SNAP decisions, country roads and frugal habits + this day in history w/SCOTUS ❤’s GMOs and our song of the day by Luke Nickle on your #MorningMonarchy for June 24, 2026.
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#PumpUpThaVolume: Spotify Playlist Spring 2026 ♬
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02l2pa6D0pnfwLrPJHyxTJ
A Midsummer Night’s Stream II: 12 Hour DJ Marathon On Video
https://mediamonarchy.com/a-midsummer-nights-stream-ii/
Video: Voice to Skull Technology 😳 (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EsOzrpyqj60
Shawn Ryan Show: A previous guest on the show, Eric Hecker, blows the whistle on an ice cube neutrino detector located in South Pole. Eric goes on to talk about the numerous capabilities this technology has from it being able to listen and transmit.
https://x.com/ShawnRyan762/status/1775581882387710024
Ex-FBI agent claims ‘voice-to-skull tech’ could be behind string of missing scientists
https://www.uniladtech.com/science/news/missing-scientists-mystery-fbi-agent-voice-skull-tech-372454-20260617
How soon can New Mexico’s gas prices come down?
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/how-soon-can-new-mexicos-gas-prices-come-down/
Report: New Mexico hasn’t sufficiently tracked SNAP benefit payouts
https://x.com/krqe/status/2067063443689980272
🚨 SNAP Fraud Concerns in NM: A recent Legislative Finance Committee review found two Albuquerque-area smoke shops each received over $400,000 in SNAP (food stamp) payments in 2025 — one hit $442k.
https://x.com/MotorJthe2nd/status/2067466206848880673
Video: Report: New Mexico hasn’t sufficiently tracked SNAP benefit payouts (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A68XrhXMnJA
John R. Miller – “Don’t Bet On Me” (Audio)
‘The Great Unknowing’
Rounder Records – Jun. 5, 2026
*John R. Miller – “Don’t Bet On Me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb65H3e3BN0 // https://magnetmagazine.com/2026/06/05/magnet-exclusive-premiere-of-john-r-millers-dont-bet-on-me-video/ // Like so many great songs, [West Virginia’s] John R. Miller’s “Don’t Bet On Me” came out of the chute at the last minute. “It gave us a kind of a fuzzy, death-march-through-the-ether groove to play around with,” says Miller of the leadoff track to his upcoming LP, ‘The Great Unknowing’ (Rounder). “I kept trying to add more chords or another part to it while making demos, and it never really worked until we just emptied it out, let the guitars come first and dropped attempts at a solid arrangement. I love a lot of songs that hang on one chord way longer than they probably should.”*
At least five people arrested in alleged tampering of Reflecting Pool, official says; “Please remember that there is a 10-year prison sentence for the destruction, or even the attempted destruction, of such things — Which will be fully enforced!” Trump wrote Monday on Truth Social.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/least-five-people-arrested-allegedly-tampering-reflecting-pool-officia-rcna351154
Radical Initiative to Ban Hunting and Fishing in Oregon Is One Step Closer to Making the Ballot; The group of animal-rights activists supporting the paid campaign say they’ve secured more than enough signatures to get IP28 on the ballot in November
https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/initiative-petition-28-oregon-surpasses-signature-threshold/
Oregon Is Dangerously Close To Banning Hunting And Fishing
https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/28/oregon-banning-hunting-fishing/
How ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ became the unofficial USMNT World Cup anthem; The U.S. fans belted out John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ after the team’s 2-0 win over Australia, beginning a tradition that is expected to continue for the duration of the USMNT’s World Cup journey
https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/how-take-me-home-country-roads-became-the-unofficial-usmnt-world-cup-anthem/
The reason this song resonates so much across the country is multi layered–part of it is a longing to come home; the other part is so many people from Appalachia/West Virginia were displaced by lack of opportunity and so they migrated away, but they never lost that sense of place and belonging. Country roads takes them home.
https://x.com/ZitoSalena/status/2068088143920898344
Video: Country Roads after a World Cup victory has to be a top tier feeling in life 🇺🇸 (Audio)
https://x.com/barstoolsports/status/2068079625582825694
Video: Alice Cooper thanks Arizona man who found his credit card at a Payson gas station (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGbrmigPwxk
Video: Jesse Welles on “This Land is Your Land” and Woody Guthrie’s legacy (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtXHQKjOlz0
Video: If You Love Soup, You Need This Box Set (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIP5SuE-NHc
SOUP | InfoChammel
https://www.infochammel.com/soup/
Palmyra – “Cheap Beer” (Audio)
Digital Single
Oh Boy Records – June 10, 2026
*Palmyra – “Cheap Beer” https://palmyratheband.bandcamp.com/track/cheap-beer // https://www.palmyratheband.com // This single by Virginia band, Palmyra, is dedicated to their favorite watering hole. The Golden Pony in Harrisonburg hosted its final show and shut it’s doors on the first weekend of June. Available now via Oh Boy Records.*
“I Haven’t Paid For It Since 2020”: People Are Sharing Their Most Frugal Habits, And Some Of These Are Game-Changers; “It doesn’t even feel like frugality because I prefer it this way.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/28-frugal-people-shared-favorite-money-saving-habit-fs2
Over 400,000 lbs of pet food recalled across several states
https://ktla.com/news/over-400000-lbs-of-pet-food-recalled-across-several-states/
World’s largest meat supplier shuts two plants — and it’s bad news for beef lovers
https://nypost.com/2026/06/19/lifestyle/worlds-largest-meat-supplier-shuts-two-plants/
Covid was a US funded bioweapon & Fauci lied about it.
https://x.com/NTechlibre/status/2068039158849753097
Gabbard Drops Fauci COVID-19 Receipts On Last Day: He Funded The Research, Cooked The Cover Story, Then Lied To Congress
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/gabbard-drops-fauci-covid-19-receipts-last-day-he-funded-research-cooked-cover-story-then
Video: Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024. It’s time you know the truth. (Audio)
https://x.com/DNIGabbard/status/2067792184753938484
Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research That Sparked COVID; New Evidence Fauci Manipulated Intelligence and Lied to Congress
https://www.odni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2026/4166-pr-11-26
Alex Williams – “Drinkin’ Ain’t Enough” (Audio)
‘Discount Country’ (EP)
Lightning Rod Records – July 10, 2026
*Alex Williams – “Drinkin’ Ain’t Enough” https://alexwilliams.bandcamp.com/track/drinkin-aint-enough // https://thirty-tigers.ffm.to/drinkinaintenough // From ‘Discount Country,’ the upcoming EP by Alex Williams, due on July 10th via Lightning Rod Records.*
Cover Image: Tulsi G.’s ‘Release The Truth Balls’
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/20260624_MorningMonarchy.jpg // https://sillylines.art/ // https://ko-fi.com/sillylines
Vinyl Athletics: 25 Vintage Album Covers Featuring Sports
https://flashbak.com/vinyl-athletics-25-vintage-album-covers-featuring-sports-394708/
#ThisDayInHistory/#NewWorldNextWeek: Monsanto GM Seed Ban Overturned by Supreme Court (Jun. 24, 2008 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw35/ // https://www.bbc.com/news/10371831
Luke Nickle – “Fuck Your AI” (Audio)
‘Singing In The Woods Vol. I’
Dime Store – February 12, 2026
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Luke Nickle – “Fuck Your AI” https://lukenickled.bandcamp.com/track/fuck-your-ai // Here’s a clear message to the purveyors of artificial intelligence by folk singer, Luke Nickle, from his just-released album, ‘Singing In The Woods Vol. I’. Available now via Dime Store.*