Is anyone else thinking 2022 is going to backfire on the left in a way never before seen?

They are overplaying their hand big time….

Republicans will break the algorithms just like in 2016.

— Amy Kremer (@AmyKremer) April 15, 2021

Missouri Independent: “The Missouri House refused to accept the resignation of Rep. Rick Roeber on Thursday, with a bipartisan group of lawmakers arguing that the ethics committee should complete its investigation into allegations that he sexually and physically abused his children. ‘This is a serious allegation that has been brought forth before this body’ said Rep. Richard Brown, D-Kansas City. ‘It’s not right to accept this resignation and allow this member to escape without us giving full recognition to what has taken place here.’ Three adult children of Rep. Rick Roeber, R-Lee’s Summit, publicly alleged that in 1990 he molested his adopted daughter when she was 9 years old. He was previously accused of sexual abuse by a fourth sibling.”

“Despite the allegations, which became public more than a month before Election Day, Roeber defeated his Democratic opponent by 300 votes. The House Ethics Committee launched an investigation in January. It was close to completing its work when Roeber announced announced his resignation on Tuesday. The announcement came shortly after The Independent reported on a letter House Speaker Rob Vescovo wrote to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Backer stating that over the course of the House Ethics Committee investigation, ‘we have learned information that needs to be forwarded to the proper authorities in your jurisdiction.’ Roeber has regular weekend visits with a minor child, the letter states, and ‘given the severity of the allegations raised by Rep. Roeber’s children, we are concerned for the safety of this minor child.’ Baker responds later that day in an email to Vescovo, saying she contacted the chief of police in Lee’s Summit and “will work with him to devise a plan.’ She also requested transcripts from the House investigation so her office could review them ‘for potential criminal activity.’ Roeber made no mention of Vescovo’s letter, Baker’s response or the accusations against him in his resignation announcement. Instead, he said he had to step down because he was moving out of his district.”

“It was a blockbuster story about Russia’s return to the imperial ‘Great Game’ in Afghanistan. The Kremlin had spread money around the longtime central Asian battlefield for militants to kill remaining U.S. forces. It sparked a massive outcry from Democrats and their #resistance amplifiers about the treasonous Russian puppet in the White House whose admiration for Vladimir Putin had endangered American troops. But on Thursday, the Biden administration announced that U.S. intelligence only had ‘low to moderate’ confidence in the story after all. Translated from the jargon of spyworld, that means the intelligence agencies have found the story is, at best, unproven – and possibly untrue” reports the Daily Beast.

So Trump probably really was telling the truth that the intel reports on the scheme were not verified. What do you know, huh? Almost like he would have been believed if he didn’t lie about almost literally fucking everything else during his four years in office – especially with matters regarding Russia. We should expect a completely unhinged statement about this pretty soon.

“J.D. Vance, venture capitalist and author of ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ has told friends and colleagues that he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Axios has learned from multiple sources. He’ll need to reconcile his growing antagonism to Big Tech with a career that’s been facilitated by it. Vance, who’s been both celebrated and criticized for his ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ ethos, would be entering a crowded GOP primary field. His goal, according to one source, is to present himself as a bridge between Trump and establishment Republicans, particularly because it may be tough to out-Trump former Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel. That said, he’s sought Trump’s counsel. Vance recently met privately with the former president at Mar-a-Lago, with Peter Thiel in tow, per multiple sources” – Axios.

Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on the back and neck of George Floyd for more than nine minutes as the Black man struggled to breathe and ultimately died, announced that he would not testify in his murder trial, USA Today reported.

Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s death in police custody on May 25, 2020.  His defense rested after providing five hours of testimony Wednesday from a medical expert for the defense who claimed that other medical conditions and circumstances, including carbon monoxide from a running police car engine, were more likely contributors to Floyd’s death.  In one day of testimony, Chauvin’s defense team also presented evidence from another paid expert who claimed Chauvin’s actions were within reason for a police officer.

Prosecutors presented eleven days of evidence, including medical professionals and members of the Minneapolis police department who testified that Chauvin’s actions were not standard procedure and were inherently dangerous to Floyd.

“What can be done against this disgustingly corrupt process? Simple, go out and vote, but DO NOT TRUST THE PARTY TO DELIVER ACCURATE RESULTS! Who should you go to for the proper results? Me and my campaign! My campaign will be monitoring the voting and data entry on election night. If they are accurate, we will tell you. If they are not, I will be prepared to sue in court to force a public count. Another hint to know if the results are fake are if Pete Snyder, who called the President a racist, ‘wins.’ If RPV declares him a victor it is FAKE NEWS” – Excerpt of an email from hardcore MAGA Virginia State Senator Amanda Chase to supporters.

First time unemployment claims dropped to 576,000 in the latest Department of Labor report, their lowest point in 13 months and a decrease of 193,000 from the previous week, a furthering sign that the US economy is on a pace toward growth and recovery for the year.  The number of filings was the lowest since March 14, 2020 when the number hit 225,500.

The four-week running average of first time claims, a more reliable metric for looking at long-term trends, fell by 47,000 to 683,000, still a greatly elevated number due to the coronavirus pandemic but on a steady downward trend.

During the week of March 27th, 16.9 million people received unemployment benefits, a decrease of 1.2 million from the previous week.

The Biden Administration announced widespread sanctions against the Russian government including the expulsion of ten diplomats and sanctions against dozens of Russian citizens and companies to punish the country for a series of attacks on the US and allies, the Associated Press reports.

The administration specifically cited the involvement of the Russian spy agency, the SVR, as directly involved in the Solar Winds hack, which compromised the systems of hundreds of US companies and government agencies.

In leveling the sanctions, the Biden administration noted that the actions were taken to punish Russia for multiple episodes of attacks against US interests, including its meddling in US election, putting bounties on US troops in Afghanistan, and its invasion of the Ukrainian territory in Crimea.  The sanction will expel the ten diplomats as well as punish 40 entities and individuals who conducted, commanded or oversaw the various actions.

Axios: “MLB is the latest sports league to fall out of favor with Republicans following its decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Atlanta. In mid-March, MLB’s net favorability rating among Republicans was 47%, the highest of the four major U.S. sports leagues. Since then, it has plummeted to 12%, dropping the league below the NFL and NHL, according to new data from Morning Consult. ‘Baseball isn’t the first sport to see its net favorability among Republicans significantly decrease as a result of … embracing social justice issues,’ writes Morning Consult’s Alex Silverman. ‘The NFL’s popularity among Republicans took a major hit in 2017 after then-President Donald Trump rebuked NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem. The NBA’s stock hit new lows among Republicans last summer for its embrace of the Black Lives Matter movement.”

Democrats in the House and Senate will introduce legislation Thursday to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court from nine to thirteen, an effort at court packing that is unlikely to gain immediate support from either chamber, NBC News reports.

The move exemplified progressive frustration with Republican obstructionism, particularly the refusal of the then-Republican-led Senate to consider the nomination of Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to the seat vacated with the death of Antonin Scalia in 2016.  It was further exacerbated by the rushed confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett one week before the 2020 election after Republicans hypocritically claimed that Garland couldn’t be considered because the vacancy occurred during an election.

Democratic Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler of New York are leading the legislation in the Senate and House, respectively.  Democratic Representatives Hank Johnson of Georgia and Mondaire Jones of New York are co-sponsoring the bill in the House. 

“Biden administration as soon as Thursday will sanction [about] 12 Russian individuals, including government and intel officials, and [around] 20 entities in response to SolarWinds hack and election interference. [Roughly] 10 Russian officials will be expelled from US” reports Bloomberg’s Jordan Fabian (edited for clarity).

According to RealClearPolitics, more Americans think the United States is going in the “right direction” now than any time since 2009.  The current RCP average notes that 43.8% of Americans feel the US is going in the right direction, with 49.8% saying the nation’s heading in the wrong direction.  The “right direction” number is the highest it’s been since January 14, 2009, when it registered at 45.8%. 

Axios: “A new political group in Virginia is taking pains to keep the people behind it a secret. And one candidate in the state’s gubernatorial race claims it is buying ads designed to falsely make it look like they’re coming from him. The group, dubbed the Patriot Leadership Trust, has succeeded in hiding the identities of its principals, depriving Virginians of information about the people and interests seeking to sway their votes in a bellwether off-year race.”

“The Patriot Leadership Trust has bought radio ads and direct mail pieces attacking Glenn Youngkin, a former private equity executive vying for the Republican nomination. Its latest direct mail piece, which attacked Youngkin over his ostensible support for the Southern Poverty Law Center, drew condemnation Wednesday from one of Youngkin’s rivals, Virginia’s former Republican House Speaker Kirk Cox. Cox accused the Patriot Leadership Trust of attempting to give the false impression that the attack came from his campaign, citing similarities in its name and mailing address to those of a PAC affiliated with Cox. ‘This is the latest in a series of attacks launched by shadowy PACs that are potentially violating the letter and spirit of Virginia’s campaign finance laws,’ Cox said in a statement. Cox was very clear the mail piece ‘is not coming from me, or anyone associated with me.’ Who it is coming from is less clear. The Patriot Leadership Trust was formed April 6. It won’t have to disclose its donors, paid staffers or consultants until July, more than two months after the nomination fight ends.”

Fox News host Tucker Carlson defended an Infowars staffer who was arrested today for being part of the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol on January 6th. Samuel Montoya was charged with four federal counts for his role in the attack, an effort to disrupt the Constitutional peaceful transfer of power, but Carlson claimed that South Carolina protester Bree Newsome was “more aggressive” when she climbed a flag pole and removed a Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the South Carolina capitol. Carlson referred to the Confederate battle flag as “The Flag,” as though it were his national flag, and somehow Carlson failed to mention five people died during the January 6th attack, while no one was even injured in Newsome’s protest.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory board declined to take action to release the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, keeping the distribution of the company’s vaccine “paused” while researchers continue investigating potential side effects, NBC News reports.

The experts on the committee said they didn’t have enough evidence to make a decision about the J&J vaccine, which has been linked to patients developing a rare form of blood clot in the brain as well as a drop in platelets in the blood.  Six people in the United States who received the J&J vaccine have developed the blood clots in the brain, while three others have developed blood clots in other parts of their bodies.  One of the patients died.

The single-dose J&J vaccine had been a hoped-for addition to the arsenal of vaccines against the coronavirus, joining two-dose versions from Pfizer and Moderna. 

Republican House members have calculatedly distanced themselves from embattled Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, careful not to allow themselves to be photographed with Gaetz as he’s under investigation for alleged child sex trafficking and other charges, CNN reports.

While Republican House leaders are careful to craft their words to remain neutral on Gaetz’s future in Congress and with the Party while the investigation plays out, members of the GOP House rank-and-file are staying away from him.

“He’s not a team player,” one senior House GOP member, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about a colleague, told CNN.  “He’s not someone who contributes to the caucus. Most of us don’t really know him.  If he did it and gets indicted, so what?  A new Republican will replace him in that district and probably be a better member of Congress.”

The son of Jerry Falwell, the disgraced former head of Liberty University, has been ousted from his position as vice president of the school eight months after his father was removed as university president for improper behavior and questions on his use of school finances.

Politico reports that Trey Falwell, Jerry Falwell’s oldest son, was “no longer employed” by Liberty University, a school spokesman said, although he confirmed the separation happened within the last week.  He did not specify if Falwell left voluntarily or if he was fired.  He also did not answer questions if Jerry Falwell’s younger son, Wesley, or Jerry Falwell’s daughters-in-law were still employed by the school.

Jerry Falwell fell out of favor at the university his father founded after photographs of him drinking on a boat with a female aide, who was reportedly pregnant, were posted online.  He had early come under scrutiny when photos of him at a nightclub were posted online.  A self-described Christian university, Liberty enforces strict student and faculty behavior guided by their self-designed “Christian values.”

Falwell was also found to have been directing millions of dollars in contracts to companies owned by, either fully or partly, by himself, members of his family, or his friends.  The move to remove Trey Falwell is further evidence that Liberty continues to separate itself from the Falwell family.

Angry with the league’s decision to move the All-Star Game out of Atlanta because the state of Georgia passed oppressive voter laws, a number of Republican Senators have crafted legislation that would strip Major League Baseball of its antitrust exemption, the Washington Post reports.

“MLB and woke mega-corporations have been coddled by government for too long,” Missouri Senator Josh Hawley said in a statement. “For decades, the MLB has been given a sweetheart deal by Washington politicians. But if they’d prefer to be partisan political activists instead, maybe it’s time to rethink that.”

Hawley was joined in sponsoring the Senate legislation with Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas, Marco Rubio of Florida and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.

Major League Baseball has an antitrust exemption which allows it to bypass certain federal laws and provides it with protections from claims that it operates a monopoly.  Of course, this is part of a global cabal as Eric Bolling of OAN sussed out:

“Hate crimes bill advances in Senate, 92-6. Republicans Cotton, Cruz, Hawley, Marshall, Paul and Tuberville Voted no. Schumer says he’s working with McConnell on a deal to vote on amendments but he intends first one will be Moran-Blumenthal ‘No Hate Act'” – Burgess Everett, Politico.

Today, I got the shot!!! I hope that you do too!
Thank you Nurse Torres!!! 💙 pic.twitter.com/gPL1Mecv1G

— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) April 14, 2021