ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Mr. Obama, Are the Slaveowners in the Room With Us Right Now?
Author Archive: Stephen Green
June 30, 2026
CHANGE (IT BACK): Ford rehires experienced engineers after AI misses the mark.
Ford has rehired experienced human engineers to help address the shortcomings of artificial intelligence (AI) tools meant to tackle quality issues in the automaker’s production processes.
The hiring push helped Ford top the JD Power 2026 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS) for the first time since 2010 amid improvements in the quality of its new vehicles, and follows some hard-learned lessons about the ability of AI to replace human knowledge in production processes.
“Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it’s only as good as the information you use to train it,” Charles Poon, Ford’s vice president of vehicle hardware engineering, said on a press call Wednesday, according to a report by Bloomberg.
“Over prior years, we didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers that have been with us through many product cycles,” he said.
The current Shiny New Thing is AI, but at least once each generation some Shiny New Thing comes along that makes people forget that lesson about human experience.
WELL, THAT DOESN’T PASS THE SNIFF TEST: Finally, a Budget Democrats Will Cut: The Guy Who Investigates Fraud.
CHECKS OUT:
Europeans dying of heat stroke: “Can we please turn on the AC?”
Their governments: “Best we can do is replace you with migrants and prosecute you for Facebook posts.” pic.twitter.com/aYt0QfrJrI
— The Drunk Republican (@DrunkRepub) June 30, 2026
From the replies: “Europeans are now rioting just to get cooled off by the water canons.”
BODY POSITIVITY: Medicare will start covering weight-loss drugs on July 1 for the first time. Here’s what you need to know.
Medicare is prohibited by law from covering weight-loss drugs, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is allowed to run short-term demonstration projects to test new payment and coverage models. The Bridge effort is part of a deal that the Trump administration announced in November with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce the cost of their blockbuster anti-obesity medications.
Doctors and patient advocates have been clamoring for years to expand Medicare coverage to weight-loss drugs, arguing that obesity should be treated like any disease. The cost of buying GLP-1 medications without insurance can still run into hundreds of dollars.
Dr. Catherine Varney, obesity medicine director at the University of Virginia, has about 100 Medicare patients who will probably be eligible for Bridge program. None of them can afford to pay for weight-loss medications out of pocket, she said. Several have told her they are relieved that they may finally be able to obtain the drugs at a reasonable price.
“Most of these patients that I wanted to start on this medication are ticking time bombs,” said Varney, who is also a trustee of the Obesity Medicine Association. “They’ve got prediabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, all these cardiac risk factors that are leading to heart attack and stroke.”
Maybe it’s time to change the law, because these are not quack medications.
SALENA ZITO: The spirit of ’76 lives on as Pennsylvania rallies for America’s birthday.
Two days ago, Beth Ann Bossio woke up to the news that Pennsylvania would not have a booth at the Great American State Fair, the Fourth of July celebration underway on the National Mall in Washington.
The decision was made by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), who told the New Republic he would not send a delegation to the fair in honor of America 250 after his administration said it canvassed opinions among Pennsylvania businesses and told the reporter, “None of them were interested.”
Shapiro said their disinterest “reflects the sad state of affairs that we find ourselves in that the president politicized this to a degree that businesses don’t want to participate.”
Spoilsport.
More:
Her reaction wasn’t alone. Sens. David McCormick (R-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) were on the phone at the crack of dawn Saturday as soon as the New Republic Shapiro interview became public.
Within hours, McCormick and Fetterman were working the phones, reaching out to the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, PennAg, and scores of businesses, urging them to step up. Most Pennsylvania businesses answered the call.
So far, Crayola, the Pennsylvania Coal Alliance, Core Natural Resources, Quandel Construction, Schlouch Construction, Utz, Orvis Hill Country, GNC, MSA, The Safety Company, Vitro Glass, the Marcellus Shale Coalition, the Neighbor Helping Neighbor Food Bank, and Camp Susque are all donating displays, manpower, carpentry expertise, or donations.
Volunteer firefighters from across the state offered to staff the booth. So did the owner of a pest control company in Montgomery County. They are just a few examples of the people, small-business owners, and large companies now clamoring to make Pennsylvania’s booth reflect the state’s cultural and economic influence, past and present.
So much more at the link. And if anyone “politicized this,” it was Shapiro.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: We Regret to Inform You That Election Integrity Won’t Be Returning.“It was Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett who decided to aid and abet the Democrats in their election fraud efforts. I can complain all I want about activist libs in the judiciary, but they never, ever waver on this issues that are most important to the Democrats.”
SOCIALISM: The construction failures and risky geography behind Venezuela’s quake tragedy.
When late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez built this coastal housing development bearing his name as part of his socialist revolution, residents found a fresh start after deadly floods had decimated the area more than a decade earlier.
But after two back‑to‑back earthquakes flattened parts of the 1,100-unit complex on Wednesday, engineers are urging the Venezuelan government to swiftly audit similar public housing that is still standing.
“I lost my whole apartment,” said Yelsa Rojas, who since 2015 has lived on the second floor of the building colloquially known as ‘Los Cocos’, for its proximity to a beach of the same name.
“We think everyone on the second floor is dead,” she said. The only reason she’s alive is because she was at a medical appointment when the quakes hit, she added.
While engineers and construction specialists said it was too soon to declare exactly why individual buildings collapsed, decades of neglect, a lack of enforcement of building codes and shoddy licensing practices under Chavez and his successor, Nicolas Maduro, likely exacerbated the disaster’s human cost.
So many broken eggs, and still not a single omelette.
THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE THE DATA:
Why would anyone use prediction models when we can use real mortality data?
Answer: Because you can't make bodies appear out of thin air, but you can make fake projections appear out of thin air.
When we look at mortality data what do we see? All cause mortality went down. HIV… https://t.co/ZGntngt8xf pic.twitter.com/h5VqM2tTnk
— Aesthetica (@Anc_Aesthetics) June 30, 2026
“As predicted, USAID was just a Democrat slush fund they used to pay their activists, journalists and NGO workers.”
OWN GOAL: The Left Asked for This, It Got It, and I Can’t Stop Gloating. “Ironically, leftist insistence that Americans drop their predilection for brutish, uncouth sports like football and baseball and embrace a cultured, international sport like soccer brought this about.”
I GUESS THEY COULD STILL SURPRISE US, BUT…:
Signs we lost birthright citizenship:
No leaks to the press on the decision
No fencing around the Supreme Court
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 30, 2026
BRITTANY SHEEHAN ON SOME RECENT(ISH) SCOTUS HISTORY, AND WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN: How Did We End Up With ACB Instead of Barbara Lagoa on the Supreme Court? I Have Thoughts.
According to CNN’s reporting based on nearly a dozen sources, White House officials had begun making plans for Trump to meet with Lagoa in person. Then that idea got scrapped.
Barrett’s supporters inside the White House — including White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Vice President Mike Pence — moved quickly to lock in their pick before Trump could change his mind. They ran out the clock.
On Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had already told Trump that senators felt comfortable with Barrett and that anything complicating the confirmation timeline needed to be avoided at all costs.
Trump never sat down with Lagoa. He nominated Amy Coney Barrett on September 26th.
The evening before announcing Barrett, Trump was still polling guests at a fundraiser about whom he should pick.
When someone suggested Lagoa, he said:
“Let her know she’s going to have her chance.”
Read the whole thing.
ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL UNWILLING TO VOTE FOR SECURE ELECTIONS SHOULD MAKE YOU WONDER HOW THEY GOT ELECTED:
The Senate is on vacation for the next two weeks.
Sorry folks, no SAVE America Act right now…
It’s mind boggling that having secure elections is not the #1 priority pic.twitter.com/chgtiCjtJv
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 29, 2026
SCOTT PINSKER: Something Is Very, Very Strange About the Media’s Fixation on Pete Buttigieg’s CPS Swatting Story. “The mainstream media’s reaction is fascinating. Over the past few years, a shocking number of conservatives, Republican politicians, Trump cabinet officials, and MAGA personalities have been victimized by politically motivated swatting attacks, and until now, the media’s silence has been deafening.”
June 29, 2026
NY-13’S NEXT CONGRESSCRITTER: Deleted tweets on Darializa Avila Chevalier’s account had favorable references to communist leaders and Marxism.
Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Democratic congressional nominee endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who ousted longtime Rep. Adriano Espaillat in Tuesday’s primary, maintained a since-deleted Twitter account with repeated sympathetic references to communism, Marxist ideology and Soviet figures, including Vladimir Lenin.
Avila Chevalier, a sociology PhD student whose victory sent shockwaves throughout the Democratic establishment, has been under fire for a since-deleted Twitter account, previously reported by CNN, that included phrases such as “seize the means of production,” along with calls to abolish police, prisons and borders. Other controversial tweets include one that said Black and Arab men are both “Fetishizing ugly colonizer women” and another that described wiping her dirty hands on the American flag in lieu of a napkin.
As an undergraduate, Avila Chevalier attended Columbia University, where she organized with Students for Justice in Palestine, and after graduation became involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests over Israel’s war in Gaza. She also attended a controversial October 8, 2023, pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square — one day after Hamas’ attack on Israel — that featured speeches and rhetoric praising the attack.
She previously told CNN, “I have grown considerably in the years since these tweets, and I am focused on our community and our community’s future.”
Translation: Still a commie.
UPDATE (From Ed): How big of a commie? This big:
Will Democrats continue to defend Crazypants or pretend “oh, I wasn’t really paying attention”? pic.twitter.com/pJZGma4sxW
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) June 29, 2026
CHECKS OUT:
Them: THE PRESIDENT IS A PSYCHOPATHIC NAZI AND CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH THE UNLIMITED POWER THE SUPREME COURT JUST HANDED HIM THIS IS THE END OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND PEOPLE WILL DIE AND THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ELECTION!
Me: Would you join me in reducing Presidential power?
Them:…
— Casey Mattox (@CaseyMattox_) June 29, 2026
CHANGE:
I voted for this. https://t.co/GmPI9urA1m
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) June 29, 2026
GO AWAY, COMMIE: AOC wants to ‘break up’ tech giants after Apple hikes prices.
SPACE: Watch 2 NASA astronauts fix ISS’ huge robotic arm during June 30 spacewalk. “Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will perform a roughly 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS, starting at about 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 GMT).”
LEOPARDS EATING PEOPLE’S FACES VOTERS ARE ALWAYS THE LAST TO KNOW:
Let me summarize:
“I can’t believe this leopard is eating my face” https://t.co/nGbllnuouo
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) June 29, 2026
GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY LIKE — AND WHAT WE LIKE IS TO HAVE A GREAT TIME: Banana Ball Proves That the Free Market Still Knows Best.
THEY’LL DELAY THE PAIN AND SUFFERING UNTIL ALL THE IMPORTANT VISITORS AND INFLUENCERS HAVE LEFT: LA delays $30 ‘Olympic wage’ until after games as hotel owners warn of layoffs, economic fallout. “The measure, often referred to as the ‘Olympic Wage,’ was originally designed to increase wages to $30 an hour by 2028 as Los Angeles prepares to host the Summer Olympics.”
CORRECT:
Hi stupid.
Conservatives aren’t universally praising the film.
The film does not make a hero out of the vigilante. He is obviously a psychopath.
The movie is about what happens when leftists like you control the government and allow society to be ruined by the criminals you… https://t.co/0DZe1CPQqe
— Nick Searcy, Actor/Director/Producer/Author (@yesnicksearcy) June 29, 2026
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The movie is about what happens when leftists like you control the government and allow society to be ruined by the criminals you won’t capture and punish.
People like you create the psychopaths on both sides. That’s why you hate the movie.
Because the villain is YOU.
Citizen Vigilante isn’t great by any means, but it’s solid entertainment — and a big step up from anything else I’ve seen from Uwe Boll.