SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT: 

DUMB AND DUMBER – OVERNIGHT:  The author of "The 1619 Project" just can't get anything right.  From Fox:   New York Times Magazine reporter and 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones falsely claimed this week that the Civil War – which began in April 1861 and resulted in an end to slavery in America – began in 1865, the year the war actually concluded.  "We did not stop the expansion of slavery, and enslavers dominated the presidency, Senate and Supreme Court until 1865, when the North was reluctantly drawn into a war that ultimately ended slavery," Hannah-Jones wrote in a series of comments shared to Twitter discussing the end of slavery in America.  After being called out for the mistake, Hannah-Jones, who was named to TIME's list of the "100 most influential people" in 2021, claimed her message was "poorly worded" and placed doubt on whether anyone would believe she did not know "when the Civil War started."  Yeah, who would think that?

January 5, 2022