DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES:
New York State celebrates the 250th by trying to force Catholic nuns to use 'preferred pronouns':
"The sisters have received three letters from the state’s health department, in effect, explaining that they’re not complying with provisions of a “Bill of Rights for LGBTQIA+ New… pic.twitter.com/rCRTbmgzCf
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) June 29, 2026
EVERYTHING IS STUPID AND/OR CRAZY: California Dems Solve a Fictional Water Crisis by Taxing Wine.
I ORDERED ANOTHER GROSS OF UNEXPECTEDLIES: Murphy backs $25 minimum wage bill.
“I think our party should have bigger ideas. I put one on the table last week, a $25 minimum wage. And I think we do have to have answers for the way in which corporations and billionaires are taking over and corrupting our politics,” Murphy said during an appearance on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”
“So I do think that there is somewhat of a trend that candidates who are confronting concentrated corporate power in a meaningful way are winning. And I think that that is something that the Democratic Party should pay attention to,” he added.
Murphy introduced the Living Wage For All Act on Thursday, which would implement a $25 federal wage floor by 2032, while giving other businesses until 2039 to do so. Pay would increase from $7.25 to $12.00 in the first year.
They should set the minimum wage at one million dollars. Then everyone could put in a couple hours flipping burgers at McDonald’s and retire.
SUICIDAL EMPATHY, “PRIDE” EDITION:
A hybrid Trans/Palestinian flag. Like it's a thing. https://t.co/zhPJvdxRpC
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) June 28, 2026
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Good News — Open Borders Loons Had Rough One Last Week. “Brandon Gill is emerging as a powerful voice for the GOP. He is only 32 and has been in office just over 18 months, but he routinely runs circles around his Democratic counterparts. He conducts himself with the poise of someone who’s been in Congress for decades. While the Dems’ youth movement is lurching off a commie cliff, the future of the Republican part is bright indeed with Gill waiting in the wings behind Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.”
Soros Family Pours $103 Million Into Midterms.George Soros and his son Alex have steered roughly $102.8 million into the 2026 midterm cycle, the bulk of it routed through the family-controlled Democracy PAC, putting the clan atop The Washington Post’s tally of individual donors and on pace to eclipse the elder Soros’ $128 million record from 2022 with more than four months still to go before November.
The mechanics tell the real story.
Only $793,800 of the cycle’s contributions sit under George Soros’ own name in Federal Election Commission filings.
The rest, about $102 million, ran through Democracy PAC, the super PAC the family launched in 2020 to consolidate its federal political spending.
Of that, $52 million arrived via Geosor, the private corporation in the elder Soros’ name, and $50 million via Fund for Policy Reform, the nonprofit whose tax filings list Alex Soros as director.
Alex Soros added another $140,525 in personal contributions.
That structure is legal but consequential.
One consequence is that Democrats always talk about confiscating billions from Musk, but never Soros.
WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT…:
It's a well-observed feature of every genocide through history that victims were extremely upset at being denied the opportunity to work for people trying to murder them. https://t.co/q9LEL3jr8E
— LoLNothingMatters (@DastDn) June 28, 2026
ROBERT SPENCER: You May Have Been Wild in College, But You Weren’t As Wild As This Dem Rep. “While she was busy doling out other people’s money for fetish parties, Gluesenkamp Perez apparently couldn’t meet her own expenses.”
HISTORY REPEATS… KINDA: Fujimori Wins Peru Presidency (Note: This Is Not A Repeat From 1995). “The headline ‘Fujimori Wins in Peru’ might leave some readers wondering which decade they’ve woken into, but the Fujimori in this case is daughter Keiko rather than father Alberto.”
AND SADLY PREDICTABLE:
Extremely troubling https://t.co/Q1oycsMAL6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 29, 2026
From Peter Ingemi in the replies: “50 years ago you could legitimately blame the white minority for people’s state after more than a quarter century in charge it rings a tad hollow.”
TEMPORARY, THEY KEEP USING THAT WORD: Brandon Gill Shows How Dems Used Temporary Protected Status to Change Red States.
THE (LACK OF) RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES:
Leftists claimed Elon Musk could end world hunger for only 6 Billion dollars, and then Mackenzie Scott spent 4 times that amount and it didn't do anything to solve world hunger. https://t.co/4PL6eh0hwa
— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) June 28, 2026
But just think of how many otherwise unemployable NGO-types that Scott provided make-work for.
INTRODUCING THE LEFT’S NEXT WOULD-BE MARTYR: The Last Ride of Da’Quain Johnson. “De’Quain Johnson was 32 years old when he was fatally shot by police around 9:30 p.m. February 18 after a pursuit that began after police received a complaint that Johnson was carrying a firearm. He was riding a bicycle at the time, and your first thought might be, “Why is a grown man riding a bicycle on a February night in Michigan?” Probably his driver’s license had been revoked, although I have been unable to find his full criminal history, but my point is that an adult man riding around Grand Rapids on a bicycle that time of night in February — yeah, a police officer might take notice of that behavior. However, police had not randomly noticed De’Quain Johnson, but rather had specific information that he was armed.”
Read the whole thing.
ANALYSIS: TRUE.
"Abolish ICE," "Defund the Police," and "Free Palestine" aren't a working class agenda. They're the cries of an over credentialed gentrifying elite consumed with resentment and the belief that the taxpayer should fund their vanity degrees and podcasts. pic.twitter.com/oVDqB1PMhk
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) June 28, 2026
OH: King Charles will now ‘protect the multi-faith nation’ as new role defined.
The King will “protect the space for Faith within the multi-faith nation,” in a new definition of his official role.
Buckingham Palace unveiled a significant revision to the King’s official role, with the newly released Sovereign Grant report 2025/26 describing His Majesty as the protector of faith across Britain’s diverse religious landscape.
The annual financial review of the Royal Household contains fresh terminology, positioning the monarch as someone who safeguards religion throughout the nation.
According to the document: “His Majesty is Supreme Governor of the Church of England and protects the space for Faith within the multi-faith nation.”
This reform represents a notable evolution in how the Palace formally characterises the sovereign’s constitutional and spiritual responsibilities.
The previous year’s report had characterised the King under his “Head of Nation” duties as “Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith.”
Will some faiths — er, one faith? — prove more equal than others?
HMM: SpaceX plans to launch Starlink mobile service in the US. “SpaceX’s move into retail contracts would be one of the company’s most significant commercial expansions since launching Starlink, which already operates across more than 150 countries worldwide offering high-speed Internet connections through its constellation of satellites.”
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: He Came Here to Chew Bubblegum and Kick Chickens. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn the proper attire for girls driving drunk in The Villages, how not to mind your own business at Publix, and be left with no clue whatsoever why North Carolina Man broke into a police station.”
NAILED IT:
The destruction is deliberate.
Communists intentionally ruin everything so they can rule over the rubble. @NYCMayor https://t.co/LqUKaLDpoq
— Nick Searcy, Actor/Director/Producer/Author (@yesnicksearcy) June 26, 2026
I ORDERED ANOTHER GROSS OF UNEXPECTEDLIES:
a16z's @bhorowitz says the California wealth tax is the "best strategy" to dismantle Silicon Valley that he's ever seen.
"It's been so hard to break the Silicon Valley network effect, but this is the best strategy I've seen."
"Norway has an unrealized capital gains tax.… pic.twitter.com/jYwVXcKKRZ
— TBPN (@tbpn) June 26, 2026
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES:
MASSIVE SCANDAL UNFOLDING IN DENVER
You will want to read to the end. Absolutely shocking corruption and coverup.
Denver City Council blocked Denver International Airport from leasing space to Key Lime Air, because the airline worked with ICE.
There was just one problem…
It… pic.twitter.com/a3RGMmgya6
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 26, 2026
More:
There was just one problem…
It violates FAA rules.
So what did they do?
City attorney Miko Brown allegedly urged the airport to fabricate an investigation into the airline’s safety record to cover up for illegally discriminating against the airline for political reasons.
When word got out, Brown and Mayor Mike Johnston flat out denied it.
However CBS just obtained an internal airport memo appearing to reveal the entire thing was true.
Throw the book at them.
YES:
Of course rent control is a terrible idea — but that's the plan here. When landlords abandon unprofitable buildings, the city, or more likely affiliated NGOs, will wrest control of them. The DSA will have a big political war chest from being a slumlord. https://t.co/k9T0V0Xd5K
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 26, 2026
I noticed something similar a few weeks back:
So the first step is to incentivize neglect via rent control. A few steps later, you "transfer ownership" to your cronies. And then you're just a couple more steps away from "some animals are more equal than others." https://t.co/1L2sjKgRml
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) May 26, 2026
It’s a neat trick, getting the proles to finance their own oppressors.
ERIC FLORACK’S DAILY: The American Story of Hung Cao.
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