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Titanes pactan contratar a Robert Saleh como coach para acelerar su reconstrucción, fuente de AP
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, EE.UU. (AP) — Los Titans de Tennessee acordaron contratar a Robert Saleh como su entrenador en jefe, con la esperanza de que pueda acelerar su reconstrucción y poner fin a la racha de cuatro temporadas consecutivas con récord perdedor de la franquicia, dijo una persona familiarizada con la decisión a The Associated Press el lunes por la noche.
La persona habló bajo condición de anonimato porque el acuerdo no había sido anunciado.
Saleh pasó esta temporada como coordinador defensivo de los 49ers de San Francisco, su segunda etapa en ese puesto después de pasar más de tres temporadas como head coach de los Jets de Nueva York. No tuvo una temporada ganadora con los Jets y fue despedido tras un inicio de 2-3 en 2024, con un récord total de 20-36.
Tennessee tuvo un récord de 19-49 en las últimas cuatro temporadas bajo Mike Vrabel, quien fue despedido después de la temporada 2024, y Brian Callahan, quien duró solo 23 juegos antes de ser despedido el 13 de octubre tras un inicio de 1-5. Eso convirtió a los Titans en el primer equipo con una vacante de entrenador, solo para terminar siendo uno de los diez equipos de la NFL en busca de un head coach y el cuarto en contratar uno.
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Deportes en español AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
El mandatario norcoreano Kim destituye a un ministro por complicaciones en proyecto industrial
Por HYUNG-JIN KIM
SEÚL, Corea del Sur (AP) — El líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un destituyó a un vice primer ministro encargado de la industria de construcción de maquinaria del país, informó el martes la prensa estatal, en un aparente intento de fortalecer la disciplina entre los altos funcionarios antes del próximo congreso del Partido de los Trabajadores, que gobierna el país, para establecer nuevos objetivos económicos y de estado.
La Agencia Central de Noticias de Corea dijo que Kim culpó a Yang Sung Ho por causar una “confusión artificial innecesaria” en un discurso que por la finalización de un proyecto de modernización de primera etapa en el Complejo de Maquinaria de Ryongsong, en el noreste, el lunes.
Kim afirmó que el proyecto sufrió “no una pequeña cantidad de pérdidas económicas” debido a funcionarios irresponsables e incompetentes. Según KCNA, Kim dijo que las autoridades desperdiciaron “grandes cantidades de fondos y mano de obra” y que eso supuso una carga más pesada para el sector de la industria de municiones.
Kim expresó que criticó a Yang durante una reunión del partido en diciembre y lo observó de cerca, pero descubrió que no sentía ningún sentido de responsabilidad, según KCNA.
“A partir de hoy, le declaro destituido, camarada vice primer ministro”, dijo Kim.
En los últimos años, Kim ha instado a superar lo que él llama derrotismo, irresponsabilidad y pasividad en los sectores económicos como parte de los esfuerzos para abordar las crónicas dificultades económicas del país. Kim también ha reprendido públicamente o despedido ocasionalmente a altos funcionarios para restaurar la disciplina o culparlos por las dificultades económicas y los fracasos de políticas.
La economía norcoreana sufrió importantes reveses durante la pandemia de COVID-19. El banco central de Corea del Sur dijo que la economía de Corea del Norte creció un 3,7% en 2024, pero muchos observadores dicen que el país encontraría difícil lograr un crecimiento económico importante y porque dedica los escasos recursos a programas de armas, tiene una economía muy centralizada e ineficiente y vive bajo persistentes sanciones internacionales.
El congreso del Partido, el primero de su tipo en cinco años, probablemente comenzará más tarde en enero o febrero, según el servicio de inteligencia de Corea del Sur.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Jimmy Butler sufre lesión en la rodilla derecha en victoria de los Warrios 135-112 sobre el Heat
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — La estrella de los Warriors, Jimmy Butler, se lesionó la rodilla derecha a mitad del tercer cuarto en una victoria de 135-112 el lunes por la noche contra su antiguo equipo, el Heat de Miami, después de haber anotado 17 puntos, un gran golpe para Golden State.
Los ánimos se caldearon con algunos empujones entre los suplentes en los segundos finales.
Butler se lesionó momentos después de recibir un pase en la pintura cuando cayó de manera dura y torpe tras una colisión con Davion Mitchell del Heat, quien fue sancionado con una falta a los 7:41 del tercer cuarto.
La rodilla se dobló al aterrizar y Butler gritó, hizo una mueca y se agarró la rodilla mientras permanecía en el suelo durante un par de minutos. Necesitó que sus compañeros Gary Payton II y Buddy Hield lo escoltaran fuera de la cancha y al vestuario después de la caída en el lado ofensivo de los Warriors. Cuando finalmente se levantó con ayuda, no pudo poner presión sobre su rodilla.
Andrew Wiggins tuvo 18 unidades y cinco rebotes para Miami en su regreso al Chase Center, donde ayudó a los Warriors a ganar el campeonato de la NBA en 2022. Norman Powell anotó 21 puntos mientras el Heat inició un viaje de cinco juegos por la Costa Oeste y perdió su cuarto consecutivo fuera de casa, cayendo a un total de 7-14 fuera del sur de Florida.
Butler lanzó seis de 11 después de haberse ausentado en la victoria del sábado 136-116 contra Charlotte por razones personales. Stephen Curry tuvo 19 puntos y 11 asistencias, Brandin Podziemski anotó un récord de temporada de 24 unidades junto con seis rebotes y Hield agregó 16 tantos en una noche en la que Golden State no contó con Draymond Green debido a un esguince en el tobillo derecho como precaución. Se espera que regrese para el partido en casa del martes contra Toronto.
Los Warriors jugaron en el Día de Martin Luther King Jr. por decimotercera vez en 14 temporadas y el segundo año consecutivo en casa.
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Deportes en español AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Jeff Vorva’s high school girls basketball rankings and player of the week for the Daily Southtown
Mother McAuley takes over the top spot, while St. Laurence and Stagg enter the rankings.
Top 10
With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.
1. Mother McAuley 17-4 (2)
Taji Alexa takes player of the game honors in win over Plainfield South at Trinity’s MLK Shootout.
2. Bloom 18-2 (3)
Kazaria Smith tallies 13 steals as Blazing Trojans jump to 32-0 lead in 70-23 win over Kankakee.
3. Marist 19-5 (4)
Olivia Cosme receives player of the game honors for RedHawks in big 59-47 win over Fremd.
4. Providence 20-3 (1)
Taylor Healy helps Celtics recover from McAuley loss by rolling past Montini and Unity Christian.
5. T.F. South 19-2 (5)
G’Yah Capers and the Red Wolves head into this week riding a six-game winning streak.
6. Lockport 28-6 (6)
Big rematch for Sophie Hynes and Porters against Homewood-Flossmoor up ahead on Jan. 27.
7. Hillcrest 19-5 (10)
Shaniah Blackshire and the Hawks are unbeaten since the calendar flipped to 2026.
8. Homewood-Flossmoor 13-9 (7)
Aunyai Deere and the Vikings will play a stretch of four games in six days this week.
9. St. Laurence 13-8 (NR)
Ciyah Thomas comes through with big night as Vikings top Sycamore at Coach Kipp Hoopsfest.
10. Stagg 12-8 (NR)
Senior guard Abbey Hobart pushes her career total to 1,624 points, the best in program history.
Player of the Week
Senior guard Quinn Arundel stars as an offensive catalyst for Mother McAuley in wins over Providence, DePaul Prep, St. Charles East and Plainfield South.
Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
Un surfista resulta herido en el cuarto ataque de tiburón en tres días en la costa este de Australia
Por ROD McGUIRK
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Un surfista sufrió heridas leves tras ser mordido por un tiburón el martes en el cuarto ataque en la costa del estado más poblado de Australia en tres días.
El tiburón atacó la tabla de surf del hombre en Point Plomer, a 460 kilómetros al norte de la capital del estado de Nueva Gales del Sur, alrededor de las nueve de la mañana, dijeron las autoridades.
El hombre tuvo suerte de sobrevivir con cortes menores, afirmó Matt Worrall, capitán del Kempsey-Crescent Head Surf Life Saving Club.
“La tabla pareció absorber la mayor parte del impacto”, dijo Worrall a la Australian Broadcasting Corp. “Él mismo llegó a la orilla donde fue asistido por los lugareños”.
Personas que estaban allí llevaron al hombre de 39 años a un hospital y luego fue dado de alta.
En los ataques anteriores, un hombre y un niño sufrieron heridas críticas en las piernas y la tabla de surf de otro niño fue mordida por tiburones en lugares de Sydney el domingo y el lunes.
Las playas a lo largo de la costa norte de Nueva Gales del Sur y el norte de Sydney fueron cerradas indefinidamente tras los ataques, y se desplegaron líneas electrónicas que alertan a las autoridades cuando un tiburón grande ha mordido el cebo frente a la costa de Sydney.
Las autoridades advirtieron que las recientes lluvias han dejado el agua de las playas de la zona turbia, lo que aumentó el riesgo de ataques de tiburones toro. Los tiburones toro son responsables de la mayoría de los ataques en la región de Sydney.
“Si alguien está pensando en meterse al mar esta mañana en cualquier lugar de las playas del norte, piénselo de nuevo. Tenemos una calidad de agua tan pobre que realmente favorece la actividad de los tiburones toro”, dijo Steve Pearce, director ejecutivo de Surf Life Saving NSW.
“Si está pensando en nadar, simplemente vaya a una piscina local porque en este momento, estamos aconsejando que las playas no son seguras”, agregó Pearce.
El domingo, un niño de 12 años fue atacado después de saltar desde un saliente de seis metros conocido como Jump Rock cerca de Shark Beach dentro del puerto de Sydney. La policía ha reconocido a los amigos del niño por salvarle la vida al saltar desde el acantilado durante el ataque y arrastrarlo de regreso a la orilla.
“Las acciones de esos jóvenes son valientes dadas las circunstancias y las lesiones son muy impactantes para que esos chicos las vean”, dijo el superintendente Joseph McNulty.
Los medios de comunicación han informado que el niño perdió ambas piernas en el ataque.
Alrededor del mediodía del lunes, un niño de 11 años estaba en una tabla de surf que fue atacada por un tiburón en Dee Why Beach, una playa oceánica al norte de Manly. El tiburón arrancó un trozo de la tabla, pero el niño escapó ileso.
Un surfista de unos 20 años fue mordido en una pierna por un tiburón frente a North Steyne Beach en la costa del Océano Pacífico en el suburbio norte de Manly a las 6:20 de la tarde del lunes, dijo la policía. Los transeúntes lo sacaron del agua antes de que una ambulancia lo llevara a un hospital en estado crítico.
Las tres playas de Sydney tienen algún tipo de redes de protección contra tiburones. No estaba claro de inmediato dónde ocurrieron los ataques en relación con esas redes.
Pearce dijo que la escena del último ataque estaba aislada y no tenía redes de protección contra tiburones.
Dee Why Beach está cerca de la playa donde un surfista de 57 años fue asesinado por un presunto tiburón blanco el pasado septiembre.
En noviembre, una turista suiza de 25 años murió y su pareja resultó gravemente herida al intentar salvarla mientras nadaban frente a un parque nacional al norte de Sídney.
At her third school in four years, Ciyah Thomas plays without any doubts for St. Laurence. ‘I have a passion.’
St. Laurence’s Ciyah Thomas grew up playing a lot of different sports.
She played tackle football and baseball with boys. She played flag football and basketball with girls, ran track and also was a gymnast. But one sport became her first love.
“I love the feeling of playing basketball,” Thomas said. “I’m a little lazy at times, but when it comes to basketball, I have a passion. I want to be the best. I want to be talked about. I want to score.
“It’s a great feeling. I daydream about it all the time.”
Thomas’ daydreams were nightmares Monday night for Sycamore.
The 5-foot-9 senior guard scored 20 points and added six steals and four rebounds to help the Vikings roll to a 66-47 victory over the Spartans in the Coach Kipp Hoopsfest at Benet in Lisle.
St. Laurence Ciyah Thomas (5) muscles to the basket as Sycamore’s Sadie Lang (12) defends during the Coach Kipp Hoopsfest at Benet in Lisle on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (James C. Svehla / Daily Southtown)
Emily Doorhy added 15 points and McKenzie Saffold followed with 14 for St. Laurence (13-8). Senior guard Sara Burzycki hauled down 13 rebounds.
Quinn Carrier scored a team-high 18 points to go with 10 rebounds and two blocked shots for Sycamore (13-9). She made five 3-pointers. Sadie Lang chipped in with 17 points.
Thomas opened her high school career as a freshman starter who helped Bolingbrook’s varsity reach a Class 4A supersectional. Her path then took her to Hammond Morton as a junior.
St. Laurence coach Claire Austin is happy to have her aboard this season.
St. Laurence Ciyah Thomas (5) drives to the basket against Sycamore’s Quinn Carrier (32) during the Coach Kipp Hoopsfest at Benet in Lisle on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (James C. Svehla / Daily Southtown)
“We blessed to have someone who can score in so many different ways,” Austin said of Thomas. “She is a three-dimensional scorer. It just so happens her shooting is starting to come on as well.”
So much so that Thomas was named St. Laurence’s player of the game Monday by event officials.
The Vikings enjoyed a strong night offensively without star junior forward Aaliyah Flores, who could miss at least two weeks with a right knee injury. She missed her entire sophomore season last winter with a left knee injury.
Thomas, meanwhile, confirmed that fitting in with her new teams hasn’t been a problem.
St. Laurence’s Ciyah Thomas (5) goes up for a shot against Sycamore during the Coach Kipp Hoopsfest at Benet in Lisle on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (James C. Svehla / Daily Southtown)
“It not that tough — it’s just being myself,” she said. “If I play my game and I bring what I can to a team and give 100%, I can fit in.”
Thomas pointed out that she places an emphasis on a certain aspect of the game.
“Defense is my normal priority because we can get offense from my defense,” she said. “I try my best to hold the best player down and hold them to low points to keep the game in our favor.”
Burzycki praised Thomas for becoming a major part of the team for St. Laurence.
“She’s the whole package,” Burzycki said. “She can shoot, she can dribble and she can play great defense. Her presence on the court is huge for us.”
St. Laurence Ciyah Thomas (5) tries to get a handle on a loose ball against Sycamore during the Coach Kipp Hoopsfest at Benet in Lisle on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (James C. Svehla / Daily Southtown)
Burzycki, an Ohio Wesleyan recruit, also grabbed 19 rebounds in Saturday’s 58-29 win over Rich Township. She missed last season with a knee injury and sat out some this winter after suffering another knee injury playing flag football.
She’s happy to be back and cleaning up on the boards.
“When the ball hits the rim, you just follow it,” Burzycki said. “I guess it’s timing. I just like to go to where the ball is.”
Thomas acknowledged she’s receiving college looks but isn’t ready to make a decision yet.
She got started in both football and basketball by following in the footsteps of her brother. Chico Thomas Jr., a Naperville North grad, is a freshman wide receiver at Roosevelt.
“We both played football and he wanted to play basketball,” Ciyah said. “I followed my brother in basketball and it became a love of mine.”
Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/19/ciyah-thomas-st-laurence-sycamore-ihsa-girls-basketball/
Indiana completes undefeated season and wins first national title, beating Miami 27-21 in CFP final
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night, toppling Miami 27-21 to put the finishing touch on a rags-to-riches story, an undefeated season and the national title.
The Heisman Trophy winner finished with 186 yards passing, but it was his tackle-breaking, sprawled-out 12-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-4 with 9:18 left that defined this game — and the Hoosiers’ season.
Indiana would not be denied.
“I had to go airborne,” Mendoza said. “I would die for my team.”
Mendoza’s touchdown gave turnaround artist Curt Cignetti’s team a 10-point lead — barely enough breathing room to hold off a frenzied charge by the hard-hitting Hurricanes, who bloodied Mendoza’s lip early, then came to life late behind 112 yards and two scores from Mark Fletcher but never took the lead.
The College Football Playoff trophy now heads to the most unlikely of places: Bloomington, Indiana — a campus that endured a nation-leading 713 losses over 130-plus years of football before Cignetti arrived two years ago to embark on a revival for the ages.
“Took some chances, found a way. Let me tell you: We won the national championship at Indiana University. It can be done,” Cignetti said.
Indiana finished 16-0 — using the extra games afforded by the expanded 12-team playoff to match a perfect-season win total last compiled by Yale in 1894.
In a fitting bit of symmetry, this undefeated title comes 50 years after Bob Knight’s basketball team went 32-0 to win it all in that state’s favorite sport.
That hasn’t happened since, and there’s already some thought that college football — in its evolving, money-soaked era — might not see a team like this again, either.
Players like Mendoza — a transfer from Cal who grew up just a few miles away from Miami’s campus, “The U” — certainly don’t come around often.
Two fourth-down gambles by Cignetti in the fourth quarter, after Fletcher’s second touchdown carved the Hurricanes’ deficit to three, put Mendoza in position to shine.
The first was a 19-yard-completion to Charlie Becker on a back-shoulder fade that those guys have been perfecting all season. Four plays later came a decision and a play that wins championships.
Cignetti sent his kicker out on fourth-and-4 from the 12, but quickly called his second timeout. The team huddled on the field and the coach drew up a quarterback draw, hoping the Hurricanes would be in a defense they had shown before.
“We rolled the dice and said, ‘They’re going to be in it again and they were,’” Cignetti said. “We blocked it well, he broke a tackle or two and got in the end zone.”
Not known as a run-first guy, Mendoza slipped one tackle, then took a hit and spun around. He kept his feet, then left them, going horizontal and stretching the ball out — a ready-made poster pic for a title run straight from the movies.
Maybe they’ll call it “Hoosiers.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/19/indiana-hoosiers-cfp-national-championship/
Architecture Of Plunder: Why The Modern Democratic Party Is A Kleptocracy
Architecture Of Plunder: Why The Modern Democratic Party Is A Kleptocracy
Authored by Saggezza Eterna,
In the lexicon of polite political discourse, we are told that “kleptocracy” is a phenomenon reserved for the decaying regimes of the third world—banana republics where dictators in gold-braided epaulets stuff suitcases with cash while their people starve. This is a comforting fiction. It allows the American mind to believe that corruption is something that happens over there, in places without marble capitols or Ivy League economists.
But this definition is archaic. It fails to capture the sophistication of the modern predator state. A true kleptocracy in the twenty-first century does not require a dictator with a Swiss bank account; it requires a bureaucracy with a grant-making authority. It does not steal with a gun; it steals with a regulation.
The modern Democrat Party is not merely a political coalition; it is a syndicalist engine of wealth extraction. It has evolved beyond the crude graft of Tammany Hall, where votes were bought with turkeys and beer, into a highly complex “NGO-industrial complex” that launders public treasury funds into private political power. They are not governing. They are looting. And they have built a moral fortress around their theft so that to question the robbery is to be branded a heretic.
“The modern kleptocrat does not break the law; he writes the law to make his theft mandatory.”
To understand this, we must strip away the veneer of “public service” and look at the mechanics of the machine. We must observe how the Managerial Elite has perfected a system where the decline of the American middle class is not an accident of history, but the direct, mathematical result of their enrichment.
Part I: The Laundromat – The Non-Profit Industrial Complex
The genius of the Democrat kleptocracy lies in its ability to make the taxpayer fund their own political subjugation. In a traditional bribery scheme, a corporation gives money to a politician for a favor. This is illegal and risky. The modern Democrat machine has professionalized this by inserting a middleman: the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).
Consider the flow of money. The federal government, under Democrat stewardship, allocates billions in grants to “community organizations,” “activist groups,” and “non-profits” ostensibly for public welfare—voter education, green initiatives, or social justice programs. These entities are staffed almost exclusively by partisan operatives. The funds, stripped of their “public” designation, are then used to build voter rolls, organize protests, and push radical policy agendas that benefit the party that wrote the check.
It is a closed loop of money laundering. You pay taxes. The bureaucrats you did not elect send that money to an activist group you do not support. That activist group uses your money to campaign for the bureaucrat’s boss.
“They have not just seized the means of production; they have seized the means of distribution, turning the U.S. Treasury into a campaign war chest.”
This is why the Left fiercely defends the bloated administrative state. It is not because they love efficiency; it is because the bureaucracy is their bank. Every new agency created is a new revenue stream for their client class. The teachers’ unions are the archetype of this model. They compel dues from members, funnel those dues almost exclusively to Democrat campaigns, and in return, the party ensures the unions maintain a monopoly on education, free from the competition of school choice. It is a protection racket disguised as a labor movement.
The “Foreign Aid” grift operates on the same frequency. When billions are sent overseas to nebulous “democracy building” initiatives, we must ask: who are the contractors? Who are the consultants? Who sits on the boards of the NGOs administering this aid? Invariably, we find the children, siblings, and donors of the party elite. They are not exporting democracy; they are importing kickbacks.
Part II: The Regulatory Shakedown – Corporatism Disguised as Progress
If Part I is about stealing tax money, Part II is about stealing market share. The classic definition of fascism is the merger of state and corporate power. The modern Democrat party has achieved this synthesis under the banner of “saving the planet” and “equity.”
The primary weapon here is the regulatory squeeze. When the government mandates “Green Energy” transitions or “ESG” (Environmental, Social, and Governance) scores, they are not saving the polar bears. They are destroying small and medium-sized competitors who cannot afford compliance, while subsidizing the massive conglomerates that can.
“Regulation is the tax that time pays to power. It is the moat the elite dig to protect their castles from the competition of the peasantry.”
Look at the “Green New Deal” infrastructure. It is a mechanism to transfer wealth from the productive energy sector (oil, gas, nuclear—industries that actually power civilization) to the speculative “green” sector—industries that exist only because of government subsidies. Who owns the solar startups and the wind farms? The same donor class that dines in Martha’s Vineyard. They use the power of the state to crush cheap, reliable energy, forcing the working class to pay higher prices, which effectively funnels wealth from the poor (who pay for energy) to the rich (who collect the subsidies).
This is why they despise the free market. The free market is unpredictable. A kleptocrat hates unpredictability. They want guaranteed returns. By using the regulatory agencies to pick winners and losers, they ensure that their portfolios outperform the S&P 500 by margins that would make a hedge fund manager blush. When a Speaker of the House can trade stocks in industries she regulates and beat the market with supernatural consistency, we are not looking at “public service.” We are looking at insider trading legalized by the very people committing it.
The concept of “Stakeholder Capitalism” is the final nail in the coffin of free enterprise. It posits that corporations are not responsible to shareholders, but to “stakeholders”—a nebulous term that effectively means “political activists.” It allows the party to extort corporations: adopt our cultural agenda, hire our consultants, donate to our causes, or face the wrath of the regulatory state. It is a shakedown, pure and simple.
Part III: The Cultural Smokescreen – Identity Politics as Camouflage
The most cunning trick of the modern kleptocrat is the use of “Woke” ideology as a distraction. While they are looting the treasury and rigging the economy, they need a smokescreen to keep the populace fighting each other rather than looking at the bank vault.
Identity politics is that smokescreen.
By obsessively focusing on race, gender, and sexuality, the Democrat elite creates a permanent state of cultural warfare. This serves two strategic purposes. First, it fragments the working class, preventing a unified coalition that might challenge their economic dominance. If the white mechanic and the black truck driver are at each other’s throats over “privilege,” they will not notice that the private equity firm has bought their houses and the government has devalued their wages.
“Wokeism is not a moral awakening; it is the HR department of the kleptocracy. It is the shield they use to deflect scrutiny of their plunder.”
Second, it provides a moral shield for their corruption. When you accuse them of theft, they accuse you of bigotry. When you point out that their policies have decimated the inner city, they call you a racist. They wrap their greed in the language of compassion. They are not destroying the energy grid to enrich their donors; they are doing it to “save the climate.” They are not censoring the internet to protect their narratives; they are doing it to “stop hate speech.”
This moral blackmail is the hallmark of the Machiavellian ruler. They claim the mantle of the oppressed while living like kings. They lecture the populace on “privilege” from inside gated communities funded by the very systems of inequality they claim to fight.
The result is a hollowed-out nation. The infrastructure crumbles while billions are spent on “consultants.” The borders are erased to import a dependent underclass that reinforces their political hegemony. The currency is debased to pay for their patronage networks.
The Iron Law of Oligarchy
We are witnessing the “Iron Law of Oligarchy” in its final, terminal phase. The Democrat party is no longer a party of the people; it is a party of the managers, the academics, the bureaucrats, and the subsidized corporate elite. They have constructed a system where they can be wrong about everything—the economy, foreign policy, crime, the border—and yet never lose power, and never lose money.
To call them “kleptocrats” is not an insult; it is a precise taxonomic classification. They have privatized the state for their own benefit. They have turned the concept of “public good” into a private revenue stream.
The first step in dismantling this machine is to see it for what it is. Do not listen to their moralizing. Watch their hands. Watch where the money goes. And realize that the chaos, the decline, and the division we see around us are not accidents. They are the overhead costs of their business model.
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Saggezza Eterna and the material I write on this page, specifically about politics and power dynamics, is inspired by a book written in the 15th century called “The Prince” by a Florentine Philosopher named Niccolò Machiavelli.
Niccolò Machiavelli’s “The Prince” was banned by the Vatican in 1559 because its unflinching portrayal of pragmatic and often ruthless political strategies held a mirror to the hypocrisy of rulers, including Church leaders, exposing how power was truly wielded in contrast to professed ideals.
I highly recommend that anyone wishing to understand the true nature of politics and power dynamics read the book cover to cover. If you want to completely and utterly destroy any argument and increase your political savviness, “The Prince” will not disappoint. The attached link presents a translation from Italian into English that preserves the integrity of the book as it was originally written.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 01/19/2026 – 23:30
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/architecture-plunder-why-modern-democratic-party-kleptocracy
Indiana completa temporada invicta y gana su 1er título nacional al derrotar 27-21 a Miami
Por EDDIE PELLS
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza se abrió paso hasta la zona de anotación e Indiana se abrió camino en los libros de historia el lunes por la noche, derribando a Miami 27-21 para poner el broche de oro a una historia de la pobreza a la riqueza, una temporada invicta y el título nacional.
El ganador del Trofeo Heisman terminó con 186 yardas por aire, pero fue su carrera de touchdown de 12 yardas rompiendo tacleadas en cuarta y cuatro con 9:18 restantes lo que definió este juego —y la temporada de los Hoosiers.
A Indiana no se le negó el triunfo.
El touchdown de Mendoza le dio al equipo del artista del cambio, Curt Cignetti, una ventaja de diez puntos —apenas suficiente espacio para contener una frenética carga de los Hurricanes, que golpearon el labio de Mendoza temprano, luego cobraron vida tarde detrás de 112 yardas y dos anotaciones de Mark Fletcher, pero nunca tomaron la delantera.
El trofeo del College Football Playoff ahora se dirige al lugar más improbable: Bloomington, Indiana —un campus que soportó un récord nacional de 713 derrotas en más de 130 años de fútbol americano universitario antes de que Cignetti llegara hace dos años para embarcarse en un renacimiento para la historia.
Indiana terminó 16-0 —utilizando los juegos adicionales permitidos por el playoff expandido de 12 equipos para igualar un total de victorias de temporada perfecta que Yale compiló por última vez en 1894.
En un poco de simetría, este título invicto llega 50 años después de que el equipo de baloncesto de Bob Knight terminara 32-0 para ganarlo todo en el deporte favorito de ese estado.
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Toros del Este dejan en el terreno a las Águilas Cibaeñas y avanzan a la Final de la Liga Dominicana
Por The Associated Press
Sergio Alcántara conectó un sencillo para empatar el juego en el fondo de la décima entrada y Jeimer Candelario negoció una base por bolas con las bases llenas para impulsar de caballito la carrera de la diferencia, y los Toros del Este vinieron de atrás para dejar en el terreno a las Águilas Cibaeñas y sellar una dramática victoria por 8-7 que les aseguró el pase a la Serie Final de la Liga Dominicana de Béisbol Profesional.
El triunfo fue el quinto consecutivo para los Toros y el octavo en sus últimos diez encuentros, un cierre encendido que los llevó a terminar la ronda de todos contra todos igualados en el liderato con los Leones del Escogido. Ambos equipos se enfrentarán ahora por el campeonato y el derecho de representar a la República Dominicana en la Serie del Caribe 2026.
A la ofensiva, Onix Vega conectó un cuadrangular de dos carreras, Sergio Alcántara se fue de 5-2 con dos empujadas y Rudy Martin bateó de 4-3 con dos carreras anotadas para destacarse por los Toros del Este, que buscarán el cuarto campeonato de su historia.
Los Leones del Escogido, por su parte, intentarán revalidar el título conquistado la temporada pasada y alcanzar el campeonato número 18 de su historia.
Caribes ganan maratónico duelo y se acercan a la Final
Aldrem Corredor conectó un sencillo remolcador para romper el empate en la parte alta de la décima cuarta entrada, y los Caribes de Anzoátegui derrotaron por 5-4 a los Bravos de Margarita para firmar su tercera victoria consecutiva en la ronda semifinal de todos contra todos de la Liga Venezolana de Béisbol y afianzarse en el liderato.
Corredor se fue de 5-2 con dos carreras impulsadas y fue la figura del encuentro, mientras que Carlos Mendoza bateó de 4-2 con un jonrón y dos remolcadas para respaldar la ofensiva de los Caribes.
En Barquisimeto, Ángel Reyes conectó un sencillo productor de dos carreras en la parte alta de la octava entrada para completar la remontada, y los Navegantes del Magallanes superaron por 3-2 a los Cardenales de Lara en un resultado clave para sus aspiraciones.
Con la jornada 12 de 16 por completarse este martes, en la que Caribes tendrá descanso, Anzoátegui lidera el round robin con marca de 8-4, seguido por Cardenales de Lara (6-5), Águilas del Zulia (6-5), Navegantes del Magallanes (5-6) y Bravos de Margarita (3-8).
