WHEN EVEN “FACE THE NATION” IS DUBIOUS…: Buttigieg defends Biden’s EV strategy after question on how only 8 federal charging stations have been built.

Buttigieg appeared Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” where he tried to ease doubts about reaching Biden’s goal of 500,000 chargers by the end of the decade when asked why it wasn’t happening more quickly.

“Now, in order to do a charger, it’s more than just plugging a small device into the ground,” the secretary said. “There’s utility work, and this is also really a new category of federal investment. But we’ve been working with each of the 50 states.

“Seven or eight, though?” host Margaret Brennan said with a laugh.

“Again by 2030, 500,000 chargers,” Buttigieg maintained. “And the very first handful of chargers are now already being physically built.”

Previously: $7.5 Billion Later, Biden Is Up to 7 EV Charging Stations. “My back-of-the-envelope math also indicates that building seven stations every two years will get us to Biden’s goal of 500,000 no later than the year 144,881 AD. Assuming we’re still using AD by then. 2030 doesn’t seem that far away now, does it?”

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH:

Europe's 🇪🇺 strategy for dealing with Jihadist immigrants:

1. Nothing is going to happen
2. Maybe something is going to happen, but there's nothing we should do
3. We should do something, but there's nothing we can do
4. Maybe we could have done something, but it's too late now pic.twitter.com/WasdvFibaG

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) May 26, 2024

NOBODY TRUSTS THESE BOZOS ANYMORE, AND WITH GOOD REASON: Nope: WHO Global Pandemic Treaty Rejected.

CORN, POPPED: Hunter Biden’s Laptop Is SO REAL It Will Be Used as Evidence in His Gun Trial.

MOST PEOPLE GO ALONG TO GET ALONG:

For reasons of morale it is important the activists and true believers banish all possibility of error from their minds when advancing their causes or else they might hesitate when calling for extreme measures that alone can save the world.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) May 26, 2024

Those who fail to go along, even in minor ways, are often reviled. And then, if they’re later proven to have been right all along, the revilers blithely pretend it never happened.

ICYMI: John Lucas: Memorial Day: A Time for Recollection and Reflection, not Celebration.

FLASHBACK:

My favorite Memorial Day cartoon, from Cox & Forkum in their heyday.

Consider reposting, if you find it as affecting as I do. pic.twitter.com/HfNCJgtRrx

— TheHistoryOfTheAmericans (@TheHistoryOfTh2) May 26, 2024

I miss Cox & Forkum.

THE MORE HIS BRAIN DAMAGE RECEDES, THE MORE HE DISAGREES WITH FELLOW DEMOCRATS: Fetterman, Flashing a Sharper Edge, Keeps Picking Fights With the Left: The first-term Pennsylvanian has battled with progressives on Israel, immigration and energy, adopting a more caustic political persona and alienating some supporters.

WELL, THERE YOU ARE: Dennis Quaid ‘really admires’ Trump for visits to New York neighborhoods after historic Bronx rally: Quaid says the events conspiring against Trump have made him ‘more human to people.’

NO, THE HOUSE SPEAKER’S STAFF IS NOT “REELING:” One of the congressional “insiders” digital newsletters even led its coverage of aides leaving Speaker of the House Mike Johnson with the familiar question: ” Will the last one left please turn out the lights?”

In fact, as I report this morning on The Epoch Times, Johnson has a low staff turnover rate, compared to all of his House colleagues, and he pays generously.

Have a thankful Memorial Day! And big congrats to Joseph Newgarden for two in a row at Indy! Last-lap passes for the win two years in a row is simply incredible.

UPDATE: EricinDallas and DJ9r, y’all are exactly right. Fixed. And thank you for pointing it out.

SALENA ZITO: On Memorial Day, soldiers — and all Americans — ponder what it means to be worthy of the ultimate sacrifice.