DR. SCOTT GOTTLIEB: Monkeypox Is About to Become the Next Public Health Failure. “Our country’s response to monkeypox ‌‌has been plagued by the same shortcomings we had with Covid-19. Now if monkeypox ‌gains a permanent foothold in the U‌nited States and becomes an endemic virus that joins our circulating repertoire of pathogens, it will be one of the worst public health failures in modern times not only because of the pain and peril of the disease but also because it was so avoidable.”

I BET THEY STILL HAVE A WAY TO GO: Re-Defining Words Hits Peak Absurdity. “It has been overt and in-your-face. Biden’s people attempted to re-frame ideas and concepts and chang the norms of what has been true over time. It’s the same thing the Left has done with the definition of woman, marriage, parents, and recession.”

CHANGE: How the German Economic Machine Broke Down.

Germany’s economy hasn’t grown for nearly five years. Its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic has been weaker than any major advanced economy. Its ability to fill its energy needs is in question. And now the country once known as the economic engine of Europe is teetering on the brink of a recession.

It’s a sharp turn of fortunes for Germany’s large manufacturing sector, which flourished over the past two decades just as other Western nations saw industrial jobs migrate to Asia.

Germany’s big and long-successful bet on manufacturing relied on four engines: Free and open global trade, surging demand from China, an efficient domestic workforce and cheap Russian energy.

Each of those is now sputtering.

It’s easier to weather economic storms when you have reliable domestic energy production.

NOBODY EVER UNDERESTIMATED KAMALA’S ABILITY TO F*** THINGS UP: The Incredible Implosion of Team Kamala.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY: Is That a Lambo on Your Roof or Are You Just Happy to See Me? “On this week’s Florida Man Friday I’ll show you how not to park your Italian luxury SUV, the coming war between aliens and dragons, and the stuff you aren’t allowed to do at Walmart anymore.”

It’s VIP only, so don’t forget that lovely VODKAPUNDIT promo code if you’ve been thinking of joining us.

SAN FRANCISCO: Couple Fighting Parking Ticket Because The Curb Was Painted While Car Was Parked.

IT’S DIFFERENT NOW BECAUSE REASONS: Pelosi in 2008: Two Quarters of Negative Growth Is ‘Technical Definition of Recession.’

THAT’S A RELIEF: Scientists at CERN are not opening a ‘portal to hell.’

PRIORITIES: Biden Is So Obsessed With Trans He’s Demanding Coverage of Boob Jobs for Men.

CHARMING: Obama Finally Decides to Unveil White House Portrait After Refusing to Do so Under Trump.

UKRAINE WAR: The (Not Quite) God’s-Eye View, Five Months In. “It seems like years since the start of the Ukraine War, when the Russians spent the first few weeks stepping on their own… toes… and it seemed like anything could happen.”

TRUE, BUT ALL THE RIGHT PALMS WILL GET GREASED: Ill-Advised Semiconductor Subsidies Pass. “Semiconductor subsidies have all the hallmarks of a classic Washington boondoggle: The wrong action at the wrong time for the wrong problem.”

GOOD LORD: ‘Night of Terror’: Prison Guard Sells Jail Keys, Allowing Male Inmates to Rape Female Prisoners.

IN CASE YOU HAD ANY DOUBTS WHO ‘THE BIG GUY’ REFERRED TO: Hunter Biden Associate’s Panicked Message About Info Coming out and the ‘Big Guy.’

HOW’S THAT OPEN BORDER WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? Mayor Bowser calls for National Guard to deal with migrants, citing the ‘volume of arrivals.’

HMM: West Virginia Might Just Save the Republic If Other Republican State Leaders Get on Board. “While the AG is fighting ESGs in the court system, State Treasurer Riley Moore has been working to ensure that taxpayer dollars do not support financial institutions trying to harm the fossil fuel industry.”

COLORADO: Denver’s progressive prosecutor accused of ‘systemic discrimination.’

Denver’s top prosecutor Beth McCann has survived numerous scandals since she was first elected in 2016.

McCann is notorious for her refusal to prosecute the 9News security guard who shot and killed Lee Keltner during a 2020 conservative political rally.

Then there was the time she blocked efforts by police to pursue prosecution of Denver School Board member Tay Anderson following the school board’s own investigation of harassment complaints..

She also refused to investigate claims of sexual misconduct in the state Senate.

And who can forget her husband’s issues with fire, including one that got out of control and forced an evacuation near Kremmling. He was never prosecuted.

Plus her suspect connection to George Soros.

My state is in the very best of hands.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Clarence Thomas Annoys All the Right People. “The lefties hate Thomas because he loves the Constitution and because — let’s be honest here — they’re all racists. There is no other objective explanation for their ire.”

YOU DON’T SAY: The Pelosis ‘Appear To Have Taken Advantage Of Inside Information,’ Says Former Fed Chair.

WAIT, WHAT? New York City Health Department Begs WHO to Rename Monkeypox Because It Stigmatizes Gay People.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: ‘Play with fire and you will get burned’: China’s Xi’s fierce warning to Biden on Taiwan in two-hour call as tensions reach boiling point and White House braces for potential military response to Nancy Pelosi’s trip.

STRANGE HOW HE’S MOSTLY DROPPED OFF THE FRONT PAGES: Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin Was ‘Shooting for Three’ Justices, Sources Confirm.

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

HMM: Biden administration offers convicted Russian arms dealer in exchange for Griner, Whelan. “The families of Whelan, who has been held by Russia for alleged espionage since 2018, and WNBA star Griner, jailed in Moscow for drug possession since February, have urged the White House to secure their release, including via a prisoner exchange if necessary.”

YOUR GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Why Wealthy Coastal Elites Should Mind Their Own Business.