CHANGE: West Virginia universities reconsider DEI policies after new governor’s executive order.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: This Monday, Have A Happy DJT Day.

HE’S A BAD MAN, AND HIS SUPPORTERS AND STAFFERS ARE WORSE: Biden burns it all down on his way out the door.

ANALYSIS: TRUE.

JD Vance accomplishes more in one tweet than Mike Pence did in 4 years https://t.co/L1TduVkGP9

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) January 19, 2025

ZOMBIE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT: Now that Biden thinks he has made the ERA part of the Constitution, here’s another zombie for you.  I wrote this essay in 2007 (published in 2008) after Ted Kennedy and Barbara Boxer announced a renewed effort to adopt the ERA, so it’s a little dated.  But its main point still comes through:  The last thing progressives should want is the ERA.  It will make preferential treatment for women and woman-owned businesses illegal.  “Feminist” organizations knocked themselves out to oppose Proposition 209 in 1996 and support the effort to repeal it (Proposition 16) in 2020.  If they wanted ban discrimination by sex, they should have supported 209.

By the way, the insane tv ad they did against Proposition 209 (described in the essay) still annoys me.

DARK DAY OR JOYOUS CELEBRATION; Richard Pollock surveys the multiple groups on the Left planning demonstrations and disruptions for the Trump inaugural. Even before the weather went south, Pollock found evidence that the organizers of the protests knew turnout could be a problem.

But hanging over the whole event is the question of national security, as Pollock explains:

“The question dogging national security officials is the fear there are sleeper cells inside the city designed to assassinate Trump. As was reported by CNN in mid-November, ‘According to court documents, Iranian officials asked Farhad Shakeri, 51, in September to focus on surveilling and ultimately assassinating Trump. Shakeri is still at large in Iran, the Justice Department said.’

“Officials are concerned there could be a New Orleans copycat where a convert to Islam drove a car into revelers on New Year’s eve, killing 15 and wounding more than 30. This could be a celebratory weekend or a dark one. Stay tuned.”

Pollock’s column was filed before Trump announced the swearing-in will be inside the Capitol rather than outside due to weather. Even so, Pollock shows the national security concerns are immense and immediate.

KEYSTONE KOPS KONSTITUTIONALISM: Biden declares the ERA ratified, setting an appalling precedent.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: TEMPUR-Adapt (Supreme) 3″ Memory Foam Mattress Topper. #CommissionEarned

IT’S A CORRUPT CABAL, AND THEY MUST PAY.

Furthermore, his description of Schumer, Jeffries, Kamala, CIA Dir Burns, etc all freezing in panic when Biden requested they clear the room so he could 1-on-1 with Johnson confirms they were all in on the coverup. https://t.co/TGdQF0SgBf

— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) January 18, 2025

OURS IS NOT A HEALTHY SOCIETY:

I posted a reel on Instagram saying: “I’m not a marriage counselor but have you tried being quiet and cooking your husband a steak?”

The video is at 5M views and my comments are filled with women telling to shoot myself in the head, slit my wrists vertically, slit my throat,…

— Isabella Maria DeLuca (@IsabellaMDeLuca) January 18, 2025

TURNS OUT IT WASN’T JUST BORROWED LANGUAGE:  We are what we speak: Indo-European phylogenetic and linguistic trees concur.

IT’S GOOD TO SEE HER STEP UP:  Melania Trump Slams Obamas for ‘Withholding’ Key Info During Transition.

PEOPLE IN HADES DEMAND ICE WATER:  Fani Willis Demands More Taxpayer Money.

GIVEN THIS IS NOEM, I’M NOT SURE CALLING THEM ‘YELLOW DOGS’ SET THE DEM SENATORS AT EASE:  Kristi Noem Faces Off With Democrat Senators in Confirmation Hearing.

ONE DOESN’T KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY:  Biden’s SHOCKING Attempt to Amend the Constitution Overnight!

WHAT WERE THEY DOING IN IT TO BEGIN WITH?   Federal Reserve Says It Will Leave Climate Change Organization.

WOKE IS A MENTAL ILLNESS:  Los Angeles resident asked Elon to help LA firefighters, who had lost internet, restore connectivity.

And for those without an X account.

HE MADE A PROMISE, AND HE KEPT IT:  This young man was FIRED from the Space Force since he criticized DEI. Trump said he will hire him.

And for those who lack an x account.

RACE TO THE NEOLITHIC:  GREEN Energy’s Dirty Little Secret Exposed.  (It’s a video.)

AND WAY TOO FAST:  Pushing too far.

NOT SURPRISING:  NY teachers unions pump school spending to highest in the nation at $36K per kid — yet they rank low in reading and math: report.

TWO TIER KEIR AND RULE BY LAWYER:  Rule by lawyers is behind Chagos giveaway.

GOING BACKWARDS:  The water pressure also failed during the 1961 Bel Air and Topanga Fires. In the years after, LAFD and DWP planned a number of improvements, for those specific areas, to make sure that never happened again.

Link for those without x.

THE SAGA CONTINUES:   FEMA leaving thousands of Helene victims without shelter.

OF COURSE THE ANSWER IS BOTH:   Incompetence or Malice?