IF IT WERE ALL-FEMALE, EVERYONE WOULD BE CELEBRATING: NASA chief defends all-male Artemis 3 astronaut crew amid backlash: ‘I don’t think anyone should be reading into this.’

YET STARMER HANGS ON: Armed forces minister quits hours after defence secretary steps down over military spending plans.. In his resignation letter, Carns says “we are asking our Armed Forces to operate in a more dangerous world on a budget written for a calmer one.” Earlier, Healey told the prime minister the upcoming defence investment plan “falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time.”

What the UK really needs is a massive deportation budget…:

An illegal immigrant who arrives by dinghy admits that he's been working for the Taliban since he was 10.
He is put in to a hotel where he kidnaps and sexually assaults a 7 year old child.
British Justice gives him 2.5 years, he will serve about 18 months.https://t.co/XbgkxsezHg

— Frank Stephens (@justrightFrank) June 11, 2026

…and to bring back the hangman.

HARSH, BUT FAIR:

💥NEW: Greg Gutfeld ROASTS Jasmine Crockett over her Karmelo Anthony comments🤣

“She says we don’t know what it’s like to be a black woman and that’s true. But she doesn’t know what it’s like to be a white man. A white man like me. I can’t afford to be as stupid as she is.”

“I… pic.twitter.com/EUhzv0fL8Q

— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) June 11, 2026

GET WOKE, GO BROKE. LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING.

Actually crazy how every single major IP has been destroyed by the people put in charge of stewarding them, and all mainly for the same reason of giving the finger to fans and using them as vehicles for social messaging https://t.co/Y43VFBmltn

— Jon 🔬 (@JonnyMicro) June 11, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Thursday’s on.

UPDATE: I put this up early by accident, but what the hell.

DATA SHOWS ALIENS USE WELFARE MORE THAN CITIZENS: It shouldn’t have to be demonstrated via usage data, but the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) went ahead and did it, digging into the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS) reports on who uses federal and state social welfare programs. Yes, as I report for The Washington Stand, the data leaves no doubt about who uses such benefits the most.

SOME SMALL MEASURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

USA 🇺🇸

The FBI has FIRED five analysts linked to the infamous targeting of Catholics under the Biden administration pic.twitter.com/kKuZZbAs9H

— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) June 11, 2026

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Carhartt Men’s Iconic K87 Pocket T-Shirt. #CommissionEarned

AN ALIEN BASE? Scientists Discover a Vast Structure Hiding Beneath Antarctica’s Ice.

BIDEN’S CENSORSHIP PRESSURE CAMPAIGN WASN’T A FLUKE: His administration pressured platforms over elections and COVID-19, showing how easily officials can use private companies to censor speech they can’t ban themselves. The JAWBONE Act would help stop that abuse.

WELL, ONE’S AN AUDI AND THE OTHER IS A BENZ, FOR STARTERS: 2027 Audi Q7 Vs. 2027 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class: 5 Key Differences.

I WANT TO BELIEVE: NASA is building a new space telescope to search for life on nearby planets. What would it see on ancient Earth?

WE MADE COLLEGE AN OBLIGATION, AND STUDENTS TREAT IT LIKE ONE. Shockingly, they are not that amped up for more mandatory schooling that is also super expensive.

HANG ON THERE, PARDNER: ‘We Just Made a Great Settlement of the War With Iran.’ “Do you have whiplash yet? Because I do.”

JERRY SEINFELD BRUTALLY SHUTS DOWN PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTOR AFTER KNICKS GAME: ‘It doesn’t exist.’

Jerry Seinfeld was ambushed by a live streamer who attempted to bait him into saying ‘Free Palestine’ after a massive comeback New York Knicks win in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

The 72-year-old comedian pulled no punches as he dismissed the Kick streamer named FinesseFave outside of Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.

The social media personality asked the star to say ‘free Palestine’ in the microphone as he left the arena to which Seinfeld chuckled before brutally replying: ‘It doesn’t exist.’

It’s a show about nothing.

Related: Jerry Seinfeld and Adam Carolla talk Cars and Comedy (Video).

VP VANCE’S NEXT-LEVEL FEARLESS MOVE: Battle-Tested Veteran Set to Face the Shrews of The View. 

Vice President JD Vance will appear on "The View" on June 16, marking his first visit to the ABC daytime talk show.

Vance will join all six of the program's co-hosts to discuss his new book “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.”https://t.co/1EBUUMOoUn pic.twitter.com/oxlQHsMt0k

— Variety (@Variety) June 11, 2026

ICYMI: Britain Goes Full Airstrip One.

Nobunaga adds: “Britain’s basically North Korea at this point, ain’t it?”

Yep.

KEEP YOUR FEET DRY: Mishansha Water Shoes for Men and Women. #CommissionEarned

HEH:

Europeans enjoying the World Cup: “Futbol is the greatest sport in the world.”

Americans enjoying the World Cup: “Wonder what fast food the German guy eats next.”

— The Drunk Republican (@DrunkRepub) June 11, 2026

I mean, at least we’re getting something out of the World Cup.

YES, PLEASE: ‘Gun Violence’ Awareness? How About Armed Self-Defense Awareness?

HARDBALL: Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots for states that don’t hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive.

THE LEFT IS INCENSED BECAUSE PRATT EXPOSED THEIR GRIFT AND INCOMPETENCE:

His entire platform as far as I could tell was:

1) No one wants to live in a vagrant toilet, gross

2) Corruption and waste is wrong

We don’t all agree that these are good things? What even were his Republican policies? Why were libs so incensed by the guy?

— Michael Choi, MD (@swdhldr) June 10, 2026

HMM: Pentagon on Lockdown Amid ‘Hazmat’ Incident

AT AMAZON: Shop 3 hour delivery. #CommissionEarned

ANALYSIS: TRUE. No one is entitled to work at CBS or anywhere else.

I worked as a writer, reporter, and editor for various publications for more than ten years. So, I’ve worked inside newsrooms and, before that, in the business world. And watching the Pelley spectacle, I keep coming back to the same thought: The rules that apply in every other profession apply here, too.

You have a boss. What the boss says goes. You do the job you were hired to do, or you find another job. What you do not do, if you want to be taken seriously, is hijack a staff meeting to scream at your new executive producer, question his qualifications to his face in front of 50 colleagues, accuse leadership of “murdering” the program, and then act shocked when you are shown the door. What you especially do not do is immediately leak the whole episode to the New York Times and then performatively engage in public grief sessions about the consequences.

Pelley was paid millions of dollars to work at CBS. He had a 37-year run at the network. He is not a sympathetic figure. He is a very well-compensated professional who made a scene, got fired for cause, and is now treating his termination as a national tragedy and some kind of attack on journalism.

No matter the profession, if the new boss has new rules, you can either get on board or get lost.