CALIFORNIA IS SHORT ON GROWNUPS: Is Donald Trump the Only Adult in the Room? Here’s What He’s Really Doing in L.A.

AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS: Israel says Hamas Gaza chief Sinwar’s body identified.

EVIDENCE: Even Incinerated Robo Taxis Know a Riot When They ‘See’ One, and They Saw EVERYTHING.

PROBABLY STILL VOTING, TOO: Dead Democrat Still Sending Fundraising Emails From Beyond The Grave.

RANDY NEWMAN NEEDS TO UPDATE HIS SONG: I Love(d) L.A.

DESPERATE MEASURE: Russia hides Tu-160 bombers in America’s shadow.

According to a report from Defense Express, satellite imagery shows at least two Tu-160, known by NATO as “Blackjack,” deployed at Anadyr (also called Ugolny) airfield. The base, located over 6,600 kilometers from Ukraine, has no road access, relying instead on airlift and seasonal maritime supply.

The relocation follows a wave of precision Ukrainian drone attacks under the “Spider Web” campaign, which damaged or destroyed multiple Russian bombers. After suffering losses at key bases such as Engels and Olenya, the Russian military appears to be moving strategic assets to its remotest facilities.

What makes this development particularly striking is the geographic choice. By stationing bombers near U.S. territory, Moscow is attempting to insulate them from further Ukrainian strikes — even if that means placing them closer to American surveillance networks and response infrastructure. It is a strategic contradiction that underscores Russia’s shifting threat perception: the Kremlin is now more concerned with drone raids from Kyiv than deterrence posture toward Washington.

Kind of puts lie to the idea that we’re some kind of active threat to Russia, doesn’t it?

WELL, GOOD: Israel Stops Greta Thunberg and Other Nitwits on the ‘Selfie Yacht.’

SAY ANYTHING:

Again, I ask, if they’ll lie about something this obvious, countering video evidence, what won’t they lie to you about?

How did we get four years of lying about Joe Biden’s health? This is how. There are no limits. https://t.co/c6UCzs289G

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) June 9, 2025

HMM: GOP Voters Side With Trump Over Musk, 71% to 6% — and Trump’s Approval Rating Rises AGAIN.

AIDING AND ABETTING? CONSPIRACY? THERE HAS TO BE SOME BOOK OR OTHER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN THROW AT THESE PEOPLE:

Mary McCord worked with Norm Eisen for four years to put J6ers in prison. She is now giving advice to protestors for the upcoming summer of love activities. She also mentions that there will be attorneys on standby.

Imagine the nerve it takes after she spent four years… pic.twitter.com/19cLQPH6sD

— The Researcher (@listen_2learn) June 8, 2025

DON’T FORGET THE AMMO — AND THE TRAINING: Nothing Sells Guns Like Civil Unrest.

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING WEIRDER: Watch the Shirtless Psycho in a Minivan at the L.A. Riots.

THEY DROVE THE MODERATES OUT OF THE PARTY AND RACE-BAITING RADICALS ARE WHAT THEY HAVE LEFT:

After Tump’s election the left has been reeling, desperately trying to find an issue to organize around

The first thing they rallied to was a state-sponsored race riot

— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) June 9, 2025

WOEING: NASA says no decision yet on whether next Boeing Starliner flight will carry crew. “The earliest Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft could fly again is early 2026, NASA said on Friday, as it evaluates whether to put humans on board one year after propulsion system issues on the capsule forced its debut crew to stay on the International Space Station for roughly nine months.”

VICTORIA TAFT: ‘Choose a Side, America’ “Will you side with the shared rules of society — the law — or give up and give-in to lawlessness and chaos?”

If the polls are anything to go by, Americans have chosen… wisely.

MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE: Kyrgyzstan Dismantles Central Asia’s Tallest Lenin Statue.

Ex-Soviet states across the region are seeking to strengthen their national identities, renaming cities that have Russian-sounding names and replacing statues of Soviet figures with local and national heroes.

Russia, which has military bases in Kyrgyzstan, is striving to maintain its influence there in the face of competition from China and the West and amid its invasion of Ukraine.

Officials in the city of Osh — where the 23-meter (75-foot) high monument stood on the central square — warned against “politicizing” the decision to “relocate” it.

Osh is the second-largest city in the landlocked, mountainous country.

The figure was quietly taken down overnight and is set to be “relocated,” Osh officials said.

The decision “should not be politicized,” city hall said, pointing to several other instances in Russia “where Lenin monuments have also been dismantled or relocated.”

Relocate it to the ash heap of history.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Saint Gavin Would Like His Martyrdom Now, Please.

NOW THEY’VE GONE TOO FAR: Iranian Cities Ban Dog-Walking in Effort To Prevent Western Culture of Pet Ownership From Taking Hold.

Taking Tehran’s lead, which banned dog-walking in 2019 — though it is not evenly enforced, at least 17 cities in Iran announced this week that they also are banning dog-walking in public. Prosecutors in densely-populated cities like Isfahan, Qazvin, and Mazandaran have called dog-walking a public health violation.

Hamedan Prosecutor Abbas Najafi announced that domestic dogs are now banned in city parks, public places, and private cars, according to Iranian news sources. Violators could face prosecution.

“Walking with dogs” is a “violation of public rights” and “a threat to the comfort and tranquility of citizens,” Mr. Najafi reportedly said, adding, dog-walking is “anti-religious,” “reprehensible” and a “threat to public health.”

The police have been ordered to “systematically and physically seize vehicles carrying dogs,” reports IranWire.com, an English-language news agency monitoring Iran.

No way these people can be allowed to obtain nukes.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Los Angeles Is What Happens When the Democrats Are Left In Charge. “Los Angeles is falling apart because the Democrats have no respect for the rule of law. They actually champion criminals and lawlessness. It’s their raison d’être. The riots in Los Angeles are precisely what House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been urging the Democratic base to do. He should be locked up along with all of the rioters. As I wrote last week: Arrest all the Democrats.”

HMM: Experts point to signs of Xi Jinping’s declining authority, which undermines his influence in U.S.-China negotiations.

In an interview with The Epoch Times on June 3, Wu Zuolai, a U.S.-based scholar and political commentator, offered a detailed analysis of what he sees as significant changes to Xi’s standing within the CCP.

According to Wu, Xi’s core leadership position has been notably weakened since the CCP’s Third Plenum meeting in July 2024, with a new internal counterweight emerging—led by reformist and moderate factions.

“There appears to be a temporary central group that has effectively sidelined Xi’s core authority,” Wu said.

He suggested that this reformist force likely draws strength from the political legacy of retired leaders such as Wen Jiabao and Hu Jintao, with support from select members of the Politburo and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country’s top advisory body.

“Look at the ongoing personnel reshuffling—it’s coming from all directions, not just Xi’s loyalists. Together, they form a diverse network of internal checks and balances,” he noted. “Many of those he previously promoted have been removed, suggesting a systematic effort to dismantle the foundations of Xi’s long-term rule.”

Wu described the shift not as open defiance, but as a quiet rebalancing of power, driven by personnel changes and policy adjustments aimed at curbing Xi’s cult of personality and policy extremism.

It’s almost impossible to say if there’s anything to this report. But the systems Deng established 40 years ago were meant to prevent the emergence of one-man rule by another Mao-type figure. I guess it’s possible something like that is happening again.

COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE LEFTISM: The L.A. Riots and Democrats’ Long History of Political Violence.

UH-HUH: California Democrats push back on Trump’s decision to mobilize the National Guard.

“Trump is sending 2,000 National Guard troops into LA County — not to meet an unmet need, but to manufacture a crisis. He’s hoping for chaos so he can justify more crackdowns, more fear, more control,” Newsom said in a Sunday post on X, where he also urged people to “stay peaceful.”

Newsom’s comments come after Trump deployed the National Guard despite the governor’s opposition. Guard soldiers can be deployed by governors or the federal government, though it is unusual for a president to call the National Guard into federal service in a state where the governor objects, according to experts.

Several California Democrats criticized the administration’s response to the Los Angeles protests as “inflammatory,” “reckless” and escalatory.

The riots remain “fiery but mostly peaceful.”

IT USUALLY DOES: Who’s Paying for the Violent L.A. Protests Against ICE? You Are. And It Gets Worse From There

PLAYING WITH FIRE:

Mexico is actively fomenting civil unrest within the illegals it forced across our border for financial gain

When Russia was accused of meddling in American politics it was used as justification for sanctions and possible military action https://t.co/Rucr2702Vg

— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) June 8, 2025

If Beijing wanted to keep us distracted…

YES:

Let this image sear into your soul.

This IS the Democrat vision for America, anarchy in the streets, foreign flags waving, and our values crushed under the weight of chaos.

Lawlessness isn’t the exception, it’s the plan.

Welcome to the Left’s Summer of Love: Part II. pic.twitter.com/59Tl3Krblo

— Wesley Hunt (@WesleyHuntTX) June 8, 2025