Flotsam and Jetsam - The Heat is On

96 F in the shade. I saw 103 on the road this afternoon.

Don Surber is reveling in what he considers Trump’s Supreme victory, "Justices helped the president Slaughter the deep state's hold on the republic." And Girls sports for girls only. "5 middle school girls helped convince the Supreme Court to stop the transgender madness." Jonathan Turley at NYPo, Supreme Court allows Trump to say ‘You’re fired’ to meddling bureaucrats TownHall's Dmitri Bolt thinks Justice Kavanaugh May Have Handed the United States a Roadmap to Fix Birthright Citizenship. "Consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress could amend §1401(a) or otherwise enact new legislation establishing exceptions to birthright citizenship for children born to foreign citizens unlawfully or temporarily in the country," he added. "But Congress has not yet done so." At Da Signal, ‘MEDIEVAL’: Justices Thomas, Alito Argue ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Ruling Reverses the Declaration of Independence on Its 250th Anniversary. Da Wire, Trump Plans Assault On Birth Tourism After Letdown At SCOTUS. "Birth tourism schemes exploit our immigration system and violate criminal law." Matt Margolis at PJM sees The DOJ Goes to War on Birth Tourism After Losing at SCOTUS. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn wonders Will 'Pregnant' Become a Disqualifying Category for Foreign Entry? WSJ whines Supreme Court Gives Trump New Tools to Accelerate Deportations. Althouse reads the NYT, "The justices did find unanimity 45 percent of the time, up two points from last term. They joined together, for instance..." ""... to say a Texas man could not be prosecuted for violating a law banning drug users from gun possession merely because he frequently used marijuana, and they agreed that a New Jersey anti-abortion group could bring a challenge in federal court to government efforts to seek its donor list ... From "Despite Some Losses for Trump, Supreme Court Delivers Enduring Conservative Wins/The justices pushed back on some of President Trump’s signature moves, but they also expanded presidential power and supplied victories on long-sought conservative goals.""

NRO's Jim Geraghty notices Nina Totenberg and the Gerontocracy Strike Again. Mike Coté @ratlpolicy, "Nina Totenberg is a partisan hack masquerading as a neutral journalist. That she made such a profound error - targeting a conservative justice, no less - is entirely predictable. The media phalanx you folks have erected around her in response is similarly unsurprising." Quote Peter Baker @peterbakernyt, "No one is more mortified by a mistake than a journalist committed to factual reporting. The best own up to it, correct it and apologize for it, as @NinaTotenberg has done. It's worth remembering a long career dedicated to getting it right. x.com/brianstelter/s…" TownHall's Matt Vespa thinks NPR's Fiasco With Their Samuel Alito Story Just Got Worse. Matthew Keys @MatthewKeysLive, "So, to recap: NPR published an erroneous story about Samuel Alito retiring from the Supreme Court, then published an erroneous blog post about how the erroneous story was published in the first place. Can't make this up."

CBS is already whining about the next term, Supreme Court takes up challenges to AR-15 bans.

Sundance at CTH covers “New FBI Documents” in Russiagate Review? Several people have inquired about a Paul Sperry article [SEE HERE]...What Sperry’s sources seem to be outlining based on description, likely pertains to the FBI contractor issue from 2015 and 2016 where access to the NSA database was defensively investigated after the NSA compliance officer raised flags about unauthorized use." From News Wax, Trump: Acting DNI Can Declassify Records, Including on 2020 Election.

Andy Ngo at Ngo Comment BREAKING: North Texas Antifa Members Who Turned on Their Comrades Receive Years in Federal Prison, "Ahead of sentencing, one of the convicts tried to kill herself."

News Max, Report: Iranian Clerics Urge Trump, Netanyahu Assassinations. Aren't they just reiterating their old urgings? Peel another 5 layers off their leadership.

Sundance follows up his Canada posts, USTR Jamieson Greer Makes It Official: “The USMCA is not renewed”. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn thinks Canada's Carney About to Find Out When You Play Chicken, It's Best to Be Foghorn Leghorn. At Am Con, The Trump–Meloni Dust-Up Was Pure ‘Euroslopulism’ "As the Ukraine war rages on, European elites look as unserious as ever."

Ace says We Need Proof of Life of Mitch McConnell, "This isn't Russia -- we are entitled to know which of our "representatives" are living and capable of working." But of course this nation increasingly resembles Russia. Two weeks after deliberately vague reports about McConnell being "rushed" to the hospital, it is only due to a leak of EMS radio traffic that we now find out he was discovered "unconscious" and in need of "advanced life support." So where is he now? Is he conscious? Our Soviet officials won't tell us."

John A. Mapp, Jr. @mapp_john14664, "Recognize the motte and bailey tactic, and who is running cover for the “DSA” communists. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, DemSoc Goes National: Socialists Boot Progressive Dem in Colorado. At Althouse, "Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old democratic socialist... unseats a 15-term incumbent and further propels the insurgent coalition..." "... that swept a series of congressional contests last week in New York." Ace, Democrat Socialists Take Another Scalp As a Gen Z Ethiopian Immigrant Defeats a 15-Term Congresswoman. "I'm glad, at least, to see Democrats suffering from their own DEI agenda themselves for once." Fusilli Spock @awstar11, "Never forget that even before this wave of DSA, communists were elected, 48 Democrat Senators voted to nuke the filibuster and promised to expand the Supreme Court. The difference between radical communist Democrats and mainstream Democrats is mostly tone." Quote RNC Research @RNCResearch, "MS NOW: If Democrats regain the majority, do you think that expanding the court or setting term limits for the court should be on the table? SHAPIRO: I think everything needs to be on the table. I think we need radical reform…" Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch, "I get what you mean here, but saying "the socialists" will have the "new ideas" is like saying "the Shakers have all the fresh thinking." Socialism is not new. The label is about 2 centuries old, give or take. The idea is thousands of years old. There's not a single major idea proposed by the DSA crowd that wasn't an old idea before I was born. From price controls and rent-freezes, to wealth taxes, or shunning Jews. It's all old, old hat. You can agree with it. Or admire it's newfound energy or something. But the ideas are old, tried, and failed." Quote Jim VandeHei @JimVandeHei "If you had to bet who’ll have the energy, organization, new ideas and star power for 28 Dems, it’s not close: socialists. The Sanders-Mamdani-AOC wing is swarming the Dem party, and Dem leaders will gradually than quickly do what establishment Rs did w Trump: acquiesce." RNC Research @RNCResearc, "Democrats can gaslight Americans all they want, but history is a great teacher. How to Spot a Communist, 2026..." Ace, People Are Starting to Notice That the Alleged "Working Class Populist Socialist" Uprising on the Left Is Made Up Exclusively of College-Educted Rich Leisure-Class Nepo Babies and NGO Sucklers. "The Claim: Democrats are electing "working class populists" who just happen to be socialists. The Reality: Democrats are electing rich-bitch children of privilege who are socialists because they've never done a day of work in their lives." Abe Greenwald at Commentary, Respectability for Radicals. At Hat Hair, John Sexton sees Ro Khanna Making a Play for the Socialist Revolutionaries and Trans March Organizers Defend Treatment of Scott Wiener, Capt. Ed reads Axios: House Dems Shocked, Shocked to Find DemSoc In Their Casino and Dave Strom thinks Even Degenerate Child Predators Deserve Representation Too, You Know. C3 @C_3C_3, "Photo 1: A man claiming he’s fighting the Oligarchy. Photo 2: The Oligarchy." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "I’m going to add one qualification to Hen’s grim observation here. All these targets are Democratic Jews. Republican Jews are no less hated, but are inclined to stand up for themselves, and are led and surrounded by colleagues who unite to reject antisemitism and Israel-haters." Quote Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig, "Governor Josh Shapiro’s house was burnt down. Congressional candidate Scott Weiner was harassed until he left a Pride March." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "It’s only the most prosperous society that has ever existed in the history of human civilization, built by the sacrifices of our parents and grandparents, but let’s find a reason to be resentful." Quote Acyn @Acyn, "AOC: I think young people overall feel a tremendous amount of betrayal about the world that we’ve been left with." Matt Margolis at PJM, Jesse Watters Just Predicted Exactly How the Democrat Party Tears Itself Apart. Dan McCarthy at RCP on Why Bill Maher Finds Himself Siding With the Right.

Mike LaChance @MikeLaChance33, "Isn't this the goal of the villain in almost every Batman movie?" Quote Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor, "We just took another major step toward finally closing Rikers Island. By permanently closing a jail and transferring three properties to DCAS, we're moving closer to closing Rikers for good." From Twitchy, Zohran Mamdani's Air Conditioning Guidance Officially Ushers in NYC's 'Warmth of Collectivism' Era. Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor, "New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool. Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can. Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment. A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let's ease demand — and get through the heat — together." Driscoll at Insty says MAMDANI WASN’T KIDDING ABOUT HIS “WARMTH OF COLLECTIVISM” SHTICK: Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "Reminder that the reason that New York City is struggling to power its air conditioners is a Democratic Party crusade against the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant that finally led to its shutdown in 2020, which led to a massive rise in fossil fuel usage to power the city." Insty, GET THE FEELING THIS MIGHT BE THE START OF A PERMANENT TEMPORARY SUSPENSION?
Washington Examiner @dcexaminer, "New York City to suspend evictions for two days due to heat dome." Da Caller sees David Axelrod Gets Brutal Lesson In Blue City Governance After Finding Man Passed Out In Chicago Heat.

PJM's VodkaPundit wonders Is This Gavin Newsom's Biggest Lie Ever? It's a high bar. Peachy Keenan @KeenanPeachy, "The Skid Row Express (also known as the D line expansion) is set to open in LA soon. Skid row junkies will soon be able to travel from their homeless camps downtown to new homeless camps in Westwood, with convenient stops at Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills for naps, open air masturbation, and public defecation. It's like Manifest Destiny, but for fentanyl addicts. Go West!"

FischerKing @FischerKing64, "The thing about Buttigieg is that he structured his entire life around becoming an acceptable white male Democrat candidate for POTUS. Ivy League, non combat military, homosexual, gay marriage - then he deliberately adopted black children. This is so weird it’s disqualifying." Quote MAZE @mazemoore, "Buttigieg claims are ridiculous. Pete Buttigieg claims that he was separated from his children, that his children had to go stay with their grandparents, and that it was the worst 24 hours ever (implying he couldn't see his kids for a day)." TownHall's Joe Abraham asks about The Hierarchy of Compassion: Who Counts?

Mediaite hears Tucker Carlson Is Building a New Political Party After Ditching the Republicans.

From NYPo, ‘State sanctioned’ Russian mob ran $1B Medicare scam out of New York, compromised 1M medical records: Feds. Carlo Carrasco, Illegal Alien In America Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison Over $89 Million Fraudulent Payroll Scheme. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "You are not gonna believe this… Ayanle Siad Barre, the son of former Somali genocidal dictator, Mohamed Siad Barre, operates a taxpayer-funded home healthcare company in Columbus, Ohio He was his father’s national security advisor. It just never ends." Raised by Germans, "Foreign-born political actors. "The story about AOC's casting to run for congress is way too real to be ignored."

At Twitchy, Scott Jennings Explains the ‘Patriotism Gap’ Between Republicans and Democrats to CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Man Genuinely Upset That Trump Has Ruined America’s 250th Birthday for Him.

Ace notices a Gang of Foreign Invaders Randomly Beat a 17-Year-Old French Boy to Death, Videotape It to Share Their Tribal Murder-Coup Online. "Everyone's so surprised this keeps happening. We're all like, "no way."" Sister Toldja at RedState reports DHS Puts Walz on Blast for Pardoning Criminal Illegal Who Sexually Assaulted a 10-Year-Old Girl. Sundance issues a New Euphemism Alert: “Tanned European” "Girl, 16, raped in Glasgow park by ‘tanned, European’ man as cops issue fresh update."

Dave Strom, Now That It No Longer Matters, The Committee to Protect Journalists Revises Its Defense of Hamas. Nick Matau @nick_matau, "BBC had to release, on average, TWO CORRECTIONS PER WEEK for TWO STRAIGHT YEARS due to lying about Israel so much... and these people still somehow think BBC is pro Israek." Ace hears MSNOW Cancels Weekend Live Programming; Will Run Cheap Leftwing Podcasts From Earlier In the Week Instead "Canceling 2/7ths of the weekly original programming is always a sign of strength and profitability."

Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo, "Air conditioning has reduced heat deaths in the US by three quarters since the 1970s. https://x.com/sdkassis/statu." Leslie Eastman at LI sees the European Commission Adopts Feudal Approach to Air Conditioning Distribution, "LET THEM EAT ICE: The elite bureaucrats on the upper floors allowed to enjoy cool air, while staff on lower floors are encouraged to enjoy more traditional options." Campus Reform opines Campus climate activism is the gateway drug to the radical left.

At Insty, FREDDY’S DEAD: "America’s favorite World Cup tourist deactivates X account after woke snowflakes dig up his old tweets. Well, Freddy is from Germany, where it is quite literally illegal to offend certain groups of people. Even though he remained anonymous in all his posts, he still decided to deactivate his X account after wokescolds discovered he was mildly critical of the woke theory that only white people can be racist." Joanne Jacobs hears Neutrality is racist, say woke librarians. From Da Wire, YMCA Scrubs ‘Gender Identity’ Pledge After Daily Wire Report, “Parents deserve the truth, not deletions.” i/o@ avidseries "Let us now dedicate this graph and the entirely unsurprising information contained on it to all the scumbags who sit atop the admissions committees at elite universities who accused Amy Wax of being a liar (or worse) for claiming that there are few if any blacks graduating near the top of the class at Penn's law school, and also to Wax's employer, which, rather than releasing its admissions data to refute Wax's claim, chose instead to investigate her and remove her from teaching duties..." 

Amy Wax got in trouble for remarking that she'd not seen a Black student in the top quarter of a Penn Law class.

Thanks to hacked Columbia data, we can see that she was...

Probably right!

In the decade before her statement, there were just two top-25% Black students. pic.twitter.com/3fbCrKQTH2

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) June 30, 2026

Still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.01.26 (Afternoon Edition).

Thursday Tanlines

KTLA 5 California man faces misdemeanor charges for allegedly recording naked women in Planet Fitness tanning booths

At Anxious, The "Barbie drug" is back. 

The big picture: Melanotan II — nicknamed the "Barbie drug" because it can also suppress appetite — mimics a hormone that tells the body to make more melanin. It can be found as a nasal spray or shot, but it's not approved by the FDA or any other major regulator. Case studies suggest it could lead to the development of skin cancer. What we're hearing: "People who inject melanotan, their moles start to change," says Anthony Rossi, a dermatologic surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He's removed atypical moles from a patient who used it.But he's seeing it taken at the gym as part of a "beautification stack" — and he's worried. "I don't really see a medical benefit of it at all," Rossi says.

At least with a nasal spray, there's no risk of hidden cameras.

Maryland to Keep Oyster Limits

 Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Maryland Maintains Oyster Harvest Limits Despite Market Challenges

This week, Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) shared there will be ‘no change’ to current oyster harvest limits for the upcoming 2026-2027 season. The Statewide Oyster Industry Committee, which includes representatives from 11 county watermen’s associations, voted in support of maintaining bushel limits. This decision reflects current market struggles that have plagued Maryland watermen in recent years.

Despite a growing oyster population in the Bay, watermen have faced numerous economic challenges—from weather to changing markets. The committee supported conservative bushel limits that would prevent more inventory from flooding the market and further depressing prices.

Thanks to significant large-scale restoration efforts, oyster abundance has more than tripled since 2005. A key driver of this success has been Maryland’s oyster sanctuary network. Oyster sanctuaries are areas of the Bay where harvesting oysters is prohibited. These reefs remain protected so they can filter Maryland’s waterways, provide habitat for fish and crabs, and support recreational and commercial fishing. Oysters on sanctuaries also reproduce and repopulate nearby reefs that are open to harvest.

Sanctuaries have helped watermen recover from devastating harvest lows in the early 2000s, with harvest having increased more than 300 percent since the establishment of the sanctuary areas. Today, only 24 percent of Maryland’s oyster reefs are protected as sanctuaries. The other 76 percent remain open to harvest.

Despite more oysters in the Bay, Maryland’s oyster fishery has faced significant economic pressures, including shifting consumer demand, competition from out-of-state fisheries, poaching, and extreme winter weather last season.

This uncharacteristically conservative of MDDNR. Ordinarily, if they found oyster population higher, they would allow more fishing.

Beach Report 07/01/26

We have a "heat advisory" in effect today, with temperatures peaking at 95 F at home around 2 PM under mostly sunny skies.  However, SE winds, starting low but rising to 15 knots kept the the temperatures at the beach to a very tolerable 80.

I got started a little after low tide, but although there was ample shell and gravel to search through, I didn't find many sharks teeth.

However, one of the few I found was this 1 7/16 inch White Shark  (Carcharodon hastalis) upper, with a little wear on the root, but then, I think the warranty expired a few million years ago.. It was 1/8 inch longer than the current best on the kitchen window sill, and thus earns the place of honor.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Apparently the Constitution IS a Suicide Pact Afterall

Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down it's final rulings of the year, and as I expected, the birthright citizen case went against Trump, the court ruling that outside the usual exceptions, any child born on US soil is born a citizen. Althouse, The Supreme Court is about to hand down its last decisions of the term. "Here's the live blog at SCOTUSblog. And here's where to get the text of the opinions immediately, starting in a few minutes, at the Supreme Court's website." Insty, SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS "LIMITING WOMEN’S SPORTS TO WOMEN. Also: Federal campaign spending limits violate the First Amendment.And now birthright citizenship: “Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause.” Not really a surprise, but a disappointment." At End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "Signs we lost birthright citizenship: No leaks to the press on the decision No fencing around the Supreme Court." The Never-Trumpers at NRO crow Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship in Major Blow to Trump. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair calls it a Wong Turn: SCOTUS Denies Trump on Birthright Citizenship; UPDATE: Trump Salutes SCOTUS. Sundance at CTH, Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Executive Order and Establishes Birthright Citizenship. From Ace, Of Course: The Five Liberal Supreme Court Justices (Including Liberals Roberts and Coney-Barrett) Decide the 14th Amendment Can Go Blow, Anyone Born in the US is a US Citizen. "The Five Horsemen make a mockery of the law yet again." The Babylon Bee kids Supreme Court Rules Any Baby Born At Olive Garden Is An Italian Citizen. "At publishing time, Olive Garden executives warned that the influx of children being born at Olive Garden restaurants would result in an inevitable breadstick crisis for future generations." Teri Christoph at RedState hears Clarence Thomas Goes Nuclear on SCOTUS Majority Over Birthright Citizenship Ruling. Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy, "If you were born in America, you’re an American. You have a right to live here. Unless of course you’re American. In which case you’re living on stolen land."

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Apparently more border controls will be needed to thwart anchor baby tourism. Pregnancy tests for all foreign women of birthing age seeking to enter the United States. OK. Targeted deportations of foreign women of birthing age within US borders who lack resident alien status. OK. The Supreme Court having so decreed." Sundance names it The Roberts Requirement – Pregnancy Tests for U.S. Travel Visas. PJM's Athena Thorne thinks President Trump Could End Most Birthright Citizenship With This 1 Simple Trick: "Under the U.S. Code, the president has broad authority over who may enter our country. Specifically, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(f) (INA Section 212(f)) says: "Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate."" Do it, and let the libs sue all the way to the Supes next year. Joe Chalfant at TownHall thinks Rep. Andy Ogles Has the Answer to the Birthright Citizenship Crisis. Rep. Andy Ogles @RepOgles, "SCOTUS betrayed America. It's time to bar pregnant foreigners from coming to this country. We are being colonized. Anchors Away!" Cathy Salgado at PJM, Trump, Congressional GOP Propose a Workaround to Save Citizenship Despite SCOTUS, "These measures would reinterpret the 14th Amendment’s “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” clause to grant citizenship at birth only to children with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident (LPR) residing in the U.S., or an LPR serving in the military." TownHall's Kurt Schlichter says Cheer Up! The Birthright Citizenship Case Moves Us Toward Inevitable Victory, you just motivated the base for the midterms. PJM's Scott Pinsker also sees The Political Upside of Losing the Birthright Citizenship Case.

Capt. Ed, BREAKING: SCOTUS Upholds Sex-Based Restrictions in Sports - Unanimously? Ward Clark at RedState, Supreme Court Delivers Landmark Title IX Win for Women's Sports. Ace reports Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Boys in Girls Sports. "SO CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH?!!? SO CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH?!!! The holding is 6-3, but the three liberals joined with parts of it so parts of it are actually unanimous. Coney-Barrett and Roberts joined the conservatives in this one because this case is about protecting Muh Feminism." Althouse thinks Justice Brett Kavanaugh — who has long coached girls' basketball teams — channels the emotions of female athletes. "Women and girls who play sports care deeply about all of those things. They obsess about them." At Twitchy, Cisgender? REALLY? Ketanji Brown Jackson's Trans Ruling Dissent Is Even DUMBER Than We Thought. Gina Milan @ginamilan_, "Ketanji Brown Jackson: “A transgender woman penalized for being perceived as aggressive has experienced discrimination "on the basis of sex" just as much as a cisgender woman has, no matter that the transgender woman's behavior matches expectations of her sex assigned at birth.” She’s actually INSANE." And Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Uses … (Wait for It) … TikTok Slang in Concurring Opinion. Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks Justice Clarence Thomas Had a Killer Line in His Concurring Opinion on Transgender Athletes. "Men and boys with gender dysphoria are not women or girls, even if they believe that they are. Sex is an immutable “biological” characteristic, see ante, at 10; it is binary; and “man” and “woman,” “boy” and “girl,” are the terms that correspond to adults and children of each sex." Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees The Bigger Victory Hidden Inside SCOTUS Decision About Men in Women's Sports; "Once you acknowledge that men and women are fundamentally different based on immutable biology, a whole host of issues are implicitly decided, and decided against the Alphabet crowd." Capt. Ed is gratified the Texas Supreme Court Hands a Win to Pediatric Sex-Change Detransitioners.

In another far-reaching decision, SCOTUS Free-Speech Finale Strikes Down Election Spending Limits on Parties (Capt. Ed). Althouse hears NYT whine "Experts said that the decision would immediately cut into one of the Democratic Party’s critical financial advantages in television advertising." "From "Supreme Court Lifts Spending Limits on Political Parties and Candidates/Republicans had asked the court to strike down restrictions on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates" (NYT)(gift link)." 

At Althouse, NPR got something very right and wrong or just very very wrong. Chris Queen at PJM notes NPR’s Justice Alito ‘Retirement’ Scoop Lasted About 10 Minutes. They kind of rushed that one out. Act in haste, repent at leisure.

And fallout from other recent rulings: Stephen Kruiser at PJM Regrets to Inform You That Election Integrity Won't Be Returning, after ruling that mail-in ballots can be counted if they arrive days late, if they're postmarked on election day. At Pirate's Cove, "Supreme Court Rules POTUS Has Authority To Remove “Independent Agency” Heads." And Althouse finds "[T]he court overruled its 91-year-old decision in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States... [M]ore broadly, Monday’s decision was a major victory for proponents of the 'unitary executive' theory..." "... the idea that the president should have complete control over the executive branch. Under this theory, the president should be able to fire any member of the executive branch, and laws – like the one that the court struck down – that restrict his ability to do so violate the separation of powers. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts contended that 'the President must have the assistance of officers he can trust. Although it is up to the Senate to decide whether to confirm those with whom the President would prefer to work, neither Congress nor the courts may saddle him with those with whom he cannot work. Subordinates who exercise the President’s power are subject to removal by him. Then, and only then, can they remain accountable to the President, and the President to the people.'..." I'm reading "Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner and overturns major restraint on presidential power" by Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog, writing about yesterday's Trump v. Slaughter." Except the Federal Reserve, because, reasons!

Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller hears Mike Johnson Signals House Will Forge Ahead After GOP Holdouts Threatened Obstruction Of Votes. At least, put them on record. Misty Severi at JTN reports Trump signs presidential memo that gives Americans more options to fix their cars. "Automakers have pushed back against decreasing restrictions on consumers fixing their own vehicles, claiming they are needed to protect vehicle safety, ‌cybersecurity ⁠and emissions compliance." FinPo, claims Conservatives Urge Overturn of Trump's Biofuel Blending Quotas. "Nearly three dozen conservatives — including longtime allies of President Donald Trump — are pushing the House to overturn biofuel-blending quotas imposed by his administration, arguing they are stoking consumer costs before an election set to hinge on economic concerns." Gasohol is a bipartisan bad idea. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn hears Trump Admin Sets Sights on California Coastal Commission Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton, "For the 250th anniversary of our country’s independence, Gavin Newsom‘s unelected California Coastal Commission cancels the Fourth of July fireworks celebration in Long Beach."

Armed Forces Press takes up the The Curious Case Of General Donahue - The Truth Isn't Pretty. "To properly opine on the resignation of General Chris Donahue, U.S. Army, we should provide some history of our writing on the subject. Please see the multiple articles below. There are more but this is a good representation of our work. LTG Chris Donahue Violated The Ranger Creed When He Abandoned Americans In Afghanistan In August 2021. LTG Chris Donahue Should Be Investigated For Racist Actions in Kabul (2021). GEN DONAHUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED, NOT PROMOTED. WHY WAS GEN CHRIS DONAHUE ALLOWING FT LIBERTY TO LABLE CHRISTIANS AS TERRORISTS? ON WW3 EVE, WHY IS UNETHICAL GENERAL DONAHUE IN CHARGE? In short, we are not a fan. In our author's viewpoint, General Donahue failed the honor test in the field on multiple fronts."

medoyid_ua @LetsArmUKR, "This weekend a Ukrainian crew pushed the Wovkulaka Spitfire FPV interceptor out to 84.7 km before it smoked a SuperCam whose operators thought they were safely parked somewhere in the south. Manufacturer's previous record was 69 km. That is not a incremental upgrade. That is the kind of leap that rewrites operational math on the entire theater..."

Sundance dance with joy at the thought that The Canadian Dollar is Collapsing – Here’s What to Expect Next.

And Another Thing, The American Left Has Lost Its Mind "And the press feel fine." Hat Hair's Dave Strom looks at The Democratic Civil War: the Organized Crime Democrats are Losing to the Bolsheviks (ugh) and John Sexton calls the DSA White Anti-Capitalists Pretending to Be Working Class. Insty at his substack declares The Commies Mount An Across the Board Push, "DSA targets local elections around the nation in a well-planned strategy." Matt Vespa, If This Survey Is True, the Dem Brand Is in Serious Trouble "This party is Chernobyl, unlivable." Ace, "Another Mamdani-Backed Muslim Wins Democrat Primary for State Senator; Claims That "Racism, Capitalism, White Supremacy, and Islamophobia" "Manifested" in 9/11, "She says that 9/11 was just the manifestation of America's "long trajectory" of "racism, capitalism, white supremacy" and "islamophobia" and the "manifestation" of these crimes -- the chickens coming home to roost -- was 9/11." From Mediaite, ‘No New Cops!’ Mamdani Ally Brags NYC Won’t End Up Hiring More Police, Despite Previous Reports.

At NYPo the Divine Miranda Devine: Dems are in desperate need of a new leader as Communists overrun their party — but all they got is Obama. Don Surber looks at Obama’s red revolution. "Communists take credit for the works of capitalism." Sarah at Insty, THE KIDS ONLY LIKE SOCIALISM BECAUSE EDUCATION LIED AND TOLD THEM ROADS ARE SOCIALISM: "Socialism Always Fails on its Own. When a system has to lie and claim things that are just humanity? It’s dead. And it stinks to high heavens." AJ Christopher at PJM asks Mr. Obama, Are the Slaveowners in the Room With Us Right Now? Ace hears Claim: Michelle Obama Has Blocked Cheryl Hines From Appearing on Larry David's New Show, Because She's RFKJr.'s Wife. "Toxic masculinity."

Aesthetica @Anc_Aesthetics, "Why would anyone use prediction models when we can use real mortality data? Answer: Because you can't make bodies appear out of thin air, but you can make fake projections appear out of thin air. When we look at mortality data what do we see? All cause mortality went down. HIV Infection rates went down. AIDS related deaths went down. Coverage went up. As predicted, USAID was just a Democrat slush fund they used to pay their activists, journalists and NGO workers. Which is the real reason why you're freaking out over this." Quote Steve Rattner @SteveRattner "Musk is right that many problems can't be solved just by "throwing money" at them. But US aid to fight AIDS, child hunger & other global plagues has one of the highest ROIs in government."

From Ace, Ro Khanna Promises to Fight the Oligarchs, Tax the Rich, and Imprison "the Epstein Class" While Driving a $190,000 Range Rover, Owning Family Golf Courses, and Taking Elevators In His Mansion. Andrew Kerr @AndrewKerrNC, "Speaking of hoarding wealth, Khanna’s two young children are the proud owners of THREE private golf courses in Ohio, where member initiation fees run upwards of $45k Khanna’s children — still in elementary school — earned up to $2 million from their golf courses in 2024." Quote Ro Khanna @RoKhanna, "I want America to be a country where it's easier to build wealth than it is to hoard it, and where workers don't have to worry about medical debt and grocery costs when they should be enjoying time with their families. An economy that works for everyone is possible. x.com/el_pais/status…"

Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "This is how politicians and their families launder money. Nobody wants a book from Dr Biden. But some commie NGO that got taxpayer money from the admin can’t pay the kickback with a check. So they buy 100K books and burn em. The one-time bulk buy charts it for a week, then..." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Jill Biden memoir's disappearance from NYT bestseller list after debuting at top raises questions about sales numbers: 'Very rare' https://trib.al/geKNS5i" Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton, "Gavin Newsom just used his own PAC to buy $1.5 million worth of his own book. Even more comically, that accounts for 2/3 of the entire print sales" VodkaPundit finds Finally, a Budget Democrats Will Cut: The Guy Who Investigates Fraud. At Twitchy, a SHOCKA! Ilhan Omar Tied to ANOTHER Minnesota Fraud Defendant via Emails With INTERESTING Subject Lines.

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees These People Are Not on Our Side: Dems Double Down on Defending Border Jumpers. Sister Toldja at RedState, 'You're a Disgrace!' Lawler Unloads on Raskin and Jayapal During Fiery Sanctuary City Hearing. RNC Research @RNCResearch, "Rep. Pramila Jayapal tells the parents of those murdered by illegal aliens that she has better things to do: "Unfortunately this hearing is the 4th time in this committee that we’ve had a hearing on sanctuary cities... There's many other things that we could be doing.” Twitchy catches liberals whining The Amish Clearly Do Not Want to Assimilate Into American Society, Yet the Right Doesn't Care. But they make great furniture!

Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo, "I think this is the crux of my discussion with Ezra Klein. The Left has sought to tarnish the Right as a "white nationalist" movement, but as Klein concedes, it is completely reasonable to "worry about large-scale, rapid demographic change." We've moved beyond the smear game."

The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "Europeans dying of heat stroke: “Can we please turn on the AC?” Their governments: “Best we can do is replace you with migrants and prosecute you for Facebook posts.”" Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "There's a deep strain of elite French concern for the people being voiced here. "Let them eat cake," as Marie Antoinette put it." Quote French Response @FrenchResponse, "We're not banning A/C. We're making sure future summers need it less. x.com/dc_draino/stat…" RBe @RBPundit, "One would think that the the idiocy of the left wouldn't surprise me anymore but this whole thing where Europeans actually think not using AC will make the weather cooler in their lifetimes is absolutely bananas." At WUWT, Wrong, Newsweek, Europe’s Heat Deaths Are a Policy Failure, not a Climate Failure.

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— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) June 29, 2026

At WaEx, Selena Zito feels better now that The spirit of ’76 lives on as Pennsylvania rallies for America’s birthday. AJ Christopher, The Left Asked for This, It Got It, and I Can't Stop Gloating, as foreign visitors for the world cup find out what they're missing at home.

From the College Fix, North Carolina lawmakers override governor’s vetoes to pass sweeping DEI bans. At Campus Reform, Johns Hopkins layoffs, financial problems come as university is mired in Title VI controversy.

And still more at The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.30.26.

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MD Gets $2 Million for Blue Catfish

WBAL, Maryland awarded $2 million to battle invasive blue catfish in Chesapeake Bay

Maryland is receiving $2 million from the federal government to combat invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay.

It was one of five projects to receive federal funding highlighted by 3rd District Rep. Sarah Elfreth in Annapolis on Monday.

“We all know how detrimental invasive blue catfish is to the bay,” Elfreth said. “We know that they are eating absolutely everything we know and love, blue crabs, baby oysters, rockfish.

 

Josh Kurtz, the state secretary of natural resources, encouraged Marylanders to help with t
he effort.

“Yes, delicious, eat it, as much of it as you can. There’s a lot of restaurants in Annapolis that carry it,” Kurtz said. “Several new restaurants are popping up that have some fantastic dishes.” 

If all you want is people to go out and kill Blue Catfish, there are a lot of people who would do it for free. Two million would pay for an awful lot of guided trips for Blue Catfish, but I rather expect most this money will end up being spent on  working groups, studies, and overhead at academic institutions. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Supes Rule Prez can Fire Any Agency Head Except Fed

A number of case came down from on high at the Supreme Court yesterday, and it was a mixed bag for the President (as it usually is). The court ruled in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v Wilcox that the President was free to fire the head of any executive agency, including those the Congress attempted to designate as "independent", but quickly tempered that by ruling in Trump v Cook that Trump could not fire Janet Cook from the Federal Reserve board without some kind of due process. Weird, but as my Daddy used say, consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. In Watson v. RNC they also ruled that states could count mail-in ballot that arrived after election day, as long as they were postmarked by election day. Althouse spent the day Waiting on the Supreme Court. I didn't. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair VIP, SCOTUS Slaughters Humphrey's Executor – But the Fed ... Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "In a stunning blow to Our Democracy™, SCOTUS has ruled that unelected bureaucrats can’t do whatever they want and run federal agencies like their personal fiefdoms in perpetuity," Quote Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter, "NEWS: Supreme Court overrules a 90-year-old precedent and frees the president to fire independent agency heads The Supreme Court ruled today that President Trump can remove Federal Trade Commission members at will, and in doing so it overruled Humphrey's Executor, the 1935 decision that has protected independent agencies for nine decades. The case is Trump v. Slaughter, and it reshapes the federal bureaucracy..." Sundance at CTH, Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That President Can Remove Any Agency Head in Executive Branch. At Ace, Supreme Court Rules That the Chief Executive Does In Fact Have the Power to Fire His Own Executive Branch Employees. "Liberal congresses passed laws to establish so-called "independent agencies," which are executive branch agencies intended to be independent from the very executive they're part of." Insty, NOW ON SUBSTACK, MY THOUGHTS ON THE SUPREME COURT’S SLAUGHTER OPINION: Bringing Back the ‘Spoils System?’ Yes, Please. A better name would be an “accountability system.” And it’s just the beginning. Sundance is not so happy about Supreme Court 5-4 Ruling Creates Fourth Branch of Government – Trump v Cook and Supreme Court Rules States Can Decide How Long After Election Day Ballots May Be Received. Cathy Salgado at PJM, Supreme Court Decides Crucial Mail-in Ballot Case. Capt. Ed calls it a Stunner: SCOTUS Whiffs on Election Day Showdown, 5-4. TownHall's Matt Vespa says The Amy Coney Barrett Problem Reared Its Ugly Head Again, after she wrote the majority opinion in that case. At Nevada News, How Did We End Up With ACB Instead of Barbara Lagoa on the Supreme Court? I Have Thoughts. Sundance hosts President Trump Giving Remarks and Opinion on Three Supreme Court Decisions.

In other Supreme Court news, Matt Margolis is pissed SCOTUS Just Let a Rigged Verdict Against President Trump Stand, E Jean Carroll. Althouse also reports on Chatrie v. United States: "Police officers conducted a Fourth Amendment search when they acquired Chatrie’s location data from Google because an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cell-phone location information. Justice Kagan writes the majority opinion, joined by the Chief and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Jackson. Justice Gorsuch writes a concurring opinion, and Justice Alito has a dissent joined by Thomas and Barrett." From Ace, Supreme Court May Decide Birthright Citizenship Case This Week; RNC Sues Colorado Over Allowing Birth Tourism Foreigners Who Never Even Set Foot in Colorado to Vote There "In the next few days, we may find out if we have a country or not. May be. The Disney Groomer Corporation is sad."  I expect the Court to rule against Trump on birthright citizenship, and throw it back to the Congress, which never does anything.

Joe Chalfant sees the The Alaskan Supreme Court Just Gave Democrats a Lifeline With This Insane Ruling. "The Alaskan Supreme Court issued a shocking decision Monday evening that will allow a Democrat-recruited sham candidate to appear on the upcoming ballot against Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan." Can we run 12 AOCs in her district?  Beege Welborn is In a Bit of a Surprise when the CO Supreme Court Knocks Down Dem Redistricting Plan. Breaking911 @Breaking911, "BREAKING: The Colorado Supreme Court has unanimously blocked a Democratic-backed congressional redistricting proposal in Colorado that could have resulted in Democrats gaining three additional seats in the U.S. House."

At TownHall Kurt Schlichter observes The Socialists Are Coming... for the Democrats. From Da Signal, The Democratic Socialists of America’s Platform Explicitly Aims to Destroy the Constitution. Capt. Ed, CNN: DSA Nominee Suuuuuure Likes Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and ... CNN admits Deleted tweets on Darializa Avila Chevalier’s account had favorable references to communist leaders and Marxism. From Fox, Bill Maher calls Mamdani-backed socialist ‘patient zero’ of the ‘woke mind virus’. ""The New York Times asked her, 'If someone murders someone randomly, should they go to jail?' Couldn't get her to say yes for that," Maher said. "So, there is a woke mind virus, and I think we found patient zero. Her name is Darializa Avila Chevalier." Derek Hunter at TownHall wonders Has the ‘Revolution’ Already Passed AOC By? "AOC seems quaint compared to these people." NYPo, Gavin Newsom — once a capitalist, now a socialist. 

From Campus Reform a POLL: Most Democrats say they'd rather live outside the United States. Oh, please do! From Ace, Nine Democrat-Led States, Plus Vermont, Refuse to Send any Delegation to the Nation's 250th Anniversary "National State Fair." At Althouse "At a time of fierce debate over how to teach American history, particularly around issues of race, the Freedom Trucks weigh in squarely on one side of the argument..." ""... telling a patriotic, positive story of core American values and exceptionalism. They stand in sharp contrast to liberal efforts in recent years — in classrooms, museums, national parks and media — to lift up discussion of systemic racism and highlight chapters where America has failed to live up to its ideals." From "Trump-backed ‘Freedom Trucks’ tell a sanitized story of the country’s founding/At a time of fierce debate over how to teach American history, the mobile exhibits weigh in squarely on one side of the argument." (WaPo)(gift link)." Someone has to counter WaPoo's negativism. 

Jonathan Turley notes ‘You’re Next!’: Democrats Discover the Mob has a Mind of its Own. Ben Shapiro @benshapiro, "No one more richly deserves this humiliation than Scott Wiener, who learns the hard lesson that you can be a militant for trans radicalism, a full-scale Israel-hater, and an all-around moral derelict...and the hard Left will still yell at you for being a Jew. 10/10, no notes." Quote Dimitry Yakoushkin @decadimitry "Scott Wiener showed up to the trans march and for the first time we kicked his ass out. It's sad because while he's written some good legislation for queers, hes ultimately a genocidal-supporting center right shill. Trigger warning: broken man walking away defeated. Vote Connie!" Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Hey, Wiener guy! Remember when you called me a "McBigot"? How does it feel now that the Frankenstein you created is coming for you? Every stupid communist learns this history lesson the hard way. Enjoy!"  John Poretz at The Freep explains How the Left Abandoned the Jews.

@instapundit @instapundit, "Were any of them raped by dogs, Nick?" Quote Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof, Replying to @elonmusk, "Elon, I can give you many, many names of people who have died because of your aid cuts.: *Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because you stopped paying for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. ..." Elon Musk @elonmusk, "The hard truth is that USAID, with its constant support of often violent leftist regime change, caused a lot of death!" Quote amuse @amuse, "USAID: The data show that dismantling USAID did not result in ANY increase in African mortality much less the four million Democrats claim Elon Musk is responsible for killing. It was all a lie. In fact, the UNAIDS/SAMRC data show that mortality declined after." Cernovich @Cernovich, "We were forced to pay for diesel in ambulances in Liberia? What in the world? Show this stuff to normal voters and watch their (and my own) befuddlement. "Wait, we were doing WHAT?"" Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Africa wanted its independence, they got it, but somehow I am still obligated to buy them diesel fuel. Neat." Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Correct." Quote Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, "Turns out defunding USAID did not kill Africans. Because the money wasn't going to Africa. It was going to buy elections and burn Tesla dealerships. x.com/arctotherium42…" @instapundit @instapundit, "They don’t call you a murderer because they think you murdered people. They call you a murderer to encourage people to murder you."

At PJM VodkaPundit has the sads that California Dems Solve a Fictional Water Crisis by Taxing Wine. John Lott at RCP sees CA Lawmakers Seek To Ban Popular Handgun, Glocks. 

PJM's Scott Pinsker thinks Something Is Very, Very Strange About the Media’s Fixation on Pete Buttigieg’s CPS Swatting Story. They don't care when conservatives get SWATted. Speaking of something strange, Twitchy cites Nate Silver Looking at Sales Figures for Dr. Jill Biden’s Memoir. The Free Bacon is strangely satisfied, America Dodges Bullet: Congress To Remain Kennedy-Free After Jack Schlossberg Fails in New York "'America's babygirl' will have to keep looking for his first real job."

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "The Senate is on vacation for the next two weeks. Sorry folks, no SAVE America Act right now… It’s mind boggling that having secure elections is not the #1 priority."

PiptheCowboy @AeroSpaceShark, "The Chaplains didn't have their "rank taken away" I work with them daily, they replaced their rank on their uniforms with chaplains corp insignia to make them more approachable. The Chaplains corp likes this change. They're foremost counselors, not officers with command." Quote Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | @ChuckPfarrer, "THIS JUST IN: Pete Hegseth has decided to take away the rank from all military Chaplins- because they're not ‘warfighters’. Since WW One, US Chaplins have won 5 Medals of Honor, 26 Distinguished Service Crosses, 1 Navy Cross, 45 Silver Stars and 719 Bronze Stars for valor."

Hat Hair's John Sexton sees Lack of Gasoline Getting to Russians, Part Two.

Duane Patterson at Hat Hair, has a long post, After A Little Weekend Warrior Work, Iran Is Back In the M.O.U. Box. Sundance reports U.S. and Iran Schedule Deconfliction Meeting in Doha. Dick Pollack at The World in Crisis thinks he detects A Civil War Between Vance and Rubio? "The two are following distinctly different Middle Eastern paths over Iran."

Buck Throckmorton at Ace's MORNING RANT: is teed off that Trump-Bashing Felon John Bolton is Scheduled for a Fireside Chat Today with National Review to Discuss Character and Leadership "The National Review Institute is hosting an “American Leadership & National Security” seminar in Newport Beach today. Jim Geraghty, Noah Rothman, and other Trump-hating “conservatives” are scheduled to join Mr. Bolton in discussing character and leadership."

CIS touts Two SCOTUS Victories: One for Trump on TPS, the Other for the English Language on Asylum "Two SCOTUS Victories: One for Trump on TPS, the Other for the English Language on Asylum The ‘TPS case’ and the ‘asylum entry case’ are in; only the ‘birthright citizenship case’ remains." Ilya Shapiro, Supreme Court Confirms Broad Executive Power Over Immigration "In three rulings last week, the justices turned back left-wing lawfare against President Trump’s policies." At Am Mind, Blood, Soil, Creed—and the Immunities of American Citizenship. Prowler @derzum_, "As of May, 93% of asylum is being denied in immigration courts—record high—amounting to hundreds of thousands fewer lawful migrants. ‘Immigration judges are now issuing denials in virtually every case’ after rule changes and mass firings by the Trump admin cleaned the system." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair says Lemme 'Splain - Heads Exploded in Vain Over Mullins' TPS Comments Yesterday. People whose TPS was terminated can apply for visa; but most won't qualify. C3 @C_3C_3, "Want some truth? If Haitians started voting Republican the Democrats would have them back in Haiti faster than you could say Port-au-Prince." Publius @OcrazioCornPop, "Trump, 2018: "Haiti is a sh!thole country." Hollywood Libs: "Haiti is a great, truly beautiful country. Trump is a r*cist!" Trump (& SCOTUS), 2026: "Temporary means temporary, Haitians have to return home to their great, truly beautiful country." Hollywood Libs: "Haiti is a sh!thole country. They must be allowed to stay forever." CHECKMATE, LIBTARDS. WHY ARE HOLLYWOOD LIBS LIKE THIS?"

Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Extremely troubling." Quote iamyesyouareno @iamyesyouareno, "“We will kill the white man’s children, we will kill their woman, we will kill anything that we find in our way!” —Andile Mngxitama, member of parliament in South Africa. This is what happens to Whites when they become a minority. Prepare."

Fire argues about  How does the First Amendment apply to AI? "Far from authorless, AI models are built by a long chain of expressive decisions meriting First Amendment coverage." The old rule "garbage in, garbage out" still applies. 

"I’m pleased that the D.C. police recognize their part in violating my rights." "Said Sam O’Hara, quote in "Man who played Star Wars music at National Guard members receives settlement/The ACLU announced it had reached a financial agreement with the D.C. government and four of its officers, resolving part of the case" (WaPo)(gift link)." Sue and settle.

From NYPo, Oh baby! New York Times is losing its mind because Republican women are … having children and CNN star Anderson Cooper told colleagues he doesn’t want to work for Bari Weiss. Well at some point you've made enough money.

Ace, Another (Expected) Deadly Heat Wave Hits Europe, With Some Beginning to Doubt the Green Left's Dogmatic Opposition to Air Conditioning. "Europe is so beaten by the heat that they're willing to entertain embracing the unfashionable American preference for air-conditioning. How will they reverse their decades-old determination to let the elderly die in heat waves?As the BBC shows us: Simple! They'll now say that air conditioning is a sad but necessary response to global warming!" Tablesalt @Tablesalt13, "NEW - Paris morgues ARE OVERFLOWING from heat-related deaths morgues are now seeking permission for refrigerated containers The mayor of Paris has also authorized additional body storage units at City morgues. In Europe, you only get A/C once you're dead." Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: Paris’ deputy mayor says the U.S. bears “a significant amount of responsibility” for the deadly heatwave gripping France." Absolute Resolve Fella @mack_a_d00, "Good one." Insty adds F OFF, FROGGIE: DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "Make no mistake about it. If Kamala had pulled off the steal in 2024, America would be banning A/C right now too." Quote DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "Europe is starting to ban A/C for 2 reasons: 1. To kill old people with heat stroke who use up all the tax dollars in socialized medicine. 2. To make everyone feel hot and miserable so the “global warming” scam feels more real and they can pass more tax increases. These globalist elites are truly evil." Saffron Sniper @Saffron_Sniper1, "Chinese people are trolling Europeans by posting videos on social media showing that even their pigs have air conditioning, while many Europeans can’t because of government rules." Save the bacon! In Chicago, they'd still be voting for universal health care. Matt Whitlock @MattWhitlock, "In the UK, between 9/2024 and 8/2025, roughly 79,130 names were removed from healthcare waiting lists because patients died before getting care. 28,908 had been waiting longer than the 18-week standard, and 7,737 had waited more than a year. Does that feel “universal?“" Quote Scott Robertson @sarobertson_, "McGowan: Every single country in the World Cup has universal health care except us. That's not a far left position."

Steve Milloy @JunkScience, "New York State celebrates the 250th by trying to force Catholic nuns to use 'preferred pronouns': "The sisters have received three letters from the state’s health department, in effect, explaining that they’re not complying with provisions of a “Bill of Rights for LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers” that Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed in 2023. "The text stipulates that long-term care facilities must use patients’ preferred pronouns, even when they’re not present; defer to their choice of bathroom; and refuse to assign rooms based on biological sex. Staff must also undergo “cultural competency” training.""  Jennifer Sey @JenniferSey, "A hybrid Trans/Palestinian flag. Like it's a thing."

Los Angeles 2021

At NottheBee, Los Angeles man arrested for shooting BB gun at naked bike riders taking over the city. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Anarchotyranny is when sexual deviants are allowed to break the law while police stand by to protect them from any consequences from outraged citizens." Quote Collin Rugg @CollinRugg "NEW: Los Angeles man arrested after shooting naked people with a BB gun as they rode their bikes through downtown Los Angeles. Hundreds of people were spotted riding without clothes for the World Naked Bike Ride." I suppose it depends who's riding naked. 

Josh Weiner looks at The Unchecked Politicization of Chicago Classrooms. From RCM, America Didn't Lose Its Tradesmen by Accident. They were "educated" away. 

Stacy McCain is shocked, shocked Woke ‘Supergirl’ Bombs Badly "Let’s start by stating the obvious: Sixty-six-year-old grandpas are not the target audience for super-hero action movies and, even when I was part of the target demographic, age-wise, I really never was much of a fan of movies about comic-book characters."

Still more the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.29.26!