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This Is Not A Protest

As I am posting this, President Trump has held talks with Governor Waltz and Mayor Frey. The president is sending Tom Holman to straighten out the mess. The Governor and Mayor have agreed to allow local police to help restore order.

'This Is Not a Protest': Former Special Ops Soldier Says Insurgent Tactics Being Used in Minnesota

Eric Schwalm, who identified himself as a former U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, says the tactics being employed in Minneapolis by leftist agitators are reminiscent of insurgency tactics he witnessed in Afghanistan.

His comments came in response to the reported infiltration of a Signal group chat being used by leftists to track and thwart Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Fox News reported.

Fox News correspondent Alexis McAdams, who is on the ground in Minneapolis, posted Sunday on social media, “I’ve covered a lot of protests. Never seen anything quite like this. Organized is an understatement.”

“What’s unfolding in Minneapolis right now isn’t ‘protest.’ It’s low-level insurgency infrastructure, built by people who’ve clearly studied the playbook,” Schwalm contended.

He went on to argue that there is nothing “spontaneous” about what’s happening in Minneapolis.

He concluded, “I spent years training partner forces to dismantle exactly this kind of apparatus. Now pieces of it are standing up in American cities, enabled by elements of local government and civil society. That should keep every thinking American awake at night.”

Vice President J.D. Vance, himself a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, wrote Saturday on X, “This level of engineered chaos is unique to Minneapolis. It is the direct consequence of far left agitators, working with local authorities.”

That is the whole point of the leftists’ insurgency: Force the “invaders” to leave.

Walz told reporters on Sunday, “If it was the intention of Donald Trump to make an example of Minnesota, then I’m damn proud of the example that the world is seeing.”

“Damn proud?” His and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s hot rhetoric and defiant stand may have helped get at least two people killed.

Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday that he had a “very good call” with Walz about working together to remove criminal illegal aliens from Minnesota.

Hopefully, cooler heads will prevail and the insurgency can end. 1.

Music Isn't Only Heard-- It's Felt

I normally write about politics. Sometimes I run across something that can not be ignored. Most of us have an impression of superstars that is not always right. I have not followed Eric Clapton's Career, and I have no idea what his music is like.

Here is a little insight into a great artist and how he dealt with an interesting situation.

This brought a tear to my eye.

Eric Clapton was deep into a guitar solo when something in the front row pulled his focus away from the music.

Twelve thousand people were on their feet—cheering, shouting, swaying with the rhythm. And right in the middle of all that noise, a teenage girl sat perfectly still.

September 23, 1992. The National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England. Clapton was midway through his Journeyman tour, riding the high of a sold-out crowd. He’d already torn through “Bad Love,” “Pretending,” and “Before You Accuse Me.” The arena was alive.

But in the third row, center section, one person wasn’t moving.

Her name was Sarah Mitchell. She was sixteen years old. And she was profoundly deaf—born that way. She couldn’t hear Clapton’s guitar. Couldn’t hear the screaming fans. Couldn’t hear the amplifiers shaking the building.

But she adored Eric Clapton.

Her mother, Linda, had tried for years to prepare her. Music, she explained gently, wasn’t something Sarah would ever experience the way other people did. Sarah refused to accept that.

She learned music through vibration. She pressed her hands to speakers at home. She studied concert videos, watching Clapton’s fingers until she memorized every motion. She learned to read lips so she could follow lyrics she’d never heard. She didn’t need sound, she insisted.

For her sixteenth birthday, Sarah wanted one thing: to see Eric Clapton live.

Linda hesitated. She worried her daughter would feel isolated—surrounded by people reacting to something she couldn’t hear. But Sarah signed back with certainty: I don’t need to hear it. I can feel it.

So Linda bought the tickets. Third row. Center. Money she couldn’t really spare.

Clapton noticed her halfway through “Layla.”

At first, he thought she might be unwell. While everyone around her jumped and screamed, she sat completely still—focused, intense. He kept playing, but he couldn’t stop watching her.

Then he noticed her hands.

They pressed against her chest in perfect rhythm with the beat.

She couldn’t hear the music—but she was feeling it.

Clapton realized instantly: she was deaf.

In the middle of the song, he stopped playing.

The band froze. The music cut out. Twelve thousand people fell into confused silence as Clapton walked to the edge of the stage and pointed into the crowd.

“You,” he said into the microphone. “Come here.”

Sarah didn’t react. She couldn’t hear him. She was trying to understand why the vibrations had suddenly stopped.

Linda grabbed her arm and began signing frantically: He’s pointing at you. Eric Clapton is pointing at you.

Sarah shook her head in disbelief. No. That couldn’t be right.

Clapton gestured again—this time to security. Moments later, guards were guiding Sarah down the aisle as the crowd parted, whispering. Linda followed, crying.

At the stage, Clapton knelt and reached out his hand. That’s when he saw it clearly—the unmistakable way deaf people study mouths, searching for meaning.

He turned to his crew. A chair was brought out and placed center stage.

Clapton gently helped Sarah sit down.

Then he did something no one expected.

He turned his amplifier up—far louder than usual. Low, powerful bass rolled through the arena. Then he moved the amp directly behind Sarah’s chair so the vibrations traveled straight through her body.

His sound engineer panicked.

Clapton stepped to the mic.

“Ladies and gentlemen,” he said quietly, “this is Sarah. She’s been experiencing this concert in a way most of us never think about. She can’t hear the music—but she feels it. She watches it. She understands it.”

Then Clapton turned back to his guitar.

And he played—for her.

Not louder. Not faster. Just deeper.

Sarah closed her eyes as the vibrations wrapped around her. Tears streamed down her face as the music moved through her bones instead of her ears.

The crowd didn’t make a sound.

For the rest of the song, Eric Clapton played to a single person—proof that music isn’t only heard.

Sometimes, it’s felt. 1.

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The Wokes Have Lit a Fire Under Pam Bondi!

“Ladies and gentlemen,” he said quietly, “this is Sarah. She’s been experiencing this concert in a way most of us never think about. She can’t hear the music—but she feels it. She watches it. She understands it.”

Then Clapton turned back to his guitar.

And he played—for her.

Not louder. Not faster. Just deeper.

Sarah closed her eyes as the vibrations wrapped around her. Tears streamed down her face as the music moved through her bones instead of her ears.

The crowd didn’t make a sound.

For the rest of the song, Eric Clapton played to a single person—proof that music isn’t only heard.

Sometimes, it’s felt.

Attorney General Pam Bondi lost no time in finding and arresting the leaders of the Cities Church in St. Paul. Bondi, who many in the media have claimed is not pursuing and apprehending the criminals, has put the hammer down on the perpetrators of the protesters at the Cities Church.

Attorney General Bondi went on to affirm, “Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP,” she wrote.

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4. Skluzacek, Josh KSTP, FBI arrests 2 connected to anti-ICE protest at St. Paul church, Bondi says, January 22, 2026

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/fbi-arrests-an-organizer-of-anti-ice-protest-at-st-paul-church/

The Democrats Have Finally Gone Too Far.

Peaceful protesting is allowed, but throwing fireworks, iced water bottles, rocks, and bricks is an attack and is a crime. The three amigos have tried to walk back their ill-advised urgings to protest and video, and disrupt ICE. Now the piper is coming to collect on their indiscretions.

I urge you to read the article below for more detailed information.

Breaking: FBI Issues Subpoenas to Tim Walz, Jacob Frey, and Keith Ellison

The Department of Justice reportedly issued grand jury subpoenas on Tuesday to some of Minnesota’s top Democratic lawmakers, including Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and others.