LOYALTY OATHS: CU Boulder requires applicants for ‘Conservative Thought and Policy’ job to profess commitment to DEI.

AP POLL: Biden approvals still tanking — and the rematch no one wants.

OLIVER ANTHONY TELLS HIS STORY.

ARE ‘GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT’ RULES A GOOD IDEA FOR HIGHER ED? The left uses them mostly to selectively attack for-profit institutions. My experience at FIRE made me very dubious of for-profit higher ed, but if “gainful employment” rules are needed for (say) a for-profit MBA, I don’t see why they shouldn’t also be applied to an MBA from a traditional nonprofit university.

HMM: Judge formally dismisses tax charges against Hunter Biden. So the plea deal collapsed because the judge noticed it was a shady arrangement to protect Hunter Biden, and now . . . the charges are just dismissed entirely?

WELL, THE PRESS COOPERATES, SO IT WORKS: Biden’s Hawaii response follows familiar pattern: Ignore, deny, then claim he’s done a great job.

FIGHT THE POWER: F.I.R.E. Lawsuit Against California Community Colleges Over “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Mandates.

THAT’S HARDLY A CRAZY CONSPIRACY THEORY: Did the CIA work to rig the 2020 election?

A “rigged” election is not the same thing as a stolen election; stealing requires changing votes. “Rigging” is about changing the rules, the information landscape, or other factors that can influence voters using illegitimate means. Spreading misinformation can be a form of rigging, as of course censorship or “debunking” of true information.

I couldn’t say if the 2020 election was stolen–there certainly were irregularities as there always are in elections–because any vote changes or illegal ballots have to be in the right place in the right numbers, and no evidence has been accepted by courts indicating that enough illegal votes to change the results were cast.

But certainly, the election was rigged. Lots of illegal changes to election laws were made without legislative approval, Big Tech censored conservatives based on phony claims, and the media colluded with outside groups to distort the truth or deny facts.

Among the riggers was the CIA, apparently. Not just former CIA agents, about which we already knew, but the CIA as an organization.

At least that is what has been asserted by Judicial Watch, and the evidence on its face supports that conclusion. So Judicial Watch is suing the CIA to force them to divulge what ought to be public information about events near the end of the campaign.

Good luck with that, but I think we all know the truth.

THAT’S WHY THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO SQUEEZE HER OUT: Voters: Kamala Harris so bad she hurts Biden’s reelection.

JEFFREY CARTER: I Was Wrong About Vivek. “DeSantis has been a great governor and takes on some fights a lot of people wouldn’t. He has expanded a Republican majority after narrowly winning his first election. But, seeing him in high-contact situations with normal people he seems out of place. Compare him to a candidate like JD Vance. I just don’t see DeSantis being like that.”

I want to like DeSantis more, but I’m sorry to say that he does have an awkwardness to him that reminds me of Al Gore. Of course, Gore came very close to being president, and if he hadn’t ignored his home state he’d have won in 2000.

DON SURBER: “Occasionally, the truth wafts in Washington like the smell from Jerry Nadler’s paper undergarment. Let me give some recent examples.”

FLASHBACK: When Democrats Were Cool With Calling Elections ‘Stolen.’

NO, SEX/GENDER ARE NOT ‘ASSIGNED’ AT BIRTH: It shouldn’t have to be explained but, since it clearly does for a lot of deeply misinformed folks these days, the latest “What Would You Say?” video from the Colson Center on HillFaith does an excellent job of it this morning.

LIGHTNING DEAL: EUREKA Powerful Suction Convenient Handheld Vac. #CommissionEarned

THAT’S WHY THEY’RE BLAMING CLIMATE CHANGE: Maui disaster was 100% caused by human failure.

Related: Maui’s Wildfire Disaster: Media Pushes ‘Climate Crisis’ Cause, People Are Pushing Back.

Plus: OFFICIAL WHO IGNORED REQUEST FOR WATER DURING MAUI INFERNO: ‘Water Requires Conversations Around Equity.’

JOHN YOO: The Democrats Are Using Criminal Law to Fight Their Political Battles. It’s Very, Very Dangerous.

I AM: Are we ready for another atomic age?

OPEN THREAD: This is your moment.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: DARPA to study integrated lunar infrastructure.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: More Young People Are Getting Cancer, And We Don’t Know Why.

TEETH: No More Cavities? Organoids Pave the Way for Enamel Regeneration.

KEEPS HAPPENING: SpaceX successfully launches another batch of Starlink satellites into space.

FASTRE, PLEASE: Gene-edited pig kidneys show promise for human transplants. A friend comments: “People will do almost anything rather than pay live kidney donors.”

READER FAVORITE: TMA Cordless Vacuum Cleaner. #CommissionEarned

OFFICIAL WHO IGNORED REQUEST FOR WATER DURING MAUI INFERNO: ‘Water Requires Conversations Around Equity.’