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Mixed Results for the Left in Last Night's Primaries - the Wednesday AM Quickie 6/3/26

By Corey Pein —

Dodgy characters have been filmed popping out of New York City manholes late at night "like Ninja Turtles." None of your business! - Corey

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THE BIG NEWS

Elections Roundup: Full Results from Six States

  • California Results Will Take Some Time; Tom Steyer's Campaign Optimistic Late Ballots Will Carry Him to Runoff "Experts say the results of some of the close and most-publicized contests, including those for California governor and LA mayor, will likely not be known definitively for days." via the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, and Politico.
  • Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Wins New Mexico's Democratic Gubernatorial Nomination Haaland's first election night campaign stop was at San Felipe Pueblo; a later event "included a prayer in a Native language and traditional hoop dancing." via the AP and Source New Mexico.
  • Progressive Pro-Palestine House Candidate Adam Hamawy Wins in New Jersey Meanwhile, Democrat Rebecca Bennett won her party's primary to challenge Republican Rep. Tom Kean, who's been absent from Congress with no explanation since March 5. via the New York Times, the Newark Star-Ledger, and NBC News.
  • 'Prairie Populist' and Paralympian Josh Turek, the Establishment Fave, Defeats Union-Backed Zach Wahls in Iowa Senate Primary "The biggest difference-maker in the primary may have been VoteVets. The outside spending group, which traditionally supports veterans, invested in Turek because of his backstory — he was born with spina bifida attributed to his father's exposure to Agent Orange while he was serving in Vietnam — and spent $10 million on advertising, according to AdImpact, an ad-tracking firm." via the New York Times, HuffPost, and the Des Moines Register.
  • Maine Nominee Graham Platner Invites Entire Senate Democratic Caucus to Meeting; Only 'About Half a Dozen' Seen to Attend Meanwhile, Platner's rival, Gov. Janet Mills, says "people have the impression that I 'withdrew' or 'dropped out" after she dropped out of the race, insisting that instead she "simply suspended active campaigning. I am still on the ballot." via the New York Times, the Washington Post, and NBC News.
  • Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson to Step Down a Few Months Months Ahead of November Election with No Explanation Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will appoint her replacement. via the New York Times and the Texas Tribune.
  • Supreme Court Approves Gerrymandered Alabama Congressional Map That Deletes Majority-Black District "In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor chastized her colleagues for enabling what promises to be 'a chaotic election, held under a never-before-used congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black Alabamians.'" via NBC News, the AP, and the New York Times.
  • Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan Says Democratic Candidate Dan Sullivan Is Part of a Conspiracy Against Him "The two Senate-seeking Sullivans are not to be confused with Dan Sullivan, the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska." via NBC News and the AP.

Trump Hires Yet Another Unqualified Loyalist as Director of National Intelligence

Former cult member Tulsi Gabbard was a poor choice to oversee the entire United States intelligence apparatus. But at least she was skeptical of the regime's unprovoked war on Iran. For that reason, she's out at the end of the month. Her replacement as DNI could remarkably be an even worse fit for the role: Bill Pulte, an overgrown frat boy who inherited his family construction business, and who currently serves as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. In that position, he has helped Donald Trump gather dirt on his enemies. As DNI, he's sure to do the same, but with far more resources at his command. Pulte's nomination "will cause worry amongst [intel] professionals that the DNI will be fully weaponized in support of going after Trump's political enemies, given Pulte's track record," retired CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos tells Politico. "There's a lot of opportunity for mischief here," Connecticut Democratic Rep. Jim Himes tells the Washington Post.

Meanwhile, the Post reports that the regime has hired a convicted Jan. 6 rioter, Elias Irizarry, "to work inside a Pentagon office that manages highly classified military operations." Eh, what's the worst that could happen?

Regime Hacks Fire Iconic Face of '60 Minutes'

You will recall how the new MAGA-friendly owners of CBS News parent company Paramount installed right-wing hack Bari Weiss as head of the network. Weiss in turn recently named dilettantish former New York Times tech columnist Nick Bilton to lead the stalwart investigative news program "60 Minutes." On Monday morning, Bilton faced the show's staff for the first time, and it did not go well. Scott Pelley, the longtime correspondent regarded as "the heart and soul" of the program, confronted Bilton, calling him unqualified and saying he was carrying out Weiss's orders to "murder" the program. "You came into our house," Pelley told Bilton. "This is '60 Minutes,' and I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off your phone, and you wouldn't answer any questions?" Staff laughed at Bilton and applauded when he finally left the room. Yesterday, Bilton, who had claimed he was "not intimidated" by the renowned corresponded, announced that he had fired Pelley. Donald Trump's minions are dismantling the free press one independent voice at a time.

QUICKEST QUICKIES

  • US Attacks Iranian Island, Iran Retaliates With Missile Attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain Meanwhile, Israeli continued to strike Lebanon, and Israeli media disputed a US report that Donald Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu "fucking crazy" in an angry phone call. via NBC News, the New York Times, and the Guardian.
  • Massive Russian Attack on Kyiv and Other Ukrainian Cities Kills at Least 22 "As Russia continues to strike Ukrainian cities through the air, Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, told reporters on Friday that the United States would 'find a way' to help Ukraine defend itself, but he did not offer specifics." via the New York Times, the Associated Press, and the Washington Post.
  • Democrats Demand Regime Put Supposed Repeal of Trump Slush Fund in Writing "I'm not committing to putting anything in writing. I've said it today over and over again," Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress yesterday. "I don't know what the purpose of putting something in writing — I'm telling you what we're doing." via Politico, the New York Times, and the Guardian.
  • New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Repeals Kids' Bedtimes So They Can Watch the Knicks in the NBA Finals "WHEREAS it is important for all New Yorkers of all ages to support the Knicks in their championship run and WHEREAS bedtimes should not impede the ability of New York's cutest to cheer for the Knicks and watch every second of this historic championship series," the mayoral order says, "I hereby direct that bedtimes in the City of New York are repealed during the NBA Finals so that kids of all ages can root for their New York Knicks." via the New York Times, CNN, and The City Reporter.

SOME NUMBER

6.2 million

That's how many Americans are supposedly wrongly enrolled in health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, according to a Republican think tank, Paragon Health Institute. As the Washington Post reports, Paragon is led by Brian Blase, a former economic aide to Donald Trump who has already influenced health policy under the regime. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services head Mehmet Oz this week vowed to "take the fraud out" of the ACA.

ON THE SHOW TODAY

6/3: Sam will be hosting solo. The guest will be Ben Freeman, author and director of the Democratizing Foreign Policy program at the Quincy Institute.

DON'T MISS MR CLIPS‌

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"There is not a single shred of evidence."

PARTING WORDS

"If you're a Democrat or a Republican on this committee, you should be really, really freaked out."

-- Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, addressing fellow members of the Senate Appropriations Committee after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin refused to commit to following court orders during a hearing yesterday.

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