SALENA ZITO: ‘It’s only a matter of national security.’ America Workforce Academy’s mission to fill the workforce gap.

Some raw facts from the American Builders and Contractors Association are even more chilling: 39% of electricians in this country were 45 years old or older. Another disturbing stat: for every five plumbers leaving the workforce, only two apprentices are entering. As Baby Boomers age out, the industry faces an estimated shortage of up to 550,000 plumbers, according to the Merrow Report.

Same with auto mechanics. Currently, the United States is facing a shortage of 600,000 auto mechanics, according to that same report.

All of these shortages are creating a downward and slippery slope for both consumers and builders alike, including higher costs and growing safety risks. And it creates wait times for services that extend beyond days into weeks, months, and even years for larger projects.

Dina Powell McCormick, president of Meta, said that she first saw the impact of this escalating problem when she joined her husband Sen. David McCormick, a Pittsburgh Republican, when he was running for office in 2022 and 2024.

Just off the top of my head, maybe student loan forgiveness for those willing to learn and pursue a trade.

Also, read the whole thing.

SO MUCH LEFTIST HATE: ‘F*ck Austin!’: Karmelo Anthony Supporters Harass, Threaten Friends Of Slain Teen Outside Courthouse.

Glory in their impotent rage, but keep your powder dry.

THE PRICE OF HORRIBLE LEADERS:

Europe might have to revert to low trust society rules as a price for open borders. The dream of a Europe without internal frontiers is dying on the altar of multiculturalism. Just as drug store shelves have been locked down in inner cities to protect against a lawless few so too…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) June 11, 2026

WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH:

When the British government complain that social media inflamed the riots in Belfast, what they are actually saying is:

“If people know how badly be have betrayed the country, they will kick off”

It’s an accidental confession that their entire ideology has failed.

— Peter Hague (@peterrhague) June 10, 2026

Related: Tolerance was tested both by the “migrants” and various governments, and limits found.

I also think what we’re seeing with the British and American public are people who have been incredibly generous for many decades. They HAVE welcomed many many foreigners.

And if you look at Ilhan Omar, you see how that generosity is so often repaid. With ingratitude,…

— Megan Basham (@megbasham) June 11, 2026

Which is how we got here:

This.👇 pic.twitter.com/yb7FQ8XdaE

— C3 (@C_3C_3) June 11, 2026

IT’S MY THURSDAY ESSAY FOR VIP SUBSCRIBERS: Solo-Maxxing Your Way Out of Dating, Marriage, and Kids.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH MICHIGAN? ‘I’m Gonna … Poison Her A— Slowly’: University of Michigan Students and Graduates Charged by Feds With Violent, Anti-Israel Plot To Terrorize University, Jews.

JUXTAPOSITION: HARSH BUT FAIR.

lol https://t.co/xCTs32fa64 pic.twitter.com/lR7fceEZxy

— Jon Schweppe 🇺🇸 (@JonSchweppe) June 10, 2026

YES, TITLE VII DISPARATE IMPACT LIABILITY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL:  The Office of Legal Counsel’s 25-page opinion is important. It’s a breakthrough on an issue I’ve been working on for a long time. But … uh … what’s really important is that it cites me seven times.  Purr.  Josh Blackman has a short summary here.  And my very, very long version (which is not as up-to-date as the OLC version, but has lots of background) is here.

STEVEN CALABRESI: Remembering Gordon Wood. “Gordon Wood was a towering scholar in every way. He was the best historian of the American Revolution and of the writing of the Constitution and, in general, of the period from 1760 to 1826, of all time. No-one else in the 237 years since the Constitution went into effect even comes close.”

Well, don’t undersell Forrest McDonald.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Amazon Basics 12-Sheet Cross-Cut Paper and Credit Card Shredder. #CommissionEarned

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG: One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses.

One day after WIRED revealed that Meta had quietly embedded an unreleased face-recognition system into an app installed on more than 50 million phones, the company removed it, according to a WIRED analysis of the latest version’s code.

The most recent version of Meta AI, a companion app for its line of smart glasses, strips out the unactivated software components that powered the system Meta internally called NameTag. The version published the day of WIRED’s report included several code libraries explicitly named for face recognition. Friday’s release includes none of them.

Andy Stone, Meta’s vice president of communications, told WIRED on Monday that the feature is purely exploratory, adding: “No final decision has been made on what to do here, if anything.”

Take off and nuke the entire code from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

HE’S AN EMPTY VESSEL, LIKE MOST DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES:

Platner's many controversies have probably obscured the fact that most of what he says is vacuous sloganeering and gibberish. I listened to a number of his interviews and speeches; and he's never wandered in the vicinity of an original insighthttps://t.co/pFKtGzWZGu

— David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) June 10, 2026

SHE HATES TO ASK. BUT THEY’RE A YOUNG FAMILY AND EMERGENCIES HAPPEN:  Dental Fund – the last stretch!

ON THE RIGHT, “LET IT BURN” IS METAPHORICAL:

California's political leaders have failed to clear the brush in the public land bordering Los Angeles. Fire expert Gabriel Mann explains how the state's policies are making another massive wildfire inevitable.

"It's ready to burn." pic.twitter.com/jeW0MZwHei

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) June 10, 2026

Gooder and harder, California.

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Britain should be kicked out of NATO until it mends its ways.

Black Dumpling gets at the heart of the matter. The United Kingdom is under the boot of full-on tyranny.

It is not simply the electoral, demographic and cultural overwhelming of the indigenous people. It is not just the two-tiered justice that has police ignoring actual crime… https://t.co/HhEzDQdneT

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) June 10, 2026

IT’S COMPLICATED: Israel’s Knesset May Hit the Self-Destruct Button, and Bibi’s Future Is Suddenly in Doubt.

HOW SHOCKED IS MY FACE?  Skid Row: Uh, We Got Paid By Dems to Vote for Their People.

SARAH HOYT: Come the Revolution.

Related:

Let’s go… pic.twitter.com/LOmUWu5j3g

— NateSk8s (@natesk8s87) June 10, 2026

STOP PAYING FOR INVADERS:  ICE Raids Are Coming to This Major City Soon.

THEY TAKE YOUR FREE SPEECH AWAY LEST YOU SCREAM FOR THEM TO STOP:  Likes are anonymous. That’s what was going on. It quickly became apparent the Northern Irish specifically and the British in general OVERWHELMINGLY were liking my post.

X-cancel.

I’VE KNOWN THIS FOR YEARS:  Why You Should Say ‘No’ to Being an Organ-Donor.  From a priest and ex-paramedic.

WHEN THEY TAKE YOUR GUNS THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO YOU THAT YOU’D NOT CONSENT TO:  Ireland, Unrest, and Gun Rights: How Gun Control Played a Role in This Week’s Events.

IT’S WEAPONIZED ENVY:  A lesson in how class warfare works.

AS WE KNEW:  Oh, look … … I was right.

IT WASN’T SELF DEFENSE:  Karmelo Anthony & Chud the Builder: The Legal Limits of “Self-Defense” (Video)