TO ASK THE QUESTION IS TO ANSWER IT:
The real story is that only 125 students out of 1600 students participated. Less than 8%. More than 92% did NOT participate in ICE protests. I wonder why @Tennessean didn’t include that stat? https://t.co/CFjd1ahvUo
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) February 6, 2026
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: It Was Inevitable: Virginia Bill to Ban and Confiscate ‘High Capacity’ Magazines Advances.
On January 27, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee advanced a substitute version of SB749, banning commonly-owned firearms and their magazines. This substitute version defines a “large capacity ammunition feeding device” to include standard capacity magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The bill then provides,
B. Any person who imports, sells, barters, transfers, purchases, or possesses a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
The legislation doesn’t grandfather magazines possessed prior to the ban. The legislation is magazine confiscation, as current owners would be forced to dispossess themselves of their lawfully acquired property or face a Class 1 misdemeanor. A Class 1 misdemeanor is punishable by up to a year in prison and up to a $2,500 fine.
I’d add a “gooder and harder,” but by and large, the people who voted for this are not the ones who will suffer under it.
But that’s just how Dems wield power.
INCENTIVES MATTER: How Trump’s MAHA movement unexpectedly took a bite out of food price inflation.
Any diet conversation in the Trump administration held over the last year inevitably included a conversation about removing processed and sugary foods from federal welfare programs like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children).
Since then, the USDA has approved state-level waivers allowing individual states to restrict or ban SNAP purchases of specific “junk food” items—primarily soda, candy, energy drinks, sugary snacks, and certain prepared desserts—starting in batches throughout 2025 and taking effect mostly on January 1 of this year, or shortly thereafter.
Thus far, 18 states (including Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Louisiana, West Virginia, Colorado, and others) have implemented these targeted restrictions, aiming to curb chronic disease by shifting subsidies away from ultra-processed items toward healthier foods, though broader processed foods remain eligible in states without waivers.
Well, good.
GIRL CAN’T HELP IT: Anti-ICE Applause: Jackson’s Disqualifying Moment.
LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE: Children’s Minnesota plans gender-affirming care pause amid federal funding threat.
Meanwhile, in Texas: Professor sues Texas A&M after firing over gender identity lessons in children’s lit class.
“Gender identity lessons in children’s lit class,” seems like an awful lot of words for “grooming.”
ROBERT SPENCER: In Virginia, You Must Love Islam — Or Else. “In one sense, Saddam Azlan Salim is a classic immigrant success story. Born in Bangladesh, he grew up in northern Virginia and quickly demonstrated an aptitude for the political rough-and-tumble of his adoptive land. Now he is 36 years old, a Virginia state senator, and a rising star in that state’s now-dominant Democrat Party establishment. In another sense, however, Saddam Azlan Salim clearly retains at least some of the sensibilities of the land of his birth, and he wants to bring them to his new land: He has just introduced a bill to criminalize ‘Islamophobia’ in Virginia.”
HEY, BIG SPENDER: Amazon stock falls 10% on $200 billion spending forecast, earnings miss.
Amazon said it expects capital expenditures to continue to climb higher this year as it aggressively invests in data centers and other infrastructure to meet a surge in artificial intelligence demand.
The company projected capex to hit $200 billion this year, while analysts were expecting $146.6 billion, according to FactSet.
“With such strong demand for our existing offerings and seminal opportunities like AI, chips, robotics, low earth orbit satellites, we expect to invest about $200 billion in capital expenditures across Amazon in 2026, and anticipate strong long-term return on invested capital,” CEO Andy Jassy said in a statement.
During a conference call with investors, Jassy said that spending would “predominantly” go to AWS.
“We have very high demand,” Jassy said. “Customers really want AWS for core and AI workloads, and we’re monetizing capacity as fast as we can install it.”
Earnings misses happen, but that is one yuge capex for 2026.
WHATEVER THAT IS, IT ISN’T PEACEABLY ASSEMBLING:
🚨#BREAKING: Tennessee Highway Patrol has just released dashcam footage after a TN legislator claimed a person was "run over" by a state trooper during an anti-ICE protest.
However, the footage shows 3 people jumping in front of a police car and 1 person flopping onto the hood… pic.twitter.com/kCMGImlENd
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) February 5, 2026
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: An Entertaining Treasury Secretary Is the Trump 47 Bonus Prize. “I was so caught up in enjoying the work that all of the above mentioned people were doing that I hadn’t yet gotten around to appreciating the way that Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent was handling the hostiles. Hey, I can only pay attention to so many people at once, but I’m noticing now.”
WHOSE KIDS ARE THEY, ANYWAY?
Cascade Middle School in Washington took kids to an anti-ICE protest during school WITHOUT INFORMING PARENTS
This one furious dad went to get his son and now his son was told to stay home because he was receiving threats
Emily Feldtmose is the principal. She can be reached… pic.twitter.com/fpDMo5BANo
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 5, 2026
TONIGHT WE’RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT’S 1899: Murder rate hits lowest since 1900, Leavitt says Trump crackdown made it happen. “Leavitt goes on to list some of the Trump administration’s most prominent crime statistics such as the FBI increasing its violent crime arrests by 100% in 2025 compared to the year prior and also conducting more than 67,000 arrests since Trump’s inauguration. Compared to the same time period of the year prior, under the Biden administration, this marks a 197% increase in overall arrests, the administration said.”
Deporting criminal illegals helped, too.
“JOURNALISM”:
Investigation into ICE protesters storming the Minnesota Church reveals Don Lemon didn’t just happen to be there
Don Lemon was part of the planning and was provided logistics days in advance
Storming the church was a highly organized event by Democrats
“Developing — a new… pic.twitter.com/h5H8vU4DvM
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) February 6, 2026
Seriously, no matter how much you despise these guys…
STAY SAFE:
The United States has urged its citizens in Iran to leave the country immediately. In the advisory, immediate departure is listed as the top recommended action. The notice also warns that airlines continue to cancel flights to and from Iran. #Iran pic.twitter.com/1DctRkmnt9
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) February 6, 2026
“FINALLY,” INDEED: NASA finally acknowledges the elephant in the room with the SLS rocket.
The reality, which Isaacman knows full well, and which almost everyone else in the industry recognizes, is that the SLS rocket is dead hardware walking. The Trump administration would like to fly the rocket just two more times, culminating in the Artemis III human landing on the Moon. Congress has passed legislation mandating a fourth and fifth launch of the SLS vehicle.
However, one gets the sense that this battle is not yet fully formed, and the outcome will depend on hiccups like Monday’s aborted test; the ongoing performance of the rocket in flight; and how quickly SpaceX’s Starship and Blue Origin’s New Glenn vehicle make advancements toward reliability. Both of these private rockets are moving at light speed relative to NASA’s Slow Launch System.
During the news conference, I asked about this low flight rate and the challenge of managing a complex rocket that will never be more than anything but an experimental system. The answer from NASA’s top civil servant, Amit Kshatriya, was eye-opening.
“You know, you’re right, the flight rate—three years is a long time between the first and second,” NASA’s associate administrator said. “It is going to be experimental, because of going to the Moon in this configuration, with the energies we’re dealing with. And every time we do it these are very bespoke components, they’re in many cases made by incredible craftsmen. … It’s the first time this particular machine has borne witness to cryogens, and how it breathes, and how it vents, and how it wants to leak is something we have to characterize. And so every time we do it, we’re going to have to do that separately.”
Good lord. We really could have used a WickWick Event before the first one ever flew.
IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: Pressley Waves Away Questions After Wealth Explodes by Millions.
WHAT IS A WOMAN?
New definition for women just dropped y'all.
Men, have you told the Partner With Eggs in your life how much you appreciate her? pic.twitter.com/M50icu8VB2
— The Heretical Liberal 🇨🇦 (@Rob_ThaBuilder) February 5, 2026
HE REALLY COUNTED COUP, TOOK A SCALP OR TWO: Tomahawked: Bessent Flips the Tables on Sen. Warren Over Affordability.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? NASA changes its mind, will allow Artemis astronauts to take iPhones to the Moon.
On Wednesday night, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed that the Crew-12 and Artemis II astronauts will be allowed to bring iPhones and other modern smartphones into orbit and beyond.
“NASA astronauts will soon fly with the latest smartphones, beginning with Crew-12 and Artemis II,” Isaacman wrote on X. “We are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments for their families and share inspiring images and video with the world.”
NASA astronauts have long captured amazing photos from the space station, but having a smartphone on hand will open up a world of video possibilities. This will likely be especially useful when astronauts are conducting an experiment or looking outside a window and see an interesting, transient phenomenon.
“Can you hear me now?” is a joke, but only until SpaceX builds out Lunar Starlink.
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE: Shamwow Guy Drops White-Hot 30-Second Spot for His Congressional Campaign.
AND TRUMP IS PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT STANDS BETWEEN IT AND US HERE: The West’s forbidden truth: Ethnic cleansing is now official policy.
When a dictator in a distant, war-torn nation announces a plan to shrink an ethnic group inside his borders, the Western world erupts. Anchors denounce it. Newspapers detail the plight of the targeted people. Sanctions follow. Diplomats whisper about regime change. The moral verdict arrives quickly, and it arrives correctly: ethnic cleansing.
Yet Western leaders now make a parallel declaration in a cleaner suit. Their countries, they insist, have grown “too white.” The white population must fall. The electorate must change. No denunciations follow. No sanctions arrive. Corporate press treats the project as enlightened policy. A global consensus that once claimed to oppose ethnic cleansing now tolerates it — provided the target is white people in Western nations.
French writer Renaud Camus gave us the “Great Replacement.” For years, polite society treated the phrase as radioactive. Say it on television and you became a pariah. Post it online and platforms erased you. That taboo held only as long as people could be bullied into denying what they could see.
The concept’s explanatory power proved stronger than the gatekeepers. Major conservative outlets now discuss replacement openly. YouTube will still attach warnings to videos that mention it, yet the subject refuses to disappear because the policy keeps showing up in schools, boardrooms, and border statistics.
Read the whole thing.
BECAUSE OF COURSE: Riot-Torn Minneapolis Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
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