The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Monday that Garth Brooks will perform during the swearing-in ceremony at Joe Biden’s inauguration. He joins Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez who were previously announced as performers. It wasn’t the Presidential Inaugural Committee, though, that contacted Brooks and asked him to perform, it was Jill Biden. I don’t imagine she

As we’ve already covered here repeatedly, upon taking office, Joe Biden is going to be a busy guy. He has some ambitious plans (to put it mildly) for all sorts of executive orders and bills he’d like to submit to Congress for consideration. With that in mind, I don’t expect this to be anywhere near

According to the NY Times, Biden’s incoming economic team has one goal: Get back to the booming pre-Covid economy of the Trump administration: As President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. prepares to take office this week, his administration and the Federal Reserve are pointed toward a singular economic goal: Get the job market back to where

This story of a historical first is one we can all get behind. It is a nice palate cleanser from the day’s usual news stories. Major Biden, the Biden’s shelter dog, was honored with a virtual indoguration. The Delaware Humane Association (DHA) and Pumpkin Pet Insurance hosted the event along with Jill Martin of NBC’s

About six weeks ago Bill Barr gave an interview to an Associated Press reporter in which he said, “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election.” Barr was summoned to the White House that day and, as you probably could have guessed, the

Most of New York City’s public schools offer a “gifted and talented” program for aspiring students. Yearly performance tests are offered to identify the kids who are overperforming in the standard disciplines. Those who qualify are entered into advanced placement programs with more demanding curricula, giving them an easier path to admission to better colleges.

Peter Meijer’s first couple of weeks as a U.S. Congressman certainly didn’t go as planned. A Capitol riot followed by impeachment is much different than the experiences of those who came before him. The Michigan Republican, who replaced Libertarian Justin Amash, was one of a few GOPers who voted in favor of impeaching soon-to-be-ex President

This morning’s Gospel reading is John 1:35–42: John was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God.” The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, “What are you looking for?”

Just in case you’ve forgotten exactly how much Katie Couric disdains Republicans and despises President Trump, look no further than Friday’s edition of Bill Maher’s show on HBO. Couric said that Republican lawmakers should be deprogrammed during Real Time with Bill Maher in a panel discussion about Republican lawmakers who supported Trump in trying to

How low is the nation’s confidence level in the safety of the new COVID vaccines at this point? Well… it’s this low. This story comes to us from Oak Valley Hospital in Oakdale, California. As with most medical facilities, Oak Valley’s doctors and nurses were in the “1A” group, first in line for getting vaccinations.

Alex Azar, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and one of the White House’s prime drivers in Operation Warp Speed, has resigned according to NBC News and National Review. As with several of the other recent departures, Azar is citing the Capitol riots of January 6 as the primary reason for his departure. If

Some bad news to close out your week. The CDC warned today that the spread of the UK COVID variant in America means it’s likely the number of cases in the U.S. is going to get a lot worse before the distribution of the vaccine can help it get better: Federal health officials warned on

I’m staring at the headline of this post and I’m thinking: We have to be in a simulation, right? Even Trump-era reality isn’t this bizarre. Anyway, it says “sort of” in the hed because the evidence is a photo of a partially obscured page of notes. But if you enlarge the first photo below, you’ll

As always, approach all stories that headline the word “study” with some caution. Newsweek’s report on a new study from Stanford published this week in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation should carry the same caveat — one study does not a scientific foundation make. However, the findings in this study of the impact of

It’s not even close. The vaccination drive in Israel kicked off on December 19th with Benjamin Netanyahu getting the first shot. Less than a month later, Israel has vaccinated roughly 21 percent of the entire population: Israel leads the world in vaccination rate per capita. It’s been less than a month since its vaccination campaign

Pallets of empty cardboard boxes were delivered Wednesday to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Moving day is less than a week away and preparations are underway for Trump’s departure and the Bidens arrival. Before the Bidens arrive, deep cleaning is scheduled to take place in the White House and Jill Biden has plans for a

I have new respect for him after he refused to object to certification of the electoral college last week, a play that was bold at the time and seems smart in hindsight given the political fallout to his colleagues, Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz. His stance on the upcoming Senate trial feels like a “make-up

No, Tom Hanks will not unite Americans any closer together than we already are right now, which is not united at all. Hanks is Hollywood’s idea of an actor with a non-partisan appeal. He’s been chosen to host a 90-minute primetime Inauguration Day Special titled Celebrating America. We are about to be under the complete

Earlier today, President Trump released a brief statement saying there must be “NO violence” at protests (Allahpundit mentioned it here). This afternoon the President released a five-minute video in which he expanded upon the earlier statement. “I want to be very clear,” Trump said. “I unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week. Violence

When I wrote about the PGA Championship ditching Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf course from their rotation in the majors a couple of days ago, I tossed out a prediction that I sort of hoped wouldn’t come true. I speculated as to how long it would be before liberal groups began pressuring travel agencies and

The House is voting on a resolution calling on Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office. But this afternoon, before the vote happened, Pence sent Speaker Pelosi a letter saying he won’t be doing that. “I do not believe that such a course of action is in the

The Guardian published a piece adapted from a book called Survivors of the Chinese Gulag in which a woman named Gulbahar Haitiwaji describes two years spent in a re-education camp in Xinjiang. Haitiwaji and her husband and two children fled China in 2006. They spent the next 10 years living in France. Then in 2016

Way, way overdue, but at least this might finally kick-start a faster move to herd immunity. The CDC’s previous super-precise phased rollout guidelines let to especially disastrous decisions in New York and elsewhere that resulted in vaccine destruction rather than vaccinations. After watching bottlenecks form and doses get destroyed, the CDC will roll out a much

First Lady Melania Trump has penned a letter to America to say farewell. It is the first time she’s made any statements since the riot on Capitol Hill last week. She calls for an end to the violence and for Americans to “heal in a civil manner.” Melania began with a mention of the coronavirus

They’re not making any moral argument to him, I think. What good would it do to tell him that a self-pardon would be one of the most disgraceful things a U.S. president had ever done, an eventuality so comically corrupt that the Framers didn’t think to address it? I mean, you’ve got to go a

The rollout of the vaccines that will allegedly protect us from the novel coronavirus is underway, albeit in a painfully slow fashion due to administrative incompetence and a lack of foresight. But we’re starting to get there. It may take until late spring or summer, but we should (in theory) hit some level of herd

This week is starting out no better than last week. Consider this post a palate cleanser and a chuckle we can all use. There is a hissy fit happening on social media today over the cover shot of Kamala Harris on the February issue of Vogue magazine. I doubt I’m the only one finding it

Security measures are increasing for members of Congress as they travel into and out of Washington, D.C. The last week has proven challenging for lawmakers traveling back to their home states and back into Washington, D.C. The increase in incidents against lawmakers has brought new safety measures into place. A “House Alert” was sent to

The day after the riot, Ed Morrissey asked one of the more obvious questions regarding the events of January 6. What happened to Capitol Hill security? To say that they appeared unprepared when the front wave of rioters reached the steps is a massive understatement. The list of complaints we heard included accusations of having

A migrant caravan is forming in Honduras with the help of social media. Hondurans are using Facebook and WhatsApp to organize a trek to the U.S.-Mexican border scheduled for next week. Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has a message for them – “Do not waste your time and money,