Wednesday, June 24, 2026

The left's Reflecting Pool obsession is absurd

Democrats are furious over algae and peeling paint at the Reflecting Pool. Meanwhile, bigger taxpayer-funded scandals are getting almost no attention. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Today's Opinions

Wed Jun 24 2026

 
Reporters and photographers record a piece of detached liner floating in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, on June 18, 2026.

Democrats are furious over algae and peeling paint at the Reflecting Pool. Meanwhile, bigger taxpayer-funded scandals are getting almost no attention.

Members of the National Guard patrol the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2026.
 

Cover your eyes!

Tours of President Donald Trump's refurbished Reflecting Pool will now have new rules: No looking, no touching, no thinking about algae.

Tucker Carlson speaks at a convention in Phoenix on Dec. 18, 2025.
 

OK Tucker, what changed?

Tucker Carlson says he's had it with the Republican Party and denounce lawmakers' 'bizarro sex lives.' But don't you worry. Carlson will be back.

Netherlands fans rally in Houston on June 19, 2026, for the World Cup.
 

World Cup fans are obsessed with USA. Why doubt them?

While some U.S. journalists sneer at the tourist lovefest, the rest of the world is busy falling for America's bigness, wealth and abundance.

President Donald Trump exits from Air Force One after returning from Pennsylvania on June 23, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.
 

Trump is still trying to control voting, as judges tell him to stop

Trump wants private, sensitive information about voters because of his March 31 executive order.

Labour Party's Andy Burnham is among the prospective candidates to replace British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who announced his resignation June 22, 2026.
 

Britain just lost its prime minister. America should pay attention.

Keir Starmer is stepping down, clearing the way for a rival to assume power. Here's how the handover will work, and what comes next for Britain.

Allie Coates, now in her 20s, spent 13 summers at Camp Mystic in Texas Hill Country and loved getting to swim in the Guadalupe River. She said it was a place where "girls could just be girls."
 

Summers are more dangerous, and summer camps are unprepared

Parents assume camps know how to keep children safe from extreme heat, smoke and floods. As Camp Mystic taught us, many do not.

People visit the exhibition "Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation" at a museum in Miami on June 23, 2026.
 

Gen Z's patriotism problem isn't what you think

Just 41% of Gen Z say they're extremely or very proud to be American. I'd argue our country's past failures are reason to celebrate it, not abandon it.

Workers continue to build the stage for Freedom 250's Great American State Fair on the National Mall on May 28, 2026, in Washington, DC.
 

250th anniversary celebration is a chance to reset American ideals

The American experiment is alive, even if not completely healthy, and we don’t need the president’s interpretation to celebrate.

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