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Stacey Matthews at the North State Journal thinks 2022 is likely to be a brutal year for Joe Biden and Democrats. AMAC calls wonder if Biden is The Most Dangerous Lame Duck in History? Casey Chalk at Da Fed warns Faced With The Horrific Results Of Their Ideas, Leftists Are Backpedaling With All Their Might, but don't trust them, they're lying. At the Center Square, Critics pan Biden's plan to fight inflation, going after "big meat." In his usual erudite way, Victor Davis Hanson explains how The Biden Inflation Octopus is damaging the county. 

Americans know the inflation octopus was willfully birthed. They are confused only whether Team Biden unleashed it out of incompetence - or a neo-socialist idea of eroding the value of money for those who had it while gifting cash to those who didn't.

Wapoo shilling worries that Biden struggles to improve Americans’ views of the economy. Insty, BUT NO MEAN TWEETS: $5/Gallon Gas Is Coming, Experts Say. "Related: Nation’s Average Gas Prices Jump Over 20 Cents In Less Than a Week. “But don’t expect for the Biden administration to do anything soon to get those prices lowered. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh told Fox Business more domestic drilling is not on the table.”"  Also, WELL, HE SHOULDN’T BE: Biden not trusted on secret Iran deal: Poll. Featuring a picture of Hunter Biden, Kevin Downey at PM Media asks Gee, What Could Putin Possibly Have on Biden That Would Make Joe Keep Buying Russian Oil?. 

At Wa Free Bee, Youngkin Doing a Better Job Than Biden, Virginians Say. You mean doing what the citizens asked you to do works? Politico whines about Barbershop Confrontations, Profane Signs and Despair: Pro-Biden and Alone in Rural America, "Rural Democrats suffer in silence, abandoned by a party that they fear has stopped fighting to win the places where they live." Poor folk condemned to see Trump signs everywhere they go. How do they think a conservative feels in Manhattan? 

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.04.22, at Louder With Crowder: Loser Stacey Abrams Compares herself To Ukraine’s Zelensky and Shark Tank: DeSantis Flexes, Vows To Veto GOPe Redistricting Map. At JTN, Michigan failed to properly update voting rolls prior to 2020 election, audit finds an Audit of the Bureau of Elections concludes Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office did not adhere to state election law. But if there are never any repercussions was it ever really a law, or just a "guideline." At Wa Ex, Navy SEAL Morgan Luttrell wins in Texas House primary that was GOP proxy war.

From atop Da Hill, Trump lashes out at Barr: 'He was weak, ineffective' In some respects true. The entire DOJ was an enemy camp, and Barr was skillful to get what he did. At WaPoo, George Will opines  Donald Trump looks increasingly like a stray orange hair to be flicked off the nation’s sleeve, pining for the days Republicans would vote for who they were told to, who would promptly betray them in office, while offering comforting words.

I let the "culture war" bin slide yesterday, so it's double stuffed today. Of note, Morgan Fox at PJ media sees Ron DeSantis Makes Teen Rebellion Great Again, by telling a crowd of student to take off their masks if they want. 

"You do not have to wear those masks. Please take them off. Honestly, it's not doing anything. We've gotta stop with this Covid theater. So if you wanna wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous."

Liberals were outraged. Jordan Boyd at Da Fed details Corrupt Media Hysterical Again After DeSantis Undermines The Left’s Covid Hierarchy. "“DeSantis scolds students for wearing face masks,” headlines blared on Wednesday." John Sexton at Haut Hair, DeSantis pushes back on criticism of his statement to students about 'COVID theater'. At CNN, CDC director rebukes DeSantis for scolding high school students over masks: 'It is absolutely their choice', and AllahPundit at Haut Hair echoes CDC chief scolds DeSantis: You should have respected those kids' choice to wear masks. He did, he actually gave them the choice. 

Capt. Ed at Haut Hair, Science officially changing: Federal agencies dropping mask mandates. Robby Soave at Reason, If COVID-19 Is Over for Congress, It Should Be Over for School Children Too. Kids have the most to lose and the least to gain from masks. But, from PM NYC mask mandates lifted for all but children under 5. That's just child abuse. Ace catches The Atlantic admitting Schools' Masking Policy Has Imposed a Serious, Possibly Permanent, Devolopmental (sic) Delay On Many Students. At the Stamford Advocate, Peer pressure is ending mask usage in schools, and boy are they pissed. At the Babylon Bee, Progressive Christians Sad They Have No Way To Love Their Neighbors Now That Mask Mandates Are Gone. Emotional Fairfax School Board Chair Reluctantly Yields to VA Mask Law

At HE, Senate Republicans Vote to Strike Down Biden Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers, and at Da Caller, Senate Passes Joint Resolution To End National COVID-19 Emergency. At the NYT, cited by Haut Hair, Biden's new COVID plan: Avoiding shutdowns and preparing for new variants. At Breitbart, Joe Biden Pitches Four-Point Plan to ‘Move Forward’ with Coronavirus. William Teach at Pirate's Cove thinks Brandon’s New(ish) Wuhan Flu Panic Plan Seems Mostly Divorced From Reality. At ET, CDC No Longer Recommends Universal Contact Tracing, Case Investigation, which never made much sense for a disease where about half the cases are asymptomatic. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.04.22, At Am Great, Nice Deb notices that  Once A Cable News Darling, Dr. Fauci Now Relegated To Local TV & YouTube. Capt. Ed, Say, has anyone heard from Anthony Fauci lately?  The Michael Avenatti of WuFlu. "Has Anyone Seen Science? Is He Missing? I'm Starting To Get Worried..."

At Da Caller, ‘Where Is That Coming From?’: Gov. DeSantis Pushes Back After Reporter Confronts Him Over So-Called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill "The governor said the media has gotten “spun up” and incorrectly interpreted the legislation. He then argued the opposition needs to be “honest” about what is actually in the bill rather than following false political narratives." They didn't "incorrectly interpret" the legislation, they deliberately lied about it. At the Floridian, 'Don't Say Gay' School Children Protest in Florida Capitol. It's astroturf. Note that the picture was a gray haired harridan holding a sign. 

At Town Hall, Salena Zito says It's the Culture, Stupid. Jazz Shaw at Haut Hair reports  Youngkin vetoes police "oversight" bill, while Nick Bell at Da Fed sees Republicans Thwart Pro-Life, Pro-Woman, Anti-Racist Bills In Virginia’s Legislature.  Ace, The Man Whose Child Was Taken Away From Him To Be "Transitioned" Into a Girl Runs for Texas House to Outlaw Gender Reassignments and Northwest Missouri State University Announces "Womynx History Month, "I'm announcing "Defund the Universities Year.""

Campus Reform tells how a Student loses government position for going on Fox News. No conservatives allowed. As 13 states sue Biden admin for any communications on FBI surveillance of parents protesting school boards (Fox), the Weasel Zippers catches Clyburn Justifying DOJ Targeting Parents (via the Wombat).

Kevin Downy at PJ Media catches J6 Defendant Facing Absurd Sentence Kills Himself, the Left Rejoices. Sick puppies. Scott McKay at Am Spec, It’s Time for a Jan. 6 Amnesty, Mr. President

What happened to Matthew Perna must not be allowed to happen again. From Sophie Mann at JTN, Son testifies against father charged with storming the Capitol on January 6, "Guy Reffitt's son tipped off the FBI about his presence at the January 6 Capitol breach." Althouse reads the NYT, "The first witness in the trial, Shauni Kerkhoff, a former Capitol Police officer... told the jury that after he moved toward her up the staircase, disobeying her commands, she used a Tippmann PepperBall Launcher to fire 40 to 50 projectiles."  At Da Mail, Biden falsely suggests Capitol rioters killed FIVE cops as he says Putin's actions were inspired by January 6 because Russian president thought he could divide the West and NYPo, Biden uses false claim on Capitol riot deaths to blame it for Ukraine invasion. Jim Hoft at the Gateway Pundit Biden claims the DOJ Leaks Information on Non-Violent J6 Defendant to Media Before It is Sent to His Attorneys — DOJ Furious That he Confronted likely Fed Operative who Was Carrying a Gun on Jan. 6 "Ginger Gun." 

So the only person with a gun that day was dropped from the FBI list? How did that happen? And why was the left not in an uproar? Luke Robinson was ONE of only THREE individuals who was later removed from the FBI’s most-wanted list along with Ray Epps and one other.

Kimberly Guilfoyle

Breaking 911, Jan. 6 Committee Issues Fresh Batch of Subpoenas. At JTN, Jan. 6 committee subpoenas six people hours before State of the Union address, "The committee is facing pressure to conclude its investigation within the next year," because they don't want the Repblicans to take control before they issue they're "report." Mostly they're accused of  "promoting claims of election fraud to lawmakers." Clearly a free speech issue. Go before the committee, say you did nothing wrong, and then refuse to answer any questions. From WaEx, Jan. 6 select committee subpoenas Kimberly Guilfoyle. Pure harassment. At WaEx, 'Things ... matter,' Cheney says of Jan. 6, Ukraine invasion. That was deep. No wonder she's a Senator and not me. WaPoo whines New evidence shows Trump was told many times there was no voter fraud — but he kept saying it anyway, "The House Jan. 6 panel aims to prove that Trump was acting corruptly by continuing to spread misinformation about the election long after he had reason to know he had legitimately lost." But, of course, other 'experts' were telling him the opposite. That's the thing about 'experts.' ICYMI: Statement by Donald J. Trump on the Unselect Committee. You suck. Victory Girls on Trump’s Grand Criminal Conspiracy

WaPoo touts the Roger Stone tapes: Video shows efforts to overturn 2020 election, seek pardons. On Da Hill, New evidence details Roger Stone's efforts against 2020 election. They like him when he says something they like. 

John Sexton at Haut Hair, Seattle woman gets 5 years for torching police cars during 2020 riot, PM, BLM, Antifa activists convicted of arson after attempting to frame Proud Boys for their own crimes in Atlanta. 

The suspects tried to frame the Proud Boys by leaving notes near the sites of vandalism that read "Stand By," a reference to when former President Donald Trump told the right-wing group to "stand back and stand by" after he was asked to condemn white supremacist militias during the first 2020 presidential debate.

At NewsBusters cites Joyless Reid: Tucker Is Racist for Asking to See Judge Jackson's Test Scores and Althouse dutifully echoes "'Patently racist': Tucker Carlson under fire for questioning Ketanji Brown Jackson’s LSAT scores /The Fox News host’s call for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s LSAT score is ‘patently racist,’ says one Harvard Law School graduate.". "The Independent reports. I don't know about "patently," but it is racist. I considered saying "insidiously racist," but, on reflection, I'll say it's somewhere on the insidiously-to-patently continuum." It is, of course, no such thing. Newsweek wishcasts SCOTUS Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Gets Support From Conservative Leaders, but she'll probably get some. 

At WaPoo, ‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff aims for D.C. region this weekend. Here’s what you need to know. Stoking fear. Aaron Ginn@aginnt "America’s Freedom Convoy will arrive in DC this weekend." At Da Mail, 'Keep on truckin'! People's Convoy enters its final push of 11-day, 2,600 mile journey as eight-mile-long caravan of trucks reaches Maryland before entering Washington DC tomorrow  From  the Wombat, Don Surber reminds us 246 Years Ago Today, A Convoy Saved Boston. I predict a whole lot of nothing. 

Via Ace, something worth breaking my no-tweet guideline for, The State of the Union is...

SUPERCUT!@POTUS: The State of the Union is ... [indecipherable] pic.twitter.com/PWbZ8yMa7U

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 3, 2022

Capt. Ed NPR/PBS poll: A Biden bounce from the SOTU? A dead cat bounce? "For now, this one looks outlier-ish, and potentially an artifact of wishful thinking."