I HAVE A SMITH & WESSON BODYGUARD 2.0 MADE JUST DOWN THE ROAD IN MARYVILLE, TENNESSEE: SHOT 2026: Red State Governors Make Their Case for More Gun Businesses to Move ‘Back to America.’

PROBABLY: Is everyday school life more stressful for teenagers than a global pandemic?

OH THANK GOD, I WAS AFRAID IT WAS RURAL KING: Tractor Supply rival chain shutting all locations soon.

A SHRINKING LEGACY: Obamacare enrollment drops to about 23 million people for 2026.

IT’S EASIER TO SELL LIFESTYLE THAN GENETICS, THOUGH: Genetics play a larger part in lifespan than previously thought.

CRAZY: A man impersonating an FBI agent tried to get Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Women do find men with big penises more attractive, academic study confirms.

TRUE:

Democrats have redefined “racism” (and, more generally, “hate”) to mean, “Any belief or opinion which might lead someone to vote Republican.”

— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) January 30, 2026

A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY (CONT’D): Florida nurse gives up license after saying he won’t perform anesthesia on MAGA patients.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Harvard-backed program drops ‘students of color’ requirement after legal complaint.

GEORGIA 2020:

The following is our comprehensive Report of Investigation for Fulton County's 2020 General Election:https://t.co/l8xBRuBRRI

— Kevin Moncla (@KevinMoncla) January 29, 2026

CHANGE: Nebraska governor vows to eliminate DEI, ‘pronoun culture’ from public universities.

REID HOFFMAN IS A VERY BAD PERSON:

Just a reminder that Reid Hoffman really did say in a public forum that he wished President Trump had been killed in the assassination attempt https://t.co/rc596IOVjJ

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 30, 2026

NASHVILLE’S POWER SITUATION IS A DEBACLE, AND MY FRIENDS IN NASHVILLE ARE SHOCKED THAT IT’S GETTING SO LITTLE NATIONAL ATTENTION:

The @NESpower disaster in Nashville reveals again that DEI is Deadly to Everyone Involved.

CEO Teresa Broyles-Aplin bragged that NES held 100+ trainings as part of their DEI agenda.

Now people are freezing without power for 5+ days. Maybe they should’ve focused on electricity… https://t.co/zjPLIqxJOO

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 30, 2026

SHE IS A DREADFUL PERSON, AND THE STANDARD BEARER FOR AWFULS EVERYWHERE:

People forget that the worst part of her “basket of deplorables” comment was that she said people she didn’t agree with were “irredeemable.”

And now she’s lecturing people on empathy. https://t.co/MwrkIeXChQ

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) January 30, 2026

A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Ex-CNN host Don Lemon arrested for Minnesota church invasion.

ROGER KIMBALL: The Deep State Vampire.

To get a preliminary sense of how deep and how entrenched the deep state is, consider the State of Virginia. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, did not control either house of the state legislature. Nevertheless, he managed to get immense reforms accomplished in his four years as governor. But the Dems didn’t mind, not really. Why? Because they knew they could instantly roll back Youngkin’s initiatives as soon as they retook the governorship.

That just happened. And it took Abigail Spanberger, the new Governor, about 15 minutes to return Virginia to la-la land. She had campaigned on “affordability” but rejoined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a climate-change scam that will raise everyone’s utility bills. She introduced a 3.8 percent “net investment tax” on individuals, trusts and estates. She stopped cooperating with ICE in deporting illegal aliens. She said abortion was A-OK, right up to the moment of birth (why stop there?). She reinstituted DEI programs throughout the government and the state’s educational system. She undid reforms to the state’s voting system, making it easier for Democrats to “massage” the vote tally. And that’s just the tip of the proverbial deep-state iceberg.

I write on the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second term. He and his team have accomplished extraordinary things. He has sealed the southern border. He has deported or sparked the self-deportation of some two and a half million illegal aliens. He has vastly increased America’s production of energy, with the result that gas prices have plummeted. He has gone far in eradicating DEI initiatives in the federal government and in the country’s educational system. He decapitated the Maduro regime in Venezuela, undermining that country’s status as a haven for America’s enemies. He has trimmed the deficit by billions. His economic policies have sparked growth not seen in decades: 4.3 percent in the third quarter of last year and an estimated 5.3 percent in the fourth.

What happens next? Will some Spanberger appear to throw a spanner in the works? If the Republicans lose the House in the midterm elections, Trump will be impeached before you can say Kangaroo Court. Would he be convicted? Probably not. But you never know. Then there is 2028. Will the Republicans keep the White House? I think the odds are good, especially since many avenues of voter fraud have been shut down.

But if the last year has shown anything, it has shown how deep and interconnected the deep state’s tentacles are.

Indeed.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Protest Culture Is Annoying and Un-American.

GROW UP: ‘ICE Out’: Time *yawn* for Another Prog Tantrum.

ACADEMIA’S SELF-MARGINALIZATION CONTINUES: Former Harvard History Chairman Boasts of Transforming It From ‘White Male Affinity Group:’ Sidney Chalhoub pushes for Palestinian Studies, but department has no time for Western Civilization.

REALCLEARSCIENCE: Fixing DEI’s Damage to Academic Science Could Take a Generation.

OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

SHOT: “We fixed the part where men die in wars, and we didn’t fix the part where women have to go through childbirth.”

CHASER: Russia and Ukraine’s combined war casualties could reach 2 million soon, report estimates.

Meanwhile, that statement comes from a woman who never gave birth; the first words the Insta-Wife spoke after delivering our daughter were “That was great! Let’s do it again!” Of course, she had had an epidural, which means maybe we did “fix” that childbirth stuff.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX targeting mid-March for 1st flight of bigger, more powerful Starship ‘Version 3,’ Elon Musk says.

WELL, THE CITY WAS COMPLICIT:

After weeks of trial, a jury has found the City of Seattle liable for a black boy who was shot dead by the CHAZ BLM-Antifa security in 2020. The city evacuated the police station & built barricades to help the far-left rioters. Report by @KatieDaviscourt https://t.co/JkS1pSDQ8L

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 29, 2026