DUH: California’s Corporate Board Diversity Quota Law Held Unconstitutional.
ARISTO, ARISTO, A LA LANTERNE: Resurgent Populism and the Fate of America’s Elites,
FREE SPEECH IS FREE SPEECH: “Should this account be allowed to happily continue to express itself?!”
THAT’S WHAT THEY DO: Is Harvard Guilty Of Discrimination AGAIN?
SIEG SQUEAK: The Real Disney Madness.
DEFINITELY THIS: The Right Should Not Protect Woke Capital.
THIS STUFF ANNOYS ME: Disney’s Demographic Fantasia and the ‘Underrepresentation’ Con.
This is why I stopped watching British mysteries. Well, one of the reasons. Every couple was mixed race. Every couple. I mean, seriously. Why?
WE DON’T BELIEVE IT: Biden Will Still Respect You in the Morning.
THE LEFT ARE UTTERLY DELUSIONAL: Obamacare is Popular And Obama Will Save Midterms.
April 6, 2022
REMEMBER WHEN THEY SAID TRUMP WAS A THREAT TO THE RULE OF LAW? Reporters call for White House to ‘simply ignore’ Supreme Court decisions.
GREAT MOMENTS IN OWN-GOALS: The Miami Herald ran a hit piece on DeSantis for raising money using a “fake news” site. That site was literally The Babylon Bee.
I know the Herald is extremely jealous of the Bee’s rapid ascension to becoming America’s Newspaper of Record, but try not to be so obvious about it, guys.
BRILLIANT: Allie Beth Stuckey looks at systematic groomer supremacy and groomer fragility.
As this editor wrote yesterday, Tuesday seemed to be the big push (from the Left and Right) against using the term “groomer” to those opposed to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill. David French posted a thread saying that “redefining” grooming in that way was “pure malice.” Jonathan Chait wrote that “groomer” was the “hot new smear” against “everybody who disagrees with the GOP.” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes kicked off his show with the truly despicable “pro-pedophilia slander” that’s become “mainstream” among conservatives. And on Wednesday, David Harsanyi wrote in National Review that the “groomer” accusation is counterproductive.
A few days ago, a non-binary birthing person wrote in HuffPost how she was trying to raise her kids as homosexuals, but they were steeped in “heterosexual grooming” culture. It was satire intending to turn the argument around, but the Left aren’t the only ones who can play that game. Allie Beth Stuckey has taken her cues from Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi and posted a thread today on “groomer fragility.”
Heh, indeed. Read the whole thing.
UPDATE: Conservative host triggers groomers in epic Twitter throw down.
(Updated and bumped.)
OPEN THREAD: I’m an educated fool.
NEW VERDICT IN CAPITOL RIOT CASE THROWS A WRENCH INTO POLITICAL NARRATIVE:
A federal defense contractor who had been charged with four misdemeanors for walking into the Capitol on Jan. 6, fought the charges and was acquitted on all counts today by Judge Trevor McFadden. Matthew Martin was charged with: entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, as well as parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.
But Martin didn’t commit any violence or break into the building. He argued that he believed that the Capitol Police had allowed him into the building, and he just walked in.
McFadden said that, based on video of the scene, that assertion was at least “plausible” and that prosecutors failed to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
“People were streaming by and the officers made no attempt to stop the people,” said the judge [….]
“I do think the defendant reasonably believed the officers allowed him into the Capitol,” the judge said.
McFadden said that the government did not show any evidence of Martin crossing police lines, and that Martin’s “conduct was about as minimal….as I can imagine.”
This is a significant verdict. While some are charged with more serious offenses, many of the people charged for Jan. 6 offenses are in a similar position to Martin — they didn’t do much beyond walk into the building. Some have argued — as Martin did — that the police let them in.
And as Julie Kelly tweets, “What’s notable in this trial isn’t so much that Martin convinced McFadden he was waved into the building but that a USCP official CONFIRMED under oath that police let people inside.”
CHOOSING SIDES: Disney Hires Dem Political Operative to Lead Global Communications.
I was against copyright extensions for Disney long before the current dispute. I have even argued that they are unconstitutional as violations of the “limited term” provision in the Patent & Copyright Clause. The piece, which was published in the Harvard Journal on Legislation in 2000, is here.
A COUNTEROFFENSIVE IN THE WAR ON PARENTS IN WISCONSIN:
All across the state Tuesday night, conservative parents won decisive victories in school board elections, ousting liberal incumbents and sending a clear message that their communities will no longer stand for mask mandates and radical curricula.
Snodgrass’ quickly deleted tweet served as something of a rallying cry for communities fed up with arrogant, incompetent liberalism. In Menomonee Falls, three conservative candidates who dubbed themselves the “moms on a mission” swept all three of the school board seats that were up for grabs.
In the more liberal-leaning City of Waukesha, the slate of three conservatives completed a similar sweep, taking out two liberal board members and cementing a solid conservative majority. Two liberal incumbents went down in Pewaukee, too, where conservatives swept the three seats.
So did conservatives in New Berlin. And the Whitnall School District. The conservatives were the top three vote-getters in the Cedarburg School Board race—considered one of the most bitter and divisive in the state—and would have swept all four seats had one incumbent not resigned amid a harassment campaign against her.
The Spring Election was a great one for conservatives. Even though Democrat Cavalier Johnson predictably won the Milwaukee mayoral race, conservative judge Maria Lazar defeated liberal Governor Evers appointee Lori Kornblum to win a seat on the Second District Court of Appeals while Samantha Kerkman became the first-ever Republican Kenosha County Executive.
Yet the biggest victories were in the smallest races. School board elections typically don’t generate banner headlines or intense public interest, but paradoxically have the greatest impact on local communities. Over the past two years, the most intense battles weren’t in Congress or state capitols but in school libraries and auditoriums, where children’s futures were quite literally being decided.
Would they go back to in-person learning? Would they have to wear masks? Would they learn America is a racist hellhole? Would they be encouraged to change genders?
Parents wanted a say in these critical decisions, and the more they were shouted down, locked out of meetings, and even called domestic terrorists by the Biden Justice Department, the more they steeled their resolve.
Fight the power. Stick it to the man.
ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Patrisse Cullors blasts ‘despicable’ New York magazine coverage of BLM’s $6 million mansion.
GOP REP. CHIP ROY CALLS DEMS OUT ON THEIR LATEST COVID HYPOCRISY:
Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy called out Democrats supporting Title 42’s end while fearing emerging COVID-19 variants.
During a House Judiciary Committee markup Wednesday of legislation dubbed the “Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act,” Roy slammed his Democratic colleagues who feared the virus’ new forms, but supported the decision to end Title 42, a public health order.
Title 42, a Trump-era order, was put in place in March 2020 to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and has resulted in the expulsions of over 1.7 million migrants, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday that the order will end May 23.
“First of all, the gentlelady from Texas [Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee] refers to the supposed concern and fear that she has about the Omicron variant coming in April,” Roy said. “Then, on what basis is the CDC recommending that they end Title 42? … If this is such a great concern, then why would the CDC say ‘oh no, we don’t need to use Title 42 to protect our Border Patrol agents, protect Americans, stem the tide of 8,000 people a day coming across our border.”
Flashback: The Biden Admin Is Covering up the Number of Illegal Immigrants with COVID, Says Texas Gov.
NEWS FROM FOOTBALL’S OFFSEASON: Thursday April 7th Is A National Holiday: Baseball’s Opening Day.
RIP: Eric Boehlert, Andrew Breitbart’s Worthy Left-wing Opponent, Dies at 57. “Left-wing writer Eric Boehlert, 57, a former Media Matters pundit who clashed frequently with Breitbart News founder Andrew Breitbart, was killed tragically Monday in New Jersey when he was struck by a train while riding his bicycle.”
BEN SHAPIRO: The Left Is the Culture War Aggressor.
This prompted a well-deserved firestorm for the Mouse House. Disney has long been Left-wing on social issues — but in the aftermath of ginned-up controversy surrounding Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, which protects small children from indoctrination on sexual orientation and gender identity, an angry coterie of employees pushed management to signal fealty even harder. So Disney’s brass did, announcing that they opposed the Florida bill and then turning over the company to its most radical contingent.
And people reacted. #BoycottDisney began to trend on social media. We at the Daily Wire committed to spending $100 million to develop children’s content that would be safe for kids — content dedicated to traditional values, where parents wouldn’t have to worry about prescreening content for messages about nonbinary 5-year-olds.
The Left, caught with its hand in the kiddie jar, immediately swiveled and accused the Right of initiating this culture war. Michelle Goldberg of The New York Times lamented that she felt terrible for Raveneau, who, after all, was just “step[ping] up to defend the company’s queer friendliness, only to become a national object of right-wing fury and disgust,” and whose injection of LGBTQ propaganda into children’s content was “sweetly anodyne.” CNN hosted Washington Post transgender columnist Charlotte Clymer, adding the chyron “LGBT COMMUNITY LATEST TO BE CAUGHT IN CULTURE WAR.” The takeaway, according to the social Left, is that anyone who defends traditionalism in child-rearing — or anyone who simply doesn’t want children turned into targets of sexual propagandizing — is the true cultural aggressor.
Related: Disney Hires Dem Political Operative to Lead Global Communications. Kristina Schake “most recently led the Biden Administration’s COVID vaccine public education campaign. Previously, she was Communications Director for First Lady Michelle Obama and Deputy Communications Director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.”
I DUNNO, SCIENCE SEEMS TO BE HAVING TROUBLE WITH MALE VS. FEMALE: Is a Hotdog a Sandwich? Science Finally Has The Answer.
On thet other hand, maybe this offers some guidance there, too: “Most of the time, the answer you blurt out with the least amount of thought is the most true.” As opposed to what academics produce, after tortured reasoning.
A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION MASQUERADING AS A POLITICAL PARTY: Motion to subpoena Hunter Biden to testify before Congress blocked by Democrats.
(Classical reference in headline.)
THIS IS THE FUTURE OUR RULING CLASS WANTS FOR US:
As seen on Weibo: Shanghai residents go to their balconies to sing & protest lack of supplies. A drone appears: “Please comply w covid restrictions. Control your soul’s desire for freedom. Do not open the window or sing.” https://t.co/0ZTc8fznaV pic.twitter.com/pAnEGOlBIh
— Alice Su (@aliceysu) April 6, 2022
100% MADE IN THE USA: American Flag 3×5 Waterproof Outdoor by Grace Alley, Heavy Duty Fade Resistant Bright Color. #CommissionEarned
MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE: Governor Abbott Directs Texas to Send Illegal Immigrants to D.C. on Charter Buses. “‘To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the Biden administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants to Washington, D.C,’ Abbott announced at a press conference Wednesday. ‘We are sending them to the United States Capitol where the Biden administration will be able to more immediately address the needs of the people that they are allowing to come across our border,’ he said. The Texas Division of Emergency Management will be responsible for this operation, the governor confirmed.”
THE BIGGER THE BURGER THE BETTER THE BURGER, THE BURGERS AREN’T BIGGER AT BURGER KING: Burger King sued over size of its burgers: A lawsuit claims Burger King began to “materially overstate” the size of its burgers in ads starting a few years ago. “This isn’t the first time Burger King has faced accusations about misleading advertisements. In 2010, Britain’s advertising standards watchdog ruled a TV commercial for Burger King’s Tendercrisp chicken burger misled viewers about the product’s size and ingredients. According to the BBC, the Advertising Standards Authority found the burgers’ thickness and overall height was ‘considerably less’ than shown in the ad.”
I’m actually perfectly happy with the size. When they’re good they’re very good, but their quality control is iffy.
“IMAGINE HOW JEALOUS FAUCI WAS WHEN HE WAS TOLD ABOUT THIS:” Dystopia: Drone warns desperate locked-down Shanghai residents to “control your soul’s desire for freedom.”
CARS: New Paradox: Sales Down in a Red-Hot Market. “Supply and demand are out of sync for many manufacturers right now, leading to a situation in which there seems to be no shortage of buyers but a dearth of inventory to satiate their requests.”
DIMINISHING RETURNS: 4th booster protects the elderly… for four weeks.
Republican leaders blasted Vice President Kamala Harris for taking a maskless photo with several elementary schoolchildren from Washington, D.C., all of whom were masked.
The Republican National Committee posted a video of Harris, who was on a visit to Neville Thomas Elementary School on Monday to promote the Biden administration’s “Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure.” The program would seek to upgrade public school facilities and transportation systems to make them more energy-efficient.
As Harris walked up on stage to give remarks on the plan, she paused and encouraged several children to gather around her and posed for photos. The students were all masked, but Harris was not.
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“Lmfao why do they all keep doing this,” conservative digital media strategist Greg Price tweeted, including photos of Harris and other prominent politicians who had previously been photographed maskless: New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who were also photographed with masked children, and Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, who was pictured with masked attendees at a campaign rally in February.
It’s a symbolic reminder of the elite/non-elite power structure, along the lines of Harris wondering why the “White House staff was not standing up… when she entered the room the way they did for Biden. ‘The vice president took it as a sign of disrespect,’ according to the excerpt.” And it plays well with the left’s anti-science base when it comes to covid and the resiliency of kids:
Flashback: The Masking of the Servant Class: Ugly COVID Images From the Met Gala Are Now Commonplace.
DISPATCHES FROM THE MEMORY HOLE: The Federalist’s Rachel Bovard hopes you’ll ‘remember when Joe Biden voted for an actual Don’t Say Gay bill.’
While consistency isn’t necessarily the hallmark of lifelong politicians like Biden, it’s worth noting this 1994 vote for two reasons. First, to demonstrate just how far the Democratic [Party has] evolved on cultural questions in the two decades since, but second, to highlight just how far Biden actually exists outside of his positioning on the campaign trail as a moderate.
From his support for repealing the prohibition on federal funding for abortion – a policy he routinely supported while in the Senate – to forcing nuns to buy birth control and charging his Department of Justice to “do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that . . . violate the constitutional right to an abortion,” Biden has emerged as a willing handmaiden to the progressive jihad in the culture wars.
This is true in the area of gender ideology as well. On his first day in office, Biden issued an executive order directing his administration to ensure all regulations prohibit discrimination on, among other things, sexual orientation or transgender status – including allowing access by biological males to female restrooms, locker rooms, and school sports.
Biden has followed through on that commitment. His administration’s new Title IX rules will expand the definition of discrimination beyond sex to also include sexual orientation and gender identity. In his State of the Union address, Biden demanded that Congress pass the radical Equality Act, which would use sexual politics to erase the First Amendment.
Even before he entered his Trunalimunumaprzure phase, Biden has always been a cypher for whatever Democrats believe they need to say that year in order to maintain power, eventually resulting in as many “for it before he was against it” moments as his fellow former senator, John Kerry. QED: Biden’s recent repudiations of his 1994 crime bill, the 1996 welfare reform bill, and his past views on the dangers of illegal immigration.
WHEN I SAW THEY WEREN’T MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT ON THE NEWS I KNEW WHO THE SHOOTERS WOULD BE: Politicians and the Gun Control Industry Are All Out of Answers After the Sacramento Shooting.
UPDATE: D.A.’s Office Letter That Opposed Parole for Man Now Arrested in Connection with Sacramento Killings of Six: The letter is dated April 29, 2021, when Martin was three years into a 10-year sentence for a brutal assault on his girlfriend; he was released in February. “The Parole Board initially denied Smiley Allen Martin parole but then released him in February—he has now been arrested (as have his brother Dandrae Martin and Daviyonne Dawson) in connection with the shootings that killed six and wounded twelve. Note that the letter’s statement that the offense for which he was serving time was not ‘violent’ simply reflects the definition of ‘violent felony’ in a particular California sentencing enhancement statute, which generally doesn’t include assault; in ordinary language, of course, the crime was highly violent.”
HEALTH: Scientists Have Discovered a Brand-New Type of Cell Hiding in The Human Body. “The new RAS cells are similar to stem cells – ‘blank canvas’ cells that can differentiate into any other type of cell in the body – and are capable of repairing damaged alveoli cells and transforming into new ones.”
BEWARE: Wikipedia’s Dirty Little Secret.
I NEVER DO: Nobel economists were dead wrong on inflation: Don’t expect an apology. “The laureates seemed to have overlooked that previous COVID benefits had often exceeded what tens of millions of workers regularly earned and that recipients displaced by COVID were never required to look for other work. While the high priests of economic “science” were cheering on higher federal spending, larger deficits and increased taxes, employers were and are continuing to deal with inflation face-to-face. They are forced to bid up wages, sometimes doubling them, to keep and get employees even as overall labor force participation seems unlikely to return to pre-COVID levels anytime soon.”
JIM TREACHER: Stacey Abrams Proves Losing Is the New Winning. None of the responsibility, all of the fun! “I applaud Stacey Abrams’ newfound fame and financial success, especially if the alternative would’ve been to put her in elected office. If a bunch of dimwits want to cheer her on because she lost, that’s none of my concern. Now I look forward to Abrams painting herself as a victim yet again. Sure, she’s a millionaire who is worshipped by libs wherever she goes, but some people still oppose her. What’s up with that? Can’t a black woman lose an election in America without somebody making fun of her for whining about it? Let’s hope she loses again so she can really get rich. You go, girl!”
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Father Claims UPenn Told Female Swimmers to ‘Get Over’ Seeing Lia Thomas’ Male Genitalia in the Locker Room.
MEGAN FOX: Patriarchy Alert! ‘International Asexuality Day’ Is an Attempt to Erase Female Sexuality. “Before you head to your celebratory feasts I thought I’d drop in here to mention that the LGBTQWTF squad is attempting, once again, to groom your daughters into their cult through pathologizing normal female sexuality.”
DEMS TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN: Stacey Abrams Goes From Poor Politician to Multimillionaire by Losing an Election.
HOW’S THAT WELCOME WAGON PROGRAM COMING ALONG? Get outta town: Why majority of New Yorkers would rather be anywhere else.
K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: The D.C. Public Charter Schools Where Masks Are Still Mandatory. “People’s irrational fears are taking over these policy decisions,” says one parent.
OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY: Will Deadbeat Students Ever Be Forced to Repay Their College Loans?
GET YOUR REST: Skipping sleep can lead to increased belly fat.
KURT SCHLICHTER: Adios, Dad.
THE JOURNOLIST IS HOPPING: Liberals Freak out Over Being Called ‘Groomers.’
I wonder if French believes that the ratio here is “one of the blessings of liberty.”
Related: Several Conservative States Look To Mirror Florida’s Parental Rights Bill.
DISPATCHES FROM THE PARTY OF THE WORKING MAN: Biden’s New Budget Includes Massive (Sneaky) Tax Hike On Workers.
The Biden administration recently released a $5.8 trillion-plus budget proposal. The president’s “billionaire tax” proposal and its terrible economics have received the most attention.
Yet there’s also a big tax hike on workers slipped into the fine print of President Joe Biden’s new budget. That pesky fact didn’t stop the president from repeating his big lie that only “the rich” will pay more under his plans.
But consider the facts. The plan includes a proposal for raising the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, which Biden said “ensures that corporations pay their fair share.” I know what you’re thinking: Boohoo, who cares if corporate bigwigs have to pay Uncle Sam more?
In reality, however, most economists agree that the corporate tax is in part born by the working class through lower wages. Studies have consistently found that more than 50% of the burden comes out of workers’ wallets. As for Biden’s corporate tax hike proposal specifically, a Tax Foundation analysis found that it would lead to lower wages, lower economic growth, and 159,000 fewer jobs.
Biden’s plan would also make us less competitive internationally. We would have one of the highest corporate tax rates among developed countries, making the United States less attractive for investment and encouraging offshoring. A tax hike on workers that further handicaps American industry and empowers global competitors—how’s that for “Build Back Better,” folks?
Biden’s plan has all these downsides, but it’s unclear what, if anything, it would actually accomplish.
Oh, that’s an easy one: Don’t pretend that high prices and American suffering are a ‘bug’ for the establishment — it’s a historic feature.
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YOU F***ED UP — YOU TRUSTED US! House Dem: Big Oil is profiteering by, er … doing what we demanded.
(Classical reference in headline.)
THIS IS SOMETHING I’VE WRITTEN ON: Institute for Justice Files Class Action Challenging Brookside, Alabama’s Abusive Policing.
The Institute for Justice’s Josh House is currently arguing a case on these issues in the Michigan Supreme Court. You can watch it live at the link.
Penny White and I wrote a WSJ oped and a law review article on related issues.
WE WERE NEVER SWEET ON IT: Americans Sour on Disney’s LGBTQ Agenda.
THIS IS BIG: House GOP Poised for Late Redistricting Rebound.
Republicans only need to flip a handful of seats across the country this fall to take over the House and give them the power to stop the White House from passing President Biden’s agenda for the last two years of his term. With the GOP favored to win the House, Democrats are limping toward November but have sought solace in several early redistricting wins.
But any early Democratic advantage – perceived or actual – was threatened last week after a judge threw out New York’s new district lines written by the Democratic-controlled legislature after an independent commission tasked with the job deadlocked last fall. That ruling followed a similar one a week earlier by a Maryland judge who struck down the Democratic-drawn map in that state as unconstitutional. They were the first two maps written by Democrats to be thrown out by the courts this cycle. Judges have previously intervened to block what they deemed to be GOP gerrymanders in North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
“This is a big win for the people, the state of New York,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who co-chairs the GOP redistricting efforts, told reporters Thursday following the judge’s decision. The judge enforced a constitutional amendment New York voters passed in 2014 aimed at preventing partisan district drawing.
“We feel very good about the way so far for us because we’re out there protecting maps that we believe are constitutional,” Christie said about Republicans’ legal wrangling over the maps.
Still, don’t get cocky.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Vanderbilt professor delivers ‘Dying of Whiteness’ lecture at Cornell.
DON’T GET COCKY: Democrats Are in Big Trouble With Their Dedicated Base According to New Focus Group Data. “The focus groups dispensed with the fiction that voters only care about unemployment numbers or economic growth when they pay significantly more for groceries and gas personally. According to Lizza and Daniels, participants used words like ‘exhausted,’ ‘uptight,’ ‘unsure,’ ‘concerned,’ and ‘anxious’ to describe their feelings about the current environment.”
PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: University rescinds ‘no contact’ orders against conservative student.
CHANGE? Republicans Wallop Democrats in Spending on Tuesday’s Wisconsin School Board Races.
Wisconsin voters are headed to the polls Tuesday to vote in critical local elections for mayors, school boards, and county executives in what may give an early preview of where the battleground state’s electorate stands on issues that could prove critical to statewide and national races decided in November.
With school boards especially, eyes are on these hyper-local races to see if the success Glenn Youngkin had in Virginia last November by championing parental rights and school transparency translates to voters in other states.
While Wisconsin Democrats have been largely complacent when it comes to school board races — spending less than $10,000 to protect incumbents or elect their party’s candidates — local Republican parties have been spending big — more than $70,000 according to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — ahead of Tuesday’s elections.
Democrat control of school boards isn’t just bad because it gives them control of education, but because they use those elections to groom candidates for higher office.
HMM: Israel’s coalition loses majority as Yamina MK Silman quits government: Bennett and Lapid to meet over coalition crisis, Netanyahu congratulates Silman’s decision. “With this, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government loses its majority in the Knesset, leaving it neck-and-neck with the opposition at 60-60. If another MK were to leave the coalition, the government could be brought down in a law brought by the opposition that would disperse the Knesset. Should the opposition have a majority, they would be able to attempt to form a government without even needing to go to elections. The more coalition members that defect, the easier this option becomes for them.”
IT’S NOT ALL BAD NEWS FOR RUSSIA, UNFORTUNATELY: The ISW’s evening update on Ukraine combat.
I LIKE THE CUT OF HER JIB: Justice Barrett Heckled Onstage at Reagan Library. It Didn’t Work Out Well for the Heckler.
THIS COULD HAPPEN IN A LOT OF COUNTRIES: As Le Pen Surges in Polls, France Faces Danger of a Red-Black Coalition in Its National Assembly. “What is emerging in France is a wide Resentment Coalition that pits the ‘peripheral nation,’ Right and Left, against the ‘elites,’ and which, potentially, might attract more than 60 percent of the vote.”
The problem is, when your elites behave so contemptibly, people begin to view them with contempt.
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KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Obama Returns to White House and Biden Can’t Find a Friend. “When this trip was announced it was obvious that Biden’s puppetmasters were hoping that a visit from The Lightbringer would inject some energy into an administration that can’t even aspire to be moribund right now. What they got was Barack Obama being Barack Obama and Joe Biden wandering around like the sad boy who can’t get anyone to play with him at his own birthday party.”
YOU WERE ALLOWED TO SAY THAT BEFORE NOVEMBER 2020: Biden’s FEC Nominee Sued Georgia Over Stacey Abrams Election Loss, Blamed ‘Unreliable’ Voting Machines.
I’VE SEEN THE LOCKDOWNS AND THE DAMAGE DONE: Teen Girls Aren’t Going to Forget. “All of their freedom and autonomy went away with the lockdowns.”
STACEY LENNOX: Two Questions Mitt Romney Should Answer About His Disappointing Vote to Confirm Judge Jackson. “Romney’s reversal is a legitimate line of inquiry in light of the revelations during the confirmation hearing, not just because of the type of criminal Jackson showed sympathy for during sentencing.”
FROM AMANDA S. GREEN: Foil of the Gods: Sword of the Gods 3. #CommissionEarned
Evil has taken root in the Adrean Imperium. Soon it will rise up, destroying everything in its wake. If Balaar wins, the world will fall to a darkness the like of which it has never before seen.
Aimsir, to the west of the Imperium, is the birthplace of the Order of Arelion, enemy of Balaar. Cait Falconer—Knight-Cleric and heir to Queen Maeve Porgisl, ruler of Aimsir—knows danger draws near. Aimsir’s borders have been safeguarded but at a great cost. Now Cait and the Order work with the Queen and her military to make sure Aimsir never falls to the coming evil.
Then the unthinkable happens. Allies fall. Others become enemies. The followers of Balaar march inexplicably toward Aimsir. If it falls, all will be lost.
WHEW! SOMEBODY’S A SLOW READER! Darwin notebooks return to UK library two decades after vanishing.
FOR CERTAIN VALUES OF “BETTER”: Author of UN Climate Report says climate problem is getting worse but ‘solutions are getting better’.
Or, in other words, the problem is non-existent, but the communism they intend to impose on that excuse is to die for.
THEY THINK THEY’LL GET TO WEAR IT: For Love of the Boot.
YEARS LATE, TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS SHORT: Washington Post Admits What We Already Knew.
THE RETURN OF THE LITTLE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE: Third Wheel: Awkward For Biden As BMOC Obama Returns To White House.
I DO NOT REGRET SUPPORTING ROMNEY, ONLY BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE WAS OBAMA: Tone-Deaf Mitt Romney Supports Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
But it is time and past time for Pierre Delecto to get over himself.
WITHOUT RACISM THE LEFT WOULD HAVE NOTHING: NYC Health Official Says White Women Are “Birthing People”.
WE REPEAT, PEASANT! Salon: Parents Should Shut Up, Deliver Kids to State.
OBEY THE KARENS, PEASANT: Say Anything In NYC, But Do NOT Question Mask Mandate!
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