SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

MESSING IT UP – FROM ANDREW MALCOLM AT HOT AIR:   Democrats accused Donald  Trump of  being too soft on Russia’s Vladimir Putin for suspicious reasons.  Now, it’s Mr. Mask, Joe Biden, who’s going soft on the Russian leader for life likely.  This week, for nothing in return, Biden had his Secretary of State Antony Blinken waive U.S. sanctions on the Russian company building a massive undersea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.  The pipeline is a huge deal for Russia’s economy and prestige and Putin’s long-range plans to tempt European countries closer to Moscow’s economic orbit and, by extension, weaken NATO.  President Trump had slapped the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG and its chief executive officer, Matthias Warnig. He’s a Putin pal, which is how you get ahead in Russia today and, who knows, perhaps some percentage slides back to the Big Guy there too.  Giving things away for free is how the Obama-Biden team did foreign policy for eight years in hopes that would earn good will and other nations would give back. Dream on, buckos. In diplomacy, not everyone gets a participation trophy.  The further weakening of America, and notice the anguish (choke) in what passes for the American media.

A TRULY GREAT GOVERNOR – FROM DAILY CALLER:   Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis denounced Critical Race Theory (CRT) at a press conference Friday.  DeSantis said CRT needs to be addressed by the Florida Board of Education at a press conference in Pensacola he held to announce a series of tax breaks for consumers. The governor said that it is offensive to the taxpayers to fund a program that teaches children to hate each other and their country.  “You can put lipstick on a pig and it’s still a pig,” DeSantis said about CRT. “It’s offensive to the taxpayer that they would be asked to fund critical race theory, that they would be asked to fund teaching kids to hate their country and to hate each other,” DeSantis said.
CRT teaches students that race is socially constructed, embedded within American institutions and public policy, according to the American Bar Association. CRT is based on false history that is disputed by historians, DeSantis said.  This is why DeSantis deserves to be on a national ticket.  A born leader, he is willing to take on tough issues, knowing the incoming flak from the woke brigades will be deafening.

May 21, 2021