YOUR DAILY TREACHER: Doubting Jussie Smollett is Racist, According to Jussie Smollett.

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“Police raided the home of two persons of interest in Jussie Smollett case last night. Both men are of Nigerian decent and have appeared as extras on the show. Police took bleach, shoes electronics and more. Officers asked family if they knew [Smollett],” CBS Chicago reporter Charlie De Mar tweeted earlier today.

Rob Elgas of ABC7 Chicago tweeted tonight that “Multiple sources tell [ABC7 Chicago] Eyewitness News Jussie Smollet and the 2 men who are being questioned by police staged the attack — allegedly because his character was being written out of the show Empire.”

However, Anthony Guglielmi, chief communications officer for the Chicago PD tweeted about a half hour later that “Media reports about the Empire incident being a hoax are unconfirmed by case detectives. Supt Eddie Johnson has contacted [ABC7 Chicago] to state on the record that we have no evidence to support their reporting and their supposed CPD sources are uninformed and inaccurate.”

Stay tuned.

WELL, GOOD: ‘Extreme’ exercise no danger to middle-aged hearts, study finds. “Middle-aged men who partake in extreme exercise are not putting their heart health at risk, a new study contends. Aging athletes who do eight or more hours a week of vigorous exercise have no greater risk of early death than people who work out less often, researchers found.”

Thanks, but I’ll stick with my Rippetoe routine.

SAD:

SPACE: Tickets to Mars Will Eventually Cost Less Than $500,000, Elon Musk Says.

OH, THAT LIBERAL FASCISM: The war on Churchill.

AS A WISE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER ADVISES, PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: Local Diocese’s Investigation Finds Covington Kids Did Nothing Wrong; Lawyer Confirms They’ll Be Suing Nathan Philips.

FASTER, PLEASE: The Bold Science That Could Save You from Alzheimer’s Disease. I hope it pans out, but we’ll see.

A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE MAN WHO ROBBED CALIFORNIA BLIND: Call them “Jerrys.”

JUSSIE SMOLLETT CHANGES HIS STORY AGAIN.

As Rick Moran wrote last week, “None Dare Call It A Hoax.”

NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” CONTINUES TO PAY DIVIDENDS: Elated AOC tweets ‘anything is possible’ after Amazon scraps plan for new HQ & thousands of jobs in NY.

MABA: Make Alexandria Bartender Again.

That’s a hat just ready to get banned at all your finer dining establishments.

SENATE CONFIRMS BILL BARR AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

CHRIS QUEEN: The 10 Most Overrated Musical Artists of All Time.

I’m no longer on speaking terms with Chris, due to his inclusion of The Rolling Stones.

SOUNDS SUPER-PRACTICAL: 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban SVE versions get 1,000 horsepower.

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TYLER O’NEIL: McCabe Revelation Confirms the Deep State Yet Again. “DOJ staff plotting to remove President Trump confirms conservatives’ worst fears.“

THE NEW DEAL ISN’T GREEN, IT’S RED: There’s only one word to describe the economic aspects of the Green New Steal, and that word is communism. I explain in a little more detail here as I examine each of the touted benefits of the scheme.

AN APPROACH I ENDORSE: ‘If you can’t beat ‘em, eat ‘em:’ University of Illinois serves invasive Asian carp for dinner.

I’ve been promoting this approach for quite some time.

And maybe this will help attract Chinese students: “To understand why Chinese netizens have taken such an interest in the story, it’s absolutely essential to know that the most popular dinner-table fish in seafood-crazy China is carp, bar none. Thus, news of America’s carp problem doesn’t set off alarm — it makes Chinese mouths water. Add the fact that Chinese covet wild carp — an expensive treat compared to cheaper, more common farmed carp — and poetry ensues. . . . The dominant thread in the ongoing discussion is this: The Chinese people, and their voracious appetites, are the solution to America’s carp woes.”

NEWS YOU CAN USE? Libertarian Date Night: Eight Romantic Films.

I haven’t seen Don Juan DeMarco in a decade or two, which is just a silly-yet-lovely little movie. It’s going on the V-Day short list for sure.

SHOCKING NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Unfit, obese teen boys at higher risk for chronic disease.

FROM THE NEW END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT TO PLAY “CIVILIZATION VI”: “The information we collect may include personal information such as your first and/or last name, e-mail address, phone number, photo, mailing address, geolocation, or payment information. In addition, we may collect your age, gender, date of birth, zip code, hardware configuration, console ID, software products played, survey data, purchases, IP address and the systems you have played on. We may combine the information with your personal information and across other computers or devices that you may use.”

The reviews on Steam are coming in fast and furious, with many users saying they have or will uninstall the game. I just did.

It’s a shame, too — the Civ series is one of the few computer games I’ve really enjoyed over the years.

A WELCOME CHANGE:  Trump Administration considers action on disparate impact liability.

THINK PROGRESS: American Jews must stand with Ilhan Omar.

Chutzpah, defined.

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