Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Germany’s foreign minister says support for Ukraine and Israel may have cost votes after Berlin failed to secure a rotating spot on the UN Security Council. Johann Wadephul described losing out to Portugal and Austria as a ‘bitter defeat’ after a vote on which countries would become one of the five new members of the council was held on Wednesday evening. ‘There is our firm support for Ukraine, the fact that Russia does not want such a voice at the Security Council,’ Wadephul said, adding it was ‘no secret’ Russia had stirred up sentiment against Germany. There are five permanent members of the UN Security Council – China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US – and 10 temporary ones.” (06/04/26)
https://archive.is/KRI9K
Source: The New Republic
“Trump Mental State in More Doubt as Damning New Video Flummoxes Rubio.” (06/04/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/211355/trump-mental-state-doubt-damning-new-video-flummoxes-rubio
Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal
“There’s a lot of hostility toward ‘the rich.’ Especially billionaires. The hostility is misplaced. The real divide is not ‘the rich’ versus ‘everyone else.’ It is those who seek to rule, versus everyone they seek to rule.” (06/03/26)
https://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2026/06/03/voices/opinion-the-rich-arent-the-problem/233573.html
Source: The Daily Economy
by Vance Ginn
“The bottom income quintile is not a static social class but a temporary snapshot of lives in motion. Most Americans do not remain poor for life, and removing policy barriers can help more people move up.” (06/04/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-myth-of-a-permanently-poor-class/
Source: Independent Institute
by Robert E Wright
“The PEACE Act, a proposed ballot measure that essentially bans fishing, hunting, ranching, and trapping, appears to have gathered enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot in Oregon this November. If it passes and is not reversed in court, look for other states to follow suit and for food prices and insecurity to grow, all for no net reduction in animal cruelty.” (06/04/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/06/04/oregon-animals-peace-act/
Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum
“An addendum to the president’s ‘settlement’ of his lawsuit against the IRS shields him and his family from liability for any federal offenses they committed prior to May 19.” (06/03/26)
https://reason.com/2026/06/03/trumps-immunity-deal-stinks-even-more-than-his-blatantly-corrupt-anti-weaponization-fund/
Source: ABC News
“Supporters of opposition political figures and state security forces continued to clash in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday after fighting broke out Wednesday evening ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration. No official casualty figures were immediately available from the violence that prompted calls for restraint from the United Nations and the United States as the government and opposition traded blame for the violence. Residents reported heavy gunfire and explosions as fighting broke out in several neighborhoods Wednesday. … Opposition figures say the rally planned for Thursday was intended to protest what they call constitutional violations and efforts by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to extend his tenure. The government has rejected those allegations.” (06/04/26)
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/armed-clashes-erupt-somalias-capital-ahead-planned-anti-133576682
Source: Antiwar.com
“House Passes Iran War Powers Resolution, IDF Chief: No Ceasefire in Lebanon, and More.” (06/03/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoKlCrd0k50
Source: Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael
“Israel’s ‘Nuclear Ambiguity’ Under Fire in Congress: The Bigger Picture w/ Geoffrey Aronson.” (06/03/26)
https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/garonson6-3-26/
Source: The Volokh Conspiracy
by Ilya Somin
“Ultimately, the new Section 301 tariffs appear to be yet another attempt to give the president a blank check to impose tariffs at will. The same is true of the administration’s plans to use Section 301 to target ‘structural excess capacity,’ which rely on the absurd premise that it is somehow an unfair trade practice for countries to be able to produce more goods than they can use themselves.” (06/04/26)
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/06/03/trumps-dubious-new-section-301-tariffs/
