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What We’re Reading: Hanoi Joe, EVs Unplugged, ‘Trump Must Die’ … And More

Hey Big Censor

Joe Biden’s First Amendment Legal Blow Sparks MAGA Reaction: ‘This Is Huge’ — Newsweek

The Biden Administration’s Escalating Campaign against Free Speech — National Review

Hanoi Joe

More on Bizarre Comment Biden Made Right Before Staff Pulled the Plug on His Vietnam Presser — RedState

Biden Bombs (in) Hanoi — Powerline

‘Thank You Everybody!’: Rambling Biden Cut Off Mid-Sentence As Staffers Scramble To End Press Conference — Daily Caller

Biden Holds Bizarre, Rambling Press Conference in Vietnam — Breitbart

US denies Cold War with China in historic Vietnam visit — BBC

What Joe Biden’s Mini-Visit to Vietnam Reveals Anyway — Andrew Malcolm, RedState

Toddler in Chief

WATCH: Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 59) — Washington Free Beacon

Biden Wraps Up G20 Conference by Announcing ‘I’m Going to Bed’  — Daily Beast

Hawaii lawmaker rips president after appearing to fall asleep during memorial — Fox News

Democrats express frustration with Biden’s moribund poll numbers — The Hill

Why Attacks on Biden’s Age Won’t Work — Washington Monthly

EVs Unplugged

Electric cars have a road trip problem, even for the secretary of energy — NPR

‘Field of dreams’ electric vehicle transition policy scrutinized — Just the News

The Demand Problem for Electric Cars — RealClearEnergy

Border Crisis

Michael Bloomberg: The White House Must Act on the Border Crisis — New York Times

Startling increase in illegal aliens hits New Hampshire and other northern border states — Hot Air

Eric Adams Warns New Yorkers That Cuts Are Coming to City Services Due to Illegal Immigrant Crisis — Legal Insurrection

The China–Mexican Drug Cartel–Shoplifting Connection — Epoch Times

Misc

BBC ‘Disinformation’ Reporter Caught Lying On Her Résumé — Off the Press

IRS plans to use AI in crackdown on certain millionaires and companies — Just the News

US military base bans “Sound of Freedom” screening over fake QAnon connections — Not the Bee

New college free speech rankings released. Harvard comes in last. — Straight Arrow News

Biden Aims To Give Federal Workers Largest Pay Increase in 40 Years — Reason

MSNBC columnist demands Trump ‘must die in prison’ to protect democracy. — Fox News

Schools, Universities Bringing Back Mask Mandates, Shutdowns — Daily Signal

Chuck Todd challenges Gavin Newsom on COVID closures and Newsom is as infuriatingly smug as ever — Twitchy

America’s Coming Green Nightmare — The Pipeline

Democrats Are Terrified About the 2024 Election. The Numbers Will Tell You Why — RedState

Humor

The Week in Pictures: Hurricane Biden? — Powerline

ESPN Baffled What Athlete Kneeling With Eyes Closed And Hands Folded Could Possibly Be Doing — Babylon Bee

College Student Given 68 Years To Live After Contracting New COVID Variant — Glorious American

Embattled Clarence Thomas Wishing he’d Accepted Foreign Bribes Instead of Vacationing with Friends — The People’s Cube

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