THE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE IS A NI[CLANG]!  —  Justice Breyer's retirement from the Supreme Court reminds conservatives that Biden had pledged to nominate a black woman, and the results are as expected.  From the libertarian* (*conservative with crippling social anxieties) Ilya Shapiro:

The confirmation process will show whether Biden understands the Black solidarity and power that put him in the White House  —  “Is Biden up to the challenge of this moment?”  —  It should be clear by now the president's flabby polling numbers can be traced back to Democratic supporters becoming disillusioned over the last year.

A SCOTUS Reality Check  —  Identity politics and the High Court  —  This might be a good day for Democrats to reflect on political reality: As my colleague Tim Miller has so eloquently pointed out, if they didn't have Joe Manchin in the senate, they'd probably have Senator Cletus Von Ivermectin (R).