Source: Eunomia
by Daniel Larison
“Vance is trying to spin U.S.-Israeli aggression as having been successful in delivering something that it absolutely did not deliver.” (06/18/26)
https://daniellarison.substack.com/p/vances-dishonest-diplomatic-spin
Source: Antiwar.com
“MoU Says Iran’s Uranium Will Be Downblended, Over 1,000 Killed in Gaza Since ‘Ceasefire,’ and More.” (06/17/26)
Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey
“Don’t be fooled by campaign rhetoric. Here is how to evaluate voting records and hold Florida candidates accountable this election cycle.” (06/17/26)
https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/the-voters-audit-how-to-spot-a-true
Source: Fox News
“US defense secretary] Pete Hegseth had harsh words for NATO allies during an address to his European counterparts on Thursday, announcing a six-month review of U.S. force deployment on the continent. Hegseth said the review’s outcome will depend on how quickly European nations act to support themselves militarily. ‘This will be a real review. It will be designed to ensure that NATO is moving fast and irreversibly toward Europe leading, stepping up to take primary responsibility for the defense of Europe,’ he told NATO officials in Brussels. Hegseth also lashed out at European countries for refusing to assist U.S. forces in the war against Iran, particularly those that withheld use of military bases.” (06/18/26)
Source: The Bulwark
“SCOTUS Is About to Drop 19 Decisions—Here’s What You Need to Know (w/ Leah Litman).” (06/17/26)
Source: Free the People
“We Were Lied into War with Iran | Guest: Joe Kent.” (06/17/26)
Source: Show-Me Institute
by Susan Pendergrass
“Why do families need school choice? The answer is straightforward — a single, zip-code-assigned school cannot possibly be everything to every child. And when a school fails a student, that student needs a lifeline. A recent iteration of EdChoice’s long-running Public Opinion Tracker survey shows that roughly one in four parents indicate that they have had to switch their children’s school at some point. When you dig into why these families are switching, the reasons are straightforward. Parents pull their children out of schools because of unfortunate, everyday problems that directly impact a child’s well-being and future.” (06/17/26)
https://showmeinstitute.org/article/education/this-is-why-missouri-families-need-choice/
Source: The UnPopulist
by Andy Craig & Shikha Dalmia
“Trump’s authoritarian assault has decimated our institutions that ‘kitchen table’ issues won’t fix.” [editor’s note: The analogy to post-Civil-War “Reconstruction” sucks. The first time around, its whole point was to rebuild a bad former system minus only one bad feature (slavery), and the emergence of Jim Crow afterward marked even that subtraction at least partly a failure. Trying to “reconstruct” a crappy pre-Trump politics is a terrible idea, and the only good thing about it is that it won’t work either – TLK] (06/17/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/democrats-need-to-lead-the-second
Source: The Hill
“Gunmen attacked the main airport in Niger’s capital of Niamey early Thursday morning, leading to an exchange of fire and explosions, witnesses and a local security official said. Security forces were deployed to repel the attack after the gunmen breached the airport security, said the official …. It was the second attack at Diori Hamani International Airport in Niamey this year, after the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a similar attack in January.” (06/18/26)
Source: The Chris Hedges Report
“Flotilla Activists’ Harrowing Experience in an Israeli Torture Dungeon Revealed (w/ Thiago Ávila).” (06/17/26)
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/flotilla-activists-harrowing-experience