…‘I HAVE NO IDEA’ WHY VOTERS THINK I’M NOT MENTALLY FIT TO BE PRESIDENT…

And a close second:

Joe Biden Casts Doubt on Legitimacy of Midterm Elections

And finally:

Poll: Joe Biden Approval Rating Hits Record Low as He Reaches One Year as President

 

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1483930751586521096

California agrees to stop telling children to pray to Aztec gods in legal settlement

"We have to start doing things for the greater good of society and not for idiots who think that they can do their own research, or that they are above the law and they can break the rules." – Don Lemon pic.twitter.com/wLUOZklmsF

— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) January 18, 2022

This is why CNN’s ratings are in the toilet. This guy is the idiot.

Related:

CBS media personalities (read idiots) attribute undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami to climate change. We certainly want television talking heads making decisions for us.

CBS's Nate Burleson ties the underwater volcanic eruption and 50-foot-high tsunami in Tonga to climate change: "We talk about climate change quite a bit. These stories are a harsh reality of what we're going through and we have to do our part because these are more frequent." pic.twitter.com/Wn7ilAdeRo

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 19, 2022

It’s a cult.

Fauci today on “believers and non-believers” pic.twitter.com/msMTs7Od0K

— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) January 19, 2022

“…Professor Cyrille Cohen is head of Immunology at Bar Ilan University and a senior member of the advisory committee for Vaccines for the Israeli Government.

• • The Green Pass / vaccine passport concept is no longer relevant in the Omicron era and should be phased out (he expects it to be in short order in Israel)
  • He and his colleagues were surprised and disappointed that the vaccines did not prevent transmission, as they had originally hoped
  • The biggest mistake of the pandemic in Israel was closing schools and education – he apologised for that
  • Widespread infection is now an inevitable part of future immunity — otherwise known as herd immunity
  • Omicron has accelerated the pandemic into the endemic phase, in which Covid will be “like flu”…”

Steve Schmidt: Are Trump “Crazies” Prepared To Lock Up And Execute Political Opponents?

We need to talk about the vaccines

Vinay Prasad:

“…I am an associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, as well as a practising physician, and I firmly believe that it would be a mistake to censor Rogan under the guise of combating “misinformation”.

Rogan is not a scientist, and, like everyone else, he has his biases. But he is open-minded, sceptical, and his podcast is an important forum for debate and dialogue. It is not enough, moreover, to simply dismiss Malone and McCullough as conspiracy theorists. They are controversial and polarising figures, but they do have real credentials. Malone is a physician who has worked in molecular biology and drug development for decades, while McCullough was, until recently, an academic cardiologist and researcher.

Both speakers made accurate and useful points on Rogan’s podcast — as well as unsupported, speculative, alarmist, and false ones. The correct way to deal with incorrect ideas in biomedicine, if they rise to a level of prominence that warrants rebuttal, is to rebut them.

In what follows, I attempt to assess their main claims, explaining what they get right and what they get wrong. I cannot address every point that the two of them made — both episodes are close to three hours long — but I hope that I can provide some clarity in a debate that often lacks it…”

Click over for extended discussion.

New research suggests COVID was less deadly than thought in first year of pandemic

Imagine that. Counting Covid positive car accident deaths as death by Covid was a bad idea. Who knew?

Defense requests immunity for FBI agents, informants in Whitmer kidnapping plot

Defense wants to call these jerks and prevent them from pleading the 5th.

It’s Official: Biden Now Leads Trump In The COVID Death Count

I & I Editorial Board:

“…According to the latest numbers from the CDC, more Americans have died with COVID since President Joe Biden took office than did in the year before under Donald Trump.

CDC data show that, as of January 17, there have been a total of 850,575 deaths in the U.S. related to COVID. On Trump’s last day in office, that number was 424,409. That means 426,166 COVID deaths have occurred — so far — since Biden took office, with the number currently trending well above a thousand a day.

This is a stunning rebuke not just of Biden, but of everyone who went around blaming Trump for every single COVID death that occurred on his watch.

Biden and others repeatedly insisted that if Trump had only done things such as accelerated testing and contract tracing, responded faster to the pandemic, pushed mask mandates, the country would have avoided the calamities of 2020.

Yet, despite Biden’s solemn pledge that he had a plan ready to go that would fix those errors and bring “an end to COVID,” none of it worked. The virus has spread further and faster than ever since Biden put his “plan” into effect.

Biden himself now claims he was caught off guard by the new more transmittable variants – which in itself is a horrible admission of failure, given his claim that fighting COVID would be his top priority. More recently he even switched gears to say that the federal government can’t be expected to solve this problem.

Biden’s failure is even more glaring when you realize that he had benefits Trump lacked: Three vaccines had been approved when Biden took office, there were more and better treatments available, and the new strains have proved less lethal than the original virus.

Biden is also guilty of overselling the efficacy of vaccines and mask mandates, neither of which has slowed the spread of the disease. In fact, there were 1.4 million new reported cases in one day this month, which was more than six times the peak last winter.

In many ways, Biden’s “plan” made things worse. He recklessly wasted time with divisive — and illegal — vaccine mandates that did little to accelerate the rate of inoculations. He butted the government into the delivery of new treatments, which created needless bottlenecks. He failed to address regulatory hurdles at the FDA that kept additional tests off the market.

What’s more, by stoking panic for more than a year and focusing only on vaccines and mask mandates, instead of promoting available treatments, Biden has been unable to bring calm to the country, even though the Omicron variant is far less lethal. The result has been massive and needless disruptions.

Meanwhile, Biden’s $2 trillion “rescue” plan has fueled economic turmoil, discouraging work when the economy needed people back at their jobs and igniting inflation. (That’s to say nothing of the massive waste. One example: schools took the billions he handed out to “safely reopen” and closed their doors again as soon as they could find an excuse.)

To be clear, we didn’t blame Trump for the COVID deaths that happened on his watch, and we don’t blame Biden for the deaths over the past year. (Even though by Biden’s own standard he is to blame for every single one of them.) We still believe the number of deaths is being exaggerated because anyone who dies with COVID is lumped in with those who died from COVID.

We do, however, blame Biden for the fact that his “plan” to deal with COVID has been worse than useless. Biden’s utter ineptitude has made the country weaker and more vulnerable as a result…”

Removing statues on campus is eerily similar to China’s actions in Hong Kong.

“…When students, faculty, and university administrations pull down statues on campus in an effort to censor history, they are engaging in the same authoritarian politics that characterize China’s control over Hong Kong.

Within 48 hours, Hong Kong University (HKU), the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and Lingan University witnessed the removal of artwork commemorating the 1989 massacre in Tiananmen Square…”

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1483579692938575880

Related:

CNN Mocked After Announcing New Team ‘Dedicated To Covering Misinformation’: Must Be ‘Covering CNN’

Notable responses to CNN included:

• • Buck Sexton, radio host: “Beyond parody.”
  • Candace Owens, The Daily Wire: “CNN to create a team dedicated to covering CNN.”
  • Monica Crowley, former Trump official: “The call is coming from INSIDE the house!”
  • Max Abrahms, professor: “Are you going to re-cover the Steele dossier, Hunter’s laptop, the Russian bounties, ISIS’ Air Force in Syria and all the other tales CNN told?”
  • Steve Deace, The Blaze: “Wow, impressed that CNN is investing real resources into internal accountability.”
  • Ram Prasad, entrepreneur: “This team will have to mostly cover the CNN anchors.”
  • Jeffrey A Dove Jr., former political candidate: “So a team dedicated to covering themselves. Seems a bit much @CNN.”
  • Seth Dillon, The Babylon Bee: “CNN creates team dedicated to covering CNN.”
  • Daniel Horowitz, The Blaze: “They will need at least one staffer per reporter they have to properly shadow.”
  • Drew Berquist, radio host: “Now this is going to be amazing! Can’t wait. Hope Brian Stelter is involved.”
  • Adel Meyer, political commentator: “The propaganda is going into overdrive now. Just when we thought 2022 couldn’t get any worse…”
  • Lee Williams, reporter: “Are you going to assign a reporter to cover Brian Stelter full time? He’s a walking, talking disinformation source.”
  • Sean Davis, The Federalist: “Pretty sure the entire network is already devoted to misinformation.”
  • Drew Holden, media critic: “They’ve finally found a description for CNN+?”
  • Steve Cortes, political commentator: “May I suggest they begin with the Charlottesville #FinePeopleHoax, a damnable calumny that CNN has propagated for years 5 years now? My repudiation of their role in spreading that myth led, in fact, to my departure from broadcasting for CNN.”
  • Jason Rantz, radio host: “This is rather surprising. You don’t normally hear of left-wing networks hiring staff to call out its fellow anchors, reporters and analysts for spreading nonsense. Kudos to CNN for finally looking in a mirror to call out their misinformation and disingenuous takes.”
  • Glenn Greenwald, blogger: “Along with NBC, the New Yorker, the Atlantic and NYT, Ground Zero for the insane Trump-is-Putin’s-blackmail-pawn conspiracy theory was CNN. They were led around by CIA to spread the most unhinged conspiracy. Now they really believe they fight, rather than spread, ‘misinformation.’”

Related:

• • CNN+ Hires Cartoon Network Host, ‘Unapologetic Content Thief’ Who Regurgitates ‘Witless Conservative-Bashing’
  • Second CNN Producer Under Criminal Investigation For Allegations ‘Involving Potential Juvenile Victims’: Report
  • New Details Emerge About Why CNN Fired Chris Cuomo: Reports

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1483790620598706176

Related:

Daylight on the ridiculous Covid restrictions is starting to have an affect.

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1483785379140579329

Schumer Set To Go 0-4 In Pointless Vote On Ballot Reform

Related:

Israel Finds 4th Dose ‘Not Good Enough’ Against Omicron

Shannon Bream Busts Fake News From NPR: Gorsuch Spiteful on Masking

“…I am told that is not accurate. A source at the Supreme Court says there’s been no blanket admonition or request from Chief Justice Roberts that the other justices begin wearing masks to arguments. The source further stated Justice Sotomayor did not make any such request to Justice Gorsuch. I’m told, given that fact, there was also no refusal by Justice Gorsuch. The justices are all vaccinated and boosted, and they do test before taking the bench for arguments…”

Original story:

Gorsuch didn’t mask despite Sotomayor’s COVID worries, leading her to telework

Related:

BREAKING from Chief Justice Roberts:

“I did not request Justice Gorsuch or any other Justice to wear a mask on the bench.”
 
The Chief Justice indicated he will have no further comment.#SCOTUS

— Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) January 19, 2022

Related:

When the subject of your story (a Supreme Court Justice, no less) puts out a statement refuting your story and you call them a liar…

I aspire to this level of blind confidence. https://t.co/MxpFzEkxcy

— Chris Hartline (@ChrisHartline) January 19, 2022

NPR’s reporting is a living document

— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) January 19, 2022

Majority of Michigan voters favor increased voter security, new poll finds

“…An overwhelming majority of Michigan voters are in favor of increased election security, including measures requiring photo identification to vote, a recent poll by the Remington Research Group found.

The poll, commissioned by Americans for Citizen Voting, surveyed 1,011 likely 2022 General Election Michigan voters. Among results, it found more than 75% of participants supported a requirement to show a government-issued photo ID in order to vote, while support among Black residents was even higher at 79%.

“A majority of African Americans in Michigan support voter ID because they understand it is the surest way to validate a voter’s identification,” Christopher Arps, president of Americans for Citizen Voting, said in the release. “People who look like me know how important the vote is, and we want to protect it.”…”