Israel Tests Iran

Plus: Trump watches the Knicks, H-1B fee ruling, Mormons off the list, and more...

Yesterday's promises: Just a day ago, the Iranian military warned that if Israel strikes southern Lebanon again, "much harsher and more crushing actions than before will be on the way" to its adversary.

So Israel struck southern Lebanon again, directly testing Iran. Yesterday, at least nine people were killed in a strike near Tyre, in the south. The Israeli army has ordered people to evacuate Tyre, including those who live in the Christian quarter, which had formerly been somewhat more insulated from the bombings.

Hezbollah, which operates out of Lebanon but is distinct from the Lebanese government (unlike Hamas in Gaza, which is deeply enmeshed in the government), does not seem to want to be covered by a ceasefire deal.

"Hezbollah, for its part, has rejected any cease-fire with Israel, and has continued firing on Israel from its positions in southern Lebanon," notes The New York Times. Iran, meanwhile, has held Hezbollah up as necessary to cover in any sort of agreement.

Meanwhile, a U.S. helicopter—an Apache gunship—"went down near the coast of Oman while patrolling regional waters," per a report from U.S. Central Command. The two crew members were rescued relatively quickly, and the cause is unknown.

Iran is trying to "impose a new equation"—according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—by firing at Israel in response to that country's attacks on the terrorist group Hezbollah, near Beirut. But, to Netanyahu, this equation is "unbearable and unacceptable." He made that much clear by striking Tyre again after Iran issued its warning.

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The relationship between phones and fertility: "Did the introduction of the iPhone causally reduce fertility?" asks Brad Wilcox, researcher with the Institute for Family Studies, discussing a new paper examining "causal evidence from AT&T's 2007–2011 carrier monopoly" by Caitlin K. Myers and Ezekiel Hooper.

Takes abound (though it's hard to know how reliable the paper is, take it with grains of salt).

Maybe it's the dating apps:

A takeaway is phones turn dating into a second price auction but with counterparties that lack creditworthiness or performance requirements. @conorsen @Noahpinion @robinhanson

— Nick Walker (@nw3) June 8, 2026

Or maybe it's that phones are conduits for the porn:

Lots of people posting about this one. I want to draw your attention to one part of the paper: the argument that among other channels, the iPhone reduces fertility by increasing the availability of pornography as a substitute for sex.

"The Google Trends annual index for the… https://t.co/Ux7dxO9BNt pic.twitter.com/45AIYYUeDU

— Charles Fain Lehman (@CharlesFLehman) June 8, 2026

I think it's probably a combination of factors, but I especially like the "false anthropology" point:

It's the phones.
It's the phones for a hundred reasons. Here are a few:
1) Male consumption of porn reduces marriage (for like 10 reasons)
2) Because of time-wasting college kids and 20-somethings just socialize less, reducing marriage.
3) The dating apps ruin dating (for 10… https://t.co/xXWxBv8MpF

— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) June 8, 2026

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Scenes from New York: They shut down a ton of Midtown last night to provide a tighter security perimeter so President Donald Trump could attend the Knicks game at Madison Square Garden.

lol imagine being one of the thousand bars inside this zone having your night of the year shut down https://t.co/zAD1AcZvXA

— JokerMakeupJacobite 🇮🇪👹🐋🐢🌹🇺🇦🇵🇸 (@ClwnPrncCharlie) June 8, 2026

More on last night, from around the internet:

Hercules and Nessus, by Giambologna, 1599 pic.twitter.com/nsMxu5ST0z

— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) June 9, 2026

The star player of the San Antonio Spurs, Victor Wembanyama, has made himself rather at home in New York:

The Spurs might be down 2-0 but that isn't stopping Wemby from getting in some drawing time in Gramercy Park pic.twitter.com/mVcy7kkTVY

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) June 8, 2026

The Spurs ended up beating the Knicks. But at least Larry David didn't end up detained! (I appreciated this person who gamed out a whole Curb scenario.)

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QUICK HITS

• Yes to everything David Bernstein is saying. I have never once considered the climate question:

It's wild to me that progressive political types like @ezraklein live in a world where questioning whether one should have children because of climate change is a frequent topic of conversation. I've literally never heard anyone i Know say anything remotely like this. But it does… pic.twitter.com/6EgDK5lgwQ

— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) June 9, 2026

• Excellent:

JUST IN: A federal judge has ruled Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is an unauthorized tax on businesses and must be vacated. https://t.co/bQXFTaiMmK pic.twitter.com/g5HTy9Cu0X

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 8, 2026

• "The Trump administration has drawn up a plan to surge US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to New York City, a move that threatens to escalate tensions with New York Governor Kathy Hochul over the president's migrant crackdown," reports Bloomberg. "President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said Monday he'd warned Hochul of the surge before she signed a bill late last month curbing operations and banning masked ICE agents in her state."
• Do Mormons count as Christians? The Defense Department seems to think no, Sen. Mike Lee (R–you already know which one) thinks yes (and is himself Mormon). The reason why it's relevant to the government at all? "This decrease in religious affiliation codes is not designed to make any claims on the legitimacy of any faith or religious belief, nor is it intended to provide a list of 'officially approved' religions," said the department. "Rather, it is designed to allow chaplains to quickly look at the religious composition of their units and determine how they structure resources to best provide for warfighters of all faith groups."
• The votes are in: Nithya Raman is officially running against Karen Bass in the L.A. mayoral primary; Spencer Pratt is out.
• OpenAI is trying to IPO, following in Anthropic's footsteps.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

So Israel struck southern Lebanon again, directly testing Iran.

Our Puppet-in-Chief isn't going to like this.

[Social Justice is neither]

My question was are they striking Lebanon or Hezbollah? This was promptly revealed to be a lie and par for modern journalism. Good job Liz towing the Iranian propaganda lion like a proper useful idiot.

[DesigNate]

At least she bothered to mention Hezbollah and where it operates. Most of the MSM isn’t even doing that.

[JFree]

What planet are you on? Are you reading Arabic language MSM?

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

The Iranian regime should be forced to give up all their information on Hezbollah to Israel.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Israel probably already knows more about Lezbohah than Iran does.

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

That’s possible.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The two crew members were rescued relatively quickly, and the cause is unknown.

TRANS PILOTS EVERYONE'S THINKING IT

[mad.casual]

My money is that Iran did not provide the Attack-Helicopter-to-Submarine affirming care.

[Medulla Oblongata]

Oblique reference?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Sexually_Identify_as_an_Attack_Helicopter

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Socialized medicine!

300 Britain's die a week due to ER and hospital overcrowding.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/a-and-e-patients-dying-long-delays-5j8qsjr7d

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

Diversity is their strength

[Chuck P. (Now with less Sarc more snark)]

That and ignorance...

[Neutral not Neutered]

So simple

[middlefinger]

Bernie scuts off the private jet, puts his feet up on his private lakefront vacation bunker his wife inherited.

“At least Britian is fighting the oligarchy! “In socialist countries at least medical care would go to the poor, if it were available- dammit”

It’s never the thing it’s always the revolution

[Medulla Oblongata]

It will get better once they import a million or so South Asian men, some of them have to be doctors, right?

[Spiritus Mundi]

This is cost effective, compasionate MAID services. I don't see the problem.

[Fist of Etiquette]

"Hezbollah, for its part, has rejected any cease-fire with Israel, and has continued firing on Israel from its positions in southern Lebanon," notes The New York Times. Iran, meanwhile, has held Hezbollah up as necessary to cover in any sort of agreement.

I'm beginning to suspect the Middle East problem might possibly be unsolvable.

[Neutral not Neutered]

No, it is solvable. Remove the terrorists

[Fist of Etiquette]

You risk being labeled genocidal.

[Medulla Oblongata]

Oh no, not that!

[Spiritus Mundi]

Safe and effective

[Dillinger]

cat lady in Maine ended the definition of genocidal yesterday

https://x.com/TheCarolineMc/status/2063803200902168769

[Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment]

Her finger is in the wrong place to be rotating; should be near her ear.

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

Would anyone really have a problem with euthanizing these idiots?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Mostly non genocidal

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

I’m all for genociding Islamists.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

The open borders marxism is dying a slow death as EU set to implement many of the immigration rules trump has.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/youre-destroying-your-countries-europe-finally-heeding-trumps-warning-illegal-immigration

The EU agreed on new, stricter rules regarding migration and asylum. The laws are specifically designed to ensure that illegal/undocumented migrants who enter the bloc are processed and, where necessary, quickly sent to deportation centers in countries outside the EU.

[Neutral not Neutered]

Perhaps UK ER's will unclog

[Medulla Oblongata]

Dang it. Meant for my Scenes from Belfast comment to be here, not way down there by itself.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Did the introduction of the iPhone causally reduce fertility?

I'd rather think it did casually.

[Jefferson Paul]

It's a casualty of the casually-introduced causally-reduced fertility?

[Medulla Oblongata]

Clap...clap...clap...

[But SkyNet is a Private Company]

So I guess massive election fraud in the country’s second biggest city and biggest state is too local for the Gowanus Canal beat.

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

Remember leading up to the primary, 2 Republicans were leading. Gavin Newsome said they already game planned how to void the primary system if two Republicans won

[Medulla Oblongata]

"In case of emergency break glass"

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

Newsome should be taken into federal custody, using a tactical team at his home at 4 AM that is authorized to use lethal force.

[Moderation4ever]

Why don't you give us the proof of fraud? Maybe because there really isn't any fraud. But of course that is the proof, you know there is fraud because there is no evidence to prove it. Fool, why don't you mortgage your house and buy some bit coins or magic beans from Trump.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Define proof for us parody. Because California has no chain of command, no id check, allows ballot harvesting. So what proof under these conditions would you accept?

It is amazing what pieces of shit elftists like you actually are.

[Moderation4ever]

That your candidate lost is not proof of fraud. When you have real proof, not some conspiracy theory, show it.

[Neutral not Neutered]

No voter ID laws = fraud

Being willfully ignorant is not a virtue

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

No voter ID laws = democrat fraud

FITFY

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

I asked you to state what proof you would accept. You refuse to answer. Which proves you know youre full of shit. It was a simple question parody.

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

Democrats can’t answer hard questions, ever. They have too much to hide.

[But SkyNet is a Private Company]

24000 ballots without a single one for the guy in 2nd at 28% =fraud

45% of the late ballot dump to the 3rd place candidate = fraud.

Both trillion to one possibilities.

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

“Nothing to see here!”

- Democrats

[damikesc]

That Raman lost her district she governs and managed to win all of the ballot drops for days on end, with the former King County, WA head of elections running the LA elections? That she so unbelievably overperformed her election day results (even basically conceding that night) that it is mathematically impossible?

If they were intentionally rigging an election --- what, precisely, would they be doing differently?

[Z Crazy]

At least for all of Trumps' elections, there were signs he was overperfoming in Democratic-leaning areas as compared to Bush and Romney.

Rithya Naman never overperformed in liberal strongholds at all. Everyone and their cat was expecting Karen Bass to expand her lead with late mail-in ballots, possibly topping 40%.

[Z Crazy]

oh come on. Rithya Naman was a latecomer. Her only piublic appearance was that debate where she got toasted. She has no endorsements from the unions or Planned Parenthood. Why the fuck would anyone vote for her?

[DesigNate]

She was so sure she was toast she conceded ON ELECTION NIGHT.

(Personally, I think if you concede, all votes counted for you after that point should be null and void.)

No way you’re not a parody.

[Z Crazy]

Her campaign must have read that the outstanding mail-9n ballots were sent to communities which very heavily favored Karen Bass and concluded there were few opportunities to make gains.

[EISTAU Gree-Vance]

Pratt: “ homeless drug zombies are pooping on the street. I will fix this and find out where all the money went that was supposed to fix this.”

LA: “nah, we’re good. We like poop.”

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

The people printing the fraudulent ballots are certainly ok with it.

[Idaho-Bob]

Statistical probability -

81,000,000 votes for a Democrat basement dweller who didn't campaign.
24,000 - 0 in one batch for the Democrat.

Can't prove fraud if the DNC hides the evidence.

[Neutral not Neutered]

Did you also use your gym membership as ID to vote with?

If election day is today. Do you agree with laws that allow ballots to continue to be dropped and counted a week after today?

They never found the drug addicts sleeping in their cars close to the ballot drop stations with a box of ballots with RAMAN on them so she was able to climb into second a week later.

This is the election system you agree with? How could there be any fraud, there's no proof?

It couldn't be wide spread enough to make a difference so it's okay?

[Moderation4ever]

If your gym membership has a photo of you why should it not be accepted? The purpose of the photo ID is to link the face with the name in the polls book. Nothing more. California ballots must have a postmark of no later than election day. Do you have a legit citation on the addicts with ballots?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

See. You are a parody.

This could be one of the most retarded responses ever.

Also proves you are perfectly fine with a system in which no proof could ever counter your love of fraud.

You can no longer answer the question above because you appear to support zero auditable standards.

[damikesc]

Hell, you can use a prescription drug label as ID if your name is on it.

Which would be odd as I pick up my wife's prescriptions exclusively. In CA, I could legally vote for myself and for my wife without her being involved. Weird.

[EISTAU Gree-Vance]

You probably should. Chicks, amirite?

[damikesc]

Well, she has MS, so walking is a bit of a challenge.

[Dillinger]

>>If your gym membership has a photo of you why should it not be accepted?

when I was a teenager I didn't have 7 different fake IDs either

[Neutral not Neutered]

How does a fucking gym membership prove you are citizen or legally allowed to vote? A person on vacation in Los Angeles from anywhere on earth can go to a local Gold's gym and then 20 minutes later vote for the Mayor of LA?

Do you not see the issue?

[DesigNate]

He sees it. He also supports it.

Because power is an end unto itself for these people.

[GOD OF PENGUIN ISLAND]

He’s a parody.

[SCOTUS gave JeffSarc a big sad]

You’re a stupid bitch.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
Let’s review. California:

- Made it illegal to show voter IDs
- Mass mail-in ballots across the state
- Allows people to print ballots at home
- Allows people to register anywhere in the state
- Allows ballot harvesting
- Allows people to register with “IDs” like gym memberships & insurance cards
- Allows people to hand-date ballot envelopes, no postmark required
- Has 853,000 + “ghost voters”
- Sanctuary state that harbors illegal aliens
- Refuses to turn over dirty voter rolls for verification
- Refuses to allow independent signature verification audit
- Refuses to allow ballot inspection audit

This isn’t exactly “subtle.” It’s a blueprint for stealing elections.

https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/2064071296494063989

Find the proof!!!

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Andrew Follett
@AndrewCFollett
A new California law bans:

1: Neutral election observers from challenging a ballot.

2: Law enforcement from enforcing election law.

3: Law enforcement from inspecting voting machines.

Of course California elections are corrupt! They literally made it illegal to enforce laws!

https://x.com/AndrewCFollett/status/2063774953527214463

Find the proof!!!

[Spiritus Mundi]

The count drug out with an unkown number of outsanding mail-in ballots. Late ballots all favored the third place candiate, and matched no other random sample of mail-in balllots. Then counting stopped as soon as she took second place even though counting could have continued for more weeks.

No. Evidence. Of. Fraud.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Jewfree agrees. And probably most of the Massie fans.

Drop Site
@DropSiteNews
A Maine voter says Graham Platner’s mistakenly obtained tattoo is not a major issue for her. An Israeli flag tattoo, however, would be a deal-breaker, because she could not support a candidate that supports genocide.

https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2063854850400551386

[mad.casual]

On the plus side, apparently the wars where he served in Iraq and Afghanistan are no longer genocides either.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

The votes are in: Nithya Raman is officially running against Karen Bass in the L.A. mayoral primary; Spencer Pratt is out.

LOL @ LA

[Rev Arthur L kuckland (5-30-24 banana republic day)]

Why is it excellent that a district judge can unilaterally change a law?
There is a fee written into the law for h1b, Trump increased it in order to prevent the h1b fraud.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Media and leftists are largely ignoring what the ruling actually said.

He ruled primarily on the APA, something scotus has already warned inferior judges against. He also ignored parts of the law and regulations that allow the executive to adjust fees, claiming intent for the executive was raising revenue, when it was always stated it was to eliminate fraud in the program.

This will be overturned.

[damikesc]

I could've sworn, per the Obamacare decision, that a fee is very much NOT a tax.

[Marshal]

It's Schrodinger's money. It's both a fee and a tax until the courts determine which the Dems need it to be.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Or maybe it's that phones are conduits for the porn...

If God intended pr0n relegated to the musty pages of your old man's skin mags then He never would have made the avocado rotary phone obsolete. Think about it.

[mad.casual]

Muhammed promised 72 virgins. Steve Jobs delivered. Don't fatwa me. I'm just the messenger.

[GOD OF PENGUIN ISLAND]

Do people not realize that if you jerk off looking at your phone that other people can see you jerking off?

[Zeb]

Well, lucky them, I guess.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Sarc will be here in a bit to defend another corrupt leftist ran election... but the LA vote totals continue to not make sense.

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/08/of-course-the-california-vote-was-rigged-and-heres-why-its-obvious-n4953721

First we see the bifurcation of data not of only in person vs mail in, but also pre and post election voting.

End Wokeness
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@EndWokeness
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Mail-ins arriving before Election Day:
Bass: 38.1%
Pratt: 27.9%
Raman: 20%

Mail-ins arriving after Election Day:
Raman: 37% (+17% surge)
Bass: 34.9% (-3% drop)
Pratt: 19% (-9% drop)

The keyword being after in that.

Of course we already have videos of leftist groups paying himeless to not only sign but sign as other people. There is no vote verification. There is no chain of custody. There are nearly 1M ghost voters.

But this is the unauditable system the left wants.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

This is also why democrats signed up illegals pretending systems in place were there to not register them.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noncitizens-voter-rolls-democrat-run-state-exposed-rnc-chair-pledges-secure-elections

But useful idiots like Mike and sarc will continue to pretend this is normal and not corruption. We will get used to it right?

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Iranian president admits to the precision of both weapons and intelligence from the US. Admits to the devastation of the strikes against regime.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/iran-admits-extraordinary-detail-khamenei-215111543.html

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Dem senator chris Murphy caught funding the violent protests.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/senator-teams-left-wing-protest-organizer-boost-mass-mobilization-against-ice

[Idaho-Bob]

Is anyone surprised?

[damikesc]

How this is not a massive scandal speaks poorly of the press and Reason?

[Z Crazy]

People say Trump caused the Capital riot merely by organizing the protest.

Doesnt this logic mean that Chris Murphy caused riots?

[Fist of Etiquette]

It's the phones.

It's all so the ChiComms can reduce the world's population growth of red blooded Americans. Our only chance is if the number of China-men jumping out iPhone factory windows keeps pace.

[Fist of Etiquette]

They shut down a ton of Midtown last night to provide a tighter security perimeter so President Donald Trump could attend the Knicks game at Madison Square Garden.

WHERE HE WAS BOOED BY ALL IN ATTENDANCE, EVEN HIS OWN SECRET SERVICE

[Neutral not Neutered]

Why'd the Knicks lose? Boos

[Fist of Etiquette]

DURING THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER NO LESS

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

More immigration success stories.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
ICYMI: A previously deported Mexican illegal alien with four prior DUI arrests has been charged with a triple murder in Modesto, CA after he allegedly stabbed to death a two-week-old baby, the baby's mom, and the baby's grandma. DHS tells
@FoxNews
that when Joaquin Escoto was arrested for his latest DUI in June 2025, ICE sent a request to the San Joaquin County Jail to be notified if he were to be released, and DHS provided us the request they sent over. Escoto was still released without any heads up to ICE.

San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow told media outlets that Escsoto was arrested for that DUI at 1am, and he was released at 6am. He says the jail didn't get a fax from ICE requesting notification of his release until 9am.

https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/2062924242102960593

Im still not used to it Mike.

[Neutral not Neutered]

Looks like congress needs to get it's shit together and start passing bills. Voter laws, criminal justice, illegal migrant removal, balanced budget amendments, DOGE reviews every 2 years with the power to sunset programs in limbo or ineffective and cut spending, Fraud teams for every fed dollar given to states, and of course, Supremacy Clause teeth that ends states and local Sanctuary for illegals.

[Medulla Oblongata]

And it's not just illegals they let walk...

https://pjnewsletter.com/convicted-run-cali-judge/

A 51-year-old man named Carl Cacconie was convicted of six felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts on an 11-year-old girl. Six counts. A child. A jury heard the evidence, weighed it, and delivered a guilty verdict. He faced 18 years in prison. And then Judge Michael McLaughlin — a registered Democrat appointed by Governor Jerry Brown — set bail at $1 million and let a convicted child predator walk out of the courthouse.

Cacconie posted bond. And he vanished.

His court-ordered ankle monitor, fitted by the El Dorado County Probation Department in 2023, went dark on August 17th on a street in San Francisco. His sentencing was scheduled for August 25th. When probation officers finally made contact two days after the monitor disconnected, Cacconie told them the device was “simply charging.” And they just took his word for it. They instructed him to report to a Bay Area office for inspection. He never did. The monitor never reconnected. On the day he was supposed to face sentencing, his family reported him missing.

Cacconie’s family claims he left a suicide note. Prosecutors aren’t buying it. They believe he’s alive, on the run, and likely receiving help.

El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson didn’t mince words: "To expect that a person on $1 million bond, who has now been convicted, that merely adding an ankle monitor, which can be easily cut off, adds any real assurance to bringing him back to court, it’s kind of folly. This is a county that prides itself on holding people accountable. And, unfortunately, that’s so far not what has happened.

[EISTAU Gree-Vance]

A fax? lol.

[Fist of Etiquette]

It's wild to me that progressive political types like @ezraklein live in a world where questioning whether one should have children because of climate change is a frequent topic of conversation.

The upside is fewer shitlibs passing shitlibbery down to their offspring. (The equalizer is that they teach shitlibbery to your offspring.)

[mad.casual]

All the enlightened, socially responsible, adults in the room voluntarily removing their genes from the pool due to pressure from the environment are going to make Darwin Award winners harder to choose.

Guy ice fishing with dynamite... Ezra Klein... guy playing patty cake with a woodchipper... Ezra Klein... activist who superglued themselves to a bulldozer in Texas without any food or water... ... ... Ezra Klein.

[Fist of Etiquette]

A federal judge has ruled Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is an unauthorized tax on businesses and must be vacated.

Where's an obamacare judge when you need him.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

ENB and her claims this doesn't exist hardest hit.

Paul White Gold Eagle
@PaulGoldEagle
BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel announces massive crackdown — 3 million pedophile accounts taken down on Tor network!

Director Kash Patel revealed a historic surge in the fight against child predators under the current administration:

-3,400 child predators and traffickers arrested — a 99% increase from the best year under Biden.

-7,200 children rescued and returned home.

-3 million pedophile accounts dismantled on the Tor network where predators thought they could hide.

https://x.com/paulgoldeagle/status/2063482165577592874

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Trump administration has drawn up a plan to surge US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to New York City, a move that threatens to escalate tensions with New York Governor Kathy Hochul...

Well, we wouldn't want any tension between the president and The Resistance.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Just a day ago, the Iranian military warned that if Israel strikes southern Lebanon again, "much harsher and more crushing actions than before will be on the way" to its adversary.

Liz. You keep doing this. As if Iran runs Lebanon. Their government is working with israel against Hezbollah. Iran has no say in the attacks. The government working with Lebanon is.

Stop this dishonest framing.

I mean, what the fuck?

So Israel struck southern Lebanon again, directly testing Iran.

Leave Iranian terrorist proxies alone!!

[Medulla Oblongata]

Ah, yes, so trustworthy...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/muslim-police-association-defended-hamas-against-unverified-claims-of-violence/ar-AA24ZOLI

The official body representing Muslim police officers in Britain has defended Hamas against “unverified stories about acts of violence”.

A policy paper by the National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) also describes the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) as a “Zionist terrorist group” and brands Zionism as “one of the manifestations of anti-Muslim hatred”.

[Idaho-Bob]

The muzzies will label everyone a terror group while cheering the beheading of a Nigerian Christian. Irony is not a strong enough word.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Do Mormons count as Christians?

Are they planning to join The Crusades 2.0?

[Medulla Oblongata]

I identify as a non-practicing Deist...It was not just Mormons. DOD pared out 180 religions. Also, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (CJ) remains a full religious category, it just isn't prefixed with "Christian - ", e.g. "Christian - Catholic" or "Christian - Baptist".

A lot of fringe religions are simply to be lumped into Other Religions: Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and various Wiccans.

https://www.military.com/dod-officially-drops-180-faiths-from-militarys-recognized-religion-list

The reforms mark the first time the list has been officially revised since a memo was issued March 27, 2017, decreasing the total number of faiths from 211 to its new number of 31.

[Medulla Oblongata]

https://notthebee.com/article/muslim-american-military-member-says-she-would-disobey-orders-if-america-were-to-go-to-war-with-a-muslim-country/

[Fist of Etiquette]

Nithya Raman is officially running against Karen Bass in the L.A. mayoral primary; Spencer Pratt is out.

The surge only ever goes one way.

[Medulla Oblongata]

Can't hate the media enough. Sure, there's always been some white supremacist idiots who include Jews in the pile of people they hate, but antisemitism these days seems to be a stalwart mainstay of the left (e.g., queers for Palestine).

But then they go out and try to portray a few wack jobs like Massie as representative.

Perhaps it *is* noteworthy that this is a surge of unusual behavior from the right but that's not the framing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/where-did-the-antisemitic-surge-on-the-right-come-from/ar-AA251r1i

People understandably wonder how antisemitism has managed to surge on the Right in recent years. Part of the answer may lie in the rise of conspiratorial thinking over the last decade. The two often go hand in hand, and elements of the former could facilitate the latter.

[Chuck P. (Now with less Sarc more snark)]

"People understandably wonder how antisemitism has managed to surge on the Right in recent years. Part of the answer may lie in the rise of conspiratorial thinking over the last decade."

So, a conspiracy theory about conspiracy theorists. When does sheer mass of the stupidity on the left collapse into a black hole and devour them?

[Neutral not Neutered]

It couldn't come soon enough

[mad.casual]

Provides material support to Hamas: diverse freedom supporter.
Calls for Israel to stand on its own: anti-semite.

BOWF SIDEZ.

[Marshal]

How were the left wingers minimizing Massie's anti-Semitism just a few days ago?

Boy do I hate being right all the time.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Seeing regulars here start to repeat the israel buys elections and even israel does ethnic cleansing simply because Massie hopped on that train has been amazing.

[mtrueman]

"but antisemitism these days seems to be a stalwart mainstay of the left (e.g., queers for Palestine). "

Surely you mean Jew hating. Palestinians are Arabic speaking and Arabic is a Semitic language. To be 'for Palestinians,' whether queer or otherwise, is to hate Jews. Simple.

[Moderation4ever]

I can never remember President Trump showing much interest in basketball. So why is he showing up at the finals? Narcists need attention and if that inconveniences people well what does the President care.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

He is a long time Knicks fan. Famous videos of Charles Oakley falling into his lap during the last Knicks finals.

How fucking dumb are you?

Oh. Forgot. Youre a parody.

[Moderation4ever]

Trump is a celebrity fan who in the past was often seen in courtside seats designed more for getting attention rather than paying attention to the game.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

This could be the most retarded walk back of yours ever.

[Idaho-Bob]

But TRUMP!!!!!

Anything to frame him in bad light. Bill Maher has been pointing this bullshit out for months. TDS is real.

[Neutral not Neutered]

You assume he went for attention only because he is a narcissist and not because he wanted to enjoy a fucking playoff finals basketball game in his home town with his home team?

[Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment]

"...How fucking dumb are you?..."

Why are you asking that asswipe?

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

Yeah, it’s not like he’s from New York or anything like that.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Parody is struggling to maintain his parody. He is just going full retard this morning.

[Neutral not Neutered]

Did you ever hear, just because you do not see it, haven't heard of it, never touched it, and never spoke about it before, does not mean it doesn't exist, or didn't happen?

[Medulla Oblongata]

VSXY's comeback. All they had to do was stop being woke, stop with the trans models and fat chicks.

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/06/02/youll-totally-believe-how-victorias-secret-got-investors-excited-again-n4953490

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

The same people cheering the H1B decision likely also cheer the documented h1b fraud against the law the fee was supposed to counter.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/20/655.730#c

Prevailing wage, notice of job especially. Well documented business fraud regarding both.

[Don't look at me! ( Is the war over yet?)]

They shut down a ton of Midtown last night to provide a tighter security perimeter so President Donald Trump could attend the Knicks game at Madison Square Garden.

I guess nyc isn’t so safe after all.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

Mike Johnson to start to address entitlement spending.

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/06/09/mike-johnson-teases-a-long-overdue-fight-over-entitlement-spending-n2203167

Prediction. When the bill fails with 0 votes from dems and usual GOPe join democrats, reason will blame both sides.

[Neutral not Neutered]

No they will blame the GOP for not working with the other side.

[Medulla Oblongata]

"A federal judge has ruled Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is an unauthorized tax on businesses and must be vacated. "

I tried, as I often do, to go to the actual law that authorizes H1B, to see if the executive is called to lodge a fee. This is one of the most convoluted set of interconnected laws I've looked through (IANAL).

I've not seen any notion that a fee is authorized, so this may be one of the rare cases that won't get trashed on appeal. OTOH, just because I didn't see it in an hour of reading doesn't mean it's not there and this was just some activist judge imposing his vision. Might need to read the decision.

P.S. Not "Excellent". Employers LIE THEIR ASSES OFF to bring in foreign workers, and Reason staff would be up in arms if Reason decided to replace all the "editors" with H1B editors from India after claiming "no americans exist that can do this job".

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

The fees are largely tied to the procedural rules built off the law. You have to go there. Which why the judge relied on the APA and not the law as fees are allowed to fund administration for visa programs.

[mad.casual]

From a higher level: If I pay in cash, the fee to process my FOID is $10. $10.50-$12.35 if I pay via echeck or credit card. And I was born in this country.

[Medulla Oblongata]

My first carry permit was $50, my current state now has constitutional carry AND optional carry permits (for reciprocity--need an Obergefell-like decision to make that a full right) are no-cost (fees were waived with the passing of the carry law changes).

[Dillinger]

>>So Israel struck southern Lebanon again, directly testing Iran.

lol okay, QB

[Quicktown Brix]

We are both cute...well some of both of us are, at least.

Just for you, Dillinger, here's a link to yesterday's POTP podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBc_dKRkHF0

On there they discuss how after all Trump's bluster of "bridge and power plant day" he is now overlooking all of Iran and Israel's attacks. He looks weak for ignoring Iran's attacks and he looks like Netanyahu's lap dog for overlooking their warmongering.

Dave thinks Trump is compromised or defeated. Robbie has an interesting take that the Donnie-Bibi bickering is fake and Trump is coordinating this theater with Bibi to get some Iranian infrastructure taken out while appearing to still be wanting peace. Both takes make sense, but I have doubts that Trump is capable of intentionally looking weak to the world.

I think Dave is right. Trump is Epstein's Bibi's puppet or insanely weak to not stop Israel from messing up his "diplomacy", but I wouldn't be shocked to discovery it is really subterfuge. MAGA's better hope so.

[Dillinger]

Dave is quick with his opinions. Should know the Two Bulls scene from Colors

[Neutral not Neutered]

I decide to run a bombing raid on the known missile and drone launch locations and some IRGC folks whom were involved in slaughtering their own people to remove terrorism and push for peace. Yes there's a ceasefire but IRGC has broken it multiple times and provided me with fresh terrorist targets.

Why are you saying I don't want peace? I am removing the terrorists potential and helping the innocent folks from being under terrorist's thumbs. I am negotiating for a lasting peace where the region and the world is safe from terrorists.

This will be messy in any way shape or form and certainly not doing anything is the worst decision. To say I am only doing this for myself is such a shitty naive comment.

[DesigNate]

That’s not really a surprise, given Dave’s sentiments on foreign intervention in general and Israel specifically.

Edit: And I’d note that Israel is working with the actual government of Lebanon and Iran has fuck all say in them going after known terrorist organizations.

[Quicktown Brix]

Iran has fuck all say in them going after known terrorist organizations.

Iran? I agree. But if Trump says not to strike, Bibi should be saying, "Yes, Sir!" For all the aid and favors they get from us...

If this isn't theater, Trump should be stopping aid and withdrawing troops. Israel clearly doesn't want peace now.

[DesigNate]

Why would he tell Bibi to not attack known terrorist with the aid of the government of the country in which they’re attacking from? Because Iran made not attacking known terrorist, not even in their country, a condition of ceasefire? That position makes no sense to me.

[Quicktown Brix]

I'd guess he did because he's negotiating with people that clearly have a problem with such a strike and said strike will likely delay or destroy any agreement that may open the strait.

[Quicktown Brix]

with the aid of the government of the country in which they’re attacking from

I wouldnt characterize it that way:

Lebanon's Minister of Social Affairs, Haneed Sayed, in an interview with The Associated Press condemned Israel's wide range of strikes, calling it a "very dangerous turning point."

"These hits are now at the heart of Beirut … Half of the sheltered (internally displaced persons) are in Beirut in this area," she said, adding that she had just driven by the areas hit....

...Prime Minister Nawaf Salam in a statement accused Israel of escalating at a moment when Lebanese officials were seeking to negotiate a solution, and of hitting civilian areas in "utter disregard for the principles of international law and international humanitarian law — principles it has, in any case, never respected."

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-says-iran-ceasefire-doesnt-apply-to-lebanon-and-strikes-central-beirut-without-warning?utm_source=chatgpt.com

[tracerv]

Yo pal. I've been gone awhile. Have Tarrifs crashed the economy yet? Hope you are doing well.

[Quicktown Brix]

Hi Tracerv, welcome back. Did you miss my whole Epsein-files and Massie-was-defeated-by-the-Israel-lobby soap box lectures? Well, you'll see...

No, the economy hasn't crashed, but prices have indeed risen due to tariffs according to quite a few studies. Estimates are they cost households a few $thousand per year. Trump backed off the worst of it and the court overturned the bulk of them so we'd be in descent economic shape now with Trump's other positive moves if not for this war. Even better shape without the remaining tariffs too.

But yes, I and many others overestimated the fallout over the tariffs. In my defense, evidence of benefits have been lacking too. I'm still steadfastly opposed.

I hope you're doing well too. I'm happy to see you back.

[I, Woodchipper]

I have to give it to Hegseth and this new Department of War.

"warfighter" is just way way better terminology than "soldier". Great vibes.

[Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment]

I prefer "doggy".

[Minadin]

Warfighter is the common term I've heard in the defense industry.

[Marshal]

They use it because soldiers are in the army, so they needed a term which included the Navy and AF.

[I, Woodchipper]

The votes are in: Nithya Raman is officially running against Karen Bass in the L.A. mayoral primary; Spencer Pratt is out.

They have like three weeks of vote counting left and the margins are razor thin but it's over, they called it.

two weeks ago it as was "don't worry we have weeks and weeks left to count votes" even though the margins were statistically insurmountable. (surprise! they found a way!)

such blatant lies and bias from the media. it's amazing to watch.

[Dillinger]

@reason covers it with zero outrage.

[Dillinger]

>>"Did the introduction of the iPhone causally reduce fertility?"

are the people less fertile or less interactive?

[Medulla Oblongata]

Less attractive.

[DesigNate]

This study doesn’t pass the correlation =/= causation smell test.

And of course every yahoo has to jump on the bandwagon.

[Dillinger]

>>Do Mormons count as Christians?

hey I know the comment section is basically 14 people now but never summon KAR

[Chuck P. (Now with less Sarc more snark)]

It's just ragebait anyway.

A real journalist would know that the church's many requests to the media and government agencies over the last 8 yeats to no longer be referred to as Mormons makes "Christian: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" redundant.

The military is intelligently continuing to recognize the religion or church of members who comprise an actual significant portion of those currently serving while consolidating outliers. Good for them.

[Nardz Leftist Kill Count: 0]

“A real journalist would know that the church's many requests to the media and government agencies over the last 8 yeats to no longer be referred to as Mormons“

5-10 years before that the church spent millions on advertising using the word Mormon. They produced a documentary and had a billboard in Time Square. There were “I am Mormon” commercials on tv.

I’m not trying to talk shit, but you do realize that doing a 180 on that word that quickly looks kind of silly. I’m sure plenty of devout Latter-day Saints would admit that.

[Chuck P. (Now with less Sarc more snark)]

You are not wrong.

But, "are Mormons Christians?" is the exact type of nonsense that the new President was attempting to counter by the request to honor the actual name of the church.

The church president who promoted "I am Mormon" was a newspaper publisher. The church president who made the request to honor the name of the church was a heart surgeon. I have a lot of respect for the move to counter anti-church propaganda with the simple truth rather than apologetics.

[Nardz Leftist Kill Count: 0]

Despite my criticism of them I consider them Christians. It’s in the name of their church.

Many evangelicals and conservative Christians don’t consider them Christian because they’re non-trinitarian or because their scriptures deviate from the Bible.

[Jefferson Paul]

I hit refresh on the page, only to have a different, malicious website launch, which my virus protection blocked. WTF?

[Medulla Oblongata]

Scenes from Belfast.

Just keep bringing them in!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/belfast-northern-ireland-stabbing-far-right-calls-anti-immigration-protests/

Video posted online shows a man straddling another man lying in a street and slashing him several times in the head and neck with a knife in what appears to have been an attempted beheading. Several people are seen intervening and tackling the perpetrator as police officers arrive.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) identified the suspect as a Sudanese man in his 30s, after initially saying he was believed to be Somali. The police said a kitchen knife was found at the scene.

The stabbing came a year after racially-motivated riots rocked Northern Ireland following a sexual assault, and a week after far-right led protests over the way police responded to a young white student who had been fatally stabbed by a British Sikh man in southern England.

[Fats of Fury]

CBS calls the protestors far-right multiple times. I wonder what Scot Pelley would say?

[mtrueman]

What's wrong with being called far right?

[Sevo, 5-30-24, embarrassment]

mtrueman|8.30.17 @ 1:42PM|#

"Spouting nonsense is an end in itself."

[MWAocdoc]

1) Many women claim that they want independence from men.
2) Independence from men means that women no longer have to get married to men.
3) Women control access to sex for men, inside and outside of marriage.
4) Men no longer have to get married to access sex.
5) Women can get pregnant whenever they want to and can avoid getting pregnant, whether they are married or not.
6) If fertility rates are dropping, it has nothing to do with men and almost everything to do with womens' choices.