WATCH: Russia Launches Biggest Missile Onslaught Yet Against Ukraine.

BECAUSE WITHOUT ADULTS GROOMING HELPING, THEY’LL NEVER FIGURE THIS STUFF OUT: WHO Promotes ‘Early Childhood Masturbation’ in Official Sex Ed Guidance.

KREMLINOLOGY WAS ALWAYS MORE ART THAN SCIENCE: Wagner chief offered to give Russian troop locations to Ukraine, leak says.

In late January, with his mercenary forces dying by the thousands in a fight for the ruined city of Bakhmut, Wagner Group owner Yevgeniy Prigozhin made Ukraine an extraordinary offer.

Prigozhin said that if Ukraine’s commanders withdrew their soldiers from the area around Bakhmut, he would give Kyiv information on Russian troop positions, which Ukraine could use to attack them. Prigozhin conveyed the proposal to his contacts in Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate, with whom he has maintained secret communications during the course of the war, according to previously unreported U.S. intelligence documents leaked on the group-chat platform Discord.

Prigozhin has publicly feuded with Russian military commanders, who he furiously claims have failed to equip and resupply his forces, which have provided vital support to Moscow’s war effort. But he is also an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who might well regard Prigozhin’s offer to trade the lives of Wagner fighters for Russian soldiers as a treasonous betrayal.

The leaked document does not make clear which Russian troop positions Prigozhin offered to disclose.

Nothing seems to have come of this as both sides continue to make winning at Bakhmut their maximum effort.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Durham Serves Up a Heap of Obvious Too Long After the Damage Was Done. “Well, chalk another one up for the rightwing nutjobs. We keep being proven right but not getting much for it. It’s very irritating for those of us who are old enough remember when there were consequences for things like pathological lying.”

DECLINE IS A CHOICE: Chicago’s new woke mayor is signed in and vows to tax the rich and big business to pay for progressive agenda – as major firms vow to PULL OUT of city.

Companies are already vowing to leave Chicago over additional taxes promised by its new mayor – a progressive tasked with addressing the city’s dwindling image under predecessor Lori Lightfoot.

Sworn in early Monday, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson beat out more moderate Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas earlier this month to earn the hallowed spot – something business leaders like CME Group Inc are already peeved about.

Appearing on a podcast Sunday, the chief executive of the country’s foremost financial derivatives exchange, Terry Duffy, voiced his distaste over additional taxes planned by the ex union organizer, who was endorsed by Bernie Sanders.

Intended to dig the city out of its current financial hole, the increases are aimed at high earners and companies headquartered in the Windy City – whom, as CME is already proving, are likely to put up a political fight.

Gooder and harder, Chicago.

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE NOMENKLATURA: IRS removes investigative team from Hunter Biden probe in move whistleblower claims is ‘clearly retaliatory.’

The IRS on Monday removed the “entire investigative team” from its long-running tax fraud probe of first son Hunter Biden in alleged retaliation against the whistleblower who recently contacted Congress to allege a coverup in the case, The Post has learned.

The purge allegedly was done on the orders of the Justice Department, the whistleblower’s attorneys informed congressional leaders in a letter.

They don’t even bother trying to hide the coverup any longer.

HEH: Reversal of Misfortune: Eric Adams Wants ‘Revisit’ Sanctuary City Status for NYC.

FALLOUT: NATO Secretary General at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit.

Mr Stoltenberg said he was confident that NATO leaders would send a clear message of support to Ukraine in Vilnius. He said, “I expect that we will agree a multi-year program, where we will work on how to help Ukraine transition from Soviet-era standards, doctrines and equipment to NATO standards and doctrines and equipment, and become fully interoperable with NATO.” He added that, while we don’t know how Russia’s war of aggression will end, “what we do know is that when it ends it is extremely important that we are able to prevent history from repeating itself.”

If Ukraine survives this current war, whether or not they’re ever admitted to NATO, they’ll be trained and equipped to NATO standards. They’ve done shockingly well for the last 14-plus months with much less than that.

Related: Major blow for Putin as Moldova withdraws from Russia-led alliance after 30 years.

Is losing Moldova really a “major” blow? Probably not. But it’s certainly indicative of Russia’s standing after more than a year of Putin’s stupid war.

VICTORIA TAFT: Where’s the Letter From 51 Pentagon Command Suits Demanding the U.S. ‘Defend Democracy™’ Against Border Invasion? “I’ve got a few ideas on what the letter could say if these brave men and women would stand up for the country they took an oath to protect and defend.”

TALES FROM THE SWAMPLAND: Long-awaited Durham Report on Russiagate Hoax Released.

HMM: Google Co-Founder Larry Page Vanishes as Authorities Try to Subpoena Him in Jeffrey Epstein Investigation.

YOU DON’T SAY: Repelled by high car prices, Americans are holding on to their vehicles longer than ever.

Previously: The average price paid for a new vehicle was $48,008 in March, according to Kelley Blue Book.

JUDGE THEM BY THE COMPANY THEY KEEP: Democrats Kowtow to Pedophiles Again in Minnesota.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: Empire Fed Manufacturing Survey Collapsed In April – Biggest Drop Ever (Ex-COVID).

After the stunningly surprising upside surge in April, The Empire Fed Manufacturing Survey has collapsed back to reality in May, crashing 42.6 points to -31.8 from +10.8 (dramatically worse than the -19.0 expected). Outside of the COVID lockdowns, this is the biggest MoM drop ever.

Most problematically, Stagflation is screaming loudly again.

If the economy feels slightly schizophrenic, you’d feel that way too if doctors (Washington) were pumping you full of amphetamines (money printing) and Demerol (overregulation) at the same time.

WOKE AND BROKE: Leftwing Publications Like ‘Vice’ Are Failing Left and — Well, Left.

WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT: How California Destroyed Its Middle Class. “We have not built an aqueduct in California in about 40 years. The schools that were rated in the top 10 percent of comparative state rankings are now in the bottom 10 percent. The airports are decrepit.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Is ‘Boomer Sooner’ Going Bust? University of Oklahoma Donors Pull Money Over DEI.

TIMING: Senator warns about 1,200 year drought, torrential rains soak Front Range. “The current drought that scientists say is the cause of climate change, is just like the drought we had 1,200 years ago before climate change. Only this is more serious, because we don’t know what to expect, because of climate change.”

SHUT UP, THEY EXPLAINED: Big Tech Strikes Again: Our Sister Site Townhall Censored.

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US: California reparations panel wants to give state agency veto power over local real estate decisions. “In other words, if a city or county with a neighborhood deemed segregated wanted to implement an official change involving real estate, that change would need to be approved by a state agency based on whether it made the area more racially diverse.”

What it really does is create another layer of government with palms to grease before anything can get done.

MAKES AS MUCH SENSE AS ANY OTHER NARRATIVE THEY PUSH: MSNBC Pushes Narrative That Non-Whites Are White Supremacists.

JOANNE JACOBS: Set up to fail: In real life, you’ve got to show up and do the work. “Typically, students get multiple opportunities to retake tests and complete assignments. If they never turn in work, the minimum grade is 50 percent, so they don’t give up on earning a passing grade for the course. Students don’t lose points for behaviors such as poor attendance or get extra credit for good behavior.”

THE OTHER OTHER WHITE MEAT: Vegans Threaten Neighbor Over Barbecue.

BACK TO THE FUTURE: Head of Russia’s crime agency suggests nationalising key parts of economy.

Moscow has already seized assets or acquired them at a heavy discount from some Western firms that have quit Russia or scaled back their activities since the invasion.

“We are essentially talking about economic security in a war,” Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee, told a conference that was streamed online. “Let’s go along the path of nationalising the main sectors of our economy.”

It was an unusual foray into economic policy for Bastrykin, who reports directly to President Vladimir Putin.

Russia conducted wide-ranging and often chaotic privatisations in the 1990s, after the collapse of the communist Soviet Union.

Some of the state’s most valuable assets ended up in the hands of so-called oligarchs, many of whom subsequently sold their firms or were forced to cede control back to the state under Putin.

Russia’s economy and government coffers rely heavily on production of oil, gas and metals.

Still.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: White Democrats Like Joe Biden Are the Real Racists in America. “Democrats treat minority voters like tokens to be used come election time. They enjoy the electoral bounty they reap from pretending to care. They also live in absolute terror of the day when minority voters realize that they’ve been had.”