JOHN HINDERAKER: Supreme Court Defends Freedom of Speech. “Justice Gorsuch devotes the final seven pages of his opinion to dissecting the dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. If genteel, it is also rather brutal.”

MORE PROBLEMS: Legitimacy Restored: Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action, Outcome Backed by Vast Majority of Americans.

IS PARIS BURNING? An “Adolescent” (Surely a Gentle Giant) Is Killed by Police During His 13th Brush with the Law in France, And BLM-Style Rioting, Arson, and Looting Engulfs the Nation.

HE’S DISTRACTED BY HUNTER’S LEGAL WOES: Biden’s “Normal”: The President’s Constitutional Takes are Becoming More Unhinged from History.

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN! It’s the Return of the Chalkening! Libs Demanded Sarah Huckabee Sanders Remove a Cross Drawn by Her Kids. Here’s Her Response.

Joyless leftists, as they are prone to do, got all triggered when Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ kids used chalk to draw a cross surrounded by colorful stained glass-like shapes on the driveway at the governor’s mansion this week.

Gov. Sanders had shared a photo of her kids and their artwork to social media, which naturally upset the usual suspects.

Never mind, apparently, that “separation of church and state” is not found in the Constitution, nor does having a kids’ chalk depiction of a rather universal religious symbol rise to the level of establishing a state religion.

In what should come as a surprise to no one, Gov. Sanders is not backing down, bending to the will of the no-God-in-government crowd at Americans United, or agreeing to relegate her family’s beliefs to only private expressions.

In an official letter of her own obtained by Townhall on Friday, Sanders responded to Americans United.

What is it about chalk that triggers the left? Flashback to 2016: DIAL 911 FOR THE CHALK SQUAD! #TheChalkening: U of Michigan Students Call Police Over ‘Trump 2016,’ ‘Stop Islam’ Chalk Markings.

Related: This tweet neatly sums up the schizophrenic worldview of, as Iowahawk dubbed them, today’s screaming campus garbage babies:

MESSING WITH TEXAS:

NEW: Video from source in Eagle Pass shows Border Patrol cutting through razor wire placed by the state of TX to allow migrants to enter & be processed after crossing illegally. @TxDPS tells me this is the first time they know of this happening, and that it’s being looked into… pic.twitter.com/jESPbzj9sw

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 30, 2023

LIKE LATE-TERM NIXON: Biden is “consumed” with Hunter’s legal woes -tells aides “Hands off my family.”

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Virgin Galactic aces its 1st-ever commercial launch of suborbital space plane (video).

LIFE IN OLDEN TIMES WAS KINDA SUCKY: “My recent research revealed about two thirds of family historians have experienced strong negative emotions like sorrow or anger through their hobby.”

ILYA SOMIN: Why the Supreme Court got it right on student loans.

THEY’RE NOT “IMPERSONATORS,” BIGOTS, THEY’RE “DOCTOR-IDENTIFYING PERSONS:” ‘Significant threat’: Around world, doctors battle impersonators.

MICROBIOME NEWS: Africa’s understudied human gut microbiomes could be a rich source of therapeutics.

VITAMIN D UPDATE: Study suggests vitamin D may lower risk of heart attack for some.

DEEP FAKES: Artist Banned by Midjourney Over Fake ‘Photos’ of Cheating Politicians. “The image series — which is entitled ‘AI will revolutionize the blackmail industry’ — was intended to show how the technology could be used as a weapon in the wrong hands and create scenarios that could hurt people.”

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: He Used WHAT to Open His Twisted Tea? “This week we have the classiest stolen police cruiser story in ages, a bloody Chief Brody imitation, and Georgia’s Mother of the Year.”

NOT TO ME: Can a 1998 Subaru Be Worth $500,000?. Well, maybe if it’s an ex-Colin McRae STi 22B prototype.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: I’ve Got Some Bad News and Some Good News About Trans Suicide Rates.

CHANGE: Pornhub Closes up Shop in Virginia.

FOURTH OF JULY SALE: Wireless Weather Station with Large Display and Atomic Clock. #CommissionEarned

YEP: “This ruling represents a drastic retreat in the social position of higher education.” Couldn’t have said it better myself!

HEALTH: This app calculates portion size and calories using your smartphone camera. “It is reported to be 80% more accurate than other similar calorie-counting apps because of the use of depth sensors.”

SKYNET SPRINGS: Pneumatic Actuators Give Robot Cheetah-Like Acceleration: Explosive pneumatic power could push legged robots to high speeds.

MATT MARGOLIS: Elizabeth Warren: Affirmative Action Hypocrite.

SPACE: Gullies on Mars could have been formed by recent periods of liquid meltwater, study suggests.