“Shrinkflation” refers to the sneaky way businesses hide the fact that prices are rising as the dollar loses its strength. Customers may blame companies, but businesses have little choice but to pass on some of the cost to consumers. The real fault traces back to President Joe Biden and his strategy of printing money to shovel it to Democratic interest groups.

“Consumers are paying more for a growing range of household staples in ways that don’t show up on receipts — thinner rolls, lighter bags, smaller cans — as companies look to offset rising labor and materials costs without scaring off customers,” The Washington Post reported. “It’s a form of retail camouflage known as ‘shrinkflation,’ and economists and consumer advocates who track packaging expect it to become more pronounced as inflation ratchets up, taking hold of such everyday items such as paper towels, potato chips, and diapers.” Read Full Story

• American Thinker: Fauci’s Napoleon Complex
• The Washington Times: GOP Ready to Reject Biden Counteroffer Of 15% Minimum Corporate Tax to Pay for Infrastructure
• Townhall: COVID-19 Has Forever Destroyed Americans’ Trust in Ruling Class ‘Experts’
• The Hill: Biden, Top GOP Negotiator Agree to Continue Infrastructure Talks
• Mediaite: Psaki Bristles at Reporter for Asking What Makes Biden ‘Effective President’

Since the election, several Republican-run states have taken steps to tighten up their voting laws in ways that maintain easy access to the polls while severely limiting opportunities for election fraud.  (Georgia springs to mind, although other states have done the same.)  

When Texas tried to pass such a law, the Democrats responded by walking out, ending the chance to vote before the session ended.  However, Gov. Greg Abbott struck back hard and effectively, a reminder that it is possible to “out tough” the left.

Just the News explains what happened: “Texas House Democrats on Sunday night staged a walkout to block their Republican counterparts’ sweeping voter-reform legislation. The move blocked the passage of the bill by effectively ending the Texas legislature’s session.”

In the old days, Republicans would probably have shrugged and said, “What can we do?  The session is over.  We’ll try again next time.”  But with midterm elections drawing near, next time will be too late — which is what the Democrats were counting on. Read Full Story

• The Hill: Democrats Plot Next Move After GOP Sinks Jan. 6 Probe
• Townhall: Kevin McCarthy Wants to Arm Caucus for 2022 Battle
• Washington Examiner: Arizona GOP Boasts 1 Million Ballots Counted in Maricopa County Audit
• The Washington Free Beacon: Cruz, Hagerty Land in Israel to Assess Damage From Hamas War
• The Federalist: Virginia GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Glenn Youngkin: ‘We Will Not Teach Critical Race Theory’ In Schools

When he took the floor of the Senate to reject the Democrats’ Jan. 6 Commission, Mitch McConnell may have salvaged his party’s chances to recapture the House in 2022.

For that commission, being spun as a “bipartisan” effort to learn what “really happened” in the Capitol that fateful day, is a Democratic scheme to have the left’s version of events on Jan. 6 enshrined as the official history of the United States.

And what is the left’s version? Read Full Story

• The Hill: Massie, Greene Trash Mask Violation Warnings From House Sergeant at Arms
• Washington Examiner: Tim Scott Won’t Wear Your Left-Wing Label
• PJ Media: Even Without Redistricting, Democrats in Big Trouble in 2022
• American Thinker: House Republicans Have Yet to Be Fully Vaccinated Against Cheneyitis
• The Federalist: Mark Meadows: Critical Race Theory’s Focus On Skin Color Is ‘Dividing Us’