Message from the doghouse 1/12/2026

1. U.S. Executive Branch News.

Trump calls for 1-year 10% cap on credit card interest rates

JD Vance Announces New DOJ Division, Assistant AG to Lead National Fraud

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Triggers the Clock with Notification of U.S. Withdrawal from UNFCCC

U.S. Trade Deficit Drops 40% in Latest Commerce Dept Report

HHS Freezes $10 Billion in Funding to Five Blue States, Following Ongoing Fraud Investigations

New: HHS Axes Insane Biden Policy That Paid Daycare Centers Without Verifying Attendance

BREAKING: CDC SHRINKS ROUTINE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE BY ~55 DOSES

Hegseth Cuts Mark Kelly’s Military Retirement Pay After He Urged Service Members to Defy Trump’s Orders

President Trump Issues the First Vetoes of His Second Term

Harmeet Dhillon warns states: don’t target journalists probing Somali daycare fraud or they will have ‘splainin to do’

Trump Orders National Guard Withdrawal from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Warns of Return if Crime Surges

2. U.S. Legislative News.

Coalition of 207 women lawmakers file amicus brief in support of protecting female athletes for SCOTUS review

Jim Banks Anti-Fraud Act Blocks Somali Officials from Taxpayer Funds

House Passes 3-Year Extension on Obamacare Subsidies in 230-196 Vote — Defiant Republicans Join the Dems

Senate confirms journalist Sara Carter as new Trump drug czar

Rep. Byron Donalds BLASTS Senate for Stonewalling SAVE Act — House-Passed Bill Would Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote in Federal Elections: “Eliminate the Filibuster”

3. Judicial Roundup. Tomorrow, Tuesday, 1/13/2026, the Supreme Court will begin to hear the case of West Virginia v. B.P.J. BPJ is a biological male who gender identifies as female. In 2021, W.V. enacted the Save Women’s Sports Act (SWSA). BPJ had been competing in girls’ cross-country and track. BPJ’s mother, acting on BPJ’s behalf, sued the W.V. Board of Education and other state and county education entities. The Southern District of W.V. Court upheld the SWSA. On appeal in the 4th Circuit, the SWSA was struck down as unconstitutional. The State of West Virginia appealed the court finding to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court granted the petition on 7/3/2025. Oral arguments begin tomorrow. We have a similar law in Ohio regarding women’s sports, so this is an important Supreme Court case. Tomorrow’s Supreme Court case also includes Little v. Hecox which involves the State of Idaho and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from enforcing mail-in voting rules in executive order

At SCOTUS, Female Athletes Gear Up To Protect Women’s Sports From Leftists’ ‘Trans’ Agenda

Maine mom asks SCOTUS to intervene after school allegedly hid child’s gender transition

Court announces it will hear case on gun rights among several others in February sitting

Supreme Court May Affirm Church’s Rights to Speak Out on Political Subjects

Obama-Appointed Judge Greenlights Trump Deportation Push — ICE Allowed to Use Medicaid Data to Track and Deport Illegal Aliens After Blue-State Block Fails

4. Thoughts on the Minnesota Mayhem.

The Insurrection Proclamation

DAVID MARCUS: Impeding federal law enforcement is not protest, it’s just crime

Minneapolis ICE Shooting Shows Left Wing’s Protest Industrial Complex Wants Another ‘George Floyd’-Type Riot

The Left’s addiction to crisis politics

Tim Walz threatens civil war

5. Meme Monday

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