NO. NEXT QUESTION? Do Americans Still Trust Established Media Outlets?

WATCH: Abigail Shrier Shreds the Equality Act.

BECAUSE HE’S A WINNER, AND EVERYONE LOVES A WINNER: Why do so many Mexican-Americans defend Speedy Gonzales? He’s an appealing character. Only scolds and sourpusses and lefties — but I repeat myself — wouldn’t get that. “I never saw a stereotype when I first saw his cartoons as a boy — I saw my culture at a time when the English-language media didn’t bother with us outside of crime and immigration. He danced our dances and dressed like a jarocho (a native of Veracruz) and sounded like my country cousins, to be honest. He was the only Mexican in Hollywood I knew who never lost — well, him and Cheech and Chong.”

THESE SHOULD BE WIDELY AVAILABLE ABOUT THE TIME IT DOESN’T MATTER ANYMORE: FDA provides path for authorization of at-home COVID-19 tests.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Journalism Wasn’t Murdered, It Committed Suicide.

Insanity Wrap needs to know: Remember journalistic standards?

Answer: Neither does the Washington Post. Or the New York Times. Or CNN. Or…

Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.

• Ronald Reagan had Joe Biden’s number 35 years ago
• Planet saved, good job everyone
• Remember those $2,000 checks and no tax hikes on people making less than $400,000? The disappeared along with those journalistic standards

Bonus Sanity: Grab a cocktail and a ribeye and join us on Saturday for Colorado’s “Meat In” day.

And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

“THIS IS NOT A CRISIS, THIS IS A FULL-BLOWN DISASTER”: Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick On Biden’s Border Crisis. ‘We were able to relax under the Trump Administration because he actually did his job and we were in good shape on the border, before Biden got elected. We were in good shape. The protocols were working, keeping the asylum seekers in Mexico.’

‘FOWL PLAY’ AS PENN DENIES HUNTING CLUB RECOGNITION. Their recognition has been on hold for a year for supposed COVID reasons, even though they would meet virtually, as other clubs are doing. Plus, other new clubs (such as the Penn Surf Club) have been recognized during the pandemic. It’s almost like there’s another reason for this Ivy League school’s hostility…

NEANDERTHALS MAY BE A MINORITY, BUT THEY ARE AMERICANS TOO: Be careful who you call Neanderthal, Mr. President.

No sooner did Abbott make wearing masks voluntary rather than mandatory in Texas, than Biden accused him of thinking like a Neanderthal, as though that were something bad.

The Neanderthals (Homo Neanderthalensis) are all gone now. But before they disappeared about 40,000-50,000 years ago, they survived on this planet for nearly 100,000 years.

They came from Africa and lived in Europe and Asia for thousands of years before modern humans (Homo Sapiens) followed them out of Africa.

They were skilled hunters who used spears to kill woolly mammoths. They had fire, buried their dead. They had families and lived in small villages.

They failed to compete with the Homo Sapiens newcomers, however. But they inbred with them until the Neanderthals slowly became extinct.

Perhaps many students would be aware of the fate of the Neanderthals if Biden stood up to the teachers’ union and opened schools instead of mumbling into his mask and running away every time the subject comes up.

If so, Biden and the Democrats have their work cut out for them if they really consider themselves the big tent party of inclusion, unity, open borders, no borders, illegal immigrants, minorities, majorities, diversity, clarity, civility, ethnics, ethics, equity, equality, justice, racial justice, injustice, social justice, real justice, no justice, accountability, transparency, integrity, liberty, freedom and free stuff.

So why not reach out to the now ridiculed Americans with Neanderthal DNA, apologize for the racial smear and bring them into the big tent?

For all we know, Biden himself may be walking around with Neanderthal DNA.

Gov. Abbott, in the name of transparency, should demand that Biden get tested, not for COVID — he’s already gotten his shots — but for Neanderthal ancestry.

I’d say that at this point he’s functioning more on the level of a Homo Habilis, but it’s not clear how much ability Biden actually retains.

I’M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN A REPUTABLE NEWSPAPER REQUIRED TWO SOURCES: Jordan Fuchs Publicly Confirmed Her Own Fake Trump Quotes to at Least One Other Media Outlet.

THE SHOW SUCKS, AND SO DOES MOST OF THE MUSIC: Tal Bachman: The Grammy Awards Show Is Dying. Here’s Why.

I let my Recording Academy membership lapse years ago, and I had gone years before that without bothering to fill out a Grammy ballot.

I GUESS WE KNOW WHO’S IN CHARGE HERE: You Can Link COVID With Any Country — Except China.

STRIKE A POSE, THERE’S NOTHING TO IT. Pelosi, Capitol Police: Oh By the Way, There’s No Actual Threat to the Capitol.

SPOILER: THE BILL ISN’T ACTUALLY ABOUT STOPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. The Real Reason Why 172 Republicans Opposed the Violence Against Women Act.

GOOD LUCK: Dan Bongino to take over Rush Limbaugh’s radio time slot.

ANTI-SCIENCE BULLYING: Professor quits researching COVID because of hostility over his findings about low threat to children.

RIP: Sabine Schmitz, former racing driver and Top Gear presenter, dies aged 51.

Sabine Schmitz, the only female winner of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, has died at the age of 51. The Top Gear presenter revealed last year that she had been dealing with a rare form of cancer since 2017.

The German race track released a statement paying tribute to the driver. “The Nürburgring has lost its most famous female racing driver. Sabine Schmitz passed away far too early after a long illness. We will miss her and her cheerful nature. Rest in peace Sabine!”

The Adenau-born Schmitz’s first triumph at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring came in 1996 with Johannes Scheid and Hans Widmann in the BMW M3. She won again the following year with Scheid, Hans-Jürgen Tiemann and Peter Zakowski.

Schmitz, who was widely known as “Queen of the Nürburgring”, later impressed with her own team Frikadelli Racing, which she had founded with her husband, Klaus Abbelen.

I loved her appearances on the Jeremy Clarkson-era Top Gear:

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): I love this video: “Mr. Slipstream, I am coming!”

FOOLING NOBODY EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO FIND IT CONVENIENT TO PRETEND TO BE FOOLED: China-Backed Confucius Institute Rebrands to Avoid Scrutiny. “The rebranding has allowed the Beijing-backed influence program to continue to shape the education of students from kindergartners to college students. According to a new report by the American Security Institute, more than 100 ‘Confucius classrooms’ that cater to the K-12 system are now rebranded as the Asia Society Chinese Language Partner Network.”

STANDING UP TO BIGOTS: ‘Would I please resign? No. Nope. Not a chance.’ Professor rejects mob’s demand to leave campus. Don’t give in to ignorant, bigoted bullies.

AND THE ZOMBIE HUSK OF NEWSWEEK APPARENTLY CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHY: Kansas Senate Bans Trans Athletes From Women’s Teams, But Not Men’s.

Rep. McCarthy Wasn’t Lying When He Said People on Terror Watch List Were Apprehended at Border.

“ANTI-RACISM” IS TO RACISM WHAT ANTI-MATTER IS TO MATTER: The same thing with the charges reversed. At ‘anti-racist’ workshop, guest declares he doesn’t ‘teach White authors.’ Why is the University of Iowa funding this bigotry?

OOPS: A Tesla with Autopilot engaged crashed into a Michigan police car that had pulled over with its lights on, authorities say.

Autopilot to me still seems like a solution in search of a problem.

TRUST THE EXPERTS: The Feds’ Sorry Record on COVID-19. “The problems weren’t confined to the United States.”

IT’S THE SAME OLD SONG: Democrats Rush to Blame ‘White Supremacy’ for Atlanta Massage Parlor Shootings.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Ron DeSantis Is the Perfect Antidote To Republican Squishism. “This is a most opportune time to reflect upon what DeSantis has accomplished this past year since it’s the first anniversary of the world’s plunge into the COVID madness. For much of that year, the American mainstream media regaled us with stories about their Holy Trinity of American governors: Democrats Andrew Cuomo, Gretchen Whitmer, and Gavin Newsom. Per the MSM, virtually every move each made was redefining real leadership. When they did write about DeSantis, it was to say that he had blood on his hands for keeping his state open.”