Cross-Examination

• American Spirit: Flight attendant saves honeymoon: When newlyweds discovered mid-flight from Detroit to their honeymoon destination of San Juan, Puerto Rico, that the bride had forgotten her passport, panic set in. The couple was scheduled to set out on a Caribbean cruise requiring their passports. In desperation, the couple reached out to a Delta flight attendant, Dusty Dills, who after hearing their predicament went above and beyond. Dills noted that since he would be on a returning flight to Detroit that day, he could pick up the bride’s passport, fly back down to Atlanta, and hand it off to another flight attendant who could then get it to the couple in San Juan. The plan was put into action with the help of the bride’s sister getting the passport to Dills in Detroit, and with just an hour and a half to spare, the passport was in the hands of the bride in time for the newlyweds to board their honeymoon cruise. “I consider that the greatest wedding gift we could have asked for,” the bride gushed. “I felt like probably the luckiest bride on Earth.”

• $10,000 per NYC “protester”: New York City has settled a class-action lawsuit brought by lawyers representing thousands of leftist “protesters” who took to the city’s streets following the death of George Floyd. The $13.7 million settlement, which equates to roughly $10,000 each for nearly 1,400 people, comes after accusations were raised of police brutality against protesters. As curfews were broken and rioters descended on the streets of New York from May 28 to June 7, 2020, the city’s law enforcement responded by eventually arresting more than 2,000 individuals. With the settlement, which is the largest ever paid to protesters, the city denies any liability and denies that NYPD officers violated anyone’s rights. So these “protesters” not only got away with breaking laws, they also have been rewarded for doing so. Is it any wonder New York City is struggling with a growing crime problem?

• Dems try to censor RFK Jr. at censorship hearing: Prior to and during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing, Democrat lawmakers sought to prevent Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from testifying. Smearing the old-school Democrat as a racist anti-Semite and a dangerous anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, the Democrats — ironically during a hearing focused on the federal government’s collusion with Big Tech to censor Americans’ speech — argued that Kennedy should not be allowed to speak. “I never thought the Democrats would go after a Kennedy,” observed former Representative Jason Chaffetz. “I never thought I’d see that day. But unbelievable that … in literally a hearing about censorship, they would try to censor this witness.” Far from being a big tent, the modern Democrat Party is intolerant of any deviation in views from its increasingly narrow-minded authoritarian agenda.

• Senate Dems advance SCOTUS “ethics” bill: In their ongoing attacks against the U.S. Supreme Court, Senate Democrats advanced their dubious “ethics” bill out of the Judiciary Committee for a full Senate vote. The bill in question would force new transparency rules and standards onto the Court. Seeing this as a ploy by Democrats to assert political control over the Court due to several decisions that Democrats have objected to, Republicans have steadfastly refused to go along with the charade. As Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (SC) argued, “If this bill ever passed, the Supreme Court would be destroyed as we know it." While the bill has no chance of becoming law since it won’t get the needed 60 votes in the Senate or pass through the Republican-controlled House, its purpose is for Democrats to use it as a political bludgeon against Republicans for rejecting "ethics” standards for a “rogue” court.

• Good news: VA parental rights win: Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin is following through on his commitment to defend parental rights. The commonwealth’s Department of Education recently released new policy requirements for all public schools regarding the “transgender” issue. The new rules prohibit schools from accommodating a student’s expressed “transgender” identity without first receiving written permission from their parent(s). This includes referring to the student with a different name or opposite gender pronouns. Furthermore, students will be required to use bathrooms that match their biological sex and only compete in sports that correspond to their biological sex. Youngkin touted the new policies by stating, “The Department of Education has delivered policies that empower parents, prohibit discrimination, create a safe and vibrant learning environment by addressing bullying incidents immediately, and protect the privacy and dignity of all students through bathroom policies, athletic procedures, and student identification measures.”

• Disgraceful Stanford Law DEI dean finally gets the gate: Back in March, a shameful scene unfolded at Stanford Law School when U.S. Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan, who had been invited to speak at the school, was shouted down by a number of belligerent students. Worse than the students’ behavior, however, was that of the school’s associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion, Tirien Steinbach. Rather than rebuke the disruptive students, Steinbach took the opportunity to scold the Trump-appointed judge. She ridiculously claimed that his mere presence there was doing “harm” to the law students because she took umbrage with several of his rulings. Well, the good news is that Steinbach is no longer employed by Stanford Law. She has resigned following the school issuing a public rebuttal of her claims and putting her on leave.

Headlines

• Grassley releases form FBI wanted hidden showing Biden’s alleged bribery scheme (Townhall)

• FBI admits they knew Hunter Biden’s laptop was real when they killed the story (Washington Examiner)

• Republican-led House votes against rehiring pilots fired over the vax in the middle of a national shortage (Not the Bee)

• Trump classified documents trial date set for May 2024 (The Hill)

• Chinese hackers breached email of U.S. ambassador (National Review)

• Thirteen AGs put corporations on notice after affirmative action ruling: No more racial discrimination (The Federalist)

• CNN pushes study that links “structural racism” to all the black people being shot in inner-city America (Not the Bee)

• “Sanctuary city” New York tells migrants, “Consider another city” (Free Beacon)

• Upstate NY motel kicks out guests to make room for migrants bused from NYC (National Review)

• Move over, Mickey Mouse — proposed $2B America-themed park set for Oklahoma (RedState)

• Satire: Being against crime added to list of things that are racist (Babylon Bee)

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