Americans aren’t stupid. Every day, we see examples of the government flexing its power to destroy citizens merely for saying the “wrong” word.At the time of this writing, prominent examples include the U.S. Department of Education opening a “civil rights” investigation into journalist Chris Rufo for allegedly using ... an accurate pronoun. They also include the Federal Trade Commission deciding to investigate Elon Musk after he bought Twitter and the Justice Department going after one of Musk’s companies for allegedly not hiring enough foreigners.The ideology Americans variously call wokeism, intersectionalism, identity politics, critical theory, and cultural Marxism is anti-authority and, therefore, pro-anarchy.Those are ridiculous lawfare exercises, and they will cost taxpayers millions. Musk can afford the costs of the world’s largest government going after him for political differences but ordinary people cannot. That’s likely a motivating factor in Musk promising that X (formerly Twitter) will fund people’s legal defense in cases arising from their speech on his platform.Smart people and companies without the millions to stand up to unhinged bureaucrats’ fury — or the desire to waste millions on such an effort — keep their heads down and their mouths shut to avoid being bankrupted defending their constitutional rights to free speech, freedom of association, and freedom of religion. This means Americans today effectively don’t have constitutional rights unless they are rich enough to afford lawyers. The vast majority of Americans aren’t.There are more than 185,000 pages in the Federal Register. It’s impossible for anyone to comply with laws that voluminous. That morass allows one petty bureaucratic dictator to make any American guilty until he can prove himself innocent at great expense. We are all de facto criminals whose crimes are just waiting to be found by a motivated government official. Bureaucrats have the power to unilaterally charge, investigate, prosecute, and declare guilty anyone they decide to target, all before the matter is allowed to reach a court of law.Thus, government officials have power to coerce simply by “asking” for something. Imagine that a person with the power to ruin your life because you made some non-PC remark, which this same bureaucrat thinks could violate Title VII, is “asking for a favor.” You wouldn’t want him to get mad and start looking for all the crimes you’re surely guilty of, would you? What if he were to refer you to the U.S. Department of Justice for prosecution of your speech crime?Mafia government like this results from progressives having spent the past century substituting tyrannical government for constitutional government in the United States. The “diversity, equity, and inclusion” regime equals a civil war against the U.S. Constitution and the way of life it reflects and protects.The ideology Americans variously call wokeism, intersectionalism, identity politics, critical theory, and cultural Marxism is anti-authority and, therefore, pro-anarchy. The size of the government deceives people about its lawlessness. Cultural Marxism engenders the kind of civil “rights” that supplant the Constitution instead of supplementing it. Marxist identity rights are truly a regime change in the United States.Editor's note: This article is adapted from “False Flag: Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America,” available this week from Regnery Publishing everywhere books are sold.

Biden and his bureaucrats should step out of the way and let AI continue to flourish. 

When we reward the trolls, it ruins great stuff for everyone else.

Remarks from NRI’s Regional Seminars.

A landmark look at its Native and Anglo-American art gags on victim ideology.

CBO says the U.S. fiscal picture has deteriorated more rapidly than expected.

Influential U.S. medical bodies are ignoring findings abroad that puberty-blockers and hormonal treatments for children and teens lack supporting evidence.

Hey, It's Worked So Far! Kamala Harris to Mark 2nd Anniversary of Dobbs With More Fearmongering

It's been nearly two weeks since Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024, a massive AI upgrade for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Yes, the Vision Pro seems to have been left out intentionally. It's been nearly two weeks since I installed iOS 18 beta 1 on my iPhone 14 Pro, but I can't run any AI features. First, Apple Intelligence isn't part of the first iOS 18 beta. That will come later this summer. Even then, Apple would not give us all the AI features it unveiled at WWDC. Some of them will come later this year, and the smarter Siri assistant I want will drop only at some point in 2025. Even if Apple Intelligence features were available in beta 1, I would not be able to run them. My 2022 iPhone is simply too old for that. Even the base iPhone 15, which practically matches the power of the iPhone 14 Pro, isn't good enough. Anyone looking to take advantage of Apple AI features on iPhone will need an iPhone 15 Pro/Max or later. After plenty of speculation, we finally know the two key specs for this first version of Apple AI. As I've correctly guessed, iPhone RAM plays a key role in running Apple Intelligence on the iPhone. Even more important is the Neural Engine, which has to be fast enough to process those requests. Continue reading... The post Apple confirmed key specs needed for iPhone AI, and it’s a big deal for iPhone 16 upgrades appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $20 Amazon credit, $79 AirPods, $20 Echo Pop, $899 M3 MacBook Air, $289 iScooter, more Today’s deals: $30 Echo Dot, $22 mini power bank, $629 Weber Spirit grill, $130 Beats Solo 3, more Today’s deals: $19 Roku streamer, $79 Beats Studio Buds, $199 Bose TV Soundbar, $399 Lenovo laptop, more Father’s Day deals: $20 Amazon credit, ASUS gaming laptops, Braun shavers, $160 off DJI Mini 3 drone, more

Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine's power grid and Kyiv's forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, officials said Thursday. With no major changes reported along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, where a recent push by...