Notes from a retired newspaper publisher
Sunday, January 11, 2026
Tweets#
  • How sour.#
    • Lying to themselves is so Democrat. — The Flour Explosion: How Intelligent People Rationalize Lies to Survive and How to Stop It, by @utahprez https://t.co/pzQTFELqVO [Link]#
  • Follow the money.#
    • Cancers get their sugar from somewhere. — "Yes, Yes, And Yes": Bessent Signals Crackdown On Dark-Money NGO Protests ‘Just Like We Did With The Mafia‘ https://t.co/xBJbe7Es1m [Link]#
  • Humor.#
    • Memes to help some people understand the world as it stands. — https://t.co/h2rTqBxXQ7 [Link]#
  • The filibuster.#
    • Return to the real filibuster that lasts only as long as senators speak in opposition to the bill. https://t.co/gOHsO9enmW [Link]#
  • Analysis.#
    • Change. — As the World Tilts https://t.co/ugpB21B763 [Link]#
  • Energy.#
    • In case you did not know. — Natural Gas Is More Important and Cleaner Than Most Americans Realize https://t.co/HHPT8qooeb via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#
  • Unsafe.#
    • Now we’ll see how serious the Venezuelan VP and others temporarily in office really are. — Security Alert: Venezuela: January 10, 2026: Do Not Travel to Venezuela; Depart Immediately https://t.co/L1mrT3xehO [Link]#
Retweets#
  • No-Go zones.#
    • RT @EvelinaHahne: In Sweden, we have 60 no-go zones. Not long ago we had zero.... ... That tells you everything you need to know about our politi… [Link]#
    • RT @nayibbukele: FUN FACT: There isn’t a single no-go zone left in El Salvador. [Link]#
  • Democrat fail.#
    • RT @romanhelmetguy: Remember when Jimmy Carter gave away the Panama Canal, sat by and watched as an Islamic Revolution toppled US allied Ir… [Link]#
  • Follow the money.#
    • RT @elonmusk: Soros bribes both sides [Link]#
    • RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 IT‘S OFFICIAL: The protests are all PAID. This woman was spotted at ONE HUNDRED different protests, she admitted to being… [Link]#
  • Good sense where none was expected.#
    • RT @BasilTheGreat: 🚨CANADIAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS KEIR STARMER... ... Despite taking a call with Keir Starmer on the matter yesterday the Canadian… [Link]#
  • Just desserts.#
    • RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 HOLY CRAP! Kristi Noem just PUMMELED Jake Tapper for running COVER for violent rhetoric against ICE... ... TAPPER: Aren‘t you d… [Link]#
    • RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Scott Bessent ERUPTS on Tim Walz for PULLING Bessent‘s security at the Minnesota Capitol.... ... "Tim Walz is a CO… [Link]#
  • Good advice.#
    • RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 JUST IN: President Trump CUTS OFF oil and money to CUBA, tells the Cuban regime, “make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE”... ... Th… [Link]#
  • Their goal.#
    • RT @shipwreckedcrew: The opposition to the Trump Administration policy pushing for mass deportations of illegal aliens has laid bare for al… [Link]#
  • Tearing down Britain.#
    • RT @BasilTheGreat: Keir Starmer has been asked to ban:... The Muslim Brotherhood... Cousin Marriage... Medical experiments on Children... Halal Slaught… [Link]#
  • The court weighs in.#
    • RT @jsolomonReports: Federal judge blocks Mamdani from halting bankruptcy sales https://t.co/GR0tmIWzju [Link]#
  • Subverting political discussion.#
    • RT @JonathanTurley: The advantage of fueling rage politics is that the facts can become immaterial. It did not appear to matter that these… [Link]#
  • Good question.#
    • RT @BasedMikeLee: Zero Democrats in Congress vote like Republicans... ... So why do so many Republicans vote like Democrats? [Link]#
    • RT @BasedMikeLee: Why even bother to run as a Republican if you’re just going to vote like a Democrat once you’ve been elected? [Link]#
  • Consequences.#
    • RT @JonathanTurley: The five Stanford students accused of vandalism in the 2024 anti-Israel protests are now being tried for the property d… [Link]#
  • Called to account.#
    • RT @PeterBernegger: 🚨Exclusive: the Wisconsin Election Commission owes the federal government $77 million! Surprise ending.... ... Breaking: Spe… [Link]#
    • RT @grok: @StephenGotwals @PeterBernegger @repvos Meagan Wolfe has been WEC Administrator since 2018 (interim, confirmed 2019), so about 8… [Link]#
  • Ouch!#
    • RT @Khaledhzakariah: 🚨🚨Are you surprised the UAE decided Britain is too Islamist and extremist for Emirati students?... ... Let me tell you somet… [Link]#
  • Government lies subvert good government.#
    • RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 HOLY CRAP, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary CONFIRMED the FDA purposefully lied to the people for nearly 2 decades against d… [Link]#
  • Tim Waltz.#
    • RT @brithume: Minnesota’s governor and Minneapolis’s mayor seem to think ICE agents are dangerous but not these people. [Link]#
    • RT @BillMelugin_: BREAKING: ICE has provided @FoxNews a list of the most egregious criminal aliens they‘ve arrested during their surge in t… [Link]#
    • RT @shipwreckedcrew: The demonization of the ICE officers LAWFUL RESPONSE TO HER CRIME is all in service of the effort to force the Trump A… [Link]#
  • The Left.#
    • RT @jsolomonReports: Grenell reveals his X account was hacked: The Left tries to ‘silence people they don’t agree with‘ https://t.co/XeH1mU… [Link]#
  • Surprising similarity. Something is up.#
    • RT @ginamilan_: The talking points just dropped.... ... Now they’re condemning Hamas.... ... The Democrats are pure phonies. https://t.co/TUzc1ocsAJ [Link]#
    • RT @ConceptualJames: Why are the Democrats suddenly switching gears on this, all at once and all together? [Link]#
  • Jack Smith.#
    • RT @jsolomonReports: After bombshell revelation of paid snitch, FBI’s Patel calls Arctic Frost probe an “egregious abuse of power and viola… [Link]#
    • RT @julie_kelly2: AM I DREAMING?... ... WashPo editorial board just took a blowtorch to Special Counsel Jack Smith‘s J6 case against the presiden… [Link]#
  • Journalism fail.#
    • RT @rowdyamerican69: @RichardGrenell This is why people don’t trust legacy media. You got corrected with a primary-source email and still w… [Link]#

Last update: Sunday January 11, 2026; 6:01 PM EST.