SO KINDA LIKE THE BABY FORMULA, THEN: Where’s the beef? Held back by the USDA.

FLASHBACK: Elitist environmentalists hate the working class. “As the United States faces skyrocketing oil, gas and electricity prices, the obvious solution is to drill for more oil and gas and build more generating plants. Naturally, that’s off the table because the people who are being hurt most aren’t the ones who set the agenda.”

Plus: “No one is thinking about the little people. Why should they? Who’s going to make them?”

INDEED: An Armed Society Might Not Be a Polite Society but It’s Definitely More Dangerous for Criminals.

SOMETHING BREWING IN CHINA: At the Daily Gouge, Thom McKee compiles a dozen headlines and some provocative analysis that taken together suggest things are not so happy in the land of the Red Dragon.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Kathy Hochul’s New York Sent $600 Million in No-Bid COVID Contracts to Dem Megadonor’s Company.

VIRGINIA POSTREL: Why are Democrats losing working-class voters they thought were a sure thing? Maybe because the party offers them neglect, stagnation, and expensive gasoline.

Hey, they also offer gender-reassignment surgery for kids!

DEAL OF THE DAY: Men’s Slim AirTag Wallet with Money Clip. #CommissionEarned

ANALYSIS: TRUE. The Commercial Economy Is Vital to Cislunar Development. “Today, TechFreedom filed comments in response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) Request for Information (RFI) on a national science and technology strategy for U.S. activities in cislunar space (the region beyond geostationary orbit and out to the vicinity of the Moon). In our comments, we note the technical standards, research, and development the U.S. government should prioritize to help advance a robust, cooperative, and sustainable ecosystem in cislunar space over the next 10 to 50 years.”

The comments are here. OSTP’s Request For Information is here.

WOW: SpaceX is now launching 10 rockets for every one by its main competitor.

But this year, SpaceX has taken its cadence to another level, with a mix of payloads including its Starlink satellites, crew and cargo missions for NASA, Department of Defense missions, and commercial satellites. As of Monday, the Falcon 9 rocket has launched every 6.4 days this year and has lofted nearly 300,000 kg into low Earth orbit. This is considerably more than every other country and company in the world combined. Two more Starlink launches are likely this week.

SpaceX has also continued to push the boundaries of reuse. In the last month, the company flew three different first stages on its 13th flights. SpaceX officials say they have gathered enough data about reusing these first-stage cores that, for now, there seem to be no showstoppers to preclude flying many more missions each.

To put this cadence into perspective, consider the flight rate of SpaceX’s main US-based competitor, United Launch Alliance. Counting both its Delta and Atlas fleets, ULA launched its last 31 rockets from March 19, 2017, to the present day. That’s a cadence of one launch every 64 days.

Actually, SpaceX has launched about the same number of rockets that ULA has during those two timeframes. They’ve just launched each one a bunch more times.

ADMISSION: Biden economic adviser: Of course we’re disincentivizing oil and gas production!

HOW IT STARTED: Next mayor wants NYC to be even more of a ‘sanctuary’ for illegal immigrants.

Every single one of the eight Democrats running for mayor vowed to protect illegal immigrants from deportation, solidifying the Big Apple’s often infamous status as a “sanctuary city.”

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Entrepreneur Andrew Yang, the son of legal Taiwanese immigrants, said, “I appreciate anyone who comes to this country or New York City for a better life.”

And Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said migrants were his neighbors growing up in Queens.

“My mother worked two jobs to provide for the six of us and we had a group of undocumented residents that lived in our community,” Adams said.

The other candidates — city comptroller Scott Stringer, former Obama housing secretary Shaun Donovan and nonprofit leader Dianne Morales — also voiced their support for the Big Apple as a sanctuary city.

—The New York Post, June 2nd, 2021.

How it’s going: Texas Bussing Migrants: NYC Mayor Says City Being Overwhelmed.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday demanded the federal government help pay for what he said was a wave of asylum seekers pouring into the city, claiming its safety net was being strained by busloads of people coming from border states and elsewhere.

Adams’ comments echo those of Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who took to national TV Sunday morning to say her city’s homeless shelters were filling up because of buses being sent en masse to the city from Texas and Arizona.

But as opposed to D.C., the problem in New York City is exacerbated by its “right to shelter” mandate, which means any homeless asylum seeker who comes to town, by any means, has to be put in a bed somewhere.

“Currently, New York City is experiencing a marked increase in the number of asylum seekers who are arriving from Latin America and other regions. In some instances, families are arriving on buses sent by the Texas and Arizona governments, while in other cases, it appears that individuals are being sent by the federal government,” Adams said in a statement, adding that more than 2,800 asylum seekers had entered the shelter system in recent weeks.

But the offices of both Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey denied Adams’ claim, saying in separate statements that they were in fact sending asylum seekers to Washington — but not to New York City.

—WNBC, NBC’s Manhattan affiliate, yesterday.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. The Good Samaritan With A Gun In Indiana Serves To Refute Four Common Gun Control Myths.

NEWS SOME OF US CAN USE:  The Physics of a Supportive Bra Explained.

WHINERS: According to the Media, It’s Unfair for Biden’s Polling to Reflect Economic Woes.

WHO CAN BLAME THEM? Study: Many first responders show low trust in COVID-19 vaccine, government.

HAPPILY, THE US POWER GRID IS ROBUST AND RELIABLE, NOT EMPLOYING FADDISH UNPROVEN POWER SOURCES:  35 million under heat alerts as dangerous temps scorch the central US.

What? This land in Florida? I assure you it’s most certainly not a swamp!

WHY, IT’S ALMOST AS IF BEING SOFT ON CRIME ENCOURAGES MORE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY!  Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz blames Dem-run cities for store closures.

NOT YET THE 21ST CENTURY I’VE BEEN EXPECTING:  Paralyzed man marvels at medical miracle: ‘I wiggled my toes’.

But we’re getting closer!

THE PROBLEM WITH RACIALLY SPOILED ADMISSIONS:  Law Professor David Bernstein on Racial Classifications.

In the end, the only race we can be sure is human. (And sometimes… Looks at the Mayor of Chicago. Yeah.)

DREAMS OF REMAKING HUMANITY ARE LIKELY TO TURN INTO NIGHTMARES: Perchance To Dream.

PUSH HARDER:  Pushback: PA school board settles lawsuit and will pay $300K for censoring critics.

ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT ST. GEORGE FLOYD OF FENTAMINE:  The meltdown this time.

AIN’T THAT THE TRUTH:  It’s a long way to temporary.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER:  George Soros Gave Beto a Campaign Donation of $1 Million on June 23.

ON TOP OF ALL, SHE’S A TERRIBLE ACTRESS:  AOC Fakes Wearing Handcuffs as Police Escort Her Away From SCOTUS.