Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds

CHRIS SOUNDS COMMUNIST A LOT:

WAR NEWS:

ENVIRONMENTALISTS NEVER PROTEST CHINA BECAUSE CHINA ALREADY HAS A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT.

GOOD:

THE E.V. BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Stellantis Lost $26 Billion, Now It’s Betting on Jeeps and V-8s. “Stellantis previously warned it would incur about $26 billion in charges as it backtracks on its timeline and investment in electric vehicles whose demand has slowed compared with growth projections at the time the decisions and investments were made. Many automakers have had write-downs as well, but Stellantis’ is notably higher. Ford took a $19.5 billion hit in December and GM reported it will take a $6 billion charge. EV sales continue to grow, but not at the pace automakers anticipated, which prompted investment in more capacity than needed at this time.”

I LIKE A STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING: Armed Self-Defense: Pennsylvania Home Invasion Stopped Thanks to the Application of Hot Lead. “The burglar then called Mr. Homeowner’s bluff. Maybe the intruder thought the homeowner didn’t have the stones to use actually his gun. Maybe the bad guy thought the gun wasn’t really loaded, just kept in the home as a magic talisman against evil. The would-be burglar found out, however, that the gun was very real and that Mr. Homeowner had the stones to use it. A shot rang out, striking the intruder in the leg and dropping him right there. Police rolled up promptly to find the perp making a mess on the carpet. An ambulance hauled him off to the hospital and cops launched their investigation. No charges were filed against the homeowner. Lt. Steven Brooks made it clear the shooting appears justified, a clear case of armed self-defense while protecting a family.”

CAN YOU HAVE A RULES-BASED ORDER WHEN THE RULES DON’T APPLY TO ONE TEAM?

THE MASKS CAME OFF OVERNIGHT POST-ELECTION:

#JOURNALISM:

#JOURNALISM:

REPORT FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Legendary Lower Broadway honky tonk owner says property taxes could ruin Nashville. “There seems to be no bottom to the despair caused by Nashville’s historic property tax increase. The one-two punch of soaring property values and a 26% tax hike is putting businesses — and some homeowners — on the ropes. Now, the Tennessee General Assembly is considering whether to step in.”

Nashville needs adult supervision.

ICE POLLING WELL . . . IN MINNESOTA:

President Trump is carrying out the immigration policies on which he ran successfully for the presidency, but Democrats assure us that Americans oppose his efforts to roll back the outrageous illegal immigration of the Biden years. In particular, Democrats tell us that Americans hate ICE.

Is that true? If there is any state where ICE is unpopular, it should be Minnesota. Minnesota was home to a massive resistance to federal authority that was stoked by pretty much all leading elected officials, including Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. As home not just to daily demonstrations, but to constant attempts to interfere with the execution of federal law, Minnesota should be ground zero for opposition to Trump’s immigration policies and hatred of ICE.

So we decided to poll it. Our Thinking Minnesota Poll, conducted by Meeting Street Insights, was in the field just when ICE was winding down its operations and beginning to depart from Minnesota. So we should have caught anti-ICE fervor at its height. And yet, what we found was a silent majority of Minnesotans who are broadly supportive of the administration’s immigration policies.

These are the key findings:

* 81% of respondents support deporting all illegal aliens who have a criminal record in the U.S. or abroad. This includes 71% of Democrats.

* 72% want Minnesota state and local officials to cooperate with ICE (most did not).

* 75% say it is important to prevent illegal aliens from voting in Minnesota elections.

* 50% say that the actions of Minnesota leaders like Tim Walz and Jacob Frey made the ICE situation more heated with their comments, while only 25% said that local officials helped to reduce tensions.

* 48% support deporting as many illegal aliens as possible, while 49% oppose deporting all illegal aliens.

* 45% support the presence of ICE in Minnesota, while 53% oppose ICE’s presence.

I suspect the latter numbers reflect, not opposition to the administration’s immigration policies, which enjoy broad support, but rather dismay at the constant news of protests, arrests, etc. that accompanied ICE’s presence here. Even I would say that I was glad to see ICE go, given the hysteria and criminality that Minnesota’s liberals stirred up.

In short, the idea that there is broad opposition to the administration’s immigration policies, and a general hostility toward ICE, is false. If we don’t see those attitudes in Minnesota, I don’t think we will see them anywhere.

The purpose of the media is to convince 90% of the public that the attitudes of 10% of the public are held by 80% of the public.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE:

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