PRIORITIES: After Arming Terrorists in Afghanistan, Biden Moves to Disarm Law-Abiding Americans.

Well, he only sees one group as an enemy.

PARTS OF AMERICA STILL WORK: SpaceX launches another 53 Starlink satellites into space.

HMM:

There’s a suggestion here that it’s anti-Putin Russians, but I’m not sure I believe that.

NEW YORK POST: Dems’ happy talk can’t hide havoc inflation wreaking on working Americans.

Democrats’ latest Hail Mary effort to sell themselves in advance of November’s election turns on claiming the US economy is doing great, with employment up 6.5 million this last year. It’s doomed to fail, for two big reasons.

First, everyone knows these are still overwhelmingly just jobs recovered post-pandemic (with the recovery slowest in Democratic-controlled, heavy-lockdown states).

Second, and more important: Working Americans are all too aware how rampant inflation is setting them back.

Indeed, prices are soaring higher for the working class than for better-off Americans: Inflation in the year through March was 9.4 percent for them, per the Labor Department’s CPI-W measure (Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers), vs. 8.5% in the “headline” CPI number.

It’s even worse over the last six months, with annualized CPI of 10.1% but CPI-W of 11.1%.

These are the widest gaps ever recorded.

That’s because working-class Americans spend more of their incomes on food and gas, which have seen by far the stiffest increases in prices.

Related: Don’t pretend that high prices and American suffering are a ‘bug’ for the establishment — it’s a historic feature.

Plus: Flashback: Democrats’ war on suburban women includes inflation-fueling reckless spending.

I AGREE, ALL-ELECTRIC IS STUPID: BMW CEO: “If You Are Not Selling Combustion Engines, Someone Else Will.”

Ending internal combustion is the automotive equivalent of Sri Lanka’s all-organic farming initiative and will fail just as spectacularly.

OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY: Austin City Council Wants To Pay People $1,000 A Month For Breathing, Rake Off Graft For The Radical Left.

THE NEXT ROUND OF VOTING IS IN THREE DAYS:

Same pattern repeating itself all over the democratic world: the liberal-left claims it represents the poor, the working class and the downtrodden while their chances for victory overwhelmingly rely on the affluent urban/suburban professional class. That's how Biden won: pic.twitter.com/WqvDU7sCRH

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 21, 2022

BUT THEY CAN HOLD IT UP TO YOUR FACE IF YOU HAVE FACE ID ENABLED, WHICH YOU SHOULDN’T: No, police cannot force you to unlock your cellphone without a search warrant. Likewise thumbprint ID.

I PREFER MY .75 RECOILLESS: .44 Magnum Concealed Carry.

CHANGE: New Virginia Law Bans Police Departments from Enacting Arrest Quotas. “House Bill 750 and Senate Bill 327 – which both received unanimous bipartisan support – will prohibit police departments from establishing formal arrest quotas or maintaining informal arrest quotas, Just the News reports. These quotas would encourage officers to secure a certain number of arrests in a given time period.”

LIVE AT 4PM EASTERN: ‘Five O’Clock Somewhere’ with Kruiser, VodkaPundit, Special Guest.

HELP YOUR POSTURE: ComfiLife Gel Enhanced Seat Cushion. #CommissionEarned

I’M SO OLD, I REMEMBER WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS GOING TO MAKE THE WORLD RESPECT AMERICA AGAIN: Saudi Ruler Screamed at Top Biden Official, Told Him to ‘Forget About’ Boosted Oil Production.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Molecular robots that work cooperatively in swarms.

CLEANEST ELECTION IN HISTORY: Complaint Alleges Over 300,000 ‘Unverified’ Votes in Fulton County, Georgia in 2020.

MICROBIOME NEWS: Got food cravings? What’s living in your gut may be responsible.

NO PROBLEM FOR JOE BIDEN, HE’S GIVEN US PLENTY OF ALL THREE: Americans’ 3 Big Concerns Are Inflation, Immigration, and Incompetence, Rep. Mike Johnson Says.

LARGEST EARTHQUAKE SO FAR: Scientists find evidence of largest earthquake in human history 3,800 years ago.

DON’T GET COCKY: Republicans ‘Favorites’ to Take Senate. “The Senate battleground isn’t friendly to Republicans this cycle, even in what looks like a potential wave election. Nevertheless, Larry Sabato’s left-leaning Crystal Ball says the GOP is now the favorite to wrest control away from the Democrats.”

Much more at the link.

CHRIS WALLACE CHOSE… POORLY: CNN+ Shutting Down Less Than a Month After Launch.

SHOCKER: Study: Antidepressants may not improve overall well-being in depressed people.

HEH: ‘My Money Is On The Disney Lobbyists, Honey’: Symone Sanders Says Florida Won’t Go After Disney, Finds Out Seconds Later They Already Did.

RIP, BERT COOPER: Robert Morse, Mad Men, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Broadway Star, Dies at 90.

OKAY, GROOMER: ‘He’s going to lose by 30 and it’s going to be beautiful’ –> Charlie Crist refuses to say he’s against sexualizing 1st graders in schools (watch).

AGAINST ALL ODDS: Mother Tells How Her Daughter and Every One of Her Friends Are Suddenly Trans.