FREDDY FROM GERMANY IMMANENTIZES THE ESCHATON: A German soccer fan has been live-tweeting his reaction to visiting the USA and it’s some of the best stuff on the internet right now. “This German madlad is currently on his way to New Orleans for the next part of his adventure. This guy wanted the full American experience. I gotta say, I couldn’t have planned a better trip myself.”

This is the most “The European mind can’t comprehend this” moment of my life. One of my friends said, “Punch me five times tomorrow and I’ll still think this isn’t real.” pic.twitter.com/FWYOY8iyDF

— Freddy🇩🇪 (@FreddyLA7) June 10, 2026

We found another surreal place on our way. I know some people will say I’m too positive about everything I see, but this place was crazy. They had a shooting range in the store. pic.twitter.com/dBkEDzmRKo

— Freddy🇩🇪 (@FreddyLA7) June 11, 2026

DUDE LMAO THIS IS A GAS STATION😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/YYFmWJiCQa

— Freddy🇩🇪 (@FreddyLA7) June 10, 2026

“Cynical Publius” adds, “Lots of Europeans visit the USA as tourists. They visit New York City, or Washington DC, or Hollywood, or Las Vegas, and if they visit natural beauty too, they go to really crowded places like the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone…Freddy is not seeing fentanyl and decline. He is seeing the real, hopeful, patriotic, kind America that European tourists rarely traverse. And he loves it. That’s why Freddy is a phenomenon.”

Let me explain why I think Freddy resonates.

Lots of Europeans visit the USA as tourists. They visit New York City, or Washington DC, or Hollywood, or Las Vegas, and if they visit natural beauty too, they go to really crowded places like the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone.

So… https://t.co/mPsaJN5ckN

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) June 12, 2026

BLEED OUT AND THINK OF ENGLAND:

The answer to the problem of Third World barbarians murdering UK subjects is apparently for the ruling class to hate UK subjects even harder.

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 12, 2026

TAQIYYA: Trump Says Iranians Aren’t Dealing ‘in Good Faith,’ Even After He Left Out Our Ally Israel.

More and more, I’m convinced Trump has turned the Mullahs’ rug-merchant negotiating ploy against them.

YET EVEN MORE ON THAT GLOBE & MAIL HIT PIECE:

Canada’s chief export is seething resentment https://t.co/BfshNo7hyY

— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) June 12, 2026

Checks out.

THE INTELLIGENCE IS FAKE BUT APPARENTLY THE SPYWARE IS REAL: OpenAI Admits To Spying On Its Own Users. “The AI giant published a report Wednesday outlining their suspicions that ‘clusters’ of CCP-linked ChatGPT users were a part of an influence campaign to spread anti-AI propaganda. Earlier in June, House Republicans had called on the Trump administration to investigate alleged Chinese influence on the growing, bipartisan backlash to data centers across the U.S.”

THE NUMBERS ARE TOO GOOD TO CHECK:

Elon Musk is about to become a trillionaire

If he agreed to pay just 80% of that as a wealth tax to the EU, the EU government could use its efficient operating experience to fund bicycles with solar panels attached to them for over 40 residents of the Netherlands

Elon is being…

— Henrick Johansson (@compliantvc) June 12, 2026

DO THE WORST GET ON TOP IN ACADEMIA? A Hayekian analysis. I don’t know if the “worst” get on top in academia any more than normal corporate jobs. But it’s worth considering the idea of more administration being done by faculty on rotation.

DAVID MANNEY: The Washington Post’s Credibility Crisis Hits the Checkout Page. “The complaint, filed in Superior Court of the District of Columbia, seeks class-action status for current and former subscribers, claiming the Post used reader behavior, engagement, and personal information to estimate how much subscribers would tolerate paying at renewal.”

NOW OUT: From Chris Cassone, ART OF THE STOMP BOX: Celebrating The Visual Artistry of Effects Pedals. #CommissionEarned

OVERDUE: Defense industry leaders preparing to meet with Trump as worries over missile supply grow, sources say. “The president has expressed anger to aides and allies over thinning American stockpiles, the people said. Trump is considering whether to restart major combat operations in Iran, which downed a U.S. Army helicopter Tuesday. The crew was rescued and the U.S. launched new attacks in Iran in response.”

MILL’S TRIDENT FOR THE WIN!: In The War on Words, Nadine Strossen and I explain why you may be wrong, partly right, or even right, but in every case you need disagreement to correct you, sharpen you, or force you to understand why you’re right.

FOLLOW THE SCIENCE! Only 50% of social science research can be replicated, study finds.

‘TIS THE SEASON: Eight Teams, One Omaha Dream: It’s the College World Series, Baby!

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Amazon Kindle Scribe Premium Pen. #CommissionEarned

ENEMIES OF SOCIETY: Georgetown hosts summer academy focused on social justice activism.

SCHLICHTER: Don’t Panic About Trump’s Iran Strategy Just Yet.

Let’s examine his strategy with an open mind, putting aside our prejudices and preconceptions. Trump is taking a different approach. A lot of people who agree with me that the best course of action is to simply kill them until they surrender are extremely upset with him. But here’s the thing: he may be wrong, but he’s not crazy. He comes at this strategic problem from a different perspective. He’s a guy who makes deals. He uses all his advantages. He is a guy who is not a hammer. I’m a hammer. I’m a soldier. Everything looks like a nail, and I want to pound it.

But Trump looks at things differently. He sees pressure points beyond the target list. You might argue that Donald Trump is using the elements of national power as levers to obtain the ultimate strategic objective more comprehensively than anyone has waged war against the Iranian regime in the past. What are the elements of national power? Well, that gets a little convoluted because people keep adding letters to the applicable acronym, but let’s keep it simple because I was in the infantry, and I like simple. And I will get grief from strategists about how I’m simplifying things, but that’s OK because anybody who calls himself a “strategist” is probably a dork anyway.

The applicable acronym for the elements of national power is DIME, and it stands for “Diplomacy, Information, Military, and Economic” power. These are the ways a nation-state exercises power.

Read the whole thing.

ROD MARTIN ON THE CHOICE WE ALL MUST MAKE: Rod Martin was among the original creators of X, nee Twitter, and he has been a hugely successful tech entrepreneur ever since. He’s also a tremendously articulate, logical and historically grounded political and spiritual analyst whose Substack column is regularly read by hundreds of thousands of Americans in all walks of life.

This particular essay is on what Rod considers the most important decision every one of us must, sooner or later, make about where we are on “the Jesus question.” Yes, it’s apologetical, but one doesn’t have to be a Christian to appreciate and benefit from what I consider to be one of the finest expressions ever of why Jesus is the central fact of history. Even if you aren’t a believer, allow yourself the pleasure of reading a precisely formulated, superbly expressed presentation.

MORE ON THAT GLOBE & MAIL HIT-PIECE ON MUSK:

When Canada's house organ has to issue instructions on how to hate you, you must be doing something right.

The richest man in history has devoted his life to making this world a better place. Useful things, making people freer. And getting us onto other worlds. (The Tesla thing,… https://t.co/pKJJQiuNc2

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) June 12, 2026

“My browser let me bypass the paywall, maintaining my principle of not subsidizing Canadian bigotry. Once you get past the clickbait headline, it turns out the way to properly hate Elon Musk is with poorly argued warmed-over lefty billionaire bashing, Trump bashing, plus repeating the USAID blood libel, the theoretical deaths caused ‘according to one study,’ with no mention of the billions in taxpayer dollars siphoned off by political NGOs.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Feds Keep Racking Up Law Enforcement Wins, Dems Hardest Hit. “The picture is a very clear one: our side is trying to get rid of the evil criminals, their side is trying to get rid of the people who are getting rid of the evil criminals. Sure, that could be more pithy, but that’s the essential message for Republicans.”

YES, IT’S INCITEMENT:

It’s basically incitement at this point, right? I’m sure the journalists have been very careful with language to avoid crossing the legal line (I’m not paying to read this crap) but it’s clear what their intentions are. https://t.co/daKcntkl0c

— Peter Hague (@peterrhague) June 12, 2026

I LIKE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER:

"If I could time travel I’d kill Hitler”

“If I had time travel I’d stop my favorite politician getting assassinated”

You’re all thinking way too small.

If I had time travel I’d stop Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from dying on the moon due to Soviet sabotage, kicking off…

— Klara (@klara_sjo) June 11, 2026

Related:

HE’S A BUM. OF COURSE HE’S GOING OUT LIKE A BUM. So Much for Hoping Cornyn Wouldn’t Be a Crybaby on His Way Out.

Related: Texas Loser John Cornyn Tries to Insult Scott Presler and, Yeah, THAT Didn’t Go Well for Him.

SHE’S WEIRD: Kids’ YouTuber Ms. Rachel Goes from Activist to Agitator Outside DHS’s Delaney Hall.

Previously: Children’s YouTube Star Ms. Rachel Says ‘I Am Political’ Amid ICE Facility Fight.

OH, KEN WHITE, HOW THOU ART FALLEN:

You know they’re the good guys by the way they keep calling for violence and bloodshed against those they view as their ideological enemies https://t.co/kXn0neaR48

— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) June 12, 2026

“EQUITY” IS A TERM CHOSEN BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE “EQUALITY,” WHICH AMERICANS LIKE, BUT WHICH IN FACT STANDS FOR RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION: James Talarico Worked As ‘Equitable Education’ Consultant at Left-Wing Firm Developing DEI Plans for Texas School Districts: MAYA Consulting described its work as ‘rooted in’ DEI and donated to a Defund Police group.