NYTIMES (Winnie Hu) - A Sunday Snowstorm Blankets New York
The city got about nine inches of snow and at least one person died from exposure to the cold as Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced his first big test in nuts-and-bolts governing.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Susan Crabtree) - Supreme Court Orders CA Dems To Justify Prop 50 Maps
The Supreme Court on Thursday gave California Democrats a week to respond to the California Republican Party’s request to block the new Democrat-drawn congressional district […] Source
AMERICANGREATNESS (Thaddeus G. McCotter) - Letting Netflix Buy Warner Bros. Discovery Isn’t ‘Libertarian,’ It’s Lunacy
In 2014, when I wrote the book Liberty Risen: The Ultimate Triumph of Libertarian-Republicans, many reviewers couldn’t understand why I wrote it. I was not […] Source
AMERICANGREATNESS (Arthur Schaper) - From Greenland to Red, White, and Blue Land
President Trump is one of the most active, energetic presidents in American history. No one would doubt that. He has restored our prestige around the […] Source
AMERICANGREATNESS (Roger Kimball) - The Countdown to Iran’s Liberation Has Begun
In my column last week about the situation in Iran (“The Fog of Prewar in Iran”), I wrote: Many commentators, noting Trump’s oft-proclaimed desire for […] Source
NYTIMES (Adeel Hassan) - In Visits to Dealerships, Pair Schemed to Steal High-End Vehicles, Police Say
An organized theft ring in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York swapped or quickly cloned key fobs to steal millions of dollars’ worth of vehicles, officials said.
NYTIMES (Alex Traub) - George Cabot Lodge, Last of His Family to Battle a Kennedy, Dies at 98
The two Massachusetts clans faced off in elections for decades, until a final 1962 Senate race. Despite his loss, Mr. Lodge praised his opponent, Ted Kennedy.
STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - Ukraine’s Endless Cycle of TCC Corruption: From Oligarchs to Local Bribe-Takers, The Dnipropetrovsk Scandal and Beyond
Adding to the mounting scandals plaguing Ukraine, authorities have uncovered yet another significant bribery scheme; this one involving the recruitment and evasion of soldiers into the armed forces. The scandal, emerging from the Dnipropetrovsk region, reveals yet another thread in the ever-growing spool of corruption amid the ongoing war. On January 16, 2026, the Security […] The post Ukraine’s Endless Cycle of TCC Corruption: From Oligarchs to Local Bribe-Takers, The Dnipropetrovsk Scandal and Beyond appeared first on StoneZone .
Adding to the mounting scandals plaguing Ukraine, authorities have uncovered yet another significant bribery scheme; this one involving the recruitment and evasion of soldiers into the armed forces. The scandal, emerging from the Dnipropetrovsk region, reveals yet another thread in the ever-growing spool of corruption amid the ongoing war. On January 16, 2026, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted searches at the home of the head of a district military medical commission (VLK), part of a local Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center (TCC). They uncovered over $307,000 in cash, with an additional ~$90,000 seized from a civilian intermediary, bringing the total haul close to $400,000. The money was reportedly stashed in…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Karen Tumulty) - Minn. AG calls Trump administration version of shooting ‘flat-out insane’
Alex Pretti’s death came two weeks after the killing of Renée Good, who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
