Monday, July 3, 2023

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Here we are on July 4th eve 2023, 247 years after the founding of the country, and at last, Supreme Court Ends the Last Vestige of ‘Systemic Racism’ in America, according to Josh Hammer at Am Great. Even ABC admits Most Americans approve of Supreme Court decision restricting use of race in college admissions, although they're not happy about it. Da Wire, Most Americans Support Supreme Court Decision On Affirmative Action. Ramesh Thakur at Brownstone reminds us Affirmative Action Entrenches Division and Bigotry. Eddie Scarry at Da Fed, thinks Affirmative Action Is Another Nonsense Leftist Position We’ve Been Conditioned To Take Seriously. Da Fed's Elle Purnell catalogs The 15 Best Zingers, Maxims, And Mic-Drops From Clarence Thomas’ Harvard Concurrence. Darel Paul at Compact writes Diversity Won’t Save Our Ruling Class. Bob Taft at Am Think thinks about The Real Status of Black Students.

Liberty Unyielding (henceforth LU), demonstrates that Progressive Supreme Court justices can’t do basic math, peddle bogus statistic about black babies’ survival rate. At the College Fix, Ending affirmative action is ‘white supremacy,’ Democrats say. 'Bonchie' at Red State sees Democrats Descend Into Racist Hysteria After Affirmative Action Decision. Twitchy reports Soledad O'Brien tries to shame Asian-American immigrant over affirmative action. From OutKick, Jemele Hill Tweets That Asian-American Activist Supports 'White Supremacy' Following Supreme Court Affirmative Action Decision. At Da Caller, Joy Reid: ‘I Got Into Harvard Because Of Affirmative Action,’ Surprising No One, but what about the smarter, poor deserving Asian, or heaven forfend, even white kid, whose place you took? Althouse finds The narrative that Asian-American students were just used by white people who wanted to end affirmative actionKatie Herzog@kittypurrzog, "NPR airs a piece about how the Asians weren’t actually being discriminated against by Harvard etc and were just being used by white people who wanted to end Affirmative Action while interviewing exactly zero people who dissent from that view."  From Da Wire, Ocasio-Cortez: It Is ‘Profoundly Disrespectful’ For Clarence Thomas To Say Blacks Are Not ‘Victims’. NewsBusters reports Mystal Smears Thomas As 'A Mutilated Version Of A Black Justice.' Beege Wellborn responds "I don’t ever – EVER – want anyone to forget how revoting, privileged, and entitled this miserable POS is every single time he opens his vile, racist mouth." At Twitchy, HULK CRY! Mark Ruffalo says SCOTUS is 'illegitimate' for following that pesky Constitution. Da Wire, AOC Suggests She Does Not Know Of Any Checks On The Supreme Court, demonstrating willful ignorance.

Althouse looks at UC Davis plan,  "The scale rates every applicant from zero to 99, taking into account their life circumstances, such as family income and parental education." 

Those on the inside of the admissions process are outraged by the new decision and adamantly believe it's wrongly decided and actively evil. Now, they will be trusted to apply the new rules, whatever they are (and they are vague enough to manipulate). Some years down the road, we'll have the next round of litigation, and who knows who will be on the Court when that happens? It's an ongoing experiment, and it's never going to end.

Herr Professor Jacobsen at LI,  By All Means, Eliminate Legacy And Donor Admissions Preferences Because They Are Corrupting, Regardless of Racial Impact. "My position since long before the recent SCOTUS Affirmative Action decision: “I am against legacy admissions preferences regardless of whether they have a racial impact on admissions, because they contribute to a cronyism that shifts the focus from the individual’s merits to the school’s interest in developing alumni fundraising.”"

From Da Caller, Biden Admin’s New Student Loan Plan Will Involve Zero-Dollar Payments For Millions, No Penalties For A Year. At NYPo, Student-loan forgiveness is dead but Biden’s got an even WORSE plan, "Estimates that account for tuition inflation and future borrowing costs put government expenditures as high as $1 trillion. The old cancellation policy’s $500 billion price tag now almost seems quaint." At Liberty an Prosperity, Is Joe Biden our Grifter-in-Chief? A high bar he might just stumble over. 

Tom Raabe at Am Spec tells of A Necessary — But Troubling — Win for Free Speech in 303 Creative v. Elenis "The Supreme Court lost an opportunity to uphold religious liberty." Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed finds 8 Straight-Fire Quotes From Neil Gorsuch’s Defense Of Free Speech In 303 Creative

Clarice at Am Think thinks Trump’s Greatest Triumph is A Court That Follows the Constitution. Ben Whedon at JTN,  Megyn Kelly celebrates Trump after slew of conservative SCOTUS decisions. "Kelly's touting of Trump's influence on the decisions in notable, in part, due to her high-profile public spat with the former president during his 2016 campaign."  Greg Piper at JTN is happy that the Supreme Court strikes at heart of regulatory state with rulings on free speech, religion, education "Rulings for creative professionals and religious accommodations, and against EPA and Education Department, suggest politically convenient interpretations of statutory authority and constitutional rights will face heavy scrutiny." Chris Queen at PJM, Who Deserves the Credit (and the Blame) for Conservative Supreme Court Victories? He gives credit to RBG. 

At Town Hall, Matt Vespa notes Biden's Propaganda Job Creation Chart Was Fact-Checked, And Then the Note Disappeared. MAZE@mazemoore "The power of repeating a lie. NY Times broke this down in 2019." I&I finds The 4 Big Lies (And 1 Terrible Truth) In Biden’s ‘Bidenomics Is Working’ Speech. "The only thing that Biden said that was truthful in his speech is that “Bidenomics is working.” It’s working all right, assuming that Biden’s plan was to destroy America. As a reminder, below are six charts to show just how well Bidenomics is working." Arnold Steinberg at Am Spec warns Kamala… They Are Coming for You, "The Cackling Vice President, Kamala Harris, is the domino that will fall first." From ET, RFK Jr. Explains the Evolution of His Vocal Condition. I blame vaccines. 'Carpe Diem' at Am Great makes the case that Democrats Baseless Lies Are Responsible For Today’s Divisiveness.

Da Caller's Gavin Wax thinks Republican Voters Won’t Settle For A Pale Imitation Of Donald Trump, meaning DeSantis. "The vision of the post-America First Republican Party is one of Trumpism without Trump, Project Veritas without James O’Keefe, and Fox News without Tucker Carlson. It is a sanitized movement, one that is globalist-approved, where the passions of the public are never inflamed, and the agenda of managed corporatism continues without abatement."

Da Caller again, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown Could Lose His Seat In 2024, First Poll Shows. It's a little early to be counting those chickens. Herr Professor Jacobsen again thinks Democrats’ Voting Rights Act ‘Win’ In Alabama May Backfire, Set Up Republican Congressional Sweep "Democrats thought they would pick up a seat in Alabama, but they may lose the one Alabama seat they currently have."

Sauron's Eye, U.S. attorney defends Hunter Biden probe amid GOP accusations. At Am Great Roger Kimball compares Biden Bribery Wheeze to the Russia Collusion Delusion. "I don’t know where the truth lies in the Biden Bribery Saga. I can but speculate. The more I speculate, the angrier I become." NYPo's divine Ms. Devine is all about Blowing the lid off the cover-up of Hunter Biden’s cushy plea deal. At AEI, Danielle Pletka asks WTH Is Going on with Hunter Biden? Twitchy, D'OH! ABC News' Jon Karl made things awkward twice for this Biden-defending Dem Rep. Breitbart, Nine Times Joe Biden Denied Family Business Involvement Despite Mounting Evidence. John Solomon at JTN, With scandal revelations, Joe Biden couldn’t get a CIA security clearance, intel experts say. Hat Hair, IRS issued threats meant to silence any other Hunter Biden whistleblowers, and your little dog too! Larry O'Connor at Front Page claims The Case Against Merrick Garland is Very Simple, "Someone is lying." The Dersh makes The Case For Impeaching Joe Biden at Da Caller.

At the Peacock, Biden warns top aides against offering him political advice about Hunter, "The president's message, as one source described it, was: “Hands off my family.”" Meanwhile, new reports at NYPo, Hunter Biden filmed himself smoking crack behind the wheel, driving at 172 mph on way to Vegas: photos. And at Da Mail, Life in the fast lane! How reckless Hunter Biden photographed himself driving at 172mph while behind the wheel of his Porsche en route to a days-long Vegas bender with prostitutes and pictured himself smoking CRACK while behind the wheel. At Breitbart, a Report: Biden Aides Told to Ignore Hunter’s Estranged Daughter in Grandchildren Count. Althouse reads the NYT, "In April, President Biden told a group of children that he had 'six grandchildren. And I’m crazy about them. And I speak to them every single day. Not a joke.'"  "But the president has not yet met or publicly mentioned his other grandchild. His White House has not answered questions about whether he will publicly acknowledge her now that the child support case is settled." From the Victory Girls, Worst Grandparents EVAH Award Winners – The Bidens. But at Da Caller, Mother Of Hunter Biden’s Disowned Child Speaks Out After Settlement “We worked it out amongst ourselves,” Roberts told the NYT. As part of the settlement, Hunter Biden will turn over some of his paintings — which have been offered for prices up to $500,000 — to his daughter at her choosing. “I hope one day when you look back you find yourself proud of who you are, where you come from, and most importantly, who raised you,” Roberts captioned an Instagram post in a presumed jab at Hunter Biden." At Da Mail,  Meet the daddy! Hunter Biden agrees to build a relationship with four-year-old daughter Navy Joan – paving the way for Grandpa Joe too – as part of First Son's deal to end hostilities with his baby mama

SLAY reports Special Counsel Jack Smith ‘Ready’ to Hit Trump with 45 More Charges. Apparently unhappy with the judge in Florida, he's shopping for more prosecution friendly venues too. At Am Think Richard Morse writes In Defense of Donald Trump.

Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw wonders How do you sue the Proud Boys? Aren't they just sort of an idea, like Antifa? At Am Think, Robert L. Kinney III thinks about Secret Police in America. Bob Hoge at Red State, Suspect Detonates Series of Explosive Devices in Washington, D.C., Still on the Loose, and by the way, what has become of the J6 bomber investigation?

At Hat Hair, Jazz Shaw claims Musk's "daily limits" change seems to have broken Twitter but links to a Great explanation of current Twitter data scraping brouhaha.

Victory Girls insist Biological Women Are NOT Non-Trans Females. At Campus Reform reports ona  Prof fired after teaching from 'school-approved and science-based curriculum' "Varkey instead suggests that he was fired after several students left his class early as he taught that X and Y chromosomes determine one’s sex." I'm old enough to remember that. Joe Klein at Front Page describes Transgenderism Lunacy: Keeping Parents in the Dark About Their Children. Fox, Gender dysphoria growing among younger adults amid ‘increasing acceptance,’ study finds "Females are more likely to experience gender identity disorder, and at younger ages, say researchers." It's not "acceptance" if they make you believe it or else. Atop Da Summit, Outrage As Planned Parenthood Declares VIRGINITY “A Social Construct” “Feels like something my uncle told me when I was 9” Not my uncles, except maybe Ted. Gays Against Groomers@againstgrmrs, "Once again Planned Parenthood is gaslighting the youth, this time into thinking virginity doesn’t exist, and that they should throw it away immediately. Why? Could it be because virgins aren’t paying customers to Planned Parenthood? Stop telling children they are sexual beings, you GROOMERS." At CJ, Heather Mac Donald sees A Battle for Cultural Survival.

WRAL news, Bud Light sales drop, forces glass plant to cut production "The plant's owner, the Ardagh group, announced it would be shutting down the factory in Mid-July, laying off close to 400 employees." Mary Katherine Hamm at Outkick goes searching as Bud Light, Dylan Mulvaney Force Daydrinkers To Find New Summer Beer "Leinenkugel Juicy Peach. This Coors-owned beer retains the Midwestern nice of its Wisconsin origins with a subtle, great flavor to match the idyllic lake scene on its label. Light enough for daydrinking, interesting enough to add variety to my summer libations, and chill enough to have several without succumbing to flavor overload. Verdict: I declare this my new beer of the summer."

At Twitchy, 'Moms for Liberty' convention wraps up with a touching send offKarol Markowicz@karol, "Moms for Liberty are absolutely not a hate group&attempt to shut them down is due to their effectiveness. But how is it not a violation of their First Amendment rights that elected officials are trying to get their event canceled? How is this not government shutting down speech? quoting Senator Nikil Saval@SenatorSaval "Moms for Liberty is a hate group. @AmREvMuseum is hosting them next week for a welcome event.I'm proud to join @SenJimmyDillon, @SenatorHughes, @SenSharifStreet, @SenTartaglione, and @SenTonyWilliams in urging the Museum to cancel this event and stay true to its stated values."

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