Source: The American Prospect
by Whitney Curry Wimbish
“As immigrant prisoners inside Newark’s Delaney Hall enter their third week of collective action against increasingly inhumane conditions, attorneys for the private prison company that runs it are attempting a new gambit to evade responsibility. GEO Group lawyers argued in a recent court filing that the company is exempt from legal action because it is subject to government oversight …. Plaintiffs allege that GEO systematically forced Aurora, Colorado, ICE prisoners into forced labor, a similar complaint to that of detainees in Delaney Hall. But GEO says it has ‘qualified immunity,’ a doctrine the Supreme Court invented out of whole cloth that is meant to protect government officials from cases brought against them as individuals.” (06/08/26)
https://prospect.org/2026/06/08/ice-profiteer-claims-it-cannot-be-sued-geo-group-delaney-hall-new-jersey/
Source: NBC News
“Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman, a Democrat, has taken a narrow lead for second place over former reality TV star Spencer Pratt, a registered Republican, in the race to take on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in a runoff this fall. NBC News projected Bass’[s] advancing to the runoff last week, but the outstanding question, as the city and the state continue counting ballots, is whom she will face and what kind of matchup that will be. NBC News hasn’t projected the winner of the other spot in the runoff. … Los Angeles still has more than 100,000 votes left to count.” (06/07/26)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/nithya-raman-leaps-spencer-pratt-tight-unresolved-race-make-l-mayoral-rcna348781
Source: Fountainhead Forum
“Jayant Bhandari on the decline of India and the West.” (06/07/26)
https://rumble.com/v7awm1y-ff-456-jayant-bhandari-on-the-decline-of-india-and-the-west.html
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Jeffrey A Tucker
“The cacophony for and against vaccines – even what is a vaccine is in broad dispute – has reached new level of deafening absurdity. There isn’t just one rabbit hole but hundreds. Compliance is tanking, which is what one would expect after brutal mandates and ubiquitous injury and death. Meanwhile, pharma bots are dominating social media to shame dissidents, while legacy media turns news pages into nonstop shot-and-pill advertising. Everyone is left with questions about whom to trust and what is true. Several states have already seceded from the CDC’s own attempt to change the childhood schedule even slightly. That’s how contentious this issue has become. My thesis: this epistemic nihilism is born of the deliberate subversion of economic signaling systems that would otherwise reveal inconvenient truths.” (06/07/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/economic-calculation-and-the-vaccine-industry/
Source: Associated Press
“Israel and Iran traded fire early Monday in retaliatory strikes that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a full-scale regional war. Yemen’s Houthi rebels [sic] also fired at Israel and warned they would target Israel-affiliated ships in the Red Sea, further escalating tension. The renewed threat comes as Saudi Arabia is relying on its East-West Pipeline to export oil out through the Red Sea as an alternative to the Strait of Hormuz. … Tehran had warned of retaliation after Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs without warning earlier Sunday in defiance of Washington’s request days ago to stand down.” (06/08/26)
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-lebanon-trump-06-08-2026
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“By virtually any metric, Trump is devoted to central economic planning and government control of American industry. To, that is, socialism. What separates him from other, actually admitted, socialists like [US Senator Bernie] Sanders and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani isn’t that they’re any more or less committed to ‘socialism,’ it’s the specific TYPE of socialism.” (06/07/26)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/20687
Source: Serious Trouble
“Those 35 retired judges are bending Judge Kathleen Williams’s ear; Randolph Moss 86’es the National Park Service’s 86ing of 8647 signage; is it illegal to text Shrek’s dick to a State Senator?” (06/05/26)
https://www.serioustrouble.show/p/this-shrek-film-was-not-in-theaters
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Peru’s presidential election is stuck in a statistical tie, according to an early tally by the pollster Ipsos, echoing previous elections that have dragged on for days or even weeks. It put the left-wing Roberto Sánchez on a marginal lead of 50.3% of the vote, compared with the right-wing Keiko Fujimori on 49.7%. While not an official count, the tally has been an accurate indicator of the final result in previous polls. Official results confirm the race is extremely tight with more than 85% of votes counted. The election pits Fujimori, a mainstay of Peruvian politics, against Sánchez, who is promising broad economic reforms. Concerns over crime and political instability have dominated the race.” (06/08/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewq151pw78o
Source: Reason
by Lloyd Botway
“After a trip to Japan, tourists often return dazzled by the beauty of the land, the politeness of the people, the safety of the cities, the world-class transportation systems, and the delicious food. Many also come away with the impression that Japan enjoys a high degree of economic and personal freedom. Construction flourishes. Businesses thrive. Goods from all over the world are available, and shopping seems to be a national pastime. Homeless people are nowhere to be seen. People travel freely throughout the country. But behind Japan’s economic success lies a government and a legal system that clearly prioritize social stability and group harmony over individual rights.” (06/07/26)
https://reason.com/2026/06/07/is-japan-a-libertarian-paradise-not-quite/
Source: Yahoo! Finance
“Bitcoin steadied in Monday trading after dropping below $60,000 late last week as Strategy Inc. Chairman Michael Saylor hinted at further purchases. The original cryptocurrency climbed as much as 3.8% to nearly $64,200 and was trading around $63,000 at 7 a.m. in London. Ether, the second-largest token, was 2% firmer at around $1,660. … Strategy’s disclosure of a small sale, its first since 2022, contributed to the token’s 18% decline last week as it undermined the narrative that the digital-asset treasury firm would never sell. A social-media post from Saylor suggesting Strategy may announce more Bitcoin buying has helped to soothe market nerves.” (06/08/26)
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/bitcoin-steadies-60-000-breach-060839854.html
