A LURCH AWAY FROM SANITY: Kerry Would Sue Trump for ‘the Lives That Will be Lost’ Due to Climate Change.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY JEWISH LAWS AND TRADITIONS THAT THIS RABBI VIOLATED: Stephen Miller’s childhood rabbi bashes the Trump adviser in his New Year’s sermon. 

But if your real religion is liberal politics, I guess it doesn’t matter.

RED LINE? Mattis on Assad using chemical weapons: ‘He’s been warned.’

WHITEWASHING PROGRESSIVE HISTORY: Euphemizing Eugenics. In some circles, Progressives’ support for forcibly sterilizing those deemed “unfit” becomes mere “collective action to control the birthrate.”

MAX BOOT: VICTIM OF IDENTITY THEFT?

BUT THE JUST-ESTABLISHED NARRATIVE!

This deserves a lot more retweets to drown out the media drumbeat.

CHINA IS DOING IT NOW, GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK WANT TO DO IT HERE SOON: Chinese film star Fan Bingbing has been ranked last in a report judging A-list celebrities on how “socially responsible” they are, fuelling further speculation about the whereabouts of the actress, who has not been seen in public for more than two months.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER? Oh, so now they’re finally fact-checking Obama? Hilarious.

WHICH IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT: Kamala Harris is rapidly gaining a reputation as the most dishonest senator.

LEONARD BERNSTEIN AND THE PERILS OF HERO WORSHIP:

His charisma was indeed potent, but as Bernstein recedes into history he seems more a product of his time than an agent of transformation. He came of age in the New Deal era, when the federal government sank hundreds of millions of dollars into the arts. He benefitted from the cultural politics of the Cold War, even as he suffered under McCarthyism. He launched music-appreciation projects on television at a time when network executives considered Stravinsky’s serialist score “The Flood,” with choreography by Balanchine, suitable for a mass public. The aspirational America of the mid-twentieth century was looking for a Bernstein—a native genius who could knock off Broadway tunes as fluently as he conducted Brahms—and one was duly found. There will not be another, not because talent is lacking but because the culture that fostered him is gone.

Yes, and the left worked very hard to destroy it, an assault that Bernstein himself signed off on.

MARK PULLIAM: Dismantling The Administrative State.

JOHN ELLIS: Transgender Man Sexually Assaults Female Inmates. “Who didn’t see this coming?”

Everybody who chose not to, John.

ASKING THE QUESTIONS ABSOLUTELY NO ONE IS ASKING: When will the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show become size-inclusive?

This year’s line-up is incredibly racially diverse, proving that Victoria’s Secret’s efforts to improve its inclusivity on the runway has paid off; in 2015, Maria Borges wore her natural hair in an afro instead of extensions; a year later saw a record number of Chinese models cast.

But, as with all previous years, no curve or plus-size models have earned a spot. Considering Victoria’s Secret makes pieces up to size XL and bras as large as 40DDD, the brand clearly knows there is a market for the 67% of American women who are a US size 12 or larger.

When will its fashion show reflect that?

Just as soon as Victoria’s Secret is ready to let its woke fashion show go broke.

(Hat tip, CNN, which reprinted the article here.)

K.C. JOHNSON: Comparing Seven Key Changes in DeVos’ Title IX Proposal.

THIS IS CNN: CNN Host Doesn’t Ask Swalwell About Attempted Stabbing on His GOP Opponent.

Had the parties been reversed… well, you know the rest.

OUT: COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA. IN: COLLUSION WITH FLORENCE.

Update (from Steve):

See, I told you evil Republicans control the weather.

BRANDON J. WEICHERT: Bob Woodward may know Deep Throat, but like others of his class he’s clueless about the Deep State and how Trump is exposing its mediocrity and incompetence.

TENNESSEE STATE SENATOR demands inventory of campus Nike contracts.

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REALCLEARINVESTIGATIONS: How Anti-Trump Leakers Moved From Offense to Defense. “A trail of evidence appearing in major news outlets suggests a campaign to undermine President Trump from within the government through illegal leaks of classified information, and then to thwart congressional investigators probing the disclosures. . . . Past and present U.S. officials say the template for the leak campaign can be traced back to the Obama administration’s efforts to sell the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which made the press reliant on background conversations and favorable leaks from government officials.”

And the press happily cooperated, then and now, because they see themselves as part of the team.

LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: Florence is Coming and Much, Much More. “The media is priming you to blame President Trump for whatever happens following Hurricane Florence’s landfall.”

Evil Republicans control the weather. Everyone knows this.

WEIRD HOW THIS ISN’T GETTING MUCH PRESS EXCEPT ON DRUDGE:

If the parties were reversed there’d be calls for censorship of “hate sites,” and every GOP candidate would be asked about it by the press. But the Dems, and MSNBC, will escape all accountability I predict. Because our press is partisan and dishonest and corrupt and perfectly okay with violence so long as it’s against the right people.

AMERICA AT WORK: Cajun Navy already on the ground in the Carolinas ahead of Hurricane Florence.