RESTORING THE MONROE DOCTRINE — THE DONROE DOCTRINE? — MEANS NOT TOLERATING THIS KIND OF THING:
Allow me to translate, China doesn’t want to lose their spy base in Cuba. https://t.co/PecF3GEelN pic.twitter.com/coa9jEymdi
— Denise Wu (@denisewu) January 27, 2026
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Space Force envisions rolling awards for new RG-XX neighborhood watch satellites.
RG-XX is being designed as the successor to the Space Force’s Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) constellation originally comprised of six satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) some 36,000 kilometers in altitude.
The flexibility of the new acquisitional approach is necessary because, for one, McClain said it’s unclear how many RG-XX satellites the Space Force will need.
“The quantity will be based off of a couple of factors,” he said, “the cost of the individual systems that we get, [but also] available funds and the mission need.”
And while RG-XX sats are expected to be more manueverable than GSSAP birds and will be the first Space Force satellites capable of refueling in orbit, McClain said it is not completely clear whether the RG-XX satellites alone will be all that is needed to replace the venerable GSSAP birds, the first of which launched in 2014.
I’m sure they’ll be impressive, but I’m less sure about the “neighborhood watch” branding that sounds less like “Keeping an eye on Chinese shipyards” and more like “HOA busybody.”
GOOD LORD:
Just an extraordinary amount of self-congratulation around the basic theme: "We stopped ICE from arresting a Laotian rapist."
That just is the core reality here. Minnesota county-level jails rejected something like 900 ICE detainers for felons over the past year (vet me on this)… https://t.co/Z2pxWtRHOl
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) January 28, 2026
Naturally, the Complicit Media does what it does best — push false narratives.
The entire legacy media rushed out a story this afternoon about an Arizona man shot by Border Patrol, explicitly trying to tie what the agents did to Minnesota.
Turns out, the man shot was an alleged human trafficker who shot at agents first.
Many headlines remain unchanged. pic.twitter.com/uyLPFrq6ND
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) January 28, 2026
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Dems Are Angry That ICE Is Deporting Their Midterm Voters. “Whenever anyone on the conservative side of the aisle accuses the Democrats of trying to get illegal aliens to the polls to vote, the Dems’ denials are less than convincing. They are no longer even capable of feigning shock and disgust. The attitude has more of a brazen, ‘Yeah, and see what you can do to stop us,’ vibe.”
That’s changing.
INDEED:
The future national security professional will look back at the previous generation's stewardship of the U.S. industrial capacity with a mixture of horror and confusion.
How could a generation who inherited so much wealth not just squander it, but leave their children a nation… https://t.co/RjRqCFbeFT
— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) January 27, 2026
All they had to do was keep what they were given.
COMPETENCE: Tale of two managements: Trump’s prep and readiness vs. Biden’s ‘no comment.’
In an open letter signed by almost 200 current and former FEMA employees, they stated: “A change in course is necessary to prevent not only another national catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina, but the effective dissolution of FEMA itself and the abandonment of the American people such an event would represent.”
In addition to the rapid approval of emergency declarations, which authorized FEMA to coordinate relief and provide aid for essential activities, in many cases within days of state requests, the Trump administration proactively coordinated with states and pre-positioned supplies (including meals and generators).
By most accounts, the Trump administration’s handling of Fern appears to have been proven effective, with President Trump deploying hundreds of FEMA personnel.
Furthermore, FEMA has established a dedicated resource page for response and recovery, with federal aid flowing for power restoration, debris removal, and protective measures in affected areas.
It wasn’t about the money; it was about leadership.
NO MORE COMPROMISE:
Average blue state elected Democrat: “We want to burn everything to the ground and hunt down our enemies and jail them for life.”
Average red state elected GOP: “I’m certain we can find a good compromise here.” https://t.co/irzkEKmjjz
— Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) January 27, 2026
ICYMI: Introducing the Actual Grassroots Lefty Group Helping Organize the Insurrection.
There doesn’t seem to be much actual grassroots on the left, and what I’ve found is unsavory at best.
I LIKE STEEL: US Steel Surpasses Japan, Boosted by Trump Tariffs.
For the first time in more than a quarter-century, the United States has muscled past Japan in steel production — a symbolic and economic milestone fueled by President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff regime and a surging appetite for steel from America’s booming artificial intelligence buildout, Nikkei Asia reports.
U.S. crude steel output climbed 3.1% in 2025 to 82 million tons, according to the World Steel Association, vaulting the U.S. into third place globally behind only China and India.
It marked the first time since 1999 that American mills outproduced Japan, ending decades of relative decline and signaling a dramatic shift in the global steel landscape.
The revival has Trump’s fingerprints all over it.
Indeed.
SHE’S SOMETHING: Amelia Victorious: How to Lose the Culture War With a Video Game.
THE VIEW FROM CALIFORNIA: The Minneapolis Insanity Has Some People Thinking About Gun Ownership and the 2A for the Very First Time. “Seeing black panthers and white folk in Minneapolis protecting their neighborhoods is amazing to see. We do not have that at all here. I feel like our passiveness here will only make it worse because people (part of me does too) think exercising our 2A right to protect ourselves in our home will only make it worse. That mentality has gotten us nowhere. This is year one, if things keep going and getting worse I fear many of us will highly regret it.’
ATHENA THORNE: Can We Get These Guys a Pulitzer? “Just for starters, there’s Andy Ngo. He alone deserves a Pulitzer for his work over the years, tracking the organized anti-American forces that flare up periodically with refreshed branding to reflect the cause du jour.”
YES, BUT…: GM Beats Earnings Expectations, Boosts Dividend by 20%.
General Motors reported a $3.3 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2025 as a previously disclosed write-off mostly related to its struggling electric-vehicle business weighed on the company’s results.
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GM’s $2.8 billion in adjusted operating income in the quarter—which excludes the $7.2 billion in write-offs and special charges related to EVs and other items—beat analysts’ expectations of $2.75 billion, according to FactSet. The company also said it is on track for $13 billion to $15 billion in 2026 adjusted earnings, while forecasts had pointed to $13.7 billion.GM shares rose as much as 5.5% in premarket trading Tuesday morning.
The results capped a turbulent year in which GM scrambled to adjust to President Trump’s automotive tariffs, while also significantly scaling back its money-losing EV business.
The automaker managed to grow its share of the U.S. market in 2025 while delivering $12.7 billion in adjusted pretax earnings, about $2 billion less than it originally projected before Trump’s tariffs were announced.
GM and its crosstown rival Ford Motor are looking to take advantage of the Trump administration’s about-face on regulations that required automakers to sell cleaner vehicles by ramping up production of profitable trucks and SUVs that run on gasoline, while minimizing EV losses.
Late last year, GM began announcing write-offs related to its pivot away from EVs. They have totaled $7.6 billion so far.
How many billions of tax dollars and shareholder value did Washington piss away?
HMM: The Polling Data Tells the Tale. “A mere 7% think that cracking down on illegal immigration is not important at all. It seems to me likely these are the ones raising hell on the streets of Minneapolis and in their houses of worship there. So once again, the left takes up the self-defeating 90/10 position. Something of a trend is developing here. As good as that is, it does get better.”
WESTERN UNIVERSITIES SHOULDN’T HIRE ENEMIES OF THE WEST, PERIOD: Daughter of top Iranian official ousted from Emory University following massive public outrage, CA Post pressure.
HERE’S WHAT REAL REPORTING LOOKS LIKE, IN CASE YOU’D FORGOTTEN: Andy Ngo: Here’s What I Saw When I Got Inside the Signal Chats Used by Extremists in Minnesota
BEEGE WELBORN: Seems Kind of Funny How All the ‘Organic’ Cockroaches Scatter When the Signal Light Comes On.
Now, to paraphrase another famous intuitive seat-of-their-pants fictional type, I am not a smart girl, but I know what a weird coincidence is.
If one really pays attention, I would have to say we have several all running in sequence in Minneapolis, which makes it an even bigger weird coincidence in itself.
Which I’d bet good money means that, from the beginning, none of this has been a coincidence at all.
You tell me.
The very first thing to take note of is how all these people appeared on Minnesota streets – specifically – with the same printed signs and shrieking the same anti-ICE, pro-illegal immigrant language. It’s awfully peculiar considering that illegal alien deportations had been humming along unabated and virtually unnoticed for years, right up to the point when there was a spike and a 180° reversal of tone and rhetoric.
Fortunately, there are people who chart these things, which helps pinpoint the exact moment the tenor shifts.
Much more at the link.
“CRITICS SAY”: Al Gore’s ‘Inconvenient Truth’ turns 20, and critics say biggest disaster is its failed predictions.
Gore’s film was a primary catalyst for the climate activist movement, and it generated a lot of concern about global warming following its release. The movie left audiences with the impression that the human race was hurtling toward a dystopian future on a planet baking in unbearable temperatures where extreme weather caused frequent disasters.
Almost 13 years to the day after its release, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., was telling people the world would end in 12 years – presumably five years from now – because of the burning of fossil fuels.
Matt Wielicki, who writes about climate and energy on his “Irrational Fear” Substack, was once an assistant professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama. In the early part of his academic career, he taught at a local college.
He told Just the News that he showed “An Inconvenient Truth” to his students. Over time, he began to question the “gloom and doom” narratives Gore presents in his film, he said.
“People took that as a starting point, and they just kept running further and further with it,” Wielicki said.
Gore’s film, however, was full of numerous predictions that turned out to be wrong, and it’s likely that the world will not end in 2031, as Ocasio-Cortez predicted.
Well, that’s a relief, I guess.
KRUISER: In Praise of Escapism: Missing That ’60s Mix of Civil Unrest and Goofy Television. “While Democrat-induced leftist anarchy hasn’t changed that much in 60 years, the relief we used to be able to get from entertainment has, especially when it comes to television.”
SHE SEEMS NICE: Actress Kristen Stewart says she wants to ditch US, make films in Europe, then ‘shove them down the throat of the American people.’
Stewart, 35, best known for her role in the “Twilight” movies, is eyeing the possibility of moving to Europe, citing her frustrations with President Donald Trump’s policies. Stewart, with a net worth of around $70 million as of January 2026, claimed that she “can’t work freely” in the United States.
“Reality is breaking completely under Trump,” she told the Times. “But we should take a page out of his book and create the reality we want to live in.” Although she goes back and forth between LA and New York City, she said she doesn’t want to stick around. “I can’t work freely there. But I don’t want to give up completely. I’d like to make movies in Europe and then shove them down the throat of the American people.”
She said that because of being in the entertainment industry since her childhood, it is how she “relate[s] to the world.”
Weird, because that no longer seems to be the world relates to her:
The Drinker was justifiably brutal in this one.
CRIMETHINC: Introducing the Actual Grassroots Lefty Group Helping Organize the Insurrection. “Maybe the most important lesson we learned in 2025 from Data (small-r) Republican’s efforts was that the Left’s ‘grassroots’ efforts are funded by a tangled web of NGOs siphoning your tax dollars, but what if I told you that there is an actual grassroots anarchist organization helping organize the insurrection in Minnesota?”
YOU CAN CHECK OUT ANY TIME YOU LIKE…: California seeks taxes from family who moved to Florida.
According to documents posted online by a family who formerly lived in California, the Golden State is trying to collect income taxes years after the family moved to Florida.
The documents, sent on Jan. 6, 2026, asked for receipts, invoices, canceled checks and other documentation showing that the family moved from California to Florida nearly four years ago. The California Franchise Tax Board, which sent the letter, also asked the family for a “narrative of the circumstances” surrounding the family’s move out of state.
Hari Raghavan, who with his wife, Mitali Gala, was the subject of the investigation by the California Franchise Tax Board, said he and Gala moved from California to Florida in 2021. They tried to sell the home they owned in California when they moved, but weren’t able to do so immediately, Raghavan told The Center Square.
“That spilled into 2022, but it was by no definition a primary residence anymore,” Raghavan said about the California home. “We moved to Florida to establish residency in 2021.”
The Jan. 6 letter didn’t tell Raghavan and Gala how much they owe to the state of California in personal income taxes, Raghavan told The Center Square.
Sacramento seems to have adopted the Goodfellas collection mentality.
HEH: Mr. President, Please Just Let This Man Have a Nap. “Keep in mind that the president is 79, and Rubio is only 54 — young enough to be his son — but it seems like the hardest working man in the Trump administration just can’t keep up with his boss. It’s so bad that when they’re both flying on Air Force One, Rubio says he hides from Trump, hoping he won’t catch him taking naps during trips overseas.”
Previously:
Marco Rubio, first of his name, Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, Chief Archivist, Viceroy of Venezuela, Governor-General of Cuba, Storhertug of Greenland, Shah-in-Waiting, Martian Lord High Admiral of the Outer Worlds, and Webelo. pic.twitter.com/LX3qACPSrF
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) January 13, 2026
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