February 3, 2026

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NONCOOPERATION AND OBSTRUCTION: When State Resistance Meets the Constitution. “When obstruction occurs, the Constitution does not leave the federal government helpless. The executive branch possesses a sequenced set of lawful responses, ranging from judicial and criminal to, in extreme cases, military, to restore the execution of federal law. Federal courts may enjoin state interference. Conspiracies to obstruct federal officers are illegal under federal criminal statutes. The National Guard may be federalized when governors misuse it to defeat federal authority. And where organized resistance renders ordinary enforcement impracticable, the Insurrection Act authorizes decisive action to reestablish the rule of law. Much has been made of so-called ‘norms’ against the domestic use of military force. Norms may guide discretion, but they do not override law.”

It’s also a norm that states don’t wage war against the federal government.

Posted at 12:48 pm by Glenn Reynolds

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Over 100 mortar shells found in UNRWA bags in Gaza.

IDF troops located and destroyed a cache of more than 100 mortar shells during mop-up operations on the Israeli side of the Gaza ceasefire line, the military says.

According to the IDF, the 110 mortars, several rockets, and other military equipment were stored inside repurposed UNRWA bags.

The cache was located by troops of the 7th Armored Brigade, who are stationed on the eastern side of the Yellow Line in the southern Gaza Strip.

UNRWA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hamas.

Posted at 12:43 pm by Stephen Green

THIS HAS BEEN OBVIOUS FOR A WHILE TO ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION, JUST FROM HOW THEY WERE ACTING:

Posted at 12:35 pm by Glenn Reynolds

THE LEFT DOESN’T WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE, THEY WANT TO BE THE POLICE: Border Control.

Posted at 12:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

THIS IS THE MOST ENTERTAINING TIMELINE:

Posted at 12:24 pm by Glenn Reynolds

IT’S COME TO THIS:

Posted at 12:04 pm by Glenn Reynolds

JOHN LUCAS: Thank Your Local ICE Agents for Their Service.

Related (From Ed): Even the perilously far left Bay Area says thanks!

Posted at 12:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

YES, HE WAS THAT GUY:

And Obama sent the money in cash to skirt sanctions.

Posted at 11:56 am by Stephen Green

CDR SALAMANDER: Old and Busted: Air Supremacy. New Hotness: Orbital Supremacy. Hegseth at Cape Canaveral. “One of the foundation stones of any understanding of the national security requirements of the United States is a requirement to fully understand that we are primarily a maritime and aerospace power. That is our comparative advantage. Aerospace isn’t just air-breathing aircraft, it includes space. . . . The best way to find out what the Trump Administration wants to do, what its priorities are, and where the puck is going, is not to read second-hand reports from people who often have their own agendas or blinkered views of personalities and politics. No. The best thing you can do is go to primary sources.”

Posted at 11:53 am by Glenn Reynolds

WAITING GAME ON IRAN: Will there be genuine negotiations seeking a new future for the Iranian people or is President Donald Trump about to whack the Ayatollah’s regime that first came to power in 1979? Richard Pollock wants to know and he’s tuned in with some smart people.

Posted at 11:52 am by Mark Tapscott

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter arrested in Tehran after condemning Khamenei.

One of the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of the Iranian drama, “It Was Just an Accident” was arrested yesterday in Tehran just weeks before the Academy Awards.

Representatives for the film say that Mehdi Mahmoudian was arrested Saturday.

No details on the charges against Mahmoudian were available. But his arrest came just days after Mahmoudian and 16 others signed a statement condemning Islamic Republic leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the regime’s violent crackdown on demonstrators.

Hollywood is too busy patting itself on the back at various awards shows for meaningless virtue signaling about ICE and “stolen lands” to notice.

Posted at 11:41 am by Stephen Green

GOODER AND HARDER, NEW YORK: New York Released Almost 7,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens. “New York released almost 7,000 criminal illegal aliens last year as a result of sanctuary policies, rewarding killers, rapists, robbers, and burglars while defying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).”

Posted at 11:10 am by Stephen Green

REAL MONEY: Medi-Cal spends $608M monthly on cooking, cleaning home services, even for illegal immigrants. “These services are part of a federally-and-state-funded program called In-Home Supportive Services, which was designed to get people assistance at home without having to move to an expensive facility. But the program has grown so rapidly that it is responsible for 41% of job gains in California since January 2019, when Gov. Gavin Newsom took office.”

Nope, nothing fishy about that.

More here: 18 Percent of Fed-Funded Home Health Care Is in Los Angeles County, and Fraud Is Rampant.

Posted at 10:39 am by Stephen Green

A CONSCIOUSLY ORGANIZED, FOREIGN SUPPORTED, INSURGENCY: The Riot Beat: Everyone’s debating what happened in Minnesota. Few are talking about the real problem: what these “protests” are really like. “I’ve spent years covering left-wing protests and riots across America, from 2020 through the present. What I’ve witnessed on the ground looks nothing like the noble resistance portrayed in legacy media. The reality: Chaos. Violence. Dishonesty. Truly, the street activists are among the most dishonest people I’ve encountered. . . . The real question isn’t whether federal agents were justified in Minneapolis. The real question is what kind of organized resistance has taken root in American cities and what it will take to uproot it.”

The appeal of “protest” is that it lets you act horribly while feeling good about yourself. This particularly appeals to the Cluster B crowd that the left draws on.

Related: Inside Minneapolis’s ICE Watch Network: One of the city’s protest organizations stoked a raging fire.

UPDATE:

Posted at 9:47 am by Glenn Reynolds

THIS IS NO TIME TO GO ALL WOBBLY: More Than 60% Of Midterm Voters Support Deporting Illegal Immigrants, Poll Finds.

Cygnal’s memo reports that 73% of likely midterm voters say entering the United States without legal permission constitutes breaking the law, a view shared by 82% of swing voters, 70% of independents, and 99% of Republicans, while only 48% of Democrats agree.

The firm argues that this baseline perception shapes attitudes toward enforcement, with 61% of voters supporting deportation of people in the country illegally, including 64% of swing voters and 59% of independents. Democrats break sharply in the opposite direction, with 67% opposing deportation.

According to the survey, 54% of midterm voters back ICE’s enforcement role, compared with 59% of swing voters, 52% of independents, and 94% of Republicans. Democrats again diverge, with 81% opposing ICE enforcement. Cygnal notes that 58% of voters oppose defunding ICE, including 66% of swing voters and 92% of Republicans, while 68% of Democrats support defunding the agency.

The firm says Democrats begin with a D+4 advantage on the generic ballot among all midterm voters, but that margin disappears when voters are told Democrats want to defund ICE, shifting the race to R+0.

Pound that message home for the next 10 months.

Posted at 9:37 am by Stephen Green

#JOURNALISM:

Posted at 9:33 am by Glenn Reynolds

DECLINE IS A CHOICE:

Posted at 9:21 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Hide Your Bunnies — Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Now MAGA’s Crazy Ex. “Internecine squabbles are nothing unusual in the Republican Party; we’re not a single-brained organism like the Democrats, after all. Greene’s foot-stomping might have been less irritating and more understandable had she not played a very whiny victim card when she announced her resignation.”

Posted at 9:06 am by Stephen Green