Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Trump's 'deal' looks a lot like surrender

Trump's agreement with Iran is not a victory. It looks for all the world like we're surrendering to get out of a war we never should've started. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Wed Jun 17 2026

 
President Donald Trump reacts as he boards Air Force One, after attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on June 8, 2026.

Trump's agreement with Iran is not a victory. It looks for all the world like we're surrendering to get out of a war we never should've started.

A police officer walks past a billboard displaying the Iranian flag on June 15, 2026, in Tehran, the nation's capital.
 

Iran deal follows a familiar pattern

The Iranian regime remains in power. Its enriched uranium is the subject of future negotiations. Hezbollah isn't dismantled. What was accomplished?

President Donald Trump speaks to the media alongside posters of his proposed White House ballroom amid construction at the White House on May 19, 2026, in Washington, DC.
 

Surprise! We're paying for Trump's ballroom after all.

I was honored to learn some of my tax dollars will contribute to the construction of President Donald Trump's now-$600 million White House ballroom.

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House on June 3, 2026, in Washington, DC.
 

Trump is his own party's worst midterms enemy

Republicans in Congress are struggling with trying to help Trump while also trying to hang onto their slim majorities in the House and Senate.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Republican nominee for the Senate, visits the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026.
 

Everything is bigger in Texas – including Paxton's dumb ideas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is hellbent on making his race for a U.S. Senate seat against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico incredibly dumb.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, here with wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom on Nov. 4, 2025, in Sacramento, says on June 15, 2026, that the couple is under federal investigation and accused President Donald Trump of weaponizing the Justice Department against his family because he is considering running for president.
 

Newsom can't let a good crisis go to waste

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's claims deserve scrutiny. He isn't the target, Trump wasn't the instigator and the investigation didn't just start.

People gather to watch a live feed with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on the day of SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City on June 12, 2026.
 

5 things Musk's trillion dollars could easily fix

Elon Musk has so much money, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is now closer in wealth to the average American than to Musk. Yeah, it's that much money.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, displayed on a screen remotely from SpaceX headquarters in Starbase, Texas, speaks before the launch of SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on June 12, 2026. Elon Musk's SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq exchange on Friday with the biggest initial public offering in history expected to make the polarizing entrepreneur the world's first trillionaire.
 

Musk's trillion dollars reflects the American spirit

The SpaceX IPO minted 4,400 millionaires, including welders and cafeteria workers. That's not a case for a wealth tax. It's a case against one.

Controversial influencer "Clavicular" walks the runway of a fashion show on Feb. 12, 2026, in New York City. Three months later, Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Peters, was sentenced to six months of probation in a case involving the apparent shooting of a dead alligator in the Florida Everglades near Miami.
 

'Looksmaxxing' is the manosphere's newest trap

Looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular is the latest in a long line of social media grifters selling young men the wrong path forward.

Visitors gather around the Liberty Bell, located inside the Liberty Bell Center, in Philadelphia, PA, on January 7, 2026.
 

What saved my life may save America

America's 250th birthday is not just a celebration. It's a stress test. Our democracy's survival is a choice we make together.

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