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Bad Bunny: First “Album Of Year” As A Spanish Language Album…

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The times… they are a-changin’.

Nicki Minaj is… out. Humanity… is in (per Variety):

…Bad Bunny has made Grammys history as the first Spanish-language artist to win album of the year with his hit album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos.”

He beat Justin Bieber (“Swag”), Sabrina Carpenter (“Man’s Best Friend”), Clipse, Pusha T and Malice (“Let God Sort Em Out”), Kendrick Lamar (“GNX”), Leon Thomas (“Mutt”) and Tyler, the Creator (“Chromakopia”) in the category….

In his [earlier] acceptance speech, the Puerto Rican musician got right to the point.

“Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say ICE out. We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens. We are humans and we are Americans. Also, I will say to people, I know it’s tough to know not to hate on these days and I was thinking sometimes, we get contaminados [contaminated], I don’t know how to say that in English. The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So please, we need to be different. If we fight, we have to do it with love. We don’t hate them. We love our people. We love our family, and that’s the way to do it. With love….”

Onward.

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This Bears Repeating — About “Dead Ender” MAGAts…

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Ran across this… and we don’t make the proactive, offense / winning case often enough (about why immigration is a wonderful thing anymore), because we are so busy disabusing the hard right of their despicable lies — and senseless cruelty.

In any event… Do go read it all — it rings true:

…Immigrants did not steal your job, your town, or your future. Automation, corporate greed, and your refusal to adapt did, and these innocent and wonderful immigrants simply refused to sit still while the world has changed.

They commit less crime, start more businesses, work longer hours, and move where the work actually is, which is why they terrify your cowardly and moronic movement built entirely on excuses. You are not defending America; you are defending stagnation, wrapping personal failure in a flag and calling it patriotism. The border is not the crisis. The crisis is grown adults who would rather scream about immigrants than compete in the country immigrants still believe in….

Excellent!

USDC Judge Boasberg: Completely Exonerated, After Bondi Smear…

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This should surprise no one who’s been paying attention.

He’s a very fine jurist, and this proves it:

…After conducting an initial review, the chief judge of a circuit may dismiss a complaint of judicial misconduct if he concludes:

(A) that the claimed conduct, even if it occurred, “is not prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts”;

(B) that the complaint “is directly related to the merits of a decision or procedural ruling”;

(C) that the complaint is “frivolous” because the charges are wholly unsupported; or

(D) that the complaint “lack[s] sufficient evidence to raise an inference
that misconduct has occurred.” Judicial-Conduct Rule 11(c)(1)(A)–(D); see 28 U.S.C.
§ 352(a), (b).

This complaint warrants dismissal….

Now you know. Onward, resolutely.

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Hey John: “Insurgency” Requires That A LAWFUL Authority Is Being Resisted…

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Once again, our favorite mental midget, John Hinderaker seeks a false equivalency.

John believes that the lawful and largely peaceful resistance — against an unlawful and violent federal ICE/DHS attack… which has now been found by multiple courts, at multiple levels, to be violating both our federal statutes, and the US Constitution… amounts to an “insurgency”.

Words do matter, John. And yours… lie.

When Greg Bovino orders his men to shoot Mr. Pretti down in the street, or to shoot Renee Good, in her car — who is trying to drive away (defenseless)… it is our right, and perhaps even our duty — to protest this wanton abuse of power.

Just as it is our duty to seek the return of a kidnapped five-year-old — snatched away from a bus stop — to dusty West Texas… all without any due process.

Do you sit this one out, John. This is a discussion for adults only.

Out.

[U: Opinion, Linked.] Who Needs To Be… ORDERED(?)… To Release A Kidnapped 5-Year Old?! WHO?!

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Lil’ Liam Ramos (and his father) are to be freed, in dusty West Texas by Sunday Tuesday morning — and returned by jet (at govt. expense), to Minnesota.

That’s a small relief.

But what sort of monster thinks these are acceptable tactics of engagement?!

[Trivial Update: The malign idiot Bill Glahn, over at Powerline, makes a whole post out of a typo on an order signed on a Saturday. The order says February 31, because the Ramos legal team didn’t know if the USDC Judge would be reachable / be there — to sign it still in January — on the Saturday the 31st. This, from a guy who cannot comprehend the US Constitution’s clear “due process” clause… and a guy who praises an orange dotard who thinks the CEO of ARCO is “ARCO Guy”. And Tim Cook is “Tim Apple”. Holy Sh!t. Insane.]

Kristi Noem must be cashiered, immediately. Out.

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The Able USDC Judge Menendez, In Minneapolis… Is Right.

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But this is a very narrow, small ruling. [You may see my prior backgrounder on it, here.]

Yet to be decided are all the merits claims. And she’s right, Mr. Ellison cannot (relying solely on the “authority” of the federal Tenth Amendment) simply bar ICE from the state. If acting lawfully (which it is undisputed, they have NOT been so acting), they do have a right to enforce the immigration statutes. If acting lawfully. Much more to come, but here is her Saturday opinion and order. It is a well-taken position, on bedrock law:

…The Court pauses to observe what it is not deciding. At this stage, the Court makes no final determination on the merits of any claims asserted by Plaintiffs. Nor does the Court offer any opinion about the wisdom of Operation Metro Surge.

And the legality of many of the specific actions taken by federal agents during the operation is not before the Court in this case. Instead, the Court only decides whether to grant the extraordinary remedy of a preliminary injunction halting a federal law enforcement operation based upon the Tenth Amendment.

In answering this question, the Court must view Plaintiffs’ claims through the lens of the specific legal framework they invoke, and, having done so, finds that Plaintiffs have not met their burden. For the reasons discussed below, the motion is denied….

Now you know. Smiles… baby girls here tonight!

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In Which Scott Johnson Realizes His Error of Law — About Don Lemon…

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Yesterday, I took Scott Johnson to task: after his prior three decades of supporting a free press and the right to dissent, he opined that Don Lemon (a journalist — who on video announced he was there to document — as a journalist)… is subject to prosecution under the criminal laws (passed by a MAGA Congress, during Tangerine 1.0) that purport to strip away first amendment rights from both the people — and journalists.

Of course, those laws, and the so-called the FACE Act, hasn’t yet been tested at the United States Supreme Court. But it will fail.

The claim is that the government can make it a crime to disrupt a house of worship. [But obviously, the MAGAts only mean Christian houses of worship because regularly ICE has been disrupting Muslim gatherings, and Buddhist gatherings. The law is unconstitutional on its face.]

In any event, the Supremes will ultimately rule that this law is unconstitutional, when applied to someone like Don Lemon.

So today, Scott Johnson offers this “cleanup” — that if it relates to national security, the government has the right to prosecute the disruptor:

…It is thus clear that Congress has addressed itself to the problems of protecting the security of the country and the national defense from unauthorized disclosure of potentially damaging information….

Again (obviously) shouting in a church about a chaplain who is pro ICE and works for them during the week — but holds worship services on Sunday in that church, may be rude… but it is not in any sense “a matter of national security”. Nor will it ever be a crime.

So again, Scott errs, but at least he acknowledges that we the people have the right to assemble publicly and even to be boisterous — inside a church.

Don Lemon’s “indictment” will be flushed — within weeks, and he will get his lawyers’ fees — paid by the US government.

Bank on that, Scott. Out.

Updated Clade 1b Totals: Mpox Outbreak In… Madagascar. Ugh.

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As we end January, we will update the rather alarming growth in Clade 1b cases, in the nation: from five as of New Year’s Day — to 228 of them, this morning. Damn.

There have been no fatalities yet, but we do know that the debilitating physiological (and social shunning) after-effects, even after recovery — can last two to three years. Here’s the latest (from ReliefWeb) — and a bit:

…Madagascar is experiencing its first documented Mpox epidemic (clade 1b), which began in epidemiological week 51 of 2025 (end December 2025) and continues as an active outbreak. As of the latest situation report dated 12 January 2026, the country has recorded 228 total cases (24 confirmed by laboratory testing and 204 suspected cases) with zero deaths reported among both confirmed and suspected cases….

The outbreak originated and remains heavily concentrated in Boeny region, specifically Mahajanga I district, which accounts for 150 of the 228 cases (66% of national burden) with 17 of the 24 laboratory-confirmed cases.

Geographic expansion has occurred progressively since the initial detection, with cases now reported across 16 of Madagascar’s 23 regions including the capital region Analamanga….

Now you know — and USAID is — as ever, sidelined. Onward — to shovel, again this morning… grin.

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