NO, JOE, YOU WERE STUPID ENOUGH TO GET SNOOKERED BY SCHUMER: As House progressives block Manchin deal with Dems on oil and gas permitting, he blames GOP.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: U.S. rents surge, leaving behind generation of younger workers.

Household rents in 2021 jumped 10% from pre-pandemic levels, according to Census Bureau estimates released last week. The figures came as rising healthcare and rental costs pushed U.S. consumer prices up unexpectedly last month.

The data from the bureau’s annual American Community Survey put median U.S. rent at $1,037 in 2021, up from $941 in 2019. Year-over-year increases in the median household rent over the past decade were typically 2% or 3% – one exception was the 5% rise from 2018 to 2019.

Among those affected most are recent college graduates and other new entrants to the workforce, who have little in savings and cannot afford to buy a house.

Control-F not found: “Inflation.”

Related: Why Team Biden might be purposefully grinding down the middle class.

THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE: Jobs for life: Federal government very rarely fires workers.

IT DIDN’T HURT: Did Martha’s Vineyard Make Ron DeSantis the 2024 GOP Favorite?

OK, GROOMERS: The NEA Groomers Give Teachers Badges, QR Codes to Access Explicit ‘Queering Sexual Education’ Materials.

GOOD QUESTION: Why Isn’t Marilyn Mosby in Prison Yet? “Mosby was indicted by a federal grand jury earlier this year on perjury and mortgage fraud charges related to her purchase of two vacation homes in Florida. Her trial has been postponed until next March. She was defeated in her bid to be re-elected to a third term, losing the Democratic primary in July. God only knows whether Baltimore will ever recover from the damage Mosby inflicted on the city since being elected in 2014.”

BECAUSE THE LEFT HAS CREATED A NON-FICTIONAL DYSTOPIA RIGHT HERE? Why did the young-adult dystopia genre suddenly dry up?

CANADIAN SCHOOL SAYS BIOLOGICAL MALE TEACHER WHO INSISTS ON WEARING CARTOONISHLY LARGE FAKE BREASTS IS PROTECTED BY LAW:  Ed Driscoll posted this yesterday, but I want to add this:  (1) Make sure you see the pictures … this is indeed Weimar Republic stuff; and (2) I don’t know what Canadian law is on this subject, but Title VII here in the USA would not have required this result.  Here’s why:  All Justice Gorsuch’s opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County did was say that if a woman is allowed to wear a skirt and employ feminine mannerisms, then a man must also be allowed to do so, too.  But I don’t believe for a moment that an employer would allow a women to teach a class wearing cartoonishly large fake bazongas breasts complete with nipples.

DEAL OF THE DAY: NIUTA Intelligent Meat Thermometer. #CommissonEarned

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

Shot: Fauci slammed for denying school lockdowns ‘irreparably damaged’ kids: ‘No remorse.’

Dr. Anthony Fauci is being slammed for a Tuesday interview on Fox News’ “Your World with Neil Cavuto” during which he downplayed the documented impact that the government’s school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic had on children.

During one exchange, Cavuto asked, “In retrospect doctor, do you regret that it went too far? … Particularly for kids who couldn’t go to school except remotely, that it’s forever damaged them.”

“Well, I don’t think it’s forever irreparably damaged anyone,” Fauci responded before saying, “People selectively … pull things out about me.”

—Fox News, August 23rd.

Chaser: Fauci admits he knew ‘draconian’ lockdowns would have ‘collateral negative consequences’ on schoolchildren.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted Wednesday that he knew the “draconian” COVID-19 policies he pushed for would lead to “collateral negative consequences” for the “economy” and “schoolchildren.”

Fauci’s comments came during day one of The Atlantic Festival, a three-day convention put on by the media outlet The Atlantic featuring speeches and interviews from prominent members of the media, the government and political activists.

During the event, Fauci spoke with The Atlantic editor Ross Andersen in front of a live audience about his experiences as the leading medical professional working in the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In one segment of his talk, the doctor spoke about his guidance in instituting “draconian” pandemic guidance knowing full well there would be “collateral” damage stemming from it.

Before making his central point, Fauci first blamed the “divisiveness” of “social media” for turning every piece of his guidance during the pandemic into a confusing and controversial statement.

—The New York Post, yesterday.

Earlier: Dr. Fauci’s Legacy. “If dissent had been welcomed from the start—which is what science demands—a lot of suffering could have been avoided.”

NYT: A Shrinking Margin.

Whatever the full explanation, Hispanic voters have moved to the right over the past several years. As a group, they still prefer Democrats, but the margin has narrowed significantly. In 2020, Joe Biden won the group by only 26 percentage points. And in this year’s midterms, the Democratic lead is nearly identical to Biden’s 2020 margin, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll — a sign that the shift was not just a one-election blip.

The problem for Democrats is that winning the Hispanic vote by only 26 points may not be enough for the party to accomplish its main goals.

What I’d like to see is GOP candidates more directly talking about Hispanic voters’ concerns and, better yet, going to Hispanic communities and doing a lot of listening.

A little listening goes a long way, and aside from Trump and a very few other GOPers, Republicans haven’t been good about going into Dem strongholds just to do some of that.

NEXT, LITERAL PITCHFORKS: U.S. Farmers Grab the Lobbying Pitchforks as Greens Sow Costly New Reporting Mandates.

Greens are enemies of civilization, and humanity.

YES, BUT SHE WILL FACE NO CONSEQUENCES: Did Nina Totenberg Have a Conflict of Interest in Covering Justice Ginsburg? Based upon Totenberg’s new book, a prominent legal ethicist thinks the conflict was a real one. “To protect Ginsburg from surprises, Totenberg routinely alerted her in advance to the topics she intended to cover, which is generally prohibited by NPR’s Ethics Handbook.”

Plus: “NPR’s management evidently decided that Totenberg’s star quality justified the risk.”

Rules are for the little people, at NPR and throughout the world of the privileged.

PJ MEDIA VIP ROUNDUP: Don’t forget that VODKAPUNDIT promo code if you’ve been thinking of joining us.

Matt Margolis: This Could Be the Worst News for Joe Biden This Year. “There are big factors tugging on global oil prices—war, COVID, economic recession, and hurricane season. All this uncertainty could push oil prices higher, likely resulting in slightly higher pump prices.”

Rick Moran: Putin’s Mobilization Is a Sign That His Nuclear Threats Are Real. “Putin has run out of time and must now use his last card — the nuclear card — to retrieve the situation.”

Yours Truly: PANIC MODE: Vanderbilt Trans Clinic Deletes Its Website After Exposé on ‘Money Making’ Surgery on Minors. “We knew this would happen and have spent the past week saving videos and screenshots.”

THE GREAT MIGRATION: John Galt is shrugging. He is moving places. It’s not the weather: “Name an urban area that is a delightful place to live, has great public schools, doesn’t have rising crime, and you can build wealth right now. The only ones I can think of are in the Old Confederacy.”

Related: New Yorkers continue to stampede south as record number swap to Florida licenses. “A lot of families just began to feel like New York was becoming unlivable. Especially for younger couples with kids in their 30s and 40s. They don’t want to get on the subway. It’s a safety issue, it’s a schools issue.”

FROM CELIA HAYES AND JEANNE HAYDEN:  The Luna City Compendium #1: The Chronicles of Luna City, The Second Chronicle of Luna City, and Luna City 3.1.

#CommissionEarned

The first three volumes of the Luna City Chronicles , with expanded maps of the area, and of the town itself.

TALCUM X GOT TO TALCUM X:  Shaun King officially outed as grifter.

OR AS WE CALL IT AROUND HERE “REDHEAD ERASURE”:  Why Hollywood won’t stop race-swapping.

IT’S AN OLD GAME:  The Biden administration: if you can’t find white supremacist terrorists, invent them.

US OUT OF THE UN. UN OUT OF THE US:  UN Secretary General: Climate Catastrophe, War, Poverty, Pandemic, Give Money.

SOME PEOPLE STILL WON’T SUBMIT. GOOD ON THEM:  Pushback: NY cops fight city’s COVID jab mandate.

A LOT OF US HAVE LOST ALL PATIENCE:  Blackout.

NATIONALIZATION IS NEVER THE ANSWER:  Collapse Of Energy, Food, Transportation Systems Prompt Calls for Government Nationalization of Industries – Echoes 1930s Push for Great Reset Style Reforms.

BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU TELL A LEFTY TO BITE YOU:   Tastes Like Chicken? Fake Meat Exec Bites Man’s Nose.

ALL OF THEM. IT’S AN ENTIRE CIRCUS:  Autumn equinox edition: So which clown is running the WH clown show?