LIZ CHENEY RIPS SOCIALISM, Bernie Sanders pounces, and gets his head handed back on a silver platter.

Cheney, in her Republican conference chair capacity, is in charge of communication. She has previously noted that the House Republicans must be more aggressive in response to the Democrats. She’s spoken of the need for a rapid response. In her first 24 hours in the new Congress, she’s put rapid response into action.

Go for it, Liz.

I HOPE SO: Can Trump build the wall?

JOHN HINDERAKER TO NANCY PELOSI: If you're so important, let’s see your tax returns.

TUCKER CARLSON: on a goal for America.

The goal for America is both simpler and more elusive than mere prosperity. It’s happiness. There are a lot of ingredients in being happy: Dignity. Purpose. Self-control. Independence. Above all, deep relationships with other people. Those are the things that you want for your children. They’re what our leaders should want for us, and would want if they cared.

But our leaders don’t care. We are ruled by mercenaries who feel no long-term obligation to the people they rule. They’re day traders. Substitute teachers. They’re just passing through. They have no skin in this game, and it shows. They can’t solve our problems. They don’t even bother to understand our problems.

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SERIOUSLY? Gay man impregnates transgender partner who identifies as male.

Yes, seriously.

THOSE WHO FAIL TO READ HISTORY ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT: Ocasio-Cortez floats 70% tax rate on top earners to fund her green new deal.

For the record, the Reagan tax cuts of 1981 and 1986 that dropped tax rates from 70% to 28% ushered in the prosperity she was born into years later.

FUTURE SENATOR? Chairman of the American Conservative Union seriously considering Kansas senate race next year.

FREEDOM on the flight line.

ROGER KIMBALL: The Character That Matters. Read it all.

DEMOCRATS LIVID after Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI] vows to ‘impeach the motherf—er’. They're not livid because of what she said; they're livid because she said it out loud.

More here.

PAUL WHELAN 'SPY' UPDATE: something's fishy.

But, whatever ... it's still President Trump's fault.

FACTS ARE FACTS: unless the Democrats say they aren't.

Michael Ramirez cartoons https://www.gocomics.com/michaelramirez/are here.

ELECTORAL KINDERGARTEN IS MORE THEIR SPEED: Democrats propose ending the Electoral College.

ON SECOND THOUGHT, whining crybabies are pre-Kindergarten....

THE TRUMP RECESSION lasted less than a day.

The New Year is only 4 days old and the stock market is already up about 1%....