The one story I focus on in this week’s audio commentary is one of those: The seemingly inexplicable disappearance of some two million members of our nation’s workforce.

They were there pre-pandemic.

Now, they’re not.

What’s going on?

In this week’s audio commentary above I mentioned last week’s audio on the historic shift of the nation’s population movements from the West now more towards the South, with accompanying political ramifications. Here’s the link ICYMI.

This week’s column takes a look at what Joe Biden would like to be the ongoing drama, not over whether he will seek reelection next year, but over when he will actually file the papers and make the official announcement.

It’s the kind of thing that fascinates Washington’s inbred media because it can be made to seem more important than it is (to drive more online traffic) and will be scheduled for maximum media exposure, a day after the initial leak to get 24 hours of advance bonus coverage.

What really interests me are the serial delays in the process this time. He’s been talking about his “intent” to run again since early in this first term. And again often all last year.

He was going to decide (his wife opines that he already has) over the holidays in the Virgin Islands. But that was a good while ago. Still nothing.

Given the number of times he’s raised this intent, even when no one was asking, Biden seems quite insecure about it all. I suppose it’s possible he doesn’t remember the other times.

This dithering is characteristic of the man who’s late for everything and turns 81 this year. He would be 86 after a second term. But his delay has damaging effects on his Democrat Party whose members and polite future leaders are stuck in a political limbo over one man’s ongoing indecision. Republicans appreciate the help.

But maybe it means that, despite all the rhetorical teasing, he’s not really going to run again. That retreat and recognition of his awfully unpopular record and persona would be a major story. I tried to explore that.

As usual, my RedState colleagues are all over a wide variety of other stories, including the unfolding revelations from within the January 6 tapes that Tucker Carlson is playing.

And here’s a little Tucker bonus, a collection of clips from his many appearances on C-SPAN over the past 20 years, talking about himself and the day’s issues.

A revealing post on the ongoing struggles as CNN tries to reinvent itself after years of its anti-Trump orgy. Witness the abysmal ratings of this week’s special on Jill Biden‘s airing of predictable views.

And, of course, the just-beginning investigations of Democrats by the new Republican House majority.

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