Your Sunday News Assembly, for 6-23-24!
Breaking news, video links, and contextual information to help peel those political onions!
Welcome, Fellow Conspirators!
It’s just after that “longest day of the year” in the northern hemisphere, and I hope that, whatever your location, summer or winter is going well for you and yours!
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ONE!
The two biggies came from the SCOTUS, of course, so, first, we have the ruling on the Orwellian political target "Unrealized Gains." In this case, the mighty Supreme Majority concluded that the rule of apportionment for taxes that is mandated in the Constitution doesn't apply, because this is a form of "income tax" that was inserted into the Constitution by the 16th Amendment (which probably was not approved constitutionally).
But any logician could ask the "Majority" how anyone is getting "income" from something when they have not realized the gain. Not only is this logically impossible to answer, the idea of the government claiming someone has made a "gain" is temporally impossible to define from day to day and hour to hour. Stock prices constantly change, so at what magic moment are the overlords of the IRS supposed to determine what, precisely the "gain" that is UNREALIZED, is? If the owners of the stock sell it, that can affix a sale price to it and a profit can be determined, but if they haven't sold it, the value of the stock will be malleable, minute by minute!
There's more to dig into, but, first, here's the initial report, and I hope Trump supporters recall that this offensive idea came from The Donald. SCOTUS upholds Trump tax, avoiding ‘fiscal calamity’ and wealth tax question | Courthouse News Service
SCOTUS upholds Trump tax, avoiding ‘fiscal calamity’ and wealth tax question
A ruling against the Trump-era tax on unrealized gains could have majorly disrupted U.S. tax code, but the high court left wealth tax proposals in constitutionally murky waters.
www.courthousenews.com
For further background on apportionment, here's a good link: Overview of Taxing Clause | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
For more on the "Moore" ruling and to help supply background on the way that the 16th Amendment really doesn't apply here, we can see this: Moore v. United States: Can the Federal Government Tax a Shareholder’s Unrealized Income under the Sixteenth Amendment? | Constitution Annotated | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
Of course, many see this as a camel's nose under the proverbial tent, signaling room for Liz Warren to push even harder for here "wealth tax". Elizabeth Warren Cheers Wealth Tax Prospects Following Supreme Court Decision (msn.com)
Elizabeth Warren Cheers Wealth Tax Prospects Following Supreme Court Decision
The justices rejected an effort to block Congress from ever enacting a wealth tax.
www.msn.com
And that all rides atop the deeper problem, which is that the definition of "wealth" is subjective, and politicians telling people what they value and how much of it is the height of arrogance, and arrogation, stealing individual free will from others. A person might value $1,000 far differently than his neighbor, and he might change his valuation of $1,000 from day to day. Only in the market can we express our valuations of things, allowing others to see the price point data we create, and allowing the market to respond, voluntarily. Warren's mentality is the twisted mindset of the tyrant, the Stalinist, the thieving conniver who will spin tales of "WE" need to do this or that, usurping the freedom of everyone else as she claims the power to say what "WE" want.
TWO!
The "US v Rahimi" SCOTUS decision. Just stunning. Again, if the government's so-called "justice system" deems someone safe enough to be outside of jail, then how is it that the same person is not safe enough to exercise his or her natural right to keep and bear arms? If we have Natural Rights, then how is it that the government can claim that we cannot exercise them when we are supposed to be free, outside of jail? And do these blowhards actually think that gun "bans" will stop the criminally minded from getting arms? Prohibition doesn't work.
So, we have this, the bumbling, dumb "Second Level" of "gun statute analysis" created by the 2022 Bruen decision, and the majority Friday okaying the 1968 Gun Control Act's stipulation that politicians can ban people from owning guns if the bureaucrats issue "restraining orders" to them, or the gun owners are "drug users" (as with Hunter Biden). The first level of the Bruen standard is simple, in it the SCOTUS hewed to the actual WORDING of the Second Amendment. Does a challenged statute adhere to the wording? Well, if it INFRINGES the right to keep and bear arms, it does not. Simple. But then, the 2022 SCOTUS Bruen majority ruled that, well, don't bother with their first level and the actual WORDS of the 2A. They claimed that if a government could show an historical example of an INFRINGMENT from the early days of the US, that might lead to the contemporary statute being perfectly fine. In other words, their invention of the "SECOND" level negates the Second Amendment. It's infuriatingly stupid.
In 6-3 ruling, court strikes down New York's concealed-carry law - SCOTUSblog
This article was updated on June 23 at 4:06 p.m. The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a New York handgun-licensing law that required New Yorkers who want to carry a handgun in public to show a special need to defend themselves. The 6-3 ruling, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, is the court’
www.scotusblog.com
Thus, we get the new ruling, on whether the 1968 Gun Control Act can ban guns from the hands of people who've been issued restraining orders, but who are not in jail. They really, really screwed up Friday.
Gun control groups hail Supreme Court decision upholding gun ban for domestic abusers (msn.com)
Gun control groups hail Supreme Court decision upholding gun ban for domestic abusers
The Supreme Court's 8-1 decision to restrict firearms to people with domestic violence restraining orders is seen by many as a common sense method to curbing shootings.
www.msn.com
Notice in this report from Amy Howe that Roberts not only gets the strict wording of the Second Amendment wrong, he believes that the most powerful private firearm at the time was the musket. As I've noted, and someone might want to mention that High Lord Roberts, Paul Revere and his son made CANNONS for people, and the founders never put a "technology prohibition" clause on the right to keep and bear arms. Supreme Court upholds bar on guns under domestic-violence restraining orders - SCOTUSblog
Supreme Court upholds bar on guns under domestic-violence restraining orders - SCOTUSblog
This article was updated on June 21 at 3:48 p.m. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that bars anyone subject to a domestic-violence restraining order from possessing a gun. By a vote of 8-1, the court ruled that the law does not violate the Constitution’s Second Amendment, which pro
www.scotusblog.com
THREE!
This "crisis" is self-created by the government of NY and NYC. They don't seem to care about the fact that they are taking money from people in order to facilitate what they believe is charitable activity. Additionally, they claim that the "program" recirculates money back into the "economy", which has nothing to do with either the immoral predicate, nor with the fact that the money is based on debt that, in turn, is facilitated through public borrowing and taxation. Some of the money comes from the federal government, which twice in the last year sent NY state millions for "aid" to help the "migrant crisis". First, here is Mayor Adams, patting himself on the back. NYC boasts taxpayer-funded card program for illegal immigrants is helping lead nation through 'crisis' (msn.com)
NYC officials say a taxpayer-funded program that gives up to nearly $350 per week to migrant families is helping lead the nation on how to manage the "crisis" created by mass illegal immigration.
www.msn.com
Here's the $30 Mil the feds handed NY in May, last year: NYC given more than $30 million in FEMA funding for migrants (ny1.com)
New York City given more than $30 million in FEMA funding for migrants
More than 57,000 migrants have arrived to NYC.
ny1.com
And... They've gotten MOAH. NYC finally unlocks nearly $107M in federal migrant aid after months of paperwork delays (nydailynews.com)
NYC finally unlocks nearly $107M in federal migrant aid after months of paperwork delays
President Biden’s administration approved the release of the money after Mayor Adams’ office finally submitted the required paperwork last week after months of delays.
www.nydailynews.com
FOUR!
Then, there's the genius of the Surgeon General, and what he thinks the feds can and should do to social media. It's very comforting to know that such a strong constitutionalist is in that vaunted position of authority, isn't it? 😉 Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms
Dr. Vivek Murthy said he would urge Congress to require a warning that social media use can harm teenagers’ mental health.
www.nytimes.com
More, with video, from the hard-hitting journos at NBC: Surgeon general calls for warning label on social media platforms | Watch (msn.com)
Perhaps he thinks he's in the UK, with a friend named Miriam Cates, in the Houses of Parliament... She wants to ban kids 16 and under from social media. Okay... That's not tyrannical at all, and, surely, it will work like gangbusters. MP urges social media ban for under 16s (bbc.com)
MP urges social media ban for under 16s
Conservative MP Miriam Cates called on Rishi Sunak to consider banning under 16s from social media and smartphones.
www.bbc.com
FIVE!
This is interesting... Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Announces Efforts Underway to End State Income Tax (msn.com)
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Announces Efforts Underway to End State Income Tax
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday signed bills cutting the individual and corporate tax rates while raising the homestead property tax credit, according to the Associated Press. Sanders has cut taxes three times since she took office in January 2023, and said her goal is to wipe away the state income tax altogether. “We are moving...
www.msn.com
SIX!
Here's a nifty way to further break the Fourth Amendment. Luna proposes DNA testing to stop child trafficking at southern border - Washington Examiner
Luna proposes DNA testing to stop child trafficking at southern border - Washington Examiner
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) plans to propose legislation that would crack down on fake migrant families coming across the southern border.
www.washingtonexaminer.com
SEVEN!
So, let me get this straight. The government is promoting itself, all the time. It has entire agencies created to promote it, things like The Ad Council. When politicians have hearings, they usually do so to promote legislation and get camera time. Will people bother looking at the larger problem of the political claim of power? Biden Ordered Fed Agencies To Install Nationwide Signage Praising Him Before Election (dailywire.com)
Biden Ordered Fed Agencies To Install Nationwide Signage Praising Him Before Election
The White House has told federal agencies to install thousands of signs along the nation’s highways praising Joe Biden, and requiring others who accepted federal money to do the same thing. The signs say that acts passed by Congress actually belong to Biden, and a senator says they amount to using taxpayer money for campaign signs before the November election.
www.dailywire.com
EIGHT!
Much like Biden's claims to use debt-spending and tax cash to unconstitutionally create oodles of (500,000) "charging stations" BUT his gang has only built seven, we see that his promise to bring "high-speed internet" hasn't been all that "high-speed". It's almost as if government has no incentive to do a decent job... How odd, and, oh, DEI and climate cult idiocy is involved! Zero Progress Made On Biden’s $42.5 Billion Rural High Speed Internet Project (legalinsurrection.com)
Zero Progress Made On Biden’s $42.5 Billion Rural High Speed Internet Project
The program is reportedly mired in "climate change mandates, tech biases, DEI requirements, favoring government-run networks + more."
legalinsurrection.com
NINE!
I'll avoid the thumbnail on this, and just post the link. Evidently, the people organizing the game got permission to conduct the event at the high school, but, well... It's the Tragedy of the Commons, exposed in more ways than one. 'Nuttin But Azz' basketball tournament is canceled at NJ high school after 'absolutely horrible' promo video | Daily Mail Online
TEN!
How about opposing the redistribution of wealth, on principle, for anyone? Taxpayers Spend $600k per Unit for Homeless High-rise in L.A. (breitbart.com)
Taxpayers Spend $600k per Unit for Homeless High-rise in L.A.
The cost to build each unit in the homeless high-rise is higher than the median price of a condominium in Los Angeles, which is $564,520.
www.breitbart.com
ELEVEN!
This is a good piece on the matter, and it sure does deserve attention. Thomas Massie is one of the few in DC trying to stop it. Proposed USDA Rule Would Require RFID Tracking on Cattle Moved Across State Lines (reason.com)
The government wants to track your steak
A proposed USDA rule would require RFID tagging of all cattle and bison that move across state lines.
reason.com
I spoke to a local farmer today and asked him about this, and he offered the point that I have offered to others: it's going to benefit the big corporations at the expense of small ranchers.
TWELVE
This is the case of the govt handing over tax cash to people who promote more government mandates and theft from taxpayers. Hawaiian Youth Secure Settlement in Climate-change Case - The New American
Hawaiian Youth Secure Settlement in Climate-change Case
Climate activists, hiding behind 13 Hawaiian schoolchildren, have secured at least $40 million in promises from the government of Hawaii. Under the terms of the settlement, Hawaii must establish a greenhouse-gas reduction plan that will supposedly lead to net-zero emissions by 2045, and the Aloha State will be forced to invest at least $40 million ...
thenewamerican.com
THIRTEEN!
This is a positive, but it's limited. The ruling could be expanded to all federal rules (including wage laws) and the ADA, itself. Federal Judge Calls Limited Stop to Biden Rule Forcing Employers to Grant Abortion Leave - The New American
Federal Judge Calls Limited Stop to Biden Rule Forcing Employers to Grant Abortion Leave
A federal judge issued an injunction against a rule forcing employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” for employee abortions.
thenewamerican.com
A pertinent quote from the piece sheds more light on what was going on, and the DC role in trying to reshape the ADA to fit "pregnancy/abortion" into its purview of "disability" from the H Bush era's passage of the obnoxious and unconstitutional "Disabilities Act": "In 2022, Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). That law expanded the equally unconstitutional Americans with Disabilities Act’s definition of “disability” to include “known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.” Employers were thus required to provide “reasonable accommodations” for such a 'disability.'"
FOURTEEN!
This is a complex issue, involving the Fourteenth Amendment, human life put on hold, and the Fourth Amendment. The feds cannot demand that these clinics produce information unless the feds get specific warrants and the feds cite specific federal laws broken. On the other hand, states have 14th A responsibilities to protect lives equally, and this process of holding the embryos is akin to kidnapping or torture. Each state then would have a 14th A responsibility to get specific warrants, make arrests, and prosecute. But that's not how the politicians adhere to their oaths. They don't even understand the start of human life. Lawmakers Call for Probe of IVF Clinic Safety, Data Transparency (dailysignal.com)
GOP Senators Seek Information on In Vitro Fertilization Clinics From HHS
GOP senators urge HHS to look into in vitro fertilization clinic safety and transparency regarding embryo protection and reporting criteria.
www.dailysignal.com
FIFTEEN!
Lego. LEGO Produces ‘Pride’ Video With Drag Queens And Furries - modernity
LEGO Produces ‘Pride’ Video With Drag Queens And Furries
Clearly aimed at children
modernity.news
SIXTEEN!
The group is now "disbanded", but the feds still are trying to silence people who fall into these categories --- DHS ‘Intelligence Experts Group’ Classified Military Service, Religion and Trump Support as Indicators of Domestic Extremism and Terrorism › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)
A now disbanded group in Joe Biden’s Department Homeland Security (DHS) classified Trump supporters, members of the military, and people with religious views as persons likely to commit “domestic…
amgreatness.com
SEVENTEEN!
Leave it to the Jesuits to not bother with the actual Bible and what God defines as sinful activity. More than half of Jesuit Catholic universities promote ‘Pride Month’ | The College Fix
More than half of Jesuit Catholic universities promote ‘Pride Month’ | The College Fix
The Catholic Church clearly opposes homosexual activity, but that has not stopped some Jesuit universities from backing ‘Pride Month.’…
www.thecollegefix.com
By the way, the colleges get federal grants, i.e. they receive stolen goods, which also is anti-Biblical.
EIGHTEEN.
Nigel Farage is making good points about Ukraine, and he has been making these points since 2014. I just recorded video that RT rebroadcast of Farage spelling out how the US-NATO overthrow in late 2013 in Ukraine and the new puppet Ukrainian govt would be correctly seen by Putin as belligerent. The West's errors in Ukraine have been catastrophic. I won't apologise for telling the truth (telegraph.co.uk)
The West’s errors in Ukraine have been catastrophic. I won’t apologise for telling the truth
Until we admit what we got wrong, we will never have a lasting peace
www.telegraph.co.uk
Nigel Farage claims he knew Ukraine invasion was coming in sneak peek
Critics have said 'every vote for Farage will be celebrated in Moscow ' after he claimed NATO and the EU 'provoked' Vladimir Putin in an interview for the BBC Panorama.
www.dailymail.co.uk
NINETEEN!
This is going unreported by most western pop media. It was inevitable, and it is the next in the domino-drop that will see the US government become more militarily belligerent and see the US politicians push more and more for a "CBDC reset" Saudi Arabia Ends 80-Year-Old PetroDollar U.S. Agreement: Joins China-Led Central Bank Digital Currency Coalition - Vaccine Impact
TWENTY!
This new study, from Dr. Peter Makis, et al, has just been published in the Lancet. It relies on nearly 400 autopsies to determine likely cause of mortality. The findings are horrific, and not good for the backers of the jabs. https://x.com/MakisMD/status/1804209104879042772
Here is the study A Systematic REVIEW of Autopsy findings in deaths after covid-19 vaccination - ScienceDirect
A Systematic REVIEW of Autopsy findings in deaths after covid-19 vaccination
The rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines, combined with a high number of adverse event reports, have led to concerns over possible mechanisms of inj…
www.sciencedirect.com
Here is Dr. Sherry Tenpenny offering similar information via various medical publications:
https://x.com/BusyDrT/status/1804217042658071039
And that's it for the print links! Now, time for VIDEO!
FIRST, consider this, from Jimmy Dore, covering that new Lancet publication on the jab-related deaths. https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1804292366536245285
SECOND! This is a valuable vid, not only for John Mearsheimer’s analysis, but to see the CBS “News” hostess’s face as she asks Lord Lindsay if the Tuberville thoughts represent his “party”… Oh, man… Great stuff from Prof M and from Katie Halper. John Mearsheimer Destroys Lindsey Graham (youtube.com)
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We live in the modern time of Caligula. Only our highest court can possess (or usurp) the power to make a negative and positive be re-defined as the same thing on the fly without any checks and balances (so promised by our Constituuuuuuution and the Federalists with their confusing definition of what "Federalism" really is)...of course only when it comes to taxation and the usurped power of government that goes with said taxation or at least this week. Next week they will have a different dictionary to pull out from under their black robes. Me thinks SCOTUS needs to partake in a little FESTIVUS.
NY and NYC: helping to lead the nation in how to launder illegal human beings from site like the mob would launder so much illegal money. Ah, the scales of Justice. She is blind at that.
Let me jump around a bit to number 12 and the famous 13 children who are neighbors of "Robin's Nest". Is it not interesting that some NH and TN lawmakers, have tried to put a stop to our Government's funded and supported chemical trail spraying and EMF/RF pollution, which kills so much of our environment, which, destroys our bodies directly and yet, the words "climate change" are worth 40 Million Luciferarian dollars to turn a blind eye? It's as bad as nobody asking Joe Biden, why we're in Ukraine and why we're funding and supporting so much killing and death their and elsewhere such as Gaza and primping for fights in the Far East and Eastern Europe.
I have watched my 64 years of knowledge of a cold war get scorched and the peace agreements going back to not just 1953 get toasted but now we're back to where the Royal Families last left off in 1914. It reminds me of Gordon Prange's expansive review behind his book "Tora! Tora! Tora" which is called "At Dawn We Slept". We are not in a good place.
We lie around and pretend, there is something left to fix by pretending to vote for one party or another in the effort that we'll get it right next time and yet, we're dying faster and faster by the second.
The US is getting what it deserves for believing that a Mono-Culture is bad and needs to be destroyed from within so that all people will be equal. Right out of Karl's manifesto and used as a tool to rebuild the kingdoms. People forget, Frederich Engels, always thought himself to be of the German peerage to the throne.
I have tried to show that Marx lives in all parties and dies in the old way of town hall meetings with in -person voting on paper ballots and no secrecy in front of witnesses kept us free. That was the old way. That was the way that brought us to the USA.
Keep working Gard if it doesn't pain you too much. Maybe, they will wake up in time.
Yours in liberty,
Vince