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As they do.

Perhaps the single biggest legislative fight this year has been over federal spending.

There’s a good reason for that: The national debt is now an eye-popping $32.5 trillion (roughly $250,000 per household), and out-of-control deficit spending is one of the main reasons why families are struggling with inflation.

In May, Congress passed a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for reforms that would supposedly reduce spending levels.

Some parts of the deal were good, but as we learn more about the details of the package, it looks more and more like a raw deal for current and future taxpayers.

The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis’s Vaccine Turnabout

COVID lab leak coverups, then and now

US Military Confirms Myocarditis Spike After COVID Vaccine Introduction

Every Mask is a Nail in the Coffin of Humanity

Andrew Weissmann: Jack Smith is going to charge ‘big’ (MSNBC)

Actress Ellen Barkin: Trump Will Win, Kill 6 Million Jews (Like Hitler)

Sununu: Most New Hampshire voters are ‘not with Trump’ (Politico)

Eric Holder: DOJ ‘Back on Track’ With Indicting Trump

Georgia Gov. Kemp Contacted in Special Counsel Hunt for Trump Crime

Trump Unlocked a Whole New Level of Bullshitting in Iowa (Daily Beast)

Tulsi Gabbard pushes back against Jack White’s anti-Trump comment (The Hill)

As Inquires Compound, Justice System Pours Resources Into Scrutinizing Trump (N.Y. Times) Witch-hunting Trump is causing the DoJ to put everything else on back burners.

DeSantis doubles down on claim that some Blacks benefited from slavery (Washington Post) Which they did, which is why none of them are returning to Africa–America, whatever its faults, is just a better place, for everybody.

VP Harris says FL officials trying to ‘replace history with lies’ with new Black history standards (MSNBC)

Post readers: Florida’s new African American Studies curriculum ‘sickening’ (Palm Beach Post)

California Expands Travel Ban List Over Gender Ideology To Half The Country

Trump’s GOP rivals open door to cutting Social Security for younger people (Washington Post)

PBS’s Abortion-Beat Reporter Pushes Fear: ‘Very Extremist Christian Language’

Kennedy Schools Dems On Free Speech; “Shut Up!!!” They Explained…

WashPost Scandalized by Conservative ‘Drive to Lionize’ Justice Thomas, Sway Public Opinion

Inside the DeSantis Doc That Showtime Didn’t Want You to See (Daily Beast)

Newsom’s Plan To Fine School District $1.5 Million Over Blocked Textbook Lacks Legal Grounds

Washington Week Skips GOP Hearings Entirely, Lusts Over Trump in Jail with Jeffrey Goldberg

Pitcher Who Was Deemed ‘Homophobic’ Will Not Renounce Beliefs To Get Back In MLB

In the GOP primary, one thing sells (merch) above all: Owning the libs (Politico) As usual, proglodytes are convinced that the Right is doing what the Left would be doing in their place.

DeSantis fires back at Kamala Harris over Black history standards (Axios)

Biden Approves Monument to Honor Emmett Till in Civil Rights Win (Bloomberg)

White Men Face Systemic Racism in the Workplace

Weekend Shootings Leave at Least 6 Dead, 20 Others Wounded in Chicago

White Lowe’s Worker Confronts Black Thieves – Gets Black Eye And Pink Slip

Why South Africa Is on the Brink of Chaos

Against SecDef’s Wish, Diversity-Obsessed Biden Picks Woman To Lead Navy

41 Percent Of Illegal Immigrant Group Biden Admin Released Into US Never Showed Up For Court Dates

Hunter Biden Expected To Face Up To 10 Criminal Referrals, Here Are The Top Bombshells From Last Week

New York Times, Washington Post, Nets Ignore Biden Bribe Allegations

GOP’s crumbling case against Biden on crime, immigration and inflation (Axios) Who are you going to believe, Axios or your lyin’ eyes?

The truth about the Biden family business is becoming too big to hide

Water Heaters Next on Biden Administration Hit List

CNN’s Jennings SLAMS Kamala Harris for Lying About Florida’s Education Reforms

Why aren’t we more scared of the climate crisis? It’s complicated (The Guardian) It’s not complicated at all. People no longer automatically believe the Narrative media.

How to Choose Carbon Credits That Actually Cut Emissions (Entrepreneur)

EVs For All? If The Dream Was Met, Would It Help The Environment?

Biden Administration Rule Would Ban Nearly All Portable Gas-Powered Generators

China Rebuffs John Kerry–Xi Tells Him, It’s Business as Usual for China

Scientists: ‘More Ocean Life Making Seas Look Greener’, Media: ‘Climate Crisis!’

IT’S JULY! ABC’s Raddatz Howls Over Climate Change, Blames Human Activity

Report: Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. John Clauser — who recently declared climate science a ‘pseudoscience’ — has his IMF talk abruptly canceled

Time is running out on the Climate Clock

Most People Aren’t Panicking because We’re in a Climate Change War Zone

Mayor Adams’ new 60-day shelter limit in NYC blasted by migrants: “I don’t want to sleep on the street” (N.Y. Daily News)

Tyranny of the minority: Liberal law profs urge Biden to defy the courts and the public (The Hill)

Teachers’ union conference led by Randi Weingarten offers trainings on ‘affirming’ children’s LGBTQ identities (Fox)

Velshi Dismisses IRS Whistleblower Hearing As ‘Stunts And Conspiracies’

Google Tests AI Tool To ‘Help’ Journalists Write News Articles

Inside Biden’s unusual hidden campaign (Washington Post)

They Checked Out Pride Books in Protest. It Backfired. (New York Times)

Oakland Fails Women As Staggering Crime Surge Goes Unpunished

Democrats scramble to reach voters after Florida cancels mail-in ballot requests (NBC News)

You’ll Need a ‘Visa’ for Europe Soon

‘No One Needs An AR-15’ Says Person Who’s Obviously Never Seen The Cockroaches In Texas (Babylon Bee)

Ukrainian Bradley Fighting Vehicles Seen With Explosive Reactive Armor

Ukraine Situation Report: Huge Explosions Rock Crimean Ammo Depot

China Sends Dozens of Warplanes Toward Taiwan

Zelensky Fires His Ambassador To UK Over Slight Criticism

Poland Wouldn’t Hesitate To Occupy Parts Of Western Ukraine, Putin Claims

Belgorod Governor Says Cluster Bombs Used Against Village In Russian Territory

US Warns Of False Flag Attacks As Russia Targets Civilian Ships Off Ukraine

Putin Warns Poland: Aggression Against Belarus Means Aggression Against Russia

LOGISTICS: Ransomware Targets Ports

Blinken Says Ukraine Has Taken Back 50% of Territory That Russia Seized  And if you believe that one, he’ll tell you another one.

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From the Great Recession to 2020, Yellow nearly went bankrupt four times. In each episode, the trucking giant was saved — thanks to concessions from lenders, the Teamsters union, the federal government or often all three.

As a result, some of Yellow’s 30,000 employees weren’t too scared when the company began warning this summer that the end times were coming again. “It’s like crying wolf at this point,” Yellow mechanic Brian Atchely told FreightWaves earlier this month.

Now — as a strike looms, customers begin to pull freight and the Teamsters union refuses to meet — industry watchers are on alert that the trucking fleet may finally shutter. Ahead of a federal court hearing on Friday, Yellow said a work stoppage could force the company into a Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy proceeding.

Truck drivers are grappling with the idea that they could lose their jobs. Some 22,000 Teamsters members work at Yellow.

Look for … the Union label….

Wall Street Journal.

The ongoing saga of the severely mentally ill in America is stirring attention again in a sadly familiar way. In Los Angeles in early 2022, a 70-year-old nurse was murdered while waiting for a bus, and two days later a young graduate student was stabbed to death in an upscale furniture store where she worked. That same week in New York City, a 40-year-old financial analyst was pushed onto the subway tracks as a train was arriving, killing her instantly.

All three assaults, random and unprovoked, were committed by unsheltered homeless men with violent pasts and long histories of mental illness. In New York, the perpetrator had warned a psychiatrist during one of his many hospitalizations of his intention to commit that very crime.

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Boston startup Galy has inked a deal with Japanese manufacturer Suzuran Medical Inc. to use the startup’s lab-grown cotton in its products.
Suzuran says it plans to use thousands of tons a year of Galy’s “Literally Cotton” fibers as part of a 10-year, $50 million partnership.
“It’s huge,” says Luciano Bueno, Galy’s founder and CEO. “It’s the first-time lab-grown cotton will enter any market worldwide.”

In Jacksonville, V.P. Kamala Harris warns of ‘national agenda’ to whitewash Black history (Florida Times-Union)

Top Border Patrol agent Gregory K. Bovino ‘relieved of his command’ after talking to Congress: officials (N.Y. Post)

New rule aims to make outdated home water heaters cheaper and greener (Washington Post)

FBI improperly used 702 surveillance powers on US senator (The Hill)

FBI analyst improperly searched surveillance data for U.S. senator’s name (The Hill)

FISA Court opinion reveals a US senator, state senator, state judge got swept up in 702 queries (Fox)

It’s Time for Congress to Reform Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Courts (Newsweek)

What Biden corruption? The IRS whistleblowers, the Democrats, the press, and Trump

WATCH: Joe Biden’s Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 52)

The Media Loved Whistleblowers. Until They Were Blowing the Whistle on Joe Biden.

Vast Majority Of Americans Say Illegal Immigration Is Either “Crisis” Or “Major Problem”

Hunter Biden’s lawyer Kevin Morris is seen smoking a BONG on the balcony of his LA home while clearly visible from the road during a visit from the president’s son (UK Daily Mail)

Illegal Immigrant Children With Tuberculosis Released Across US

Twitter Roasts ATF For Posting Image Of Agent Loading Nazi Gun Pointed At Testicles 

Harris rips Florida going soft on slavery; DeSantis seeks GOP favor, attacks black history (MSNBC)

Ted Cruz picks an odd fight over who truly ‘believes in democracy’ (MSNBC)

Researchers horrified, decry rise of ‘fascism’ as students send mocking responses to woke survey (Fox)

Majority of college students favor reporting professors for ‘offensive’ opinions: poll (The Hill)

Researchers condemn rise of ‘fascist ideologues’ after students send mocking responses to LGBTQ survey (N.Y. Post)

NY Times, NPR Bash Popular Film on Fighting Child-Trafficking After Trump Thumbs-Up

Mental Health Round-Ups: The Next Phase Of The Government’s War On Thought-Crimes

Jason Aldean, Eric Adams and the Strange Rise of the City Bumpkins

Transgenderism and the Censorship of Women

Quebec’s public health insurer hangs up on Anglophone woman for speaking English

‘We can’t escape’: climate crisis is driving up cost of living in the US west (The Guardian)

Plagued By Drought, China Turns To Coal To Keep The Lights On

Italy Ruffled by German Health Minister’s Wild Claim: “Climate Change Destroying Southern Europe”

Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory – scientists (BBC)

Alabama GOP governor approves congressional map with just one majority-Black district despite court order (CNN)

Alabama lawmakers vote on redistricting map despite Supreme Court ruling (NBC News)

Carlee Russell’s case gave hope that missing Black women finally mattered — until doubts set in (NBC News)

Tony Thurmond kicked out, ‘verbally attacked’ at school board meeting (Fox)

Black Leaders Denounce Florida’s New Education Guidelines

Death in ‘Killadelphia’

From the Police Blotter: ‘They Were in the Way’

Crazy People Are Dangerous

FLASHBACK: Reporters Adored Jesse Jackson, “King” of America’s Left

PBS Cheers ‘Uniquely Qualified’ Harris Attacking Florida’s New History Standards

Judge Aileen Cannon Kills Trump’s Hopes of a Post-Election Trial (Newsweek)

Jack Smith’s surprise weapon against Trump has a long civil rights history (MSNBC)

Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry (The Guardian)

Trump prosecutions consume campaign funds and messaging as charges mount (Washington Post)

Before Jan. 6, Mark Meadows joked about Trump’s election claims (Washington Post) So what?

California State superintendent kicked out of school board meeting following passage of new transgender policy (NBC Los Angleles)

California school district stands up for parental rights as Newsom targets conservative school boards (Fox)

Texas A&M President Resigns Over Botched Hiring of Woke Professor

‘You Will Not Bully Us’: California School Board Shuts Down State Superintendent

Muslim Migrants Carry Their Contempt for Women to New Lands

OffGuardian.

There was a time when the census was just a head count. That is no longer the case.

The American Community Survey (ACS), sent to about 3.5 million homes every year, is the byproduct of a government that believes it has the right to know all of your personal business.

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A far cry from the traditional census, which is limited to ascertaining the number of persons living in each dwelling, their ages and ethnicities, the ownership of the dwelling and telephone numbers, the ACS contains some of the most detailed and intrusive questions ever put forth in a census questionnaire.

At 28 pages (with an additional 16-page instruction packet), these questions concern matters that the government simply has no business knowing, including questions relating to respondents’ bathing habits, home utility costs, fertility, marital history, work commute, mortgage, and health insurance, among other highly personal and private matters.

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Attention conservation notice. This jeremiad is all about financial policy, which I know is not a topic all of my readers are interested in. This piece is only relevant to you if you own a home in the US (because mortgage rates matter) if you rent in the US (because market rents are set in comparison to the cost of owning), or if you save and/or borrow money anywhere in the world (because of the US mortgage system’s effect on long-term interest rates. Readers who live in monasteries, survivalist compounds, or the Sentinel Islands can safely skip this one.

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For the past few weeks, women archaeologists working on an excavation site near the royal basilica of Saint-Denis in the north of Paris have been subjected to intimidation and insults on the grounds that they wore ‘indecent’ clothing and did ‘men’s work.’ Posters calling for respect for their work and their persons have been put up around the site. The verbal abuse the women have been subjected to has reignited the controversy surrounding the origin of the perpetrators, who belong mainly to North African immigrant populations that have become the majority in certain areas of Seine-Saint-Denis.

‘We have no more room in the city’: NYC announces shelter limits for asylum seekers (NBC News)

5 California cities ranked among the 10 least educated in the U.S. (KTLA)

SOS: The Left’s MISSgendering, Sniffing Kids and Drinking Horse Pee

Gay Men Reportedly Have Their Baby Killed After Surrogate Gets Breast Cancer

House Biden Hearings ‘Died in Darkness’ — Washington Post Had NOTHING in Paper

Video Of Deserted Mall And Streets In Downtown San Fran Reveals Democrats Destroyed City  Except for the ‘unhoused’, of course.

Pushback Forces Major Retailer To Shelve Graphic Book On Sex Aimed At 10 To 15 Year Olds

Relocating To Austin Can Save High-Income New Yorkers $250,000  And they’ll still be in a little blue bubble all their own.

Randi Weingarten’s Union Descends on DC To Instruct Teachers How To Push Radical Agenda on Students

‘This Is a Really Big Deal’: How College Towns Are Decimating the GOP (Politico)

The Washington Post Celebrates Illegal Abortion Pill Distribution

Nike Ad Touts Rapinoe as ‘American Hero’ as She Advocates for Men Competing in Women’s Sports

Harvard Law Professor Forgets Why Judicial Review Exists

New Jersey Sues Feds Over NYC Congestion Pricing Plan

‘Sound Of Freedom’ Shatters Expectations, Hits $100 Million Milestone At Box Office

Senate Dems Pledged To Return Donations From FTX Fraudster. They Still Haven’t.

Biden’s Education Department to Hold Summit on Race in College Admissions Despite Recent Supreme Court Ban

Lefty ‘Journalism’ Site Dubs Maryland the ‘Patron State’ For Abortion

Seattle Public Schools Offer FREE ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ For Kids 10 and Up

The Decline of DEI

CNN Anchor Calls Out GOP Lawmaker for Lying to Her Face on Hunter Biden Probe (Daily Beast)

Clarence Thomas Attacks Spark Tense Exchange in Senate Hearing (Newsweek)

Senate Judiciary moves SCOTUS ethics bill forward — toward a dim future (Politico)

ANALYSIS: This Photo of Left-Wing Activists Jen Psaki and David “Camera”Hogg Will Make You Question Everything (Washington Free Beacon) Really? Everything?

WashPost Cry-Bully Taylor Lorenz Whines Twitter Favors ‘Far-Right Influencers’

Far-Left Hate Group Attacks Vance Bill, Falsely Claims Kids Can’t Get Trans Procedures

Trump State Department appointee found guilty of seven felonies in Jan. 6 case (NBC News) Let’s see … nope, still no mention of BLM or Antifa.

Morning Joe Targets Supreme Court, Denies Its Authority

PBS Commiserates With Clinton’s ‘Republican’ Defense Secy: ‘Fascist’ Trump, Worthless GOP

Alabama GOP refuses to draw second Black district, despite Supreme Court order (NBC News)

The Song That Irritates the Perpetually Aggrieved

RFK’s congressional hearing was basically an ouster from the Democratic Party

Republicans love RFK Jr. because his conspiracy theories are theirs (Public Notice)

“Once You Start Censoring, You’re On Your Way To Dystopia And Totalitarianism”, RFK Jr. Wrecks House Committee

History Has a Warning for Kevin McCarthy About Expunging Trump’s Impeachments (Politico)

Liberal justices blast Supreme Court majority for allowing Alabama execution (NBC News) Proglodytes always have more sympathy for criminals than for their victims, actual and prospective.

Ex-staffer pulls back the curtain on Santos (Politico) Makes you wonder why they’re devoting so much attention to a first-term Congressman from nowhere.

Liberal Musician Slams Obama After He Puts Her on His Summer Playlist

Twitter to subpoena Elizabeth Warren for all communications with SEC on Elon Musk as Democrat targets Tesla

USA Today Journo: Lack of Twitter Censorship Leads to 2024 Election Disinformation

Bank Rejects Parents Group Who Protests Child ‘Transitions’

Tom Fitton’s claims about Jack Smith’s legal authority don’t add up (MSNBC)

Judge scolds Jack Smith’s team for causing delay in unrelated Jan. 6 verdict (Politico)

Ex-Overstock CEO Claims to Have Damning Video of ‘Naughty’ Jack Smith (Newsweek)

There’s no way Jack Smith would bring a weak case against Donald Trump (MSNBC)

Special counsel continues to schedule witness interviews even as potential Trump indictment looms (CNN)

Trump’s Legal Woes Mount as Trial Dates and Campaign Calendar Collide (N.Y. Times)

Murkowski: Given Biden-Trump Choice, Would Pick Manchin

No one wants to talk about Trump in Aspen (Politico)

Trumpworld Quietly Prepares for a Chaotic Convention Fight (Daily Beast)

Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry (The Guardian)

Unpacking the “Surprise” Jan. 6 Crime in the DOJ’s Target Letter to Trump (Slate)

Trump Motion to Disqualify Georgia Case Gets New Life

Nicolle Wallace Ponders the Woes of Many Prosecutions of ‘Kamikaze’ Trump

Our leaders failed us on the climate emergency (The Guardisn)

When It Comes to Climate Change, There’s No Such Thing as a New Normal (TIME)

Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread? (Associated Press)

New catalyst could dramatically cut methane pollution from millions of engines (Stanford University)

From Kawasaki to Phoenix: tracking a day of extreme heat around the world (The Guardian)

Lab-Grown Artificial ‘Meat’ May Actually Be Worse For The Environment

Experts Warn Renewable Energy Creates ‘New Opportunities’ For Chinese Grid Attacks

80 Million Americans To Face 105 Degree Heat This Weekend: National Weather Service

EVs Aren’t the Solution to Anything

Is Global Warming Causing Massive Heatwaves?

Greta Thunberg Downgraded: Winchester Statue to be Moved to Somewhere “Less Visited”

SEA TRANSPORTATION: Nuclear Powered Cargo Ships Fade Away

German Climate Extremists Escape Criminal Organisation Classification

The Hill Should Check Their Data, Weather is Not Getting Worse

The Politics Of The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: A Comprehensive Review

Wind And Solar Are Not Cheaper Than Coal And Oil

Death Valley Just Had the Hottest Midnight on Record  So what?

There’s a heatwave in the sea and scientists are worried

Record-Breaking Heat Baking Southern US to Expand

“Just Stop Pissing Everyone Off”: Citizen Heroes Confront Environmentalists’ Traffic-Blocking Bull$hit

CNN Spouts Off About New FL Black History Education Standards

Rep. Bush Pays $700K for Security Amid Bid to Defund Cops

“Go Somewhere That Understands Your Worth” – Los Angeles Police Union Boss Tells Cops Leaving City

Where Black Youth Gun Murders Soared and Where They Fell

DEI Officers Are ‘Questioning Their Career Path’ as Demand Falls: Report

For the few local businesses that still require masks, a series of uphill battles (Boston Globe)

The new CDC director has a plan to fix the agency’s trust problem (NBC News)

After Long Silence On ‘Long Vax’, Science Magazine Links Autoimmune Disorders To COVID Shots

Hunter Biden spotted at Malibu hotspot Nobu as secret FBI file on Bidens unveiled (N.Y. Post)

Bidens allegedly ‘coerced’ Burisma CEO to pay them millions to help get Ukraine prosecutor fired: FBI form (Fox)

IRS whistleblower speaks out about Hunter Biden probe (CNN)

IRS whistleblowers reveal who’s really to blame for shocking Biden corruption (Fox)

U.S. leading indicators point to recession starting soon (Reuters)

Grassley Releases Bombshell FBI Doc Discussing $10MM Biden Bribe; Burisma Boss Said Hunter ‘Dumber Than His Dog’

Republicans release FBI form with unverified Biden-Burisma allegations (The Hill)

‘Everyone Noticed the Lack of Socks.’ Legacy Media Finally Noticing Biden’s Obvious Signs of Health Decline.

No Sanctuary: NYC Shoos Migrants Away, Warns “No Guarantee” Of Shelter, Services

FBI Official Admits Under Oath They Knew Hunter Biden Laptop Was Real

It’s Increasingly Clear Feds Were Protecting Joe Biden, Not Hunter

Miranda Devine: Special Prosecutor for Biden Bribe Allegations

“So Called” Journalism: NBC Calls The Two Respected IRS Veterans “So Called Whistleblowers”

Justice Department planning legal action against Texas over floating border barrier (CNN)

Biden to keep Julie Su on indefinitely as Labor chief despite lack of Senate votes (NBC News)

Harvard Law Professor Tells Biden He Can Ignore the ‘MAGA’ Supreme Court

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What happened: A bunch of Democratic lawyers are getting rich after settling a class action lawsuit against Google.

• The plaintiffs in the case, Illinois residents who can prove Google violated their privacy rights between 2015 and 2022, will receive about $95 each.

• Their lawyers will receive $35 million in fees.

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The show this week was going to be about the religious underpinnings of what I call the New Religion of the ruling class, but as I was doing it other things came to mind, so it is more of a survey of the antecedents. In retrospect I probably should rework the show around that idea, but that will have to be another show. As a result, this show is more of a thinking aloud about the roots of social justice.

The odd thing to me is the resistance I see to using the word “religion” to label this mode of thought that dominates the ruling class. The behavior of the managerial class ticks the boxes for a theocratic mindset. The only thing missing is a well-defined god, but all the other behavior mimics religious fervor. If you replace God with “arc of history” the puzzle is complete, as far as a religion.

There seems to be two camps that oppose the religion idea. One camp are Christians who think a religion must have all the things in their form of Christianity, which means most of Christianity is a false religion. The other camp is those who cannot move past the idea that people are motivated by something other than money. In both cases the opposition is about their own needs and desires.

Why do some never get COVID symptoms? This genetic mutation could be the answer (S.F. Chronicle)

Massachusetts Parents at Risk of Losing Religious Exemption on Vaccinations of Their Kids

Five takeaways from Hunter Biden IRS whistleblower hearing (The Hill)

Whistleblower confirms attorney who donated to Biden’s 2020 campaign ‘refused to bring charges’ against Hunter (Fox)

Second IRS whistleblower goes public at House Oversight hearing about Hunter Biden probe (CNN)

Another Day, Another Short-Squeeze For Stocks; Yield Curve Yells ‘Recession’

WATCH: House Dem Compares IRS Whistleblower to Villain From ‘Les Mis’

White House Accused of Preparing for Another ‘Basement Campaign’ by Restricting Press

Cruz, Paul Speak Out After White House Changes Press Rules Affecting Daily Signal Reporter’s Credentials

‘I Would Be Embarrassed’: Economists Hammer Biden’s Attempts to Spin Sky-High Inflation

‘America’s New Slave Trade’ Is Here at Hands of Mexican Cartels, Border Expert Tells Lawmakers

Shrinkflation: You’re Paying More And Getting Less

The Major Revelations From the Hunter Biden Whistleblower Hearing

“All roads lead to Joe”

NBC Frets GOP ‘Seizing on’ IRS Whistleblowers in Hunter Probe as ABC Stays Silent

Grassley Releases FBI Doc on Biden Bribery Allegation

Biden Has Started Using the Short Stairs on Air Force One To Avoid Falls

FBI Task Force Knew Hunter Biden Laptop Was Real but Refused To Tell Social Media Companies

Is Biden’s New Student Loan Scheme Any More Legal Than the One Quashed by Court? (Probably Not)

WATCH: Pelosi Dismisses Concerns About Biden’s Age—’He’s a Kid to Me’  Which means that Pelosi is senile too. But you knew that.

‘Very Important’: Rep. Steube Lists Biden Admin Censorship Coercion Efforts

Foreign nationals gave Biden family and associates over $17M, IRS whistleblower claims (N.Y. Post)

Gaetz says he’ll offer bill to defund Jack Smith investigations of Trump (The Hill)

Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik ‘in Talks’ With Jack Smith’s Team, Lawyer Says (Daily Beast)

McConnell Dodges If Trump Should Be Charged for Jan. 6

Playbook: Is Trump’s third indictment imminent? (Politico)

Potential Trump Charges Include Civil Rights Law Used in Voting Fraud Cases (N.Y. Times)

CNN Claims Two-Tier Justice System Benefits Trump in Jan. 6 Case

McCarthy: No ‘Criminal Activity’ by Trump on Jan. 6

After fitful starts, Trump Jan. 6 investigations hurtle toward charges (Washington Post)

Jan. 6 Rioters Have Bad News for Trump About D.C. Juries (Daily Beast) Saying the quiet part out loud: Trump can’t get a fair trial in a Democrat town.

Trump Could Face ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Charge In Jan. 6 Probe, Previous Trials Suggest

Inside Kevin McCarthy’s secret promise to expunge Trump’s record (Politico) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH….

Former aide expected before grand jury as Trump faces possible charges (Washington Post)

Stanford president resigns after fallout from falsified data in his research (NPR)

Over 400 migrants bussed from NYC to Erie County as asylum seeker crisis spirals: officials (N.Y. Post)

Virginia Dems Take Lavish Trip to Africa on Taxpayers’ Dime

WATCH: Homeless Man Attacks Santa Monica Councilman Who Asked Him To Stop Littering

“This Year Is The Worst”: SF Walgreens Store Suffers 20 Thefts A Day, Chains Up Freezer Section

Illinois Delegated Control Over Its “Ban On Book Bans” To Self-Described Marxist

FACT CHECK: CNN Is a ‘Nonpartisan Media Outlet’

YouTube Censored Detransitioner’s Story While ‘Glamorizing’ Pro-Trans Content

Doctors in the Northeast launch abortion pill pipeline into states with bans (Washington Post)

ABC Stood Alone as They Ignored Damning IRS Whistleblower Testimony

The European Court of Human Rights Attacks Free Speech

Shield Laws Let Doctors Mail Thousands of Abortion Pills

Your children belong to the schools, where their trans status will be kept secret from parents

CRE Panic Hits Baltimore As Second Office Tower Dumped At 69% Discount

Democrat AGs Scramble To Convince Companies DEI Is Still Legal

Upstate Motel Kicks Out Guests After NYC Moves Migrants In

Transgender Triple Murderer Harassing Women in California Prison, Inmates Say

Winner Of $1 Billion Powerball Jackpot Excited To Finally Be Able To Afford An Apartment In L.A. (Babylon Bee)

The hometown of San Francisco’s drug dealers

RFK Jr. Disavows Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, Whom He Once Called a ‘Truly Great Partner’

Alabama House passes redistricting map that Democrats say defies court order (Washington Post)

‘Most Contemptible Song Of The Decade’: Country Music TV Bans Jason Aldean’s “Try That In A Small Town” Video

Voting Rights Group Sues DeSantis

“Disgraceful” Coutts ‘De-Banked’ Nigel Farage Because Of His Conservative Views, Internal Dossier Reveals

Senate Dems Push Binding Supreme Court Ethics Code

NBC Frets GOP ‘Seizing on’ IRS Whistleblowers in Hunter Probe as ABC Stays Silent

Nearly two years after Texas’ six-week abortion ban, more infants are dying (CNN) Than would have died through abortion? (You can’t make this stuff up.)

MSNBC Declares Florida’s History Curriculum Is Akin To Defending The Holocaust

YouTube Is Pulling ‘Sound Of Freedom’ Interviews, Reviews

RFK Jr. defends himself at House hearing as Dems rebuke him for COVID and race comment (ABC News)

Woman at Center of Supreme Court Case Describes Death Threats, Harassment, ‘Doxxing’

House Dems Try To Shut Down Hearing on Censorship

Stanford Law School Ousts Diversity Dean Who Egged on Protest of Federal Judge

Nebraska Teen Sent to Jail Over Illegal Abortion (Rolling Stone) Break the law, go to jail. What part of that don’t they understand?

MSNBC Gloats: Trump ‘Squirms and Sweats’ Over Jack Smith’s Next Moves  A very rich fantasy life.

ABC, CBS Trash Greg Abbott, Texas as Big Meanies for New Measure to Secure the Border

Modern ‘Sixth Mass Extinction’ Event Will Be Worse Than First Predicted (Forbes)

Collecting energy from raindrops using solar panel technology (EurekaAlert!)

Fake Twitter profiles, Wikipedia editing and PR battles: Inside the push to greenwash the COP28 climate summit (CNN)

How Germany’s Green Energy Transition Led to Dependence on Imported, Fossil Fuel-Based Energy

UK Looks To Boost Energy Security With Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

EU Ditches Idea To Cap Power Firms’ Revenues

Europe’s “48°C Horror That Never Was”…ESA, Media Sharply Criticized For Manipulative Reporting

Don’t Be Fooled! Here’s How NOAA Perpetuates A Climate Crisis Rainfall Myth

Thousands of Irish Farmers Protest Nitrogen Cuts

Europe Demonstrates False Underlying Assumption of Mainstream Environmental Policy

Lawmaker Questions Top Official Over Proposed Gas Stove Ban

Biggest Beneficiaries of Biden’s Climate Cash Are Foreign Companies

Florida Board of Education approves controversial standards for teaching Black history (The Hill)

Florida Board of Education approves controversial Black history standards (Axios)

Florida approves Black history standards decried as ‘step backward’ (Washington Post)

A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve (Capital B News)

The Django Syndrome: What The Latest Racist Attacks On Clarence Thomas Say About Our Rage Politics

Report: US Soldier Lied About Missing Passport to Avoid Flight Home

NYC to Pay $13M to 2020 George Floyd Protesters

CNN: Mass Shootings Correlate with Black People’s Share of Population, Whites to Blame,

Being Against Crime Added To List Of Things That Are Racist (Babylon Bee)

Crime Pays: NYC To Shell Out $10K to BLM Protesters Arrested by Police

The View Smears Country Star Jason Aldean as a ‘Racist’ for Hit Song  I challenge you to listen to the song and find anything racist in it.

ZMan draws an historical parallel.

Today we have mountains of facts and figures to tell us how things are doing in the Global American Empire. There was a time not so long ago when these facts and figures made up the bulk of news coverage. Economists became court wizards, explaining the latest unemployment figures or trade numbers. They were also called upon to bless whatever polices were being debated in Congress. In the Obama years, economic data was the way we measured the glories of the empire.

That has all changed now. One reason is no one in their right mind takes anything the government says at face value. People had grown used to the way the media biased the numbers depending upon who was in office, but the mortgage crisis cratered the public’s confidence in the numbers themselves. If all of the court wizards explaining the numbers could not see the mortgage fiasco coming, then why should anyone believe them about unemployment or inflation?

Then you have the general lying that has become a feature of government. The lying about Covid not only disgraced the medical profession, but it finished off whatever trust people had in the official numbers. If the government lies about how many people are dying from Covid just to move more product for the drug makers, the government will lie about how many people are working or the inflation numbers. No one trusts the numbers because no one trusts the people issuing the numbers.

NewsMax.

Mohamad Barakat, 37, shot Officers Jake Wallin, Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes from inside his car on Friday, from about 15 to 20 feet away, before they could even reach for their guns, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said at a news conference. Wallin was killed while Dotas and Hawes remain hospitalized in critical condition. Wrigley said Barakat also shot and injured a bystander, who was trying to run away when she was hit twice.

Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
A Muslim waits there
To try to kill you.

UPDATE: The Islamization of North Dakota

Whoopi Goldberg walks off The View stage during Miranda Lambert debate: ‘I’m leaving y’all!’ (Entertainment)

Whoopi Goldberg WALKS OFF as The View co-hosts weigh in on Miranda Lambert drama: ‘I’m leaving y’all!’ (UK Daily Mail)

Whoopi Goldberg stops ‘The View’ over Miranda Lambert debate: ‘I’m leaving y’all’ (N.Y. Post)

Whoopi Goldberg Walks Off ‘The View’ Stage As Co-Hosts Debate Miranda Lambert Drama: ‘I’m Leaving’ (Hollywood Life)

The Sick Strategy of Smearing Moms as Nazis

Rudy Giuliani Denies Claims That He ‘Flipped’ on Trump (Daily Beast)

CNN and Dem Slotkin Team Up to Tie RFK Jr.’s Anti-Semitism to GOP

House Republicans Reject Democratic Pressure To Disinvite RFK Jr. From Testifying On Censorship

Jan. 6 Prisoner Takes His Obstruction Charge To The Supreme Court

MSNBC: Tennessee is Fascist Because They Won’t Elect Liberals

Michigan Charges 16 Elderly ‘Fake Electors’ With Felonies

Southern Poverty Law Center: Will Smear for Cash

The Media Display Hostility Toward a Third Party

Robert Kennedy Jr’s racist, antisemitic and xenophobic views go back decades, report says (The Guardian)

Woman who directed Jan. 6 rioters with bullhorn convicted on federal charges (The Hill) Let’s see … nope, no mention of Antifa or BLM. (Bias? What bias?)

CNBC Puts All Blue States In Top 10 States To Live, Red In Worst 10  If you look at the criteria they use, you’ll see why.

WATCH: Congresswoman Shouts Israel Is ‘Apartheid State’ Before 9 Dems Vote in Agreement

The View: Trump Thinking Like Mussolini, Could End Up ‘Hung’ Like Him  At which they would all applaud.

Navarro Tars DeSantis: ‘Vindictive, Thin-Skinned, Awkward Bobblehead’ Republicans talk about issues, Democrats just call names.

Big Tech Censored RFK Jr. 10 Times, But the Left Is Begging for More

Donald Trump says he’s a target of special counsel’s criminal probe into 2020 election aftermath (CNN)

‘This is an endgame move’: Trump receives target letter from Special Counsel in 2020 election probe (MSNBC)

Latest on probe into Trump and 2020 election aftermath (CNN)

The ultimate Trump test is near. Which side are you on, Republicans? (The Charlotte Observer) Are you with the witch or the witch-hunters?

Dissecting Trump’s Truth Social post on his Jan. 6 probe target letter (Washington Post) Philip Bump takes his turn with the witch-hunt.

Former Arizona governor contacted by special counsel in Jan. 6 probe (CNN)

Special Counsel’s Jan. 6 Target Letter to Trump Mentions Conspiracy, Tampering (Rolling Stone)

Michigan AG charges 16 GOP activists who falsely claimed to be electors in bid to aid Trump (Politico)

‘If Trump’s lawyers complain he’s got too many indictments, maybe he should stop criming’: MSNBC host (Raw Story) How about if Democrats quit making shit up?

GOP Lashes Out Over Trump Target Letter: ‘Worse Than Russia’ (Daily Beast)

Looming indictment wrenches open the central question of 2024: Is Trump fit to serve? (Politico) And raising that question is the whole plan behind the witch-hunts.

Trump’s Conspirators Are Facing the Music, Finally (N.Y. Times) Let’s see … nope, no mention of the Biden Crime Family.

Third Verse, Same as the First: Republicans Shrug at Latest Trump Case (N.Y. Times) They know it’s a partisan witch-hunt.

Sen. Tester Compares Trump to Dictator at Fundraiser

Huckabee Sanders’ 2024 neutrality frustrates Trump (Axios) I doubt that anyone at Axios has any clue as to what does or does not frustrate Trump. They’re just making this shit up.

Trump Loses Bid for New Trial in E. Jean Carroll Case

Trump has a plan to consolidate power in a second term. It just might work. (Washington Post) The possibility that anyone writing for the WaPo has the vaguest clue about what Trump’s plans might be is ludicrous. They’re just making this shit up.

Maggie Haberman Reveals How Trump Reacted To Jack Smith’s Letter (Huffington Post) The possibility that Maggie Haberman, famous anti-Trumper at the New York Times, knows anything about Trump’s reactions to anything is ludicrous. They’re just making this shit up.

DOJ Let Hunter Biden Call To Give FBI, IRS Interviews — So He Never Did

Shaving Ryan’s Privates: Female Military Recruits Forced To Shower With, Sleep Between, Transitioning Men

Biden Deteriorates Rapidly During Meeting With Israeli President (RedState)

Nets Skip BOMBSHELL Report FBI Obstructing Congress’s Hunter Probe

Not Just Gas Stoves: Biden Admin Rule Would Outlaw Nearly All Portable Gas Generators

Biden DoD Lets Transgender Service Members Skip Deployments, Receive Indefinite Physical Fitness Waivers: Confidential Memo

DOJ Sued for Not Registering Hunter Biden as Foreign Agent

Jacqui Battles KJP Over Anti-Semitic Dems as Print Journos Lob Softballs on Abbott

Unused Wall Materials Have Sat ‘on Border for Over 2 Years’ on Family’s New Mexico Ranch, Hill Panels Are Told Your tax dollars at rest.

Watch Live: IRS Whistleblowers – One, A Gay Democrat – Testify Against Bidens

The SPR Could Stay Half Empty Forever

Anonymous Whistleblower, Now Revealed, Calls for Special Counsel in Biden Case

A Decade Of ‘Deals’: The Definitive Timeline Of The Bidens’ Influence-Peddling

Myocarditis and COVID Vaccination: Yale Researchers Reveal New Insights (SciTechDaily)

Wuhan Lab Leak “So Friggin’ Likely” – New Slack Messages Reveal Massive Media Deception By Fauci & ‘Scientists’

Watch: Rand Paul Is Engaged In An All-Out-War Against Fauci

US Suspends Wuhan Institute Funds Over Covid Stonewalling (Bloomberg)

US Finally Cancels Funding To Wuhan Lab

“We Have Been Lied To”

Breitbart Notes New York Times Admits Wildly Exaggerated COVID Deaths

‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come (The Guardian)

False ‘greenwash’ solutions won’t help — we need to eliminate our use of plastics (The Hill)

Some EVs Are “Dirtier” Than Conventional Vehicles; New Study Finds

Will Wind Turbines Be Generating More Waste Than Electricity?

Are Green Investments so Lame they need Special “Green Banks” to Succeed?

Former Enron Adviser Paul Krugman Claims We ‘Absolutely Should Politicize the Weather’ As indeed ‘we’ are.

John Kerry Leaves China Empty-Handed After Days of Climate Discussions  By private jet, of course.

‘California of the East Coast’: New Jersey Moves to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars By 2035

States Reconsider: The Folly of Fear-Driven Climate Policies

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“It’s only ‘democracy’ if your side is winning,” the managing editor of this publication is prone to muttering. She is referring, of course, to the hypocrisy of our managerial elites. They bleat loudly about the ‘dangers to democracy’ posed by right-wing populist movements—but silence anyone in the public square with whom they disagree. In the name of ‘protecting’ democracy, our elites operate anti-democratically—like dockside bullies.

They do this by blocking accounts, cancelling contracts, disinviting people, shutting down servers—or through vandalism and violence. With these tactics, progressives have achieved a near-total stranglehold on communications, entertainment, media—and, thus, on our culture and even our very minds. Additionally, manipulative campaigns and a constant flow of media disinformation have created a ‘false consciousness’ among the unwitting public. This leads them to believe that conservatives really are ‘fascists,’ that abortion somehow does preserve women’s dignity, and that the ubiquity of rainbows is a sure sign of our moral emancipation.

Naturally, the surveillance state is employed to track and monitor any dangerous idea that contradicts this state of affairs. Anyone who resists or violates the ever-shifting ‘community guidelines’ is punished. The rest of us learn to do what they tell us. We learn to obey.