Jobs surprise

Yahoo: "Jobs report smashes expectations with payroll growth of 172,000."

Markets are down today because a hot job market increases the possibility of a Fed rate hike.

We just need to make it to June 9th

Boston Globe: "Platner denies hurting ex-girlfriend and says he will not quit Senate race."

Good on you, Graham!  Hang tight until the primary on Tuesday.  We can "believe all women" after that.

Extra - Here's the Atlantic, waking up to the danger and urging for the Janet Mills switcheroo: "Maine Has a Graham Platner Problem." 

Somewhat of a correction - We need to make it to July 2nd.  One step at a time!

The Category 5 Hurricane approaches, but let's hope it arrives in July when it's too late for the Oyster King to drop out. https://t.co/dH8EJIlhQL

— CA ET Nerd (@earlyvotedata) June 4, 2026

Senate passes ICE bill

Red State: "Finally! Senate Passes $70B ICE/CBP Border Bill."

Recall that this is the legislation that led to the Democrats record-breaking shutdown.

I knew because I had a proper education

Twitchy: "Not Sending Their Best: Bessent Exposes Democrat Rep. Chu's Shocking Ignorance."

This guy is approaching toast

Ace: "NYT: Ex GF of Platner Says He Knew All About "My Totenkopf," Used Physical Force Against Her, Bragged That He Would Rape His Male Enemies, "Not in a Gay Way," But to Show "I'm Dominant"

The most honest assessment I've seen about Platner is this: Eric Swalwell was thrown overboard because he was expendable.  He was just one of a dozen Democrats running for governor in California.  But Platner is the only game in town in Maine so the Democrats had to excuse the guy with the Nazi tattoo.  And he knew it was a Nazi tattoo so you can stop with that denial.

This is the Joe Biden scenario all over again: the general election is way too close so you either need to cut your guy loose or get four-square behind him.  We know how this worked out last time.

It's called pattern recognition

Hot Air: "It's Not Racist to Notice Reality."

This particular post is about Somali fraud in Ohio and how the Left goes into high dudgeon mode whenever they're asked about it.  I think it's fair to say that this selective outrage doesn't work anymore.

People are learing.

These Rubio videos are great

Twitchy: "Big-Eared Dem Rep. Jacobs Tries to Roast Rubio's Shoes, Forgets She's a Mid 5 Who Should Stick to Policy."

Always - always! - be on the offense with these clowns.  He roasted them good.

Extra - Scott Bessent in the Senate!  

Man publicly criticizes boss, gets fired

Wall Street Journal: "‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Scott Pelley Fired by CBS News - Pelley’s exit comes after he made comments critical of Editor in Chief Bari Weiss."

These journalist types are high on their own supply.

Update: this headline gets it: "CBS Fires Scott Pelley After Pelley Tries Very Hard to Get Fired."  Good luck on Substack.

"One time"

Sure, Bernie, sure.  The only person to ever get rich from socialism has thoughts: "Bernie Sanders' AI Wealth Fund Bill Shows That He Doesn't Understand AI or Wealth - Sanders' plan would impose a one-time tax of 50 percent of AI companies' stock and give the government voting shares and the power to block corporate decisions." 

It's "black Little Mermaid" all over again

Twitchy: "Governor Newsom Press Office Genuinely Sorry for the MAGA People Miserable About Pride Month."

Who are these "MAGA" people, Gavin?  This guy is the textbook definition of projection. 

Hmmmm

Red State: "Speculation Runs Wild After Maine Gov. Janet Mills Throws a Wrench in Senate Primary Race."

She's just sayin' "hey, my name is still on the ballot - wink wink."

Worst reality show ever

Hot Air: "To Live and Die on Camera in Karen Bass's LA."

He was sending dick pics

Townhall: "The Nazi Tattoo, the Reddit Posts, and Now This: Graham Platner's Senate Campaign in Crisis."

Sheesh, every other day it's something new with this guy.

Update - It gets worse.  The Democrats are going to pull a Torricelli.  Watch it happen.

Cognitive dissonance in Boston

Renee Graham is a reliable race grifter for the Boston Globe with nearly every article of hers recounting a parade of horribles and examples of awful repression.  Here's a typical headline: "Jim Crow 2.0 is already working as the Supreme Court’s conservatives intended."

She's very, very upset that the cane-shaking clown Al Green was defeated in the Democrat primary for a Houston Congressional seat.  Just wait until you see Jim Crow in action!

But in Tuesday’s primary runoff, the Black Democratic congressman became a casualty of racist gerrymandering ordered by Trump and codified by the conservative-led Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act last month. Green lost his seat to Representative Christian Menefee, 38, also a Black incumbent, because new congressional maps forced them to compete in the same Houston district.

Sure, Menefee is also Black but he's not Black Black, I guess.

Violence on the Left

Federalist: "Swatting Incident At Justice Barrett’s Home Is Another ‘Hit’ From Schumer’s ‘Whirlwind’."

Red State: "'FAFO': Todd Blanche Shares Satisfying Update on NJ Agitator Seen Threatening to Kill ICE Agents." 

But muh good intentions

Washington Post editorial: "What ‘equity’ in college testing has wrought" - "Idealists hoped that eliminating tests would somehow usher in an egalitarian nirvana in higher education. That experiment has failed badly, and so will other crusades for equity based on false pretenses." 

Crazy data point: "in the last five years, the number of students whose mathematics skills fall below high school level increased nearly thirtyfold." 

That's DR. Jill Biden

Washington Free Beacon: "Don't Take Medical Advice from Jill Biden." 

Perhaps you should have him on your "show"

Hollywood in Toto: "Is Kimmel’s Pratt Assault Start of New Late-Night War? - Far-Left host uses personal attacks to slam candidate offering L.A. hope."

It’s all misdirection and personal attacks. 

There’s a simple way to clear things up. Invite Pratt on your program. Except Kimmel would never do that. He doesn’t air opposing views, let alone engage in fair debate.

Why? He’d be creamed if he did. And, mid-creaming, his audience would say, “hey, Kimmel’s guest has a point.” And Kimmel doesn’t play that way.

This is the most galling thing about Kimmel and Colbert and all these other "entertainers": they can't take a punch. 

Girl boss + Rachel Zegler + superhero fatigue

Outkick: "'Supergirl' pre-release tracking looks disastrously bad for Hollywood after lead actress' bizarre comments - Star Milly Alcock's divisive remarks and underwhelming trailers have tracking estimates far below studio hopes." 

Everybody act surprised

NY Post: "Mamdani slammed after revealing why he’s boycotting NYC’s Israel Day Parade: ‘I’ve made my views clear’."

I'm so old that I remember when Ed Koch used to rule NYC.  What a sad state of affairs. 

Speaking of insulting our intelligence

Twitchy: "Zaid Jilani Wants to Know Why Graham Platner’s ‘Accidental Tattoo’ Is Disqualifying."

Most of the comments here suggest it's impossible to get an "accidental" tattoo since the process involves sitting in a chair for hours while you're poked with a needle.  But I heard of a guy who got a tattoo he described both as a "real beauty" and a "Mexican cutie" but that "how it got here, I haven't a clue."

Don't do this

NY Post: "Jill Biden shockingly admits she thought Joe was ‘having a stroke’ during disastrous 2024 debate with Trump."

Jill Biden has claimed in a new interview that she thought her husband Joe was “having a stroke” during his infamous 2024 debate with Donald Trump, after she staunchly defended her husband from the immediate political fallout.

“I was frightened, because I had never, ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never,” she told CBS News in a sitdown set to air in full Sunday ahead of the June 2 release of her memoir, “View from the East Wing.”

Oh Dr. Jill.  Do you know how we know this is a lie?  Because Joe Biden has dropped off the face of the earth. Mr. "Sharp as a Tack" has disappeared from the public eye.

Ace: ""Doctor" Jill Biden Continues the Family Business of Lying, Claiming She Had "Never, Ever" Seen Joe Biden As Confused As He Was During the 2024 Debate, "Before or Since"."

Of course this friendly Advertisement Opportunity was conducted with a friendly hand-picked Democrat operative.

Yeah, there's a lot of that going around.