Flotsam and Jetsam - Spent Sparklers and Fireworks

Bob Spencer at PJM thinks Trump's Mount Rushmore Speech Outrages the Media Like Nothing Since the Days of Reagan. Wrong, they're way more outraged by everything and anything Trump does since he beat their anointed one, Hillary. I remember back to the days of Reagan; they were nasty, but not this nasty. Sundance hosts Secretary Rubio: “250 Years of America” “America has never been merely a proposition. It has always been a very real and living civilization. A unique and distinctive people, unlike any nation or people in the history of the world.” And Happy 250th Birthday America from the White House. At Data Republicans substack, On Our 250th Anniversary: The History Jefferson Warned Us Not to Forget "A Fourth of July reflection on what every American should study." History, especially the parts they don't want you to know. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, 'The Enemy of 1776': Trump Celebrates America 250 While Rebuking Mamdani. At No Pasaran! Trump's Outstanding Speech for America at 250: "Communism is an ideology of mass theft, mass control, mass lies, and mass murder—It is the Enemy of July 4th, 1776."

Hat Hair cites CBS, A Look at 'the Good Stuff' About America. Maybe Bari Weiss is having some effect! BostonWriter@bostonwriter, "If this sort of thing doesn’t stop you in your tracks and make even the slightest twinge of pride rise in your soul… well… I feel sorry for you."

Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Happy 4th of July, SPLC." Quote Mitchell Miller @mmillerwtop, "A group of masked men gathered at Union Station today and called for reclaiming the country and getting rid of immigrants. Some held Confederate flags. They have been marching across Capitol Hill."Steve Guest @SteveGuest, "Can’t wait to find out which left wing NGO is footing the bill for this nonsense." Quote philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_ "Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr" Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre, "Which woman was safer on the metro?" The black women between the PFers, or Iryna Zarutska? "Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch, "I just think it’s funny that the “Patriot Front” jabroneys are too embarrassed to show their faces carrying the American flag. Not very patriotic. Likewise, it’s funny that people who call themselves American patriots carry flags for a cause that sought to destroy America. But, hey, if they want to march in equatorial heat to be mocked by pretty much everyone that’s cool. I just don’t think they’ve thought through any of this very well." Quote Mitchell Miller @mmillerwtop, "The group marched away from Union Station, carrying various flags, including Confederate flags." Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "I’m entirely in favor of a law making wearing a mask in public without a documented medical reason a misdemeanor and believe such a law would have broad bi-partisan support. I want these guys unmasked as much as I want Antifa unmasked, no one ever wore a mask like this to do good. I want to know who they are as well, and who is paying for the 'uniforms.'

From Twitchy, 'You Showed Us EXACTLY Who You Are'! Zohran Mamdani Tries Again and NOBODY Is Buying It. Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke, "So Mamdani is now trying to clean up after himself following that horrifically hateful speech he gave. Yet he still cannot help himself. Even on his best behavior, with an army of advisors undoubtedly telling him not to further besmirch America on the Fourth of July, he still cannot resist dwelling on America’s flaws. ..." Quote Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor, "Today marks 250 years since a small group of newspaper editors, farmers, and soldiers signed a document declaring our nation’s independence — a truth that feels self-evident now but was revolutionary then. ... Today and all days, let us remember that patriotism is not pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent — because loving our country means fighting for the best version of it." David Burge @iowahawkblog, "America is exceptional because the people who bitch about it the loudest refuse to leave." Nick Arama at RedState thinks Elon Decimates Mamdani's America 250 Speech With 1 Simple Fact - Then DeSantis Drops in Off the Top Rope. Elon Musk @elonmusk, "Mamdani has built nothing. He is a taker, never a maker." Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "NOW: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis NAILS IT PERFECTLY "When I see the Mamdanis of the world, they're basically offering these ideas, they claim they're progressive. They're really REGRESSIVE. These are things that the founding fathers REJECTED!" "Their ideas have FAILED throughout history. And we have a chance now with 250 to look back and say — we're inheritors of an awfully GOOD legacy. We got LUCKY to have founding fathers pledge their lives, fortune and sacred honor the way they did when they did it!"" Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug, "Turns out like all communists, Zohran lies and demands the people sacrifice while he is blasting the A/C in his office." Young Americans for Liberty @YALiberty, "Mamdani demands the peasants turn their thermostats to 78, cracks the A/C at City Hall to 63. Rules for thee, not for me! An absolute commie classic."New York Post @nypost, "Mandani's wife Rama Duwaji ditches America 250 bash for Islamic 'spiritual wellness' retreat in Spain https://trib.al/ehm1Vuk." TownHall's Scott McLallen reports Ellison's Independence Day Video Sparks Backlash Amid Pardon Scandal. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Minnesota AG Keith Ellison shares a message for 4th of July suggesting we import millions more foreigners and grant them citizenship This comes just says after he pardoned a foreign child rapist to shield him from deportation." James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames, "Amazing." Quote political jew @PoliticalJewTT, "David Duke, the former KKK Grand Wizard, has now endorsed Ilhan Omar, Zohran Mamdani and Darializa Avila Chevalier. No, this is not a joke."

Matt Margolis at PJM asks if you Need Another Reason to Loathe Michelle Obama? I can't say I really loathe her; I don't think about her all that much. Hannah Knudsen at Flopping Aces likes hos America 250 Exposed the Democrats: They Want to Rule a Country They Don’t Love. At Am Great, Roger Kimball tells a A Tale of Two Countries. "On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration, America’s story is cast as either triumphant inheritance or unfinished grievance, with no neutral ground in between." RazörFist @RazorFist, "Communism isn't popular. Never has been. Hence all Communist revolutions are spearheaded by a small number of academic elites, while the underlings—the ones who invariably perish in such a revolt—must be manipulated into participating with some other pet issue." Quote Count of Andria @RaymondBerengar Replying to @RazorFist, "The problem we have today is that, as ever, Communism is really, really popular... before it's implemented. You would think people would learn from history, but I can assure you, they don't." Steve Moore at Hat Hair tells us What England Can Teach Us About 'Democratic Socialism'. It's not democratic and it makes the common people lives worse.

Rusty Weiss at RedState hears Top Dem Admits They’ll Nuke the Filibuster—But Trump Has Plan for GOP to Win Elections for ‘100 Years.’

Don Surber asserts Girls sports is for girls only, "5 middle school girls helped convince the Supreme Court to stop the transgender madness" while still allowing it, if that's what a state decides.

Joe Chalfant at TownHall reports Illegal Alien CDL Holder Kills Pennsylvania State Trooper in Horrific Accident. Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "BREAKING: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that the semi-truck driver charged w/ killing PA State Trooper Michael Pahira Jr. in a crash in PA on Wednesday is a Haitian illegal alien who flew into the US via the Biden administration's CHNV mass parole program in 2024 & received his CDL from the state of Massachusetts. ..."

Althouse is amused by the usual suspects whinging about how bad July 4 celebrations are, now that Trump is in office, "Fireworks release tiny particles that can irritate lungs and trigger asthma attacks, along with gases like carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide..." "... and sulfur dioxide and metals including aluminum, manganese and cadmium, according to the American Lung Association. Even Freedom 250, the Trump-backed group that helped organize the event, acknowledged on its website that 'air quality will decline' and visibility 'may become compromised.'" and "Visitors in red, white and blue darkened with sweat stood in lines for hours, sometimes screaming in frustration and other times collapsing from exhaustion." ""The Independence Day parade was canceled and the Great American State Fair delayed. Steel fences and closed roads made photos of iconic monuments hard to capture. Both white supremacists and liberal activists marched through the city, each demanding their country back...." I'm reading "America’s 250th celebrations marked by severe weather, political division/Officials ordered thousands of people to evacuate the National Mall after a severe weather warning that delayed President Donald Trump’s speech." That's in The Washington Post (not the NYT, as I'd accidentally had written)." Tim Young @TimRunsHisMouth, "A special Happy 4th of July shout out to the patriots at @JimmysSeafood who expanded their business this year by telling anti-American trash to go fuck themselves. This was one of my favorite X moments ever…"

Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "Finally, scientific backing to my long held belief that the Spanish aren’t real Europeans."

Hat Hair's John Sexton reports the NY Times Defends Organizer of 'Muslims Only' Swim Party. Some pigs are more equal than others.

At Twitchy, Variety: Rob Reiner Gets the 'Last Laugh' Against Trump With Secret Final Role. Sadly that may be his lasting legacy.

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn is laughing as Merriam-Webster - Yes, the Dictionary People - Dunk on the British: Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster, "Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.? Because we gave them that L in 1776."

Stacy McCain discusses Our Patriotic Duty to Fill the Sky with fireworks. I hope his went off better than ours. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Slowly I Turn up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Democrat Civil War Heats Up

Stacey Matthews at LI thinks The ‘Moderate’ Left’s Campaign to Distance Themselves From Their Socialist Wing Isn’t Going Well. “They should not be the face of our party. We need to be organized and clear in our vision.” From Twitchy, SOUND THE ALARM! Fire Marshal Bowman Attacks Josh Shapiro as Democrats Continue to Eat Each Other. Althouse cites Trump, "And the Democrats aren't fighting back.... They didn't beat us, but they'd be victorious against the Communists." "But they don't have the courage to do so. So, they're turning Communists themselves, becoming a Communist Party." Sundance at CTH hosts Barbara Boyd Outlining The DSA New York Communist Program. Jeff Blehar at NRO outlines Darializa Chevalier and the Left’s Tea Party Moment. Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Everything as a matter of record and was well known that The New York Times could have reported on before the primary. Bang up job, Team." Quote Peter Baker @peterbakernyt, "Who is Darializa Avila Chevalier? She has called Biden a "rapist," said "fuck Kamala Harris," seemed to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine, denigrated interracial relationships and supported abolishing police, borders and prisons." Ace, Democrats Recruited Antifa As their Zombie Street Enforcers. Now the Antifa Zombies Are Running the Show. "Darializa Avila Chevalier, founder of the pro-Hamas, pro-October 7 group CUAD and committed to -- quote -- the "total eradication of Western civilization," will soon officially be a Democrat congresswoman." Matt Taibbi at Racket writes about Zohran Mamdani and the Nitwit Revolution "New York's Mayor proved he's a generational political talent this week, re-shaping the Democratic Party and setting America up for a referendum on its founding principles." At Da Signal, Victor Davis Hanson Sets the Record Straight on Tucker Carlson and Graham Platner. Gregg Keller @RGreggKeller, "One of the benefits of working on a campaign effort against Talarico is that they make all of our commercials for us. #txsen." Quote RNC Research @RNCResearch, "CRINGE Texas Dems have lost their minds defending James Talarico: “They say that James is trans, we’re all trans. ..." PJM's Dave Manney thinks The Obama Halo Is Starting to Flicker. Finally!

Party Like It’s October 1917

From Liberty Unyielding, New York City imposes rent freeze on one million apartments, resulting in huge losses for some. Hat Hair's Steve Moore sees Democrats Declare War on School Choice. Insty worries about BLUE POLITICS IN TENNESSEE GETTING CRAZIER: Is Hamilton County Slipping From Red To Blue Or Just From Sane To Unhinged?, "As noted yesterday, the Democrat candidate for county mayor in Hamilton County made threats against school board members as part of his unhinged promotion of the LGBTQ in Hamilton County schools." Meanwhile, up the road in Knoxville: Knox County mayor candidate Beau Hawk marched in Venezuela for Nicolas Maduro." From the Right Scoop, Big Pharma, hoping Dem stooges will retake congress, start BLOWING OFF federally mandated discounts. Batya Ungar-Sargon @bungarsargon, ""Abolish ICE," "Defund the Police," and "Free Palestine" aren't a working class agenda. They're the cries of an over credentialed gentrifying elite consumed with resentment and the belief that the taxpayer should fund their vanity degrees and podcasts." John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre, "Homeless, yachtless Elon Musk, who actually builds rockets, EVs, and neural tech trying to benefit humanity, should apparently cough up $50 billion in taxes on unrealized gains. Meanwhile, Laurene Powell Jobs ($15B inherited), Nancy Walton ($20B inherited), and MacKenzie Scott ($40B divorce) never built shit, never risked shit, and never shipped a single product that changed the world. But they get the praise and zero scrutiny. Because they have the right politics. (BTW ~25% of Walmart employees are on government benefits.)" From Shooting News Week, We Won’t Let Anti-Gun Billionaires Who Finance Civilian Disarmament Live in the Shadows Anymore.

From the College Fix, Trump admin caught $150 million in fraudulent student loans in past months. The Post Millennial @TPostMillennial, "Trump Education Dept. blocks $150 MILLION in fraudulent student loans amid California 'ghost student' scam: "We have turned education in this country into a piggy bank for the worst people you can imagine, and the Biden administration did nothing about this!"" Scott McLallen at TownHall, DOJ Sues Four States That Refused to Hand Over SNAP Data. John Solomon at JTN reports Treasury Secretary vows law-breaking leftist nonprofits to face prosecution, asset seizures. "Bessent's crackdown comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order last fall asking federal agencies to better police tax-exempt organizations, which have exploded in size and mission far beyond traditional charities." I'm not entirely sure we need tax-exempt organizations.

Driscoll at Insty, BUTTIGIEG SEPARATED FROM CHILDREN AFTER BEING TARGETED BY FALSE CPS REPORT: “Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he was briefly separated from his 4-year-old twins after an anonymous caller filed a false report with Child Protective Services concerning his family. Buttigieg wrote about the swatting-like incident in a lengthy Substack post on Friday, detailing his encounter with Michigan State Police.” Scalito @Legally_Italian, "Amy Coney Barrett was swatted last month. Neither Pete Buttigieg nor Mark commented on it. The New York Times did not do a story on it. I like Mark, but the truth is the only thing new about this story is that it happened to a Democrat. It’s ho-hum and commonplace for conservatives." Quote Mark Halperin @MarkHalperin, "Everyone, including those who oppose @PeteButtigieg politically, should speak out about this in a forceful manner. x.com/jason/status/2…" At Althouse "A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family," writes Pete Buttigieg. "At Substack. I don't think he's accusing Child Protective Services or the police of handling the complaint improperly. Should they have done anything differently? Read the essay carefully and tell me what you think. I believe the answer is no." Has anyone considered the possibility that whoever reported Buttigieg saw something concerning. At least CPS doesn't usually break down the door, use flash-bangs and start shooting.

Also from Althouse, "How the Reflecting Pool Turned Green.... Bulky 'nanobubbler' machines were carted off ahead of a promotional event for President Trump’s Ultimate Fighting Championship birthday party." "The NYT reports. ... In recent days, the water has become clear again, reflecting the sky and the surrounding monuments. The temporary nanobubblers have been replaced with more discreet, permanent purification systems. Still, the Park Service plans to drain the pool again soon to fix the peeling coating...."

TownHall's Matt Vespa thinks This Bill Maher Episode Was Wild...and the Libs Are Not Going to Like It. RedState's Nick Arama says The Dems Are Going to Lose Their Minds Over This Bill Maher Show With JD Vance.

Nick Arama again, Iran Launches Strikes Against Bahrain - and the Excuse Is Incredible. "He literally blamed the U.S. for Iran's own violation." At Hat Hair, Dave Strom sees Tit-for-Tat in Strait of Hormuz; UPDATE: Iran Attacks Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraqi Government Upheaval and Larry Elder cites Trump: The Greater Risk Was Waiting. wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "The WSJ says the relatively small number of Iranian hits on US facilities in the Gulf are 'devastating'. "Iran shot more than 8,000 missiles and drones and only two hits resulted in U.S. fatalities,” said Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East. Hawkins also said the U.S. military inflicted far more damage to Iran than it received, with the U.S. striking more than 13,500 targets." My comment: that's not how narratives work. Any damage to the US not equal to zero is devastating; 13,500 targets Iranian targets hit without regime change means the IR is winning or has in fact won."

John Sexton at Hat Hair observes The Lack of Gasoline is Getting to Russians. Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "Russia is suffering a supply and corruption driven fuel shock to its economy that is bigger than the USA's twin energy shocks of the 1973 oil embargo and the 1979 fall of Shah in Iran. 1/" Quote 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱△ @TheDeadDistrict, "In Zabaykalsky Krai, one of the strictest fuel sales limits has been introduced — 15 liters per fill-up. The regional authorities have declared a state of heightened readiness due to a shortage in the fuel market." At Althouse, "In response to Russia’s war in Ukraine, Central Asian governments have drawn closer together as a bloc, while welcoming Mr. Trump’s transactional approach to foreign policy." ""They are seeking opportunities to reduce their reliance on Moscow, even as they tread lightly so as not to cross the Kremlin or antagonize China. 'For the business relationship, it has never been better,' said Jeff Erlich, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan, who has worked in and around the region since the late 1990s. 'In my experience, that is clear.'" From "Kazakhstan’s Leader Deepens U.S. Ties, Saying Trump Was ‘Sent by Heaven’/The Central Asian nation is aggressively courting President Trump’s Washington to counterbalance its powerful neighbors, Russia and China" (NYT)(gift link, so you can try to figure it out for yourself). That's one of 2 stories about Kazakhstan at the top of the front page of the NYT right now. The other is: "Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit. An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten."" Sundance has a theory on Why The Ukraine War is Hardest to End? "Mike Steger from Promethean Action PAC argues the reason the Ukraine war is hardest to end is simply because Ukraine represents the proxy state of all the globalist stakeholders who need another large conflict in order to eliminate the problem of a moral-based Christian perspective within the ‘West.’" Drek. The war is hard to end because both sides have a lot at stake. At this point Putin has his reputation at stake and I suspect that he truly believe Ukraine should be part of Russia. Moreover, given that defense is generally easier than offence, the greater size and population of Russia is largely offset. And superior Ukrainian innovation in drone is starting to make inroads. 

Mitch Berg at Hat Hair VIP is happy SCOTUS Strikes Down Hawaii's "Vampire" Gun Carry Ban. Jonathan Turley doesn;'t think much of Justice Jackson’s Curious Call to Overturn Bruen: The Burden of History ."The burden of actually seeking to understand the intended meaning of a constitutional provision is certainly greater than the more free-style approach of Jackson who focused on how to “resolve contemporary problems” under a living Constitution." At the Balmer Sun, Supreme Court betrays America’s founding promise, by treating all races equal regarding redistricting.

From RCP, Fauci, the CIA, and the Unanswered Questions of COVID. Why was the CIA involved in an attempt to propagandize the American public? Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit @drawandstrike, "No joke. I'd actually read all the books and seen several films and TV movies about Watergate by 1997. That was the year I read Silent Coup, by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin. It literally blew my mind that Bob Woodward was a high-level Naval intelligence officer, doing briefings for the JCOS and other intel work. All the coverage of Woodward's past glossed over his intelligence official past with a line or two about him 'briefly serving in the Navy'. So a ONI guy doing top level briefings for the Pentagon brass just happens to start a new career as an intrepid cub reporter for the Washington Post, just in time to be fed THE BIGGEST POLITICAL SCANDAL STORY in US history."

At Da Signal, Judiciary Committee Threatens to Hold the SPLC in Contempt for Withholding Documents. Just do it. 

The Free Bacon is shocked, shocked A Media Watchdog Released An AI ‘Fact-Checker.’ It Says There May Be 72 Genders. "NewsGuard's AI tool denied that biological sex is a binary and said affirmative action has 'benefited' white men." AI is only as good as it's input. Bullshit in, bullshit out. Ace is ecstatic Elon Musk Posts Entire Film "Citizen Vigilante." "The Uwe Boll/Armie Hammer violent revenge thriller Citizen Vigilante has been banned in Germany for being too closely linked to actual crimes the establishment insists aren't even happening, Racists." Sundance hosts Trump’s Social Media Advisor Alex Bruesewitz -vs- Tucker Carlson.

Stars n Stripes FC @starsnstripesfc, "This aged like milk. Everyone is having the time of their lives." Quote Fetty Waf @Wafunya, "The World Cup is about to expose just how a shithole of a country the USA is." At Althouse, "Installing AC simply wasn’t the British thing to do. He’d have to break a stiff-upper-lip mentality and make peace with a trade-off..." "From "European soccer fans enjoy a brief fling with America’s air-conditioned culture/Despite a deadly heat wave at home, many say they won’t permanently embrace Americans’ electricity-guzzling amenity" (WaPo)." Salena Zito sees the Ghost of Alexis de Tocqueville Returns -- What America Can Learn From Him.

GBN, King Charles will now 'protect the multi-faith nation' as new role defined. Breccan Thies at Da Fed, UK Needs To Ditch Censorship And Mass Migration, Not Just Keir Starmer. Bo French @bofrench, "I have been criticized, even from people on my side, for saying this is their goal. The problem is this is not my opinion. They admit it. How long are our leaders going to continue to ignore this imminent threat?" Quote Yossi BenYakar @YossiBenYakar, "An imam in Alabama, Ragab Abdelmoneim of the Islamic Academy of Huntsville, openly told his audience that Muslims must be ready to sacrifice their lives through jihad in order to establish “the religion of Allah” in the United States. He claimed that victory over America is closer than ever. This isn’t being preached in some remote village overseas. This is being said openly on American soil. At what point does this stop being protected “religious speech” and become a national security threat? How is he not arrested?" The JC, Our holiday landlord realised we were Jewish. What happened next was deeply troubling. "Once the property owner worked out that Yoni Birnbaum was a rabbi, he quizzed him on whether he was opposed to Israel." France.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Humpday Hash

A truly themeless day, so let's just start with miscellaneous Trumpiania. Joe Chalfant at TownHall thinks it's disgusting that Deranged Vandals Force Authorities to Implement New Security Measures Around Reflecting Pool. It's a reflection on liberals. Althouse finds "When asked if Trump was the 79-year-old man in question, White House spokesperson Kush Desai did not say no...." Eli Lilly Approved Obesity Drug for Mystery 79-Year-Old Patient and "He was much less stoked to be assigned by Tina Brown, then editor of The New Yorker, to profile Mr. Trump in 1997,"I'm sorry to hear that Mark Singer has died. You can click on my tag "Mark Singer" to see how he's come up here over the years. What a distinction to have Trump's "YOU ARE A TOTAL LOSER" in your NYT obituary. To continue the all-caps — RIP." Reason complains Trump Says His Task Force Is Fighting a Foreign 'Invasion.' It's Busting Americans for Drugs Instead. At CTH, sundance has Primary Elections in New York, Utah, Maryland and South Carolina – Results and Open Discussion.

In the Iran conflict, sundance hosts Secretary Rubio Holding an Impromptu Presser Upon Arrival in Abu Dhabi, UAE. News Wax claims Trump says Iran Has 'Fully Agreed' to Nuclear Inspections. If so, they're lying. NYPo goes Inside the insurance racket Iran wants to run in the Strait of Hormuz — and how it will devastate Western shipping. Oil Price.com sees the Hormuz Crisis Sparks a Middle East Pipeline Boom. Makes sense. I suppose they're allowed to build such things still. Don Surber addresses the question Where’s the regime change? "It is in Iran because killing the ayatollah created a power vacuum." I think we need to peel back three or four more layers of the onion.

Matt Margolis at PJM says Stick a Fork in James Talarico. He's Done after a video comes to light of him admitting "I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity, right?" At Hat Hair, Dave Strom thinks If The Texas Senate Race Isn't Safe, Then We Might as Well Pack It in and Move to Canada for MAiD and Capt. Ed notices Whoa: Crockett, Allred Snub Talarico and Texas Dem Convention.

Driscoll at Insty does COFFEE AND CLICHES: Lefty owner of anti-Israel NYC coffee shop calls US ally ‘Nazi Germany of our time’ in hateful online outburst. "The radical leftist owner of a woke Brooklyn coffee shop that boasts about discriminating against pro-Israel Jewish customers on social media has a history of deranged anti-Israel LinkedIn posts — including accusing the Jewish state of genocide and comparing it to Nazi Germany." Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "Some of us almost spit out our coffee this morning on Dan Goldman going on CNN to denounce the lack of civility in politics. This stems from the refusal of a barista to sell him a coffee. Goldman, who is viewed by many as the face of rage for his party in attacking anyone with..." Steve Eisner @DoTheRightWing, "Classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. They spend all their time hurling the most vicious insults against the Right never even thinking to protect their flank as they get eaten by their own on the Left." Michael Birzin @bigbee383, "He's found out too late that he isn't communist or antisemitic enough for the DSA. After today the Democratic party should officially change it's logo. The communist left has taken over." Jon Levine @LevineJonathan, "NEW from me The owner of the coffee shop which refused Dan Goldman's "AIPAC" money: 1. Owes NY almost $400,000 in taxes 2. Accused Israel of doing 9/11 3. Donated to Graham Platner (naturally) 4. Been repeatedly cited by NYC health inspectors." Charles Murray @charlesmurray, "My daughter's friend in grad school, upon being asked by a member of her dissertation committee why she didn't include a Marxist perspective. "I grew up in the Soviet Union. I don't practice recreational Marxism." Quote Possum Reviews @ReviewsPossum, "I don't care what communism is in theory because I know what it is in practice. x.com/ilektramerc/st…"

Amy Curtis at TownHall, Josh Shapiro Actually Said This About the Democratic Party. Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "Josh Shapiro: "I think Democrats are the party of real freedom. Real freedom that... allows parents like me and my wife Lori to make decisions over what vaccines our kids are gonna be able to get." You're free to bake the cake, or else. From the Victory Girls, Chicago’s Latest Emergency Is A Word Nobody Can Define: Transfemicide Beege Welborn at Hat Hair asks Excuse Me, Chicago - Could You Point Me to Where the 'Transfemicide' Is Happening? TheBlaze @theblaze, "Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says he has declared a “Transfemicide State of Emergency.” "You know how many PEOPLE of all colors, but mostly black, have been killed in Chicago in the same past ten years? FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED With 197 already this year." Ace, So Close to Pride Month? As Chicago Recovers From Bloody "Juneteenth" Violence Leaving Eight Dead and Thirty-Nine Shot, BlacKKK Mayor Brandon Johnson Changes the Topic and Babbles About Anti-Trans Violence That Barely Exists. "It was another weekend of slaughter in the Lightworker's supposed home city." Nick Matau @nick_matau, "The terrorist group (PFLP - who started modern terrorism) Sama Safi belongs to has killed over 20 U.S. citizens." Quote Rep. Derek Tran @RepDerekTranCA, "I am deeply alarmed by the detention of Sama Safi in an Israeli prison. Sama, a 20-year-old Palestinian American student, was taken from her home in the middle of the night and continues to be held without charges. This is part of a disturbing pattern of the Israeli government." 

George MF Washington @GMFWashington, "I do an early morning bike ride on weekends just as all the addicts are “coming to”… if you really want to see the horrors Newsom and Bass turn a blind eye to, that’s the time to do it, before they wisely move back into the shadows before the normies start their day." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Iconic Santa Monica beach turns into 'sleeping bag city' at sunrise - as locals erupt https://trib.al/9T5XZRi." I went to Santa Monica beach many times growing up. Beege Welborn hears Newsom to CA State Employees: Okay, Everybody Back in the Pool! You can stop cowering from Covid now. Ace cites Politico: Senator Reuben Gallego (Who Fancies Himself a Candidate for President or VP in 2028) Shared a Joint Back Account With His F***buddy Eric Swalwell, Used His Campaign Kitty to Pay for Personal Expenses, "I can't believe that this slob believes he can be President or VP. He thinks he has an in because he's Hispanic and Democrats are nothing but racial panderers." Bob Hoge at RedState reports Former LAFD Chief Hits Karen Bass With Blistering Defamation Suit Alleging Mayor Lied Through Her Teeth.

Matt Vespa at TownHall says Get Over It, Lady. Hillary Clinton's Latest Remarks on the Electoral College Are Not Surprising. Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "It’s only calls for an anti-Democratic insurrection when it’s a right wing candidate calling for it, when it’s a left wing candidate doing it he’s bravely calling on his supporters to rise up as freedom fighters in defense of Democracy" Quote Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork, "Left-wing Peruvian presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez, who is currently projected to lose, has announced at a press conference that he does not recognize the election, alleging that there "has been a manipulation of the vote," asking his supporters to take to the streets."

From Althouse, "Schlossberg’s Defeat Dampens Dream of a Renewed Camelot." "That's one of the NYT's front-page headlines about yesterday's primaries. Dream of a Renewed Camelot... Who was still dreaming that dream?" and The London Times stresses the Texan in Elon Musk as it reports the news/"news" that he's not a trillionaire at this precise moment. You mean stocks go up and down? Who knew? Twitchy is shocked Popehat Banned from Bluesky Over Bizarre Musk Assassination Missive.

Streif at RedState is gratified Antifa Terrorist Gang Gets Nearly a Half Millenium in Prison for ICE Facility Attack. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN: A group of Antifa terrorists were just SENTENCED to HUNDREDS OF YEARS in prison after a violent attack on the ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas FAFO, LOCK THEM UP! I voted for the law and order! The group's RINGLEADER, Benjamin Song, got 100 years. The others got as many as 70 years and 50 years. BIG WIN." Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "This reporter describes the Antifa attack on a TX ICE facility as a “noise demo”, during which they showed up in all black, armed, threw fireworks as a distraction, and then shot an Alvarado, TX police officer in the neck as he responded to the scene." Quote Sam Russek @samrussek "Update: 8 Texas protesters were sentenced today, following a July 4 noise demo outside an ICE detention center. The maj. were sentenced to 50 years in prison." You don't hate the media enough. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "Ah, democrats in congress are publicly expressing support for a group of domestic terrorists who tried to assassinate a cop to free illegal aliens. But remember, you’re a dangerous extremist if you get loud at a school board meeting," Quote Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib @RepRashida "These sentences are a travesty and totally unjustified, but that's the point. Americans hate the fascist Trump regime, so the only way they can try to cling to power is brute force. NSPM-7 is a grave threat to all of us and more bullshit "terrorism" charges like these are coming." From Ace, Two More Leftwing Incels Charged In Planned UFC Mass Casualty Attack; Another Incel Kills Two People in Montreal, "Maybe young working-age men shouldn't spend all day on the internet jacking off with a robotic vagina. Maybe that's not the way God or biology (or both) designed men to live their lives. Maybe it does something insidious to your brain."

Jake Scullum at Reason hears Clarence Thomas Explain Why the Commerce Clause Cannot Justify Federal Bans on Gun Possession, "Even under the Supreme Court's highly elastic understanding of that clause, Thomas says, such laws do not qualify as regulation of interstate commerce." Shooting News Week, AP Poll Shows Dems Not As Worried About Threat to Gun Rights They Don’t Value FischerKing @FischerKing64, "Suspect SCOTUS is dropping some pro-administration rulings on immigration because at the very end of the term they're going to drop a 6-3 bomb ruling in favor of birthright citizenship - and then they're all going to disappear for their vacations and paid seminars/speeches" and "I could be wrong and would like to be. I was genuinely surprised when they overturned Roe v. Wade. I thought their careerist instincts would override any fidelity to the law - that they would uphold it 5-4 thinking it would avoid court packing discussions." At Da Caller, Judge Shuts Down Trump Admin Database Used To Remove Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls. Twitchy, Judge BLOCKS Trump Administration From Restricting SNAP Benefits for Soda and Candy.

Beege Welborn says it's Soundin' Like Acting DNI Bill Pulte Swept In With a Broom to Sweep Out. Sundance elaborates Acting DNI Pulte Removes 51 from Agency – Six Fired and 45 “sent back to their home agencies.” "I’m not sure if that represents 45 from across all the desks, or the complete elimination of some overstaffed liaison desks. That said, given the nature of the leaking was recently to CNN (State Dept leaks to CNN), I am somewhat confident the State Dept liaison office inside the DNI is now empty office space." At Coffee and Covid, "Mere days after former DNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified 1,600 pages of secret intelligence community emails and work product from the first months after the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci has had a sudden, but sincere, change of heart. Yesterday, SFG Media reported, “Anthony Fauci Refuses to Testify Voluntarily Before Congress on COVID-19.” It’s ironic. Having run the world’s premier allergy agency, Fauci has suddenly become allergic to testifying."

Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2, "Chief Sund was Pelosi's (and others) scapegoat. She forced him to resign on Jan 7. Sund was just months away from retirement eligibility and deprived of a job he loved--all so Pelosi could place the blame on his shoulders. Congress should right this wrong." Quote, "Chief Steven Sund @ChiefSund, "Before any investigation, Pelosi and her staff were already plotting my removal. On Jan 6, Pelosi admitted on camera that she was responsible for the security failures at the Capitol. Yet, within 24-hours, she publicly blamed me for Jan 6..."

FedWire, DHS and CBP announce 13 consecutive months of zero releases at the border. Amy Curtis at TownHall, Illegal Immigrant Busted After Using Uber Gig to Kidnap, Assault Passenger.

Not surprisingly, Nigel Farage thinks Britain is broken, we need an election. Steve Soukup at Am Great wonders “Is There No England Now?” "Whether Keir Starmer has resigned or not, Britain’s turmoil over immigration, speech, and identity signals a ruling consensus fracturing under public backlash." At TCW, Delusional to the end: Starmer’s resignation speech proved why he had to go. Sarah at Insty snorts BUT HE’LL ‘FIX’ THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT BECOMING MINORITIES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY: "Open borders Burnham won’t fix broken Britain." At the Babylon Bee, Visitors From Europe Tell Us Their 13 Most Surprising Discoveries In America. "4. The police won't raid your house if you share a meme: Go ahead and be funny, Europeans." Benjamin Domenech @bdomenech, ""Hot Swedish women like America, here's why that's bad." - @TheAtlantic" Quote Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "Oh, you all are enjoying the posts from the hot Swedish influencer? Well, she's a whore. x.com/bdomenech/stat…"

From the College Fix, ASU professor docked for ‘Christian bias’ after asking students about ‘highest good’ and Roughly one-third of UC Berkeley law students claim ‘psychological’ disabilities. To be fair, it's probably a low estimate. Joanne Jacobs sees Liberals see promise in tax-credit scholarships; conservatives see dangers.

Ace, Under Threat of Anti-Trust Action, Un-American MLB Walks Back Threat to Discipline Players for Daring to Include Biblical References on Their Forced Gay Cosplay Hats. "As you know, the San Francisco Giants forced players to wear pRiDe rainbow caps. Some players objected to being forced to wear this antibiblical message, so they put little strips of cloth on the caps noting a specific Biblical passage that mentions the rainbow as God's promise to never flood the world again." NYPo, Woman who emptied Knicks trashcan on street — then stole it — is fired from JPMorgan Chase, was DEI exec. Althouse asks "What's "experiential content" and why am I "experiencing" that as bullshit?" From State of the Day, the State of Monday: ALPHABET PRIDE'S DISASTER MONTH "Something tells me it’s going to get worse before it gets better."

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Flotsam and Jetsam - Tucker Flounces Out of the Party

Anxious anxiously reports "I'm out": Tucker Carlson says he's done with the GOP. Betsey Stauffer at LI, Tucker Carlson Officially Exits the Republican Party; ‘It’s Immoral … I’m Out’ “How could I or any American voter support a political party that’s not loyal to the United States? That puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens.” He's gone around the bend. 

Nick Sortor @nicksortor, " WOW! Looks like the U.S. Park Police are using PLAINCLOTHES informants to catch people screwing with the sealant in the reflecting pool This woman has just been DETAINED after being caught. Keep your hands off the freaking sealant, losers." Western Lensman @WesternLensman, "MSNOW’s Cornell Belcher is in with what may be the most unhinged media reflecting pool take yet: Kids can no longer “splash around" in the pool for fear of being arrested, which is the “ultimate symbol” of the country’s fall into authoritarianism. Good lord."

Aurora Borealis @aborealis940, "Overnight, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Russian “Dubna” space communications center in #Moscow region, - the General Staff This is one of the largest satellite communications facilities in #ruZZia, which supports government and military communications." Dave Strom at Hat Hair thinks Ukraine Is Systematically Dismantling Russia's War Machine. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn thinks it's funny that Without $34M in USAID to Help Elect Communists, Colombia Does the Rightward Presidential Flip. John Sexton at Hat Hair wonders Do Canadians Hate America Now? From Ace, Europeans Visiting the US for the World Cup Have Been Marveling At American Plenty, So the Left-Wing Bitter Widow Vanity Magazine "The Atlantic" Tries to Prove It's All a Right-Wing Psyop.

Sundance at CTH hosts Vice President JD Vance Giving an Update on U.S-Iran Ceasefire Discussion. From NYPo, Vance suggests US, Iran could ‘transform’ relationship but Tehran officials insist they’re not making friends: ‘Primary option is jihad’, Capt Ed at Hat Hair wonders Did Vance Cut Israel Out Of the Loop on Hezbollah 'Deconfliction'? THE SKIN DOCTOR @theskindoctor13, "US-Iran Peace Talks Fail. The US delegation, led by JD Vance, entered the meeting arena first. This was strange, because the party that claims to be the upper hand typically arrives last. Shortly after, the Iranian delegation arrived. They greeted the mediator, Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif, but informed him that they refused to negotiate due to recent threats issued by Trump. They didn't meet Vance and then abruptly left. A panicked Sharif frantically requested his boss, "Field Marshal" Munir, to intervene, but Munir also appeared helpless. Watching from a distance, Vance approached and asked what had happened. A shaken Sharif and Munir apologetically explained the situation to him." Buck Throckmorton at Ace's, MORNING RANT: The Iran Situation and Trump’s MOU – What Constitutes “Finishing the Job” After the Lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan?

John Sexton at Hat Hair hears Elon Musk Suggests He Could Sue Ro Khanna. "On the same show he suggested that Musk needed to be investigated and possibly prosecuted for killing millions of children," by helping shut down USAID. At NYPo, Bill Maher shuts down Rep. Ro Khanna as he fawns over Mamdani: ‘He pals around with terrorists!’Ro Khanna @RoKhanna, "Ro against the Robber Barons of our time." Quote DogeDesigner @cb_doge, "BREAKING: Elon Musk calls for the arrest of Ro 'the Robber' Khanna. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a USAID official and several executives pleaded guilty in a bribery scheme involving more than $550 million in contracts." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "You mean the people who are building things, creating the wealth you feed on, creating jobs? The parasites are in Congress. Insider trading and trying to bilk the rest of us for graft. Anyway, congrats, a public feud with @elonmusk is the best thing that ever happened to you. After the insider trading, that is. Fundraising off that, angling off that, aren't you." Ro Khanna @RoKhanna, "Elon, how about just paying the 5% instead of hurling random insults? And here are the facts, man. Your USAID cuts did this: https://ph.ucla.edu/news-events/news/research-finds-more-14-million-preventable-deaths-2030-if-usaid-defunding." Quote Elon Musk @elonmusk, Replying to @WesternLensman, "He’s such an evil liar." Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol, "Hello Ro, As a sign of good faith in the idea, why don't you personally, ahead of any tax, donate 5% of your $232.7 MILLION net worth to the government. It will fund childcare for 1,000 kids. Why won't you donate your own money to this cause?" From Twitchy, Ruh-Ro!: Khanna Wants Debate With Elon Musk After He Threatened to Sue Over USAID Child Murder Claims. Ace, Ro Khanna, Attempting to Appeal to the Antifa Left for His Presidential Run, Begins the Assassination Prep Machine Against Elon Musk. "Foreign disruptor Ro Khanna says Musk "needs to answer" for "sentencing 4.5 million children to death" with DOGE cuts. He says this as the left is shooting all of their hate objects and cheering on the assassins."

From the Free Bacon, Graham Platner Endorsed Comment From 'RevolutionaryCommie' Calling America a 'Disgraceful Country': 'I'm an American, and I Can't Disagree'. "The since-deleted Reddit post came in the wake of the Iranian terror chief Qassem Soleimani's death." PJM's Chris Queen would like you to Meet James Talarico’s 'TransQueer,' 'Latinx' Theology, Umm, Bro. Atop Da Hill, Will AOC suffer the same fate as Bernie and RFK Jr. in the next Democratic primary? TownHall's Matt Vespa cites an Interesting Poll About the Dems From NY Voters...and Not in a Good Way and Jeff Charles says The FBI Just Made a Huge Fraud Arrest in Chicago. No, really! Da Caller hears ‘Done Talking To You’ as Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Lashes Out When Asked About State Fraud Scandal. Tyler Bowyer @tylerbowyer, "The Arizona Republic is so defunct it is fully ignoring reports of the absolute melt down from the most embarrassing US Senator in America who happens to be from THEIR STATE." Quote Irie Sentner @iriesentner, "SCOOP: Sen. Ruben Gallego repeatedly used campaign cash to fund luxury outings with his wife and to care for his children since launching his campaign for Senate in 2023, including attending the Super Bowl using a joint campaign account with Eric Swalwell." Ward Clark at RedState calls it a Shocker: Adam Schiff Now Concedes Trump DOJ May Have Case Against Newsom. Driscoll at Insty on CALIFORNIA DYING: "How Skid Row got to this point has been a long time in the making, with many guilty parties. In the 1970s, an unholy alliance of trade unions, business, activists and nearby nimby’s agreed on a ‘containment’ plan, that focused all homelessness, medical drug support and NGO activity to the area, with vagrants heavily discouraged from leaving that area." Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "It's easy to say crime is down when you just...stop counting crimes." Quote Lisa Cusack @lisa_4_la, " At Father’s Day dinner tonight my dad told us that one of his restaurants had been broken into the last four nights in a row. The perpetrators took mostly beer—bottled and tap—and broke some windows. He went to report it, but was told it looked like it done by homeless, and the city doesn’t report petty thefts by homeless. (Crime is down!) Hope the Bass/Raman voters enjoy their free beer." TownHall's Joe Chalfant reports The Biden Administration Is at the Center of a Massive Fentanyl Trafficking Scandal. "The DEA, under President Joe Biden’s leadership, is at the center of a jaw-dropping "drugwalking" scandal that revealed the agency allowed 1.8 million fentanyl pills to be delivered, a move that a whistleblower says “100 percent got people killed.”"

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh " HOLY CRAP. Sen. Chuck Schumer just sounded the alarm that the SAVE America Act will REMOVE "25 MILLION PEOPLE" from the voter rolls Keep in mind, the bill is for voter ID and proof of citizenship If true, that means 25 MILLION people are illegals or not eligible citizens without ID!" Chuck is either making crap up or HE KNOWS THERE ARE 25 MILLION ILLEGALS VOTING Which is it, Chuck? PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT!" A Larry video at Hat Hair, Chuck Schumer Slips Up: 25 Million Voters Erased. The Center Square Georgia reports Georgia Senate passes voting bill over Democrats' objections. WANE, Black Democrats push back on Wasserman Schultz’s bid in Florida’s 20th District. Calling All Rush-Babes says *Just when you thought the Democrats couldn’t stoop any lower…”Senator” Jon Ossoff of Georgia goes lower. Dick Morris to Newsmax: Cheap Gas Will Sink Dems in Midterms.

Joe Chalfant, Federal Judge Declares That Common-Sense Election Integrity Is Illegal "Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, a Biden-appointed federal judge from Trinidad and Tobago." Tom Knighton at BA opines Jackson's Concurring Opinion in Hemani Case Makes Laughable Argument Against Bruen. John Sexton reports DOJ Appeals Light Sentence for Kavanaugh's Would-Be Assassin, because he claimed to be trans.

Bob Hoge at RedState happily reports 'The Deep State Firings Have Begun' — Reports Indicate Acting DNI Pulte Carrying Out Mass Terminations. No need for Senate confirmation. From Sundance, Promethean PAC Barbara Boyd Evaluates Tulsi Gabbard Biolab Releases and L.A School Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Resigns During Ongoing FBI Investigation.

From the Chronic, Trump Ramps Up War on the Birth Tourism Industry. Beege Welborn hears A Dutch 'Tugboat Harbor' No Longer Willing to Be an Asylum Seeker Safe Port.

MAZE @mazemoore, "For years Jake Tapper spread the Fine People Hoax. Since Tapper hates white supremacy so much, surely he will be reporting on the SPLC scandal soon right? The SPLC was funding white supremacy so I'm sure Tapper will be doing to do a deep dive on it any day now." John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre, "NYT headline yesterday: A driver in a Tesla vehicle that was engaged in automated driver-assistance mode crashed into a house in Texas and killed a woman. Today: Tesla logs confirm the driver manually overrode the self-driving system and had the accelerator floored the entire time. The first headline (lie) gets all the clicks. The facts get overlooked. And the NYT doesn't bother with a correction because it doesn't fit their narrative."

At the Tele, Starmer resigns as Prime Minister. News Wax reports UK PM Starmer Quits, Will Stay on Until Successor Is Chosen. Beege Welborn says And We Won't Have Keir Starmer to Kick Around Much Longer - Prime Minister Quits. At Ace, Keir Starmer Announces Resignation as His Pre-Arranged Replacement Is Sworn In To Parliament. "Before that, here's a completely unrelated story. UK Police told mother of daughter stabbed to death 23 times with screwdriver by Rwandan 'asylum seeker' to 'tone down' statement to avoid anti-migrant 'violence'." Sundance, As Expected U.K Prime Minister Keir Starmer Officially Resigns – Labour Party Lining Up Behind Andy Burnham. Driscoll at Insty cites BRENDAN O’NEILL: Good riddance to Keir Starmer’s tyranny of greyness. VodkaPundit at PJM says Fail, Britannia: Meet the New Commie, Worse Than the Old Commie. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Keir Starmer stepping down is like replacing a hammer to the forehead with a brick to the temple. It’s nice to see him go, but for now, you’ll get Justin Trudeau to Mark Carney. Andy Burnham is still a socialist. He still complains about “Islamophobia.” Nothing will change." Newsbusters notices No Mention of U.K. Migrant Crisis in CNN’s Starmer Resignation Coverage. From Fire, UK teen social media ban is anonymity-killer for adults.

At Ace, Massachusetts Middle School Principal Apoglogizes to Muslim Students for Making Them Feel "Unseen" and "Unsafe" for... A Teacher Teaching a Standard, Basic Lesson About the Holocaust. "They intend to make you submit to Islam."

Julia Cassidy at TownHall reports a Fired Teacher Accused of Forcing Students to Kiss Lands New Job at Colorado Elementary School, girl on girl. Insty notes GAY MARRIAGE BECAME POPULAR BY BEING NORMALIZED. THIS STUFF IS DENORMALIZING IT. "Virtue Signaling as a Vice: How LGBTQ+ Activism is Slowly Killing Support for Gay Marriage. Gays never should have let the TQ+ crowd into the tent." CJ asks Do “Anti-LGBTQ+” Policies Worsen Mental Health? "A recent survey claims to find they do, but its conclusions ignore key evidence."

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