SHOW NOTES: Brutal Ads Begin; All Europe Abuzz At Joe

Welcome! Happy Birthday to Donald Trump. Hamas’s propaganda outfit is suddenly concerned about presidential ages.

Also, Philip picks this back up on Monday. For Father’s Day, I’m tossing today’s paywall so everybody can read all my genius! LOL.

Can Someone Tell Greg Stuebe To Get Some Self-Respect? This is just embarrassing leg-humping.

The Biggest News Today

The Supreme Court has, 6-3, tossed the ATF’s ban on bump stocks. Clarence Thomas wrote the majority. What you need to know is that the Obama era ATF ruled bump stocks did not fit the definition of a machine gun. But after the mass shooting in Las Vegas, the Trump era ATF changed its mind. Suddenly, millions of Americans were felons due to a bureaucratic change of heart. The Supreme Court ruled the ATF could not change its mind and that only Congress could change the statutory definition of a machine gun. Super radical Sam Alito said it was now time for Congress to weigh in, if it wanted.

Notably

The most notable thing here is that the progressives seeking to discredit the Supreme Court are taking the position that Congress must rein in the Supreme Court for refusing to do Congress’s job. On both abortion and now bump stocks, the Supreme Court’s position is that these are issues for legislatures, not unelected judges.

But the people really worried about threats to democracy are really upset the Supreme Court demands the democratic institutions of the republic do their own jobs instead of the courts doing their job for them.

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Kate Watch

The Royals will update the public about her health today, and there are rumors that she’ll make a public appearance soon. Those of you who care, stay tuned.

Let’s Roll the Tape.

Donald Trump v. Joe Biden in the United States:

Pierre Poilievre vs. Justin Trudeau in Canada:

Now, let’s get “the prick” to give us his thoughts on Joe Biden talking about democracy instead of groceries. For those who don’t want to click through, Joe Biden has referred to David Axelrod as that because of Axelrod’s very obvious concerns about the Biden campaign strategy.

Important Stuff

The F.A.A. is investigating how counterfeit titanium got into both Boeing and Airbus planes.

Also: No, Florida is not setting historic rainfall records, despite what the climate change hysterics would have you believe.

Buzzy Stuff

In Europe, while Democrats are doing damage control here, the press there is really concerned about our President having dementia.

Happy Father’s Day

There really is impressive research on fathers mattering. Girls with good relationships with their fathers are less likely to get pregnant before getting married. Boys with good relationships with their fathers are more likely to go to college than jail.

In Genesis 8, remember that Noah’s sons found no favor with God. Only Noah found favor with God. But because Noah found favor with God, his whole family was spared the flood.

Fathers matter. Happy Father’s Day.

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CNN Attempts to Harass Ticketmaster

First, it is really funny that anyone at CNN thinks Ticketmaster has any shame whatsoever, but this really is notable.

Oliver Darcy, the media reporter, is attempting to shame and generate harassment directed towards venues that would host Tucker Carlson’s road show. The choice of venue is only a story if the venues are unconventional. They are not. They are the venues one would normally use to host a crowd.

But Darcy makes it clear in his reporting he finds Carlson’s views too controversial to air in polite society and, therefore, wants to shame venues for hosting Carlson. This is not reporting. This is activism and it is shameful that a news network would engage in this level of political activism to silence someone.

“These are uneasy questions that major businesses will be confronted with in the years ahead as the Republican Party veers further and further toward the fringe,” writes Darcy. These are his views. They are partisan views. They are being used by a news network against corporations.

Two can play that game and CNN is playing with fire here, particularly given its already diminished ratings.

Turn About Is Fair Play

Hamas’s propaganda outlet is upset that some Republican backed states are using materials from Prager U in classrooms. The conservative outfit, like Hillsdale College, has educational materials that can be used in classrooms across America.

A privately funded effort to use disputed videos to teach conservative values in public schools is gaining traction, as Louisiana recently became the sixth state to endorse educational materials produced by Prager University.

PragerU is not a university but a nonprofit that produces short videos that push patriotism and conservative views of history, race, sex and gender, among other topics. Since last year, Florida, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Montana and Arizona have also announced partnerships with PragerU under which the nonprofit’s lessons become state-sanctioned, optional teaching materials for public schools. PragerU is neither paying nor receiving money from state partners, the nonprofit and state officials said.

I would remind the Hamasniks at the Washington Post that blue states, with leftwing donor help, deployed the 1619 Project into public schools. That “project” is factually disputed by even leftwing historians. But the Washington Post did not care about it.

If the left can do it, the right can do it. The precedent matters.

Something Weird Is Happening

This is the first time since 2004 that polling has favored the Republican presidential candidate in the summer. Something weird is clearly happening with Virginia, and it looks like it is in play. It probably is not. But the polling says it is, at least right now in this snapshot in time. November is still a long way off.

Democrats in New Jersey are actually worried about New Jersey. The reality is these states are blue presidential states and probably will remain so. But the summer snapshot detects deep voter dissatisfaction. As David Axelrod, in the video up top notes, groceries are more important for people than democracy.

It is very funny that Democrats are suddenly the ones screaming that the polling is all wrong and it is the very predictable voices who, for years, have insisted the polling was accurate. I guess the polling is only accurate if it tells you what you want to hear.

It’s The Religious Significance That Matters

Put another way, for my friends, anything; for my enemies, the law. Alvin Bragg in New York is dropping felony charges against the antisemites who invaded Columbia University buildings. In Washington, D.C., progressive prosecutors will not charge those who defaced federal property with antisemitic statements. But you better not leave tire marks on a rainbow flag crosswalk.

I suspect we’ll see a lot more people deface these things as religions collide. And let’s be honest here — these rainbow crosswalks are the secular left’s equivalent of Ten Commandment monuments. They are placed in areas to signify fidelity to the religious values of the age.

In Other News

• A Hollywood Heavyweight Is Biden’s Secret Weapon Against Trump (NY Times)

• A Possible Terrorist Disaster Was Just Averted In New York (AG Hamilton)

• Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (Reuters)

• Democrats plan to go bigger than a boycott for Netanyahu speech (Axios)

• Trump, Biden Prep for Debate Where Any Misstep Threatens Hopes (Bloomberg)

• Trump has 'sort of a pretty good idea' of VP pick, will probably announce during RNC convention (Fox News)

• GOP Senators Think They Have the Inside Scoop on the VP Race After Meeting With Trump (NOTUS)

• Republicans vent fury over speaker’s elevation of Scott Perry: ‘There isn't only one group that can threaten them’ (Politico)

• DNC launching billboards hitting Trump over Milwaukee comments (Axios)

• The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled (Platformer)

• Courting C.E.O.s, Trump Says He Intends to Cut Corporate Taxes Again (NY Times)

• A Texas GOP Group Is Turning to Latinos to Help Flip Seats. It Swears It’s Not DEI. (NOTUS)

• SF startup bosses illegally peddled $100M in Adderall, Feds say (San Francisco Standard)

• The Left’s climate policies are just as counterproductive and obnoxious as their protests (Washington Examiner)

• U.S. Sanctions Israeli Group for Blocking Gaza Aid Convoys (NY Times)

• ‘Really Uncomfortable’: 16-Year-Old Girl Speaks Out About Having to Share School Restrooms, Locker Rooms With Males (Daily Signal)

• Russia’s Putin sets out conditions for peace talks with Ukraine (CNBC)

• Campaigns Can Now See What You Watch on TV. It’s Changing Everything. (NOTUS)

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