The media's DeSantis hysteria intensifies  —  Every time there's a bout of bad news out of Florida regarding the coronavirus pandemic, the media work itself into a tizzy to try and pin everything on Gov. Ron DeSantis and make him out to be some sort of villain.

Dominion Sues Newsmax, One America News Network, Others Over Election Claims  —  Voting-machine company seeks billions of dollars in damages, citing lost profit and other costs  —  WASHINGTON—One of the largest voting-machine companies in the U.S. on Tuesday sued two conservative media networks …

Andrew Cuomo's War Against a Federal Prosecutor  —  A call to the Obama White House that some legal experts say is impeachable fits a pattern of the Governor smearing those who scrutinize him.  —  In April, 2014, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo placed a call to the White House and reached Valerie Jarrett …

Walker's wife voted in Georgia as couple lives in Texas, records show  —  Potential U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker and his wife live in Texas, but she voted in Georgia's election for president last fall.  —  The absentee ballot cast by Julie Blanchard raises questions about whether …

Deceptions and lies: What really happened in Afghanistan  —  Part one of an excerpt from “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.”  Whitlock will discuss the book during a Washington Post Live event on Aug. 31.  —  The suicide bomber arrived at Bagram air base in a Toyota Corolla late in the morning on Feb. 27, 2007.

Trump was ‘in pain and afraid’ during post-Covid display of bravado, niece's book says  —  Mary Trump's new book The Reckoning, seen by the Guardian, describes a national trauma worsened by her uncle  —  Donald Trump was “afraid” when he put on a display of bravado at the White House …

POLITICO Playbook: The latest Democratic feud to watch  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TARMAC FEVER SWEEPS THE SENATE FLOOR — It's about time.  After months of haggling, the chamber is expected to pass the BIF today at 11 a.m., then move fairly quickly to consider Democrats' $3.5 trillion budget resolution.

Biden's radical remaking of America  —  Senate Democrats released a 92-page outline of President Joe Biden's agenda Monday morning.  It is nothing short of a blueprint for a far-left, radical remaking of the United States.  —  Weighing in at a supposed $3.5 trillion, the Democratic spending …

Anti-vaccine protesters tried to storm the BBC's offices.  But they had the wrong address.  —  A group of coronavirus vaccine protesters attempted to storm the offices of British public broadcaster BBC on Monday.  But they had one big problem: the wrong address.

Lawyer for House conservatives suing Pelosi has his own rap sheet  —  The attorney for a trio of hardline House conservatives who are suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi has had his own run-in with the law.  —  Chris Wiest, the lawyer for Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) …

All population growth in U.S. driven by minorities, upcoming census data likely to reveal  —  For the first time in the history of the country's census taking, the number of White people in the United States is widely expected to show a decline when the first racial breakdowns from the 2020 Census are reported this week.

Vaccination Status Has Americans Picking Sides  —  Vaccination status is splitting up groups of close friends and families; ‘it could just turn into a really nasty battle’  —  Weeks of rising Covid-19 cases have hardened divisions within families, communities and friend groups over which members …

CNN and ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush are blasted for fake news story that helped to raise $230,000 for ‘single mom of three facing homelessness over eviction moratorium’ - but who was actually just a BABYSITTER  — CNN recently came under fire for a story about a ‘single mom of three’ children who turned out to just be a babysitter

Vaccines are being required for travel — here's how unvaccinated people feel about that  —  Unvaccinated people are eager to travel again.  But more and more, the rules make that harder.  —  Travelers are increasingly required to show proof of vaccination before they can cruise …

Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for one week  —  (CNN Business)Twitter (TWTR) has suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for one week following another violation of the platform's rules, the company said Tuesday.  —  Greene tweeted on Monday that the Food and Drug Administration …

Chicago cops give cold shoulder to Mayor Lightfoot at hospital after two officers shot  —  The officers were waiting inside at the University of Chicago Medical Center when the mayor approached them and they turned their backs on her, sources said.  —  They turned away and gave her their backs.

What was Bakari Sellers thinking in Ohio 11? … Bakari Sellers, the former South Carolina state legislator who has appeared frequently at AIPAC events and is a close ally of Vice President Kamala Harris and other establishment Democratic figures, turned some heads when he threw his weight behind Nina Turner …

Cori Bush Wants to Defund the Police.  My Neighbors Have Other Ideas.  —  The congresswoman can afford private security.  Those who live in Oakland, California, don't have that luxury. … — BW  —  In February, a mile and a half from my house, at a park featuring an “I Can Do Anything” …

Don't buy the latest climate-change alarmism  —  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just released its latest climate report, and reactions from politicians and media pundits could not have been more predictable.  —  Fitting the apocalyptic narrative many have spun lately …

Manchin may be the only one who can save the Hyde Amendment  —  It could all be up to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to preserve the life-saving Hyde amendment in the budget reconciliation process.  —  If pro-abortion Democrat senators succeed in first passing the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill …

Prince Andrew sued in federal court for alleged sexual abuse  —  The lawsuit comes almost two years to the day that Epstein died in jail.  —  An alleged victim of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew of Britain on Monday, accusing the embattled 61-year-old royal …

I Need To Stop Scrolling  —  The diminishing returns of constant covid news … EDITOR'S NOTE: I left an editing note to myself in bold in the original draft of this newsletter at the end of the first paragraph.  Because I forgot to address it before I scheduled this piece to publish …

Despite weeks of protests, France implements health pass at cafes and train stations with little drama  —  PARIS — After weeks of protests, France saw relatively little drama on Monday as it expanded its national experiment with coronavirus mandates and began to require that people show …

The Proud Parents  —  There's an old saying, “Scratch a liar, find a thief.”  This sums up Joe Biden.  —  He's a colossal liar, and he's also a thief in a manner of speaking because the presidential election was stolen for him.  —  A friend recently told me a variation of that saying: “Scratch a Democrat, find a fascist.”

'We're in trouble': Rural America can't escape Delta  —  EVANSTON, Wyo. — Steven was finally getting his Covid-19 shot because Mama told him to.  And nobody crosses Mama.  —  Standing between the fried bread and slushie stands at the Uinta County fairgrounds in southwestern Wyoming …

The Elite Beltway Pedigree of Officer ‘Redneck’  —  The only question now is which book publisher will give Fanone a multimillion-dollar advance.  —  Officer Michael Fanone plays the part well.  —  He speaks with what most Americans would consider a rural drawl.