LIFE UNDER LATE-STAGE SOCIALISM: More than 4 million Venezuelans have left the country in recent years.

An estimated one million just since November.

JUDICIAL WATCH: DOJ Documents Show Bruce Ohr Was Given a $28,000 Bonus During Russiagate Investigation Plus a Raise.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: It’s the return of Florida Man Friday.

THIS PLANE HAS ONLY BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1992 AND IN FULL PRODUCTION FOR A YEAR: Nimitz and Ford Carriers Need Upgrades to Deploy With F-35Cs.

NO PARASÁN: Photos from the 75th Anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.

UP THE ACADEMY: A Witch Hunt Comes for a Nonconformist Professor.

Daniel Klein:

I was the external examiner on Dr. Carl’s DPhil from Nuffield, Oxford, so I am familiar with his work. It is a data-intensive investigation of cognitive ability (or intelligence) and its correlates, including ideological views, trust, and self-rated happiness. He wrote a report for the classical liberal Adam Smith Institute on why British academics lean left, and argued that intelligence does not work as explanation. He has published several analyses of the Brexit vote. He follows the scientific literature in recognizing that both “nature” and “nurture” affect the development of cognitive ability. He has not conducted research on race or ethnicity as factors in cognitive ability, but he has written a courageous and thoughtful essay about the ethics of preemptively shutting down such research.

Dr. Carl, then, is a serious and highly accomplished researcher who simply does not conform to leftist ways of interpreting the world and who is not cowed by leftist taboos. As such, he has been singled out as a miscreant. Disgraceful means have been used to take him down. The charges are defamatory.

Read the whole thing.

EXCELLENT: The End of Democrat Domination in Michigan? ‘Rising Star’ John James Will Run for the Senate in 2020.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD SPEECH: President Trump’s D-Day Speech Draws Praise From Unexpected Sources.

21ST CENTURY TRUSTBUSTING: It looks like Trump is making good on his threat to take on Google and Amazon.

The Washington Post then reported on Saturday that, in sorting out the details for the Google antitrust investigation, the DOJ had agreed with the Federal Trade Commission that Google would be its territory, while the FTC would focus on Amazon.

While this might seem like a dry procedural maneuver, it could also signify that the mechanics are slotting into place for a major assault on big tech. The Trump administration may be attempting to divide and conquer and, in doing so, make good on a threat the president made last year when he said Google, Amazon, and Facebook might be “very antitrust.”

The winds are in his favor, with an appetite on both sides of the political aisle for reining in big tech.

The Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren has made breaking up the tech giants a cornerstone of her campaign. She linked to The Journal’s report on Google on Sunday, tweeting: “Google has too much power, and they’re using that power to hurt small businesses, stifle innovation, and tilt the playing field against everyone else. It’s time to fight back.”

I don’t think this would become an issue for Google/YouTube, if they had treated their users and content providers as though the company were a common carrier, rather than as a vindictive and shortsighted publisher.

INDEED: Some YouTube Creators Worry They’ll Get the Steven Crowder Treatment With ‘Arbitrary’ Rules Enforcement. “Right now it’s largely conservatives being censored… but tomorrow it can be you.”

The Girondists always lose out to the Montagnards eventually, to coin an Instaphrase.

VOX WORKERS UNIONIZE, HILARITY ENSUES:

Click on through for some wickedly fun replies.

LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: Rep. Ilhan Omar Has Some Tax, Campaign Finance Problems. “The report on Omar appears to indicate she filed fraudulent tax forms for at least two years related to her overlapping marriages.”

SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT: New Seafood Substitute Tastes as Fishy as It Sounds

If you were skittish about calling an amalgamation of legumes and oil “burgers,” courtesy of Beyond Meat , you definitely aren’t ready for what’s next. Finless bluefin tuna—that is, tuna made without the use of a once-live fish— could be coming soon to a grocery store near you.

While vegetarian innovations have taken center stage recently in “food tech,” another alternative to butchering or farming actual wildlife is on the rise. Lab-based meat startups are racking up millions of dollars to grow it. Bay Area-based Finless Foods is working to turn marine animal stem cells into edible seafood, leaving Nemo unscathed.

I’ll play it safe and grill a ribeye tonight.

SECURITY THEATER OF THE ABSURD: TSA allowing illegal migrants to fly without proper documents.

SATIRE… OR IS IT? YouTube To Run All Potentially Offensive Content Past Easily Spooked Possum.

I assume it’s a Progressive possum, which are of course the most easily spooked variety.

THAT’S NOT HOW THIS WORKS: Weapon of choice? China rare earth prices soar on their potential role in trade war.

High prices from China indicate that not enough rare earths are being produced outside of China — a situation which can be (and at a guess, will be) ameliorated.

J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS: ACLU Scrapes Bottom to Stop Census Citizenship Question.

GOOD BOY: Fenton man found alive by canine unit 2 days after being swept away by floodwaters.

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT: Russia hates HBO’s ‘Chernobyl,’ decides to make its own series.

THE NEW BOYS OF POINTE DU HOC: US Army Rangers just scaled towering seaside cliffs to re-enact one of D-Day’s most dangerous missions.

OH, COME ON: Sheriff’s Deputy Refused Service At Kay Jewelers for Carrying Service Weapon While in Uniform.

AU CONTRAIRE: Actually, a $999 Monitor Stand Is Everything Right with Apple Today.

(Neoclassical reference in the headline.)

FLASHBACK: The Man Who Told America the Truth About D-Day.

This is an engaging and revealing piece on Ernie Pyle.

THE GUARDIAN: Want to defeat Trump? Attack Biden. “Anyone angling to be the Democratic nominee should espouse a real progressive agenda – just being ‘anti-Trump’ isn’t enough.”

All is proceeding exactly as I have foreseen… so I hope you’re long on popcorn.

THIS BASTILLE CAN’T BE STORMED: Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Zuckerberg as chairman.

As I explained last month — Why the Zuckerberg-Facebook Cyborg Will Continue Crushing Skulls for Years to Come — Facebook’s voting rights are tilted heavily in favor of B-class shareholders, which consist almost exclusively of Zuckerberg and his small coterie. Which means that the company’s founder enjoys all the cash from being publicly-held, but none of the discipline from shareholders.

Nice work, if you can finagle it.