Starmer’s social-media ban will do huge harm to young people
Source: spiked
by Emma Gillan
“Children and teenagers need more freedom, not less.” (06/17/26)
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Politics Politics Politics, 06/16/26
Source: Politics Politics Politics
“A Memorandum of Misunderstanding? Anthropic vs. the US Government, Round Two (with Maria Curi).” (06/16/26)
https://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/p/a-memorandum-of-misunderstanding
Hey, POTUS, The Point of the War Was What Again?
Source: Antiwar.com
by David Stockman
“Self-evidently, the reason for the attack is not that Iran was days, weeks or months away from a nuke: Even the Donald’s own former DNI, Tulsi Gabbard, had recently affirmed in Congressional testimony that the long-standing assessment of the US intelligence agencies that Iran had ceased all research and activities designed to weaponize HEUs was still the case, and with a high degree of confidence. Likewise, the January 2026 street uprisings throughout Iran, which had been the catalyst for war that Netanyahu had peddled to the SUCKER he finally found in the Oval Office, has long since become a moot point. … what the hell was the reason for going to war on February 28th when there was no bomb and, self-evidently, no prospect of a regime change uprising, as MOU item #3 makes clear as a bell?” (06/17/26)
US DOJ accuses New York regime of unlawful Medicaid home care “scheme”
Source: Politico
“The Justice Department sued Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration Tuesday over its handling of a popular Medicaid home care program that enables over 200,000 New Yorkers to hire their own caregivers, court records show. The civil lawsuit accuses state Health Commissioner James McDonald and Medicaid Director Amir Bassiri of making false or misleading statements about the consolidation of Medicaid’s consumer-directed personal assistance program, or CDPAP, under financial services company Public Partnerships LLC. The DOJ’s complaint also accuses PPL of creating an ‘artificially attractive proposal’ to administer the Medicaid program through a ‘sham bid process,’ making false statements about its communications with state officials before winning the CDPAP contract and improperly inflating hourly billable rates upon taking over the program in 2025.” (06/16/26)
Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 06/16/26
Source: Antiwar.com
“Iran Warns of Response to Israel’s Lebanon War, Trump: Syria Should Take Care of Hezbollah, and More.” (06/16/26)
My 40 Year War on Psychiatry
Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard
“Forty years ago, I attended the annual meetings of the American Psychiatric Association in Washington and my sanity never recovered. Or at least that is what therapists presume based on my writings about their endless fabrication of bogus mental illnesses.” (06/16/26)
https://jimbovard.com/blog/2026/06/16/my-40-year-war-on-psychiatry/
NY: Mangione will assert psychiatric defense in murder case in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance when he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge said Wednesday. That could mean less prison time if he’s convicted. A jury that accepts such a defense would be obligated to convict Mangione of manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison, instead of murder, which could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. An emotional disturbance defense isn’t available in Mangione’s federal case, where he also faces a possible life sentence. New York Judge Gregory Carro announced the defense’s decision in court two weeks after holding a secret hearing on the matter. He said he will unseal a transcript and other records from that hearing once redactions are made.” (06/17/26)
This Land Is Your Land? This Land Is My Land.
Source: The Bulwark
by Michael Albertus
“The American Revolution began as a land grab. Our politics still revolve around the same hunger.” (06/17/26)
Does Immigration Lead to “Democratic Drain” and Illiberalism in Native Countries?
Source: The UnPopulist
by Stan Veuger
“A fascinating book by a political scientist says yes — but, in fact, there is strong evidence for the opposite case, too.” (06/16/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/does-immigration-lead-to-democratic
Norway: Crown princess has “successful” lung transplant
Source: South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
“Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has undergone a successful lung transplant and is recovering from the procedure, the royal household said in a statement on Wednesday. The 52-year-old wife of Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to the Norwegian throne, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs and leads to a reduced oxygen uptake. … Oslo University Hospital on June 5 said Mette-Marit had been placed on a waiting list for a lung transplant after a significant deterioration in her health that likely gave her only a year to live without the surgery.” (06/17/26)