The Final Boss of Incoherence

New York Editorial Board Substack: "Darializa Avila Chevalier on Housing, Immigration, & Her Run for Congress in New York's 13th District - The New York Editorial Board's interview with Darializa Avila Chevalier, a Manhattan Democrat running for Congress in New York's 13th District."

This interview of a candidate for Congress is really something.  Scroll to the bottom where she's asked a "gotcha!" question of whether murderers should be sent to prison.  It's wild.

Priorities

Federalist: "Corporate Media Can’t Be Bothered To Investigate Fraud And Crime, They Have An Algae Bloom To Track." 

I dunno: we go on with our lives?

Boston Globe: "Trump’s name was stripped from the Kennedy Center. Now what?"

This part made me laugh:

The federal judge who ordered the removal of Trump’s name, Christopher Cooper, has also blocked the closure. On Tuesday, he ruled the Kennedy Center board must present a plan to the court for staying open by Friday.

This is the new version of "bake me a cake" instead it's "play me a concert."

OK, Hawaiian judge.

It's not going well

NY Post: "With Strait of Hormuz held hostage, Trump’s Iran deal is worse than Obama’s."

As he prepared to sign his “memorandum of understanding” with the Islamic dictatorship of Iran, President Trump again insisted that his deal was much different than that of his predecessor, President Barack Obama.

He’s right — it’s probably worse.

Obama’s treaty did not prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, it simply punted the issue down the road in exchange for cash.

Trump’s agreement has the same vague promises, the same payouts, but with the added twist that Iran can and will take the world hostage by shutting the Strait of Hormuz at will.

I've criticized Dementia Joe for his Afghan withdrawal because he was desperate to have it done before September 2021 so he could stand in the Rose Garden on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and claim victory.  Trump seems to be driven by the same motivations: the need to reach a deal before heading to the G7 conference, or to bring down gas prices, or to claim the mantle of Great Negotiator.

I think it's just a matter of time before Iran violates this agreement because that's all Iran ever does.  They are completely untrustworthy and any "agreement" isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Not-so-golden state

Victor Davis Hanson: "Is California Reaching Critical Mass?"

And yet they keep voting for Democrats.  In other California news, the billionaire tax referendum reached enough signatures to appear on the ballot in November and even Gavin Newsom is trying to kill it.  Conservatives, Nevada, Texas and U-Haul are all hoping it passes.

Damning with faint praise

Oh, man, this is low-key hilarious:

"Joe and Jill, you are also here." https://t.co/CbvkLqpgtN

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 18, 2026

And yet I am not surprised

Ace: "Another Surprise: Harvard Students Experience Mental Illness at Double the Rate of the Normal Adult Population."

Mental illness tracks with political ideology and Harvard is full of prissy liberals:

She buys his oysters, too

Free Beacon: "Texas’s James Talarico, 37, Shares His Only Checking Account With His Mom."

This "guy" is a weirdo.

Think of all the learing centers we could buy

Twitchy: "Ratio Machine Elizabeth Warren Rake Stomps While Pitching All the 'Free' Stuff a Wealth Tax Could Provide." 

Oh we still want Greenland

NY Times: "After a Bitter Split, European Leaders Play Nice With Trump - A peace framework with Iran, and hope for cooperation with Ukraine, softened the tone on Tuesday at a Group of 7 gathering in France."

For all the sharp elbows of the last year, they appear to have concluded that the best way to deal with a disruptive president is to court him, particularly since they still hope to engage the United States on thorny issues like the war in Ukraine.

“We’re on the same team,” Mr. Merz said of the president on social media, wishing him a belated happy 80th birthday.

Such conciliatory words would have seemed improbable even a week ago, given the bitter split over Iran, Mr. Trump’s threats to take over Greenland and his regular hectoring of Europe’s centrist leaders — all of which persuaded several of them that America was no longer an ally, and was even, in some cases, a threat.

Now, though, Mr. Trump has presented at least the contours of a peace deal with Iran, and Europe’s leaders have gone back to charming him.

Because they want something.  Make no mistake: I didn't care about Europe's opinion back when they hated Trump.

Good

Legal Insurrection: "Judge Upholds Wisconsin Judge’s Conviction for Helping Illegal Alien Evade ICE - The problem for the defense is that this case did not involve some random encounter on the street. It was a targeted operation, conducted pursuant to agency procedures." 

These people are thick in Western Mass

Red State: "‘No Kings’ Crowd Gets Wrecked by One Brutally Honest Media Column." 

Color me skeptical

I want to believe: "Trump announces US and Iran have reached peace deal — here’s when the Strait of Hormuz reopens, and what happens next."

The proposed deal has all sorts of goodies for America:

The agreement has not been seen publicly, but the White House on Friday described to reporters five points that are in the deal:

• Iran will destroy its highly enriched uranium
• Tehran will pledge never to obtain a nuclear weapon
• Economic relief will come after those first two steps are completed
• The Strait of Hormuz will be open immediately upon signing
• Iran must stop funding terrorist groups including Hezbollah

Then there's this...

The signing will launch a 60-day negotiating process to determine the fate of Iran’s nuclear program and the extent of sanctions relief, according to officials.

(Sigh).  So another delay which will lead to Iranian intransigence and the need for further negotiations.  Look, I get it: "Meeting jaw to jaw is better than war" but this is just another dilatory tactic which will lead to a metaphoric rug-pull. 

Liberals are nuts

Focus on the Family: "Beliefs Matter: New Study Shows Widening Mental Health Gap Between Conservatives and Liberals." 

Envious losers

Professor Reynolds: "Elon Musk is a Genius, and a Litmus Test - People's reactions to him are diagnostic."

This single tweet cost California hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, revenue, and jobs: pic.twitter.com/eXwbX4gi1l

— John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) June 12, 2026

To govern is to choose

Real Clear Politics: "Brian Urlacher: Illinois Politicians Have Spent Billions On Illegals, That Money Could've Gone To Keeping The Bears." 

Elon Musk is world's first trillionaire

SpaceX soars. 

The infinite grace extended to the Left

Boston Globe editorial: "Graham Platner won Maine’s Democratic primary. Now he needs to show the integrity, maturity, and honesty voters deserve in a senator. - At the end of the day, it will be Maine voters — not the national media, Washington pundits, or Democrats in other states — who decide whether Platner has the character and values to be a US senator."

Ah, yes, the classic "it's up to the voters" dodge, the talking point indistinguishable from the one repeated by numerous Democrats cornered on news shows.  We have our own opinions but - gosh darn it - it's really up to the voters in Maine so we just can't say. 

I've been reliably told that "character matters" for ten years.  Suddenly the past is irrelevant and subservient to the idea that we should look for "growth" that starts right now.

The Boston Globe had the chance to do the right thing and instead chose the predictable path of pandering to the Beacon Hill crowd.  Watch this editorial spring up in papers across the nation, the brand-new version of #MeToo.

Deja Vu all over again

NY Post: "Trump calls off Iran strikes, tells The Post US-Tehran deal is ‘all wrapped up’."

Yeah, we've heard this song before.  Unfortunately, I don't think anybody knows who is actually in charge in Iran.  The President says one thing and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards say another.  Maybe the threatened seizure of Kharg Island was the final wake up call but I fear we're bargaining with ghosts.

The pouncing will continue until morale improves

Hot Air: "You Don’t Hate the Media Enough, ‘Pouncing’ On Der Oysterführer Edition." 

Extra - Red State: "Watch: Legacy Media Hot Take on Platner and What Gets Considered 'Abuse' Has Jaws Dropping."

I have second-hand embarrassment for these "journalists" and their sliding scale of #MeToo.