EVEN IF THE SURVEY IS WRONG THE DEMOCRAT BRAND IS OBVIOUSLY TAINTED:  If This Survey Is True, the Dem Brand Is in Serious Trouble.

THEY THOUGHT THAT CONTROL OF ALL EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATURE WOULD MAKE IT EASY TO TRAMPLE CIVIL RIGHTS:  Virginia’s Anti-Gun Push Is Slowly Getting Bogged Down.

THE KIDS ONLY LIKE SOCIALISM BECAUSE EDUCATION LIED AND TOLD THEM ROADS ARE SOCIALISM:  Socialism Always Fails on its Own.

When a system has to lie and claim things that are just humanity? It’s dead. And it stinks to high heavens.

THE NANNY STATE, DOING WHAT IT DOES BEST:  Sorry, Honey, the Government Closed Your School.New York’s rules for shutting down preschools are bad for families—and bad for New York.

WAGGLES HAND. IT’S JUST A CLOSED SYSTEM, OPAQUE TO THOSE OUTSIDE IT:  Socialist/Communist Gibberish.

Oh, and it has no contact with reality.

IT’S NOT DUMB. IT’S EVIL:  Is this really how they want to play this?

GOOD:  DOJ ends its crackdown on drivers who remove diesel emissions controls. The pollution impact will equal 9 million trucks.

We’ve been creating real misery and poverty while fighting an imaginary evil.

IT’S BEEN RIDICULOUS FOR A LONG TIME:  Biden-era rules are putting wokeness over science and shutting down museum displays.

PARIS OFFICIAL DELUSIONAL:  Paris Official Says U.S. Bears ‘Significant Responsibility’ for Europe’s Deadly Heat Wave.

WELCOME TO JULY:  The Egg. (Music.)

OPEN THREAD: Enjoy the ride.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: ‘The start of a new era’: Rocket Lab buying satellite-communications company Iridium for $8 billion.

SERIOUSLY, NEVER DO: Disturbing Case Study Shows Why You Should Never Use a Massage Gun Near Your Eyes.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Surgeons Warn: Don’t Ignore These Colorectal Cancer Symptoms, No Matter Your Age.

HMM: President Trump Could End Most Birthright Citizenship With This 1 Simple Trick.

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA:

Speaking of hoarding wealth, Khanna’s two young children are the proud owners of THREE private golf courses in Ohio, where member initiation fees run upwards of $45k

Khanna’s children — still in elementary school — earned up to $2 million from their golf courses in 2024. https://t.co/Wjq82CarXK

— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) June 30, 2026

IS IT BANNED IN EUROPE YET? Sony’s Cooling Neck Device Is Coming to the US, and I Got a First Look. “The device’s plate uses a Peltier element, which a Reon representative described as a semiconductor module. When an electric current is applied, it can cool on one side and heat on the other. To maximize cooling performance on the plate’s skin-contacting side, a high-volume fan, a vapor chamber and heat-dissipation fins are used to release the internal heat generated on the opposite side of the plate.”

FASTER, PLEASE: DOT announces “Return of Supersonic Flight” for commercial airlines.

For too long, outdated rules based on old technology held back American aerospace innovation. Now, we are updating those rules for the first time since the 1970s.

Today @USDOT announced a new proposal to enable civil supersonic flight by replacing speed limits with noise… pic.twitter.com/vwR4J88W1F

— Director Michael Kratsios (@mkratsios47) June 30, 2026

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): A flashback column of mine from 2017.

BE PREPARED: Prepared Hero Emergency Fire Blanket. #CommissionEarned

LAYERS OF EDITORS AND FACT-CHECKERS: NPR’s Justice Alito ‘Retirement’ Scoop Lasted About 10 Minutes.

CHRISTOPHER RUFO: “We’ve moved beyond the smear game.”

I think this is the crux of my discussion with Ezra Klein. The Left has sought to tarnish the Right as a "white nationalist" movement, but as Klein concedes, it is completely reasonable to "worry about large-scale, rapid demographic change."

We've moved beyond the smear game. pic.twitter.com/U952LhlENX

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) June 30, 2026

to reiterate, was a period in this country when the left and mainstream wielded 'words-of-power' to defenestrate people. calling @christopherrufo a racist and a white nationalist over and over, repeating it across channels and prominent individuals, was the playbook

it failed https://t.co/U0z5567z8z

— Razib Khan 🧬 ✍️ (@razibkhan) June 30, 2026

ALL SUVs SHOULD BE RUGGED, REGARDLESS OF LUXURY: The 2026 Lexus GX 550 Luxury Thankfully Places Ruggedness First and Indulgence Second.

I WANT MORE LASERS, TOO: The Army Wants More Lasers – They’ve Ordered 8,936 DAGIR-V1 Multi-Platform Systems From B.E. Meyers.

THE GHOST OF JIM WRIGHT SMILES:

This is how politicians and their families launder money. Nobody wants a book from Dr Biden. But some commie NGO that got taxpayer money from the admin can’t pay the kickback with a check. So they buy 100K books and burn em. The one-time bulk buy charts it for a week, then 💨 https://t.co/orD4PxqlIF

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 30, 2026

Earlier:

Gavin Newsom just used his own PAC to buy $1.5 million worth of his own book. Even more comically, that accounts for 2/3 of the entire print sales. pic.twitter.com/ZvHJqScCB4

— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) April 16, 2026

A COUNTRY DOESN’T MAKE IT 250 YEARS BECAUSE EVERYONE AGREES. America made it this far because people were free to disagree, argue, offend, persuade, and govern themselves, which is exactly the spirit FIRE is bringing to Soapbox in Philadelphia this November.