PARTY OF SCIENCE: Biden Taps Transgender Health Official With Horrifying COVID-19 Nursing Home Record.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: NBC News Hack Says MAGA Terrorists More Dangerous Than al Qaeda.

Insanity Wrap needs to know: When is 3,000 dead in an attack committed by a well-funded, international terror organization less dangerous than a one-time riot that might have been partly instigated by leftists?

Answer: Never. But you knew that.

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

• Katie Couric wants to reprogram you
• Antifa prepares to throw “pro-Trump” riots
• Lefties suddenly denying that the intern-grooming Lincoln Porject founder is one of their own

Bonus Sanity: That’s a man, baby.

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

DECOUPLING: Trump administration reportedly restricts Huawei’s US suppliers.

INSURRECTIONISTS: Celebs URGED Electoral College Members to Vote Against Trump in 2016.

PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene lays into Twitter after lockout for election fraud claims. “Without debate of ideas, opinions, and arguing truth, Twitter and similar police state platforms will eventually lose.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Trump’s Last Full Day—What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been. “From a personal perspective, I’ll tell you what I said on my podcast that will be posted later today: the overwhelming relief of not having to endure a Hillary Clinton presidency is something that I have been grateful for every day since Trump took the oath of office. It’s also made it all worth it. This great nation really dodged a bullet when Trump stunned the world and banished Granny Maojackets to Chappaqua to spend her days cracking open boxes of Franzia and pulling the wings off of flies.”

DON’T BE EVIL: Google defends its partnership with Facebook, denies states’ claim of anticompetitive advantage.

WE REALLY COULD HAVE USED FOUR MORE YEARS OF THIS: In Final Days, Trump Pushes the Military to Use Small Nuclear Reactors.

SAY ANYTHING: Biden Promises Science Will Guide Him. So Why Is He Canceling the Keystone XL Pipeline?

GOING AFTER JOBS AND ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FROM DAY ONE: Biden indicates plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on 1st day in office, sources confirm.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Why Joe Manchin Is Never Going to Switch Parties.

Insanity Wrap needs to know: Why does everyone keep thinking Sen. Joe Manchin will switch parties?

Answer: We’re not sure, but he might make a better Republican than five or six current GOP members.

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

• Facebook says conservative YouTubers can draw bigger audiences than CNN (and must be stopped)
• It puts the mask upon its skin or else it gets the hose again
• Transperson sues to enter women’s weightlifting competition and we don’t wonder how this will end

Bonus Sanity: You’ll wish you’d said what Anna James Zeigler said.

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

UPDATE YOUR NEWSPEAK DICTIONARIES APPROPRIATELY: NYU Prof Attributes Black Trump Support to ‘Multiracial Whiteness.’

JOANNE JACOBS: If the private schools can open… “The longer public schools remain closed, the more parents will look for alternatives. Private school may be affordable, if the alternative is paying for child care. Or mothers will quit their jobs to homeschool their children. If the public system is losing the allegiance of parents in Berkeley, it will not regain their support easily.”

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: Everything You Need to Know About Kamala’s Niece, Resistance Grifter Meena Harris.

FEATURE, NOT A BUG: House Democrats’ Deja Vu Tax Agenda for ‘Equity’ Would Hurt (Not Help) Economic Opportunity.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Frightening Question—Who Will Be Running Biden’s Brain? “One thing that shouldn’t be overlooked is the influence of Barack Obama. With the Biden administration being little more than Obama 2.0, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that President Momjeans could be crafting policy from afar.”

PRICE FIXING: New lawsuit accuses Amazon of e-book price fixing. “The lawsuit filed by law firm Hagens Berman in a federal district court in New York, alleges that the publishers pay high commissions and other costs to Amazon, which in turn increases the retail price of e-books sold on the platform. Due to the deal between Amazon and the publishers— HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan — the Amazon price is the price the publishers charge other retailers as well, preventing other sellers from offering the e-books at lower prices, according to the lawsuit.”

CHARMING: Cuomo spokesman mocks Fox News meteorologist who lost both in-laws in NY nursing homes during pandemic.

ANTITRUST: Facebook and Google allegedly cut a deal that reduced ad competition. “It hurts their chances of surviving antitrust cases.”

HMM: Protests, Armed Or Otherwise. “Boycott the inauguration. Don’t acknowledge it, don’t view it, don’t listen to it, ignore it. Make the ratings tank. It is the most powerful thing we can do. That includes not protesting it, which sends several messages while preventing anything but a staged incident that could be used to further cement their power and erode our remaining freedoms.”

FIGHTING WORDS: Texas State Historical Assn’s Chief Historian Says the Alamo was an ‘Insignificant’ Battle and Represents ‘Whiteness.’

PARTY OF SCIENCE: Biden Pick for DOJ Civil Rights Division Wrote Blacks Are Superior Due to Melanin. “Melanin endows Blacks with greater mental, physical and spiritual abilities — something which cannot be measured based on Eurocentric standards.”

WHY NOT TAKE A BREAK FROM THE SERIOUS NEWS FOR A FEW MINUTES? Florida Man Loses His Crown to Colorado Man. “I always wrap up Florida Man Friday with three crazy news items from other states (or even other countries) as a gentle reminder that Florida isn’t really any crazier than anywhere else — it’s just that their best-in-the-nation Sunshine Law makes Florida’s crazy happenings easier to find than anywhere else. But this week I get to do something special…”

HEH: Do NOT Judge All Muslims, DO Judge All Republicans.

FINALLY, AN IRAN DEAL WORTH ENDORSING: Massive Israeli Raid Hits Iranian Targets in Syria.