#SCOOP: Scott Pelley had a meeting with CBS News leadership at 5pm ET to discuss a path forward after his protest in 60 Minutes all-hands. The two sides did not find common ground and it now seems likely he will either resign or be fired, though neither has happened yet.
A police officer involved in the arrest of Henry Nowak has resigned from shame – yet the top brass remain.
Alexis Boone (L) Sam de Reya and Robert France (R) continue in their respective six-figure roles at @HantsPolice. They all need to apologise and resign. pic.twitter.com/mzI1eVyx1U
They will kneel for a fentanyl-addicted American career criminal, but not for an innocent 18-year-old British boy.
We’re still here on the front lines of the Southampton protest. The police are still holding the line. It appears they are attempting to kettle protesters in, even as night falls.
MORE: Henry Nowak: PM Starmer speaks, cop quits. “Henry died on the street, while being read his rights as an accused criminal. No longer able to speak, the last words Nowak heard were ‘you have the right to remain silent.’ Back to the Prime Minister. Starmer piles on to the idea that the real problem with the Nowak case was not his brutal, unprovoked murder, or the callous indifference shown by the responding police to the dying Nowak. No, the real problem is the (small “c”) conservative reaction to these events.”
The White House Correspondents’ Association announced Tuesday that it will reschedule its annual press dinner for July 24 after the initial event was disrupted when a gunman attacked the gathering attended by President Trump, senior administration officials and scores of journalists.
Weijia Jiang, who is the president of the association and a CBS News senior White House correspondent, said in an email to members of the White House Correspondents’ Association that the rescheduled event would be a “more intimate gathering” and feature “significantly enhanced safety measures and new access procedures.”
Mr. Trump said he has accepted an invitation to speak at the dinner next month, calling it a “‘HOT’ ticket!”
Stay tuned…
CHEATING TAKES TIME:
Like honestly "it's going to take us several weeks to tell you who won the election" is failed state shit and should be much more stigmatized.
I try not to contradict Nate very often but there’s a perfectly valid reason why it takes so long to count votes in California. Here is a typical timeline:
Election Day: everyone votes
Week 1: mail in ballots, absentee ballots, military ballots, overseas ballots, ballots… https://t.co/Pfzew0Vha4
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) June 2, 2026
INDEED:
There's no more accurate a metaphor for the West than slowly bleeding to death by the hand of barbarians while corrupt authorities tie our hands behind our back.
Just a few years ago, a strange signal was received from the plane of the Milky Way.
It was something astronomers had never seen before, pulsing with a radio beat too slow to fit any known astronomical object.
It may have just come and gone as a one-off anomaly.
But then they found another one.
And another.
To date, around a dozen of these long-period radio transients (LPTs) have been detected from diverse corners of the galaxy, leaving scientists baffled.
Now, a team led by astronomer Kovi Rose of the University of Sydney in Australia thinks they may finally have found their Rosetta Stone, the object that could help them interpret at least some of these weird, pulsating objects.
In the direction of the galaxy’s inner regions, the researchers traced an LPT signal directly to a magnetic cataclysmic variable star – a strongly magnetized white dwarf cannibalizing its companion and belching periodic radiation.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THIS MEANS MORE (AND MORE AFFORDABLE) HOUSING: Berkshire Has $400 Billion in Cash and Just Put $6.8 Billion Into Housing. What That Means for Investors. “Wall Street has been practically holding its breath waiting for Berkshire Hathaway’s new CEO to make his first big move. It is important because Greg Abel only took over the top spot at the $1 trillion market cap conglomerate from Warren Buffett at the start of 2026. The day has finally come: Berkshire just announced it is paying $6.8 billion to acquire Taylor Morrison Home.”
IS BESSENT KILLING CHINA’S CURRENCY? The backstory of why Scott Bessent was President Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary begins with the fact Bessent’s early career included time in 1992 with the Soros Fund Management team that broke the Bank of England.
The ever-observant Rod Martin sees the huge significance of that otherwise little-noted fact in the context of U.S.-China relations:
“Presidents hire people for a reason. Trump did not put Scott Bessent at Treasury because he needed another Wall Street résumé. Trump hired a man who had helped break a major currency from the inside, who understood the role of confidence, leverage, capital flows, interest rates, debt, and political denial, and who knew that governments do not lose control of currencies because traders are clever. They lose control because reality finally catches up with the lie. Bessent is not incidental to Trump’s China strategy. He is one of its central weapons.”
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Last weekend saw the most unlikely battle between David and Goliath. The little film that could was none other than the psychological horror film Backrooms. It was made on a microscopic budget (in relative terms) of $10 million, yet went on to gross a staggering $81.4 million in the US alone in its opening weekend. And the big film that couldn’t was the not-so-eagerly awaited The Mandalorian and Grogu, which had a 70 percent drop at the box office from its (relatively) underwhelming opening weekend. Unless something wholly unexpected happens, it will conclude its run as the lowest-grossing Star Wars property, confirming the predictions of those who suggested that Disney have run the brand into the ground spectacularly.
Yet the unpredicted triumph of Backrooms might be the change that the Hollywood industry so desperately needs if mainstream cinema is to evolve and survive. It was directed by Kane Parsons, aka Kane Pixels, a 20-year-old YouTuber who has had a series of successful short films and web series, including a 2022 prototype for what became Backrooms. (And yes, this means that Parsons/Pixels was finding huge success online while he was still a teenager, if you want to feel old.) While there has been some chatter on social media about whether Parsons really was solely responsible for the film himself, given the starry list of producers – including The Conjuring’s James Wan and Deadpool & Wolverine’s Shawn Levy – he has set numerous records, including being the youngest director ever to have a number one hit at the box office.
At her Substack, Justine Bateman explores: The Horror! The Horror! Something new and exciting is happening in film. And it’s scaring the hell out of people.
Horror may be the most consistently profitable genre. Films are made for small budgets, with limited cast and locations. And Elevated Horror, although pricier, provides a reliable return. HEREDITARY, for instance, earned $80m with a $10m budget, and NOSFERATU earned $181m on $50m expenditure. Cregger’s WEAPONS earned $264 worldwide with only a $38m budget.
This is partially due to horror fans being loyal and dedicated. These fans show up. Damien Leone, known for the Terrifier franchise, says, “Horror fans are like drug addicts. We always need that fix.”
Backrooms is also Critical Drinker approved, incidentally:
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