ROGER SIMON ON THE HARVARD-YALE DEBACLE: Abolish the Ivy League Already.

FIGHT THE POWER: Michelle Malkin calls local, federal politicians ‘anti-American’ at pro-ICE rally — In Boston.

Related: Howie Carr: ICE is cool with me, and should be for anyone tired of illegal immigration. Most people feel that way, which is why the establishment has to pretend only racists do.

WE NEED A COMPLETE AND TOTAL SHUTDOWN OF APPLE TV UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON THERE: Alt-History For All Mankind Lauds Feminist ‘President’ Ted Kennedy.

This plot-point sounds awfully derivative of Robert Harris’ 1992 alt-history novel Fatherland, which used Ted’s dad, “President Joseph P. Kennedy,” as a supporting player. No word yet if in For All Mankind’s alternative history, ‘President’ Ted Kennedy still enjoyed his share of “waitress sandwiches” with his fellow Democrats.

Meanwhile, back on this planet earth: From Chappaquiddick to Tranquility Base in One Weekend. Fifty years later, a look back at a moon landing and a vehicular homicide that epitomized the age.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, “DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION” EDITION: A professor joined the Trump administration and faced systemic bias when she returned, lawsuit says.

Whitney Bailey’s career at Oklahoma State University was going great – until the professor accepted an appointment to the Trump administration.

When she returned to campus after her public service, Bailey says she faced political discrimination from administrators, whom a review committee found had engaged in “systematic failure to follow university policy” regarding Bailey. It resulted in her also losing paid gigs she put on hold for public service.

Bailey filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the taxpayer-funded institution, as well as its provost, dean, department and assistant department heads, News 9 reports. The officials were in charge of her promotion request when Bailey returned.

Good. Punch back twice as hard.

IN A TIME OF DECEIT TELLING THE TRUTH IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT: Women can make children, but only men can make men.

(Via Ace of Spades; classical reference in headline.)

SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER! PSU women’s center holds meetings ‘solely’ for minority students.

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ANDREW YANG, VICTIM OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY/MEDIA RACISM:

Why are Democrat leaders and the news media so racist?

GREAT MOMENTS IN PROJECTION: CNN’s Don Lemon Insists Trump Supporters Are Mental.

Flashback: CNN’s Don Lemon Asks If a Black Hole Could’ve Swallowed Malaysia’s Flight 370 (Video).

ROGER KIMBALL: The Ukraine blame game: There was never anything in the great Ukrainian quid pro quo. It was props and stagecraft. “The unfolding deep-state effort to remove Donald Trump from office diffuses an acrid aroma of paranoia, partly because of its ever-expanding cast of enemies.”

CALIFORNIA IS ‘WINNING’ ITS WAY INTO THE STONE AGE: Reuters’ “Explainer:” California faces decade of ‘unique’ wildfire blackouts.

(Classical reference in headline.)

GET WOKE, GO BROKE: “Sony Pictures knew by the time midnight rolled around on November 14, only five hours after its first showings, that they had a monumental turkey on their hands with the new version of Charlie’s Angels.”

SCHIFF SHOW FAILS: Poll finds sharp swing in opposition to impeachment among independents. “The new poll found 49 percent oppose impeachment compared to 34 percent who support it. In October, 48 percent of independents polled supported impeachment, against 39 percent who opposed. Since October, Emerson has found Trump’s job approval rating jump by 5 points, from 43 percent to 48 percent.”

Related: Poll: Trump Approval Rating Hits Net Positive As Support For Impeachment Plummets.

ROGER KIMBALL: Trump’s Disruptive Energy vs. the Deep State. “With just about any other president, the deep state’s victory would be all-but-assured. With Trump, hedge your bets.”

WELL, THAT’S THE GOAL: The move to cancel Gauguin could kill off Western culture.

WOMXN FOR WARREN: “This points to a huge problem for Warren and the various elites invested in her. They’re in a bubble. If you’re surrounded by Latinx and Womxn people who unironically use terms like Latinx or Womxn, you might get convinced that this is the way normal Hispanic and black people talk and think. I’m not saying that blacks and Hispanics are politically conservative. We know that, as a conventional or statistical matter, most aren’t. But their liberalism is the traditional liberalism of the Democratic Party circa 1985 or 2005: More generous entitlements, more public works programs, perhaps more set-asides for minorities in government contracts. In other words they’re FDR, Truman, Mondale, or Obama Democrats. Some may even be Jesse Jackson Democrats. They’re not Noam Chomsky Democrats.  If Warren thinks she’s going to win over black women in South Carolina by talking about intersectionality, she’s in for a rude surprise.”

Read the whole thing.

I’D FAVOR MAKING GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR BAD DECISIONS: California Regulators Shut Down a Distillery for Serving Alcohol.

“While Type 74 license states that distilleries can only serve up to 1.5 oz. of alcohol per person per day, we are allowed to have private events, in which the drink restriction is waived,” Blinking Owl explains. “It is under this section of code which many small distilleries in the state have found a much-needed revenue source by hosting private events or functions. To that end, we segregated private events with wristbands, something we believed the public was accustomed to and well understood the meaning of, and we subsequently operated in a manner we understood to be in complete compliance.”

That seems eminently reasonable. But what seems eminently reasonable to a business often strikes regulators—who are interpreting the same, oftentimes poorly worded regulations that businesses are, but with an eye to punishing scofflaws—as something entirely different. Just how the temporary closure came about demonstrates this fact.

Before making his first undercover visit, according to his account, ABC trade enforcement officer Eric Gray did not speak with anyone at Blinking Owl about being part of a private party. When he arrived at the distillery, he was served one drink and was told Blinking Owl could not serve him another legally. He paid and left.

Before his next visit, Agent Gray called Blinking Owl. He was told this met the requirements for being considered a private party. After arriving at the distillery, Blinking Owl confirmed Gray had called ahead to be placed on a private party guest list and was served a second drink.

It was this second visit that caused Agent Gray to conclude Blinking Owl had violated ABC rules, allegedly “by exceeding the amount of 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits that is permitted to be served per person per day by selling two separate cocktails to Department Agents that contained 1.5 ounce in each drink.”

For this purported transgression, the state chose last week to punish Blinking Owl by forcing the distillery to close for 25 days.

But we can at least make clear that Eric Gray seems like kind of a jerk.

Plus: “These laws largely serve no purpose other than to ensnare small business owners and produce fines for agencies that struggle to justify their own existence.”

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN: As School District Implements Busing Over Near-Unanimous Opposition, Chinese Immigrants See Communism. “The Howard County, Maryland, school board voted to implement a massive, 1970s-style busing program Thursday, despite overwhelming opposition. After one vote failed, members went into a back room, and when they came out, one of the members who voted ‘no’ was crying. They did a do-over and she changed her vote. Board member Jennifer Mallo lectured to constituents who voiced displeasure, saying it was a ‘privilege’ that they got to witness the meeting, admonishing them not criticize her on social media, and complaining about her salary. Immigrants from China and the former Soviet Union said that what they were witnessing reminded them of the totalitarian regimes where they grew up.”

OK, SNOWFLAKES: Harvard-Yale game delayed at halftime by student protest. The desperation with which they’re trying to make themselves feel important is deeply sad.

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EVERYONE LAUGHED AT ERIC SWALWELL, BUT NOW IT’S A TREND: LeBron James farts at fans after they ask for his autograph. Okay, not a good trend, but . . .

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