IT’S REMARKABLY LOW, CONSIDERING THE TARGETS: Israel’s Death Toll From Iranian Strikes.
June 16, 2025
HMM: Study: Lesbian, gay, bisexual medical students less likely to graduate. The story suggests discrimination as a cause, but I’d suspect it’s at least as likely that inferior students are admitted as part of DEI efforts, and then can’t cut it. Obviously we need to lower the standards until they can!
ICYMI: NO KINGS, JUST COMMISSARS? I report from “No Kings” Boston.
COOL. NOW DO COLORADO: Trump’s DOJ Argues Illinois’ Ban on ‘Assault Weapons’ is Unconstitutional Under the Second Amendment. “In an earlier appeal reviewing a preliminary injunction against the Protect Illinois Communities Act (‘the Act’), this Court held that the Act was likely constitutional and reversed. But this Court made it crystal clear that its opinion was ‘just a preliminary look at the subject.’ Id. at 1197. Now after final judgment, there are three very good reasons why this Court should reverse course and affirm the district court’s injunction.”
LIFE IN THE BLUE ZONES:
It keeps the kings away, I assume. https://t.co/QQnyYAfzbq
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) June 16, 2025
UPDATE (From Ed): Scott Walker: California’s failures on homelessness, drugs and crime show it’s time for real change.
I DON’T THINK THE AYATOLLAH IS TRYING TO BRING THE US INTO THE WAR: But some of his subordinates seem to have other ideas. Iran-backed militias in Iraq have tried to attack US bases with drones. And yesterday the US embassy annex in Tel Aviv, which is really our primary building in Israel, was damaged by an Iranian rocket. I am very familiar with the geography there, my wife once did a “detail” for the US government in that building. On one side, you have beach and ocean. On the other, you have mostly low-rise buildings and parking lots. To the north and south, you have a bunch of scattered hotels, with space between them. In short, if you are firing rockets accurate within X meters, but not fully accurate, this is not an area you’d be targeting because you’d be unlikely to hit anything significant, and your rocket might well just fall into the ocean. Which suggests that someone was, in fact, targeting the embassy.
TOM COTTON SHUTS DOWN A CBS NEWS HOST’S TALKING POINTS ON LA RIOTS IN LESS THAN 90 SECONDS:
CBS News’ Margaret Brennan had another rough go of it on Sunday, which is becoming a theme here. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) was a guest. He’s back after being vindicated with his 2020 New York Times op-ed which argued for the deployment of federal troops into American cities when the entire summer that year was rife with leftist mayhem. It caused heartburn among the media, it led to an NYT editor resigning, and Cotton branded as a madman.
Flash-forward to 2025, we have a real president in the White House again, another wave of riots engulfing Los Angeles, this time over Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations, and Trump did what he likely wanted to do five years ago: deploy the National Guard to quell the unrest. He also moved the Marines into the city. They’re protecting federal buildings and aiding local law enforcement. And that’s what teed up Cotton to deliver the body slam.
WATCH: Sen. Tom Cotton SHUTS DOWN Margaret Brennan's hectoring over the "language" of his WSJ op-ed pic.twitter.com/c33NUQkq1l
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) June 15, 2025
To be fair, this sort of crisp media savvy response comes with the territory when you’re the owner of the New York Times.
THE “HAVE YOU NO DECENCY” CROWD IS, AS USUAL, ON SHAKY GROUND:
Marxists murdered 100 million people who they thought were preventing them from getting their way. https://t.co/eWhsY5ESPd
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 16, 2025
HE’S NOT WRONG:
Sorry to say, but academia — particularly in the humanities and social sciences — is politically corrupted, beyond redemption at this point. https://t.co/jbpVr2aeU3
— William A. Jacobson (@wajacobson) June 15, 2025
THIS APPROACH ALWAYS WORKS WHEN TRIED. THE REASON IT’S NOT TRIED MORE IS THAT IT’S INSUFFICIENTLY PRODUCTIVE OF GRAFT:
What Poland did:
1. Embrace capitalism & free markets, lots of deregulation and making it easier to start businesses
2. Enforce the rule of law so people feel safe and businesses can take risks
3. Immigration reform focused on Selective Migration – policy favors migrants who… https://t.co/dpGDurpetF
— Tweets from Zach Weinberg (@zachweinberg) June 14, 2025
POWERLINE: No Kings at the Old Folks’ Home. “They were leaving an assisted living facility. But still–they epitomize the demographic of those who turn out for Dem rallies. The Democrats’ violent rioters and looters, admittedly, trend younger.”
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THINKING THIS: Is Israel About to Do the (Almost) Unthinkable?
READER FAVORITE: Toniiq NAD+ Supplement 1500mg. #CommissionEarned
INCENTIVES MATTER: Nearly 1 million illegal immigrants have ‘self deported’ under Trump, which has led to higher wages.
One of those tracks relies on arrests and deportations of aliens unlawfully here, which at the outset has focused mainly on criminals (the “worst first” strategy).
The other track is more subtle but also cheaper for taxpayers and arguably much more effective —encouraging illegal migrants here to self-deport.
It began with an Inauguration Day Trump directive requiring DHS to ensure all aliens present in the United States — legal and otherwise — have registered with the federal government, and to prosecute those who don’t comply.
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One way to track the program is by checking employment numbers. One financial wiz cited by the Wall Street Journal calculated a decline in the immigrant population of 773,000 in the first four months of Trump II.The Washington Post claims “a million foreign-born workers have exited the workforce since March.” The Post frames this as “a sign of the weakening labor supply.” Yet the paper also notes, “Average hourly wages accelerated, rising by 0.4 percent over the month, to $36.24 in May, as earnings continue to beat inflation in a boost to workers’ spending power.”
In other words, with fewer illegal immigrants, businesses had to raise wages to attract workers.
Unexpectedly.
RAYMOND IBRAHIM: The Queer Origins of Islam’s War on Dogs.
GET RID OF PESTS: Buzbug LED Bug Zapper Indoor Outdoor. #CommissionEarned
BAD FAITH: Another UNC system administrator gets caught on camera defending efforts to protect DEI.
She looks exactly like you’d imagine a determined defender of mediocrity would look.
THE HORROR… THE HORROR…:
LOS ANGELES WOMAN SLAMS ICE: "I have friends texting me…my gardener didn't show up, housekeeper didn't show…farmer's market is closed…everyone's scared…you're gonna have to do your own dishes, clean your own house, mow your own lawn!"pic.twitter.com/yLQPoCUS6d
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 15, 2025
“Crazy Ladies Lecturing Their Selfie Cameras” is the worst show on TV.
“LOVE TRUMPS HATE” OR WHATEVER: Brookline Police launch hate crime investigation after brick thrown through kosher grocery store window.
“This morning we received a report from the owner of The Butcherie that a brick had been thrown through their window overnight,” Brookline Police said in a statement Sunday. … “Written on the face of the brick in large red letters were the words ‘Free Palestine.’”
Just after midnight Sunday, police said, multiple suspects in masks approached the local kosher grocery store at 428 Harvard St. from Coolidge Street and threw the brick through the window.
The preliminary investigation indicates that there were at least two suspects in the incident, though the exact number was no confirmed, Brookline Police stated. The suspects allegedly fled back down Coolidge Street to an unknown location after the vandalization.
No other businesses appear to have been targeted “as of now,” the police said Sunday.
Brookline Police identified the case as a “hate crime investigation” with malicious damage of property.
More to come, probably.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: You Know, I Rather Enjoy Being on the Side of Patriotism. “It was rather warm like that here all weekend, so we didn’t have a much of a ‘No Kings Day’ presence here in the Old Pueblo. Apparently, the kids were successful: I checked, and we don’t have a king. In fact, there are no extra kings anywhere in the world as of yesterday. Well done, ‘No Kings’ marchers.”
THEY GOT HIM: Minnesota Shooter Vance Boelter Apprehended.
SOCIAL JUSTICE KILLS:
New in Washington Post:
During Covid, scientists at CDC selected policies that promoted “social justice” even when CDC data showed this would cause more deaths. pic.twitter.com/ivGazYGx88
— Kevin Bass PhD MS (@kevinnbass) June 16, 2025
Lives matter less than their hare-brained ideas — but there’s nothing new about that.
OY: Iranian media claims to hit Israeli planes, but footage was actually a video game.
Iran initially claimed to have shot down a jet and captured a pilot. The news was denied by Israel, which spoke bluntly of fake news. A few hours later, a new announcement from Iranian sources: an Israeli plane was shot down and there is also a video. The clip bounces on social media, showing a jet being hit by anti-aircraft fire.
There is something wrong, however. The doubts are more than well-founded. The clip is nothing more than an excerpt from a video game, Arma 3. The realistic images, among other things, are cyclically re-proposed to document alleged jet shootdowns. Further detail: the plane inserted in the video game is not even Israeli but, apparently, it would be a Russian model.
Then there’s this:
This image is circulating in Irani telegram channels. Some say its fake, but I say its proof of 3 meter tall Iranians around a super sized F-35, which until now was top secret. pic.twitter.com/IUKzccWTLY
— Montoya 🎗️ (@montoya_test) June 15, 2025
Losers glom on to what they need to, I suppose.