A SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY? Recall petition filed against Mayor of New Orleans.

SHOCKER: Biden’s student-loan wipeout sticks it to the poor. “There is no need to rehearse all the economics here in detail, but the move disproportionately benefits high-earning Americans at the expense of — everybody else. There isn’t any real economic case for it, and the political case for it is only the great infantile cry that sustains all such political escapades: ‘Baby want!'”

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR INDIE AUTHORS (MOSTLY FOR INDIES, AT LEAST): Book Promo And Vignettes by Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

Today it might include a bonus “Argh AMAZON”.  And the insanity has only gotten worse since it came out. Sigh.

SAY ANYTHING: ‘The U.S. Could Lose the Right To Vote Within Months’ Says Democrat Politician. “Any Republican who dared utter such nonsense would be laughed out of the building. But Griswold was only echoing — or parroting — the company line that Democrats have been peddling for months: our democracy is in trouble because Republicans are mean, spiteful, gay-hating, trans-oppressing, anti-female fascists.”

SALENA ZITO: Portraits of voters from three Pennsylvania bellwethers.

Portraits of voters offer a peek into the mood of electorally significant places. They don’t tell the whole story, but they do offer a glimpse into voter sentiment — and the sense of place, community and opportunity that will drive their decision, as opposed to what happens on social media.

Every city should be so lucky as to have a Kyle Bohrer — especially post-industrial cities like Erie, whose economy has had a bit of a bad run in the past few decades. This fourth-generation Erie resident’s motto references the city’s maritime history: “Don’t give up the ship.”

Mr. Bohrer has owned franchises of a logistics company called Unishippers since 2007. “That’s actually the job that pays the bills, he said. “Then I bought a meat market three years ago: Gordon’s Butcher and Market.”

Gordon’s wasn’t just any butcher shop: It was an icon, a mainstay, the heart of the community. For Mr. Bohrer, the purchase was sentimental and has become a labor of love.

When he bought it in October 2019, it was a 2,000-square-foot 50-year-old dilapidated but beloved butcher shop. “It was a neighborhood favorite, and I didn’t want see it go anywhere,” he said.

The father of three sold a chunk of his Unishippers group that year and went all in: Today it’s a 7,500 square foot, top-of-the-line meat market — with a restaurant called “Firestone,” a bar, a six pack and craft beer shop and a wine store called Paris’s Cap and Cork, all located in one building.

Mr. Bohrer — like most Pennsylvanians — has never lived anywhere else. He is rooted to his community and, despite Erie’s challenges, he wants to be part of making it better for the next generation. That sentiment is what will drive his vote come November, along with the impact inflation has had on his business, and his inability to find workers.

He considers his worldview moderate and pragmatic. His vote, he says, will reflect that, as well as the impact all of these things have had on his family and his community’s life.

“Prices for everything are still very high. Even though they’ve stopped climbing for the moment, they haven’t come down. The labor problem and people problem are still there. And the other thing people don’t talk about are our 401k’s — my father got beat up so bad this year in the market that he’s having to stay working for another year or so. He is going to keep going to hopefully see it turn around a little bit more, but yeah, it’s been a little bit, uneasy feeling, for sure,” he said.

Erie, like Luzerne, was a swing county in 2016. Voters here narrowly gave Donald Trump their support, then four years later, narrowly supported Joe Biden. Last year, for the first time in decades, they elected a Republican for county executive.

Read the whole thing.

OKAY, YES, SO… NONE OF US APPROVES OF GOFUND ME, BUT THIS ISN’T REMOTELY POLITICAL: One of my fans who became a friend and then sort of adopted family, (he could be my kid) had just gotten married to a nice young lady in the navy and was in the process of moving and rebuilding his business, when he caught Covid (last year) and it was one of those freakish cases where a young person ends up extremely ill. He was unconscious and near-death for a month or so, leaving his new bride to deal with his house sale and other issues.  As a result of recovering from that near disaster, he lost all the money he would have used to start his business (he makes great blades, btw.) He’s asking for help. I’m not going to say “give” but if you have extra… you know what the times are. We do what we can when we can. And we’ll get through this.  Help me start my business! 

IT’S THE HUBRIS COMBINED WITH INCOMPETENT MALICE:   VDH on why the “masses” detest the “elites”.

WELL, THEIR TREATMENT IS OBVIOUSLY IN VIOLATION OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS:  Lawyer: January 6 Clients Are Being Tortured.

As I tell people who now want to publicly join the fray: yes, the risk is real. You reveal your opposition and you’re leaving yourself hanging way out. Before I came out politically I consulted all those likely to get hurt by association and got their consent. You should do the same. Of course all of us on this blog know very well the risk we’re taking. We know. And we do it consciously.

I don’t know if the others have done it, but I’ve pledged my life, my fortune and my sacred honor to defending/reviving the constitutional republic. And I know the price others who did so paid. And I deem it worth it.

You? Cut your cloth to fit your coat.

THE LEAST AUTHORITARIAN PRESIDENT OF MY LIFETIME:  The Strangest Thing About ‘Semi-Fascist’ Trump.

JUST READ ALL OF IT:   Looking around: Basel marks 125th anniversary of the 1st Zionist Congress; VDH on elite incompetence and contempt of the middle class; Noah Smith on wokebaggery as an expression of career frustration by overproduced HSS graduates.

ARE WE REQUIRED TO LOOK SURPRISED:  “Pain To Households And Businesses” Warns Fed Powell.

HE WAS LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AGAIN: Suddenly Elizabeth Warren Is Worried About Recession.

SHE SHOULD BE WORRIED. A LOT:  Suddenly Elizabeth Warren Is Worried About Recession.

IF THERE’S A GRAVE CRYING OUT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A URINAL:  It Always Goes Back to Marx, Somehow…

AS I SAID, IT’S ALL COVIDIOCY. I’VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR MONTHS:  The Alarming Ideological Capture of Our Scientific Institutions.

CIVILIZATION ENDANGERING:  The Alarming Ideological Capture of Our Scientific Institutions.

JUST IN TIME FOR THE LAWSUITS OVER HARM FROM THE “VACCINES”!  Canada’s Euthanasia Polices Under Scrutiny As Reports Surface Of Euthanizing A Man For “Hearing Loss”.

CASTREAU’S KINGDOM OF DEATH:  Canada’s Euthanasia Polices Under Scrutiny As Reports Surface Of Euthanizing A Man For “Hearing Loss”.

WAIT? BILL MAHER?  Bill Maher Slams Libs Defending Censorship Of Hunter Laptop: “he was selling the influence of his father, Joe Biden”.

REFUSE THE BLACK PILL:  Operation Demoralize Is Back.