ANALYSIS: TRUE. Kurt Schlichter: If Republicans Collaborate with Dems to Betray Us on the 2A, They Will Lose the Midterms. And possibly the party.

IT’S A MYSTERY: Durham Trial Drawing to Close Without Hillary’s Lawyer Testifying Why He Gave FBI Trump Russia Disinfo.

WHY DOES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HATE BLACK PEOPLE? How Biden’s Menthol Ban Endangers Black Bodies.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Team Biden might be purposefully grinding down the middle class. “Vladimir Lenin supposedly once said, ‘The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.’ There’s some doubt as to whether this line is genuine; regardless, it seems like a pretty good description of what the Biden administration is doing to America’s middle class.”

DEAL OF THE DAY: NIUTA Intelligent Fast Instant Read Meat Thermometer. #CommissionEarned

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Homeless encampment across from Denver school draws concern.

A Denver Public Schools parent has concerns about his child’s safety after a homeless encampment popped up directly across the street from his kid’s school.

Kieran Schweidel records his walk to his kid’s school and said he sees multiple encampments on the way.

He said his concern is the proximity of a handful of tents near Polaris Elementary School.

“I’m not looking to fix the city at large. I don’t think it’s fixable. Just around the school. Please, can we keep that safe? If children aren’t sacred, I don’t know what should be,” Schweidel said.

Meanwhile, Michael Shellenberger’s longshot campaign for California governor produced this compelling video on homelessness:

AS IT SHOULD: Battenfeld: Texas school massacre reignites debate in Boston over police in schools.

Several communities in Massachusetts, including Medfield, Barnstable, Gloucester, Revere and Tewksbury increased the police presence in schools on Wednesday as a safety measure, but Boston did away with its school police force.

“In light of the tragedy in Texas, we will have increased police presence at all of our local schools,” Medfield Police tweeted. “There is no current threat to our community. It is our hope to help staff and families feel more comforted and protected.”

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, who supported the effort to take away police powers from Boston school authorities, is dealing with several recent incidents of guns found in schools.

Boston Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said principals, faculty and staff reviewed school safety plans on Wednesday, but no police were stationed in the buildings.

Wu said she has “full faith” in the city in its preparation, planning and coordination to be prepared for “the unthinkable.”

“But in Boston, we do not ever want to even get there to use that preparation or training,” Wu said.

Well, that sounds like a plan.

SOLVEIG LUCIA GOLD: What Princeton Did to My Husband.

YOU CAN’T TRUST THE ADL ANYMORE: RealClearInvestigations: The ADL Murder Report That Cried ‘White Supremacist’.

The report has been cited repeatedly in media pieces as evidence of the lethal threat posed by far-right extremists since a mentally disturbed 18-year-old white supremacist murdered 10 African Americans and injured three others at a Buffalo market on May 14. Its stark warning has helped provide a backdrop for the narrative advanced by the White House, advocacy groups, and national media outlets that toxic white nationalism permeates American society. “White supremacy is a poison. It’s a poison … running through our body politic,” President Biden said in his speech in Buffalo after the shooting. “… And it’s been allowed to grow and fester right before our eyes.”

But a closer examination of the statistics compiled by the ADL – which did not respond to multiple requests for comment – casts doubt on their use as evidence that African Americans or any other Americans are under increasing or serious threats from racist white zealots. The report was publicized in a month of back-to-back massacres by mentally disturbed young men, the latest by a member of a heavily Hispanic community in Texas, suggesting mass killings defy pat analysis.

But pat analysis provides the sound bites that keep donations rolling in.

Related item here.

HMM: Trump May Have Settled on a Running Mate for Potential 2024 Bid.

FROM DENTON SALLE:  Stand Against the Dark: Book 4 of the Avatar Wizard.

“Many have died trying this, lad. The Elder Powers are neither gentle nor kindly.”

With those words from his teacher, Jeremy began the ritual to bargain with one of the Powers of the World. He could gain much or lose everything as the Dark again endangers those he loves. But first he must survive bargaining with the Lord of Storms and Winter, who brings the cold from between the stars.

Return again to the world of the volkh, where Elder Powers hunt the river of stars, where women walk the path of shadows, where cities fall prey to strange diseases. A world where power comes from either the Dark or the Light. Join Jeremy, Galena, and their friends as stand against the Dark’s return.

Book 4 of the Avatar Wizard continues Jeremy’s adventures in a world where magic works and folklore of Eastern Europe is true.

YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK:

ANTIVIRAL DRUGS FOR COVID? WHAT AN AMAZING INNOVATION:   White House making COVID antiviral drug more available at test sites.

It’s almost like Covid-19 is a normal virus that acts like a normal virus.

TEACHING LIBERTY:  At Reliance College in Chicago.

POLITICAL OPERATIVES WITH BYLINES:  Texas TV station cuts away from Jimmy Kimmel monologue blasting GOP, NRA.

ELON MUSK TAKES ANOTHER REDPILL:  Elon Musk reveals stance on gun control, 2nd Amendment after Texas school shooting.

He’s not fully acculturated yet, but it’s getting there:

“I strongly believe that the right to bear arms is an important safeguard against potential tyranny of government. Historically, maintaining their power over the people is why those in power did not allow public ownership of guns,” Musk told the outlet.

THE WOKE CORRUPT ALL THEY TOUCH:  If You’re the Right Race, Your Doctor Will See You Now.

AS EVERYTHING THEY DO IT’S RACISM UNDER COVER OF ANTI-RACISM:  How Biden’s Menthol Ban Endangers Black Bodies.

THIS ONE WE’LL NEED MORE THAN 72 HOURS:  On that report that police in Uvalde were just standing around.

I’M SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Top Medical Group Scrubs Discredited Information Used To Push Late-Term Abortion.

THIS IS PERHAPS ACTUAL TREASON-TREASON:  Disclosed: How Obama Administration Officials Conducted Shadow Diplomacy With Iran To Undermine Trump.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Biden shooting blanks (again).

WHAT IF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IS: As Good As It Gets.

MAMA MIA, HERE WE GO AGAIN:  Mortage Crisis Here We Come – Do Dah, Do Dah.

THE LITTLE, UNSPEAKABLY VAPID MAN WHO WASN’T THERE:  Obama: George Floyd More Important Than Uvalde Children.