RICHARD FERNANDEZ: Putin’s Kazakhstan Problem. “Russia’s threatened invasion of Ukraine was suddenly disrupted by an uprising in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan caused by spiking gas prices, oligarchical corruption, and economic collapse. The surprise rebellion forced the Kremlin to send in thousands of troops to restore order, likely a difficult task given allegations that the plotters come from inside the security establishment itself. ‘Kazakhstan’s former intelligence chief has been arrested on suspicion of treason following nationwide anti-government protests.'”

YOU DON’T SAY: The Biden administration has a COVID credibility crisis. “While much of the unvaccinated population is unlikely to be persuaded by any messenger, large swaths of the public are still receptive to expert guidance, but federal health agencies, particularly the CDC, may be squandering their credibility with this population.”

May be? Celebrity medical spokesmodel Anthony “Doctor” Fauci has been on at least both sides of every COVID-related question since the outbreak began.

FIRST PUPPY TORTURE, NOW THIS: Fauci Spent Your Tax Dollars Studying Transgender Monkeys. “I know what you’re asking: ‘Who amongst us, for 200 large, wouldn’t put a monkey in a dress?'”

COVID IS OVER: ‘Epidemic Curves’ To Begin Going Down In Certain East Coast States.

“You said we’ll be past the Omicron wave by February. Do you stand by that trajectory?” Brennan asked.

Gottlieb replied by noting that despite predictions that Delta would have been the final “major wave of infection,” Omicron arrived and surprised many.

“But if you look what’s happening across the East Coast right now in New York City, Washington, D.C., Maryland, probably Florida as well have already peaked, maybe Delaware and Rhode Island,” Gottlieb stated. “You’re going to start to see that in the statistics this week. You’re going to start to see those curves, those epidemic curves bend down. You are already seeing that in New York City and Washington, D.C.”

I wrote last month that if we followed South Africa’s trajectory, omicron would be past its peak sometime not long after New Year’s, and here are.

DON’T BE EVIL OR WHATEVER: Is Google Search Hiding Robert Malone’s Content on ‘Mass Formation Psychosis’?

VIDEO: Sussing Strange, Sudden, Suspicious, Sinister Synchronization. “‘Build back better,’ ‘the unvaccinated aren’t citizens,’ etc. all hymns from the same book. But who wrote the book?”

IRAN: ‘Hard Revenge’ for Soleimani Killing Will Come From ‘Within’ the U.S.

UNIVERSAL, EH? Connecticut transgender sprinter Andraya Yearwood wins two state titles amidst controversy. “The sentiment is universal: Everyone agrees that Andraya Yearwood should be allowed to compete in her chosen races as a girl.”

MATT MARGOLIS: Biden’s America: White People Need Not Apply for COVID Treatments.

Yes: Is The Biden ‘Recovery’ Leaving Black America Behind?

Well, Biden is finally bringing the unity — there isn’t a single group he hasn’t hurt.

GO ON AND TAKE THE RED PILL: COVID School Policies Made Me Sour on the Democratic Party.

I kept hoping that someone in our all-Democratic political leadership would take a stand on behalf of Cleveland’s 37,000 public-school children or seem to care about what was happening. Weren’t Democrats supposed to stick up for low-income kids? Instead, our veteran Democratic mayor avoided remarking on the crisis facing the city’s public-school families. Our all-Democratic city council was similarly disengaged. The same thing was happening in other blue cities and blue states across the country, as the needs of children were simply swept aside. Cleveland went so far as to close playgrounds for an entire year. That felt almost mean-spirited, given the research suggesting the negligible risk of outdoor transmission—an additional slap in the face.

No, Democrats aren’t supposed to stick up for low-income kids. Poor kids don’t have the kind of political muscle and fundraising prowess teachers’ unions do.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Confirmed — The Supreme Court’s Lib Justices Are Paste-Eaters. “Well, now we know why the Democrats are so eager to pack the Supreme Court with more liberal judges. They’re going to need at least three more lefties on the Court just to get the collective IQ of the lib justices into triple digits.”

OOPS: Boulder County allowing farmers to grow GMOs on open space after organic utopia didn’t materialize.

County residents opposed to conventional seed engineering and pesticide use had over the years persuaded leaders to outlaw the methods on public land, hoping those acres would become a utopian garden of organic vegetable plots and locally in-demand crops.

Schlagel knows full well that farming public land in Boulder County is performative, visually and politically. As he wheels the John Deere around the cornfield he harvested in November, third-floor patients from UC Health’s Longs Peak Hospital on the east side of Longmont can watch him make the dust fly. He’s been willing to work within that constant judgment of Boulder County consumers.

But he’s not willing to lose his family farm raising crops that people won’t pay for.

“It’s hard for people living in the city of Boulder, and even on the western side of Boulder County, to understand what real agriculture even looks like,” Schlagel said. The crop bans were “a mandate from somebody that we’re going to transition to something better that is very naive. Because if there was something better, we would already be there.”

Indeed.

HE ISN’T ALL THERE: What’s Biden Hidin’? Holds Fewer Press Conferences and Interviews Than the Last Five Presidents.

THEY SURE AREN’T POPULAR WITH ANYONE I TALK WITH: Airport Security Measures Are Popular, But Pointless. “The problem is that Americans way overestimate the effectiveness of the TSA and overall airport security efforts at keeping them safe from bad actors. Truthfully, the fact that they think the TSA accomplishes much of anything at all beyond making air travel a bigger pain in the ass reflects a massive disconnect between what people think is a good idea and what actually has a positive effect on the world.”

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: 5 Ways Joe Biden Made the COVID Pandemic Worse.

WE CAN’T AFFORD TO: Americans Aren’t Buying Biden’s Agenda. “This anxiety is bound to continue. The administration prefers blaming the surge in prices on corporations, especially in the oil industry, rather than on its own policies—like the unnecessarily extravagant $2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that passed in January 2021 and flooded the economy with fresh cash. More spending and taxes will inevitably follow such a large government expansion, and like most other Americans, 88 percent of Biden voters think these are both important issues.”

BIDEN IS MAKING THOSE MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE: PayPal, Venmo, Cash App to Report $600 in Total Transactions, Require Your Tax Info.

THIS IS NOT THE CHANGE VIRGINIANS VOTED FOR: Glenn Youngkin Taps Ed Secretary Deeply Linked To The Critical Race Theory Education Swamp.

I HOPE IT DOES — SO FAR, IT’S A FUN PLACE TO BE: Why GETTR’s Moment Could Last.

SOCIALISM ALWAYS CREATES SHORTAGES: There Aren’t Enough U-Hauls for Fleeing Californians. “California remained the top state for out-migration, but its net loss of U-Haul trucks wasn’t as severe as in 2020. That can be partially attributed to the fact that U-Haul simply ran out of inventory to meet customer demand for outbound equipment.”

Related (From Ed): This is the sort of headline that’s accelerating those shortages: California Wants to Double Its Taxes.

BREAKING: December Jobs Report Is Another Big Miss as Dems Remain Focused on Non-Insurrection.

SCENES FROM AN ACTUAL INSURRECTION: Repeat Antifa Rioter Has Charges Dismissed After Claiming Community Service.

Beaverton resident Eva Warner, who is also known as Joshua Warner, was part of the riotous mob that set fire to the Portland Police Association (PPA) office on North Lombard Street and busted out the building’s windows on Aug. 8, 2020, FOX News reported.

The antifa rioters shoved dumpsters out into the street and used vehicles to block motorists.

The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) declared a riot and tried to disperse the crowd, at which point Warner began shining a high-powered laser into officers’ eyes, FOX News reported.

Warner went on the fight when police tried to apprehend her, resulting in her forceable arrest.

Then things got weird.

TYRANNY: Unvaccinated Australians Told They Can’t Work or Even Exercise Anymore.

DECOUPLING: ‘China is uninvestable,’ says Bond king Jeffrey Gundlach. “I’ve never invested in China long or short. Why is that? I don’t trust the data. I don’t trust the relationship between the United States and China anymore. I think that investments in China could be confiscated. I think there’s a risk of that.”

NEVER INTERRUPT YOUR ENEMY WHEN HE’S BUSY MAKING A MISTAKE: Unionization of Left Wing Political and Media Organizations Is a Fantastic Trend.