NEWS YOU CAN USE (CLIMATE ALARMISM EDITION): “Statements like the following are increasingly common in popular media, academic journals, and political discourse: “The evidence that anthropogenic climate change is an existential threat to our way of life is incontrovertible.” Not so—not even close.” Marlo Lewis explain why here.

FLASHBACK: ‘Crooked Hillary’ nickname isn’t going away.

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THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT: Russia hates HBO’s ‘Chernobyl,’ decides to make its own series.

POSTPONE ALZHEIMER’S BY BRUSHING YOUR TEETH.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. In its Russia investigation, the government behaved like a bully.

CHANGE: FCC votes to allow phone carriers to block robocalls by default.

THE NEW BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC: US Army Rangers just scaled towering seaside cliffs to re-enact one of D-Day’s most dangerous missions.

IT’S SATIRE — OR IS IT? Man Identifying As 6-Year-Old Crushes Game-Winning Homer In Tee-Ball Championship. “His team, the Lil’ Padres, attempted to hoist him up on their shoulders in celebration of their great victory over the favored Tiny Tigers, but were unable to pick up the large 230-pound man.”

OH, COME ON: Sheriff’s Deputy Refused Service At Kay Jewelers for Carrying Service Weapon While in Uniform.

TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT HAS A CHANCE TO AVOID A BIG MISTAKE: Two bills awaiting his signature would not only give Texas colleges an unconstitutional (and incorrect) definition of sexual harassment, but promise to send professors to jail for failing to report said non-harassment. Crazy.

AU CONTRAIRE: Actually, a $999 Monitor Stand Is Everything Right with Apple Today.

(Neoclassical reference in the headline.)

FLASHBACK: The Man Who Told America the Truth About D-Day.

This is an engaging and revealing piece on Ernie Pyle.

IF HUMANS AND DOGS SWAPPED PLACES: “The dog phone would recognize you by smell. Caller ID would be along the same lines. If a picture came up when it rang, it would be a butt.”

THE GUARDIAN: Want to defeat Trump? Attack Biden. “Anyone angling to be the Democratic nominee should espouse a real progressive agenda – just being ‘anti-Trump’ isn’t enough.”

All is proceeding exactly as I have foreseen… so I hope you’re long on popcorn.

THIS BASTILLE CAN’T BE STORMED: Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Zuckerberg as chairman.

As I explained last month — Why the Zuckerberg-Facebook Cyborg Will Continue Crushing Skulls for Years to Come — Facebook’s voting rights are tilted heavily in favor of B-class shareholders, which consist almost exclusively of Zuckerberg and his small coterie. Which means that the company’s founder enjoys all the cash from being publicly-held, but none of the discipline from shareholders.

Nice work, if you can finagle it.

THE DECLINE AND FALL of Illinois.

PAULA BOLYARD: Jerry Falwell Comes Out Swinging at Pastor Who Prayed for Trump — with a Crude Tweet.

BIDEN’S NOT ALONE, ROGER SIMON WRITES: All Dem Climate Policies Are Plagiarized.

What the Democratic candidates are doing is exploiting climate for political gain and actually hurting the environment in the process, not to mention the economy. Not only is their approach anti-science, but it is also a dumbing down of our culture, especially our all-too-gullible young people who already have had their brains drilled by a ridiculously biased educational system.

And they all stem from William James’ century-old moral equivalent of war sophistry.

TYLER O’NEIL: Mainstream Conservative Leaders Are Gunning for David French.

ON THE FLIP SIDE: National Review is Obsessed With Itself. “National Review and David French owe Trump, his base, and the broader conservative movement an apology. Or their resignation letters.”

BOB MCMANUS: Why the world can thank American exceptionalism for successful D-Day.

CHINA CHALLENGES THE NATION STATE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA