Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Addressing Whether “Reverse Discrimination” is also Prohibited by Civil Rights Act of 1964

On this blessed Independence Day, I have a disappointing update on a legal case I’ve been covering. Had “B.W. [Brooks Warden] vs Austin Independent School District” been accepted by the Supreme Court, there might finally be clarity as to whether Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits racial discrimination against whites. For now, entities such as the AISD are free to continue engaging in racial animus based on a student’s skin color, so long as the student is white.

As I’ve written, Brooks’ parents, Brandi and Monte Warden, are personal friends of my wife and mine. When they notified me earlier this week that SCOTUS had denied certiorari, they were obviously disappointed, but their disappointment was also mixed with an equal and offsetting pronouncement of patriotism and faith. They stressed that ultimately all of this is in the hands of a higher power, and they also know that Brooks’ ordeal, and the legal path they pursued, will help chip away at the ugly 21st century version of state-sanctioned racism.

Our sacred Declaration of Independence acknowledges that we’re an imperfect Union, but we strive to to form a more perfect Union. Brooks’ and the Wardens’ legal battle will indeed help make this a more perfect Union. There are plenty of landmark cases for which there were preceding writs that were denied certiorari, but the pressure mounted until SCOTUS couldn't hide from the issue any longer. Brooks' case has paved the path for other cases to follow.

As I documented in my previous pieces in April and in June:

Among the abuses claimed by Brooks were a teacher calling him a racial slur; the Principal mocking Brooks and accusing him of listening to Dixie while wearing a headset; the Student Council President circulating a picture of Brooks as a Klansman; another student promising to kill Brooks and all Trump supporters; and a student beating Brooks up in a classroom while the teacher watched. That student is later alleged to have boasted about assaulting Brooks because of his race. As Brooks’ father documented, the Austin Independent School District never disputed or refuted any of this, they just chose to ignore the Wardens’ pleas to make it stop.

Aside from me, The Federalist has also been giving this case good coverage in conservative media, with articles published in February and in June.

Coverage has now broken out into the legacy media, with this surprisingly unbiased report from USA Today on the Supreme Court declining to take the case: “'Whitey' case: Texan cites racial harassment at school. What did Supreme Court say?”

The Austin Independent School District said Warden failed to show the alleged hostility was based on race, rather than his political views.

Isn’t it charming that a public school district is arguing that the persecution of one of its students is allowable so long as it’s because the student has the wrong political views, rather than because he has the wrong skin color. But the AISD seems to also understand that acknowledging the hostility Brooks endured with the school district’s acquiescence would get them into Title VI territory, thus their claim that racial slurs directed at Brooks were “political.”

But because the Supreme Court punted, there is still no clarity as to whether Title VI applies to non-minorities, meaning that the “right kind” of government-sponsored racial oppression is still not currently prohibited. We can therefore expect more awful stories like this one from earlier this week:

“Jewish Teen Hid in Locked Classroom as Anti-Semitic Mob Pounded on Door: Lawsuit” [Washington Free Beacon – 7/01/2025]

The incident was the culmination of anti-Semitic harassment the student, referred to in the complaint as M.K.L., had endured for months, leaving the now-15-year-old with "terrifying nightmares and flashbacks," the June 12 suit her parents filed against Seattle Public Schools alleges. School officials repeatedly failed to address the harassment and refused to turn over surveillance footage, according to the complaint.

By refusing to hear “B.W. vs A.I.S.D.,” the Supreme Court has given its acquiescence for Seattle Public Schools to allow a teenage Jewish girl to be terrorized on school property, and to allow Jewish and white children around the country to be similarly terrorized.

However, I believe that with more of these cases getting media attention, and with more lawsuits working their way through the legal system, the day will come when the Supreme Court finally puts a stop to ~~reverse~~ all racial discrimination, stating in effect, “Not on our watch. Not under our Constitution.” Brooks Warden has brought us closer to that day. God bless you, Brooks.

*****

Despite all this, you cannot talk to the Wardens without them constantly reminding you of their many blessings, and one of them is that Monte Warden has been invited to perform at The Grand Ole Opry on Saturday August 16. To make it even more cool, Brooks is going to join him on stage to sing bass on a song or two.

Mrs. Throckmorton and I will be at the Opry that night cheering them on. If you’re in Nashville and happen to attend the Opry that night, I’ll be easy to find. Just look for the prettiest Yellow Rose in the Opry House. I’ll be the lucky guy sitting next to her.

*****

Now, on to some Independence Day fun. Given today’s subject matter, I can’t think of a better way to celebrate our country than to re-post Monte Warden’s own birthday card to the USA that he sent to all of fans and followers:

The United States of America is the greatest nation in the history of the world. In our 249 years, no country has spread more liberty, prosperity, charity, ingenuity, opportunity, and dreams than this great and good nation. Of the individuals listed below, virtually every one of them were completely self-made and succeeded because of their talent, not their station. We are the most diverse, assimilated, multi-cultural, multi-religious, inclusive, interwoven, compassionate, tolerant, self-improving, and self-correcting nation in world history. Our Melting Pot is unique to mankind. No other nation has unceasingly sought to be ‘a more perfect union’.
American Exceptionalism? You bet your sweet ass: Rock 'n' Roll. Jazz. Sinatra. Chicken Fried Steak. Edison. Elvis. Ali. Special Olympics. Ray Charles. Martin, Gibson, and Fender Guitars. Ford. Chevy. Walt (Disney and Whitman). Alcoholics Anonymous. Mahalia. The Opry. Jonathan Winters. Carson. Skyscrapers. Gershwin. Sun, Motown, and Stax Records. Mattress Mack. Phonographs. Brando. Groucho. Movies. Marvel and DC Comics. Prince. Colt. Rankin-Bass. Muddy. Winchester. Red Cross. Cash. James Dean. Simpsons. Mingus. Warhol. Martin (Dean and Steve). Cole (Nat and Porter). Spielberg. Hemingway (Ernest and Mollie). Rockwell. Jackie Robinson. Brubeck. Airplanes. Thoreau. Dorsey (Thomas and Tommy). St. Jude’s. Three Stooges. Brown (Charlie and Clifford). Monroe (Marilyn and Bill). Muppets. Dylan. Dr. Seuss. Pryor (Richard and Cactus). Staubach. Bugs Bunny. Eastwood. Babe Ruth. BB. NASA. Patsy. Billie. Buddy (The Elf and Holly). Salk. Twain. Air Conditioners(!). Emmylou. Miles. Mercer. Baseball. I Love Lucy. Hendrix. Little Richard. Mr. Rogers. Mel Brooks. Jobs. Thanksgiving. Armstrong (Louis and Neil). Crosby (Bing and Franny). Woody (Guthrie and Sheriff). Berlin. Cooke. Cohan. Bluegrass. Blues. Star Wars. Everly Bros. Bukowski. Coltrane. Seinfeld. Aretha. Duke (Ellington and Wayne). Hank. Ella. Loretta. Willie. Waylon. Willie and Waylon...and that's just the very short list.
It’s quite simple: What separates America from all other nations in human history are not our sins, but our virtues.
After WWII, for four years, this nation was the SOLE possessor of the most powerful weapon in man’s history. What did we do with that power and dominance? We KEPT the peace. We did not seize a single acre, demand submission, or empty another’s treasury. Name one other empire since the dawn of time – Roman, Greek, Persian, British, French, USSR, Third Reich, China - that does not choose to conquer, ransom, pillage, and loot with such an advantage. God Bless The USA. I and mine choose to show gratitude for this great and good land. Happy Birthday America - 249 looks GREAT on you!
Put On Love,
Montgomery

What a great line, “What separates America from all other nations in human history are not our sins, but our virtues.”

Happy Birthday, America!

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 Good morning horde

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2025 11:00 AM (+qU29)

2 Fear of the Left is the biggest motivating factor in the country

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2025 11:02 AM (+qU29)

3 And also Happy Birthday America

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2025 11:04 AM (+qU29)

4 Someone smarter than me is going to have to explain to me how this is consistent with the recent ruling prohibiting AA in college admissions.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

5 I dutifully called em

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2025 11:04 AM (+qU29)

6 And Roberts ducks an issue once again.

Posted by: MkY at July 04, 2025 11:04 AM (cPGH3)

7 "the Supreme Court has given its acquiescence for Seattle Public Schools to allow a teenage Jewish girl to be terrorized on school property"

The key word there is Jewish. It's also illegal to treat people badly because of their religion, and Jewish is an identifiable minority religion in the US. I suspect SCOTUS will act on that basis.

Posted by: SDN at July 04, 2025 11:07 AM (rzWS7)

8 The broader culture has moved on. The most woke are being constantly traumatized by the disregard of the pragmatic majority.

The content of individual's pluck, character and work ethic are determinative.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 04, 2025 11:08 AM (u82oZ)

9 The broader culture has moved on. The most woke are being constantly traumatized by the disregard of the pragmatic majority.

The content of individual's pluck, character and work ethic are determinative.

We aren't there yet, but the worm is definitely turning.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

10
"America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”

Posted by: Attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville, 1831 at July 04, 2025 11:09 AM (XQo4F)

11 The Cultural Marxists on the Supreme Court can twist any argument to their rhetoric.

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2025 11:09 AM (+qU29)

12 SCOTUS giveth the and scotus taketh away.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 04, 2025 11:11 AM (KrOdt)

13 I think moving on from the "Supreme Court" would probably be a good idea at this point. Throwing my trust to an appointed group of potentially partisan black robes is a bad idea. In fact, the entire judicial system in this country is in dire need of an overhaul.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2025 11:12 AM (Q4IgG)

14 Do you only get one bite at the certiorari apple?

Posted by: toby928 at July 04, 2025 11:13 AM (jc0TO)

15 It’s shit like this why July 4th is pretty much just another day for me. The America I celebrated on July 4, for decades, no longer exists.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 04, 2025 11:13 AM (KrOdt)

16 11 The Cultural Marxists on the Supreme Court can twist any argument to their rhetoric.
Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2025 11:09 AM
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That's 'cuz we go by three names.
Neener, neener.

Posted by: Jackson and Barrett at July 04, 2025 11:13 AM (XQo4F)

17 From now on, you will refer to me as Zohran Kwame Mamdani X, in honor of my black heritage!

Posted by: The Statesman Formerly Known As Zohran Kwame Mamdani! at July 04, 2025 11:14 AM (xTIDn)

18 Ask your doctor if Certiorari is right for you.

Posted by: The Marketing Department at July 04, 2025 11:15 AM (XQo4F)

19 My First World Problem :

Plenty of beer, low on bourbon, liquor stores closed.

Gonna be a rough one.

Posted by: jsg at July 04, 2025 11:16 AM (1l+t9)

20 Maybe if Trump praises the decision, a district court judge will intervene.

Posted by: jsg at July 04, 2025 11:17 AM (1l+t9)

21 I must be misremembering but I thought there was a court ruling on this sort of thing only a couple of weeks ago, although maybe not at the SCOTUS level. Anybody else remember that or am I hallucinating again?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2025 11:18 AM (/y8xj)

22 6 And Roberts ducks an issue once again.
Posted by: MkY
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Cert denials come more from internal court politics rather than what Robert's thinks. Rule 10 of Scotus sets out the literal requirements for a cert petition--it takes four justices to agree to hear a case but those four justices may not want to grant cert if they perceive that they may lose their preferred legal rule when the Court decides the case. So, something called strategic denial occurs.

This pattern of explanation applies to 2A Bruen, reining in lawless district courts, etc. On the court, you pick the battles you can win along with those you must fight. But wise justices never become beautiful losers flailing around muttering muh principles. Essentially, we have two very solid conservatives-Alito and Thomas, two wobbly conservatives, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, and two centrist media appeasers, Roberts and ACB. Then you have 3 leftists that vote in lock step when it counts. So, to build a winning coalition, Alito and Thomas must carefully sound out their allies, figure out what issues to raise with them for support, etc. All very political in a game where all know the stakes.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:19 AM (ctrM5)

23 Ask your doctor if Certiorari is right for you.
Posted by: The Marketing Department
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Certiorari may cause hemorrhagic attorneys fees.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 04, 2025 11:20 AM (QqW4y)

24 Plenty of beer, low on bourbon, liquor stores closed.

Gonna be a rough one.
Posted by: jsg

I feel your pain but the brisket is in the smoker.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2025 11:22 AM (PuMzf)

25 I'm sorry about the bad news regarding this case. But the answer is doing what liberals do: Bury the courts in cases like these until they actually rule in our favor.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2025 11:23 AM (7xrfc)

26 14 Do you only get one bite at the certiorari apple?
Posted by: toby928
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In a particular case, usually. It gets weird when the cases involved interlocutory appeals or you have a facial challenge (broad based usually on specific constitutional or statutory language issues) followed by an as applied ( a neutral statute like the Civil Rights Act can be misapplied in a specific instance by a government).

Despite stupid media reporting, writs of cert have NO value as precedent. Including internal court politics, sometimes the fact pattern in a case is bizarre, sometimes, there are incomplete basis of lower court decisions to make a 'good' ruling, and then public opinion plays a part as well. Public opinion is very important to Roberts apparently and he is a justice more interested in politics than good law.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:24 AM (ctrM5)

27 24 Plenty of beer, low on bourbon, liquor stores closed.

Gonna be a rough one.
Posted by: jsg
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Cheap boxed New Zealand Chardonnay.
Trust me.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at July 04, 2025 11:24 AM (XQo4F)

28 I'm curious as to shy the 5th Circuit, a generally conservative court, chose to dismiss “B.W. vs A.I.S.D."

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 11:25 AM (uWKK8)

29 I read that as Supreme Court Cunted again.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at July 04, 2025 11:25 AM (/U5Yz)

30 Do you presume to criticize the Great SCROTUM? You ungrateful creatures! Think yourselves lucky that We gave your case an audience today instead of twenty years from now! The Great SCROTUM has spoken! Oh!

Pay no attention to those idiots behind the curtain and on the bench! The greatest... SCROTUM... has... spoken!

Posted by: The SCROTUM at July 04, 2025 11:26 AM (R/m4+)

31 25 I'm sorry about the bad news regarding this case. But the answer is doing what liberals do: Bury the courts in cases like these until they actually rule in our favor.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 04, 2025 11:23 AM (7xrfc)

What our side needs to do is to forum shop until we find a District Court willing to find in our favor; then it will work up the system with the burden of proof on the other side.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 11:26 AM (uWKK8)

32 Hilarity from the New York Times:

This Is What Our Conservative Columnists Really Think of Trump’s Bill

The New York Times thinks that they have seven "conservative" columnists.

Of course, that includes David French, who would happily write:

"The conservative case for a brutal Communist dictatorship", if his masters required it.

Another is David Brooks, who took time off from his "spiritual journey" with his much younger former research assistant to denounce Trump yet again.

https://tinyurl.com/56ruxjbs

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 04, 2025 11:26 AM (xTIDn)

33 Because we're in New Orleans and the heat and humidity are unbearable.

Posted by: The justices of the 5th Circuit Court at July 04, 2025 11:26 AM (XQo4F)

34 "the brisket is in the smoker". Is this one of those "John has a long mustache" things?

Posted by: quarkstud at July 04, 2025 11:26 AM (TuuT8)

35 4 Someone smarter than me is going to have to explain to me how this is consistent with the recent ruling prohibiting AA in college admissions.
Posted by: Archimedes
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We have women on the Supreme Court. Women have two brains.
These two brains can easily contain conflicting thoughts.
Therefore the court is divided evenly six to six.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:27 AM (wHp1L)

36 Public opinion is very important to Roberts apparently

"Public opinion" for Roberts is solely what Leftists in New York and Washington think of him.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 04, 2025 11:28 AM (xTIDn)

37 25 I'm sorry about the bad news regarding this case. But the answer is doing what liberals do: Bury the courts in cases like these until they actually rule in our favor.
Posted by: NR Pax

It will happen and that is why some of the conservative justices may be looking for a better case to issue cert or they may not have a winning coalition yet. What people may or may not know is that Scotus only interprets a statute ONCE because they rely on Congress and the Presidency to change that statute if problematic.

There are exceptions to the rule but generally those occur if some untold constitutional problem crops up, or Congress/president ignore an ongoing constitutional problem despite the court warning them to change the statute (Voting Rights Act and preclearance by DoJ was such an instance).

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:28 AM (ctrM5)

38 I feel your pain but the brisket is in the smoker.

Ah, when do the paratroopers land?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

39 21 I must be misremembering but I thought there was a court ruling on this sort of thing only a couple of weeks ago, although maybe not at the SCOTUS level. Anybody else remember that or am I hallucinating again?
Posted by: Oddbob at July 04, 2025 11:18 AM (/y8xj)

There was; this is a slight distinction from that one, but I can see SCOTUS using that to punt on the case.

Not many realize that the SCOTUS receives at least 10,000 requests for cert every year, and only chooses to hear about 100 of them. So requests for cert have at best a 1% chance of being accepted.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 11:29 AM (uWKK8)

40 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump

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Boo hoo.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 11:29 AM (L/fGl)

41 Thx Buck. I would think the recent Ames case decision which unanimously rejected heightened scrutiny for majority claimants in discrimination cases might be helpful here. The Supreme Ct .did not follow up on Ames however.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 04, 2025 11:30 AM (2G3gH)

42 40 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump

Who?

Posted by: Most people at July 04, 2025 11:31 AM (XQo4F)

43 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump

We are aware, but it's nice of him to point it out.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 11:31 AM (Riz8t)

44 "Public opinion" for Roberts is solely what Leftists in New York and Washington think of him.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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I think it is more what the big legal firms favor mattering to him. Plus, Roberts makes bank via his wife who is a headhunter in DC for legal talent for the big law firms. Piss those off and she gets fewer calls to headhunt. Patent conflict of interest very common in urban court settings and particularly in DC.

Basically, Roberts is at heart a corporate smoozing type rather than someone actually interested in the law like Scalia, Thomas, or Alito. So, in the absence of sound principles, Roberts goes with the flow.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:31 AM (ctrM5)

45 40 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump
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Exactly as written on the cue card.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:32 AM (wHp1L)

46 42 40 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump

Who?
Posted by: Most people at July 04, 2025 11:31 AM (XQo4F)

Perhaps he'd like to tell us what they were. Pretty sure he had none.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 04, 2025 11:32 AM (Cu6xs)

47 Ah, when do the paratroopers land?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 11:28 AM

Gummi Puppen?

Posted by: toby928 at July 04, 2025 11:33 AM (jc0TO)

48 > Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump
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"accomplishments"

He has a weird definition of that word. He's also mentally void.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 04, 2025 11:33 AM (Q4IgG)

49 It's looking like a perfect Summer day here.
It was my mom's birthday yesterday, but today going to ther place for a luncheon

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2025 11:33 AM (+qU29)

50 Do you presume to criticize the Great SCROTUM?

Well, he's no dick.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2025 11:33 AM (ef8Rg)

51 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump

My greatest achievement was bringing in ten million illegal aliens to transform the United States, and that meanie Trump is reversing that!

Posted by: President Autopen! at July 04, 2025 11:33 AM (xTIDn)

52 How would the flow go if, say, Thomas body slammed him into the corridor wall?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:33 AM (wHp1L)

53 I imagine that Brooks Warden will succeed in life, having been brought up by two fine parents.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 04, 2025 11:33 AM (L5An7)

54 Not many realize that the SCOTUS receives at least 10,000 requests for cert every year, and only chooses to hear about 100 of them. So requests for cert have at best a 1% chance of being accepted.
Posted by: Tom Servo

One of the worst things that Rehnquist did as Chief was to greatly reduce the court's workload by hearing and deciding about 1/4 of the number of cases that the Warren court did. Burger court averaged about twice as many. Now, Rehnquist had a very narrow working majority at times on the court but the court punted some very important issues for decades as chief. But Roberts does not have that excuse nor does the majority. Shorter opinions, less concurrences that muddy the water, and a disincentive to peacocking dissents would all be accomplished by accepting a higher caseload.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:35 AM (ctrM5)

55 @40 I think Biden meant to say his failures had been disappearing so rapidly under Trump. But Joey isn't really saying anything, now is he

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 04, 2025 11:35 AM (2G3gH)

56 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 11:29 AM (L/fGl)

So...there IS a God!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 04, 2025 11:35 AM (L5An7)

57 Is this one of those "John has a long mustache" things?
Posted by: quarkstud

It was a simple commiseration and a brag.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2025 11:36 AM (PuMzf)

58 Not going full Musk because that is the obtusely wrong way
but some people in congress need big doses of
Wake the F Up & Get With the Program.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:36 AM (wHp1L)

59 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump

More elder abuse. They could just let the senile old fool go on thinking he was loved and respected by the country and pass peacefully but no, they have to try and squeeze something political out of his desiccated brain.

Posted by: toby928 at July 04, 2025 11:36 AM (jc0TO)

60 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump

Joe Biden is NOT 'The Greatest President in my Lifetime' because LBJ was the greatest president in my lifetime EXCEPT for the Vietnam War. Biden was a great president, EXCEPT for the Monumental Failure to bring Donald J. Trump to justice for January 6.

Biden will be remembered for letting a sadistic traitor back into the White House. He failed to do the one thing that was essential. The buck stops at the Resolute Desk.

In my opinion, JFK was the best. He prevented a nuclear war. Had the previous two, or next two presidents been in office, the crisis involving Cuba would have led to nuclear war.

JFK did not prevent a nuclear war. He almost CAUSED one. His lack of preparation for the 1961 Vienna summit, a result of his dalliance with women the night before, caused Khrushev to take him, correctly, as a lightweight.

LBJ today would've prevented a second term Trump knowing the stakes. I'm done with "nice" and "decent." I want a pit bull Democratic president.

Milquetoast Garland is why Trump was never brought to justice. The single most disappointing AG in US history.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 04, 2025 11:37 AM (ycI94)

61 He's also mentally void.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

And that's a pisser...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 04, 2025 11:37 AM (PuMzf)

62 Am I on Mount Rushmore yet?

Posted by: President Autopen! at July 04, 2025 11:37 AM (xTIDn)

63 What our side needs to do is to forum shop until we find a District Court willing to find in our favor; then it will work up the system with the burden of proof on the other side.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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To some extent, that has happened naturally. E.g. the Fifth Circuit and district courts under them. But, twelve years of Dem presidents and wobbly GOP appointees by Bush or even Trump I have proved to be no match for the activists district court and appellate judges in other circuits and districts.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:37 AM (ctrM5)

64 55 @40 I think Biden meant to say his failures had been disappearing so rapidly under Trump. But Joey isn't really saying anything, now is he
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Autopen

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:37 AM (wHp1L)

65 Zombie Frankenstein.

“Young Frankenstein” Prequel Series in the Works at FX With Mel Brooks as Executive Producer

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 11:38 AM (L/fGl)

66 I have a doubt Sundowner even cares anymore about much of anything

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2025 11:39 AM (+qU29)

67 a warning...this is what we're up against

https://twitter.com/i/status/1940786487769158058

okay, maybe not a warning but just a heads up

Posted by: DanMan at July 04, 2025 11:39 AM (8uzBS)

68 My name is Biden, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Posted by: President Autopen! at July 04, 2025 11:39 AM (xTIDn)

69 a warning...this is what we're up against

https://twitter.com/i/status/1940786487769158058

okay, maybe not a warning but just a heads up

Yeah, I kind of think the red lipstick isn't a new thing for this guy.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

70 Funny how today's leftists idolize LBJ, while it was 60's leftists who more than anyone else drove him out of office.

And JFK was even more of a conservative than Trump is. That's the funniest thing about the leftists constantly complaining about how "Conservative" Donald Trump is - in actual fact, his campaign platform was indistinguishable from Bill Clinton's 1992 platform.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 11:42 AM (uWKK8)

71 13 I think moving on from the "Supreme Court" would probably be a good idea at this point. Throwing my trust to an appointed group of potentially partisan black robes is a bad idea. In fact, the entire judicial system in this country is in dire need of an overhaul.

YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Scotus is always a trailing indicator--not a leading one. At the end of the day, the political institutions and solid majority coalitions wag the court tail, not vice versa.

The political branches give cover to the Court to do what is right after the fact. So eliminating the tax on suppressors and SBRs, etc. can give ammo to 2A advocates on Scotus to trim back the NFA using Bruen. And almost never will the courts grant you everything that your policy position wants. Winning via the Presidency and Congress are better bets.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:42 AM (ctrM5)

72 Everybody knows that Brown Jackson is a literal ignorant retard.
Everybody also knows that her staff are ignorant retards.
Why is there no one in the Dem party stepping up and making sure that she has staff to help her make a minimal presentation of intellect?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:42 AM (wHp1L)

73 68 My name is Biden, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Ah, Oozymandrawers.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

74 67 a warning...this is what we're up against

https://twitter.com/i/status/1940786487769158058

okay, maybe not a warning but just a heads up
Posted by: DanMan at July 04, 2025 11:39 AM (8uzBS)

Some caring family member needs to slap that lipstick off of his face.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 11:43 AM (uWKK8)

75 And JFK was even more of a conservative than Trump is. That's the funniest thing about the leftists constantly complaining about how "Conservative" Donald Trump is - in actual fact, his campaign platform was indistinguishable from Bill Clinton's 1992 platform.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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JFK's appointment of Whizzer White was the last center right democrat justice appointed as well.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:43 AM (ctrM5)

76 Everybody knows that Brown Jackson is a literal ignorant retard.
Everybody also knows that her staff are ignorant retards.
Why is there no one in the Dem party stepping up and making sure that she has staff to help her make a minimal presentation of intellect?

They're all busy working for Mamdani?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

77 5 40 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump
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Exactly as written on the cue card.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:32 AM (wHp1L)

Yup. Written by the slowly fading entities in the Kalorama Cartel.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 04, 2025 11:44 AM (g8Ew8)

78 Why is there no one in the Dem party stepping up and making sure that she has staff to help her make a minimal presentation of intellect?
Posted by: Braenyard

A) You can't fix stupid
B) Dunning Kruger means Brown is incapable on understanding how stupid her decisions are
C) Justices pick their own law clerks and those clerks in turn are likely not to be ones that can outshine their Justice in legal thinking. Mediocre people tend to pick underlings that will not challenge them.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:46 AM (ctrM5)

79 >>>in actual fact, his campaign platform was indistinguishable from Bill Clinton's 1992 platform.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Ah don't think so.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:47 AM (wHp1L)

80 I think Supreme Robes pick their own aides and pages.

Posted by: Skip at July 04, 2025 11:47 AM (+qU29)

81 FBI’s “Operation Mongolian Beef” Nabs Violent Gang Members After Shootout With Rival Group in Florida

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Mmmm. Mongolian beef.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 11:48 AM (L/fGl)

82 74 67 a warning...this is what we're up against

https://twitter.com/i/status/1940786487769158058

okay, maybe not a warning but just a heads up
Posted by: DanMan at July 04, 2025 11:39 AM (8uzBS)

Some caring family member needs to slap that lipstick off of his face.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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I would make sure not to have children around that sad and evil clown who is off his meds.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:48 AM (ctrM5)

83 Plenty of beer, low on bourbon, liquor stores closed.

Gonna be a rough one.
Posted by: jsg

Really, they're all opened here. Just came from one. Huh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 04, 2025 11:49 AM (5xuJ/)

84 Are there no kings riots scheduled for today? I thought it was supposed to be Boogallo on the 4th.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 04, 2025 11:49 AM (KrOdt)

85 I don’t care what anybody thinks, I have Dixie playing in my head.

Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2025 11:49 AM (jgmnb)

86 "Our sacred Declaration of Independence acknowledges that we’re an imperfect Union, but we strive to to form a more perfect Union."

"More perfect Union" is from the preamble of the Constitution.

Terrible what Brooks had to go through. I would presume thst the teachers and administrators who ignored his abuse would be among the first to label a speech by Charlie Kirk to be actual violence and demand safe spaces be provided for student were he to ever make an appearance.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2025 11:50 AM (Z61PD)

87 80 I think Supreme Robes pick their own aides and pages.
Posted by: Skip
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CJ Burger and other Justices ended the Supreme Court page program in 1980. House ended its program after Foley and Kolbe predated on them in 2006. Only the Senate still has its page program.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 11:50 AM (ctrM5)

88 >>>C) Justices pick their own law clerks and those clerks in turn are likely not to be ones that can outshine their Justice in legal thinking. Mediocre people tend to pick underlings that will not challenge them.
Posted by: whig
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Sure. But it's not like she doesn't know people. Or, better yet, Dem honchos are watching saying OMG to themselves. And work to exercise some influence on her. She's not in a cocoon.
There's more than Dunning Kruger going on here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:51 AM (wHp1L)

89 Everybody knows that Brown Jackson is a literal ignorant retard.
Everybody also knows that her staff are ignorant retards.

I wonder how that is going to work in the after internship life when KBJ's staff have to leave and find real income producing work.

It used to be a great thing to put on the résumé that one clerked for Supreme Court Justice ____. But for that act of Sabotage the Uniparty gave us to replace Breyer?

Especially that USAID and USAID Adjacent money, which usually was laundered by the Uniparty's Slushfund to underwrite that kind of garbage is now in jeopardy?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 04, 2025 11:51 AM (a4flb)

90 85 I don’t care what anybody thinks, I have Dixie playing in my head.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2025 11:49 AM (jgmnb)

I have "Surfin' USA" in mine.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2025 11:51 AM (Z61PD)

91 Why is there no one in the Dem party stepping up and making sure that she has staff to help her make a minimal presentation of intellect?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:42 AM (wHp1L)

That's actually a good question, with a serious answer. (By that I mean that the answer gives greater insight into many things)

The answer is that the Democrat Party has no one who can express any leadership at any level. They're either all discredited or aged out. (Notice how suddenly no one on the left wants to talk about Barak or Michelle anymore?)

This is the ultimate failure of trying to run a party with faceless behind the scenes money man, with a bunch of puppets fronting for them. Comes a crisis with a need for true leadership, and there isn't a single one to be found; and so instead the footsoldiers gravitate towards a slick sounding, jew hating muslim communist. There's no one on their side to tell them they shouldn't.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 11:51 AM (uWKK8)

92 I was holding my breath while reading that list. Mercifully, I did not see 'the Boss' therewithin.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 04, 2025 11:51 AM (fY84s)

93 JFK was center left. But he didn’t despise his country.

Today the most “moderate” Democrat loathes America.

That’s the difference.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 04, 2025 11:51 AM (KrOdt)

94 Declaration of Independence is part of the Constitution.
Supreme Court said so in the 19th century.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:53 AM (wHp1L)

95 Mediocre people tend to pick underlings that will not challenge them.

In the words of Steve Jobs:

"A people hire other A people.
B people hire C people."

It's true.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 04, 2025 11:53 AM (xTIDn)

96 Justices pick their own law clerks and those clerks in turn are likely not to be ones that can outshine their Justice in legal thinking. Mediocre people tend to pick underlings that will not challenge them.

In my experience, incompetence drives out competence.

How is KBJ performing interviews? With coloring books and plush toys?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 04, 2025 11:53 AM (a4flb)

97 It used to be a great thing to put on the résumé that one clerked for Supreme Court Justice ____. But for that act of Sabotage the Uniparty gave us to replace Breyer?

Especially that USAID and USAID Adjacent money, which usually was laundered by the Uniparty's Slushfund to underwrite that kind of garbage is now in jeopardy?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 04, 2025 11:51 AM (a4flb)

I would not be surprised if KBJ ends up with a staff that's all trust fund babies, independently wealthy youngsters who only "work" for the cocktail party cred they get from it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 11:54 AM (uWKK8)

98 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump
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Boo hoo.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 11:29 AM (L/fGl)

Melting like a cake out in the rain.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2025 11:54 AM (D7oie)

99 I have "Surfin' USA" in mine.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2025 11:51 AM (Z61PD)

The Monkees' "I'm a Believer".

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 04, 2025 11:54 AM (/HDaX)

100 I don’t care what anybody thinks, I have Dixie playing in my head.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2025 11:49 AM (jgmnb)

I have "Surfin' USA" in mine.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2025 11:51 AM (Z61PD)

Bird is a Word

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 04, 2025 11:54 AM (g8Ew8)

101 There's a chance I might have bought too much cheese for the smoked mac and cheese.

Oh well.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 04, 2025 11:54 AM (viF8m)

102 The New York Times thinks that they have seven "conservative" columnists.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 04, 2025 11:26 AM (xTIDn)
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Hey, remember that time National Review did an entire issue on why Trump had to lose the GOP primary and utterly failed? Good times.

The difference between Tokyo Rose and David French is that the Japanese thought their gal might be persuasive, while French is just a dancing money for the enemy - he has zero effectiveness against his supposed target.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2025 11:55 AM (ZOv7s)

103 They've gone amphibian!

Chick-Fil-A Boat Delivery Service Makes Waves at Popular Boating Destination

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 11:56 AM (L/fGl)

104
Melting like a cake out in the rain.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2025 11:54 AM (D7oie)

I don't think Biden's Brain can take it
cause it took so long to bake it
and they'll never be able to cheat that much again.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 11:56 AM (uWKK8)

105 Melting like a cake out in the rain.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2025 11:54 AM (D7oie)
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I don't think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, and all never have that recipe Jack! Ghoeirnaosh! Like a Biden!

Posted by: King Joe I, The Senile at July 04, 2025 11:57 AM (ZOv7s)

106 >>>Everybody knows that Brown Jackson is a literal ignorant retard.

>Doctor my eyes. At first I read this as Jackson Brown.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 04, 2025 11:57 AM (fY84s)

107 Less than 10% of the world population is Caucasian.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2025 11:57 AM (VofaG)

108 The difference between Tokyo Rose and David French

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XX XY?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 11:57 AM (L/fGl)

109 Hey, remember that time National Review did an entire issue on why Trump had to lose the GOP primary and utterly failed? Good times.

I believe that Thomas Sowell was the only person to later apologize for contributing to that issue.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 04, 2025 11:57 AM (xTIDn)

110 Has Action Jackson included an OMG or LMFAO in one of her dissents yet? If not, it's probably coming soon.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 04, 2025 11:57 AM (Lo97M)

111 I went to buy a new flag at homo depot this week. Took me 20 minutes to find one. On a box display, unmaintained, behind a barricade of crap. You wouldn't even know it was Independence Day walking in the door.

Happy 4th everyone.

Posted by: Reforger at July 04, 2025 11:58 AM (SJnNf)

112 100 I don’t care what anybody thinks, I have Dixie playing in my head.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2025 11:49 AM (jgmnb)

I have the Dwight Yoakam song I Sang Dixie in my head right now.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2025 11:59 AM (VofaG)

113 I don’t care what anybody thinks, I have Dixie playing in my head.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2025 11:49 AM (jgmnb)

Libertango. And I can't make it stop.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2025 11:59 AM (D7oie)

114 110 Has Action Jackson included an OMG or LMFAO in one of her dissents yet? If not, it's probably coming soon.

She did have a "wait for it...". No, I'm not kidding.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 12:00 PM (Riz8t)

115 I went to buy a new flag at homo depot this week. Took me 20 minutes to find one. On a box display, unmaintained, behind a barricade of crap. You wouldn't even know it was Independence Day walking in the door.

Huh. Our local west Knoxville Lowes has plenty of them.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 04, 2025 12:00 PM (/HDaX)

116 And JFK was even more of a conservative than Trump is. That's the funniest thing about the leftists constantly complaining about how "Conservative" Donald Trump is - in actual fact, his campaign platform was indistinguishable from Bill Clinton's 1992 platform.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 11:42 AM (uWKK

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A lot of people missed that, but Trump actually plagiarized Slick Willy's speeches deliberately, daring Hillary to call him out on it, which she never did, because that would give the game away.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2025 12:00 PM (ZOv7s)

117 94 Declaration of Independence is part of the Constitution.
Supreme Court said so in the 19th century.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:53 AM (wHp1L)

I'm going to need a citation for that one.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2025 12:00 PM (Z61PD)

118 FBI’s “Operation Mongolian Beef” Nabs Violent Gang Members After Shootout With Rival Group in Florida

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Mmmm. Mongolian beef.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 11:48 AM

There was a mongolian BBQ place in Virginia Beach back in the day that was outstanding. They had a line waiting at the door before they even opened.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 04, 2025 12:00 PM (e5NfL)

119 Sure. But it's not like she doesn't know people. Or, better yet, Dem honchos are watching saying OMG to themselves. And work to exercise some influence on her. She's not in a cocoon.
There's more than Dunning Kruger going on here.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Justices and federal judges in general are about as independent as you can get--literally they are like ship captains at sea. So no, you can't tell them anything and remember that Jackson was originally a district court judge with just a very brief stint on an appellate court. Shipwreckedcrew had a recent column about that.

District court judges run the gamut from being imperious assholes to workhorses that are kind and wise. You can guess which end of the spectrum Action Jackson falls into and the fact that she is a credentialed DEI justice from Harvard Law School makes it worse as far as Dunning Kruger syndrome.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 12:01 PM (ctrM5)

120 Step back and watch me DESTROY the majority with FACTS and LOGIC! I’m fixing to get all up in their grill!

Posted by: Dissents from KJB at July 04, 2025 12:01 PM (u73oe)

121 The difference between Tokyo Rose and David French
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She could speak Japanese.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc., at July 04, 2025 12:01 PM (XeU6L)

122 In my experience, incompetence drives out competence.

How is KBJ performing interviews? With coloring books and plush toys?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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Kampuchean Struggle sessions

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 12:02 PM (ctrM5)

123 A Glorious 4th to All!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc., at July 04, 2025 12:02 PM (XeU6L)

124 I'm going to need a citation for that one.
Posted by: tankdemon
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Been there, done that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 12:03 PM (wHp1L)

125 I saw without any documentation that a team from ICE went to a restaurant, had breakfast, then arrested three of the staff on immigration charges.

ICE is cold.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2025 12:03 PM (D7oie)

126 District court judges run the gamut from being imperious assholes to workhorses that are kind and wise. You can guess which end of the spectrum Action Jackson falls into and the fact that she is a credentialed DEI justice from Harvard Law School makes it worse as far as Dunning Kruger syndrome.

She's an obvious fraud, and she knows that everyone else knows that. This became crystal clear with ACB's demolition of her legal "reasoning" in the recent decision. People in that situation tend to become very angry and confrontational. The only way out for her is to say all her colleagues are racist, and leave SCOTUS for a career on Broadway.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

127 French is more of a Lord Haw-Haw, who I believe was executed for treason after the war.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 12:03 PM (uWKK8)

128 This is the ultimate failure of trying to run a party with faceless behind the scenes money man, with a bunch of puppets fronting for them.

Its more than that, there is definitely a spiritual angle to this.

Back when I was playing on Usenet in the '90s I meme that has served me well is identifying the Signature of Satan, that is: Lies, Insults and Hypocrisy.

Wherever you see that combination, the vessel that is exhibiting these external clues is likely a possessed NPC.

In psychological terms, they characterize people with these framework traits as being part of the Dark Triad (Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Psychopathy). Due to the doubling of the population, yet no increase in political seats, the filtering has teased out the mere Dark Triad types with the Dark Tetrad (same as Triad, adds Sadism)

So we have truly evil avatars in political roles, graffitiing up the place with Satan's Signature.

Easy to spot, hard to stop.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 04, 2025 12:03 PM (a4flb)

129 For now, entities such as the AISD are free to continue engaging in racial animus based on a student’s skin color, so long as the student is white.

Deny them your essence.
In this case essence = cash.

Move quit paying property taxes to an unjust school system.

Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2025 12:04 PM (SEDrX)

130 125 very efficient.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 04, 2025 12:04 PM (LL6Kc)

131 AG@AGHamilton29
NYT Sept 2024: Claims of a gang problem in Aurora CO was a “false story”
NYT today: Democrats were wrong to deny the gang problem in Aurora CO

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Lying for Kamala.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 12:04 PM (L/fGl)

132 117 94 Declaration of Independence is part of the Constitution.
Supreme Court said so in the 19th century.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 11:53 AM (wHp1L)

I'm going to need a citation for that one.
Posted by: tankdemon
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Dred Scott for starters. Taney infamously used the Declaration of Independence to deny any federal right to citizenship for Africans free or slave. That is the reason that the natural born language is in the 14th Amendment--it is to formally overrule Dred Scott. Also the 13th and 15th were done for that as well.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 12:04 PM (ctrM5)

133 I’m not giving a 2 year administration fantasy Camelot conservative make over to that piece of shit JFK.

Or any of the Kennedys for that matter.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2025 12:05 PM (VofaG)

134 Oh no you di’int!

Posted by: Dissents from KJB at July 04, 2025 12:05 PM (u73oe)

135 Mmmm. Mongolian beef.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Uh, is that Yak?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc., at July 04, 2025 12:05 PM (XeU6L)

136 I saw without any documentation that a team from ICE went to a restaurant, had breakfast, then arrested three of the staff on immigration charges.

That would be a boss move, if true.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 04, 2025 12:05 PM (a4flb)

137 Mongolian Beef is retarded.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2025 12:05 PM (ztvSc)

138 I saw an article today about Charles Carroll, the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence. Because he was a Catholic, he could not vote or hold public office.

George Washington let it be known that if the rebellion was successful, he would fight for full Catholic emancipation, and this brought a great many Catholics and other non-conformist Christians into the ranks of the Patriot cause.

This aspect of Washington's greatness is often overlooked, as is the foresight and wisdom of the Founding Fathers in creating a non-confessional state, without an official religion or established church.

This has been twisted in recent years, but that does not diminish the achievement of the Founders. God Bless America!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2025 12:06 PM (ZOv7s)

139 Back when I was playing on Usenet in the '90s I meme that has served me well is identifying the Signature of Satan, that is: Lies, Insults and Hypocrisy.
Wherever you see that combination, the vessel that is exhibiting these external clues is likely a possessed NPC.

Dark tetrad is another way to look at it

narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism

add those with any smarts and you have a dangerous problem, spiritually or otherwise.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2025 12:06 PM (D7oie)

140 There was a mongolian BBQ place in Virginia Beach back in the day that was outstanding. They had a line waiting at the door before they even opened.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 04, 2025 12:00 PM (e5NfL)

Don't know if it's the place you're thinking of, but Warrior's Grill is still around, and is excellent.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 04, 2025 12:07 PM (MZ+PY)

141 CALIFORNIA CANCELS 4TH OF JULY — TO PROTECT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

You read that right.

Several California cities canceled traditional 4th of July celebrations, not because of budget or safety — but because they didn’t want illegal immigrants to feel “targeted” by the patriotic tone or ICE presence.

Let that sink in…

🇺🇸 Independence Day — the celebration of our nation, our laws, our freedom — is now considered offensive to people who entered our country illegally?

You can’t make this up.

We are watching the slow erasure of American values — all to protect the feelings of those who broke our laws, drain our resources, and demand rights they haven’t earned.

If you’re more worried about upsetting illegals than honoring the birth of this nation, you’re the problem.

#hodgetwins

Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2025 12:07 PM (SEDrX)

142 A lot of people missed that, but Trump actually plagiarized Slick Willy's speeches deliberately, daring Hillary to call him out on it, which she never did, because that would give the game away.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2025 12:00 PM (ZOv7s)

Funny - I didn't know that, although I certainly saw the similarities.

I have some professional advice for KBJ: Your opinions would get a much better reception if you left out remarks like "Oh no you Di'int!!!" and "Nuh-uh! Nuh-uh!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 12:07 PM (uWKK8)

143 Beef Tartar at PF Chang's was tough.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 04, 2025 12:07 PM (LL6Kc)

144 Don’t use the term reverse discrimination. It is discrimination. In this case, anti white discrimination.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at July 04, 2025 12:07 PM (17s+e)

145 I saw without any documentation that a team from ICE went to a restaurant, had breakfast, then arrested three of the staff on immigration charges.

ICE is cold.
Posted by: Kindltot

What kind of tip did they leave?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 12:08 PM (L/fGl)

146 The Supreme Court beeze raycist.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 04, 2025 12:08 PM (LL6Kc)

147 67 a warning...this is what we're up against

https://twitter.com/i/status/1940786487769158058

okay, maybe not a warning but just a heads up
Posted by: DanMan at July 04, 2025 11:39 AM (8uzBS)

No no, you need a guy like that in case everybody gets arrested. It's like taking a fat guy with a group hunting in bear country. It's just a good, common sense precaution.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 04, 2025 12:08 PM (pIfcn)

148 She's an obvious fraud, and she knows that everyone else knows that. This became crystal clear with ACB's demolition of her legal "reasoning" in the recent decision. People in that situation tend to become very angry and confrontational. The only way out for her is to say all her colleagues are racist, and leave SCOTUS for a career on Broadway.
Posted by: Archimedes

Actually, it is pretty easy to be delusional on the Court because they live in a encloistered bubble filled with sycophants and servility from those beneath them. Sandra Day O Conner was an example of a GOP DEI judge who thoroughly muddled most decisions that she wrote.

Burger was such an backstabbing and manipulative Chief to all of his colleagues that even the liberal Brennan and Marshall cheered Rehnquist as the new chief (not his ideology though).

Souter was a crypto lefty that silently assassinated any decision that might be construed as a victory for law.

And so on.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 12:09 PM (ctrM5)

149 How did Julio Cesar Chavez get to promote and have a boxing match before he was taken by ICE.

Jake Paul must have some friends in high places. At least they got him after the match.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2025 12:09 PM (VofaG)

150 Mongolian Beef is retarded.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2025 12:05 PM (ztvSc)

Can I haz ur's?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 04, 2025 12:09 PM (/HDaX)

151 French is more of a Lord Haw-Haw, who I believe was executed for treason after the war.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 04, 2025 12:03 PM (uWKK

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They want him to be like that. They think the "look, even True Conservatives (TM) hate Trump!" will persuade people, but it doesn't. He's a minstrel show for liberals.

Actual conservatives use him a target for gimp/Paolo jokes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2025 12:09 PM (ZOv7s)

152 144 Don’t use the term reverse discrimination. It is discrimination. In this case, anti white discrimination.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable

Brits call it positive discrimination. Oxymorons in action.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 12:09 PM (ctrM5)

153 What kind of tip did they leave?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

"Psssst. GTFO".

Posted by: rickb223 at July 04, 2025 12:10 PM (SEDrX)

154
What kind of tip did they leave?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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Whatever it was, it's not taxable.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2025 12:10 PM (Rrsaq)

155 Or maybe people in high places wanted to see Jake Paul get his ass beat. Unfortunately for them if so.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2025 12:10 PM (VofaG)

156 Actually, it is pretty easy to be delusional on the Court because they live in a encloistered bubble filled with sycophants and servility from those beneath them. Sandra Day O Conner was an example of a GOP DEI judge who thoroughly muddled most decisions that she wrote.

Burger was such an backstabbing and manipulative Chief to all of his colleagues that even the liberal Brennan and Marshall cheered Rehnquist as the new chief (not his ideology though).

Souter was a crypto lefty that silently assassinated any decision that might be construed as a victory for law.

And so on.

Clarence Thomas is the exception here. It's astonishing how normal he has managed to stay.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

157 Just the tip.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 04, 2025 12:10 PM (LL6Kc)

158
Beef Tartar at PF Chang's was tough.
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I wouldn't eat Beef Tartar at PF Chang's.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2025 12:11 PM (Rrsaq)

159 Biden Says His Accomplishments Are "Disappearing So Rapidly" Under Trump
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Boo hoo.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Big Mouth of the West at July 04, 2025 11:29 AM (L/fGl)

Melting like a cake out in the rain.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2025 11:54 AM (D7oie)

With the crew we're talking about here, I'm picturing Corbis's followers slowly melting in "The Devil's Rain.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 04, 2025 12:11 PM (/HDaX)

160 Some kind of flank steak.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 04, 2025 12:12 PM (LL6Kc)

161 Well, tankdaemon got me on that one. Per grok:

...notable 19th-century Supreme Court cases where the Declaration was discussed, though none equate it with being part of the Constitution:

_Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857): The Declaration was referenced in Chief Justice Taney’s opinion, which controversially argued that the phrase “all men are created equal” did not apply to African Americans at the time of the founding. The Court did not treat the Declaration as part of the Constitution but used it to interpret the Founders’ intent regarding citizenship and rights. This case is infamous for denying constitutional protections to enslaved people.

_Slaughter-House Cases (1873): The Declaration was mentioned in passing to discuss natural rights and the principles underlying the Constitution. However, the Court focused on the 14th Amendment and did not declare the Declaration part of the Constitution.

_United States v. Cruikshank (1876): The Declaration’s principles were referenced in discussions of individual rights, but the Court emphasized the Constitution as the operative legal document, not the Declaration.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 12:12 PM (wHp1L)

162 >>> Shorter opinions, less concurrences that muddy the water, and a disincentive to peacocking dissents would all be accomplished by accepting a higher caseload.
Posted by: whig

Imagine how many decisions they could crank out if they just went back to the base document (Constitution) rather than rambling on about nuancey differences from prior decisions to support otherwise simply overturning stupid decisions from decades ago.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 04, 2025 12:13 PM (/lPRQ)

163
God didn't give us fire to keep us warm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 04, 2025 12:13 PM (wHp1L)

164 Whatever it was, it's not taxable.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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lol

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc., at July 04, 2025 12:13 PM (XeU6L)

165 Mongolian Beef or special needs beef?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2025 12:14 PM (ztvSc)

166 I went to buy a new flag at homo depot this week. Took me 20 minutes to find one. On a box display, unmaintained, behind a barricade of crap. You wouldn't even know it was Independence Day walking in the door.

Posted by: Reforger at July 04, 2025 11:58 AM (SJnNf)

I buy flags online from a place that only sources from the USA. I guess I pay a premium, but I don't much care.

I don't want some wog handling my flags.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (with a beret and a Gauloises) at July 04, 2025 12:14 PM (L5An7)

167 So what the AISD is saying is that I could drive to Austin and get in the face of the teacher and as long as I say "democrats are subhuman pedophilic scum", it's all good?

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 04, 2025 12:14 PM (F3BeV)

168 Move quit paying property taxes to an unjust school system.

1993 begat the Robin Hood plan as a result of Edgewood ISD v Kirby back around 1989-1991

Texans can only escape having their property tax dollars confiscated by the authorities to underwrite other school districts by dying or moving out of Texas.

Apparently it was unconstitutional for citizens living in an ISD to continually vote down school tax increases because it would cause under-taxed communities to have disproportionate spending than high tax ISDs who were flush in cash from a compliant tax base.

So now "poorer" districts can still vote themselves no tax increases and expect the foolish tax-crazy districts to underwrite their deficits.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at July 04, 2025 12:14 PM (a4flb)

169 A new thread has been posted above.

Posted by: Weasel at July 04, 2025 12:14 PM (U5d8P)

170 NOOD

Posted by: Accomack at July 04, 2025 12:14 PM (RBD82)

171 It's Mongorian beef.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 04, 2025 12:15 PM (LL6Kc)

172 Some kind of flank steak.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 04, 2025 12:12 PM (LL6Kc)

Might as well have used chuck roast. Would have been cheaper.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 04, 2025 12:15 PM (/HDaX)

173 The dissents in Dred Scott are excellent reading, by the way. Totally dismantled Taney's argument, and in fact one of the Justices quit in outrage because the whole case was a setup to foreclose further discussion of slavery.

Funny how that keeps happening - hot public issue seems to be going against the elites and *presto* a case goes to SCOTUS which finds some obscure twisted reading that takes it off the table, all in defiance of the popular will.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 04, 2025 12:15 PM (ZOv7s)

174 Time to discontinue the protected class crap in laws. The constitution doesn’t work properly with these types of laws. Ex-Hate speech laws are the antithesis of equal protection under the law guarantees .

Posted by: Knowledge Economy Dipsh!t at July 04, 2025 12:15 PM (J4BK5)

175 The Federalist Papers are ‘part’ of the Constitution also if we’re taking that tact.

Posted by: polynikes at July 04, 2025 12:15 PM (VofaG)

176 The supreme court already dealt with this, why hear yet ANOTHER case on the same topic?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 04, 2025 12:15 PM (dfIr7)

177 Two asteroids the size of 32 George Washingtons to pass Earth on Fourth of July - NASA

https://www.jpost.com/science/space/article-859804

I can see some problems with this unit of measure. Is he 6'10"? 6'20". How much, exactly, does he weigh? Is he made of radiation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbRom1Rz8OA

Posted by: Archimedes at July 04, 2025 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

178 Beef Tartar, that's a husky stripper name.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 04, 2025 12:16 PM (ztvSc)

179 >>>Uh, is that Yak?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

>Horse. Genghis Khan had no time for domestics.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 04, 2025 12:16 PM (fY84s)

180
George Washington let it be known that if the rebellion was successful, he would fight for full Catholic emancipation, and this brought a great many Catholics and other non-conformist Christians into the ranks of the Patriot cause.

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The Powerline boys are also fond of recounting Washington's welcome to Jews. Visit to a Rhode Island synagogue in 1790 and followed up with a letter.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 04, 2025 12:16 PM (Rrsaq)

181 SCROTUS - You'd get more coherent decisions by pulling randos from a national drawing and having them serve one year and out.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 04, 2025 12:17 PM (/lPRQ)

182 125 I saw without any documentation that a team from ICE went to a restaurant, had breakfast, then arrested three of the staff on immigration charges.

ICE is cold.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 04, 2025 12:03 PM (D7oie)

I bet they also left the waitress a lousy tip.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2025 12:18 PM (Z61PD)

183 Cancelling parades for fears of ICE raids? 😂😂

Because people attending those are illegal aliens?

California’s retardation knows no bounds.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 04, 2025 12:18 PM (KrOdt)

184 Imagine how many decisions they could crank out if they just went back to the base document (Constitution) rather than rambling on about nuancey differences from prior decisions to support otherwise simply overturning stupid decisions from decades ago.
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The state of Nevada, for a long time, did not have an intermediate appellate court so it was districts courts and the NV Supreme Court. Because appellate review is a constitutional right, NV Sup. Ct. had to address every appeal.

So as a result, NV Supreme Court had to issue a truly massive number of opinions every year.

Oklahoma and Texas have separate courts of last resort (aka highest courts of those states) for civil and criminal. Not surprisingly, the criminal dockets are always full for the criminal justice courts of last resort. And Texas is so big, Florida is another, that you have multiple lower appellate courts in districts.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 12:19 PM (ctrM5)

185 85 I don’t care what anybody thinks, I have Dixie playing in my head.
Posted by: Eromero at July 04, 2025 11:49 AM (jgmnb)

I have "Surfin' USA" in mine.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 04, 2025 11:51 AM (Z61PD)

I have "They're Coming To Take Me Away" in mine.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 04, 2025 12:19 PM (5xuJ/)

186 BBB signing sometime around 4PM in the White House with a big USAF flyover including B2s, F22s, F35s, and Zombie Curtis LeMay leading the XXI Bomber Command in tricked-out B29s.

Might have to go back and do some more research.

Posted by: mrp at July 04, 2025 12:19 PM (rj6Yv)

187 175 The Federalist Papers are ‘part’ of the Constitution also if we’re taking that tact.
Posted by: polynikes

Hate to tell you but it is. Likewise the Articles of Confederation. In law, texts are not self defining. Textualists/Intentionalists look toward how that language and the intent of those that wrote it influenced the spare language of those provisions. Likewise actions such as G. Washington claiming the powers of firing federal officials and declaring this country neutral. Neither are in the language of the Constitution.

So we have an 'unwritten' codicil to the Constitution whether people like that or not. See the same problem with people that read a statute or even a Bible verse out of context. Interpretation requires deep understanding otherwise you are just winging it and interpreting language to your own fancy. Just like leftists do.

Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 12:23 PM (ctrM5)

188 So we have an 'unwritten' codicil to the Constitution whether people like that or not. See the same problem with people that read a statute or even a Bible verse out of context. Interpretation requires deep understanding otherwise you are just winging it and interpreting language to your own fancy. Just like leftists do.
Posted by: whig at July 04, 2025 12:23 PM

I think a good polity should make few laws and change them seldom. The Law should be what 95% of the citizens would do anyway.

Posted by: toby928 at July 04, 2025 12:34 PM (jc0TO)

189 Likewise the Articles of Confederation.

It really should be cited more often...

What does the Constitution mean by "more perfect union"?
The Articles said "perpetual union", what could be more perfect than that?

Why, a marriage of convenience that can be broken at any time of course!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 04, 2025 12:39 PM (/lPRQ)

190 “Young Frankenstein” Prequel Series in the Works

How long til the remake of "Monty Python and The Holy Grail" by Disney? SMH

Posted by: azjaeger at July 04, 2025 01:03 PM (3/XaG)

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