FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: He Was 10 Crew Members Short of Ocean’s 11. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news and this week we have a thrilling low-speed chase, the most honest criminal in the world, and the most cram-packed headline ever to come out of Texas.”

ABSOLUTELY NOBODY BELIEVES THE KREMLIN IS WARY OF KAMALA HARRIS: Russia wary of U.S. and France election surprises, especially Kamala Harris.

PREVIEW OF A POTENTIAL HARRIS ADMINISTRATION: Kamala Harris May Have Botched the Gaza Hostage and Ceasefire Deal.

DECOUPLING CUTS BOTH WAYS: Apple’s no longer among top 5 smartphone vendors in China as domestic brands dominate market.

CORN, POPPED: Democrat Civil War Watch: Black Lives Matter Isn’t on the Kamala Coronation Train.

But does anyone care what corrupt BLM thinks anymore?

NOBODY USES DRONES ANYMORE, THEY’RE TOO POPULAR:

NEW:

“According to one whistleblower, the night before the rally, U.S. Secret Service repeatedly denied offers from a local law enforcement partner to utilize drone technology to secure the rally.”

Via @HawleyMO pic.twitter.com/aKjxP5KUyw

— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) July 25, 2024

IS POWER SHIFTING WITHIN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY? Barack Obama FINALLY Endorses Kamala… But He Likely Didn’t Want To.

UGH: B-1 bomber crash report blasts crew mistakes, culture of ‘complacency.’ “The investigation, which Air Force Global Strike Command released on July 25, also found that poor weather conditions, a lack of discipline, poor resource management and communication, and ‘an organizational culture that tolerated decaying airmanship skills’ were among the other factors contributing to the Jan. 4 crash.”

CHARMING: What Happened When Amazon Got Caught Selling T-Shirts That Call for Donald Trump’s Death?

IMPRESSIVE: JWST Discovers a Super-Jupiter: Its First Directly Imaged Exoplanet. “What’s even more exciting is that exoplanet has been imaged directly as a discrete and separate entity independent of observations of its star. It’s also the first exoplanet to have been imaged by JWST without first having been imaged using telescopes on the ground.”

FAINTING COUCH PROGRESSIVISM: Politico Says Vance Has ‘Weird,’ That Is, Normal, Views on Gender.

DOWN THE MEMORY HOLE: Inside Kamala Harris’s Plan To End Cash Bail and ‘Transform The Criminal Justice System.’

The elimination of cash bail and court-ordered fines are just two ways Vice President Kamala Harris wants to “transform the criminal justice system” and “end mass incarceration,” according to a memo from her failed 2020 presidential campaign.

The memo, which is no longer available on her campaign website, describes what would be the most dramatic overhaul of how the nation confronts criminality. The “guiding principles” listed by Harris include an “end [to] mandatory minimums.”

Harris’s proposals put a spotlight on her history as one of the most left-wing lawmakers in the Senate. They also offer a preview into how she could govern as president. On the campaign trail, Harris enthusiastically supported a number of left-wing criminal justice initiatives not outlined in her plan, such as slashing the budgets of police departments and allowing convicted murderers and rapists the right to vote in federal elections.

“It is long past time to re-envision public safety by strengthening and supporting our communities and drastically limiting the number of people we expose to our criminal justice system,” the memo reads. “As president, Kamala will fundamentally transform how we approach public safety.”

Harris’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

The memory-holing will continue until goodthink is restored.

LINCOLN BROWN: AWFLS Assemble! “The usual suspects have also felt a heady rush of optimism at the prospect of President Harris. One has even climbed up on a cliff, lifted a buffalo horn to her lips, and sounded the AWFL call to arms.”

THE TRUTH STINGS:

IRONY: Struck by how the Biden administration just 3 months ago openly called for Netanyahu to resign and now it is Joe Biden who is resigning and BIBI is at the White House one of Biden’s last meetings with a world leader before becoming a full on lame-duck President. pic.twitter.com/d7As2oQWQV

— Ron M. (@Jewtastic) July 25, 2024

Related: Netanyahu’s Meeting With Lame Duck Biden Was As Inconsequential As Anyone Expected.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Kamala? “We’ve heard an agonizing amount about Kamala’s ‘honeymoon’ period. Harris and her fellow Democrats have been like giddy newlyweds, but that excitement might come to a screeching halt when they see polling numbers.”

CHANGE? Rupert Murdoch is going to court to push his 3 more liberal kids out of his Fox and News Corp. media empires. “Murdoch’s three other children, who are said to have been blindsided by the move, have reportedly hired their own legal team to contest their father’s plans.”

A NEW LOW SO FAR: Hamas Lovers Hit New Low in D.C. Protest.

SO LONG, CHRYSLER? Stellantis ready to kill brands and fix U.S. problems, CEO Tavares says.

Stellantis is taking steps to fix weak margins and high inventory at its U.S. operations and will not hesitate to axe underperforming brands in its sprawling portfolio, its chief executive Carlos Tavares said on Thursday.

The warning for lossmaking brands is a turnaround for Tavares, who has maintained since Stellantis was created in 2021 from the merger of Italian-American automaker Fiat Chrysler and France’s PSA that all of its 14 brands including Maserati, Fiat, Peugeot and Jeep have a future.

“If they don’t make money, we’ll shut them down,” Carlos Tavares told reporters after the world’s No. 4 automaker delivered worse-than-expected first-half results, sending its shares down as much as 10%.

“We cannot afford to have brands that do not make money.”

Tavares didn’t mention Chrysler by name but the brand’s entire lineup consists of Pacifica minivans and existing inventory of the 300 sedan, which ceased production late last year.

WOEING: *NOW* Is It Cool If We Call Our Starliner Astronauts Stranded? “Whatever the difference is between ‘an abundance of caution’ and ‘we can’t admit failure yet,’ I have the feeling we’re not more than a few weeks from NASA showing us exactly what it is. If NASA’s Thursday press conference is anything to go by, that is.”

#RE-FUNDTHEPOLICE! [VIP]: You Won’t Believe How Desperate San Francisco Is for Cops. “If you thought, ‘Maybe San Francisco will just throw more money at the problem,’ pat yourself on the back. But I’d bet you’d never guess how much money.”

SHOT: Obama doesn’t believe Kamala Harris can beat Trump, which is why he hasn’t endorsed her.

Chaser: Obama Plans to Endorse VP Harris for President Soon.

I guess we’ll know soon enough which story is closer to the truth but, in the meantime, enjoy the ongoing chaos.

HUGE: Kamala Harris Receives Bipartisan Condemnation For Her Handling of the Border.

Swapping out Biden for Harris was supposed to calm jittery congressional Democrats in swing districts.

SPOILER: THEY WON’T. If Kamala Harris Loses, Democrats Will Have To Answer Questions About Denying A Primary Process.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: The Fix Is in (Again): Dems Just Can’t Help Cheating. “The DNC seems to have timed the announcement to roughly coincide with Biden’s Oval Office address last night — a midweek tactical equivalent of the infamous Friday Night News Dump.”

GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME: Ford keeps having to repair customers’ new cars and trucks. Its profit is plunging and its stock tumbled. “The company did not break out how much extra money it set aside to cover warranty expenses, but said ‘most’ of the $1.2 billion drop in operating income in the quarter came from that increased expense.”