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  • President Trump's Navy Under Secretary Hung Cao moves to welcome back and correct the records of sailors and Marines discharged for REFUSING the COVID vaccine

    01/23/2026 9:18:26 PM PST · by SmokingJoe · 2 replies
    X ^ | 01/23/2026 | Eric Daugherty
    🚨 BREAKING: President Trump's Navy Under Secretary Hung Cao moves to welcome back and correct the records of sailors and Marines discharged for REFUSING the COVID vaccine LONG OVERDUE! These patriots deserve it! "To the sailors and Marines who were wrongfully discharged during COVID, we failed you. We will never allow this to happen again, not on my watch. We are ready for you to come back, and we want to correct your records." "You are warriors of conscience, and we need people like you back in the force to accomplish peace through strength. We are righting this wrong, and...
  • Protesters arrested after barricading San Diego Mayor's office demanding immigration policy changes

    01/23/2026 9:05:52 PM PST · by jeannineinsd · 3 replies
    CBS 8 San Diego KFMB ^ | 1/23/26 | CBS 8 San Diego
    Protesters barricaded themselves in San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria's office, demanding police policies to shield the community from federal immigration agents. The group had barricaded themselves in the mayor's office for hours today, chanting for the cameras "Hey Todd, listen to your people". The San Diego police moved in and hauled the protestors away in handcuffs.
  • JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis PUMMELS Gavin Newsom as a traitor to America

    01/23/2026 9:03:59 PM PST · by SmokingJoe · 5 replies
    X ^ | 01/23/2026 | Eric Daugherty
    🚨 JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis PUMMELS Gavin Newsom as a traitor to America "He's frolicking in Davos attacking the president, URGING foreign leaders to rally against Trump while he's on FOREIGN SOIL!" 💯 "That picture of him with Alex Soros, I thought was very fitting because this governor has Soros'd California!" "It used to be the place everyone wanted to go, and now they're losing population and continue to do so because they have enacted those left-wing policies that have FAILED." Gavin is a national EMBARRASSMENT!
  • BREAKING: AG Bondi just went HARD after Don Lemon, promising she’s “COMING AFTER” him

    01/23/2026 8:56:53 PM PST · by SmokingJoe · 11 replies
    X ^ | 01/23/2026 | Nick Sortor
    🚨 BREAKING: AG Bondi just went HARD after Don Lemon, promising she’s “COMING AFTER” him LOCK HIM UP, @AGPamBondi! 🔥 “Don Lemon is an ONLINE AGITATOR... We are coming after you if you participated in that. I don't care If you're a failed CNN journalist, you have no right to do that in this country. We don't live in a third world country,” Bondi said
  • Maine is a 90% white state, and only about 2% black

    01/23/2026 8:50:10 PM PST · by SmokingJoe · 12 replies
    Blake Neff ^ | 01/23/2026 | X
    Maine is a 90% white state, and only about 2% black. Yet somehow, from 2021 through 2024, at least 90% of new Medicaid agencies in Maine were created by people with African or Arabic names. They collected more than $190 million. What are the odds that even half of this is legitimate?
  • CBS News shows, Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Night’ on track for record-low January ratings

    01/23/2026 8:39:41 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 7 replies
    New York Post ^ | Jan. 23, 2026, 6:06 p.m. ET | Alexandra Steigrad
    CBS News’ marquee morning and evening shows — including the network’s “Late Night with Stephen Colbert” — are heading for record-low ratings this month, The Post has learned.“CBS Evening News,” hosted by newly-minted anchor Tony Dokoupil, is on pace for its lowest-rated January since at least 2000, according to Nielsen data. The show has averaged 4.3 million viewers, with 560,000 of them in the coveted 25- to 54-year-old demographicBy comparison, the program got a massive ratings spike back in 2006 when Katie Couric debuted as anchor, drawing 14 million viewers just that night.Dokoupil’s low monthly average comes despite posting a...
  • Justice Department drops demand for records naming transgender kids treated at Children’s Hospital L.A.

    01/23/2026 8:35:28 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 7 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | Jan. 23, 2026 3:24 PM PT | Kevin Rector and Sonja Sharp
    The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to stop demanding medical records that identify young patients who received gender-affirming care from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, ending a legal standoff with families who sued to block a subpoena that some feared would be used to criminally prosecute the parents of transgender kids.The agreement, filed in federal court Thursday, allows the hospital to withhold certain records and redact personal information from others who underwent gender-affirming treatments, which Trump administration officials have compared to child mutilation despite support for such care by the nation’s major medical associations.Several parents of CHLA patients expressed profound...
  • Minnesota AG Keith Ellison accuses White House of "politics and retribution"

    01/23/2026 8:31:44 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 9 replies
    CBS News ^ | Updated on: January 23, 2026 / 10:41 PM EST | Nicole Sganga
    St. Paul, Minnesota — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison accused the Trump administration of turning immigration enforcement into "politics and retribution," describing what he called a "surge" of federal agents in the Twin Cities as a constitutional crisis, and said he has seen "no evidence" of a federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer earlier this month. "In fact, I have evidence to the contrary that the federal government is investigating the death of Renee Good at all," Ellison told CBS News in an interview Friday. He added, "Todd Blanche, who...
  • Stuck between the US and Russia, Canada must prove it can defend its Arctic territory

    01/23/2026 8:28:43 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 9 replies
    BBC ^ | 2026.01.23 | Bernd Debusmann Jr
    Canada's Arctic is a massive, treacherous, and largely inhospitable place, stretched out over nearly 4 million square kilometres of territory - but with a small population roughly equal to Blackburn in England or Syracuse, New York."You can take a map of continental Europe, put it on the Canadian Arctic, and there's room to spare," Pierre Leblanc, the former commander of the Canadian Forces Northern Area told the BBC. "And that environment is extremely dangerous."Standing at the defence of that massive landmass is an aging string of early warning radars, eight staffed military bases and about 100 full-time Coast Guard personnel...
  • News Summary-Intelligence Report 1/23/2026*Newsdump Friday*Iran's Leaders In Crosshairs?*Airlines Cancel Mid-East Flights*Starmer Slams Trump*European Leaders Demand Change To "Board Of Peace"*Israel Demands Gaza Access Control*

    01/23/2026 8:03:41 PM PST · by Nextrush · 3 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 1/23/2026 | Nextrush/Self
    "I think we should let them come down into the US" US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant...oil pipeline from Alberta... Russian attacks across Ukraine late tonight... Another deadly US attack on a boat... The threat of Iran being attacked this weekend high...killing Iran's religious and political leadersship would be a likely scenario... Multiple airlines cancelling flights in the Middle East... Thousands marched in Minneapolis today protesting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan acknowledging Israel..."is looking for an opportunity to strike Iran"... In Spain the Public Prosecutor's Office declining to prosecute singer Julio Iglesias... The United States adding...
  • Trump administration’s defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security

    01/23/2026 7:42:56 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 13 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 7:59 PM CST, January 23, 2026 | KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and COURTNEY BONNELL
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration’s focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China.The 34-page document, the first since 2022, was highly political for a military blueprint, criticizing partners from Europe to Asia for relying on previous U.S. administrations to subsidize their defense. It called for “a sharp shift — in approach, focus, and tone.” That translated to a blunt assessment that allies would take on more of the burden countering...
  • Minnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version

    01/23/2026 7:24:22 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 30 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 4:36 PM CST, January 23, 2026 | JACK BROOK and SARAH RAZA
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota activist who was charged for her role in an anti-immigration enforcement protest at a church released her own video of her arrest Friday after the White House posted a manipulated image online.The White House on Thursday posted a picture on its X page of civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong crying with her hands behind her back as she was escorted by a blurred person wearing a badge. The photo was captioned in all caps: “Arrested far-left agitator Nekima Levy Armstrong for orchestrating church riots in Minnesota.”A photo posted by Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem’s...
  • Vance, Loomer Spar Over GOP’s Position on Abortion

    01/23/2026 6:20:55 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 40 replies
    Fox40 ^ | Jan 23, 2026 | Sophie Brams
    ice President JD Vance and conservative influencer Laura Loomer traded jabs on social media Friday after Loomer questioned why Republicans were “pushing more abortion messaging” ahead of the November midterms. “Why is the GOP pushing more abortion messaging in a midterm election year? Didn’t they learn their lesson in 2018? Loomer wrote on the social platform X on Friday afternoon. “Trump doesn’t like it when the GOP focuses on abortion,” she added. “How many times does he have to say this?” “Trump gets it,” Loomer concluded, predicting that the GOP “will blow the midterms.”
  • Politico Absurdly Skips Extreme Anti-Trump Political Bias of Firm Conducting Focus Group

    01/23/2026 6:15:01 PM PST · by PJ-Comix · 3 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | January 23, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick
    Politico, leaning entirely on the results of a focus group consisting of nine (count 'em, NINE) people has been able to somehow determine what they see as a big political trend out there reflected in the title of this story on Friday by Samuel Benson, "These Gen-Z Trump voters don’t want JD Vance in 2028."The subtitle reinforces what looks to be a dire (as projected by Politico based on the focus group NINE) political future for Vance: "A recent focus group of 18- to 24-year-old Trump voters suggests weaknesses for Vance among young Republicans."
  • Guy Fieri Debuts Unrecognizable ‘New Look’ on 58th Birthday

    01/23/2026 6:10:47 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 38 replies
    People ^ | January 23, 2026 | Erin Clements
    “Dad… when did you start selling insurance?" the celebrity chef's son Hunter wroteIs that you, Guy Fieri? The Food Network star debuted an unexpected new look as he celebrated his 58th birthday on Thursday, Jan. 22. In an Instagram video Fieri shared, he sports a conservative ensemble that includes a checkered button-down shirt and belted khaki trousers. His facial hair is shaven off, and he’s traded in his signature spiky blonde locks for a neatly parted brown hairdo. “Hey there! After so many years of celebrating my birthday as Guy, I figured this year I’d celebrate it as just...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: Open Mic ~ 24 January 2026

    01/23/2026 6:00:38 PM PST · by Kathy in Alaska · 57 replies
    Our Troops Rock !! | The Canteen Crew
    ***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: ~ Open Mic ~ *****~ Support The Artists You Hear Throughout The Canteen ! ~ ***** Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children! Please click with caution. Thank you! Tunes For The Troops This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops, Veterans, Allies & their families! Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops! All music is removed on Monday.Thanks to all the DJs for their time...
  • Saudi Crown Prince Reveals “Paid” Private Yacht Nights With Meghan Markle, Leaving Harry Stunned

    01/23/2026 5:30:43 PM PST · by xxqqzz · 100 replies
    Windsor Today ^ | January 19, 2026 | Windsor Today
    A stunning royal allegation has emerged as Saudi Crown Prince insiders reveal what were described as “paid” private yacht nights involving Meghan Markle—leaving Prince Harry reportedly blindsided. Behind closed doors and far from palace protocol, new claims tied to elite Middle Eastern circles are resurfacing questions about Meghan’s pre-royal connections, private luxury encounters, and the silence that followed. As whispers spread across diplomatic and royal networks, Prince Harry is said to be confronting revelations that challenge everything he believed about his wife’s past. Explosive claims involving alleged private yacht nights funded by powerful Saudi-linked figures The financial and reputational implications...
  • Winter Storm Could Deplete America’s Natural Gas Storage (fearpr0n alert)

    01/23/2026 5:05:44 PM PST · by DoodleBob · 41 replies
    Newsweek ^ | January 23, 2026 | Anna Skinner
    With roughly two-thirds of the United States under some form of winter weather alert, energy experts are warning that a surge in heating demand could deplete America's natural gas reserves. Why It Matters The United States relies on natural gas as its primary residential heating fuel and as a major source of electric power, so an extreme cold blast can simultaneously push up demand and constrain supply, creating rapid drawdowns from storage that help balance the system. Analysts said the expected demand surge, combined with possible production declines from freeze-related disruptions, could produce one of the largest weekly declines in...
  • Former Niners QB John Brodie, 1970 NFL MVP, dies at age 90

    01/23/2026 4:57:27 PM PST · by sopo · 45 replies
    ESPN ^ | 1/23/2026 | AP
    Brodie played for the 49ers from 1957-73 after breaking every major passing record at Stanford. He later played on what is now the PGA Tour Champions and won the 1991 Security Pacific Senior Classic. Brodie's 17 seasons are still a 49ers franchise record, and his 31,548 yards passing rank second to Joe Montana on San Francisco's career passing list. When Brodie retired after the 1973 season, he trailed only Johnny Unitas and Fran Tarkenton on the NFL's career yards passing list. His 214 touchdown passes are third behind Montana and Steve Young
  • Leftist cat lady fills up 2 carts at Target and doesn’t buy anything to “protest Trump”

    01/23/2026 4:49:08 PM PST · by jeannineinsd · 27 replies
    X.com (twitter) ^ | 1/23/26 | Tim Young
    Leftist cat lady fills up 2 carts at Target and doesn’t buy anything to “protest Trump” … so she’s just harassing minimum wage employees to make herself feel validated. These people need mental institutions.