Washington Free Beacon

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) says he would not have taken part in an awards ceremony this month had he known the ceremony was hosted by the Communist Party USA, though video shows he took stage after organizers made clear that it was a comrade conclave.

PJ Media

Stephen Kruiser: To the surprise of no one normal, the mask/vax Covid panic porn Nazis are using the OMG Omicron variant as a way to ratchet up the public health emotional terrorism they’ve been perfecting for almost two years now.

Liberty Loft

Yesterday’s statement from the White House: “We are intent on not letting Omicron disrupt work and school for the vaccinated. You’ve done the right thing, and we will get through this. For the unvaccinated, you’re looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm.”

Newsmax

Ron Paul: From Boris Johnson in the UK to New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio, the variant was perfect cover for them to put their boots back on the necks of terrorized citizens.

NOQ Report

In our post-truth society that is thoroughly embodied by Washington D.C., the old notion of “follow the science” has been replaced with “panic and do something to placate the masses and perpetuate authoritarian control.”

Fox News

Tucker Carlson: Regimes in decline often become ruthless and dangerous, and that's very bad news for Americans.

Outkick

Sportswriters do not want to vote Rodgers for MVP. The media took Rodgers’ decision to remain unvaccinated and his usage of the word “draconian” personal. But as we said last month, there’s one scenario in which even the vaccine-demanding, woke voters would have no choice but to award Rodgers another MVP.

Issues & Insights

Has any administration been caught off guard on so many fronts as the Biden administration? It was shocked by the Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan. It was surprised by the surge in energy costs, the spike in inflation, and the depth of the supply chain crises. It hadn’t planned on a massive flood of illegal immigrants. It didn’t think Covid would still be around.

Washington Times

Grover Norquist: Inflation is out of control in President Biden’s economy and the Democrat $5 trillion-dollar socialist tax-and-spend bill will make this problem worse.

American Thinker

The new rules against extremism are very broadly written but, when taken in conjunction with other activities and pronouncements, their intent is clear.

National Review

It is tough to find a modern presidency that has collapsed as swiftly as this one.

Washington Examiner

It is not every day that a politician keeps his word and honors his constituents' wishes all in the face of pressure from his own political party to do the opposite. But WV Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin did exactly that when he defied Biden and told the nation he could not support the Build Back Better Act.

American Greatness

Conrad Black: It is a dangerous time for America and the West. Donald Trump saw the extent of public discontent in 2016 and aroused the most extreme instincts of righteous self-preservation in the bipartisan Washington political class. They went to extremes to defeat the intruder. They threatened the Constitution trying to dispose of Trump and falsely accusing him of unconstitutional conduct, and parachuted in a thoroughly incapable replacement for Trump.

NewsBusters

Leftist media ratings company NewsGuard has struck another partnership to censor news outlets and publishers the platform deems objectionable.

The Federalist

Amid rising inflation, an ongoing border crisis, and a stalled legislative agenda, Biden is looking for someone to blame.

Western Journal

Greene’s remarks reflected the ongoing reality of growing numbers of minorities joining the conservative movement — or at least allying themselves with conservative values. Unknown to or not publicized by Democratic strategists, there are tectonic shifts in the Republican Party that go beyond the recognized morphing of the GOP base into the party of the working class and small business.