TODAY'S NEWS, January 31-February 2, 2026
Federal investigations intensified with an FBI, judge-approved raid on Fulton County’s election headquarters focused on fraud, a guilty plea tied to USAID probes, and additional Epstein documents released without implicating Trump, alongside a $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax returns. Political battles sharpened as California moved to ban voter ID, Florida purged voter rolls with disproportionate Democratic losses, Democrats quietly managed optics after a Texas special election, and Trump’s financial and Senate-positioning advantages grew, while Los Angeles police rejected a state mask ban and the Kennedy Center prepared for a two-year overhaul. Immigration enforcement accelerated with expanded ICE authorities, blocked efforts to halt federal surges, large operations in West Virginia, English-only license tests in Florida, and progress locating missing migrant children. Cultural and legal flashpoints included swelling school staffing amid declining enrollment, a landmark malpractice verdict against gender-transition providers, and ongoing state-federal clashes over medical practices. Markets and industry saw a sharp bitcoin pullback, scrutiny of EV partnerships, and pressure to revive blue-collar gains, while abroad Britain curtailed a religious march, China showed signs of internal strain, and the UN faced financial distress. Entertainment headlines mixed box-office contrasts, notable deaths, celebrity health concerns, and an unusual Florida cold snap dropping iguanas from trees.
Today's News with Larry Schweikart
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Show Notes
IN POLITICAL NEWS
1) This seems pretty undeniable that the FBI GA raid, signed off by a judge, on Fulton Co. election HQ is looking for "fraud." Boomshakalaka.
2) In a big headline, Kollyfornia politicians celebrate the continuation of slavery. Oh, wait, I'm sorry, it's "Kollyfornia politicians celebrate banning voter ID."
3) One of the church invasion suspects arrested along with Blind Lemon Don by the feds is the Minny prosecutor's right hand man.
4) With everyone focused on MN, Trump's DOJ released millions of pages more of Epstein docs. . . and Trump isn't in any of them. Wait, I thought Bondi wasn't doing anything with the Epstein files?
5) This is in one pocket and out the other, but President Trump has filed a $10 billion suit against the IRS for leaking his tax returns. Don, I get this. It's wrong. But as my extremely (sometimes) wise son says, "NONE OF IT MATTERS WITHOUT SOMEONE DOING TO JAIL." Evil simply isn't deterred anymore by fines or financial losses.
6) We had a DemoKKKrat win a special election in TX and the panicans are all out. But the legislature isn't in session, a tiny percentage turned out, and this will flip back immediately in the regular session. Meanwhile, for those who think DemoKKKrarts are cruising to victory in 2026, President Trump's war chest is gigantic, and separate from the GOP's, which has raised about seven times more money than the DemoKKKrats. And the likelihood of holding the Senate or even expanding the GOP majority by a seat grew with Trump's endorsement of quasi-RINO in NH John Sununu. He can likely win that seat.
7) FL had a voter roll purge. Rs lost 6,,000, Ds lost 65,000, leaving FL with a R voter advantage of 1.5 million.
8) President Trump will close the Kennedy-Trump Center for two years for renovations based on a report about the dilapidated condition of the building. I'm betting that also they will use that time to set up a monster list of shows that won't involve any Neil Young types.
9) The New Azteca (LA) 5-0 refused to enforce the Oleaginous Gruesome's maskie ban. Funny, just a few years ago they wanted everyone to be in a mask.
10) The first casualty of the USAID fraud investigations pleads guilty.
IN ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN NEWS
11) Anyone who thought ICE was "cutting back" or that Trump had "lost" in the Walz/Frey discussions might want to read this: ICE is expanding warrantless searches. Full speed ahead. What Trump actually said was that federal forces will let the rioters in these cities riot so long as no federal property is involved. While I understand the urge to crush these SOBs, keep in mind the bigger picture right now is to evict the illegal invaders. Don't get distracted. And just like that, a judge declined MN's request to block a "surge" of feds. Wait, a surge? I thought Trump folded.
12) Border czar Tom Homan says the administration has located 145,000 missing kids out of the estimated 323,000. No one, though, will say what will happen to them. Are there 145,000 people wanting to adopt? Do you send them home? Do they know where home is?
13) Florida has instituted "English only" drivers' license tests. As it should be everywhere.
14) Everyone is looking at MN, so ICE hits WV with the support of locals and nabs 650 illegals.
IN CULTURAL NEWS
15) Public schools show you exactly why they cannot be trusted. Staffing continues to increase even though the number of pupils is falling across the board.
16) This guy probably should buy a few Powerball tickets: An AL man survived being crushed in a garbage truck . . . twice!
IN TRANSOID NEWS
17) Hallelujah! A jury found a surgeon and a psychiatrist guilty of malpractice for chopping the breasts off a healthy 16-year old girl. This was a $2m judgement The key that may allow a lot of these lawsuits to sidestep woke laws in blue states trying to protect doctors involved in mutiliation is that the lawyers in this case went after the doctors for malpractice.
18) Molochian Kollyfornia with its pimpsimper AG is suing hospitals that will not perform mutilations. Meanwhile, the Supes dither over this, apprently unable to find a case that allows them to determine what a woman is.
IN ECONOMIC NEWS
19) Don't look now, but bitcoin is crashing. down from $100,000 to $74,000 in a week. Not acting as any agent for this, but I have invested in another crypto called Unicoin that will go public soon, and it is 100% backed by physical assets. We'll see if that makes a difference.
20) Blue-collar blues, as President Trump MUST turn these six charts around in the next three years. I believe he will. But this is the only thing preventing the total extinction of the evil DemoKKKrat Terror Party.
21) Ford is denying reports it was meeting with the ChiComs about partnering on an EV.
IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS
22) Imagine that. In Mediocre Britain, London has banned a "walk with Jesus" march through a majority Muslim neighborhood. Gee, why? I thought Islam as "The Religion of Peace" (TROP trademark).
23) The situation in Chy-na, as with all totalitarian societies, is murky. There are reports that the nation went on "near-war" alert, not meaning a focus on external war, but on internal rebellion after Xi sacked his top general. Remember this: Chy-na is always stronger than it looks, Chy-na is always weaker than it looks.
24) Music to my ears. The UN faces "imminent financial collapse."
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
25) Melania Trump's documentary "Melania" earned a strong $7 million in its opening weekend. Still, reports are that it had a $40 million budget plus marketing. I don't think this is going to get its money back. Meanwhile, a horror film called "Iron Lung" has raked in over $18 million---and this movie was self-distributed, one by one, as the producer worked with individual theaters.
26) Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl winning FB Scott Laidlaw, dead at 74.
27) Star of "Home Alone" and "Best in Show" (who sang "God Loves a Terrier"), Catherine O'Hara, dead at 71.
28) Cher apparently the latest star to have Alzheimer's as she walked off stage at the Grammys without naming a winner the returned to announce the award went to someone who is dead.
AND FINALLY . . .
29) Here's one you don't hear every day. Floridians are gathering frozen iguanas by the armloads as they fall out of trees. Iguana ignore this story from now on.
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