Source: Liberal Currents
by Alan Elrod
“Graham Platner is now through to the general election in Maine. He has survived another scandal, despite the fact that June is an unlikely time for the final story on him to drop. And his supporters, both in Maine and across the country, appear unwilling to abandon him for any reason. I want to argue here that Platner is a beneficiary of two kinds of populist thought, moving from both the bottom up and the top down. The first kind is the traditional sort, the kind that leads to Platner being excused as a hardscrabble everyman with rough edges. The second is an elite driven form of populism …. that underwrites the audacity of a Hotchkiss School dropout turned military adventurist turned oyster farmer to run for a Senate seat with no prior experience and no recognition that a single one of his subsequent scandals could be disqualifying.” (06/11/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/graham-platner-and-the-class-politics-of-impunity/
Source: Fox News
“A top Trump agency is cutting off funding to the Los Angeles agency responsible for coordinating billions in homelessness spending after accusing it of ‘obvious fraud,’ ‘wanton mismanagement’ and repeated failures to safeguard taxpayer dollars, Fox News Digital has learned. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which is a member of the White House fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance, is immediately suspending the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) federal funding while HUD’s inspector general investigates potential offenses by the agency and its leadership, according to a letter sent to LAHSA’s board chair Wendy Greuel and its CEO Gita O’Neill, which was obtained and reviewed by Fox News Digital. The letter detailed conflicts of interest, financial mismanagement, fraud, lack of oversight, and more from the homelessness agency, which has faced efforts by the city and county to take it over.” (06/11/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-yanks-funding-la-homeless-agency-explosive-fraud-investigation
Source: Exiled Policy
by Jason Pye
“New reports from the trust funds’ trustees should matter to lawmakers.” ()6/11/26)
https://exiledpolicy.substack.com/p/social-security-and-medicare-are
Source: Politico
“A vibe check inside Trump’s White House.” (06/11/26)
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL9096605710.mp3
Source: Free the People
“Bitcoin Is Here to Stay | Guest: Saifedean Ammous.” (06/10/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bn5oABFFgI
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Joseph Solis-Mullen
“The energy index surged 3.9% in May, accounting for the lion’s share, over 60%, of the monthly CPI gain. Gasoline prices jumped about 7% MoM (with even larger unadjusted moves) and sit 40.5% higher than a year ago. Overall energy costs are up 23.5% YoY. Food prices rose more modestly, while shelter costs continued their steady grind higher in the core measure. This isn’t abstract economic noise. It’s a direct hit to real incomes. … The primary culprit is unmistakable: the ongoing U.S.-involved conflict with Iran that Washington and Tel Aviv launched in late February 2026.” (06/11/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-iran-wars-hidden-tax-on-american-households
Source: The Intercept
by Nick Turse
“None of Trump’s stated goals in his war with Iran have been achieved.” (06/11/26)
https://theintercept.com/2026/06/11/trump-iran-war-claims-failures/
Source: Brennan Center for Justice
“Voters Demand Solutions to End Corruption (with Dan Weiner and Marina Pino).” (06/11/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DsBz5sn9Vg
Source: The UnPopulist
by Debasish Roy Chowdhury
“A celebrity MAGA influencer and conspiracy theorist walked into a conclave in India under fire for mocking Indians as ‘third-world invaders’ with low IQ and bad hygiene, but walked out as a new mascot for India’s Islamophobes earlier this year. Framing herself as a ‘proud Islamophobe,’ Laura Loomer during her March visit to India delivered a heady cocktail of rants on ‘Islamic terrorism’ and Pakistan’s ‘jihad export,’ garnished with a message of affection from President Donald Trump for India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, enough to win over an audience primed to forgive racism if it comes wrapped in anti-Muslim fervor. Loomer’s passage to India points both to the power of an emerging pattern of global far-right networks of anti-democratic politics shaping today’s geopolitics, as well as the limitations of such transnational solidarities because of the contradictions engendered in these movements’ racist core.” (06/11/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/hindu-supremacists-laura-loomer-despite
Source: Common Dreams
by Corbin Trent
“SpaceX goes public Friday at around $1.7 trillion. Elon Musk owns enough SpaceX stock that, on top of everything else he holds, Musk becomes the first person in human history to cross the trillion-dollar line. The coverage will be all hype. Unprecedented. A genius. Where’s he going next? What does the future hold? It wasn’t like Elon Musk invented some amazing capacity. He didn’t do something transformational for the world. He didn’t harness electricity. He didn’t invent the transistor. He didn’t invent rocket flight. He didn’t invent satellite technology. He didn’t even make them much better. What he did was learn how to game the system. He took what America built through generations of investment and generations of hard work and turned it into a profit center for himself. He took American loans, American intellectual property, American space, American airwaves, and turned them into a wealth engine for one man.” (06/11/26)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/elon-musk-trillionaire
