Should politicians be able to hike taxes without standing up to cast a vote?
Thanks to a 2017 policy implemented by Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, that’s exactly what happens every year with alcohol taxes.
Author: Blazingcatfur
The Worst of Don Lemon (Post-Arrest Edition)
On Friday, it was reported that Don Lemon was arrested for his part in the invasion of a St. Paul, MN church. The notoriously leftist Lemon (he’s a multiple winner of MRC’s Worst Quote of the Year) was so biased that he actually got fired from CNN.
For a look at the worst of Lemon’s time at CNN see here.
Since Lemon was canned from his CNN show, he has continued his horrible ways as a podcaster.
Actually performing a public service …
“Indian” man charged in U.S. with smuggling people across the border from Canada
A federal grand jury charged an Indian man with smuggling a dozen people from Canada into the United States.
The U.S. Justice Department says 22-year-old Shivam Lnu allegedly smuggled Indian nationals across the U.S.-Canada border into Clinton County in New York.
Citing court documents, the department alleges the suspect directed and coordinated the human trafficking operation for several months between January and June 2025.
The DOJ says U.S. Border Patrol agents tried to stop two vehicles travelling one behind another near the border on Jan. 26, 2025.
Here’s What to Know About the Millions of Pages of Epstein Documents
The Department of Justice on Friday released the largest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files to date, a giant tranche including three million more pages of documents and thousands of videos and images.
The documents shed new light on the disgraced financier’s relationships with several prominent figures, including Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. They also contain a significant number of uncorroborated tips to law enforcement.
Congress mandated the release in November, and President Trump signed the bill despite initially opposing it, as he has sought to put an end to the accusations and speculation swirling around the case. The latest batch of documents arrived weeks after a Dec. 19 deadline imposed by Congress.
GM’s Boss Isn’t Thrilled About What Canada Has Agreed To
Not long after Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Unifor union leader Lana Payne voiced their concerns over Canada’s recent trade agreement with China, GM CEO Mary Barra weighed in as well. Given what’s at stake, especially the potential arrival of low-cost Chinese EVs in North America, her stance was as expected.
Barra made it clear she sees the deal as working against efforts to bolster a strong North American manufacturing base. The underlying concern is one of both economic and strategic security.
Maher: ‘Celebrities Don‘t Know About the Real World‘, Talent Isn‘t ‘Knowing Things‘
During his closing monologue on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that “Celebrities don’t know about the real world.” And told them that “being talented, which you are, isn’t the same as knowing things or having the credibility to advise people on their politics. You rail against privilege, but you avail yourself of the greatest privilege of all, to remain clueless.”
Bill Maher GOES OFF on Hollywood celebrities, telling them to stay the h*ll out of politics at their glitzy awards shows—because their preachy lectures just make people hate them (and their causes) even more.
“Every big name in show business came out for Kamala Harris from… pic.twitter.com/V3fO5Q7hNv
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) January 31, 2026
“Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves”
11 suspects identified, over 80 charges laid in Hamilton distraction theft case
— Jerry Can (@leafsjerrycan) January 30, 2026
h/t Patti Jo
United Nations faces ‘imminent financial collapse’ without urgent action, UN chief says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues — a message likely directed at the United States and the billions it owes.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter to all U.N. member nations obtained Friday by The Associated Press that cash for its regular operating budget could run out by July, which could dramatically affect its operations.
h/t Osumashi
Carney Liberals push Bill C-16 that could criminalize normal family conversations
Mark Carney’s Liberal government wants to control everything. With Bill C-9, they seek to remove the religious exemption for prosecutable hate speech; MP Marc Miller specifically cited Bible passages as examples. With Bill C-16, they could open the door to criminalizing conversations between family members after the fact.
The new Bill C-16 (not the 2017 bill of the same name, which prohibited “hate speech” on the grounds of “gender identity and expression” and made Dr. Jordan Peterson famous) has been titled the “Protecting Victims Act,” and was introduced by the Liberals in the 45th Parliament. It has not attracted much attention, but as MP Leslyn Lewis recently highlighted, it may have far-reaching effects.
Anti-ICE protesters clash with fed agents outside DTLA federal building
Hundreds of unruly anti-ICE protesters were locked in a hostile standoff with federal agents outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles Friday.
The mob clashed with officials, who pepper-sprayed the group as it attempted to move closer to the building. Most of the mob covered their faces with masks or scarves, some used gas masks. At some point, federal agents appeared to deploy tear gas into the crowd to disperse the agitators.
🚨 HOLY CRAP! LAPD just CHARGED at anti-ICE rioters and unleashed less lethal munitions on the crowd — they were instantly shoved back after laying siege on the federal building
FINALLY local police allowed to do their jobs! 🔥
📽️ @anthonycabassa pic.twitter.com/Nl1XKVs4t3
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 31, 2026
🚨 BREAKING: Rioters are now DESTROYING parts of the ICE facility in Los Angeles, and federal agents are in FULL RETREAT, per reporter @anthonycabassa
LAPD are TOTALLY MIA
Americans are getting SICK of seeing this happening DAILY! pic.twitter.com/5OPSnUMNyJ
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 31, 2026
It is the right time – socially and economically – to scale back extended health benefits for refugees
On June 18, 2012, doctors and other health care workers all across the country staged a walkout to protest the government’s changes to refugee health care benefits in Canada. Roughly two months earlier, the Stephen Harper government had announced that cuts were coming to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), which provides temporary health care coverage for refugees in Canada.
The IFHP had covered both basic care and extended services, such as vision, dental, and prescription medication, but that was ending: as of June 30, that extended coverage would be eliminated (with the exception of immunizations or medications for diseases that pose a public health risk) for all refugee claimants, and refugee claimants from designated “safe” countries would see their coverage pared back almost entirely.
Revealed: Elon Musk’s anger algorithm that polarises our politics
When he was the television critic of this newspaper, Alan Coren published a collection of his columns under the title Golfing for Cats, with a giant swastika on the cover. His work mentioned none of the three. Coren knew such words sold books, so set out to mock the tricks of a wordsmith’s trade. At the time, this was a joke about human editors gaming human instincts.
Today the same logic governs how most people encounter the world — except the decisions are no longer made by editors but by machines, dominating the news agenda at a scale Coren could not have imagined.
Military men facing terrorism charges prepared for zombie apocalypse, informant alleges
New information from an informant in the case involving three men accused of facilitating terrorism in Quebec City revealed they were planning for a supposed zombie apocalypse.
The information, provided as part of an ongoing case still before the courts, comes from a former member of the group Hide & Stalk — an alleged anti-government Instagram group of current and former military members.
Luigi Mangione will not face death penalty if convicted, judge rules
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, will not face the death penalty if convicted, a court has ruled.
US District Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed the federal firearms charges against the 27-year-old that carried the possibility of the death penalty.
He will still face stalking charges, which can bring a maximum punishment of life in prison.
WTF?
Amelia takes a trip to see how the rest of the Anglosphere is doing. I wonder what she’ll find! pic.twitter.com/tjtvglYIYC
— Huff (@Huff4Congress) January 30, 2026