RIGHT TO RIOT? Black Lives Matter L.A. Co-Founder Refers to Cops as ‘Slave Catchers,’ Refuses to Engage Them. “We have a right to riot because you’re not hearing us when we speak in the way that you dictated that we need to speak.”

COULD? Smart TVs could get annoying ads just like your web browser does.

My solution to Hollywood nags and spies is a bit extreme, but it does work.

THEIR APPEAL IS BECOMING MORE SELECTIVE: Attention Boomers: 2020 Democratic Candidates Don’t Want Your Vote.

ROGER KIMBALL: The Bulwark Embarrasses Itself Further With Attack on Victor Davis Hanson. “Gabe Schoenfeld lobs the Left’s tired talking points.”

I noted earlier on the PJM Live Blog that The Bulwark had changed its motto to something perhaps a bit more honest than “Conserving Conservatism”.”

TAKE OFF AND NUKE THE SITE FROM ORBIT; IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO BE SURE. Don’t Stop With Morris Dees: Former Employees Told SPLC to ‘Clean House at the Top.’

WHEN EVERYTHING IS TRUMP’S FAULT, NOTHING IS: Stolen Valor Blumenthal (D-CT) Blames Trump For New Zealand Massacre.

“Trump!” is the new “Racist!”

IT’S SINGAPORE, WHICH SITS ON SOME OF THE EARTH’S MOST STRATEGIC REAL ESTATE: China’s F-35 Nightmare Is Coming True: Another Nation in Asia Is Going Stealth.

MOLLY BALL: Nancy Pelosi Doesn’t Want to Talk About Impeachment. The Democrats May Not Be Able to Resist It.

Democrats control the House, and about three-quarters of their voters favor impeachment. A well-funded grassroots movement is mounting an aggressive campaign to pressure wavering lawmakers. Multiple investigations into the President, his business and his Administration are under way. The one led by special counsel Robert Mueller may conclude any day, but no matter what Mueller finds, many Democrats in Congress believe there’s already ample evidence that Trump has committed crimes and proven himself unfit to serve. These lawmakers see a moral imperative to seek the remedy prescribed by the Constitution.

More than a quarter of the 235 Democrats in the House have already expressed support for Trump’s impeachment. Virtually everyone else is taking a “wait for Mueller” approach. But no one is ruling it out. And to many, the prospect of opening impeachment proceedings against Trump seems inevitable. “It’s not a matter of whether, it’s a matter of when,” as Representative John Yarmuth of Kentucky told CNN on March 12.

All they have to do is not act crazy… and you know the rest.

THE FRESH, YOUNG FACE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now as unpopular as Ted Cruz during 2013 government shutdown over Obamacare defunding.

I can’t help but think that Speaker Pelosi 1.0 would have found a way to sideline someone like AOC already.

“MIGRANT”: Somali Woman Charged With Terrorizing North Dakota Neighborhood Previously Tied to Human Sex Trafficking Case.

Patrick Poole has the details.

CYBERSECURITY: A new rash of highly covert card-skimming malware infects ecommerce sites.

Researchers on Thursday revealed that seven sites—each with more than 500,000 collective visitors per month—have been compromised with a previously unseen strain of sniffing malware designed to surreptitiously swoop in and steal payment card data as soon as visitors make a purchase.

One of those sites, UK sporting goods outlet Fila.co.uk, had been infected since November and had only removed the malware in the past 24 hours, researchers with security firm Group-IB told Ars. The remaining six sites—jungleeny.com, forshaw.com, absolutenewyork.com, cajungrocer.com, getrxd.com, and sharbor.com—remained infected at the time this post was being reported. Ars sent messages seeking comment to all seven sites but has yet to receive a response from any of them.

I do as much of my shopping online as is humanly — er, electronically — possible. But even I find myself wondering how long before we regret giving up bricks and mortar and cash.

HMM: Iran pumps up “massive” offensive exercise with as many as 50 drones.

THIS IS NOT THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS HOPING FOR: Pet Dog with Black Plague Exposed More Than 100 Veterinary Workers to the Disease.

UM… OK: Patricia Arquette Shares Her Robert Mueller Devotional Candle on Instagram. “What’s going to happen when her prayers for Trump’s impeachment go unanswered?“

ANALYSIS: TRUE. If organizations like ACT for America were really anti-Muslim hate groups, they would celebrate violence against Muslims.

Facts and logic are a most uncouth way to argue.

PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY, TAKE NOTE: Japan’s F-35 Stealth Fighters Get New Standoff Anti-Ship Capability.

CHANGE? Minnesota Democratic Leaders Looking To Oust Rep. Omar. “Upset at her public anti-Semitic statements, there are Minnesota Democratic Party leaders are already working to recruit candidates to run against Rep. Ilhan Omar in next year’s primary election.”

Well, good luck to them.

LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: Terror attack in New Zealand and much, much more. “Authorities are also reporting that there were explosive devices and cars involved, although the devices were not detonated. The shooters were not on any watch lists and the attack was described as ‘well-planned.’ One attacker has been identified as an Australian citizen. Developing… “

CHANGE: Oklahoma GOP Governor Signs Medical Marijuana Rules Into Law.

BAD IDEA: Newt Gingrich Says Venezuela’s dictator Maduro must go – Even if the military has to intervene.

I’M NOT SURE THE UNDER-40S WERE EVER WITH HIM, AND THE UNDER-30S HAVE GONE FULL SOCIALIST: Has the Democratic Party Left Joe Biden Behind?

MIXED-UP, MUDDLED-UP, SHOOK-UP WORLD: Surprising DNA found in ancient people from southern Europe.

Beginning in the Bronze Age, the genetic makeup of the area changed dramatically. Starting in about 2,500 B.C., genes associated with people from the steppes near the Black and Caspian seas, in what is now Russia, can be detected in the Iberin gene pool. And from about 2,500 B.C. much of the population’s DNA was replaced with that of steppe people.

The “Steppe Hypothesis” holds that this group spread east into Asia and west into Europe at around the same time—and the current study shows that they made it to Iberia, too. Though 60 percent of the region’s total DNA remained the same, the Y chromosomes of the inhabitants were almost entirely replaced by 2,000 B.C. That suggests a massive influx of men from the steppes, since Y chromosomes are carried only by men.

“It looks like the influence was very male dominated,” says Miguel Vilar, a genetic anthropologist who serves as senior program officer for the National Geographic Society.

Who were these men—and did they come in peace? Vilar, who was not involved with the study, speculates that the steppe men may have come on horses bearing bronze weapons, hence ushering in the Bronze Age to the area. He compares the migration to the one the indigenous peoples of North and South America faced when the first Europeans landed in the 1490s.

“It shows that you could have a migration all the way across the whole continent (of Europe) and still have a heavy influence on this far extreme,” he says.

I wonder if this influx might help explain the mysterious origins of the Basque language.

I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY’S WATCHING ME: Surveillance tech will make your car less private.

THE SPLC STRIKES AGAIN: Eventbrite Blacklists ACT for America for ‘Promoting Hate.’

HMM: Bombshell: Strzok Told Congress Robert Mueller Never Asked Him About Anti-Trump Texts. “It’s like the special counsel didn’t even care…”