TO BE FAIR, SHE SEEMS BLITHELY UNINFORMED ABOUT MOST IMPORTANT MATTERS: Yikes! KJP Refuses to Answer a Simple Question About Biden’s Mental Health.

BEEGE WELBORN: I Don’t Want to Get Anyone’s Hopes Up, But…THERE’S BEEN TALK.

So, this is all just kind of fun speculation, mind you. Brought on, of course, not by my twisted imagination – even I have my limits – but by a convergence of events and signs from the Heavens.

First, what was that rumble from the turgid bowels of the WaPo?

Was Taylor Lorenz hacking up another hairball?

Gads, no.

It’s someone once mistaken for a respected columnist. And what she had to say was shocking in the extreme…but, oh, so tempting…

Democrats are wrestling with an age-old problem

Maybe Hillary Clinton could come to the rescue.

DON’T PLAY WITH THEIR EMOTIONS THAT WAY.

Oh, I could go for a little cruelty.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Colorado’s Legal Pot Boom Goes Bust. “It seems like a long time ago when the hippies were saying, ‘Just legalize it, man, and we’ll close the deficit!’ But to be fair, the hippies were probably stoned out of their minds when they came up with that.”

THEY’RE THE INSANE, PANDERING TO THE NEUROTIC? ‘The View’s’ Anti-Trump Hysteria, Explained.

EVERYTHING IS GOING SWIMMINGLY: Retirees Look for Work Again in Biden’s Economy.

IT’S PROBABLY ALSO THE WEED: That dizzy feeling isn’t the weed – Chinese pesticides used on pot farms linked to nausea, memory loss and even cancer.

Some chemicals have been smuggled in from China — a sign of the growing involvement of Chinese gangs in legal and contraband pot farming in the US in the wake of legalization.

An LA Times and WeedWeek investigation probed some of the most popular brands of vapes and pre-rolled weed in the Golden State.

Some 25 of 42 legal pot products bought from stores and tested at private labs showed concentrations of pesticides above state or federal safety levels.

Most of the pesticides found were in low concentrations that could harm people who used them regularly.

The full extent of the health threat may not be known for years, researchers warned.

These threats are usually overblown but smoking anything isn’t very good for anybody.

I’D REALLY RATHER NOT BUT NOBODY ASKED ME: Let’s Kick Off Summer with Another Losing War!

PRIORITIES:

EXCLUSIVE: America’s top intelligence agency gave pride month manicures to agents — painting the transgender flag on their nails while a crocheting class taught agents how to make their own pride flags.

Pride activities will be held throughout June, all during work hours 🧵 pic.twitter.com/uU0u1uVB1P

— Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) June 17, 2024

Plus: “There’s the ‘Pride Ally Challenge,’ which takes intel agents on a ‘guided journey to learn more about the LGBTQ+ community and empower you to become a better, more well-informed ally.'”

Finding and dispatching bad guys, not so much.

IN MY ADMITTEDLY LIMITED EXPERIENCE, LEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VOCAL AND ADAMANT IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO ILLEGALS: Even Hispanic Voters Have Had Enough of Illegal Immigration.

OLD SCHOOL: The rise of MEI: merit, excellence and intelligence.

MEI — merit, excellence, and intelligence — will determine hiring at Scale AI, declares CEO Alexandr Wang in a statement. “That means we hire only the best person for the job, we seek out and demand excellence, and we unapologetically prefer people who are very smart.”

An MIT dropout, Wang became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at age 25, by supplying AI companies with “human workers and software services that label and test the data used to train” their models.

“We do not unfairly stereotype, tokenize, or otherwise treat anyone as a member of a demographic group rather than as an individual,” Wang wrote. “We believe that people should be judged by the content of their character — and, as colleagues, be additionally judged by their talent, skills, and work ethic.”

Beats the hell out of “Didn’t Earn It.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: ‘Glitch’ Biden Unveils His Illegal Alien Dem Voter Registration Plan. “The docket is, of course, another gateway drug to amnesty. The Dems’ gameplan on the border has always been a variation on this theme: let a lot of people into the country illegally, complain about the Republicans and a lack of resources, everyone throws their hands into the air and begins singing the amnesty hallelujah chorus.”

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: California Jewelry Store Looted In Broad Daylight. “Daylight jewelry store robberies were hardly unknown before, but these large mobs of smash-and-grab looting are a direct result of Democrats decriminalizing shoplifting. Even though the haul here is clearly above the $950 limit of Proposition 47, California criminals that have honed their looting skills on smaller value targets are clearly seeking fatter scores, and show no hesitation in branching out to hit targets in affluent cities.”

Giuliani/Bratton-style “broken windows” policing might have nipped this problem in the bud but that would be racist or something.

KEVIN DOWNEY JR: How Many ‘Random’ Sexual Assaults by Illegals Before Liberals Rethink the Way They Vote?

SOVIET STATE MEDIA CONTINUES PROPPING UP BREZHNEV:

This isn't even a fact-check.

The AP is just amplifying the denials of a highly subjective presidential moment as a form of damage control.

— Jon Miltimore (@miltimore79) June 18, 2024

However much you despise the media, it isn’t enough.

FINALLY, SOMETHING THE MEDIA AND I AGREE ON — BUT I WON’T LIE ABOUT IT: The Media Knows Biden Will Lose the Debate With Trump.

LIVE RESULTS: Primaries in Virginia, Georgia, and Oklahoma.

CRISIS BY DESIGN: ICE Non-Detained Docket Is Now Over 7 Million.

THE DEMAND FOR HATE CRIMES — ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE LEFT — CONTINUES TO OUTSTRIP SUPPLIES: Another Democratic Candidate Arrested For Faking Hate Crimes Against Himself.

UNEXPECTEDLY: Biden Make His Mass Amnesty Move.

CUE THE WORLD’S SMALLEST VIOLIN:

I have been criticized by some for sharing these @POTUS Biden videos which appear almost every day. I have read numerous articles which somehow suggest that the camera angle, the duration of the clip or some form of right wing manipulation explains Biden’s behavior on camera.… https://t.co/n9aAXQGqdZ

— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) June 16, 2024

Read the whole thing.

Biden was the Democrats’ backstop against Bernie Sanders in 2020 but the scheming White House cabal has left Democrats with no backstop against Biden in 2024.

PAULA BOLYARD [VIP]: Did Fox News Just Let the Cat Out of the Bag? “I flipped on Fox News for a few minutes yesterday after the Cleveland Indians game ended (don’t get me started on the name change) and thought I was watching MSNBC. First, Eric Shawn went to bat for a gun-grabber, trying to gin up fear about the recent Supreme Court decision to rescind the bump stock ban. But then it got worse.”

THEY WENT WOKE: Doctor Who: New Ratings Low: Worst In 60-Year History: Fails On Disney+. “Doctor Who is also absent from the Disney-invested Samba TV charts who hasn’t released any viewership numbers, likely at the request of Disney because the viewership is so bad.”

ABOUT THAT BIG CRIME REDUCTION…: Secret Service agent robbed at gunpoint after Biden fundraiser. “On Saturday evening, a Secret Service employee had his bag stolen at gunpoint near a Southern California residential community, according to the Tustin Police Department. The agent fired his service weapon during the robbery, though it’s unknown whether the suspect was injured because they have not been located yet.”

NOT EVEN PIZZA HUT KNOWS WHAT PIZZA HUT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ANYMORE: Another Fast Food Chain Is in Serious Trouble.

THE NEWS HERE IS THAT THERE’S STILL OIL LEFT TO RAID: Biden to Raid Strategic Oil Reserves Again in Desperate Bid to Lower Gas Prices Before Election.