Rise of the child-killer fangirls, even the Senates going blue and other commentary

Culture critic: Rise of the Child-Killer Fangirls“As the summer of suicidal empathy gives way to the fall of the copycat child killer,” marvels the Free Press’ Kat Rosenfield, “the perverse empathy for killer women seems to evolve every day into new and alarming forms.” As women like Lindsay Clancy and Nakira Griner commit shocking acts, fangirls offer “reasons why they shouldn’t be held accountable for having done them.” The impulse is to cast a female killer “as a misunderstood martyr” and insist “that no woman ever chooses violence,” but “is driven to it.” They struggle with the idea “that a woman, like a man, can do terrible things.” This perverse empathy “is a disservice to all the non-murderers among us — and for the murderers, a favor they surely don’t deserve.”Republican: Even the Senate’s Going BlueDespite righty gripes “over bad polls,” the GOP is “more likely than not to lose control of the Senate,” as well as the House, concludes Keith Naughton at The Hill.It “seemed inconceivable” a year ago, but polls suggest Democratic Senate candidates “are winning in all the 2024 competitive and Democratic states” — plus Ohio, Alaska and Texas.

The final Senate could land “anywhere from a 53-47 Republican majority (no change) to a 55-45 Democratic wipeout,” but it’s looking like at least “a slim Democratic majority”: the GOP might “hang on to 50 or 51 seats,” but the fact that “their Senate majority is in doubt at all is a major rebuke to Republicans.”Eye on DC: Climate Left Can’t CompromiseJohn Podesta engineered “Joe Biden’s harmful pause on new liquefied natural gas exports” and is now out to sabotage “bipartisan permitting reform” because it might “benefit fossil-fuel production,” fumes the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board.Despite his misleading claims, the “bill doesn’t alter the National Environmental Policy Act’s requirements that agencies review and m...