FIRING ON ALL EIGHT CYLINDERS BUT WITHOUT ANY CYLINDERS: Tesla is 2 years ahead of the industry in critical areas, Audi CEO says.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: US Marines to get ‘Alpha’ exoskeleton for super strength.

DECOUPLING: Popular TikTok stars to leave platform for rival app over data privacy concerns.

When Josh Richards first began posting lip-syncing videos as a high school freshman four years ago, he never imagined he would one day become a huge TikTok star. Since then, Richards, 18, has amassed more than 20 million followers on the popular video streaming app.

But now Richards has decided to leave the platform that made him a star, citing growing concerns about TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance and how it manages user data.

The Studio City influencer, along with other TikTok creators, announced Tuesday they are moving to a rival app, L.A.-based Triller, and will encourage their millions of fans to join them there.

I can’t think of a good reason to use software from Communist China, and certainly not any data-hoovering social media apps.

PROFILES IN COURAGE: ‘Squad’ Member Tlaib Won’t Endorse Biden. “I don’t want to get into a debate with my residents.”

YOU PUNCH MY BACK I’LL PUNCH YOURS: More Than 100 Police Agencies Pull Out Of Security For the DNC Convention.

THAT’S NOTHING; DEMS ARE USING LAWLESSNESS: Jerry Nadler Accuses AG Barr of Using ‘Law Enforcement as a Prop’ in Trump’s Reelection Campaign.

‘SHUT UP,’ THEY EXPLAINED: Donald Trump Jr. Suspended from Twitter For Sharing Video on Hydroxychloroquine.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Why is Twitter waging war on science? Hydroxychloroquine Is ‘the Key to Defeating COVID-19’, Says Yale Epidemiologist.

GASLIGHTING: CNN’s Chris Cuomo Claims Florida ‘Mishandled’ the COVID-19 Pandemic, Not New York.

LEGALIZED LAWLESSNESS: Democrats seek to limit federal patrols in cities through coronavirus relief bill.

TONY KATZ: If Biden Doesn’t Debate, Biden Loses The MidWest…and the Election. “Americans don’t reward cowardice all that much. They aren’t into those who hide from danger, or the truth. Biden has been hiding in his basement. Sure, coronavirus made it easy to do, but the Biden Team accepted their basement arrangement far too easily. Everyone has noticed that he’s hiding, including him! When Wallace interviewed President Trump, Trump said that if Joe Biden had to do an interview like this, he’d be, ‘on the ground crying for mommy’.”

Keep taunting Biden. When he’s crossed, he gets angry, and when he gets angry he spouts out inanities increasingly divorced from reality.

WELL, YES: The Media Is Hysterically Lying About Trump’s Alleged Fascism.

Rioters in Portland, for example, have been setting fires and causing havoc for nearly two months. Less than two weeks ago federal officials moved in. Somehow, throwing basic math out the window, our progressive media concluded that the feds caused the riots weeks before they even arrived.

A gander around the media reveals without much effort an insane amount of teeth gnashing about a president who is acting entirely within the law to protect federal property and officers. This effort would be entirely unnecessary if the local officials actually, you know, did their job and restored some semblance of order.

Much more at the link.

I’d just add that it’s the Left using organized street thugs to try and overturn a constitutional order — a tactic with fascist roots.

‘SHUT UP,’ THEY EXPLAINED: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Remove Doctors’ Coronavirus Video, Claiming It Is ‘False.’

BE PREPARED: Resurrecting War Plan Blue. “The United States today needs a new War Plan Blue effort, a series of studies and actions coordinated by the Joint Staff but including the Departments of Homeland Security and Commerce, as well as elements of private industry, that would explore strategic choices and make recommendations for national actions in preparation for information-age conflict. Emerging technologies offer new strategic opportunities in three critical resource areas in particular: industry, people, and infrastructure.”

IT NEEDS ROCKETS AND LASER BEAMS: Japanese engineers built a 60-foot tall Gundam and let it walk free.

JOANNE JACOBS: You will be made to feel guilty. “Desperate and frustrated, working parents are organizing to do better for their children than another three months of screens and worksheets. They’re making plans to share homeschooling or to hire teachers or tutors to lead home-based ‘pods’ for small groups of children, writes Matt Welch, a New York City parent in Reason. The media wants parents to feel guilty about it.”

PRIORITIES: Amid Lawless Riots, Leftists Compare Melania Trump to Marie Antoinette.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Seductive Mask Appeal, Plus the Debate-Debate.

On the one hand, by hiding in his basement and sticking to the script — well, trying to stick to the script — plays to Biden’s strengths.

To be more exact, it plays to his increasing weaknesses.

Or to be perfectly exact, hiding in the basement is the best Biden can do given his obvious and rapid mental decline.

On the other hand, as Election Day draws closer, Americans are paying closer attention to the presidential race, and in increasing numbers, Americans are noticing — and are concerned by — Biden’s issues.

Biden could put a stop to all those worries by putting on a strong debate showing.

Or he might show up at the debate without his pants on, yammering on about getting “five bees for a quarter” before challenging the female debate moderator to an actual pissing contest.

So much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

PREENING SILLINESS NO ONE CARES ABOUT DRESSED UP AS A BRAVE MORAL ACT EVERYONE SHOULD CARE ABOUT: Canadian CEO Drops ‘Chief’ From Her Title to Stop Offending Native Americans or Something.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: How The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Has Used A Shadowy Charity Fund In Criminal Cases. “For more than a decade, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, under the leadership of Democrat Fernandez Rundle, has operated the Denise Moon Memorial Fund. Through it and other funds the State Attorney’s Office has created since 2009, prosecutors routinely ask for ‘charitable contributions’ or ‘donations’ as a condition for plea deals or an alternative to prosecution — like community service hours.”

REJECTION: Lincoln Project co-founder met with Trump for campaign role in 2016.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: COVID Is Going To Kill Sports Before Woke Hell Will. “I hate to be the most negative sports fan in the room again, but as I mentioned last week, there is no guarantee that any of this madness is going to be constrained by a calendar. If most NCAA and pro sports just give up for the rest of 2020 that means that they aren’t really going to figure out a way to work around the virus. We sports junkies may find ourselves in even greater withdrawal in 2021 if the COVID monster decides to be even more persnickety.”

UNEXPECTEDLY: Armed Minneapolis Residents Are Patrolling Their Own Neighborhoods As City Moves To Defund Police.

COLD WAR II: India is reportedly looking to ban 275 more Chinese apps. “ET’s report also notes that the government is planning to formalize the process of banning apps that pose a threat to national and user security. A set of ministries will form a law or a procedure to address such concerns in the future.”

MUGGED BY REALITY: AP Reporter Embedded With Federal Police In Portland Recounts ‘Eye Opening Experience.’

SHUTDOWN THEATER: YouTube Kids will release over 100 movies to keep your little ones entertained for free.

On the other hand, I deleted YouTube Kids from my youngest’s devices when I found out just how bad their practices were.