US Political News and Trump’s China visit

[FuturePAF]

Mamdani paid $1000 for Knicks tickets normally reserved for VIP's.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/nyregion/mamdani-knicks-ticket-garden.html

Knicks did it in 5.
Orange and Blue.
Let’s go Knicks

Per ethics rules Mamdani had to pay the face value of the cheapest ticket; $1000

Mamdani led the city while the Knicks unified the city.

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This is how the chants were ahead of Game 5: My Mayor is Still Muslim, My Bagels are still Jewish, The Pope is on our side, Knicks in 5.

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NYC feels electric right now.

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Zohran out with the people.

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[Hamartia Antidote]

Let's see...reservoir levels at 83.4% and 94.2%

wait..what...

https://www.masslive.com/news/2026/06/drought-status-worsens-across-mass-amid-rainfall-shortage.html

Drought status worsens across Mass. amid rainfall shortage​

they banned watering of lawns. A new law says if there are drought conditions water bans go into effect no matter how high the reservoir levels are. I guess that's a good idea but geez.

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Quabbin Reservoir 6/9/2026​

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These Smallmouth are BIG & AGGRESSIVE | Fishing at Wachusett Reservoir​

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Tulsi Gabbard was right. As I said on a different forum, Victoria Nuland downplayed this and chose her words very carefully:

Gabbard says declassified biolab records validate concerns previously dismissed as misinformation

DNI Tulsi Gabbard releases declassified records showing U.S. funded over 120 biolabs in 30-plus countries, including more than 40 in Ukraine.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Watandar]

Tulsi Gabbard was right. As I said on a different forum, Victoria Nuland downplayed this and chose her words very carefully:

Gabbard says declassified biolab records validate concerns previously dismissed as misinformation

DNI Tulsi Gabbard releases declassified records showing U.S. funded over 120 biolabs in 30-plus countries, including more than 40 in Ukraine.

www.foxnews.com

isn't this presenting the mundane as something spectacular ? The Soviet Union had a huge biological/chemical weapons program and the remnants of those were in Ukraine. The US paid Ukraine some money to protect and upkeep the labs.

The US also paid for the dismantling of Ukraine's nuke weapons and capability. You don't see Putin complaining about that.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

isn't this presenting the mundane as something spectacular ? The Soviet Union had a huge biological/chemical weapons program and the remnants of those were in Ukraine. The US paid Ukraine some money to protect and upkeep the labs.

The US also paid for the dismantling of Ukraine's nuke weapons and capability. You don't see Putin complaining about that.

Correct on both counts.

What Gabbard is pointing out, and Nuland kept quiet, is the US was paying Ukraine for certain research. Similar to what Dr. Fauci was doing with the Chinese in regards to covid.

Gain of function.