LONGTIME BLOGGER (POINTSANDFIGURES) AND INSTAPUNDIT READER JEFF CARTER IS Running for Nevada State Treasurer.

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INDEED:

The future national security professional will look back at the previous generation's stewardship of the U.S. industrial capacity with a mixture of horror and confusion.

How could a generation who inherited so much wealth not just squander it, but leave their children a nation… https://t.co/RjRqCFbeFT

— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) January 27, 2026

All they had to do was keep what they were given.

COMPETENCE: Tale of two managements: Trump’s prep and readiness vs. Biden’s ‘no comment.’

In an open letter signed by almost 200 current and former FEMA employees, they stated: “A change in course is necessary to prevent not only another national catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina, but the effective dissolution of FEMA itself and the abandonment of the American people such an event would represent.”

In addition to the rapid approval of emergency declarations, which authorized FEMA to coordinate relief and provide aid for essential activities, in many cases within days of state requests, the Trump administration proactively coordinated with states and pre-positioned supplies (including meals and generators).

By most accounts, the Trump administration’s handling of Fern appears to have been proven effective, with President Trump deploying hundreds of FEMA personnel.

Furthermore, FEMA has established a dedicated resource page for response and recovery, with federal aid flowing for power restoration, debris removal, and protective measures in affected areas.

It wasn’t about the money; it was about leadership.

DEI’S TRAGIC FRUIT: NTSB Chair Says D.C. Plane Crash That Killed 67 Was ‘100% Preventable.’

AND I WANT TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST WITHOUT OXYGEN, USING ONLY YOGIC BREATH CONTROL: Tim Walz Wants to Beat the S*!T Out of JD Vance. “Tim Walz can’t decide whether he wants to play the peacemaker or the tough guy. Frankly, he does neither of them well, and he is not smart enough to know how to shut the hell up. Which explains why Minnesota has been such a mess under his ‘leadership.'”

NO MORE COMPROMISE:

Average blue state elected Democrat: “We want to burn everything to the ground and hunt down our enemies and jail them for life.”

Average red state elected GOP: “I’m certain we can find a good compromise here.” https://t.co/irzkEKmjjz

— Logan Hall (@loganclarkhall) January 27, 2026

YEP. AMNESTY IS OFF THE TABLE, PERIOD.

An amnesty deal now seems further away than ever because it’s now 100% clear Dems will never keep their half of the bargain if it involves any significant restrictions on future migration. They’ll pocket the amnesty & reopen the border Biden-style as soon as they get the chance. https://t.co/OugFBIJ1S2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 27, 2026

And give Mickey credit, he’s been hammering on the immigration issue since the ’90s.

ICYMI: Introducing the Actual Grassroots Lefty Group Helping Organize the Insurrection.

There doesn’t seem to be much actual grassroots on the left, and what I’ve found is unsavory at best.

HE WILL FIT RIGHT IN WITH THAT CROWD: Harvard Professor Known for Anti-Israel Activism Joins Columbia’s Pulitzer Board.

DEAL OF THE DAY: Beckham Hotel Collection Bed Pillows Standard/Queen Size Set of 2. #CommissionEarned

I LIKE STEEL: US Steel Surpasses Japan, Boosted by Trump Tariffs.

For the first time in more than a quarter-century, the United States has muscled past Japan in steel production — a symbolic and economic milestone fueled by President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff regime and a surging appetite for steel from America’s booming artificial intelligence buildout, Nikkei Asia reports.

U.S. crude steel output climbed 3.1% in 2025 to 82 million tons, according to the World Steel Association, vaulting the U.S. into third place globally behind only China and India.

It marked the first time since 1999 that American mills outproduced Japan, ending decades of relative decline and signaling a dramatic shift in the global steel landscape.

The revival has Trump’s fingerprints all over it.

Indeed.

HELEN’S BEEN CONVINCED THAT I’LL KEEL OVER IF I TOUCH A SNOW SHOVEL SINCE I WAS 35. Winter storm brings warnings about heart attack risk of shoveling snow.

SHE’S SOMETHING: Amelia Victorious: How to Lose the Culture War With a Video Game.

SUCKERS!!!

Not one Somalian has been to an Anti ICE protest in Minnesota. Liberals are so stupid.

— TheTexasOne (@TexasRepublic71) January 26, 2026

FROM JEFF DUNTEMANN:  The Cunning Blood.

Caught violating Earth’s Zero Tolerance for Violence laws, Peter Novilio is sentenced to a one-way trip to Hell, Earth’s prison planet in the Zeta Tucanae system. Hell is forever: Two centuries earlier its ecosphere had been infected with microscopic nanomachines that destroy electrical conductors, condemning its inmates to a neo-Victorian steam-and-gaslight society without computers, spaceflight, or any hope of escape.
Peter soon learns that he has been framed by Earth’s paranoid world government, and is offered a pardon in return for conducting a reconnaissance mission to Hell and back. There are hints that Hell is developing impossible technologies or has even neutralized the wire-eating nanobugs entirely. How he will return from Hell is a secret known only to his grim mission partner, agent Geyl Shreve of Earth’s shadowy Special Implementer Service.
But Peter has a secret as well: He is a member of the outlawed Sangruse Society, and in his blood flows the Sangruse Device, Version 9, the most powerful nanocomputer AI ever created. Although supposedly Peter’s protector and advisor, the Device answers to no one but the Society’s mysterious leader, and has reasons of its own for visiting Hell. Peter soon discovers that he is little more than a disguise, caught in a covert war among Earth, a revolutionary group bent on overthrowing Earth’s government, Hell’s ingenious inmates, and the deadly mechanism in his veins. For as fearsome as it is, the Sangruse Device itself is afraid—and the fates of whole worlds would be decided by the threat that the Cunning Blood has discovered outside of space and time.

ALWAYS:  Why Boys Need Epic Quests Like Graham Bradley’s Fossil Force. Unearth your inner grit!

MILEI ON THE OTHER HAND IS VERY MUCH ALIVE:  Milei, Machiavelli and Marx.

DENY THEM THE SOCIAL POINTS:  Stone Face.

TIME TO FIND OUT WHO HAS A SPINE:  Here’s the Tweet That Every Republican Should Memorize Regarding the Border Patrol Shooting in MN.

MORE ON THE SIGNAL BULLSH*T:  Uncovering The Bullshit Vol 1: Beyond Signal – The Anti-Ice File.

And for the X-Cancelled.

HE WAS IDENTIFIED AND TARGETED BY INSURGENCY HQ:  James O’Keefe’s Trip to Minneapolis Was Insane. Here’s What Caught His Attention.

GOOD:  Virginia Judge Blocks Democrats’ Redistricting Amendment.

BLACK PILL FIGHTS ON THE SIDE OF THE ENEMY:  And as an addendum to this for something you might want to think about: In time of war soldiers who constantly destroy morale get court martialed.

And for the cancelled of x.

NOPE THE LEFT IS HOIST ON ITS OWN PETARD:  Amelia was not created by the “extreme right”.

THE PROBLEM IS NOT RACE. THE PROBLEM IS AN URBAN CULTURE FORMED BY WELFARE:  Black Fatigue.