Bits & Bytes

BIRTH DEARTH: The ZPGers are getting their wish. Only five states have shown an increase in the number of kids under 5 and none of them hit the replacement rate of 2.1 births per woman.

• https://notthebee.com/article/whoa-study-shows-huge-drop-in-population-of-children-under-4-since-the-pandemic-big-blue-states-hit-hardest

CUTIES: From Kevin Sorbo – “The media praised Cuties but criticizes The Sound of Freedom. That should tell you everything you need to know.” According to Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of movie critics gave Cuties a positive review vs. 79% who gave Sound of Freedom a negative review.

• https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cuties
• https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sound_of_freedom

GEORGIA: State Rep. Meisha Mainor announced that she is leaving the Democrat Party in disgust.

“When I decided to stand up on behalf of disadvantaged children in support of school choice, my Democrat colleagues didn’t stand by me. They crucified me. When I decided to stand up in support of safe communities and refused to support efforts to defund the police, they didn’t back me. They abandoned me.

“For far too long, the Democrat Party has gotten away with using and abusing the black community,” she added. “For decades, the Democrat Party has received the support of more than 90% of the black community. And what do we have to show for it? I represent a solidly blue district in the city of Atlanta. This isn’t a political decision for me. It’s a moral one.“

• https://notthebee.com/article/announces-shes-leaving-the-democrat-party-after-being-bullied-for-her-vote-in-favor-of-school-choice

GET WOKE, GO BROKE: Wells Fargo downgraded Fox News shares from $35 to $31, citing drops in viewership. “Fox News was 52% of cable news prime-time viewership for 2020-22, 51% in Jan’23, and that has slid to a low of 38% in June’23 post-TC. FN’s share of conservative news viewers has fallen from 94% to 84%.” In the meantime, Newsmax has seen its key prime-time audience grow 126% as Fox’s audience fell 21%.  

• https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/fox-news-stock-downgrade/2023/07/10/id/1126554/

PANDERING: CLICK https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1679097933222772736 [1:48] to see Mika Brzezinski chew out the White House staff for letting America voters see images of FAUXTUS’ dementia. ::smh::

• https://notthebee.com/article/ha-msnbc-mike-tells-bidens-handlers-to-do-a-better-job-covering-up-bidens-age-you-cant-have-these-videos-of-the-president-tripping-or-going-the-wrong-way

SOUND of FREEDOM: CLICK https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1678383944457400320 [2:20] to hear an interview with the guy the movie is based on. The Wrongs are attacking Caviezel’s movie like what … we’re all supposed to turn a blind eye to the fact that millions of children are being held in slavery for sex labor or organ harvesting? CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1024568392036509 for more … if you’ve got the stomach for it.

• https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-who-inspired-sound-of-freedom-fires-back-at-critics-its-kind-of-sick

GRAMMY NOTES: I like to reserve them for times when I really need them. So many people drop F and S bombs into every sentence. I mean … what do they do when they’re really angry? Or maybe they’re always angry. That seems to be a thing nowadays.