FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE: Curse of the easy rider. Show up, get paid. And sometimes you don't even need to show up.

LOSER BACKS another loser in Colorado:

[F]ormer President Obama endorsed a candidate [Jared Polis] who backs single-payer health care, who turned down a historic debate sending a message that he doesn't care about the Western Slope [of Colorado], who supports raising taxes despite not paying them for years, and who cynically invested in medical tourism while voting for Obamacare.

Now endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. former President. Make it a twofer.

THEY GO DOWN: What happens when countries are governed by people who don’t much like the people they govern. Click through to read the full Victor Davis Hanson post. As I see it, the future of the United States looks a lot like current Europe - not a pleasant thought.

TEXAS CONSTRUCTS BORDER WALL to keep out unwanted refugees from California. It's way too late - should have been done in the mid-1980's.

Yes, unfortunately it's only satire.

IT IS LOOKING BETTER: A stake through the heart of the Democrat party.

Click through the link in PowerLine's post on Candace Owens. If there is any justice in this world, she should be the public face of the Republican party in the black communities.

WHAT? There's an 'official' Barack Obama Day? Yes. Yes, there is.

Clearly the farce is strong in Illinois.

SHE'LL FIT RIGHT IN AT THE NEW YORK TIMES: Online harassment 'sufferer' Sarah Jeong hates republicans and cops, too.

"THE GREAT THING ABOUT BEING A LIBERAL is that you can just go with a cliche and skip the careful thinking part."

The PowerLine post by Steven Hayward is actually about the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, but that single sentence is so true that I had to emphasize it. Now go and read the whole post.

JONAH GOLDBERG on the constant hunt for fresh outrage. It seems to me that the 'hunters' have traditionally been Democrats and that the 'deer' [Republicans & Conservatives] are finally beginning to shoot back.

It's that double-edged sword thingy....

DON SURBER: Maybe Mexico will pay for the wall.

SO PERHAPS HE SHOULD CHOOSE A CUBAN-TRAINED DOCTOR AS HIS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN: Bernie Sanders smitten with Cuba’s healthcare.

POWERLINE'S PLASTIC STRAW EDITION of its Week in Pictures has posted. There are many, many good ones this week, but this has to be my favorite:

Now go enjoy the rest.

MIKA’S RIGHT — Somebody’s coming unhinged. Only it's not who she thinks.

MAYBE WE SHOULD TREAT PEOPLE ON THE LEFT the way people on the left say we should treat Nazis.

SIX TIMES THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION should have appointed special counsel.

"The common thread between these examples is the stonewalling and cover-ups committed by the Obama administration in order to protect itself. Corruption begat more corruption and there was no way they were going to allow an investigation it couldn’t control (or dismiss as partisan) happen."

DEBUNKING (plastic) straw man arguments.

IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT CONTROL: Democrat candidate funded population control groups fighting 'irresponsible breeding'.

So his parents were irresponsible....

AMMO GRRRLL interviews for Editorial Board position at the New York Slimes. Er, Times, that's right, Times.

Fair warning; put your coffee down first. Swallow, then click the link.

HEH: My other plane is Air Force One.

DEMOCRATS IN A PANIC WHEN THE ECONOMY GETS BETTER says about all you need to know.

WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Let’s face it, Acosta’s life was in danger at that Trump rally.

How? He was in danger of being humiliated to death?

Let's get serious. Trump supporters are conservatives, not liberals, and especially not progressive liberals.

FIVE JOURNALISTS to whom you should pay attention:

The five journalists are Byron York of the Washington Examiner, Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist, Kimberley Strassel of the Wall Street Journal, Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller, and [Andrew} McCarthy of National Review.

Of note, all are regular Fox News contributors.