The Morning Report — 6/30/22

Good morning, kids. Thursday and just like that 2022 is half over. I want to start off today with a story that at first glance might not seem relevant to what's going on but IMHO is connected directly and profoundly. Yesterday, a man named Hershel "Woody" Williams passed away at the age of 98. Some of you may recognize his name while, sadly, far too many in this country do not.

The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to CORPORAL HERSHEL W. WILLIAMS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as Demolition Sergeant serving with the First Battalion, Twenty-First Marines, Third Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Iwo Jima, Volcano Island, 23 February 1945. Quick to volunteer his services when our tanks were maneuvering vainly to open a lane for the infantry through the network of reinforced concrete pillboxes, buried mines and black, volcanic sands, Corporal Williams daringly went forward alone to attempt the reduction of devastating machine-gun fire from the unyielding positions. Covered only by four riflemen, he fought desperately for four hours under terrific enemy small-arms fire and repeatedly returned to his own lines to prepare demolition charges and obtain serviced flame throwers, struggling back, frequently to the rear of hostile emplacements, to wipe out one position after another. On one occasion he daringly mounted a pillbox to insert the nozzle of his flame thrower through the air vent, kill the occupants and silence the gun; on another he grimly charged enemy riflemen who attempted to stop him with bayonets and destroyed them with a burst of flame from his weapon. His unyielding determination and extraordinary heroism in the face of ruthless enemy resistance were directly instrumental in neutralizing one of the most fanatically defended Japanese strong points encountered by his regiment and aided in enabling his company to reach its' [sic] objective. Corporal Williams' aggressive fighting spirit and valiant devotion to duty throughout this fiercely contested action sustain and enhance the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service

I can't imagine what he and every other person who survived hell on earth to preserve the future for their kids and grandkids must have felt seeing their sacrifices pissed away to spawn the very same tyranny right here at home that they shed blood to defeat. Woody Williams was the last surviving World War Two era Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, and has now passed into history. Along with those of us who either know or don't know his story, there are those who are hell bent on erasing it altogether. Why? Because the tiniest spark of the American spirit that exists in an ocean of totalitarian darkness poses an existential threat to their power. George Orwell said, "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."

Replacement theory is more than just importing millions of aliens from other countries and cultures and intentionally not assimilating them. It's lobotomizing our heritage, history and culture — our collective memory — and replacing it with something completely alien, antithetical and completely false. Given the state of academia in this country, when the last World War 2 veteran passes into history, or even when people like me already approaching senior citizen status go, the words Omaha Beach, Peleliu and Einsatzgruppen along with the Gettysburg Address and "shall not be infringed" will be complete gibberish to our children and grandchildren. That is, if the "Disinformation Governance Board," even allows them to be uttered at all under penalty of a fine or imprisonment or both. Worse, our children and our grandchildren acting as the eyes and ears of the regime to report seditious and treasonous "hate speech."

Not having children wasn't a conscious choice on my part but just the way things turned out in my personal life. Given the trajectory of this country and the world since 9/11, I am grateful for that. It's bad enough they would have to suffer in an America turned into a socialist police state, but the thought of them becoming an enthusiastic part of the ruling elite is just too hateful to contemplate.

Hail and farewell to Hershel "Woody" Williams. Here's hoping that his spirit still lives on in the generations that he and so many others sacrificed for. I think it does.

RIP and Semper Fi.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "What’s behind the apparent rash of fires at U.S. food-processing facilities?"
  Smoke and Mirrors
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: "Once again, it’s all about money and power. . . This is what happens when a corrupt megalomaniac wields executive-level power, with zero accountability to the people."
  "There’s Going to be Another Pandemic"
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "The transgender pronouns, diversity training, and lesbian wedding ads aren't working."
  The Military Went Woke. Now It Can’t Find Recruits
  
• "Michelle Obama launched a cover story for her intense political activity back in 2008. Soon, we'll see it come to fruition."
  Michelle Obama Is Running for President in 2024

ABORTION
• "Clarence Thomas is under fire for leaving the plantation."
  The Left’s Racist Reaction to Dobbs v. Jackson
  
• Specifically, in his concurrence in Dobbs, Justice Clarence Thomas issued an invitation for conservative states to focus on other “rights” created out of thin air by the courts: “(I)n future cases” (which states must generate) “we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold (privacy right to contraceptives), Lawrence (overturning sodomy laws), and Obergefell  (same-sex ‘marriage')."
  Justice Thomas is Right. Dobbs is Just the Start
  
• "Time to give credit where credit is due."
  Who Killed Roe and Why Did It Take So Long?
  
• There are “actually dangerous ramifications to doing this.”
  White House Forced to Dismiss Idea of Abortion Tents in National Parks
  
• "Since Friday, 87 prosecutors have signed a letter published by Fair and Just Prosecution, a Soros-funded progressive legal nonprofit, stating that they will 'decline to use our offices’ resources to criminalize reproductive health decisions and commit to exercise our wellsettled [sic] discretion and refrain from prosecuting those who seek, provide, or support abortions.'" (shit can the lot, with extreme prejudice - jjs)
  Nazi Collaborator Soros-Funded Prosecutors Pledge to Defy Pro-Life Laws
  
• "The Supreme Court last Friday released its opinion in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health, which declared that there is no federal constitutional right to abortion and that it is, therefore, up to the states to determine their own abortion laws."
  Pope "Fiction" Meets With Malig-Nancy Pelosi Two Days After She Vows "To Enshrine Roe v. Wade Into the Law of the Land"
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• David Harsanyi: ". . . Dobbs finally allows us to find out what people really think."
  Democrats Are Fooling Themselves on the Popularity of Abortion
  
• "Abortion is illegal in Guatemala with the exception of when pregnancy threatens a mother’s life. Giammattei, who took office in January 2020, said, 'I swore an oath over the law, and I have to make sure the law is respected.'”
  Guatemalan President Giammattei: U.S. Divided on Abortion While Guatemala Strives to Be Pro-Life
  
• "More significant than the immediate consequences of recent Supreme Court decisions may be the Court’s effect on how Americans understand their country."
  A Republic, or a Juristocracy?
  
• "Why, exactly, is stare decisis so important?"
  Roe Woe: Manchin and Collins Violate Their Oaths by Stressing Un-American Stare Decisis
  
• "An echo of segregationists’ resistance to the Court." (same party, different decade - jjs)
  Pro-Abortion Radicals’ War on the Supreme Court
  
• "The Dobbs decision sets a new precedent that sees power withdrawn from the federal government and returned to the states as set forth in the United States Constitution."
  The Big Picture Reason the Left is Violent About Roe's Demise

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• "We can debate whether this is more Maoist, or Stalinist, or Stasi, or something else but the one thing it isn’t is American. . . A presidential administration is systematically using its police power to intimidate the political opposition at the highest levels."
  Tucker Carlson Puts Together the Long List of Political Arrests in Biden's America
  
• "The TV host is a threat to national security, regime academic claims."
  Tucker Carlson, "Stochastic" Terrorist?
  
• "Let’s hope a sufficient police presence will keep the streets of New York safe as the rage over Dobbs continues to demolish things in its wake. And as the 2022 elections approach, let’s hope we don’t see another 574 left-wing riots as in the run-up to the 2020 election."
  Anti-Dobbs Reign of Terror Gains Momentum
  
• "Two standards of justice."
  Move Over J6 Protesters, the Left is Back Outdoing You With Violence
  
• "The FBI and the DOJ are guilty of doing exactly the things with which they charged Rep. Jeff Fortenberry."
  FBI Lies and Entrapment Result in Probation Sentence for Former Republican Congressman
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: "How odd that leftists are destroying the very customs and traditions whose loss will come back to haunt them when Democrats lose the Congress in November."
  The Cry-Baby Leftist Mind
  * * * * *

• "[Dweeb Leftist Jamie] Raskin could not provide any solid proof besides implying that it sounded true."
  January 6 Committee Member Admits Star Witness’ Evidence Is Hearsay, No Corroborating Evidence
  
• "The Democrats’ founding myth of January 6 takes another ludicrous plot twist."
  Amber Heard 2.0
  
• Jack Posobiec: "They want him and his entire movement, the MAGA movement, gone. They want it gone from the United States, they want it gone from the halls of power, and they want it gone from polite society."
  Attempted "Detrumpification" of US Underway as Biden Junta Runs J6 "Investigation in Search of a Crime"
  
• "Examination of the committee’s request to speak with Ginni Thomas has given the prominent conservative activist pause."
  Ginni Thomas Demands Context From J6 Panel Before She’ll Cooperate With The Hostile Probe

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• According to gun expert Lee Williams, “in the 11 months since Joe Biden declared war on ‘rogue gun dealers,’ the ATF has revoked 273 FFLs — an increase of more than 500%.”
  House Judiciary Republicans Demands Answers From ATF Over Increase In Federal Firearm License Revocations
  
• "The leak exposed the private information of all gun owners who applied for a concealed carry permit between the years 2011 and 2021. The information exposed included the names, date of birth, gender, race, driver’s license number, addresses and criminal history of the gun owners. Thousands of civilians, including 244 judges and 420 reserve officers were exposed in the leak."
  California DOJ Breaks Silence After Massive Leak of Gun Owners’ Private Info

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "Rather than trying to stop the group, authorities issued permits and allowed them to continue north in a fragmented manner."
  Mexico Gives Travel Permits to 3000 Caravan Migrants Headed to U.S.
  
• “We aren’t a border state. People are wondering, ‘Why are you doing this?,’” DeSantis said. “People will say, ‘Let Texas or Arizona worry about that.’ Let me tell you, people trying to come in illegally are trying to get to Florida.”
  DeSantis to Investigate "Sanctuary Cities" That Abet Human Trafficking
  
• "The Biden [junta] strives to get the most glaring misfit for the job—one whose career and ideology fly in direct opposition to the stated goals of the agency in question."
  Biden’s Collection of Misfit Immigration Appointments
  
• "Expansion of the state’s CalFresh food stamps program will cost California’s taxpayers more than $35 million and about 75,000 illegal aliens are expected to enroll every year."
  California Makes History: First State in U.S. Giving Food Stamps to Illegal Aliens

  DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS

• "The road to Venezuela runs through Washington."
  Nationalize "Big Oil?" Are You Crazy
  
• "The proposed regulations take aim at the Permian Basin, the largest oil field in the United States, accounting for 95,000,000 gallons of gasoline per day or 40% of the oil produced domestically, according to the Texas Governor’s Office. The move comes amid record gas prices and ongoing energy insecurity for many Americans."
  Biden’s EPA Has America’s Biggest Oil Field In Its Regulatory Crosshairs

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "Skipping meals, conserving water."
  Bidenflation Wreaks Havoc on Personal Spending, Poll Shows
  
• The report is one of several that follow Tesla CEO Elon Musk announcing that he has a “super bad feeling” about the economy — a sentiment that led him to instruct Tesla executives to “pause all hiring worldwide” and say that the company needs to cut 10% of its labor force.
  Tesla Closes Down Office in California
  
• "Our supply chains reveal the spiritual desolation at the heart of America."
  Trucker Nation
  
• You can't put a price on no more mean Tweets.
  Gallup: 67% of Americans Say Gas Prices Causing a 'Hardship,' 55% Altering Vacation Plans

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• “The G7 leaders are pretending that nothing has happened to the green agenda,” Benny Peiser, director of the Global Warming Policy Forum, told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “In reality, if you look at individual member states… it’s quite obvious that the green agenda will be sunk.”
  Is the Global Climate Agenda Dead? G7 Turns to Fossil Fuels Amid Energy Crisis
  
• "The Supreme Court is likely to weaken the Biden [junta's] efforts to limit carbon dioxide emissions in West Virginia v. EPA, with several of the justices having probed the extent of EPA’s authority in oral arguments."
  Top Biden Officials Reveal Plans To Continue Pushing Climate Agenda If Supreme Court Blocks EPA

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "The brutal killing last week is just the latest instance in which bail reform and lightened sentencing by so-called criminal justice reform prosecutors have brought deadly consequences."
  Nazi Collaborator Soros Prosecutor Freed Violent Offender Now Charged With Killing Homeless Woman
  
• “Castro-Huerta’s argument would require this Court to treat Indian victims as second-class citizens. We decline to do so.”
  SCOTUS: Oklahoma Can Prosecute Non-Native Americans for Crimes Committed on Native American Lands
  
• "The decision to reduce funding for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was proposed by City Manager David Wilson right as the city is experiencing a significant increase in crime."
  Crime-Ridden West Hollywood Votes to Defund the Police

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• "It is not the first time that an initiative purportedly aimed at protecting children online has faced allegations of overreach and privacy violations. Last year, a plan by Apple to proactively scan iPhone and iPad photos to hunt down images of child sexual abuse was stalled after backlash from privacy advocates who pointed out that the technology would allow Apple to scan the photos of its users at any time, for any reason."
  California Bill Would Require Websites to Verify Users’ IDs
  
• In the tweet prompting Twitter’s suspension, Peterson wrote, “Remember when pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician.”
  Twitter Suspends Jordan Peterson After He Tweets "Ellen Page Just Had Her Breasts Removed"
  
• "They tried to cancel the Louisiana GOP. Guess we have to cancel them right back."
  It’s Time to Break the De-platforming Ticket App Eventbrite
  
• Robert Spencer: "What malicious inconsistency looks like."
  Twitter is Just Fine With Calls to Assassinate Justice Thomas

  LOCKDOWN 2: MONKEY POX MONKEY BUSINESS BOOGALOO???

• "The agency is ramping up surveillance and concern." (just in time for the midterms, nein? - jjs)
  CDC Activates Emergency Command Center for Monkeypox

  AMERICA, AND THE WORLD, IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• The [Chinese] COVID-19 pandemic has raised serious questions about globalization, not only about the virus and its rapid transmission around the world but also about its source, China."
  Making China Pay for Its Pandemic
  
• "This would be hilarious if it were not so serious."
  Germany's Experience with Chinese COVID "Vaccines" Suggests They Increase Omicron Infections
  
• "While no one should wish anything terrible on Dr. Fauci, it is important to remember how he loomed large in destroying the reputations and careers of doctors who advocated using existing drugs to treat viral replication, inflammation, and clotting. Some researchers and clinicians feel that restricting these treatments is a crime against humanity that caused thousands of unnecessary deaths." (shteyner aff zein beyner - jjs)
  Dr. Fauci Took Some of His Own Medicine, and It Didn't Go Well

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "Over the weekend, GWU students posted a petition calling on the university to remove Thomas’ Law School class. The petition claimed the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Ginni Thomas’ alleged role on Jan. 6 makes the justice unfit to teach."
  George Washington University Rejects Demand That Clarence Thomas’ Law Class Be Canceled
  
• "The timing could not be better."
  Supreme Court Decision Advances Educational Freedom
  
• "Under the new bill, HB2853, every family in the Grand Canyon state would be eligible for the State’s 2011 Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program — initially designed for disabled, military, or failing students. The program grants families $6,500 in tuition annually per child for private or home schools or learning pods — which have grown increasingly popular nationwide over the last few years due to [Chinese] COVID shutdowns, mandates, and woke ideology."
  Arizona to Become the Nation’s "Gold Standard for School Choice," Passing Universal Bill for One Million Students
  
• “‘Payback is coming in August’ when the school board elections are held.”
  Florida Republicans Mobilizing to Win Local School Board Races
  
• "So much for intellectual diversity." (not that she is involved at a local level, but still, so much for Susan Collins - jjs)
  Maine Enshrines Cultural Marxism as State Religion in K-12 Public Schools

  SHAMPEACHMENT 1.0, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• "[Letitia] James’ office is holding the money collected by the court in an escrow account while Trump’s legal team appeals the judge’s original contempt finding."
  Manhattan Judge Ends Contempt Order Against President Trump After Lengthy Legal Battle

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• "Anti-Semitism has no place in any society."
  Parent Company Overrules Ben & Jerry’s Israel Boycott
  
• In a June 24 press release, the PFLP stated they “highly appreciate” the efforts of the Mapping Project. The statement claimed that the published Jewish organizations in Boston and throughout Massachusetts perpetuate “the racist colonial system in all of Palestine, from the river to the sea."
  Palestinian Terrorist Group 'Highly Values' Boston 'Mapping Project' for Displaying Jewish Groups, Businesses
  
• Robert Spence: "Birds of a feather."
  Virulent Anti-Semite Maher Abdel Qader Campaigns with Multiple Democrats
  
• "Much of academia's apparent hostility against religion seems to be related to political disagreements rooted in discordant worldviews."
  Jewish Academics at Odds with BDS
  
• "Must everyone cease to sing, because the village atheist is hoarse?"
  Sing, America!

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• Margot Cleveland: "This latest development in the Biden family pay-to-play scandal provides further proof a special counsel is needed to oversee the ongoing criminal probe."
  Joe Biden’s Voicemail to Hunter Means It’s Time to Appoint a Special Counsel

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• "Senate hopeful peddles dangerous stereotype, shows no remorse."
  Florida Democrat Racially Profiles Sweet Old Man Who Just Wanted To Pray for Her Soul

  POLITICS

• "The United States has been reeling under Biden’s [alleged] leadership. Since his term began, the nation has suffered a greater number of coronavirus deaths, the deadly Afghan withdrawal, an invasion on the southern border, a fentanyl crisis, 40-year-high inflation, and record-high gas prices."
  Poll: 78% Believe Nation on Wrong Track, Up 27 Points Under Biden
  
• Robert Spencer: "If Joe Biden’s [so-called quote-unquote] presidency teaches us anything, it is that Democrat policies are very, very bad for America. But any replacement for Joe in 2024 will still be running on them. It’s hard to see then how any Democrat candidate, no matter how young, charismatic, and articulate, can arouse much enthusiasm for the next presidential election."
  Wait—Why AREN’T Democrats Enthused About Biden for 2024?
  
• "Trump accurately warned voters that Biden’s policies would attack free speech and the Second Amendment, cause illegal immigrants to flood the southern border, and consumers would suffer high gas prices and a failing economy."
  Here Are the Predictions Trump Got Right About Biden
  
• "Palin, joined by fellow GOP candidate Nick Begich and Democrat candidate Mary Peltola, participated in two forums in the past week as the push toward the August 16 special election continues."
  Alaska Congressional Race Down To Three As Palin Seeks Return To Politics
  
• "Sorry, Dems…you’re still screwed."
  Guess Who Leads in the Generic Ballot After the Dobbs Decision?
  
• "The effete, preening peacock of a governor wants the country to be ruined as California has been."
  Beware America, Gavin Newsom Is Running For President

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Second look at "Hell No, We Won't Go!"?
  Biden Pledges Greater U.S. Military Presence in Europe to Counter Russia

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "The dogs may bark, but the caravan moves on."
  Palestinians Alarmed About Biden Visit
  
• "After years of Hamas neglect, corruption and mismanagement."
  Gaza Beaches Much Improved
  
• "Tim Cook spoke to 'genocide-denying propaganda rag,' says congressman."
  Apple CEO Sucks Up to China in Interview With State-Owned Media

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "The military is facing its most severe staffing crisis since the advent of the all-volunteer force in 1973."
  Thanks to Leftist Corruption, U.S. Military Recruiting is in Total Freefall

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS

• [Renowned biologist Kentanji Action] Jackson will be handed “all remaining opinions ready during this Term” beginning Thursday at 10 a.m., according to the letter. Breyer is retiring after the Supreme Court releases its two remaining opinions Thursday.
  Justice Breyer To Retire June 30 At Noon, Paving Way For Biden’s SCOTUS Pick

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• "The race between Starship and SLS for which will get into orbit first appears to be tightening."
  SpaceX< Preps for Final Engine Tests Before First Orbital Starship Superheavy Flight
  
• "Because, as the paper notes, these tubes might also be ideal locations for finding past (or even existing) Martian life, there is going to be opposition should anyone want to put a colony within them. Scientists will fear contamination, both of that Martian life as well as the humans who make contact with it. Others will want to protect that Martian life from any contact. And of course there will be a third group who will oppose any exploration there, merely out of fear."
  The Lava Tubes on the Western Slopes of Alba Mons as Potential Martian Colonies

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "Can these Democrats really be this willfully blind to the deep resentment Americans feel for being forced to “celebrate” a freaky, creepy delusional mental illness?"
  Wow, They Really Want to Do This? Delusional Democrats Advance "Transgender Bill of Rights"
  
• "Doctor slams health body’s pandering to transgender activists."
  British NHS Removes References to Women From Advice About Menopause

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "The 2021 complaint was almost certainly connected with these anti-American and bigoted BLM protests, which cannot tolerate any positive reference to any great American hero, such as Abraham Lincoln. The agenda of BLM, which claims all whites are racist and evil, as is all of American history, would be proven to be an utter lie if others could read Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Such knowledge must be censored."
  Today's Blacklisted American: Lincoln Bust and Gettysburg Address Plaque Removed from Cornell Library Because Someone Complained
  
• Christian Toto: "The Fox News superstar is getting the lion's share of this valuable group."
  These Gutfeld! Ratings Stats Should Scare Liberal Late Night Silly
  
• "The vital importance of fighting off 'semantic infiltration.'"
  Once Again, Stop Talking Like Progressives
  
• "The problem is that middle stuff. It’s those states in the middle, that red stuff. Why do they get to tell us what to do?"
  Alleged Comedienne Wanda Sykes Is Mad That Rich Coastal Elites Like Her Don’t Rule All
  
• "According to the enlightened, babies are racist now."
  Ugliness For Its Own Sake 

  HITHER & YON

• "A new front in the war of ideas has opened in this age of social media — and people who might never have heard of the great Thomas Sowell are being exposed to his brilliance."
  A New Generation Discovers Thomas Sowell

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