WE SHOULD START CALLING THEM “JIM CROVID” LAWS: First Workers, Now Blacks: Democrats’ Betrayals For Big Business Are Piling Up, But Can Republicans Seize It? “Now roughly 72 percent of black New York City residents aged 18-44 are banned — banned — from entering dining establishments.”

DAVID HARSANYI: The Democrats’ Reconciliation Bill Is Unprecedented in Every Way. “There was a time not very long ago when political parties never would have entertained the idea of jamming through any massive, generational reform without some form of buy-in from the other party.”

That was before Obama.

EVERYTHING IS INFRASTRUCTURE: AOC’s Civilian Climate Corps, drug price controls, tobacco taxes in Dems’ $3.5T ‘infrastructure’ bill.

DON SURBER: BLM increased black murders by 2,164 (28%) in 2020. “BLM is a lie because black lives don’t matter to Democrats. If they did, murder rates would not be Third World High in Democrat cities across the nation.”

YOUR KINDER, GENTLER TALIBAN: Kabul University Shuts Down as Taliban Ban Women.

THE WAR ON FIRST RESPONDERS: Judge rejects lawsuit from Denver police officers challenging city’s vaccine mandate.

ANYTHING AT ALL?

Flashback: Bernie Bro James T. Hodgkinson, Attempted Assassin Of Steve Scalise, Already Being Erased From History.

DOMESTIC TERRORISM: Senate Confirms Radical Eco-Terrorist as Chief of the Bureau of Land Management.

TYLER COWEN: Is Biden’s Economic Plan Actually a Good Idea? “If the biggest news is what’s not being talked about, then my candidate for the most neglected story would be President Joe Biden’s plan for $3.5 trillion in new government spending. Crazy as my hypothesis may seem, given all the stuff about Biden’s agenda on the internet, there has been remarkably little policy debate about it, and remarkably little attempt to persuade the American public that this spending is a good idea.”

They need to pass it for you to find out what’s in it.

CRISIS BY DESIGN: Biden Doubles Down on Ending Trump’s Successful ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy.

CANCEL CULTURE IS ALL IN YOUR MIND THE Campus Cancel Culture Database.

IT’S A MIXED-UP, MUDDLED-UP, SHOOK-UP WORLD: Fake News Is the Only Approved News, While Real News Gets You Banned on Social Media. “Nothing in the video is fake news or violated community standards. It goes against commie standards. They don’t want you to see another side of a topic, the true side.”

HMM: Top generals step down in ominous sign for Turkish military in Syria. “Abrupt retirement requests by meritorious generals with ample operational experience and bright careers ahead of them are highly unusual in the deep-rooted traditions of the Turkish military, especially in the middle of critical missions. Early retirement requests by such figures can be read as a gesture of disagreement with their superiors or disapproval of government policies.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Hapless, Terrified Dems Miss Every Time They Swing at DeSantis. “The Democrats have a Ron DeSantis problem and it is quite fun to watch. When they aren’t letting Donald Trump set up camp rent-free in their heads, they’re getting triggered by all things DeSantis. The Florida governor just keeps rolling along and kicking butt, despite the Democrats and their flying media monkeys attempting to savage and thwart him at every turn.”

YOU SPELLED “F” WRONG: Biden’s ‘C-Team’ Administration.

If Obama’s team was motivated by the ambition to do something, then Biden’s team appears to be driven by a burning desire to be someone.

Anthony Blinken and Jake Sullivan were not well known for strategic or policy brilliance before their elevation to the top of the American National Security apparatus. Lloyd Austin was a general, but a largely unknown one.

The burden of anonymity hangs heavy over Biden’s team whenever they address the press. It is obvious in their prickliness when challenged, their quick resort to blaming their predecessors, their desperate efforts to claim no one could have done better. It is almost as if they need to reassure not just others, but themselves that they belong where they are.

Read the whole thing.

A-players hire A-players and B-players hire C-players.

Biden and his team are barely worth an F.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Former Bush Strategist Matthew Dowd Busy Deleting Tweets as He Announces Bid for TX Lieutenant Governor.

AND NOW THERE’S THIS: COVID May Cause Restless Anal Syndrome (Just When You Thought COVID Couldn’t Get Any Weirder).

LESS THAN BETO: Matthew Dowd Running Against Dan Patrick For Texas Lt. Governor. “Matthew Dowd, Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-ABC-News-dweeb-turned-Democrat is running against Republican incumbent Dan Patrick for Texas Lieutenant Governor.”

STACEY LENNOX: We Must Insist on Autonomy in the Practice of Medicine Before It’s Too Late. “Unfortunately, institutions are preventing doctors across the country and globally from providing treatment before hospitalization for an illness with pretty common symptoms, such as inflammation and viral replication. There are existing medications that improve both. In the United States, doctors are being threatened and intimidated by state medical boards, being overruled by hospital administrators and chain pharmacies, being censored by the media, and being investigated or even disciplined by their universities for recommending early treatment. This unprecedented interference in clinical practice motivated frontline clinicians and researchers worldwide to meet recently in Rome, Italy.”

YES, YES IT IS: Privilege walk: Isn’t this an invasion of privacy? “On Twitter, Chalkboard Heresy (@CBHeresy), a history teacher, linked to a ‘privilege checklist’ used at a high school in Herriman, Utah, alleging that students were required to participate.”

LIVE AT 3:30PM EASTERN: ‘Five O’Clock Somewhere’ with Kruiser, VodkaPundit, Special Guest.

(Spoiler: It’s Kurt Schlichter.)

LENIN SMILES: Biden Nominates Soviet-Trained Radical Saule Omarova for Top Banking Post. “Nominating Omarova to serve as Comptroller of the Currency, as Biden has done, is worse than putting the inmates in charge of the asylum. It’s more like putting a convicted arsonist in charge of the Forest Service.”

WHILE DEMOCRATS KEEP FIRING THEM: We Are On The Verge Of The Greatest Shortage Of Healthcare Workers In US History.‘

Genuine healthcare is a fairly recent innovation, but it sure didn’t take long to screw it up.

‘DEAD ON ARRIVAL’: Manchin Crushes Dem Dreams of Taxpayer-Funded Abortion in Reconciliation Bill.

WE LIVE ON SUCH A STUPID TIMELINE THAT IT’S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO MAKE THESE CASES: No, Government Spending Isn’t ‘Zero Cost.’