MWAHAHAHAH:  Elon Musk Lines up $46.5 Billion in Financing, Exploring Tender Offer for Twitter.

IT’S ALL BECAUSE THE LEFT BELIEVES THE GOSPEL OF GRAMSCI; REVOLUTION COMES FROM THOSE WHO CAN TAN:  Trickle-Down Racist Antiracism.

It’s all crazy, like only the patches on the defective Marxian cult can be. But they believe. And their belief fills mass graves.

OKAY, THIS TOO:  Florida Senate Passes Bill Dissolving Disney’s Special Self-Governing Power.

THIS I CAN AGREE WITH:  Defund the Capitol Police.

PUSH BACK ON ALL FRONTS. WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT LONG AGO:  Pushback: Baseball scout sues over COVID shot mandate that got him fired.

OKAY, THIS GIVE SEND GO IS FOR A CAUSE NEAR AND DEAR TO A LOT OF OUR HEARTS: Escape from Soviet Canuckistan.

AND NO ONE SHOULD BELIEVE THEM:  Lies and Bad Policies.

NO ONE BELIEVES IT:  Biden’s Broken Record.

I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR A WHILE:  The Real Reset is Coming… But Not the One the Elites Expect.

THEY CALL IT FOG OF WAR FOR A REASON:  Rumors Of War.

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY EXPECTED TO SHUT DOWN CNN+:

Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+, two people familiar with the matter tell Variety. Discovery will address CNN staffers later today.

CNN itself reports: CNN+ will shut down at the end of April.

And so, as he flies the Blue Lady of the Skies into the sunset, we say “Aloha!” Five O’clock CNN+, and return to our duties. Let me remind you, the Weblog is open twenty-four hours a day for your dining and dancing pleasure.

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GOODER AND HARDER: LA County to order return of masks on public transit, ride share and LAX despite federal rules.

“In response to Mizelle’s ruling on Monday, public transportation agencies across Los Angeles County announced that masks would become optional, including aboard Metrolink commuter trains and on Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses and rail lines. Los Angeles International Airport and Hollywood Burbank Airport also announced that masks were optional.

[Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer] said the county’s renewed order, which will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday, will reinstate mask orders in all of those settings. The rule will not apply to people aboard airplanes, which are beyond the county’s jurisdiction.

She said she feels “really, really sorry” that the new county order will likely create confusion among residents feeling a sense of “whiplash” due to rapidly changing rules. But she noted that the CDC never changed its recommendations regarding mask-wearing on public transit, and said the Florida court ruling was made by “a federal judge with little experience in public health” who questioned the CDC’s authority.

Flashback: Woman Dictating LA County Shutdowns Isn’t a Medical Doctor, Paid More than $500K.

Meanwhile, Philadelphia takes the opposite tack: Philadelphia will end indoor mask mandate again, days after it was reinstated.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: “Maybe we’re better off if Elon Musk’s attempt to take over Twitter fails. No, wait, hear me out.”

OPEN THREAD: True love can be hard to find.

BIDEN IMPOSING CRT-BASED BIAS TRAINING ON NCUA STAFF: Judicial Watch got 15 pages of documents from the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) that show employees and contractors are being forced to undergo CRT-based bias sensitivity training. And it’s not just for their work hours!

EVER GET THE FEELING YOU’VE BEEN CHEATED? Disappointing photos show what Coachella is like in real life.

Hey at least back in the day, outdoor concerts in California weren’t boring: 53 Years Before the Astroworld Concert Disaster, There Was Altamont,

SPACE JUNK, BETTER PUT UP MY UMBRELLA: India examining crashed space debris suspected to be parts of China’s Long March rocket.

DANA LOESCH: Disney Losing Their Corporate Welfare Isn’t Revenge, It’s A Reckoning. “The left hated corporations influencing issues because of Citizens United v. FEC until they realized they could push Disney to lobby for them and now they LOVE corporations again! Party! I’m confused — are corporations still evil? They can’t influence issues or push for candidates that aren’t Democrat and they have more rights to a child than the parents raising said child? We really need some consistency from the left here.”

UPDATE: Against ‘Principled Loserdom.’ “Conservatives must start acting like they actually understand this, wielding whatever levers of power they are able to attain. Given the Left’s successful Gramscian ‘march through the institutions’ chokehold on all of the major institutions of civil society, that means using crass political power. It means, in other words, following the example of Florida Republicans and Disney. But the long-term success of following the Florida playbook will depend, in part, on how quickly the ‘New Right’ can excise ‘political loserdom.’”

TWO BRANDONS IN ONE: The CDC Decides The Science (TM) Says There’s an Emergency In the Skies Requiring Continued Mandatory Masking (But No Emergency on the Ground Necessitating Speedy Deportation of Illegal Aliens, Strangely Enough). “One suspects they were not analyzing the ‘science,’ but once again, consulting with ‘stakeholders’ and politicians about the politics of it: Can we afford to piss off the Krazy Kovid Karens, the only cohort in America that still supports Biden by majority numbers? Well, now they’ve gotten a chance to do their homework and they say yes, we’re still in an emergency, but only as far as Americans infecting Americans, and Americans will have to wears masks on planes, but I guess we can still suspend Title 42 as far as illegal aliens sneaking across the border.”

OUT ON A LIMB: Brian Stelter: Sometimes I see Libs of Tik Tok videos and think ‘This doesn’t seem right for five-year-olds to learn.’ “Maybe Stelter got away with this because no one was watching? I’m genuinely surprised because this one admission really undermines the dishonest game Taylor Lorenz and others have been playing.”

Related: What @LibsOfTikTok exposed.

More: 10 Very Normal People Taylor Lorenz Doesn’t Want Libs of TikTok To Expose.

I’M INCLINED TO AGREE WITH THIS: Why People Born 1955–1964 Aren’t Baby Boomers. I had none of the classic Boomer experiences. Didn’t watch Howdy Doody. Wasn’t subject to the draft. Was 6 during the Summer of Love. “Between Woodstock and Lollapalooza, between ‘Turn on, tune in, drop out’ and ‘Just Say No,’ and between Dylan going electric and Nirvana going unplugged, an invisible generation has been silent.”

I was there — literally, at the Newport Folk Festival, with my parents and baby brother — when Dylan went electric. I don’t remember much about it except pizza and ice cream, though. I did like Joan Baez, I think.

EVEN NPR IS POINTING OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF giving children autonomy.

But with this sad proviso that isn’t actually NPR’s fault: “Editor’s note: This story discusses the practice of giving children the freedom to go out on their own. In some places, parents who allow young children to run errands or go places without adult supervision may violate local laws. Parents interested in this topic should be sure to familiarize themselves with the law and rules in their community.”

RIP: Legendary Raiders quarterback Daryle Lamonica, ‘The Mad Bomber,’ dies at age 80.

WOKA-COLA: Coca-Cola Hosts Earth Day Event With Democrat Who Says Jews Control Weather.

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