WASHINGTON STILL HAS MODERATE DEMOCRATS? Moderate Democrats Are Mad at Maxine Waters as They Worry About 2022.

FAIL, BRITANNIA: UK Still Won’t Accelerate Re-Opening Despite COVID Deaths Dropping Below Road Accident Fatalities. “The average number of daily deaths now stands at 25 a day with COVID cases dropping 94 per cent from the peak. On Monday, the UK recorded just four total deaths.”

FREETHINKERS WHO DETEST THINKING FREELY: Atheist Group Excommunicates Richard Dawkins for Transgender Heresy.

2,000,000,000,000 OPPORTUNITIES FOR FRAUD AND GRIFT: ‘Green Infrastructure’ Backers Stand to Profit From Gov’t Spending Boost.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Did Jury Intimidation Play a Part in the Chauvin Verdict?

Insanity Wrap needs to know: When a big city newspaper comes this close to fully doxxing every juror in a very public trial, did they get the message?

Answer: We’ll only know for sure if a juror speaks up, which would seem… unwise.

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

• California (!) is not happy with BLM founder’s financial reports
• Teenagers get stabby, big deal
• When you find yourself on the side of the attacker…

Bonus Sanity: Did we mention California wants a better look at Patrisse Cullor’s finances?

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

SAY ANYTHING: Nancy Pelosi Blasted for Thanking George Floyd for Being Killed.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Chauvin Verdict Won’t End Left’s Race-Hatred Crusade. “Unless all of his convictions are overturned, Chauvin is going to jail for what he did that day. But the left-wing race hatred and the racialized destruction of institutions is going to be with us for a long time — especially because power-holders like George Davison refuse to defend what’s right. So, while I am grateful for what looks like closure in the Chauvin case, the leftists in this country who have taken over the institutions, and who have the media’s hot air in their sails, are going to continue pushing a narrative that is going to make people of all races fearful of and loathsome to each other. Guaranteed.”

What’s bad for the country is good for the Democrats, so they’ll continue hurting the country.

THEY GIVE THEIR CONSTITUENTS WHAT THEY VOTE FOR, GOOD AND HARD: Joe Biden Reacts to Chauvin Verdict and Describes a World That Doesn’t Exist – Except Where Democrats Rule.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Ditch Google for good with these apps and gadgets.

But: Hotel Googlefornia — You Can Check Out Any Time You Like But You Can Never Leave.

EXCLUSIVE: Is the Woke Head of ‘Human Capital’ at the Veterans Health Administration Guilty of Résumé Fraud?

NO ENEMIES TO THE LEFT: Democrats Nuke Censure Of Maxine Waters For Incitement Of Violence In Minnesota.

“NEVER UNDERESTIMATE JOE’S ABILITY TO F*** THINGS UP”: White House on Damage Control After Biden Calls Border Situation a ‘Crisis.’

BLUE STATE BLUES: Illinois’ Pension Bomb Has a Short Fuse.

Those government retirement systems are sitting on mountains of debt. There’s $144 billion in debt just in the five statewide systems, by the state’s conservative estimate, or $261 billion by a more realistic, independent estimate. They average only 40% of the funds needed to pay out retiree benefits long-term.

If you add in local pension debt, Illinois’ unfunded pension liability totals more than $200 billion by the state’s measure, and that amount grows every year. Another shock such as the Great Recession could cause the first pension fund to run out of money by 2039, according to actuarial analysis.

That amounts to a broken promise not only to retirees who are banking on having their pensions to support them, but also to the taxpayers who continue getting hit with higher taxes just to keep things from tanking.

Illinois politicians have enhanced benefits without funding them and pushed off the financial reckoning for decades. As a result, pension costs, which took up just 4% of the state’s budget in the 1990s, have increased by more than 500% during the past 20 years, growing to consume more than 25% of budgets in recent years – rapidly approaching 30%.

Stein’s Law: “If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Chauvin Guilty but Unhinged Leftists Still Complain. “Another chapter closed in the tragic George Floyd saga yesterday but I think we all know that it won’t be the final chapter. This is going to be an American societal horror version of Proust’s In Search of Lost Time and we’re only about one-third of the way through the first of the seven books.”

EMBRACE THE SPAM: Progressive Groups Fight AT&T and T-Mobile’s New Texting Rules.

Mobile carriers like T-Mobile and AT&T are unhappy with the number of spam text messages — including political ones — that their customers receive. In the next few months, they’re rolling out major changes affecting who can send texts and how many they can send. The changes — named “10DLC” for the 10-digit long codes that high-volume businesses and apps use to text local numbers — will require high-volume text purveyors to register with the Campaign Registry, a subsidiary of the Milan-based communications firm Kaleyra. Carriers will impose higher messaging fees on any businesses, campaigns, and other mass texting efforts that don’t file with the Registry, and in some cases block them from delivering messages altogether.

In recent weeks, a coalition of liberal and progressive advocacy groups have mounted a campaign to put the brakes on 10DLC, rejecting the characterization of their messages as spam and raising concerns that the blunt 10DLC rules will hamper one of their most effective organizing tools.

A modest 25¢ fee to send a text, fully refundable on acceptance by the receiver, would do wonders for peace and quiet.

But honestly, I’d rather bring back the pillory for anyone who acts as though my device is their organizing tool.

SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: Burgess Owens Eviscerates Democrats’ ‘Jim Crow’ Narrative on Election Integrity. “True racism is this: It’s a projection of the Democratic Party on my proud race. It’s called the soft bigotry of low expectations.”

IMMINENT: Jury Delivers Verdict in Derek Chauvin Case.

Update: Guilty on all counts. More to come.

INTIMIDATION: Vandals leave pig head, smear blood outside former home of Chauvin defense witness.

PJ MEDIA VIP ROUNDUP: Facebook Gives ‘Far, Far More’ Than $3M to NYT Each Year. What Does It Get in Return?

And: Kruiser’s (Almost) Daily Distraction: Might Be Time to Go Full Ron Swanson.

Finally: Progressive California Couple Flees from… Low Taxes?

That VODKAPUNDIT promo code is still good for a nice little discount, if you’ve been thinking of becoming a VIP supporter.

THUG LIFE: Who Killed Adam Toledo? “The immediate cause of Toledo’s death was the bullet fired by Officer Stillman. But it’s worth examining how a 13-year-old boy ended up in a full sprint through a dark alley at 2:30 AM with a gun in his hand and a police officer on his tail.”

Read the whole thing.

YES ANOTHER “DOG BITES MAN” EXAMPLE OF DEMOCRAT HYPOCRISY: AOC’s ‘Squad’ Wants to Defund the Police But Pays Thousands for Personal Security.

GRIFTERS GOTTA GRIFT: Planned Parenthood Ditches Margaret Sanger, Dives Head First Into Trans Debate for New Revenue Stream.

EXCLUSIVE: Woke Anti-American Politics Comes to the Veterans Health Administration.

INDEED:

HE FIGHTS: Trump Is ‘All in’ For 2022, Teases a 2024 Presidential Run.