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I am not PREDICTING riots, but it sure looks like the conditions are building. If Minneapolis burns, it’s probably going to be tonight. Massive crowds forming today.pic.twitter.com/Z0laWRUxdx— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) January 10, 2026Massive crowds are gathering near the scene of Renee Good's assault on an ICE officer and her subsequent suicide by cop. Governor Walz is clearly worried about a repeat of the Summer of 2020, likely because he is in danger of being in charge of a state that temporarily loses some of its sovereignty by Trump invoking the Insurrection Act. Instead of trying to dial down the temperature...

Jared Isaacman Is Transparent With NASA Decision to Fly Orion Heat Shield 'As Is'N | 11:50 Ellie in Space | 216K subscribers | 12,455 views | January 10, 2026 Link to Eric's article: Is Orion's heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight Eric Berger | January 9, 2026 | Ars Technica

As the Democrats continue to wail and screech over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis, Portland, and elsewhere, the receipts continue to pile up showing that they are in fact cheerleading and trying to protect some of the worst criminal elements in our society. One reality they continue to ignore is that if blue state “sanctuary” mayors and governors hadn’t purposefully reneged on their sworn duty to keep the public safe, and if ideologues like former President Joe Biden hadn’t opened the floodgates at the southern border to any and all comers, many of these enforcement operations...

Amid the continuing fallout from the unrest in Venezuela after American military special forces removed the dictator Nicolás Maduro earlier in January, we have now received a red alert for all Americans who remain in that country from U.S. authorities there on Saturday.U.S. Embassy in Caracas is issuing the warning for people to leave Venezuela immediately. In other words: get the heck out of there:GET OUT: The U.S. Embassy Caracas issued an urgent security alert, warning Americans to depart Venezuela as soon as it is safe due to mounting risks. https://t.co/jJZQFq9fDz— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 10, 2026The security alert stressed...

The socialist left was on parade in the final innings of 2025. The long cold shadow cast by “The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act,” a ballot initiative in California to be voted on in November, has led tech billionaires to take flight out of the state and land in the zero-income-tax paradises of Texas and Florida. The initiative seeks a one-time 5 percent tax on the worldwide net worth of anyone stupid enough to be a Californian with assets worth more than $1 billion as of January 1, 2026. That meant anyone in the three comma club had to hightail it...

"AND LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS" Matthew 28:20 One morning I stood on the bluffs overlooking the coast at Camp Pendleton. I spied an amphibious naval vessel just off shore. As I stood watching, it came into full view, then disappeared as the early morning fog came and went. The ship was always there, but it was only visible part of the time. It spoke to me of the reality of God's presence. The truth is God is always there, but our changing moods affect our ability to see. It's good days and bad days again, or would...

For the third time in a week, Minnesota is making national headlines, and for all the wrong reasons. In a massive show of federal force against a resistant sanctuary metropolis, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deployed 2,000 federal agents to Minneapolis-St. Paul in the largest immigration enforcement operation in the nation’s history. Against the backdrop of what federal prosecutors described as a nine billion dollar federal fraud scheme centered in Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community, agents have gone door-to-door investigating human trafficking, narcotics and gang activity, and surreptitious employment by illegal aliens. Tensions, already high, erupted on Wednesday when an...

Iran on Saturday expanded its crackdown on the country’s massive wave of anti-regime protests, and warned that anyone taking part would be considered an “enemy of God,” a charge that automatically invokes the death penalty. The demonstrations, which began nearly two weeks ago as mere economic protests, reached fever pitch Saturday amid a two-day internet blackout, reaching hundreds of cities in all of Iran’s 31 provinces. As the protests became more widespread, the Islamic Republic intensified its crackdown, reportedly opening fire on crowds with live ammunition, though reports from the ground indicated that protesters successfully took over several city centers...

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“Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and frequent critic of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime, posted a message on X in support of the widespread protests happening in the Mideast nation and assuring the protesters that President Donald Trump has "noticed" their resistance. "When President Trump says Make Iran Great Again, it means the protestors in Iran must prevail over the ayatollah," Graham wrote, in part. "To all who are sacrificing in Iran, God bless. Help is on the way."

Just after 8 p.m. Thursday, Iran’s theocracy pulled the plug and disconnected the Islamic Republic’s 85 million people from the rest of the world. Following a playbook used both in demonstrations and in war, Iran severed the internet connections and telephone lines that connect its people to the vast diaspora in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. Until now, even while facing strict sanctions over the country’s nuclear program, Iranians still could access mobile phone apps and even websites blocked by the theocracy, using virtual private networks to circumvent restrictions. Thursday’s decision sharply limits people from sharing images and witness...

New York inched toward socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s lofty promise of universal child care Thursday — as Gov. Kathy Hochul rolled out a multi-billion-dollar plan to vastly expand kids programs. The proposed “2-Care” program for all 2-year-olds in the Big Apple, along with a buildup of existing pre-K and early childcare in the rest of New York, will ultimately provide care for 100,000 more children across the state, Hochul said. Mamdani, standing alongside the governor for a back-slapping announcement in the Flatbush YMCA, crowed that the proposals will help families struggling with the cost of childcare in New York City....

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) squared off against federal agents at an ICE facility in Minneapolis on Saturday, joining protesters after she was kicked out of the detention center. The controversial Somali-born Omar, 43, and Congress members were turned away while attempting to gain entry into an ICE processing center at the Whipple Building in Minneapolis Video circulating online showed Omar and Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) and Kelly Morrison (D-MN), flanked by activists and photographers, squaring off against masked military members holding massive rifles who formed a line at the entrance to the facility.

EXCLUSIVE: Buzz about the next James Bond has always existed in its own reality. Everyone’s got an opinion about who should play the super spy, and — even if those views do not align with the tiny pool of tastemakers overseeing the franchise — they are whipped up by bookmakers, agents, the press, and very often the actors themselves. And why not? It’s flattering to be thought of as 007. But not all Bond rumors are created equally. And at least one rumor, which successfully entered the bloodstream of the media last year, was the result of a fairly elaborate...

Bob Weir, a founding member of the legendary rock band the Grateful Dead, has died at the age of 78, his family announced Saturday. "It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir," his family wrote in a post to his Instagram page. "He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues." In the statement, the family disclosed that Weir had been diagnosed with cancer in July. "As we remember Bobby, it's hard not to feel the echo of the way he lived,"...

As their music became more complex, the group turned to a murderer’s row of session giants who helped make their songs sparkle. Here are just a few.When it comes to nailing down an album’s production, Steely Dan records have always been the gold (or, more accurately, platinum) standard. Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were Steely Dan’s creative core, but plenty of their classic cuts tap the talents of stellar session players to kick things up to another level. As their music became more complex, Fagen and Becker turned to a murderer’s row of session giants who helped make their...

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Should Trump really risk acquiring Greenland as a territory? I'm surprised the Democrats aren't already smirking and hissing, "Go for it, Donnie!" They'd be thrilled to have a mix of disgruntled, race baiting Eskimos and entitled Eurotrash Danes demanding statehood. As with Washington D.C., Greenland would give the 'Rat party an automatic two new AOC type senators and one Congress person if it were to join the Union. Maybe Greenland's slender population of 56,000 would preclude statehood? Maybe enough fishermen, miners, oil field roughnecks, and other red blooded Americans would move into Greenland by the time the issue of statehood...

Harry Nilsson was making millions at the height of his career, but he was sadly penniless when he died at just 52 years old. The singer-songwriter signed a record deal worth $5 million at the height of his career, but the money was gone by the time he died. Harry Nilsson was making millions at the height of his career, but he was sadly penniless when he died at just 52 years old. The singer-songwriter found fame in the 1970s with his album Nilsson Schmilsson and at the height of his career, he signed a record deal worth $5 million....

The Somali-dominated Democratic political machine in Minnesota successfully silenced hundreds of government experts who tracked the huge flow of taxpayer funds through Somali-run businesses, a top Minnesota Republican told a House hearing on Wednesday. Up to 1,000 government auditors, accountants, and program managers were silenced by Democratic threats, Minnesota House Rep. Marion Rarick told a House hearing: The most severe ones was that they would be fired with cause so they couldn’t have unemployment insurance, that they would be blacklisted from all state agencies… [including] Hennepin County, Ramsey County. As you know, those are Democrat-run. Many government experts, non-government professionals,...