The Show Notes: California's Leak, Cassidy's Claim, & TikTok Problems
Welcome! California appears to have leaked the names, addresses, and ages of every person in the state who holds a concealed carry permit.
Must read: Swing-State Voters Still More Concerned with Inflation Than Abortion Post-Roe, New Poll Finds - National Review
NEW: 14,000 Army Guard troops could be axed tomorrow for refusing the COVID vaccine.
Problem: Biden Now Third Place In The Odds To Win 2024 Election - Dailywire
The Cook Political Report maintains Republicans will gain 20-35 seats in Congress.
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Clip of the day:
January 6th - Cassidy Hutchinson
Two Secret Service agents are prepared to testify before the January 6th committee that President Trump did not assault them or lunge at the steering wheel as Cassidy Hutchinson claimed. Go deeper with Fox News.
The Vanishing Moderate Democrat
The New York Times has a great story that chronicles the progressive shift of the Democratic Party. Here’s the paragraph that matters:
But on social, cultural and religious issues, particularly those related to criminal justice, race, abortion and gender identity, the Democrats have taken up ideological stances that many of the college-educated voters who now make up a sizable portion of the party’s base cheer but the rest of the electorate does not. “The Democratic Party moved left,” says Will Marshall, the president and founder of the Progressive Policy Institute, a moderate Democratic think tank, “but the country as a whole hasn’t.”
Under-Reacting To TikTok
Adam Kovacevich has a great Twitter thread that 1) outlines the long-term dangers of allowing TikTok to remain in the United States and 2) addresses the political headwinds to fix the problem.
Here are the Cliff Notes: 1) While TikTok has moved US customer data over to U.S.-based, Oracle-managed data centers, China still has a backdoor into accessing the data. 2) TikTok has consistently promoted the Russian narrative of the war in Ukraine. 3) Democrats are worried about alienating young voters who use TikTok. Ouch. Full story below.
The Michigan AG Screwed Up Big Time
This is from Hot Air:
How in the world did Attorney General Dana Nessel allow this to happen? The Michigan supreme court ruled today on a 6-0 vote that Michigan statutes explicitly prohibit judges in that process from issuing indictments. That means former governor Rick Snyder and eight other officials are off the hook.
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That’s right — apparently, Nessel and her team didn’t bother to read the statutes governing the process. The court was unanimous, as well as “unequivocal and scathing” in its rebuke to Nessel, according to one defendant’s attorney.
The rest of the news:
🚨 Apple and Google should kick TikTok out of their app stores, FCC commissioner argues - Fortune
Rep. Sean Casten defeats AOC ally Rep. Marie Newman in Illinois Democratic congressional primary - Fox News
Ben Affleck's 10-year-old son reverses pricey Lamborghini into parked BMW - Yahoo
Why NATO formed and why Finland and Sweden want to join the alliance - Axios
🚨 Sorry, Progressives, No One Is Coming to Save You - National Review
93% Of Working Americans Have A "Side Hustle", 51% Are Considering It Due To Inflation, New Study Finds - Zero Hedge
1,800 flights canceled in single day as Fourth of July weekend approaches - Washington Examiner
How a ‘Woj bomb’ blew up NBA draft lines and cost bettors - Washington Post
Norway Was a Pandemic Success. Then It Spent Two Years Studying Its Failures. - WSJ
ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC avoid mention of Jane's Revenge in coverage of arson, attacks against pro-life groups - Fox News
🚨 Alabama cites Roe decision in urging court to let state ban trans health care - Axios
The iPhone Turns 15 Today. Here’s How It Changed Us. - WSJ
🚨 The Democrats' crime conundrum looms as a midterm threat - Yahoo
Mortgage demand stalls again, even as interest rates swing briefly lower - CNBC
Tweets that caught my eye: