OMG, a genius you are! I run Mullvad VPN occasionally, but somehow, even though it's not set to launch on startup, it activated "Lockdown mode" on its own. I fired up the VPN and everything works! Turned off lockdown mode and disconnected the VPN and all is back to normal.
Thanks you so much for the help!
Thank you for all of your help! @[email protected] figured it out thankfully. Damn Mullvad VPN locked down all on its own. Bizarre.