It is what it is: January 28, 2026 – Commentary with Jen Brien

by Jennifer Brien, commentary, contributing writer

THE PROTESTS ARE NOT PEACEFUL and are not “NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE” 

Anyone who says the protests / protestors in Minnesota are peaceful or NON-VIOLENT are gaslighting. The recent shooting in Minnesota is yet just another example of what goes down when people encourage these types of individuals to go out and fight the “good fight and/or “stalk” federal officers at every turn for whatever cause.  What’s going on there is insane and sanctioned by its leadership.

I’m with Meghan Kelly who says pull all the feds out of Minnesota and let the community be terrorized by criminal illegals. Losen the laws, defund the police, make communities unsafe and give criminal illegals the ” safe space” the protesters are demanding they have. I love it. If that’s what THEY want, give it to them. Brilliant idea.

In the meantime, if you’re confused by what exactly A “peaceful protest” IS, here’s some examples to help you out from FAMOUS true NON-VIOLENT protestors themselves…  (MLK Jr, GANDHI, and one of my hero’s – Aung San Suu Kyi)

1.) People are UNARMED

2.) NON-VIOLENT CONDUCT: PEOPLE do not fight back or engage in physical confrontations

3.) RESPECT for property: NO destruction, graffiti or damage to public or private property

4.) Orderly marching LAWFUL gathering: Moving or standing in an organized NON-THREATENING manner in public spaces

5.) COOPERATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT: ABIDING BY LOCAL LAWS, OBTAINING NECESSARY PERMITS, AND FOLLOWING POLICE INSTRUCTIONS

6.) Presence of organizers: DESIGNATED PEOPLE encouraging PEACE within the crowd

7.) DISPERSE WITHOUT CONFLICT: the gathering ends calmly and people clear the area PEACEFULLY without engaging in RIOTS or VIOLENCE

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“PEOPLE ARE GOING MAD” 

I’ll say they’re going mad and go even further… THEY’RE BLEEPING NUTS these days and it really isn’t just a handful of WACKOS that are soiling the BLUE DRESS so to speak. IT SEEMS like 1 in 5 people has a screw loose out there no matter where you turn and it’s over anything and everything. It’s gotten so unbelievably crazy that just yesterday the NYP has a story in its pages that read “PEOPLE ARE GOING MAD”.

I asked Dr. Peter McCullough when I spoke to him on my podcast several months ago if the COVID vaccine was making people nuts and he said bluntly, “IT IS”. I invited him to come back on this week to explore his opinion more deeply and really explain how and why he thinks that vaccine was not only deadly physically and caused so many “suddenly” deaths, but how and why it’s now affecting our brains and the behavior of our friends’, relatives and just people in general. Don’t miss “SPLITTIN THE ATOM” this week. He definitely has them and you DEFINITELY won’t hear it from mainstream media. Not in a million years would you hear ANYTHING he has to say in the mainstream media… The podcast Drops on THURSDAYS.

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HEADLINES YOU WON’T SEE:

“ARIZONA SHERIFF’S ASSOCIATION blasts AZ AG’S “rhetoric” about shooting ICE”

“Stephen COLBERT sinks to lowest JANUARY ratings in shows history”

“FBI investigating MINNEAPOLIS DEMOCRATS’ activist networks”

“FETTERMAN: ICE NOT NAZI’S

“VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS now seeking to DOUBLE their own pay as they raise taxes and ran on AFFORDABILITY”

“LEFT RAMPS UP violent rhetoric. TARGET TRUMP OFFICIALS”

“LIBRARIAN accused of trying to recruit social media users to ASSASSINATE TRUMP”

“CHICAGO teacher placed on LEAVE over FACEBOOK post expressing support for ICE”

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TO THE A–H— SHOVELING HIS DRIVEWAY AND TOSSING IT INTO THE STREET AFTER THE CITY HAS BEEN PLOWING ALL NIGHT

YOU KNOW, TRAGEDIES AND events such as WEATHER EVENTS really brings out the authenticity in people. I got to know my neighbors a lot better over the weekend and I didn’t have to spend any time with them. I don’t know where you are or what state you’re reading this in, but we here in RI just had a significant snowstorm with another on the way this weekend. Evidently a BOMB CYCLONE is ramping up and really, its winter. It is what it is. In any event, I’ve been in the same spot going on 5 years now and this is the biggest snowstorm for my area since I’ve moved in. I realized after the snowstorm ended; I have some really horrible neighbors. I mean, I kinda knew it, but I play nice because you have too in such a dense area, and you have to pick your battles… but the truth is, some of them really suck. They do.

EXAMPLES: over the last few days, certain folks in the neighborhood asked for help getting shoveled out only to see others struggling and not offering to HELP THEM (knock it off… these are ABLE BODIED HUMANS). I’ve watched a young guy with the only snowblower on the block spray the snow from HIS YARD all over other people’s property who already had cleaned up their spaces….and I watched my neighbor across the street shovel his driveway and toss all the snow out into the road after town officials had spent all night time and time again plowing getting these back roads cleaned up enough so they were passable. He made a nice little pile in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD making it impossible for ANYONE to go down it until another plow came and cleaned it up. Horrible.

I have to ask… what is wrong with these people? How can you actually do these things and rest your head on a pillow at night thinking you’re a decent human? I mean, sure I look out the window a lot like Gladys Kravitz, but what I see are people behaving really badly without any care in the world. You know, I really think Jesus understood how badly people can suck which is why he made it a point to say “LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF”.  I try… but I don’t want too sometimes. I tell God this all the time. It’s very hard to behave and not get upset when I see people being really gross humans. It’s very hard to live right and behave… because sometimes I don’t want too and I want to run outside and give these idiots a piece of my mind…. but I want to be and live the way God asks me too. So, I keep it shut… and close my curtains… and then go eat candy or go for a run on warm days.

That is what I do. Seriously. It keeps me out of trouble. Try not to be a horrible human. Please.

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That’s all I got this week gang. “IT IS WHAT IT IS”.

Till next time,

Jen

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P.S. Join us on my podcast “SPLITTIN THE ATOM”- Don’t miss it folks!  EYE OPENING STUFF

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Jen Brien has over 20 years of radio broadcast experience having hosted shows on WPRO and WHJJ with Ron as well as her own shows on WRKO and WBZ in Boston, WXTK on Cape Cod and WHAM in Rochester, New York. Jen was born and raised in Woonsocket and served six years in the Army MP Canine  Unit.

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