OOPS: Fact-Checkers Missed Stealth Edits to Abrams Op-Ed.

The stealth edits went unnoticed by some fact-checkers, who cited the USA Today piece prior to the addition of the editor’s note. In an April 21 essay called “What Joe Biden, Stacey Abrams and Georgia senators said about a MLB boycott,” PolitiFact’s Amy Sherman criticized Kemp and conservative commentator Ben Shapiro for claiming that Abrams initially supported boycotts in Georgia and later changed her mind. “But Abrams repeatedly spoke against boycotts before and after Major League Baseball’s decision to pull the All-Star Game from Georgia,” Sherman wrote.

As evidence, PolitiFact cited Abrams’ USA Today op-ed, and quoted her revised assertions in the stealth version: “Boycotts invariably also cost jobs. To be sustainable, the pain of deprivation must be shared rather than borne by those who are least resilient. They also require a long-term commitment to action.”

Sherman initially failed to recognize that these comments did not exist in the original op-ed. On April 27, after a RealClearPolitics reporter reached out for comment, PolitiFact added an editor’s note and a disclaimer following the above quote, noting, “Abrams originally wrote the op-ed March 31, but it was updated to include those comments days after MLB’s announcement. Her initial op-ed also raised concerns about boycotts.”

Twitter also used the revised version of Abrams’s op-ed to dismiss claims that she had supported the Georgia boycotts.

She got caught, and when she tried to deny it, the “fact-checkers” helped provide cover.

EXPANDING THE BATTLESPACE: GOP Expands Target List of Democrats for 2022 House Races.

BREAKING: Trump Launches Communications Platform.

BATS GOTTA FLY, SHARKS GOTTA SWIM: Democrats Scheme to Make Immigration Legislation Part of Infrastructure Bill.

SALENA ZITO: Coal Workers Union Doesn’t Always Represent Coal Worker Values.

THE WOULD-BE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES: Biden Gets an Earful From Kids About Virtual Learning.

THAT ABOUT SUMS IT UP: Hollywood Is “Turgid, Sanctimonious, Predictable, Joyless, and Boring.”

ICYMI: Who’s Really Running the Show at the White House? We Now Have a Name. “If you had wondered who the power was behind the Fixodent, now you know. And if you had wondered if I should keep referring to Slow Joe as ‘Presidentish Biden,’ all doubts have been removed.”

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VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Facebook’s Most Laughable Lie Ever.

Insanity Wrap needs to know: Just how bad is Facebook, really?

Answer: Today’s latest shows that they’re a Peeping Tom with gall enough to guilt-trip you into leaving the curtains open.

Before we get to the sordid details, a quick preview of today’s Wrap.

• Feds dropping charges against most Portland insurrectionists
• The U.N. wants 11 more lockdowns to please Gaia
• Only in D.C.: The worst reason to keep wearing a mask

Bonus Sanity: Woke college op-ed writer accidentally admits his anti-white racism, anti-science superstition, and colonial attitudes — recovery to follow?

And so much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

WELL, CHINA IS ASSHOLE: Philippines Foreign Minister Sends Profane Tweets China “GET THE F— OUT.”

NICE: Kansas Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto, Bans the Election Zuck Bucks. Plus: A Win for 2A Rights.

FASTER? PLEASE! NASA solar probe becomes fastest object ever built as it ‘touches the sun.’ “The Parker Solar Probe was clocked at over 330,000 miles per hour as it zipped through the sun’s outer atmosphere.”

CALIFORNIA ALREADY HAS ONE: Do You Want a Caste System in America? Keep Pushing Critical Theories and We’ll Have It in No Time. “Conservatives sometimes conflate critical theories with a free speech issue and assert that we shouldn’t use government force to ban things. Any American who believes in the principles of liberal democracy should support the ability of parents to use their representatives at the state and local levels to remove toxic ideas from the classroom. Litigation would likely work, but it is expensive and time-consuming. This issue needs immediate redress.”

PRIVACY: Your Car Is Spying on You, and a CBP Contract Shows the Risks.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection purchased technology that vacuums up reams of personal information stored inside cars, according to a federal contract reviewed by The Intercept, illustrating the serious risks in connecting your vehicle and your smartphone.

The contract, shared with The Intercept by Latinx advocacy organization Mijente, shows that CBP paid Swedish data extraction firm MSAB $456,073 for a bundle of hardware including five iVe “vehicle forensics kits” manufactured by Berla, an American company. A related document indicates that CBP believed the kit would be “critical in CBP investigations as it can provide evidence [not only] regarding the vehicle’s use, but also information obtained through mobile devices paired with the infotainment system.” The document went on to say that iVe was the only tool available for purchase that could tap into such systems.

According to statements by Berla’s own founder, part of the draw of vacuuming data out of cars is that so many drivers are oblivious to the fact that their cars are generating so much data in the first place, often including extremely sensitive information inadvertently synced from smartphones.

Earlier: Biden Admin Wants to Outsource Spying on Americans to Private Firms to Bypass Fourth Amendment.

CRISIS BY DESIGN: A Dozen Texas Counties Have Declared Emergencies Due to the Worsening Border Crisis. “ A resident of a nearby county farther inland and away from the border told PJ Media that she spotted an illegal migrant on her property before dawn today. He was attempting to look into the windows of her home as he trespassed. Local law enforcement took 40 minutes to arrive, and when they did, did very little to track the man. He disappeared.”

BLUE CITY BLUES: Denver rental licensing scheme draws criticism; increased rents, tighter credit requirements likely consequences of plan.

A plan to require residential rental property owners in Denver to be licensed and undergo inspections every four years or when ownership changes, is being met with criticisms from the industry, including one man whose family has been in the rental business for nearly 100 years.

“This is really a mixed bill, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde kind of bill,” said Dan Brooks, who owns and operates his family’s four-generation business in Denver.

Brooks said he is not opposed to licensing. He is not opposed to fees. He is not even opposed to inspections. However, where the money the new program collects will be spent, he said, will only hurt tenants more, and the only people who will benefit are lawyers.

Well, they do write most of the laws, after all.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: States Continue to Not Buy Into Biden’s Commie New World Order. “The Masked Biden Fetish Brigade would have us all believe that the majority of the citizens of this country are thrilled with everything the administration is up to. What we’re seeing out in the hinterlands doesn’t quite bear that out, however.”

BLACK-ON-BLACK VIOLENCE IS THE REAL PROBLEM, BUT NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT: Political Scientist Rebuts Hysteria On Police Shootings, Says It’s A ‘Truffle Hunt For Racism.’

JOE BIDEN’S RETURN TO NORMALCY: Biden Admin Wants to Outsource Spying on Americans to Private Firms to Bypass Fourth Amendment.

NBA GOES FIFA: Check out the latest ridiculous girly-man FLOP from flopmaster LeBron James, along with a compilation of some of his best sprawls.

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Stacey Lennox: News on COVID-19 Testing Should Prompt an IMMEDIATE Congressional Investigation. “In other words, a positive COVID-19 PCR test is not a definitive diagnosis in the absence of a full assessment of the patient and the situation. Yet, in December of 2020, the revision to the CDC guidelines for laboratories still used a Ct of 40 as the threshold to be considered negative. There is not a subsequent document revision that I can locate. We also still have test sites disconnected from primary care providers and are still using a simple binary finding of positive or negative at Ct values higher than Fauci indicated. Some patients simply get their results from an app.”

Megan Fox: Weekly Good News Round-Up: Animal Bromances, Hot Vacation Spots, and Maskless Clubbing. (I needed that.)

And from Yours Truly: Who’s Really Running the Show at the White House? We Now Have a Name. “If you had wondered who the power was behind the Fixodent, now you know. And if you had wondered if I should keep referring to Slow Joe as ‘Presidentish Biden,’ all doubts have been removed.”

VIDEO: When Boomstick Booms Wrong. “On April 9, Scott Allen DeShields, Jr. of Kentucky Ballistics was shooting old SLAP rounds through his single-shot Serbu RN 50 when a hot round burst the chamber, shearing the threads off his locking cap and sending pieces of metal flying back at him. Damage included a lacerated jugular, in-tubing a collapsed lung without anesthetic, orbital bone repair and 5 pints of blood.”

CORN, POPPED: Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Challenges Liz Cheney to Debate on 2020 Election Integrity: ‘Name the Time and Place.’

Update: Bad link, fixed now. Sorry!

IT IS ALMOST AS THOUGH PRINTING TRILLIONS FROM NOWHERE MAKES THEM WORTH LESS: ‘The Costs Are Up, Up, Up. We’re Seeing Substantial Inflation’ Admits A Surprised Warren Buffett As Powell, Yellen See Nothing.

Er, “worthless?”

The thing is, Biden’s spending has only barely begun.

MORE OF THAT “MODERATE” RADICALISM: 7 Exorbitant Welfare Proposals Packed Into Biden’s ‘American Family Plan.’