#WINNING: ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ is Back: Federal Oil, Gas Permits Soar Under Trump: This policy has contributed to the lowest gas prices in years in most of the nation. Laughably, California faces prices much high than the average.

California was once a major oil production center, and still has very large reserves.

EVERYTHING? I fled Maduro’s Venezuela. Here’s what U.S. academics get wrong about intervention.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: State lawmakers slashing budget of some universities, redirecting funds to trade schools.

ELECTIONS ARE ONLY SACRED WHEN THE LEFT WINS:

We had an election. The mass deportations guy won. So now we’re doing mass deportations. There is no protester veto. It doesn’t matter how mad you are, or how righteous you feel. We voted for it. We’re doing it. https://t.co/D0nB7Gp53l

— Hunter Ash (@ArtemisConsort) January 14, 2026

Remember, if the left wins they’ll throw you in jail for simply suggesting that there might have been fraud.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Chicago Teachers’ Union misspells the word “Governor” on leftwing propaganda poster.

I DO NOT TRUST THE SECRET SERVICE:

If O'Keefe's team of relative amateurs can find and exploit a Secret Service agent this easily, imagine how easy it is for trained foreign operatives ? 🙄

And how come the USSS can't find them ?

— Dave (@DilligafDave01) January 13, 2026

WELL, HE’S A COMMIE MORON, SO… Zohran Mamdani’s Father Calls Columbia’s Anti-Semitism Task Force a ‘Prosecutorial Agency’ That Acts Like British Imperial Colonizers.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Trump has cut the technocratic Gordian Knot — and elites hate it.

FLASHBACK: When Scott Adams Explained Trump, Persuasion, and ‘Loserthink.’

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Who’s Funding the Aggressive Anti-ICE Tactics Used by Activists Like Renee Nicole Good?.

THAT WAS DIFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP:

2016. Obama's Press Secretary is asked about reports that during immigration raids, ICE agents were storming into homes, going room to room looking for illegals, and making children tremble with fear.

I thought only fascist Presidents do that sort of thing.

Why was the press… pic.twitter.com/oQ1UgeJiJg

— MAZE (@mazemoore) January 13, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Trump has cut the technocratic Gordian Knot — and elites hate it.

RACE AND GENDER PRIVILEGE ON DISPLAY FROM THE CRAZY WHITE WOMAN CONTINGENT:

A white woman verbally harassing a Black man. I wish I would have been there. I may have given her the slap she was asking for!

— Ahava 🪬🇺🇸🧡🐝✡️🎗️✝️🦁 (@angelsweep10723) January 14, 2026

He gave her the proper degree of respect.

NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE JUDICIAL DRAWER:

You gotta be pretty bad as a Justice to get schooled this hard by a lawyer arguing in front of you pic.twitter.com/p7csCQSTb2

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) January 13, 2026

A non-lawyer friend texted that she was listening to the argument and couldn’t believe how dumb Justice Jackson’s questions were — “word salad” was her description, and it’s apt.

DRILL, BABY, DRILL: How Earth’s orbit might help us find oil reserves within the planet.

WHEN SCIENTISTS PLAY CRUEL TRICKS: Scientists Made This Lung-on-a-Chip Breathe. Then They Gave It TB.

NEWS I HOPE YOU CAN’T USE: Warning: These Common Dementia Drugs Can Increase Confusion and Hospitalization.

21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: The Great Sensor War Behind Self-Driving Cars Just Got Way More Interesting.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: A No-Nonsense Guide to the Home-Defense Shotgun.

IT IS? I HAVEN’T EVEN TAKEN DOWN THE ANKLE HOLSTERS YET. It’s Shoulder Holster Season…How Will You Be Celebrating?

A TECHNIQUE THAT DRAGS ON TOO LONG BECOMES A DRAG:

Feels like this is the No Kings operation transforming seamlessly into a No ICE operation. All the same management and systems and people; just printing new signs.

— ℕ 🌲 🇺🇸 (@Shaysite1786) January 13, 2026

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Why does orange juice taste bad after you brush your teeth?

STEVEN CALABRESI: Justice Barrett, Trump v. Slaughter, and Presidential Removal Power from 1989 to 2009: Presidential non-acquiescence in Humphrey’s Executor from 1989 to 2009.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: AI helps fuel new era of medical self-testing.