NOSEDIVE OR BELLY FLOP? Sanders leads polls ahead of New Hampshire primary, while Buttigieg climbs and Biden nosedives. “A CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday found the race even tighter, with Sanders the choice of 29% of likely voters in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary and Buttigieg favored by 25%. That poll found Warren (19%) in third ahead of Biden (12%) and Klobuchar (10%).”

OBAMA-ERA FLASHBACK: Bad Things Happen to Government Whistleblowers.

IT’S THE INSANE WING VERSUS THE CORRUPT WING: James Carville Is Right, But Not In The Way He Thinks.

GOOD: Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow promises more ‘Blue-Collar Boom.’

TOUCHY: Chinese diplomat pushes back against coronavirus ‘rumors’ from GOP senator. “It’s very harmful, it’s very dangerous to stir up suspicion, rumors and spread them among the people. For one thing, this will create panic. Another thing is that it will fan up racial discrimination, xenophobia, all these things that will really harm our joint efforts to combat the virus.”

The silly racism charge makes me think he’s hiding something.

FLASHBACK: Michael Bloomberg’s past comments about women and rape will likely haunt him on the 2020 campaign trail.

BUSTED! Mike Pompeo Says He Has List of American Governors Compromised by Communist China.

HARSH BUT FAIR: Popular Vote Proponent Pete Buttigieg Claims Victory in State Where Another Guy Got More Votes: By the standard Mayor Pete has celebrated on the campaign trail, Bernie Sanders emerged victorious from the Iowa cacuses. Mayor Pete is a phony.

WHY ARE OUR ELITE INSTITUTIONS SUCH CESSPITS OF VIOLENCE AND ANTISEMITISM? Jewish Harvard Club member assaulted during pro-Palestinian lecture, lawsuit says. “A Jewish member of the Harvard Club claims she was assaulted by a professor during a pro-Palestinian lecture at the swanky venue — and then was booted by the Ivy League institution.”

Well, the Harvard Club has a long history of antisemitism, after all.

THE BABYLON BEE IS REPORTING STRAIGHT UP NEWS AGAIN. AMERICA’S NEW PAPER OF RECORD:  ‘Everything Is Fine,’ Dems Report As Pelosi Cracks, Trump Acquitted, Primaries Implode All In One Week.

BUT STILL WITHOUT A SINGLE IDEA NOT BASED ON HIS BACKGROUND AS A RED DIAPER BABY:  In New Hampshire, Pete Buttigieg Campaigns With Growing Confidence.

ART AND MORONS, BECAUSE WHY NOT?  The Ace of Spades HQ Mid-Morning Art Thread is Fighting the Culture War.

LOOK, KIDS CAN LEARN BY SITTING DOWN AND BEING LECTURED AT. THEY HAVE FOR CENTURIES. OTOH KIDS CAN’T LEARN WHEN SURROUNDED BY MARXIST INDOCTRINATION THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO TEACH AN AVERSION TO THINKING AND REALITY.  TO WHICH I’D LIKE TO ADD OCCASIONAL CORTEX IS EXCEPTIONALLY DUMB. AND ALSO THAT HER HAVING A BA IS WITNESS TO GRADING BEING BASED ON “SHOWS UP AND IS BREATHING”:  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez proves why the American education system is broken.

AND SPEAKING OF CRAZY TOTALITARIAN REGIMES:  Iranian Regime Cracks Down on ‘Indecently Dressed’ Mannequins in Shops.

IN GOOD TIME:  Wuhan Virus Watch: White House Asks Experts To ‘Rapidly’ Investigate Virus Origins.

ER… WHAT? IS JOE BIDEN ACTUALLY A MARTIAN?  Joe Biden Calls Female Student A “Lying dog-faced pony soldier”

I DON’T KNOW. I MEAN, IF EVERYONE HAS LOST THEIR MINDS TO THE POINT MINI-MIKE CAN BUY THE PRESIDENCY WITH A FLOOD OF MONEY…  WELL… WE’LL FIND OURSELVES FIGHTING IN THE STREETS TWO WEEKS OR SO LATER:  Can Bloomberg buy it?

NO! SHOCKING! I’M SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED. THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE!  Ilhan Omar Hates America.

I WOULDN’T WANT TO LOOK LIKE ANY OF THE MAENADS IN WHITE. BUT AMONG THE MANY LIES OF THE PRESS, ONLY DEMOCRAT WOMEN GET TO BE BEAUTIFUL. IT’S OKAY, BECAUSE IT’S THE EASIEST TO DISPROVE, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THEY CALLED MICHELLE BEAUTIFUL BUT IGNORE MELANIA:  Girly Stuff is EMPOWERING When Democrats Do It.

Thanks, I’ll believe my lying eyes all the same.

I’D LIKE TO THINK HE IS RIGHT, BUT WE PROBABLY WON’T KNOW FOR SURE FOR ANOTHER MONTH:  Wuhan and the World.

BEST CASE SCENARIO BRACE FOR THE IMPACT. AND GET READY TO TELL YOUR SOFT-HEADED FRIENDS THAT THE RECESSION IS NOT TRUMP’S FAULT, SINCE EVEN TRUMP CAN’T ENGINEER PLAGUES IN CHINA AND INEPT RESPONSES FROM TOTALITARIANS:  Coronavirus: the spiraling economic impact.