PUSHBACK WORKS: Ireland losing enthusiasm for “hate speech” bill.

DON SURBER: Judge orders Biden to stop censoring Real Americans.

Because the feds got social media outlets to serve as surrogate censors, Judge Doughty issued an injunction forbidding the feds from talking to the people who run social media. He did so on the Fourth of July because fighting the evil of government censorship is embedded in the birth of a free America.

The Washington Post owned by Jeff Bezos whined, “The Trump-appointed judge’s move could upend years of efforts to enhance coordination between the government and social media companies.”

I hope so.

Plus:

In his order, he said, “In this case, Plaintiffs allege that Defendants suppressed conservative-leaning free speech, such as:

“(1) suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story prior to the 2020 Presidential election;

“(2) suppressing speech about the lab-leak theory of COVID-19’s origin;

“(3) suppressing speech about the efficiency of masks and COVID-19 lockdowns;

“(4) suppressing speech about the efficiency of COVID-19 vaccines;

“(5) suppressing speech about election integrity in the 2020 presidential election;

“(6) suppressing speech about the security of voting by mail;

“(7) suppressing parody content about Defendants;

“(8) suppressing negative posts about the economy;

“and (9) suppressing negative posts about President Biden.”

I follow the news pretty close but reading the breath-taking amount of censorship heaped upon us by the federal government is shocking. The censorship and the lies raise the argument that we should defund the entire enterprise and let the states govern and the National Guard and local militias protect our borders.

You have to read the decision itself to appreciate just how often and routinely the Biden administration got Facebook and Twitter to censor posts and ban dissenters, including Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. There are 18 incidents in the first 93 days of the Biden administration’s takeover of the White House.

The CDC also engaged in this orgy of unconstitutionality.

Anything to keep the masses from figuring out what’s being done to them, or from organizing to do something about it.

OH, DROP DEAD: AP Celebrates Independence Day By Explaining Why The Word ‘Patriot’ Is Problematic. Our chattering class isn’t just useless, it’s poisonous.

ELIZABETH SCALIA: Pride month is over; I have notes. “So, it might be time to recognize that ‘Pride’ is no longer a grassroots movement needed to win civil rights and fight oppression. When your government is putting out taxpayer money to participate in a month-long celebration, maybe your worries should no longer focus on being oppressed.”

It’s hard to be both the darling of the Establishment, and oppressed.

HEH: Joy Reid Reveals She Got Into Harvard ‘Only Because of Affirmative Action,’ Surprises No One.

HARSH BUT FAIR: Kamala: The Bud Light of Vice Presidents.

TRUTH:

No Republican president could have someone pose topless on the White House lawn at an official event FOLLOWED BY cocaine being found in the White House and not have the media just go absolutely bat shit insane.

— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) July 4, 2023

LIVING HISTORY: China is in default on a trillion dollars in debt to US bondholders. Will the US force repayment?

Before 1949, the government of the Republic of China (ROC) issued a large volume of long-term sovereign gold-denominated bonds, secured by Chinese tax revenues, to private investors and governments for the construction of infrastructure and financing of governmental activities. Put simply, the China we know today would not have been possible absent these bond offerings.

In 1938, during its conflict with Japan, the ROC defaulted on its sovereign debt. After the military victory of the communists, the ROC government fled to Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China was eventually recognized internationally as the successor government of China. Under well-established international law, the “successor government” doctrine holds that the current government of China, led by the Chinese Communist Party, is responsible for repayment of the defaulted bonds.

A private group of American citizens holds a large quantity of these gold-denominated bonds. This citizen-led group, the American Bondholders Foundation (ABF), serves as trustee with power of attorney for some 20,000 bondholders, whose bonds are valued at well more than $1 trillion.

Then-U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s tough negotiation stance on the return of Hong Kong to China led to a British settlement agreement on these same Chinese bonds in 1987. Thatcher said that for China to have access to U.K. capital markets, it had to honor the defaulted Chinese sovereign debt held by British subjects. Faced with that stark choice, China agreed.

Unfortunately, the U.S. failed to take such a common-sense stance. To this day, China has had access to U.S. capital markets while openly rejecting its sovereign debt obligations to American bondholders.

Beijing always knows who to pay off in Washington.

DEAL OF THE DAY: Simple Deluxe 2Pack 7.5ft Patio Umbrella Outdoor. #CommissionEarned

WHY IS ACADEMIA SO RACIST AND SEXIST? White Professor Disgusts Women Historians’ Conference.

A conference for female historians this weekend was plunged into turmoil when a prominent white academic speaking at the main event said her professional life would have been easier if she were Black.

She was identified by attendees of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, on social media and in an interview, as USC professor emerita of history Lois Banner, who co-founded the biennial event in the 1970s.

Banner—author of a 2012 biography of Marilyn Monroe—reportedly also said she wished she was a lesbian because they were good at building community and organizing. She did not respond to a request for comment.

“She was immediately called out for her blatantly racist remarks, and refused to apologize, let alone listen, to the reason why her remarks were horrifying wrong [sic]. ‘You won’t change my mind, I’m 84 years old,’” Stephanie Narrow, a doctoral student who attended the Friday night plenary session, tweeted.

“The room is shaken, it’s palpable,” Narrow added.

“Shaken.” Also, “Narrow.” If you put that name in a novel it would seem heavy-handed.

From the comments: “Where is her actual quote? This is a story of what she reportedly said and how others reacted. If what she supposedly said was said, is she not entitled to HER own interpretation of HER own work experience? She can’t have her own wishes for herself?”

Right? I mean, if she doesn’t identify as racist or sexist, it’s wrong to misbigot her.

MARK JUDGE: The Supreme Court and the End of Punitive Liberalism.

The phrase “punitive liberalism” was coined by James Piereson in his remarkable 2007 book, Camelot and the Cultural Revolution: How the Assassination of John F. Kennedy Shattered American Liberalism. Simply put, punitive liberalism means liberalism that exists to punish the United States for all the world’s problems. From foreign policy to racism to personal psychological ills, America is the world’s great Satan.

In its recent landmark rulings, the Supreme Court has blown the doors off punitive liberalism.

Make the rubble bounce.

WE CAN HOPE: WILL THE SUPREME COURT DISMANTLE THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE?

NOW THAT’S A HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Court Hands Down A MASSIVE Victory for Freedom on the Fourth of July.

IT WAS ALWAYS A SHAM: Say Farewell To The “Diversity Benefits” Rationale For Affirmative Action: The majority and dissent state the quiet part out loud: affirmative action was never about the educational benefits from diversity.

IT’S BEEN A YEAR AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT’S BLOG FUNDRAISING TIME:  Blog Funding Day One.

ICYMI: BUT OF COURSE: NEW: Hunter Biden Prosecutor Has Staggering Conflict of Interest. “Just how the Department of Justice came to give Hunter Biden a sweetheart plea deal, ignoring protocol and forgoing jail time, has become a question of keen interest for congressional members. Now, a new report is adding more intrigue to the saga. According to The Daily Mail, one of the prosecutors who was intimately involved in formulating the controversial deal once worked directly for one of Hunter Biden’s business partners.”

THEY STUMBLE WHO GO FAST:  Freedom, Climate, and the Illusion of Urgency.

I WANT REPARATIONS TO MY SANITY FOR EVEN PUTTING UP WITH THIS:  Reparations Task Force Dials Up The Farce.

THEY’RE ALL ON DRUGS:  White House Spins The Cocaine Story.

YES, INDEED:  ALITO and THOMAS: Government resorting “to racial or ethnic classifications to ration medical treatment … would be a very strong case for prompt review by this Court”.

AND THE OTHER TWO THIRDS ARE THINKING IT LOUDLY:  Over a Third of Republicans Say They’d Never Vote for Mike Pence.

SCHADENFREUDE HOW SWEET THOU ART:  Biden Admin Forced to Complete More of Trump’s Border Wall.

SERIOUSLY?  Bidens Bully Hunter’s Ex-Wife and Daughter Out of Their Last Names.

TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE NOT: OUT. OUT. OUT. WE’LL HELP YOU PACK:  Poll: Only 29% of Dems “Extremely Proud” to Be American

AMERICANS’ INSTINCT FOR TYRANNY IS VERY DEVELOPED:  FBI: Gun Sales Top 1 Million for 47 Months Straight.