THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA head urges new launcher for Blue Origin’s moon landers to meet Artemis mission deadlines.

In an interview with FOX Business on Thursday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman described a “whole of government response” to the May 28 incident, which badly damaged Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral. “We are also de-coupling the lander from the launch vehicle and the pad itself,” he said.

“NASA is laser focused on the lander because we’re laser focused on our mission to return astronauts to the surface of the moon before 2028, and we’re gonna be able to keep that lander in development, progressing, so it’s available for our test mission in 2027, which is Artemis 3, and potentially available to meet our landing objectives in 2028,” Isaacman said.

“It’s a setback that happens in this business. It’s incredibly complicated. A rocket is a controlled explosion, whether you’re going to Earth orbit, 17,500 miles an hour, escape velocity, 25,000 miles an hour, it’s an awful lot of energy, things will happen. We have to learn from it and be ready to move forward.”

Faster with Starship, please, Elon.

MAKE THEM PAY: Justice Department launches probe into ASU for alleged illegal DEI practices following viral videos.

GOODER AND HARDER, NEW JERSEY:

BREAKING: NJ Governor Mikie Sherrill announces an additional $12 million in taxpayer dollars for legal fees for illegal aliens pic.twitter.com/aOsCewpVLK

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 4, 2026

A RIGHT-WING MOVEMENT SO POWERFUL IT REQUIRES LEFTIES TO SECRETLY FUND IT: Supremacists Used SPLC Money to Buy KKK Hoods and Cross-Burning Gear.

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THE PROCESS IS THE PUNISHMENT: Harvard legal bill tops $126M amid fights with Trump administration.

YES ON BOTH COUNTS:

That doesn’t sound like something the people who cheered Charlie Kirk’s death would do

— Magills (@magills_) June 5, 2026

KEEP IT UP: Feds announce major fraud busts in Ohio. “Unfortunately, this area around Columbus is responsible for 1/3 of all of the $1.5B spent on home healthcare in Ohio… that’s 3x what you would expect… it defies belief. Some of these buildings were vacant.”

FRAUD ALL THE WAY DOWN:

A new report from @Paragon_Inst estimates there are more low-income enrollees in the Obamacare exchanges than there is eligible people in 28 states.

Florida is the worst, with over 3M enrollees from an eligible population of 636,000. pic.twitter.com/aCLnPGUGZH

— Dominic Pino (@DominicJPino) June 5, 2026

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Talarico Is Continuing Proof That Dems Don’t Do Jesus Stuff Well. “In addition to selling him as a moderate even though he’s not, the MSM hacks are crafting an involved fiction about Talarico being a good Christian. A new kind of Christian, one who magically turns the New Testament into leftist marching orders.”

MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Scott Pelley Is Out. So What? The demise of the news anchor as someone who matters.

THE ESTABLISHMENT PRETENDS TO DECENCY, BUT IS ACTUALLY ALL ABOUT PROTECTING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ITS POWER:

It is rather obvious that NYT story was more of a cover up for Platner than an attempt to reveal the truth.

They essentially made the women in the story targets by intentionally withholding so much. I hope other women seriously take note to never trust the reporters or editors… https://t.co/Xxc9uiNqFY

— AG (@AGHamilton29) June 5, 2026

I'm teaching my daughters that feminists and liberal women will NOT support them if they are abused by a left-wing man with any power

They will run the old familiar "you can't believe that bitch" playbook b/c, ultimately, they are religious zealots and their religion is politics https://t.co/WIBvCoQvdm

— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) June 5, 2026

NOBODY I KNOW WOULD FAIL THIS TEST:

Here are things that might come out:
1. "I thought we were serious and he clearly wasn't."
2. "I introduced him to my family and we still broke up."
3. "He was an ass."
Things that won't:
"He locked me in a room for any length of time."
"He manhandled me."
"He scared me." https://t.co/GoZpRlfSKm

— (((Not That Crown, Maybe))) (@CrownMaybe) June 5, 2026

The left moved almost immediately to the “Everybody Does It” phase of excusemongering for the Nazi who at the very least emotionally abused his girlfriends.

CHARMING FELLOW: Woman-hating Graham Platner made twisted rape comments and lied about Nazi tattoo, ex-girlfriends reveal.

Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner is a woman-hater who once twisted an ex-girlfriend’s arm — and fantasized about killing people and raping intruders, according to a slew of women who’ve come forward to out his disturbing behavior.

The Democrat candidate also boasted about having a Nazi tattoo, calling it “my Totenkopf,” one ex recalled — contradicting his October claim that he thought it was merely a “terrifying skull and crossbones.”

Three of Platner’s ex-girlfriends recounted their troubling time dating the Marine veteran to the New York Times, with the women describing him as someone who “hated women,” referring to them as “hatchet wounds” in the latest scandal to dog his campaign.

Meanwhile:

The Category 5 Hurricane approaches, but let's hope it arrives in July when it's too late for the Oyster King to drop out. https://t.co/dH8EJIlhQL

— CA ET Nerd (@earlyvotedata) June 4, 2026

If that wasn’t the Cat5 news drop, I can’t imagine what else we might learn.

Or at least I’d rather not.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN):

I would like to remind everyone that there is, to this day, no piece of evidence or testimony corroborating whether Bret Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford WERE EVER IN THE SAME ROOM.

That was the number one story in America for months. The Platner story is much more robust. https://t.co/P5fwm5qQzr

— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 4, 2026

THIS IS UNDOUBTEDLY A LOW ESTIMATE: The Feds Wasted $186 Billion on ‘Improper Payments’ Last Year: That total is a low-ball estimate because some federal agencies didn’t report their totals to the Government Accountability Office.

TWANLOC:

The reigning ideology that controls all institutions in my country tells me that I’m supposed to believe we’re all just Americans who want the same thing.

But that is so obviously a lie that it doesn’t even merit refutation any longer. Reality itself refutes it.

There is no… https://t.co/o8PgVVavJe

— Christian Heiens 🏛 (@ChristianHeiens) June 4, 2026

“This man is not ‘my fellow American’ and we do not have any shared interests whatsoever. We occupy the same landmass. That’s it. And geography alone does not hold a nation together for long.”

Update: There’s more because of course there’s more.

One of the most shocking things I witnessed today was this woman in pink screaming “you gon end up like Metcalf, you gone be pushing up daisies”.

I caught the tail end of her saying this to Metcalf supporters in the clip below.

I also witnessed several Karmelo supporters get… pic.twitter.com/fAasP3xIws

— Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) June 4, 2026

ICYMI: What in the Actual Hell Is a Democrat These Days?

SPREADING MISINFORMATION: New York Times Stirs Baseless Panic Over Trump, Vaccines, and Childhood Diseases.

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CHANGE: The Hormuz Squeeze Is Redrawing the Oil Map for Good.

Across the Gulf, governments are pouring billions into new oil pipelines, rail corridors and energy storage hubs to bypass the waterway in what is set to become one of the most durable outcomes of the conflict. The new energy links are part of a broader redrawing of the region’s logistics map, shifting trade toward trucking, rail and new ports.

“The legacy of the crisis will result in the construction of infrastructure to bypass the Strait of Hormuz,” said Hamad Hussain, commodities economist at London-based research firm Capital Economics. “The genie is out of the bottle given that the longstanding threat of Iran effectively closing the strait has now materialized.”

Even if Washington and Tehran reach a deal to reopen the strait and maritime exports resume, the shift toward an export network with multiple exits will endure because the conflict has proved that robust contingency plans are essential, officials and analysts say. Saudi Arabia’s ability to export oil via a previously underused fallback pipeline demonstrated the strategic value of a backup, while in recent weeks the United Arab Emirates and Iraq have launched plans to expand pipelines of their own.

The stakes extend far beyond the Gulf. Bypassing a waterway that once moved a fifth of the world’s oil will reshape how securely energy reaches all corners of the globe.

If we can’t get a Free Iran, this is the next best thing.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: James Pethokoukis: SpaceX and the economics of space: Cheaper rockets are only the beginning of the story.

THEY WANT YOU TO FEAR THAT IT IS, THOUGH: It’s Not Racist to Notice Reality. “It is an especially galling dodge to hear that from the same people who will look you in the eye and talk about how whites are inherently racist. They have no problem making sweeping generalizations about white people; they are, as you saw with Senator Antonio, speaking over the question by calling it racist.”

Related:

Black Americans should be deeply ashamed for racializing this case and demanding Karmelo Anthony’s release.

If a White boy had stabbed a Black boy in the heart at a school track meet, there would be nonstop marches in the streets, riots, viral outrage, and endless calls to ‘end… pic.twitter.com/sfLpbHYeUi

— Reverend Jordan Wells (@WellsJorda89710) June 4, 2026

UPDATE:

If you think it’s a “blow” to a jury trial that the jury doesn’t have a specific racial composition, then you don’t *really* believe in multiculturalism https://t.co/v2FG1gBrJ1

— wanye (@xwanyex) June 5, 2026

Nobody really believes in multiculturalism.

THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM:

Now you can buy an anti-aircraft weapon on eBay for $7,000 — and because this Chinese kinetic interceptor drone does not use rocket propellant or explosive, you don't even need a gun licence. A potential terror threat emerges — Story below. pic.twitter.com/g5ZcJhp9Ep

— David Hambling (@David_Hambling) June 4, 2026

IF THEY JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO USE MASS TRANSIT, THEY’D MAKE IT APPEALING. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE MORE AFTER MAKING IT HUMILIATING:

I love how they want to force us out of our cars and also refuse to ensure that public transportation is safe. https://t.co/DXseoKJm5K

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 4, 2026

FROM MARY CATELLI:  Writing And Reflection Volume 2: Essays on the writing process from world-building to words (Writing And Reflections.

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Reflections on the many and far-flung fields that writing can touch upon, from original inspiration to the final work.

Wizards. Metaphysics. Good, evil, virtues, and morality meters. Fairy tales in all their varied glory. Desert, forest, and other settings. Dragons and industry. Guilds of magic, quacks, and superstitions. Love and courtship. Portals. And more.