THIS IS HARDLY SHOCKING: Germany, France scrap joint fighter jet program.

The Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program, launched in 2017, aimed to build a next-generation fighter to replace Eurofighters and Rafales by around 2040.

The move to scrap one of Europe’s largest defense projects comes as Western military officials warn of a mounting threat from Russia and the United States intensifies pressure on Europe to take care of its own defense.

The more than €100 billion ($115 billion) project, launched in 2017, was once billed as a symbol of Franco-German military unity.

But it has been plagued by years of political and industrial disputes.

French arms giant Dassault Aviation has demanded significantly more control over the project than its industry partner, European consortium Airbus Defence and Space.

The two companies clashed over control of the project’s next phase, access to intellectual property and, above all, differing requirements for the aircraft.

Why can’t Germany and France just get along like they used to in the olden days?

WE DESERVE ANSWERS: Ron Johnson’s COVID Report Reopens the Question They Buried: Healthy Athletes Dying on the Field.

GOOD ADVICE:

Karmelo Anthony supporter: "What do I tell my 5 boys? What do we do now!?"

Uh… don't murder? pic.twitter.com/DGrnCbhhe6

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 9, 2026

LIVE RESULTS: Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, and South Carolina Walk Into a Primary Night.

HEH:

“It’s filled with popcorn.”

Yeah not falling for that. Literally how they tricked Troy. https://t.co/PK7FxtTRZ0

— bart (@soxbart) June 9, 2026

ICYMI: Meet the Astronauts of Artemis III.

NOW WHY WOULD CALIFORNIA DO THAT? US attorney accuses California of blocking voter roll audit.

APPARENTLY, E&E WAS A TRADE PUBLICATION WITH ONE CUSTOMER — YOUR TAX DOLLARS:

Politico is closing its website because the Trump administration canceled its $500,000-per-year subscription.

Read that again. 🤯

This is but another example of the government being used by the left to help both prop up its own propaganda machine and line some corrupt POS's… https://t.co/TaKGLrHAxi

— AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ (@AwakenedOutlaw) June 9, 2026

Heinlein wrote that “A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore,” and the same applies to so-called journalists.

THIS IS SOME CEASEFIRE: Iran’s Regime Shoots Down U.S. Helicopter, Trump Says He Will Strike Back.

ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Why Do So Many Prosecutors Let Criminals Who Have Illegally Converted GLOCK Pistols Walk? “In any case, whatever scary or misleading lingo politicians employ to justify these gun bans, it’s just so much noise if criminals who illegally modify guns aren’t actually prosecuted. On May 30, for instance, St. Louis, Missouri police ‘detained two people in [a recklessly-operated] vehicle and found several guns that had been modified with auto-sear switches, converting them to fully automatic firearms.’ The police department publicized the arrests, saying the city was ‘safer today because of the proactive work of these detectives, which led to dangerous weapons being removed from the streets.’ Nevertheless, the dangerous individuals themselves were reportedly and inexplicably back on the streets.”

CHANGE:

Hospitals get billions in federally discounted drugs, and aren't required to pass a penny to patients.

The Trump Administration is trying to fix with a rebate model that creates a paper trail proving the savings actually reach the poor.

The hospital lobby sued to stop it.… pic.twitter.com/0QXpkQm4fy

— Ken Blackwell (@kenblackwell) June 9, 2026

DECARLOS BROWN UPDATE: Iryna’s Killer Found Incompetent to Stand Trial.

BECAUSE OF COURSE:

Outside the Langley Estate in McLean, VA, which sold this year for $13.5 million.

The seller, Joseph Kaempfer, is a billionaire who made his fortune operating shopping malls in Europe.

He's one of the MANY billionaires maxing out to support Graham Platner. https://t.co/2VZhBxPalO pic.twitter.com/W8hWOfD1Zi

— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) June 9, 2026

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: More than 10,000 applicants vie for 15 affordable apartments in Seattle.

More than 10,000 applicants are vying for 15 rent-reduced apartments under a new Seattle affordable housing program funded by a city tax on workers who make more than $1 million a year.

Amazon, Microsoft and other companies fought the tax, but voters approved it in a 2025 referendum.

The program was expected to create only several hundred apartments a year, as the so-called social housing developer constructed new buildings.

But the first allotment of apartments is even smaller because the social housing developer decided to buy an existing luxury apartment building and won’t require tenants to leave.
…
The Social Housing Developer announced last month that it purchased a 150-unit building by the Pike Place Market for around $60 million.

It looks to me like The Social Housing Developer used taxpayer money to buy a luxury apartment building because the profits are better, and that they’ll get around to the less lucrative affordable housing stuff sometime between mañana and inshallah.

THAT’S ABOUT RIGHT:

Starmers world pic.twitter.com/hoppoIXDld

— 🇬🇧British and Proud🇬🇧 (@unionjackspirit) June 9, 2026

BECAUSE IT’S SENSIBLE AND CORRECT, PROBABLY: Why Are California Democrats Trying to Kill Off Prop 209?

VIDEO: Jeremy Clarkson: All UK Farmers Are Reform, None Are Labour (‘Truly Useless’). “Just as with the rest of the world, the most salient feature of UK’s Labour Party is its obvious contempt for people who perform actual labor.”

And no mention of the Tories that I could find.

YES:

Most of us never identified as “white” until you started all this identity politics nonsense.

Every form with a race or ethnicity box (and no multiple choice) has us Googling what to even put. White? Caucasian? American? Non-latino?

If we identified as anything it was our… https://t.co/jiKCalW3sz

— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) June 9, 2026

“This is YOUR identity politics. Never was ours. Maybe in the south when it was run by Democrats but not for most of the nation.”

THIS IS ONE HELLUVA CREW: Meet the Astronauts of Artemis III.

FINGERS CROSSED, I SUPPOSE:

Whether or not there is mass rioting in response to a Karmelo guilty verdict depends entirely on whether or not the Democrat Party (who would have to fund and organize it, like they always do) thinks that Karmelo is a sympathetic and useful martyr for them. I don’t think he is.…

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 9, 2026

One the one hand, riots are bad. On the other, they tend to turn off normies who don’t much care for them or for convicted murderers.

OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY: Newsom targets undocumented Californians with new healthcare cost increase.

At the end of 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom framed it as a matter of principle when under his administration, California became the first state in the nation to pay for undocumented immigrants to use Medicaid.

“In California, we believe everyone deserves access to quality, affordable health care coverage – regardless of income or immigration status,” Newsom said in a statement to ABC News at the time.

People flocked to the system, with about 1.5 million undocumented Californians using the state’s Medi-Cal healthcare by November 2025. But now Newsom and fellow Democrats in Sacramento are walking back on their promise to provide healthcare access to all.

Lawmakers have slashed the program in a series of cuts over the last year with more expected to come. In January, the state froze any new undocumented adults from applying for the program. Dental benefits for undocumented people are set to expire in July. And Newsom’s latest budget proposal, released in May, calls for increasing premiums from a planned $30 to $50 for undocumented people starting in July next year.

Illegal aliens paying a lousy $50 premium for taxpayer-subsidized insurance, and SF Gate frames it as “It’s getting harder for undocumented people in California to get insurance.”

You cannot despise these people enough.

IT’S EITHER THAT OR LAMPPOSTS — OR SUBMISSION:

This is the way https://t.co/8NTAO9zuPl

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 9, 2026

I’D HATE TO SEE HER GO; SHE RUNS A TIGHT SHIP: Susie Wiles on reported White House departure: ‘I am not going anywhere.’

“After an accomplishment filled week by President Trump, I have the pleasure of reading a piece of Friday fiction, courtesy of the Daily Mail,” Wiles wrote on social platform X.

“To be crystal clear, I am not going anywhere. I am honored and proud to serve President Trump, proud of our team and remain fully committed to advancing his agenda on behalf of the American people.

The Daily Mail, citing five sources, reported Friday that Wiles was preparing to leave the administration after the November elections. The longtime GOP operative ran Trump’s successful 2024 campaign and is the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff.

The Daily Mail, eh?

FRAUD ALL THE WAY DOWN (COLORADO EDITION):

Colorado's Medicaid program paid millions of taxpayer dollars on behalf of nearly 9,000 deceased enrollees, according to a federal audit.

Yet instead of taking responsibility, Colorado democrats  fought the findings and refused repayment.@GovofCO and Denver Democrats are… pic.twitter.com/VOHGykxqT0

— Congressman Gabe Evans (@repgabeevans) June 8, 2026

It’s difficult to imagine a reason not to investigate improper payments except for being in on the action.

TOO BIG TO STEAL: Republican Steve Hilton Advances to Gubernatorial General Election.