Rip’s Newsletter
June 24, 2026
Rip’s Newsletter
June 24, 2026
Compiled and Edited
by
Jim Reynolds
Articles in This Issue
Brianna Lyman - Los Angeles Moves To Let Noncitizens Vote DataRepublican - How USAID Built a Global Color Revolution Infrastructure With NGOs Alex Berenson - The Democrats set themselves on fire Joe Abraham - If Citizens Lose Faith in Elections, Accountability Dies Jim Reynolds - 🔥 The Great Inversion: When Losing Everything Means “Winning”
I’m looking at a political class that keeps rewarding the same bad instincts: open the door to noncitizen voting, build NGO networks that can tilt foreign politics, and then act shocked when people stop trusting elections. The left is also eating itself, with New York Democrats backing candidates who want to abolish ICE and tear down the party’s old guard. At the same time, the fight over Iran shows how quickly the press can turn a clear military result into a moral fog. The common thread is simple: power is being pushed harder, and accountability is getting weaker.
Los Angeles Moves To Let Noncitizens Vote
Site: The Federalist
Author: Brianna Lyman
Date: 2026-06-19
Los Angeles City Council voted to place noncitizen voting in city elections on November’s ballot.
The proposal would also extend voting rights in Los Angeles Unified District elections.
Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez says legal noncitizens, including DACA recipients, would benefit.
Critics say the move exposes years of denials about Democrats supporting noncitizen voting.
The article links the proposal to broader fights over the SAVE America Act.
Los Angeles is turning a dismissed “conspiracy theory” into a live ballot question, reshaping the national debate over citizenship and voting.
Reader Experience: ★★★★☆ Minor clutter but easy reading.
Read the original article HERE
How USAID Built a Global Color Revolution Infrastructure With NGOs
Site: Substack
Author: DataRepublican
Date: 2026-06-24
Article argues USAID’s real purpose was regime change, not humanitarian aid.
It identifies five capabilities: media, legal infrastructure, election monitoring, activist training, governance data.
Georgia is presented as the clearest case of the full color-revolution pipeline.
The same five capabilities are said to exist domestically through private foundations.
The author claims the network, not individual grants, functions as a political operating system.
This story matters because it reframes foreign aid as infrastructure for political power, with implications at home and abroad.
Reader Experience: ★★★★★ Clean Substack. No ads. Fast loading.
Read the original article HERE
The Democrats set themselves on fire
Site: Substack
Author: Alex Berenson
Date: 2026-06-24
Darializa Avila Chevalier won a New York Democratic primary, defeating establishment-backed incumbent Adriano Espaillat.
Her victory, boosted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, signals a sharper leftward turn in city Democrats.
Chevalier’s views include abolishing deportations, prisons, and borders, according to a recent interview.
She also declined to clearly affirm Israel’s right to exist, drawing criticism even from AOC and Sanders.
The author argues Democrats are embracing radicalism that could hand Republicans long-term power.
This race shows how far left Democratic politics can go—and why it may reshape national power.
Reader Experience: ★★★★★ Clean Substack. No ads. Fast loading.
Read the original article HERE
If Citizens Lose Faith in Elections, Accountability Dies
Site: Townhall
Author: Joe Abraham
Date: 2026-06-24
The essay argues democracy depends on voters believing elections are transparent and meaningful.
In Illinois, eroding trust leaves officials insulated from consequences and public accountability.
The author ties this crisis to his daughter Katie Abraham’s fatal 2025 crash.
He says identity-verification failures and sanctuary policies exposed deeper government system weaknesses.
He backs the SAVE Act as a way to verify citizenship and restore confidence.
If citizens stop trusting elections, leaders face fewer consequences and democracy itself weakens.
Reader Experience: ★★★★☆ Minor clutter but easy reading.
Read the original article HERE
🔥 The Great Inversion: When Losing Everything Means “Winning”
Site: www.reynolds.com
Author: Jim Reynolds
Date: 2026-06-21
Reynolds argues the U.S.-Israel campaign devastated Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities.
He says stated objectives were explicit, measurable, and largely achieved by the strikes.
Yet Western commentators and major outlets framed the outcome as an Iranian victory.
Reynolds calls that framing a survival gambit, concession alchemy, and goalpost migration.
He argues media narratives can invert battlefield reality into “failure” through selective definitions.
This story matters because it shows how narrative framing can overturn clear military outcomes in public debate.
Reader Experience: ★★★★★ Clean Substack. No ads. Fast loading.
See more articles like this at our sister site: www.reynolds.com
Read the original article HERE
Peter — you are absolutely correct. I noticed the mayhem but forgot to get back and fix it. At least I now know that somebody is reading the opening titles. It is a template problem.
After listing all of the articles, you may want to note that following each summary is a link to the entire article for new readers who haven’t seen an explanation of your format previously.