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Given the situation that many -- if not most -- children are being educated in the home, it's imperative that regular Americans use this rare opportunity.

I have a variety of recommendations for kids of all ages, but especially important during these times of Democrat-funded anarchy and terrorism is a basic respect for the institutions of our civil society. Our police, our firefighters and our first responders have enormously difficult jobs to do, even in the best of times.

These are not the best of times. To fight the insane demands and instructions of the teacher's unions (not all members, mind you, but certainly the leadership of Communist front groups like the NEA and AFT), I would suggest reinforcing that sort of respect in our kids.

Our Police, first published in 2018, is intended for ages 4 to 8, preschool to 4th grade, and should be required reading for all kids in this age group. Bestselling author Jack E. Levin, father of multimedia pundit and superstar Mark Levin, both wrote and illustrated this invaluable contribution to the civics education of our youth.

It's inexpensive and compelling. Some kids will want to read it 30 or 40 times with you. If you don't have kids of that age, buy it for grandkids, nieces and nephews, or simply donate it to the local police station or library.

More to come on the education front shortly.

If you ever want to see how insane modern civics education has become, I refer you to a 2018 blog post entitled "TRAVESTY AT MCGRAW-HILL: Third-Grade Civics Textbook Butchers American History. This is the cockamamie crap they're teaching your kids in union-controlled schools.

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Nation

Biden the 'Biggest Idiot Democrats Ever Nominated': Wayne Allyn Root
Why You Need to Stay Out of Seattle This Weekend: MB
Riot in Seattle: Police Injured, Multiple Fires: Bronson Stocking

Democrats embrace dangerous foreign policy delusions: Examiner
Roberts Declares Gambling Has More Constitutional Protection Than Religious Freedom: RS
Justice Gorsuch's Dissent in NV Church SCOTUS Case Is Short, but Epic: Matt Margolis

BLM-L.A. leader and anti-Semitism: Santa Barbara News-Press
Black Portlander Changes Mind About Nightly Protests After He Attends One: Jeff Reynolds
Black Lives Don’t Matter To #BlackLivesMatter: Derek Hunter

Injuries reported after armed militias clash at Louisville protest: Melissa Klein
‘Not F–ing Around Coalition’ will burn Louisville down in weeks if demands not met: M. Dowling
Rep. Gohmert goes full Alinsky to make Democrats play by their own rules: Andrea Widburg

Economy

Democrats see climate scam as ‘political weapon’ for picking off key Trump 2016 voters: Abby Smith
AOC, Tlaib Propose Amendment to End Trump’s ‘Opportunity Zones’ in US Cities: Hannity
'His best week in months': Trump allies see badly needed presidential focus: Rob Crilly

Scandal Central

Murder of black Trump supporter Bernell Trammell spurs call for federal investigation: Mary Kay Linge
Former Democratic congressman charged in multi-year voter fraud scheme in Philadelphia: Daniel Payne
California Governor Got a Very Suspicious $2.7 Million Tax-Free Gift: RS

Mark Levin Exposes States’ Insane Practice of Sending COVID Patients to Nursing Homes: Jeff Johnston
Cuomo granted immunity to nursing home executives, after big-money campaign donation: report: Fox
Murder of black Trump supporter Bernell Trammell spurs call for federal investigation: Mary Kay Linge

Media

More willful blindness by the media on spying by Obama administration: Jonathan Turley
Why Lisa Page's Tweet About the FBI, Trump, and 'Generational Harm' Is Beyond Rich: Matt Vespa
Yes America, there is voter fraud. These recent cases prove it.: John Solomon

The Washington Post Settles With Nicholas Sandmann: Turley
6 Reasons Black Christians Must Denounce BLM: Carl Jackson
45 Arrested During Rioting in Seattle: Epoch

World

The India-China Border Issue: Acting Man
As the world gets tougher on China, Japan tries to thread a needle: ST
Is Iran’s Mahan Air a ‘terrorist airline?’: Stephen Bryen

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Intel is making a mockery of reshoring: David P. Goldman
July 2020 to end with double meteor shower: THT
Annie Bosler and Don Greene: How to practice effectively...for just about anything: TED

Cornucopia

Justice Dept. Watchdog Has Evidence Comey Probed Trump, on the Sly: DocRock1007 (7/22/2019)
Ann Arbor’s Cancel Culture: MOTUS
The 'Unhyphenated American' is gone: J.R. Dunn
QOTD:

I now live in an America where the Chief Justice & 4 members of the Supreme Court have no problem with giving casinos, strip clubs & movie theaters more rights & access during a pandemic than churches.

Free exercise of gambling/entertainment >>>> free exercise of religion?

BS!

— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) July 25, 2020

Curated by BadBlue News, my replacement for Drudge

Oh, and if you're a suburban Dad who hasn't convinced your wife to vote Republican yet -- watching the death, mayhem and riots every night in blue cities like Portland, Chicago and Seattle -- then, dude, you're failing. Get your sh** together. Now.
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Isn’t it a shame that the American people have to get real news reporting from a WH press briefing rather than from the PRESS?? https://t.co/lFoojLj2DG

— Tracy Beanz (@tracybeanz) July 25, 2020
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Good news. Gavin Newsom’s unconstitutional order banning singing in church has effectively been repealed.

If anyone challenges it, just tell them you’re not singing, you’re just “protesting Satan.” https://t.co/Bv2zA4beC5

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 25, 2020
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Stealing elections. https://t.co/octYCHmR1n

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) July 25, 2020
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The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision denied an appeal by a Nevada church to ease the state’s 50-person cap on worship to operate at 50% of capacity like casinos amid the coronavirus pandemic

Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberal members to form the majority

— Mona Salama (@MonaSalama_) July 25, 2020
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"If the media seriously wanted to report the news — instead of spinning it — they could stop calling rioters 'protesters.'"
--@ThomasSowell

— Larry Elder (@larryelder) July 25, 2020
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.@Twitter censors Q material but actively promotes propaganda on behalf of violent communist insurrectionists who are trying to kill and injure federal law enforcement and burn down a federal courthouse in Portland.

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) July 25, 2020
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Quite the caption. pic.twitter.com/6J3YFOx3UN

— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) July 25, 2020
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"We've only had a Whole Foods for a month and already we don't need cops." - Randy Marsh pic.twitter.com/y6ffxxv6oN

— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) July 25, 2020
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THE POLLS YOU'RE NOT HEARING https://t.co/W4yvTKoaGx

— Juanita Outlaw (@juanitamoutlaw) July 25, 2020
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As media is starting to report (gaslight) on Danchenko, it's important to remember the key takeaway: A DC think tank guy went drinking and gossiping with his old high school buddies in Russia. Steele used that gossip to fabricate a collusion narrative out of whole cloth.

— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) July 25, 2020
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I now live in an America where the Chief Justice & 4 members of the Supreme Court have no problem with giving casinos, strip clubs & movie theaters more rights & access during a pandemic than churches.

Free exercise of gambling/entertainment >>>> free exercise of religion?

BS!

— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) July 25, 2020
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Also the story is false, career personnel were involved in doing the redactions to the PSS interview, not Bill Barr

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) July 25, 2020
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And I’m betting every single one of them would call themselves environmentalists https://t.co/VcMOlLrM6K

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) July 25, 2020
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New York City has descended into total madness. Thanks to the liberal cancer that has infested the city’s politics you are in real danger. Get out if you can. https://t.co/hlOHLx7BDA

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) July 25, 2020
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Now something else the mainstream media is not gonna tell you.

The Supreme Court made a ruling earlier this year.

A ruling that means "ballot harvesting" is now dead.

Here it is: https://t.co/1S1gRKWJYd

— Brian Cates //Flynn & Breitbart's Army! (@drawandstrike) July 25, 2020
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...to virtual pennies. Epi-pens went from their incredibly high, jacked up prices, to lower than their original give away bargains. Biggest price reductions in history, by far! Nothing like this has ever for our citizens, especially our Seniors. REMEMBER YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2020
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Another @realDonaldTrump supporter with massive following -- @tommyg -- summarily suspended by Twitter. The election purge continues.

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) July 25, 2020
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The Democrats in the House are trying to undo my big win Travel Ban Bill, which successfully keeps very bad and dangerous people out of our great Country. Passed along party lines. Hopefully, will be DEAD in the Senate! The Dems have gone Stone Cold Left - Venezuela on steroids!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 25, 2020
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Churches should protest.

Handy chart via @TimRunsHisMouth pic.twitter.com/V8tD9lBUf6

— Marilyn (@AgnesClaire) July 25, 2020
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Article total whitewash. Appears FBI leaks provided the spin for the story along with Warner’s contribution. NYT has been complicit in the attempted coup. They had a copy of the FISA warrant leaked by Wolf. Thanks to NYT we now know how the cabal will justify its actions.

— Michael Mclaughlin (@mikekarnat) July 25, 2020Curated by BadBlue News, my replacement for Drudge

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Nation

Are the Brookings Institution and Lawfare Among the Criminal Coup Collaborators?: Julie Kelly
The Problem in Portland Isn’t the Law—It’s the Lawlessness: David Harsanyi
In 100 days, communists could be set to run the White House: Carol Brown

Democrat MN A.G. Keith Ellison: “We Are Not Interested In Apprehending Rapists”: RS
Biden Supporting Rioters in Seattle Break Into Businesses, Loot, and Set Fires: Epoch Times
18 Facing Federal Charges After Riots Outside US Courthouse in Portland: Zachary Stieber

Goodbye, Washington DC.: Daniel Turner
Black Police Officers Shocked At Racist Screams of BLM Protestors: Glenn T. Stanton
DHS chief slams Pelosi for calling federal law enforcement ‘stormtroopers’: Adam Shaw

Oakland Mayor Victimized By BLM Vandals She Supported Now Turns To Police: Lord
Biden, Obama criticise Trump's coronavirus response in 'socially distanced' chat: ST
The Silent Majority Won't Be So Silent Come November: Larry O'Connor

Economy

Trump signs executive orders aimed at lowering prescription drug costs: Cassidy Morrison
Why the CDC Is Stressing the Importance of Schools Reopening This Fall: Matt Vespa
Brutal anti-semitic Bias and bigotry on the Syracuse University campus: JNS

Scandal Central

Democrats continue to lay the groundwork for Resistance II: The Civil War: Andrea Widburg
Meet the Steele Dossier's 'Primary Subsource': Fabulist Russian at Democrat Think Tank: Paul Sperry
Wayfair denies Reddit human sex trafficking conspiracy theory: Jeanette Settembre

Indictment of Former Democrat Congressman Widens Voter Fraud Case in Philadelphia: Fred Lucas
New Jersey’s All-Mail Vote Debacle Is a Warning for November: Jason Snead
Chinese-Made DJI Drone Apps Found With Ability To Spy On Users: John Sexon

Media

The New York Times' Dark History of Slave Ownership: Ken Blackwell
Nick Sandmann Has Just Won Another Lawsuit, Gets a Big Settlement From The Washington Post: RS
Watch: Don Lemon Takes Cognitive Test On Air to Own the Orange Man, Screws It Up: RS

World

Chinese Officials at Houston Consulate Engaged in Espionage and Cyber Theft, Senior Officials Say: WFB
China’s Three Gorges Dam At The Brink: Rod Dreher
Trump Continues to Be Exceedingly Tough on Russia: Jeff Davidson

China Consulate To State Dept: You Can’t Make Us Leave: Ed Morrissey
How to Prepare for a Communist Coup: Judith Acosta
Mysterious seeds sent from China to Utah: Adam Herbets

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Dr. Birx Says These Four Coronavirus Hotspots Are Beginning to Plateau: Bronson Stocking
Dogs can sniff out coronavirus infections, German study shows: ST
China goes on biosafety lab building spree: AT

Cornucopia

2020 is Bogus, But the New Trailer for ‘Bill and Ted Face the Music’ Looks Excellent: Alex Parker
Weekends and Wonder: MOTUS
News At Tan: Stilton’s Place
QOTD:

And I’m betting every single one of them would call themselves environmentalists https://t.co/VcMOlLrM6K

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) July 25, 2020

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Nation

As Violent Crime Spikes, It’s Local Democrat Leaders vs. Law Enforcement: Fred Lucas
7 Acts of Vandalism, Desecration at Churches Across Nation: Rachel del Guidice
Why This Revolution Isn’t Like the ’60s: Victor Davis Hanson

19 People Watch Biden’s Live stream As He Explains Nurses Used To ‘Breathe In My Nostrils’: Jarrett
Biden slammed for borderline racist, double-edged gaffe while trying to slam Trump on China: BPR
Republicans 'bummed' but 'respect' decision to cancel Jacksonville convention: Kerry Picket

Q&A: Here’s What Is Happening on the Ground in Portland: Lora Ries
Young Americans’ Ignorance of Socialism Threatens Our Freedom and Vitality: Anthony B. Kim
Chicago Driver Barely Survives Attack by Teens with Pitchfork: Daniel Greenfield

Cuomo violated his own mask rules while in Georgia, declined to self-quarantine on return to N.Y.: Daniel Payne
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Removes Columbus Statue in Chicago After Days Of Violent Protests: Turley

Economy

Rioters Are Using Racial Discontent to Promote Marxist Agenda: Kay C. James
Chamber of Commerce Sues to Import Foreign Workers with 26M Jobless: John Binder
Mend rather than end $600 unemployment benefit boost, conservative economists say: Nihal Krishan

Scandal Central

Ex-FBI undercover operative says Obama, others 'turned their back on our country' with Russia: Alex Nitzberg
St. Louis Prosecutor’s Office Appears to Have Tampered With Evidence in McCloskey Gun Case: Debra Heine
Fauci Files: Celebrated doc's career dotted with ethics, safety controversies inside NIH: Daniel Payne and John Solomon

Declassified Documents Show FBI Used ‘Defensive’ Briefing In 2016 To Spy On Donald Trump: Sean Davis
Rep. Matt Gaetz Discusses the Latest Release from DNI John Ratcliffe: CTH
Feds Accuse Ex-Philly Congressman Michael J. ‘Ozzie’ Myers Of Stuffing Ballots: CBS-9

Media

Anti-Semitic Twitter Labels Star of David as ‘Hateful Imagery’: Corinne Weaver
Rooting for the Virus? CNN Boasts Pandemic Is ‘Beating’ ‘Irrelevant’ Trump ‘Badly’: Curtis Houck
Thanks, CNN and MSNBC: Chilling Censorship: 62% of Americans Afraid to Express Their Political Views: Richard Moorhead

New FBI Notes Re-Debunk Major NYT Story, Highlight Media Collusion To Produce Russia Hoax: Mollie Hemingway
A Put-Up Job: Charles Lipson
Jewish Group: Pelosi's 'Stormtrooper' Quip 'Offensive to Jews Across World': NewsMax

World

Life Inside A Chinese Concentration Camp: Survivor Tells Her Story: Jennifer Zeng
Pompeo calls on 'free nations' to stand up to China in major speech: ST
Here's How China’s New National Security Crackdown Is Changing Hong Kong: Rachel del Guidice

Closure of China’s Consulate in Houston Signals Continuing Decline in US-China Relations: Dean Cheng
China bids to win back the Philippines: AT
Brazil’s money laundering scandal from hell: AT

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Tennessee Valley Authority Hires Foreigners for 'Critical Infrastructure' Jobs: Neil Munro
MIT engineers designed an affordable, reusable face mask that’s as effective as an N95 — take a look: CNBC
New coronavirus testing shortage looms with flu season: Cassidy Morrison

Cornucopia

Information Without Action is Antithetical to Its Purpose: CTH
Libturds, And . . . . Good Afternoon: Woodsterman
You Are the Ones You’ve Been Waiting For: MOTUS

QOTD:

The Real Russian Swindle

Evidence dribbling out now indicates "Trump Russian Collusion" was a politically designed & media propelled fabrication. Relentlessly pushed & fake, it interfered with voter opinion, likely delivering the House to Democrats in the 2018 midterms. #sick pic.twitter.com/DanQONkFvP

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) July 24, 2020

By Charles Lipson

Growing evidence that officials involved in the Russia collusion investigation knowingly acted without cause is undermining our governing institutions

With so many big stories breaking, it’s hard to get attention even for important news about the FBI’s and CIA’s misdeeds. Still, the wrongdoing at James Comey’s FBI and John Brennan’s CIA was serious, as the news this week amply demonstrates.

On July 17,  we learned that the FBI knew, just as Trump’s presidency was beginning, that there was no evidence his campaign had colluded with Russia. That’s the significance of a memo written by FBI agent Peter Strzok in mid-February 2017 and just released.

The news matters for three reasons. First, almost all the public investigation and damaging narrative about “Trump-Russia collusion” came after investigators knew how little supporting evidence there was.

Second, the more we learn about the ensuing investigations, the more they look like concerted abuses of government authority. We give law-enforcement and intelligence agencies tremendous power so they can protect us; when they abuse that power, they need to be held accountable and reined in. That seldom happens to anyone in Washington’s sprawling bureaucracies. The Swamp protects its own within its gurgling ecosystem of power, profit, regulation, and rent-seeking. Just ask Lois Lerner.

Third, when the FBI, Department of Justice, and intelligence agencies act in biased, partisan, and illicit ways, they cut to the very heart of our constitutional democracy, damage our institutions, and undermine trust in them. That is exactly what happened in 2016 and afterward. Public trust was undermined by these prolonged investigations and the narrative about them. It will be undermined further as we learn how the investigators themselves likely pursued partisan goals, ignored crucial evidence, and broke laws to do it. (The counter-charge, already being made, is that exposing these violations is itself partisan.)

Collusion between a presidential campaign and a foreign enemy would be equally damaging. That’s why allegations of Trump-Russia collusion were so serious and why they needed to be investigated thoroughly, fairly, and impartially. The problem is that these probes continued for years and actually intensified after senior law enforcement officials knew there was little or no corroborating evidence. Instead of ending these investigations quickly and definitively, the investigators expanded, deepened, and continued their search despite the lack of evidence. As the investigations ground on, they took on a more sinister mien: to hobble and, if possible, actually remove a duly elected president.

This effort to take down the Trump administration went well beyond the normal bounds of standard FBI practice, prosecutorial diligence, and “loyal opposition” among elected officials. It extended far beyond law enforcement and intelligence agencies. It involved senior officials from the Obama administration (some of whom stayed on after Trump took office in 2017), their congressional allies, and a phalanx of reporters, editors, and anchors, who reported the leaks and crafted a damning narrative. They were aided by career officials across multiple agencies who stayed in close touch with their old bosses and did their best to oppose President Trump and his policies. They were led by one party and focused squarely on the leader of the opposition, first as candidate and then as president. If Trump and his campaign had actually committed serious crimes or had been credibly accused of them, that focus would have been fully justified. If not, not. If the investigations kept turning up incriminating evidence, they should have been continued. If not, not.

Now, years later, we are watching the unraveling of this carefully constructed public narrative: that Trump won the White House because of Russia’s illegal help, making him an illegitimate president. The mainstream media, which did so much to spin this troubling tale, has responded with radio silence. When they do speak, their loudest cries are directed at Attorney General William Barr. He is said to be a partisan hack for trying to uncover what happened, who was involved, and what crimes may have been committed.

Whatever motivated Comey and Brennan as well as James Clapper, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Bruce Ohr, Robert Mueller, Andrew Weissmann, Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi, and their associates, it is clear they all wanted to destroy or at least hobble Trump’s presidency. The New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, and other media outlets shared that goal. They reported any leaks that advanced that goal as they actively shaped the public discourse.

Why It Matters

This collective effort, sustained over several years, undermined two essential elements of our constitutional democracy:

1. The peaceful transfer of power between opposing parties, and
2. The recognition that duly-elected presidents hold office legitimately.

Whether you like Trump or despise him, these points are crucial to understanding why the “Russia collusion” scandal matters. They should override partisan differences. Alas, they do not. Our politics is too vitriolic, our views about Trump too polarized.

Where’s the Accountability?

Today, more than four years after this concerted malfeasance began, no one has been held to account. We know there were serious abuses, but crucial information about them is still under wraps. To take one egregious example, Michael Flynn’s attorneys still haven’t seen the FBI’s interview with their client, the one that led him into years of trouble and prevented the Trump administration from seeing how it had been spied on. The FBI claims, incredibly, that it lost the original document detailing the agents’ interview with Flynn. We know that document was rewritten by other agents who were not part of the interview. They had no direct information but were allowed to add their own spin. We can only understand their mischief if we can compare the documents and see the sequence of changes. So far, we cannot, and neither can Flynn. These disturbing actions by senior FBI officials and Mueller prosecutors had devastating consequences for Flynn. They cost him his house, his savings, and three years of his life. Yet the agents who were actually in the room with him, the ones who wrote the missing document, have said his comments were candid and truthful. What is going on here?

Reporting as Political Activism

You would expect major news outlets to work hard covering stories like this and exposing the government’s dark secrets. That’s what they did during Watergate. Not today. The reason is simple and obvious. The country’s top news outlets have become nakedly partisan. Proudly so. They pursue a “higher calling,” as Comey has modestly said of himself. In the process, media have moved further and further from neutral, hard-news reporting, without ever saying so plainly. When transparency about a particular issue advances their political goals, they report it. When it might help, they investigate. When it hurts, they ignore it or worse.

No thanks to them, we are finally learning the breadth and scale of malfeasance at the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the CIA during the Obama administration’s final years. We are likely to learn about similar problems on the Mueller team. Attorney General Barr has gradually declassified and released key documents. Ric Grenell did the same thing during his brief, consequential tenure as acting director of national intelligence.

The media made no effort to pry out the documents. And now that the documents have been released, they aren’t saying much about them. The media’s silence represents a fundamental failure of modern journalism. They congratulate themselves and hand each other Pulitzer Prizes for “deeply sourced reporting” on the flimsy collusion story and ignore its utter collapse. It’s not surprising the public no longer trusts them. Although they’ve earned that mistrust, it’s still bad for our democracy when the Fourth Estate is unable to do its job well.

The Newly Released Strzok Memo on Trump-Russia Collusion

The Strzok revelations are the latest example of the media’s selective-attention disorder. Strzok’s memo should be big news, but the latest disclosure received almost no coverage. To understand why the press and everyone else should care, pay attention to the dates.

On February 14, 2017, less than a month into the Trump presidency, the New York Times published a major story saying that Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with Russia. The banner headline read, “Trump Campaign Had Repeated Contacts with Russian Intelligence.” The story turned out to be false.

We’ve known it was false for more than a year because Mueller’s extensive investigation found no such contacts. That’s not the news. What we learned this week—what really is news—is that the FBI knew it was false almost as soon as the Times published it. Strzok, who was deeply involved in the Russia investigation, wrote a detailed memo demolishing the Times story just three days after it was published. The key sentence in his memo is, “We have not seen evidence of any individuals affiliated with the Trump team in contact with [Russian intelligence officers].” That finding has been confirmed repeatedly. His memo went on to shred other “factual” details in the Times’s story. They simply weren’t supported by the FBI’s own investigation.

The important point here is not that the Times’s story was false or that the paper never retracted it. The important point is that Peter Strzok’s memo, written on February 17, 2017, and available to all senior officials at the FBI and the Justice Department, put them on notice that there was very little basis for hyped-up accusations about Trump-Russia collusion or for an extensive, long-term investigation into them. They ignored the warning.

The Steele Dossier Collapses

At about the same time, the FBI learned equally damning information about the Steele Dossier, which was the basis for FISA surveillance warrants on Carter Page, a one-time Trump campaign policy adviser. The secret warrants, issued under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, provided a window into the world of Trump associates. There were two problems with the warrants. First, they were based on the idea Page was a foreign spy; the CIA and FBI knew he was not. Page actually was voluntarily cooperating with them. Second, the warrant applications were heavily on the Steele Dossier, which the FBI knew was utterly unreliable. By January 2017, they knew even more, but lied about it to the FISA court and continued to use the dossier to renew the warrant on Page. That’s not just an abuse of power. That’s a felony.

How did the FBI know the dossier was junk? Because they interviewed Steele’s “primary subsource” in January 2017 and produced a 57-page summary on February 9, 2017. (The Senate Judiciary Committee released a redacted version last week.) It says what the public has been told for months: the Steele Dossier was worthless gossip. Even though the FBI and Justice Department knew this, they told the court they had interviewed the subsource and they believed he was truthful. The implication was that he verified Steele’s work. He had done exactly the opposite. The FISA court was fed deliberate lies.

The FBI’s summary of the subsource interview, like the Strzok memo, demolishes a critical element of the Russia collusion story. Like the Strzok memo, it put senior officials at the FBI and Justice Department on notice: they had little, if any, factual basis to continue their investigation. But continue they did.

Actually, they did much more, and they ought to be held accountable for it. They ramped up their investigation, issued still more warrants (based on information now known to be false), and ultimately forced the appointment of a special counsel. In the end, they managed to find some people in the Trump campaign who reached out to Russia but had received no real assistance. Investigators found the contacts were not sustained, coordinated, or high-level. They did not qualify as collusion or cooperation with a foreign power, according to FBI agents. Those conclusions are noteworthy because the agents who reached them were no friends of Trump. Indeed, they had often expressed their bias against the president in private communications. The Mueller team would reach the same conclusion—no collusion—but only after they had spent another two years on the case, issuing hundreds of subpoenas and reviewed thousands of documents.

What Did the Special Counsel Know and When Did He Know It?

Mueller was appointed in May 2017. But the FBI and DOJ had all this vital information in hand by February 2017. They knew the stories about Trump contacts with Russian intelligence were false. They knew the Steele Dossier was worthless. No one seemed to care. Senior officials at the FBI and Justice Department ignored the evidence, continued their probe, and then handed it off to Special Counsel Mueller. Mueller and his team had all the FBI’s information and conclusions in hand the day they started their investigation.

Instead of assessing these materials, finishing their work promptly, and giving the American public the results, they ramped it up, hyped it up, kept it up, and turned it up to 11. Their efforts and the resulting media narrative made “Russia collusion” the dominant issue in American politics for over three years. It had very little foundation and, not surprisingly, produced only meager legal results.

The political consequences were not meager at all. The ongoing investigations tied up the president, damaged his party, and may have cost Republicans their House majority in 2018. These effects were well understood at the time. They were welcomed by those who continued the investigations and the reporters and politicians who crafted the public narrative.

Remember, the entire Mueller investigation occurred after the FBI and Justice Department knew the collusion charges had almost no foundation. The newly released Strzok memo is yet another straw on that sagging camel’s back. So is the 57-page summary of Steele’s subsource, refuting the dossier. Still, the caravan moved on, seeking surveillance warrants, appointing a special counsel, fueling congressional hearings, and hobbling a presidency. The Justice Department sought and received two more FISA warrants on Carter Page, still hoping to find illicit Russian connections. Those warrants were based largely on the discredited Steele Dossier and have now been deemed illegal. Two earlier warrants on Page are now being reevaluated. Those who signed them, knowing the underlying information was false, ought to explain themselves to a judge and jury.

Director Comey sustained the collusion controversy by refusing to tell the public what he told Trump privately: that the president was not being investigated for cooperating with Russia. After Comey was fired (May 9, 2017), he leaked his memos-to-self to the New York Times, specifically to force the appointment of a special counsel. The goal, he has said publicly, was to continue investigating Trump’s collusion with Russia.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who was effectively running the Justice Department, moved forward immediately with Comey’s suggestion. He picked Robert Mueller, whose deputy, Andrew Weissmann, then hired a partisan team of prosecutors. This team spent over two years investigating Trump and his campaign. Yet Mueller and Weissmann knew (or should have known) as soon as they took office that there was no evidence of collusion, not only from the newly released Strzok document but from many others. Rosenstein should have known it, too. Instead of closing down the investigation, the deputy attorney general kept widening its scope.

Built on Fumes, Not Facts

This three-year imbroglio was built on swamp gas, not reinforced concrete. We should know that by now. The lead investigators should have known it three years ago.

The results show that the initial warnings and conclusions were correct: there was little basis for believing the Trump campaign had cooperated with a foreign enemy. There was no justification for a launching a mammoth investigation and continuing it for two-and-half years unless it was sustained by a lot of corroborating evidence along the way. They never found it. They had been told, early on, that there was no collusion. No matter. They simply ignored all these warning signs and continued digging.

In the end, no Americans were indicted—much less convicted—for colluding, collaborating, or coordinating with Russia. Beginning in 2018, the House Intelligence Committee, headed by Adam Schiff, began its own double-secret investigation. All Obama’s top intelligence and law-enforcement officials were called to testify behind closed doors. Under oath, they all said they had not seen any evidence of Trump-Russia collusion. In public, many said the opposite, and Schiff said so almost daily. It’s not surprising, then, that Schiff and Speaker Pelosi chose not to release the secret testimony for two years. It was disclosed this year only because Acting National Intelligence Director Grenell said he would release it if Schiff refused.

Schiff’s secrecy had nothing to do with national security since all classified information had been redacted. The secrecy was a political calculation, pure and simple. Releasing the testimony would undermine the entire collusion narrative. Schiff needn’t have worried. The media paid little attention.

We Need to Know the Rest of the Story

Some of this behavior by senior officials at the FBI, CIA, Justice Department, and other agencies was illegal. It needs to be exposed and prosecuted, independent of any political considerations. That’s the job of US Attorney John Durham, appointed by Attorney General Barr. He needs to swiftly complete his investigation.

Some actions violated well-established rules at the FBI, the Justice Department, and the intelligence agencies. They may not be illegal, but if the violations were serious, those who committed them should be fired. In any case, the public needs to know what rules were violated and why.

Still other actions, like those of Adam Schiff, are legally protected because he was acting as a congressman. Still, we need to know how his staff coordinated with their former colleagues at the CIA and National Security Council and whether they broke any laws in doing so.

Whether these officials acted illegally or simply improperly, they have left a disturbing legacy. They abused their powerful positions. In doing so, they imposed a heavy, unnecessary burden on all Americans. They undermined our rule of law, our trust in government, and our democratic stability. They were aided by an aggressively partisan media.

They did all this when our country was already deeply divided and profoundly stressed. They made those grave problems worse. We need to know exactly what they did and whether they broke the law to do it. We need to hold them to account. It’s time.

Charles Lipson is the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Chicago, where he founded the Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security. He can be reached at charles.lipson@gmail.com. His recent articles for The Bridge include an analysis of recent statements by the presidential candidates and Joseph Biden’s difficulties in picking a running mate.

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Nation

On the #Dementiacrat Scheme for Transforming the Country: @StuInSD
The Democrats’ New, Race-Based War on Merit: WFB
Senate Transcripts: Joe Biden Used N-Word 13 Times in 1985 Hearings: Matthew Boyle

The Political Battle of Portland: Byron York
Chinese buy strategic land in Texas, U.S. intel may not be pleased: LifeZette
'Predictable': SCOTUS transgender decision leads to religious legal battles: Nicholas Rowan

Chaos brings a second term: Don Surber
Survey: Majority of Americans Afraid of Expressing Political Beliefs: Graham Piro
A Few Thoughts on Law and Justice: Alan M. Dershowitz

What Jewish Privilege Really Looks Like: Michael Brown
Cuomo admits NY made ‘a lot of mistakes’ in coronavirus fight: Post
Trump to send more federal agents into cities to crack down on crime and unrest: Mica Soellner

Economy

No known case of teacher catching coronavirus from pupils, says scientist: The Times
More schools plan not to have in-person classes in the fall: Cassidy Morrison
Tesla Austin Factory Now Official: BattleSwarm

Scandal Central

DOJ: Flynn’s Judge in Catch-22 Situation–Either Disqualified or Not Entitled to Rehearing: Peter Svab
Trump is the first racist president, Biden says: Emily Larsen
Biden and Democrats look to 'Cash for Clunkers'-style program to boost electric vehicles: Josh Siegel

Media

The New York Times'​ stunningly false and deceptive hit piece to preserve climate alarmism: Bjorn Lomborg
New York Times-Hyped Korean Report Actually Shows Kids Are Not Spreading Coronavirus: Phil Kerpen
PolitiFact Silent After Planned Parenthood Repudiates Margaret Sanger’s Racism: Graham Piro

World

Pompeo: The World Health Organization is corrupt: Joel Gehrke
Congress Moves to Sanction Chinese, Russian, Iranian Hackers: Adam Kredo
Cruz Aide Says Twitter Likely Criminally Liable for Enabling Iranian Regime: Jack Beyrer

Taiwan fears growing threat of attack by China: Joel Gehrke
U.K. Will Offer Citizenship to Escaping Hong Kongers: Jack Beyrer
NBA Will Shutter Chinese Training Center: Collin Anderson

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Hydroxychloroquine could save up to 100,000 lives if used for COVID-19: Yale epidemiology professor: Fox
GPT-3: 'Mind-blowing' AI tool can design websites and prescribe medicine: Adam Smith
Twitter bans Star of David images as 'hateful': WND

Cornucopia

Protesters Pull Down Joe Biden After Mistaking Him For Old Racist Statue: Babylon Bee
And They Wonder Why We’re Cynical: MOTUS
B At Last, B At Last…: Stilton’s Place

QOTD:

So, he's telling America Hillary Clinton is cognitively impaired? https://t.co/PrD4EIp06p

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) July 23, 2020

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Nation

Biden: ‘I Wish’ Schools Taught More About ‘Islamic Faith’: Henry Rodgers
The Democrats' Self-Fulfilling Nightmare: Richard Fernandez
Charles Jacobs Video: Do Current Black Slaves’ Lives Matter?: FrontpageMag

Brace for the Backlash: Kurt Schlichter
St. Louis couple who brandished weapons at protesters charged: Mike Brest
'Not unprecedented': DHS says it's in Portland to protect federal property: Anna Giaritelli

Widespread Mail-In Voting Would Pour Gasoline on Fires Already Raging in Our Streets: PJM
America Held Hostage: F.H. Buckley
Never Have So Few Done So Much Damage to So Many: EIB

Action Network bonds Antifa, BLM riots, and DNC at the hip: Rich Weinstein
There Is No Alternative to the Police: Daniel Greenfield
“FedEx” Assassin of Epstein Judge’s Son Dead of Suicide: CTH

Chicago alderman says city 'too afraid' to ask Trump for help to stop violence: Emma Colton
Report: DHS to Send 150 Federal Agents to Chicago This Week: Hannity
Justice Department gives update on when to expect 'pivotal' report from John Durham: Daniel Chaitin

Economy

Harvard School of Public Health professors: listen to the science and reopen schools now!: Boston Globe
Michigan School Fires Popular Teacher For Saying ‘Trump Is Our President’: Chrissy Clark

Scandal Central

The 'Primary Subsource's' Guide to Russiagate, as Told to the FBI: Eric Felten
Broken Trust? FBI wanted to use White House briefings to spy on Trump, aides, memos show: John Solomon
Flynn attorneys file to oppose Judge Sullivan request for full judge panel to review case dismissal: Joseph Weber

The ‘Primary Subsource’s’ Guide To Russiagate, As Told To The FBI: Eric Felten
Fiery Flynn brief accuses Judge Sullivan of acting on 'vindictive animus,' aims to end case: Fox
Former New York assembly speaker sentenced to more than six years in prison for corruption: Madison Dibble

Media

China Watch: LA Times Publishes Beijing-Funded Propaganda: Chuck Ross
Michelle Malkin beaten by BLM thugs and prevented from speaking at Denver pro-police rally: Peter Barry Chowka
AP says it will capitalize Black but not white: WKBN

Remember the Steele dossier? It went to hell today, barely making news.: Drew Holden
From Asheville to Trashville: Jim Goad
'Flat-out pissed': Mark McCloskey dismayed prosecutor charged him but not rioters and trespassers: Madison Dibble

World

A New U.S. National Security Strategy: A World Transformed: NatlInt
GOP Sen. Hawley Introduces Anti-Slave-Labor Bill Aimed at China and 'Woke' Brands Like Nike and the NBA: Stephen Green
If Japan Expands Submarine Fleet To 30, It Will Shape The Pacific’s Undersea Defenses: Craig Hooper

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Connecticut: Coronavirus testing flaw causing false positives: Susan Haigh
A Star had a Partial Supernova and Kicked Itself Into a High-Speed Journey Across the Milky Way: Evan Gough
Hacking a Power Supply: Schneier

Cornucopia

Useless Money-Saving Tips: Stilton’s Place
The Beach Will Have To Wait: MOTUS
Kamala Ges a Reverse Michael Jackson: Diogenes

QOTD:

BREAKING:

Democratic Presidential nominee @JoeBiden is formally being listed as a criminal suspect by high level Ukraine government officials, in a major case involving his son - Hunter. pic.twitter.com/Xe2bSLEAh8

— Kim (@kimfreethinker) July 20, 2020

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Nation

My Grandparents Escaped North Korea: I Don’t Want Marxism Here: Samuel Kim
Police union building broken into and burned during Portland riots: Madison Dibble
10 policies Biden and Democrats would ram through after axing filibuster: Examiner

Yes, Joe Biden Said He Wants to Defund the Police: Beth Baumann
Andrew Cuomo's Coronavirus Response Has Been a Failure: Billy Binion
Mystery, Democratic-linked super PAC meddles in Kansas GOP primary: James Arkin

Woke America Is a Russian Novel: Peter Savodnik
Portland Police Association Office Set on Fire by Communist Antifa/BLM Gangs: Alex Nitzberg
House Dems ask IG to probe use of DHS to save Portland from Anfifa rioters: Madison Dibble

Fact Check: 'Redirecting' Police Funding is Same as 'Defund the Police': Joel B. Pollak
BidenWatch for July 20, 2020: BattleSwarm
Trump Says He’s Helping Portland After Crackdown on Unrest: Epoch

Economy

Krugman On The Run: Michael Hirsh
Trump planning executive order to exclude illegal immigrants from census: Jon Levine
Rep. John Lewis Raised Millions While His District Starved: Daniel Greenfield

Scandal Central

Seems Igor Danchenko was primary sub source for Steele dossier (bonus Fiona Hill link!): IFTPSS
Federal judge whose son was killed and husband wounded just assigned Epstein-Deutsche Bank case: Twitchy
Cisco Fires Employees for Criticizing Communist Black Lives Matter During Online Diversity Forum: LI

Sunday Talks: Mark Meadows -vs- Maria Bartiromo – “It’s all starting to unravel”: CTH
Judicial Watch Uncovers Explosive FBI Emails, Appearing To Reference A WH ‘Confidential Informant’: Sara Carter
Trump: Obama And Biden Spied On My Campaign, Should Be In Jail: RCP

Media

The family that owns The New York Times were slaveholders: Michael Goodwin
Why We Shouldn’t Believe Polling About Trump: Townhall
Remember John Lewis for Civil Rights Heroism, Not Partisan Politics: Joel B. Pollak

World

China Rebukes U.S. Calls To Extend Iran Arms Embargo: OAN
In yet another blast in Iran, explosion hits power plant in Isfahan: TOI
Hezbollah Seeks Chinese Bailout Amid Lebanon’s Growing Economic Woes: LI

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

United Arab Emirates launches spacecraft on country's first mission to Mars: Carlin Becker
US tech giants exposed if China takes Taiwan: Scott Foster
Pentagon is working to develop detection system for electromagnetic pulse blasts: DailyMail

Cornucopia

Mornin’: Feral Irishman
How Does Sailor Joe Keep Bobbling Along Without Sinking?: Earl of Taint
Dems to build Garden of Anti-American Heroes to spite Trump: Cube

QOTD:

Bannon: #COVID19 is a weaponized virus, it's impervious to summer heat and humidity, asymptomatic, and targets the most vulnerable. #CCPVirus
The National security adviser, the head of FBI, the Sec of State and AG Barr laid out an integrated and coherent war plan to confront CCP pic.twitter.com/WNNDmgCfKa

— Himalaya Global (@HimalayaGlobal) July 20, 2020

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Nation

It’s About More Than Toppling Statues. It’s About Toppling America: Kay Coles James
Levin: 60 Million Americans Got Swine Flu, Obama and Biden Stopped Testing: John Jakubisin
'Building Power for Muslims in Politics': Robert Spencer

Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city: AP
Portland Mayor: My Plan To Stop Rioting And Crime Was To Just Let It Burn Itself Out: WZ
MN: ‘Crime is Rampant... Open Air Drug Sales, Guns, It’s Every 20 Minutes’: Hannity

Let's talk about that "Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness" graphic: Jonah Goldberg
Collins: City Leaders Must Start Standing Up for Law and Order: NewsMax
How Civilians Defended Koreatown from Racist Violence During the 1992 LA Riots: Ammo

The List of 42 Disastrous Things Joe Biden Would Do as President: Nonperele
‘Emperor’ Andrew Cuomo’s insane ‘eat if you’re drinking at a bar’ order: Post
War on the Suburbs: How HUD's Housing Policies Became a Weapon for Social Change: Ammo

Economy

Teachers unions have abandoned our students by blocking reopening: Examiner
Here's How Much Trump's Deregulation Saved Your Family This Year: PJM
AG William Barr: China has launched ‘economic blitzkrieg’ to topple US: Mark Moore

Scandal Central

Senate Release Shows Dossier Content Credibility Destroyed January 2017: CTH
Devin Nunes and John Solomon Discuss Recent Senate Release Outlining FISA Fraud: CTH
Senate Panel Releases FBI Memo Related To Mystery Source For Steele Dossier: Chuck Ross

CDC Has Politicized the Pandemic, Says Senior Administration Official: Tracy Beanz
Epstein was ‘Pinocchio’ with ‘Gepetto’ Ghislaine pulling the strings, accuser says: Laura Italiano
Disgraced Democrat Sprung From Prison Without Explanation: Jazz SHaw

Media

New Russia probe memos expose massive errors in NYT anti-Trump story, Steele dossier: JTN
Media Bias: CNN's Henderson, Blitzer suggest Trump handling pandemic poorly: JTN
Joy Reid Loses In Court As 2nd Circuit Revives Libel Claim Against Her: John Sexton

Heartwarming Story Of The Day - NPR Ratings Collapse As Pandemic Ends Listeners’ Commutes: Ace
lulz: Vox Lays Off 72 "People": Ace
Andrew Sullivan Kicks Some Arse On His Way Out The Door At Vox Media: RS

Cancel Culture Queen And Online Troll Chrissy Teigen Distraught About Being Canceled And Trolled: Evita Duffy
How Arielle Charnas Botched the Something Navy Relaunch: Influence.co
NYT: Let’s Face It — The Mail-In State Primary Was A Disaster: Ed Morriseey

World

Beijing makes it official: Seeking democracy is treason: Post
U.S. Army Releases a Video of Green Berets Training Alongside Taiwanese Forces in Taiwan: Craig Bowman
US Navy scuppers flawed Littoral Combat Ship fleet: AT

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Read Twitter’s update on the huge hack — 8 accounts may have had private messages stolen: Sean Hollister
This Boston Dynamics-Esque Bot Has Horrifying, Human-Like Eyes: Jacob Banas
Ranking of the most dangerous cities in the world in 2020: Statista

Cornucopia

Analysis: True: MOTUS
Mornin’: Feral Irishman
A Little Horseplay: Stilton’s Place

QOTD:

Just to clarify for all New Yorkers, and the @nytimes who refuses to expose @NYCMayor’s dangerous actions, the @nyspolice @WCPDNY and @YonkersPD have advised their police officers not to take police action in #NYC as it could endanger their members. @NYGovCuomo WAKE UP!

— Bernard B. Kerik (@BernardKerik) July 17, 2020

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Nation

Democrats don't believe Joe Biden's polling numbers: Tim Young
Georgia Democrat Defends Trump, Eviscerates Black Lives Matter Narrative: Tyler O’Neil
Mark Levin: Our Culture Makes Murderous Marxist Tyranny Seem 'Cool': Bailey Duran

Trump a student of General Wang Jingze, author of The Thirty-six Stratagems: Carlos Osweda
Alabama Democratic Sen. Doug Jones has a narrow path to keep his seat: Naomi Lim
Monmouth Poll: 57% Of Pa. Voters Believe There Are ‘Secret Trump Voters’: OAN

Time For Trump To Start Kicking Aspiration: Kurt Schlichter
Insurrection and Violence Threaten America’s Very Survival: James Taylor
Barr Confirms Arrest of MS-13 Leaders: Jack Beyrer

AOC Gets Caught Gaslighting About New York’s Rising Violent Crime: GianCarlo Canaparo
Peter Navarro just said what many people were thinking about Fauci: Kaylee McGhee
Poll: Majority of PA Voters Believe ‘Secret Trump Voters‘ in Communities: Hannah Bleau

Economy

WSJ Torches the Overblown COVID Hysteria About the Dangers of Reopening Schools: Matt Vespa
Stanford Doctor Scott Atlas: The Science Shows Kids Should Go Back To School: Jordan Davidson
Now Would Be a Terrible Time to Raise the Minimum Wage: Rachel Greszler

Scandal Central

Trump Remains the Only Man in Washington to See the Danger: Matthew Boose
Critical race theory is spreading rapidly through the federal government: Christopher F. Rufo
Ilhan Omar’s payments to husband’s firm hit $1 million in 2020 cycle: Joe Schoffstall

Media

The NFL Is on the Brink: Victor Davis Hanson
Ted Cruz: Bari Weiss resignation reveals New York Times is propaganda: Anthony Leonardi
Oldest hatred rears its head: New York Times justifies black anti-Semitism: WIN

World

FAQ: The “Snapback” of UN Sanctions on Iran: FDD
DARPA Is Transforming Cargo Planes Into Flying Aircraft Carriers: Michael Peck
7 wooden boats catch fire in shipyard at Iran port: TOI

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

4 Angles in Understanding Spread of COVID-19 in US, Europe: Fred Lucas
The Twitter mega-hack. What you need to know: Graham Cluley
Scientists uncover SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in recovered COVID-19 and SARS patients: Duke

Cornucopia

Bastille Day: The Beginning of Liberal Madness: Ann Coulter
Just Shut Up: MOTUS
Former Iranian Hostage Slams Biden for Abandoning Him in Tehran: Adam Kredo

QOTD:

This man has a DeLorean https://t.co/PN6gTUGY4m

— Checked Elitist Poso (@JackPosobiec) July 16, 2020

Just so you can self-police.

The National Museum of African American History & Culture wants to make you aware of certain signs of whiteness: Individualism, hard work, objectivity, the nuclear family, progress, respect for authority, delayed gratification, more. (via @RpwWilliams)https://t.co/k9X3u4Suas pic.twitter.com/gWYOeEh4vu

— Byron York (@ByronYork) July 15, 2020I think we have evidence of what human life turns into without the traits outlined above. I wonder if the NMAAHC has done a thorough study of these topics, and can deliver evidence-based research?

Hat tip: John Locke and the Enlightenment.

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Nation

Stanford MD: ‘Anyone Who Prioritizes Children Would Reopen Schools’: Jonah Gottschalk
China Joe Biden Endorses Destruction of the Senate Filibuster: Joe Biden’s Avatar
The Shameless Gaslighting by Andrew Cuomo’s Defenders: David Harsanyi

A Supremely Interesting Decision: TermLimits
Trump target Jeff Sessions loses Alabama Republican Senate primary runoff: Naomi Lim
Trump needs to articulate a clear second-term agenda: Examiner

Florida Media Discover Widespread False Reports of Positive COVID Tests: CTH
Why Is the COVID-19 Caseload Rising in California?: Kevin Pham
Travel from New York City seeded the nationwide COVID-19 crisis: Cassidy Morrison

Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted to hospital for ‘treatment of a possible infection,: Fox
There's Nothing New About Roger Stone Clemency: Byron York
America Can't Afford Tax Day Under a Biden Administration: Ronna McDaniel

Economy

Meet The Young GOP House Candidate Who Is Running To Fight Socialism: LifeZette
These Are the Insane Non-Virus Demands LA Teachers Union Wants Before Returning to School: Beth Baumann
The Time for School Choice Is Now: Larry O'Connor

Scandal Central

The Mysterious Journey of an FBI Leak Investigation: CTH
Whistleblower describes Facebook interference in Canada’s 2019 election: Ezra Levant
Couple Who Defended Home: ‘Rumor Is That We Are Going To Be Indicted Shortly’: DailyWire

More of This Approach – Devin Nunes Goes Hard After Mueller Team: CTH
Liberal Reporter: Yes, The Mueller Probe's ‘Hysterical Fallacies' Is Cause For Roger Stone's Commutation: Matt Vespa
Will All District Attorneys Now Be Empowered to Investigate All Future Presidents?: Alan M. Dershowitz

Media

Resignation Letter: Bari Weiss
Is Bari Weiss the New York Times' James Damore? Insider Spills the Beans on Stifling Cancel Culture: Tyler O’Neil
'Deeply troubled': ViacomCBS severed ties with Nick Cannon over anti-Semitic comments: Mike Brest

Far Left Wikipedia Editors Vandalized Mark Levin Bio in Multiyear Campaign: T.D. Adler
Former Wikipedia editor says website engaged in multiyear smear campaign against Mark Levin: Andrew Mark Miller
CNN’S S.E. Cupp Lectures On Masks At Beaches, Then Posts Beach Selfie Without One: Pulse

World

China vows retaliation after Trump ends preferential status for Hong Kong: ST
Chinese professionals shocked by 45% China tax rate consider leaving Hong Kong: ST
US drops decision to revoke international student visas on facing legal challenge: THT

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The First Wuhan Coronavirus Vaccine Has Promising Results: Beth Baumann
Masks Are Neither Effective Nor Safe: A Summary Of The Science: Technocracy
These Watches Have Seen Some Of Human Being's Greatest Achievements: Christian Barker

Cornucopia

Boss Fired For Being White Supremacist: Dilbert
Lame Ms.: Stilton’s Place
Worth It: CTH

QOTD:

Of course https://t.co/XRwkJ5v38C

— Lee Smith (@LeeSmithDC) July 15, 2020

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Nation

Cuban Immigrant Warns Americans About ‘Communists’ Trying To Take Over U.S.: DailyWire
Biden cites quote made famous by Mao Zedong during fundraiser: Joseph Simonson,
Comrade Cuomo: NY Visitor Must Show Papers, Register or Face $2,000 Fine: CTH

The Big Apple Is Being Destroyed...and Blasio Is Concerned With a BLM Mural: Matt Vespa
Crisis In New York: Byron York
AOC Blames Surge of Violence in NYC on Coronavirus Unemployment: Alex Nester

5 Arguments Against 'America Is a Racist Country': Dennis Prager
The Fathers of Communism Were Racist: Jarrett Stepman
‘Tolerant’ Liberals Sure Hate Jews: Derek Hunter

Fight For Freedom: T.L. Davis
COVID Madness – Comrade Newsom Shuts Down California Indoor Activities: CTH
The Progressive’s Problem With Guns, BLM and Police: Herschel Smith

Economy

COVID: The most important evidence regarding pediatric transmission comes from Iceland: Newman Nahas
Will the Left Kill America's Energy Dominance?: Stephen Moore
NEC Director Larry Kudlow Discusses Phase 4 COVID Package, School Incentives and China : CTH

Scandal Central

Soros-Backed Liberal Groups Raked in Tens of Millions From PPP: Joe Schoffstall
Goya Outrage Shows Cancel Culture Out of Control: Tony Perkins
Nick Cannon propagated antisemitic conspiracy theories on his podcast: Geller

Preparing for Vote Fraud? Why Has Biden Hired 600 Lawyers?: David Catron
DOJ finally releases FBI memo showing agents concluded Flynn was innocent: WorldTrib
California rejected 100K mail-in ballots because of mistakes: AP

Media

NBA Store Allows ‘Defund Police,’ ‘Beware of Jews’ on Custom Jerseys, But Not ‘Free Hong Kong’: Andrew Stiles
Hillary Clinton: 'We have to be ready' for possibility Trump refuses to leave office if he loses 2020 election: Mike Brest
'We don’t endorse those words': Tucker Carlson calls offensive comments from former lead writer 'wrong': Examiner

World

China begins 'mass production' of new stealth fighter jet: Joel Gehrke
Fire suppression system on US Navy ship was inoperable during blaze that injured dozens: Examiner
Should Have Seen It Coming: China Proposes Deal with Iran: Micaela Burrow

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Sweden Was Right After All, Rest Of The World Was Punk’d: Technocracy
WHO sounds alarm as coronavirus cases rise by one million in five days: THT
Britain Set to Ban Huawei From 5G: WFB

Cornucopia

BLM Supporters Celebrate Death of Mother Shot Dead For Saying “All Lives Matter”: Summit
I Will Not Be Purged: MOTUS
Another Nefarious Racial Conspiracy Intended to Break the Will of the Perpetually Victimized???: Diogenes

QOTD:

It’s a tough pill to swallow, but at the rate we’re going the death toll from the virus itself is going to pale in comparison to the death toll of the measures taken to prevent it.

The lockdowns are stifling regular healthcare, killing jobs & leading to catastrophic effects.

— Dr. David Samadi (@drdavidsamadi) July 14, 2020

Adapted from a Twitter thread by Newman Nahas

The most important evidence regarding pediatric transmission of COVID-19 comes from Iceland, and their study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Be suspicious of any expert ignoring this paper and discussing anecdotes instead.

The data for the study come from Iceland’s systematic screening of its population.

It was based on a population-representative sample (identified without respect to symptomatic status), and a sample based on presence of symptoms.

The study isolated SARS-CoV-2 samples from every positive case, sequenced genome of virus, and tracked the mutation patterns.

This analysis, along with contact tracing, allowed the authors to identify definitively who passed the virus to whom.

This study is unique.

Based on this, the senior author concluded that:

“[E]ven if children do get infected, they are less likely to transmit the disease to others than adults. We have not found a single instance of a child infecting parents.“

This is huge.

The genetic analysis in this study is the most direct evidence of the direction of transmission. And this evidence shows that children must be less likely to transmit than adults.

No other way to view this. These datasets are basically irrefutable.

Note: your cousin’s friend who heard about some stuff . . . almost certainly didn’t sequence any genomes.

The same is true of the news reports of isolated instances of school outbreaks.

Though these accounts usually proclaim hysterically that children are super-spreaders, their conclusions seem never to be based on actual tracing (much less deeper genetic analyses). Never.

Yet these stories are getting more press than Iceland.

This is especially weird here, as Iceland is not an outlier. It’s results are also corroborated all over the world.

In fact, at this point so many datasets on point, it’s overwhelming.

Here are two examples.

• Ireland: Researchers compared infected children with infected adults. Despite identifying a total of 722 contacts for the infected children, the study found not a single instance of an infected child passing on the virus. In contrast, the adults who were infected, had many fewer contacts – 102 – and yet did pass on the infection.

• Netherlands: A report by the ministry of health in the Netherlands, based on extensive contact tracing data, also found almost no disease spread by infected patients 20 and under at all. The authors of the study concluded:

Data from the Netherlands confirms . . . children play a minor role in the spread of the novel coronavirus. The virus is mainly spread between adults and from adult family members to children. The spread of COVID-19 among children or from children to adults is less common.

They included the helpful chart depicted above.

Thus, we are faced with two hypotheses

1. Children play an equal role in transmission
2. Children play a meaningfully reduced role in transmission.

Hypothesis 1 explains the stories out Israel and other isolated cases of seeming pediatric spread.

But it can not explain the data out of Iceland, Ireland, France, Netherlands, Australia, Denmark, and numerous other datasets.

Therefore, it explains only a subset of the data.

Hypothesis 2 however can explain all the data.

It can explain Ireland, etc. and the stories of pediatric transmission (because it doesn’t deny the possibility of pediatric spread, just suggests its lower probability).

In fact, looking at the set of evidence taken as a whole, the obvious hypothesis that jumps out is not that children must play an equal role in transmission.

But rather that...

Children must play a reduced role

Thus, the alarmist claiming kids are super-spreaders are trying to base policy on a hypothesis that looks only at a sliver of the data.

That would be bad enough.

But what they are doing is worse.

They are not just ignoring tons of data. But ignoring the most systematic and in favor of the most anecdotal.

Ignoring the genetic analysis out of Iceland b ecause of an impressionistic news report is not science. It’s sleight of hand. And a poor one at that.

Footnote: I don’t discuss the risks to children here (but rather risk from). That is because at this point the first issue is settled. The risk to children is staggeringly low, as @d_spiegel has put it.

First, there is almost no controversy that children's safety is not the concern from being in school

Their risks of becoming infected and severely unwell are incredibly low (even accounting for the extremely rare hyperinflammatory syndrome)

8/15https://t.co/pkSYrFF1KG pic.twitter.com/LPIYBj4xOw

— Alasdair Munro (@apsmunro) July 2, 2020

Here is an up-to-date literature review by Dr Munro. I have not seen anything as comprehensive.

[Editor's note]: if you think school closures are about the children, well, then you've never heard the President of one of the largest teacher's unions declared: "It's not about kids, it's about power". They're trying to stop you, stop charter schools, and stop Trump. Reject this bullsh**.

Original thread here. Hat tip: BadBlue Uncensored News.

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Nation

Why The Left Fears The Right, And Why The Right Will Win: American Digest
Defend your property? Democrats will confiscate your guns.: Fox
Biden is the wrong choice to lead the West through Cold War 2.0: Hugh Hewitt, WaPo

Problems With Absentee Ballots Hint at Election Nightmare: Rick Moran
Seattle to White Employees: ‘Your Skin Color Is a Crime’: Clarion
Only thing standing between America and the far left is four more years of President Trump: Matthew Boyle

Missouri AG calls out St. Louis prosecutor's history of political decisions: Chris Enloe
48 Police Officers Slain in 2019; 511 Over Decade--Nearly 1 Per Week: John Jakubisin
Young Mother Shot to Death, Allegedly After Telling BLM Supporters that ‘All Lives Matter’: RS

The Winds of Woke: Matthew Continetti
Why You Should Be Optimistic About Trump Winning: Kurt Schlichter
Pelosi Says Lawmakers Will Unveil Legislation to Curb the President’s Clemency Powers: IJR

Economy

Cuban-American CEO: 'Useful Idiots' Will Help Usher in Same Communism that Destroyed Cuba: Trending
Asked if he'll apologize for praising Trump, Goya Foods CEO replies, "H*ll no": Adam Ford
University agrees that black students should be graded differently: FreeWest Media

Slavery: it’s a feature, not a bug: Daniel Greenfield
Harvard newspaper survey finds 1% of faculty members identify as conservative: John Gage
It’s all hands on deck to save the MTA from collapse: Post

Scandal Central

Why Fire Dana Boente?: CTH
Robert Mueller Was Obama’s Shield – Graham Open To Mueller Hearing: CTH
Joe Biden’s Family Has a Long Rap Sheet… And They All Magically Got Dismissed: Post

The Wayfair Scandal is More than Cabinets: Beautiful Day
Robert Mueller Was Obama’s Shield – Graham Open To Mueller Hearing: CTH
Democrat Radicals Set Fire to Virgin Mary Statue Outside Boston Church, Authorities Say: NBC Boston

Media

The most dishonest, biased news coverage of our lifetimes — and it’s about to get worse: Michael Barone
Beyond disturbing that anti-semitic tropes are defended by Shannon Sharpe and Malik Jackson: Jeff Goldstein
A New Low in Trump Derangement?: John Hinderaker

Why New York Times praises ‘cancel culture’ but skips over its own racist history: Michael Goodwin
Bo Snerdley steps up for Black conservatives: Times
The Lincoln Project will reportedly next target Tucker Carlson, other Republicans: Twitchy

David French Reveals The Depth Of Intellectual Dishonesty Needed For The NeverTrumpers’ Stone Take: RS
Why New York Times praises ‘cancel culture’ but skips over its own racist history: Goodwin: Michael Goodwin
Chris Wallace thought he was ready to scold Betsy DeVos, but she’s used to dealing with children: BPR

World

Why China wants a Himalayan dispute with Bhutan: Bertil Lintner
18 Sailors Injured in Fire Aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego: Gina Harkins
Our fearful leaders are failing to stand up to the radical woke minority: Nick Timothy

`Obama threw us to the wolves,' says Israeli UN ambassador as tenure winds down: UWI
China Announces Sanctions Against US Lawmakers Over Uighur Issue: VOA
One Flu Out Of The Wuhan Nest: SDA

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

New York City Without Coronavirus Deaths Four Months After First Report: NBC NY
Double Mastectomy at 15, Detrans 16-Year-Old Now Seeks Reversal: Julia Diana Robertson
Reddit CEO claims TikTok app is 'fundamentally parasitic' and spyware: Edward C. Baig

Cornucopia

Biden tricked by Dems into 25th Amendment coup?: Horn News
Elvis Presley's only grandson Benjamin Keough dies aged 27: ST
Pizzagate: The Podesta ‘pizza’ emails: Dr. Eowyn

QOTD:

Do a bit more investigation and you will find the California DMV automatically registered drivers and also changed the party affiliation on many others. They claim it was an error. Think about that.

— Earl Eldridge ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@EarlEldridge) July 10, 2020

Oh, I live in an urban area, just so ya know. It’s diverse, amazing and fun. And I ain’t leavin’, period.

But, say, in the interest of promoting the [INSERT COLOR HERE] Lives Matter movements (so many cats, so few recipes), I feel compelled to unleash the “double-standard” trump card. After all, we have seen Hillary Clinton preemptively exonerated for multiple, willful violations of the Espionage Act.

Had you or I violated these codes, we’d be part-way through a sentence at Leavenworth. Which is not as fun as it sounds.

That said, please note how the deep state Beltway notifies us of these kindsa stories...

In August 2019, Caroline Biden, 33, a niece of former Vice President Biden, was busted in Lower Merion Township, Penn., for driving under the influence and without a license, public records show. While the case is active, it’s unlikely Caroline will face much in the way of consequences — if history and Biden family rap sheets are any guide.

Her arrest, which was never made public, was at least the ninth among Joe Biden’s close family, and followed incidents involving his brother Frank, his son Hunter and his daughter Ashley. The cases — ranging from felony theft to drug possession — were all either thrown out, or resulted in light sentences with no jail time, according to a Post review of public records and published reports.

The Pennsylvania drunken-driving collar was the third run-in with the law for Caroline, who is the daughter of Joe’s younger brother, James Biden Sr. In September 2013, she was booked for allegedly hitting an NYPD officer during a full scale meltdown at her Tribeca apartment, following a dispute with a roommate over unpaid rent. The case was dismissed after Caroline agreed to anger management treatment.Oh, wait. There’s more (emphases mine):
Joe Biden’s brother, Francis ‘Frank’ Biden, 66, won the prize for the most bizarre Biden family bust when he allegedly stuffed two DVDs from a Florida Blockbuster down his pants in October 2003, cops said. He was 49 at the time. He never showed up for a scheduled court hearing on the attempted theft and the state attorney declined to prosecute, according to records obtained by the Miami New Times.

He had more serious scrapes with the law. He was pinched in August 2003 for drunk driving in Fort Lauderdale, earning six months probation. He was arrested a year later for driving with a suspended license but avoided jail again by spending three months in rehab. In 1999, Biden was a passenger in a car involved in a fatal drunk-driving accident. He was found partially liable for the death of 38-year-old William Albano, and owes his family almost $1 million dollars, according to the Daily Mail.But I’m sure the Biden kclan was treated just as you or I would have been.
THE BIDEN BUSTSThe rap sheets, and favorable court outcomes, of four Joe Biden relatives

Ashley Biden, Daughter, 39
Charge: Pot possession in New Orleans in 1999. No conviction recorded.
Charge: Attempting to obstruct a police officer in Chicago in 2002. Dropped.

Frank Biden, Brother, 66,
Charge: DUI in Florida in 2003. Six months probation.
Charge: Petty theft in Florida in 2003. Dropped.
Charge: Driving with suspended license in Florida in 2004. Three months in rehab.

Caroline Biden, Niece, 33
Charge: Resisting arrest, obstruction of government administration, harassment in NYC, 2013. Case dismissed.
Charge: Grand and petty larceny in NYC in 2017. Two years probation; restitution of $110,000 in stolen credit card charges.
Charge: DUI, driving without a licence in Pennsylvania in 2019. Case pending.

Hunter Biden, Son, 50
Charge: Drug possession in New Jersey in 1988. Pretrial intervention program, records expunged.Well, those are all probably coincidences.

But there aren't really aren't two systems of justice. No way.

I’m sure the Biden family -- with Joe’s $10 million+ estate -- is above reproach. I really believe that.

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Nation

Will “Cancel Culture” Destroy Biden For These Viral Videos?: Ann Althouse
Vandals Attack Monument for Evil Racist — Checks Notes — 9/11 Firefighters: Tyler O’Neil
‘Unfit To Lead’: New Ad Showing Democrats Criticizing Biden’s Fitness: Geller

General Flynn is an American Hostage: Jeff Crouere
Liberal’s All-Out Assault On Free Speech: Derek Hunter
Two police shot and killed in ambush attack in Texas: Sooper

Biden History of Plagiarism Surfaces in Devastating Video: Tom Borelli
I Try Hard Not to Hate – Mitt Romney Makes it Hard: CTH
Data suggest Florida's top coronavirus days may have been inflated by as much as 30%: JTN

Obama Granted Clemency to Terrorists and Traitors, But Dems Are Angry About Roger Stone: Matt Margolis
Trump Spares Stone from Imprisonment, Sparking Howls from Amnesiac Democrats: Andrew C. McCarthy
Well done, sir! Florida homeowner shoots three home invaders, killing two: Fox 32 Chicago

Economy

Cuban Immigrant Warns President Trump About The Danger of Socialism/Communism: CTH
Trump Tells Minnesota Governor to Pound Sand, Denies Request for ‘Disaster’ Relief After Riots: RS
How to help Hong Kong and kick-start our economic recovery at the same time: Brad Polumbo

Scandal Central

Rod Rosenstein Steps-Up To Assist Mueller Attack Trump Over Roger Stone Commutation: CTH
Soros Funded St. Louis Prosecutor Get Search Warrant Against Couple Who Defended Home, Firearm Seized: CTH
New Flynn Notes: ‘FBI Leadership’ Decided Not to Provide Russian Call Transcripts to Flynn in Interview: NRO

Democrats applauded when Obama freed terrorists. But Roger Stone’s commutation offends them: Fox
Remembering the Crimes of Roger Stone: Charlotte Lawson
Explosive New Documents Reveal Andrew Weissmann’s Misconduct In Enron Case: Margot Cleveland (2019)

Media

Tucker Carlson: Critics of Roger Stone commutation hypocritically ignore crimes by 'the mob': Anthony Leonardi
President Trump Wears a Protective Mask Visiting Walter Reed Hospital – Duh, It’s a Hospital: CTH
ESPN suspends reporter over 'f--- you' email to Josh Hawley: Reports: Emma Colton

World

‘People will die’: Violent US-China clash possible soon, senior GOP lawmaker says: Joel Gehrke
China’s peace and reconciliation effort falls flat: Denny Roy
China raises flood alert to second highest level: THT

The Jews of Privilege: Benjamin Kerstein
What a Growing List of ‘Instructional’ Court Cases in Russia Have in Common: MT
Russian Authorities Are Targeting Journalists, Historians and Activists. The Rest of Us Could Be Next.: MT

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Coronavirus: Why everyone was wrong: Beda M. Stadler
At the heart of Trump's Twitter spat, a 'shocking level of bipartisan support' for Big Tech change: Yahoo!
If 2020 Is the Warmest Year … So What?: Roy Spencer

Cornucopia

Weinstein, Epstein, and the Democrats: Grant Baker
Clinton pardon of Rich a saga of power, money: LATimes (2001)
Why Facts Matter. Especially When You Have Bigger Fish To Fry.: MOTUS

QOTD:

You all realize these Left-Wing Commies aren’t stopping at socialism, right?

— Lauren Boebert for Congress (R-CO3) (@laurenboebert) July 11, 2020

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Nation

It's Not Trump vs. Biden. It's Trump vs. Losing Your Country.: EIB
Mark Levin: GOP Should Subpoena Tax Returns of All Supreme Court Justices: Susan Jones
Julián Castro Urges Boycott of Goya Foods After CEO Praised Trump: David Rutz

Trump Right All Along: Fake News Media Really Is The Enemy Of The People: Kylee Zempel
Reflections on Southern Slavery and Leftist Slavery: Daniel Greenfield
WH Report Card: Confusing signals on renaming bases, Biden weaknesses: Paul Bedard

Transcript of Washington Examiner interview with Vice President Mike Pence: Examiner
Mark Levin Warns Democrats 'You'd Better Wake Up': CNSNews
ESPN Reporter to Sen. Hawley: ‘F—k You’ for Criticizing China: Jack Beyrer

House Blunders to Blame for Dems’ Setback in Trump Subpoena Case: Kevin Daley
Mark Levin: BLM is the equivalent of the KKK​: TheBlaze.com
Supreme Court Decides Half of Oklahoma Has Been an Indian Reservation for Past 113 Years: Zack Smith

Economy

Joe Biden's tax plan may wallop the stock market — here's one disturbing estimate: Brian Sozzi
Biden said he wants to ban fracking: Steve Guest
Madison Ave. Business Sues Cuomo, De Blasio for Riots, Estimates $100M in Damages: Tyler O’Neil

Scandal Central

Where the Hell Is John Durham?: Julie Kelly
Durham Must Release the Coup Report Before the Election!: EIB
Brazen Lying Is Media’s Latest Escalation In Campaign Against Trump: Mollie Hemingway

FBI Man at the Heart of Surveillance Abuses Is a Professor of Spying Ethics: Paul Sperry
New Steele evidence strengthens Durham prosecution as frustration over inaction grows: John Solomon
Claire McCaskill’s Multimillionaire Husband Took PPP Loan: Brent Scher

Media

Mark Zuckerberg is getting mauled for standing up for basic free speech: Rich Lowry
If it wasn’t for fake hate..: SDA
NBC Contributor Reveals He Never Had Coronavirus After Network Documented His Recovery: David Rutz

Here Come the Speech Police: David Harsanyi
NFL Again Fumbles Opportunity to Unite America: Ken Blackwell
NY Times’ 1619 Project Stokes Racial Division, but Offers No Real Solutions: Jonathan Butcher

World

In Hong Kong Security Law, China Asserts Legal Jurisdiction over the Entire World: Jimmy Quinn
China’s southern Jiangxi declares highest flood alert: THT
Chinese order of battle in Aksai Chin: What are we up against?: Indian Express

China, Iran deal eyes a future decoupled from US: AsiaTimes
Mexican Drug Cartel Ramps up Violent Activity: Jack Beyrer
Giant Protests in Russia's Far East After Popular Governor's Arrest: AFP

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Why In-Person Schooling Would Be One of the Safest Activities to Reopen: Kevin Pham
Why Climate Activists Will Go Nuclear—Or Go Extinct: Michael Shellenberger
Trawling for secrets in haunting films recovered from the bottom of the sea: Aeon

Cornucopia

Where Have All the Coins Gone?: William J. Luther
“It’s Pauline Kael’s World, and You’re Living In It.”: MOTUS
Joe Biden’s Cognitive Test Results Are Back: Earl of Taint

QOTD:

A first decisive attack on the Double Standard.

Everyone around Hillary was immunized.

Everyone around Trump was persecuted &/or prosecuted.

Hillary was guilty. Trump was innocent.

The commutation was justice.

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) July 11, 2020

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Nation

Biden campaign adopts Bernie Sanders’ Marxist and anti-semitic platform: M. Downling
Biden, the Puppet of the Far Left: George Neumayr
Supreme Court punts, denies Trump immunity but blocks House Dems from tax docs: Fox

Obama bungled H1N1 testing, crushing Biden's attacks on Trump: Gregg Re
The Fierce Fight Over America’s Ideals and History: Charles Lipson
Pelosi On Mobs Tearing Down Statues: Eh, ‘People Will Do What They Do’: Darleen Click

How Joe Biden Might Try to Avoid Debating Trump: Jazz Shaw
The Authoritarian Left Fears a Level Playing Field: David Limbaugh
President Trump Phone Interview With Sean Hannity: CTH

Not All Black Lives Matter to Black Lives Matter: Ben Shapiro
Genocide is coming to America: Robert Zimmerman
Dear California, illegal aliens in your state are 231% more likely to end up in jail than legal residents: FAIR

Economy

Trump Touts Education, Economic Opportunities for Hispanics: Fred Lucas
Continetti: Schools Reopening Is a Must for Parents: WFB
Pandemic accelerates the death of malls: Jay Heflin

Scandal Central

No, Mr. Durham. We Need Your Report Before Election Day: Roger L. Simon
Ric Grenell Discusses Obama Team Motivation to Disrupt Incoming Trump Administration: CTH
Never Relent – Why Did The DOJ Release SSCI Vice-Chairman Mark Warner’s Text Messages on 2/9/18?: CTH

Flynn judge seeks hearing by full appeals court after being ordered to dismiss case: Jerry Dunleavy
Thousands of North Carolina Voters Double-Voted, Watchdog Group Finds: Fred Lucas
US Marshals take Michael Cohen back into custody: Mike Brest

Media

Biden’s decline: “‘We’re Posed… It Can Be Done… To Light Up the Path, I’m Taking Too Much Time’”: Hannity
CNN's Stelter: We Are Tucker Carlson's 'Real Victims': Jeff Poor
Stephen A. Smith and Mark Levin Discuss DeSean Jackson’s Pro-Hitler Comments: Scoop

'Purest kind of race hate': Tucker Carlson slams Seattle employee training on 'undoing whiteness': Mica Soellner
It's Pretty Obvious Why There's Deafening Silence Over DeSean Jackson’s Anti-Semitic Posts: Matt Vespa
The far-left mob has taken over Joe Biden’s campaign: Steve Guest

World

China says it will hit back against new US sanctions over Uighur rights: THT
After The U.S. Leaves WHO, Should The U.N. Be Next?: I&I
China points to shrimp as coronavirus carrier after salmon debacle: ST

The Beginning of the End of Whites in South Africa: Katie Hopkins
The US military is losing the sniper war against Russia: Jared Keller
Is Systemic Racism running rampant at Wilfrid Laurier?: SDA

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The Rise in COVID-19 Cases Explained: Rachel del Guidice
Congress inches toward mandating car technology that blocks drunk driving: Susan Ferrechio
Climate Activists Step Up Calls for Imprisoning Climate Realists: Anthony Watts

Cornucopia

Defunded Police and the Wisdom of Crowds: MOTUS
Zero Decline Detected: Biden Cognitive Testing: Earl of Taint
In No Particular Order: Sondrakistan

QOTD:

Elephant in the room is that POTUS 44 sat in the church of an Antisemite for decades but no one was to say a thing. And surprise! Obama even legalized the nuclear program of a regime that embodies Jew hatred—and now we’re worried about... ballplayers. https://t.co/K3j3Eh60yx

— Lee Smith (@LeeSmithDC) July 10, 2020