I DON’T THINK HE CEDES LIBS’ MORAL OR INTELLECTUAL SUPERIORITY:  CNN’s Scott Jennings Is Immune to the Libs’ Gaslighting…and It’s Hilarious to Watch.

HERE COMES CNN’S 19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (THIS WEEK):  Trump Clinches a Massive Win Over the Fake News Media…and CNN Melts Down.

GOOD:  EPA employees who publicly signed letter opposing Trump’s agenda have now been put on leave.

NOW FIND THE REST:  DOJ indicts suspect who went viral for delivering protective gear to anti-ICE protesters on live TV.

BECAUSE THE RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE IS THE RIGHT TO CIVILIZATION:  More Thoughts on Gray Morality, Self-Defense, and Temptation.

AND: Tilting at Windmills is running a subscription sale.

THIS SHOULDN’T EVEN BE A QUESTION:  Judge allows deportation of antisemitic Colorado attacker’s family.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED. BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  2016 Report on Russian Election Interference Was ‘Deliberately Corrupted’ by Top-Ranking Obama Officials.

BURN:  ICE flips script on Los Angeles mayor after telling authorities to ‘go home’.

LIKE ALL COMMUNISTS:  Mamdani is dangerous, but also pretty stupid.

CRY HARDER:  Trump Admin Freezes $6.8 Billion In K-12 Education Funds Nationwide, $811M In California.

IS MAKING CHILDREN’S ANIMATED MOVIES A LOST ART?  Per THR, multiple Pixar staffers have released a scathing report on Elio’s development.

AND: For the x-less.

ALSO A GERMANE POINT:  Why does a children’s animation studio have an entire group focused on sex and sexuality?

And: For the x-less.

SOMETIMES I LET MY FRIENDS PICK FIGHTS ON MY BLOG:  Bunk Costs Guest Post by Ian Bruene.

THE SYSTEM IS AT THIS POINT SO UNSOUND ANY CHANGE IN TECH EXPOSES WEAKNESSES:  AI Exposes a Major Problem with Universities.

ALMOST AS GOOD AS “NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW”:  Original. Archive.

NOT ALL CULTURES ARE ALIKE AND OPEN BORDERS ARE A SUICIDAL POLICY:  Uniformly Spherical Countries in frictionless vacuum.

OPEN THREAD: Keep your powder dry, boys, tomorrow’s the Fourth.

I SAY, GO STRAIGHT TO ORION! SERIOUSLY. DARPA says decreasing launch costs, new analysis led it to cancel DRACO nuclear propulsion project.

Related thoughts here.

WELL, HE JUST LOCKED UP RACHEL DOLEZAL AND ELIZABETH WARREN’S ENDORSEMENTS: Zohran Mamdani Said He Was Black on Columbia University Application.

I guess that means he identified as black on his Bowdoin College application as well, the place where he did get in and go to school. Did Bowdoin College give an advantage to Black students at the time? I don’t know for certain but if it did then Mamdani would have gotten an advantage over other applicants.

He told the Times these applications were the only instance he can remember where he identified himself as “Black or African American.” The Times says it wasn’t able to identify any speeches in which he’d referred to himself in this way.

Maybe this was a one off but if so does that make this better or worse? It suggests he wasn’t dumb enough to make this claim out loud but he did do it on applications where a) it could benefit him and b) no one would ever find out he was lying. Indeed, it’s likely no one would have ever known if he hadn’t won the mayoral primary (raising interest in his biography) and if someone hadn’t hacked Columbia’s application data. It reminds me of this story I wrote two years ago. What’s to stop people from just lying on their applications to gain an advantage? Not much it seems.

It goes without saying that a conservative who tried this would be crucified for it, but the rules never really seem to apply to Democrats, or Democratic Socialists in this case. Is this going to matter to any of his voters in NYC?

As John Sexton concludes, “The memes should be amusing though.”

And:

I GUESS WE’VE REACHED THE “LAMENTATIONS OF THE WOMEN” PART:

AOC is throwing a tantrum to the five people still using BlueSky because ICE just got more funding.

Winning never gets old. pic.twitter.com/6kXCrusklJ

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 3, 2025

NOW THEY TELL US: Alzheimer’s Might Not Actually Be A Brain Disease.

I should note, though, that the beta-amyloid focus wasn’t a “rut.” It was malfeasance.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY IS THOUGHTS ON THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL: Trump 2.0 is a Wrecking Ball. And he’s wrecking the right stuff.

READER FAVORITE: Orange Ninja 4-Stage Knife Sharpener. #CommissionEarned

NOT UNLESS I COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT: Would You Want To Know Your Alzheimer’s Risk? Scientists Uncover Hidden Toll.

HAHA:

It took him 15 years, but he finally completely destroyed Obama and his entire legacy, and on the eve of the 250th Fourth of July no less. God bless America! pic.twitter.com/Mi60B0fwrT

— _s.a.m.e.m.e.m.e_ (@st_louis_stan) July 3, 2025

It’s impossible to overstate how much winning President Trump has done in just the last few days.

– One Big Beautiful Bill passed.

– Decimated Iran’s nuclear facilities followed by an immediate ceasefire.

– Judicial coup ended.

– Record high stock markets.

– Jobs reports…

— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) July 3, 2025

MARK JUDGE: Land On Both Feet: Skateboarding’s Life Lessons.