We always do the game of wanting a news personality to do the interviewing to help us poor dumb as a bag ‘o’ rocks folks understand what we can plainly see with our eyes & read in primary sources
Jan 15, 2026
She signed up to fight the war on terror? It always amazes me how these folk actually believed that Bush Lie, and two tours, no, and now she’s a celebrity.
Oh, darn, pointing the barrel at the Gestapo. Whoops:
Well, guns for hire: Kristi Noem is so incompetent that she pointed a firearm at the head of one of her own ICE agents during a photoshoot. She wanted to come across as ‘sexy and strong’ and simply ended up looking like the complete fool that she really is
And forget about MAGA this and MAGA that. These Republicans, before and after MAGA, are deeply disturbed and cheer on more deaths and maiming by Gestapo:
Oh, so I am getting this in my emails: “Deportation Industrial Complex”
But it really goes deeper than that:
How serious? U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Illinois) on Wednesday formally introduced articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, accusing her of obstructing congressional oversight of immigration enforcement efforts and abusing her position for personal gain.
“Secretary Noem has called my impeachment effort ‘silly.’ I want to tell her right now: Secretary Noem, you have violated your oath of office and there will be consequences,” Kelly said Wednesday at a press conference on Capitol Hill. “I am watching you. Members of Congress are watching you. The American people are watching you. And most of all, we are not liking what we are seeing. If you believe impeachment is ‘silly,’ then you are not taking your job or our Constitution seriously.”
Kelly said she filed three articles of impeachment against Noem.
Enemies list a la, well, you name the dictator__________________________________ (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Iran, Suharto in Indonesia, Augusto Pinochet in Chile, and Anastasio Somoza in Nicaragua) !
Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado has been contacted by the Justice Department about a video he and a group of lawmakers recorded that urged U.S. service members to refuse illegal orders, marking the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts against the Democrats.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, led by Jeanine Pirro, has requested to interview Crow about the video, which was released in November. Crow appeared in the video alongside five other lawmakers, who all have experience serving in the military or intelligence community.
“Donald Trump called for my arrest, prosecution, and execution — all because I said something he didn’t like. Now he’s pressuring his political appointees to harass me for daring to speak up and hold him accountable,” Crow said in a statement. “I won’t be intimidated and will keep fighting to uphold my oath to the Constitution and defend our country.”
Crow, a former Army Ranger, told reporters on Capitol Hill that the Trump administration is weaponizing the Justice Department “to try to silence their political opponents and suppress dissent.”
“But we are members of Congress. We will do our duty. We took an oath to this country to enforce the law, and that is exactly what we are going to do, and we will not allow any president to intimidate us and threaten us and dissuade us from performing our duty and fulfilling our oath,” he said.
- Bahrain: King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
- Brunei: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
- Egypt: President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- Equatorial Guinea: President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
- Eritrea: President Isaias Afwerki
- Eswatini (Swaziland): King Mswati III
- Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
- Jordan: King Abdullah II
- Kazakhstan: President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
- Oman: Sultan Haitham bin Tariq
- Qatar: Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
- Rwanda: President Paul Kagame
- Saudi Arabia: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman)
- South Sudan: President Salva Kiir Mayardit
- Tajikistan: President Emomali Rahmon
- Thailand: King Maha Vajiralongkorn
- Turkmenistan: President Serdar Berdimuhamedov
- United Arab Emirates: President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Uzbekistan: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- Vietnam: General Secretary of the Communist Party
Well, there is Adolph Bibi.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates it will cost taxpayers anywhere from $10 million to $125 million for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to rebrand the Defense Department as the “Department of War” — a number that would grow to “hundreds of millions” if it became official.
The range is the first government cost estimate since President Donald Trump announced last fall that he wanted to “restore” the name of the Defense Department to the War Department.
Only Congress can change the name of a federal agency, so Trump last September signed an executive order calling for the new name to be used as a “secondary title,” or essentially a nickname for the sprawling department.
“Costs would be at least a few million dollars if DoD phased in a minimal implementation, but they could be as large as $125 million if the name change was implemented broadly and rapidly throughout the department,” the CBO wrote. “A statutory renaming could cost hundreds of millions of dollars depending on how Congress and DoD chose to implement the change.”
Something about Israel is losing on all those Substacks? US subsidiary of Israel’s IAI, ELTA North America, awarded $11 million contract by US Navy. One of thousands of contracts granted.
ELTA North America specializes in advanced electronic warfare, radar, and intelligence solutions and serves as the US-based subsidiary of IAI’s ELTA Systems division.
Once an addict, always a drug dealer.
MAGA — Make America Gag Again:
Some employees were brought back last year amid legal challenges and political pressure, including those who staffed a health monitoring program for miners in West Virginia. But now all the terminations have been rescinded, according to the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents workers at NIOSH and parts of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The administration’s attempt to lay off nearly every NIOSH worker was shameful and illegal, considering that much of NIOSH’s work is required by law,” AFGE national president Everett Kelley said in a statement.
A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spokesman on Wednesday confirmed that laid-off NIOSH employees were being reinstated.
“The Trump Administration is committed to protecting essential services — whether it’s supporting coal miners and firefighters through NIOSH, safeguarding public health through lead prevention, or researching and tracking the most prevalent communicable diseases,” spokesman Andrew Nixon said in a statement.
Nixon did not respond to questions about how many workers were being reinstated, why the workers were laid off or why HHS decided to rescind the layoffs. It’s unclear how many of the laid-off NIOSH workers have taken other jobs or decided to retire and won’t be returning, officials said.
It’s likely that many have moved on and won’t be returning, said Michael Barasch, an attorney who represents 9/11 survivors and their families. He has helped clients enroll in the NIOSH World Trade Center Health Program that provides medical monitoring and treatment.
He described the NIOSH layoffs and their impact as “horrifying.” More agency workers may be coming back now, but the layoffs last year delayed diagnosis and treatment and it’s likely that “people died because of these cuts,” he said.
Enemies List: Make America Gulag Again:
Journalists confront new reality in reporting after FBI raid
Many saw the FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home as a jarring new step aimed at limiting their ability to gather information.
Enemies lists:
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said she’s being investigated by federal prosecutors after she participated in a video with other Democratic lawmakers urging members of the military and the intelligence community not to follow illegal orders.
Slotkin said in a video statement Wednesday that she found out about the probe last week from the office of “former Fox host” Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, who asked to interview her “because of” the 90-second video.
“To be clear, this is the president’s playbook. Truth doesn’t matter, facts don’t matter, and anyone who disagrees with him becomes an enemy. And he then weaponizes the federal government against them,” Slotkin said. “It’s legal intimidation and physical intimidation meant to get you to shut up.”
“No, I’m not going to do that because this president does not represent the views of a majority of Americans. Even if you voted for him, I do not believe that his vision of America is shared by a majority of Americans,” she added. “This country is worth fighting for.”
Enemies with a list?
The House oversight committee will move to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress, its Republican chair James Comer said on Wednesday, after the former first lady joined her husband Bill Clinton in refusing to comply with a subpoena for testimony regarding the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The announcement came a day after the Clintons said they would not honor subpoenas from the investigative panel to discuss Epstein, a former friend of the ex-president, who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
“Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton joined her husband in defying a bipartisan, lawful congressional subpoena to show up today,” Comer told reporters on Wednesday morning, after the deadline for Hillary Clinton to appear passed.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, flanked by his Greenlandic counterpart Vivian Motzfeldt, said Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” over Greenland remains with Trump after they held highly anticipated talks at the White House with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Ahh, which enemies are on that list? Block academics from coming to USA, but not these “workers.” … US bishops praise DHS policy change on wait times for religious worker visas
Now, while these workers will still need to depart the US after completing five years, they can apply to return immediately without waiting for a year abroad.
“We are taking the necessary steps to ensure religious organizations can continue delivering the services that Americans depend on,” the DHS statement said. “Pastors, priests, nuns, and rabbis are essential to the social and moral fabric of America.”
1. Targeted Proclamations (China-Specific)
- Proclamation 10043: This policy, established in 2020 and maintained by subsequent administrations, bars Chinese graduate students and researchers with ties to institutions supporting China’s “military-civil fusion” strategy.
- Impact: Approximately 3,000 to 5,000 individuals are estimated to be blocked annually.
- Revocations: At least 1,000 visas were revoked shortly after the proclamation’s inception.
2. Broad National Travel Bans (19-39 Countries)
Recent executive actions have significantly expanded the number of countries subject to travel restrictions, impacting thousands of prospective students and researchers:
- June 2025 Proclamation: Restricted entry from 19 countries, putting approximately 19,000 international students at risk.
- December 2025 Expansion: The ban was expanded to include 39 countries (including Nigeria and Syria), further restricting F and J visas commonly used by short-term college instructors and researchers.
- Total Blockage: One proclamation alone was set to block more than 10,000 foreign students and institutional researchers for the fall 2025 semester.
3. Rising General Visa Denials
Beyond specific bans, general visa refusal rates for academic pursuits have hit record highs:
- Record Denials: In 2024, consular officers denied a record 278,553 student visas—a 41% rejection rate.
- Recent Revocations: As of January 2026, the State Department reported revoking over 8,000 student visas and 2,500 specialized visas due to criminal activity or law enforcement encounters.
- Enrollment Decline: New international student enrollment fell by 17% for the fall 2025 semester, largely attributed to these tightening visa restrictions
Hundreds of students and recent graduates have seen their United States visas revoked by immigration officials since President Donald Trump took office for a second time on January 20, and several have also been arrested.
Many of the targets of the visa revocations and arrests are students who participated in pro-Palestine protests that erupted on campuses across the country in 2024 during Israel’s war on Gaza. Others are individuals with more indirect links to Palestine or those who have shown support for Gaza on social media.
The Trump administration alleges that these students spread anti-Semitism and pro-Hamas sentiment on campus – a claim students, lawyers and activists have all rebutted. Jewish activists and groups have been at the forefront of many of the most prominent protests in the US against the Gaza war.
Others have had their visas cancelled after minor legal infractions – a speeding ticket or other traffic violations, for instance.
You will never get into the USA with a photo and cutline like these posted on your X or Meta . . . [Photo: Maher Bassiouni carries the body of his one-year-old son, Mohammed, after he died of exposure to the cold in Deir al-Balah. January 13, 2026]
Or, just putting on your X or Meta this?
“Winter Cold and Collapsing Buildings Kill Palestinians in Gaza as Israel Blocks Shelter Supplies”
This will get you banned in the USA: Why Renee Good’s Killing Reminds Me of Martin Niemoeller’s ‘First They Came’ Poem
In 1976, German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoeller, whose (albeit late) opposition to the Nazi regime landed him in Hitler’s concentration camps, gave a sermon in the city of Kaiserslautern after which there was a discussion with the congregation.
Among other things, he was asked why ordinary people did not wake up to what was happening around them after the anti-Jewish Kristallnacht pogroms of 1938.
Niemoeller’s confession would later gain prominence in the Anglosphere as the “First They Came” poem:
When the Nazis came for the communists, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a communist.
When they came for the trade unionists, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a trade unionist.
When they locked up the social democrats, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a social democrat.
When they came for me, there was no one left to protest.
The execution-style homicide of Renee Good, a 37-year-old white woman and US citizen in Minneapolis by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross, has reminded me of Niemoeller’s cautionary tale.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) office located within the U.S. Embassy Branch Office Tel Aviv at 71 HaYarkon Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6343229, Israel.
Across the U.S., ICE raids are ramping up again, tearing families apart, terrorising communities, and spreading fear among immigrants and refugees. At the same time, in Gaza, Israel’s ongoing g3n0cid3 continues despite “ceasefire” headlines, sustained by billions in U.S. aid and unwavering political cover.
These two realities are not separate. They are part of the same system of militarised control: one that sees certain lives as disposable, borders as weapons, and surveillance as safety. The collaboration between the U.S. and Israel extends far beyond foreign policy.
It’s an exchange of tactics, technologies, and ideologies that return home to criminalise, deport, and surveil Black and Brown communities in Turtle Island. What’s being tested on Palestinians under occupation and genocide is being imported into U.S. neighbourhoods—from the drones over Gaza to the ones patrolling the Rio Grande; from the checkpoints in Hebron to ICE raids in Chicago.
From Gaza to North America to London, the same logic of control drives state violence: profiling, surveillance, and punishment for being poor, Muslim, Black, Brown, undocumented, or unafraid to resist. ICE’s raids and Israel’s bombs are two expressions of one system: one that criminalises survival and calls it “security”. But solidarity disrupts that system. Every act of care, protection, and defiance sows a counter-architecture: one rooted in freedom, not fear. As we unmask these connections, we reclaim our power to imagine a world without cages or occupation, where liberation in Palestine and justice in Chicago rise together.
Paul Haeder, Author 