{"id":15768,"date":"2019-07-07T17:51:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T00:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=15768"},"modified":"2019-07-07T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T00:51:10","slug":"news20190707","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2019\/07\/07\/news20190707\/","title":{"rendered":"News of the Week (July 7th, 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">News of the Week for July 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 2019<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-77\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/news-of-the-week\/image\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77\" title=\"News of the Week\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg 229w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 200px;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#2ndAmendment\">Gun Rights<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Hide_the_Decline\">Hide the Decline<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Obamacare\">Obamacare<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#War__Terror\">War &amp; Terror<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#National\">National News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Economy__Taxes\">Economy &amp; Taxes<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#International\">International News<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#Opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"2ndAmendment\"><\/a>Gun Rights<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/world\/new-zealand-struggles-to-round-up-banned-firearms-under-new-gun-control-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Zealand struggles to round up banned firearms under new gun control law<\/a><br \/>\nGun-control advocates argue that compensation rates may not be fair and warn of a possible spike in black-market sales<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/07\/02\/kamala-harris-president-ill-give-congress-100-days-pass-gun-control-dont-ill-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamala Harris: As president I;ll give Congress 100 days to pass gun control, and if they don&#8217;t then I&#8217;ll act<\/a><br \/>\nJust what you&#8217;d expect a newly elected president in the &#8220;honeymoon period&#8221; to do after another wrenching, bitter national election: Pick up the biggest culture-war grenade she can find, pull the pin, and roll it through the doors of the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bearingarms.com\/tom-k\/2019\/07\/03\/lawsuit-filed-californias-ban-gun-sales-people-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lawsuit Filed Over California&#8217;s Ban On Gun Sales To People Under 21<\/a><br \/>\nCalifornia is one of a handful of states that decided to make it illegal for an 18-year-old to exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms in the wake of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The thinking, if you can call it that, is that by banning people under 21 from buying a gun, we will be able to prevent some percentage of mass shootings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ct\/exhaustive-study-murder-rates-rise-every-place-that-bans-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exhaustive Study: Murder Rates Rise Every Place that Bans Guns<\/a><br \/>\nSo, think banning guns is going to solve America&#8217;s murder problem? The data should tell you to think again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/xjEUYYXX-KBFaAZNI.html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kion546.com\/news\/photo-of-woman-in-costume-walking-with-gun-on-aptos-beach-stirring-up-controversy\/1091550027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photo of woman in costume walking with gun on Aptos beach stirring up controversy<\/a><br \/>\nWhether it was real or fake, many were not happy to see a woman carrying what appeared to be a gun as she walked down Seacliff State Beach in Aptos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/new-zealand-compliance-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Zealand Compliance Rate for Gun Buyback Program Stands at Less than 1 Percent<\/a><br \/>\nThe gun buyback program in New Zealand is not progressing as officials had hoped. After the county&#8217;s parliament banned most semi-automatic weapons in the wake of a deadly massacre, less than one percent of the now-prohibited firearms have been turned in.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Hide_the_Decline\"><\/a>Hide the Decline<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Environment &amp;<br \/>\n&#8220;Green Energy&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/07\/01\/us-oil-production-sets-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quietly, the US just became the world&#8217;s largest oil producer<\/a><br \/>\nOf course, it&#8217;s a summer holiday week. So, this good news somehow slipped by most media critics of this president.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/latimestot\/2019\/07\/03\/calif-smog-worsens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uh-huh: To save water, LA pays folks to tear out lawns that fight smog costing billions<\/a><br \/>\nThis would be so California-hilarious if it didn&#8217;t affect the health of millions of its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Obamacare\"><\/a>Obamacare<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Government in Healthcare<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-wales-48787099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHS Wales: Dentists warn of &#8216;access crisis&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nOnly one in six dental practices in Wales are offering treatment to new adult patients on the NHS, according to research by the British Dental Association (BDA). <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/oliver-saved-us-doctors-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baby Oliver saved in U.S. after UK doctors said his heart couldn&#8217;t be fixed<\/a><br \/>\nMost parents would readily cross oceans to save their child&#8217;s life, with no thought as to the cost or distance. But for some children in the UK, like Alfie Evans and Charlie Gard, that simply wasn&#8217;t an option they were given. Oliver Cameron is one of the fortunate ones, though, and thanks to the tireless efforts of his parents and doctors at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, Oliver is alive and thriving today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/joe-biden-health-care-policy-democratic-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden Hits His Rivals from the Right on Health Care<\/a><br \/>\nOf the four top candidates for the Democratic nomination \u2014 Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren \u2014 Biden is the only one who has not come out for outlawing most private health insurance. But you didn\u2019t see him defend that position or criticize his rivals over it during last week\u2019s debate. Apparently he wasn\u2019t willing to take the risk of explicitly taking on the left wing of the party on the issue, even when a significant number of Democrats and most of the general public is on his side.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><a name=\"War__Terror\"><\/a>War &amp; Terror<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/china-confirms-submarine-launched-missile-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China Confirms Submarine-Launched Missile Test<\/a><br \/>\nJL-3 is Beijing&#8217;s newest nuclear missile capable of ranging US<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/breaking-multiple-people-exposed-to-sarin-at-facebook-mailing-facility-fire-officials-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Multiple People Exposed to Sarin at Facebook Mailing Facility, Fire Officials Say<\/a><br \/>\nOfficials with the Menlo Park Fire District say at least two people were exposed to Sarin at Facebook&#8217;s Menlo Park mailing facility on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/andy-ngo-is-jussie-smollett-but-honest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Ngo Is Jussie Smollett, But Honest<\/a><br \/>\nWhen Jussie Smollett claimed he was attacked last January, his accusation was treated as fact by most of our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters in the press. Smollett said it happened, so it happened. That&#8217;s how it was reported by a lot of &#8220;journalists&#8221; who should&#8217;ve known better.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/02\/andy-ngo-antifa-attack-happened-pictures\/#.XRusZORrWyY.twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I Was With Andy Ngo When The Antifa Attack Happened. Here Are The Horrifying Pictures<\/a><br \/>\nAndy takes his work seriously and strives to be fair in his coverage. I think he is what a journalist should be. On Saturday, we were both attacked while peacefully taking pictures of Antifa protesters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/07\/02\/andy-ngo-im-cognitive-issues-due-severity-attack-antifa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Ngo: I&#8217;m having cognitive issues due to the severity of that attack by Antifa<\/a><br \/>\nYou won&#8217;t doubt him after listening to him speak here. He doesn&#8217;t sound good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2019\/jul\/1\/andrew-yang-condemns-antifa-attack-andy-ngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Yang becomes first Democratic candidate to condemn antifa attack on conservative journalist<\/a><br \/>\nAndrew Yang became the first Democratic presidential-primary contender to condemn last weekend&#8217;s mob attack in Portland that hospitalized a gay Asian journalist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/252466203\/Top-VPNs-secretly-owned-by-Chinese-firms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top VPNs secretly owned by Chinese firms<\/a><br \/>\nNearly a third of top VPNs are secretly owned by Chinese companies, while other owners are based in countries with weak or no privacy laws, potentially putting users at risk, security researchers warn<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/richardfernandez\/arctic-mystery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Is Russia Up to in the Icy Waters of the Arctic?<\/a><br \/>\nA tragic fire aboard a secret Russian nuclear &#8220;mini-sub&#8221; in the Barents Sea that killed 14 senior sailors has refocused media attention on a little-noticed flash-point of the world: the Arctic. That an important Russian system was being tested or demonstrated was suggested by reports &#8220;that among the 14 dead were 7 senior navy captains and 2 &#8216;Heroes of Russia.'&#8221; The presence of so many Russian navy worthies raises questions because brass do not typically twiddle dials on mini-submarines, but watch them being twiddled until something goes horribly wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"National\"><\/a>National<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2019\/07\/01\/beto-crosses-rio-grande-campaign-mexico-courts-asylum-seekers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beto crosses Rio Grande to campaign in Mexico, courts asylum seekers<\/a><br \/>\nRobert Francis O&#8217;Rourke, a.k.a. Beto, took his campaign for president into Ciudad Juarez Sunday. He met with asylum-seekers and bashed the current American president and his immigration policies. Like ya do. He\u2019s chosen his side in the political debate and it&#8217;s not with legal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/07\/harris-wants-federally-mandated-school-busing.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harris wants federally mandated school busing<\/a><br \/>\nA few days ago, I  wrote: &#8220;I hope [Kamala Harris] will be asked to state her position on the busing of young school children for racial purposes in today&#8217;s America.&#8221; Now, she has been.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/01\/antifa-is-mostly-privileged-white-dudes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antifa Is Mostly Made Up Of Privileged White Dudes  <\/a><br \/>\nMany in the media treat Antifa as a diverse group of warriors against fascism and racism. This is an absolute fabrication.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/07\/kamala-harris-surges-after-debate-but-her-target-joe-biden-stay-steady-on-top-in-latest-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamala Harris surges after debate, but her target Joe Biden stays steady on top in latest poll<\/a><br \/>\nHarris&#8217; new support not coming from Biden supporters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/thanks-hgtv-americans-vastly-overestimate-the-gay-population-in-u-s-gallup-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Americans VASTLY Overestimate the Gay Population in U.S., Gallup Finds<\/a><br \/>\nIn 1989, Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen penned a book called After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear &#038; Hatred of Gays in the 90&#8217;s wherein the authors outlined a strategy for transforming how Americans viewed homosexuality. They proposed to harness the power of the ad industry and media to depict gays &#8220;in the least offensive fashion possible&#8221; while stigmatizing those who disagreed with the gay lifestyle. Kirk and Madsen were honest about their cynical scheme to manipulate the American public: &#8220;We&#8217;re talking about propaganda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/06\/29\/suny-professor-pens-article-titled-seeing-poor-white-people-makes-me-happy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SUNY professor pens article titled &#8220;Seeing poor white people makes me happy&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nA professor at SUNY Old Westbury is offering a lesson in hate.  Nicholas Powers, an associate professor of literature at the taxpayer-funded public college on Long Island, penned an article titled, &#8220;Seeing poor white people makes me happy,&#8221; that was posted to the website RaceBaitr on June 11.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/nike-nixes-betsy-ross-flag-sneaker-after-colin-kaepernick-intervenes-11562024126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nike Nixes &#8220;Betsy Ross Flag&#8221; Sneaker After Colin Kaepernick Intervenes<\/a><br \/>\nSneaker maker pulls Independence Day-themed shoe after NFL star raised concerns about symbolism<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/shocking-photos-kids-lie-on-man-dressed-as-woman-at-drag-queen-story-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shocking photos: Kids lie on man dressed as woman at &#8220;Drag Queen Story Time&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nA west coast public library &#8220;Drag Queen Story Time&#8221; has evolved beyond drag queens reading pro-gay and pro-transgender books to kids to permitting children to frolic on the floor and lie on top of a man dressed as a woman. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/07\/amy-coney-barrett-strikes-a-blow-against-campus-kangaroo-courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amy Coney Barrett Strikes a Blow against Campus Kangaroo Courts<\/a><br \/>\nHer opinion holds universities legally responsible for their woke ideology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/female-athlete-alleges-retaliation-by-coach-because-her-mother-complained-about-transgender-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Female athlete alleges retaliation by coach because her mother complained about transgender policy <\/a><br \/>\nLosing &#8220;visibility necessary to attract the attention of college recruiters&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/07\/long-standing-kentucky-eye-glass-charity-in-jeopardy-told-by-local-regulating-boards-their-operations-are-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Long-standing Kentucky Eye Glass Charity in Jeopardy, Told by Local Regulating Boards Their Operations Are Illegal<\/a><br \/>\nCharity provides gently used eye glasses to those in need both locally and around the world. Thanks so local regulators, they may not be able to continue holding local clinics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ted-cruz-fires-back-at-portland-mayor-over-antifa-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland mayor tells Ted Cruz to get his &#8216;facts straight&#8217; on Antifa attack and he fires back a scathing response <\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;You have a pattern of withdrawing police protection to further your political agenda&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2019\/07\/03\/kentucky-primary-election-2020-representative-thomas-massie-may-have-challenger\/1581919001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Republicans may be maneuvering to unseat Kentucky&#8217;s conservative darling, Massie<\/a><br \/>\nU.S. Rep. Thomas Massie may be a darling among libertarians and constitutional conservatives, but the Kentucky Republican is the target of some who are actively recruiting a primary challenger for 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/will-california-voters-be-stem-cell-suckered-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will California Voters Be Stem-Cell Suckered Again?<\/a><br \/>\nBack in 2004, the university-biotech complex and its camp followers in the media and Hollywood convinced California voters to borrow $3 Billion to establish the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). Its purpose was to pay for embryonic stem-cell and human-cloning research over which the federal-government imposed funding restrictions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/07\/justice-police-believe-theyve-identified-viral-blue-bell-licker-say-charges-will-be-filed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justice: Police Believe They&#8217;ve Identified Viral Blue Bell Licker, Say Charges Will Be Filed<\/a><br \/>\nSecond degree felony charges<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/democratic-congresswoman-secretly-sending-staff-into-mexico-to-coach-asylum-seekers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Democratic congresswoman secretly sending staff into Mexico to coach asylum-seekers<\/a><br \/>\nA Democratic congresswoman is sending staff to Mexico\u2019s northern border town of Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez to find migrants returned from El Paso, Texas, under the \u201cremain in Mexico\u201d policy, then coaching them to pretend they cannot speak Spanish to exploit a loophole letting them to return to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/grab-the-popcorn-biden-warns-he-has-dirt-on-2020-democratic-rivals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grab the Popcorn: Joe Biden Warns He Has Dirt on 2020 Democratic Rivals<\/a><br \/>\nDuring an interview with CNN on Friday, Joe Biden revealed that his campaign has been collecting dirt on his 2020 Democratic rivals, though he suggested he has no intention of using it. &#8220;It&#8217;s so easy to go back, and go back 30, 40, 50 years&#8230; and take a context and take it completely out of context. And, I mean, you know, I get all this information about other people&#8217;s pasts, and what they&#8217;ve done and not done. And you know, I&#8217;m just not going to go there. If we keep doing that, that&#8217;s\u2014I mean\u2014we should be debating what we do from here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/sonalee-rashatwar-fat-positivity-body-acceptance-sexuality-therapy-20190703.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To end fatphobia, we need to dismantle Western civilization, says Philly therapist Sonalee Rashatwar<\/a><br \/>\nSonalee Rashatwar hadn&#8217;t planned on being a therapist growing up. Her career path, she explained while sitting in the waiting room of Radical Therapy Center, the practice she co-owns in West Philadelphia, just kind of happened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=13415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Betsy Ross flag criticism is nothing compared with college&#8217;s treatment of Old Glory<\/a><br \/>\nAmid backlash to Nike&#8217;s decision to pull its Betsy Ross flag shoes, a Georgetown professor compared the banner to a swastika and the KKK cross.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/california-public-university-threatens-to-punish-students-for-jokes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California public university threatens to punish students for jokes <\/a><br \/>\nOffend someone just once and you&#8217;re in trouble<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E2kQ72Y30SY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Speech Code of the Month, June 2019<\/a><br \/>\nCalifornia State University Channel Islands <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E2kQ72Y30SY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/451815-federal-appeals-court-rules-bikini-baristas-may-have-to-wear-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federal appeals court rules &#8216;bikini baristas&#8217; may have to wear more clothes<\/a><br \/>\nA group of Seattle-area baristas who argued in court that they should not be restricted from serving drinks in bikinis and other revealing clothing may have to cover up &#8211; at least for now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/mini-aoc-ends-parody-videos-after-receiving-death-threats-harassment-from-left\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Mini AOC&#8217; ends parody videos after receiving &#8216;death threats,&#8217; &#8216;harassment&#8217; from the left, family says<\/a><br \/>\nThe 8-year-old child actor who went viral for impersonating Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, is no longer going to make videos due to death threats and harassment she and her family have received.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/03\/democrats-hiding-plans-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What Are Democratic Candidates Hiding About Their Plans For The Supreme Court?  <\/a><br \/>\nContrasting the list of potential nominees Trump released during 2016, a new ad calls out Democratic candidates&#8217; lack of specifics on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/07\/05\/8012199\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions<\/a><br \/>\nCell phone radiation, bikini baristas, and an onslaught of horribles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/afrofest-festival-biracial-rapper-white-people-of-color.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biracial rapper pulls out of festival after learning white people charged $10 more than people of color<\/a><br \/>\nTiny Jag, whose real name is Jillian Graham, was scheduled to perform at AfroFuture Fest&#8217;s event in Detroit in August. But when she learned about the ticket inconsistency based on race, she quickly dropped out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7206839\/Clementine-Ford-links-grandpa-asking-one-year-old-granddaughter-hug-metoo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hardline feminist Clementine Ford ties a man &#8216;trading hugs for blowing bubbles with his granddaughter&#8217; to sexual assault and the #MeToo movement in new advice column<\/a><br \/>\nShe penned an advice column for a mother asking how to respond to grandpa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/faith\/christian-communications-expert-booted-from-graphics-designer-conference-over-his-biblical-view-of-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Communications Expert Booted from Graphics Designer Conference over His Biblical View of Marriage<\/a><br \/>\nDavid Roark, who serves The Village Church as its communications director, had his invitation to speak at a conference for graphic and user experience designers pulled because of his religious beliefs. After complaints and threats from the Dallas chapter of AIGA over Roark&#8217;s inclusion, the Circles Conference caved. While disappointed, David Roark, for his part, has responded far more graciously than have his persecutors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/facebook-silent-on-banning-antifa-after-portland-violence-against-andy-ngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Silent on Banning Antifa After Portland Violence Against Andy Ngo<\/a><br \/>\nOn Wednesday, 19 conservative leaders called on Facebook to apply its Community Standards against antifa, deplatforming the group in the wake of the violent assault on Quillette editor Andy Ngo in Portland, Ore. last weekend. PJ Media reached out to Facebook for comment, but Facebook has remained silent on the issue. Facebook has banned Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys, but it seems unwilling to extend the same ban to violent leftists intent on punching &#8220;Nazis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2019\/07\/un-expert-says-san-francisco-reminds-her-of-indian-slums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UN Expert says San Francisco reminds her of Indian slums<\/a><br \/>\nAs the homeless population explodes, San Francisco imposes a ban on e-cigarettes that hurts one of its successful start ups.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Economy__Taxes\"><\/a>Economy &#038; Taxes<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2019\/06\/30\/vacancy-taxes-californias-latest-crazy-idea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vacancy taxes: California&#8217;s latest crazy idea<\/a><br \/>\nThis column has frequently recounted how ideas coming from California&#8217;s progressive politicians are not just destructive, but also how most result in outcomes diametrically opposite of what the left actually thinks they will have. Examples of this phenomenon are legion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2019\/07\/02\/boris-johnson-plans-six-singapore-style-tax-free-zones-around\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boris Johnson plans Singapore-style tax-free zones around UK to power post-Brexit economy<\/a><br \/>\nHalf a dozen Singapore-style tax-free zones could be established around Britain to drive forward the economy after Brexit under proposals being considered by Boris Johnson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/02\/china-got-better-deal-g20-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China Got A Better Deal From The G20 Than The United States Did  <\/a><br \/>\nChinese President Xi came to the summit with serious economic and political challenges domestically. President Trump was in a stronger negotiation position. So what happened?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"International\"><\/a>International<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulftoday.ae\/news\/2019\/07\/01\/new-zealand-bans-single-use-plastic-bags\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Zealand bans single-use plastic bags<\/a><br \/>\nNew Zealand officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags on Monday, introducing hefty fines for businesses that continue to provide them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-48821640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hong Kong: Protesters storm and deface parliament on handover anniversary<\/a><br \/>\nProtesters have forced their way into the central chamber of Hong Kong&#8217;s parliament after an hours-long siege.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/jul\/01\/hong-kong-protests-group-tries-to-storm-government-building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hong Kong protests: demonstrators storm legislative building<\/a><br \/>\nChairs thrown and portraits of lawmakers torn down with police nowhere to be seen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TFj1LfWpLLc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2019\/07\/01\/bbc-report-shows-disturbing-nature-of-chinas-thought-transformation-camps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC Report Shows Disturbing Nature of China&#8217;s &#8220;Thought Transformation&#8221; Camps<\/a><br \/>\nAdorned with bright smiles and clothed in colorful garb, Uighur Muslims held in political reeducation camps flash across the screen as they sing and dance triumphantly to the words that President Xi Jinping wrote just for them. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.spectator.co.uk\/2019\/06\/women-are-fighting-back-against-scotlands-gender-identity-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Women are fighting back against Scotland&#8217;s gender identity policies <\/a><br \/>\nIs a &#8220;woman&#8221; an adult human female or a person who identifies as such? This is the question I asked Nicola Sturgeon at the United Nations earlier this year. But, oddly, she wouldn&#8217;t answer it. Instead the first minister of Scotland explained that, as &#8220;an ardent, passionate feminist,&#8221; women&#8217;s concerns about how gender self-ID laws might harm them are &#8220;misplaced.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caymancompass.com\/2019\/06\/27\/leaders-unite-against-modern-colonialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leaders unite against &#8220;modern colonialism&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nBritain&#8217;s Overseas Territories say they will &#8220;stand together&#8221; to defend their right to self-government amid increasing concerns over &#8220;constitutional overreach&#8221; from the UK.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/06\/29\/736573450\/venezuelas-teachers-and-students-skip-school-for-survival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Venezuela&#8217;s Teachers And Students Skip School For Survival<\/a><br \/>\nAt a primary school in a middle-class neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, the students&#8217; parents play an outsize role.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2019\/07\/02\/china-is-harvesting-political-prisoners-organs-while-they-are-still-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">China is Harvesting Political Prisoners&#8217; Organs While They are Still Alive<\/a><br \/>\nLast week, as the world focused attention on the Hong Kong protests, a report came out that gruesomely underscored why the protesters felt led to protest. The report, issued by a London-based panel of international and medical experts, was entitled &#8220;Forced Organ Harvesting of Prisoners of Conscience in China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/a-ministry-of-all-the-talents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Ministry of All the Talents?<\/a><br \/>\nThe European Council (the EU institution that essentially acts as a forum for the heads of government of the EU&#8217;s member states) has just come up, after much wrangling, with the selection of candidates for the union&#8217;s most-senior jobs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/parenting\/german-homeschooling-family-wins-custody-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German Homeschooling Family Wins Back Custody of Children after Decade-Long Battle with Authorities<\/a><br \/>\nOn Tuesday, a German court restored the Wunderlich children to the custody of their parents, Dirk and Petra. The Wunderlichs have been fighting for the right to homeschool their children for more than a decade. After losing an appeal before a lower court in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), they are awaiting a response from the highest level of the court, the Grand Chamber.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blazingcatfur.ca\/2019\/07\/04\/germany-a-shocking-degree-of-self-censorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germany: A Shocking Degree of Self-Censorship<\/a><br \/>\nA new survey on self-censorship in Germany has shown that Germans censor their own speech to an astounding degree. Asked whether it is &#8220;possible to express oneself freely in public&#8221; a mere 18% answered yes. By contrast, 59% of Germans said that in their circle of friends and acquaintances they express themselves freely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2019\/07\/03\/the-hard-facts-behind-venezuelas-oil-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hard Facts Behind Venezuela&#8217;s Oil Crisis<\/a><br \/>\nThe citizens of Venezuela have gotten used to spending days parked in mile-long lines for state-owned gasoline as shortages worsened for the world&#8217;s largest oil producer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20190628\/09564442494\/boris-johnson-uks-answer-to-trump-offers-masterclass-how-to-use-dead-cat-strategy-combined-with-google-bomb.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boris Johnson, UK&#8217;s Answer To Trump, Offers A Masterclass In How To Use The Dead Cat Strategy Combined With A Google Bomb<\/a><br \/>\nfull name Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson &#8212; was born in New York to English parents, studied at Eton and Oxford, became Mayor of London, and now stands a good chance of becoming the UK&#8217;s next prime minister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/faith\/uk-court-rules-bible-facebook-posts-are-not-discrimination-against-lgbt-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UK Court Rules Bible Facebook Posts Are Not &#8216;Discrimination&#8217; Against LGBT People<\/a><br \/>\nOn Wednesday, a British appeals court upheld the case of Felix Ngole, a Christian student expelled for posting Bible verses on Facebook. Sheffield University ruled that expressing a religious view that condemns homosexual activity violated the rules for the social work profession. Since Ngole was studying for a master of arts in social work, his expression of biblical beliefs on homosexuality proved grounds for dismissal, the university claimed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2019\/07\/china-bonds-between-hong-kong-and-taiwan-are-growing\/593347\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hong Kong and Taiwan Are Bonding Over China<\/a><br \/>\nHong Kong and Taiwan long had a relationship built around trade and tourism. But as China clamps down in Hong Kong, ties between the pair are strengthening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/electroverse.net\/wwii-plane-discovered-under-300-feet-of-ice-in-greenland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWII Plane Discovered Under 300 Feet of Ice in Greenland<\/a><br \/>\nA research team have found a long-lost P-38 under 300 FEET OF ICE in Greenland<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/politics\/2019\/07\/06\/new-eu-leaders-show-brexit-party-arent-ones-facing-backwards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The new EU leaders show that the Brexit Party aren&#8217;t the only ones facing backwards<\/a><br \/>\nWhere do people get the idea that Brexit is nostalgic? If you want proper ch\u00e2teau-bottled nostalgia, listen to Euro-federalists repeating their 1950s-era slogans about \u201cmore Europe\u201d. Watch the EU pursuing ever-closer union while the rest of the world divides into smaller and more accountable units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigleaguepolitics.com\/spanish-prosecutor-argues-for-leniency-for-alleged-rape-gang-because-underage-victim-did-not-fight-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish Prosecutor Argues for Leniency for Alleged Rape Gang Because Underage Victim &#8220;Did Not Fight Back&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nAs the third-world invasion of Spain continues, gang rapes are becoming much more common.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"Opinion\"><\/a>Opinion<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/06\/30\/antifas-brutal-assault-on-andy-ngo-is-a-wake-up-call-for-authorities-and-journalists-alike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Antifa&#8217;s Brutal Assault on Andy Ngo Is a Wake-Up Call\u2014for Authorities and Journalists Alike<\/a><br \/>\nAll revolutionary movements seek to sanctify their lawless behaviour as a spontaneous eruption of righteous fury. In some cases, such as the Euromaidan movement in Ukraine, this conceit is justified. But usually their violence is a pre-meditated tactic to intimidate adversaries. Or as Bolshevik theorist Nikolai Bukharin put it, &#8220;In revolution, he will be victorious who cracks the other&#8217;s skull.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/richardfernandez\/andy-ngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">By Any Means Necessary: Left-Wing Violence Won&#8217;t Stop with Andy Ngo<\/a><br \/>\nHints that the already high levels of political hostility were about to reach record intensity gathered like storm warnings in the press last week. According to the New York Times, &#8220;Oregon\u2019s 11 Senate Republicans fled their state with little more than spare underwear and their passports. They disappeared into Idaho cabins and motels&#8221; to avoid voting for taxes on climate change.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2019\/07\/01\/lgbt-ideology-as-pathological-narcissism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LGBT Ideology as Pathological Narcissism<\/a><br \/>\nNow that &#8220;Pride Month&#8221; is over, perhaps it&#8217;s again safe to say that homosexuality is not a virtue. That&#8217;s what &#8220;gay pride&#8221; is really about &#8211; gay people asserting that they are superior to straights, and expecting the rest of us to applaud their courage in being proudly gay. Those who refuse to celebrate homosexuality are among the &#8220;deplorables&#8221; because we are not &#8220;inclusive,&#8221; but a devotion to Inclusion and Diversity as the highest moral ideals must inevitably lead to conflict, and the inclusion of &#8220;T&#8221; in the Rainbow Acronym Coalition has proven to be problematic, as the Gender Studies majors might say. Making sexual behavior the basis of a political movement, as part of the general Democrat Party program of organizing support by identity-politics categories, has always generated a certain amount of controversy, but for many years liberal journalists were able to suppress such controversies by portraying critics of the LGBT community as evil right-wing bigots who should be ignored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/defining-whats-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Defining What&#8217;s Right<\/a><br \/>\nWriting from Britain nearly two years ago (after the murder of Heather Heyer by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville and the troubles that preceded it), Reaction\u2019s Toby Guise noted how &#8220;[t]he narrative of America&#8217;s unreconstructed Neo-Fascists is crude but clear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/06\/progressive-conception-of-rights-is-as-seductive-as-it-is-dangerous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Progressive Conception of &#8220;Rights&#8221; Is as Seductive as It Is Dangerous<\/a><br \/>\nWhen outcomes the Left desires are framed as &#8220;rights,&#8221; they\u2019re easier to sell to the public, but limits on government power are inevitably discarded to achieve them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/the-morning-jolt\/no-trumps-tanks-are-not-a-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No, Trump&#8217;s Tanks Are Not a Scandal<\/a><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t think having tanks displayed in public is automatically a sign that we are sliding into a dictatorship, or, as former CIA analyst Nada Bakos contends &#8220;In a democracy, a military show of force is an indicator things aren&#8217;t going well.&#8221;  But it&#8217;s not a military show of force, and nothing in Washington tomorrow is meant to be threatening or intimidating to anyone \u2014 other than anybody who would seek to harm Americans. Despite what you&#8217;ve been hearing, the tanks will be &#8220;on display&#8221; but not in a parade, at least according to the most recent reports: &#8220;The vehicles will not be moving, thereby reducing the chance of damaging local infrastructure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/opinion\/opinion-columns\/victor-joecks\/victor-joecks-on-independence-day-a-country-divided-on-the-meaning-of-freedom-1700500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">On Independence Day, a country divided on the meaning of freedom<\/a><br \/>\nAs America celebrates its birthday as the &#8220;land of the free,&#8221; its citizens have two profoundly different ideas of freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/03\/no-dont-right-free-health-care-neither-anyone-else\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No, You Don&#8217;t Have A &#8220;Right&#8221; To &#8220;Free&#8221; Health Care, And Neither Does Anyone Else  <\/a><br \/>\nJust because a government declares health care a right and socializes medicine, does it mean its citizens are more likely to obtain care? Nope. In fact, it&#8217;s typically the opposite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/03\/coercion-free-way-integrate-schools-involves-choice-not-busing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Coercion-Free Way To Integrate Schools Involves Choice, Not Busing<\/a><br \/>\nCalifornia Sen. Kamala Harris&#8217; attacks on former vice president Joe Biden during last Thursday&#8217;s Democratic presidential debate brought the issue of school busing back to the fore for the first time in decades. The issue&#8217;s reemergence has caused some Democratic candidates to embrace a return to busing tactics. But empowering parents\u2014rather than judges or government bureaucrats\u2014to select children&#8217;s schools would prove a far better solution to desegregating schools, and improving the quality of American education in the process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2019\/07\/what-a-conservative-learns-in-college.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What a Conservative Learns In College<\/a><br \/>\nMy youngest daughter graduated from college a few weeks ago. She wrote this piece for The College Fix. I am taking the liberty of posting it in its entirety.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/justin-amash-our-politics-is-in-a-partisan-death-spiral-thats-why-im-leaving-the-gop\/2019\/07\/04\/afbe0480-9e3d-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Amash: Our politics is in a partisan death spiral. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m leaving the GOP.<\/a><br \/>\nWhen my dad was 16, America welcomed him as a Palestinian refugee. It wasn&#8217;t easy moving to a new country, but it was the greatest blessing of his life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/we-may-consent-to-be-governed-but-we-do-not-consent-to-be-ruled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We May Consent to be Governed, But We Do Not Consent to Be Ruled<\/a><br \/>\nThe National Park Service has a useful list of the ways Presidents have celebrated the Fourth of July in the past. Some interesting ones (their editing is terrible, but this is copy&#038;paste. Just assume a [sic] throughout)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/the-1776-flag-isnt-the-problem-anti-american-leftists-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The 1776 Flag Isn&#8217;t the Problem. Anti-American Leftists Are.<\/a><br \/>\nColin Kaepernick&#8217;s history teachers should be ashamed of themselves. They either failed to teach him real history, or they succeeded in indoctrinating him into a false political narrative. Either way, he was short-changed and missed out on one of history\u2019s greatest stories. To associate the 1776 American flag with slavery is to miss the purpose and genius of the American Revolution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/betsy-ross-flag-controversy-progressivism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Whatever It Is, I&#8217;m Against It&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nRamesh notes the speed with which the Betsy Ross flag was deemed outr\u00e9<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2019\/07\/04\/why-hilllarys-2016-overconfidence-bothered-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Why Hilllary&#8217;s 2016 Overconfidence Bothered Me<\/a><br \/>\nI grasp that political leaders tend to be mediocre people who do the networking thing well. It&#8217;s hard to build those &#8220;people skills&#8221; while also honing, say, guitar chops.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/blame-bad-decisions-for-crime-not-structural-racism-and-colonialism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blame Bad Decisions for Crime, Not Structural Racism and Colonialism<\/a><br \/>\nIf I were to buy a Tesla, because I thought it was the best car in the world, but had trouble making the payments for it and for my mortgage, and in the end lose my car and my house, who is responsible: the Tesla advertisers, the banks that extend credit, my boss who does not pay me more, or my wife and children who consume much of my income? If I decide it is the fault of my wife and children, and I &#8220;discipline&#8221; them physically, who is responsible for the abuse they suffer: credit givers, those who do not pay me more, or is it violent television programs and video games? The answer, both morally and legally, is that I am responsible for my actions. If I make bad decisions, it is no one else&#8217;s fault.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/06\/3-ignorant-myths-betsy-ross-flag-dispelled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 Ignorant Myths About The Betsy Ross Flag, Dispelled  <\/a><br \/>\nThe nation&#8217;s leaders after the Civil War did not see a need to alter the flag&#8217;s appearance because they outlawed slavery under it. The American flag\u2014the Union flag\u2014was the victor in the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/05\/left-completely-misses-point-frederick-douglasss-speech-independence-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Left Completely Misses The Point Of Frederick Douglass&#8217;s Speech About Independence Day  <\/a><br \/>\nMany elites in the media this week have cited abolitionist Frederick Douglass&#8217;s famous 1852 speech &#8220;What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?&#8221; as evidence of the former slave&#8217;s condemnation of America, and another excuse for them to express derision about the United States on its birthday. If they read the whole speech, however, they&#8217;d see it is in fact a testament of support for our nation&#8217;s founding principles and gives even more reason to celebrate the Fourth of July and American patriotism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crayfisher.wordpress.com\/2019\/07\/05\/democrats-want-to-resegregate-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Democrats Want To Resegregate America<\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s been 56 years since Rev. Martin Luther King gave his historic &#8220;Dream&#8221; speech, and Democrats are still judging people by the color of their skin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookwormroom.com\/2019\/07\/06\/driving-desert-global-warming-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Driving through the desert makes global warming seem like a good thing<\/a><br \/>\nI know it&#8217;s counter-intuitive, but global warming might turn America&#8217;s vast southern desert into useful arable land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/html\/spirit-76-14603.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spirit of &#8217;76<\/a><br \/>\nForty years on, America&#8217;s bicentennial cohesion may be unrecoverable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/andy-ngo-antifa-kkk-rico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Ngo, Antifa, KKK, RICO<\/a><br \/>\nConservative journalist Tom McArdle has a very worthwhile piece in the new outfit Issues &#038; Insights analyzing possible legal responses to ongoing brutal Antifa attacks &#8211; such as this week&#8217;s hospitalizing assault on journalist Andy Ngo in Portland, Ore. &#8211; using the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act., a.k.a. RICO. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theresurgent.com\/2019\/07\/03\/roberts-court-says-citizenship-can-be-asked-so-do-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberts Court Says Citizenship Can Be Asked &#8211; So Do It<\/a><br \/>\nIn what will no doubt come as a shock to many, there are people on Twitter who comment on policy matters, legal opinions, and news events without reading relevant materials or knowing much about the law.  Such was the case in response to my assertion on Twitter that the President should, following the recent Supreme Court opinion in Department of Commerce v. New York regarding the census, continue with plans to print the census documents with a citizenship question and state publicly his simple explanation for doing so.  Some on Twitter exploded with claims of my breaking my oath, ignoring the Constitution, and being a Trump &#8220;sycophant.&#8221; These claims are absurd, but the norm for Twitter, of course.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2019\/07\/07\/munchausen-mom-wendy-napoles-and-the-princess-by-proxy-syndrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Munchausen Mom Wendy Napoles and the &#8220;Princess by Proxy&#8221; Syndrome<\/a><br \/>\nLast December, after it was reported that 11-year-old Desmond Napoles had performed in drag at a Brooklyn gay bar where adult men threw money at the child, I referenced the &#8220;emerging awareness&#8221; by which the Supreme Court had justified its ruling in Lawrence v. Texas (2003). If it is true, as the court majority implied, that homosexuality enjoys a quasi-sacred &#8220;civil rights&#8221; status protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, we must expect certain consequences, and while no one in 2003 predicted American bacha bazi, certainly in hindsight this seems a plausible result of Justice Kennedy&#8217;s &#8220;emerging awareness&#8221; doctrine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"News of the Week\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Here is the 'News of the Week' compilation of the News for July 7th, 2019.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Newsboy.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; News of the Week for July 7th, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-15768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-of-the-week","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15769,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15768\/revisions\/15769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}