JUDGE CANNON GRANTS JOSH BLACKMAN PERMISSION TO ENTER AN ORAL ARGUMENT in the Trump document case.

Here’s his motion and brief as amicus curiae in support of Trump’s motion to dismiss the indictment. Seth Barrett Tillman coauthored these papers.

WELL, YES. HE’S A CORRUPT PARTISAN HACK. Don’t Praise Merrick Garland — Impeach Him.

Flashback: Merrick Garland has proved himself unfit for Supreme Court — but he shouldn’t be AG either.

STANDARDS: Jamaal Bowman’s Onetime Ally Endorses His Primary Challenger, Citing Horror at Bowman’s Israel Views.

TED BALAKER: How the Monoculture Made “Super Size Me”: Morgan Spurlock’s Untimely Death and Gatekeepers’ Refusal to Call Out Film Fakery.

JEFFREY CARTER: “The Trump verdict isn’t about justice. Instead, it was a blatant attempt to destabilize the nation further.”

BUT NOT THE ABILITY: Experts Have Many Reasons To Stop Publicly Discrediting Themselves.

Flashback: The Suicide of Expertise.

70th PERCENTILE DOESN’T SUCK, THOUGH: GPT-4 Didn’t Ace The Bar Exam After All, MIT Research Suggests.

CHINA IS GETTING HARDER TO TELL FROM THE U.S.:

He just stood there. Thats all he did.
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This is an international financial centre?
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This is the government @u_nebraska @@UNLincoln @Huskers are soliciting? https://t.co/i29xi9Rx5o

— Mark Simon (@MarkSimonHK) June 3, 2024

SOME PARTS OF AMERICA STILL WORK: SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities. Plus: “The passive fairing half for this mission recently supported a Starlink mission launch on May 22 — less than two weeks ago — marking our fastest launch-to-launch turnaround for fairing refurbishment and reuse.”

IF YOU WERE TRYING TO DIVIDE AND WEAKEN AMERICA WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION? How a woke military has created a recruiting crisis — and put Americans in danger.

THE WAGES OF WOKENESS:

Police who tackled the Hainault sword attacker feared being investigated by their “bureaucratic” watchdog, the Met commissioner has disclosed, as he warned that officers were losing the confidence to keep the public safe https://t.co/cs1cy7Lm8u

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 4, 2024

OPEN THREAD: You don’t have to dance for me, I’ve seen you dance before.

WELL, THE MAN IS TRYING TO KEEP HIM DOWN, JUST LIKE IF HE WERE A BLACK MAN:

BREAKING: Black Panthers founding member David Hilliard is backing Donald Trump for president, calling him an “ally of the black population.” pic.twitter.com/cVsDk0v0b0

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) June 4, 2024

Fight the power.

UPDATE:

@jessebwatters Why is Black America turning to Trump? Black voters explain #news ♬ original sound – Jesse Watters

THE NEW SPACE RACE: Chang’e-6: Moon samples collected and launched into lunar orbit.

IT’S SCHEDULED FOR 10:52 AM TOMORROW. Boeing Starliner’s first astronaut mission scheduled to launch Wednesday.

WE’VE KNOWN THIS FOR DECADES: Randomized Trial Finds Circumcised Men Are Less Likely to Get HIV. “Previous research has shown male circumcision is associated with lower rates of several sexually transmitted infections, including syphilis and chancroid. Studies also suggest heterosexual men who are circumcised face a lower risk of contracting HIV.”

IMPERTURBABLE:

Nigel Farage had a milkshake thrown at him this afternoon as he relaunched the Reform party’s election campaign in Clacton

Read more on our live blog ⬇️https://t.co/2u2XvNBVFl pic.twitter.com/qIiiN6E640

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 4, 2024

🥤 'My milkshake brings all the people to the rally', announces Nigel Farage.

And @timothy_stanley agrees that the incident brought all the excitement to the seafront.

Read what else Tim had to say about Farage's launch in Clacton ⤵️https://t.co/aQwrn2a3uT pic.twitter.com/LQmRWaMCtq

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 4, 2024

ANOTHER CONSPIRACY THEORY GOES MAINSTREAM: Covid vaccines may have helped fuel rise in excess deaths.

SADLY, JUST IN FOSSIL FORM, NOT PRESERVED IN SOME LOST VALLEY SOMEWHERE: Prehistoric Puzzle Piece: Scientists Discover New Species of Dinosaur in Zimbabwe.

NICK GILLESPIE: Tank Man and the Unfulfilled Promise of Tiananmen Square: The heroism of the still-unidentified protester helped destroy authoritarian rule in so many countries, but not his own. “Suffice it to say that China is not only not free yet, but it’s less free than it was just a decade ago.”

JONATHAN HAIDT, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Mental disorders may spread in young people’s social networks.

For that matter, Glenn Reynolds call your office! Oh, wait, that’s me.

NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS PROMISED:

Today, 14 years ago, SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 9 for the first time (June 4, 2010) pic.twitter.com/xVf2JbNxcn

— Dima Zeniuk (@DimaZeniuk) June 4, 2024

Median latency for Starlink Internet in the US will get below 20ms https://t.co/aNHloNHEiP

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 3, 2024

21ST CENTURY MARKETING: Nestlé plans to sell a line of frozen meals, called Vital Pursuit, marketed toward people taking GLP-1 drugs and other weight loss interventions.

DOC SEARLS: The People’s AI. “People need their own AIs. Personally and collectively. We won’t get them from Anthropic, Apple, Google, OpenAI, Meta, or Microsoft. Not even from Apple. All those companies will want to provide AIaaS: AI as a Service, rather than AI that’s yours alone. Or ours, collectively.”

I’d like to own all my devices and software.

LEFTISTS OUTRAGED THAT SHE’S NOT FOLLOWING ORDERS: After 1,000 complaints in one week, court no longer accepting ‘orchestrated’ complaints about judge in Trump’s Florida case.