Views on the News from the Couch Jeff Cross

QUICKHITTERS then thoughts on the No Labels movement and on the idea of making misgendering a crime.
Jack the Ripper's identity 'revealed' by newly discovered medical records (yahoo.com)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/real-estate/san-francisco-real-estate-market-disaster-expert
https://news.yahoo.com/former-equity-chief-sues-antiracist-192222768.html
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/07/16/pronoun-lockdown-almost-half-of-millennials-want-jail-time-for-misgendering/

QUICKHITTERS, more on recent court rulings, and on laws on how minors can be treated with gender affirming therapies, and on the Wagner Group attempted coup in Russia.
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/07/09/domestic-abuse-is-a-severe-crime-british-parents-could-be-prosecuted-for-refusing-to-pay-for-transgender-treatments/
https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/30/judge-ketanji-brown-jacksons-dissent-debunked-claim-black-doctors/

QUICKHITTERS then thoughts on an ill advised DeSantis video and many thoughts on a District Federal Judge who has placed an injunction on the Biden Administration trying to influence censorship on social media.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1674899610379116546
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-appointed-judge-restricts-officials-contact-social-media-giants-rcna92614
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/07/06/bidens-orwellian-ministry-of-truth-federal-judge-finds-a-massive-attack-on-free-speech-in-government-censorship-efforts/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-rules-biden-administration-likely-trampled-on-free-speech-on-social-media-29334362

QUICKHITTERS and then lots and lots on affirmative action.  One argument I make is that the recent Affirmative Action ruling is very similar to the previous 2 SC AA cases including Bakke.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cancer-drug-shortage-chemotherapy-rationing-fc565eb9
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-02/americans-divided-over-landmark-supreme-court-decisions-in-poll
https://newsone.com/4624577/history-of-affirmative-action-in-america/

The Supreme court rules we should stop making college admission decisions based on the race of an applicant.  Ok on their experiences, just not as a group.  And abortion, I opine on abortion.  Lastly, I vent that I am tired of the overuse of the word fascism.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-affirmative-action-unconstitutional_n_64789e10e4b0047ed77f8fd4

QUICKHITTERS and thoughts on impeachment efforts of AG Merrick Garland, a college biology professor who allegedly was fired for teaching that sex is determined by chromosomes, and many, many comments on the Durham report. 
 https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/06/scotus-justices-rack-up-trips/