MY FOURTH OF JULY POST: Happy Fourth.

Because while the water is choppy and the boat unsteady, we’re not done. Nowhere near.
Also, for those who read my blog, this is my 2 weeks of funding appeal.

WELL, NOW:  Your Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate.

BUT NOT FOR LONG, I BETCHA:  Biden’s Real Legacy Will Be As Silencer Of Speech.

BEWARE A WOUNDED BEAST. IN RELATED NEWS, THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN A CORNER:  Little Boots, and the Nine Black Robes.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED:  Sam Brinton’s legal troubles dissolve with no jail time and mental health ‘treatment’.

OKAY, IT’S OFFICIAL. THE DRUG ISSUES IN THIS COUNTRY ARE OFF THE CHARTS:  Kamala Harris Emerges as the Favorite to Replace Joe Biden Atop the Dem Ticket.

Either that or it’s a fine example of American sense of humor at work.

ALSO A DESSERT AND A FLOOR WAX: AP: Biden is “Sharp and Focused but Sometimes Confused and Forgetful”.

THE UPPER EDUCATION IMPLOSION CONTINUES:  Drexel University Professor Charged With Stealing Pro-Israel Lawn Signs From Synagogue and Private Home.

PANDER PANDER PANDER:  Biden invokes JFK in cringeworthy attempt to relate to minorities in rambling black radio interview.

SOMEBODY PLEASE NOTIFY OUR ADVERSARIES TO TONE IT DOWN OUTSIDE THOSE HOURS:  Biden tells Dem governors he needs more sleep, no events after 8 p.m.: report.

Definitely no 3 am calls. That would be rude.

WE’VE GOT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PROBLEM HERE IN THE STATES:  Voters, remember that Tories and Labour were co-conspirators in the covid disaster.

Although the contrast between GOP governors and Democrat ones is obvious and remarkable.

DOES IT SEEM THAT THE ‘ELECTORAL INTERFERENCE COMES FROM THE DEEP STATE?   Inquiry into ‘electoral interference’ over C4’s Reform UK allegations.

OPEN THREAD: How was your Fourth?

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

Democrats Confused By Parades Where Everyone Wears Clothes And Doesn’t Swing Sex Toys Around https://t.co/Bgw84AjJFM pic.twitter.com/Owc2JmaFz6

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 4, 2024

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission.

GOOD AND HARD, OLD CHAPS: Reform UK set for major electoral breakthrough.

Reform UK is poised to win 13 seats in a major electoral breakthrough, the exit poll shows.

It means that Nigel Farage, the Reform leader, is on course to become an MP for the first time – at the eighth attempt – winning in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.

Reform made huge inroads in Sunderland South, the first constituency of the night to declare, leapfrogging the Tories to come second. Labour held the seat, represented by Bridget Phillipson, the shadow education secretary, with a majority of 7,100.

But the performance of Reform, which won 11,668 votes to Labour’s 18,847, suggested the party was on course for a strong showing nationwide.

Mr Farage’s party was also runner-up in Blyth and Ashington, the second seat to declare. Labour comfortably held the seat with 20,030 votes, with Reform on 10,857 – ahead of the Conservatives on 6,121.

Both results indicated that Reform had won over large numbers of former Tory voters who had become disaffected with the party under Rishi Sunak.

Sunak will reportedly resign as the Conservative Party leader tomorrow.

TRUNALIMUNUMAPRZURE! Another Biden Interview Fumble: He’s Proud to Be ‘The First Black Woman to Serve With a Black President.’

Biden tells a Philadelphia radio station that he's "proud" to be "the first black woman to serve with a black president" 🤔 pic.twitter.com/kP5J7Q9lYy

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 4, 2024

Hey, it’s the 21st century. It’s really good to see Biden conclude “Pride Month” by reminding Americans that he can identify as anything he likes.

BIDEN’S SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM HAVING A NORMAL ONE TODAY:

I love the Handmaid's Tale memes while progressives are literally wrapping their faces in keffiyehs by the thousands just to support a religious fascist death cult https://t.co/kARoHVne5k

— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) July 4, 2024

What is this “Fourth of July,” you speak of? It was still “Pride Month” on until enough people complained and the administration’s social media intern switched out the old man’s Twitter homepage:

How it started How it’s going

Less than 2 hours later.

The power of X!! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/LOb92lLiCp

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 4, 2024

ON THE UPSIDE, MONKEYPOX HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ERADICATED, YOU NEVER HEAR ABOUT IT ANYMORE: Mpox Has Infected Nearly 100,000 People. Here’s What You Need to Know.

EXCITING BUT SCARY: A “Word Processor” for Genes – Scientists Unveil Fundamentally New Mechanism for Biological Programming. “Arc Institute scientists have discovered the bridge recombinase mechanism, a revolutionary tool that enables fully programmable DNA rearrangements. Their finding, detailed in a recent Nature publication, is the first DNA recombinase that uses a non-coding RNA for sequence-specific selection of target and donor DNA molecules. This bridge RNA is programmable, allowing the user to specify any desired genomic target sequence and any donor DNA molecule to be inserted.”

“HEALTHCARE PROTECTIONS:” Judge halts new HHS rule extending healthcare protections to transgender patients.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY: The Fourth of July: America Celebrates a History of Freedom Won by Firearms.

HE’S LEARNED STUFF:

Credit where credit is due, Trump is letting the democrats tear themselves apart in front of the voters, without providing anything dumb for the media to jump on as a distraction. https://t.co/2zVXtyaaBJ

— Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) July 3, 2024

Related: Trump’s Silence Shows New Discipline.

THAT WILL BE ITS PRIME ENVIRONMENT: How Well Does the New Toyota Land Cruiser Cruise … Pavement? No, mall-crawling isn’t the reason the new Land Cruiser exists. But face it, it’s how many will be used.

RANDY BARNETT: What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant: It officially adopted the American Theory of Government: First Come Rights; Then Comes Government to Secure These Rights.