⭐️ An assassination attempt on democracy. From: Tom Slater/Spiked. The shooting of Donald Trump is a watershed moment for the culture war.
The terrible echo of 1968 America's wound has never healed. From: Emily Jashinsky/UnHerd. “It may seem like we’ve been here before, but what if we never actually left?”
👉 Another chapter in a grim history. From: Tevi Troy/City-Journal. The long chronicle of presidential assassinations and attempted assassinations reveals certain commonalities and one overarching lesson.
Federal appeals court says there is no fundamental right to change one’s sex on a birth certificate. From: Washington Examiner. Tennessee court refuses to uphold fraud.
🚩 Warning signs about Secret Service emerged months before Trump assassination attempt. From: John Solomon/Just the News. Congress launches instant probe as lawmakers fear Trump security detail had inadequate resources.
California’s fast-food minimum wage hike keeps hurting workers. From: Zachary Faria/Washington Examiner. The move has already led several fast-food restaurants and chains to let go of workers who will not see the law’s benefits, given that they are, you know, unemployed.
🎯 Congress ‘can regulate virtually anything.’ From: Jacob Sullum/Reason. How legislators learned to stop worrying about the constitutionality of federal drug and gun laws by abusing the Commerce Clause.
It's NOT Joe Biden's collapse that's making New York a 'battleground,' but antisemitism, migrants and crime. From: NY Post Editorial Board. New York Democrats are in full “the sky is falling” panic mode — as exemplified by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine fretting: “I truly believe we’re a battleground state now.”
😬 The threats posed by environmental, social, and governance policies. From: AIER. Leaders in business, government, and finance have increasingly imposed Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria on the rest of society.
The fraught relationship between science and power. From: Toby Rogers/Brownstone Institute. The biggest breakthroughs in the history of science usually come from the outsiders. So there’s a paradox in that proper science often dies when it makes an unholy alliance with the state.
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.”— Psalm 20:7 🙏 “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.”— Psalm 20:7 🙏