WHEN IS A RECESSION NOT A RECESSION? WHEN DEMOCRATS SAY IT ISN’T, JACK:

It’s different now because reasons.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN):

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Matt Margolis: The White House Isn’t Grooming Kamala Harris for the Presidency. “Biden’s contracting of COVID-19 has given us plenty of reason to be concerned — at least more concerned than usual — about a different vacancy that could put Kamala Harris in the Oval Office.”

Chris Queen: Here’s How We Know That This Summer’s Heatwaves Are Weather Events, Not Proof of Climate Change. “We don’t just have to look at a decade ago to see that heatwaves are largely isolated phenomena.”

Yours Truly: UKRAINE WAR: Kyiv on the Counterattack (Maybe). “There hasn’t been much offensive action by Russian forces in over three weeks, but there might be something big brewing under the surface that glossy TV news reports can’t show you.”

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Walmart Plunges After Slashing Profit Outlook, Blames Fuel/Food Costs.

CRISIS BY DESIGN: Immigration system buckling under pressure from open border, Homeland watchdog warns.

BREAKING: Woman Fires Gun at Dallas Love Field Airport, Police Shoot Back.

THOSE NEWSPEAK DICTIONARIES DON’T UPDATE THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW: Erick Erickson zeroes in on what the Biden administration’s ‘recession’ redefinition will tell us about the MSM going forward. “We’re about to see just how much the media is over Biden. If they go along with the Biden Administration’s redefinition of what a recession is after four decades of holding it as 2 quarters of negative growth, the press is dead, and only the propagandists remain.”

Previously: What Recession? You Won’t Believe Biden’s Latest Goalpost Adjustment.

MEGAN FOX: Those Strict Rules for Teachers at the Turn of the Century Make More Sense Now.

SURE, THAT’S WHY HE SHOULDN’T RUN AGAIN: Don’t Run Joe. Second Terms Suck. “There have been literally no good presidential second terms. (Abraham Lincoln’s started strong, but it got cut short.) Why subject yourself to four more years of misery when you could be spending time at Rehoboth Beach and basking in nostalgic accolades?”

There’s a taste of desperation in Bill Scher’s column, and I have to admit it was schadenfreudelicious.

RE-FUND THE POLICE: Minneapolis’ New Crowdfunding Craze: Police. “$2,640 annually is a lot of money for most household budgets, and those extra patrol hours won’t be kind to a police force already stretched thin.”

FROM PRO-CHOICE TO PRO-ABORTION TO ANTI-BIRTH: In Show Of Pro-Abortion Brutality, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Just Slashed Care For Pregnant Women From Michigan’s Budget.

STRAIGHT TEACHERS SHOULDN’T BE DOING THAT: Kamala Harris Goes Full Groomer, Wants LGBT Teachers to ‘Love Openly’ in Their Classrooms.

SKYNET SMILES: Chess-playing robot grabs child opponent’s finger and breaks it.

HMM: Why Has Cooperstown Shut Out Curt Schilling?

COMMUNIST FRONT CORPORATION: Feds’ case against Huawei in cell networks tracked ‘unprofitable’ deals near US military bases. “An FBI investigation into Huawei reveals the Chinese telecom company had a pattern of installing equipment on cell towers near military bases in rural America — even if it wasn’t profitable to do so, according to a report from CNN. The unearthed investigation sheds some light on the US government’s motive behind the stalled ‘rip and replace’ program that pushes for the removal of Huawei’s tech throughout the country.”

BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: Move Over, Monkeypox: ‘Islamophobia’ Breaks Out in Southern Indiana.

GOOD: Biden’s symptoms ‘continue to improve significantly,’ says White House physician.

If a 79-year-old man in apparent decline health can recover so quickly while suffering so little, then it’s time for even the worst panic-mongers to admit the emergency is over.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The COVID Vax Nazis Always Knew They Were Wrong. “Saying that the government “overplayed” the messaging redefines understatement. We were told in no uncertain terms that the vaccines were going to stop COVID quicker than a Kamala Harris cackle can make any situation awkward.”

SHOT: How Did Democrats Become So Out of Touch With the American People? -Josh Hammer

Chaser: How in God’s name are the Democrats still losing — even after Jan. 6 hearings and Roe? –Salon

Well, if you want to lose touch with the American people, reading Salon is as good a place to start as any.

YES. NEXT QUESTION? Did Our Health Experts Lie About COVID Vaccines?

BIDENFLATION: There Are Signs Inflation May Have Peaked, but Can It Come Down Fast Enough?

Ed Hyman, chairman of Evercore ISI, pointed to many indicators that 9.1% might have been the top. Gasoline prices have fallen around 10% from their mid-June high point of $5.02 a gallon, according to AAA. Wheat futures prices have fallen by 37% since mid-May and corn futures prices are down 27% from mid-June. The cost of shipping goods from East Asia to the U.S. West Coast is 11.4% lower than a month ago, according to Xeneta, a Norway-based transportation-data and procurement firm.

Easing price pressures and improvements in backlogs and supplier delivery times in business surveys suggest that supply-chain snarls are unraveling. Mr. Hyman noted that money-supply growth has slowed sharply, evidence that monetary tightening is starting to bite.

We still have drought, fertilizer shortages, reduced domestic energy production, and a lot of unspent stimulus money filling state coffers — all inflationary.

But on the money supply side, Democrats seem to have (mostly) run out of steam conjuring up funny money by the trillions. And on the demand side, tapped out consumers and rising interest rates are both putting a damper on demand.

So inflation will abate at some point, but it will still be at least another two years before wages catch up to where they were two years ago.

NO. NEXT QUESTION? Will Traffickers Targeting Children With Deadly Fentanyl Finally Make President Biden Do Something About the Border?

KEVIN DOWNEY JR: Is That ‘Woke’ I Smell? N.C. Police Chief, Entire PD Quit, Citing New Town Manager.

TEXAS: Republican Agriculture Commissioner Comes Out For Legalizing Medical Marijuana.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY: Whip It, Whip It Good. “This week’s Florida Man Friday features the world’s worst teddy bear salesman, Spider-Man’s life of crime, and a true story of war zone heroism.”

SPACE: James Webb Spots the Farthest Galaxy Humans Have Ever Seen, Near the Dawn of Time.