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In Lebanon 33 IDF aerial strikes and seven ground operations were carried out
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-Land of the Free
Emmer says Walz Can Be Indicted
[JustTheNews via Bongino] House Majority Whip Tom Emmer told Just the News on Tuesday that Minnesota state employees are providing evidence that could lead to the federal prosecution of Gov. Tim Walz, offering sworn whistleblower testimony confirming the Democratic governor failed to act after they warned about massive taxpayer fraud involving the state's Somali immigrant population.

"That my friend should be enough for criminal charges. The man should be in cuffs," Emmer said during a wide-ranging interview on the John Solomon Reports podcast.

Caveat: Emmer is well to the left of RINO. This is a case of "If you think they may come for you, pick up a pitchfork and lead the mob."


Posted by: Mercutio || 01/14/2026 09:46 || Comments || Link || [1812 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We can add Walz to the growing list of the unindicted .
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/14/2026 20:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Says the RINO POS. Emmer has never one stook up against the DFL here or the press. Basically a spineless deep stater.
Posted by: Woodrow || 01/14/2026 22:40 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
SS agent assigned to Jack Vance is leaking security info.
[X] Hopefully this is just Seedy Politics, and Biden voter Tomas Escotto is not feeding the information to one or another Antifa/Black Bloc groups.



Posted by: 3dc || 01/14/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1781 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  Can we have the house cleaning that should have happened after Butler? Harmeet can’t be the only person who can clean house. Can we install Sheriff Grady to lead them? The press conferences would at least be better.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/14/2026 6:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Fucker should be in a federal pen for the next 10 years. And I would say that for any agent protecting any politician that leaks this.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/14/2026 9:09 Comments || Top||

#3  That entire fetid city is infested with this type of low life. All simply dying to tell every third person they ever met just how very in-the-know they are, how very important.

I could stop at the construction I go past every day and literally pick a half dozen roofers at random and get better results in terms of confidentiality. Pathetic. Not to mention, where are the belly chains?
Posted by: Cesare || 01/14/2026 10:16 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Pirro Fires Back: Fed Probe 'Totally Avoidable' If Powell Had Responded
[RedState] Things have been tense between President Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell for some time now, and it looks like that tension isn't going away any time soon. On Monday, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro took to her official X account to claim that the current Justice Department inquiry into the Federal Reserve and its Chair, Jerome Powell, didn't have to happen, and wouldn't have, had only the Fed "...responded to our outreach."

The post continues:

The word "indictment" has come out of Mr. Powell’s mouth, no one else’s. None of this would have happened if they had just responded to our outreach.

This office makes decisions based on the merits, nothing more and nothing less. We agree with the chairman of the Federal Reserve that no one is above the law, and that is why we expect his full cooperation.

That's the way these things should work, of course; the Department of Justice, while under the direction of the executive branch, by necessity maintains a certain level of autonomy.

As far as the origins of this imbroglio, a story on Tuesday at The Hill has some details:
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/14/2026 05:56 || Comments || Link || [1782 views] Top|| File under:

#1  New Fed building was going to cost more than a Tesla Factory.
Posted by: mossomo || 01/14/2026 13:14 Comments || Top||


An amendment to be offered tomorrow to zero out the budget of Judges Boasberg & Boardman
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Posted by: 3dc || 01/14/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1781 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Congress can simply abolish the DC federal district courts and render Boasberg unemployed, just as it did in 1863. But as we all know, Congress will do nothing as long as it can get away with it.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 01/14/2026 3:59 Comments || Top||

#2  A lot of these guys are exceeding their expiration date.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/14/2026 6:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Facebook reel:

The Founding Fathers deeply distrusted judges
Posted by: badanov || 01/14/2026 7:41 Comments || Top||


Washington State just Lost to Federal Gov in Court!
[X]
Washington State just lost to the Federal Government in court.

"A judge has ruled that Washington State has to turn over all documents that pertain to any immigrant who is receiving Medicare/Medicaid to ICE




…they have to turn it over to?"

"ICE."

YUGE WIN!
Posted by: 3dc || 01/14/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1774 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  We won, but they still won’t turn over the data. They can’t because if they did, they would all be headed to jail. It will take a raid to get the data.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/14/2026 6:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Nothing will happen at the state’s end until the Supreme Court’s final ruling.

If DOGE or the FBI — or even some random citizen with a cell phone — happens across the information in the meantime, though….
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/14/2026 12:37 Comments || Top||

#3  It will take a raid to get the data.

So raid. Three AM tomorrow morning might be a good time.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/14/2026 13:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Our federal govt has a higher conviction rate than the Soviets.
Posted by: mossomo || 01/14/2026 14:01 Comments || Top||


GOP Senators not supporting the Save Act
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Posted by: 3dc || 01/14/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1840 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  The usual suspects/culprits.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 01/14/2026 3:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Sort of matches the Venezuela list. What ever happened to that investigation? That’s right. There wasn’t one.
Posted by: Super Hose || 01/14/2026 6:19 Comments || Top||

#3  GOPe Senators not supporting the Save Act

FIFY
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/14/2026 6:35 Comments || Top||

#4  What is the Save Act?:

"The SAVE Act, or Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, is a proposed U.S. law that would require voters to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. This act aims to ensure that only eligible citizens can vote, but it has been criticized for potentially creating barriers that could disenfranchise many eligible voters."

My first impression was it had something to do with men in women sports.

Be nice if thw poster would clarify things like this.
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 01/14/2026 6:55 Comments || Top||

#5 
While I support the GOAL of the "Save Act".

I can see the L,S,& D's quickly destroying, delaying, losing, creating, and/or challenging submitted documents.

Yes!
There has to be a SAFE, NON-politically, NON-manipulated process that proves the right to vote, and the votes cast are valid and real.

Plus !!!
Enforced with MANDATORY prison sentences for violations.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 01/14/2026 6:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Perhaps it is time to do away with the secret ballot.
Posted by: Melancholic || 01/14/2026 17:57 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
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
Sun 2026-01-11
  As Iranian regime shuts down internet, even Starlink seemingly being jammed
Sat 2026-01-10
  Tehran Mayor: 25 mosques and 42 buses burned during protests, death toll up to 51 on 13th day
Fri 2026-01-09
  Video of burning the tomb of Khomeini
Thu 2026-01-08
  Left-Wing Protest Industrial Complex Activates Across Multiple Cities After ICE-Involved Shooting In Minneapolis
Wed 2026-01-07
  Videos Show ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Tue 2026-01-06
  At least 35 people, including 4 children, killed in Iran protests, rights group says
Mon 2026-01-05
  Havana says 32 Cuban police officers killed in US operation in Venezuela
Sun 2026-01-04
  Holy City of Qom Iran taken by protesters
Sat 2026-01-03
  Maduro 'Captured' After 'Large-Scale Strike'
Fri 2026-01-02
  Iran Executed 2,200+ in 2025: Bloodiest Year Under Khamenei as Regime Faces Unrest
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