June 15, 2026

THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN:

Posted at 8:48 am by Glenn Reynolds

NOW THAT SPENCER PRATT IS OUT OF THE RACE, CNN CAN SAFELY TELL YOU HOW FUBAR L.A. IS:

Posted at 8:35 am by Ed Driscoll

MUST BE A PRETTY GOOD LIST: Beijing blasts Pentagon’s latest Chinese military company list. “The Defense Department’s updated 1260H list, published Monday, classified dozens of new companies and their subsidiaries, including e-commerce giants Alibaba and Baidu, and the electric vehicle manufacturer — and major Tesla rival — BYD, as ‘Chinese military companies operating in the United States.’ The listing doesn’t bar them from operating in the U.S., but it prohibits them from doing business with the Pentagon and imposes a reputational stigma at a time of rising concerns about Chinese espionage operations. The intelligence agencies of Britain, the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand warned last week that China is increasingly using professional networking sites and job platforms — including LinkedIn and Indeed — to gain access to classified information.”

Posted at 8:34 am by Stephen Green

ELON AND MONEY — WHAT HIS LEFTIST CRITICS CAN’T COMPREHEND:

Posted at 8:32 am by Glenn Reynolds

MEK WARS:

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 8:22 am by Ed Driscoll

ANOTHER “CONSPIRACY THEORY” TURNS OUT TO BE TRUE: Tulsi Gabbard: Yes, There Were US Funded Biolabs in Ukraine. “Rather than tell the truth, assuming the funding was benign in intent, the press and the White House went into full propaganda mode and denied everything. Victoria Nuland, ironically, had told at least part of the truth briefly before the coverup went into overdrive, but as with COVID, the government, and especially the Biden administration, had an allergy to the truth.”

Plus:

So what do we know? Well, the funding stream dates back to the end of the Cold War. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian bioweapons labs were in funding freefall, and Western powers wanted to ensure that the scientists didn’t sell viruses or their expertise, or that, through neglect, disasters didn’t happen.

So we poured money into both nuclear and biological research in the Soviet Union. Basically as preventative bribes and to exercise some control. Why that funding stream in Ukraine went on for decades, and why Ebola and SARS viruses were in Ukraine, is a serious question. But then again, we are talking about our federal government, run by idiots like Fauci, who do stupid things that kill people.

We did something similar with Soviet rocket scientists, to keep them from going to work for third world dictators making missiles. And:

What we don’t know is that these biolabs were actually conducting biowarfare experiments. Just because the government lied about the existence of these facilities for political reasons does not mean that the worst possible interpretation is correct, as many assume.

In other words, we don’t know what this means beyond the fact that the Biden White House lied, which just means that it was a day ending in “Y.”

They lied not so much because it was in their interest, as because it was in their nature. At any rate, I’m more concerned about the secret Chinese biolabs in the United States, working on pathogens.

Posted at 8:19 am by Glenn Reynolds

TIM O’BRIEN: Elon Musk and the Politics of Envy “Envy is the lifeblood of leftist politics, and Musk is merely their latest, biggest, and most convenient target. But it’s worth being reminded that to the left, you are no different than Elon Musk. Let me explain.”

Posted at 8:03 am by Stephen Green

WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE, THE TEA PARTY?

Posted at 8:02 am by Glenn Reynolds

“THE SPORT VENUE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE US MOGS EVERY OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH AND IT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE:”

Posted at 7:45 am by Ed Driscoll

2028 PREVIEW: Support broadens beyond Harris, Newsom in Democratic primary poll.

In the latest The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll conducted from June 4-6 among registered voters who identify as Democrats and left-leaning Independents, Harris maintained a strong lead, capturing the support of 27% of the 1,224 polled. Newsom was a distant second among the names listed, with 14% support.

But both Harris and Newsom have slipped from where they landed in October and March Voters’ Voice Polls. Harris was at 33% in the fall, 31% in March and is now at 27%; Newsom had 21% in the fall, then 16% in March, and now, 14%.

Looks like an opportunity for a DLC-style moderate to step in, but they seem to have been hunted to extinction.

Posted at 7:32 am by Stephen Green

ICYMI: MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Elon Musk is a Genius — and a Litmus Test.

“SpaceX’s IPO created 4,400 millionaires, according to the New York Times. Critics like Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Elizabeth Warren have created one each — themselves.”

Related (From Ed): Question asked and answered:

Posted at 7:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING:

Posted at 7:17 am by Stephen Green

I’M EXPECTING AN L.A.-SHATTERING KABOOM: And maybe not just L.A.

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds