The Wall Street Journal on Instagram: “San Francisco’s once thriving hotel market is suffering its worst stretch in at least 15 years, pummeled by the same forces that have emptied out the city’s office towers and closed many retail stores. Hotel owners in New York and Los Angeles are filling nearly as many rooms this year as they did in 2019, according to hotel-data firm STR. Their revenue per available room exceeds what it was before the pandemic. But in San Francisco, hotels are still struggling badly in both occupancy and room rates compared with before the pandemic. Revenue per available room was nearly 23% lower in April compared with the same month in 2019. The city’s lodging business has been squeezed by crime and other quality-of-life issues that have kept many convention bookers away. Tech companies’ embrace of remote work also undercuts business travel to the city and hotel activity. Now, a growing number of San Francisco hoteliers are signaling they may be ready to give up. In recent months, the owner of the city’s Huntington Hotel sold the property after facing foreclosure and the Yotel San Francisco hotel sold in a foreclosure auction. Club Quarters San Francisco, which has been in default on its loan since 2020, may also be headed to foreclosure, according to data company Trepp. Other lodging properties in the city are also vulnerable. More than 20 additional San Francisco hotels are facing loans due in the next two years, according to data company CoStar. In San Francisco’s biggest potential hotel default yet, Park Hotels & Resorts last week said it has stopped making loan payments on debt secured by the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 San Francisco. The two hotels, with nearly 3,000 rooms between them, are in the heart of San Francisco’s shopping and cultural district. Read more at the link in our bio. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images”
The Wall Street Journal on Instagram: “Tech companies that led the way in embracing remote work early in the pandemic are increasingly leading their workers right back to the office—whether they like it or not. Alphabet-owned Google, Lyft, Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Salesforce have all recently walked back remote-work policies they originally set forth, or gotten serious about enforcing existing policies, after deciding that working in the office is more efficient and cost-effective. As recently as early 2022, tech companies still had to worry that pushing too hard on office requirements could mean losing employees to competitors offering a remote-first model. This year, the number of layoffs in the industry has grown to more than 200,000, according to layoffs.fyi, a site that crowdsources lists of laid-off workers. While surveys show workers still give priority to flexibility, their job prospects aren’t what they once were, tipping the scale back to employers and emboldening them to start pressing for facetime. Last month, 600,000 U.S. workers faced newly effective return-to-office mandates, according to commercial real-estate services firm JLL. The tech industry accounted for about one-third of those and another 85,000 will join them by September. In some cases, the return dates for mandates that were announced last year have finally arrived. Other directives are about-faces as companies struggle with an economic downturn, multiple rounds of layoffs, and internal research about how their workers perform in different settings. Some companies are trying incentives but many are telling, not asking, workers to return—and adding punitive measures if they don’t show up. The reversal is creating tension for some who have adjusted to the flexibility they gained during the pandemic and arranged their lives accordingly. Read more at the link in our bio. 📷: @cfongphoto for @wsjphotos”
Breitbart on Instagram: “Adults in a Burlington, Massachusetts, community are calling for “action” in response to middle school children tearing down Pride banners and chanting “U.S.A. are my pronouns.” The principal of the school reacted to the students’ choice of rebelling against pride month by saying, “When one individual or group of individuals’ beliefs and actions result in the demeaning of another individual or group, it is completely unacceptable.” “The Burlington community is calling on town leaders to take action in the wake of a recent middle school incident during which students disrupted a Pride event,” reported Boston.com. On June 2, students at Marshall Simonds Middle School reportedly disrupted the school’s so-called “spirit day” celebration for Pride Month, which was sponsored by the school’s Spectrum Club, an LGBT student group. As part of the event, Spectrum Club had decorated the school with signs that read, “Happy Pride Month,” as well as posters with messages such as “Why it’s not ok to say ‘That’s so gay,‘” according to a letter sent to parents from the school’s principal Cari Perchase, obtained by Boston.com. They also put up rainbow streamers and Pride flag banners, and handed out rainbow stickers, as well as encouraged students and faculty to wear rainbow-colored clothing. But some students reportedly reacted by tearing down the banners and signs, behavior that the Marshall Simonds Middle School principal referred to as “inappropriate.” Other students chanted, “USA are my pronouns” in the hallways, and wore red, white, and blue clothing and face paint instead of the suggested rainbow-colored attire, the letter added. Middle school administrators responded by calling the students’ actions “completely unacceptable,” and said it was “demeaning” to other students while also likening it to violence. “I fully respect that our diverse community has diverse opinions and beliefs. I also respect individuals’ right to express their opinions through clothing choices and freedom of speech,” Perchase wrote.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “Cal Thomas: “Journalism is in trouble, largely of its own making. Trust is key to the success of any industry, and when trust is lost, it is difficult to get it back.”″
The Washington Times on Instagram: “The 89-year-old California Democrat has represented the state in the Senate for more than 30 years and is not seeking reelection in 2024. Resigning early would allow Gov. Gavin Newsom to immediately appoint a replacement to serve the rest of her term, a move liberal Democrats increasingly clamor for.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “The 1978 statute gives the National Archives and Records Administration complete ownership and control of presidential records at the end of an administration but makes a distinction between official records and personal documents. Defense attorneys could argue that Mr. Trump’s presidential authority granted him absolute power to declassify documents. Mr. Trump has already made that assertion. A president can take government property as personal documents once they are declassified.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “At least 20 conservative-leaning states have passed laws restricting “transgender athletes who were born male” from participating in women’s sports, and the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a national ban, the company noted.”
Washington Examiner on Instagram: “On Thursday, Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) told @cnn that Congress should impeach Garland, presumably over the indictment of former President Donald Trump. Republican outrage over Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case has renewed calls to impeach the attorney general, who has long been the subject of ire from the party. LINK IN BIO #merrickgarland#impeachment#doj#justicedepartment#congress”
New York Post on Instagram: “A #Turkish homeowner came across an abandoned underground Turkish city that once housed 20,000 people. The spot is the largest excavated underground city in the world. Tap the link in bio for more. 📸: Universal Images Group via Getty Images”
Newsmax on Instagram: ”‘HATE’ GROUP’S MLB HONOR: Catholic groups continue to pressure the Los Angeles Dodgers to drop their controversial plan to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. For more on this story, click the link in our bio or visit NEWSMAX.com.”
Fox Business on Instagram: “DOOM AND GLOOM: Economic concerns, such as inflation and high interest rates, have become the biggest worry of finance executives. Link in bio.”
Fox News on Instagram: “ILL-ADVI$ED: Your hard-earned money was flowing straight into Chinese coronavirus research labs. Read more of the findings at the link in our bio.”
New York Post on Instagram: “In a dramatic scientific first, researchers have created synthetic human embryos without using sperm or an egg. But the breakthrough is sure to ignite furious ethical, legal and scientific debate. Tap the link in bio to learn more. 📸: Getty Images”
The Washington Times on Instagram: ”“We’re securing the border at the border,” Mr. Abbott said. “What these buoys will allow us to do is prevent people from even getting to the border.” ”
Wall Street Journal Opinion on Instagram: “Donors, investors and Ukrainians will converge next week for another in a series of conferences on Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction. This might seem premature given how far Ukraine is from “postwar,” but having some notion of where the country wants to end up when the fighting stops has turned out to be an important element of achieving any sort of victory, writes Joseph Sternberg. Kyiv’s challenge throughout the war has been explaining to skeptical Western politicians and electorates why Ukraine warrants military or financial support. It should be obvious that it isn’t in anyone’s interest to allow an authoritarian power such as Putin’s Russia to redraw Europe’s borders by force. But noisy minorities in many Western polities have been distracted from this reality by Ukraine’s post-Soviet history as a political and economic basket case. Kyiv finds itself in the position of having to fight its own bad history to get the aid it needs to fight off the invader. Which is why one now often hears the suggestion that the path forward for Ukraine requires membership in the European Union. This isn’t a crazy idea, but it isn’t necessarily a good one. The case for Ukraine’s joining the EU is that the multiyear process of preparing for membership involves completing a long list of reforms to markets, governance, rule of law and the like. This sounds nice, but it’s immediately clear why it won’t happen soon. Though the EU has welcomed many new members from the former Eastern bloc over the past two decades, it has never taken on a challenge like Ukraine. Nor has the EU ever welcomed a new member state whose unsettled borders were a source of conflict with a hostile major power. While many view membership in the bloc as the route to reform, the EU likely isn’t up to the challenge. Read more at the link in our bio. #WSJOpinion Photo: LIBKOS/AP”
Washington Examiner on Instagram: “Longtime Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak will remain the chairman of the board for Hillsdale College after he leaves the beloved game show at the conclusion of its 41st season later this year. Sajak, who announced his departure from the show on Monday, has led the game show alongside Vanna White since 1983. LINK IN BIO #patsajak#hillsdalecollege#wheeloffortune#vannawhite”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “John Suarez and Jianli Yang: “The failure of the U.S. to side consistently with pro-democracy movements in both countries led to lost opportunities and instead empowered two regimes hostile to America while the current administration is repeating the same errors.”″
Breitbart on Instagram: “A number of U.S. government agencies have fallen victim to a global cyberattack that exploited a software vulnerability, according to a report by CNN. In a statement to the leftkst news outlet, a spokesman for Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said CISA is “providing support to several federal agencies that have experienced intrusions affecting their MOVEit applications.” MOVEit is a software package that “provides secure collaboration and automated file transfers of sensitive data and advanced workflow automation capabilities without the need for scripting. Encryption and activity tracking enable compliance with regulations such as PCI, HIPAA and GDPR.” “We are working urgently to understand impacts and ensure timely remediation,” said the spokesman. CISA would not reveal how many federal agencies were targeted by the attack, or who was responsible for it. The attack followed warnings from CISA director Jen Easterly that Chinese hackers were likely to target U.S. critical infrastructure in the event of a conflict between the two nations. Last month, Microsoft’s cybersecurity department reported that a China-backed cyberattack targeted communications infrastructure in the U.S. territory of Guam, a Pacific ocean island that is central to a potential U.S. response to Chinese aggression against Taiwan. The group allegedly responsible for the Guam attack was Volt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored actor. China, however, denied any involvement, calling the allegations a “collective disinformation campaign launched by the US through the Five Eyes to serve its geopolitical agenda.” Created during the Trump administration in response to growing cybersecurity threats from foreign foes, CISA quickly became notorious as a colony of the anti-Trump deep state, spending much of its time preoccupied with “election integrity” in 2020.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “The software giant is accused of collecting personal information of juvenile users before notifying their parents about the data-gathering. That happened while knowing that certain Xbox Live accounts belonged to kids.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: ”“We have urged the city to find solutions to the key issues and lack of enforcement against rampant criminal activity,” the statement continued. “The current environment is not sustainable for the community or businesses, and we are hopeful the city will implement the changes that are so urgently needed.””
The Washington Times on Instagram: “The House on Wednesday passed the second of two GOP-led bills to safeguard natural gas stoves and block the Biden administration from imposing regulations or a ban on the popular household cooking appliance. In the vote, 29 Democrats broke rank to support the legislation, spearheaded by Arizona GOP Rep. Debbie Lesko. “I never would have thought that I would need to introduce legislation to protect Americans’ kitchen appliances, but this only goes to show how out of touch this administration’s policies have become,” Ms. Lesko said.”
Washington Examiner on Instagram: “Traffic safety advocates advised that the increased weight of batteries in electric vehicles could be considerably more dangerous to other drivers on the road. LINK IN BIO #electricvehicles#EVs#safety”
Fox News on Instagram: “TAKING THE HIGH ROAD: Rising country music star @carlytefft reacts to Cape Cod venue’s alleged decision to cancel gigs over her performance at a Trump event. Link in bio.”
The Washington Times on Instagram: “Ashley Hayek: “Ms. Hostin‘s denigration of women who don’t agree with her perfectly sums up everything wrong with the liberal media and the far left today. It won’t be the last outlandish comment from Ms. Hostin or her leftist cohorts. But the days of conservative women letting the racist and bigoted comments against them from the Sunny Hostins of the world go unchallenged are over.”″
Washington Examiner on Instagram: “Pop singer and actor @ddlovato said she became exhausted by having to explain her use of the pronouns “they/them” and has decided to go back to also using “she/her.” “I constantly had to educate people and explain why I identified with those pronouns,” Lovato said. “It was absolutely exhausting.” LINK IN BIO #demilovato#pronouns#theythem#lgbt”