Friday, January 16, 2026

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TOP O’ THE MORNIN’

Gavin Newsom Throws His Own Communications Team Under the Bus, Backs Away from Their Controversial ICE Statement

Justice Denied: Elderly NYC Doorman Sentenced to Four Years for Defending Himself Against a Mugger

What do these two episodes tell you? 1) Don’t get in a foxhole with Gavin Newsom. When the bullets start flying, he’ll use you as a shield. Can’t imagine his press office is feeling too positive about now. 2) The man has no principle. Whichever way the wind is blowing, that’s the way he’ll turn.

Injustice Served: Elderly NYC Doorman Jailed 4 Years After Defending Himself From Mugger

New York State isn’t interested in protecting its own citizens. It is hyper-focused—ALWAYS—on the criminals. Foehner did everything right that fateful night he was approached by a career criminal. It was only what he failed to do in complying with New York’s draconian gun laws that cost him.

Homan Vows to Expose Lefty Agitators: Reveals New Plan to ‘Make Them Famous’

It’ll be something to see these rubes putting masks back on to hide their identities so they can try to ram ICE agents and bash their SUV windows with impunity. Especially after they’ve repeatedly mocked law enforcement for wearing them.

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DOJ Finally Finds a Federal Gun Control Law That’s Indefensible

On Thursday the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel issued a slip opinion declaring the federal ban on mailing pistols, revolvers, and “other firearms capable of being concealed on the person” unconstitutional “as applied to constitutionally protected firearms, including handguns, because it serves an illegitimate purpose and is inconsistent with the Nation’s tradition of firearm regulation.”

When Resistance AWFLs Don’t Realize Not Every State Thinks Their Tantrums Are Adorable

The AWFLs have been recording menacing messages of ill intent, promising harm to come, and practicing haiku or whatever sort of martial arts they think is trendy. 

Hakeem Jeffries Just Crossed a Dangerous Line That Can’t Be Uncrossed

Let’s keep something in mind here. It’s Democrats who are inciting violence by calling ICE agents Trump’s Gestapo and accusing them of crimes. Democrats may not like that immigration law is being enforced again, but the law is the law. If they don’t like it, they can try to change the law.

Here’s the Key Line Said by a Family Member of Lance Twiggs About Charlie Kirk’s Assassin

She was asked about the background of both individuals, did she witness any social changes, the location of Lance, who apparently had a temporary FBI protective detail, and whether Twiggs will cooperate further with investigators. But the key line is where she asked whether she’s confident Robinson is the guy—she didn’t hesitate to say the police nabbed the “right guy.”

Scott Jennings Tells Kasie Hunt That CNN Has Everything Backwards About Minnesota’s ICE Insurrection

It’s obvious Democrats want the conflict. Officials could easily avoid drama, danger, and death by simply working with the federal government. Of course, that means the party will lose its illegal aliens. Unfortunately, we don’t see Democrats ever putting America and its interests first again.

WHAT’S ON TAP?

Today on Capitol Hill…

It’s Friday, so no meetings or hearings are set on the Hill. The Senate is on recess next week BUT…before they left town, they managed to pass a three-bill spending minibus, covering spending for Commerce, Justice, Energy, and Interior departments through the end of September and marking the halfway point for the FY 26 appropriations that need to be completed by the end of January.