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What We’re Reading: Hard Landing, Racist Ian Aid, Libs Ignore Iran Protests … And More

Economy

Hard Landing for U.S. Economy Very Likely in 2023 — RealClearPolitics

Corporate Number Crunching Games Signal a Deteriorating Economy — Bloomberg

‘Evidence of a slowdown’: US consumers spurn big-ticket items like cars, couches, cruises — Yahoo Finance

Hurricane Ian

‘We Are A Second Amendment State’: DeSantis Warns Off Prospective Ian Looters — Daily Caller

MSNBC’s Joy Reid claims DeSantis warning to looters is a racist threat from a ‘segregationist’ — American Thinker

Biden Thanks Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer He’s Kicking Out over Vaccine Mandate — Breitbart

The grotesque politicization of Hurricane Ian — Washington Examiner

Elon Musk Slams Kamala Harris For Racial Remarks About Distributing Disaster Assistance — Daily Wire

Iran Protests

‘Women are in charge.  They are leading’: Iran protests continue despite crackdowns  — The Guardian

How Iran’s Hijab Protest Movement Became So Powerful — The New Yorker

As Women in Iran Are Shot Down While Fighting for Their Rights, the Squad Has Little to Say — PJ Media

2022 Elections

Democrats worry polls showing them as Senate favorites are wrong — The Hill

Apocalypse now: Democrats embrace a dark midterm message  — Washington Post

The Daily Chart That Should Terrify Democrats — Powerline

Plug-in Cars

Driver dies after being trapped in a burning Tesla after a crash in Manatee County, FHP says — Bradenton Herald

Biden Pledge to Make Federal Fleet Electric Faces Slow Start — Newsmax

Tesla third-quarter deliveries miss estimates — Yahoo Finance

New York Will Ban Gas Car Sales by 2035, Copying California — Daily Signal

Gas Prices

No, gas prices are not still going down — Hot Air

Biden Washes His Hands of Gas Prices Now That They’re Going Back Up — PJ Media

Big Tech Censorship

Enemies list?  Fed-backed censorship machine targeted 20 news sites — Just the News

Senior Moment

WATCH: Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week Vol. 13 — Washington Free Beacon

Misc

Animated Chart of the Day: Recorded Music Sales by Format Share, 1973 to 2022 — Mark Perry, Carpe Diem

September Border Crossings To Set New Record, Internal DHS Data Show — Washington Free Beacon

Justice Thomas goes toe-to-toe with the legal ‘chimpanzee’ — Washington Times

Spate of political violence befalls conservatives shortly after Biden’s anti-MAGA speech — Fox News

Trevor Noah Slinks Off ‘Daily Show’ After Losing 75% of Audience — Breitbart

California just made it legal for minors to travel there from other states to get cross-sex drugs and surgery without their parents’ consent — Not the Bee

Meet Monica Medina: Biden’s new plant and animal ambassador — CFACT

Humor

AOC: ‘If the recession is so bad why are all my friends in DC getting so rich?’ — Genesius Times

Opinion: Joe Biden Wandering Away from the Podium Is A Powerful Statement On Quiet, Dignified Leadership — Babylon Bee

FBI Asks Antifa To Teach Concerned Parents How To Peacefully Protest — Glorious American

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