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James Richards posting at Daily Reckoning: . . . to globalists, the moral arc of the universe bends in one direction, and that’s toward increasing globalization. Populism and protectionism are therefore moral evils that must be condemned. But globalists have slowly realized that the nationalist trend is not an anomaly but a powerful force that is reversing globalist policies that have been ascendant since 1989, or even since the end of World War II, when institutions like the IMF and World Bank were established to promote globalist goals.

Ray DiLorenzo contributor to Canada Free Press: People in America are used to freedom and not likely to voluntarily give it up any time soon. And we don’t like politicians or billionaires who don’t know sh*t from Shinola, telling us we’ll all be dead in eight years if we don’t do what they say, or eat what they say, live where they say, what house we can buy, what car to drive, take some experimental vaccine, or presume to tell us we will be happy owning nothing…all because they don’t like the weather. Take it elsewhere, dirtbag.

Kurt Schlichter contributor to TownHall.com: I’ve often said that Trump is not our last chance but their last chance, and that remains accurate. A backlash is coming. It’s inevitable. Just look at history, which is a giant timeline of rebellions and reformations and revolutions. The idea that the mass of Americans is going to spend the rest of eternity being bullied by a bunch of people with the politics of a divorced Santa Monica wine mom simply goes against everything history teaches us. The question is not if they are stopped but how, and how hard.

Kurt Hofer contributor to The American Mind: If one key insight has emerged from America’s religious Right—Protestant and Catholic alike—in the (post)Trump era, it is this: Christians operating within the liberal paradigm of private religion and spurious public “neutrality” have accepted the terms of battle dictated to us by liberalism—we have, in effect, already conceded defeat.

J.D. Shurk contributor to American Thinker: Language is the battleground for ideas. Which words become common and which go out of style record the advances and retreats of competing beliefs. People who use words as weapons understand that hijacking a country’s vocabulary is the shortest path toward claiming total control over a country’s thoughts. In a war of words, what is forbidden from being said out loud is more important than what is allowed.

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: CANCEL THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Sheehan: Biden Administration Set to Challenge First Amendment Ruling on Social Media Censorship

The Biden administration is reportedly gearing up to challenge a federal court ruling that found government collusion with social media companies to censor speech likely violated the First Amendment. The Justice Department filed a notice of appeal on Wednesday in the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that the administration disagrees with the judge’s decision but would not elaborate further on the scathing ruling against censorship aimed at conservatives.

LIBBY EMMONS: Corporate media OUTRAGED by judge stopping Biden’s social media censorship, demands conservative voices silenced

America’s major news outlets are calling for more censorship, and they are roundly dismayed that a federal judge ruled that the federal government cannot collude with tech companies to suppress, censor and limit Americans’ free speech online. The judge noted that it was speech that could be classified as conservative, and not liberal, that was routinely blocked. The New York Times, NPR and CNN all have come out in opposition to a ruling delivered by a Louisanna judge on Tuesday that issued a preliminary injuction against the President. In essence, they want the government to continue to censor Americans online. During the past few years, The New York Times, NPR and CNN have all been complicit in censorship.

GLOBALISM (GREAT RESET) & TRANSHUMANISM (AI HUMANS 2.0) ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED

Denton & Hafera: The Tech Trajectory

Big Tech has created a digital environment for humans that has been designed as a substitute for real community. Technologies have been tailored for each age group: toddlers are mesmerized by iPads; teenagers are addicted to video games, phones, and social media; and adults turn to online dating platforms and pornography. The individuals who follow this tech trajectory are left unmoored and unable to form in-person relationships. They are the anxious Gen Zers who question if they will ever find someone to marry and raise children with, and the dejected Millennials who fear their window has already closed. This is not a coincidence. The life Big Tech is constructing for us has been developed in conjunction with, and reinforces, the ideology of “expressive individualism”—the notion that our inner selves are our true selves and that our physical bodies are secondary. Starting with handheld devices and mobile apps, Big Tech invites toddlers to become lifelong users of screens. Many applications and programs designed for children are manipulative, often exploiting psychological vulnerabilities. The unrivaled stimulation kids experience through screens, in school or at home, encourages addiction. […] Despite their promises to enhance human connection, it’s more clear than ever that Big Tech is driving us further apart by removing users from the real world and that Americans are being conditioned to use tech in a passive, servile way.

TYRANNY IN THE NAME OF CLIMATE DOOM MYTH: GLOBALIST POLITICIANS & BIG BUSINESS ACCUMULATE MORE POWER & CONTROL

Murphy: Scientific American Touts “Climate Friendly” Cocktails

If you still harbor any doubt that the climate cult wishes to control each and every aspect of your life, consider an article from Amy Brady, published by Scientific American on July 1. The article makes the case for “sustainable” cocktails using far less ice, because frozen H₂O takes energy to make and is otherwise a “waste” of water. According to Brady, the bar business has lagged behind other hospitality industries when it comes to addressing global warming, which has been rebranded into the catch-all phrase “climate change.” […] “The ice-making procedure in bars is crazy wasteful,” said Dave Arnold, a food scientist. “It’s kind of just built into the way [bars] operate things.” Besides the alleged waste of water, climate hysterics also lament the amount of energy used in making ice. […] “Who pays for a magazine like Scientific American to write and print an article suggesting that people should forgo ice as a lifestyle choice?” asks Covid-19 vaccine critic Dr. Robert Malone. But the Scientific American piece is emblematic of a much larger and more insidious truth. To the climate cult, everything mankind does — from the way we travel to the food we eat, even our choice of cocktail — needs to be subject to their intervention, their tweaking, their meddling.

THE CORRUPT & DANGEROUS U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE APPARATUS

Brownstone Institute: Homeland Security CISA Was Behind the Attempt to Control Your Thoughts, Speech, and Life

Keeping up with the corruption of the Covid regime feels like drinking from a firehose. The volume of the fraud, the pace of new discoveries, and the breadth of the operations are overwhelming. This makes it imperative for groups like Brownstone Institute to digest the onslaught of information and communicate salient themes and dispositive facts, particularly given the dereliction of mainstream media. On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee released a report on how the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) “colluded with Big Tech and ‘disinformation’ partners to censor Americans,” adding to the informational firehose we work to imbibe. The 36-page report raises three familiar issues: first, government actors worked with third parties to overturn the First Amendment; second, censors prioritized political narratives over truthfulness; and third, an unaccountable bureaucracy hijacked American society.

CISA’s Collusion to Overturn the First Amendment The House Report reveals that CISA, a branch of the Department of Homeland Security, worked with social media platforms to censor posts it considered dis-, mis-, or malinformation. Brian Scully, the head of CISA’s censorship team, conceded that this process, known as “switchboarding,” would “trigger content moderation.” Additionally, CISA funded the nonprofit EI-ISAC in 2020 to bolster its censorship operations. EI-ISAC worked to . . . […] 2. Political Operatives The report outlines how CISA censored “malinformation – truthful information that, according to the government, may carry the potential to mislead.” Journalist Lee Fang later wrote that the malinformation campaign “highlights not only the broad authority that the federal government has to shape the political content available to the public, but also the toolkit that it relies upon to limit scrutiny in the regulation of speech.” In this system, . . . […] 3. The Terror of the Administrative State Third, the report exposes the increasing power of the administrative state. Federal bureaucrats rely on anonymity and unaccountability. Private industry employees could never oversee a disaster like the Covid response and maintain their jobs. It’d be like if BP’s head of safety for the Gulf of Mexico received a promotion after the oil spill. But unelected officilals like CISA officials enjoy ever-increasing power over Americans’ lives . . .

2024 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATES

Hackman: Republicans’ New Border Plan: Send Military Into Mexico

Republicans running for president and in Congress are coalescing around a controversial way to wage war against illegal drugs—sending the U.S. military into Mexico. Former President Donald Trump, who has previously called for building a wall along the southern border and giving drug dealers the death penalty, has also proposed creating a naval blockade of Mexico to prevent drugs like illicit fentanyl from entering the U.S. His leading opponent in the 2024 GOP nomination race, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, promised last week to use “deadly force” against anyone caught smuggling drugs across the border. On Capitol Hill, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) and John Kennedy (R., La.) have both voiced support for military operations in Mexico. Sen. J.D. Vance (R., Ohio) said in a recent interview on NBC that cartels should be considered terrorist organizations, meriting a military response. And Reps. Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) and Mike Waltz (R., Fla.) have sponsored a bill that would formally declare war on the cartels—meaning the military would be authorized to drop bombs on cartel targets.

King: Trump rakes in $35 million in second quarter fundraising bonanza

The former president’s joint fundraising committee reaped a more than $35 million windfall in the second quarter of this year, nearly doubling his first quarter haul, the 77-year-old’s campaign confirmed to The Post Wednesday. “With an average donation to his 2024 campaign of $34, it’s evident that grassroots Republicans overwhelmingly stand with President Trump,” a campaign official crowed. The joint fundraising committee is comprised of both the official Trump 2024 campaign and the Save America leadership super PAC.

RNC AND RGA WORKING TOGETHER TO UNDERMIND DELEGATION DISTRIBUTION?

Sundance: Richard Baris at People’s Pundit Confirms Trump Campaign Did Not Know of California GOP Rule Change Scheme

For two days Bannon Warroom frequent guest, Attorney Mike Davis, has been trying desperately to defend his friend RNC Committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon for her participation in a California GOP scheme to support Ron DeSantis with proportional delegates. In a series of Tweets and statements Mike Davis continually said he had firsthand knowledge the Trump campaign was aware of the rule change and did not contest it. However, Davis refused to say who on the Trump campaign had this knowledge and seemingly approved the delegate plan without challenge. […] By the end of the second day, he really had no option; he had painted himself into a corner. When asked again last night by myself and others, he responded, “Why would I ever reveal the names of loyal Trump workers—names told to me in confidence?” Apparently painting the mysterious campaign workers as loyal to Trump even though the rule they seemingly approved would be unfavorable to President Trump. After Harmeet Dhillon began her own retreat, it became obvious the fabrications were soon to collapse. Mike Davis modified slightly clarifying that President Trump personally was unaware. “I never said President Trump saw or approved anything. I said the Trump campaign was briefed about the proposed rules change and didn’t object.” UPDATE: Richard Baris (People’s Pundit) was able to contact the Trump campaign to ask them directly. According to Baris relaying information from the campaign, the Trump Campaign was not aware of any California GOP rule changes and were not notified of the plan as designed by Jessica Patterson, Shawn Steel and Harmeet Dhillon, to change the delegate apportionments.

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF FOREIGN POLICY

Ukenye: Navy stops Iran from seizing 2 commercial ships

The U.S. Navy prevented Iranian forces from seizing two commercial tanker ships in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday morning, the service announced in a news release. During the first seizure attempt, Iranian forces approached a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel but left the scene once a U.S. destroyer arrived and deployed aircraft to patrol the area, the Navy said.

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA

DiLorenzo: The Traitor Class

What America is up against is unlike anything we have ever encountered or experienced. It has the potential of being more bloody than the Civil War and more threatening than both world wars. But now we face an army of traitors…a traitor class, domestic enemies working behind the scenes in shadow. They are dividing our country, destroying our freedom, our democratic republic, our sovereignty, our Judeo Christian values, our morality, the family unit, our culture, even our monuments to American heroes. They are spending us into oblivion as Cloward and Piven envisioned. The Left is planning to deliver The United States to the New World Order The traitors are accomplishing this because they are getting no opposition. A lot of people are confused. They think it is just politics. It is not just politics. The Left is planning to deliver The United States to the New World Order in the next very few years and they are on schedule. They are globalists, more loyal to their political party and to globalism than they are to their country. They number in the many hundreds, maybe thousands. They have taken over the Executive Branch, the Justice Department, certainly the FBI. Half of the Senate and half of the House. Almost the entire school system is teaching values contrary to our culture and religion The scheme began many years ago, but accelerated to the final struggle with the Obama Administration, working tirelessly to convince Americans that we are racists living in a racist country.

Schlichter: Our Alleged President Is a Corrupt Scumbag and the Ruling Class Is OK With That

It’s undeniable that PINO – President-In-Name-Only – Joe Biden is massively corrupt in every possible way. From leveraging his position as vice-president for cash to covering up for his meth-addled, stripper-banging, scumbag son – who is currently spilling his Bolivian party powder all over the White House – this senile pervert is a one-man crimewave. And the ruling class simply doesn’t care. If anything, its members are happy about it. This is not something they merely excuse. This is something that they find a positive good. Grandpa Badfinger reset the corruption bar for all of them. Now they too can now freely line their own pockets without fear of shame or prosecution while sending us proles an unequivocal message – we can do whatever we want. As the gang at the Ruthless podcast (who I’m scheduled to visit next month) observe, this is not about hypocrisy. We’re so far past “Imagine the scandal if Trump did that!” This is about hierarchy. This is to show you that they have power and there is nothing you can do about it. But I’m unconvinced they are thinking this through.

Crawford: Dems Push For Supreme Court Justices to Have Term Limits Following Rulings That Didn’t Align With Their Political Views

After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden’s plan for student loan forgiveness and ended affirmative action for college admissions, Democrats began complaining that the lack of term limits for Supreme Court justices is unfair. On Monday, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.) announced the reintroduction of a bill called the Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act which they claimed will “rebalance” the court and “stop extreme partisanship.”

Synder: More Than 105 Million Working Age Americans Do Not Have a Job Right Now

Our long slide toward economic oblivion continues, and survey after survey has shown that most Americans are deeply unsatisfied with the current state of the U.S. economy. Inflation is out of control, most Americans are getting poorer due to the rapidly rising cost of living, the housing bubble has started to burst, and the commercial real estate market is a giant mess. But employment is supposed to be our bright spot. The Biden administration continues to tell us that the unemployment rate is less than 4 percent and that there are lot of jobs available for those that want them. But is this really true? To answer that question, it is imperative to understand that our government places unemployed persons into one of two categories… To answer that question, it is imperative to understand that our government places unemployed persons into one of two categories… Jobless people are classified into one of two categories by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)—either unemployed or not in the labor force. To be classified as unemployed in the month they are surveyed, people must be actively looking for work. If they are not actively looking, they are classified as not in the labor force. Over time, the definition of “officially unemployed” has gotten more restrictive, and today only 6.097 million working age Americans are considered to be in that category. Meanwhile, a staggering 99.800 million working age Americans are considered to be “not in the labor force”. When you add both categories together, you get a total of 105.897 million working age Americans that do not have a job right now. Let me try to put that into perspective.

THE DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST ENFORCERS: ANTIA, BLM, TRANSGENDERS

Arnold: Communists Burn the American Flag in Philadelphia on July 4^th

A group of far-Left activists with the Revolutionary Communist Party disrespected the American flag and all it stands for by burning it on Independence Day. Right outside the Independence Hall in Philadelphia, six Left-wing extremists first disrupted the city’s Celebration of Freedom event by blowing airhorns and yelling into a bullhorn. They all locked hands while one pulled out an American flag and set it on fire. They taunted attendees, saying, “Come join a real revolution!”

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: CHILDREN ARE THE TARGET OF THE DARKENESS AFFECTING OUR NATION

McCarthy: What is there to be said about Jill Biden?

This administration’s involvement in child sex trafficking is proof of its pure evil. The pseudo-Dr. Jill is clearly aware of all of her husband’s administration’s whole-hearted engagement in the trafficking of humans – most especially women and children, boys and girls. (See The Sound of Freedom.) Biden even stopped the DNA testing of the thousands of young children who cross the border each day that proved parenthood or not. Thousands of these children are handed over to NGOs that no one investigates but who are paid millions of dollars to “shelter” all these unaccompanied minors. Eighty-five thousand of these under-age children who have entered the country since Biden became President are unaccounted for, missing. Most likely some are being trafficked for sex, labor and/or organs. Child sex trafficking is a bigger business than drugs; kids can be sold over and over and over again.

Human trafficking may be one of the biggest businesses in the world and Joe and Jill are completely onboard. Given what is on Hunter’s laptop, this should come as no surprise. The First Son has long been involved in prostitution and pedophilic activities. Again, go see Sound of Freedom. Several studios tried to suppress the film, but it has finally made its way to the public. It is a wake-up call; the global appetite for the abuse of children must be stopped. […] There is nothing more destructive than a grasping, greedy entitled woman who has control of a weak and stupid man in a powerful position.

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: SEVER THE PARENT-CHILD BOND

Boyd: Leftist Push To Disenfranchise Parents In Ohio Riddled With Deception

Activists in Ohio filed more than 700,000 signatures on Wednesday in an attempt to add a proposed constitutional amendment enshrining several anti-parent policies into law to the November ballot. The ballot language, penned by the ACLU and promoted by nearly a dozen pro-abortion and LGBT groups, claims that “every individual has a right” to ending life in the womb and other “reproductive decisions” regardless of age or trimester. Those keen on bringing abortion through birth into the state and removing parental consent laws for minors seeking irreversible gender experiments celebrated the hundreds of thousands of signatures as a win for their agenda.

PEACEFILLY & PATRIOTICALLY HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD

(1^st Amendment issue) EXPOSED: Christian Children’s Book Company Demands Investigation Into Taxpayer-Funded, Pro-Drag Queen Library Association for Religious Discrimination

The infamous “Drag-Queen Story Hour,” in which adult transvestites express their sexuality in front of children at American libraries, has emerged as something of a symbol of contemporary American decadence. For those blissfully unaware of this practice, you’re in for something of a shock: . . .[…] As Drag Queen Story Hour spread across the country, one publisher of Christian children’s books (and Revolver News sponsor) called Brave Books decided to fight back. Partnering with former child star and popular Christian activist Kirk Cameron, Brave Books launched a competing book tour in which traditional parents would invite Cameron to read a book from Brave’s catalogue at a local library. As Revolver reported in a recent piece, Cameron’s “Brave Books Story Hour” became a huge hit all across the nation. Not surprisingly, the radical left took notice and did everything they could to thwart the continued success of this program. What was surprising, however, is that the taxpayer-funded American Library Association took it upon itself to thwart the success of the Brave Books Story Hour. In a truly outrageous expose, Brave Books recently reported on leaked communications that reveal the great lengths that the taxpayer-funded American Library Association would go to stop the organic success of Brave Books Story hour. This is doubly scandalous as the ALA provides explicit tips and support in favor of the Drag Queen Story Hour events. […] Today, Brave sent a letter to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) requesting that they open an investigation into whether ALA has violated federal law protecting religious liberty, and “failed to comply with the assurances of nondiscrimination required as a federal grand recipient.” […] The letter, sent by Jeremy Dys, Senior Counsel at the First Liberty Institute, on behalf of Brave Books is addressed to Mr. Crosby Kemper, Director of the IMLS. Jamie Raskin and Attorney General Merrick Garland are also cc’d on the letter, reproduced below: . . .

Daniel Schmidt Threareader: For the past two years that I’ve been at UChicago, I’ve tried my best to fight back against what I witness on campus often: anti-white hatred and unquestionable obedience to the ruling class.

Surprisingly, I’ve been pretty successful. Here are the highlights. *THREAD* In my first month at college, I couldn’t participate in a debate tournament because I’m white (yes, you read that correctly). I broke the story, and national publications picked it up. The tournament did not happen the following year.

Read more/Watch the short videos: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1676754461891477509.html

OTHER NEWS, COMMENTARY, OPINION

Cash: Iowa Governor Calls Special Session To ‘Fight Against The Inhumanity Of Abortion’

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds called the state legislature to a special session to revive the state’s abortion restrictions after the Iowa Supreme Court blocked the state’s Heartbeat Act last month. The split court decision in June struck down a pre-Dobbs bill that would have banned abortion once a fetal heartbeat could be detected, around six weeks. After the law was invalidated by the state’s highest court, abortions were only banned after 20 weeks. “Iowans have elected representatives willing to stand up for the rights of the unborn and, in doing so, they have voted strongly in support of pro-life principles and against the arbitrary destruction of innocent, defenseless lives,” the Republican said in a statement.

‘Sound Of Freedom’ Takes Top Spot At Box Office On Fourth of July

The Jim Caviezel-lead movie — which deals with the horrors of human trafficking — landed in the number one spot, beating out Disney’s highly-anticipated “Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny,” among others, . . . […] The box office report showed that “Sound of Freedom” grossed $14,242,o63 after the movie’s opening on Tuesday while Disney’s “Indiana Jones” sequel, which opened on June 30, earned $11,698,989 from more than 4,000 theaters. […] In the film, Caviezel portrays Tim Ballard in the true story of a federal agent who quits his job and embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue a young girl from sex slavery in South America.

INTERNATIONAL

Revolver.news: Riot update: French right-wing influencer tells followers “do nothing” — let the Republic fall as it’s intended to…

Papacito’s message to his followers across France and Europe is pretty cut and dry. Instead of jumping in to tackle the violent migrants and left-wing “Antifa-types”who are clashing with the government, he’s telling them to sit back and watch. He thinks they should let the Republic fall as it’s destined to, and then they can get cracking on putting it back together. That’s when the “fight” begins. Here is an even more fascinating and in-depth analysis of Papacito’s directive from French right-wing podcaster Jean Francois Gariepy. […] Sadly, this situation offers a scary glimpse into what happens when you have an open border mentality — something we have, literally and figuratively, experienced right here at home. Ultimately, it will lead to a state of complete and total decay, destroying even those who invited the vermin in.

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