Late this past spring, even while the Delta Variant was spreading in Europe and elsewhere, Gropin’ Joe went on TV in the White House Rose Garden, pulled off his mask and declared the pandemic over, calling it “a great day for America” — following later this summer with what had to be the weakest, most pointless COVID vaccine policy ever. Regular testing and a mask  requirement? That’s it? Not “get vaccinated or get fired”?

Needless to say, the Washington Post and crew were right on top of it, cranking out articles about how wonderful it is to be re-emerging, to go back to “normal”, sometimes vaguely insuinuating that people still wearing masks in the grocery store were “the new weirdos” — as opposed to the knobs who thought they were being muzzled and forced to breathe their own CO2, who were last year’s weirdos.

Yeah… that sure aged well, didn’t it? Seems that Biden & Gang are employing the same strategy Trump did after the last election.

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California… prophet on the burnin’ shore… where Gavin Newsom is whipping the kids back to school so he can whip their parents back to work, where new cases of COVID-19 are up 165% in Los Angeles County at least partially due to brilliance like this:

“…Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva stated that the mandate will not be enforced as it is ‘not backed by science’ and contradicts the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which recommends only that the unvaccinated wear masks.”

— “COVID-19 cases rise by 165 percent in California since lifting of restrictions in June”, wsws.org 07.22.2021

The reputation of the LAPD and the L.A. Sheriff’s Department was already so deep in the toilet they couldn’t possibly make it worse — until the goddamn sheriff of L.A. County decided he was going to be their goddamn doctor, too.

A hundred and sixty-five goddamn percent.

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…and apparently, for the Washington Post and the Democratic Party, holding their President to account for unfulfilled campaign promises is lodged in a low-priority file somewhere between “Can’t Be Bothered” and “Tough Shit”.

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This time last year, it was Tom Cotton, Steve Bannon and those doorknobs at the Epoch Fail — uh, sorry, Epoch Times — pushing the 100% evidence-free “Wuhan Lab Leak” conspiracy batshittery, and the Washington Post — along with anyone else with two synapses to rub together — were laughing that shit right outta the room.

So, this past week, it was with more than a little begrudging awe that I watched the Democratic Party, the Washington Post, CNN, Wall Street Journal and friends slam on the brakes, jerk the wheel around, kick in the afterburners and execute a full 180° Emergency Bat-Turn on the Wuhan Lab Leak zaniness. China’s the new Enemy Of The Month, and Gropin’ Joe needs some dirt on China, so they’re dragging Steve Bannon’s dirty hot mess out of the dumpster.

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