PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: Chuck Todd Meltdown Over GOP Midterm Messaging Strategy Is 50 Shades of Delicious.

Not surprisingly, on the same day Biden was preparing to give the address, “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd was doing his own propping up of Biden, launching into a mini-meltdown over how Republican messaging on the economy is resonating with working-class voters.

Except Todd, a Democrat apologist among Democrat apologists, didn’t frame it that way. In his view, the American people were being hoodwinked by the “right-wing echo chamber” despite the economy in Todd’s view booming with “high-paying jobs” aplenty and with workers having money to burn but unable to find things to spend it on:

“I mean, 51% believe the economy is in a recession or depression. I mean, look, it’s just not true,” Todd whined as he ranted to former Obama comms director Jennifer Palmieri, who was in agreement with him throughout the segment.

Calling the economy “frustrating,” Todd went on to suggest that the economy, “with COVID, has been ‘I’ve got money and I can’t find something.’ But my God, there’s jobs. There’s good jobs. Is this a – the right-wing echo chamber is better than the Democratic echo chamber?”

Minutes later, Todd told the panel that the issue of voter frustration with the economy rattled him so much that he thought the best approach to convince them they didn’t have it so bad would be to advise them to “go live in another country” and then they’d supposedly understand “we have it pretty good here.”

It’s so strange that Todd is doing his best to prop up Biden after this moment on Sunday’s Meet the Press:

The lone Republican on the panel, Danielle Pletka, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, finally had a chance to weigh in. “I think President Trump’s judgment on Russia and on Putin has not been awesome. I think Mike Pompeo misspoke,” Pletka said briefly before being cut off by Mitchell who took issue with what she said. “He said it several times,” Mitchell claimed.

Pletka replied: “I know Andrea, but I don’t think that’s what he believes.” Then the entire panel erupted and started shouting at Pletka as Todd failed to do his job as the “moderator.”

Clearly flustered from being shouted at and not allowed to get a word in, Pletka put her foot down: “Hang on. First of all, there are four of you and one of me. I’m the only Republican sitting here. Hang on a second.”

Mitchell did not like being outed as a Democrat even though she outs herself every day on national television, including numerous times on the panel moments before.

She snapped back: “We’re not Republicans or Democrats, we’re journalists.” Todd then followed up gesturing towards Mitchell, Welker, and himself “well, three of us are.”

The truth is none of them are. They have proven time and again that they are leftist hacks who are disguised as journalists.

Just think of Todd as a former and current Democratic Party operative with a byline, and it all makes sense.

SPACE: Experts: Russian move to hold up OneWeb launch may affect entire space industry.

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Poop attack perp told cops ‘s–t happens’ before being released without bail. “The sicko who allegedly smashed his own feces in a Bronx straphanger’s face joked with cops that ‘s–t happens’ before sneering to a Bronx judge, ‘F–k you, bitch.'”

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Tolerant leftists at University of North Texas harass and scream ‘F*ck these fascists!’ at father who lost custody of ‘trans’ child (videos).

To be clear, these young scholars are shouting “f***k you, fascist” because he objected to the state taking away his child. Shouldn’t they be shouting something like, “embrace our fascism”?

Well yes, that’s what Comcast and MSNBC tells me:

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: COVID-19 infection may confer long-lasting immunity, study shows.

Even though for a year talk of “natural immunity” was treated as crackpot stuff because shut up science-denier.

OUT ON A LIMB: If COVID-19 Is Over for Congress, It Should Be Over for School Children Too.

KING OF SPACE, EVS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA: Elon Musk Trolls Joe Biden on Twitter, and It Is Epic. “Tesla was oddly missing from the speech as well as the accompanying tweet posted by whoever controls Biden’s Twitter account. And Tesla CEO Elon Musk noticed that Biden had once again snubbed him because, unlike GM and Ford, Tesla isn’t unionized and is therefore unworthy.”

KIND WORDS FROM A READER:

I would be remiss if I did not continue to endorse your remarkable ability to locate. provide links, and commentary with regard to medicine, health, and hard science articles/studies. Clearly, the “Law’s” gain was “Science’s” loss.

I know a number of MD’s who later became JD’s. I would not be surprised if you added an MD or PhD to your CV.

I think it’s a bit late in my career to add another degree, but I’ve read widely for most of my life and I’m glad you think it pays off.

HMM: Why China’s tech industry will abandon Putin. “Sanctions have teeth, especially when chips — and the machines that make them — are on the table.”

CHANGE: Philadelphia Flyers and Sixers fans no longer need to wear masks at Wells Fargo Center.

DEAL OF THE DAY: CQR Men’s Tactical Pants. #CommissionEarned (Bumped)

THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED UNTIL IT BECOMES POLITICALLY INCONVENIENT: Science officially changing: Federal agencies dropping mask mandates.

AND JUST LIKE THAT, USA TODAY WAS COPACETIC WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT: NASCAR Hall of Fame owner Richard Childress donating one million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine.

HMM: Revolt among Russian Orthodox clerics over Putin’s Ukraine war? Update: Growing? “The head of the Russian Orthodox Church still supports Putin, but 176 of his clerics now have publicly declared their opposition to the war.”

MEGAN FOX: Ron DeSantis Is the Hero Our Kids Need. “Cut to the breathless reporting of leftist news anchors decrying DeSantis’s gall of telling kids what to do and the mother of one of the students who now says he felt ‘pressured’ to take the mask off his face because the ‘authority figure’ told him to. Give me a break, Junior. You totally wanted to. But, whatever, I get it. Mom’s listening now. And by the way, why isn’t your mom wearing a mask?”

OUR BEYOND-PARODY RULING CLASS: “Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the first LGBTQ+ Black woman to be elected mayor of a major U.S. city, stopped a deal between the Chicago Park District and an Italian American group, which would have allowed a statue of Christopher Columbus to be exhibited during a parade, a suit filed Tuesday alleges. The suit also accused Lightfoot of making obscene remarks including, ‘My dick is bigger than yours and the Italians.’”

WHEN CANCEL CULTURE COMES FOR AN ENTIRE NATION:

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE: Academics underestimate willingness of PhDs to use fake data: Around one in 12 postgraduate researchers would publish fraudulent results if it helped them get ahead, says study.

Flashback: We’re told to ‘follow the science’ — yet some of it is just plain wrong.

POWERLINE PODCAST ON UKRAINE: Steve Hayward of Powerline and I discuss the war and Putin’s obsession.

Two columns are particularly useful background and both come up during the podcast. The first was published November 30, 2004. Right, over 17 years ago. The title connects to immediate events: Ukraine and the Russian Wish to Return to Super-Power Status. The second is this week’s Creators Syndicate column which discusses weaponized narratives, oligarch money and nine millimeter solutions to Putin’s obsession.

Finally, the Instapundit link to my book Cocktails From Hell: Five Complex Wars Shaping The 21st Century. The Russian-Ukraine chapter has the background to Putin’s Dirty War. It is a bitter cocktail from Hell scarring our era. The book’s deep subject is the use and abuse of the elements of power.

RELATED: StrategyPage has three or four podcasts discussing Russia, with a focus on Ukraine. Here’s one from early February 2022, What’s brewing in the Baltic. The webmaster’s take on the podcast: “Ukraine is not the only nation worried about the Russians, the Baltic states are on pins and needles too.” One from November 30, 2016 is dated but the title makes a point: Putin: Strongman Living In Potemkin Village. Jim Dunnigan’s analysis of Russian corruption and Putin’s decision to revive the Cold War is relevant. That starts about eight minutes in. He also touches on China’s claims to Siberia/Eastern Russia (around 12 minutes). (MP3 only in the archives, not on YouTube.)

SELF-AWARENESS WAS NEVER HER STRONG SUIT: Hillary Clinton Gets Pop Quiz in Self-Awareness and Fails in Spectacular Fashion.

NO MORE MANDATES: Senate Republicans Vote to Strike Down Biden Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers.

In a 49 to 44 vote, the Senate approved the effort to get rid of the mandate, a vote they were able to force under the Congressional Review Act, per The Hill.

Even though no Democrats voted alongside Republicans, they were able to move it through the Senate due to absences.

Indeed, six Democratic senators missed the vote.

Yeah, COVID is over.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST: Academics say Biden SCOTUS nominee should recuse herself in Harvard admissions case. “A number of legal experts within academia have told The College Fix that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court should, if confirmed, recuse herself from a lawsuit challenging Harvard University’s controversial admissions policy. Since 2016, Jackson has sat on the Harvard Board of Overseers, one of the school’s two governing boards.”

STACEY LENNOX: President Biden’s Unity Tweet Might Be the Most Offensive Attempt to Retcon the Last Year. “One could assume it was a throwback to his inaugural speech, after which Biden did his absolute best to otherize Americans that Democrats believe oppose their policies. Whether it was the unvaccinated, parents fighting masks and radical race and gender curriculum, or Republican-led states passing laws to restore election security, the Biden administration treated them as the enemy.”

A DEFEAT FOR ANTI-SEMITIC BIGOTRY: Duke reinstates pro-Israel student group after repeated barriers.

AND WHAT IF IT’S TRUE? That’s the question raised by Erik Manning’s concise video presentation on HillFaith of five points of evidence for a literal resurrection of Jesus Christ. Why is that important? Because if it’s false, then so is the whole Christian faith thing, as our secular media and culture continually claim. And as Dostoevsky told us, without God, everything is possible, including genocide. But if it’s true …

UPDATE: Well, that was embarrassing. Thanks to Bill Smith for pointing out it was not that crazy German who said without God everything is possible, but rather that crazy Russian. Excuse me while I put another cup of coffee on the Kuerig.