GO READ:  What Is There to Be Afraid Of? A Look At the Anti-Gun Boogieman and Cold, Hard Facts.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE REACTIONS TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD:  The Martyrdom of Henry Nowak. And the parallels with St George of Fentanyl.

MEANWHILE IN FORMERLY GREAT BRITAIN: The Hampshire police have bravely decided to hide their entire website for foreigners. This includes the “Race Action PLan 2024-2026” which seems to have some bearing on the Henry Nowak case.

Fortunately A FRIEND saved a copy yesterday that lost all the formatting but otherwise contains everything relevant. Click here to read the PDF and shine a light on these “brave” people.

WE KNOW. THAT HAS BEEN OBVIOUS FOR A WHILE NOW:  I’m Ohio’s state auditor — Medicaid fraud is not just a Washington problem. Audits found payments to dead people, prison inmates and residents enrolled in multiple states.

IT JUST KEEPS GETTING MORE DISTURBING:  Hundreds flee as South Africa anti-migrant mobs go door-to-door. Hundreds of foreigners fearing for their lives have taken shelter in community halls along South Africa’s coast.

I’m all for countries defending their sovereignty but “mobs” and “South Africa” are a dangerous combination. To be fair, something for the left (and illegals in the US) to consider is that if they succeed in stopping the deportations and re-opening the borders, this is how it ends. Or worse.

I PREFER REASON OVER FEELINGS, BUT SOMETIMES FEELINGS MAKE THEMSELVES HEARD:  A Lump of Feelings.

#JOURNALISM:

NEW from @dailycaller on the NYT's catch and kill operation:

– A source tells @wupton that the NYT had two women prepared to make sexual assault allegations against Platner.
– Those details were revealed to Fifield, presumably to make her feel more comfortable coming forward… pic.twitter.com/buC8wN5u0i

— Amber Duke (@ambermarieduke) June 4, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Be here now.

SCHUTZSTAFFEL SCHWANZSTÜCKER SOON TO BE SEEN?

Democratic strategist, to NY Mag: "Are we going to see pictures of Graham Platner’s penis before this is all over? I think we almost certainly will."https://t.co/4WJA1T412q

— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) June 4, 2026

PROF. CARRINGTON, CALL YOUR OFFICE: Sun erupts with 3 colossal solar flares in less than 24 hours, boosting chances for northern lights.

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Scott Pelley Is Out. So What? The demise of the news anchor as someone who matters.

“CRAZY CAT LADIES,” EXPLAINED: Cat Ownership Linked to Increased Risk of Schizophrenia, Study Suggests.

InstaPundit has been on this story for quite a while.

INVISIBLE COUNTER-REVOLUTION: It may be the least reported “seismic shift” in the global political alignment. Richard Pollock did NOT miss it and he’s got the scoop.

PROGRESS: NASA’s X-59 Sonic Boom Killer Is Ready for Its Biggest Test Yet.

DISPATCHES FROM WEIMAR, HOLLYWOOD: Masters of the Universe Review.

Your tolerance for Masters of the Universe will likely depend on how funny you find it for a character called “Fisto”—because he has a giant fist, you see—uttering the following line: “Let’s fist some bad guys! Give him head, Ram Man.”

Now, this sequence is funny for a couple of reasons. For starters, Fisto and Ram-Man are not the real names of these characters: They’re just what Prince Adam (Nicholas Galitzine) calls the two heroes of Eternia. Because of the aforementioned giant fist and Ram-Man’s head, which looks like a battering ram. But it’s also funny because of the double entendre. “Fisting” and “giving head” are sexual acts, as you, the adult reading this, well know. Fisto (again, not his real name) has said that he and Ram-Man (ibid) should commit acts of violence that also sound like phrases commonly associated with physical acts of love. The dissonance here is intended to provoke an uncontrolled guffaw as your brain connects the two ideas.

Ha ha. You get it.

And maybe you will love it! I do not dispute that this is mildly amusing; there were people in my theater who laughed quite heartily at several of these gags. “Fisto” is, objectively, a very funny name for a character based on a children’s toy. But it really gets to the annoying, leering wink at the heart of Masters of the Universe, a movie that seems to exist entirely in the hopes of turning any discrete 45-second chunk of footage into a GIFable, memeable moment, something to amuse people on social media once this thing hits home video in six or seven weeks, if not sooner.

Based on an ’80s children’s toy, and with Mattel gearing up to sell new merchandise off of Fisto and Ram Man: Mattel Unveils Full “Masters of the Universe” Product Line Ahead of Highly Anticipated Live-Action Film.

MAINE KAMPF: NYT: Ex GF of Platner Says He Knew All About “My Totenkopf,” Used Physical Force Against Her, Bragged That He Would Rape His Male Enemies, “Not in a Gay Way,” But to Show “I’m Dominant.”

More here: Latest Graham Platner Story Veers Into ‘Me Too’ Territory.

A couple takeaways…Platner allegedly referred to women as "hatchet wounds" (crude remark re: their physical anatomy) and allegedly said if anyone ever broke into his home he would rape them to assert dominance, but "not in a gay way". Platner campaign doesn't dispute the…

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 4, 2026

Like the invasion of Stalingrad, Platner seems determined to campaign on:

My prediction is that the Democrats remain predictable:

Platner doesn't drop out. Senate Democrats continue to support him.

They don't "believe all women" or believe in anything, actually, other than power

If that means backing the Nazi tattoo guy who abuses women they will

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) June 4, 2026

Next stop, damage control on M-SNOW:

JUST ANNOUNCED: @chrislhayes will speak with Maine Democratic Senate candidate @grahamformaine for his first national interview following reporting on his alleged behavior in past relationships.

Tune in to @allinwithchris at 8 p.m. ET tonight on @MSNOWNews.

— MS NOW Public Relations (@MSNOWComms) June 4, 2026

NOT THAT THERE’S ANYTHING WRO… NEVER MIND, LITERALLY EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH THAT:

This is going just great for Sanders and Warren. https://t.co/oJS36YGbwF

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) June 4, 2026

GREAT FOR CURLY HAIR: Dyson Airstrait™ Straightener. #CommissionEarned

SEDUCTIVE AI: 1 in 5 teens turn to AI chatbots for mental health advice, but a majority of them keep it secret.

OOF: Inside The Mercedes Biturbo V8 That Needed An $80,000 Fix Before 37,000 Miles.

SPACE: Meteorite found in Sahara desert may be 1st evidence of lost solar system world. “The meteorite, known as Northwest Africa (NWA) 12774, is a roughly one-pound (454-gram) rock discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2019. Scientists classify it as an angrite, a rare type of meteorite that ranks among the oldest volcanic rocks in the solar system. This particular chunk of space rock, known as NWA 12774, preserves an unusual chemical signature that suggests some of the solar system’s earliest worlds developed differently from other rocky planets, researchers say.”

NO, HE’S A DAMN COMMIE: Sen. Sanders Wants to Take 50% of AI Profits to Create a Sovereign Wealth Fund. Is He Nuts?

GET SMOOTHER SKIN: First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub. #CommissionEarned

IF THE POLICE DO A BETTER JOB, THERE WILL BE FEWER OF THESE: Des Moines Police Don’t Really Seem Comfortable With the Number of Defensive Gun Uses They’re Seeing.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO SELL ME ON IT, I ALREADY WANTED HIM GONE: Media Reporter: Pelley Firing May Trigger ’60 Minutes’ Exodus.

Along with Pelley, correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega were recently fired and correspondent Anderson Cooper departed.

“No one has left the building at ’60 Minutes’ without some version of what Scott did, some sort of criticism toward the new management, and indeed the new ownership about the direction of the show,” Byers said.

“It is very difficult to see how this new leadership is able to usher ’60 Minutes’ as it has existed in the past into the future,” Byers added. “We only have three remaining correspondents there. I know that they currently are deliberating over what they are going to do.

“It’s very possible that we’re going to arrive at a moment here in a matter of weeks, if not days, where there is no existing talent left at ’60 Minutes’ and they are going to have to build this back up from scratch.”

Best thing that could happen to the show, really.