07/17/2023 05:14 CDT/Online version

PENCE FUMBLES QUESTION FROM TUCKER CARLSON; TRUMP SAYS IT WAS A MISTAKE TO HIRE CHRISTOPHER WRAY AS FBI DIRECTOR

TODAY’S TOP TEN

PENCE SHOOTS SELF IN FOOT

FLOUNDERING MIKE PENCE FURTHER HURTS HIS CAMPAIGN with bizarre answer to Tucker Carlson. The Western Journal.

TRUMP ADMITS IT PROBABLY WAS A MISTAKE to hire FBI Director Wray, who was recommended by Chris Christie. Daily Caller.

DESANTIS FIRES A DOZEN STAFFERS AS CAMPAIGN PAYROLL burn rate not keeping up with donations. The Last Refuge.

NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF AMERICAN adults concerned about border security. The Washington Times.

KAMALA HARRIS CALLS FOR A REDUCTION IN POPULATION in order to fight “climate change.” PJ Media.

WASHINGTON POST PUBLISHES STORY WITH DEBUNKED claim about DeSantis’ Florida despite source admitting it was wrong. Fox News.

EIGHTEEN STATES, DC ACCEPT BALLOTS after Election Day with North Dakota’s deadline facing lawsuit. Just the News.

HOW ONE-TIME BATTLEGROUND STATE OF IOWA turned bright red in recent elections. Fox News.

MOMS FOR LIBERTY ACTIVISTS GET “violent rape, incest, pedophilia, bestiality” books removed from Florida school district. Big League Politics.

FEDERAL COURT IN CALIFORNIA ALLOWS SCHOOLS to withhold gender identity from parents. Just the News.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• Teens wasting lives on TikTok instead of reading books. Tristan Justice.
• Electric cars are a scam. David Harsanyi.
• The fatal flaw in the official JFK assassination story. Jacob Hornberger.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Nancy Mace: Who tanked the cocaine investigation? Fox News.
• WH: Doubtful Biden will sign Defense spending bill without leftist DEI, abortion, gender mutilation. Breitbart.
• Tucker Carlson: No one is punished for lying. People are only punished for telling the truth. Rumble.

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• Jerry talks to Robert Bork Jr. about the Left’s assault on the Supreme Court and antitrust tyranny. Rumble.

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• Candidate accused of eating ballots to avoid election defeat. Daily Caller.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@NolteNC) “I believe the Secret Service is lying and engaging in a cover-up. What’s my evidence, you ask? My evidence is that I’M NOT AN IDIOT. That’s my evidence.” Tweet.
• (@ProfMJCleveland) January 6, 2021 “Capitol Pipe Bomber”: No suspects. Supreme Court Opinion Leaker: No suspects. Cocaine in the White House: No suspects Sadly, you don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to see a pattern in F.B.I. and Secret Service law enforcement. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM FRIDAY

• NOW THEY ARE COMING FOR YOUR AIR CONDITIONING: Biden releases new rule sharply curtailing hydrofluorocarbons. United Press International.

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• Pollster: Green Party Candidate Could Create "Nightmare Scenario" for Biden in 2024 BONGINO REPORT.