NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: CBP refuses to publicly reveal how many migrants are sick with contagious diseases.

GALLUP: More people identify as Republicans, and fewer identify as Democrats, today than when Trump was elected.

TOM FRANK: “Were you to draw a Venn diagram of Democrats, meritocrats, and plutocrats, the space where they intersect would be an island seven miles off the coast of Massachusetts called Martha’s Vineyard.” And now Barack Obama has a mansion there.

MORE IRONY THAN THE LEFT CAN HANDLE?

HARSH, BUT FAIR:

21ST CENTURY QUESTIONS: Can a New Lyme Disease Vaccine Overcome a History of Distrust and Failure?

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ART OF THE DEAL: Trump announces additional increase in tariffs on China.

I’VE BEEN TELLING YOU WE NEED A STRATEGIC BACON RESERVE, AND NOW THIS: Bacon Prices Could Soar Due to the ‘Pig Ebola’ That’s Devastating the Pork Industry.

Personally, I keep my own tactical bacon reserve, just in case.

STEPHEN ALREADY LINKED THIS BUT IT’S WORTH BREAKING OUT THIS PART:

Here’s a question, and it’s a fair one. What has the ruling class done right in the last 20 years?

Come on, betters, “wow” us with your mad society-running skillz.

We know what America achieved under the old ruling class. It beat the Nazis – the real Nazis, not the fake bugaboo “Nazis” that the left labels everyone to the right of Felonia Milhous von Pantsuit. It fought through the Depression. It trashed the Democrat’s Jim Crow regime. It designed the ’65 Mustang, created the Big Mac and put a man on the moon. It crushed the dirty commies in the Cold War. The old elite was not perfect, but at least you can point to some ticks in the “WIN” column.

Not so with the coterie of half-wits running our institutions today. It’s all check marks under “LOSS.” Iraq. The Wall Street Meltdown. Obamacare. Obama himself.

Oh, and then there’s Jeffrey Epstein.

Do you see a lot of successes? Do you see any? Have I overlooked some tremendous victory this generation of our betters pulled off? I can’t think of any offhand – gee, how about social media? Yeah, there’s progress.

Related: The Suicide of Expertise.

IT’S NICE, THOUGH MAYBE A BIT EIGHTIES-BUSY IN PLACES: A Look at The New Electric Porsche’s Interior.

BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY DO: Fake Conservative Website The Bulwark Gives Joe Biden Campaign Advice.

WELL, GOOD: Cheap combo pill cuts heart, stroke risks, study finds.

I’M WITH WILLETT ON THIS ONE: Judge Don Willett Butts Heads With Fellow Trump Appointees Over Qualified Immunity for Cops. “Modern immunity practice—essentially ‘heads government wins, tails plaintiffs lose’—leaves many victims violated but not vindicated.” It’s a judge-made doctrine with no foundation in the Constitution.

But see: Federal court reverses decision granting immunity to off-duty Maryville policeman who held teens at gunpoint. “The lawsuit stems from an accident in May of 2016 when the plaintiff Logan Vanderhoef collided with Officer Marice Dixon’s personal vehicle. Dixon, who was not in uniform at the time and did not initially identify himself as an officer, approached the vehicle with his gun drawn, pointed it at the teen and ordered everyone in the car to get on the ground.”

The teens would have been within their rights to shoot him under these circumstances, as any reasonable person would fear for his life when some wacko responds to a car accident by pulling a gun and pointing it; it’s absurd to suggest such behavior should receive immunity. Note that the jury found for the plaintiff, but awarded minimal damages.

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS: Stickup ends when cowboy store clerk lassos robber.

PHILIP MULIVOR: Why Red-Flag Laws Are Worse Than You Think.

REPORT: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated for new pancreatic cancer.

TWITTER IS A CESSPIT, EXHIBIT #1,000,006: On Twitter, Some Liberals Are Celebrating the Death of David Koch.

WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT DEMOCRATS SEE THE PRESS AS PART OF THEIR TEAM, EXISTING TO CARRY THEIR WATER, THIS MAKES SENSE: Democrat Governor Excludes Conservative News Service From Media List.

IMPROVE YOUR HANDGUN SKILLS. I’ve been hitting the range again after taking some time off and it’s definitely important to practice. For me it’s not so much actual shooting accuracy that suffers as speed and precision in gun handling, magazine changes, etc.

YOU CAN’T TOUCH THIS: Apple’s New Credit Card Stained by Leather, Denim, More. “Somebody at Apple — I’m looking at you, soon-to-be-departing Jony Ive — signed off on giving the physical card a specialty coating which stains when it comes into contact with the two most common materials for pants and wallets.”

SKYNET SAYS DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT: How Do We Stop Driverless Cars And Autonomous Delivery Drones From Becoming Weapons?

GREEN NEW DEAL, THE HOME GAME: Kevin McCloud’s eco homes to lose people up to 97% of the cash they put in.