Flirty Furballs Cafe

—Ace

New Brunswick, Canada
by: ANorthernGirl

Sexy panda sends you a seductive video.

Baby elephant seal comes over to sniff out a human.

Swan boat.

The park's closed. Moose outside should've told ya.

Husky tucks his mistress in.

Arctic wolves aren't sending their best.

Evil river otters gang up on a puppy.

Cheeky horse.

I don't know what kind of Mickey Mouse Tom and Jerry operation they're running in China.

I'm Batcow.

Finally these humans are doing something AWESOME!

Goats wearing their training horns.

Quick Hits

—Ace

It wasn't just the UK Guardian -- most of the Democrat-Media Party "news" organizations lied about inflation going up, despite the fact that the 0.1% increase is, effectively, no inflation at all. Remember, the Fed aims for a 2% yearly rate.

not just The Guardian is lying. Some headlines from the msm today

ABC "News": Inflation ticket Higher In May Amis Trump Tarriffs

USA Today: CPI Report reveals inflation crept higher

CBS: Inflation edged higher in May

Oddly yahoo and nbc have the most fair headline

Yahoo: inflation pressures ease on a monthly basis

NBC: May inflation shows prices held steady

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Fire them all:

When the Trump administration swept into the Department of Justice on Jan. 20, it moved swiftly to purge, demote, transfer and otherwise sideline career lawyers not perceived to be team players or sufficiently committed to the MAGA legal agenda.

Amid the upheaval and exodus of longtime federal prosecutors, one quiet 10th floor office in a remote outpost of the Justice Department has come to symbolize the withering impact of changes at the agency. Those who work there call it "the rubber room."

Inside, nearly a dozen of the government's most seasoned civil rights, environmental and national security lawyers have been reconstituted as members of a newly created group called the Sanctuary Cities task force.

At first glance, the job seemed promising -- a legal strike team that would sue municipalities the administration claimed were facilitating the violation of immigration laws, a task force undertaking a top priority for the new Justice Department leadership.

But the more these attorneys looked into it, the more they concluded the task force was a sham, a Potemkin operation that seemed more aimed at stashing away career lawyers than putting them to work on a legitimate legal project, according to interviews with six people knowledgeable about the task force, all of whom painted a similar picture.

Lawyers there have been assigned menial research tasks and left with hours of idle time -- an effort they view as intended to coerce them into resigning, those with knowledge of the task force said.

"This is a hard thing to talk about," said Tom Mariani, an environmental litigator who resigned rather than accept reassignment to the rubber room. "I can't tell you how much personal distress I feel over how these folks were treated."

The term rubber room is an allusion to now-infamous "reassignment centers" where New York City officials transferred public school teachers and administrators who some considered burned out or incompetent, but who could not be fired because of union rules. But in this case, those being transferred have been elite veteran attorneys from the Civil Rights Division, the National Security Division and the Environment and Natural Resources Division whose performance had not previously been questioned.

LOL. These people all worked on left-wing politicized lawsuits and prosecutions.

They have been previously questioned, of course. It's just that the left supports the use of the DOJ as a tool of partisan warfare.

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None would comment for this story, fearing retaliation from the administration. But public interest lawyers and government watchdogs say their experience stands apart as an example of how callously civil servants who have dedicated their professional lives to public service have been treated.

They're fucking hacks who took a job because the hours are good, the pay is good, and it's almost impossible to get fired. Stop pretending that they're sacrificing to take law jobs that do not require constant overtime work on the weekends the way lawyers in private firms have to do.

The emails began arriving in the third week of January from then-Acting Attorney General James McHenry, landing in the inboxes of some of the Justice Department's most senior career attorneys, notifying them that they were being transferred to the newly created Sanctuary Cities Enforcement Working Group and had 15 days to decide whether to take the new assignment or resign.

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Those who did accept the assignment arrived in the isolated offices during what some called a Department of Justice in turmoil, former senior prosecutors told CBS News.

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The lawyers continued coming into 2Con each morning but had to find activities to occupy their time. Some completed jigsaw puzzles and streamed television shows like "The Last of Us" and "Succession." One lawyer, Deborah Harris, whose previous job had been head of the Environment and Natural Resources Division's crimes section, could be seen practicing Italian on Duolingo.

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The rubber room is just the latest in a series of personnel moves that critics of the administration have tracked. Some have been demoted within their own units. Bruce Swartz, the highly respected head of the Office of International Affairs, was notified by email that he was being transferred to the office's training program, a job that fell several rungs below his position. He opted to resign.

Toronto will open a black-only homeless shelter, with all other races excluded.

Toronto officials are taking applications until Friday for city council's new "Black-mandated" shelter, where everyone from employees to the homeless could be excluded on the basis of race.

City Hall has also decreed that experience in running a shelter is not a requirement for those submitting applications.

The city's shelter and support services division says the new shelter will help make Toronto's services "reflective of the diversity of the city," but offered no specifics as to where it would go or when it might open.

A city document says shelter services is developing "at least one Black-mandated shelter" by 2033. That document -- a set of guidelines for prospective applicants for the shelter contract -- says the intention is "to provide opportunities" for Black-mandated non-profits, "also referred to as B3," the document says.

It defines a B3 as "an organization that is led by a majority of paid staff and board members who self-identify as Black or are of African descent." A B3 must serve "Toronto's diverse Black communities," both in practice and in an explicit mandate.

While an applicant must meet those requirements to be eligible, one thing that isn't required is experience in running a shelter.

Shelter services "welcomes applications" from B3s "with less than one year of experience operating a shelter," the document says, but such groups are "encouraged" to find a mentor.

The expectations are unclear, as the document at another point references B3s that haven't operated a shelter for a year "but do have experience in providing other services to Black individuals experiencing homelessness." Meanwhile, a slide deck from an April presentation says applicants without a year of experience "will be required" to find mentors, including for shelter operations and asset management.

The guidelines document is 22 pages long, and includes a four-page glossary of terms such as "anti-racism," "diaspora," "interpersonal racism" and "structural racism." The section on providing financial details, meanwhile, consists of two short paragraphs.

The document lists a number of operational requirements for the shelter, such as running 24/7 all year long and committing to audits by City Hall. Some of the requirements appear specific to this shelter, such as stipulated "safe spaces for Black clients and staff," "culturally appropriate food and nutrition" and Black-specific toiletries and hygiene products as laid out in the city's confronting anti-Black racism, or CABR, directives.

In case you missed it: The Biden-controlled Secret Service made sure they destroyed the evidence in the White House cocaine case the moment after they issued their cover-up report.

Two years after the U.S. Secret Service discovered a bag of cocaine in the White House in July, 2023, documents showing orders for its destruction within 24 hours after the agency closed the case are raising new questions about the scrupulousness of the investigation.

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency document titled "Destruction" states that the bag of cocaine was sent to the Metropolitan Police Department for incineration. That document, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, doesn't display a date for the destruction. But other internal Secret Service records show that the cocaine was tested by the Secret Service, the D.C. Fire Department hazmat technicians, and the FBI before being sent back to the Secret Service for storage on July 12. Two days later, it was transferred to the D.C. police department for destruction. The Secret Service shut down the cocaine investigation 11 days after discovering it.

The destruction of narcotics evidence must comply with environmental and safety regulations, and the D.C. police department has an Environmental Protection Agency-approved incinerator that federal agencies often use to destroy narcotics that are not involved in active legal cases.

D.C. police officials referred all questions about the cocaine's apparent destruction to the FBI. There's no entry or date for the cocaine's actual destruction.

Early last week, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced that he was re-opening the investigation into the cocaine found in the White House, as well as the leak of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade and the discovery of a pipe bomb at the Democratic National Committee headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021.

Bongino reiterated his commitment to getting to the bottom of those cases in a Wednesday night interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity.

"Well, I get a kick out of it on social media," Bongino said. "People say, 'This case isn't a big deal. I don't care.' Well, I care. ... You don't care that a [potentially] hazardous substance made its way into the White House? We didn't know what it was, and we don't seem to have answers? Well, we're going to get them. I've got a great team on it."

I wonder if any DOJ lawyers who helped cover up the Biden cocaine scandal are in the rubber room.

Fox Nation has a special about the Trump McDonald's Shift.

Fox Nation is offering a rare glimpse into Donald Trump's pivotal McDonald's visit during the final weeks of his 2024 campaign with a multi-episode installment of "The Art of the Surge."

It all starts at a McDonald's drive-thru, where the then-GOP nominee traded a suit for an apron and got to work as a fry cook in Feasterville, Pennsylvania last October.

"I've always wanted to work at McDonald's, and I never did," he told workers inside the building.

The first episode of the series documents Trump's "first day" on the job from the very beginning, as he requested to work the french fry cooker and learned the process.

He walked through, step-by-step, dunking fries into hot oil, shaking the basket, pouring servings into the signature red McDonald's cartons and sprinkling salt over them.

It became an iconic moment on the campaign trail as the notorious New York City business magnate-turned-president performed a job many Americans have had at one point in their lives.

He even greeted customers wrapped around the building at the drive-thru window.

As one family took a Happy Meal from his hands he quipped with a smile, "It's going to be the best you've ever had. It had better be. I made it myself."

Customers passed on their messages of encouragement as the high-stakes faceoff with then-vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris was merely two weeks away, with both teams in a mad sprint to the finish line.

"Make America great again!" one driver said.

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"I could do this all day. I wouldn't mind this job," he said.

Trump's efforts were viewed by many as a mockery of a claim his opponent had worked for the fast food chain while in college.

At one point, Trump even remarked, "I've now worked for 15 minutes. Fifteen more than Kamala."

Karen Bass Declares a State of Emergency and Imposes a Curfew While Also Insisting There Is No Crisis At All

—Ace

If there's no crisis, then it was illegal to declare an emergency, Cuban Communist.

Weird how there's a crisis when Bass says there's one but there's not a crisis when Trump says there's one.

Even more weird: It's the same situation in both cases. Bass declares a crisis then says that Trump is wrong to say it's a crisis.

It's Schroedinger's Crisis. There's only a crisis when and to the extent a Democrat allows there to be one.

Mayor Karen Bass announced a curfew for Downtown Los Angeles after five straight days of violence and mayhem that has marred much of the neighborhood around the federal buildings where immigrants rounded up in a series of raids are being held and prosecuted.

"The curfew will be in place from 8 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. tomorrow," announced Bass, adding that it could last for several days and would be reevaluated tomorrow. "Everyone must abide by this curfew."

Bass said a "local emergency" has been declared and that the curfew was necessary because of what she called "extensive widespread vandalism" that includes profanity-laced graffiti scrawled on City Hall, an LAPD building, and rampant destruction in public parks and at private businesses. Bass said she was dismayed that 23 businesses were looted, while multiple historical landmarks in Little Tokyo along with immigrant-owned businesses, were heavily damaged.

Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said that anyone who violates the curfew "will be arrested." The curfew's boundaries will encompass the area encircled by the 5 Freeway, the 110 Freeway, and the 10 Freeway and end where the 5 Freeway and the 110 Freeway merge.

"The curfew is a necessary measure to protect lives and safeguard property, following several consecutive days of growing unrest throughout the city," McDonnell said. "Since Saturday, we have seen a concerning escalation in unlawful and dangerous behavior."

Despite declaring a crisis empowering her to impose a curfew, this Communist Castro-Lover went on to the leftwing propaganda stations to insist there was no crisis at all, and if there is a crisis, the crisis is only happening because Trump sent in troops to protect federal property from the crisis.

Elon Musk: I'm Sorry, My Late Night Attacks on Trump "Went Too Far"

—Ace

Our long short national nightmare diversion is over.

President Trump is feeling good about Elon Musk's apology after the former "first buddy" admitted late Tuesday he had gone "too far" in his personal attacks on the commander-in-chief.

"I thought it was very nice that he did that," the president told The Post in a brief phone conversation Wednesday morning, but didn't say whether he was willing to let bygones be bygones with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.

Musk, 53, went off on Trump in a series of social media messages this past Thursday, at one point claiming the Republican would not have won the 2024 election without his help and suggesting the president was responsible for preventing the release of files on convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein due to his past association with the late financier.

"I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far," Musk wrote late Tuesday after previously deleting his post about the Epstein files.

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Trump told Post columnist Miranda Devine Monday that he doesn't "blame" Musk for the blow-up that started with the former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) figure's criticisms of the Big Beautiful Bill -- but maintained that he's "a little disappointed."

"Look, I have no hard feelings," Trump said. "I was really surprised that that happened. He went after a bill that's phenomenal. ...He just -- I think he feels very badly that he said that, actually."

When asked whether he would ever go back to a regular relationship with Musk, Trump told Devine's "Pod Force One" podcast: "I guess I could, but we have to straighten out the country."

"And my sole function now is getting this country back to a level higher than it's ever been. And I think we can do that."

Trump Announces Deal With China; Media Cry About Tariffs Not Causing Inflation As They've Insisted They Would for Two Years

—Ace

The latest coordinated Democrat-Media Party panic operation concerned rare earth metals. They said that the economy would collapse because Trump's trade war with China was reducing the amount of heavy metals China was selling us.

Well, Trump says he just struck a trade deal with China and China will begin sending us heavy metals again.

(I know I keep flipping between rare earth metals and heavy metals but I think they're largely overlapping Venn circles and I like saying heavy metal and taking a ride on heavy metal.)

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the U.S. deal with China is done, with Beijing to supply magnets and rare earth minerals while the U.S. will allow Chinese students in its colleges and universities.

"WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 55% TARIFFS, CHINA IS GETTING 10%. RELATIONSHIP IS EXCELLENT!" Trump wrote on Truth Social without elaborating.

A White House official said the agreement allows the U.S. to charge a 55% tariff on imported Chinese goods. This includes a 10% baseline "reciprocal" tariff, a 20% tariff for fentanyl trafficking and a 25% tariff reflecting pre-existing tariffs. China would charge a 10% tariff on U.S. imports, the official said.

Trump said the deal is subject to final approval by him and President Xi Jinping.
"FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT, BY CHINA. LIKEWISE, WE WILL PROVIDE TO CHINA WHAT WAS AGREED TO, INCLUDING CHINESE STUDENTS USING OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD WITH ME!)," Trump said.

China has agreed to a 55% tariff on their goods with only a 10% tariff on our goods? That seems incredible, but they have, in fact, been ripping us off for decades, and they are being hurt by Trump's tariffs. We're not, but they are.

Meanwhile, the media is now crying that the runaway inflation they were praying for isn't coming to save them from the Bad Orange Man:

Axios is very sad:

A run of better-than-expected indicators -- including Wednesday's inflation report -- so far point to a strikingly resilient economy.

Why it matters: Those waiting for signs of a tariff-wrecked economy will have to keep waiting.

Economists anticipate President Trump's policies, particularly those related to trade, will weaken growth and raise consumer prices. But how, when, or even if looks more uncertain than ever.

Aw. So sad! I know you were really counting on this, Democrat-Media Party.

Just six days ago, on June 5th, this same Politico for Kidz! website we know as Axios reported that "anecdotally" there was proof of the claim that tariffs are causing inflation, and said it was "textbook economics."

Now, it is true that tariffs usually cause price increases but you know what reduces prices? An economy becoming more productive. Like reversing the Obama-Biden trend of cutting jobs in the real economy (and putting people on welfare, where they're paid to produce nothing) while creating jobs in the fake economy of government bureaucrats taking money from some people and giving it to other people. Moving people from destructive to productive uses will tend to check price increases.

Bloomberg is very, very sad that Trump's tariffs are causing, if anything, prices to fall.

I won't bother to prove it -- though I could, easily -- the vile communist corporate propaganda media is wailing and gnashing their teeth that the explosion of inflation they've been wishcasting for not just since the election but for years before it just isn't happening.

The Guardian, in fact, flat out lies to its readers and tells them prices are going up:

US prices continued to rise in May amid Trump tariffs

Annualized inflation hit 2.4% in May, up from 2.3% in April, as Trump pushes ahead with controversial trade plans

US prices continued to rise in May as companies and consumers grappled with Donald Trump’s tariffs. The president has repeatedly pledged to lower costs across the economy.

Annualized inflation ticked higher, to 2.4%, in May, up from 2.3% in April. On a month-to-month basis, the consumer price index rose by 0.1%, down from 0.2% the previous month.

The readings were softer than expected. Economists had expected a headline CPI reading for 2.5% in May, amid widespread uncertainty over the direction of the US economy.

Now, it is true that inflation clocked in at 0.1% in May -- which is a very low rate. Sean Davis did a quick calculation and confirms that that 0.1% monthly increase in inflation translates to a yearly inflation rate of 1.25% -- well below the 2% inflation rate the Fed actually aims for as its "target" rate. (The Fed believes that some amount of inflation is good and necessary. I think they reason that some inflation pressures people to invest money or at least put it into savings accounts (with the bank investing it) rather than just hoarding it.)

Close it up

Illegal Alien Charged With Throwing Molotov Cocktails at Police

—Ace

The exact charge was "assault with a fiery but mostly peaceful incendiary device."

This is not an "immigrant." This is a Mexican invader, little different from Pancho Villa.

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a previously deported illegal immigrant from Mexico after he allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement amid rioting in Los Angeles on June 7.

LA has experienced days of unrest, with agitators setting fire to cars, throwing bricks and fireworks at police officers and vehicles, graffiting property, looting businesses, and smashing windows of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) headquarters downtown in response to ICE raids in the city last week.

"Emiliano Garduno-Galvez is a criminal illegal alien from Mexico who threatened the lives of federal law enforcement officers by attacking them with a Molotov cocktail during the violent riots in Los Angeles. ICE arrested Garduno-Galvez, and he is now being charged with attempted murder. These are the types of criminal illegal aliens that rioters are fighting to protect," Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a Wednesday statement.

McLaughlin added: "The Los Angeles rioters will not stop us or slow us down. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

DHS noted that Garduno-Galvez had previously been deported and has a prior criminal record, including a 2024 arrest for grand theft near the Anaheim Police Department and a DUI in Long Beach.

This man is Our Strength. He's probably working on a cure for cancer in between boosting cars.

Here are some of the Future Cancer Curers who the Democrat-Media Party is determined to keep in the country.

Trump's ICE crackdown is continuing despite LA riots... meet some of the worst criminals they've arrested

President Donald Trump's ICE continues to arrest criminal illegal aliens as protests and riots have engulfed Los Angeles.

Over 160 anti-ICE protestors have been arrested in LA since Friday, according to local authorities, many for failure to disperse, and at least one - a Mexican national illegally in the U.S. - for attempted murder after throwing a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement.

There have been hundreds of illegal aliens arrested in LA since the protest broke out on June 6, a source familiar with operations told the Daily Mail.

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Despite the stand offs with rioters, Newsom and Bass, the White House said deportation operations in LA are continuing.

'The Trump Administration will fulfill the President's promise to deport illegal aliens and no one -- not even violent left-wing rioters -- will get in the way of our mission,' White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the Daily Mail.

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The White House is now sending the message that regardless of what Newsom or the protestors think, ICE operations will continue.

'Radical liberal rioters, enabled by weak politicians like Gavin Newsom, are using violence to try and stop the American people's agenda from being implemented. It won't work,' Jackson told the Daily Mail.

'In November, the American people gave President Trump a mandate: deportations.'

And according to migrant arrest data exclusively provided to the Daily Mail, ICE's Los Angeles team is continuing to act on the president's orders.

The rap sheets of five criminal aliens arrested Tuesday in LA were shared exclusively with the Daily Mail.

It includes Hondurans Carlos Alberto Escobar-Flores, 43, whose criminal history includes a conviction for grand theft; and Jose Jimenez-Alvarado, who was convicted for felony theft, according to the White House.

Mexican national Jesus Romero-Retana, 52, a man convicted for battery and intent to terrorize, was also apprehended by ICE on Tuesday, the White House revealed.

So was Cambodian Mab Khleb, a 53-year-old citizen of Cambodia, with prior convictions for possession of controlled substances and lewd action with a child, officials said.

Sang Louangpasert, a 66-year-old Laotion man who was ordered to leave the U.S. in 2001, was also arrested by ICE.

He has previous convictions of lewd acts with a child under 14 and corporal injury on a spouse, the White House said.

What can we do when Our Strength commits lewd acts with children?

Here are more pedophiles and sex criminals that the Democrat-Media Party has protected and permitted to remain in our country:

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_

BREAKING: Federal sources ID some of the criminal illegal alien targets ICE arrested in their LA operation yesterday & today, which sparked violent protests. They include multiple gang members, convicted sex offenders, violent gun offenders, & drug offenders. One has already been deported. They include:

Rolando Veneracion-Enriquez, a national of the Philippines who has prior convictions for sexual penetration with a foreign object, assault with intent to commit rape, and burglary, all in California.

ARMANDO ORDAZ, a Mexican national & known gang member with a conviction for sexual battery, receiving stolen property, and theft in Los Angeles.

VICTOR MENDOZA-AGUILAR, a previously deported Mexican national & known gang member with convictions for assault with a deadly weapon, and possessing drug paraphernalia.

DELFINO AGUILAR MARTINEZ, a Mexican national with a conviction for assault with a deadly weapon causing great bodily injury in LA.

"World Pride Day" Attendance Plummets, With the Biennial Groomer Convention Seeing Only One-Third of the Expected Weirdoes

—Ace

So close to Pride Month, World Pride Day?

SO CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH?!?!

They're pretty sure they know the reason for lack of interest: Foreign gays and trannies are just so a-scared of the Trump Menace that they won't even travel to America.

Win-fucking-win if you ask me.

'Not just a party:' World Pride celebrations end with defiant politics on display

The celebrants held signs declaring "Fight back," "Gay is good," "Ban bombs not bathrooms" and "We will not be erased."

By Associated Press

After the raucous rainbow-hued festivities of Saturday's parade, the final day of World Pride 2025 in the nation's capital kicked off on a more downbeat note.

Thousands gathered under gray skies Sunday morning at the Lincoln Memorial for a rally and protest march, as the community gathers its strength for a looming fight under President Donald Trump's second administration.

"This is not just a party," Ashley Smith, board president of Capital Pride Alliance. "This is a rally for our lives."

Smith acknowledged that international attendance numbers for the bi-annual World Pride were measurably down, with many potential attendees avoiding travel to the U.S. due to either fear of harassment or in protest of Trump's policies.

"That should disturb us and mobilize us," Smith said.

How about mobilizing your asses back overseas?

Protesters cheered on LGBTQ+ activists taking the stage while waving both traditional Pride flags and flags representing transgender, bisexual, intersex and other communities. Many had rainbow glitter and rhinestones adorning their faces. They held signs declaring "Fight back," "Gay is good," "Ban bombs not bathrooms" and "We will not be erased."

Trump's campaign against transgender protections and oft-stated antipathy for drag shows have set the community on edge, with some hoping to see a renewed wave of street politics in response.

"Trans people just want to be loved. Everybody wants to live their own lives and I don't understand the problem with it all," said Tyler Cargill, who came wearing an elaborate costume with a hat topped by a replica of the U.S. Capitol building.

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Reminders of the cuts to federal government programs were on full display, Sunday. One attendee waved a pole bearing a massive rainbow flag along with a large USAID flag; another held a "Proud gay federal worker" sign; and a third held an umbrella with the logos of various federal program facing cuts -- including the PBS logo.

The PBS logo. Perfect.

From The Post-Millennial, which, by the way, the depraved search engines seem to be programmed not to find.

eading into the final weekend, which included the Capital Pride Parade, the BBC reported that event organizers dropped their estimated crowd size to around one-third of previous estimates. Organizers had originally projected around three million visitors.

Ryan Bos, executive director of Capital Pride Alliance, told NPR, "We anticipated bookings to be much higher at this time for WorldPride and do know that the climate, the concern for folks internationally to travel to the United States is real."

Montreal-based data analyst Alice Siregar, who is transgender, had initially planned on attending the event but was concerned about traveling to the US. "It is a risk to now come over and especially as a trans woman," Siregar said.

World Pride was last held in Sydney, Australia in 2023. Monash University human rights law professor Paula Gerber, who attended both the 2023 and 2025 events, told Australia's ABC, "It couldn't be a starker contrast. Sydney was a celebration. We were really rejoicing in how far we'd come with human rights protection. Here, there's no celebration. This is a call to action. This is realisation of how quickly our rights can be wound back."

The first article had a transgender saying "Transgenders just want to be loved." This article has someone saying their "rights" are being wound back.

I think that's telling. They believe they have a "right" to be "loved," and celebrated, and affirmed.

Obviously, there is no such "right." They have hijacked western governments to use government force to compel people to "love" them, and people have had enough.

Inflation Again Comes In "Lighter Than Expected" at Only 0.1% in May, the Lowest Since March 2021
Update: Democrat Congresswoman Insists That Prices Are Rising, WITHOUT EVIDENCE

—Ace

Six months ago, the Democrat-Media Party couldn't stop talking about inflation, after having refused to talk about inflation for four years.

"Trump has done nothing to reduce the price of eggs," they all said in Trump's first week as president, suddenly acknowledging the steep increase in the price of eggs under Biden after denying it.

"Trump's distracting the voters by talking about immigration because he's not doing anything about inflation," they all said in Trump's second week in office.

Well, inflation is now well under control and falling even more.

And strangely enough, the Democrat-Media Party is silent about inflation again.

The White House declared Wednesday that "America is beating inflation," touting the latest Consumer Price Index as proof that President Trump's economic leadership is ushering in a "new Golden Age" of falling prices, rising wages, and broad prosperity.

Key Details:

The May CPI report showed overall inflation "lighter than expected" once again, according to the White House. Officials emphasized that since Trump took office, inflation has come in below economists' forecasts every month.

Core inflation--which strips out food and energy--held steady at the lowest level since March 2021. The White House noted that under Trump, core inflation has averaged just 2.0% annually, mirroring rates last seen during his first term.

The administration also highlighted wage growth, particularly for production and nonsupervisory workers. Real wages for those workers rose in May at the fastest pace in nearly a year, and have now increased every month since Trump returned to office.

Trump called for a cut in the Fed's interest rate, which would spur growth.

But the head of the Fed, Jerome Powell, is a partisan Democrat who is only interested in cutting interest rates and flooding the country with freshly printed currency if the president (or, "president") is a Democrat.

President Trump reacted Wednesday to the latest inflation data by urging the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by a full point. Calling the CPI numbers "great," he argued that such a move would significantly reduce interest costs on the nation's debt, adding, "SO IMPORTANT!!!"

Key Details:

Trump posted on Truth Social shortly after the Consumer Price Index was released, writing: "CPI JUST OUT. GREAT NUMBERS!"

He called on the Federal Reserve to "LOWER ONE FULL POINT," emphasizing the impact on debt payments: "WOULD PAY MUCH LESS INTEREST ON DEBT COMING DUE."

The post comes just hours after a White House statement declared, "America is beating inflation," pointing to steady core inflation, declining energy prices, and rising real wages.

The White House declared Wednesday that "America is beating inflation," touting the latest Consumer Price Index as proof that President Trump's economic leadership is ushering in a "new Golden Age" of falling prices, rising wages, and broad prosperity.

Key Details:

The May CPI report showed overall inflation "lighter than expected" once again, according to the White House. Officials emphasized that since Trump took office, inflation has come in below economists' forecasts every month.

Core inflation--which strips out food and energy--held steady at the lowest level since March 2021. The White House noted that under Trump, core inflation has averaged just 2.0% annually, mirroring rates last seen during his first term.

The administration also highlighted wage growth, particularly for production and nonsupervisory workers. Real wages for those workers rose in May at the fastest pace in nearly a year, and have now increased every month since Trump returned to office.

Good Wednesday, everyone!

Wednesday Morning Rant

—Joe Mannix

It's "Pride Month," though it is easy to miss it this year - at least, it's easy to miss it in some places. Some years ago, I fled the conquered territory I used to call home and moved elsewhere. Where I live now, you would be hard-pressed to find evidence that it's time for the annual celebration of child grooming and other perversions. In other places, though, it's very much business as usual on that front.

Being in the midst of an apparent preference cascade is a weird situation, and where you are plays a role in how it looks. Things are in fact changing. Many outfits who do business outside the blue enclaves or have to make terms with the United States government under its current executive are fairly suddenly pretending that they never remade their logos as rainbows and agitated for revolution. If you live in the widening sea of normality, it's increasingly easy to forget that any of this is even a thing at all this year.

Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

Christ and His Mother Studying the Scriptures
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The Morning Report — 6/ 11 /25

—J.J. Sefton

Good morning kids. Well, just the same old revolution but a different decade. The institutional Left which has more or less always operated within and had the political cover of he Democrat Party, to give it a veneer of legitimacy. Their goal was, is and always will be the destruction of America and of Western civilization itself.

Since Vietnam and the civil rights movement, any excuse to riot and cause violence and unrest at home was used as the pretext, not to protest whatever the issue was, legitimate grievance or otherwise notwithstanding, but to sow division and use it as the means to destabilize society and if possible to cripple the institutions that hold the society together and then overthrow the government.

The salient point here is that regardless of our foreign enemies meddling in our internal affairs to cripple us, be it the Chi-Coms or current Russians/Soviets of old, globalist foreign oligarchs, MEXICO - which must now be considered a foreign adversary, global Islam terror organizations and of course Iran, The only way that what we are witnessing is happening is because we have an alarming number of people of all ages that are American citizens who have such a hate on for their own country thanks to decades of indoctrination and propaganda from he schools and media/entertainment complex that they are willing to engage in open violent rebellion.

Remember, that Bill Ayers, who fantasized about what we are witnessing right now thought that he and his comrades in the Weathermen would seize absolute power but then would have to still liquidate upwards of 25 million Americans who would never accept him and who would never be "re-educated."

May the National Guard and US Marines stack the bodies of these violent traitors like so much cordwood.

And may everyone who is funding and giving political cover to these terrorists have their assets seized and/or be hanged by the neck for treason. If what we are witnessing isn't treason, then I don't know what the hell is.

If Democrat leaders are rallying their base to view the protests as a defense of democratic values, it may potentially escalate into more widespread conflicts similar to those that occurred in 2020. The involvement of figures like Maxine Waters, who attempted to intervene on behalf of rioters, further suggests a political stake in the unrest, though her rebuff by law enforcement highlights the limits of such influence. . . . The speculative possibility of a civil war hinges on intent. If the Democrat Party is orchestrating or amplifying the riots, their aim may be to destabilize Trump’s administration, leveraging the chaos to rally support for progressive causes like open borders. If the funding allegations are substantiated they may point to a strategic investment in unrest, using groups like CHIRLA which is linked to ActBlue as proxies. However, this theory rests on ongoing investigations. While prominent leftists claim that the roots of the riots are organic, pre-printed signs and seemingly-coordinated appearances of large numbers of protesters continue to raise suspicions. Another concerning aspect is the actions of left-leaning judges to place the interests of illegal aliens over those of American citizens.

If the Democrats want a real shooting civil war, they're insane given the fact that our side is armed to the teeth and that the military as a whole, the Obama brass loyalists notwithstanding, are not or will not necessarily be on their side. No, what they want is to destabilize society and trust in our institutions so much so that average citizens will somehow see the Democrats as the adults in the room and allow them to take control. That too given everything the Democrats have done to America in just the past 5 years let alone the past 200 is equally delusional.

There are several essays in the lead that echo the salient point that this is the same revolution, with essentially the same players, plus global Islam in the mix, aiming to take America down and finding common cause with our native-born traitors.

This cannot be allowed to continue and God willing it is utterly crushed and soon, and everything must be done to ensure that this madness never rises again.

Now that the bastard child of Hermann Goering and a fireplug, Greta Thunberg has been sent back to the Islamic Republic of Malmo instead of being dumped over the side in the Mediterranean, how long do you suppose it will be before she winds up in Los Angeles, unless the National Guard and Marines can start stacking the corpses of the filthy human garbage engaging in violent revolution like cordwood?
My guess is she'll be landing at LAX within the next 24 to 48 hours.

And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.

Have a great day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• If Democrat leaders are rallying their base to view the protests as a defense of democratic values, it may potentially escalate into more widespread conflicts similar to those that occurred in 2020.
  Civil War 2.0?
  
• Ben Shapiro: For the Democrats, this is all about the conflict.
  The Real Agenda Behind The Chaos In Los Angeles

Daily Tech News 11 June 2025

—Pixy Misa

• The Bluesky bubble hurts liberals and their causes. Here's why that's a good thing. (Washington Post) (archive site)
  
  Bluesky was an interesting attempt at redesigning the core architecture of Twitter, but had no natural userbase until Trump won the 2024 election, whereupon the craziest people on Twitter departed en masse all at once and created Bluesky accounts.
  
  That gave the site a massive boost in user numbers but at the same time a massive headache, because suddenly its users were overwhelming screamingly insane leftists with all the problems that come with them.

  For roughly a decade, Twitter hosted what is lightheartedly called the "national conversation" on issues of the day, particularly social justice and public health. Twitter never had that many users, compared with Instagram or Facebook. But it had a big group of influential users - politicians, policymakers, journalists and academics, all of whom were engaged in a 24/7 conversation about politics and current events.

  Mostly leftists, often far left, but at least, at the time, paying lip service to civility and rationality. Those days are far behind us.
  
  That's what they're trying to regain, but the more they tighten their grip, the more star systems slip through their fingers.

  That was a boon to progressives, who wielded outsize influence on the platform because they were early adopters who outnumbered the conservatives. They were also better organized and better networked, and had the sympathy of Twitter's professional-class employees, who proved increasingly susceptible to liberals' demands for tighter moderation policies on things such as using male pronouns to refer to a transgender woman.

  Translation: Stalinists policing speech.

  It's not surprising that progressives want to return to the good old days. But it's not working, and I'm skeptical it ever will.

  Those were the days, my friend. Thought they would never end.

  Something similar has happened on Bluesky. The nasty fringe has become even nastier: A Bluesky technical adviser recently felt the need to clarify that "The 'let's tell anyone we don't like to kill themselves' crowd are not welcome here" because left-wing trolls kept urging people who disagreed with them to commit suicide. And without the leavening influence of their opponents, Bluesky discourse appears even more censorious and doctrinaire than what progressives were saying on old Twitter.

  Jesse Singal, call your office.
  
  Oh yeah, the key point: Bluesky activity is down 50% since November; it's in a death spiral and there's likely no way out.

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - June 10, 2025 [scampydog]

—Open Blogger

Good evening and thank you for checking in on the Tuesday, ONT - Dive Bar edition. We have a bit of guest blogging this evening. Scroll down below the fold for the read. We'll see you in the comments - bring your DIVE BAR tales. And wisdom.

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Raise a glass and a warm welcome to our Moron friend, Pete Bog. He is back with another round of almost world famous, Bog's Rules. Subject this evening? DIVE BARS! Take it away, Pete Bog.

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I have been thinking about what constitutes a DIVE BAR! In the pursuit of knowledge, I have an obligation to present my views from a fully informed perspective. To round out my DIVE BAR! observational experience, I elected to study a great treatise on the subject, the movie "Road House." Not the namby pamby remake that I haven't seen but the original 1989 version which contains so much reality that it must be based on a true story about a Dive Bar.

For the three of you who missed this movie the protagonist is a stereotypical bar bouncer. You have seen the type. Dalton, a hulking 5'10" on his tip-toes behemoth, 155 pounds dripping wet. He is so good at his craft as a bar bouncer that he commands a fortune driving to each new gig in his high dollar Mercedes, like a frontier Marshall from days gone by. After accepting the new job, he stashes the hot rod in a picturesque local barn adjacent to a beautiful lake and an unoccupied and tastefully decorated loft apartment. He switches to a barely moving beater which he purchases from a friendly and not at all shady local used car dealer. And then he goes to work at the dive bar as the Head Bouncer. Here is why I know it is reality based. He immediately has conflict with the incompetent incumbent staff. Happens every time.

You can guess where this goes. In a workman's comp related incident, he is referred to the local emergency room where he presents his big five inch "medical" record to impress the smoking hot blonde doctor in a minidress. She swoons, he swoons and does Tai Chi. I cannot recount the number of times this has happened to me. When I open my DIVE BAR! I will certainly make a bouncer trained in classical ballet my first hire.

Push comes to shove, best buddy gets murdered, bad guy bodies stack up, justice prevails. This move has absolutely nothing to do with dive bars. Even the blind musician.

A DIVE BAR! is the earthly manifestation of a Unicorn. Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, their existence can only be established by personal experience, and the qualities necessary to a DIVE BAR! are very difficult to specify. Nonetheless, I will present to you.

Bog's Rules for A DIVE BAR!

1. It must have a Juke Box.

2. The Juke Box must be able to play David Allan Coe's masterpiece "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" which is in fact the greatest Country song ever. As stated by no less authority than David Allan Coe. Depending on the level of intoxication Patsy Cline may be a substitute. In France, La Vie en Rose will not suffice as that would be a Café, only Lily Von Schtupp singing "I'm Tired."

Rules 1 and 2 may be disregarded if the DIVE BAR! has a sand floor and view of the ocean.

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Thank you, Pete Bog! Laughs per line of content - one for the record book. Well done, Bog.

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Tons of links out there for the "Best Dive Bar." Linking the Scoundrels Field Guide solely based on the name of their website.

What say you Horde? What makes a good DIVE BAR!? What is your go to for peanut dust, sticky floors, heavy pours, and people watching?

Shout out to the Coach House on Indian School Road in Old Town Scottsdale, AZ. They've been in business since 1959, and refer to themselves as Scottsdale's Oldest Dive Bar.

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DIVE BAR! accessory. A bit of Old Swill on tap now and again is better than drinking out of an old leather shoe.

mystery click

And a few items seen in a DIVE BAR or three!

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Neon signs? Some fun stuff at the link.

Even cooler? Classic beer signs. Tin Over Cardboard (TOC) signs.

One of the most iconic users of tin over cardboard signs were breweries, which began using them for advertising in the late 19th century. These signs, featuring the distinctive designs and became fixtures in taverns, bars, and distributors across the county. During World War II, tin became a valuable resource for the war effort, leading to a decline in the production of tin over cardboard signs. Many existing signs were repurposed or recycled to support the war effort, making surviving examples from this era particularly rare and sought after by collectors. After the war, the golden age of signs began to wane as new advertising mediums such as television and radio gained prominence. Many signs were discarded or replaced with newer materials, contributing to their scarcity today.

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Vintage Beer ads. These are great. If linking in comments, please use a link shortener - like tinyurl or similar.

Hamm's 47 minutes -some gems in there

Henry Weinhard's. Stick with it to the end.

RainDog . Rainier Beer had some gems.

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Jukebox history. Seeburg, Rock-Ola, Wurlitzer, and more.

Is the jukebox destined for extinction or just a rebirth for a mobile world? Here's a rundown of what really happened in the course of jukebox history.

DIVE BARS!, a jukebox, and raspy/sexy voices go together like grit and charm - rough, but somehow still fuego. Or is it eyeliner at midnight and questionable decisions?

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Someone is fresh out of emotional give-a-damn.

Give that guy a medal or something! 🤣 pic.twitter.com/d2yZXAiNLj

— Dr. Clown, PhD (@DrClownPhD) June 9, 2025

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This ONT brought to you by: Keep hammering the message - it's pretty obvious which side lacks merit.

Calling out the media!!! pic.twitter.com/hhh0Aq49kw

— A Man Of Memes (@RickyDoggin) June 5, 2025

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Charming Gentleman Callers Cafe

—Ace

Rescued baby chimps are reunited.

Dog objects when you stop scratching his ears.

Cat Toys: A study in indifference and pointlessness. Dogs are much more appreciative of toys.

This red panda appreciates his red panda stuffed animal.

Panda bear wants you to stare in bewilderment at its weird genital situation.

Dogs get bedhead too.

Dog gets huffy about a mere human taking his place on the couch.

Rescue dog is so grateful.

A real wacky Looney Tunes situation is growing in the backyard.

Pig squeaks like a chew toy.

Jealous horse.

These birds are getting lazy.

When you catch one of your sheep napping on the job.

Democrats' New Effort to Outreach to Male Voters Features the Head of the DNC Whining and Crying That Fembot David Hogg Is Being Too Mean to Him

—Ace

This is from yesterday but the Democrat-Media Party riots pushed it down the priority list.

There is leaked audio from a Zoom call between Democrat National Committee head Ken Martin and DNC Vice Chair for Choad Inspection David Hogg.

Ken Martin is nearly in tears -- or actually in tears --as he complains that David Hogg is making his job too hard and that David Hogg isn't Positioning Him For Success.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin told party leaders in a recent private conversation that he's unsure about his ability to lead the party because of infighting created by Vice Chair David Hogg.

"I'll be very honest with you, for the first time in my 100 days on this job ... the other night I said to myself for the first time, I don't know if I wanna do this anymore," he said in a May 15 Zoom meeting of DNC officers, according to a recording obtained by POLITICO.

In the recording, an emotional Martin describes being deeply frustrated by the fallout over Hogg, who has ignited a firestorm in the party by vowing to spend $20 million in safe-blue primaries to oust incumbent Democrats he believes are ineffective. Martin paused twice while appearing to choke up.

The intraparty feud, Martin said on the recording, is making it more difficult for the party to do its work -- and had ruined his ability to demonstrate leadership.

"No one knows who the hell I am, right? I'm trying to get my sea legs underneath of me and actually develop any amount of credibility so I can go out there and raise the money and do the job I need to to put ourselves in a position to win," Martin said, addressing Hogg. "And again, I don't think you intended this, but you essentially destroyed any chance I have to show the leadership that I need to. So it's really frustrating."

It was an extraordinary admission from the chair of the Democratic Party, just a few months after being elected to lead the party through its post-2024 crisis. The nearly two-minute clip does not include the entire conversation, including how Hogg and others may have responded to Martin.

Asked for an interview, Martin, 51, sent a statement through a spokesperson. In it, he said, "I'm not going anywhere."

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Asked for comment, party leaders rallied behind Martin, expressing confidence in his leadership.

In a statement, DNC Associate Chair Shasti Conrad, who attended the Zoom meeting and was briefly mentioned on it, said Martin "showed vulnerability in a private conversation" and "stood up" for the Democratic Party.

"He shows up with authenticity. Always," she said. "That's what you'll hear on the tape."

He's an authentic pussy. Perfect representative of the Democrat Masculine Ideal.

I took an old Buzzfeed quiz titled "Which Sex & the City Character Are You?" I was hoping for Samantha, but I got "DNC Head Ken Martin." I didn't even know he was on the show.

I think AI took over the quiz to call me a f&ggot.

Unhinged ABC "News" Liberal Terry Moran Will Get a Head Start on That Podcast Career He's Been Itching to Begin

—Ace

And Chuck Todd gets a podcast! And Chris Cillizza gets a podcast! And Chris Cuomo gets a podcast! And Don LeMon gets a podcast! And Joy Reid gets a podcast!

And now, Jake Tapper's liberal pal Terry Moran gets a podcast!

You all get a podcast! You'll all get the chance to be the Liberal Joe Rogan!

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg

BREAKING: Terry Moran is out at ABC News, according to CNN's Brian Stelter.

ABC News, the same outlet that rigged the debate against Trump before the 2024 election, accused Moran of not being "fair."

"We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post, which was a clear violation of ABC News policies, we have made the decision to not renew."

"At ABC News, we hold all of our reporters to the highest standards of objectivity, fairness, and professionalism, and we remain committed to delivering straightforward, trusted journalism."

Laughable. Moran was a perfect representation of ABC News. He should not have been fired.

Fox confirms the story.

Trump: If Los Angeles or California Enters a State of Insurrection, I Will Put It Down

—Ace

Yes, please do.

President Trump on Tuesday made clear he's considering stronger federal intervention in response to violent demonstrations in Los Angeles, sparked by a wave of federal immigration enforcement raids. While not committing to action, Trump said invoking the Insurrection Act remained an option if the violence escalates.

Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump detailed what he described as "terrible" scenes from the previous evening, alleging that rioters had ripped up sections of concrete from the streets and hurled them at law enforcement vehicles. "If we didn't get involved, right now, Los Angeles would be burning," he said.

The president has already drawn criticism from California Democrats for authorizing the National Guard's deployment to Los Angeles without the governor's consent. But Trump defended the move and hinted that further steps--including the use of federal troops--may be necessary.

The Insurrection Act, first passed in 1807, gives the president legal authority to deploy U.S. military forces domestically to address insurrections or large-scale civil disturbances. Trump used the threat of the Act during the "Summer of Love" riots in 2020, and on Tuesday, he suggested similar conditions may be developing in Los Angeles.

Don't tell the New York Times: Right now, there's a Conspiracy Theory that lefties are ordering full-face masks so that their street paramilitaries can fight the police even after tear gas has been deployed.

The "evidence" for this conspiracy theory is photographs and videotape of the antifa riot masks being delivered. In other words -- more RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION AI CHEAPFAKES!

Judge Dismisses Justin Baldoni's $400 Million Defamation Suit Against Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and the New York Times
Plus: Simone Biles Attacks Riley Gaines

—Ace

The couple spoke with the New York Times to get their defamation more play.

A federal judge has thrown out actor Justin Baldoni's $400 million lawsuit against actress Blake Lively and her husband, actor Ryan Reynolds, marking a decisive legal victory for the Hollywood couple. Baldoni had accused Lively of making false sexual harassment claims as part of an alleged reputational power play. However, the court found no actionable evidence to support the claims, dismissing the entire suit and paving the way for potential countersanctions against Baldoni and his affiliates.

Key Details:

Judge Lewis Liman ruled that Lively's statements in her civil rights complaint were legally privileged and non-actionable.

The court also dismissed claims against Reynolds, Lively's publicist Leslie Sloane, and the New York Times.

Lively's legal team is now seeking attorneys' fees, treble damages, and punitive damages against Baldoni and his Wayfarer company.

Diving Deeper:

The legal saga between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni stemmed from explosive allegations and counterclaims tied to their work on the film It Ends With Us. In December 2024, Lively filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department accusing Baldoni and producer Jamey Heath of sexual harassment and related misconduct. Baldoni responded with a $400 million defamation lawsuit, alleging Lively fabricated the claims to salvage her image following turmoil on the film's press tour.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman delivered a firm rebuke of Baldoni's claims. In a written opinion, Liman found that Lively's statements, confined to her CRD complaint, were privileged under the law and thus not grounds for defamation. Liman also dismissed related accusations that Reynolds, Sloane, or The New York Times knowingly spread false information about Baldoni, citing a lack of evidence that they acted with "actual malice."

I get the idea that allegations in a lawsuit are privileged and cannot be the basis of a defamation claim, but how does that insulate them from repeating the defamations to a New York Times reporter, or getting their publicist to spread the allegations around?

Liberal judges love finding ways to dismiss defamation lawsuits against liberals and liberal propaganda organizations.

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Lively's attorneys, Esra Hudson and Mike Gottlieb, celebrated the ruling, calling it a "total victory and a complete vindication" for their client and those "dragged into [Baldoni's] retaliatory lawsuit." They further indicated intentions to pursue legal costs and damages from Baldoni and others associated with Wayfarer for what they termed "abusive litigation."

The fallout from this legal drama may not be over yet. Judge Liman gave Baldoni's team until June 23 to amend and refile only limited claims regarding tortious interference and breach of implied contract. The broader defamation effort, however, is effectively dead in the water.

In related news of lefties defaming people, overrated tumbling fireplug and Noted Quitter Simone Biles attacked Riley Gaines out of the blue for trying to keep men out of women's sports.

Gaines commented on this newest example of Stolen Women's Valor: a boy is now playing on a girl's softball team and you'll never guess. It turns out the boy is much, much better at softball than girls, and he "dragged" his team to the championship based mostly on his ability to absolutely dominate the female batters he was facing.

Trans Pitcher Marissa Rothenberger Drags Champlin Park to MN Girls Softball State Title

The date was June 6, 2025, when for the first time in recorded history, a transgender biological male (XY) won a state championship in Minnesota Girls (XX) high school softball.

Marissa Rothenberger -- born Charlie Dean Rothenberger until he began transitioning to a she at just 9 years old -- is now 6'0″ tall junior and the No. 1 pitcher for Champlin Park high school girls softball, which on Friday morning defeated Bloomington-Jefferson 6-0 in the 4A Minnesota State Championship.

Rothenberger is the ace of the team's pitching staff and probably the best high school softball pitcher in the state of Minnesota. On Friday, the towering 17-year-old with long blonde hair pitched a complete-game shutout and held Bloomington Jefferson to just 3 hits, bringing Marissa's 2025 pitching statistics to a rest at 94 IP, 0.74 ERA, 0.65 WHIP and .176 BAA.

It's very easy to win a girl's softball championship when your starting pitcher is Thor, God of Thunder.

Last night, a man single-handedly carried his high school in Minnesota to a Class 4A Softball Championship.

He pitched 14 shutout innings in back-to-back games to defeat the defending state champs.

14. Shutout. Innings.

You are a shameful, sorry excuse for a man, @GovTimWalz pic.twitter.com/MGmBRPXdb7

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 30, 2025

🚨Another state championship hijacked by a team with a boy.

"Marissa" Rothenberger pitched 7 shutout innings to lead Champlin Park to a 6-0 win in the Minnesota Girls’ State Softball Championship.

You're a shameful coward, @GovTimWalz.
pic.twitter.com/kr63Pi4lzj

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) June 6, 2025

Biles exploded at Riley Gaines for telling the truth.

Biles even insinuated that Riley Gaines might be a little transgender herself:

Olympic legend Simone Biles is under fire for attacking former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines and defending the participation of biological males in female sports competitions.

Key Details:

Biles called Gaines "truly sick" and a "sore loser" in response to her criticism of a transgender athlete leading a Minnesota high school softball team.

Biles suggested sports could introduce a transgender category but accused Gaines of bullying.

The backlash was swift, with critics calling Biles' comments hypocritical and out of touch with concerns about fairness in women's sports.

Diving Deeper:

Simone Biles is now at the center of a growing firestorm over her recent defense of transgender athletes competing in women's sports. The gymnastics icon took aim at Riley Gaines, a 12-time NCAA All-American swimmer turned outspoken advocate for protecting women's sports, igniting a wave of backlash across social media.

The controversy began when Gaines criticized the Minnesota State High School League for celebrating Champlin Park High School's softball championship -- a title secured in large part by a biologically male player, junior pitcher Marissa Rothenberger. The league posted a team photo with comments disabled, prompting Gaines to speak out on X.

Biles jumped into the fray by attacking Gaines directly. "You're truly sick, all of this campaigning because you lost a race. Straight up sore loser," Biles wrote, referencing Gaines' 2022 competition against UPenn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. In a follow-up post, Biles said Gaines should be "uplifting the trans community" and proposed creating a "transgender category in all sports."

But Biles' attempt to frame her remarks as inclusive quickly backfired.

"You bully them... One thing's for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!" she added, escalating the personal nature of her criticism.

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Others accused Biles of ignoring the central issue: biological differences between men and women, especially in competitive athletics. "Simone Biles benefited from fair competition her whole career," one commenter wrote. "Now she's endorsing policies that erase that fairness for the next generation of girls."

NEW: Olympic gymnast Simone Biles has a meltdown after Riley Gaines criticized Minnesota for allowing a boy to take a high school girls softball team to the State Title.

Biles accused Gaines of looking like a man as she argued in favor of men playing in women’s sports.

What a… pic.twitter.com/eYc72KdfJL

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 7, 2025

Note that Biles attacked Riley for being a buff female athlete, telling her to "pick on someone her own size" which, she then added, would be a "man." She's basically claiming that Riley Gaines looks like a tranny.

This from a woman who looks like Herschel Walker in one-piece bathing suit.

This stubby, jacked Mannish Racist is now saying she didn't mean to be a bully and attack people for no reason.

Based Jane D'oh speculated that Biles might have heard from her sponsors.

I don't know if any woke corporations are ready to dump their sponsorship over trans activism yet.

But it's no longer 2018 with a fully-empowered left-wing cancellation and deplatforming machine ready to destroy anyone who disputes the insane claims of the left. Apparently Biles still thinks she can get away with screaming outrageous stupidity that puts girls' safety in danger and get nothing but "Slay Kween" in return.

Related:

They will lie about anything.

Any. Thing. pic.twitter.com/FFdXrN05Dg

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) June 9, 2025

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Surprise! The Mind-Controlling Media Cult That Brought You Biden's Cheapfake "Presidency" Is Now Claiming That Videos Showing Arson and Violence in LA Are Also Cheapfakes

—Ace

They literally never stop lying.

The New York Times says that if you're claiming that Democrats permit and encourage their street paramilitaries to commit violence to terrorize the population into supporting the Democrat agenda, you're pushing "conspiracy theories."

Disgraceful propaganda to push the Marxist revolutionary line:

Misleading photographs, videos and text have spread widely on social media as protests against immigrant raids have unfolded in Los Angeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories and expressing support for President Trump's actions.

Oh no, not that.

The flood of falsehoods online appeared intended to stoke outrage toward immigrants and political leaders, principally Democrats.

It's a conspiracy theory to say that Democrats justify and excuse violence and chaos to advance their agenda, says a Democrat propaganda rag justifying and excusing violence and chaos to advance their agenda.

They also added to the confusion over what exactly was happening on the streets, which was portrayed in digital and social media through starkly divergent ideological lenses. Many posts created the false impression that the entire city was engulfed in violence, when the clashes were limited to only a small part.

Literally no one thought "the entire city was engulfed in violence." In no riots is the entire city engulfed in violence.

They're falsely claiming that conservatives are stupid and believe stupid things to make the case that we're wrong about the fact that the city was essentially paralyzed by violence. I mean, they shut down one of LA's most important highways, the 101.

There were numerous scenes of protesters throwing rocks or other objects at law enforcement officers and setting cars ablaze, including a number of self-driving Waymo taxis. At the same time, false images spread to revive old conspiracies that the protests were a planned provocation, not a spontaneous response to the immigration raids.

You mean like the California Democrat assemblyman who posted TikToks telling people that "something is going to happen" at the ICE detention center, not-so-subtly encouraging Democrat terrorists to make that something happen?

The confrontation escalated on Monday as new protests occurred and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced -- on X -- that he was mobilizing 700 Marines from a base near Los Angeles to guard federal buildings. They are expected to join 2,000 members of the California National Guard whom Mr. Trump ordered deployed without the authorization of the state's governor, Gavin Newsom, who normally has command of the troops.

The latest deployments prompted a new wave of misleading images to spread -- some purporting to show Marines and the military service's weapons in action. One was a still from "Blue Thunder," a 1983 action-thriller about a conspiracy to deprive residents of Los Angeles of their civil rights. It features a climactic dogfight over the city's downtown.

Someone posted a meme of a sci-fi helicopter doing loop-de-loops and killing Malcolm McDowell and the New York Times is taking this as "disinformation" that proves that we're all spreading "conspiracy theories."

Darren L. Linvill, a researcher at Clemson University's Media Forensics Hub, said conservatives online were "building up the riots in a performative way "to help bolster Mr. Trump's claims that Los Angeles had been taken over by "violent, insurrectionist mobs."

Note that this argument is merely "conservatives are playing this story more heavily that liberals are." No shit. Liberals always hide stories about liberals acting badly.

This is not exposing a conspiracy theory -- this is just the New York Times whining that conservatives won't go along with their cultish erasure of history to fit the Democrat-Media Party narrative.

This is just the New York Times whining girlishly that conservatives won't believe them that the newest outbreak of Democrat-cultivated ultraviolence is No Big Deal, Brah.

Dr. Linvill said the posts were also "a bit self-fulfilling." "As they direct attention to it," he said, "more protesters will show up."

Of course. Perfect. "Akshually it's conservatives who are causing the riots by talking about the riots."

Thanks for putting us straight, New York Times.

Brian Stelter is again pushing that Democrat riots are just "cries for help."

Also, he insists that it's disinformation to post videos from a couple of hours ago, because.... Well, the fires might have gone out by now. So all videos of the fire are disinformation.

Kash Patel: The FBI is Investigating the Financing Behind the Terrorist Riots

—Ace

Please seize the Soroses' money.

If Trump can be assessed a $500 million fine for, allegedly, overvaluing his companies in loan negotiations which the banks said they did not rely on and did not harm them, then the Soroses and all the other Billionaire Communists can have their estates seized, consistent with their political vision.

FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the bureau is actively investigating financial networks behind the escalating anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. The unrest, which began as protests over immigration raids, has turned violent--raising alarms about foreign interference and taxpayer-funded activism.

Key Details:

FBI Director Kash Patel said the agency is tracking financial support fueling the anti-ICE riots.

Footage of Mexican flags at violent scenes and past statements from Mexico's president have raised questions about foreign involvement.

A California-based activist group involved in early protests received nearly $34 million in taxpayer funding in 2023.

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As anti-ICE riots continue to grip Los Angeles, the FBI is zeroing in on who's funding the chaos. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Monday night that the bureau is "investigating any and all monetary connections responsible for these riots."

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The intensity of the violence--and the presence of foreign flags among the rioters--has sparked urgent questions in Washington about who's backing the movement.

"The FBI is actively tracing the money trail," former FBI Executive Assistant Director Chris Piehota told Just the News, explaining that law enforcement is likely targeting the financial and logistical support structures behind the riots. "They have become professional rabble-rousers...financed around the country to show up at different events and cause problems," he added.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said he believes the protests are being manipulated by foreign interests. "They hate this country," Biggs said Monday. "Not a doubt in my mind" that foreign actors, including Mexico's government, are helping to stoke the unrest. He pointed to President Claudia Sheinbaum's past statements about mobilizing against U.S. immigration policy as evidence.

One organization helping lead the initial protests was CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights), which staged one of the earliest rallies last week and is part of a broader progressive activist network. Though CHIRLA claims it did not participate in the violence, it has drawn attention for its heavy reliance on taxpayer funding.

According to state filings, CHIRLA received nearly $34 million in 2023, most of it from California state contracts. The Biden administration had also awarded the group nearly $200,000 in federal grants before President Trump terminated that funding earlier this year.

Meanwhile, far-left activist groups like the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), with known ties to the Chinese Communist Party, have also taken credit for organizing the protests. PSL is part of a broader web of anti-American groups tied to Neville Roy Singham, a pro-CCP billionaire who resides in Shanghai and has poured millions into leftist causes across the United States, including anti-ICE and anti-Israel demonstrations.

The FBI is showing itself to be redeemable. Pam Bondi says they successfully identified one of the attempted murderers of the terrorist riots.

Federal agents have tracked down a suspect who violently attacked law enforcement during the weekend's anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed Monday night. The man, identified by Bondi as "Reyes," was allegedly seen on video breaking cinderblocks and hurling the fragments at federal officers amid the chaos.

"That guy has just been identified, and they are doing a search warrant on his house as we speak," Bondi announced during an appearance on Hannity. She described Reyes as "still at large," but made clear he would soon be placed on the FBI's most wanted list.

The Los Angeles field office of the FBI had previously announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the suspect, who is wanted for assaulting a federal officer and damaging government property.

Bondi emphasized that the attack wasn't incidental, recounting how the suspect "was breaking up the cinder blocks and he was throwing them" directly at federal law enforcement officials. "He has been identified by great police work by the FBI," she said. "So you can run. You can't hide. We are coming after you, federally."

Bondi's remarks also served as a broader message to other rioters and agitators involved in the weekend unrest. "If you assault a police officer, if you rob a store, if you loot, if you spit on a police officer, we're coming after you," she warned.