JOE BIDEN, RESTORING AMERICA’S STRENGTH ABROAD: Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says. “The U.S. and its allies have been forced to move troops out of a number of African countries following coups that brought to power groups eager to distance themselves from Western governments. In addition to the impending departure from Niger, U.S. troops have also left Chad in recent days, while French forces have been kicked out of Mali and Burkina Faso.”

LAWFARE WORKS BOTH WAYS: Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon reports on the filing of a lawsuit by victims of Hamas’ October 7 Massacre in Israel against two of the radical Pro-Palestine “student” groups fomenting chaos on U.S. campuses.

“The suit marks the first time terror victims are taking aim at campus anti-Israel groups for their alleged role in bolstering Hamas propaganda on campus and driving a series of increasingly violent protests that have endangered Jewish college students across the country,” according to Kredo.

Every contributed dollar these radical groups get from George Soros that is diverted to legal defense is one less dollar to pay for the agitators, equipment, printing, transportation, etc. etc. required to stage the kind of coordinated madness seen on dozens of campuses for the past two weeks.

 

OPEN THREAD: Enjoy the weekend.

MISTER, WE COULD USE A MAN LIKE JOHN FACENDA AGAIN! In the meantime, this mini-Facenda (I don’t know if it’s a real person or AI simulation) will have to do:

And for those who prefer their backing scores slightly less orchestral:

BIDEN’S LATEST BIG GOVERNMENT INTRUSION TARGETS THE INTERNET:

In the roughly six years since Trump repealed net neutrality, we haven’t seen internet service providers throttle speeds or charge us for every tweet. In fact, internet speeds have only increased, as has investment into broadband access. Yet, for some reason, the Biden administration is nonetheless bringing back net neutrality regulations.

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission voted to reinstate the rules along party lines.

“I think in a modern digital economy, we should have a national net neutrality policy and make clear the nation’s expert on communications has the ability to act when it comes to broadband,” Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, a Biden appointee, said. “This is good for consumers, good for public safety and good for national security.”

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Republican appointee, voted against the reinstatement and blasted it as a “power grab.”

In September, Steve wrote, “Net neutrality was Barack Obama’s gift to Netflix, who then gave him a sweetheart production deal a short time after he left office. I wonder what Joe Biden expects to get.”