Welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing  — where we take a quick look at the week’s most viewed stories in case you missed any of them. Grab a cup of coffee and sit down with this 21st Century Weekend Edition of your favorite (online) publication!

#1 – Democrat Introduces Legislation to Make White People Criticizing Minorities a Federal Crime — by Bonchie

Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, long in the running for being the vapidest member of Congress (oops, did I just commit a crime?), has introduced legislation that could make political criticism by white people against minorities a federal crime.

In what can only be called a convoluted mess, the bill proposes that a white person who “vilifies” any non-white person and has their words end up on social media, accessible by “persons who are predisposed to engaging in any action in furtherance of a white supremacy inspired hate crime,” would themselves be committing a federal crime.

#2 – CNN Finally Reports on Biden Family Corruption, and Everyone Should Be Asking Why — by Bonchie 

All the while, we’ve been assured that Joe Biden knew nothing about anything. Apparently, the President of the United States is the dumbest, most aloof person to ever hold office, and I mean any office. But while his current mental state might justify that assumption, Biden hasn’t always showcased the hallmarks of senility. Certainly, he knew what his son was doing while taking him for rides on Air Force Two to make business deals in China. He was also obviously not disconnected from his brothers while they traded on his name.

With all that said, the question that sticks out the most from this CNN report is why now? Why, in January of 2023, nearly three years after RedState and other conservative outlets reported this stuff, is the liberal network jumping on the bandwagon? I can only assume the gloves are off, with Biden indicating he wants to run again in 2024. Sources have recently claimed the president wants to make that announcement early, possibly in February.

#3 – Geraldo Embarrasses Himself and Fox With What He Just Said About AR-15s  — by Nick Arama

“It’s not a rifle,” Rivera claimed, saying it was a “machine gun.”

“What does AR stand for?” Gutfeld asked him.

“Automatic rifle,” Rivera responded, getting it just ridiculously wrong.

“No, that’s not what it is,” Gutfeld said.

“All I know is is AR-15s have no place in American society, other than sport clubs,” Geraldo insisted.

All you know is nothing, Geraldo, so what you know isn’t worth much, given you think they’re machine guns. “AR” in AR-15 doesn’t stand for automatic rifle, it stands for “Armalite Rifle.”

#4 – Trump Gets Deposed in the Jean Carroll Case, and Absolute Hilarity Ensues — by Bonchie 

There’s long been a concern among Trump’s lawyers that putting him in a deposition is a bit like putting a rabid raccoon in a crib with a baby. Doing that just isn’t going to end well, but in this case, the former president was left with no choice, having been ordered by the judge to appear. Sure enough, it was vintage Trump, and that shot at Biden in which he’s bragging about having written a statement himself is an instant classic.

He didn’t stop there either. In other parts of the deposition, Trump threatens to sue the other lawyer, because why not?

#5 – The Real Scandal Behind Joe Biden’s Classified Documents Scandal — by Bonchie 

Yet, somehow, as big of a scandal as the possession of those classified documents is, they’ve actually served as a useful tool in revealing a possibly bigger scandal. Namely, how the Biden family garners and handles money. For example, isn’t it a little concerning that Joe Biden was paid nearly $1,000,000 as part of the Penn Biden Center, a university arm that allegedly received $61 million from the Chinese? Given he never actually taught a class, what exactly was he getting paid to do?

One of the more peculiar aspects of Biden’s political career has been his dogged subservience to the Chinese communists, and certainly, the circumstances of his entanglements warrant further investigation. There’s no doubt that would occur if we were dealing with a Republican president, and the proof of that lies in the ongoing hysteria over Donald Trump’s supposed foreign connections.