Tonight’s #Top20Posts: Last Day of the Biden Interregnum

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Never, for one minute, forget how the ICRC failed to visit the hostages even once in 471 days.

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— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) January 19, 2025

Larwyn’s Linx: It Is Time To Admit We Have Lost Control Of Our Domestic Security

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Nation

 • It Is Time To Admit We Have Lost Control Of Our Domestic Security Sam Faddis
 • RedNote: China's Trojan Horse in America's Military @amuse
 • Glenn Greenwald Gives Perspective on Tulsi Gabbard’s Changed Support for FISA-702 CTH

 • Bombshell Report Reveals New Juicy Details About How Biden Was Forced To Drop Out Matt Margolis
 • Democrats Now Threatening People Who Donated to Trump's Inauguration David Strom
 • Speaker Mike Johnson Outlines Moment Last Year When He Knew Joe Biden Was Not in Charge CTH

 • DACA Crushed: Federal Appeals Court Hands Trump Huge Gift on Eve of Inauguration Matt Margolis
 • Government Debars Notorious Fauci Crony, Gain-Of-Function Mastermind Peter Daszak DC
 • Former CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Leaking Secret Documents About Israel Strike Plans on Iran LI

Economy

 • Lessons About the Civil Service and Political Appointees Cremieux Recueil
 • Consumers Unaware Allstate Is Tracking Their Driving Behaviors Hans von Spakovsky
 • And Suddenly, Gavin Newsom's Electric Car Mandate Looks Pretty Dumb to LA Fire Victims Victoria Taft

 • Who Should Pay to Fix ‘El Lay’? Roger Simon
 • The Energy Storage Fiasco -- How Soon Will It Be Abandoned? Francis Menton
 • ‘Undignified and awful’: Patients dying in overcrowded UK hospital corridors, nurses warn EuroNews

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Scandal Central

 • Obama's Shadow: The Deep State and Its Real Faces Truth Over News
 • Biden: After I’m Gone, I Don’t Care What Happens Clarice Feldman
 • Goodbye to Joe Biden, and Whoever Was President the Last Four Years Matt Taibbi [$]

Media

 • Bill Maher Takes an Axe to Progressivism in Blistering Editorial About the LA Fires Matt Vespa
 • Charles Barkley Slams ‘Rat-Infested’ San Francisco Robert Spencer
 • Europe Takes a Bite Out of America's Apple Stephen Moore

World

 • High Noon in Israel Abe Katsman
 • Process of releasing Israeli hostages underway JNS
 • Houthis Claim 7th Strike on Carrier Truman as Red Sea Conflict Continues Heather Mongilio

 • South Korea: Yoon backers riot at court over his arrest DW
 • With Trump In Power, Orbán Vows To Expel Soros Network From Hungary, Urges Patriots Across Europe To Do Same Remix
 • Germany: The Land of Stuck Politics Eugyppius [$]

Sci-Tech

 • European Union orders X to hand over algorithm documents Ars Technica
 • Chinese Malware Infects 4,000+ U.S. Computers BattleSwarm
 • Palace Intrigue: ‘Anti-Vaxxers’ Pushed Out of Trump Transition Team? Ben Bartee

Cornucopia

 • Scenes From the People's March John Sexton
 • Tech Billionaire Reveals His ‘Red Pill’ Moment for Supporting Trump Was the ‘Fine People’ Hoax LI
 • Sunday Strip: The Near is End Robert W Malone

Larwyn’s Linx: This is Not Your Grandpa's Democrat Party

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Nation

 • This is Not Your Grandpa's Democrat Party Daniel R. Street
 • 12 Disgraceful Acts Biden Has Committed (So Far) On His Way Out The White House Door Shawn Fleetwood
 • Sean Davis: Secret Service Left Trump Vulnerable In Butler By Design Jordan Boyd

 • Citing “Weather Concerns” President Trump Announces Inauguration Ceremony Moved Inside Capitol CTH
 • Joe Biden: An Assessment Kunstler
 • How Biden's Inner Circle Managed His Decline John Sexton

 • LAT: People Fleeing Dem-Controlled States May Be a Problem For Progs Ed Morrissey
 • Senate Democrats Help Republicans Pass Laken Riley Immigration Crackdown Mish Talk
 • ‘LAFD Must Be Rebuilt’: L.A. Officials Tell Chief Crowley to Retire After Wildfire Disaster Amy Furr

Economy

 • Leftist Ideologues Dominating Federal Civil Service Have Created a New Type of Spoils System Mark Tapscott
 • Nuclear-free Germany forced to import expensive nuclear power as election looms Remix
 • Passing the Buck: Mark Zuckerberg Blames Former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg for DEI Lunacy Lucas Nolan

Scandal Central

 • DOJ Official Mary McCord, Who Led ‘Russiagate’ Investigation, Warns Bondi To Avoid ‘Weaponization’ Logan Washburn
 • FBI Confirms It Deleted Files From 4,258 U.S.-Based Computers Davey Winder
 • Judge Aileen Cannon Highly Skeptical of DOJ Request to Release Report on Mar-a-Lago Documents Case to Congress CTH

Media

 • Karine Jean-Pierre blocks hostage-deal expert from final White House briefing for her ‘goodbye party’ Post

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 • Jury Finds CNN Is Literally Fake News Brianna Lyman
 • CBS Executives Debating Settlement with Donald Trump Over $10 Billion Lawsuit CTH

World

 • Blame Joe Biden If Ukraine Loses the War to Russia Daniel Davis
 • The Ceasefire Deal Sucks C.A. Skeet
 • World Wide Upheaval T.L. Davis

Sci-Tech

 • Investigators looking into whether Palisades fire kicked off by previous blaze OC Register
 • TikTok Social Media Platform Scheduled to Go Dark in USA Sunday CTH
 • FTC proposes 5-year ban on GM selling sensitive driver info to data brokers Suzanne Smalley

Cornucopia

 • Announcement: Babylon Bee To Shut Down As There Will Be Nothing To Make Fun Of During Perfect Trump Administration Babylon Bee
 • Friday Funnies Robert W Malone
 • The Week in Pictures: Two Days to Go! Power Line

Larwyn’s Linx: Who Is Mary McCord?

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Nation

 • Who Is Mary McCord? CTH
 • The pathetic finish to Joe Biden’s failed presidency Jonathan S. Tobin
 • Biden’s Bizarro World of Foreign Policy ‘Achievements’ Victor Davis Hanson

 • Trump is Reforming the Intelligence Community Already Top Secret Umbra
 • Oversight Panel Chief to Meet With Bondi, Patel on Bidens’ Business Dealings, Deep State Reforms Fred Lucas

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 • Are the Democrats Finished? Truth Over News

 • U.S. House Passes Measure to Deport Illegal Alien Sex Offenders With Bipartisan Support Debra Heine
 • Wisconsin Court Race Is A Buyer Beware Election, Conservatives Say M.D. Kittle
 • Recall Effort Against Gov. Gavin Newsom Ignites in California LI

Economy

 • Nine Months And GM Can’t Supply A Bumper BattleSwarm
 • Bill Maher Wonders: Why Does It Take a Catastrophe to Cut Red Tape? Ed Morrissey
 • Another Strong Retail Sales Report Is a Mirage of Inflation Mish Talk

Scandal Central

 • “He Got Himself in The Wrong Place" Jack Cashill
 • How a Woke Newsom Appointee Dismantled California’s Volunteer Firefighting Force Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
 • Trump demands FBI’s ‘corrupt’ shuttered DEI office ‘retain all records’ as critics call for national security focus Post

Media

 • As a Dog Returns to Its Vomit Chris Bray
 • I watched a disaster movie come to Los Angeles from my apartment — the fires are apocalyptic here Max Coulson
 • This liberal is seeing red after decades of California misrule meant my house burned down Matt Himes

World

 • Biden's Farewell Address and Refusal to Share any Credit for a Cease Fire and Hostage Release Agreement Bravo Blue
 • Trump was ‘the closer’ on Gaza cease-fire deal Politico
 • Have the Houthis Made a Strategic Blunder? Ari Heistein

 • Top Marine general says moving Marines from Okinawa to Guam ‘puts us going the wrong way’ Task & Purpose
 • Ukraine updates: Russia says it retook 63% of captured Kursk DW
 • How the west can save itself Melanie Phillips

Sci-Tech

 • ​​Beijing’s Targeting of Taiwan’s Undersea Cables Previews Cross-Strait Tensions Under a Trump Presidency Hans Horan
 • American Free Speech vs. European Censorship Drieu Godefridi
 • Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants WIRED

Cornucopia

 • Best farewell speech in my life Don Surber
 • Once Again, Life Catches Up to The Bee Beege
 • That Moment When You Realize Your Good Deed Shouldn't Have Been Done… The Feral Irishman

Larwyn’s Linx: Why the Department of Justice Must Answer to President Trump

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Nation

 • Why the Department of Justice Must Answer to President Trump @amuse
 • LA Firefighters Warned That People Would Die Due to Staffing Crises And Were Ignored David Strom
 • 80,000 American lives a year: The case for a congressional war on cartels Fox

 • Disconnected: Trump Cabinet Confirmation Hearings Showcase Democrats’ True Priorities AG
 • Live updates: Winds die down as crews continue to fight the wildfires NBC-LA
 • Los Angeles Mega-Fire the Tragic Consequence of Protecting Shrubs Before People LI

 • Where Did MAGA Come From? Victor Davis Hanson
 • The Confirmation Hearings So Far John Hinderaker
 • Trump Effect: California Throws in EV Truck Mandate Towel Beege

Economy

 • Rubio says US at risk of relying on China RFA
 • Close to 15,500 died waiting for health care in Canada in 2023-24 — Socialized Medicine at its finest Jane Stevenson
 • U.S. Accuses Capital One Of ‘Cheating’ Savings Account Holders Out Of $2 Billion In Interest Forbes

Scandal Central

 • Report: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Went MIA Twice Last Year And Didn’t Tell Congress Shawn Fleetwood
 • Section 702 surveillance powers remain ‘indispensable,’ CIA pick Ratcliffe says The Record
 • Big Move: Speaker Johnson Removes Mike Turner from Chair of the House Intel Committee CTH

Media

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 • Head Of Infamous "Information Disorder" Commission Promoted At NPR Matt Taibbi
 • Elon Musk and X Will Help Crush EU and UK Censorship Mish Talk
 • Tucker Carlson Interviews Mother of Likely Murdered OpenAI Whistleblower CTH

World

 • Gaza ceasefire: Israel says Hamas holding up deal DW
 • Houthi Operations in Red Sea Unclear As Israel, Hamas Enter Ceasefire USNI
 • Netanyahu faces political crisis as Smotrich weighs coalition exit JNS

Sci-Tech

 • Preventable Deaths And Vitamin D3 Robert W Malone
 • Keir Starmer’s AI plans are not very intelligent Artillery Row
 • This is a promising sign Tom Knighton

Cornucopia

 • Where are the not-so-famous refugees from Southern California landing? Eaton Rapids Joe
 • Judge Blasts CNN's Attorney: 'Your Credibility With Me...Is About None' John Sexton
 • Thursday Meme Drop Midwest Chick

Top 10 L.A. Firestorm Flubs: Another Democrat Debacle

As if America needed another body blow, an abject lesson in "how not to govern" has been delivered to us by Democrats in California.

A state with a bigger budget than all but a few large countries has been unable to deal with a wildfire that started on January 7. Most regions of the world could have prevented and addressed a fire that started more than a week ago. But not California.

Here are the Top 10 reasons Democrats should never be allowed to govern again *:

1. Water Management and Hydrant Availability: The incident with the Santa Ynez Reservoir being offline and empty highlighted a critical oversight in water supply management for firefighting. The reservoir had been taken offline to adhere to EPA mandates regarding bird poop. Ensuring adequate water pressure and availability in hydrants, especially during known high-risk fire seasons, should have been better managed.

Larwyn’s Linx: Hegseth Grilled by Feminist Fantasists

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Nation

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 • Hegseth Grilled by Feminist Fantasists Unsafe
 • The Mathematics of PsyWar Robert W Malone
 • The Democrats Humiliated Themselves in the Hegseth Hearing Sasha Stone

 • Family Ties and NIH Lies: Rep. Jake Auchincloss's Bid to Thwart RFK Appointment Truth Over News
 • LA Fire Victims Sick of Democrat Politicians Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
 • Reporter Drops a Bombshell About the Firefighter Response to the L.A. Fires Matt Vespa

 • The dawn of the anti-woke era Christopher Caldwell
 • Border Agents Discover “Sophisticated” Illegal Immigrant Tunnels Built During Biden Administration Eric Lendrum
 • Palisades Mega-Fire Suspected to be Caused by Humans LI

Economy

 • How Biden Tried to ‘Trump-Proof’ Government With Federal Telework Fred Lucas
 • Will Onerous Building Regulations Red Pill Californians Who Lost Their Homes in the Fires? NY Sun
 • L.A. County Inferno Expected To Top $250 Billion In Losses ZH

Scandal Central

 • The Rape Jihad Is Unmentionable Because It’s Doctrinal Andrew C. McCarthy
 • 3 Republican Senators Respond to Poll Showing Nearly Half of DC Federal Bureaucrats Aim to Oppose Trump Tyler O'Neil
 • Special Counsel Slams Biden In Slim Report After Allowing Hunter To Escape Most Serious Charges Tristan Justice

Media

 • Deranged Anti-Trump Columnist Jennifer Rubin Resigns From Washington Post, Blasts Jeff Bezos LI
 • Documents And Recordings Reveal How TikTok Forced Staff To Swear Oaths To Uphold China’s ‘Socialist System’ DC
 • The Unbeatable Hamas Hydra? John Hinderaker

World

 • Who's sorry now: Germany or Hamas? Don Surber
 • Democrats’ Hegseth Hearing Theatrics Prove They’re Unserious About U.S. National Security Shawn Fleetwood
 • Jihad Must Have No Place in the West Guy Millière

 • South Korea's President Yoon arrested after standoff DW
 • Russia launches 'massive' missile attack against Ukraine, forcing power cuts France24
 • North Korea fires short-range missiles ahead of Trump return Hyonhee Shin

Sci-Tech

 • LA fires live: risk of ‘rapid fire spread’ as near hurricane-force winds forecast in some areas Guardian
 • Epic Failures of Incompetent Leaders Eileen Griffin-Ray
 • How an AI Brad Pitt fraudster convinced woman to split with millionaire husband and fund ‘cancer treatment’ Independent

Cornucopia

 • Can Purdue Preserve Its Innocence in the Lawless World of NIL? Jack Cashill
 • An Asian View from My Couch Diogenes
 • Fuel Of The Gods Filthies

Larwyn’s Linx: LA Mayor Karen Bass’s spending spree funded by cuts to fire department months before deadly wildfire

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Nation

 • LA Mayor Karen Bass’s spending spree funded by cuts to fire department months before deadly wildfire Jon Levine
 • The House That DEI Built: Leadership Failures in Los Angeles @amuse
 • There Is No Bottom for Blue California Kurt Schlichter

 • A time for truth and reconciliation Peter Thiel
 • First Blood: Anatomy of Border-Crosser’s Chicago Terror Attack Todd Bensman
 • How Jack Smith Destroyed His Own Case Against Trump Turley

 • Palisades Fire Threatens New Upscale Communities As Santa Ana Winds Return ZH
 • State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded LA Times [1/10/25]
 • Jan. 13: Obama Bros Push Wildfire Charity Scam The Daily Scroll

Economy

 • Evercore ISI: LA wildfire insured loss $20bn-$25bn. Could be one event under reinsurance Artemis
 • California fires could be costliest disaster in US history, says governor World Economic Forum Times
 • BlackRock quits ‘Net Zero’ initiative at perfect time as woke policies contribute to devastating LA fires Charles Gasparino

 • I Just Charged My Brother’s EV, Watching 25 Cars Fill Up With Gas. I Would Rather Pay For Gas 1000 Times Over. Torque News
 • China’s Trade Balance Soars to a Record $1 Trillion Mish Talk
 • You Now Have Permission to Stop Pretending Rufo

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Scandal Central

 • A Tale of Two Riots Investigative News Service
 • 702: The Conversation Continues CTH
 • With P Diddy Exposed, Could Pizzagate Be Next? Jack Cashill

Media

 • Regime Media Mouthpieces Chuck Todd, Jenn Rubin To Quit Outlets ZH
 • Associated Press Really Went There With This Piece About the California Wildfires Matt Vespa
 • L.A. Private Firefighters Are a Class War Flashpoint, but the Reality Is More Complicated Gary Baum

World

 • Mobilization Mania Overtakes Ukraine Simplicius
 • Italy releases Iranian citizen held on a US warrant over drone attack in Jordan APNews
 • The Mediocrity of the Rockefeller Heirs Jacob Nordangård

 • Trump says Gaza hostage deal almost finalized JNS
 • Germany: Trump's 5% NATO demand too costly, Scholz says DW
 • NATO to boost Baltic Sea patrols after cable 'sabotage' blamed on Russia France24

Sci-Tech

 • Texas Sues Allstate For Secretly Tracking Drivers Through Apps, Using Data To Raise Rates ZH
 • Is This The New 60/40 Portfolio? The Pomp Letter
 • U.S. Judges Demand SEC 'Explain Itself' for Rebuffing Requests for Crypto Rules Coindesk

Cornucopia

 • How a ‘warrior’ brain surgeon saved his Malibu street from wildfires and looters Susien Cohen
 • JPMorgan Chase Freezes Employee Comments Amid Return-To-Office Backlash ZH
 • The Anti-Influencer Influencer Manifesto Emily Zanotti