WHY SHOULD TAXPAYERS SUPPORT A TOXIC INDUSTRY THAT TURNS OUT PEOPLE WHO HATE AMERICA? Rich Students Disproportionally Play the Radical: Should We Fund Elite Universities?

Related: The Masked Mobs in our Streets.

UPDATE: Link was bad before. Fixed now. Sorry!

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: He Accused Israel of Genocide Days After Oct. 7. The University of Minnesota Tapped Him To Lead Its Genocide Studies Center.

WOEING: Fifth helium leak detected on Starliner.

JEFFREY CARTER: Jobs: It’s Complicated.

DON SURBER: Nice Try, FJB. Sacrificing Hunter won’t work.

WHY IS HIGHER EDUCATION SUCH A CESSPIT? UCLA Was Poised To Launch Its Own Investigation of Medical School Admissions—But Refused To Protect Whistleblowers From Retaliation.

SHUT UP, YOU CORRUPT HACK: Merrick Garland Pens Op-ed Declaring Criticism Of His DOJ ‘Dangerous.’

It’s only dangerous in that Garland might arrest the critics on trumped-up charges, which is what he does.

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Merrick Garland Threatens To Arrest Anyone Who Says His DOJ Is Corrupt https://t.co/jRH81jgxU9 pic.twitter.com/iUIgkYARgp

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) June 11, 2024

TRUST THE BUREAUCRACY, IT’S NON-POLITICAL: Is the Clean Water Act Enforced Less Stringently in Battleground States? A new study suggests political considerations may influence the enforcement of federal environmental law.

TIME FOR A PURGE: Mark Judge: The Crisis at the WaPo Has a Remedy. “I relive all of this because the Post has just published a massive deep dive in its new leadership and its continual financial woes. Without getting into the deep weeds of the story here are the basics: the Post has new British leadership because owner Jeff Bezos is tired of burning through $100 million a year to prop up left-wing propaganda that nobody reads. The Post staff are not happy about the new editors.”

Bezos needed the WaPo for protection. Now he’s retired and doesn’t need it anymore.

SAY ANYTHING: Stop Saying Florida Isn’t Safe for Gay People. “Florida is a gay paradise. The taxes are low, the weather is great, and the people are hot. At my local haunt, the tab is never more than $40 and they let you blast cigarettes inside. Gay bars in New York will charge you 18 bucks for a gin and tonic. That’s what real oppression looks like.”

AT THE SAME TIME, WEIRDLY, LOTS OF MONEY IS FLOWING FROM CHINA INTO OUR POLITICAL CLASS:

“In my 30 years of public service, I’ve never seen U.S. Navy readiness at such a low point. And it’s not just me. This is a widespread, bipartisan concern… CRS told me “the U.S. Navy is in its worst state for designing, building, maintaining, & crewing ships in over 40 years.” https://t.co/y8lsuaCK96

— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) June 11, 2024

OPEN THREAD: This is no one-night stand, it’s a real occasion.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: China selects new batch of astronauts with an eye on the moon.

I’M NOT SAYING THAT IT’S ALIENS, BUT IT’S ALIENS: These Mysterious Objects Still Puzzle Scientists Thousands of Years Later.

JOINING PLANET FITNESS AS A JOKE GYM:

HOLY SHLIT. Internal memo from 24 hour fitness @24hourfitness advises that BLM and pride symbols are always approved forms of “freedom of expression” but the American Flag and US logos are only allowed to be worn on Holidays.

Credit: @Carlos__Turcios pic.twitter.com/G8iPd1NmeD

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 11, 2024

WHY IS UCLA SUCH A HOTBED OF NAZI SYMPATHIES? They’re Gonna Need a Bigger Lawsuit: UCLA’s Rabbi Was Physically Assaulted Last Night.

The Chabad Rabbi of UCLA was just physically assaulted live on camera. The students subsequently began calling him a “Zionist pedophile Rabbi,” telling him to “go back to Poland.” We are in such a dark, dangerous time in our country, with almost no leadership fighting back pic.twitter.com/eZN9MysrYf

— Shabbos Kestenbaum (@ShabbosK) June 11, 2024

WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW? First-of-Its-Kind Test Can Predict Dementia up to Nine Years Before Diagnosis.

HMM: Few Americans get recommended lung cancer screening.

THE EV BUBBLE IS DEFLATING: VW Is Shifting EV Investment Dollars to Fund Further ICE Development.

NOT A RINGING ENDORSEMENT OF NEW YORKERS’ INTELLECT: New York to Require Gun Sellers to Hang Signs Saying Guns Can Be Dangerous.

SHOCKER: California’s billionaire utopia may not be as eco-friendly as advertised: A land trust claims the plan could ‘destroy some of the most self-reliant farmland’ in the state.

READER BOOK PLUG: Now out from Russell Working, The Insurrectionist.

SO BIDEN CAN’T EASILY PARDON HUNTER, BUT A RE-ELECTED TRUMP COULD, IN THE NAME OF POLITICAL PEACE. And Kathy Hochul could pardon Trump in the name of political peace, saying that the message that no one is above the law has been delivered. Just saying there’s a deal here somewhere.

THE VERY HIGHEST OF TECH ETHICS: AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent: Kids “easily traceable” from photos used to train AI models, advocates warn.

SPACE: Scientists study artificial meteor in NASA’s asteroid sample mission.