DYSPEPSIA GENERATION

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Well, Banana People’s Republic.

Historically, a “banana republic” is a derisive term for small, unstable nations in Latin America dominated by a corrupt ruling clique. These regimes maintained power through manipulated elections, suppression of opposition, crony capitalism, and the systematic looting of public resources, all while projecting a thin veneer of democratic legitimacy. The people suffered in poverty while the elite lived in ostentatious luxury.

Tragically, that archetype no longer belongs solely to distant tropics. It now describes California—the wealthiest subnational economy on the planet and America’s clearest example of institutional decay.

California’s gross domestic product exceeds that of all but a handful of sovereign countries. The state is the birthplace of transformative technologies and the global capital of entertainment. Yet beneath the glossy surface of Silicon Valley valuations and Hollywood glamour lies a political order that has grown increasingly authoritarian, opaque, and self-serving.

The state is no longer governed by competing visions of the public good. It is controlled by a single party that has captured every lever of institutional power.

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When the systems of a ‘law and order’ society find no intention, benefit or reasonable expectation of safety from their established construct of government -generally driven by an intentional willingness to ignore the demands of the citizens those officials are expected to represent- eventually people take matters into their own hands.

It is fair to call this the end of the “first follower” phase.

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Four Afghan nationals, including a 16-year-old boy, are on trial in Britain accused of repeatedly raping a 17-year-old girl over several hours after allegedly grooming her online and transporting her to Bristol in late November 2025.

Mehrab Safi, 21, Awal Ahmadzai, 19, and Salman Habibkheil, 19, along with the juvenile, allegedly groomed the victim after Safi approached her in Bristol’s Cabot Circus. Court proceedings at Bristol Crown Court heard that Safi added the girl on Snapchat and requested nude photos before organising a taxi to bring her from Somerset to Bristol in the early hours.

Once there, she was allegedly taken to a property in the St. Werburghs area, plied with vodka and cigarettes, and allegedly raped by all four defendants. Prosecutor Ed Hetherington told the court the girl was isolated, alone in an unfamiliar city at night, and subjected to repeated sexual abuse against her will over several hours. The alleged assault came to an end after the girl’s mother alerted police.

Three of the adult suspects fled the scene as officers arrived, travelling to London and Birmingham before crossing to France hidden in a lorry. French police detained them in Calais on 3 December 2025; they reportedly gave false names before being returned to the UK. Safi faces two rape charges and one of human trafficking. Habibkheil denies human trafficking and rape. Ahmadzai denies rape and assault by penetration. The 16-year-old denies rape. The trial is expected to last up to three weeks.

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There is great anxiety and uncertainty about AI replacing jobs. How can we move past vague warnings and bombastic predictions and bring data to bear on this question? One good way is to look at the profession where AI capabilities are furthest along and adoption has been exceptionally rapid: software engineering.

In this essay, we argue that there is enough evidence to reject the narrative that once AI capabilities reach a certain threshold, it will cause mass layoffs. Given that this is true even in a sector with very few regulatory barriers, most other professions are likely to be even more cushioned.

We also have a good understanding of why this is the case. We can think of many kinds of knowledge work, including software development, as a “decide-execute-deliver sandwich”. AI compresses the “execute” layer — the middle of the sandwich — but the other two layers resist automation in a way that will not be overcome by capability improvements alone.

We conclude on a note of cautious optimism about the future trajectory of demand for software engineering. This essay is the first in a series, and the next one will look at reasons why individual software engineers’ careers might be rocky even if overall demand is healthy. The series is based on the published literature in economics and software engineering, our own evaluations and observations of AI agents, and many software engineers’ reflection on the present and future of AI impacts on their profession, gleaned both from published writings and our interactions with the community.

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The Environmental Working Group (EWG) and media outlets are trying to scare people away from demonstrably safe and nutritious conventional food products.

Headlines about harmful pesticides in conventional foods are lying to you in order to create fear.

It is wildly irresponsible of supposed “journalists” to continue to platform this long-standing coordinated campaign by the EWG to erode science literacy and harm public health.

ATQUE: Organic foods are not healthier or pesticide free

Cringely says the quiet part out loud.

There’s a reason your bank’s AI will tell you its branch hours but not your account balance. A reason the hospital lets it summarize the cafeteria menu and not the medical chart. A reason no airline will put a language model near a cockpit and no law firm lets one file a brief without a terrified associate reading every line. It isn’t the cost. It’s that the thing lies — confidently, fluently, without warning, and without any tell. In a chatbot recommending a taco place, a hallucination is a shrug. In a domain where being wrong gets someone audited, sued, sick, or killed, a hallucination is a wall. And behind that wall sit the most valuable AI markets on Earth — banking, insurance, medicine, law, aviation, defense — frozen, spending fortunes on pilot projects that might never ship, because the last mile is always a liability lawyer saying no.

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All they had to do was find a Democrat man who is somewhat masculine but doesn’t have a Nazi tattoo and never said he would rape home intruders but “not in a gay way.”

They couldn’t do it. They ignored the bad stuff and decided he was the manly man that Democrats needed.

There is something very Bernie-esque about the whole thing.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Accountability! What a strange occurrence.

Ever since the sixties, ‘protestors’, ‘demostrators’, and ‘activists’ have been getting away with rioting, property damage, assault, and things for which ordinary citizens would to go jail. Perhaps the worm has turned. Perhaps.

I’m convinced.

Maxinomics.

Depending on the government put us on the moon—and then nothing for thirty years, until a rich private citizen decided he wanted to go into space.

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My, what a surprise.

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Violence erupted across Northern Ireland on Tuesday night after a Sudanese asylum seeker was charged with attempted murder following a brutal knife attack in north Belfast that sparked widespread public outrage.

The 30-year-old suspect, who is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates’ Court, was also charged with possessing a bladed article in a public place and making threats to kill. The victim, a local man in his 40s, suffered serious injuries to his face, neck, and back and remains in hospital.

The case attracted national attention after footage circulated online appearing to show the attacker repeatedly striking the victim while he was on the ground. Police later confirmed that the suspect had arrived in Ireland in 2023 before travelling to Northern Ireland, where he claimed asylum and was subsequently granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom until 2028.

The revelation reignited debate over Britain’s asylum system and border controls, particularly the so-called “Irish route,” under which migrants can enter the Republic of Ireland and later travel into Northern Ireland without routine border checks.

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The country is moving toward a better energy future: lower prices, more production, more reliability and less punishment for the people who keep America moving. But these six states are choosing a different path.

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There’s dumb, and then there’s Jasmine Crockett.

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As they do.

I know the feeling.

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There is an interesting controversy brewing in California after four California university professors threatened a political candidate, Richard Lucas, for criticizing them for their roles in the “Billionaire Tax” and sent him a “cease and desist” letter.

David Gamage from the University of Missouri, Brian Galle and Emmanuel Saez from UC Berkeley, and Darien Shanske from UC Davis claimed that the public criticism violated anti-doxxing laws by sharing contact information. They are clearly wrong. One of the aggrieved professors, Brian Galle, teaches at Berkeley Law School called Lucas “a clown,” but insisted that sharing public information is unlawful.

Attorney Catha Worthman sent the letter, but has reportedly refused to respond to inquiries after attorneys for the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) pushed back on her legal claims and those of her clients.

Good luck with that.

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My, what a surprise.

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Just this year, at least seven states identified noncitizens on their voter registration lists. This comes as Congress continues to debate the SAVE America Act, a bill which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.

Several states obtained the names of noncitizens by cross-referencing the voter registration list with the federal database known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE. SAVE is maintained by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

MAGA Is Melting Down Over the Results From L.A.’s Mayoral Primary (The New Republic) MAGA is the New Nigger.

Move over, MAGA — it’s time to take America back (The Hill) MAGA is the New Nigger.

This district judge just blocked Trump’s $100,000 application fee for H-1B immigrants because of course

President Trump Notes California Ballot Curation Likely to Eliminate Steve Hilton  Because, as we all know, Republicans have no business running for office in California.

EXCLUSIVE: Steelworkers Union Spent Millions Against Trump Agenda, Showing Gap With Membership

Clerical error inadvertently exposes shady donations to Jim Jordan and MAGA groups: report (Travis Gettys/Raw Story)  ‘Shady’ means ‘We didn’t find anything improper but we’re going to try to persuade you we did without being specific.’ Oh, and MAGA is the New Nigger.

Trump’s ‘Meet the Press’ walkout shows a presidency that’s already finished (Matthew Bartlett/MS NOW)  They hope they hope they hope….

Top DOJ prosecutor is latest to spread lies about California vote counting (Jacob Knutson/Democracy Docket)  Telling the truth is ‘lies’ when you’re pushing the Narrative.

Judge tosses Trump bid to restrict renewable energy tax credits (Rachel Frazin/The Hill)

They Went to Jared — How Donald Trump’s son-in-law used his position to hop in bed with autocrats–and sell out America. (Casey Michel/Mother Jones)

Jared Kushner Makes Hunter Biden Look Like a Boy Scout (w/ Casey Michel) (Andrew Egger/The Bulwark)

‘Ruin a Good Thing’: CNN Hypes Hate of Trump Attending Knicks Games

CNN’s Cornish Likens Hegseth D-Day Speech to Language ‘Nazis Would Have Used’

Trump Wants to Call the Shots. But in Iran, He Keeps Hitting His Limits. (Anton Troianovski/New York Times)

Trump hits back at Stephen A. Smith after ESPN analyst ranted he would blame president for Knicks defeat (Chris Bradford/New York Post)

He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him. (Annie Waldman/ProPublica)  Because, as we all know, the government is TOTALLY resposible for stopping people getting sick.

California’s “red mirage” feeds MAGA fraud frenzy (Zachary Basu/Axios)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Inside Hegseth’s Pentagon, where distrust and suspicions of loyalty are rampant (CNN)  The mind-readers azt CNN are on the march.

Trump is becoming Jimmy Carter (Edward Luce/Financial Times)

Under the Trump crypto playbook, the family always wins. Investors don’t (Reuters)

The Supreme Court Hasn’t Ruled On Birthright Citizenship. Trump May Be Deporting Newborn Citizens Anyway (Madiba K. Dennie/Balls and Strikes)  Because, as we all know, laws Democrats like aren’t really laws until the Supreme Court rules, and maybe not even then.

The Trump Administration’s Dubious Case for Work Requirements (Can We Still Govern?)  Because, as we all know, it’s a violation of our human rights to expect people to actully work.

‘TRUMP CURSE’: Furious Knicks Fans Blame President for Jinxing Team’s Winning Streak as They Lose to Spurs (Sarah Rumpf/Mediaite)  Nothing is so fringe that it can’t be blamed on Trump.

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Tim Walz, a Democrat, to the Justice Department for a criminal investigation.

A report of the House Oversight Committee released Monday alleges Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison were “aware of widespread taxpayer fraud in federally funded social programs for years” but did not attempt to stop it.

“Minnesota state officials are not above the law, and if they facilitated fraud, lied under oath about what they knew, or harassed and intimidated whistleblowers, they must face justice,” Vance said Monday on X.

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The latest figures released by England’s Department for Education offer a glimpse into the country’s future, revealing how the British are slowly becoming a minority in their own country.

According to the data for the 2025–2026 school year, the proportion of pupils identified as white British has fallen below 60% for the first time, while the share of pupils from minority ethnic backgrounds has reached a record high of nearly 39%.

These developments are presented by British commentator Matt Goodwin on his Substack as evidence of accelerating demographic and cultural change within England. He argues that the trends visible in schools today provide a preview of the country’s future population and social landscape, being based not on British traditions and the English language but dominated by immigration.

The statistics suggest that England’s classrooms are changing at a pace that would have been unthinkable only a decade ago. During the 2015–2016 school year, white British pupils accounted for 70% of all schoolchildren. Now, that figure has fallen to 59.7%.

The Register.

The process for producing triple-layer drug-delivery particles and materials for tissue regeneration could get easier, thanks to a new advance in creating the electrospray nozzles used to make them. A team of MIT researchers has now used a 3D resin printer to output tiny electrospray nozzles without the expensive cleanrooms they normally require.

A team led by MIT principal research scientist Dr. Luis Fernando Velásquez-García detailed its work developing tiny arrays of triaxial electrospray emitters in a recent paper. Before jumping into what they actually did, it might be worth explaining exactly what we’re talking about and why it’s such a potential breakthrough.

Electrospraying is a process that relies on tiny nozzles – we’re talking fractions of a millimeter, here – that are subjected to an electric field to atomize liquids into droplets smaller than what can be achieved through purely physical methods. Electrospraying can be done with lots of different liquid materials, and has a variety of uses, from ionizing liquids for mass spectrometry, to space propulsion.

Such cutting-edge applications traditionally require expensive equipment, and electrospray nozzles have classically been no different.

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James Talarico, the most insanely leftist candidate to ever run in a statewide election in Texas, has decided that it’s important to pretend to be a moderate Democrat in his face-off against Ken Paxton.

I would encourage every vegetarian in Texas to run for public office if it means that they have to eat barbecue in public.

You can’t make this stuff up.

We told you yesterday about a Pride display at a Washington public high school that featured actual vials of testosterone for trans-identifying females.

Yeah, turns out testosterone is a Schedule III controlled substance, so, uhh, it’s not some sort of overreaction for the sheriff to come in like this.

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You gotta give him credit for originality. Most crooks will just make a run for it. Some of them might call their lawyer. It’s rare that they call the very same people that are arresting them!

Mr. Gonzalez met a rather predictable fate in this exchange.

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Hard to tell whether that’s a warm welcome or just a bunch of boos, but it didn’t seem too bad for an NBA game in New York City.

Outside, however, New Yorkers got mostly peaceful after the Knicks lost.

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I wonder whether this will persuade AWFULs to give up their support for Palestinians and other random Miuslims…?

Nah.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service announced Tuesday that an 18-year-old man has been charged in connection with the March arson attack that destroyed four ambulances owned by Hatzola, a Jewish volunteer emergency service.

Subhan Ahmed, a British national, was charged on Monday with “assisting an offender” in connection with the arson.

The ambulances were set ablaze in the early morning of March 23 in Golders Green, a heavily Jewish neighborhood in London. The incident spurred increased patrols in Jewish communities.

Think how peaceful the world would be if the Religion of Peace didn’t exist.

ATQUE: Playskool Introduces ‘My First Hobo Camp’ For California Children (Babylon Bee)

Reminds me of the top-knot worn by pre-modern samurail

They looked silly, too.

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The following report describes a video that shows an “Italian” culture-enricher assisting and instructing his little boy as the wee bairn pees on a police car. The report is current, but the incident apparently occurred back in April, when the video was recorded.

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The current problems for the Democrats can be summarized in four words.

You won’t lose you favorite doctor due to Obamacare.

We don’t believe you.

Trump supporters are a “Basket of Deplorables”.

We don’t believe you.

There was nothing scandalous in Hillary’s 30,000 deleted emails.

We don’t believe you.

The Clinton Family Charity raising money from foreign interests while Hillary was Secretary of State had nothing to do with Hillary’s decision to use a private server for all her emails.

We don’t believe you.

The Foundry.

Delayed vote tallies in Calfornia are attributable to the vote-by-mail system and weeklong deadlines for receiving ballots, which undermines confidence in results, election experts say.

Tuesday is the deadline for the last of California’s ballots to arrive, where about 80% vote by mail and about 40% of ballots arrive after Election Day in the nation’s most populous state. These are among the factors that contribute to repeatedly delayed results.

On Sunday, it appeared that Republican mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt would fall out of contention for the general election after several days of appearing in the top two vote recipients along with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat. Another Democratic candidate, Nithya Raman, appeared to overtake Pratt for second place to face Bass in the general election. The state’s primaries allow the top two vote-getters, rather than party nominees, to advance to the general election.

California also doesn’t allow local jurisdictions to require voter ID, and allows 22 days for “curing” ballots. Curing is when a voter’s ballot needs to be corrected or clarified to count, such as fixing illegible marks on the ballot or inserting a missing signature on the ballot envelope.

Tim Pool explains it all to you.

Similar apparent flips have occured in previous elections in the state, including in races for the U.S. House of Representatives. On election night in 2024, Republican incumbent Rep. Michelle Steel was leading, but that lead turned into a loss days later as Democrat Derek Tran won the seat 22 days after the election.

That’s not suspicious at all. Perish the thought.

ATQUE: On the LA vote-counting process that is giving LA two leftist Democrats to choose from for mayor (The New Neo).

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I won’t show you the full video here, though I will link to it for the sake of providing my sources (be warned that it is horribly graphic).

I will, however, show you this brief clip of an Irishman whacking the Somali upside the head to get him off the victim.

Sura 47: 4: “So when you meet the disbelievers ?in battle?, strike ?their? necks until you have thoroughly subdued them, then bind them firmly.”

UPDATE: Video of Attempted ‘Beheading’ in Belfast by “Somali” Man Goes Viral 

Canadian Broadcast Company, a Voice of the Crust.

You might think, based on the volume of her Facebook posts, that Nieta Aqila is an Albertan who supports separation.

“I signed the Alberta independence petition” because “Canada is not a great country anymore,” an account in her name wrote in a popular Facebook group called Alberta Independence that promotes the movement and has more than 100,000 members.

In another post, Aqila said she was harassed and had rocks thrown at her as she canvassed for petition signatures.

The account’s posts have generated thousands of reactions, comments and shares in recent months as the issue heated up.

But the account owner, according to a CBC visual investigation, was posing as a Canadian and is actually a noodle merchant and content creator from Indonesia, who in some cases was just stealing content from real Albertans.

“Real Albertans”? Sounds l ike racism to me.

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Title Head of Stonehenge

Location Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7DE

Salary From £64,189 p.a. depending on skills and experience

36 hours per week

Permanent Job type Permanent Ref 16449

I’m curious as to what type of ‘skills and experience’ they’re looking for.

I suppose showing up for the interview painted with woad would be a plus….

The Register.

The US government is reportedly weighing whether to take a financial stake in AI companies, which looks a bit like negotiating for a seat on the Titanic.

Neither OpenAI nor Anthropic, the marquee brands in US AI, are profitable yet. While Anthropic may be nearer to that point if its accounting survives scrutiny, OpenAI’s $1.4 trillion in financial commitments over the next eight years have been interpreted as a red flag for investors.

This raises (at least) two questions: Should the US government be picking winners? And should the US government be picking losers?

Bernie Sanders is, of course, very happy with the government picking winners and losers—so long as they are Politically Correct winners and losers—but he’d avoid the whole problem by just stealing half of an AI company for the government rather than actually, you know, paying for it.l

Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie took to the House floor Monday to call for an investigation into Israel’s 1967 attack on an American spy ship, giving new prominence to a decades-old conspiracy theory that has become a touchstone for critics of Israel.

“It’s my great honor, maybe one of the biggest honors of my lifetime, to stand here on the floor and do something that’s 59 years overdue, to recognize the survivors and those who gave their lives on the USS Liberty,” Massie said. “Fifty-nine years ago today when they were viciously attacked by IDF jets and also after that by torpedo boats.”

The attack on the USS Liberty occurred on June 8, 1967, in the midst of Israel’s Six-Day War. The intelligence-gathering ship was stationed off the shore of the Sinai Peninsula during the conflict when it came under attack by Israeli forces, killing 34 crew members and injuring 171 more.

Israel later apologized for the attack, explaining it had mistaken the boat as Egyptian, and paid damages to the United States and the families of the victims. Multiple U.S. investigations, including by the CIA, have since determined that the attack was a mistake.

Still, the incident has become a rallying point for critics of Israel who claim the attack was deliberate and gained more adherents lately as anti-Israel sentiment has swelled. On Friday, Massie cited a host of U.S. military and intelligence officials he said had cast doubt on the outcomes of the U.S. investigations.

ATQUE: Remembering the USS Liberty – and why it still matters

‘It’s Happening Again’: Trump Reacts as Raman Overtakes Pratt in LA Mayoral Race

Lammy says he told JD Vance his Nowak comments were ‘wrong’ (Joshua Nevett/BBC)

‘Checked Out’ RFK Jr. Missing as Agency Spirals (Wiktoria Gucia/The Daily Beast)

House Democrats Plan to Investigate Trump

Maine Dems plot response if Nebraska GOP tweaks Electoral College votes (Holly Otterbein/Axios)

President Denies He Pledged Not to Start New Wars (Katie Rogers/New York Times) Innuendo: Trump is going to start more wars.

Democrats eyeing investigations, and perhaps prosecutions, of Trump officials (Mike Lillis/The Hill)

Trump drags feet on drone deal with Ukraine, mystifying experts (Ellen Mitchell/The Hill)

Congress thought it had a spy-powers deal. Then Trump came in. (Politico)  innuendo: Trump is screwing things up again.

Deep in Rural Virginia, a MAGA Pro-Gun Push Takes an Unnerving Turn (Greg Sargent/New Republic)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Pam Bondi was the worst AG in history. Until now. (Noah Berlatsky/Public Notice)  Worse than Merrick Garland? Worse than Erich Holder? I don’t think so.

Trump-Hating Pink Frets ‘State of the World,’ ‘Trans Siblings’ Losing ‘Rights’at Tony Awards

How the Drive to Find a Conspiracy Against Trump Rocked the Justice Dept. (Devlin Barrett/New York Times)  Innuendo: There is no conspiracy against Trump. Perish the thought. (There doesn’t need to be a conspiracy when everybody already knows what they need to do.

Former Biden J6 Prosecutor’s ActBlue-Funded Firm Sues To Stop Trump’s UFC White House Event

It’s Johnson’s Gavel But Trump’s House (Reese Gorman/NOTUS)  Innuendo: This is illegitimate in some vaguely sinister way.

Knicks fans warn Trump to expect hostile reception at NBA Finals game (Dan Diamond/Washington Post)

On campaign promises about foreign wars, Trump rewrites recent history (Steve Benen/MS NOW)  Innuendo: Trump is a weasel.

The Trump administration’s multiple investigations of the 2020 election may have more to do with 2026 (Votebeat)  Nothing to see here … move along … move along….

Court blocks Trump’s $100K visa fee (Kyle Cheney/Politico  We want that cheap foreign labor!

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On Monday, the Supreme Court vacated a lower court ruling that upheld Biden Energy Department regulations that would outlaw gas stoves and water heaters in Americans’ homes and require homeowners with these to either renovate their homes or switch to electric appliances.

In American Gas Association, et al. V. Dept. Of Energy, et al, the District of Columbia’s district court upheld the Biden Administration’s regulations banning the use of non-condensing appliances, effectively eliminating gas furnaces and water heaters from the marketplace.

In response, the American Gas Association, American Public Gas Association and National Propane Gas Association asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision. In their petition to the high court for a writ of certiorari, they stressed the consequences of allowing the lower court’s decision to stand.

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he Trump administration has referred more than 100 employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for suspension and debarment after investigators alleged they participated in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel or were members of Hamas-linked militant groups.

The report issued Friday by the USAID Office of Inspector General, the office overseeing U.S. foreign assistance programs, recommends that 101 individuals be placed on a governmentwide exclusion list barring them from participating in U.S.-funded foreign aid projects for 10 years.

According to the report, those identified included “UNRWA school principals, teachers, security personnel, attendants, psychosocial counselors, and medical professionals” who were found to be members of Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades or other militant organizations.

Among those cited were a “deputy school principal serving as an al-Qassam deputy company commander in the Ain Gallout/5th infantry battalion” and a “math and computer teacher” with “ties to an Al-Qassam intelligence squad.”

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Brent crude futures jumped as much as 5% to $97.83 a barrel, while WTI traded around $95 a barrel, as renewed Iran-Israel fighting threatened to unravel a fragile US-Iran ceasefire and further disrupt energy flows.

On the maritime chokepoint front, Iran-backed Houthis declared a full ban on Israeli vessels in the southern Red Sea, warning that any Israeli ship (or linked ship) will be seen as a military target.

“First: We declare a complete and total ban on maritime navigation for the Israeli enemy in the Red Sea, and we consider all enemy movements to be military targets for our Armed Forces from the moment this statement is issued,” the terror group said Monday in a statement.

The statement continued, “Second: We affirm that we will meet escalation with escalation, and that our military operations will escalate in line with events, the battle, and in conjunction with the axis of Jihad and Resistance.”

“Third: We affirm the right of our people and the peoples of our free nation to confront American-Israeli aggression, and that we will not stand idly by in the face of the unjust siege imposed on our people and the peoples of the axis of Jihad and Resistance in Palestine, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq. All enemy attempts will fail, God willing, and our operations will continue as long as the aggression and siege against us and the axis of Jihad and Resistance continue,” the statement concluded.

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But only among the reality-based community.

“It’s not the people who vote that count, it’s the people who count the votes.” – Stalin

Newsbusters.

When the polls close on Tuesday night in Maine, it’s all but guaranteed that the man who has been accused of “toxic relationships” by three woman, sexting with women outside his marriage, referred to himself as a communist, called police officers “bastards,” said rural White Americans are racist and stupid, and sported a Nazi tattoo, Graham Platner, will be the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate. The liberal media, in an effort to get out in front of this Democratic disaster, have taken to equating Platner with President Trump and Texas GOP Senate nominee, Ken Paxton. That was the case Saturday on CNN Newsroom.

ATQUE: Platner Supporters Unfazed by Allegations of Misconduct (Eliza Collins/Wall Street Journal)

ATQUE: LA voting debacle reflects a democracy in crisis (Joel Pollak/New York Post)

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Six people were injured in a stabbing inside New York’s Penn Station on Sunday evening, authorities said, less than a day before thousands of fans are expected to descend on neighboring Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

A suspect was taken into custody after the attack, which unfolded around 7 p.m. in one of the nation’s busiest transportation hubs.

I predict that it will be a Person of Color, because

Authorities did not immediately release details about what led to the stabbing or whether the victims were targeted.

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A Navy veteran is one of three men recently arrested for allegedly trying to pay more than $2,000 to a person whom they thought was a member of the Islamic State group, or ISIS, to buy rocket-propelled grenades and drones for an attack against U.S. troops overseas, officials said.

Bareen Dzayee, 25, was taken into custody on June 5 along with two other men, a Justice Department news release says. Prosecutors claim Dzayee suggested the drone attack target U.S. Special Forces, according to the Justice Department, according to the Justice Department.

Dzayee enlisted in the Navy in November 2021 and served until July 2024, reaching the rank of seaman, according to his service record, which was provided by the Navy.

After completing the service’s boot camp and Surface Warfare Engineering School in Illinois, Dzayee served on the destroyer USS John S. McCain from March 2022 to July 2024, his record says. KNSD, an NBC television station in San Diego, first reported that Dzayee had served in the Navy.

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On the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, the leader of the Virginia Senate budget conference decided to start firing on her political opponents from her fortified bunkers on the hill she has occupied, while the governor tries to take the political beach from her and her allies with covert operations.

Here’s where the fun begins.

Saturday, rather than spend time sharing stories of locals who were part of the landing operation in France 82 years ago, Senate conference leader Louise Lucas took out her social media flamethrower.

In response to a post by Sen. Scott Surovell decrying the suggestion of a “DC-style continuing resolution,” the Senate president pro tempore wrote, “we had a meeting with ‘Data Center Diva’ [Gov. Abigail Spanberger] and she agrees with ‘Amazon Don’ (House Speaker Don Scott) who doesn’t want to impact the richest corporations in America!”

The Antiplanner.

In recent posts, I’ve noted that the nation’s transit agencies are carrying far fewer riders than in 2019 and yet since that year the size of the transit bureaucracy has grown by more than 50 percent. Two MIT researchers, Vicky Yang and Levi Grenier, have offered a new explanation for such bureaucratic bloat. Instead of looking at transit, they were struck by MIT, whose faculty has grown by 9 percent and the number of students has grown by around 30 percent since 1985, but the number of administrative staff has almost tripled.