DISPATCHES FROM AIRSTRIP ONE: Here Comes Herr Starmer’s Next Blow Against Liberty. “British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and a top advisor launched a mission to ‘Kill Musk’s Twitter,’ and they might just do it — at least in the U.K. — in their pursuit of protecting children from wrongthink.”
June 16, 2026
HEH:
The type of women you meet at 3am at Luftwaffle House https://t.co/wUglQ3E7wt
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) June 16, 2026
DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME: Brandon Herrera Presents The Darwin Awards. “Been a weird week, so here’s something a bit lighter, assuming ‘ighter’ includes ‘idiots mishandling firearms to delete themselves from the gene pool.'”
BRENDAN O’NEILL: Jerry Seinfeld and the dark truth about ‘Free Palestine.’
“Can we get a ‘Free Palestine’?” the streamer asked as he shoved his mic towards Seinfeld’s mouth. Seinfeld smirked. He held his tongue. No “Free Palestine” passed his lips.
It gets better. He then proceeded to shut down his chirpy interrogator with three words. “It doesn’t exist”, he said. He was talking about Palestine. Cue fury from the Gazaholics. This was “racist rhetoric”, cried the cranks at the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Oh keep your burqas on. He wasn’t being racist – he was showing the world that even in an age of crushing conformity it is possible to stand your ground.
There was something heroic in Seinfeld’s smiling refusal to speak on command. By resisting the pressure to parrot the slogans of the self-righteous, he struck a blow for freedom of conscience. He resisted the trap of compelled speech, preferring the company of his own supposedly blasphemous thoughts. What a relief to discover there are celebrities out there who decline to bow to the passing fads of correct-think.
The backlash over his Palestine heresy was fast and furious. Social media is awash with Jerry hate. “Racist,” “apartheid lover,” “psycho” – those barbs and others have been hurled his way. Mehdi Hasan called him a “disgusting and proud racist” and said he will never again watch an episode of Seinfeld. I bet Jerry’s gutted. Perhaps he’ll take comfort in the millions of dollars he still rakes in from Seinfeld every year, courtesy of viewers who aren’t big babies and don’t switch off TV shows in a pique of infantile rage when they discover they disagree with the people who made them.
To be fair, if anyone knows a show about nothing when he sees one, it’s Jerry Seinfeld.
I MEAN, WHY BOTHER EVOLVING IF YOU’RE NOT GONNA GET LAID: 574 million-year-old fossils reveal a lack of sex delayed evolution for millions of years.
CHANGE:
🇸🇪 Sweden has passed a "good behavior" law allowing migrants to be deported over non-criminal conduct such as tax debts or extremist links.
This will allow the Swedish government the power to revoke residence permits and deport legal immigrants without a specific criminal… pic.twitter.com/tcCBS9QGa0
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 16, 2026
HOW IT STARTED: Police investigating large burning cross at Chicago’s Grant Park.
—Chicago’s ABC affiliate, last Wednesday.
How it’s going:
The demand for right-wing hatred and bigotry far exceeds the supply, forcing the left to fill the gap https://t.co/vhnPuQphb7
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) June 16, 2026
More details here: Person of interest in Grant Park cross burning incident in custody, police say.
[NBC Chicago’s Chuck Goudie]: “Did you make it all the way through almost four years at UIC without somebody teaching you that a burning cross is one of the most divisive symbols in America?”
[Illinois Chicago senior Merlin Lu]: “No, I don’t really have any, like… I never grew up with religion, never really surrounded myself with people with it. My childhood friend’s they, I remember them going to, like, confirmation and stuff like that, but um…”
Goudie: “But it’s a symbol of the Ku Klux Klan. I mean, that really is where it started. Nobody ever taught you that? You never read it in a history book?”
Lu: “I just saw the Wikipedia page with the movie with the, like, I think it’s called like ‘Under One Nation’ or something like that.”
“The Birth of a Nation” is a famous 1915 silent film that romanticized the KKK and showed a cross burning.
Woodrow Wilson’s favorite movie!
WE DRILLED, BABY, WE DRILLED: The Oil Reserve Hit a 43-Year Low. America’s Energy Muscle Didn’t.
21ST CENTURY TREATMENTS: I tried the Las Vegas Strip’s first AI-powered robot massage — here’s what it was like.
THE NEW SPACE RACE:
SpaceX will launch "Starfall Demo" mission NET June 21st per FAA Operations Plan Advisory from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral, FL.
A single Starfall test re-entry vehicle will launch Southeast from the cape over the Bahamas with the 1st stage likely boosting back to a Land LZ.
The… pic.twitter.com/fHjkqQKPU4
— Dillon Shropshire (@Dillonshrop06) June 16, 2026
“This mission isn’t officially on SpaceX’s itinerary, so date and exact information aren’t known with 100% certainty. This should serve as a preliminary glimpse into this mission.”
But here’s something even bigger that is on SpaceX’s itinerary:
FCC Filing for a "Starship Orbital Return Demo" 🔥 pic.twitter.com/n9xCl8KUVl
— Niall Anderson (@INiallAnderson) June 16, 2026
The company will attempt to take Starship orbital for the first time starting as soon as July 29.
HEY, BIG SPENDER: SpaceX locks in $60 billion Cursor deal to power AI coding push.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX said on Tuesday it would acquire Anysphere, the software firm behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, for $60 billion, in a bid to ramp up its presence in the enterprise AI market.
The announcement comes days after Musk took the rockets-to-AI company public in a blockbuster Nasdaq debut that valued the firm at more than $2 trillion and immediately made it one of the world’s most valuable companies.
SpaceX had been eyeing Cursor for several months. The company said in April it had secured an option to either acquire the San Francisco-based company for $60 billion later this year, or pay $10 billion for a new partnership.
The deal could give xAI, the Grok chatbot maker that SpaceX merged with in February, a stronger foothold in the AI coding market where it has so far lagged rivals. It would also provide Cursor with more computing capacity to develop AI models.
SpaceX’s shares were up nearly 10% in premarket trading, on track to add about $247 billion to its market capitalization of $2.53 trillion. At $211.27, the stock has climbed more than 56% from its IPO price of $135.
If the gains hold, SpaceX is set to overtake Amazon in value to become the fifth-largest company.
Anysphere was valued at $50 billion in March.
YOU WILL BE MADE TO CARE: MLB Continues Shameful Anti-Christian Crusade—Threatens Players Over Bible Verses on ‘Pride Night’ Caps.
In yet another display of its ongoing war on Christian faith, Major League Baseball has issued an official warning to three San Francisco Giants pitchers who dared to write Bible verses on their Pride Night caps.
And by ‘warning’ we mean threat, because what follows a warning in sports? Most likely a fine. Or, you know, as per Rule 3.03 of the official MLB Rulebook, a non-conforming player can be barred from participating in the game.
While the league under Commissioner Rob Manfred eagerly green-lights rainbow alterations and perpetually bows to the LGBT alphabet mafia, it is drawing a firm line at players subtly referencing God’s word.
It’s shameful. Utterly shameful.
According to The Athletic, MLB is putting its collective foot down after San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Landen Roupp and two of his teammates dared to add Bible verses to their ‘Pride Night’ caps. Bible verses, mind you, that explain the true symbolism of the rainbow—God’s covenant with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature after the great flood.
“Similar behavior will not be tolerated,” the report ominously reads.
That warning is backed up by a statement given by Pat Courtney, MLB’s chief communications officer, to Outsports.
“The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations,” Courtney wrote.
Exit quote: “In reality, this isn’t about rule violations. It’s about whose beliefs MLB is willing to tolerate. The message to Christian players is crystal clear: your faith is unwelcome on the field.”
Well, we wouldn’t want to upset the delicate souls who staff the San Fransisco Chronicle:
The mainstream press is now describing Bible verses as “defacing.”
All while demanding total subservience to their obsession with sexual orientation and transgenderism.
Evil. Abject evil. https://t.co/vk0Ghf8sW2
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) June 16, 2026
SAFETY IS THE SALES PITCH, CONTROL IS THE PRODUCT:
Social media age verification will not stop the rape gangs, secure the border or fix the weather.
Age verification won’t protect children either. It’s not meant to.
This is just another attempt at universal Bio-Metric Digital ID.
— Resist CBDC 🏁 (@Resist_CBDC) June 16, 2026
DON’T CONFUSE THEM WITH FACTS: DOJ Investigation of Newsom Began Under Biden Administration.
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM:
Only the U.S. could host the World Cup, UFC 250, the Stanley Cup and the NBA Finals all in one weekend with no problems. 🇺🇸 💪 😎
— HausenKS 🌾🇺🇸 (@HausenKS) June 15, 2026
Related:
We didn’t build any of these stadiums. They were just extras lying around. https://t.co/PGr5aVWewJ
— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) June 15, 2026
CDR SALAMANDER: Requiem for a Frigate: It Didn’t Have To Be Like This. “Of all the disastrous series of failures this century to build a surface combatant, none were as unnecessary and avoidable as the failure of the Constellation Class FFG.”
YES: End the Renewable Fuel Standard Now, and Lower Gas Prices. “The Energy Policy Research Foundation (EPRF) has crunched some numbers on this, and the findings paint an expensive and unpleasant picture. These and the other various regulations and requirements are estimated to be costing a typical American family of four an added $734 per annum in fuel costs.”
NIFTY: Here’s Where to Track (and Predict!) Your Congresscritter’s Insider Trades “Democrats like California’s dynamic trading duo, Nancy Pelosi and Ro Khanna, made some of the biggest returns, but plenty of Republicans are in on the game, too.”
SLEEP BETTER: C CUSHION LAB Deep Sleep Pillow, Patented Ergonomic Contour Design. #CommissionEarned
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Bachelor’s Degrees Aren’t Cool Anymore. “In a new research brief, The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Education found that only 44 percent of American high school students expected to earn a bachelor’s degree in 2022, down from 72 percent in 2002. The study also revealed a parental gap among high school students, with only 33 percent of first-generation students aspiring to a bachelor’s degree in 2022, compared to 60 percent two decades earlier. . . . Pundits typically cite ideological bias, social disaffection, rising costs, credential inflation, and poor labor market returns. Each contributes something, but none has been quite as ignored as this: the internet has effectively dismantled the cultural bottlenecks that historically upheld the fiat value of a college education.”
Matt Damon’s character in Good Will Hunting summarized the problem: “You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library.”
Related demographic irony:
Irony: Universities since the 1960s have been the center for 'the world is overpopulated! Don't have kids!'
Now the number of universities far outnumber the available students and they're slowly going out of business.
This is referred to as an 'own goal.' Good job there.
— John Ringo SF Author (@Jringo1508) June 15, 2026
CUE THE GOMER PYLE CLIP. AGAIN:A New Study Just Confirmed the Left’s Worst-Kept Secret.
UPDATE (From Ed): “The woman starts shaking, you know how mentally ill they are! She’s totally disconnected from reality. Miserable, angry, crazy!”
Fox’s Jesse Watters REVEALS how he and his wife confronted a liberal: “I was getting a bagel this weekend and we were in line when this woman with glasses, bad teeth and a pony tail hears my voice and turns around says ‘you, you’re the one who spews lies on TV!’”
“I’m like… pic.twitter.com/lEncrHQ993
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) June 15, 2026
REQUIRED READING:
🚨 I won't sugar coat it: our Education Secretary needs to put on her counter-terror hat and address what's unfolding at the University of Michigan on our dime.
It is nothing short of a jihadist takeover.
Amir Makled is an attorney in Dearborn, Michigan.
Recently, 8 students… pic.twitter.com/koJijg72Nx
— NizNellie3 (@NizNellie3) June 16, 2026
Amir Makled is an attorney in Dearborn, Michigan.
Recently, 8 students were federally indicted for unleashing a campaign of violence against Board Regents for nearly 2 years.
The pic on the right is Makled with Alex Sepulveda.
Alex was one of the 8 students arrested by the FBI. He threw chemical agents through the windows of Board Regents homes, as well as participated in violent attacks against university officials.
Makled has appeared with these 8 terrorist students multiple times.
He’s now running in an election to become one of those Board Regents at U of M.
He would be serving alongside the regents WHO WERE ATTACKED and marked for death by the “Gang of 8” for their refusal to divest from Israel.
The enemy is inside our education system.
HE’S RIGHT. IT IS BAFFLING.
One of the more baffling parts of right wing politics in the USA is that Republican state officials have direct authority over their state universities, yet have consistently chosen not to reform their politics & hiring policies despite complaining about them for 50+ years. https://t.co/MbEwiOAasG
— Nemets (@Peter_Nimitz) June 16, 2026
THEY JUST CAN’T HELP IT: Republicans Saved by Democrats’ Vanity Projects—Again.
Earlier this week, I told you about a Politico story that should send ice through Republican veins: Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters at a news conference Monday that the first bill the Democrats plan to pass if they win the House in November would focus on lowering costs, and Democrats are already working on legislation to tackle the biggest struggle Americans are currently facing.
Luckily for the Republicans, that story is already dated.
…
Rep. Jamie Raskin wants voting rights…Rep. Yvette Clarke said she’d like to see the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act revived in any new H.R. 1. as well as “comprehensive immigration reform.”
Rep. Adriano Espaillat wants H.R. 1 to claw back funding for ICE and redirect it to Medicaid and affordable housing.
Rep. Brad Schneider wants the party to undo Trump’s tariffs in their first action.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is on the health care working group, wants “guaranteed health care.”
Then there’s Rep. Ro Khanna, believed to be considering a presidential run in 2028. He laid out his agenda on a podcast later in the week, and it included the usual progressive priorities: Abolish ICE, expand the Supreme Court, and a billionaire’s tax.
Left unsaid: There hardly a Democrat policy that doesn’t involve making things more expensive.
