Posts on Saturday, January 31, 2026

Sha'Carri Richardson, an Olympic gold medalist and one of the world's fastest women on the track, was arrested Thursday in Florida and accused of driving over 100 mph, according to jail booking records. Richardson, 25, was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail on a charge of dangerous excessive speeding at 100 mph or more, records showed. Bond was set at $500. USA Track and Field and a representative for Richardson did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Richardson is a titan in the arena, having won silver in the 100 meters and gold in the 4x100-meter relay at

Dear Patriot, Our ask is simple: Help us stand with ICE. The men and women of ICE who are arresting and deporting dangerous illegals across the country need our support now more than ever before. With the left-wing media and Democratic politicians calling ICE President Trump’s “Gestapo,” “Nazis,” “the SS,” “fascists,” and more, the truth needs to be told about who’s really creating the chaos and mayhem in Democrat-run sanctuary cities and who’s trying to keep the public safe. The radical Left’s dangerous rhetoric has now resulted in the deaths of two Americans. Due to Democratic politicians and their lapdogs in the media lying about the mission,

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is looking to recruit a new “top cop” to police nonprofits that “use and abuse” their charity status to dodge taxes, The Post has learned. Bessent wants to appoint a new senior official at the Treasury Department to scrutinize the finances of charities that engage in excessive political activities, lobbying, or even fraud. The secretary’s recently departed chief of staff, Michael Friedman, was tasked with drumming up some names for possible candidates before he left to join the SEC three weeks ago. It comes after The Post broke the news in December that the Treasury Department was eyeing a crackdown on nonprofit organizations that enjoy cushy tax-free benefits

First came the tolling of bells: the First Church of Boston, then the Second Church, then smaller ones joining in, the sound rolling through Boston like a summons. The streets cleared quickly, barefoot boys darting to claim the best vantage points. It was summer, and the air stank of old straw laid down to soak up urine and horse droppings, mixed with the sharp tang of fresh fish hauled in from the harbor that morning. Inside inns and taverns, conversations fell away as people shifted toward windows mysteriously clean for the first time in weeks. British officers and soldiers quieted. Something was happening, and they didn't think they'd like it.

A Minnesota grand jury indicted nine defendants in the Cities Church riot. The indictment was unsealed yesterday. I posted a copy here. All defendants are charged with violation of the law against conspiracy to violate the civil rights of third parties and with violation of the FACE Act. The indictment specifies the statutory provisions in issue. Two of the defendants are journalists: Don Lemon and Georgia Fort. The fog machine at the Star Tribune is working overtime to obscure the issue raised by their alleged illegal misconduct. Assuming they committed the misconduct in issue, does the First Amendment shield them from the law? In other words, do they have a First

Next Monday is Groundhog Day, but it needs updating. No, not because the PETA lunatics want us to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a hologram (see Section 3 below), but because there are other persistent things for which the groundhog indicator could be redeployed. Like ICE protests, because it is the categorical imperative of the Omnicause that protests must go on no matter how cold the weather. Or like Sydney Sweeney. If the groundhog spots Sweeney’s new lingerie line hanging on the Hollywood sign, it means at least six more weeks of Sweeney in the news. As our pal RS says sagely, if Sweeney doesn’t win all the

It’s now been over a year since the catastrophic wildfires that burned down entire neighborhoods in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena areas of Los Angeles. The planning for such an eventuality and the Keystone Cops response to it have drawn blistering criticism from everyone from Donald Trump to billionaire developer Rick Caruso to actor Spencer Pratt, who lost his house in the conflagration and is now running to replace Karen Bass as LA mayor. Some of the harshest words, however, came Wednesday from someone who presumably knows a thing or two about fires: Redondo Beach Fire Chief Patrick Butler.

This week, Will Norman, London’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner, was photographed trying “the excellent new cycle lanes on Lambeth Bridge”. He was joined by two cycling groups, the London Cycling Campaign and Cycle Sisters UK. In this piece I am going to delve into the latter as an example of how ridiculous identity politics has become, so much so that there are now exercise charities only open to minorities. Case in point: Cycle Sisters UK describes itself as “award-winning charity which creates accessible and empowering spaces for Muslim and ethnically diverse women to cycle and become more healthy, confident and connected”.

The Senate on Friday evening voted 71-29 to pass a revised $1.2 trillion funding package that will partially fund the government until September 30. The bill will now head to the House. The House is in recess until Monday, so the government will partially shut down over the weekend. The Democrats and President Trump will have two weeks to negotiate the Homeland Security appropriations bill. The Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to pass a major funding package consisting of five regular appropriations bills and a two-week stopgap measure for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) but the legislation won’t become law before parts of the government shut down at midnight.

As it currently stands in America, the criminal illegal alien is treated by the left as both hero and victim, while the ICE agent enforcing federal law is cast as the de facto villain and oppressor. After a radical left-wing protester is killed during a confrontation with federal agents—an act authorities deem lawful self-defense—the left demands the dismantling and defunding of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But after an illegal alien rapes and murders an unarmed American woman out for a jog, the same voices continue to champion the very open-border policies that made the crime possible in the first place. The left demanded unlimited funding and military support for Ukraine,

Welcome to "The New Monroe Doctrine," where I give you an update on what's going on in the Western Hemisphere, south of our border, especially as it relates to the United States. Okay, folks. We're a month into 2026, and Donald Trump and Marco Rubio have already toppled a narco-terrorist dictator and are helping Venezuela free itself from nearly three decades of Chavismo. Plus, they are well on their way to kicking communism out of Cuba for the first time in nearly 70 years. If the next eleven months are anything like this, we're going to have a lot to talk about.

The State Department announced on Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio “took action this week to revoke the privilege of Iranian senior officials and their family members to be in the United States,” as a consequence of Iran’s bloody crackdown on protesters this month. “Those who profit from the Iranian regime’s brutal oppression are not welcome to benefit from our immigration system,” the State Department said. Important step. Well done, President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rubio. Long overdue,” said Jason Brodsky, policy director for United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI.) Brodsky noted that his organization has “long advocated this step.”

Hundreds of unruly anti-ICE protesters were locked in a hostile standoff with federal agents outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles Friday. The mob clashed with officials, who pepper-sprayed the group as it attempted to move closer to the building. Most of the disorderly crowd covered their faces with masks or scarves and some used gas masks. At one point, federal agents deployed what appeared to be tear gas into the crowd to disperse the agitators. Some of the aggressors scrawled “F–k ICE” in spray paint along a concrete barrier — others defaced the building.

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced Friday that the state, along with several individual plaintiffs, had filed suit against the U.S. Commerce Department and the Census Bureau seeking to bring an end to the counting of illegal aliens in the Census, as well as forcing a recount of the 2020 Census and 2021 apportionment. The press release from Hanaway's office gives additional details: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – To defend our fundamental right to representation in government, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed the most significant election lawsuit in a generation. This first-in-the-nation suit was filed against the United States Department of Commerce (DOC)

After Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia governor’s race going away in November, the consensus among the political chattering class was that it’s a foregone conclusion the Republicans will lose in next year’s midterms. The experts said this was a referendum on President Donald Trump, and an early sign that his America First movement is cracking. The same experts pointed to “key Democrat wins” in the New Jersey governor’s race and the New York City mayoral election as further indicators of a coming blue wave. To be so smug in their predictions, the experts had to ignore the fact that the races were in two blue states and a deep

Money is often described as neutral, technical, or merely instrumental—a passive medium facilitating exchange within an otherwise political society. This view is not only mistaken; it is profoundly misleading. Money is the hidden constitution of every political order. It determines which actions are possible, which institutions survive, which risks are rewarded, and which failures are forgiven. While constitutions proclaim rights and legislatures debate policy, money silently governs outcomes.