THERE’S A BACKLASH COMING. AND IT’S ENORMOUS:  Let me show you some proof that US culture is trending quickly to the right.

MASSIVE RESISTANCE: “Colleges and universities across the country are scrambling to find legal means of maintaining the levels of diversity they would like to see.” “Though barred from actively using race as a factor, they will still ‘see’ race in signifiers such as name, ZIP code and, perhaps most notable, what students say about themselves in their essays. But this also means that this year’s class of high school seniors — the first to apply under the affirmative-action ban — must read the signals sent by colleges about how to articulate their case for admission correctly and effectively. They are living in a swirl of uncertainty, confusion and misinformation about an admissions process that has suddenly been made more opaque and bewildering. Rather than clarifying the role of race in the application process, the court has instead created a new burden for students: They must now decide whether, and how, to make race a part of their pitch for admission.”

If you don’t make race a part of your pitch for admission, you’ll be discriminated against. Of course, since they can’t legally discriminate on the basis of race, can they complain if you give them the wrong impression? Or even outright lie?

SHORT SIGHTED OF HIM. HE SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH HEMP NECKTIES*:  Fauci Worried the Public Won’t Comply With Masking Recommendations Over COVID.

*A prediction, not a wish.

IT’S ALMOST LIKE INVITING INVASION IS A BAD IDEA:  Massachusetts National Guard Activated Due to Migrant Crisis.

It’s not migrant anything. It’s an invasion. Cut all funding and send them back.

DOES MEXICO WANT TO IDENTIFY WITH A NATION THAT SHOT PEOPLE TRYING TO LEAVE IT? NO? THEN IT SHOULD STOP WITH THE STUPIDITY: ‘A World Without Walls’: Tijuana Mayor Puts a Piece of the Berlin Wall Near the U.S. Border.

Seize all remittance from illegals to Mexico. The problem will take care of itself.

THEY ARE BY DEFINITION IN AN UNPREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENT:  Mud Cake Man? Burning Man Participants Trapped in the Desert by Rain.

SURE, BUT DO YOU EXPECT PEOPLE WHO THINK SUBVERTING ELECTIONS IS SAFE TO SEE IT?  ‘Dangerous’: Law Professor Sounds Alarm on Attempts to Disqualify Trump.

MARXISM IS A HELL OF A DRUG:  Growing Majority of Americans Living Paycheck to Paycheck Even as Biden Boasts Success of ‘Bidenomics’.

BUT WE WERE ASSURED THAT BIDEN HAD TOTALLY EMBARGOED RUSSIA!  Russia Using Key South African Port to Look for Minerals in Antarctica.

BIDENOMICS!  Credit card and car loan defaults hit 10-year high as inflation squeezes families.

THIS SUPER PAC DOESN’T SEEM TO BE DOING VERY WELL FOR DESANTIS?  DeSantis super PAC strategist says he’s been spreading negative press about Ramaswamy: report.

THOSE DECISIONS ARE USUALLY MADE AT A HIGHER LEVEL, NO?  Workers busted for tearing a hole in the Great Wall of China to easily pass through, causing ‘irreversible’ damage.

MATH IS HARD AND WHITE SUPREMACIST:  Biden boasts about cutting federal budget deficit — as it soars.

I’M SURPRISED HUNTER HASN’T PROVIDED GUIDED TOURS:  Chinese nationals have snuck onto sensitive US sites at least 100 times sparking spying fears: report.

HE’S NOT REAL. HE’S A CONSTRUCT. MAYBE IRAN’S:  The Obama Factor Revealed.

WHY WASN’T SHE BOOSTED? First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19.

I’m sure it makes me a bad person, but my first thought was “so this is how they’ll get Joe out of the way.”

UPDATE (From Ed): Double Vaxxed and Double Boosted Jill Biden Tests Positive for COVID–Again.

OPEN THREAD: For some, Labor Day signifies the end of summer. I’m not giving it up until the equinox!

DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: Mayor of Tijuana erects piece of Berlin Wall along US border to teach ‘lesson.’ “While Mexico’s message-driven move comes as the United States aims to stop the flow of illegal immigration, the Berlin Wall was installed by the Soviets to divide a nation against itself, unlike the US-Mexico border wall.”

SELF-DEALING: Lawsuit claims Amazon’s board erred in awarding Kuiper launch contracts to Blue Origin and others.

A pension fund has filed suit against the board of directors of Amazon, claiming they “acted in bad faith” in approving launch contracts for the Project Kuiper broadband constellation that awarded billions of dollars to Blue Origin, the company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.

The suit, a public version of which was filed with Delaware’s Court of Chancery Aug. 28, alleges that Amazon’s board and one of its committees spent “barely an hour” reviewing contracts with Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance, whose Vulcan Centaur rocket uses engines from Blue Origin, before approving them in March 2022. Delaware Business Court Insider first reported the lawsuit.

The suit is filed by the Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Pension Fund, an Amazon shareholder, and sheds new light on how Amazon selected Blue Origin and ULA, along with Arianespace, for contracts announced in April 2022 to launch the 3,236-satellite constellation. It also suggests that personal animus between Bezos and Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, prevented Amazon from considering SpaceX for those contracts.

I’ve wished Blue Origin success, and still do, but at this point it’s not a real launch company. And while Musk sleeps at his factories when things aren’t going well, Bezos is partying on his yacht.

MORE THAN ONE, AND NONE OF THEM MEAN US WELL: Is America Under the Thumb of a Shadow President?

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: People At Burning Man Punished By Being At Burning Man.

CNBC’S LIST OF ‘WORST STATES TO LIVE IN’ PERFECTLY ILLUSTRATES THE LEFT’S POLITICAL PATHOLOGY:

If you live in a red state, you probably consider yourself lucky. In most cases, doing so means you’ve got a baseline of freedom granted to you that many other Americans don’t have. Certainly, the fact that, by the numbers, people are flocking to Republican-led states testifies to the fact that blue bastions aren’t all they are cracked up to be.

No mind, though. CNBC is here to let you know what the “10 worst states to live in” are. Apparently, many of you are living in an oppressive third-world hellhole and just didn’t know it. Thankfully, our liberal betters are here to set the record straight.

So what are the states in question? Coming in at number 10 is Florida, followed by Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Yes, according to these geniuses, one of the most popular destinations in the country is actually the worst state to live in.

I hope leftists moving to Texas know what they’re getting themselves into: ‘Douche’ father-of-seven sales exec who moved his family from California to Texas then BACK again is blasted for complaining about Austin’s ‘rude locals, bland culture, oppressive heat and Yelp’s bad food choices’ in scathing Op-Ed.

In parts of Texas it’s not just a monoculture, but a monoculture that doesn’t seem to be aware of its own blandness. Think about it: Are you ready to have your son judged based on his suitability for a future career in football? Are you ready to network by attending the local high school football game with the guys? Because that’s a thing in Texas.

Really? Who knew that Texans were obsessed with football, especially high school football? It’s not like Hollywood ever made a movie on that topic that was eventually transformed into a weekly TV series.

RIP: ‘Dream Weaver’ Singer Gary Wright Dead at 80, Had Parkinson’s, Dementia.

UNEXPECTEDLY! Federal deficit unexpectedly set to double this year.

What’s happening: Bigger interest payments + lower tax receipts, despite strong economic growth.

• “A strong economy usually reduces the deficit. Not this time,” Stein writes.

Perhaps the economy isn’t as strong as the DNC-MSM pretends it is: Interest rates are soaring, raising the alarm for a painful reckoning for America.

TREAT SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE TOBACCO COMPANIES: Social media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows.