Beyond AP: The College Credit Opportunity Few People Know About

Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Kerry McDonald

“When Santana Cruz graduates from high school this spring, she will have over 100 college credits and two associate degrees. A public school student in Bristol, Virginia, that sits along the Tennessee border, Cruz began accumulating college credits as a 14-year-old freshman when she took her first College-Level Examination Program or CLEP exam. The program enables students of any age to demonstrate mastery in 34 subject areas, ranging from American government to world languages.” (06/09/26)

https://fee.org/articles/beyond-ap-the-college-credit-opportunity-few-people-know-about/

The Skid Row vote cries out for investigation

Source: New York Post
by Joel Pollak

“Nearly 1,200 people registered to vote at a homeless shelter on Skid Row with 132 beds. 185 people registered at a homeless drop-in center — with no beds at all. That is likely illegal, and it is likely a key to the story of how socialist City Councilmember Nithya Raman overtook Palisades Fire victim Spencer Pratt for second place in the LA mayoral race. Under California law, homeless people can register to vote, even though they do not have a fixed residence. They can use their last fixed address as their voting domicile; they can even specify a geographic location, as long as it is where they live, or where they intend to return. If they do not return there within a year, it is no longer their voting domicile.” (06/09/26)

https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/opinion/the-skid-row-vote-cries-out-for-investigation/

Apple withholds new Siri AI from European devices; bureaucrats whine

Source: Politico

“Apple has said it would not ship its overhauled AI assistant on its devices in the EU, pinning the holdout squarely on Europe’s Big Tech market dominance rules. The iPhone maker on Monday announced its redesigned AI-enabled assistant, branded Siri AI, at its developer conference in Cupertino, California. Shortly afterwards, Apple confirmed that EU users will not get Siri AI on iPhones and iPads when its latest update ships this fall, with no timeline for when or whether that changes. … ‘We’re deeply disappointed that our EU users won’t have Siri AI on iPhone or iPad,’ said Craig Federighi, Apple’s software engineering chief, adding that the company hopes to bring it to the bloc eventually and will keep engaging with regulators. It’s the second time that Apple has held AI features back from the EU over the DMA, after withholding the original Apple Intelligence suite at its 2024 launch.” (06/09/26)

https://www.politico.eu/article/apple-blames-eu-rules-as-it-withholds-new-siri-ai-from-european-devices/

The Original Non-Profit Abuse

Source: Coyote Blog
by Warren Meyer

“I am not going to get into some of these more recent twists and turns, but I do want to shatter the mythos that the word ‘non-profit’ is somehow equivalent to ‘charitable’ or ‘well-intentioned.’ I know of many non-profits that do good work and for whom we should be grateful, but many many more do very little that is positive and are able to draft off the reputations of the ones who do. I want to describe what I call the original non-profit abuse, one that goes back to the very beginnings of the income tax system. I went to a private school in the 70’s and an Ivy League University in the 80’s and have seen what I am about to describe many times with my own eyes.” (06/09/26)

https://coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2026/06/the-original-non-profit-abuse.html

Reflections on Brain Death, Hope, and the Limits of Certainty

Source: Brownstone Institute
by Joseph Varon

“The case of a young child at Texas Children’s Hospital following a near-drowning incident has reignited a debate that medicine has struggled with for more than half a century. According to multiple media reports, the family sought judicial intervention to obtain additional time, explore transfer options, and investigate alternative therapeutic approaches before any final determination regarding brain death would foreclose those possibilities. As so often happens in the modern United States of America, the story quickly moved beyond the walls of the hospital. Lawyers became involved. … this is not an argument against brain death. Nor is it an attempt to overturn decades of neurological science. The neurological criteria for death emerged from legitimate clinical challenges and remain accepted by most physicians, hospitals, and courts. Rather, this is a reflection on what happens when medicine becomes so confident in its conclusions that it stops listening to those most affected by them.” (06/09/26)

https://brownstone.org/articles/reflections-on-brain-death-hope-and-the-limits-of-certainty/

How To Create A Custom News Feed Free From Algorithm Manipulation

Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone

“Today the Twitter algorithm served me up a bunch of Zionist tweets from accounts I’ve never followed, right at the top of my ‘For You’ feed. Elon and company decided on my behalf that this is the kind of information I need to be consuming, so they’ve taken it upon themselves to shove it down my throat without my permission. As Silicon Valley algorithm manipulation gets more and more aggressive in force-feeding us the official narrative of the day, we have to get a bit clever in making sure we see the information our rulers don’t want us to see. I like to use Twitter Lists for this, because for all its flaws Twitter is still where the journalists hang out and remains a great place for staying on top of the news if you can figure out how to cut through all the bullshit.” (06/09/26)

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/06/09/how-to-create-a-custom-news-feed-free-from-algorithm-manipulation/

Crew rescued after US military helicopter goes down near Iran

Source: Axios

“A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, and officials are investigating whether Iranian fire brought it down, two American officials and a third source with knowledge tell Axios. … Both crew members were rescued around 7:30pm ET, about two hours after the helicopter went down off the coast of Oman, U.S. Central Command said in a post on X. They are in stable condition.” (06/09/26)

https://archive.is/SCZNx