DON’T GET COCKY, KID: “BLITZ: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win” by David Horowitz.

OPEN THREAD: The world don’t move to the beat of just one drum.

#METOO IS SO YESTERDAY, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PRESS HAS TO RUN INTERFERENCE FOR JOE BIDEN: Cathy Areu’s Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Tucker Carlson is Imploding. Her photo is . . . something.

HMM: Prominent Black Trump Supporter Murdered in Milwaukee. “A black Trump supporter who was well known in his community for standing on street corners with ‘Vote Trump’ signs as well as signs plastered with Bible verses was killed in broad daylight in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood Thursday afternoon. Bernell Tremmell, 60, was shot in front of his business . . . . Law enforcement sources tell ‘The Dan O’Donnell Show’ that the suspect rode up to Tremmell as he sat in front of his business, shot him and then rode away. That suspect is still on the loose. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact the Milwaukee Police Department.”

HMM: 911 records: Mike Adams suffered gunshot wound, had reportedly been ‘erratic’ and stressed.

BOB MCMANUS: Gov. Cuomo’s deadly silence on de Blasio’s policing disasters in NYC.

A&E GETS WOKE, GOES BROKE. Hey, John, don’t give up on Nike and Starbucks. Especially when Nike hits Trump’s second-term China sanctions.

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HMM: They Keep Moving the COVID-19 Goalposts: Will the Next Step Be Masks to Protect From the Flu and the Common Cold?

WERE INTELLIGENT DESIGN ADVOCATES CANARIES IN THE CANCEL CULTURE COALMINE? Evolution News’ David Klinghoffer points to the parallels between former New York Timesman Bari Weiss and what’s been known among ID scientists for a long time.

TYLER O’NEIL: Dear Liberals, Stop Whining About Trump. A True Would-Be Hitler Is Terrorizing the World.

ANOTHER TRUMP PUBLIC HEALTH TRIUMPH (CONT’D): Trump signs executive orders intended to lower drug prices.

LIFE IN THE BLUE ZONES: Despicable: City of L.A. Fines Businesses for Hanging “Open for Business” Signs.

SHUTDOWN FALLOUT: U.S. FAA issues emergency directive on 2,000 Boeing 737s parked in pandemic. “The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday issued an emergency airworthiness directive for 2,000 U.S.-registered Boeing 737 NG and Classic aircraft, warning of possible corrosion on parked planes that could lead to a dual-engine failure.”

I HANG MY HEAD IN DESPAIR FOR MY PROFESSION: So I’m reading along in Roll Call reporter Jennifer Shutt’s story today on House passage of four spending bills that have little or no chance of passage in the Senate. It’s all the usual legislative blah-blah about billions in this bill, more billions in that one, amendments accepted, amendments defeated, growing concerns, etc. etc.

Then I read the last sentence: “There’s also broad frustration about the Trump administration’s decision to send federal officers, dressed in military-style uniforms, to Portland and Chicago to confront mostly peaceful protestors.” (Emphasis added).

How does such a falsehood make it into a news report presented as a credible, factual account of events on Capitol Hill? Perhaps (and it’s so faint a possibility as to be nearly invisible) Shutt has been too busy to watch any of the countless videos of sustained, organized and increasingly lethal Antifa/BLM violence directed against federal officers and property in Portland and Chicago.

But why didn’t one of her editors catch that glaring error? Has nobody on Roll Call’s copy desk seen the violence? It’s hard not to conclude that this is a disgusting illustration of left-wing narrative presented as credible news journalism. Worst of all, it’s likely the approach she learned in j-school.

I’m old enough to remember when writing a falsehood like that in a story draft more than once would get you canned because every news organization realized its most precious asset was its credibility with readers.

WHY NOT TAKE A BREAK FROM THE SERIOUS NEWS FOR A FEW MINUTES? Florida Man Friday: Tom Brady, Unleashed Florida Rebel.

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MATT MARGOLIS: Dr. Fauci Violated D.C. Mask Mandate During the Nationals Game.

IT’S 2020, SO THIS IS PROBABLY JUST COVER FOR THE ALIEN INVASION: Double meteor shower could spark brilliant fireballs next week.

THE SUICIDE OF EXPERTISE (CONT’D): The Models Were Wildly Wrong about Reopening Too.

HOW TO SQUANDER WHATEVER PUBLIC TRUST OUR EXPERTS MIGHT STILL HAVE LEFT, EXHIBIT #1,000,006:

I REMEMBER WHEN THE IDEA THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONCEALING ALIEN ARTIFACTS WAS JUST A CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORY: Pentagon Has ‘Off-World Vehicles Not Made on This Earth.’

As recently as February, a Pentagon spokesperson told Popular Mechanics that, while a government program did investigate unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and other unexplained aerial phenomena for some time last decade, funding dried up in 2012. But when Popular Mechanics thoroughly investigated the covert program, multiple sources said it’s still ongoing to this day.

Now, a new report in the New York Times confirms those accounts.

The NYT story is here. A few interesting things: (1) They’ve been rolling this out for a couple of years, even releasing video, and it’s made a surpringly small impression; (2) Why are they slow-rolling this story, and why are they telling us now? (3) ALLLIIIIEEENNNSS!!!!

But InstaPundit readers have a headstart on what’s going on.

UPDATE: UFO sighting: ‘Alien cube ship’ TEN TIMES bigger than Earth captured by NASA. The truth is out there. No, apparently it really is.

IT’S A CULT: ‘Wokeness is being pushed on everyone.’