AND IF TRADITION HOLDS, THEY’LL GRAB IT WITH BOTH CLOSED FISTS: Republicans Have a Huge Opportunity With Minority Voters.

WELL, IT’S ELIZABETH WARREN: Elizabeth Warren’s Pitch for ‘Economic Patriotism’ Is Full of Intellectual Dishonesty and Economic Fallacies.

WE DON’T HAVE A JUSTICE SYSTEM, WE HAVE A LEGAL SYSTEM: Sealed memos fought over in federal court last week show authorities have known for years that claims about Backpage were bogus.

For nearly a decade, Backpage has been demonized by politicians, denounced in legislatures, and dramatically mischaracterized by the press, Hollywood, and well-funded activist groups. As early as 2010, top prosecutors from 21 states claimed the classified-ad platform was “exploiting women and children.” In 2012 Washington state passed the first (but not last) law aimed specifically at toppling Backpage, and by 2015 U.S. senators were investigating the company.

Though the Department of Justice shut down Backpage.com in 2018, it still activates strong scorn in some corners. (“They were selling children,” the California senator and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said in March.) Several founders and former executives of the company—arrested last year on federal charges of conspiracy, facilitating prostitution, and money laundering—are now awaiting a 2020 trial, as they try to fend off prosecutors eager to seize their assets and disqualify their lawyers.

“For far too long, Backpage.com existed as…a place where sex traffickers frequently advertised children and adults alike,” said then–Attorney General Jeff Sessions upon their April 2018 arrest. U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Strange alleged that Backpage made “hundreds of millions” by “placing profits over the well-being and safety” of victims.

Claims like these have always been bogus. Now, thanks to memos obtained by Reason, we have proof that prosecutors understood this all along. . . .

The memo—subject: “Backpage.com Investigation”—reveals that six years before Backpage leaders were indicted on federal criminal charges, prosecutors had already begun building a “child sex trafficking” case against the company. But this case was hampered by the fact that Backpage kept trying to help stop sex trafficking.

Ugh.

OH: Portland Man Says He Was Beaten Outside a Bar for Wearing a MAGA Hat.

HUG A BUNNY TODAY:  How a study on rabbits revealed the secret to living a longer life.

THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING POOR IN AMERICA: Study finds America’s poorest 20% consume more than national averages of most European and OECD nations. Not surprising, really, given that if European countries were American states, they’d be among the poorest.

Plus: Sorry, Bernie: America’s Poorest Are Richer Than 60 Percent of Developed Countries. Heck, even our socialists fly on private jets and own multiple mansions. Oh, wait, that’s not so unusual. . . .

Related: Obamas Strike Blow for Economic Justice, Donate Millions in Exchange for Massive Beachfront Estate: Former president conquers ‘wealth anxiety.’

Also:

ONE MAN’S TRASH IS ANOTHER MAN’S… WELL MOSTLY TRASH:  8 Times Trashy Postmodern Art Got Thrown into the Garbage.

FIRST THEY DESTROY THE FAMILY. THE NATION FOLLOWS: The tragic — and overlooked — fallout from the ’60s sexual revolution.

BECAUSE IT IS EXACTLY LIKE IT:  Why Does This Sound So Much Like the Liberal Media During Obama’s Administration?

MAO, STALIN, HITLER, PIKERS:  Psychiatrist Claims Trump Greatest Mass Killer Ever.

This psychiatrist needs a mental health referral stat.

IT’S BASICALLY MEAN GIRLS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL FOREVER. WHO THINKS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA?  Social Credit System Has Potential to Destroy Lives.

MY FACE IS SOOOOO SHOCKED:  Investigation: Radical ‘American Muslims for Palestine’ a Key Connector of Anti-Israel Groups.

THE HIGH ROAD TO “WE PRETEND TO WORK, THEY PRETEND TO PAY US”:  A sample of Utopian leftist thought today: Part II, Richard D. Wolff and the ice cream cones.

“IN MANY CASES, RENT CONTROL APPEARS TO BE THE MOST EFFICIENT TECHNIQUE PRESENTLY KNOWN TO DESTROY A CITY — EXCEPT FOR BOMBING”:  New York rent control critics predict eventual fallout.

WHOA, NELLIE! APPARENTLY THERE IS EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION, BUT NONE OF IT BY TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN:  Hundreds of pages of emails show Nellie Ohr researched Trump-Russia connections.

THE REAL RIPOFF IS PRETENDING KIDS ARE GETTING EDUCATED:  Public schools ‘rip off’ parents with monkey-making supplies scam.

BUT BUT BUT THE GASLIGHT MEDIA REALLY WANTS A RECESSION:  Wall Street pundits throw a big curve.

REPRESENTATIVES OMAR & TLAIB COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT ON THIS PREMEDITATED, UNJUSTIFIED AND TOTALLY UNPROVOKED ZIONIST ATTACK:  Israel bombs Syria, says strikes thwarted imminent Iran drone attack.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, STEP RIGHT IN, THE CRAZY YEARS ARE IN FULL BLOOM:  YouTube bans robot-battle videos citing ‘animal cruelty’.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH:  UPDATE – Dr. Tim Ball wins @MichaelEMann lawsuit – Mann “hides the decline” AGAIN.

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AND THEY SAY TRUMP IS CRAZY:

LOL, JENNIFER RUBIN: Washington Post columnist warns of need to ‘burn down the Republican Party’ to wipe out Trump supporters. Once, she seemed sort of sane. Now she’s just another crazy person spouting eliminationist rhetoric. Trump has been the Great Revealer.

HOW SAVAGE IS THE BABYLON BEE? THIS SAVAGE: Monkey With Typewriter Produces Reasonable Alternative To Green New Deal.

No wonder Snopes is trying to deplatform them.

LEFTIES AREN’T USED TO THIS SORT OF PUSHBACK:

I’m gonna tag this one “harsh, but fair.”