Remind Me Never to Get on Harriet Hageman’s Bad Side – RedState
Thursday January 15, 2026
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Nick Shirley Strikes Again, Releases Second Explosive Video Exposing MN’s Rampant Fraud
In this new clip, nearly an hour long, Shirley teams up with a man he identifies as a local named David. David described what he called “transportation fraud,” whereby companies sign up to become “non-medical emergency transportation” entities. There are more than 1,000 such companies, David claimed – adding that more than 90 percent were Somali-owned.
Watch: Raskin shuts down after Hageman exposes ‘insurrection’ myth to new J6 committee
Hageman posted a clip of the exchange with Romano on X, writing: “At the first @J6Select subcommittee hearing, I demanded real answers, not political narratives.”
What a new concept.
Trump goes nuclear on Walz: Stop the violence against ICE now or I’ll bring out the really big guns
Trump isn’t playing chicken here, he means exactly what he says to Tim Walz: stop the political theater and clean up your mess…or I will.
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Let’s engage in baseless speculation for a moment, shall we? Iran’s skies emptied MORE
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Federal DHS employee doxxes identities of thousands of ICE and Border Patrol agents and search is on
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JESTER! Scott Jennings ROASTS Insurrection-y Tim Walz for Preaching Peace While Sharing WARPED Fantasy
If a Republican said the things Walz says, the mainstream media would breathlessly and ENDLESSLY report that he is an insurrectionist while screaming about how we must DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY. But since it’s Dillhole Walz, crickets.
WHAT’S ON THE POSTER?
Today, at the Capitol…
We had some fascinating moments on the Hill on Wednesday.
WATCH: Watch: Raskin shuts down after Hageman exposes ‘insurrection’ myth to new J6 committee
Mind-blowing: Josh Hawley circles around ‘expert’ who refuses to answer whether men can get pregnant
Will we still see the same thing today? Here are the hearings/meetings scheduled for Thursday:
- House Energy and Commerce, Communications and Technology Subcommittee—Subcommittee Markup of Six Bills
- Senate Judiciary—Meeting of business to consider S.2132, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent and mitigate potential conflicts of interest arising from government service and appointment to various attorney and judge positions in the United States.
- Senate Armed Services—Hearings to consider the nominations of Lieutenant General Francis L. Donovan, USMC, for General and Commander, United States Southern Command, and Lieutenant General Joshua M. Rudd, United States, for General and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service/Commander, United States Cyber Command, both of the Department of Defense.
- Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions — Business meeting to consider S.1157, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct a review to assess the status of lung cancer research in women and underserved populations, S.921, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on whether hospital emergency departments should implement fentanyl testing as a procedure for routine for patients experiencing an overdose, S.2169, to require the development of a comprehensive cybersecurity workforce development strategy in rural hospitals, and S.272, to improve the safety of infant formula through testing of infant formula for microorganisms and toxic elements
- Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation — Hearings to Examine the Impact of Technology on America’s Youth
- Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs — Business meeting to consider H.R.3633, to provide for a system for regulating the offering and sale of digital products by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
The House also passed another round of appropriations bills on Wednesday, and the Senate killed the war powers resolution.
SEE: House adopts new Treasury-State funding duo to avoid shutdown
War powers resolution heats up as Vance blocks Senate debate and GOPers unite behind Trump
What’s new at the White House
President Trump has a busy Thursday: He will receive his intelligence briefing Thursday evening. He will then have a lunch meeting with Venezuelan Maria Corina Machado. At 4 p.m. Eastern, he will visit the 2025 Stanley Cup champions, the Florida Panthers, in the East Room.
Vice President JD Vance voted again Wednesday, helping to end the aforementioned War Powers Resolution.
At 1 p.m. Eastern Time, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will host a press conference.
Follow the Firm
U.S. Trade Representative – Jamieson Greer — Greer just released a statement regarding the critical minerals negotiations.
Ambassador Greer issued a statement following @POTUS directing the United States to initiate negotiations to address the threat posed to national security regarding imports of processed critical minerals and their derived products from any country.
Read: https://t.co/xt0GmqHKVr pic.twitter.com/njJp8w2nIF
– United States Trade Representative (@USTradeRep) January 15, 2026
Plenary press…
We had some important court decisions (in addition to the Supreme Court decisions handed down) on Wednesday:
- ↔️ State of Minnesota v. Noem (immigration enforcement) — Judge Katherine Menendez (Minnesota) refuses to enter ex parte TRO; will treat as a motion for a preliminary injunction; gives to the government. until 01/19 to respond; The plaintiffs have until 01/22 to respond.
- ❌ Tangipa vs. Newsom (challenging Prop. 50) — 3-judge panel DENIES plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction (2-1 decision).
- ✅ Public Broadcasting Corporation Against Trump (CPB Terminations) — Judge Randolph Moss (DC) DENIES cross motions for summary judgment and dismisses the case as moot.
SEE ALSO: Election Integrity Victory: SCOTUS Rules Congressman Has Right to Challenge IL’s Absentee Vote Counting Law
New: Judiciary Committee upholds California’s Prop 50 redistricting map, almost ensuring trip to SCOTUS
MORNING REFLECTION
Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) is almost always a treat to see at congressional hearings. I’ve already written about some of his exchanges here. But he’s not someone to be taken lightly. And I feel like that was brought home to Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-08) on Wednesday during the first hearing of the special GOP-led subcommittee investigating the remaining issues surrounding Jan. 6.
As Rusty Weiss noted, Hageman quickly put an end to Raskin’s insurrectionist rhetoric. She is an experienced lawyer, so one would expect her to competently handle the questioning of witnesses – which she does and what she has done here. But it was the look she gave Raskin after he awkwardly tried to interrupt her questioning that caught my attention.
Check it out here:
.@RepHageman sparked a shouting response from Rep. Jamie Raskin when she asked a prosecutor an awkward question on Jan. 6. pic.twitter.com/4N5EpjCcpt
– Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 15, 2026
Did you understand this after 34 seconds?
Hooo! All I know is I never want to be the target of that look! 😂
LIGHTER RATE
Wow…
Little frens..🦌🧒🏻😍 pic.twitter.com/Ha0pGxGXqJ
– 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) January 15, 2026
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