Thursday – June 18, 2026

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

– THE 14 POINT PLAN 

– 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