TURNABOUT: Introducing the Biden COVID Death Tracker.

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Florida teachers working remotely amid COVID caught ‘partying, traveling and failing to wear masks.’

HEY, DID YOU NOTICE: How the Blue State Covid lockdowns are killing jobs and spirits, but not the virus? Issues & Insights noticed.

UNITY: 200 Republicans Pledge Support for Hyde Amendment as Biden Takes Aim at Pro-Life Legislation.

The Hyde Amendment used to be one of the few things pro-life and pro-choice congress critters could agree on, before the Democrats fully radicalized on abortion.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Colleges closed many campus services during pandemic…but still charged students for them. “Now, colleges are being slammed with a new wave of lawsuits.” Make them pay.

‘GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!’: Why Biden’s COVID Bailout Would Drag Down America’s Economic Recovery. “Subsidize something — get more of it. Expect the Biden economy to have additional unemployment, increased poverty, and lower incomes for a longer period.”

NOW THEY TELL US: Virginia Rule Allowing Late Ballots Missing Postmark Was Illegal, Court Rules.

CALVINBALL: Disagreeing With Biden’s Transgender Policy Is ‘Incitement’ Now?! Facebook Says So.

THE FBI HAS CHOSEN A SIDE: Gaetz: Death threats surge, and FBI ‘more interested’ in those against Democrats.

CANCEL CULTURE IS ALL IN YOUR MIND: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Brutally Roasted After Getting Permanently Banned From Twitter.

RANTBURG IS BACK!

“BRAVE FIREFIGHTERS” — IN THE RAY BRADBURY, FAHRENHEIT 451 SENSE. Journalists Mobilize Against Free Speech: A new generation of media crusaders clamors for government control over what you see, hear, and read—and for banning their competition.

THINK OF THEM AS DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE OR INTELLECT AND YOU WON’T GO FAR WRONG:

SHORT SQUEEZE: GameStop stock doubles again with no let-up in amateur interest. “The share spikes in GameStop and others including BlackBerry Ltd, headphone maker Koss Corp and Nokia Oyj, have sent short-sellers scrambling to cover losing bets, while raising questions about potential regulatory clampdowns.”

Plus: “These are not normal times and while the (Reddit) r/wallstreetbets thing is fascinating to watch, I can’t help but think that this is unlikely to end well for someone.” An online crowd piling on to bankrupt the shorts is interesting, but yeah.

RETURN TO NORMALCY: US ‘satisfaction’ was higher under Trump than Obama, Bush, best in 16 years.

But not for the gentry class, which was driven more or less insane by the idea of the White House having an occupant it hadn’t approved.

END-RUNNING THE GATEKEEPERS: Trump sends out new email with more to come.

His new site is at 45office.com.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: How Many People Will the Democrats’ Impeachment Fetish Kill? “They want power. They will say and do anything to get and keep it. It’s popular to say that all politicians in Washington are like that, and it may be true to an extent. There are, however, widely varying degrees, The Democrats are hanging out at the corner of Godless and Shameless for this one.”

WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN? Biden Education Pick Is Leading Opponent of Return to Classrooms: Despite admin pledge to reopen schools, nominee sides with unions to keep San Diego public schools closed.

WORLD’S WILDEST POLICE CHASE VIDEOS, DIY EDITION: Two Bullets and an Empty Tank: San Antonio Suspect Livestreams Video as He Runs From Police Until it Ends in a Shootout.

At about the 13 minute mark he provides apparent motive for running from police, telling his passenger and the livestream audience “I’m not going back to prison. That’s what I said, when I got out. That’s what it is.”

At about the 16:30 mark, he speaks with someone via phone and tells them to bring their brother, indicating the possibility that he may have been attempting to set up an escape or ambush scenario.

At the 22 minute mark, the livestream quickly takes an ominous turn. Police had used spikes to flatten the driver side tires. The suspect was also running out of gas. He stops the truck near Allen Elementary School and says “Watch out.” He places the camera on the seat or floor and may cover it with something. Police sirens can be heard in the background. The camera captures the sound of the suspect cocking the hammer on the revolver.

He shouts “What’s up, bitches!” and the sounds of gunfire begin.

He shouts at the officers several more times, until a hail of gunfire silences him. By the 23 minute mark, the gun battle is over. An unseen police officer declares the vehicle clear just after the 24 minute mark.

Video at link.

SOCIOLOGIST: Biden Appoints Sociologist Alondra Nelson to Top Science Post. “Scientists praise US president’s selection of the bioethics and social inequality specialist to help lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy.”

Seems a lot more political than scientific.

COLLUSION: Huawei Ghostwrote Op-Ed for MIT Scholar.

GOOD AND HARD: Woman who made mittens worn by Bernie Sanders in meme quit making them after taxes crushed her business.

“I don’t have any more, and I don’t have much of a mitten business anymore because it really wasn’t worth it,” she continued. “Independent crafters get really taken for a ride by the federal government. We get taxed to the nth degree, and it wasn’t really worth it pursuing that as a business, even as a side hustle.”

Still, despite Sanders’s strident support for raising taxes, including on the middle class, to pay for “Medicare for all,” Ellis says she supports the senator.

“I’m also super pro-Bernie and as a public school teacher, I can see every day how families are struggling,” she said. “People are just trying to make ends meet, and they need things like student loan forgiveness and free education and a lot of the things that Bernie is fighting for.”

“We get taxed to the nth degree.” That’s why I’m supporting the socialist!

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Former Trump Aide Stephen Miller Details How Awful Biden’s Immigration Order Actually Is.

BIDEN’S RETURN TO NORMALCY IS ANYTHING BUT: Reflecting the Authoritarian Climate, Washington Will Remain Militarized Until At Least March: The idea of troops in U.S. streets for an extended period of time — an extreme measure even when temporary — has now become close to a sacred consensus.

Well, sacred to our political class, which likely contemplates doing things that will require they be protected from the American people. “The rationale for this extraordinary, sustained domestic military presence has shifted several times, typically from anonymous U.S. law enforcement officials. The original justification — the need to secure the inaugural festivities — is obviously no longer operative.”

LEFTIST GASLIGHTING:

BTW, Director of National Intelligence is a bigger deal than Secretary of Transportation.