WHO ON EARTH COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS? Seattle Implodes After Defunding The Police.

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: Jonathan Turley: New York Attorneys Accused of Firebombing Police Car Given Generous Plea Deal. “Notably, Rahman and Mattis pleaded guilty last year to one count of possessing and making an explosive device, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. Now, however, they will be allowed to withdraw the earlier plea and instead plead guilty to conspiring to assemble the Molotov cocktail and damage the New York Police Department patrol car. That is a nosebleed of a drop in the severity and punishment for this violent attack. It is a sharp contrast to the harsh position taken by the Biden Justice Department on many of those accused of rioting on January 6th. Attorney General Merrick Garland cited the threat to police officers in pledging an unprecedented effort to charge and convict those involved ‘on any level’ in the riot.”

Oh and speaking of January 6th: “Jan 6 committee has split behind the scenes over what actions to take after public hearings: Some members want big changes on voting rights — [including] to abolish the Electoral College — while others are resisting proposals to overhaul the election system.”

JIM TREACHER: WaPo Is a Kindergarten — With all apologies to actual kindergarteners. “The journos are out of control. They’ve always behaved like spoiled children, but now they’ve run out of outside targets and are turning on each other. As more and more Americans tune them out, they’re destroying their own industry from within. Tee-hee!”

TAIL GUNNER JOE: THE NEXT GENERATION. Awww: Joe Biden Is Angry That He’s Now More Unpopular Than Donald Trump.

Related: “I see the contrast coming into view. Joe Biden is making Jimmy Carter look like a good president.”

(Classical reference in headline.)

JEFF DUNETZ: June 6, 1944 D-Day: The Day That Saved The World.

BIDEN VOTERS POSTING THEIR L’S ONLINE: ‘Even Cardi Misses Trumponomics:’ Cardi B Wants To Know When ‘They’ Will Announce The Recession.

Flashback: Joe Biden, President Of Cardi B(abylon). Biden gave Cardi B (whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar) an interview (of sorts) that was published by Elle magazine on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in August of 2020.

IT’S COME TO THIS: New York magazine defends Chesa Boudin, son of jailed Weather Underground radicals: The Limits of San Francisco Liberalism. If Chesa Boudin is recalled, it will be because his city has never been its left-wing caricature.

Modern San Francisco, unlike New York, does not rest on the legacy of a social-democratic state forged with New Deal largesse. There are no Fiorello La Guardias or Robert Wagners lurking in the city’s history. From 1912 to 1963, only Republicans governed San Francisco, and they were largely backers of big business who could occasionally draw support from organized labor. The first nonwhite person to win an election in 20th-century San Francisco, Willie Brown, did not enter office until 1965. Despite San Francisco’s reputation as a liberal nirvana, proud progressive governance came and went quickly. George Moscone was assassinated along with Harvey Milk in 1978. Art Agnos, another liberal Democrat, lost his reelection bid to Frank Jordan, a Democratic former police chief, in 1991.

A right-leaning, if conventional, business Establishment held great sway over San Francisco politics until tech, with its billions, subsumed much of it in the 21st century. Tech money is more formidable than anything a local developer or bank could deploy. Silicon Valley employees, drawn from across America and now fully settled into San Francisco, are an influential slice of the electorate, directly replacing working-class votes. To them, homelessness is more an aesthetic annoyance than a humanitarian catastrophe. Among wealthy San Franciscans, the indignity is tangible — if an extraordinary price is going to be paid to live in Presidio Heights or the Marina District, how can visible poverty be imposed on such a supposedly idyllic lifestyle?

As Jim Treacher likes to say:

For New York magazine, that’s true even in a city that hasn’t elected a Republican mayor since 1963.

In 1970, when Tom Wolfe was a contributor at the then-embryonic New York magazine, he wrote “Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny’s,” his classic article excoriating Leonard Bernstein and other wealthy New Yorkers’ dalliance with corrosive far left politics. Today’s New York magazine has now become what Wolfe once satirized:

GOODER AND HARDER, CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles DA Gascon’s office lands 5-month probation camp sentence for teen who mowed down mom and infant.

As New York Times owner Tom Cotton wrote in December: Recall, Remove & Replace Every Last Soros Prosecutor.

I STARTED A JOKE, WHICH STARTED THE WHOLE WORLD CRYING: Cam Harless: No one should be punished for retweeting my jokes. Dave Weigel, Felicia Sonmez, the Washington Post and me.

Coming out isn’t easy.

It especially isn’t easy when you have to sit your wife and five children down and reveal that you are, in fact, an incel.

I’m not sure which orphanage to send the children to, but I’m sure they’ll understand that that the screeching Bezos-funded blue checks on Twitter know what they’re talking about.

Here’s what happened: I tweeted what turned out to be an old joke on Wednesday June 1. “Every girl is bi,” it said. “You just have to figure out if it’s polar or sexual.” I thought it was the perfect little bit of wordplay to end the first day of Pride Month. And the internet agreed.

And then Dave Weigel hit the retweet button. This is the Post’s moment to replicate the New York Times’ staffers’ meltdown over Tom Cotton’s op-ed in 2020. And it’s been fantastic to see the proof that the Post employs just as many crybully leftists as their rival at the other end of the Northeast Corridor.

Related: The Washington Post Is Having a Bad Year… This Week.

DALLAS MORPHED INTO THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC SO SLOWLY, I HARDLY EVEN NOTICED: Yes, Real Men Still Exist: Watch Them Stand Up for Children Being Dragged Into Dallas Grooming Event.

THE STRUGGLE (SESSION) IS REAL: Washington Post reporters continue airing their grievances with one another on Twitter.

Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez continued to complain about her colleagues on Sunday morning after a retweet engulfed the newsroom in controversy on Friday.

Sonmez shared screenshots from what she described as public attacks against her by fellow Washington Post reporter Jose A. Del Real.

“When women stand up for themselves, some people respond with even more vitriol. Last night, a Post colleague publicly attacked me for calling out another colleague’s sexist tweet. He first hid any replies objecting to his attacks, and now seems to have deleted his account,” Sonmez tweeted.

Sonmez was referring to Del Real’s tweet, where he criticized her for airing her grievances with colleagues in public.

“Felicia, we all mess up from time to time. Engaging in repeated and targeted public harassment of a colleague is neither a good look nor is it particularly effective. It turns the language of inclusivity into clout chasing and bullying. I don’t think this is appropriate,” Del Real tweeted.

The turmoil at the Washington Post began when reporter David Weigel retweeted a joke that mocked women

“Fantastic to work at a news outlet where retweets like this are allowed!” Sonmez reacted.

Del Real has upped the victimhood stakes, however:

Glennwald’s whole thread on what he calls the “Weekend drama at Robin D’Angelo Junior High“ is well worth a read.

As the struggle session plays out: WashPost Caught Stealth Editing Taylor Lorenz Lies About Comment Requests.

OKAY, GROOMERS: ‘This is satanic:’ Shocking videos from ‘Drag the Kids to Pride’ event at Texas gay bar show children handing money to drag queen dancers.

LET’S GO BRANDON! Al-Qaida enjoying a haven in Afghanistan under Taliban, UN warns.

IT’S COME TO THIS: Burger King Austria’s new Pride Whoppers have two tops and two bottoms and Gay Twitter™ has thoughts.

SCENES FROM A STRUGGLE SESSION: No one should be punished for retweeting my jokes. Dave Weigel, Felicia Sonmez, the Washington Post and me. “Now, I don’t know Mr. Weigel. Although I doubt he’s a sexist, I do question the strength of his spine at this point.”

WATCH: Queen Elizabeth Charms in New ‘Tea Party’ Video With Paddington Bear.

When Paddington Bear takes tea with the Queen. Exquisite. One to watch on repeat (and finally after 70 years we find what the Queen keeps in her handbag…)
❤️💙🤍#PlatinumJubilee pic.twitter.com/jbXB69WFc5

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) June 4, 2022

JON GABRIEL: Hey, Team Biden, the problem isn’t your political messaging. It’s reality.

In five months, 13 Democratic senators and 191 Democratic representatives face their angry constituents at the ballot box. Some of them likely wonder why they didn’t join the 32 Dems opting for retirement instead.

The midterms are looking rough for Team Donkey. Very rough. And most of the troubles come straight from the top. While President Biden isn’t up for reelection this year, he’ll likely be responsible for ending a lot of careers this November.

Inflation is soaring, economists are warning of a recession, and moms still can’t find baby formula. Meanwhile, Biden is baffled about why voters are so upset with him.

His polling numbers have hit their lowest point in his presidency, with just 40% of voters approving of his performance, according to the RealClearPolitics average. And it could get worse; the Reuters/Ipsos poll has him at 36%.

An anonymous tipster compared Biden’s polls to the last guy. “He’s now lower than Trump, and he’s really twisted about it,” the person close to the White House said.

Don’t get cocky. As Glenn has written, “If you want to win, donate and volunteer. Winning takes work, and commenting on Internet blogs, even this one, doesn’t count.”

DIVE FOR THE FAINTING COUCHES! What Is a Woman Sends the Movie Critics Running for the Hills.

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Amber Heard Lands Endorsement Deal With Charmin Toilet Paper.

ELON MUSK ASKS A QUESTION:

CRISES BY DESIGN: Chase Bank’s Jamie Dimon says the megabank is bracing itself for an economic ‘hurricane.’

JUNE 4: Thirty third anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre.

SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” IS NOW MUSCLING IN ON ELIZABETH WARREN’S TERRITORY: AOC recalls being awakened to her ‘indigenous heritage.’

GREAT MOMENTS IN POLICE “REFORM:” Washington state drivers don’t have to pull over for the cops anymore, so they aren’t.

SNOWFALLS ARE NOW JUST A THING OF THE PAST: Throw a Net Over Her: Climate Lunatic Ties Herself to Net at French Open.

Doomsday prophets warning that “the end is near” used to be rare and fringy; now they’re cutting-edge climate activists. On Friday, during the third set at the French Open tennis tournament as Norway’s Casper Ruud led Croatia’s Marin Cilic 4-1, the match was interrupted for fifteen minutes. Just as Ruud was about to serve, he instead watched incredulously as a “climate activist,” that is, a brainwashed lunatic, ran onto the court and tied herself by the neck to the net, to save the planet or something.

This comes just days after another “climate activist” at the Louvre in Paris jumped up from a wheelchair in front of shocked crowds and tried to smash the bulletproof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s renowned Mona Lisa, finally settling for smearing the glass with cake. With all this hardcore climate activism going on, how can the planet avoid being saved?

At the French Open, the protester, a young woman (not that I’m a biologist) who looked to be in her twenties sat stone-faced at the net until security personnel cut her loose. While the hysteria was in full swing, the tennis players returned to their dressing rooms, where there were no “climate activists” around to do insane things.

The clock has started on the latest not-so-final-countdown. To be fair though, if the world does come to an end 2.8 years from now, it will be much more likely to be Brandon or Putin’s fault than global warming.

(Classical reference in headline.)