The Foundry.

A nonpartisan organization that trains election workers from across the country is now being run by two liberal voting activists—one who previously worked for the nonprofit that distributed hundreds of millions of dollars of Mark Zuckerberg’s election grants during the 2020 elections. The grants were supposedly to “help” local governments run elections, but most of the money went to election offices in Democrat-run localities.

Meanwhile, most board members of the National Association of Election Officials, commonly known as The Election Center, are current or former elections officials from heavily blue counties.

The Foundry.

You may never have heard of the Foro de São Paulo, since Western media tend to ignore it, but it’s the world’s largest and most impactful Marxist international organization.

The latest São Paulo Forum gathering demonstrated how pro-China and pro-Russia this radical body is, and how it retails its winning blueprint throughout the world.

Rubbing elbows at this summer’s gathering in Brasilia, Brazil’s capital, were members of the Chinese Communist Party, Cuba’s Communist Party, and the Democratic Socialists of America—the party of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and U.S. Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.; Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.; Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.; and Cori Bush, D-Mo.

Protests erupt in Libya over contact with Israel (BBC) There’s no pleasing some people.

AIR DEFENSE: Another Vehicle Mounted AUD

SEA TRANSPORTATION: China is Number One

RINO Watch: Watch: Romney Calls Bottomless Ukraine Aid “The Best National Defense Spending We’ve Ever Done”

Blue-chips shift to ESG metrics to reward top executives (Financial Times)

Oregon, other states that protect transgender health care now try to absorb demand (Statesman-Journal)

Elite Crackdown On Free Speech Worldwide Intensifies

Watch: School Board Fires Satan-Worshipping Non-Binary Teacher

Top Law Schools Promote Ditching The Constitution

NYC Anti-Migrant Rally Erupts in Violence Near Gracie Mansion

The Positive Feedback Loop: How Totalitarians Instill Fear & Restrict Human Rights

EU’s Draconian Social Media Censorship Laws Are Now Officially Enforceable

House Republicans’ road to power runs through New York. Stefanik is driving. (Politico)

Disney Stock Plunges To 9 Year Lows After Multiple Woke Box Office Failures

If the U.S. economy is doing well, why do so many Americans say it’s terrible? (Popular Information) The ‘experts’ keep lying to us.

Fists Fly, Bodies Slammed As Antifa Crashes Anti-Migrant Protest At NYC Mayor’s Mansion

Trans Woman Gets Away With Exposing Himself, Obesity Covered His Genitalia

Times Square back to the bad old days: ‘It’s a sh-thole’ (N.Y. Post)

Young High Income Earners Are Flocking To Florida And Texas, New Study Shows

From COVID To Climate Change: Vehicles For Global Authoritarianism

New York Is Full (The Atlantic)

Back To Indoctrination With The Left’s Pro-LGBTQ ‘Teachers’

Texas sends 10th migrant bus to Los Angeles after mayor decries move as ‘political act’ (Fox) I guess only Democrats are allowed to do ‘political acts’.

The next big abortion battleground: Pennsylvania (Politico)

Hochul and Adams face off over foie gras (Politico)

The experts speak

Psaki Doubles Down on Lie Democrats Don’t Support Late-Term Abortions

New York Spending $20 Million Per Month To House Migrants On Randall’s Island

New Liberal Supreme Court Creates ‘Seismic Shift’ in Wis.

NewsMax.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s call for a “new census” is causing much backlash over missing people in his country, The Washington Post reported.

López Obrador says the number of Mexico’s missing persons is much lower than the 100,000 listed last year. He has dispatched officials to check whether people initially reported as disappeared have returned to their families, The Post said.

Families and advocates of the disappeared persons, however, fear López Obrador is trying to lower the numbers artificially before an election year.

Karla Quintana, the head of the government commission responsible for the official count, abruptly resigned on Wednesday “in light of the current context.”

Gates of Vienna.

Much of the Third World has been hoofing it to Germany for the last eight years so that they can hold out their hands and yell “Gimme!” Now a new naturalization law put into place by the traffic light* government will allow all those newcomers to continue their “gimme” act as full German citizens.

* “Traffic light” coalition government:
Red: Social Democratic Party
Yellow: Free Democratic Party
Green: Alliance90 / The Greens

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After Joe Biden’s recent delayed visit to Maui in which he fell asleep during a ceremony honoring the people killed during the terrible event and chuckled about almost “losing his wife, his corvette and his cat” in a fire, many questions about the calamity remain unresolved. Without any obvious pressure from the federal government to get answers, Hawaii’s Democrat leadership is left to its own devices. They are even attempting an information blackout instead of begging Maui citizens for their forgiveness.

Multiple reports from Lahaina indicate that West Maui residents ran into government barricades while trying to flee the rapidly expanding fire; with the survivors being forced to disobey the blocks and bypass police. It’s yet another bizarre occurrence in a long list of disastrous decisions made by Hawaiian officials that likely cost hundreds (if not thousands) of lives.

The government gave no warning siren, denied access to water for fighting back the blaze, and set up barricades which stopped people from escaping. It’s almost as if the state government did not care about a high body count…

Viral video: Did an S.F. cop sit by and watch thieves break into a parked car? (S.F. Chronicle)

‘This has to stop’: S.F. police to use new tactic to crack down on car break-ins (S.F. Chronicle)

San Francisco police to deploy ‘bait cars’ to curb auto break-ins (S.F. Gate)

Their School Days Start With Border Patrol—and Searing Heat (The New Republic)

Hochul Urges Biden to Authorize Work Permits for Migrants (NewsMax)

Pennsylvania Transgender Coach Changes In High School Locker Room (NewsBuster)

South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Post-Heartbeat Abortions

Hundreds Protest Court Mandate Preventing Removal of San Francisco Homeless Camps

NC Gov. Vetoes Election Bill, Sparking Showdown with GOP Supermajority

‘Not Indoctrination’: Judge Rejects Maryland Parents’ Plea to Restore Opt-Out for LGBTQ Books

EXCLUSIVE: Economists Blast Fact-Butcher Glenn Kessler for Torturing Facts on Inflation

Americans Panic Search “Live Off Grid” As Housing Crisis Worsens And Democrat Cities Implode

Catholic School System Asks Students To Use Biological Pronouns And Names  I guess the Roman church is not completely lost in Wokery….

Fact-Checkers Say ‘No One Supports Abortion Up Until Birth.’ These Prominent Democrats Disagree.

New Gun Law Uses ‘Flawed Logic’ to Violate Constitution

Sleeping Rough In London On The Rise Again

Fund the Police: LA Votes To Put $1 Billion Toward Cops’ Pay

Ilhan Omar Met With Al Qaeda Allies on Trip Funded by Islamic Terror States

Dollar Tree is the latest retailer to say shoplifting is squeezing margins

Research Suggests Politicians Are More Likely to Be Psychopaths My, what a surprise.

Maryland Court Rules Parents Have No Say in Child’s Education  Well, not exactly….

Busing Illegal Immigrants to Blue America Is Working: Democrats Deserve Blame for Biden’s Border Crisis

Bicyclist Wants To Be Treated Like A Car But Also Be Able To Just Kinda Break The Rules When He Wants To (Babylon Bee)

Takeaways from the first Republican presidential primary debate (CNN) Narrative!

The first Republican debate’s biggest highlights: Revisit 7 key moments (CBS) Getcher Narrative!

The great debate: Republicans take center stage (The Hill) Hot fresh Narrative, right here!

Who ‘won’ the first GOP debate? (MSNBC) You won’t know what to think without a Narrative!

US Christians need to stop being so precious about their religion (Open Democracy) Tell that to Muslims–if you dare.

South Carolina Supreme Court Rules State’s ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Law Constitutional (The Foundry)

NYC Mayor Wants Gov. Hochul to Foist Migrants on N.Y. State (NewsMax)

Ohio Ballot Initiative Is a Trojan Horse—and a ‘Right’ to Abortion Is Just the Beginning (The Foundry)

Mexican Cartels Increasingly Use Drone-Dropped And Roadside Bombs

United Nations Countering ‘Deadly Disinformation’ Through Creation Of ‘Digital Army’

Parents Deride School ‘Tag’ Bans as ‘Regulatory Overreach’

Half of Imprisoned Men Who Identify as Transgender Women Convicted of at Least One Sexual Assault

Republicans Debate To See Who’s Going To Lose To Biden In A Landslide Mail-In Vote In Middle Of Night (Babylon Bee)

These Airlines Have the Most Hidden Fees

Abbreviated Elements of How Democrats Have Ruined Everyone’s Political Prospects

Charlotte Pride Nixes Harvey Milk Award After Realizing the Winner Is a Pedophile

US Postal Service to unveil stamp honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg (The Hill) Let’s see … nope, no stamp for Scalia. Or Rehnquist. Or O’Connor. Or any Republican.

Elon Musk Vows To Sue Soros-Funded NGOs Over Free Speech

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“Focus on the signal, not the noise,” is a phrase that might as well have been coined by Steve Bannon given how frequently he and his acolytes make use of it. At this stage in the game, it should be the mantra of the MAGA movement writ large; for the hour is already late, there is a mountain of work left to do to haul President Trump over the finish line: navigating a corrupt, weaponized justice system; dealing with rigged election procedures; combatting both soft and overt censorship by mainstream networks and social media – and that is just the tip of the iceberg.

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From the shit-covered streets of San Francisco to the crime-ridden boroughs of New York City and the migrant-packed neighborhoods of London and Paris, timepiece aficionados are hiding their expensive wristwatches.

Why? A tidal wave of Rolex theft is sweeping across the Western world. Those once flaunting their Rolex, Patek, and Audemars Piguet – the wrist trophies of ‘success’ – are leaving them at home. New data from Bloomberg, citing The Watch Register, revealed a staggering $1.3 billion in luxury watch thefts last year.

The Watch Register said on its website its “database currently lists over 80,000 lost and stolen watches, and is growing rapidly.” The database contains 850 different brands and watchmakers, including Rolex, Omega, Cartier, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Richard Mille, Breitling, TAG, Heuer, IWC, Jaeger LeCoultre, and others.

Every nation is becoming a Turd World nation.

In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged barricades survived (Associated Press)

The Facebook settlement claim deadline is Friday. Here’s how to apply. (Washington Post)

Facebook users have until Friday to claim free money (KSAT San Antonio)

Time is running out to file claims for Facebook’s $725 million data privacy settlement (East Idaho News)

Facebook owes you $725 million – here’s how to get your share (The Shortcut)

A made-up pronoun is now a participation trophy for people who can’t participate in actual life (Greg Gutfeld)

NYT Columnist Proposes Banning Elections to Save Democracy! (NewsBusters)

Chicago Dem Predicts City’s Migrant Crisis Will Intensify Ahead of Democratic Convention (Washington Free Beacon)

Bud Light Backlash “Shows Little Signs Of Abating”, Citi Warns

204 Chicago Homicides In Mayor Johnson’s First 100 Days, Including Four Teenagers Killed Last Weekend

Australia’s Misinfo Bill Paves Way For Soviet-Style Censorship

How Inflation Destroys Civilization… And What You Can Do About It

Jacky Rosen Praised an LGBT Group That Teaches Children About Witchcraft and Masturbation (Washington Free Beacon)

Law School Administrators Huddle To Circumvent Affirmative Action Ban

3 red states will elect governors this fall. Could Democrats have a chance? (NPR)

Is Crime Still Illegal?

CNN Legal Analyst ‘Perplexed’ by DOJ’s Corruption

Outgoing Ivy League Presidents Get Sweetheart Home-Loan Deals  My, what a surprise.

Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands

Man flees China by riding jet ski hundreds of miles to South Korea (NBC)

Rosen Thanks Group That Teaches Kids Masturbation

Va. Parents Petition High Court on School Admissions

11th Circuit Reinstates Alabama Law Protecting Minors From Gender-Transition Hormones

Sherrod Brown Demands Financial Transparency. For Years, He Failed to Disclose Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Assets.

Court Rules for Michigan Apple Orchard That Refused Same-Sex Weddings

The Washington Post Has Misgivings About Democracy When It Impedes the Left

Activist Behind SCOTUS Affirmative Action Case Sues Law Firms

To Combat Crime Surge In American Cities, Many Turn To Private Alternatives

The Antiplanner.

The news media is discovering something that the Antiplanner has been saying for years: so-called affordable housing isn’t affordable. The federal, state, and local governments spend tens of billions of dollars a year subsidizing supposedly affordable housing, yet few people who need such housing get into the projects and many of those who do can’t afford the rents that are charged.

As a recent article in the LAist points out, more than 450,000 households in Los Angeles have incomes low enough to qualify for affordable housing, yet fewer than 50,000 such units have been built. One project that opened in 2022 received 7,500 applications for just 65 apartments.

Moreover, developers that receive subsidies to build affordable housing are only required to provide that housing at affordable rates for 30 to 40 years, depending on the subsidy program. Since these programs began in the 1980s, many of the new housing projects that are built are simply replacing older projects that are now being rented for market rates, thus not increasing the supply.

The American Mind.

In any event, and for the purposes of what is relevant in Jack Smith’s two indictments, the factual grounds on which President Trump allegedly committed crime(s) within his official duties as president have already been twice considered by the House of Representatives, for which the president—in conformance with Article II, Sec. 4—was acquitted both times by the Senate. Because the Senate voted not to convict President Trump of his alleged crimes, any and every remedial measure afforded by the constitutional process has already been exhausted. Therefore, to continue to bring charges against the president for the asserted crimes on which he has already been prosecuted is by definition an abuse of the judicial power and an expressed violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment: “…nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb…”

Democrats: “Constitution? We don’t need no stinkin’ Constitution!”

Steven Hayward at Power Line.

It has been observed that the demand for racism outstrips the supply, and hence the need for defining racism down to sweep up any observable disparity between racial groups or “microaggression,” or the proliferation of outright race hoaxes, such as racist graffiti on college campuses, etc. Academia and the media are driving this trend. Zach Goldberg a while ago charted out the rise in mentions of race and racism in the major media, but worth repeating here.

The American Mind.

In August 1966, communist leader Mao Zedong commenced “Red August,” a campaign amidst the wider Cultural Revolution to wipe away the “Four Olds” of Chinese society: old ideas, old culture, old customs, and old habits. He infamously used university students, and other younger children, as foot soldiers to carry out mass beatings and destroy important cultural and historical institutions.

The outsized rule of juveniles and young adults in the subsequent massacres perpetrated by the Red Guards was not at all unique. In Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge, children were also enlisted as foot soldiers, prison guards, and executors of public shaming of non-compliant adults. The weaponization of children and adolescents is a marked feature of left-wing movements across the globe.

The American Left has ensured that children occupy an increasingly active role in our country’s political and culture wars. Childhood no longer exists outside the realm of conflicts between adults. If anything, children are now being told that they must take center stage as the voice of moral righteousness on the most controversial issues of the day. Look no further than Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan remarking that “when our children tell us who they are, it is our job as grown-ups to listen and to believe them.” In Flanagan’s reality, the immature should lead adults in determining cures to societal ills.

Storeowner shot to death right in front of her shop after dispute over LGBTQ+ pride flag, authorities say (CBS) I love that phrase: ‘a blended family’

This quirky Portland hardware store says its 48th year could be its last (Oregon Live)

Court Docs Suggests Reason for Kansas Paper Raid (NewsMax)

If Trump, Biden Nominees, No Labels Will Launch Bid (NewsMax)

County Attorney in Texas Switches to GOP (NewsMax)

These Are The Dirtiest Cities In America  All run by Democrats.

Uniparty’s Plan To Save “Our Democracy” Unfolds

US ‘Rent-A-Womb’ Industry Thrives Due To Demand From Parents In China: Researcher  And thus are birth-right citizens.

Portland School District Workshops ‘Equitable Grading Practices’ That Outlaw Zeros for Cheating, Missing Work

Feminist UCSF School Of Medicine Professor Says Children Can Be “Gender Minotaurs”

Districts Quietly Putting Police Back in Schools

‘Luxury’ Migrant Smugglers Arrested in Italy

From Press Room Raids to Indictments, Anything Goes When the Government Piles On

Sen. Ted Cruz Demands Anheuser-Busch Hand Over Dylan Mulvaney Information  Ted Cruz is starting to make my ass tired.

Paid to Strike: California Dems Push Unemployment Benefits for Striking Workers

EXCLUSIVE: St. Louis University Pushes Ideological Transgender ‘Toolkit’ on Med Students (The Foundry)

Struggling Police Forces Look to Hire Noncitizens (NewsMax)

New York and California Each Lost $1T When Financial Firms Moved South

St. Louis University Pushes Trans Ideology on Med Students

When Trans Activism Becomes Government Policy

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Low-level clashes occurred in Wallonia following the shooting death of a man by police in the French-speaking town of Liège over the past weekend. The unrest spread to the nearby city of Herstal Saturday and Sunday night.

The shooting occurred in the migrant suburb of Oupeye near Liège city centre late Friday afternoon, August 18th, when a man on a quad bike failed to comply with an order to stop and instead proceeded to run a police officer over. The officer, who was subsequently hospitalised, opened fire on the man who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The growing movement against noise pollution (NPR)

Businesses in downtown Portland struggle through slow summer season (ABC)

These 14 American Cities Have A ‘Target’ Of Banning Meat, Dairy, And Private Vehicles By 2030 (The Federalist)

New York State’s governor joins President Biden in making it clear to New York City: you’re on your own. (City Journal)

First Amendment lawsuits challenge state’s DEI rules for community colleges (S.F. Chronicle)

Transgender Powerlifter Smashes Women’s World Record By More Than 440 Pounds

Understanding The Parasitic Cooperation Between Globalists And Leftists

Dependency On The State Is The Core Of The Takeover Plot Of Humanity

Legalise Euthanasia, or Risk Falling Behind, Warns Finnish Doctor

France Stops Fewer Migrants, Despite Brits Footing the Bill

Wikipedia donations used for politics, not for running Wikipedia

Hawaii State Government Attempts Information Blackout On Maui Fire – Refuses Media Access

Freeberg nails it.

When I emerged into adulthood, something that happened quite awhile ago by now, I quickly learned that pairing yourself up with a female wasn’t at all like casual dating in high school. It was a rite of passage back in these olden days. Wounded, incomplete, damaged and/or spoiled and anti-social females would sprout and then grow their trails of wreckage of failed & dysfunctional relationships with both men and women, romantic & otherwise, with this leitmotif of “I don’t take any crap and they can’t handle a strong woman.”

A particularly keen and disciplined observer might have noticed that whether these women thought of themselves as leaders or not, they weren’t running very much of anything, and were leading no one. Truth was, they just never learned to share an endeavor, or life itself, with another person. Or share nothing and just enjoy spending time with another. They were too broken and too damaged.

We quickly learned to run in the opposite direction when we heard the words “strong woman,” or “men are intimidated by me.” It’s a little disconcerting to see the negative energy from all those years ago, radiated yet again by someone who was so far away from even being conceived. It means something is sustaining this rot, keeping it infected and putrid. Something that packs a lot of influence.

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The reductio ad absurdum notwithstanding, one need only visit a major European city to see how moot this point really is. London has earned a reputation for high crimes, yet Britain has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. Apparently, criminals find other ways to do harm to innocent people.

For many years now, Sweden has been plagued by a high rate of gun violence, despite it being practically impossible for law-abiding citizens to buy a firearm.

American states and cities with strict gun laws are also the ones with the highest rate of gun-related crimes. New York is a notorious example, but so is Baltimore in Maryland. California, which boasts some of the toughest gun laws in America, is home to endemic urban decay, including out-of-control crime.

The city of Washington, D.C., forces you to meet 23 different criteria in order to obtain a concealed carry permit, presumably to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Yet that very same city is a cesspool of armed robberies, carjackings, and other gun violence.

5th Circuit Slaps Down FDA Again for Illegally Dropping Abortion Pill’s Safety Rules (Daily Signal)

Planned Parenthood Appeals Ruling That Let Neb. Abortion Ban Stand

Sen. Kaine: ‘Frustrated’ GOP Will Stop Tuberville Protest

After Years In The Wilderness, Conservative Christian Education Is Being Born Again Post-Pandemic

Math For Dummies

Christie Calls for Federal RICO Investigation of Antifa Rioters  Took him long enough.

“Leave Neutrality Behind”: Soros-Backed UT Austin Initiative Embraces Advocacy Journalism

Californians Hoping Hurricane Will Wash All Poop Off Sidewalks (Babylon Bee)

The Other McCain.

Last year, my son Jefferson was studying the Punic Wars — Hannibal, Cannae and all that — and in discussing it with me, remarked that at the time, slaves were about half the population of the city of Rome. These were white slaves, however, and the Roman Empire collapsed long ago, so there’s no “critical theory” or “systemic racism” angle to be exploited for political gain, which is why most people never contemplate the condition of Roman slaves. Of course, considering the general decline of education in this country, most Americans know next to nothing about ancient Rome, and in particular don’t understand the path by which Rome went from a Republic to an Empire. Julius Caesar was aligned with what was called the Populares (democratic) party in Roman politics, whereas Cicero was a leader of the Optimates (aristocratic) party. It was on behalf of “the people,” therefore, that Caesar assumed the dictatorship and, after his assassination led to civil war, it was Caesar’s ally Mark Antony who insisted on Cicero’s assassination.

Some scholarly readers will protest against my drastic oversimplification of this history — necessary for the sake of brevity — but my point is that (a) ancient Rome was not a democracy, and (b) it was the populares who, by their opposition to the senatorial voices of aristocratic tradition, helped pave the way toward the destruction of the Republic and the tyranny of imperial power. “Democracy” ruins everything.

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“The Plumber Problem” is a phrase I coined to describe the experience of watching a movie that touches on some subject area that you know way more about than the average person, and then some inaccuracy in what’s depicted distracts you and takes you out of the movie. (This can occur in any work of fiction, of course: movies, TV, books, etc.)

Here’s an example. A plumber is watching a movie with a scene where something having to do with pipes is integral to the plot. But it’s all wrong, and the plumber’s mind rebels. No one else in the audience is bothered. They’re all still wrapped up in the narrative. But the plumber has a problem.

Readers of speculative fiction have this all the time. Historians have this problem all the time with ‘historical’ fiction & movies. Military people especially have this problem all the time.

The Plumber Problem is loosely related to the “Gell-Mann amnesia effect” which is “the phenomenon of experts believing news articles written on topics outside of their fields of expertise, yet acknowledging that articles written in the same publication within their fields of expertise are error-ridden and full of misunderstanding.”

The American Dream Is Dead for Us Working Class Americans (Newsweek)

Raising White Flag? Rep. Buck Breaks Silence on Big Tech Censorship Battle (NewsBusters)

Radically Biased Google Programs AI to Summarize News for Users (NewsBusters)

Vetoes Overridden: NC Legislature Protects Gender-Confused Minors, Parental Rights, and Women’s Sports (The Foundry)

Federal judge rejects push to block Florida Chinese land ownership law (Politico)

Philadelphia SEPTA Driver Resigns After Having His Gun Stolen Off His Bus While On Break

Leftist Establishment Dismayed By Rise Of “Populist” Candidate In Argentina

FLASHBACK: Hawaii Official Who Allegedly Withheld Water From Firefighters Says ‘Equity’ Comes First

‘Tanning Mom’ Patricia Krentcil Announces Run For Florida Senate Seat (Huffington Post)

Don’t Bring Your California Transportation Policies to Texas (The Foundry)

Philly Businesses Set Booby Traps to Deal With Drug Addicts (NewsMax)

Maui Emergency Management Chief Resigns Amid Criticism

Resignation Calls Mount After Maryland Superintendent Public Records Destroyed In Test Score Scandal

From Press-Room Raids To Indictments, Anything Goes When The Government Piles On

Why San Francisco is make or break for Gavin Newsom (Politico)

Doug Casey On How Economic Witch Doctors Convince Everyone They’re Neurosurgeons

Texas Lawsuit Could Make Planned Parenthood Bankrupt (NewsBusters)

American democracy is cracking. These forces help explain why. (Washington Post) Gitcher Narrative, right here….

Trudeau Under Fire After Trans Powerlifter Shatters Women’s Records

New York Launches Plan To Rezone Midtown Offices To Houses  If the owner wanted to do that, they wouldn’t let him. But if they want to do it, to make Bidenvilles, why, it’s a great idea.

‘Squad’ Member With $250k in Student Debt Wants To Cancel All Loans

Chicago Democrat Asks Gang Members To Limit Shootings to Nighttime

Californians Prepare For Hurricane By Nailing Plywood Boards Onto Their Tent Flaps (Babylon Bee)

Driverless Cruise car collides with SF fire truck, injuring passenger

Minnesota police force’s resignation sparks outcry: ‘Defund the Police lunatics’ just got their wish (Fox)

Entire police force of small Minnesota city resigns, citing low pay (Washington Post)

An entire police department quit over $22-an-hour pay, saying there is ‘zero incentive’ to work there (Insider) The market works, even when you don’t want it to.

City of Goodhue reaches deal with sheriff on police coverage (Fox 9 Minneapolis-St Paul)

Fed, economists make course correction on US recession predictions (Reuters)

As recession fears fade, we may be experiencing a ‘richcession’ instead — here’s what that means for you (CNBC)

Will The U.S. Enter The Recession Experts Warned About For Months? It’s Complicated (Forbes)

Recession Warnings Keep Coming. How Worried Should We Be? (The Motley Fool)

Should We Be Using Recycled Plastics in Construction Materials? (Mother Jones)

Hundreds protest new ‘tent city’ for migrants at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center; Curtis Sliwa among those arrested (N.Y. Post)

Arrests made at asylum seeker shelter protest in Queens (CBS)

Former New York City GOP mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa arrested during Queens protest: report (Fox)

Queens senior center staff expresses concerns about migrant shelter’s impact on its center (Spectrum News NY)

Gen Z reclaims the word ‘hater’ in viral backlash against ‘culture of inclusivity’ (N.Y. Post)

5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Fight the Deep State (The Foundry)

LA Hotel Converted to Homeless Housing Suffers $11.5 Million in Damages

With Veto Override, N.C. Limits LGBTQ+ Instruction

Appeals Court Backs Abortion Pill Restrictions; Supreme Court Appeal Planned

Feminist medical school professor says trans kids identifying as ‘minotaurs’ are part of ‘gender revolution’ (Fox)

Medical school professor says children can be ‘gender hybrids’ like a ‘gender minotaur’ (Washington Examiner)

Anheuser-Busch Heir Offers to Buy Back Family Business (NewsMax)

Harvard University Shows Students How To Milk Welfare System

“Doom Loop Walking Tour” Of San Francisco Sells Out

Inside the campaign to cancel sex ed (Popular Information)

Minneapolis Arts Center Slammed For Encouraging “Family Friendly” Demon-Summoning

Chess Body Bans Transgender Women From Women’s Events

Hawaii Vows to Prevent Land Grabs After Wildfires  Just sell your land to the State! They will protect you!

You Could See The Appeals Court Ruling on the Abortion Pill Coming From a Mile Away (Esquire)

CNN Lets Fired Librarian Falsely Claim Her Library Had No Sexually Explicit Content

Woke Hawaiian Official Stalled Release Of ‘Revered Water’ Until It Was Too Late To Save Maui

ELITIST: Charlie Sykes Scolds GOP for Listening to Their Voters

Fifth Circuit Rules FDA Must Restore Vital Safeguards for Abortion Pill

Prince Immediately Regrets Waking Rachel Zegler With A Kiss After She Starts Ranting About The Patriarchy (Babylon Bee)

Congress Investigating Democrats’ Alleged Use Of Non-Profits And Foreign Money To Win Elections

Clinton Flunkie Robert Reich to MSNBC: We’re Living in a ‘Goldilocks Economy’

The Hard-Tweeting Defense Lawyer GOP Candidates Have Learned to Fear (Politico) Talk is cheap.

California Achieves World’s First Crime Rate Of Zero After Legalizing All Crime (Babylon Bee)

Spree Of Robberies, Car Thefts Drive Chicago Crime To New Highs

Steven Hayward at Power Line.

We noted here the last few days that the predictable rush to blame the horrific Maui fires on climate change goes against what the so-called “consensus” science of the IPCC says about attribution of specific weather events. But you can’t stop the narrative for pesky little details like that.

But maybe the climatistas are right—just not in the way they know. In fact, it’s their fault. It is thought that the Maui fires were likely started by sparks from electric utility lines owned by Hawaiian Electric, just as the fires that killed nearly a 100 people in Paradise, California, a few years back were ignited by poorly maintained PG&E power lines. The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that Hawaiian Electric has been aware for years of the vulnerability and hazards of its electricity lines, but has done virtually nothing about it.

Why? The Journal’s subhed provides the answer: “It made little progress, focusing on a shift to clean energy.”

UPDATE: Hawaiian Grid Operator Focused on Promoting Green Energy Instead of Wildfire Preparedness

UPDATE: Hawaiian DEI kook refused to divert water to fight fires

John Hinderaker at Power Line.

Why does anyone still live in San Francisco? Why would any group hold a convention or similar event there? Why would a tourist set foot there? That city has been so badly governed for so long that the question is no longer whether it will thrive, but rather, whether it will survive.

Many San Francisco businesses have closed their doors, while others are barely hanging on. Gump’s is an upscale department store that has been in business on Post Street for 165 years. But its Chairman, John Chachas, has seen enough.

ESG cheerleaders are suddenly pivoting and and running for cover (Fox)

This Psychologist Wants To Vaccinate You Against Fake News (WIRED)

Major San Fran retailer condemns city, state leaders in full-page ad: ‘Abject disregard for civilized conduct’ (Fox)

166-year-old luxury retailer in San Francisco warns: This could be our last year (CNN)

SF icon Gump’s writes open letter to San Francisco leadership slamming city’s current conditions (CBS)

San Francisco’s “Tyranny of the Minority” (City Journal)

China adopts interim AI rule requiring technology to back the communist system

Soros-Backed Calif. DA Facing Recall, Charges of Nepotism (NewsMax)

When All Crimes Are Those Against The State

Judge: New Texas Election Law Unconstitutional; Appeal Next

Texas Lawsuit Could Bankrupt Planned Parenthood Chapters

Entire police department resigns in Minnesota city, leaves mayor ‘blindsided’: ‘Zero applicants’ (Fox)

Branding Expert: New ‘Snow White’ Could Ruin Disney

‘Stay Home’: Feds Tell San Francisco Workers To Telecommute Due To Crime Wave

Watch: San Francisco Retailers Are Abandoning The City In Droves

Republicans Introduce Bill to Repeal DC Home Rule

Blue State Blues: ‘Raped And Pillaged’: Maui Fire Survivors Describe Nighttime Looting, Botched Supply Drops

FLASHBACK: Feds Accused Incoming Dem National Convention Chair of Steering Funds to Illegal Clinton Shadow Campaign

Boston University hires Harvard disinformation scholar Joan Donovan (Washington Post) A fat ugly white woman instead of the usual fat ugly black woman. That’s odd.

Target Sales Hit by Pride Month Backlash

The Locus of Racist Evil Has Finally Been Unveiled: Kindergarten Teachers

Hawaii governor says state is looking to ‘acquire land’ destroyed in fires (The PostMillenial) Big Brother wants your land, because obviously he knows better how to use it than you do.

Making Everything Gay: Princess Penises, Trans Elders, Hip Hop & Pikachu

CNN Declares The Goal Of CRT Bans Is To Make Children Dumber

You Can Always Leave: Australian Girl Triggered by American Flags…in America

NYC Mayor Calls On Biden Admin To Expedite Work Permits For Illegal Immigrants

Liberal Dark Money Behemoth Faces IRS Complaint Over Alleged Bait-And-Switch Scheme

CNN Beclowns Itself Pushing Gibberish ‘Neopronouns,’ ‘Nounself Pronouns’

All About the (Qatari) Benjamins: Qatar Funded Ilhan Omar’s World Cup Trip

Definition: To edit a video or audio clip (typically by removing context) such that it appears to suggest the opposite of the actual case.

Examples:

• The Charlottesville Fine People Hoax: Deliberately truncated to remove Trump’s explicit disavowal of the Nazis in the march and to exclude them from the previous remark that the people marching included ‘fine people’.
• The Drinking Bleach Hoax: Deliberately truncated to remove Trump’s beginning and ending comments making clear that he was talking about the use of light as a disinfectant.
• The Covington Kids Hoax: Deliberately truncate to make it seem that one of the kids had confronted the Old Indian Agitator when it was the other way around.

Named for Democrat ‘journalist’ Aaron Rupar, who makes this sort of thing a regular practice.

Read it.

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Don’t use VPN services. §
Why not? §
But my provider doesn’t log! §
But a provider would lose business if they did that! §
But I pay anonymously, using Bitcoin/PaysafeCard/Cash/drugs! §
But I want more security! §
But I want more privacy! §
But I want more encryption! §
But I want to confuse trackers by sharing an IP address! §
So when should I use a VPN? §
So, then… what? §
But how is that any better than a VPN service? §
So why do VPN services exist? Surely they must serve some purpose? §

Quilette.

To hear almost anyone tell it, racial preferences in university admissions are dead. But this pervasive sense of finality belies a curious silence in the Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions. The Court never expressly overrules the line of precedent that has allowed universities to discriminate for the last 50 years. Without a direct overruling, how can we know whether the Supreme Court has ended racial preferences or simply renovated the existing case law?

A careful reading of the Chief Justice’s opinion and an understanding of his judicial philosophy indicates that the Court has left universities with no realistic means to rely on racial preferences in admissions, even if the case law stating otherwise lingers in a vegetative state. Four key cases have formed the foundation for racial preferences in student admissions, with a case called Grutter v. Bollinger as the cornerstone. The Students for Fair Admissions case presented the Court with a choice: either apply the existing test under Grutter and friends or uproot the whole line of precedent.

Washington Post.

In the first ruling of its kind nationwide, a Montana state court decided Monday in favor of young people who alleged the state violated their right to a “clean and healthful environment” by promoting the use of fossil fuels.

This is horseshit.

First of all, there is no such right that can be enforced by a court without a degree of judicial authoritarianism foreign to the entire history of the United States. If people don’t feel that they have a sufficiently ‘clean and healthful environment’, the remedy is through the political process and the legislature; that’s what they’re for.

Secondly, a state of the United States has sovereign immunity unless what they do violates some provision of the U.S. or State constitution, neither of which is either alleged or demonstrated here.

This is a result of rampant Wokery in the educational system wreaking its havoc on the judicial system like a smallpox pustule erupting on a body. There is serious sickness here, and even if it is caught and corrected, it will leave scars.

Scott Adams claims that the COVID authoritarianism was merely a dress rehearsal for the upcoming more serious Climate Change authoritarianism. I hope he’s wrong, but I’m afraid he might be right.

Christie says no one has given him a loyalty pledge to sign (Politico) Perhaps because any ‘loyalty pledge’ from Christie isn’t worth squat?

Big Tech Should Pay Its “Fair Share”… The Best Way Is To Leave California

Questions Over Legality of Kan. Newspaper Raid

Video Shows Looters Ransacking L.A. Nordstrom

Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire’s tax last year. Now every public school student is going to get free lunch. (Business Insider)

‘Huddled Masses’ Update: Why Is This ‘Crisis’ Costing New York Billions?

Rod Dreher.

Confession time! I did something last weekend that I’ve never done before: I read a business book.

It’s called Truth To Power, and it’s the memoir of André de Ruyter, who led the troubled South African power monopoly Eskom for three years, before resigning in early 2023. Over his short, fraught tenure, he uncovered criminal networks stealing from the company, allegedly with the collusion of partners high in the ruling African National Congress. On his way out the door, someone in his office tried to poison him with cyanide. Quite a business climate South Africa has these days.

Downtown San Fran Office Tower Sells At 66% Off As CRE Crisis Claims Another Victim

Future Headline: Oakland Police Advise Residents To “Appear As Poor As Possible”

Vos says lawmakers may consider impeachment if Protasiewicz doesn’t recuse from redistricting cases (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

McDonald’s Scrubs Mentions Of “ESG” From Its Website

Crime blotter: Apple Stores hit with forklift, serial thefts, and slight-of-hand cash robbery.

Washington Free Beacon.

Postliberals are on the march. Whether it is decrying modern American conservatism, cheerfully embracing the administrative state, or insisting that tyranny is the natural fulfilment of Anglo-American classical liberalism, a slew of books written by postliberal intellectuals seeking to save us from the delusions of liberal order—political, legal, and economic—continue to appear.

65% of migrants handed notices of 60-day shelter limit say they want to leave system: NYC officials (AMNY)

New York leaders strike deal to relocate 1,200 asylum-seeking families; Schenectady County says, not here (CBS)

Judges Question Gov’t-Big Tech Collusion: ‘Unsubtle Strong-Arming’ (NewsBusters)

Court Blocks Idaho Law Restricting Trans Students’ Restroom Use (NewsMax)

Skittles Catching Flak Over Black Trans Packaging (NewsMax)

Anarcho-Tyranny in Seattle and L.A. (The Other McCain)

Growing Segregation by Sex in Israel Raises Fears for Women’s Rights (N.Y. Times) Apparently women have a right to pester men whenever they want to.

Downtown SF office building sells for 66% below assessed value

Harvard University Encourages Students To Go On Food Stamps

New California Gas Czar Will Boost Prices Even Higher

New York rights groups call for fast-track work permits for asylum seekers (The Guardian)

Corporate America is rebranding ESG (Axios)

California Dem says he’s not suspending campaign; blames ‘now-former aide’ (The Hill)

Bernie Sanders funneled $200K in campaign cash to wife and stepson’s nonprofit institute, records reveal (Fox)

Appeals Court Rules Against Drug User Gun Ban Cited in Hunter Biden Case (NewsMax)

‘Criminals Are Running This City’: Veteran Seattle Cop Resigns With Scathing Letter (Washington Free Beacon)

California Is The Most Costly State For Starting A Business

Thank Unions: Hottest Job Is $170k UPS Driver

Manhattan Rents Hit Record High As Lease Activity Slumps, Indicating Deepening Affordability Crisis

It Was Pelosi: Former Capitol Police Chief Reveals ‘Set Up’ Behind January 6

‘He Was Alive’: Tormented Chinese Doctor Recounts Harvesting Organs In Back Of Van

DeSantis Fires Another ‘Soros’ Prosecutor Over ‘Needless Pain, Suffering, And Death’

How Are Iowa Democrats? ‘I Can’t Even Describe to You How Bad It Is.’ (N.Y. Times)

Doctors Group Urges Peers to Rethink Minors Trans Care

The Arc of Reform–New College of Florida votes to abolish its gender studies program.

Austin School District Shuttles Students to Raunchy Pride Parade

Tennessee Teachers’ Union Drops Lawsuit Demanding Right To Deduct Fees From Paychecks

The Anti-Democratic Party

‘UNMITIGATED DISASTER’ Lawmakers Call for School Choice After Students Soil Themselves Stuck on Buses Until 10 p.m.

Zman’s weekly podcast. Highly recommended.

The inspiration for the show this week is the ongoing collapse of college football due to the financialization of the sport. I do not consume much sportsball these days, but I will watch a college football game. It was always my favorite sport to watch on television and it is now the only sport I can watch at all. The rest are human flea circuses woven within hours of commercials and agit-prop.

The appeal of college football has always been the variety. Each regional conference has its own traditions, rivalries, history and style of play. All of it was organic, having evolved with the leagues and the teams over time. The schools themselves have weird customs and traditions that often exist for reasons no one remembers. What people know is those traditions are important.

The same people behind all of the other problems have been gnawing away at these traditions for the usual reasons. They look at our culture and wonder how they can turn it into a quick buck and then into something vulgar. That is what is happening to college football through the lure of television money. As a result, it is becoming the same degenerate circus as the rest of entertainment.

Ohio vote shows enduring power of abortion rights at ballot box, giving Democrats a path in 2024 (Associated Press)

Historic Supreme Court case could imperil the entire US tax code (The Hill)

China to require all apps to share business details in new oversight push (Reuters)

The toughest plastic bag ban is failing: A tale of smugglers, dumps and dying goats (NPR)

‘ESPECIALLY CRUEL’: Mother of Down Syndrome Daughter Calls Montgomery County’s Denial to Opt Out ‘an Attack on Children’

First, NY Democrats Came for Pizza Ovens. Now, They’re Coming for Ice Cream Trucks.

Elite Universities Strategize To Maintain Diversity In Admissions Despite Supreme Court Ruling

Schools Intent on Skirting Supreme Court Diversity Rulings

Catholic Couple Sues Mass. for Woke Foster Parent Policy

Biden’s first climate czar, Gina McCarthy, is getting a big new gig (Washington Post) The Crust take care of their own.

Lawmakers Rip Hochul, Adams for Seeking Migrant Funds

Democrats Are the Party of Spoiled Children

The Barack Obama Cover-Up (Ben Shapiro)

STUDY: CNN Desperately Tries to Shove ‘Bidenomics’ Down Americans’ Throats

Massachusetts Starting To Wonder If Trump Was Onto Something With That Whole ‘Build The Wall’ Thing (Babylon Bee)

Voters in Ohio reject GOP-backed proposal that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights (Associated Press)

Dana Bash’s BIG LIE: Suggests No Dem Supports Abortion Until Birth

Air horns and moving trucks: How Oakland, California, residents are facing a surge in crime (CNN)

LGBTQ+ veterans file civil rights suit against Pentagon over discriminatory discharges (CBS)

How Feminist Movement Drew Ideology From the Occult

Porsche Goes Woke, Erases Jesus Statue From New Promo Video

DC’s City Council Slashed Police Funding. Now, Its Members Want More Cops as Shootings Plague City.

Barack Obama’s Self-Made Myths Still Stand

This family is moving to Italy because they’ve had enough of the US (CNN)

Target Sued Over LGBTQ Merchandise Backlash

DeSantis Suspends Prosecutor for ‘Dereliction of Duty’ on Crime

Win for reproductive rights as Ohio voters reject effort to make it harder to amend state constitution (The Guardian) Ponder the sort of world in which a newspaper reporter can call killing your child ‘reproductive rights’.

On-Campus DEI Bureaucrats Already Ditching New Loyalty Oaths

Maddow MELTDOWN: Falsely Claims AR-15 for ‘Babies’ Has Hit the Market

Arizona Universities Drop DEI Wording in Job Posts

NYT’s @paulkrugman – Mendacious, an idiot, or both?

They Just Keep Coming: German Asylum Applications Up 80%

Oakland Mayor Asks Residents To Blow Air Horn Once To Announce Stabbing, Twice For Shooting (Babylon Bee)

Turning California Purple

Gender Medicine’s ‘Dr. Frankenstein’ and His Nonsensical Surgical Option for Kids

Fighting Crime by Shooting Back

The American Mind.

A feeling of triumph has flushed through the conservative ranks this summer with the Supreme Court’s blockbuster decision in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard College and SFFA v. University of North Carolina to invalidate Harvard’s and UNC’s affirmative action programs. And it’s true that there is much in the SFFA opinion to celebrate. But the decision will not end, or even do much to threaten, affirmative action programs. As I have explained elsewhere, unless we get a legal and cultural paradigm shift in how we think about diversity and the civil rights regime, affirmative action is here to stay.

Three Generations of Affirmative Action, Two Generations of Erroneous Predictions

There is a kind of affirmative action amnesia that sets in at such moments, causing us to forget how long the practice has been in place and how many times we have erroneously predicted the program’s demise. In a 2021 law review article, I demonstrated how, although affirmative action in higher education can be traced to the beginning of the civil rights revolution in the late 1940s, scholars have been consistently and erroneously predicting the demise of affirmative action for nearly 50 years. To illustrate how often scholars have erred on this point, I began the article by collecting a sample of publications, dating all the way back to 1978, predicting the end of affirmative action. This sample constituted over 50 citations and took up several pages of law journal space.

ZMan says the quiet part out loud.

Every human civilization has some mechanism to find talented people who can be of service to the ruling class of the society. The system can be formal, like the Chinese exam system or graduate school in modern America. It can also be informal, as it was in the Middle Ages when a talented young man could be noticed by his lord and given a chance to raise his own status. The Hundred Years War created fortunes for many common men who fought on behalf of their king.

This search for talent is not only internal. Jews in Europe found that there was always a noble in need of smart and literate men. The Hoffaktor in Germany was almost always a Jewish banker who not only kept the finances of the house he served, but he also maintained connections with other court factors. In return for these services, these Jewish men were often awarded lands and titles. The endless search for talent by the ruling elites is why we have Ashkenazi Jews.

This is important to keep in mind when members of the chattering class talk about the meritocracy and the role it plays in the current crisis. This column by David Brooks titled, “What if We’re the Bad Guys Here?” is a good example. Brooks speaks as a member of the meritocracy, which he defines as the highly educated and highly connected urban class that runs the institutions. His column is mostly a self-congratulatory call to action to address the growing unrest.

Read it.

One of the oddest things that has been accepted with little real challenge is the notion that there is such a thing as a ‘hate crime’. Throughout the western world we have seen legislative changes and judicial advice that embeds the new notion that a crime is particularly heinous if it is motivated by an entirely subjective interpretation of whether it was motivated by ‘hate’ and whether that hate was directed at particular groups. We now have ‘hate crime laws’ on the statute books, in one form or another, of every western nation.

Logically the notion of a thing called a hate crime is a peculiar one. It is one which immediately moves the matter of law from the punishment of actions to the interpretation of thoughts. That in itself subjectifies what is going on in the judicial process and makes it inherently more prone to error.

We no longer have to prove simply that a harmful action took place, we now also scale and grade those actions by mind reading the thoughts that lay behind them, and by deciding that some thoughts are more wicked than others and some groups more deserving of protection than others.

It’s all part of easing ‘CrimeThink’ into the legal system. Orwell was a better forecaster than he knew.

Are G.O.P. Voters Tiring of the War on ‘Wokeness’? (N.Y. Times) Not that I’ve seen.

Pope Francis Labels Transsexuals “Daughters of God” Following Meeting

Spain’s Supreme Court Upholds “Gender Theory” in Schools

UK Tories Introduce New Initiatives on Illegal Migration

Cultural Globalism: USAID Engages in Ideological Imperialism With LGBTI Inclusive Development Policy

NY Times Writer Mocks ‘Wave of Whataboutism From Trump World’ on Biden Money Scandals

OOPS: ‘Fact Checker’ Accidentally Admits Leftists Want Porn In Schools

CNN.

“I told them I could see it at Terminal 1 baggage reclaim in Chicago, and they said ‘We have no record of it.’ I asked them to call Chicago, and they said ‘No, we’re not allowed.’ They said they’d put notes in the system and the baggage team would take care of it.”

When the bag still didn’t arrive, and Shuster called a third time, she was told “We have no idea where it is.”

They also told Shuster that she had the wrong claim number – impossible, she thought, because she still had the sticker that had been attached to her boarding pass. The other half was on the bag.

In fact, they were right – sort of. The claim number was indeed the same as the tag that had been attached to her bag – but the check-in agent had attached the wrong tag. This one was for another passenger, who was traveling from Baltimore to Chicago only. That meant the bag had been taken off the plane at O’Hare and sent straight to the reclaim belt, instead of being loaded onto the Denver flight.

The significant aspect of this is that the incompetent airline is United. In fact, in every single such case that I have read, the incompetent airline is United.

Anybody who ‘flies United’ these days is an idiot.