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For the last 12 months I’ve been using an adapted version of what seems to be the “standard” advice for cleaning camera lenses. My lenses still seem as good as new (I can’t see any abrasion at all, nor any problems at night), which suggests this is a decent approach. Caveat emptor: I have not conducted a scientific test, so some of what comes next might be placebo, or the results of good fortune, or possibly even dangerous to your health. With that in mind, here’s how I now clean my glasses (note: I don’t use affiliate links, so you don’t have to worry that I’m trying to make money off you).

Ben Shapiro.

This week, a professor went viral during congressional testimony regarding the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overruling Roe v. Wade. During her testimony, professor Khiara Bridges of Berkeley Law School refused to acknowledge any value at all in unborn children, instead stating, “I think that the person with the capacity for pregnancy has value and they should have the ability to control what happens.” This prompted Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to ask, “You’ve referred to people with a capacity for pregnancy. Would that be women?” Bridges immediately responded, “Many cis women have the capacity for pregnancy. Many cis women do not have the capacity for pregnancy. There are also trans men who are capable of pregnancy as well as nonbinary people who are capable of pregnancy.” Hawley asked incredulously, “Your view, the core of this right is about what?” To which Bridges shot back, “I want to recognize that your line of questioning is transphobic, and it opens up trans people to violence.” She then blamed Hawley for the high suicidal ideation rate of those who identify as transgender, and lectured him, “We have a good time in my class. You should join.”

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More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress who have urged President Joe Biden to forgive student loans reported up to around $1.5 million in educational debt, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation review of financial disclosures.

The 13 Democratic members, who are an average of 46 years old, reported the debts in 2021 and 2020. Individual debts range from as little as $15,000 to as much as $300,000.

The lawmakers have all supported at least some degree of federal student loan cancellation, a policy the Biden administration is reportedly considering. This includes New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who owes up to $50,000 worth and has repeatedly tweeted about the issue, and also Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who owes up to $100,000 and has called cancelling student debt “a racial justice issue.”

ZMan says the quiet part out loud.

A recent Gallup survey reports that confidence in institutions has fallen to an all time low among Americans. The only institutions trusted by a majority of people are small business, the military and the police. The last two are dropping quickly, which makes sense given the behavior of these institutions. A military full of drag queens and a police force siding with barbarians does not inspire confidence. Faith in small business simply reflects the fact that people continue to trust good people.

The normal reaction from the usual suspects is to blame their favorite bogeymen for the collapse in social trust. They will not use the term “social trust” as that risks entering a forbidden zone, but that is the topic. Trust in institutions is a proxy for social trust, how much people trust the people they do not know in their community. A big driver of the collapse in social trust is a generation of open borders. When your neighborhood is full of strange aliens, it is hard to trust anything or anyone.

As is often the case, the flood of aliens into your neighborhood is a symptom of a much bigger problem that lies at the heart of it. The people in charge simply cannot stop lying, which reflects on the institutions they control. The obvious example is the news media, which is approaching single digits in the Gallup poll. The fact that anyone trusts the media is an argument against universal suffrage. Many people, at least ten percent based on the survey, are too stupid to vote.

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After 2003 in Iraq, American military advisors, and reservists who were cops and detectives in civilian life, brought some practical experience on how to make CI concepts work in a warzone. The role of U.S. police, on reserve duty, is worth several book length treatments. Some day. But these probably won’t be written any time soon, because of security considerations. The bottom line is that police rely heavily on “confidential informants” (CIs), and most large departments have budgets for paying them and procedures for handling them. The FBI also has a lot of practical experience with CIs, and they sometimes contributed practical experience to the troops, and the CIA.

Steve Sailer looks at Matt Continetti’s new book.

William F. Buckley, founder of National Review, is the central figure in The Right, showing up on 107 pages according to the index. I didn’t see too much in the book that’s new about that legendary personality, so here’s a story about WFB that I heard only recently (and only from one source, but a reasonably reliable one): WFB, who had won 13 percent of the vote in an entertaining Conservative Party run for mayor of New York City in 1965, intensely wanted to run for president in 1968. If Jack Kennedy could be president at age 43, why not him? He was surprised and frustrated to find that his own inner circle didn’t take him seriously as presidential timber.

Buckley’s popularity shared at least one common characteristic with Trump’s: He was entertaining.

… when a friend asked press baron Rupert Murdoch why he funded The Weekly Standard, which was edited by Continetti’s father-in-law William Kristol (15 references in the index), even though Murdoch doesn’t seem to care that much about Israel one way or another, the wily Australian magnate replied that when you are a foreigner trying to make it in the America media business, you don’t need all the Jews in New York on your side, but you do need some of them.

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Some California truckers who move containers in and out of the marine terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach say they plan to participate in a work stoppage Wednesday to protest a controversial state law, AB5, that seeks to limit the use of independent contractors and largely classify them as employee drivers.

On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the California Trucking Association’s challenge to AB5, returning the case to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

One owner-operator who plans to participate in the port protest says he doesn’t want to become an employee driver, preferring to remain an independent contractor.

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Using a self-serve checkout counter could get you framed for stealing, warned one lawyer on social media.

Attorney and influencer Carrie Jernigan, who often shares legal advice to her 1.2 million followers on TikTok, has alleged that stores are using security footage at the register to accuse innocent customers of theft.

“As a criminal defense attorney, I advise most people to steer clear of self-checkout,” Jernigan says in a video that’s racked up over 2 million views.

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Who could possibly be fooled into thinking that David French is in any way, shape, or form ‘conservative’?

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I’ll bet you didn’t know that there was a rulebook for regenerating limbs.

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Populism: When the wrong person or cause wins a free election, like Brexit or Trump.

Racism: Any kind of resistance, conscious or unconscious, to the political program of the left.

Democracy: Any institutional design or voting system that enables the left to get what it wants.

Updated version: “Our” democracy—the version of “democracy as the left defines it.”

“Threat to democracy”: When Republicans win an election.

4 places moved to the CDC’s ‘high’ risk category for travel (CNN)

They were on a luxury cruise, then the coughing began – the ship that became a global Covid pariah (The Guardian)

What is the effectiveness of the fourth dose mRNA vaccination against the Omicron variant?  Depends on who’s talking.

COVID-19: Blood cancer patients gain antibodies from vaccine booster – study (Jerusalem Post)

New coronavirus mutant raises concerns in India and beyond (Associated Press)

A Pox on the FDA

Are Dems Buying Votes By Extending Pandemic Emergency?  Mmmmmmmmm … Could be….

Confidence In US Media, Government, & Justice-System Collapsing

75% Of “Poorly Targeted” $800 Billion PPP Money Sent To Unintended Recipients: Study

‘More immune-evading’ BA.5 variant now nearly two-thirds of COVID-19 cases

US officials working on a plan to allow second Covid-19 boosters for all adults (CNN) At YOUR expense, of course. (Don’t forget to vote Democrat!)

Parroting Chinese Propaganda? Soros Crony Claims COVID-19 Originated from US Lab

Proven Effective Herbal Treatments for COVID Are Buried by Big Pharma

School Closures Crushed Our Children

Crazy! Tennis Great Can’t Play In U.S.; Rider With COVID Wins Tour de France Stage

Energy expert sounds alarm on Biden selling oil to China: ‘Worthy of congressional investigation’

Nancy Mace fires back at Kamala Harris’ attack on Texas Gov. Abbott: ‘She has no solutions’

White House downplays upcoming release of ‘elevated’ inflation numbers

Texas rancher finds migrants hiding on her property: ‘We are being invaded’

Doctors must provide abortions in medical emergencies, regardless of state law, HHS says (CNBC)

Outrage greets The Post’s revelation of hidden migrant camps in Hamptons

How Biden Helped a Chinese Gas Giant Boost the Communist Nation’s Oil Reserves

Ten NEW Hunter Biden Scandals the Networks Are CENSORING

Biden Falsely Claims US Troops Aren’t Engaged In Combat In The Middle East  To be fair, they’re probably not telling him about it. (US military kills ISIS leader in Syria drone strike)

“We Are Not Tacos”: Hispanic Association Slams Jill Biden For Comparing Latinos To ‘Breakfast Tacos’

University Of Delaware Continues Fight To Shield Biden Documents From Public Review

Confidence In US Media, Government, & Justice-System Collapsing

Cruz Demands Garland Explain Why He Hasn’t Stopped Illegal Protests Over Abortion Outside Justices’ Homes 

Hunter Biden could face prostitution charges for transporting hookers across state lines and disguising checks to them as payments for ‘medical services.’

Biden Considers Declaring Public Health Emergency to Help Secure Abortion Access

‘Taco Tuesday!’ The View Defends Jill Biden ‘We All Step in Poo’

White House Still Searching For A Biden They Can Send Out In Public (Babylon Bee)

Biden Whiplashes Border Patrol

62,000 Unvaxx’d Guards, Reserve Soldiers Facing Loss Of Pay As Army Prepares To Enforce Vaccine Mandate

CNN’s Brian Stelter lets Nina Jankowicz off the hook on the misinformation she peddled during interview

What the liberal justices’ scorching dissent reveals about the US supreme court (The Guardian) Scorching!

Iowa Dem Supports Free Speech—Unless You Criticize Democrats

Starbucks Closing 16 Stores In Major Cities Due To ‘Increasing Threats’ From Bathroom Drug Dens

Polls Indicate More Breakfast Tacos Leaning Republican (Babylon Bee)

Illinois Economy, Jobs Suffer Under Potential Presidential Candidate J.B. Pritzker

AP Admits Mexican President Got Along Much Better with Trump

Oregon School District Votes to Keep Pornographic Book Available to Kids

Colorado Politicians Try To Bully Local Newspaper Into Submission

RINO ALERT An Anti-Trump Republican Group Is Back for the Midterms (N.Y. Times)

Mexican cartel smugglers nabbed with $1.2M worth of meth in NYC — then released thanks to lax bail laws: feds

Nets Ignore News Hunter Biden Could Face Federal Prostitution Charges

Nets Ignore Internal White House Concerns Biden in Mental, Physical Decline

NY Times Whines About Republicans, First Amendment Interfering with Censorship Efforts

New Jersey Dems Ban Microbreweries From Hosting Happy Hour, Serving Cocktails  The new Puritans strike again.

Study Shows U.S. 4th Graders Now Gay At A 12th-Grade Level  (Babylon Bee)

Drugmaker Asks US Regulators For Approval Of Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

How to watch Tuesday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing focused on extremists at the Capitol (CBS0

Here’s what the January 6 committee has revealed through its 6 hearings (CNN)

J-6 panel shifts focus to Trump ‘tweet heard around the world’ (The Hill)

What looming US Capitol riot hearings might tell us (BBC)

Tuesday’s January 6 hearing is focusing on extremist groups. Here are some names you might hear. (CNN)

Oath Keepers lawyer says Stewart Rhodes wanted her Trump contacts before Jan. 6 Capitol attack (NBC)

Herschel Walker just proved (again) what a massive risk he is for Republicans (CNN)

Medical board threatens to revoke certification of OBGYNs over abortion ‘misinformation’

We should worry what happens if Trump never faces justice, not if he does (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.

GOP governor says Trump’s ‘influence is diminishing’ in the Republican party (Insider)

How ‘woke’ went from a social justice term to a pejorative favored by some conservatives (CNN)

How Abortion Is Sundering Amy Coney Barrett’s Hometown (Politico)

The big win the January 6 committee has already scored (CNN)

This clip *perfectly* explains how Donald Trump thinks (CNN) Apparently Chris Cillizza can read minds. Who knew?

Raskin Brings Expertise on Right-Wing Extremism to Jan. 6 Inquiry (N.Y. Times)

MSNBC’s Cunningham Blames MAGA Movement on ‘Virulently Xenophobic’ Reagan

The January 6th Committee is Hiding Vital Evidence

The Trump Enablers Truly in Contempt of Congress (The Atlantic)

Why is it so hot in the UK and elsewhere in Europe and what are the dangers? (The Guardian)

US cruise ships using Canada as a ‘toilet bowl’ for polluted waste (The Guardian)

Scientists Puzzled by Soaring Global Methane Levels (Newsweek)

Can we actually measure rising sea levels with Plymouth Rock? (Boston Globe)

California’s Energy War on the Poor

Climate change is not just about Carbon Dioxide

Another Alaskan Oil Project Could Be Shelved Over Environmental Concerns

Local Governments Ban Natural Gas. Goodbye to the Gas Range and Cheaper Heat.  Time to leave.

The ‘Thomas court’: after biding his time, rightwing justice finds his power (The Guardian)

Juan Williams: Clarence Thomas and me (The Hill)

Why Democrats want Nevada to vote first in 2024

Elie Mystal: Life Doesn’t Begin at Conception, GOP Wants Witch Trials

If Herschel Walker wins in Georgia, America will have lost its mind (Washington Post) I guess he’s Not Black Enough for Eugene Robinson.

CA First-Grader Disciplined, Harassed By School Officials For Writing ‘Any Lives’ Matter on BLM Drawing

Identity Politics for People Without Identities

Meet the Cori Bush Activist Who Wants To Burn Jews Alive

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Business press articles on the widely experienced shortage of workers in the United States often identify as part of the problem that the current “labor participation rate” (1) is unusually low. The articles generally offer up several theories on why so many people are not participating in the labor market. Those theories include 1) people still living off government pandemic checks, 2) people unwilling to commit to a job while the school schedules for their children continue to be unreliable, 3) laziness of the youngest generation, and 4) older people who were prematurely retired during the pandemic and choose to stay retired. Businesses lament the difficulties in finding and attracting employees, and complain how the worker shortage negatively affects their business activities.

But, have businesses considered the possibility that they could be contributing to the problem themselves? Are businesses scaring off potential employees with “woke” policies and controversial political messaging? I’m not sure I can muster much sympathy for the “woe is me” businesses lamenting their inability to find workers while the businesses push “woke” policies and controversial political positions.

I am a premature retiree, though my premature retirement slightly preceded the pandemic. I sometimes miss aspects of working, and so occasionally look at reentering the paid labor market. But when I do look, I see all the focus prospective employers put on non-core issues such as promoting sexual deviancy and related bullying (illustrated with widespread use of rainbow flags), promoting “anti-racist” racism, opposing formation of stable families, promoting the killing of employees’ babies, hating on many aspects of Western Civilization and on the foundational values of America, and other topics from the current “woke” agenda. From that I conclude that the company probably doesn’t want me, and that if I were to go to work there I would be uncomfortable and the company would be working actively to make me uncomfortable.

Lawrence Jones calls out Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and SA Kim Foxx: Nowhere to be found

Race Does Not Exist, Except When It Comes to Black Women’s Hair

52% of Young Africans Want to Emigrate

Pakistan: Exporter of People to the World

The Climate Anxiety Discussion Has a Whiteness Problem  (Wired ‘Science’)

Black Venture Capitalists Confront Silicon Valley’s Quiet Racism

Nina Jankowicz on paused disinformation board: ‘There was a disproportionate focus on me’

The Supreme Court’s impact on the midterms and American democracy (The Hill)

The Supreme Court just had its most conservative term in nine decades (NPR)

‘I’m angry. I’m terrified. And I’m determined’: Crowds turn out for reproductive rights rallies around Alaska (Anchorage Daily News) The picture says it all. For the record, I don’t regret her abortion either.

Abortion access advocates plan several Alaska rallies for Saturday (Alaska Public Media) The picture says it all. For the record, ‘handmaidens’ were younger and better looking.

Restoring US abortion access won’t be easy – but we need leaders who will try (The Guardian)

Dwindling reproductive rights is “single-biggest issue” for economy, Commerce Secretary says (Politico)

The Role of Controlled Opposition in Manufacturing Phony ‘Consensus’

Fox Highlights Illegals Plotting July 4 Attack as CNN, MSNBC Bury

NY Times Stirs Front-Page Fear: GOP Mixing ‘Religious Fervor With Conspiracy Theories’

Labor Unions Reduce Product Quality

Floating abortion clinic proposed in Gulf to bypass bans (Associated Press)

Future college students rethink schools in states banning abortions If this reduces the amount of Wokeness among students in red state colleges, that’s great.

Wake Up West! UK Lawmaker Proposes Communist Chinese-Style Truth Score

China Protester Soundly Beaten By Wimbledon Security Guards

Senator Warren Leaps Out Just In Time To Swat Prenatal Vitamins Away From Woman Leaving Pregnancy Center (Babylon Bee)

Germany braces for ‘nightmare’ of Russia turning off gas for good (The Guardian)

Canada joins UK in sanctioning Russian primate

Exit, Pursued by a Bear: Europes Coming Gas Shortages Analyzed

Ukrainian Forces Bear Some Blame For Civilian Deaths In Nursing Home Attack: UN Report

Majority Of Europeans Unwilling To ‘Pay The Price’ To Defend ‘Democracy’ In Ukraine

Russia Controls Area The Size Of Mississippi In Ukraine Despite US Pledge Of $54BN

Putin Signs Decree Offering Citizenship To All Ukrainians

Russia suffers ‘wild shell hunger’ as Ukraine hits arms depots with long-range Western rockets

EU Readying 7th Round Of Anti-Russia Sanctions, Even As Oil Price-Cap Likely Shelved  ‘Russia is still fighting!’ ‘We’ll show them! Shave another layer off of our nose!’

House January 6 committee to focus on Trump’s tweet at extremist group hearing (The Guardian)

January 6 committee members preview Tuesday’s hearing on role of extremist groups in Capitol riot (CNN)

Meet the key players in the next Jan. 6 hearings (Politico)

Jan. 6 hearing to focus on Trump’s ‘siren call’ to violent extremists (Washington Post)

Trump ‘Terrified’ as Walls ‘Closing in’ With Cipollone Hearing: Mary Trump (Newsweek)

Trump Doesn’t Understand What Democracy ‘Really Means’: Alex Holder (Newsweek)

Durbin says it’s ‘not realistic’ to consider impeaching Clarence Thomas (The Hill)

Tucker Carlson’s greatest fear (NBC News)

Raskin, Kinzinger detail plans for Jan. 6 hearings this week (The Hill)

Here are the major revelations from the Jan. 6 committee hearings so far (NBC News) You’re too stupid to figure it out, so we’ll tell you what to think.

Buttigieg: Kavanaugh protesters were exercising First Amendment rights (Axios)

Salon Website Corrects Year-Old Headline Saying DeSantis Forces Students To Register Political Views

Rep. Gohmert: “Violations Of American Rights” Of Jan. 6 Prisoners “Mind Blowing”

Merrick Garland Should Investigate Trump’s 2020 Election Schemes as a ‘Hub and Spoke’ Conspiracy (N.Y. Times)

Ron DeSantis Would Kill Democracy Slowly and Methodically (New York Magazine) Jonathan Chait unloads some handwavium.

An expert in political violence urgently warns: The worst is coming (Washington Post)

The View: ‘Ridiculous’ for Kavanaugh to Fear Liberal Mob Hunting Him

ABC, NBC Ignore Report Debunking Whips Tale While CBS Smears Border Patrol Agents

Watch: Texas AG Demands Biden Apologise To Border Agents Falsely Accused Of Whipping Migrants

Blackburn rips Biden’s ‘China-first policy’: It’s like Hunter Biden is negotiating these deals

White House ‘listless and lost’ and other commentary

Buttigieg announces new investigations of airlines amid rising passenger dissatisfaction

VP Harris calls for ‘assault weapons ban’ on guns ‘intentionally designed to kill’ people

GOP hammers Biden for allowing emergency oil reserves to go to China: ‘compromising our energy security’

Steve Hilton says President Biden must be investigated: He ‘lied’ about his role in Hunter’s business dealings

DHS anticipates an average of 441 unaccompanied children per day at border this year, a new record

Biden’s Dubious Tale Of 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Gets Dismantled

NYT: Biden Is NOT Too Old Now, But Next Term?

‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’: Texas Sheriff Blasts Biden for Border Crisis

Republicans Weigh Garland Impeachment As Biden DOJ Drags Feet on Extremist Abortion Protesters

Networks Ignore Biden/Harris Staffers Fleeing Crumbling White House

Inside the Biden family business (again)

Study in Contrast: Biden Approval Hits All-Time Low, Trump Approval Nears All-Time High

Law, ICE Are ‘Irrelevant’ to Biden Administration

CNN Host Fareed Zakaria Slams Biden for ‘Making It Harder’ to Invest in Gas and Oil

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If, of course, that’s what you want to do.

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The Florida Democrat who promised to “legalize weed” if elected governor holds thousands of dollars of stake in a marijuana dispensary.

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The Washington Post‘s justified firing of obnoxious feminist reporter Felicia Sonmez has been quite the boon for generic male journalists. Last week the paper tapped generic white man David Shipley to take over as editor of the Post editorial page, and welcomed back Dave Weigel, the white male reporter who was suspended last month for retweeting a joke that offended Sonmez. The patriarchy is thriving.

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We live in a very bipolar society and one of the most obvious examples of this is the tenacity of masking. The unfortunate truth is that an aerosolized virus particle is so small that the only sure way to prevent an encounter with it is with your own self-contained breathing apparatus. How many scuba suits are you seeing on the streets of New York? Can a surgical mask stop a particle or two? Well, it is certainly possible in the same way that fishnet stockings may prevent some sunburn but not what anyone would call overall effective. Early on there were multiple articles exaggerating the necessity of public masking, none of them particularly convincing or well done but they danced around the truth and pushed their preconceived notions in the name of public health.

The wearing of masks has absolutely nothing to do with COVID – it’s a flag that progressives use to assert their political loyalty to the Narrative. That’s all it is.

I hate it when that happens.

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It turns out that the price lists are incredibly unwieldy to use for a number of reasons that I mention later. I blame in equal parts both the hospitals and the lawmakers.

John Hinderaker at Power Line.

The Left has a rather schizophrenic attitude toward protests and demonstrations. Some are wonderful, like the George Floyd riots, which were not, in fact, protests at all. Or like arson and other destruction committed at pro-life facilities. Others are detestable, like the Dutch farmers’ protests, or the French “yellow vests,” or the Canadian truckers. Some protests, too, can only be ignored, like when hundreds of thousands of pro-life citizens show up for their annual march in Washington.

Currently the Left is “demonstrating” against the Supreme Court justices who concurred in the Dobbs decision. A few nights ago, as Scott has noted, left-wingers harassed Justice Brett Kavanaugh and other diners at the Morton’s steak house in D.C. Liberals viewed this effort as a triumph–Kavanaugh reportedly had to exit out a back door–and a pro-Democratic Party organization is now offering cash bounties to anyone who sees a conservative justice out in public in time for a flash mob to assemble.

When asked about such tactics, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was nonplussed. These are peaceful demonstrations, she replied, the very essence of democracy!

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Feminists’ adoption of Margaret Atwood’s red cape serves only to obscure the complex real-life issues around women’s rights.

It’s all virtue-signaling cosplay. None of it has any effect on actual events; its only purpose is to make the players feel good about themselves.

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A New York City bodega group says the Big Apple should adopt a local version of Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law after a Manhattan store worker was charged with murder for defending himself.

United Bodegas of America — which has rallied behind Jose Alba, the 61-year-old shop employee facing a slay rap after fending off a violent ex-con — said Sunday that the measure is needed to protect others who toil behind the counter.

“Bottom line — in Florida, this is what you would consider stand your ground,” UBA spokesman Fernando Mateo said at a press conference, referring to Alba’s case.

“That’s what New York City needs,” Mateo said of the law.

Report: U.S. oil reserves are being exported overseas despite high fuel prices (Deseret News)

Dems full of ‘outright worry’ over Biden’s leadership, say he’s ‘out of time’ to fix things: Politico

Kamala Harris caught in word salad when asked if Democrats failed to codify Roe v Wade

Biden’s approval rating craters to 30% after brutal week: poll

Biden Administration Admits Border Patrol Never Whipped Anyone  But we’re going to punish them just the same.

Biden’s Selling Of Oil From Reserve To Hunter Biden-Tied Chinese Firm ‘Impeachable’: Republicans

VP Harris calls for ‘assault weapons ban’ on guns ‘intentionally designed to kill’ people  Really, you can’t make this stuff up.

Biden’s Mental Decay

The battle for reproductive rights moves to the front register (Star Tribune) Calling killing your child ‘reproductive rights’ is like calling murder ‘health care’.

Couple exit Cape Cod and head for rural Georgia’s lush, rolling hills  Time to leave.

Is our democracy on the verge of committing suicide? (The Hill) What democracy?

If Tucker Runs in 2024, Here’s Who the Democrats Need (Politico)

Nancy Pelosi goes on lavish Italian vacation as inflation back home hits 40-year high

Nobody likes self-checkout. Here’s why it’s everywhere (CNN)

WashPost ‘Fact Checker’ MILDLY Chides Biden, Press on 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Tale

Tapper Confronts Illinois Gov on Why He Ignores Chicago Shootings

Teachers go to the ‘dumbest colleges’ — who said it and why it matters

Stelter Allows Former Ministry of Truth Head to Spread Disinformation

Big fish sightings are spiking. Climate change may be the cause. (Washington Post) Climate change! Is there anything it can’t do?

Donald Trump Mocked Over Palin Alliance by Ex-GOP Strategist: ‘Tedious’ (Newsweek)

Amazon deforestation hits new record in Brazil (Washington Post)

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon hits record for first half of 2022 (Reuters)

Art, science and a reef made of sugar: an exploration of climate change (The Guardian)

Report Of Massive New Ozone Hole Threatening Billions Contains ‘Serious Errors’ (Forbes)

Climate activists worried after Biden releases review of Alaska oil project (Washington Post)

A Disturbing Shift Has Affected Earth’s Delicate Energy Balance, Scientists Report (Science Alert) Disturbing!

Left’s Climate Projections Yield Worst Case Consequences for Needed Energy (NewsMax)

New Study Proves Not All EVs Are Kind To The Environment (CarBuzz)

Largest Presbyterian church body divesting from fossil fuel companies, citing climate concerns (CBS)

Want to Fight Climate Change? Work Less and Sleep More. (Daily Beast) Starve to death and rid Gaia of your burdensome self.

We’ve overexploited the planet, now we need to change if we’re to survive (The Guardian) Same Narrative, just different words.

We Need to Stop Pretending we can Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C (Byline Times)

NPR Spreads Misinformation About Climate Change and Models (Again!)

The China syndrome, pandemic edition

MIT scientists think they’ve discovered how to fully reverse climate change  Sure. We all live in caves, eat bugs, and burn wood to stay warm. And you can forget that Tesla.

This little robot is cleaning up beaches, one cigarette butt at a time  Until it gets stolen.

E-Vehicles Are Like Covid Vaccines: Sold to Public Based on Wildly Unrealistic Exaggerations

“Your Gas Guzzler Kills” – Radical Climate Group Deflates Bay Area SUV Tires

Trump goes after ‘RINO’ Murkowski during Alaska rally: ‘She’s worse than a Democrat’ (The Hill)

Trump offers scathing rebuke of Elon Musk during Alaska rally with Sarah Palin: ‘He’s another bull—t artist’

Group offers up to $250 for SCOTUS justices sightings after Kavanaugh protest (Axios)

Herschel Walker partnered in 2012 with arm of energy company accused by multiple states of deceptive practices (CNN) Partnered! Accused! MULTIPLE STATES!

Herschel Walker’s Campaign Knows He’s a Liar and They Don’t Care (Daily Beast) Just like every Democrat you’ve ever heard of.

GOP Senate hopefuls adopt a high-risk strategy for November (Politico) Apparently talking like a Republican is a high-risk strategy.

Oath Keeper members brought explosives to DC area around January 6 and had a ‘death list,’ prosecutors say (CNN) Prosecutors say!

Alleged Oath Keeper accused of bringing explosives to D.C. on Jan. 6 (Washington Post) Alleged!

As with Cassidy Hutchinson, Nixon tried to control Watergate witnesses (Washington Post) Nixon!

Inside ‘horrible,’ ‘icy’ first meeting held by new San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins (S.F. Chronicle) Apparently she’s not Woke enough.

Donald Trump’s Summer of Legal Hell (Daily Beast)

‘Thank You for Your Servitude’ casts harsh light on GOP’s shift and its motives (NPR) My, what a surprise.

Army General Suspended Over Tweet To Jill Biden: “Glad You Finally Know What A Woman Is”

I Was Betrayed by President Trump (N.Y. Times)

If Only John Roberts Would Retire (N.Y. Times)

On MSNBC, David ‘Camera’ Hogg Says Highland Park Shooter’s a Racist, Not Mentally Ill

NYC Pushes Indoor Mask Advisory for All as ‘Worst’ Omicron Strain Fuels 6th Wave (NBC New York)

Move over, measles: Dominant Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 could be the most infectious viruses known to man (Fortune)

Fulton Co. Board of Health hosts Monkeypox vaccine drive (CBS)

Summer COVID guide: As BA.4 and BA.5 variants spread, CT’s top experts discuss outdoor activities, masking and more (CT Insider)

Novavax, Moderna, BioNTech Surge To 3-Month High As Omicron Boosters Loom

All Macau Casinos Will Shut Down Monday As COVID Outbreak Worsens

New Survey Reveals Significant Doubts About Masks And Vaccines

As the BA.5 variant spreads, the risk of coronavirus reinfection grows (Washington Post) Fine ‘vaccine’ ya got there, bubba.

Tyranny On Autopilot: LA County Set To Resume Mask Mandate

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The building blocks of these microrobots are iron oxide nanoparticles that have both catalytic and magnetic activity. Using a magnetic field, researchers could direct their motion and configuration to form either bristlelike structures that sweep away dental plaque from the broad surfaces of teeth, or elongated strings that can slip between teeth like a length of floss. In both instances, a catalytic reaction drives the nanoparticles to produce antimicrobials that kill harmful oral bacteria on site.

I have been waiting for this for over twenty years, as soon as I read my first story about nanotech. My dentist and I talk about it every time I go in to get my teeth cleaned.

14-Year-Old Is Fatally Stabbed in Harlem Subway Station, Police Say (N.Y.Times) I guess they assume that everybody knows that, being in Harlem, the victim was obviously black.

Works for me.

Steve Sailer.

The pervert lifestyle in action.

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The man whose posting on social media warned authorities that agent provocateurs from Antifa and Black Lives Matter would be at the U.S. Capitol dressed as Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, is a self-described government informant tied to former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein.

NY Times Patrols Ethnic Politics: GOP’s Flores Not Historic Hispanic, Just ‘Far-Right Latina’0

Steve Sailer.

Team Soros has come up with brilliant plan for reducing racial inequities in how many blacks go to jail for crimes: prosecutorial ineptitude.

Army cuts pay, benefits from more than 60,000 unvaccinated National Guard, Reserves

BA.4 and BA.5 COVID Symptoms: What to Watch For as Infections Climb (NBC Chicago)

Pride Goeth Before a Fall (Full of Monkeypox)

“The People Who Died Were Vaccinated, at-Risk People”

Covid learning loss has been a global disaster (The Economist)

For Left-Wing Lawmakers, Only ‘Choice’ Permitted Is Abortion

Tim Cook goes for a ride in Rivian electric pickup at Sun Valley ‘summer camp for billionaires’

Schumer-aligned dark money nonprofit raked in record $105 million from anonymous donors, tax forms show

Secret Service denial of Hutchinson story fuels attacks from both sides (The Hill)

Ducey signs universal school vouchers into law; public education advocates launch referendum  The importance of government schools as indoctrination platforms for leftist ideology is being made increasingly plain.

Trust in newspapers and television news collapses to historic low  Gee, I wonder why.

Left-Wing German Minister Wants To Confiscate Guns Owned By Members Of Right-Wing AfD

Dutch House Greenlights Work From Home As Legal Right

MSNBC Hypes Not Celebrating July 4th Due to ‘Evil of the Republicans’

Liz Cheney’s Latest Fans: Democratic Donors  My, what a surprise.