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BREAKING. From Al Jazeera: Iran war live: Trump claims Tehran deal ‘approved’, cancels new strikes

From Reuters: Elon Musk Set to Become a Trillionaire on Friday. SpaceX IPO surge pushes Musk's net worth past $1T, estimates predict. [Ed: yes, today.]

Oh Canada. From the Detroit Free Press: After Trump Threats, Opening of US-Canada Bridge Is Delayed. Officials remain murky about the reason. [Ed: I believe he wants trade concessions from Canada. Given that Canada overwhelmingly paid for the bridge, it is rather churlish of him.] From Politico: Trump's ambassador names one thing America needs from Canada. It turns out U.S. farmers can't do without potash. [Ed: ah. And Canada is the world's leading exporter.]

From the Atlanta-Constitution Journal: Dog saves life of man injured, paralyzed in snow

From the Post Millennial: Trump admin suspends federal funds from Los Angeles homeless agency amid fraud probe. Hughes wrote that HUD has "determined that continuing to provide additional federal funds to LAHSA is not in the public interest."

From Hot Air: Yes, This: A Must-Read Piece from Drew Holden About COVID Insanity.

Graham Platner. From Red State: Report: The Graham Platner 'Redemption' Tour Hits a Snag As Another Alleged Ex Spills the Tea. [Ed: I will be pleased to never again hear this a**hole's name.] From Politico: Hunter Biden defends Graham Platner on Newsom podcast. The California governor’s latest provocative podcast guest argues Platner’s appeal will outweigh the scandals surrounding him. From Reason: Graham Platner, Other Fools Blame Their Problems on the 'Epstein Class'

From Reason: The House Just Passed a 'Pro-Worker' Bill That Takes Power Away From Workers. The Faster Labor Contracts Act promises quicker union agreements, but it would let federal arbitrators impose contracts workers never approved.

From Spiked: Why hasn’t the New York Times corrected its ‘dog rape’ lie? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence – and there is no evidence whatsoever for this anti-Israel propaganda. [Ed: so much of what is printed is a lie that I worry whether my blog sometimes spreads lies rather than information.]

From the International Man: Doug Casey on the SpaceX IPO, the AI Super Bubble, and the Bells Ringing at the Top of the Market

From Financial Argument via Zero Hedge: From Rationing To Digital Permission: The Food Passport Grid Is Already Being Built.

Iran. From Zero Hedge: Trump: Iran Deal Should Be Done 'Pretty Quickly' But 'Subject To Settling' Over Next Few Days. Energy executives warn White House that key oil reserves running dangerously low... From the Post Millennial: BREAKING: Trump signals JD Vance could travel to Europe as early as this weekend to sign Iran deal. "The Strait would officially open as soon as we sign, which could be soon, very soon, maybe over the weekend. In Europe, I won't be able to be there, but JD will be there." [Ed: Trump is wise to distance himself from this debacle.] From Al Mayadeen: Iran closes Strait of Hormuz, strikes US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain [Ed: I don't know what to believe. Perhaps this is what Trump wishes.] From Mish Talk: Another Already Disputed Trump Claim of Iran Deal From Simplicius: Trump Backs Down Again After Blustery Raid of Little Consequence.

From Today: Hero dog saves boy, 11, from cougar attack

From Politico: Gavin Newsom’s race to block a billionaire tax. A growing coalition of unions and health care groups is breaking with SEIU-UHW in a bid to stop a one-time levy on the assets of the ultrarich. [Ed: this is an interesting one. If I have time, I will acquaint myself with the arguments used by liberal-socialists for not upping the tax on billionaires.]

From Reason: Social Security Is Going Bankrupt Because Its Benefits Are Too Generous. Social Security's approaching insolvency is usually talked about as a revenue problem. It's actually a spending problem.

From Variety: Vice President JD Vance to Appear on ABC’s ‘The View’ [Ed: the man can handle himself well. It may be worth the annoyance of watching.]

Taiwan. From RT: Taiwan test-fires US-supplied missiles towards mainland China. From South China Morning Post: Taiwanese lawmakers spar over 12-fold budget rise for US joint defence programme

From Good News Network: Mouse with Severed Spinal Cord Recovers ‘Normal’ Movement After Potentially Revolutionary Treatment.

From Politico: Ukraine to ask for $20B to make Russia ‘burn’. Kyiv wants to raise the money by the NATO Ankara Summit, claiming otherwise Russia may regain the initiative. [Ed: Zelensky and his ilk will never voluntarily stop milking this cow.] From Dances with Bears: WHEN YOU ARE LOSING AT CHESS, CHANGE THE GAME YOU ARE PLAYING, STRIKE YOUR ADVERSARY’S CONFIDENCE THAT YOU ARE PREDICTABLE. From Lew Rockwell: How The CIA Conjured Ukrainian Nationalism

From Of Two Minds: Is AI Reversing Anti-Progress or Is It Accelerating It?

From the Organic Prepper: Thirdworldization: The Slow Burning SHTF of America

From Pawbuzz: Shelter Huskies Were Moments From Euthanasia When A Last-Minute Message Changed Everything

From Haaretz: Israel Prepares for Renewed Large-scale Gaza Offensive, Citing Hamas Resurgence. [Ed: thus the calling up of just about every reservist in the nation.]

From Orvis News: Murph Training X: Murph Finds the Water

Big Picture Economics. From QTR's Fringe Finance: Friday Was Ugly...Will Markets Monday Be Even Worse? Must read before Monday's market open... [Ed: a lot of blood in the streets.] From Schiff Gold: How Monetary Policy Punishes Saving [Ed: especially true if the savings are in fiat or bonds.]

From Newsweek: Owner Sees French Bulldog Home Alone Howling on Pet Cam, Then Realizes Why

From Science Daily: A New Shortcut To Quantum Entanglement. A simple tweak to a common quantum system could unlock powerful new quantum states for ultra-precise sensing and future quantum technologies.

Food. From Zero Hedge: UN Food Agency Warns Millions Pushed Into Hunger By Prolonged Iran War. The economic bleeding will not stop immediately, even if a diplomatic breakthrough occurs.

From Blaze Press: Popeye the Foodie Dog is a food specialist inspecting all the restaurants around LA

From Remix News: Paris Riots Fuel The Right: Jordan Bardella Reaches Record High Approval. A Bardella-Mélenchon election matchup is being described as a "nightmare scenario" for the EU by the Politico outlet... [Ed: law and order is always popular and usually a right wing focus.]

Crypto. From Coin Telegraph: Coinbase To Launch Token-Backed Mortgage Down-Payments This Summer. A Coinbase-Better Home & Finance initiative will allow qualified borrowers to use Bitcoin and USDC as collateral for home loan down payments.

From Jonathan Turley: Minnesota Mob Blindness: St. Paul Prosecutor Drops All Charges Against City Church Demonstrators. But of course! [Ed: churches are open season, I guess.]

Ukraine, Russia. From Zero Hedge: Putin Rejects Open Letter By Zelensky Urging Meet: 'Pointless'. Russian leader dismisses idea of "meeting just for the sake of meeting"... [Ed: it wasn't a real offer from Zelensky. The open letter suggested a meeting but went on to personally insult Putin. It was theatre.] From Son of the New American Revolution: Putin’s Message to Ukraine: “Keep on working, Brothers”. [Ed: Zelensky doesn't stand a chance against a sophisticated politician like Putin. And, no, not an endorsement of Putin.] From Top War: Russian Armed Forces have occupied territories in the north of Konstantinovka, creating a double fire zone. [Ed: Russia is trying to bring this war to a swift end.]

From Live Science: 'The Best Solution Is To Murder Him In His Sleep': AI Can Learn Violent Tendencies From Each Other.

Voting Fraud. From USA Watch: Stop Voter Fraud Or "Lose The Republic". "The difference between today and 2020 is the American public is aware of all the cheating going on by the Democrat Party..." [Ed: yep. SCOTUS's redistricting ruling alone will lose Dems about a dozen seats in the House this Nov. That is, if it is honored.] From James Howard Kunstler: Questions & Answers. ...as California’s mail-in ballots dribble in, providing a real-time demonstration of the “Our Democracy” party spitting in the country’s face again, since everybody knows exactly what’s going on... From Zero Hedge: Feds Launch Probe Into California's Elections. "There's BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up," Trump wrote.

Other Fraud. From the Gateway Pundit: Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito Drops Another Bombshell ‘Fraud Friday’ – Michigan Rapper Jailed in $63 Million Scheme, Maryland DOL Contractor Gets 42 Months for $3.5M UI Heist, Illinois Woman Sentenced in Multi-State COVID Fraud

From the Babylon Bee: alifornia Announces They Have Finished Counting The Votes, Ronald. Reagan Has Won The 1966 Governor's Race.

Coal. From the Guardian: Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700m to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal. "US president announces plans for two new coal plants, in Alaska and West Virginia, using Defense Production Act." From the Maryland Freedom Caucus: "Thank You, Mr. President": Maryland Freedom Caucus Applauds Trump's Coal Power Plant Restart Plan. "Arbitrary climate mandates didn't lower bills. They shut down power plants, shrank supply, and crushed Maryland families with higher costs and blackout risks." [Ed: the demonization of coal is over. Yes.]

From Orvis News: Video: Dog Travels with Charity Group Walking Across South America. . .and Rediscovers His Home. [Ed: the link at the bottom does not work but the video is wonderful.]

From the Guardian: Company Turns Urine Into Something Much More Valuable. VunaNexus is currently collecting 800K gallons of it a year in Europe. [Ed: treated fertilizer is being turned into fertilizer.]

From Newsweek: Woman Adopts Chihuahua After Old Owner Passes Away, Then Realizes Something

From CBS News: American Airlines Suspends 6 Routes Due to Fuel Costs. Airline says move is only temporary. [Ed: largely from Los Angeles.]

From TV6: 3-year-old girl uninjured after dog finds her in ditch near Rapid River

Anti-Weaponization Fund. From the Hill: Senate GOP defeats amendment to ban Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund. [Ed: amendment would have permanently barred the fund.] AND Senate Finally Passes $70B Immigration Enforcement Bill. Clashes over Trump payout fund dragged process out for almost 24 hours

From Real Clear Politics: Waste Of The Day: Seattle's Homelessness Fiasco. "The homelessness agency in King County, Wash., has a $45 million deficit, but auditors can’t fully figure out why..."

Everyday Finances. From Zero Hedge: Alarming Supply-Chain Stress Sends Transport Cost Soaring, Fueling Inflation Fears. "However, in the past this level of elevate cost has eventually led to significant levels of supply-driven inflation." ""Supply-driven inflation is more difficult for the Fed to combat than demand-driven inflation because higher interest rates cannot create greater supply..." [Ed: since everything needs to be transported, this transaction cost will cause prices to rise.]

Big Picture Economics. From AEI: Poverty and Dependency in the United States, 1939–2023. [Ed: a must read.] From Cato Institute: Raising the Federal Minimum Wage Is a Solution in Search of a Problem. From Zero Hedge: US Jobs Soar By 172K In May, Smashing Estimates In 4 Sigma Beat; Unemployment Rate Remains At 4.3%. [Ed: how many times will these numbers be adjusted?]

From Reason: This Was the Moment the COVID-19 Experts Betrayed Us. A special six-year anniversary.

The Trash that is Zelensky. From the Associated Press: Zelensky's Offer to Putin Comes With Side of Mockery. Ukrainian leader's open letter mentions new peace talks on war but also ridicules Russian president . [Ed: here is the open letter.]

From I Heart Dogs: How Our Hero VIP Club Members Helped Transform Vincent’s Life Forever

Cuba. From Reuters: US Adds to Sanctions Against Cubans. Trump says he'll turn to Cuba after Iran war

Iran. From Zero Hedge: Iran FM Warns American Bases Are Legitimate Targets, Cites 'No Tangible Progress' In Talks. Meanwhile deadly fighting continues in Lebanon despite US-brokered ceasefire declaration... AND Trump Softens Red Line: 'No Reason' To Retrieve Iran's Nuclear 'Dust' As It's Effectively 'Entombed'. Reiterates that central to any agreement would be that Iran "can't have a nuclear weapon." [Ed: Trump wants out of Iran without looking like he is backing down on anything. The open letter is political theatre and not even well acted.] From Naked Capitalism: Iran War: Hezbollah Rejects Israel-Favoring Ceasefire, Casting More Doubt on “Deal”: Iran Agrees to Inspection of Bushehr Plant but No Enriched Uranium Concessions; Trump Warned of Oil Cliff as Private Debt Fund Wobbles Rise.

From Reason: Most Civil Forfeiture Victims Never See the Inside of a Courtroom. Modest reforms have helped, but civil forfeiture remains legalized theft by government agencies. [Ed: by the excellent J.D. Tuccille.]

From Capx: The Real Reason People Can't Stand Free Markets.. [Ed: I don't know what I think of this article...but it made me think so I include it in the newsfeed.]

Israel. From Responsible Statecraft: Pro-Israel voices win out, kill bill to stop US-Israel military integration AND Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries. In the first step towards shifting aid further into the shadows, the House's 2027 NDAA would all but fuse the two countries' armed forces together [Ed: original breaking story on this integration. Run before on newsfeed but important enough to run again since it provides context for the preceding one.] From +972: Revealed: Israel’s curriculum for ‘influencing public consciousness’. A leaked Defense Ministry tender lays out the army’s training program for manipulating public opinion in Israel and abroad.

From AZ Central: This stumbling, bumbling Goldendoodle from Arizona who can't walk will run right into your heart. [Ed: love the video. God bless such owners.]

Henry Nowak. From Spiked: The police are not our ‘mates’. The casual cruelty shown to the dying Henry Nowak speaks to the stinking rot of our DEI-ified police force. AND Two-tier policing is no right-wing myth – Henry Nowak proves it. Keir Starmer’s denial of Britain’s identity-based policing is a scandal. [Ed: this may topple wokeness in the UK and place Farage in power.] From Jonathan Cook: UK policing culture – from the Nowak murder to crushing protest – grows ever more rotten. From Zero Hedge: Inquest To Examine If Police Hand-Cuffing Contributed To Henry Nowak's Death. Coroner orders jury probe into officers’ action... "The coroner was not satisfied that prior probes fully met the state's obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights - the right to life." [Ed: Good. The incident should not die along with Nowak.]

From the New York Times: Judge Throws Out Trump's Halt to Immigration Processing. Ruling invalidates agency's freezes on asylum, green cards, and citizenship [Ed: this will be appealed to SCOTUS, which will probably rule in favor of Trump.]

From Coin Telegraph: ZEC Crashes As Zcash Admits 'Critical Counterfeiting Vulnerability' Exposed By Claude. ZEC market capitalization collapsed by almost $3 billion over the past 24 hours following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability, despite it being patched already...

Food Concerns. From the Guardian: ‘Unpredictable and extreme’: Asia braces for El Niño. Weather models project a potentially strong El Niño this year, which could spell disaster for heatwave-hit India, drench China and hurt agriculture across south-east Asia. [Ed: I dread the coming price of food.] From Asia News: El Niño looms over Vietnam with drought, heat and salinity risks. From shrinking water supplies to mounting pressure on agriculture and energy, a possible super El Niño is raising fresh concerns across Vietnam.

From Aberdeenshire Live: Aberdeenshire rescue puppy is now a crime-fighting police pooch. PD Koopa was rescued and brought into the Scottish SPCA’s Aberdeenshire Centre in March last year at just eight weeks old.

From the Mises Institute: Crazy Wealth Tax Proposals in California and New York City..

From Daily Paws: A Colorado Dog Training Center Created a Haunted House for Dogs—Here's How It Went. [Ed: a little early in the season but I was charmed by this article.]

From the Guardian: Do Not Go Gentle by Kathleen Stock review – the case against euthanasia. The philosopher offers a measured and reasonable argument against assisted dying. [Ed: note the essential difference between euthanasia and suicide.]

AI. From Of Two Minds: AI Data Centers Are Not the Railroads of Today. "The AI boom shares all the risk profiles of previous speculative manias but lacks society-wide benefits while generating fast-metastasizing negative consequences and costs." [Ed: recommended.] From Data Center Dynamics: Amazon Plans Data Center In Wheatfield, Indiana; Will Pay $1.25BN To Reduce Energy Cost Impact On Local Payers. From Zero Hedge: AI Bots Placed In Virtual Town For 2 Weeks Go Apesh*t, Prompting Concerns. [Ed: yikes.]

From Eric Peters Auto: And The War Goes On

Food Prices. From Zero Hedge: UBS Warns El Nino May Intensify Food Inflation Across Asia. "Tightening global balances and large speculative shorts mean an El Niño-driven disruption..." [Ed: this will impact food prices worldwide, of course.] From X, Kobeissi Letter: Price of Rice in Asia Surging. [Ed: price of rice is a benchmark on inflation in Asia.] From Naked Capitalism: A Food Philosophy for Our Time?

From Just the News: EPA sparing animals in new testing methods results in crickets from major animal rights group. While PETA has fought for actions like these for decades, they’ve yet to comment on the animal-friendly moves.

CBS Drama. From Mediaite: CNN and MS NOW Spotlight the Insular, Self-Righteous Media Culture Bari Weiss Is Trying to Fix in Coverage of CBS Drama. [Ed: Go Bari!]

From CBS News: Hero dog warns family of house fire, drags baby out by diaper to safety

From International Man: Doug Casey on Peter Thiel's Relocation to Argentina... And What It Could Be Signaling.

The Trash that is Zelensky. From Zero Hedge: Germany, France, UK See Opportunity To Revive Putin Talks Without Washington. Zelensky too says: "I’m ready for direct negotiations with Putin right now." [Ed: yep. that's why the Ukraine attacked Putin's Davos yesterday. Virtue-signaling fund-seeking hypocrisy.] From Zero Hedge: Zelensky Pens Lengthy Letter To Putin: 'Enough Of War, I Am Proposing A Meeting'. "We see that the United States is fully focused on the issue of Iran, & it would be wrong to simply wait..."

Ukraine-Russia. From antiwar: NATO Propagandists Again Proclaim That Ukraine Is on the Verge of Winning the War

From Reason: Trump's Immunity Deal Stinks Even More Than His Blatantly Corrupt 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'. An addendum to the president's "settlement" of his lawsuit against the IRS shields him and his family from liability for any federal offenses they committed prior to May 19. [Ed: that's the part of the 'settlement' that surprised me the most. Is it even legal?]

From NTD: Xi Jinping Missing From Public View as Key Party Meeting Report Is Omitted. Xi Jinping’s unexplained absence and the missing May Politburo report have fueled speculation about developments in Beijing. [Ed: not seen since May 25,]

From Dogman Ray: The Beagle Brigade

Southern Poverty Law Center. From CBS: Justice Dept. says it has obtained superseding indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center with new details on donor funds. From the Volokh Conspiracy: More on the Southern Poverty Law Center Allegedly Funding the American Nazi Party and Other Racists.

From Western Journal: John Bolton Pleads Guilty. [Ed: of mishandling classified material. Will pay $2M fine and could get up to 60 months (5 yrs) in prison.]

Iran. From Son of the New American Revolution: Confirmed — Donald Trump Believes Iran Has The Bomb. From Alon Mizrahi: no agreement, no compromise with the colonizers, ever. The fatal risks Iran is running by letting this drag on indefinitely, and why I never criticize Western media anymore. [Ed: it is now day 102.] From Zero Hedge: Hezbollah Chief Rejects US-Mediated Israel Truce; Trump To Maintain Ceasefire With Iran Unless American Troops Killed

From Data Republican: Which NGOs Are Organizing the Newark Protests, and How. How a six-word Signal message shut down a thousand-person protest.

Fraud. From Paragon Health Institute: The Persistent Obamacare Enrollment Fraud. [Ed: over 6.2 million fraudulent enrollees, or 1/4 of the total.] From Milwaukee City Journal: DOJ Announces $90 Million Medicaid Fraud Indictment in Minneapolis as Acting AG No-Shows. [Ed: I expect most large cities are similar.] From the Hindustan Times: What is the 'Stop Nick Shirley Act'? Full breakdown of AB 2624 and the YouTuber’s clash with California. Nick Shirley has claimed the AB 2624 that he dubbed as the Stop Nick Shirley Act could restrict investigative reporting into immigration-related nonprofits. [Ed: the Act has passed the House. I don't think Newsom will sign it, however, as he has his eye on a White House run.]

From Gateway Hispanic: Everything You Need to Know About Peru June 7 Presidential Election: Polls, Candidates, and Proposals. [Ed: the more conservative candidate has the advantage, but not by much.]

From People: Dog Goes Missing in a Dense Forest with No Cell Reception, Then the Pet's Owner Gets a Ping of Hope