Tuesday, June 9, 2026
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TOP O' THE MORNIN'
Red-Hot at RedState
Watch: NBA Commish Torches Hakeem Jeffries' Trump-Knicks Spin With a Brutal Reality Check
Jeffries would do well to ponder the wise words of Commission Silver, who also commented before the game, "I think we should be using sports to create more of a sense of community with people, not less."
So, no matter how Democrats and the Left wish to spin this Los Angeles mayor's race, it's not over until it's over. Thanks to California and its machinations with the vote count, Spencer Pratt is still in the fight.
Why Solar Farms Are Now Prime Targets for Organized Crime
File this under "unintended consequences." With all the myriad problems grid-scale solar power presents, now we see that they are, apparently, an irresistible target for thieves.
Trending Across Townhall Media
Here’s today’s Townhall family sites batch, kept strictly slug-based since these were not directly live-verified:
Bearing Arms — As New York Tries to Ban BB Guns, Crossman Does Funniest Thing Possible
As it's a BB gun that looks like an AR-15 style rifle, and New York officials are already losing their minds over BB guns, apparently, this is the funniest thing I can even think of an air gun company doing, even if they didn't mean to.
HotAir — Talarico's Genius Strategy: Lie
I'm not at all surprised that Talarico is doing an about-face to win, nor am I surprised that he is getting plaudits for upping his game at lying.
PJ Media — Are the Vances Adding More Than Just a New Baby to Their Family?
Raising your own chickens is also something promoted by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement. It allows you to replace processed junk in your diet with nutrient-rich foods, it promotes self-reliance over Big Agriculture and industrial farming, and it gets kids outside doing something besides looking at screens all day.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill tried to reignite controversy, claiming she was denied access to the facility for weeks, only to recently obtain partial clearance, which she found insufficient.
The victory lap, however, was met with an avalanche of skepticism in the replies, where users pointed to her third-place finish in her own council district, an earlier concession on election night, and a suspiciously timed surge from late mail-in ballots that somehow vaulted her into the runoff against the odds—prompting fresh demands for a full audit and accusations that the results reflect the same ballot-harvesting concerns recently captured on undercover video in the city.
WHAT'S ON TAP?
Today on Capitol Hill...
The Hill will be busy again on Tuesday. Here's a sampling of the hearings/meetings set for today:
- Senate Armed Services, Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee — Closed business meeting to markup the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2027.
- House Judiciary — “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate, Part II”
- House Financial Services, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee — Converging Criminal Enterprises: Chinese Money Laundering Networks and Cartel Financing in the U.S. Financial System
- Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety Subcommittee — Hearings to examine how technological advances are driving transportation innovation.
- House Education and Workforce, Workforce Protections Subcommittee — "On Call for America: Strengthening Access Through Locum Tenens Providers"
- Senate Appropriations, Department of Defense Subcommittee — Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of the Air Force.
- House Appropriations — Fiscal Year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill and the Fiscal Year 2027 Homeland Security Bill
- House Ways and Means — Full Committee Legislative Hearing on Digital Asset Taxation
Also today:
House to vote today to align with the Senate on ICE/Border Patrol funding
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 9, 2026
White House What's Up
Fresh off taking in the Knicks game Monday night, President Trump has a busy Tuesday teed up:
- 8:00 AM — THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time — The White House
- 2:00 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office
- 3:30 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office
- 5:30 PM — THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting — Oval Office
Keeping Up With the Cabinet
Dir. Central Intelligence Agency - John Ratcliffe — Consistent with his role, Ratcliffe maintains a relatively low profile, but the CIA X account is sharing some interesting bits of intelligence history.
Benjamin Tallmadge was a patriotic leader and hero of the American Revolution who served as General George Washington’s intelligence chief.
— CIA (@CIA) May 28, 2026
Learn more about this lesser-known figure of American intelligence history and his spirit of courage and honor:https://t.co/gvLGU0Oj0M pic.twitter.com/4ed3NQKI2e
Full Court Press...
Not gonna lie — didn't get a run-through of court cases done yesterday, so not much to report here, except that we can be reasonably certain the Supreme Court will hand down more decisions this week — most likely on Thursday. We'll be keeping an eye out for them, of course.
We're also keeping an eye on that suit filed to challenge the big UFC match at the White House set for this weekend. Expect a ruling on that sometime Thursday as well. 🍿
COMING ATTRACTIONS
President Trump is heading to Wisconsin for a roundtable discussion on Friday. He's set to attend the G7 Summit in Évian-Les-Bains, France, in mid-June.
Before that, however, he'll be celebrating his 80th birthday (on June 14), complete with a UFC match on the White House lawn...we think.
The annual Congressional Baseball Game is set for Wednesday night at Nationals Park.
MORNING MUSING
Of all the things to get worked up over a president doing — and there are plenty — hosting a sporting event at the White House oughtn't be one of them.
The White House South Lawn — UFC 250 transformation continues.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 8, 2026
New images show construction underway for UFC Freedom 250 as Washington prepares for a packed week of America 250 events.
President Trump is set to host a series of fights on Flag Day, June 14, which also marks his… pic.twitter.com/EkXymMQ1VZ
Yes, yes, I know, it's ostentatious, maybe even tacky, and looks, from the north side of the White House, like Jaws is about to chomp down on 1600 Pennsylvania.
Frankly, my dears, I don't give a damn.
It's temporary. And DJT is only turning 80 once. Of course someone filed a lawsuit over it. The question is whether Judge Amit Mehta is going to actually agree with those trying to prevent it. We'll know soon enough.
LIGHTER FARE
"A" for effort!
he just wanted to pet the cat 🐈🥹❤️ pic.twitter.com/gSqIeElY6I
— Antidepressant Content (@depressionlesss) June 8, 2026
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