“A Birth of Blood and Fire”
Hillsdale College
Narration by Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth
P D Q
“Trump — ‘We are going to take Greenland whether they like it or not.’”
I mean, sure, we could defeat NATO in a war, if it really came down to it. But over Greenland? Really?
I’m just saying, Let’s keep our powder dry for something a little bigger, like Canada. Just kidding.
New in Civitas Outlook: “Eliminating Liberal International Asymmetries” | Josh Blackman, 1.9.2026 8:51 AM
“The effect, if not purpose, of modern international law is to obstruct American conservative foreign policy.”
And from the conclusion:
Thus, there is an asymmetry. A Democrat in the White House will find these international institutions to support his progressive agenda. If anything, international liberal groups are further to the left than their American counterparts in many regards. But a Republican in the White House will always be at odds with these international entities. Thankfully, President Trump is eliminating these liberal international asymmetries.
Leftist put their own children before their own children.
They defend people that would r*pe and mu<der them in broad daylight.
Thought Criminal
Argh… 2
Leftist put criminals before their own children.
I’m taking a nap…
Thought Criminal
Still trying to wake up in Missour-ah…
Dee
Dee
Happy Caturday CFP ☕️☕️
P D Q
Leading Labour Party politicians in the UK would like to block X from operating in their country. But would they go that far?
“Britain has been threatened with sanctions if Sir Keir Starmer attempts to block Elon Musk’s X over its AI tool undressing women and children.”
“Anna Paulina Luna, a US Republican congresswoman and ally of Donald Trump, warned she would bring forward legislation to ‘sanction not only Starmer, but Britain as a whole’ if it moved to ban the social media platform. …”
The British govt/media claim that Grok’s photo manipulation tool is the last straw.
“Musk’s Grok AI undresses women without their consent. Chatbot bombarded with requests to create explicit images of people after launch of new feature.”
Rochelle Bilal, sheriff of Philadelphia County/city, threatens to arrest Federal ICE agents.
She is daring Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act. Bring it, beatch!
P D Q
President Donald Trump on Friday called for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%, effective Jan. 20…
“Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration. AFFORDABILITY!” he wrote on social media.
(This is an election-year action. If ‘Pubs appeal to independent and Gen Z voters, and hold the House, then we can avoid the impeachment stuff. But can Trump do this executive fiat?)
helterhaze
flyinpiglet
Charlie’s favorites versus CFP’s “home team”?
helterhaze
not sure about Kirk. We all know who’s pulling for IU
sierragal
Yes, the Ducks were Charlie’s team
He would’ve been so very gracious in this defeat
And yay yay yah to K!!
helterhaze
Rocketman
Demolition derby ?
CFThinker
FORD
helterhaze
flyinpiglet
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an amicus brief in Rhode v. Bonta, a challenge to California’s unconstitutional ammunition background check law. This legal challenge is backed by the National Rifle Association and the NRA’s state affiliate, the California Rifle and Pistol Association.
This brief is a must read, as it is filled with plainly honest lines such as:
~ “California’s background-check regime for ammunition purchases is straightforwardly unconstitutional. Its purpose—the hindrance of law-abiding citizens’ exercise of their Second Amendment rights—finds no analogue among valid regulatory schemes of the past.”
~ “The history and tradition surrounding the Second Amendment establish that firearms regulations must serve legitimate objectives and may not be designed simply to inhibit the ability to possess or carry operable protected firearms.”
~ “When firearms regulations are designed to thwart the right to bear arms, they are unconstitutional, no matter the size or characteristics of the burden they impose.”
~ “Any clear-eyed analysis of the challenged law must conclude that California designed its novel regime to infringe the exercise of the right to bear arms.”
~ “The delay and confusion of California’s regime is the point, all to frustrate the Second Amendment right.”
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found the law unconstitutional in July 2025, and the state petitioned for rehearing en banc (entire court) ruling on August 7, 2025. The Ninth Circuit granted the petition on December 1, 2025, and scheduled oral arguments for the week of March 23, 2026.
Litigating gun rights: an interview with Pete Patterson | Haley Proctor, Jan 8, 2026
The Supreme Court has already agreed to hear two cases this term involving Second Amendment challenges to firearms regulations, with several more petitions pending. Given that the Second Amendment is at the forefront of Supreme Court litigation, I could think of no one better to speak to than Pete Patterson, a partner at Cooper & Kirk PLLC (where I am of counsel). https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/01/litigating-gun-rights-an-interview-with-pete-patterson/
Looking for this, I’ll buy it just because Amazon are nazi expletive deleted..
flyinpiglet
Trump DOJ & State AGs Join in on Opposing CA Ammunition Rules [Rhode v. Bonta]
The announcement by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon that the Justice Department has filed an amicus brief in the case of Rhode v. Bonta, challenging California’s background check requirement for ammunition purchases, has been greeted with delight by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb noted how this amicus submission strongly reinforces DOJ’s previously-announced commitment to protect the Second Amendment. The plaintiffs won at the District Court level, and again before a three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last July. It is now up for an en banc hearing before a full panel of judges in March.
“I can energetically say ‘Welcome Aboard’ to Assistant Attorney Dhillon and her colleagues,” Gottlieb stated. “The more, the merrier!”
Is this a case of “Ask for the stars and settle for the moon”? — Rather than stripping Greenland from Danish control, the US could settle for expanded military access?
I don’t think a US invasion of Greenland is a good idea.
Thunderbird
Measles outbreak in South and North Carolina and now in Ohio (nearly everyone I knew as a kid got these including myself and there was no panic or shutting down all of the schools)
Yep, I went there.
Speak not ill of the dead unless they deserve it
I approve this message.
Story time-
“A Birth of Blood and Fire”
Hillsdale College
Narration by Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth
“Trump — ‘We are going to take Greenland whether they like it or not.’”
I mean, sure, we could defeat NATO in a war, if it really came down to it. But over Greenland? Really?
I’m just saying, Let’s keep our powder dry for something a little bigger, like Canada. Just kidding.
A squad of squids could defeat nato
squad of squids🤣🤣🤣….💯
Now I know what they look like 🤣🤣🤣
New in WSJ: “Ed Feulner, Ed Meese and the Heritage Foundation’s Exodus” | Josh Blackman, 1.8.2026 6:32 PM
“The leaders of the conservative think tank have abandoned its founding principles.”
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/01/08/new-in-wsj-ed-feulner-ed-meese-and-the-heritage-foundations-exodus/
My Resignation From The Heritage Foundation | Josh Blackman, 12.21.2025 9:10 PM
I sent this letter this evening to Dr. Kevin Roberts, President of the Heritage Foundation.
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/12/21/my-resignation-from-the-heritage-foundation/
New in Civitas Outlook: “Eliminating Liberal International Asymmetries” | Josh Blackman, 1.9.2026 8:51 AM
“The effect, if not purpose, of modern international law is to obstruct American conservative foreign policy.”
And from the conclusion:
Thus, there is an asymmetry. A Democrat in the White House will find these international institutions to support his progressive agenda. If anything, international liberal groups are further to the left than their American counterparts in many regards. But a Republican in the White House will always be at odds with these international entities. Thankfully, President Trump is eliminating these liberal international asymmetries.
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/01/09/new-in-civitas-outlook-eliminating-liberal-international-asymmetries/
Happy Caturday, TBird.
Happy Caturday to you Maris
All Dems.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/india-scolds-mamdani-sending-letter-indian-activist-held-without-trial
Pic of letter
https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Delhi-against-Mamdani-over-letter-to-jailed-activist-Umar-Khalid-64611.html
Background “peaceful”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58301902
the purrfect cure 🐈⬛
May I have two, please?
This Single dad, Luca Trapanese, adopts baby girl Alba with Down syndrome after she was rejected by 20 families. 🙌❤️
https://x.com/HumanityChad/status/2009850718824608179?s=20
Cats keep their fur clean, but do they keep their feet clean?
https://www.thearmorylife.com/forum/attachments/1610556436687-gif.13900/
That’s a pawsitively good question!
Hey now, don’t go diggin!
This isn’t exactly rocket science!
Morn’n from beautiful Arizona
And happy Caturday!
Hello neighbor! ☕️
looks nice and warm!
happy caturday!
Happy Caturday, ckbro.
Leftist put their own children before their own children.
They defend people that would r*pe and mu<der them in broad daylight.
Argh… 2
Leftist put criminals before their own children.
I’m taking a nap…
Still trying to wake up in Missour-ah…
Happy Caturday CFP ☕️☕️
Leading Labour Party politicians in the UK would like to block X from operating in their country. But would they go that far?
“Britain has been threatened with sanctions if Sir Keir Starmer attempts to block Elon Musk’s X over its AI tool undressing women and children.”
“Anna Paulina Luna, a US Republican congresswoman and ally of Donald Trump, warned she would bring forward legislation to ‘sanction not only Starmer, but Britain as a whole’ if it moved to ban the social media platform. …”
https://archive.is/TWvFx
The British govt/media claim that Grok’s photo manipulation tool is the last straw.
“Musk’s Grok AI undresses women without their consent. Chatbot bombarded with requests to create explicit images of people after launch of new feature.”
https://archive.is/yEoXY
But the European “Deep State” (aka “Stakeholder State”) has been angry since Musk bought Twitter. Free speech threatens their grip on society.
NOT TIRED of WINNING!!
Chris Rock – How not to get your ass kicked by the police!
R O U T
Getting the place warmed up the game is getting out of hand.
Indiana 56 to 15 with 2 min. to go!
Hoosier Daddy!
oh very droll W.C. 😎
I’LL SAY!!!! Woohoo💃🏻
Too dangerous to let the kids go to school so they bring them out on the streets to protest.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/09/ice-presence-sparks-fear-for-minnesota-familes-students-schools
Video. Can he sue Hillary etc?
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/libyan-trader-receives-nokia-phones-ordered-in-2010-after-16-year-delay-video-goes-viral-13765389.html
Rochelle Bilal, sheriff of Philadelphia County/city, threatens to arrest Federal ICE agents.
She is daring Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act. Bring it, beatch!
President Donald Trump on Friday called for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%, effective Jan. 20…
“Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration. AFFORDABILITY!” he wrote on social media.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/trump-calls-for-one-year-cap-on-credit-card-rates-at-10/ar-AA1TV5Qy
(This is an election-year action. If ‘Pubs appeal to independent and Gen Z voters, and hold the House, then we can avoid the impeachment stuff. But can Trump do this executive fiat?)
Charlie’s favorites versus CFP’s “home team”?
not sure about Kirk. We all know who’s pulling for IU
Yes, the Ducks were Charlie’s team
He would’ve been so very gracious in this defeat
And yay yay yah to K!!
Demolition derby ?
FORD
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an amicus brief in Rhode v. Bonta, a challenge to California’s unconstitutional ammunition background check law. This legal challenge is backed by the National Rifle Association and the NRA’s state affiliate, the California Rifle and Pistol Association.
This brief is a must read, as it is filled with plainly honest lines such as:
~ “California’s background-check regime for ammunition purchases is straightforwardly unconstitutional. Its purpose—the hindrance of law-abiding citizens’ exercise of their Second Amendment rights—finds no analogue among valid regulatory schemes of the past.”
~ “The history and tradition surrounding the Second Amendment establish that firearms regulations must serve legitimate objectives and may not be designed simply to inhibit the ability to possess or carry operable protected firearms.”
~ “When firearms regulations are designed to thwart the right to bear arms, they are unconstitutional, no matter the size or characteristics of the burden they impose.”
~ “Any clear-eyed analysis of the challenged law must conclude that California designed its novel regime to infringe the exercise of the right to bear arms.”
~ “The delay and confusion of California’s regime is the point, all to frustrate the Second Amendment right.”
A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found the law unconstitutional in July 2025, and the state petitioned for rehearing en banc (entire court) ruling on August 7, 2025. The Ninth Circuit granted the petition on December 1, 2025, and scheduled oral arguments for the week of March 23, 2026.
Now the DOJ, as well as a coalition of 25-states, filed amicus briefs arguing that the ammunition restrictions violate the Second Amendment.
https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/content/a-must-read-brief-from-the-doj/
First in line, too. ‘-)
first, and last, and always
Litigating gun rights: an interview with Pete Patterson | Haley Proctor, Jan 8, 2026
The Supreme Court has already agreed to hear two cases this term involving Second Amendment challenges to firearms regulations, with several more petitions pending. Given that the Second Amendment is at the forefront of Supreme Court litigation, I could think of no one better to speak to than Pete Patterson, a partner at Cooper & Kirk PLLC (where I am of counsel).
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/01/litigating-gun-rights-an-interview-with-pete-patterson/
Amazon Cutting Off Second Amendment Author from Being Able to Sell His Book
https://www.ammoland.com/2026/01/amazon-cutting-off-second-amendment-author-from-being-able-to-sell-his-book/
Looking for this, I’ll buy it just because Amazon are nazi expletive deleted..
Trump DOJ & State AGs Join in on Opposing CA Ammunition Rules [Rhode v. Bonta]
The announcement by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon that the Justice Department has filed an amicus brief in the case of Rhode v. Bonta, challenging California’s background check requirement for ammunition purchases, has been greeted with delight by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb noted how this amicus submission strongly reinforces DOJ’s previously-announced commitment to protect the Second Amendment. The plaintiffs won at the District Court level, and again before a three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last July. It is now up for an en banc hearing before a full panel of judges in March.
“I can energetically say ‘Welcome Aboard’ to Assistant Attorney Dhillon and her colleagues,” Gottlieb stated. “The more, the merrier!”
CCRKBA, along with the Second Amendment Foundation and Second Amendment Law Center, has also submitted an amicus brief in the case.
https://www.ammoland.com/2026/01/trump-doj-state-ags-join-in-on-opposing-ca-ammunition-rules/
Wow. 1st play pick six by Indiana
Again on Friday, Trump says the U.S. will take Greenland … before Russia or China can take it.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/01/09/trump-says-u-s-will-take-greenland-whether-denmark-likes-it-or-not/
Is this a case of “Ask for the stars and settle for the moon”? — Rather than stripping Greenland from Danish control, the US could settle for expanded military access?
I don’t think a US invasion of Greenland is a good idea.
Measles outbreak in South and North Carolina and now in Ohio (nearly everyone I knew as a kid got these including myself and there was no panic or shutting down all of the schools)
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/health-and-medicine/2026/01/09/south-carolina-measles-outbreak-grows-by-nearly-100–spreads-to-north-carolina-and-ohio
UCF doctor shares medical insight on International Space Station
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/space/2026/01/09/ucf-doctor-shares-medical-insight-on-international-space-station