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June 30, 2020
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Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion law . . .
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law that providers say will leave the state with just one abortion clinic. Justice Stephen Breyer delivered the decision for a 5-4 Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the liberals only in the
bottom line judgment. The ruling is the Court's first abortion case with President Donald Trump's two appointees on the bench.The contested law, called Act 620, requires that any Louisiana abortion provider have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The case is widely seen as an early tell for how the Supreme Court will approach abortion with a Roe-skeptic majority seemingly in place. Monday's decision,
which resembles a 2016 case involving a similar Texas law, is a defeat for pro-life activists who hoped Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement would prompt an immediate rupture with the Court's pro-abortion jurisprudence. Washington Free Beacon
Thomas offers blistering dissent, says no constitutional basis for Roe . . . Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas filed a blistering opinion dissenting from a Monday decision to strike down a Louisiana law that required abortion doctors to obtain admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Thomas is ready to tear down the court's protections for abortion completely, with his most explicit comments yet that
precedents all the way back to Roe v. Wade should fall. "The plurality and [Chief Justice John Roberts] ultimately cast aside this jurisdictional barrier to conclude that Louisiana’s law is unconstitutional under our precedents," Thomas wrote. "But those decisions created the right to abortion out of whole cloth, without a shred of support from the Constitution’s text. Our abortion precedents are grievously wrong and should be overruled." Fox News
Conservatives see abortion ruling as catalyst for reelecting Trump . . . Religious and anti-abortion groups that helped sweep Donald Trump into office in 2016 say the narrow Supreme Court ruling striking down a Louisiana abortion law only adds fuel to ongoing efforts to reelect the president this November. The message for voters will be twofold: The Trump-appointed justices showed they would side with anti-abortion activists, and now they need just
one more ally. Politico
China warns of possible new pandemic virus from pigs . . . A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in case it becomes a potential “pandemic virus”, a study said, although experts said there is no imminent threat. A team of Chinese researchers looked at influenza viruses found in pigs from 2011 to 2018 and found a “G4” strain of H1N1 that has “all the essential
hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus”, according to the paper. Pig farm workers also showed elevated levels of the virus in their blood, the authors said, adding that “close monitoring in human populations, especially the workers in the swine industry, should be urgently implemented”. Reuters
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Poll: 38 percent of Americans thing Joe Biden has dementia . . . Nearly 4 in 10 Americans think former vice president Joe Biden is suffering from dementia, according to the results of a poll published Monday. A clear majority of voters think Biden should publicly address his noticeably deteriorating cognitive functions. The poll, conducted by Rasmussen, found that 38 percent of likely voters believe that Biden has
dementia. That includes 20 percent of Democrats and 30 percent of independent voters. Nearly two-thirds of Republicans said they thought Biden has the condition, which is characterized by cognitive deficits such as the inability to string together complex sentences. Washington free Beacon
Biden rejected the results, saying, "I thought pigs dig for truffles. Anyway, how about them Oklahoma Sooners?"
Democrats tweet then delete post linking Trump Mt. Rushmore event to "white supremacy" . . . The Democrats, the official Twitter account of the Democratic National Committee, raised eyebrows on Monday night for accusing President Trump of "glorifying white supremacy" after he scheduled a Fourth of July celebration at Mount Rushmore. A tweet from the Democrats' official Twitter page took issue with the president for
holding the event there. "Trump has disrespected Native communities time and again," The Democrats wrote. "He's attempted to limit their voting rights and blocked critical pandemic relief. Now he's holding a rally glorifying white supremacy at Mount Rushmore- a region once sacred to tribal communities." Fox News
Video || Kayleigh McEnany calls on NY Times to give back some Pulitzers . . . White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany today cited a list of mistakes the New York Times has made with respect to President Trump and suggested returning its Pulitzer Prizes. Well, that presupposes that Pulitzers aren’t political and are worth having in the first place. White House Dossier
I would say that after caving to leftist pressure and saying it should not have run Sen. Tom Cotton’s perfectly reasonable article about the need for force in addressing riots, the New York Times should at least offer to help with the toilet paper crisis by using non-toxic ink.
Republicans skeptical of polling . . . Republicans are putting their mistrust in polls as former Vice President Joe Biden widens his lead over President Trump nationally and in battleground states. With the realization that Trump is unlikely to change up his leadership style between now and Election Day, GOP senators are banking on a repeat of 2016 when polling suggested Trump would lose to Democratic rival Hillary
Clinton. The Hill
Jacksonville mandates mask wearing . . . The city of Jacksonville said Monday that it would adopt a face mask requirement for public and indoor locations and where social distancing is not possible, less than two months before President Donald Trump is set to accept the Republican nomination in the Florida city. The new mandate, which goes into effect at 5 p.m. ET on Monday, raises the possibility that attendees could be
required to wear face masks at the GOP convention. It comes just weeks after Republicans announced that the President would make his speech in the city. The convention is slated for August 24-27 in Jacksonville and Charlotte, North Carolina. CNN
Video || White House press secretary asked it Trump glad South lost Civil War . . . Yeah, let’s get to the bottom of this! The White House press corps continues to degrade itself. Kayleigh McEnany angrily responded that the question was absurd. I guess since they think President Trump is an anti-Semite, despite his Jewish grandchildren, the intrepid press will need to find out if he’s happy Germany lost World War II. White House Dossier
Michelle Obama praises Princeton for dropping racist Woodrow Wilson's name . . . Former first lady Michelle Obama jumped online Monday to congratulate her alma mater Princeton University after it stripped the name of former school president Woodrow Wilson from its renowned public affairs school. The former first lady, who graduated Princeton in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in sociology, wrote on Twitter she was 'heartened to see my alma
mater make this change, and even prouder of the students who’ve been advocating for this kind of change on campus for years.' 'Let’s keep finding ways to be more inclusive to all students—at Princeton and at every school across the country,' wrote the former first lady. Daily
Mail
I can't believe Michelle Obama attended such a racist institution. Did she ever walk by one of the buildings named for Wilson? This needs to be investigated.
Washington Post editor deletes tweet floating "revenge" against white women . . . Karen Attiah, the Washington Post‘s global opinions editor, deleted a tweet in which she said white women are "lucky" that "we are just calling them ‘Karen's," and not "calling for revenge." Attiah wrote that "the lies & tears of white
women" have contributed to injustices against African Americans. She listed as examples the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, the murder of "Emmet [sic] Till," the exclusion of black women from feminist causes, and the majority of white women voting for President Donald Trump in 2016.
"White women are lucky that we are just calling them ‘Karen's'. And not calling for revenge," she wrote. She then deleted the tweet. Shortly after deleting the tweet, Attiah tweeted, "Non, je ne regrette rien," a French phrase that translates, "No, I do not regret anything." Washington Free Beacon
Okay, so when does she get fired for promoting violence and then regretting rien?
WasPost disputes Trump claim 20 most dangerous cities run by Dems: It's 19 . . . Ah yes, where would we be without the Washington Post? As the Post byline states, Democracy Dies in Darkness. So their White House reporter, Philip Bump, who is supposed to be obejctive, “ran an analysis” that shed a lot of light on a vital issue. One of the 20 cities Trump cited as most dangerous and run by Democrats is IN FACT RUN BY AN INDEPENDENT. White House Dossier
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Herridge: NSA cannot corroborate the Russia, Taliban story . . . CBS reporter Catherine Herridge said Monday that the NSA had been unable to corroborate a story published by The New York Times about Russia putting a bounty on coalition soldiers in Afghanistan. According to that story, Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) had offered bounties to Afghan terrorists for killing coalition troops — including American soldiers. But as Herridge tweeted Monday, she was told by an intelligence officer that the report was not “verifiable” and lacked “sufficient reporting to corroborate any links.” Daily Caller
She's a former Fox News reporter and is unbiased.
White House says no intel consensus on Russian bounties . . . The White House said Monday there is no consensus among U.S. intelligence officials about reports that Russia offered bounties to Afghan militants to kill American soldiers, while attacking The New York Times for its “failed Russia reporting.” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were not
told about the bounty allegation because it hasn’t been verified. Washington Times
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China passes national security law in turning point for Hong Kong . . . China’s parliament passed national security legislation for Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony’s way of life since it returned to Chinese rule 23 years ago. Amid fears the legislation will crush the global financial hub’s freedoms, and reports that the heaviest penalty under it would be life
imprisonment, pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong’s Demosisto group said it would dissolve. “It marks the end of Hong Kong that the world knew before,” Wong said on Twitter. Reuters
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Los Angeles economy built on freelancers crumbles . . . Creative freelancers—with little job protection and incomes reliant on people leaving their homes—have been some of the hardest hit in the coronavirus-driven recession, according to economists. Performers, production crews, ride-share drivers and personal trainers were among the first to lose work and will likely be among the last to regain lost ground in the coming months,
experts say. The Los Angeles metro area has a high concentration of freelancers in its economy compared with other metro areas. That is particularly bad news for Los Angeles, which has the country’s second-highest concentration of high-skilled creative freelancers after Nashville. L.A. had the sixth highest unemployment rate among major metropolitan areas in April. Wall Street Journal
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Couple who pointed guns at BLM protestors "feared for their lives" . . . A Missouri lawyer seen with his wife brandishing guns at protesters outside their home Sunday claims they grabbed the weapons after being told they 'would be killed' and were placed 'in fear of our lives'. Mark McCloskey, 63, and his wife Patricia, 61, were filmed on Sunday evening drawing a AR-15 and handgun on protesters outside their $1.5million mansion
in to a well-to-do St. Louis neighborhood. They are heard shouting at the protesters to leave their neighborhood and have claimed that demonstrators broke down a gate into the private community. Daily Mail
First of four cops charged in George Floyd death to plead not guilty . . . J Alexander Kueng stated his intentions in a court filing. The papers filed by attorney Thomas Plunkett state that the ex-cop intends to plead not guilty and use the defenses of self defense, justifiable force and authorized use of force. Daily Mail
More peaceful shootings in CHOP zone . . . A 16-year-old boy has died and a 14-year-old boy has been hospitalized in critical condition Monday following the latest shooting at the Seattle area known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest, or CHOP, police revealed. Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said it marked the second death of an African-American victim in the area. The first death associated with the CHOP
came June 20 when 19-year-old Horace Lorenzo Anderson was shot and killed. Monday marked the fourth shooting linked to the CHOP zone. Fox News
Protestors set up guillotine in front of Jeff Bezos's DC home . . . Protesters have set up a guillotine outside a Washington, DC complex where Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos purportedly resides, according to reports. Several videos circulated on social media showing what resembled the apparatus known for beheading executions during the French Revolution in a residential area of the nation’s capital. A sign read: “Support our poor communities. Not our
wealthy men.”
It was not immediately clear if Bezos was in DC this weekend. New York Post
Jeff Bezos is liberal and has completed the destruction of the Washington Post, which he owns. And Amazon is a monopoly. But it is also the best damn company I have ever used as a customer.
Conservatives flee Twitter and flock to Parler . . . Parler, a fledgling social media app that bills itself as an unbiased alternative to Twitter and Facebook, has seen a dramatic spike in users thanks to supporters of President Donald Trump who have been signing
up in droves to escape what some perceive as censorship on the other, more established platforms. This sudden groundswell of interest in Parler, which has been on the periphery of the social media landscape since it was founded in 2018, was sparked by the Trump campaign's announcement last week that it might switch its efforts from Twitter and Facebook to Parler. Conservatives have flocked to Parler, citing the more aggressive policing of controversial political comments on the more mainstream
platforms. Daily Mail
John Wayne's family defends him against racism charge . . . John Wayne's family has defended the screen icon amid calls for his name to be removed due to 'racist' comments made in 1971. Wayne's family dismissed comments made during a Playboy interview as a 'single outlier interview from half a century ago' that does not represent him. In a 1971 interview with Playboy magazine, Wayne was quoted saying 'I believe in white supremacy' and 'I
don't feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves.' Daily Mail
Reddit bans largest pro-Trump group . . . The social media platform Reddit banned the largest pro-Trump forum on its site. Steve Huffman, the company’s chief executive, told reporters in a call on Monday that action was taken against "The_Donald" because its users consistently violated Reddit's rules against harassment in targeting others with hate speech. “Reddit is a place for community and belonging, not for attacking people,” Huffman said.
“The_Donald’ has been in violation of that.” The move came after Reddit updated its content policy to crack down on hate speech. The subreddit had more than 790,000 users. Washington Examiner
Soon to be considered hate speech: Saying you support Donald Trump for president.
Little Caesars fires two for arranging pepperoni slices in the shape of a swastika . . . The highly-popular chain said it is 'deeply disappointed' by the actions of the staff members - believed to both be under 18 years old - in the Brook Park, Ohio,
store. Jason Laska picked up the only pre-made pepperoni pizza left on Saturday night. It was one of two pies that were pre-cooked and ready to collect by walk-in customers who did not need to order ahead of time.
When he returned home, his wife Misty opened the box to discover the highly-offensive Nazi symbol arranged backwards. Daily Mail
And pepperoni with cheese already wasn't kosher.
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Woman seeks paternity test for her goats . . .
A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit seeking either a paternity test on her goats or a refund — and she’s not kidding.
Kris Hedstrom filed the suit against her neighbor, Heather Dayner, last month seeking DNA for the goats she purchased. Hedstrom paid Dayner $900 for five Nigerian dwarf goats in December. According to the lawsuit, Hedstrom believed the goats — Bella, Gigi, Rosie, Zelda and Margoat — could be registered with the American Dairy Goat Association, a group
that records goat pedigrees. Registered goats have higher values than unregistered goats. Associated Press
Listen. If these goat fathered those baby goats, then they have an obligation to support them.
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