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FAR LEFT PHONIES! AOC and Ilhan Omar Pretend to be Handcuffed as They’re Taken Away from Supreme Court by Police.

Naturally, the DNC-MSM are amplifying the two’s performance art:

UPDATE: Heh, indeed:

MORE: America’s Newspaper of Record: AOC Sits In Invisible Police Car Awaiting Transport To Invisible Jail.

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WOW, WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THAT COMING? Atlantic: Shutting down courts may help explain the spike in crime.

NOW THAT’S “GUN CONTROL:” Update: Eli Dicken stopped the mall shooter in 15 seconds flat, landing 8 out of 10 shots from his 9mm at 40 freaking yards! “Ison explained to WRTV, Dicken’s first shot at the gunman was from 40-50 yards away and it appeared the very first shot hit the gunman. Dicken was able to hit the gunman with additional rounds. On Tuesday, Johnson County Coroner Mike Pruitt said an autopsy found the suspect had eight gunshot wounds and none were self-inflicted.”

400 heavily armed officers in Uvalde waited in a hallway for an hour while a mass shooter gunned down 19 children.

A 22-year-old kid with a pistol in Indiana took down a mass shooter in 15 seconds. https://t.co/7eaCfRo54b

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 19, 2022

OPEN THREAD: Say what you wanna say.

IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Beer could help you survive a heatwave, doctor says.

SPACEWAR: L3Harris, Northrop Grumman to build 28 missile-tracking satellites for U.S. Space Development Agency.

MARK JUDGE: Ari Fleischer is Wrong — the Media Are, in Fact, Your Enemy. “As I will argue in a forthcoming book, the American media is now the equivalent of the Stasi, the diabolical East German secret police who acted like a violent criminal gang under communism. The Stasi engaged in violence, threats, and lies to make people turn on friends and family members, all in the service of creating some absurd socialist utopia. The American press today is no different.”

HOOVER DAM TRANSFORMER EXPLODES; NO ONE HURT.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO DONATED! I’ve sent out thank you emails; if I missed anyone, thanks so much.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH FOLKS HAVE FAILED COMPREHENSIVELY: We’re Living Through The Biggest Drop in Childhood Vaccination Rates in 30 Years. “The pandemic ‘compelled parents and families to pick between putting food on the table and getting their children vaccinated,’ said Kate O’Brien, director of the WHO’s immunization, vaccines and biologicals department.”

The pandemic didn’t do that. The public health response to the pandemic did that.

TIPS FOR JESUS: Pennsylvania waitress gets $3,000 tip on $13 bill.

ANNALS OF LEFTIST AUTOPHAGY: Sesame Place to undergo bias training after calls of racism.

Why is the Children’s Television Workshop such a cesspit of racism?

https://twitter.com/LeslieMac/status/1548727928476901376

DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVE WITH BYLINE EXPLAINS WHY HE HAS FAILED HIS BOSS: WaPo Columnist Explains Why the Media Is to Blame for Biden’s Downfall.

I realize it’s his job, but it can’t be easy for a reporter to defend a president who loathes them. Even before Biden’s brain decomposed into tapioca, he’s had a notoriously punitive relationship with journalists, despite the vast majority of them being members of his own party:

● Joe Biden Snaps at Another Female Reporter.

● Biden Snaps At Reporter For Asking About Bombshell New York Post Reports, Does Not Deny.

● President Wise Guy: “Joe Biden is playing hard to get. He’s involved in an unrequited love affair: The media adore him, but he hates them.”

● ‘Classy:’ Joe Biden Snaps At Reporter After Being Asked About Hunter’s Paternity Test.

● Bullying Biden Yells at Fox’s Doocy: ‘Ask the Right Questions!’

● Biden Accused of Sexism After Remarks to Female Moderator.

● Biden Explodes When Confronted On Lying About Charlottesville. Video Proves Biden Wrong.

And these classics from the Obama era:

● VP Biden’s Office Apologizes For Locking Reporter In Storage Closet During Fundraiser.

● Vengeance: Biden’s Office Seeks Investigation Into Unfriendly Journalist.

And of course, ground zero, from 1988: Why Joe Biden’s First Campaign for President Collapsed After Just 3 Months.

A WOMAN NEEDS A MAN LIKE A BEE NEEDS A BICYCLE: California Environmentalists: Bees Are Now Fish. New video from Reason TV:

THE TRUEST THING YOU CAN SAY IS THAT THE GREENS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY ENEMIES OF CIVILIZATION:

THE SCIENCE WAS SETTLED: Study: Too little salt may worsen outcomes for common type of heart failure.

NO JUSTIFICATION, JUST REPETITION:  We hold these truths to be self-evident: Trump is a lawless authoritarian who tore up the Constitution.

The left really tries to teach us not to think.

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