Your Sunday News Assembly, for 6-9-24!
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We’re a week-plus into June, and I hope you and your loved ones are enjoying the warmth (or cooling temps, if you’re in the southern hemisphere)! Today, we have 21 breaking stories and two video think-links! I hope you find them worthwhile!
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UNO!
Here's a lightweight story to start... Chicago IS known as the Windy City, so, perhaps the winds are so strong, he needs to shell out big cash to stay well-coiffed? $30K on hair, makeup — what Mayor Brandon Johnson's campaign spent in a year - Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com)
Mayor’s pricey hair and makeup: In one year, Brandon Johnson's campaign has spent $30K on grooming
Johnson is “mayor 24-7," a spokesman says. "Appearances matter.” Most of his spending went to a South Side makeup artist, and a West Side barbershop was paid $4,000.
chicago.suntimes.com
TWO!
Again, the central question remains. That's the question of why anyone in the US should be forced to be party to the conflict between Hamas and Israel, and the subsequent slaughter of tens of thousands in Gaza... Here's the Breitbart take on the rescue of 4 hostages. They do not mention the hundreds of Palestinian women and children that the Israeli govt annually arrests and holds without any due process (something for which the ICC has cited Netanyahu, already). Biden Administration Calls for Ceasefire After Israel Rescues 4 Hostages (breitbart.com)
Biden Administration Calls for Ceasefire After Israel Rescues 4 Hostages
The Biden administration called for Israel and Hamas to engage in ceasefire talks after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) rescued four hostages.
www.breitbart.com
Here is Middle East Eye, looking at a wider perspective on the matter, as they note the number of civilians Israel killed in just this operation: US involved in Israeli operation in Nuseirat that killed over 200 Palestinians | Middle East Eye
US involved in Israeli operation in Nuseirat that killed over 200 Palestinians
Four captives released and taken to hospital as Israeli bombs pound central Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
And here is a sad new portion of the story – not yet fully confirmed – indicating that Israel might have added to the number of hostages that it has killed in its attempt to "rescue hostages" War on Gaza: Israeli forces killed captives during Nuseirat 'massacre', alleges Hamas | Middle East Eye
War on Gaza: Israeli forces killed captives during Nuseirat 'massacre', alleges Hamas
While four Israeli captives were recovered alive during the attack, several others were killed, says Hamas military spokesman, Abu Obeida
www.middleeasteye.net
Here is stunning (beware) footage of the deadly results of US arms in the hands of the IDF: https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1799478751064887468
THREE!
Dang! And it's such an important, constitutionally "authorized" job! Fight for FIFTEEN!! Biden and AOC demanded a $15/hr minimum wage, but their Climate Corps pays less than $12 per hour | Just The News
Biden and AOC demanded a $15/hr minimum wage, but their Climate Corps pays less than $12 per hour
Both Biden and AOC campaigned on a $15/hr minimum wage, but a campus climate action leader job in their government funded program only pays $11 per hour to "develop partnerships between higher education institutions and the community to develop and implement a climate action plan.”
justthenews.com
FOUR!
HEY! Here's an idea... How about NOT handing out other people's money? That way, the core immorality won't occur, and the other disagreements over how to manage the immoral redistribution of wealth will disappear! Neat! Court issues injunction blocking USDA disaster relief based on race or gender | Just The News
Court issues injunction blocking USDA disaster relief based on race or sex
justthenews.com
FIVE!
I've been able to mention this on my streaming show about a month ago, but this (another from Just the News) spells out one portion of the troubling tale that the US has sent nearly $11 million to the Taliban since the US ended its occupation of Afghanistan. Feds send millions of taxpayer dollars to the Taliban | Just The News
Feds send millions of taxpayer dollars to the Taliban
justthenews.com
But wait! There's more! Despite these folks not noting the fact that the money the US gave to Iran actually was money that belonged to Iranian interests and was illegally held by the US (Obama returned a portion of that total and got slammed for it, as well) this story sheds light on the larger aggregate sent to Afghanistan. Who Is Funding the Taliban? You Are, Thanks to OId Joe Biden – PJ Media
Who Is Funding the Taliban? You Are, Thanks to OId Joe Biden
pjmedia.com
SIX!
For those who call themselves "Constitutionalists," this is a big matter. The immigration issue won't be constitutionally handled until the states regain their prerogative as reserved to them in the Constitution. Voters in This Border State Will Decide If Police Can Arrest Illegal Aliens (townhall.com)
Voters in This Border State Will Decide If Police Can Arrest Illegal Aliens
townhall.com
SEVEN!
This Belgian court ruling is the first time I've seen a suit against a social media site (in this case, FB/Meta) for shadow-banning. It hits the news as the "Murthy v. Missouri" case reaches its conclusion in the Supreme Court and we expect a ruling on the US government engaging FB, Twitter, and other social media to suppress the reach of people like the signers of the Great Barrington Declaration. This European case indicates that many more of us might have cases against FB, if we can gather the evidence of having been suppressed in a similar fashion... Perhaps class action cases will follow? 'A first victory against Big Tech!' — Belgian lawmaker awarded €27k from Meta for unfair Facebook 'shadowban' (rmx.news)
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been ordered to pay damages in the sum of €27,000 to a Belgian right-wing lawmaker for unfairly limiting his reach on the social media platform, otherwise known as “shadowbanning.” The Antwerp Court of Appeal ruled on Monday in favor of Tom Vandendriessche, an MEP standing for reelection as […]
rmx.news
EIGHT!
The perennial question has nothing to do with what is in a Juul, or how it is portrayed. It is about the existence of the agency that claims the power to "ban" something. The nature of that is simply immoral, and the fact that Americans accept it, and then argue over the details of one of its moves? That's something that one hopes to rectify through education. FDA Rescinds Ban on Juul E-Cigarettes | The Epoch Times
FDA Rescinds Ban on Juul E-Cigarettes
The decision was made in response to new case law and the FDA’s review of the information Juul provided.
www.theepochtimes.com
NINE!
An Appeals Court has issued a "cease" order on a venture capital firm's grant program for black female entrepreneurs. The case was filed by the same group that won in the SCOTUS, fighting to stop Harvard's race-based admissions policies. The difference, as I see it, is that the venture capital firm is not directly getting federal funds, as does Harvard. Indirectly, many corporations benefit from government programs, and even from their close ties to the Federal Reserve, but it would seem to me that the defendant here should be able to start whatever kind of grant program they want, and other people should stay out of it. This looks to me like a situation where conservatives are trying to expose the unfairness and racial basis for a grant program, but they are erasing the respect for private property and free will on the part of those who run the venture capital firm. They should be free to peacefully offer any kind of grant program they want, and see the positive or negative results of their positions. DEI programs in corporate America could face Supreme Court scrutiny (axios.com)
Here's more, from American Greatness: DEI Programs Could Soon Face Supreme Court › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)
DEI Programs Could Soon Face Supreme Court › American Greatness
The controversial business practice known as “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) could soon see its legal challenges take it all the way to the Supreme Court. According to Axios…
amgreatness.com
TEN!
I've had some disagreements with Prager recently, but it's a shame that Google (which has gotten all kinds of US govt support and helped promote US government policy) is doing this. Digital Gulag: Google Removes PragerU App From the Google Play Store – PJ Media
Digital Gulag: Google Removes PragerU App From the Google Play Store
pjmedia.com
I keep thinking of Zach Vorhies and his revelation of Google putting MRCTV (and many other conservative and libertarian sites) on its blacklist back in 2020: Zach Vorhies is the Google Whistleblower
Zach Vorhies - Google Whistleblower
Zach Vorhies was a Google employee of 8.5 years before blowing the whistle on Google's election rigging. He walked 950 pages to the DOJ and disclosed to the public via Project Veritas.
www.zachvorhies.com
And, on a similar track with Goole and it's ban of Prager's app, Instagram just did this: UK "Gender Critical" Charity Permanently Banned by Instagram - Reduxx
UK "Gender Critical" Charity Permanently Banned by Instagram - Reduxx
A high-profile charity that speaks out against gender ideology has had its Instagram page permanently deleted in what appears to be a platform-wide clamp-down on critics of transgenderism. Sex Matters is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, and describes its mission as being “to promote clarity about sex in law, policy and language in […]
reduxx.info
ELEVEN!
The McCloskeys were pardoned by Governor Mike Parson in 2021. They are not behind bars. Yet, the couple's suit to return the guns that the government took from them? The judge has denied their request. If these people are free (and they had been within their rights of defense, in the first place) – if they are not in jail, then why is the government prohibiting them from having their guns? McCloskey couple demands St Louis return firearms after they were prosecuted for defending their home during 2020 BLM riots | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com
“It’s time for the city to cough up my guns,” Mr. McCloskey said.
thepostmillennial.com
TWELVE!
Oh, man. This is going to be a real delight. Olympics to the Media: Avoid ‘Problematic Language’ Like ‘Born Male,’ ‘Biologically Male,’ and ‘Genetically Female’ (legalinsurrection.com)
Feels > Science.
legalinsurrection.com
Are there other realities they would like to avoid, as well?
THIRTEEN!
Many people in TN already knew this, but numerous leftist forces in the state did not want to release the "manifesto" - one wonders if, perhaps, they didn't want people to associate aggression on the part of a "trans" person to the larger "trans" movement, overall. How about they let the info out and we can decide about things, ourselves? Covenant Shooter Cited Transgender ‘Rights’ In Shooting Spree Manifesto, Contradicting Official Claims (dailywire.com)
The discrepancy could explain why the FBI sought to suppress the manifesto, given that its contents raise issues about why the FBI did not count the shooting as domestic terrorism.
www.dailywire.com
FOURTEEN!
Here's a great example of the Tragedy of the Commons. If the state were to try to fit all the desires of all the disparate groups and people demanding "equal representation", they would have to fly an infinite number of "flags". Because, of course, so many people from so many different positions are paying taxes, and they want satisfaction over symbols, like flags. Connecticut City Rejects Flying ‘Thin Blue Line’ Flag to Honor Fallen Trooper; Flies Pride Flag at Half Staff Instead › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)
Council members in Wethersfield, Connecticut voted against flying a “Thin Blue Line” police flag in honor of Trooper First Class Aaron Pelletier, who was killed last week in a hit and run…
amgreatness.com
FIFTEEN!
Hochul seems to be a bit slow on the uptake, here... NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Halts $15 Congestion Pricing Plan (legalinsurrection.com)
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Halts $15 Congestion Pricing Plan
"Hochul is just now realizing that 75% of New Yorkers are vehemently against congestion pricing. . . . if it wasn’t an election year, she wouldn’t care who was opposed."
legalinsurrection.com
And much of her rhetoric about the imposition focused on the "CLIMATE CHANGE" bogeyman.
In 2022, she issued all kinds of baseless commands and plans for projects to "fight climate change" – all utterly baseless, lacking any knowledge of the corrupt "science" at the IPCC, NOAA, and NASA, and promoting pie-in-the-sky pork projects that only enrich people well-connected to the government. Governor Hochul Issues New Executive Order During Climate Week Announcing Nation-Leading Sustainability Operations | Governor Kathy Hochul (ny.gov)
Governor Hochul signed a nation-leading Executive Order to accelerate efforts to make State operations more sustainable.
www.governor.ny.gov
SIXTEEN!
Once more, one can be reminded of the complete divergence of many statutes from the original concept of British Common Law, and tort law, in particular. No one has complained of being harmed. If one of Choy's crew had a problem with his activity, they could bring suit. That's not what this is about. Instead, the state is attacking an innocent man. California YouTuber Alex Choi Faces 10 Years for Fireworks Helicopter Stunt (reason.com)
California YouTuber faces 10 years for having too much fun with fireworks
The feds charged Alex Choi with “causing the placement of explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft” after he shot fireworks into an empty desert.
reason.com
SEVENTEEN!
But will the House GOP-ers who back this bill acknowledge the fact that Title IX itself is unconstitutional and immoral, because the feds are not supposed to be handing cash to schools or commanding what the schools do? We'll listen to the crickets, I do believe! House Republicans introduce resolution to repeal Biden’s pro-transgender Title IX rewrite | The College Fix
‘Reverse the Biden administration’s Title IX rule, which allows men to enter women and girls’ private spaces.’…
www.thecollegefix.com
EIGHTEEN!
In February, I got to report for MRCTV how the Newcastle United (UK) Football Club not only revoked the "membership" of paid fan, Linzi Smith (banning her from matches until 2026), but how the government-subsidized Newcastle United also triggered the police to question her - because she supports the truth about gender and sex and posted about it on social media (in this case, on X/Twitter). Collectivist Ideology Exposed: UK Soccer Fan Banned Over Gender Views (mrctv.org)
UK Football Org Bans Lesbian Feminist For Posting Biological Truth On Social Media
A politically connected football league in the UK actually worked with police to monitor the social media of a fan, and all she did was push back against woke ideology. Weren't the woke supposed to be proponents of so-called "inclusion"?
www.mrctv.org
Now, she is pushing back, focusing on the police and their trans-promoting PR: Gender-critical Newcastle fan launches legal action against police's 'political' trans activism (telegraph.co.uk)
Gender-critical Newcastle fan launches legal action against police ‘political’ trans activism
Linzi Smith claims Northumbria Police ‘bully and intimidate’ those with differing views
www.telegraph.co.uk
NINETEEN!
Rob Schneider has been a great proponent of Austrian free-market economics, a truth-teller re the scandemic, the jabs, and censorship, and now, he's seen a charity performance cut short, because, evidently, the hosts who invited him didn't know his long-stated positions as expressed in his jokes. Rob Schneider's comedy act cut short in Regina following comments on COVID vaccines and sexual minorities (westernstandard.news)
The Hospitals of Regina Foundation has issued an "unconditional apology" for COVID-19 and sexual minority jokes made by comedian Rob Schneider at a fundraiser.
www.westernstandard.news
TWENTY!
Ahh, West Hollywood. At least the Mayor is keeping in tune with the long-standing reputation of the area for its porn industry and other unsavory themes. Here's another lesson in "who'll build and run the roads" if government doesn't force people to pay for them - and then mix ideology into the running of the roads and parades... How about not pushing everyone together to pay for the public areas, and not shoving this into the faces of kids? West Hollywood Mayor Says His Favorite Part Of Pride Parade Is ‘Seeing All The Kids,’ As Naked Men Dance Down The Street – winepressnews.com
“In a world like today, to have this right now front and center, we need it now more than ever,” he added.
winepressnews.com
TWENTY-ONE!
In CT, civilians are so dissatisfied with the government-run police system, they are taking up arms to protect themselves. Surely, the government canard of “protecting you by forcing you to pay for it” is something that doesn’t allow for choice or quality. Connecticut residents form armed group to defend against violent crime (yahoo.com)
That's it for text links, buuuut, we have two excellent video links for you!
First, The Hill has fired reporter and “The Rising” host Briahna Joy Gray for her articulate and principled reporting on the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza and the lies of pop media outlets. Here, Glenn Greenwald talks to Briahna, and he also digs into the vile NIAID (Fauci) policy of funding animal torture. This episode of “System Update” is linked for you to start at about the start of the show. https://rumble.com/v5091bc-system-update-show-279.html?start=491 By the way, the termination notice that The Hill sent to Ms. Gray saw her name MISSPELLED. Amazing…
Second, here is the great Neil Oliver, an historian, archeologist, and great backer of truth and freedom. His latest video essay highlights some of the newest revelations about jab damages and deaths in the UK, as well as the evil NHS’s policies to see people die in medical centers. Well done, Mr. Oliver!
ALSO! (A post-publication edit!) I want to add this great chat between Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Tucker Carlson! Click on any time-coded link in the X post on it, riiight HERE!
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