ALIENS: Astronomers detect fast radio burst with rare heartbeat-like pulse.

MAKE IT SO: Gavin Newsom Wants to Get Crushed by a Republican in 2024.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Apple Says Farewell, Jony Ive — You Won’t Be Missed. “The analogy only goes so far, but basically Jobs was the McCartney to Ive’s Lennon.”

GOOD THING I’M SO CHEERFUL, THEN: Depression may be a warning sign before stroke.

DEAL OF THE DAY: CQR Men’s Tactical Pants. #CommissionEarned

JOEL POLLAK: Biden Succeeds In Israel by Abandoning His Own Policies.

In the 2020 campaign, Biden sought to appease anti-Israel voices within his own party by promising to open a consulate for the Palestinians in “East Jerusalem.” He also vowed to bring back the Iran nuclear deal, and he criticized Saudi Arabia harshly.

Today, Biden has abandoned plans for a Palestinian consulate that would divide the city — so much so that the White House had to walk back a gaffe by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, a noted Russia hoaxer, that Biden still intended to do so.

Biden signed a declaration committing to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon; he told Israeli TV the U.S. would use force. And he is flying from Tel Aviv to Saudi Arabia — after Trump flew the first direct leg in the opposite direction in 2017.

Biden clings to the conceit that he is somehow correcting his predecessor’s mistakes.

Who knows, at this point he might even believe it.

REPORT: Eric Weinberg, Co-Executive Producer on Scrubs and Californication, Arrested on Multiple Rape Charges.

The more cynical among us would see all these headlines, and start to wonder if: Hollywood Is a Sex-Grooming Gang.

WHEW: Once Again, Senator Manchin Detonates Biden’s Agenda.

NOW OUT FROM EUGENE VOLOKH: The Law of Pseudonymous Litigation.

CRISIS BY DESIGN: ‘There’s No Money’: ICE Is Set To Run Out Of Funding Amid Record Migrant Surge. “Instead of seeking enforcement resources, the Biden administration is putting more money into so-called Alternatives to Detention, but more specifically into what they call ‘case management’ and ‘wraparound services’ which means endless taxpayer handouts for illegal aliens.”

UNEXPECTED HEADLINES: Bare-Handed Fisherman Kills Friend He Feared Would Feed Him to Sasquatch.

READER FAVORITE: Keurig K-Elite Coffee Maker, Single Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Brewer. #CommissionEarned

BIDENFLATION: Wholesale inflation surges 11.3% in June, accelerating more than expected.

Wholesale inflation doesn’t reach consumers until later, so any happy talk from Washington that we’ve seen the worst seems premature.

INSURRECTION! Georgetown law professor accuses Supreme Court justices of being ‘lawless actors’ following abortion decision.

GROSS: We Now Know Who ‘Pedo Peter’ on Hunter Biden’s iPad Is, and I Have Serious Questions.

“SCHOLARS.” Dog names are racist, according to scholars.

HOW BIDEN BLEW UP THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS: He said just before departing for the Middle East that he supports the historic agreement negotiated by then-President Donald Trump. But, as The Lid’s Jeff Dunetz explains, the reality is Biden has all but rendered the accords useless.

TWO BIDEN HANDSHAKE FLOPS IN ISRAEL: And don’t miss how our Chief Executive, the leader of the Free World, has to be led to his seat after receiving an award, as explained by Issues & Insights.

THEY REALLY DO HATE FREE SPEECH: Openly calling for increased censorship of conservative expression is GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

I SUSPECT THESE TEND TO BE OUR BETTER TROOPS: More than 260,000 Troops Not Fully Vaccinated, Many Face Discharge.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Gavin Newsom Wants to Get Crushed by a Republican in 2024. “He keeps insisting that he’s not running for president, which is what all politicians do when they’re planning on running for president.”

TRANSPARENCY: Judge: States Will Get ‘Expedited Discovery’ On Biden Admin Collusion With Big Tech To Censor Conservatives. Missouri AG Eric Schmidt: “No one has had the chance to look under the hood before – now we do.”

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

DON’T GET COCKY: Republicans Are Favored to Win the Senate.

Recently there has been a spate of stories about Republicans’ difficulties in taking over the Senate. These analyses typically focus on candidates’ poor polling numbers in key states and the weakness of the Republican recruiting class.

These aren’t absurd analyses; I’ve referred to the battle between the overall electoral environment and Republican candidate quality as “the irresistible force versus the immovable object” in previous columns. Had the Republican Party fielded its A-team in states like Georgia, Pennsylvania and Arizona, we probably would not be talking about Democrats even having a shot at retaining the Senate.

At the same time, we shouldn’t get carried away. While Republican candidate quality is an issue, good analysis should not lose sight of the fact that environment matters as well, and probably more so these days. President Joe Biden’s job approval is 37.7% in the RealClearPolitics Average, a mark reached only briefly by former President Donald Trump in August and December of 2017, and never touched by former President Barack Obama. While the map isn’t as favorable for Republicans as it will be in 2024, it isn’t unfavorable, either.

I have no idea who will control the Senate, but I suspect there will be a lot of protest votes against Biden, or at least a lot of no-shows.

WHY DOES BIDEN WANT HISPANICS TO DIE? 699 migrant border deaths under Biden’s watch: Sheriffs.

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: NASA’s private sector turn shows government can get more for taxpayers’ buck.