Friday, January 02, 2026

AM Fruitcake

 


History for January 2

History for January 2 - On-This-Day.com 
Isaac Asimov 1920 
  • 1492 - The leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I.
  • 1910 - The first junior high school in the United States opened. McKinley School in Berkeley, CA, housed seventh and eighth grade students.
  • 1953 - "The Life of Riley" debuted on NBC-TV.
  • 1968 - Fidel Castro announced petroleum and sugar rationing in Cuba.
  • 1974 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon signed a bill requiring all states to lower the maximum speed limit to 55 MPH. The law was intended to conserve gasoline supplies during an embargo imposed by Arab oil-producing countries. Federal speed limits were abolished in 1995.

Thursday, January 01, 2026

BREAKING: Kash Patel Says Minnesota Fraud Probes Were 'Buried' Under Biden - They Implicated His 'Allies'

BREAKING: Kash Patel Says Minnesota Fraud Probes Were 'Buried' Under Biden - They Implicated His 'Allies'

FBI Director Kash Patel says major fraud investigations opened during the Biden administration were deliberately stalled because they risked implicating political allies. The allegations were reported Tuesday by journalist Catherine Herridge, who shared details in a post on social media platform X. According to Herridge, Patel has been personally tracking the probes for months, with a focus on Minnesota, where the cases were initially opened and where Somalis are accused of defrauding taxpayers of billions of dollars via fraudulent day care centers and other social service programs.

The way we were-----Signing of NAFTA (1993)

The Babylon Bee Presents: Our 100% Accurate Predictions For 2026

Washington Democrat Introduces Bill To Shield Daycare Operators From Scrutiny | The Daily Caller

The legislation aims to extend the public records exemption from applying only to family home child care providers to covering any licensed or certified providers of child care - Derek VanBuskirk
  • It argues that “child care providers working in licensed centers and other nonresidential care settings also face safety risks, harassment, doxxing and targeted retaliation when their home addresses, personal phone numbers, photographs and other identifying information are released publicly.”...

The official invitation to STEAL an election!-----Minnesota day care scandal sparks concern over election policy that allows a voter to 'vouch' for others | New York Post

A controversial Minnesota election policy that allows a single registered voter to “vouch” for up to eight people seeking same-day registration is under fire amid the state’s massive fraud scandal tied to the Somali community there.Patrick Reilly
Under Minnesota law, the registered voter must go with the person or people they are vouching for to the polling place and sign an oath verifying their address, according to the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State.
  • Those being vouched for still must provide at least one form of identity verification, which includes a valid Minnesota driver’s license or learner’s permit, a “receipt” for them, or a tribal identification card that includes a photo and signature, according to the rules...
  • However, critics have noted that Gov. Tim Walz’s 2023 “Driver’s Licenses for All” bill allows people to obtain licenses regardless of immigration status. 
  • Licenses carry no marking indicating citizenship, despite being regularly used to register to vote...

Large foreign-aligned group illegally funding U.S. political causes? * WorldNetDaily * by Amanda Bartolotta

Large foreign-aligned group illegally funding U.S. political causes? * WorldNetDaily * by Amanda Bartolotta

ITServe Alliance, a massive India-aligned organization, presents itself as a professional trade association for IT services companies. But its own materials suggest the organization is built around a political financing model that may violate federal law. According to ITServe's published membership structure, every $1,000 annual membership fee automatically allocates $300 to what the group openly labels its "PAC" (political action committee), with additional funds directed to "CSR" (corporate social responsibility) and services the organization itself describes as advancing immigration policy goals. This structure raises serious questions about whether ITServe is illegally funding its PAC, particularly given that many of its members are not U.S. citizens.

Around the world: New Year 2026 celebrations

Un-journalism is a sickness that afflicts mainstream news in Michigan, Minnesota, and Washington.

Facebook - James David Dickson
  • Un-journalism is when a lazy man like Politico’s Josh Gerstein would sooner suggest that a reporter like Nick Shirley could be shot and killed, than to actually outcompete the guy.
You can spot the un-journalist by his fruits: he has none. 
Go to his story page and you’ll see narratives. 
You will see coverage. 
  • But you will not see news.
Weak men make bad journalism. 
Josh Gerstein shows why journalism is going the way of Jeffrey Epstein.
  • James Dickson Podcast is coming in hot. Happy 2026.


Lunch video-----Freedom250: New Year's Eve celebration at National Mall

Noon-toon

 


Senate bill would give nearly $6 billion to refugee programs despite record-low intake numbers | Blaze Media

Senate bill would give nearly $6 billion to refugee programs despite record-low intake numbers | Blaze Media

An appropriations bill could allocate billions in funding to refugee programs after temporary government funding expires. Congress passed a clean funding extension in November 2025 that expires on January 30, 2026, when new funding allocation could take place.

We've got to get control of our criminal government!

 


ALEX BERENSON: Minnesota was only the beginning: New York's Medicaid grift is far worse

When it comes to waste, fraud and abuse in government programs, nothing holds a candle to healthcare spending. 
And this especially true in New York - By Alex Berenson
It's not just Minnesota. 
Or just daycares. 
  • The deepest government honeypot is blue-state Medicaid.
And nowhere does corruption run deeper than in New York State, where everyone wants a piece of a $120 billion honeypot...

Trump stands tall!

 


Publius: Readers' Choice: Best of Right Opinion for 2025 | The Patriot Post

A selection of articles our editorial team thought best represented both the news and reader interest in 2025. - Publius

#1 This day 1967-----THE MONKEES - I'M A BELIEVER - 1966 Original (HQ-856X480)

Must read!-----𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐈𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 - Karin McQuillan

Three weeks after college, I flew to Senegal, West Africa, to run a community center in a rural town. 
Life was placid, with no danger, except to your health. - Patricia Anthone 
  • That danger was considerable, because it was, in the words of the Peace Corps doctor, "a fecalized environment."
  • In plain English: s--- is everywhere. 
People defecate on the open ground, and the feces is blown with the dust – onto you, your clothes, your food, the water...
Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that a few decades later, liberals would be pushing the lie that Western civilization is no better than a third-world country. 
Or would teach two generations of our kids that loving your own culture and wanting to preserve it are racism...
  • Senegal was not a hellhole. 
  • Very poor people can lead happy, meaningful lives in their own cultures' terms. 
  • But they are not our terms. 
The excrement is the least of it. 
  • Our basic ideas of human relations, right and wrong, are incompatible...

It ain't bragging if it's true!

 


FBI Foils New Year's Eve Terror Plot by 'Pro-Palestinian' Group in California: Officials

FBI Foils New Year's Eve Terror Plot by 'Pro-Palestinian' Group in California: Officials

A New Year’s Eve terror plot by a pro-Palestinian, left-wing, anti-government group that was intent on bombing businesses in Los Angeles was foiled by the FBI.

The group, Order of the Black Lotus, is “a radical faction of the Turtle Island Liberation Front,” or TILF, according to the Los Angeles Times. The group is also “left-wing” and “anti-government.”

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced on Monday that the group of four was guilty of planning an “organized, sophisticated, and extremely violent” New Year’s Eve attack involving bombs.

The global climate panic is fading

But now declining, leaving the world an opportunity to finally focus on sensible, affordable climate policies - Bjørn Lomborg
  • Climate worry (black line) climbed since 2014 (except Covid)


AM Fruitcake

 


History for January 1

History for January 1 - On-This-Day.com 
Barry Goldwater 1909
  • 1804 - Haiti gained its independence.
  • 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.
  • 1895 - In Battle Creek, MI, C.W. Post created his first usable batch of Monks Brew (later called Postum). It was a cereal-based substitute for caffeinated drinks.
  • 1959 - Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and seized power in Cuba.
  • 1979 - The United States and China held celebrations in Washington, DC, and Beijing to mark the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
  • 1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect.
  • 1995 - The World Trade Organization came into existence. The group of 125 nations monitors global trade.