DEI MUST BE RIPPED OUT, ROOT AND BRANCH: In fourth undercover video, group highlights ‘sneaky’ DEI at UNC Wilmington.

The two-minute edited video released by Accuracy in Media, a conservative activism group, shows two employees discussing how there’s been some shuffling of staff and the use of different terminology in the wake of the ban.

“They’re trying to be a little bit sneaky, I feel like, with certain things in the plan. We didn’t have to fire anybody or lay off anybody, as they were really reassigned,” said Asher Persin, center coordinator for the Mohin-Scholz LGBTQIA+ Resource Center at UNCW, in the video.

When asked about “antiracism” efforts, Persin said it’s a word that is not going to be part of the “verbaige” during trainings anymore. “It will have to be renamed,” asks the undercover AIM journalist, who sounds like a female in their 20s. “Yes,” Persin responded.

Persin, who uses they/them pronouns, according to their online bio, made the comments despite the University of North Carolina Board of Governors banning DEI offices and programs systemwide in May 2024.
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In the undercover video, Ashlee Fleming, coordinator of the Upperman African American Cultural Center, said that positions were eliminated, but really “newish positions” were created.

Funny, they don’t look newish.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Jewish New Yorkers Outraged Over Pro-Mamdani Texts.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO LEARN HOW GOOD CHINESE GEAR REALLY IS:

China giving Iran advanced air defenses would be a gift to U.S. intel. Leaky, especially now, and Israel will pick them apart/examine them meticulously and share that info. It would also complicate access into the country's airspace, but maybe a worthy trade. https://t.co/jFf7Gqv4ro

— Tyler Rogoway (@Aviation_Intel) June 25, 2025

The view from Beijing during Operation Rising Lion must have been at least a little frustrating.

THIS IS CNN: Trump calls for firing of CNN reporter over Iran nuclear damage report.

“Natasha Bertrand should be FIRED from CNN! I watched her for three days doing Fake News. She should be IMMEDIATELY reprimanded, and then thrown out “like a dog,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Bertrand, the president argued, was “attempting to destroy our Patriot Pilots by making them look bad.”

Trump earlier on Wednesday said that the preliminary classified U.S. report wasn’t complete while members of his administration vowed to investigate the leaked assessment, which was also reported on by the New York Times, Washington Post and others.

But the president took particular issue with Bertrand’s reporting, writing in his social media post that “she should not be allowed to work at Fake News CNN.”

“It’s people like her who destroyed the reputation of a once great Network,” he continued. “Her slant was so obviously negative, besides, she doesn’t have what it takes to be an on camera correspondent, not even close. FIRE NATASHA!”

Heh.

But of course there’s no way CNN would fire Bertrand for doing exactly what the network wanted her to do.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Anti-ICE Dem Officials Could Use Some Quality Gulag Time. “It’s easy and convenient for a lot of people to look at how far the Dems have gone off the rails and attribute it all to their unhinged, nine-year-long reaction to the political ascendance of President Trump. I would posit that the signs of them getting to this point have been there for a very long time. The signs started really becoming apparent after the 2000 election. They were going to get here eventually, Trump Derangement Syndrome merely sped up the process.”

END THE FED (CHAIRMAN): Trump says he has ‘3 or 4′ picks in mind to replace Fed’s Powell.

“I know within three or four people who I’m going to pick,” Trump said during a press conference at the Hague following a NATO summit. “I mean he goes out pretty soon, fortunately, because I think he’s terrible.”

Trump did not elaborate on potential picks to replace Powell, whose term as Fed chair ends in May 2026. He appointed Powell to the post during his first administration.
The Supreme Court last month said the relationship between the president and the Fed is different from that of other independent agencies, signaling that Powell is safe from an attempted removal by Trump.

The president considered firing the Fed chief in his first term but backed off after an adverse market reaction. This time around, Trump has repeatedly called on the Fed to cut borrowing costs but has said he has “no intention” of firing Powell before his term ends.

The markets might react differently this time, with rates much higher than they were during Trump 45.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: LA Rioters Helped Illegal Escape ICE.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Zohran Mamdani: ‘Working-Class’ Mayor for Upper Class Voters.

Yes, the mayoral hopeful’s campaign has masterfully mobilized an energetic base. But the “unprecedented coalition” in question are not made up of the paycheck-to-paycheck New Yorkers that he wants us to believe.

The electoral map doesn’t just fail to reflect his working-class coalition – it flips it. It shows a victory carried by the very neighborhoods his story skips over.

New Yorkers in areas where the median income is above $117,600 backed Mr. Mamdani by 13 points. Middle-income precincts followed right behind. Lower-income New Yorkers? They broke just as hard for Cuomo instead.

Whiter, wealthier, more ideologically driven New Yorkers are certainly overrepresented in this primary. Take Flatbush and East Flatbush – two neighborhoods situated together with comparable populations. Gentrified Flatbush opted for Mamdani by 16 points, versus the Caribbean-dominated East Flatbush, which preferred Cuomo by 37 points.

The difference? About 5,000 more Flatbush voters participated in the primary. Mr. Mamdani’s win simply reflects a truism about primaries: Affluent ideologues appear in droves until the general election resets the balance.

He’s the well-to-do fool’s idea of a populist.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN):

The Chicago Circle remains undefeated pic.twitter.com/OtNHciJtCx

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 25, 2025

Plus:

Now the two flagship cities of the Anglo world will have radical Muslim mayors a quarter century after 9/11.

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 26, 2025

ARREST HER, HOMAN: L.A.-Area Vice Mayor Encourages Gangs to Fight ICE.

HOLLYWOOD’S SLOW-MOTION SUICIDE (CONT’D): These Stars Slammed Trump Voters, Not Just Trump.

Popular entertainment, how does it work?

WHITE PROGRESSIVES RUIN EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY:

The whitest party in NYC is the Zohran election night party. This is incredible. I’ve never seen so little diversity in NY. pic.twitter.com/Bu7z3tlB1L

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) June 25, 2025

SCOTT PINSKER: Don’t Believe the Media’s LIES: Here’s Why Iran’s Nuke Program Is Almost Certainly Sayonara.

AT THE VERY LEAST, IT HELPS MAKE LIFE WORTH LIVING: Alcohol-soaked star system could help explain ‘why life, including us, was able to form.’

MIDDLE EAST: Hamas Kills Seven Israeli Soldiers.

YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: Counting Up Texas Gun Rights Wins. “It’s easy to get black pilled and feel that elections don’t matter, but there are few areas where the difference between electing Republicans over Democrats is as pronounced as that of gun rights. The Supreme Court victories in Heller and Bruen don’t happen without Republican nominees on the Supreme Court. Likewise, though Texas Republicans have real gripes about the cabal thwarting conservative legislation, Dwight sent over a Texas State Rifle Association piece on Second Amendment wins during the 89th Legislature’s regular session.”

HERE’S THE REAL NEWS: Ignore the Fake News: Rubio Sets the Record Straight on Iran.

Related (From Ed): Iran Concedes U.S. Strikes ‘Badly Damaged’ Nuclear Facilities.

SARA PEQUEÑO: Mamdani wins NYC mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes. Will Democrats listen now? “On my Instagram, everyone was talking about Mamdani – friends, enemies, politicians and celebrities are coming out of the woodwork to voice their support for the democratic socialist. People in my circle are excited about the prospect of a true progressive running New York City – and it seems there’s a lot the Democratic Party could learn from that.”

The hard way, you can be sure.

ARREST HER, HOMAN: L.A.-Area Vice Mayor Encourages Gangs to Fight ICE.

PHYSICS: Theory Proposing Three-Dimensional Time as the “Primary Fabric of Everything” Could Unify Quantum Physics and Gravity.

A University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) scientist has proposed a “three-dimensional time” theory that replaces the traditional model of one dimension of time and three physical dimensions as the primary fabric of everything.

Unlike previously proposed, purely mathematical ‘3D time’ constructs where space emerges as a secondary manifestation, Professor Gunther Kletetschka at the UAF Geophysical Institute says his theory of everything, which could unify quantum physics and gravity, is testable and verifiable.

“Earlier 3D time proposals were primarily mathematical constructs without these concrete experimental connections,” Professor Kletetschka explained. “My work transforms the concept from an interesting mathematical possibility into a physically testable theory with multiple independent verification channels.”

Heinlein proposed something like this in The Number of the Beast, but there’s no word yet whether Kletetschka’s physical tests involve a sentient spaceship.

GOODER AND HARDER, CALIFORNIA: Gavin Newsom’s War on Oil Is Expected to Spike Gas Prices to $8 a Gallon.

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: Pelosi raked in millions last year — and her portfolio out-performed every large hedge fund with stunning returns.

THE DOOR WAS LOCKED: When Pain Clinics Disappear and Lawmakers Dismiss the Fallout.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: FDA, CDC advisers say lost pregnancies higher than expected following early mRNA vaccination.

Not yet peer-reviewed, the study analyzed hundreds of thousands of Israeli medical records on pregnant women in the three years before and after SARS-CoV-2 emerged in China, finding 43% more “observed-to-expected” fetal losses per 100 pregnancies — 13 instead of nine — when the first mRNA dose is taken between 8-13 weeks’ pregnancy.

Pregnant women who took a booster between 8-13 weeks lost an additional two pregnancies per 100, a “potential dose-response relationship,” the study said.

By using pregnant women who got flu vaccines between 8-27 weeks and women who received either vaccine before their pregnancy as “comparative controls,” the authors said they were able to show the association is unique to COVID vaccines.

All to protect young and apparently healthy women at low risk from COVID.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: TikTok Meth Heads Have More Credibility Than CNN. “Let us move now to CNN and what seems to be a concerted effort to self-destruct. The network’s travails of late have been well-documented. Its ratings are disappearing faster than a bottle of Jack Daniels on Keith Richards’ breakfast table and, with the exception of Scott Jennings, the people who work there aren’t doing anything to correct the situation. In fact, they are all doubling-down on the brand of awful that has chased away all of their viewers.”

HE MAY BE RIGHT: House Speaker Johnson argues the War Powers Act is unconstitutional.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., argued Tuesday that the War Powers Act is unconstitutional, and vowed that a pending resolution to bar U.S. military action in Iran under that law will not pass the House.

Johnson told reporters that President Donald Trump’s decision to order strikes on Iranian nuclear targets over the weekend was “clearly” within his powers under Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution.

Many constitutional scholars believe that the Nixon-era law, which limits the president’s power to unilaterally wage war, violates Article 2, Johnson said.

“I think that’s right,” he added.

And yet neither the executive branch nor the legislative branch has ever pushed hard enough for (or against) the law to get a definitive decision from the Supreme Court, probably for fear the court might decide the “wrong” way and permanently hamper its authority.