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 committee 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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