Masking the Issue: Biden administration to distribute 400 million N95 masks to the public for free. I’m not sure mask availability is really the issue. What we need is for more people to accept the free advice of experts.

+ Nice Lootin, Tex: “Unlike most other states that safely endured the February 2021 storm, Texas had stubbornly declined to require winterization of its power plants and, just as critically, its natural gas facilities. In large part, that’s because the state’s politicians and the regulators they appoint are often captive to the oil and gas industry.” The Texas Electric Grid Failure Was a Warm-up.

+ Fifth Harmony: Eric Trump and Allen Weisselberg invoked their 5th Amendment rights more than 500 times in Trump Organization probe. (I wonder how Eric remembered his lines.)

+ A Bodak Moment: Bronx native Cardi B has offered to pay the burial costs for all 17 people killed in a fire that ripped through a New York City high-rise.