June 18, 2026 – World Tapas Day
– Intl Sushi Day
– National Go Fishing Day
– Clean Your Aquarium Day
Meme Du Jour

THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1778 – The British leave Philadelphia
1812 – The War of 1812 begins
1815 – Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
1898 – Atlantic City opened its 9-mile steel pier (the boardwalk)
1960 – Arnold Palmer wins the US Open
1979 – President Carter and Soviet leader Brezhnev signed the SALT II agreement
1983 – Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space
1993 – ‘Killer Bees’ (Africanized honey bees) make it to America (And we’re still here.)
2023 – Submersible Titan (submarine) explodes, killing all five onboard

News and The Politics out of D.C.
CLIPS
– EVEN WITH A DEAL, TRUMP SAYS THE MILITARY PRESENCE WILL REMAIN IN THE GULF
– TRUMP ASKED ABOUT STICKING AROUND TO SIGN A DEAL
– DEAL DETAILS REVEALED — IRAN GETS MONEY — BUT ‘NOT A DIME FROM THE U.S.’
– THE PRESIDENT HAD A FEW THINGS TO SAY ABOUT GRAHAM PLATNER
– TRUMP ALSO SLAMMED BIDEN TO THE G7 AUDIENCE
– PRESIDENT TRUMP IN FRANCE, DECLARE BRIDGETTE MACRON TO BE A ‘BEAUTIFUL WOMAN’
– WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT THINK ABOUT THE FEDERAL RESERVE HOLDING RATES?
– JD VANCE IS MAKING THE CASE TO THE PEOPLE — THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEFT & RIGHT
– RFK JR’s LATEST CRAZY ANIMAL STORY
– HILLARY CLINTON SPEAKS OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF HER MOUTH ON BIDEN
– HILLARY ALSO DODGES QUESTION ABOUT SUPPORTING GRAHAM PLATNER
– ELIZABETH WARREN IS ALSO IN THE DEM CHORUS TRASHING TRUMP’S IRAN DEAL
– DEM SENATOR OSSOFF CLAIMS TRUMP WAS ‘HUMILIATED’ ON THE WORLD STAGE
– ANOTHER DEM SENATOR IS WHINING ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF WOKENESS FROM THE MILITARY
– NEVER MIND ALL THAT FRAUD IN MN, CNN IS INVESTIGATING THE ALGAE IN THE REFLECTING POOL
– BEN SHAPIRO IS NOT PLEASED WITH THE MOU BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN
– WHOOPI AND THE VIEW CREW ARE CALLING FOR REGIME CHANGE
– JOY BEHAR IS PISSED SHE CAN’T SEE TRUMP’S COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS (OK, now do Obama’s)
– HEY DEMOCRATS — JOE ROGAN LOVED THE UFC FIGHTS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
– CNN POLL SAYS FEW DEMS WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR 250TH
– DON LEMON: ‘MEGYN KELLY LOOKS TRANS’

More News From DC
– FIVE PASSAGES THAT SOME FIND WORRISOME
– IRAN SAYS THE 60 DAY PERIOD TO NEGOTIATE HAS BEGUN
– LIVE REACTION/UPDATES FROM THE REGION
– SIGNING CEREMONY HAS BEEN CANCELED (SORRY JD)
– TED CRUZ DOESN’T LIKE THE IRAN DEAL IF IT GIVES IRAN $300B
– DON JR GETS HIT WITH ‘COMMUNITY NOTE’ ON X
– MARK LEVIN IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE DEAL
– AT FIRST, TREY GOWDY THOUGHT THE DEAL WAS A JOKE
– TENSION IN THE LUNCH ROOM — MIKE LEE REPORTED CONFRONTED OVER SAVE AMERICA PUSH
– YOU THOUGHT KRISTI NOEM WAS DOING NOTHING — CLAIMS CHINA’S SMUGGLING PEOPLE IN THE U.S.

General News
– THE KNICKS ARE GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE (ALL OF THEM?)
– ELON WANTS TO BUY THE KNICKS? WHAT SAY YOU, JIM DOLAN?
– ORLANDO IS LAUNCHING FIRST RESPONDER DRONES ALL OVER THE CITY
– ANNAPOLIS, MD PUBLISHES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE FOR LGBTQ (WUT?)
– CA STATE SEN (A DEM) IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT MLB PLAYERS PUTTING BIBLE VERSES ON HATS
– TAKING BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS? A BUNCH HAVE BEEN RECALLED
– THINKING ABOUT BUYING APPLE PRODUCTS? — DO IT NOW, PRICES ARE RISING
– FORMER WORLD SERIES CHAMP JOHNNY DAMON RESPONDS TO MLB ON FAITH ISSUE
– WANNA SELL YOUR HOUSE QUICKER AND FOR MORE? PAINT ROOMS THESE COLORS

Other News Catching My Eye
– ANNAPOLIS, MD PUBLISHES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GUIDE FOR LGBTQ (WUT?)
– YOU LIVE ON THE 3RD FLOOR, THE GUY UPSTAIRS GETS A PONY — ARE YOU OK WITH IT?
– GREATEST TENNIS INTERVIEW EVER? (NEEDS SEVERAL BEEPS)
– OUT OF SHERWOOD FOREST — THE 1200-YR-OLD TREE THAT SHELTERED ROBIN HOOD HAS DIED