Cross-Examination

• Did Biden’s White House “Pride” flag display violate U.S. flag code? On Sunday, Joe Biden hosted a “Pride Month” celebration featuring the “Progressive Pride” flag being prominently hung between two U.S. flags on the White House balcony. Images of the White House flag display quickly generated controversy on social media with accusations of Biden having violated the law. According to U.S. Flag Code §7. (e), “The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.” During the event, Biden claimed the LGBTQ folks are “some of the bravest and most inspiring people I’ve ever known,” asserting that they “set an example for the nation and quite frankly for the world.” Tell that to the families of Americans who died defending the flag Biden disgraces.

• Hillary just won’t go away: In what amounts to gloating for being a member of the protected political insider class of America’s two-tiered justice system, Hillary Clinton used the occasion of Donald Trump’s indictment over mishandling classified documents as a fundraising opportunity. In a Twitter post, Hillary encouraged followers to buy her limited edition hats emblazoned with “But Her Emails” in an effort to raise support for her Onward Together leftist political slush fund. Effectively, her message to Trump amounts to, “Haha, I got away with it.”

• Vast majority of climate data is “corrupted”: Climate change alarmists like Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez love to claim “the science” in defense of their extreme policy demands. Furthermore, they blast skeptics of their ideology as being “anti-science.” Well, a recent study found that upwards of 96% of U.S. temperature data that is relied upon to track climate change is “corrupted.” According to the study, titled “Corrupted Climate Stations: The Official U.S. Surface Temperature Record Remains Fatally Flawed,” just 4% of temperature stations in America used to measure climate change meet the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s “acceptable” standards. The primary corrupting factor for the temperature data is the presence of urban heat-trapping or heat-producing objects. Simply put, temperatures collected in hotter urban environments are throwing off accurate measurements of the actual global climate.

• Tillis censured: The North Carolina GOP has disciplined one of its own. In a 799 to 361 vote on Saturday, Republican Senator Thom Tillis found himself censured due to his positions on hot-button cultural and political issues that diverge from the party’s platform. The three issues in particular that drove the decision were Tillis’s support for the pro-LGBTQ Respect for Marriage Act, gun control via red flag laws, and amnesty for illegal aliens. One of the delegates observed, “People felt like Senator Tillis no longer took account of our platform.” While the vote may prove to be embarrassing, Tillis has little to worry about, as he’s not up for reelection until 2026. The question is, does this signal a divide growing in the Republican Party in North Carolina and beyond?

• Man wins big in women’s bike race: A man who identifies as a “transgender woman” won a North Carolina women’s bike race by a whopping five minutes over the second-place cyclist. Last Saturday, Austin Killips defeated his female opponents to take home the $5,000 prize. The second-place finisher observed that her power was “not comparable” to Killips and called for the creation of a separate category for “transgender” athletes. This was not Killips’s first win, as he won the Tour of Gila stage race in New Mexico last month. His win there prompted famed tennis legend Martina Navratilova to object, calling his victory “a joke.”

Headlines

• Federal deficit tops $2 trillion over last 12 months (Fox Business)

• IRS gets major power to request private tax info after Supreme Court decision (Yahoo Finance)

• Biden names a Border Patrol veteran in Texas to be the agency’s next chief (NPR)

• Biden let America get bullied by Saudis, leaked docs show (Free Beacon)

• Saudis say they’re moving ahead with nuclear program, with or without U.S. (Free Beacon)

• U.S. confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019 (AP)

• Extensive poll finds majority of Europeans unwilling to “take America’s side” in war with China (RedState)

• California bill would charge any parent who doesn’t affirm transgenderism with “child abuse” (Daily Signal)

• New York lawmakers pass bill that considers reparations for slavery (AP)

• California port problems piling up amid labor negotiations (Fox Business)

• Tony Award presenter calls DeSantis a KKK leader. Lefty theater crowd goes wild. (Daily Wire)

• Oklahoma Women’s College World Series champions say they find their joy in Christ (CNA)

• Toronto Blue Jays designate pitcher Anthony Bass listed for assignment after groveling apology (Hot Air)

• Daniel Penny describes harrowing confrontation with Jordan Neely (RedState)

• George Soros’s son takes over multibillion-dollar empire (Daily Wire)

• Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says “counteroffensive and defensive actions” underway against Russia (Politico)

• Russia to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus in July, Putin says (NBC News)

• Boris Johnson resigns from Parliament after allegedly misleading MPs (Forbes)

• Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” dies in federal prison (National Review)

• Satire: Sad: Invitations to Unabomber’s funeral mailed out, but no one wants to open them (Babylon Bee)

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