PRESS SEC WANTS AMERICANS TO ‘REMEMBER WHERE THIS COUNTRY’ WAS WHEN BIDEN ENTERED OFFICE. RNC REMINDS HER:

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre wants Americans to remember how things were in America on the day President Biden “walked into office.”

While she tried to make the case that they were bad—”the economy was not in a great place, schools were closed, business were closed, we didn’t have a comprehensive covid strategy”—in reality, things were far better then than they are now.

“We have to remember where this country was more than a year ago when he walked into office,” she said.

The Republican National Committee reminded her.

Why, it’s almost as if: Biden Made His Own Mess. “The president was dealt an excellent hand and has played it terribly. He has no one to blame for the sorry state of his administration but himself.”

BREAKING: US Economy Technically Enters Recession.

Unexpectedly?

THIS SEEMS KIND OF OBVIOUS: Taste genes may influence food preferences.

NO, THEY’RE JUST LYING: Biden admin touting supply chain ‘improvements’ ripped as ‘wishful thinking.’

REPUBLICANS, LOOK TO FLORIDA FOR A LESSON IN DEALING WITH THE CORRUPT CORPORATE MEDIA:

Just this week, a New Yorker “fact-checker” reached out to the Florida Department of Health demanding an on-background call. When the department’s press secretary Jeremy Redfern requested that the journalist put her questions in writing, the corporate media employee responded with snark and demanded to speak with someone else.

“I believe that speaking with a fact-checker on background to better understand publicly available data is an important and necessary function of the Florida Health Department,” she wrote in correspondence with Redfern. “Is there someone else I can speak with to answer my questions?”

Cue the takedown.

“Being a ‘fact-checker’ does not grant you any special privileges. If anything, that makes me more inclined to get a written record of what you are looking for, as the ‘fact-checking’ industry gets the ‘facts’ wrong on a regular basis. Someone has to be here to fact-check the fact-checkers,” Redfern replied, adding, “This isn’t a ‘can I speak to your manager’ type of situation.”

Redfern rejected the journo’s premise that media “fact-checkers” are somehow entitled to certain privileges when they demand Republicans’ attention because he knows the media aren’t trustworthy enough to have earned it.

That’s how you do it; read the whole thing.

CORRUPTION IS EVERYWHERE: Harvard-led Citation Cartel Rakes in Millions From Bluebook Manual Monopoly, Masks Profits.

UKRAINE: RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 14.

ATHENA THORNE: You Think Times Are Hard Now? Buckle Up, Buttercup.

IT’S HALF OF WHAT IT WAS, BUT TWICE WHAT IT WILL BE, SO BASICALLY IT’S AVERAGE: Mortgage demand is now roughly half of what it was a year ago, as interest rates move even higher.

SPACE: Startup Plans to Launch Nuclear Reactor Into Space for First Time in Decades. “There’s never been a better time to launch nuclear power into space, according to Atomos Space, which believes regulatory hurdles are the main obstacle rather than technology.”

Usually, yes.

FLORIDA MAN: Musk Reveals Who He’d Likely Vote for in 2024.

NOW OUT: A Few Bad Men: The True Story of U.S. Marines Ambushed in Afghanistan and Betrayed in America. #CommissionEarned

THE WEAPONS WILL BE USED: Sweden’s Most Wanted. Background and praise for Sweden’s Carl Gustaf “portable and reloadable recoilless rifle.” Sweden is sending 5,000 Carl Gustafs to Ukraine. Jim Dunnigan’s detailed post also discusses other weapons Sweden is sending to Ukraine.

From June 2021: Paratroopers fire a Carl Gustaf during an exercise in Alaska.

OLD MAN SHOUTS AT CLOUDS: Geriatric President Screams and Rants Uncontrollably While Addressing Union Members. “At times, it was uncomfortable to watch as his age and inability to even read a teleprompter convincingly showed through.”

Plenty of clips at the link.

BEIJING KEEPS PUSHING THE NARRATIVE: Will China Soon Claim The Western Pacific? Hear Beijing’s words, observe Beijing’s deeds.

RELATED: China’s global plan relies on so-called Private Security Companies. In my opinion they’ve become forward deployed Chinese military forces.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Academics: Cancel culture is beneficial for ‘social and racial justice.’

IT’S CONTRA THE NARRATIVE, THEREFORE BAD: Rolling Stone Busted for Trashing a Conservative Movie Its Reviewer Didn’t Watch.

EVERY INSTITUTION IS LIKE THIS NOW: Progressive politics at Stanford Law School go beyond pro-abortion initiatives.

RED WAVE: Republicans flip Texas House seat in special election.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: The Problem Nobody’s Talking About: The Male Graduation Gap: Men have trailed women in degree completion for decades. Why aren’t colleges doing anything? Because they don’t care about men.

There: Finished the article for you. No point writing more.

WHAT MORONS SAY: John Kerry: ‘We Have to Push Back Hard’ on Efforts to Build New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure in Response to Rising Gas Prices.

Send him a copy of Alex Epstein’s new book, not that I expect him to read it or anything.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Libs of TikTok — Over the Groomer Target and Doing God’s Work. “Leftists keep insisting that they’re not really groomers yet they keep doing groomer things and proudly displaying them for public consumption on the internet.”

THIS IS NEWS: Musk says he’s leaning toward voting for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president. Not much of a surprise at this point, but news.

MAKE THE RUBBLE BOUNCE: Gibson’s Bakery Wants Ohio Supreme Court To Restore Full Punitive Damage Verdict Against Oberlin College.

BLUE STATE BLUES: Caterpillar moving its headquarters to Texas from Illinois. “A handful of technology companies have also recently shifted their headquarters from California’s Silicon Valley to Texas. Tesla and Oracle have moved to Austin, while Hewlett-Packard Packard Enterprises is now in Spring, Texas, outside Houston.”