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California’s slow vote count stirs frustration, but changes would be hard– www.latimes.com

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Over the last decade, California became a national leader in voter accessibility and security, expanding options for when and how ballots can be cast while also strengthening election safeguards.

But those reforms came at a cost: speed. And in a political climate where unsupported conspiracies about election fraud can run rampant on social media — pushed, at times, by top political leaders — some fear the slow vote count is becoming a liability.

Election outcomes in recent years have become more drawn out in California, most recently taking about a week to determine the gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral candidates advancing to November’s runoff after hotly contested primaries. And in prior years, it’s taken even longer to determine tight U.S. House or state Senate seats.

A dying star could create a new universe instead of a black hole– www.sciencedaily.com

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Massive stars produce light and heat through nuclear fusion, a process that releases enormous amounts of energy from their cores. Eventually, however, the largest stars run out of fuel. Once that happens, the outward pressure generated by radiation is no longer strong enough to resist gravity. The star begins collapsing under its own weight, theoretically continuing until all of its mass is compressed into a single point known as a singularity.

Although black holes are widely accepted by physicists, they still raise profound questions. How can a mass equal to billions of Suns be squeezed into an infinitely small point? How can spacetime become infinitely curved at a singularity?

WATCH: ‘Transgender’ actress Ellen Page tries to explain her ‘healthy masculinity’– www.lifesitenews.com

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Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page—who now goes by the name “Elliot” and identifies as a man—recently told an interviewer that she is now experiencing “healthy masculinity.” Ilana Glazer, host of the “It’s Open” podcast, asked Page about her “gender journey.”

“I’ve been asking people about masculinity and femininity,” Glazer said. “In your gender journey, which to me as someone who knows you but also as someone consuming you as a public figure, to me you appear healthy and continually finding more health and security. What does it mean to you to hear me say ‘healthy masculinity’?”

Scientists Discover Vast Ancient ‘Necropolis’ Teeming With Strange New Creatures– www.404media.co

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Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that died in the deep, let nature call, tossed a galactic salad, and became interstellar voyeurs.

First, there’s a whale necropolis under the sea that is packed with ancient carcasses and teeming with new species. Then: a bygone world preserved in poop, the fruits of the universe’s labor, and a zoom lens for distant planets.

As always, for more of my work, check out my book First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens, or subscribe to my personal newsletter the BeX Files.

At least 17 people killed by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria– abcnews.com

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ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen killed at least 17 farmers and wounded at least 13 others as they worked in their fields in northwestern Nigeria, a local official and a resident said.

The attack occurred on Friday in the town of Goron Namaye in the Maradun area of Zamfara state. No group has claimed responsibility but attacks by armed gangs have increased in recent months.

“The farmers were working on their lands when the bandits suddenly attacked and killed 17 of them,” Shehu Musa, a resident of Maradun, told The Associated Press on Saturday, adding that the wounded were being treated at a hospital.

Trump prosecutor in L.A. is searching for voter fraud before final count– www.latimes.com

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First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli — President Trump’s loyalist federal prosecutor in Los Angeles — has not been shy in recent days about his intention to ferret out voter fraud in California’s primary election and criminally charge those responsible.

He has announced that his office “has multiple election fraud investigations underway” in coordination with the FBI, urged Californians on social media to submit evidence of “potential election fraud” directly to his office, and said flatly he “will be charging some people” with election fraud — just as soon as California certifies its vote count and his office “can prove some of the allegations.”

Essayli’s public callouts and promises are highly unusual and in direct conflict with Justice Department guidance on ballot fraud investigations at the federal level, which states federal prosecutors should not publicly pursue such claims amid of vote counting.

The Justice Manual — which regulates the actions of federal prosecutors nationwide — says the department “should not engage in overt criminal investigative measures in matters involving alleged ballot fraud until the election in question has been concluded, its results certified, and all recounts and election contests concluded,” in part because doing so “runs the risk of chilling legitimate voting and campaign activities and of interjecting the investigation itself into ongoing campaigns and the adjudication of any ensuing election contest.”

Trump Blocks Foreigners From Using Anthropic’s Latest AI Tech – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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A “Build with Claude” poster at Anthropic’s Code with Claude developer conference in San Francisco on May 6, 2026.Don Feria/AP

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On Friday night, the AI giant Anthropic said that the US government had ordered it to suspend foreign nationals, including employees, from all use of its most advanced products.

To comply with the Friday directive, the company announced that it disabled access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5, the latest models of Claude, for all customers.

‘Sophie Of Dundee’ Has Been Vindicated, But It Won’t Change Anything– thefederalist.com

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Last August, there was a shocking news story about a 12-year-old Scottish girl who pulled a hatchet and knife on an immigrant in Dundee. A video clip of the hatchet-wielding girl, with other terrified and angry girls shouting at the man to leave them alone, went viral.

The story made international headlines. The girl in the video was dubbed “Sophie of Dundee,” and for some, she became a symbol of everything that has gone wrong in Britain: a working-class child in an impoverished, post-industrial city, harassed by a predatory migrant man, reduced to carrying crude weapons to defend herself, abandoned by the institutions and authorities that were supposed to protect her. The whole tragic story of Britain was contained in that one video. I wrote at the time that these kinds of incidents, and the refusal of political leaders to acknowledge or take them seriously, were driving Britain toward civil war.

Trump Admin PULLS Funding from LA Homeless Program Over Fraud– wltreport.com

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As part of ongoing efforts to crack down on fraud, the Trump administration is yanking nearly a billion dollars in funding from a Democrat-run homeless program in Los Angeles, CA.

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) federal funding has been officially cut off after investigations revealed that the agency misspent millions of dollars and did not properly account for its spending.

Fox News was the first to report:

A top Trump agency is cutting off funding to the Los Angeles agency responsible for coordinating billions in homelessness spending after accusing it of “obvious fraud,” “wanton mismanagement” and repeated failures to safeguard taxpayer dollars, Fox News Digital has learned.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), part of the White House fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance, is immediately suspending the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) federal funding while HUD’s inspector general investigates potential offenses by the agency and its leadership, according to a letter sent to LAHSA’s board Chair Wendy Greuel and CEO Gita O’Neill, which was obtained and reviewed by Fox News Digital.

The letter detailed conflicts of interest, financial mismanagement, fraud, lack of oversight and more from the homelessness agency, which has faced efforts by the city and county to take it over.

LAHSA receives funding at the city, county, state and federal level, with the group getting nearly $1 billion from just the federal government since 2021, according to HUD.

This clip from Fox News dove deeper:

BREAKING: The Trump administration is officially DEFUNDING TENS OF MILLIONS of dollars from Los Angeles Democrats’ HOMELESS program after rampant fraud, abuse and waste

LONG OVERDUE! The fraud is crashing down! 🔥

“They just were informed within the last hour that they are losing these tens of millions of dollars. They’ve gotten almost over a billion dollars since 2021 and federal taxpayer funding.”

Kennedy Center Appeals Order Requiring Removal of Trump’s Name › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees voted Thursday to challenge a federal judge’s order requiring President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the performing arts center.

According to court filings, the board formally appealed US District Judge Christopher Cooper’s ruling just before the court-imposed deadline for removing Trump’s name from the building and related materials.

Earlier Thursday, the board also voted to seek a stay of Cooper’s order, according to two individuals familiar with the meeting who spoke to The Washington Post.

Meet The Left-Wing Org Influencing Judges On Science Litigation– thefederalist.com

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The Federal Judicial Center (FJC) has had its fair share of controversies throughout the past year.

The taxpayer-funded agency was caught stuffing citations to left-wing climate activists into its most recent Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, which offers guidance to federal judges on science-related cases. Subsequent Federalist investigations also revealed the radical left-wing partisanship of the authors tasked with writing manual’s climate and forensics sections.

The FJC is intended to serve as the unbiased educational and research arm of the judiciary. Although it doesn’t have any “policy-making or enforcement authority,” these findings have raised concerns about its objectivity and central role in providing “accurate, objective information and education” to judges across America’s federal court system.

Democrat candidate stops attending church to avoid sitting with Trump voters– www.lifesitenews.com

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Rebecca Bennett, a Democrat nominee for Congress in New Jersey, was caught on audio claiming she stopped going to church specifically because she could not stand sitting in the same pews as people who voted for President Donald Trump.

The Washington Free Beacon reported that it obtained audio from a February campaign event of Bennett, a Navy veteran and healthcare executive running against Republican incumbent Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. for the state’s 7th Congressional District. In the clip, Bennett answers a question about how she deals with invocations of her patriotism being considered a “right-coded way of presenting yourself.”

“I will say I use that word intentionally, and the reason that I do it is because, so, I grew up in the Presbyterian Church, and after Trump got elected, I stopped going to church for the first time in my life because I was like, ‘I cannot sit in this room of people,’” she responded. “At the time, I was stationed somewhere that was pretty conservative. I was still in the military at the time. I was like, ‘I cannot sit in this church full of people who voted for Trump.’ And then, ultimately, I decided they do not get to decide what Christianity looks like, and to me, it’s the same thing about (how) they do not get to decide what patriotism is. You do not get to wrap yourself in the flag while you are literally murdering Americans in broad daylight.” (The audio ends before Bennett elaborates on which Americans were “murdered in broad daylight.”)

CBS Lets Karmelo Anthony’s Father Lie About ‘White’ Jury Without Pushback– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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CBS News failed to correct a false claim that Karmelo Anthony, the black teenager who was convicted of murdering white teen Austin Metcalf at a track meet in Frisco, Texas, was convicted by an “all-white jury” during an interview with Anthony’s family.

While speaking with the outlet after the verdict, Anthony’s father, Andrew Anthony, stated that what stood out to him was “the all-white jury.”

Court records and reporting indicate that the final 12-person jury included no black members. The final panel of 18 (including six alternates) had greater diversity, however, with courtroom reporters noting minorities such as Asian and Indian individuals among the jurors and alternates.

Senate Democrats’ political fortunes have improved. ‘It didn’t happen by accident,’ Schumer says.– www.politico.com

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Chuck Schumer has served as a punching bag for angry Democrats for more than a year — taking flak on everything from his 2026 recruiting to his handling of government funding talks.

But with about five months until the midterm elections, the Senate minority leader is gently starting to punch back — pointing out how some of his bets are paying off as his party moves within striking distance of taking back the majority in November.

“There’s no victory lap to take in June,” he said in an interview in his Capitol office suite.

Karmelo Anthony’s Father Blames ‘White Attorney’ for His Son’s Murder Conviction– www.westernjournal.com

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Ever since 19-year-old Karmello Anthony was convicted on Tuesday in the murder of a teenager last year, his supporters have been forced to go to extremes to find ways not to blame the killer for the crime.

They’ve blamed “white supremacy” for the prosecution — Anthony is black, his victim was white. They’ve blamed racism among prosecutors for keeping blacks off the jury.

And on Wednesday, his father put the blame, at least in part, on his son’s “white attorney” for the fact that Karmelo is going to prison.

Media personality Mimi Brown — a fixture on the black-oriented radio program “The Breakfast Club” — spoke to Anthony’s parents, Kayla Hayes and Andrew Anthony, during an interview Wednesday.

At one point, she asked the two, “So, do you believe your son received a fair trial?”

Both replied, “absolutely not” and Hayes promised to “keep fighting.” Brown also asked if the two would have done anything differently.

If you were hoping these parents would say something about raising their son not to stab other kids, or teaching him to be mature and walk away in a conflict that could escalate, you’ll be disappointed.

Leading Medical School Caught Practicing Race-Based Discrimination In Admissions, DOJ Probe Finds– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights division announced Thursday, June 11, that the University of California, Davis School of Medicine (Davis Med) violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating on the basis of race in its admissions process. The determination follows a six-month investigation prompted by concerns over post-2023 affirmative action practices.

The findings center on Davis Med’s efforts to maintain racial diversity after the Supreme Court’s Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (SFFA) decision, which banned race-based admissions in higher education. The DOJ concluded that the school intentionally circumvented this ruling by using socioeconomic proxies for race.

Dem NYC Councilman Alleges There’s a Curious Pattern to Which Areas Are Getting Resources Under Mamdani – RedState– redstate.com

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Politicians love to say they will be the guy (or gal) who represents all the people. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the same thing throughout his 2025 campaign for the highest office in the Big Apple: that he would be mayor for all the people. But at least one New York City councilman is now saying, “not so much,” when it comes to where in the city that Mamdani is focusing on various improvement projects.

City Councilman Phil Wong of Queens is accusing Mamdani of playing favorites, and distributing resources for city improvement efforts in neighborhoods that voted for him. There may also be some disturbing proof of this. A 2025 election map overlaid with Mamdani’s “First 100 Days” map using AI, compares voting demographics to where the various projects going on around the city are located. Some of these projects include roadwork, housing, and public transportation improvements.

With Platner, Dems Discover Their Motto: Vote For The Nazi– thefederalist.com

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As more and more revelations come to the fore about Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who just won the Democrat primary this week, many Democrats seem to have adopted a simple mantra regarding his campaign: Vote for the Nazi: It’s important.

The saying echoes a slogan from campaigns past — one that supporters of Republican Sen. Susan Collins, Platner’s opponent in the general election, would do well to employ against Platner. The slogan demonstrates how Democrats will embrace a candidate — any candidate — so long as that person opposes President Trump.

BREAKING: Portland Antifa-affiliated rioter Robert Hoopes sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for brutal assault against ICE agent | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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Robert Jacob Hoopes, 25, of Portland, threw a large rock at an ICE agent’s head within close proximity.

A Portland Antifa-affiliated rioter has been sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for assaulting a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a violent June 2025 riot at the ICE facility in Portland, Oregon. Robert Jacob Hoopes, 25, of Portland, threw a large rock at an ICE agent’s head after breaching the federal building in concert with black-clad anarchists, leaving the officer bloodied and injured.

Hoopes was convicted in February of aggravat

Karmelo Anthony claims to be ‘penniless’ and unable to pay for appeal — despite raising $625K in donations– www.theblaze.com

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Karmelo Anthony says he is unable to pay for an attorney for his appeal after being convicted in the murder of high school track star Austin Metcalf.

Anthony is requesting a court-appointed attorney, according to a filing that claimed he was a “penniless, destitute, and indigent person.”

The Anthony family reportedly purchased a new car and moved into a ritzy neighborhood in a gated community after the killer’s bond was lowered.

‘Terrifying if that is true’: Glenn Beck reveals the chilling reality the Karmelo Anthony trial just exposed– www.theblaze.com

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On June 9, Karmelo Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison.

He was found guilty in the April 2, 2025, fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a track athlete from a rival high school, during a Frisco Independent School District track meet in Frisco, Texas. Anthony, then a student at Centennial High, stabbed Metcalf in the chest during an altercation.

Anthony’s defense claimed he acted in self-defense, despite Metcalf being unarmed.

Dem Rep Summer Lee claims black voters will stop voting if reparations aren’t paid | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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“We have to understand these guys, they are playing psychological warfare with us.”

In a June 7 episode of Native Land Pod, Democratic Pennsylvania representative, Summer Lee, said that once black Americans felt like they would not receive reparations, they would stop voting.

Podcast co-host Angela Rye asked Lee her thoughts on the White House’s $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” proposal in contrast with the lack of support Lee’s House resolution on reparations has only received 13 democrats cosigning it.

Karmelo Anthony’s Family Will Keep Massive ‘Legal Defense’ Fund After Blowing Donations on Personal Expenses– slaynews.com

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The controversial fundraising campaign launched on behalf of Karmelo Anthony has been taken offline following his murder conviction, but the convicted murderer’s family will retain the more than $600,000 raised through the effort as they prepare to appeal the case.

Anthony was convicted Tuesday of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf after a Collin County jury rejected his self-defense claims and sentenced him to 35 years in prison.

Less than 24 hours after the verdict, Anthony’s attorneys filed a notice of appeal, while family members vowed to continue fighting the conviction.

Democrats close ranks around Graham Platner despite string of scandals– www.theblaze.com

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Sens. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Ed Markey (Mass.) are just the latest high-profile Democrats to throw their support behind scandal-plagued Senate candidate Graham Platner.

The progressive oyster farmer from Maine won the Democratic nomination Tuesday night, a result that was widely expected after Gov. Janet Mills (D) suspended her campaign in April. Despite Mills still appearing on the ballot, Platner managed to secure 72% of the vote share, setting up a general election against five-term incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R).

‘In November, Maine voters will elect Graham Platner, and we will win a Senate majority.’