KEVIN DOWNEY JR: Tyranny 101: Stop Saying That ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ — It IS Happening Here.

BY LEIGH BRACKETT, VIA D. JASON FLEMING:  Shadow Over Mars (Annotated): The Science Fiction Pulp Classic Planetary Romance.

Out of the Roaring Turmoil of the Red Planet Emerges Resolute Rick Urquhart — Destined to Rule the Universe, and to Dare Destruction for the Sake of the Woman He Loves!

This iktaPOP Media edition includes an introduction giving historical and genre context to the novel.

BOB GRABOYES: Growth as Mother of Life, Health, and Contentment: It’s fashionable to question whether GDP growth is good, but history says otherwise.

NEWS YOU CAN USE:  How to Pick and Cut a Watermelon.

WHO?  ‘What An Owl Knows’.

WE KNOW ALL OF THE PLAYERS SUPPORT IS FOR THE CCP:  NBA players association says Orlando Magic donation to DeSantis super PAC doesn’t signal player support.

THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY I HOPED FOR:  New cancer hope as a pill ‘annihilates all solid tumors’ — thanks to this little girl.

STOP BUYING THE LEFT’S VERSION OF REALITY:  Stop Using the Words “Trump Tried to Overturn the 2020 Election”; It Is Akin to Asking “When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife?”

They only have the power you give them. And they are truly, appallingly despicable. Stop feeding the monsters.

MORE LIKE THIS. WHEN THEY TRY TO SILENCE YOU, MAKE THEM PAY:  Pushback: Student wins against school officials who tried to suppress her first amendment rights.

OH, COME ON, IT’S NOT LIKE YOU NEED A BRAIN TO BE A LEGISLATOR:  Dianne Feinstein, 90, cedes power of attorney to daughter — but still serves in Congress.

WHILE WE DEAL WITH OUR OWN PROBLEMS, EVIL HAS ITS WAY WITH THE WORLD:  Iran is seeking to take over key parts of the Syrian defense industry, a new report by the Alma Research and Education Center, said on Wednesday.

FOR THE LAST SIXTY YEARS OR MORE:  Leftists increasingly want to replace Constitution.

BEHOLD! MY SHOCKED FACE:  Head of Group Involved in NYC’s ‘Blueprint to End Gun Violence’ Hit With Gun, Drug Charges.

THEY WANT US POOR AND UNABLE TO DEFEND OURSELVES!  Biden Administration Cancels 6 Million Barrel Order to Refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

DESPITE OR BECAUSE?  Florida CFO Says State ‘Thriving’ With Earnings of $1.1 Billion Despite Abandoning BlackRock.

SO, CONSIDERABLY MORE SERIOUS BULLSHIT? IT’S STILL BULLSHIT:  Unsealed Federal Indictment Against Trump Brings More Serious Charges Than NYC Indictment.

PLUMBING NEW DEPTHS OF VILENESS:  Missouri Democratic Party Account Suggests Letting Trump Supporter’s Home Burn in Deleted Tweet.

MORE OR LESS UNHINGED THAN POLIS?  Colorado woman in blackface terrorizes Target, Starbucks with unhinged rants.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER:  US soldiers seen liberating thousands of Jews from Nazi train: Found video.

IF YOU HEAR THE DOG WHISTLE, YOU’RE THE DOG:  Professors claim Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ contains ‘coded’ racial language, pictures.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the Weekend.

“JAWBONING:” Biden’s White House Pushed FaceBook to Rig Its Algorithm To Suppress Conservative News Sites, and Boost Liberal Ones.

SPACE: U.S. intelligence agency selects vendors for space debris tracking project.

QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED: How Accurate is Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer? A nuclear engineer reviews the blockbuster film.

BUSTED: Cop busts a 16-year-old doing 132 MPH and calls the kid’s parents to the scene (video).