“I know we’ve all felt an intellectual aridity in our lives since Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign ended, along with her deep cultural insights that left us all in a state of awe. Who can forget the immortal words, ‘What can be, unburdened by what has been?’ What was more head-scratching than that turn of nonsensical phrase was the repetitiveness with which she said it. I don’t know about you, but my wife, in-laws and I turned it into a private intra-family laugh line, repeating it whenever we felt like cracking each other up in a group chat.” [editor’s note: OK, so Marshall and his family are easily amused … – TLK] (06/02/25)
“Believe it or not, I had a transcendent experience at this year’s Border Security Expo, the annual event that brings Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) together with private industry. I hesitate to describe it that way, though, because I was on the exhibition hall floor and instantly found myself in the very heart of the U.S. border-industrial complex. It was early April and I was surrounded by the latest surveillance equipment — camera systems, drones, robodogs — from about 225 companies (a record number for such an event) displaying their wares at that Phoenix Convention Center. Many of the people there seemed all too excited that Donald Trump was once again president.” (06/01/25)
“Elon Musk has led the Department of Government Efficiency to incredible success in a mere four months, exposing hundreds of billions of dollars in government waste. However, with his tenure as a special government employee ending, what becomes of DOGE and the waste it’s identified? What about Tesla and SpaceX? The answers to all these questions are incredibly positive. Musk’s success in so many fields is no accident. The man has an uncanny ability not only as an executive who optimizes institutions and procedures, but also as a delegator. After he gets a project going, he expertly selects someone to take his place, freeing himself up for other ventures.” [editor’s note: True leadership is bound, not by personal ego, but by the will to seek the best way to get something of value accomplished, no matter who has the title – SAT] [editor’s note: For Musk, the “best way” is usually finding a new vein of corporate welfare dollars to tap – TLK] (06/01/25)
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“US Senator Lindsay Graham has just tweeted an article titled ‘Greta Thunberg sets sail with Gaza flotilla that aims to break Israeli naval blockade,’ adding the comment, ‘Hope Greta and her friends can swim!’ Australian Zionist think tanker Arsen Ostrovsky somehow outdid Graham, tweeting ‘Oh look, the little jihadi Greta Thunberg is trying to get into Gaza, to show solidarity with Hamas. It would be so sad if something were to happen to her flotilla …’ There’s not a lot that can shock me about Israel and its supporters these days. But if you’d traveled back in time a few years ago it would be hard to explain to someone how we got to a timeline that includes Israel supporters openly advocating the assassination of Greta Thunberg.” (06/02/25)
“I’m a pro-choice feminist — and a Democrat — who just happened to vote for Donald Trump for president. And I resent Michelle Obama’s sneering, demeaning, strangely ignorant and massively sexist remarks about women, our reproductive systems and, especially, our vote. In the latest episode of the podcast, ‘IMO with Michelle Obama & Craig Robinson,’ the former first lady and lefty pro-abortion activist mounted her high horse and disgracefully disparaged a woman’s decision to exercise her right to choose what to do with her body. That is, when that choice is to have a baby. On the podcast the celebricat shares with her brother, the 61-year old mother of two daughters insanely breathed strength into the pro-life crowd by declaring bizarrely that creating life is ‘the least’ of what a woman’s reproductive system does.” (06/01/25)
“Top secret intelligence files uncovered by the BBC confirm for the first time that missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of the now-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Former Syrian officials have also confirmed Mr Tice’s detention to the BBC. The US government has previously stated that it believed he had been held by the Syrian government, but the Assad regime continuously denied this …. Austin Tice vanished near the Syrian capital of Damascus in August 2012, just days after his 31st birthday. He had been working as a freelance journalist. Around seven weeks later, a video posted online showed him blindfolded and with his hands bound being forced to recite an Islamic declaration of faith by a group of armed men.” (06/02/25)
“An exercise programme for colon cancer patients can cut the risk of dying by a third, a major international trial shows. The researchers said it ‘was not a large amount’ of exercise and any type of workout from swimming to salsa classes counted. The results could change the way colon cancer is treated around the world. Scientists are already investigating whether similar exercise regimes could improve survival for people with other diseases, such as breast cancer. ‘It’s a bit of a mind-shift, thinking of treatment as something you do, not just something you take,’ says researcher Prof Vicky Coyle from Queen’s University Belfast. In the trial, the three-year exercise programme started soon after chemotherapy.” (06/02/25)
“‘This legislation will have a lasting impact on millions of Americans by protecting the hard-earned dollars of blue-collar workers, the very people who are living paycheck-to-paycheck. I urge my colleagues in the House to pass this important bill and send it to the President’s desk to be signed into law.’ — Senator Ted Cruz [R-TX] Ted Cruz? How could this labor-hating showboat get away with posturing as a defender of the working class – especially low-wage workers who live on tips? This is the same Ted Cruz who gets most of his campaign funds from those who got rich by exploiting low-wage workers. How did Cruz, of all people, take this issue away from the Democrats, the once so-called party of the working class? It seems the Democrats didn’t care about this issue.” (06/01/25)
“A Swedish commission recommended Monday that international adoptions be stopped after an investigation found a series of abuses and fraud dating back decades. Sweden is the latest country to examine its international adoption policies after allegations of unethical practices, particularly in South Korea. The commission was formed in 2021 following a report by Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter detailing Sweden’s problematic international adoption system. Monday’s recommendations were sent to Minister of Social Services Camilla Waltersson Grönvall, who said her department would review the report. ‘The assignment was to investigate whether there had been irregularities that the Swedish actors knew about, could have done and actually did,’ Anna Singer, a legal expert and the head of the commission, told a press conference. ‘And actors include everyone who has had anything to do with international adoption activities. It includes the government, the supervisory authority, organization, municipalities and courts.'” (06/02/25)
“Liberal [sic] Europeans hate Donald Trump. They also tend to misjudge him. I see this tendency particularly strongly represented in the media, where wishful thinking is the guiding principle. The media drew the wrong political conclusions about his criminal trials last year. Now they are misjudging last week’s court ruling blocking his 2 April reciprocal tariffs. The chances are that Trump will win this latest legal battle, just as he won the previous ones. The Supreme Court, where this legal battle may ultimately end up, has a majority of conservative [sic] justices. Six have been appointed by Republican presidents, three of them by Trump himself. The court’s most recent rulings have tilted heavily in favour of Trump.” (06/02/25)
