YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF THE SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: But you should know about it because it is one of the main tools of the Left in advancing its campaign to remake America in the socialist image. Hayden Ludwig of the Capital Research Center (CRC) has all the details.

REMEMBER THE MISERY INDEX? It’s back, according to Issues & Insights. Actually, it never left town. But it was so low under His Fraudulency’s predecessor that the “news” media wouldn’t touch it for fear of saying something remotely positive about Orange Man Bad.

The misery index hit its historical high of 21.9 under Jimmuh Cawta and it has gone up every month since January 20, 2021. I’m from out of town and all, but I’m thinking a new record high is in the offing for the misery index.

FBI NABS HUNTER BIDEN: Well, not “nabs” in the sense of an arrest, but a retired FBI analyst confirmed for Just the News that the signature on the Delaware computer repair shop receipt for Hunter Biden’s laptop is his, not a forgery. And that makes the laptop quite possibly “the thing, you know, the thing” that will eventually be the end of His Fraudulency’s crime family.

WE OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN: The liberty saga in Loudoun County, Virginia, continues. My latest PJMedia column.

MAYBE THE RUSSIANS GOT’EM: Seems 59 of the 96 government-owned cell phones issued to Mueller probe staffers, according to Just the News, have not been accounted for (i.e. returned to the government). For some strange reason, senators Charles Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson would like to know why those phones have not been returned.

Perhaps they read that famous maxim of Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen, who once said “a billion cell phones here, a billion there, and pretty soon, you’re talking about the government.” Or words to that effect.

PROBING THE DEPTHS OF FBI CORRUPTION: Sundance at The Last Resort points to the most disturbing “highlights” of that damning FBI Inspector-General’s report on how the FBI mishandled the investigation of U.S. Olympic gymnastics physician Larry Nassar. Where is a real-life Efrem Zimbalist Jr. when we need him most?

ANOTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT YOUTH SPORTS: Not sure I agree with everything about Matt Feeney’s analysis here, but he’s certainly expressing concerns that many parents have these days about the state of things in “Little League” sports. If you have a child or grandchild involved in organized baseball, lacrosse, football or soccer, this is definitely worth reading and pondering.

OK, EXPLAIN THIS: This week’s HillFaith installment focuses on the dramatic changes in the lives of four men, Peter, James, the brother of Jesus, “Doubting Thomas,” and Paul the Apostle. Something happened to each of these guys that dramatically reversed the course of their lives. What’s your explanation?

TWO-THIRDS IN SURVEY SAY MAKE CHINA PAY: A new TIPP survey conducted for the Center for Security Policy finds majorities of Democrats and Republicans think China should be made to pay reparations for the Coronavirus pandemic.

Notes the center’s J. Michael Waller, a senior analyst:

“While southerners and Midwesterners are most likely to think that the Chinese government created the virus and is responsible for unleashing the pandemic, people in the more liberal Northeast are the toughest when it comes to making China pay reparations if an investigation reveals an accidental release from a government lab.

“These are astonishing numbers. They reveal a powerful narrowing of the gap since the pandemic began a year and a half ago. The American people are taking an increasingly hard line toward the Chinese regime.”

GOVERNMENTS GOING AFTER JOURNO TWEETS: Reuters reports that Twitter has received 26 percent more government requests to take down tweets by journalists in the last half of 2020. Bet you’re not surprised to hear that bureaucrats go to Twitter with such requests. India was the top requester, beating the U.S. for the first time in the Twitter compilation.

CONGRESSMAN AND THE CHINESE MASSEUSE: No, this is not yet another Rep. Eric Swalwell story. This one is about another Democrat, Rep. Ron Kind of Wisconsin, who, according to The Washington Free Beacon, leased property to a Chinese masseuse with a very spotty record.

GO WOKE, GO BROKE, ATLANTIC: Mark Hemingway of The Federalist says things are not looking good inside The Atlantic. Apparently, running a formerly prestigious magazine like a DNC news release operation is not such a smart formula.

DID YOU SEE BIDEN’S GAS CAN IN PHILLY? Former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli told reporters earlier today His Fraudulency (my phrase, not his) “poured gasoline” on the divisive national debate on election reform.

BIDEN WELCOME CENTER A ‘COMPLETE SH–HOLE:’ One might think the State of Delaware would make sure the roadside rest center named for its most famous citizen would be suitable for human use. Alas, not so much, according to The Washington Free Beacon.

STOP CORPORATE TYRANNY: If you are on a corporate board, or know someone who is, or you own corporate stocks, or know someone who does, then you need to know about this new effort and Sarah Lee has the details.

Some real powerhouse groups are being Stop Corporate Tyranny, including Alliance Defending Freedom, the Center for Economic Opportunity and Americans for Limited Government, among others.

YOU JUST THOUGHT HR1 WAS DEAD: It’s back but this time it’s HR4 and the Democrats are calling it the Voting Rights Act. Capital Research Center’s Hayden Ludwig warns in The American Conservative that “if anyone thinks the flood of mail-in ballots the country witnessed in 2020 was just a one-off fluke, they haven’t been paying attention.”

GLIMMER OF NEW HOPE FOR THE BLACK FAMILY: Focus on the Family’s Tim Goeglein writes in the Washington Times about what might be an encouraging indication that the Black family could be heading for the recovery room:

“Among Black high school seniors, the proportion living with their biological fathers has risen from a woeful 24% to 30%. While this is still tragic, there is a glimmer of hope this upward trend will bring about the eventual restoration of the Black family.

“If we are to truly solve the numerous issues that the Black community faces, the restoration of the family is the foundation upon which those solutions will be built – and that goes for families from all races as well.”

OLD COP’S LAST RIDE IS WITH HIS SON, THE NEW COP: Here’s a great story out of Mesquite, Texas, where retiring police officer takes the wheel on his last patrol with his son, a recent police academy graduate, in the passenger seat beside him.

THE ULTIMATE PRONOUN: No identity confusions here! The first of the seven “I Am” studies is up on HillFaith, for those with an interest.

POLL FINDS LITTLE BLACK, HISPANIC SUPPORT FOR BERRY PROTEST: Gwen Berry might want to reassess her desire to win an Olympic medal so she can protest the evil U.S. on the victory stand. A new Issues & Insights/TIPP survey found big majorities of Americans, regardless of their ethnic identity, oppose such virtue signaling. Those majorities include 61 percent of Blacks and 69 percent of Hispanics.

RUSSIA REVILING IN BIDEN’S ‘RED LINE:’ Writing for The American Spectator, Jed Babbin explains why he predicted and is now not surprised to see how right he was that His Fraudulency’s red line gets no respect from the Bear.

NOVEL IDEA – PAUL HAD PTSD – BUT NO: It’s Erik Manning vs Paulogia on the latter’s theory that on the road to Damascus, Paul did not have an encounter with the resurrected Jesus Christ, but rather he suffered something not unlike PTSD.

This really interesting but unsubstantiated idea is the occasion for the third of three HillFaith installments on “This is NOT how Christianity started.” Links to the first two installments are provided at the end for those who are interested in further exploring the topic.

DON SURBER: Voter reform is winning. And he’s no Pangloss.

THUMBS DOWN ON HOUSE BIG TECH REFORM: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Ranking Minority Member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) worked together to produce a package of Big Tech reforms that are likely to get a fair amount of attention in coming weeks.

But Mike Davis of the Internet Accountability Project (IAP) says the package is little more than a big win for Silicon Valley:

“The Judiciary Committee frameworks create a private right of action for Americans to vindicate their rights when Big Tech infringes upon them. Under this framework, Americans will be given ‘the chance to sue the tech giants for a[n] infringement of their free speech rights.’

“The frameworks also seek to move all antitrust enforcement authority to the DOJ thereby cutting off half the government’s resources to go after Big Tech for antitrust violations. These proposals combined effectively shift the burden and cost of enforcement onto the individual citizen and are a huge win for Big Tech.”

And on the specific issue of censorship, Davis argues that:

“The Judiciary frameworks still leave incredible amounts of discretion to the Big Tech platforms. Under this rubric, the Big Tech companies can just state in their content moderation policy that specific speech is not allowed and then they will be completely justified in taking the content down. This does nothing to protect conservatives and make sure they have a place in the digital public square.”

Davis is a Hill staff veteran, with multiple years of serve as Chief Counsel  for Nominations to former Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa).

WHO KILLED ASHLI BABBITT? And why is the name of her killer a state secret? Issues & Insights poses those two questions and notes some strange circumstances surrounding a recent congressional hearing about the tragedy.