SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT: 

THE ANTI-WOMAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:  Mere hours after stressing the need for “unity,” President Biden sparked a new civil war with an executive order letting transgender women compete in women’s sports.  On social media, #BidenErasedWomen and #TERFs (an acronym for “trans-exclusionary radical feminist”) trended following the action. That’s understandable: It’s one thing, after all, to ban discrimination; it’s another to tell schools and colleges that transwomen athletes — biologically born boys who now identify as female — must be allowed to compete with biological women and girls, despite their physical advantages.  The notion is patently ridiculous and may result in millions of girls losing out on prestigious sports victories (and maybe scholarships that go with them). It also risks greater injuries to women. A better solution, perhaps, might be to give trans athletes a league of their own.  Meanwhile, the US Education Department will now switch sides in two court battles, one in Connecticut and another in Idaho, over whether transgender athletes are treated by their biological sex or by how they identify. An absolute betrayal of young women, and the silence of the "women's movement" tells us all we need to know about their radical leftist views.  The red ideology comes first; women are far behind.

CALIFORNIA'S STUDENT GOVERNMENT AT WORK – FROM FOX:   The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in California – the most populous state in the U.S. – is proceeding at a slower pace than most, if not all, other states.  Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that California has received 4.7 million doses of the vaccine – but it has only administered 1.8 million doses.  The data show it is doling out doses at a rate of roughly 4,565 per 100,000 people, which is slower than Texas, New York, Florida, Connecticut, Michigan, Georgia, and many others.  Data from Bloomberg ranks California dead-last among all 50 U.S. states in terms of the percentage of shots utilized (37.3%).  The CDC data suggests a slightly higher percent utilization rate of 38.2%.  California, once a Republican state, is now considered the symbol of Democratic states.  It's failing, driving people out, and obsessed with identity politics.  It still has the Sun, but will probably tax it.

January 22, 2021