Top of the Fold

• What to know about today’s California recall election that could (but probably won’t) remove Gavin Newsom (CNBC)

• “Evidence does not show the need for widespread use of booster vaccination”: Tension over COVID boosters rises as FDA regulators quit and publicly blast Biden’s plan (Ars Technica)

• Tony Blinken testifies before House on botched Afghanistan withdrawal (Washington Examiner) | Thousands of lawful U.S. residents left in Afghanistan (Washington Examiner)

Politics

• House Democrats propose one of the largest tax increases ever to pay for President Biden’s $3.5 trillion socialist spending bill (Washington Times) | The proposals amount to a $2 trillion tax hike (Washington Examiner)

• Circling the wagons: Twitter did not violate election laws by throttling Hunter Biden article, Biden’s FEC finds (National Review) | New York Times quietly deletes claim Hunter laptop story was “unsubstantiated” (Washington Examiner)

• White House handlers abruptly cut feed when Biden appears to go off script — and it’s not the first time it’s happened (Fox News)

• Lyin’ Biden claims “first job offer” from Idaho lumber company, but it’s news to them (New York Post)

Security

• DHS chief of staff resigns amid ongoing migrant crisis (New York Post)

• Stranger than fiction: FBI fires Gretchen Whitmer kidnap case agent amid wife beating allegations (Detroit News)

• Apple releases security update after researchers uncover new exploit (UPI)

• Fencing to be reinstalled ahead of “Justice for J6” rally (Washington Post)

“Social Justice”

• We’re shocked — shocked! “Transgender” (read: biological male) fighter who served in the Army Special Forces pulverizes first female opponent in MMA debut (Not the Bee)

• Evangelical Lutheran Church installs first “transgender” (read: female) bishop (Daily Wire)

Notables

• Tropical Storm Nicholas lashes Texas coast (Weather.com)

• Tone-deaf AOC wears “Tax The Rich” dress at $30,000-per-ticket Met Gala (Fox News)

• Team Newsom: No scenario where we lose recall election (Fox News)

• It’s now almost impossible to get arrested for drugs in Washington state (Daily Wire)

Closing Arguments

• Policy: Skyrocketing natural gas prices create new opportunity for nuclear energy (Forbes)

• Satire: Woman attending ultra-exclusive gala for the elite in expensive designer dress lectures nation on inequality (Babylon Bee)

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