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The House Subpoena Wars

Wall Street Journal

If Democrats think this will be a one-time-only event, they are dreaming. If Republicans retake the House in November, you can guarantee that Mr. Jordan, as likely Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, will find some reason to subpoena Democrats about oh, say, what they knew about the Russian collusion narrative or Democrats who objected to the electoral vote counts in 2000, 2004, or 2016.

America’s Unmasked Singers

Wall Street Journal

Has there been a judicial ruling that yielded so much rejoicing nationwide as Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s on Monday vacating the federal mask mandate in public transportation?…The reaction reflects the joy of being liberated from two years of Covid restrictions, often imposed for what seemed to be political reasons.

A Crime Scene Where the Victims Wore Masks

Wall Street Journal

As terrified passengers stumbled from the train at the 36th Street station in Brooklyn last week, it was noticeable how many of them were complying with the mandate that to wear a face covering in the subway…For the millions of people who have dared to ride the city’s subway this year, the greatest danger to life isn’t some escaped molecule of a virus of rapidly diminishing potency.

A New York State of Fear

Wall Street Journal

The progressive left has come to dominate New York politics, and it has derided the policies that cleaned up the streets. No surprise, crime has made a comeback. The problem isn’t guns, which New York strictly regulates. The problem is the lack of political will to keep criminals and the homeless mentally ill off the streets.

Biden Is Failing the Sanctions Test

Wall Street Journal

The administration refused to impose sanctions in the lead-up to Mr. Putin’s invasion, naively trusting diplomacy. Yet even after Russian tanks rolled—and despite having months to prepare—the response has been slow, timid, hostage to feel-good “multilateralism” and unwilling to attack the real engine of the Russian economy: energy.