ESCALATE TO DEESCALATE: Don’t Be Surprised if Putin Tries to Make May 9 a Day That Will Live in Infamy

THIS IS CNN? REALLY? CNN Sees Biden’s Political Troubles as Nearly Unfixable.

DEVELOPING:

When the GOP takes power again they need to hit the FBI — and lots of others — right in the budget.

BUSTED: People Magazine Caught Changing Defamatory Headline About Johnny Depp.

SPOILER: HE WON’T. Catholic Advocacy Group Calls on Biden to Publicly Condemn Pro-Abortion Activists’ Plan to Disrupt Masses and Protest at Homes of Supreme Court Justices.

Previously: Psaki Won’t Condemn Activists Targeting SCOTUS Justices, Biden Doesn’t Want Abortion Restrictions.

PJ MEDIA VIP ROUNDUP: Don’t forget that VODKAPUNDIT promo code if you’ve been thinking of joining us.

Matt Margolis: The Biden Administration’s Assault on the J&J Vaccine Continues. “Surely, if the FDA says the risks outweigh the benefits there must be a huge number of these severe blood clots, right?”

Gwendolyn Sims: Farewell Mr. Metz. I Hardly Knew You, and I’m Okay With That. “While I was fond of Mr. Metz as the quirky, nerdy, tough teacher that he was, I couldn’t help but also recognize how lucky I am to have grown up in a time when teachers taught students useful life skills and knowledge, not useless indoctrination and SJW propaganda.”

Yours Truly: U.S. Intel Leakers Play Dangerous Game by Bragging About Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals. “Are they trying to start World War III?”

NEWS I HOPE NO ONE CAN USE: What is Russia’s Poseidon nuclear drone and could it wipe out the UK in a radioactive tsunami?

WELL, YES: Democrats Are Sore Losers Even When They Don’t Exactly Lose.

CHRISTOPHER BEDFORD: J.D. Vance And The New Right Are Racking Up Wins, While The Establishment Stabs At Their Backs.

In a world governed by imprudent and vindictive institutions, however, that claw, gnash, and tear at traditional wisdom — that usurp traditional values — the “process” merely fools us into believing that what these institutions are doing is normal, when in reality it is profoundly abnormal.

In the September 1961 issue of Young Americans for Freedom’s New Guard magazine, a young M. Stanton Evans asked, “Can a conservative be a radical?” Yes, he concluded: “Confronted with an established revolution, the conservative must seek to change the status quo; he has no other means of affirming his tradition.”

Vance understands this. That is why, Axios’s Jonathan Swan and Lachlan Markay report, “The Republican establishment privately regards [him] with the same disgust many felt toward Donald Trump when he entered the White House on Jan. 20, 2017.”

It’s why Senate Minority Whip John Thune looked forward to reading the coverage of Vance’s loss.

It’s why one “senior Republican aide told The Hill 70 percent of Senate Republicans share that sentiment.”

Read the whole thing.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Waterboard the Supreme Court Leaker. “I try not to be over the top with the headlines here but sometimes there is a point to be made.”

UNITY! Democrats, Republicans Agree: The Lincoln Project Sucks. “In fact, the super PAC schlubs are so annoying they managed to get Republicans to agree with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.), the socialist Tesla owner who denounced the Lincoln Project as a ‘scam.’ (Fact check: True.) The super PAC might not have much to show for itself in terms of electoral success, but its founding members were able to pay off substantial tax debts after raising tens of millions of dollars from wealthy liberal donors in 2020. Founder Steve Schmidt said he saw the Lincoln Project as a vehicle by which to achieve ‘generational wealth.'”

THAT’S BAD: How Bad Was Remote Learning for Students During COVID-19? Bad Enough for the New York Times to Notice.

A BILLION HERE AND A BILLION THERE AND PRETTY SOON YOU’RE TALKING REAL FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Wall Street, tech investors back Musk Twitter bid with $7B.

IT’S SO NICE HAVING THE GROWNUPS BACK IN CHARGE: Kamala Harris Snubs Biden, and Things Ain’t Fine in the White House.

AGAIN: Russian warship Admiral Makarov ‘on fire after being hit by Ukrainian missile.’

Admiral Makarov is one of just five guided-missile frigates in the Black Sea Fleet. With the loss of the Moskva last month, those much smaller ships are Russia’s largest surface combatants remaining there.

NORMALIZING THUGGERY: Pro-Abortion Group Doxxes 6 GOP-Nominated Supreme Court Justices After Roe Leak.

SAD BUT TRUE:

AGREED: There Is NO WAY They Squeezed Kim Kardashian’s Junk in the Trunk into Marilyn Monroe’s Dress.

MOSTLY PEACEFUL VANDALS: Catholic Church In Boulder Vandalized With Abortion-Rights Graffiti.

LIVE AT 4PM EASTERN: ‘Five O’Clock Somewhere’ with Kruiser, VodkaPundit, Special Guest.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Dave Chappelle Attacked on Stage – What Happens Next? “Shocking assault on GOAT comic isn’t an isolated incident in the culture wars”

YOUR TERMS ARE ACCEPTABLE: Liberal Women Threaten Sex Strikes to Save Roe, to No One’s Dismay.

GRANNY-KILLER CUOMO UPDATE: Nursing Homes Sued for COVID Deaths in Every County of New York State. “The lawyer heading the political lobby for the nursing home industry in New York says the state government acting under Andrew M. Cuomo’s policies contributed to excess COVID deaths in nursing homes, which the nursing home industry shouldn’t be held legally liable for.”

YES, THERE’S STILL A WAR ON: Could Ukraine Actually Win This War? “Count me as a skeptic on the question of whether Ukraine can win this war, but I’m less skeptical than I was just two weeks ago.”

#RESIST: Hong Kong protesters knock down alleged ‘facial recognition tower.’ “Protesters in Hong Kong destroyed a ‘smart’ lamppost on Saturday over fears that the device is equipped with facial recognition software and was being used for surveillance.”