DEAL OF THE DAY: ANGRY ORANGE Pet Odor Eliminator. #CommissionEarned

RASHIDA TLAIB BELIEVES THE NFL SHOULD ‘WORK’ LIKE THE WASHINGTON POST:

At one point near the end of more than two hours of testimony, Goodell was questioned by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan), who asked whether Goodell and the league are “willing to do more” to punish Snyder.

After initially asking whether he would recommend Snyder’s removal as owner of the Commanders, Tlaib followed up by asking Goodell: “Will you remove him?”

“I don’t have the authority to remove him, Congresswoman,” Goodell responded.

An NFL owner can be removed only by a three-quarters (so, 24 out of 32) majority vote of fellow owners, although Goodell does have the ability to officially recommend such a vote.

I don’t know — Tlaib may be onto something here. Think of the possibilities of Taylor Lorenz as head coach and Felicia Sonmez as general manager!

YOU DON’T SAY: New White House Press Secretary Faces Steep Learning Curve.

Previously: Another Embarrassing Jean-Pierre Gaffe as She Tries, Fails to Cover for Biden’s White Privilege.

“FACT-CHECKERS” ARE A PATHETIC JOKE: Pew: Come and see the credibility disconnect in the media — and media fact-checking. They only introduced the “fact-checkers” when the truth started getting out.

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN: Viral Fears: First outbreak of highly infectious polio detected in UK since 1984 – the 6 signs to know.

OUT ON A LIMB: Reporter says Democrats in Congress told her ‘nobody gives a bleep about Jan. 6.’

Still though, we do need to get to the bottom of this insurrection: Republicans demand security footage of Colbert team arrests.

PJ MEDIA VIP ROUNDUP: Don’t forget that VODKAPUNDIT promo code if you’ve been thinking of joining us.

Matt Margolis: The Trump-DeSantis Rivalry Just Got Real. “But lately, polls show Trump might be starting to lose the hypothetical nomination to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.”

Rick Moran: China Importing a Record Amount of Russian Oil Undermining NATO Sanctions. (Why, it’s almost as if commodities are fungible.)

Yours Truly: Democrats Want to Ban Vaping Because They Want People to Die. “The headline is not hyperbole. I have the receipts, as you’re about to see.”

ILYA SOMIN: Guns and Judicial Protection of Constitutional Rights that Put Lives at Risk.

Unlike other forms of substantive liberty, the carrying of arms for that purpose [self-defense] often puts others’ lives at risk…. And the use of arms for private self-defense does not warrant federal constitutional protection from state regulation.

This argument ignores social science evidence suggesting that extreme gun bans like those of DC and Chicago cost at least as many innocent lives than they save. Still, gun rights probably do cause at least some deaths that might otherwise have been prevented.

In that respect, however, they are no different from numerous other constitutional rights. Justice Breyer’s argument in McDonald is actually very similar to Justice Antonin Scalia’s dissent in Boumediene v. Bush, where Scalia warned that giving habeas corpus rights to War on Terror detainees “will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed.” That argument didn’t move Breyer, who voted with the majority to extend those rights. Similarly, the enforcement of Fourth Amendment rights and Fifth Amendment rights allows at least some violent criminals to escape punishment, which in turn leads to some number of murders that might otherwise have been prevented. Pro-lifers certainly argue that the right to abortion kills far more people and in a far more direct way than gun ownership does. . . .

If we allow government to set aside constitutional rights whenever they “put… others’ lives at risk,” we soon won’t have many constitutional rights left. I also object to Breyer’s and Scalia’s more selective invocation of risks to life in cases involving rights for which they have little sympathy, while simultaneously ignoring very similar considerations when the right at stake is one they value more highly…

Breyer tries to limit his argument to “substantive liberty rights,” which may exclude procedural rights such as those protected by the Fourth Amendment or habeas corpus. However, it’s not clear why life-threatening procedural rights should be any more vigorously enforced than similarly risky substantive rights.

Plus: “One can argue that guns inherently threaten life, while only a small percentage of exercises of free speech rights or criminal procedure rights do the same. But it is equally true that only a small percentage of gun owners ever use them to commit crimes. In both situations, the case for regulation rests on the theory that we must restrict a wide range of people in order to forestall the relatively small minority who cause great harm.”

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Did Russian hackers blow up a Texas LNG pipeline on June 8?

MY FRIEND MARTIN L. SHOEMAKER IS HAVING A KICKSTARTER FOR A BOOK HE REALLY WANTS TO WRITE:  Ulla: Martian Song Book 1.

Ulla: Martian Song Book 1 is the first in a line of novellas (short books: around 130 pages) telling a new historical science fiction saga that asks: the question…

What if H.G. Wells was wrong?

Once Eugene Hardy was a trailblazer, with a promising future studying law.

But the world outside his small town was cold and unforgiving. By 1907 he has returned home, teaching music at local schools and at his church. His life is quiet now, settled.

Then he encounters the circus train; and he meets the Martian…

The tragedy of London sweeps the world, threatening Martian refugees who never hurt anyone, but who cannot speak for themselves. Suddenly Eugene must stand for individual justice over collective guilt. Only this pacifist musician can protect the last free Martians.

From Martin L. Shoemaker, bestselling author of The Last Dance, The Last Campaign, and Today I Am Carey. Cover by Luca Oleastri.

This book is being produced via a Kickstarter campaign at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/martinlshoemaker/ulla-martian-song-book-1. Ends June 23.

THIS IS THE 21st CENTURY I THOUGHT WE’D HAVE:  Has work begun on a dedicated helicopter mission to Mars?

IT’S ALMOST LIKE FANTASY:  A telescope using a liquid mirror about to become operational.

WELL, HE WAS UNDER OATH:  Not ‘Putin’s Price Hike’: Fed chair Powell breaks with Biden on inflation.

BU- BUT INFOMERCIALS USUALLY DRAW SO WELL?  Majority of Americans didn’t watch Jan. 6 panel’s hearings last week: poll.

IT APPEARS AFRICA, S. AMERICA, AND INDIA DON’T DO A LOT OF PRESCRIPTIONS:  43% of world’s rivers contain dangerous levels of prescription drugs.

SCHOOL BOARDS DON’T SEEM TO REALIZE WHO WORKS FOR WHOM:  Today’s blacklisted American: School board threatens parent with lawsuit if she doesn’t shut up.

THERE IS A MAINSTREAM MEDIA BUBBLE:  Why the mainstream media are shriveling: Check out this Rasmussen poll.

ONLY FIVE?  Five Reasons to Impeach Joe Biden.

ONLY IF YOU BELIEVE GUN LAWS PREVENT CRIMINALS GETTING HOLD OF GUNS:  Gun Control Legislation Released, Will Communities Be Any Safer?

HOW ABOUT AN ALL TAX HOLIDAY?  Biden Calls For Three Month Gas Tax Holiday. Oh Joy!

REMEMBER THEIR NAMES:  14 Republicans Vote ‘Yes’ to Advance Gun Legislation.

I SUSPECT IT’S BEEN DOING SO FOR A LONG TIME:  Critical Race and Gender Ideology Infiltrating West Point, Judicial Watch Reports.

It’s just overt now.

THEY HAVE TO DO MORE MONTAGES:  January 6 Committee Delaying Hearings Until July Due to ‘Additional Work’.

Let’s face it, the minds that thought “Ultra Maga” would scare people into supporting Biden, won’t do much. But they have hope.

YES, THAT’S NO GOOD, IT MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK: Biden looks everywhere to lower gas prices — except boosting oil production.

DO TELL: The media bubble is real: Study shows massive disconnect between journalists, public.