WAPO’S HAWLEY HIT PIECE DRIPS DISGUST FOR MIDDLE AMERICANS: John Daniel Davidson in The Federalist looks at that Washington Post “profile” of Sen. Josh Hawley by “national political investigative reporter” Michael Kranish. You may recognize the name from two of his previous books, “Trump Revealed” and “The Real Romney.”

Davidson, who has forgotten more about real journalism than Kranish appears ever to have known, concludes the Post writer’s attack isn’t merely about the Missouri Republican, it’s really all about us.

You know, Middle American Bigots with our White Privilege, spewing on and on about Jeeezus, committing insurrection at the Capitol on January 6 and generally dragging our knuckles on the ground. Next, Kranish will “profile” that glorious apostle of tolerance and free thought, Josef Stalin.

THE CAPITOL RIOT RORSCHACH TEST: The Capitol Riot Wasn’t an Insurrection or a Tourist Visit.

LET’S CLEAR THIS UP: Is exercising your constitutionally guaranteed right to religious practice equivalent to imposing your religious beliefs on others? Sharon Stonestreet of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview thinks not and she offers three solid reasons why.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: The GOP Isn’t In Turmoil, It’s Growing the Hell Up. “There was a lot to choose from when pondering what to lead off with this morning. I was tempted to write about Ol’ Gropes again but, as I said, I’m sober. I want to stay that way a while longer. I will give brief mention to a rather disturbing post that Tyler wrote, however. It details the fact that 124 retired generals and admirals have confirmed our worst nightmare: the current President of the United States of America is a drooling moron who is mentally unfit to deal with a military crisis.”

JASON RILEY:  The Biden Administration is gearing up to bring back the Obama Administration’s policy on school discipline (and take it further).  Here’s an explanation for why that’s probably illegal.

RACIAL HATEMONGERING AS JOB QUALIFICATION: ICE Nominee Worked With BLM to Push False Claim That White Man Murdered 7-Year-Old Black Girl.

WELCOME BACK CARTER: ‘Déjà Vu?’ CNBC’s Joe Kernen Warns of 1970s Stagflation Repeat Under Biden Administration.

Related: Trump mocks comparisons of Biden to Jimmy Carter: The current president is worse. Trump says Carter failed to manage crises, but Biden has ‘created’ them.

EVERYBODY BUT FACEBOOK LIVES HAPPILY EVER AFTER? Nobody’s Allowing Facebook To Track Them. So What Now? “Facebook was right to be afraid of iOS 14.5. Apple’s new privacy tracking opt-out is proving even more popular than expected: About 85% of users worldwide have opted out of ad-tracking when prompted, Flurry Analytics found, and that number leaps to around 94% for U.S. users.”

BOB MCMANUS: Cancel the Columbus, Keep the Dysfunction: For New York City’s public officials and educators, changing the names of school holidays is about as far as reform can go.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

KAMALA SMILES: 124 retired generals and admirals question Biden’s mental health.

JUST DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT BIDEN WANTS AND YOU’LL BE OK: Tennessee Governor Takes Bold Step to Get His State Back to Work.

FROM PAM UPHOFF:  Cool as Ice.

Ice is back. He’s got a job, a girlfriend, four talking horses, and now he bought a wreck of a house, hemmed with conflicting requirements of the Historical Society, building codes and fire regulations . . . He’s almost too busy to worry about the looming trial of a former president.

CHANGE: Parisians ‘may never return to public transport’, even after the pandemic ends.

Flashback: Coronavirus lessons on density, mass transit, bureaucracy and censorship: They kill.

BUT FOR HOW LONG ARE THEY EFFECTIVE?  Why people are finding dryer sheets in their mailboxes.

WHEN TIMELY INFORMATION IS ABSOLUTELY UNESSENTIAL, HAVE THE UN INVESTIGATE:  UN experts: Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis,

My mom had this things, when I was being slow at some task, where she would say “if I ever need someone to fetch death, I’ll send you.”  But honestly, she should send the UN. Chances are death will never be fetched.

THAT WOULD MEAN IRAN, RIGHT?  Larry Kudlow: Cyber hacking of the Colonial Pipeline and ‘Hamas shooting war on Israel’ are linked,

GO YOU AND DO LIKEWISE:  Today’s blacklisted American: Mom criticizes school board, gets blacklisted by Facebook & Instagram, fights back and wins.

Keep in mind of of my friends — American — got smacked by facebook for …. making fun of the NHS.  Yeah.

YES. EVERYONE KNOWS:  Betsy DeVos: ‘Let’s be Really Clear. The 1619 Project is Not History’.

EVERY SINGLE THING PROPOSED BY THE GREEN FREAKS TURNS OUT TO BE WORSE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT:  These People Are Mad – Rare Earths And Electronics Recycling.

At this point I am running on a deep assumption that their ultimate purpose is to scour the Earth clean of all living things.

OH, DEAR. REALLY? SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Bombshell Report: CDC Exaggerated Risk of Outdoors Coronavirus Transmission.

Anyone with a modicum of biological knowledge (me) knew that back a year ago.

AH. ARE THEY CATCHING ON?  Disney Reportedly Removes Critical Race Training From Internal Company Portal.

ONLY STUPIDLY, AT GREAT COST, AND AFTER GREAT DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE:  Report: Biden Admin Will Resume Construction of Border Wall in Rio Grande Valley.

THE JUDICIAL PROFESSION HAS GONE WHORING:   Judge Finds “Aggravated Factors” For Enhancing Derek Chauvin’s Sentence In Death of George Floyd,

It lies, craven and supine, beneath the boot of the Communist invader.