Omicron rages. Inflation soars. Iranian negotiations are deadlocked. Joe's legislative agenda is all but dead. We can remember all the way back to the Carter Administration and have some vague recollections of the energy and Iranian hostage crisis. This is worse. The latest poll puts Joe's job approval at 33 percent. The number is 42 percent in the RCP average. We've never seen anything like this.
What Will's Watching, The Book of Boba Fett, Episode 3. Okay, we can lower the protective glass case back onto the panic button. This was a solid episode. Few flashbacks and the plot dealt with Boba Fett solidifying control over Jaba's empire. The black furred Wookie is pretty cool and we liked the retro, Steampunk youth bikers. The ending promised war with a rival syndicate. Well done. 3/4
There's nothing quite like filing your article Thursday evening and seeing it in print Friday morning: 'On January 11th, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris travelled to Georgia to campaign for SB-1, a voting bill that would essentially federalize elections. The Constitution decrees that elections for federal office be handled at the state level, its rules and laws determined by the legislatures. SB-1 would be a radical departure from more than two centuries of precedent and may well be unconstitutional. Every Senate Republican opposes SB-1...' Click on through to collude.
The Times of Israel notices that the White House is laying the groundwork for a bad Iran deal or no Iran deal at all. This blog supports the latter. Since Joe unsurprisingly hasn't done anything right in his first year in office, there's every reason to believe he'll ef up the Iranian negotiations. The White House's strategy: blame Trump. There's lots of solid analyses in the ToI piece, and we suggest reader(s) read the whole thing.
The Supreme Court blocked the regime's vaccine mandate for employers. It wasn't even close. This is why, despite some flaws, this blog likes Mitch McConnell. Cocaine Mitch snorts coke and confirms Supreme Court justices and he's all out of coke. Yes, they kept the mandate for hospital workers, but at least the reasoning makes sense. And another thing. Ben Shapiro took time out from building his media empire (which now does books and movies) to get the mandate blocked. Stop the hate.
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