Headlines, themes and issues that caught our eye.

Is Corporate DEI Really On Its Last Legs?

American Airlines ends DEI hiring program — America First Legal, via Citizen Free Press

How woke died — Don Surber, Substack

DEI-Tied Executive Pay Loses Ground at Companies Amid Backlash — Bloomberg

Court Blocks Nasdaq Diversity Rules Challenging Corporate DEI Efforts — Forbes

Nearly all Fortune 500 companies still maintain corporate DEI commitments: report — Fox News

Drones Become A Big Topic Of Discussion

NJ Mayor Thinks Mystery Drones Are Looking for ‘Radioactive Material’ that Went Missing Weeks Ago — Breitbart

Mystery Drone Sightings at Military Bases is an International Problem — Newsweek, via MSN

Drone sightings continue in New Jersey and across the US. Here’s what we know — Associated Press

Growing calls for action as drone sightings continue across the Northeast — NBC News

FBI addresses mystery lights over East Coast as public warned not to shoot them down — The Independent

Journalist Obtained a WH Conference Call About the Drones. Mayors Are Livid — Townhall

Many World Governments Teetering On The Brink

A new age of politics is upon the world — as toppled leaders lose their grip on power — New York Post

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses no-confidence vote, election called for early next year — Fox News

Seoul’s Constitutional Crisis Has Upset East Asia’s Security Status Quo — The Heritage Foundation

Justin Trudeau Nears the End in Canada — Wall Street Journal

Will Trumpism Go Global? — Committee to Unleash Prosperity

In a Rudderless Europe, Italy Has Its Moment — New York Times

Nationalism Revisited (long read) — Who Is Robert Malone

Far-Left Violence, Obamacare And The Murder Of Brian Thompson

No, Socialized Medicine Wouldn’t Have Saved United Healthcare’s CEO — The Federalist

UnitedHealthcare and the ObamaCare Con — Wall Street Journal, via MSN

Obamacare is the missing word as Democrats rage against healthcare system — Washington Examiner

ObamaCare provision among Ivy League murder suspect’s possible triggers: Ret. FBI agent — Fox News

Americans Pay The Price For The Left’s Broken Healthcare System — TIPP Insights

NYC Mayor Adams Blames Leftwing Radicalization for Murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO — The Liberty Daily, via Rumble

‘Climate Change’ Actions Fail In U.S., Overseas

Biden administration seeks to punish oil companies — American Thinker

Trump expected to annihilate California’s ‘green mandates’ – the most radical in the world — America Out Loud News

Energy Showdown: State Mandates Surpass Biden’s Efforts Against Fossil Fuels — Dallas Express

Cold without wind: German ‘dunkelflaute’ brings electricity prices to crisis levels and depletes gas reserves — El Pais

Plastic Recycling Is A ‘Dead End Street,’ Says . . . Greenpeace? — John Stossel, X

Bidenomics Continues To Fail

Government Spending Decreased Americans’ Purchasing Power: Reports — The Epoch Times

37% of Americans Struggle to Pay Their Most Basic Bills as Food Prices Accelerate Again — Economic Collapse Report

Philly Fed Finds All Jobs “Created” In Q2 Were Fake — Infowars

Russia-Ukraine War Stumbles On, As Putin Weakens

Putin Warns That the West Is Pushing Russia Beyond the “Red Line” While Building Up Troops in Europe — Zero Hedge

Ukraine Says It Killed Senior Russian General in Moscow Scooter Bombing — Wall Street Journal

Trump criticises Biden for allowing Ukraine to fire US missiles deep into Russia — Euronews, via MSN

Russian military has begun large-scale withdrawal from Syria, US and Western officials say — CNN

Russia is Suddenly Looking Weak — Hot Air