Some headlines that caught our eye.

Politics & COVID: White House’s ‘New’ Policy

Biden Plans to Deploy Military, Distribute 500 Million Tests Amid COVID-19 Omicron Wave — The Epoch Times

White House: People won’t have to ‘wear a mask all the time’ if ‘we make progress’ fighting COVID — Fox News

White House Decides to Send Free COVID Tests to Americans After All — MSN Health

Biden praises Trump twice for COVID-19 vaccine speed and boosters — Just The News

White House Message on Covid Is Dehumanizing and Unpersuasive — National Review

Against Faucism — Reason

The COVID emergency is over. Get back to life — Washington Examiner

(Illegal) Immigration Explosion

Foreign-born population soars to new record under Biden; highest rate of immigrants since 1910 — Washington Times

Biden’s policies on immigration and securing the border are failing — The Tennessean, via Yahoo News

Democrats mull hardball tactics to leapfrog parliamentarian on immigration — The Hill

Democrats Beg Biden: Open U.S. Borders to Potentially Half a Million Afghans — Breitbart

America’s Crime Boom

The Record-Breaking Homicide Wave in Philadelphia — Glenn Loury Substack

Roses are Red, Crime is Blue — American Thinker

BLM And San Fransicko — American Digest

San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s About-Face On Crime — City Journal

Dems’ Build Back Better Beatdown

Manchin Dares Democrats to Push Him Out of Party For BBB Stand — National Review

Biden Staff Did ‘Inexcusable’ Things: Manchin — Zero Hedge

Was This the Moment Schumer Ruined What’s Left of Biden’s Presidency? — Townhall

American Wokeistan

Americans Fled ‘Woke’ States in ‘Historic’ Numbers in 2021 — PJ Media

Three Retired Generals Loudly Demand A Military Coup In 2024 — American Thinker

Inflation’s Tyranny

How Inflation Is Squeezing Working American Families at Christmas — American Greatness

Navarro: Biden, Democrats, & China Are To Blame For America’s Stagflation Mess — Fox News, via Zero Hedge

92% Say Inflation Is A Serious Problem; 56% SAY Build Back Better Plan Would Make It Worse — Rasmussen.com