Anatomy Of A Failed Moral Panic
Posted By: J. Arthur Brown, 1/11/2026 2:43:30 PM
The left tried to reboot George Floyd-style chaos after an ICE shooting, but video evidence, public dissent, and firm federal response exposed the narrative as hollow agitprop. "Killer Agent Unmasked," screamed a headline in the Drudge Report. (snip) The destructive, anti-American left thought they were getting the band back together. (snip) For just a few days the city of Minneapolis (snip) teetered back and forth. Full summer-of-love-smash-everything riots? Or impotent progressive-white-female fury and hysteria, aided by low-testosterone soy boys in the media and ranks of Democrat office holders? Right from the beginning, I thought the second option more likely.
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In a chilling move, the UK government has rolled out a taxpayer-funded video game that paints every curious teenager as a far-right extremist. The "Pathways" game, backed by the Home Office's Prevent counter-terrorism program threatens young players with referrals to anti-terror experts simply for questioning unchecked mass migration or engaging with online debates about British identity. (snip) Players guide a character named "Charlie" -- using "they" pronouns" through everyday scenarios that quickly spiral into warnings of extremism.
Anatomy Of A Failed Moral Panic
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The left tried to reboot George Floyd-style chaos after an ICE shooting, but video evidence, public dissent, and firm federal response exposed the narrative as hollow agitprop. "Killer Agent Unmasked," screamed a headline in the Drudge Report. (snip) The destructive, anti-American left thought they were getting the band back together. (snip) For just a few days the city of Minneapolis (snip) teetered back and forth. Full summer-of-love-smash-everything riots? Or impotent progressive-white-female fury and hysteria, aided by low-testosterone soy boys in the media and ranks of Democrat office holders? Right from the beginning, I thought the second option more likely.
After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent shot and killed a female who drove her vehicle into him on Wednesday, anti-ICE sentiment has risen to a fever pitch, fueled by the legacy media and Democrat politicians. They have argued, essentially, that the shooting means America can no longer enforce its immigration laws. What the incident actually highlights is the need for a just and effective crackdown on anti-ice obstruction, a crackdown that parallels the Jan. 6 manhunt, not for its corrupt politicization, but in its scale and effectiveness.
The only perspective that matters is the perspective of the officer at the time he uses deadly force in response to a threat. The image above proves the officer was justified in his decision to use deadly force. He had no obligation to step out of the way that would benefit her or subject him to prosecution. He had no obligation to allow her to drive away from an attempt to detain her after the officer at the door of the car ordered her to stop her vehicle. (snip) [T]he claim floating around social media that ICE officers have no jurisdiction over U.S. citizens is simply wrong.
The U.S. Treasury has launched an enforcement campaign targeting Somali-linked fraud networks in Minnesota, unveiling enhanced financial surveillance, overseas remittance restrictions, and multiple federal investigations amid mounting concerns that stolen taxpayer funds may have been laundered abroad and potentially diverted to terrorist groups (snip) Bessent said Treasury has launched multiple enforcement steps (snip) includ[ing] issung investigative notices to several Minnesota-based money-service businesses and imposing a geographic targeting order covering the Minneapolis-St. Paul region, lowering the reporting threshold for certain money transfers to 3,000.
"Civil Death" was a punishment under ancient French law (snip) that extinguished the legal personality of the convicted individual: loss of property, family rights, and civil existence, while leaving the person alive. (snip) The case of Swiss Colonel Jacques Baud, who has been struck with civil death by the EU, first caught my attention. By a sovereign decision dated December 15, 2024, the EU banned Mr. Baud from its territory and "froze" all his assets. (snip) On October 8, 2024 the EU granted itself the power to ban from its territory all individuals who (snip) facilitate the "manipulation of information and interference."
MAGA is suspicious of private equity [PE]. J. D. Vance says private equity is to blame for the housing crisis. Sen. Josh Hawley accuses these firms of "strip mining" the American economy. (snip) One of the most pernicious effects of PE intrusion is found in health care. A new report, compiled by the Bull Moose Project, uncovers how PE's influence has interfered with cancer care. "What was once a largely physician-led field has been rapidly consolidated into investor-controlled networks that span oncology clinics, imaging centers, specialty pharmacies, and billing operations," the report states.
President Donald Trump is calling for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates for one year, an idea that has drawn strong support from lawmakers in both parties but pushback from card issuers. (snip) Mr. Trump said the cap on interest rates should begin on Jan. 20, 2026, or the one-year anniversary of his second inauguration. Credit card interest rates currently average over 20%, according to Federal Reserve statistics, so a 10% cap would represent a significant cut in borrowing costs.
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Then-Special Counsel Jack Smith's office approved paying $20,000 in 2023 to a confidential human source in the controversial FBI investigation code-named Arctic Frost (snip.) The revelation is included in a tranche of new memos that FBI Director Kash Patel turned over to Congress this week (snip.) There have long been rumors of an informant that the FBI used to build the Arctic Frost case, and the new memos are certain to spur intrigue as to the person's identity and whether they were a Trump insider.
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ICE Shooting 2 replies
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After an immigration officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis who federal authorities say tried to use her car as a weapon, Democrats are saying the officer used excessive and improper force. This break is a 180 degree turn from the attitude they had under the Obama Administration (snip) [when] Customs and Border Patrol (snip) released new guidelines for agents on the use of force. (snip) "[A]gents shall not discharge their firearms at a moving vehicle unless the agent has a reasonable belief, based on the totality of circumstances (snip) that deadly force is being used (snip) includ[ing] a moving vehicle aimed at agents (snip.)"
The woman shot and killed by a Federal immigration agent Wednesday was a member of a group focused on disrupting ICE enforcement (snip.) Federal officials told Fox News that Good had followed agents to two separate locations before the shooting and was "blocking the roadway to interfere with ongoing enforcement in the area." That assertion appears to line up with witness testimony (snip) "They (ICE) clearly wanted her out of there because she was the main car leading the protest . . . she was very successful in blocking traffic, she was doing what she set out to do (snip.)"
The Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police (MNFOP) released a statement Thursday with the heading "FOP Stands With ICE." The statement said, in part: "The Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police stands with the men and women of law enforcement across this country. Over the last month, while Federal law enforcement has been doing their job in Minnesota, political and community leaders have condemned and vilified them. The hateful and anti-law enforcement rhetoric by Mayor Frey and other politicians have made their jobs an those of state and local law enforcement more difficult."
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“Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration. AFFORDABILITY!” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social, using a term he has frequently referred to as a “hoax” pushed by Democrats.
Effective January 20, 2026, I, as President of the United States, am calling for a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%. Coincidentally,
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ROSEVILLE, Minn. — More than one thousand people crammed into a Minnesota church Saturday for “training” in how to deal with ICE in the wake of Renee Nicole Good’s fatal shooting — during which the radical leftist organizer urged participants to annoy the agents like “mosquitoes.”
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How long did Mrs. Walz stand by an open window in the Minnesota Governor's Mansion before she realized there would be no "fire this time?"