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The Trump administration on Monday announced it is seeking to revoke the citizenship of 17 U.S. citizens accused of immigration fraud, expanding its unprecedented denaturalization campaign.
CBS News exclusively reported about the plans before they were unveiled by the Justice Department.
Officials said the move represents the largest-ever effort by the U.S. government to use its denaturalization powers, which were rarely invoked before President Trump returned to the White House last year with promises to launch a historic deportation blitz. Between 1990 and 2017, the Justice Department filed an average of just 11 legal complaints per year seeking to denaturalize American citizens, historical figures indicate.
Federal law has long allowed the government to try to denaturalize foreign-born U.S. citizens who officials believe committed fraud to obtain their citizenship, such as by concealing information, like criminal conduct, on their immigration applications. But the process has been historically lengthy, complex and seldom exercised, requiring officials to persuade judges to strip naturalized citizens of their citizenship in civil or criminal proceedings in federal court.
The Trump administration has sought to vastly escalate denaturalization efforts as part of its larger crackdown on illegal and legal immigration. In 2025, the Justice Department broadened the categories of naturalized citizens who should be prioritized for denaturalization. Last month, officials announced a dozen denaturalization cases, at the time the largest such effort in years.
Some of the 17 citizens targeted in the latest denaturalization campaign were convicted of violent or serious crimes, including sex offenses against children. Others were convicted of fraud crimes or accused of committing immigration fraud.
In federal court complaints filed across the country in recent days, Justice Department officials argued that the individuals concealed their criminal activity when they applied for U.S. citizenship or were otherwise ineligible to be naturalized, including because they lacked a "good moral character," one of the requirements in the naturalization process.
Those targeted in the latest round of denaturalization cases include a Haitian immigrant who allegedly sexually abused his daughter; a man from the former Yugoslavia convicted of sexually abusing a child under the age of 15; an immigrant from Mexico convicted of receiving sexually explicit images of minors; a former Catholic priest born in Colombia accused of child sex abuse; and a Filipino-born man who pleaded guilty to a child sex crime.
The group also includes an Indian immigrant accused of filing fraudulent H-1B visa petitions; the daughter of a Colombian drug trafficker accused of money laundering; a man born in Jamaica convicted of wire fraud; and a Cuban-born woman accused of defrauding a tribal casino. Other naturalized citizens were accused of using false identities.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department would have "zero tolerance" for abuse of the naturalization process.
"Criminal aliens are lying about their past crimes, including drug dealers, sexual predators, and fraudsters," Blanche said.
This Department of Justice has filed DENATURALIZATION ACTIONS in various U.S. district courts against 17 individuals accused of serious offenses.
“When criminal aliens exploit the naturalization process by breaking the law, there are consequences. Criminal aliens are lying about… pic.twitter.com/mhr1D9xxT8
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) June 8, 2026
Heads Must Roll: Hampton Police Planned to Cover Their Asses by Insisting that Henry Nowak Was a Racist Aggressor, Even After the Evidence That Digwa Was a Lunatic Thug With a Knife-Murder Fetish
—Disinformation Expert Ace
And even more than that -- they planned this PR campaign against Nowak and in favor of themselves even as prosecutors were preparing murder charges against Digwa, which would of course prejudice the trial in his favor.
They were blocked from doing this, but the intent was there.
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Henry Nowak's case gets worse...
Hampshire Police wanted to paint Henry as the racist aggressor.
Even after they had evidence Vickrum was guilty and lying about "racism".
They didn't want truth out.
If it wasn't for X they would've likely gotten away with it.
The police force at the centre of the Henry Nowak scandal has been criticised for trying to release a statement 'portraying him as the aggressor' three days after his murder.
Hampshire Police planned to publish a statement implying that the 18-year-old had assaulted killer Vickrum Digwa and his brother, according to reports.
Mr Nowak died in the early hours of December 4 after being stabbed multiple times by Digwa, who is Sikh and had lied to police about being the victim of a racially motivated assault.
A police statement released later that morning said: 'It was reported two men had been assaulted by an unknown man.' Officers told the Nowak family that the next update would also imply that the teenager was the initial aggressor, it is claimed.
But they later dropped that section of the statement, which only referred to an 'altercation' in its published form. At that point, police had substantial evidence that Digwa had lied to them.
Hampshire Police are also said to have risked collapsing Digwa's trial by trying to issue a statement over so-called 'disinformation' - while proceedings were already underway.
However, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) advised the force that the highly unusual move would risk jeopardising the 'integrity' of the case.
Ameer Kotecha, CEO of the Centre for Government Reform, said: 'These are appalling new details. As I have been saying, the no-questions-asked credulity with which the police treated Digwa's false racism claims just goes to show how deep the DEI rot has become.'
Nick Timothy MP, Shadow Justice Secretary, also criticised the police for threatening the 'integrity' of the trial with 'irresponsible statements'.
'Equality before the law should mean that trials are fair, that we all have the same legal rights and that we are subject to the same rules. Sadly, it has been displaced by an ideology that seeks to treat us differently based on race or identity.'
Instead of treating the first-year finance student as a victim, officers handcuffed him as he lay dying due to Digwa's false claim that he was a racist thug.
Digwa was handed a minimum jail term of 21 years on Monday, before riots erupted in Southampton a day later.
Hampshire Police said today: 'Following the opening of the trial and the media reporting that followed, a significant amount of mis- and disinformation was circulating online.
'This included requests for information to be shared that had not been fully examined as part of the murder trial.
'The intention of the statement was to remind the public that there were ongoing legal proceedings and that the law is clear that nothing could be published which could prejudice the trial. The decision not to publish was taken following advice from the CPS.'
Police diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies have come under scrutiny amid allegations Mr Nowak was failed by 'two-tier' policing.
Last year, West Yorkshire police had 19 staff dedicated to inclusion, costing £970,000 in combined salaries and benefits. The force also paid more than £360,000 to an external training provider.
Several policies are inspired by the National Police Chiefs' Council and Royal College of Policing's Police Race Action Plan, which was published in 2022 following the murder of George Floyd.
They include an 'About Time' timeline documenting events relevant to relations between the police and black people. One was issued to every force in England and Wales at a total cost of £97,000.
Meanwhile, the College of Policing paid £7,700 for a speaking 'masterclass' from Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, a controversial lawyer who criticised police for kicking the Golders Green suspect while arresting him following the stabbing of two Jewish men.
If you think things couldn't get any worse over the horrific murder of Henry Nowak.
It's now been revealed that Hampshire police were going to release a statement warning the public not to talk about it online and paint Henry as the aggressor before Digwa's trial! pic.twitter.com/0MPAspCuo7
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) June 7, 2026
Digwa should have been in prison, but was allowed to walk the streets despite having previously stolen 1,000 pounds of knives, and threatening strangers with his sword in a "road rage" incident.
White people go to jail for tweets.
🔥🚨 BREAKING — Video has now emerged of Vickrum Digwa, the killer of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, brandishing a sword while threatening others in a road rage encounter.
The footage provides additional context into Digwa’s behavior before the fatal December stabbing. pic.twitter.com/sUD0uUMfLK
— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) June 2, 2026
Politico Cancels "Climate Change" Grift Subscription Service-- A Year After DOGE Turns Off the Government Subsidy
—Disinformation Expert Ace
You probably remember (at least if prompted) that during the days of DOGE upsetting all the socialist applecarts, it was revealed that Politico had a grifter newsletter with an exorbitantly high subscription price -- and that the main consumer was the US government, buying pricey subscriptions for leftwing bureaucrats who either wanted to read climate propaganda or just wanted to direct taxpayer money to support climate propaganda.
DOGE cancelled those subscriptions. The media howled, claiming that nearly $500,000 per year of taxpayer money was a very reasonable price to read Al Gore's Daily Diary.
Politico is discontinuing an energy and environmental news product a little over a year after the government canceled a nearly half a million dollar annual subscription to it.
Politico on Monday announced plans to shutter E&E News and introduce two new energy-focused newsletters in September, Semafor first reported. The move comes after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in February 2025 that the agency "will not be renewing our membership with Politico and Politico E&E, saving the American taxpayers $458,919 per year."
"Best $458,919 we ever saved on behalf of taxpayers," a spokesperson for the EPA told the Daily Caller News Foundation. "The government shouldn't subsidize poor journalism, and it's a stinging indictment of the previous administration that they wasted so many hard-earned American tax dollars keeping this outlet afloat."
"Beginning in September, we are modernizing how we deliver our energy and environmental policy journalism and launching a more focused, high-impact portfolio of daily news and intelligence products," Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Politico Global Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Greenberger said in a joint statement on Monday. "By bringing together our reporting from Washington, U.S. state capitals, Europe, and across industry, these newsletters will help subscribers see how policy decisions, political fights, and market forces intersect to reshape energy and climate."
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"As part of this shift, E&E News will no longer operate as a separate brand. Its journalism and expertise will be fully integrated into POLITICO's energy and environment portfolio of stories, briefs, analysis and newsletters," according to Politico's statement. "The current E&E News publication structure will evolve into a connected set of energy and environment editorial products that share our deep reporting and strong analysis while showcasing our greater global editorial coordination."
When reached for comment, a Politico spokesperson referred the DCNF to the company's announcement from Monday.
Totally Informed Serious Intellectual Scott Pelley to Bari Weiss: Where Are You Getting This Lunatic Claim that the American Public Thinks We're Biased? Because We Sure Don't Think That
—Disinformation Expert Ace
The Royal We. And by "royal" I don't mean of noble birth, I mean "inbred, stupid, and incapable of caring for themselves."
Scott Pelley describes pushing back after Bari Weiss, his now-former boss at CBS News, asked 60 Minutes staffers to reflect on why Americans think mainstream journalists are biased.
“Do you have a poll? Is there market research? What are you talking about? Because we certainly… pic.twitter.com/oEktN7Zfae
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) June 8, 2026
He literally says, "I never wore the uniform, but I've been in combat for this country."
He's been in combat for you, you guys.
He's a War Hero, Racists.
Oh and he cries at how hurtful it is to be denied the respect that his Combat Experience has earned him.
Fired 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley on the verge of tears:
"I’ve been in combat for this country. In Afghanistan and Iraq, Kuwait. Been shot at. Spent nights in fox holes filling up with water in the desert." pic.twitter.com/me6BJ9Eetg
He's such a brilliant reporter and student of society that he had no idea that repeatedly insulting your boss (and his boss, on top of that) to get cheap applause from the other communist droogs is a firing offense.
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro: "But it really didn't occur to you that you could be fired after so many of your colleagues had been let go after you'd had this, you know, very contentious interaction with your new boss?"
Scott Pelley: "You know, some reporter, I turned out to be. I just didn't connect the dots. I mean, was this meeting contentious? Yes, but 60 Minutes is known for two things, a ticking stopwatch and hard questions. And we ask ourselves those hard questions in the shop because they sharpen us and make us better..."
Garcia-Navarro: "So, you walk in, and what was the energy of the room?"
Pelley: "Hostile, dismissive before I could take my seat. Tom Cibrowski said, this is a firing offense. I was confused. I wasn't sure who he was talking about in the room, but it became plain very quickly that they were talking about me, and they were unhappy about the meeting that had occurred, a meeting that had ended in thunderous applause for me, if I may say so, because somebody had stood up for the broadcast."
He cried again later in the interview, but insisting he was crying for his fellow Fake Journalists, not shimself:
Scott Pelley cries again when declaring CBS’s Bari Weiss and Tom Cibrowski showed “breathtaking, completely lack of empathy,” “callousness,” and “inhumanity” by letting go Tanya Simon because her “family is legendary at CBS News.”
Pelley is a classic talking-head--someone who started in television and whose whole career has been forged within it. This is the world that the movie Broadcast News depicts. Someone handsome and deep-voiced appears on camera. Others do most or all of the writing and the research.
(Interestingly, the producer of the 2009 Chevron piece, Draggan Mihailovich, was among the top 60 Minutes producers fired late last month by CBS News management, enraging Pelley.)
In Britain, news anchors have traditionally been called "newsreaders." That's because this is what they are. Their job is to make sure that their hair is coiffed when they read from the teleprompter. Pelley was a male bimbo: a himbo.
Over the years, he made many absurd and bombastic statements. For example, in 2006 he presented a completely uncritical two-part report on climate change. When critics asked him why he didn't speak to anyone who questioned the assertions of those who said that climate change was an existential threat to humanity, he responded by saying that this idea was akin to Holocaust denial.
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"The job of on camera talent is that of a performer. Take Christiane Amanpour. She has often appeared on TV wearing flak jackets when she is far from a combat zone. This is her way of selling the message that she is a field correspondent accustomed to visiting dangerous terrain. Similarly, Pelley is said to have liked to end news broadcasts by taking off his glasses and gazing gravely as the camera dramatically panned in to him. That was his way of ending on a weighty yet "intimate" note."
Five days after the LA election, Spencer Pratt falls to third place and a woman who hardly anyone voted for in person, Nithya Raman, totally dominated in mail voting to come in second. No one with a functional brain believes these results.
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LA MAYOR RACE: A magical late mail drop just put Raman at 39.9%, Bass 32.8%, Pratt 17.8%. Raman steals the runoff spot from Pratt. They did it right in front of us. Outlaw election month, end late mail ballots, require universal voter ID & citizenship.
Spencer Pratt FIRES BACK at Democrat Nithya Raman’s suspicious vote swing in the LA mayor’s race.
After Decision Desk HQ predicted Raman would advance to the runoff against incumbent Karen Bass, Pratt pointed out that her surge was the exact same number as LA’s homeless… pic.twitter.com/dt2hEh9IOs
A lot of people don't want to confront the implications of what they just saw happen in LA, even those who are appalled by it. They want an out, just so they can go on, not be terrified, feel a tiny tiny bit in control still. It will be interesting to see what they come up with.
“We know that they are lying, they know that they are lying, they even know that we know they are lying, we also know that they know we know they are lying too, they of course know that we certainly know they know we know they are lying too as well, but they are still lying." https://t.co/HO9Q8UkGrS
— Disinformation Expert Lizzy (@StarChamberMaid) June 7, 2026
MORNING RANT: The Renormalization of Slavery – Great Britain is Backing Off from Forced Labor Ban in Pursuit of Net Zero Objectives
—Buck Throckmorton
One of the great triumphs of western civilization, especially since the Age of Enlightenment, has been the rejection of slavery in western societies. Human chattel and slave labor were the norm throughout most of human existence. The rejection of slavery these past couple centuries has been an anomaly. Or maybe I should say “had been an anomaly.” Slavery is now being justified by the climate cultists as necessary to save the planet.
Disturbingly, there is a broad coalition of westerners who fancy themselves as being “enlightened,” but they are actually leading the effort to re-establish slavery. As I documented in an American Spectator piece titled “The War on Labor Expense is Renormalizing Slavery, Just in a 21st Century Form,” free market libertarians advocate for the use of offshore forced labor so as to lower labor costs. With a straight face they make the argument that a prohibition on the use of foreign slaves is a tax on American consumers. Where slavery can’t be offshored, human trafficking cartels are importing slave labor into the United States and other western countries. Their human chattel is put to work by legitimate business entities, but through an opaque hiring process involving layers of “sub-contractors.”
Among the greatest achievements of the British empire and the Royal Navy was the eradication of slavery in the western world / in the 19th century. But with the Church of Climate replacing Christianity as Britain’s state religion, slavery is being re-normalized as a necessary sacrifice to please their angry climate God.
The U.K. government has walked back a promise to banish forced labor from the supply chains of its state-run clean energy company, as ministers rush to hit climate goals.
The UK has backtracked on its pledge to ban slave labour from its renewable supply chain to meet Ed Miliband's Net Zero goals.
Labour enshrined in law a promise that its state-run company GB Energy would not fund companies using forced labour. But following a probe that revealed that it had funded solar panels for schools without guarantees that they were ethically manufactured, it rowed back.
In a statement, the energy department introduced a new caveat to say that it would only ensure panels were free from forced labour 'as far as possible'.
It came as the Government announced that it would push to rid the energy system of fossil fuels and focus on renewables instead.
The Sustainable Organic Church of the Climate Apocalypse is a demonic religion that first advocated for a reduction in human standards of living, and is now embracing the re-normalization of slavery. Its high priests are actually making the argument that the use of slave labor is a moral good when used in pursuit of the church’s anti-carbon mission.
We on the right often joke that “You are the carbon they want to eliminate,” but with the climate cultists now openly endorsing slavery, they are just one small step away from openly advocating for radical “de-population” efforts in pursuit of their Net Zero utopia.
Too many Republicans in the U.S. and “conservatives” abroad have played nice with those pushing the climate agenda, accepting the false premise that “climate actions” are motivated by good intentions. That’s not acceptable. We must realize that the left and its climate agenda are a de-humanizing death cult that is heading full-steam toward a societal overhaul such as what was imposed by Mao and Pol Pot.
Net Zero must be repudiated and politically de-fanged. We cannot let this get any further out of control.
Nevada Primary is Tomorrow – Vote Jeffrey Carter for State Treasurer
Just a reminder, tomorrow is election day in Nevada, and I’d like to encourage all readers in the Silver State to get and out vote in the Republican primary, and vote Jeffrey Carter for Treasurer. He is one of us.
Mr. Carter is a long-time Ace of Spades reader, and unlike some of his peers in the world of venture capital, he is an unapologetic supporter of Donad Trump. (Mr. Carter writes the widely linked political site “Points & Figures.”)
While I would endorse Jeffrey Carter, who is a friend of mine, irrespective of the quality of his opponent, Jeff is the clear choice in this race. His opponent, Drew Johnson, is a serial candidate who has name recognition from the races he has lost. The critical thing to know is that Drew Johnson is a fringe libertarian who admires Thomas Massie. When Mr. Johnson ran for Congress a few years ago (a race he lost) he promised to work with Massie to undermine President Trump.
In a post on X, Barak Ravid, a global affairs correspondent for Axios, shared that Trump told him he was “going to call Netanyahu” and tell Netanyahu “not to strike back.” Trump’s comments to Ravid come after Iran retaliated with a missile strike on Israel after Israel struck Beirut in response to an attack from Hezbollah, according to Axios. Axios reported that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “said sirens sounded in northern Israel as four missiles were launched from Iran”:
. . . One United States official, along with “two other sources” told the outlet that Israel had “notified the Trump administration before the strike” on Beirut. Another U.S. official told the outlet that the U.S. “supports Israel’s right to self-defense and stands with the legitimate Government of Lebanon as it works to deliver a better future for its citizens.”
Yes,I get it that unnamed sources as well as propaganda organs like Axios are to be taken with a grain of salt. But there is no doubt that President Trump no doubt would like the conflict to be over with as soon as possible, both to spare the lives of American service personnel and any innocent parties on the ground and to staunch the political fallout here at home as we get closer and closer to the crucial midterm elections.
“This is regime change,” Trump added. “One regime is gone, another regime is gone, we’re dealing with the third. Pieces of it, because some of them are gone, too.”
Regrettably, the president’s math is premised on a misguided assumption. Regime change requires the eradication of the ruling ideology, not merely the removal of some of the rulers who enforce it.
The two obvious examples of successful regime change that spring to mind are from World War II. Both prove the point in different ways.
When the U.S. and its allies occupied Nazi Germany following its unconditional surrender, de-Nazification was a comprehensive, whole-of-society effort to eradicate both the ruling ideology and the rulers themselves. This was necessary to eradicate over a decade of Nazi indoctrination and genocidal totalitarian rule over the German people, as well as the vile regime’s similar domination of occupied nations, which occurred with the support of elements within those local populations. Consequently, a root-and-branch elimination of the Nazi ideology followed. While Hitler and other top Nazis cheated the hangman, the Nuremberg war crimes trials resulted in the execution and/or imprisonment of remaining key regime leaders. Thus, in the instance of regime change in Nazi Germany, both the National Socialist ideology and its regime’s leadership were eradicated.
The way the game is being played this time is even sleazier with an attempt to knock out Spencer Pratt, who finished second on Election Night, in the first round with a whole lot of ‘late arriving ballots’ for the third place candidate, Nithya Raman.
It’s not remotely credible for a third place candidate who finished on Election Night in the twenties to be picking up 40% of late arriving ballots.
The previous defense that Democrats pick up more late arriving ballots doesn’t work either because it turns out that the Democrat who gets the most late arriving ballots is… the one who needs them more.
Magical isn’t it.
All with a turnout that somehow topped the much more popular and momentous 2022 mayoral election.
You know, getting rid of the Mullahs is all well and good, but unless and until the Democrat/Left is wiped off the face of the earth for all time (rhetorically speaking of course!) we are going over the cliff.
Thad McCotter: Trump’s “regime change” claim mistakes dead dictators for dead ideologies—the mullahs’ anti-American regime endures because its governing creed remains intact. ‘Regime Change’ Requires Eradicating an Ideology
Democrat Chris Murphy is REFUSING to apologize after saying it was "awesome" that Iranian ships slipped past the U.S. blockade....He says it was just "sarcasm."...This traitor needs to resign in disgrace. Filthy Pinko of the Week: Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy!
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . AND HISTORY
In a little over three months, Israelis have had to deal with more than a thousand attempted terrorist attacks. The latest attack turned deadly. And yet the world media and politicians continue to completely ignore the constant terror and destruction inflicted on Israeli civilians. Latest Arab Terror Attack Is One of a Thousand Since March Targeting Israelis
When the Israeli navy detained Greta Thunberg and other pro-Hamas radicals who were trying to “break the siege on Gaza,” the global sob-sister class went crazy on cue. . .The Global Sumud Flotilla, traveling overland from Tunisia, found themselves seized by Libyan forces and held incommunicado for weeks, and the world’s moral police said . . . nothing. Crickets. No marches or protests. No front-page coverage alleging torture and beatings. The pro-Gaza brigade whose suffering you never heard of — and why
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Roger Kimball: Multiculturalism promised diversity, but by weakening assimilation and shared identity, it risks unraveling the cultural bonds that made America one nation. The Hyphen and the Melting Pot
The world has always known psychopathic tyrants who oppressed everything and everybody, but in our time they disguise themselves as champions of social justice. The Mask Of The Savior
“The FBI’s most fundamental principles is that investigative activity may not be based solely on the exercise of rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.” Patel Fires Five Tied to Anti-Catholic FBI Memo
The advisory aims to protect legitimate businesses from unfair competition, prevent wage suppression, and safeguard taxpayer funds from being siphoned into illegal schemes. Banks are encouraged to file suspicious activity reports and collaborate with ICE to combat these practices. Ignoring such advisories could result in severe regulatory and reputational consequences for financial institutions. Treasury Pushes Banks Over Payroll Fraud Connected to Illegal Immigrant Labor.
Democrat electeds who exercised their rights to inspect the facility came out recounting complaints from those inside — but now GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew (NJ) has done his own walk-through, and notes the detainees have access to “full soccer fields and an excellent gym” with squat, fly bench-press and leg machines. Not to mention the library computer rooms, yoga sessions and even aromatherapy. Democrats embraced tapestry of lies about ‘inhumane’ conditions at Delaney Hall (They wove it - jjs)
California’s decline was not destiny but the product of political choices that turned America’s greatest success story into a cautionary tale. California’s Choice
James Comey and E. Jean Carroll hopefully will open wide the gates to widespread punishment for the leftist crimes of the last ten years. The DOJ’s Broken Windows
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Trump and Welker also sparred over allegations of fraud in California’s primary election, especially as socialist Democratic Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman benefited from late ballot counting which increased the likelihood Republican candidate Spencer Pratt could be boxed out of the November general election. ‘I’ve Had Enough, Thank You Darling’: Trump Walks Out On NBC Interview
The Federal Reserve, under new chairman Kevin Warsh, is likely to prioritize controlling inflation over cutting interest rates, despite calls from President Donald J. Trump to reduce rates. The seeming stabilization of the labor market over the last three months may influence the Fed’s upcoming policy decisions during its mid-June meeting. U.S. Economy Beats Expectations, Adding 172,000 New Jobs in May.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
. . . two counties in southeastern New Mexico – Lea and Eddy – now account for 78 percent of oil produced on U.S. onshore federal lands. It’s a stunning, unprecedented dominance by such a compact land footprint. Will New Mexico’s Next Governor Kill The State’s Golden Goose?
Repealing the EPA’s biofuel boondoggle ought to be a no-brainer—but can reformers overcome the “liquid pork” regime? A Simple Policy to Reduce Food Prices
California didn’t just embrace green energy; it embraced dependence on China, leaving consumers to pay the price at the pump and on their utility bills. How China Captured California
Democrat Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed the ban on so-called “assault weapons,” SB 749, into law on May 14, drawing immediate suits from pro-Second Amendment organizations, including the National Rifle Association (NRA), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC). Clarke County Commonwealth’s Attorney Matthew Bass, who announced his refusal to enforce the ban on May 29 alongside Clarke County Sheriff Travis M. Sumption, told the DCNF he discussed the implications of the legislation with the sheriff before their joint statement. These Local Prosecutors Are Taking The Fight To Abigail Spanberger’s Semi-Auto Gun Ban
The National Rifle Association (NRA) filed the suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in August 2025, seeking to invalidate the state’s three-day waiting period on Second Amendment grounds. Uthmeier announced his office’s decision to end the legal battle in a statement. Florida Ends Legal Fight With NRA By Conceding Gun Law Violates Second Amendment
If passed, election integrity in the state would be significantly strengthened, mitigating voter fraud, identity theft, foreign interference, and other corrupt practices. The measure could also reverse declining public trust in elections. Whether the proposal is strengthened to prevent mail-in fraud remains to be seen. However, the data is clear that there is overwhelming bipartisan support for voter ID among the public, including roughly 70 percent of Democrats nationwide. Vast Majority of Voters Want Voter ID in This State.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Dingell-berry used repeated obscenities while defending her work on Cuba and Venezuela, in a clip making the rounds on social media. The question that preceded her remarks is not audible in the available video, and the recording cuts off Michigan Dem Rep Debbie Dingell Loses It, Drops F-Bombs In A Viral Clip
Rubio recently said he would be the first to support Vance if he ran for president in 2028, and it is unlikely Don Jr. will run. Therefore, if one were to add Rubio’s and Don Jr.’s numbers to Vance’s percentage — since those two are likely to support Vance from the get-go — it would show Vance starting with a dominant majority of Republicans at 66 percent with the total of those three combined. Poll: Vice President JD Vance and Kamala Harris Dominate Potential 2028 Candidates
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Miranda Devine: Maybe it was a comedy routine the former first couple had practiced, but it fell flat. There wasn’t much laughter from the audience. Who humiliates her 83-year-old husband in public to try and boost lackluster book sales? “Dr.” Jill Biden — that’s who: a 76-year-old egotist who, in her delusional attempts to rewrite history, now claims that she thought Joe was having a “stroke” when he malfunctioned and started babbling more unintelligibly than usual during his first and final debate against Donald Trump almost exactly two years ago.
. . . Yep, that’s exactly what we assumed, since we had been watching Joe glitch for more than four years, despite the best efforts of his “American Politburo” of minders, led by the ambitious Jill, to conceal her husband’s frailties. Democrats can’t escape the Bidens and their drama — even if they’re done covering for them
The burst comes as the Biden family name faces another round of damage. “CALL ME DOCTOR” Jill Biden has a new memoir out, and Joe's age, decline, and 2024 debacle remain part of the national conversation. Hunter stepped into the noise with the same scandals trailing behind him, but with a new tone; he's trying to turn the evidence locker into a comedy set and the family defense into a personal comeback tour. Hunter Biden Is Posting Like the Biden Name Needs Rescuing
Lammy, who also serves as the left-wing Labour Party government’s Justice Secretary, said that while the “starting point” should be equality before the law, it is not always appropriate to be treated “the same”, noting the disproportionate arrest rates of certain ethnic minority groups, such as Roma travellers [Gypsies] and black Britons. UK Deputy PM Says Equality Before Law Doesn’t Mean Treating All Ethnic Groups the ‘Same’ After Nowak Killing
The meeting comes in the wake of a Russian drone strike that killed three people waiting at a bus stop in southeastern Ukraine. Another person was wounded in the drone attack in Balabyne in Ukraine´s southern Zaporizhzhia region, the head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, wrote on his Telegram channel. Starmer(bahnfuhrer) Hosts Zelensky, Merz, and Macron for Downing Street Ukraine Talks
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The Defense Cyber Defense Command (DCDC) is one of the newest agencies in the Department of War. It has one mission: to protect America from all digital threats that could undermine U.S. national security. The Pentagon Gears Up For An Internet-Based War
“This case illustrates the lengths to which the Chinese Communist Party will go to undermine our democratic institutions and degrade our political freedoms, but it also demonstrates the FBI’s resolve to defend the homeland from threats to our national security.” – Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division American ‘Journalist’ Pleads Guilty to Working for China.
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Americans are older, wiser, and still very, very angry. A COVID memoir
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Researchers also noted a broader deterioration in adult mortality beginning around 2010, driven largely by heart disease, and warned that the United States could face prolonged stagnation or even declines in life expectancy if the trend is not reversed. This trend has continued with subsequent generations, exacerbated by factors such as obesity and the opioid epidemic. This could have significant implications for public health policy and economic planning. Americans Born After 1970 Are Dying Younger.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order in April aiming to “accelerate innovative research models and appropriate drug approvals to increase access to psychedelic drugs that could save lives and reverse the crisis of serious mental illness in America.” While some experts have touted the antidepressant effects of psychedelic-assisted mental healthcare treatments, others have raised concerns about potential ethical issues and gaps in psychedelic research. How Trump Admin’s Psychedelic Drug Research Push Could Shake Up US Mental Healthcare System
In a new record for the farthest measurement yet achieved (10 billion light years away), astronomers have now used the Webb Space Telescope obtain a reasonably accurate measurement of the mass of supermassive black hole in the early universe, estimated to be six billion times the mass of our Sun. Astronomers measure weight of supermassive black hole 10 billion light years away
If the leak rate has suddenly jumped from one pound per day to two pounds a day, that suggests the situation is worsening, and doing so at an alarming rate. NASA clarifies air leak situation yesterday on ISS
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
What was once controversial (when Rush Limbaugh said it) is now mainstream. Rush Was Right
The bottom of the box office barrel for Star Wars is unquestionably Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), which petered out with a $214
million domestic gross and a $179 million overseas gross, for a global total of $393 million. . . That’s catastrophic math for any blockbuster. For a Star Wars movie, it revealed a major disturbance in the force, and that disturbance went by the name of Kathleen “The Force Is Female” Kennedy. Remember, Solo is a movie that told fans that the legendary Lando Calrissian would be revealed as a robot-humping “pansexual.” I don’t know what a pansexual is. I don’t want to know what a pansexual is. But I do know it’s gross. Nolte: Disney’s ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Flops Hard in Weekend Three
“The DC Pride priorities have always been to spotlight queer characters, serve as a launchpad for new, year-round DC storytelling, and celebrate our roster of incredible talent,” DC editor Andrea Shea said in a statement, according to Attitude. DC Comics Publishes Pride Month Issue with Trans ‘Wonder Woman’
Decline is not fate but a choice; the argument holds that America endures by defending its institutions and rejecting narratives of inevitable collapse. Decline Is a Choice—Success Isn’t Inevitable
HITHER & YON
Woodrow Wilson rejected the Founders’ constitutional order, replacing it with expert-driven administration that still defines American government. Woodrow Wilson’s War Against the Constitution
ALSO: The Morning Report cross-posts at CutJibNewsletter.com usually within an hour or so of posting here, if you want to continue the conversation all day.
Well, it is a USB speaker, yes. It also supports Bluetooth connectivity for your mobile devices. At the same time.
And it makes it easy to upgrade the firmware should you need to do so.
Over Bluetooth. Without authentication. While it is plugged into your PC.
Meaning that anyone within Bluetooth range can reprogram it with arbitrary functionality. Make it open Powershell and wipe your hard drive? Sure. The only problem there is the lack of imagination.
Oh, and Bluetooth is always on, even when the device is powered down to "sleep" mode, so just turning it off won't save you.
Creative - the company that sells Sound Blaster devices - states that it does not regard this as a vulnerability, which leaves me to wonder what kind of creeping cosmic horrors they would regard as vulnerabilities.
Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday night ONT. First one of June 2026. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
Tough times for Chicago. The Bears are leaving for nearby Hammond, Indiana. Looks like they're not the only Chicago institutions to announce their departure.
BREAKING: Italian Beef has announced its intentions to relocate from Chicago to Indianapolis, Indiana. A Chicago staple since the Great Depression, Italian Beef cited high crime, corruption and an overall unfriendly business climate as its reasons for leaving Chicago and… pic.twitter.com/ktOG7IaxQI
We were absolutely floored by the millions of you that watched us make silly water sillouettes on our driveway last summer. We are starting out the summer the only way we know how, and this time it’s all about movies! What else do you want to see? We have a whole summer ahead, a… pic.twitter.com/BoQXsqVm0t
It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.
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Shorts Season, Served with Sass: How to Make Them Look Expensively Polished in 2026
I’m not a shorts girl. I own exactly two pairs: my beloved cut-off Levi’s 501s (great for beach days, questionable everywhere else) and one tailored olive green pair that occasionally sees daylight. I gravitate to skirts and dresses, but sometimes you just need something that doesn’t involve wrestling with wind.
These are the exact looks I would put together for myself. Elevated, flattering, and full of personality so I actually feel excited to wear shorts instead of defaulting to a dress.
The good news? Shorts can look polished, and even a little sexy, when styled right. Let’s prove it with three looks that lean into the best of Ralph Lauren, Ted Baker, and Dolce & Gabbana drama.
Look 1: Ralph Lauren Chic (The “Luxury on Vacation” Vibe)
This look is pure effortless elegance. Think Piper in the Italian countryside. Monochromatic linen blends, clean lines, and the most forgiving pleats you’ll ever meet. These shorts are strategically designed so the pleats sit in all the right places instead of creating new ones. 😉
• Pleated Linen Blend Twill Shorts by Lauren Ralph Lauren in Light Agave Green
• Twist Front Sleeveless Top by Lauren Ralph Lauren in Light Agave Green
• Lina Wedge Sandal by Reformation in Rum Leather
• Romy Straw Bucket Bag by Tory Burch (large)
• The Vivienne 59mm Gradient Round Sunglasses by Ralph Lauren
Slip this on and suddenly you’re the woman who “just threw this together” while secretly looking like you have a summer house in Tuscany.
Sunshine in clothing form. This combo brings playful British preppy meets summer ease. The perfect mix of textures feels rich without trying too hard. Cotton-blend shorts keep things crisp, the ruffle-trim knit adds softness, and those sky-blue patent slides? Chef’s kiss. Retro sunnies seal the polished-but-fun deal.
• Hana Plaid Cotton Blend Shorts by Ted Baker in Camellia Rose
• Elisa Rib Ruffle Trim Sweater by Ted Baker in Vanilla Ice
• Fina Slide Sandal by Bruno Magli in Sky Blue Patent
• 50mm Oval Sunglasses by Mia Mia
• Paddington Leather Shoulder Bag by Chloé in Cloudy Cream (small)
Wear this and you’ll feel like the main character running around town looking annoyingly cute.
Look 3: Dolce & Gabbana Luxe (Main Character Energy, Activated)
When you want shorts to scream “I’m expensive and I know it.” Matching Majolica prints, a flirty bustier, and embroidered mules make every step feel like a runway moment. Heels + shorts = instant leg-lengthening sorcery.
• Majolica Print Mat Bermuda Shorts by Dolce & Gabbana
• Majolica Print Charmeuse Bustier Top by Dolce & Gabbana
• Majolica Print brocade mules with embroidery by Dolce & Gabbana
• DG Sunglasses
This look is confident, feminine, and just the right amount of extra.
Shorts don’t have to feel like giving up on style, they can be your secret weapon for warm-weather polish. Whether you’re channeling Ralph Lauren ease, Ted Baker charm, or D&G drama, the key is tailoring, texture play, and confidence.
Which of these three looks is making you want to give shorts another chance? ☀️
Opening night of the Rush Fifty Something Tour is tonight. First of 4 shows at the KIA Forum near Los Angeles. Word is, this guy came down from Ridgemont and was seen near the venue.
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Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!
Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving hell did it get to be the First June Edition? For those keeping track at home, there will be four June Gun Threads this month. That is to say one per week, on Sundays. Please do try and keep up, 'kay?
With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?
Are you practicing your fundamentals indoors or outdoors? What kind of targets are you using? Are you changing them frequently, making notes, and taking them home for later study? If not, why not?
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You're Kidding, Right?
Who in their right mind thought this was a good idea? I like Swiss mechanical watches as much as the next guy, but I do not want complex watch movements incorporated into my firearms. Plus it's ugly as hell, and should have been disqualified on that basis alone.
Would you want to be shot by this thing? I would not. Have some respect and consideration for your targets!
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Worst Gun Ever?
The above notwithstanding, I present to you the USFA Zip 22.
and...
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This Looks Like Fun
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Our Pal The Slinky
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Timber Fellers!
We timber fellers are a tough breed.
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NoVaMoMe 2026
What - you thought there wasn't going to be a NoVaMoMe in 2026?
Note: One of the great joys of NoVAMoMe season, at least for me, is being able to cut and paste the entire block of text below and haranguing you to attend the event. Are you attending? Are you focusing on the fundamentals of attending?
Alright, guys and gals, the long awaited and highly anticipated details of the 2026 NoVAMoMe are here! That's right, I finally got my act together and updated the information page for 2026, and need to go over a few details. First, the date is June 20th, 2026 from 11am to 3pm. Nextly, my bestest blog buddy bluebell and I have decided 2026 will continue the longstanding tradition of NoVAMoMe simplification, and want to pass along the changes from prior years.
First, no registration and no advance charge for food. If you would like to attend, send an email to WeaselBell Productions, and let us know. You will be directed to a sekrit webpage with all of the details. We do ask once you have decided to attend to let us know so we can coordinate an expected count with venue management. Once there if you are hungry or thirsty simply order from the onsite menu and pay separately. Cash and credit cards accepted. Next, although fun, we have decided to again take a break from the raffles and mug sales this year. Depending on how it goes, that may be something we bring back in future years. While your generosity is always appreciated, with no prize table, please leave donations and contributions at home, but bring your appetite for a great afternoon spent with your imaginary online friends.
Next, a NoVAMoMe PSA from our pal bluebell
Hi folks - just a quick PSA. If you write for info about the MoMe, please give us a few words in the body of the email just so I know you are a Moron and not a spammer (moron). I do receive spam on this email account because it's sitting right here in my nic, so that's why I'm asking. I don't want to give our details to a spammer. Also, remember to check your spam folder if you don't receive a reply email.
Thanks.
bluebell
Seriously, just send an email then go to the website with the password provided. If you forget, a link to the email is on the main page, left sidebar. If you do not sign up, bluebell will be disappointed. Weasel will be disappointed, too, but it's bluebell you need to worry about.
Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.
A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid
Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!
Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. Lurkers are always welcome!
That's it for this week - have you been to the range?
Food Thread: Brisket, Patty Melts, And Other Fine Foods
—CBD
Pastrami is the quintessential Jewish deli meat, and when done well can be delicious. It can also be too lean, dried out, and very disappointing! Too many delis around here overcook the pastrami and dry it out, and even worse, buy into the hysterical diet insanity that fat is bad, and sell lean meat that is devoid of flavor.
Of course pastrami is nothing more than smoked and spiced corned beef, and corned beef is nothing more than salted brisket! And do we know where a lot of good brisket is made using a very different technique? Why yes...we do!
Texas!
But Unlike pastrami, Texas brisket is almost always smoked with a simple preparation of salt and black pepper. That is not a bad thing, and in fact, a good Texas smoked brisket is one of the glories of the food world.
So what happens when you combine the two? Magic. Magic is what happens!
A friend was kind enough to bring a brisket from a place in Austin for a small gathering. And when I say "a place in Austin," I mean a pizza joint. This is where the fabric of the universe is torn, and the strong forces start doing strange things!
This unassuming pizza place (called "Pieous") makes absolutely spectacular pastrami, that is really a blend of the best of Jewish deli pastrami and Texas brisket. I hesitate to describe it further because I have never had anything like it, and it is better than either of its progenitors! It has the smoke of Texas, the interesting spiciness of the deli, but it blends them perfectly into something unique.
It reminds me of a place in Northern Maryland...also a pizza joint...that makes the best crab cakes I have ever had. The pizza is crap, but damn, the crab is amazing.
Anyway, if Austin weren't terminally weird and leftist, this pastrami would be a damned good reason to move there!
I live in New Jersey...the land of the diner. Well, to be accurate, the land of a certain kind of diner that does lots of things adequately, but very little is done well.
But there are other diners to be had, and one in particular has piqued my interest. It is the quintessential New England coffee shop/breakfast joint/lunch joint, and it does what it does with very little regard for anything other than good food and pleasant company. Everyone who works there is friendly in that particular New England way, but that friendliness is made easier by a kitchen that keeps it simple and tasty. Oh, the coffee is good and hot.
But the best part on my last visit was the waitress and her earrings!
Well, the patty melt was excellent too. And cooked to medium-rare, which shocked me!
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Ina Garten's Outrageous Brownies are as advertised. They are indeed outrageous, and in a good way! Absolutely delicious, and worth a try, especially if your dessert taste favors less sweet options. These are very chocolaty without being sweet. Fantastic, even though the recipe is a typical Garten one...a few too many steps and a few too many bowls!
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Thick cut fries twice-cooked in duck fat. It does not get better than that.
Duck fat adds a rich deliciousness that is absolutely a game-changer if you are a fry aficionado, and the thick cut gives enough surface area for the potato to soak up that flavor. Cooking them twice (the first cook is lower temp) is essential because of that thick cut, otherwise the outside would burn before the inside got cooked.
Yes, I ate that pastrami AND those fries on the same weekend. And yes, I need to go clothes shopping for some elastic-waisted pants.
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Peking Duck is a great dish, and can be had in the United States with a little luck that the Chinese joint that is making it has not succumbed to the all-too-common failing that Americans don't know good Chinese food, so just mail it in!
But that platter is from a restaurant in Hong Kong, and no, sadly I was not at the table! It sure does look good though, and the report is that it was delicious.
And stupidly expensive. Thank God for expense accounts!
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The garlic is doing well! For now. It was 42 degrees this morning, and I am unsure how well garlic will tolerate that. I know all of you are worried, but it is still tall and green and healthy! And if they survive the deer and squirrel apocalypse, and actually grow into something edible, I will be in garlic heaven! In case it doesn't, send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.
Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.
The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!
If there was a Platonic Ideal of oven mitts, that would be it!
Except...the designers clearly fell down on the job and did not design it to last forever, so my three mitts (I bought two more as soon as I realized that it was perfect) are not long for this world.
Sadly, the manufacturer discontinued the design in favor of a clearly inferior one, but probably cheaper and easier to manufacture.
I have considered having it copied and manufactured for myself, and even hit up you maniacs for advice, but the small-run required is not cost effective.
The alternatives are grim: keep using the mitts and accept the occasional burn as they fall apart, then stop using mitts altogether, and accept burns every day; or stop cooking.
The Democrat Party Is The Party Of Violence And Hatred, And They Are Proving It Every Day
—CBD
[Hat Tip: TC]
The normalization of violence and class/racial/ethnic hatred is a hallmark of totalitarian regimes. Consolidate power, then kill your enemies is the tried-and-true playbook, and the reality is that nothing else will work. A non-violent socialism will fail eventually because of the innate desire of man to better himself, and socialism restricts that possibility.
And they know it. The ruling class of every totalitarian regime in history has internalized the primacy of violence, and see it as a tool to acquire and use power. So the exposure of violent tendencies in a Democrat politician is surprising only because he has allowed the mask to fall away. The violence and hatred is simply part of the political philosophy! From Democrat politicians raping children to their street thugs burning cities...they are indistinguishable from the totalitarians of history because they ARE totalitarians.
Graham Platner, the likely Democrat Senate candidate for Maine, who got an SS Nazi tattoo and lied about most of his past, and cheated repeatedly on his wife while she was undergoing IVF was featured in a New York Times article describing how he had abused an ex and discussed raping people.
And raised $200,000 making it his biggest fundraising haul since Gov. Janet Mills dropped out of the race.
A whole lot of Dems and lefties are voting with their bucks and supporting what they like .
Violence against women? Rape as a tool of power? That is perfectly acceptable for the Democrat party because the acquisition and exercise of power over the people is the only thing that matters, and any tool that allows them to achieve those goals is perfectly reasonable.
How else to explain Platner's fundraising haul? All of those middle-aged blue-haired lunatic women who find him exciting are curiously quiet when it comes to his casual misogyny. And if they find rape to be acceptable, they certainly won't blink an eye at his Jew-hate.
That is a clear signal that power is more important to any ethical standards in the Democrat Party. They would rather have a violent rape-fantasizing Nazi than cede the election to a milquetoast ersatz Republican.
If you’ve ever had the misfortune of meeting me, you can tell from my waistline that I love to eat. I won’t give you my exact measurements, but I will note that Edward VII had a waistline of 48 inches, which in his day was considered grossly obese. His Majesty and I could share closets.
I love to eat. I like to cook, but unlike CBD, I’m not very good at it. But I love to read about food. Not just recipe books, which, although entertaining on their own, can be somewhat dull, but books about the history and sociology of food. For instance, I have several books dedicated to food, its preparation and the status of cooks in both high and low society during the Middle Ages, each of which is the sort of read that both informs you and leaves you hungry. Here are three:The Medieval Cook, and Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society, both by Bridget Ann Henisch and Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery and Ceremony, by Madeline Pelner Cosman.
I also love books about dining outside the house, in restaurants, cafés and roadside venues; two of my faves are Repast: Dining Out at the Dawn of the New American Century, 1900-1910, by Michael Lesy & Lisa Stoffer and Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York, by William Grimes. And that’s not even touching other tomes like Duncan Hines’ various editions of Adventures in Good Eating, histories of the Harvey Girls and drive-ins, or bios of the founders of the great fast-food chains such as Colonel Sanders, the McDonald brothers or Billy Ingram, the man behind White Castle.
What about you? Are cookbooks just instruction manuals to you or treats to dip into during a particularly puckish mood? Have you ever, like me, come across a Delmonico’s menu from 1895 and wonder if you could make your way through a Gay Nineties lobster palace night?
I mentioned before how PCIe switches - at least ones operating faster than PCIe 3.0 - are prohibitively expensive and reserved for enterprise customers except for the ones built into every mainstream PC motherboard. All but the cheapest models have a chipset, and that chipset's primary function is to act as a PCIe switch.
And hobbyists have started tinkering with using AMD's B650 chip, which is a serviceable and reasonably priced example - plus one that already works because every operating system has drivers to support it.
Raspberry Pi shop WisdPi announced its PROM21 All In Expansion Card - the codename for the chip in the B650 chipset is Promontory 21. For $199 - not cheap, but it's a small production run - you get four extra M.2 slots, five 10Gb USB 3 ports, a selection of USB 2 headers, and an OCuLink header that can provide four PCIe 4.0 lanes or through an adaptor cable four SATA ports (the magic happens in the chipset, so the cable is easy). And it's a single slot half-height half-length card so it will fit easily into any PC.
Minisforum is preparing a similar card.
This would have been much more interesting before storage prices went into orbit, but at least it exists.
It has an Intel 1215U or 1235U processor, two DDR5 SODIMM slots (so up to a nominal 64GB and a theoretical 128GB), one M.2 slot on the motherboard for the boot device, four more M.2 slots in a removable bay for storage, 6 3.5" drive bays for more storage, two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports plus a 10Gb port in the Pro model, HDMI, DisplayPort, and Thunderbolt 4, two regular USB ports, and two PCIe slots, all in a compact, roughly 9" cube.
The Qube was a little less than 8" on a side so the newer device beats it in every respect except that.
$799 for the basic model with 8GB RAM; $1299 for the Pro model with 16GB.
Also, the power supply is pretty limited so if you want to add a graphics card you need one that doesn't require any more than the 70W it can draw from the motherboard.
AM6 with support for DDR6 memory and the PCIe 6.0 bus will arrive only when it "makes sense". PCIe 6.0 devices for the enterprise are trickling out now, but DDR6 isn't expected to appear until 2028.
Saturday Night Club ONT - June 6, 2026 [D Squared]
—Open Blogger
School is out, summer is in. Time for some backyard barbecue and quality time spent with good people in good places.
Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino (with a dash of guest Doggo tonight!). We built this place for you so you can have some fun. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises (the moose out front will keep watch).
An MIT linguistics professor was lecturing his class the other day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn't a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative." A voice from the back of the room said, "Yeah, right."
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Psychic short jokes.
What do you call a fat psychic?
A four chin teller.
What do you call a dwarf psychic who escaped from prison?
A small medium at large.
Every Psychic I ever visited was either a bit depressed or way too excitable..
It's really hard to find the happy Medium
Can see the future. Needs a bike lock for their sign? Apparently they already knew what was coming.
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Drink of the Night
Rum Forest Rum
1 Dash Bitters
1 1/4 oz. Champagne
1 oz Rum
1 1/4 oz. Vermouth
- Fill a shaker halfway with ice cubes
- Add all ingredients, shake till perfectly chilled
- Fill glass and dream of ways to make evil Jenny miserable
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Club ONT Department of Obvious Mystery Clicks
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Club ONT Department of Jokes Writing Themselves
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Club ONT Department of Potentially Unlikely Electoral Outcomes
A village on New York's Long Island is facing a highly unusual mayoral election after no candidates registered to run for the office.
Bayville Mayor Steve Minicozzi announced in April that he would not be seeking reelection, and Christopher Vivona, the village's deputy clerk-treasurer, confirmed no one else registered to run.
Vivona said June 16 will mark the first time he knows of that the village of approximately 7,000 people will go to the polls to vote for mayor with a blank ballot.
Officials said the election will be decided by write-in votes. John Taylor, who ran against Minicozzi in 2022, said he would be willing to serve if he gains enough write-in votes.
"[If] some guy comes up there with 50 of his friends, he's your mayor," Watson told NBC New York. "If 100 people get one write in each it's a tie. So it's a strange situation."
Any Morons live in Bayville?
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Club ONT Updated Password Security Requirements
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Club ONT Department of Aerodynamics
Aerodynamic Beaver would be a great name for a band.
Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 223, known as "the Bulldogs," celebrated the conclusion of nearly 40 years of operational history with the AV-8B Harrier II during a public ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Wednesday. The ceremony marked an important moment in time for VMA-223 and also signaled the end of an era for Marine Corps aviation as the service continues its transition to an all-5th generation tactical aircraft fleet.
Colloquially known as a "jump jet" for its ability to take off and land within short distances, the AV-8B is a V/STOL aircraft designed to support the Marine Air Ground Task Force commander by destroying surface targets and escorting friendly aircraft. The AV-8B's lethality and V/STOL capability made it uniquely suited for deployments in support of Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs). VMA-223's final detachment of Harriers to support a MEU returned to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point last month after supporting operations with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Caribbean.
In fiscal year 2028 VMA-223 is scheduled to reactivate as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA)-223 and will begin flying the F-35B Lightning II. VMA-223 is the last Marine Corps squadron to operate the Harrier.
This all sounds like a fairly unsurprising origin story, save for one thing - the original candies were made using old wartime pellet machines designed to compress gunpowder into ammunition. That's right! Instead of making bullets, Dee made candy.
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Club ONT Jukebox
A bit of old school rock this evening.
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When conceiving this post, I began broadly. I came up with a slew of titles that I believed represented “a 1980s movie.” My list included Hoosiers (1986), Mr. Mom (1983), Nine to Five (1980), Cloak and Dagger (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Risky Business (1983), and The Karate Kid (1984).
Why these movies? I deliberately left out blockbusters from the 1980s, such as E.T., Star Wars, and any of the Indiana Jones pictures. Spectacles and blockbusters have been a given since at least the 1920s, so I didn’t feel a high budget movie qualified as representative of any particular decade. Different appetites (sword and sandal, war, sci-fi), yes, but no distinctive aspect that would tie any big-budget series of films to a decade.
I also put Academy Award-style films to the side—for the same reason. Movies seeking Oscar glory are always going to exist and don’t necessarily possess anything unique to a decade. Finally, I did not count the burgeoning independent film scene of the 1980s or foreign films.
What then, in my estimation, made the films on my list “80s” movies, other than the years in which they were produced? These mainstream domestic pictures, in my opinion, were particular to the 1980s because they were mid-budget fare, well-structured, quite clear in their dramatic purpose, and reflective of the more ordered zeitgeist of the Reagan era.
Many films will mirror the times in which they are produced, but I think there was something more distinctive to a middle grade 1980s movie than in other decades. Of course I have to check my bias. I came of age in the 1980s and am more familiar with the movies of that era, but I think I can dismiss these prejudices with a quick review of film history.
After the silent era, Hollywood entered its golden age, and the studio system, though legally dashed in the mid-1940s, managed to hang around through the 1950s and even into the 1960s. By the end of the 1960s, there were new rules, and the 1970s, many say, was the most free-handed decade for mainstream filmmakers as Hollywood reorganized itself.
By the 1980s, order took hold again and corporations edged out the latter-day studio mogul. Thus, you had a decade finally free of old studio rules but somewhat brought to heel by the new, conglomerate powers that be, as well as a Reaganesque social ethos. The result for cinema was the kind of middle tier films on my list.
Did this category of film exist in other eras? Of course, but they were more akin to b-roll or schlocky genre movies than solid, medium budget pictures with clean and compelling metaphors. To me, these are the hallmarks of a 1980s movie.
This type of movie hung around into the 1990s until the internet came along and probably destroyed quality filmmaking at the mainstream level forever.
You’ll never see a movie like Mr. Mom on 3,000 screens again. Blame it on Covid or CGI (now AI) or streaming or the unslakable thirst for prequels, sequels and origin stories, but the simple, effective, and meaningful medium-budget picture of the 1980s is likely not to be produced again—at least for broad consumption in domestic movie theaters.
Circling back, I thought I could discuss most, if not all, of the films on my list. But the more I wrote, I realized it would be too long an essay. So, I decided to dissect one movie I believe is emblematic of what I consider a 1980s movie. That film is Cloak and Dagger.
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Cloak and Dagger is about a boy and his father (Dabney Coleman) who recently lost their mother/wife and are in the throes of grieving. The father works on an air force base and is frequently absent. The boy, Davey (Henry Thomas), is left to his own devices much of the time and often spins tales about espionage and conspiracies. He’s aided in these fantasies by the fictional character Jack Flack (also played by Coleman), who is a master spy of some kind. He eggs Davey on, much of the time to no good, until of course they stumble upon a real spy ring.
But the plot is incidental to the real power of the movie. Davey and his father are still reeling from their loss. Davey needs his father to help him get over his trauma, but the father is too busy—and too wounded himself—to give Davey the support he needs. Thus, Davey descends into the world of imaginary spies and secret missions to salve his wounds.
Jack Flack can only be seen by Davey, and the dramatic purpose of the movie is similarly shaded by the plot. Cloak and Dagger is not about a tween boy who [SPOILER ALERT] uncovers a conspiracy to encode secret military plans in a video game cassette. It’s a movie about grief and healing.
Cloak and Dagger might seem a little silly to modern eyes, but even its title is an indicator of its deftness. ‘Cloak and dagger’ of course defines the nature of the story, an adventure tale fraught with disguise and menace. At the same time, the title underscores the metaphor of the movie: Davey and his father are themselves caught in a personal caper.
Davey needs his widowered, hard-working father to be there for him. He needs his father to be his hero, and that’s why at the very end of the film [SPOLIER ALERT again] the two figures merge with the real father taking the place of the imaginary Jack Flack, and both father and son realizing they will have to behave differently to get past their grief. This movie is not about spies and secret tapes but a boy who needs his father to be his hero, not a mythical, cartoon version of one.
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My debut essay on AoS was about the difference between clever and good screenwriting, and Cloak and Dagger epitomizes the style of good writing found in the 1980s, medium-budget range, which is almost a lost art now.
In that essay, I explained that a movie need not be a straight drama with a serious tone (from the 1980s think Ordinary People or Chariots of Fire) to be considered “good.” Offbeat films, even silly ones can fall into the good camp of screenwriting as opposed to the “clever,” which means the movie is more about its plot hook and therefore superficial.
Perhaps it’s no accident, then, that several of the movies on my list are goofy, veering towards hokey—with Cloak and Dagger the goofiest and hokiest of my choices.
Putting aside its playfulness, Cloak and Dagger is a tight, three-act movie with well-rounded characters, effective dialogue, smart pacing, and, above all, a strong dramatic purpose with which viewers can connect. The conclusion, [last SPOILER ALERT], where Jack Flack and the father merge with the father assuming the dominant role is one of the more touching final moments in a movie that I can recall.
Cloak and Dagger was a modest financial success and played on almost 1,200 screens. Had it not been up against the Summer Olympics I believe it would have gone wider and done even better business.
Much of Cloak and Dagger’s success in the 1980s and its impact since then, I believe, is due to its light touch, and, to me, a great deal of what makes an 80s movie just that is an insouciance mixed into the potage.
Saturday Night Fever is a movie that is almost inseparable from the 1970s, but it has many characteristics of an 80s movie—at least according to my definition. Yet there is one key difference which would keep it off my list.
Saturday Night Fever’s final moments leave things open-ended. As the credits roll, we don’t quite know what Tony Manero has achieved or if he has changed, but we know when Bender raises his fist at the conclusion of The Breakfast Club that something significant has shifted within him. The same can be said in the concluding frames of Cloak and Dagger, and that’s what defines an 80s movie—the cleanness and assuredness of its arc as a story.
This is the effect of Reagan’s America, a little bit square but surely a better and more self-confident era for the United States and filmmakers. There are no loose ends or dumb plot holes in my idea of a 1980s movie, and the stories are entirely believable within the context of the world they establish.
It was “morning in America again” or so Reagan said in a political ad in the 1980s. Our movies were also finding themselves again in this decade, and I’m not sure other decades can say the same.
Of course, I expect to be challenged on this theory. It is all a little speculative. Were there smaller, compact, issues-pictures in the 1950s, for example? Undoubtedly; but I’m not sure any of them could be called a “50s” movie. Were Magnificent Obsession or All That Heaven Allows or Imitation of Life (three wonderful Douglas Sirk pictures) unique to the 1950s or just produced then? I can see a case either way, and I expect my conceit to be tested.
In that spirit, what’s a “1980s movie” I’m leaving out? Or what other decade has a type of film particular to that time period? Prove me wrong, in essence, or point out that the type of movie I’m describing falls in other eras and is not unique to the 1980s.
Maybe the 80s will only be remembered for its music or big hair and shoulder pads, but I’m making a case that a certain type of film should also be indelibly written into that decade.
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is on target. It spun and spun and ended up deciding on an archery theme for this Hobby Thread.
A what? Yes, an archery thread. This is like the gun thread except with different launching apparatus and projectiles, less bang and boom, and no movies about the wonders of ball bearings. But fundamentals still matter...
As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. All (legal) hobbying is welcome. We have a theme, but no need to stick with the theme. Even if the theme does not speak to you, find something else or offer something else relating to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring a church). Pants are optional. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.
Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.
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Depending on which unreliable source on the internet you consult, archery is one of the oldest acts of human engineering. It has prehistoric roots (based on cave paintings in Europe). In the Bronze Age (16th century) the Egyptians and Persians used bows in massed formations in military action. Following the invention and widespread adoption of firearms, archery became obsolete as a military weapon in the early 1600s.
Archery debuted at the 1900 Paris Olympics and dropped after 1920, and reinstated in 1972.
Is archery a hobby? Yes! Some throw arrows against targets for scoring. Others use bow and arrow as a hunting that offers different challenges than firearms.
Are you wise in the ways of the bow and arrow? Did you get a merit badge as a youth? Do you own bow and arrow equipment? Have you practiced your bow and arrow fundamentals? Have you made your own? Have you ever split an arrow with another arrow?
Are you a military history buff and know about military tactics in the days of mass archer formations?
Looking for a lot of help in the gray boxes for this one. TRex short arms are not a natural fit for archery. The small brain doesn't help either. Before commenting, make sure your bow is adjusted for the correct density altitude and your arrows are properly calibrated with the appropriate MOA setting.
If you're saying "I'm not an archer and I have no interest in learning," feel free to sit in the corner while the rest of the class continues. Or you can make contributions from your own (legal) hobbying.
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Good things to know if you find yourself in an Olympic archery contest:
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William Tell and the famous apple:
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Archery trick shots:
Turning arrows is apparently a thing:
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Watch Japanese craftsman make longbows:
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Artistic interlude - Hercules the Archer
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle sent his sculpture Herakles/Archer to the Paris Salon in 1909, where it was an instant success. The Chazen's Herakles/Archer is a reduction cast from the original life-size bronze now in Paris; after Bourdelle's death his widow authorized this edition of 15.
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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Too advanced for my small dino brain, but those of you who are wise in the ways of arrow science might appreciate this video:
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How far can an arrow fly?
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YouTube is made for answering the important historical questions.
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DIY bamboo bow:
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Arrows of a different kind:
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Horde Hobbying - tcn in AK is camping in Denali State Park, Alaska with her family. Camping is a hobby and Mt. McKinley provides a fine camping companion. Thank you!
Thank you to the AK Sniper for modeling in the second photo.
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Not related to archery but I love this:
THIS GUY LIVES UNDER SFO'S TAKEOFF PATH SO HE BUILT A CEILING PROJECTOR THAT TRACKS EVERY PLANE FLYING OVER HIS HOUSE IN REAL TIME
he uses a cheap $30 radio receiver to pick up the signals that planes broadcast while flying.
Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a music theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.
Notable comments from last week:
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Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
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If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, contribute your own. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.
Lots of appreciative comments in the "X" thread. And:
Bohemian Waxwings are just beautiful. Here are some cool facts:
They're true nomads—one banded in British Columbia was found 13 months later in South Dakota, while another flew 280 miles in 11 days.
Their red feather tips come from carotenoids in berries, and the waxy tips grow bigger as they get older.
They have a specialized large liver to metabolize ethanol from fermented fruit, but can still get drunk!
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Happy 7th Birthday to our AoSHQ Swiss Guide Dog, Gioia!
Meet The PetMorons
Bun Bun is on the prowl
She's literally waiting under the bird feeder.
Miley
Bun Bun looks lovely and nonchalant by the beautiful flowers, some of which are also described in the Gardening Thread.
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By-Tor's pup Ruger is ready for a good walk!
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In case you missed the Gardening Thread:
Hey, KT
Summer has arrived in Cowtown. Water lilies, dragonflies and rainbow minnows are flourishing, and bullfrogs have spawned. And the Pancho pup is keeping the squirrels away.
R/s
CrotchetyOldJarhead
Good work, Pancho!
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NEW: Five FBI employees were fired today over the infamous Richmond Catholic memo on "radical traditionalist Catholics," FBI source confirms to @realDailyWire.
Oof. Reviewers do not like Scary Movie 6. The criticism I keep hearing is that the movie mistakes a reference for an actual joke. The movie (they say) keeps Key Jangling a reference to another movie (or some other pop culture ephemera) and you expect there to be a joke but nope, the Key Jangle was the joke. Other reviewers say that the promise that "no lines will be uncrossed" is a fake-out, and that the movie is bland and inoffensively corporate.
Whoops! I posted about Dan Goldman losing the NY congressional primary. He might do that, but it won't be tonight -- the primary isn't held until June 23.
One race to keep an eye on: the Levi's heir nepo baby and egregious "Designated Liar" Dan Goldman -- one of the Democrats from a safe district Democrats send out to spread their most indefensible lies -- may actually lose his lower Manhattan/Brooklyn set due to, get this, antisemitism in the Democrat primary electorate. Antisemitism? In the anti-Nazi Democrat Party? Sounds crazy, I know, but apparently the anti-Nazi Party wants to eliminate Jews.
Henry Rosoff
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🚨EXCLUSIVE POLL:
Brad Lander is 34-pts ahead of Congressman Dan Goldman with #NY10 Democratic Primary voters. @ZohranKMamdani is backing the former Comptroller.
@bradlander: 57%
@danielsgoldman: 23%
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Oh my Totenkopf Tattoo, that is a DRUBBING! I'm usually very anti-antisemitism but if the Communist Antisemite Jihadists can pull this one off, Go Communist Antisemite Jihadists, Go!
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., on Platner: "We know that Graham has lived not your typical political experience. He's been very clear and open with his wife, and they worked through whatever they worked through. At the end of the day, this man has had 60 more town halls than Susan Collins has. He's winning the polls, he's willing to accept that he has grown as a person, and I think we should accept that."
Gallego says the drip-drip of revelations won't harm Platner's campaign.
"I think you guys are all in a bubble here right now. The drip, drip that's actually happening is Americans are really, really hurt the fact that gas is still high, food is still high, they can't buy a home, you can't afford rent. They're not going to care about text messages and everything else like that that happened years ago, especially when it was worked out between spouses."
I like that he says that it's okay that Graham Platner sexted 12 different women within months of marrying the woman to sponge off her because he wasn't then "living a political life" -- the clear meaning being, "We all cheat, we just don't cheat when we're running for office, and he didn't know he was running for office when he was sending dicpics to half the women he ran into."
Except he was running: His own wife turned the sexts over to his campaign.
And obviously Reuben Gallego didn't let his "political life" get in the way of his extramarital dating life:
Podcast: CBD goes solo in a short segment...talking about Iran, the nativist issues surrounding Reform and Restore in the UK, and the delicious pain of an imploding Democrat Party, courtesy of Talerico and Platner!
Funny -- if you don't mind clicking on TikTok. "Amy.Pranks.22" set up an AI scam-call screener which replies to a foreign scammer trying to get her bank information with Trumpian bluster. This might be fake because I don't see how a program can respond in real time, but it's funny.
The ULA rocket just launched Thanks to Joyenz The rocket's enormous engines are fueled by "the volcanic heterosexual lust between James Talarico and his Neighbor With a Uterus 'girlfriend'" I hope Amazon's rocket works better than the Amazon Prime app does as far as allowing people to watch the black and white version of "Spider-Noir"
From the CA Post:
Spencer Pratt is now Karen Bass' biggest headache.
A bombshell California Post poll conducted with McLaughlin & Associates shows the reality TV star-turned-mayoral candidate has surged to a statistical tie with the incumbent mayor.
And voters blame homelessness, affordability and the direction of Los Angeles as the reason for turning on Bass.
Pratt now leads the field with 30.1% support, compared with 29.5% for Bass, setting up a razor-thin race heading into next week's primary.
Socialist councilwoman Nithya Raman sits in third place at 23.4%.
Thanks to beckster
Just like "Spartacus" Corey Booker, now that James Talarico is running for a higher office, he unveils his previously-unknown "girlfriend" and hooboy, it just so happens she used to work for him, and, get this, likes to "dance the night away" at gay bars Gee I wonder where they might have met Oh and she's a vegan
When Corey Booker needed a "girlfriend," he conjured up known LGBTQ activist Rosario Dawson. How convenient that when these guys need a girlfriend to show off to the normies that just happen to find an activist with a strong history of and interest in Supporting Gay Men But seriously, this James Talarico romance with a Neighbor with a Uterus is a love story for the ages. The passion of their lovemaking is hotter than a blue star with a core of Primordial Sex Atoms created in the Big Bang
Radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country.
He's referring to three mass attacks committed by white men in, oh, the past six or eight years. There were a huge number of mass shootings and bombings he had to skip over to cherry pick three committed by white men. Which kind of makes me think that "white men" are not the greatest terrorist threat in our country.
No, I doubt he'll be a guest on Tucker Carlson. The only thing that Tucker clings to that he claims makes him "conservative" is a palpable hatred of gays. Any time there's a communist enslaving their population and executing dissenters and conservatives, Tucker praises that dictator by saying "at least he represses the homos!"
