MR PRESIDENT? I BELIEVE THE DOJ MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO THIS: JUST IN: Governor Abigail Spanberger officially signs a bill handing over Virginia’s 13 electoral votes to whoever wins the most votes across the whole country… even if Virginians vote the other way. Insane.
June 19, 2026
THAT’S REALLY ALL THE LEFT IS: The Mean Girls.
June 18, 2026
MY OPINION OF BRITAIN HAS DECLINED SHARPLY:
Correct.
They will let Mulsim migrants gang rape the girls, block everyone in the government from helping them, and finally block them from sharing their stories publicly.
It's vast evil.
And it's deliberate.
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) June 19, 2026
NOT AS GOOD AS “HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR,” BUT FIRST CLASS WORK:
This is one of the best newspaper front pages I've ever seen.
Well done, @californiapost 👏 pic.twitter.com/7BIX6VCA9r
— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) June 18, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Make it march.
HEH: Tom Hanks’ brutal insult to M-SNOW reporter in shocking on-air outburst at Obama library opening.
A-list actor Tom Hanks took a surprise shot at MS NOW while attending the ceremonial opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Thursday.
Hanks, 69, found himself face to face with a reporter from the network shortly after arriving.
MS NOW Senior National and Political Correspondent Jacob Soboroff was streaming live and approached Hanks.
‘Great to see you,’ Soboroff said, eagerly attempting to get Hanks’ attention.
The actor appeared busy, but eventually acknowledged Soboroff after some light pestering.
He broke the silence with a quip: ‘What can I do for the 800 people watching MS NOW?’ – a nod to the network’s waning viewership.
‘Oh, come on. We’re live on MS NOW,’ Soboroff said, putting his hand on Hanks’ shoulder before offering a smile.
‘All right – add a zero to it,’ Hanks said in a dead-pan tone.
Well, that’s one way to get flyover country to see your new movie: What Have They Done to Buzz Lightyear?
THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX launches 3 huge BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites from Florida.
JOHN MCWHORTER: “Dr. King didn’t die demanding that whites make excuses for us.”
Folks, I’d like to get my two cents in on Karmelo Anthony. This is a long one — pretend it’s an editorial.
“He put his hands on me. I stabbed him.” Why does a boy spontaneously justify stabbing someone on so thin a pretense? And why do so many Black Americans see his 35-year prison sentence as racist?
I think the answer to both questions takes us to Scotland, Ireland, and northern England.
Read the whole thing.
N.Y. TIMES MOM TAKES HER SONS TO UFC IN THE HOPES IT WILL MAKE THEM HATE IT. MAJOR FAIL: “‘I don’t think I’ll ever look at it the same way again, but I still love U.F.C. In fact, I love it more than ever!’ My 18-year-old agreed. ‘This was the peak, the pinnacle of my life!’ he gushed…'”
FOLLOW THE “SCIENCE.” ‘Bad Omen’: An Ancient Pyramid in Mexico Collapsed Into A Heap of Rubble.
FLAVANOLS FOR THE WIN: Your Diet Could Be Missing the Key Ingredient for Heart Protection.
ONE DAY SOON, BEING OBESE WILL BE A CHOICE: Adults Over 65 Lost Massive Amounts of Weight With Ozempic.
FAKE SHIFTING? UM, NO: About Face: 2027 Porsche Taycan Offers Fake Shifts and a Native NACS Port.
DISPATCHES FROM THE SOY ZONES: Trump’s UFC fight a lot like 19th century lynching, Boston College historian says.
LIKE, FLAMING?
SCOOP: California is pressuring public utilities to award $633 million in special contracts to "LGBT-owned" firms. To qualify, residents must go through the state's official gay-certification program—and face up to a year in jail if they're not gay enough.https://t.co/rOcnPqYJrl
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) June 16, 2026
More and more, the state is just a trillion-dollar grift operation.
UPDATE (From Ed):
UPDATE (FROM GLENN):
MURICA:
NEW: TSA warns World Cup visitors not to pack oversized bottles of ranch dressing in their carry-ons, as ranch mania spreads among foreign fans.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) June 18, 2026
JAMES PIERESON: The Age of Friedman.
The following remarks were delivered on receiving the Milton Friedman Award at the Pacific Research Institute in New York City June 16, 2026.
It is a special honor to receive an award named for Milton Friedman, pathbreaking economist, friend and advocate for liberty, fierce debater and intellectual combatant – a man whose ideas have shaped the modern world. It is not an exaggeration to say that we live today in the Age of Friedman, an era shaped by his ideas about the importance of monetary policy in the performance of modern economies, and the role played by central banks in managing money supply.
That was not all, not by any means. Milton Friedman was a fierce advocate of market economies not only because they worked, but because they promoted liberty, which was to him the most important principle of all. One of his early books, Capitalism and Freedom, published in 1963, which I encountered in college, made this case from historical and philosophical points of view, much as Hayek did in The Road to Serfdom. Along the way in that book, Friedman set forth numerous applications of free market principles that are influential today: school choice and school vouchers, a negative income tax to replace welfare programs, and private accounts in social security, among them. He was the rare academic economist who could speak to the public as well.
He advanced those ideas in other forums as well, including in his award-winning television series, Free to Choose, and in a regular column for Newsweek magazine, in which he expressed many controversial ideas, for example: that the welfare state increased poverty, public unions were harming schools and student achievement, and government regulation was responsible for inflation, unemployment, and stagnation. Free to Choose reached millions of viewers, in the same year as Ronald Reagan was poised to win the presidency – and to put some of those ideas into practice.
Read the whole thing.
ICYMI: The Iran War Was Easy. The Peace Is the Problem. “There’s so much to pick apart here, but there are really only three things that matter: ‘Status quo,’ ‘End all sanctions,’ and ‘$300 billion.’ As for the efficacy of a denuclearization plan involving the UN… I just throw my hands up in the air.”
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THE CRITICAL DRINKER: Crash and Burn Gaming — The Anita Sarkeesian Story.
TO BE FAIR, THEY WANT TAXPAYERS TO FUND ALL THEIR POLITICKING: Democrats Want Taxpayers to Fund Gun Control Advocacy Through the CDC.
NOW THAT’S A LONG HAUL: Qantas to launch world’s longest nonstop commercial flight between Sydney and London.
Qantas plans to launch what it says will be the world’s longest nonstop commercial flight in October 2027, connecting Sydney and London with a journey expected to last up to 22 hours.
The Australian airline announced Wednesday that nonstop flights between the two cities will begin operating as part of its long-awaited Project Sunrise initiative, which aims to connect Australia’s east coast directly with major global destinations.
Qantas unveiled the first of its specially configured Airbus A350-1000ULR aircraft at Airbus’ manufacturing facility in Toulouse, France. The aircraft has been modified for ultra-long-haul travel and includes an additional 20,000-liter fuel tank that allows it to travel more than 16,000 kilometers, or nearly 10,000 miles, nonstop.
The Sydney-London route will become the first nonstop service between Australia’s east coast and the United Kingdom. According to Qantas, the flights will reduce travel time by as much as four hours compared with existing one-stop itineraries.
Four hours savings vs 22 hours on a single plane…
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE’S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO DISLIKE: Hardliners in Iran Hate the MOU, but the Government Media Is Restrained.
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