Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin
“We celebrate Independence on the Fourth of July. But the actual vote to secede from the British Empire and become ‘free and independent states’ – happened on July 2nd, 1776. Twelve colonies voted in favor. None opposed. New York abstained because its delegates had not yet received new instructions. The political connection to Britain was over. The deed was done. The resolution came from Richard Henry Lee of Virginia. He stood before the Second Continental Congress with direct instructions from his state: declare independence, pursue foreign alliances, and propose a plan of confederation. That wasn’t political theater. That was constitutional authority, exercised in plain view.” (07/01/25)
https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2025/07/01/totally-dissolved-the-forgotten-vote-for-independence/
Source: Politico
“The FBI will move its headquarters to a building complex blocks away from its current home in Washington, the agency announced on Tuesday, setting up an end to a drawn-out battle over the agency’s new home. The announcement officially scraps a plan approved in 2023 to move the FBI to Greenbelt, Maryland after lawmakers from Virginia and Maryland battled intensely to host the bureau. President Donald Trump signaled earlier this year his intent to keep the new headquarters in Washington, even as the agency abandons the iconic but run-down J. Edgar Hoover Building. The agency’s new home, the Ronald Reagan Building complex, previously included the U.S. Agency for International Development among its tenants before the administration gutted the agency earlier this year. The building also houses the U.S. Customs and Border Protection along with other government agencies and private businesses.” (07/01/25)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/01/fbi-building-relocation-00436319
Source: Serious Trouble
“Nationwide Injunctions Are Enjoined.” (07/01/25)
https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/nationwide-injunctions-are-enjoined
Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“‘Only a microscopic share of the funding for public broadcasting even comes from the government!’ If this is really true, the obvious retort is: ‘Then abolishing 100% of the funding will barely make any difference, so there’s no reason to keep arguing about this issue. Funding abolished, end of story.’ In fact, friends of public broadcasting should be happy to lose their miniscule funding, because this festering political battle is a major distraction from providing the high-quality programming their viewers so cherish.” (07/01/25)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/the-worlds-worst-argument-against
Source: Gideon’s Substack
by Noah Millman
“Two out of three moderates and one extremist. Guess who feels most free to vote their conscience?” (07/01/25)
https://gideons.substack.com/p/the-senate-obbba-dissenters
Source: CNBC
“Amazon announced Monday its millionth worker robot, and said its entire fleet will be powered by a newly launched generative artificial intelligence model. The move comes at a time when more tech companies are cutting jobs and warning of automation. The million robot milestone — which joins Amazon’s global network of more than 300 facilities — strengthens the company’s position as the world’s largest manufacturer and operator of mobile robotics, Scott Dresser, vice president of Amazon Robotics, said in a press release.” (07/02/25)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/amazon-deploys-its-1-millionth-robot-in-a-sign-of-more-job-automation.html
Source: SFGate
“An infamous, decades-old environmental law in California is finally in for a revamping. On Monday, following the passage of the state budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills that aim to change the California Environmental Quality Act in an effort to allow affordable housing and other development projects to be built faster and cheaper. The law, also known as CEQA, has both been praised by environmentalists and blamed for the state’s sluggish efforts on housing, as it requires certain development projects to undergo what can be a lengthy environmental review process. The review process also opens the door for construction opponents to file lawsuits alleging insufficient environmental review, which can mire projects in years of costly litigation. ‘In so many ways, we’ve struggled over the … last many decades to reform our housing rules and regulations,’ Newsom said during an evening press conference Monday after signing the bills.” (07/02/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/newsom-changes-california-environmental-law-20402864.php
Source: Hoover Institution
“The Supreme Court Rules on Protecting Kids from Sexually Themed Speech Online | Eugene Volokh and Jane Bambauer.” (07/01/25)
https://free-speech-unmuted.podbean.com/e/the-supreme-court-rules-on-protecting-kids-from-sexually-themed-speech-online-eugene-volokh-and-jane-bambauer-hoover-institution/
Source: bloggingheads.tv
“Bloggingheads at the Crossroads | Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama.” (07/01/25)
https://bloggingheads.tv/videos/68822
Source: The Intercept
by Natasha Lennard
“The Trump administration wants America paying attention to this sickening spectacle of mass deportations: broadcasting ICE raids featuring television personality Dr. Phil; meme-posting chained men sent to a gulag in El Salvador; and sharing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s various ‘ICE Barbie’ photo ops. What the Trump administration doesn’t want, however, is for anyone to hold ICE agents accountable. Attempts by the public to keep tabs on ICE are provoking predictable and pathetic responses from the government. The latest cause of outrage is ICEBlock, an app that lets users share local ICE sightings. … ICE agents, of course, have reasons they’d prefer not to be located or identified. They have no desire to face protesters who mobilize in response to reports of their presence. They wear masks to avoid being held personally responsible for carrying out the regime’s desired acts of cruelty.” (07/01/25)
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/01/masked-ice-agents-victimization-accountability/
