Links for 6–13-25
sanctuary states are a political gamble
⭐️ Victor Davis Hanson: The Rogue’s wew gallery of left-wing scoundrels. From: American Greatness. The left’s martyr-making machine is in overdrive—recasting criminals, rioters, and radicals as victims, even as the public demands law, order, and sanity.
Democrats make a political gamble by supporting sanctuary states. From: George Caldwell/Daily Signal. Backing those policies is a major political gamble with midterms coming in 2026.
🤪 Maxine Waters blames Trump for LA violence she previously claimed wasn’t even happening. From: Harold Hutchison/Daily Caller News Foundation. When talking point one is nuked, go to two.
Why aren’t they at work? From: Frieda Powers/American Wire. Obnoxious protesters shutdown massively busy Chicago traffic.
👉 The so-called protestors aren't helping anyone. From: Cenk Uygur/X. Why do you need to burn Waymos and American flags? What does that prove, other than what Trump wants to prove, that you are against America, violent and dangerous?
DOJ finally gives immigration judges tools to prune their dockets. From: Cully Stimson/Daily Signal. The three tools are summary judgment authority, the ability to dismiss a clearly non-meritorious case based on the pleadings, and contempt authority.
🎯 Tipping the scales: Why so many cases against Trump are heard by Democrat-appointed judges. From: Benjamin Weingarten/Real Clear Investigations. Three-quarters of the lower court justices who have blocked Trump policies were appointed by Democrats.
Immigration protests and media distrust: Everything comes back to 2020. From: Alex Berenson/Unreported News. We're still grappling with the aftermath of journalism's profound failure during Covid and the George Floyd protests.
👏 Feds nab man accused of dropping off masks to anti-ICE rioters in LA. From: Finn & Arias/Fox News. Justice Department directs US attorneys to aggressively prosecute and publicize cases against violent rioters.
Democrats Newsom and Bass have destroyed America’s Golden State. From: Douglas Murray/NY Post. The unrest, car-burnings, Apple-store lootings and more that have overtaken California in the past week can be placed firmly at the door of California’s leadership.
🔎 Extending the Trump tax cuts is a good idea. But it won't deliver 'Big, Beautiful' economic growth. From: Veronique deRugy/Reason. The budget legislation is full of other expensive provisions that will add trillions to our sky-high national debt.
John Roberts is the face of Leftists’ judicial coup. From: Shawn Fleetwood/The Federalist. There has never been a figure in modern U.S. history who has done more to destroy the judiciary’s credibility than John Roberts.
🇬🇧 Britain’s war on free speech. From: Noel Yaxley/American Mind. The Trump Administration is working to prevent it from arriving on America’s shores.
Trump admin moves to blow up Biden’s assault on America’s power grid. From: Audrey Streb/Daily Caller News. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed axing or reforming major Biden-era rules on power plants.
💉 Mandating vaccines destroyed American medical freedom. From: Rand Paul Review. It likely killed a lot of people too.
The fall of Pride is upon us. From: Dennis Kavanagh/Spiked. Gender ideology is the enemy of gay and lesbian rights. The ghoulish, fleshy public spectacle that is Pride Month 2025 has little to say beyond exhibitionism and hedonism.
🏳️🌈 Why “Pride Month” 2025 is falling flat. The swift and ongoing fallout from that campaign even generated a new phrase – “the Bud Light treatment,” which refers to a company tanking after going all-in on Pride Month.
California city adopts new homelessness policy: shelter or handcuffs. From: Kalé Carey/Straight Arrow News. San Jose passed a new ordinance allowing arrests for trespassing if a homeless person refuses shelter three times within 18 months.
🔥 Cargo ship with electric vehicles burning is abandoned in Pacific Ocean. From: Leslie Eastman/Watts Up With That. Chemistry does not change, no matter how much the narratives are manipulated. Lithium battery fires will remain a significant fire response challenge unless their inherent chemistry changes.