Email from American Values Plus, tune in to Family Talk.   Fighting For Faith, Family & Freedom Wednesday, January 14, 2026 To: Friends & Supporters From: Gary Bauer Day 360  It’s Day 360 of President Trump’s second term. No one has lost their Social Security, Medicare, or veterans’ benefits in spite of constant media and leftist lies. A Striking Contrast I really hope the American people are paying attention right now. The contrast between what Democrats are doing and what President Trump is doing is striking. Here are the three big issues Democrats are obsessed with right now: Forcing your daughter to compete against boys in sports, a complete violation of the principles of feminism. Siding with every illegal alien in America while they demonize federal immigration police, just like they demonized local and state police in 2020. (More Democrats are now threatening to shut the government down unless we defund federal immigration police. Some Democrats are even threatening to prosecute them.) Defending Marxist dictators like Nicolas Maduro and the drug runners bringing poison into your community that President Trump is blowing up. Meanwhile, here’s what President Trump is doing: He brought drug companies into the Oval Office and forced them to lower prices. He brought the price of gasoline down massively. He secured our borders. He’s supporting freedom fighters in Iran, Venezuela, and other countries, without getting us into protracted no-win wars. He lowered taxes and is rebuilding our military. Under Trump’s policies, the economy grew at a strong pace of 4.1% in the last quarter. Trump brought inflation down to 2.7%, and wages are going up dramatically. President Trump is serious about making America great. The only thing Democrats are serious about is imposing their extreme agenda on the American people. An Astonishing Display There was an astonishing display of leftist insanity at yesterday’s Supreme Court hearing about boys in girls’ sports. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson didn’t know what a woman was during her confirmation hearing. Apparently, she hasn’t made any effort to find out since then. But she wasn’t the only one ignorant of basic biology at yesterday’s oral arguments. Lawyers for the transgender movement trying to overturn two state laws protecting women in sports don’t know what a woman is either. They were asked by Justice Samuel Alito to define biological sex, and they couldn’t answer! Now, here’s what is not being said: Justice Jackson and these lawyers do know what a woman is. If somebody said, “I’m going to punch you unless you tell me what a woman is,” they would be able to tell you the difference between a woman and a man. But their warped ideology won’t allow them to give that answer because by doing so, they would explain, unfortunately for them, why there are “women’s sports” and “men’s sports.” They don’t want a definition so men claiming to be women can be defined as women and be allowed to play in women’s sports. So, they insist on lying and calling these men women. That gets us back to what a woman is. But if they don’t know, how do they know these men are women? Justice Alito was clearly frustrated by the verbal gymnastics and twisted logic of the trans movement lawyers. He shot back rhetorically, “How can a court determine whether there’s discrimination on the basis of sex without knowing what sex means?” Here’s another amazing display of left-wing hypocrisy: Democrats and their radical allies are filing a lawsuit demanding their states’ rights against federal immigration enforcement. At the same time they were in court yesterday demanding that states’ rights be struck down when it comes to men in women’s sports! Left-wing Lunacy Hopefully, voters are paying attention. The trans debate is so insane, so at war with biology, normalcy, common sense, and what every civilization throughout all of history has accepted as true. Yet, the highest court in the land wasted hours debating this nonsense and will waste even more time writing opinions about it. Parents have had to sue to protect their children from it. Sadly, many children have been subjected to sterilization and horrific mutilating surgeries because of it. This insanity springs right out of the LGB and T movement that makes its home in the Democrat Party. Every young woman who had their dreams crushed, every girl injured by a larger boy on the sports field, every woman who went into a locker room and witnessed a man exposing himself, and every child told by a leftist teacher they are trapped in the wrong body are all victims of the Democrat Party’s war on normalcy. Who are these people who think they have a right to put our country through this when there are so many serious challenges facing us?! Violent Resistance To Law Enforcement The unhinged rhetoric by left-wing politicians and their voters against federal law enforcement continues. But somebody must have done a poll in Minnesota. All of a sudden, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is making some major modifications in his rhetoric. When it mattered the most—right after the attack on a federal police officer who used deadly force to defend himself—Frey screamed, “Get the f--- out of our city! We don’t want you here.” By the way, the federal immigration officer who was struck by Renee Good suffered internal bleeding. She hit him. Case closed. Now, Frey is on Fox News claiming that Minnesota’s lawsuit against federal immigration enforcement is really not against federal immigration enforcement. “We’re happy when immigration police do what they do,” Frey said. “We’re just against these militaristic acts on the streets of our city. The invasion must stop.” He’s lying, of course. Frey said federal immigration police have been coming into Minneapolis for years. But for years, mayors like Frey have refused to cooperate with them. In fact, Frey almost admitted as much, saying: “The reason that Minnesota and Minneapolis are being targeted is because you’ve got a Democratic governor, a Democratic attorney general, and you’ve got Democratic mayors.” And all those Democrat politicians support sanctuary city policies that protect criminal illegal aliens! So, why are so many federal police officers going into Minneapolis now? Because Frey and others ramped up their resistance. Their unhinged rhetoric told their radical followers to block federal immigration police from doing their duty to arrest illegal aliens. The only reason there are thousands of law enforcement agents in Minnesota is because leftist protesters are engaging in violence against law enforcement agents. That violence is being stoked by Mayor Frey, Governor Walz, and other left-wing politicians. Worst Of The Worst While Democrats and the media obsess over the tactics of federal immigration police, they are not telling you about what these brave men and women are actually accomplishing. Check out this site. It’s the “worst of the worst” that federal immigration police officers have taken off the streets of Minneapolis and other Minnesota communities in recent weeks. These are thugs. I am struck by how many of them have committed crimes against women and children. Democrats say they have no problem with federal agents getting those people out of our cities. But when local police in cities like Minneapolis arrest these people, left-wing, sanctuary city politicians refuse to hand them over to federal authorities for deportation. And when federal immigration police drive into a Minneapolis neighborhood to get one of these thugs, they go in heavily armed and wearing body armor. If they’re going to arrest a violent criminal, law enforcement officers rightly assume their life is in danger. When the immigration agents try to apprehend a criminal illegal alien, left-wing demonstrators surround their vehicles, assault them, shoot fireworks at them, and tip off illegal aliens in the area. These leftist idiots have no way of knowing who the officers are going after! They don’t know if the agents are looking for the guy mowing lawns, someone’s babysitter, or a child molester. They can’t possibly know and they don’t care. The only thing they care about is keeping millions of illegal aliens in America so the next Democrat Congress and president can legalize them and give them citizenship so these new “citizens” can vote for the Left’s radical agenda. That’s what this is all about. Now, meet the innocent people of Minnesota who were murdered by illegal aliens. There were no marches, no protests, and no press conferences by Frey or Walz for them. That’s what putting Americans last looks like. Trump Doubles Down President Trump once again demonstrated why so many Americans support him. They want a fighter! Trump announced yesterday that he is cutting off federal funding to sanctuary cities and ending Biden-era regulations that forced banks to make loans to illegal aliens. The Trump administration also announced that it has revoked more than 100,000 visas and it paused visa processing from 75 countries “whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates.” President Trump is putting Americans first! America Supports Trump As you know, the results of a poll can change dramatically depending on what is said leading up to the poll question. A new Morning Consult poll just came out about the U.S. military operation in Venezuela. Morning Consult did a good job of accurately explaining why Trump captured Maduro. Here are the poll’s statement and the question: “As you may know, Venezuela is a known hub for Iranian and Hezbollah terror, including military drone production and narcoterrorism. Does this make you more or less likely to support American intervention in Venezuela?” Given that factual information, 60% of Americans, including 66% of Hispanics, said they were more likely to support Trump’s military operation to remove Nicolas Maduro. Democrats were virtually unanimous in denouncing President Trump’s use of military force in Venezuela, even though it is overwhelmingly popular. The public also overwhelmingly supports preventing cartel drug boats from reaching our shores. (Here and here.) Well, there’s the Republican congressional ad for November. “Maduro aided terrorists and drug runners. I support President Trump’s decisive action to remove him and keep America safe. My opponent does not.” Tune In To Family Talk Please tune in to Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk radio show. 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