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Allstate stops writing new homeowner policies in CA, too

 ‘Pride’ is Nothing to Celebrate

Well, in the LGBTQ+ world, it's a socio-cultural revolt against shame and embarassment.  Not real pride.

 School district presses phys-ed teachers to don LGBTQ pride apparel

 Kay S. Hymowitz joins Brian Anderson to discuss how gender-identity ideology is influencing vulnerable young people and attempting to overturn all that we know about child development.

 Misgendering is an ‘act of violence,' university argues

 Hospital Official Bemoans “Heart-Wrenching” Decision to Discontinue Child Gender Transition Services - The decision came after the Texas Legislature approved a bill barring gender transitioning procedures and treatments for children.

 Georgetown University developing ‘adultification bias’ trainings

Let's try infantilizing college students. 

VDH:  Is the Sleeping Conservative Dragon Finally Waking Up? Conservatives often slept through the woke revolution only to awaken to a country their apathy allowed to transform into one they no longer recognize. Can they finally breathe fire? 

 Chicago Democrats Divided Over Spending $50 Million On Illegals

 Due To High Crime, Mafia Closes Its Chicago Office

" Target CEO Brian Cornell responded to the BLM race riots with a memo claiming that, “the murder of George Floyd has unleashed the pent-up pain of years, as have the killings of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.” Much of that pain was directed at robbing Target."

 Chris Wray Did Not Admit FBI Had Damning Biden China Bribery Document – Until James Comer Notified Him He Already Had Seen the Filing 

Government and media have a license to lie. 

 Are There Any Democrats Left Who Are Not Fully On Board With The Agenda Of The Radical Left?

 Trump’s cruel attack on Kayleigh McEnany is the final straw in his false loyalty schtick

 Trump's Truth Social Ramblings Are Reaching Kamala Harris Levels of Incoherence

 Trump's Waterloo?

Trump is a jerk at heart. Good in many ways, but a jerk. 

 China Today

Why is China an enemy? 

 Women show higher levels of intrasexual competition than men

Welcome To Major League Baseball’s Struggle Sessions

 ‘Fastest girl in Connecticut’ Chelsea Mitchell suing state after losing to trans athletes

 The threat to German sausages is real

 17 Deaths On Mt. Everest Blamed On ‘Climate Change’

 In California: Kill the goats, keep the union hogs happy.

 Hundreds of UFOs have been spotted 'all over the world', Pentagon chief admits as NASA unveils findings into first ever study of unexplained phenomena in the skies

I blame climate change 

 EVEN LIBERALS HATE CRIME

 WSJ: Your Next Big Move Should Scare You. Your gut says no. Here’s why you shouldn’t always listen to it.

 AI MAKES S**T UP

 Marc Andreessen on A.I., Bitcoin, and Billionaires - Is the A.I. breakthrough for real this time?

 Climate activists were in for a surprise after they tried to hurl orange powder at London's famed flower show

 Plants cause global warming now

 UMich botanical garden employs DEI manager, hosts ‘confronting racism’ training

 200,000 cows to be culled in Ireland in order to meet climate targets

 Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Says American Pushback Against Woke Politics Is "Scary"

 “We Have a Captive Audience”: Boston University to Require Students to Take Social Justice Writing Courses

About Chomsky:  Manufacturing Dissent - Activists and opinion-formers on the Left and Right have been persuaded that living under anything besides the kind of governance they want means they’ve been cheated.

 Elon Musk Pulls Twitter from European Union’s ‘Anti-Disinformation’ Agreement - French Digital Minister threatens to ban Twitter if it doesn’t follow EU rules.

 Randi Weingarten Has Zero Credibility

Dethroned. The apparent impending demise of The King’s College is instructive about the pitfalls lying in wait for even the best-intentioned institutions of higher education.

Chronicle: Higher-Ed received billions in Covid-Relief funds. Where did it go?

 The Great Student Loan Nonpayment Boondoggle Is Over

"A little more than a year ago, I attended a virtual symposium on “Nudges in Health Care...” 

 Why The Media Is Attacking Free Speech

Ann Colter not loving Trump: How not to be President 

A New World Order:

 Countries around the world have tired of feeling pushed around by America, of having the terms of their relationship imposed from Washington. Ironically, in a war that is supposed for democracy, these countries want to have a say in their own foreign policies. And we should not ignore the increasing economic power of China..

 The Most Honored Photograph of WW2

10 Years after Sheryl Sandberg’s book ‘Lean In,’ women are on the outs

 No Laughing Matter: John Cleese Holds Line Against Calls To Cancel Scene In 'Life Of Brian'

 When will the lawsuit come? For doctors, it’s a matter of time

 The Futility of School Reform

 America’s Dangerous Shortage Of Free Thinkers

 Memory-Holing of COVID False Narratives Picks Up Steam

 Gorsuch rightly slams freedom-crushing ‘rule by indefinite emergency edict’

 CNN: Work Requirements Are “Offensive To Poor People”…

The Nation:  Biden Must Remake His Candidacy

 Ukraine war is an existential struggle — for the West

What? 

1895:  The Soldier’s Faith - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. brings the song of the sword to Harvard’s graduating class.

ANTI-COVID POLICIES WERE A DISASTER

 Jordan Peterson Considers Every Possible Meaning Of Bible Story Except That It Might Mean Exactly What It Says

Funny 

 ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE WHY WE CAN’T HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE

They aren't "environmentalists" 

  Is America's falling fertility rate caused by the over-prescription of antidepressants? One in FIVE adults are on mood-busting drugs which sap libido and sperm counts

 My cheating boyfriend told me he was a sex addict. Was it a disorder – or just an excuse?

Gee, that's a hard question 

 The Encampment State - Billions in spending have failed to solve California’s massive—and worsening—homelessness crisis.

"Homeless" is not the problem 

Musk won't play the EU game 

Good 

 'This place deserves to be shut down': Migrant hotel employee reveals the 'free for all' of drugs, sex and violence inside New York City's The Row since it was closed to tourists to make room for border crossers

  'Bike Karen' Race-Hoaxers Flee Like Hunted Rats to Avoid Lawsuit

 Microsoft kicks Vivek Ramaswamy off LinkedIn

 Citywide Youth Curfew Begins In Baltimore As Mayor Strives To Restore Law And Order

 Georgia GOP flat earther raises eyebrows

 Presto-Chango, See Which Democrat Attack Transforms Into 'Republicans Pounce!'

 The disinformation campaign against Ron DeSantis - So much fake news and woke hysteria is being spread about the presidential hopeful.

 Biden keeps turning his political enemies into ‘terrorists’

 Photo: Our Siberian Irises are in bloom

Daily flights, NY to the Faroe Islands

Mrs.BD would love that 

 At High School Debates, Debate Is No Longer Allowed. At national tournaments, judges are making their stances clear: students who argue ‘capitalism can reduce poverty’ or ‘Israel has a right to defend itself’ will lose—no questions asked.

Kotkin:  Can California Be Saved? Though the state retains great advantages, bad policies accelerate its decline.

 TGIF: Cruising for a Bruising - Canadians say yes to death. South Koreans say no to birth. Plus: DeSantis, flat-earthers, a Citi Bike Karen—and Bezos’s amazing love boat.

VDH:  The Left Has Pushed the Envelope. Why are our government, corporations, and popular culture colluding in mass suicide—to the delight of our enemies like Communist China?

OK, but I don't think China is an enemy 

 U.S. NEWSGreenwald: Regime Journalists Promote The ‘Right’ Conspiracy Theories To Be Successful “Journalists who spread conspiracy theories that the CIA wants them to spread get promoted, and the journalists who question the conspiracy theories of the CIA get destroyed.”

We all live in a world of lies 

 Want to be a Seattle firefighter Lt.? Best know your woke reading list!:

...  in 2021, local officials including Scoggins commissioned a report on diversity in the fire service. One of its recommendations: avoid tests that “rely heavily on knowledge of firefighting.”

“[T]ests that focus on how well applicants know the system and the job tend to favor those who make up the overwhelming majority of the fire service workforce, white men,” the report says. “Questions that ask more about the candidate’s character and values, rather than knowing the ins and outs of the job, can be beneficial in advancing more women and people of color.”

NY:  ‘Right-to-shelter’ off-ramp is long overdue

 Why no one will learn the lessons from "Citi Bike Karen" fiasco

5 black kids tried to steal her Citibike. Wrong narrative 

 New York Office Buildings Emptying Out

But rentals are high, along with tourism 

 Germany Is Turning Against The EU's Green New Deal, Common Sense To The Forefront

 The World Realigns

Solar storms have dramatically increased this year.

I blame climate change 

 Early Apes Lived on Savannahs, Not in Forests. Two new studies suggest that 21 million years ago African primates frequented edge habitat and fed on leaves

 Scientific American is Now the Bud Light of Science Journals

 Plastic Recycling Now Contributing to Microplastics Pollution Mania

 Nebraska Becomes 18th State To Ban Transgender Surgeries On Children…

What Banks Do

 Leftist Cancellation is the New Rite of Passage

 Trump’s ‘Hush Payment’ Trial to Begin Months Before 2024 Presidential Election

Why my GOP competitors should take my lead and visit America’s inner cities: Ramaswamy

 Joe Biden Keeps Lying That His Son Died in Iraq. In fact, he lies about an assortment of his dead relatives.

 Contrary To Popular Myth, Brexit Was Not A Bad Decision And Did Not Fail

 Scotland moves toward removing trial by jury

 The Ukraine War Was Provoked - & Why That Matters To Achieve Peace

A Wall Street accountant turned professional escort says she's a psychopath – and swears it's the key to making 6 figures

 Democrats to parents everywhere: Your kids belong to US, not you!

 Social Justice™ Now Claims Waking Up Early Is White Supremacy

 Now, It’s Time to ‘Cancel’ Problematic ‘Three’s Company’. Collider dissects beloved '70s sitcom in a pitch-perfect woke parody

 First they came for Roald Dahl, then they came for Monty Python

 California High School's Female 'Teacher of the Year' Busted for Allegedly Having Sex with 16-Year-Old Student

Inappropriate, but a crime? 

The guy who issued the Florida warning lives in Florida 

 The Encampment State - Billions in spending have failed to solve California’s massive—and worsening—homelessness crisis.

 Poll Shows How Radically Different Americans' Opinions Are From Liberal Corporate Media Narratives

 The FBI is a danger to democracy

Not meant to be the KGB 

 Uber’s DEI Chief on Leave After Complaints Over ‘Don’t Call Me Karen’ Seminar - “We have heard that many of you are in pain and upset by yesterday’s Moving Forward session.”

 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Media Malpractice: Russian Hoax Confirmed by the Durham Report

 More upstate NY counties declare a migrant state of emergency

 Musk is right about Soros, libs’ trouble with truth and other commentary

Spectator:  Umbria: Italy’s underrated gem. The region is so much more than the ‘poor cousin of Tuscany’

Yep 

 Gold­man struggles to close gender divide after dis­crim­in­a­tion pay­out. US bank com­mits to boost­ing female staff in wake of $215mn set­tle­ment but some remain scep­tical

 1 in 3 Female Recruits Injured in Army Basic Training - "Nearly 30% of female recruits were injured on average each month"

 UT Austin tells students to use 'wimmin' instead of the word 'women'

 Because It Worked Out So Well For Bud Light, Fords Unveils Its “Very Gay” Truck…

 Down With Pickleball! Long Live Tennis. Plus: The Great Light Beer War of 2023 in today’s culture war double feature.

 A history of Dunkin’ Donuts

Yeah, not good coffee but it's my daily ritual en route to the gym

The rise of geopolitical swing states

 The FBI Didn’t Persecute Hillary. It Protected Her. That’s the big reveal in the 306-page Durham report.

 Mystery At The Midterms: What Really Happened To The Red Wave?

 "Do you want Ukraine to win or not?"

What is "win" in this context? 

 TGIF: The Suburbs Are Back! Polygamy is in. DeSantis and #MeToo are out. Plus, conservatives save an anarchist coffee shop.

 Chicago’s Brandon Johnson: ‘Wicked,’ ‘Unconscionable’ for Texas to Send Border Crossers to Sanctuary Cities

  The Stupidest, Most-Ill-Educated Group In America -- the Corporate Leadership Class -- Begins to Realize That "Diversity Training," Far From Healing Racial Rifts, Actually Causes Racial Division

 Diversity Is Campus Jew-Hatred. How DEI is openly attempting to marginalize and silence Jewish students

 Van Gogh’s Cypresses Take Root at Manhattan, And star in some of Western art’s most incandescently bendy landscapes.

 Loneli­ness threatens health as well as hap­pi­ness

 The Left and Right Live in Two Different Worlds

 Critical Race Theory Has a Scholarship Problem

 CRT has infected veterinary schools

 Sean Hannity Replaces Tucker Carlson at 8 PM- Fox News Channel Makes Multiple Changes to Primetime Line-Up

 EU AI Act To Target US Open Source Software

 No Room at the Inn—Except in New York! The city is unique in the country, and in the Western world, in that it guarantees all comers shelter immediately, no questions asked. And they keep coming.

 Who Wants to Help Me Watch Chicago Commit Suicide?

 "Damn, That's Thin", "I Know", "It Sucks": The Untold Story Of The Trump-Russia Investigation

  61 Hacks Who Peddled Russian Collusion And Should Never Be Trusted Again

Adam Schiff STILL Insists Trump Colluded With Russia Despite Durham Report

 "Why the Durham Report Matters/It is a damning account of the corruption of the FBI and its accomplices" 

 Durham Report proves “what a destructive, vicious, damaging person Hillary Clinton is to our political process”

Also,  FBI Leadership Sabotaged Clinton Foundation Investigations: Durham Report

 John Kerry Would Love For Farmers To Stop Farming

 DEI Goes Wobbly

 How Therapists Became Social Justice Warriors

Greg Gutfeld Hits It Out of the Park on the Durham Report and What It Means

 The silence is deafening: Flagship CNN shows Anderson Cooper 360 and Primetime make NO mention of discredited FBI probe into baseless Trump-Russia claims network previously claimed were 'corroborated'

 The war against Trump was cooked up by Hillary Clinton’s campaign, revealed to the Obama Administration, and executed by the FBI and Justice Department. 

 Never Forget the Misinformation and Collusion by the Mockingbird Media Regarding “Russia, Russia, Russia” – And Remember Who Had it Right from the Beginning

 FBI Offered To Pay Steele $1 Million For Anti-Trump Evidence…

For the Dems, it was usual dirty tricks. The FBI was involved with treason, it seems to me. 

How your brain can trick your body into getting fitter and stronger

 In defense of trophy hunting - The frowned-upon practice could be key to saving Africa’s wildlife

 The Mysterious Dodecahedrons of the Roman Empire - The first of many of these puzzling objects was unearthed almost three centuries ago, and we still don’t know what they were for.

Is Your Remote Job Making You Lonely?

 End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars

 The classist war on the car - The unique freedom of car-driving is being pummelled by bourgeois anti-modernists.

 Psychologist Breaks Down How Society Descended Into COVID Insanity

 Regular people are being stampeded out of existence.

 Is Sanity Returning?

 Deliver Us from Reality- The only silver lining in this minatory storm cloud is the fact that such movements, though unconscionably cruel, arbitrary, and destructive, are also astonishingly fragile.

 Tucker Carlson's Twitter Venture Tests Mainstream Media's Eroding Grip

 What Ancient Roman Sex Was Actually Like -- Renowned for debauchery and penis obsession, their escapades were more complex than that.

 The Girl of the Endless Summer - How ‘Gidget’ helped to put surfing on the map.

 Research Reveals How Exercise Boosts Brain Health With Chemical Signals

 CNN Host Sues Trump For Assault And Defamation After Town Hall

Kling's Links to Consider 

 Blue-Chip Advertisers Return to Fox News After Carlson Taken Off-Air

 “Burn the College’s Buildings to the Ground” For left-wing academics, violence against the right targets is a form of patriotism.

Growing crisis proves: Biden’s ONLY priority is to admit ‘em all

 Reparations: A Slow Motion Riot

 And What Would You Have Done? Jordan Neely’s death in a New York subway system prompts soul-searching—and self-righteousness.

 Why The Economic War Against Russia Has Failed

Immunotherapy for rectal cancer

 Bald eagles hit hard by bird flu outbreak

 Classic first date stuff: what men could learn from bowerbirds and their courting efforts

Don Surber tells us who he is 

 Saying "he" is an act of violence

 Professor seeks males for testicle removal study

 Trans Grooming in Middle School

 Fed's Waller Drops Bombshell: 'Climate Change Risks Not Material To US'

 DEI Swallows Texas A&M. The university has adopted radical politics in order to “dismantle systemic racism.”

 TGIF: The Greatest Show on Earth - Trump & Tucker are baaack. The Bidens make bank. George Santos finally gets busted. Plus, the culture war over Cleopatra.

 Shock: The New York Times Admits Biden’s Border Policies Encourage Illegal Immigration

 Four teens 'looking for victims' charged with the murder of Chicago police officer

 Biden rule tells power plants to cut climate pollution by 90 percent — or shut down

 New EPA climate rulz drive a stake thru the heart of natural gas & coal power plants

 A Mixture of Pride and Shame - The left’s refusal to frame the British Empire as anything but a force for pure evil makes for effective culture-war politics. But it also makes for bad history.

 The American Medical Association, the American Association of Medical Colleges and the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) have all agreed that medicine is racist.

 Corporate Giants Buy Up Primary Care Practices at Rapid Pace

San Francisco may reverse math policy designed to improve equity after research showed it didn't work

 US City To Roll Out Guaranteed Basic Income

 Colorado Mom Sues School After Secret Trans Group Recruits Her Daughter and Does "Unthinkable Things"

 Jonathan Turley breaks down revelations about the Biden family during the House Oversight presser

 A third of scientific papers may be fraudulent

 The 2020 Election Wasn’t Stolen, It Was Bought By Mark Zuckerberg

 Humans arrived in the Americas 26,000 years ago from CHINA - 10,000 years earlier than thought, new research claims

Wendy's Unveils Google-Powered AI Chatbot At Drive-Thru 

 New York City’s Curriculum Overhaul: Admission of Progressives’ Fault on Phonics - Children have been taught to read through a “fundamentally flawed” and scientifically unsound system.

 Get Government Out of Education

 Passing of a Great Mind - Fred Siegel’s legacy is a light to New York and to America’s cities.

 Transgenderism "Confusing People About The Nature Of Reality" And Victimizing Children: Authors

 NY Times Op-Ed Writer Says Anyone Who Fears Crazies on the Subway Should Get 'Therapy'

 My many run-ins with Jeffrey Epstein - How did he go from bouncing checks in the late 1980s to a net worth of $500 million?

Hate speech in Ireland 

 The Harm Caused by Masks - A new study suggests that the excess carbon dioxide breathed in by mask-wearers can have major health consequences.

  The Great American Cultural Revolution

 Trump is officially a sex pest! So what's new? He isn't the first presidential abuser - and they get away with it EVERY damn time

RFK Jr is crazy