TikTok Ban Upheld by Supreme Court - WSJ

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal law requiring TikTok’s Chinese owners to sell or shut down the social-media app by Jan. 19, siding with Congress’s national-security concerns over the platform and its users’ claim that the ban violates the First Amendment.

9-0; I hope this poison goes away forever. TikTok’s lawyers never denied the allegation that they were controlled by the CCP.

Biden Says Equal Rights Amendment Is the ‘Law of the Land’ - WSJ

Friday’s statement from the president puts pressure on U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan, the Constitution’s official custodian. Shogan recently concluded she lacked authority to recognize the ERA’s ratification more than 40 years after a congressionally-set deadline expired.

lol, such courage.

The expiration date on the proposed amendment was 1979. Five states have since voted to rescind their ratification and the 38th state (Virginia), by Biden’s count, ratified this expired proposal in 2020, before he even took office.

Now with three days left on his contract, he acts boldly!!!

I’m now firmly in the camp supporting a severely shortened lame duck period. Inauguration should be 30 days after the vote.

Corporate Security Detail Not Sure Why They Guarding Crock-Pot CEO - The Onion

“A person from the company called in a panic last week and said the CEO needed to ‘beef up’ his security detail, but when we asked what sorts of threats he was facing, they just kept saying he’d ‘made a lot of enemies lately’ and wouldn’t elaborate”

9 References To Trump In The Bible - Babylon Bee

“He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth.” (Isaiah 53:7)

A reference to the gag order imposed on him during his witch trial.

‘I’m Going to Plot Your Demise for My Entire Workout.’ Gym Regulars Can’t Wait for You to Quit Your Resolution. - WSJ

“She said we should open a chain of pop-up gyms on January 2nd that slowly turn into bars by mid-February,” he said. “The business was called ‘Resolutions.’”

I just ate cheddar cheese rubbed with lavender and espresso.

What a time to be alive.

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Game afternoon with the girls.

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It’s hard to beat the local hardware store.

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Snowfall

Trump Becomes First Former President Sentenced for Felony - WSJ

Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment

True poetry; a non-sentence for a non-crime.

“This defendant has caused enduring damage to the public perception of criminal justice,” Steinglass said.

The prosecutor gets this fact exactly backwards.

What a fantastical waste of prosecutorial resources in a city so dangerous that the state National Guard has to be deployed to the public transit system to maintain order.

But those business records, tho.

The robot vacuum’s work here is done.

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And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming

Biden Blocks Sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel - WSJ

In an order Friday, the White House required the companies to abandon the deal within 30 days unless Cfius agrees to extend the timeline.

We spend a lot of time posturing.

New chair day.

It took me three years, but I’ve finally implemented a cable management system for my desk that works.

It’s always nice to get your new year plans crossed off your list early.

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Hail, Theotokos!

Maybe we should call ourselves the Febreeze Brothers, ‘cause it’s feeling so fresh right now.