SHUT UP, THEY EXPLAINED: Big Tech Platform Silences Andy Ngo.

Ngo does real journalism, and our infotainment industry can’t abide that.

LADIES’ CHOICE VIP LIVE CHAT TODAY AT 1PM: 1977 vs. 2021, the Left’s Latest Mask Insanity, and the Times Square Free-Fire Zone.

“NEVER UNDERESTIMATE JOE’S ABILITY TO F*** THINGS UP”:Joe Biden Promised To Leave Afghanistan. Has He Changed His Mind? “The Associated Press reported on Thursday that upwards of 650 U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan, even after the so-called withdrawal is completed later this summer. The reasons for the change are confusion, as U.S. officials told the AP that troops will remain behind to provide security at the embassy, but also said they would be there as, ‘a more permanent force presence in the country.'”

OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE RUN BY A CABAL OF THEIR ENEMIES: Does the Bullock Texas History Museum Want Texans to Forget the Alamo, Too?

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Desperate De Blasio Performs the Triple-Lindy of Flip-Flops.

Plus:

• Beijing memory-holes Apple Daily’s archives
• Armed robbers held up news crew as it interviewed Oakland’s chief of violence prevention
• Trump goes looking for Carmen San Diego

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

HMM: Top Pentagon Cyber Official Probed Over Disclosure Concerns “A U.S. official familiar with the case said Arrington’s politics — as a Republican under a Democratic president — aren’t a factor in the investigation, and it’s not an attempt to force her from the Pentagon. The official, who discussed the case on condition of anonymity because of its sensitivity, also said the disclosure investigation isn’t connected to Arrington’s management of the Pentagon’s ambitious Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification system, or CMMC, which is being slowly implemented as Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks reviews the program inherited from the Trump administration.”

With all the purging going on, I’m not inclined to believe the denial.

SYSTEMIC RACISM: MADE IN CHINA. China Discussed Bioweapons Targeting Specific Races.

Update: Wrong link before — fixed now. Sorry!

HMM: Lefty Website Calling for Canceling Conservatives Is Stunned When YouTube Comes for Them.

Looks like YouTube caught their error: YouTube has re-instated Right Wing Watch’s channel after left-wing journalists reported about the permanent ban.

(Updated and bumped.)

TRY, TRY AGAIN: Judge dismisses FTC and state antitrust complaints against Facebook.

PJ MEDIA VIP ROUNDUP: Don’t forget that VODKAPUNDIT promo code if you’ve been thinking of joining us.

Tyler O’Neil: What Fresh, Brave New World Insanity Is This? Now Race Can Be a ‘Gender’? “Expressions of intersectional Marxist theory should come with a warning label. Warning: Ingesting this idea may result in insanity. Seriously, true batshitted mindless lunacy may follow”

Paula Bolyard with an earworm essay: Short People Got No Reason to Live. “Rather than creating songs and shows that use humor to subtly poke at bad behavior, Hollywood and the music industry now think it necessary to include tedious secular homilies in what used to be called entertainment.”

Yours Truly: Dear Texas: Please Leave the Union. “If America has abandoned that hilltop, then maybe it’s time for someone else to stake a claim.”

THAT PRESUMES BIDEN HAS ANY INTEREST IN STOPPING IRAN, WHEN EVERY INDICATION IS THAT HE’S ENABLING IRAN: Joe Biden’s Limited Iraq And Syria Strikes Won’t Stop Iran. “Such military actions reflect multiple decisions over the last several days: National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan presumably presented Biden with a multitude of decisions that included military strikes. When Biden picked these, the Pentagon then provided Biden with a range of options covering scope and targets. Biden chose an option that, in his mind, posed the least chance of escalation or Iraqi diplomatic opprobrium. In effect, Biden chose to prioritize symbolism over effectiveness.”

FORGET IT, JAKE — IT’S CNN: Jake Tapper’s CNN Fear-Porn Show Lost 75 Percent Of Its Audience Since January. “Whereas Tapper’s show had 2.8 million viewers in the month of January, it raked in an abysmally low 706,000 from May 23 to June 23. In terms of the second quarter, the host has experienced about a 50 percent decrease in viewership compared to quarter one.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Masked Panic Wusses Have the Delta Variant Vapors Now. “When I did see someone in a mask, it was usually a twentysomething young adult. You know, the people who really don’t need them. It seemed, as I have written on more than one occasion here, like a fetish. There are simply some people who take comfort in the mask charade.”

COLORADO: Weld County joins chorus of voices asking Polis to veto ‘backdoor’ emissions deal.

According to the Colorado Sun in April, SB 200 “would set firm caps on emissions for key sectors of the economy and give the Air Quality Control Commission power to enforce those caps.”

“We’re not willing to give dictatorial authority over our economy to one unelected board that lacks the broader mandate and expertise,” Polis told the editorial board of The Gazette in Colorado Springs when asked if he would use his veto power to stop the policy from becoming law.

However, in the meantime, lawmakers worked behind closed doors to take key elements from SB 200 and slide them into HB 1266 at the 11th hour, Saine said. They didn’t remove, however, the part that originally led Polis to threaten a veto.

The strict emissions enforcement for reductions in the oil and gas, industrial and electric sectors remained, as did the creation of an ombudsman and environmental justice board.

SB200 doesn’t sound quite as extreme as Directive 10-281, but give them time.

THAT’S AN AWFUL LONG WAY TO TRAVEL JUST TO CALL A LID: Jill Biden to Hold Diplomatic Meetings During Tokyo Olympics.

BREAKING: Hunter Biden’s Firm Funded Company That Partnered With Wuhan Lab on Bat Research.

HMM: Germany and America Team Up to Build a New U.S. Army Armored Vehicle.

Maybe this time it will turn out better than it did the last time.

WE USED TO DO THIS KIND OF THING, BACK WHEN WE DID OTHER THINGS LIKE SEND PEOPLE TO THE MOON: China is using mythology and sci-fi to sell its space programme to the world.

THEY CAN HAVE MY HOWITZER WHEN THEY PRY IT FROM MY COLD, DEAD ARMORED CHASSIS: Direct Hit! WaPo Shoots Down Biden’s Cannon Misfire.

ABOUT THOSE EVS WE BRIBED YOU INTO BUYING…: With Its Power Grid Under Pressure, California Asks Residents to Avoid Charging Electric Vehicles.

SHE MEANS IT: Civilian Climate Corps: AOC’s New Plan to Force Unions on Kids.

CHICAGOLAND: Insane dashcam vid shows Chicago gunman spraying fully automatic rifle with 100-round drum mag in midday traffic.

THE FRUITS OF PROGRESSIVISM: New York’s Times Square Looks More Like a Free-Fire Zone Everyday After U.S. Marine Is Shot.

HE PLAYS BOTH KINDS — COUNTRY AND WESTERN: CNN’s Brian Stelter Says Balanced News Comes From The East AND West Coasts. “That Americans even need to discuss the idea of ‘balanced’ news in America is part of the serious problem with American media. News outlets are proudly un-balanced. They market themselves that way. They revel in it. For CNN’s Brian Stelter, ‘balanced’ news involves reading newspapers from Washington DC and Los Angeles, CA.”

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: The Left Is in Panic Mode Over Losing Voters of Color.

Plus:

• From the mouths of brainwashed babes
• Bush-China Foundation heaps prestige on Chinese spy target
• Welcome to America 2050 and/or Albania 1984

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