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A video posted by CNN Business on February 3rd shows a clip of an appearance by MyPillow founder Mike Lindell on American Agenda on Newsmax. Lindell had come on the show to talk about being banned by Twitter but shifted the conversation to voting irregularities. Titles overlay-ed on the video by CNN Business helpfully lay out the facts:

“Newsmax anchor Bob Sellers walked off set during an interview with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. Lindell, a supporter of Donald Trump, was there to talk about cancel culture after being banned by Twitter. But the conversation quickly devolved as Lindell railed about unsubstantiated election fraud claims.”

The Babylon Bee published one of its satirical stories “Fauci Spins His Handy ‘Wheel of Science’ To See What He Should Recommend Today” on January 30^th. The absurdist story had the doctor spin a wheel with each option more outlandish than the next before finally settling on the octopus mask recommendation. While no doubt denounced as more “anti-science” propaganda from the usual quarters, it really hit the spot for people who have been paying attention since this whole thing got started in early 2020.

This election is still not over but there are already takeaways from the 2020 election for president.

It’s a regular talking point from the Joe Biden campaign. “The way you fix the economic crisis is that you first fix the COVID crisis,” Joe tells us. Then he assures us that he has a plan to fix it, though the details are always absent. Ads all over the web and on TV boast that Biden has a plan, and the public responds positively. President Trump has been excoriated for saying that we are learning to live with the virus. In fact, one of Biden’s attack lines is that people are learning to live without the relatives who have passed from the disease.

This plays to a large segment of the American people who seem to believe that a cure is just over the horizon if we just apply the right amount of “science” to the problem.

I keep a steady stream of informational and editorial videos running on YouTube as I go through the non-work parts of my day. Because advertising is what keeps the service free for the user, I tend not to skip ads. I might focus on something else or briefly step away from my phone or computer but the ad play gets logged, YouTube gets paid, and I get to avoid another subscription. During the election season the number of political ads is insufferable but every so often legitimate content runs in the ad space and I cannot look away or skip it.

On October 24th, Turning Point USA published a video where Charlie Kirk speaks briefly about socialism and introduces Sirley Àvila Leòn, a Cuban woman, who shared her real life horror experience in communist Cuba. The 12 minute video is worth your time to get an idea of what socialism actually looks like on the ground.

I want to get one thing perfectly clear. The Republican party sucks. No ifs, and’s, or buts about it, they suck.

While I don’t doubt that there are many decent men and women in the Republican party, both as officeholders and activists, the party seems to be led by people who either don’t want to win or are misrepresenting themselves.

A video recently posted to Twitter and retweeted by journalist Andy Ngo, showed a young black man walking up to tents set up by Trump supporters and flipping over several tables full of Trump 2020 gear while shouting insults at our president. The act is upsetting but it’s even more interesting in what it reveals about President Trump, his opposition, and the state of affairs in America.

Mark and Laura* were some of the first neighbors my family met when moved into our home about 20 years ago. On first impression they were nice people and time would prove that judgement right.