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On the collapse of the Uke narrative:
https://youtube.com/shorts/6DZGEe_DVik?si=CLRvxsTZ83SLYWZP
I’m back!
Welcome back
Welcome! It’s about time young lady. Do you know what time it is?
Bed time?
~~~~ jet lagged ~~~~
I finally managed to hitched a ride there. So many kids to evacuate, we needed to charter something a LOT bigger.
Welcome back, yucki.
Now, evacuate kids from where?
The Holy Land.
OMG – That’s quite an endeavor you undertook. By the feel of it, you are quite satisfied with the results although one should always be proud of saving or helping any child in distress.
I hope you are keeping a diary with photos. Happy you are back.
I’m so glad to see you’re back too!
Feeling perky again?
We bird-lovers bond. VTB has the best eye, his photos are a statement of respect. Love.
Just saw a lol moment: Here’s a new excuse for antisemitism. The myna bird.
https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/07/heres-new-excuse-for-antisemitism-myna.html
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Our myna was an ornery fella. Did a perfect imitation of the phone ringing, the garage disposal running.
TY, Richard!
(Richard: SCOTUS has ruled that a setting President has immunity for his official acts and that if he is tried for those acts the prosecutor has to prove they acts weren’t official. This means that once again the current Court has ruled according to the law instead of ruling according to a political agenda, this ruling 1) says Presidents are innocent until proven guilty and 2) that Presidents must have immunity for their official actions. This doesn’t meant that Presidents are above the law they can still be impeached and then tried for the crimes that rose to the level of impeachment.
In my opinion this ruling destroys the documents case, President Trump was still President when he made the decision which documents to take with him, this means that any document he decided to take has declassified by the decision to take them with him. (Remember there is no formal declassification process, if the President decides they are declassified they are declassified. Yes Congress can write laws laying out a formal process but that would enter into which coequal part of the Government has the authority to set up that process. Since the classification of documents rests in the Administrative part of the Government the declassification of documents should rest in the same portion of the government.)
The other charges against President Trump are iffy at best and in most cases were trumped (no pun intended) up to keep the voters from having a choice to reelect him in the 2024 election. The current decision is another case proving what I said during the Trump administration, his Judicial Appointments are going to be his greatest achievement, the independent Court system is a coequal part of the US Government and a limiting factor on the excesses of both the Administrative and Legislative parts of our Government. Starting back in the 1930s the Left has been packing the Court System with leftist Judges that would make decisions that wrote law instead of interrupting and enforcing the law. President Trump appointed Judges and SCOTUS Justices that make their decisions based on the original intent of the writers of the laws and the Constitution.
Joe Biden just put a political and possibly physical target on the backs of the Supreme Court Justices, in his speech about the Immunity decision he said that the ruling was a political decision not a defense of the Constitution and the rule of law.
ANTIFA and the other left wing militias have probably been turned loose to riot at will and to continue to harass Jews and now anyone they think is a Republican. Mark Twain said that history doesn’t repeat but does rhyme. Right now we are rhyming with the latter part of the 1930s, and from what I know of history things are going to get much worse.
Watch Your Backs, keep your musket clean, your powder dry and your bug out bag packed.
Not a class act…
Options besides persuading Dr. Jill to pull him out. Think Clinton Crime Family. Or Buraq HUSSEIN 0bama.
REACTION to Supreme Court Ruling on Presidential Immunity – Mike Davis Rips Liberal Justices, “They Put Their Partisan Politics – Above Their Most Important Job, Protecting the Constitution” (VIDEO)
thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/reaction-supreme-court-ruling-presidential-immunity-mike-davis/
Jul. 1, 2024 10:45 am
US Supreme Court Credit: The Gateway Pundit Photo
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-3 that Trump has absolute immunity for his core Constitutional powers.
Former presidents are entitled to at least a presumption of immunity for their official acts.
The Supreme Court ruled there is no immunity for unofficial acts.
Jack Smith’s DC case against Trump will be delayed again as it bounces back down to the lower court to Judge Tanya Chutkan.
Attorney Mike Davis from the Article III Project weighed in on the historic decision on The War Room this morning. Davis ripped the leftist Trump deranged justices.
Mike Davis: When today for President Trump, the court 6:3 held that the President of the United States is immune from criminal prosecution for his official acts. This is one of the most consequential opinions to come out of the Supreme Court because if the Supreme Court did not rule the way it ruled today, they would destroy the presidency and therefore destroy our country.
The Chief Justice, John Roberts, wrote the opinion with the five conservative justices joining. Barrett joined most of it, but she didn’t join part of it. Justice Sotomayor wrote the dissent with the two liberal justices, Jackson and Kagan, joining her. There was also another dissent written.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/reaction-supreme-court-ruling-presidential-immunity-mike-davis/
BREAKING: Trump Responds to Historic Supreme Court Ruling on Presidential Immunity
thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/breaking-trump-responds-historic-supreme-court/
Jul. 1, 2024 10:10 am
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of former President Donald J. Trump, establishing a precedent for presidential immunity in criminal cases involving official acts during a president’s tenure.
The ruling, stemming from the case Trump v. United States, underscores the constitutional protections afforded to the highest office in the land, ensuring that a former president cannot be criminally prosecuted for actions taken within the scope of their official duties.
The case arose from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment against Trump, accusing him of conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. The charges included spreading “claims” of election fraud and attempting to obstruct the certification of the election results.
Trump’s legal team argued that these actions, fell within the scope of his official duties as President, and therefore, he should be immune from prosecution.
Supreme Court’s Ruling:
In a detailed opinion, Chief Justice Roberts, writing for the majority, emphasized the necessity of protecting the President’s ability to execute the duties of the office without undue caution or fear of future prosecution. The Court held that under the Constitution, a President must have some level of immunity to ensure the effective functioning of the executive branch.
“It is these enduring principles that guide our decision in this case. The President enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official. The President is not above the law. But Congress may not criminalize the President’s conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the Executive Branch under the Constitution,” according to the opinion reviewed by The Gateway Pundit.
“And the system of separated powers designed by theFramers has always demanded an energetic, independent Executive. The President therefore may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled, at a minimum, to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. That immunity appliesequally to all occupants of the Oval Office, regardless of politics, policy, or party,” the opinion reads.
Key Points from the Ruling:
Absolute Immunity for Core Constitutional Powers:
The Court reaffirmed that a President enjoys absolute immunity for actions taken within the scope of his exclusive constitutional powers, such as pardoning authority or foreign recognition decisions. This is to ensure that the President can perform his duties without fear of criminal prosecution undermining his ability to act decisively and in the nation’s best interests.
Presumptive Immunity for Other Official Acts:
For actions that fall within the outer perimeter of presidential responsibilities but are not exclusive constitutional powers, the Court granted at least a presumptive immunity. This means that while the President is generally protected from prosecution for these acts, this immunity can be challenged if the government can demonstrate that prosecuting these actions does not intrude on the executive branch’s functions.
No Immunity for Unofficial Acts:
The ruling made it clear that unofficial acts, even if performed while in office, do not enjoy immunity. This part of the decision aligns with previous rulings, such as in Clinton v. Jones, which determined that a sitting President is not immune from civil litigation for unofficial conduct.
Roberts said, “the lower courts rendered their decisions on a highly expedited basis” and “did not analyze the conduct alleged in the indictment to decide which of it should be categorized as official and which unofficial” — and it wasn’t briefed before the Supreme Court.
The case has been remanded to the lower courts to determine which of Trump’s actions qualify as official and which do not. This distinction is crucial as it will dictate the scope of his immunity and whether the prosecution can proceed on any of the charges.
Recall in February, President Trump asked the US Supreme Court to pause the immunity ruling in Jack Smith’s January 6 case in DC after a federal appeals court stacked with Biden judges denied Trump’s presidential immunity claims.
The three-judge panel for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Trump immunity claims: Florence Pan (Biden appointee), Michelle Childs (Biden appointee), and Karen Henderson (George W. Bush appointee).
The SCOTUS ruling is not just a personal victory for Trump but a reinforcement of the constitutional framework designed by the Founding Fathers to protect the executive branch from undue judicial and legislative interference.
Trump hailed the decision on Truth Social, stating, “BIG WIN FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY. PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/breaking-trump-responds-historic-supreme-court/
“A Private Citizen Cannot Criminally Prosecute Anyone, Let Alone a Former President” – Clarence Thomas Questions Jack Smith’s Authority in Blistering Opinion on Immunity Ruling
thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/clarence-thomas-questions-jack-smiths-authority-blistering-opinion/
Jul. 1, 2024 12:00 pm
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas questioned Jack Smith’s authority as special counsel in his concurring opinion on the high court’s presidential immunity ruling.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-3 that Trump has absolute immunity for his core Constitutional powers.
Former presidents are entitled to at least a presumption of immunity for their official acts.
The Supreme Court ruled there is no immunity for unofficial acts.
Jack Smith’s DC case against Trump will be delayed again as it bounces back down to the lower court to Judge Tanya Chutkan.
Earlier this year the US Supreme Court agreed to hear Trump’s presidential immunity claim in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s January 6 case in Washington, DC.
Trump’s lawyers argued that Trump is immune from federal prosecution for alleged ‘crimes’ committed while he served as US President.
“In 234 years of American history, no president ever faced criminal prosecution for his official acts. Until 19 days ago, no court had ever addressed whether immunity from such prosecution exists,” Trump’s lawyers wrote in last month’s filing, according to CBS News. “To this day, no appellate court has addressed it. The question stands among the most complex, intricate, and momentous issues that this Court will be called on to decide.”
The Supreme Court ruled in Trump’s favor which means Jack Smith’s January 6 case in DC is effectively delayed.
Clarence Thomas went off on Jack Smith in his concurring opinion and questioned his authority as a special counsel.
President Trump is separately arguing that Jack Smith’s appointment was unlawful in the classified documents case playing out in a Florida court.
Clarence Thomas questioned Jack Smith’s authority because he was a private citizen when he was tapped as a special prosecutor.
“I write separately to highlight another way in which this prosecution may violate our constitutional structure. In this case, the Attorney General purported to appoint a private citizen as Special Counsel to prosecute a former President on behalf of the United States. But, I am not sure that any office for the Special Counsel has been “established by Law,” as the Constitution requires. Art. II, §2, cl. 2. By requiring that Congress create federal offices “by Law,” the Constitution imposes an important check against the President — he cannot create offices at his pleasure. If there is no law establishing the office that the Special Counsel occupies, then he cannot proceed with this prosecution. A private citizen cannot criminally prosecute anyone, let alone a former President,” Clarence Thomas said.
Clarence Thomas argued that no other former US President has been prosecuted for official acts despite numerous past Presidents taking actions that would argue constitutes crimes.
“No former President has faced criminal prosecution for his acts while in office in the more than 200 years since the founding of our country. And, that is so despite numerous past Presidents taking actions that many would argue constitute crimes. If this unprecedented prosecution is to proceed, it must be conducted by someone duly authorized to do so by the American people. The lower courts should thus answer these essential questions concerning the Special Counsel’s appointment before proceeding,” Clarence Thomas wrote.
Thomas also argued that Jack Smith is not senate confirmed (Trump’s lawyers are also using this argument before Judge Cannon).
“The Constitution sets forth how an office may be created and how it may be filled. The Appointments Clause provides: “[The President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Department.” Art. II, §2, cl. 2. The constitutional process for filling an office is plain from this text. The default manner for appointing “Officers of the United States” is nomination by the President and confirmation by the Senate. Ibid. “But the Clause provides a limited exception for the appointment of inferior officers: Congress may ‘by Law’ authorize” one of three specified actors “to appoint inferior officers without the advice and con-sent of the Senate.” NLRB v. SW General, Inc., 580 U. S. 288, 312 (2017) (THOMAS, J., concurring). As relevant here, a “Hea[d] of Department”—such as the Attorney General—is one such actor that Congress may authorize “by Law” to appoint inferior officers without senatorial confirmation. Art. II, §2, cl. 2.
Thomas once again reiterated that a special prosecutor must be senate confirmed.
Trending: Rep. Matt Gaetz Points Out CNN’s Dana Bash Used Hand Signals During Debate (VIDEO)
“Before the President or a Department Head can appoint any officer, however, the Constitution requires that the underlying office be “established by Law.”1 The Constitution itself creates some offices, most obviously that of the President and Vice President. See §1. Although the Constitution contemplates that there will be “other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for,” it clearly requires that those offices “shall be established by Law.” §2, cl. 2. And, “established by law” refers to an office that Congress creates “by statute.” Lucia v. SEC, 585 U. S. 237, 254 (2018) (THOMAS, J., concurring); see also United States v. Maurice, 26 F. Cas. 1211, 1213 (No. 15,747) (CC Va. 1823) (Marshall, C. J.).”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/clarence-thomas-questions-jack-smiths-authority-blistering-opinion/
Judge Rejects Biden Admin Bid To Dismiss Lawsuit Over ‘Illegal and Dangerous’ $1.5 Billion Palestinian Payment Plan
A U.S. district court rejected the Biden administration’s bid to dismiss a landmark lawsuit alleging it engaged in an “illegal and dangerous $1.5 billion terrorism subsidy program for the Palestinians.”
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled on Friday that the lawsuit brought by victims of Palestinian terrorism can proceed, marking the second time the Biden administration’s motion to dismiss the case has been rejected.
The court, in its latest decision, said there is evidence the Biden administration continued awarding taxpayer cash to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) – the leading aid organization in Gaza – even after Congress blocked funding to that group due to its support for Hamas’s military infrastructure….
The Biden administration attempted to argue that the plaintiff’s use of “Trump policies” in its initial suit was “amorpheous [sic] or indeterminate,” but the court also rejected this claim, saying the suit clearly demonstrates that aid to both the Palestinians and UNRWA was frozen during the previous administration and subsequently restarted when President Joe Biden took office.
The lawsuit “makes that distinction clear,” the court determined, adding that the Biden administration’s “decision to resume those two sources of funding each constitute discrete and final agency actions….”
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/judge-rejects-biden-admin-bid-to-dismiss-lawsuit-over-illegal-and-dangerous-1-5-billion-palestinian-payment-plan/
Video at site
Biden Stepping Down Would be a Disaster for Everyone Including Trump and the Republicans (VIDEO)
thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/biden-stepping-down-would-be-disaster-everyone-including/
Jul. 1, 2024 11:00 am
The last thing we want is for Joe Biden to step down. Every Pollster agrees he is the easiest candidate for President Trump to beat. This is why over the weekend President Trump’s campaign team was actively touting how polling shows Trump would crush any other challenger. This is designed to scare the Democrats away from forcing Joe Biden out.
Deep state Democrats like Obama Pelosi and Schumer all understand this. It’s the radicals that want Joe gone. The media falls into that category now.
The podcasters and pundits calling for Joe’s ouster aren’t panicked at all, they are carrying out a plan.
I have proof. Tune in.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/biden-stepping-down-would-be-disaster-everyone-including/
Ted Cruz figures 80% probability that Michelle replaces the crooked kook.
Right Wing Wins BIG in France’s First Round, With Largest Voter Turnout in Over 40 Years – Stocks and Euro Rally Indicating Acceptance of Le Pen’s RN by the Market
thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/right-wing-wins-big-frances-first-round-largest/
Jul. 1, 2024 10:00 am
RN’s Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen, embattled President Emmanuel Macron.
As all the polls indicated, the first round of voting in France led Marine Le Pen’s conservative RN party to a BIG victory with a decisive lead over the left Wing alliance that took second place, leaving the crumbling centrist alliance of deeply unpopular President Emmanuel Macron in a distant third place.
Not only that but the RN’s victory was obtained in a high-turnout vote, as France flocked to the polls on Sunday for the consequential snap election that is poised to lead Le Pen’s party to control of the parliament.
Telegraph reported:
“France is on course to record its largest election turnout in over four decades in a battle between the hard-Right and Emmanuel Macron’s centrist coalition.
Official forecasts put turnout at 53.39 per cent by 5pm. There has not been such a large mobilization of voters in France since 1981, in a contest where leading parties called on the electorate to come out to defeat their rivals.”
The turnout was also up sharply – around eight percentage points – from the last legislative elections in France of 2022.
49 million people were registered to vote this year, and Macron’s desperate – and failed – gamble on dissolving the parliament and calling a snap election turned it into a ‘proxy referendum’ his leadership after seven years.
“That could pave the way for Jordan Bardella, 28, to become France’s youngest prime minister after a second run-off vote next Sunday. It would mark the first time the hard-Right has been in power since the Nazi occupation during the Second World War.”
Of course, above, we see how the MSM, even in a conservative paper like the Telegraph, insists on associating RN with Nazis, even as they fail to alert the world that Macron is pimping REAL PRESENT DAY NAZIS in Ukraine.
After Macron’s humiliating defeat in the EU elections – where RN got twice as many votes as his bloc – Le ‘Petit Roi’ followed through with yet another historic defeat.
Elections for France’s National Assembly are contested over two rounds. The second run-off vote will be held next Sunday, July 7.
“Most polls show National Rally winning the most number of seats, but there are questions over whether it will secure an outright majority.
[…] If the National Rally does obtain an outright majority, it would put Mr Bardella in a tense “cohabitation” with Mr Macron, which analysts believe could lead to deadlock and political instability. There is also the prospect of a hung parliament, with the same blockages expected.”
The French stock market has rallied.
Meanwhile, the market has let go of its Globalist fears of a boogie-man RN administration and rallied.
Bloomberg reported:
“European stocks snapped a four-day losing streak and the euro rose as French election results suggested there’s a smaller probability of extreme policies coming from the far-right.
Traders interpreted the first round of legislative voting as an indication that Marine Le Pen’s party faces a tougher-than-expected road to overall victory, reducing the risks of spending plans that would rattle financial markets. The 10-year spread on French-German debt narrowed to a two-week low.
[…] France’s CAC 40 Index jumped as much as 2.8% before retracing some gains. Banking stocks led the advance in Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index, as French lenders Societe Generale SA, BNP Paribas SA and Credit Agricole SA all surged by more than 5%. The euro climbed to its strongest level since mid June.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/right-wing-wins-big-frances-first-round-largest/
This article explains the French electoral process really well – and explains why lePen had won her seat in the first round of voting – over 50% of the votes, with more than 25% of the eligible voters casting a vote.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/06/30/macron-wipeout-in-snap-election-he-called-le-pen-surges-and-could-take-outright-majority/
And here is a video of the riots in Paris that followed (this channel also recently interviewed Tommy Robinson, so, if you have not seen it, take a look at the channel):
Slimes of Israel – Haaretz wannabe:
In snap election, many French Jews reluctantly endorse far right over dreaded far left
“I never imagined voting for the National Rally [of Le Pen] to curb antisemitism,” said Alain Finkielkraut, a liberal Jew who is one of France’s best-known philosophers. A consistent and fierce critic of the far right, Finkielkraut will nonetheless vote for Le Pen’s party, he told Le Point, “if there’s no other choice and if LFI had a real chance of reaching power.”
More stunning still was the announcement by Serge Klarsfeld, [the MOST] prominent historian of the Holocaust and hunter of Nazis. “I would have no hesitation, I would vote for the National Rally,” Klarsfeld told the LCI radio station on June 15.
His life, he explained, “revolves around defending Jewish memory, persecuted Jews, Israel. Now I’m faced with a far left that’s in the grip of LFI, which reeks of antisemitism and violent anti-Zionism, or the National Rally, which has evolved.”
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Gilles-William Goldnadel, a well-known French-Jewish lawyer and pundit, sees an overestimation of National Rally’s antisemitism problem and an underestimation, especially in the Jewish world outside France, of the antisemitism of the far-left LFI.
“The left-leaning media in France and abroad zooms in on the far right, raising its specter. French Jews also did this. [Yet, under Melenchon] “LFI became the party of antisemitism. The party of Islamo-leftism, of Palestinianism…”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-snap-election-many-french-jews-reluctantly-endorse-far-right-over-dreaded-far-left/amp/
Illegal Alien Charged in Rape of Disabled Child in Boston OUT OF JAIL After Leftist Judge Releases Him on $500 Bail
by Cristina Laila Jul. 1, 2024 1:00 pm83 Comments
Joe Biden’s America.
Cory Alvarez, the Haitian man arrested for raping a 15-year-old disabled girl at a migrant hotel in Massachusetts earlier this year was just released from jail on $500 bail!
A leftist judge in the Plymouth Superior Court fought the District Attorney and released the dangerous child rapist to the streets.
Alvarez was ordered to wear an ankle monitor as a condition of his release, but since Boston is a sanctuary city, federal officials don’t have control over his whereabouts.
The 26-year-old was arrested and charged with child rape at a hotel used to house Joe Biden’s ‘migrants’ and illegal aliens.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/illegal-alien-charged-rape-disabled-child-boston-jail/
It’s riling up the Haitian community here.
Friends say this animal should be sentenced to SURGICAL castration.
If he appeals and loses, no anesthetic. If he “wins”, vigilantes will do it. In or outside the prison.
Some years ago a pedo-priest was sentenced to 5 years. He lasted less than a year: his bed caught fire. Coke dealers didn’t want to share oxygen with such a crreature.
Louisiana has a new law ordering surgical castration to all convicted child molesters.
Oakland Corruption Scandal: Democrat Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Government Officials Allegedly Funded by Sex Trafficking Drug Ring
by Jim H?ft Jul. 1, 2024 11:40 am182 Comments
An FBI raid has exposed a complex web of alleged illicit activities involving high-ranking government officials and a notorious local business in Oakland, California.
Andy Duong, a key member of the Duong family and the self-proclaimed proprietor of the now-defunct Music Cafe, is accused of using the cafe as a front for a sex trafficking and drug operation. This establishment, which also functioned as a karaoke lounge, was linked by state authorities to drug dealing, pimping, and human trafficking before its closure in early 2019, the Mercury News reported.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/oakland-corruption-scandal-democrat-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao/
ATF Rules in Trouble After SCOTUS Strikes Down Chevron Doctrine
By Cam Edwards | 11:29 AM | June 28, 2024
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
The Supreme Court may not have delivered the opinion that gun owners were hoping for in the Rahimi case, but on Friday the justices gave Second Amendment advocates new ammunition to use in their fights against the ATF’s rulemaking abuses by overturning the Chevron Doctrine.
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In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, et al, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the 6-3 majority that the doctrine, which requires courts to defer to federal agencies so long as they offered “a permissible construction” of a challenged statute even if it was not “the reading the court would have reached if the question initially had arisen in a judicial proceeding,” is no longer operative.
Instead, the majority held that “The Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority, and courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous.”
That’s very good news for the folks who are challenging the ATF’s rules on unfinished frames and receivers, pistol stabilizing braces, and who is “engaged in the business” of dealing firearms.
FPC submitted an amicus brief in Lopez Bright arguing that the Chevron Doctrine was a violation of the separation of powers inherent in the Constitution, while the National Shooting Sports Foundation filed a brief of its own pointing out that agencies like the ATF have relied on Chevron “to support changing interpretations of laws affecting Second Amendment rights.”
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ATF often expects Chevron deference in litigation,which is extraordinary given that the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental constitutional right. Such enumerated rights are “[p]remised on mistrust of governmental power.” Given that Second Amendment rights can be exercised only if individuals can lawfully obtain a firearm, it is astounding that the government would request or receive deference on laws regulating the exercise of such rights. But that is precisely what happens frequently with Chevron regarding federal firearms laws, often at the request of ATF.
… Chevron’s outsized influence is witnessed when ATF interprets other federal gun-control provisions. Even when adjudicating immigration cases, some courts afford deference to ATF’s interpretation of who qualifies as an illegal alien under 18 U.S.C.§ 922(g)(5)(A), even though ATF has no expertise in immigration matters. On occasion, other federal agencies will receive the same deference under Chevron that ATF typically enjoys, such as the Board of Immigration Appeals regarding whether an alien here on a student visa falsified information when filling out a Form 4473to purchase a firearm.
The NSSF brief specifically points to the ATF’s reclassification of bump stocks as machine guns, as well as its reversal on stabilizing braces, which the agency allowed for years before suddenly determining that brace-equipped pistols can be treated as short-barreled rifles subject to National Firearms Act restrictions.
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A cottage industry consequently developed over almost a decade in full view of ATF. Then after two instances of the accessory being criminally misused, ATF reversed its interpretation, saying the accessory henceforth makes the pistol a rifle (or short barreled rifle). Once again, nothing but the politics changed.
The implications for companies and consumers aresignificant. A consistent statutory interpretation allows a company to design new business lines based on an understanding of what is permitted by the applicable statute. That includes hiring personnel, purchasing property, designing equipment, and many other activities. The markets for bump stocks and stabilizing arm braces are examples of an industry relying on previous guidance from an agency with regulatory authority over the industry, producing and selling products the agency had determined was legal, then suddenly that same regulator pulls the rug out from under the industry.
The demise of Chevron deference doesn’t guarantee that the ATF rules promulgated under Joe Biden’s watch will be struck down by the Supreme Court, but it does mean that the ATF can’t hide behind the doctrine in the future.
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With SCOTUS set to hear Vanderstok v. Garland’s challenge to the agency’s rules on unfinished frames and receivers this fall, today’s decision could soon help to curb the ATF’s abuses of the Administrative Procedures Act and put the onus back on Congress to legislate these issues instead of essentially allowing the agency to create new law.
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2024/06/28/atf-rules-in-trouble-after-scotus-strikes-down-chevron-doctrine-n1225436#google_vignette
Elder posted a guest comment from the Tactical Rabbi.
American Jews are starting to defend themselves in response to attacks
https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/06/american-jews-are-starting-to-defend.html
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This is his website:
https://thetacticalrabbi.com
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youtube, for example:
Surviving Civil Unrest: Essential Gear and Strategies for Quick Evacuation
For someone living in a big city it isn’t bad, hopefully you and your husband are protected where you are, I am going to post some articles about the unhinged reactions of the left to the “Immunity” decisions and their calls for violence. Tensions are high and are going to get higher the closer the election comes, the lefts continual calling of Trump and his supporters evil is going to come back to haunt all of us. They can’t continue to call us evil and call for violence without a lot of the Dem supporters reacting with violence.
I live in a small town where the violence probably won’t happen for a while but even though I know the violence is probably going to avoid us for a while I don’t leave the house without a pistol strapped on. I also keep my deer rifle close to where a set watching TV or reading, you have to start doing these things when the risk is low to ensure that you are so use to them that you won’t forget them when the risk is high.
I hope you got all of the kids out and that they are in safe locations, although the world is entering into a time when the definition of safe location is going to go through a massive rethink. I am praying that you and yours remain safe through the coming chaos.
As ever keep your musket clean, your powder dry and your bug out bag packed.
My Russki is over there.
He’s ex-Soviet military, worked for the second biggest weapons exporting country in the world. Both his sons do drones (one in Kiev, the other in Israel). Ditto my “airplane” brother, now full-time in Israel instead of rotating to Singapore.
My nephew is stationed in the north, the absolute worst. Some 80,000 internally displaced – that’s just in the north! Everybody is family.
I’m catching
Reading the whining of the Diaspora tribe
…………
My Russki is over there for the duration. He’s ex-Soviet military, considerable experience working in the weapons industry. Both his sons (one in Kiev, the other in Israel) are also into drone tech. Ditto my “airplane” brother, now full-time in Israel instead of rotating to Singapore.
My nephew is stationed in the north. Everybody is family. Some 80,000 internally displaced – that’s just in the north! Nobody has time for whining Diaspora tribals.
I’d just be another burden there.
Here is where I belong.
It keeps getting worse here, intimidation tactics no longer confined to universities. Bless the Sikhs who’ve adopted me, nobody messes with them.
Though they're more than a little overprotective.“Take All of Them Out” Zoomer Biden Superfan Tweets About Military Offing Trump and Supreme Court Justices Following Immunity Ruling – Trump Campaign Responds (VIDEO)
thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/take-all-them-zoomer-biden-superfan-tweets-about/
Jul. 1, 2024 3:40 pm
Credit: @harryjsisson
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines in favor of President Donald Trump Monday morning, ruling that presidents are immune from criminal liability involving official acts during their tenure.
The case, Trump v United States, arose from narcissistic Special Counsel Jack Smith’s corrupt indictment against Trump, who is falsely accusing the 45th President of conspiring to throw out the 2020 presidential election results. The garbage charges Smith has levied include spreading “claims” of election fraud and “attempting to obstruct the certification of the election results.”
Trump’s lawyers correctly countered that these actions were within his official duties as President. Therefore, he should be immune from prosecution.
Following the ruling, elected Democrats and other leftists completely lost it. But Joe Biden’s most prominent Generation Z supporter, Harry Sisson, who once interviewed him, issued a tweet that some would consider a threat against Trump and the Supreme Court.
Specifically, the 21-year-old Sisson posted about Biden possibly sending Seal Team Six to “take all of them out.” After all, Biden would be immune from prosecution.
“According to the Supreme Court, Biden could now send in Seal Team 6 to take all of them out,” wrote Sisson. “He could send in the military to take out Trump.”
“He has “immunity” for official acts now!”
According to the Supreme Court, Biden could now send in Seal Team 6 to take all of them out. He could send in the military to take out Trump. He has “immunity” for official acts now!
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) July 1, 2024
The “Seal Team Six” reference is an asinine hypothetical posited by DC U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Flo Pan during oral arguments back in January, seemingly thinking ruling in Trump’s favor would give him the authority to take out political opponents. The Supreme Court, of course, had no interest in that line of nonsense and overturned the federal appeals court ruling that Trump did not have broad immunity from prosecution.
Sisson’s post caught the attention of Trump campaign manager Chris LaCivita, who responded: Expect a visit. One would assume he meant a visit from the Secret Service.
Expect a Visit …. https://t.co/QC5XrZ6PGy
— Chris LaCivita (@LaCivitaC) July 1, 2024
Sisson refused to back off his tweet and posted a video outrageously accusing LaCivita of threatening him.
“Trump’s campaign manager Chris LaCivita just responded to me saying ‘expect a visit.’”
“What do you think that means? Is the Trump Campaign threatening me with a visit? Are they going to send guys to my house to keep me quiet?”
“You know, I’m just using my First Amendment right to tell them how awful their candidate is…This really is the perfect summary of the Trump campaign, and their candidate is so terrible they have to resort to tactics like this.”
WATCH:
Trump’s campaign manager just threatened me. Here’s my response pic.twitter.com/XGRmgnKcFy
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) July 1, 2024
Sisson closed by saying he would never shut up because he sees Trump as “a fraud, a conman, and a convicted felon.”
Had a random Trump supporter said this about Biden, we would expect the media to drop all coverage of Biden’s troubles and run this story wall-to-wall to rescue his campaign. But it’s always different when Democrats make vile statements.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/take-all-them-zoomer-biden-superfan-tweets-about/
“Terrifying” – Mueller’s Hatchet Man Andrew Weissmann Melts Down Over SCOTUS Immunity Ruling, Floats Absurd SEAL Team 6 Assassination Hypothetical (VIDEO)
thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/terrifying-muellers-hatchet-man-andrew-weissmann-melts-down/
Jul. 1, 2024 3:00 pm
Mueller’s hatchet man Andrew Weissmann melted down on Monday after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump has absolute immunity for his core Constitutional powers.
Former presidents are entitled to at least a presumption of immunity for their official acts.
The Supreme Court ruled there is no immunity for unofficial acts.
“You could make the argument that is official conduct at the very least presumptively…” Weissmann said referring to the absurd hypothetical argument that a president could order SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival.
“What if a president decides that a political adversary is a threat to democracy and orders the killing?” Weissmann said referring to Biden-appointed Judge Florence Pan’s argument.
WATCH:
MSNBC is taking the SCOTUS decision well: “What if a president decides that a political adversary is a threat to democracy and orders the killing?” pic.twitter.com/mnKHg5Yysl
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) July 1, 2024
WATCH full interview with Weissmann:
https://youtu.be/hrR92V-3fUw
The SEAL Team 6 assassination plot hypothetical originally started with Jack Smith and Biden’s appointed federal judge Florence Pan (DC Circuit Court of Appeals).
President Trump’s attorney John Sauer earlier this year appeared before a three-judge panel for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to argue Trump’s immunity claims in Jack Smith’s DC case.
The three-judge panel hearing oral arguments on immunity claims: Florence Pan (Biden appointee), Michelle Childs (Biden appointee), and Karen Henderson (George W. Bush appointee).
Recall that Jack Smith went completely off the rails and told a federal appeals court that Trump’s immunity argument would allow him to order his supporters to murder opposing lawmakers.
Trump’s lawyers argued that Trump is immune from federal prosecution for alleged ‘crimes’ committed while he served as US President.
Jack Smith’s team argued that if Trump is protected by the presidential immunity argument, what could stop him from telling his “inciting his supporters during a State of the Union address to kill opposing lawmakers…”
In January, a three-judge panel heard oral arguments and appeared skeptical of Trump’s immunity claims – one judge, a Biden appointee, asked attorney John Sauer if Trump would be subject to criminal prosecution if he ordered SEAL Team 6 to assassinate his political rivals.
“Could a president who ordered SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival, and is not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution?” Judge Florence Pan, a Biden appointee asked John Sauer.
John Sauer, former Solicitor General of Missouri and friend of The Gateway Pundit replied, “If he were impeached and convicted first… my answer is qualified yes, there is a political process that would have to occur under the structure of our Constitution which would require impeachment and conviction by the Senate in these exceptional cases…”
Of course this is an absurd hypothetical question that echoes Jack Smith’s argument to the federal appeals court.
AUDIO:
Trump’s immunity argument gets destroyed when a federal appeals court judge asks, “Could a president order S.E.A.L. Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? That is an official act and order to Seal Team 6?” pic.twitter.com/yUhZy8iTbQ
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 9, 2024
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/terrifying-muellers-hatchet-man-andrew-weissmann-melts-down/
LEFTIST TEARS: Elected Democrats Lose Their Minds Following President Trump’s Massive Supreme Court Win on Presidential Immunity
thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/leftist-tears-elected-democrats-lose-their-minds-following/
Jul. 1, 2024 3:20 pm
Credit: ITV News Screenshot
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines in favor of President Donald Trump Monday morning, ruling that presidents are immune from criminal liability involving official acts during their tenure.
The case, Trump v United States, arose from narcissistic Special Counsel Jack Smith’s corrupt indictment against Trump, who is falsely accusing the 45th President of conspiring to throw out the 2020 presidential election results. The garbage charges Smith has levied include spreading “claims” of election fraud and “attempting to obstruct the certification of the election results.”
Trump’s lawyers correctly countered that these actions were within his official duties as President. Therefore, he should be immune from prosecution.
Following the ruling, elected Democrats lost their minds and took to X to throw temper tantrums.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) pitched a hissy fit and vowed to file articles of impeachment against the six conservative justices when Congress returns from their break.
“The Supreme Court has become consumed by a corruption crisis beyond its control,” whined AOC. “Today’s ruling represents an assault on American democracy.”
“It is up to Congress to defend our nation from this authoritarian capture,” she added. “I intend on filing articles of impeachment upon our return.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer accused SCOTUS of corrupt political influence without evidence while preposterously claiming the decision allows Trump “to weaken our democracy.”
“This disgraceful decision by the MAGA SCOTUS—which is comprised of 3 justices appointed by Trump himself—enables the former President to weaken our democracy by breaking the law,” Schumer fumed. “It undermines SCOTUS’s credibility and suggests political influence trumps all in our courts today.”
Rep. Steve Cohen’s (D-TN) response was even more vicious. He accused the Court majority of aiding and abetting treason while taking a despicable shot at Justice Alito’s wife.
“It’s the Republican court,” Cohen seethed. “It’s not the United States of America’s.”
“Next they’ll fly the flag at the S. Ct upside down and won’t call Alito’s wife to do it,” he continued. “Shame on the six aiders and abettors of treason.”
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), who fancies himself a Constitutional scholar, seemingly yelled while writing that the Court “just made sh*t up” to protect Trump.
“The extreme Justices on the Court, three of whom were appointed by Trump, JUST MADE SHIT UP to protect him,” Lieu complained. “NOWHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION DOES THE WORD “IMMUNITY” APPEAR.”
“This is radical judicial activism by the MAGA Justices.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) released an angry statement ripping the Court for bending the knee to the “Insurrectionist-in-Chief.” He specifically accused the conservative justices of “setting a dangerous precedent” and said Democrats would “engage in aggressive oversight and legislative activity” to bring them into “compliance with the Constitution.”
Credit: @RepJeffries
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called the ruling “a scary day for democracy” while lobbing various insults against Trump.
“The Supreme Court can no longer be trusted to uphold the Constitution,” she whimpered. “If Donald Trump is reelected, this convicted felon, rapist, and twice-impeached former President will be able to do whatever the hell he wants.”
Trending: Rep. Matt Gaetz Points Out CNN’s Dana Bash Used Hand Signals During Debate (VIDEO)
“It’s a scary day for American democracy.”
Last but not least, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) accused the Court of going rogue and called the decision “an insult to the vision of our founders.”
“Today, the Supreme Court has gone rogue with its decision, violating the foundational American principle that no one is above the law,” Pelosi claimed. “The former president’s claim of total presidential immunity is an insult to the vision of our founders, who declared independence from a King.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/leftist-tears-elected-democrats-lose-their-minds-following/
Riots break out in Paris after National Rally party wins first round of snap election
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/06/30/u-s-military-bases-europe-placed-on-heightened-security-alert/
Several U.S. military bases in European countries such as Germany and Italy were placed on an increased security alert over the weekend.
Bases such as the U.S. Army Garrison in Stuttgart, Germany, the U.S. Army’s Rheinland-Pfalz base, and the U.S. Army’s Ramstein Air Base were among the bases that were placed on a threat level of “Charlie,” according to Stars and Stripes.
This came after the U.S. European Command (EUCOM), which is headquartered in Stuttgart, issued an increased threat level to “Charlie.”
Other U.S. military bases such as the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz’s base in Baumholder, Germany, and other military bases in Romania, Bulgaria, and the Aviano Air Base in Italy also increased their threat level to “Charlie.”
Israel has lost effective sovereignty in the northern part of the country, thanks to constant Hezbollah projectile fire that has led to the evacuation of tens of thousands of Israelis, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday.
The Times of Israel reported:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Israel “has effectively lost sovereignty in the northern quadrant of its country because people don’t feel safe to go to their homes.”
In an on-stage interview at the Brookings Institution, Blinken reiterates his belief that Israel does not want a war in Lebanon, but admits that “they may well be prepared to engage in one if necessary — from their perspective — to protect their interests.”
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/07/01/blinken-israel-has-effectively-lost-sovereignty-in-the-north/
Wishful thinking of an idiot.
In this short vid the man is smart. He brings the exact amount to buy his thing at the store so the clerk doesn’t have to make change. Good reference for the future:
https://youtube.com/shorts/uh6o2E1zt3g?si=fNFqCVS-QcbBI0by
Daniel Greenfield:
Every Leftist Cause Begins as Humanitarianism and Ends as Terrorism
Every leftist cause is founded on empathy.
Somewhere there is an oppressed group to be liberated. And he, she or they is the one to fight for their liberation.
And then people die. Sometimes it’s those he considers the oppressed or the oppressors. Usually both. The humanitarians become terrorists and their revolutions lead to tyranny.
Leftists genuinely do care a lot. They care about rising oceans, polar bears, women in hijabs, men in dresses, drug dealers in the ghetto and eco-terrorists in prison, racist highways and dead terrorists, and if you think of something that they don’t care about yet, they will soon.
As long as it fits the larger agenda of asserting their will over society from a moral high ground.
That is why they also don’t care about the horrifying death toll among young black men from crime, how many Muslims are being killed by Muslim governments or the state of the gay rights movement in Marxist dictatorships.
If the state of oppression does not conform to the narrative of external social oppression to be overthrown by a liberation movement it is useless to the political movement and to the individual ego of the aspiring freedom fighter.
To a genuine humanitarian, the oppressed are an end, but to a leftist they are a means. A leftist cares a great deal about a coal miner until he votes for Trump or a black man until he runs as a Republican. Or until, even through no fault of his own, like the coal miners and steelworkers for whom leftists once bled, he is replaced by a new pathway to the ultimate revolution.
Really fixing anything robs him of his motivation. That is why the standard leftist position is that black people are as oppressed today as they were under segregation. If they were to admit that black people were equal and free, what would they do with their time?
Given a large enough palette, the leftist can vandalize art, bomb events and assault people because he’s trying to save millions, billions and the entire planet.
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20739/leftist-humanitarianism-terrorism
The Center Cannot Hold
Demonstrators standing on the monument a la République light flares as they take part in a rally after the announcement of the results of the first round of French parliamentary elections on June 30, 2024. There are no tricolor French flags in sight.
Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP
The center of Western politics is dead, and the ones who killed it are the managerial liberals who lived by lies—and believed their own lies.
Rod Dreher
— July 1, 2024
Until Joe Biden took the stage in last week’s debate with Donald Trump, the most catastrophically stupid presidential political decision of the year was Emmanuel Macron’s calling a snap election after the National Rally’s impressive showing in European parliamentary elections. After events over the past few days, it is still uncertain as to which blunder will have been the most consequential. Whatever the outcome, we are all watching corrupt systems collapse in real time. Amid this apocalypse—literally, an unveiling—we are seeing a kind of Reformation, the messy birth of a new order.
This is more the case in France than in the United States. The strong National Rally results in Sunday’s first round of voting occasioned an outpouring on France’s streets that could have been scripted by Camp of the Saints author Jean Raspail.
In some French cities, Antifa and other leftist protesters set fires to express outrage at the results. In Paris, thousands of Islamists and leftists rallied against the ‘far right.’ Look at this clip captured by Luc Auffret. In this vast left-wing crowd, some protesters have raised various standards—the flag of Palestine, the flag of Pride, and so forth—but notice: you cannot see a single French tricolor there.
Compare this to the image from a National Rally victory party on Sunday. Thousands upon thousands of French voters waving the tricolor, and singing the Marseillaise.
What does the contrast tell you? It hardly needs elaboration, does it? Among other things, it is visual confirmation that le Grand Remplacement is no conspiracy theory, but established fact. Renaud Camus defines the Great Replacement as “the change of people, the substitution of one or several peoples for the people whose ancestral roots are there, whose history had for hundreds or thousands of years coincided with the territory in question.” All those native Frenchmen in that leftist mob, the ethnically Gallic too ashamed of France to raise her flag, demonstrate that the Great Replacement is also a state of mind.
France is now in the middle of a fight for its future as a nation. France’s enemies are the Frenchmen who hate her, and the aliens they have brought in to replace the French who resist. This could not possibly be clearer now. Until Sunday, France’s enemies also included the elite establishmentarians of both Left and Right who facilitated le Grand Remplacement, and who counted on the French public’s fear of Vichy to blind them to the emerging reality.
Well. Thanks to Macron’s folly, and to the subsequent Sunday vote, his centrist party has been effectively demolished. True, France now faces a genuinely frightening future of left-right conflict that, owing to the Left’s radicalism and willingness to use violence, could finally mean the advent of the civil war that the French have long feared. Note well that the elites in politics and journalism have for ages warned that the far right is a threat to democracy. But who smashed windows and set fires to protest the results of Sunday’s democratic vote? Not Marine Le Pen’s crowd.
This is the truth that France’s establishment spent decades attempting not to see, and working hard to ensure that no French voter ever saw either. In a 2014 speech before a Paris court, in which he was on trial for inciting racial hatred, Rénaud Camus said that, in fact, the stubborn refusal of France’s leadership class to see what they were doing to the country with their idiotic migration policies was going to bring violence. It is worth quoting at length from that address (which appears in English in the recently published Enemy Of The Disaster, a compilation of Camus’s political speeches); in his work, Camus uses the neologism “nocence” to mean “harm”:
Far from calling for violence, but trying on the contrary to avoid it, to drive it away from us, I tirelessly denounce reckless policies—or perhaps policies that are only too aware of what they are doing—these friends of the disaster, these harbingers of misfortune, that day after day create the strict conditions for conflict, tension, animosity, and uncontrollable nocence. It is an ex-Yugoslavia that they are blithely preparing for France and for Europe—a Sudan, a Mali, a Central African Republic, a generalized Lebanon.
Indeed, we are alas no longer talking about the simple conditions for future violence; for ages now, we have been watching it quietly set up shop, as it were, in our lives. It is not as a prophet that I speak of this but as a chronicler and almost an historian. For the disorders that it brings in its wake are not just a matter for the future; they are already at work among us, as witnessed by the growing brutality of social relations, the unprecedented and sadly justifiable distrust between citizens, rising insecurity, and the worsening of major and minor crime alike.
It is absurd to reduce, as it is commonly done, these phenomena to an inexplicable accumulation of random events, a matter for law enforcement or the courts, police intervention or
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/dreher/the-center-cannot-hold/
FRANCE: The Left are working together to establish civil disobedience should the RN win next Sunday. This type of protest consists of government workers not obeying orders and judicial activism.
Video is in French:
https://x.com/thomas_guenole/status/1807836117963886959
Another “Days of Rage” event for them to celebrate mayhem.