RULE BY EXPERTS HAS BLIGHTED THE REPUBLIC SINCE THE MID-TWENTIETH-CENTURY. IT’S TIME TO STOP IT. IF 2020 DIDN’T CONVINCE YOU OF THAT, YOU AREN’T THINKING:  Our Right to Self-Government in Jeopardy from Entrenched Managerial Ruling Class.

THEY HATE PATRIOTS NO MATTER WHAT:  California Democrats Trash Gay American Hero Ric Grenell.

AMERICAN PATRIOTS HAVE KNOWN THAT AP WAS PROBLEMATIC FOR A WHILE NOW:   Associated Press Celebrates Independence Day By Arguing That Word “Patriot” is Problematic.

GOOD:  Federal Commissioner: Supreme Court Ruling Will Crack Down on Corporations’ Left-Wing Programs.

YOU GET MORE OF WHAT YOU PAY FOR:  LA County’s Homeless Population Spikes to Over 75k.

PREDICTABLE:  Illegal Immigrants Allegedly Fleeing Florida After New Driver’s License Law Goes Into Effect.

THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD:  Ban on Recording Without Consent Is Unconstitutional, U.S. Court Rules.

WHY, YES, I DO HATE TO DO THIS: Blog Funding Days, Day Two.

And Chapter house will have new installments by Friday on both novels.

OPEN THREAD: It’s midsummer now.

PROFESSOR CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE (CONT’D): Sun breaks out with record number of sunspots, sparking solar storm concerns.

HIT THE WEIGHTS: Four Weeks to a Healthier Brain: Resistance Training Can Prevent or Delay Alzheimer’s Disease.

A WIN FOR PROJECT VERITAS: 9th Cir. Invalidates Oregon’s Ban on Surreptitious Recordings of Conversations.

MICROBIOME NEWS: Probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics: The microbe garden in your gut.

WELL, THAT’S BECAUSE MORE OF THEM ACTUALLY ARE: Fewer teens now perceive themselves as overweight.

READER FAVORITE: REOKA Cervical Pillow for Neck Pain Relief. #CommissionEarned

‘TOLERANT’ LEFT AIMS DEATH THREAT BARRAGE AT LORIE SMITH: She’s the determined website designer who stood up for her right not to be be forced to speak ideas with which she disagrees. The Supreme Court’s 303 Creative v. Elenis decision upheld her right and that of every American.

So now, Smith tells The Epoch Times, her reward is a sudden surge in the intensity of the steady flow of harassment she has received for the seven years that led to the June 30 victory for the First Amendment. The surge includes death threats to Smith and members of her family.

GREAT MOMENTS IN SELF-AWARENESS:

It’s really something watching the people who gave us politicized “science” complain about politicized science. https://t.co/wUeCOMIWRX

— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) July 5, 2023

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT EXPLAINED, without magic.

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR WEEKLY INSANITY WRAP [VIP]: The Tedious Truth About Meghan and Harry. “Meghan and Harry are so awful that, after all these years, there was finally a story so revealing that it forced me to write about them.”

Plus:

• Ending slavery is racist or something.
• “Democracy denial” means what the Left needs it to mean at the moment, nothing more and nothing less.
• Did the military just activate SkyNet?

So much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Defending Your Vehicle: From carjackings to aggressive drivers to violent demonstrations, it’s not all that safe on our streets right now.

JOANNE JACOBS: Biden opposes ‘privilege,’ except when his granddaughter applied to Penn.

THIS IS PAINFUL: Watch These Clips and Tell Me You Really Think Biden Will Make It Through the 2024 Campaign.

BETHANY MANDEL: Is my favorite dress company the new Bud Light?

I’ve been pregnant for the better part of the last decade; fifty-four months to be precise. I recently started investing in refreshing my non-maternity or postpartum wardrobe. Everything I have from that stage of life is from when I was twenty-seven; and I’m definitely no longer able to pull off the same look from when I was in my twenties and childless. Now I’m a mom of six and inching uncomfortably close to forty.

In my research, I found the aesthetic I was shooting for, from a company called Son de Flor. Every time another conservative homeschool mom appeared in a dress I loved, it was one of theirs.

I was ready to pull the trigger on their summer sale… until this partnership with David Ross Lawn, a “gender-fluid” cross-dressing bearded influencer on Instagram and TikTok.

Read the whole thing.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU SPEND THE NIGHT OUT WITH BOOZE AND CHEAP WOMEN: One night of total sleep deprivation shown to have antidepressant effect for some people.

REVIEW: ‘Sound of Freedom’ Shines a Light on the Issue of Human Trafficking.