THINGS SEEM TO BE COMING TO A HEAD: “Iran Supreme Leader Signals Upcoming Crackdown.”
Archive for 2026
January 9, 2026
OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.
THEY ARE COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED:
Venn Diagram of people who call ICE agents the Gestapo but then expect nothing bad to happen from confronting or threatening them.
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) January 9, 2026
GODSPEED:
2:30 AM Tehran, Iran – right now: You are watching a revolution happening.
History in the making.
Keep talking about Iran. The mainstream media is finally reporting on it!
It's working.
Remember: the entire world is safer with a FREE IRAN.
Javid Shah!pic.twitter.com/4Wwi1hotpK
— Shirion Collective (@ShirionOrg) January 9, 2026
SALENA ZITO:
Compelling interview by @ZitoSalena with @JoshShapiroPA about his reelect and how close he came to stepping out because of concerns about his family's safety:https://t.co/xjxRYqTksU
— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) January 9, 2026
ACTUAL #RESISTANCE, NOT UPPER-CLASS COSPLAY:
Burning headscarves in Tehran tonight.
Iranians are also setting fire to possessions of the regime forces, including cars, mosques, and their homes.
They are sending Khamenei a message.
But they are also trying to send the world a message.
Please help spread it. pic.twitter.com/pTIrAMzVFu
— dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ (@DahliaKurtz) January 10, 2026
STUART BROTMAN: How Can We Rebuild a Culture of Free Expression?
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BEN SHAPIRO: Tim Walz Warns Of ‘Civil War’ And Proves He Has No Moral Authority Left.
The situation in Minnesota continues to roil the waters.
We are looking at the very real possibility of a standoff between the state government led by Governor Tim Walz — the failed vice presidential candidate who just had to step away from a third-term run in Minnesota because of the allegations of fraud — and the federal government.
On Thursday, Walz — who is in a world of hurt politically right now because of the Somali fraud scandal — compared this moment to the Civil War. Apparently, it is now the Civil War if you send ICE to enforce arrest warrants against criminals in this country.
Walz stated:
When things looked really bleak it was Minnesota’s first that held that line for the nation on that July 3rd, 1863. And I think now we may be in that moment; that the nation is looking to us to hold the line on democracy, to hold the line on decency, to hold the line on accountability, and more than that, to rise up as neighbors and simply say, we can look out for one another. We can have differences. But we proved to the world going on 250 years that our democracy could hold. It feels to me like we’re at one of those inflection points.
I’ve said many, many times that when you have high-level politicians talking this way, it is truly bad for the country. When you say we are at the point where we are going to go to war with one another and a civil war is about to break out, and it’s the end of the country, these statements turn into self-perpetuating prophecies.
That’s because the more people believe they can’t get along with their neighbors, that there is no basis for a common Americanism, the more they are likely to see each other as enemies and not political opponents.
As Iowahawk joked yesterday:
The most inspiring principled stand by a U.S. governor since George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse doorway https://t.co/V6OeOXF2Lk
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) January 8, 2026
IT’S COME TO THIS: Not Satire: UAE Cuts Funding For Students In UK Because They May Encounter Radical Islam.
In today’s edition of too crazy to parody…
BREAKING:
The UAE announces it will cuts funds for citizens who want to study in the UK out of fear of Emirati students being radicalized by Muslim Brotherhood Islamists on British campuses.
An Arab state now views a European state as a dangerous Islamist radicalization hotspot pic.twitter.com/uqCxDuDwvr
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 9, 2026
Yes, you read that right.
The UAE — United ARAB Emirates, a Muslim country — is cutting funding for students studying abroad in the United Kingdom because they don’t want radical Islamists influencing them.
The Times of London is actually reporting this rather disturbing news that England, the former crown of Christendom, is a hotspot for Islamic radicalization — so much so that Islamic countries are distancing themselves.
Here’s the London Times article: UAE limiting students coming to UK over Muslim Brotherhood concerns.
UPDATE: Oh, to be in England:
Here are just 5 things that happened in the UK this week:
-we discovered police in our second city, Birmingham, are doing the bidding of Islamist extremists while scapegoating Jews who were targeted for Muslim violence
-we learn child rapists & criminals have been allowed to…
— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) January 9, 2026
BE PREPARED: LEATHERMAN, Surge, 21-in-1 Heavy-Duty Multi-tool. #CommissionEarned
THERE USED TO BE A TV SHOW ABOUT THIS: Woman shocked to welcome baby after experiencing stomach pain on Christmas.
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HAHA:
I’M PRETTY SURE ANTHONY BURGESS AND STANLEY KUBRICK DIDN’T INTEND FOR A CLOCKWORK ORANGE TO BE A HOW-TO GUIDE:
I’ve received some questions about what we mean, in our National Security Strategy, when we invoke “civilizational” concerns. So I’m tweeting a relevant news item. https://t.co/kHiP8ByMln
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) January 9, 2026
BODYCAM FOOTAGE EXPLODES THE LEFTY NARRATIVE. I hope they prosecute with J6-level vigor.
Ah yes, felony murder.
Felony murder is a legal rule that allows individuals to be charged with murder if someone dies during the commission of a dangerous felony, even if they did not intend to kill or directly cause the death.
Arrest the wife. https://t.co/nIgtiaMvuB
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) January 9, 2026
WELL, YEAH: The Left Only Stands With Protesters if They’re Anti-American and Hate Trump.
Related:
For every single moment since the Presidential election of 1860, two things have always been true:
1. Republicans support the United States of America.
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2. Democrats support the United States of America, but only if they are in charge.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) January 9, 2026
IRAN:
🔴 Tehran tonight:
"People once again brought the Lion and Sun flag, and they set fire to the Saadat Abad Mosque.
"Saadat Abad is in the hands of the people. The fucking regime bastards escaped. More crowds are joining.
Death to Khamenei." pic.twitter.com/M5gJoGVhPh
— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) January 9, 2026
Tehran. Tonight.
"Pahlavi will return"
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— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) January 9, 2026
Iranians are no longer intimidated into silence by internet blackouts and mass killings. It's so inspiring to witness.
This is Tehran tonight.
Via Starlink.
— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) January 9, 2026
What a photo. Don’t turn your eyes from Iran. pic.twitter.com/YyybLkuddX
— David Patrikarakos (@dpatrikarakos) January 9, 2026
UPDATE:
More about mullahs being seen at Moscow airport, please https://t.co/G54gH7LgVX
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) January 9, 2026
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THE NARCISSISM OF THE ANOINTED:
Michael Shellenberger drops the brutal truth:
Left-wing authoritarianism is almost identical to narcissism
Entitlement (“we decide what you can say”), grandiosity (“we’re the good people”), and psychopathy (“we don’t care about the harm we cause”).
They claim to protect… pic.twitter.com/wdk2fopVP2
— Camus (@newstart_2024) January 8, 2026
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