AREN’T MOST THINGS? D.C. Statehood Is an Unconstitutional Democrat Power Grab.

THE GENTRY CLASS DOESN’T CARE WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK: “What’s happening to Dr. Seuss is the result of a very specific kind of prioritization, however: One decided upon not by readers or the public at large, but by activist educators peddling a false narrative about the beloved child author’s books and characters.”

LEGAL INSURRECTION: Chauvin Pre-Trial Day 1: 3d Degree Murder Throws Wrench Into Jury Selection Process.

21ST CENTURY WARFARE: Frontline Geek Squads: SOCOM’s Secret Weapon. “Deploying data scientists alongside special ops troops lets them solve intelligence-sharing problems ‘in minutes or hours,’ said Special Operations Command’s first-ever CTO.”

WORSE THAN WATERGATE: Biden Admin Officials Had Roles in Probes, Surveillance of Trump Campaign.

SHOCKER: Trump transparency being erased by Biden.

Democrats are supposed to be for government transparency, but critics of the Biden administration claim it is taking steps to hide its actions from the public and the media.

Many are pointing to Biden’s reversal of a Trump-era order requiring agencies to include links and other disclosure information on new regulations to help the public figure them out.

Proponents said it streamlines regulations, but critics said it puts federal actions in the shadows. “The move makes Biden the Edward Scissorhands of government transparency,” said Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., the regulation czar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said that the Trump administration disclosure policy is needed and that a similar legislative package was backed by then-Sen. Kamala Harris.

Meanwhile, agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are taking down Twitter and other social media accounts, and the press is starting to chafe at getting little access to Biden, who has yet to hold a press conference as president.

The campaign to erase Trump-era transparency shouldn’t be a surprise, however. During the Obama-Biden administration, similar efforts drew a sharp rebuke from media groups and news executives, including the former top editor of the Washington Post.

The rebuking will be less sharp now, since today’s press sees itself, quite consciously, as part of the Democrats’ messaging apparat.

COVID-POSITIVE IMMIGRANTS FLOODING ACROSS THE BORDER: Hey, it’s being reported by NBC, so it must be true, right?

BIDEN HOPES TO BE THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN PRESIDENT: Looks like Babylon Bee has some competition. Check out Nod Daily, from Reformation Charlotte.

WOKE DISEASE INFECTS A MAJOR EVANGELICAL LEADER: This time, it’s Matt Chandler, whose Dallas/Fort Worth area mega-church claims more than 14,000 members. Will be interesting to see how that number changes as congregants realize where the path down which their pastor is leading them ends.

REMINDER: The U.N. Says America Is Already Cutting So Much Carbon It Doesn’t Need The Paris Climate Accord.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: The Woke Liberal Assault On Female Athletes Is A Travesty. “There are very few things in politics anymore that get me angry. For those new to the Briefing, I actually wrote a book about not letting politics get to me. Today, however, I’m going to go over one of the few things that does bring me close to a boiling point: the Democrats’ transgender fetish, specifically as it applies to women’s athletics.”

HIS NEXT MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS: SpaceX moves to beam Starlink internet into cars, boats, and aircraft. “ Starlink could go mobile — if the FCC approves.”

Starlink has the potential to disrupt an awful lot of vested interests, while also providing SpaceX enough cash flow to stay ahead of would-be competitors like Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin.

Elon Musk had better put together a bigger, smarter lobbying effort before his competitors in internet services and space launches get organized.

INTRODUCING THE ACADEMIC FREEDOM ALLIANCE. “The group boasts a broad and diverse coalition of over 200 academics from across the country who are committed to upholding the principles of free speech in academia. I am particularly pleased that we were able to pull together faculty from across the political spectrum who recognize a common threat to scholarly inquiry and robust debate on college campuses and who are willing to defend those principles whether individual professors are targeted from the left or the right, from forces on campus or off.”

STACEY LENNOX: James Clyburn Says the Quiet Part Out Loud While Insisting HR-1 Must Pass. “He is suggesting that there be a work-around on the filibuster as there is for the budget. Congress just passed a $1.9 trillion stimulus through reconciliation which requires a simple majority vote. Clyburn is suggesting a similar carve-out for civil rights and voting rights legislation. This change would allow the Equality Act and HR-1 to move through the Senate with simple majority votes. Both are exceptionally radical pieces of legislation that Democrats wish to pass with no consensus.”

FROM DAVE FREER: A Mankind Witch.

To the North of the Holy Roman Empire are the pagan Norse-lands. It is here that Prince Manfred of Brittany, and Erik, his Icelandic bodyguard, must venture in the dead of winter to a mountainous land of trolls and ice to find a stolen pagan relic, the arm-ring of Odin, something so magical that it should not be possible to move it beyond its wards, let alone take it away. It is gone, and unless it is recovered before Yuletide and the re-affirmation of truce-oaths, a new Viking age will be born. King Vorenbras will lead his berserkers in an orgy of killing, rapine, looting and destruction, across the Empire’s unguarded North-Western flank.
Princess Signy is the King’s older stepsister, and everyone believes her to be the thief, a witch and a murderess. Everyone, that is, but Cair, her stable-thrall, a man plucked from the ocean, with a hidden past. Cair doesn’t believe in witches or magic, let alone that Signy could steal and murder. If he has to drag the foremost knight of the age, and his deadly bodyguard kicking and screaming though the entire Norse nine worlds to prove it and free her, he’d do it. No Kobold, dwarf, or troll is going to stop him, or his scepticism. Not the wild hunt. Not even a Grendel. He doesn’t believe in this superstitious rubbish. He’s a man of science and learning, and he’s used that to fake his way into being feared as a magic worker. But for Signy, he’ll be all of mankind’s witches.
He’ll have to be, because that’s what it’ll take to defeat the dark magical forces which are marshalled against them.

THE WAY THINGS WORK TODAY: Hollywood’s Double Standard Strikes Again: Pepé Le Pew Cut from ‘Space Jam 2,’ Cuomo Keeps His Emmy: New York’s ‘Luv Guv’ accused of sexually harassing at least five women.

THEY REALLY THINK BREAKING THE FIRE ALARM MAKES THEM FIREPROOF:  Biden’s latest executive order is his most frightening yet.

AHAHAHAH. SURE THING:  Durham will have Russiagate indictments ready in 6–8 weeks, says John Solomon.

WELL, I WAS SCREAMING THIS A YEAR AGO:  Looking back at COVID.

And no, asymptomatic transmission has never been shown anywhere BUT in China. And if you believe anything from China I have some swamp land in Florida I’ll let you have at a good price.

And yes, yes, I am aware that Cassandra didn’t get half the beating she deserved.

JUST ANOTHER WAY OF DELIVERING US BOUND TO OUR FOES:  Orwellian “equity”.

IT’S THE PAST THAT KEEPS CHANGING:  It’s easy to predict a leftist future — it’s always bad.

UNDER THE ILLUSION OF RELEVANCE: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Launch Attack Against British Royal Family.

OUR SECRET SERVICES ARE THOROUGHLY SUBVERTED:  FOIA Release Showcases FBI Small Group Coordinating With Media To Push Russia Narrative in 2017 Exactly as Suspected.

G-D BLESS TEXAS:  Texas Gov. Abbott Launches ‘Operation Lone Star’ to Strengthen Border Security.

APARTHEID IS ANTI-RACISM:  Report: Biden Education Dept. Punts Trump Ban On Separating Students Into Racial And Other “Affinity Groups”.