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Slate: 3rd Circuit Ruling Gives SCOTUS ‘Cover’ to Find Constitutional Protection for AR-15s

Slate lamented in a column on July 24 the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit striking down New Jersey’s “assault weapons” ban and claimed it gives SCOTUS “cover” to strike down such bans more broadly.

Breitbart News reported that the Third Circuit’s ruling was handed down on July 17, 2026. In that ruling, the majority made clear that the state’s ban failed to survive the Bruen (2022) test, which is a two-tiered test examining the historicity and tradition of firearms and firearms regulation in America.

The majority opinion for the 3rd Circuit decision was written by Judge Ariana Freeman, a Biden appointee. This fact was not lost on Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern, as the astounded duo noted that Freeman is a “progressive appointee” who ruled that the millions of AR-15s in circulation prove they are in “common use for self-defense” and therefore protected by the Second Amendment.

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UK’s National Crime Agency Launches Investigation Into Itself over Leaked Financials of Farage’s Reform Party

Britain’s equivalent of the FBI has launched an investigation into itself after financial details of members of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party were leaked to the press.

Following accusations of illegally leaking banking information relating to Reform UK, including transactions involving deputy leader Richard Tice, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Friday that it has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for investigation, The Telegraph reported.

Earlier this month, a report from the Sunday Times accused Reform leader Nigel Farage of having failed to publicly declare financial support from longtime ally George Cottrell in the year leading up to the 2024 snap election, during which Mr Farage was mostly retired from frontline politics. While the party has denied that Farge broke any rules, questions have been raised, given Cottrell’s previous conviction for wire fraud in the United States and the alleged failure of Reform to declare the donations to the parliament.

Additionally, The Guardian revealed that Cottrell had also provided a brief loan of £80,000 to TisunInvestments, the real estate firm owned by Reform MP Richard Tice. Cottrell’s mother was also revealed to have donated £1 million to Tice’s think tank Britain Means Business, of which half was donated to Reform by Tice.

The transactions were reported flagged to the NCA under its suspicious activity report (SAR) scheme, which requires banks to flag large transactions.

However, Mr Tice said he was only made aware that the transactions had been flagged after he was approached by journalists from The Guardian, who also knew of other transactions from different bank accounts. He claims they would have been able to access such information only through leaks from the National Crime Agency.

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Alyssa Farah Griffin Shames ‘The View’ Co-Hosts for Initial Support of Graham Platner

Alyssa Farah Griffin shamed her “The View” co-hosts over their initial support of far-left Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Platner was forced out of the Maine Senate race after he won over 70% of the vote in the state’s Democratic primary amid new allegations of rape.

During Thursday’s show, Farah Griffin said,“I don’t know that I’m convinced either party puts up the best people. I’m just going to be honest.”

“Like I love you guys, but a lot of you guys defended a guy with the Nazi tattoo who is credibly accused of a number of things.”

Her co-hosts tried to push back with Joy Behar saying, “Don’t look at me. I did not.”

Sunny Hostin jumped in, adding, “I did, but I didn’t know most of the background.”

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Joe Biden Gives Up, Declines to Seek Further Review of Appeals Court Ruling on Release of Audiotapes with Ghostwriter

Joe Biden has given up the fight and declined to seek further review of an appeals court ruling on the release of 70 hours of conversations with his ghostwriter, Mark Zwonitzer.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Monday denied former Joe Biden’s emergency motion for an injunction pending appeal that sought to block the Justice Department from releasing redacted transcripts and audio recordings of his private conversations with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.

The 2-1 order, in Heritage Foundation and Mike Howell v. United States Department of Justice, was signed by Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan (Obama appointee) and Judge Gregory Katsas (Trump appointee). Judge Florence Pan (Biden appointee) dissented and would have granted the injunction.

“Today, The Oversight Project obtained a complete and total victory over President Joe Biden’s autopen in his sad, but predictable efforts to withhold the recordings of his interviews with his ghost writer. Biden’s declination to seek further review of the D.C. Circuit’s ruling paves the way for the release of the interview tapes,” the Oversight Project said in a press release on Friday.

“Today’s victory is the latest in a string of Oversight Project wins over the autopen President. The autopen’s efforts to block transparency here were decisively rejected by both the Court of Appeals and the District Court,” they said.

“Last year, we secured the release of the audio recording of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. Our work uncovering the prolific and unlawful use of the Biden autopen has revealed the serious threats to our constitutional republic that Democrat leadership poses,” the Oversight Project said.

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TALKING POINTS: Liberal Journos Covering the WHCD Claim Trump Has Destroyed Trust in News Media

Every once in a while, it’s very easy to see that talking points have been sent out. When two or more people in media are pushing the same narrative, it’s obvious.

Tonight is the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner and multiple journos are talking about how Trump – not them – has destroyed trust in media. If these people had an ounce of honesty in them, they would admit that they destroyed their own industry through constant lies, but they can’t do that. They’re simply not capable.

They are also incapable of shame, as you’ll see below.

Up first is CNN’s talking potato, Brian Stelter, who calls himself a media reporter. In this clip, he says “The damage Trump has done, both in his first term and now in his second term, in terms of trust in media, that has been enormous.”

Over on MSNOW, some random journo in this clip says “The president has convinced a great many Americans to not trust reporters and that’s done a lot of damage. A lot of long term damage.” 

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DISTURBING: Kentucky Newspaper Caught Publishing Sinister Threats to President Trump, His Administration, and Supporters

A small local Kentucky paper is going viral after publishing serious direct threats to the lives of President Trump, members of his administration, and his supporters in what is either a lazy oversight or something more sinister.

On Thursday, Libs of TikTok discovered that the The Mountain Eagle, a newspaper in Whitesburg, KY, had published two death threats in the paper’s “Speak Your Piece” section, which allows readers to anonymously sound off on what is on their minds.

One recent comment calls for not only throwing Trump out of office but also executing him and all his fellow “cultists.”

“Get that Nazi p*dophile traitor out of office and take his entire corrupt administration with him,” one reader says. “Put them all 10 feet deep in concrete and Quickline and then start hunting down the rest of the cultists.”

The second death threat comes from yesterday’s “Speak Your Piece.” The reader starts by whining about Trump discussing sending “Gestapo” agents to the polls before calling for the deaths of federal agents.

“Trump is back to talking about posting his Gestapo agents at the polls to intimidate voters,’ the reader writes. “Don’t be intimidated.”

“Instead, give the Nazi freaks reason to fear the people. Whatever their body count reaches on election day,” the reader continues. “Double it if you find them at your polling place.”

“No argument, no discussion, just put them down.”

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Secret Service Agent On JD Vance’s Detail Under Investigation For Leaking

CNN reported Thursday that a Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance’s security detail has been put on administrative leave and is suspected of leaking information about his travel to a news site.

According to CNN, the agent is suspected of leaking to MS NOW about how agents on Vance’s security detail are overworked by his busy schedule. MS NOW’s source complained about Vance planning to fly with his son on a Marine Corps helicopter to a golf lesson — even though that plan was canceled.

“The story caught the attention of Secret Service, FBI and White House officials, who fumed over operational details being described in the press,” CNN reported Thursday.

Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi confirmed to CNN that an agent is indeed under investigation.

“A member of the Vice Presidential Protective Division is the subject of an administrative investigation, and potential criminal inquiry, involving allegations of compromising operational and information security,” Guglielmi reportedly said in the statement.

“While we will not comment on the specifics of this matter, one principle is unequivocal: any conduct that undermines the trust and confidence between a protectee and their protective detail is fundamentally incompatible with our mission and will not be tolerated.”

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Joy Behar of ‘The View’ Suggests Trump is Going to Allow Saudi Arabia to Nuke the United States for Money 

Joy Behar of ‘The View’ is now pushing conspiracy theories about Trump’s nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia. During the broadcast on Thursday, she basically suggested that Trump is going to allow the Saudis to nuke the United States and that he is doing it for the money.

Every other day, a Democrat or someone in the media accuses Trump of pushing conspiracy theories, then Joy Behar talks like this and the same people are totally silent.

This show is bad for the country. Behar and her co-hosts push dangerous and toxic misinformation constantly.

Transcript via Nicholas Fondacaro of NewsBusters:

JOY BEHAR: The thing that I really can’t stand about him right now is that he starts a war in Iran because they’re going to get a nuclear weapon. Now, he’s making a deal with the Saudi Arabians that will allow them to produce a nuclear weapon.

Now, where is the head of the Republican Party in this, because they have the power to get rid of him.

ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: And they will say that the Saudis are not allowed to make a nuclear weapon but they’re allowed to enrich.

BEHAR: Oh, I see. Then we’ll go to war with the 9/11 group. The Saudis were behind 9/11 and – and – Are they waiting for him to drop a nuke on Cleveland?! What are they waiting for to do something?!

Now I’m scared. See, I grew up hiding under the desk. I was one of those kids and you were probably too, Whoopi, where they said a nuclear bomb is about to hit, get under your desk, like that would do anything. And I’ve been scared of that. I never took my library books back because I said we’re all going to die any. That is a fact.

And now we have a guy enabling that rogue nation, because — by the way, they’re going to give tens of billions of dollars. That’s what is behind this. Follow the money with this guy!

HOSTIN: Always follow the money.

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Propaganda Press Hides Anti-ICE Motive Behind Latest Act Of Left-Wing Violence

n the latest example of anti-ICE violent extremism, a 43-year-old leftist rioter allegedly set a fire outside a federal building in Manhattan that houses offices for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and federal immigration courts. The suspect reportedly also set off fireworks in the Monday attack and had multiple pellet guns, a machete, three knives, and two axes. But you wouldn’t necessarily know that this violent attack was motivated by anti-ICE sentiment if you happened to skim some of the headlines from the propaganda press.

Andrew Arrabaca is a former U.S. Army Patriot missile systems mechanic, and according to Fox 5, he came to the federal building “armed with six incendiary devices, commercial-grade fireworks, a bucket of suspected gasoline, two axes, a hammer, a machete, three knives and airsoft pellet guns/rifles.” Video captured an individual alleged to be Arrabac pouring liquid outside the entrance to the building Monday morning before setting off fireworks to ignite flames in an attack authorities say was “driven by opposition to federal immigration enforcement.”

“He came armed with bad intentions, looking to injure people and harm people,” Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s New York Field Office James Barnacle said, according to Fox 5. “He is an anti-American, anti-government extremist. We know that from what he said post-arrest, and we know that from the actions he tried to take.”

This is all crucial context to the attack, yet the propaganda press purposely obfuscated these details.

Pix 11’s Mira Wassef and James Ford headlined their piece: “Armed man accused of setting off fireworks outside 26 Federal Plaza in NYC: FBI.” The “reporters” did acknowledge the anti-ICE motive in the lede, writing, “An armed man with an anti-ICE agenda was arrested for allegedly setting off fireworks near a federal immigration building in Lower Manhattan Monday morning, authorities said.”

But if Pix 11 knew enough to identify the suspect’s anti-ICE agenda in the first sentence of its story, there was no justification for omitting it from the headline (especially when the motive is central to understanding the attack) — unless of course the outlet wanted to downplay anti-ICE violence because it would hurt the left’s crusade to end immigration enforcement.

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Jake Tapper on Discovery of Thousands of Non-Citizen Voters in New Jersey: ‘This is Not Good for Democrats’

As the Gateway Pundit reported earlier today, thousands of non-citizen voters were discovered in New Jersey, allegedly due to a software error.

This is one of those problems that Democrats assure us never happens. It’s one of the main reasons that conservatives want congress to pass the SAVE America Act.

Over on CNN, Jake Tapper responded to the news today by saying that this is ‘not good news for Democrats.’

How about the country, Jake?

This is a window into the minds of people in our media. Note that this is Jake Tapper’s first thought. His first concern is what is or is not good news for Democrats, because that’s who Jake cares about most.

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