DISPATCHES FROM THE FRENCH LAUNDRY: Newsom Signed 40 New Green Bills in Most Aggressive Climate Hypothesis Push.

Instead of beautiful ocean views, you’ll get to look at wind turbines that won’t do squat to help the state cope with the need for energy. But they will continue to kill hundreds of thousands of birds. Where is PETA when you really need them?

One commenter on the report asked an epic question: “Why not just pass a law banning all people from the state?” Good question. It shouldn’t be a problem since the state is bleeding residents already from all the restrictions on living. And Newsom wants to be president, which might make sense. He wants to use the climate change hypothesis to ruin the economy, just like Biden.

To be fair, Newsom’s already banned most people from California and would ban even more, except: U-Haul Literally Ran Out of Trucks Leaving California.

DEAL OF THE DAY: Tactical Portable LED Flashlight. #CommissionEarned

PRIVACY: US Customs agents have been seizing Americans’ phone data unchecked for 15 years. “It’s a known fact to anyone who has traveled outside the country that U.S. Customs and Border Protection are exempt from needing a warrant to access phones and other electronic devices. But in a shocking report from The Washington Post, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leaders have admitted to lawmakers that CBP agents have been copying some travelers’ personal data and storing it in a massive database.”

A TERRIBLE LEADERSHIP CLASS IS NOT WITHOUT COSTS: Europe Going Dark Physically and Spiritually.

ICYMI: Trump/Russia investigator hid ties to Russian billionaire. “McGonigal was no bit player in the Russia Russia Russia drama: he was one of the key instigators who got the ball rolling back in 2016. When he was at the FBI he was quite the bigwig, playing major roles in a number of high profile cases. . . . He has apparently been swept up into a grand jury investigation that is looking into his ties to a Russian billionaire and work he appears to have done with his representatives. It isn’t totally clear what exactly is being investigated and how central McGonigal is to the inquiry, but it looks pretty bad.”

TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! On 60 Minutes, President Biden Admits His Student-Loan Order Is Illegal. “‘The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over,’ President Biden tells 60 Minutes in an interview in Detroit. Why does Biden’s statement matter so much? I’ll tell you: It matters because the memo that the Biden administration released to justify his order rested entirely upon there being an ongoing emergency, and because, as Biden has just confirmed, there is no ongoing emergency.

President Klain is not happy: “Biden’s insistence on Sunday night that the pandemic is over caught several of his own health officials by surprise. The declaration was not part of his planned remarks ahead of the ‘60 Minutes’ interview, two administration officials familiar with the matter told POLITICO.”

President Klain also isn’t happy about another moment from the interview: Biden tells 60 Minutes U.S. troops would defend Taiwan, but White House says this is not official U.S. policy.

PRIORITIES: Biden Starts Handing Out Grants to Rid Us of Racist Highways. “Fellow white dude Pete Buttigieg, who occasionally makes appearances pretending to be the Transportation Secretary, confirmed that $104.6 million in federal funds from last year’s bipartisan infrastructure bill will be used to dismantle Interstate 375 in Detroit.”

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: US Army’s Recruiting Crisis Worsens As Test Scores Drop, Disqualifications Rates Surge. “Gervais pointed out the service has experienced a ‘nosedive’ in recruits since July 2021.”

Huh. What happened back then?

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