The View from Afar: Monday, January 12, 2026

Monday, January 12, 2026

Tweets#

Institutionalized stupidity.#

Rationality is an acquired trait not necessarily taught in schools. — Romancing the Resistance, by @utahprez https://t.co/6YClY5nuAk [Link]#

Embarrassing.#

National journalism has been on life support for decades. — Beat the Press, by @donsurber https://t.co/YJV0DysChw [Link]#
A journalistic “Nevermind.” — #JOURNALISM: “I like the NYT’s correction at the bottom: ‘An earlier version of this article missta https://t.co/9XlMlJ1frf [Link]#

Minnesota.#

Call Minnesota theater an insurrection. It is. — MARK PULLIAM: Anatomy of an Insurrection: The recent (and ongoing) events in Minneapolis invoke hi https://t.co/fzNSHQ8gbj [Link]#

Election interference.#

The voter rolls were dirty on purpose. — BLUE STATE UPDATE: https://t.co/xflCl2MMNO https://t.co/n3xEqgakL9 [Link]#

Albany fail.#

How to get Albany to face the energy reality. — New York Business Community Starting To Wake Up About The Coming Energy Train Wreck https://t.co/pOntEcQ86Y via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#
Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani Announce Billions in New Spending on ‘Free‘ Childcare Program https://t.co/iML37KhCYK [Link]#

Requirements for science to happen.#

Science: “Is it consistent with the physical evidence?” — Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #674 https://t.co/3OVcww3dns via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#

Retweets#

Evidence Powell did not address in his deflection.#

RT @julie_kelly2: Sen Tim Scott confronted Powell with citations in the plans that contradicted his assertions downplaying the opulence of… [Link]#

Britain.#

RT @BROKENBRITAIN0: 🚨BREAKING: KEIR STARMERS CHAGOS ISLAND SURRENDER "DEAL" HAS COLLAPSED 🇬🇧 ... ... The government has LOST on the Chagos Surren… [Link]#

Minnesota.#

RT @TonySeruga: Minneapolis under Frey became a city where public money flowed freely through “community” organizations that were political… [Link]#
RT @MendlovitzMark: The @CivilRights branch of the @TheJusticeDept should be suing Minneapolis and Hennepin County over the non-enforcement… [Link]#
RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 WOW. The Minnesota Legislative Auditor CONFIRMS Tim Walz employees fabricated records to cover up fraud, they did ZERO si… [Link]#
RT @WallStreetApes: Former Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann says that Minnesota Democrats create inflated budgets so they can laund… [Link]#
RT @MattWhitlock: Look at the training “MN Ice Watch” (which Renee Good belonged to) gives:... ... They train activists to assault law enforcemen… [Link]#

California.#

RT @LegInsurrection: California missed a deadline to cancel more than 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses held by non-U.S. citizens, trigge… [Link]#
RT @WallStreetApes: My jaw dropped and I literally gasped watching this... ... El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells exposes the California ‘Homeless Task Fo… [Link]#

Government that works.#

RT @jsolomonReports: VA goes from Biden backlog to Trump turbo with claims cleared and clinics opened https://t.co/OC6cTY5IAh [Link]#

Consequences.#

RT @WallStreetMav: The banks have de-banked gun stores, members of the Trump family, religious organizations, many conservatives ...... ... But f… [Link]#

Ricky Gervais wins despite what he says.#

RT @rickygervais: I fucking won. Again. https://t.co/1la5ZNITtt [Link]#

Destroying governance.#

RT @profstonge: Rogue Obama judges are going to break judicial review. ... ... At which point the question is how many divisions does a district… [Link]#

Iran loses.#

RT @shanaka86: Iran just ran the most sophisticated electronic warfare campaign ever deployed against a commercial satellite constellation.… [Link]#

Election interference.#

RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 HOLY CRAP. Citizen journalist David Khait just exposed that people in Atlanta are registered to vote at ABANDONED homes… [Link]#

Photography lessons 101.#

RT @Rixhabh__: Most people treat their iPhone camera like a point-and-shoot toy.... ... They’re carrying one of the best true pocket cameras and… [Link]#

Restore the original filibuster where senators talk.#

RT @BasedMikeLee: Earmarks and the Zombie Filibuster create the smokescreen needed to obscure spending provisions like this one—providing $… [Link]#
RT @elonmusk: Why is a non-talking filibuster allowed to happen? This makes it impossible to pass laws. It cannot be constitutionally valid… [Link]#

The New York Times misses the target, again.#

RT @ScottJenningsKY: They are so close to understanding. So close. [Link]#
RT @ProfMJCleveland: LOL. I don‘t think he understands the point he is making here. [Link]#

Schooling so-called journalists.#

RT @RedWave_Press: CNN’s Jake Tapper: “I‘m wondering if you‘re not doing a disservice to the officer by reaching a conclusion before the in… [Link]#
RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 BREAKING: President Trump PUMMELS CNN reporter on Air Force One 🤣... ... CNN: Do you think Iran takes your threats seriously?!… [Link]#

It’s cultural.#

RT @RobertMSterling: Honest question: Why is the Hmong diaspora in Minnesota so much better integrated into society than the Somali populat… [Link]#

DOGE.#

RT @OcrazioCornPop: 🚨 RINO ESTABLISHMENT: 26 Republican Senators voted AGAINST codifying @DOGE foreign aid cuts (S.Amdt. 1266 to H.R. 1968,… [Link]#
RT @WallStreetMav: FLASHBACK: @timburchett after meeting with @elonmusk and Republicans: “The key to [DOGE] is in that room. If Congress do… [Link]#

Someone tell Britain.#

RT @JamesHarvey2503: George Orwell: It began unobtrusively, almost politely. A post here and there disappeared—quietly, without explanation… [Link]#

Marxism happens.#

RT @ConceptualJames: Oh look, the dialectic. https://t.co/5QAiWHeDb4 [Link]#

Manipulating the record.#

RT @mattvanswol: 🚨#BREAKING: DeCarlos Brown Jr‘s arrest and mugshot from the day he murdered Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte NC Light Rail.… [Link]#

Journalism fail.#

RT @RichardGrenell: Guess how many reporters actually reported the facts as to who asked who to end the EXCLUSIVE Opera partnership at the… [Link]#

Monday, January 12, 2026

Tweets#

Institutionalized stupidity.#

Rationality is an acquired trait not necessarily taught in schools. — Romancing the Resistance, by @utahprez https://t.co/6YClY5nuAk [Link]#

Embarrassing.#

National journalism has been on life support for decades. — Beat the Press, by @donsurber https://t.co/YJV0DysChw [Link]#
A journalistic “Nevermind.” — #JOURNALISM: “I like the NYT’s correction at the bottom: ‘An earlier version of this article missta https://t.co/9XlMlJ1frf [Link]#

Minnesota.#

Call Minnesota theater an insurrection. It is. — MARK PULLIAM: Anatomy of an Insurrection: The recent (and ongoing) events in Minneapolis invoke hi https://t.co/fzNSHQ8gbj [Link]#

Election interference.#

The voter rolls were dirty on purpose. — BLUE STATE UPDATE: https://t.co/xflCl2MMNO https://t.co/n3xEqgakL9 [Link]#

Albany fail.#

How to get Albany to face the energy reality. — New York Business Community Starting To Wake Up About The Coming Energy Train Wreck https://t.co/pOntEcQ86Y via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#
Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani Announce Billions in New Spending on ‘Free‘ Childcare Program https://t.co/iML37KhCYK [Link]#

Requirements for science to happen.#

Science: “Is it consistent with the physical evidence?” — Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #674 https://t.co/3OVcww3dns via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#

Retweets#

Evidence Powell did not address in his deflection.#

RT @julie_kelly2: Sen Tim Scott confronted Powell with citations in the plans that contradicted his assertions downplaying the opulence of… [Link]#

Britain.#

RT @BROKENBRITAIN0: 🚨BREAKING: KEIR STARMERS CHAGOS ISLAND SURRENDER "DEAL" HAS COLLAPSED 🇬🇧 ... ... The government has LOST on the Chagos Surren… [Link]#

Minnesota.#

RT @TonySeruga: Minneapolis under Frey became a city where public money flowed freely through “community” organizations that were political… [Link]#
RT @MendlovitzMark: The @CivilRights branch of the @TheJusticeDept should be suing Minneapolis and Hennepin County over the non-enforcement… [Link]#
RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 WOW. The Minnesota Legislative Auditor CONFIRMS Tim Walz employees fabricated records to cover up fraud, they did ZERO si… [Link]#
RT @WallStreetApes: Former Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann says that Minnesota Democrats create inflated budgets so they can laund… [Link]#
RT @MattWhitlock: Look at the training “MN Ice Watch” (which Renee Good belonged to) gives:... ... They train activists to assault law enforcemen… [Link]#

California.#

RT @LegInsurrection: California missed a deadline to cancel more than 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses held by non-U.S. citizens, trigge… [Link]#
RT @WallStreetApes: My jaw dropped and I literally gasped watching this... ... El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells exposes the California ‘Homeless Task Fo… [Link]#

Government that works.#

RT @jsolomonReports: VA goes from Biden backlog to Trump turbo with claims cleared and clinics opened https://t.co/OC6cTY5IAh [Link]#

Consequences.#

RT @WallStreetMav: The banks have de-banked gun stores, members of the Trump family, religious organizations, many conservatives ...... ... But f… [Link]#

Ricky Gervais wins despite what he says.#

RT @rickygervais: I fucking won. Again. https://t.co/1la5ZNITtt [Link]#

Destroying governance.#

RT @profstonge: Rogue Obama judges are going to break judicial review. ... ... At which point the question is how many divisions does a district… [Link]#

Iran loses.#

RT @shanaka86: Iran just ran the most sophisticated electronic warfare campaign ever deployed against a commercial satellite constellation.… [Link]#

Election interference.#

RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 HOLY CRAP. Citizen journalist David Khait just exposed that people in Atlanta are registered to vote at ABANDONED homes… [Link]#

Photography lessons 101.#

RT @Rixhabh__: Most people treat their iPhone camera like a point-and-shoot toy.... ... They’re carrying one of the best true pocket cameras and… [Link]#

Restore the original filibuster where senators talk.#

RT @BasedMikeLee: Earmarks and the Zombie Filibuster create the smokescreen needed to obscure spending provisions like this one—providing $… [Link]#
RT @elonmusk: Why is a non-talking filibuster allowed to happen? This makes it impossible to pass laws. It cannot be constitutionally valid… [Link]#

The New York Times misses the target, again.#

RT @ScottJenningsKY: They are so close to understanding. So close. [Link]#
RT @ProfMJCleveland: LOL. I don‘t think he understands the point he is making here. [Link]#

Schooling so-called journalists.#

RT @RedWave_Press: CNN’s Jake Tapper: “I‘m wondering if you‘re not doing a disservice to the officer by reaching a conclusion before the in… [Link]#
RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 BREAKING: President Trump PUMMELS CNN reporter on Air Force One 🤣... ... CNN: Do you think Iran takes your threats seriously?!… [Link]#

It’s cultural.#

RT @RobertMSterling: Honest question: Why is the Hmong diaspora in Minnesota so much better integrated into society than the Somali populat… [Link]#

DOGE.#

RT @OcrazioCornPop: 🚨 RINO ESTABLISHMENT: 26 Republican Senators voted AGAINST codifying @DOGE foreign aid cuts (S.Amdt. 1266 to H.R. 1968,… [Link]#
RT @WallStreetMav: FLASHBACK: @timburchett after meeting with @elonmusk and Republicans: “The key to [DOGE] is in that room. If Congress do… [Link]#

Someone tell Britain.#

RT @JamesHarvey2503: George Orwell: It began unobtrusively, almost politely. A post here and there disappeared—quietly, without explanation… [Link]#

Marxism happens.#

RT @ConceptualJames: Oh look, the dialectic. https://t.co/5QAiWHeDb4 [Link]#

Manipulating the record.#

RT @mattvanswol: 🚨#BREAKING: DeCarlos Brown Jr‘s arrest and mugshot from the day he murdered Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte NC Light Rail.… [Link]#

Journalism fail.#

RT @RichardGrenell: Guess how many reporters actually reported the facts as to who asked who to end the EXCLUSIVE Opera partnership at the… [Link]#

Last update: Monday January 12, 2026; 2:59 PM EST.