WEIRDLY, ONLY WOMEN ARE INTERVIEWED IN THIS STORY: I regret the dumb stuff I bought during the pandemic.

Of course, my pandemic purchases were firearms, ammunition, and video equipment, and I’m certainly not regretting those.

ADMIRAL ACKBAR, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Democrats Are Laying a Trap with Trump’s Impeachment Trial.

Democrats do not want to disqualify Trump. They want to keep him radioactive. They want to remind the country in lurid detail of the former president’s role in the lethal January 6 rioting — the demagogic speech, the failure to take action while the seat of government was under siege. And then they want to force a vote — conviction or acquittal — that will be framed as every GOP senator’s choice to stand with Trump or against him.

How do Democrats want Republicans to vote? No matter . . . it’s a win-win.

Read the whole thing.

SUSPICION OF FOREIGN COLLUSION: House Republicans seek Penn records for foreign financial ties to Biden Center.

I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER WORD ABOUT GLENN REYNOLDS’ CARBON FOOTPRINT: John Kerry family private jet emitted estimated 166 metric tons of carbon over past year.

JIM TREACHER: On the Second Anniversary of Jussie Smollett’s Attack, the Case Remains Unsolved.

I’ll always remember that day because I was scheduled for jury duty here in my hometown of Indianapolis, but I got out of it because the whole city government shut down that week due to the extreme cold. That’s why I was so confused that Smollett would be walking the streets of Chicago at 2 in the morning during the worst cold snap since the ’80s. It was like 20 below zero. But that just proves how much Jussie Smollett loves Subway sandwiches. They should hire him as their new spokesman! Is he really any worse than their last one?

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HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: “I was just pondering how much hatred I feel towards all the Republican a**holes. They need to suffer.”

K12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: School Choice Spreads as Pandemic Public Education Falls Short.

ICYMI: Gov. Kristi Noem: The Republican Party Has Failed America, And Here’s How It Needs To Change Now.

THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES EXTRA: Special GameStop Edition.

BOB MCMANUS: Expect Gov. Cuomo to take revenge on AG Letitia James for uncovering truth about nursing-home deaths. “Thursday, James tore the scab off a festering Cuomo administration sore, exposing with hard data the lethal toll taken by the coronavirus in New York’s nursing homes last year. She thereby demolished the governor’s efforts to cover up an astonishing example of maladministration. History suggests that Cuomo will get even for this betrayal — or burst a vein trying.”

She must know that, but she issued the report anyway.

RETURN TO CIVILITY: Video: Democrat Cori Bush ‘berated’ Marjorie Taylor Greene first.

21st CENTURY HEADLINES: Mets owner Steve Cohen deletes Twitter account amid GameStop backlash.

HACKS ON PARADE: NBC News Covers the Biden Administration: Welcome to a new era of selective scrutiny. Just like the old one.

NOT THE BABYLON BEE: LA County Bans Televisions in Outdoor Dining Spaces in New COVID Safety Rules. “It’s obvious the Health Department wants to stop people from watching the Super Bowl outdoors at sports bars/restaurants, so they are now going to force people to watch it indoors with private home gatherings by taking the outdoor option away. Absolutely brilliant”…

SO WE’VE GOT THIS GOING FOR US, WHICH IS NICE: Yellen: I Don’t See a Financial Crisis Occurring ‘In Our Lifetimes.’

MARK ZUCKERBERG WANTS TO GET INSIDE YOUR BRAIN: No, really, he does and Facebook’s researchers are making progress on the mind-control front. This ain’t sci-fi, this is all-too-real-world, friends.

ANDY NGO: How the Media and Politicians Aided Antifa Rioters in Portland.

GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WORK THIS INTO MY “WELCOME WAGON” PROJECT: ‘Douche’ father-of-seven sales exec who moved his family from California to Texas then BACK again is blasted for complaining about Austin’s ‘rude locals, bland culture, oppressive heat and Yelp’s bad food choices’ in scathing Op-Ed. “Alder described Texas with its lower income taxes as a ‘conservative dystopia’ and said he felt cramped – even though his house was twice the size.”

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS:  A Diversion: Famous For the Wrong Reason.

DEAR LEFT, BY ALL MEANS, KEEP CALLING EVERYONE WHO ANNOYS YOU NAZIS:  Hedge Fund Manager Claims Victim Status; Claims “We Have to Work Together and Pull Together”.

Note to everyone who tells me how competent and smart leftists are: these utter nincompoops still haven’t realized that Trump is not some king of Svengali figure. He was our warning shot to them. They’re doubling down. They won’t like what comes next.

I AGREE WITH HER:  The Past as a Foreign Country.

BLESS HER LITTLE PITTY-PAT HEART:  That Would Be a Very Bad Idea, Cupcake.

YEAH, THAT:  Robinhood App Exposes Hedge Funds And Commits Suicide.

MAYBE FREDO IS THE SMART ONE?  Cuomo Blames Everyone Else For Death By COVID.

THIS IS WHAT THE LEFT ENVISIONS FOR US:  Every nation should learn Australia’s lessons.

At best!