January 14, 2026
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US Moves Toward Attacking Iran: Trump Tell Protesters that 'Help Is on Its Way . . . President Trump Tuesday gave his clearest signal yet that military action is coming to Iran, encouraging protesters there to step it up. "Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price," Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump added that he has "cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS." "HELP IS ON ITS WAY," Trump said, adding, "MIGA," meaning "make Iran great again." Daily Signal
Politics
SCOTUS Leans Toward Protecting Women's Sports While ACLU Can't Define 'Woman . . . The Supreme Court seems likely to allow states to decide whether men dressed as women can compete in women's sports. The case, heard Tuesday, involved laws from West Virginia and Idaho that attempt to introduce sanity into participation in sports. The plaintiffs objecting to the laws didn't help their case when Kathleen Hartnett, an attorney representing a transgender-identifying male athlete from Idaho, had trouble telling the difference between a man and a woman. "We do not have a definition for the court," she said. Daily Wire
Mark Kelly's battle with Pete Hegseth prompts presidential talk
Trump attacks US attorneys at White House event . . . President Trump called a group of US attorneys weak and ineffective during an event at the White House last week, saying they were failing to prosecute his desired targets. The group had showed up for a photo shoot when Trump accused them of making it hard for Attorney General Pam Bondi to do her job. The next day, subpoenas were sent to the Federal Reserve targeting Chairman Jerome Powell. Wall Street Journal
Bill Clinton Under Contempt of Congress After Ignoring Bipartisan Subpoena
JD Vance Secret Service agent on leave after discussing VP security with undercover activist James O'Keefe . . . "The U.S. Secret Service has no tolerance for any behavior that could potentially compromise the safety, privacy or trust of our protectees. This incident is under investigation, and the employee involved has been placed on administrative leave with his clearance suspended and access to agency facilities and systems revoked," Deputy Secret Service Director Matthew Quinn said in a statement. NewsNation
ICE Agent Involved In Renee Good Shooting In Hiding After Death Threats
Joe Rogan breaks with Trump over 'Gestapo' ICE operations . . . Podcaster Joe Rogan criticized the Trump administration's first-year immigration enforcement, voicing sympathy for Americans angered by aggressive tactics. Discussing the issue with Sen. Rand Paul, Rogan argued that deploying National Guard troops and stopping people in public risks sweeping up citizens without papers and normalizing authoritarian behavior. He framed immigration as a complex problem, cautioning that heavy-handed enforcement could erode civil liberties at home. The Hill
White House says Trump gave 'appropriate' response after heckler confrontation caught on video at Ford plant . . . President Trump sparked controversy during a visit to the Ford River Rouge complex in Dearborn when video captured him appearing to mouth an expletive and raise his middle finger at a heckler. The clip, published by TMZ, shows Trump briefly breaking stride to respond as someone shouted from the crowd. The White House brushed it off, calling the gesture an appropriate and unambiguous response to provocation. Fox News
Culture
Major leftist groups funding crusade against ICE in Minnesota . . . Activists are members of groups funded by organizations like George Soros's Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund. At the center of the unrest is the Sunrise Movement, which was actually founded to combat climate change but of course has gotten deep into everything else the left wants to do to the country. Sunrise Twin Cities organizes "noise demonstrations" and keeps a list of hotels where ICE agents are staying, imperiling their safety. Washington Free Beacon
National Security
U.S. Blows Up China's Latin America Ambitions With Maduro Ouster . . . With the ouster of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, China has lost the hub of its efforts to infiltrate Latin American. It's been waging the usual tactics of the Belt and Road Initiative, including providing loans, building ports and rail lines, and purchasing commodities. But now China is focusing on a tradeoff: The US gets Latin American, while the PRC controls East Asia. Wall Street Journal
Trump makes strongest declaration yet that US must have Greenland . . . President Trump said the US must have Greenland, declaring that 'anything less is unacceptable,' and suggested NATO must support this for the security of the alliance. 'The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building," Trump said on Truth Social. 'NATO should be leading the way for us to get it. IF WE DON'T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!' 'Militarily, without the vast power of the United States, much of which I built during my first term, and am now bringing to a new and even higher level, NATO would not be an effective force or deterrent - Not even close!' Daily Mail
Danish intel warned last year about Russian and Chinese military goals toward Greenland and Arctic
I think there is a lot of intel on the Greenland situation that we are not aware of. We don't know all of Trump's motives. It's not just a crazy man trying to obtain the 52nd state - you know, after Canada - as the left would have it. He's taking an extreme position likely as a negotiating tactic, and he is addressing a serious national security issue, perhaps more serious than we know.
International
Huckabee: Complete realignment coming to the Middle East . . . US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee predicts massive change to the Middle East power structure if the Iranian leadership falls. In an interview with The Daily Signal, Huckabee predicted changes of "biblical" proportions, saying he had used such language with President Trump. Israel and Iran were actually friendly before the mullahs took over the country. Daily Signal
Iran signals fast trials and executions for protesters as death toll in crackdown goes over 2,500
Money
Sen. Marsha Blackburn floats federal standards for AI rules as Trump prods Congress to act . . . Sen. Marsha Blackburn is pressing Congress to finally pass federal digital privacy and safety rules after more than a decade of effort, framing 2026 as the make-or-break year as she prepares a run for Tennessee governor. With backing from President Trump, the Republican plans to introduce legislation targeting artificial intelligence and online platforms, aiming to protect consumers and children from exploitation, abuse, and censorship in an increasingly intrusive digital economy. Washington Times
Guilty Pleasures
Former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, claims baptism denies babies their human rights . . . Asserting that baptisms violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the former prime minister of Ireland - yes, Catholic Ireland - said it's a "recruitment tool" of the Catholic church. "You can't impose, really, obligations on people who are only two weeks old, and you can't say to them at 7 or 8 or 14 or 19, 'Here is what you contracted; here is what you signed up to' — because the truth is, they didn't," she said in a June 23 interview with The Irish Times. National Catholic Register
Yes exactly. Infants should be free to decide what religion they want by the time they are six months old at the latest. Then, in their second year, when they're more mature, they can explore other religions and theologies.
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