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2BYG has released The Yearbook (Extended Version), a deluxe edition of their mixtape The Yearbook, via Waystar Records/Def Jam Recordings. The Dallas-Fort Worth R&B quartet’s new edition arrived June 12, 2026, with five added tracks: “WYW,” “I Want You,” “Be Mine,” “TLC,” and “Road Rage.” The release extends the school-year framing of the original mixtape with a new set of songs described as the group’s “second semester.”
2BYG teased the deluxe release with “I Want You,” which uses a sample from Biz Markie’s “Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz.” The track was highlighted by VIBE among “50 Hip-Hop and R&B Releases You Need On Your Playlist,” while Rolling Out wrote that the song “bridges eras with respect, style and a strong sense of musical joy.” Another advance cut, “Be Mine,” also arrived with an official video. VIBE included “Be Mine” in its “50 Hip-Hop, R&B Releases You Need On Your Playlist,” and Rated R&B described the song as a step toward a more mature sound.
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He might not be a reality star anymore, but James Kennedy remains messy enough to fuel a dozen seasons of a Bravo show.
As we previously reported, Kennedy is expecting his first child with his current girlfriend.
There’s nothing inherently messy about that news (well, unless you consider how recently Kennedy was arrested for allegedly assaulting his previous girlfriend), but the more we learn about this situation, the ickier it gets.
Until today, we didn’t know anything about James’ baby mama.
But now, the troubled ex-Vanderpump Rules star has identified her as 23-year-old North Carolina native Jordan Meyers.
“We are thrilled to share that Jordan and I are expecting our first child together,” Kennedy said in a statement issued to People on Friday.
“We have previously kept our relationship out of the public eye, and this is the first time we’re sharing it publicly,” he continued, adding:
“We wanted to keep things personal while we were building our relationship together, and we’ve shared this news privately with close friends and family for some time now.”
“The second I met James, we instantly felt such a strong spark between us,” Meyers chimed in.
Jordan went on to reveal that she and James met on Instagram,
“We initially connected on Instagram and then met in person at one of his shows. I’m from North Carolina, so I went to visit James for what was supposed to be ‘three days,’ which has now turned into eight months together,” she said, adding:
“Watching our love grow and preparing to become parents together has been the most incredible experience,” adds Meyers.
Now, Jordan is 11 years James’ junior, which is not a massive age gap, but the fact that a dude in his mid-thirties was chatting up fans in their early twenties on social media? Well, it might not do any favors for his battered public image.
Just four months after the couple started dating, Jordan became pregnant.
“As we prepare for this next chapter, it felt like the right moment to share it more widely,” James said of the couple’s decision to go public.
“This is an incredibly special and meaningful time for us, and we feel deeply grateful to be stepping into this new chapter surrounded by love and support from our family and friends,” he said, adding:
“It’s been a grounding and exciting part of our lives, and we’re looking forward to everything ahead. As we get ready to welcome our baby, we’re focused on embracing all of the joy, growth, and change that comes with becoming parents.”
“I’m so excited for all the beautiful memories still to come — we are already so in love with our little one!” Meyers added.
James’ previous relationship drama has been well-documented. But the controversial DJ swears he’s changed his ways.
Of course, Jax Taylor said the same thing, and look how that turned. Anyway! Wishing theste two all the best. People really can change, and we hope that James has done the necessary work.
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It’s been a huge week for Elon Musk.
Screwworm is back in the US for the first time since the 1960s. A racist mob in Belfast attacked families of color in a pogrom.
His biggest accomplishment may be that SpaceX, his rocket company, is going public — inflating its estimated valuation to thirteen digits.
The world’s richest man is set to become the world’s first trillionaire. And some of that money might be yours.
This could make a lot of money for a few people
Friday, June 12, is the day that SpaceX went public, selling 555 million shares at $135 each.
The plan is to raise around $75 billion, elevating the company’s total estimated value to $1.77 trillion.
This is both the largest I.P.O. in history and a huge risk for investors.
The New York Times warns that analysts have argued that SpaceX is “significantly overvalued.”
SpaceX is not a profitable company. It is reliant upon government contracts and lost billions last year.
Still, many investors operate on FOMO.
For other examples, look no further than investments in LLM (“AI”) companies over the past couple of years.
These are slop projects that don’t generate profit and a bubble that is doomed to burst (sooner rather than later, please), but investors hope to squeeze as much profit out as possible — and are gambling that they’ll cut and run sooner than others when the only tech scam more annoying than NFTs finally collapses.
Say what you will about SpaceX, but while it doesn’t generate a profit, it does at least offer a product or service: rockets.
Should governments be contracting space flight to private companies instead of funding our own rockets and shuttles? Of course not. But rockets are a real product that do a measurable amount of good despite their environmental impact. That counts for something, right?
SpaceX goes public tomorrow. A wonderful moment for cynical shills and Patagonia gargoyles to roll in the filth of the dodgiest company to list since Enron. This is the last exit route for capital for a minute. A big win for horrible people, but a brief one before a dark era for Silicon Valley
— Ed Zitron (@edzitron.com) June 12, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Experts warn that a lot of everyday investors are unprotected and could lose a lost
Investors are one thing. What about everyday people who neither like nor trust Musk or his products?
Well, if you have certain investment portfolios, like a 401(k), you might be out of luck.
See, normally, a company that’s just gone public doesn’t get included in the nation’s top stock indexes.
However, SpaceX got fast-tracked, by their own request. That’s a little odd, especially for a company that loses billions annually.
People with investments in index fund behemoths like Fidelity and Vanguard may end up accidentally enriching Musk without their knowledge or approval. And carrying significant risk in the process.
The pogrom in Belfast in which a white nationalist mob attacked people for the color of their skin came only after Musk repeatedly boosted
Musk’s DOGE cuts as part of the Trump regime’s early months are already responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. One of the many victims was funding for screwworm monitoring, which works to avoid exactly the problem that has now cropped up in two US states (and counting).
That, on top of so much else, has many people clamoring for Musk to be tried at the Hague.
It’s a lovely sentiment, but a little dramatic. The United States (not to mention N. Ireland and elsewhere) has plenty of courts that will do just as well.
The good news is that Musk becoming a trillionaire is mostly a matter of valuation. People estimate that his products have some sort of value, inflated how much they guess that he’s worth, in theory. These numbers can plummet.
The even better news is that no amount of wealth actually makes someone immune to prosecution and other legal actions.
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From left to right, Reps. Neal Foster, D-Nome; Calvin Schrage, I-Anchorage; and Jamie Allard, R-Eagle River; talk with Rep. Frank Tomaszewski, R-Fairbanks (facing away from camera) on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, after the conclusion of that day’s House Finance Committee meeting in Juneau. (James Brooks photo/Alaska Beacon)
The Alaska House of Representatives is planning to vote as soon as Friday morning on a proposal to cut state taxes in order to encourage construction of the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline.
On Wednesday, the House Finance Committee voted unanimously to advance a bill that would effectively cut taxes on the project by about 85% for 30 years.
Project developers have said the tax break is necessary to keep the project economically competitive in global markets, and the reduction would reduce the cost of natural gas for Alaskans across the Railbelt.
The finance committee — four Democrats, two independents and five Republicans — voted unanimously to advance the bill, indicating a broad level of support for the proposal.
Rep. Will Stapp, R-Fairbanks and a member of the committee, said on Thursday morning that he expects the bill to pass by a “wide, bipartisan margin” on Friday.
Rep. Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage, said he expects the bill to pass the 40-person House by a 3:1 margin.
“The fight in at least one chamber is over,” he said.
The bill’s fate is less certain in the Senate, where leading lawmakers have repeatedly expressed concerns about possible risks to the state and Alaska natural gas consumers.
“The bill still has a long way to go. I think we can do better,” said Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, on Facebook.
The legislature is currently in a 30-day special session that ends June 19, which puts a strict timeline on action.
Under a draft schedule discussed by House lawmakers on Thursday, the House would pass the bill on Friday or Saturday, allowing the Senate to formally receive it on Monday.
The Senate Finance Committee would have a few days to examine the bill and amend it before sending it to the full Senate for a vote. There would be no time for the House and Senate version to be negotiated further: The Senate is expected to present the House with a straight up or down vote on Friday to determine whether legislators in the House agree with the Senate’s changes.
“The way this is going to play out … is that the Senate is going to have the last touch,” said Rep. Calvin Schrage, I-Anchorage.
The version of the bill that passed out of the House Finance Committee on Wednesday does have the support of Dunleavy and Glenfarne.
In a written statement, the governor thanked the committee for its work.
“Alaska has a tremendous opportunity before us, and this bill is a critical step toward making the Alaska LNG Project a reality,” he said on social media.
Glenfarne also praised the committee’s work in a written statement.
“The hard work by committee members produced a thoughtful bill that, if passed by the legislature, will enable Alaska LNG to go forward and unlock the long-awaited benefits of Alaska’s North Slope natural gas resources while protecting the state’s interests,” said Glenfarne Alaska President Adam Prestidge.
A $54 billion project from North Slope to Cook Inlet
As currently proposed, the Alaska LNG project would involve constructing an 807-mile pipeline from the North Slope to a port on the Kenai Peninsula.
At the northern end would be a multibillion-dollar industrial plant needed to strip carbon dioxide from natural gas produced on the Slope. That carbon dioxide would be injected deep underground to keep it from being released into the atmosphere and contributing to climate change.
If the gas were left untreated, the carbon dioxide would create carbolic acid within the pipeline, destroying it.
At the southern end of the pipeline would be another multibillion-dollar industrial facility that takes the gas and prepares it for shipping via specialized tankers to customers in Asia and elsewhere around the world.
Prestidge has said that tax incentives are “critical” in order for Glenfarne to obtain loans and attract investors for the project.
Under new cost estimates published June 3, Glenfarne expects the project to cost between $44.5 billion and $54.5 billion altogether. The high end of the developer’s cost estimate has gone up by almost $10 billion.
Alaska currently levies a 2% tax on oil and gas property. The pipeline and associated facilities would be exempt from taxation during construction, but Glenfarne is proposing to build the project in two phases: First, the pipeline, which could transmit gas to Southcentral Alaska as soon as 2029, and second, the associated processing plants, which are expected to be online by 2033.
That schedule, coupled with the setup of the property tax, means Glenfarne would be required to start paying taxes before it begins selling profitable amounts of gas.
In March, Dunleavy introduced a bill that proposed a 90% tax cut for the project by replacing the property tax with a tax on gas shipped through the pipeline.
Legislators held dozens of hearings on the proposal and House legislators even considered a consequential pipeline-for-pensions trade, but no bill passed during the regular session, which ended May 20.
Special session advanced progress on the issue
Dunleavy immediately called a 30-day special session on the issue, and the finance committees in the House and Senate continued holding hearings.
Those continued discussions helped move the needle, Schrage said.
“I think more time to talk, time to move it through the committee process, really has been very helpful, and will help to produce a different outcome than last time,” he said, referring to the failed pipeline-for-pension arrangement.
Josephson said Glenfarne’s willingness to offer new cost estimates also helped convince legislators, as did the revelation that Glenfarne was willing to cap the cost of natural gas to Alaska consumers, preventing Alaskans from shouldering any cost overruns.
John Sims, president of Southcentral Alaska’s largest natural gas utility, told lawmakers that the utility is already in negotiations with Glenfarne on a 30-year contract for gas at no more than $16 per mmBtu.
That’s above current prices but below the expected cost of imported gas.
Glenfarne’s Adam Prestidge said the company would be open to a cost cap on similar terms for Alaskans in general.
Members of the House Finance Committee adopted that proposal and others in close consultation with Glenfarne. During frequent breaks, legislators would duck into a hallway connected to the committee room to talk with company officials and lobbyists.
Under the draft of the bill finished Wednesday, Glenfarne would pay no taxes for five years after the first gas begins flowing down the pipeline.
For the following 30 years, Glenfarne would pay 6 cents per thousand cubic feet of gas that flows through the pipeline, 13 cents per thousand cubic feet through the North Slope plant, and another 13 cents per thousand cubic feet through the gas liquefaction plant on the Kenai Peninsula.
Ken Alper, an aide to Josephson and adviser to the Finance Committee during its deliberations, said that roughly amounts to an 85% tax cut when compared to the current property tax rate.
Of the collected taxes, 93% would go to boroughs along the route of the pipeline. The remaining 7% would stay with the state.
The new tax rate is conditional. Glenfarne would have to sign labor agreements with local unions, agree to construct a pipeline spur to Fairbanks, and pay $80 million into an impact fund.
That fund would be used to compensate borough governments for costs they incur to deal with as many as 12,000 temporary workers who would be employed building the pipeline.
Only six communities are eligible for the money in the fund: the North Slope Borough, Fairbanks Borough, Denali Borough, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Pipeline construction isn’t guaranteed
Even if the current bill passes the Legislature and is signed into law, it doesn’t guarantee a pipeline.
In presentations to the finance committees, various consultants and experts from the Alaska Department of Revenue have said that the forecast cost of natural gas exported by Alaska LNG is very close to the cost of gas available from other sources internationally.
If the project costs more than anticipated, if natural gas from the North Slope costs more than expected, or if buyers aren’t willing to pay as much as forecast, the pipeline is uneconomical and doesn’t get built.
“I think there is a broad belief that it’s going to be a difficult project to pull off, but we want to give them a chance, and we wish them the best in doing so, because I think most Alaskans do want to see our natural gas brought to be able to benefit Alaskans,” Schrage said.
Stapp, sitting in the halls of the Capitol on Thursday and awaiting the final draft of the bill, said he believes that without the bill, there is a “zero percent chance of a pipeline.” With the bill, “there’s a 10% chance.”
Tomaszewski is more optimistic.
“I’m looking forward to the groundbreaking ceremony,” he said.
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On Tuesday, 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony was found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a 2025 altercation at a high school track meet.
The news sparked tense debate across social media, as Anthony, who is Black, was sentenced to 35 years after being convicted by a jury with no Black jurors.
Now, Congressman Randy Fine is stoking the flames of controversy by insisting that Anthony deserved an even harsher sentence.
“Karmelo Anthony deserves the death penalty,” the Florida congressman tweeted this week, adding:
“Anything less is unacceptable.”
Now, Anthony is a teen who committed a non-premeditated murder during a heated confrontation, all of which would make him a highly unlikely candidate for the death penalty.
But Fine doubled down on his remarks when TMZ caught up with him earlier this week.
“What he did to that kid was horrible, and I think it’s important to tell our country that we’re not going to allow that kind of behavior,” Fine told the outlet.
“Part of the reason to send a message that strong is because of all the people who didn’t think he should be punished at all.
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When the TMZ journalist pointed out that Anthony could have received a lesser manslaughter conviction (and we don’t typically execute teens to make a political point in this country), Fine stood his ground.
“I think we need to send a message about behaviors we’ll put up with and behaviors that we won’t,” he said.
The Texas jury rejected Anthony’s self-defense claim, and he was eventually sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Fine was quick to express support for a harsher punishment after the verdict was revealed, maintaining that Anthony deserved the death penalty despite the fact that Texas law prohibited such a sentence because of Anthony’s age at the time of the crime.
His remarks immediately generated backlash from critics who accused him of politicizing a tragedy and inflaming tensions surrounding an already divisive case.
Others, however, applauded Fine for taking a hardline stance in support of the Metcalf family.
Prosecutors argued that Anthony escalated a dispute and fatally stabbed Metcalf, while defense attorneys maintained that Anthony feared for his safety and acted in self-defense. Jurors ultimately sided with the prosecution and returned a guilty verdict.
Even after the conviction, the case has remained a lightning rod for political commentary, with public figures, activists, and elected officials continuing to debate everything from the sentence itself to the broader issues of race, justice, and accountability raised during the trial.
Fine’s latest comments ensured that those debates aren’t ending anytime soon.
Supporters argued that the severity of the crime warranted the harshest punishment available, while opponents pointed out that Anthony was legally ineligible for the death penalty because he was a juvenile when the stabbing occurred.
The congressman’s refusal to soften his position only fueled another round of heated exchanges online, where opinions about the case remain deeply divided.
Regardless of Fine’s intentions, the fact remains that more than one year after Austin Metcalf lost his life, the tragedy continues to generate strong emotions — and politicians like Randy Fine appear determined to keep themselves at the center of the conversation.
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