BA security guard just stopped what could have been a massacre at a Citibank campus in Tampa.
BAnd we can confirm this one. A gunman crashed through a fence, shot a woman dead, and kept firing into a cafeteria.
BThe guard engaged him and the suspect is dead. That's over in minutes.
BI wouldn't call it smooth. But the sheriff's office says the guard's actions kept it from getting far worse.
BHe ran toward gunfire. That's exactly why that campus had an armed guard.
BBut one heroic act is not a policy argument. He did the job in front of him.
BWhy not? He was armed, trained, and on site. The alternative was waiting for police to arrive.
BBecause most office parks don't have that. The lesson is that he was there.
BFine. I'll take the hero, not the policy. But I'm not letting this go later.
BOne woman is dead. That's the headline tonight.
BMeanwhile, the incoming Congress is about to collide with DHS. Markwayne Mullin reportedly posted three words on X: “Deportations will continue.”
BHe is not playing to the new majority. That's a message to enforcement officers.
BFox News posted it. Official channels haven't put out that exact quote yet, so it's their reporting.
BGood. A Democratic House and Senate doesn't change immigration law. ICE still has a job.
BIt changes funding, Brian. Congress holds the purse strings. You know that.
BAnd the president can veto. The election was fought partly on border enforcement.
BBut last night's story was the Democratic Congress win. That's a direct check on this.
BCome on. Divided government means negotiation, not that deportations stop in January.
BThey can slow them down. Subpoenas, budget riders, confirmation fights. You can't say law is the law and ignore the rest.
BI can say the law is the law because it is. The law didn't disappear the last time Congress checked a president.
BThe fight has always been about how it's used, not whether to have immigration law.
BGood. Put the disagreement in the open instead of pretending the election was a clean reset.
BWe'll see who blinks first. But if that quote is real, Mullin is practically daring them.
BThey can also force public hearings on every operation. That's where it turns nasty.
BThat's a feature, not a bug. Let them defend it in daylight.
BYou sound like you're looking forward to it.
BI'm looking forward to seeing whether either side can actually govern. That's the part we're skipping.
BAnd that's the real fight we'll be covering, not the three-word quote.
BAnd the story that worries me tonight is Ukraine. The Guardian says European peacekeepers there would be allowed to fire back if Russia attacks.
BThat's not a peacekeeping mission. That's a combat force with a softer label.
BThe report says Anglo-French led, and they wouldn't rely on U.S. systems. That's a major post-ceasefire commitment.
BAnd Russia has already said those soldiers would be legitimate targets. So no buffer.
BWhat's the alternative, Brian? Leave Ukraine exposed? The fighting keeps going anyway.
BNo. The alternative is don't call them peacekeepers. If they can shoot back, they're at war.
BThey'd be stationed after a ceasefire. It's meant to keep one. You want no guarantee at all?
BI want honesty. If a British soldier dies in Donbas, NATO is one call away. That's a much bigger war.
BThat's why the U.S. staying out of command matters. Europe would take the lead.
BAnd Russia won't see it that way. They'll see NATO troops on their border in all but name.
BSince when do we let Russia dictate Ukraine's security? That's exactly what got us here.
BI'm not giving Russia a veto. I'm saying don't pretend the risk isn't enormous.
BNobody's pretending. But a paper guarantee didn't work in 2014.
BFair. But if this goes wrong, it won't be a peacekeeping problem. It'll be a war problem.
BThat's the gap the Guardian article exposes. There's no clean answer.
BAnd that's why we'll be watching Europe's next move closely.