CHASER:  AOC’s unfavorability rating now rivals Trump and Pelosi levels.

SHOT: IT’S A CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING STUNT, NOT COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is becoming a ‘kickass action figure’.  Not complete unless it comes with a recorder that says things like “Communism has killed 100 million people. Let’s give it another try” and “Democratic Socialism has happy fun death camps.” And “Green New Deal. A new way to kill 100 million! Give me power!”*

*At least as authentic as Adam Schiff’s reinterpretation of the Ukraine call!

YET THEY LECTURE US ON CLIMATE ACCORDS:  Air pollution caused 400,000 premature European deaths in 2016: EU agency.

WAIT? THIS NEEDED A STUDY?  Sugar babies have ‘genuine connections’ with daddies: study.

SHE WAS ONLY THIRTEEN WHEN SHE WAS DRUGGED AND SOLD:  Houston teen dies by suicide after she was rescued from sex trafficking.

IN THE MAIL: The Knock at the Door: Three Gold Star Families Bonded by Grief and Purpose.

NOW OUT: From John Ringo and Tom Kratman: Watch on the Rhine: (Legacy of the Aldenata Book 7).

I WOULD HAVE BERATED HER HARDER, BUT IT WAS A GOOD EFFORT: Dem Politicians Walk Out After Trump Calls Pelosi A ‘Third-Rate Politician.’ She should be demeaned. She’s a failure as a Speaker, and more importantly a failure as an American.

HE’S SO AWFUL: Trump Blamed For Causing Violence In Typically Peaceful Middle East.

WHY ARE LEFTY MEDIA SO SEXIST? New O’Keefe video reveals Zucker telling Jake Tapper to keep pressing Kellyanne Conway “to just ****ing nail her.”

GOOD POINT: Democrats hate Tulsi Gabbard because she reminds them what they used to stand for.

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH: Mike Rowe: Dem debate was millionaires ‘arguing over who hates the millionaires the most.’

PETER HITCHENS: One day it will be impossible to criticise the fanatics of Extinction Rebellion. Until then, I’ll tell the truth about those irrational zealots.

Privileged white people are prone to mass hysteria.

Related: The madness of Extinction Rebellion: This is an upper-middle-class death cult and we should ridicule it out of existence.

OPEN THREAD: Who do you like better: Buttigieg or Castro?

QUESTION ASKED: Powerful Debate Ad: ‘Can You Afford the Green New Deal?’

THE PRC WILL NOT LIKE THIS: Hongkongers nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.

IF YOU GET THE CLOUDFLARE “CHECKING YOUR BROWSER” POPUP, it’s because we’re under some sort of DDOS attack. I blame the Chinese.

HEH: What’s the Best ‘Star Trek’ Movie and Why Is It ‘Galaxy Quest’?

FLASHBACK: Biden Lied for Years About the Driver Involved in His Wife & Daughter’s Death.

From Steve Green, at the PJ Mothership.

DON’T GET COCKY: Moody’s Analytics’ Very Accurate Election Model — Which Has Only Been Wrong Once in 40 Years — Points to Trump Victory, Possibly a Crushing One.

BETO: IF AR-15 OWNERS DON’T SURRENDER THEM THEN ‘THERE WOULD BE A VISIT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT’ TO TAKE THEM AWAY.

Beto is so far over his skis that this happened today: Leftist CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota actually invokes gun-rights argument with Beto O’Rourke who dodges her questions about his gun confiscation proposal. ‘You expect mass shooters to follow the law?’

As Dana Loesch tweeted in response, “Wherein CNN finally admits gun control laws won’t work, 18 months after I said the same thing on their network to which they vehemently disagreed.”

UPDATE: Jeff Dunetz asks, “Is Beto O’Rourke Really That Naïve, Or Is He Just Stupid?”

Two possibilities beyond the latter half of Jeff’s question: As Stephen Miller tweeted last week, “He’s not trying to be president anymore. He knows that’s over. He’s being told to hang it all out there and move the Overton window.” To which Jim Treacher replied, “I wonder what his MSNBC show will be called?”

THIS IS NICE: What Teaching Ethics in Appalachia Taught Me About Bridging America’s Partisan Divide: There’s a language for talking about hot-button issues. And we’re not learning it.

CHANGE: Federal judge overturns ObamaCare transgender protections.

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BIDEN IN DECLINE: “Joe Biden didn’t do anything wrong? A time-honored method of taking bribes is having them paid to a family member, usually in exchange for nominal or nonexistent services. It is comical to watch ‘reporters’ pretend not to understand this.”