I KEEP HOPING FOR AN UPDATE ON THESE TWO, BUT ALAS, NOT YET: Score Two More Big Wins for Israel Vs. Iran… Maybe.

ATTENTION LOYAL INSTAPUNDIT READERS:  If you have a X/Twitter account, please help me out by liking and retweeting this post.  It’s my last chance to convince the California state senators on the committee considering the bill that would gut Proposition 209 that the public will be against it.

https://x.com/gailheriot/status/2064128686228713661?s=61

We are fighting an uphill battle at this point.  But hope springs eternal.  The only upside is that I managed to convince the senators that putting this referendum on the 2026 ballot would be ill-advised, because we’ll only be halfway through the Trump Administration and the Trump Administration could respond with a thorough Title VI compliance investigation.  As a result, they amended the bill to put the referendum on the 2028 ballot instead.  That at least will give me the opportunity to take care of the various things wrong with house before diving back into this.

I am resigned to the reality that I will be fighting to preserve California’s Prop 209 and its various clones in other states for the rest of my life.

VOTING FOR YOUR OWN DESTRUCTION:

The thing is — it keeps winning power in major American cities. It keeps cannibalizing the Democratic Party. It may not be popular in opinion polls, but it is unstoppable in intramural contests within institutions. https://t.co/iYlTEP7ALp

— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) June 9, 2026

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Waterpik Cordless Gem Water Flosser. #CommissionEarned

SPACE: A Falcon 9 booster turns 5 years old—and just set a remarkable reuse record.

A little more than five years ago, a shiny white Falcon 9 rocket made its debut flight, boosting a Cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station. Over the next year, it would launch a pair of astronaut missions and a handful of commercial spacecraft.

But since then, this first stage booster, designated B 1067, has mostly flown Starlink missions. It has launched them one after another, always returning safely to a drone ship before undergoing refurbishment and flying again. Sometimes it has flown twice in a single month.

On Monday morning, B 1067 once again took to the skies, launching 29 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida. Upon landing on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the vehicle completed its 35th mission overall, retaining its title as fleet leader for SpaceX.

The successful launch brings SpaceX closer to its most recently stated goal of qualifying its Falcon 9 first stage vehicles to support 40 missions each. Since that goal was outlined more than two years ago and the company has continued flying its experienced boosters safely across dozens of missions, SpaceX may be intending to push past 40 missions.

To date, the only company in the world breaking SpaceX’s records is SpaceX.

That aside, the goal is to get Starship up to hundreds of flights with minimal refurbs in between. The lessons really only SpaceX has learned (the hard way) on reusability for Falcon 9 ought to be a huge leg up on the second generation of reusable rockets.

POOR HOTHOUSE JOURNO-FLOWER: “How many times has Trump traveled to Wisconsin in his political career? 40? 60? He’s put in the hard work of demonstrating to Wisconsin that we matter, and here’s Kristen Welker obviously irked to have had to touch down in a flyover state. I can’t believe I came to this hellhole for you!“

HOMESTEADING ON THE NAVAL OBSERVATORY GROUNDS: Are the Vances Adding More Than Just a New Baby to Their Family?

FROM HOLLY CHISM:  Normalcy Bias: Look closer…things aren’t always what they seem to be. 

#CommissionEarned

Look closer. The things that you’re assuming you’re seeing? May not be what you think. Is that really a mouse, or is it a Brownie? Is that really an owl? Is that polished gemstone a stone…or an egg? We take so many things for granted. Some of them may be harmless, but many are a lot less so. I wonder how many people ignore red flags every day, because they only see what they expect to see? This collection takes what’s “normal” and asks “What if it’s something more?” Contains a Liquid Diet Chronicles prequel short story.

EXACTLY:

The significance to outside observers of Spencer Pratt vs Karen Bass was not as a political race per se, but a diagnostic. A kind of recon by force they could watch from afar.

If you were looking to invest in LA, or in California the fate of Pratt was likely to predict your own.…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 8, 2026

THE OXFORD UNION FORSOOK INTEGRITY NEARLY A CENTURY AGO:  The woke Left’s takeover of the Oxford Union – and the world.

GREAT! LET’S SEE A SENATE THAT WOULDN’T PASS THE S.A.V.E. ACT ENACT SOMETHING:  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Calls for Federal Funding Cuts Until California Cleans Up Its Disastrous Elections.

THEY’VE BUILT A SYSTEM WHICH DOESN’T NEED CONSPIRACY:  CNN’s Harry Enten Says Election Fraud in LA Is ‘the Dumbest Conspiracy Theory’ He’s Ever Heard.

HAVING PRINCIPLES ABOVE PARTY IS NOT WHAT THEY EXPECT OF DEMORATS:  Look at This CNN Host’s Face When John Fetterman Said This About Graham Platner.

HAS TO BE BETTER THAN CHINA:  American AI Companies Targeting IT-BPM Sector Of The Philippines.

I DON’T KNOW I’M LOOKING AT IT LIKE SHARES OF SHIPSTONE:  SpaceX’s IPO: A quick look at the financial world’s present take.

OUR MEDIA IS THE BIGGEST ENEMY OF THE REPUBLIC:  Rebuilding the republic.

WORDS FAIL ME:  Fallout from Video Release Expands: Police Sought to Cast Henry Nowak as Aggressor.

IT KEEPS HAPPENING, TO THE POINT OF PREDICTABILITY:  ICC Anti-Israel Prosecutor Karim Khan Suspended In Sexual Misconduct Probe.

THERE’S A CALL FOR CODERS AND ANALYSTS:  Spencer Pratt Is Still in the Fight, and He’ll Do More Than Get by With a Lot of Help From His Friends.

ANOTHER IVERMECTIN WIN:  Ivermectin Kills New World Screwworms in Both Humans and Animals.

I WISH I TRUSTED ROBERTS MORE:  A Quiet Rewrite That Could Shape a Thousand Climate Cases.  Activists have injected agenda-driven consensus into rules of scientific evidence. Chief Justice Roberts has the power to change it back.

PEOPLE WHO IMMIGRATE OWE A DUTY TO THEIR HOST COUNTRY:  And Marry our Fortunes Together.

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

FUZZY BLACK HOLES HAVE NO HAIR: Black holes could ‘leak’ long enough to become white holes that weigh no more than a flea’s egg.

LOWER COURT JUDGES NEED SOME SERIOUS SMACKING: SCOTUS Smacks Obama/Biden Appointees With A Newspaper Across The Nose For Wrongfully Acting Like A “Roving Commission Looking For Wrongs To Right.” A very pointed Per Curiam Opinion issued this morning identifies the Fourth Circuit as a repeat offender in deciding cases on issues never raised by the parties — THAT is judicial activism.