Flotsam and Jetsam - The Kamala and Tim Show Revisited

More fallout from the Kamala and Tim comedy 18 minutes on CNN. At the Free Bacon, Kamala Harris Comes Out of Hiding, "Harris's interview left more questions than answers." Dan Flynn at Am Spec, America Waited 39 Days for This? "The Blah-ness of CNN’s Kamala & Tim Show, It was neither helpful nor damaging but blah." From Althouse, Vague, vacuous, and not flustered... 2 looks at that Kamala Harris interview. ""Kamala Harris didn’t hurt herself in her interview this week with CNN’s Dana Bash. She didn’t particularly help herself, either." Writes Bret Stephens in a NYT piece with a meaner headline: "A Vague, Vacuous TV Interview Didn’t Help Kamala Harris,"", "You've had two Democratic candidates who've not been able to give unscripted interviews, which is extraordinary." and "Kamala Harris' Election Odds Slide With Bookmakers After CNN Interview." Spiked explains Why Kween Kamala is still dodging democratic scrutiny, "Kamala Harris’s interview with CNN was dull, lifeless and insipid – just as she wanted." Newt Gingrich@newtgingrich, "After watching the CNN interview of Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz it is clear that Walz is the first “emotional support candidate” in history. . ." NYPo says Harris lacked ‘confidence’ and ‘authenticity’ in first interview since Biden’s exit: body language expert. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, 'That's It?': The Most Stunning Reveal of the Harris Interview. "Harris doesn't fight. It's not in her. Harris retreats when challenged and avoids confrontation when possible. She lacks a fighting instinct, and her entire campaign thus far demonstrates it." Ace finds a Claim: CNN Taped 41 Minutes of Puffball Interview With Kamala But Edited It Down to Just 18 Minutes. "The filthy Gaslight Media are just corrupt fonts of endless propaganda and disinformation." Sundance at CTH, CNN Delivers Kamala Harris First Interview in Three Heavily Edited Segments and Kamala Harris Segment – Everything About This is a Lie. At WaEx, Byron York wonders Will CNN interview be Harris’s last? Ay Libery Unyielding ‘She Ain’t Made For This’: Harris Aides, White House Staffers Vilify Her In Expository Book. From Breitbart's Nolte: CNN’s Kamala Harris Interview Optics Ridiculed — ‘Child at Adult Table.’ Bad Hombre@joma_gc "Kamala malfunctioned like a McDonald’s soft serve machine when confronted with the mildest of adversarial questions in a controlled environment. That was with the added luxury of splitting the “heat” with her sidekick. They won’t let her do a solo interview." Bad Hombre@joma_gc, "Trump’s last four interviews: -57 minutes (Dr. Phil) -57 minutes (Theo Von) -2 hours and 3 minutes (Elon Musk) -1 hour and 11 minutes (Shawn Ryan) Kamala’s first interview in 40 days as the Democrat nominee: 18 minutes, edited, no transcript, and with a chaperone." Insurrection Barbie@DefiyantlyFree "This analysis of Harris interview is pretty spot on. And this is not from a Trump supporter. Kamala’s Kalamity." Vivek Ramaswamy@VivekGRamaswamy, "Kamala’s interview last night was a reminder that we’re not running against a candidate. We’re running against a *system*. They require a candidate they can control, which means having original ideas is a disqualification. That’s exactly why we get Biden, then Kamala, and so on." At Jewish World Review, The Great Victor Davis Hanson writes New rules for radicals -- How to reinvent Kamala Harris "The complete Harris makeover requires 15 radical rules followed to the letter . . . " Charles Gasparino@CGasparino, "Dem strategist know how to win elections, and I'm actually in awe of their abilities. But the cover-up of the manifold weaknesses of @KamalaHarris is very dangerous for the country. Even a softball interview like last night's shows she doesnt have a clue when it comes to basic issues and no core beliefs. . ." From the Bablyon Bee, ‘What Do YOU Think My Policies Might Be?’ Kamala Harris Asks CNN’s Dana Bash During Interview and Democrats Consider Replacing Kamala Harris With More Coherent Joe Biden. Capt. Ed snarks "This may not be satire." Leah Barkoukis at TownHall, Trump-Vance Campaign Rolls Out Brutal New Ad Using This Line From Harris' CNN Interview. Matt Margolis at PJM, Trump-Vance Campaign Uses Kamala's CNN Interview in Devastating New Ad.

This new ad from the Trump campaign is devastating. pic.twitter.com/g9aM6tFGz2

— Matt Margolis (@mattmargolis) August 30, 2024

Matt Margolis, again, Tim Walz Made Kamala's First Interview Worse, Not Better. From NYPo, Tim Walz fabricated key details of political ‘origin story’ that involved being turned away at George W. Bush rally. Capt. Ed, Did Walz Fib About His Political 'Origin Story'? I'm starting to see a pattern.
PJM's Rick Moran explores the question, Why Isn't Kamala Harris Farther Ahead? "For the last six weeks, Kamala Harris has basked in the glow of the most positive and loving media coverage I've ever seen in a campaign. And I've seen a lot of campaigns." Because nobody trusts the press anymore; why would they? PJM's Stephen Kruiser swears Kamala Harris IS Election Interference. NYPo, Kamala Harris tied with Green Party candidate Jill Stein among Muslim voters, damning poll reveals. 

Sarah Arnold at TownHall has Experts who Warn Kamala Harris' Tax Proposal Would Destroy America. Maybe that's the point. Paul Sperry@paulsperry_, "DEVELOPING: Kamala campaign has stopped referencing her alleged job at McDonald's and won't respond to media questions seeking the location of the McDonald's store and the dates of her employment at McDonald's, which appears nowhere in her memoirs or early resumes...developing..." Leslie Eastman at LI sees In Latest Folly, Biden-Harris Bans Drilling On 28 Million Acres of Public Lands in Alaska. "Interior Secretary Den Haaland reverses a Trump-era decision opening up millions of acres of federal land in Alaska to energy development and mining." Ace, Biden-Harris Administration Brings Joy to Employers By Depressing White Collar and Blue Collar Wages. "As your wages contract in the midst of high, unstoppable inflation, please remember: Kamala Harris is practicing the "politics of joy," as her media propagandists have dubbed it. She is above petty concerns about real wage losses and stagflation: She's all about bringing joy. This is "vibes" election, not a "facts" election. Racists." OTP, Biden-Harris Admin To Resume Migrant Flight Program. Sarah Arnold, Progressive Denver Mayor Defends 'Newcomers' Gang Violence. Joy! From the Free Bacon, Kamala's Criminal Justice Reform Comrade Accused Israel and America of 'Apartheid' in Fiery Sermon After Hamas Attack. "The Rev. Frederick Haynes has also praised anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan as a 'wonderful and great man'"

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.30.24 (Afternoon Edition), EBL: Kamala Chameleon Songs, Twitchy, Chinese Dissident Ends Tim Walz’ Stupid Grammar Excuse For Stolen Valor, AP Shamelessly Sets The Bar For Spinning CNN’s Harris-Walz Interview. 

And from the In The Mailbox: 08.30.24 (Evening Edition) EBL, anti MAGA Biden-Harris, Twitchy: At This Point We Should Just List The Things Tim Walz Hasn’t Lied About, “, According To Hoyt: Lines of Departure 2-2: The Choice isn’t Trump or Harris [by Tom Kratman], American Conservative, The Non-Entity Who Would Be President, American Greatness: Kamala-Flip Flops on Fracking in Softball CNN Interview, Cafe Hayek: Yes, Harris Is Calling for Price Controls, Dana Loesch: Kamala’s Trainwreck Interview, First Street Journal: Politico Seems Unclear That Kamala Harris Is Part Of The Biden-Harris Admin, Kamala Drops Word Salad On ‘Climate Change’, Power Line: State of the Race, Tim Walz Lies Again, and She didn’t do fries, Transterrestrial Musings, The Rhetoric Of “Joy”, New Rules For Radicals, and Who Are The Racists, Again?, Victory Girls: Brat Kamala Rewriting Personal History To Fit The Vibe – Coconuts, also, Biden-Harris Open Border Threatens School Children, Volokh Conspiracy: Biden Administration Restarts CHNV Immigration Parole Program for Migrants From Four Latin American Nations, The Federalist: Dishonest Media Dismiss Illegal Immigrant Cartel Violence Near Denver, Dems Keep RFK Jr. On North Carolina Ballot As Swing State Spoiler To Hurt Trump Campaign, If Donald Trump’s Sex Life Is Fair Game For The Election, So Is Kamala Harris’, Lawsuit Alleges Fulton County Fails To Maintain Accurate Voter Rolls, Violating State And Federal Law, Walz Says He Lied About Going To War Because He Struggles With Grammar.

Althouse, "And I figured I was going to come here and we were going to make a speech. I had a speech all set for you — I was ready — and they said, sir, you're actually doing a town hall." "Said Donald Trump, quite chaotically . . ." Paula Bolyard at PJM wonders What Will Pro-Life Voters Do Now That Trump Has Stabbed Them in the Back? "The current law of the land in Florida is a six-week abortion ban. “I think the six weeks is too short,” Trump told NBC News. “It has to be more time. I told them that I want more weeks.” A video at Hat Hair, Are Black Men Leaning Trump? Steve Sailer, Democrats are finally noticing Karl Rove wasn't right about the Hispanic Vote.

Ace, Is RFKJr. the Key to Attracting Suburban "Health Moms"? "The realignment of left and right has broken a lot of the political ice that kept people frozen into positions they've held so long they've forgotten why they adopted them in the first place."  Insty, WELL, DAMN. This new ad from RFK, Jr.

BREAKING 🚨

RFK Jr’s team just released this ad about TDS.

This is hilarious!! pic.twitter.com/HIuEssRc1f

— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) August 29, 2024

At Spiked, Beware politicians posing as paragons of ‘decency.’ "Words like kindness, compassion and inclusivity are a form of linguistic blackmail against would-be dissenters."

From ET, Watchdog Sues for DOJ Records on Surveillance of Congressional Staff 

KanekoaTheGreat@KanekoaTheGreat, "In September 2019, Senator Kamala Harris called on Twitter to censor the sitting President Donald Trump. This was after the Democrat Party's Russiagate hoax was exposed as a multi-year disinformation campaign run against the American people. She's a vindictive authoritarian who will do irreparable harm to our rights and freedoms." From WaEx, Trump raged about ‘plot’ by Zuckerberg to topple him in 2020 in new book. Stephen Kruiser, NPR Offers Up Two More Great Reasons to Nuke Its Taxpayer Funding. Graham Allen@GrahamAllen_1, "NBC SHOULD BE ASHAMED. NBC News asked Gold Star mom Kelly Hoover if it was “appropriate” for President Trump to visit Arlington National Cemetery "Are you in my shoes? I invited him. My son was murdered under the Biden-Harris administration." Hat Hair cites the NYT, NEW: Brazilian Judge Orders Block on Twitter/X Over Refusal to Censor Content. Capt. Ed comments, "There was a time when American media outlets would band together to fight censorship like this. I suspect that their impulse will now be to side with Justice Moraes." At the Blaze, 'LFG!' Texas judge sets stage for Elon Musk to drag leftist Media Matters before a jury. Capt. Ed thinks Elon certainly seems pleased. 

Jonathan Turley is pissed that the Human Rights Campaign President Calls for Rejection of “the Little Piece of Paper” of the Founders. "Before we start “reimagining” our way out of the most stable constitutional system in history, we may want to consider how the alternatives have been faring around the world."

From the College Fix, Scholars panel tells radiologists: Don’t call first-trimester babies ‘living’. You can call an amoeba living, but don't you dare call a fetus living. 

Ace, James Varney: Public Schools Have Adopted the Same Strategy With Repeat Pedophiles That the Catholic Church Did -- Just Ship 'em Off to a Different District "Weird how the leftwing Marxist media was so outraged that the Catholic Church simply moved child-molesting priests to different dioceses, but when their political allies the teachers unions take the exact same strategy of playing Hide the Pedophile, they take zero interest." This has been true a very long time, but so has the disparate treatment by the press. 

Tom Knighton at TAW, Because of course she did "White Fragility" author "Robin DiAngelo may have plagiarized multiple scholars, including minority writers, in her 2004 Ph.D. thesis, according to a report Monday." As I've said before, nobody really reads that shit, so it seemed safe. Too bad computers can comb through theses and papers looking for it so easily. Campus Reform, NSF grants LSU $4.5 million for ‘equity center’ to study alleged bias against minority faculty members "The money from the NSF grant could have paid tuition and other costs for more than 100 students." Or a few scientists. Hat Hair John Sexton hears Stanford Academics: DEI Is Not Working on College Campuses. Well, it really wasn't meant to, it was meant to fuck things up. Also, Three More Schools Show Enrollment Shift After Affirmative Action Ruling. 

Linked at The Pirate's Cove in the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links. The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Is It October Yet? up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Jack Smith Files for Protection

A very lax Sunday morning, headed into the Dog Days of summer. Stacy McCain notices Everybody Keeps Indicting Trump, Without Regard for Consequences 

"One might notice a historical pattern here, and then — since we’re speaking of ominous auguries — contemplate America’s future once Our Leaders save us from Trump’s alleged threat to “subvert democracy.” But these people seem to have no proper sense of history, no more than they have any sense of irony or self-awareness, which explains the latest entry in John Hoge’s “I’m Not Making This Up, You Know” files: Secretary Antony Blinken@SecBlinken "The United States strongly condemns Russia’s conviction of opposition leader Aleksey Navalny on politically motivated charges. The Kremlin cannot silence the truth. Navalny should be released."

Jack Hellner at Am Think thinks This. Is. Rich. Biden condemns Russia's jailing of opposition leader Navalny. At Althouse, "It’s a sign of how acrid things have got that Biden’s main tactic is simply to put his opponent in prison." ""I don’t like Trump any more than the next person, but hauling him up in a criminal court is Third World stuff. Who cares he said the election was 'stolen'? . . . Writes Camilla Long (in the London Times). I thought that was nicely concise." Sundance at CTH is not shocked when Bill Barr Refuses to Say if He Assisted the Jack Smith Targeting of Donald Trump. The Redoubtable Julie Kelly on TwitterX, Julie Kelly 🇺🇸@julie_kelly2 "I know you'll be shocked to hear this. The 2 DOJ lawyers handling the case against Trump for J6 and attempts to "overturn" 2020 election are the same DOJ lawyers who declined to prosecute Andy McCabe for lying under oath--never mind his own role in 2016 election interference." Prosecutorial judgement is for Democrats and Deep Statists. Hat Hair's KT reports Special Counsel Jack Smith seeks emergency protective order against Trump

Trump posted on Truth Social Friday night the following statement: ‘IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU’ That was the entire post. One statement in all caps. Smith entered it into evidence Friday night shortly after Trump posted it. This is an indication that Smith’s team is actively monitoring Trump’s social media posts. They struck gold with what Smith considers a threat to himself, though Trump didn’t name any names.

Smith alleges the post is a threat to potential witnesses while Team Trump claims Smith is attacking political speech used by Trump. Trump faces allegations of trying to intimidate witnesses. Defendants are provided with evidence against them (discovery) but they cannot publicize it.

I think the rules are pretty clear that "threats" have to be somewhat specific as to the person threatened, and what the actual threat is (death, harm, legal trouble, etc). I think Trump's goal is goad Smith in to acts that seem biased. Mission accomplished. At the Victory Girls DOJ Prosecutors Want A Protective Order For Evidence On Trump "The real question is, if their charges are justified under the law, and their evidence is so airtight and solid, then why would they be so concerned if Trump talked about it? Hmmmm?" At the Daily Fetched, Joe Rogan Rages Over Trump Indictments: The “Actions of a Banana Republic.”  Althouse "Joe Rogan could be reversing course on his decision to not have former President Donald Trump on his podcast." ""In years prior, Rogan has been vocal about not wanting to interview Trump and has even admitted to turning down several opportunities to do so. But... [o]n the Thursday edition of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan sat down with political commentator Patrick Bet-David to discuss entrepreneurship and politics. 'When are you having Trump on,' Bet-David asked. 'I don’t know... I don’t know – maybe.'  From Twitchy, Dem Rep says the quiet part out loud about Republicans who support Trump. Tom Elliott@tomselliott, "Rep. @JasmineForUS (D-Texas): Republicans defending Trump "are getting dangerously close, in my opinion, to criminal culpability in and of themselves, as well."" 'Becca Downs at Town Hall, Here's the 'Democrat Dream Scenario' for the Trump Trial Ted Cruz Warns to Be Mindful Of. "they don't want the voters to vote on Biden's record. Because if we vote on Biden's record, Biden loses. Instead, they want to use the Department of Justice to steal the election," also speaking once more to news coverage in that "they're trying to steal it by dominating the headlines by bringing the full force of the federal government to bring case after case after case." At the Independent, Trump demands cameras in courtroom for potential election fraud case. "The problem for Mr Lauro is that courtroom photographing and broadcasting are banned in federal court under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure."

At Red State, 'Manic Contrarian' (I assume that's a pseudonym) asks (and answers) Does Trump's Shutdown Decision Disqualify a Future Presidency? "Trump has disqualified himself from ever being elected president again simply by virtue of that single, solitary decision while in office. And this I believe in the marrow of my bones." I disagree. Trump is not a doctor or a scientist at any level. He had to chose advisors for this purpose, and Fauci and Brix stood out as leaders. Both, with good intentions, suggested a lock-down policies, that probably did, in the beginning, save some lives (remember, many medical institutions were overwhelmed in the beginning), but were carried out far too long, and resulted in untold damage.

 ET, Joe Biden's Claim of No Involvement in Son's Business Affairs 'Categorically False': Devon Archer. Nick Arama at Red State has That Video of Ukrainian Prosecutor Viktor Shokin That Blows Up Joe Biden's Claims About Firing. NYPo reports Liberal media bends over backward to dismiss new Joe Biden revelations. I don't think WaPoo has had a single article on the Biden corruption scandal in at least two weeks, meanwhile, their coverage of Trump troubles is non-stop. 

Like a broken clock, Politico gets around to agreeing with me, Don’t Blame the Dog. Blame Joe Biden.

The Babylon Bee "reports" the White House Says Bidenomics So Successful The Average American Has Twice As Many Jobs As They Had Two Years Ago. Twitter, cited by Hat Hair, Your Kamala argle-bargle lesson for today RNC Research@RNCResearch "Kamala Harris: "As the name suggests, community banks are in the community!" It would take less time and trouble to report when she says something not stupid or circular. '

Hat Hair's KT wants to know Where has THIS Ron DeSantis been? Salena Zito at WaEx explores The riddle of JD Vance. Also at WaEx, Republicans get behind preferred pick to challenge Sen. Jon Tester's reelection bid, Tim Sheehy, a businessman and former Navy SEAL.

Stacy McCain, First Person Plural Pronouns starts with the DOJ dropping some election charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, and digresses from there. "Meanwhile, take note of how David Brooks uses first-person plural pronouns — “we,” “us,” “our,” etc. — in speaking of the decadent elite." Jazz Shaw reports Mississippi's ban on felons voting is struck down... for now. 

Campus Reform predicts The battle over affirmative action is just beginning. "Campus Reform lays out the field of play as universities try to outflank the Court, and conservatives work to rein them in." At the College Fix, Appraiser can sue black professors who accused him of racism, judge rules. 

On TwitterX Elon Musk makes an interesting offer, Elon Musk@elonmusk "If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill. No limit. Please let us know." Wow, but that could create a rather strong disincentive for doing so.

Riley Gaines

At Da Wire, Alabama Library Reverses Decision After Canceling Kirk Cameron, Riley Gaines Faith-Filled Story Hour Event

An Alabama public library reversed its decision to cancel a Moms for Liberty book reading event featuring actor Kirk Cameron and women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines. It will now allow it to take place on Saturday.

The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library System announced Wednesday that the Madison Public Library could no longer hold the event after the scope of attendees quickly grew from approximately 30 to 300, citing concerns about security and capacity. After backlash and a letter from law firm First Liberty Institute, the library system reverted back to allowing the event, Fox News reported.

At Hair Hair, When even hardcore vegans aren't falling for the guy-is-a-girl trick from The Trans Rights Issue: Equality Claims and Belief Claims at  Animal Rights The Abolitionist Approach. Beege Wellborn titters "Frankly, this is hilarious. The guy is trying to be as affirmatively polite as he possibly can while still saying, “Nope.” His essay has also been banned repeatedly for “hate speech” and “undermine the dignity and rights of transgender and/or binary individuals."

Flotsam and Jetsam - Summertime White House 'Snow Fall' Mystery Remains

First from the From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.13.23 (Evening Edition) Mary Chastain at LI reports the Secret Service is Ending White House Cocaine Investigation "The FBI lab couldn’t find fingerprints or sufficient DNA on the cocaine bag." At Da Caller, Secret Service Unable To Find White House Cocaine Suspect, citing lack of physical evidence, no fingerprints, DNA, surveillance footage. Ace, in red italic font, Secret Service Ends Investigation Into White House Cocaine, Claims All the Cameras in the Most Secure Place on Earth Can't Point Them Towards Any Suspect. "The Secret Service, one of America's Top Men Law Enforcement agencies (they investigate counterfeiting and threats to the president), just can't figure out who smuggled Hunter Biden's cocaine into the White House."  PJM's Kevin Downey, Dope Show: Secret Service 'Can't Find' Owner of White House White Pony, Stephen Kruiser, A Guy Walks Into the White House With an 8 Ball... and Vicky Taft, Remember the Left's Obsession With Cocaine at the White House a Few Years Ago? Town Hall's Matt Vespa wants to know Could This Be Why the Secret Service Ended Its Investigation into Cocainegate?  "Kimberly Cheatle, used to be on Biden’s security detail as vice president" is the head of the SS. So she's used to covering up for the Bidens. Vicky Taft at PJM, How Many Bidens Live in the White House, Anyway?

At NYPo, Andy McCarthy complains The deceit behind Hunter Biden’s sweetheart plea deal gets even more audacious by the day. Capt. Ed summarizes "The whole series of explanations smells. Clearly, Weiss is talking out of both sides of his mouth, having been trapped in October 2022 by Garland and the two other US Attorneys. The fact that Garland and Weiss are trying to obfuscate the issues that Andy points out in this essay shows that the plea deal was a political concoction that now needs some plausible cover story, only they’re snared by the whistleblowers and their contemporaneous records of Weiss’ admission. Garland and Weiss lied to Congress, got caught, and now have to decide whether Hunter is worth the effort to risk the consequences of those lies."  John Solomon at JTN has a Hunter Biden mystery: Why did Delaware prosecutor not bring charges his office approved? "Early 2022 memo states David Weiss’ top prosecutor supported larger felony case dating to 2014."   Da Caller reports Hunter Biden, Associates Took Millions From Chinese Company That Paid ‘Missing’ Biden Witness Now Charged By DOJ and  ‘That Just Raises More Issues’: McCarthy Reacts To Letter From David Weiss On Hunter Biden Probe. ET, Republicans, Democrats Clash Over Alleged Tipster in Hunter Biden Investigation After DOJ Brings Charges.  At Ace's Quick Hits, "David Weiss approved felony tax evasion charges against Hunter Biden -- but then refused to prosecute. Why? That's one of those rhetorical questions." 

 WaEx, As House Republicans dig, here's what we know of Hunter Biden's business web  From the Free Bacon, Hunter Biden's Chinese Partners Recruited Ex-CIA Director To Do Beijing's Bidding. "Think tank official who gave FBI info on Hunter Biden reached out to former CIA director James Woolsey, prosecutors say." Nick Arama at Red State sees Republicans Melt Down Over Smoking Gun Hunter Biden Email That Gives Away the Game "But we wrote about the email back in October 2020, as did others. Their purpose, as Burisma executive Vadym Pozharskyi said in engaging the lobbying firm Blue Star, was to help to shut down any cases/pursuits against Burisma and Zlochevsky." tipp insights, 56% Of Voters Agree Biden 'Likely' Took Bribes In Office. "Can Biden weather the political and legal storm?" John Connor at Front Page thinks the  Required Remedy is The Impeachment of Merrick Garland, "He failed to perform his duties - and lied to the American people." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.13.23 (Evening Edition) Am Think, Steve McCann thinks there might be Pre-Emptive Presidential Pardons for Joe and Hunter Biden. From Wombat's In The Mailbox: 7.13.23 (Afternoon Edition) J.B. Shurk worries a Two-Tiered 'Justice' is Intended to Incite Rebellion. "There is no question that the D.C. Establishment has been picking a fight with ordinary Americans for quite some time" and Scott Johnson at Power Line is left incredulous by Jake Sullivan on the Luft indictment. 

At Twitchy, Hunter Biden's legal team sends a cease-and-desist letter to Donald Trump. 

From Fox, CNN's Jake Tapper insists he won't 'shy away' from covering Hunter Biden after avoiding laptop scandal in 2020 "Transcripts from Oct. 2020 show the liberal host never mentioned Hunter's laptop on either of his CNN programs." WaEx's Paul Bedard hears the Liberal Media Scream: CNN’s Zakaria tells Biden, 'You've been a great president'. Ace, Even the New York Times Shows Disgust at "Family Man" Joe Biden's Continued Denial of the Existence of His Granddaughter -- But The "Ladies" of The View Love It. "Last week, the New York Times bothered reporting that Joe Biden consistently denies the paternity of his own grand-daughter." Mary Chastain at LI, ‘His Age is Going to be a Factor’: Mika Brzezinski Criticizes WH for Videos of Biden Falling. “Yeah, I think his staff needs to own his age. I’m just gonna be honest, I don’t think they do a good job helping out the president…”

Scott McKay at Am Spec, Joe Biden, the Totally Non-Senile Alpha Male "Axios wants us to think that his temper tantrums display dominance and power." Cal Thomas at Da Blaze, Time to Get Tested, Joe! The Free Bacon reminds us Today, Joe Biden Rails Against Legacy Admissions. His Past Casts An Awkward Shadow. "With lackluster grades, Beau Biden landed a competitive job at DOJ while his father was high-ranking member of Judiciary Committee."  James E. Fanell and Bradley A. Thayer at Am Great think The Biden Administration Is Not Serious About Deterring Xi and We Are Running Out of Time, Biden in on the payroll. At Front Page, Dan Greenfield claims Biden Aids Al-Qaeda "Islamic terrorists are getting money, manpower and territory from the White House."

I'm going to do the rest DIY style below the line. I'm backed up from yesterday and I want to clean house and get going:

Flotsam and Jetsam - Biden Confesses to Hollowing out Military

Town Hall's Sara Arnold notes Biden Says Quiet Part Out Loud About the U.S. Military During Live Interview. Ukraine war is causing the US to run out of ammo. Da Wire, Biden Blasted For Revealing Sensitive U.S. Military Info During Interview. At Twitchy, Biden openly admits the U.S. military is low on some ammunition in SHOCKING CNN interview. At NYPo, Biden’s Treasury Department slammed as ‘wasteful’ for woke equity expansion "Self-described intersectional economist Diane Lim announced Monday that she will head the department’s “Equity Hub” — a new role created to “coordinate efforts to advance equity in all of Treasury’s work,” paying up to $203,700 a year. Her job description is almost identical to that of another Biden-created post. Counselor for Racial Equity Janis Bowdler — a former activist with the National Council of La Raza — earns $161,813 to “coordinate all offices and workstreams intended to advance equity,” the department’s website states." I&I says Biden’s Boast About Jobs Is Coming Undone. Insty, NARRATOR VOICE: No one actually thinks this. Kevin Tober@KevinTober94, "CNN's Fareed Zakaria to Biden: "I think a lot of people do watch you and are impressed and they think you've been a great president. You've brought the economy back, you've restored relations with the world..."" PJM's Ben Bartee sees. MSNBC Beg  Gen Z to Care About Biden Presidency. Herr Professor Jacobsen at LI hears The Dunes Sagebrush Lizard “is back and Biden is about to shut down the Permian Basin with this Obama era grift! 

At The Free Bacon, Was Hunter Framed? Second Suspect Emerges in WH Cocaine Scandal. "The White House keeps changing its story. How high up does the conspiracy go?" It identifies Kamala as a possible suspect. Well, she does act like she's on drugs. But could this be the Democrats rout to getting rid of her for 2024? 1945 says Biden Should Worry: House Seeks Secret Service Briefing On Cocaine At White House. "The House Oversight and Accountability Committee wants answers from the Secret Service about the cocaine found in the White House over the Fourth of July weekend."

From NYPo, Biden accused of ‘scarring’ Hunter’s estranged 4-year-old daughter in scathing New York Times op-ed. Althouse, "What the Navy story reveals is how dated and inauthentic the 80-year-old president’s view of family is." "The President of the United States is not someone we need to strain to help."

Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees Chuck Grassley fires another shot across the bow. "I’ve been asking since the start of my oversight in this matter: what steps have the Justice Department and FBI taken to investigate the allegations? You, Attorney General Garland, and Director Wray have failed to answer." Stop shooting across the bow and hit the damn ship already. Deroy Murdock at Da Caller, Bidens Do The Crime, But Not The Time. Michael Goodwin at NYPo thinks The blueprint is set to end Joe Biden’s shaky reign in the White House.

At Hat Hair a way into a Long thread with new details on Feinstein, Swalwell, FangFang and the FBI. Beege Wellborn comments "Make sure you click through to read all FOUR LONG tweets. GOOD LORD. FBI covering themselves in glory yet again. I say nuke the place from orbit – it’s the only way to be sure." Atop Da Summit, Narrative Collapse: Tucker Carlson Says Capitol Police Chief Admitted ‘Jan6 Crowd Was Filled With Feds.’ From Front Page, Video: Tucker Drops Jan 6 BOMBSHELL that Never Made it to Air. Yes, it's a few days old, but don't forget it. Mark Adams at Am Think thinks Today’s Election Interference Isn’t The First Time The FBI’s Been Out Of Control. Remembering Waco. Also at Front Page, a Prager U Video: Russian Collusion and the Death of Journalism, "Why trust in the media has collapsed." 

Da Wire, DeSantis Addresses Media ‘Narratives’ His Campaign Has Struggled. I confess, I thought DeSantis would do better than he has. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw thinks Florida's new license plate scheme is probably illegal.   At Town Hall, Kurt Schlichter exudes hope that The Senate Races Set Up Dems for Delicious Agony. Da Caller claims the GOP Is Leaning Into Moderate, Experienced Senate Candidates In 2024 To Avoid Another Failed Red Wave, Experts Say.

Smitty at The Other McCain, I Guess SCOTUS Decisions Are Constitutional Amendments? "One is tempted to indulge in a little bit of fremdschämen, when one feels embarrassment on behalf of someone too thick to realize that they should be ashamed."  At LI Stacey Matthews sees Biden White House Attacks Supreme Court, Bizarrely Claiming Affirmative Action Is a ‘Constitutional Right’ and Mike LaChance says The Affirmative Action Ruling Exposes the Diversity Racket in Higher Education, 

“affirmative action was never about the educational benefits from diversity.” Kendall Qualls at Am Great says the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision Ignores Elephant in the Room, one parent families. Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller reports More Black Americans Support SCOTUS’ Affirmative Action Ruling Than Oppose It. From Althouse, "I think college admissions has really dipped into this fad of trauma dumping." "Said Rushil Umaretiya, who grew up in an Indian immigrant family and will be a freshman at the University of North Carolina. Quoted in "After the Affirmative Action Ruling, Asian Americans Ask What Happens Next/No matter their views of race-conscious admissions, students were wary of the college application process — and some thought little would change" (NYT).

Fox, Justice Ketanji Jackson's faulty claim in affirmative action case takes another hit as lawyers 'clarify' brief. At Breitbart, Law Firm Clarifies Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Controversial Claim on Black Doctors, Infant Survival. She's not a mathematician, either. At Hat Hair, Lefty writer for Mastodon exudes humanity and class re: Clarence Thomas...JUST KIDDING. Charles Jaco@charlesjaco1, "When you're the House Negro for a cabal of rich right-wing white men, the self-hatred is something to behold. How Clarence Thomas has turned his rage into a grift that's helped wreck America." The divine Ms. Devine at NYPo, NY Times puts out another left-wing hit piece on Justice Clarence Thomas as media, Dems undermine institution they can’t control. Mark Judge (remember him?) at Stream, Oppo the Justices: The Stasi Left is Using the Avenatti Playbook. At Da Caller, Key Data Points Throw Wrench In Dems’ ‘Partisan’ Supreme Court Narrative. "Fourteen decisions split the justices 6-3 along ideological lines last term, while only five cases did the same during the 2022-2023 term, according to data compiled by Adam Feldman and Jake Truscott. Justice Jackson voted in the majority 84% of the time, more than the liberal justices did last term and more than Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan did this term." Just not the cases they cared about most.

At Da Fed, Shawn Fleetwood touts a House Republican Bill that Would Keep Foreign Nationals From Voting In U.S. Federal Elections, which will not pass the Senate, and if it did, would be vetoed by Biden. From the Free Bacon, Top Democratic Operatives Were Quietly Pulling the Strings at a Voting Rights Group. Lawyers Say They May Have Broken the Law. "The shady scheme implicates the Left’s largest dark money network, Arabella Advisors." Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports a Judge rules against Fulton County GOP in dispute about elections board nominee. "The GOP nominee to the elections board challenged Fulton County's voter rolls."

Da Wire cites a New York Times Columnist: It’s A ‘Problem’ For U.S. If ‘Elites’ Censor Speech. David Brooks; he has to play at being conservative once in a while. Dan Greenfield at Front Page sees Leftists
 Argue Government Censorship is the Highest Form of Speech. "The Left will fight to the death for the right of the government to silence you." Am Thinks Clarice on Judge Doughty and Biden’s Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth.’ Am Greats Roger Kimball thinks it's Poetic Justice for the Biden ‘Ministry of Truth’ "We don’t yet know how this case will turn out. Perhaps Judge Doughty will be overturned and the censorship and suppression industry will go on its merry way making the world safe for Democrats. But I suspect that the genie has been let out of the bottle. The Deep state will howl. The forces of freedom will howl louder, and now they have the House and, most likely, the courts on their side." The Brownstone Institute worries about Revenge of the Praetorian Guard, a diatribe aimed mostly at Professor Tribe. 

From the Daily Fetched, RFK Jr: “The CIA Is the Biggest Funder of Journalism around the World”. NCLA, Watch: Government Spyware on Your Phone? Unfortunately, There’s an App for That. A Covid  tracker that remains after covid is gone.

Ricky Kolle, "Miss" Netherlands
has no 'bonus hole'

Michael van der Galien at PJM gives his Congratulations, a Man Just Won Miss Netherlands. At Da Wire, ‘Post-Truth World’: Man Wins Miss Netherlands, Sparking Outrage On Twitter. Anything a woman can do, a man can do better. Except maybe, give birth. 

Spiked examines The violent purging of womanhood, "It is a sick society that celebrates the medieval-style erasure of Ellen Page." At Am Think Gamaliel Isaac thinks about The Identity Lie, that people are born gay, or trans. At Althouse, "Life-tenured federal judges should be wary of removing a vexing and novel topic of medical debate from the ebbs and flows of democracy by construing a largely unamendable federal constitution to occupy the field." "Wrote Chief Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, quoted in "Transgender Care Ban Allowed to Take Effect in Tennessee, Appeals Panel Says/The ruling on Saturday is the first time a federal court has allowed a law banning transition care to fully go into effect, amid a flurry of legal challenges across the country"" Matt Wolfson at Am Think explains How Leftists Are Bypassing Red-State Legislatures to Corrupt Kids. At the Telegraph, Vagina rebranded as ‘bonus hole’ by cervical cancer charity. "The terminology, which aims to avoid upsetting transgender men, has been accused of dehumanising women."

Riley Gaines

 At Campus Reform, ‘Don’t be hypocritical!’: The Young Turks condemn Gaines attack. "Ana Kasparian called the incident ‘incredibly counterproductive for anyone who actually gives a damn about transgender rights in this country.’ Cenk Uygur said, ‘I don't care if I agree or disagree with her opinions. [Gaines] should be allowed to speak, of course.’" TNP reports on a Trans Pedo who Avoids Jail Due to Lengthy Determination Over Men or Women’s Prison. Newsweek says Michigan Pronouns Law 'Probably Is Unconstitutional', you know, the one where it would be a felony to deliberately 'misgender' someone. At mrc TV, 6,000 Congregations Leave United Methodist Church Over LGBTQ Schism. "Supposedly many of the 6,000 congregations leaving are “planning to join the Global Methodist Church, a new organization that will neither ordain or marry LGBTQ people,” as a way to split from those current Methodist churches who are all for the gay stuff." Mark Tapscott at Front Page, on Erasing Innocence "Gender ideology is a war on reality."

The Tax Prof Blog reports how a Donor Canceled a $400,000 Annual Gift Due To Arizona State's Response To Speaker Series Event With Four Conservatives. You want my money? At Da Caller, a Yale Doctor Says All Health Care Professionals Should Wear Body Cameras To Catch Them Being Racist. How does she feel about cameras in her classroom? From NewsBusters, How PBS Wrecked Independence Day: An ‘Ideological Tool’ of Right-Wing Extremists. They just hate America.

So, an independently made movie called about child trafficking called "Sound of Freedom" starring Jim Caviezel out sold the "new improved" feminist Indiana Jones, and all the right people are pissed. At Twitchy, ‘Sound of Freedom’ earns $40 million at the box office, humiliating Disney. Atop da Summit, “Why Do You Support Child Trafficking?” Rolling Stone Slammed Over Negative ‘Sound Of Freedom’ Review, called it "Q-Anon tinged . . .  “designed to appeal to the conscience of a conspiracy-addled boomer.” Insty, THE CRITICAL DRINKER RECOMMENDS: Sound of Freedom (Video). As Red State, Jennifer O'Connell notes, the Agent Who Inspired Box Office Smash 'Sound of Freedom' Warns: 'Trans Voice' Agenda Is Straight out of the Pedophile Playbook.

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Margot Robbie and FMJRA 2.0: We Saw It, It Was Coming awaiting your digital delight at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - White House Got the White Line Blues

Democrats have reached the "Republicans pounce" stage in the White House cocaine story. Mary Chastain at LI, White House Allies Call Cocaine Story ‘Political Fodder,’ House Republicans Open Investigation. "House Oversight Committee: “This incident has raised additional concerns with the Committee regarding the level of security maintained at the White House.”Atop Da Hill, White House cocaine discovery becomes GOP ‘political fodder’  Jordan Boyd at Da Fed, The White House That Tracked Down Grannies After Capitol Riot Wants You To Believe Cocaine Caper Has Them Stumped. Insty, A NON-DENIAL DENIAL: "‘Incredibly Irresponsible:’ White House Press Secretary Chides Reporter for Asking Whether Cocaine Belonged to Bidens." At Da Wire, KJP Still Won’t Answer Directly Whether That Cocaine Belonged To A Biden Family Member. At Da Mail,There's no hiding now! Secret Service orders DNA and fingerprint analysis of 'dime-sized' cocaine baggie found in the West Wing. Ace, Ex-Border-Control-Chief: The White House Is Filled With Cameras, They Already Know Who Left the Coke. Which Is Why They're Not Telling You Whose Coke It Is. NewsMax notes House Oversight Wants Briefing on White House Cocaine. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, House Oversight to WH: Don't blow us off on the coke scandal, "As far as the headline goes … I’m here all week, folks." Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.07.23, Twitchy: Special K’s Biden Coke Bag Alibi Collides With Media Pool Report, from the Shark Tank Byron Donalds Responds To White House “Cocaine Cowboy” Scandal and at Mark Steyn a guest host discusses White Lines at the White House.

At WaEx, a Cruel summer: Biden faces bruising few weeks of setbacks and scandal. Town Hall's Kurt Schlichter thinks Our Alleged President Is a Corrupt Scumbag and the Ruling Class Is OK With That and Matt Vespa channels a WSJ Columnist: What the Hell Is Merrick Garland Doing? From his NYPo gig Insty insists the Hunter Biden probe shows corruptness in America’s two-tier justice system. At Insty, THIS SAD ADMINISTRATION.

Ace, The Hunter Biden Prosecution Team Was Swapped Out at the Last Moment, Just Before They Agreed to This Corrupt Plea Deal. "It's almost as if there's some kind of sham going on here. The suspicion is that they wanted "cleanskins" to sign off on the plea deal -- "cleanskins" who were not involved in the previous fraudulent investigation, which involved repeatedly shutting down important lines of investigation." At HE, REVEALED: Wife of US Attorney for DC who refused to prosecute Hunter Biden had 'all-access pass' to White House. Hey, maybe it's her coke!

Julie Kelly tells @JackPosobiec how the wife of the DC US attorney has an all-access White House pass: "You could see the swampy aspect of this." pic.twitter.com/SqglRmXmbs

— Human Events (@HumanEvents) July 6, 2023

From Da Caller, IRS Whistleblower’s Attorney Slams Washington Post For Not Correcting Hunter Biden Story “The paper knows with 100% certainty that Gary Shapley did not leak for its story but is aiding and abetting the Biden attorneys’ false narrative with its silence,” he tweeted. “It’s fundamentally unfair to Gary Shapley and grossly misleading to the public. Democracy Dies in Darkness, so the paper should let in a little sunlight and correct the record,” At NYPo, Justice Department admits it could delay Hunter Biden plea deal: docs. “A DOJ attorney admitted to us that this sweetheart plea deal date was moveable,” Heritage Foundation Oversight Director Mike Howell told The Post Friday. “This deal shouldn’t move forward in any circumstance, but if Garland and the DOJ try to push it through before they comply with their legal responsibilities to release information to us then they aren’t even trying to hide their weaponization anymore.” Capt. Ed. "They *could*, but I wonder if they *will*. It should be pushed off for more transparency and honesty about the conduct of the DoJ, Weiss, and Garland. But I wonder if the DoJ may be starting to worry about what the judge in the case might do if they try to submit this deal as-is under current circumstances. Judge Maryellen Norelka might delay a ruling herself, or worse yet, refuse to accept it at all. The Heritage Foundation has a FOIA demand for documents relating to the deal, and a court has ruled that the DoJ has to answer it by Monday. Stay tuned — and I’d bet Norelka is staying tuned too." Nick Arama at Red State wants you to watch the video I posted yesterday, WATCH: Missing Whistleblower Gal Luft Drops Bombshell Video on China, Biden Corruption, and Hunter's FBI Mole 'One Eye'. Oh, and the "one-eyed mole maybe be former FBI director Louis Freeh. PJM's Vicky Taft, Explosive Video: 'Missing Witness' Says He Told DOJ in 2019 About Biden Family's Corrupt Dealings with China.

At NewsMax, DOJ: Jack Smith Has Spent Over $9M on Trump Probe. They'd spend $9 Billion of your money if necessary to stop Trump. Politico crows over a plainly political prosecution Disciplinary panel calls for Rudy Giuliani’s disbarment.

At Da Caller, Tucker Says Capitol Police Chief Told Him Jan. 6 Crowd Was ‘Filled’ With Feds, confirming what we suspected. Newsweek, Tucker Carlson Shares Details of Never-Aired Capitol Riot Interview "I never thought that and then I interviewed the chief of the Capitol police, Steven Sund, in an interview that was never aired on Fox by the way. I was fired before it could air... but Steven Sund [who] was totally non-political...I mean this was not some right-wing activist, he was the chief of Capitol police on January 6, and he said, 'Oh yeah, that crowd was filled with federal agents.' Yes, he would know of course because he was in charge of security at the site." Liz Stauffer at Power Line, Chief of Capitol Police to Tucker Carlson: J6 Crowd Was ‘Filled with Federal Agents’

Tucker Carlson BLOWS The Doors Off January 6th LIES.

Reveals Fox News REFUSED To Air His J6 Interview Of Capitol Chief Of Police PROVING "The US Capitol Was FILLED With Federal Agents"

Tucker Describes Fox Execs Attacking him For J6 Report: "F**k You!”

Narrative Collapse. Wow pic.twitter.com/30UijETvNq

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 7, 2023

Phil Klein at NRO (cited at Hat Hair) thinks Mike Pence has a great answer about January 6. "I'm sorry ma'am, but that's actually what the Constitution says. No Vice President in American history ever asserted the authority that you have been convinced that I had."

Sam Mangold-Lennett at Da Fed, Here’s How Congress Can End The FBI’s Reign Of Terror. He thinks taking away their intelligence role might do it. I think it needs to be raised to the ground, and the ground salted. Take the honest agents and roll them into the Marshall's service.

John Sexton on the insurrection in Atlanta, Anarchists burn police motorcycles during week of action against Atlanta's Police Training Center.

Eliot Cohen at the Slantic says Step Aside, Joe Biden, "The president has no business running for office at age 80." Sarah Arnold at Town Hall notes Politico Says What We're All Thinking: What If Biden 'Just Dies One Evening?' At WaEx, Biden celebrates 'Bidenomics' amid slowing job growth. It's working! At Hat Hair, Beege Wellborn, New #mathz: Bidenomics not adding up to happy, happy, joy, joy. Mary Chastain at LI thinks this ‘Might be Kamala Harris’ Best Yet’: VP’s Latest Word Salad is All About Culture, “This is the emptiest human being alive. Sincerely. Empty. Vapid. Nonsense.” At Twitchy, HUME-ILIATED: Brit Hume just needs two little (SAVAGE) words to sum up Kamala Harris' LATEST word salad, "Utter gibberish." Sundance at CTH sees Gavin Newsom on the Campaign Trail (For Biden?) Althouse, "As a journalist who has been told for decades that my empathy for the female candidates I often cover is probably overemotional and built too strongly on personal identification..." "... let me just tell you that you should never stand between a white male political journalist over the age of 40 and his feelings about the Kennedys...."Writes Rebecca Traister, in "RFK Jr.’s Inside Job How a conspiracy-spewing literal Kennedy posing as a populist outsider jolted the Democratic Party" (NY Magazine).

Also from sundance, Tucker Carlson Discusses President Trump, RFK Jr and American Politics with Russell Brand (a more complete version that the clip above) and The Club Battle – Donald J Trump is Not the Cause of Republican Failure, He is the Result of Their Failure. Hollywood in Toto, Tucker Carlson Hearts Trump, RFK Jr., Slams Jan. 6 Coverage, "Russell Brand interviews former Fox News superstar in first post-firing chat." At Da Wire, Tucker Carlson Says He Made ‘A Huge Mistake’ Getting Involved With Politics In 2022. Capt. Ed notes "It’s okay to miss a few calls, but Tucker’s right — that’s not his bread and butter. He’s much better on ideas, policies, and cultural trends. That also interests his audience more than horse-race stuff." NYPo is incensed when Ron DeSantis ripped by ‘Peaky Blinders’ for using show in ‘Pride’ campaign ad. At Grabien, cited at Hat Hair, Ramaswamy: I won't be Trump's running mate. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 07.07.23, Don Surber  has doubts,  What’s The Case For Chris Christie? "The hippo-sized RINO would put on blackface and sing Mammy for the right price." Veronique de Rugy has Three Warnings About Election Season.

Mike LaChance at LI, After Affirmative Action Ruling, Schools Finally Admit That Race had Impact on Admissions, “schools are insisting that, without considering race, minority admissions will plummet.” Yiatan Chu at NYPo sees The REAL bigots: Leftist elites attacking me and other Asians over Supremes’ affirmative-action ruling. Dave Bernstein at the Volokh Conspiracy hears Justice Kagan: Affirmative Action Suggests that Beneficiaries Could Not be Accepted Based on Merit Alone. Bill Otis at Ringside explores The Telling Omissions of the NYT's Bad Argument for Continuing Race-Based Admissions, "There were five words glaringly missing from the Times editorial: “cost,” “Asian,” “teenager,” “standards,” and “endpoint.”" Hat Hair's Dave Strom explains Affirmative action was always based upon a flawed assumption, also, Arizona AG tells U.S. Supreme Court to shove it. Ilya Somin at WaEx sees 'Diversity' house of cards collapses. Capt. Ed, "The use of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” as an excuse for discriminatory conduct is clearly at an end. That doesn’t mean that DEI advocates will simply melt away; they will push those outcomes in other ways. The problem that Somin makes clear is that there are no ways around the fact that DEI is itself discriminatory and therefore subject to the same issues as SFFA v Harvard exposed." From Behind the Black, Pushback: Non-profit legal firm warns 200 law schools they will be sued if they defy the Supreme Court’s decision ending all racial quotas. Joe Klein at Front Page explores Three Landmark Supreme Court Decisions Protecting a Free America

"The guardians of the Constitution take a noble stand." At WaEx, New group targets vulnerable Republicans over Supreme Court student debt ruling. I think Republicans win this fight. Student debt holders already vote heavily Democrat anyway. Republicans have the potential to motivate a much larger group being asked to support the few. Rabbi Fischer at Am Spec notes 303 Creative Protects a Little Kosher Bakery From LGBTQ Tyrants. "Thanks to the Christian heroes who led the fight to the U.S. Supreme Court, a small Orthodox Jewish bakeshop now has a chance to keep baking challahs, bagels, rugelach, and — yes — even rainbow sprinkle cookies."

Da Caller, EXCLUSIVE: Rep. MTG Introduces Legislation That Would Ban Illegal Immigrants From Voting In DC . At Fox, Teens, Democrats continue push to lower voting age to 16, "Nationwide left-wing efforts to let 16-year-olds vote start bearing fruit" even though their brains aren't fully developed until about 25. 

Scott McKay at Am Spec Biden v. Free Speech: Judge Doughty Delivers Americans a Win

It’s a true Fourth of July case by a hero of this nation. Jason Cohen at Da Caller sees Judge’s Injunction On Biden Censorship Operation Is More Far-Reaching Than Initially Reported, but Hannah Cox at Base Politics A federal judge just ruled against the government’s social media censorship campaigns. But there’s one big loophole. I already identified it, "national security." Capt. Ed, "I pointed this out as well. The good news is that the exceptions in the Doughty order relate to functions specific to real law enforcement and counter-intelligence, which locks State, HHS, Census Bureau, and their subsidiary agencies out of the process. That still leaves the DoJ and FBI with the ability to perhaps work around this order, but doing so would put their personnel in real danger of prosecution if a Republican president gets elected and fresh leadership at the DoJ takes contempt orders seriously." James Lynch at Da Caller, Facebook Suppressed Tucker Carlson Video That Did Not Violate Content Policy After White House Demanded It, Judge Says. At Breitbart, CNN’s Mattingly: Biden ‘Regularly’ Sought Censorship on COVID, Tech Companies Mostly Gave in, and That’s ‘Probably What We Should Do.' 

At Da Fed Evita Duffy identifies 12 Times The Biden White House Colluded With Big Tech To Throttle Free Speech, According To Missouri v. Biden and Jordan Boyd says Missouri v. Biden Proves Corporate Media Lied About Big Tech’s Censorship Crusade Against Conservatives. Sundance, Biden Administration Appeals Court Ruling That Blocks Govt from Censoring Free Speech on Social Media, of course. Scott Johnson at Power Line says Walk away, Joe. Capt. Ed, "Scott points out that Judge Terry Doughty appears to have anticipated an application for a stay at the Fifth Circuit with his memorandum accompanying the injunction. It lays out in devastating detail the evidence found in discovery about viewpoint suppression and interference in dissent and debate by the executive branch with social-media platforms. One potential outcome, however, might be that the Fifth Circuit finds the injunction too expansive in terms of potential defendants and remands it back to Doughty for a more practical construct."

At the College Fix, Professor: Michigan ‘hate speech’ bill could criminalize conservative opinion. At Da Caller, GAMA SOSA: Michigan Is Following Merrick Garland’s Footsteps To Criminalize Existing While Conservative.

Monica Showalter at Am Think notes Pete Buttigieg 'takes over' White House social media feed — what could go wrong?

At Reclaim the Net, Meta’s New Threads App is Censoring From Day One. 

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