I DIDN’T KNOW THE DODGE HORNET EXISTED: The slowest selling car in America. “Even with its appealing starting price of $42,530, dealers just can’t get them off their lots quickly enough. According to CarEdge dealer inventory data, the Market Day Supply—or the number of days it would take to sell all the models available based on its current sales rate—of the Dodge Hornet is up to 428 days. Dodge apparently has 14,596 Hornets on dealer lots, but has only moved 1,536 in the last 45 days. As we mentioned, it doesn’t get much better for other Stellantis vehicles, as the Jeep Grand Wagoneer is in the same 428-day supply boat with 2,214 units on lots with only 233 sold in the past 45 days.”

I vaguely considered a Grand Wagoneer when I was buying a new SUV a couple of years ago, but it seemed expensive and clunky to me. I guess I wasn’t alone.

WE NEED A FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAW PROTECTING SELF-DEFENSE: Blue States Can’t Ban Your Guns So They’ll Punish You For Using Them.

Also gun-rights groups need to target prosecutors who go after people who defend themselves. There should be an automatic outside-funded effort to oust them, and nonstop vilification nationwide of the sort lefties engage in routinely.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The research supports you taking a sick day. The science is settled!

THAT SUCKS: In new study, 1 in 3 cinnamon products tested had elevated lead levels.

MATT TAIBBI: Leaders Beyond the Law. In a very real sense, Dick Cheney hasn’t changed sides at all.

WHY MALE VOTERS CAN’T STAND KAMALA:

Kamala’s biggest problem is the men. White men. Black men. Young men.

Gen Z has the largest gender gap of any age group with young men supporting Trump by margins similar to those of older men. Black men and Hispanic men have been the hardest minority groups to persuade into the Kamala camp. A New York Times article last month blamed lagging black male support for Kamala on the ‘misogynoir’ that black men were suffering from.

Why is Kamala doing so poorly among men? One hint comes from polling numbers showing that white men went from supporting Trump by 13 points before the DNC convention to 21 points afterward. “Joy”, “brat summer” and all the efforts to brand a presidential campaign like the Barbie movie backfired making Kamala into ‘Barbie’ and Trump into ‘Oppenheimer’.

It’s not just the vibe, climaxing in Oprah’s convention appearance, that’s turning off men, the vibe is a symptom of the real problem not only with the campaign, but the candidate.

Kamala is a lightweight politician running on feelings at a time when men need something more solid. The “joy” theme told votes to turn off their brains, join the party and stop worrying. TikTok dances make a certain kind of voter gush while completely alienating another kind of voter.

Having “brat summer” inflicted on you when you’re cutting back on groceries is salt in the wound. A trivial campaign is insulting to those who are suffering and falling behind on bills.

But TikTok dances are the whole reason why Kamala is here.

Also, every office has a woman like Kamala, cruising on privilege and diversity points.

SOMETIME BETWEEN WHEN I WAS A KID AND THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY, NOOSES WENT FROM EMBLEMS OF THE OLD WEST TO PRESUMPTIVELY RACIST: Maryland noose not ‘racist’ or ‘anti-black’: principal. “This is not the first time during this new school year a rope has turned out to just be a rope.”

ANALYSIS: TRUE. As long as academic institutions place social justice goals ahead of truth seeking and knowledge creation, they will lose the respect of the public and will not live up to their potential.

MAKE THEM OWN IT: The Right Weaponizes the Anti-Semitism of the Left. We’re for It.

YOUR DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Congressional Black Caucus Speaker Defends Hamas: ‘Not My Job to Tell People How to Liberate Themselves.’ “CUNY professor Marc Lamont Hill defended Hamas during a Congressional Black Caucus panel discussion with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Thursday, calling the terrorist group a ‘democratically elected organization that has been systematically undermined.'”

THAT DOES SEEM RIGHT: Democrats Prove They’re Huge Weirdos. “Tim Walz led one of the weirdest chants we’ve ever heard at a rally.”

JOHN LUCAS: I Want Me Some Damn Reparations: And Kamala supports me!

ICYMI: MAKE THEM PAY: Jonathan Turley: Sixth Circuit Hands Down Major Free Speech Win for Professor Against the University of Louisville. “The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit handed down a major victory for free speech this week in favor of a professor challenging his treatment by the University of Louisville. In Josephson v. Ganzel, a unanimous panel ruled for Dr. Allan Josephson who was subject to adverse actions after he publicly expressed skepticism over some treatments for youth diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The decision is important because it deals with qualified immunity and reaffirms liability for the denial of free speech protections. Writing for the panel (including Senior Judge Ronald Lee Gilman and Judge Allen Griffin), Judge Andre Mathis found that university officials could not claim immunity in the denial of free speech protections for faculty.”

Note that being stripped of qualified immuninty means they are subject to personal liability.

WELL, THAT’S JUST BECAUSE HER ECONOMIC PLANS ARE DISASTROUS: Harris Is Still Struggling to Blunt Trump’s Edge on the Economy.

OPEN THREAD: Enjoy yourselves.

MAKE IT MARCH, WE’RE MINUS ON MINUTES: FAA defends Starship licensing delays.

THE FIRST WHOLLY SYNTHETIC CANDIDATE: WATCH: Kamala Harris Completely Bombs Her First Solo Interview.

WHEN GOOD LUCK STRIKES: Rock Used as Doorstop For Decades Turns Out to Be Worth Over $1 Million. “The discovery resembles that of a man in Michigan, who kept a large piece of rock as a doorstop, only to find out decades later that he was keeping his doors in place with a meteorite worth $100,000.”

WELL, GOOD: Newly Developed “Chameleon” Chemical Could Revolutionize Rare-Earth Metal Purification.

HEALTH CARE: Appeals court upholds Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors.

AS THE EV BUBBLE DEFLATES, PLUG-IN HYBRIDS COME INTO THEIR OWN: 2025 Mazda CX-70 PHEV vs. 2024 Honda Prologue: What’s the Better Way to Plug In?

GOOD ADVICE: Reloading in a Fight: Do it When You Can, Not When You Have To.

MAKE THEM PAY: Jonathan Turley: Sixth Circuit Hands Down Major Free Speech Win for Professor Against the University of Louisville. “The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit handed down a major victory for free speech this week in favor of a professor challenging his treatment by the University of Louisville. In Josephson v. Ganzel, a unanimous panel ruled for Dr. Allan Josephson who was subject to adverse actions after he publicly expressed skepticism over some treatments for youth diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The decision is important because it deals with qualified immunity and reaffirms liability for the denial of free speech protections. Writing for the panel (including Senior Judge Ronald Lee Gilman and Judge Allen Griffin), Judge Andre Mathis found that university officials could not claim immunity in the denial of free speech protections for faculty.”

ADVICE TO LEFTY PROFESSORS: “We can relate with professors who are having difficulty teaching decisions they disagree with. We’ve done it for the entirety of our careers.”

HMM: Metformin found to reduce organ aging in male monkeys. “The research team found evidence of a slowdown in biological aging in many of the organs, including the kidneys, lungs and the skin. They also found that the organ that seemed to benefit the most was the brain.”