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Today is a victory for women and girls across America. To every woman who refused to be bullied into silence, thank you. Your courage made this possible. As the mother of daughters, I’ll never stop saying it: men do not belong in women’s sports or women’s spaces. Period.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) June 30, 2026
Ed: It is a real victory, but the fight is not over yet. The decision in today’s cases allow states to restrict access to women’s sports and spaces in educational settings to biological females only, but it does not yet require it. Future cases may address this, but the important point has been settled – biology matters more than Teh Feelz.
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Free Beacon: Rep. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) has emerged as a potential contender for the Democratic presidential nomination while denouncing the ultra-rich who “hoard wealth and engage in financial speculation.” But the progressive, Silicon Valley congressman and his family live a life of staggering luxury, fueled by dynastic wealth they did not earn and protected by the same thicket of trusts, anonymous corporations, and foundations that Khanna condemns.
Khanna lives in a $6 million, 8,000-square-foot luxury home with a four-story elevator and so much premium marble that even the two laundry rooms have marble counters. The Northwest Washington, D.C., home is now for sale, as the Khanna family prepares to move to an even larger, more expensive house a few miles away in the Northern Virginia suburbs. Khanna’s two children, who are minors, have large ownership shares in three private golf clubs, a significant stake in a $65 billion wealth management firm, and investments in hedge funds that focus on distressed debt, of which Khanna has been critical. Khanna’s wife drives a $190,000 Range Rover she was so displeased with that she sued the dealer.
A Washington Free Beacon investigation into Khanna’s finances finds that the progressive truthteller’s lifestyle is funded by his wife, Ritu Ahuja Khanna, an heiress to her father’s Cleveland auto parts fortune. An analysis of Khanna’s financial disclosures reveals his gilded life is enriched by the same sort of investment vehicles that Khanna has said he has a “moral” duty to oppose and that Khanna’s family is a beneficiary of the “New Gilded Age” he condemns.
Ed: In other words, a true Democrat Socialist.
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I think it’s telling that when the Supreme Court knew the Dobbs decision would anger the Left, they erected gates the night before. Being at the Court that day was insane with the police security.
Today, we woke up and knew the birthright citizenship case would be a win for the…
— Kristan Hawkins (@KristanHawkins) June 30, 2026
Today, we woke up and knew the birthright citizenship case would be a win for the Left…because there were zero fences up.
The Court knows who the party of violence is in America.
Ed: Perhaps; I saw a lot of comments like this today. However, the context for that was the leak, which had already resulted in angry and violent protests. Had Dobbs been published normally, the fences would not have been necessary. Also, the fever pitch on abortion was clearly higher than on immigration.
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Politico: James Talarico and Ken Paxton are locked in a dead heat in the open Texas Senate race in a new survey released Tuesday, with the state emerging as a major battleground in the fight for the Senate.
A New York Times/Siena poll showed Talarico, the Democratic state lawmaker, and Paxton, the state’s Republican attorney general, tied at 47 points apiece among likely voters. Six percent of voters indicated they hadn’t yet made up their minds over who to support.
Paxton, who has been trailed by scandal, is running behind GOP Gov. Greg Abbott, who maintains a lead over his Democratic challenger, Gina Hinojosa. Respondents preferred him to Hinojosa —also a state lawmaker — by a 51 to 44 margin.
Ed: Color me skeptical on this result, especially since Siena doesn’t really play much in Texas. The RCP average has it as a virtual tie as well, but we saw plenty of that in Ted Cruz’ races in 2018 and 2024 too. Wait until September, and bear in mind that Greg Abbott will be atop this ticket – and RCP has him seven points up over Gina Hinojosa.
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To understand how the trans athletes lost even the liberal justices on Title IX, recall how their lawyer got massacred by Alito on the question of how you can have girls sports teams without knowing who is & isn’t a girl: pic.twitter.com/KC6XDO6NLc
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) June 30, 2026
Ed: There has been a lot of KBJ jokes today in regard to her refusal to define “woman” at her confirmation hearing. I wonder how much discomfort this colloquy caused her. It’s interesting that Jackson landed on the correct definition in regard to Title IX.
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Roll Call: House Republican leaders are giving up on trying to put the pieces back together for a rule needed to take up a raft of pre-recess legislative priorities after a group of GOP rebels blocked the procedural measure earlier, largely over lack of movement on voter ID requirements.
The decision to send members home early for the July Fourth recess after Tuesday afternoon votes came after Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., huddled in his office with Rules Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., and others on how to reconstruct a path forward.
Rejection of the rule earlier in the day stymied consideration of the fiscal 2027 defense authorization bill, National Security-State spending bill and more. The plan earlier had been to try to bring the rule back up for a vote after persuading opponents to reconsider, rather than closing up shop and heading home early for the July Fourth recess.
“We’ll work on that over the next day and a half, and we’ll get everybody to yes. It’s too important to stop progress,” Johnson said after the 198-224 vote, which saw defections from more than a dozen Republicans.
Ed: Johnson has been something of a magician since becoming the default choice for House Speaker, but he ran out of pixie dust today in a big way. It’s disappointing, but there is some time on the calendar after this recess to get this back for reconsideration. Perhaps the House GOP caucus needs to consider how much time they have left in control of this chamber, and start getting serious rather than nitpicky about personal hobby horses.
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I remember when I worked at CNN and saw @davidaxelrod in the green room. Asked a question that continues to befuddle me. Never got a satisfying response. Here goes again: During entire SCOTUS history, when has there EVER been a liberal justice — appointed by a Democrat POTUS —…
— James A. Gagliano (@JamesAGagliano) June 30, 2026
… appointed by a Democrat POTUS — considered to be a “swing vote,” in the tradition of a Justice Anthony Kennedy. So rare to see the three liberal justices on the current court now EVER act as a “swing vote.”
And yet, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, ACB, and Chief Justice Roberts (MANY TIMES) side with the liberal wing. Why? Think that Sotomayor or Kagan or KBJ would EVER take a *consequential position not aligned with their preferred ideology? Serious question. Why are “swing votes” almost always right to left? 🤔
Ed: While this is generally true, Kagan actually does flip from time to time. Gagliano hits the nail on the head overall, and the answer is that the progressive justices tend toward outcome-based activism more than the judicial modesty exhibited on the Right. Obama and Biden didn’t appoint these three for their adherence to the forms of judicial review, after all, but to rubber-stamp the Left’s priorities.
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Axios: Several dozen House Democrats voted with Republicans on Tuesday to quash a second attempt to restrict the U.S. from assisting Israeli military operations in Lebanon.
Why it matters: That’s a significantly smaller group than voted against the measure earlier this month, with Democratic leadership supporting it this time. …
Yes, but: Democratic centrists who voted against the measure largely argued it was an answer to a non-existent problem, noting that the U.S. has not been involved in Israel’s operations in Southern Lebanon.
“To the best of my knowledge, we’re not engaged in a conflict with Lebanon,” said Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a staunchly pro-Israel moderate who opposed the measure.
Ed: This got introduced by Rashida Tlaib, and it’s pretty despicable even without Golden’s wise analysis. Hezbollah has killed Americans in the past, especially in the 1980s hostaging spree but also the 240-plus Marines in Beirut in 1983, and in terror attacks in the region and around the world. Why is Tlaib fronting for a terror group that has killed Americans and won’t comply with ceasefire agreements they have made?
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Today you will read many sympathetic media stories about B.P.J., the male athlete who challenged WV’s law and lost at SCOTUS.
I’m guessing none will mention that B.P.J. defeated 470+ girls 1,400+ times (including a state title) and sexually harassed our client Adaleia (pictured)… pic.twitter.com/9bUhfCBJmc
— Kristen Waggoner (@KristenWaggoner) June 30, 2026
I’m guessing none will mention that B.P.J. defeated 470+ girls 1,400+ times (including a state title) and sexually harassed our client Adaleia (pictured) in the girls’ locker room. Sadly, Adaleia stopped playing the school sports she loved due to B.P.J.’s ongoing presence in girls’ sports and spaces.
But we’ll probably be lucky if those girls get even a passing mention—let alone a front-page photo.
This has been the pattern on this issue from far too many institutions of power. Boys’ feelings are the focus. Girls’ safety, fairness, and opportunity take a back seat.
I’m so thankful today that the Supreme Court reversed that pattern, acknowledged the reality of biological sex, and remembered the girls.
Ed: These are the human stories that make these challenges so important. Alliance Defending Freedom does outstanding work in representing the people victimized by woke policies that the courts now have to unwind.
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Kira Davis: So, it was a particularly juicy bit of schadenfreude when, last weekend, Weiner was shouted down and driven out of a Pride festival in San Francisco by the Queers For Palestine crowd – which is basically all of them at this point, in that area of the country. The two movements go hand-in-hand, inexplicably, and Weiner has neither spoken against the union or sounded any kind of alarm. He has only embraced their activism – even as a Jewish man – in service of the only thing that matters to Democrats…power.
And it happened again at local San Francisco restaurant Weiner visited during Pride.
As it turns out, Weiner isn’t far-left enough for the far left crowd he has cultivated. The scorpion has stung him, and the look on his face is the look of a man who is at once confused and deeply afraid. …
The socialists communists and islamists are taking over the Democrat Party and, shockingly, they don’t care for the establishment class that put them there. The Democrat establishment thought they were kings and queens. As it turns out, they were just a bunch of frogs trying to score a free ride to power.
Ed: The fable of the frog and the scorpion works, but the true story of Robespierre hits closer to the mark. Leftist revolutions are ouroboros – they always eat themselves. Robespierre was astounded to get served his own medicine when it happened. Weiner isn’t smart enough to grasp the irony.
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A vote for Graham Platner is a vote for a physically abusive bully who man-handles young women half his size, sexts with women weeks after getting married, mocks wounded soldiers and has a nazi tattoo that he lied about
Normal people will take Kavanaugh, you moral monster. https://t.co/PYCj7eGfMs
— L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) June 30, 2026
Ed: Especially after today’s rulings. The Obama Bros really are all in for the Nazi-tatted Kik creeper, though. Why are they so invested in Der Osyterführer against a moderate like Collins? It’s all about power, including through activist judges and justices.
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Chris Queen at PJ Media: On Tuesday, following the last of the Supreme Court decisions, NPR played the CBS card and jumped the gun on a scoop. It posted and then quickly unposted a story that Justice Samuel Alito was announcing his retirement.
The headline on the article now simply reads, “Editor’s note: NPR retracts Justice Samuel Alito story.” The text reads, “Editor’s note: Earlier today, we erroneously published a story saying that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Neither Alito nor the court’s public information office has announced his retirement, and we have retracted the story.” …
Here’s the thing: Maybe Alito is announcing his retirement soon. Maybe the rumors are true — eventually. It could be that veteran reporter Nina Totenberg had a prewrite ready, and she or someone else jumped the gun and published it.
Ed: I suspect that someone did a prewrite just in case, and someone else erroneously thought it was meant for immediate publication. It would not surprise me if PBS and other media orgs had retirement pieces ready for Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor, too. And to be fair, a conservative retirement this summer would make sense in the context of the risk that the GOP could lose control of the Senate after January. But still … yeah, this is embarrassing, even if understandable.
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The correct view is @EWErickson’s.
Barrett can be frustrating. She’s not a communist, she’s not corrupt, she’s not a closet liberal. She’s what used to be a mainstream conservative. I’m not saying that in a good way. I don’t want mainstream conservatives. But she’s not some sort… https://t.co/V5yG5PkWpg
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 30, 2026
Ed: Conservatives want jurists that understand judicial restraint and the necessity of forcing Congress to do its job. That’s one reason why Gagliano sees such a difference between the two wings of the court. We won’t win every battle because we don’t appoint rubber-stamp jurists, and we should assess value on some other basis than 100% approval of our agenda items.
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Last night’s lyric: “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor.
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