FLASHBACK: Barack Obama To Cindy Sheehan: Get Lost. You only have “absolute moral authority” until your usefulness ends.

HOORAY FOR AUSTRALIA: China claims Australia the ‘pioneer’ of a global anti-China campaign.

SEAN DAVIS: Like Russian Collusion, Ukraine Hysteria Is Pure Projection By Media And Democrats.

BUT ALL THE BEST PEOPLE HAVE ASSURED ME THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS: Democratic clerk charged with altering nearly 200 midterm elections ballots.

MAKE THEM LIVE UP TO THEIR OWN BOOK OF RULES: Trump Admin Demands California Address ‘Worst Air Quality’ in U.S.: State could lose access to billions in highway funds if it fails to meet clean air standards.

I’M ALL FOR FREE ELECTIONS, BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD: Trump Administration Set to Triple Pro-Democracy Aid in Venezuela.

Still, I suppose the optics are nice.

THOSE MAGNIFICENT JEWS AND THEIR WEATHER MACHINES! BDS movement calls for action ‘to end Israel’s climate apartheid against Palestinians.’ 

D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D-Ward 8) could not be reached to blame the Rothschilds.

THE PROHIBITION, WHAT A SHOW: Massachusetts bans sale of all vaping products for 4 months.

THE PRESS WAS ALWAYS CAREFUL TO DESCRIBE TEA PARTY RALLIES AS “OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE,” BUT NEVER DOES THAT WITH THE CLIMATE RALLIES THAT ARE FAR LESS DIVERSE: The Unbearable Whiteness Of Climate Protest.

For white progressives, climate change is a unique issue in which racial guilt plays little to no role. Other issues such as police brutality, income inequality, and even women’s rights and access to abortion are steeped in what they perceive as the racist foundation of our country. On these issues, white protesters in the post-Occupy age feel they bear no small amount of collective guilt. But on climate change, for once, they can be the victim, not just the ally.

And man, are they enjoying it. This is the moment for angry, young white people not only to be angry, but to actually be oppressed. It is their own future that they believe is being stripped from them by failure to accept that if we don’t act in the next eight minutes, all is lost. It is their lives that amorphous and evil global corporate and government powers are endangering.

Finally, they can express righteous indignation not just in support of the rights and lives of others, but to protect themselves. It is their Malcolm X in blue jeans moment, a thrilling opportunity to stick it to the man, whoever that might be. The poster child is not a murdered black youth, but a young girl from Sweden astride a solar-powered boat defending the future of lily-white protesters everywhere.

You have fun kids. Then go get jobs and worry about something important.

I THINK HIS DAD’S PRETTY IMPORTANT, OR USED TO BE: Sacramento Bee: So, what were Hunter Biden’s connections to get a commission?

ILHAN OMAR STORMS AWAY FROM KID OVER CONVERSATION ABOUT TOLERANCE, ACCORDING TO PARENT:

According to Rachel Campos-Duffy, who has guest-hosted shows as disparate as ABC’s “The View” and Fox News’ “Outnumbered,” last week her children went to the Capitol to vote with their father, Congressman Sean Duffy (R-WI). One of their daughters, Lucia, spotted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and recognizing who she was, asked to take a picture, triggering an alleged ill-behaved reaction from Omar when Lucia confronted Omar’s lack of tolerance.

Campos-Duffy wrote on Facebook:

In DC today & the kids went to the Capitol building to vote with their Dad. Walking back from voting, my daughter, Lucia, spots Rep. Ilan Omar. She recognized her from a Maroon 5 “Girls Like You” music video & kindly asked to take a picture with her. Here’s how it went down:
Lucia: May I take a picture with you?
Omar: Are you sure your parents are OK with that?
Rachel: Yes, we’re very tolerant people.
Omar: You should be accepting, not tolerant.
Rachel: Right back at you!
Omar storms off. So much for Lucia’s very genuine attempt at bipartisan fan girling over Maroon 5….

Rather unexpectedly* despite being a representative (literally and figuratively) of the Party of Tolerance and Acceptance, neither of those states seem very high on Omar’s list of aspirations.

* In the Bloomberg Business definition of the word, of course.

GOVERNMENT IS JUST A WORD WE USE FOR THE THINGS WE CHOSE TO DO TOGETHER: VA Sued for Shutting Down Innovative Trade School That Helped Homeless Vets Get Great Jobs.

HMM: Are a Disproportionate Number of Federal Judges Former Government Advocates?

It has been said that the surest way to become a federal judge is to first be a prosecutor. And it is generally perceived that a disproportionate number of federal judges served as government lawyers before donning a robe. Until now, however, no one had ever examined the professional background of every sitting federal judge to see whether that perception is true. So Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice devised a methodology for coding judges’ prior professional experiences and went through the federal judiciary judge by judge to test that perception.

What we found confirms the conventional wisdom: Former government lawyers—and more specifically, lawyers whose formative professional experiences include serving as courtroom advocates for government—are vastly overrepresented on the federal bench. Looking only at former prosecutors versus former criminal defense attorneys (including public defenders), the ratio is four to one. Expanding the parameters to include judges who previously served as courtroom advocates for government in civil cases as well as criminal cases, and comparing that to judges who served as advocates for individuals against government in civil or criminal cases, the ratio is seven to one. As explained below, the disproportion is both striking and concerning

It is. I have some related thoughts in my The Judiciary’s Class War.

FORTUNATELY THE BEE STILL HAS IT:  Liberals Clarify Their Racism Is Actually Democratic Racism.  AND: Bernie Sanders Unveils New Plan To Levy Special Tax On Anyone Who Makes More Money Than Bernie Sanders.

SURE LOOKS LIKE A CONTENDER:  Whether or Not Trump Committed a Crime, Can’t We All Agree That He is Guilty of It?

WAIT, THE BEE HAS A CHALLENGER AS AMERICA’S PAPER OF RECORD?  Experts Agree Restructuring World Economy Best Way to Treat Child’s Anxiety.

AS MANY AS THE CRAZY LEFT FELT THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH. AND THEY STILL LOST. THINK ON THIS:  Eric Felten: How many were surveilled on Trump team?

LADIES, GENTLEMEN, SMALL BASHFUL DRAGONS, THIS WILL END BADLY. I MEAN, REALLY REALLY BADLY: Going (pro)rogue.

THESE PERILOUS TIMES:  Once the Trust is Gone.

WHAT IS MORE INSANE IS WHAT HE THINKS HE’S BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON. “BIDEN IS CORRUPT, IMPEACH TRUMP” IS NOT RATIONAL FOR ANYONE ELSE. IS THE ENTIRE LEFT GRETA THUNBERG, NOW?  Intel Inspector General Found Whistleblower Had ‘Bias’ In Favor Of ‘Rival Candidate’ Of Trump, Report Says.

TROLL LEVEL: MASTER AND COMMANDER:  Flyers Stating “Islam Is Right About Women” Causes Media to Have a Narrative Crisis.  Simon Jester LIVES ladies and gentlemen! He lives.

HONESTLY, LEFTISTS, STOP MAINLINING LSD. THIS CANNOT POSSIBLY BE HEALTHY:  On Trump, Progressives confused by irony and facts.

FOR ONE JOSHUA WONG FACES UP TO CHINA. POOR INDOCTRINATED GRETA IS SHOUTING AT THE WOKE IN THE WEST. WHO ALREADY LOVE HER:  Why Greta Thunberg is No Joshua Wong.

THIS MAN WAS BEHIND THE DOOR WHEN G-D PASSED OUT BRAINS:  Eric Swalwell: Things That Didn’t Happen.