Top of the Fold

• Melania Trump says “violence is never the answer” in farewell message (Examiner)

A Farewell Message from First Lady Melania Trump pic.twitter.com/WfG1zg2mt4

— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) January 18, 2021

Government & Politics

• Congress gears up for fight over Joe Biden’s cabinet nominees (Fox News)

• Biden to propose eight-year citizenship path for immigrants (AP)

• Wobbly Senator Joe Manchin: “I really do” support deplatforming Republicans (Daily Wire)

• For the record: There’s a lot Biden won’t be able to do with a 50/50 Senate (Hot Air)

• Democrats publish bill to install Capitol fence despite claiming walls don’t work (National Pulse)

• FBI and DOJ knew there was no Russia collusion by spring of 2017 (Washington Times)

• Lincoln Project funneled over $10 million to its own founders’ companies (National Pulse)

Big Tech & Media

• Facebook and Google allegedly cut a deal that reduced ad competition (Engadget)

• Parler CEO “confident” platform will be back “by the end of the month” (Examiner)

Annals of the “Social Justice” Caliphate

• Anti-capitalist Ibram X. Kendi pads bottom line with Netflix deal (Free Beacon)

• Portland “defund police” activists have vandalized commissioner’s home seven times in three months (Hot Air)

• New York University professor attributes black Trump support to “multiracial whiteness” (PJ Media)

We’re Shocked — Shocked!

• Poll: Many in U.S. don’t see link between racism and health outcomes (UPI)

• China’s 2020 coal output rises to highest since 2015, undermining climate pledges (Reuters)

“Captain Obvious” Headline Award

• China “could have acted more quickly” in dealing with COVID, WHO declares (Daily Mail)

Odds and Ends

• U.S. surpasses 400,000 COVID deaths nearly one year after nation’s first confirmed case (NBC News)

• China’s economy grew 2.3% in 2020 — no doubt augmented by its cornering the PPE market (UPI)

• Caravan of illegal immigrants says Biden will help them (Post Millennial)

• The states Americans headed to the most in 2020: Tennessee, Texas, and Florida (CNBC)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Biden’s foolish sabotage of the Keystone pipeline (National Review)

• Policy: Where do conservatives go from here? (Issues & Insights)

• Humor: Biden to build giant sandcastle along entire coastline to fight rising sea levels (Genesius Times)

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