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Ally is in tears. I’m angry. I haven’t been this angry since somebody tried to take my kids from me 15+ years ago.

We are seeing a breakdown of our societal norms. We are no longer a high-trust society. As the Magic Eight Ball used to say, “All signs point to yes.”

My father used to say that he was made colorblind by an act of Congress. By this he meant that as an officer in the US Navy, he was legally bound to ignore race when interacting with those that reported to him.

In my entire life I believe I’ve only seen one reaction from him or my mother that was race-based.

In 4th grade I asked my parents if my friend from school could come over. They agreed. The parents were in contact with each other, and Mom and I went to pick up my friend.

He climbed into the car, and we had a great playdate. Afterward my parents said something about, “We weren’t expecting a black kid.”

In all my descriptions of my friend, I never mentioned his race.

I feel like I remained colorblind until middle school. In high school I was exposed to N* for the first time. They enjoyed picking on the white kids. They were crass, rude, mean. I hated the bus ride, I hated school, and I hated everything to do with the N*s. But here’s the thing: I use that word today; I didn’t at the time. Those monsters destroyed my opinion of black people. It took years before I recovered.

I did recover. I was able to look beyond race and judge people by their actions. I didn’t see racism until I was at University and was introduced to the term “Oreo” by a friend. He was describing how N*s described him.

Even when I was living with Section 8 people, the people were people. The N*s dealing drugs across the street from me and my family? Not so much.

The other day, an evil monster with black skin was riding the light rail when he decided to murder a young white woman. He took a lockblade from his pocket. He opened it. He then prepared to leave the car at the next stop.

As the train stopped, he stood, took a step to his right, leaned forward, and stabbed Iryna 3 times, murdering her before walking off the train saying, “I got that white girl.”

I have been seeing videos claiming that Iryna deserved it, because she was white. There are images out there of this evil black monster with a crown on his head and red glowing eyes praising his actions.

And I’ve seen videos made by blacks calling the white people that refuse to sit in front of them “racist.”

I’m sick of it. I’m sick of being told that I’m evil and uncaring and attempting to silence people who are saying everything they think out loud and in public.

I’m not willing to make a fuss or call them on their hate-filled screeds. It isn’t worth it.

Charlie was willing. Charlie was very good at it.

He would debate anybody who came to talk with him. Ben Shapiro is good at winning debates. He isn’t nearly as good as Charlie was at bringing people to the right.

Ally watched more of Charlie than I ever did. I didn’t watch because I can’t stay that calm in the face of such idiocy.

Today we lost Charlie.

And I’m scared. There are people from the middle that are running from the far left loons as fast as they can. They aren’t conservatives, they are not right leaning, but they sure as hell aren’t with them.

I don’t know who shot Charlie. I’ll wait to find out. I am passing judgment on the reaction of the “left.” I’m passing judgment on the rhetoric of the left, of how they constantly use the language of violence against the right.

I don’t hate them; they are not worth my energy. They say they hate me.

What am I scared of? I’m scared the light switch has been flipped in far too many people.

The left treats violence as a dimmer switch; they turn it up until it starts to look like it might be too much, then they turn it down. They use it to keep things at a low boil without things boiling over.

Unfortunately, the response isn’t on a dimmer switch. It is on a toggle switch to 20,000 volts.

It is the people who are comfortable taking 300 yard shots with Grandpa’s old hunting rifle.  It is the people who walk into a place and understand egress planning as well as sight/shot lines. It is people that respond without thinking to threats as if they had been in dance class together.

These are the people who go silent while they make target lists. These are the people who will spend the time and effort to plan every part of their operation to the final degree.

And that target list is huge. It would include people who wouldn’t dream they would be on someone’s target list.  They are just a talking head on MSNBC or CNN or any of the other outlets that spew hate and lies. It includes all the low-level politicians who aren’t relevant enough to be on a target list.

There is a powerful scene in Unintended Consequences where two hunters are out deer hunting. They look across the river into the backyard of a politician. They decide that they want to become part of the resistance.  So they line up to take the shot, just as if it was a deer. It was an easy 250-yard shot.

They then just walked out of the woods, another pair of hunters.

How many opportunities will present themselves over the coming months to people who have had the switch flipped?

I pray for all of you to do the right thing. Stay strapped; keep your head on a swivel. Stay away from stupid people. Stay away from stupid places. And don’t be there at stupid times.

 

The Intermittent Missive – September 8, 2025

Note from Allyson: We were calling this The Daily Dump, but due to r/l things, JLR doesn’t have the ability to write every day. So we’ll take ’em as we get ’em, because they’re good! Enjoy. 🙂

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Just things that me go No S*it shirlock or OMFGs

Liberals are still pushing an insane Trump conspiracy theory from before the election by Carlos Garcia, 02 Sep 2025
https://www.theblaze.com/news/liberal-conspiracy-theory-trump-election
(do I hear the echo of ” RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA? – jlr)

pathological identity as political praxis – selecting the worst as an emergent property of cowardice – by el gato malo, 02Sep2025
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/pathological-identity-as-political

Liberal Women and the Destruction of American Civilization By Steve McCann, 02Sep2025
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/09/liberal_women_and_the_destruction_of_american_civilization.html
There is a direct correlation between the accelerated decline of American civilization over the past forty years and the rise of the outsized influence of unenlightened and supercilious liberal women.

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If ‘words are violence,’ why won’t the left own theirs? – by Gates Garcia, 02sep2025
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/if-words-are-violence-why-wont-the-left-own-theirs
When a shooter scrawled ‘Kill Trump’ and fired on a Catholic church, the left didn’t blame extremist political rhetoric — they blamed the rifle. Then they moved on.

Federal Judge Finds Trump Admin’s L.A. National Guard Deployment Violated Posse Comitatus Act
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/09/02/breaking-federal-judge-finds-trump-admins-la-national-guard-deployment-violated-posse-comitatus-act-n2193483
In a 52-page decision, Northern District of California District Court Judge Charles Breyer has rendered his judgment in the case involving the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles in June and found that the administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act.

Illinois Discouraging Its Residents From Getting Real ID? You Already Know the Answer.- by Matt Vespa, September 04, 2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/09/04/is-illinois-discouraging-residents-from-getting-real-id-to-protect-illegals-in-chicago-n2662748

The Number of Mass Shooters Identifying as Transgender Since 2020 Is Quite Alarming  -by Matt Vespa, September 03, 2025
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/09/03/the-number-of-mass-shooters-since-2020-identifying-as-transgender-is-quite-alarming-n2662673

Lefties Again Prove There’s NOBODY They Won’t Defend If It Means Being Opposed to Trump – by Doug P., September 03, 2025
https://twitchy.com/dougp/2025/09/03/lefties-again-prove-theres-nobody-they-wont-defend-if-it-means-being-opposed-to-trump-n2418356

British Court: Migrants Officially Supplant Natives in ‘Hierarchy of Rights’ – by Benjamin Bartee,05 Sep 2025
https://armageddonprose.substack.com/p/british-court-migrants-officially
… so-called “asylum seekers” (read: economic migrants) do enjoy superior rights to British people in Britain because… something, something “non-derogable fundamental human rights” as defined by the European Convention on Human Rights.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derogability)

Britain’s Descent Towards Civil War is No Accident – by Michael Rainsborough,03 September 2025
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/09/03/britains-descent-towards-civil-war-is-no-accident/

Federal judges criticize Supreme Court for overturning rulings and siding with Trump – By Victor Nava,04 Sep, 2025
https://nypost.com/2025/09/04/us-news/federal-judges-criticize-supreme-court-for-overturning-rulings-and-siding-with-trump/

“Avoid crowds – Get Out of the Cities. – NOW.  A year too soon is better than a day too late” – John Wilder @  https://wilderwealthywise.com/
“God created all men, but Samuel Colt made them equal.” – Unknown
“A Smith & Wesson does more for empowering women than Feminism ever could” – Greg Gutfeld 29 Jul 2017
Don’t Do: stupid sh*t, with stupid people, in stupid places, at stupid times. – paraphrasing John Farnam, firearms instructor
“An armed society is a polite society” – Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” ― Robert A. Heinlein
“People sleep peaceably in their bed at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” – Eric Arthur Blair (AKA – George Orwell)
“If your plan is to come to my house when things get bad, you need a better plan”- like being invited, having a useful skill, bringing food, or ammunition – jlr76380
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero” – https://www.zerohedge.com/

Internet Famous

It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person. The story:

At a Phillies game, the batter hit a home run to the center field grandstands. A gaggle of people were there attempting to catch or get the ball. A father picked the ball up off the ground, took it over to his son, and placed it in his son’s glove.

Standard feel good moment at baseball games. The sort of thing that leaves a lasting memory for a young man.

Except these aren’t normal times.

Karen took offense because the ball had touched her fingers. In her mind this made the ball hers.  She came over to the family—father, son, and mother—and got in Dad’s face, screaming at him that the ball was hers. Dad argues for a moment, then takes the ball from his son to give to the lady to make her go away.

This was on the big screen and broadcast on NBC. She was instantly Internet Famous.

The team saw what happened, and a rep came over to give the kid a different home run ball and some other stuff. After the game, the family was invited to meet the players in person, where the son was able to get his home run ball signed.

Nice outcome.

How famous is she?

Well, she got booed out of the stadium. Other fans berated her. And the Internet did its thing.

She has been identified by name. My unconfirmed information is that she is a teacher. Again, unconfirmed, her Facebook feed and the school’s Facebook feeds have exploded with people expressing their displeasure with her attitude and behavior.

Maybe she will be a little less self-entitled in the future?

A Daily Dump – The Minneapolis Shooter

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/08/29/minneapolis-shooters-mother-is-not-cooperating-with-police-n2662502

https://sarahwestall.substack.com/p/minneapolis-shooter-manifesto-and

https://www.westernjournal.com/catholic-school-shooters-uncle-ex-lawmaker-fought-bans-transgender-procedures-kids/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigators-say-no-red-flags-raised-minneapolis-church-shooter-rcna227856

https://scallywagandvagabond.com/2025/08/annunciation-church-shooter-lived-with-parents-james-and-mary-grance-westman-who-signed-off-on-gender-change/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iqdI0XQRj0

< democrat spin >
It’a all Trump’s fault – If he had just been civil, and not outlawed transgender, transgender migration of minor children, and  . . . well everything – none of this would have happened.
< /democrat spin >

Democrat Minneapolis Police Chief Repeats Lie That They Have “No Motive” Despite WRITING HIS MOTIVE ON GUNS and Leaving MANIFESTO
https://gellerreport.com/2025/08/transterrorist-no-motive.html/?lctg=92233992

Minnesota Trans Shooter’s ‘Affirming’ Mother Goes Dark, Refuses to Cooperate With Authorities
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/08/29/new-minnesota-trans-shooters-mother-clams-up-refuses-to-cooperate-with-authorities-n2193360

Catholic School Shooter’s Uncle Is Ex-Lawmaker Who Fought Bans on Transgender Procedures for Kids
https://www.westernjournal.com/catholic-school-shooters-uncle-ex-lawmaker-fought-bans-transgender-procedures-kids/

As Minneapolis Shooter’s Mother Refuses to Cooperate With Police, We’ve Learned This New Detail

It was not a School Shooting
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/it-was-not-a-school-shooting

https://www.kunstler.com/p/the-war-on-reality-is-over

“Avoid crowds – Get Out of the Cities. – NOW.  A year too soon is better than a day too late” – John Wilder @  https://wilderwealthywise.com/
“God created all men, but Samuel Colt made them equal.” – Unknown
“A Smith & Wesson does more for empowering women than Feminism ever could” – Greg Gutfeld 29 Jul 2017
Don’t Do: stupid sh*t, with stupid people, in stupid places, at stupid times. – paraphrasing John Farnam, firearms instructor
“An armed society is a polite society” – Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.” ― Robert A. Heinlein
“People sleep peaceably in their bed at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” – Eric Arthur Blair (AKA – George Orwell)
“If your plan is to come to my house when things get bad, you need a better plan”- like being invited, having a useful skill, bringing food, or ammunition – jlr76380
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero” – https://www.zerohedge.com/

Soviet Russia Internal Passport ca. 1941

Show Me Your Papers!

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
— U.S. Const. amend. IV.

This is where your right to privacy is protected. This protects you from needing to “show your papers.” There is no place in the United States that I know where you are required to have “your papers.”

If you choose to drive on public roads, if you are stopped for cause, you can be required to identify yourself. Driving on private land? No need for ID.

If you choose to enter a secured, private location, you can be required to show identification. For example, entering a military post/base.

So what happens if the cops show up at your doorstep and “demand” to see ID?

The first thing you need to do is realize that what you hear as a demand might not legally be a demand or order.

Police officers are trained to ask questions in such a way as to give the impression that they are ordering you to do something when they are not authorized to make that demand or give that order. “What’s your name?” is just a question. Under the Fifth Amendment, you are not required to answer that question.

You are not required to answer questions. You can choose to answer questions.

“Hello, we got a report of shots being fired. Were you shooting?” You are not required to answer. It doesn’t matter what they say until they make that magic statement, “You are required to answer.” If they do say you are required to answer, they might end up in a lawsuit.

Here is another magic one: “Do you have ID?” Many people will automatically reach for their ID when they hear this question, even though the cop didn’t even ask to see it. You assumed they took advantage of you.

When I’m presenting to 4th and 5th grade-aged children, I will sometimes ask, “Can I have your name?” or “Will you give me your name?”

When they say their name, I will thank them and then say, “My name is now *the name they gave*. What should we call you?” Many (most) get it. It one of my ways of teaching to listen to the question that is actually asked.

Can A Cop Walk Onto Your Property

The answer is a qualified “yes.” If they have a warrant to search the location, then they absolutely can enter. If they have a warrant to arrest somebody, they can enter under limitations, which I don’t remember. Lacking a warrant, they can only enter as far as the public is allowed.

This means that they can drive into your driveway, park, get out, knock on your door, and ask you questions.

On the other hand, if there is a gate or some other indicator with proper signage to stop the public, then they must stop there as well. They can park in front of your gate and yell at you, but they can’t enter without your permission.

If you are sitting on your doorstep smoking a cigar, they can come up to talk to you. In some areas, Ally says D.C. is one, your doorsteps are considered part of the “public space,” and there are regulations forbidding smoking or drinking in public.

Because you are breaking the law by smoking in a public space, the cops now have a reasonable articulable suspicion of a crime being committed. This broadens their authority to ask questions.

The regulations I found for D.C. indicate that failure to identify yourself is not an arrestable crime. It is a crime, but it cannot be used to justify an arrest nor to escalate the level of suspicion the cop has. I.e. If he suspects you of doing bad things, your refusing to identify yourself cannot be used to justify his suspicion of you doing bad things.

Consentual Contact

If you walk into the police station and ask to talk to a police officer, you are initiating a consensual contact. You are free to end that contact at any time and walk away. Likewise, It is possible that your talking to the police officer has moved this from you having a consensual contact to you being detained.

Consider the situation where a child has gone missing. The police request help from the public. You saw something suspicious, and you called the tip line. A day or so later you get a call from the detectives asking you to come in to speak with them. You do so.

While you are talking to them, you say something that confirms their suspicions that you are the person that done did it. They are not required to tell you when that happens. They are free to let you keep babbling.

You get tired of their stupid questions and accusations, stand, and ask, “Am I free to go?” If the answer is no, you are being detained. If the detention lasts more than a reasonable time, that detention turns into an arrest.

If the cops flashing lights are on behind you when you are pulled over, you are detained. If you are in handcuffs, you are detained. There are times when you should know you are detained even if the cops haven’t told you.

Reasonable articulable suspicion

Reasonable suspicion is a legal standard used to determine if the cops can legally search you.

If an officer stops someone to search them, the courts require that the officer have either a search warrant, probable cause to search, or a reasonable suspicion to search.

Reasonable articulable suspicion is the legal standard that empowers cops to conduct an investigation without a warrant.

This is a balancing act. We are balancing the need of the authorities to perform their police work with the Fourth and Fifth Amendment protections of The People. Without the power to investigate suspicious behavior, cops would not be able to deal with crimes in progress.

Consider the following: the cops are driving by, they hear shots fired, and they see a man wearing a ski mask exit the bank with a gun in his hand and a heavy bag in the other.

If the cops have a reasonable suspicion that this person has just committed a crime. They can articulate that suspicion.

Now consider this version: a call has gone out that the bank two blocks over has just been robbed. The cops see a man running down the road. He’s wearing a ski mask in 90-degree heat. They still have reasonable suspicion.

Or this: The call of a bank robbery has gone out. The cops see a black man walking down the sidewalk. That is not reasonable suspicion.

Once law enforcement has that reasonable suspicion, they can investigate. The articulable requirement means that they have to be able to put that suspicion into words. If they can’t put it into words, it is not good enough.

Police Investigations

If the police are talking to you, they are likely doing an investigation. Anything you say can be held against you in a court of law.

The cops walk up to you as you sit in your front yard; they are investigating something. If they do not have that reasonable suspicion, they can ask questions in an attempt to gain reasonable suspicion.

Consider this scenario: you are driving 60 mph in a 45 mph zone. The flashing blue and whites come on and you pull over. The very polite officer walks up and asks, “Do you know how fast you were going?”

You respond, “I was doing 50 or so.”

You have just admitted to the crime of speeding. The officer now has all the justification needed to continue his investigation.

“Do you know why I pulled you over?” Same thing. You don’t have to answer the question.

They walk up to you in your lawn chair, “How are you doing, sir?” “What’s going on?”

These are questions designed to elicit a response. They hope that the response will lead their investigation someplace. “Did you know smoking in a public space is prohibited?”

Answer that one, and you are answering mens rea questions.

In general, don’t answer questions. Furthermore, don’t be me; don’t be an asshole.

What it really looks like

The Weekend Dump

July 11:

Minnesota’s New Hiring Policy: Justify Hiring Whites But Not Illegals With Rap Sheets, ie Serial Sex Offender Hired as Chief Auditor
https://gellerreport.com/2025/07/minnesotas-new-hiring-policy-justify-hiring-whites-but-not-illegals-with-rap-sheets-ie-serial-sex-offender-hired-as-chief-auditor.html
Under Minnesota’s new hiring policy a hiring manager would have to justify hiring a white male but not for this illegal alien with a felony wrap sheet.
Take for example Wilson Tindi, a Kenyan national. ICE has been trying to deport him for almost 20 years but they are stymied by federal judges. Tindi is a serial sex offender, with convictions, jail time, and yet every time ICE gets a removal order a federal judge steps in to stop them. Even after he was convicted the State of Minnesota hired him as its chief auditor despite his illegal status. Just look at this insane timeline: 2005 – overstated visitor visa, 2007 – applied for permanent residency, denied, 2009 – ICE issued removal order, didn’t leave 2011 – removal order reversed 2012 – raped a woman, but not charged 2014 – raped another woman, charged 2014 – granted permanent lawful residency, 2016 – ICE detained him for removal, 2016 – convicted of 4th-degree criminal sexual conduct, sentenced to 2 years (stayed for 5 yrs), 210 days workhouse, sex offender registry, 2017 – removal order upheld by the Board of Appeals, 2018 – filed petition in state court to change his name, 2018 – Judge David Doty granted habeas corpus petition, 2018 – hired by State of Minnesota, 2023 – promoted to Director of Internal Audit, 2025 – filed a petition to vacate his guilty plea, 2025 – DWI arrest, June 2025 three misdemeanors, 2025 – fired from state job. New MN DHS Policy: Must Justify Hiring White Or Male Candidates In Underrepresented Roles. The new policy applies to roles where women, people of color, or people with disabilities are underrepresented. https://patch.com/minnesota/saintpaul/new-mn-dhs-policy-must-justify-hiring-white-or-male-candidates-underrepresented

Blame California Politicians for the State’s Sky-High Gasoline Prices
https://reason.com/2025/07/11/blame-california-politicians-for-the-states-sky-high-gasoline-prices/
Taxes and regulations pinch supply and hike prices at the pump. If you’ve driven in California and pulled into a gas station to fill the tank, you know the Golden State’s gasoline market exists in some realm parallel to but separate from the rest of the country, with fuel priced as if the place was the setting for a Mad Max movie (OK, some parts sort of are). As I write, the average price for gasoline in the U.S. is $3.17 per gallon, but Californians are somehow paying $4.53. Given the state just raised fuel tax rates, those prices aren’t going down any time soon. In fact, Californians can blame state officials overall for the high cost of filling a car…”Californians pay an additional 72.4 cents per gallon at the pump attributable to state and local taxes and fees, which is the highest in the nation,” according to the California Tax Foundation. “California’s state excise on gasoline is 57.9 cents per gallon (as of July 1, 2023).” Since that data was published, gas taxes have gone up further, most recently rising to 61.2 cents per gallon on July 1, up from 59.6 cents per gallon. The state’s gasoline tax frequently rises since it’s automatically adjusted for inflation every year. Ten years ago, it was 30 cents per gallon. And of course, prices at the pump rise accordingly

ICE Raid in Camarillo, CA Devolved Into a Total Circus
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/07/11/what-happened-in-camarillo-ca-arguably-led-to-an-assassination-attempt-on-ice-agents-n2660226
We’ve gone beyond lefti sts being annoying and hysterical regarding disrupting Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. It’s now domestic terrorism. ICE conducted a raid on a cannabis farm in Camarillo, California, which devolved into a total circus. They tried to block vehicles, used human chain antics, and were being overall annoying. Then, things got violent. Video clearly shows an anti-ICE activist shooting at federal agents during the mayhem…It’s astounding how unglued the Left has become in less than a generation. These people think that arresting those who break the law is tyranny and evil.
video – 00:00:22 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1943462512751481313

The Roots of Leftist Rage
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2025/07/11/the-roots-of-leftist-rage-n2660212
Unmoored from power and panicked by Trump’s momentum, the left lashes out – from Congress to campus to the street – with rage born of fear and fading influence…Across the political left, from orthodox Democrats to Antifa in the streets, the opposition to President Donald Trump has lost its collective mind…Jeffries harangued Congress for eight hours; New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker went on for 25 — both to no effect. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hit the rally trail in private jets to rail about oligarchs, omitting that the ultra-rich are not only mostly leftists but also the funders of the Democratic Party. Sometimes the Democrats in Congress make bizarre videos, featuring profanity like fk or st. On other occasions, they scream and interrupt Congress. Some representatives now confess that they’re being pressured by their constituents to take a bullet for the cause…Add it all up, and there is a sizable leftist “base” that is completely amoral…the college campuses, where left-wing antisemitism, pro-Hamas terrorism, and DEI-fueled racism risk costing elite universities their multibillion-dollar subsidies which fund the indoctrination of young leftists……….

Planned Parenthood Sues Over Defunding – Brace for Their Legal Gymnastics
https://townhall.com/columnists/jordan-sekulow/2025/07/10/planned-parenthood-sues-over-defunding-brace-for-their-legal-gymnastics-n2660180
… a federal(District Court-jlr) judge granted – yet another – nationwide temporary restraining order, which halted the defunding on July 7. The ruling remains in effect for nearly two weeks, with Judge Talwani set to decide on a longer-term injunction after a hearing on July 18… For decades, Planned Parenthood has walked a fine line – claiming abortion is just a small part of what it does, while focusing on patient services, its advocacy, and fundraising. Now, defunding efforts and legal challenges are forcing it to admit that abortion, and not “healthcare,” is central to its mission…Planned Parenthood will argue that the defunding effort in the BBB constitutes a targeted attack on Planned Parenthood solely because it provides abortion services. However, it will have to simultaneously maintain – particularly in litigation – that no public funds support abortion in any form, whether a procedure, provider, or facility. This contradiction is central. In public statements and fundraising appeals, Planned Parenthood asserts that defunding efforts are tantamount to banning abortion – an implicit acknowledgment that government funds do, in fact, subsidize abortion-related infrastructure.
(Note how the MSM is starting to not say what level the judges are, and who and where they are as few times as possible – jlr)

Judge temporarily blocks Planned Parenthood ‘defunding’ in Trump megabill
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5388912-judge-temporarily-blocks-planned-parenthood-defunding-megabill/
U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani’s ruling marks the first known instance of a federal judge limiting enforcement of any part of the “big, beautiful” bill, which President Trump signed into law Friday…Planned Parenthood sued over a provision that imposes a one-year ban on state Medicaid payments to health care nonprofits that also offer abortions and received more than $800,000 in federal funding in 2023…The judge issued the decision before the government responded, providing no explanation beyond a brief note that Planned Parenthood had shown “good cause” for her to immediately intervene.

Trump Admin. Files Motion to Vacate That Wild Planned Parenthood TRO
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2025/07/11/this-is-how-its-done-trump-admin-files-motion-to-dismiss-that-wild-planned-parenthood-tro-n2191516
On Monday, just hours after the suit was filed and before the government had even had an opportunity to weigh in, Massachusetts District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued a brief (2-page) temporary restraining order (TRO) enjoining the Trump administration from enforcing the provision of the law in question, requiring them to ensure that Medicaid funding of Planned Parenthood continue “in the customary manner,” and requiring a status report from the administration within 96 hours of being served with the court’s order…On Friday morning, the administration filed its motion to vacate the TRO, and its memorandum in support thereof is, at least to this recovering lawyer’s eyes, a thing of beauty. The memo may be viewed in its entirety below, but I want to walk through it a bit to highlight some damn fine lawyering……

You’ll Never Guess What the Dem Senator Who Got Manhandled by Federal Agents Is Pushing for Right Now
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/07/10/anyone-else-laughing-about-the-dems-sudden-hatred-toward-masks-n2660150
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) is now pushing for a law that would prohibit ICE agents from wearing masks and require them to display their identification on their **uniforms. So, Democrats are now in favor of ID laws? (well, for everything but voting – jlr) There’s a reason why ICE agents mask up, and Democrats know it, too. Unhinged leftists, aka Democratic Party voters, are targeting them. So, why are they trying to get them killed? :Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson announces attempted murder charges against ten individuals involved in a coordinated attack on ICE officers in Alvarado, Texas: “It was a planned ambush with the intent to kill ICE corrections officers.”

DNC Chair Makes the Position Clear: The Dems Won’t Condemn Those Who Want to Kill Jews
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/07/11/apparently-killing-jews-is-now-part-of-the-dems-big-tent-philosophy-n2660227
…Democrats are the antisemitic party, who apparently think that having those who wish death upon Jewish people is a winning political move…WATCH: Asked about Zohran Mamdani’s refusal to condemn the “globalize the intifada” slogan, DNC chair Ken Martin says Democrats are “a big tent party.”
video – 00:01:04 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1943326314368217285
The Democrats never cease to amaze regarding the levels of insanity they’re willing to go to avoid upsetting people. Suppose national Democrats are too scared to make moves to marginalize elements within the base who ascribe to views about Jewish people that aren’t so dissimilar from the Nazi Party.
This party is one bad acid trip, akin to that hellacious boat ride in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.

White House Blames Democrat Rhetoric for 700% Surge in Attacks on ICE Agents
https://americanjournaldaily.com/white-house-democrats-blame
…For the men and women who wear a uniform, this isn’t a game. It’s a matter of life and death…The White House is pointing the finger squarely at Democrats for a shocking 700% surge in assaults against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. They say the Left’s dangerous rhetoric is directly fueling violence…Just as attacks on officers were spiking, Democrats in Congress rolled out a new bill called the VISIBLE Act. They claim it’s about “transparency.” The bill would force ICE agents to show their faces and names on their uniforms, making them easily identifiable…This isn’t about accountability. It’s about intimidation. And as one former top official makes clear, the blame lies with the politicians fanning the flames… The choice for Americans is simple. You can stand with the brave agents defending our laws and our border, or you can stand with the people putting targets on their backs.

Ketanji Brown Jackson Accidentally Reveals She ‘Fundamentally Misunderstands the Role of a Supreme Court Justice’
https://www.westernjournal.com/ketanji-brown-jackson-accidentally-reveals-fundamentally-misunderstands-role-supreme-court-justice/
Even when Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson isn’t writing opinions, she’s still letting everyone know how little she understands about the job…“I just feel that I have a wonderful opportunity to tell people in my opinions how I feel about the issues, and that’s what I try to do,”…
video – 00:2:07 – https://youtu.be/u86TPCUGTJc
The public voicing disapproval is one thing, but when your fellow justices join in, that’s another. In previous decisions, both Justices Sonya Sotomayer and Amy Coney Barrett have not just disagreed with Jackson but stopped just short of labeling her as unqualified.
video – 00:11:09 – https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-reflects-life-public-spotlight-123554151

Education Department To Resume Interest Accrual On 7.7 Million Student Loan Borrowers

The (Semi) Daily Dump

Here We Go: Federal Judge Creates Nationwide Class to Block Trump’s Birthright Citizenship EO

https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2025/07/10/here-we-go-federal-judge-creates-nationwide-class-to-block-trumps-birthright-citizenship-eo-n3804659

…Ruling from the bench, District Court Judge Laplante granted a request from immigration rights attorneys to certify a nationwide class that “will be comprised only of those deprived of citizenship” and issued a preliminary injunction indefinitely blocking Trump’s Day One order from being enforced against born and unborn babies who would be impacted by the policy. “The preliminary injunction is just not a close call to the court,” Laplante said during a hearing. “The deprivation of US citizenship and an abrupt change of policy that was longstanding … that’s irreparable harm.”…The Supreme Court will have to end up adjudicating this, and it’s entirely possible that the same six justices will see this as a dodge around CASA. However, it does appear that the court wanted to provide a workaround to CASA for extraordinary cases with large-scale application in Barrett’s ruling, which prompted Alito’s prophetic warning. Don’t be too surprised if the court takes a pass on this appeal and forces the courts to deal with the underlying issue of birthright citizenship definition before taking this up again.

(I predict that at some point the left will file a lawsuit saying that Trump et al. are wasting taxpayer dollars defending the numerous lawsuits initiated by the left, and Trump et al. should “cease and desist” from wasting taxpayer money defending said suits- just more sand in the gears – jlr)

 

Judge issues new nationwide block on Trump’s birthright citizenship order

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/10/judge-issues-new-nationwide-block-on-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-1566944/

District Court Judge Joseph Laplante, a George W. Bush appointee in New Hampshire, sided with immigrant advocacy groups who asked to certify a nationwide class of babies whose citizenship status would be impacted by the order, according to Reuters. His ruling is the first since the Supreme Court’s decision on June 27 reining in lower courts’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions, which left room for plaintiffs to still file class action lawsuits to block the executive order.

 

Fed judge rules Chicago alderman is unfit to face trial for bribery, corruption charges

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/10/fed-judge-rules-chicago-alderman-is-unfit-to-face-trial-for-bribery-corruption-charges-1566999/

Former alderman Carrie Austin, 76, was indicted in July 2021 by a grand jury “for allegedly conspiring to receive home improvements from construction contractors seeking city assistance for a development project” in her Far South Side ward…Austin’s court date was (conveniently) set years later for November 2025, but she allegedly suffers from several major heart and lung complications and cancer, according to her attorneys, who argued she isn’t physically able to withstand a trial. In response, Federal District Court Judge John Kness agreed and ruled that a trial would have an “unfit effect” on the defendant’s health.

 

Trump Administration Banning Communist China From Owning Farm Land, Halt Dangerous Research

Trump Administration Banning Communist China From Owning Farm Land, Halt Dangerous Research

Chinese Communist China owns 349,442 acres of farmland in the USA, up 82% over three years, and most of it is near our military installations… The Trump administration is launching an aggressive, multi-agency effort to protect America’s farmlands, food supply, and critical research from influence and control by US adversaries — including banning the purchase of farmland by Chinese nationals…“American agriculture is not just about feeding our families, but about protecting our nation and standing up to foreign adversaries who are buying our farmland, stealing our research, and creating dangerous vulnerabilities in the very systems that sustain us,” Rollins told reporters at USDA headquarters…At least 700 foreign nationals in “countries of concern” like China will be swiftly kicked off of contracts and research agreements with the USDA — and further regulatory actions will remove more than 550 concerning foreign entities.

 

USAID Secretly Shipped 11,000 Virus Samples to Wuhan Institute of Virology

USAID Secretly Shipped 11,000 Virus Samples to Wuhan Institute of Virology

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shipped thousands of viral samples to a lab in Wuhan over the course of a 10-year program even though it had no formal agreement with the lab in place, according to previously unreported documents. The documents show that USAID funded the exportation of 11,000 samples from Yunnan Province, where some of the closest relatives of the COVID-19 virus circulate, to Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic, with no apparent plan for ensuring the samples were not misdirected to bioweapons and remained accessible to the U.S. government…One of the closest known relatives of the COVID virus is among the viruses sampled with USAID funding.

 

Deep State Steps Out of the Shadows, Using Their Regime Change Skills to Destroy Trump Presidency,“ CIA’s Simple Sabotage”

Deep State Steps Out of the Shadows, Using Their Regime Change Skills to Destroy Trump Presidency,“ CIA’s Simple Sabotage”

Former USAID and State Department officials worried about” the future of democracy” in America say they’re actively organizing to resist Trump, inside and outside of government…The former officials tell NOTUS they’re holding workshops on a tactic called “noncooperation.” They’re building a network of government workers willing to engage in even minor acts of rebellion in the office. And they’re planting the seeds of what they hope could become a nationwide general strike.

 

‘Shameful,’ says Self-Hating Jew Senator Bernie Sanders over Israeli Prime Minister’s Arrival in Washington

‘Shameful,’ says Self-Hating Jew Senator Bernie Sanders over Israeli Prime Minister’s Arrival in Washington

Bernie Sanders, the enthusiastic kapo, is not unknown to the Jewish people. He and his ilk are a plague on our people…Bernie Sanders is a virulent self-hating Jew, and one of the worst human beings ever elected to the United States Senate…Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), an outspoken critic of Israel and the war with Hamas in Gaza that came as a response to the terrorist atrocities against civilians in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023…

 

Right Angle News Network

https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/1942399659403788663

12 Democrats have been charged with attempted murder after ambushing ICE in Alvarado, Texas. Armed with AR-style rifles, they waited to open fire. Authorities recovered a “Resist Fascism” flag and flyers urging “class war.”…The title’s misleading—calling them “Democrats” implies politicians or party bigwigs, but they’re not. From official reports, these are 11 North Texas locals (mostly young activists) charged in a July 4 ambush on an ICE facility, using fireworks to lure officers before shooting.

video – 00:01:20 – https://x.com/i/status/1942399659403788663

 

Black Customers Outraged By New Carnival Cruise Line Rules Limiting Ghetto Behavior

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/black-customers-outraged-new-carnival-cruise-line-rules-limiting-ghetto-behavior

Carnival introduced new passenger rules in June, and some critics and activists assert that these restrictions specifically target black customers in an effort to ward them off. New rules include:Zero tolerance on smoking marijuana onboard ships. – Minors cannot be in public areas without a parent after 1am. – Personal folding fans and the “Boots On The Ground” line dance are banned due to noise. – Bluetooth speakers in public areas are banned due to loud music disrupting other passengers. – Disruptive guests can be removed without a refund and possibly fined. – Numerous customers claim that Carnival DJs will no longer play rap music, though Carnival denies this. Critics argue that the new rules are designed to make black passengers feel less welcome. Others argue that the new rules are not racially motivated and are simply designed to make assholes feel less welcome. Common complaints about Carnival cruises include loud and obnoxious mob behavior, fighting and a lack of cleanliness. As a side note, in 2024, the CDC released a report on the most unsanitary cruise ships and Carnival ships held three of the top ten spots on the list. The people who complain about such broad, common sense rules are essentially self reporting as the very people that no one wants around. Being trapped on a boat and surrounded by a massive ocean requires behavioral limitations on everyone, but for some reason, only a certain group of customers is complaining about being forced to behave for the sake of others. American society is growing tired of the antics of this demographic. It’s no longer cute or a matter of “cultural differences”. Expectations are finally being enforced, and free passes on bad behavior are being canceled.

 

YALE STUDY REVEALS SHOCKING TRUTH: SPIKE PROTEIN LINGERS – AND GROWS

https://www.zerohedge.com/sponsored-post/yale-study-reveals-shocking-truth-spike-protein-lingers-and-grows

In a stunning political and medical upheaval, 12 U.S. states have ignited a firestorm by pushing legislation to ban COVID-19 vaccines, declaring them unsafe, ineffective, and a symbol of misplaced trust. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently triggered a major policy shift by removing the vaccines from CDC recommendations for children and pregnant women, citing new findings. For years, critical questions have been silenced. The promise that COVID-19 vaccines were “safe and effective” is now being called into serious doubt — and the consequences may be far worse than anyone imagined.

 

Florida Rep responds to Dem’s demand for apology over Ilhan Omar slam: ‘Boo hoo’

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/07/10/florida-rep-responds-to-dems-demand-for-apology-over-ilhan-omar-slam-boo-hoo-1567007/

The Florida Representative was responding to the Minnesota Democrat calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war criminal.”…“I’m sure it is difficult to see us welcome the killer of so many of your fellow Muslim terrorists,” he wrote. “The only shame is that you serve in Congress…Top Democrats are demanding an apology from Florida Congressman Rep. Randy Fine for suggesting Ilhan Omar is a terrorist…The joint statment did little to sway Fine, who responded on X: “The Hamas Caucus is upset. Boo hoo

 

WTF? – Profiting from a Childhood Disability

Barbie Introduces 1st Doll With Type 1 Diabetes. Here’s Why Fans Are Getting Emotional

https://www.today.com/health/type-1-diabetes-barbie-doll-rcna217696

“The doll represents the incredible people living with T1D, and shows kids that a life with this condition is just as vibrant,” Mattel said…The toy, which was made in partnership with Breakthrough T1D, features a young woman with an insulin pump, continuous glucose monitor (CGM), heart-shaped medical tape and a phone that displays a CGM app to help her track her blood sugar levels throughout the day…“Introducing a Barbie doll with Type 1 diabetes marks an important step in our commitment to inclusivity and representation.” https://www.instagram.com/p/DL3AQSJvJOS/

(Does it say anywhere that they are putting even a small percentage of the profits from this doll into research into type 1 diabetes? – no? – I didn’t think so – it’s all virtue signaling and pursuit of BIGGER profits – how many young girls with type 1 diabetes are going to want this doll for their birthday or Christmas because “She’s just like me” – jlr)

 

YES, THEY ARE THIS STUPID / DUPLICITOUS / INSANE

Los Angeles Mayor Bass sues the Trump administration to protect illegal aliens from mass deportations

https://www.theblaze.com/news/karen-bass-sues-trump-deportations

Democrat L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said the city was filing a lawsuit seeking an injunction to stop the federal operations on the basis that they are “unconstitutional” and “unlawful.” The action involves several other cities as well…”Our city attorney is leading the way; we’re filing a lawsuit. We’re calling for an injunction for this to stop,” she added. “We need to remember who we are as a country; I’m very clear as to who we are as a city. And I’m clear about my job, which is to make sure this city is safe for all Angelinos, regardless of when you came here, what country you came from, or why.”

 

They Thought This Woman Could Do This? The 2024 Kamala Memos Are Damning and Hilarious

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/07/10/these-kamala-2024-memos-are-rather-damning-n2660040

If you read the four memos drafted by the Kamala Harris campaign, it can be summed up in two words: ‘you’re sucking.’ I don’t care that Harris had a bifurcated timeline. The Democratic base was animated against Donald Trump, they were going to vote Democratic not matter who was on the ticket, and any vice president worth a damn could’ve made that work. Thank God it didn’t, with the Democratic Party forcing Biden to take an unqualified, unaccomplished, and overall awkward liberal US Senator from California, whose 2020 campaign was so atrocious she didn’t even make it to the Iowa Caucuses.

 

Hakeem Jeffries Ditches Gym, Flexes Photoshop Instead

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hakeem-jeffries-ditches-gym-flexes-photoshop-instead

Did House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Photoshop his waist to appear slimmer? Social media critics think so. Jeffries, D-N.Y., became the target of viral mockery on Monday after critics pointed out what they viewed as botched photo editing on the top Democrat’s Instagram page. The photo, shared Sunday, shows Jeffries standing behind a park bench in Brooklyn. However, the straight lines of the bench’s wood near his waist appear noticeably warped. Critics said this means the image was digitally altered to trim his midsection.

 

Obama Wants The Power To Define ‘Facts’

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/obama-wants-power-define-facts

The Connecticut Forum hosted Barack Obama a few weeks ago to discuss current events, and the former president took the opportunity to support government regulatory constraints for online speech. “We want diversity of opinion. We don’t want diversity of facts,” Obama opined in his nonchalant way of attacking the First Amendment while pretending to support it. “There is a difference between these platforms letting all voices be heard,” he continued, “versus a business model that elevates the most hateful voices, or the most polarizing voices, or the most dangerous in the sense of inciting violence.” Obama has always been a tyrant wearing a smiling celebrity’s mask.

 

Jasmine Crockett somehow makes the Texas flood tragedy all about herself

https://www.theblaze.com/news/jasmine-crockett-somehow-makes-the-texas-flood-tragedy-all-about-herself

…In the midst of the Texas floods that have claimed the lives of at least 120 loved ones, the Democratic rising star posted a video pointing the finger at President Donald Trump and talking about how the tragedy will most affect her. Notably, Crockett’s district is roughly 300 miles away from where the floods raged through Kerr County…Crockett starts the video by saying her “heart is truly heavy for all these families,” before immediately making it about herself and how Trump is working around the clock to “hurt us.” “The sad part is I think that my heart is going to carry a level of weight that will continue to weigh me down as we have to continue to do our best to survive an administration that literally is against us,” Crockett said in a post on Instagram. “An administration that is doing everything, in my mind, to hurt us and not help us, and it feels like we’re fending for ourselves.”In the same post about the Texas flooding, Crockett made sure to give a shoutout to her hairstylist. “My staff said y’all are commenting about my BOB!” Crockett wrote in the post. She thanked her stylist for “orchestrating the look.”

video – 00:00:38 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1942973518301241786

 

You cannot appease psychotics

https://surak.substack.com/p/you-cannot-appease-psychotics

I was a child when President Nixon signed the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act…I was a young man when President Reagan signed immigration reform legislation in 1986 that resulted in mass amnesty for illegal aliens…I was a middle-aged man when President Bush (43) signed legislation to ban incandescent light bulbs…I am approaching retirement when President Trump, who campaigned on mass deportation of the 30 million illegal aliens in America, floated the idea of a mass amnesty instead…Appeasement of communists, jihadists, and fascists never works. They must be defeated. As the Jewish sages have taught us, those who are kind to the cruel will inevitably end up being cruel to the kind.

 

When you have to lie so you don’t lose support

https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/when-you-have-to-lie-so-you-dont

Oh, the poor illegals doing the jobs…blah blah…The LIE…And the truth right after…Glass House Farms | California’s Best Greenhouse Cannabis. Yup, they grow pot using illegals. Basically we have American and Imported Idjits defending drugs and human trafficking. But they allegedly hold the high moral ground.

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FOOD for THOUGHT

Tick…Tock…

https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/ticktock

Via Bayou Renaissance Man quoting John Farnam:

Armed attacks on Federal Officers, becoming the “norm?” – via https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/07/is-left-wing-terrorism-to-be-new-normal.html

As expected, no Democrat politician has publicly condemned these shooting attacks on our Federal LEOs.

Do you know why? Our side is still too polite. The Dems leaders feel invincible, confusing politeness with weakness.

Clock is ticking, I am afraid, and then it will be Correia’s Flip of a Switch.

“A friend of mine who is a political activist said something interesting the other day, and that was for most people on the left political violence is a knob, and they can turn the heat up and down, with things like protests, and riots, all the way up to destruction of property, and sometimes murder… But for the vast majority of folks on the right, it’s an on-and-off switch. And the settings are Vote or Shoot Fucking Everybody. And believe me, you really don’t want that switch to get flipped, because Civil War 2.0 would make Bosnia look like a trip to Disneyworld.”

Or maybe, I am no longer “afraid” for what will happen. Balance comes in different ways of dispensation.

(When you get the people who just want to be left alone in peace envolved, you will have awakened a sleeping lion – jlr)

 

Is left-wing terrorism to be the “new normal”?

https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2025/07/is-left-wing-terrorism-to-be-new-normal.html

Is left-wing terrorism to be the “new normal”? – John Farnam thinks so.

Overshadowed by the tragic flooding in TX, there was a well-funded, violent attack, a “planned ambush,” by at least ten heavily-armed leftist terrorists on Federal Officers at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, TX on Friday, 4 July 25. At least one officer was injured by gunfire…As expected, no Democrat politician has publicly condemned these shooting attacks on our Federal LEOs. In fact, Democrats are self-righteously calling our courageous ICE Officers “terrorists…In 2020, these same leftist terrorists, openly incited by Democrat politicians, destroyed historic statues and burned large swaths of business districts (in an effort to punish “hated capitalists”). In 2024/25, these same terrorists violently attacked Jewish students and trashed college campuses, all with the approval of leftist-supporting college administrators, who simultaneously exclude Christians and Jews from being hired (in the name of “DEI”) Today, these same leftist terrorists, now using “assault weapons,” are openly shooting at our police, all as their supporters (which includes most Democrat politicians) remain silent, or in some cases cheer them on! This all precisely fits the Leninist pattern for the violent seizure of power, as the DNC’s current spokesman, Zohran Mamdani, so candidly articulates. Nothing is beneath them! Why should any of us be surprised?…

Fair warning. Take a close look at the political and social environment in and around the area where you live, and plan accordingly.

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The original post referred to in the above posts

“New Normal?” by John Farnam, 09 July 2025

“New Normal?”

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New Normal by John Farnam, 28 Sept 2023

New Normal!

“The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident, which everybody has decided not to see.” – Ayn Rand

An organized, social-media-communicated, two-pronged attack on private businesses by “flash mobs,” as well as organized caravans of looters, hit the City of Philadelphia on Tuesday evening, and again last night. There are injuries, and the damage is extensive! Video of these “mostly peaceful” rioters shows men wearing black balaclavas, with hooded faces, and carrying signs proclaiming “Party for Socialism and Liberation.” Police made a few arrests, but otherwise did little to control widespread lawlessness. Liquor stores in Philadelphia are under mandatory closure. Looks as if what we saw in 2020 may just have been a rehearsal for what’s coming in the approaching election season! The radical left (Democrats), seeing their hold on power disintegrating as honorable, productive

Americans grow weary of their “war on decency” have decided that when they can’t hold onto political power, they’ll just burn down what is left. They’ve done it before! Political violence is thus the “new normal.” The radical left has no compunction about employing deadly violence against anyone who dares oppose them, as we see. The rest of us are on our own, as we also see!

“Communism is perpetually ‘just one murder short’ of utopia” – Solzhenitsyn

/John

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It is not too early for Christmas Music and Decorations

https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/it-is-not-too-early-for-christmas

‘Zat You, Santa Claus? (A Louis Armstrong Cover by Emmaline)

video – 00:02:55 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gL0He1zGpc

(worth watching – jlr)

 

IN HUMORE EST VERITAS – (I don’t always agree with all of them – jlr)

We do indeed live in the stupidest timeline

https://www.collapselife.com/p/micro-retirement-gen-z

The very generation that called doing the bare minimum at work “quiet quitting” is now calling time off from work a “micro-retirement” — and Merriam-Webster’s social media team is having none of it…Look, it’s not that Gen Z is lazy — it’s that they’ve grown up in a collapsing system where everything, even rest, has to be sold back to them in app form with a pastel color palette and a productivity angle. They can’t just take time off — they need to craft a narrative arc, film a TikTok montage, and give it a name that sounds like a boutique wealth management strategy. Micro-retirement: It’s like paid time off, but with better lighting and higher engagement rates…here’s our Collapse Life Tip of the Day: Put down the smartphone. Pay your rent on time and don’t expect a friggin’ parade. Take a walk and breathe deeply. Don’t call it a mental health day. Don’t call it self care. Don’t post about it on social media or wait for likes and shares.

Just do it — like a functioning adult…

 

It has come to my attention that “Truth Bomb Central: Memes that Expose the Deception” is behind a pay wall. It never was for me for some reason.

It has now been discontinued for that reason – jlr

 

https://sarahwestall.substack.com/p/mind-control-and-5th-generation-warfare-28f
Mind Control and 5th Generation Warfare – a 10 part series

This thought-provoking docuseries delves into the hidden layers of control, manipulation, and advanced technologies shaping our modern world.

This powerful series offers invaluable insights into critical issues such as mind control, advanced warfare, and the impact of technology on society. Join leading experts as they uncover the truth behind these complex topics and provide practical solutions for navigating these challenging times.

In this series, Sarah Westall and her esteemed guests empower you with knowledge and tools to understand and counter the forces at play in our world today.

Day One: Behind the Veil

Day Two: Unlock the Secrets

Day Three: The Psychology Behind Mind Control

Day Four: Political Manipulation

Day Five: History and Secrets of Mind Control

Day Six: Connect the Science and Engineering

Day Seven: Explore Targeting and Mind Control Experiments

Day Eight: Legal Battles Against Targeted Mind Control

Day Nine: The Truth Behind Havana Syndrome

Day Ten: Advanced Methods of Mind Control and Solutions

 

The (Semi) Daily Dump

State of the Anti-Trump Resistance Movement and the Burgeoning Color Revolution

https://grayzoneresearch.substack.com/p/assessment-state-of-the-anti-trump

Former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and State Department employees are hosting recruitment and training sessions for current federal employees to resist the Trump administration from the inside, according to a report from nonprofit media outlet NOTUS…Assessment: A “noncooperation” campaign is a resistance campaign, using predominantly nonviolent tactics to attack or otherwise undermine the legitimacy, authority, and capacity of a sitting government – in this case the Trump administration…it will use tactics like civil disobedience to grind down the gears of the Trump administration and prevent them from, as they see it, becoming authoritarian…If this resistance movement decide to foment an actual revolution – colloquially known as a Color Revolution – to topple the Trump government…a Color Revolution is a type of irregular warfare that uses predominantly non-violent action to topple an existing government, usually through mass protests, demonstrations, civil disobedience, and public displays of mass political defiance…As opposed to the hard power of an insurgency — a violent, armed attempt by irregular forces to overthrow a government — these “popular” revolutions use soft power — social power — to resist, embarrass, frustrate, and undermine the legitimacy of a government and then force it from power.

(worth the time to read in full – jlr)

Prairieland Detention Center Ambush Storyboard

https://grayzoneresearch.substack.com/p/prairieland-detention-center-ambush

Here’s a quick series of events surrounding this ambush. In short, based on the number of weapons recovered, it could have been much worse. It sounds like some would-be shooters chickened out…I’ll continue to track this story because there are a lot of loose ends and I’m betting this is not the end of armed violence against ICE.

(you may subscribe to this here (https://grayzoneresearch.substack.com/subscribe) – jlr)

Supreme Court Hands Trump a Major Win

https://www.westernjournal.com/supreme-court-hands-trump-major-win-government-fat-cats-terrified/

The Supreme Court lifted an injunction placed by a San Francisco district judge which blocked the Trump administration from reducing the federal workforce in large numbers. President Donald Trump issued an executive order as part of his administration’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative in February, calling for agency heads to “promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force (RIFs), consistent with applicable law.”

Armed Political Violence Catching Up to Rhetoric

https://grayzoneresearch.substack.com/p/armed-political-violence-catching

Last Friday, 04 July, law enforcement officers arrived at the Prairieland Detention Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Alvarado, Texas, to investigate a man armed with a gun. Roughly 8-10 individuals launched fireworks and vandalized the facility. Authorities say multiple gunmen then opened fire on an arriving police officer, wounding him. Police later arrested 10 suspects, some with body armor. The District Attorney’s Office described the event as a coordinated ambush, with the fireworks seemingly “designed to draw ICE personnel outside the facility.”

Laken Riley’s Killer Secures Major Court Win Thanks to Judge

https://www.westernjournal.com/outrageous-laken-rileys-killer-secures-major-court-win-thanks-judge/

The illegal immigrant who murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley just got a stunning legal break that could lead to a new trial. Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan national convicted of killing Riley in a brutal February 2024 daylight attack on the University of Georgia campus, has been granted a court-ordered mental evaluation.

(please note that the MSM seems to have stopped naming the judges and their level in cases like this – jlr)

Homeland Security ends mandatory shoe removal at airport screening

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/homeland-security-ends-mandatory-shoe-removal-airport-screening/story

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that travelers will no longer be required to remove their shoes when going through Transportation Security Administration security checkpoints at all airports across the U.S., ending the nearly two-decade mandate by the agency. Noem said the new policy is going into effect at all airports across the country…“There will be individuals at times that will be asked to remove their shoes, if we think there is additional layers of screening that is necessary that may still happen to an individual,”

DMV Officials Issued Driver’s Licenses for Cash. Why Will REAL ID Be Any Different?

https://reason.com/2025/07/09/dmv-officials-issued-drivers-licenses-for-cash-why-will-real-id-be-any-different/

In New York, several employees of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) were recently caught doing the one thing at which government drones seem efficient: corruptly profiting from their positions. They aren’t alone in selling driver’s licenses to ineligible customers; similar stories frequently appear around the country wherever public workers see a way to make a few bucks by providing official identification documents, often in fake names, to anybody with cash in hand. As common as the practice is, it’s an interesting commentary on the long-delayed recent introduction of REAL ID requirements, which are supposed to make us more secure.

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Federal judge just dealt some bad news to Wisconsin judge who allegedly helped illegal alien evade ICE

https://www.theblaze.com/news/federal-judge-just-dealt-some-bad-news-to-wisconsin-judge-who-allegedly-helped-illegal-alien-evade-ice

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was indicted by a federal grand jury in May on charges of concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of the law…U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph recommended on Monday that Dugan’s motion to dismiss be denied and torpedoed the Milwaukee judge’s arguments for dismissal one by one…”It is well-established and undisputed that judges have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits for monetary damages when engaging in judicial acts,” wrote Joseph. “This, however, is not a civil case. And review of the case law does not show an extension of this established doctrine to the criminal context.”…”Does judicial immunity shield Dugan from prosecution because the indictment alleges she violated federal criminal law while performing judicial duties? The answer is no,”…there is “no firmly established absolute judicial immunity barring criminal prosecution of judges for judicial acts.”

Above the law???

https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/above-the-law

… when progressive Milwaukee Judge, County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan helped a man here illegally slip out the side door with hopes of dodging ICE like a rabbit outrunning a cheetah, those five very sacred words vanished. Suddenly, without a preamble, those five words were replaced by:”She was acting in her official capacity.”

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First, It Was Barrett – Now Even Sotomayor Embarrasses Ketanji Brown Jackson with Her Opinion in SCOTUS Ruling

https://www.westernjournal.com/first-barrett-now-even-sotomayor-embarrasses-ketanji-brown-jackson-opinion-scotus-ruling/

…Tuesday’s decision involved whether or not the executive could go through with the layoffs while the case percolated through the system. According to The Washington Post, the decision was 8-1 in favor of allowing the administration go through with the planned layoffs…In her one-woman dissent, Jackson said that Trump “sharply departed from that settled practice” by initiating the reduction in force and said the court, by authorizing the administration to go through with their plans, had allowed “all the harmful upheaval that edict entails, while the lower courts evaluate its lawfulness.”……………..

Ketanji Brown Jackson Did Something So Stupid That Even Sonia Sotomayor Couldn’t Let It Slide

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/07/08/ketanji-brown-jackson-says-something-so-stupid-that-her-own-left-wing-colleague-had-to-correct-her-n2191394

In a move that I would have never predicted in a million years, aforementioned far-left Justice Sonia Sotomayor took Jackson to task for writing a dissent addressing a question that wasn’t even before the court.

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President Trump waives executive privilege for Biden’s doctor, compelling him to testify

The (Late) Daily Dump

US Insurers Are Refusing To Cover Climate-Change Risk-Zones
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/us-insurers-are-refusing-cover-climate-change-risk-zones
U.S. insurers are rapidly pulling coverage from homes in high-risk climate zones, particularly in California, Florida, and North Carolina. Millions of homeowners are facing nonrenewals, impacting their ability to secure mortgages and causing housing market instability. Government and local efforts are underway to mitigate risks and persuade insurers to continue coverage, but significant gaps remain. However, without insurance, it is impossible for many people to gain access to mortgage financing. We are seeing an insurance crisis in the United States, as insurers are becoming less likely to offer coverage for homes in certain areas, particularly those that have experienced natural disasters, such as flooding and wildfire, in recent years.

‘Hit Us, Please’ – America’s Left Issues A ‘Broken Arrow’ Signal To Europe
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hit-us-please-americas-left-issues-broken-arrow-signal-europe
“Broken arrow” is arguably the most chilling and desperate order that an American military commander can issue. When faced with an enemy about to overrun a surrounded force, a commander uses it to call in an air or artillery strike on his own position…many on the American left are issuing their own “broken arrow” signals, including calling on globalist allies to hit the U.S. with sanctions and other measures. They are seeking to achieve through sanctions what they could not achieve through elections…In the end, the calls for a globalist intervention are a final desperate call of America’s self-isolated left.

“It’s Not A Human Right To Live In Sweden” – New Integration Minister Calls For Migrant Values Survey
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/its-not-human-right-live-sweden-new-integration-minister-calls-migrant-values-survey
Sweden’s new Minister for Education and Integration, Simona Mohamsson, says it’s time to stop relying on gut feelings and start using facts when it comes to integration. Despite the current government’s hardline rhetoric on migration, 60,000 foreigners still received Swedish citizenship in 2023.

Ukrainian Oligarchs Have Become Incredibly Rich From The War Writes Swiss Newspaper
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ukrainian-oligarchs-have-become-incredibly-rich-war-writes-swiss-newspaper
Ukraine was widely recognized as the most corrupt country even before the Ukraine war, but since war broke out and tens of billions of euros have flowed into the country, corruption has flourished like never before. Swiss newspaper Neue Züricher Zeitung details how a clique of oligarchs, many of them close to President Volodymyr Zelensky, have grown famously wealthy. “These big businessmen are profiting enormously from the war, while also being patriotic, pro-Western and very discreet,” wrote the Swiss Neue Züricher Zeitung‘s (NZZ) Kyiv correspondent, Guillaume Ptak. In other words, instead of showing off with sports cars, these new oligarchs know they have to keep their wealth hidden amid a devastating war. The paper details five individuals who have profited enormously. “The war, which has entered its fourth year, is proving to be a profitable field for businessmen like Andri Stawnizer, Andri Kobolev, Oleksander Hereha, Andri Kolodyuk, and Vasil Khmelnitsky. The quintet has established itself in the war economy, investing in rebuilding what the Russian army destroys time and again. earns a fortune in strategic sectors such as logistics, energy, or construction materials. Typical war profiteers? Sure. But not entirely…

Muslim Immigrant Convicted of Recruiting For Islamic Terror
https://gellerreport.com/2025/07/chicago-muslim-immigrants-convicted-of-recruiting-for-islamic-terror.html/
This is part and parcel of the hijrah, the inevitable consequence of ‘al hijrah.’ The hijrah (jihad immigration) has destroyed whole cultures, continents since the march of Muhammad and Islam began. Hijrah, or jihad by emigration, is, according to Islamic tradition, the migration or journey of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib, later renamed by him to Medina, in the year 622 CE. It was after the hijrah that Muhammad for the first time became not just a preacher of religious ideas, but a political and military leader. That was what occasioned his new “revelations” exhorting his followers to commit violence against unbelievers. Significantly, the Islamic calendar counts the hijrah, not Muhammad’s birth or the occasion of his first “revelation,” as the beginning of Islam, implying that Islam is not fully itself without a political and military component.

YES, THEY ARE THIS STUPID / DUPLICITOUS / INSANE
Ongoing LGBTQ™ Holocaust Decimates American Travel Industry
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2025-07-08/ongoing-lgbtqtm-holocaust-decimates-american-travel-industry
Trannies institute devastating U.S. travel boycott to protest for LGBTQ™ rights. As we all know, anti-tranny hate crimes are off the charts in known dens of rampant transphobia like… Provincetown, Massachusetts. “Canadian citizen Robert Sharp was planning to visit Provincetown, Massachusetts — one of the most LGBTQ+-friendly places in America — for his friend’s milestone birthday in July. But against a backdrop of ongoing trade tensions sparked by President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and increasing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and policies in the U.S., he said his plans changed.

TEXAS
Many Democrat Officials CHARGED for Voter Harvesting Scheme in Texas
https://gellerreport.com/2025/07/many-democrat-officials-charged-for-voter-harvesting-scheme-in-texas.html/
Democrat election fraud is rampant.The Texas voter harvesting scheme involves allegations of illegal ballot collection in Frio County. Texas AG Ken Paxton announced indictments of 15 individuals, mostly local Democrat officials, in May and July 2025. Charges include vote harvesting and evidence tampering. Key figures: Frio County Judge Rochelle Camacho, former Bexar Democratic Chair Juan Medina, and others…The charges leveled by Paxton’s office this spring were under a 2021 state law that made it a third-degree felony for a person to knowingly provide or offer “vote harvesting services” — or the collection of ballots — in exchange for compensation, unless the person is employed as a caregiver for a voter who is eligible to vote by mail. That includes Texans who are 65 or older on Election Day or who are unable to vote in person due to illness or be away from their county throughout the entire election. Under the law, organizers of voter outreach groups and volunteers could spend up to 10 years in prison and be fined up to $10,000 for offering these services. “The people of Texas deserve fair and honest elections, not backroom deals and political insiders rigging the system,” Paxton said in a May statement. “Elected officials who think they can cheat to stay in power will be held accountable. No one is above the law.”

Hills, rivers and rocky terrain: Why the Hill Country keeps flooding
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/08/flooding-history-texas-hill-country/
“We didn’t know this flood was coming,” he said. Still, he called the area “the most dangerous river valley in the United States,” a place where floods are a regular part of life. Central Texans know the risks of flooding, yet time and again, they’re caught off guard. In “Flash Flood Alley,” the Hill Country continues to suffer deadly and destructive floods, despite decades of warnings from scientists and emergency planners.

IN HUMORE EST VERITAS – (I don’t always agree with all of them – jlr)
Truth Bomb Central: Memes that Expose the Deception (368th Edition)
https://www.dukeofgood.com/p/truth-bomb-central-memes-that-expose-984