GOOD:  HHS Launches Sweeping Plan to Combat Lyme Disease as Tick-Borne Illnesses Surge.

GOOD: Japan Approves Bills To Raise Visa Fees And Introduce Online Pre-Entry Screening.

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  South African company debuts vehicle “gunport” for mostly peaceful trips to the grocery store.

YOU DON’T SAY:  NIH Monkeypox Scientists Accused of Smuggling Virus Samples through Detroit Metro Airport.

HE’S NOT THE ONLY ONE SEEING IT:  Because of that Red Curtain of Blood thing,

HISTORY HAS BEEN RHYMING A LOT LATELY:  QotD: Rhodesia and the suicide of the West.

DATA REPUBLICAN’S PRICE IS BEYOND RUBIES:  Which NGOs Are Organizing the Newark Protests, and How. How a six-word Signal message shut down a thousand-person protest.

FRIENDS OF MINE ARE GETTING BANNED ON SUSPICION OF BEING BOTS ON X:  Recent algorithm changes on X may be unfairly hammering Brave users. And there’s a larger issue here about bad interactions between robots and privacy measures.

X-cancel.

NO UNIFYING THEME, BUT SOME GOOD STUFF:  Another Target Rich Environment.

SOCIALISM IS BASED ON ENVY:  Make of this what you will.

And Tilting at Windmills sale for instapundit readers ends tonight.

LEST WE FORGET:

37 years ago today, the Chinese government brutally crushed peaceful protesters in and around Tiananmen Square who were demanding an end to corruption, freedom of speech, and democratic reform. The massacre revealed a truth the world should never forget: the Chinese Communist… pic.twitter.com/yaHqfF5XUu

— Terence Shen (@Terenceshen) June 3, 2026

Related: Epoch Times Obtains Over 2,000 Unseen Tiananmen Square Photos on 37th Anniversary of the June 4th Massacre.

OPEN THREAD: Sorry it’s late!

OVER ON SUBSTACK, ERIC OF SECURITY & CIGARS (WHICH I’VE LINKED A NUMBER OF TIMES) HAS BEEN WRITING A SERIAL NOVEL, BOUGIE APOCALYPSE. “”Bougie Apocalypse” is a serial style post-apocalyptic pulp story. Retired Sergeant Major Jack Harlan and his wife Raych are doing their best to keep civilization alive (real coffee, quality beans instead of MRE’s, refusing to become savages) while the Cough turns people into Zombies. It’s a mix of World War Z realism, Zombieland humor, and Mad Max road survival in the face of collapse. Competent protagonists, zombies, gas station raids, and killing zombies with frying pans!”

I’m in the book, maybe alive, maybe not. Schrodinger’s law professor!

MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: From Delaney Hall to ‘Freedom 250,’ lefty violence is what real insurrection looks like. “A duly elected president — one who won a majority of both the electoral vote and the popular vote, as well as carrying every swing state — is trying to enforce valid federal laws widely supported by the public. His political opponents are trying to use violence to stop it.” (Bumped.)

DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES:

One of our reporters, who got locked up in a New Jersey jail while documenting the chaos outside Delaney Hall a few nights ago, asked for toilet paper after being in a holding cell for 18 hours.

They told him to use his hand.

Wanna condemn that, @GovSherrillNJ?

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 3, 2026

If that had happened to a typical lefty reporter in a red state, it’s all you’d ever hear about.

TRIM YOUR NAILS: Ergonomic Long Handle Toenail Clippers with Catcher. #CommissionEarned

PEOPLE RESPOND TO INCENTIVES: Nursing home staffing declined in states that protected facilities from COVID-19 malpractice lawsuits, study finds.

WHAT? BIPARTISANSHIP? Actually yes. Two Republicans and two Democrats in Congress are co-sponsoring legislation closing a loophole that enables law enforcement to ignore the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement if your email content is more than 180 days old.

FREE SPEECH IS A REALITY-TESTING MACHINE: I’ve argued that defending speech has always been about more than politics. It is how we discover what is false. Used well, AI could extend that project by challenging human knowledge at scale.

THE E.V. BUBBLE HASN’T ENTIRELY DEFLATED: Why Volvo Is Speeding Up Its EV Plans While Everyone Else Is Slowing Down.

I’VE SEEN THIS MOVIE: Flesh-eating screwworm detected 25 miles from U.S. border, USDA says.

THE GHOST OF WOODROW WILSON SMILES: Far-left Southern Poverty Law Center reimbursed Klan members for cross-burnings: feds.

DAY TWO: Rubio Enters a Hostile Clown Show, and… Well, You Just Have to See This.

GET YOUR VITAMINS: OmegaXL Joint Support Supplement. #CommissionEarned

TYLER O’NEIL: “The SPLC built its reputation by suing the KKK into bankruptcy, but now it smears mainstream conservatives and Christians, juicing the numbers on the ‘hate’ it claims to oppose.”

🚨READ IT

The Justice Department just secured a superseding indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, and it reveals some new bombshells

🧵1/20https://t.co/uRCbnWaBzr pic.twitter.com/AxORRKq7MC

— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) June 3, 2026

Including, “The SPLC paid $350K to an officer of the National Socialist Movement and Aryan Nations-affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club.” It’s 21st century Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between International and National Socialists.

Earlier: So, the Premise Behind Biden’s 2020 Run Was Built on a Lie Paid for By the SPLC?