Overnight News: Two things the U.S. cannot have: 1. A civil war. 2. A Chinese Communist pawn as president.

Here’s an obvious fact no one wants to think about: America has had a Praetorian Guard since the end of World War II. It was crypto – not even nukes – that birthed the security state; you can see its inception in “The Imitation Game.” Our unelected, unacknowledged guardians have, so far, kept America’s nuclear weapons from falling into enemy hands.

That will change on January 20th, if China Joe Biden in inaugurated.

The alternative might seem to be secession, with or without a civil war, but that doesn’t work, either. Anything that disrupts the vigilance of our defenses cannot happen.

Accordingly, it seems reasonable to suppose that it won’t. If popular self-government has been an illusion in The West for 75 years, this is one more veil we should expect to see fall away from our eyes in the coming days.

Is that good news or bad? Far better than the alternative, at least in the short-run.

Otherwhere:

The Washington Examiner: Poll: ‘Civil War’ expectations reach new high, 71% of Trump voters. Most important housing story of the day, by far. Incidentally, have you figured out yet why BloodhoundBlog is back in daily operation?

Redfin: Housing Market Update: Home Prices Up 13%, Pending Sales Rise 38%.

Housing Wire: Economists see housing as bright spot to unemployment.

Real Clear Investigations: A Big Move to Ban Realtor ‘Hate Speech.’ At Work. Anywhere. 24/7. As always, actual real estate news does not come from the real estate press. This is a nice read today – after yesterday.

Jacob Sullum: Did Trump Commit a Crime When He Riled Up His Supporters Before They Rioted?

Jordan Davidson: Twitter Just Nuked The Account Of The World’s Biggest Critic Of Big Tech And China.

American Thinker: Silence Will Be the Next Hate Crime.