WHOSE CAR IS IT, ANYWAY?

GOODER AND HARDER, AMERICA: Severe recession needed to cool inflation, Bank of America analysts say.

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR, JOE: ‘Read the Polls!’ Biden Yells at Reporter — OK, Let’s Do That (But It Ain’t Just the Polls). “Give some credit to Old Joe here. When his prickly little ego is pricked, he still has enough energy to return to form. He becomes physically intimidating and quickly able to spew out whatever nonsense it takes to prove the other guy ‘wrong’ and put himself back on top of the totem pole.”

THE GREATEST LIE EVER TOLD: “We’re from the government, and we’re here to help you.”

Ring doorbells, in particular, raise privacy concerns because of their popularity, Amazon’s agreements with police, and Amazon’s growing technological capabilities. In 2020, Ring responded to a letter from five senators and revealed that four employees improperly accessed Ring video data. Politico also reports that “Amazon handed Ring video doorbell footage to police without owners’ permission at least 11 times so far this year.”

You know how to stop this? Convince Planned Parenthood that the Ring videos are used to determine who is getting mail from them about abortion. Granny Winebox and pals would shut that down in a second.

JOE BIDEN IS THE KINDEST, BRAVEST, WARMEST, MOST WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING I’VE EVER KNOWN IN MY LIFE: Biden, the Manchurian Candidate.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Jeffrey Carter: Inflation is Here to Stay. “Has the US government slowed down? Nope. Have the effects of the various upticks in spending due to Covid and the big Biden spend in March of 2021 worn off yet? No. Yesterday the President’s press secretary informed the Industrial Media Complex that the CPI number was backward-looking and that the Putin Price Hike is still in the economy. She’s trying to make you look away.”

I’M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN BIDEN WOULD RESTORE OUR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Yeah, Trump had a better relationship with Mexico’s president than Biden.

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JOE BIDEN’S RETURN TO CLEAN GOVERNMENT: Ron Johnson Details ‘Enormous Coverup’ Going on by Admin Over Hunter Biden. “Rep. James Comer (R-KY) — the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee — explained they have a ton of Suspicious Activity Reports — 150 reports — regarding Hunter Biden and Jim Biden transactions, but now, the Biden Administration has changed the Treasury rules to make it harder for Congress to get those reports and thus, harder to uncover the problems. He said that would likely put them at the top of the list for reports. Comer previously said the Treasury Department was trying to thwart the GOP effort and had falsely represented that they’d turned over the requested documents to Congress.”

RIP: James Bond theme composer Monty Norman dies aged 94.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: College enrollment drops by 1.3 million in two years.

MY GOD, IT’S FULL OF GALAXIES: Scientists Agog Over First Images From the Webb Space Telescope.

MAKE THEM PAY: After a prolonged legal battle with the university over violations of their free speech, students Chike Uzuegbunam and Joseph Bradford have been granted a settlement of $800,000. There needs to be at least one more zero on this award, though.

HMM: New Arizona Law Prohibits Bystanders From Recording Video Within 8 Feet of Police Incidents.

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EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected, as price pressures intensify.

Via a friend:

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Relax GOP, the Dems Are Going to Get Rid of Biden for You. “It looks like the Democrats are going to pitch in with the heavy lifting of making sure that Joe Biden isn’t president for as long as his evil wife wants him to be.”

SAYING MEN CAN’T BEAR CHILDREN IS INCITING VIOLENCE BUT THIS IS OK: Threaten To Kill Ted Cruz? Enjoy Your Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Slidin’ Biden: Approval falls below 30%.

UPDATE: Compare and contrast:

BIDEN’S PROBLEM ISN’T THAT HE’S OLD PER SE BUT THAT HE LACKS MENTAL CAPACITY: ‘Life begins at 80’: Trump says Biden concerns have ‘little to do with his age.’

The thing is, Biden’s basement-campaign strategy was based on his handlers — and the complicit press — knowing that he lacked the mental capacity to campaign, much less be president, and pushing him and covering for him anyway. And they had help from Big Tech and other corporate leaders.

Related: The ‘cabal’ that bragged of foisting Joe Biden on us must answer for his failed presidency.

WHY NOT THE WORST? “I asked over the weekend if there has ever been an administration with a less impressive cabinet than President Biden’s and posited that Michael Barone might be able to come up with one. It occurred to me to ask him.”

DEM ACTIVIST GROUP TO OPPOSE BIDEN IN 24: RootsAction is one of the numerous left-wing political activists groups that backs Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Socialist and failed Democratic presidential candidate. And now The Lid reports this morning that RootsAction has officially announced its opposition to President Joe Biden seeking a second term in 2024.

HUNTER’S LAPTOP FROM HELL: There’s No Way Joe Biden Survives This: Democrats Must Jettison Him BEFORE Midterm Season Heats Up.

THE LEFT HATES YOU AND WANTS YOU TO BE UNHAPPY: Trouble Brewing: New Jersey Dems Ban Microbreweries From Hosting Happy Hour, Serving Cocktails.

AND THE PRESS WILL LINE UP TO HELP, OF COURSE: Democrats Prepare a Mid-Term October Surprise to Influence the Election.