NOTHING REPELS POLITICIANS SO MUCH AS THE STENCH OF IMPENDING DEFEAT:  NBC’s New Poll Reveals More Dems Are Running From Joe.

HE HAS AS MUCH SENATE EXPERIENCE AS BARRY SOTORO HAD*:  Is JD Vance Qualified to Be President on Day One, If Necessary?

*More. Vance won a pretty tough race to get to the Senate. And indications are that he wrote his own book.

WE’VE NOTICED:  Trump Attempted Assassination Aftermath: No Answers Yet.

WELL, SHE WOULD KNOW FROM EXTREME:  Vance A “Rubber Stamp” For Extreme Agenda – Kamala Harris.

DEMS RETAIN ‘MAJORITY’ WITH 46 (PLUS 4 ‘INDEPENDENTS’) TO 49 REPUBLICANS. MANCHIN OR SYNEMA COULD CAUCUS WITH REPUBLICANS AND THROW THE BALANCE – WOULDN’T THAT BE FUN?  Bob Menendez tells allies he plans on resigning after federal bribery conviction.

TURNS OUT ELON REALLY IS GIVING AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO TRUMP. SORT OF:  What Is a Super PAC? How Elon Musk Could Funnel Millions to Help Elect Trump.

YEAH, BUT NOT BY MUCH:   President Biden trails ‘nearly every’ other Dem, including Kamala Harris, in disastrous poll.

I’m starting to wonder if I’m going to lose my bet to Francis Turner. If “Covid” will kill Biden. Or perhaps give him “long Covid” which is dementia, and they totally didn’t lie to people, but now they have to replace him. So sad.

THESE TWO THINGS ARE NOT LIKE THE OTHER:   What Is Cancel Culture. And Isn’t.

SEEMS LIKE IT TO ME:  JD Vance is a solid pick with all the right enemies.

RUMORS:  China’s President, Xi Jinping, has suffered a stroke during the Third Plenary Session of the Chinese Communist Party.

DON’T THEY THOUGH?  Trump Assassination Attempt: Line of Sight Questions Go Beyond a Sloped Roof.

WE’VE NOTICED:  Peter Navarro at RNC: ‘If They Can Come for Me, if They Can Come for Donald Trump, They Will Come for You’.

GOOD. NEEDED TO BE DONE:  RNC Honors the 13 Marines Killed During Afghanistan Withdrawal and Their Families.

GRIM BUT ACCURATE:   The ‘Through Line’ from Ashli Babbitt to Donald Trump.

IF YOU WISH TO:   The Dragon Awards.

SOMETIMES I HAVE TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON, WHEN IT SEEMS INSANE:   We Are Not Alike.

SHOCKED SHOCKED SHOCKED, BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  Measles Cases Reported at New York City Illegal Alien Shelter.

WELL, OF COURSE HE IS:  Biden Planning New Assault On Supreme Court Independence.

PAYBACK FOR FOLLOWING THE PARTY-LINE ON A LAPTOP FROM HELL:  How CBS News’ Hunter Biden reporting backfired on network’s ‘woke’ ex-boss Ingrid-Ciprian Matthews: ‘head on a stick moment’.

A VIEW FROM ACROSS THE POND:  Vance for VP – a fantastic choice.

ALSO:  Silicon Valley cheers JD Vance VP pick as more tech billionaires back Trump.

THEY ARE IN MORE TROUBLE THAN US. THAT’S NOT A CONSOLATION:  Another MILLION migrants: Biggest surge in 75 years.

WE REGRET ERRONEOUS PRIOR REPORTING ON THIS STORY. THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE HAVE BEEN SACKED. (WE AREN’T THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION):  Musk Responds to Report Claiming He Pledged to Give $45 Million a Month to Pro-Trump Super PAC.

CONSIDER:  A tale of two candidates.

WELL, OF COURSE:  Government behind drop in fertility rates.

IF YOU CAN AT ALL, HOMESCHOOL:  Hmmm…What Happened To Unity and Civility?