Immigration

• Biden issues another incentive for illegals: Joe Biden’s handlers have stepped up their efforts to weaponize our borders and weaken the fabric of our nation. The latest example of this is a sweeping new “protection” against deportation for immigrant spouses of American citizens. Biden’s DHS, which is still being run by impeached Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, will implement the policy to allow immigrants “to apply for lawful permanent resident status, including the non-citizen spouses and children of lawful U.S. permanent residents or citizens.” As Fox News reports, “The White House said it expected the policy to offer protection [read: amnesty] to about half a million American families, which would include roughly 50,000 under the age of 21 who are married to or children of a U.S. citizen.” The order would also give additional preferences to Barack Obama’s so-called Dreamers. Asked if the new policy would apply to illegals in addition to those who obeyed our laws, a White House flack dodged the question, saying that the rules would apply to “individuals who are, eligible under existing U.S law to be able to adjust their status.” Thus, yet another Biden diktat serves as yet another incentive for gate-crashers to flout our nation’s immigration laws.

• Migrant suspect in sex assault of 13-year-old girl in NYC park now in NYPD custody (NY Post)

• Administration official admits that unaccompanied minors crossing border aren’t checked for criminal records (National Review)

• Illegal immigrant “gotaways” near two million under Biden admin (Daily Caller)

“War” on Drugs

• A dopey pardon policy: Given that Maryland abuts Washington, DC, and is therefore one of the bluest states in the union, it stands to reason that it’s also one of the dope-smokingest. And sure enough, Democrat Governor Wes Moore pardoned more than 175,000 dope-smoking Marylanders in one of the nation’s most sweeping drug-policy rollbacks. The AP reports, “Though the pardons will not result in anyone being released from incarceration — and nor will they result in having past convictions automatically expunged from a person’s background check — advocates praised the move as a way of removing barriers to housing, employment, or educational opportunities based on convictions for conduct that is no longer illegal.” Fair enough, to the extent that misdemeanor pot convictions are keeping folks from landing jobs or finding housing. “I’m ecstatic,” said Moore, “that we have a real opportunity with what I’m signing to right a lot of historical wrongs. If you want to be able to create inclusive economic growth, it means you have to start removing these barriers that continue to disproportionately sit on communities of color.” We’re not sure what Moore means by “historical wrongs.” The conduct was illegal at the time, and the law applied to all citizens regardless of skin color.

Anti-Semitism

• Ford Foundation sends millions to anti-Semites: In response to Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, the Ford Foundation, led by President Darren Walker, announced that it would be sending money for “immediate humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza and the Middle East.” Walker announced that the foundation’s “resources will go to partners in the region to provide life-saving support and other essential needs to the affected Palestinian civilians in Gaza.” While he observed the “tragic events” that had occurred in Israel, Walker didn’t name the perpetrators of the terrorism: Hamas. The reason for this oversight seems to be the fact that much of the foundation’s “humanitarian” funding has subsequently gone to support anti-Semitic organizations. The irony is that Walker has personally decried Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford as “one of the twentieth century’s most virulent American antisemites” and called for “all of us engaged in building a fairer, more just America ought to embrace our responsibility to speak out about this ancient strain of inequality — this category of caste — exactly as we call out racism, sexism, ableism, and homophobia.” However, since 2015, the foundation has given over $6 million to two anti-Semitic pro-Palestinian organizations that effectively justify terrorism against Israel as the Palestinians’ “right of self-defense.”

• Gazans angry that Hamas held hostages above ground (National Review)

• Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet after collapse of coalition (Washington Free Beacon)

• Seinfeld shows how to shut down a heckler: Jerry Seinfeld is no conservative, but it’s clear that he’s been mugged one too many times by reality. Indeed, comedy itself has been mugged repeatedly by leftist snowflakes, to the point where many comedians have been rendered utterly unfunny. But not Seinfeld. During a recent performance in Australia, he showed his fellow comics how to shut down a heckler — in this case, one of the Jew-hating pro-Hamas variety. Without hesitating, he went straight to mockery: “We have a genius, ladies and gentlemen. He solved the Middle East. He solved it,” adding, “It’s the Jewish comedians, that’s who we have to get. They’re the ones doing everything. … Tomorrow we will read in the paper: Middle East 100 percent solved thanks to man at the Qudos Arena stopping Jew comedian. They stopped him, and everyone in the Middle East went, ‘Oh my God, let’s just get along. We can’t do that.’” Take a look. And to you aspiring comedians out there: Take notes.

Race

• Google’s racist reroute: Google’s Big Tech colossus gives us plenty of “free” and fascinating goodies, so long as we’re willing to compromise our liberty-based conservative principles — and, in at least one instance, our safety as well. As Ali Partovi, the CEO of startup accelerator NEO, points out, “If you’ve wondered why Google Maps doesn’t offer ‘most scenic walking route’ (a top user request), apparently it’s because they want to help fix income inequality by sending you through low-income neighborhoods.” There are, of course, good types of discrimination and bad types. The good types, like choosing not to pull on a tiger’s tail and steering clear of crime-ridden neighborhoods, are what keep us alive and well. The bad types, like judging people purely based on the color of their skin, are what foster racial harm and resentment. Leftist do-gooders, though, often throw others’ caution to the wind in the furtherance of social justice. For example, some guy named Kasey argues that “inadvertently diverting foot traffic from low-income streets to high-income streets takes revenue and potentially tax dollars from already struggling communities and funnels it instead to richer communities.” We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: Google is evil.

• Chicago reparations task force: Chicago Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson’s poll numbers are sinking as violent crime continues to plague the city, and residents, particularly the city’s black residents, have become increasingly outraged over the growing number of migrants being dumped in their neighborhoods. So, in an effort to deflect from his failures and his policy decisions that served to exacerbate both these problems, Johnson, who is black, decided to play the race card. On Monday, to much fanfare, Johnson announced his creation of a reparations task force ahead of the Juneteenth celebration. Citing the city’s history of “systemic racism and injustices that have been inflicted on our communities,” Johnson asserted that his reparations task force “will unlock the doors of prosperity to fully flow through the neighborhoods that have been disinvested in for decades.” He added, “We must never forget our goal to make sure reparations become a reality for Black residents of this city.” Johnson’s task force grift will cost Chicago taxpayers some $500,000, money that could be spent on other things, such as more policing in low-income neighborhoods, since 71 people were shot, nine of whom died, in the city over the past weekend.

Rainbow Mafia

• Biden’s infamous White House trans influencer accused of sexual assaults: Rosa Montoya, the gender-bending male who went topless during Joe Biden’s Pride celebration at the White House last year, has been accused of sexually assaulting at least five people. One individual, a woman who has undergone several gender-mutilating surgeries in an effort to appear like a man, accused Montoya of repeatedly sexually abusing her over a year-long period. The individual said that after the assaults, she “attempted to end my life on more than one occasion due to how depressed I was from the trauma.” She also shared emails that were purportedly from Montoya in which he appears to admit to the sexual abuse. “I broke your trust and violated you,” he said, and “I’m sorry I forced myself on you.” The individual also claims that there are at least four other victims of Montoya’s abuse. Given his publicly sexually lewd behavior at the White House, these allegations are not shocking.

• Top cancer charity apologizes for using word “cervix” instead of trans-friendly “front hole” (Daily Mail)

American Spirit

• Morgan Freeman excoriates Black History Month again: Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman is not a fan of Black History Month. Back in a 2005 interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Freeman famously called Black History Month “ridiculous” as he explained, “I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history.” In a recently published interview with Variety, Freeman again weighed in on Black History Month, stating, “I detest it. The mere idea of it. You are going to give me the shortest month in a year? And you are going to celebrate ‘my’ history?! This whole idea makes my teeth itch. It’s not right.” He added, “My history is American history. It’s the one thing in this world I am interested in beyond making money, having a good time, and getting enough sleep.” We need a lot more Morgan Freemans and a lot fewer race-hustlers.

Misc.

• White House finally declares Biden won’t commute Hunter’s sentence even if he gets prison time (NY Post)

• Secret Service confirms agent was robbed at gunpoint during Biden’s California trip (Scripps News)

• Obesity will cost U.S. up to $9.1 trillion in medical costs over next decade, House GOP warns (Washington Examiner)

• Judge backs off from threat to punish journalist over Covenant School reporting (Daily Wire)

• Tennessee governor OKs bill allowing death penalty for child rape convictions (AP)

• Humor: White House claims terrible economy is just a deepfake (Babylon Bee)

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