Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 1/12

[SVPete]

“WE’RE WITH CNN, IT’S OKAY”

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/were-with-cnn-its-okay.php

CNN law enforcement correspondent Whitney Wild was harassed by a masked left-wing protester at the scene of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. When Wild advised the protester she worked for CNN, the protester went away. She had confirmed they were on the same team.

WILD: “This is a growing, smaller crowd. This is controlled. The scene spans several blocks.”

PROTESTER (off-camera): “Hey! Who do you work for? Who are you?!”

WILD: “But it goes at least 2 or 3 blocks—”

The protester got right in Wild’s face.

PROTESTER: “Hey! Who are you?? Who do you work for?”

WILD: “Uhh thank you.”

PROTESTER: “Who do you work for??”

WILD: “Hold on, I’m sorry. We’re with CNN, it’s okay.”

The protester noticed the CNN lanyard and finally backed off before turning and walking away.

PROTESTER: “Okay.”

WILD: “Thank you for your help…I’m sorry, I think people are getting upset.”

CNN reporterette said too much, she said quiet part out loud.

[SVPete]

Oregon Election Officials to Begin Purging Rolls of Inactive Voters

https://www.oregonjournalismproject.org/oregon-election-officials-to-begin-purging-rolls-of-inactive-voters

As Oregon kicks off a general election year, Secretary of State Tobias Read is taking what he says is the overdue step of cleaning up the state’s voter rolls.

That process could lead to the cancellation of as many as 800,000 registrations. That’s the number of voters Read says are currently classified as “inactive” on the voter rolls. To be clear, inactive voters do not receive ballots, but their names remain on the rolls.

The cleanup comes as Oregon’s first-in-the-nation vote-by-mail system is under intense scrutiny. President Donald Trump, who blamed mail-in ballots, among other bogeymen, for his defeat in 2020, has amplified historical criticism of Oregon’s system.
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Oregon currently has 3,063,747 registered, active voters. About 800,000 more voters’ registration status is inactive because their mail, including ballots or official notices, from county elections offices has been returned undelivered.

Active voters get ballots; inactive voters, Read emphasizes, do not.

"Inactive" voters' ballots and official notices are returned undelivered but they don't get ballots? Ummmm, that's kind pf clearly contradictory. And those 800K, ASSuming they really are officially inactive, with their addresses, are still on OR's rolls where they could be reactivated by anybody spoofing their identity.

[SVPete]

Beat the Press: In this administration, everyone pushes back against reporters

https://donsurber.substack.com/p/beat-the-press?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1115457&post_id=184147918&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=9bg2k&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Meet the Press began as a weekly show where a group of reporters interviewed a Washington politician, politely taking turns asking questions.

It devolved into the mess you see these days. For years Republicans never pushed back.

That ended with the second Trump presidency. Following their leader, the administration’s top officials are shoving back. Hard.

Press conferences? They hold press confrontations barbecues.

I’ll start with the veep last week.

REPORTER: You said earlier that there’s a left-wing network to attack. If everything you’re saying is true, how does being part of that network justify being shot?”

VANCE: Being part of a network doesn’t justify being shot, but ramming an ICE officer with your car, that’s what justifies being shot.

I’m sorry, guys, what’s going on here? You guys are meant to report the truth! How have you let yourself become agents of propaganda of a radical fringe that’s making it harder for us to enforce our laws?

You just asked me a question that presumed that the reason why this woman died is because she was engaged in legitimate protest. She tried to run somebody over with her car, and the guy defended himself when that happened.

[SVPete]

Iran: IRGC Commanders Assassinated; U.S., Israeli Help Expected UPDATED

https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=69527

Friday we reported the assassination of IRCG commander Mahmoud Haqiqat in Iranshahr.

Now, in a Livestream, TousiTV is reporting the assassination of other IRCG officials:



* “Reza Kasab, head of a ballistic missile unit in Kashan, this was a professional hit. He was assassinated by a suicide drone attack.”
* “There are a lot of operatives on the ground carrying out these attacks.”
* “Multiple generals have been killed in Iran.”
* He notes that Israel’s strikes last year killed multiple senior IRGC officials, so now the replacement leaders are being killed.
* “Islamic State TV in Iran have confirmed that IRCG have lost hundreds of their personnel in leadership.” My suspicion is that the IRCG have lost hundreds, but not all in leadership.
* Reports of Mossad agents on the ground helping the revolution. This is the sort of thing that both sides in the conflict would say to help shore up resolve in their respective bases, but the drone attack suggests it’s true. (Could also be IDF special forces, CIA, or U.S. special forces.)
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Iran may be coming apart at the seams, and, hopefully and unlike OhBummer! in 2009, the US is quietly supporting the revolution against the Mullahcracy.