C’MON, CONAN, YOU CAN DO IT: Conan O’Brian (Almost) Calls Out Colbert and Kimmel. “Oscars host gets close to truth but holds back in weakest way possible.”
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January 9, 2026
IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™ — Seattle’s Commie Mayor Declares War on ICE After ‘Murder’ Of Car Rammer.
SHOOTING NEWS: A Tale of Two Home Invasions: Unarmed and Beaten to Death vs. Armed and Safe. “In one, an unarmed Raleigh, North Carolina school teacher was attacked and beaten to death in her own home by an intruder while she was on the phone with 911 waiting for police to arrive. In the second case, from New Mexico, an armed home owner used his gun to stop a guns a-blazing home invader, killing the violent thug dead right there.”
When seconds count… you know the rest.
BECAUSE OF COURSE: Portland Lefties Riot Over Tren de Aragua Would-Be Murderer’s Shooting.
THAT’S CONCLUSIVE:
BREAKING: Alpha News has obtained cellphone footage showing perspective of federal agent at center of ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/p2wks0zew0
— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) January 9, 2026
What unpleasant people.
NOW THAT’S MY KIND OF PHILANTHROPY: Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement. “Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, announced a major investment in not just one telescope project, but four. Each of these new telescopes brings a novel capability online; however, the most intriguing new instrument is a space-based telescope named Lazuli. This spacecraft, if successfully launched and deployed, would offer astronomers a more capable and modern version of the Hubble Space Telescope, which is now three decades old.”
I GUESS THIS MEANS THE UK IS NOW MORE ISLAMIST THAN THE UAE:
Incredible stuff.
The United Arab Emirates is cutting funding for scholarships to allow students to attend UK Universities because of fear of Islamist radicalization on those campuses. pic.twitter.com/afhIoewH6d
— AG (@AGHamilton29) January 9, 2026
I GUESS WE WON’T HAVE STACEY ABRAMS TO KICK AROUND ANYMORE: After 2 straight losses, Democrat Stacey Abrams sits out 2026 race for Georgia governor.
THE PARTY TOLD YOU TO REJECT THE EVIDENCE OF YOUR EYES AND EARS. IT WAS THEIR FINAL, MOST ESSENTIAL COMMAND:
It's very strange to watch video of a man being clearly hit by a vehicle and hearing people say that he was clearly not hit by the vehicle https://t.co/ECO1MZMyDe
— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) January 9, 2026
Strange, yet hardly unexpected.
More: This is the kind of thing Winston Smith taught himself to ignore on his way to loving Big Brother:
Also extremely clear from this footage that she parked her car perpendicular in the middle of the road and had her “wife” get out and film the altercation that she was intentionally trying to provoke. This isn’t even a close call. The whole thing is her fault, from beginning to… https://t.co/1N4DpxHnFY
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) January 9, 2026
Evergreen:
MAKE IMPERIALISM GREAT AGAIN: Energy Secretary Maps Out Goals for Venezuelan Oil.
GET USED TO THIS — THANKS TO MAMDANI, NYC IS THE HARDCORE LEFT’S WELL-FUNDED AND WELL-ORGANIZED BASE OF OPERATIONS:
"Abolish ICE!" thousands Chant in NYC as some people chant "Kill Them All, Burn Them All" as they march through Manhattan
Video by @yyeeaahhhboiii2
to license pic.twitter.com/goecYeYdOl— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) January 9, 2026
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: California’s controversial wealth tax proposal leaves billionaires with little way out.
The proposed California billionaire tax includes a special provision that makes it highly unlikely that anyone who wants to leave the state could avoid paying, according to tax attorneys.
The Billionaire Tax Act, which could be added to the state’s general election ballot in November, would impose a one-time tax of 5% on the total wealth of California tax residents whose net worth is $1 billion or more. While new taxes typically take effect after they’re approved, the proposed billionaire tax would apply to those who are California residents as of Jan. 1, 2026. The retroactive date left little time for California’s estimated 200 to 250 billionaires to change their tax residency after they first learned of the potential tax in December.
“The reason they did this is obvious,” said Christopher Manes of Manes Law. “If they had made the date in November, after passage, you’d have 200 people who could get out in time and save millions of dollars.”
California tech billionaire Peter Thiel announced last week that he had “established a significant presence in Miami over the last several years, maintaining a personal residence in the city since 2020” and an office for his Founders Fund venture capital firm since 2021. Attorneys told CNBC that at least two other unnamed California billionaires have moved or made plans to move since the end of last year.
A couple of thoughts.
The first is that California’s billionaires, by and large, support the political climate that made passage of the billionaire’s tax referendum possible or even likely.
The second is that even if Sacramento does collect a one-time windfall by making the tax retroactive to Jan. 1, the state — which is over-reliant on high earners for its revenues — will see an exodus of billionaires like Thiel and Larry Page that will put a permanent dent in its finances.
THE HUNT IS ON:
The U.S. is now chasing 4 sanctioned oil tankers that have re-flagged as Russian vessels and are trying to escape from Venezuela.
They have also renamed themselves:
– Veronica ➡️ Galileo
– Malak ➡️ Sintez
– Diane hi ➡️ Expander
– Unknown vessel pic.twitter.com/GV2RWcQvGa— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 9, 2026
As Glenn noted a week or two, Trump goes after his rivals’ money.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The Communism Isn’t Working, So Let’s Communism Harder. “This wasn’t exactly the ‘come to Jesus’ moment you might hope and think it was. Rather than admit that Cuba’s disastrous experiment has been a failure, he insisted that the communists try their communism even harder, suggesting that ‘every problem must be addressed from the party’s foundation, with greater discipline, ideological firmness, and by going the extra mile as militants.'”
FLASHBACK:
Fascinating (and new to me) 1979 NYT article on Ayatollah Khomeini, who is apparently:
(1) an honest man, (2) surrounded by moderates concerned w/ human rights, (3) one who will leave his internal enemies (Jews, atheists, leftists) free to express themselves, & (4) overall a… pic.twitter.com/FKoH6Dd6HX— Stephen R. C. Hicks (@SRCHicks) January 8, 2026
No enemies to the Left, they say.
Seriously:
“Sadder and wiser.”
SERIOUSLY, HE SAID THAT: Keith Ellison says his office has ‘done enough’ to combat fraud.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison brushed aside criticisms of his office’s handling of widespread fraud in Minnesota during a CNN interview this week, even as he acknowledged the state is grappling with criminal abuse of taxpayer programs.
Ellison appeared on CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” where he was pressed on exploding fraud scandals across state agencies.
“Not that fraud is not a problem. Of course it’s a problem, and of course we have to prosecute it, and of course we have been prosecuting it,” Ellison said.
When asked if his office had done enough, he doubled down. “Of course we’ve done enough. And we’re doing more every single day,” he said. “This is a political matter. This is not a serious thing.”
It is political and it is serious, but not in the ways Ellison wants people to believe.
HOWEVER MUCH YOU DESPISE THE PRESS…:
This is stupid.
For one, the insinuation that she didn't know they were ICE agents is false. She had been purposely impeding them.
Two, the insinuation that she was just passing through and got ambushed is false. She came from another state to obstruct ICE operations.
Three,… https://t.co/F0WqCL9QAL
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) January 8, 2026
…it isn’t nearly enough.
Follow the thread for some world-class self-beclowning from The Atlantic’s James Surowiecki. He isn’t just a tool, but an obvious and stupid one.
ICYMI, IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Re-Ranking China After ‘Absolute Resolve’ (and Russia, Too). “If global power rankings came out every Monday morning like they do for the NFL, this season’s strongest playoff contender just got knocked down a notch or two after a stunning shutout this weekend to the seasoned vets of Operation Absolute Resolve.”
WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT…:
In 2022, Biden and Democrats forced Venmo & PayPal to report transactions of $600+ to the IRS.
In 2026, Democrats don't want a single investigation into the $9,000,000,000 Somali fraud.
Think about this for a moment. pic.twitter.com/Uucgcqv3LX
— Christian Collins (@CollinsforTX) January 7, 2026
My takeaway is that anyone with even a small (but honest) side hustle is too ambitious for the Democrats. But large-scale fraud, now that they can get behind.
Again, follow the money — nobody turns a blind eye to that much theft without wetting their beaks.
A GOOD START: 54 violent transnational gang members, affiliates arrested in NYC in Operation Salvo.
In a press conference on Thursday morning, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that since Operation Salvo began in New York City, authorities have arrested 54 people who are “violent transnational gang members and affiliates associated with Trinitarios.”
She noted that the operation was launched after an off-duty US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent and his friend were attacked in a park in the city. “These two criminals came and attempted to rob them, and it ended up where they bravely fought back. This officer defended himself and his friend, but not before being shot in the face and in the arm by one of these criminals.”
She criticized the Biden administration for letting these two people into the country, saying that “those individuals have been brought to justice, but those individuals would have never been in this country if they hadn’t been allowed in by the Biden administration, when they ignored our federal laws and allowed them to come in illegally.”
Biden’s “crisis by design” is being undone.
THE LEFT TOOK NEUROTIC PEOPLE WHO JUST NEEDED A LITTLE HELP, AND TURNED THEM INTO SHOCK TROOPS:
Women have gone insane. This is a thing that people dismiss but it’s a big deal https://t.co/tJZFJrdmJF
— Adam Carolla (@adamcarolla) January 8, 2026
More:
Heroic Ice Agent Risks Life To Stop Violent Far Left Terrorist who Abandoned Her Children to Commit Felonies
Fixed the headline for you pic.twitter.com/oqsDVYnvTS
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) January 9, 2026
Much closer to the truth, yes.
And there was this yesterday from the UK: Young women are radicalising.
Orwell knew.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): And this is the thanks you get:
You can literally die in service to the Eternal Progressive Omnicause and Leftists will still repudiate you because you’re White.
It’s just like that soldier who set himself on fire for Gaza and then Leftists began tweeting about how their own followers “better not celebrate a… https://t.co/7LnaeRmHPg
— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) January 9, 2026