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.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. A Fatherless Nation Cannot Prosper.

Hence the war on fathers. “In 1965, nearly 80% of Black children were raised in two-parent homes.”

JOEL KOTKIN: AI is killing jobs and fuelling campus radicalism.

Today we may again be creating an assertive and angry class — as evidenced in the recent LA riots and the pro-Palestine protests on US campuses over the last year and a half — made up of degree holders. We can see this in recent reports that show the job market getting tougher for graduates. Hit hardest are those professionals on the “soft” side of the economy (finance, accounting, law, coding) whose jobs are increasingly threatened by the rise of artificial intelligence.

These industries tend to have a higher proportion of humanities graduates and countries in the West more generally have a problem with elite overproduction. As AI grows, there won’t be enough jobs to go round, and even if those graduates do get a job, their employers, with so many candidates to choose from, won’t pay well.

Related: The Coming “Symbolic Analyst” Meltdown. “As Eric Hoffer wrote, ‘Nothing is so unsettling to a social order as the presence of a mass of scribes without suitable employment and an acknowledged status.'”

NICE WORK, FELLAS: Israeli Car Bombs Take Out Iranian Nuclear Scientists.

CHANGE: The Return of Peace Through Strength.

ICYMI: NO KINGS, JUST COMMISSARS? I report from “No Kings” Boston.

UNEXPECTEDLY!

So much for that tariff hyperinflation.

New inflation numbers came at 1.2% — way below the Fed’s target.

For the 4th time in Trump’s 4 months.

Yet not a word about easing from the fed. Who’s now moving the inflation goal-posts to 2026 or even 2027. pic.twitter.com/nwzSCABrbR

— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) June 16, 2025

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Craftsman VERSASTACK Mechanics Tool Set. #CommissionEarned

DECLINE IS A CHOICE:

Los Angeles resident records what the mall looks like right now in Downtown LA

Every store is boarded up and fortified. This is California, this is supposed to be one of the most prestigious iconic places on earth

Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass have made it a 3rd world country pic.twitter.com/ExCrwYUO4I

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) June 16, 2025

Sad.

WEATHER VANES TURN AROUND LESS OFTEN: After brief moderation, California’s Newsom swings back to left with ICE protests.

When Newsom ran for governor in 2018 and for re-election in 2022, his platform included progressive causes like universal healthcare, climate change policy, criminal justice reform, and expansion of social welfare programs.

While presumably well-meaning, Newsom’s tenure as governor has exacerbated many of the state’s challenges like prolific homelessness and rising crime. As of 2023, California is home to over 180,000 homeless people, including over 10,000 veterans. Public safety has taken a demonstrable hit since California’s passage of Proposition 47, which, in addition to making drug possession no longer a felony, also classifies five property offenses for which the dollar value is less than $950 as misdemeanors: 1) theft, 2) receiving stolen property, 3) shoplifting, 4) check forgery, and 5) writing bad checks. Before the passage of the proposition, these offenses could be charged as either felonies or misdemeanors.

Prior to his term as California’s governor, in San Francisco, where Newsom was mayor from 2004 to 2011, shoplifting and property crimes spiked, with police reporting a 15% increase in theft-related incidents from 2022 to 2024.

Additionally, it is increasingly harder for residents of the Golden State to purchase a home. California’s median home price has surged to over $900,000, pricing out many middle-class families. Newsom’s policies have also increased taxes and regulatory burdens on businesses.

“Presumably” is doing an awful lot of work in that second graf.

WHY WAS THE NONPROFIT DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE PARTICIPATING IN THE ANTI-TRUMP “NO KINGS” MARCH IN BOSTON?

YOU CAN’T TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THEM FOR A MINUTE:

Trump 1.0 had Paul Ryan, who conned him on the wall. Trump 2.0 has Rollins, who's already done huge damage to his deportation efforts, sabotaging them at the worst moment (when they're starting and under attack by the press and the left). https://t.co/DfR5t1PKrj

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 16, 2025

TO BE FAIR, CHRIS MURPHY IS GARBAGE:

When Luigi Mangione executed a healthcare CEO in broad daylight. Chris Murphy thought he should hear him out, and have a conversation
pic.twitter.com/TWGSNkiLLu https://t.co/nFlmfemFSo

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 16, 2025

UPDATE:

Good point. Great point actually https://t.co/zdCGSAF85K

— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) June 16, 2025

THE ARMY OF DAVIDS COMES THROUGH:

Without independent journalists covering the violence of Antifa in the Seattle area, you’d only have the @seattletimes setting the false narrative through lies. Their headline makes no mention of the organized rioters blockading the building, creating a dangerous hostage… https://t.co/8Yjnb3H63H

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 16, 2025

UPDATE: Don Surber: Trump 53, Media 31. This weekend’s reporting shows why the media is not trusted.

THERE HE GOES AGAIN: What the Hell Happened to Tucker Carlson?

IT’S OLDER THAN YOU THINK:  A history of… pizza.  According to one Victorian reporter “The pizza shops are about the filthiest in Naples, and whoever knows Naples will admit that is saying a good deal.”

GOOD TIME FOR THIS:  A Summer Reading Program for Conservatives. Tired of all the school and public libraries run by lefties who fill the shelves with woke and lewd content? One way to fight back is to reclaim those libraries- one request at a time!

THE LIES ARE THERE EVERY WEEK.  ALL YOU CAN DO IS KEEP FIGHTING:  My TCW week in review – fighting the lies.

TELL ME NOBODY AT MSNBC KNOWS ANY CONTEMPORARY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WITHOUT SAYING …  MSNBC Shocked Army’s 250th Birthday Lacked ‘Tense’ or ‘Dark, Malevolent Energy’.

THIS IS IMPORTANT:  What Nobody Tells You About Manifest Destiny and America’s Western Expansion, Along with How It All Integrates with Britain’s 1840s Attempt to Fence In the USA.

DESPERATE AND UNPRINCIPLED IS DANGEROUS:  Not Even Hiding It: 148 Democrats Go Against Barring Non-Citizens from Voting.

SPREAD THE WORD. THE WIDER THE SPREAD THE MORE LIKELY IRANIANS WILL SEE IT:  Starlink For Iran.

IT USUALLY IS:  The Army is FAILING Its Soldiers.

NOT TIRED OF WINNING:  USAID Official and Three Others Plead Guilty After Decade-Long, Half-Billion Dollar Bribery Scheme Falls Apart.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED, BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  Crickets from J6 Fanatics as Anti-Trump Protesters Breach Barricades, Rush US Capitol.