Politics

• “Part of the process”: President Biden callously downplays Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin harassment (National Review) | Meanwhile, Sinema is further confronted in airport and plane (Fox News)

• DOJ launching effort to combat “threats of violence” against school officials bully studious parents (Fox News)

• Less whistling and more blowing: Facebook “whistleblower” donated 36 times to Democrats (National Pulse)

• Biden admin reverses commonsense policy banning federally funded clinics from making abortion referrals (Daily Wire)

Security

• Texas braces for White House-triggered surge of 60,000 Haitian migrants (Washington Examiner)

• Taiwan “on alert” after record 56 Chinese warplanes enter its air defense zone (NBC News)

Health

• We’re shocked — shocked! China polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test orders soared before first reported COVID case; government contracts show surges in Wuhan-area purchases starting in May 2019 (Human Events)

• Lockdown-obsessed New Zealand admits it can no longer get rid of coronavirus (AP)

• What could possibly go wrong? New York’s largest health provider fires 1,400 employees who refuse vaccine (Washington Examiner)

• Francis Collins, longtime head of NIH, will resign (Fox News)

Fake Hate Crimes

• A black Douglasville, Georgia, neighborhood was terrorized by notes from the Ku Klux Klan. It turns out a black woman sent them. (Daily Wire)

• Black Emory University employee arrested for allegedly painting racist graffiti on school building (Daily Wire)

• Racist graffiti that led to school walk-outs in Chesterfield, Missouri, was painted by black student (Daily Wire)

Notables

• Already, 2021 is second-highest gun sales year ever (Washington Examiner) | Almost half of new gun buyers are women (The Hill)

• Governor Ron DeSantis’ wife diagnosed with breast cancer (Fox News) | Sick Twitter trolls mock Casey over diagnosis (New York Post)

• French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, report finds (Reuters)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Regulating health prices is not costless (RealClearPolicy)

• Policy: The new secession movement (City Journal)

• Humor: In major disaster for humanity, Facebook comes back online (Babylon Bee)

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