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If you are active online, you have likely seen various videos of the aggressive federal police action in Minneapolis and other cities. I am shocked and in awe of the speed at which we find ourselves in this surveillance state with unaccountable masked thugs violating constitutional rights and roughing up our fellow citizens, but that is the point. The shock and awe ethos is designed to intimidate, blame and tame the American people.

The Lincoln Project dropped a video overnight which encapsulates what is going on. You might want to watch it, although some images could be disturbing. What I also like is an explanation of the surveillance we are all under, why and how it has happened and what we can do about it.

If you are not familiar with The Lincoln Project, it is a Political Action Committee founded in 2019 by a group of moderate conservatives and former Republican Party members who oppose Donald Trump, otherwise known as Never Trumpers. It is hard hitting in its approach.

The video is longer than most, but you might gain insight by watching it.

This is a press release dated January 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today led a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection opposing a proposed rule that would require foreign travelers to disclose up to five years of social media history prior to traveling to the United States. The letter was signed by Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) as well as Reps. Dina Titus (NV-01) and Susie Lee (NV-03).

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, published on December 20, 2025, would amend the Arrival and Departure Record (Form I-94) and the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). In practice, travelers from the 42 countries currently exempt from visas for tourism or business visits would also have to provide emails used over the past 10 years, as well as phone numbers and home addresses of immediate family members.

“Las Vegas is still recovering from the economic damage caused by Trump’s tariffs, which have hit our economy hard,” said Congressman Steven Horsford. “Security matters but piling on new and unnecessary barriers for foreign tourists would be devastating for Nevada’s recovery driving visitors away, weakening our tourism industry, and putting even more strain on an economy that working families depend on.”

“Travel and tourism are the lifeblood of southern Nevada’s economy. This Administration’s reckless tariffs and foreign policies have already taken a wrecking ball to our local economy — making it more difficult for international travelers to visit Las Vegas would only worsen our economic woes,” said Congresswoman Susie Lee. “That’s why I’m joining my colleagues to ask the Department of Homeland Security to revise this new guidance to ensure it is narrowly tailored to meet our national security needs without further discouraging tourism to our state.”

“Nevada’s tourism industry has already taken a severe hit from the Trump Administration’s reckless policies,” said Senator Cortez Masto. “Requiring visitors to submit years of personal social media information before they’re allowed to enter the country is overly burdensome and creates unnecessary concern and anxiety for travelers we want to be welcoming to the U.S. This policy will have serious consequences for the Silver State’s economy, and I’m focused on reversing the negative impacts of this Administration on our workers and businesses.”

International travelers account for 12 percent of Nevada visitors but 26 percent of total visitor spending. Major events like the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix and the National Finals Rodeo rely heavily on international tourism, supporting working-class jobs statewide. Nationwide, international tourism has declined 23 percent, resulting in an estimated $4 billion loss to the U.S. economy this year

To read the full letter, click here.

I am posting comprehensive interviews with the current leaders of the Democratic Party, especially if they are being considered as nominees for president in 2028.

I will post these as they become available in no particular order.

Yesterday, Jacob Soboroff of MSNOW posted onto YouTube an interview with California Governor Gavin Newsom on the one year anniversary of the Los Angeles fires. But the interview covers more than that.

I encourage you to take the time to listen to this interview.

https://youtu.be/DPKn06kI1NM?si=6O3ucO2TDZiwCFeo

Previously, I posted an interview with Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker which can be accessed HERE.

If you have time to listen to one podcast only – choose Dr. Heather Cox Richardson. She is an esteemed historian on the faculty of Boston College who was educated at Harvard.

Dr. Richardson publishes a free daily newsletter on that day’s and week’s political events which can be delivered to your inbox and she posts regular podcasts on YouTube and Facebook.

Yesterday, her podcast “What The Year Looks Like to a Historian” puts the past year into perspective historically and points to the future and what we need to do to in the wake of this wreckage. It is no time for the weary. We need to step up.

Please take time to listen, click the link below.

Happy New Year, everyone. Onward!

https://youtu.be/LSEV5uuzbq8?si=X7x4_u0o0GI2-Iv9

Give credit to House Democrats who struck with a document dump of Epstein material subpoenaed from his estate yesterday — before the Speaker even gaveled the House into session.

A special shout out to Congressmen Ro Khanna and Jamie Raskin who are taking the messaging lead and providing fire behind the scenes. The discharge petition is now in place since Adelita Grijalva (AZ) was finally sworn in and the 218th Congressional signature was put onto the petition.

We have been through two months of distraction orchestrated by the White House to keep the nation’s attention away from Donald Trump’s slimy relationship with a child sex trafficker who died in prison during Trump’s first term in office. The Democrats have been quietly working and were waiting to pounce. The government had to re-open and the House had to be called back into session for this to happen.

Is this it? Or is it just the beginning? None of us knows. But we do know that there is a treasure trove of financial documents that may definitely finger those closest to Epstein and his criminal enterprise. There are reports that pictures and videos exist.

Operatives in the White House were in panic mode yesterday putting pressure on Congresswoman Lauren Boebert to remove her signature from the discharge petition. She didn’t budge. And we do know that Epstein unglues Trump and his inner circle more than any other issue.

Stay alert …. there may be more strikes by Democrats in the days ahead that could cause real damage to this president and his acolytes.

I enjoy watching a lightening storm. Do you?

When Nevada Senators Jackie Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto joined with six other Democratic Senators (i) to abandon their party’s majority and hold the line against the recent Congressional shutdown they aided and abetted, Donald Trump’s corrupt move to take 2026 appropriations authority away from Congress (ii) while illegally impounding 2025 funds to support only his own personal policy choices.

The over 40-day 2025 shutdown began when fiscal 2026 appropriations negotiations collapsed, primarily over Trump’s desire not to extend the healthcare subsidy extensions while pushing for Medicaid cuts.

Without appropriations, a shutdown became inevidable allowing Trump managed Senate Republicians to coerce Masto and Rosen, and six other Democats to join with them to end the shutdown on a Trump corruption based promise to hold a vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits, possibly in December along with a promise that Trump will allow the rehiring federal workers (including air traffic controllers) laid off during the shutdown, with backdpay, at least through January.

Those alleged benefits come with a near certainty that Trump will not allow Republicans to keep their promises, while simultaneously continuing policies that, among other things, decrease federal employment, reduce food assistance, and increase healthcare costs.

Further, withholding food assistance payments had already drawn court disapproval, and Trump appeared to be backing down on that issue. And, the potential rehiring of furloughed federal workers during the shutdown was an inevitable action anyway, as pressure continued to build. All of which makes the decision to support Trump-managed Republicans all the more disengenous.

More importantly, voting in favor of funding a corrupt Trump government is an act of complicity in that corruption, whereas the resistance, as supported by the majority of Senate Democrats, was an attempt to hold the line against such corruption. At the same time, it simultaneously draws media attention to the negative traits of Trump’s funding policies.

The Republicans, led by Trump, are on a roll to dismantle government, replace it with an autocracy, while ending beneficial federal programs to increase income disparity (through tax relief), with the benefits given to the top 0.01 percent.

Rosen and Masto lack the stamina to resist corruption and govern; they have hidden behind their desks in Washington, instead of standing against the Trump agenda, so their abandonment of their party is no surprise.

Rosen’s term ends in 2031, and Masto’s in 2029; both will go down in history as individuals who abandoned Democracy in favor of autocracy and corruption at a critical time, gaining nothing except the disgust of those who had hoped for better.

i.) Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, Sen Tim Kaine, Virginia, Sen. Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire, Sen Angus King, Maine, and Sen. John Fetterman, Pennsylvania

ii.) Article One of the United States Constitution grants the U.S. Congress the authority to appropriate funds from the Treasury.