SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

A BIT OF EMBARRASSMENT – FROM AMERICAN THINKER:   An opinion writer who frequently contributed op-eds to the New York Times has admitted to being paid well by the Iranian mission to the United Nations but insists that this did not make him an agent of the Iranian government or influence his writing. Kaveh Afrasiabi is currently under arrest, accused of violating the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA). For its part, the New York Times, which still claims to publish “all the news that’s fit to print,” is dummying up, keeping its readers in the dark on the subject, and offering no comment.  The current Times management probably doesn't see any problem at all.  Maybe he was doing some babysitting for Iranian diplomats.  Children must be cared for.

ONCE A RADICAL, ALWAYS A RADICAL – FROM WESTERN JOURNAL:   Former Attorney General Eric Holder urged Democrats to “use the power” of their new majority to pack the Supreme Court.  In a virtual conference on judicial reform hosted by the Brookings Institution on Monday, Holder said Democrats need to act now that they have control of the White House and Congress.  “It is painfully clear, at least to me, that Democrats and progressives are, and have been, uncomfortable with the acquisition and the use of power … Republicans and conservatives never have been,” Holder said.  Holder outlined how Republicans allegedly “abused their power” by rushing through the nomination of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to keep control of the Supreme Court.  “[Republicans] abuse their power to give themselves unfair advantage,” he said. The guy has always been on the wingnut left, and ran the most politicized Justice Department in memory.

January 26, 2021