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Ilya Shapiro Resigns Georgetown Law
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National Review: Ilya Shapiro’s reinstatement at Georgetown’s law school may have been a victory for outside pressure against the forces of cancel culture, but it also sent an unambiguous signal that Georgetown would have caved to the mob and fired Shapiro if it was at liberty to do so, and would lie in wait for the first instant that a student found it politically useful to claim offense at Shapiro in order to make that happen once his defenders had let down their vigilance. That makes an obvious mockery of the university’s supposed commitment to the sort of robust free speech we associate with academic freedom when the speaker is left-of-center ( National Review). Ilya Shapiro: It is the Georgetown administrators who have created a hostile work environment for me. Fundamentally, what Mr. Treanor has done—what he’s allowed IDEAA to do—is repeal the Speech and Expression Policy that he claims to hold dear. The freedom to speak is no freedom at all if it makes an exception for speech someone finds offensive or counter to some nebulous conception of equity. Georgetown’s treatment of me shows how the university applies even these self-contradicting “principles” inconsistently depending on ideology ( Wall Street Journal).
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Musk Threatening to Abandon Twitter Deal
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Financial Times: Elon Musk has threatened to walk away from his $44bn acquisition of Twitter, accusing the social media company of failing to provide enough information about fake accounts. Musk has repeatedly criticised Twitter’s claim that less than 5 per cent of its daily active users are bots, warning last month that his takeover “cannot move forward” unless the platform provides proof ( Financial Times). Ed Morrissey: As the single largest shareholder of Twitter at that time, Musk could have demanded a full accounting before any bid; if Twitter failed to comply, Musk could have forced the issue into court. Even as a bidder, Musk could have made his “best and final offer” contingent on an outside estimate of the bot content on the platform. And yet here we are, in what looks like a way to get out of the deal without coughing up the billion-dollar cancellation fee. Musk’s attorneys are trying to paint this as a “material breach” that will negate the buyout agreement ( HotAir).
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Joe Biden Enacts Defense Production Act to Waive Tariffs on Solar Panels Imported From China
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Reuters: President Joe Biden waived tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations for two years and invoked the Defense Production Act to spur solar panel manufacturing at home, the White House said on Monday, confirming a Reuters report. The tariff exemption applies to panels from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam and will serve as a “bridge” while U.S. manufacturing ramps up ( Reuters). Katie Pavlich: Speaking to reporters from the briefing room Monday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre struggled to justify President Joe Biden’s invocation of the Defense Production Act to build solar panels…Given the DPA is reserved for times of war and true emergencies, Jean-Pierre’s explanation shows Biden is using the extreme measure to push the left’s climate change agenda and forced transition away from oil and gas ( Townhall). Townhall: @JacquiHeinrich: “On solar panels, how is this not a gift to Chinese solar manufacturers, many of whom operate with forced labor and are subsidized by the Chinese Communist Party?” KJP: This “is about one country and one country alone, and it’s about the United States” ( Twitter).
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Abbott Reopening Baby Formula Plant Pivotal to Production
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Daily Wire: Abbott Nutrition is reopening its baby formula manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, after it was at the center of national attention as part of the baby formula shortage. In a press release Saturday, Abbott Nutrition announced that it would open its plant in accordance with the provisions of a consent agreement reached by the company and the Food and Drug Administration. The company previously announced they would be reopening the facility last week. The facility was shut down in February ( Daily Wire). Abbott: We understand the urgent need for formula and our top priority is getting high-quality, safe formula into the hands of families across America. We will ramp production as quickly as we can while meeting all requirements. We’re committed to safety and quality and will do everything we can to re-earn the trust parents, caregivers and health care providers have placed in us for 130 years ( Abbott).
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Americans Changing Their Lives to Adjust for Inflation
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Daily Wire: Nearly half (42%) of surveyed adults “are changing how they shop for groceries,” including “opting for cheaper items, avoiding brand names and buying only the essentials,” found the BMO Real Financial Progress Index, a quarterly survey from BMO and Ipsos… On grocery shopping, the survey found nearly half of women “plan to adjust the way they shop for groceries (47% vs. 36% men), dine out less (49% vs. 43% for men), and 25% of women plan to cancel subscriptions vs. 20% of men” ( Daily Wire).
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Los Angeles DA George Gascon’s Recall Petition Hits Half a Million Signatures
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Fox News: Recall organizers in Los Angeles County said Wednesday they were heading down the home stretch of a months-long campaign to force the exit of District Attorney George Gascon amid a crime surge. The Recall George Gascon campaign said it has collected 500,000 signatures as of Monday, leaving them with 67,000 more needed from registered voters by the July 6 deadline to put the recall question on a ballot. To collect the remaining number of signatures needed, the group has mailed out 3.6 million petitions to Los Angeles County voters. It said 5% of those who receive and sign the forms would give the campaign more than enough to clear the threshold ( Fox News).
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New York Passes Stricter Gun Legislation
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Politico: The state raised the age Monday from 18 to 21 for people to be able to buy semi-automatic weapons and bolstered the reporting requirements of social media companies when they are alerted to credible threats of violence. The bills, approved by the Legislature last week, make up the most sweeping package in the nation in the wake of the shooting deaths of 19 children and two teachers on May 24 at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and the mass shooting a week earlier that killed 10 at a Buffalo supermarket in a racist attack ( Politico). ABC: New York now joins a handful of states — including Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Vermont, and Washington — that require buyers to be at least 21 instead of 18 to purchase some types of long guns. Similar legislation has been proposed in Utah ( ABC).
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Weekend of Mass Shootings
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Yahoo: At least 12 people were killed and more than three dozen others were injured in mass shootings in the United States over the weekend as America continues to grapple with a gun violence epidemic that has torn through communities big and small. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were at least 10 mass shootings — defined as an incident in which “four or more people are shot or killed, not including the shooter” — since Friday. At least three occurred during high school graduation parties ( Yahoo). CBS: An eruption of violence in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Sunday resulted in 14 people being shot, including two killed, while another person died and two more were injured after they were struck by vehicles fleeing the scene, police chief Celeste Murphy said, adding “several” victims remained in critical condition. In Philadelphia on Saturday, two men and a woman were killed when multiple people opened fire on a crowd at a popular South Street nightlife area. In Saginaw, Michigan, three people were killed and two others wounded in a shooting on Sunday ( CBS).
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Universal Preschool Education Could Cost $350 Billion
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Wharton: We estimate that nationwide universal preschool education for three- and four-year-olds will cost $351 billion over the next 10 years, including $41 billion (2022 dollars) in new facility construction costs over the first two years. This policy raises government debt by 2.41 percent in 2053 relative to baseline. GDP in 2053 remains essentially unchanged, as the negative effect of additional debt is offset with improved productivity from additional education and additional caregivers entering the labor market. A pre-K program for just four-year-olds would cost $196 billion over the next 10 years, including new construction costs. This policy raises government debt by 1.42 percent in 2053 relative to baseline and raises GDP by 0.03 percent ( Wharton). Daily Wire: President Joe Biden, according to his 2020 campaign platform and 2021 American Families Plan, favors a similar program ( Daily Wire).
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson Survives Vote of No Confidence
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CNBC: U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has survived a vote of confidence triggered by his own lawmakers amid increasing dissatisfaction in his leadership. Some 211 Conservative Party lawmakers voted in favor of the prime minister on Monday, while 148 voted against him. Johnson needed the support of a simple majority of 180 MPs to win the vote, but the figure of 148 was worse than many expected… Usually, if a British leader wins a confidence vote, they are protected from another vote for 12 months. However, there have been reports that these rules may be changed — and the close nature of Monday’s result could make this more likely ( CNBC).
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Eric Metaxas gets perspective from Washington Times opinion editor Cheryl Chumley about the real motives behind the lockdowns
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Eric Metaxas: Hey there folks, as promised we have the author of a new book called, “LOCKDOWN: The Socialist Plan to Take Away Your Freedom.” What? I don’t know anything about that. Unfortunately I know all about it. Cheryl Chumley is the author. She’s the online opinion editor at The...
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Brandon Tatum exposes the Democrat playbook on gun control
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Officer Tatum: I want you to listen to the statement that was made by this person related to gun laws. Let’s roll clip one.
Clip of NY Congressman Mondaire Jones: Enough of you blaming mental illness and then defunding mental healthcare in this country. Enough of your thoughts and prayers —...
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Hugh Hewitt takes a circumspect look at proposed gun restrictions
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Hugh Hewitt: I want to also remind people, if you really deeply do worry about violence, there were two incidents overnight. Two people were murdered outside of an Iowa church, including a third person who shot himself thereafter. Not sure what the circumstances are. It’s more in the Tulsa...
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Mike Gallagher mourns the young lives lost and can’t believe Biden is opposed to increased school security
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Mike Gallagher: I am so angry about something that the White House press secretary yesterday said. I can’t even wrap my brain around this. And I’m a reasonably intelligent person. Yesterday, the White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, explained the president of the United States...
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Charlie Kirk responds to Biden’s urge to impose ever-stricter gun control
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Charlie Kirk: I want to talk kind of about gun control and push back against a lot of Biden’s kind of incoherent ramblings about this. It would be not even newsworthy if Joe Biden didn’t have power, but he does have power. And Joe Biden is going to try to pass some form of federal gun...
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Dinesh D'Souza and Congressman Mo Brooks discuss how the media refuse to cover the malfeasance exposed in the film, "2000 Mules"
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Dinesh D’Souza: I’m really happy to welcome to the podcast Congressman Mo Brooks. He’s a U.S. representative, the Fifth Congressional District in Alabama, and he’s running for the U.S. Senate from that state. He’s in a runoff that will be June 21st. Welcome,...
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Dennis Prager talks with noted feminist author and lifelong Democrat, Naomi Wolf, about being ousted by her tribe
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Dennis Prager: Hello, my friends, I’m Dennis Prager, and it is my delight to welcome to the show Naomi Wolf. She has been present in my mind much of my life. It’s hard not to be if you think about issues in life. One of the leading feminist thinkers in the country. And the question is,...
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Sebastian Gorka recites the facts we know so far and urges that truth and perspective prevail
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Welcome dear friends, greetings. This is America First with me, your host, Sebastian Gorka. Where to begin. First, let’s pray. Let’s pray, all of us as a nation, for the souls of those lost, for the innocents who were slain, for the adults who were shot, for the survivors,...
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