This just in: Virginia elected a new governor, a Republican. His position: We will not allow critical race theory to be taught to our children. Critical Race Theory rests on the premise that racial bias – intentional or not – is baked into U.S. laws and institutions. Black Americans, for example, are incarcerated at much higher rates than any other racial group. This is something that is sometimes taught in law schools.

Here’s the deal. A news reporter last week was doing a study on critical race theory and could not find a single school (high school and below) that was teaching it…ANYWHERE in the country. Nor could they find a school that had taught it in the past.

Yesterday, a reporter asked a voter in Virginia why he voted Republican. His answer, “Well, I don’t think we should be teaching Critical Race Theory to our kids.” Never mind that this is not happening anywhere…the reported then asked, “What about Critical Race Theory are you against?” The person responded, “Well, I don’t want to get into details but I’m against it. It quickly became apparent that he had no idea what it meant.

This person voted for a governor whose sole message was about something that didn’t exist and that the voter had zero understanding of.

On a completely unrelated note…a large crowd of Republicans gathered in Dallas to welcome JFK Jr as Donald Trump’s running mate in 2024. The only problem with this is that JFK Jr. died in a plane crash decades ago. These people, being Republican, think this is a conspiracy (big surprise) and the JFK Jr. has been hiding out until the time was ripe. So, no JFK Jr showed up from the dead but that doesn’t mean he won’t run in 2024.

On another completely unrelated note: Americans, across the board, support the various components of Biden’s Build Back Better plan. It’s not even a close race on this issue; Maybe 4:1 in favor. Until…they find out that it is Biden’s plan. When this is discovered, the same people that vote Republican based on made up stuff that they don’t understand, the same people that believe JFK Jr. is consulting with Trump…these same people are suddenly against the plan.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

Time to save the world.

Up, up and away…

Jim