HARRISON BERGERON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Rhode Island parents enraged at school board for removing honors classes in ‘equity obsession.’

RED ON RED: Georgia’s GOP Civil War Heats Up as Former VP Pence Endorses Governor Kemp.

EVERYTHING IS GOING… SWIMMINGLY: How Russian Forces Got Obliterated Trying To Cross A River.

The photos don’t seem to confirm the UA claim of 30-50 vehicles destroyed and up to 1,500 Russian dead, but the carnage on display is not insignificant.

BURN THE WITCH: Stephen King Goes Off the Reservation on Men Having Babies and I’m so Confused Right Now.

FALLOUT: Russia Curbs Gas Supplies to Germany in Warning for Europe.

CHRIS QUEEN: Fighting the Narrative™ on Repealing Roe v. Wade. “Conservatives won the fight in Florida, but the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ smear turned war into a two-front battle of legislation and propaganda. The same principles are at play in the abortion debate that has blown up after the leak of a draft from the Supreme Court that suggests that the justices are ready to overturn Roe v. Wade.”

ALWAYS TAKE INITIAL REPORTS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT: A Journalist Just Spotted Russia’s ‘Admiral Makarov’ Frigate, Intact And At Sea. “But it’s worth noting where Sutton found Admiral Makarov on or before Monday: sailing near Sevastopol in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. In other words, close to home.”

SHOT:

Chaser:

Hangover: Even the New York Times gives Trump credit for getting vaccine production going’ – as he boasts ‘I hope everyone remembers when they get their beautiful shot.’

SPACE: Extraordinary Photo of the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy.

HMM: Elon Musk says Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold.’

Elon Musk said Friday that his plan to buy Twitter for $44 billion is “temporarily on hold” as he tries to pinpoint the exact number of spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of internal turmoil over the proposed acquisition.

Musk, who has been vocal about his desire to clean up Twitter’s problem with “spam bots” that mimic real people, appeared to question whether the company was underreporting them.

In a tweet, the Tesla billionaire linked to a Reuters story from May 2 about a quarterly report from Twitter that estimated false or spam accounts made up fewer than 5% of the company’s “monetizable daily active users” in the first quarter.

“Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” Musk said, indicating he’s skeptical that the number of inauthentic accounts is that low.

Also: Top Twitter execs, including heads of revenue and consumer products, are out following Musk deal.

Coincidence?

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The Biden Justice Department Is Unfocused and Unhinged. “The United States has plenty of real problems but this administration keeps going after phantoms under the bed. Now President LOLEightyonemillion is running around babbling about the dangerous ‘Ultra MAGA’ bogeymen that are rattling around in that empty brain of his.”

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA:

I enjoy being old enough now that baby formula is no longer a concern. No more diaper changes, either, which is lovely.

But it seems sociopathic to blithely dismiss the very real concerns of parents having trouble feeding their babies.

So keep it up, lefties. The great middle of America needs to see what you really are.

BIDENFLATION: Wholesale inflation climbs 11% in April, remaining near 40-year high. “Economists expected the producer price index to show prices climbed by 10.7% in April.”

BIDEN’S RETURN TO DECENCY: Do House Dems Want Supreme Court Justices Menaced? Looks That Way.

MEGAN FOX: The First Rule of Gay Club Is You DO NOT Talk About Gay Club! Groomer Teachers Plot on Zoom.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ – No Woke, Just Thrills and Nostalgia on Steroids.

LIVE AT 4PM EASTERN: ‘Five O’Clock Somewhere’ with Kruiser, VodkaPundit, Special Guest.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: High inflation leaves food banks struggling to meet needs. “Food banks across America say those economic conditions are intensifying demand for their support at a time when their labor and distribution costs are climbing and donations are slowing. The problem has grown to the point where last week President Joe Biden called for a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in September, the first since 1969.”

Oh, a conference.

I CERTAINLY HOPE NOT: Food Riots Hit Iran … Are We Next?

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUEST OF THE BLUE ZONES: Despite Rising Crime, Nation’s Capital Is at Forefront of Cities Pushing Leniency.

This more lenient approach to child sexual abuse is just one of many changes being considered by the council. A sweeping new criminal code would redefine what counts as a crime in the nation’s capital, how those accused of crimes are tried, and how those convicted are punished.

Although many states are pushing back against progressive criminal justice reforms amid rising rates of violent crime, liberal jurisdictions from east to west continue to push for more lenient sentencing. Washington, D.C., stands out for its softer approach in the face of a crime problem illustrated by a homicide rate that jumped from 24 per 100,000 residents in 2019, to 29 in 2020, and then to 34 in 2021.

Proponents say the changes are designed to reduce the number of people arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and incarcerated. As it now stands, the District’s criminal code ‘’is out-of-sync with current public norms and best practices,” according to Richard Schmechel, a prime mover of its reform effort. Schmechel, until recently executive director of the D.C. Criminal Code Reform Commission, said the new approach will reduce “errors, arbitrariness, and bias” in the current system.

But critics warn that the changes now being considered will make it difficult to hold offenders responsible for crimes.

Washington’s black neighborhoods will pay — are paying — the price for the progressive gentry’s largesse.

PRIORITIES: American Infants Go Hungry While Biden Sends Baby Formula to Illegals.

SPACE: Watch a space startup spin a projectile into the sky at more than 1,000 miles per hour.

TO BE FAIR, JOE SAYS A LOT OF STUFF: U.S. Passes 1 Million COVID Deaths Despite Biden’s Promise to ‘Shut Down the Virus.’

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY (CHINA EDITION): Xi Jinping moves to silence Covid Zero critics in sign of brewing tumult. “Our pandemic prevention-and-control strategy is determined by the party’s nature and principles. Our policy can stand the test of history, and our measures are scientific and effective.”

Uh-huh.

OK, GROOMERS: ‘Woke’ Target Peddling ‘Trans’ Clothing to Teens.