THEY’D RATHER GO ALONG WITH A TOXIC VOCAL MINORITY THAN FOLLOW THE WISHES OF MOST STUDENTS: FSU prez defies student vote, agrees to relocate Eppes statue. “A 2016 student referendum spearheaded by Students for a Democratic Society was roundly defeated, with over 70% of students opposing the measure, but that democratic outcome was later circumvented by a special ‘advisory panel.'”

Take note: This is how the “democratic” in Students for a Democratic Society, or “Democratic Socialism” actually works.

And note that university administrators value student “activists” chiefly as an excuse to be “pressured” into taking actions they already want to take.

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KILLER GIRLFRIENDS: Dating sites at war.

A FRESH NEW FACE: Joe Biden leads 2020 polls, will decide to run in January.

President Trump may get his 2020 reelection wish now that former Vice President Joe Biden, the leader in several polls on the Democratic primaries, has set January as his decision date.

“I know I have to make up my mind and I have to do it by January,” Biden said this week in Bogota, Colombia.

On CBS Wednesday night, Trump said his dream challenger would be Biden. He said, “I dream about Biden. That’s a dream. Look, Joe Biden ran three times. He never got more than 1 percent and President Obama took him out of the garbage heap, and everybody was shocked that he did. I’d love to have it be Biden.”

Tanned, rested, and ready! Flashback: Biden Swims Naked, Upsetting Female Secret Service Agents:

“Agents say that, whether at the vice president’s residence or at his home in Delaware, Biden has a habit of swimming in his pool nude,” Kessler writes in the book – due for release Aug. 5.

“Female Secret Service agents find that offensive,” he writes.

“Biden likes to be revered as everyday Joe,” an unnamed agent told Kessler. “But the reality is no agents want to go on his detail because Biden makes agents’ lives so tough.”

Plus: Washington Post: What Are We Going To Do About Creepy Uncle Joe Biden?

And: ‘Creepy Veep’ Joe Biden ‘nuzzles’ wife of colleague and claims he is friends with lots of Somali cab drivers.

Also: Joe Biden’s Woman-Touching Habit.

Related: Talking Points Memo: Why Does Creepy Uncle Joe Biden Get A Pass From Liberals?

Plus:

EVERYTHING IS VIOLENCE EXCEPT ACTUAL VIOLENCE BY LEFTIES. THAT’S SPEECH. Words mean nothing now: MoveOn declares that ‘low wages are violence.’

LAURENCE JARVIK: After Helsinki’s Trump-Putin Summit, The Russia Card is Still America’s Trump Card. “The recent Helsinki Summit between Presidents Trump and Putin, and subsequent media controversy, reminds me that it is still the case that the Russia Card is America’s Trump Card, as I wrote in a 2017 post for this blog. For Russia has been a constant factor in American electoral politics for the last few decades. I thought of this background as I watched the Helsinki press conference. However, what I saw in the video did not match most media reports in the United States.”

CONRAD BLACK: A Ghastly and Tasteless Escalation of Tensions…With Ourselves.

WHAT SAUDI WOMEN DRIVERS WANT: Muscle Cars:

They rumble. They roar. And when a heel stamps on the gas pedal, they overtake.

Weeks after the government lifted its longstanding female-driving ban, Saudi women are embracing not only driving, but driving fast, and loudly.

“They don’t expect to see me in this car,” said Samia Weheba, 23 years old, as she zipped past taxis and sport-utility vehicles in her matte gray, 400-horsepower Audi RS3.

“It’s such a guy’s car, especially in this country.”

Many auto showrooms, getting ready for the end of the driving ban on June 24, hired saleswomen and rolled out vehicles they thought would appeal to women. They stocked affordable sedans and mini-SUVs, often in bright colors. . . .

As soon as the Saudi king last September announced plans to let women drive, Sahar Nasief knew what she wanted: a Mustang convertible.

“It’s always been my dream car,” said Ms. Nasief, 64, who learned how to drive decades ago as a student in the U.S. . . .

Ms. Taher wants good speakers to blast her music. She wants dark interiors to avoid discoloring seats with the all-black gowns Saudi women typically wear. And she would like an engine that roars.

“I like the noise,” she told the salesman. “VROOM! VROOM!”

I credit Donald Trump for this change.

INFINITELY PREFERABLE TO THE ALTERNATIVE:  Competent Gentlemen.

FINALLY, A NAME FOR THE NON-DIVERSE DIVERSITY SJWS CRAVE:  Eschew Claytons Diversity.

HEY, BARN:  Don Knotts was born on this day in 1924 in Morgantown, West Virginia.

OR SOMETHING: The Democrats’ Russian Sex Change Operation.

OF COURSE.  AFTER ALL THEY KNOW THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THEM: Worldwide Elites Still Don’t Understand Why They Keep Losing.

AND THERE’S MY SHOCKED FACE, YET AGAIN: Keith Ellison craps on the 1st Amendemnt.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED I TELL YOU:  Maxine Waters Suddenly Isn’t Fond of Protesting Elected Officials.

BUT I’VE BEEN ASSURED THE US IS A PATRIARCHY UNLIKE ALL THOSE OTHER PLACES:  Dozens of Iranian Instagram Models Rounded Up for ‘Immorality’.

THE CONTINUING MENTAL BREAKDOWN OF PROGRESSIVES:  Hell Hath No Fury like a Progressive Scorned.

THE LEFT HAS LOST THEIR MINDS:  In San Francisco, any reasonable brakes on sanctuary for illegals are bullied down.

PERSPECTIVE: Everyone Is Smart Except Trump.  … and if the Media is “Smart” it’s a good thing Trump isn’t.

THAT WORD DOESN’T MEAN WHAT HE THINKS IT MEANS:  WaPo Columnist Says It’s Ultimate Patriotism For ‘Deep State’ To Oppose Trump.

EVERGREEN HEADLINE: The NEA is a Racist and Evil Organization

ACLU: WE NEED TO BURN DOWN THE CIVIL LIBERTIES TO SAVE THE CIVIL LIBERTIES: A Pro-Liberty Case for Gun Restrictions

Unless my reading comprehension skills have really deteriorated, the ACLU is arguing that because government tends to react to mass shootings by restricting civil liberties, Americans will ultimately enjoy more liberty if we restrict gun rights to prevent mass shootings. That is, shall we say, a rather odd argument for the ACLU of all organizations to make.

Let’s try out this logic in another context: “Because the government tends to react to terrorism by restricting civil liberties, Americans will ultimately enjoy more liberty if we deny terrorism suspects due process rights, drone suspected terrorists abroad, and ban Muslims from coming to the United States.”

It’s not that the ACLU’s argument is inherently illogical (assuming one believes that gun restrictions will indeed inhibit mass shootings), it’s just that it’s not the sort of utilitarian argument the ACLU would ever make in any other civil liberties context other than with regard to Second Amendment rights.

SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” CONTINUES TO PAY DIVIDENDS: “Bernie Sanders tweeted out this video of fellow socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the road in Kansas to campaign with Dem Brent Welder when she accidentally said, ‘We’re going to flip this seat red in November.’”

GLENN GREENWALD(!) ON “the key, undeniable fact that cable news and Twitter hysteria about Trump/Russia will never mention: Trump’s actual policies affecting Russia have become *more* belligerent, confrontational & adverse than Obama’s.”