Politics

  • Gloomy landscape for Democrats in midterms as Joe Biden's approval drops to 38% (USA Today) | "I didn't run because of the polls": Scranton Joe brushes off lagging poll numbers (Fox News)
  • Pete Buttigieg says administration will use "infrastructure" bill to address "racist" highway design (Daily Wire)
  • "Stay angry": Barack Obama scolds us on climate from Glasgow (Reuters) | Obama's climate speech is a reminder of how badly he governed (The Federalist)
  • House January 6 <strike>committee</strike> inquisition issues subpoenas to six top Trump advisers (Washington Post)
  • Authoritarian White House encourages businesses to prepare for vaccine mandate despite court injunction (National Review)

Security

  • Woke U.S. Navy names ship after accused pedophile Harvey Milk (PM)
  • Illegal alien who allegedly murdered father of four "was on one of Biden's flights" (Daily Wire)
  • China's navy is now world's largest with 460 warships by 2030 (Washington Times)
  • That's ominous: China builds mockups of U.S. Navy ships in area used for missile target practice (Reuters)
  • Justice Department seizes $6 million as part of crackdown on hackers linked to Kaseya attack (The Hill)

Notables

  • Kenosha protester says he was pointing his gun at Kyle Rittenhouse (ABC News) | How Rittenhouse prosecutors destroyed their own case with their own star witness (The Federalist)
  • You know those cargo ships and trains waiting to be unloaded in California? Yeah, now homeless people are breaking in and stealing things from the stopped trains. (Not the Bee)
  • Consumer group attacks BlackRock for hypocrisy by investing in Chinese companies (Washington Times)
  • Nineteen-year-old wins New Jersey school board election after his senior year was ruined by COVID policies (Not the Bee)

Belly Laugh of the Week

  • Vermont GOP to hold "Let's Go Brandon" rally in actual city of Brandon (Daily Wire)

Closing Arguments

  • Policy: Yes, Taiwan needs nuclear weapons to deter China (1945)
  • Policy: Policymakers should act now to address the long-term fiscal imbalance (PGPF)
  • Satire: Good news for Democrats: Biden and Harris now polling at 66% approval if you combine their numbers (Babylon Bee)

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