NYT: A Shrinking Margin.

Whatever the full explanation, Hispanic voters have moved to the right over the past several years. As a group, they still prefer Democrats, but the margin has narrowed significantly. In 2020, Joe Biden won the group by only 26 percentage points. And in this year’s midterms, the Democratic lead is nearly identical to Biden’s 2020 margin, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll — a sign that the shift was not just a one-election blip.

The problem for Democrats is that winning the Hispanic vote by only 26 points may not be enough for the party to accomplish its main goals.

What I’d like to see is GOP candidates more directly talking about Hispanic voters’ concerns and, better yet, going to Hispanic communities and doing a lot of listening.

A little listening goes a long way, and aside from Trump and a very few other GOPers, Republicans haven’t been good about going into Dem strongholds just to do some of that.

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Matt Margolis: This Could Be the Worst News for Joe Biden This Year. “There are big factors tugging on global oil prices—war, COVID, economic recession, and hurricane season. All this uncertainty could push oil prices higher, likely resulting in slightly higher pump prices.”

Rick Moran: Putin’s Mobilization Is a Sign That His Nuclear Threats Are Real. “Putin has run out of time and must now use his last card — the nuclear card — to retrieve the situation.”

Yours Truly: PANIC MODE: Vanderbilt Trans Clinic Deletes Its Website After Exposé on ‘Money Making’ Surgery on Minors. “We knew this would happen and have spent the past week saving videos and screenshots.”

TOLERANCE: Leftist screams, kicks down table during Turning Point USA event.

LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE: Your Tax Dollars Fund a Group Pushing ‘Transgender Identity’ on Two-Year-Olds.

I WONDER WHAT THEY’LL PLUG INTO: California seeks to ban sales of diesel big rig trucks in bold bid to cut pollution.

CRIMINALIZING DISSENT: This Should Terrify Every American: DOJ Harasses Citizens for Exercising Their First Amendment Rights.

OK, GROOMER: Matt Walsh Exposes Trans Clinic at Vanderbilt, Lefties Immediately Call the FBI. “Apparently, this program started in 2018, not to help children, but because it was seen as a ‘big money maker’ that included lots of follow-up appointments.”

MATT MARGOLIS: DeSantis Isn’t Sweating The Migrant Class Action Lawsuit. Here’s Why. “The real icing on the cake was the consent forms that each of the migrants signed.”

UPDATE: Link was broken. Fixed now!

EXCLUSIVE: Republicans Accuse State Department of ‘Radical Gender Imperialism.’ “In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, members of the Republican Study Committee point to a leaked memo reportedly circulated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken indicating that the Biden administration may begin pushing other countries to endorse youthful ‘gender affirming care’ — a euphemism used by the media, activists, and Democrats to describe the more grisly-sounding transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers. “

SHE GETS A PASS BECAUSE… WELL, YOU KNOW THE REASONS: LGBT ‘Ally’ Stacey Abrams Spoke at a Church With a Pro-Farrakhan, Anti-Gay Pastor.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Profits Plummet And Vehicles Left Unfinished As Ford Struggles With Inflation.

UKRAINE WAR: Putin Threatens Nukes, Announces Partial Mobilization. “Putin’s order is already meeting some passive resistance: ‘One-way flights out of Russia were rocketing in price and selling out fast on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin ordered the immediate call-up of 300,000 reservists.’ How bad is it, really? Well, Moscow just ordered airlines to stop selling tickets to Russian men aged 18 to 65. I guess that means that Putin is considering drafting men up to 65 years of age.”

More from Laughing Wolf: Quick Initial Thoughts On Vladimir’s Speech.

FRANCIS TURNER: Ukraine Trends and Thoughts. “Putting this together cynically makes me think that what a lot of people may have wanted is for a Ukraine to keep Russia occupied while not actually winning. A European version of Afghanistan if you like. I can certainly see a lot of the ‘Realpolitik’ sorts in various foreign ministries, state departments and so on not wanting to face the likely geopolitical upsets that a Ukrainian victory will probably produce. There is some justification for this. After all the collapses of totalitarian regimes in other places (Iraq, Syria, Libya to pick three) have led to mostly failed states (see also Somalia and Afghanistan come to think of it) and a failed state with nukes is not a thing to make anyone happy. But…. it isn’t clear to me that the alternatives are any better.”

Any likely Putin replacement is also likely to be worse than Putin — at least for the Russians. He also might be forced to mind his international manners — at least for a while.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Burn It All Down — Fire the Creeper Teachers. “One thing I’m constantly grateful for these days is that my daughter is no longer in the K-12 portion of her education journey. It’s a freak-filled jungle out there.”

REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS: B-21 Raider Will Be Rolled Out In Early December. “Hunter first announced the B-21 rollout plans at the Air & Space Forces Association’s 2022 Air, Space, and Cyber Conference. The Assistant Secretary had provided no additional details about the forthcoming event, including whether or not it would open to the public in any way, as was the case with the rollout of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber in 1988. However, Northrop Grumman’s subsequent press release added that the event would provide an ‘exclusive view’ of the bomber, which might indicate that a first-ever public look at the aircraft could accompany the event regardless of who is allowed to attend in person.”

Like the Navy’s Virginia-class subs, the Raider has at least so far been a rare procurement win for the Pentagon — on-time and under-budget.

THEY BLEW IT: ‘Really Uncomfortable:’ Bret Baier Reportedly Begged Fox to Rescind Early 2020 Arizona Election Call.

HMM: Republican Senators Ask For Special Prosecutor For Hunter Biden.

I expect zero serious examination of Hunter Biden’s shady deals.

Unless, that is, the Obama Administration powers behind the throne (Ron Klane, Valerie Jarrett, Susan Rice, etc.) decide Biden must be eased out well before 2024.

Kamala Harris might be the only thing left preventing that.

ATHENA THORNE: Grotesque Trans Shop Teacher Is the Most Misogynistic Thing I’ve Ever Seen. “As a genuine woman who actually experienced awkward adolescence and maturity in a real woman’s body, I can tell you that having your high beams on in your work setting is about as welcome as a 14-year-old boy’s pup tent when it’s his turn to write on the board. This teacher’s choice of aroused prosthetic boobs for his shop class is about as appropriate as a teacher stuffing a pair of spandex pants with a cucumber before standing in front of a classroom full of teenage girls. Hard to draw any other conclusion except that he’s fantasizing about turning on his minor male students. If I had a kid in that lunatic’s misogynistic clown show of a class, that school would be hit with sexual harassment and corruption-of-a-minor lawsuits faster than you can pop a balloon.”

Read the whole thing.

SAD: Restless in Seattle: Asians, achievers are ‘quiet quitting’ public schools.

NOT THE BEER…: US could face ANOTHER beer shortage after extinct Missouri volcano contaminated the country’s largest CO2 reserve – causing shortage in the sector that could see prices quadruple.

ASSUMING HE’S CAPABLE OF SHAME: Don Lemon Gets Humiliated After Suggesting the Royal Family Should Pay Reparations.

SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD: Twitter Bans Pics of Trans Phalloplasty, Suggesting They Depict ‘Dismembered or Mutilated Humans.’

IT’S DIFFERENT WHEN THEY DO IT — SO SHUT UP, INSURGENT:

They rioted at the Trump inauguration, too.

WHISTLEBLOWER: FBI Manipulating J6 Cases to Support Biden Narrative of a National Crisis of Extremism.

THE SPIN: US consumer spending rose in August as gas prices fell.

THE REALITY: Americans Drowning In Long-Term Credit Card Debt. “According to an Aug. 30 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, credit card balances increased by $46 billion from last year, becoming the second-biggest source of overall debt last quarter.”

We’re spending more, getting less, and racking up unsustainable credit card balances in the process.