Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog does its first current events roundup of 2026.
EVEN THE POLICE ARE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE SOMALI “DAYCARE” AT THE CENTER OF THE LATEST FRAUD SCANDALS HAVING THEIR DOCUMENTS CONVENIENTLY “STOLEN“. More HERE. Since Democrat fascists make everything about Trump let’s ask if they would believe Trump if he said that someone had just “stolen” documents that they have an investigative interest in.
MINNESOTA “DAYCARES” FOUND TO HAVE DONATED THIRTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. And I’m sure we can all guess which political party’s candidates they donate to.
DEMOCRAT PARTY
SIMILAR RINGS BEING INVESTIGATED IN OHIO, MAINE, PENNSYLVANIA AND WASHINGTON.
MORE ABOUT THE VOTE FRAUD UNCOVERED IN MINNESOTA.
DEMOCRAT COUNTY TREASURER ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE. Are Democrats getting more hands-on when it comes to crime?
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION: PEACE ON EARTH.
EVEN THE DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET ABC ADMITS THAT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP IN OFFICE AMERICA HAD A RECORD DROP IN HOMICIDES AND OTHER CRIMES IN 2025 . Continue reading
1st – The ROSE BOWL GAME was broadcast on radio for the first time. This game pitted the undefeated UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE, then from the Southern Conference, against the undefeated UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HUSKIES, then from the Pacific Coast Conference. The Huskies led 12-0 at Halftime, but the Crimson Tide came from behind to win the game 20-19 in what has been called “the football game that changed the South.” 
RAIDERS OF THE SEVEN SEAS (1953) – John Payne plays the real-life 1500s pirate Barbarossa (Redbeard) in this fictional version of his exploits. While working as a corsair for the Sultans of the Middle East, the daring and accomplished seadog spends a little too much time with a Sultan’s harem and is sentenced to death. 
Eventually, during a raid of Tortuga, our hero seizes the incumbent Spanish governor Alida – played by Donna Reed in uncharacteristic spitfire mode – and holds her for ransom. Barbarossa and his crew take on Spanish galleons and Alida’s treacherous betrothed Captain Salcedo (1950s smug jackass Gerald Mohr). 
THE WATCHER (1995) – It seems redundant to refer to a UPN series as forgotten. Or short-lived. Nearly every show that UPN launched in January of 1995 was on and off the air pretty quickly. At 13 episodes, The Watcher was to the new UPN Network what long-lived shows like Gunsmoke were to the established networks. 
The Watcher was an anthology series starring rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot as the title character. The Watcher was a mysterious, quasi-supernatural figure in Las Vegas who had hidden cameras throughout the city, thus allowing him to observe and narrate the grim fates of each episode’s main characters. He hosted from his plush room at the Riviera.
ASTOLPHO IN THE VALLEY OF LOST THINGS – When we left Emperor Charlemagne’s Paladin Astolpho, he had flown his hippogriff to the peak of the Mountain of the Furies where he was greeted by the one and only St. John the Apostle. 
ROBERT REDFORD, R.I.P. TEN NEGLECTED FILMS OF REDFORD – With this superstar’s passing I reviewed several of his often overlooked movies, including War Hunt, The Chase, Downhill Racer and more. Click
FORGOTTEN TELEVISION – City of Angels (1976) Wayne Rogers as 1930s private detective Jake Axminster solves assorted mysteries for his clients, who ultimately go as high as the president himself. Click 
DEADBEAT AT DAWN (1988) – The ultra-violent cult film from independent maverick Jim Van Bebber. Crime, gangs and extreme gore in the envelope-pushing film that launched Van Bebber’s career. Click 
QUISP VS QUAKE (1965-1973) – The two cartoon mascots for breakfast cereals competed in clever commercials for years 
Balladeer’s Blog continues its examination of the many facets of Fool Killer lore.
PART SEVEN: The seventh surviving Fool Killer Letter. (See Part One for an explanation.) 
GANGSTER GOVERNMENT – Written by Columbia School of Journalism graduate David Freddoso. 
THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY: THE LEGACY OF BARACK OBAMA – Written by Matt Margolis and Mark Noonan, this thoroughly documented and highly detailed work of investigative journalism has been called “the definitive takedown of the Obama Presidency.” 
COMMANDER-IN-FAILURE: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN REFLECTS ON AMERICA’S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT AND HOW HE FAILED US ALL – Martin Luther King Person of Courage Kiara Ashanti penned this masterful deconstruction of the weak, inept and crooked little man named Barack Obama. 
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