BREAKING: Musk threatens to dump deal in letter to Twitter, SEC. “Capping off a four-week fight over the true percentage of bot content on the platform, Musk’s attorneys warned the current Twitter board that Musk would terminate the deal if Twitter continued to stonewall him on that data.”

PRICKLY POTUS EGO UPDATE: Biden Disses Musk, Wishing Him ‘Lots of Luck on His Trip to the Moon’ (Spoiler: It’s AMERICA’S Trip).

WELCOME BACK, CARTER: Biden Administration Considers A Windfall Tax On Oil And Gas Profits.

MEGAN FOX: Fake News Corrections Prove That Big Media Reporters Didn’t Watch Johnny Depp Trial. “If you want accuracy, don’t look to the dinosaur press.”

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY (RUSSIA EDITION): Vladimir Putin ‘loses his 11th general’ in Ukraine war as defenders ‘ambush his vehicle in Donbas.’

MICHIGAN: Muslim Woman Has to Remove Hijab for Mugshot, CAIR Wins Jackpot.

CHANGE… WELL, NOT REALLY: Gov. Ron DeSantis Launches Governmentwide Effort to Ban Child Sex Changes.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Will Squish Republicans Cave to Democrats on Guns? “Democrats are never satisfied once Republicans yield to them. They’ll just want more. Just look at what they’ve done with abortion. They reject any limitations whatsoever.”

UNEXPECTEDLY: Washington state drivers don’t have to pull over for the cops anymore, so they aren’t. “Last July, a new law went into effect in Washington state that was described as ‘police reform.’ House Bill 1054 made significant changes in how the police are allowed to do their jobs. Police unions had been protesting the measure, saying that it would negatively impact their ability to control crime, but the state’s Democrats cheered the bill as a way to bring more ‘equity’ into the system. One of the changes put in place by the bill was a rule saying the police officers were no longer allowed to engage in high-speed chases except in very limited circumstances. In other words, if the cops see a driver doing something wrong and turn on their sirens and flashers but the motorist doesn’t pull over, there isn’t much they can do about it. To the great surprise of nobody with an IQ higher than tepid water, motorists have begun ignoring the police in increasing numbers and simply refusing to pull over.”

THE POWER TO TAX IS THE POWER TO DESTROY: House Dem Wants to Tax Assault Weapons 1,000% and It Could Pass Without GOP Votes.

THEY CERTAINLY PUT HER IN HER PLACE: Biological males win women’s cycling event, kiss while third place female cares for child. “She’s pictured holding her child and standing in diminutive regard to her biological male counterparts.”

Plus: “Bridges was also cycling and winning competitions in male categories as recently as February, and was registered for the British National Omnium as a man.”

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: GOP Congressman Retires After Supporting Assault Weapons Ban.

KRUISER: My Guns Aren’t Shooting Anyone. Why Should I Give Them Up?

The vintage pic of Kruiser with a .50 cal is a nice tough.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY: Love, FedEx and Nude…

It’s a record-breaking edition, among other things.

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: The Navy’s ‘Ghost Fleet’ of Robo-Subs Will Drop Deadly Surprises for Enemies.

ICYMI: Weekend at Biden’s.

PUNCH BACK TWICE AS HARD: 5 Indicted APD Officers Sue City, DA Garza, SJW Groups. “The kangaroo court proceedings against 19 APD officers for daring to enforce the law and keep order rather than letting the hard left’s pet Antifa/BlackLivesMatter rioters go on a spree of destruction continues to grind away, but five of the indicted officers are fighting back.”

I JUST WISH THEY’D PUT THE BEEF TALLOW BACK IN THE DEEP FRYERS: Hate Crime of Shakedown for Money? McDonald’s Accused of Serving Bacon to Muslim Family.

COLORADO: Marshall Fire To Generate $20 Million In Tax Revenue As Homeowners Skimp: ‘Cobbling Together Dollar By Dollar.’

As Marshall Fire victims struggle to scrape together enough money to rebuild, the state, Boulder County, City of Louisville and RTD will all see a tax windfall from the disaster. Together, they will receive some $20 million in use taxes, which are taxes applied to materials and appliances used to build or, in the case of fire victims, rebuild homes.

It’s tax revenue that homeowners say governments didn’t expect before the disaster and should now refund.

Marshall Together and Superior Rising, organizations made up of fire victims, are now asking for a waiver or refund of use taxes. Of the nearly 1,100 homes destroyed in the Marshall Fire, only about 90 have enough insurance to rebuild.

“People are cobbling dollar by dollar how to do this,” said Tawnya Samauroo, whose home in Louisville was among those burned. Because of factors out of homeowners control, like inflation, the cost to rebuild has skyrocketed.

Samauroo says it will take $840,000 to replace her 1,700 square foot home even though she’s downgrading some things.

That’s an obscene price for a downgraded house of that size, but on top of recent inflation, we’ve been getting Californicated here for a long time.

CONFORM, THEY EXPLAINED: California High School Bars Unvaccinated Students From Attending Graduation Ceremonies.

BREAKING: Best. News. Ever. About Dr. Fauci.

WELL, YES: Analyst: ‘Near certainty’ gas prices will hit $5 a gallon.

In California the average price is already well over $6, and the summer peak demand season is just getting started.

MYSTIFIED: Overdoses Up 700% After Oregon Decriminalizes Hard Street Drugs. Officials Mystified.

There’s a case to be made for decriminalization, but it involves getting serious about mandator rehab and treatment for mental illness — not just leaving sick people out on the street to “self-medicate” themselves to death.

But that’s what passes for progressive compassion.

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: If Joe Biden Cared About Gun Laws, Hunter Biden Would Already Be In Jail.

MATT MARGOLIS: The Liberal Media Will Bury the Tulsa Shooting. Here’s Why.