January 30, 2026

REID HOFFMAN IS A VERY BAD PERSON:

Posted at 9:56 am by Glenn Reynolds

THEY’RE SHOCKED, SHOCKED TO FIND INCREASED TAXES IN THIS DEMOCRAT-RUN ESTABLISHMENT:

Gooder and harder, Virginia.

Posted at 9:55 am by Stephen Green

NASHVILLE’S POWER SITUATION IS A DEBACLE, AND MY FRIENDS IN NASHVILLE ARE SHOCKED THAT IT’S GETTING SO LITTLE NATIONAL ATTENTION:

Posted at 9:27 am by Glenn Reynolds

SHE IS A DREADFUL PERSON, AND THE STANDARD BEARER FOR AWFULS EVERYWHERE:

Posted at 9:24 am by Glenn Reynolds

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: ICE Protest Teachers Are Trump’s Reminder to Shutter Dept. of Education. “Look, if the protest brats want to cut off their snotty noses to spite their stupid faces, I’ve got no problem with that. What’s really galling me is that there are schools closing here in Tucson to join the protest. It’s a perfect snapshot of all that is wrong in this country right now. It’s the public school union teachers who are the root of leftist evil in the United States.”

Posted at 9:09 am by Stephen Green

RELIGION OF PEACE UPDATE: Iran rounds up thousands in mass arrest campaign after crushing unrest, sources say.

They said detainees had been placed in secret lockups.

“They are arresting everyone,” one of the activists said. “No one knows where they are being taken or where they are being held. With these arrests and threats, they are trying to inject fear into society.”

Similar accounts were given to Reuters by lawyers, medics, witnesses, and two Iranian officials speaking on condition of anonymity to avoid retribution by security services.

They said the roundups appeared aimed at preventing any serious revival of protests by spreading fear just as the clerical establishment faces rising external pressure.

Things might get exciting again soon, but who knows?

Posted at 8:38 am by Stephen Green

ROGER KIMBALL: The Deep State Vampire.

To get a preliminary sense of how deep and how entrenched the deep state is, consider the State of Virginia. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, did not control either house of the state legislature. Nevertheless, he managed to get immense reforms accomplished in his four years as governor. But the Dems didn’t mind, not really. Why? Because they knew they could instantly roll back Youngkin’s initiatives as soon as they retook the governorship.

That just happened. And it took Abigail Spanberger, the new Governor, about 15 minutes to return Virginia to la-la land. She had campaigned on “affordability” but rejoined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a climate-change scam that will raise everyone’s utility bills. She introduced a 3.8 percent “net investment tax” on individuals, trusts and estates. She stopped cooperating with ICE in deporting illegal aliens. She said abortion was A-OK, right up to the moment of birth (why stop there?). She reinstituted DEI programs throughout the government and the state’s educational system. She undid reforms to the state’s voting system, making it easier for Democrats to “massage” the vote tally. And that’s just the tip of the proverbial deep-state iceberg.

I write on the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s second term. He and his team have accomplished extraordinary things. He has sealed the southern border. He has deported or sparked the self-deportation of some two and a half million illegal aliens. He has vastly increased America’s production of energy, with the result that gas prices have plummeted. He has gone far in eradicating DEI initiatives in the federal government and in the country’s educational system. He decapitated the Maduro regime in Venezuela, undermining that country’s status as a haven for America’s enemies. He has trimmed the deficit by billions. His economic policies have sparked growth not seen in decades: 4.3 percent in the third quarter of last year and an estimated 5.3 percent in the fourth.

What happens next? Will some Spanberger appear to throw a spanner in the works? If the Republicans lose the House in the midterm elections, Trump will be impeached before you can say Kangaroo Court. Would he be convicted? Probably not. But you never know. Then there is 2028. Will the Republicans keep the White House? I think the odds are good, especially since many avenues of voter fraud have been shut down.

But if the last year has shown anything, it has shown how deep and interconnected the deep state’s tentacles are.

Indeed.

Posted at 8:36 am by Glenn Reynolds

IT’S DIFFERENT NOW BECAUSE SHUT UP:

The needs of the Party are subject to change, comrade.

Posted at 8:22 am by Stephen Green

SALENA ZITO: Deluzio wants ICE reforms not defunding.

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) said in an interview with the Washington Examiner that he is not calling for the defunding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Instead, he wants to see reforms after the chaos surrounding their operations in Minneapolis became deadly.

Deluzio, a Navy veteran and graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy who completed three deployments, including a tour in Iraq, said the reforms he wants included in a spending bill would focus on ending the detention and deportation of Americans and upholding the sanctity of judicial warrants.

“They’re common sense ones. And if you talk to local cops, they know that deescalation is a part of that,” he said, adding, “Deescalation is good policing, and that’s what we should expect out of our federal agents.”

His pragmatic approach is starkly different from the strident rhetoric made on the other end of the state by Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner, who vowed to prosecute ICE agents at an “ICE OUT” press conference on Wednesday in front of City Hall.

Nationally though, Democrats seem to have become more the party of Krasner than Deluzio.

Posted at 7:51 am by Stephen Green

IT’S COMPLICATED:

Well, the headline is complicated. The reality is pretty simple: Qatar uses oil money and cunning to colonize the West.

Posted at 7:25 am by Stephen Green

FROM CAROLINE FURLONG:  The Guardian Cycle, Vol.1: In Dreams and Other Stories.

#CommissionEarned

A man whose debts must be paid by vengeance. A woman desperate to save her husband. A grieving father finding a young enemy soldier on his veritable doorstep…

These fantasy and soft sci-fi stories wonder whether or not heroes need families. Are we not told that families slow the hero down? Is it not typically implied that they get in the way of the adventure? Are they a burden, or truly the greatest strength from which the hero and those he loves can draw?

Six tales in this collection center on family, faith, and self-sacrificing love as men and women fight for the ones whom they hold most dear. Whether the enemy is inner turmoil, a nightmare, or a demon really does not matter. If the threat seeks to harm a member of the family, it is going to pay dearly.

Posted at 7:00 am by Sarah Hoyt

I MEANT TO POST THIS HERE BEFORE. MY PERMISSION FOR YOU TO BE A REAL AUTHOR:  The Velveteen Author.

Posted at 6:26 am by Sarah Hoyt