KEVIN DOWNEY JR ALWAYS HAS THE BEST HEADLINES: The UK Goes Full Dystopia As Parts of Europe (Finally) Begin to Fight the New World Goblins.
June 17, 2026
I’M SURE THAT THIS IS TRUMP’S FAULT, SOMEHOW: Southern California’s San Andreas Fault is at its highest stress level in 1,000 years sparking fear among researchers.
BUT HE’S READY TO HELP MANAGE THE NATION’S FINANCES? Texas’s James Talarico, 37, Shares His Only Checking Account With His Mom. “It’s unclear exactly why Talarico—whose campaign did not respond to a request for comment—shares the account with his mother, but she appears to be helping him, not vice versa.”
AMERICANA RULES:
Germans and Scots singing American Pie. ❤️
The Euros are showing Democrats how to appreciate the US.
🇺🇸🇩🇪🏴 pic.twitter.com/qXl0u08DEK— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) June 17, 2026
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FIVE THINGS WE LEARNED WATCHING THE WORLD CUP ON AMERICAN SOIL:
5) Hot Swedish girls love America
Europeans are falling in love with the United States, and why wouldn’t they? Air conditioning. Free refills. Ice. Waffle House. Pure joy. Most Europeans have never experienced these everyday aspects of American life.
One of these World Cup tourists is a Swedish woman named Elsa. She recently reported having an “out of body experience” at Golden Corral, and documented her first ever encounter with ranch dressing and bacon-wrapped tater tots. “I kinda understand why a lot of Americans never leave the country, like why would you?” she wrote. “It has everything.”
Maybe she’s just trolling for clicks. Who cares? It’s still sad, but not surprising, that a random Swedish babe can appreciate—or at least pretend to appreciate—this country’s greatness but the New York City mayor cannot.
Or the coddled leftists who staff the New York Times:
They just can’t help themselves.
Thousands of Europeans are seeing more of America this summer than many New York Times staffers ever will. pic.twitter.com/oqZyPKtHW0
— Jimmy G (@jimmygards) June 17, 2026
They didn’t heed the warnings emanating from the View of the World from Ninth Avenue:
The Euros failed to heed our map https://t.co/wibWMEZdUG pic.twitter.com/u3V7svPgTG
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 17, 2026
NOVEMBER PREVIEW: More Georgia Runoff Results — Mixed Results for True Conservatives.
HARRY S TRUMAN STARTED HIS DAY WITH A SHOT OF BOURBON: I Tried Daily Olive Oil Shots for Two Weeks: Here’s What I Learned About Its Benefits.
GOOD, THIS WILL MAKE THE POPULAR REVOLT EASIER: Britain to Cut Training and Operations in Military, Despite Promising to Increase Defense Readiness.
JOANNE JACOBS: Is talent a myth? Can anyone learn anything? I don’t think so. “Testing may favor children who’ve been exposed to museums and libraries and know that a pig says ‘oink.’ But relying on teacher recommendations is far more biased, as Arnold-Ratliff concedes. Universal testing is the most effective way to get more minority and lower-income students into challenging programs.”
THE 21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS/HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE CROSSOVER YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR: Dating at Princeton: It’s Complicated.
“Princeton Mom” Susan Patton, who got a lot of flak for her 2013 oped offering marital advice to Princeton students, comes in for Strange New Respect. “From what I gathered, the initial response to this op-ed was quite negative. Today it’s more of, she lowkey was right.”
WEAPONIZED JUSTICE:
“If they do this, they might as well rename the damn thing the Anti-MAGA Task Force.” Those words from internal memos shed new light on not just the targeting of parents at school board meetings as possible terrorists, but the legacy of Merrick Garland… https://t.co/GL2SedP9Dk
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) June 17, 2026
ANALYSIS: TRUE.
DSA is essentially a wealthy, white, highly educated movement which very carefully selects candidates from their 0.00001% members of color to try and sell the ideas to black and brown people who are historically extremely averse to socialism https://t.co/mtgng1v8ps
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) June 16, 2026
Voting by group identity is easily exploited, and exploitation is the name of the Left’s game.
CHANGE: Pizza Hut restaurant chain to be sold for $2.7 billion. “Yum Brands, which also owns KFC and Taco Bell, began to explore its options for Pizza Hut in November. Last year, Yum Brands’ global sales rose 5% but Pizza Hut’s sales fell 2%.”
IT’S SAFER TO BE A BRITISH PATRIOT IN TEXAS THAN IN BRITAIN:
Dallas, USA, has been covered in St. Georges flags for the World Cup.
Unlike in Britain, they won't be removed! pic.twitter.com/c4ijDv0HV2
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) June 17, 2026
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: How Deep Are the Newsoms In It? THIS Deep. “It seems impossible — or just too revolting — to keep up with the financial hanky-panky of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner (gag) Jennifer Siebel Newsom. But thanks to a couple of investigative reporters with stronger stomachs than I have, let’s see if I can’t put everything you need to know into one easily digestible column.”
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OOF: OpenAI’s financials have leaked, showing $21 billion in losses against $13 billion in revenue. “Is there a path to profitability? Maybe. OpenAI’s two biggest expenses are R&D and marketing. Budget cuts there, coupled with an ability to raise prices or win new sources of revenue, could see the company move into the black over time. Cutting R&D would be the most difficult part of that, given that AI companies can only hold onto their customers by generating the best-performing models.”
Switching is easy and cheap for customers, retaining them is difficult — and expensive.
MAXIMUM TWO-TIER KEIR:
A civilization can survive disagreement.
It cannot survive a ruling class that is more afraid of bad headlines than harmed children.
— The Undercurrent (@NotTheirScript) June 17, 2026
THE SUPPLY OF WHITE SUPREMACY IS NOWHERE NEAR AS LARGE AS THE DEMAND: Asian Chicago college student admits to burning cross as part of Trump protest. “Lu graduated from Neuqua Valley High School in the wealthy Naperville suburb of Chicago. . . . The hoax occurred just a mile away from where actor Jussie Smollett faked being attacked by Trump supporters in January 2019.”
GOODER AND HARDER, VIRGINIA:
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.
They rushed it through with mostly Democrat votes. The plan has… pic.twitter.com/zvfV61S1uf
— Tironianae 🍊🍊 Z. – Ultra Verbum Vincet (@Tironianae) June 16, 2026
AS THE NEW YORK TIMES WOULD SAY, FAKE BUT ACCURATE:
I thought this had to be fake, even communists (actual communists) can't be this stupid. And, in fact, I didn't find the image on the group's website, but there then there's this, which isn't that different: pic.twitter.com/w24jU7aeYG
— Mark Krikorian (@MarkSKrikorian) June 16, 2026
KEEP THE FORMER, SEND THE LATTER BACK TO BRUSSELS: Some Europeans Are Falling in Love With America. Others Are Yelling at Cruise Passengers.
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