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by | June 23, 2021 · 10:28 am

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CANCEL CULTURE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/newsbusters/videos/1696199557237397 [2:32] to hear Bill Maher explain why people hate Democrats.

CATHOLIC: As the priest poured water over the baby’s head, the water appeared to form into a rosary. Several online sources claim the photo is not edited. I zoomed in and saw no sign of editing myself.

CHOICE: A left-leaning New York Post author wrote a piece for Mother’s Day that celebrated her choice to become a mother at 25. The pro-abort backlash was swift and nasty.

One called the article “gross” and said the author doesn’t respect women. Another smeared the author and her spouse with, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing this woman it was a tremendous personal achievement to be repeatedly knocked up by an Internet troll she met in high school.”

A third said she didn’t want to hear about women who were happy they had children in their twenties. “I would really love to read more essays and op/eds from women (and men, too) who regret having children as early as they did, regret having as many as they did, or regret having children at all.”

Pro-aborts are not pro-choice. They are anti-family.

CINO JOE: FAUXTUS says he’s personally opposed to abortion, but that women should be allowed to choose for themselves. I gotta wonder how clear he is about his supposed personal opposition, given this:

Reporter: “Does the President believe that a 15-week-old unborn baby is a human being?”

Psaki: “Are you asking me if the President supports a woman’s right to choose? He does.”

“Devout” Joe also smugly dismissed news that a majority of the nation’s Catholic bishops support preventing him and others like him from receiving Holy Eucharist. “That’s a private matter and I don’t think that’s going to happen.”

CRT: 518,680 views and 43K LIKES in six days [4:52] – On June 14, 2021, this 15-year-old high school student told his now-former school board why he will not be returning next year.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Richard Scott William Hutchinson celebrated his first birthday on June 5, 2021. Born at 21 weeks gestation weighing just 11.9 ounces, he was given a zero percent chance of living.

Currently, Richard is the most premature baby ever to survive. Baby Saybie is the smallest micropremie to survive, having weighed just 8.6 ounces when she arrived at 22 weeks gestation.

HUMAN LIFE: CLICK https://twitter.com/TheTonus/status/1407051726243483653 [1:49] to hear a Biology teacher give a clear, concise answer to a question that no Democrat politician has been able (willing?) to answer to date.

INFANTICIDE: New Zealand’s government used COVID-19’s distractions to rush through a hugely unpopular abortion law. The most extreme in the world, it has made abortion legal, on demand, for any reason or for no reason, right up to birth. There are no legal restrictions on the methods used; in fact, doctors don’t even have to be involved. There is also no legal requirement for babies being aborted to receive pain relief or for babies born alive to receive any kind of medical or comfort care.

Following the law’s passage, a healthcare student reported being traumatized after witnessing the abortion of a healthy, 21-week-old fetus. Whoever did the procedure didn’t bother to kill the baby before delivery to spare it any suffering. Instead, the mother was just induced. IOW, they KNEW this tiny, helpless, perfectly formed human being would be born alive … then left struggling to breathe for two hours before finally passing away. “We wouldn’t do that to an animal. I was horrified,” said the healthcare student.

IVERMECTIN: A meta-analysis of 24 randomized, controlled trials showed the use of the antiparasitic drug ivermectin could lead to “large reductions” in COVID-19 deaths and may have a “significant impact” on the pandemic globally

In these trials, which involved more than 3,400 participants, use of this inexpensive drug reduced the risk of death in COVID-19 patients from 7.8% to 2.3%.

The study was published on June 17 in the American Journal of Therapeutics.

NO POLITICS IN SCHOOL: CLICK https://rumble.com/viulfb-9-year-old-nukes-school-board-for-pushing-radical-agenda-in-schools.html [2:18] to hear an amazing girl speak truth to power.

RACISM: CLICK https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1407141774666125318 [2:46] to hear Tucker Carlson discuss Don Lemon’s statement, “We’re living in two different realities as Black and White people.” Lemon lives in $4.3 million home in an area of New York that is 80% white and just 3% African American. And he has a black face cookie jar in his kitchen.

SCREW THE PEOPLE ACT: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/newsbusters/videos/221815089766207 [1:36] to hear Sen. John Kennedy deride the Democrat’s power-grab bill HR-1.

TRUMP WAS RIGHT: In September of 2020, then-President Trump was criticized by the Left for saying the solution to wild fires across the West was better forest management.

California has just announced it will spend $500 million this year to thin its 33 million acres of fores to lessen the chance of wildfires.

GRAMMY NOTES: Fortunately, I am my own boss and looking at memes is part of my job. LOL

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by | June 22, 2021 · 12:58 pm

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CATHOLIC: “The people who cheered the closing of churches and cancellation of Mass last year are now deeply concerned over Catholics’ access to the Sacraments.” – Catholic Vote

After the U.S. Bishops voted by an overwhelming majority in favor of drafting a teaching document on reception of the Eucharist, Congressman Ted Lieu, D-CA, called the bishops “partisan hypocrites.”

Lieu listed all the policy positions he promotes that contradict Catholic doctrine, then sneered, “I’m Catholic. Next time I go to Church, I dare you to deny me Communion.”

He’d be blessed if they did, because receiving Holy Eucharist unworthily is a serious sin.

CNN: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/MattWalshBlog/videos/497201191504805 [3:55] to listen to Matt Walsh talk about the hypocrisy and utter lack of self-awareness at CNN. I’m guessing Brian Stelter has not once reported on any of FAUXTUS’ duhmentia moments.

CRITICAL RACE THEORY: CLICK https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1405991457610215424 [1:51] to hear Sen. Ted Cruz. This is worth watching.

DISNEY: Disney is advertising a “Pride Celebration Spectacular” concert in which Kermit the Frog, men dressed up as women, and a host of Disney stars will catechize young children to accept sexual fetishes as normal.

FATHERHOOD: When I became too hypersensitive to chemicals to go to Mass, Dearest kept on taking our two young ‘uns. The church ladies oohed and aahed. When he decided the baby was old enough to go too, they slapped a halo on him.

When he told me about their reaction to him doing what moms do ALL THE TIME, he said it made him angry. “They don’t even remark on the women who bring their kids to church on their own. Making a big deal about me doing the exact same thing just speaks to the very low expectations they have for fathers.“

GEORGIA: CLICK https://rumble.com/vipwrl-audit-shows-multiple-problems-with-voting-in-ga.s-largest-county.html [1:31] to hear about an independent audit of mostly-Democrat Fulton County’s 2020 election. The article below outlines the irregularities the audit uncovered.

IRS: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) denied a tax-free status to a Texas-Christian non-profit on the grounds that “Bible teachings are typically affiliated with the Republican party and candidates.”

That has not always been true. And the only reason it is true now is that the Democratic Party has chosen to make themselves into the Party of God’s Enemies. If proclaiming the Gospel loses us our tax-exempt status, then it’s time we pay taxes.

IT’S NEVER ENOUGH: A recently published article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies makes the case that we need to criminalize speciesist hate speech because, of course, it’s based in white racism. Tory MP Nigel Mills branded the proposals ‘utter woke nonsense’ and a ‘complete waste of time.’

MEDIA: Not the Bee calls this CNN headline “flaming hot garbage.”

“Biden makes Juneteenth a national holiday and what is our clown media’s take? THE RIGHTS OF BLACK AMERICANS ARE UNDER ASSAULT!!!!!!

“Hey CNN: The rights of black Americans are NOT under assault. You are race-baiting con men (sorry … con people ?) who want nothing more than for all of us normal people you see as peasants to hate each other.

“Anyone who reads this crap and takes it seriously needs to detach their eyeballs from their iPhone and go talk to some real people in the real world.”

TEXAS: Last month, Democrats opposed to an election overhaul bill and bail legislation staged a walk out in order to break quorum and block passage. Gov Abbott responded by vetoing the portion of the state budget bill that funds the salaries of lawmakers, staffers, and legislative agencies.

“Funding should not be provided for those who quit their job early, leaving their state with unfinished business and exposing taxpayers to higher costs for an additional legislative session.”

TRUMP GPS: CLICK https://www.tiktok.com/@captaindeplorable/video/6974941971462802694. It’s so funny!

VAX: [2:51] – A CBS reporter has taken her fight against employer-mandated vaccination to Project Veritas. Buffalo Bills player Cole Beasley says he’ll quit football before he’ll take the jab. And a college in Tennessee will allow unvaccinated students to return, provided they cough up $1,500 per semester to cover the additional testing the college says they’ll require.

GRAMMY NOTES: I got this in a surprise package from Mama Buzz today. 🙂

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by | June 21, 2021 · 9:35 am

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BACK THE BLUE: CLICK https://twitter.com/LRpolice/status/1405241463919812609 [1:03] to see a cop save a life. After the incident, one of the cops said that the man’s lack of responsiveness showed he had made up his mind to jump and that immediate action by the officers was needed.

CANCEL CULTURE: Years ago, when Greece went bankrupt, I noted with horror that the government reached into private bank accounts and took what it wanted.

We’re not quite there yet, but the following is way too close for comfort. On Tuesday, two prominent conservatives – Lauren Witzke and Pete D’Abrosca – were canceled by Wells Fargo bank.

D’Abrosca had his personal savings account blocked, while Witzke had her entire account emptied out and closed down. The bank told them it was a “business decision” and that the bank reserves “the right to close an account at any time.”

I’m sorry but … does that include a “right” to take all her money?!?! Also, the bank claims she had lots of warning; she says it was a total surprise and that she was stranded, penniless and out of state.

“Use this as a warning and get your money out of Wells Fargo if you are a conservative,” Witzke says. “This is so evil.”

CATHOLIC: How dare those uppity Catholic bishops! Never mind that it is actually their JOB to teach and discipline their flocks.

Bonchie at Red State notes, “You don’t even have to be Catholic to see how dumb this is. Protestants have different beliefs about communion, but they still follow the Biblical decree to examine one’s self and to make sure that one is worthy of taking it. Paul is pretty clear that if you aren’t, you are sinning against the Body of Christ.”

CHICOMS: Dong Jingwei, China’s vice minister of state security, defected some time ago. The links below will give you a deep dive into the on-going saga. It’s more than I can digest.

FAUXTUS: Juneteenth commemorates June 19th, 1865, the day Union Soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over and all American slaves were now free. It has been celebrated annually in various parts of the United States since 1866. This year, it became Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday.

CLICK https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1405888620959993856 [:11] to hear then-Candidate Joe, with his mask hanging off one ear, say, “He’s going down to Texas on Juneteenth, right? First major massacre, literally speaking, of the Black Wall Street. Right? Years ago.” If a Republican candidate had ever said something this stupid, it would’ve played on a loop on every news show morning and evening for weeks.

The Tulsa [Oklahoma] race massacre, which took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, is considered one of the single worst incidents of racial violence in American history. Mobs of White residents, some of them deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and destroyed 35 square blocks of the wealthiest Black community in the United States. Aka, Tulsa race riot or the Black Wall Street massacre.

IT’S A CULT: [3:08] – “Woke up today, feeling okay, wow, this is new. Got the vaccine, and it’s been two weeks. There’s life in the streets.” Then, dancers bring out banners, including one huge one featuring a giant Fauci face. “Shout out to our favorite M.D, Anthony Fauci.”

IT’S NEVER ENOUGH: A lifelong progressive Democrat, proponent of third-wave feminism, and former Clinton adviser has been permanently banned from Twitter for … well, they didn’t tell her what for.

But she’s been accused elsewhere of spreading “conspiracy theories” and “anti-vaxx” info, which is a big no-no on Twitter. She says she isn’t “anti-vaxx”, but rather “pro-HIPAA, pro-Fourth Amendment, pro-Equality Act, pro-Nuremberg Codes; all of which make medical coercion illegal already. And I am pro-evidence-based reporting on public issues.”

CLICK https://rumble.com/ve38hz-naomi-wolf-on-tucker-carlson-tonight.html [5:32] to hear her talk with Tucker Carlson for how alarming today’s “Just Do What We Say” Left is. She’s crossing party lines in a big way.

NYC: CLICK https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1405631491242143749 [:37] to see a young Black man assault an elderly White man who refused to hand over his cash.

SLAVERY: For a deeper look into the real history of slavery, read ‘Black Rednecks and White Liberals’ by Thomas Sowell [9:16].

STATES RIGHTS: FAUXTUS’ DOJ has filed legal documents arguing against state efforts to protect female athletes from having to compete against biologically male competitors and against state efforts to protect minors from transgender medical procedures they are not mature enough to choose.

TEXAS: On Tuesday, Gov. Abbott signed a bill into law that prohibits the government from forcing places of worship to close even during an apparent crisis.

GRAMMY NOTES: Buzz’s 5th grade class wasn’t allowed to have its normal graduation ceremony, so to recognize the hard work these kids did to get through elementary school, his school did a drive through ceremony to send them off to middle school.

Each car stopped at one end of loop where the kid’s name was announced, then every teacher cheered just for that kid as the parent(s) drove them along the loop while a 4-person fife and drum group played marching music. At the end of the loop, they received their certificates, a t-shirt, and a Middle School Survival Kit. Buzz also got achievement awards for Math, Art and Music.

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by | June 20, 2021 · 10:19 am

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by | June 19, 2021 · 12:27 pm

Wokespeak

It has become more common to capitalize the word Black in reference to African Americans.

For some, it is a long-overdue gesture of respect. For others (like me), it’s about consistency. Asian is capitalized. Native American is capitalized. Black has become a synonym for African American, People of Color, and the no-longer-allowed Negro, all capitalized. I think it’s just consistent to capitalize the B.

Doing this led me to also start capitalizing White, which is a synonym for Caucasian, aka, people of European descent or, as Michelle Malkin puts it, People of Pallor. But some of those who insist on capitalizing Black oppose capitalizing White on moral grounds.

Seriously, there’s a morality to capital letters? Who knew …

Supposedly, a capital W legitimizes toxic white supremacy. Or something. So what … toxic black supremacy is okay? ::smh::

Others claim that while lower case white is simply an apolitical description of a skin color, whereas capitalized White outrageously suggests that Caucasians share a culture, which according to these same people, we don’t. So harumph.

First off, white doesn’t describe the skin color of anyone. Even albinos are pale pink, because the redness of their blood shows through their melanin-free skin. I myself am a Person of Easily Sunburned Pallor whose entire genetic history can be traced to rarely sunny Ireland, England, and northern Germany. I can easily see my veins through my skin, but I’m not white.

As for that shared culture thing, gimme a break. People who share a culture are people who share a culture. Skin tone has little or nothing to do with it. Ben Carson and Barack Obama share a similar skin tone, but their up-bringing, life experiences, and choices are vastly different.

The article linked below makes the excellent point that “white culture is routinely cited to refer to white supremacy and white privilege as a shorthand for the cultural biases, prejudices and values that prop up systemic racism.”

But we’re not supposed to capitalize white, because we don’t share a culture. “Both ideas—that white culture is omnipresent and nonexistent—can’t be true.”

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by | June 19, 2021 · 10:06 am

For the Love of Dogs

NOTE: Xylitol is extremely toxic to dogs. If your dog eats even a small amount of something containing xylitol, it is critical to get emergency veterinary care immediately, because even small amounts can cause hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), seizures, liver failure or even death.

If you love your pooch, you need to be aware that xylitol is showing up in more and more products, with the most commonly reported source of dog poisoning being sugar-free gum.

You need to READ THE LABELS on all products you bring into your home. The most at-risk things are labeled “light” or “sugar-free” or are intended for health care (e.g., toothpaste, mouthwash, cough syrup, etc.)

And do not be fooled by statements like this one from Nick’s Light Ice Cream site:

“Our sweeteners have sciencey sounding names, but they’re actually derived from things like raisins, monk fruit, birch trees and other stuff you’ve heard of!”

“Our sweeteners are all derived by plants!”

[Big whoop! A whole host of deadly poisons are made from PLANTS.]

Usually, xylitol is listed on ingredient labels as xylitol. However, some products (like Nick’s) are now listing it as birch sugar, maybe to make the product look more natural. But the fact is that birch sugar is xylitol. AND DOGS LOVE ICE CREAM!! I always let Daisey lick out the bowl when I’m done!!

Thank God for internet memes. (And Frankly the Nut who posted this one.)

P.S., for those who are hypersensitive to corn, the Runtastic article below notes that since it is expensive to make birch sugar from birch, most of what is labeled “birch sugar” is actually made from corn cobs.

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by | June 19, 2021 · 9:11 am

Bits & Bytes

BACK THE BLUE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/aklavan/videos/1181160079021202 [3:21] to see cops save an 8-year-old kidnap victim. Tissue alert.

BORDER: Texans want the border wall finished, so Gov. Abbott is demanding that the Biden administration return property that was seized by the federal government for construction of a border wall that the FAUXTUS administration has now refused to build.

CATHOLIC: On Thursday, Catholic bishops debated for three hours then voted overwhelming in favor of drafting a teaching document on the Eucharist. The vote was 168 bishops voted in favor, 55 against, with 6 abstentions. I’d love to know how my bishop voted, but I understand it was a secret ballot vote.

There’s a lot of other stuff going on at their annual meeting, but this is the hot button issue, because it could end up with CINOs like Biden and Pelosi being denied Holy Communion.

COVID-19: CLICK https://rumble.com/vipm2p-heres-the-truth-about-follow-the-science.html [4:58] to hear Don Jr. give an epic rant about how the scientists didn’t follow the science.

CRT: “You’re going to purposely tell a white kid that black people are all down and oppressed? How do I have two medical degrees if I’m sitting here oppressed?” [4:40] – CLICK https://twitter.com/sistertoldjah/status/1405648057077841924 [1:46] to hear how jerknalists are demonizing opponents of Critical Race Theory by portraying them as mindless (and racist) Astroturf props who are being fed lies by prominent conservative movers and shakers.

They do the same thing to every effort we make to fight them. I think it’s likely that they really believe we’re all the same kind of mindless sheeple their followers are. But we’re not.

FLORIDA: Arizona’s Gov. Ducey and Texas’ Gov. Abbott put out a call to fellow Republican governors, asking for help with the border. At a June 16 press conference, Florida’s Gov. DeSantis became the first to says “We’re coming.”

“It’s undeniable that the border crisis is out of control,” Christina Pushaw, press secretary to DeSantis told The Epoch Times. “Helping our fellow Americans in their moment of need is always the right thing to do. The governors of other states have sent resources to Florida in the past to help respond to natural disasters. With the federal government unable or unwilling to enforce our laws and secure our border, Florida is ready to step up to the plate and do our part.”

GEORGE SOROS: If you’re bewildered by why some cities and counties are such a flaming mess, look at the candidates George Soros has backed with his billionaire bucks. For years now, he has been dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars into placing the most far-left candidates into the position of chief prosecutor. Prosecutors decide what crimes to prosecute and and what crimes to let slide.

HERESY: The number cited is from a Pew poll of all those who self-identify as Catholic. A more recent poll of Catholics who go to Mass found 74% believe that pro-choice Catholic politicians should not present themselves to receive Communion.

JAN. 6: CLICK https://rumble.com/vio10r-real-america-dan-w-bobby-powell-june-16-2021.html [8:47] to see Get Real Dan and new video of January 6. Watch this!

McCLOSKEY: Mark and Patricia McCloskey chose to plead guilty to several misdemeanor charges and surrender their guns. The full story is at the link.

NAKED BIKE: Last year’s naked bike ride for the woke was canceled because of COVID-19. The ride is back on this year … but participants must wear facemasks. You know … just in case we didn’t already know that far lefties are idiots.

A. Masks are mostly useless, but they’re totally moronic outdoors. And while exercising. B. What you really NEED to be wearing when you’re riding a bicycle is something between your delicate privates and those hard, uncomfortable seats.

RECYCLING PLASTIC: [4:40] – Polywood outdoor furniture isn’t affected by the weather, so I can leave it outdoors year-round.

SCIENCE: The science says a fertilized zygote is alive and human. Democrats, those great defenders of science, don’t much care. Their latest assault on the human rights of the unborn is the Women’s Health Protection Act, which seeks to obliterate all existing laws placing limits on late-term abortions.

The law’s chief Senate sponsor, Sen. Blumenthal, was asked, “Is an unborn baby at 15 weeks a human being?” He responded that he was going to wait for the Supreme Court to rule on that. “Right now, abortion at that point in a pregnancy is legal and constitutionally protected, and I believe it should be.”

On Thursday, a reporter asked Speaker Pelosi, “Is an unborn baby at 15 weeks a human being?” She replied, “Let me just say that I am a big supporter of Roe v. Wade.” If you’re in a masochistic mood, you can CLICK https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1405546698068434946 [:27] to hear Nancy.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Two death row inmates who objected to the state’s 109-year-old electric chair sued for the right to select their mode of execution and won. They can not be legally executed until the Department of Corrections assembles the means to let them die by firing squad or lethal injection.

TPCFL: Trans Political Conservative Freedom Lover [5:35] – This is a good one!

WOKE FAILURE: Victoria’s Secret is ditching their hot models for a lesbian activist soccer star because it’s just too disgustingly patriarchal and sexist that their marketing has always focused on appealing to women who want to look sexy for men. CLICK https://www.facebook.com/MattWalshBlog/videos/786714855378265 [4:45] to hear Matt Walsh talk about how absurd this is. Not that you need him to explain this.

WUHAN: CLICK https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1405548693823143936 [1:35] to hear Sen. John Kennedy talk about the WHO. He’s got some great lines. Sadly, the situation is not funny. At all.

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by | June 18, 2021 · 6:39 am

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2A: On Wednesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott quietly signed a permitless constitutional carry act into law. As of Sept. 1, Texan gun owners who are over age 21 who legally own a firearm may carry it either openly or concealed, without needing a permit or training.

BACK THE BLUE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/MattWalshBlog/videos/1471126406557352 [4:29] to see body cam footage of a hero cop saving a 13-year-old girl from an adult perv she met on-line.

CHICAGO: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/TuckerCarlsonTonight/videos/1328404490924441 [6:56] to hear Tucker Carlson report on the city’s maniac mayor and the human death toll.

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://twitter.com/stevenvoiceover/status/1404906798176477191 [:32] to see inside his brain.

G7: On Thursday, the photo above and another similar one hit Twitter via Ryan Saavedra. The public face of FFAUXTUS and French President Emmanuel Macron was cordial. It looks like things were quite different behind closed doors.

From George Rowe – “It’s beyond any reasonable dispute that the slack-jawed old senile man staggering through this punchline presidency is getting more senile by the day. … During his Euro trip, he was a total embarrassment.”

GEORGIA: Fulton County, the largest in the state, is predominantly Democrat. Documents submitted by Fulton’s election officials to state officials show significant irregularities in the Atlanta area during last November’s voting.

These problems, which range from identical vote tallies repeated multiple times to large batches of absentee ballots that appear to be missing from the official ballot-scanning records, potentially impact thousands of ballots in a state Biden supposedly won by fewer than 12,000 votes.

LEFTIES EAT THEIR OWN: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/officialbenshapiro/videos/507186497092004 [7:20] – NPR recently published an article blasting Tom Hanks for being in too many movies that portray white people doing good things. While Tom Hanks is pretty woke himself, it’s never enough for the leftist mob.

MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP: Colorado’s persecution of Jack Phillips continues as a Colorado district court rules he must create custom cakes celebrating gender transitions. Phillips is a devout Christian. Radical activists have repeatedly sought him out, demanding he make cakes celebrating the LGBT movement, which he opposes on religious grounds.

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: In March 2018, despite a critical shortage of foster homes, Philadelphia suddenly canceled its contracts with Catholic Social Services (CSS) for refusing to place children with same-sex couples. This despite no LGBTQ couple ever having approached CSS.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the state can’t shut down a Catholic adoption agency that refused to compromise its Christian values.

SAN FRANCISCO: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/newsbusters/videos/822949231992034 [:25] to watch a brazen thief load up a trash bag with goods and ride away. Store staff just have to watch it happen.

Apparently, the Dimocrats’ extra harsh lockdown didn’t do enough damage to small businesses in San Franfeces, because the city recently decriminalized theft under $950. Predictably, shoplifting has skyrocketed, with stores having zero recourse … except to close forever.

‘Frisco used to be a beautiful city and a popular tourist destination. I went once and loved it. Now, thanks to the idjits running the place, the only people living there are the ultra rich, the poor, mentally ill, and drug addicted homeless, and an ever-shrinking middle class.

I’m thinking the closing of local stores will mainly hurt the homeless who can’t drive to stores or shop on-line. However, there’s a bright side to this. If the homeless flee, the über rich can finally have the city all to themselves … which may be what they’re after.

TEXAS: Gov. Abbott has signed a “trigger” bill into law that will begin banning abortions completely or as much as the U.S. Supreme Court allows after overturns Roe v. Wade. The ban would go into effect 30 days after the Supreme Court rules. Exceptions would be allowed for risks to the mother’s life or a “substantial impairment of major bodily function.” Abortionists who violate the measure could face fines or prison time.

TRANS: An emeritus professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University has been removed from an American Psychological Association (APA) email group for posting: “Hmm… Binary view of sex false? What is the evidence? Is there a Z chromosome?”

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by | June 17, 2021 · 6:53 am

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BACK THE BLUE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/officialbenshapiro/videos/1188831848254865 [3:13] to see two cops heroically rescue a man from his burning car … in the nick of time!

BORDER: On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced he is accepting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s invitation to visit the crisis at the border. They hope to draw attention to what Trump called “grave and willful dereliction of duty” by his successor.

CATHOLIC: A recent CatholicVote poll found that 74% of Mass-attending Catholics believe that “Catholic public officials who disagree with their Church on serious or grave matters” should “avoid creating confusion and disunity by not presenting themselves for communion.”

Catholic Vote President Brian Burch says, “These are the Catholics our Bishops should be listening to.”

FAUXTUS: He wanted to visit the Vatican and celebrate Mass with Pope Francis. The Vatican said nope.

“Our sources confirm that there was indeed a plan for the President to visit the Vatican, with the hope that he could attend Mass as part of his European trip,” said CatholicVote President Brian Burch Tuesday. “If he received Communion at the Vatican — whether directly from Pope Francis or not — it would surely have been used by partisans to influence the anticipated discussion expected among the Bishops in the United States later this week.”

ILLINOIS: From Clarissa – “In Illinois, two-year-olds will continue to get masked in daycare until they can be vaccinated.

“Why?

“Here’s the explanation from the governor’s office and I quote: ‘Now that fewer adults get infected, COVID might move on to infecting kids.’

“Because apparently COVID is sentient and rational. It thought about its options and decided to become dangerous to kids in an exercise of free will.”

MASKS: A group of parents in Gainesville, FL, sent 6 face masks to a lab at the University of Florida, requesting an analysis of contaminants found on the masks after they had been worn. The resulting report found that five masks were contaminated with bacteria, parasites, and fungi, including three with dangerous pathogenic and pneumonia-causing bacteria. Although the test is capable of detecting viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, only one virus was found on one mask (alcelaphine herpesvirus 1).

The analysis detected the following 11 dangerous pathogens on the masks:

  • Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumonia)
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tuberculosis)
  • Neisseria meningitidis (meningitis, sepsis)
  • Acanthamoeba polyphaga (keratitis and granulomatous amebic encephalitis)
  • Acinetobacter baumanni (pneumonia, blood stream infections, meningitis, UTIs—resistant to antibiotics)
  • Escherichia coli (food poisoning)
  • Borrelia burgdorferi (causes Lyme disease)
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae (diphtheria)
  • Legionella pneumophila (Legionnaires’ disease)
  • Staphylococcus pyogenes serotype M3 (severe infections—high morbidity rates)
  • Staphylococcus aureus (meningitis, sepsis)

Half of the masks were contaminated with one or more strains of pneumonia-causing bacteria. One-third were contaminated with one or more strains of meningitis-causing bacteria. One-third were contaminated with dangerous, antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens. In addition, less dangerous pathogens were identified, including pathogens that can cause fever, ulcers, acne, yeast infections, strep throat, periodontal disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and more.

The face masks studied were new or freshly-laundered before wearing and had been worn for 5 to 8 hours, most during in-person schooling by children aged 6 through 11. One was worn by an adult. A t-shirt worn by one of the children to school and unworn masks were tested as controls. No pathogens were found on the controls; samples from the front top and bottom of the t-shirt found proteins that are commonly found in skin and hair, along with some commonly found in soil.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Jack Denton was serving as the Student Senate president at Florida State University when he shared his Catholic faith with his peers — many of whom he considered friends — in a private chat.

People who were not his friends edited words spoken in love and concern to make him appear hateful and posted them in the internet. In the backlash, the university removed him from his office. One of his enemies said, “I am disgusted that other Catholics are attempting to stand behind him with his outdated and extreme cult mindset. Those who choose not to denounce Jack Denton tonight should expect the same action and scrutiny from the entire community moving forward.“

Alliance Defending Freedom took Denton’s case to court and won. Denton was reinstated and the university issued a statement affirming its intention to protect their students’ First Amendment rights, as well as restoring Denton’s lost wages, covering attorney’s fees and issuing $10,000 in damages to him.

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ARIZONA: Attorney General Brnovich sent a snippy letter to the US Department of Justice saying, “My office is not amused by the DOJ’s posturing and will not tolerate any effort to undermine or interfere with our state Senate’s audit.“

AUSSIE NEWS: [2:18] – Sky News Australia mocks American Jerknalism, calling it “quite appalling to watch.”

EMPOWERING THE CORPORATOCRACY: The lockdowns didn’t save lives, but they did cost us nearly 40% of our small businesses … which I’m suspecting was the point.

For the most part, big companies were able to weather the losses and now many of those who were formally employed by small businesses are now reemployed by their larger competitors.

Gee, what a surprise. Not. Small businesses are primarily owned by middle class entrepreneurs and families, the exact people the Left hates and seeks to destroy.

FAUXTUS: [1:12] – I miss The Donald.

GEORGIA: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/TuckerCarlsonTonight/videos/956793311528893 [10:28] to hear Tucker Carlson talk about Atlanta’s government and how its richest neighborhood is attempting to secede.

MICROAGGRESSIONS: Our culture is so TOTALLY RAAACIST that the cancel culture is now targeting 150 birds whose names are offensive and need to be changed RIGHT NOW.

“Next time you see a majestic bird effortlessly flying around and gently perching on a tree, think about the horrible racist it could have been named after and please, stop enjoying yourself.” – Jessica Swietoniowski

MIDTERMS: Nine of the ten Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump earlier this year are already facing primary challenges from pro-Trump candidates.

NICKELODEON: Since Nickelodeon and its preschool-targeted network, Nick Jr., started overtly pushing an LGBTQ agenda, viewership has dropped by more than two thirds. Average viewership is now at a pathetic 372,000.

RACISM: A black man went on a two-state shooting spree in which he targeted white people he didn’t know, because they were white. You know how you can tell that the shooter was black and the victims were white? Because the media didn’t mention race at all.

CNN’s lede: “A 39-year-old man was arrested Saturday in connection with three separate shootings in less than 24 hours that wounded five people across the Columbus, Georgia, metro area, according to police.”

RANDOM ACT: Bobby Read asked Brooksville, Florida, if he could buy the small building in the photo to turn it into a gym. They said sure. At the closing, Read said he thought the legal description of the property was more extensive than what he intended to buy. City officials went meh and signed it over to him without checking.

Several days later, Read found out the parcel he had bought included the town’s water tower. Read, being a good guy, transferred the tower back to Brooksville. A local resident suggested it was time for “voters to replace the city council and the city manager.” Ya think?

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: The pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Calgary has been arrested for the second time for leading worship in violation of out-dated COVID-19 regulations.

Police found the outdoor service via helicopter, then surrounded worshipers with cruisers. Very North Korea, no? But despite the obvious and IMMINENT DANGER TO ALL FROM COOOOOVID, the cops just observed.

The next day, they went to Pastor Stephens’ home to arrest him … where there was nobody there to object but his wife and weeping children.

Shortly before police arrived, Stephens tweeted, “I just got a tip that the police may be on their way to arrest me. Why? I continue to lead our church to worship Jesus as Lord over every earthly power. More to come… Pray brothers and sisters. Stand firm, keep the faith.”

Kinda reminds me of St. Paul, you know?

TEAR GAS: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) played into the media narrative that Trump had tear gassed peaceful protesters so he could have a photo shoot. Bowser was applauded by Democrats for turning the area into Black Lives Matter Plaza in honor of the protesters.

An investigation proved that the entire narrative was a lie. It wasn’t Trump who had peaceful protesters gassed; it was Bowser’s people who had violent protesters gassed. I hope Trump doesn’t hold his breath waiting on the execrable Muriel to apologize.

TRANS: I encourage you to click and read Peter Heck’s thoughtful piece that was inspired by a recent viral video.

WUHAN LAB: John Stewart pissed off Leftists by doing some actual comedy. Stick with it through the bit where he says we owe a great debt to science. It’s a build up to the punch line. [8:37].

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