On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to make “Juneteenth National Independence Day” a federal holiday. Until recently, few Americans had even heard of “Juneteenth,” and for good reason: relative to other events in history, the date does not much matter.
On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in rebel states through his Emancipation Proclamation. On December 18, 1865, Congress and the states outlawed slavery throughout the country with the ratification and proclamation of the Thirteenth Amendment. On June 19, 1865 — or “Juneteenth” — a less significant event occurred: General Gordon Granger entered Texas and announced that Lincoln had freed the slaves three years earlier.
At present our national calendar includes 10 federal holidays each year: New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Columbus Day, and the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. The calendar excludes plenty of important events in American history, including the ratification of the Constitution, the election of 1800, Victory in Europe Day, and the Moon landing, just to name a few.
These federal holidays have always involved some expression of gratitude. We thank God on Thanksgiving, Christmas and even Independence Day, which, in the words of John Adams, “ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.” Washington’s Birthday, Columbus Day, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day were established to express our national appreciation for great men who helped to build our country. On Veterans Day, we give thanks to our servicemen; on Memorial Day, to those servicemen no longer with us; and on Labor Day, to the ordinary workers who do their jobs day in and day out to keep our country running. Even New Year’s Day involves “a cup o’ kindness yet for auld lang syne.”
But gratitude seems conspicuously absent from the recent recognition of “Juneteenth.” It commemorates no concrete act or particular man but rather an overdue, inconclusive episode on the never-ending march toward progress. If legislators merely wanted to mark the end of slavery, both the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment seem better candidates than a local tradition from Galveston, Texas. And both would occasion gratitude — for Lincoln, for the legislators, for the concrete acts that secured the freedom of the slaves.
But that sort of gratitude now offends the Left. Noah Berlatsky, an editor of The Atlantic, typified this attitude in 2014 when he took to the pages of his magazine to whine about “white savior” narratives in several films, including a biopic about Abraham Lincoln, the white savior who freed the slaves. This week, NPR television critic Eric Deggans went even further, criticizing Tom Hanks for having portrayed white men in any way “doing the right thing” in his historical films.
Assuming the House of Representatives and President pass the “Juneteenth” holiday into law, it will have the distinction of being the only federal holiday bereft of gratitude. “This national holiday will serve as a powerful reminder that we cannot run from our past,” explained Democrat representative Rashida Tlaib during debate over the bill. “It&#8217;s also a recognition that we have so much work to do to rid this country of systemic racism, discrimination, and hate,” added Democrat Brenda Lawrence. Barack Obama expressed the same sentiment last year, albeit in a somewhat softer tone. “Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory,” Obama tweeted, “or an acceptance of the way things are. It&#8217;s a celebration of progress. It&#8217;s an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible — and there is still so much work to do.”
The perpetual revolution to fundamentally transform our country never acknowledges victory. The revolutionaries contend that there must always be more work to be done to emancipate ourselves, not from the tangible chains of chattel slavery, but from the more oppressive bonds of tradition and society. These radicals endeavor, in the words of the New York Times’s anti-historical 1619 Project, “to reframe the country’s history” to better accord with the progressive vision, according to which our future happiness demands that despise and overcome our past.
The title of the bill to establish the new holiday refers, not to “Juneteenth,” but to “Juneteenth National Independence Day,” a reframing of our history and freedom. On our nation’s traditional Independence Day, we have given thanks for the victory that gave us our country, imperfect though she may be. Our new National Independence Day recognizes no such victory. It refuses to enjoy or even accept our nation as she is. There will always remain too much work to be done.
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The Masters may have the pageantry and the title of a “Tradition unlike any other,” the British Open course may be unique, and the PGA Championship … well, it’s just the PGA Championship. But of the four majors in golf, the U.S. Open holds a particularly special place in our hearts. 
It challenges golfers in ways other tournaments can’t, causing low scores and visible frustration on the greens. 
The 2021 U.S. Open is currently underway at Torrey Pines Golf Course in beautiful San Diego, CA. Phil Mickelson is coming off his improbable PGA Championship win, and Bryson Dechambeau and Brooks Koepka will attempt to keep it friendly after their disdain for each other went public this month.
There have been countless special moments in the long and storied history of the U.S. Open. Let’s take a look at the top five. 
2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach: Tiger Woods Runs Away From the Field
Woods was just a young pup as he entered the tournament at Pebble in 2000, but by the time he left, he&#8217;d dominated the entire field. 
He entered Sunday with a 10-stroke lead over Ernie Els, and ended the day with a 15-stroke win. Els <a href="https://www.si.com/golf-archives/2019/06/10/tiger-woods-pebble-beach-us-open-2001-history">said</a> afterward, “Anything I say is probably going to be an understatement. It seems like we&#8217;re not playing in the same ballpark right now.&#8221;
He birdied holes 10, 12, 13, and 14, finishing the final round with a 67 — the low score of the day. 
It was the beginning of the conversation on whether Woods&#8217; domination was actually good for the game. We had never seen a golfer completely dismantle the field in the manner in which Woods’ did. 
Amidst his domination is a fun story that could have ended in disaster for Woods. 
On Saturday morning, Woods was completing his second round, which he didn’t finish the day before. On the 18th tee, Woods hooked his tee shot into the ocean. As he waited for caddie Steve Williams to hand him another ball, Woods didn&#8217;t realize the danger he was in — he was down to his last ball in the bag. 
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to sound negative, but he hooks it into the ocean and now we&#8217;re down to our last ball,&#8221; Williams <a href="https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/26902640/down-last-ball-how-tiger-avoided-disaster-won-2000-us-open-15">said</a>. &#8220;He was adamant he was hitting a driver for the second shot. We had a bit of an argument. I know it&#8217;s our last ball. There&#8217;s OB [out of bounds] right, water left. I can honestly say it&#8217;s the only time I was actually shaking.”
&#8220;He hit a great drive in the middle of the fairway. But his ball is directly in line with that tree [in the right-center of the fairway]. He wants to hit a big cut out over the ocean, and I can&#8217;t tell him [we have one ball left]. I thought the nervousness was over after the tee shot, but it continued. I couldn&#8217;t say anything.&#8221;
Woods managed to hold on to his last ball, bogeying 18 to finish up his second round and going on to win in historic fashion. 
1982 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach: Tom Watson Calls His Shot
Staring at a downhill 16-foot flop shot on the par-3 17th, the gallery knew Watson faced an impossible challenge. Jack Nicklaus would finish with a round of 69, including a stretch of five birdies as the two greats tied at the top of the leaderboard. 
“Get it close,” Watson’s caddie Brice Edwards said. 
“I’m not going to get it close. I’m going to make it,” Watson replied. 
What followed was one of the most memorable shots in the history of the U.S. Open. 
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“That shot at 17 meant more to me than any golf shot I ever made,” Watson <a href="https://www.usga.org/articles/2010/03/watson-executed-when-it-mattered-most-at-1982-us-open-2147485795.html">said</a> at the time. 
Watson would go on to win his only U.S. Open with a final round of 70, clipping the “Golden Bear.” 
2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot: Phil Mickelson Hits the Tent on the 18th
There’s a reason why we all love Lefty — he’s always going to go for it, even when it’s insane to do so. 
On the 18th tee at Winged Foot, Mickelson needed a par to win The Open, and a bogey to force a playoff with Geoff Ogilvy. A simple 4-wood down the fairway was the play, but Phil pulled out his driver, and the rest is history. 
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Mickelson went way left off the tee, hitting the hospitality tent and landing in the rough. His second shot hit a tree, his third went into the 18th green bunker, and his fourth rolled over the green into the rough. Needing to hole out from the rough to force a playoff, Mickelson’s fifth shot slid past the hole, giving Ogilvy the victory, and solidifying one of the greatest collapses in golf history. 
“As a kid I dreamt of winning this tournament,” Mickelson <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/ny-phil-mickelson-winged-foot-us-open-20200912-6t2pvt4xfrbuhk7ajn357x53ni-story.html">said</a> after the round. &#8220;This one hurts more than any other tournament because I had it won. I had it in my grasp and I let it go.”
“I am still in shock that I did that. I just can’t believe I did that. I am such an idiot.”
2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines: Tiger Woods Wins On One-Leg
The idea that Woods was more than just a mere human probably was cemented as he won his third Open. 
Playing on a broken leg and a torn ACL, Woods forced an 18-hole playoff with Rocco Mediate with a birdie putt on 18. He was in obvious pain all day, grimacing and limping after every swing. 
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After the 18-hole playoff, the two were still tied before Woods finally managed to put Mediate away in the first hole of sudden death. 
1960 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills: Arnold Palmer Charges Back From Seven Down to Win
“The King” began the final round seven shots behind Mike Souchak, but started his round with two birdies. 
Palmer went on to shoot an incredible 65 to win the tournament and his only U.S. Open championship. The then 29-year-old would go on to win six more majors in his storied career. 
1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst: Payne Stewart Beats Phil Mickelson On the Final Hole
Poor Phil. In the first of his eventual six runner-up finishes at the U.S. Open, Mickelson was bested by Payne Stewart. After a birdie on 17, Stewart drained a par from 18 feet on the 18th to win the Open. 
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Sadly, Stewart passed away just a few months later in an airplane accident. 
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President Joe Biden’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin had the media gushing, arguing that he had performed the most successful diplomatic mission of this century. They fawned over the body language of his handshake, while a former secretary of state claimed that Biden was a better diplomat than they were.
“I can’t think of a more successful diplomatic mission in the twenty-first century than this one,” said Joe Scarborough on Thursday’s “Morning Joe.”
Might he have heard of the <a href="https://www.state.gov/the-abraham-accords/">Abraham Accords</a>? Under President Donald Trump, the State Department negotiated peace treaties establishing diplomatic relations between <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-secures-another-peace-deal-between-israel-and-an-arab-nation">Israel and four majority Muslim nations</a>: the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco. The Biden administration subsequently encouraged employees to stop referring to the treaties as the “Abraham Accords” and call them only “<a href="https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/state-department-shuns-term-abraham-accords/">normalization agreements</a>.” It then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-could-go-wrong-biden-reverses-sanctions-on-iranian-oil-companies-ahead-of-nuclear-deal-talks">lifted sanctions</a> on three former Iranian officials.
Scarborough might also remember that the George W. Bush administration’s policies <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-could-go-wrong-biden-reverses-sanctions-on-iranian-oil-companies-ahead-of-nuclear-deal-talks">convinced</a> Libyan dictator Mu&#8217;ammar Qaddafi to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/story/teams-arrive-in-libya-to-dismantle-wmds.amp">give up</a> his Weapons of Mass Destruction program. “Libya&#8217;s actions came after nine months of secret diplomacy,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/20/world/libya-to-give-up-arms-programs-bush-announces.html">reported</a> The New York Times in 2003. President George W. Bush promised Colonel Qaddafi that, if he scrapped his WMD program, Libya could “regain a secure and respected place” in the world; Bush later <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/story/bush-lifts-libya-sanctions">eased sanctions</a> against Tripoli. Barack Obama <a href="http://therightswriter.com/2011/09/king-obamas-war-put-al-qaeda-linked-extremist-in-charge-of-tripoli/">reversed course</a>, sent U.S. troops to <a href="http://therightswriter.com/2011/04/reagan-would-not-support-obama-on-libya/">topple</a> Qaddafi without <a href="http://therightswriter.com/2011/06/boehner-wimps-out-on-libya/">congressional authorization</a>, and turned the country over to an <a href="http://therightswriter.com/2011/09/obamas-analysts-oops-we-put-muslim-radicals-in-charge-of-libya/">al-Qaeda affiliate</a>.
Biden reaped the goodwill and unearned praise, not only of the media, but of former career foreign policy experts. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright hinted on Wednesday night’s “Cuomo Prime Time” that Joe Biden was a better diplomat than she was.
“Bilateral diplomacy is basically the working tool for how to deliver messages, how to really know what you&#8217;re going to say. And nobody is better at that than President Biden,” said Albright, who served as top diplomat during Bill Clinton’s second term in office, from 1997 to 2001. “He understands the importance of human relationships, of talking straight, and being prepared.”
“This was a very important summit,” Albright continued, because “we have a very different president from the one that [Putin] met with before, and a country where President Biden is making clear that we&#8217;re back, that he understands our value system, that we believe in human rights and freedom, and that we know that we have responsibilities. And he knew what message he was going to deliver. And he delivered it very clearly.”
Cuomo replied that the Russian president also delivered a clear message, stating that “Putin&#8217;s actually also speaking to the white-fright Trump contingent, in our country, as well.”
Albright went on to call the Trump administration “a tragic period in American history.”
The sentiment stretched into the next hour, as Don Lemon credited the president with defending democracy against all its unspecified enemies, foreign and domestic.
“Joe Biden knows full well that democracy is under attack — not only around the world, but right here at home as well,” said Don Lemon on his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/don-lemon-reports-fake-news-about-himself">newly eponymous CNN show</a> Wednesday night.
The fawning media treatment began before the bilateral summit ever took place. CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell said that Biden would arrive “at his first summit with the Russian leader with clear eyes.” On ABC’s “World News Tonight,” anchor David Muir told viewers President Biden was overly “prepared for this” tête-à-tête.
It continued from the very first second the two world leaders met and grasped hands before sitting down for their unexpectedly short meeting.
“You know, these moments are about moments,” CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto said in Hallmark style. He added that during their “handshake, Biden looked in the eye of Putin with a smile, and Putin looked away,” which Sciutto considered part of the diplomatic art of “public posturing and about how you project strength.”
Former CIA Director John Brennan similarly praised Biden’s intellect, contrasting it with that of his predecessor. “Unlike Trump, who was a novice, an amateur, and he stumbled through the issues … Biden is deeply knowledgeable about these issues and he can talk substantively in a way that Donald Trump never could.&#8221;
And the double standard continued until the last moment Biden left Geneva shortly after holding his own press conference. MSNBC’s Chuck Todd proclaimed the president “Professor Biden,” for his alleged desire to rise “above the meeting” with his Russian counterpart. CNN’s Jeff Zeleny gushed that Biden was so “comfortable in that moment, taking off his jacket.”
When Biden snapped at Zeleny’s colleague, CNN’s own Kaitlan Collins, he simply replied, “That was classic Joe Biden.”
The media’s reaction to one of Biden’s frequent flashes of temper, too, could not have contrasted more sharply with the way they covered Donald Trump. Last May, Aaron Rupar, Vox.com’s <a href="https://www.vox.com/authors/aaron-rupar/archives/2">associate editor</a> of politics and policy, tweeted a video of Donald Trump skipping Collins at a press conference when she did not respond promptly. “Trump throws a fit when [Kaitlan Collins] of CNN tries to ask him a question and abruptly ends the press conference,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1259957665117110272">wrote</a>.
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Rupar showed much greater understanding of Biden’s more heated, and more profane, dressing down of Collins. “It would&#8217;ve served Biden better to not lose his temper with Kaitlan Collins. But the problem with her question is she put words in Biden&#8217;s mouth that he didn&#8217;t say. Biden never expressed confidence that Putin would change his behavior,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1405237355691319297">tweeted</a>.
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It would&#39;ve served Biden better to not lose his temper with Kaitlan Collins. But the problem with her question is she put words in Biden&#39;s mouth that he didn&#39;t say. Biden never expressed confidence that Putin would change his behavior.
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One of the few people taking no part in the spin was Fox News’ Howard Kurtz, the host of “Media Buzz,” who said that Biden “hasn&#8217;t done much to take on Vladimir Putin, despite the cyber-hacking, despite the fact that the opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been jailed and yet he gets” a free pass.
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Peggy Noonan has spent a lot of ink lately fretting over the events of January 6. As one who has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal where she runs a column every Saturday, I certainly respect her writings in many areas. Reagan’s speech she crafted after the Challenger explosion, for example, was right on the mark. Yet for years now — the Trump years to be precise — Ms. Noonan has morphed into one of the more eloquent representatives of the staid old white-shoe wing of the GOP. That group of noble politicians who never get their hands dirty out of “principle” and are perfectly content to “lose with dignity” to those willing to play in the mud to win elections… and with them shape policy. She has been a voice of that DC establishment so well represented by the Bush family she served through two administrations. Indeed, had Ms. Noonan had her way (as I would be shocked if she voted for Donald Trump) the person taking the oath of office in 2017 would have either been the wife of a former president or the son and brother of former presidents.
Thus has her spate of recent columns disparaging conspiracy theorists, waxing tragic over the Capitol Hill riot, labeling Republicans who ousted the war-mongering DC legacy Liz Cheney “cowards”, or lamenting a GOP in disarray, not surprised me. Her latest is “Why We Can’t Move On From Jan. 6.” Perhaps a more accurate title should be “Why I Can’t Move On From Jan. 6.” I think part of the reason is that, unlike the arson, the looting, the violence and murder that for eight months consumed dozens of American cities over which she seemed to lose little sleep, what occurred on Jan. 6 was just a tad too close to home for the Washington group-think insider and columnist. It’s one thing to watch on TV from the comfort of your DC office or townhome someone else’s small business go up in flames in Minneapolis, a bleeding police officer pelted with rocks in Chicago, or a genuine insurrection in Seattle wherein an actual new faux country is declared. But it is something else entirely when a screwball with a horn hat sits in your friend’s office chair.
Ms. Noonan has been a voice of reason in the past. And I have often found myself nodding in agreement with her, even if I think she relies too much on inductive reasoning through the personal anecdote to drive home broader narratives (“I was talking to a Democrat friend the other day, and he says…”). But the former speech-writer is also representative of the very insular arm of the GOP that made the ascendancy of Donald Trump — a politician she clearly despises — possible. Her bona fides are those of the classic old school Republican establishment that has fueled so much resentment among the party base. Her fixation with a two-hour act of trespassing in the nation’s Capitol is one such example. To read her columns you would think  a hogtied Pence, Pelosi, and Schumer were trundled out on a wagon and handed over to the guillotine as an illegal government was this close to upending the entire two million-person federal apparatus. Yes, four people did die. But three were from medical emergencies and one unarmed four-tour veteran was shot by a Capitol Hill policeman… nothing to see there. BLM/Antifa rioting, by contrast, saw ten times the death toll. But for Ms. Noonan, her take-away from the latter far more pervasive and destructive atrocities was often how the imagery would drive white voters to Trump.
Given how much Ms. Noonan continues to wring her hands over Jan. 6, one would think it was 9/11, Pearl Harbor and Antietam all rolled into one. Hardly. Although this certainly fits the Democrat narrative, for which they will thank her at the next Press Club Dinner. Was Jan. 6 a serious matter? Of course. It was also brief, contained, and lost the significance Ms. Noonan keeps trying to ascribe to it the moment it was blatantly politicized by the Democrats. The party and its media cohorts who spent four months lying about the death of a capital policeman whose tragic passing was completely unrelated to the riot for political gain were the same people who spent an entire year demonizing police, and even bailing out their attackers. So one is unconvinced by Congress’ new-found love for the thin blue line.
Where I think Ms. Noonan goes awry in her reflections on the Capitol Hill riot is that she cares more about what happened and how it happened than why it happened. For me, I want to understand what did the riot mean? In fact, what did Trump’s ascendancy to be Ms. Noonan’s party’s unlikely standard-bearer say about their own leadership? What forces were at work that made so many Republicans feel so voiceless, so disenfranchised, as to offer up a thrice-married Manhattan real estate mogul and reality TV star who’d never even run for city council as their voice? The Donald was a Hail Mary pass thrown in abject desperation, by a people who no longer felt they mattered to the powerful and aloof party insiders in the far away capital city.
As if to drive home that aloofness, consider the tone-deaf first sentence in Ms. Noonan’s column. “I started the new year with a bang, at a gathering in the Washington home of a European diplomat.” Am I supposed to be impressed? I want you to imagine you are not at that swanky “gathering” clinking glasses of Louis Roederer. Rather you are sitting at your kitchen table, running your fingers through your hair,  contemplating a stack of delinquent bills before you while your children sleep, not knowing that their parents have burned through their savings and thus may lose their home due to unnecessary unemployment foisted upon them by edicts from some of the very people in that diplomat’s home who, safe in the job security of big government, will never feel the devastating impacts of their own policies. “I was interested in how Europe was processing America’s political scene.” I must ask Ms. Noonan, does she think the many American parents wondering how they’re going to afford the next run to the grocery store really care about what a diplomat from Europe — living under the protection of F-22s and US Army divisions courtesy of this same couple’s ever-rising taxes — has to say about this country?
There are many tributaries that fed into the disaffection of tens of millions that led to Trump’s 2016 nomination and victory, but it can basically be boiled down to this: there has been a complete breakdown of trust in every major institution in the country. Once important pillars of the republic — a free and impartial press, enlightened education, open exchange of ideas, corporate responsibility, a thriving middle class, a political leadership that caters to the needs and hears the concerns of its constituents, and even the legitimacy of the electoral process itself — have been, in the eyes of millions, hopelessly corrupted by people with a ruthless willingness to wield the power these combined institutions can bring to bear on the average citizen. The 2020 election was for many the final straw. Remember, we don’t just have elections to elect our leaders… we have them so we don’t kill each other. So what happened in the Capitol doesn’t happen. But all that depends on belief that the process is fair, honest, and open. Clearly, right or wrong, millions believe this is not the case. But what brought so many to this state of mistrust? Isn’t that the real question Ms. Noonan should be asking? If she wishes to brush the concerns aside as “conspiratorial”, well, hasn’t Dr. Fauci shown that sometimes today’s “conspiracy” is tomorrow’s headline?
Ms. Noonan, who swigs cocktails with “diplomats” (among the most useless and parasitic of God’s creations) has become an incarnation of the reason Trumpism, with all its boorish offenses, rose to prominence in the first place. She has worked for two Bushes in the White House whose legacies were as follows: With the father, his reneging on a pledge to not raise taxes, creating a schism in the party that opened the way for a Ross Perot candidacy, which in turn gave us the rise of the Clintons (a corrupt machine that took Trump to finally eviscerate). And with the son: the longest and most unnecessary wars in our history (still going on), and a penchant for compromising with the left to the point where he and Ted Kennedy were shaking hands in the Rose Garden. As Shakespeare might say: “Conservatism should be made of sterner stuff.”
But Ms. Noonan and her generation are not true conservatives. If she were, she would have supported a President who opposed illegal immigration, cut regulations, lowered taxes on the middle class and corporations, sought to shrink the size of the federal government, and filled the courts with Constitutional strict constructionists. But for Ms. Noonan and her like, having spent decades inside the beltway, these are all nice and good, but what kind of a guest would Trump have made at her next cocktail party? Like many in her camp, she suffers a longing for the Reagan years, even though in hindsight they just served as a speed bump along the way to the nation’s shift towards rampant leftism. And it must be pointed out that Reagan-worship has become an anachronistic fixation. We are as far from the 1980s today as the 1980s were from the 1940s. Think about that a moment.
For those who live outside the Emerald City, the paradigms shifts in governance that occur when conservatives like Ms. Noonan, who believe in bringing knives to gunfights and thus see power and the culture ripped out from under them while they review the hors d’oeuvres for their next “gathering,” have real, lasting, and often devastating consequences far beyond the annoyance of having to update one’s rolodex. While she hobnobs with DC elites, parents in the heartland must face leftist indoctrination in their kids’ schools, out-of-control tuitions, stagnant wages, inflation, an opioid epidemic, job insecurity, social media decaying young minds, and a general sense that their country has gone from Ms. Noonan’s cliché “city on a hill” to a dystopian landscape of shuttered factories, outsourced careers, and a sense that those in charge (like those in Ms. Noonan’s social circles) really do not care what goes on outside the beltway, so long as the PAC, lobbyist, and contractor money keeps pouring in.
Ms. Noonan tells us that Republicans need to be freed to “develop policies that address people’s real issues again, not only their grievances.” Does she mean the way Trump, whom she opposed, was trying to do? One cannot craft policies that address people’s real issues without appreciating what are the grievances, any more than a doctor can prescribe a cure for a disease about which she asks no symptoms. Instead Ms. Noonan harps on how appalled one should be about Jan. 6. Ironically, in her latest piece, she does briefly happen upon an insightful observation when she offers that those who were not horrified “see the Capitol as already trashed through decades of bad governance.” She describes it as a “mess and a bit of a whorehouse.” Getting warmer. But then she reflexively pivots back into her poetic “city on a hill” schtick by assuring us that “greatness can erupt there, progress can be made, things improved.” That seems sadly out-of-touch with today’s Capitol Hill. A place infested with those whose mediocrity is surpassed only by their cynicism and naked hunger for power…and willingness to selectively wield the entire system as a cudgel to attain and hold onto it. I ask Ms. Noonan, honestly, what “greatness” does she see coming out of the offices of the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Jerry Nadler, Kamala Harris, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, AOC, Cory Booker, Kristen Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders, Maxine Waters, Elizabeth Warren, etc.? I’d be curious to know what “progress” she sees emerging from a weekend retreat involving this crew.
So, yes, Ms. Noonan can bemoan the two hours in which a few hundred out-of-control citizens out of 100,000 briefly entered a Capitol building they felt no longer represented their interests anyway. But perhaps she should spend less time pondering what foreign diplomats think about the goings on of the country outside the DC ramparts, and maybe ask the people of this country instead.  And “I was having brunch with a friend at Alta Strada this weekend and over mimosas I asked her what she thought of…” is not what I mean.
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OPINION: The Wall Street Journal’s Peggy Noonan Needs A Lesson On Conservatism

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Disney is following in competitor Nickelodeon’s footsteps and planning an LGBTQ virtual concert for children in honor of Pride month. Like Nick Jr.’s “Blues Clues and You” drag queen <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/childrens-show-blues-clues-features-pride-parade-cartoon-drag-queen-children-explaining-pride-flags">parade</a>, the event will be hosted by Andrew Levitt, whose stage name is Nina West, as well as perennial kid-favorite Kermit the Frog.
According to <a href="https://twitter.com/dawsonlaurell/status/1405589018147004422?s=20">Deadline</a>, the June 27 “This Is Me: Pride Celebration Spectacular” will consist of classic Disney songs reworked to celebrate LGBTQ individuals and lifestyles. A variety of past and present Disney stars will perform, including Alex Newell, DCappella, Frankie A. Rodriguez and Joe Serafini, Jackie Cox, Jesse James Keitel, and Michael James Scott.
Disney+’s Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/disneyplus/status/1405503663934623744?s=20">announcement</a> provoked stark reaction from some users, with one <a href="https://twitter.com/Nobody73224497/status/1405709329013956608?s=20">saying</a>, “This is the last straw for me and my family. Unsubscribed as of right now.” Another <a href="https://twitter.com/dawsonlaurell/status/1405589018147004422?s=20">responded</a>, “I am unsubscribing from your service for my children ASAP. I don&#8217;t know what changes have taken place within your company re: hiring/ personnel- but this is not an appropriate direction for children&#8217;s content. Push of sexualization that children are too young/don&#8217;t yet comprehend.”
The company’s Pride promotion has also received some pushback from gay critics who have accused the company of hypocrisy, pointing out that it tends to keep its rainbow flag waving on American shores.
“Gravity Falls” creator Alex Hirsch claims Disney executives balked when he outed two major characters as gay in the 2016 season finale over fears of losing money in the Russian and Chinese markets. “Disney privately: Cut the gay scene! We might lose precious pennies from Russia &amp; China. Disney publicly: Honk honk we put rainbow bumper sticker on Lightning McQueen today CONSUME OUR PRODUCTS TEENS,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/1400119136198397953?s=20">tweeted</a> in response to a Disney Pride-themed Twitter post.
Hirsch has a point. While the Mouse House prominently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-animated-movie-onward-to-feature-first-explicitly-lgbtq-character">celebrated</a> its “first openly gay character” in an animated movie in Pixar’s “Onward,” it <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/onward-censored-in-russia-over-lgbtq-character/">quietly allowed</a> Russia to censor the content.
<a href="https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/disney-reportedly-limit-lgbtq-characters-mcu/">We Got This Covered</a> reported last year on insider claims that Disney execs are trying to pump the breaks on LGBTQ representation in its films and television shows:
<blockquote>It’s sounding like there may be some internal conflict going on at Disney. Word is that Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige is eager to get more openly LGBTQ characters in the MCU, but those plans are having the brakes put on them by the Mouse House. Sources close to WGTC – the same ones who said that ‘National Treasure 3’ was moving forward and that Marvel was planning a ‘She-Hulk’ show, both of which turned out to be correct – are telling us that Disney are scared that the inclusion of too many LGBTQ characters may mean that Marvel movies will be unable to be screened in the increasingly lucrative Chinese market.</blockquote>
There is some evidence the move could cost them domestically as well internationally. As the Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nickelodeon-ratings-crash-amid-lgbtq-push">reported</a>, recent ratings analysis shows Nickelodeon’s hard push on LGBTQ content appears to be resulting in a significant drop off in viewers. The network has lost two-thirds of its audience since 2017.
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Fox News Channel continued its winning streak as the number one network in the cable news ratings, reigning in the top spot for the 17th week in a row.
FNC earned almost three times as many total viewers as CNN during the week of June 7, according to Nielsen ratings.
The Right-leaning network attracted a total of 2.157 million viewers, as compared to 776,000 for the reliably left-of-center CNN.
CNN’s disappointing finish came even after its audience grew over the previous week. CNN saw an uptick of 1% total viewers during the week of June 7, while Fox News and MSNBC both grew their audience by 9% over the same period.
Still, the modest increase was enough to return CNN to the top 10 cable networks in prime time. The network — which celebrated its 41st anniversary on June 1 —  fell to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-falls-out-of-top-10-cable-networks-as-barack-obama-special-flops">twelfth place last week</a>, even as an hourlong special interview with former President Barack Obama drew half as many viewers as a typical episode of “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
TNT topped the cable ratings, followed by Fox News. MSNBC fell to fourth place, behind ESPN.
HGTV, TBS, TLC, the History Channel, and the Discovery Channel all came in ahead of CNN in last week’s Nielsen ratings.
Fox News got more good news when it comes to TV’s most coveted demographic, viewers aged 25 to 54. Of all cable news networks, Fox News was the only one in the top 10 among that viewer cohort. FNC ranked fifth place among the demographic, after growing that segment of its audience by 12%.
The top prime time shows during the week of June 7 again included “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” “Hannity,” and the “Rachel Maddow Show.” But Fox News has extended its dominance into the late-night comedy sector, as “Gutfeld!” beat major networks’ offerings in the 11 p.m. hour.
Greg Gutfeld’s right-of-center humor pulled in a larger audience than Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, as well as cable competitors Bill Maher, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver.
Fox also struck gold with two new weekend shows — Saturday night’s “Unfiltered with Dan Bongino” and “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy” — which again won their respective time slots during their second week on the air.
The takeaway: A star is born. Dan Bongino has had the most-viewed show on cable news for two weeks in a row, attracting 1.5 million viewers last week. With <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1069-the-dan-bongino-show-28888454/">Bongino’s radio show</a> rushing into the void left by the death of Rush Limbaugh earlier this year and his news aggregator, <a href="https://bonginoreport.com/">The Bongino Report</a>, increasingly filling the role once served by The Drudge Report, Dan Bongino’s television show could serve as the trifecta of conservatism’s next breakout personality.
Across the board, Nielsen ratings show that the American people prefer right-of-center news, commentary, and entertainment. Greg Gutfeld’s success also shows that the American people have exercised their free consumer choices to view shows that are more conservative than anything offered by the networks. Networks driven by ratings and the profit motive would watch, learn, and change their programming accordingly.
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Fox News Channel continued its winning streak as the number one network in the cable news ratings, reigning in the top spot for the 17th week in a row.

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The media are so invested in supporting the Democratic Party that they treat every election lost by a Democrat as a violation of the laws of nature. The networks believe that truth and reality so align with the views of the Left that their rejection constitutes an assault on democracy, fueled by “big money” or foreign disinformation.
It makes no difference whether voters repudiated the candidate’s far-Left agenda or if the incumbent left office under a cloud of sex scandals and corruption. Whenever a Democrat is forced out of office, legacy news outlets keep them visible, viable, and employed until they can reclaim their rightful place in the halls of power.
The legacy media have done this three times in the last week alone:
<h4>Fmr. Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA)</h4>
For most of her career, the media lavished Katie Hill with positive coverage for two reasons: She <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/08/katie-hill-wins-california-25th-house-district-over-rep-steve-knight.html">flipped</a> a Republican seat blue, and she was the first openly bisexual woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Then, her scandalous relationship with a young staffer became public, Hill resigned, and Republican Mike Garcia <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-republican-mike-garcia-declares-victory-in-democrat-katie-hills-former-district">reclaimed the district</a> for the GOP.
In the media’s universe, this cannot be allowed to continue — so CNN urged Hill to run for Congress again on Monday.
CNN’s “New Day” putatively invited Hill to comment on the president spying on members of Congress. (They could have asked members of the <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/02/the-cia-lawyer-who-led-efforts-to-spy-on-the-senate/385286/">Senate Intelligence Committee</a>, who were spied on by the Obama administration.)
Along the way, Brianna Keilar sidestepped a series of sexual harassment landmines. Mediaite <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-brianna-keilar-practically-begs-katie-hill-to-return-to-congress-at-end-of-flattering-interview/">reported</a> that CNN left out the fact that then-Congresswoman “<a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tag/katie-hill/">Katie Hill</a> and her husband had an inappropriate and possibly abusive sexual relationship with a very young female employee, as well as an <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11481038/katie-hill-staffer-congress-alleged-lover-suicidal-scandal/">affair</a> with a male staffer and, after the affairs were exposed, it was also revealed that she <a href="https://freebeacon.com/media/journalist-who-defended-katie-hill-failed-to-disclose-he-dated-her/">was dating</a> a Playboy journalist who was leading the media charge against the blog RedState, which broke the story, and British tabloid Daily Mail and two of its reporters over their reporting.” Keilar “mentioned #MeToo without the context (CNN is big on context) that former staffers for Katie Hill took over her Twitter account <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/politics/metoo-katie-hills-alleged-former-staff-take-over-twitter-account-to-accuse-her-of-workplace-abuse/">just a few months ago to expose</a> what they referred to as a ‘toxic’ environment and ‘workplace abuse’ under Hill, specifically citing the #MeToo movement among the many charges.”
Keilar concluded the interview with numerous prompts to please return to public life.
“Before I let you go, will you run again?” she asked. When Hill replied with less than full agreement, Keilar pressed whether her interest in public policy “make[s] you want to get back in the arena?” When Hill remained non-committal, Keilar closed, “We will keep asking.” Co-host John Berman smiled as he noted Hill’s answer was “not a no.”
<h4>Fmr. Rep. Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke (D-TX)</h4>
Republicans have had a hammerlock on once-blue Texas since the late Ann Richards left the governor’s office in 1995. But with positive media coverage and a <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2018/12/07/how-much-of-the-record-80-million-beto-o-rourke-raised-to-beat-ted-cruz-is-left-for-another-run/">record-breaking $80 million</a> in campaign cash, Beto O’Rourke <a href="https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/texas/senate/">came tantalizingly close</a> to winning Ted Cruz’s Senate seat in 2018. He then failed to gain traction in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, despite endorsing the confiscation of all AR-15s, the nation’s most popular rifle.
On Sunday, MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan asked O’Rourke, “Will you be running for governor of Texas, as a lot of reports suggest, against Greg Abbott next year?” O’Rourke r<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beto-orourke-hasnt-ruled-out-texas-governor-run-report-says">esponded</a>, “I’m going to see this fight through to the finish, and then after that I&#8217;m going to see how I can serve Texas, either as a candidate or supporting candidates. One way or the other, I’m in for the finish for Texas.”
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Me: &quot;Will you be running for governor of Texas against Greg Abbott next year?&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/BetoORourke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BetoORourke</a>: &quot;I&#39;m going to see this fight through to the finish and then after that I&#39;m going to see how I can serve Texas, either as a candidate or supporting candidates. &quot;<a href="https://t.co/1Ifgm616nr">pic.twitter.com/1Ifgm616nr</a>
&mdash; Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1404234469196902404?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Hasan did not point out that O’Rourke is free to run for office because President Joe Biden broke an apparent campaign promise to appoint him to a federal office. After O’Rourke endorsed Biden, the future president <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/3/joe-biden-beto-orourke-lead-gun-control-push/">promised</a> him, “You’re going to take care of the gun problem with me. You’re going to be the one who leads this effort.”
If Beto O’Rourke runs and loses, he’ll have completed a rare trifecta: losing races for U.S. Senate, governor, and president.
<h4>Stacey Abrams</h4>
Since refusing to concede that she lost her race for governor of Georgia in 2018, Stacey Abrams has failed upward into consideration as Joe Biden’s running mate and a host of other offices. She has also become a fixture on legacy media networks.
On Monday, MSNBC’s Joy Reid <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-reidout-6-14-21-n1270859">invited</a> Abrams to discuss her support of H.R. 1 on “The ReidOut.” On Thursday morning, she was on CNN’s “New Day” to discuss Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and to <a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2106/17/nday.06.html">assail</a> Republicans “who refuse to acknowledge the truth of our eyes.” Late last month, Lawrence O’Donnell interviewed Abrams while <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/transcripts/transcript-last-word-lawrence-o-donnell-5-20-21-n1268115">promoting</a> her newest novel, While Justice Sleeps.
None of the reporters asked Abrams about her plans to run for office — because she has never left any doubt about her national ambition. CBS News floated the idea of President Abrams just last month.
“Ensuring that right to vote may someday help Abrams achieve her greatest dream: running for president,” <a href="https://youtu.be/lj0-ZoyWWGw?t=426">said</a> Erin Moriarty on the May 9 episode of “CBS Sunday Morning.” Abrams replied, “When someone asks me if that’s my ambition, I have a responsibility to say yes for every young woman, every person of color, every young person of color who sees me and decides what they are capable of based on what I think I’m capable of.”
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That was a step up from Gayle King, who let Abrams put out a call for possible dates to please “<a href="https://twitter.com/BritniDWrites/status/1392227622017400835">drop me a note</a>.”
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So, here&#39;s what Gayle King ACTUALLY asked Stacey Abrams. A bit of context: Gayle began by asking Stacey about writing romance novels (she&#39;s penned 8), her new book, her writing process, and her recent CBS Sunday Morning interview in which Abrams discussed dating pre-pandemic. <a href="https://t.co/wKkEkZi57l">pic.twitter.com/wKkEkZi57l</a>
&mdash; Britni Danielle (@BritniDWrites) <a href="https://twitter.com/BritniDWrites/status/1392227622017400835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2021</a></blockquote>
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These three are hardly the only perpetual candidates and also-rans the media long to shove down their audiences’ collective throat. Left-leaning cable news networks are well into their second year of rehabilitating former Senator Al Franken (D-MN). Reporters routinely genuflected to non-candidate Chelsea Clinton for years, until her mother’s 2016 presidential loss reduced the members of the Clinton political dynasty to one. The legacy media enthused over another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/failed-texas-gov-candidate-wendy-davis-announces-ashe-schow">Texas Democratic loser</a>, Wendy Davis, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wendy-davis-invokes-god-push-abortion-amanda-prestigiacomo">abortion extremist</a> who lost a Texas two-step by basing her respective <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/greg-abbott-defeats-davis-elected-texas-governor">campaigns for governor</a> and <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/politics/electionresults/us_house_by_texas_county/article/U-S-Rep-Chip-Roy-Wendy-Davis-neck-and-neck-for-15699462.php">Congress</a> on her filibuster to preserve late-term abortion. (This was apparently before the filibuster was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elizabeth-warren-says-the-filibuster-is-racist-here-are-three-times-shes-used-it-herself">racist</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-filibuster-is-sinful-left-wing-minister-questions-joe-manchins-faith">sinful</a>.) And Geraldine Ferraro rode her 49-state blowout in the 1984 presidential election to a <a href="https://greensboro.com/geraldine-ferraro-caught-in-crossfire/article_fa8133c6-dcfc-56b9-8169-7e4f66c5cc40.html">media career</a>.
The legacy media, which refuses to accept any Democratic loss, acts as a holding tank for the party’s losers to recover between innings.
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3 Democrats The Media Are Thirsty To Have Back In Politics

Beto O'Rourke

Katie Hill

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A Supreme Court decision preventing the government from discriminating against religious institutions that place children in foster care has been twisted by media analysts into proof that Catholics “don’t have to follow the laws that everyone else has to follow.”
CNN’s Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin also falsely claimed that the ruling means that LGBT people “are not able to become foster parents in Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania.”
On Thursday, the Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/religious-freedom-advocates-celebrate-after-scotus-sides-with-catholic-group-on-gay-couple-foster-parents">ruled unanimously</a> that the city of Philadelphia wrongly excluded Catholic Social Services from a city contract to provide foster care because the organization will not place children with same-sex couples due to religious convictions.
Catholic Social Services, which began serving Philadelphia’s orphans <a href="https://cssphiladelphia.org/the-history-of-catholic-social-services/">in 1797</a>, has administered foster care for the city for more than 50 years. But in 2018, city officials moved to cut ties with the organization after discovering that its Catholic faith teaches that children should be raised in a home with a married mother and father.
No same-sex couple ever applied to become a foster parent through the Catholic agency, which would have referred the couple to one of the city&#8217;s 29 other foster care agencies that have no such religious concerns.
Although Chief Justice John Roberts ruled in <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-123_g3bi.pdf">Fulton v. Philadelphia</a> that the city violated the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-catholic-agency-same-sex-foster-care-004b978239e41675524859ae79a5333b">terms</a> of its own contract by denying a religious exemption, the legacy media presented the ruling as proof that Catholics had placed themselves above the law.
“This is allowing a Catholic foster agency to discriminate against same-sex couples who want to foster through them specifically,” said CNN Justice Correspondent Jessica Schneider on “CNN Newsroom.”
Jeffrey Toobin claimed that the ruling rewarded “a big legal cause of conservatives in America, which is telling religious institutions and religious people that they don’t have to follow the laws that everyone else has to follow.”
When others on the panel pointed out that the ruling narrowly focuses on the contract&#8217;s terms, Toobin presented the issue as one of Christian, and especially Catholic, organizations quashing the rights of LGBT people.
“You can write these things as narrowly as you want, but the message that is sent by cases like this and by the result in this case, regardless of what the words the Chief Justice used are, is that religious organizations — and it’s almost always Christians and it’s usually Catholic organizations — do not have to follow the laws that everybody else has to follow. They can excuse themselves when they have religious objections,” said Toobin, whose personal behavior has not always conformed to Catholic doctrine.
“That is a message that is being sent loud and clear,” he continued, “whether it’s holding religious services during COVID, whether it is fulfilling the requirements to pay for contraception for employees, whether it is baking a cake for a same-sex wedding, is that you can get out of obligations that are imposed on everyone else if you have a religious objection.”
“It is a controversial notion,” asserted Toobin.
He added that, thanks to the court ruling, “gay people … are not able to become foster parents in Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania.”
CNN host Poppy Harlow corrected him, saying that the decision “relates to this Catholic foster service” and “not more broadly.”
“Yes, I’m glad you pointed that out,” said Toobin, who then <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUnDPJ9bsNM">equated the LGBT situation with Jim Crow</a>. “But many foster care agencies are affiliated with churches, and so if they have a religious objection to same-sex couples, they can say, ‘No gay people need apply.’”
MSNBC offered a similarly negative interpretation of the ruling. NBC News correspondent Peter Williams said the “decision is quite narrow” because “the Supreme Court was really trying not to let the decision stand for a wider acceptance of the idea that you can discriminate based on religious freedom.”
The Hill also <a href="https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/558925-supreme-court-sides-with-catholic-adoption-agency-that-turned-away">incorrectly reported</a>, “Supreme Court sides with Catholic adoption agency that turned away same-sex couples.” As noted, not a single same-sex individual ever applied to become a foster parent via Catholic Social Services.
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Religious liberty advocates celebrated the unanimous decision, although it did not tackle the underlying First Amendment issue of religious believers’ ability to live according to the teachings of their faith.
“Despite the pitiful dearth of foster-care agencies in the United States, the Democratic stronghold of Philadelphia excluded a faith-based charity from helping to meet the growing need,” said <a href="https://frc.org/">Family Research Council</a> President Tony Perkins. “Increasingly, the Left refuses to tolerate the slightest deviation from their political orthodoxy regardless of who suffers as a result.”
Kelly Shackelford, president of the First Amendment legal watchdog the <a href="https://firstliberty.org/">First Liberty Institute</a>, said the court&#8217;s decision “ensured that religious adoption providers can continue their centuries-old work serving families and children without suffering government discrimination, because they believe that the best home for a child includes a mother and father.”
“This is a tremendous victory for religious liberty,” he said.
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On Friday, a number of House members introduced legislation looking to break up Big Tech giants Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
According to a <a href="https://jayapal.house.gov/2021/06/11/antitrust-legislation/">press release</a> from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), the bills aim to “expand opportunities for consumers, workers, and small business owners by holding unregulated Big Tech monopolies accountable for anti-competitive conduct.”
As Ben Zeisloft for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bipartisan-antitrust-bills-would-break-up-amazon-google-apple-facebook">The Daily Wire</a> noted, “The legislation has support from both sides of the aisle.”
But what would this legislation actually achieve?
In short, this legislation would be the most impactful change to antitrust law in decades, <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/what-proposed-antitrust-legislation-could-mean-for-big-tech-and-you/">following</a> “a nearly year-and-a-half-long investigation by the House of Representatives&#8217; antitrust subcommittee, which focused on competition in the digital marketplace.” 
This move by House members involves five distinct bills:
<a href="https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/American%20Innovation%20and%20Choice%20Online%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text.pdf#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/American%20Innovation%20and%20Choice%20Online%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text.pdf%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22American%20Innovation%20and%20Choice%20Online%20Act%22%7D">The American Innovation and Choice Online Act</a>
This bill would look to prevent so-called “discriminatory conduct” by Big Tech corporations, achieved by stopping them from giving preferential treatment to their products and services over various rivals. For example, Google could not promote Google products and services in their search results. It would also prevent other forms of discrimination, including “cutting off a competitor from services” or collecting data from rival companies in order to release competing products.
<a href="https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/Platform%20Competition%20and%20Opportunity%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/Platform%20Competition%20and%20Opportunity%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Platform%20Competition%20and%20Opportunity%20Act%22%7D">The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act</a>
This bill would look to prevent Big Tech corporations from buying companies which present or enable competition. As <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/what-proposed-antitrust-legislation-could-mean-for-big-tech-and-you/">CNET</a> explained, “If passed, the bill would shift the burden of proof in merger cases to the big tech companies, making it their responsibility to prove acquisitions are lawful rather than the government&#8217;s responsibility to prove a merger would be harmful,” standing as a reversal of the general “innocent until proven guilty” mentality of law enforcement.
<a href="https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/Ending%20Platform%20Monopolies%20-%20Bill%20Text.pdf#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/Ending%20Platform%20Monopolies%20-%20Bill%20Text.pdf%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Ending%20Platform%20Monopolies%20Act%22%7D">The Ending Platform Monopolies Act</a>
This bill would look to prevent Big Tech corporations from leveraging their power and influence across multiple business channels in pursuit of profitable advantages, with certain companies of a significant size prohibited from engaging in another line of business which could present a conflict of interest, such as making decisions which favor the wider business or inhibit the success of a competitor. An example of such an allegation would be Amazon selling its own branded products on Amazon.com.
<a href="https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/ACCESS%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/ACCESS%20Act%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Augmenting%20Compatibility%20and%20Competition%20by%20Enabling%20Service%20Switching%20(ACCESS)%20Act%22%7D">The Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act</a>
Also known as the Access Act, this bill would look to enable the transfer of personal information from one platform to another, with the goal of promoting competition by reducing the costs of switching platforms for both consumers and businesses.
<a href="https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/Merger%20Filing%20Fee%20Modernization%20Act%20of%202021%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/cicilline.house.gov/files/documents/Merger%20Filing%20Fee%20Modernization%20Act%20of%202021%20-%20Bill%20Text%20%281%29.pdf%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22Merger%20Filing%20Fee%20Modernization%20Act%22%7D">The Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act</a>
This bill would look to raise filing fees for mergers, which would be used to provide funding for further antitrust actions via both the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice.
Who has spoken out in favor?
This <a href="https://cicilline.house.gov/press-release/house-lawmakers-release-anti-monopoly-agenda-stronger-online-economy-opportunity">effort</a> is being led by Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-RI) and Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member Ken Buck (R-CO).
“The American people sent us to Washington to get things done. Nothing is more important than ensuring every American has an opportunity to get ahead,” said Chairman Cicilline. “Right now, unregulated tech monopolies have too much power over our economy. They are in a unique position to pick winners and losers, destroy small businesses, raise prices on consumers, and put folks out of work. Our agenda will level the playing field and ensure the wealthiest, most powerful tech monopolies play by the same rules as the rest of us.”
“Big Tech has abused its dominance in the marketplace to crush competitors, censor speech, and control how we see and understand the world,” said Rep. Buck. “Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google have prioritized power over innovation and harmed American businesses and consumers in the process. These companies have maintained monopoly power in the online marketplace by using a variety of anticompetitive behaviors to stifle competition. This legislation breaks up Big Tech’s monopoly power to control what Americans see and say online, and fosters an online market that encourages innovation and provides American small businesses with a fair playing field. Doing nothing is not an option, we must act now.”
Who has spoken out in opposition?
Adam Kovacevich — the CEO of the Chamber of Progress, a group sponsored by multiple Big Tech companies including Amazon, Facebook and Google — argued that “Democrats should focus on making people’s lives better, not messing with stuff people already like” in a <a href="https://medium.com/chamber-of-progress/new-house-bills-would-ban-these-15-tech-conveniences-that-consumers-love-f55289701ae8">blog post</a> in early June.
“Giving antitrust enforcers more funding and encouraging data portability are relatively uncontroversial ideas, but banning conveniences like Amazon Basics brand batteries, Apple’s Find my Phone tool, or Google Maps appearing in Google search results are ideas that would spark a consumer backlash,” wrote Kovacevich. “Instead of focusing on helping families, these proposals inexplicably target a bunch of technological conveniences that most people really like. Let’s hope Democrats stay focused on the right things.”
What’s next?
The bills must first be approved by the House Judiciary Committee, after which they can then move to a vote in the House of Representatives, the Senate, and then the White House for final approval.
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A left-wing activist and minister has told Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) that refusing to abolish the filibuster is a “moral contradiction” to the senator’s Christian faith, claiming that the filibuster “is sinful.”
On Monday, Rev. William J. Barber II led 200 people in a protest dubbed the “Moral March on Manchin” outside the senator’s office in Charleston. There, they <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/letter-to-senator-manchin/">read</a> a “Letter to Senator Manchin from Moral and Religious Leaders,” which said Manchin’s support for the filibuster called into question his religious beliefs.
“As a public servant who professes a faith guided by love, justice, and mercy and who has sworn a public oath to support and defend the Constitution, your public statements about the filibuster are a moral contradiction,” the letter said. “The filibuster as it is currently being used is not just bad policy. It is sinful.”
The letter claims that “[t]he filibuster continues to block the very things our faith traditions proclaim to be just and right,” specifying only the failure to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour (thanks to <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/bernie-sanders-minimum-wage-senate">eight Senate Democrats</a> siding with the chamber’s Republicans). That follows a <a href="https://twitter.com/revdrbarber/status/1382900304295890948">tweet</a> in April that says: “By supporting the filibuster, you are either an advocate or enabler of systemic racism, voter suppression, greed, the denial of health care, and the denial of living wages. We have been working with this political sin far too long!”
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By supporting the filibuster, you are either an advocate or enabler of systemic racism, voter suppression, greed, the denial of health care, and the denial of living wages. We have been working with this political sin far too long! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DontFilibusterDemocracy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DontFilibusterDemocracy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PoorPeoplesCampaign?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PoorPeoplesCampaign</a> <a href="https://t.co/lS70SYuOvq">pic.twitter.com/lS70SYuOvq</a>
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The reverend didn’t specify which verse of the Bible says, “Thou shalt not filibuster,” and he didn’t say whether the filibuster was immoral the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrats-used-filibuster-over-300-times-gop-once">327 times</a> Democrats used the filibuster in 2020 — let alone when they employed it to kill protections for <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/26/democrats-have-vigorously-used-filibuster-its-pathetic-they-now-wont-pledge-protect-it/">babies born alive</a> during botched abortions.
But then Barber has a long history of twisting theology to fit his ideologically driven religious pronouncements.
<a href="http://influencewatch.org/person/rev-dr-william-j-bar%E2%80%A6">Barber</a>, the head of the Poor People’s Campaign, told his “Moral Monday” followers to march alongside Planned Parenthood to oppose a bill that would require abortion facilities to meet the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/11/abortions-nc/2510783/">same health and safety standards</a> as any other surgical center. He worked with the nation’s largest abortion provider again in Alabama against a bill that would <a href="https://juicyecumenism.com/2019/05/30/william-barber-planned-parenthood/">protect</a> most unborn life.
The moral confusion continued as Barber <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RevDrBarber/posts/3700316376754875">applauded</a> the passage of the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-equality-act-destroys-religious-liberty-heres-what-you-need-to-know">Equality Act</a>.” The Alliance Defending Freedom <a href="https://adflegal.org/equality-act">calls</a> the act a “deliberate and unprecedented threat to free speech, religious freedom, and the progress that women have made toward true equal treatment under the law.” The bill would replace the religious liberties provided by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (which was signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton and introduced by Chuck Schumer) with an act of secular imperialism, while also denying biological women the right to privacy.
But Barber’s movement isn’t merely against things; the reverend positively endorses socialism. Barber <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dan-crenshaw-responds-dnc-pastor-no-christianity-james-barrett">asserted</a> that people who believe in “the Bible must then promote socialism, because Jesus offered free healthcare, and He never charged the leper a co-pay.”
Of course, Jesus also never worked for the government, nor did the Bible ever <a href="https://www.djameskennedy.org/video-detail/1901ttt-the-bankruptcy-of-socialism">command</a> Christians to outsource their good deeds to impersonal federal bureaucracies. Lawrence Reed literally <a href="https://fee.org/resources/rendering-unto-caesar-was-jesus-a-socialist/#0">wrote the book</a> comprehensively refuting the notion that Jesus was a socialist. This author has also addressed most of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2266&amp;v=N0FSS-xO3PQ&amp;feature=emb_logo">more common arguments</a> that the Bible demands government redistribution of wealth.
Opposing socialism is hardly an innovation; it is the traditional teaching of every major branch of Christianity. Socialist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/luxemburg/1905/misc/socialism-churches.htm">complained</a> that Orthodox Christian “believers who go to church on Sundays and festivals are compelled, more and more often, to listen to … a real indictment of Socialism.” The great Baptist preacher C.H. Spurgeon <a href="https://www.spurgeongems.org/vols22-24/chs1420.pdf">warned</a> that “socialism may yet pollute the mass of mankind.” And one of the many papal encyclicals that condemning Marxism <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno.html">states</a>, “No one can be at the same time a good Catholic and a true socialist.”
Yet Barber sublimates his faith to his political views to such an extent that he even politicized the terrorist attack against Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) by a radical left-wing assailant. As Scalise lay in a hospital bed hovering between life and death, Barber implied that, if Scalise survived, he needed to repent of his Republicanism. While Barber told “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGQEdDySUVI">AM Joy</a>” that Americans should “be united” in prayer for Scalise, he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bozell-graham-joy-reids-immoral-moment-l-brent-bozell-iii">continued</a>: “All of those that were injured needed healthcare, so now will they go back to work and … preserve the Affordable Care Act, move the universal healthcare, and make sure preexisting conditions are protected? Since they could have died, will they repent of efforts to take money from Medicaid?”
“These are the serious moral questions that have to be answered,” Barber said. On the contrary: The most serious raised by Barber’s cold-blooded politicization of grief is whether the reverend is “<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+3%3A1-5&amp;version=KJV">without natural affection</a>.”
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No one who misses as many fundamental, historical, and universal doctrines of the Bible as Barber does has any businesses preaching on the finer points of applied public morality. Perhaps he should heed the words of the Bible, “Though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s Word all over again” (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+5%3A8-14&amp;version=NIV">Hebrews 5:12</a>).
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‘The Filibuster Is Sinful’: Left-Wing Minister Questions Joe Manchin’s Faith

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In 2013, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers popularized the term “secular stagnation” — a reference to a nation’s decline into permanently sluggish economic growth. Economists use the phrase interchangeably with “Japanification” — the process of a nation adopting the traits of Japan’s economy.
As former Cato Institute senior fellow Daniel Mitchell <a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/japans-descent-keynesian-parody">summarized</a>, Japan merges “misguided entitlement programs that are found in most developed nations” and “a quadrupling of the debt burden” with “far-worse-than-usual demographics.” In other words, Japan’s economy is simultaneously limping along due to decades of Keynesian economic activism and a diminishing populace. Both phenomena inhibit the nation’s long-term economic expansion.
For any civilization, economic and demographic stagnation leads to a death spiral. 
Most immediately, an aging population decreases the tax base from which governments can fund healthcare and retirement handouts. More broadly, however, a shrinking labor force diminishes an economy’s ability to innovate and produce. With fewer people comes less output and less entrepreneurship — an effect intensified when government debt exerts a downward force on productivity.
Western nations are increasingly wary of their own slides into Japanification. European countries especially are <a href="https://www.worldfinance.com/wealth-management/europes-growing-risk-of-japanification">observing</a> negative replacement rates, older populations, and ballooning public debt in the wake of the 2008 recession.
The United States is not far behind its cohorts across the pond.
Population Decline
For one, American replacement rates have dropped tremendously. Although American women bore an average of 3.65 children in 1960, the fertility rate dropped to 1.93 births per woman by 2010. Birth rates again <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr012-508.pdf">reached</a> record lows in 2020.
For another, labor force participation is steadily diminishing. After a half-century of growth, labor force participation reached its apex in the late 1990s, when nearly 70% of Americans between 25 and 54 years old were actively employed or seeking employment. For the last two decades, however, labor force participation has continuously declined, reaching 61% in May 2021.
Both a decline in birth rate and a decline in labor force participation reflect worrying inefficiencies; indeed, American human capital is not being applied to physical capital to create goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2018/beyond-bls/down-and-down-we-go-the-falling-us-labor-force-participation-rate.htm">affirms</a> that the effects of a weaker labor force are “slower economic growth” because fewer people are working, “a rising dependency ratio” because there are fewer workers to support those who are not working, and “higher tax rates” because the tax base from which the government draws revenue is smaller.
Government Debt
Excessive federal spending further contributes to national economic decline.
For the past four decades, government debt in the United States has continuously increased as a percentage of output. In the early 1980s, the debt-to-GDP ratio was slightly above 30%; today — especially following multiple COVID-19 omnibus stimulus bills — it is nearly <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S">130%</a>.
Meanwhile, output growth is progressively slowing. Over the past four decades, the real GDP growth rate has seen a noticeable shift <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GDPC1">downward</a> — a reality that reflects lower year-over-year increases in American productivity. 
Indeed, according to the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, the major <a href="https://www.heritage.org/index/country/unitedstates">obstacles</a> to economic freedom in the United States are “excessive government spending” and “unsustainable levels of debt.” The Japanese economy is likewise <a href="https://www.heritage.org/index/country/japan">restricted</a> by “government spending.”
Government debt tends to “crowd out” investment; as investors finance public debt instead of private ventures, their dollars are prevented from facilitating economic growth. 
Indeed, the “crowding out” effect is a contributing factor to economists’ pessimism about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comparing-trump-and-bidens-covid-relief-bills">American Rescue Plan</a>, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nonpartisan-economists-say-bidens-infrastructure-plan-will-decrease-economic-growth">American Jobs Plan</a>, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-american-families-plan-is-far-from-a-new-deal-economic-boon">American Families Plan</a>. Though they spend trillions on stimulus programs, the proposals spend so far beyond the federal government’s means that future GDP growth is sacrificed on the altar of short-term expediency.
Unless policymakers begin thinking about the future, the United States may indeed follow Japan into economic atrophy. 
To rip Keynes’ famous one-liner drastically out of context: “In the long-run, we are all dead.”
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‘Japanification’: How America’s Economy Could See A Permanent Decline

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This morning, the NBA news wires began to overheat, with a flurry of stories following Kevin Durant reassertion as the league&#8217;s premier scorer. Unfortunately, the worst of the news relates to four of its teams&#8217; rosters — both on the court and in the back office — with some stories likely to cause deep concern within the NBA organization as the Conference Finals rapidly approach. 
Kawhi Leonard out indefinitely with knee sprain
The LA Clippers announced that star forward Kawhi Leonard will miss Wednesday night&#8217;s game five of their series against the Utah Jazz, after suffering a knee sprain late in game four. 
According to the Clippers press team, “LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard suffered a right knee sprain in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals against the Utah Jazz. He will be out for Game 5. There is no timetable for his return”
According to <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31644076/sources-la-clippers-kawhi-leonard-miss-rest-series-knee-injury">ESPN</a>, Leonard informed his teammates late Tuesday that they would be without him in the crucial fifth game in Salt Lake City. He’s been phenomenal for the Clippers during their current postseason run, averaging 30.4 points. 7.7 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 11 playoff games. 
Without Leonard, the scoring load will fall on the shoulders of Paul George. “Playoff P” — the nickname George gave himself — has an opportunity to hush the doubters who have watched him flounder in big games many times over. The Clippers bounced back after losing the first two games of the series on the road, winning both games three and four by double digits. 
If Leonard is out for an extended period of time, it will be hard to imagine the Clippers reaching their first Conference Semifinals in franchise history. 
Chris Paul placed in NBA health and safety protocols, out indefinitely
As first reported by <a href="https://theathletic.com/news/suns-chris-paul-enters-nbas-covid-19-health-and-safety-protocols-sources/AnqFCLjqlqkT">The Athletic</a>, Paul has entered the health and safety protocol, putting his availability for the Western Conference Finals in doubt. 
It’s unknown whether Paul has received the COVID-19 vaccine, which does impact the amount of time he must isolate until he’s able to get back on the court. The Phoenix Suns are set to begin their Western Conference Finals series next week against either the Clippers or Utah Jazz, though the date for Game One is yet to be determined. 
Paul was dazzling in the Suns&#8217; four-game sweep of the Denver Nuggets, averaging 25.5 points and 10.3 assists in the series. 
Stan Van Gundy only lasts one year with the New Orleans Pelicans 
Unfortunately, there’s a good chance we’ll have to put up with Stan Van on the NBA broadcast sooner than we hoped. 
The Pelicans announced Wednesday that Van Gundy will not return as head coach after just one year of leading the organization. 
&#8220;On behalf of Mrs. Gayle Benson and the Pelicans organization, I would like to thank Stan for the integrity and professionalism that he demonstrated during his time in New Orleans, as well as the commitment and work ethic he brought to our team,&#8221; executive vice president David Griffin <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31644683/sources-stan-van-gundy-one-season-new-orleans-pelicans">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;This was a difficult decision as I have tremendous respect for Stan both personally and professionally, but we agreed it is in the best interest of our team to move forward in a different direction. We wish Stan, Kim and their family all the best in the future.&#8221;
The Pelicans disappointed in year one under Van Gundy. Griffin and the front office had playoff aspirations, and New Orleans finished 10 games under .500 for the season. 
According to <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31644683/sources-stan-van-gundy-one-season-new-orleans-pelicans">ESPN</a>, the Pelicans will take a look at last year&#8217;s candidates, including assistants Jason Kidd, Jacque Vaighn, Ime Udoka, and Charles Lee. 
Scott Brooks out in Washington
The Wizards announced Wednesday their decision not to extend the contract of Scott Brooks, after failing to come to an agreement on a new deal. 
&#8220;We have been committed to taking the proper steps over the last two seasons to develop our young players, bring in pieces to complement Bradley Beal and build a winning environment that will ultimately lead to sustained on-court success,&#8221; Wizards general manager Tommy Sheppard <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31644882/scott-brooks-washington-wizards-coach-contract-talks-fall-sources-say">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;Our organization will always be grateful to Scott for his dedication and work both on the court and in the community over the past five years and I personally admire and respect how he helped keep our team together during the unprecedented events of the last 15 months.&#8221;
Brooks spent five seasons as Washington’s head coach, amassing a record of 183-207 with three playoff appearances. 
With Brooks and Van Gundy out, the NBA now has six teams searching for a new head coach: Boston, Indiana, New Orleans, Orlando, Portland, and Washington. 
Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.
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“Saturday Night Live,” like the current late-night landscape, is beholden to the Left. That means few, if any cutting jokes aimed at President Joe Biden, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or, heaven forbid, Hunter Biden. 
Yet some “SNL” alum did more than escape the show’s ideological tractor beam. They either carved out a new identity as a right-of-center mind or simply question the progressive groupthink on free speech, Big Tech and other hot button issues. 
Either way, the following “SNL” alum would be a lousy fit in the current “SNL” version, and that’s a compliment. 
Norm Macdonald 
He’s one of the more respected stand-up comedians on the scene, and he famously got the “SNL” boot after telling one too many jokes about O.J. Simpson. He’s politically hard to track down, but Macdonald isn’t woke, nor does he pull many punches. 
He did apologize for saying the wrong thing just as the MeToo movement kicked off, but otherwise he’s a far cry from the modern “SNL” player too timid to step on anyone’s toes (save Republican feet). 
Heck, just being firmly apolitical (his mantra for his recent Netflix talk show) is often considered both political and conservative in the current climate. 
<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/why-norm-macdonalds-new-talk-show-wont-target-trump-1141832/">Here</a>, he defends why his show wouldn’t do what every other comedian was attempting at the time &#8211; take down President Trump. He even defended late night star Jimmy Fallon for allegedly “humanizing” Trump during the 2016 campaign.
“If you have the nominee to be president on your show and he is your guest, then he is your guest. Don’t have him on the show if you don’t want him.” 
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Rob Schneider 
“Deuce Bigalow” sounds like an odd fit for the conservative camp, and the “Real Rob” star isn’t a rock-ribbed Republican. He just sounds a lot like one today. He’s a passionate defender of free speech, loathes Big Government overreach and thinks Dr. Anthony Fauci is a fraud. 
Free speech is suddenly a conservative value, and Dr. Fauci’s reign of error should be clear to anyone, left, center or right. 
So Schneider’s Twitter feed might overlap with what Donald Trump Jr. might say now and then, and that’s probably because Schneider’s eyes and ears are working properly of late. 
Here, he shared a Glenn Greenwald Tweet about Dr. Fauci’s changing story on COVID-19’s origins and how Facebook, et al, covered up what we know suspect to be the truth. 
“That’s why censorship is the real threat to Democracy. And why monopolistic Tech companies will eventually get regulated after 2022 when the Republicans retake both houses of Congress. The fact that Dems want even more censorship is troubling.” 
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Dennis Miller 
The Weekend Update’s gold standard is openly partisan – a smart, right-of-center soul who remains socially liberal. Miller employed his recently ended podcast to rally the Right against “bib adjacent” Joe Biden. It’s arguably the funniest dig at Biden to date, and only someone like Miller could have penned it.
Here’s Miller <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/dennis-miller-jokes-eating-steaks-marinated-hydroxychloroquine-hannity-1498267">talking</a> about Biden’s apparent mental decline. 
&#8220;I know he lost his fastball, but I&#8217;ve been watching him lately. I think he&#8217;s lost his curve, I think he lost his slider and I think he&#8217;s wearing his cup as an N95 mask at this point.&#8221; 
Miller’s brand of political comedy remains powerful, but it lacks the fury and rage of a Colbert or Kimmel. He routinely yukked it up with liberal stars on his podcast and radio show, but he avoided insulting his guests or forcing them into uncomfortable political fights. It’s why his voice is sorely missed at the moment. 
Joe Piscopo 
Miller’s ideological cousin is now a radio show host working the New York City beat. The old school “SNL” player has been openly conservative for some time now, and he uses his platform to spread his views without hesitation. His “SNL” days found him doing celebrity impressions, but in recent years he supported Donald Trump and flirted with a run for New Jersey governor. 
The comic did incorrectly predict a second Trump term in October, <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/snl-ensuring-trump-landslide-victory-piscopo">saying</a> the president’s enemies would seal the victory. 
&#8216;The more that they go after Donald Trump the more they will ensure a victory&#8217; 
Victoria Jackson 
Like Piscopo, Jackson embraced the right after leaving the NBC series that made her famous. She celebrated the Tea Party movement, openly shared her Christian views and skewered President Barack Obama in ways that alienated her from the mainstream. She created a stir after calling him part of the Muslim Brotherhood, among other incendiary charges. 
“Muslim Brotherhood is controlling all of the Middle East except Israel and they are now in all of our highest positions, including the president,” Jackson said. “I said to this guy, the FBI guy, do you think Obama’s a Muslim? And he said, well, the facts are that all of his policies side with the Muslims and are against Israel. That’s just a fact.” 
Jackson battled breast cancer in recent years but appears to have made a full recovery. 
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Jon Lovitz 
Owning a business will give you a crash course in conservatism … and reality. It’s likely what fed into Lovitz’s transformation. The versatile comic made waves recently by comparing Cancel Culture to the blacklist of yore. Before that, he skewered President Barack Obama for promoting class warfare, called himself a Kennedy Democrat in 2017 and mocked current cast members for recoiling at the notion of Elon Musk hosting the show. 
&#8220;For everyone @nbcsnl who isn&#8217;t sure about the host&#8230; Don&#8217;t forget where you were before you got the show. We are all extraordinarily lucky to have been on it,&#8221; Lovitz <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/news/jon-lovitz-snl-elon-musk">tweeted.</a> 
Maybe it started way back in 2012, when he <a href="https://twitter.com/realjonlovitz/status/230496660789264386?lang=en">Tweeted</a>, “I find it so odd that I&#8217;m a liberal and yet only the conservatives get I&#8217;m joking. And the liberals take everything literally.” 
Colin Quinn
The former “Remote Control” cutup had a short stint on “Saturday Night Live,” one that didn’t fully reflect his talents. 
His post “SNL” career has been more rewarding, likely for himself and certainly for us. He’s carved out a respectable position as a neutral arbiter of both comedy and politics with specials like “Red State Blue State” and “Unconstitutional.” He’s a self-identified Democrat who votes for the “middle” candidate when possible. 
And, while nearly all his peers were savaging President Trump, Quinn noted the leader’s flaws but acknowledged he exists for a reason. 
Quinn loathes Cancel Culture and the new restrictions on comedy. 
&#8220;Comedy&#8217;s never positive. Comedy is not talking about the lighter side. It&#8217;s talking about the people&#8217;s flaws and society&#8217;s problem. It&#8217;s not a positive thing.&#8221; 
He’s willing to listen to both sides of the aisle without demonizing either. That’s darn near radical in today’s comedy world, but he wears it rather well. 
Dana Carvey 
Carvey’s imitations made him an “SNL” superstar and powered a brief film career thanks to the “Wayne’s World” franchise. He still does killer impressions on his “Fantastic!” podcast, including his recurring Dr. Fauci routine. 
The bit … isn’t flattering. Nor is it as mean spirited as some might want. Still, it drills down much deeper than anything you’ll hear on Colbert or Kimmel. Plus, Carvey shredded socialism during his 2016 Netflix special, “Straight White Male, 60.” 
Here, he breaks out a spot-on Sen. Bernie Sanders impression to hammer (and sickle) home his point.
“I will find people with money. I will take their money and give it to people who don’t have money,” he says. “I will find a rich prick. You look like a rich prick. I will take your money and give it to the poor bastard sitting next to ya.” 
“To me, capitalism is an Apple store. Socialism is the Department of Motor Vehicles … sweaty, pissed off workers who can’t get fired. And they laugh at you … ha, ha, ha ha … you got the wrong line you f***ing idiot.”
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Eight ‘Saturday Night Live’ Stars Who Went Rogue (And Leaned To The Right) 

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In recent months, the subject of cryptocurrency has received avid attention, with prices soaring and plunging based on the news cycle or the Twitter proclamations of various business leaders. And, as the largest, most traded, cryptocurrency in the world, Bitcoin finds itself at the center of most of these conversations.
But what is Bitcoin?
Like U.S. Dollars and Pound Sterling are examples of physical currency, Bitcoin is one example of a cryptocurrency, a form of money which is entirely digital. There is no such thing as a physical “coin” that denotes a Bitcoin.
Instead, units of Bitcoin are stored as computer files on a “digital wallet,” which are accessible on computers or smartphones. <a href="https://www.coinbase.com/">Coinbase</a> is one popular example of such a digital wallet. Using these digital wallets in the virtual world, individuals can send and receive cryptocurrencies over the internet, in much the same way that people exchange currencies in physical or electronic form using traditional banking.
While banking institutions are responsible for tracking transactions — for example, if you were to send $100 to a friend, your bank would record the withdrawal and transfer, while their bank would record the transfer and deposit — Bitcoin is a “decentralized” digital currency. This means that there is no central bank or administrator responsible for “running” the currency.
Instead, transactions are recorded in one public list known as a “blockchain,” which makes it almost impossible for anyone to attempt or complete a falsified transaction, or claim to be the owner of cryptocurrencies they do not possess.
There are three ways cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can be obtained using this system. First, you can buy Bitcoins using traditional currencies such as U.S. Dollars. Coinbase, for example, offers this service, with a real-time exchange rate applied in the same manner as every other currency purchase. 
Second, you can receive Bitcoin transfers from someone else who already owns the cryptocurrency. Finally, you can create new Bitcoins from an effectively limited remaining supply by “mining.”
Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, rely on various complex algorithms to process, store, and verify transactions on the public “blockchain.” This means that a number of computers are required to run increasingly complicated calculations, which serve as Bitcoin’s “record keeping” infrastructure and involve the use of cryptography — the writing and solving of codes.
The primary reason cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are so popular is that the coin is “decentralized” — it is not controlled by a central bank or government entity. This makes it theoretically more reliable in the context of inflation or government manipulation. However, price volatility remains for a number of reasons. Another attractive feature of cryptocurrency is that it allows users to remain somewhat anonymous, with only account numbers visible publicly.
Bitcoin has an all-time high of $64,829.14, and a total current supply of 18.74 million. Bitcoin has a current market cap of $736.05 billion, according to <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin">CoinDesk</a>.
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What Exactly Is Bitcoin? Here’s How The World’s Largest Cryptocurrency Actually Works

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For the second time in as many years, left-wing critics are taking Lin-Manuel Miranda to task for creating a production they deem insufficiently woke. And for the second time, the composer and lyricist has immediately apologized.
A year ago, when a mob sent the hashtag #CancelHamilton trending because the Tony-award-winning musical cast the Founding Fathers in a positive light, Miranda immediately <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/07/07/hamilton-lin-manuel-miranda-says-renewed-criticism-fair-game/5392764002/">asked for forgiveness</a>. “As the writer of this show,” he said, “I take responsibility and apologize for my part in this moral failure.”
This time, complainers took aim at the casting of his latest project, a film version of his Broadway smash, “In the Heights,” claiming that while characters are played by Latinos with a variety of backgrounds, they’re too light-skinned.  
In a <a href="https://www.theroot.com/lets-talk-about-in-the-heights-and-the-erasure-of-dark-1847064126">Roots</a> video that sparked much of the criticism, interviewer Felice León asked ‘Heights’ director John Chu, “What would you say to folks who say that ‘In the Heights’ privileges white-passing and light-skinned Latinx people?&#8221; Chu responded, &#8220;I would say that’s a fair conversation to have. Listen, we’re not going to get everything right in a movie. We tried our best on all fronts of it.&#8221;  
From there, social media took up the “representation” cry, with one Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/aliciasanchez/status/1404384577163042816?s=20">commenting</a>, “In all of this ‘In the Heights’ discourse, I hope y’all amplify the voices and analysis of *dark-skinned Black Latinas* who constantly bear the brunt of misogynoir, anti-Blackness and xenophobia in Latin America and the US. I’m TIRED of my sisters being erased. why aren’t you?”
Autostraddle Editor in Chief Carmen Phillips had a somewhat different <a href="https://twitter.com/carmencitaloves/status/1404144633735782410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404144633735782410%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fentertainment-arts%2Fmovies%2Fstory%2F2021-06-14%2Flin-manuel-miranda-apologizes-in-the-heights-afro-latinx-exclusion">complaint</a>— she was upset by a lack of LGBTQ representation, saying, “By relegating Daniela and Carla to background sweetness, ‘In the Heights’ asks queer Latinxs to settle&#8230;it asks Afro-Latinxs to settle. We are worth more than settling.”
On Monday, Miranda posted a <a href="https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/1404565413116141570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404565413116141570%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2021%2Ffilm%2Fnews%2Flin-manuel-miranda-in-the-heights-afro-latino-representation-1234996523%2F">statement</a> to Twitter addressing the furor, saying, “I started writing ‘In the Heights’ because I didn’t feel seen. And over the past 20 years all I wanted was for us — ALL of us — to feel seen. I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don’t feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the leading roles.”
He finished with the ubiquitous promise to “do better,” saying, “I&#8217;m trying to hold space for both the incredible pride in the movie we made and be accountable for our shortcomings. Thanks for your honest feedback. I promise to do better in my future projects, and I&#8217;m dedicated to the learning and evolving we all have to do to make sure we are honoring our diverse and vibrant community.&#8221;
While Miranda wouldn’t defend himself, there was one celebrity in Hollywood willing to do it for him. Legendary Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno <a href="https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1404980532069478403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1404980532069478403%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2021%2F06%2Fin-the-heights-rita-moreno-defends-lin-manuel-miranda-controversy-1234776073%2F">told</a> Stephen Colbert Tuesday night, “It’s like you can never do right, it seems.” She then added, “I’m simply saying, can’t you just wait a while and leave it alone? There’s a lot of people who are puertorriqueño, who are also from Guatemala, who are dark and who are also fair. We are all colors in Puerto Rico. This is how it is, and it would just be so nice if they hadn’t come up with that and left that alone, just for now. They’re really attacking the wrong person.”
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Bows To The Woke Mob… Again

For the second time in as many years, left-wing critics are taking Lin-Manuel Miranda to task for creating a production they deem insufficiently woke. And

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Christine Diane Teigen had it all – beauty, an uber-famous husband and the kind of cushy endorsements that could set anyone up for life.
That wasn’t enough for the woman we all know as Chrissy Teigen. The former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and Mrs. John Legend wanted to be an influencer, a queen of Instagram and more. 
Now, the flamboyant social media lifestyle that cemented her celebrity standing, has caused her downfall.
She has only herself, and her ego, to blame.
Teigen’s first modeling gig came at the age of 18, but she wouldn’t be relegated to catalog work for long. Her career took off, as she snagged more modeling assignments and television gigs on shows like “Model Employee” and “Lip Sync Battle.” 
She started a blog, “So Delushious,” scored more magazine covers and penned cooking books tied to her “Cravings.”
Teigen met Legend in 2006, when she starred as the love interest in his music video for the song “Stereo.” They became one of Hollywood’s starriest couples, and their fans even mourned with them when they lost their child to a miscarriage in 2020. 
Her social media presence, though, became her calling card. She could be funny, spicy, or snarky, and she racked up followers like few of her peers. Her current tallies? 13.5 million on Twitter, 34.9 million on Instagram.
That’s power in our digital age. And, as we’re now learning, Teigen used it repeatedly to bully some vulnerable souls.
TV personality Courtney Stodden told The Daily Beast in May that Teigen personally attacked her on Twitter in 2011. 
“I can’t wait for you to die,” the model/actress/author direct messaged Stodden, who was in her teens at the time.
Teigen publicly apologized after the revelation, but part of her mea culpa suggested the incident may not be her only example of cyber bullying.
&#8220;These were not my only mistakes and surely won&#8217;t be my last, as hard as I try but god I will try!!&#8221;
Stodden, who recently came out as non-binary, shared this reaction at the time:
&#8220;I accept her apology and forgive her … But the truth remains the same, I have never heard from her or her camp in private. In fact, she blocked me on Twitter.
&#8220;All of me wants to believe this is a sincere apology, but it feels like a public attempt to save her partnerships with Target and other brands who are realising her wokeness is a broken record.&#8221;
And, in true Cancel Culture fashion, Teigen started losing gigs after her bullying went public. She left a planned Netflix gig to <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/chrissy-teigen-bullying-never-have-i-ever-netflix-1234989246/">lend her voice to the comedy “Never Have I Ever.”</a> Target and Macy’s also stopped stocking her signature cookware line.
Teigen took the most shocking action of all for a while. She went radio silent, at least on social media. Days ago, though, she penned a <a href="https://chrissyteigen.medium.com/hi-again-3bb3faffa76d">lengthier explanation and apology</a> on Medium.
&#8220;There is simply no excuse for my past horrible tweets. My targets didn’t deserve them. No one does. Many of them needed empathy, kindness, understanding and support, not my meanness masquerading as a kind of casual, edgy humor.&#8221;
&#8220;I was a troll, full stop. And I am so sorry,&#8221; she added.
Immediately after the Medium post went live another person allegedly impacted by Teigen’s bullying stepped forward. Former “Project Runway” contestant Michael Costello said Teigen, along with her stylist, Monica Rose, targeted him in a personal manner. They allegedly did all they could to “blacklist” him in the fashion industry.
It all began after Teigen saw photoshopped images in which Costello appeared to share racist verbiage. They were fakes, and he claims he told her so at the time. She allegedly ignored his pleas, clapped back that he would never work again and meant it. (Update: In a report June 17, a representative for Teigen told Business Insider that the Instagram messages Costello posted alongside his bullying accusation showed inconsistencies and appeared to have been fabricated.)
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chrissy-teigens-team-claims-michael-costello-shared-fabricated-screenshots-of-alleged-bullying">Chrissy Teigen’s Team Claims Michael Costello Shared Fabricated Screenshots Of Alleged ‘Bullying’</a>
Costello says he started losing gigs “with no explanation,” and that the team of Teigen and Rose were likely to blame.
The duo “had gone out of their way to threaten people and brands that if they were in any shape or form associated with me, they would not work with any of them,” he wrote on his Instagram page about the alleged incident.
Teigen’s precipitous fall hasn’t been without its share of ironies. Legend previously teamed with gymnastic sensation Simone Biles to help others tune out online criticism.
Teigen led the expletive-fueled charge to boycott SoulCycle after the owner <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/08/07/celebs-boycott-equinox-soulcycle-trump-fundraiser-chrissy-teigen-billy-eichner/1948689001/">dared</a> to throw a fundraiser for a sitting president … President Donald Trump, that is.
She also shared more than a few woke asides over the years, like the time she insisted her young son wouldn’t grow up as another fountain of “toxic masculinity.”
&#8220;There is no &#8216;Be a man&#8217; in our house … There&#8217;s no right way to be a man, and John is so good about showing them through how he treats me how to be a good man, how to be a good father. It&#8217;s wonderful to see.&#8221;
Those progressive bona fides couldn’t protect her from the woke mob or her own sordid past. Even those who recoil at Cancel Culture in practice might think Teigen needs a dash of canceling, if not more.
The ultimate irony? The woke princess wants our forgiveness, something she offered in short supply in her own career — before it all came tumbling down.
This article has been revised to include push-back from Teigen&#8217;s team about Castello&#8217;s Instagram post. 
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