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Mindfulness makes you smug. And not just mindfulness; a whole raft of alternative spiritual practices such as chakra cleansing and past life regressions feed a sense of superiority over normal mortals. That’s the finding of research from Radboud University in Nijmegen in the Netherlands involving some 3,700 people. The leader of the research, Professor Roos Vonk, first engaged in this field of study when she found that a boyfriend who went on a quasi-Buddhist spiritual retreat for clinical psychology students came back with ‘an enlightened, elevated look in his eyes’ and became really tiresome.

Yeah, that often happens.

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This report is the first independent expert application of the 1948 Genocide Convention to the ongoing treatment of the Uyghurs in China. It was undertaken by the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, in cooperation with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, in response to emerging accounts of serious and systematic atrocities in Xinjiang province, particularly directed against the Uyghurs, an ethnic minority, to ascertain whether the People’s Republic of China is in breach of the Genocide Convention under international law.

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Things are pretty bad when criticizing your company gets its own Wikipedia page.

They just ought to call it ‘Hammer Tech At Tesla’ and be done with it.

NY Times Rips GOP for Opposing Enormous Spending, Despite ‘Mr. Biden’s Good Intentions’

The radical feminist campaigner who has ‘nothing left to lose’

Murders Are Up 1,600% in Portland Year-to-Date

Book Banning in an Age of Amazon

NeverTrumpers back radical DOJ nominee

CBS ‘Journalists’ Vent Over GOP With Stacey Abrams: Why Won’t Republicans ‘Evolve’ on Voting Laws?

Stimulus Package Includes $86 Billion Bailout For Union Pensions

Google And Urban Dictionary Team Up To Censor ‘Blue Anon,’ A Term Describing Liberal Conspiracy Theories

ActBlue Fined for Facilitating Nearly $44,000 in Illegal Contributions

2 Major Reports Conclude Excessive Government Spending Threatens American Prosperity

Psaki Gets Into Dust-Up With Reporter Over Lack Of Media Access To Child Migrant Detention Facilities

Stimulus Package Includes $86 Billion Bailout for Union Pensions

Oregon Dem Sens. Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley Refuse To Condemn Anti-ICE Riots In Portland

New Declassified Texts Expose FBI’s “Media Leak Strategy” Used To Influence Election, Trump Presidency

TILT! PolitiFact Hammers Mike Pence on Critique of Voting Bill, VP Harris Gets Free Pass

Gaming Platform Teaches Children It’s ‘Womxn,’ Not Women

Biden is rolling back the culture war. The country should thank him. (Washington Post) Apparently the people writing for the Washington Post don’t read their own news stories.

Another Anti-Gun Extremist Promoted For Biden’s Cabinet

Biden’s Immigration Policies Caused The Ongoing Border Crisis, Republican Study Committee Says

Biden Admin Silences DHS Over Border Crisis As Viral Video Shows Flood Of Migrants Streaming Into Arizona

The Make-Believe Administration

12 States Sue Biden Administration Over Climate Executive Order

Gas Prices Expected To Rise Over Next Few Weeks  Hating on fossil fuels by the President will do that.

Grassley Grills Biden Nominee Over Push to Lift Sanctions on Group Tied to Terror

Number Of Minor Detainees At Southern Border Has Tripled Over Last Two Weeks

Freeberg nails it.

Brain dead liberals: We make $3 and Morgan makes $6. This is wealth inequity.

Company: Tell us about it. We want to hire Morgan and we’re ready to offer him $7.

BDL: Clearly we have to raise Morgan’s taxes to make the wealth inequity go away.

Government: How much?

BDL: Well let’s see. We pay %10 on our $3 and Morgan pays %40 on his $6. So how about you bump that up to %55 then he’ll be left with the same amount as us.

Government: Okay! Company, and Morgan, you do what you want because we’re not banning or requiring anything here, we lack the balls to take responsibility for anything. But these are the new rates! We’re representing our constituents, don’t you see.

Company: Yikes! Morgan won’t move his fat ass for 45 cents, but we really have to have him. So now we’re going to offer him $10.

Morgan: Uh…um…okay.

BDL: Morgan is making 10!! We’re still making $3, the disparity is getting worse! Who can we blame for this? Derp derp derp.

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For decades, the American left has been using Huxley’s “Brave New World” not as a form of literature, but rather as an instruction manual for gaining control of a previously free society. And it has been working just as well as Huxley feared. This is why every Democrat since FDR has fought against means-testing for Social Security – they want us all on the take. Just let government take care of everything. As George W. Bush said, “When someone is hurting, government has to act.” Once government takes responsibility for all our troubles, then we no longer need to take responsibility for ourselves. Which is nice. But Mr. Huxley knows where all this is going. And now that Democrats control the White House, Congress, and our elections, we’re starting to find out. Why are we just finding this out now? Because we didn’t listen to Mr. Huxley, who wrote “Brave New World” 90 years ago, in 1931.

California’s Energy Policies Hurt Minority Citizens The Most

“Profiteering Off Poverty” – The Side Of Baltimore The Media Won’t Show You

Study Shows Far-Right Misinformation Is Thriving on Facebook

Global Social Media In The Era Of Great Power Conflict

Glass House Alert! MSNBC Lets Ex-Lincoln Project Adviser Accuse OTHERS of ‘Grift’

NYC mom enraged by teacher playing rap videos during Zoom economics class No wonder people are fleeing NY.

Federal Workers Scoring Massive Perks In COVID Relief Bill

CNN’s Stelter Ignores Cuomo Scandals, Fox’s Kurtz Excoriates Media Hacks

FLIP! FLOP! Before Mocking Andrew Cuomo, CNN’s Chris Cillizza Adored Him

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That’s what happens when Democrats run your state.

CNN, The Pro-Biden ‘Miracle’ Network, Hails ‘Safest, Most Secure Election In History’

Facebook Says Louis Farrakhan’s Anti-Vaccine Screed Violated Policy Against Misinformation, Twitter Stays Silent

Hyperinflation Pushes Venezuela to Print 1M-Bolivar Bills

CNN’s Biased ‘Facts First’ Can’t Get Its Facts Straight About HR 1 or Pence

MSNBC ‘Republican’ Slams ‘Insulting’ Dem Siding with GOP on Min. Wage Vote

Newsom COVID ‘Equity’ Plan: Vaccinate 2 Million Latinos Or California Won’t Reopen

NY Times Attempts Balance, Fails: Hispanic GOP ‘Stoked’ on BLM ‘Conspiracy Theories’

MSNBC Analyst Malcolm Nance Predicts ‘Terrorist And Paramilitary Insurgency’

Protests Spark Up Before Derek Chauvin’s Trial Starts Monday  Note: They aren’t in support of Chauvin.

‘Science’? PolitiFact Denies the FACT That We’re Born Boys or Girls

Iowa Democrat Says $15 Wage Hike ‘Will Cause Harm’ in State, Still Supports It

‘Never Let Facts Get In The Way’: Candace Owens Calls AOC Minimum Wage Plan ‘Scary’

Panel Recommends ‘Quick Reaction Force’ for Capitol

How Democracy Dies: Big Tech Becomes Big Brother

Track Athlete Resists Being Forced to Compete Against Biological Males

So, What Happened at the Capitol on March 4?

China Abandons 24-Year Experiment With Open Hong Kong Elections  Democracy dies under Communism.

China Cuts Growth Outlook, Increases Military Spend, Shrugged Off Climate Change In Latest ‘Five-Year Plan’

NYU Study RIPS ‘Far-Right’ News on Facebook, Ignores Platform’s Liberal Bias

628-Page COVID-19 Bill Takes Senate Clerks Just Over 10 Hours To Read Out Loud

Republicans’ new strategy? Pointless obstruction. (CNN)

A liberal analyst’s warning: Liberal elites are driving minority voters from Democratic Party

Colbert Fawns Over Fonda’s Foul Activism in Re-Released Anti-War Tour Documentary

As the Insurrection Narrative Crumbles, Democrats Cling to it More Desperately Than Ever

Protesters Seeking Financial Support For Illegal Immigrants Shut Down Traffic On New York Bridges

MSNBC to GOP Senator: Here’s A Clip of a Democrat Saying You’re Wrong

Feelings First! CNN INTERN ‘Fact Checks’ Rand Paul on ‘Gender Confirmation Surgery’

LA Teachers’ Union Pushing Racial Division in Fight Over School Closures

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Of course, the fact that he’s incompetent and a socialist has nothing to do with it.

Apparently those who base their judgments on appearance (like, say, skin color) seem to think that everybody else does that too.

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In the Gulf of Guinea, off the Nigerian coast, piracy is becoming a major problem and shipping companies warn that this will increase maritime ship insurance and other piracy related costs that will be passed on to consumers in Nigeria and neighboring countries if something is not done. Off the Nigerian coast the pirate activity is increasing despite Nigerian efforts to curb the practice. This is not as bad as what Somalia once was but it is becoming enough of a problem to cause serious problems for shipping companies and their customers in the Gulf of Guinea.

Mike Pence’s Blueprint for Permanent Authoritarian Rule (New York Magazine) Imagine New York Magazine complaining about somebody else’s plan for permanent authoritarian rule.

CRAZY: MSNBC Panel Suggests Antifa Is Noble, the Right Is Worse Than Al-Qaeda

ABC Boosts Cuomo’s ‘Apology’ With 7x the Airtime Vs His Accusers’ Reactions

‘More Inclusive’: Washington Football Team Ditches Cheerleaders For Coed Dance Squad

House Democrats Vote to Nullify, Nationalize State Election Laws

ICE locks Twitter account that alerted public of illegal immigrants freed by sanctuary cities

Over 18 Million Americans Are Still On Government Jobless Benefits  Which is exactly where the Democrats want them.

‘That’s So Outrageous’: Benjamin Netanyahu Slams SNL’s Michael Che For Saying Israel Only Vaccinates Jewish People

House Passes Legislation That Would Allow Justice Department To Demand Removal Of Social Media Posts

Obscure Seattle Civil Rights Law Could Be Silver Bullet for Big Tech Censorship

Tapper Slams GOP ‘Lying and Indecency,’ Hails Dem ‘Professionals’

WATCH: Rep. Jayapal Gaslights on CNBC Host Sorkin’s Tough Criticism of Wealth Tax

Capitol Police Ask National Guard to Stay for 2 More Months

Joy Behar Smears Republicans as ‘Cheaters’ for Opposing Dem Bill That Makes Elections Less Secure  There’s sone projection for you.

Georgetown Student Bar Association Asks Students to List Pronouns ‘In Solidarity’ with Transgender Peers

U.S. Adversaries Weaponize Woke Politics

Rep. Ron Johnson Objects To Skipping Reading Of 600-Page COVID-19 Relief Bill In Senate

Right Side Broadcasting Network Says YouTube Suspended Channel for Trump CPAC Speech

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More than Senator Umbrage will ever admit.

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A few weeks ago I asked a fire fighter friend how they extinguish electric vehicle battery fires.

He said “Oh you mean like a Tesla or something? The answer is you can’t. You cordon off the area, and spray a fine mist of water on the fire to try to keep the temperature down until it finishes burning. Takes a few days until it is safe”.

Just in case you needed a reason not to buy an electric car. And don’t get me started about Tesla….

Biden’s next big move could deliver a crippling blow to Trumpism (Washington Post) Except that there is no such thing as ‘Trumpism’ other than in the fantasies of proglodytes.

80 House Democrats Urge Biden to Reverse Trump’s Cuba Sanctions

Congressional Democrats Want To Make Ballot Harvesting The National Standard, Regardless Of What States Want

EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Market Economist RIPS Krugman Claim That ‘Too Much Choice Is Hurting America’

Glenn Greenwald Says ‘I Consider Tucker Carlson To Be A Socialist’  Surprised me too.

Study: Academics Support Conservative Discrimination

CBS Socialist Dokoupil ‘Very Excited’ By ‘Guaranteed Basic Income’

Chinese Court Calls Homosexuality a ‘Disorder,’ Will Disney and The NBA Boycott?

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For centuries prior to the invention of sealed envelopes, sensitive correspondence was protected from prying eyes through complex folding techniques called “letterlocking,” which transformed a letter into its own secure envelope. However, locked letters that survive to the present are fragile and can be opened physically only by slicing them to pieces.

The new X-ray method offers researchers a non-invasive alternative, maintaining a letterpacket’s original folded shape. For the first time, scientists applied this method to “locked” letters from the Renaissance period, kept in a trunk that had been in the collection of the Dutch postal museum in The Hague, The Netherlands, since 1926.

We have the technology.

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Senate hopeful John Fetterman often touts his role in advocating for the release of harmless and “innocent” prisoners. A review of the Democrat’s record on commutation cases, however, shows the Democrat has voted to release violent criminals jailed for their roles in brutal murders.

As Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, Fetterman leads the five-person Board of Pardons, which evaluates clemency applications in the state. Since taking on the job in 2019, the Democrat has voted to release more criminals sentenced to life in prison than any other member of the panel, state records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show.

Paul Mirengoff of PowerLine.

It says a lot that Andrew Cuomo became a media darling even as his policies caused thousands of deaths in New York nursing homes, but now, suddenly, is the subject of impeachment talk because three women have accused him of mild or borderline sexual harassment. What it suggests to me is that our priorities are skewed and that our culture is becoming frivolous.

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Outgoing Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron claimed the Post has no “ideological attachment” to the Democrats. But the front of Tuesday’s Style section had a splashy article headlined “The cachet of having Jill Biden as a customer.”

The paper that now touts merchants getting thrills up their leg for a Jill Biden visit is the same paper where the “gender and society” columnist compared Melania Trump to a “garage-sale lampshade.”

The worst-kept secret: Conservatism has no value(s) (Washington Post)

Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders propose 3% wealth tax on billionaires (CNBC) The crazy is strong today.

Trump and the Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts (Vox)

Kinzinger’s allies launch super PAC to defend Republicans who impeached Trump  (CNN)

‘A Foil Against Donald Trump’: NY Post’s Miranda Devine Warns That Cuomo Is Expendable Now That He’s ‘Served His Purpose’

WashPost Boss Cracks Us Up: We’re Not ‘Ideologically Attached’ to the Democrats!

Welcoming ‘Refreshing’ Biden White House, Still Cursing ‘Horrible’ Republicans

‘You Didn’t Answer Me!’: CNBC Host Clashes With Sen. Elizabeth Warren Over ‘Ultra-Millionaire Tax’ Proposal  No Democrat has ever seen a pocket that she didn’t want to pick.

COVID-19 Relief Package Could Send Up To $50 Million To Abortion Providers

FBI Director: Capitol Riot Was Domestic Terrorism  Funny how he doesn’t seem worried about BLM and AntiFa.

91% of COVID-19 Bill Is Just ‘Democrat Wish List,’ Rep. Ted Budd Says  My, what a surprise.

POLL: 71% Of Americans Believe Antifa Is A Domestic Terrorist Organization  I’m worried about the other 29%.

Indian Nations University Student Paper Editor Sues School For Restricting Speech

ICE’s Twitter Account Warning Public Of Fugitive Immigrants With Criminal Backgrounds Locked

YouTube Suspends Rudy Giuliani For False Election Claims  It’s all about the Narrative.

Amazon Sued for Alleged Race, Gender Bias in Corporate Hires  What goes around, comes around.

Dems Jumpstart Gun-Control Efforts

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The NYT wrote that the beer aging situation was a “first-of-its-kind monthslong experiment in deep-water beermaking,” and it’s not really clear right now how the thieves managed to locate the beer and break it loose.

I am not making this up.

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eff McAdam was giving a report from the street about Comic-Con’s in-person events being canceled during the coronavirus pandemic, and a gunfight involving the police started right behind him.

Didn’t know comic fans were that feisty.

John Hinderaker at PowerLine.

n the wake of last Summer’s devastating riots in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Hollywood celebrities and left-wing politicians led by Kamala Harris joined forces to bail out violent criminals who committed arson, looting and other felonies. But apparently there were not enough such criminals to go around–not enough who got arrested, anyway–so the Hollywood/D.C. leftists bailed out everyone in sight. Along with other victims, one or more Minnesota women have now suffered kidnapping and assault as a result of Kamala Harris’s largesse.

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Rep. Katie Porter (D., Calif.), a self-styled working-class champion who has criticized the number of millionaires in Congress, has up to nearly $3 million in assets, filings show.

According to her most recent financial disclosure report, Porter has between $1.2 million and $2.8 million in assets. Porter’s leadership PAC, Truth to Power, recently solicited donations with a statement decrying the fact that millionaires comprise “a shockingly large portion of our federal government.”

I have no problem with legislators being millionaires, although it does rather make their Soak The Rich noises somewhat ludicrous.

Fact check: Trump delivers lie-filled CPAC speech (CNN)

Trump has captured the Republican party – and that’s great news for Biden (The Guardian)

Trump teases 2024 presidential run in lie-filled CPAC speech (CNN)

Trump at CPAC: Former president keeps the big lie going and going and going (Baltimore Sun)

Who killed the California dream? If you think it was liberals, think again (The Hill)

CA teachers union president who led school closure charge seen dropping daughter off at in-person preschool

Minneapolis To Pay Social Media Influencers To Push City-Approved Messaging For Derek Chauvin’s Trial In Death Of George Floyd

Seattle Homeless Shelter Gives “Booty Injection” Kits To Addicts

Hollywood Congratulates Itself at Golden Globes: ‘Art Has Led the Way’

“Shocking Investigation” Reveals China Buys Western Academics  They aren’t all that expensive, either.

ABC Hides Dems’ Costly Pork in COVID Bill to Slam Republican Opposition

Liberals Call On Biden Administration To Overrule Senate Parliamentarian, Put $15 Minimum Wage In Relief Package

The California Model: Soft On Violent Firearm Crimes, Hard On Law-Abiding Gun Owners

‘C Stands For Cult’: Joy Behar Mocks CPAC, Says Republicans Are ‘Eating Each Other’

4 Arrested In Texas On 150 Counts Of Voter Fraud

More Than Two-Thirds of Conservative Academics Report Political Bias

Trump Approved 10,000 National Guard for Jan. 6, But Pelosi Rejected Troops

Former Soccer Star Seth Jahn Speaks Harshly Against Kneeling During National Anthem, Is Removed From US Soccer Council

Woke Ideology Is Coming To Biden’s Justice Department

The $15 Minimum Wage Proposal Wasn’t The Only Job-Killer In The Dems’ Stimulus Package

Republicans continue to embrace Trump’s election lie at rightwing summit (The Guardian)

Republicans’ real beef with the Jan. 6 commission More mind-reading at the Washington Post.

CBS’s Cuomo Flirt, Jane Pauley Ignored His Sexual Harassment Scandals

CNN’s Dana Bash Says Trump Speech Will Bring Back ‘The Big Lie’  Certainly on CNN’s part. They’re always looking for an anti-Trump hoax that they can push.

‘Crazed’ Antifa Mob Target Portland Businesses As ‘Defunded’ Police Stretched Thin

“You’re The F**king Nuts” – Bill Maher Blasts New York’s “Insane” Woke School System

“Socialism On A Global Scale”: Sky News Host Demolishes Davos Elites And ‘Great Reset’ Scheme

Amazon Under Fire For Blocking Anti-Transgender Book, Canceling Clarence Thomas

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How Trumpism Has Become a Cult of Losing (New York Magazine) It’s not hard to lose when the other side cheats.

Open Season on Townies at Lesbian-Heavy Smith College

Supreme Court Slaps Down California County’s Ban On Indoor Church Services

‘Recipe For More Shuttered Businesses’: Small Businesses Speak Out Against Minimum Wage Hike

New California Bill Would Fine Retailers With Separate “Girls” & “Boys” Sections

Minimum Wage Increase Not Allowed In Biden Rescue Plan, Senate Rules Official Says  Next order of business: Changing that rule. (Bernie Sanders Blasts Senate Parliamentarian’s Minimum Wage Decision)

California Collapsing

Barely Trying: CNN Finally Covers Cuomo Claims…But Gives It 96 Seconds in Two Days

MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace Says She’s ‘Knocked Over’ By ‘Delusional Echo Chamber’ Republicans Who Oppose Equality Act

Founder Of Chinese Front Group Spoke At CIA Nominee’s Think Tank Amid Beijing Propaganda Push

Eviction Moratorium Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

Unfunny Seth Meyers Dubs Trump ‘President Outbreak Monkey,’ Hits Biden From the Left

Apple series ‘Truth be Told’ filming shut down amidst protests  Apparently Leftists don’t like truth.

CNN Lets Democrat Fudge Facts on Forcing Women To Compete Against Biological Men

27% Of All Household Income In The US Now Comes From The Government

Mr Potato Head and the cult of gender neutrality

The National Guard Has Been In DC For 50 Days, And It’s Still Unclear When Troops Can Return Home

9th Circuit Eyes California Ban on High-Capacity Magazines

Twitter Prepares ‘Safety Mode’ to Mute ‘Hateful’ Remarks, Censor Free Speech on Its Platform

Los Angeles DA Hires Anti-Cop Activist for Top Prosecutor Job

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Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR5, the so-called “Equality Act,” to amend various provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. If it passes the Senate and is signed into law by the president, the bill will cause incalculable damage to our society—with a particular assault on women and religious believers. The bill is expressly designed to impose a controversial sexual-ideological scheme on the American public, and to forbid any religiously-based objections to that agenda.

What Mitt Romney gets *exactly* right about Donald Trump (CNN) As if either Mitt Romney or CNN had a clue about Trump.

This is a sign of how much trouble the GOP brand is in (CNN) At least on the Left, and that’s all that matters, right?

Anti-Trump sentiment, not science, may be behind Dems’ school closures, liberal NY Times columnist writes

Website Tracks Which Colleges Embrace Training in Critical Race Theory

3 Highlights From House Hearing on ‘Disinformation and Extremism’ in News Media

Ohio Public School Orders Teachers And Students To Lobby For LGBT Legislation Don’t ever send your child to a government school. Just don’t.

Elite Panic Over The California Recall Shows What They Think Of Democracy

How ‘Equality Act’ Would Impose Transgender Ideology on Everyone

Twitter Says It Purged Dozens Of Accounts For “Undermining Faith In NATO”

NY Times, Other Outlets Snooze on Sundays Under ‘Tranquil’ Biden

Newsom Holds Indoor Event at Restaurant Barred From Offering Indoor Dining Rules are for thee but not for me.

14 House Republicans Want Briefing From FBI on Swalwell Ties to Alleged Chinese Spy  Good luck with that.

Apple donating $1M to group providing resources to LGBTQ+ youth

‘Fact-Checking’ Powers Leave Biden and Cuomo Unchecked

$1.9 Trillion ‘COVID-19’ Bill Would Pay for Abortions and Intersectional ‘Art’

Leftist Activist Launches $65M Effort to Fight Conservative Media, Push Progessive News

Mitchell’s Line on Radical HHS Nominee: ‘Since When is Being a Doctor the Requirement?’

That’s Potato Head to You! Hasbro Drops the ‘Mister’ From Mister Potato Head

Demi Lovato Calls For End Of ‘Transphobic’ Gender Reveal Parties

Democratic Shill Kimmel’s Jokes Are So Awful, You Almost Feel Bad for Him

Illinois’ Latest Use Of Taxpayer Money As Anti-Republican Political Club

Project Veritas Leaks Salesforce Vow to Purge Messaging from Trump or Election Skeptics

G.I. Joe To Be Replaced With Genderless G.I. Pat  Babylon Bee.

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Lionel Shriver.

Pre-internet, august dictionaries such as Webster’s and the OED functioned as linguistic anchors. Beneficially slow to adapt and resistant to vernacular fashion, print editions that were expensive to reissue acted as drags on popular misunderstandings (no, ‘notorious’ does not mean ‘famous’). By calling us to shared agreement on what words did and didn’t mean, hard-copy dictionaries helped facilitate clear, precise communication. But online dictionaries have jettisoned this conservative purpose. Capable of being updated daily, digital definitions change with the wind, and are eternally playing catch-up with galloping popular ignorance. The hoi polloi, not the fuddy-duddies, are in charge.

This leaves English susceptible to witlessness, yet also to deliberate manipulation. We’re not talking merely about rapidly evolving slang, but about the meaning of staple, commonplace vocabulary, revised definitions of which can slyly import partisan ideological baggage to everyday discourse.

Wikipedia is serving the Left toward the same end.

Former Clinton Adviser Admits America Becoming “Totalitarian State” Under Biden

Top Texas Republicans on the ropes after tone-deaf storm response (Politico) I’m sure they wish that were true.

Propaganda Minister Colbert: Green New Deal ‘Bold,’ ‘Swinging for the Fences’

Quincy Institute Fellow Denies China’s Genocide of Uighur Muslims

Canada Gun Confiscation ‘In The Coming Months’

Here’s What The Swamp Stuck In The Stimulus

Media Institute Hits Democrats for ‘Chilling Speech, Intimidating Distributors’

Germany: Far-Left Extremists Viciously Attack Political Candidate In The Street  Gee, just like the Good Old Days.

‘Gran Torino’ Actor Claims Eastwood Film Exacerbated Current Anti-Asian Racism

Can we have unity when Republicans thrive on alienation? (Washington Post)

How the effort to deny the reality of the Jan. 6 attack is evolving (Washington Post) Defending the Narrative is a full-time job.

Clueless WashPost Columnist: ‘We Need Much More’ Abortion Propaganda on TV

Lincoln Project Received $32 Million in Free Media from CNN, MSNBC Since Weaver Scandal Broke

Hong Kong Market Tumbles After “Shock” Transaction Tax Hike To Pay For Government Handouts

CNN: Support Biden Cabinet Picks or You’re Sexist!

‘What A Joke’: Morning Joe Knocks GOP Resistance To Biden Nominees, Says ‘They’ve Surrendered Their Right To Be Outraged’

New Bill Would Eliminate Single-Sex Spaces on College Campuses

Teachers Unions Say Schools Cannot Reopen Until We Are Safe From Our Kids Ever Having A Future  Babylon Bee.

How Corporate America Bankrolled Neera Tanden’s Left-Wing Agenda

Amazon Created New ‘Hate Speech’ Policy Before Banning Bestselling Book on Transgenderism

Verizon Cut Off Donations to Republicans, Partnered With Antisemitic Farrakhan Pal

COMPLICIT MSNBC Doesn’t Want Violent Left-Wing Rioters Prosecuted

Hatefest: ‘View’ Hosts Smear DeSantis, Threaten Tucker Carlson

House Republicans SLAM Left’s Attack on Free Speech During Hearing

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When the House impeached Donald Trump in late 2019 on ambiguous charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, many legal experts expressed concern about normalizing impeachment–previously a very rare procedure.

“Abuse of Power: Inside the Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump,” my 2020 book, outlines how Trump was the first president impeached on noncriminal allegations. Unlike the charges in the first impeachment, federal statutes cover both incitement and insurrection–the basis of the charge in the House’s second impeachment of Trump.

Nevertheless, the second impeachment, just more than a year later, may have exacerbated such concerns of making impeachment a routine process.

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This week, Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., and Jerry McNerney, D-Calif., sent out a series of letters to America’s largest communications corporations: AT&T, Alphabet Inc., Cox Communications, Dish Network, Comcast, Apple, Amazon, and others.

Their letters demanded answers from these corporations on one simple topic: Why would these platforms continue to allow the dissemination of “misinformation” from conservative outlets?

“Our country’s public discourse is plagued by misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, and lies,” the House Democrats wrote. “These phenomena undergird the radicalization of seditious individuals who committed acts of insurrection on January 6th, and it contributes to a growing distrust of public health measures necessary to crush the pandemic. … Are you planning to continue carrying Fox News, Newsmax, and OANN?”

The overt move by members of the government to cudgel private corporations into silencing unpopular viewpoints was clearly violative of First Amendment principles.

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There’s a new administration in town. On Monday, House Democrats Anna Eshoo and Jerry McNerney, both members of the House Energy and Commerce committee, sent letters to twelve grand poobahs of television to make sure they were properly updating their ideological software.

‘Some purported news outlets have long been misinformation rumor mills and conspiracy theory hotbeds that produce content that leads to real harm,’ the letter says. ‘Are you planning to continue carrying Fox News, Newsmax, and OANN… now and beyond any contract renewal date? If so, why?’

Sadly, America’s government grows less transparent by the day, so the letter conceals half its content beneath a layer of subtext. That’s a nice TV company you have there, it says. Would be so very sad if something happened to it. TV companies that want to avoid a regulatory stink-eye are encouraged to make the bad voices disappear from the television.

John Hinderaker at PowerLine.

This is the stupidity to which we have all grown accustomed, although carried to an absurd degree here. But I think this comment is worth making: if you believe this is really about statues, you are sadly mistaken. These far-left students have their training wheels on now, but they are being groomed for their real task: not just changing the names of the University of Washington and Washington State, which flows inexorably from the destruction of Washington’s statue, but, far more important, the discrediting and hence abandonment of our Constitution.

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They’re making a list. They’ve been telling us they intend to make a list. When your enemy (I use the term advisedly) tells you he intends to harm you, you should believe him. We’re down to the nut-cracking now, and the plan on the left, now that they have their claws on the levers of power, is to identify as many Trump voters as they can, label them as “domestic terrorists,” and to disenfranchise the lot of them.

No access to the automated communication platforms or financial systems of the world.

They’re already doing it. How far they are able to succeed remains to be seen, but my own intuition is that they will be able to do a great deal of damage to real human beings before anyone rises up to stop them.

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God forbid there should be some objective way of detecting how bad their teaching is.

‘The Political Version Of Money Laundering’: Greg Gutfeld Compares COVID-19 Relief Bill To ‘Breaking Bad’ Carwash

Amazon Stops Selling Book Critical of Transgender Movement

‘The Swamp Is Back’: Rep. Kevin McCarthy Hammers Democrats’ ‘Expensive’ And ‘Expansive’ Relief Bill Proposals

French City Removes Meat From School Lunches, Slammed For “Putting Ideology On Kids’ Plates”

The Return of Sue and Settle

WAR CRY: House Dems Echo CNN, Pressure TV Providers to DUMP Fox, Newsmax and OAN

Amazon Censors Book That Criticizes Transgender Ideology

Facebook Restores News Sharing As Australia Caves To Big Tech

CNN Anchor Calls It ‘Revisionism’ To Deny That Capitol Riot Was An Armed Insurrection  ‘Revisionism’ is, of course, a uniquely Communist charge.

CNN’s New Target? Moderate Dems: ‘Shameful’ for Manchin Not To Support $15 Minimum Wage

Tim Cook and Apple ask Congress to ‘come together’ and pass the Equality Act

Spain’s anarchists are rioting

California To Send $600 Stimulus Checks To Illegal Immigrants, Poor Residents

Twitter Censors Focus on the Family-Affiliated Account for Denoting Biological Fact: Report

Scott Johnson at PowerLine.

“Death to me!” is the title of the best column I have read on the sordid ritual of public confessions following the “woke” party line. By David Mikics, the column draws on the history of false confessions by Communists caught up in the purges of the Soviet Union’s Stalin era. It is a history with which every literate American should be familiar, but it appears to be as obscure in the mind of Americans as the Peloponnesian War.

The column provides a good account of recent events at the New York Times to illustrate the phenomenon. As Mikics observes, the Times is part of the story today, in support of the “woke” party line, and yesterday as well, in support of the Communist Party line. Some things don’t change.

Gee, what could have happened in 2008 to cause such a thing?

Chinese military scientist accused of obstructing DOJ investigation into her visa fraud at Stanford

Token Female Member of Men’s College Wrestling Team Used By LGBT Media to Justify Trans Rights

Pelosi, Who Claims to Oppose Gerrymandering, Funnels $300,000 to Democratic Gerrymandering Group

The United States Women’s National Soccer Team Is Done Protesting During The National Anthem  Nobody cares any more now that the Democrats are in power.

Uighurs: ‘Credible case’ China carrying out genocide

Twitter locks out Irish Bishop after he criticized euthanasia

San Francisco School Board Pauses Effort To Rename 44 Schools, Says Its ‘Only Focus’ Will Shift To Reopening Classrooms  And hope that the spotlight moves on so that they can get on with the original program.

Yellen Sets The Stage For Higher Corporate Taxes, Yield Curve Control And A Digital Dollar

Big Three CENSOR News on White House-Backed ‘Dark Money’ Group Pushing Biden’s Leftist Agenda

YouTube CENSORS Testimony in Ohio Legislature, Deems It Misinformation

Anti-Gun Senators And Mayors Push Biden On Executive Gun Controls

The myth (and phony math) of ‘green’ jobs

Amazon Exposes True Colors By Silencing ‘Dissent From A New Orthodoxy,’ Author Says

Big Tech Employees Donated More To Biden’s Campaign Than Any Other Sector

NBC Rushes to Exploit Texas Crisis to Push Radical Climate Agenda

The Next Target Of Democrats’ Wokeism: American Farmers

Read it.

Kamala Harris was always going to be a most prominent Vice President. When Joe Biden’s campaign called a midmorning ‘lid’ — ending his working day before it really began — Harris would stay out on the trail, addressing car rallies in Pontiac, Michigan; going viral on social media by dancing in the Florida rain. She is significantly younger and more energetic — traits the Biden campaign capitalized on in the campaign. Her fanbase considers her to be a political celebrity: when she’s getting bad press, they rally the #KHive on social media — an online community ready and willing to defend the VP — a spin-off of the #BeyHive hashtag used by Beyoncé’s loyal fans worldwide.

An Ex-KGB Agent Says Trump Was a Russian Asset Since 1987. Does it Matter? (New York Magazine) Honestly, these people with believe anything.

California Nurses Sponsor Bill Mandating Free Healthcare For Everyone  And lots of jobs for nurses, of course, all at taxpayer expense. Ka-ching! (Actually, this is not a bad idea — once implemented in California, all of the deadbeats and illegal aliens will move there, hastening their collapse.)

Dem Rep. Ro Khanna: ‘We Don’t Want’ Small Businesses That Can’t Pay $15 Minimum Wage  Welcome to WalMart, Congresswoman. Let’s hear no more whining about the lack of Vibrant Small Shops.

White House Says HFT Tax “Worth Studying” After GameStop Debacle  Look, money going by! Let’s slap a tax on it before it gets away!

Read it.

‘America is back.’ Speaking to the 57th annual Munich Security Conference, Joe Biden made that point for the umpteenth time in his short presidency. His crisp declarative sentence requires decoding, of course. To his audience of European elites, he was offering this assurance: ‘Trump is gone and won’t be returning anytime soon: trust me.’

In other words, the Swamp is back in charge and we member of the Transnational Ruling Class can get back to the way we were before Trump ruined everything.

Alternatively it could express the reality that Trump put America first and Democrats will return it to the back of the bus where it belongs — for a hefty fee, of course.

Freeberg nails it.

Like the electrical power in Texas, public trust in our officials and our institutions is down at crisis levels. And much like the Texas power shortage, this public trust shortage is widely regarded as a spontaneous thing. We like to think of it in passive-voice terms, with no subject to the sentence, no one bearing any responsibility for cratering the quantity of this essential asset. Of course we’re not thinking of it that way because it’s true; we’re thinking of it that way because any inspection of who is responsible, would prove inconvenient to those who brandish the power of telling us what opinions to have.

These crises are hurting people though. Others are doing a better job of looking into the cause of the Texas problem than I could. I shall leave it to them. They’re closer. But on the other problem, the public trust problem, I’m square in the middle of it. I’m a member of the public. And I do not trust. I have reasons not to trust, so let’s look into them because I’m not alone.