LEAVE MY DOGS OUT OF YOUR ANTISOCIAL PATHOLOGIES: Critical Race Theory Is Coming for the Dogs: Katja Guenther’s ‘The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals.’

I LIKE THE CUT OF HIS JIB: North Carolina’s lt. governor shows how to fight back against a corrupt media. “In 2018, Mark Robinson stood up before the city council in Greensboro, North Carolina and gave an impassioned defense of the Second Amendment. That video went viral and led to him entering politics. Last year, Robinson became North Carolina’s Republican lieutenant governor. This year, when a local paper published a cartoon calling the entire North Carolina Republican party a KKK entity, Robinson (who is black) ferociously attacked the newspaper for its dishonesty and ignorance. He needs to give master classes in handling the media.”

Impressive video at the link.

HE MEANS ANYONE WHO DOESN’T TOE THE PARTY LINE: Biden Vowed to Fight Domestic Terrorism in Prayer Breakfast Speech. What Exactly Did He Mean?

NOW THEY TELL US: CDC Says Schools Can Reopen Safely Without Vaccinating Teachers Against COVID-19.

REFILL THE SWAMP: Biden Asia Czar’s Holdings May Present Conflict of Interest. “President Joe Biden’s Asia czar owns part of a “shadow lobbying firm” that gives strategic advice to corporations doing business in Asia, a position that ethics experts say could create conflicts of interest.”

READINESS: Biden SecDef Issues Military-Wide Stand-Down Order to Fight ‘Extremism.’

If you thought eight years of Obama was bad for readiness and morale, wait until you see what Biden can do in eight weeks.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Traumatized Climate Activist Greta Thunberg May Face Criminal Investigation.

Insanity Wrap needs to know: When is it is commendable to abuse and manipulate a teenage girl with severe emotional issues?

Answer: For decent people, never. For the Left, when doing so advanced the Party’s interests, comrades.

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

• Meet the social justice doctor who wants to play God during a pandemic
• AOC sics her private mob on the free press
• “Why You Shouldn’t Invade America” [Corrected Edition]

Bonus Sanity: Did Slow Joe accidentally bring a China Hawk on board?

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

BLUE CITY BLUES: The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks.

The nearly 1,400-foot tower at 432 Park Avenue, briefly the tallest residential building in the world, was the pinnacle of New York’s luxury condo boom half a decade ago, fueled largely by foreign buyers seeking discretion and big returns.

Six years later, residents of the exclusive tower are now at odds with the developers, and each other, making clear that even multimillion-dollar price tags do not guarantee problem-free living. The claims include: millions of dollars of water damage from plumbing and mechanical issues; frequent elevator malfunctions; and walls that creak like the galley of a ship — all of which may be connected to the building’s main selling point: its immense height, according to homeowners, engineers and documents obtained by The New York Times.

Less than a decade after a spate of record-breaking condo towers reached new heights in New York, the first reports of defects and complaints are beginning to emerge, raising concerns that some of the construction methods and materials used have not lived up to the engineering breakthroughs that only recently enabled 1,000-foot-high trophy apartments. Engineers privy to some of the disputes say many of the same issues are occurring quietly in other new towers.

The Taggart Tunnel disaster sequence from Atlas Shrugged comes to mind.

CHARLES LIPSON: Why Israel Leads the World in Vaccinating Its Population. “The country could afford the mass purchases thanks to decades of economic growth, grounded in high-technology, medical research, water conservation, sophisticated weapons development, cybersecurity and more. The growth was spurred by market-oriented public policies, adopted after years of sluggish European-style socialism under Labor governments.”

THEY ALL KNEW: Karl Rove Says He Knew of Allegations Against Lincoln Project’s John Weaver For 32 Years.

HMM: Josh Hawley proposes “preemptive” ban on Big Tech mergers. “Hawley’s idea mirrors a recommendation made last fall by Democrats on the House antitrust subcommittee, suggesting there could be bipartisan support.”

BIG TECH: Amazon stole $62 million from its drivers—but media outlets refuse to say so.

SINCE WE’RE BARELY ALLOWED TO GO OUT TO DRINK, THIS SEEMS LIKE A SAFE BET: Uber is betting $1.1 billion on alcohol deliveries.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Can Ron DeSantis Teach Media Relations to Weak Republicans? “That’s precisely what the Republican party needs — leaders who don’t fall for the false promise of respect from the mainstream media. It was bad enough before Trump won in 2016. The MSM hacks would dangle carrots for witless Republicans. If the Republicans in question did what they were told — like back stab other Republicans — they’d be treated slightly less awfully in the press. As soon as their service was no longer required, it was back to crap treatment as usual.”

VIDEO: Rand Paul Destroys Biden Nominee Over Boys Competing in Girls’ Sports.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: Daimler to spin off trucks, change name to Mercedes-Benz.

From Mercedes-Benz to DaimlerChrysler to Daimler to Mercedes-Benz.

MATT MARGOLIS: Biden Admin Sends Message That Some Racism Is Okay With Dropped Yale Lawsuit.

CANCEL CULTURE IS ALL IN YOUR MIND: Your Job From Now on Is to Stay Silent and Follow Orders.

OOPS: Did the SPLC Just Admit Its ‘Hate Group’ Number Isn’t a Reliable Measure of Hate?

SCHOOL’S OUT FOR… WHATEVER: It’s Snowing in the East So Naturally Virtual School Is Canceled.

Also at the PJ mothership for our VIP supporters: Shocker: We Can’t Afford Elon Musk’s Affordable Electric Car.

If you’ve been considering becoming a member, don’t forget that VODKAPUNDIT discount code.

HMM: Is The Silver Squeeze A Ruse? “That’s one of the problems with a decentralized swarm attack: If nobody’s in charge, then it’s much harder to filter out the noise to determine the true direction of the swarm. That can be a strength, but it also makes the swarm vulnerable to ruses like this. Extracting a signal from the huge wave of noise in everyday financial transactions is a daunting problem under the best of circumstances even when giant hedge funds aren’t baiting friendly MSM outlets with elaborate ruses.”

WELL, BYE: Toronto Sketch Troupe Cancels Self. “The Sketchersons fear their lack of diversity fueled white supremacy.”

AND HE’S JUST GETTING STARTED: Joe Biden put me out of business. “Joe Biden just put me out of business by suspending new oil and gas leases and drilling permits. I am a petroleum geologist and generate drilling prospects in the Rocky Mountains on federal lands. I worked six years to get a prospect ready to drill and Biden just illegally broke the terms of the lease, killing the deal.”

Read the whole thing.

WHO KNEW THAT ORWELL WAS AN OPTIMIST? Social Media Bias Just Got Even More Orwellian.

HEINLEIN’S CRAZY YEARS (CONT’D): This app lets you order hormone blockers so you can gender reassign without ever having to see an in-person doc or shrink.