YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH: GOP presses for truth on Biden misinformation spy shop.
Several Republican senators pressed for a hearing on President Joe Biden’s “Truth Ministry” on Tuesday after new documents revealed that it planned to spy on the public and even included a “domestic terrorism branch” to look into election “misinformation.”
This is a betrayal of Biden’s — and the others involved’s — oaths of office. Talk about subverting democracy and the Constitution.
EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Here’s everything the Fed is expected to announce, including the biggest rate hike in 28 years.
HOW’S THAT “ZERO COVID” POLICY WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? Beijing Now Warning of ‘Explosive’ COVID Outbreak: Chinese officials are bitterly clinging to failed zero-covid policies as millions are tested.
Test-and-isolate is fine when cases are rare. It’s worse than useless when a disease is widespread.
DEAL OF THE DAY: NIUTA Intelligent Fast Instant Read Meat Thermometer for Grilling and Cooking. #CommissionEarned
LET’S GO BRANDON! Wholesale Prices Rise Almost 11%, Setting Records.
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: ‘Dangerous’: Top FBI Official Had Close Relationship With Dozens of Journos, Accepted Tickets to White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
The FBI’s top national security official had dozens of improper meetings with journalists and accepted tickets from one journalist to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, interactions that FBI officials said were a “no-no” and “dangerous.”
Michael Steinbach, who served as an FBI executive assistant director, failed to report the gifts on his federal financial disclosures, according to an inspector general report obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. He met regularly from 2014 until his abrupt retirement in February 2017 with 7 reporters and had contact with 21 others. His interactions with journalists overlapped with his work on major counterterrorism cases and Crossfire Hurricane, the ill-fated investigation into collusion between the 2016 Donald Trump campaign and Russia.
The report, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, is the latest example of a top FBI official accepting gifts from journalists. The former head of FBI public affairs, Michael Kortan, received baseball game tickets and other gifts from CNN and New York Times reporters. Journalists also plied Steinbach’s former deputy, Bryan Paarmann, with a variety of gifts.
The FBI prohibits employees from accepting gifts from a “prohibited source”—a category that includes journalists—without prior authorization. FBI officials told the inspector general that off-the-books meetings like Steinbach’s could “lead to a lot of problems” within the bureau.
“You never know what can be said. You don’t know under what conditions it can be said. So it can lead to a lot of problems,” an FBI official told the inspector general’s office.
It should lead to jail time, but accountability isn’t a thing for the made men of America’s secret police agency.
SURE, THAT’LL WORK CHAMP: Biden ally floats 21% surtax on oil prices to blunt inflation.
If they were trying to wreck the economy, and the nation, what would they be doing differently?
JOEL KOTKIN: Bad Times in the Blue Zones: If they are to survive and thrive, cities need to become more people-friendly. “Crime has always been a part of the urban story, but in many ways, today’s wave is more terrifying and more random. Even the worst gangsters of the 1930s—like Murder Inc. in my mother’s Brooklyn slum—generally left “civilians” alone. Today’s crime, on the other hand, reflects what one Chicago resident described as “sociopathic idiocy.” In some great urban centers—San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, New York—the social order has broken down, and these cities have become centers for homelessness, open drug markets, and petty crime. In many cases, crime has made people more reluctant to ride on public transport such as the New York subways, once a major asset to traditional cities. The current crop of urban leaders has only made things worse.”
CHENEY HAS SPENT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AUDITIONING FOR A LUCRATIVE MSNBC GIG: Schiff and Cheney Get Clown-slapped for J6 Whopper.
K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Study Shows Kids Who Are Homeschooled Could Miss Out On Opportunity To Be A Gay Communist. From America’s Paper of Record.
I JUST DRAGGED MY URBAN-RAISED KIDS ON INTERMINABLE HIKES: LIBRARY, BOOKSTORE, MUSEUM: Parents are worried kids don’t spend enough time outdoors: poll.
THE STORY OF THE HANG-GLIDING CAT: Viral Video: Cat Hitches Ride on Hang Glider.
(What? Shuttup. The internet is for cats!)
DOES THIS MEAN I NEED TO BE MORE STRICT, AND MAKE THEM CLEAN THEIR OWN BOX? Coddled cats are more likely to tear up your couch: study.
THE METHILATED MANIPULATING THE DEMENTED: Hunter Claims On Audio That He Pulls Joe’s Strings.
BEHOLD, THE TIMES ARE SURE INTERESTING: Looking around: US recession looming; former Chief of the General Staff (UK) expects Ukraine war to “go into deep freeze” after Donbass.
OH, THEY’RE JUST WAVING THE LITTLE FANS REALLY FAST, AND HOPING WE DON’T NOTICE THEY’RE NAKED: Confused here about D spinmeisters’ January 6 strategy.
PLEASE READ THIS. I’M SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE BELIEVING ALL IS LOST: The definition of “urban”.
I SUSPECT IT’S ONE OF THE LEAST SHOCKING THINGS IN THE LAPTOP FROM HELL: Hunter Biden Searched Google For a Good Crack Cocaine Recipe, Laptop Records Show.
OTHERWISE THE FOURTH BOX HAS TO COME OUT: Make the Left Care About Elections Again.
JOKE ONLY FUNNY ONCE. NULL PROGRAM: Beijing Now Warning of ‘Explosive’ COVID Outbreak.
WELL, AT LEAST HE DIDN’T WEAR A FUNNY SHIRT: Today’s blacklisted American: Scientist destroyed because he dated a co-worker.
NOT THAT ANYBODY* THOUGHT THERE WAS: No record of Biden Naval Academy appointment he boasted of in speech.
*Except, perhaps, Joe.
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