The Wall Street Journal on Instagram: “Americans are getting a bit of a break this year, with inflation rapidly cooling after it touched a four-decade high to start last summer. Overall consumer prices in June rose 3% from a year earlier, down sharply from the recent peak of 9.1% inflation in June 2022. A separate measure of supplier prices that can indicate inflation in the pipeline rose just 0.1% from a year earlier in June, the Labor Department said Thursday. That gauge was up 11.2% in June 2022. But inflation’s decline is uneven. Prices for some everyday items cost less last month than they did a year earlier, but other products cost significantly more. At the link in our bio, see other notable price changes over the past year.”
Quillette on Instagram: “From our first ever article published on Quillette in 2013, when it was just @clairelehmann’s blog. Read “Lifestyle feminism, because you’re worth it”, at the link in bio.”
Reason Magazine on Instagram: “Fifteen years after Section 702 was first authorized by Congress as a tool for foreign surveillance, there’s never been an accounting of how many Americans have had their electronic communications scooped up. Even attempting to calculate such a figure “would not be feasible,” Sharon Bradford Franklin, chair of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent executive branch agency responsible for advocating on behalf of Americans’ rights in national security matters, told a House committee during an April hearing. Tap the link in bio to read the full story on civil liberties by @ericboehm87. 🎨: Lex Villena #civilliberties#FISA#congress#spying”
Tablet Magazine on Instagram: “The Biden Administration Redefines Antisemitism...and excludes today’s most pernicious form of Jew-hatred. Link in bio to read.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “Former President Donald Trump is getting the best of Gov. Ron DeSantis in the battle over the title of king of Florida in the 2024 presidential race. Mr. Trump is the preferred pick of 50% of GOP registered voters in Florida, and Mr. DeSantis is the top choice of 30% of those voters in his own state, according to a new survey from Florida Atlantic University Mainstreet PolCom Lab.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “Allowing 13-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson to compete in girls’ sports “harms no one,” according to the family’s lawyers, but some of the 100 girls beaten by the transgender teen might disagree. The West Virginia seventh-grader had a breakout track-and-field season this spring, defeating more than 100 girls in the discus and shot put. She beat out competitors 280 times and took one of the three coveted spots available to Bridgeport Middle School in both events for the conference championships, according to a court filing. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey brought a motion Tuesday detailing Becky’s march up the track-and-field rankings, saying the statistics show that Becky “is throwing farther than ever before — and improving much faster — than biologically female classmates.””
The Wall Street Journal on Instagram: “Hollywood actors will go on strike starting Friday after their union failed to reach a new labor contract with studios, joining already striking writers in a standoff likely to grind the entertainment industry to a halt. A prolonged strike involving writers and actors could mean that broadcast and cable networks won’t have fresh scripted TV episodes ready for the early fall, and that Hollywood’s pipeline of fresh shows and movies will thin. Streamers such as Netflix and Max tend to produce programming far in advance of planned release dates, as do movie studios, so they may not feel the effect of a labor stoppage until late 2024 at the earliest. The talks between the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a coalition representing movie and TV studios, networks and streamers, ended Wednesday night as the deadline to reach a new three-year deal expired. SAG-AFTRA said in a statement released early Thursday morning that its negotiation committee voted unanimously to recommend to its national board to call a strike, which could start as early as Thursday. It is unclear when or how talks with the AMPTP might resume. Issues that have led writers and actors to this point include compensation, royalties and the use of artificial intelligence during the creative process. Read more at the link in our bio.”
Newsmax on Instagram: “Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he reached the donor requirement to take part in the Aug. 23 Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee. Christie said Wednesday that his campaign has received more than 40,000 donations, the threshold to qualify. “After being in this race for only a month, we’ve received over 40k individual donations to our campaign and met all RNC requirements to reach the debate stage,” Christie tweeted Wednesday. “Americans are ready for someone to stand up to Donald Trump, and that’s exactly what I’m doing. For more info on this story, please visit the link in our bio or Newsmax.com.”
Fox News on Instagram: “POLICY PANIC: Kevin O’Leary on the “unintended consequence” of “Bidenomics.” Watch the “Outnumbered” segment at the link in our bio.”
Breitbart on Instagram: “Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) @marshablackburn says that a case out of Franklin County, Tennessee, where an illegal alien is accused of raping multiple boys after drugging them, shows the “severe threat” that open borders pose to America’s children. As Breitbart News reported, 63-year-old soccer coach Camilo Hurtado Campos was arrested and charged in Franklin County this week for allegedly drugging and sexually abusing multiple young boys from nine to 17 years old. Campos allegedly filmed the assaults on his cellphone. Police this week confirmed that Campos is an illegal alien. Blackburn said the case underscores why “every parent in America should be gravely concerned about Biden’s open border policies and the severe threat they pose to their children’s safety.” “Today we learned that the Tennessee soccer coach charged with assaulting and brutally raping several young children is an illegal alien,” she wrote in a Twitter post. “The sexual abuse of children is one of the most heinous crimes imaginable, and my heart breaks for the victims and their families.” “This outrageous tragedy is further evidence that we need to build the wall now,” Blackburn continued. “Until our border is secured, every town is a border town, and criminals will continue to have free reign [sic] throughout the nation.” Campos was arrested after he left his phone at a local pizza parlor on June 22. Employees went through the phone to find information about the owner and said they found videos and photos of child sexual abuse, prompting them to call the police. Three of the 10 victims in the recorded sexual abuse were initially identified by police. Since then five boys have come forward to accuse Campos of drugging and raping them as well. The abuse likely dates back many years. Campos is being held in police custody. His next court date is July 25.”
Fox News on Instagram: “DRUG HOUSE: Secret Service confirmed a different drug was discovered long before cocaine was located in the West Wing. Details at the link in bio.”
Newsmax on Instagram: “Two IRS whistleblowers who alleged an investigation into Hunter Biden was slow-walked by prosecutors will testify before the House Oversight Committee on July 19. For more on this story, click the link in our bio or visit NEWSMAX.com.”
Fox News on Instagram: ”‘TRULY AWFUL’: The ‘Succession’ actor slammed cancel culture and efforts to alter past stories in a recent interview. Link in bio for more.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “CNN has issued an apology for using male pronouns to refer to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney after a backlash from the left. CNN anchor Kate Bolduan delivered the mea culpa at the end of Wednesday’s edition of “CNN News Central,” a day after national correspondent Ryan Young referred on the air to the female-identifying Ms. Mulvaney as “he” and “him.” “Before we wrap up today, we do want to make an important note,” Ms. Bolduan said in a clip posted by the New York Post. “Yesterday in a segment about transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who was featured in Bud Light’s recent campaign, she was mistakenly referred to by the wrong pronoun.””
The Washington Times on Instagram: ”“So what, do we think more kids just started popping out of the womb gay sometime around 2003, or are we going to admit that what we’re doing with our culture has led to more kids trying gay stuff — that this is a social contagion?” asked Not the Bee, the Babylon Bee’s news arm.”