May 31, 2026

IS PARIS BURNING? Hundreds Arrested as Riots and Looting Break Out After Paris Saint-Germain Victory in Champions League Final.

Riots immediately erupted in the French capital following Paris Saint-Germain’s victory over London’s Arsenal Football Club in the Champions League Final on Saturday.

UPDATE 5/31 0145: Hundreds of arrests across France

According to updated figures from Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez, at least 416 people have been arrested throughout France on Sunday, including 283 in Paris. At least seven police officers were injured during the rioting, including one seriously, Le Figaro reported.

In addition to clashes with police and setting fires, Minister Nuñez said that 15 cities across the country experienced looting, including multiple instances in cities such as Grenoble, Strasbourg, and Rennes.

Despite the chaos, the government minister said that plans to hold a victory celebration at the Champ de Mars on Sunday are still set to go ahead.

Wow, and I thought Eagles and Raiders fans were a bit overenthusiastic:

Posted at 7:45 am by Ed Driscoll

TO BOLDLY GO WHERE THE DAILY WIRE WENT THREE YEARS AGO:

Flashback: Canada’s Mass Graves Narrative That Sparked Church Burnings Crumbles Amid Dearth Of Evidence.

—The Daily Wire, September 2nd, 2023.

Posted at 7:14 am by Ed Driscoll

THE BURNT FOOL’S BANDAGED FINGER GOES WOBBLING BACK TO THE FIRE: Hochul just let Mamdani start to borrow NYC’s way back to the 1975 financial crisis. “Robbing the future to pay for the present nearly sank the city 50 years ago, and the math hasn’t changed. By insisting on ballooning the budget to $127 billion, refusing to make any real spending cuts and embracing this dodgy de-facto borrowing, Mamdani’s not leading New York City into some new golden socialist era.”

Posted at 7:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

May 30, 2026

INSURRECTION!

This is much more violent than January 6. January 6 was American citizens acting like Americans. This is enemies of America acting like enemies.

Posted at 11:21 pm by Glenn Reynolds

FRANCE, BRITAIN, AND GERMANY — AND SPAIN — NEED REVOLUTIONS AT THIS POINT:

Plus:

Trying to set fire to a stone structure both illustrates the subnormal IQ of the protesters, and the problem that they present. The solutions to the problem are obvious, of course, which is why they are not being pursued.

And, from the open thread:

Posted at 10:21 pm by Glenn Reynolds

OPEN THREAD: Keep rockin’!

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

IT’S JUST A BLITZKRIEG OF OPPOSITION DUMPS: Platner Maintained Sexually-Suggestive Profile on ‘Predator’s Paradise’ App Known For Child Exploitation.

Democrat candidate for Maine U.S. Senate Graham Platner has had a long history of sexual deviancy unearthed over the course of his political campaign. It’s previously been revealed that Platner has engaged in bouts of masturbation in public restrooms, had phone sex on a network compromised by the Taliban, and cried over the closure of a Thailand prostitution tax-loophole.

A recent report from the Wall Street Journal revealed that Platner has an account on an anonymous messaging platform known for playing host to countless sexual predators, Kik.

Platner’s account, which goes by the username phustle0331, remains active today. His chosen avatar is a mirror selfie where an individual appears to be dressed in nothing but a bath towel. The tattoos featured on the individual match tattoos that Platner had as recently as October when he conducted an interview with a local ABC affiliate, confirming that he is the individual pictured. Further, the username matches that of private Instagram account associated with Platner as well as his infamous Reddit account.

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Platner’s Kik account, which he later admitted was his to the Wall Street Journal, was created on June 26, 2016. By that time, Kik has already garnered a strong reputation as a platform rife with predators seeking to sexually exploit children. Several cases received widespread attention, including a 2016 sting operation that resulted in the arrests of more than 2,600 predators. The issue was considered so prevalent that the New York Times published an exposé on the dangers the app posed to children.

Meanwhile, when you’re a leftist who’s lost The Atlantic…: Atlantic Drops ‘Do Better Than Platner’ Bomb as Shipwreckedcrew Warns: DNC Prepping Another Primary Heist.

Obviously, The Atlantic would never publish anything without the express approval of the DNC, so it gives a peek at how the Democrat Party is feeling about adding Platner to their elected ranks. Clearly, they see it as very problematic.

Related:

 

Bob Torricelli, tanned, rested, and ready; as Michael Graham sagely cautioned in 2004 (the year Torricelli was swapped out and replaced by a fossilized Frank Lautenberg on the NJ ballot), “Don’t assume you know who’s on the Democratic ticket until Election Day.”

Posted at 8:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

I WAS HOPING IT WAS PROOF OF ROMAN SETTLEMENT IN LOUISIANA, BUT IT’S JUST WAR BOOTY: Mysterious Stone in US Backyard Turns Out to Be an Archaeological Treasure. “The grave marker was among those later listed as missing. Its exact measurements, as recorded by the museum, matched those of the tablet found in Santoro and Lopez’s garden. Exactly how the stone traveled from wartime Italy to suburban Louisiana remained an equally fascinating saga. According to Erin Scott O’Brien, the Carrollton house’s former owner, the tablet had been on display in a cabinet containing other heirlooms in the Gentilly house of her grandfather, Charles Paddock Jr., a soldier stationed in Italy during WWII.”

Posted at 8:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

WHEN REALITY BITES: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) might want to reconsider her claim about the Rich not paying their “fair share” of federal taxes,

Posted at 7:08 pm by Mark Tapscott

THE NIGHT PORTER: Graham Platner’s Wife Flagged Sexually Explicit Texts to His Senate Campaign.

The previously unreported deliberations last year over sexually explicit texts discovered on Platner’s phone come as the veteran has exploded onto the national political scene, kindling Democratic hopes that they can unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins and gain control of the Senate.

Platner has recently faced disclosures about controversial posts from his now deleted Reddit account. They have included comments from his account downplaying sexual assault and crude posts about sex workers and masturbation. Platner has already admitted to having covered up a Nazi-linked tattoo.

The revelations about Platner’s past have provided fodder for Republicans and stirred debate within the Democratic Party about his character and judgment. Platner is a political novice. Some in the party fear they have attached themselves to a candidate who didn’t undergo thorough vetting and could undermine their hopes for the midterm elections in November.

Platner also has an active account on Kik, a popular, private messaging app. Platner’s profile shows a mirror selfie of him shirtless with a towel wrapped around his waist. Many of his tattoos are clearly visible in the picture.

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Besides his posts on Reddit downplaying sexual assault, which became the subject of an attack ad by his then-primary opponent Janet Mills, Platner has also expressed lenient views related to infidelity in other posts. Mills, the Maine governor, suspended her campaign ahead of the June 9 Democratic primary.

Exit quote:

Posted at 4:45 pm by Ed Driscoll