DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH:

WHAT A JOKE: Iran selected for a vice presidency post at UN’s nuclear non-proliferation confab.

The United States and Iran clashed at the United Nations on Monday over Tehran’s nuclear program and the latter’s selection to be one of dozens of vice presidents at a month-long conference to review the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The 11th conference to review implementation of the NPT, which came into force in 1970, began on Monday at the United Nations in New York. Different groups nominated 34 conference vice presidents, and the conference chair, Vietnam’s UN ambassador Do Hung Viet, said Iran was picked by “the group of non-aligned and other states.”

Christopher Yeaw, assistant secretary for the US Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, told the conference that Iran’s selection was an “affront” to the NPT.

The only non-proliferation the Islamic Republic understands is bunker-busters delivered by B-2.

TRUTH:

Exit quote: “Let’s be honest, Jimmy: when you hate Donald Trump as much as you do, that doesn’t sound like a joke. It sounds like how you really feel. They always say there is truth in comedy.”

HE LIKELY DOESN’T CARE:

BLUE STATE BLUES: California agencies discuss what to cut as state deals with $35B deficit.

In January, the Governor’s Office projected only a $3 billion budget shortfall next year, well under the Legislative Analyst’s Office projections of an $18 billion shortfall in its budget released in November 2025.

Since that time, the conflict in Iran and an $8.6 billion increase in tax revenues have improved the budget outlook, but increasing costs in Medi-Cal spending has complicated the revenue picture, Palmer said. He noted nothing is final in the next version of the governor’s budget.

Newsom made it clear in January that he is attempting to solve the budget problems not only in 2026-27, but the following fiscal year as well, Palmer told The Center Square.

Meanwhile: The cost of High-Speed Rail is now estimated at $231 billion.

Ditching HSR would patch plenty of holes in the budget, but then what would Dems do for graft?

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Brandon Gill Gives a Master Class on Questioning an Abortion Ghoul. “Texas Representative Brandon Gill is the youngest Republican in Congress but he is, as the old saying goes, wise beyond his years. On Tuesday, the 32-year-old first term congressman provided a blueprint for all of the GOP elders of the village on how to deal with any vile abortion ghoul who is being questioned by lawmakers.”

WELL SAID:

Personally, I’m a big believer in tit-for-tat. It’s science!

OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY, IT’S LITERALLY AN UNLIMITED RESOURCE!

California is still in the Gradually way of going broke. The problem with the Suddenly part is that it comes so suddenly

DON SURBER: The B in EBT stands for Bentley. “In one red state alone, more than 14,000 people with EBTs (food stamp recipients) own luxury cars.”