NICE TRY… NOT:

LOL too late guys https://t.co/9ZzCJmjiVl

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 10, 2025

It’s no exaggeration to say that for some of these rioters, the point is “Make California Mexico Again.”

METAPHOR ALERT: Prepping for Starship, SpaceX is about to demolish one of ULA’s launch pads.

The US Air Force is moving closer to authorizing SpaceX to move into one of the largest launch pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with plans to use the facility for up to 76 launches of the company’s Starship rocket each year.

A draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) released this week by the Department of the Air Force, which includes the Space Force, found SpaceX’s planned use of Space Launch Complex 37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral would have no significant negative impacts to local environmental, historical, social, and cultural interests. The Air Force also found SpaceX’s plans at SLC-37 will have no significant impact on the company’s competitors in the launch industry.

The Defense Department is leading the environmental review and approval process for SpaceX to take over the launch site, which the Space Force previously leased to United Launch Alliance, one of SpaceX’s chief rivals in the US launch industry. ULA launched its final Delta IV Heavy rocket from SLC-37 in April 2024, a couple of months after the military announced SpaceX was interested in using the launch pad.

Ground crews are expected to begin removing Delta IV-era structures at the launch pad this week. Multiple sources told Ars demolition could begin as soon as Thursday.

Exit quote: “SpaceX may soon have up to nine active launch pads. Most competitors have one or two.”

NEVER USE A SECRET WEAPON FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SOMETHING SMALL-SCALE: How the Rioters Blew It. “Sunday’s Waymo incident let the cat out of the bag too soon.”

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PERFECT: Greta Thunberg and friends on intercepted ‘selfie yacht’ will be forced to watch ‘video of the horrors’ of Oct. 7, Israel says.

Israel Defense Forces captured and boarded the Madleen, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, after the Swedish activist and the others on board tried to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip — just hours after Israeli officials demanded they call off the stunt.

“I congratulate the IDF for the quick and safe takeover of the ‘Madleen’ flotilla to prevent them from breaking the blockade and reaching the shores of Gaza,” Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said on X.

“I instructed the IDF to show the flotilla passengers the video of the horrors of the October 7 massacre when they arrive at the port of Ashdod,” he wrote.

Hamas was proud enough of their handiwork to film it; their supporters should have to endure watching it.

EVERY GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TENDS TO BE A LEFTIST MONEY LAUNDRY/INDOCTRINATION PROGRAM: 75% of Truman Scholars involved in liberal politics a decade later, analysis finds.

#JOURNALISM:

The Washington Post. pic.twitter.com/d6XXGdW7Af

— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) June 10, 2025

HMM: Marjorie Taylor Greene Mulls Her Next Move Amid Georgia GOP Convention Buzz.

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HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: LA college faculty member encourages students to attend anti-ICE protest amid violent riots.

ACCOUNTABIULITY: Trump admin investigates University of Wyoming for allowing male to join sorority.

WHO PAYS FOR THESE?

🚨 WTF? PAID-FOR "bionic shields" are being trucked in for the Los Angeles rioters.

These cost around $60, each…and there are BOXES and BOXES of them being handed out.

"That's not the kind of thing that you buy in bulk if you don't plan on doing something with it…"

They… pic.twitter.com/p3E9HwcpHf

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 10, 2025

From the replies: “These masks aren’t your average gear. They’re marketed for extreme environments—dust, smoke, even chemical exposure. Perfect for a riot. You don’t gear up like this for a peaceful protest.”

They’re gearing up to provoke violence and blame Trump.

UPDATE: The administration is following the money trail.

.@FBIDirectorKash: The FBI is investigating any and all monetary connections responsible for these riots. pic.twitter.com/04Cd3o8r4g

— Erica Knight (@_EricaKnight) June 10, 2025

ENDORSED: Taking Government Out of GDP.

The latest Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows a net decrease from Q4 2024. This net decrease “primarily reflected an increase in imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, and a decrease in government spending…partly offset by increases in investment, consumer spending, and exports.”

The choice of phrasing can lead to some misunderstanding. Imports are subtracted from GDP as a matter of accounting, not because they hurt economic growth. Investment, consumption, and government spending already include imported goods so imports are subtracted from GDP calculations to avoid double counting.

Conversely, government spending is treated as a boon to economic growth while the cost of government spending is ignored. Government spending gets paid for through taxation, taking on debt, and/or printing money, all of which are a cost upon ordinary Americans.

It’s time our measures of economic growth reflect some hard truths: that government spending comes at a cost to our standard of living and that the economy grows despite government intervention, not because of it.

Politicians love including government spending as part of GDP because it allows them to do the most atrocious things and claim they’re “helping.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Greta Thunberg Is Back in the News but She’s Not Riots. “Who knew that the world’s most notorious delinquent — Greta Thunberg — would one day be welcome relief from the rest of the news cycle?”

MIKE JOHNSON TAKE NOTE:

🚨 The Minnesota State House has officially adjourned its special session Sine Die.

• Largest tax cut in state history
• No new taxes
• Repealed free healthcare for illegals

Minnesota Republicans did all of this with a 67-67 tied House—no majorities.

Absolutely remarkable. pic.twitter.com/qbS84CDiOV

— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) June 10, 2025

EUROPE IS NOT SERIOUS: NATO chief’s speech was meant as a call to arms, but it was also a shameful admission for the alliance.

For all the stark warnings and ominous predictions made by the head of NATO today, one key fact remained unmentioned.

The West is still funding the Russian war effort to the tune of billions by buying oil and gas, funnelling vast amounts into an economy that is now fully militarised.

Russian gas exports to Europe went up by 20% last year and its LNG exports to the EU are now at record levels.

Vladimir Putin’s Russia is now making more money from selling fossil fuels than Ukraine receives from allies.

NATO’s secretary general Mark Rutte did not mention any of that. But he did spell out what Russia is doing with all that hydrocarbon revenue.

It is using it to put its economy onto a war footing that is now pumping out munitions at a rate that puts the West to shame, to the extent Russia could have the capability to take on NATO in three to five years, according to Mr Rutte.

Previously: Putin Has Retooled Russia’s Economy to Focus Only on War.

In the early stages of the war, the Russian president put the country on a footing for a long conflict. Putin retooled the economy to churn out record numbers of tanks and howitzers, while using sizable signing bonuses of up to a year’s salary to raise a massive army. At one point, more than a thousand recruits were signing up each day to fight.

This increase saved Moscow from the initial losses it suffered after failing to quickly capture Kyiv three years ago. Now it is helping Russian forces advance westward again, taking more than 100 square miles in the past month. The gains have given Putin the latitude to slow walk peace negotiations and shrug off direct talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, despite growing European pressure and Trump’s own exasperation with the lack of progress in ending the war.

But if or when Putin is ready to make peace, unwinding his military buildup could prove a trickier task.

Particularly if his interests don’t involve unwinding his military buildup.

In either case, Europe has had more than three years to get serious, and they are still almost all talk.

LOL, ANA NAVARRO: Ana Navarro: Trump, National Guard Are Setting A ‘Trap’ To Force Latinos Into Violence. “Force.”

Related:

The racial group with which Trump has the highest approval rating, at 63 percent, is…Hispanics.

It's ceasing to be a narrative violation that as the salience of deportations increases, his popularity with Hispanics grows.

This is just what they want. https://t.co/QFjtEGNAPx

— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) June 9, 2025

UPDATE:

The energy has shifted. Massively. Normies are calling for mass deportations now

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) June 10, 2025

ICYMI: Saint Gavin Would Like His Martyrdom Now, Please.

I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER BARACK OBAMA TELLING US THAT THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN IN OTHER COUNTRIES: School shooting in Austria leaves at least eight people dead.

HAHA: That Was Quick: Democrats Postpone ‘Sista Soulja Moment’ To Defend Illegal Immigrants and Rioters Waving Mexican Flags on Burning Cars.

MICHAEL WALSH: The Thunbergian Unified Field Theory of Revolution.

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BLUE CITY BLUES: Microsoft pulls major tech conference from Seattle over crime, drug use, homelessness. “According to an internal email obtained by journalist Jonathan Choe of the Discovery Institute, Visit Seattle—the city’s official tourism and marketing organization—was informed that Microsoft will cancel its 2026 event and release all future holds for the conference in Seattle. The email, titled “DEFINITE BOOKING CANCELLATION NOTICE,” said the decision was heavily influenced by the experience of company leadership and attendees walking the downtown core between the Hyatt Regency and the Arch Building on 8th Street.”

That’s some choice real estate — or at least it used to be.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Friends With Benefits: Stacey Abrams Funneled $20 Million to Her Lawyer.

CALIFORNIA IS SHORT ON GROWNUPS: Is Donald Trump the Only Adult in the Room? Here’s What He’s Really Doing in L.A.