Originally published Jan 30, 2026 for our weekly Issue of Mindful Intelligence Advisor. Subscribe to get weekly issues.
A. TRENDING
Covering the news cycle between January 1-30, 2026
- MURDER RATE PLUMMETS TO HISTORIC LOWS IN JUST ONE YEAR – Just one year into President Trump’s mass deportation operation, the murder rate in America dropped by a staggering 21% from 2024 to 2025. The murder rate has reached a low that hasn’t been seen since the records were first kept 125 years ago. The correlation between mass deportation and a massive drop in the murder rate cannot be dismissed, but more date would be needed to affirm causation beyond correlation.
- VANCE BLUNTS RINO EFFORT TO DISARM TRUMP’S FOREIGN POLICY – President Donald Trump needed VD Vance to stop the Senate from passing a bill that would handcuff President Trump’s military action in Venezuela. The Senate voted 50-50, with Vance casting the deciding vote in Trump’s favor. Had the bill passed it would have been vetoed, so the bill was a show bill intended to send Trump a message, but not one from the American people, one from the DNC-RINO party (which represents Progmerica, the competing nation within America that existentially opposes America).
- TRUMP DELIVERS “MARSHALL PLAN” FOR AMERICA WORTH $18 TRILLION – President Donald Trump is touting the $18 trillion in foreign investments in America, calling it America’s Martial plan. As The Federalist pointed out, that’s equivalent to 120 Marshall Plans. The Federalist also contrasted this “Marshall Plan” with the “Green” Martial plan that saw nation-states, including America, invest $20 trillion in a project to reduce carbon emissions that produced next to no substantive carbon emission reductions.
- TRUMP, MUSK RECONCILE AFTER MUSK PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR GOP IN 2026 – President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have officially reconciled their once-vitriolic differences, demonstrating that reconciliation ceremoniously at a Mar a Largo event. Musk said of the event, “Had a lovely dinner last night with @POTUS and @FLOTUS. 2026 is going to be amazing!”
This moment followed a post on X by Musk that telegraphed his position for the 2026 election, “America is toast if the radical left wins. They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud. Won’t be America anymore.”
- CBS INTERVIEW WITH TRUMP REVEALS NETWORK IS LOST TO PROGMERICA – After the hiring of Bari Weiss to remove the far-left propaganda from CBS News, doubt has remained as to just how hard Weiss would push and what she could accomplish. The jury is still out, but a recent interview by CBS News Anchor Tony Dokoupil of President Trump reveals a news standard that is aligned, once again, with Americanism.
Newsbusters’ assessment of the interview should please CBS News. They claimed, “The dust has settled on the second Trump interview of the Bari Weiss Era at CBS News. It is another positive step in the right direction, away from the usual talking point-laden gotchafests… Anchor Tony Dokoupil acquitted himself well, being firm but respectful. He brought questions, not talking points. He engaged, rather than scolded. This resulted in meaningful conversation, rather than performative confrontation.”
- DILBERT CREATOR FINDS CHRIST AT THE END OF LIFE – Dilbert cartoon creator and political philosopher Scott Adams died at the age of 68 of cancer. Just before his death, Adams made a public declaration of belief in Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World. While the media chose to slander him after his death, his fans celebrated his life, mourned his passing, and welcomed his acceptance of Christ as his savior.
Adams wrote, “If you are reading this, things did not go well for me. I have a few things to say before I go. My body failed before my brain. I am of sound mind as I write this January 1st, 2026…. So here I go: I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and look forward to spending an eternity with Him…”
B. DEPORTATION
- DHS SELF-DEPORTATION APP GETS SURGE IN TRAFFIC, ILLEGAL ALIENS GET GREATER INCENTIVE TO LEAVE – The Department of Homeland Security’s Self-Deportation app has seen a spike in traffic already compared to last year, when the app was first rolled out. So far, nearly 3 million illegal aliens have self-deported under Trump, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. That figure is expected to be more in the coming year based on the app’s initial traffic data for this year. The Trump administration has also increased the incentive to self-deport from $1000 to $2600.
- 50-YEAR NET MIGRATION STREAK ENDS IN U.S. UNDER TRUMP – For the first time in 50 years, the net migration in the U.S. has reached a deficit. The report by the Brookings Institute reveals the net deficit in migration is due to a combination of forced and voluntary deportations coupled with a precipitous decline in new entries. The Brookins Institute concluded, “Though a high degree of policy uncertainty remains, continued negative net migration for 2026 is also likely.”
- HERO ICE AGENT GETS OVER $1 MILLION IN SUPPORT AFTER INJURED BY LEFTIST INSURRECTIONIST – After ICE Agent Jon Ross was injured when a leftist insurrectionist hit him with her car, death threats came in from the insurrectionist’s fellow insurrectionists, along with condemnation by DNC party leaders, including the Minnesota Governor, Tim Walz, and the Minneapolis Mayor, Jacob Frey.
To help the agent recover from his injuries, as well as to deal with the security his family now needs due to DNC activists threatening to murder them, Americans started online campaigns to fund them. So far, the two major funds, GoFundMe and GiveSendGo, have exceeded $1 million in donations, a figure that continues to climb.
- NO MORE LOANS FOR ILLEGALS AFTER TRUMP ADMIN ENDS BIDEN RULE – The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and the Justice Department removed regulations from the Biden era that ordered banks not to consider the immigration status of its borrowers. Under the guise of “anti-racism,” the Biden administration created these regulations. The move by the administration is sure to be challenged in the courts.
C. ELECTION
- SCOTUS OPENS FLOODGATES ON MASS MAILER ELECTION LAWSUITS – The United States Supreme Court voted 7-2 that candidates in elections have standing to sue over Mass Mailer Ballot rules. The ruling could finally create a legal challenge to the obviously unconstitutional practice of allowing elections to be conducted in ways that are clearly impossible to secure.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the decision, saying, “Candidates have a concrete and particularized interest in the rules that govern the counting of votes in their elections, regardless whether those rules harm their electoral prospects or increase the cost of their campaigns. Their interest extends to the integrity of the election — and the democratic process by which they earn or lose the support of the people they seek to represent.” The far-left insurrectionist judges, Sotomayor and Brown-Jackson dissented.
- TRUMP HAS 54-45 APPROVAL RATING AMONG HISPANICS – A new swing block in the 2024 election, the Hispanic vote only figures to be an even bigger one in the coming elections, which is good news for Trump. A Rasmussen Reports poll shows President Trump’s approval rating among Hispanics is plus nine, with 54% approving and 45% disapproving. This poll shows the narrative of ICE raids being anti-Hispanic or “brown” is a myth. Not even Hispanic Americans want illegals here, it would seem.
D. CULTURE
- CHARLIE KIRK’S DEATH LEADS AMERICANS TO BUY BIBLES – After the assassination of Charlie Kirk in September 2025, church attendance and public proclamations of Christ have surged. Now, data reported by the Wall Street Journal reveals bible sales following his assassination increased by 36% in September. The news follows overall trends towards increased bible sales, as well as printed book sales in general.
- FLORIDA SEES ABORTIONS PLUMMET BY 45% – Florida’s Agency for Healthcare Administration has revealed that abortion has declined in the state by 45% since 2021. Operation Rescue Chief Operating Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, said of the news, “With the permanent closure of just nine clinics, the state of Florida saw a 45% reduction in the number of babies killed. This is a state with the third highest number of abortion clinics in the nation, right after California and New York.
The work is far from over, but more lives are saved every time a clinic closes its door for good. This is why our team works so diligently to expose abortion abuses and to call for the equal enforcement of safety and health regulations at the shoddy abortion businesses we constantly find breaking the law.”
- TWO MORE HOSPITALS ANNOUNCE CHILDREN’S GENDER TRANSITIONING PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN – Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, CA has announced it will no longer conduct “gender affirming care” for children. They stated. “…these developments affect our role and responsibilities as a provider participating in federal programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. This was a very difficult decision, made to ensure we can continue serving all children and families across the communities we serve.”
Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma, WA has also announced it will be closing down its gender care clinic, stating, “This was an incredibly painful decision, and one that I wish we did not have to make. We recognize how important this care is to our gender health clinic patients and have a sense of the impact this will have on these patients and their families.”
For those who haven’t noticed, BOTH hospitals expressed regret they could not continue to offer children life-altering chemicals, and even surgeries, under the illusion that a child can “choose” their gender. Where possible, perhaps it is time to choose a hospital that doesn’t hold the philosophical view that a child can choose a gender, and doctors should help permanently alter them to satisfy that delusion.
- NY SURRENDERS ITS EFFORTS TO FORCE NUNS TO FUND ABORTIONS – After nearly 10 years of fighting and winning a SCOTUS decision, Christian organizations have finally officially won their fight to stop forcing religious organizations to fund abortions. New York has officially settled with the Christian organizations, guaranteeing they will no longer be forced to fund abortions.
One of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, Lori Windham, said of the settlement, “For nearly a decade, New York bureaucrats tried to strong-arm nuns into paying for abortions because they serve all those in need. At long last, the state has given up its disgraceful campaign. This victory confirms that the government cannot punish religious ministries for living out their faith by serving everyone. The Supreme Court has made it abundantly clear that religious groups shouldn’t be bullied for staying true to their faith.”
- ABORTION DRUG TRAFFICKERS SHUT DOWN BY NORTH DAKOTA – North Dakota’s Attorney General Drew Wrigley has served notice to an abortion drug trafficking organization, Prairie Abortion Fund. The pro-unborn-child-murder group has been “providing” the unborn baby murder pill to North Dakota residents in violation of its prescription drug laws.
Attorney General Wrigley stated, “Our BCI [Bureau of Criminal Investigation] was able to purchase abortion pills from websites promoted by Prairie Abortion Fund without providing any health information and without providing any verification of identity or age. These actions pose a significant health risk to pregnant women and facilitate the violation of North Dakota’s healthcare requirements, in part, by taking doctors out of the equation. As a North Dakota nonprofit corporation, by referring and actively linking to websites that unlawfully sells products, Prairie Abortion Fund lends credibility and trustworthiness to unlawful websites that otherwise would look much more suspicious.”
- POLITICAL TURMOIL DELIVERS DEFEAT TO FRENCH EUTHANASIA BILL – The state of French politics has helped defeat an end-of-life bill in their Senate that would have allowed doctors to euthanize patients. The bill was essentially allowed to die in the Senate after it had passed the National Assembly. Unfortunately, the euthanizers still have hope of bringing the bill back to the Senate if the National Assembly can fix the concern by some that, as written, it was too permissive.
E. HEALTH
- MAHA BREAKS THE BIG FOOD PYRAMID – HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has unveiled the department’s update to the previous food pyramid. The pyramid is replaced with a 10-page guide. The Secretary said of the guide, “The new guidelines recognize that whole, nutrient-dense food is the most effective path to better health and lower health care cost.”
- TRUMP ANNOUNCES GREAT HEALTHCARE PLAN – President Donald Trump announced a plan to bring down the cost of healthcare for every American. His program is called the “Great Healthcare Plan.” He outlined the heart of the plan, posting, “Instead of putting the needs of big corporations and special interests first, our plan finally puts you first. It puts more money in your pocket. The government is going to pay the money directly to you. It goes to you, and then you take the money and buy your own health care.”
- TRUMP SIGNS XO TO GET MENTALLY ILL OFF STREETS – President Trump has signed an executive order intended to get the severely mentally ill and chronic drug addicted homeless off the streets. He declared, “Signed an executive order to bring back mental institutions and insane asylums. We are going to have to bring them back. Hate to build those suckers but you’ve got to get the people off the streets”
The key part of the XO states, “Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the appropriate use of civil commitment will restore public order. Surrendering our cities and citizens to disorder and fear is neither compassionate to the homeless nor other citizens. My Administration will take a new approach focused on protecting public safety.”
