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Thursday, June 11, 2026
New Study Finds Chesapeake Ospreys Starving
CBF, New Study Links Starving Chesapeake Bay Osprey to Menhaden Woes
A new peer-reviewed study links unprecedented levels of starving osprey chicks in the Chesapeake Bay to concerns around menhaden, a nutrient-packed fish that is a key food source for osprey and many other species.
While several factors influence osprey productivity, reduced availability of Atlantic menhaden is likely the primary driver of poor osprey reproduction in saltier parts of the Chesapeake Bay, according to the study. The new report is based on data from the 2024 nesting season and published this week in Frontiers in Marine Science by researchers at the College of William & Mary’s Center for Conservation Biology, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Maryland National-Capital Park and Planning Commission, and the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center.
Research in recent years has documented osprey chicks starving in nests across portions of the Chesapeake Bay where osprey primarily rely on menhaden for food. Osprey in many parts of the region are reproducing at rates well below what’s needed to sustain the population.
Virginia is the only state along the Atlantic coast that still allows industrial menhaden fishing in state waters. That lone remaining industrial operation—Omega Protein and their fishing partner Ocean Harvesters—extracts over 100 million pounds of menhaden from Chesapeake Bay waters each year, with no scientific understanding of the impacts to the Bay’s ecology or coastal communities.
Widespread osprey nesting failures are among several warning signs that the menhaden population is struggling in the Bay, including plummeting catches by small-scale watermen who catch menhaden for bait for local crab fisheries.
In a 2025 letter to state fishery regulators, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science suggested the Virginia Marine Resources Commission give “serious consideration to reducing purse seine fishing in Chesapeake Bay,” given that data to understand impacts of concentrating the industrial menhaden fishery in Virginia waters remains “woefully inadequate.”
The new study notes that “a large degree of uncertainty remains about the status of adult menhaden within the Chesapeake Bay.” It adds, “To more fully resolve this uncertainty, assessments of menhaden abundance could enhance understanding of their role within the ecosystem and support management of consumers that depend on them.”
As part of the budget process that will wrap up later this month, Virginia legislators are considering investing in Chesapeake Bay menhaden research. These data are crucial to understanding the impacts of highly concentrated industrial harvests and how many menhaden a healthy Chesapeake Bay requires.
Recent polling shows that 80 percent of Virginia voters support state funding for a menhaden study.
Well, "Science" has spoken. I suspect the study was designed to find this. Unfortunately that's the way this thing tends to work, at least as long a I was in science.
On the other hand, I see less Ospreys around our neck of the woods these days. Oh, they're here, but not in the numbers that they were several years ago.
Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran 'Kinetic Action' Reheating
For lack of anything else new and exciting, the revived Iran conflict gets top billing. Ace, After Iran Downs Apache Helicopter, Trump Threatens New Round of Airstrikes "Is he serious this time or is it more, you know, twitter bullshit?" At Althouse, "If we need to negotiate with bombs, we’ll negotiate with bombs. And we’re very good at it. Nobody better in the world." "Said Pete Hegseth, quoted in "Iran War Live Updates: U.S. Will Strike Iran Again Tonight, Hegseth Says/The secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, said a new American attack would be launched on Wednesday night. Earlier, President Trump said more attacks were coming, a day after he predicted peace" (NYT)." And Trump posts a "West Wing" clip decrying the notion of a "proportional response." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears Trump say to Iran: Bridge and Power Day May Be Back, Baby; UPDATE: On Like Donkey Kong? Airstrikes starting against radar and other air defense type sites, like they're getting ready for a big air operation. From the Scuttlebutt, Pardon, Your Bias is Showing. How the media always stops the chain of causation on the US, particularly if they can blame Trump.
Sundance at CTH reports President Trump Signs the Secure America Act. Ace, Trump Signs Bill to Fund DHS and ICE Throughout the Rest of His Term, "The 80-day long (IIRC) Democrat shutdown resulted in chaos and disruption but ultimately failed. They're the party of chaos and disruption, riots and "teen takeovers," subway knife attacks and women having their throats slashed open by infinitely-indulged homeless maniacs." Sundance also notes President Trump Delivers Shocking Response to Question About USMCA Renewal "President Donald Trump responded to a question about the current status of the USMCA trade agreement, or what Canada calls CUSMA. Watch and listen to how President Trump points out that he has no intention of renewing the USMCA." unseen1 @unseen1_unseen, "Like Tillis, this idiot admits he lied to voters for the last 10 years." Quote The Calvin Coolidge Project @TheCalvinCooli1, "New: Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn tells CNN’s Manu Raju that he has much more freedom to go against President Trump now: “Are you kidding? Of course. Absolutely. My liberation day: May 26.”" At Insty, NANCY MACE IS OUT, ENDORSES OPPONENT FOR S.C. GOVERNOR. "“Buried the hatchet.” She started out promising but has been kind of erratic." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn says it Looks Like Daffy Kathy Done Broke 'the Deal' on a pipeline she had agreed to as part of the price for an ocean wind farm. Starve NY of power. See if I care. WaEx introduces The man leading Trump’s nuclear renaissance.
Hat Hair's Capt. Ed Gulps: Consumer Price Index Inflation Soars to 4.2%, Core to 2.9%. At CNBC, Social Security retirement trust fund may be depleted in 2032, new trustees report finds.
Twitchy laughs at the notion that Americans Will Be So Triggered When the Whole Planet Cheers Every Goal Against Them at the World Cup. Elijah the Middleborne @TheMiddleborne, "My brother in Christ, Americans barely know we even have a team." RedStates Jen O'Connell finds a group of Europeans who Fall in Love With America While Touring the Country; Americans Need to Take Lessons. "Thank goodness a German X user named Freddy, and several other European visitors touring the U.S. ahead of the World Cup events, are paying no attention to the Debbie Downers at NPR and on the left." Right over Left Everytime @RightSide_Uk, "Elon Musk just exposed the EU’s biggest lie. Ursula von der Leyen was lecturing about “democracy” when Musk hit her with the truth: “If democracy is the foundation of freedom, surely your position as leader of the EU should be elected directly by the people?” The EU is run by unelected bureaucrats who impose mass migration, net zero madness and speech controls on 450 million people — with zero accountability. This isn’t democracy. It’s a dictatorship in slow motion. The people are waking up. The EU’s days are numbered."
TownHall's Scott McLallen hears a Democrat Calls Republicans Fascists, Wishes He Could 'Run Over' Trump at Congressional Baseball Game. At Althouse a Great catch, by U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt. Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt, "Left it all on the field. Republicans win 11-2 Honored to be named MVP."
Much hay is still being made over Nazi adjacent, woman beating communist Graham Platner's run for the Maine Senate seat currently occupied by RINO Susan Collins. Capt. Ed hears DSCC Chair Gillibrand: Oysterführer Uber Alles, or Tomorrow Belongs to Dems and Free Press: Dem Response to Platner Astonishing After #MeToo Posturing. Jonathan Turley notes On the Kavanaugh Anniversary, Democratic Leaders Swap Me Too for Maine. Batya Ungar-Sargon claims The Democrats Have Officially Ceded the Moral High Ground "In electing Graham Platner, they have chosen winning over being the party of "Believe All Women" and "Fight Fascism."" At Twitchy, The View's Sunny Hostin Declares Days of Dems Taking the Moral High Ground OVER. PJM's Rick Moran has a Poll: Democrats Willing to Throw Black Voters Under the Bus to Gain Power. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "Consider the possibility that the DNC saw Graham Platner’s Nazi affiliation to be a PLUS. Maine is a swing state and Collins is practically a Democrat. They can’t run to the left of Collins, not really. So maybe they want to run to the RIGHT of Collins, and since these idiots ACTUALLY BELIEVE we are all actual Nazis, maybe they saw Platner as the ideal candidate. Because they are stupidly brainwashed. Just a theory…" Nick Arama at RedState thinks Platner's Reply When Asked If More Might Be Coming Should Worry Dems. At Fox, Platner’s ‘living on the sea’ claim dismantled by critics as financial docs paint a different picture. "Platner's disclosures show he earned little from oyster farming and harbor duties versus $4,800 monthly in disability." Twitchy, 'Scum Attracts Scum': Data Republican Delivers a Truth Bomb Ratio to Graham Platner. DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Hello Mr. Platner, Ratio. That's it. That's the whole rebuttal. You are someone who, by the virtue of his Reddit posts, manages to be simultaneously a filthy-literal-Communist and anti-Semite. That in itself is an egregious sin, because literal, card-carrying Communists are fundamentally at odds with America's norms. But if that weren't enough, you have voluminous Reddit posts defending the Nazi Totenkopf symbol. You clearly knew the tattoo you got and you defended it publicly. There's no either/or way about it. Scum attracts scum. Which is why you can comfortably swim in both literal-Communist and literal-antisemitic far-right circles. I am no fan of Sue Collins. But the fact you are running against her, that you have even the smallest chance of defeating her --..." PJM's Matt Margolis hears Democrats Are Literally Blaming Trump for Their Support of Graham Platner. Don Surber observes Democrats don’t vet, "Woman who called Epstein “Uncle Jeffrey” screened Obama’s Cabinet appointees." Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar, "Klain is a former U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum board member..." Quote Josh Kraushaar @JoshKraushaar, "BREAKING @jewishinsider via @marcrod97: "Ex-Biden chief Ron Klain defends Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo" Klain: "The tattoo was a skull and crossbones to remember his fallen comrades from his service in Afghanistan"" Drew Holden @DrewHolden360, "Thread: A quick side by side of things legacy media outlets will describe as Nazi-adjacent when they’re about Trump vs. how these outlets talk about Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo, which an ex-gf of his confirmed to the NYT was deliberate." At SpliceToday, Mark Judge want to know Will NPR Reported David Folkenflik Do His Job on Platner? Not very likely. Nick Arama likes Trump's Surprising, Hilarious Endorsement of Maine Senate Candidate ""She does because she's a sane woman. She's not my best friend at all," Trump said. "But she's a sane person. She's a person that's never missed a vote in many years. I mean, she's like 10,000 votes. She had 10,000 votes. She never missed a vote. Unfortunately, because sometimes she voted against me! "You know, look, she's a sane woman, and she's a respected person. Maybe a little different ideology than me. "But this guy is a thug. He's a fake thug. He's a phony. I made a lot of money picking out phonies. He's a real phony. He's a bad person."
From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, California Election Fraud Update For June 9, 2026. Dave Strom at Hat Hair hears from Homeless Addicts in L.A.: They Paid Us to Vote. Ace, Surprise! Democrat "Ballot Harvesters" Were Illegally Paying Skid Row Homeless Drug Addicts $5 to "Vote" for Nithya Raman. "Isn't odd that these meth-addicted morons knew, in advance, that it was Nithya Raman who would need the bulk of their "votes" and not the current communist mayor? It's almost as if most of these votes were cast after Election Day, with Democrat "ballot harversters" knowing they needed many more votes for Nithya Raman to eliminate the one person they needed out of the race, Spencer Pratt." From Da Caller, ‘They’re Crooked’: Spencer Pratt’s Bruising Mayoral Loss Raises Election Integrity Concerns. Dmitri Bolt sees Spencer Pratt Responds to His Crushing Defeat in LA With a Mysterious Image. PJM's Stephen Kruiser has a Friendly Reminder That California Is the DNC's Testing Ground.
From the Free Bacon, 'Weak Link' Gavin Newsom Took $50K From Chinese EV Exec of Now-Blacklisted 'Chinese Military Company,' According to New Pentagon Classification, 'The Department of War has blacklisted BYD for a reason,' a former US ambassador says. 'It means that there is a threat to the national security of the United States.' Chris Rufo et al at CJ observes Gavin Newsom Broke His Promise About California’s Fire Management Work. "Starting last year, the governor “fast-tracked” land, now totaling nearly 100,000 acres, for fire management. So far, state-approved groups have completed projects covering less than 1 percent."
Ace, Trump Orders the Postal Service to Not Deliver Mail-In Ballots to States That Refuse to Turn Over Their Voter Lists. "CNN is so mad. States' rights! States' rights! States' rights!" The News and Observer has news and observes a Judge rules voters known as ‘never residents’ can’t participate in any NC election.
At PJM Sarah Anderson thinks This Classy Clapback From Alveda King to Jasmine Crockett Is a Must-Watch. Matt Margolis sees Jesse Watters Make a Fool Out of Jessica Tarlov Over the SPLC Case. "Watters then made that point with a comparison aimed squarely at Tarlov: "Say Turning Point was funding Antifa … that we thought was going to young conservatives and they were sending it to people to buy all black and they were busing them to Portland to commit crimes. And then they were raising money off this crazy Antifa stuff." Believe me, the camera caught Tarlov's face, and it was priceless."
Sundance reports President Trump Navigates Speaker Mike Johnson on FISA Reauthorization and sees Interesting Names Being Floated for Permanent DNI Role.
CNBC whines White House border czar Tom Homan blames New York Gov. Hochul for promised ICE surge. Beege Welborn says When ICE Visits Your Plant and Your Employees Drop From 100 to 24? That's All on You. QThestorm @17QStorm, "BREAKING: Marco Rubio just said the quiet part out loud. Americans work 40+ years… Pay taxes. Follow the rules. Build the country. Then retire on $800, $900, maybe $1,000 a month. Meanwhile, new arrivals can allegedly receive more support from the same system they never paid into. Read that again. The people who built America are being pushed to the back of the line. This is not compassion. This is a government priority problem. America First was never just a slogan. It was a warning. Who comes first? The taxpayer… or the system?" Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Somalis stomp on the American Flag while holding a photo of the referee who was denied entry to the U.S. for alleged ties to a terrorist organization at a protest in Somalia."
And Another Thing, Press martyrdom and the state of legacy media. "Between the constant leaks, backbiting, and endless meetings, does anyone at CBS News do any work?" Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer, "Having lost a job and lost a spouse in my lifetime, they are very, very, so much not the same." Quote Townhall.com @townhallcom "NYTimes: I can hear how much this has hurt you. Scott Pelley: Yes. It's like your spouse being murdered." PJM's VodkaPundit has hopes that Bari Weiss Prepares to Do to CNN What She's Doing to '60 Minutes'. "But here's why you should absolutely positively get your hopes up that somebody at CNN is about to Pelley themselves into irrelevancy, courtesy of the New York Post. The paper reported late Tuesday that "CBS News boss Bari Weiss is likely to gain editorial oversight of CNN if and when Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is approved.""
Dave Strom hears the Feds Uncover a Michigan Conspiracy to Attack U of Michigan Officials to Force Cutting Ties to Israel. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING UPDATE: The @okstate administrator who threatened a Conservative student for honoring Charlie Kirk in a speech was REMOVED from her position." Quote Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "EXCLUSIVE: @JoshuaW4145, a conservative Oklahoma State University student, spoke with us after he was reprimanded by his university for giving a speech honoring the death of Charlie Kirk and promoting free speech. A faculty member allegedly told him that his speech was "triggering" and "partisan," and that his year was going to be "difficult" for him. He encourages others to stand up for their rights in order to "spark the flames of positive change on your campus and community that will never be put out."" At Campus Reform, Princeton ends 133-year anti-proctoring tradition amid AI cheating fears. "Princeton University will require instructors to supervise all in-person examinations beginning July 1 to respond to growing concerns about AI-assisted cheating and academic integrity violations."
And more! at The Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.10.26.
Thursday Tanlines
Australian Broadcasting Company, Solariums operating underground despite commercial ban
It is illegal to operate a commercial solarium across most of the country, but finding one online and booking a session takes only minutes.
Jess* has been using solariums through the underground market for about eight years.
"I spend a lot of time on my appearance, whether that's at the gym, botox, all of those sorts of things to enhance my appearance, and to me I guess having tanned skin just became part of that package," the Melbourne woman said.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Science is Dead, Long Live Science
A couple of important articles, First, at Real Clear Energy, A Quiet Rewrite That Could Shape a Thousand Climate Cases "Activists have injected agenda-driven consensus into rules of scientific evidence. Chief Justice Roberts has the power to change it back."
An under-the-radar legal switcheroo should concern every business leader, investor, and taxpayer in America. Now, 23 state attorneys general have taken notice and sent a letter to the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts that bolsters the efforts of three eminent scientists who sounded the alarm.
Climate activists have found a way to get their preferred evidence standards into the hands of roughly 6,000 federal and state judges—before those judges hear more than 1,000 pending climate cases that could reshape the American economy. They did it through a handbook.
The Federal Judicial Center (FJC) and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) jointly publish the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence. Likely very few Americans realize Congress established the FJC in 1967 as the research and education arm of the federal courts and made the Chief Justice of the U.S. its chair. For decades, the FJC collaborated with the NAS to give judges objective, apolitical guidance on how to evaluate scientific claims in the courtroom. The motivation is obvious, if often taken for granted by the American public: give judges the tools and standards to admit scientific evidence that is objectively true, and reject quackery and scientifically invalid hypotheses that would bias the judicial proceedings.
The manual is that guidance, and the fourth edition has just been released.
Three eminent scientists who've read the manual immediately started ringing alarm bells. According to Richard Lindzen of MIT, William Happer of Princeton, and Steven Koonin of Stanford's Hoover Institution, its new chapter on "How Science Works" has a problem. In an April 1 letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, the three scientists argue that the chapter—which balloons from 18 pages in the prior edition to 65—quietly swaps out the scientific method for something inherently more political: "scientific consensus."
In so doing, the new version flies in the face of Supreme Court precedent that has shaped the legal evaluation of scientific evidence since 1993.
That distinction matters more than it sounds. The scientific method is a familiar process: form a hypothesis, design an experiment that could prove it wrong, and let the data speak. A claim that cannot in principle be falsified isn't science.
Consensus, by contrast, is a survey of opinion. It can reflect rigorous work, or it can reflect fashion, funding pressure, or institutional inertia. The two are not interchangeable. The Supreme Court has already said so.
Consensus is just a vehicle to bully people into accepting the views of the loudest advocates
At WUWT, What’s Up With The Endangerment Finding Litigation?
Have you heard of the “Endangerment Finding” (EF)? You have if you have been reading this blog for any period of time. The 2009 EF is likely the most consequential, expensive and destructive regulatory action ever put in place by the federal bureaucracy. In that action, EPA claimed to find that carbon dioxide and several other so-called “greenhouse gases” constitute a “danger” to human health and welfare. Using the EF as the predicate, the administrative state under the Obama and Biden presidencies implemented dozens of major regulations intended to transform the entire energy sector of the U.S. economy. Obama/Biden regulations based on the EF sought, for example, to force the closure of all fossil-fuel based power plants; to end the production of internal-combustion-based cars in favor of electric cars; to restrict drilling for oil and for natural gas; to halt construction of pipelines; and many, many other such things.
The total cost was heading well into the trillions when President Trump returned to office in 2025. One of Trump’s first day Executive Orders in his second term directed all agencies to “review” and then begin to “suspend, revise, or rescind” all agency actions “identified as unduly burdensome” to U.S. energy production. EPA promptly began a lengthy regulatory process to rescind the EF. The final rule doing away with the EF became final on February 13, 2026. I had a post reporting on the rescission on February 15.
If it withstands court challenges, the rescission of the EF is a death blow against the entire and vast climate grift industry. Obviously the rescission was going to unleash a tsunami of litigation. In case you are wondering what is going on in that litigation, I spent some time today reviewing the docket, and there are several things to report. The bottom line is that the court in question — here the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit — does not appear to be in any hurry to move things along. That is a major concern, because in my view the biggest risk to the Trump administration position is that the case does not reach decision in the Supreme Court before the end of Trump’s term.
I suppose it is good news in this instance that the relevant statutes force all the litigation challenging this regulatory action to go to one court, the DC Circuit. This is in contrast to various other litigation onslaughts against the Trump administration, where the government’s adversaries can shop around the country to find favorable District Court judges to hear the cases. (Example of this phenomenon: cases challenging immigration enforcement.). And thus, even though dozens of plaintiffs have filed cases challenging rescission of the EF, all these cases are getting consolidated, and will be heard together. Also good news is that the DC Circuit is already an appeals court, and only one level below the Supreme Court. Thus, there will not be an intervening level of appeal before the Supremes get the case.
But the bad news is that the DC Circuit is not a favorable forum for the Trump administration. Of its eleven active judges, seven were appointed by Democrats (either Obama or Biden) and only four by Republicans (three Trump and one George H.W. Bush). All of the seven Democratic appointees are reliable partisans.
So what has happened in the nearly four months since EPA finalized the rescission? Remarkably little. In particular, there does not appear to be any scheduling order to start the briefing.
Justices are not scientists. They shouldn't be having to make these decisions.
Oregon, My Oregon
What's the matter with Oregon; is it the water?
— Leor Sapir (@LeorSapir) June 9, 2026
Flotsam and Jetsam - Anthony Karemelo Guilty, Graham Platner Wins Primary
Dave Catron at Am Spec notes Afflicted With TDS, Four Senators Kill Election Integrity "Why Murkowski, McConnell, Collins, and Tillis sided against a popular voter-ID and proof-of-citizenship bill." Jeff Charles at TownHall, This GOP Holdout Is Now on Board With the SAVE America Act, Collins. Will it help her against Platner? At News Wax, $70 Billion Immigration Enforcement Bill Clears House, goes to Trump for signature, formally ending the longest (partial) government shutdown. Also, Trump Admin Seeks to Limit Billions in Tariff Refunds.
Also at News Wax, Trump Stands by Pulte; Says Will Start DNI Role June 19. "Trump earlier Tuesday held a private White House meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., about the future of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire Friday. Democrats have threatened to vote against supporting an extension if Pulte has any connection to the DNI role." Sundance calls it Perfect – President Trump Doubles Down, Bill Pulte Will Takeover as Acting DNI on June 19th and says FISA (702) is NOT President Trump’s Problem to Solve.
Ken Blackwell @kenblackwell, "Hospitals get billions in federally discounted drugs, and aren't required to pass a penny to patients. The Trump Administration is trying to fix with a rebate model that creates a paper trail proving the savings actually reach the poor. The hospital lobby sued to stop it. Transparency shouldn't stop reform it should drive it."
Teri Christoph at RedState thinks you should Watch: NBA Commish Torches Hakeem Jeffries' Trump-Knicks Spin With a Brutal Reality Check. Atop Da Hill, Susie Wiles on reported White House departure: ‘I am not going anywhere’.
At his NYPo gig, Insty looks at The deeper agenda behind Trump’s Reflecting Pool glow-up. "It’s mirroring President Trump’s surprisingly sophisticated campaign to restore nothing less than America’s soul." Hat Hair's John Sexton sees the Washington Post Claims Renovated Reflecting Pool Looks Almost the Same. Of course, it's supposed to reflect. They show the two versions, both fresh after Obama's and Trump's efforts. The real test comes in a couple weeks as it swelters in Washington DCs summer sun. Will it revert to an algae plagued scum pit?
Cathy Salgado at PJM reports Iran's Regime Shoots Down U.S. Helicopter, Trump Says He Will Strike Back. At News Wax, Trump Says Pilots Fine After Helicopter Crashes Near Hormuz. Althouse "I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz." ""There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured. Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP" That's Trump, at Truth Social, 3 hours ago." Fox, US strikes Iran in retaliation for Apache shoot-down "Iran has 'taken too long to negotiate a deal,' 'will have to pay the price,' Trump says" "Trump says he is closer to targeting Iranian power plants, bridges." VodkaPundit at PJM says Score Two More Big Wins for Israel Vs. Iran... Maybe.
Sundance notes it was Primary Election Night in Maine, South Carolina, Nevada and North Dakota. Of course, the candidate of most interest, Nazi loving, communist Graham Platner won in Maine handily over two basically non-competing candidates. At Insty, “OYSTERGRUPPENFUHRER.” I LOVE IT. Oystergruppenfuhrer Graham Platner Says Marcus Luttrell Lied About ‘Lone Survivor’ Story. "UPDATE (From Ed): Question asked:" Hugo Gurdon @hgurdon, "Has there ever been more pronounced vocal fry?" Quote Washington Free Beacon @FreeBeacon, "Graham Platner was recruited to run for Senate by a pair of socialist political operatives, Daniel Moraff and Leanne Fan, who determined that another prospective candidate had “a skeleton in the closet.” The Wall Street Journal published a rare interview with the duo on Sunday." The Maine Wire @TheMaineWire, "Outside the Langley Estate in McLean, VA, which sold this year for $13.5 million. The seller, Joseph Kaempfer, is a billionaire who made his fortune operating shopping malls in Europe. He's one of the MANY billionaires maxing out to support Graham Platner." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites Politico: Maine Dems Suddenly Have Second Thoughts About Nazi-Tatted Creep. Too late. And, Former Platner Campaign Manager: Don't Let Him In the Senate! From Ace, Former Platner Campaign Aide: Captain Nazi Is a Monster and More Women Have Come Forward "Believe all women. Not this woman, mind you, and not the women who have come forward with new accusations against Gerald Platner. Believe all women who concoct a Law & Order: SVU pantomime allegation about Trump raping their scrawny Crypt Keeper ass in a changing room in a year TBD. Believe that woman." From NYPo, Graham Platner and ‘New Wave left’ detest Western exceptionalism. Mediaite records how a Republican Lawmaker Presses SPLC Boss On Whether Graham Platner’s Nazi Tattoo Should DQ Him From Senate. At Twitchy, Dems in Disarray: Neera Tanden Roasts Ryan Grim as His Scandal-Plagued Buddy Platner Tanks in Maine. To TBD.
Dave Strom sees through Talarico's Genius Strategy: Lie. Victory Girls, Meanwhile in NY: Mamdani’s Sovietization Plans for the City. Wesley Yang @wesyang, "The thing is — it keeps winning power in major American cities. It keeps cannibalizing the Democratic Party. It may not be popular in opinion polls, but it is unstoppable in intramural contests within institutions." Quote Jonathan Kay @jonkay, "1. Give your house to indigenous people 2. Sterilize your depressed gay kid 3. Demonize Israel 4. Replace police with neighborhood vigilantes." The Center Square WA, More than 10,000 applicants vie for 15 affordable apartments in Seattle. Yogi @Houseofyogi, "Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921. They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year. Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move."
Cathy Salgado happy California Republican Steve Hilton Advances to Gubernatorial General Election. He won't win, even if he had the votes, they wouldn't let him. But at least they have the choice, sort of. NYT whines Steve Hilton Wins Second Spot in California Governor Race, Beating Tom Steyer. Steve Soukup at Am Great calls it California’s Choice. "California’s decline was not destiny but the product of political choices that turned America’s greatest success story into a cautionary tale."
Roger Simon asks Who the Hell Is Nithya Raman? "Can't wait for the debate." Gays For Trump @GaysForTrump, "Nithya Raman even LOST her own district (CD-4) to Spencer Pratt and Karan Bass, but you expect us to believe she beat them BOTH by winning 40% of the vote in the rest of the city by mail-in ballots?" Hat Hair's Dave Strom notes Election Fraud: 'It's Against the Law, So Nobody Would Ever Do It' @LeighWolf, "The CA ballot saga just got worse! I laid a trap and a Contra Costa County government official named Helen Nolan, along with journalists @sara_dinatale + @demianbulwa, walked right into it. When they put together their hit piece on me in the @sfchronicle (link in replies), they didn't know that I received a SECOND ballot at the same address...but this one was sent to someone no one in my family has ever heard of...despite the fact that we've owned the house continuously since 1962... THREAD!" Jeff Charles at TownHall, Alaska's Democratic 'Decoy' Senate Candidate's Son's Suspicious Ties Just Got Exposed.
SFGate whines Newsom targets undocumented Californians with new healthcare cost increase "It's getting harder for undocumented people in California to get insurance." PJM's Erick Florack doesn't really wonder Why Are California Democrats Trying to Kill Off Prop 209?
Cathy Salgado read the House GOP Report that Shows How Walz, Ellison Fueled Minnesota Fraud. News Wax, Vance Refers Minnesota Gov. Walz, AG to DOJ for Fraud Probe. Congressman Gabe Evans @repgabeevans, "Colorado's Medicaid program paid millions of taxpayer dollars on behalf of nearly 9,000 deceased enrollees, according to a federal audit. Yet instead of taking responsibility, Colorado democrats fought the findings and refused repayment. @GovofCO and Denver Democrats are always asking taxpayers for more money. Maybe they should explain why they can't properly account for the money they already have. Accountability matters.
RedState's Bob Hoge likes how Sweatin' and Squirming the SPLC Boss Wilts Under Jim Jordan's Rapid‑Fire Judiciary Grilling. Ace, The SPLC Repeatedly Invokes the Fifth Amendment to Avoid Answering Whether They Used Donor Money to Pay "Extremists" to Put On "Hate" Marches, Burn Crosses, and Recruit New Members, "I say he invoked the Fifth Amendment, which he did. But the words he kept using were "We will address those allegations in court." In other words, I will not answer questions for which I will be held criminally responsible in another court. That's his right, but: 1, why are people allowed to invoke the Fifth without explicitly invoking the Fifth? I bet you Democrats would demand to know what basis a witness has for refusing to answer..." Sundance sees Mary McCord Resurfaces Defending SPLC Following Invitation from Congress.
Matt Vespa approve of how DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Absolutely Bodied Mikie Sherrill for Lying About ICE Detention Facility. Paul @WomanDefiner, "They used Covid to nuke small businesses, opened up commercial real estate and then brought in 20 million people in 4 years while giving them federally backed loans Americans didn't qualify for to buy up those businesses and any available housing. You should be furious about this." At the College Fix, Florida proposes rule requiring proof of citizenship for public college admission. "The Florida Department of Education is proposing a rule that requires community college applicants to provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful immigration status, which immigrant advocacy groups argue will exclude undocumented students from higher education."
At Racket, Matt Taibbi writes off Britain's Great Self-Loathing Crusade. "American and European liberalism rightly campaigned against ethnocentrism once upon a time, but both versions ultimately went way too far." Brendan O'Neill at Spiked on The obnoxious hypocrisy of Starmer’s fury with JD Vance. "The same Brits who raged over the death of George Floyd are now mad at Vance for raging over the death of Henry Nowak." Elon Musk @elonmusk, "This is the way." Quote Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10, "A Restore Britain Government will aim to prosecute officials and politicians who knowingly placed dangerous third world savages in our communities. This will apply retrospectively." Hat Hair Beege Welborn thinks The British Version of 'Down Periscope' Is a Real Joke: Clash Report @clashreport, "All five of the UK's operational Astute-class nuclear attack submarines are currently stuck in port awaiting maintenance or repairs, while a sixth Royal Navy boat has yet to become deployment-ready. Former naval commanders warn the situation weakens Britain's ability to deter and monitor Russian submarine activity. Source: The Telegraph"
NYPo claims CBS News boss Bari Weiss poised to oversee CNN editorial operations: report. Ace, Report: Bari Weiss Will Assume Editorial Control Over Basketcase Ratings-Disaster Partisan Spin-Shop CNN. Via Steven Miller, who's worried about Tater. And what will happen to Fake Jake? I imagine Jake Tapper is rehearsing his exiting flounce.
At the Free Bacon, Jonathan Leaf says Scott Pelley Isn’t a Serious Journalist "A personal experience reveals the fraudulent nature of fired '60 Minutes' correspondent." As the Brits would say, he's a news reader.
Still more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.09.26 (Morning Edition).
The Wednesday Wetness
Bay Journal, Sewer crunch eased, development ban lifted in Baltimore suburbs. Go ahead, make more shit!
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
No Need to Dephrag the Bay
You’ve seen plenty of it along Chesapeake waterfronts: the common reed, with its tall, feathery seed heads. You probably even call it by the Latin name of its genus, Phragmites. If so, you probably also know that it’s considered an undesirable, invasive species scorned for crowding out native wetland plants. It grows well on disturbed soils, such as the waterfront edges of constructed sites like bridge crossings, laying down dense, tangled root mats and quickly developing thickets of tough, pale green stalks.
Although there is only one species, Phragmites australis, two subspecies live around the Chesapeake. Phragmites australis americanus is native, but here it lives only along rivers on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The much more widespread subspecies, Phragmites australis australis, apparently turned up here late in the nineteenth century and took off. Today, conventional wisdom dictates removing it, but doing so turns out to be a difficult, expensive challenge. That challenge poses a serious question about what we are trying to accomplish when we talk about restoring the Chesapeake.
One time years ago, I asked a friend who was acting in a play at Hanover (VA) Tavern what he would “go back to” after the play completed its run. “I won’t go back,” he responded, “I’ll go on to something else.” That pretty much sums up our Chesapeake restoration efforts. We can’t ever go back to the Bay ecosystem that existed when the Jamestown colonists landed in 1607. About 50,000 people lived in the Chesapeake watershed then. We are 19 million now, and climbing, along with the ecological changes that we continue to create in the water, on the land, and in the air.
The most obvious water quality improvements we have made in the past fifty years have been with increasingly sophisticated treatment of “point source pollution” (pipe outflows), especially our sewage wastewater. That engineering has brought rivers near population centers back from the dead, including the Potomac River around Washington, DC and the James below Richmond. They are healthier today than they have been since 1870. The greater challenge, though, is more widespread and less readily controlled: rainwater runoff from land that we have modified from 1607’s old-growth forests, especially including along the shorelines of our vast network of waterways. Engineering offers some solutions here, but often they work best when carefully, artfully integrated with natural processes.
Such integration requires deep searches for, and attention to scientific details, as well as the enduring lesson that anyone looking for simple answers has come to the wrong estuary. It goes ‘way beyond blanket statements, like “Eradicate all Phragmites.” In that vein, a new study from Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources breaks down the pluses and minuses of ecosystem services provided or taken away by stands of Phragmites as opposed to native wetland plant communities.
Using cost/benefit analysis, the scientists carefully went through and compared studies from existing research of wetland community performance in the categories of carbon sequestration, nitrogen removal, and wildlife habitat. They contrasted data from natural brackish high marshes with those from stands of Phragmites australis australis. If you read the study, you’ll find that the data together provide ranges of performance, but there are clear trends. Phragmites stands tend to deliver greater carbon sequestration, while native high marshes provide greater nitrogen removal and offer better, more diverse wildlife habitat. On average, the introduced and native communities offer similar ecosystem service values, though under optimal conditions, native marsh communities are more valuable.
The catch comes when looking at the Chesapeake’s wetlands as they are, in June of 2026, with many, many stands of Phragmites well established all over the Bay ecosystem, and considering the high cost of eradicating the plants, which require repeated manual, year-on-year applications of herbicide. The big reed is here to stay in today’s Chesapeake, and it does offer valuable ecological benefits, especially in carbon sequestration. Those considerations bring to mind the first maxim attributed to Hippocrates: “First, Do No Harm.” As the study’s authors conclude, “it is not a net economic benefit to control for Phragmites, unless the cost is low to moderate and the benefit is high, i.e., the system can maintain or return to optimal wildlife habitat…we recommend that landscape factors and management goals be considered when making these decisions for marshes in the Chesapeake Bay Region.”
In other words, Phragmites appears to have some useful roles in the Bay and rivers of the future. One more time, there are no simple answers here, but there is fresh Chesapeake information to guide careful thinking about “going on to something else.”
I agree.
Flotsam and Jetsam - More From the Platner Poo-Poo Plater
Somehow the lead goes again to Graham Platner, the Nazi-tattooed, Kik posting, allegedly girlfriend beating Democrat candidate for Maine's senate seat, currently occupied by that "fascist" Susan Collins. New York Post @nypost, "Fetterman vows to ditch hoodie for suit if Graham Platner proves he didn't send 'd-k pics' to minors https://trib.al/vM0kJRk" Nick Arama at RedState, Platner's Response to Fetterman's Challenge for Him to Release Texts Raises More Eyebrows. "John Fetterman seems to genuinely think that the reason no one likes him is because he refuses to wear a suit. It's not the hoodie, dude. It's because you've become a stooge for AIPAC and the Republican party." "Notice what you don't see in that response? He doesn't agree to release the texts." Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks you should Look at This CNN Host's Face When John Fetterman Said This About Graham Platner “Did you say or...did Senate Democrats discuss Graham Platner posting pictures of his...uh...you called it his dick...at...did you discuss this in a lunch?” From the Free Bacon, New York Times Accused of Omitting 'Accusations of Sexual Assault' From Piece on 'Toxic' Graham Platner. "'After the story went up I began to ask … wait, where are the stories from the other women?' Platner's ex says." Jim Treacher says I Believe Lyndsey Fifield. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, New Nazi-Tat Abuser Strategy: Threaten Defamation For, Er ... "As we like to say: discovery will be lit!" Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine, "This is false and defamatory. I would have thought Fox News learned their lesson after paying Dominion $787.5 million." Quote RNC Research @RNCResearch, "Maine Wire reporter, Steve Robinson on Graham Platner: “He’s proven himself to be a pathological liar...The oyster business, totally fake...Look at the date that his website for his fake oyster business was created, it was created after Graham for Maine, his Senate website.”" Kurt Schlichter at TownHall wonders Why Are Male-Identifying Democrat Candidates All Creepy Weirdos? From Twitchy, A Big Stretch: The Atlantic Reaches Across the Pond to Find a Writer Who Believes James Talarico Is Manly. Capt. Ed has Monday's Final Word 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." Teri Christoph at RedState wonders Is This How Democrats Will Solve Their Graham Platner Problem? "The kindling is being set by Anthony's supporters, and the trial's outcome will be the flame. And that's because, despite the outcome, the race baiters have a ready-made excuse at hand to light cities on fire – and Democrats will be holding the flamethrower. A guilty verdict or a plea deal? Another young black man has been unfairly punished by the judicial system! Let's riot. An acquittal? This faultless young black man was unfairly targeted by the judicial system! Let's riot. And the Democrat Party is rubbing its hands with glee. They love nothing more than summers of riots, and this setup is just too perfect."
From NYPo, Die-hard Spencer Pratt supporters devastated by late vote surge as faith in election falters. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Notes California Ballot Curation Likely to Eliminate Steve Hilton. Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre, "Helicopters full of ballots Helicopters." Quote Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department used helicopters to fly in ballots from vote centers across the region “They're picking up ballots from 8 cities including Lancaster, Santa Clarita, Palmdale, Lakewood, Santa Monica, Van Nuys, Pomona, and Torrance. Once." Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii, "One thing is for sure. When Democrats are counting votes, crazy, statistically impossible things are possible. Joe Biden can lose 18 out of 19 bellwether counties. He can lose Iowa, Ohio, and Florida. He can lose massive House seats and still get the most votes in presidential history. It's MAGIC." Hat Hair's Dave Strom explains How We Know That Los Angeles Vote Was Rigged. Jarvis @jarvis_best, "LA is wild because the election will be between a Cuban trained Marxist guerrilla fighter and a woman running to her left." Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD @houmanhemmati, "As @BoredElonMusk & the data show, Raman’s late mail in ballot surge was fueled in large part by ballots from Skid Row. Tens of thousands of homeless whose ballots are sent to central addresses (not the sidewalk) & can be filled out/returned by someone else. Suspicious…" End Wokeness @EndWokeness, "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) Who are we kidding here? This is fraud." At the Volokh Conspiracy, Volokh asks "Why Can't California Count?" Dmitri Bolt at TownHall notes CNN's Harry Enten Says Election Fraud in LA Is 'the Dumbest Conspiracy Theory' He's Ever Heard. No need for fraud when the law allows them to cheat. Nick shirley @nickshirleyy, "Meet Doris, she lives in California and is registered as a 126 year old who has voted in 51 elections and has NO IDEA. California’s voting system is so corrupt that by simply knocking on the door of the “126 year old” proves election fraud. EXPOSE IT ALL." Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii, "You know, after watching CA count votes, I feel much more comfortable with Republicans flexing a bit in redistricting, don't you?" wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "The significance to outside observers of Spencer Pratt vs Karen Bass was not as a political race per se, but a diagnostic. A kind of recon by force they could watch from afar. If you were looking to invest in LA, or in California the fate of Pratt was likely to predict your own. How honest was city hall? How reliable was the state? None of the answers to these things are available from Google but you can infer it from observation. Thus "poor devil, he never had a chance" can also mean "don't go to that swamp. It's full of reptiles."" Amy Curtis at TownHall, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Calls for Federal Funding Cuts Until California Cleans Up Its Disastrous Elections. PJM's Vicky Taft thinks What Happened to Spencer Pratt Is Why the Supreme Court Decision on Election DAY Is Key.
PJM's Kevin Downey identifies the Filthy Pinko of the Week: Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy! Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Democrat Chris Murphy is REFUSING to apologize after saying it was "awesome" that Iranian ships slipped past the U.S. blockade. He says it was just "sarcasm." This traitor needs to resign in disgrace." Matt Vespa thinks What This Dem Rep Said About Trump Over the Weekend Is What Cost ABC News $15 Million.
Don Surber likes how Trump ignores RNC, gets half the Hispanic vote. "Democrats are peeing their pants over losing 40-point majorities among Hispanics." DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Turns out that @LeaderJohnThune was totally projecting when he said the SAVE Act was an influencer campaign. Senator John Thune is compromised by a company that literally exists to sell access to himself. Pass it on." Quote DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, Replying to @AndrewDesiderio, "Hello, Mr. Desiderio, Punchbowl News sells access to Capitol Hill for corporate clients. Their senior Senate reporter is you, Andrew Desiderio."
Sarah Anderson at PJM hears Are the Vances Adding More Than Just a New Baby to Their Family?. A chicken coop? "According to the Daily Wire, the Vance family is joining millions of people across the United States who are raising their own backyard flocks of chickens. More specifically, as of 2025, 11 million households in the US have their own chickens, and now, it sounds like we can add the VP's residence at the Naval Observatory to the list. The coop, which is stunning, was built by North Carolina-based, family-owned Carolina Coops, and it was "designed to match the architectural themes of the historic vice presidential residence." It's also worth noting that this was not paid for with your tax dollars, according to the Daily Wire."
From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, How Ukraine Is Hammering Russian Logistics, Sundance at CTH hears the EU Coalition of the Willing Establishes Five Terms for Direct Ukraine-Russia Negotiations "The #3, #4 and #5 points are not going to go anywhere." At the Nat Sec J, Russia Might Actually Win the War in Ukraine. That Could Be the Worst Thing That Ever Happened to It. RCD's Rebecca Grant envisions A Permanent Armored Brigade in Poland?
Sundance is pleasantly surprised to hear Congress is Getting Nervous About Reauthorizing FISA-702. Eric Boehm at Reason believes Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth Are Wildly Misleading About Section 702 Warrantless Surveillance. "Miller says it is "madness" to expect law enforcement to get a warrant before spying on Americans' electronic communications."
Shipwreckedcrew sees SCOTUS Smacks Obama/Biden Appointees With A Newspaper Across The Nose For Wrongfully Acting Like A "Roving Commission Looking For Wrongs To Right." "A very pointed Per Curiam Opinion issued this morning identifies the Fourth Circuit as a repeat offender in deciding cases on issues never raised by the parties -- THAT is judicial activism." Upstate Federalist @upstatefederlst, "I have been reliably informed that a fee is not a tax." Quote, "Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney, "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." Cam at BA reports SCOTUS Keeps Hardware Bans on Hold, but Makes Interesting Move on Prohibited Person Case. Firearms Policy Coalition @gunpolicy, "The cert petition filed by the federal government in a case where the Fifth Circuit ruled that the felon gun ban is unconstitutional as applied to the defendant whose "sole predicate offense... is his failure to pay child support" has been denied."
The Chronic chronicles Tina Peters’ Escape from Devil’s Island.
NYPo opines on Sneaky leftist lawsuits taking aim at US energy dominance.
Three different takes on Scott Pelley's interview with the NYT. From Sundance, The Alarming and Deeply Disturbing Scott Pelley Interview. PJM's Stephen Kruiser, Scott Pelley's Podcast Tears Made My Schadenfreude Cup Runneth Over. Dave Strom at Hat Hair, It's Kinda Hilarious to See Scott Pelley Expose Himself as Such a Doofus. I'm kind of in the schadenfreude camp. Also from Kruiser, OK, I Think President Trump Really Enjoys Trolling Kristen Welker.
Leslie Eastman at LI sees more Fallout from Video Release Expands: Police Sought to Cast Henry Nowak as Aggressor. "Europe Reacts with Demonstrations and “Taking a Knee” Movement while Media Deflects in Wake of Henry Nowak Killing." Bernie @Artemisfornow, "The Sunday Times reports that 3 days after Henry Nowak’s death, police wanted to issue a statement implying Henry was the aggressor. By then, they already had evidence that wasn’t the case. Only after objections from Henry’s family was the wording changed. They weren’t trying to protect Henry. They were trying to protect themselves. That was the disinformation."
At Althouse, The proposed rule would impose "a narrow, culturally specific understanding of family" that "privileges a dominant cultural framework over the lived realities of communities of color and global Christians." "I'm reading "Presbyterian Church faces revolt after proposing clergy must be in monogamous relationships — and critics blame white privilege" (NY Post).
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