1. WSJ: The Vast Anti-Trump ‘Conspiracy’

Time magazine reports there was ‘practically a revolution’ in America’s voting process in 2020. Was it good for the country—or just for Biden?

I said this three days ago when the TIME article came out.
2. Time’s Molly Ball happily describes a “conspiracy” among the progressive left, big labor, big business and the Washington establishment to counter Donald Trump and suppress unwanted elements of U.S. political conversation before and after Election Day.
3. Like the various actors she describes at the heart of this vast campaign, Ms. Ball presents it as a virtuous effort to protect democracy from Mr. Trump and Covid-19.
4. But listen to this:

"They were not rigging an election; they were fortifying it."

The nerve!

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The NFL's giant COVID experiment ended yesterday with the improbable feat of an on-time Super Bowl, capping a season with no canceled games.
2. The NFL's successful season suggests that with the right resources, safety measures, and cooperation life can go on during the pandemic without uncontrolled spread of the virus.
3. The NFL decided early on that it wouldn't require its thousands of players, coaches and other staff to live in a "bubble," as other sports leagues had done.
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1. Progressive Administrations Suck at Saving Lives

New York Times, of all sources, explains how.

Progressive leaders in much of the world are now struggling to distribute coronavirus vaccines quickly and efficiently, as opposed to places with conservative governance.
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3. Canada (at less than 3 percent) is far behind the U.S. (about 8.4 percent), thanks to Trump administration's aggressive distribution of vaccines.
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How about people who are fat or smoke?
Or an open-borders supporter shot by an illegal alien?
Or gang members shot in a gang fight?
Or someone who contracted AIDS by engaging in unprotected sex?
Or a Democratic mayor shot by Antifa?
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Would you waste your energy on any of them?
And the honorable doctor deleted his tweet. He should probably delete his account too. He is a hospital physician who advocated not wasting energy on COVID patients who don't wear masks. He called them "COVID deniers" and said let them die so they learn COVID is not a hoax.
Here is one of the gems from Dr. Cleavon Gilman.
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1. WSJ: Why Won’t the President Listen to the Experts?

President Joe Biden is still claiming the economy needs another massive “rescue” bill from Washington.

But even the Beltway economics establishment is rejecting his diagnosis.
2. The Congressional Budget Office, an institution created by Congress in 1974 to enable higher spending, is not exactly a bastion of free-market economics. But there’s no denying the strength in the private economy. And so CBO has now raised its expectations.
3. With a good policy mix the economy could advance even faster, but there’s now a clear consensus among economists that the U.S. is in growth mode. CBO opines:
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1. The Meltup's Real-world Positive Consequences: AMC Edition!

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2. Thanks to Reddit, AMC Entertainment has managed to take $700 million of debt off its balance sheet, as well as raising $506 million of fresh cash in the stock market.
3. The movie-theater chain converted $100 million of junior debt into equity on Monday, while also raising fresh equity capital. Then, on Thursday, it announced that $600 million of senior debt had also been converted into equity, at a price of $13.51 per share.
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1. GameStop: A Morality Play Or A Societal Clusterf*ck

A half-forgotten and unprofitable videogame retailer is bizarrely on the lips of the nation, because the GameStop story touches on economic and cultural forces that affect everyone, whether they own any stock or not.
2. In most Wall Street fights, the broader public doesn't have a rooting interest. This one — where a group of small traders won a multibillion-dollar bet against giant hedge funds — is different.
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