Matt Walsh raising awareness, there is a National Black Police Association but no White Police Association exists The National Black Police Association is a recognized organization supporting Black and minority ethnic police staff and officers, promoting equality within policing… pic.twitter.com/Dl1p08ZoVS — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) June 8, 2026
As @robbystarbuck knows, I win elections for a living. Ive NEVER seen one more obviously stolen than this one. These results CANNOT naturally occur. Note how returns for Raman soar on June 4-5th and even surpass Bass and Pratt returns. Thats impossible. pic.twitter.com/5JIfyFx3qi — Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) June 7, 2026
by Sterling Ashworth, Natural News: The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, accusing it of facilitating transactions for Iran’s military, according to a Treasury statement [1]. The action, conducted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), blocks all assets held by the exchange under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibits U.S. […]
"A net swing of more than 43,000 votes since Tuesday.." 43,000, huh? Where have I seen that number before…? Probably nothing. 🤷 https://t.co/W2E3k6PHyR pic.twitter.com/ZfzHCy9enb — Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 8, 2026
from Moonbattery: Like global warmism, LGBTism is a totalitarian ideology and therefore applies to everything imaginable — even dog shows: Where are the animal rights activists when they are needed? No self-respecting dog should be subjected to this. Denver pride hosted their first ever “dog drag show” TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/ Denver pride hosted their […]
by JD Rucker, The Liberty Daily: Editor’s Note: The election has been stolen. There will be spin from legacy media for the next few days that this was “expected” and “normal” but in reality an obscure and unpopular candidate, Nithya Raman, was incapable of dominating the late (manufactured) ballots. Don’t be fooled. Here’s the latest from Zero […]
At his final WWDC keynote, Tim Cook highlights AI-forward upgrade to the voice assistant to be widely released in fall
After years of anticipation, user frustration and false starts, Apple announced a major upgrade to Siri at its annual developer conference on Monday. The voice assistant will come integrated with Apple’s artificial intelligence tool, Apple Intelligence, and has been rechristened “Siri AI”.
The new Siri, which will be widely released in the fall, will more closely resemble AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Google Gemini, than a question-and-answer tool that draws from the web.
Ali Velshi delivered an emotional goodbye to his eponymous show on Sunday as the MS NOW chief data reporter prepares to move to weeknights on June 15, when he will take the reins of “The 11th Hour.”
Velshi began his nearly 20-minute monologue by thanking his team for their contributions to the show since its launch in 2020. “For more than six years, our newsroom has been filled with journalists who chose this work at the exact moment in American history when it was most needed,” he said. “Producers and bookers, writers and researchers, people who spend their week fact-checking what the powerful said, so that you and I could hold those words up to the light on weekend mornings.”
The host reflected on the major news events that he and his team covered on “Velshi” over the years, including the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the killing of George Floyd.
“Journalism starts with bearing witness,” he said. “Journalism is the decision made every single day by people who could be doing something safer and more lucrative, to go to the place where something is happening, to look at it directly, to describe it as honestly as language allows, and to make sure the people who were not there, who cannot be there or who have deliberately kept away from there, know what happened.”
According to Velshi, that kind of journalism is perhaps more important now than ever before. He pointed to President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the media and the recent scandal at CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” where several veteran reporters and producers have accused the network’s leadership of intervening to produce more favorable coverage of the president.
“Some of the institutions that taught this country what bearing witness looks like are right now under pressure from, or perhaps in bed with, this administration,” he warned. “That is not a coincidence.”
“That’s why bearing witness has never mattered more than it does right now, and you don’t have to be a journalist to bear witness,” Velshi continued, stressing that real power in America comes from the people themselves:
I’ve interviewed princes and presidents and potentates and prime ministers, some of the most powerful people on the face of the earth, but it was never from them that I learned what democracy is made of or where it draws its strength. It was on the road meeting the people whose names will never appear in a headline: the ones who run for the school board, who show up to the meeting that no one else attends, who refuse stubbornly and beautifully and at real cost to be exhausted into indifference. That is where I learned the thing I now believe most deeply, that in a democracy power does not flow down from the powerful, it rises from you, the authors of this democracy.
You can watch Velshi’s full remarks in the clip at the top of the page.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said conversations are taking place over President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting national intelligence director as the GOP leader seeks to rally senators to extend a key spy powers law, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, by the end of the week. “All I know…
‘If Australian datacentres are going to power the AI revolution, we deserve a fair return’ – David Pocock
Independent senator David Pocock has published an opinion piece about the growth of AI datacentres in Australia and how the gold rush should benefit Australians. He writes:
Huge investment in this space is pouring into Australia. In the past year, Microsoft has announced $25bn will go into Australian datacentres and Amazon Web Services has committed another $20bn.
The prime minister has posed for photos with the CEOs of both companies, welcoming the investment with open arms despite a growing backlash by communities against AI and datacentre construction. At a time when economic growth is sluggish, the government sees billions of dollars in investment as making for a good headline.
I think if you look at the programme itself, it’s a great podcast that she’s done a great job on a topic that I’m sure will be of real interest and real importance to many Australians who suffer from those conditions, and particularly young Australians and young Australian women.
So there’s a balance in all these things … for the ABC to be ensuring that we bring great content to air and also acknowledging that, you know, with some of the people that we work with, sometimes there will be controversy.
Obviously we’ve looked at Charlie’s comments. I think he did express that they were his own view. They weren’t represented at the ABC. It was a little bit on the hop and a little bit not. So I think we felt comfortable that we were able to accept that his comments weren’t a breach of the ABC code of conduct.
Todd Blanche’s nomination to be permanently made the attorney general marks the apex of a gamble from a man who bet everything on representing Donald Trump and became one of his most steadfast and punishing enforcers.
Trump announced the news at the White House on Monday. The nomination will require Senate confirmation to become permanent.
President Trump on Monday formally nominated acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to fill the role permanently, tapping his former personal criminal defense attorney to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ). Blanche, previously the No. 2 at the DOJ, has led the department for the last two months after Trump fired former Attorney General Pam Bondi.…
Belarus is finishing development of an AI-driven automated control system named "Ross", the Belarusian State Military-Industrial Committee announces, publishing the photos of the system developed by Belarusian state defense enterprise KB Radar. It is designed to integrate electronic warfare, radio monitoring, and counter-drone capabilities into a single unified network.
The announcement sits within a documented Ukrainian and Western assessment of Belarusian-Russian military integration that has shifted in recent months. Institute for the Study of War analysis in May concluded that a 2022-style Belarusian ground invasion of Ukraine is "very unlikely" given how the war has evolved. However, Ukrainian defense ministry advisor Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov has separately warned that Russia could continue using Belarusian territory to launch missiles or Shahed drones at Ukrainian cities.
An AI-driven counter-drone EW capability in Belarus is consistent with — though not proof of — the latter scenario: Belarus building infrastructure that may enable or protect Russian drone and missile operations against Ukraine.
What does Belarus say system does?
According to the Belarusian State Military-Industrial Committee announcement, the "Ross" system is designed to provide automated and manual control of radio-monitoring assets and complexes for suppressing communication channels, data transmission, and satellite navigation.
KB Radar's developers say the integration of AI algorithms is the principal innovation. The AI is said to help operators assess changes in the electromagnetic environment more quickly, detect radio emission sources, analyze the situation, predict its further development, and automatically select radio-suppression modes while minimizing impact on friendly communications.
Counter-drone system
A separate capability block within "Ross" is specifically focused on counter-drone operations, per the Committee. According to the developers, the system is intended to receive data from radio-frequency monitoring of airspace, detect UAVs, predict their flight routes, and determine the most effective countermeasures.
Belarusian officials state that the use of intelligent algorithms automates a significant share of analytical and computational processes, reducing operator workload and allowing personnel to focus on decision-making.
The system is also said to adapt to changes in the electromagnetic environment in real time and effectively distribute resources between suppression assets.
The unverified-claims caveat
The "Ross" announcement is a Belarusian state defense industry announcement, with KB Radar functioning as a state-controlled defense enterprise. Independent verification of the stated technical characteristics is absent, and the AI algorithms' actual capabilities have not been disclosed.
EXCLUSIVE: Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said Ukraine has gained new leverage against Russia, arguing that Moscow’s renewed talk of negotiations comes as Kyiv has strengthened itself militarily, politically and diplomatically.
Valtonen’s comments carry particular weight because Finland is one of NATO’s newest members and now sits on the alliance’s longest border with Russia. Finland joined NATO in April 2023 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, ending decades of military nonalignment and transforming the country into a frontline state in Europe’s security posture.
"Ukraine certainly is now holding the cards," Valtonen told Fox News Digital Monday in an interview at the United Nations headquarters in New York. "They have strengthened themselves immensely over the course of the past three, four months, both militarily and politically, diplomatically. And I think this opens a great window of opportunity for actually advancing the peace talks."
Her assessment comes as Reuters reported that Ukraine’s top military commander said Ukrainian forces had recaptured more than 600 square kilometers, or roughly 230 square miles, of territory so far in 2026, a shift after years of slow Russian gains. It also follows renewed diplomatic activity, including Zelenskyy’s stated willingness to halt fighting along current lines as a path to talks and Putin’s public rejection of a direct meeting for now.
Finland shares a roughly 820-mile border with Russia, making it one of the alliance’s most strategically exposed members.
Valtonen said Moscow has shown little willingness to make concessions and argued that the responsibility for ending the war remains with the Kremlin.
"So far, Russia hasn’t been willing to make any concessions, and essentially Russia could end the war today if they wanted to, because it was their war in the first place," she said. "So I’m hopeful that this could be the right time to relaunch those talks."
Peace efforts remain stalled over the same core divide that has shaped the war for years: Ukraine has called for a ceasefire and negotiations without surrendering territory, while Russia has continued to demand control over occupied Ukrainian regions. Putin said in early June there was "no point" in meeting Zelenskyy for now and repeated Moscow’s broader war aims.
Asked about U.S.-led efforts to negotiate an end to the war, Valtonen praised Washington’s role but stressed that Ukraine alone must decide whether to accept any concessions, including on territory.
"I think the U.S. involvement in this entire process has been a very good one, and it’s important that the U.S. stays engaged, because at the end of the day, it’s about freedom, it’s the future of not only Europe, but also of global peace," she said.
Valtonen said Europe also needs to be part of the process because Russia’s war directly affects the continent’s security architecture.
She said any serious negotiations would require Russia to accept a full ceasefire.
"First and foremost, we would need Russia at the table willing to end the war," Valtonen said. "And that would need to happen through a full ceasefire, because only that would open the possibility for true negotiations."
Valtonen also credited President Donald Trump with pushing European allies to increase defense spending, saying the pressure had moved the continent in the right direction after years of imbalance inside NATO.
Finland has moved aggressively to increase defense spending. Helsinki plans to raise defense spending to 3.2% of GDP by 2030, up from 2.5% in 2025, Reuters reported in April.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio also praised Finland and Sweden Tuesday during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, saying the two newest NATO members had strengthened the alliance by bringing "their own defense industry" and "advanced technologies."
He called them "a great partner" and "an extraordinary partner."
Valtonen said Finland’s approach is shaped by its own history with Moscow.
"Finland obviously has taken the Russian threat extremely seriously because we have the longest border with them," she said. "We certainly worship our status as the happiest country in the world, i.e. democracy, the rule of law and human rights, which we hold dear as values over anything that Russia could offer."
She also pointed to Finland’s experience in World War II, when the Soviet Union invaded Finland, as a reminder of why deterrence matters.
"The last time the Soviet Union, i.e. Russia, tried to invade us was during the Second World War," Valtonen said. "Happily, we were able to fend them off, but of course at the massive cost to the society."
"For us, it has been clear that if we invest in our deterrence, then that’s a signal to Russia — do not come here," she added.
On Iran, Valtonen said Finnish President Alexander Stubb’s March comments, reported by The Guardian, that the conflict was not a NATO matter should not be understood as Europe washing its hands of the crisis.
"I don’t think our president meant that this has nothing to do with European countries or NATO allies," Valtonen said. "I think what he probably meant more is that NATO obviously is not directly involved as an organization, which is true."
Her comments came after another weekend escalation in the Iran war, with Tehran launching missiles at Israel and Israel striking military targets in western and central Iran overnight. The flare-up unfolded as the U.S. and its allies continue efforts to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear state and keep pressure on Tehran over threats to Israel and regional shipping.
The Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy choke point, has become a central focus for Western governments after Iranian threats and restrictions on maritime traffic. Reuters reported Monday that the European Union sanctioned Iranian-linked individuals and an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy unit over threats to shipping in the strait.
"We as individual member states in Europe have definitely been helping the U.S. effort," Valtonen said. "We don’t want to see Iran as a nuclear state. We know what kind of a threat Iran has projected towards the region, especially toward Israel."
Valtonen added Finland has also joined efforts led by France and the United Kingdom to keep the Strait of Hormuz open once conditions allow for safe operations in the area.
"It’s so important that such straits are not weaponized by any country around the world," Valtonen said.
Asked whether European countries had refused U.S. requests to use bases during the Iran crisis, Valtonen said Finland has no U.S. bases to shut down but argued that most European allies have supported Washington’s requests.
"Finland has been helping the U.S. through so many ways," she said. "We don’t have any U.S. bases in Finland, so there’s nothing we can shut down."
"But having said this, the vast majority of European countries have said yes to everything that the U.S. has asked during the past couple of months when this war effort has been ongoing, independent of the fact that, of course, we are not directly involved as countries in the war," she added.
Valtonen said that support demonstrated NATO allies’ willingness to help Washington even when the alliance itself is not formally involved.
"I think that really shows the engagement by NATO allies in this and our willingness to help when the U.S. really needs some assistance," she said.
President Donald Trump on Monday formally nominated his longtime loyalist and former personal defense lawyer Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general permanently.
Blanche has been serving as the nation’s top prosecutor in an acting capacity after Pam Bondi was fired by Trump in April. Blanche was Bondi’s deputy at the time.
The nomination has been sent to the Senate.
Blanche likely faces an uphill battle to get confirmed by senators who have castigated him over his handling of the Justice Department’s release of the Epstein files, his efforts to prosecute officials who Trump has targeted for retaliation and the president’s “anti-weaponization” fund, which has drawn bipartisan scorn.
“Donald Trump has been engaged in the most corrupt enterprise in the history of the Presidency. Todd Blanche apparently has not noticed,” said Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Senate Democratic Whip and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Still, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has expressed optimism that Blanche has enough support to win confirmation.
“Blanche is well-qualified and has shown his dedication to restoring law and order across our country,”Grassley said in a statement announcing that the Senate received Trump’s nomination. “The Senate Judiciary Committee’s work to process Blanche’s nomination is underway.”
Blanche came under renewed scrutiny when he pushed for a nearly $1.8 billion settlement fund for people seeking damages from the federal government, including Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. After a court order temporarily blocking it and fierce criticism from lawmakers in his own party, Blanche reversed course on the fund and said it would not be pursued.
Prior to the settlement fund controversy, Bondi and Blanche have faced backlash over the Epstein files from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle during their tenure in the Department of Justice.
As part of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the DOJ was required to publish unclassified material related to the prosecution of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Members of Congress accused both of mishandling the department’s Epstein-related documents by failing to protect the names and images of survivors, omitting the identities of some prominent figures and surveilling their search history of the files.
When she sat before the House Oversight Committee in May, Bondi acknowledged redaction errors but appeared to blame Blanche for the botched release of the Epstein files.
“As the head of a large Department with broad responsibilities, I did not lead every aspect of this effort or conduct that document review myself,” Bondi said. “I delegated oversight over this process to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.”
Bondi later denied blaming Blanche and praised him as “an incredible Attorney General” for what she characterized as a complicated and laborious task.
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