cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/197343

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/197342

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/197316

DeSantis on 6-week abortion ban: ‘I had a lot of supporters who were averse to me on this’

“And at the end of the day, you get into office to be able to do what’s right, and you’ve got to stand on principle,” he added. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4098662-desantis-on-six-week-ban-i-had-a-lot-of-supporters-who-were-averse-to-me-on-this/

Kari Lake’s team ordered to pay more than $122K in sanctions over Maricopa lawsuit

Kari Lake’s legal team, including lawyer Alan Dershowitz, must pay $122,200 in sanctions after a federal court in Arizona found that the former Republican gubernatorial candidate’s lawsuit co… https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4098759-kari-lakes-team-ordered-to-pay-more-than-122k-in-sanctions-over-maricopa-lawsuit/

'People have been arrested in the District of Columbia for cocaine,' show guest Chico Bean noted

https://www.foxnews.com/media/breakfast-club-trashes-inconclusive-white-house-cocaine-investigation-no-video-cameras-aint-no-damn-way

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/195322

Judge rejects Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss a Delco election worker’s defamation lawsuit A Philly Judge rejected Trump's request to dismiss a defamation case filed by election worker James Savage, adding the city to the list of legal venues where Trump doesn't have presidential immunity. https://www.inquirer.com/politics/clout/donald-trump-delco-defamation-lawsuit-rudy-giuliani-20230714.html

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/195264

Homicides in Washington State Rise 96 Percent After Passage of Gun Restrictions https://www.theepochtimes.com/homicides-rise-96-percent-in-washington-state-after-passage-of-gun-restrictions_5388334.html

Voter Turnout Drove GOP Gains in 2022 Midterms: Pew Report https://www.theepochtimes.com/voter-turnout-drove-gop-gains-in-2022-midterms-pew-report_5395370.html

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/195253

Biden Administration Announces $39 Billion in Student-Loan Forgiveness for Over 800,000 Borrowers | National Review https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-administration-announces-39-billion-in-student-loan-forgiveness-for-over-800000-borrowers/

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/195195

Previously Anonymous IRS Whistleblower to Testify in Biden House Investigation

Two IRS whistleblowers will testify next week before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on matters relating to the Biden ...

https://www.theepochtimes.com/previously-anonymous-irs-whistleblower-will-testify-in-biden-house-investigation_5395161.html

https://deadline.com/2023/07/bob-iger-ron-desantis-disney-1235436908/

Rapinoe called out Steele in her interview with Time

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/sam-ponder-defends-sage-steele-megan-rapinoe-takes-swipe-over-trans-women-sports-debate

A press dinner for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. literally stank

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/robert-f-kennedy-jr-press-dinner-devolves-screaming-polemic-farting-ny-post

Social Security Insolvent in 10 Years Unless Congress Acts, CBO Director Says

The two trust funds that undergird the Social Security system will have a zero balance in 10 years, ...

https://www.theepochtimes.com/social-security-bankrupt-in-10-years-unless-congress-acts-cbo-director-says_5392611.html

Secret Service Refuses to Hand Over Records Regarding Cocaine in White House https://www.theepochtimes.com/secret-service-refuses-to-hand-over-records-regarding-cocaine-in-white-house_5390830.html

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/193705

Gun Rights Advocates Sue ATF Over Zero Tolerance Policy https://www.theepochtimes.com/gun-rights-advocates-sue-atf-over-zero-tolerance-policy_5392903.html

A Regulatory Solution to the ESG Problem on Wall Street

Commentary How do you solve a problem like environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, the progressive investing movement ... https://www.theepochtimes.com/a-regulatory-solution-to-the-esg-problem-on-wall-street_5385046.html

2024 GOP candidate reveals border plans in Fox News Digital interview

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ramaswamy-calls-military-us-borders-tackle-migrant-crisis-says-building-wall-is-not-enough

'When you take your nudity into the public square... you're actually violating... my children's rights,' a county supervisor said about the nude bike ride

https://www.foxnews.com/media/wisconsin-official-fumes-nude-bike-ride-protest-allowing-young-girl-join-enough-is-enough

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/193103

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/politics/t/185788

Donald Trump’s main defense when it comes to his indictment for shocking and dangerous mishandling of highly classified documents so far seems to be that the Presidential Records Act says he did nothing wrong. The only problem is that Trump is claiming that the Act means the opposite of what it says, and after years of warnings from NARA, he should know it.

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news/t/185813

Lawyers for Epps accused Fox News of telling a "fantastical story" that he fueled the violence that erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/politics/t/185940

Full article text:

Rep. Ken Buck, a member of the conservative group, offered some of the most definitive comments yet about Greene’s status in the caucus in an interview with NBC News.

A member of the House Freedom Caucus confirmed Wednesday that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has been removed from the conservative group, citing her repeated “attacks” on GOP colleagues.

“She’s not a member of the Freedom Caucus, and she shouldn’t be in the future,” Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., said in an appearance on NBC News' “Meet the Press NOW” in some of the most definitive comments yet about Greene’s status in the group.

Greene, a fundraising powerhouse with an enormous social media following, has been one of former President Donald Trump’s top defenders on Capitol Hill. She is the first lawmaker to be ousted from the Freedom Caucus since it was started in 2015 by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, then-Reps. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., and Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and others.

Other members of the ultraconservative group had said a vote was taken June 23 to eject Greene over her altercation with Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and her vocal support for Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ultimately successful bid for speaker and his trillion-dollar debt-ceiling deal with President Joe Biden.

But for the past two weeks, there was confusion about her status after Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry, R-Pa., declined to comment about the matter and Greene insisted that no one had informed her that she had been voted out. Some Freedom Caucus members suggested that Greene has been avoiding Perry’s attempts to reach her to deliver the news.

By Wednesday, Perry and Greene still had not personally spoken about the issue, even though they would have been on the House floor together during votes.

“No, I haven’t talked with him about any of that,” Greene said. “I’m mostly focused on the work I’m doing and serving my district, not interested in any drama.”

A spokesman for Greene had no immediate comment about Buck’s remarks. Greene did not attend a Freedom Caucus meeting Tuesday night after lawmakers returned to Washington from the July Fourth recess.

Buck, who is one of the more mild-mannered members of the often rambunctious Freedom Caucus, said Greene’s ouster was about not her political views but her repeated attacks on other members of the group, including her criticism of colleagues for blocking McCarthy, R-Calif., from winning the speaker’s gavel in January.

“She has consistently attacked other members of the Freedom Caucus in an irresponsible way, and as a result of that she was kicked out of the Freedom Caucus,” Buck said, “and she should not be, she should not be a member.

“We have diverse opinions in the Freedom Caucus. It’s not monolithic, but insofar as attacking other members, it just shouldn’t be tolerated over and over again,” he continued. “It’s not one simple attack. It’s not what happened on the floor a few weeks ago with Lauren Boebert. It is a series of really poorly thought-out attacks on other members.”

Minimum Wage Hikes Fuel Homelessness in US: Study

Higher minimum wages lead to more people becoming homeless, according to a recent study that identified a clear link between the phenomenon of homelessness—14 percent increase from 2014 to 2019—and the hike in minimum wages.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/minimum-wage-hikes-fuel-homelessness-in-us-study_5388382.html

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/192242

The warmongering uniparty:

Senators Split on Biden's Decision to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine https://www.theepochtimes.com/senators-split-on-bidens-decision-to-send-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine_5386722.html

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/192212

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Rebellion, Not Retreat

The common feature of all totalitarian systems is the prohibition of questions: Every totalitarian regime first monopolizes what counts as rationality and determines what questions you are allowed to ask.

At the risk of offending my audience, I will suggest: If you don’t see that precisely this is happening on an unprecedented scale globally, you have not been paying close attention. https://www.theepochtimes.com/rebellion-not-retreat_5376123.html