Tapped to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, Jackson would make history as the first black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, as well as as the first justice to have prior experience as a public defender. Jackson’s judicial background includes eight years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and she was confirmed to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last year.

DML: Hawley is raising some VERY SERIOUS concerns about this judge Biden wants on the Supreme Court.

3 – SOUNDING THE ALARM: US admiral warns world of Beijing’s recent move in South China Sea
Fox News reports: China has fully militarized at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating nearby, a top U.S. military commander said Sunday.

U.S. Indo-Pacific commander Adm. John C. Aquilino said the hostile actions were in stark contrast to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s past assurances that Beijing would not transform the artificial islands in contested waters into military bases. The efforts were part of China’s flexing its military muscle, he said.

“I think over the past 20 years we’ve witnessed the largest military buildup since World War II by the PRC,” Aquilino told The Associated Press in an interview, using the initials of China’s formal name. “They have advanced all their capabilities, and that buildup of weaponization is destabilizing to the region.”

There were no immediate comments from Chinese officials. Beijing maintains its military profile is purely defensive, arranged to protect what it says are its sovereign rights. But after years of increased military spending, China now boasts the world’s second-largest defense budget after the U.S. and is rapidly modernizing its force with weapons systems including the J-20 stealth fighter, hypersonic missiles and two aircraft carriers, with a third under construction.

DML: China is watching, waiting, to make their move and take over Taiwan.

4 – Florida: Illegal Alien Charged with Slashing Bike-Riding Couple to Death
Breitbart reports: An illegal alien is charged with brutally murdering a couple who were riding bikes back to their home in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Jean Robert Macean, a 32-year-old illegal alien, was arrested and charged late last week for the murder of a husband and wife — 55-year-old Brenda Aultman and 48-year-old Terry Aultman.

According to the Daytona Beach Police Department, the Aultmans were riding their bikes back to their home following a day at the Bike Week festival when they were encountered by Macean.

Police said the Aultmans were found in a grassy area next to a sidewalk with slashes and stabs all over their bodies. Both were declared dead at the scene. Police took Macean into custody late last week and charged him with two counts of first-degree murder.

DML: When is enough going to be ENOUGH?

5 – Digital amnesia: ‘Google effect’ means you are more likely to forget information you read online
The Daily Mail reports: Having a wealth of information available at the tip of our fingers on the internet may seem like a good way to advance human intelligence.

But a new study claims that Googling information actually makes us more likely to forget things, compared with reading it in a book – a phenomenon known as ‘digital amnesia’ or ‘the Google effect’.

The study found human brains are not inclined to deeply process information on search engines such as Google because we know it’s easily accessible and retrievable online – so we don’t bother learning it.

The study was conducted by Dr Esther Kang at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany and published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.

‘Ubiquitous internet access has provided easy access to information and has influenced users’ attention and knowledge management,’ she says in her paper.

‘Having information at one’s “fingertips” through electronic devices such as computers and smartphones often leads to reduced attention and diminished recall.

‘When externally stored information is easily accessible and retrievable, individuals are not inclined to deeply process the details since they can easily look up the information whenever needed.

DML: How about this simple test: How many phone numbers do you have memorized now?