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#10 Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry Pushes Through Conservative Overhaul in First Legislative Session - Kerry Picket for Washington Times, and on X
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, with the help of his solid Republican majorities, signed off on a laundry list of legislation that spells out a Republican agenda that could ping the national GOP’s radar. The dozens of new laws passed in Mr. Landry’s first legislative session include conservative priorities such as universal school choice, allowing state police to arrest immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, a ban on DEI instruction in schools, a ban on college groups funded by terrorist organizations, and codifying a biological definition of men and women in state law...
#9 EU Elections: The Winners and the Losers - Ella Kietlinska for Epoch Times, and End Wokeness on X
After polls closed in all European Union countries, the center-right group in the European Parliament that currently holds the most seats gained the most, while the centrist Renew Europe group and the Greens group lost the most seats in the union’s parliament. Right-wing parties didn’t quite make the substantial gains that were predicted. The largest political group in the European Parliament, the center-right European People’s Party, gained 10 seats, according to the early counts released by the European Parliament as of 4:20 p.m. on June 10. The preliminary counts also identified the biggest losers as Renew Europe, losing 23 seats, and the Greens/European Free Alliance, losing 18 seats...
#8 CBS’ Margaret Brennan Shocked That Most Americans Back Deporting Illegal Immigrants - Ariel Zilber for The New York Post, and Steve Cortes on X
CBS “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan struggled to digest numbers from a recent poll showing nearly two in three Americans support mass deportation of illegal immigrants. Brennan appeared incredulous when pondering recent figures on Sunday showing that 62% of all Americans back “in principle, a new government program to deport all undocumented immigrants living in the US illegally.” The “Face the Nation” host reacted to survey figures presented by Anthony Salvanto, the top CBS News pollster, who noted that supporters of former President Donald Trump, as well as some Democrats, were in favor of mass deportations. The segment was reported on Sunday by the news site Mediaite...
#7 Ukrainian Outlet With Ties to US State Department Puts Blaze Media on ‘Russian Disinformation’ Watchlist - Cortney Weil for Blaze Media, and Robby Starbuck on X
A Ukrainian publication with an editor-in-chief who has ties to the U.S. State Department has placed dozens of American politicians, activists, and media outlets — including Blaze Media — on a list of those allegedly known to have shared "Russian disinformation" or otherwise made "anti-Ukrainian statements." On Thursday, Texty.org — an "independent media" outlet that fuses "data journalism projects" with "traditional journalistic genres," according to its website — published an article entitled "Roller Coaster: From Trumpists to Communists. The forces in the U.S. impeding aid to Ukraine and how they do it," which contains a list of more than 75 individuals and nearly 400 entities that have opposed sending aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia...
#6 Spotify Gears up to Silence Political Opponents Under Guise of ‘Election Integrity’ - M.D. Kittle for The Federalist, and Amuse and Detroit Dad on X
Spotify’s platform “revolutionized” content streaming, as Spotify likes to remind us.“We are the world’s most popular streaming subscription service with more than 615 million users,” the media service provider boasts. Now Sweden-based Spotify is positioning itself as a gatekeeper of election information, rolling out a massive censoring machine targeting what the streaming giant deems as “disinformation” — just in time for a U.S. presidential election that has big-monied leftists uniting to keep former President Donald Trump from returning to the White House...
#5 Who Watches the Watchdogs? Group Overseeing Inspectors General Under Pressure - Haisten Willis for Washington Examiner, and Rep Andy Biggs on X
The ouster of a second federal government inspector general within two months is raising questions about the group that oversees them. Social Security Administration Inspector General Gail Ennis resigned on May 31 amid a lengthy investigation into her office. Inspectors general are charged with overseeing various government agencies, and are themselves overseen by a group of fellow watchdogs called the Integrity Committee of the Counsel of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. CIGIE is increasingly finding itself accused of harassment and politicization. “The more we learn about the Integrity Committee, the more concerns I have about the way it operates,” Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said. “It appears they selectively choose which allegations to fully investigate. They have weaponized their investigative process against Inspectors General who are out of step with the goals and desires of the committee itself.”
#4 Dems Set to Bring up Next Reproductive Messaging Bill Ahead of 2024 Elections - Julia Johnson for Fox News and Ted Cruz and Steve Gruber on X
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is expected to bring a Democrat-backed bill designed to federally protect in vitro fertilization (IVF) to the floor for a test vote this week after an unsuccessful attempt to advance a Democrat-backed birth control bill last week. As the days wind down to the 2024 general election, Senate Democrats are emphasizing reproductive rights such as birth control and IVF and saying that Republicans will look to ban those services in addition to abortion if they gain power. The IVF bill, spearheaded by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., will likely face a procedural vote on Thursday, which is expected to fall short of the 60-vote threshold...
#3 Bidenflation: Cost of Raising Children in America Increases - Amy Furr for Breitbart, and Lou Ferrari and Jenna Linden on X
LendingTree Chief Credit Analyst Matt Schulz told Fox Business that prices for everything have continued to rise, adding, “There’s so much that goes into child care, including rent, payroll, insurance and much more. When all those costs shoot up, the overall cost of child care does, too,” the outlet reported Monday...
#2 Ex-Intel Chief James Clapper Says He Doesn’t Regret Signing Hunter Biden Laptop Letter - Brittany Bernstein for The National Review and Linda Marie Lovison on X
James Clapper, who served as director of national intelligence under President Obama, recently stood by his decision to sign on to a 2020 letter with 50 other former officials warning Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation. Asked by Fox News if he regretted signing the letter, which claimed the laptop had “all the earmarks” of Russian interference, Clapper said, “No.” This despite the laptop, which was abandoned at a Delaware repair shop, now being used by prosecutors in Hunter’s federal gun trial. Clapper declined to publicly remove his name from the letter, according to the report, and would not acknowledge that he and the other signatories should have waited longer to make such a determination...#1 Russian Military Exercises in the Caribbean: Here’s What to Expect - Alex Sundby for CBS News and Mila Joy and Katie Liane on X
Three Russian ships and a nuclear-powered submarine are expected to arrive in Cuba this week ahead of military exercises in the Caribbean, officials said. While the exercises aren't considered a threat to the U.S., American ships have been deployed to shadow the Russians, U.S. officials told CBS News. The Russian warships are expected to arrive in Havana on Wednesday and stay until next Monday, Cuba's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. A U.S. official told CBS News national security correspondent David Martin the U.S. intelligence community has assessed that the submarine in the group is nuclear powered, but it isn't carrying nuclear weapons...
