HYPOCRISY ALERT: The gas-guzzling District of Columbia threatens oil companies.

If it weren't for double standards....

TOWNHALL: The cultural left goes berserk.

They've always been berserk; with Trump's election, they've just removed their masks.

CNN ANCHOR seems to think the word 'infested' is racist when Trump uses it.

BUT ... BUT HE TALKED THE TALK: Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign slapped with federal labor complaint.

Bernie Sanders is learning that he really needs to walk his socialism talk in real life.

RANDOM THOUGHT: The Washington Post, whose tagline is 'Democracy Dies in Darkness', seems to be taking it as a challenge to make sure it does.

THE MESSAGE OF TODAY’S LEFT: I’m a crazy person with a lot of insane mental associations, and it’s your responsibility not to set them off by doing perfectly normal things.

A THOUGHT ON TODAY'S (AND TOMORROW'S) DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: With a clown car full of candidates, how can it not be a circus?

Some thoughts from Iowa.

Linked from Instapundit.

MORE FAKE NEWS:

Snopes rolls out a new opinion-check feature.

Stopped clock named CNN's most accurate reporter.

Keep in mind that Snopes has verified that the Babylon Bee is a fake news site.

PUNCHING BACK: The Department of Justice invokes the Obama administration's 'Fast and Furious' subpoena refusal in refusing to prosecute Attorney General William Barr for contempt.

The media and Left are constantly surprised and outraged that the Right has the gall to remember things that Democrats did and then do the same.

BERNIE SANDERS: West Baltimore is a third-world country.

He's right. Many years ago I had to visit Johns Hopkins University on a regular basis; I kept the windows up and doors locked on my car as I drove through west Baltimore enroute to APL/JHU.

SNOPES adds satire policing to its 'fact-check' mission.

POWERLINE'S WEEK IN PICTURES: It's Mueller time!There are some good ones from his testimony before the Congressional 'investigating' committees, but this is still my favorite:

Now go see the rest.

INSTAPUNDIT: Demand for hate crimes far exceeds the supply.

Because Democrats.

THE ECONOMIC SUICIDE SQUAD wages wage war.

If only progressives could do math ... math math, not social justice math.

HOW OUR TRIP TO THE MOON pushed innovation here on Earth.

And the examples given are the minor ones. For the major ones, think internet, personal computers, cell phones ... all of which have their technology roots in the early space age.

GOOD. GOOD RIDDANCE: Kathy Griffin says severed Trump head photo made her ‘unemployable'.

FINALLY: a start at ObamaCare repair. But the short-term policies are only a temporary holding action until real reform can be put in place (after the 2020 election kicks the Democrats from any hope of returning to power).

Oh, but you won't miss private health insurance, says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. I beg to differ.

I CAN USE THE RACE CARD, TOO: Trump ramps up war of words with Elijah Cummings, calls congressman 'racist'.

And he's right, too. It's about time for Americans to come to grips with the fact that the real racists, of all 'colors', are mostly on the Left.

DAMN THE TORPEDOS, full speed ahead.

ELIZABETH WARREN changes Twitter profile to include authentic Indian name.