Renowned Ethics Professor Hunter Biden Steps on a Rake Lecturing Trump on Profiting Off Presidency

 RedState 

"Hunter's laptop contained thousands of emails, documents, and photos revealing extensive foreign influence-peddling, including multimillion-dollar deals with Burisma and Chinese entities like CEFC. “10% for the big guy” ring a bell?"

"Hunter Biden, for reasons known only to him, went public with sharp criticism of President Trump and his family on Sunday, claiming they raked in billions from government contracts and overseas deals by cashing in on the presidency.

"That's right, Burisma’s best-known, best-paid board member of all time is giving a TED Talk on ethics.

"Biden, in a lengthy social media post, detailed a series of alleged transactions involving Trump family members and associates, while referencing the years-long public scrutiny he faced over his own business activities.

"'I hope everyone had a great 4th of July," he wrote. "I know [President Trump] and family did. 250 years ago, we declared independence from a king who ran the colonies as a family business. In just 18 months, the Trumps have made King George look like an amateur."

"The notorious crack smoker's post jumps straight in, wildly exaggerating and cherry-picking Trump family business stuff to paint it as corruption. Truth is, most of those examples tie back to long-running companies, routine government contracts, and legitimate national security efforts—with zero solid proof of any illegal quid pro quo.

"To borrow a line most likely used throughout Hunter's years from childhood right up to his mid-fifties, accompanied by a little pat on the head—At least you tried." . . .

"The materials also laid out Hunter’s wild spending sprees on drugs, escorts, and high-end luxuries—all bankrolled by those foreign payments—plus emails and messages showing family members working together to shuffle the money through shell companies back when the "big guy" was vice president."  More...

Liberals who side with Hamas I expect to support Hunter, don't you? TD

Democrat Socialists Weaponize Envy To Destroy American Families

 The Federalist   "Let’s stop letting perpetually miserable people define the moral terms of our lives. It’s time to make generational ambition honorable again."

"It is a profound irony and injustice that many of the youths driving the rising socialist movement come from wealthy families and have done the exact opposite."

"The recent wave of primary victories by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) candidates has the media celebrating a web of grassroots populism and a supposed “working-class uprising.” But look past the revolutionary rhetoric, and you’ll find a much more sinister reality: Modern American socialism isn’t being driven by the proletariat; it is being bankrolled by a cabal of deep-pocketed, ultra-wealthy leftists.

"Historically, socialism has never been about uplifting the poor; it is an insider game designed to consolidate state control while shielding the wealth of the ruling class and ransacking the middle class along the way. To pave the way for this scam, these trust-fund radicals must first destroy the independent American family.

To do that, they have weaponized a nasty little phrase in our modern, grievance-obsessed culture. Whenever a person achieves success, buys a home, or launches a business, the bitter arbiters of online misery waste no time throwing an insult disguised as an observation: “You’re just doing well because your parents had money to help you.”

I"t is delivered with a sneer, intended to induce a deep, paralyzing sense of shame. The implication is clear: If your parents sacrificed, saved, and built something of value so that your starting line in life was a few paces ahead of theirs, your achievements are somehow illegitimate.

"This is nothing more than envy disguised as compassion. It is psychological warfare against families ensuring their offspring do better than them — a core tenet of humanity. It is time we stop apologizing. We need to completely reject this manufactured guilt and return to a time when providing a better life for your children was considered the ultimate civic and moral triumph. This achievement is something for children to hold up with immense pride, not hide in the shadows." . . .More...

Then there is my uncle who said "I'm leaving them nothing. Let them get theirs the way I got mine."

Lefties couldn’t stop hating America even on its 250th anniversary

NY Post   

"We get it: Much of the left abhors America. But if they believe this nation is worth saving, shouldn’t they be looking to applaud the nation’s achievements and seeking common ground and unity on its 250th anniversary? And if not, why should the rest of us take any other their advice seriously?" 

"What sourpusses: Lefties can’t even celebrate the Fourth of July without bashing America and ranking on Donald Trump.

"Trump “doesn’t care about you,” huffed California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Saturday.

"The Founders’ “radical idea” that “governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed” is “under threat” from Trump.   

"Never mind that Trump was duly elected — twice; Newsom blathered on like that for nearly all eight minutes of his speech. That’s a 250th national anniversary salute?

"Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s screed focused on America’s flaws.

"Immigrants, he whined, couldn’t “see the nativism they would face — the jobs they would be refused, the landlords who would not rent to them, the abject labor and living conditions they would withstand.”

"Hmm: Hizzoner’s dad is a professor, and his mom a respected filmmaker. Surely they must’ve known about the “horrors” of America. Yet they came anyway.

"Socialist Claire Valdez, who’ll almost surely represent New York’s 7th congressional district after winning the Democratic primary last month, expressed even more rage.

“'The system is rigged, and our planet poisoned by billionaires, bosses, and war profiteers,” she fumed on X." . . .  More...

But here's how I saw it. TD

The Color Of Contagion

 American Thinker  

"Historians have devoted generations to Christopher Gadsden’s coiled rattlesnake and his warning, “Don’t Tread on Me.” Yet no surviving document answers my question: Why yellow?"

"Today, Elon Musk warns Americans of a woke “mind virus,” the destructive ideologies spreading through censored societies much like contagious diseases—“the woke mind virus is pushing civilization towards suicide” and is “arguably one of the greatest threats to modern civilization.”

"Whatever one’s political perspective, the EU’s communication pattern in attacking X’s free speech offerings is strikingly familiar to the lead-up to the American Revolution, when European bureaucrats believed certain American ideas were so dangerous that their spread must be censored, or at least quarantined to North America.

"Indeed, in the years preceding the Revolution, British officials and Loyalists also described colonial freedoms and their resistance to the King in the language of contagion. The “spirit of rebellion” was spreading from colony to colony, infecting minds and threatening the stability of the Empire. Loyalist writers decried how “the violent Spirit in the Whigs… raged with… unbridled Fury,” while officials warned of rebellion as a contagion that could lead to “total Ruin and Destruction.”

"The concern went beyond protests over taxes or Parliament. The greater fear in Britain was that the underlying idea of self-government might prove contagious.

"Only a generation earlier, Britain had watched disease devastate its Caribbean expeditions against Spain, where tropical illnesses destroyed armies on a scale that shocked the Empire, altered imperial strategy, and contributed to political upheaval in London.

"For Britain’s Atlantic leadership, contagion was not merely a medical problem. It had become a strategic one. This observation led me to reconsider one of the most recognizable flags in American history." . . .More...

Democrats lost their way

Mamdani tells us how much he hates America on its 250th birthday

This guy doesn't love or cherish America. What he loves is power, the power to wield it against ordinary Americans and the capacity to bend and change this country to his socialist ideal, making it something it is not, something very like the third world socialism he left behind. That leaves scoldings and lectures to normal Americans. Thank goodness he will never become president.

But we can elect that Thunbergian scold Liz Warren, should she run.. 

. . . "What an appalling speech the Mayor of New York delivered for the 250th anniversary of the nation.
Sadly, it reflects the view of America propagated for years by Howard Zinn and his like-minded colleagues in the universities and believed by armies of the young: a dark, oppressive…  — Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) July 3, 2026

For Mamdani, America's 'greatness' comes from its money- Monica Showalter

"Marxism and third world resentment are no way to understand America, son."

Democrats move further to the left.

Liberal Town Elects All Muslim City Council

Why Democrats Lost Their Way

"Whether the Democrat Party can muster the courage to once again be responsible to the wider public it has always claimed to represent is the great domestic political question of our time."

Bill Clinton's July 4th Post Proves the Democratic Party Is Truly Done . . ." But if there was a real sign of how far the Democrats have gone off the leftist cliff, it might be the letter that former president Bill Clinton posted on Saturday. Remember, this is Clinton, who, on a relative scale with Democrats moving so far left, is now often remembered as a moderate." 

Did Democrats condemn Hamas? At least 40 babies, some beheaded, found by Israel soldiers in Hamas-attacked village

Congress members wearing the Hamas keffiyeh supporting those who did this sit on the Democrat side in the Capitol, their faces twisted in anger when President Trump addresses Congress.

 

,500 Drones! Fourth of July Drone Show for America's 250th

Sky Elements Drone Shows

"Sky Elements flew a 2,500-drone show in North Richland Hills, Texas to kickoff the nation's Fourth of July celebrations. The show featured formations including George Washington, Uncle Sam, Artemis II, and a pyro drone bald eagle. Subscribe for more Fourth of July drone show content!"

’Supergirl’ Review: Steel Yourself For a DC Disappointment

ScreenCrush

"Superman and Supergirl share a home planet but not an origin. Superman’s parents shipped him off to Earth as a baby. Supergirl wasn’t even born until after Krypton was destroyed. She remembers it (or at least the ruins of it where she grew up), and remains haunted by its loss. Far more of a stranger in a strange land than Superman, she can’t quite figure out where she belongs. Is she Kara Zor-El of Krypton or Supergirl of Earth?

"The character’s new film suffers from a similar split personality. At times, Supergirl assumes the form of a quirky space adventure filled with colorful aliens and broad comedy. At others, it’s a grim character study about orphans and trauma set in a world of misery, radiation poisoning, and alien sex trafficking. These two halves do not remotely mesh together, and as a result, neither does Supergirl.

"This is particularly disappointing because the new DC Universe got off to such a promising start with last year’s Superman. Milly Alcock’s Supergirl cameoed in that film, and was so instantly likable in her brief screen time that it set high expectations that her spinoff doesn’t come close to matching. That’s despite the presence of Superman’s biggest scene-stealer — the rambunctious super-dog Krypto — and even the Man of Steel himself, played by David Corenswet in a small but important supporting role.

"Sadly, Corenswet’s appearances only serve as an unwelcome reminder of what a firm handle Superman writer/director James Gunn has on that character and his timeless appeal. Supergirl comes up frustratingly short in capturing the essence of his cousin." . . .   More...

The 'Sophie Cunningham Pointing' Meme

Who Really Are These New Democratic Socialists and Their Fellow Travelers? › American Greatness

 Victor Davis Hanson  

"In sum, Democratic socialism is a top-down movement run by insulated elites who have little understanding of—or genuine interest in—the lives of millions of ordinary Americans living outside the walls of their parochial cloisters."

"Who are the so-called Democratic Socialists of America and their fellow travelers?

"While it is difficult to generalize, many current and would-be socialist officeholders share several common traits.

"Most of them represent a relatively small slice of American life. Almost all are urban, with little knowledge of small-town or rural existence.

"Their world is subways, buses, high-rises, Uber, taxis, and proximity to corporate, academic, and financial institutions—yet often with little understanding of where their food, fuel, water, or everyday goods originate, or where their waste and sewage ultimately go.

"Their worldview is shaped more by consumption than production, as though goods simply arrive in and depart from cities on autopilot.

"A disproportionate number of our most prominent radicals are either first- or second-generation immigrants, most originating from failed or illiberal states in what was once called the Third World.

"They or their parents left their homelands in search of wealthier countries, fairer societies, greater opportunity, and, in many cases, safety and freedom.

"Yet once here, many of their families have prospered, often aided by extensive educational and institutional support from the generous American host.

"Few have even tried to explain the paradox of fleeing failed states, only to become virulent critics of the charitable nation that they chose to join.

"Many are college-educated, often with degrees in fields that did not translate into the professional pathways they believed they were entitled to.

"They are often glib but otherwise poorly educated. Few possess any real grounding in history, literature, or the STEM fields.

"Most of their major and minor courses of study are in the social sciences—political science, sociology, psychology, community relations, and the like—or the infamous “studies” programs.

"When they graduate from left-wing universities, they emerge strikingly arrogant and ignorant at once. As elite radical egalitarians, they proudly brandish their degrees and constantly reference their university training. Yet for all the time and money poured into college during what were supposed to be the best years of their lives, prolonged adolescence and bitterness appear epidemic among the new young socialists.

"In college, they rubbed elbows with leftist elites—wealthy students, tenured professors, and lavishly paid administrators. " . . . More...

Dear America, Happy 250th. No Hard Feelings!

"America and Britain have often argued, but we have also shown the world that former adversaries can become allies without pretending the past never happened

Dr. Andrew J. Fox › American Greatness  

"Two countries. One remarkable friendship. Happy 250th, America. No hard feelings. And if anyone would like to celebrate with a proper cup of tea, I will even bring the kettle. Please, however, do not microwave the water. Some wounds take longer than 250 years to heal." 

 "Few experiences are quite as surreal as being a Brit living in America while the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of declaring independence from—well. . . us.

"It is a little like being invited to your ex’s golden wedding anniversary. You are genuinely pleased they’ve done well, but every now and then someone stands up, raises a glass, and reminds the room why they left.

"Every Fourth of July, I find myself in a curious position. My neighbors set off fireworks with the enthusiasm of medieval artillery officers. Children wave stars and stripes. Someone is inevitably grilling enough meat to feed a small European nation. Then comes the reading of the Declaration of Independence, a magnificent piece of political writing, even if, from my side of the Atlantic, it still sounds like a rather strongly worded letter.

'"As an Englishman, I have learned not to take it personally. Truly, I have.

"Britain has had 250 years to recover. We have moved on. Mostly. We even stopped referring to the colonies as that little misunderstanding across the Atlantic, much like Benjamin Franklin’s sarcasm in pretending to advise Britain on how to lose its American colonies.

"Besides, every nation needs an origin story, and America’s is unusually clear: a date, a document, and a collection of determined gentlemen who decided that taxation without representation had become intolerable.

"Britain’s story is somewhat less tidy. We began somewhere in the fog of Roman roads, Saxon villages, Viking raids, Norman castles, civil wars, royal family drama, and enough constitutional improvisation to keep historians employed forever. America, by contrast, tells its story with fireworks, flags, speeches, and parades. It is loud, sincere, sentimental, and occasionally covered in barbecue sauce. In other words, it is gloriously American.

"Speaking of cultural differences, I have discovered that no divide is quite as profound as watching an American microwave water for tea and then drink it from a foam cup. There are moments when my British instincts feel less patriotic than missionary. Even George Orwell agrees with me. I have tried to explain that tea is not merely a beverage. It is a civilization. Still, America has forgiven Britain for King George III, so I suppose I can forgive America for the microwave." . . .  More...

Newsom, Biden, Pelosi: are there good Democrats anywhere?

Mr. Irrelevant: Bitter Newsom Tries to Rain on Nation's Birthday, Quickly Flattened by His Own Troubles 

"There are just a couple of problems with his diatribe: Trump has been cleaning up D.C. and is making it safe again, stopping the tsunami of Biden-era illegal immigration, and showing that we actually can have nice things if we simply do things right."

"It felt like former President Joe Biden’s famous “Red Speech” circa September 2022, when he told a Philadelphia crowd that “equality and democracy are under assault” and that “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”

"The stage was bathed in dramatic, dark-red hues reminiscent of fascist regimes. Like, say, the Nazis. 

"As I wrote at the time, it was a “foaming, vitriolic, vengeful speech that seemed designed to pull our nation further apart and inflame the more than 73 million Americans who voted for his opponent in the last election.”

"California’s failed governor Gavin Newsom, meanwhile, picked a very special day to deliver his own spiteful, malignant view of America — the nation’s 250th birthday. His eight-minute July 4 speech on Saturday didn’t mention the widespread decline seen under his watch, nor the suffering his “progressive” policies have brought to the citizens of the Golden State (many of whom are leaving).

No, it was all about Trump, and how much he hates the man, even though the president is not responsible for the slow, agonizing death of California that has occurred under one-party Democratic rule:" . . .

Exclusive | FBI infiltrated Gavin Newsom's inner circle by convincing governor's ally to wear a wire: lawyer

Gavin Newsom when he found out his inside ally was wearing a wire.

Gavin Newsom when he found out his inside ally was wearing a wire. 🤣
The dude is toast. pic.twitter.com/SpsjAwSe3d

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) July 3, 2026

HOLY CRAP JAMES O'KEEFE DID IT.

And we all wondered how we get politicians like Karen Bass and Kamala Harris. Is this how Gavin Newsom escaped being impeached back in the day?

Liberal Hivemind   "This is what I have been trying, for years, to explain to people who keep telling me "California got what it voted for." No, no we didn't. We DON'T vote for this shit, just once California A) gave driver's licenses to illegals, and B) gave unrestricted unlimited mail in ballots, we've had a Democrat "supermajority." A real coincidence, don't you think?"

American Education Is in Almost Irredeemable Decline; No child left un-radicalized.

 The American Spectator  

"And we wonder, when the moral and intellectual rot infects every level of a system which should have become a marketplace, if not an industry, 100 years ago or more, why we’re setting record levels of money on fire to produce armies of Darializa Avila Chevaliers and Laura Pinhos." 

"I know, I know. The first half-dozen comments under this piece will provide the criticism that I shouldn’t use mealy-mouthed words like “almost” in a headline like the above.

Which is another way of saying that among the American Spectator’s readership, there isn’t a lot of dissent to the idea that our educational system, from bottom to top, has gone to seed.

"I will defend the use of “almost” only by noting that there are still educational institutions out there providing quality instruction. In virtually every city of size, there are at least a handful of options where kids won’t be indoctrinated into the kind of anti-American woke stupidity that has become virtually omnipresent in the public schools. And of course, there is the burgeoning panoply of resources available to homeschoolers, which stands as the silver lining to the mess we’re in.

"So I’ve now provided the justification for my hedge. And we can move on.

"To saying that the education system, chiefly in the public sector but certainly not limited to it, is beginning to calcify as a fundamental, existential threat to the American way of life.

"I could regale you with polling data and statistics showing the cavernous ignorance that our schools are infecting our youth with, but you almost certainly already know these things.

. . . "Darializa Avila Chevalier is about as total a poster child for American education as there is, given that she’s 32 years old and has never not been in school, including more than 14 years of post-secondary education, and with every utterance, she demonstrates that she knows literally less than nothing.

"And Chevalier has studied largely at competitive institutions — most notably Columbia — which at one time were known as centers of learning.

"Now Columbia produces communist Dominicans with genocidal attitudes toward Jews.

"And those lunatics with functionally room-temperature IQs are celebrated by fellow “highly-educated” and privileged urbanites in cities like New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles." . . .More...

Scott McKay is a contributing editor at The American Spectator  and publisher of the Hayride, which offers news and commentary on Louisiana and national politics, and RVIVR.com, a national political news aggregation and opinion site.