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June Calloway: Good morning. Here is what he posted while you slept.

June Calloway: He opens with a stark declaration: 'Iran is officially a Failed Nation.' He claims they have no navy, no air force, and their currency has collapsed.

June Calloway: He cites inflation at 300 percent and over some number dead protesters. 'They must be tried for war crimes against humanity!'

June Calloway: Then, a sudden shift to the Middle East: 'Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!' He offers no details, just the exclamation.

June Calloway: He turns to trade, claiming the USA loses more than 60 Billion Dollars a year with Canada. He says businesses are returning to avoid tariffs.

June Calloway: Domestic politics follow. He attacks Governor Kathy Hochul for releasing seven thousand criminals. 'She is grossly incompetent,' he writes.

June Calloway: He also promotes a new book by Ted Cruz about Justice Clarence Thomas, calling it a 'MUST READ!'

June Calloway: And he defends the Kennedy Center, calling it decrepit and blaming a 'highly conflicted judge' for blocking repairs.

June Calloway: Here is our measured tape. RUM dropped -2.99 percent at the 91st percentile. X:ETHUSD dropped -2.93 percent at the 99th percentile.

June Calloway: X:BTCUSD dropped -1.53 percent at the 97th percentile. VIXY rose +0.34 percent at the 42nd percentile. GLD fell -0.33 percent at the 86th percentile.

June Calloway: What to watch today: Whether his claim that Kharg Island was 'blown to smithereens' gets any factual follow-up as the day unfolds.

June Calloway: That's the show. We're on Spotify and YouTube — if this earned it: like, subscribe, tell a friend. And housekeeping: the machine that writes this gets tuned constantly for cleaner news. The numbers are real; the jokes are not.