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'Barely made it out alive': James O'Keefe attacked in Minneapolis and gets threatened, 'You have 1 hour to leave or you're dead'
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-Great Cultural Revolution
Babylon Bee - Visit Minnesota: It's Somalia, But Closer
[YouTube]
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/26/2026 08:05 || Comments || Link || [1770 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM


Join The New, More Inclusive Starfleet Academy Today
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Star Trek Safe Space 9, Borg: You will be assimil......nah, never mind, Star Trek: The Wrath of DEI, "Boldly go where no man wants to go".


Another humorous take from The Critical Drinker:
I mean, I expected it to be bad. It’s made by Alex Kurtzman after all. But even I didn't expect Star Trek: Starfleet Academy to be the laughable farce it turned out to be. Enjoy this review because I had to suffer a great deal to make it.



Posted by: Woodrow || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1802 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ever since Patrick Stewart said that the Star Trek series "Picard" was about fighting against Donald Trump, I quit watching the Star Trek franchise.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 01/26/2026 2:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Note the Babylon Bee logo
Posted by: Frank G || 01/26/2026 2:08 Comments || Top||

#3  I saw that, however, the ST acadamy series is apparently real.

The Bee was making fun of the DEI aspect!
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 01/26/2026 3:04 Comments || Top||

#4  They put the full first episode up on Youtube for free. The number of hits was abysmal. Compilation vids of cute cats easily beat it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/26/2026 6:54 Comments || Top||

#5 
YES its BB

But a DEI related Side Note:
If the NFL allows a 1/2 Show with Transgender overtones and NBC and Peacock TV media goes all out to hype and splash the screens with it.

Will advertisers pull the plug and not waste
$$$$$ for their ads?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/26/2026 7:14 Comments || Top||

#6  They put the full first episode up on Youtube for free. The number of hits was abysmal. Compilation vids of cute cats easily beat it.

A livestream of nothing but a plastic Spock figurine pulled 3x the viewers.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/26/2026 9:52 Comments || Top||

#7  Seattle Red played some of the actual episode dialog, it was nauseating. It will definitely have a future on Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Posted by: RJ45ACP || 01/26/2026 11:00 Comments || Top||

#8  The animated 'Lower Deck' had some good humor.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 01/26/2026 11:38 Comments || Top||

#9  The Critical Drinker review is spot on.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/26/2026 17:50 Comments || Top||

#10  ^ Brutal, yet true
Posted by: Frank G || 01/26/2026 18:35 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
How Mexico works with militants on U.S. soil to foment unrest, illegal immigration
Long. A taste.
[JustTheNews] Excerpts from investigative journalist Peter Schweizer's new book "The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon" examine the role of China and Mexico in encouraging illegal immigration to the United States and the allies on U.S. soil with whom they are working.

More than 60 people gathered in the white brick, two-story building on the west side of Oklahoma City in late May. It was hot, but not because of the Oklahoma weather. America was amid the heated 2024 presidential election. Among other subjects, the group was talking strategy about American politics, but in an unusual place.

While they were in Oklahoma, they were in the Mexican consulate. Mexico had a lot to lose if the wrong person won the US presidential election in November.

The group included Mexican diplomats from consulates across the United States, including Phoenix, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Francisco, Orlando, Chicago, Boston and other cities. They had brought guests, many of them activists. Mexican officials had flown in from the Foreign Ministry in Mexico City.

Mexican politicians were on hand, too, to offer advice and encouragement to the US-based political activists who had gathered. This would be a conversation about how “to positively influence the country’s [US] policy for the benefit of Mexican communities.”

The stated purpose of the meeting was to emphasize “citizen participation and collective action” inside the United States and to “develop a solid plan of action” to fight back against immigration restrictions, specifically those pushed by Donald Trump.

Cristina Planter, then director general for North American Political Affairs at the Mexican Foreign Ministry, addressed the group. There was even a message from the Mexican foreign minister, Alicia Bárcena, emphasizing the importance of the meeting.

This meeting was a foreshadowing of what would become an outrageous Mexican government intrusion into American politics, including a cast of participants selected to influence the election.

Among those attending the gathering were activists from across the United States. Some had dual loyalties: they lived in the United States, but they worked for the Mexican government as advisors and even elected members of Parliament.

Karina Ruiz, an immigrant rights activist in Arizona and head of the Arizona DREAM Act Coalition, was there to emphasize “the importance of voting and knowing local representatives” in the United States.

While she lived in the United States and worked as a political activist, she was about to take up a position in the Mexican Senate as a member of the ruling Morena Party. She is the first member of their senate to represent Mexicans living outside of Mexico.

Ruiz is a Mexican citizen, having come here illegally as a teen, but she’s been protected by DACA. She had pledged, “Now from this side of the border we are going to create conditions and support the agenda of Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum [the recently elected Mexican president]."

Ruiz has led protests in both Arizona and Washington, DC, sometimes wearing a “Citizenship 4 All” headband.

***

Had this mixing of Mexican diplomats, elected officials, and American activists plotting political action together in America’s heartland been made public, there would have been howls of protest at Mexico’s meddling in American internal affairs. But they proceeded quietly, behind closed doors. After all, foreign countries are prohibited from interfering in American elections by law and also by conventions of foreign diplomacy.

Yet, the consul general of the Mexican Consulate in Oklahoma City and members of the Foreign Ministry sat in and watched the discussion unfold on “collective action” in the United States.

***

After Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, the Mexican government used Migrant TV to beam messages to millions of Mexicans living in the US, such as “Racism, Hate, and Business: The Trumpist Model.” They also ran slick stories about how “the United States Department of Homeland Security has become the main spokesperson for hatred against migrants” and stories about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s “repressive machinery.”

The American media failed to report on the Mexican government’s massive interference in American domestic politics. While news reports of Russia buying Facebook ads and running social media campaigns have garnered cries of Russian interference, Mexico’s far wider and more aggressive efforts are ignored.

Indeed, Mexico and other foreign actors have become particularly assertive in their involvement in American internal politics at a level that would not be tolerated if the United States were doing the same in their countries.

Rather than denouncing this foreign interference, American progressives have embraced it, all in the name of the resistance to Trump.

Mexico’s efforts to extend its political reach into America have been going on for decades, aided by the rising flow of illegal immigrants into the country.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1807 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  RETRO-2016
NAFTA’s Impact on the U.S. Economy: What Are the Facts?
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 3:38 Comments || Top||

#2  We are at war with Mexico, albeit an undeclared war.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 01/26/2026 6:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Just another Blue State grid nexus.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 16:34 Comments || Top||


Cyber
Zero-Click Attacks: AI Agents and the Next Cybersecurity Challenge


⚠️ What if you could be hacked without lifting a finger? Jeff Crume explains how zero-click attacks exploit vulnerabilities—and how AI agents amplify the danger. Learn about real-world examples like Pegasus and defenses like zero trust and AI firewalls to protect against these advanced threats.

Read the Cost of a Data Breach report → https://ibm.biz/BdeuGf
Posted by: badanov || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1801 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What if you could be hacked without lifting a finger?

I know.
I used Windows.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 16:39 Comments || Top||


Economy
Winter weather to disrupt U.S. gas production, increase prices
[JustTheNews]

Related: Natural gas prices soar as major storm with ice, sub-freezing temps crosses US, impacting 230M
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1759 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Or, choose your news:
Biden-Harris administration predicted LNG exports would drive up prices, but data shows otherwise
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 4:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Didn’t Massachusetts do something to prevent fissile fuel transport so that prices will drive folks to deforest the place.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/26/2026 5:27 Comments || Top||

#3  iirc New England has a high usage of heating oil for winter heat.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/26/2026 7:16 Comments || Top||

#4  Natural Gas spiked on 22 January but is way down as of today.

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NG%3DF/
Posted by: Lord Garth || 01/26/2026 9:16 Comments || Top||

#5  GASbuddy.com

Atlanta @2.39 a gal/87 oc

BP in Brooklyn (677 KENT AVE) $2.79 a gal/87

Chevron in LA, CA (901 N Alameda St) $4.99 a gal/ 87 oc

QFC in Seattle (1531 NE 145th St) $3.65 a Gal/ 87oc

I guess the more Liberal Left a place is, the higher the Gas prices.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/26/2026 11:19 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
These Bimbos Are All Lying About What Happened in Minneapolis with ICE This Weekend - The Truth
[Mark Dice video]
From the transcript:
We've all seen the
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footage of the latest in
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Minneapolis who got himself killed by
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effing around and finding out. But stay
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tuned because this isn't as clear-cut of
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an analysis as many people think. In
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fact, the Republican establishment,
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including Pam Bondi, Pim Bimbo Bondi,
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and Christine Gnome, the head of the
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Department of Homeland Security, are
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lying about what actually happened here.
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Now, don't get me wrong. Not siding with
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the leftists, with the Democrats, but
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this is what's considered to be a lawful
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but awful shooting. Not exactly
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clear-cut, but was it warranted? Yes. So
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much disinformation and lies and spin
1:06
going around about this situation.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/26/2026 11:45 || Comments || Link || [1794 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Most plausible assessment I've heard or read thus far.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/26/2026 12:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Trouble isn't hard to find if you're looking for it but you might get more than you can handle.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/26/2026 12:50 Comments || Top||

#3  It was a trigger event for the stormbound.

Self-described Minn. Antifa member calls for 'armed' men to stop immigration agents he calls 'mass murderers'
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 16:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Careful what you ask for.

Iran regime reportedly issued nationwide shoot-to-kill orders as protest death toll surges
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/26/2026 17:00 Comments || Top||


180A identifies 'Familiar Pattern:' - Spotters, cutouts, dead drops, disciplined coms.
[Eric Schwalm on X] As a former Special Forces Warrant Officer with multiple rotations running counterinsurgency ops—both hunting insurgents and trying to separate them from sympathetic populations—I’ve seen organized resistance up close. From Anbar to Helmand, the pattern is familiar: spotters, cutouts, dead drops (or modern equivalents), disciplined comms, role specialization, and a willingness to absorb casualties while bleeding the stronger force slowly.

What’s unfolding in Minneapolis right now isn’t "protest." It’s low-level insurgency infrastructure, built by people who’ve clearly studied the playbook.

Signal groups at 1,000-member cap per zone. Dedicated roles: mobile chasers, plate checkers logging vehicle data into shared databases, 24/7 dispatch nodes vectoring assets, SALUTE-style reporting (Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment) on suspected federal vehicles. Daily chat rotations and timed deletions to frustrate forensic recovery. Vetting processes for new joiners. Mutual aid from sympathetic locals (teachers providing cover, possible PD tip-offs on license plate lookups). Home-base coordination points. Rapid escalation from observation to physical obstruction—or worse.

This isn’t spontaneous outrage. This is C2 (command and control) with redundancy, OPSEC hygiene, and task organization that would make a SF team sergeant nod in recognition. Replace "ICE agents" with "occupying coalition forces" and the structure maps almost 1:1 to early-stage urban cells we hunted in the mid-2000s.

The most sobering part? It’s domestic. Funded, trained (somewhere), and directed by people who live in the same country they’re trying to paralyze law enforcement in. When your own citizens build and operate this level of parallel intelligence and rapid-response network against federal officers—complete with doxxing, vehicle pursuits, and harassment that’s already turned lethal—you’re no longer dealing with civil disobedience. You’re facing a distributed resistance that’s learned the lessons of successful insurgencies: stay below the kinetic threshold most of the time, force over-reaction when possible, maintain popular support through narrative, and never present a single center of gravity.

I spent years training partner forces to dismantle exactly this kind of apparatus. Now pieces of it are standing up in American cities, enabled by elements of local government and civil society. That should keep every thinking American awake at night.

Not because I want escalation. But because history shows these things don’t de-escalate on their own once the infrastructure exists and the cadre believe they’re winning the information war.

We either recognize what we’re actually looking at—or we pretend it’s still just "activism" until the structures harden and spread.

Your call, America. But from where I sit, this isn’t January 2026 politics anymore. It’s phase one of something we’ve spent decades trying to keep off our own soil.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/26/2026 09:54 || Comments || Link || [1771 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Huh? You mean this isn't a decentralized movement like Antifa? Who knew?

(Sarc off)
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/26/2026 10:26 Comments || Top||

#2  This is what Antifa is: not decentralized.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/26/2026 10:38 Comments || Top||

#3  My sarcasm should have been noted.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/26/2026 10:40 Comments || Top||

#4  "...stay below the kinetic threshold most of the time, force over-reaction when possible, maintain popular support through narrative, and never present a single center of gravity."

Walz is suddenly calling for cooperation. My guess is the WH and FBI open-source awareness of the structure of the insurgency in MN has violated the "center of gravity" edicts and the organizers and their links are becoming too visible to avoid intense scrutiny.

Hopefully the loyal elements of the IC, FBI, DHS and the DNI have declared game-on inside "SCIF-world"...
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 01/26/2026 15:09 Comments || Top||

#5  My sarcasm should have been noted.

Unfortunately necessary when I’m among the readership. Thank you for clarifying, my dear — I was startled by what I thought was your take.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/26/2026 15:50 Comments || Top||


International-UN-NGOs
Adios, Tedros - Who'll Be the WHO's Sugar Daddy Now?
[HotAir] And it won't be Gavin and CA. They're broke
Posted by: Frank G || 01/26/2026 02:13 || Comments || Link || [1755 views] Top|| File under: Malevolent NGO

#1  If there is a going away party, no pictures please. Terri’s is too weird.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/26/2026 5:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Good riddance. It's a start.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 01/26/2026 5:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Just give the job to that esteemed virologist, climatologist, and medical physician Bill Gates. I think his foundation funds a very good chunk of that turd organization.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/26/2026 10:25 Comments || Top||



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1Commies
1Lawfare
1Malevolent NGO
1al-Shabaab (AQ)
1Narcos
1Pak Taliban (TTP)
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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2026-01-26
  'Barely made it out alive': James O'Keefe attacked in Minneapolis and gets threatened, 'You have 1 hour to leave or you're dead'
Sun 2026-01-25
   Khamenei has gone into hiding ahead of possible US attack, opposition-affiliated news site reports
Sat 2026-01-24
  JNIM claims to have taken control of an IS-Sahel headquarters in Tin-Akoff, northeast Burkina Faso
Fri 2026-01-23
  Belgian police say 6 injured, 2 critical, in knife attack at Kurdish rally in Antwerp
Thu 2026-01-22
  Over 150 Nigerian Christians Kidnapped by Islamic Militants During Sunday Services
Wed 2026-01-21
  Armed militias fire heavy machine guns through Tehran streets in deadly night attacks
Tue 2026-01-20
  Clashes erupted today on the border between North Kordofan and Khartoum
Mon 2026-01-19
  Border guards nab couriers carrying NIS 12 million in cash at Jordan border crossing
Sun 2026-01-18
  Rojava declares 'general mobilization' in light of 'existential war' launched by Damascus
Sat 2026-01-17
  Death toll in Iran protests over 3,000, rights group says
Fri 2026-01-16
  Hamas says senior officer killed in Gaza strike, accuses Israel of breaching ceasefire
Thu 2026-01-15
  Stephen Miller: Feds Have Begun Work of ‘Identifying, Disrupting and Dismantling the Insurgent networks' in Minnesota
Wed 2026-01-14
  In Lebanon 33 IDF aerial strikes and seven ground operations were carried out
Tue 2026-01-13
  3K troops taking part in a counter-terrorism operation in the north neutralizing over 20 JNIM terrorists
Mon 2026-01-12
   JB Pritzer chases McDonnalds out of Chicago Land


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