January 06, 2026
Hegseth to Strip Mark Kelly of Rank, Pension
Timothy Birdnow
Senator Mark Kelly figured he could shoot his mouth off and nothing would happen. He should
think again.
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Monday began taking steps to demote Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly from his current military rank over his role in a viral video telling U.S. service members and spy agencies they must "refuse illegal orders” by the Trump administration.
Hegseth posted a statement to social media saying the Pentagon is taking administrative action to initiate retirement grade proceedings to demote Kelly from a retired Navy captain to a lower rank, with a corresponding deduction in pay. Hegseth also announced a formal letter of censure, outlining Kelly’s "reckless misconduct.”
"Six weeks ago, Senator Mark Kelly — and five other members of Congress — released a reckless and seditious video that was clearly intended to undermine good order and military discipline. As a retired Navy Captain who is still receiving a military pension, Captain Kelly knows he is still accountable to military justice,” Hegseth wrote in a Monday morning X post.
"Therefore, in response to Senator Mark Kelly’s seditious statements — and his pattern of reckless misconduct — the Department of War is taking administrative action against Captain Mark E. Kelly, USN (Ret),” the War Secretary added. "The department has initiated retirement grade determination proceedings under 10 U.S.C. § 1370(f), with reduction in his retired grade resulting in a corresponding reduction in retired pay.
What Kelly was saying about "illegal orders" means lower ranks simply deciding they didn't like the Commander-in-Chief's orders and so refuse to obey them.
The President is the Commander-in-Chief and unless his orders are way over the top (like ordering trooops to shoot American citizens in peacetime) they must be obeyed. If people like Kelly don't like that they can work to remove the President legally. They have no right to subborn insobrdination.
Hopefully this will just be the beginning of ways they will punish this jerk.
No doubt Kelly will try to challenge this in civil court.
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Of course, Kelly and his lawyers will argue the letter of the law -- that Kelly's pronouncements should be taken precisely at face value. But of course he and the other gang members did not want their statements to be taken at face value. Whether any civil courts will buy that argument remains to be seen.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 09, 2026 12:19 AM (fJC/c)
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There is an old legal maxim that says (and I am paraphrasing) "when the facts are with you argue the facts, when the facts are against you argue the law, when both are against you attack the prosecutor". Now we know they will do the third without hesitation, but the fact they are going to have to go straight to the legal argument is proof their case isn't very strong. As you say Dana it is anyone's guess if that argument will fly because everyone knew exactly what this guy was implying. He was suggesting something in so many words and he knew exactly what he was suggesting.
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Lies for Hire in Minnesota
Timothy Birdnow
Well, well, well...
SUBMITTED: Minneapolis Craigslist post in search of child actors for daycare site where funding was "cruelly ripped away without cause.”
"To help hurry this state vetting process, we are looking to hire 20 child actors for 3 days while state is present on site.”
$1,500/day… pic.twitter.com/vvhDCR235g
— Liz Collin (@lizcollin) January 4, 2026
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Now, this is
funny! And it shows that Nick Shirley's investigative journalism is hitting home -- hard!
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 07, 2026 12:43 AM (fJC/c)
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Yep. Shirley is what Matt Drudge once was - a guy who broke the Big One.
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Babbitt Butcher Makes Good
Timothy Birdnow
Remember Michael Byrd? He was the Capitol Hill cop who shot and killed Ahsli Babbitt on January six, then received not a punishment for shooting an unarmed protester but actually was given a promotion.
Well since that time he's become very rich at taxpayer expense.
Developing: Lt. Michael Byrd Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Dead on Jan. 6, 2021 in Cold Blood, Runs an ‘Unaccredited’ Day-Care Center in Maryland at His Home and Has Pocketed $190 Million in HHS Funds
Byrd was an incompetent "affirmative action" hire who once left his service revolver in a public restroom at a restaurant and who was in trouble for getting into a fight at a kids soccer game, among other issues. Yet they kept him and, after shooting Babbitt who posed no threat to his personal safety, was not only never charged with a crime but actually received a promotion.
Now it seems he's been living the life of Reilly, enjoying the fruits of the Walz scam that has plucked American taxpayers like chicken destined for the cookpot.
This is how it works with the Left; they not only protect their own but reward them for it. Byrd should have been prosecuted for manslaughter at least, or wreckless homicide. They rewarded him. Oh, and they probably want him to keep his mouth shut about what really happened that day. I suspect Mr. Byrd knows more than he's told.
The Gateway Pundit dishes:
On Tuesday, investigative journalist Paul Sperry discovered recently and posted on Tuesday that Former Lt., now Captain Mike Byrd, has been running an unaccredited day-care center with his wife in their Maryland home since 2008. That is nearly 17 years!
The Byrds have received $190 million in this HHS day-care scheme.
$190 MILLION for a home daycare??!! This is fraud on a massive scale and this scumbag needs to be put in prison for a long, long time.
And this guy was dirty long before he murdered Mrs. Babbitt, it seems. How long has this daycare scheme been going?
Meanwhile Ashli Babbitt has a life sentence in a pine box and her family has no visiting privileges.
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Whazzis? A non-Somali running a day-care center? Caramba! Will wonders never cease?
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 07, 2026 12:28 AM (fJC/c)
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It IS rather amazing, isn't it Dana.
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Biden's Fault (What Else is New?)
Timothy Birdnow
I know it seems like we blame Biden for everything but Biden is pretty much to blame for everything...
Trump’s HHS rescinds Biden rule that gave child care centers funding without verifying attendance
Recently Bill H. opined that Tim Walz was chosen to be the V.P. to Kamala Harris so he could take this program national, and undoubtedly the reason they wanted that was sos they could skim vast sums of wealth off the top. I suspect Bill is correct; everything seemed to work together here to create what is perhaps the most massive fraud machine in history.
I doubt we have even scratched the surface on this. Remember, the daycare scam was only one element of this; the DOJ is investigating multiple cons over a wide range involving the Somalis in partnership with the political class.
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I'm not gonna say you're wrong, except that this seems pretty sophisticated for Slow-Joe to figure out.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 07, 2026 12:31 AM (fJC/c)
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It is but apparently not for the autopen. The autopen seems to be smarter than the average Democrat.
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January 05, 2026
Walz Out of Race
Timothy Birdnow
Looks like Tampon Tim is quitting his bid for re-election.
Tim Walz Reportedly Ending Re-election Campaign; Has a New Retard Been Slected?
If Walz were a team player he'd resign but I don't think he's man enough.
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The sole reason TT was selected as the dems VP pick was so he could take the somalieee scam on the road and spread it amongst the other 49 states. I watched some somallieee student crying how broke she was while wearing a diamond worth 3 grand and then there was another poor somaliee wearing glasses that run 2,500 singing the blues about how mean it is to even think somaliees are corrupt. They are so stupid that they dont even realize how transparent they are. No wonder the dems love them.
Posted by: Mike at January 05, 2026 04:37 PM (3e45C)
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Tampon Tim will stay around as long as he can, in order to keep shouting about how much our culture is "enriched" by the Somalians. If he had an ounce of truth in him, he'd admit that we are -- what might the word be -- "empoored" by the Somalians in our midst. And they are a political liability too, since they vote as a solid bloc -- kind of like Tim's head.
Our current Senator Amy Klobuchar is making noises about running for governor. While she would certainly be way better than our current Lt. Gov. Peggy Fleming, she's no great shakes as a legislator, and it might be nice to get her out of the Senate.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 06, 2026 12:39 AM (fJC/c)
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I think impoverished is the word you are looking for, Dana.
Posted by: Bill H at January 06, 2026 12:48 AM (FRG6e)
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Excellent point Mike; they probably DID want to take the Somali show national and skim off the top everywhere. It's how the Democrats like to generate campaign funding, under the table that way.
Klubfootshar sure would be better than that crazy Somalista no doubt Dana. And it would get her out of the Senate as you point out.
Agreed Bill! Terminology is important.
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Harrumph! I like my word. Oh, well.
Tampon Timmy was on the tube today
loudly insisting that no way will he resign the governorship. My wife observed that he is probably getting
beaucoup pressure to do exactly that, from the people who matter and perhaps can make it happen. Shades of Biden 2024?
Watch this space for further developments.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 07, 2026 12:41 AM (fJC/c)
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I caught that conference Dana; he was combative and a real jackass. Yeah; shades of Dementia Joe.
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What with the many ways Minnesota is being embarrassed on the national stage lately, Timmy may not get to make the decision on whether to stay or go himself; it may be made for him, much in the matter of Joe Biden of recent memory. Indeed, his loudmouth act was probably just for the cameras and reminded me quite a bit of El Presidente Maduro's "not guilty" plea in court in NYC; and it was about as effective, too.
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January 04, 2026
Dems Suddenly Discover Rule of Law
Timothy Birdnow
"Trump’s unilateral operation last night was an illegal act of war without Congress’s authorization,”
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.)
He seems to have forgotten when Bill Clinton bombed an aspirin factory in the Sudan on the eve of his impeachment, or Barack Hussein Obama making drone strikes on American citizens.
"This war is illegal, it’s embarrassing that we went from the world cop to the world bully in less than one year"
Ruben Gallego D Arizona
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) also chimed in.
"President Trump’s unilateral military action to attack another country and seize Maduro — no matter how terrible a dictator he is — is unconstitutional and threatens to drag the U.S. into further conflicts in the region,
"The American people voted for lower costs, not for Trump’s dangerous military adventurism overseas that won’t make the American people safer.”
Elizabeth "Big Smelly Sqwah" Warren, DMASS
I hate to tell this dope but the War Powers Act grants the President this very authority.
Here's more:
"Without authorization from Congress, and with the vast majority of Americans opposed to military action, Trump just launched an unjustified, illegal strike on Venezuela,”
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
In fact WWII was the last time Congress actually declared war, so what are these clowns beefing about? we've fought plenty of wars without formal Congressional approval.
I caught Jonathan Turley this morning saying this has very solid legal grouds as it was ultimately a law-enforcement issue, and no boots were on the ground except Delta Force, and they were in and out well withing the legal timeframe.
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Let's not forget that Maduro was not a legitimately elected head of state. That fact plays into all this. Of course, that apparently doesn't bother Democrats in the least.
We watched most of Mark Levin's show on Fox News tonight (after being away most of the day, at church, playing a show behind a favorite singer and then going out to carouse with some of the audience). His guest was retired Rep. Newt Gingrich, one of the smartest men ever to work in the U.S. Congress. He made a very astute remark, which may have been a quote: "Trump doesn't think outside the box, because he doesn't recognize that there
is a box." This was a great show tonight, since Levin and Gingrich are both super-smart people. Any chance you got to watch it, Tim?
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 05, 2026 01:46 AM (fJC/c)
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Yes, all true Dana. The arrest of Manuel Noriega was ample precedent for doing this too, and Noriega had much greater legitimacy than does Maduro.
That was a great quote by Newt. Trump does what works rather than follow the "rules" as set down in times past.
In fact we've removed leaders of governments repeatedly through history. Remember the Communist Allende in Chile' ? Daniel Ortega (who has managed to worm his way back into power there)?
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The day that Democrats discover the Rule of Law is the day that Hell will freeze over, I truly believe.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 06, 2026 12:42 AM (fJC/c)
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To the Democrats their will is the whole of the Law, nothing less, nothing more.
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January 03, 2026
Atlanta Churches Commit Vote Fraud
Timothy Birdnow
Whatever happened to "thou shalt not bear false witness"? Fake voter registrations are breaking this Commandment.
If white churches in, say, Texas tried this people would go to jail or at least lose their tax exempt status.But liberal black churches are not about God or Christ so much as about social activism and are given a pass because, like, racism and stuff!
This is felony vote fraud.
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It sure is. It's known otherwise as "stickin' it to the man," and it's been around a lo-o-o-ong time. Anybody tries to do anything about it, these people yell "racism." I do wish our side would replay something on the order of "So's yer old man!"
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 11:00 PM (fJC/c)
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Agreed. Stealing votes for black folks is what is racist and we should call it out.
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I maintain that the idea that
"black people should vote for him because he's black" is as racist and repulsive as is,
"white people should vote against him because he's black."
Posted by: Bill H at January 04, 2026 11:03 AM (FRG6e)
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Got it right as rain, Bill.
My first comment should have "reply" instead of "replay," but you can't edit these darn comments once they've been posted.
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Your logic is impeccable Bill. It truly is racism to use race as a criteria for voting either way.
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Portland Orders Employees to Rat Out ICE
Timothy Birdnow
This is a crime.
18 U.S. Code § 118 - Interference with certain protective functions
Any person who knowingly and willfully obstructs, resists, or interferes with a Federal law enforcement agent engaged, within the United States or the special maritime territorial jurisdiction of the United States, in the performance of the protective functions authorized under section 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709) or section 103 of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 U.S.C. 4802) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 109–472, § 4(a), Jan. 11, 2007, 120 Stat. 3555.)
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Portland, Oregon, officials across the city government are instructed to call an activist group for help if they spot Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and to record their actions for potential legal cases, according to a November memo exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
City workers should call a hotline to the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) when ICE appears, demand that the agency present judicial warrants for access to buildings and send documentation of any ICE incident to the city attorney, the memo says. "PIRC will activate MigraWatch volunteers to investigate and confirm reports of ICE,” reads the document, which is labeled an "Employee Guide” for interacting with immigration authorities.
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Portopottyland is in open rebellion against the laws of the United States.
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U.S. Captures Maduro
Timothy Birdnow
This is from NOt the Bee, not the Bee:
PBS is
reporting this too, apparently. Or at least they are reporting the government is saying this is so.
The U.S. launched a major air offensive just as Maduro was meeting with the Chinese, leading him to flee into a trap.
The Venezuelans appear to confirm this:
Venezuelan ruling party leader Nahum Fernández told The Associated Press that Maduro and Flores were at their home within the Ft. Tiuna military installation when they were captured.
"That's where they bombed," he said. "And, there, they carried out what we could call a kidnapping of the president and the first lady of the country."
Maduro's wife was also grabbed by American special forces in the raid.
It doesn't pay to screw with Donald Trump.
(George Bush would have taken two years to build up a massive coalition and then invaded, losing Maduro in the process. It's great to have a guy who knows how to do this kind of stuff.)
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Yep, we got the SOB, on the same ticket that we nabbed Noriega all those years ago. That loud sound you're hearing is leftist heads exploding all over the place.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 11:03 PM (fJC/c)
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Yep. I caught the talk shows this morning and the Democrats were desperate to find a way to spin this as a bad thing. Good luck with that!
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If a Democrat president had done this, the donks would still be cheering.
If a Democrat president had done this, Hell would probably have frozen over, too.
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Hochul Insults New York and all the First Responders by Honoring Islam at World Tkrade Center
Timothy Birdnow
And New York givenor, er, governor Kathy "Hockum" Hochul says Islam in New York makes the state stronger, conveniently forgetting the thousands dead on 911 when the twin towers went dow at the hands of Muslims.
[linj=https://notthebee.com/article/new-york-lights-up-world-trade-center-green-in-honor-of-islamic-heritage-month-and-the-comments-are-not-happy]New York lights up One World Trade Center green in honor of Muslim Heritage Month and the internet is not happy
Governor Kathy Hochul
@GovKathyHochul
The resilience, compassion, and contributions of Muslim communities help make our state stronger.
Tonight landmarks across the state are lit green as New York celebrates Muslim American Heritage Month.
Charming. In addition to forgetting about the 911 attacks she has also forgotten the first World Trade Center bombing as well as multiple "incidents" deemed as crimes where Muslims attacked and murdered non-Muslims, particularly Jews.
One interesting thing; I wanted to look up a few such cases and remember a number of them and yet the search engines - even Duckduckgo, wouldn't find any. I tried to go to Conservapedia and could not open it despite trying from multiple directions. No searches showed it had closed. Curiouser and curiouser.
One tech blog I found, which mocked the site endlessly and viciously, said it was down due to overdemand for the servers. Perhaps. But it was all I could find and this was a horribly biased site. I suspect cyber attacks; we've seen this often.
At any rate the point is that Muslims have been killing folks in New York for some time now and apparently Hochul doesn't know or care.
Imagine if some Southern rednecks moved to New York and killed people and blew up the Twin Towers; Hochul would sing quite a different tune.
If New Yorkers re-elect this buffoon they deserve what they get.
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True to his nature; a Muslim and Communist.
If I were Jewish I'd get the hell out of New York. And I'd vote Republican for the rest of my life no matter how attached I was to the old Democrat Party.
From One America News Network (OANN):
In Mamdani’s (D-N.Y.) first action since his swearing in on Thursday, January 1st, he overturned orders signed by Adams (D-N.Y.) that implemented pro-Israel policies.
Adams’ Executive Order 61 recognized the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and provided additional New York Police Department (NYPD) security to synagogues in New York City. A separate directive blocked city agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel.
"On his very first day as @NYCMayor, Mamdani shows his true face: He scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting Israel. This isn’t leadership. It’s antisemitic gasoline on an open fire,” the Israel Foreign Ministry wrote in an X post.
It also should be pointed out that Menshevik Momdani swore his oath of office on the Koran. As
I pointed out years ago, the Koran explicitly encourages oath breaking when it advances Sharia.
[Bukhari:V7B67N427] "The Prophet said, ‘If I take an oath and later find something else better than that, then I do what is better and expiate my oath.'"
So essentially Menshevik Momdani swore an oath on a religious document that encourages oathbreaking hen convenient. And we let him do it.
And of course the Koran and Haditha are chock-full of passages calling Jews Pigs and subhuman and encouraging their destruction. THIS is what the man swore to uphold, not protections for every citizen in the Big Wormy Apple.
This is the first crack in the American armor against Sharia, and if it isn't closed it will spread just as it has done in Europe. Momdani is the equivalent of a barbarian chieftain invading the Roman Empire; fail to stop him and the whole thing eventually will fall.
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Indeed it is! This guy need to be fought every way possible!
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 11:07 PM (fJC/c)
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Oh, and if I were a Jewish New Yorker I'd have already gotten the hell out -- as soon as he got elected.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 11:16 PM (fJC/c)
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Maybe this guy should share a cell wuth Maduro. They'd get along swimmingly.
I hope Jack Kemp seriously thinks about moving out of the city.
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Jack doesn't live in New York City proper; he lives in Forest Hills. Well, I think that's a suburb of Queens, so maybe he
does live in NYC proper. I really need to ask him about it.
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I was wrong about Jack; his town is located in Queens. I had an e-mail discussion with him which I blind-copied you on. I think Jack is too old to consider moving, but I also think he pretty much "keeps his head down" and stays out of Manhattan and Brooklyn, where most of the Jews seem to be getting hassled.
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Russia Gives Evidence Zelensky Tried to Assassinate Him
Timothy Birdnow
Putin has
handed over the evidence to the Trump Administration proving the Ukrainians did indeed target him for assassination by drone.
The Ukrainians deny this and so does the Central Intelligence Agency.
Putins evidence is the drone's black box, which showed it's point of origin and telemetry.
Trying to assassinate Putin is a major escalation and if Trummp simply denies it or says "so" things could get hairy - hairier than they already are now.
"Kostykov described that the "decryption of the content of the memory of the navigation controller of the drones carried out by specialists of Russia’s special services confirms without question that the target of the attack was the complex of buildings of the Russian president’s residence in the Novgorod region."
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Putin had informed President Trump about the alleged incident on the day it occurred via phone call, and Trump initially appeared to accept Moscow’s version, expressing sympathy and saying he "wasn't happy about it." He followed by sharing a New York Post article which said Moscow "is the one standing in the way of peace."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow would not withdraw from peace talks with Washington, but would still adjust its negotiating stance and respond militarily, adding that potential targets had already been selected. "Such reckless actions will not go unanswered," he said.
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In response Russia will likely increase her attacks on Odessa, the lifeline of the Ukrainian economy. NATO-assisted Ukrainian military operations have been launched from Odessa into Russia in recent weeks and the Kremlin is likely planning to strangle that major city.
Meanwhile a report in the New York Times
has confirmed the CIA has remained heavily involved in the escalation of the war there despite Trump issuing orders to stay out of it for the Pentagon and other espionage agencies.
This war is only winnable for the Ukrainians if they get direct aid, boots on the ground, from NATO, and that will guarantee the Big One. Russia is not going down so quietly.
Trump desperately wants to settle this; he had promised to end it within days of his election and now, 11 months later, there is little progress. And Trump wants the Nobel Prize because that would be a huge boost to his political authority in the U.S. and help him advance his program (not to mention being a giant ego-booster). Mr. Trump dare not walk away from this, but his involvement is extremely dangerous. We are walking a tightrope at this point.
Where this is going to go is anyone's guess but if the Democrats take Congress you can bet it goes south faster than Sherman.
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The CIA has been a loose cannon, doing things on its own for years now. I wouldn't be surprised if they are in this up to their clavicles, and nothing Trump says will make any difference.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 11:19 PM (fJC/c)
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I agree Dana. This stinks of a CIA black op.
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Sharia in Britain
Timothy BIrdnow
Here's how the media lies to the public. Usually not with overt lies but with what they refuse to say.
While technically true the lead makes you think these are just average British kids when in fact they are Ibrahim Ishfaq (left) and Mohammed Hasan, both eighteren and adults, and a third 17 year old whose name thus cannot be released. Look at the photos in the article; these thugs look like they just stepped off an ISIS recruitment poster.
22 year old Idris Urfan was also charged with aiding and abetting.
Naturally police did not release the name of the victim, who undoubtedly was English and not a Middle Eastern Muslim.
Yes, this is the BBC so we expect bias from it, but no mention was made of motive in this story, which tells us that the motives were undoubtedly religious in nature.
Britain isn't committing suicide via immigration it already has done so. People are afraid to question the motives of thugs like this because the authorities might prosecute someone who draws the obvious conclusions. Britain is truly now under Sharia law, if only informally. As the number of Muslims rise that will become a formal arrangement
God save the king because nobody else will in the end. Eventually instead of a king they will have a Caliph.
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January 02, 2026
All Murders in the Kremlin
Timothy Birdnow
In my best Spencer Tracey voice "ri-ight".
I always believe anonymous national security people. I mean, they had it so right when they said Trump was a "Russian asset" or that the Hunter Biden laptop story was "Russian Deezinforrmation" or whatnot.
Of course we all know Putin would never tell a lie; the man makes George Washington look like Joseph Goebbles.
Actually there is a third possibility, one not considered by tge good folks at Conservative Treehouse; both could be telling the truth. So what does that mean?
Either WE or another third party tried to drone Vlad the Invader. That is not an impossibility. In fact, droning Putin would go a long way towards ending this conflict, no question.
I do not believe Donald Trump would authorize such a thing, because the likely successor to Putin would probably be much worse, but many in our national security apparatus wouldn't think that far ahead and would happily issues orders to assassinate the mad poisoner if they thought they could get away with it.
So, we essentially have these options: Zelensky tried to drone Putin (which also would have served him well), the U.S. or NATO tried to drone him, or the Russians did it themselves in hopes of replacing their leadership. I rather doubt that as it would be a death sentence for anyone who plotted that particular action inside of Putin's junta but it is possible. The Ukrainians are still the logical candidates, but I wouldn't put it past the CIA to pull this sort of thing.
Oh, one final option; the Russians did it themselves to give a reason for not accepting any peace deal. I dismiss this out of hand; Putin is not so foolish and he knows that won't work to garner any sympathy for his cause. Putin is a realist.
I think it was either the Ukrainians or the CIA. Not sure which but Ukraine is essentially the CIA's proxy country these days and has been since they engineered the Orange Revolution and installed a puppet government there.
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Yes indeed; it's always well to believe Mr. or Mrs. Anonymous -- NOT! Even in the "old days" when we only heard from them second-hand through the news media, they couldn't be trusted. Nowadays everybody has a computer and a blog or a podcast (you wouldn't know who I'm talking about, of course) and thereby the means to "get the word out." In fact, many of those folks that we used to call the "pajamas media" or the "pajamahadeen" have a reputation for more accuracy than the "anonymous sources" quoted in the press.
Having said that, if a drone attack on Vlad has actually been made, who stands to gain by it? Again, in the old days it could have only been the military of some country that we all would be pretty much aware of. These days drones are relatively easy to obtain, and some group that we are scarcely aware of might be able to send one where it could do some surprising damage, and for reasons that we're not aware of. Not saying it was, but it could be.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 12:27 AM (fJC/c)
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As one of the Pajamashadin myself I couldn't agree more; the truth is in blogs and podcasts, not mainstream media outlets and certainly not in reports of anonymous intelligence sources.
Dana, you are correct anybody could send such a drone. But there are always tells which tip you off, especially where state actors are concerned. As I posted just now, Putin has handed over the evidence showing this particular drone was of Ukrainian origin. That could be faked, granted, but a clever enough third party but it would take a top person with considerable resources to pull that off. Why bother? It would be easier to just get a drone on the black market and use that. Doing that kind of faking would take a lot of time and trouble.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at January 03, 2026 10:50 AM (OaSl3)
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Having just read the article upstream, it may well have been the CIA acting undercover. Or, of course, somebody in Ukraine.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 11:23 PM (fJC/c)
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My thoughts as well Dana.
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Day Five in Iran
Timothy Birdnow
Some eyeball witness reporting as Iran enters it's fifth day of insurgency.
The Mullahs will use whatever is in their power to hang on.
My prediction is this will go nowhere, but then you never know. It would be a great thing if the theocracy were to fall in Iran and the Medea/Persian empire should return to a more modern, Western system. The people there deserve no less.
BTW this is proof that economic pressure works and can take out even some of the worst tyrants Trump's been squeezing Iran since he came into office and this is the inevitable outcome.
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The citizens of Iran have often become risible when things go sour in the country, but the U.S. government has, at those times, been in the hands of wimps, a.k.a. Democrats, and the Iranians got no support. Now, Iran is really in trouble, with their fresh water supplies in bad shape, and the people are also suffering greatly from sickness. They need help, and not just military help. I greatly hope Mr. Trump sees what is needed, and provides it! If he does it properly, he may even get some thanks from the mullahs.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 12:32 AM (fJC/c)
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Agreed Dana. This is a golden opportunity since we now have a President who will actually do things the right way. But I fear Mr. Trump is more concerned with Russia and China and may fumble the ball on this. And if Bible prophecy is any indication we know he will
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I'm not going to bet against Trump having success at anything these days, but of course his plate is not infinitely large, and at the moment he's dealing with countries who are trying to flood America with deadly drugs. Iran has only threatened to nuke us. I don't know where they fit into Trump's "shit-list." But I know they have to be there somewhere.
Yanking their government leaders out and bringing them here to face tribunals would be a lot tougher than our little caper with the Maduros because of the distance involved, so frankly I won't expect any action there.
Maybe Putin could mount an expedition to do it? That's the logical place for the Mad Mullahs to go, anyhow.
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The Bear Facts
Timothy Birdnow
And I thought I had problems with mice in the house...
[linjk=https://x.com/unlimited_ls/status/2005992092854620184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2005992092854620184%7Ctwgr%5Ed056ebe11505b6993eacb9edf2aaeaf97e809732%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fibloga.blogspot.com%2F] California homeowner threatens to sue after state REFUSES to remove 550-pound bear living under his house
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NEW: California homeowner threatens to sue after state REFUSES to remove 550-pound bear living under his house
Kenneth Johnson, 63, says a massive male black bear moved into the crawl space of his $1.5 million Altadena home just before Thanksgiving
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife later captured a smaller bear instead
He says officials told him he could not try to lure the bear out on his own
Johnson is now threatening to sue the department. He accuses officials of negligence and emotional distress
He says he rigged a burglar alarm to make loud clattering sounds and played hours of dog barking through speakers pointed into the vents.
Noise is fine but he should have used gunshots; that would be something the bear would probably recognize as a danger. Dogs are not a danger to bears.
He should have lured the bear out with pick-a-nick baskets.
No doubt Fish and Wildlife has some environmentalist prohibition against removing the dangerous beast. It IS California after all.
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Plus, the bear is on California's state flag, so Gruesome Newsom probably has qualms about messing with the bear.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 12:34 AM (fJC/c)
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Good point Dana. It's bearly possible!
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Politico Calls for Murder of Reporters
Timothy Birdnow
So now a writer for Politico is calling on Somalis to shoot REPORTERS investigating the daycare fraud scandal in Minnesota.
Yes, this fellow is actually calling for Somalis to use "stand your ground" laws to shoot reporters knocking on their doors, asking for an interview!
Not only is this inciting violence and Politico should be held legally liable it also illustrates just how desperate the Left is to hide this scandal, which has the potential of costing Democrats the next election and could well bring down the huge house of cards they have built over the last few decades.
I've long suspected much of the money the Democrats have had has come from scams embezzling taxpayer dollars, and I suspect this Somali business is just one such tool. Now that it's being looked into I rather suspect we are going to find a great many such mechanisms out there milking the public trough to ultimately feed the Democrat politival machine.
This cannot be allowed to come to full light, which is why a REPORTER is suggesting shooting other reporters.
Whatever happened to "the public's right to know"?
And as Sebastian Gorka noted, a lot of this money could well be going to terrorists, so Americans have been funding their own demise.
I would point out the Somalians see this as their rightful due, as the Jizya tax "infidels" must pay the Muslims in Islam.
At any rate this guy was a senior legal analyst for Politico. His name is Josh Gerstein. He should be fired at a minimum and blacklisted.
Stand Your Ground laws are intended to make it legal to defend your property from a criminal invader who is intent on doing you harm, not for shooting pests knocking at your door, and certainly not a weapon to use against reporters asking legitimate questions.
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The Politico reporter is uninformed. Probably typically. In Minnesota we do not
have stand-your-ground laws, unfortunately.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 12:37 AM (fJC/c)
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Oh REALLY Dana; very interesting indeed. Yeah; the guy should have known that before running his lutke fish hole.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at January 03, 2026 10:41 AM (OaSl3)
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And actually he's been misquoted here. What he said was that reporters knocking on Somalians' doors "are in danger of being shot due to 'stand-your-ground' laws."
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 11:29 PM (fJC/c)
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Tommy Lee Jones' Daughter Found Dead
Timothy Birdnow
Hollywood has become an habitation of demons, and a place for every foul and unclean bird...
And while this may have happened in San Francisco it most certainly is a Hollywood murder insofar as it involves someone from the movie industry.
The article does not mention cause of death but how much do you want to bet drugs were involved?
This is becoming common with the Hollywood set; Rob Reiner's son murdered him and his wife recently and Nick Reiner was an incorrigible drug addict. We see this kind of thing all the time with these people.
This is what fame and too much money can cause.
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I've resisted reading much about this case, but I believe she had legal problems.
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December 31, 2025
Thune Accused of Money Laundering
Timothy Birdnow
I've long suspected John Thune is corrupt, just like his mentor Mitch McConnel. Here is evidence I may be right.
12/26/25 – US Senator John Thune
From Peter Bernegger — A complaint was filed this morning against US Senator John Thune — the Republican Senate Majority Leader — to the FEC for Smurfing $1,148,902 into his campaign. Smurfing is criminal money laundering into political campaigns. Much of the money is coming from the US Treasury = you. @AGPamBondi unfortunately is not stopping this money laundering. So we are going to stop it.
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I named your Treasurer, Nicole Weyers, in my complaint to the FEC on the money laundering into your campaign.
I'm also referring her for alleged felony crimes from her position as Treasurer in your campaign committee.
It's going to be interesting about your bank your campaign committee used to launder the money.
Interesting John you went from college right into politics and never worked in the private sector. Then called for President Trump to drop out and let judas Mike Pence run for President instead.
"Republican" John Thune: never worked a day in the private sector for 40 some years yet wants to play with all our lives.
He's is also a big supporter of the fake, corrupt, Ukraine war - which the USA's 3 letter agencies started. He is the one who has been blocking the vote to stop the weekly $40 million to the Taliban.
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Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 01, 2026 12:44 AM (fJC/c)
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Oopsie indeed Dana!
Sadly nothing probably will come of it.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at January 02, 2026 08:21 AM (OaSl3)
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Walz "It's Trump's Fault!"
Timothy Birdnow
Minnesota Governor "Tampon Tim" Walz is actually blaming DONAD TRUMP for the Somali scandal in his own state!
Tim Walz
@Tim_Walz
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraud - referring cases to law enforcement, shutting down and auditing high-risk programs.
Trump keeps letting fraudsters out of prison.
???!!!
This was a scandal involving Somali immigrants who bilked state funds (granted by the Feds) out of what appears to now be billions of dollars. These were residents of HIS state taking actions in HIS state and being overseen by and regulated by his appointees. This is entirely his baby from beginning to end.
What "fraudsters" did Mr Trump pardon so they could be involved in this? I'd like TT to tell us.
Walz went on to brag about his quick action and how he is busily cleaning up this mess, yet he cannot point to a single person charged by his Administration nor any officials replaced by him. Basically his actions have mostly been to CYA.
Whistleblowers say they were shut down when they tried to warn about what was happening by being accused of racism. Nine billion dollars worth of racism.
t's very sad; Minnesota was known as a place with very clean politics and clean elections but it has become just another corrupt Democrat stronghold and the same corrupt taxpayer goughing schemes now prevail there. There is no such thing as a clean Democratic state. Never.
Just think; this guy was nominated to be the heir to the most powerful office on Earth had Kamala won the Presidency. It's frightening.
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Now wait right there... back the truck up into the garage again! Tampon Timmy can't have it both ways. He was saying he put people in the slammer for these frauds (he didn't) and now he says Trump lets 'wm out of jail.
If anybody is being let out of jail, it's being done by rogue judges that were (mostly, anyhow) appointed by Democrats. It's NOT being done by Trump or his people.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 01, 2026 12:48 AM (fJC/c)
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It's so typical Dana; the Democrats blame others for that which they themselves have caused Sadly it works with some folks too.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at January 02, 2026 08:19 AM (OaSl3)
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Yeah; it's called "squirrel politics;" as in, "oh, look over there! A squirrel." The old distraction trick. But from all the local articles I'm reading -- and believe me, I'm reading them -- the squirrels aren't showing up.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 03, 2026 12:42 AM (fJC/c)
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Ah yes...good name for it. Sadly for Tampon Tim he isn't in Arkansas where squirrels are a regular on the table.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at January 03, 2026 10:44 AM (OaSl3)
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