RAVING AND DROOLING: US weighs in on Roger Waters antisemitism debate, says artist has long history of denigrating Jews.

QUESTION ASKED: Do You Remember 2005?

That was 18 years ago.

Back then, the very same ideas, expressed the very same way, earned RFK Jr. a friendly, measured spot on the nation’s hottest television program. Today, it brings him smug condescension and often vicious contempt, from The New York Times announcement of his run for president informing readers that his campaign would be “built on re-litigating Covid-19 shutdowns and shaking Americans’ faith in science” to the Center for Countering Digital Hate placing him on its “Disinformation Dozen” list and demanding that his social media accounts be blocked. “He’s a crazy conspiracy theorist,” Times opinion columnist Farhad Manjoo shot back at someone on Twitter who dared to wonder why RFK Jr. might deserve attention, the smear rolling off Manjoo’s keyboard with the ease of someone receiving talking points from the Politburo instead of doing the work of having thoughts of his own.

HILLARY CLINTON COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT: Unabomber Ted Kaczynski found dead in prison cell.

SUVS: 2024 Lexus GX First Look: The Big Luxe Box Is Back!

READER FAVORITE: Gildan Men’s Crew T-Shirts, Multipack. #CommissionEarned

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Dylan Mulvaney Now Blackmailing Corporations By Threatening To Endorse Their Products.

OOPS: Carvana Crashes Back Down to Earth.

THIS HAS BEEN WEIGHING ON MY MIND LATELY:

The American political division now seems permanent. It got worse with time and the odds of now avoiding conflict of some sort are low.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 9, 2023

PSYCHOLOGY: Women feel the pain of losses more than men when faced with risky choices, according to new research.

SPACE: Long space flights could have greater effects on astronauts’ brains.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Use of hallucinogens like mushrooms, PCP doubles among young adults, study finds.

OUT ON A LIMB: Elliot Page’s Rapid Transformation Looks Like An Alarming Cry For Help.

QED: Ellen Page was violently punching herself in the face and hearing voices in her head. A few weeks later a doctor approved her for transgender surgery.

21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: The pet I’ll never forget: I was so proud of my Sea-Monkeys – until their orgies repulsed me.

INSTITUTIONAL ROT: CUNY Law School Is Latest Front In Culture War.

THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES: Blowing Smoke Everywhere Edition.

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Trump Indicted For Keeping Classified Documents In Mar-A-Lago Instead Of Somewhere Secure Like The Trunk Of A Corvette.

Related:

I’M SURE INDICTMENTS WILL BE FORTHCOMING: New Jersey university that mismanaged COVID relief ‘likely violated federal law’: report.

GLEICHSCHALTUNG: Former police officer claims he was fired for holding conservative views.

BY DESIGN: Democracy is Dying in Darkness.

HARVARD 1, PRINCETON -1. Harvard: Faculty Fight for Academic Freedom at Harvard. “The National Association of Scholars is delighted that 52 Harvard University professors have formed a Council on Academic Freedom. This group will “advocate for the free and civil exchange of ideas on campus” by promoting the principles of free inquiry, civil discourse, and intellectual diversity. Harvard, no less than other universities, needs professors who defend intellectual freedom—and freedom in general. But because Harvard is Harvard—the oldest and most respected college in the country—the creation of the Council on Academic Freedom sends a message that will reverberate throughout American higher education.”

Princeton: Three quarters of Princeton students say it’s acceptable to shout down campus speakers they disagree with – while 16% agree with using VIOLENCE to stop a speech, after conservative judge was ambushed by Stanford Law students and dean.

BIDEN VOTERS POSTING THEIR L’S ONLINE: “Liberal Woman” Complains That It’s Hard To Find Masculine Men Who Aren’t Conservative.

@ms_petch shares something on TikTok that has made dating very difficult lately. She calls it “one of the saddest realizations” she has had recently. “As a liberal woman, it is really hard to find a man who’s willing to play the more traditional masculine role in the relationship in today’s day and age who is not a conservative,” she admits. She attributes certain characteristics to a traditional, masculine man: paying for the first date, opening the door for the woman, caring for and providing for the woman. She wants all of this in a man—as long as he’s not conservative.

“Obviously as a liberal woman, I do want to be respected for my independence and I do want to have my own autonomy in the relationship and not be conformed to the traditional female homemaker, childbearing role,” she continues. “And most of the men that I dated who do have that more natural provider masculinity about them are normally conservative.”

She is at a loss because she wants to be with a masculine man but doesn’t want to compromise her morals and values. She asks her followers if she is asking for too much when she requests a man she can be “equal” with while he still provides for her.

Smash the cultural norms! Well, maybe not that far.

WELL: Biden and ATF just created 29 million felons.

JOSH HAMMER: We Are Jews Against Soros.

I am a Jewish columnist, podcaster, and public speaker. As such, I routinely share my opinions as a basic feature of my job. I imagine some of those opinions are provocative—perhaps highly so—for a subset of the population, especially those of a left-of-center bent. Some (very) small percentage of my critics may hate me and hate my opinions because I am Jewish, but it is surely the case that the overwhelming majority of my critics disagree with me on the merits of my ideas and contributions to the public discourse. Unless I have a compelling reason to believe a specific critic is acting out of rank bigotry, I operate from a baseline presumption that the critic is not a Jew-hater, but simply disagrees with my position.

Again, this should be obvious. But for far too many, it is apparently not obvious—at least when it comes to criticism of George Soros.

Read the whole thing.

THE GRIFTERS: The SPLC Is Massively Overcounting ‘Hate’ Groups—and It’s Not Just Moms for Liberty.

But does it count itself as one? SPLC Lawyer Arrested in Atlanta Molotov Cocktail Riot, Faces Terrorism Charges.

LIFE IN THE BLUE ZONES: WaPo out with helpful “How NOT to get carjacked in D.C.” guide.