Friday, January 30, 2026

​ January 30, 2026 Good morning, Welcome to the news for independent thinkers ​ Leading the News . . . ​ Trump taps Kevin Warsh to remake the Fed . . . President Donald Trump announced he will nominate former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell when Powell's term ends in May, signaling a potential power shift at the central bank. Warsh, a onetime Fed insider and Hoover Institution fellow, is seen as more aligned with White House priorities after Trump's repeated clashes with Powell over interest rates, raising expectations of tighter political influence over monetary policy. He'll be grilled about his independence during Senate confirmation hearings. Associated Press​ Politics Democrats Holding Government Hostage Over ICE Oversight . . . Senate Democrats are threatening a partial shutdown at Friday's midnight deadline, demanding "body cameras on" and "masks off" for federal agents before funding the Homeland Security Department. A fragile 14-day stopgap for DHS is the only thing standing between the GOP and a leftist-triggered stalemate. This isn't so much about "safety" in Minneapolis as it is about an attempt to kneecap the administration's immigration enforcement. Read More: Associated Press​ ​ ​Trump files $10B lawsuit against IRS over alleged tax return leaks to major news outlets​ Culture FDA Drags Feet on Abortion Pill Safety Review . . . The FDA is playing for time, telling a federal court that its review of mifepristone's safety risks will take "sooner" than a year, but skipping any hard deadline. Despite Secretary RFK Jr.'s vow to fix "twisted data" that ignored a reported 11% adverse event rate, the agency's slow-walk looks suspiciously like a stall tactic through the 2026 midterms. Read More: Just the News​ ​ Justice Department Sues UCLA Over Illegal Race-Based Admissions . . . The Trump administration is taking UCLA's medical school to task for allegedly flouting the Supreme Court's affirmative action ban and sidelining white and Asian applicants. The Justice Department's move to join a lawsuit filed by Do No Harm highlights a blatant disregard for the Equal Protection Clause. In an era where competence should be the only metric for a surgeon's scalpel, UCLA's obsession with identity politics is illegal and dangerous. Read More: Daily Wire​ National Security CCP-Linked Billionaire Tied to Minneapolis Chaos . . . Tech mogul Neville Roy Singham is allegedly bankrolling the "anti-ICE" anarchy in Minneapolis, funneled through a quarter-billion-dollar dark money network. While local radicals play revolutionary in the streets, the bill is being footed by a Shanghai-based Marxist with deep ties to Chinese propaganda. It turns out "grassroots" outrage can be a foreign export designed to destabilize American sovereignty. If you're wondering why the mob seems so well-organized, follow the money back to the Politburo. Read More: Fox News​ ​ GOP Slams CAIR for "Out of Control" ICE Protest Call . . . Sen. Mike Lee and Congressional Republicans are firing back after the Council on American-Islamic Relations urged a nationwide strike on Jan. 30, claiming ICE is "out of control." Lee argues that a group with documented "ties to Hamas" has zero standing to lecture Americans on law enforcement. Read more: Daily Signal​ ​ Lemon Squeezed: Federal Arrest for St. Paul Church "Insurrection" . . . Don Lemon was nabbed by federal agents in Los Angeles Friday, facing charges for his role in the January 18 storming of a Minnesota church. While Lemon claims he was merely "reporting" on the anti-ICE mob, the DOJ isn't buying the journalist-as-shield routine. Disrupting a house of worship isn't an "act of journalism"—it's a violation of the FACE Act. Read More: Daily Mail​ ​ ​What's Behind the Politicized Threats From Nurses?​ ​ Homan Takes Command: 3,000 Agents Await Local Cooperation . . . Border Czar Tom Homan has officially touched down in Minneapolis, assuming control of 3,000 federal agents after the recent shooting of Renee Nicole Good. While liberal officials like AG Keith Ellison cry "unconstitutional," Homan is offering a simple deal: cooperate with ICE in county jails or the federal footprint stays put.Law enforcement shouldn't have to dodge agitators while hunting criminals just because local politicians prefer performative outrage over public safety. Read More: Washington Examiner​ ​ ​Noem says her response to Alex Pretti shooting may have been wrong​ ​ ​Pretti should have faced charges for spitting on agent before fatal shooting: former prosecutor​ ​ Texas Bars CCP, CAIR-Linked Schools From Vouchers . . . Attorney General Ken Paxton and acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock are moving to block taxpayer dollars from reaching Texas schools tied to the CCP or CAIR. With "more than a handful" of institutions already red-flagged, the message is clear: school choice is about empowering parents, not funding America's adversaries. Texas is proving that educational freedom doesn't have to mean writing a blank check to radical interests or foreign regimes. Read More: Daily Wire​ Money Equity First: Trump Vows to Protect Homeowners from Value Crashes . . . . President Trump declared Thursday he intends to "drive housing prices up" to ensure existing homeowners stay wealthy. Trump is seeking to lower mortgage rates—ordering a $200 billion bond purchase—to ease entry for new buyers without cannibalizing the life savings of the middle class. While urban activists demand price-crushing supply surges, the administration is betting on a "wealth effect" that rewards the responsible. Read More: Daily Caller​ You should also know $65K private school uses AI to teach students in just two hours a day in Silicon Valley bid to shake up education . . . Alpha School is ditching traditional teachers for AI "guides," promising students can master core academics in just two hours daily. The danger is that Silicon Valley will be educating your students, and despite their recent cuddle-up with Trump, they're a bunch of liberals. But the other danger is that your kids will continue being educated by real teachers, that is, registered Democrats. Read More: New York Post​ ​ ​Man allegedly tried to break Luigi Mangione out of jail by impersonating FBI agent​ ​ ​Baffled white Florida parents sue fertilization clinic after delivering black baby​ ​ Help CTTN reach more people by forwarding it to your family and friends. Click below to write your message and share the signup link by email. ​ Or, you can share it on social media. ​​​​ Got this from a friend? 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