Attribution: Groundhog Day 2026 by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com
[Dave Whamonds work has appeared in magazines and newspapers including Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, Readers Digest and many more. He has won 7 Silver Reubens from the National Cartoonists Society and several book awards. Dave has written and/or illustrated over 50 books and his syndicated comic, “Reality Check”, has appeared in newspapers since 1995.]
we can stick it out for just 6 more weeks, but 3 more years of ICEing us? God help the USA.
Attribution: Trump Groundhog Day by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com
[Dave Granlunds cartoons have appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek.]
speaking of (or crying to heavens for) helping the usa, this bllack friday blackout song should be refurbished for the current attempts at protest.
Ever looked at your Black Friday cart and thought, “Wow, I’m literally funding my own misery”? This is a fake-patriotic protest anthem plus a pastel-colored boycott briefing about saying no to big-box chaos for one week and rerouting your power to small shops, neighbors, and your nervous system. Watch, scream-sing along, then grab the details and resources at http://www.TheCultOfBrighterDays.org
at 7:00 am
Watch live coverage as the famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil predicts whether there will be an early spring or six more weeks of winter.
another Whamond masterpiece
“SHE CALLED THE POLICE”
I showed this video in our chat a view days ago, and it’s still making the rounds — on Morning Joe just now. Imagine facing these thugs.
As Joe said, “She didn’t call Antifa for help. She called the police”.
Here’s the full story, and the video.
St. Peter MN Police Chief Matt Grochow intervened last Thursday to secure the release of a local resident and U.S. citizen who had allegedly been violently arrested by federal agents.
The woman was stopped by ICE agents while recording operations from her vehicle. According to testimony and videos obtained by local media, the agents forcibly removed her from her car and restrained her, causing injuries, as reported by her husband.
She was handcuffed and taken to a detention center.
After a call from the victim’s husband, St. Peter Police Chief Matt Grochow contacted federal authorities. Shortly afterward, the agents changed course and turned the woman over to the local police station.
Grochow himself personally escorted her home.
Mort, we’ll see, but shutting down the Kennedy Center for 2 years doesn’t suggest no demo reno.
Trump’s name is on the Kennedy. so he probably won’t tear it down. Still we can expect to have to rip out the gold mold and marble arm rests.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Our daily ‘ELEVEN TO NOON’ live chat airs today at 11:00 AM ET on YouTube. JOIN the chatroom here — or WATCH yesterday’s show here.
What America is Actually Clicking — February 2, 2026
Silas signing off. A reminder that these are the stories people are really watching, not just what we think they should. Will the Kennedy Center “rebuild” actually happen, or is it a leverage play?
Fed prosecutor: Don Lemon indictment “poorly drafted” — “inflammatory” — “inappropriate” 🚨
I say shut it down and get together to help with the fallout. We cannot fund this lawless regime any longer.
in a non-political context that I was laughing that the Grammys still have “ alternative” music categories, no one has used that word to describe genre in 20 years
if anything, it describes rock from that era specifically
in a political context, how do you fund a government that wages war on your own people?
His new DC monument plan is giving major Roman Empire energy.
It feels a little Caligula, doesn’t it? Just sheer unchecked hubris. At least the Senate seats are safe from livestock. (We think).
today’s meme…
meme #2…
I’m feeling a disruption in The Force.
I believe there is among certain gop members a concerted effort to bring the head of this administration to
a complete crash before it’s too late (for them). Certain people are poised to move in and try to save all the marbles they are able to salvage. It’s a delicate operation which has to somehow slide by the base, no simple matter……headed in that direction, though.
They’re lost, but they’re making real good time.
brrr 🥶
Talarico Alert! He’s on The View today.
yeah… I remember…
I don’t know about 6 more weeks, but this week for sure. We were at 1 above this morning and it’s shot up to 10 above on it’s way to 28 then rinse and repeat until at least next week.
Pretty low on snow in CO
https://www.cnet.com/news/4chan-post-appears-to-have-detailed-jeffrey-epsteins-death-before-news-broke/#ftag=CAD-06-10abe3d
An anonymous post to the notorious 4chan imageboard on Saturday appears to have provided details of Jeffrey Epstein’s death before the first news reports of the disgraced financier’s suspected suicide. The 4chan post, which was earlier reported by Buzzfeed News, was published more than a half hour before the initial news reports that Epstein, who was held on charges of sex trafficking, was dead.
*Reading new stuff about the 4Chan guy in the Epstein files and creating the QAnon trails for MAGAts to a land where the pedos weren’t the Republicans…but maybe there were signs.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/epstein-files-released-doj-2026/
Report shows Epstein covered Mehmet Oz’s travel expense for 2004 trip
A transaction report shows that in 2004, Jeffrey Epstein paid for the travel of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the current administrator for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Department of Health and Human Services.
The report shows $1,592 was billed to Shoppers Travel, Inc.
Epstein was also invited to an event in 2014 in which Oz was a guest speaker, but Epstein wrote in an email that he was unavailable to attend.
Additionally, in 2016, Oz sent an email to Epstein, but the message is redacted.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where Oz has served as administrator since 2025, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mustang saw his shadow. Let’s see some snow, Colorado! ❄️
#GroundhogDay
She called 911 on federal agents during a “traffic stop”—and the local police actually stepped in to help.
We’re breaking down the stunning Minneapolis footage, the massive election upset in Texas, and why the Grammys finally woke up.
TODAY’S RUNDOWN
00:00 Intro
00:55 Grammys: Bad Bunny & Billie Eilish Speak Out
04:55 Minneapolis ICE Incident: The 911 Call
07:22 Whipple Detention Center Conditions
12:55 Texas Special Election Upset
15:10 Columbia Heights Schools Threat
17:40 The Caligula Comparison
20:15 Trump Voters Flipping in Iowa
Watch the full ELEVEN TO NOON here:
did you determine why they are targetinnig children
(rhetorical, mocking ai)
speaking of behind the curve and mocking, criticizing celebrities for using their platform is absurd in the Land of Podcasters that elected one
it’s much more tone-deaf to pretend trumpco isn’t deliberately lighting society on fire
oh and Nero is a more apt comparison than Caligula (built unnecessary monuments to himself, esteemed himself too highly, persecuted religious minorities, hopefully one more coincidence…)
If stump had become president when he was Caligula’s age he’d probably have been a perfect comparison. But he’s actually got good comparison with a LOT of those emperor guys.
Stur I looked into the issue of you getting tossed out. Here’s a possible fix:
Choose ALLOW camera — you can still turn it off and stay only on mic. That way the platform doesn’t mistakenly think it’s denied all access to your device.
There is the pedophile comparison with Caligula, And I think he might have built as many statues and buildings to himself as Nero did. But take your pic, I like comparing Trump to Roman emperors because it sadly fits. I just hope we don’t turn out the same way
well Nero was also ugly, even in idealized portraits
that orange makeup looks sillier by the day
This Week’s Serial:
featuring the 1st Doctor and Nero
Targeting children? Maybe he wants to be greater than King Herod the Great? That should appeal very well to the ‘gelicals.
https://www.4good-finds.com/p/how-to-delete-99-of-your-digital
How to delete 99% of your digital footprint from the internet
Become a digital ghost
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/immigration/2026/01/30/tps-ending-haiti-affected-list/88428915007/
At least 330,000 Haitians in the United States stand to lose temporary protected status when it expires Feb. 3, placing them at risk of deportation to a country facing political instability, gang violence and a humanitarian crisis.
With the deadline just days away, a federal district court in New York was weighing whether to pause the termination of TPS for Haiti — a designation given when a country is deemed unsafe for return.
Already Terminated (as of Jan. 30, 2026)
Afghanistan – Expired July 21, 2025; Lawsuit pending.
Burma (Myanmar) – Terminated Jan. 26, 202; Lawsuit pending.
Cameroon – Expired Aug. 4, 2025; Lawsuit pending.
Honduras – Expired Sept. 8, 2025; Lawsuit pending.
Nepal – Expired Aug. 5, 2025; Lawsuit pending.
Nicaragua – Expired Sept. 8, 2025; Lawsuit pending.
South Sudan – Expired January 5, 2026; Lawsuit pending.
Syria – Expired Nov. 21, 2025; Lawsuit pending.
Venezuela – Multiple expiration dates in 2025 and 2026. See DHS for more. A federal appeals court ruled Jan. 29 that DHS exceeded authority ending TPS, but the decision has no immediate effect. Earlier Supreme Court orders, most recently in October, allow the February termination of TPS for Venezuela to remain in effect while the case is considered.
https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/how-did-6-million-people-vote-in
We began this investigation in an attempt to understand why, on Election Night, hundreds of thousands of votes were disappearing in real time across multiple news and media feeds.
What we’ve uncovered so far goes beyond what any of us could have expected.
According to Breaking Points’ newscasters, Burke County, Florida is “where all the old Puerto Ricans live.” Which is fascinating, considering Burke County, FL doesn’t exist.
And then we found Stafford County, PA, Allen County, NC, Oklahoma County, MI, and Hamilton County, GA—none of these counties exist either, yet here we are.
In other words: three privately held, unmonitored, and unregulated services deliver real-time tallies to every major media outlet on Election Night.
And DDHQ is the service where we’ve identified the most glaring, unexplained discrepancies across multiple states.
How We Got Here: Mayhem In Michigan
At approximately 11:32 p.m., CNN shows Harris’s vote total dropping from 1,024,050 to 989,994.
Then, at 11:45 p.m., the ABC Detroit affiliate’s livestream shows Harris gaining 1,044,226 votes.
Then one minute later, losing 989,289 of those votes.
989,289 votes. Poof. Gone.
Across that three-minute window, Trump gains a net 56,329 votes and Harris gains a net 54,837.
But if Harris received the full 1,044,226-vote increase shown on the ABC feed, she would have gained more than enough votes to win the state of Michigan.
Something Is Wrong In Wisconsin
Unfortunately, Michigan was only the beginning. As we continued digging, we observed sudden drops in Harris’s vote totals across multiple states, along with counties showing inflated turnout that aligned with shifts toward Trump.
At 10:22 p.m., the DDHQ total in Wisconsin for Harris on NewsNation was 1,537,114 votes.
At 10:26 p.m., the DDHQ total in Wisconsin for Harris on the Brian Tyler Cohen feed showed 1,550,400 votes.
This is an increase of 13,286 votes in four minutes, which is expected—vote totals are supposed to go up, not down.
Three minutes later, at 10:29 p.m., the DDHQ total for Harris on NewsNation plummeted to 755,216—a loss of 795,184 votes from the 10:26 p.m. total.
795,184 votes. Poof. Also gone.
Conflict of Interest Is The GOP’s SOP
And then we discovered Scott Tranter—who, according to publicly available records is the majority owner at Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ)—and previously served as Director of Data Science for Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign.
His firm, Øptimus Analytics, was engaged with Rubio’s team from at least 2013. Tranter also participated in an India Global Forum business delegation that traveled to Texas for engagements at Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starbase facility, where Musk hosted the group.
*And, it goes on with screenshots from election night coverage.
For a visual and auditory explanation: parts one, two, and three are posted on TikTok and lay out the process. Part four lays out the manipulation, it has been taken down and reinstated on appeal. We may need to shift gears to YouTube.
*Probably on YouTube. I haven’t gotten that far.
A Midterm Campaign Plan: Weaponize Their Incompetence
There is a midterm strategy that ignores the culture war entirely: Weaponize their incompetence. You can bypass the arguments about what they want to do, and simply make the case that they have no idea how to do it.
Take a look at the scoreboard. The ICE fiasco? For all the cruelty and the chaos, they still haven’t deported as many people as Obama did in a single year—it’s all theater, no logistics. They’ve tanked Kennedy Center sales to the point of closing the doors. They tore up the White House grounds with no blueprint for what to build next.
On trade, he’s managed the impossible: driving our oldest allies in Europe and Canada into the arms of China and India just to survive, threatening our own economy in the process.
Even their gerrymandering is backfiring as Democrats respond with maps of their own. Measles is back. What have I left out? Because I know there’s more.
Tiberius had his “minnows” swimming around him in the old pool. I think he spent a lot of time in the pool.
They hadn’t discovered golf yet.
And Tiberius had a great friend named EpSteinicus, Purveyor of Debauchery.
It is said that EpSteinicus committed suicide by hopping into the Tiber while wrapped up in a sack in which was also a rat a cat and a serpent.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/tech/eu-probe-grok-sexualized-images-intl
The European Union has launched a wide-reaching investigation into Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on X following global outrage over its ability to generate sexually explicit images, including of children.
Henna Virkkunen, a senior commission official focusing on technology, as well security and democracy, said in the statement: “Sexual deepfakes of women and children are a violent, unacceptable form of degradation. With this investigation, we will determine whether X has met its legal obligations… or whether it treated rights of European citizens – including those of women and children – as collateral damage of its service.”
The probe was opened under the EU’s Digital Services Act, which requires Big Tech companies to do more to tackle illegal and harmful online content.
The EU hit the social media platform with a fine of around $140 million in December, saying the “deceptive design” of its blue verification checkmark and other features violated the Digital Services Act. At the time, Musk called the fine “crazy.”
*Yep, crazy low considering how much MuskRat is worth on paper.
Earlier this month, California Attorney General Rob Bonta also announced an investigation into the “proliferation of non-consensual sexually explicit material produced using Grok.”
Grok is still banned in Indonesia and Malaysia as a result of the image generation controversy.
UK regulator Ofcom has also launched a formal investigation into X.
The winning message is income inequality; tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, cuts to programs for the most marginalized.
A lot of folks like the violence they see; even if assuming they were actual criminals, this mis-treatment is uncalled for…but not by some.
His you will get them is when they see the for-profit system of kidnappings, deportation flights (sometimes just to move ICE victims from concentration camp to concentration camp), and unless they are employed as part of the system, they get nothing back for their tax dollars. Even if they do sign up for N&zi duty, they won’t make chicken-scratch compared to the C-suite N&zis at CoreCivic and the other companies profiting off of human suffering.
You make good arguments, Craig, but everything needs to be condensed in one, bitter bite of truth: The ultra-wealthy (elites) are robbing everyone else. To paraphrase Carville, It’s income inequality, folks.
The old ways don’t apply, not even the US Constitution. Those with an attention span and willingness to learn will do so, but sloganism that sticks in their craw is needed.
HA!
She called 911 on the Feds for protection. Not Antifa—the police. An astounding moment for citizen rights.
Take her at her word. She truly does not care what anybody thinks.
Tomorrow’s starter topic…
Defund Trump. It’s the only leverage left. We break down why starving the regime of funds is the necessary play before the midterms.
Tomorrow is Judgment Day on Capitol Hill. With H.R. 7148 hanging by a single vote, we’re looking at the hard reality: waiting for the midterms is a luxury we don’t have. The “Defund” strategy isn’t pretty, and the consequences of a shutdown are real, but writing a blank check for this administration’s lawless adventures is worse.
We’re discussing the moral case for closing the wallet. It’s time to rely on the networks we’ve built—state government, local leaders, and willing citizens—to catch those who fall, rather than funding the very assault on our values we claim to oppose. If they want to break the rules, we have to grab the hammer.
The “Fiscal Sovereignty” Concept
We fret about Washington shutting down, but what about the donors?
Blue states act as the ATM for the very regime attacking them—paying 60% of federal taxes but getting only 53% back. They are effectively funding the own assault.
The nuclear option is ‘Fiscal Sovereignty.’ Governors open state escrow accounts. We pay our federal taxes there, and the state holds it until Washington follows the law.
More on tomorrow’s 11am livestream > https://trailmix.cc/chat
Anyone know what St Peter police chief said to get the observer’s release?
Stur, the police chief’s office stayed mum on the whole topic, did not officially confirm much or offer details. But her husband reported the chief did get her out and drive her home.
BiD, let’s write a DEFUND TRUMP script for people to call Congress tomorrow for the big vote. What’s that number again?
202-224-3121
I want to make some calls during chat tomorrow
One reviewer said:
If they were showing this movie on a plane, people would still get up and walk out.
In the meantime, tRUMP is trying to defund us of our tax dollars to the tune of $10 billion.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trumps-10-billion-lawsuit-against-233405983.html
Legal experts say President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax information raises a plethora of legal and ethical questions, including the propriety of the leader of the executive branch pursuing scorched-earth litigation against the very government he is in charge of.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Florida, includes the president’s sons Donald Jr. and Eric as plaintiffs. It alleges that the leak of Trump’s and the Trump Organization’s confidential tax records caused “reputational and financial harm, public embarrassment, unfairly tarnished their business reputations, portrayed them in a false light, and negatively affected President Trump, and the other Plaintiffs’ public standing.”
*Could these lead to discovery of all of his tax filings, or is this just a shakedown for the sake of retribution? Honestly, that damned mob family had better like sand, because they will have to flee to a country that’ll take them in before this is over.
Having fun with Silas. I love tricking big tech into generating subvervise memes
Trump Goes Public With Plan to “Take Over” Elections
After the FBI seized 700 boxes of ballots in Georgia, the president calls on Republicans to assert control over voting “in at least 15 places.”
“Republicans ought to nationalize the voting,” Trump told former deputy FBI director and conservative commentator Dan Bongino on his radio show on Monday. “We have states that I won that show I didn’t win. Now you’re going to see something in Georgia where they were able to get, with a court order, the ballots. You’re going to see some interesting things come out.”
The New York Times reported on Monday that Gabbard called Trump and put him on speakerphone with FBI agents who took part in the raid, which represents yet another erosion of democratic norms.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/tulsi-gabbard-accused-trying-bury-whistleblower-complaint-rcna257096
Tulsi Gabbard accused of trying to ‘bury’ whistleblower complaint
The attorney for the intelligence official, Andrew Bakaj, said Monday that the complaint was filed in May with the intelligence community’s inspector general but has not been fully shared with Congress. He accused Gabbard of trying to hide the complaint from Congress.
“After nearly eight months of taking illegal actions to protect herself, the time has come for Tulsi Gabbard to comply with the law and fully release the disclosure to Congress,” Bakaj said in a statement released by Whistle Blower Aid, a nonprofit group that represents government and private sector employees seeking to expose wrongdoing.
“The Inspector General’s independence and neutrality is non-existent when the director of national intelligence illegally inserts herself into the process,” he said.
The substance of the complaint has not been divulged by administration officials or the whistleblower’s lawyer.
In his statement, the whistleblower’s lawyer, Bakaj, accused Gabbard of jeopardizing the ability of Congress “to exercise its legally mandated oversight of the US Intelligence Community, including agency covert operations.”
The vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, expected Gabbard to abide by her legal obligations to protect the rights of government whistleblowers, his spokesperson said.
“During her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Director Gabbard pledged under oath to comply with the law by protecting whistleblowers, safeguarding their anonymity, and ensuring timely, direct access to Congress,” the spokesperson said. “We expect her to honor those commitments and comply with both the letter and the spirit of the law.”
When magats come, they come not as single spies—but in legions.
James Talarico at the 18:28 mark
https://www.newsweek.com/colin-allred-accuses-talarico-endorses-crockett-11455067
In a video posted on X, Allred said he had learned that Talarico told a Black woman he believed he was running against a “mediocre Black man,” referring to Allred, rather than a “formidable, intelligent Black woman,” referring to Crockett.
*Hmmm, maybe, but it doesn’t sound like Talarico…but the stink bomb has Allred on it.
Texas, long a conservative stronghold, could play a decisive role in determining control of the U.S. Senate in the 2026 midterms. Democrats are eyeing a narrow path to flip the seat currently held by Republican Senator John Cornyn, who is facing competitive primary challenges from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Representative Wesley Hunt.
Talarico called the allegation a “mischaracterization” and said he was describing Allred’s “method of campaigning.”
Allred, Talarico’s rival in the Senate primary before dropping his bid, also urged Democrats to vote for Talarico’s opponent, Jasmine Crockett.
“I would never attack him on the basis of race,” Talarico said. “As a Black man in America, Congressman Allred has had to work twice as hard to get where he is. I understand how my critique of the Congressman’s campaign could be interpreted given this country’s painful legacy of racism, and I care deeply about the impact my words have on others. Despite our disagreements, I deeply respect Congressman Allred. We’re all on the same team.”
Ali Zaidi, a former Texas House staffer for Talarico, called the allegation “both in substance and in form so out of norm for who Rep. Talarico is.”
“The growing deluge of odd, conspiratorial, and untrue content surrounding [Talarico] is frankly bizarre,” Zaidi said on social media. “Disappointing that some believe this is how a primary ought to be conducted.”
In his video, Allred slammed Talarico for appearing to cloak his alleged remark beneath a compliment of Crockett, saying, “We’re tired of folks using praise for Black women to mask criticism for Black men. That’s not good for our community.”
*So, Allred thinks “praise for a Black woman” is criticism of him, a Black man. Misogynist.
And he derided the emphasis Talarico, an aspiring Presbyterian minister, has placed on his Christian faith in his Senate campaign and political identity.
“You are not saving religion for the Democratic Party or the left,” Allred said. “We already have Senator Reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock for that. We don’t need you. You’re not saying anything unique.”
*Allred just showed everyone how absolutely MEDIOCRE he is.
Allred ended his video with a message to young Black men who might one day want to become leaders of their communities.
“Haters like this are going to show up,” he said. “When we see them, we should say thank you. Thank you for taking off the mask. Thank you for telling us who you really are, what you really think, and goodbye.”
*That is some weak tea, dude.
Allred, the 2024 Democratic nominee against Sen. Ted Cruz, is now running for his old congressional seat and facing a tough primary against U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, who has endorsed Talarico.
amateur hour
guaranteed he goes trump-lite if he wins, which he won’t
“As a Black man in America, Congressman Allred has had to work twice as hard to get where he is”
how does he know? pander harder, dang
ok at least he’s calling ICE what it is 🤷♂️
https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/weird-news/reddit-users-think-madeleine-mccann-25991532
Reddit sleuths say that images of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was recently convicted in connection with Jeffrey Epstein look similar to sketches of a Madeleine McCann suspect from 2007
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