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Bidenomics Is Unsustainable . . . The Biden administration claims its policies are bringing manufacturing jobs back to U.S. shores. But strikes by auto workers, healthcare workers, and Hollywood writers and actors demonstrate that key pillars of President Biden’s economic agenda are bad for American industry. By heavily subsidizing unionization, Bidenomics is likely to raise production costs, drive more-frequent strikes, and erode America’s international competitiveness.

The administration’s fiscal glut includes many taxpayer-funded incentives for expanding industrial capacity. The Inflation Reduction Act’s climate and energy subsidies are expected to surpass $1 trillion. While the inflationary effect is obvious, less appreciated is that these massive fiscal programs are designed to stimulate unionization. Wall Street Journal

Haley heads into second debate banking on keeping up momentum from the first . . . Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is heading into the second Republican National Committee debate next week with more momentum behind her campaign after a standout performance at the first GOP primary debate last month. Her first debate performance saw her campaign see a rise in enthusiasm at early state rallies, a sizable increase in donations, and a bump in some national and state polls. All of these facts are giving her supporters cause to believe Haley could become one of the dominant candidates in the primary race, apart from former President Donald Trump, the front-runner. Washington Examiner

Republicans raise alarm on failed Biden nominee who continues crafting regs targeting gas-powered cars . . . A coalition of 13 Senate Republicans is warning that a top Biden administration official overseeing aggressive fuel efficiency regulations is illegally serving in the position, nullifying recent actions her agency has taken. In a letter Wednesday to President Biden, the GOP senators, led by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee, said National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Acting Administrator Ann Carlson must be immediately removed from her position. Earlier this year, Carlson failed to clear Senate confirmation to permanently lead NHTSA. Fox News

Ron DeSantis aims for $2 gas in new energy video . . . Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) released a new video Wednesday teasing his energy policy strategy, vowing to undo the Biden administration’s policies and ramp up domestic fossil fuel production to lower gas prices to $2. If elected president, DeSantis says in the video, “We're going to open up all energy production." "We will be energy dominant again in this country," the Republican presidential candidate adds. Washington Examiner

Feds thwarted probe into possible 'criminal violations' involving 2020 Biden campaign, agents say . . . The FBI and IRS probed allegations that Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign may have benefitted from “campaign finance criminal violations” by allowing a politically connected lawyer to help pay off Hunter Biden’s large tax debts but agents were blocked by federal prosecutors from further action, according to new information uncovered by congressional investigators. Just the News

Former Capitol Police chief blames Pelosi for Jan. 6 security failures . . . Rep. Nancy Pelosi was among the key players whom former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven A. Sund said was responsible for the breakdown in security that led to the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Sund testified before the House Administration Oversight subcommittee Tuesday and told lawmakers that at the time of the attack, he learned that then-Speaker Pelosi never wanted the National Guard deployed. Washington Times

Biden, Netanyahu to discuss Saudi normalization, Iran . . .  U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday will hold their first face-to-face talks since Netanyahu took power in December, with topics expected to include a potential Israel-Saudi normalization deal and Iran. Biden had held off extending an invitation to Netanyahu out of concern about a judicial overhaul that curbs the power of judges undertaken by his right-wing government as well as Israel's expansion of settlements on the occupied West Bank. Reuters

Ukrainian Tactics Put Russia on the Defensive in the Black Sea . . . Commercial vessels have resumed using Ukraine’s main port of Odesa without asking permission from Russia for the first time since the war began—showing just how much the balance of power has changed in the Black Sea. By imposing an asymmetrical war that relies on domestically produced naval drones and missiles, and that targets Russians ships in their own home bases, Ukraine has eroded much of Russia’s vaunted naval superiority. Now, it is taking the battle to Russia itself. Wall Street Journal

China flies more than 150 military planes toward Taiwan as island condemns military ‘harassment’ . . . China’s military sent over 150 warplanes toward Taiwan this week in an unprecedented military action that the island’s government swiftly condemned as "harassment." On Monday, mainland China’s military, known formally as the People’s Liberation Army, flew 103 warplanes near and over the island in a 24-hour period in what the island’s defense ministry called a recent new high. On Tuesday, an additional 55 PLA aircraft were detected near the island by Taiwan’s R.O.C. Armed Forces.

The Ministry of National Defense said 40 of the planes invaded Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone, the symbolic median line between mainland China and the island. They included more than 30 fighter jets as well as midair refueling tanker planes. Another 27 of the warplanes on Tuesday crossed the ADIZ. Fox News

Hardeep Singh Nijjar: Who was the Sikh leader murdered in Canada? . . .  The June murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada has triggered new diplomatic tensions between Ottawa and New Delhi, with Canada saying it suspects India's involvement in the killing and India calling the allegations "absurd". Here is what is known about Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the man at the centre of the row. - Nijjar was born in 1977 in Jalandhar district in India's northern state of Punjab and moved to Canada in 1997, where he worked as a plumber, according to the Khalistan Extremism Monitor of the New Delhi-based independent Institute for Conflict Management. Reuters

Money

Gas Prices Have Crept Higher This Summer, a Challenge for the Fed . . . Your eyes are not deceiving you: Gas prices are rising yet again. On Wednesday, the national average for unleaded gasoline was $3.88 per gallon, according to AAA, the highest level since October. That’s far below its peak in June 2022, when the average briefly ticked over $5 a gallon after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine crimped global oil supplies and sent fuel costs skyrocketing. But it’s still much higher than historical averages, even for summer, when prices tend to rise. New York Times

US national debt hits $33T for first time in history . . . The U.S. national debt topped $33 trillion for the first time ever on Monday, crossing a critical milestone at a time when government spending is already under scrutiny. The national debt – which measures what the U.S. owes its creditors — hit $33.04 trillion as of Monday afternoon, according to new data published by the Treasury Department. By comparison, just four decades ago, the national debt hovered around $907 billion. Fox Business

Culture

VIDEO: Liberals Try To Explain Why You Can Change Your Gender But Not Your Race . . . The Daily Caller’s Malik Lahrim took to the streets of Washington, D.C., to present liberals with a conundrum: if you can change your gender, can you change your race? Turns out, science applies half of the time. Daily Caller

Oliver Anthony’s Remedy for the ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ . . . Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Striking a deep chord with millions of increasingly desperate Americans, Oliver Anthony’s self-recorded musical lament, “Rich Men North of Richmond,” rocketed to the number one spot on the charts in August, amassing more than 66 million views on YouTube alone. One commenter observed, “He’s not just a country singer. He’s a singer for our country.” Oliver Anthony’s anthem captures the overwhelming sense of despair among our working poor as they watch the American Dream disintegrate along with any hope that their children will lead better lives. Substack

Watching Girls Die Online . . . When raw food influencer Zhanna Samsonova died in July at the age of 39, after reportedly eating only fruit for the past seven years, she was just the latest person to join a tragic club: anorexic influencers who have starved themselves to death in public. Other recent examples include Amy Ellis earlier this year, who had 140K followers on TikTok, and Josi Maria in 2020, who had 138K followers on Instagram. There was also Kylie Jaye, a so-called fitness guru who died a few weeks before her birthday, and Nikki Grahame, a reality TV star, who was found dead the following month in her London flat in April 2021. Free Press

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeal denied in Russia, keeping him jailed until November . . . Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia on what he, his employer and the U.S. government deem phony espionage charges since March, had an appeal for his release denied by a Moscow court Tuesday. The court rejected Gershkovich's appeal against the three-month extension of his pre-trial detention following a closed hearing. Gershkovich will, therefore, remain in custody until at least Nov. 30. Fox News 

The anti-vaccine movement is on the rise. The White House is at a loss over what to do about it . . . A Biden administration that vowed to restore Americans’ faith in public health has grown increasingly paralyzed over how to combat the resurgence in vaccine skepticism. And internally, aides and advisers concede there is no comprehensive plan for countering a movement that’s steadily expanded its influence on the president’s watch. Politico

Hmm. Wonder why?

Police find female designer's stolen clothes in ex-Biden official Sam Brinton's home . . .  Police returned articles of clothing to a Tanzanian fashion designer they obtained while executing a search warrant of disgraced ex-Department of Energy (DOE) official Sam Brinton's home. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) Police Department confirmed the clothes were returned to Asya Khamsin, who has alleged Brinton publicly wore clothing she designed, but which was in her bag she reported missing at Ronald Reagan National Airport years ago. In May, MWAA police officers executed a search warrant in connection with the case at Brinton's Maryland residence. Fox News

Biden’s campaign set to counterpunch on misinformation . . . Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is overhauling its strategy to fight misinformation on social media in the 2024 race, recruiting hundreds of staffers and volunteers to monitor platforms, buying advertising to fight bogus claims, pushing its own countermessages out through grassroots allies — with a bulldog aide helping lead the effort.

The change is driven by concern that social media companies are less willing to police political misinformation, and also by the risks of mistruths and attacks from Republican rival Donald Trump and other GOP candidates, according to interviews with five Biden campaign officials over the past several weeks. Politico

Dems have the algorithm for winning elections. It's why the don't care whom they are running as presidential candidate, whether it's a senile Joe Biden or a zombie.

Israel’s ambassador to UN detained after leaving General Assembly to protest Iranian president’s speech . . . United Nations security personnel on Tuesday detained Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. shortly after he left the General Assembly Hall to protest a speech by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. The ambassador told Fox News Digital he was detained with "unacceptable" brutality. Before storming out of the General Assembly Hall, Gilad Erdan held up a picture of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman who was brutally murdered last year by the country’s so-called morality police for not properly wearing her hijab. Fox News

Bears raid doughnuts from Krispy Kreme delivery van in Alaska . . .  A Krispy Kreme delivery driver in Alaska captured a photo when he caught an unusual pair of thieves -- a mother bear and her cub -- raiding doughnuts from the back of his van. Shelly Deano, manager of the Krispy Kreme Express store on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, said the driver was delivering doughnuts to the store when the bears entered through the open back door of the delivery vehicle. The driver snapped a photo that was shared on Facebook by Krispy Kreme Alaska.

"You could hear them breaking open the packages," Deano told KTUU-TV. "We were trying to beat on the van but they just kept eating all the doughnuts. They ate 20 packages of the doughnut holes and I believe six packages of the three-pack chocolate doughnuts."  UPI