The Show Notes: Ron DeSantis, Jackie Walorski, Alex Jones, & Brittney Griner
BREAKING: Brittney Griner found guilty in Russian court, sentenced to nine years in prison - Yahoo
Tragedy: Indiana GOP Congresswoman Jackie Walorski was killed in car crash. Before Congress, Walorski was a missionary in Romania where she provided food and medical supplies to impoverished children.
More hikes? Bank of England launches biggest interest rate hike in 27 years, predicts lengthy recession - CNBC
Headline: Over 90 Percent of Promised Deficit Reduction in Manchin–Schumer Would Come after 2026 - National Review
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DeSantis: Just Ignore Biden
Ron DeSantis has suspended the state attorney for failing to enforce laws passed by the Florida’s states legislature. This is from Fox News:
DeSantis made the announcement during a Thursday press conference broadcast on social media. DeSantis argued that Warren has repeatedly refused to enforce laws passed by the legislature cracking down on child sex change surgeries and abortion restrictions.
"We are suspending Soros-backed 13th circuit state attorney Andrew Warren for neglecting his duties as he pledges not to uphold the laws of the state," DeSantis' office said in a statement. The 13th circuit falls over Florida's Hillsborough County.
DeSantis spokeswoman:
More Florida news: DeSantis is telling Florida schools to ignore the Biden administration’s new guidelines inserting gender ideology into school curriculum. In addition, Florida’s education commissioner has emphasized that schools should not feel pressure to comply with federal mandates about transgender issues and should focus on doing what is best for the children.
This is from The Washington Examiner:
Biden's guidelines are thinly disguised as "protection" for transgender students — an illusion that the media have been all too happy to play along with. Once that lie is accepted, any affirmation of normalcy can be framed falsely as an incitement to suicide by students suffering gender confusion. The true aim of Biden's guidelines is to extend an unhealthy license to educators and school administrators so beholden to an anti-scientific gender ideology that they feel entitled to manipulate children and subvert parental influence.
Bad Things Happen To Bad People
Alex Jones is facing a civil suit for claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was staged. His attorney accidentally sent the opposing lawyer the entire content of Jones’ phone for the past two years. The best part… we have the clip of Jones finding out.
Unsurprisingly, this was not Alex Jones’ only lie.
Go deeper with CNN. My favorite take:
Spain’s Energy Crisis
Spain is prohibiting anyone in the country from setting the AC below 80 degrees this summer. This is from The Verge:
Those public places include offices, shops, bars, theaters, airports, and train stations. The decree is being extended as a recommendation to all Spanish households. The rules include maintaining heating at or below 19 degrees Celsius (about 66 degrees Fahrenheit) in the winter and will remain in place at least through November 2023.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has stated publicly that the country urgently needs to save energy, even encouraging office workers to remove their ties to help stay cool without artificial assistance. “I’ve asked ministers and public and private sector bosses not to wear ties unless it’s necessary,” he said at a press conference last week.
The rest of the news:
Kyrsten Sinema is seeking a couple of changes to Democrats' party-line bill. - Politico
Ouch: Electric cars, drug costs and more: 5 battles Democrats could lose on their marquee bill - Politico
Students at ritzy NYC high school forced to attend drag show in church: report - NY Post
Progressive spin on transgenderism: 'Social contagion' isn’t causing more youths to be transgender, study finds - NBC
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Senate candidate, said sanctuary cities make ‘everybody safer’ - Fox News
US: Russia to plant evidence framing Ukraine for deadly prison strike - NY Post
Walmart announces layoffs amid lower profit forecasts - Fox Business
Are Minneapolis Democrats Sane Enough to Dump Ilhan Omar, Elect Don Samuels? - National Review
Trump's pandora's box - Axios
China fires missiles into sea near Taiwan during drills around island - Axios
White House Lobbies Democrats Against Bid to Deepen Taiwan Ties - Bloomberg (paywall)
A Cynical Low for the Democratic Party - NYT (paywall)
Las Vegas Casinos Boom Despite Fears of a U.S. Bust - WSJ (paywall)
Podcast Guests Are Paying Up to $50,000 to Appear on Popular Shows - Bloomberg (paywall)
U.S. Could Have Had Many More Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine This Year - NYT (paywall)
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