PALEONTOLOGY: Fossilized Skull Of Half Mammal, Half Reptile May Rewrite History.

The discovery of the fossilized skull of a half-mammal and half-reptile creature may rewrite ancient history, specifically regarding the timeline for the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea.

The important find follows a similar one earlier this year of a dinosaur fossil in Egypt, which also provided scientists with more clues regarding the Pangaea split.

The fossilized skull of the reptile-like mammal was unearthed in a rock from the Cretaceous period, from about 145 million to 65 million years ago. The skull itself was 130 million years old, a finding that goes against previous theories on when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up.

The discovery of the fossil likely means that the Pangaea split likely happened more recently than scientists thought. The finding also suggests that a group of reptile-like mammals bridging the transition between reptiles and mammals saw a “burst of evolution” in several continents.

The science is never settled, but it is often fascinating.

CONSIDER IT DONE! In Late-Night Plea, Roseanne Begs Fans: Do NOT Defend Me or My ‘Egregious, Indefensible’ Tweet.

HUNDREDS OF ‘INCENDIARY KITES’ HAVE ASSAULTED ISRAEL FROM ABOVE SINCE MID-APRIL.

The Guy Fawkes mask, so beloved by the far left Occupy Wall Street crowd on the Palestinian spokesman in this combined Agence France-Presse-Pallywood production is a nice touch.

LEE SMITH ON THE MYSTERIOUS PROF. JOSEPH MIFSUD, INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY: The Maltese Phantom Of Russiagate. “Although Mifsud has traveled many times to Russia and has contacts with Russian academics, his closest public ties are to Western governments, politicians, and institutions, including the CIA, FBI and British intelligence services. One of Mifsud’s jobs has been to train diplomats, police officers, and intelligence officers at schools in London and Rome, where he lived and worked over the last dozen years.”

HOW MUCH IF YOU’RE JUST FEELING A LITTLE STABBY? CA Mayor To Offer $1K/Mo Stipend To “Those Most Likely To Shoot Somebody.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: College For Everyone? Even The Left Has Doubts.

GOP DONORS REALLY NEED TO START FUNDING GLENN’S “WELCOME WAGON” IDEA: Silicon Valley tsunami? Tax plans aimed at Apple, Google could start a new wave, city leaders say.

MAKE ARMS SALES GREAT AGAIN: Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighter Poised To Become One Of America’s Biggest Exports.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, OVERCOMING-INSTITUTIONAL-DISCRIMINATION EDITION: Prof creates guide to challenging anti-male discrimination. “University of Southern California professor Kursat Christopher Pekgoz has created a guide to help others challenge academic initiatives that exclude male students. Pekgoz has already succeeded in getting the U.S. Department of Education to investigate allegedly discriminatory programs at both USC and Yale University, but says much work remains to be done at other universities. Pekgoz argues that affirmative action programs for women, while historically defensible, are no longer justified because women have constituted a majority of U.S. college students since the 1981-1982 academic year.”

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LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: Trump Blamed for Roseanne Remarks and Much, Much More. “‘The tone does start at the top, and we like to look up to our president and feel as though he reflects the values of our country,’ Jarrett says in an MSNBC special, on Tuesday night. ‘But I also think every individual citizen has a responsibility too, and it’s up to all of us to push back. Our government is only going to be as good as we make it be’.”

Chutzpah.

THIS WHOLE GENERATIONAL-REPLACEMENT THING MAYBE NOT WORKING AS PLANNED: The conservative leader at Stanford — is Susan Rice’s son.

John David Rice-Cameron can trace his conservative roots to his middle school years. Back then, his father would often have talk radio on during rides home from school or tennis practice.

“Sometimes my dad would listen to Rush Limbaugh and he would kind of argue with him,” recalls Rice-Cameron, 20, a sophomore at Stanford University. “I just found myself agreeing with basically everything Rush Limbaugh was saying.”

Rice-Cameron’s parents are Democrats. His mother, Susan Rice, served in the Obama administration, first as U.N. ambassador, then as National Security Advisor. But despite his parents’ political leanings, “they believe extensively in debate and engaging the other side and exposing people to different viewpoints,” he said.

Rice-Cameron started listening to talk radio on his own. That’s when he discovered Mark Levin, saying the firebrand pundit became his “ultimate political hero.”

“He’d talk about John Locke, and so I’d go and read some John Locke. He’d talk about John Smith, so I’d go and read John Smith. He’d talk about the Federalist Papers, and so I read those,” Rice-Cameron said. “I discovered the intellectual roots of liberty.”

Fast-forward to today, Rice-Cameron — recently described by one campus publication as “Stanford’s most outspoken political provocateur” — is taking his passion for liberty and advancing it at Stanford University, his mother’s alma mater, as president of the College Republicans.

Weird how lefties are “passionate” and righties are “provocateurs.”

GREAT MOMENTS IN MEDIA SELF-CONGRATULATION: “ABC network head praised for swift cancellation of ‘Roasanne’ after star’s tweet” reports…ABC News.

They’ve since changed the headline after CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski called them on it (perhaps they feared a doxxing), but the URL on the article remains “abc-network-head-praised-swift-cancellation-roseanne-stars.”

No word yet if newly hired Disney employee Keith Olbermann, reporting back to his old gig at sister network ESPN, has any comments, X-rated or otherwise.

COMMEMORATING THE BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD: Marines commemorate the 100th anniversary of their WWI victory. Photo taken May 27 in Belleau, France. The battle began June 2, 1918 and “was the first major offensive by American forces on the Western Front.”

UNDER PRESSURE: Lukoil puts Iran plans on hold due to threat of U.S. sanctions.

HMM: Iran Plotting With U.S. Allies to Skirt Trump’s New Sanctions.

Iranian leaders disclosed on Tuesday that they had recently held high-level meetings with European Union nations and leaders in India and Thailand to explore options for skirting new U.S. sanctions.

Iran’s efforts and the warm reception it is receiving from many nations has roiled leaders on Capitol Hill, where some lawmakers are already moving to confront these countries and ensure they face harsh repercussions for any breach of U.S. sanction law.

The State Department also is scrambling to respond to Iran’s efforts by building a counter-coalition aimed at isolating Tehran and any nation that works with Iran to skirt new U.S. sanctions, U.S. officials told the Washington Free Beacon.

Iranian Government Spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht disclosed on Tuesday that the nation’s top leaders, including Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, have met with European leaders and others in the region to discuss skirting new U.S. sanctions, which have targeted virtually every portion of Iran’s economy, including its contested nuclear and energy sectors.

This is the most dangerous anti-Trump virtue-signaling imaginable — so far, anyway.

PAUL BEDARD: 2020: Trump gains on Democrats, Stephen Miller says polls better than in 2016 win. Don’t get cocky, kid.

ROGER SIMON REPORTS FIRSTHAND ON TRUMP IN NASHVILLE LAST NIGHT.

BUT THE NARRATIVE! Great Barrier Reef Has Bounced Back from Near Extinction Five Times in the Last 30,000 Years.

Still, your SUV is to blame.

I GUESS THE WHOLE “FAMILIES ARE OFF LIMITS” THING ONLY APPLIES WHEN DEMOCRATS ARE IN THE WHITE HOUSE: ‘Ignore the Trolls!’: Ivanka Trump Hits Back After Critics Bashed Her ‘Tone-Deaf’ Photo With Son.

FINE BY ME: Turkey said to eye Russian Su-57 after US threatens to ban sale of F-35.

Turkish officials have warned that they will take retaliatory measures if Washington doesn’t fulfill orders of the stealth fighter, the first deliveries of which are expected in June, Ankara is reportedly in talks with Russia to prepare a backup option.

Yeni Safak news is reporting that Turkish officials have begun discussions about the possibility of purchasing Russia’s stealth, fifth-generation SU-57 fighter jet, should Washington renege on the F-35 deliveries. The report did not specify the level of the discussion and Ankara has yet to comment officially on the matter.

The SU-57 is still under development with the first deliveries to the Russian Air Force not expected until 2019.

Since Erdogan seems determined to align his country away from NATO and towards Moscow, perhaps he should be made to make do with Russian gear — which, starting in the First Gulf War, has failed spectacularly every time it has come up against Western troops.

UH-HUH. Netflix Exec: Productions From the Obamas Will Not Have a ‘Political Slant.’

CHANGE: GOP candidates rallying behind Trump.

Trump’s visit Tuesday to Nashville highlights the unmistakable trend: There is virtually no room between Trump and the Senate candidates hoping to maintain his Republican majority this year. And Republicans appear far more comfortable touting Trump’s leadership than Democrats do arguing against it.

Trump claimed that his sway drove Sen. Bob Corker from running for another term in Tennessee, and kept him out when he flirted with returning after all.

In his place is Rep. Marsha Blackburn, who faces only nominal opposition in August’s GOP primary. She is set to join nominees who have already emerged out of states including Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, by winning fights that centered on who the most staunch Trump loyalist would be.

It’s also telling that while Trump is primed to attack the likely Democratic candidate in Tennessee, Phil Bredesen, Bredesen is already on TV promising to “separate the message from the messenger.”

“Look, I’m not running against Donald Trump,” Bredesen said in a recent campaign ad.

I’d still feel better if the GOP Congress were busier fulfilling its promises, but this looks less and less like a blue wave.