GOOD:

IMAGINARY PRONOUNS, REAL TORNADOES:

Next time, the tornadoes should be thoughtful enough to line up during business hours.

DEI COSTS LIVES:

SOMETIMES, ONLY THE DEATH PENALTY WILL DO:

SORT OF LIKE AN OPEN THREAD BUT WITH WINE: Instapundit readers are again warmly invited to watch and participate in a videocast in which I’ll be a guest. 7-8 PM EST tonight, and also available on replay.

And like all the best joints, no cover, no minimum.

Several IP folks joined in last week, asking questions or adding comments. The show’s theme is to talk about a wide range of subjects in the news and allow (gasp!) a reasonable conversation, respecting those who express unpopular but well-stated views.

What an idea, right?

Here are the links, take your pick of whichever is easiest for you:

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Facebook

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TourOfDuty

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Twitch

Locals

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CHRISTIAN TOTO: Jon Stewart Ignores His Critical Role in Biden Cover-Up.

Tapper had it coming. So, too, does Stewart, except he’s pretending otherwise.

Late-night TV, along with “Saturday Night Live,” did all they could to hide Biden’s sad decline. Hosts like Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and John Oliver either ignored the countless Biden gaffes or actively spun reality to pretend he was just an old man, not one battling a dementia-like condition.

Stewart is considered the dean of late-night political humor. And, on occasion, he puts his liberal blinders down to speak straight to his audience.

And yet he did very little of the kind when it came to Biden’s cognitive state.

Read the whole thing.

THIS IS CNN:

NEW REBOOT OF THE GOLDEN GIRLS LOOKS UNWATCHABLE. 1/10. CANNOT RECOMMEND: The Democrats’ Base Turns Out.

Meanwhile, in the wake of last night’s murders, Rubio is looking spot-on in his exchange with Pramila Jayapal:

UNDER THE BUS: Tapper’s Book May End Kamala’s Political Career.

There’s still no word yet as to whether Kamala Harris will run for governor of California or hold out for another doomed attempt at the presidency. But it might be a moot point in light of revelations in Jake Tapper’s new book “Original Sin” about the Biden administration’s systematic cover-up of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. Oh sure, we all knew Biden was impaired, but the difference between today and the four years of the Biden presidency is that now even the liberal media is talking about it, and Kamala can’t run from her role in the cover-up.

Past reports indicate that Kamala will make a decision on a gubernatorial bid by this fall. The question is, how will the mainstream coverage of this Biden-Harris administration scandal impact her decision?

She has some serious explaining to do. Throughout Biden’s presidency, she consistently portrayed him as a “strong, effective, and capable leader.” Even after that disastrous June 2024 debate that ultimately led to Biden’s withdrawal from the race, Harris doubled down, telling CNN’s Anderson Cooper it was just “a slow start, but it was a strong finish.”

This scandal isn’t going away. If she chooses to run for governor, she won’t be able to hide from it.

To be fair, Kamala 2020 and Kamala 2024 may have done far worse damage to Kamala’s political career than Tapper and Thompson could ever hope to with their book.

HMM: Target’s Sales Dented by DEI Boycott.

The retail company said a laundry list of problems dragged down its quarterly sales, including a boycott by shoppers who disagreed with its decision this year to end some diversity programs.

Target’s sales have been tepid for years.

Did anyone stop and wonder if maybe Target’s sales have been tepid because the company went all-in on DEI, woke, and “pride” — even in the children’s clothing department?