01/16/2026 05:10 CDT
WILL FEDS FINALLY STOP THE MADNESS IN MINNEAPOLIS?
TODAY’S TOP TEN
WILL TRUMP DROP THE INSURRECTION ACT ON MINNEAPOLIS?
PRESIDENT TRUMP MULLS using Insurrection ACT in Minneapolis to quell the violence. The Last Refuge.
DHS identifies latest men who attacked ICE agents. Newsweek.
INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST Nick Shirley exposes more fraud in Minneapolis — this time regarding phony “transportation companies.” Breitbart.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS BILL allowing schools to offer healthier whole and 2% milk. USA Today.
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN VIRGINIA push pro-trans telehealth counseling for minors. Restoration News.
ILLEGAL ALIENS’ HEALTH CARE costs Texas hospitals more than $1 billion last year. Texas Scorecard.
CALIFORNIA’S PROPOSED BILLIONAIRE wealth tax to fund illegal immigrant benefits already leaking oil. Hot Air.
CHASE BANK SUES FORMER Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot over an $11,078 credit card debt — 17 months without a payment. Instapundit.
ILLINOIS FATHER SAYS PRITZKER shows “indifference” to his daughter being killed by an illegal immigrant. Fox News.
MAMDANI’S RENT CZAR WANTS to destroy the private housing market, according to her past remarks. PJ Media.
RILEY GAINES TELLS FOX NEWS she wraps her baby in bulletproof blankets due to death threats. Daily Caller.
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COMMENTARY WORTH READING
Oregon’s shocking number of phony voters. Victoria Taft.
Gen X voices lead in displacing rotting corporate media. Lisa De Pasquale.
Chicago liberal bar groups try to silence retired judge who dared express a conservative opinion. John Kass.
VIDEO WORTH WATCHING
Kristi Noem says Tim Walz is fueling violence in Minnesota. Fox News.
How Charlie Kirk changed America. PragerU.
WH’s Leavitt blasts reporter over his left-wing activism. Real Clear Politics.
LATEST ROA PODCASTS
Host Hayden Ludwig interviews J.P. De Gance, founder and president of Communio, about restoring the marriage playbook. Restoration News.
Host Grace Reilly talks with Restoration of America Founder and CEO Doug Truax about what they are not telling women about the abortion pill. Restoring America with Grace Reilly.
OFFBEAT BEAT
Rare Beatles autographs and George Harrison’s broken guitar string could sell for thousands at auction. New York Post.
TWEETS OF NOTE
(@libsoftiktok) "For CISgender girls, they can play consistent with their gender identity. For transgender girls, they can't." - Ketanji Brown Jackson There’s no such thing as “cisgender.” It’s a made-up leftist term to demean actual women. Tweet.
(@TheKevinDalton) Gavin Newsom’s California is so committed to saving the environment, they are clearcutting 3,493 mature/old-growth oak trees in native woodlands, grasslands, and vernal pools to make way for 3,000 acres of solar panels Tweet.
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DETAILED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX shows no substantive inflation from tariffs. The Last Refuge.
BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL
ICE Officer Shoots Alleged Illegal Alien After Attempted Ambush Goes Horribly Wrong BONGINO REPORT.
DOGE SAVINGS
$215 billion. DOGE website.
POLYMARKET PREDICTION MARKET
Will Democrats control House after 2026 midterms? 78%.
Will Republicans control the Senate after the 2026 midterms? 66%
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