AS I'VE PREDICTED: Voters expect AI to transform our lives — but today is not that day. Actually I'm somewhat surprised that the buy-in is as high as it is. I expect that will change as AI gets more and more intrusive.

THIS IS NEWS? The left destroys everything.

2031: A SPACE ODDITY. It's opening a bit early.

BREAKING: Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran’s next supreme leader after father’s death.

AMERICA'S NEWS OF RECORD responds with their headline.

SWELTER IN PLACE: New York should be prepared for massive electric bills and rolling blackouts.

Good job, Mamdani....

WE NEED TO WALL OFF CALIFORNIA: Chevron warns Newsom’s climate alarmism will cost 500,000 jobs.

HERE'S A MYSTERIOUS TIDBIT from 'the intelligence war' in Iran. It's long and ambiguous as to whether it's pro- or anti-Iranian. Make of it what you will.

Here is more on bubble jammers.

ARE FREE CONDOMS NEXT? New Jersey lawmakers advance free menstrual products mandate for colleges.

SHIELD OF THE AMERICAS SUMMIT: We are not going to cede an inch of territory in this hemisphere to our enemies or adversaries.

IRAN: A regime full of psychopaths.

CHECKING THE POLLS and looking good.

HEH: America graciously converts 20 Iranian warships into new submarines. The lede is (obviously) from America's News of Record, but the post itself is serious. Go read it.

SPRING LEAVES 2026, Week One: It's now Daylight Saving time, and I'm probably a bit late starting since the forsythia started leafing out over a week ago, the iris plants are popping back up, grass has begun to grow, and I'm beginning to see buds in some of the trees. Here's what the yard looks like today:

... resuming my post following last night's computer crash, I'll start (again) with the usual pond view. The hill itself is still brown, and likely to remain mostly due to the thick layer of fallen leaves. It a bit worrisome to walk there since those same leaves cover up stumps, holes, fallen branches and other hazards to walking. The trees themselves are just beginning to bud out, but it's not yet visible in the pictures.

Our bellwether forsythia is well ahead this year. The initial yellow flowering is already being overtaken by the green leaves that follow. The fire pit is looking good, and flowers are beginning to become active -- the lone yellow iris (bottom right) that survived deer munching on it has already flowered.

Along the road, the plants we put in along the fence line and around the barn are all showing activity, though no flowers yet. And the grass has begun to turn green -- finally!

Spring is finally springing and it's good to be outside again.

Until next week then (assuming I can figure out what's causing my computer to go bonkers -- I blame Google).

WHEN YOU’VE CONSTRUCTED a cartoon version of the world in your mind, what do you do when reality proves it wrong?

THE FEVER IS BREAKING. The dawn of 2026 is here. And this time, the light wins.

SUNDAY SMILES: There are many good ones this week, but this one is my favorite:

Now go see the rest. And read the commentary before scrolling down to the cartoons.

WHAT A SURPRISE. The Left is frickin’ insane.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

Linked from Instapundit.

IRAN: our 88 member Assembly of Experts has selected a new Supreme Leader but we won't tell you who he is.

ISRAEL: Okay, then, we will have 88 new targets....

Update: America's News of Record has identified Iran's new Supreme Leader.

TRUMP: Just do things.

November 4, 1979 — almost 47 years ago — Iran seized the American embassy in Tehran and held its staff hostage. Ever since then, American presidents have struggled with what to do.

Jimmy Carter temporized for many months, even as ABC’s newly created Nightline — a nighttime news show created specially to cover the hostage crisis — opened every night with “America held hostage, day XXX.” His wife, First Lady Rosalynn Carter, finally prodded him to do something. The “something” turned out to be a shambolic rescue mission that ended in disaster.

President Reagan intimidated the mullahs a bit, but never seriously retaliated for the Beirut barracks bombing that killed over 200 Marines along with over a score of other service personnel. George H.W. Bush invaded Iraq but left the mullahs largely alone. Bill Clinton did nothing of substance. George W. Bush had a chance to bring the Iranians to heel after the conquest of Iraq, but inexplicably failed to press his advantage. Barack Obama was, basically, complicit in their nuclear program, to the point of famously sending them pallets of cash totaling over a billion dollars.

President Trump, on the other hand, killed General Soleimani and told other Iranian leaders that they could be next.

It works. Go read the whole article.

LUIGI MANGIONE escapes federal death penalty in CEO slaying.

Let him suffer. Life in prison without any chance of parole will do.

WATCH THE VIDEO. The Deep State strikes.

SO HACKERS JUST STOLE MEXICO'S TAX AND VOTER ROLLS and you'll never guess how.

Believe in Artificial Intelligence? Think again.

SHUT UP AND SING: Crusty Democrat dino rockers should have some dignity.

A CONVERSATION, not a speech.

THE VALDO CALOCANE CASE CONFIRMS IT: Wokeness kills.

VIRGINIA GOV. ABAGAIL SPANBERGER slams Trump on ‘affordability’ in SOTU response — as Virginia Democrats push new taxes.

WHAT IF TRUMP IS SENTIENT AFTER ALL?

Donald Trump’s behaviour during this presidential term reveals a surprisingly deep strategic logic.

The core goal remains to restore absolute American superiority over China and Russia. But Trump wants to avoid confronting these major rivals directly. He is rather working to isolate Beijing and Moscow from their international partners and deprive them of any major means of external support.

At the same time, Trump is building a program of sustained economic, technology and other sanctions to markedly weaken the Chinese and Russian economies over the longer term.

The evidence for this strategic approach is fairly clear from the patterns of the administration’s behaviour.

Linked from Instapundit here. And he's right.

HEH: THE SWORD HAS TWO EDGES. Lawfare works against Democrats too.

EILEEN GU INDICTS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP and our entire immigration orthodoxy.

As Instapundit points out, many orthodoxies are falling in the modern era.

PAY ATTENTION TO THE SMIRK: Democrats' Spanberger strategy tells you everything you need to know about them.

They think know their voters are chumps....

VOTERS WILL REMEMBER THIS from the State of the Union above all else — "The GOP stands for you and me. The Democrats stand for 'they'.”

POWERLINE'S Week in Pictures has this obvious favorite from the Winter Olympics:

Now go see the rest.

CHINESE TECHNOLOGY FLAW exposed live feeds from thousands of American homes.

'Flaw?' Still feel comfortable putting all your information in the [Chinese] cloud?

PENTAGON GIVES AI FIRM ULTIMATUM: We decide, you don't.

TRAITORS! Nonprofits began mobilizing anti-war protests 10 minutes before Trump announced strikes.

RANDOM THOUGHT: After 47 years of ankle-biting of the 'Great Satan" by Iran, our 47th president has ended it.

Permanently.

BE ARMED AND READY – the asymmetrical battlefield could be here at home.

I'm ready.

IRAN SAYS IT'S 'CLOSED THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ' - Inquiring minds respond 'With what?'

RANDOM THOUGHT: Now that there is a new Department of War administered by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth it's time for an new Department of Defense with Kristi Noem being its first female Secretary of Defense.

DEPORT DEMOCRATS. Better yet, send them to Guantanamo and pay Cubans to take care of them.

Win, win ....

AFFORDABLE FOR WHOM? Virginia Democrats vote themselves 178% pay raise amid affordability push.

GOOD. VERY, VERY GOOD: Mood is ‘horrific’ inside CNN as staffers brace for change.

If you're in NYC, you might put yourself on Mamdani's 'snow shoveler' list....

May be a bit late, though....

WELL, THEY ARE SWAMP DWELLERS AFTER ALL. Democrats' 'State of the Swamp' counter event features a stage full of frog people.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The graveyard of destructive ideas.

OUR MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM’S HISTORIC WIN was just too much for sports writers to bear.

GET ACTIVE AND EAT REAL FOOD: Masculinity’s comeback makes America thrive.

NEW YORK’S FIRST FREE GROCERY STORE shows yet again that socialism doesn’t work.

But, but ... next time we'll get it right.

BERNIE SANDERS WAS ASKED ABOUT GROWTH — and his socialism fell apart.

ROBBER MEETS ROAD: New York City cannot afford democratic socialism.

THE MOST MINMANAGED, UNDERTILIZED, AND UNDERVALUED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY in conservative media is ... Rush Limbaugh.

HEH: SUPREME COURT ORDERS CNN TO RESPOND to petition filed to hold CNN and the mainstream media accountable for spreading falsehoods during President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial.

I suspect Bari Weiss (CNN's new leader) is pleased...

IMPRIMIS: Learning from Minnesota's Somali fraud scandal.

As if that's possible. And based of Gov. Walz's appearance at today's Congressional investigation, I'd predict 'impossible'.

FOCUSED ON THEATRICS: Activists override government move at NYC monument.

KURT SCHLICHTER: Shut up and sing!

CALIFORNIA GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM: A thoroughly detestable creature.

REPUBLICANS LOVE AMERICA; Democrats only love power.

A VACUUM BETWEEN THE EARS? Newsom steps on multiple rakes as he reveals something that might stall his presidential run.

THE BENEFITS OF COMMUNISM DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM: "The garbage in NYC is piling up so fast the rats are taking Ozympic."

Said by Steve Forbes on Fox Business this morning.

SUNDAY SMILES: Here are two of my favorites this week.

There are many others, including the UK's Amelia^* in the collection. Go see them.

^*For more on Amelia's history, go here.

RANDOM THOUGHT: I wonder how long it will take for Zohran Mamdummy Mamdani's Jim Snow 2.0 Shovel Brigade to complete its DEI training/shovel safety inspection before the first snowflake is lifted from the ground?

THE STORY YOU WON’T SEE ON THE EVENING NEWS: When compassion guides the badge.

SUSAN RICE'S TERRIFYING VOW if Democrats take back power.

Republicans should preemptively use the Democrats' Golden Rule: "Do unto others before they do unto you."

GAVIN NEWSOM WANTS TO RUN THE COUNTRY, but he can't keep track of his own birth certificate.

Then he can't vote. I find that appealing.

DEMOCRATS WARN VOTER ID will disenfranchise key voting demographic of people too stupid to get an ID.

Not that that's a bad thing. And yes, it is America's News of Record.

'JIM SNOW 2.0': Mamdani requires multiple forms of ID if you want to help clear NYC streets.

Given that he's shutting down all traffic in NYC starting tonight, I wouldn't be surprised to see his minions out tomorrow confiscating illegal snow shovels....

DOUBLING DOWN ON STUPID: Gavin Newsom and AOC trash Trump at European summit as they [atttempt to] raise their 2028 profiles.

Asked about a wealth tax, Ocasio-Cortez responded "We don’t have to wait for any one president to impose a wealth tax... That needs to be done expeditiously." I'd ask her "How about a 'sudden wealth' tax?" 100% sounds good to me.

OPEN CARRY FOR ME ... Portland [OR] city council member wants to open carry after anti-ICE protest.

Just not for thee.

MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDUMMY MAMDANI STRIKES AGAIN: NYC seeks emergency snow shovelers for blizzard, requires IDs not needed to vote.

THE COMING REVOLUTION DOWN SOUTH: Will Cuba be free soon, and if so what happens next?

Personally, I think they'll get rich selling antique automobiles to wealthy Americans.

HEH: Every Iranian a billionaire.

It would only take about 600 U.S. dollars....

NAME CHANGE REQUIRED: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is now the American Association for the Advancement of 'Science' (AAA'S').

My own professional organization, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) became the Institute of Electrical and Electronic 'Social Engineers' (IEE'SE') a few years back ... so I quit.

RANDOM THOUGHT about Presidential campaign tag lines. President Trump has a good one that's lasted almost 10 years: 'Make America Great Again'. I hope his successors retain it.

Here are some tag lines for future potential Democrat presidential candidates:

Harris: Make America cackle again
Pritzger: Make America fat again
Newsom: Make America greasy again
Ocasio-Cortez; Make America stupid again
Spanberger: Make America smirk again
Buttigeig: Make America gay again

Here are some other potential candidates: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly of Arizona and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, and former Commerce Secretary. Gina Raimondo.

Try one yourself.

ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY AND AN UTTER LACK OF DECENCY: Why Khanna could do it.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Zohran Mamdani should change his name to Zohran Mamdummy.

HUGH HEWITT IS WRONG: President Trump should not ease up on deportations.

At least not until the criminal^* aliens are gone. Then perhaps it's time to take a pause and reflect on next steps. Certainly (encouraged) self-deportation should be a primary option, allowing them to be vetted for citizenship and able to return legally.

^*in the sense of beyond simply crossing the border illegally.

FROM SHADOW'S WORLD ten years ago. Carbon-free sugar.

NYC MAYOR ZOHRAN MAMDANI: We have to tax you to pay for all the free stuff we're gonna give you.

And take a bit off the top to 'facilitate' the transfer, of course.

BIDEN WON GEORGIA IN 2020? Watchdog says Fulton County had more votes without ballots than Biden’s ‘win’.

In a way, I'm pleased that the Democrats' cheating won the 2020 election, because the 4 intervening years of the Biden administration taught now President Trump how corrupt the Deep State actually is and redoubled his determination that this administration -- and Cabinet -- will fix it.

SUSIE MOORE from Red State's Morning Minute:

I've been thinking about the Obama Presidential Center...and when I say "thinking," I largely mean recoiling in revulsion. Why would anyone want to have their name and legacy associated with such a gawdawful eyesore? The styles we choose — be they fashion, interior design, or architecture — reflect something of our nature.

I'm not sure what former President Obama thinks the aesthetic of his presidential center says about him, but I can tell you what it says to me: cold, gray, aloof, angular, ugly.

Not that I expect I'll ever get the warm fuzzies about our 44th president, but I'm not sure how much harder he could have worked at choosing a structure that's unwelcoming and foreboding. Yuck.

Yuck indeed....

INDIANA, HERE WE COME: Chicago Bears move one step closer to ditching Illinois.

And I think I saw somewhere that the Seattle Seahawks are up for sale....

VIA INSTAPUNDIT: "Congress was not meant to be a crooked nursing home."

A MAN JOKED ABOUT MOVING INTO BILLIE EILISH'S MANSION. Her response is breaking irony detectors.

LEE GREENWOOD TO NEWSMAX: 250th Anniversary celebration will unify US.

Color me skeptical. Skeptical but hopeful.

STOP DOWNPLAYING the threat of AI to our jobs and society.

NYC SHARIA UPDATE: ‘Palestinian’ activist calls to ban dogs as pets.

Kurt Schlichter responds: "In such a scenario, John Wick is the moderate solution."

In my neck of the woods too....

[VIP] MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH ELLISON IS WRONG; illegal immigration is like breaking and entering a home.

Add fraud and it becomes burglary....

A NOTE TO SALEM MEDIA: You've already told me with your privacy statement that you're going to glom on to every bit of information you can find on my computer every time I click on one of your web sites and there's not a damn thing I can do about it, so quit wasting my time reminding me every time I stop by....

KURT SCHLICHTER: Let’s liberate Cuba and gut America’s Left.

AWFLs -- AND MORONS -- ON THE MARCH: Local police are now getting the ICE treatment.

HOUSE PASSES GOP ELECTION OVERHAUL requiring proof of US citizenship.

Only one House Democrat (Rep. Henry Cuellar, [D-TX]) voted in favor of voter identification. For the rest, it's all about control; nothing else matters.

EXCUSE ME, but California Democrats stole how much again?

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Educatioal technology is booming, but so is ‘brain rot.’

As predicted....

"DEPORT THE RACISTS". That would be most of the Progressive Left.

Picture lifted from this PJMedia post.

SUNDAY SMILES: Amelia is on our side.

For more on Amelia's history, go to the Sunday Smiles link. Then continue down for the meme cartoons of the week.

THE DEI CASUALTIES ARE MOUNTING UP ON CAMPUS: California State University professor warns scrapping SAT in name of ‘inclusivity’ has left students unprepared.

SORRY, BUT YOU BROKE IT, YOU OWN IT: Minnesota demands taxpayer cash after ICE operation caught murderers, sex offenders.

Don't expect normal America to pay for your lunacy....

TIME TO GIVE PAIN A CHANCE: It is right and proper to laugh at the suffering of journalists.

Here's the entire Kurt Schlichter column.

AND THAT'S A BAD THING? Podcasters panic over more 'diabolical' successor to Trump in future.

YOUR TINFOIL HAT UNCLE WAS RIGHT AGAIN: "Some of us are old enough to remember when people were sane."

Not enough of us, unfortunately.

SO WE HAVE DEMOCRATS openly suggest it's okay to shoot ICE agents.

So can we normals now openly suggest that it's okay for police to shoot ICE rioters?

OBLIVIOUS TO THE OBVIOUS. Study argues AI chatbots have anti-gun bias. There's a reason for that.

NYC GETS ITS FIRST FREE GROCERY STORE -- What could possibly go wrong?

PRACTICE? How does the Left come up with so many stupid Democrats?

And education. Don't forget education.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Normal Americans are rapidly becoming an endangered species.

VIRGINIA IS WHAT HAPPENS when gun owners lose elections.

While I'm glad that I managed to get out before Virginia's fall from grace, it does sadden me to think that my favorite gun range in Culpeper is probably now defunct.

HAVING A PHOTO ID TO VOTE — It’s so simple, even a Congressman can do it. Here's how.

Just for troll's sake, in the comments (Pillage Idiot, scroll down) points out that MSNOW (formerly MSNBC) is upset that Rep. Cloud [R-TX] 'illegally published a photo of the secret voting machines used in the House.

KARENS CONTROL THE DEMOCRAT PARTY: Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA] explains.

WHY NOT? Free Virginia, make D.C. square again.

[VIP] KURT SCHLICHTER: Our choice is to give their demands the attention, respect, compassion they deserve -- none.

THANK ZOHRAN MAMDANI: Freezing deaths, garbage piles in largest sanctuary city.

But illegal aliens are safe there (if they didn't freeze).

THESE THREE RED STATES are the best hope in schooling.

ON BUDGET, AHEAD OF SCHEDULE (AND WITHOUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS: A ballroom built the Trump way.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE: The Washington Post's biggest problem is that the Washington Post readers don't read the Washington Post anymore.

PREDICTION: There will be no more Super Bowls hosted in California.

ANOTHER TRUMP WIN: Much to the chagrin of Big Left and the vast school-based graft it operates, hordes of high-needs foreign students are vanishing from public school enrollment.

THAT DOG DON'T HUNT NO MORE: When it comes to climate and energy, let’s retire the politics of fear.

IT'S BEGINNING: [At least some] academia has reached the F.O. part of the equation.

NEVER MISS A CHANCE TO STEAL YOUR ATTENTION: OpenAI will reportedly start testing ads in ChatGPT.

And your privacy. And your money.

A MASTER CLASS in evasion, contradiction, and hyperbolic fearmongering from Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries over election integrity.

FRACKING MADE AMERICA ENERGY-ABUNDANT — the facts the activists ignore.

Longer, but very good.

PURITANISM PROGRESSIVISM: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be having fun.

THIS IS A BAD THING? In Minneapolis, school leaders fear declining attendance during ICE surge will also lower state funding.

WE FINALLY HAVE A TRANS ATHLETE whom the media isn’t gushing over. He (but biologically she) is competing in the women's division.

MONKEYING WITH LANGUAGE: The one word Liberals mangled even worse than racism.

IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN: Men are going to strike back.

WHAT A SURPRISE/SARC/: Illegal immigrant households' welfare use nearly doubles that of US-born households.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION finally tells Boasberg to pound sand.

President Trump should quote President Andrew Jackson: "The court has made its decision; now let them enforce it."

FAR LEFT HAND MEETS FAR LEFTER HAND: Sen. Jon Ossoff [D-GA] says Trump administration imitates rhetoric of 'history's worst regimes'.

He's up for reelection and as I've already said, I'll crawl over broken glass to make him a one-term Senator.

"IT HAS BEEN DAWNING ON ME AND OTHERS that some significant fraction of our apparent economy amounts to storefronts that provide little to no actual goods and services.”

Academia comes to mind....

THE GRAMMY AWARDS took their fair share of the cartoons on Powerline's Week in Pictures but they were varied, with many good ones. My personal favorite is in the 'varied' section:

Now go see the rest.

BONUS:

This one isn't from Powerline, but I'm of the age where I'm going to need that spot soon.

AMERICA'S NEWS OF RECORD is eschewing satire again.

PROOF THAT PROGRESSIVES ARE COMPLETELY FREAKING NUTS: New York teacher has a very communist solution for keeping businesses in the Big Apple.

They really, really fear their 'slaves' leaving the plantation... .

MODERN BLUE STATE AMERICA is basically a foreign looting operation.

Linked from Instapundit.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Midterm palpitations.

Follow his advice, Mr. President. And welcome back, Dr. Hanson.

TRUMP CAN WIN THE FOREVER WAR by taking out the mullahs.

And the Iranian Revolutionary Guard....

POUR DRAINO ON IT AND LET IT WASH AWAY. TheWashington Post circles the drain.

I did note a warning that when used "It's possible that pressure may build up inside the pipe, causing the hot, caustic solution to spurt out of the drain." Judging from employee reactions, Draino may be exactly what owner Jeff Bezos is using....

TWELVE ARRESTED, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE 'PROFESSOR': New York Police Department takes care of business after anti-ICE Wacktivists stage 'protest' at Columbia University.

SMH (shaking my head). Columbia University is Ground Zero for the terminally stupid.

MINNESOTA TURNING RED THIS YEAR? Will this be the year the land of 10,000 lunatics finally turns red?

I'm not certain lunatics constitute a majority in Minnesota, but combined with illegal aliens and the congenitally stupid, it might.

DEMOCRATS’ DEFUND-THE-POLICE PLAN FAILED, so here they go again. Minneapolis protests risk repeating anti-law enforcement crisis from 2020.

It's Sen. John Kennedy [R-LA] opining, so be sure to read the whole article.

I AM SO TIRED of debating people who deny reality.

Practically, it's impossible to debate them; their bubble is impenetrable of anything short of a nuclear weapon....

FAFO: Deputy AG Blanche announces the arrest of a self-proclaimed 'Antifa terrorist' who threatened ICE agents.

I almost hope he's an immigrant; then we can revoke his citizenship and ship him to whatever rathole he calls home (after serving his sentence, of course.)

HOW BILLIE EILISH obliterated the Palestinian narrative at the Grammys.

LOUDON COUNTY VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD simulates parent 'terrorist' attack after 'student' fatality.

Loudon county is deep blue, openly woke, profoundly weird,and its school board hates parents. The death was obviously an accident, and the 'student' was 20 years old. The average student age at high school graduation is 18, and I graduated at 17. None of my fellow graduates was over 18; the one who might have quit school at 16, which wasl legal at the time.

I SIGNED UP FOR THREADS, and wow, leftists are even crazier than I thought.

THE WASHINGTON POST guild organized a fundraiser for 300 axed 'journalists'.

At $300,000 in donations, that's about $1,000 per person, roughly twice what they're worth.

THEIR OWN: This is who they're protecting.

EDUCATION EXPERTS warn against Mamdani's proposed gifted program changes.

I'm somewhat neutral on this one, since (a) I've always been skeptical of the worth of 'Gifted and Talented' programs, and (b) I hate both education experts and Mamdani.

MY DONOR LIST IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR VOTE: Sen. Jon Ossoff [D-GA] wants ID for his campaign events — but not federal elections.

He believes his party can manufacture the votes needed to put him over the top in his 2026 reelection. I know I'll crawl over broken glass to prove him wrong.

CALIFORNIA NEEDS A GOVERNOR, not a TikTok influencer.

MORON PRACTICE: How did Democrats get so stupid?

TROLL KINGS! Conservative group sends San Francisco lefties into a rage with ICE Super Bowl billboard.

"NFL teams can't win without defense. Neither can America."

THAT'S INSULTING TO REAL MORONS. If you get your morals from musicians, you’re probably a moron.

MAKE AMERICA America again.

IMPEACHMENT CALLS: Federal judge’s ‘unhinged’ order in migrant case ignites Republican fury.

SECTION 5.56 OF THE U.S. CODE MAY APPLY: The Democrats' empty threats of oppression.

THEY SHOULD HAVE THEIR LAW LICENSES (AND DEGREES) YANKED: Trio of Minnesota law professors decry arrest of Don Lemon.

THIS IS UNSETTLING: AIs are now talking with one another behind our backs.

FOLLOWING AMERICA'S LEAD: Denmark unveils legal reform to allow the worst foreign criminals to be deported.

BOSTON’S MAYOR WU HAS A GREAT IDEA, if destroying the nation is a great idea.

Socialism is about being generous with other people's money.

THE GOVERNMENT as currently constituted is just a money laundry for political types.

PHILLY DA’S ‘HUNT YOU DOWN’ WARNING to ICE draws calls for DOJ criminal probe.

The FBI should pursue felony charges.

THE CURIOUS CASE of the Alcatraz coyote.

If the coyote is smart, he'll feast on the birds and forget about mating. And die fat and happy....

THEFT IS POPULAR: I suppose it is only natural for Californians to wonder why [illegal] immigrants should be the only ones to turn government into a racket.

GENERALLY TRUE: Rednecks are in.

Reminder that in almost any emergency situation, but especially in natural disasters, one redneck friend or neighbor is worth 1,000 PhDs.

The link is here.

JUST FOR FUN, ICE should send a brigade of Native American officers to Minneapolis.

Imagine the optics: A bunch of middle-aged white people screaming at Native Americans, “Go away! This isn’t your land! We don’t want you here! Go back where you came from!”

Native Americans would probably get a karmic thrill out of booting illegals out of their country....

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WARNING: Play civil war games; win civil war prizes.

WORDS THAT LIGHT MATCHES: Jacob Frey’s Minneapolis problem.

STOP ICE: We were not kidding.

They're nuts.

WOKE PROGRAMS are about 'helping' Western bureaucrats who are supposedly 'helping' poor asylum seekers.

RANDOM OBSERVATION: Hillary deposed Qaddafi and slave markets appeared in Libya. Biden bugged out of Afghanistan and now the Taliban announce return of slavery to Afghanistan.

And you think our domestic Taliban isn't planning the same for us?

ENLIGHTENING ISLAM: Is it even possible?

Looking at the developments in each culture since the 14th century, I come to the conclusion that Islam is still waiting for its Martin Luther.

That italicized part is exactly the question I brought in a pre-deployment briefing way back in 2006. Which proves nothing beyond the simple fact that common sense and rational thought are at least 20 years ahead of the ken of of our ruling/intellectual classes.

COMPLIANCE IS MANDATORY. Logic is optional.

HEH: "If I'm on stolen land why the F am I paying property taxes?"

Good question....

STAVATTI AEROSPACE has put forward an alternative vision for the US Navy’s Next Carrier Air Dominance (NCAD) program.

Dubbed SM-39 Razor, the aircraft features a low-observable triple-fuselage layout, a configuration intended to help limit wave drag during sustained supersonic flight.

FUTURE HOUSING FOR NYC'S HOMELESS? United Nations promises bankruptcy by July unless Trump gives it lots of cash.

I SUSPECT PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL will predict 6 more weeks of winter

when he emerges from his burrow tomorrow morning.

BECAUSE HE'S BEEN TOO EFFECTIVE? There’s a revolt at CNN over Scott Jennings.

BOY MAYOR JACOB 'STOMPY FEET' FREY slams ICE 'bullies'.

Every time I see/hear about Frey I'm reminded of this nursery rhyme:

There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very, very good,
But when she was bad, she was horrid.

Isn't that little curl cute?

PROTECT OUR OWN; let the rest of 'em rot.

SAD: The end of the road for the little diner that could.

RED STATE: California’s oil refining system has collapsed.

STICK A FORK IN TIM WALZ; he’s done.

"I won't never..." Does the double negative mean he will run or just indicate he's illiterate? I'll go with illiterate, but stupid works, too.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A THREAT because by any reasonable definition, it is one.

MINNESOTA: Land of 10,000 lakes frauds. And flakes. Don't forget flakes.

THE BASICS MATTER: Where in the world is … Greenland? Gaza? Ukraine? Iran?

I sincerely doubt that an average American could find even one on a map it asked.

MAKE ELECTIONS GREAT AGAIN: This may be the most important piece of legislation of our lifetimes.

I'LL START WATCHING 'WOKEBALL' AGAIN WHEN IT RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS: Dhar Mann named NFL’s ‘Chief Kindness Officer’ as league kicks off Super Bowl creator blitz.

Quoting Stephen Green, "What fresh hell is this?"

RANDOM THOUGHT: Fox News is an advertising agency disguised as a news source. Unfortunately it's not the only one....

There was a time when advertising supported journalism; today it seems like 'journalism' is being used to support advertising.

THEY'RE SCATTERING: Anti-ICE Leftists consider fleeing country after their Signal chats got exposed.

Please help them. I understand Iran is nice this time of year.

AT LEAST THEY'RE USEFUL FOR SOMETHING: 'Celebrities' cite Trump re-election victory in their move out of the US.

Move please, and take your bubble with you.

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP. The FCC will vote on requiring that federal subsidies flow only to people that are both living and lawful beneficiaries.

DON'T WATCH MY MOVIES: Don't worry, I haven't and won't in the future.

Just go away and get a real job.

SCHLICHTER: Say it ain’t so, Ro Khanna.

IT’S HARD TO STRIKE SUCCESSFULLY when you produce nothing of value.

MORE: Democrat slacker mobs schedule another day of protest cosplay.

'MENSTRUAL MUTUAL AID' WORKSHOP for 'non-cis menstruators' hosted by UC Davis LGBTQIA.

The stupidity is overwhelming.

THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE HE IS: Mamdani shovels snow like a communist.

ARE WE IN THE LATTER? "Some decades nothing happens, and some weeks decades happen."

VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS HAD ONE JOB FOR 2026 - not look crazy. And they failed.

HE GAVE THE DOG 3 SECONDS to voluntarily leave his house.

More: Catman.

CONSERVATIVE OUTLETS NOT MENTIONED: The worst news outlet of the week.

I wonder why....

HEH: "The New York Times is basically a game and cooking app, with occasional detours into the news when I want to feel enraged about something."

CAPITALISM WORKS: No one is in charge.

[VIP] EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CELEBRATES SCHOOL CHOICE while Leftists dumb down standards.

PAM BONDI, ARE YOU LISTENING? Of squids, ink, and Minnesota's corrupt machine.

TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT: don't bring a gun, bring a billboard.

OLD AND BUSTED: 2020’s Summer of Love. The New Coldness? 2025’s Winter of Love!

TRUMP BLASTS LAWSUIT AGAINST WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM: It's 'too late' to stop.

Look at the pictures. That's why I like Trump; he cares about detail. And that attention to detail extends to his philosophy of government.

TRUMP'S PENGUIN BREAKS THE INTERNET — and sends the Left into a frenzy. The viral penguin meme is symbol of rebellion against secular modernity and Western decline.

PR FALLOUT OF THE SECOND ICE FATALITY: This one is so much worse. And bloodier days may be coming.

MY FAVORITE from PowerLine's Week in Pictures.

Now go see the rest.

WHAT SHE SAID: Meme account drops jokes for a straight fire post about leftists and immigrants.

INSTAPUNDIT ASKS "Is this an insurrection yet?" It should be. If the rioters want a fight, it should be with armed and trained military units.

THE DRUNK REPUBLICAN was right.

MINNESOTA CHAOS: Getting neurotic and angry people to give their lives to cover your billion-dollar fraud.

NINE BUREAUCRACIES WALK INTO YOUR BROWSER AND ASK FOR ID: A global coalition of regulators is quietly turning the open web into a gated community where every login begins with an ID check.

STILL WAITING FOR ARMEGEDDON. It's been rescheduled for next week.

REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE STEVE HILTON: Newsom is 'useless at being Governor'.

I think 'dangerous' is a better descriptor.

HARD TO BELIEVE but things are actually worse now in Seattle than during the COVID lockdowns.

SOMALI-BORN ACTIVIST AYAAN HIRSI ALI said "Trump is right."

And so is she.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY [DHS] reports massive surge in website traffic as millions of illegals choose to self-deport.

I suspect these are the ones who want to come back legally. If so, we should welcome them back.

[VIP] KURT SCHLICHTER: being emotionally incontinent does not help.

Stay calm, and stay in for the long haul. Celebrate then.

MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR JACOB FREY has become the aggresively obnoxious panderer-in-chief of the city that elected him.

JAMES CARVILLE explains the Democrats.

There's one sensible Democrat left....

CAPITALS PLAYERS BUCK LEAGUE PRESSURE, refuse to use LGBT pride tape on their hockey sticks.

With that in mind, I watched both the college National Championship game and NFL football playoff games the last two weeks. I came away mostly disgusted. I had the misfortune of tuning in the the college championship game during the opening ceremonies (flag, color guard, National Anthem, etc.) and saw nothing more than an attitude of "we gotta do this, so let's get it over with as soon as possible" on the part of the participants and crowd. I try not to partake of the opening ceremonies as NFL games (usually missing the first few minutes of the first quarter) and was annoyed in all six games by the woke signage on the fields, behind the goalposts, and on the backs of players' helmets.

It's football dammit, not wokeball. When the next season rolls around, I'm not sure I'll be watching....

In the meantime, hockey is looking good.

EUROPE DOING WHAT EUROPE DOES BEST: posture.

MAJOR POPEYES FRANCHISEE with over 130 locations files for bankruptcy. The comments are mostly not kind....

GOOD RIDDANCE: 'Avatar' director flees America for 'sane' New Zealand after [COVID-19] pandemic response.

I'll believe him if he gave up his U.S. citizenship and stays there.

THE BEER-SWILLING CURMUDGEONS have a pretty good track record.

Click on the link to read the whole post.

RANDOM THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The world has gone full batshit crazy.

CAN YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT? Kamala is back and in the lead!

AND A LOT LESS 'A': The AI race needs a little more ‘I’ in it.

DAVOS: The condensed version.

HOT AIR: Virginia's 'make fraud legal' bill.

Thank goodness we're long gone....

DEMOCRATS hate humans.

STOP PRETENDING that colleges are nonprofit institutions. And stop pretending they are educational institutions.

FROM X [FORMERLY TWITTER]: Make this make sense.

ACCORDING TO HOYT: Memes dropping. My favorite:

Now go see the rest. They're good.

I PREDICT THIS WILL BACKFIRE ON THEM: DHS says anti-ICE agitators 'going after the dogs' following Minneapolis kennel incident.

DESTROY IS WHAT DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS COMMUNISTS DO: Mamdani’s rent czar wants to destroy the private housing market.

The Mamdani administration is hellbent on implementing the dictatorship of the proletariat idiots but I corrected it.

THANK GOD WE LEFT EARLY: Top 5 craziest things [Abigail] Spanberger and the Democrats are now trying to do in Virginia.

HAKEEM JEFFRIES just crossed the Rubicon.

SHOT:

To all members of the Trump administration the incitement and engagement in state violence against the American people is a serious crime. Donald Trump will leave office long before the five-year statute of limitations expires. You are hereby put on notice.

CHASER:

You have immunity to perform your duties, and no one—no city official, no state official, no illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist—can prevent you from fulfilling your legal obligations and duties. And the Department of Justice has made clear that if officials cross that line into obstruction, into criminal conspiracy against the United States or against ICE officers, then they will face justice.

Read it all.

PENTAGON LEAKER charged with possessing classified documents on the Venezuela raid.

When I worked at Lockheed Martin some 30 years ago, one of our employees was escorted from the facility tout suite for a rules transgression not involving classified data. That's the way it used to work and should again.

WHAT IS TO BE DONE? I choose option one.

[FUTURE SOMALI CITIZEN] ILHAN OMAR curses about United States in speech at Democratic hearing.

MAYBE TRUMP SHOULD PRE-DATE BLANKET PARDONS and tell the Democrats to get stuffed.

Just tell them to get stuffed. The pardons, if needed, can come later.

BIDEN-APPOINTED JUDGE [TRIES TO] NEUTER ICE — you can't use non-lethal weapons or arrest 'peaceful' agitators.

So we can use lethal means?

MINNESOTA'S STATE BIRD used to be a loon; now it's the screaming lesbian....

ONCE AGAIN, Michelle Obama proves herself to be an insufferable racist.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A SURPRISE? Newly revealed filings reveal NEA [National Education Association] bankrolled far-left activist groups.

FAFO: AN ANTI-ICE ACTIVIST TRIED INTERFERING WITH AN ARREST IN CALIFORNIA. Guess what happened next.

WHY CAN'T DEMOCRATS speak frankly about Iran?

I note Instapundit has come around to the view attributed to Gen. Curtis LeMay: "If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting." It's one I share.

HUMOR FROM UNITED EARTH'S NEWS OF RECORD: "New Starfleet vessel unable to reach warp speed because the crew is too fat."

Here's why.

Linked from this Instapundit post.

[update] I almost watched Starfleet Academy so you don't have to.

WHO’S FUNDING the domestic terrorist and insurrectionary groups in the US?

My wife brings up Soros all the time. She's right.

IMPRIMIS: The dangers of undermining U.S. civil–military relations.

THE NONPROFIT POLITICAL SCAM:

One of the worst-kept secrets in DC is the fact that “non-profit” doesn’t mean non-partisan, and there are a lot of people making some pretty big profits from these “charities.” As tax season gears up, remember there are major organizations and corporations that laugh at April 15th…and you.

Tax them. And don't fund them.

AND I EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN SOON: Yes, Trump would be totally justified if he invokes the Insurrection Act.

THE REAL AI RISK ISN’T INTELLIGENCE; it’s abdication of responsibility.

That's the real problem with artificial intelligence; the smarter faster it gets, the lazier dumber its human user gets.

AS I'VE LONG EXPECTED. Minneapolis ICE protester: "We have to show up with guns and end this."

I would simply suggest to those on the progressive side of the aisle that we also have guns, ammunition, and in non-urban areas, plenty of practice shooting rodents.

[update & bump to top] ATF data shows the number of guns in Americans’ hands now tops half a billion. Is whose hands are most of them?

THE TIMES, they are a changin'.

THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE. The woke billionaires and Democrat-loving corporations are on their own.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST: "Federal Agent Shoots Immigrant in Minneapolis, Homeland Security Says." That's how The New York Times framed the ICE ambush in Minneapolis last night.

Now read the whole thing.

LEFTIST WOMAN TRIES DOXXING ICE AGENT, loses her job as a result.

Linked from Instapundit.

HOW THE DEMOCRATS LOST THEIR MANHOOD: "Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice."

Democrats chose poorly.

SUPERVILLIAN OR SUPERHERO? For the Cuban regime, he's a supervillain — but in the U.S.?

SEN. MARK KELLY [D-AZ] sues Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over censure.

Personally I think it's a tempest in a teapot that should be dismissed, but with one caveat: make sure Kelly pays his own way.

JUST SAYIN': There has never been a hurricane in the Gulf of America.

Without graft and corruption there's no need for hurricanes....

STUPIDITY, NARCISSISM, AND AN OVERWEENING DESIRE FOR CONTROL? Why are so many Leftists such trash?

WHO KNEW? Seattle order to stop drug arrests ‘creating havoc’ for people fending off addicts surviving on theft.

LIMIT SIX FLUSHES PER DAY: Conditioning you for socialism.

WHAT HAPPENED TO FREE SPEECH? Democrat bill would force teachers to label Jan 6 a 'violent attack' when teaching to students.

Or more precisely, honest speech.

POWERLINE: The mire this time.

[Just updated] The person who stole a weapon from an ice vehicle is a criminal illegal alien. He has been arrested and is in custody.

MINNESOTA AS A SYSTEMS FAILURE: How NGOs process dissent until reality no longer matters.

It's time to defund NGOs.

DETAILS MATTER: A detailed explanation of a Leftist activist's attempted murder.

HUBRIS COMBINED WITH INCOMPETENCE: Congress has two dozen lawmakers 80 or older; more than half seeking re-election in 2026.

WHY BOMB CANADA? Trump knows a thing or two about real estate deals, right?

RANDOM THOUGHT ON TAX SEASON: Monday, January 26 is the start of the 2026 tax filing season.

It's damned near impossible to file a paper return any more. I doubt it'll be long before we'll getting our paychecks from IRS.gov with all the overhead, taxes, fees, and graft taken out first.

Good luck with whatever's left....

SOME NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS on the recent events in Venezuela.

HMMM: The face of the Somali refugee community.

BUT, BUT ... I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE. [Thankfully former president] Bill Clinton defies congressional subpoena.

ANTI-ICE AGITATOR allegedly throws water bottle at agents, finds out it was a seriously bad choice. Watch, and enjoy.

I hope AG Pam Bondi throws the book at him/her/it.

NOT SURPRISED: The Democrat Party is pro-crime, pro-terror, and thoroughly despicable.

RANDOM THOUGHT: the 'D' in Democrat stands for 'demonic'.

YOU DON’T SAY: Minneapolis Ninnyapolis mayor Jacob Frey says ‘everybody could have done more to prevent fraud’ in Minnesota. He (and they, meaning the leadership) failed spectacularly.

WHAT A PITY: 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams dies at age 68.

I was a fairly new engineer in the cubicle warrens at Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin) when Dilbert came on scene. Many of us were convinced that Adams had to have been a Lockheed employee since the Dilbert cartoons were on point every single day.

Rest in peace, Scott.

HEH: "It takes balls to make such a bold statement."

Linked from PowerLine.

HOT AIR'S Sunday Smiles. My favorite:

Go see the rest.

NOT SATIRE: United Arab Emirates cuts funding for students in the United Kingdom because they may encounter radical Islam.

RANDOM THOUGHT: My life is controlled by cats. Last night I was working late downstairs when Martha came down to inform me that I was late for bed. Today I was working (again downstairs) when Tuxedo came down to inform me that I was an hour late for his dinner.

I LOVE IT. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth moves to censure Sen. Mark Kelly [D-Az].

MADURO'S CAPTURE puts Cuba's Venezuelan oil-dependent economy at risk.

On the other hand, Cuba could make a fortune selling vintage cars.

I could be tempted to buy one but that would be encouraging capitalism....

FAFO: Minnesota hotel that allegedly denied ICE and DHS agents has its sign taken away.

I'm sure Gov. Walz will soon need housing for 'indigent' Somalis....

THE FALL OF MADURO: Why it matters.

ALL SOCIALISM IS THEFT: Escape if/when you can.

AS EXPECTED: Iran regime cuts nationwide internet access as protests claim 44 lives across major cities.

Also as expected.

Update: Apparently Elon Musk has quietly opened free Starlink to Iranian users.

AMERICA'S news of record is posting news again.

Put the Babylon Bee on your must-read list.

YESTERDAY'S BREAKING NEWS: Greenland and Denmark request a special meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

TODAY: Have the negotiations begun? Trump admin reportedly considers paying each Greenland resident up to $100K amid US takeover talks.

Maybe we should move to Greenland. We both like danish rolls for breakfast. The cats, though, are not thrilled with snow....

FROM SARAH HOYT: Maduro capture memes.

Go see the rest.

RANDOM THOUGHT: Progressives have given virtue a bad name.

YOU KNOW THEY'RE LOSING when the mainstream media encourages violence against their competition.

'INDIGENOUS RIGHTS' IN CANADA: The white man's woodpile.

Coming soon to the United States? I think (hope) America is smarter than that....

2025 WAS THE YEAR we found out that UBI (Univeral Basic Income) exists for everyone in America except employed taxpayers.

WHY BOMB CANADA when President Trump knows a thing or two about real estate deals?

ENTITLEMENT: Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX] unleashes profanity at Supreme Court after losing Texas district.

How dare you take my district away....