British Reality Star Ashleigh Defty Wet and Wild in Sexy Bikini on Holiday in Cyprus

At the Sun UK, "HOT BOD! Ex 'On the Beach' babe Ashleigh Defty gets wet and wild in sexy bikini on holiday showing off her sensational figure - The reality star was seen showcasing her toned figure in Cyprus."

She's on Twitter as well, naturally.

Newport Beach Barbecue Competition (VIDEO)

The Kansas City BBQ Society's hosting the event.

God, that looks fabulous!

Campus Crybabies Come to Congress (VIDEO)

There's nothing else to call these idiots other than spoiled brats.

They're stupid little entitled children.

This juvenile "sit-in" in the House chamber sullies the institution and demonstrates the left's complete ideological farcicality.

At the American Conservative, "Campus Comes to Congress":

The Speaker of the House of Representatives was shouted down by Democratic Congressman as he attempted to regain control of the House of Representatives. Actual U.S. Congressmen behaving like a bunch of giddy Oberlin undergraduates.

They had better not give in. Look, on gun control matters, I am generally — generally — more sympathetic to Democrats than to Republicans. But this mob insurrection on the House floor is profoundly unsettling. I have not looked closely at the legislation, so it is entirely possible that I might support the Democratic proposal. But to attempt to get one’s way by showing utter contempt for rules of the House? No. No, no, no. Their passion does not justify their behavior.

This country is in trouble.

Hat Tip: Ed Driscoll, at Instapundit, "THE NEW KNOW-NOTHINGS: “The gullible young radicals covering the White House, and how they got that way,” as charted by Benjamin Weingarten at City Journal:

Supposedly liberal and tolerant campuses create “safe spaces” limited to certain identity groups and those of a certain ideological inclination. In reality, safe spaces are safe only from the diversity their inhabitants claim to cherish. Activist students decry institutions based in “imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism, ableism, and a cissexist heteropatriarchy,” as one group of aggrieved black students at Oberlin described it. One can’t escape the impression that liberal arts schools are more focused on coddling the next generation of community-organizing social-justice warriors than on educating them.

The end product is a cultural and political elite made up of entitled leftists ill-equipped to deal with the realities of a competitive world. As Ronald Reagan would say, the problem with America’s elites is that they know so much that isn’t so. They see things as they wish them to be rather than as they actually are. They can be easily manipulated because they’ve never examined their own assumptions. And this makes them ripe for the plucking by Ben Rhodes and his ilk...

Minority Leader Pelosi gives actually gave a shout-out to the leftist media for providing an "echo chamber" for the childish Democrat playground antics.

We're in trouble, alright.

Rebuilding America Now: Hillary Clinton Can't Claim to Stand for Women (VIDEO)

This is great!

At the New York Times, "Ad From Trump Ally, Citing ’90s Scandals, Depicts Hillary Clinton as Anti-Woman."

Dad Tries to Save Baby Left in Hot Car by Putting Her in Fridge (VIDEO)

At CBS News 11 Dallas, "Panicked Dad Put Baby In Fridge After Finding In Hot Car":

MCKINNEY (CBSDFW.COM) – A North Texas father and former teacher in the Celina Independent School District is free on bond. Michael Shannon Thedford was arrested after his 6-month-old daughter died after being left in a hot car yesterday.

Thedford posted $20,000 bond late Tuesday night. He has been charged with manslaughter.

Thedford told investigators he dropped off his three and 5-year-old children at a daycare center, while his wife was at work. He said he went home and went to sleep, forgetting his 6-month-old daughter was still strapped in car seat inside the minivan.

Thedford said when he went outside and found the baby not moving, he immediately took her indoors and put her in the refrigerator, with the door open. He then called his wife and 911, and attempted CPR...

More.

Via Drudge.

Supreme Court Blocks Obama's DAPA Illegal Alien Amnesty Program

This is major.

At WaPo, "Supreme Court won’t revive Obama plan to shield illegal immigrants from deportation":

The Supreme Court handed President Obama a significant legal defeat on Thursday, refusing to revive his stalled plan to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and give them the right to work legally in this country.

The court’s liberals and conservatives deadlocked, which leaves in place a lower court’s decision that the president exceeded his powers in issuing the directive.

This is a developing story. It will be updated.

And at LAT, "Supreme Court deadlock deals defeat to Obama immigration plan":

The Supreme Court deadlocked Thursday over the legality of President Obama’s sweeping immigration plan, dealing a defeat to the White House.

The tie vote leaves in place lower court orders from Texas that have blocked Obama’s plan to suspend deportation and offer work permits to about 4 million parents who have been living illegally in the U.S.

It's a tie. Sends it back to the lower court and let's that decision stand.

Great news, heh.

Michelle Fields Abruptly Ends Interview When Called Out by Steve Malzberg on Corey Lewandowsk Lies (VIDEO)

Fields has a new book out, "Barons of the Beltway," which I'm not going to promote on Amazon. She's a liar.

Steve Malzberg just destroys her here. I mean this is one of the most brutal live take-downs ever. She's completely caught red-handed. I'm sure the publisher has already edited out the bald faced lies about Mr. Lewandowski.

Has there ever been a bigger career meltdown? I don't know if she'll recover.

At Gateway Pundit, "BOOM! Hoaxer Michelle Fields Gets Called to the Carpet on Her Many Lies – Walks Off Interview! (VIDEO)."

And the full video's here, "Malzberg — Full interview with Michelle Fields on the firing of Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski."

A sad little woman.

Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid Step Out in New York City with (Nearly) Identical Outfits

I just dig Kendall, heh.

At People, "Kendall Jenner Twins with Gigi Hadid (Minus One Bra, Plus One Nipple Ring)."

And at Entertainment Tonight, "Kendall Jenner Flashes Nipple Ring in NSFW Sheer Top While Out with Gigi Hadid: See the Racy Look!"

Also, on Instagram.

Donald Trump's Speech: Hillary Clinton's a 'World-Class Liar' (VIDEO)

Following-up from earlier, "Donald Trump Hammers Hillary Clinton in Major Speech Pivoting to General Election."

Watch the full speech, at Fox News 10 Phoenix, "Donald Trump Attacks Hillary Clinton - FULL SPEECH (Trump uses Teleprompter)."

And the transcript's at Politico, via Memeorandum, "Full transcript: Donald Trump NYC speech on stakes of the election."

Donald Trump Turning America Into One Big 'Battleground State' — #MAGA

From Eitan Hersh, at Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight, "With Trump In the Race, The Battleground Is Everywhere":

As the presidential campaigns shift their focus to the general election, there’s a big question about where the battleground will be. Which states will be competitive? What state will be the tipping point? The unusual candidacy of Donald Trump has some people wondering whether the electoral map will look different this year than it has in the past.

There are good reasons to think the map won’t change much; John Sides and Andrew Gelman, for example, recently suggested that, because states are moving increasingly in unison from election to election, it is unlikely that Trump can “scramble” the map.

But new data that I have analyzed with Bernard Fraga of Indiana University tells a different story.

The premise of this story is that although recent presidential elections have featured a predictable set of swing states and safe states, the extraordinary unpopularity of both major candidates (especially Trump) might mean that voter enthusiasm — and therefore turnout — might be different from that of past years. Additionally, Trump is so unlike recent Republican nominees that the past few presidential election results might not be very predictive of his performance.

Suppose, therefore, that we broaden our view and investigate where Democrats and Republicans have generated close contests beyond presidential races. Surprisingly, nearly the whole country has seen very close contests during the past few years.

Consider this map...

Every state is a battleground state when Trump's in the picture: https://t.co/IsWaU5l3Vh pic.twitter.com/iTeF0rHliq

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) June 22, 2016

Keep reading.

Dana Loesch Debates Bakari Sellers on Gun Control (VIDEO)

Watch, from Don Lemon's program last night on CNN, "Dana Loesch vs. Bakari Sellers on the Politics of Guns."

Dana's making a pretty impressive round of appearances to promote her new book, Flyover Nation: You Can't Run a Country You've Never Been To.

And she's going to be here in California this weekend, at the Politcon Convention in Pasadena. I expect to be heading out to the event on Saturday. Stay tuned for that. She's having a book signing in the afternoon.

Bo Krsmanovic Summer of Swim 2016 (VIDEO)

Hmm.

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit rookie Bojana "Bo" Krsmanovic makes quite a splash:

Thanks to the Reader Who Bought a Lexmark Black Print Toner Cartridge

As I always say, I blog for the fun of it, but certainly it's nice getting the Amazon affiliate fees.

Here's the product, Lexmark X651A11A Return Program Black Toner Cartridge.

Thanks so much for shopping through my links. That affiliate payment alone is almost enough to buy a new book!

And thanks to all my readers for checking in at the blog, sharing my posts, shopping though my links, or just generally lurking around these parts. It's greatly appreciated.

Trump Babes Making America Great Again

Spotted recently on Twitter.

#BabesForTrump pic.twitter.com/GgfY7ZWUr9

— Old Row (@OldRowOfficial) June 8, 2016

BONUS: Don't know if this lady's a Trump supporter, but one can hope. Man.

Joel Kotkin, The Human City

New, from Joel Kotkin, at Amazon, The Human City: Urbanism for the Rest of Us.

Plus, The New Class Conflict.

Blake Lively Loves Babies

Heh.

I love babies too, although my wife and I haven't been in a position to have the full complement of in-home nanny services, to say nothing of house cleaners lol.

She's sweet though. Big families are cool — and oh so politically incorrect!

At the Federalist, "Blake Lively Loves Babies So Much She Wants a House Full."

#HugAShark https://t.co/7ZcFXwKoCm

— Blake Lively (@blakelively) June 9, 2016

PREVIOUSLY: "Blake Lively Under Attack for Alleged 'Racist' Instagram Caption."

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant to Shut Down

Instapundit had this yesterday, "IF YOU DON’T SUPPORT NUCLEAR POWER, YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT CARBON EMISSIONS: Are Greens Coming Around To Nuclear Power?"

Well, if the greens are coming around, they're not around California.

See the Los Angeles Times, "PG&E to close Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant":

One of California’s largest energy utilities took a bold step in the 21st century electricity revolution with an agreement to close its last operating nuclear plant and develop more solar, wind and other clean power technologies.

The decision announced Tuesday by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to close its beleaguered Diablo Canyon nuclear plant within the next decade runs counter to the nuclear industry’s arguments that curbing carbon emissions and combating climate change require use of nuclear power, which generates the most electricity without harmful emissions.

Instead, PG&E joined with longtime adversaries such as the Friends of the Earth environmental group to craft a deal that will bring the company closer to the mandate that 50% of California’s electricity generation come from renewable energy sources by 2030.

PG&E’s agreement will close the book on the state’s history as a nuclear pioneer, but adds to its clean energy reputation. California already leads the nation by far in use of solar energy generated by rooftop panels and by sprawling power arrays in the desert.

“California is already a leader in curtailing greenhouse gases,” said Peter Bradford, a former member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. “Now they’re saying they can go even further. That’s potentially a model for other situations.”

Under the proposal, the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County would be retired by PG&E after its current U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission operating licenses expire in November 2024 and August 2025.

The power produced by Diablo Canyon’s two nuclear reactors would be replaced with investment in a greenhouse-gas-free portfolio of energy efficiency, renewables and energy storage, PG&E said. The proposal is contingent on a number of regulatory actions, including approvals from the California Public Utilities Commission.

The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, built against a seaside cliff near Avila Beach, provides 2,160 megawatts of electricity for Central and Northern California — enough to power more than 1.7 million homes.

Tuesday’s announcement comes after a long debate over the fate of the plant, which sits near several earthquake fault lines. The Hosgri Fault, located three miles from Diablo Canyon, was discovered in 1971, three years after construction of the plant began...

More.

Plus, "It'll take time — and $3.8 billion — to shut down the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant."

RELATED: From Joel Kotkin, at the O.C. Register, "Climate justice: California's state religion."

Donald Trump Hammers Hillary Clinton in Major Speech Pivoting to General Election

Here's NYT's Maggie Haberman on Twitter. I'll update with the full video when that becomes available on YouTube shortly:

Trump is much improved on the prompter

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

"This is not a rising tide that lifts all boats. This is a wave of globalism." Trump

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

Trump basically using Clinton's argument against him back at her: "She gets rich making you poor."

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

Trump's pre-written text does not match what he's saying now

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

It is stiflingly hot in this ballroom where Trump is speaking

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

Trump now misquoting one of the mother's of a Benghazi victim

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

This speech has an actual message, and a frame. The problem for Trump's team? He gets on a plane to Scotland tomorrow night.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

What had been a very focused jobs speech now is descending into the conspiracy theory rabbit hole

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

We are at the transitive property portion of the speech

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

"We can’t hand over our government to someone whose deepest, darkest secrets may be in the hands of our enemies."

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

Now we are at the portion of the speech written by Stephen Miller.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

"So they probably now have a blackmail file over someone who wants to be President of the United States."

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

Trump news in speech: "Change immigration rules to give unemployed Americans an opportunity to fill good-paying jobs"

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

Trump nutshell on POTUS vacancies: "Gonna have as many as five, probably three, could be four."

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

A 41-minute speech from Trump

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 22, 2016

ICYMI: Eric Metaxas, If You Can Keep It

Here's the Metaxas book, at Amazon, If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty.

BONUS: From Dennis Prager, Still the Best Hope: Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph.

Donald Trump Running 'Different Kind of Campaign' (VIDEO)

Laura Ingraham speaks out on Fox & Friends. Donald Trump needs to stop going after "personalities" and hit the Clinton machine with a clear and consistent message.

Watch, "Ingraham: Trump campaign needs to send a consistent message."

Trump calls into the show to talk about a "different kind of campaign."

Well, as in "different" means going completely "earned media," we'll see how that works. See previously, "Donald Trump Reportedly 'Getting Crushed' by Corrupt Democrat Party Money Machine."

BONUS: More video at Fox, "Corey Lewandowski discusses dismissal from Trump campaign." He mad a classy exit, that's for sure. I almost expect him to rejoin the campaign at a later date. That this was all choreographed to give the image of competence and change at Trump's headquarters. But we'll see. We'll see.