PAUL MIRENGOFF: Less than full disclosure from the New York Times. “Given the role of Bauer’s law firm in ginning up the collusion narrative, the Times should not have run an op-ed by Bauer about the Mueller investigation and where things stand in light of the collapse of the narrative that led to it. If the Times was going to run such an op-ed, it should have disclosed Bauer’s affiliation with Perkins Coie.”

I WILL FEAR NO EVIL: ‘Frankenstein’ surgeons claim spinal cord progress, still proposing human head transplant. Well, these are the Crazy Years, so what did you expect?

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HERE’S THE INSIDE STORY OF THE PLOT TO TAKE DOWN TRUMP: The Epoch Times’ Jeff Carlson has done great investigative journalism in documenting the roots of the Obama administration’s clandestine campaign against The Donald and to protect Hillary.

Did you know 22 top officials have been fired, resigned or demoted so far for their actions in the campaign and that’s even before Sen. Lindsay Graham’s Senate Judiciary Committee mounts a real investigation and before Attorney General Bill Barr does the same thing from inside the Department of Justice.

SHOULD HILL STAFF BE PAID MORE? Massachusetts Democrat Katherine Clark believes they should, especially if Congress wants to do better oversight of the executive branch and pull back powers it has given up in recent decades.

I worked on the Hill early in my career and the pay was low and hours were long then, too, so not much has changed since then. The irony is the same Congress that pays its own staff so poorly has made federal civil service pay and benefits much better than comparable jobs in the private sector.

KIM FOXX’S RECUSAL FROM THE SMOLLETT CASE: NOT A RECUSAL-RECUSAL.

Related: “How did hate-crime huckster Jussie Smollett get away with it? All crooked roads in Chicago lead back to the Obamas.”

So, why did former Obama crony Rahm Emanuel claim that Chicago is sending Smollett a bill for the police investigation? “Seriously, while his outrage is understandable, it is … strange for a Democratic politician to behave this way. Emanuel may be retiring as mayor but he has a past and potentially a future in national politics, and being The Policeman’s Best Friend isn’t the strongest brand for a Dem hoping to return to national relevance. What’s his angle?”

DISPATCHES FROM OCEANIA: Pete Buttigieg Wants to Free You from Freedom.

GOOD. THEY DIDN’T “CONQUER” MEXICO, THEY LIBERATED IT FROM THE SAVAGE AZTEC EMPIRE. Spain refuses to apologise for conquering Mexico five hundred years ago.

SILENCE IS COMPLICITY: Apple, Bank of America, JP Morgan, Disney, Other Companies Funding SPLC Silent on Racism Scandal.

GREAT MOMENTS IN THE GREEN NEW DEAL: ‘Environmental Crusader’ Arnold Schwarzenegger Warns: ‘Fossil Fuels Will Kill Us’—after Arriving in a Suburban SUV.

Just a guy living in this world…

PASS THE CHICK-N-STRIPS: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating San Antonio for banning Chick-fil-A from its airport. “The Constitution’s protection of religious liberty is somehow even better than Chick-fil-A’s chicken,” Paxton wrote in a Thursday letter to San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and the rest of the council.

MORE NEWS YOU CAN USE: A Brief Reminder That Cars Are Meant to Be Driven. The more you race ’em the less you trust, the less you drive ’em, the more they rust.

PASS THE POPCORN: HUD Sues Facebook — Says Used Ad Platform For Housing Discrimination.

IT’S ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: ‘There Hasn’t Been Much News’ — Brian Stelter Attempts To Justify MSNBC, CNN’s Plummeting Ratings.

Perhaps’s Stelter should assign CNN’s crack investigative unit onto this case…

SET THE WAYBACK MACHINE FOR 1973: 8 Fun (and Possibly Dangerous) Activities Enjoyed by Past Generations That Today’s Kids Will Never Experience.

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HEATHER MAC DONALD ON “WHEN PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION IS WOKE”:  “Throwing out charges against Jussie Smollett is consistent with the social-justice narrative that a hate hoax can be true in a deeper sense.”

AL-BRITANYIA: UK Selectively Quotes Violent Bible Passages to Deny Iranian Christian Asylum.

ERIC HOLDER:  America was never great.

WE MAY HAVE JUST REACHED PEAK 2019: Clare Bronfman faints in Nxivm hearing when asked if she hired Michael Avenatti.

As for Avenatti himself: “Hoo boy: Avenatti to be represented by public defender after asserting that he can’t afford counsel.”

ENDORSED: A lottery for admission to elite colleges.

I’LL HAVE WHAT SHE’S HAVING: Jussie Smollett’s Attorney: Nigerian Brothers May Have Been Wearing Whiteface During Attack.

OK THEN: Cory Booker wants everyone to know that Rosario Dawson is “an incredible girlfriend.”