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Gunmen kidnap 16 police officers in Mexico
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Page 4: Opinion
Awkward: Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action With Affirmative Action Hire Sitting Right There	6 15:08 Rex Mundi [11129]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	6 21:06 trailing wife [11128]
Iraq protesters briefly breach Swedish embassy over Quran burning	5 18:05 Super Hose [11129]
Mossad says it caught Cyprus terror plot assassin in Iran, airs clip of confession	1 07:08 Skidmark [11127]
17 people arrested by HTS in northern Idlib	0 [11129]
Russia to continue air strikes in Syria's Idlib — Khmeimim	0 [11130]
Deadly explosion targets Iranian-backed militants in Homs, central Syria	0 [11132]
Hemetti admits violations by RSF elements, announces field courts	0 [11129]
Air raids reported in Khartoum despite Eid truce	0 [11135]
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it has facilitated the release of 125 soldiers of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) held by the Rapid Deployment Forces (RSF)	1 17:31 Skidmark [11126]
France arrests dozens in unrest after police shooting, Rioting and looting spreads across France and into Belgium Thursday	5 16:36 Procopius2k [11129]
Bandit Leader, Dogo Gudali, Killed by Explosives Planted By Gang Members In Nigeria’s Zamfara State	0 [11133]
Gunmen kidnap 16 police officers in Mexico	2 09:09 Skidmark [11131]
Page 2: WoT Background
Fentanyl Road: How deadly drug goes from China to Mexico, ends up in US	2 13:07 NoMoreBS [11124]
Pakistan, IMF Reach $3 Billion Staff-Level Agreement	2 08:28 Skidmark [11130]
Daily Evacuation Brief June 30, 2023	0 [11126]
EU presses Tunisia in bid to stem Med migrant flow	1 08:33 Skidmark [11127]
Counterterrorism cooperation reveals sleeper cells in KRI	0 [11129]
Somalia, Comoros to attend Negev meeting amid Israeli presence	0 [11122]
ATMIS Somalia hands over two more Forward Operating Bases, bringing to five the number of FOBs that have so far been handed over to @SNAForce.	0 [11124]
Marcos: Security concerns may hinder proposed Philippine-US pact on Afghan refugees	0 [11125]
Gun licenses revoked from several members of ‘Brothers in Arms’ protest group	0 [11132]
‘It’s not where the president is’: US official waves off idea of Palestine recognition	2 13:14 Cesare [11135]
Officials in Damascus ready to agree to increase the number of Wagner fighters in Syria by more than tenfold	5 15:06 ed in texas [11125]
Burhan calls on Sudanese youth to join the army	3 09:34 Frank G [11130]
Troika countries voice concern about escalating war in Sudan's peripheral regions	3 08:44 Skidmark [11127]
Leb Foreign Ministry denounces 'provocative' Koran burning in Sweden	0 [11130]
Biden's Iran envoy benched amid investigation, security clearance suspension	5 12:58 NoMoreBS [11126]
Page 3: Non-WoT
BREAKING: Supreme Rules in Favor of Designer Who Refused to Create Same-Sex Wedding Websites	23 21:33 SteveS [11135]
Nazi-smuggling submarine found in Argentina causes international stir	5 12:06 Super Hose [11125]
Air Travel While Black - Ohio man charged with attempted murder for putting cop in chokehold	3 12:04 Super Hose [11126]
Steve Kirsch During PA State Senate Hearing : "We Can't Find an Autistic Kid Who Was Unvaccinated" Within Amish Community (VIDEO)	10 16:59 DarthVader [11128]
Man wanted on Jan. 6 charges arrested with explosives near Obama’s Washington home	5 14:09 Skidmark [11128]
A major UPS strike is looming ‐ here's what that means for your packages	13 23:04 ed in texas [11128]
China Engineered COVID-19 As Bioweapon: Shocking Revelation By Wuhan Researcher	5 12:49 Rex Mundi [11129]
Former Rwandan military policeman sentenced to life in prison in France	0 [11130]
Dylan Mulvaney rips Bud Light as trans influencer tearfully breaks silence after $20B fiasco	18 21:21 trailing wife [11129]
Lawmakers Investigating Teachers Union Interference With CDC's Pandemic School Opening Schedule Demand Walensky Turn Over Phone Records	2 11:06 Super Hose [11127]
Florida jury finds former Parkland school resource officer not guilty on all counts	14 19:15 Regular joe [11138]
Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke, some chewing gum, may be deemed 'possibly carcinogenic': report	19 17:59 SteveS [11130]
Chinese 'War Z.' Beijing is preparing for an all-out military conflict with the United States	6 18:39 Skidmark [11130]
China Hosts WEF Bigwigs for ‘Summer Davos'	1 18:19 Skidmark [11127]
Bodycam footage shows officer response in Texas shooting	1 06:48 Skidmark [11128]
Six white Mississippi deputies are fired after they entered home of two black men and 'tortured them for hours' before putting gun in one's mouth and shooting him	5 18:55 Skidmark [11137]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Rosatom evacuating personnel from Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Tell employees "to blame Ukraine in case of any emergencies"	0 [11127]
Moldovan authorities have put all state institutions, as well as law enforcement agencies on high alert after the deadly shooting at the Chisinau Airport	2 14:23 DarthVader [11126]
The Wagner 'Coup' Was Staged by Putin‐and the West Fell for It \| Opinion	13 20:59 trailing wife [11130]
Russia holds General Sergei Surovikin over Wagner mutiny	1 08:01 Skidmark [11129]
Glamorous vice president of Russian bank Kristina Baikova, 28, ‘plunges to her death from 11th floor apartment window' in Moscow in latest mysterious fatality involving country's top execs	11 14:34 Mercutio [11127]
During the day, the Russian Federation attacked nine regions of Ukraine	0 [11126]
Chronology of the Russian war against Ukraine: Thursday, June 29 (updated)	0 [11127]
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 29th, 2023	2 08:34 Enver Slager8035 [11126]
Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary June 29 (updated)	0 [11126]
Actual information about the situation on the front line: June 29 (updated)	0 [11128]
How Sweden helps Russia in the fight against the West	0 [11127]
Website of the US Department of Health was subjected to a large-scale hacker attack	2 08:54 Skidmark [11126]
About 'shell hunger'	2 08:57 Skidmark [11125]
Everything is not so simple with Shoigu: Putin is preparing a fundamentally new combination	1 13:34 Abu Uluque [11126]
Stories about Surovikin	0 [11126]
Page 6: Politix
Pressure Grows for Judge to Reject Corrupt Hunter Biden Cover-Up Plea Deal	1 20:48 Slats Snore5077 [11127]
BREAKING: Supreme Court Kills Joe Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness	7 18:00 M. Murcek [11127]
DOJ Prosecutors Who Allegedly Refused To Charge Hunter Biden Donated To Joe Biden And Kamala Harris, Records Show	4 11:59 Super Hose [11125]
Day care worker accused of snapping photos of nearly naked children and sending them to trans-identifying former Dem state rep. in NH	6 19:57 Besoeker [11127]
Another Violent J6 Prisoner Reveals He is an Antifa Operative and Communist – And He Admitted it to FBI in Debriefing	3 12:52 Rex Mundi [11125]
Sparks fly at California's final reparations task force meeting: 'Now's the time for a divorce!'	6 15:23 ed in texas [11126]
Biden wanders off set as Nicolle Wallace wraps softball MSNBC interview	4 14:23 NoMoreBS [11127]

-Great Cultural Revolution

Awkward: Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action With Affirmative Action Hire Sitting Right There

[Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an extremely awkward moment, six Supreme Court justices ruled that affirmative action is unconstitutional, completely forgetting that affirmative action hire Ketanji Brown Jackson was sitting right there next to them.

"Welp, this is kind of an uncomfortable situation," said Chief Justice John Roberts after turning in his majority opinion. "No hard feelings, ok, Ketanji? We're still invited to the cookout at your place this weekend, right?"

Roberts then slunk away with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Today is a sad day for anyone who was hired strictly based on their race, gender, and sexual orientation rather than qualifications," said White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who was hired strictly based on her race, gender, and sexual orientation rather than qualifications. "Ah, crap... now this is awkward."

Vice President Kamala Harris, also an identity hire with no qualifications, weighed in as well, saying: "Affirmative action is affirmative, and that's good. Without affirmative action, we will have non-affirmative action which is the worst kind of action. And that's bad. HA HA HAHAHAHAHA!"

At publishing time, Clarence Thomas had distracted himself from his awkward feeling by writing yet another brilliant opinion.

            Posted by: Frank G  ||
            06/30/2023            06:36   ||
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#1 Biden reveals that Obama is 'helping out a lot' and jokes that he looks for the ex-president every time he hears Hail to the Chief - as Barack and Michelle join White House in knocking Supreme Court for affirmative action decision

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                06/30/2023 7:52                Comments ||
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#2 Thomas blasts Jackson's 'race-infused world view' in Supreme Court ruling outlawing affirmative action

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                06/30/2023 7:59                Comments ||
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#3 For someone who can't define what a women is.....

                Posted by: Procopius2k    ||
                06/30/2023 8:17                Comments ||
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#4 40plus years late

                Posted by: Chris     ||
                06/30/2023 8:41                Comments ||
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#5 I think we found that definition here not too long ago.

                Posted by: Skidmark    ||
                06/30/2023 8:52                Comments ||
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#6 Awkward? That's a strange way to spell "schadenfreude". I was tempted to use another derivative of that term, but just couldn't use 'boner' and 'Ketanji Brown' in the same sentence. Now THAT would have been awkward.

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Thu 2023-06-29
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Wed 2023-06-28
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Tue 2023-06-27
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Mon 2023-06-26
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Thu 2023-06-22
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