A FRIEND SAYS HER FEDERAL-WORKER FRIENDS ARE PLANNING TO TAKE THE BUYOUTS: Federal Workers Respond to Buyout Offer with Panic and Disbelief.

SERIOUS DEFUNDING WILL REQUIRE ACTION AT THE STATE LEVEL: New FCC Chair Turns the Spotlight on Publicly Funded NPR, PBS: Investigation comes a year after NPR editor resigned over outlet’s ‘devastating’ bias. Much of their funding comes from fees paid by affiliates, often associated with state universities, for programming.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. It’s Not Just Britain; All of Europe Must Be Rebooted. “The Swedish Government has announced that they don’t have control of the country, and Germany is considering banning the AfD, kicking all is members out of Parliament, and seizing all its assets. This insanity in both countries, as in Great Britain, is driven by immigration extremism–and by that I don’t mean ‘extremists’ who oppose immigration, but by those who are imposing a mass immigration agenda that is literally ruining their countries. People aren’t willing to admit that importing Islamist immigrants has created an unsustainable situation in which not just the culture, but the lives of their citizens are in danger. . . . The situation in Germany, while not as dire, is dire enough that the AfD has been skyrocketing in popularity and could win control of the Bundestag. The reaction of the Establishment is not to respond to the manifest will of the German people–about whom they show no care–but to shut down the party that might kick them out of power.”

HMM: FDA approves painkiller designed to eliminate the risk of addiction associated with opioids. I hope it works, but I’m reminded that heroin was introduced as a nonaddictive alternative to morphine.

OPEN THREAD: Roll it.

GOOD IDEA: The U.S. should stop holding back its military potential in space.

#JOURNALISM:

So a trans person tried to assassinate Scott Bessent, and a vegan trans cult is behind a string of murders including a border agent.

And it's radio silence from the same media that floods the zone on every bumpkin militia member that runs afoul of the law.

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) January 30, 2025

AND JOE BIDEN BANNED MENTHOL CIGARETTES. HE’S TRYING TO KILL AMERICANS! Surprising Link Between Menthol And Alzheimer’s Discovered in Mice.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: The 5th Circuit Says the Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Young Adults Is Unconstitutional.

GOOD NEWS: Prenatal Nutrition Breakthrough Reduces Risk of Preterm Birth by 27%.

SPEED: Nebraska Teen Leads Police on 168-MPH Chase in Chevy Corvette. Not a good idea, but . . .

COMPARISON: 2025 Toyota 4Runner vs. 2025 Toyota Highlander: How They Compare.

FIRST LOOK: New SIG Sauer Cross Sawtooth Rifles.

RUSSIANS USE VODKA: How polar bears stop ice from freezing on their fur.

KEEP COOL: Heatstroke may lead to chronic heart disease and obesity, mouse model suggests.

FIGHT THE POWER: AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt.

RESCUE: Trump asks Musk to ‘go get’ astronauts from ISS.

LET CALIFORNIA SECEDE, BE FORCIBLY RETURNED TO THE UNION, AND KEPT UNDER RECONSTRUCTION FOR 40 YEARS WITH NO VOTING RIGHTS:

I can't believe we're still doing the States-Seceding-to-Preserve-Discount-Labor thing https://t.co/RqzAHZPm4S

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) January 29, 2025

HOW IT’S GOING:

"Those that oppose my nomination — are accusing me of being Trump’s puppet, Putin’s puppet, Assad’s puppet, a guru’s puppet, Modi’s puppet — what truly unsettles them is I refuse to be THEIR puppet." -Tulsi Gabbard pic.twitter.com/pEYofy9n0i

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2025

Meanwhile, Kash Patel’s hearings are also going on: Nominee For Top Criminal Justice Position Interviewed By Nation’s Top Criminals.

ABOUT TIME: Joel Kotkin: Trump’s assault on DEI will bring us closer to a post-racial America: The biggest winners from an end to racial identity politics will be ethnic minorities themselves.

I CAN SEE WHY SHE’D WANT TO BELIEVE THAT: ‘Maternal instinct’ is socially constructed ‘myth,’ Arizona State U. professor says.

“RULE OF LAW:” Fordham president sends email expressing solidarity with illegal aliens in face of Trump crackdown.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: “Today, over 100 members of Congress support a bill to fund Ozempic with Medicare at $1,500 a month. Most of these members have taken money from the manufacturer of that product, a European company called Novo Nordisk.”

DON SURBER: Trump has power. He is using it wisely this time.

WHEN YOUR PRIORITY ISN’T EXCELLENCE, YOU GET LESS EXCELLENCE:

Elon warned about this a Year ago! pic.twitter.com/A4MLdYQlhh

— Global𝕏 (@GlobaltrekX) January 30, 2025