Northern Lights from Phoenix Park now. #SpeirGorm

Wow! Americans REALLY don't like Trump:

I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.

Ossoff: "There's a wickedness to the program. I don't know, pastor, where it is in scripture that it says deny care to the sick, take from those with the least to give to those with the most, violate the house of worship to hunt down the refugee. Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?"

I would never argue that you are entitled to punch Stephen Miller in the mouth and steal his wallet as long as you are bigger than him. But that is exactly what Stephen Miller is saying. The rule of the playground is no basis for peace.

Giant version of Epstein birthday card allegedly from Trump is placed on National Mall www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Americans, by a large, wide, bigly margin, consider the past year a Trump failure:

You mean it's NOT about the drugs? Trump orders release of GOP Congressman’s son convicted of distributing meth.

Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit considers the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis and points out a largely unrecognized pattern. Border Patrol track record: "…deliberately stepping in front of vehicles in order to justify killing the occupants."

Author and educator Amanda Nelson compares what Trump is doing in Venezuela with interventions performed by past Presidents, and discovers important differences:

Whatever’s in these Epstein Files (and we have some idea) must be really bad.

ICE, Homeland Security, and the Justice Department are insulted whenever some libtard refers to them as Nazis. Fair enough. Nobody likes to be the target of name-calling. tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors notices an odd series of coincidences.

The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE. This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.

@whiskeywhistle98 reacts, as a decent human, to last week’s Minneapolis killing and its immediate aftermath as a victim bleeds out. Key exchange: Doctor: Can I go check her pulse? ICE officer: No! Back up! Now! Doctor: I’m a physician. ICE officer: I don’t care! www.tiktok.com/@whiskeywhis...

Got this week's list online of great blog posts, and managed to get it submitted on time. YAYYY!!! www.red-state-blues.com/2026/01/17/w...

And pepper-sprayed a one-year-old and her family in Chicago in Nov. They were on their way to Sam's Club when ICE sprayed unprovoked into their moving vehicle. Could've caused a crash. Dismantle ICE before they kill again.

AOC: They are sending ICE into the streets. They’re invading other countries. They are tweeting crazy shit. But what they’re not doing is lowering the price of groceries…

Renee Good's last words (smiling at ICE agent): "I'm not mad at you." Last words spoken to her as she dies: "F*ing B*tch!"

A decent human's reaction to the shooting and the immediate aftermath:

Those #EpsteinFiles must be gritty as hell! 🔥

1/5 Another day, another lawsuit: tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors brings us more court action, as sometime Trump ambassador and current Trump appointed head of the Kennedy Center, Richard Grenell, sues jazz musician Chuck Redd for $1 million in damages.

1/4 CalicoJack in *The Psy of Life* finds a unifying answer to the perennial question of why Trump does the things he does. www.red-state-blues.com/2026/01/03/w...

Brian Beutler is a bit cautious, releasing kinda sorta predictions for 2026: 21 low confidence but plausible might‑happens. Key title: "My Non-Prediction Predictions For 2026"

At The Moderate Voice, Kathy Gill links to an opinion piece in The Hill suggesting that Trump is doing nothing different militarily than every President since Harry Truman (with heavy emphasis on Harry). Kathy Gill has facts in hand to correct that specific slope down The Hill.

Back when, author and educator Amanda Nelson made the case that we are not even close to Germany’s Weimar Republic just before Hitler. Now she checks back to see if she was right then and if she still is:

Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit notices a clear and deliberate signal that Trump is on Russia’s team.

In Scotties Playtime, Ali Redford has been saving up items with which to greet the New Year, presenting bits and pieces, mostly short videos. Most about a minute or less.

www.facebook.com/watch/?v=249... via @FacebookWatch

Infidel753 researches and sees 5 important happenings in 2025 that will likely change history, and two probable 2026 events that will profoundly affect the US.

Even with New Year celebrations still ringing, got our list of blogging wisdom up on line, and totally on time!! Week of Annual Revolution (Solar Only) with Predictions, Trump a sick pup, Nuclear Codes, Not really liked, Economic sludge, Kennedy Center Uncentered, Epstein Twisted Twist

1/4 The manager of a local bar in a small Wisconsin town orders an employee to take off his Charlie Kirk tee shirt, then burns it. The publicity is immediate and the outrage comes within seconds. The bar manager apologizes and resigns (Good!)

This man is NOT 👎 just a hero. This man is also Ahmed al-Ahmed, a MUSLIM, who saved Jews on HANNUKAH. www.euronews.com/2025/12/14/s...

A LOT of thumpers don't practice the rules in their so-called 'holy book' of 'god's word'.

So in spring, Pam Bondi said there was nothing to the Epstein investigation, then “closed” it. Now, they “find” 1 million more docs. So did she close this without seeing these docs? Or was someone hiding them?

News Corpse compares Trump’s 2025 Christmas greeting with Trump Christmas messages in years past and senses a recurring pattern. "Heartwarming, isn’t it?" www.red-state-blues.com/2025/12/27/w...

1/3 Dave Barry provides a wacky view of a wacky year with his 2025 year in review. I have several favorite entries. Just one involves the US taking back what we did, after all, build.

Remember Q and followers, with all their weird conspiracy theories? Dave Columbo wonders where they all went, now that their conspiracy beliefs are turning out to be true, although with a different cast. www.tiktok.com/@davecolumbo...

Author and educator Amanda Nelson looks over the first year of the Trump administration and counts down the ten most embarrassing moments: tiktok.com/@amandasmildtakes/video/7587434719977999647

When hate gets accepted as part of worship: @whiskeywhistle98 and a friend watch and react: www.tiktok.com/@whiskeywhis...

Sarah Cooper and family have a wonderful, musical Peanuts Christmas: www.tiktok.com/@whatchugotf...

Got the list of this week's great blog posts up online, totally almost on time. YAY!!

Morning everyone 😂