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.