DISPATCHES FROM THE “IT’S DIFFERENT WHEN WE DO IT” PARTY: Capitol storming vs. Women’s March: A tale of two very different protests.

ASHLI BABBITT: Street Artist SABO Triggers the Left With ‘Say Her Name’ Poster of Woman Shot By Police at Capitol Protest.

COLLUSION: Organizations Linked to Chinese Military Are a Cash Cow for American Colleges: Universities received $88 million from CCP entities behind cyber attacks and espionage.

THOMAS SOWELL:  “Is Truth Irrelevant?”  Evidently, yes.

RIP: Sheldon Adelson, Longtime GOP Donor, Dies at 87.

CRUSHING: Restaurants shed more than 372,000 jobs in December after seven consecutive months of gains, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; Employment was down roughly 2.5 million compared to last year.

RON DESANTIS WILL NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS: Andrew Cuomo Is To Blame For New York’s Disastrous COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout. “The process for *senior citizens* to get the vaccine in New York City involves a 51 step online questionnaire that includes uploading multiple attachments.”

Biden Coronavirus task force member Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel smiles.

Twitter, Facebook, Parler, Trump…I said stuff:

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ABOUT TIME: The Guy Who Built The World Wide Web Is Building A ‘New Internet’, Where You Control Your Data.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: ‘War Is Peace,’ CNN Goes Full Orwell.

Insanity Wrap needs to know: What the hell was CNN thinking aping George Orwell almost word-for-word?

Answer: Maybe they were hoping to get Brownie points for honesty.

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

• Predictions are hard, except about the Law of Unintended Consequences
• Cancel Culture comes for Cruz
• Gov. Cuomo is done holding his state hostage (maybe)

Bonus Sanity: A complete guide to alternate social media where free speech is still respected.

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

JAMES LINDSAY ON “DISCOURSE ENGINEERING:” “They’ve become so accustomed to just manufacturing whatever public sentiment that they want that they don’t realize that there are limits to the magic of alchemy, and with hundreds of millions of people around the world, the spell is already broken.”

Read the whole thing.

DOXXING GOES WHOLESALE: Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users’ Location Data, Has Been Archived.

NO BAILOUTS FOR THE RICH: Students demand university cut top salaries, sell off real estate to plug COVID-19 budget hole.

SEGREGATION TODAY, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER: University of Dallas student denied internship solely for being white.

IT’S 1984 ON STEROIDS! Big Banks, Corps, Stop Donations, House Dems Move To Make MAGA Illegal.

FASTER, PLEASE: Trump bans by Twitter, Facebook will trigger Big Tech giants’ ‘downfall,’ says ‘Social Dilemma’ star.

“They just pulled the trigger on what now amounts to them saying, ‘We do feel accountable for content,’” Joe Toscano, a former Google consultant, told Fox News.

Following Trump’s brief suspension after the violence that took place on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Twitter announced on Friday evening that the president will no longer be able to tweet. Trump has also been removed from other social media platforms, including Facebook, Reddit and Instagram

“I think the fact that all these companies have made the moves to ban Trump proves that they now realize they are responsible for the content and now it’s time to talk about Section 230,” Toscano said.

The Swamp extends all the way to Silicon Valley, or maybe it’s the other way around.

YEP. PEOPLE USED TO ASK WHY I PAID SO MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT HAPPENED ON CAMPUSES. Before Big Tech, colleges led the way in de-platforming conservatives. Germany’s wars were prefigured by generations of screeching professors, and Americas next civil war may be the same.

VIDEO: Michael Yon talks about what he saw at the Capitol.

FIGHT THE POWER: New push to kill Section 230 protections for Twitter, Facebook, and Big Tech.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Andrew Cuomo Reminds Us That He’s the Worst Ever. “Andrew Cuomo — Fredo the Elder — crawled out of the cave where he spends his days pulling wings off of flies and smelts participation trophies for his handling of the pandemic in his state to remind us that he is perhaps the worst governor in America.”

FIGHT THE POWER: Parler finds refuge with right-leaning webhosting service.

THEY HAVE LEARNED NOTHING AND FORGOTTEN NOTHING: Biden CIA pick led secret ‘back channel’ negotiations for Iran deal.

REPORT: The Lincoln Project’s Predator.

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UNHEARD: NCLA: U.S. Supreme Court Will Not Hear Case Challenging Removal Protections for SEC’s In-House Judges.

THIS WOULD MAKE FOR ONE OF TRUMP’S EXCELLENT ‘YOU’RE FIRED!’ MOMENTS: ‘Disgruntled Staffer’ Reportedly Posted Trump Resignation Time On State Dept Site.