ON THE PAYROLL: All Major Western Media Outlets Take ‘Private Dinners’, ‘Sponsored Trips’ From Chinese Communist Propaganda Front.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Will the Left Media Ever Pay for Trump-Era Malpractice? “While Joe Biden’s almost five decades of lackluster time as a plagiarist/buffoon in Washington may have given him the name recognition to run for president, it was the vile behavior of the American mainstream media that helped him perpetrate the greatest fraud in American electoral history. The double-whammy of the MSM lying about President Trump and lying for the senile idiot in the basement made it easier for the Dems to pull off the Magic Mail-In 80 Million Vote circus.”

THE DEMOCRATS PROMISE TO REPEAL THE SALT DEDUCTION LIMIT THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN: 2017 Federal Tax Cut Turned Out To Be Progressive. A Few Lessons For Illinois And Beyond. “For the first time, we have the actual results instead of estimates and assertions. In 2018, the first year for which we have hard numbers on TCJA’s effect, the wealthiest Americans paid a greater portion of the burden than they did before.”

It’s no wonder at all why wealthy coastal elites practically pushed one another out of the way to help drag Joe Biden across the finish line.

CHANGE MORE OF THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD: It’s ‘Wrapped Up’: Pelosi Confident She’ll Retain Speaker’s Gavel Despite Challenges.

CHANGE: Intel shares rise after Third Point urges chipmaker to explore strategic alternatives as market share deteriorates. “Without immediate change at Intel, we fear that America’s access to leading-edge semiconductor supply will erode, forcing the U.S. to rely more heavily on geopolitically unstable East Asia to power everything from PCs to data centers to critical infrastructure and more.”

It’s been sad watching Intel lose its fabrication mojo, but Trump was ahead of most on this one, which is why he got Taiwan Semi to start building a plant in Arizona.

DISPATCHES FROM YEAR ONE: Canceling ‘The Odyssey.’ “The Odyssey is ‘trash.’ Shakespeare is filled with “hateful rhetoric.” The Scarlet Letter is ‘slut shaming’.”

VETO, OVERRIDDEN: Mass. Democrats Ram Through an Abortion Bill Too Extreme for Their Pro-Choice Governor.

2020, MAN: Your Tax Dollars at Work: Man Convicted of Raping His Daughter Approved for Transgender Surgery.

LET FREEDOM RING: ‘A Direct and Severe Violation’: Court Strikes Cuomo’s COVID-19 Orders on Churches, Synagogues.

#DEFUNDTHEPOLICE: 6 Officers Cited for Heroism at Nashville Blast Site Before Explosion.

MALPRACTICE: Medical Journal: Hide Everybody’s Sex Because A Handful Of Trans People Get Bottom Surgery.

2020 MORPHED INTO YEAR ONE SO QUICKLY IT MAKES YOUR HEAD SPIN: Abraham Lincoln Statue Defaced at San Francisco City Hall.

UM, THANKS? Bill Gates Has an Insane Idea to Save the Human Race From Global Warming.

KILLJOYS: Minnesota To Make Kid Hockey Players As Young As 5 Wear Masks.

MASK FATIGUE: Man in Washington angry over mask requirement shoots gas station.

RELATED: Mask Fatigue Is Driving Americans Crazy.

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THE FIX IS IN: Obama-Appointed Judge Who is Sister of Stacey Abrams Blocks Purge of 4,000 Voters in Georgia Before Senate Runoff Election.

PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: CA Restaurant Owner Blocks Health Inspector’s Car: ‘If We Can’t Work, He Can’t Work!’

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Transgender Propaganda Claims Straight Is Hate.

Insanity Wrap needs to know: When is it wrong for straight men to want to date actual women?

Answer: When they’re married to some other actual woman, and that’s about it — no matter what today’s woke propaganda insists.

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

• WHO is happy to be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the CCP
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus is even more entitled than her Veep character
• You’re gonna need a bigger Newspeak dictionary

Bonus Sanity: Twitter might get sued into oblivion.

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

UNEXPECTEDLY: ‘Police Reform’ Efforts Behind Atlanta Crime Wave, Leaders Say.

GOOD LORD: Camper Recounts Abuse at Warnock Church Camp.

Washington’s account of the 2002 events provides the first direct insight into the alleged abuse and neglect that transpired at Camp Farthest Out, which Warnock oversaw as senior pastor of Maryland’s Douglas Memorial Community church, and raises new questions for the Democrat, who is currently vying for a Senate seat in Georgia.

Washington expressed surprise when he was told Warnock is currently running for U.S. Senate in Georgia. “I don’t think nobody like [Warnock] should be running for damn Senate nowhere, running a camp like that,” he told the Free Beacon. “He should not be running for government.”

Sounds like a major story, if it weren’t for the (D) after Warnock’s name.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Barstool Sports Brings Small Biz Relief to 2020 Misery. “I’ve maintained throughout the year that I truly believe that the lockdowns are deliberately trying to ruin small businesses because small business owners aren’t a reliable voting bloc for Democrats. One of the few good things to emerge from all of the pandemic horse you-know-what is that we’ve been rediscovering (and finding new) ways of helping businesses and private citizens.”

IT TAKES A VILLAGE CHIEF: Dr. Fauci Admits He Has Treated The American People Like Children.

NICE: US-Backed Forces Raid ISIS Cells in Syria. “The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces are executing a new series of raids against active ISIS-affiliated militants in eastern Syria with the support of the United States.”

WELL, DENVER SHUT THE STATE BACK DOWN LAST MONTH — WHAT DID THEY EXPECT? Colorado’s unemployment surges by 30% — another 52,000 filed for support last week.

WHERE ARE THE GROWNUPS? San Diego Schools Declare War on Learning. “San Diego previously had a reputation for being one of the sanest large cities in California, resisting the worst far-left lunacy infecting other parts of the state. But possibly not any more, as the San Diego Unified School District looks to go fully woke and eliminate grades for middle schoolers.”