January 12, 2026

CAN’T STOP THE SIGNAL:

Posted at 9:21 am by Glenn Reynolds

THE LEFT TOOK NEUROTIC PEOPLE WHO NEEDED A LITTLE HELP AND TURNED THEM INTO SHOCK TROOPS:

From the replies: “Sadly ,@BlueBoxDave they are indirectly recruited and trained. The day Good was shot, a 37 yo woman I know well said, ‘I hope you feel differently when that happens to me.’ She has now joined activist groups and handed her mother an envelope to be opened in the event of death.”

Posted at 9:20 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: It’s Never a Stretch to Believe That a Dem Wants to Kill a Cop. “Since January 2009, the blame for most violence against law enforcement in the United States can be laid at the feet of His High Holiness the Lightbringer Barack Obama. While it’s true that the Democrats frequently had a fraught relationship with the law and those who enforce it before then, Obama’s presidency retrofitted the party’s DNA with hatred of all cops.”

Posted at 9:05 am by Stephen Green

THAT DOESN’T SEEM DESPERATE AT ALL:

Related:

I guess the check bounced.

Posted at 9:02 am by Glenn Reynolds

SHE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN:

Posted at 8:49 am by Stephen Green

BLUE STATE UPDATE:

Posted at 8:39 am by Glenn Reynolds

BILL SHIPLEY: Minneapolis Is Not Even A Close Call — A Lawsplainer On Officer-Involved Shootings.

The Image above proves the ICE Officer was justified in his decision to use deadly force. He had no obligation to step out of the way that would benefit her or subject him to prosecution. He had no obligation to allow her to drive away from an attempt to detain her after the Officer at the door of her car ordered her to stop and exit the vehicle.

ICE has two sets of law enforcement personnel — Special Agents who are criminal investigators, and deportation officers who process civil deportation cases. Special Agents are covered by GS-1811 series position with a general description of “criminal investigator.” They are armed and possess police powers to investigate and make arrests for any crime committed in their presence, as well as for the enforcement of all crimes under Title 8 of the United States Code — “Aliens and Nationality.” Within their authority are crimes under Title 18 such as “conspiracy” and “obstruction” that intefere with their enforcement of the provisions of Title 8.

But the claim floating around social media that ICE officers have no jurisdiction over U.S. citizens is simply wrong. They are law enforcement officers with the authority to detain citizens briefly as part of their investigatory powers, and to arrest citizens who conspire to obstruct and/or do actually obstruct their lawful operations.

Click the link if you’re in the mood for a lengthy but fascinating read.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN):

This is especially impressive given that they’re facing organized efforts, staffed and funded on an international scale, to create such incidents and to obstruct their efforts.

Posted at 8:34 am by Stephen Green

DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH OR WHATEVER:

Posted at 7:47 am by Stephen Green

RAFAEL BARDAJÍ: The world without Europe.

Europeans are becoming less rich and more poor and feel assaulted on their soil and threatened by another foreseeable great war. Without a change in the continent’s political elites, it is very difficult for Europe to emerge from the current impasse. Unfortunately, E.U. leaders are hellbent on preventing such a change. Hence their growing authoritarianism and their disdain for the deep values of democracy. Spain is a particularly acute case in this area, as its current prime minister has transformed Spanish democracy into a completely hollow shell of values and respect for democratic procedures. But the United Kingdom is going in the same direction, not to mention France and Germany. People are being arrested for praying in the street, but only if they are Christians; people are being fined and imprisoned for giving opinions contrary to government policies because any criticism is judged a hate crime, especially if it deals with immigration. It aspires to judicially eliminate opposition leaders outside the establishment and promotes the illegalization of parties that are not part of the grand consensus born after World War II.

But while this incipient “cold civil war” is taking place, Europe has become invisible as an actor in the rest of the world. It is not a player in the Middle East (for the better); it aligns itself against dictatorial change (see statements on the capture of Maduro or on the Iranian regime); and it believes that by getting cocky in front of its main ally, the United States, it becomes stronger. In Moscow and Beijing, there must be many people laughing loudly.

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 7:32 am by Stephen Green

THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP:

Posted at 7:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

WIKIPEDIA CO-FOUNDER FOUND FAITH: Dr. Larry Sanger was an atheist and a former Professor of Philosophy at the time he was a co-founder of Wikipedia. He’s still the famous website’s founder and a former prof, but he’s no longer an atheist. He explains why this morning on HillFaith.

Posted at 7:20 am by Mark Tapscott

MARK PULLIAM: Anatomy of an Insurrection: The recent (and ongoing) events in Minneapolis invoke historical parallels that are both instructive and alarming.

The recent events in Minneapolis are remarkable. Last week, an ICE officer named Jonathan Ross shot and killed a deranged 37-year-old anti-ICE activist, Renee Nicole Good, who was interfering in ICE operations as part of a coordinated campaign of obstruction by Fifth Column provocateurs. The unfolding drama is more than a self-defense shooting by an ICE officer who was targeted by a speeding SUV; it is nothing less than an orchestrated insurrection—a rebellion—attempting to nullify the results of the 2024 election and to derail the enforcement of federal immigration laws.

The events were not spontaneous. They were planned, organized, and calculated to produce a violent incident (call it a “George Floyd moment”) that could be exploited by the propaganda press to turn public opinion against President Trump and his commitment to deport the millions of illegal aliens whom Joe Biden allowed to invade the country. Democrats are trying to incite a repeat of the “Summer of Love” in 2020–riots that burned down large portions of Minneapolis and other cities. What is going on in Minneapolis is an attempt to provoke Summer of Love 2.0.

Why do I call what is going in in Minneapolis an “insurrection”? Because that is what it is. . . . Illegal aliens are subject to deportation, period. Obstructing thisis rebellion against federal law and the will of the voters. Insurrection, for short.

Indeed.

Posted at 7:07 am by Glenn Reynolds

SYSTEMS SHOULD BE HARDENED, NOT SOFTENED: A Fundamental Lesson from the Terrorist Attack on Berlin’s Power Grid. “We are learning that when the power fails, the heat supply also fails—at least when it is supposed to be generated by heat pumps. And to make matters worse, we are learning that in freezing temperatures, heat pumps face total loss due to bursting pipes. . . . We are also learning that during a large-scale power outage, electric vehicles can only help if they happened to be charged before the “bang.” Otherwise, this utility also fails. Until now, there was great resilience associated with being able to rely on two storable systems for 75% of the energy supply: namely, gas for heating and liquid fuel for mobility.”

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMOTION POST FOR (MOSTLY, BUT NOT ONLY) INDIE AUTHORS: The authors, willing to associate with my blog are definitionally to the right of Lenin. Today I threatened people with cat girls. If you’re going to send me books to promote, please pay heed.  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

Posted at 7:00 am by Sarah Hoyt