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Look at the despair and the sorrow of the people unable to rescue their injured loved ones from beneath the tons and tons of rubble, some of them calling out, dying, in homes transforming by the hour into tombs. . . There's no search and rescue, there's no ambulances, there's no hospitals, there's no fire trucks, and yes, fires are breaking out nightmarishly enough -- Venezuela's health care lies in ruins - nor is there an organized effort to dig out.
Socialism has well and truly taken over in that country, and as this leftish but still good essayist in the Caracas Chronicles notes, one of the effects is that the state has abandoned its basic functions of government. . .
Since at least 2022, the Venezuelan state has increasingly adopted a hands-off approach to governance. This shift, shaped by a post-socialist form of laissez-faire economic policy, reduced state control over large parts of the economy and contributed to a modest but visible revival in business activity. In many ways, the tate appeared to retreat from major areas of public administration while preserving absolute control over others, particularly the security apparatus and the machinery of censorship and political repression.
Young urban voters across the country are flocking to the hip new politics of urban socialism.
Across urban America, the socialists are on a roll.
This week, all three democratic socialist candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their primaries for the U.S. House in deep blue New York City. You might be tempted to dismiss the latest victories on the grounds that New York City — which recently elected Mayor Zohran “Warmth of Collectivism” Mamdani — is America’s designated socialism containment zone. But the far-left’s momentum is by no means unique to The Empire State. Arguably more important are the democratic socialists’ victories in some of America’s other largest cities, representing a realignment where the urban, educated base of the Democratic Party increasingly sees the once-poisonous s-word in a candidate’s biography as a credential rather than a liability.
Political scientist John Sides recently dropped a data-heavy report detailing a massive vibe shift that has left the professional panic-mongers utterly bewildered. For decades, the media smugly preached the gospel of the "inevitable liberal consensus." The theory was simple: as old conservatives died off, the enlightened youth would usher in a progressive utopia of gender-neutral communes and government-mandated weed dispensaries. It was a nice little fantasy for the faculty lounge, but the data shows it has officially crashed at high speed into the brick wall of reality. . .
. . . The beautiful irony in all of this is that the left’s aggressive push to colonize every corner of American life has utterly backfired. By turning every major institution—from universities to comic books to Fortune 500 companies—into a humorless, hyper-woke HR department, they did the unthinkable: they made conservatism cool again.
So, as we approach America's 250th birthday whither our future? Will the era of Donald Trump be merely a one-off last desperate gasp of the last remnants of the saner children of the Greatest Generation to stave off disaster or will it be the harbinger of American revival?
As Tina Turner sang it "Will our story shine like a light, or end in the dark?!"
The attack casts further uncertainty on the stability of the recent agreement between the U.S. and Iran, which is aimed at ending the conflict. Specifically, the attack is likely to complicate the ongoing dispute over shipping routes. The U.S. wants to allow vessels to sail freely along the Omani coastline, while Iran is opposed, arguing that all vessels should seek permission before entering the Strait of Hormuz. Iran Attacks Ship in Strait of Hormuz, Defying U.S. Deal.
Obviously, the U.S. would never adopt the Soviet approach. However, what the Soviet’s response reveals is that in any negotiations with Iran, there can be no quarter. Dealing With Islamic Extremism: How The Soviets Did It
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Sammie Lee says she was leaving Whiskey J’s bar in Longview, Texas when she was attacked by a group of girls she had never met before, Fox News reported. Lee alleged that the crowd was angered by the verdict against Karmelo Anthony — the 19-year-old who was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering Austin Metcalf in a fatal stabbing at a high school track meet. Mob Shouting ‘Free Karmelo’ Violently Assaults ‘The Smallest White Girl They Could Find,’ She Claims
If convicted on all three arson charges, Rinderknecht could face up to 45 years in prison. In a summary of Rinderknecht’s answers during questioning, investigators wrote: “[Rinderknecht] responded that it would be out of resentment of the rich enjoying their money as ‘we’re basically being enslaved by them.'” This case could potentially represent another instance of far-left terrorism, comparable to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, allegedly carried out by Luigi Mangione. Alleged Palisades Fire Arsonist Wanted to Punish ‘The Wealthy’ for ‘Destroying the World.’
Chevalier, a convert to Islam, has called for the abolition of police, prisons and the country’s borders. She also co-founded Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a Muslim Brotherhood front group whose goals are the “full eradication of Western civilization” and the cultivation of “unrest and violence in America.” All three candidates made ending American support for Israel a centerpiece of their campaigns. All three used the “genocide” libel against the Jewish state. Chevalier has doubled down on the support she voiced for Hamas the day after the terrorist group led the attack against Israel on Oct. 7. NYC’s black-red alliance of Islamism and ultra-leftism wants us to hate Israel and America
On Thursday, Judge Evelyn Padin, appointed to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2022 by Biden, dismissed the DOJ’s case against the cities of Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City, and Paterson for their sanctuary policies that shield illegal aliens from federal immigration law. Biden-Appointed Judge Throws Out DOJ Lawsuit Against New Jersey Sanctuary Cities
“The Trump Administration greatly improved the integrity of SNAP, but cooperation from the states remains vital to ensure that federal funds go only to eligible Americans,” said DOGE Chairman Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) “In Fiscal Year 2024, SNAP cost taxpayers $100 billion, despite a payment error rate of nearly 11 percent.” House DOGE Committee Launches Investigation Into Blue States That Refused to Provide SNAP Data to USDA
The unspoken assumption of the UK rape gang scandal: Muslims are at war with us. Rape as a Weapon of War
Because the religion’s clearly stated rules are hostile to Western norms and our Constitution, Western governments fail their citizens by refusing to address it. The Tenets Of Islam: License To Kill
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Race hustling commentator Joy Reid claims that, because of slavery that she nor anyone she knows experienced, black people don't celebrate the 4th of July. It's like they made her in a moron factory. Joyless Reid Speaks For ALL Black People...Apparently
Grassley agreed to allow lower-profile executives to testify in their places at the hearing scheduled for July 28, Politico reported, citing five sources familiar with the events. In return, the White House said it would support the James T. Woods Act, a package that would combat online child exploitation. Washington’s Special Rules For Tech Oligarchs Reportedly Let Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai Off Hook
The price increases could set a precedent for other PC and tablet manufacturers. While Apple’s loyal customer base is expected to absorb the hikes without significant backlash, the broader tech industry may face challenges in maintaining affordability. Apple Announces Huge Price Hikes, Citing Soaring Chip Costs.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Ferrari expressed gratitude for Galliera’s contributions and stated that he had “decided to embark on a new chapter in his professional journey — a decision shared with the company some time ago.” The announcement notably made no reference to the recent launch of the Luce, Ferrari’s inaugural electric vehicle, which has generated massively negative attention when revealed in May. EV Loser: Ferrari Marketing Chief Steps Down After Electric Car Fiasco
We already know that Joe Biden tried to turn our border into a free-for-all and treated narcos with kid gloves, but now, we're learning it's even worse than we imagined. . . According to a new report out by the Associated Press, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) "permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico between 2023 and 2025." Essentially, the agency knowingly allowed the drug to hit U.S. communities, so it could focus on going after bigger fish. Trump's Blowing Up Narcos. Biden Ignored Them — Now We're Learning Just How Bad It Was.
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
A defense of Western meritocracy against the academically destructive DEI incursion. The Decline Of Academia
While the issue of voter fraud will always be subject to debate and scrutiny, Scanlon’s claim that voter ID would disenfranchise voters falls short when examining the facts. In Georgia, for instance, where similar laws were put into effect, voter turnout either went up or stayed relatively the same. During the 2022 midterms following several reforms, early voting actually tripled from 2018 and doubled from 2020, with black voters casting over 100,000 more early ballots than they did in 2018. Fact Check: Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon Claims SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Half of Pennsylvania Voters (Translation: 50% of PA voters are foreigners and or dead and 100% Democrat - jjs)
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The four-minute video. . . intersperses headlines and news-anchor segments about allegations and controversies surrounding Platner with clips of Democrat senators, representatives, governors, and candidates being pressed on whether they support him, whether he has the character to serve in the U.S. Senate, and whether they would campaign with him. Exclusive — RNC Video Shows Democrats Squirming over Support for Graham Platner
As socialist candidates surge in New York and New York City, it’s worth noting that one leader of New York City’s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter is the niece of Neville Roy Singham — a propagandist for the Chinese Communist Party and ardent supporter of Maoism and socialism. NYC Socialist ‘Leader’ Is Billionaire CCP Propagandist’s Niece
POLITICS
Today's young conservatives have looked at the mandated chaos of modern progressivism and realized that the ultimate middle finger to the regime isn't self-destruction but self-mastery. America's young conservatives are leading a counterrevolution
Tuesday’s Democratic Socialist romp can’t be blamed on outside factors like inflation or Israel or the national party’s mad obsession with countering President Donald Trump’s every move.
No, it’s the result of 15 years of New York Democrats’ single-party rule — and the monstrous ego of Andrew Cuomo. (No it's 80-200 years of the lust for absolute power of the thousands who voted for it over and over again - jjs) Look in the mirror, New York Democrats — your misrule paved the DSA’s way
Young urban voters across the country are flocking to the hip new politics of urban socialism. Big City Socialism In Every Pot
The California congressman embodies the uneasy place of Indian Americans in progressive racial politics. The Meaning of Ro Khanna
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Rogers’ remarks are likely to resonate with those advocating for a stronger post-Brexit Britain, while also serving as a critique of the country’s current leadership, and policies that have failed to deliver on Brexit’s potential. Her comments echo those of President Donald J. Trump during King Charles III’s recent state visit to America, where he also emphasized the shared heritage of Britain and America. Under-Secretary Rogers Backs Britain: ‘Our Greatness Comes From You.’
Fred Fleitz: Putin’s war machine is facing mounting pressure as Ukraine’s drone strikes expose Russia’s vulnerabilities, leaving the Kremlin leader with one choice: negotiate before the window closes. Why Putin Needs a Deal with Trump Now
In a 7-2 decision authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Monsanto’s parent company Bayer, stating that U.S. states cannot require pesticide label warnings beyond those mandated by federal regulation. In handing down its decision, the Court halted thousands of lawsuits alleging that the Big Pharma company failed to warn consumers about the weedkiller’s potential cancer risks. (RELATED: Anna Paulina Luna Takes Swing At John Thune As GOP Factions Battle Over MAHA-Backed Pesticide Provision) MAHA World Livid After SCOTUS Pesticides Ruling
“Wave after wave of therapeutic fads have washed over our society...This ship is unlikely to turn around any time soon.” Stop Talking About Mental Health
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
One interesting tidbit: Though the data suggests both planets are spherical, this is not confirmed with certainty. Overall, the nature of such puffy planets is not really understood at this time. Astronomers discover two exoplanets as dense as cotton candy
Iger’s “approach to the Trump administration was scrutinised when Kimmel was taken off the air following his comments about the shooting of the rightwing culture warrior Charlie Kirk,” writes the Financial Times. “Iger says people mistook the move as being politically motivated.” Ex-Disney CEO Iger Says Trump Had Nothing to Do with Kimmel Suspension
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I bought 96GB of RAM six months ago for $300. Yes, it was older, slower DDR4, but that was already months into the Rampocalypse and Apple now charges that much for 12GB.
Meanwhile we're still waiting for the M5 Ultra - there was no M4 Ultra - but not making any plans to buy it given the pricing of the M3 Ultra models I just mentioned.
It has a lower resolution screen than the MacBook Neo, but has ten I/O ports including wired Ethernet compared with just three on the Neo. Weight is almost identical as well.
And it's now significantly cheaper rather than just barely.
It's back and it's exactly the same as it was before but $100 cheaper.
If you mostly want to play games and you have a good graphics card and already have a bunch of DDR4 memory, it might make sense. But at $350 the eight core 5800X3D costs more than the sixteen core 5900XT, and unless you only play games it might not be the best choice.
I think I might go for the 5900XT. I checked the Passmark subscores and it actually performs well except on a couple of specific tests where it is limited by the DDR4 bandwidth. For the stuff I tend to do it will be twice as fast as the 5800X3D.
This isn't expected to reach production for another five years, but in the photos you can see the true scale of the advance because you can count the individual silicon atoms. They use a transmission electron microscope to scan the chip, and it can actually resolve that level of detail.
It's a compact 8"x8"x6" box with a sixteen core Intel CPU, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of SSD, and an Nvidia graphics card, and starts at just $239.
There's a catch or two: The CPU is an Intel Xeon E5-2698v3 from 2014, the memory is DDR4 (which might be good or bad depending), and the Nvidia GPU starts with the GTS 450 from 2010. For $369 you get upgraded to the much more capable GTX 1650.
Congrats to an 87-year-old man named Lee McFarland for making a hole-in-one—but also for taking one of the best hole-in-one photos ever.
McFarland made his ace at Chippewa Golf Club just outside Toledo earlier this week by knocking in a driver from 135 yards out. And did he celebrate his impressive accomplishment? Your damn right he did.
A beer AND a cigarette in hand by the time you pluck your golf ball out of the hole is amazing stuff. That guy was ready to rock.
And apparently, he kept up the good play as well. As you can see, Lee also shot his age.
I'm sure as writers we all feel the pressure of The Big Scenes—and we know when we're coming to them. Usually, they approach like a landmark in the writing process, if you visualize writing a script like traveling the Oregon Trail. You have to reach them and make sure they count.
These scenes are usually huge, pivotal character moments or the big confrontations. Sometimes they are dialogue-heavy, which I find is the bigger challenge than writing straight action. What are characters communicating in the silence between words? What are the minuscule differences between their potential word choices? How can you make sure it's both emotional and realistic?
That's why I love looking at scenes like this one from the end of Tombstone, in which Doc Holliday delivers one of the film's biggest gut-punches of dialogue: "There's no normal life, Wyatt. There's just life."
Val Kilmer was one of my favorite actors. This is a great example of why.
Now for the not so good article. Some AWFL writer from ScreenRant takes umbrage with Tombstone when viewed through modern day woke lenses.
Whether it’s Val Kilmer’s legendary delivery of "I’m your huckleberry" or the sheer, kinetic energy of its iconic shootout, Tombstone feels like an immovable object in our collective pop culture consciousness. Who among us doesn't have a soft spot for this movie? It is a quintessential crowd-pleaser that demands to be watched on a loop, forever cemented as a high-water mark for the genre.
However, the nature of the movie—and the culture that consumes it—is inherently fluid. As the years have marched on, rewatching Tombstone through a contemporary lens reveals that even the most beloved classics are not immune to the passage of time. Looking back at the movie in 2026, it becomes clear that its status as a perfect western is complicated by evolving standards in storytelling, character depth, and the ways in which historical narratives are presented on screen.
This is not a condemnation of what Tombstone achieves, but rather an exploration of why certain elements that once felt like standard genre conventions now land with a bit of friction. By examining these aspects, we aren't trying to tear down a legend, but rather engaging with the reality of how our perspective shifts three decades later. Let’s look at the elements of this legendary film that make it a bit tougher to process through modern eyes.
You really need to read this whole thing for yourself. It's a hoot.
Female Characters Suffer From Lack Of Agency
Outdated Tough Guy Tropes Feel Cartoonish Today
Historical Accuracy Takes A Backseat To Myth
Those are just a few of the AWFL problems with Tombstone. Go read the article for the rest. And be sure to check out the comments - some of them could have been written by Hordelings!
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This guy needs to bring that beauty of a weapon to the ranch in October!
They plan to send illegal aliens to detention areas outside of Europe as their meritless asylum claims are processed.
The European Union could have its first deportation centres operating outside its borders before the end of 2027 and could even begin establishing them as early as next year.
That was the message from Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in an interview with the Financial Times, in which she said that several European governments are already working alongside the European Commission to turn into reality one of the most controversial migration proposals of recent years and one of the key priorities championed by patriotic movements seeking to reverse the damage caused by years of uncontrolled immigration.
According to Frederiksen, there is a genuine "coalition of the willing"--using the phrase normally associated with European countries unconditionally supporting Ukraine--among several member states that aims to develop these return hubs in third countries with European funding.
The Social Democratic leader said that preparations are already sufficiently advanced for the first centre to become operational within a relatively short timeframe. Her position demonstrates that concerns about immigration are not merely ideological but also a matter of effective governance.
Her comments come only days after nineteen EU member states publicly endorsed the possibility of financing similar structures with European funds, inspired by the model established by Italy in Albania. The European Commission has also confirmed that the necessary legislative framework is already in place and that it is now up to member states to submit concrete proposals.
The shift is difficult to overlook. For years, outsourcing migration management beyond Europe's borders was considered both a political and legal taboo. When Denmark proposed transferring asylum seekers to Rwanda in 2021, the initiative triggered strong criticism from human rights organisations, left-wing parties, and numerous European governments.
Today, the debate is no longer about whether such a system should exist, but about how it should be implemented. The question is no longer what, but when.
Well, those seeking "asylum" should have no objection because they will be granted asylum in these third country areas while their claims are processed, right?
On the other hand, if they're just migrants gaming the system to gain entry into the countries with the welfare systems of their choice, they might not like the plan.
But I'm sure it's mostly the former, right?
Meanwhile, the same left that insisted that Haiti was a beautiful country when Trump offhandedly referred to it as a "shithole" are now saying it's a death sentence to send Haitians back to Haiti.
Five people are recovering after someone drove up in a vehicle and threw acid on them in Jersey City, according to police.
It happened on Monday near 105 Wilkinson Ave. Five women were outside the location when individuals riding in a vehicle drove up and threw what is believed to be sulfuric acid at them, according to preliminary information from Jersey City Police.
All five victims were taken to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries that included skin burns and peeling.
All the victims are stable.
Police say the incident appeared to have been targeted and may have stemmed from a dispute between a large group of people earlier in the day.
Police will only identify the attacker as a "juvenile."
Pro-Palestinian groups are calling for justice for the eight activists indicted on federal vandalism charges for allegedly attacking the homes and buildings of pro-Israel groups and people.
However, national security and pro-Israel groups are saying that Jewish people must be protected against violence.
The reactions follow the June 10 announcement of an indictment of eight pro-Palestinian individuals, at least seven of whom are affiliated with the University of Michigan.
The indictment outlined information about these individuals; Zainab Hakim, Alexander Sepulveda, and Marian Odeh are graduates of UMichigan, Amatullah Hakim, Paige Feyock, and Jonathan Zou, are current students, while Ahmet Korkaya formerly lived in Ann Arbor and Colin Weger currently does as well.
The indictment's counts included charges of the transmission of threats in interstate and foreign commerce, witness intimidation, and the destruction of property to prevent seizure.
In the terror plot culminating in a Texas cop being shot in the neck, leftists are claiming that the Mexican national terrorist got 30 years for "reading leftist magazines."
That's a lie, obviously. When the terrorists were being rounded up after shooting the cop, they called the Mexican national and told him to get rid of their antifa propaganda. Possibly they wanted to dispose of the evidence that they committed the shooting as part of an antifa terrorist action.
This was evidence being sought in a terror shooting, and the Mexican national did attempt to dispose of the evidence.
A far cry from "he got 30 years for reading The Nation."
Hiding/destroying evidence usually involves paperwork like this. It only occasionally involves destroying "sexy" evidence like drugs, explosives, or guns.
Shipwreckedcrew
@shipwreckedcrew
Among the most stupid posts ever here on X.
He was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction.
Hiding the material to prevent it from being found by law enforcement is an obstructive act punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
The FACTS of the case -- "relevant conduct" as to all who were convicted -- involved an ambush and shooting at an ICE facility.
One of the law enforcement officers was shot in the neck and seriously wounded.
EVERYONE involved in the conspiracy has that aggravating fact applied by the Judge when he determined their sentences -- from 30 to 100 years
Ben Petersen
@bennpetersen
CNBC Host Joe Kernen CALLS OUT Hakeem Jeffries after he refused to condemn socialist NY Democrat nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier for calling to abolish police, prisons and borders
KERNEN: "I know it takes time from the interview... but it doesn't really answer the question... It totally shifted from what we're talking about"
"When the Democrat Party includes someone in that tent that believes these things, I don't think any of those things are gonna solve what you just talked about..."
"They were saying you're next about Hakeem Jeffries. 'You're next! You're next! You're next!'"
"You can't think this is a positive development in New York politics, can you? And oh they'll, Dems will be Dems, I don't see how you can say that"
Michelle Obama: "What Barack offered this country was a mature president, was a highly intelligent president, was a selfless president. The hope and the joy that people felt during our administration had to do with the character of this leader. He made this country proud in a… pic.twitter.com/YG0jFHJfme
Very tense moment between Buster Posey and the press when questioned about the Giants pride hats and their players.
Before this, he began with a statement saying the organization had shared their response on pride night and he wasn't going to revisit. @KPIXtvpic.twitter.com/LOvHmgxOLk
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@aubrey_huff
I can pretty much guarantee you I know exactly what Buster wants to say about having to answer irrelevant non-Baseball questions that pertain to the sexual preference within the LGBTQ fudge packing community.
You know how I know what he wants to say? Because it's exactly what I, & most every single player, coach, & front office executive who were part of the @SFGiants
World Series dynasty teams that brought the city 3 World Series titles in 5 years would say. And say confidently into the camera.....
"I'm not wearing this gay bullshit. Queers don't watch Baseball anyway. They watch The View, enjoy therapy, & fudge packing sessions. And anyone inside the LGBTQ community, or those who support them don't like what I just said, then I say to you.... Go fuck yourselves, & eat a dick. And I mean that in the most literal sense."
"Don't you point your finger at me!"
A heated congressional hearing erupted into a fierce shouting match between DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Dem Rep. Rosa DeLauro over immigration policies and child separation.
The Supreme Court Defends Its Bruen Decision, Refusing Hawaii's Insistence That the "Spirit of Aloha" Overrides the 2nd Amendment
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Hawaii claims "the spirit of Aloha" allows them to do a lot of things, like discriminate in favor of native-born Hawaiians over newcomers. Maybe this will serve as a precedent for a ruling knocking down that racial discrimination.
And the states of California, Maryland, NJ, and NY will likewise have to accept that the Supreme Court meant what it said when it reaffirmed that Americans generally have the right to self-defense.
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Hawaii law that makes it a crime for gun owners to bring their guns onto private property that is open to the public unless they have the property owner's specific consent. In Wolford v. Lopez, by a vote of 6-3, the justices agreed with a group of Maui residents with concealed-carry permits that the law violates the Second Amendment's guarantee of the right to bear arms.
Thursday's decision will have an impact not only in Hawaii, but also in four other states -- California, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey -- with similar laws.
In his 24-page opinion for the court, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the law "hobbles what the Second Amendment protects: the right of Americans to carry arms for self-defense as they go about their daily lives." Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who dissented, countered that the law "fairly applies a first principle of property law--the right to exclude--and does no harm to the Second Amendment."
Hawaii passed the law in 2023, just under one year after the Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. In Bruen, the court invalidated a New York handgun-licensing law that required state residents who wanted to carry a handgun in public to show that they had a special need to defend themselves. The court also made clear that the Second Amendment protects a broad right to carry a handgun outside the home for self-defense. In his opinion for the majority in Bruen, Justice Clarence Thomas emphasized that courts should uphold gun restrictions only if they are "consistent with the Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation."
Before Hawaii's ban could go into effect, three Maui residents with concealed-carry permits, as well as a local gun-rights group, went to federal court to challenge the law. A federal appeals court upheld the ban, finding that there was likely "a national tradition ... of prohibiting the carrying of firearms on private property without the owner's oral or written consent."
The challengers then went to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to weigh in. The court agreed to do so in October and heard oral argument in January.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court reversed. Alito found it clear that the Hawaii law fell within "the plain text of the Second Amendment" and was therefore "presumptively unconstitutional." "No party," he wrote, "disputes that" the challengers in the case "are among 'the people' protected by the Second Amendment or that they seek to 'bear,' i.e., to carry, 'arms.'" Alito stressed that the Hawaii law "unquestionably imposed a new and significant burden on the exercise of the right" to bear arms.
He acknowledged that under the Hawaii law, property owners can still "admit or exclude" gun owners "who are carrying guns for self-defense." But the difference between the Hawaii law and the default rule elsewhere in the country -- that gun owners with concealed-carry permits can enter private property open to the public "unless expressly prohibited from doing so" -- "will determine where carry-permit holders may lawfully carry firearms," Alito said, when "the owner either pays no attention or does not care about such issues."
Note that the Court says that property owners can in fact exclude guns from their property -- but the state can't make it a crime to bring guns to someone's property, if that property owner hasn't said anything about guns either way.
The key question before the court, in his view, was whether there was a history of similar regulations in early U.S. and English history. Alito first rejected Hawaii's contention that, "whatever the situation in other parts of the country, in Hawaii, opening private property to the public" does not give permission to bring a gun onto that property. Alito countered that "the Second Amendment has the same meaning in all parts of the United States," where there is "'overwhelming evidence'" of "an 'enduring American tradition permitting public carry.'"
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Alito also strongly spurned the state's reliance on "an 1865 Louisiana statute that made it unlawful 'for any person or persons to carry fire-arms on the premises or plantations of any citizens,'" without the owner's consent, calling it "remarkable." That law was "neither widespread nor widely accepted," Alito contended, and in any event, it was adopted as part of the "so-called Black Codes" to discriminate against formerly enslaved people in the wake of the Civil War. "Hawaii's claim that this tainted artifact illuminates the original understanding of the right to keep and bear arms cannot be taken seriously."
Citing "Black Codes" to justify your gun-grabbing? For shame, Hawaii. For shame.
Member of cultlike Zizians group charged in the killings of her parents in suburban Philadelphia
A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged with murder in the shooting of her parents at their home on her 30th birthday.
His parents, you mean. It's a dude who wears a wig. They all are.
MEDIA, Pa. -- A member of the cultlike group known as Zizians has been charged with murder in the shooting of her parents at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday, and a prosecutor said Wednesday she wasn't acting alone.
Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse said evidence from a neighbor's doorbell camera, ballistics and analysis of cellphone records have left investigators certain Michelle Zajko is at least partly responsible for the deaths of her parents, Rita and Richard.
They were shot in her childhood playroom on New Year's Eve 2022, surrounded by her old dolls and toys.
His old dolls and toys, and what a psychopathic staging of the murder of one's parents.
"At this time we do not know who her co-conspirators were, but we are very certain that Michelle Zajko was in the home and arranged for the death of her parents," Rouse said.
Yeah it's the other transgenders in the "Ziz" cult. They're almost all murderers. The cult is responsible for a string of brutal murders across the US and the media tiptoes around it.
So close to Pride Month?!!? You're charging "Her" so close to Pride Month?!?!
The new charges against Zajko, who has been jailed in Maryland on other charges since February 2025, include murder, burglary and conspiracy charges in her parents' deaths. She has denied killing them, and in court filings suggested her father might have killed her mother and himself.
"I didn't murder my parents," she wrote in an April 2025 " Open Letter to the World" that her attorney sent to The Associated Press.
Authorities had long described Zajko as a person of interest.
Here comes the only hint that this is a cult of transgender lunatics:
The two deaths are among six linked to the Zizians, a group of young, highly intelligent computer scientists who appear to share radical beliefs about veganism, animal rights, gender identity and artificial intelligence.
They "share beliefs about gender identity" is not quite admitting the truth that they're all "transgender women" and in fact believe that "transgender women" have superpowers, like the X-Men.
Since 2022, members have been tied to the death of one of their own during an attack on a California landlord, the landlord's subsequent killing, the Zajkos' deaths in Pennsylvania, and a highway shootout in Vermont that left a border agent and another Zizian dead.
In the Pennsylvania case, investigators spent years painstakingly collecting evidence, Rouse said, including video from a neighbor's doorbell camera that captured two people getting out of a car outside the Zajkos' home in Chester Heights, a voice shouting "Mom!" and another voice exclaiming, "Oh my God! Oh, God, God!"
Authorities haven't found a weapon, but Zajko made a list describing mistakes such as leaving shell casings behind, he said. Those casings matched ammunition from Zajko's home in Vermont and from a firing range in her backyard, Rouse said.
"If she wasn't the one who actually pulled the trigger, she was certainly aligned with those who did," he said.
Incredible -- exactly like the grooming gang cover-up in the UK. The media will simply lie to protect protected "identities" responsible for heinous crimes.
Breaking: A member of the trans death cult, the Zizians, has finally been charged over the double m—rder of her parents in Pennsylvania.
Richard and Rita Zajko were shot—execution style—on New Year's Eve 2022. Michelle Zajko ("they/them"), the suspected m—rderer, has extensive… pic.twitter.com/gGUxccZLoc
More from John Sexton-- CNN and NBC are covering up for their murderous trans allies, too:
Finally, it's worth noting that despite the long trail of murders associated with this group, NBC News and CNN can barely bring themselves to mention to readers that nearly all of the group's members are trans. NBC gives it exactly one paragraph near the end of the story.
The group's leader is believed to be Jack "Ziz" LaSota, an Alaskan computer scientist and blogger. Like several other members, LaSota is transgender and identifies as female.
CNN is even worse and barely mentions it at all.
Authorities, however, had long described Zajko as a person of interest in the double homicide, two of the six deaths linked to a group of young, highly intelligent computer scientists who appear to share radical beliefs about veganism, animal rights, gender identity and artificial intelligence.
I think that's just a copy/paste of the AP's cover-up language.
Many times I said on television, "The problem is Islam. The problem is Muslims. They all want to kill us. They're all crazy. They're all in this lunatic suicide cult created by Muhammad in the 7th century." And I believed that.
Understand that as soon as they gain the necessary numbers, these people will start manipulating the jury system just as has happened in the UK. https://t.co/9Fyhwuqnvi
President Trump canceled the signing of a bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday, saying he would not sign the legislation until the Senate passes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act.
"Today's Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
The development underscores the tension between Trump and Senate Republicans on the SAVE America Act.
If Trump doesn't sign the bill within ten days, it is automatically vetoed. That's the so-called "pocket veto."
Trump had earlier ordered the Postmaster General to not deliver federal mail-in ballots to states which refused to turn over their voter lists for vetting.
Postmaster General David Steiner told senators during a hearing Wednesday that he plans to abide by the Trump administration's rule regarding not delivering mail-in ballots in states that decline to hand over sensitive data about voters to the federal government.
The proposed rule faces court challenges and Steiner said he would follow any court ruling on the matter, but will follow the rule until an order blocks it. The proposed rule seeks to create lists of citizens in each state to help determine who is eligible to vote and calls on the Postal Service not to distribute mail ballots to those not on state lists.
Steiner confirmed he would follow the rule after Democratic Michigan Sen. Gary Peters asked "If a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposal rule?"
"Under our proposed regulation, no," Steiner said, according to the New York Times. "We would tell the state that we need the manifest."
Supreme Court Overrules Lower Leftwing Judges: Trump May Turn Away Illegals at Border Without First Letting Them Into the Country, The "Temporary" Protected Status Afforded to Syrians and Hatians is, Get This, TEMPORARY and May Be Rescinded
—Disinformation Expert Ace
It's incredible that Trump had to fight for the right of the executive to turn illegals away at the border rather than requiring the executive to let them into the country to submit their falsified asylum claims.
Now, if an illegal alien is in the US, judges have ruled he gets to stay while his fake claims are heard (for 8-12 years).
But Trump was turning them away before they got into the country.
Leftwing judges decided that even turning them away into the border was still letting them "arrive in the US," so they get to stay 8-12 years while their phony claims are heard.
In other words -- this is so stupid it's hard to graft -- if you stop an illegal alien before he crosses into the country, leftwing judges insisted he still "arrived in America" when he came to the border and now you have to let him in and let him stay.
The Supreme Court said: "No."
Benjamin Ryan
@benryanwriter
NEWS: The Supreme Court just gave the federal government the power to turn away asylum seekers at the border before they ever set foot on American soil.
In a 6-3 ruling in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the Court held that a migrant standing in Mexico has not "arrived in the United States" under federal immigration law until he physically crosses the border. Until that moment, the government owes him no inspection and no chance to apply for asylum.
The decision clears the way for the Trump administration to revive "metering," the practice of stationing officers at ports of entry to cap how many asylum seekers are processed each day and block the rest from crossing.
Justice Alito, writing for the majority, rested the case on the ordinary meaning of a single phrase. To arrive in a place is to enter it, he reasoned, and "that conclusion does not change because someone or something blocks entry."
Justice Sotomayor, in a scathing dissent joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, said the ruling lets the Executive Branch "circumvent all these mandatory procedures by having U.S. immigration officers stand at the border and physically block noncitizens from setting a foot onto U.S. soil." That holds, she wrote, "even if the asylum seeker is certain to be persecuted, or killed, if she is turned away." She accused the majority of an interpretation "driven almost entirely by a fixation on a single word: 'in.'"
Alito was joined by the chief justice, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett. The three liberal justices dissented.
Leftwing judges had also insisted the TPP status -- Temporary Protected Person status -- granted to nationals of Haiti and Syria were effectively permanent and Trump could never end them, Because Muh Racism.
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands more people to potential deportation.
They Haiti disaster was an earthquake in 1993.
The 6-3 decision overturns lower court orders and allows the Department of Homeland Security to swiftly end temporary protected status, a program that protects a total of 1.3 million people from 17 countries.
The Trump administration argued judges that can't second-guess immigrations officials' decisions about the protections, which were intended to be temporary.
Immigration attorneys said the countries remain unsafe to return, and the administration ended them in an unlawfully hasty process tinged by racial animus. During his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants were abducting and eating dogs and cats.
The Justice Department appealed to the Supreme Court after judges postponed the end of the program for about 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians. The high court sided with the administration before and allowed the end of the program for people from Venezuela.
Federal authorities deny that racial animus played a role. They also cited a Supreme Court decision from Trump's first term that rejected bias claims based on his social media posts and upheld a travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries.
DHS has ended the protections people from 13 countries since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, including some that had been in place for more than a decade.
The terminations were made even though countries like Haiti and Syria remain dangerous, immigration attorneys said. Four Haitian women who were deported from the United States in February were found beheaded and dumped in a river several months later, lawyers said in court documents.
The House passed legislation with a rare bipartisan vote in April that would extend protections for Haitians, though the bill has languished in the Senate.
The U.S. first granted protections to Haitians in 2010 after a catastrophic earthquake, and extended them multiple times amid ongoing gang violence that has displaced more than a million people, according to court documents.
Syrians, meanwhile, were first granted protected status in 2012, during a civil war that lasted for more than a decade before the fall of President Bashar Assad's government in late 2024.
TPS was created by Congress in 1990 to prevent deportations to countries suffering from natural disasters, civil strife and other instability. It allows people already in the country to stay with work permits in increments of up to 18 months, but it doesn't provide a path to citizenship.
🚨 In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that asylum seekers standing in Mexico have not “arrived in the United States” under immigration law, meaning they aren’t entitled to inspection or allowed to apply for asylum until they actually cross the border. pic.twitter.com/TmPHLnlOWA
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: The Supreme Court rules that Democrats COULD NOT challenge President Trump and DHS ending TPS legal status for Haitian and Syrian migrants
The court SMACKED DOWN Democrats' claim that ending TPS was "racially-based"
The descent into socialism that NYC seems to have embraced was not created out of whole cloth. This was not some covert effort to insinuate a crypto-socialist into the halls of power, the way Obama slithered his way into the Oval Office. The NYC versions are out-and-proud Islamo-fascists who cover themselves with a thin veneer of socialism that in and of itself is compatible with Islam.
What they did was clever...embracing the disaffection of an over-educated youth whose worthless degrees and lack of any actual worthwhile skills prevented them from entering the highly competitive workforce of NYC, all while expanding their cutely named "Democratic Socialist" platform to include a reprehensible foreign policy that centers around Jew-hate. That attracted the new 3rd World immigrants and the AWFLs. Couple that with a notoriously low turn-out and obvious vote manipulation, and Bingo! We have a NYC that is indistinguishable from Cuba.
Their platform is simple. America is evil. Israel is evil. Market economies are evil. Wealth is evil. The rule of law is evil. Confiscatory taxation to fund a comprehensive welfare state to benefit their voters is the only way to run a city, state, or nation.
Jeffrey Carter, a finance guy who came within a few thousand votes of the Republican nomination for NV Treasurer, has written a primer on the emergence of socialism in America, and it is worth a careful read. He is polite, and sometimes calls them Democrats, but the results are the same.
Democrats played the very long game. Where did it start? Post 1960s, the radicals quit trying to change society overtly. They all went into education. They became respected members of the professor class, and frankly, that professor class had a bias toward welcoming them in. That’s how Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn, worked. Here they are. Smiling commies with their red stars. Totally accepted in the Obama network.
Never forget, The Weatherman and 60s radicals all grew up wealthy. Ayer’s father was the CEO of Commonwealth Edison. They have trust funds and generational wealth to rely on. President FDR was the same. They won’t part with it, but they are happy to take yours.
It took a couple of generations via taking over the public and private school system, but we have a lot of people out there who do not understand capitalism and think America is a racist country with a flawed founding.
They are easily persuaded to communism, socialism, or whatever you want to call it.
No amount of data can get them out of their confirmation bias.
Well, there is one bit of data that will convince them of the evils of socialism, but that is the end game, when they are lined up against a wall and shot for being enemies of the state. That is the unavoidable result of the ignorance that is engulfing the West. As Marx himself said:
When our turn comes, we shall make no excuse for the terror.
So where will patriotic Democrats go, now that the hard left of their party is subsuming the rest of them?
The center of the Democratic Party is gone. It's over for people like Senator Fetterman. There are no Danny Rostenkowskis, Scoop Jacksons, or Tip O' Neills. Rahm Emanuel is running around the country trying to save it but he was the butler who helped usher in the communists as Obama's Chief of Staff.
The answer is that they will support the obscenity of the Democratic Socialist wing because the political philosophy of the Democrat party is simply a prettier version of Stalin's...the lust for power is all-encompassing, and mainstream Democrats will hold their noses and continue to vote for what can only end in Gulags and concentration camps and wholesale murder and death.
They seem nice!
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Venezuela was rocked by its strongest earthquakes in over a century on Wednesday afternoon — causing widespread destruction in the capital of Caracas and fears of as many as 100,000 casualties.
A magnitude 7.2 quake struck roughly 100 miles west of Caracas, followed by a 7.5 magnitude tremor just a minute later, according to the US Geological Survey. “High casualties and extensive damage are probable, and the disaster is likely widespread,” the USGS warned.
Closer to home it looks as if a couple of political earthquakes are shaking up the establishments of both parties. On the latest episode of the podcast, linked here and in the sidebar as well as on the popular platforms listed at the bottom of this post, both CBD and i discussed the ramifications locally in NYC and nationally with the victory of Mad Mamdani minions who are equally insane and tyrannical in their views.
Carville freaked out at the results. He noted that Avila Chevalier, who was born to Dominican immigrants, once said white people should not be in interracial marriages. “Lady, I ain’t in the same party as you,” Carville said. “I’m sorry. I’m just not. And I actually do think it’s time for Democrats to talk the ‘s’ word: schism. I really do. Everybody’s always said, ‘No, no. We’re a coalition. We’re a big tent. And there’s just some sh*t I can’t be in the same tent with.” Carville then insisted that despite winning their Democratic primaries, “these people are not Democrats.” He then suggested that establishment Democrats “negotiate the terms of a schism” with democratic socialists in the party.
Oh, James, old boy, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you are most definitely in the same party as this filthy evil slag. Meh, this would be amusing if it weren't so disgusting. The descriptor of "Far-Left" for some Democrats is the same as "Radical" for Muslims. It's a redundancy. It's a naked attempt to whitewash and minimize the core beliefs and values of each which are self-evident through their actions over a long and bloody history. A history of causing a civil war to preserve slavery, and then to repress the freed slaves for over 100 years and create one of the most massive welfare states to keep them enslaved for your political gain at the cost of trillions of dollars and tens of thousands of wasted lives. And when you've genocided the hell out of your base, the only thing left is to throw open the borders and register third world wetback criminals by the millions as Democrats and steal the elections you still can't win legitimately.
Carville, you and yours have done all you could to hack away at the Constitution and individual liberty in order to create a gargantuan centralized bureaucracy where your fellow travelers are at the controls generationally and in perpetuity. The views of Wilson and FDR are crystal clear in dismantling America as founded in service of that fever dream of absolute power.
And the disparate groups in your big tent share one thing in common — an incandescent hatred for this country, its citizens, history, heritage and western Judeo-Christian civilization, morality and sanity, and so for Carville and others of his ilk to be freaking out over what happened in NYC, where the hell was he when Bernie Sanders was elected to the Senate over and over again on a platform of naked in-your-face communism which is exactly what got elected in NYC and lookie here what's happening in California, surprise surprise!
The Mamdani regime in New York City has already been making noises about moving on this sort of thing, and now the LA County Board of Supervisors is following suit. People will call this socialism but in some ways this is worse. They’re not just proposing a government takeover of private property, what they’re proposing to do is to use government power and taxpayer money to seize private property and turn it over to their political allies who will run ‘community groups’. This is fundamentally no different than politicians using eminent domain to seize property and transfer it to their political allies who then fund their political campaigns. . .
. . . Socialist governments create pressure on landlords through every possible means. As prices rise and housing stock drops, creating a ‘housing crisis’, they cite the homeless vagrants as evidence that there is a serious threat and justify property seizures. We’re now in stage 3 of their plan. Stay tuned for stage 4.
You know what else has a "stage 4?" Incurable cancer.
The Prairieland case in Texas is actually worth celebrating because it’s one of the few times the feds went after an Antifa-linked group with real teeth, leading to the first federal terrorism-related convictions and sentencing of individuals affiliated with Antifa in U.S. history.
For once, the material support law was used, and it worked. But at the same time, it’s nowhere near enough, and that’s the frustrating part.
President Trump designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization back in September 2025. That was supposed to mean something. Americans were supposed to see mass action against the violent extremists terrorizing our country. But months later, Prairieland stands out as almost the only case where they brought terrorist charges and took a group to trial over it.
Think about what the domestic terrorism definition actually says. It covers acts that are dangerous to human life, break criminal laws, and look like they’re meant to intimidate civilians, push the government to change policy through fear, or mess with government functions through destruction or attacks.
The Prairieland case is not the only time Antifa planned an attack meant to intimidate and cause mass destruction. It’s not even the first time that the violent group has acted to shut down federal immigration enforcement.
And Antifa is the unofficial (wink-wink) Democrat/Leftist brownshirt goon squad that take to the streets to commit political terrorism with the protection of Democrat politicians and worse Judges, Attorneys General and other corrupted appendages of our justice system to further their collective aims at societal dissolution and the accrual of absolute power.
Let's hope they all rot in prison and that God-forbid a future Democrat president does not set them free.
Grossi made the comments during an ongoing visit to Japan, responding to uncertainty created by Iranian officials claiming that no plan or protocol currently exists for international inspections of its nuclear sites. The Iranian Foreign Ministry did not explicitly deny that it would allow such inspections, but its comments were reported as contradicting President Donald Trump’s announcement this week that Tehran had agreed to the most intensive nuclear inspections in recent memory. U.N. Nuclear Chief Rafael Grossi: Iran Inspections ‘Will Indeed Take Place’
The Trump administration is moving from maximum pressure to a mediated framework. The Evolution of Iran
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
I’m not saying every protester with a sign should get terrorism charges. But when you have organized, repeated violence with planning, weapons, and clear goals to stop government functions through fear, the federal government has a responsibility to protect its citizens from terror. The Prairieland case is the first time we are seeing action against this terrorist organization acting on U.S. soil, and we should celebrate the combined 450-year sentences received by the violent rioters involved. But this can’t be a one-and-done situation. Because right now it’s one big example in a sea of cases being treated as no big deal. I’ve gotten a taste of justice, and I want to see all those responsible for terrorizing innocent people brought before me. I want the hive destroyed. Probably The Most Important Step To Ending Antifa Just Took Place In Texas
“There was no journalistic pushback whatsoever...His most-hyped podcast appointment of the season was, of course, with Joe Rogan...Trump campaign operatives were setting themselves up for inevitable disaster...Weinstein was far from alone in such fantastical ‘surmises.’” How Podcasts Ruined America (except CBD's and JJS')
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Big Tech should read, and heed, an important new paper stressing that self-governance is the most sensible path forward. A Roadmap for Sensible AI Regulation
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Speaking at the club’s (Economic Club of New York) America 250 Gala Dinner on the eve of the nation’s 250th anniversary, Bessent organized the Trump administration’s approach around what he called five core principles, anchored by the argument that national strength begins at home with the capacity to build. Bessent: Our Strength Comes From What We Can Build
John Stossel: Lots of people like gig work. It’s flexible; you work when you want to work. But “workers’ rights” activists and governing socialists don’t like that. . . “They think the next regulation will somehow squelch the greed out of the system, but there’s simply no way to do that.” Competition is the only good way to decide what people get paid. Democratic socialists say they’ll save the workers — but their ‘rescues’ ALWAYS fail
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated appearance at the Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch took a turn for the worse, deepening the ideological fault lines between Congress and the White House. Trump met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and his Republican colleagues Wednesday to address disagreements on policies related to the Iran war and his flagship election integrity bill, known as the SAVE America Act. ‘Cluster Fuck’: Trump’s Dramatic Feud With Senate Republicans Boils Over
The right to vote is among our most cherished liberties, but equally important is the public’s confidence that every lawful vote -- and only lawful votes -- determines the outcome How California Mandated Election Corruption
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Khanna was exactly a ‘front row kid,’ a credentials-focused urban striver. When you meet people like this at parties, they ask you where you went to school before they decide if they want to talk to you. The Disingenuous Schemer Ro Khanna Is A Model Democrat
The victories of all three of the mayor’s endorsed candidates reveals that the political currents that carried him to victory last November remain strong. Mayor Mamdani’s Big Night
George Washington told us we'd have days like these, when the worst among us gained political power. Our ‘Terrible Masters’
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Peru has marked more than three weeks without any final results from the extremely close June 7 presidential runoff election between Fujimori and Sánchez. The election, much like its first round, has been marred by a slow vote-counting process by National Electoral Processes Office (ONPE). Peru: Leftist Candidate Says He Will Not Recognize Conservative Presidential Win
GLP-1 drugs may offer a powerful tool against obesity, but they also raise a deeper question: are we treating the causes of our health crisis—or simply medicating the consequences? The Fat of the Land: Weight-Loss Drugs Have Their Uses
John Stossel: People are excited about peptides - but the FDA bans most of them. Magic Medicine?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The panorama above, created from two pictures taken by the rover’s left navigation camera on June 17, 2026 (here and here), provides a much closer view of that smooth ground, and revealed that it isn’t actually smooth at all, but covered with small polygons. Smooth on Mars is apparently not so smooth
For Boeing, making this fixed-price contract work is literally a make-or-break situation. It needs to beginning producing such contracts on-budget and on-time, or else it will die. Boeing wins $2 billion satellite contract from Space Force
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The decision temporarily protects transgender patients and their families from government overreach, while signaling potential broader limits on investigative tactics involving sensitive medical data. A hearing is scheduled for July 8 to determine whether the restraining order will become a preliminary injunction. text
Traditional biblical principles continue to fall like dominoes in what we call mainline Protestantism. Even though the shift from fundamentalism to modernism began in the 1920s, the big lurches to the left began in the ’50s when the United Methodist Church began to ordain women as pastors. PCUSA’s Next Culture-War Fight: Monogamy vs. Polyamory
The Pride backlash is growing as Americans push back against being told what to celebrate — and a few baseball players are showing that saying “no” still matters. Christian Giants Stand Up to Pride
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LuaJIT is a compiled version of the Lua programming language, that is tiny, bug-free, and impossibly fast. That's why its creator got termed "a robot from the future".
Spoiler: It's Micron, the only major US player in the memory space. I was hoping for some story about a plucky startup recycling e-waste into working components or, well, literally anything else. I am disappoint.
My new tablet arrived. They said it would, but deliveries to country towns in Australia can often take years. It has 12GB of RAM.
I'm a big fan of small Android tablets, but I just got one today - on top of the one I already have, and the other one I have that sucks so I never use it - so I don't need to care for five years of so.
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open and freshly re-stocked.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.
Will reading the content earn you free Triscuits? No. Will it entertain and inform while you eat your Triscuits? Perhaps. Only one way to find out.
A giraffe is on the loose in the Texas Hill Country, and her owners are asking for the public's help to bring her home.
The Real County Animal Rescue-Shelter posted on social media Monday that Cedar Hollow Ranch is searching for "Gracie," a missing giraffe last seen west of Leakey.
According to the post, Gracie has rounded ears and was recently spotted on a game camera in the area. Her owner is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to Gracie's capture and safe return.
Is it really that difficult to spot a giraffe? They're tall and don't look like anything else. Are there herds of giraffe in Texas and this one blends in? Maybe Texas giraffes are more skilled in the art of camouflage than the average giraffe.
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Yet Another Reason Why Women Typically Live Longer than Men
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Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
The environmentalists versus the unemployed. Get it on!
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Not the Bee
Not an original thought, but wow that's a lot to pack into 21 words.
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Horde Shopping Guide
I'm mostly a "live and let live" kind of dinosaur. You do you - even if I don't understand it or it isn't my thing. Don't bother me and my peeps and we'll be fine.
Can someone explain to me a bag of eight glow-in-the-dark Itty Bitty Celery pieces? Only $8.75! What is going on in your life that makes you think "The one thing that would make my earthly existence more complete is a bag of glow in the dark celery?" Glow in the dark celery (not that there's anything wrong with that)?
We rarely describe our products as essential or practical, but this Glow-in-the-Dark Itty Bitty Celery is both! You get eight stalks of 1-1/4" tall, soft vinyl celery. During the day, you'll enjoy the reminder of celery superiority, but at night, this celery really shines. It glows in the dark! And, just for clarity's sake, the celery "stalk" officially refers to the whole bunch of celery, each piece you pull off is referred to as a celery rib.
What a country!
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Fine arts
I know what you're thinking. "I like Rammstein, but the singer yells at me in German and shoots fire everywhere. I also like symphonies, but most symphony music is boring. Is there a best of both worlds solution?" Of course!
Similar for Iron Maiden here. Enjoy while eating your Triscuits.
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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week
Tonight's feature is Matt and his channel called Diesel Creek. Matt rescues heavy equipment - like bulldozers. He does a little restoration work and likes haunting the local auction for rescue projects, but his draw is bringing heavy equipment back to life that hasn't run for a long time. His channel has over a million subscribers.
I know what you're thinking. Do people really watch an 88 minute video of two friends trying to get a 1967 CAT D8 bulldozer running that has been sitting long enough to have trees growing through and around its parts? Yes. 5.1 million views.
His videos are good examples of story telling. He has technical knowledge and ability to explain things, but his charm is mostly a guy that likes to play with big toys and can tell stories about his projects. No artificial drama. No highly polished graphics or editing. No clickbait.
YouTube has more channels dedicated to heavy machinery rescue projects than you would think. The data doesn't lie - there is a big audience. What a country!
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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!
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Robin Trower for the big ONT finish:
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There is no truth to the rumor that TRex is working as assistant to the assistant's assistant coach for the US World Cup soccer team. Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Is anyone smart and adventurous enough to click on the lurker link?
A team of elite civil rights attorneys announced they will represent Karmelo Anthony in the appeal of his murder conviction for fatally stabbing fellow high school athlete Austin Metcalf.
Texas NAACP President Gary Bledsoe, veteran appellate attorney Russell Wilson, civil rights lawyer Brooke Cluse from Ben Crump Law, and others have joined forces in an effort to overturn Anthony's conviction and 35-year prison sentence, CBS News reported.
They will conduct an independent review of the trial to determine whether any errors occurred during the trial in their pursuit of an appeal, the lawyers said in their announcement on Monday.
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
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NY-13 nominee Daraliza Avila Chevalier is a founder of CUAD. The org's stated goal?
"Eradication of Western civilization"
The loathsome Dan Goldman lost his bid for reelection in NYC's 10th Congressional district to -- get this -- an anti-Jewish communist.
Greg Price
@greg_price11
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Dan Goldman losing is truly hilarious because he has one of the most liberal voting records in Congress and is unapologetic about being willing to tell any incendiary lie about Republicans, but refused to pledge allegiance to third-world terrorists on the other side of the planet and was, therefore, not radical enough for the new Democrat base.
Also losing last night: Jack "Kennedy" Schlossberg, who I would call a nepo baby but don't you need an actual job to be a nepo baby? All this fag does is troll people online and appear on leftwing chat shows to embarrass his family. He's like an even less-accomplished Ron Reagan Jr.
Washington Free Beacon
@FreeBeacon
Against all odds, Manhattan voters made the right call on Tuesday: They handily rejected Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg, the 33-year-old influencer with four trust funds and no actual employment history, in New York's 12th Congressional District.
Against all odds, Manhattan voters made the right call on Tuesday.
Jack Schlossberg, the 33-year-old Kennedy scion who has never worked a real job, was handily defeated in the Democratic primary for New York's 12th Congressional District, sitting in third place with less than 11 percent of the vote. George Conway, the mentally disturbed Lincoln Project cofounder and frequent guest on The Jim Acosta Show, sat in fifth, trailing not just Schlossberg but also a woman named Nina Schwalbe.
Schlossberg's defeat is worth celebrating for several reasons.
The Kennedy family is a toxic cabal of bloated, boat-shoed sex pests and trust-fund layabouts still living off the fortune amassed by Joseph P. Kennedy, the wealthy patriarch best known for his efforts to make peace with Adolf Hitler. Tuesday's outcome suggests the family's once-mythic reputation is in the midst of a long-overdue correction.
John F. Kennedy, Schlossberg's grandfather, was the Eric Swalwell of the White House, while his great uncle Ted Kennedy was the Eric Swalwell of the U.S. Senate, a reputation he cemented in 1985 by making a "waitress sandwich" with Chris Dodd at a local fine-dining establishment.
To be fair to Swalwell, there's no evidence (that we know of) to suggest he's ever fled the scene of an accident after a woman drowned in his car. Ted Kennedy, on the other hand, continued to serve in public office until 2009, more than 40 years after Mary Jo Kopechne's death.
Days before the election, Schlossberg told the Wall Street Journal he would view his loss in the primary as proof that our political system is irrevocably broken. "If I can't do it, then nobody can," he said.
Indeed, if a 33-year-old Kennedy brat with four trust funds and what the New York Times described as "little traditional work experience" can lose a primary in one of the country's wealthiest congressional districts despite being endorsed by David Letterman and spending $1 million of his own inheritance, the American Dream is truly dead.
And of course ultra-cuck George Conway:
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@shipwreckedcrew
Kellyanne Conway served as Senior Counsel to President Trump in his first term, after having had a senior role in his campaign that went from 1% GOP support in July 2015 to winning the Presidency in November 2016.
Her now ex-husband George Conway, once believing himself to be the best choice to serve as Solicitor General of the United States -- the DOJ Attorney responsible for arguments in front of the Supreme Court -- received the votes of 1 out of every 17 NY Dems who cast ballots for a new Representative in their district yesterday, finishing in 5th place.
He spent $6.65 million and received 1,050 fewer votes than 4th place finisher Nina Schwalbe.
She spent $457,000.
They both finished behind Jack Schlossberg, reported by many in the media to be mentally ill.
If Conway had won or come close, at least some Never Trumpers might have made it official and tried grifting as Democrats. But now that it's proven that no one likes a traitor, the NeverTrumpers will have no choice but continuing their grift of pretending to be "Republicans."
Looks like USAID supported college tuition for Anwar Aulaqi (Awlaki) who later became a high level al Qaeda terrorist.
Aulaqi falsely claimed he was born in Yemen to secure the financial help via the State Dept. when he was actually a US citizen, born in Las Cruces New Mexico.
Aulaqi would later develop close ties with several 9/11 hijackers and attain leadership status in AQ's Yemen affiliate.
Aulaqi was the godfather of the digital jihad that leveraged his writings and the web to radicalize Americans to AQ's cause.
Aulaqi became the first American targeted for death by the CIA. In 2011, he was killed in a US drone strike.
This 1997 Aulaqi mugshot is for soliciting prostitutes.
Good catch first flagged Feb. 2025 via @browne_pamela
A lefty member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who abruptly went on leave at the end of March melted into tears as she explained to her constituents Tuesday why she needed the mental health break.
Supervisor Jacqueline Fielder is set to return to work next Monday, after her absence earlier in the year fueled theories on what motivated the first-term lawmaker to go missing from City Hall meetings for weeks before checking herself in for treatment.
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In a Tuesday post on Instagram, Fielder said "I left the work I love so much not because I wanted to but because my mental health demanded it."
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She seemed to attribute her crisis to the pressures of being a politician.
"At the end of the day I'm a human being and a renter, a working class candidate that is now a supervisor," Fielder said, "but I was going 100 miles a hour since early 2023 when I started the campaign for supervisor, and being a grassroots candidate is a lot of elbow grease."
Her medical leave made her realize that she has colleagues and others who share the weight of representing the city with her, she said.
"I'm coming clear-eyed and grounded and eager to serve in this role again," said Fielder, who ended her note on encouraging others dealing with mental health issues to also seek help or take a leave.
A woman caught on video emptying a public trash can on the street then stealing it during New York City's Knicks championship parade was a director at JPMorgan Chase who was fired Tuesday over the incident, The Post has learned.
Angie Báez, 40, was promoted to Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce at JPMorgan Chase more than a year ago, according to her LinkedIn profile.
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Sources say the bank looked into the incident after the video surfaced and a JPMorgan Chase spokesperson told The Post, "This employee is no longer with the company."
Báez could not be reached by The Post for comment Tuesday. Sources noted she had attended the parade in her personal capacity.
I hate rioters, but I also understand that people with low IQ and poor impulse control can get "swept up" in them. I wouldn't be gleeful about her being fired except for the fact that, let's face it, she never should have had a job in the first place.
— World Latin Honey (@WorldLatinHoney) June 19, 2026
BREAKING: Boston-based federal judge Denise Casper (Obama appointee) has just issued a sweeping order that bans the Trump administration from implementing most of its federal voter ID executive orders, including a proof of citizenship requirement. Judge Casper concluded the… pic.twitter.com/jAMqNhLol0
Ever notice the left and their activist media never says anything about Muslims' opposition to the rainbow agenda?
Janet Murray
@jan_murray
A Muslim mother speaking about a book that Ladybird is promoting during Pride Month.
The book is aimed at children as young as two years old and features two women - who appear to be a couple - with a baby, one of whom is wearing a hijab.
Her comments echo what many parents - of any faith or none - would likely agree with: that some topics are simply too adult for very young children.
She also states, quite openly, that while Muslims can of course live peacefully in a society where LGBTQ values are present, those values are not compatible with her faith.
So many questions.
But the one uppermost in my mind is this: will anyone dare to call this woman bigoted or transphobic?
For being honest about what she believes is appropriate for young children.
And for being honest about her faith.
Or are such accusations reserved for other groups of people who express similar views?
I'd also be very interested to hear what Zack Polanski has to say on this
A Muslim mother speaking about a book that Ladybird is promoting during Pride Month.
The book is aimed at children as young as two years old and features two women - who appear to be a couple - with a baby, one of whom is wearing a hijab.
Texas, DOJ Sign Joint Decree Declaring Biden's Prior "Backdoor Amnesty" to be Illegal and Void
—Disinformation Expert Ace
You of course know of the Democrats' favorite strategy of sue-and-settle, whereby a friendly third party is invited to sue the Democrat government. The Democrat government gives up the case and agrees to a "consent decree" resolving the issue -- and this resolution has the force of law, despite no legislature having ever voted for it.
Well, two can play at that game. Steven Miller's organization America First Legal joined with Texas to sue the DOJ over a Biden-era policy allowing immigration judges to put immigration cases on "administrative pause," forever. Biden allowed judges who would otherwise be required to deport illegal aliens to instead "pause" the case against them, effectively granting them amnesty (and even the "right to work").
Technically, they're still illegal aliens in the middle of deportation proceedings but the reality is that those proceedings are now "paused," forever. So every illegal alien getting his deportation "paused" is effectively granted backdoor amnesty that Congress never even contemplated, let alone voted to make law.
Judge blocks Biden-era immigration rule hours after Texas AG and Stephen Miller's group sued DOJ
On Monday, Ken Paxton's office asked the judge to block the rule, a request the federal agency then agreed with. The suit echoes a similar move in 2025 that killed a 24-year-old state tuition law.
A federal judge in Texas blocked a Biden administration rule on Monday that allowed immigration judges to indefinitely close a deportation case against immigrants on the same day Texas sued to stop the rule.
The rule, which was adopted in 2024, allowed immigration judges to close a deportation case after hearing arguments from the federal government and the immigrant in deportation proceedings, especially if the person could qualify for a benefit that allows them to stay in the country legally.
But on Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas in Wichita Falls to block the rule with U.S. Judge Reed O'Connor, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush.
The lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice was also co-filed by America First Legal Foundation, an organization founded by Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Trump who has focused on ways to limit both legal and illegal immigration to the country. America First Legal Foundation also previously filed various lawsuits representing Paxton against the Biden administration's immigration policies, which helped derail President Biden's immigration agenda in his lone term.
In this latest complaint, Paxton's office said in the 43-page lawsuit that the Biden-era rule "effectively grant(s) indefinite amnesty to aliens illegally present in this country."
Lawsuits usually take several months to years to settle, but in this case O'Connor ruled late on Monday in favor of Texas after the Department of Justice filed its response saying it agreed with Paxton's office.
Before this lawless action by Biden, 130,000 cases were paused. After Biden gave his leftwing immigration judges permission to dole out personalized amnesty, the number of "paused" cases "skyrocketed" (as the judgment says) to 1.08 million. And then, a year later, it doubled again to 2.2 million.
Considering that almost everything done to secure the border during Trump’s presidency has been executive action that can be reversed, and Democrats are becoming the party of open borders & no immigration enforcement, we may see another border crisis if Dems take back the WH in… https://t.co/UFsflcIZoo
Podcast: Sefton and CBD commiserate about the NYC primaries and whether the contagion will spread, J.D. Vance is becoming a cypher, Texas Antifa gets a wake-up call, and more!
NEW: Just heard something extraordinary from a former White House official who worked with former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster in Trump45's NSC: "McMaster had weekly phone calls with George Soros. We have no idea why." Neither could be reached for comment.
Podcast: CBD and Sefton dissect the Iran treaty but praise the great U.S. military, decry the deep state's influence on SAVE and FISA, talk marijuana and guns, mock the Northeast's racism, and Go Knicks!
Update to Gavin Newsom Under Investigation story: This investigation was begun under Senor Dementia:
Adam Housley
@adamhousley
As I have reported several times and now acknowledged by the Governor of California... Gavin and his wife are under federal investigation... what he failed to tell you... This began during the Biden Admin. Kind of a big detail.
Days before the woman was stabbed in the neck by a taxpayer-supported Cultural Enrichment Officer, in the same general area, another taxpayer-supported Cultural Enrichment Officer attacked a boy and bloodied his head with a brick. What is the UK Regime's plan for protecting the citizens from the savage criminals they've foisted on the populace? They offer NONE. They do, however, have a plan for protecting the savage criminals from the citizens: The citizens must STAY CALM and not get angry and not share videos of citizens being attacked by savage criminals.
The public keeps saying "protect us from the foreign savages you have imported against our wishes and over our objections" and the UK branch of The Regime keeps proposing plans to protect the foreign savages from the public. Soclose to what the public is demanding, just, you know, the complete opposite. Just a thought: Maybe you wouldn't have to worry about the public attacking the savage criminals if you actually introduced a plan to protect the public from the savage criminals. Maybe they wouldn't feel as if it was necessary for them to protect the public through self-help.
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