'Why do you think Democrats are freaking out because President Trump wanted some tanks in the Fourth of July parade? Because the U.S. military symbolizes everything they hate about America...'

The Other McCain, with his typically incisive analysis, "Happy Fourth of July, You Fascists!"

"Happy Fourth of July, You Fascists!" https://t.co/v2riAw7pOT via @PatriarchTree #July4th #RadicalLeft pic.twitter.com/T9mwJBcvou

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 5, 2019

President Trump's Fourth of July 'Salute to America' at Lincoln Memorial (VIDEO)

At the Los Angeles Times, "Trump’s Fourth of July speech inserts politics and protests into national celebration":

Fourth of July celebrations in Washington usually bring Democrats and Republicans together to mark the national holiday while taking a break from partisan politics.

Not this year.

With tanks on the streets of the nation’s capital, military jet flyovers and a presidential address on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, President Trump injected his trademark over-the-top style — as well as his divisive personality — into the traditional fireworks display at the National Mall.

While most presidents have steered clear of Fourth of July festivities to avoid politicizing the day, Trump has been personally involved in the details of the planning — much to the frustration of local officials and residents in the predominantly liberal city.

Ever since Trump’s 2017 visit to watch France’s Bastille Day celebration, he has pressed for a similar event at home. He initially tried to organize a military parade on Veterans Day, but plans fell apart amid opposition from the local government and estimates that the costs would run into the tens of millions of dollars. Even some Pentagon officials bristled at such an overt public display of American military power.

But many of those same ideas were part of Thursday’s celebration, including military tributes and flyovers. And Trump made himself the main event.

“We are one people, chasing one dream, and one magnificent destiny,” Trump told the crowd. “We all share the same heroes, the same home, the same heart, and we are all made by the same Almighty God.”

Despite fears Trump would use the opportunity to push his policies or criticize Democrats, the president stuck to a teleprompter and refrained from the combative language he prefers at campaign speeches and on Twitter...

More.

Divisions on Display for Trump's 'Salute to America' on Fourth of July

At USA Today, a good piece:

‘Are you proud to be an American?’ How Trump’s 4th of July became a tale of three different celebrations
W/ @maxpcohen @sarahbishi @oliviarsanchez @LizLaw1126 @jasonlall9 https://t.co/7wQVCKckbt

— Christal Hayes (@Journo_Christal) July 5, 2019

This is Amiee LeDoux. She traveled with her family from New Hampshire to watch Trump speak and all the festivities for the 4th of July. She says Trump’s speech marked the first time she’s ever cried on the 4th of July. She started crying again as I spoke with her @USATODAY pic.twitter.com/Ca7epp5moo

— Christal Hayes (@Journo_Christal) July 5, 2019

Dan Crenshaw, Patriot

An amazing guy. True patriot and awesome antidote to idiots like AOC.

pic.twitter.com/SE3g5QCiIJ

— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) July 4, 2019

Megan Parry July 4th Forecast

It's going to be lovely weather.

Enjoy the 4th!

Alexis Ren of the Day

At Drunken Stepfather, "ALEXIS REN EROTICA OF THE DAY."

pic.twitter.com/rKxiI2POjz

— Alexis Ren (@AlexisRenG) June 14, 2019

I’m sad there isn’t a pointe shoe emoji pic.twitter.com/WEFWTVyKaa

— Alexis Ren (@AlexisRenG) July 2, 2019

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Thanks to #Democrats, Pride in America Hits New Low

At Gallup, "American Pride Hits New Low; Few Proud of Political System":

#Democrats hate America. 🤷‍♂️ #July4th #Patriotism #Dems #Antifa #AntiAmericanism cc. @MichelleMalkin 😯 https://t.co/KH2RqkYKTd

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 3, 2019

The latest overall declines in patriotism are largely driven by Democrats, whose self-reported pride has historically been lower and has fluctuated more than Republicans'. Democrats' latest 22% extreme pride reading is the group's lowest in Gallup's 19 years of measurement, and is half of what it was several months before Donald Trump's 2016 election victory.

For their part, most Republicans have remained extremely proud of their country, and the latest 76% reading is just 10 points below the high recorded in 2003. Even when Barack Obama was in office, Republicans' extreme pride never fell below 68%.

Independents have historically been less proud of the U.S. than Republicans have been; currently, 41% express extreme pride -- which is, by one point, the lowest reading in the trend.

Several subgroups that typically identify as Democrats -- women, liberals and younger adults -- all express lower levels of extreme U.S. pride than their counterparts...

Joy Villa Defends the Flag (VIDEO)

She's promoting her video from last year on Twitter.

It's worth re-upping.

D Is for Damaged, Dangerous and Delusional

From Dennis Prager, at American Greatness:

D Is for Damaged, Dangerous and Delusional https://t.co/fVKUdAmhqL pic.twitter.com/SgTSe8vocc

— American Greatness (@theamgreatness) July 3, 2019

If you watched either or both of the two Democratic Party presidential candidate debates, and if you are a liberal, a conservative or a centrist, you had to have been depressed. The intellectual shallowness, the demagoguery and the alienation from reality were probably unprecedented in American political history. Only a leftist, a socialist or a communist could have gone to bed a happy person on either night.

If you think this is a baseless generalization, here are a few of myriad examples from the first night:

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.): “(The economy is not doing great) for the African Americans and Latinx whose families are torn apart, whose lives are destroyed and whose communities are ruined.”

Two things stand out: First is Warren’s morally reprehensible and false description of the economy. She never explains how the American economy is tearing families apart, destroying lives or ruining communities. Aside from being baseless, it is another left-wing libel against America.

She went on to explain economic inequality in America: “Corruption, pure and simple. We need to call it out.” It is difficult to overstate the contempt she and the rest of the left have for America.

Even more troubling was Warren’s use of the term “Latinx.” When leftist Orwellian newspeak makes its way into the United States Senate and into the vocabulary of a presidential candidate, the country is in trouble.

Here is how HuffPost explains the term (of which it approves):

“Latinx is the gender-neutral alternative to Latino, Latina and even Latin@. … Latinx is quickly gaining popularity among the general public. It’s part of a ‘linguistic revolution’ that aims to move beyond gender binaries and is inclusive of the intersecting identities of Latin American descendants. In addition to men and women from all racial backgrounds, Latinx also makes room for people who are trans, queer, agender, non-binary, gender non-conforming or gender fluid.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.): “If billionaires can pay off their yachts, students should be able to pay off their student loans.”

My only response to this statement is to ask, Do most Democrats find that a compelling argument? Do they not realize what a non sequitur it is—and therefore how demagogic?

Billionaires, like non-billionaires, pay off their debts because they do not incur debts they cannot repay, not because they are billionaires. Senator Klobuchar apparently believes that non-billionaires need not pay off their debts. Every Democrat who addressed this issue said American society should repay student debts—which amount to $1.6 trillion. The party of “fairness” thinks it’s fair that every student who repaid his or college debts—and every young American who never went to college—must pay off that debt.

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro spoke in Spanish. Perhaps they—like all on the left—are unaware of the importance of all Americans speaking English in uniting the most ethnically disparate nation in human history. You cannot say “diversity is our strength” if you do not work to unite all the diverse cultures into Americans. And you cannot unite Americans without one language.

Their speaking Spanish was so transparently pandering to Latin, Latino, Latina, Latin@ and Latinx Americans that, for that reason alone, that group should decline to vote Democrat.

O’Rourke: “This economy has got to work for everyone. And right now, we know that it isn’t.”

This is just not true. Given some of the lowest unemployment rates in modern American history, this economy seems to be working quite well—certainly for all those willing to work.

Booker: “This is actually an economy that’s hurting small businesses and not allowing them to compete.”

The question I always want answered when someone on the left tells an outright lie is, Does he or she believe it? Someone should ask this of Booker. As the National Federation of Independent Businesses announced last month:

“Optimism among small business owners has surged back to historically high levels, thanks to strong hiring, investment, and sales,” said NFIB President and CEO Juanita D. Duggan. “The small business half of the economy is leading the way, taking advantage of lower taxes and fewer regulations, and reinvesting in their businesses, their employees, and the economy as a whole.”

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio: “There’s plenty of money in this country. It’s just in the wrong hands. Democrats have to fix that.”

The notion that America’s money is “in the wrong hands, (and) Democrats have to fix that” should frighten every American who believes in private property and who opposes dictatorships and theft.

Castro: “I don’t believe only in reproductive freedom; I believe in reproductive justice.”

Here’s an important rule: Whenever anyone adds an adjective to the word “justice,” know that the person is not speaking about justice but about something else entirely. “Social” justice is another such example.

Castro boldly proclaimed his view that unauthorized border crossing should be decriminalized and announced, “In my first 100 days with immigration reform (I) would put undocumented (i.e., illegal) immigrants, as long as they haven’t committed a serious crime, on a pathway to citizenship.”

Though not one Democrat candidate used the term, every single one believes in open borders...

Larry Schweikart, A Patriot's History of the United States

A good time to repost Schweikart's book.

At Amazon, Larry Schweikart, A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to America's Age of Entitlement (Revised Edition).

Victor Davis Hanson, The Second World Wars

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Victor Davis Hanson, The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won.

Dua Lipa

At the Fappening, "Dua Lipa Sexy (18 Photos)."

And at Celeb Jihad, "DUA LIPA NEW YEARS NIPPLES AND BIKINI PICS."

I can finally tell you...that I've collaborated with @pepejeans to create the Dua Lipa x Pepe Jeans collection for you! I've wanted to learn about designing as another way to express myself because i’m always imagining the clothes I want to wear and now im putting it into action! pic.twitter.com/jtJYe47BtE

— DUA LIPA (@DUALIPA) July 3, 2019

Jason Statham Bottle Challenge

I love this guy, heh.

"#bottlecapchallenge #challengeaccepted This thing landed on my head from @johnmayer but will quickly go to a couple of fellas we’ve seen do push ups badly. All yours Guy Ritchie and @jmoontasri" | https://t.co/J1X9XWKxHl pic.twitter.com/RT16VahcMv

— Jason Statham (@realjstatham) July 1, 2019

The Boldly Public Anti-Americanism of the American Left

It's Rush Limbaugh:

RUSH: So, Mr. Snerdley walked in here, looks at me, and says, “You’re gonna catch hell today, buddy.” I said, “Why? What did…? What did I do?” He said, “You gotta get that Nike shirt off, man! You can’t show up on the Dittocam…” “Oh, my God. I forgot. I didn’t even think about it.” So I made a mad dash into the dressing room in there that we use about twice a year when I do television. Thankfully, I had a shirt not made by Nike in there. It’s a Steelers coach’s shirt. So I slapped it on there. It’s a good catch by Mr. Snerdley. I didn’t even think of it. It didn’t even occur to me.

Who makes the shirt doesn’t matter to me when I go grab ’em and put ’em on. It’s not why I bought ’em. Anyway, greetings, folks. Here we are set, ready, and loaded to unload on another day in the United States of America. We’re coming up on Independence Day, which is Thursday, a couple days from now. Oh, by the way, have you heard? Mike Pence was scheduled to do an event in New Hampshire and his plane has been called back. The event, whatever it was in New Hampshire, has been canceled.

Pence is on the way back now to D.C. (he may be back by now) for an unspecified emergency. I haven’t seen any more on it than that. If there is something, it has escaped me. But whatever. When we learn more, we’ll pass it on. I wonder what it is. You know, then you realize Trump is gonna be front and center in Washington on Thursday. He’s asked for there to be tanks and a flyby on The Mall as part of the celebration of America. That is gonna… (chuckles) If that happens, can you imagine the provocative nature? I mean, putting tanks on the street!

The Democrat Party, the American left is gonna go bonkers. By the way, folks, is there any doubt that what we’re dealing with here — flat-out, now — is straight-up anti-Americanism? When I have mentioned casually and pointedly over the recent past that the American left has now become a political group that does not believe America could be fixed. America needs to be disbanded. America needs to be ripped up, torn apart, and rebuilt. We are forever flawed because of our founding.

Even though all of the grievances that they have about the founding have been addressed, have been fixed, such as women being able to vote, slavery and any number of things. That’s not good enough — and this Nike situation with Colin Kaepernick proves it! Colin Kaepernick is objecting to today’s flag, not the flag that flew before slavery. He’s objecting to today’s flag, and here’s Nike (because one of their paid athletes objects to the flag) pulling the shoe made with the American flag on it! I mean, there isn’t any question here that what we’re dealing with is not people who are aligned with us on things in common.

It used to be said of the two political parties that we all want what’s best for America. That can’t be said anymore. And it has not been the case for a long time, if you ask me. These people are not interested in what’s best for America. They want to tear it down, folks. They’re not even hiding it anymore. They’re not trying to even camouflage it. They aren’t trying to mask it. They aren’t trying to deceive us. They’re flat-out in our faces. They don’t like this country, and it’s not about fixing it. It’s about tearing it down. It’s about ripping apart the fabric of this country and destroying the people who are the descendants of those who founded it.

I don’t mean in a genetic sense. But people who believe in the founding, they’ve gotta go. Make no mistake about it. Colin Kaepernick and his behavior and Nike going along with him, in my estimation, is flat-out un-American. It’s anti-America, let’s put it that way. We don’t have any overlap here where it used to be said (impression), “Yeah, well, we’re all… We all want the best for America. We just have different, uh, theories about how to get there.” They’re not looking at the best! They want to rip this country apart. They want to tear up the concepts of the American founding.

Here we are two days before the Fourth of July, and I wouldn’t blame any of you if you’re out there kind of pulling your hair out, saying, “Can we not just have one day to celebrate this country? Can’t we just have one day between us?” This little AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and this gaggle of hysterical women that she takes down there with her to the border, lying their way through that border visit. You know, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has had happen to her what a bunch of shock-jock type people on the radio always have happen.

After a while, your gig gets old, your schtick no longer shocks, and so you have to keep crossing new lines. And that’s all she’s doing. She’s addicted to getting noticed. She’s out there, a former bartender, saying that Ivanka Trump has no business being a diplomat. “She’s got no experience being a diplomat! She doesn’t know what being a diplomat is,” from a former bartender who’s been elected to Congress with one of the lowest vote it turns out in the history of the congressional district.

Now she runs down there and starts trashing and lying about conditions at the border and the people who administer the people who come into this country illegally. She flat-out lies that the detainees are being forced to drink out of toilets! The Border Patrol and ICE people are denying this. Even this gaggle of lunatics with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez admit they haven’t seen it. There aren’t any witnesses have actually seen people being forced to drink water out of a toilet.

But, my friends, based on what we’re told about the circumstances where these people are fleeing, maybe toilet water’s a step up for some of them. Based on what the left is telling us their homelands are like. So we’ve got that to deal with. Now we have Nike canceling the rollout of a flag shoe — a new flag shoe — at the behest of a triggered anti-American ex-jock, Colin Kaepernick. But in a way, you can’t blame Nike because Kaepernick and that ad campaign they ran sold a heck of a lot of shoes. You couldn’t blame Nike for thinking that Kaepernick’s audience and the people that buy tennis shoes or whatever are indeed themselves anti-American. Not un-American, anti-American...

'Mini-AOC' Doxxed, Death Threats

She had a funny little gig going, but leftists can't tolerate any going against the party line, even a little kid. And yeah, her parents put her up to to it. But so what? It's a parody and the kid was learning a lot about politics and the political process.

Unfortunately, the lesson now is "shut up or you'll be dead."

BREAKING: @MiniAOCofficial has deleted her account after her family was doxxed and received death threats pic.twitter.com/fz4TzYD13Y

— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) July 3, 2019

There's video of her still up here, "Mini AOC gets better every time!! Now with with her official Twitter handle: @miniAOCofficial."

And at Fox News, "Mini-AOC releases 're-election video' mocking the New York congresswoman.

Michael Eric Dyson Compares Betsy Ross Flag to Swastika, Burning Cross

This guy's a clown.

At Free Beacon:

Michael Eric Dyson compares Betsy Ross Flag to a swastika or burning cross during MSNBC hit. https://t.co/q0RAY4dqtW pic.twitter.com/EDoA7DgcZa

— David Rutz (@DavidRutz) July 3, 2019

Weird that no one had a problem with The Betsy Ross Flag when it flew over Obama’s inauguration. Now it’s not patriotic... ok got it. 🙄 #morons https://t.co/wkxDRZs6bM

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 3, 2019

John O'Hara, A Rage to Live

At Amazon, John O'Hara, A Rage to Live (Vintage Classics).

Mark Honigsbaum, The Pandemic Century

At Amazon, Mark Honigsbaum, The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris.

Andy Ngo on 'The Story with Martha MacCallum' (VIDEO)

Following-up on my earlier post on Antifa's heinous attack on Andy Ngo.

Ngo appeared earlier with Martha MacCallum, and you can see that he's impaired, obviously in the very earliest stage of recovery. What a guy.

U.S. Women Beat England in World Cup Semifinal

It was a great game, even better with Megan Rapinoe benched, lol.

Frankly, that was the most enjoyable part of the game. 🤷‍♂️⚽️🤓🇺🇸👍 #USWNT #MeganRapinoe #WorldCup https://t.co/3dw4nfQ0Nm

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 3, 2019

No. 13 on her birthday. In honor of those 13 colonies.

That’s. The. Tea 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Go on, @alexmorgan13, what a birthday! pic.twitter.com/Rge0HMMrCk

— U.S. Soccer WNT (@USWNT) July 2, 2019

Niall Ferguson Becomes an American (VIDEO)

It's always a fine time, and Ferguson's now at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, bidding farwell, apparently, to far-left Harvard University.

Watch, at Prager University:

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Alexandra Stan

At Drunken Stepfather, "ALEXANDRA STAN TOPLESS 55."

And the Fappening, "Alexandra Stan Sexy & Topless (46 Photos + Video)."

Angels Pitcher Tyler Skaggs Has Died

It's still early and the cause of death has not been announced, but it's official. I wonder if he took his own life. This is enormously sad.

.@lamblock #Angels Pitcher #TylerSkaggs Has Died: https://t.co/tIIcMxUN3N 😢

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 1, 2019

How awful. Just 27 years old. https://t.co/JTO2Zx0QFP

— Nathan Fenno (@nathanfenno) July 1, 2019

Latest on @Angels LH Tyler Skaggs vs. Southlake Police Dept. (and @nathanfenno):
The police were called to the team hotel and found him "unresponsive" in his room. "No foul play is suspected. This investigation is ongoing ..."

— mike hiserman (@MikeHiserman) July 1, 2019

More from police regarding Skaggs: "At this time no foul play is suspected, and the investigation is ongoing."

— Mike DiGiovanna (@MikeDiGiovanna) July 1, 2019

Southlake Police Department Press Release 7/1/19 pic.twitter.com/vgZTUBIc40

— Southlake DPS (@SouthlakeDPS) July 1, 2019

Angels statement on the passing of Tyler Skaggs. pic.twitter.com/6XA2Vu1uWV

— Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) July 1, 2019

Emily Ratajkowski Twerking

At Hollywood Tuna.

BONUS: "Emily Ratajkowski Hacked Nude Photos."

pic.twitter.com/el1hE6iF9G

— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) June 29, 2019

🍑 pic.twitter.com/DzxWfDmdzp

— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) June 12, 2019

👋🏽 pic.twitter.com/XUhzcPZEGO

— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) May 20, 2019

Madison Gesiotto

A conservative former Miss Ohio. What's not to like?

Plus, she's stacked!

Today was a great day! pic.twitter.com/2uPbLh3IkU

— Madison Gesiotto (@madisongesiotto) June 21, 2019

Never mind what haters say, ignore them til’ they fade away 💤 pic.twitter.com/9Y0acu0L3h

— Madison Gesiotto (@madisongesiotto) June 29, 2019

Do you approve of the President’s unconventional foreign policy strategy with North Korea, China and others? pic.twitter.com/n8qGlQcGvm

— Madison Gesiotto (@madisongesiotto) July 1, 2019

Kamala Harris Wants to Bring Back Forced Busing

This is at the New York Times, via Memeorandum, "Kamala Harris and Classmates Were Bused Across Berkeley. The Experience Changed Them."

She's on record as supporting a return to the failed desegregation polices of the 1970s.

And at the Los Angeles Times, "School busing in Berkeley during Kamala Harris’ childhood was both voluntary and volatile":

Kamala Harris, Berkeley and busing >>> "Even in a city that had become a worldwide symbol of 1960s counterculture revolt, systemic racial prejudice in education and housing remained deeply entrenched." https://t.co/3sBXbF6yHe Excellent @LATSeema @melmason @finneganLAT

— Shelby Grad (@shelbygrad) July 1, 2019

.@KamalaHarris: “I support busing. Listen, the schools of America are as segregated, if not more segregated, today than when I was in [school]...need to put every effort, including busing, into play to de-segregate the schools...fed govt has a role & a responsibility to step up." pic.twitter.com/a7ujueP0Bu

— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) June 30, 2019

The school bus ride was less than three miles from one side of Berkeley to the other, but from 1969 to 1973 it transported Carole Porter to an entirely different world.

Like her neighbor and friend Kamala Harris, Porter was one of thousands of black children bused into predominantly white neighborhoods to learn. It was part of Berkeley’s bold experiment in desegregation.

But even in a city that had become a worldwide symbol of 1960s counterculture revolt, systemic racial prejudice in education and housing remained deeply entrenched.

“That’s a really hard thing to reconcile,” said Porter, 55. “Berkeley was an oxymoron. It was a contradiction in many ways.”

Harris’ three years of busing from her family’s mainly black working-class neighborhood to a prosperous white enclave in the hills overlooking San Francisco Bay was at once universal and uniquely Berkeley.

As in many American cities, the discriminatory housing policy known as redlining kept blacks from moving into white neighborhoods in Berkeley and busing fueled some white flight to the suburbs.

But unlike other sizable cities, Berkeley undertook its busing program voluntarily and required both white and black families to travel into unfamiliar neighborhoods. Rapid demographic and political changes shielded the community from the most extreme pushback, including violence, that hobbled busing efforts nationwide.

More than 50 years after Berkeley launched its busing program, Harris, one of its most famous participants, thrust it back into the spotlight in last week’s Democratic presidential debate.

As California’s first black senator chastised her rival Joe Biden for his fight against forced busing in the ’70s, she leaned on her personal history in Berkeley, portraying herself as a beneficiary of the charged battle for educational equality.

“There was a little girl in California who was a part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day,” Harris said. “And that little girl was me.”

Contrary to its enduring reputation as a progressive mecca, the Berkeley of Harris’ childhood was more politically muddled. The conservative John Birch Society operated two bookstores in the area. It wasn’t until the early 1960s that Democrats cracked a Republican stronghold on the city council. Black residents were restricted to living to the southern and western flats, while whites resided in the northern hills.

Thelette A. Bennett, 71, a retired vice principal of Berkeley High School, grew up in the same neighborhood as Harris.

Bennett’s father, a black World War II Navy veteran, was an airplane mechanic at a local naval air station in 1945, when redlining blocked him and his wife from buying a house in a white neighborhood. Even in the black neighborhood where they settled, she said, they needed to get a white real estate agent to buy a home and transfer it to them.

“There were only certain areas where they could buy a home,” Bennett said. “We lived where they allowed us to live.”

But a large influx of African Americans during and after World War II and whites affiliated with UC Berkeley were pulling the local politics to the left, paving the way for desegregation. Black leaders raised concerns about segregation in the city starting in the late 1950s.

In response, the school board studied the matter, concluding that all but three of the district’s 17 elementary schools and two of the three junior high schools were segregated. (Berkeley High, the city’s only high school, was integrated by default.) In 1964, the school board voted to desegregate its junior high schools.

Residents’ reactions were not as extreme as the segregation battles elsewhere in the country, such as the South, but “it wasn’t as far from that as you might assume,” said Natalie Orenstein, a reporter for local news site Berkeleyside. “There were definitely really angry parents and hours-long school meetings.”

Desegregation opponents launched recall campaigns of multiple school board members over the junior high busing program, but lost by a wide margin.

Jennifer Delacruz Sunday (Monday) Forecast

She's so sweet.

Social Media Isn't Substitute for Real-Life Interaction

I quit Facebook (I post a selfie once in a blue moon for the helluvit).

This is good, from Arthur Brooks, at WaPo:

Questions to ask yourself this Monday: Do I have fewer in-person interactions because of social media? Am I using social media to pass the time? Has Twitter displaced any of my productive work? If my answer is yes to any of these, it’s time for a reset. https://t.co/7lpSKfZPYE

— Arthur Brooks (@arthurbrooks) June 17, 2019

Andy Ngo

I've long thought this dude's a bad motherfucker. I quit doing my on-the-ground reporting after I was targeted for violent attacks by ANSWER Los Angeles. I won't do an event unless I have my own security detail, and I'm not hiring anyone. It's not worth it to me any more --- I've paid my dues. I don't think Andy should be going out without his own burly security contingent. These Antifa goons will kill him.

It was totally viral over the weekend, and Michelle Malkin put up a GoFundMe page.

https://t.co/B8Gh4KQxFS

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 29, 2019

Attacked by antifa. Bleeding. They stole my camera equipment. No police until after. waiting for ambulance . If you have evidence Of attack please help

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 29, 2019

On way to hospital. Was beat on face and head multiple times in downtown in middle of street with fists and weapons. Suspects at large.

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 29, 2019

In the ER. pic.twitter.com/spe5N4nzVl

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 29, 2019

BREAKING: New Angle Shows Antifa Thugs Who Battered Reporter Andy Ngo Were PREPARED FOR BATTLE -- WORE ASSAULT GLOVES during Beating @MichelleMalkin @MrAndyNgo @Jimryan015 @pnjaban
https://t.co/n1Olm5D4wd via @gatewaypundit

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) June 30, 2019

SICK. CAIR Portland Leader Attacks Michelle Malkin and Mocks Andy Ngo after he is Beaten and Robbed by Violent Antifa Thugs @MichelleMalkin @MrAndyNgo https://t.co/65lp01Uphl via @gatewaypundit

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) June 30, 2019

Help #PROTECTANDYNGO - Donate here ======> https://t.co/Cw5IwMY04U

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) June 29, 2019

Reporters and activists pile on to either mock or attempt to explain away the Antifa attack on journalist @MrAndyNgo in Portland. https://t.co/pWTsmOBpOB

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 1, 2019

Where were y’all? https://t.co/KU2QG284ZI

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 30, 2019

Thanks to all for the outpouring of support for our @Quillette colleague @MrAndyNgo. What happened was horrible, but at least it's caused a moment of reckoning for the journalists who've acted as pro-Antifa mouthpieces till now. Here's our @Quillette editorial about Andy's ordeal https://t.co/xCn2lqd2ZC

— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) June 30, 2019

'Midway' (VIDEO TRAILER)

This is cool because I just watched the original "Midway" last month on cable, with Henry Fonda and Charleston Heston. What a hoot. That films mixes real WWII battle film with the dramatic acting cinema.

Now here comes a new version, and I'm here for it lol.

At the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, "Watch first trailer for ‘Midway,’ a new World War II movie filmed in Hawaii."

Selena Gomez Red Bathing Suit

At Drunken Stepfather, "SELENA GOMEZ HARD NIPPLES OF THE DAY."

And Taxi Driver:

Selena Gomez Soaking Wet in a Red Bathing Suit - https://t.co/oLu1XgvUDt - pic.twitter.com/AMqhWUGUSc

— Taxi Driver (@TaxiDriverMovie) July 1, 2019

Democrats Offering a Great Deal to People Who Aren't Americans

Hat-tip, John Sexton, at Hot Air, "Andrew Sullivan: 2020 Dems Are Offering A Great Deal…To People Who Aren’t Americans."

And read the whole, outstanding thing, from Andrew Sullivan:

"Every single Democratic candidate supports amnesty for every non-criminal undocumented alien, while actually seeking to decriminalize crossing the border. This is political suicide." https://t.co/JpNrrEaXeO

— Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) June 28, 2019

Peter Caddick-Adams, Snow and Steel

*BUMPED.*

This guy is a phenomenal historian.

At Amazon, Peter Caddick-Adams, Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45.

Victoria Justice

At the Fappening, "Victoria Justice Nude (39 Leaked Photos)."

And at Celeb Jihad, "VICTORIA JUSTICE SHOWS OFF HER NUDE ASS CHEEKS."

Intimate Raine Michaels

At Sports Illustrated Swimsuit:

R A I N E 💛 https://t.co/vKX7Orb3EB https://t.co/fsALLH20Wo #ElSalvador #playa #turismo #503 #Sv

— Noti Guanaco (@NotiGuanaco) June 22, 2019

Democrats Move Left --- Frankly, It's Just All Out in the Open Now

It's not like the Dems haven't been a far-left extremist party. It's now that they're not afraid to come out as the crypto-Marxists they truly are.

At LAT, "This is not your father’s Democratic Party: Debate shows how leftward it has moved":

The Democratic Party opened its 2020 presidential debates with a remarkably policy-focused exchange that illustrated how consistently to the left they have moved. For the night, at least, this was Elizabeth Warren’s party.

The Democratic senator from Massachusetts, who entered the debate with momentum behind her campaign, set the tone and dominated the early part of the debate, which focused on economic policy.

“When you've got a government, when you've got an economy that does great for those with money and isn't doing great for everyone else, that is corruption, pure and simple,” she said. “We need to make structural change in our government, in our economy and in our country.”

Even those of her rivals who don’t fully share that assessment declined chances to put themselves at odds with Warren. Instead, they sang from the same hymnal of left-wing economic populism declaring the need for broad reforms of the political and economic system.

“It is time we have an economy that works for everybody,” said Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, after minimizing his differences with Warren’s plan to break up big tech companies.

The shift in the party goes beyond economics. As the debate made clear, it includes gun control, abortion, climate change and immigration, among other issues. On each of those, candidates took positions to the left of those embraced by either of the last two Democratic presidents, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, who was barely mentioned by any of the candidates.

Rather than Clinton’s call for abortion to be “safe, legal and rare,” for example, the debate featured candidates stressing that the universal healthcare plans they backed would include public funds to pay for abortions for poor women.

On healthcare, only two candidates — Warren and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio — raised their hands when asked who would favor fully abolishing private health insurance plans in favor of instituting “Medicare for all.” But even those who favored a more moderate approach, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, for example, said they preferred a new government health insurance option for all — an idea that was considered too radical to pass when Congress enacted the Affordable Care Act less than a decade ago.

On immigration, former Obama Cabinet official Julián Castro pressed for decriminalizing illegal border crossings, making that a civil rather than a criminal offense. While Castro was correct in saying that the Trump administration had used the criminal law in a far more aggressive way than its predecessors, the law that makes unauthorized border crossings a criminal offense has been on the books for decades. Eliminating it is a move popular with some activists.

At least three of the candidates — Warren, Booker and Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio — share Castro’s view. Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke disagreed, and the clash between the two Texans over decriminalizing the border made for one of the night’s most intense moments, but it was notable that the disagreement came on a proposal that went far beyond anything that the Obama administration, in which Castro served, ever talked about.

And there was broad party consensus on gun control, an issue that Democrats for years shied from. Booker’s proposal to require gun licensing goes significantly further than what gun-safety advocates have dreamed of proposing.

The leftward tilt of the party did give some candidates pause.

“We have a perception problem with the Democratic Party that we are not connecting to the working class,” said Ryan, who represents the Youngstown, Ohio, area. “We have to change the center of gravity from being coastal elites and Ivy League.”

Klobuchar took a veiled swipe at Warren’s promises to enact broad changes in the political and economic system.

“I don’t make all the promises others up here make,” Klobuchar said. “I’m going to govern.”

But others argued for going further left, notably De Blasio, struggling for a breakout moment and calling the primary a “battle for the heart and soul of our party.”

“This Democratic Party has to be strong and bold and progressive,” he said.

Joe Biden 'Dated Himself', 'Underperformed' — and 'Was Eaten Alive'

It was really terrible. Following-up, "Joe Biden Damage Control (VIDEO)."

At Politico, "Biden ‘Dated Himself,’ ‘Underperformed’—and ‘Was Eaten Alive’."

And, "Joe Biden's rivals pummel him after shaky debate performance: The Democratic contenders question whether the former vice president is ‘up to this challenge'":

Joe Biden’s Democratic rivals delivered blow after blow on Friday morning, seeking to further diminish the presidential front-runner’s prospects after he delivered a shaky performance on Thursday night’s debate stage.

“I think that we have to have a nominee that’s up to this challenge, and I think that we’re going to see whether or not Joe Biden is,” Cory Booker warned Friday morning in an interview on CNN’s “New Day.”

“And I don't think you can fault folks like me for calling him out if he fails to live up to the standard our next nominee should have and speak to the real pain and real hurt that I think Kamala spoke to last night,” the New Jersey senator said.

In the most vivid scene from Thursday’s forum of 10 Democratic presidential candidates, Kamala Harris launched a raw onslaught against Biden, the primary field’s leader, for his opposition to federally mandated school busing in the 1970s.

The California senator revealed during the confrontation that she was bused during her childhood as part of the second class to integrate public schools in Berkeley, Calif., and also described as “hurtful” comments Biden made earlier this month about working with segregationist Mississippi Sen. James Eastland during his time in the Senate.

Asked Friday whether the comments and Biden’s busing record disqualify him as a candidate, Harris said that was “a decision for the voters to make.” She also brushed off accusations that raising those controversies Thursday amounted to a “low blow” against Biden.

“It was about just speaking truth,” Harris said on “CBS This Morning.”

“As I’ve said many times, I have a great deal of respect for Joe Biden. He has served our country over many years in a very noble way, but he and I disagree on that,” she said. “And it is a debate, this is a campaign where we should be discussing issues, and there will be contrast. And on this issue … there is a contrast of opinion on the significance of people who have served in the United States Senate and what they have done in terms of their policies.”

Speaking Friday at the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention in Chicago, Biden asserted that he “never, ever opposed voluntary busing” and instead supported “federal action to address root causes of segregation in our schools and our communities” — insisting that he has “always been in favor of using federal authority to overcome state initiated segregation.”

Joe Biden Damage Control (VIDEO)

It went badly for Biden last night. Very badly, and now he's doing damage control. He spoke today in Chicago at a Rainbow Push gathering. I can's see how that helps him with the hardcore radical base of the party.

 Watch the full thing, at Bloomberg Tic Toc, "Biden Defends Civil Rights Record In First Remarks Since Harris Debate Attack."

And on Twitter:

Joe Biden defends his civil rights record after debate: “I heard and I listened to and I respect Sen. Harris. But, you know, we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange can’t do justice to a lifetime committed to civil rights" https://t.co/aGy3S7MpAG pic.twitter.com/sOgPdJf1vt

— CNN (@CNN) June 28, 2019

I am still thinking about six minutes ago. Harris directly confronting Biden on busing/segregationists was historic, powerful, and unimaginable on a presidential stage until very recently, which is itself symptomatic of a world Biden is struggling to defend.

— Rebecca Traister (@rtraister) June 28, 2019

Kamala Harris Breaks Out (VIDEO)

Following-up, "Joe Biden Hammered at Second Democrat Party Debate (VIDEO)."

At LAT, "Kamala Harris, known for caution, finds a risky move pays off against Joe Biden":

There was a little girl in California who was bussed to school. That little girl was me. #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/XKm2xP1MDH

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 28, 2019

For weeks, supporters of Sen. Kamala Harris had pointed to the first Democratic debate as the opportunity to break out of her campaign doldrums.

What no one said — and few would have predicted — was that she would do so by taking on the candidate at center stage, former Vice President Joe Biden, upbraiding him for his opposition to busing for school integration and his nostalgic reminiscences about his relationships with segregationist senators early in his career.

“I do not believe you are a racist,” Harris began, turning to face Biden. But, she added, “it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country.

“And it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose busing. And, you know, there was a little girl in California who was a part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day. And that little girl was me.”

Biden, sputtering in response, declared Harris’ accusation “a mischaracterization of my position across the board.” He rattled off civil rights measures he had supported in his long career as a senator and tried to defend his opposition to busing during the 1970s and 1980s.

“I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education,” he said, reprising the states’-rights position that he, as a senator from a border state with a history of segregation, had taken decades earlier.

Harris shot back: “That’s where the federal government must step in, that’s why we have the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act … because there are moments in history where states fail to preserve the civil rights of all people.”

The ambush seemed carefully planned. Harris’ campaign aides were armed with photos of the candidate as a little girl, which they tweeted out moments after the clash. It was a surprising risk for Harris, a candidate often described as cautious to a fault...

Risky or not, it worked.

Ms. Harris got her breakout moment. Let's see if it lasts.

Joe Biden Hammered at Second Democrat Party Debate (VIDEO)

I gotta admit it really was something else, man.

She had that attack all cued up and ready for firing. And she blasted Biden, and he struggled and stammered, and he's in damage control now.

She won the debate, but damn, what a nightmare if she were to secure the Democrat nomination. Terrible.

At LAT, "Democratic debate: Joe Biden pushed on the defensive by Kamala Harris and others":

.@hookjan and @evanhalper wrap tonight's second presidential debate: Biden on the defensive, Harris on the upswing https://t.co/96JNwSQ30Z

— Mark Z. Barabak (@markzbarabak) June 28, 2019

Joe Biden, after months of trying to stay above the campaign fray, joined his 2020 rivals in debate Thursday and immediately faced challenges on issues of race, his relationship with Republicans, his support for the Iraq war and the need for generational change in the party.

The former vice president, who has been the front-runner in early polls, was thrown on the defensive by California Sen. Kamala Harris over recent remarks in which he sounded nostalgic about an era in the Senate when he could work civilly with segregationists.

In an intense flash of anger, Biden defended his record on civil rights, including his opposition in the 1970s to federally ordered school busing for desegregation — one of several occasions when he hunkered down to defend his record over 40 years in Washington and the reputation of the Obama administration.

“If you want to have this campaign litigated on who supports civil rights … I am ready to do that,” he said.

It was a dramatic, personal challenge that overshadowed the expected clash between Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the democratic socialist who is his ideological foil and is running second among Democratic primary voters in most polls.

It was the second of two evenings of debates on MSNBC, under rules set by the Democratic National Committee, marking the beginning of a new phase of the 2020 campaign that reached beyond the party’s most politically active members to a broader electorate.

The debate also exposed divisions among the 10 candidates onstage Thursday — over healthcare, immigration and what it will take to beat President Trump in 2020. It was something of a free-for-all of cross-talk and interruptions, as candidates — especially the lesser-known ones — struggled to be heard.

At one point, Harris interjected, “America does not want to witness a food fight. They want to know how we are going to put food on their table.”

The raucous debate may unsettle some of the dynamics of the race.

Harris’ confrontation with Biden was a signal moment for the senator, whose campaign had been stalled below the top tier in polling. She took the high-profile opportunity to stake out ground as a fresh and compelling voice on race — an issue Democrats continue to struggle with, at a time when African American voters will be crucial to the party’s success. And Harris, unafraid to confront Biden directly on this uncomfortable issue, was the only rival who truly knocked him off his game.

Sanders, by contrast, staked out no new ground, even as his chief rival for voters on the left wing of the party, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, dominated the Wednesday debate.

Sanders offered his trademark call for dramatic change, including the expansion of Medicare for all Americans and free public college.

Eight takeaways from Night 1 of the Democratic debate »
“We have a new vision for America,” said Sanders. “We think it is time for change. Real change.”

He acknowledged he would impose higher taxes on the middle class but said that would be offset by the dramatically lower costs of healthcare. It was a statement that Republicans immediately seized on as ammunition.

“Bernie Sanders boasted that middle class Americans are going to have to pay more in taxes if his socialist policies are enacted,” Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said on Twitter. “The contrast could not be clearer - @realDonaldTrump cut taxes for the middle class, and Democrats want to tax middle class Americans into oblivion.”

Sanders made no apologies for his agenda, saying it would not doom the party’s chances to beat Trump...

Ashley James

At Drunken Stepfather, "ASHLEY JAMES GOT THEM TITS OUT OF THE DAY."

Brent Bozell on the Left's 'Big Brother' Political Censorship (VIDEO)

Following-up, "Tucker Carlson Slams the Establishment Left's 'Tech Tyranny' (VIDEO)."

At Prager U:

Tucker Carlson Slams the Establishment Left's 'Tech Tyranny' (VIDEO)

Watch:

Joe Biden Vulnerable on His Support for the 1994 Crime Bill

The 1994 legislation imposed tough sentencing which has been attacked as "racist" in recent years, by the left's "racial reparations" and "restorative justice" crowd. *Eye roll here.*

At LAT, "As Democrats debate, Biden’s crime bill likely to provoke attacks":

As Democrats debate, one flashpoint will likely be the 1994 crime bill Joe Biden helped pass. At the time, the party was ecstatic. But times--and attitudes--have changed.https://t.co/8ZvcwXG8fS

— Mark Z. Barabak (@markzbarabak) June 26, 2019

Twenty-five years ago, after passing the most sweeping anti-crime bill in history, Democrats were ecstatic, convinced they’d not only addressed a top concern of voters but finally shed the party’s soft-on-crime label.

That was then.

A quarter century after Joe Biden helped shepherd it into law, the legislation has become a point of fierce contention among Democrats and emerged as a likely flash point in the series of presidential debates that begin Wednesday night in Miami.

Some consider the law too tough and many, including President Trump, blame it for a wave of mass incarceration that has filled prisons with a flood of black and brown inmates.

“It destroyed entire neighborhoods, destroyed entire communities and we’re still paying the price and suffering from it,” said Patrisse Cullors, a Los Angeles activist who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement. “What people need to say is, we made a mistake. A very big one.”

Majority Whip James E. Clyburn of South Carolina, a veteran of the civil rights movement and the highest-ranking black member of Congress, is among the strongest defenders.

“The fact of the matter is we on the Democratic side did a yeoman’s job in putting in the kind of prevention programs, the preventive funding in the bill,” Clyburn, the No. 3 leader in the House, said on CNN.

The passions surrounding the bill and its legacy reflect a dramatic shift in the public mood — due in no small part to a significant drop in crime — as well as changes in a Democratic Party that has moved dramatically leftward as young people and minorities gain political strength.

It also underscores the generation gap between the 76-year-old Biden and younger rivals focused on the racial and social injustices that grew from the push for stiffer punishment.

“Awful,” New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker told the Huffington Post.

“A huge mistake,” said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Trump, eliding his history of racially inflammatory words and deeds, has echoed the attacks. “Anyone associated with the 1994 Crime Bill will not have a chance of being elected,” he taunted Biden on Twitter. “In particular, African Americans will not be able to vote for you.”

Biden, who led the Senate Judiciary Committee and has referred to the law as the “1994 Biden crime bill,” says there were parts he opposed in the all-or-nothing package, including mandatory sentencing under a “three strikes, you’re out” provision for repeat offenders.

(The Democratic front-runner will take the stage Thursday night, in the second of two debates)

Overall, Biden insists the good far outweighed the bad.

“It’s the one that had the assault weapons ban,” he told voters in New Hampshire. “It limited the number of bullets in a clip. It made sure that cop-killer bullets, Teflon bullets, weren’t available any longer. It opened up the whole effort to make sure there is background checks for the first time in American history.”

The legislative package also included the Violence Against Women Act, landmark legislation that capped years of efforts to toughen laws against rape, stalking and domestic abuse.

“Anyone who says it was a terrible bill doesn’t know what else was in the bill,” said former California Sen. Barbara Boxer, a liberal who joined all her fellow Democrats, save one, in support. (Seven Republican senators also backed the legislation, which passed 61-38.)

The legislation came at a time when crime, fueled by street gangs and the crack cocaine epidemic, was seen as spiraling out of control — including in Washington, D.C., under the very noses of congressional lawmakers.

Democrats were acutely sensitive to the issue. Bill Clinton ended the party’s exile from the White House by running in 1992 as a “different kind of Democrat,” with a tougher approach to law enforcement — the Arkansas governor even briefly dropped off the campaign trail to preside over the execution of a cop-killer with severely diminished mental capacity.

When the bill finally passed, after several close calls, Democrats exulted...

Still more.

Daisy Ridley Photos

At Celeb Jihad, "DAISY RIDLEY SHOWS OFF HER NEW BIG BOOBS IN A NUDE PHOTO."

And, "DAISY RIDLEY NUDE ON HER WEBCAM."

NRATV Shuts Down

I don't follow the ins and outs of NRA's internal politics and organization, but things aren't going well, apparently.

At the New York Times, via Memeorandum, "N.R.A. Shuts Down Production of NRATV."

Leftists are cheering, at HuffPo, "Twitter Users Celebrate NRATV’s Demise With ‘Thoughts And Prayers’ For Dana Loesch."

It's all political warfare. Dana gets their goat and she can take the flak.

N.R.A. Shuts Down Production of NRATV: https://t.co/Od8PRrsr50

Oh and Dana Loesch is out too.

Sending my #ThoughtsAndPrayers

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 26, 2019

Danielle Gersh's Wednesday Weather Forecast

It was overcast all day yesterday, which was weird. Mild, but weird.

Here's the lovely Ms. Danielle, for CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Rhian Sugden in White Bikini

Well, at least she's not blimping up like Kelly Brook.

Look at those knockers!

Rhian Sugden Caught in a White Bikini in the River - https://t.co/0JFxKw1aDL - pic.twitter.com/jnO4SSTBKD

— Taxi Driver (@TaxiDriverMovie) June 24, 2019

New Britney Spears Bikini Photos

I thought she was in rehab? Well, wtf, she looks great either way.

At Drunken Stepfather, "BRITNEY SPEARS BIKINI OF THE DAY."

And at London's Daily Mail and People Magazine:

Britney Spears shows off her fit and toned physique in a bikini https://t.co/vhypxA01oT

— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) June 24, 2019

Britney Spears Relaxes in Yellow Bikini on Caribbean Beach During Vacation with Mom Lynne https://t.co/yjVNjYPHTq

— People (@people) June 21, 2019

A 'Grim' Border Drowning is Perfect for Leftists Demonizing the President as Hitler

My first thought was, "Is that even a real photo"? Could have been some Pallywood-type fake news media manipulation to demonize conservatives who want border enforcement. Either way, though, it's no one's fault except the family themselves, and the terrible immigrant-sending nations who put migrants in harm's way.

Stop this madness, I say. Build the freakin' wall already.

At AP, "A grim border drowning underlines peril facing many migrants."

A searing photo of a man and his 23-month-old daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande underscores the perils of the migration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. https://t.co/y8GmQRth4L

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 25, 2019

And the reaction, at Twitchy:

Andy Ngo questions CNN's standards over photo of drowned father and daughter from El Salvador https://t.co/h0ms5nrRHm

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 26, 2019

Relatives say father and daughter in that heartbreaking photo were not fleeing from violence in El Salvador, via the NY Times https://t.co/7nSQUhFPvy

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 26, 2019

Media outlets aren’t holding back on publishing this photo of a drowned father and daughter https://t.co/41OBrA0QJQ

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 26, 2019

The Red Decade

At City Journal, "The Red Decade, Redux":

In The Red Decade, Eugene Lyons was documenting not just a historical moment but also a species of historical illiteracy as unchanging as it is poisonous, its utopianism able to flourish only at the expense of independent thought. https://t.co/dr0DOYcGgE

— City Journal (@CityJournal) June 25, 2019

It may be that the best book that will ever be written about today’s progressive mind-set was published in 1941. That in The Red Decade author Eugene Lyons was, in fact, describing the Communist-dominated American Left of the Depression-wracked 1930s and 1940s makes his observations even more meaningful, for it is sobering to be confronted with how little has been gained by hard experience. The celebration of feelings over reason? The certainty of moral virtue? The disdain for tradition and the revising of history for ideological ends? The embrace of the latest definition of correct thought? Lyons was one of the most gifted reporters of his time, and among the bravest, and his story of the spell cast by Stalinist-tinged social-justice activism over that day’s purported best and brightest—literary titans, Hollywood celebrities, leading academics, religious leaders, media heavies—would be jaw-dropping if it weren’t so eerily familiar... 

Honkin' Kelly Brook

She's a plus-size model now, dang.

Kelly Brook WOW! 🥰🥰😍😍 @buquet1000 @WCBeauty_ @viczokas @Wildcard095 @Stacey_poolefan @jameskwan007 @curvyonly @HottestHunnies @JamesGlamfan @duljc @exxxcitement @IrinnaMoris_Fan @nuffinbutgirls @ds_161_4 @65000silver @HotGirlsPicsNow @FernandoPH73 @Coach0302 @b0obs28 pic.twitter.com/5VJONuUiW6

— Lucky Dragon 🦖🦖🦖🦖🇬🇧 (@LuckyDragon99) June 25, 2019