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• Leftmedia employs pollaganda to further J6 narrative: “6 in 10 Americans say U.S. democracy is in crisis as the ‘Big Lie’ takes root,” blares the headline from taxpayer-funded NPR. Colluding with the Democrats to promote that narrative heading into a daunting 2022 election landscape, the Leftmedia is busy testing to see if Americans are buying into the nonstop story of “democracy threatened” (by Republicans), and if this dubious narrative can be an effective tool to counter a growing red wave come November. Furthermore, the aim is to convince filibuster-elimination-resistant Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to cave and allow Chuck Schumer to California-ize all states’ elections and thereby secure Democrat election victories in perpetuity. As Dan Bongino astutely observes: “When Democrats lose something, democracy is falling apart, and they’re like the Praetorian Guards of democracy. It’s their Hail Mary when they can’t argue the issues anymore, which is pretty much every day. Truth is, Democrats see the writing on the wall in 2022, and I know you do too.”

• Fully vaxxed AOC gets COVID: Well, we guess the party’s over. Last week, New York Representative and “Squad” member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was spotted openly enjoying liberty-loving Florida as she dined and partied mask-free in Miami. AOC was widely criticized over her blatant hypocrisy, since she has repeatedly criticized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for his fight against vaccine and mask mandates. She attempted to deflect criticism by engaging in juvenile insults, claiming those highlighting her hypocrisy were “projecting their sexual frustrations onto my boyfriend’s feet.” Well, now it turns out the fully vaccinated and boostered AOC has come down with a case of COVID. The fact is that no amount of vaccination or mask-wearing has stopped the novel virus, so maybe AOC should rethink her criticism of DeSantis and his work to protect that which makes life worth living — freedom.

• White House deceives on Biden’s jobs numbers: The White House recently posted on social media a graph depicting average jobs created per month by the last seven presidents with the statement: “Under President Biden, the economy has created more jobs per month than under any other President — ever.” The graph depicts Biden being credited with creating 550,000 monthly jobs, far outpacing the next closest president, Bill Clinton, at 100,000 jobs. The sole president credited only with jobs lost was of course Donald Trump, under whom the economy was dislodged thanks to the unprecedented COVID pandemic. Like last month’s graph celebrating a two-cent reduction in a gallon of gas, the Biden White House has done it again by comparing a one-year sample size against the entire four- and eight-year terms of previous presidents. Even Washington Post “fact-checker” Glenn Kessler couldn’t take the blatant deceit. “Trump used to do the same thing — until his record was spoiled by the job losses in his last year,” he wrote. “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.” Meanwhile, Biden’s economy is still down about four million jobs compared to Trump’s pre-pandemic number.

• Double the “transgenders,” double the confusion: At an Ivy League women’s swim meet over the weekend, two “transgender” swimmers competed. Lia Thomas, a biological male who for the previous three years competed in the men’s division until he declared himself a woman this season, went head-to-head against Iszack Henig, a biological female who has declared herself a male and has undergone breast-removal surgery. Thomas, who has been destroying women’s swimming records this season, lost to Henig. To recap this confusion, a male swimmer identifying as a female lost to a female swimmer identifying as a male, and all of this happened at a women’s swim meet. As one bewildered University of Pennsylvania parent stated: “Everything is messed up. I can’t wrap my head around this. The NCAA needs to do something about this. They need to put science into the decision and discussion.”

More From Your Patriot Post Team

• Thomas Gallatin: SCOTUS Balks at Biden Vax Mandate — The nation is waiting to see if the Supreme Court will clamp down on Biden’s executive overreach.

• Nate Jackson: Biden’s IRS Raises Taxes on Regular Americans — At least that’s the effect of new reporting rules for payment apps like PayPal and Venmo.

• Douglas Andrews: Biden’s Weakness Provokes Iran — On the second anniversary of Qasem Soleimani’s death, Iran has vowed revenge.

• Emmy Griffin: Pope Francis: Value Children Over Pets — He spoke about the global demographic decline and encouraged having children or adoption.

• Douglas Andrews: Kamala’s New Comms Guy — It seems that no one likes working for our current vice president, but Jamal Simmons is gonna give it a whirl.

• In Brief: Abolish the CDC — And replace it with an agency that cares about science.

Politics

• Jim Jordan declines “unprecedented and inappropriate” January 6 committee request for cooperation (Washington Examiner)

• CNN’s Mary Katharine Ham torches her own network in viral rant (Daily Wire)

• YouTube oligarchs scrub music video critical of Biden Afghanistan withdrawal (Daily Wire)

• Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson will seek reelection (AP)

Security

• Disgraced FBI No. 2 Andrew McCabe calls for feds to treat “mainstream” conservatives like domestic terrorists (The Federalist)

• Prospects dim as U.S. and geopolitical foe Russia meet over Ukraine (AP)

Heartland

• Fed-up Chicago parents sue teachers union over canceled classes (The Hill)

• No conservative: New York City Mayor Eric Adams says allowing non-citizens to vote for NYC elections is “best choice” (NY Post)

• Nineteen dead after space heater sparks New York City’s worst fire disaster in 30+ years (NBC NY)

“Social Justice”

• Five hundred school districts publicly declare only woke teachers need apply (The Federalist)

• Now do George Floyd: Ashli Babbitt a martyr? Her past tells a more complex story (AP)

Odds & Ends

• Amazon and Walmart decrease COVID leave time for employees (Daily Wire)

• Alec Baldwin insists he’s complying with “Rust” investigation despite not yet turning over cell phone (Daily Wire)

• Australian judge says Novak Djokovic can stay but saga not over (AP)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Yes, the Biden administration does have a magic wand for energy prices (Daily Wire)

• Humor: AOC accuses COVID of just wanting to date her (Babylon Bee)

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