ALLIES: Britain, Japan sign major defense deal to allow mutual troop access. “The U.K. will be the first European country to have a Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan, the most important defense treaty between the U.K. and Japan since 1902.”

GREAT MOMENTS IN VICE-PRESIDENTING: Kamala Harris Explains Caribbean Geography to World, World Stares Slack-Jawed. “Seriously, wtf is her deal?”

WELL, GOOD: Public universities across the country ban CCP-influenced TikTok.

WELL…: Biden White House Repeatedly Entertained TikTok Lobbyists.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Karine Jean-Pierre’s Last Brain Cell Has Left the Building. “Hell hath no ridiculousness like a 21st century Democrat trying to expiate white guilt.”

THIS IS CNN: Biden’s whirlwind final days as vice president had aides scrambling to close his White House office. “Partly to wrap up his policy portfolios, partly to tout his accomplishments, and partly to occupy himself following the death of his son a year earlier, Biden thrust himself into work in a final sprint to mark what then appeared to be the end of a four-decade run at the highest levels of government.”

CNN assigned no fewer than four “reporters” to blame Biden’s work ethic and his harried staff for his little classified documents problem.

HEINLEIN’S CRAZY YEARS (CONT’D): Hysterical U.S. Transgenders Liken Themselves to Holocaust Victims, Plan to Seek Refuge Abroad.

MISINFORMATION: In Emails to White House, Facebook Admits Suppressing ‘Often-True Content’ on COVID-19 Vaccines.

MATT MARGOLIS: This Detail May Prove That Biden Mishandled Classified Documents. “Based on this timeline, it seems likely that the classified documents that were found in Biden’s office at the Penn Biden Center may have originally been a part of the cache found in his garage.”

GOODER AND HARDER, COLORADO: Colorado Democrats aim to ban entire class of semi-automatic weapons.

In one of their first moves of the 2023 legislative session, majority Democrats — who control nearly two-thirds of both chambers — are gearing up to enact a ban on what appears to be the entire class of semi-automatic weapons.

In fact, it may be easier to know what guns would still be legal in Colorado by simply reading one paragraph of the 16-page draft bill, which says a so-called “assault weapon” does not include any firearm that “has been made permanently inoperable; an antique firearm manufactured before 1899; a replica of an antique firearm; a firearm that is manually operated by bolt; pump; lever; slide action, unless the firearm is a shotgun with a revolving cylinder; or a firearm that can only fire rimfire ammunition.”

The bill, embedded at the end of this article, will prohibit anyone in Colorado from “possessing, manufacturing, importing, purchasing, selling, offering to sell, or transferring ownership of” a so-called assault weapon. A violation of the new law would be considered a class 2 misdemeanor, but if that weapon is then used in the commission of a felony or a crime of violence the seller could then be charged with a class 6 felony.

David Kopel, an adjunct professor of advanced constitutional law at Denver University’s Sturm College of Law as well as research director of the Independence Institute*, said he doesn’t believe this bill will stand up in court as written.

Hopefully not, but it’s better to not elect Democrats than it is to rely on the courts.

DEMOCRATS DON’T SEEM TO GET TOO WORKED UP WHEN THEIR CONSTITUENTS SHOOT EACH OTHER: Why Haven’t These 22 Mass Shootings in 2023 Made the News?

WHEW! Joe Biden Defends Storing Documents in Garage: It’s ‘Locked.’

REPORT: Charges Against Hunter Biden Could Be Imminent.

‘GET OUT OF CITIES’: I left the sirens of New York City for the church bells of rural America.

WAPO: ‘GOP Thrusts Gas Stoves’ Because I Guess They Got Tired of Writing ‘Pounces.’ “Let’s call this next step on the hike up to the top of Peak Stupid what it really is: Brazen rent-seeking, yet another cynical cash-grab by the Left.”

LET THE SUN SHINE IN: Rep. Gaetz Says Congress Will Release 14,000 Unseen Hours of Jan 6th Footage.

I’M OVER IT: Attention Please, COVID Is Not Over. We Repeat, COVID Is Not Over. “Well, for most of us it is, but not for the Biden administration. Because, well, reasons. On Wednesday, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra announced that the COVID-19 state of emergency has been extended another 90 days.”

US Big Three Auto Companies Commit to Making Cars That People Don’t Want.

Both my mother and father made a solemn vow that as long as they lived, they would never buy a German or a Japanese car. No matter how well they were made. They were the enemies. They were the ones who killed nearly half a million Americans. Period.

And that value system was transported to me. In honor of my parents’ values, I couldn’t in good conscience buy a Japanese or German car.

I’ve been thinking that after all these years, I may have to change my mind. The American auto companies, which are so often bailed out by U.S. taxpayers, have made a pronouncement that they intend, in the next few years, to stop making and assembling gas-engine cars.

Meanwhile, in Japan: Toyota predicts most of its vehicles will still use gas in 2030.

It’s nice to know that somebody still caters to the vast majority of buyers.

GRATITUDE: You’re Welcome: Illegals in NYC Tossing Free Food.

OK, GROOMER: Penn State professor tells straight students to watch gay porn to discover bisexuality.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Defund Leftist Child Predators in Public Education. “My daughter has been out of the public education system for almost seven years now. Drag show story hours weren’t a thing when she was in school. I know that not all public school teachers are perverts. The ones who are, however, need to be perp-walked out of their classrooms and be hit with court orders that keep them away from schools forever.”

JUSTICE: Hawley pressures Garland to appoint special counsel in Biden classified docs probe. “We know from an Inspector General report that the FBI fabricated evidence to justify spying on President Trump’s campaign in 2016. Now the FBI is once again up to the same tricks, putting its thumb on the scales to punish the Democratic Party’s political opponents.”

WELL, THEY ARE: Arkansas Bill Aims to Classify Drag Shows as Adult-Oriented Businesses.

ROD DREHER ASKS: Respect The Institutions? But Why?

Brooks and Stephens lament that conservatives used to venerate institutions, but now hate them. Does it occur to these men that these institutions may not merit deference anymore? Why can’t they see that these institutions are the ones tearing America apart by attacking classical liberal ideas of race and justice, gutting the natural family, and demonizing anyone who dares to question its dogmas. Why should conservative Americans have any faith in these institutions anymore, when the leadership of these institutions broke faith with them a while back? It’s not a surprise that Brooks and Stephens grieve the populism on the Right, because they have made their peace with the Cultural Revolution.

But the Cultural Revolution has not made peace with them.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: Why Is the Air Force Spending Billions to Buy 50-Year-Old Fighters?

VIDEO: What Is And Isn’t Useful Kit In Ukraine.

In: Mini hot water bottles, ghillie kettles, combat tourniquets and machetes.

Out: Fancy optics and Rambo knives.

Much more at the link.