Wednesday, June 17, 2026

What We’re Reading: Iran Deal Or Steal?, Newsom’s Bad News, Higher-Ed’s Downfall … And More

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Details of US-Iran deal revealed in 12-point plan — timeline for US withdrawal, $300B fund, Hormuz passage — NY Post

Trump’s Coercive Diplomacy Exactly How To Neuter Iran — Larry Kudlow, Real Clear Politics

The Race to Land an Iran Deal Loomed Large Behind Trump’s UFC Birthday — Wall Street Journal

Trump Gives Iran a Lifeline and Calls It Peace — The Free Press

Iran Deal Can Work If We Hit Them Every Time They Break It — Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal

The Tension Between the Geopolitical and the Political in the Iran War — George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures

Trump at G7: Iran Deal Will Bring ‘A Lot of Success to the World’; Demining Process Underway, Strait of Hormuz to Fully Open Friday — Breitbart

After Iran Deal, What Next For Energy Prices?

Even the NY Media Demolishes Hakeem Jeffries When He Tries Gaslighting on Gas Prices — Red State

Energy Prices Fall As Market Digests Opening Of Strait Of Hormuz — U.S. Energy Information Administration

California’s First Couple In Hot Water For Possible Fraud

California Gov Newsom says he’s under Justice Department investigation, alleges Trump ‘hit list’ — Just The News

The Newsoms, The Nonprofits, And The Federal Questions — Real Clear Politics

Grenell: DOJ Investigation of Newsom Began Under Biden Administration — PJ Media

Maybe Newsom Should Take A Break From Social Media And Lawyer Up — Jennifer Van Laar, X via Instapundit

Is Disputed L.A. Mayor’s Race Really Over? Nope

Pratt Concedes LA Mayor Race With a Blistering Broadside — and a Warning — Legal Insurrection

ICYMI: Look Out, LA: Unperturbed Pratt Launches The First ‘Shadow Campaign’ — Bob Maistros, Issues & Insights

The silver lining in Pratt’s ‘loss’ — American Thinker

As Pratt Gets Bad News, California Vote-Counting Fuels Conservative Distrust — American Thinker

Collapse Of Higher Education Continues Apace: Is It Worth The Money?

University Indoctrination Centers Are Being Abandoned — Larry Sand, American Greatness

The “Dissolution of the Universities” draws ever closer — Quotulatiousness

University Professors Against Academic Freedom — Daniel McCarthy, PJ Media

Two-thirds of colleges require DEI courses to graduate: report — Campus Reform

Six-figure price tag: 16 colleges now cost more than $100,000 per year, data show — The College Fix

Around The Country, The Fraud Is Even Worse Than Expected

Report Reveals Uncle Sam Has No Idea If Feds Are Handing Out Taxpayer Dollars To Wrong People — The Daily Caller

SPLC boss funneled $1.2 million to lover in neo-Nazi group — pair even had joint bank account — New York Post

Shelby County General Sessions Clerk Tami Sawyer Indicted by Grand Jury in ‘Significant’ Corruption Case, Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison — The Tennessee Star

House Oversight committee probes ‘pay-to-play’ concerns at anti-Trump lawyer’s nonprofit — Just The News

The Terrorists Among Us

Chilling details of California terror ring’s plot against Freedom 250 — as ‘mastermind’ is unmasked — California Post

FBI disrupts alleged explosive-drone plot targeting White House UFC event, officials say — Fox News

Now you can buy an anti-aircraft weapon on eBay for $7,000 — David Hambling, X

Socialist ‘Red Rabbits’ are training for national uprising against cops — New York Post

Miscellaneous, But Still Important, Stuff (Special World Cup Edition) …

The USA is a FIFA World Cup hit as visitors from around the globe are in love with Americana — Fox News

Europeans discovering America is some of the best content of the internet right now — End Wokeness, X

The World Is Re-Discovering America During the World Cup — and Loving It — Rick Moran, PJ Media

Why European soccer fans are going Kerouac on the American road — David Marcus, Fox News, via Red State

Elsewhere In The News …

Biden blunders made drug price controls even worse — Stephen Moore, Phil Kerpen

Trump is Right: The Fed’s Economic Models Punish Growth — David Malpass, Wall Street Journal

He Can’t Stop: Joe Biden Repeats Debunked Amtrak Story on ‘Jay Leno’s Garage’ — Newsweek

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