DON’T GET COCKY: CNN names Colorado’s Bennet as one of 10 Senate seats at risk of flipping.

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

PRIVACY: Amazon’s Ring privacy problem is back. “Like it or not, Amazon can give Ring footage to cops without your permission — or even a warrant.”

LINCOLN BROWN: BYU and the Trans Agenda. “The College Fix reports that the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, which is part of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is investigating the school’s master’s program in speech pathology, and may consider the program’s certification. The reason? BYU will no longer offer ‘vocal training’ to people who want their voices to sound more like their gender identity.”

JOANNE JACOBS: What will Arizona parents choose? “The 21st-century one-room schoolhouse could be the big winner in Arizona, which has ‘expanded the frontier of school choice,’ writes Max Eden, an American Enterprise Institute research fellow.”

THIS ONE ISN’T NEARLY FINISHED PLAYING OUT: More Fallout for Democrats From 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Story.

JOE DOESN’T NEED ANY HELP FORGETTING: What’s the ‘Sleepy Joe OG’ Weed Strain? Snoop Dogg Will Tell You. “ The cannabis case has everything – Russian, Ukrainian and Chinese flags and it reads ‘you won’t even remember what country you are in!’”

PAULA BOLYARD: Why PJ Media’s Reporting on the 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Matters. “The important thing to understand about this story is this: The man who raped a young girl is now behind bars. While we can’t say for sure, it appears that what prompted his arrest—remember, it was the day after Megan appeared on Fox News—was Megan’s reporting and the involvement of Ohio’s attorney general.”

Read the whole thing.

THE USA TODAY HEADLINE: Starbucks is closing 16 stores nationwide due to personal safety concerns.

The reality: 15 are on the West Coast, one is in Washington, DC.

THEIR APPEAL IS BECOMING MORE SELECTIVE: Adios, Muchachos! Breakfast Taco-Americans Hand Divorce Papers to Woke Democrats.

ANOTHER CRISIS BY DESIGN: Why Biden Could Come Back From Saudi Arabia Empty Handed. “The Middle East is just the right place to go when oil supply is concerned. Unfortunately for President Biden and for consumers in America and elsewhere, the biggest oil producers in the Middle East have very little to offer in the short term to alleviate the pain at the pump. Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude oil exporter, may not have the capacity and/or the willingness to tap deeper into capacity despite the continuous calls from major oil-consuming nations.”

The Left’s war on American energy production is a license for OPEC — and the Saudis in particular — to print money. Why would they help Biden (at their own expense) out of the hole he dug himself?

DON’T BOTHER GRAMPA WHEN HE’S NAPPING: What Could Go Wrong Next? Nationwide Railroad Strike Looms for Monday, and Biden’s Asleep at the Switch.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY:

What did greens use to heat their homes before wood? Natural gas.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: A Thank You Note to DOCTOR Mama Jill Biden for Being an Idiot. “Much has been made in the fawning media about Jill Biden’s career as a teacher. The fact that this idiot woman has had access to young minds in America is truly frightening.”

YA THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS TALK BEFORE MANDATING EVS AND PRICING PEOPLE OUT OF GAS ENGINES? We need to talk about EV charger reliability and why it has to improve.

WELL, WE KNOW WHICH ONE PROVED TO BE CORRECT: Obama Had Some Words for His Former Doctor Who Questioned Biden’s Cognitive Health.

DUPUY INSTITUTE: The Russo-Ukrainian War of 2022 – Day 140 (ground actions).

Lysychansk fell July 3 to Russia. The Russians have advanced some to the west since then and continue slowing advancing, but people are now talking about an “operational pause.” I am really not sure what that means. You either have the aggregated combat power to move forward against your opponent or you don’t. If you don’t, then you halt and rest. Of course, your opponent also gets to rest. Which army is in more need of rest, which army is receiving more new and modern equipment, which army is receiving more new trained troops?

Russia may be able to shift combat forces from other areas, but so can Ukraine. Russia is clearly not pausing because they have outrun their supply lines like the Soviet Army did in Ukraine in February 1943. They haven’t advanced fast enough to outrun much of anything.

Ukraine is making Russia pay for every inch, but until they start taking back ground that Russia chooses to keep holding, they risk the West losing interest. A negotiated settlement would probably be best for all involved, but Biden lacks the clout and the smarts to broker one.

It’s a stupid war that Putin started (and Biden’s sanctions are either failing or backfiring) but, so far, God remains on the side of the heavy artillery.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Sri Lanka Is the Future the Global Elites Want for Everyone.

THE DIGNIFIED RANT celebrates 20 years of blogging.

THE NEWS IS NOT STUNNING BUT MAYBE THE ADMISSION IS: Dr. Fauci Makes a Stunning Admission About the COVID Vaccines.

#TACOBELLEGATE:

BREAKING: Suspect Arrested in Rape of 10-Year-Old Abortion Patient, but Questions Remain.

THIS IS NOT AN EASY READ BUT IT’S AN IMPORTANT ONE: The Collateral Damage of a Movement.

C’MON, MAN: Biden Dismisses Record-High Inflation News As ‘Out-Of-Date.’

[UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL CLIP, POSSIBLE SEXUAL INNUENDO] VIDEO: Biden Getting Lost & Confused Leaving Air Force One (Really).

(Bumped.)