HOUSE GOP, HERITAGE FOUNDATION LINING UP 2023 PROBES: After how the Obama crowd laughed at House Republican subpoenas and other traditional enforcement tactics (such as holding then-AG Holder in contempt of Congress) for eight years, Right and independent voters are understandably skeptical when they hear familiar promises of aggressive oversight of Biden come 2023.

But getting a look at the preparations that have been underway for several months, hearing details of lessons learned from the Obama era failures, and examining declarations of willingness to get tough in ways that were unseen last time, taken together suggests that House GOP leadership should get a carefully measured benefit of the doubt.

If they fail again as before, it really won’t matter because, as Ronald Reagan so eloquently said so often, once constitutional liberty is lost, it is all but impossible to regain. Pray the current generation of House Republicans understand that fact. Some of us have been warning them for a long time.

BEHOLD! MY SHOCKED FACE!   Today’s blacklisted American: Forbes terminates journalist for documenting Fauci’s salary.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT ANY HUMAN IS THE COLOR OF THE SKIN: Biden administration demands that all NASA grantees hire minorities/women.

Unless it’s genitalia or whom they sleep with. Nothing else matters!

NOT WITHOUT SOME SERIOUS SEPARATION OF SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT:  Can We ‘Trust the Science’?

I LOOK AT THESE PEOPLE AND GO: DO THEY REALIZE THEY’RE MADE OF MEAT?*  Biden Casually Says Food Shortage “Going To Be Real” As Necessary “Price” Of Anti-Russia Sanctions.

*Younger son tells me this is not a socially acceptable joke. I told him neither am I.

On the serious side, this reminds me of the columnist at Bloomberg saying that this will be hard on people who make less than 300k, but you know, if we just take the bus and eat lentils instead of meat, we’ll be fine.

They truly, seriously don’t have any clue how most of this country lives.  They want to change everything, but they have no idea what they’re changing.  It’s like being governed by crazy aliens who have never actually lived on this planet.

THIS, D*MN IT!   Liberals, Conservatives, and Russia: the Drama Triangle.

SHE’S A DOCTOR OF COOTIES:  Jill Biden Reception No Eating Or Drinking For Unvaxxed At Reception.

Also, an *sshole. It’s amazing how often the two go together.

HE’S PROGRESSIVE, SO HE DON’T KNOW MUCH. PERIOD:  Cory Booker Don’t Know Much About the Supreme Court Senate Confirmation History.

PERKS!  Fraud: Billions In Covid Relief Used For Perks Instead.

Or corruption. You know…. yeah.

YES, THEY REALLY ARE THAT INSANE:  S.E.C. Poised to Unleash a Sweeping “Climate Disclosure” Rule.

DISCOVERY WILL BE A TREAT:  Trump Sues Hillary, Others for Falsely Accusing Him of Colluding With Russia.

LOOK, SHE’S A COMMIE, AND SHE’S ONLY POSTURING SO SHE CAN RUN FOR PRESIDENT, BUT STILL:  Tulsi Gabbard Jumps All Over Ketanji Brown Jackson “I’m Not A Biologist” Comment.

I’M NOT SURE IF THIS IS RACIST, BOMBASTIC OR JUST STUPID:  Purdue Gender Studies Prof Equates Lia Thomas to Jackie Robinson.

BYRON YORK: Democrats, Judge Jackson, and the ‘woman’ problem. Hey, man, don’t ask me, I’m not a biologist.

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The Great Resetters Are Going to Get a Reset — But It Won’t Be The One They Expect. “In truth, we are about to see a radical reset—of the current reset. It will be a different sort of transformation than the elites are expecting and one that they should greatly fear.”

Bring out the tumbrils, citoyens!

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Resistance is rising to woke colleges’ and corporations’ race and sex discrimination.

OPEN THREAD: I’ve walked these streets.

YEP, JUST US: Biden press conference gives Putin less than nothing to fear.

Flashback: Biden acts much more like Putin’s puppet than Trump ever did.

I’m talking, of course, about Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., who at his shambolic Wednesday press conference gave Russia the go-ahead to invade Ukraine, though it was quickly walked back by backwalker-in-chief Jen Psaki, his press secretary.

The last time something like that happened was in 1950, when Secretary of State Dean Acheson gave North Korea what appeared to be a green light to invade South Korea. The result was the Korean War. One hopes Biden’s blunder will not bear similar consequences.

Oops.

BEZOS GETS A MULLIGAN: NASA to support development of second Artemis lunar lander.

FORMER NYTIMES SCIENCE WRITER EXPOSES THE CON: Nicholas Wade strikes again, this time exposing for the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal the reasons why so many science “reporters” are so credulous about the people they cover. Essentially, the explanation is that they view scientists as demi-gods:

“Why are science writers so little able to report objectively on the origin of the virus? Innocent of most journalists’ skepticism about human motives, science writers regard scientists, their authoritative sources, as too Olympian ever to be moved by trivial matters of self-interest.

“Their daily job is to relay claims of impressive new discoveries, such as advances toward curing cancer or making paralyzed rats walk. Most of these claims come to nothing—research is not an efficient process—but science writers and scientists alike benefit from creating a stream of pleasant illusions. The journalists get their stories, while media coverage helps researchers attract government grants.”

WOW, WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING:

Also: Biden Warns Americans a Food Shortage is Coming.

Flashback: Looming food shortages is the next ‘slow-moving disaster’ to hit world.

Plus: Don’t pretend that high prices and American suffering are a ‘bug’ for the establishment — it’s a historic feature.

WELL, THAT’S COMFORTING: An AI Experiment Generated 40,000 Hypothetical Bioweapons in Just 6 Hours.

ENDORSED: New York Post: Drop Airplane Mask Mandates Yesterday.

NIGHTCAP OF CHAMPIONS: NBA superstar Lebron James reveals he drinks ‘wine or Tequila every night.’

NOW IT’S GETTING SERIOUS: Wineries, breweries and distilleries could see fertiliser shortages as potash, often mined in Russia, becomes unavailable during the war. “According to analysts, the consequences could cause global disruption to harvests and vineyards and those located outside Europe without good supply chain links or fixed prices for fertilisers could suffer the most.”