California's tax policies are so bad billionaires are willing to pay extra to flee "So adios, idiots, the billionaires have better places to go"

 Monica Showalter - American Thinker

And the fact that this is happening tells a lot about just how bad California's governance is, which, augmented by election fraud, is probably impossible to change for the foreseeable future.

"California is well known for driving its productive citizens to other states.

"A proposed new 'billionaire tax,' that's coming up on the November ballot has already driven many of its most successful citizens -- Peter Thiel, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Stephen Spielberg -- to other states like Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada, any place where the greedy hand of the state is not fixing to take another dip into their pockets. 

"The Wall Street Journal last week noticed something weird: A lot of them are moving to nearby Nevada ... and they're seemingly losing money by buying up properties around Lake Tahoe at inflated prices.

"According to the Journal:

As wealthy Californians flee the state, deep-pocketed buyers are taking refuge in Nevada, which is starting to rival Florida as a tax haven for the elite. Amid surging demand for prime Tahoe property in Nevada, a recent string of megadeals reflects the premium buyers are willing to pay for a lower tax bill—and the widening price gap between the two sides of the lake.

California’s proposed wealth tax effectively “sprinkled rocket fuel” on the ultraluxury market on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe, said Bill Dietz of Tahoe Luxury Properties.

The proposal would levy a one-time, 5% tax on the net worth of residents with net assets of $1 billion or more, and would apply to anyone who resided in California as of Jan. 1, 2026. 

In December 2025, just after the tax was proposed, Google co-founder Sergey Brin paid $42 million for a lakefront home in Crystal Bay, Nev., property records show. The same month, a 210-acre estate in Zephyr Cove, Nev., sold for $80 million to an undisclosed buyer. Then in March, an entity tied to venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson shattered the Nevada and Tahoe records with the $125 million purchase of an estate in Incline Village, Nev. Jurvetson also picked up an adjacent $7 million property, and paid $46 million for a separate Incline Village home, for a total spend of $178 million. Brin didn’t respond to requests for comment. Jurveston declined to comment.

"Then came the kicker from the Journal: . . ." More...

"FIREWORKS! “I’ve Had Enough, Thank You Darling!"

Trump on Meet the Press, and the Weaponization Fund   

"President Trump was on Meet the Press this morning, and his interview with Kristen Welker turned incendiary when Welker attacked Trump over the proposed fund to compensate victims of government weaponization. Welker, of course, wanted to talk about the January 6, 2021 protest, the most over-hyped news story on record." . . .

AfterMath - Home

"WASHINGTON, DC: It wasn't Kristen Welker's grilling that sent Donald Trump storming out of his contentious NBC interview, it was the gloomy weather that pushed him over the edge.

"The 79-year-old president said the rainy conditions during the interview left him “a little bit angry,” setting the stage for his abrupt departure.

"During the ‘Meet the Press’ interview, which was set inside a sheltered, dry barn with a metal roof, host Welker grilled Trump on an array of topics, including his election fraud claims, gas prices, the state of American farming, and the war with Iran.

"However, roughly 50 minutes after sitting down, Trump abruptly brought the conversation to an end, blasting Welker's questioning tactics before ripping off his microphone and storming out.

“'You’re crooked, and Meet the Press is crooked, and so are ABC and CBS and CNN. One-sided crooked networks. Let’s call it quits, because I’ve had enough,” he said, before adding: “Thank you, darling. Have a good time.” . . .

Trump Ends Interview With NBC’s Welker After Clash Over Vote Fraud › American Greatness 

 . . . "The dispute began when Trump pointed to the pace of vote counting in California’s gubernatorial primary.

"Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra advanced to the November general election Thursday, according to Decision Desk HQ. With 73% of the vote counted as of Sunday, Becerra held a lead of less than one percentage point over Republican Steve Hilton." . . .

Trump blames rain for his stormy walkout from interview with Kristen Welker

"WASHINGTON, DC: It wasn't Kristen Welker's grilling that sent Donald Trump storming out of his contentious NBC interview, it was the gloomy weather that pushed him over the edge.

The 79-year-old president said the rainy conditions during the interview left him “a little bit angry,” setting the stage for his abrupt departure.

During the ‘Meet the Press’ interview, which was set inside a sheltered, dry barn with a metal roof, host Welker grilled Trump on an array of topics, including his election fraud claims, gas prices, the state of American farming, and the war with Iran." . . .

FIREWORKS! "I've Had Enough, Thank You Darling!"- President Trump Epically SHUTS DOWN a Whimpering Kristen Welker During Hostile Interview and Walks Out (VIDEO) *

"President Trump delivered one of the moments of his presidency as his interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker neared its conclusion.

"The “Meet the Press” host traveled to Wisconsin to interview Trump on a variety of topics, including the war with Iran, gas prices, and the “anti-weaponization” fund.

"Toward the end, Trump absolutely went off on the corrupt state of American elections, especially in California. Welker tried desperately to interrupt. But Trump would not let go.

"He then blasted her and the rest of the corporate media as crooked for the next few seconds while Welker whimpered.

"Then, Trump announced he was ending the interview." . . .  More...

29 MLB teams get gay for Pride Night. One stubbornly refuses.

Veterans get ONE day; Lincoln and Washington share the same day, America's birthday: one day (1); Gays get an entire month. Our children take this all in.

9 MLB teams get gay for Pride Night. One stubbornly refuses.

. . . "With that comes another deep dive into how each team is celebrating June with the 2026 Outsports MLB Pride Guide. This year, all the usual MLB Pride titans are back with new eleganza rainbow jerseys. Happily, a few teams who were safe last year also really stepped up their games.

"Of course, there are a few clubs whose Pride Nights can be summed up as “at least we’re gayer than the Texas Rangers.” And alas, said Rangers are still approaching Pride like they plan to move to Belarus.

"Still, this is the best time of year to be a baseball gay and many of these teams are about to show the sports world why."

K.C. Royals' lame Pride Month post muddles the message - Outsports

'Good omens' is bad theology and worse morality - M. B. Mathews

"Good Omens is the perfect example of Uncle Screwtape's advice to Wormwood on how to deceive the unsaved and even the Christian by presenting anti-God arguments in pretty wrapping, in this case, the TV series, Good Omens

‘But Jesus never mentioned…!’ "Maybe James Talarico should consider when Jesus did mention those He “never knew.'”

 David McGinley 

. . . "In their Gospels, Matthew and Mark both quote Jesus as defining marriage as follows: “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.'” . . .

  

"It appears the Left, at least in certain parts of the country, has abandoned identity politics for a new strategy—“progressive (i.e., heretical) Christianity.” Of course, this brand of “Christianity” falls in line with all the current moral and cultural trends that define today’s Left. Think of it as a “modern” Christianity, perfectly aligned with whatever fad or tactic the Left finds politically expedient at the time.

"Though this political strategy may be new, it does include something borrowed (and now something blue): the parroting of the old “Jesus never mentioned this” canard. The canard that if Jesus, during His earthly ministry did not specifically mention something, then that something is up to anyone’s interpretation, especially a “progressive” politician’s. Enter James Talarico, the current “progressive” Democrat nominee for the U.S. Senate from Texas.

"Candidate Talarico is on record stating that Jesus never mentioned abortion or “gay marriage.” Accordingly, since Jesus never mentioned them, Talarico, in all humility, has taken it upon himself to speak on Jesus’s behalf. And, no surprise, just as Talarico is, Jesus would be fine with both. You see, Jesus did mention that we should love our neighbor, which, according to Talarico, means abortion on demand and gay marriage. Though that verse does not mention either, not to worry, this is just Talarico’s exegesis of the Word of God, to help clarify the Word of God because Jesus, the Word of God, forgot to mention it.

"The “Jesus didn’t mention” canard is putatively based solely upon what was quoted by the writers of the Gospels and conveniently (i.e., purposely) ignores the rest of the Bible. Talarico plays along with the ignorance game even though the denomination he lays claim to, Presbyterian Church (USA), teaches the Bible is the Word of God and the Bible teaches that Jesus is the Word of God Incarnate. Thus, everything that is in the Bible is something Jesus mentioned. I guess Talarico missed that day when it was taught at the “seminary” he attends." . . .    More...

Jimmy Kimmel's People: Democrats doing what Leftists Do

 In Supporting Graham Platner, Democrats Reject #MeToo Slogan, “Believe Women,” They Had Touted

Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Chuck Schumer opposed Brett Kavanaugh but support the Maine Senate candidate  

"Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, and others continue to support Democratic senatorial candidate Graham Platner, despite comments he made that offended feminist Democrats and an accusation of violence by a former girlfriend. “Look, he has apologized for that,” said Warren, referring to Platner’s comments on social media in 2013.

"In response to a Reddit post titled “shorts that prevent you from being raped,” Platner had written, “how about people just take some responsibility for themselves and not get so fucked up they wind up having sex with someone they don’t mean to?”

:"At the same time, all four Senators refused to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court after a woman alleged that he had tried to sexually assault her while they were in high school. Warren opposed the nomination, citing “credible allegations” of sexual assault. “I listened to Dr. Ford, and I listened to Judge Kavanaugh,” said Sanders. “I believe Dr. Ford.” Said Schumer, “For too long, when women have made serious allegations of abuse, they have been ignored. That cannot happen in this case.” And yet that’s precisely what Schumer has done in the case of Platner."

Democrats moral compass on display everywhere

SAN ANTONIO- A radical leftwinger is dressed as Charlie Kirk and is re-enacting his assassination in front of attendees of TPUSA’s women’s conference.

They’ve been mocking Charlie’s assassination and chanting that he “deserved to die” all morning outside of the event.… pic.twitter.com/vfPzsdnCxl

— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) June 6, 2026

More here: (1) FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) / X 

Chris Robinson, Bruce Springsteen face backlash as 'Americans have had enough' of being lectured: expert

 Chris Robinson, Bruce Springsteen face backlash as 'Americans have had enough' of being lectured: expert    

"The Black Crowes' frontman Chris Robinson and rock icon Bruce Springsteen recently faced backlash over their political comments, which PR experts say reflect a growing frustration among Americans who feel musicians have become more interested in lecturing fans than entertaining them.

"Robinson sparked controversy when he allegedly criticized fans chanting "USA" at a Florida concert and questioned what Americans had to be "so proud of right now," prompting some audience members to boo and walk out of the show, according to TMZ.

"Meanwhile, some fans recently labeled Springsteen a "traitor" after he criticized the current state of America during a concert in April. Springsteen told the crowd that America had become seen by "many" as a "reckless, unpredictable, predatory rogue nation" under President Donald Trump's administration." . . .

"Since kicking off his Land of Hope and Dreams Tour, the singer has repeatedly unleashed blistering attacks on Trump during his shows, blasting the administration as "corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless and treasonous."

BLACK CROWES FRONTMAN CHRIS ROBINSON’S PAST CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS RESURFACE AFTER HALTING PATRIOTIC CHANT

"Doug Eldridge, founder of Achilles PR, told Fox News Digital that the response to Robinson and Springsteen's remarks signals a broader sentiment among Americans." . . .

Kevin O'Leary tells celebrities to 'shut your mouth and entertain' | Fox News   "Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary issued a stark warning to celebrities after Billie Eilish turned her Grammy Awards speech into a political soapbox, telling Fox News that lecturing fans from the stage is a losing business move.

"Half the people in politics that you piss off won't buy your music anymore," the O'Leary Ventures chairman told "America Reports" on Tuesday.

"Don't be stupid about it, but hey, they don't listen." . . .

Senator Calls For Trump Impeachment: “Unfit For Office”

 The Federalist Papers 

 A freshman senator with 15 months in office, no named offense, and zero path to execution just demanded the removal of a president 312 electoral votes put in the White House. Hamilton called that faction. You can call it whatever you want. Just don’t call it constitutional. 

"And the Twenty-Fifth Amendment route? That requires the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet to certify the president is unable to discharge his duties. JD Vance isn’t doing that. Neither is anyone in Trump’s Cabinet. Kim knows this. He called for it anyway.

So what’s actually happening here?

Alexander Hamilton answered that question in 1788. In Federalist No. 65, Hamilton warned that impeachment proceedings “will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties more or less friendly or inimical to the accused.” He feared impeachment would be captured by faction — used not to remove a genuine criminal from office, but to relitigate elections that one side refuses to accept.

That’s Andy Kim’s play. Not accountability. Theater.

Democrats have now tried to remove Donald Trump from office or from the ballot four separate times — impeachment in 2019, impeachment in 2021, criminal indictment in 2023, and now this. Every single attempt has failed. Every single attempt has come without the democratic mandate to back it up.

Trump won the 2024 election. He won the popular vote. He won 312 electoral votes. He won because tens of millions of Americans looked at the Democratic Party’s record and chose differently. Kim’s response to that democratic verdict is to call for removal proceedings he knows will go nowhere — because his party has no policy wins to point to and no argument left to make.

This is what political desperation looks like when it borrows constitutional vocabulary it doesn’t intend to use.

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These Members of Congress Are Physically and Mentally Unfit, Yet They Remain in Office – The Federalist Papers

"Three sitting members of Congress show documented evidence of cognitive decline or severely impaired judgment, and all three are seeking re-election. There are no fitness tests, no age limits, and no term limits standing in their way. The only check Madison built into the system is the vote, and right now voters are not using it."

 Source: New York Post, May 20, 2026 — https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/congress-declining-80-somethings-seeking-re-election/

A Democrat Called for Imprisoning American Zionists – Her Party Blamed the GOP

The Federalist Papers  

"Madison’s solution was the republican principle itself. Representative structures, party filters, primary vetting were supposed to catch exactly this kind of candidate before she reached the ballot. They did not. That failure is not about Galindo. It is about the structures that passed her through"

. . . She Made the Ballot

"Galindo is not a protest candidate who filed to make a point and lost. She competed in a Democratic primary in a real congressional district and advanced to a runoff. That process has filters. Party structures, endorsements, voter engagement, candidate vetting. Every one of those filters passed her through.

"The runoff means Democratic primary voters in Texas’ 35th chose her as one of the top finishers. That is not a fringe outcome. That is the system working as designed, and the system chose her.

The PAC Deflection

"Jeffries and DelBene’s joint statement condemned Galindo’s words, but pivoted immediately to Lead Left PAC. The PAC is described as having metadata linked to a Republican fundraising platform, though who controls it has not been confirmed. The implication was that Republican money had amplified or manufactured this candidacy.

"But Galindo posted those words on her own Instagram account. No PAC authored them. The question of who funds her campaign is legitimate and worth investigating separately. It does not explain the post, and it does not answer how she advanced in a Democratic primary.

What Accountability Actually Looks Like

"Jeffries called the language “disqualifying,” but Galindo remains qualified to run. Words have meaning only when they carry consequences. The DCCC has tools at its disposal. It can withhold support, coordinate with district party organizations, and communicate clearly that the condemnation is not performative.

"None of that is on the public record as of this writing. The condemnation was issued. The race continues.

The Radicalization Question

"The Democratic Party has spent two years navigating an increasingly vocal anti-Zionist faction in its base. Members of Congress have used language that conflates Zionism with criminality. Party leaders have mostly managed the tension through careful silence or selective condemnation. Galindo is where that management ends up when the candidacy screening fails." . . .More...

Ezekiel 37 NIV - The Valley of Dry Bones

If you read this Scripture and are pleased that it has happened, you are a Zionist.

3 Ways To Escape the Doom-And-Gloomers

Intellectual Takeout 

 "Of these three weapons against our age of negativity, gratitude is the most powerful. Sadly, though gratitude is called the “parent of all virtues,” it’s amazing how few people practice it."

"For most of the 21st century, a mob of Grinches has controlled American culture and politics.

"These are the Chicken Littles who have wailed that “climate change” would doom the planet. They are the sorcerers who declare that men can become women and vice-versa, who despite the blood-stained evidence of a hundred years proclaim the virtues of communism, who reinstituted racism through DEI initiatives. They are the iconoclasts who tore down statues and mocked the Constitution, the educators who have graduated legions of young people who can barely read or cipher and know almost nothing of history, the politicians who pontificate about problems without having the spine to tackle them.

"The results? An embarrassing number of Americans now lay claim to some sort of victimhood. A record number suffer from emotional and mental illnesses. Irrationality in public affairs now seems the norm. The country has become so divided that even the sexes have gone to war with each other.

"Perhaps worst of all, optimism, that can-do attitude that was once a hallmark of the American spirit, seems as dead as our knowledge of the past. In his 1902 book “As a Man Thinketh,” James Allen writes of men and women, “As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.”

"The idea is old, but how often do we keep it in mind? If we’re daily surrounded by mostly negative thoughts and fail to keep them at bay, then we’ll become those thoughts, just as Allen says. Imagine the state of America today had our ancestors been so drenched by these downpours of negative thinking.

"So, what are some ways we can intentionally channel our thinking out of this swamp and into the brighter waters of a living stream? How can we reorient ourselves toward realistic optimism?" . . .More...

Minneapolis to Hampshire: Mass Derangement to Murder

 Clarice Feldman  

"A public already sick of Starmer [I think Biden] and his policies is only angrier by the day, and you can bank on his party trying to stem the tide by forcing his resignation as soon as they settle on a replacement. "

"It’s ironic how the lies related to George Floyd’s death led to murder in Great Britain. They will probably finally lead to the ouster of Keir Starmer and the ravaging of the UK’s Labour Party which bought those lies and capitalized on them.

"George Floyd, a lifelong criminal and narcotic addict, died of fentanyl poisoning, but in a disgusting miscarriage of justice, his death while in custody was used to imprison innocent law enforcement officers, fund the crooked Black Lives Matter, and justify countless riots, which mostly harmed black citizens and put black-owned enterprises out of business.

"Konstantin Kisin memorializes this mass derangement event: 

Cast your mind back exactly 6 years. It is the summer of 2020 and Britain is undergoing what its commentariat breathlessly described as a “reckoning.” The murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, thousands of miles away, sent hundreds of thousands of British people into the streets. As American cities burned, across the pond, statues were toppled. Multinational corporations issued groveling statements. Police officers -- British police officers, in British cities, policing British people -- took a knee before British protesters. So did Keir Starmer, then leader of the opposition and now prime minister. So did every major soccer team in the country. People were fired, companies changed, a new code of acceptable behavior was drawn up. Life in Britain changed, if not quite as much as it did across the Atlantic.

The message that was repeated endlessly by politicians, journalists, and institutions of every stripe was unambiguous: Racism kills, and we will do whatever it takes to make sure it never happens again.

"In Sussex, England (undoubtedly as in most of the country, as daily examples of two-tier British justice appear in X daily), a concerted brainwashing (“ideological conditioning” in JD Vance’s more polite terms) of law enforcement officers went into effect." . . .

MLB: Dodgers pitcher sparks controversy by refusing 'Pride Night' cap

 MLB: Dodgers pitcher sparks controversy by refusing 'Pride Night' cap

"The article references past controversies involving Blake Treinen, which are closely tied to his religious convictions. Back in 2023, the reliever released a strongly worded statement criticizing the Dodgers for inviting the LGBTQ+ activist group 'Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence' to Pride Night. Treinen argued that the group mocked Jesus Christ and that the team’s decision promoted hatred toward Christians, demanding that politics and propaganda stay out of baseball." 

"On a night when MLB turned Dodger Stadium into a rainbow spectacle for Pride Night, every single Los Angeles Dodgers player took the field sporting the commemorative rainbow cap. Well, almost every player. Reliever Blake Treinen stuck with the classic blue Dodgers cap—a move that didn’t go unnoticed and instantly lit up sports media and social networks.

"Treinen, known for his strong religious beliefs, entered the game in the ninth inning with two outs and the pressure cranked up to eleven. Cool as a cucumber, he faced the Los Angeles Angels and, with just one pitch, got the out to keep the game tied. His appearance was short and sweet, setting the stage for what would become the wildest finish of the night.

"And then, the controversy exploded. Some fans and commentators slammed Treinen’s choice as exclusionary, while others hailed it as a stand for religious freedom and personal expression. The debate raged on X and Facebook, with Treinen’s name trending nationwide—proof that even a simple piece of headwear can spark a firestorm in the baseball world.

"This isn’t Treinen’s first rodeo when it comes to personal convictions making headlines. In previous seasons, he’s stirred the pot by declining to participate in activist group tributes and publicly disagreeing with certain team initiatives. His name often pops up in heated debates about the role of personal beliefs in pro sports.

"While the drama was heating up off the field, baseball kept rolling. In the bottom of the ninth, Freddie Freeman sent a solo homer flying over the fence, walking off the Angels and sending Dodger Stadium into a frenzy. Freeman’s clutch blast sealed a 1-0 win for the Dodgers, but Treinen’s blue cap had already made headlines around the globe.

"Fan reactions were as passionate as they were divided. Some cheered Treinen’s stance, calling it a sign of integrity and sticking to his guns. Others felt that, on a night meant for inclusion and celebration, one player’s refusal to join the team gesture was a letdown. The debate over diversity and freedom in MLB is far from over." . . .

Pride Month Isn't Canceled - Intellectual Takeout   

"Recognizing from whence came pride merch for children at Target and chest binders for 12-year-old girls is crucial if we are to tackle the root of Pride Month, not just the leaves. This June, we are seeing less of the kind of wokeness that appeared in the last five to seven years. That is worth celebrating … but there’s still much more to do."

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS with Don Surber

 American Free News Network

"Don Surber’s take on this week’s news items are more informative than the actual news items. Enjoy!"

ITEM 1: Shem Horne tweeted, “When President Trump fills the reflecting pool to reveal the hidden image he had painted on the bottom.”

Sadly, this turned out not to be true.

ITEM 2: The Mirror reported, “Dementia fears raised as mysterious lump spotted in Trump’s pants.”

Is that dementia or are you just happy to see me?

My dementia began around my 12th birthday.

ITEM 3: Good news from Arkansas:

Murder charges against Aaron Spencer have been dismissed, marking a major turn in a case that has drawn statewide and national attention.

Spencer was charged with second-degree murder in the October 2024 fatal shooting of 67-year-old Michael Fosler. Prosecutors alleged Spencer confronted Fosler after finding him with his teenage daughter, leading to the fatal shooting.

Court records and prior reporting show Fosler had been facing multiple sexual offense charges involving Spencer’s then-13-year-old daughter and was out on bond at the time of the incident.

According to court documents, the case was dismissed because of how law enforcement handled missing dash-camera evidence.

A happy ending, especially after Spencer primaried the sheriff who pushed the charges. Spencer is a shoo-in for the job in November’s election.

ITEM 4: Dr. Peter A. McCullough is a physician-scientist, board-certified internist, and cardiologist. Theo Von interviewed him on a podcast.

THEO VON: “Was there anybody who was immune to COVID-19?”

DR. MCCULLOUGH: “There’s one adult group. You’re going to laugh. Smokers.”

So hear me out, we re-brand Lucky Strikes as a covid vaccine.

ITEM 5: Yahoo reported on Tuesday, “VSXY Stock On Track For Its Biggest Percentage Gain Ever—What’s Behind Victoria’s Secret’s Super Rally?”

Maybe changing its name on stock listings on Tuesday from VCSO to VSXY had something to do with it.

(Note to self: Change Newsletter Name to Sexy Surber.)

ITEM 6: Michael Bolton pleaded guilty to one count of mishandling classified materials, a charge that could lead to five years in prison.

Excuse me. That was John Bolton. I get my TV celebrities mixed up.

ITEM 7: Richard Gere on Trump: “Whoever thought America could turn like this? Whoever thought that a maniac like this would be president of the United States? We’re living in the darkest moment that I’ve experienced on this planet.”

The gerbil shortage is real." . . . More...