
Cardinal Timothy Dolan says the new mayor excluded Catholic clergy from his Jan. 1 inauguration and then skipped the installation of Archbishop Ronald Hicks, Dolan’s successor. Dolan did not downplay what that meant.
video – 00:32:08 – https://youtu.be/VT67F3Hj67c
(“Religion is the opium of the people.”-Karl Marx, 1843 – Leftists/Socialists/Communists believe that the worshiping the state must replace religion – jlr)

upon a platform of lies – the very model of modern majoritarian mendacity
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/upon-a-platform-of-lies
“if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit” is a time honored tradition among charlatans and politicians, but this commonplace political pokémon sometimes evolves into a far more pernicious final form: “when what you want is too odious and calamitous to be popular (or even tolerable), lie until you get power and then once you have it, ram whatever you wanted down everyone’s throats.”…Elections have consequences, and like so many things (like insider trading) that are illegal when we the people do it, bait and switch that would land any private business owner in sing sing is just “business as usual” from Gracie MansionSing Sing to the swamps of the district columbian.
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ISLAM
Before Sharia In America
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/before-sharia-in-america.html/
a page from the Standard Encyclopedia from the late 1960s, before the onslaught of islamization and sharia in America.,, First off, they actually depicted Muhammad, something they would never, ever do now. And secondly, look at the description, “Mohammed, founder of Islam, with the sword and the Koran, symbols of his faith.”…I went and checked my World Book (hardcover) Encyclopedia from 2001 (pre-911) and was shocked to find that the crime of whitewashing and propaganda was already in full practice. No photos of Muhammad. No mention of jihad wars, land appropriations, cultural annihilations or enslavements. No mention of the sword.

Islamic Scholar in Chicago: “We Did Not Come Here To Coexist. We Are Superior to Everyone Else. They Have to Worship Allah.”
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/islamic-scholar-in-chicago-we-did-not-come-here-to-coexist-we-are-superior-to-everyone-else-they-have-to-worship-allah.html/
What more has to happen for the American people to get a clue?
video – 00:00:52 – https://x.com/i/status/2025476862206451759
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How To Break A Society, Part I
https://wilderwealthywise.com/how-to-break-a-society-part-i/
………….I don’t think we can keep the republic Franklin talked about from where we are. Adams knew the reason: paper and ink don’t enforce morality. People do. Or they don’t. And when they don’t, the government is happy to step in with a smile and a 10,000-page regulation. The norms are gone. The absurdity remains. And the bill? It’s due, with interest.

vintage rocket takes flight with uncertain trajectory, concrete background. false start concept. 3d render.

To Mars or Crash!

A few years ago, NASA crashed a Mars probe into the surface of the red planet when they got their units mixed up. One group was using metric, and the other was using Freedom Units.

I would have laughed if it hadn’t been such an expensive mistake, both in terms of money and lost opportunity.

I’m a firm believer in Freedom Units. It is what I use regularly. My last big learning curve was going from 1/2 inch, 1/4 inch, 1/8 inch to 0.500, 0.250, 0.125, and 0.062, as in thousandths of an inch.

This small-scale metric stuff is for the birds.

Whenever I start to get a bit confused, I go 25.4 mm == 1 in. That’s close enough to 1/32 of an inch that I can use it for a working number.

The other number I use is 6 mm, which is around 1/4 inch. These are just to get some sort of feel for the numbers.

I just printed my second book for crimpers and terminals. It is 5 x 3 units and 6U tall. I found a Gridfinity bin to hold the crimpers I purchased. All’s good.

Except the bin doesn’t fit the pair I purchased. Slightly different.

So I went back to learning how to do this.

To help with just this task, I purchased a cutting mat with grid lines and other fancies on it. Here is the first photo I took.

It is in its blow-molded holder. This should give me the ability to trace the factory’s cutout/shadow box.

Once this is imported into FreeCAD, you rotate it until the grid is aligned properly, then you “calibrate” the image.

Calibrating means drawing a line between two points with known distance. In this case I have a bunch of 1cm squares. To average out my error, I clicked on one intersection, then counted over 70 mm by 10 mm and clicked. The image scaled. It is now ready to be traced.

I used a B-spline curve, which worked well. I’m getting the hang of it again, it having been 20 years since I used b-splines of this style.

When done, I simply cut the curve from a rectangle, padded the result to 3 mm, and printed it. This allows me to test fit the tool to the shadow without wasting lots of plastic and time.

It didn’t fit. It was too small.

I need to do it over again. This time I’m omitting the blow mold and working directly from the tool. I’ll draw a close-fitting curve, then pad it in X and Y by a mm or so.

This will work better; can you see why?

Yep, one side of the cutting map is in Freedom Units and the other in metric. My first photo was on the Freedom Unit side because it is less crowded. When I was counting out 70 mm, I was really counting out 3.5 in. If I had input 3.5 in into the calibration, it would have been fine.

Leason learned.

From Behind Enemy Lines – Protests

I posted this 8 years ago. Deserves being posted again. I may not agree with the current reasons for protests happening, but I absolutely support your right to peaceably assemble, and while it isn’t a “guaranteed in the Constitution” right, your right to protest.

But I also agree that leaving school during school hours is not cool. Having stuff organized by teachers is beyond not cool. When we had to sign 8 forms just to let our kids go to the local library, no teacher should be able to just take kids out of the classroom and off campus without parental consent and all those same forms used for any other outing. There *cannot* be “rules for thee but not for me.”

And to finish… protests are dangerous. Even peaceable ones. A protest can quickly turn into a mob, and mobs are not people, mobs are a monster all on their own, and they are easily moved and abused by people outside the mob. I have both watched that happen from outside, and been trapped inside a mob and experienced it. Before you go to protest (at any age!!), be sure that you know the realities of what protesting can and does mean.

You could get hurt. You could get arrested. You could get shot with “less than lethal” things like rubber bullets, tasers, chemicals, and water. You could get expelled, if you’re in school, or fired if you’re working. You could get caught up in things you do NOT agree with, a lot more easily than you can imagine, even if you agree with the rest of the protest. You could get yelled at, spit on, and even assaulted.

All but the assault (by a non-LEO) are perfectly legal, by the way. If you’re ordered by LEOs to move, and you don’t, they can and will use “less than lethal” weapons on you. Those “less than lethal” things can cause REAL damage, and they can even cause death sometimes. Assaults during a protest (or worse, during a riot and/or mob situation) are very difficult to prove in court.

All of this is offered from NEITHER political side. It doesn’t matter to me what side you’re on; these are the realities of standing up for your rights, real or perceived. Freedom is not free, and it is NOT SAFE. Being free has never been safe. The fact that we are safer in our country than people in most (if not all) other countries is saying something… but it doesn’t mean “we are safe.” SAFER is not SAFE. Standing up for your rights, again perceived or real, is dangerous, and always will be.

I posted the above to Facebook today, because it came up in my memories. I don’t recall the reason I posted it, but I do remember telling my kids about it. At the time, they were 12 or 13, so right at the rebellious “I’m a real teen” stage. I thought it was horrible at the time, but there are days I miss that… At least I was able to do something about it when they were wrong. Today, I have to grit my teeth and let them make their mistakes. Oy. Anyhow…

The image was what was posted 8 years ago, and the text I just posted today. Though I have no comments yet, I’m sure I’ll get a couple, at least, and maybe ferret out a couple more idiots from my friends’ list. I expect that more than one person will claim to not understand how I can support someone without supporting their cause. That’s the usual response to things like this. My friends, at least, don’t seem to get the idea of “hate the sin, love the sinner” (for lack of a better phrase).

One way I use to describe it a lot, lately, is that here in America, we absolutely have the right to be an idiot, to be wrong, and to keep talking long after we should have (morally speaking) shut our traps. That is our RIGHT. Doesn’t mean it *is* right (as in correct).

But yes, I will absolutely go and protect people I love who feel the need to peaceably demonstrate, even if I disagree with what they’re demonstrating about. Why? Because this is America, and PEACEABLE demonstration is allowed. If they stop being peaceable, I will not support them, and they all know that. But if they’re just holding a sign on the sidewalk and talking to people? Absolutely I will. And if they get arrested while demonstrating peaceably, I’ll record it, and I’ll testify on their behalf later. Because it’s the right thing to do. What I won’t do is interfere with LEOs, because even if I think they’re wrong, that’s how riots and mobs start. I’ll ask questions politely, stay out of the way, and take video. The rest can get argued at the courthouse. Peaceably.

Man screaming in front of a mirror, expressing frustration, anger, or emotional distress, depicting themes of depression, inner turmoil, and personal struggle

It’s Not The Same!

We are having a snow event. So are the people of New York City.

The difference is that here nobody is concerned. We have dry wood inside waiting to go in the stove. We have the snowblower ready to run. We have gasoline to run the blower. We have propane and a gas stove.

Worse case, the internal computers are down and Internet service goes to shit.

NYC is not nearly as prepared.

The socialist in charge has run out of other people’s money but still needs the city cleared of snow.

His answer is to hire people to shovel snow for the city.

If you want to do this, all you need to do is apply bring two official photo IDs and your social security card.

Of course the fact that you need two forms of ID to shovel snow but NY state has no voter ID requirement and the Democrats continue to fight the SAVE act lead to this being a trending story.

And then the explainers came in. “He’s not demanding two IDs to shovel snow, that’s so you can get paid.”

They somehow think this is a big winning argument for them.

If you are getting paid, the I-9 requires two forms of ID and your social security card. But requiring ID to get paid is not the same as requiring ID to vote.

They’re not the same.

Supreme Court Opinions, Lingo

ROBERTS , C. J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II–A–1, and II–B, in which SOTOMAYOR , KAGAN, GORSUCH , BARRETT , and JACKSON, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts II–A–2 and III, in which GORSUCH and BARRETT, JJ., joined. GORSUCH , J., and BARRETT, J., filed concurring opinions. KAGAN, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which SOTOMAYOR and JACKSON, JJ., joined. JACKSON, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion. KAVANAUGH , J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which THOMAS and ALITO , JJ., joined.
— Learning Resources, Inc v. Trump 607 U.S. ___ (2026)

This is opinion is around 163 pages, excluding the syllabus. Which is a fair bit.

Each Supreme Court opinion has a primary author, or it is per curiam. Per Curiam means by the court and says that no one justice authored the opinion, but they all concur.

So what about this case? “C.J.” is Chief Justice Roberts. He is the primary author of this opinion. Six of the nine justices agreed with his opinion. Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Jackson explicitly agreed with Parts I, II-A-1, and II-B.

The “JJ” after lists of other justices means “junior justices,” while “J” is the singular of “junior justice.” What is a junior justice? Any justice that is not the chief justice.

Now Gorsuch and Barrett agreed with Roberts on Parts II-A-2 and III. The other three, Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson, didn’t agree entirely on these parts.

In addition to the majority opinion, authored by Roberts, six other justices wrote opinions.

These other opinions are not the official opinion of the court. They are often cited, and if concurring, can hold some weight. Dissenting opinions don’t carry any weight, though unscrupulous judges and lawyers sometimes cite to dissents as if they were The Court’s opinion.

Gorsuch wrote such a concurring opinion. In it he expresses why he came to the decision he did. No other justice agreed with his opinion enough to “sign” it. The term used is “joined”.

Barrett also wrote a concurring opinion, which nobody joined .

Kagan, the sharpest of the three shrews of The Court wrote a concurring opinion with her fellow agenda driven crones joining. This is to be expected. If Kagan writes an opinion, the other two will join.

Jackson loves to hear herself talk. She just loves to see her words in print. So she wrote a concurring opinion, but only agreeing with part of The Court’s opinion. She was satisfied with the judgment because it met her agenda driven goals. I’ve not read her opinion because I’m having a good weekend and want to keep the blood pressure under control.

Finally, we have the dissents. Thomas wrote a dissent. I need to read his dissent because he will explain why the president has the power to tariff at will.

Kavanaugh also wrote a dissent. Thomas didn’t join, which indicates that it wasn’t as pure as Thomas likes. Again, I’ll need to read it.

Alito joined with Kavanaugh, so we don’t have his words to evaluate.

The big takeaway from this case is not that Trump can’t impose tariffs at will; it is that he can’t do it under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. This is no more of a loss for the President than The Court saying he couldn’t deploy the National Guard to Chicago using the law he cited.

The Court went so far as to say that Trump might even be legally allowed to deploy the Marines to Chicago, if he can’t enforce the law with the law enforcement officers.

Too Many Questions. A pile of colorful paper notes with question marks on them. Close up.

Question of The Week

The Supreme Court issued their opinion on Trump’s use of tariffs. In a 6-3 decision, The Court ruled against Trump’s use of the IEEPA as unconstitutional.

Thomas and Kavanaugh filed dissenting opinions. Alito and Thomas joined with Kavanaugh.

Jackson was off the rails, again, in her concurrence.

We interpret the constitution’s plain text and this nation’s tradition of regulations. The meaning of the constitution is as it was understood when it was adopted. The meaning of amendments is as it was understood when the amendment was ratified. The meaning of the 14th Amendment is as it was understood when it was ratified. Its meaning when it was ratified was that the constitution, as amended, applies to the states, meaning what it was understood to mean when adopted and ratified.

In other words, the 14th Amendment is understood to be incorporating the federal constitution, not as redefining the understanding of the constitution or previous amendments.

Jackson feels that it is important to look at and evaluate the legislative history of a regulation, rather than the plain text and how that text was understood.

The Question

Given all of that, how do you feel about this decision?
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Duncan v. Bonta

Rob Bonta has been screwing over The People of California since the day he took office. He took over exactly where his predecessor left off, working hard to deny The People of California the ability to acquire, carry, and use guns.

Around nine years ago, Virginia Duncan wanted to purchase a standard magazine. California refused to sell her a standard magazine because the state had decided that standard magazines are too dangerous.

Virginia, having a better than 3rd grade reading comprehension level, understood that “shall not be infringed” meant that the state has no say in what arms she possesses or wishes to acquire. Thus showing that even a 3rd grader has a better comprehension of our rights than the state of California and Rob Bonta.

Virginia filed a civil rights case against California. The case was assigned to Judge (Saint) Benitez. He found the magazine ban was unconstitutional.

He used a text, followed by history and tradition, as Heller directed to reach his ruling. Because he was under the Ninth Circuit, he layered it in a scrutiny decision, where he used strict scrutiny.

His ruling placed an injunction on the state, and The People of California celebrated freedom week by buying as many magazines as were available to be had. Online vendors flatly told customers that magazines being shipped to California had priority and that others would just have to wait.

The state came back and asked for an administrative stay.

Benitez granted the stay with the explicit ruling that magazines that had already been purchased but not yet received or that had been received were exempt from California’s infringement.

A 3-judge merits panel affirmed (agreed with Benitez) that the magazine ban was unconstitutional. They left the administrative stay in place because everyone knows that the state was going to petition for an en banc panel and it would be granted.

No en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit has ever found a Second Amendment infringement. Every case they have heard on gun control, they have ruled in favor of the state.

Which was precisely what happened. The Ninth Circuit heard the case en banc and ruled for the state. This was appealed to the Supreme Court.

The case became one of the dozen or so Second Amendment challenges at the Supreme Court, waiting for cert or denial of cert. New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. New York City was granted cert. New York State then mooted the case.

In the end, the Supreme Court took up New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen. In June of 2022, they issued their opinion in Bruen

Once Bruen issued, The Court then granted cert to a number of other Second Amendment cases, vacated the lower (circuit) court’s rulings, and remanded the cases back for review in light of Bruen.

A GVR, like this, is explicit instructions to the inferior court to rethink their original opinion, considering the instructions provided in the latest case.

A GVR is clear. If the inferior court had gotten it right, the Supreme Court would have denied cert, and the case would be over. The remand when the inferior court got it wrong.

The rogue inferior courts refuse to see it this way and continue to support infringements.

It reminds me of when I was going to arbitration over some property. I was offered $16k as a buyout. The offer came with the calculations showing how the co-owner reached that number. I pointed out that his calculations were in error.

The next week, at arbitration, he offers me $16K as a buyout. This time with a different set of (bogus) calculations. I showed how his numbers were still bogus.

The next week, $16K again. Different set of calculations. I again called him on his bogus calculations. I then stated, “$16k is all you have to offer, isn’t it? It isn’t justified by anything. It is all you have to offer.”

It turned out that his wife’s sister had given them $16K to buy me out.

These rogue inferior courts act the same way he did. They know the result they want, they get that result using some justification. When they are called on the inherent error in their justification, they don’t do it right. They get the same result using a different set of justifications.

It doesn’t matter what the rules say; they will always get the result they want.

Because the case was coming back to the Ninth Circuit, the same en banc panel took the case, again.

It is important to understand that the Ninth Circuit is so large that it is impossible to get all the judges to sit to hear a case. Instead, they draw judges at random to create an “en banc” panel of 11 judges. Smaller circuits have all active judges sit for an en banc case. This means the results of an en banc panel in the Ninth Circuit are random, leaning heavily towards the state.

The en banc panel decided that they needed more fact finding. They sent the case back down to the district court.

The district court did the right thing and once again found that magazine bans are unconstitutional.

The Ninth decided the district court was wrong.

Today, Duncan goes back into conference at the Supreme Court. It is in the same place it was in 2022 before Bruen.

Books Are The Best

It is nice to go to the bookshelf and find what you need.

All about M3 size nuts and bolts.

And look at that, we’ve got examples!

Which can be removed from the book!

Seriously, this is a BookFinity print. These come in different sizes. This one is 3x4u for a total of 12 singleton bins. The book is 4U high.

You can put anything in these books that don’t become disorganized if tipped on their side. They won’t come out of their bin; they will move around.

These are Socket Head Cap Screws, I’m going to do another M3 book for Button Headed Cap Screws.

There are dozens of these books already designed, ready for the printing.

The Intermittent Missive – The “Catch Up” Edition

Feb 9:

Major Trump Win: Mandatory Detention, No-Bond For Illegals
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/supreme-court-rules-for-trump-unleashes-wartime-deportation-power-illegals-now-face-mandatory-detention-with-no-bail.html/
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a landmark ruling affirming the federal government’s authority to detain certain noncitizens without bond while removal proceedings are pending. The decision represents a major legal victory for the administration’s immigration enforcement and detention framework.
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BIG WIN: Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act
https://gellerreport.com/2025/04/big-win-supreme-court-upholds-trumps-use-of-alien-enemies-act.html/
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration, allowing the use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. This decision overturns a previous order that had temporarily blocked these deportations. The ruling is seen as a significant victory for the administration’s immigration policies, though it was a narrow 5-4 decision with Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the dissent. The case remains ongoing, with further litigation expected despite the Supreme Court’s ruling.
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Trump Admin Refuses To Comply With Immigration Court Order
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-admin-refuses-comply-immigration-court-order
It will not comply with a federal court order demanding due process for 252 Venezuelan migrants deported to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador last March under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. The Justice Department made that position clear in a new filing, setting up a collision course with U.S. District Judge James Boasberg and a near-certain return to the Supreme Court…The Trump administration views the current legal fight as an extension of that same presidential authority enjoyed by Barack Obama. It sees Boasberg and other judges issuing immigration orders as rogue actors seeking to seize control of enforcement policy from the executive branch.
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Trump admin draws line in sand, signals noncompliance with Judge Boasberg’s order in Tren de Aragua case
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-admin-draws-line-in-sand-signals-noncompliance-with-obama-judges-order-in-tren-de-aragua-case

Civil War 2.0 Weather Report: Cloudy With A Chance Of Insurrection
https://wilderwealthywise.com/civil-war-2-0-weather-report-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-insurrection/
Welcome to the latest issue of the Civil War II Weather Report. These posts are different than the other posts at Wilder Wealthy and Wise and consist of smaller segments covering multiple topics around the single focus of Civil War 2.0, on the first or second Monday of every month. I’ve created a page (https://wilderwealthywise.com/civil-war-weather-report-previous-posts/) for links to all of the past issues….The Battle of Minnesota…Violence and Censorship Update…Misery Index…Updated Civil War II Index…Bad and Good

Ian, what is “Guano-psychosis”? – And “Guano-psychotics”
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/ian-what-is-guano-psychosis
“Guano-psychosis” is an articulate turn of phrase that I wish I could claim to have invented, but I didn’t. I will, however, claim “guano-psychotics”. It is a delicious and evocative bit of word-smithing that I first ran across somewhere on social media, and it was so eloquent that it immediately stuck in my mind. “But, Ian,” I hear you say, “What is guano-psychosis?” – Good question. It is, of course, a more polite way to say “bat-[deleted] crazy”, but I tend to use it in a more direct, more focussed sense.

If You’re Free To Complain About Fascism, You Don’t Live In A Fascist Country
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/if-youre-free-complain-about-fascism-you-dont-live-fascist-country

My Algorithm is Blue
https://vineofliberty.com/2026/02/09/my-algorithm-is-blue/
…The only way to fix this stuff is to have people on the Left have an epiphany. That only comes when they’re challenged, and they’re avoiding those challenges because it’s hard. So they have no reason and no impetus to change.
( The deprogramming of Americans, in specific, and the world at large, has to start with the “upper middle management” of the eleits who want one world government, the College professors. Why there? Because brfore 1861 the US had NO doctorial award process. If you wanted a doctorate you had to go to Europe, specifically Germany to get one.(https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/dv4ppq/when_was_the_first_phd_awarded_and_what_led_to/). in the 1840s and 50s Marx and Engles were holding court in the German salons, which is where students spent their free time; and were inculcated with comminist thinking. The new PHDs brought those ideas back to the UISA and started teaching them to their students – who became the teachers of following generations. leading to where we are today with Universities and colleges as bastions of far left/ socialist/communist teachings in the “soft” subjects. once you clear far left/ socialist/communist teaching from the colleges things will change – jlr)

Alienated by Trump, Europeans Finally Take Responsibility for Defense
https://reason.com/2026/02/09/alienated-by-trump-europeans-finally-take-responsibility-for-defense/
Spurred by a hostile U.S. president, Europe struggles against stagnant economies to rearm… President Donald Trump’s rough treatment of our European allies has driven them to huffily make steps to actually defend themselves rather than continue to rely on the American defense umbrella.

Trump’s Assault on Our Right to Keep and Bear Arms
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/02/lew-rockwell/trumps-assault-on-our-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms/
Murray Rothbard says in his wonderful essay Anatomy of the State,“The State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial area; in particular, it is the only organization in society that obtains its revenue not by voluntary contribution or payment for services rendered but by coercion.

New Mexico Dems Could Pass Broadest Gun Ban in U.S. This Week
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/02/09/new-mexico-dems-could-pass-broadest-gun-ban-in-us-this-week-n1231491
SB 17, which would ban the sale and transfer of every gas-operated centerfire rifle that can accept a detachable magazine (along with those guns that have fixed magazine capacity of more than ten rounds), detachable magazines that can hold more than ten rounds of ammunition, and .50 BMG rifles, along with imposing a host of new regulations and restrictions on federally licensed firearms retailers.
NM Senat Bill 17 – https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26 Regular/bills/senate/SB0017.pdf
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legtype=B&legno=17&year=26

What Virginia’s Anti-Gun Jihad Really Means
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/02/07/what-virginias-anti-gun-jihad-really-means-n1231478
What’s going on in Virginia is what happens when Democrats are confident that they have achieved permanent power…Anti-gun Democrats are so convinced that they hold all the power now that they’ve started unraveling anything that might give the illusion that Republicans even exist in the state. Yes, part of that is the gun control. That’s high up on the agenda for any anti-gun Democratic majority, and it’ll absolutely happen the next time they get enough authority at the federal level. While Republicans aren’t exactly tripping over themselves to engage in bipartisanship, the reality is that anti-gun Democrats routinely walk in and start legislating away people’s gun rights, absolutely sure that they’ll hold a permanent majority.

Story of Little Scottish Girl Who Took a Whack for Wielding an Axe Now Jumps Its Track
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/02/09/story-of-little-scottish-girl-who-took-a-whack-for-wielding-an-axe-now-jumps-its-track-n3811705
(The story continues to decay and stink even more – jlr)

Fifth Circuit Judge Casts Doubt on Federal Laws Dealing With Possession of Firearms
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/02/02/fifth-circuit-judge-casts-doubt-on-federal-laws-dealing-with-possession-of-firearms-n1231418
There is nothing in the Constitution that explicitly allows Congress to write laws criminalizing gun possession, but there is language stating that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed (presumably, by any branch of the federal government). Willett’s faithfulness to federalism is something to be admired, and if there is an opening on the Supreme Court before the end of Donald Trump’s second term, the 59-year-old judge would be my first pick to fill the vacancy.

Some Guy Wanted to Test Something at an Anti-ICE Rally. Their Reaction Says It All.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/09/some-guy-wanted-to-test-something-at-an-anti-ice-rally-their-reaction-says-it-all-n2670935

Jihadis Threaten to Burn Notre Dame Church in Paris
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/jihadis-threaten-to-burn-notre-dame-church-in-paris-video.html/
Muslims have issued threats to burn Notre-Dame Cathedral unless French authorities release Ibrahim Alissaoui, the Islamist terrorist who murdered three people in France. The threat underscores the ongoing campaign of Islamic intimidation directed at Christian symbols in Europe, where churches have repeatedly been targeted in attacks linked to jihadist ideology.

Female Muslim TV Host: “Allah Allows Muslim Men to Rape Non-Muslim Women to Humiliate Them.”
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/female-muslim-tv-host-allah-allows-muslim-men-to-rape-non-muslim-women-to-humiliate-them.html/
When they tell you who and what they are, believe them.
video – 00:01:45 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2020311503229055260
video – 00:00:59 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2020524570193564152
Islamic scholar says: “If you are a rapist, a child abuser, a murderer, a terrorist, or a drug dealer, but you are a Muslim and pray, then you are morally superior in the eyes of Allah to an infidel who never committed any crime.” What kind of twisted logic is this?!
video – 00:00:58 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2020201106907988275

Leftist and Muslims Violently Riot, Police and Media Brutally Attacked for Hours
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/chaos-in-milan-far-left-riots-turn-violent-police-and-media-attacked-for-hours.html/
This isn’t confined to the U.S.; across the globe, far-left movements and Islamist extremists are algined to destroy free societies. Violent clashes erupted in Milan as Antifa-linked rioters rampaged outside events connected to the 2026 Winter Olympics, attacking police officers for hours and plunging the area into chaos. Officers were pelted with projectiles and forced into prolonged confrontations as authorities struggled to restore order, underscoring the increasingly coordinated and transnational nature of militant Antifa activity across Europe.
video – 00:01:54 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2017669796024774723

Project: Prepare For The Responses Of The Unprepared
https://paultmartin.com/blog/f/project-prepare-for-the-responses-of-the-unprepared
Why should we in the preparedness community care about the lack of interest in preparedness from our fellow citizens? A few reasons come to mind:…Given this, we need to be taking further action to ready ourselves for the fact others aren’t prepared and will likely react poorly during the next crisis. I will tell you I didn’t handle this part of the pandemic well; the incessant calls, emails and texts requesting assistance and criticizing me for not “doing more to help others” took its toll. Which is why need to ready ourselves for this societal pressure and angst which will follow. Some ideas on how to do that follow…Do not underestimate the impact the actions, comments and mindsets of our fellow citizens will have on society during the next crisis. I can tell you from personal experience those things impacted me during the pandemic far more than anything else. I didn’t manage it well; I will do better the next time. I hope you will as well.

Wait, That’s Why Dems Are Scared About ICE Agents Wearing Body Cams
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/09/wait-thats-why-dems-are-scared-about-ice-agents-wearing-body-cams-n2670932
Democrats are expressing concerns and fear that body cameras could be ICE’s new Mass Surveillance tool and could infringe on the privacy rights of protesters…First it was, “We want body cameras.” Then it became, “We want them with restrictions.” Which turned into, “We want them with restrictions because insane white liberals say so.” And now we’re at, “These body cameras are mass surveillance.”

People in America with American flags are “your enemies”. “Prepare for revolution”.
Anyone wondering why and what all of these Chinese nationals are doing here?
video – 00:01:36 – https://x.com/i/status/2016675330484826184

Democrats Fumble Photo ID
https://patriotpost.us/articles/124914-democrats-fumble-photo-id-2026-02-09
When asked whether they can support an election reform measure that enjoys overwhelming support from voters across the political spectrum, the Democrats can only dodge.

Civics Education Is Failing Because Schools Fear Debate
https://patriotpost.us/articles/124911-civics-education-is-failing-because-schools-fear-debate-2026-02-09
Nearly four out of five students lack a solid understanding of how the U.S. government works, and one-third fall below even the “basic” level.

Lithium Extraction Plant Opens in Midland
https://www.mrt.com/business/article/element3-permian-lithium-plant-21338521.php
…The lithium carbonate production facility is the first in the U.S. to extract the valuable resource from oilfield wastewater. The Permian Basin’s oil and gas industry produces about a billion gallons of wastewater every day, which is “full of critical materials” and represents “one of our nation’s largest untapped natural resources,”

The Only Ones will send you to prison
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/the-only-ones-will-send-you-to-prison
The box itself needs to be locked if you are transporting on a vehicle without and isolated trunk.

Feb 10:

The new activism looks a lot like mental illness
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-new-activism-looks-a-lot-like-mental-illness
Let’s start calling it what it is: oppositional behavior, mass hysteria, and celebrity-fed grievance acting out in the streets…Clinical language can clarify motives, but it should not excuse crimes…Trump derangement syndrome…Celebrity worship syndrome…Mad hatters – Some participants display the impulsivity, defiance, and hostility toward authority that clinicians associate with oppositional-defiant disorder or conduct disorder. In its more destructive form, the behavior resembles conduct-disorder traits: aggression, property destruction, and contempt for basic social rules….Lost souls…Regressed rioters…Mr. and Mrs. Personality – Certain personality disorders show up frequently in chaotic movements: paranoia, grandiosity, emotional volatility, hostility, and disregard for others’ rights…Substance abusers – Alcohol and drugs lower inhibition and increase risk-taking. For some, a riot becomes a party with a political soundtrack — an excuse to seek thrills while claiming a moral cause… A society that treats mob coercion as “protest” abandons the rule of law — and endangers everyone.

Islamic Terrorists Release Video Threatening to Assassinate President Trump
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/islamic-terrorists-release-video-threatening-to-assassinate-president-trump.html/
More peace from the religion of pieces…An Islamic group in Nigeria, known as ISIS West Africa Province, has released a video issuing a direct threat against Donald Trump, warning they would attempt to kill him if the United States resumes airstrikes on their camps…

VIRGINIA: Loudoun County Trains Staff to Fight ‘Terrorist’ Parents, Casting Parents as Violent Threats
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/virginia-loudoun-county-trains-staff-to-fight-terrorist-parents-casting-parents-as-violent-threats.html/
Democrat government are at war against we, the people. After a student’s death, the Loudoun County School Board staged a closed-door “terrorism” drill portraying parents as violent agitators while excluding the public… a closed-door meeting for school board members and staff only. The subject of the meeting? Responding to “terrorist activity” at school board meetings. According to multiple sources who were in the room but requested we not identify them, the terrorism training involved dozens of actors, brought in by the school board, to act as Loudoun County parents. Those pretend “parents” sat in the gallery in the school board meeting room as actual families normally would. In this training, one of the parents has a gun. The actors were screaming and yelling and running around the room, witnesses said. School board members and staff were instructed to “run, hide, and fight,” much the same as training provided to students in the event of an active shooter scenario. Again, according to 7News sources, Chandler referred to parents as “disrupters” and “agitators” as she recalled school board meetings last year which many parents attended to speak up in support of three boys who were being investigated by the district in a case centered around policy allowing students to use the bathroom and locker room that matches their chosen gender identity, rather than their biological sex.

Democrats are Desperate to Win the Midterms — Because They’re Losing Power
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/democrats_are_desperate_to_win_the_midterms_because_they_re_losing_power.html
…the 2030 Census, a structural political realignment is quietly but relentlessly taking shape… not being driven by campaign slogans or cable news theatrics, but by population movement, economic performance, and policy outcomes that are increasingly difficult to ignore…these forces are placing Democrats on the brink of a profound loss of electoral power in the 2030s, one that could permanently reshape the national political map.

Dems now flip-flopping on ICE bodycams they demanded
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/10/dems-now-flip-flopping-on-ice-bodycams-they-demanded-1621238/
Democrats will never be satisfied, and now the party is flip-flopping on one of their key requests for cooperating on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding – bodycams for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents…“Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) demanded…things have now changed amid concerns that the push for bodycams could backfire, and Schumer and company are walking it back, insisting that restrictions be placed on their use, which some fear will be used to enhance the surveillance capability of federal immigration enforcement…Dems made it clear that they want the body cams but also called for “mandate requirements
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Democrats Flip-Flop On ICE Agents And Body Cameras
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrats-flip-flop-ice-agents-and-body-cameras
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sent a letter to Republican leadership calling for sweeping reforms at the Department of Homeland Security before funding expires on Feb. 13. The letter outlined ten “guardrails” for DHS, including the demand that ICE agents wear body cameras when interacting with the public…the use of body cameras by ICE agents has bipartisan support. Even President Donald has voiced support for body cameras, pointing out that they “generally tend to be good for law enforcement because people can’t lie about what’s happening.”…Days later, Democrats reversed course after left-wing privacy advocates raised “concerns” about body cameras becoming a mass surveillance tool. Democrats now fear the technology could feed video of protesters into facial recognition systems, allowing ICE to identify and track demonstrators. “Obviously, we want them to be wearing body cameras, but we would want restrictions placed on what that information could be used for,”…“We want to make sure that we have the accountability for how these officers conduct themselves on the streets of our country, but we don’t want it in turn to be used as a way of coming back and suppressing free speech.”…Democrats went from demanding body cameras for accountability and transparency to proposing legislation that would limit their use within days. The shift suggests Democrats may have realized that body camera footage could work in favor of ICE agents rather than against them. Video evidence from encounters like the Good shooting has already shown that footage can exonerate officers and contradict activist narratives. If body cameras protect agents from false claims…the technology undermines the broader effort to obstruct immigration enforcement operations. That may explain why Democrats are suddenly claiming concern about surveillance and privacy, concerns that were notably absent when they first demanded the cameras.
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Ring’s Lost Dog Finder Is a Potential Civil Liberties Nightmare
https://reason.com/2026/02/10/rings-lost-dog-finder-is-a-potential-civil-liberties-nightmare/
Search Party uses AI to detect lost pets, but some worry about the Ring program’s potential use by law enforcement…Search Party, a feature in which users can upload a picture of their lost dog, and Ring cameras will use AI to search for the animal—like doggy facial recognition…some viewers worried about its potential use by law enforcement…ICE is already using facial recognition software in places like Minnesota, not only against suspected undocumented migrants but also against protesters.

Trump admin ‘cleans house,’ busts 50+ suspected fugitive felons living in taxpayer-funded housing in just one Ohio city
https://www.theblaze.com/news/hud-warrants-public-housing-arrests
‘Operation Clean House’ frees up housing for those without outstanding warrants…The warrants issued in the operation included rape, drug trafficking, endangering children, strangulation, and failure to register as a sex offender…

Lawmakers Overwhelmingly Pass Bipartisan Bill, Dealing with Top Trump Campaign Promise
https://www.westernjournal.com/lawmakers-overwhelmingly-pass-bipartisan-bill-dealing-top-trump-campaign-promise/
The sweeping housing package voted on Monday, passed by a whopping 390-9 margin. — the “Housing for the 21st Century Act” — is designed to boost the nation’s supply of affordable homes. The proposal pulls together several strategies, from encouraging more multifamily construction to allowing taller buildings on smaller pieces of land. It also pushes states and local governments to loosen permitting rules that often slow or block new projects. The bill would create a new pilot program within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to offer grants for developing “pattern books” of pre-approved home designs. These designs would already meet local building codes, making it easier and faster for communities to move projects forward.

Endgame: U.S. Deploys Desert Storm-Level Air Assets to Middle East as Iran Tensions Escalate
https://istandforfreedom.com/endgame-air-assets-iran/
I’ve watched American foreign policy long enough to recognize when posturing ends and positioning begins. After the hostages, after the nuclear strikes, after decades of Iranian provocations met with half-measures from Washington—the board is finally set. Either Tehran folds, or we’re watching the opening moves of something decisive. Checkmate is coming, one way or another.

Watch: Democrat Congresswoman Charged With Assaulting ICE Agents Goes Insane During Hearing
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2026/02/10/watch-democrat-congresswoman-charged-with-assaulting-ice-agents-loses-it-during-hearing-n2199012
video – 00:01:05 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2021276796897919448

Another One Bites the Dust: Tech Mogul Latest to Flee Newsom’s Golden State for Greener Pastures
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/10/another-one-bites-the-dust-tech-billionaire-latest-to-flee-newsoms-golden-state-for-even-sunnier-climes-n2199013
…Residents — the very rich ones who supply a big chunk of the state’s revenue base — heading for the hills in a bid to avoid a huge, punitive wealth tax that is contained in a proposed ballot measure…Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the latest California billionaire heading for Florida, snapping up a massive waterfront mansion in Miami’s exclusive “Billionaire Bunker,” as Golden State lawmakers push a proposed 5% tax on the ultra-wealthy.
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TEXAS NEWS
Paper rushes to defend racist Texas Dems’ call for rising up against the white ‘oppressor’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/10/paper-rushes-to-defend-racist-texas-dems-call-for-rising-up-against-the-white-oppressor-1621248/
A Houston-based newspaper is being pilloried for rushing to the defense of a blatantly racist Texas state Democrat lawmaker who wasn’t even born in the United States…“I always tell people the day the Latino, African American, Asian, and other communities realize that they share the same oppressor is the day we start winning, because we are the majority in this country now,” Wu, who was born in China, said…“We have the ability to take over this country and do what is needed for everyone, and to make things fair. But the problem is our communities are divided. They’re completely divided,”

Jasmine Crockett ally suggests she hasn’t run TV ads because system is racist
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/10/jasmine-crockett-ally-suggests-she-hasnt-run-tv-ads-because-system-is-racist-1621140/
Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s Senate campaign is falling far behind in fundraising and spending, but one ally of the firebrand lawmaker says race limits her ability to rely on traditional campaigning methods…Crockett is taking an “unconventional” approach to statewide campaigning because “traditional” methods such as large ad buys and hiring a campaign manager are “not designed” for her. “Candidates of color cannot use these traditional methods because these traditional methods were not designed for them,” Ramos told the outlet.
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Firearm News
Gun Ownership by Political Party: A 2026 Analysis
https://ammo.com/research/gun-ownership-by-political-party
Republicans are 2.25 times more likely to own firearms than Democrats – Independent voters reported 29% ownership rate in 2000 and 2023, lower than Republicans and higher than Democrats –  Republican women are 14% more likely to own guns than Democrat men – Protection is the main reason for gun ownership across all political parties.

Mental Contortions Underlie Anti-Gun Rhetoric
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/02/10/mental-contortions-underlie-anti-gun-rhetoric-n1231502
Today, I came across a piece there (https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/alex-prettis-murder-by-border-customs-patrol-officers-demands-a-reevaluation-of-u-s-firearms-policies/) with the author illustrating the kinds of mental contortions the anti-gun side engages in just to pretend they’re in the right on gun control, constitutionally speaking.

NBC’s Today Show Gives Anti-2A Activist Platform for Propaganda
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/02/10/nbcs-today-show-gives-anti-2a-activist-platform-for-propaganda-n1231508
“Untargeting Kids: A Call for Platform Transparency — Putting Parents Back in Charge of Firearm Safety.”…The report goes on to claim that 54% of boys ages 10–17 report seeing sexually charged firearm content at least once a week, but never actually define what “sexually charged firearm content” looks like…the report takes issue with young users of social media being exposed to “live-action firearm content” in general… “firearm manufacturers have been targeting children as a future consumer,” suggesting that it’s gun companies, not influencers, that are producing this content…she accuses firearm companies of targeting kids with sexually charged images or messaging that guns make you sexually attractive or are “the” way to solve conflicts without citing any specific evidence whatsoever…Today allows her to make those unfounded claims without any kind of challenge or rebuttal, their reporting becomes an anti-gun hit piece that’s so one sided it’s nothing more than propaganda for the gun control lobby.

CCRKBA Blasts New Mexico Gun Control Measure
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/02/10/ccrkba-blasts-new-mexico-gun-control-measure-n1231501
…The proposed ban is about optics. It’s about looking like you’re addressing violent crime without actually having to do anything except punish those who likely voted against your party in the first place…This is especially troubling in the aftermath of Bruen, where lawmakers know good and well that a law won’t be upheld as constitutional unless there’s a historic analog for such a restriction, and for a gun ban like this, there isn’t. It just doesn’t exist.

Louisiana Republicans Look to Expand Right to Carry
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/02/10/louisiana-republicans-look-to-expand-right-to-carry-n1231507
Louisiana Republicans are taking aim at one of the state’s most expansive “gun-free zones” this session with a bill that would allow lawful concealed carry on the campuses of colleges and universities that receive public funds.

Delaware Police, Prosecutor Enforce Law After Court Says They Can’t
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/02/10/delaware-police-prosecutor-enforce-law-after-court-says-they-cant-n1231504
There are a number of ongoing lawsuits challenging multiple gun control laws in Delaware, including Rigby v. Jennings, which takes on the state’s ban on possessing, manufacturing, and assembling “untraceable” firearms. A U.S. District Court judge, however, granted a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of much of the law back in September, 2022. Apparently someone didn’t get the memo, because the state Department of Justice sent a letter to Judge Maryellen Noreika this week informing her of an arrest and prosecution under the enjoined statutes.

Media Numbers of Guns in Private Hands Severely Lacking…Likely On Purpose
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/02/10/media-numbers-of-guns-in-private-hands-severely-lackinglikely-on-purpose-n1231499

Feb 11:

Did Radical Leftist Somali Congresswoman Just Call for the Execution of POTUS? Sure Seems Like It
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/10/did-radical-leftist-somali-congresswoman-just-call-for-the-execution-of-potus-sure-seems-like-it-n2199028
The leader of the Pedophile Protection Party is trying to deflect attention from his name being all over the Epstein files. At least in Somalia they execute pedophiles not elect them. – https://x.com/IlhanMN/status/2021372148896682175

Tinseltown Exodus: Why Hollywood Is Bolting the Golden State
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/02/10/hollywood-and-california-face-a-crisis-as-hollywood-productions-disappear-and-flee-to-greener-locales-n2199016
…California production work is on a three-year losing streak that sees it not just sliding, but plummeting…What is apparent is that Hollywood as an industry is facing a future that is filled with unknown questions.
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California Bleeds BILLIONS: Zuckerberg Joins Billionaires Fleeing, Refineries Shut Down, Tax Base Collapses
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/california-bleeds-billions-zuckerberg-joins-billionaires-fleeing-refineries-shut-down-and-the-tax-base-collapses.html/
…California’s billionaire taxable base has reportedly collapsed from over $2 trillion to well under $1 trillion…major employers are fleeing outright, Valero Energy is paying a staggering $1.1 billion just to exit the state, shutting its Benicia refinery and taking jobs, tax revenue, and nearly 9% of in-state gasoline capacity with it, as Phillips 66 follows suit.
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Red States Booming as Americans Flee High-Tax Democrat Strongholds
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/red-states-booming-as-americans-flee-high-tax-democrat-strongholds
In what is sure to be one of the biggest real estate deals of the year, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly relocating to Florida, becoming just the latest California billionaire to flee the Golden State for the Sunshine State following a proposed five-percent wealth tax. But the uber-rich aren’t the only ones relocating for more favorable conservative policies – millions of everyday people are as well.
(The PROBLEM with liberals moving to conservative states is that they bring their liberal values and wants with them, rather than leaving them where they came from. They sell the home that they bought 30 years ago for $50K for $3.5M move to a conservative area, find out undeveloped land is CHEAP and taxes are LOW, buy acreage outside of cities or towns, on on a dirt road, only to find out undevloped mean exactly that – no water, no electric, no hard line phone and maybe no cell connection either, no cable TV, road not paved, no munipal trash pickup, long response times for emergency services, farm animals, few fences, and wild animals. They then go to the town/county government to get these grievances fixed, and are told NO. So they then become politically active and get elected to the city/county government, and then start implementing the fixes they want. Only to find out that they have to raise TAXES to fund the projects. Thus, pissing off families who have lived here for generations. And they can not understand why – jlr)
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Breaking Down California’s Insane “Super Bowl Tax”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/breaking-down-californias-insane-super-bowl-tax
…the state will go back in time, all the way to the start of the NFL season in September, and take their ‘fair share’ of the players’ ENTIRE salaries over the entire season…This is what’s known as the state’s “jock tax,” in which they tax non-resident professional athletes based on the number of “duty days” they spend in the state—traveling, practicing, attending meetings, or playing in a game. Both teams arrived in California last Sunday, so each player will log at least eight duty days in the state just for the Super Bowl. They then divide those California duty days over the entire season, and you end up with a percentage. If a player spends, say, 7% of his duty days in California over the season, then the state claims the right to tax 7% of his entire annual salary— at California’s top marginal rate of 13.3%! This is pretty crazy given that the players only earned $178,000 for that game. But in the case of Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold, he’ll end up owing Gavin Newsom roughly $249,000 in state taxes this year. In other words, Sam Darnold will LOSE over $70,000.(The NFL players should refuse to play in any state, esp. CA., that has a “jock Tax” – jlr)
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Hotel California: Sam Darnold Can Check Out Any Time He Likes, But His Money Can Never Leave
https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2026/02/11/hotel-california-sam-darnold-can-check-out-any-time-he-likes-but-his-money-can-never-leave-n3811722

And the latest victim of ICE is.. (drum roll)
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/and-the-latest-victim-of-ice-is-drum
Seamus Culleton, the Irishman living in the United States who is being detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) service, entered the US in 2009 as a tourist, according to a court ruling in Texas, where he is being held…So he understood clearly he was in the country illegally but never gave a shit till the laws started to be enforced. And that makes it sound like this was a marriage of legal convenience seeking to circumvent legal consequences, which may also affect his wife as being complicit in the immigration fraud. Amazing, funny stuff when the sob stories ran head-on against the crap the sob-ees themselves created.

rcd via e-mail
Arizona attorney general refuses to resign despite pressure over her comments on ICE
https://thedailybs.com/2026/02/10/arizona-attorney-general-refuses-to-resign-despite-pressure-over-her-comments-on-ice/
Last week, the Republican-controlled state House passed House Resolution 2004, 33 to 25, censuring Mayes and calling for her resignation after the Democratic attorney general’s comments about people legally being able to shoot masked federal law enforcement including immigration officers.

FAA mysteriously closes airspace over major US city for 10 days over ‘special security’ concerns
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/11/faa-mysteriously-closes-airspace-over-major-us-city-for-10-days-over-special-security-concerns-1621510/
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Wednesday morning entirely closing the airspace over the Western Texas city of El Paso for the next ten days, citing “special security reasons,” while classifying a large area over both El Paso and the neighboring community of Santa Teresa, New Mexico as “national defense airspace” under the control of the Defense Department. All flights in and out of El Paso International Airport and nearby regional airports have been canceled or grounded, with even medical evacuation flights being restricted, as local authorities and military officials state that they have received no information regarding the NOTAM. Such an airspace closure over a major city in the United States is unprecedented, with the last time such a restriction like this was issued occurring after September 11, 2001.
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Mexican cartel drones in El Paso to blame for airspace closure: War Department
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mexican-cartel-drones-in-el-paso-to-blame-for-airspace-closure-dow
“Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace,”…”The Department of War took action to disable the drones. The FAA and DOW have determined there is no threat to commercial travel.”

Jeffries gives ultimatum: Either ICE is ‘reined’ in or DHS shuts down on Friday
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/11/jeffries-gives-ultimatum-either-ice-is-reined-in-or-dhs-shuts-down-on-friday-1621504/
Democrats appear to have lost their fear of government shutdowns, at least in part. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) made it clear on Monday that if Republicans don’t start playing ball with his party, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will shut down on Friday. This is a move to target Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and force the Trump administration to institute “dramatic changes” that comply with leftist demands.

Ketanji Brown Jackson defends Grammy appearance to swooning co-hosts on ‘The View’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/11/ketanji-brown-jackson-defends-grammy-appearance-to-swooning-co-hosts-on-the-view-1621480/

Colombian president claims he survived assassination attempt
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/11/colombian-president-claims-he-survived-assassination-attempt-1621401/

Trash and wood accounted for major ‘renewable energy’ share during winter storm, reports show
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/11/trash-and-wood-accounted-for-major-renewable-energy-share-during-winter-storm-reports-show-1621369/
Fossil fuels powered much of America during Winter Storm Fern, and in New England, a large share of the “renewables” came from burning trash and wood…New England relied heavily on oil and other fossil fuels to keep the lights on, according to multiple reports. When it came to green energy sources, nearly half of the power came from burning refuse and wood as wind and solar output fell
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Climate Realism: Trump Administration Dismantles Obama-Era Climate Grift in Sweeping Deregulation
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/climate-realism-trump-administration-dismantles-obama-era-climate-grift-in-sweeping-deregulation.html/
The Trump administration is preparing to repeal the 2009 EPA “endangerment finding,” the Obama-era scientific determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare and form the legal backbone of federal climate regulation. Eliminating the finding would effectively dismantle the legal basis for EPA rules limiting power-plant emissions and tightening vehicle fuel-economy standards under the Clean Air Act.

Dems go berserk after ‘Pride’ flag removed from homosexual Mecca
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/11/dems-go-berserk-after-pride-flag-removed-from-homosexual-mecca-1621363/
The National Parks Service (NPS) has removed a large rainbow pride flag at Stonewall National Monument, the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, in Manhattan, according to multiple reports…Democratic New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin said, “Stonewall is sacred ground. It is the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, and the removal of the Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument is a deliberate and cowardly attempt to erase that history. This is an attack on LGBTQ+ New Yorkers, and we will not stand for it. Our history will not be rewritten, and our rights will not be rolled back.”…Sen. Erik Bottcher wrote in an X post “a shameful attempt to rewrite history.”…NPS’s statement. “Under government-wide guidance, including General Services Administration policy and Department of the Interior direction, only the U.S. flag and other congressionally or departmentally authorized flags are flown on NPS-managed flagpoles, with limited exceptions. Any changes to flag displays are made to ensure consistency with that guidance. Stonewall National Monument continues to preserve and interpret the site’s historic significance through exhibits and programs.”

Allow democrats to win elections, and this will happen: ICE will be abolished and America will become the third world.
Congressman Shri Thanedar, in broken English, to the ,chief of border patrol Rodney Scott: “That’s why I introduce a bill, in the United States congress to abolish ICE. ICE must be abolished.”
video – 00:01:16 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2021277076850925652

The Next Default, Gold, Bras, and Confiscation
https://wilderwealthywise.com/the-next-default-gold-bras-and-confiscation/
What we call money was for the longest time gold…It has never quite been valueless and even jungle savages and pyramid builders..The phrase “Not worth a Continental” came about because the Continental Congress decided to print a lot of cash to fight the Revolutionary War. It worked, but the cash became valueless because they printed too much…Then we went to gold because the Constitution said so. Gold worked for a while. There was a reset during the Civil War with the National Banking Act, which made paper “greenbacks” official tender…Then in the awful year of 1913, the Fed® was put into place, and the monkey business began anew. Another currency reset, first for World War I, where they suspended gold convertibility to print for the war machine. Huh. It’s like I’ve heard that before. When the value of the dollar started to increase in the Great Depression, Roosevelt came in and made owning significant amounts of gold illegal…FDR’s Executive Order 6102 forced folks to turn in their gold at $20.67 an ounce, then he jacked the price to $35 overnight…In 1965 LBJ took all of the silver out of the money, too…Nixon took the dollar off of the gold standard as a “temporary emergency measure” in 1971. Temporary, my foot. It was the final nail in the gold coffin, all because we were spending like drunken sailors on wine, women, wars and welfare…………

Trump Was Right: Bombshell FBI Affidavit Released, Lists 5 Jarring Irregularities in 2020 Georgia Vote Counts – Some Already ‘Substantiated’
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-right-bombshell-fbi-affidavit-released-lists-5-jarring-irregularities-2020-georgia-vote-counts-already-substantiated/
Fulton County does not have scanned images of every ballot from the count or the recount. – Fulton County does not have scanned images of every ballot from the count or the recount. – A Risk Limiting Audit was conducted where auditors noted inconsistent vote tallies when compared to actual votes within batches. – Those auditors also reported finding absentee ballots that had, “never been creased or folded, as would be required for the ballot to be mailed to the voter and for the ballot to be returned in the sealed envelope requiring the voter’s signature for authentication.”
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Watchdog Says Fulton County Had More Votes Without Ballots Than Biden’s ‘Win’
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/11/watchdog-says-fulton-county-has-more-votes-without-ballots-than-bidens-win-n4949373
Among the 2020 election evidence the FBI seized in Fulton County comes the revelation that over 17,000 digitally tallied votes apparently have no actual ballots to match. So says a Georgia election watchdog. This is tremendously important because Joe Biden “won” Georgia in 2020 by a mere 11,000 votes. The allegation not only casts doubt on the 2020 presidential election results, but also on the security of our election systems ahead of a crucial midterm election.

Chief CNN Analyst: Not One Racial Group in America Is Falling for the Dems’ Lies on Voter ID Laws
https://www.westernjournal.com/cnns-harry-enten-says-americans-races-arent-buying-democrats-race-baiting-narrative-voter/
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten said Tuesday that a racially diverse array of Americans support requiring photo identification to vote, despite Democratic claims that the requirement is racist… Democratic lawmakers have labeled it as a “voter suppression” bill that would disenfranchise people who lack easy access to citizenship documents, such as a U.S. passport or birth certificate. (I.E. Criminal aliens here illegally – jlr)

Minn. Media Has Another Banner ‘Journalism’ Day Spinning ICE’s Arrest of a Meth Dealer
https://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/02/11/mn-media-has-another-banner-journalism-day-spinning-ices-arrest-of-a-meth-dealer-n2424902
The man who was arrested by ICE in these videos is facing first-degree drug charges for possessing over 50 pounds of meth (22,730 grams of meth – jlr)

How Low Can They Go? Lefty ‘Morgan Freeman’ Equates Masked Man Stalking Elderly Woman to ICE
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/02/11/morgan-freeman-ice-or-masked-guy-at-your-door-n2424901
Morgan Freeman (not the actor, but instead a Leftist social media influencer) saw the pictures of the scary masked individual at the door of Nancy Guthrie and rather than be horrified (like normal people), he compared it to ICE.

Joy Reid Says MSNBC Hosts Were Not Allowed to Lie Due to Journalistic Rules Imposed by NBC News
https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2026/02/11/joy-reid-on-doing-a-show-at-msnbc-we-werent-allowed-to-just-get-up-there-and-lie-n2424894
Podcasting exile Joy Reid recently made the absurd claim that she and her ex-MSNBC hosts were not allowed to lie on-air. Reid says everything broadcast on MSNBC had to be based in journalism because the cable network was linked to NBC News at the time. Yes, we’re laughing, too. (ROFLMAO – jlr)
video – 00:00:35 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2021416205576438276
(still laughing – jlr)

A woman says if you are white, You Cannot Trust Your Own Thinking on who to Vote For
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/02/10/woman-says-if-you-are-white-you-cannot-trust-your-own-thinking-on-who-to-vote-for-n2424882
There are AWFLs, and there are the really AWFL, self-hating AWFLs. Bluesky Libs decided to check out how things are going over in that liberal utopia of free speech and found a banger. Liberal white female Catherine Prendergast says that “if you are white, you cannot trust your own thinking on who to vote for.” She advises voting for whoever South Carolina black church ladies vote for. “If you’re white, you can’t be trusted. Surrender your vote. Consider it reparations.”

A Parting Gift for Pelosi
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/125054
Memo to Pam Bondi: DoJ Criminal Complaint to Indict Rep. Nancy Pelosi for Destruction of Public Property…In 2020, you may recall that at the close of Trump’s State of the Union, Pelosi, in front of every member of Congress in a nationally televised event, ripped apart the official copy of Trump’s speech as presented to the Speaker…At approximately 2220 hours on Tuesday, 04 February 2020, the nation witnessed clear and indisputable evidence that Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Speaker of the House, committed an act which brazenly and feloniously violates federal law — specifically 18 U.S.C. 2071 and the Presidential Records Act of 1978. Rep. Pelosi willfully mutilated the official signed State of the Union transcript prepared by the Executive Branch for the Legislative Branch. Her actions were witnessed by federal law-enforcement officials in the House chamber. This was also witnessed by members of her political caucus, with whom she likely colluded in premeditation of the commission of this offense. I enter this video record as evidence for this criminal complaint that Rep. Pelosi violated both 18 U.S.C. 2071 and the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

‘We have a glaring disadvantage’: Democrats panic as GOP dominates in fundraising, NYT reports
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nyt-fundraising-gop-winning-midterms
Democratic strategists are warning that fundraising might make the difference in the midterms…Democrats have about $137 million for their campaigns, while Republicans have more than twice that amount, about $320 million, when their debts are taken into account…On top of Republicans’ clear advantage, they also have future hopes of raising even more money from pro-Republican sources. Among these are tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has come back to the party after a public split over the summer, as well as leaders in the cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industries.

TMZ Poll Shows Kid Rock’s Halftime Performance Preferred Over Bad Bunny’s, Leading To Deletion Attempt
https://istandforfreedom.com/tmz-poll-halftime-rock-bunny
Enter TMZ, the Hollywood gossip machine not exactly known for its conservative sympathies. Shortly after the game, they posted a simple poll on X: “Who had the better halftime show—Bad Bunny or Kid Rock?” What happened next clearly wasn’t part of the plan. From OutKick:
With just under 400,000 total votes, the final tally wasn’t even close, with 65% of fans preferring the Kid Rock-led TPUSA halftime show… Apparently, very early on in the poll’s history, the results were so heavily skewed in favor of The American Badass, that TMZ quietly tried to delete the poll.

Preparing for Unrest – Self
https://tactical-wisdom.com/2026/02/11/preparing-for-unrest-self/
Over the last few posts, we’ve discussed preparing our home, vehicle, and communications for unrest. Now, it’s time to talk about ways to prepare OURSELVES…It starts with simple things – the clothes we wear…For your backpack…I keep a wearable camera attached to my backpack…On your person…body armor…
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Project: Prepare For The Responses Of The Unprepared
https://paultmartin.com/blog/f/project-prepare-for-the-responses-of-the-unprepared

TEXAS News
‘They aren’t trying to hide their racist agendas anymore’: Texas lawmakers show ‘true colors’
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/texas
Democrats are no longer even pretending they’re not pushing an inflammatory, racially charged agenda…They’re just saying everything out in the open. They’ve just been emboldened to just be blatantly, publicly racist. And then that’s where you know their true colors,”…“I always tell people the day the Latino, African-American, Asian, and other communities realize that they share the same oppressor is the day we start winning because we are the majority in this country now. We have the ability to take over this country,” state Rep. Gene Wu (D-Texas) said…“Gene Wu is a radical racist who hates millions of Texans just because they’re white. This is who the modern Democrat party is,”…“There are those that have their own motivations for critiquing,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said in an interview.”…“Is it just racism and sexism?”…“I think there’s a lot of things. I think it depends on who it’s coming from, but I’ve been a black woman my whole life. So this idea that I’m going to go and be like, ‘Oh, well, they’re being racist and misogynistic towards me,’” Crockett said.

firearm news
Shooting in British Columbia Leaves 10 People Dead
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/02/10/shooting-in-british-columbia-leave-7-people-dead-n2199027
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reported that nine people were found dead as a result of a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in the small rural British Columbia community of Tumbler Ridge. RCMP confirmed that the shooter was also found dead from a “self-inflicted injury.”… RCMP Superintendent Ken Floyd referred to the shooter as a “deceased gunperson,”
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Canada Mass Shooter’s Uncle Confirms He Was Trans According to Report – 10 Dead, at Least 25 Others Injured
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-canada-mass-shooters-uncle-confirms-trans-according-report-10-dead-least-25-others-injured/
the shooter who killed at least nine people and injured at least 25 at a British Columbia high school Tuesday was identified as a transgender-identifying male by a family member…A 2025 analysis of planned or successfully executed mass school shootings by The Western Journal in the aftermath of the Minneapolis incident found that roughly 40 percent of them since 2020 involved transgender-identifying suspects.

2026 Alert New Mexico House Hearing On SB 17
https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?e=5622e62ced&u=2e6fc12710b137b26e1065734&id=dfa86f73f1
This bill threatens the survival of local, family-owned firearm businesses. If it passes, many of these stores will be forced to shut down permanently. That is why so many gun store owners will be in the hearing instead of open for business — they are fighting for their livelihoods and their employees’ jobs.

Congress Suspects ATF Has Gun Registry With 1.1 Billion Records
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/congress-suspects-atf-has-gun-registry-11-billion-records
Originally, in 2021, Gun Owners of America revealed that the ATF was “processing” over 54.7 million “out-of-business records” per year. Following this revelation, a Congressional investigation was started. This investigation uncovered the shocking reality that ATF had over 920 million gun registration records in a centralized, searchable, digital database- in total violation of federal law. In 1986, Congress passed the Firearm Owners Protection Act, or FOPA. A portion of this act bans the federal government from ever keeping a searchable database of gun owners…With this policy, dealers could have their federal firearms license revoked, and therefore would be put out of business, allowing the ATF to capture more of those out-of-business records for its registry. And that’s exactly what ATF did. In the years of zero tolerance, FFL license revocations skyrocketed. ATF broke records, revoking more licenses during the Biden-era than it had in over 20 years. Finally, thanks to President Trump and FBI Director (then ATF Director as well) Kash Patel, the zero-tolerance policy is no more. But ATF’s illegal registry still exists and is still growing. To make matters worse, ATF is currently refusing to respond to congressional inquiry about the registry.

The Trace Opts to Highlight Armed Group Claiming to Target Local Cops, ICE
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/02/11/the-trace-opts-to-highlight-armed-group-claiming-to-target-local-cops-ice-n1231517
As eight men and one woman patrolled the streets of North Philadelphia on a below-freezing night in late January, they proudly modeled themselves on the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, a group founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in California in the 1960s. The men were following Paul Birdsong, chairman of the newly formed Black Lion Party for International Solidarity, who clutched an MP5 semiautomatic shotgun to his chest. Two journalists from Paris accompanied the group, drawn by Birdsong’s defiant comments about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a recent protest in downtown Philadelphia.
That’s right, ladies and gents, an MP5 semiautomatic shotgun.

Feb 12:

The math of farming no longer works
https://www.collapselife.com/p/when-the-math-of-farming-no-longer
Crop prices are down 58%, bankruptcies are up 60%, and farmers on both sides of the Atlantic are questioning whether planting in 2026 is even rational.
In Lee County, Georgia, farmer Alex Harrell recently told AgWeb he is planning to cut production of his 6,000 acres by almost half. Despite record yields, he says many growers are now “paying to farm.”…In Arkansas, farmers profiled in a documentary by A More Perfect Union described how they operate at losses of $150 to $350 per acre while they watch emergency aid funds flow straight through them and on to big corporate seed, fertilizer, machinery, and grain giants…in England, fourth-generation Nottinghamshire farmer Oliver Collingham told the BBC last month that the per ton price he is being offered for wheat is below his cost of production. Although this is happening in two different countries, under two different policy regimes, with different weather patterns and different currencies, the pattern is the same.Yikes: Jennifer Newsom Goes Full Angry AWFL on Female Reporters; Even Gavin Seemed Embarrassed
https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/02/11/jennifer-siebel-newsom-press-conference-tantrum-n2199060
video – 00:00:44 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2021686632617799996Trump Signs Kennedy Bill Ending Government Payments to Deceased Americans
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/02/12/trump-signs-kennedy-bill-ending-government-payments-to-deceased-americans-n2199065
His 2020 bipartisan reform temporarily required the Social Security Administration to share its Death Master File with the Treasury Department to prevent improper payments. The new law makes that data-sharing permanent and strengthens the Treasury’s Do Not Pay system, allowing agencies to cross-check death records before sending money out the door.

NYC Gets Its First Free Grocery Store – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/11/nyc-gets-its-first-free-grocery-store-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-n2199035
A new business model is coming to the streets of New York City, and it’s one that probably has the new socialist/communist Mayor Zohran Mamdani shuddering with glee. Of course, like most loony left ideas, it won’t work, but they’re going to try it anyway: A free grocery store. As in, no payment. As in, take everything you want…Here’s my prediction: A horde will descend on this place on Thursday, take everything that isn’t nailed down, including possibly the shelving and fixtures. There will be fights; there may well be a riot.

Mamdani’s NYC Health Department Launches ‘Global Oppression Working Group,’ Attacking Jewish State
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/mamdanis-nyc-health-department-launches-global-oppression-working-group-attacking-jewish-state.html/
As garbage piles up on city sidewalks and the rat population grows exponentially, NYC Mayor Mamdani and his administration are focused on …. demonizing and attacking the Jewish people. Instead of concentrating on sanitation, rodent control, and core public health responsibilities, employees within Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Health Department have launched a “Global Oppression and Public Health Working Group” that targets the Jewish state, accusing Israel of genocide.

Democrats Try to Hold Government Hostage As Shutdown Looms, Demanding ‘Sanctuary Locations’ at the Polls
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/02/11/democrat-hold-government-hostage-as-shutdown-looms-and-all-but-say-the-quiet-part-out-loud-n2199046
Democrats continue to insist that the hill they are willing to die on is to do everything possible to keep illegal immigrants, even those who have committed violent crimes, in the country…the most ridiculous, and the most telling of all the items Democrats are expecting Republicans to cave to, is their desire to ban immigration enforcement at alleged “sensitive locations.” What is a sensitive location, you ask? Any place of worship, hospitals, and schools. However, they now want one more added to the list: polling locations.
“Why in the world would they (ICE) be there if they (illegal immigrants) are not trying to vote?…
Democrats seem fixated on protecting illegal immigrant criminals at polling places. Democrats energetically oppose commonsense policies to protect the integrity of the ballot.”

After Decades of the Muslim Gang Rape Epidemic, UK Ministry Ordered Deletion of the Crimes
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/after-decades-of-the-muslim-gang-rape-epidemic-uk-ministry-ordered-deletion-of-the-crimes.html/
For decades the UK government denied it, despite a million British female child rape victims. Now they mean to delete the records. The Ministry of Justice is ordering the deletion of a large archive of court records. The government is fleeing from transparency amid a string of murders and sex attacks by Muslim migrants. This is sharia.

WATCH: Robert Spencer Testifies Before Congress about Sharia
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/watch-robert-spencer-testifies-before-congress-about-sharia.html/
American Freedom Defense Initiative, Robert Spencer, appeared before Congress on Tuesday, testifying before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government about the dangers of Sharia…The Obama administration removed all mention of Islam from counterterror training in order to appease Muslim Brotherhood elements in the government and in foreign countries….https://jihadwatch.org/
video – 00:29:21 – https://youtu.be/EDggWjuRtpQ

SHARIA LAW: Biden’s Taliban Codifies Slavery and Abuse of Women
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/sharia-law-bidens-taliban-codifies-slavery-and-abuse-of-women.html/
This is Islamic style ‘progress’ if the world continues to look the other way. And Biden made it all possible…The Taliban has quietly enacted a sweeping criminal code that explicitly legalizes slavery and authorizes husbands to beat their wives, embedding what legal experts describe as systematic violence into Afghan law. The 119-article Criminal Procedure Code, signed by Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada on January 7, 2026, formally divides Afghan society into “free persons and slaves,” marking the return of a status absolutely prohibited under international law. “The Taliban has now approved the return of slavery in Afghanistan,”…Beyond legalizing violence against women, the code transforms Afghanistan into a surveillance state where dissent itself is criminal. Insulting Taliban leaders carries 20 lashes and six months’ imprisonment. Criticizing any policy the supreme leader endorses, including the ban on women’s education, is a punishable offense. Citizens are granted the legal right to personally punish anyone they witness committing what they deem a “sin,” effectively deputizing the population as moral enforcers (New York Sun).

Foreign-Born Member Of Congress Threatens Republicans With Prison When Democrats Regain Power
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/foreign-born-member-of-congress-threatens-republicans-with-prison-when-democrats-regain-power.html/
This is how banana republics operate and Democrats are furiously accelerating the slide. They protect violent illegals, murderers, rapists etc but doggedly prosecute the political opposition…Foreign-born Rep. Shri Thanedar openly threatened to prosecute his political enemies this week — a reminder of what Democrats plan to do if they get power back. During a committee hearing Tuesday, Thanedar — struggling to speak English — threatened to prosecute Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott when President Donald Trump is out of office. “You better hope you get pardoned because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year,” Thanedar threatened. “Your agencies have lost the trust of the American people, with millions taking to the streets to protect the illegal actions of your agencies. And that’s why I introduce a bill in the United States Congress to abolish ICE. ICE must be abolished,”
Not just the foreign born: HAKEEM JEFFRIES ISSUED A WARNING: ,“If Democrats retake power, we’re coming after everyone who doesn’t have immunity.” He added that they will hold everyone in the Trump administration accountable. The Democrats will also hold Trump Supporters accountable if they committed any crimes. Republicans either win now, or face imprisonment later. That’s the choice.

BREAKING: Tom Homan Announces End to Major ICE Surge in Minnesota
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-tom-homan-announces-end-major-ice-surge-minnesota/
“During this surge operation, ICE has not arrested anybody inside a hospital,” he said. “We have not arrested anybody inside of an elementary school. We have not arrested anybody inside a church.”…“However, those locations are not off the table.”…”It shouldn’t be a partisan issue that you arrest public safety threats in the safety and security of a jail. Releasing public safety threats back into the public is just stupid… I hope Congress takes action on sanctuary cities and sanctuary states.”
video – 00:01:23 – https://x.com/i/status/2021957450489119188
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Tom Homan Gives a STUNNING Update on What ICE Located in Minnesota (Over Dem Objections and Protests)
https://twitchy.com/dougp/2026/02/12/tom-homan-gives-a-stunning-update-on-what-ice-located-in-minnesota-over-dem-objections-and-protests-n2424947
“ICE here in this state have located 3,364 missing unaccompanied alien children — children that the last Administration lost and weren’t even looking for,” “That’s because of the leadership of President Trump [that] these children were located.”…ICE and Border Patrol have saved countless lives by taking dangerous criminal illegals off the street and finding lost/abducted children and the Democrats have been trying to stop them at every turn.

‘Seditious Six’ Dems set to deploy lawfare against Trump admin.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/12/seditious-six-dems-set-to-deploy-lawfare-against-trump-admin-1621771/
The six Democratic lawmakers who encouraged the military to refuse to obey what they called “illegal orders” from President Donald J. Trump are set to enlist their allies in the courts to strike back against the administration…On Wednesday, four of the Democrats, Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-NH) signaled that they are preparing to deploy lawfare against the administration, the preferred tool of the left.
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U.S. District Judge Richard Leon — an appointee of former President George W. Bush — blocks Hegseth, War Department from punishing ‘Seditious Six’ lawmaker
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/12/federal-judge-blocks-hegseth-war-department-from-punishing-seditious-six-lawmaker-1621922/
A federal judge Thursday blocked Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth from punishing Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly over his role in a viral November 2025 video urging U.S. service members to not follow “illegal orders.”…Leon referred to the Pentagon’s efforts as “horsefeathers!” noting the push to punish Kelly is “a troubling development in a free country!”
(Civilian judiciary has NO JURISDICTION over the military what so ever. Military retirees are still subject to the UCMJ as “retired” actually means inactive reserves.The DOW is entirely within their rights to recall Mark Kelly to active duty if they wish – jlr)

Lawsuit targets FBI, ICE for cartel-linked raid because people were detained with no food for FOUR hours
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/12/lawsuit-targets-fbi-ice-for-cartel-linked-raid-because-people-were-detained-with-no-food-for-four-hours-1621781/
The media is under fire for portraying a raid on a cartel-linked illegal gambling ring in Idaho as a raid on some innocent family event. Speaking with CBS News, Canyon County Sheriff Kieran Donahue made it clear that the raid last October was part of a four-year-long FBI investigation into cartel activity. “We knew there was cartel involvement in this operation,” he said. “We knew that to be true. [It’s] why we went in.” But that didn’t stop the network from portraying the raid as a “militarized raid on a community horse-racing event”…The media is under fire for portraying a raid on a cartel-linked illegal gambling ring in Idaho as a raid on some innocent family event. The media also complained about attendees, both legal and illegal, being forced to stand around for a couple of hours as the raid was conducted…The latter complaint made it into a lawsuit filed by three Idaho families of citizens and permanent residents. “The families say state and federal law enforcement agencies conspired to use unconstitutional tactics during the raid, including detaining people because they appeared to be Latino; keeping adults and some children in zip ties for hours without access to food, water, or bathrooms; and searching individuals without reasonable suspicion of a crime,”

Graphic Videos: Unhinged Anti-ICEer Attacks Live Streamers, Grabs Realistic-Looking Airsoft Gun, and Gets Face Full of Pepper Spray, Then Loses Her Job, Too
https://www.westernjournal.com/graphic-videos-unhinged-anti-iceer-attacks-live-streamers-grabs-realistic-looking-airsoft-gun-gets-face-full-pepper-spray-loses-job/
An absolutely deranged and unhinged black supremacist and leftist agitator in Portland, Oregon, allegedly decided to do a drive-by shooting with a realistic-looking airsoft gun on live-streamers standing outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.video – oo:01She was pepper sprayed and lost her job for her trouble. An angry liberal stops her vehicle outside Portland ICE, exits to yell at Patriots, then turns on @GroundZeroPDX1 and attempts to steal his phone mid-confrontation. What starts as verbal harassment quickly escalates to a physical grab for his device yet Patriots hold the line, document peacefully, and defend when assaulted – video – 00:01:31 – https://x.com/i/status/2020023125635670039
A left-wing female driver in a white Lexus sedan with Oregon plates 478PWF drove by right-wing live streamers outside the ICE facility and fired upon them repeatedly with a BB gun. – video – 00:01″13 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2020236044562833867
The woman in the white Lexus who did a drive-by shooting near the ICE facility using a BB gun is a real estate agent named Isis Irving. She posted a video crying, saying she’s the victim. Her social media profiles show racial supremacist views. https://tiktok.com/@realisisirving https://beacons.ai/realisisirving – video – 00:00:51 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2020636926810681376
Until the incident in question, Irving was reportedly a real estate agent, but she’s apparently now an unemployed one.

Our Super Bowl Satyricon
https://victorhanson.com/our-super-bowl-satyricon/
This year’s mess jumped the shark and had a force-multiplying boring effect on one of the most tedious Super Bowl games in history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyricon

It was just a matter of time…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/it-was-just-a-matter-of-time
Microsoft has always been a money grubbing bunch of @#$$)!!
From David Linthicum’s column in InfoWorld…The era of true ownership is ending as cloud services and AI are transforming the PC. What does this mean for user control? – – Last month, I met with a mid-sized law firm facing a common dilemma. Their Windows 10 laptops were nearing the end of support and needed to be replaced. Typically, this meant buying new hardware and software—predictable and straightforward. But this time, Microsoft suggested a different approach: move to Windows 365 Cloud PCs, a PC that operates with a monthly subscription and is accessible from any device, scalable, secure, and AI-enhanced. The catch? The shift from ownership to a subscription model and reduced local control led their IT team to question how “personal” these computers truly were…Full article, HERE from InfoWorld – https://www.infoworld.com/article/4128164/windows-pcs-fade-away.html
There are options, Linux being the best, if you are somewhat computer literate. That is a good open OS and it is supported world wide by volunteers.

I am a little confused.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/i-am-a-little-confused
I have the uneasy feeling that the same women that M.A. Rothman defines as “dressed like ketchup bottles” because they are protesting against alleged violations against women’s rights…are the same clowns that celebrate something I was not aware it existed till very recently…They are actually trying to sell that wearing the hijab is a totally voluntary thing and the only ones who would do them harm are those who reject it while failing to mention that not wearing the hijab in certain “enlightened” countries carry stiff physical penalties, mutilations and death.
This was supposed to be satire. video – 00:01:58 – https://youtu.be/LzX3Gl-y3SI

We may have to tactically nuke Canada. – The stupid woke virus is spreading fast
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/we-may-have-to-tactically-nuke-canada
I am waiting for the Canuck Gov and assorted pundits to declare the asshole shooter was also a victim of: 1) ZOMG! Guns! and 2) Lack of understanding by bigots and other transphobes.

Narcissistic much, dear? – Because “Après moi, le déluge” was taken.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/narcissistic-much-dear
I am going to take a blind shot and guess many of us won’t give two acorns if you actually have the ovaries to go with your self-threat. I did notice that you do not offer a hard date for this self-immolation, so that leads be to believe you are just dramatically hollering for attention. But if you need help with the date, you can always ask your local garbage management office and do the deed one of the weekly collection days. You are welcome.
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TEXAS News
Texas Investigating Dubai-Based Developer Over Another ‘Sharia City’
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/texas-investigating-dubai-based-developer-over-another-sharia-city.html/
Such a development could potentially attract 20,000 foreign nationals….Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating a “potentially illegal” development backed by a Dubai-based company in rural Kaufman County just months after filing a lawsuit against a Muslim development outside of Dallas

Firearm News
Lynchburg, VA Renews Second Amendment Sanctuary Status
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/02/11/lynchburg-va-renews-second-amendment-sanctuary-status-n1231520
Originally passed in response to potential federal gun control, Lynchburg was one of many communities throughout the nation that stated its desire to refuse to enforce any unconstitutional gun control laws…Ironically, it was modeled after immigration sanctuary communities that had long been permitted to ignore federal immigration law. The difference here is that the Second Amendment protects gun rights, while the Constitution also gives the federal government authority over immigration. In other words, immigration sanctuaries are unconstitutional, just like gun control.
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PSA…Why???
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/psawhy
Is this still an issue? It’s not like the Takata airbag issue hasn’t been beaten to death over the last few years…Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler and Dodge, has issued a “do not drive” notice for 225,000 late-model vehicles due to an airbag issue that could allow metal fragments to enter the vehicle, causing injuries.A Political Trend Goes Truly Global
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/a-political-trend-goes-truly-global/
…the newest brand of political conservatism is beginning to reach all parts of the globe’s democratically elected national governments. Each version of this political trend, like a fingerprint, is unique, but its general principles are being established as voters everywhere reject leftist governments that have touted social welfare, redistributionist ideologies, and various neo-Marxist policies which have failed.Happiness, Desire, Whiskey, and Purpose
https://wilderwealthywise.com/happiness-desire-whiskey-and-purpose/
Purpose, then, is a double-edged sword. It provokes me to action, and leaves me with a fire inside. But this is one that I choose to carry. It’s one that I wish to have. I control (mostly) my emotions. Being happy means not wanting. Except when I choose what I want. And right now? I want elimination of Evil, a steak and a cigar. In that order. But I’ll work on getting rid of the Evil while I enjoy my steak and cigar.

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Power-mad NY judge helped Dem pal get out of trouble and scolded DA in racial rant: report
https://nypost.com/2026/02/12/us-news/power-mad-ny-judge-helped-dem-pal-get-out-of-trouble-scolded-da-in-racial-rant-report/
A power-mad Westchester County judge got her Democratic buddy out of trouble and tore into a prosecutor for not following orders in one race-based meltdown, a new misconduct report said. Mount Vernon city Judge Nichelle Johnson was formally censured by a state judicial board for a pattern of bizarre behavior and blatant abuse of her authority that included calling a defendant from the bench to shake her down to pay a settlement and routinely helping friends out of tickets. In one unhinged incident, Johnson — who is black — tore into an assistant district attorney for brushing off her demands in a tirade, apparently accusing the lawyer of not listening to her because of her race.

Rules of mysterious ancient board game decoded by AI, scientists say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rules-mysterious-ancient-board-game-194921914.html

And they ratcheted things up.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/and-they-ratcheted-things-up
he company owning the warehouse was initially in conversation with ICE, but after being practically blackmailed by the local government, they had backed down from the process. And even then, an AWFUL shows up and tries to set the place on fire for…. Justice? Freedom? Human Rights? Menopause?

Nielsen Data Appears to Show Millions of People Turning Off Bad Bunny’s All-Spanish Halftime Show
https://www.westernjournal.com/nielsen-data-appears-show-millions-people-turning-off-bad-bunnys-spanish-halftime-show/
According to Nielsen data, the game lost almost 8 million viewers during the time frame that included the Puerto Rican rapper’s all-Spanish performance.And it would have been even worse without the all-Spanish television network showing the game.

FIREARM News
The ATF Created a Backdoor Gun Registry. Lawmakers Want an Explanation.
https://reason.com/2026/02/13/the-atf-created-a-backdoor-gun-registry-lawmakers-want-an-explanation/
Federal law bans creation of a gun registry, but regulators made one anyway.
The only saving grace is that if the federal government ever flips the switch on that gun database, it’s going to be a mess. Records that are 10, 20, or 30 years out of date will have been superseded by the passage of time. Gun owners will have moved, divorced and divided their property, died and left their possessions to their heirs, lost guns, or transferred them in private transactions. Or they’ll just claim that their guns are long gone in tragic boating accidents.
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Active Response Training – Weekend Knowledge Dump- February 13, 2026
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/weekend-knowledge-dump-february-13-2026
The Timer Trap – “Use a timer, but remember: your current skill level is what you’ve earned through consistent practice—not your occasional best time.”
Bad Habits, Real Consequences: Keeping Hands Away from the Muzzle
Updated Detailed Information on Mass Public Shootings from 1998 to 2025
HPD: Man who just left gun range shoots another man who was trying to rob him – HOUSTON — A man who police say tried to rob someone in southwest Houston was shot in the face Tuesday afternoon. How many of you have fired all of your self defense ammo at the range and driven home with an empty gun because you weren’t planning on stopping anywhere?
 V – from anouther source
There is always a generation that did not catch the drift.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/there-is-always-a-generation-that
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police said it is working to track down two suspects after a man was nearly robbed of his gun on the city’s west side on Tuesday.
Life Gets Real – Have you considered that you may be attacked by something other than a traditional threat?
Personal Defense: A Practical Guide to Preparation and Awareness – A personal protection primer.
How to Prepare for Civil Unrest? – Some valuable ideas for any upcoming social difficulties.
Project: Prepare For The Responses Of The Unprepared
History and the Decline of Human Violence – A fascinating interview about the declining rates of violence compared to historical norms. If you want an ambitious reading assignment, I highly recommend Pinker’s book The Better Angels of Our Nature.
16 Things Not to Do When You Travel
Social Engineering: 5 Manipulation Techniques
You Don’t Get To Fight Anymore: Lessons For Armed Citizens From The Alex Pretti Incident In Minnesota – Some important concepts few concealed carriers consider. To reinforce this advice, please listen to this podcast.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrnX-H09saw)
Concealed Carry When You’re a Parent – “Carrying concealed as a parent isn’t about fear. It’s about responsibility. When you have kids with you, your priorities change right away. You’re not just looking out for yourself anymore. You’re caring for little ones who count on you to make good choices when it matters. That changes how and why you carry.”

Feb 13/14:
Fat Dork Is New Leftist Hero for Taking a Swing at Classmate Holding a Pro-ICE Sign
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/02/14/fat-dork-is-new-leftist-hero-for-taking-a-swing-at-classmate-holding-a-pro-ice-sign-n2425032
Antifa, which is just an idea, proposed that everyone should punch a Nazi. The Left is making a hero out of a school kid who threatened to throw a punch at another kid carrying a pro-ICE sign. Behold, progressives’ new hero: https://x.com/BrndnStrssng/status/2022401838419710008/photo/1
video:00:00:48 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2022352567397945787
(the comments are amazingly hilarious – jlr)The Arrogance of Migrants Is Something to Behold
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/02/13/the-arrogance-of-migrants-is-something-to-behold-n3811881
video – 00:01:25 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2022323666134901018
video – 00:01:11 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1820852331912573380
video – 00:00:52 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2000789287919640649
video – 00:00:55 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1968793403136565684
video – 00:05:13 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2009526306673729888Islamic Terror at Iconic Arc de Triomphe in Paris: Muslim Terrorist Targets Police Officers in Mass Stabbing
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/islamic-terror-at-iconic-arc-de-triomphe-in-paris-muslim-terrorist-targets-police-officers-in-mass-stabbing.html/
Authorities say the suspect had previously carried out a stabbing attack against police in 2012 and was later released.

London School Knife Attack: 13-Year-Old Screaming ‘ALLAHU AKBAR’ Stabs Classmates, Two Fighting for life
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/london-school-knife-attack-13-year-old-screaming-allahu-akbar-stabs-classmates-two-fighting-for-life.html/

Moment Muslim Migrants Caught Plotting to Kill ‘As Many Jews as Possible’ in UK’s ‘Worst Ever’ Terror Attack
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/muslim-jew-haters.html/

ANTIFA MURDERS: 23-Year-Old Conservative Student Killed In Antifa Beating at Women’s Demonstration in Lyon France
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/antifa-murders-23-year-old-conservative-student-killed-in-antifa-beating-at-womens-demonstration-in-lyon-france.html/

Breaking: Boasberg Issues Bombshell Overnight Orders, Forces Violent Illegals from El Salvador Super Prison to Be Returned to US… at Taxpayers’ Expense
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-boasberg-issues-bombshell-overnight-orders-forces-violent-illegals-el-salvador-super-prison-returned-us-taxpayers-expense/

Federal Judge Upholds Block on Trump Administration’s Termination of Haitian 16-Year TPS for 350,000 Migrants
https://istandforfreedom.com/haitian-protections-16-years/

Trump Judge Hands DOJ Win in Historic Antifa Terrorism Trial
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-judge-hands-doj-win-historic-antifa-terrorism-trial/
A Trump-appointed federal judge rejected attorneys’ motions to suppress mounds of evidence on Tuesday in an upcoming Texas terrorism trial centered around Antifa, granting prosecutors a victory.

Gov. Tim Walz Demands Feds Pay for ‘Damage’ After ICE Operation Ceases in Minnesota
https://istandforfreedom.com/walz-feds-pay-damage-ice
The governor characterized federal agents as “untrained” and “aggressive,” claiming they left behind “deep damage” and “generational trauma.” He’s now proposing a $10 million relief package for businesses and lobbying the federal delegation to foot the bill for Minnesota’s recovery. Here’s what Walz conveniently omits: those federal agents came to Minnesota because state leadership refused to address the problem themselves. Sanctuary policies rolled out the welcome mat, and local officials looked the other way. And when the Trump administration finally stepped in to enforce laws that Minnesota wouldn’t, suddenly it’s the feds who “broke” things…? Really?

White House Calls Out Obama’s Voter ID Hypocrisy As SAVE Act Passes House
https://istandforfreedom.com/obama-voter-id-white-house/
For most Americans, the idea of showing identification before casting a ballot ranks somewhere between “obviously” and “wait, we don’t already do that?” Yet here we are, with Democrats mounting a full-scale resistance against a measure that enjoys near-universal public support. You really can’t make this stuff up. The House passed the SAVE Act Wednesday, a comprehensive election integrity bill that would require photo ID for federal elections and establish information-sharing protocols between state election officials and federal authorities to verify citizenship on voter rolls.

Democrat congressman’s chilling threat to border official should terrify every American,
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/democrat-congressmans-chilling-threat-to-border-official-should-terrify-every-american-warns-glenn-beck
On Tuesday, February 10, during a heated House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar (Mich.) told U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, “You better hope you get pardoned.” “That’s a threat,” “He didn’t say, ‘You violated the law, and you should be investigated”.  What he said was, ‘When power changes hands, we’re going to punish you for enforcing the law.” That distinction is everything,” “The moment the enforcement itself becomes criminalized retroactively,”  “the rule of law does not merely weaken; it completely flips.”

Europe Trying to Censor Americans by Censoring American Companies
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/europe-threat-to-free-speech-usa.html/?lctg=92233992
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee last week released the EU’s previously secret full decision to issue the first fine under the DSA to X (formerly Twitter) in December. It confirms what critics have warned: This law threatens everyone’s basic liberties. Witnesses warned that the European Union’s Digital Services Act has moved from theory to enforcement, and its reach does not stop at Europe’s borders. Lorcan Price told lawmakers that what was once dismissed as hypothetical is now being used to pressure global platforms through fines, investigations, and regulatory intimidation. The message to companies like X is blunt: conform to Europe’s speech codes or pay the price.

Mamdani’s Open Air Drug Tents
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/mamdanis-open-air-drug-tents.html
Drug tents are now popping up across Zohran Mamdani’s NYC, with drugs being sold openly, prices boldly displayed, and police doing nothing.

Dammit…Shades of the East German judges back in the day, anyone???
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/dammit-71e
The French judge gave the French skaters something like 8 points more than the US skaters…

Susan Collins Makes a Decision on the SAVE Act
https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/02/14/susan-collins-makes-a-decision-on-the-save-act-n4949488
In an exclusive comment to The Maine Wire on Friday, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced that she will support the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, that requires individuals to provide documentary proof of United States citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections, as well as provide provide an approved ID when casting a ballot. The SAVE America Act is wildly popular with voters. According to the Pew Research Center, 83% of Americans approve of requiring a government-issued photo ID to vote, while only 16% oppose the idea. That includes 95% of Republicans who agree that it should be a requirement, and 71% of Democrats…Many say that Collins, who is up for reelection this year, changed her mind due to grassroots efforts from voters throughout the country.
(apparently Collins thinks that the entire USA was waiting, holding its breath, waiting to find out how this RINO would vote on this bill – jlr)

Why the food system is breaking, and why no policy will save it
https://www.collapselife.com/p/mollie-engelhart-why-the-food-system-is-breaking
A regenerative farmer explains what’s actually failing beneath the headlines — and why community is the only real safety net left. In this episode of the Collapse Life podcast, host Zahra Sethna welcomes regenerative farmer, author, and former restaurateur Mollie Engelhart for a grounded, unsentimental conversation about food, farming, and the quiet collapse unfolding across rural America.
Embedded video – 00:45:19

Trump Is Turning Around a 100-Year-Old Problem
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/trump_is_turning_around_a_100_year_old_problem.html
America’s ills began in the early twentieth century. Trump has his work cut out for him.
(it began when Marxist/Lennist socialist/communist inculcated college professers PHD educated in Germany started widely teaching in the USA – jlr)

The New Monroe Doctrine: The Avengers Have Been Summoned
https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/02/13/the-new-monroe-doctrine-the-avengers-have-been-summoned-n4949484
Welcome to “The New Monroe Doctrine,” where I give you an update on what’s going on in the Western Hemisphere, south of our border, especially as it relates to the United States.

Your Tinfoil Hat Uncle Was Right Again
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/02/13/your-tinfoil-hat-uncle-was-rightagain-n4949468
Remember back in 2015 when your bourbon-chugging, conspiracy theorist “Uncle Kevin” stunned the family at Christmas dinner by stating, “A bunch of rich pedos are trying to form a one-world government. They’ll take away your steaks, cars, and dogs and blame it on ‘climate change.’ They’ll tell you men are women, and label you a ‘bigot’ if you refuse to let them control your mind. They’ll fill your kids full of SSRIs and tell them to cut off their genitals, and they’ll take your children away if you don’t play along. They’ll replace cash with digital currency and freeze your funds if they don’t like your latest tweet. And if you don’t stop saying things these lizard people don’t condone, they will arrest you. While all of this is happening, the New World Order will flood the West with third-world Muslim savages who will rape and murder with near impunity. They will live off of your tax dollars while replacing you by simple demographics. Once they outnumber us, We the People will be hunted into genocide. They want this done by 2030. Don’t give up your guns, and please pass the ambrosia.” Uncle Kevin was right, again. (read the list – jlr) Sure, Uncle Kevin was right about MK Ultra, the Tuskegee experiments, and probably the Kennedy brothers’ assassinations, but those “conspiracy theories” are from a different era. I am talking about the “wacko” stuff Uncle Kevin has been talking about lately.

Conspiracies – Stop making every-day evil sexy.
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/conspiracies
I understand the allure of conspiracy theories. The human brain has been wired since we climbed down out of the trees to look for patterns. Being able to spot a pattern is what kept proto-hominids from becoming Australopithecus McNuggets in some Pleistocene predator’s Happy Meal. Case in point? Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell. Convicted of, and currently serving time for, trafficking children for the purposes of sex to … apparently nobody. When she gets, I don’t know, pulled in front of Congress, do our elected officials ask about the millionaires she provided children to? Do they ask about city councilmen? Pastors? Instagram influencers? Trade delegates? Fitness gurus? Do they ask about anyone who might have suddenly gained just enough wealth to indulge their depravity? Hell, no. They grill her about the white whales. Trump. Clinton. Andrew. Those single threads that will “unravel the whole conspiracy.” She was convicted in 2022. Four years ago. Four years of no further convictions — because everyone is focussed on the conspiracy-linked Big Names. And the little parasites keep trundling along. Feeding. Destroying lives. Ignored, because the idiot conspiracy theories drive the power and money and resources and time to focus on … bushwa.

Florida Man Friday: The Twofer Eye-Bleach Mugshot Edition
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/02/13/florida-man-friday-twofer-eye-bleach-mugshot-edition-n4949470
Toothless Florida nutjob arrested for allegedly pointing gun at driver in road rage frenzy & Florida Doctor accused of stealing nearly $3K worth of merchandise at Target
(The constant “Florida Man”, or woman, escapades, and Sheriff Grady type updates from multiple Florida Sheriff’s offices, are just a few reasons we live in TEXAS and not in Florida – jlr)
V – insanity continues showing Texas is not immune
Meanwhile, in Texas…Man allegedly started fire at H-E-B Riverside to steal alcohol: Austin Fire
https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/man-allegedly-started-fire-at-h-e-b-riverside-to-steal-alcohol-austin-fire/
And it would have worked, too, if it hadn’t been for those meddling security cameras, watchful employees, and helpful police.
Still, Texas Man, we here at FMF salute you. A story like that can mean only one thing: Florida Man has exactly one week to reclaim his crown of glory in time for the next exciting episode of…Florida Man Friday
V – (BONUS….https://pjmedia.com/tags/florida-man – jlr)
Florida Man Vindicated As Louisiana Man Arrested for Bringing Live Alligator to Bourbon Street
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/02/14/florida-man-vindicated-as-louisiana-man-arrested-for-bringing-live-alligator-to-bourbon-street-n2199172
Florida Man would like the record to show this did not happen in Florida. For decades, the Sunshine State has carried the national brand of reptile chaos. If there is a headline involving a python in a drive-thru, a gator in a swimming pool, or a shirtless gentleman negotiating with wildlife, the odds tend to favor Florida. It has been a near monopoly on reptile-based absurdity. Louisiana has now entered evidence into the record…Mardi Gras embraces spectacle. It thrives on excess. It celebrates the unusual. But even Louisiana has limits.

Will Trump Emissions Rule Change Make New Vehicles Affordable Again?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/02/14/will-trump-slashing-emissions-rule-make-vehicles-affordable-again-n2671336
The average transaction price of a new car broke $50,000 in 2025, but that price might drop after President Donald Trump’s administration cut federal vehicle emission standards this week.

Big Hat, No Cattle: 5 Indicted in $220 Million Nationwide Cattle Fraud Scheme
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/02/14/big-hat-no-cattle-5-indicted-in-220-million-nationwide-cattle-fraud-scheme-n2671334
Five individuals were federally indicted this week for their roles in an alleged $220 million nationwide fraud scheme involving purported cattle purchase contracts…As alleged in the indictment, each of the defendants was associated with Agridime LLC, a business headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, that offered cattle sales and meat processing and retail services to the public…“The defendants allegedly used false promises to lure prospective clients into their scheme and then misappropriated client funds to enrich themselves…The indictment alleges that, from January 2021 through December 2023, the five defendants, acting through Agridime, perpetrated a fraud scheme in which they falsely represented to individual cattle purchasers, cattle ranchers, and feedlots that Agridime would use their funds to purchase specific individual cattle for each victim, raise the cattle, and eventually sell the meat from the same specific individual cattle for a profit. In reality, as the indictment charges, the defendants did not use victim funds as promised and instead used newer cattle purchaser funds to pay Agridime operating expenses, pay funds owed by Agridime to earlier cattle purchasers, pay personal expenses, and purchase real property. (Looks to me like a 21st century version of cattle russeling, w/o useing physical cattle – jlr)

Democrat Officials Discard Americans as Collateral Damage
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/democrat_officials_discard_americans_as_collateral_damage.html
When aiding and abetting crime is official Democrat Party policy, elections get stolen. Vulnerable Americans are robbed, victimized, and murdered. Entire condominium complexes are handed over to drug dealers and international gangs. Americans are discarded as insignificant “collateral damage.” When the most Democrat-voting county in America treats fellow Democrats as worthless trash, there’s no limit to how much harm Democrats are willing to inflict upon citizens across the United States. The upcoming midterm elections later this year matter. Why?
Because American lives are at stake. IF Democrats see the lives of fellow Democrats as expendable. They certainly don’t care about yours.

‘Miss America’ Org Dethrones Winner For Daring To Say ‘A Woman Is A Woman’
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/miss-america-org-dethrones-winner-daring-say-woman-woman
Kayleigh Bush, the 2024 Miss North Florida champion, has been stripped of her title and barred from competing in the Miss America nationals—all because she wouldn’t sign a revised contract that essentially erases the biological definition of womanhood to include men who’ve undergone surgeries.

“Billion Dollar Movie In One Prompt”: AI Disruption Crosshairs Hone In On Hollywood Studios
AI-driven equity disruption was everywhere this past week, spreading like wildfire beyond software into insurance, commercial real estate, financials, shipping, wealth management, and likely many more industries in the coming trading sessions. One industry in the crosshairs of AI disruption is Hollywood. Some of the publicly traded studios include The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global, Sony Group Corporation, Netflix, Lionsgate, and others. On Friday, Axios reported that the Walt Disney Company sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging that the Chinese tech firm has been infringing on its films to develop Seedance 2.0 without compensation.
Hollywood is living on borrowed time. The next big AI disruption trade could be studios.

Trump Derangement Syndrome Has Hit a Sick New Low
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/02/15/trump-derangement-syndrome-has-hit-a-sick-new-low-n4949529
…Olivia Jensen stalked ICE agents around Rochester, Minn., harassing them while they tried to track down an illegal immigrant accused of child rape and murder. When an agent finally told her what kind of monster they were after, Jensen’s response cut through every pretense the left hides behind: “No, I don’t care.”

Inconsistency, thy name is Karen.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/inconsistency-thy-name-is-karen
This video has been making the rounds in the webs:
embedded video – 00:02:06
(This liberal-nutjob Karen was politely, nicely, and well handeled by the officer – jlr)
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AWFL Videos Herself Giving Local Cop the ICE Treatment, and It Goes Hilariously Sideways
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/02/14/cops-are-now-getting-the-ice-treatment-from-awfls-n4949461
Within hours her ridiculous demonstration outside the school, Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders put out this message on Facebook about what the deputy was doing there and how this new recruit was doing an excellent job. Karen should read it. The sheriff said, “I am grateful that this individual recorded this encounter and shared it for me to see, as I will be placing a letter of commendation in Deputy Domeno’s file for his tact, professionalism, and unwillingness to take the escalation bait that was set for him during this encounter” [emphasis added]. He said that the deputy “is a brand new deputy with only a few months on solo patrol, but his composure was that of a 30 year veteran.” And here’s what else Sheriff Sanders wanted Karen and her friends to know.
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Snerk…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/snerk-969
Karen’s gotta Karen…Stuff like this makes me wonder if these people even ‘think’ before they start with their rants…they don’t mind showing their ignorance through their ‘feelz’.
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Viral Video of Woman’s Off the Rails Remarks to Deputy – Best Part Was the Sheriff’s Response
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/02/14/woman-encounter-with-deputy-in-washington-state-n2199167
…he best part was the reaction of the officer’s boss, Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders, which was shared on Facebook once the video went viral. The Sheriff also noted this woman was not a school employee, nor did anyone at the school endorse her statements. How great is that? We’ve seen some bad reactions from woke officials, so it’s nice to see someone who gets it, backs up his man, and lays down a little truth in the matter.

OK, I will be romantic.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/ok-i-will-be-romantic
“I have often thought that in the hereafter of our lives, when I owe no more to the future and can be just a man, that we may meet, and you will come to me and claim me as yours, and know that I am your husband.
It is a dream I have…”
video – 00:02:44 – https://youtu.be/ZUdnp7Kf86U

Nothing in Common.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/nothing-in-common
When this movie came out, I made a beeline for the theater. We are talking two comedic geniuses … OK, one Tom Hanks that was emerging and have already given us great stuff like Bachelor Party and The Money Pit and in the other hand the amazing Jackie Gleason who needed no introduction. I was expecting non-stop laughs from beginning to end and I got some great initial chuckles, and then real acting began. I knew Gleason had the chops for serious stuff but I was amazed by Tom Hanks’s doing a serious role of a clown having to mature in a matter of very few months. At the tender age of 25 and recently married, it struck me hard because I came to realize one day I would have to take care of my parents since I was an only child and still maintain my obligations to my marriage. If anything else, it prepared me to accept what was to come.

When you want to be robbed, raped and murdered. – Illegals welcome to this sanctuary.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/when-you-want-to-be-robbed-raped
I could not fins where this was taken. I have the feeling it might be some medical building of sorts, but that’s about it. If anybody knows where this is, please share as there are probably thousands of illegals seeking a place to hide and continue their criminal enterprises.
UPDATE: According to The Libs of TikTok, this is a building at Illinois State University.
Now the Illegals know where to go to do their stuff. I am sure the residents or workers are willing to share food, shelter, bodily orifices, etc.

They were not Colonizers, they were Conquerors.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/they-were-not-colonizers-they-were

FIREARM News
Happy Birthday to the Venerable 1911
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/14/happy-birthday-to-the-venerable-1911-n2671335
Browning was issued the patent, No. 984,519, on this day back 115 short years ago, and firearms and military history would be forever changed through that innovation. Happy 115th birthday to the winner of two World Wars. Here’s to another 115 years.

Portland Anti-ICE Activist Illustrates a Fantastic Way to Get Shot
https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/02/14/portland-anti-ice-activist-illustrates-a-fantastic-way-to-get-shot-n1231551
When a gun is pointed at you, you aren’t going to take the time to measure the barrel diameter to see if it’s a real gun or not. Especially with something like an airsoft gun, which has an 8mm barrel. Unless you can tell a millimeter difference at a glance, you’re going to take it as a real gun. Which means anyone pointing it at you, without you knowing it’s an airsoft gun due to context–you’re at a MilSim event where airsoft guns are used, for example–you’re going to take it seriously and act accordingly. So, when an Anti-ICE whackjob in Portland decided to use one in a drive-by, she put herself in a potentially dangerous situation.

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Feb 16:
Less Lethal does not mean without consequences.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/less-lethal-does-not-mean-without
Somehow, somewhere back in the minds of academics and idiots (but I repeat myself), the narrative about Less Lethal weapons became one of gentle prodding and soothing effects that would magically reduce the misbehavior of law-breaking people. Less Lethal simply means the probability of death is greatly decreased, but pain is going to be still a deciding factor on how your bad behavior will be modified. When verbal warnings and commands do not work, law enforcement will escalate, usually first with Empty-Hand techniques; the problem is that the deranged idiots chasing after ICE take being pushed away as a violation of their Rights (“YOU CAN’T TOUCH ME!”) and feel the need to escalate their misbehavior and do so in mobbing groups. After that, yes, the application of irritants, pain-inducing munitions, and flash-bang grenades comes into play.
(“Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.”- John Wayne, “stupid is as stupid does.” – Forest Gump, Stupidity should be painful – Unkown, Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity – Martin Luther King, Jr. – – – jlr)

rcd via e-mail
‘I want my mommy!’ Watch student at anti-ICE protest have epic meltdown when police arrest her
https://x.com/Conspiracookie/status/2022950619649314872
‘Being involved in a protest does not give one a free pass to commit crimes’ – Video of a Washington State high school student screaming “I want my mommy” as she’s being arrested after assaulting officers during an anti-ICE school walkout is going viral.
video – 00:01:23 – https://x.com/Conspiracookie/status/2022950619649314872I am sure you are absolutely right. – (maybe)
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/i-am-sure-you-are-absolutely-right
Then again, I would not recommend to test your theory in real life. Oh hell, go ahead, play that roulette wheel and see if it lands on FAFO.
embedded video – 00:00:59 – https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/i-am-sure-you-are-absolutely-rightThe Defeat Of The West?
https://wilderwealthywise.com/the-defeat-of-the-west/
In this book, Todd is using the Ukraine mess as a lens to autopsy what he calls the West’s self-inflicted doom. In Todd’s view, the collective West is collapsing, compared to “stable” powers like Russia and China. The West’s decline isn’t from bad luck or Russian super-spies, nope. It comes from the rotting foundations of the West itself…Todd’s book substantiates the politically incorrect that I’ve been championing forever: nationalism trumps globalism. The West is exhausted, defeated not by conquest but by its own nihilism leading to that most Evil philosophy of all: “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.”

Pocket Litter – My two “always” tools.
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/pocket-litter
As I was desperately pondering blog fodder that isn’t quite as polarizing as the last couple of essays,1 I dropped something I was fidgeting with, it rolled under the desk; and I looked at the flashlight I pulled out of my pocket, realizing there are a lot of articles written about the weap

A Potential Great Comet has Entered Into our Solar System
video – 00:14:51 – https://youtu.be/c-t-ca-wBLo
A new comet discovered on January 13th 2026, C/2026 A1 (MAPS) is from the Kreutz sungrazer family and will either way a very close perihelion to the Sun, or it may even impact the Sun! Because of its unique characteristics, it has the potential to become one of the Great Comets of history. Only time will tell, geophysicist Stefan Burns reports…
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ISLAM
NYC: Palestinian [Muslim] Activist Calls for Dogs To be Banned as Pets in NYC Because They’re UN-ISLAMIC, Hails Removal of Dogs From Grocery Stores— ‘Finally, NYC Is Coming to Islam’
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/nyc-palestinian-muslim-activist-calls-for-dogs-to-be-banned-as-pets-in-nyc-because-theyre-un-islamic-hails-removal-of-dogs-from-grocery-stores-finally-nyc-is-coming-to-islam.html/
Muslims are the only immigrant group who come to the West with a ready made model of society they believe to be superior to Western law and they work furiously, by all means, to impose it. Under Islam, shariah (Islamic) law supersedes Western law. Anywhere Western law and Shariah law conflict, it is always Western law that must give way. What those of us working in defense of freedom did not expect, was the craven capitulation and cowardice by Western left elites to Islamic supremacy.

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BEACHHEAD: Extremist Islamic Center of Orlando Expansion as Minarets Rise in Central Florida
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/muslim-brotherhood-beachhead-extremist-islamic-center-of-orlando-expansion-as-minarets-rise-in-central-florida.html/
The relentless but stealthy Islamic jihad against America has been going on for decades, but now it is no longer stealthy. Today everything is out in the open. Construction of enormous Islamic centers across our country continues apace. Claims of ecumenism and brotherhood accompany this expansion as a means of dulling our perception of the determined Islamic supremacy that underpins every move. This has always been Islam’s modus operandi in the western countries it has infiltrated and seeks to conquer from within.

State Sponsor of Terror Qatar Tops US University Foreign Funding in 2025 — Over $1.1 BILLION
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/state-sponsor-of-terror-qatar-tops-us-university-foreign-funding-in-2025-over-1-1-billion.html/
In 2025, Qatar was the single largest foreign source of gifts and contracts to American universities, pouring more than $1.1 billion into U.S. higher education, according to the U.S. Department of Education. That figure comes from mandatory foreign funding disclosures filed by colleges receiving federal aid — institutions required to report any foreign gifts or contracts of $250,000 or more. There is “outright censorship” that comes with the money. The scale is staggering: more than 8,300 foreign transactions totaling $5.2 billion in a single year. This isn’t charity. It’s influence. And it’s flowing directly into the institutions shaping the next generation of American leaders.

Meet Your Baggage Handler. He Hates You.
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/meet-your-baggage-handler-he-hates-you.html/
… it’s hard to know which is worse: the jihad terrorist who wants to see infidels dead, or the foolish and deluded infidels who ignored his bloody intentions in the name of multiculturalism, and gave him a splendid opportunity to realize those intentions. At Toronto Pearson International Airport, there is a man who works as a Station Attendant named Sammy Allouba. According to Rebel News, which exposed this travesty in a Monday exposé, Allouba “unloads baggage from inbound and outbound aircraft. As well, he performs general aircraft maintenance.” That’s a position in which a person of ill will could do a great deal of damage if he wished to do so, and Sammy Allouba is nothing if not a person of ill will: he “goes out of his way to convey hatred against Jews, Israelis, Iranians, and anti-Hamas Palestinians. All the while he glorifies the terrorists who tend to massacre such people.”
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A little humor…To start the week!!!
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/a-little-humor-5be
Dear Mom, Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in……….
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Feb 17:

The Great Leftist Pivot to the Center Is Upon Us — and It’s All a Lie
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/17/the-great-leftist-pivot-to-the-center-is-upon-on-us-but-its-all-a-lie-n2199241
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
It’s a timeless quote, and for good reason: if you fall for the same scam twice, the second time is on you. Obviously, I wasn’t fooled by Joe Biden and his claims to be moderate as he ran for the presidency in 2020, but even so, I admit to being taken aback by just how hard the left turn he took upon taking office turned out to be. Many voters were fooled, of course, and we’re still paying the price for that today…If anything, the Democrats have become even more extreme since those sad old days, and have waged a disgusting propaganda war against our federal law enforcement agencies while promoting political violence at every opportunity. All of a sudden, however, they smell the midterms – and they’re pivoting like Olympic figure skaters attempting quadruple lutzes. It started slowly back in March of 2025, when extremist California Gov. Gavin Newsom admitted on a podcast that allowing males to compete against girls and women in competitive sports was “deeply unfair.” It was an obvious play to the average American voter, who values sensibility — but the elaborately coiffed guv has done nothing since to stop the practice, and in fact, a boy just cleaned up in track and field at the California Winter Championships
That will become a theme of this article.
Progressive leadership has utterly failed California, and it will fail you, but vote for us anyway:
(The hypocrisy of the left is astounding, and written large – jlr)
V – example
Hillary Clinton Breaks With Party Line, Admits Mass Migration Is “Disruptive & Destabilizing”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hillary-clinton-breaks-party-line-calls-mass-migration-destabilizing
video – 00:00:19 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2022803087543398749Potomac Interceptor collapse among largest municipal wastewater spills in U.S. history
https://watchers.news/2026/02/16/potomac-interceptor-collapse-among-largest-municipal-wastewater-spills-in-u-s-history/
A section of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line failed on January 19, 2026, in Montgomery County, Maryland, releasing more than 920 million liters (243 million gallons) of untreated wastewater into the Potomac River. By volume, the incident ranks among the largest documented municipal wastewater spills in U.S. history. Elevated bacterial concentrations prompted recreational advisories and shellfish closures while emergency bypass operations continued into mid-February.
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Trump Orders Federal Takeover After Potomac Sewage Spill Hits Wes Moore
http://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/02/16/trump-orders-federal-takeover-after-potomac-sewage-spill-hits-wes-moore-n2199234
President Donald Trump announced Friday that federal authorities will step in to coordinate the response to the massive Potomac River sewage spill, escalating what is quickly becoming a political and environmental problem for Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat

No Kings? Tell That to Judge Playing Orwell’s Ministry of Truth: Orders Trump to Restore Slavery Exhibits
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/02/16/slavery-federal-judge-orders-trump-philadelphia-n2425083
…it seems federal judges are the ones who fancy themselves as the kings of America. Apparently, they believe they can order the duly elected President to do whatever they say. It’s wild…Likely just another Judge who used to claim they were conservative, but then lost their minds to TDS.

Harmeet Dhillon to Look Into Karen Who Reported TPUSA to Child Protective Services
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/02/16/harmeet-dhillon-to-look-into-karen-who-reported-tpusa-to-child-protective-services-n2425071
Maybe you were out doing something romantic on Saturday and missed our story on the boomer Karen who told a school board that they were MANDATED to file reports, as she had, with Child Protective Services after Turning Point USA held a recruiting event at a high school trying to establish a Club America chapter. And they handed out free snacks! Nancy Krause argued that the event was child abuse and that “students are widely recognized as vulnerable populations, they are in critical developmental stages, and especially susceptible to influence.” We wonder how she feels about “gender-affirming care” for high-school students, or anti-ICE walkouts with their teachers.

Randy Fine Drops the Most Fla Man Take of 2026: Tapper Speed-Runs to the Fainting Couch
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/02/16/jake-tapper-muslim-dogs-randy-fine-n2425082

Chuck Schumer Introduces Legislation to Make Pride Flag a Congressionally Authorized Symbol
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/02/16/chuck-schumer-introduces-legislation-to-make-pride-flag-a-congressionally-authorized-symbol-n2425084
The Trump administration ordered the removal of the Pride flag, and Sen Chuck Schumer, who claims that the Stonewall Inn is “sacred ground,” said over the weekend that he would be introducing federal legislation to make the Pride flag a congressionally authorized symbol.

Rubio to Europe: America Will Not Be Caretaker of a Dying West
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/rubio-to-europe-america-will-not-be-caretaker-of-a-dying-west.html/
video – oo:29:14 – https://youtu.be/yOjBJ89aeXA

Supreme Court Hands Trump HUGE Victory, Clears Path to Freeze $4 Billion in Foreign Aid
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/supreme-court-hands-trump-huge-victory-clears-path-to-freeze-4-billion-in-foreign-aid.html/
The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the federal government to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid payments…The justices voted 6-3 to grant the Trump administration’s emergency appeal

Mass Protests Against Murdering Mullahocracy Reignite in Multiple Cities in Iran
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/murdering-mullahs.html/
The bravery! Even after the mass slaughter, the Iranians would give their lives rather than live under the boot of brutal Islamic law. The butchers shut down the internet so that their atrocities are hidden from the world.
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OVER A MILLION People March in Solidarity with Iran Protesters
https://gellerreport.com/2026/02/over-a-million-people-march-in-solidarity-with-iran-protesters.html/
in Toronto, Los Angeles and Munich and beyond. Iran International: Over one million Iranians rallied across Europe, North America and Australia on Saturday in response to a call by exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi, while nighttime chants echoed from rooftops and apartment blocks inside Iran in a coordinated show of solidarity.

New Yorkers Wake to the Islamic Call to Prayer
https://redstate.com/eli-shepherd/2026/02/17/new-yorkers-wake-to-the-islamic-call-to-prayer-n2199208
We all saw this coming. Not because we hate our neighbors. Not because we fear prayer. But because we understand history. We understand symbolism. And we understand that culture never collapses all at once. It erodes. Quietly at first. Then loudly. A tweet making the rounds this week shows video of the Islamic call to prayer, the Adhan, echoing through New York City streets at dawn. Five in the morning. Amplified. Projected over neighborhoods that still carry the scars of September 11, 2001. That date is not ancient history. It is a living memory.
video – 00:00:39 – https://x.com/i/status/2023307976577315037 listen to the audio
(sad schadenfreudian laughter – ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES – jlr)
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NYC’s Mamdani Seeking First Property Tax Hike in Decades to Cover Budget Deficit
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-nycs-mamdani-seeking-first-property-tax-hike-decades-cover-budget-deficit/
…a clear sign that Mamdani, who ran as a democratic socialist, intends to follow through on his promise to tax the city’s working class and property owners…
(NYC is now in the FO phase of FAFO – jlr)

Rubio Drops the Hammer on Tufts Visa Case: ‘No One Is Entitled’
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/02/17/rubio-drops-the-hammer-on-tufts-visa-case-no-one-is-entitled-n2199231
An immigration judge terminated removal proceedings against Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was detained for over a month last year as part of the Trump administration’s effort to target and deport international students and activists involved in pro-Palestinian advocacy…If immigration court procedure could effectively override executive visa authority, the State Department’s statutory power would be reduced to suggestion… Rubio reframed the entire issue. I’ve said this repeatedly. I don’t know why it’s so hard for some to comprehend it, so let me repeat it again. A visa. No one is entitled to a visa. There is no constitutional right to a visa. A visa is a permission to enter our country as a visitor. If you enter our country as a visitor and as a visitor in our country, be it a student, a tourist, a journalist, whatever you want to be, and you undertake activities that are against the national interest, the national security of the United States, we will take away your visa. In fact, if we knew you were going to do it, we probably wouldn’t have given you your visa.Kristi Noem Lays Bare the Democrat Dishonesty As FEMA Works Without Pay to Clean Up DC Sewage
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/02/17/kristi-noem-points-out-the-democrat-dishonesty-as-fema-works-without-pay-to-clean-up-dc-sewage-n2199238
The third Democrat-fueled shutdown continues apace as the purported party of leadership and compassion holds the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding hostage because it wants ICE “reforms.” As has been reported, they know that ICE and Border Patrol have already been fully funded through the One Big Beautiful Law. So, the only agencies affected by this shutdown are TSA, the Coast Guard, and FEMA…Democrats in Congress have shut down @FEMA funding—leaving our hard working employees to work without pay—yet FEMA is now stepping in to coordinate cleanup of one of the largest raw sewage spills in U.S. history. Thanks to gross mismanagement by Maryland’s Democrat leaders, hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage has reportedly been dumped into the Potomac River—flowing straight through our nation’s capital and endangering millions of people, wildlife, and the entire DC region’s water supply. Democrats are withholding paychecks from the men and women of @dhsgov while they clean up this Democrat-created disaster. Unbelievable hypocrisy.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader and 2-Time Presidential Candidate, Dies at 84
https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/02/17/rev-jesse-jackson-civil-rights-leader-and-2-time-presidential-candidate-dies-at-84-n2199243

Gasoline-Starved California Now Turns to Distant Bahamian Supplies
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/02/16/gasoline-starved-california-now-turns-to-distant-bahamian-supplies-n2199219
Gas prices are the highest in the nation thanks to Democrats in general and the impeccably coiffed Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom in particular. For years now, they have tried to drive energy producers out of the state, and now they have succeeded. Refineries are shutting down. Entire companies are up and leaving…California has been forced to get gasoline from the Bahamas. Yes, that’s right: Newsom’s California is buying gasoline to be shipped through a Caribbean country, and having it sent, by tanker, through the Panama Canal and hence to California.
(Elections, and the actions of those elected, have consequences – jlr)

Robert Dorgan a.k.a. ‘Roberta Esposito’ Shoots Six at a Youth Hockey Game in Rhode Island
https://twitchy.com/aaronwalker/2026/02/16/hockey-shooting-n2425094
This is a breaking story, so the 24-hour rule applies; All reports within the first 24 hours are suspect. But we will strive to give you the most accurate information…So, what it sounds like is that three are dead, and three more wounded. But again, the twenty-four-hour rule applies.
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Look What the Rhode Island Hockey Rink Shooter Posted on X Before the Attack
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/17/look-what-the-rhode-island-hockey-rink-shooter-posted-on-twitter-before-the-attack-n2671412
The shooter was a biological man who was pretending to be a woman named Roberta Esposito but was born Robert Dorgan.
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Trans Shooters: The Patterns Are Well Established
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/02/17/trans-shooters-the-patterns-are-well-established-n4949591
The lesson that comes from encouraging mentally ill people to indulge their insanity and to express violent hatred against those who do not affirm their illness is written in the blood of children killed at the high school hockey game…there’s the case of Robinson himself, who was romantically involved with Lance Twiggs, himself another victim of transgenderism, and who, according to contacts within his family, “hates conservatives and Christians,” and who, according to other sources, influenced Robinson’s politics in the year they had been dating… “This shooting comes a few days after a mass shooting committed by a transgender-identifying young man in Canada, who murdered his mother and 11-year-old brother.”…Bondi Beach, in Australia, which not only matches the pattern under discussion but also points out the fantasy that banning guns will prevent such attacks…”How many transgender shooters does it take to stop leftists from lauding the delusion that one can change one’s biological sex and demand everyone agree?” I would only add it’s time to treat the mental illness like we used to and not play into and reinforce the delusions. We’re costing lives playing this game. It needs to stop. And perhaps we should be looking at treating transgenderism itself as a mental illness, again. The indicators are clearly there.

Dems Try to Cancel Republican Congressman After He Declares Americans Will Not Give Up Dogs to Appease NYC’s Muslims
https://www.westernjournal.com/dems-try-cancel-republican-congressman-declares-americans-will-not-give-dogs-appease-nycs-muslims/
Rep. Randy Fine, a Republican from Florida, called out Muslims on social media this week who are against keeping dogs as indoor pets and continued to stand his ground, despite drawing heavy backlash from several prominent Democrats…“Democrats like AOC [New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] are saying, ‘we are going to get rid of your dogs,’” Fine explained. “Americans need to keep that in mind when they go to vote in November.”

California Exodus Takes a Huge Leap Forward as Citizens Flock to Las Vegas to Avoid New Tax Hike
https://www.westernjournal.com/california-exodus-takes-huge-leap-forward-citizens-flock-las-vegas-avoid-new-tax-hike/
The real estate market for Las Vegas, Nevada, is seeing an influx of Californians as the state considers a one-time 5 percent fleecing of their assets…“Taxes and overall cost of living are major drivers, and Nevada’s lack of state income tax continues to be one of the most frequently cited reasons for the move,”

ICE Stages Mass Arrests of Renee Good-Style Agitators Shadowing Agents on the Street
https://www.westernjournal.com/ice-stages-mass-arrests-renee-good-style-agitators-shadowing-agents-street/
ICE is reportedly detaining and arresting thousands of Minnesota protestors under Title 18, Section 111 of the US Code, which prohibits citizens from interfering with a federal officer conducting official duties, according to Reuters.

Pelosi Appears To Have Picked Their Candidate For President In 2028
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/pelosi-appears-have-picked-their-candidate-president-2028
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) may be retiring from Congress at the end of this term, but she’s not done trying to shape presidential races. The 85-year-old former House speaker has turned into what one former aide calls “a Gavin fan-girl,” deploying her legendary donor network and political capital to boost California Gov. Gavin Newsom as a 2028 White House contender. The move lands as a calculated slight to Kamala Harris, who polls ahead of Newsom nationally but appears to have lost Pelosi’s confidence after the 2024 debacle.

Federal Judge Rules ICE Cannot Re-Detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-federal-judge-rules-ice-cannot-re-detain-kilmar-abrego-garcia/
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, appointed in 2016 by then-President Barack Obama, declared Tuesday that the government had presented no viable plan for deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia…Unless a higher court intervenes, the Salvadoran national can’t be held while he faces an indictment charging him with human smuggling.

So Another Blue State Just Lost Another Company to Guess Where
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/02/17/so-another-blue-state-just-lost-another-company-to-guess-where-n4949609
Thiel & Co. established Palantir in Palo Alto, Calif., pretty much smack-dab in the middle of the Bay Area’s fabled Silicon Valley. But by 2020, the company’s leadership had had enough. Karp publicly vented his frustration with Silicon Valley’s “monoculture” and “increasing intolerance” for anything other than the most left-wing views… Palantir succinctly announced today, “We have moved our headquarters to Miami, Florida,” absent all the hand-wringing that preceded their exit from Silicon Valley.

Detaining a U.S. Citizen Is Probably Not the Way to Attract Foreign Investors
https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/02/17/detaining-a-us-citizen-is-probably-not-the-way-to-attract-foreign-investors-n4949607

Nick Shirley Just Took a Look at California Voter Rolls and OMG
https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/02/16/nick-shirley-finds-125-year-old-voters-and-people-living-in-po-boxes-on-california-voter-rolls-n4949589
We’ve been covering and reporting on California’s notoriously leaky voter rolls for more than ten years…In his new 23-minute video in San Diego and Orange Counties — remember, the most “conservative” areas in California — Shirley casts a bright light on how “Californians” are registered to vote at illegal addresses such as office spaces, storage units, and PO Boxes throughout the state. These are all illegal residences… multiple 125-plus-year-olds have been voting for years in the state… in Riverside County they discovered that “you can pick up anyone’s ballot.”
video – 00:22:59 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2023535502700540048
video – 00:41:53 – https://youtu.be/gCuFB3eKd4k

It’s Racist to Like Dogs, Apparently
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/02/17/its-racist-to-like-dogs-apparently-n3811953
A pro-Hamas activist who made her name during the Israel-Hamas war has caused quite a stir with her call to ban dogs in NYC…If that sounds absurd on its face, you haven’t been paying attention to what has been going on in Western cities where Muslims have become a significant fraction of the population…we can’t assume that Mamdani is going to ban dogs in New York City just because one of his most prominent supporters is pushing for it, but then again, if you think the idea is absurd, you should know that this idea has gained a lot of traction in the UK…There are now parts of UK cities that are essentially Muslim enclaves, and they are actively pushing to make them no-go zones for dogs, and promising that as their influence grows, their power to expand the dog-free zones will grow along with it.

They eyes (don’t) have it.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/they-eyes-dont-have-it
I am going to start following Ian’s example and start adding a bit of color to my tooling and equipment, if for nothing else than stop hearing my wife say “If it was a snake, it would’ve bit you. Open your eyes!”

Her degree is in what?
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/her-degree-is-in-what
(As usual, AOC blathering and wrong – jlr)

A Man Joked About Moving Into Billie Eilish’s Mansion. Her Response Is Breaking Irony Detectors.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/02/16/man-who-tried-to-get-into-billie-eilishes-mansion-following-grammy-comments-deported-by-ice-n2671386
An Australian man who publicly claimed he planned to fly to Los Angeles and move into Billie Eilish’s $6 million Malibu home, citing her Grammys remark that “nobody is illegal on stolen land,” was reportedly referred to the Department of Homeland Security and deported after the singer alerted authorities.
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My Red Hat

This is my red hat. It is based on historical finds and considerations about those finds in places like Hedeby and Birka. I don’t wear it very often, because I only play at being a Viking (Scandinavian Völva from 10th century Unst) a couple of times a year, and at least one of those times it’s much to warm to wear a naalbound hat designed to get you through a night 100 miles into the Arctic Circle. This hat is incredibly thick. It doesn’t get wet, as it’s made of hand spun sheep wool. It smells a bit of lanolin, and it’s warm. In 10th century Unst, this would have been THE hat to wear at the winter holy days, because it was bright, warm, and naalbound (sort of a Viking form of knitting with one needle and a thumb). While we don’t know whether hats were popular or not (because most of what we know about the Vikings is gathered from pot scrapings, weathered carvings, grave finds, and stories written many years after the Vikings we’re talking about ceased to exist), the few writings from medieval times and the carvings we have do seem to indicate that this would have been worn. It’s definitely something that’s come down in German and Scandinavian heritage (hence the garden gnomes and the Tomten, who are sort of like garden gnomes but more demi-god and tricksy).

I wore my red hat this past weekend. It’s one of the two events I wear my Viking garb at, and it was cold at night (down in the low 20s). I was all dressed in wool, cooking happily over a fire, making meals from a Norse cookbook called Vikingars Gästabud, which is a modern book based on archaeological finds. I made green soup, and a beef stew, and a chicken stew, and barley porridge (called grot). It was a delicious weekend, though a bit smokey.

I enjoy wearing the hat. It makes me look like a garden gnome, I’ll be honest. I’m good with that. It’s fun, and it’s historical, and it starts conversations that I love having.

This year it did something else, as well. I’m a lot less happy about it.

Apparently, there are folks in Minnesota who are now wearing head gear very similar to mine, and using it as a “victory hat” of sorts. They’re protesting ICE while wearing these hats. I’m guessing it hearkens back to the red hats worn by the French during their revolution, but I really don’t know. During the course of the weekend, I had five or six people (separately) come up to me and give me a thumb’s up and call out anti ICE slogans of various types. One lady went so far as to trap me in the bathroom line and explain to me that it was AWESOME I was wearing a hat to show that I was rebelling. I explained to her about ten times that I was wearing a historically accurate Scandinavian hat, but she persisted. Like they do.

All that led to this morning’s conversation with Chris, wherein I lost my shit entirely. I found myself saying, quite loudly and irately, “My culture is not your costume!” I know that’s a leftist screed, but it’s true in this case. I love seeing kids dressing up as stuff at Halloween, or to cosplay, but being TOLD the reason for wearing what I was wearing was extremely offensive. Yes, both sides of my ancestry go back to Scandinavian “Vikings” and it’s something I’m proud of. I don’t want to give up my hat!

But I also don’t want to be mistaken for someone rioting or causing problems. Is my hat going to get leftists riled up and assuming I’m one of them? Worse, is it going to get conservatives upset, thinking I’m with the Left? Why the hell can’t I just wear my hat in peace?

I want the anti-ICE people to stop wearing my hat. I want them to stop using my symbols for their hatred and rancor. It’s not right!

But of course… they have a right to do what they want. So I have to decide whether to stop wearing it, at least until this trend is over. Because I do not want to be associated with those rioters at all. Not for one second. I was horrified this weekend. 🙁

On a nicer side, I made it into the Gardner news again:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Dn4BktgU9/

https://www.thegardnernews.com/picture-gallery/lifestyle/things-to-do/2026/02/16/northfolk-night-market-is-an-annual-winter-festival-that-features/88684515007/