Flotsam and Jetsam - Iran Deal Reached? Another Platner Pratfall

Yesterday was a big day for news out of Iran, first, in the morning word of fresh US air strikes and the possibility of taking Kharg Island, the main Iranian oil export terminal, and promises to keep it up until the theocracy bent the knee, then later in the day word that further strikes had been suspended because Iran was 'this close' to signing the deal. News Wax reports Trump: US Will Hit Iran 'Very Hard,' Take Kharg Island. Ward Clark at RedState, Trump Announces Bold New Kharg Island Move to Crush Iran Regime. At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed Trump: Here Comes Round 3, and We're Taking Kharg Island Soon and a Larry vid, Trump Striking Iran, Seizing Kharg Island? VodkaPundit at PJM, UPDATE: NAH. 'They Should Have Made a Deal': Trump to Seize Iran's Oil Infrastructure. Althouse finds "At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets..." "... much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP" Trump at Truth Social." followed by "Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening. Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others. The Naval Blockade will remain in full force and effect until this Transaction is finalized — Time and place of the signing to be announced shortly." Capt. Ed, BREAKING: Trump Calls Off Iran Strikes, Claims Deal Made. Teri Christoph at RedState, Did Iran Just Blink? Trump Abruptly Cancels Thursday Night Strikes (but Keeps Iran's Ships Boxed In). VodkaPundit, HANG ON THERE, PARDNER: 'We Just Made a Great Settlement of the War With Iran'. Matt Vespa at TownHall, Wait, Did Trump Just Clinch a Deal With Iran? Sundance at CTH, President Trump Expresses Optimism a Deal with Iran Has Been Reached. Are they still playing for time? Almost certainly, but they can't buy that much. We'll see quickly about opening the Strait of Hormuz and in a little while about the "nuclear dust." Ben Whedon at JTN reports a 'Secret Mission': Trump reveals 100M barrels of oil have cleared Strait of Hormuz. TownHall's Kurt Schlichter says Don’t Panic About Trump’s Iran Strategy Just Yet. At RCD, Protracted Iran-War Parleys: Is It Part of U.S. Strategy? and from RCE, The Middle East Crisis Proves the Case for U.S. LNG.

Dave Strom at Hat Hair, I Thought It Would Be a Stalemate, But Right Now Ukraine Is Winning the War. But at Am Con Ted Snider warns Russia’s Warnings Signal Danger of Widening War. "In the Baltics and in Kiev, the risks of a major escalation are rising." I don't think they can sustain a wider war. 

News Wax reports UK Defense Minister Healey Quits Over Defense Spending. ""You have ​been unable, and ‌the Treasury has been unwilling, to commit ‌the resources that the nation needs to defend the country at this ⁠time of ‌rising threats," ⁠Healey said in his letter to Starmer." The Beeb, Starmer must 'find more money' for defence says second minister to resign over military spending plan. Sundance, Three Days After Prime Minister Starmer Pledges to Lead New Ukraine Military Effort, British Defense Minister Resigns. Didn't Starmer lose an election or something? Brad Essex at RedState sees The New Battle for the West - Pete Hegseth Brings Uncomfortable Truths to Normandy. Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "Hegseth’s D-Day speech at Normandy American Cemetery, France today: “Today, different European beaches are stormed by different dangerous ideologies. Beaches in Spain, Italy & Greece. Boats & men arrive. When will Europe do something about that invasion?”" The Divine Ms. Devine at NYPo, Pete Hegseth’s D-Day speech gave Europe a spot-on warning – be smart or be invaded. Dan McCarthy at RCP thinks Pope Leo Misjudges the Moment. Electing a Chicago pol as pope was a bad idea.

Matt Vespa says the The Graham Platner Nazi Tattoo Story Just Got Worse. Sister Toldja at RedState has a Report: The Graham Platner 'Redemption' Tour Hits a Snag As Another Alleged Ex Spills the Tea. Ace, Former Left-Wing Girlfriend: Gerald Platner Cheated With Me on His Fiance (Whom He Hid From Me), Said He Got a Nazi Tattoo to Remind Him That the US Was "the Bad Guy" In Foreign Policy, and Also, Has "Small Dick". "Oh man, they always throw in that last one. Or so I've heard. From others. I heard Larry O'Connor promise yesterday that more is coming. Here's a little more." David Harsanyi @davidharsanyi, "Platner's many controversies have probably obscured the fact that most of what he says is vacuous sloganeering and gibberish. I listened to a number of his interviews and speeches; and he's never wandered in the vicinity of an original insight" Well, he is a Democrat. Capt. Ed, Senate Dems Wonder: Who Signed Us Up For Platner Duty, Anyway? and Khanna: Can't a Lying, Violent, Nazi-Tatted Mooch Get a Little 'Grace and Redemption'? (Sure, but not as Senator) and You Don’t Hate the Media Enough, ‘Pouncing’ On Der Oysterführer Edition.

At State of the Day. the State of Tuesday: NOW'S OUR CHANCE, MR. PRATT. "We all know it in our bones to be true." Sue, and make them prove the votes are legit. Susie Crabtree at RCP, As Pratt Gets Bad News, California Vote-Counting Fuels Conservative Distrust. Fred Lucas at Da Signal, How California’s Election Procedures Turn Early Leads Into Late Losses. Masses of votes harvested from the homeless, often bought and paid for. Elaine @elbh, "The enthusiastic gloating over a the loss of a candidate whose entire campaign was simply to clean up his hometown is one the most disgusting displays of arrogance and ugliness I’ve ever seen in my life. This is nothing short of political bullying. It’s abhorrent and it is increasingly why the ideal of American politics being of the people and for the people is being supplanted by professional grifters and communist activists. Absolutely disgusted." Quote TMZ @TMZ, "Jimmy Kimmel trolls Spencer Pratt, rents him a U-Haul to leave L.A. after election loss."

Christopher F. Rufo @christopherrufo, "California's political leaders have failed to clear the brush in the public land bordering Los Angeles. Fire expert Gabriel Mann explains how the state's policies are making another massive wildfire inevitable. "It's ready to burn." I remember watching the Santa Monica Mountains burn from my parents house in Rancho Park.

CNN whines the Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots for states that don’t hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive. Cooperation is a two-way street.

Sabremom says Let's talk ActBlue and money laundering. "Or that time I found my dead grandma. Not MY dead grandma. But she’s got the same name, and is probably SOMEBODY’S grandma." Alex Bruesewitz @alexbruesewitz, "This should be the biggest story in America. How much foreign money has been funneled to democrats through ActBlue over the past decade?!" Quote Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh "HOLY SMOKES. ActBlue just PLED THE 5TH and REFUSED to answer about getting foreign donations infiltrating US politics on behalf of Democrats She wouldn't even refute getting RUSSIAN money!"

From NYPo, Zohran Mamdani’s disdain for NYC business is showing — painfully. Tom Knighton at BA observes Gun Manufacturer Bails on Virginia, Heads to Pro-Gun Georgia. Gooder and harder. RCD examines The Blame America First Syndrome. Brilyn Hollyhand @BrilynHollyhand, "We loathed Obama like you loathed Trump. Except we loathed Obama because he loathed America. You loathe Trump because you loathe America." PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks Dems Will Freak Out When They Get to Hell and Find Out How Few Republicans Are There.

Da Wire, ‘F*ck Austin!’: Karmelo Anthony Supporters Harass, Threaten Friends Of Slain Teen Outside Courthouse, "I hope he burns in hell!" Dave Strom calls them Unhinged: Random Assaults on White People, Attacks on Austin Metcalf's Family and says This Response to Senseless Violence Is Pathetic. At Twitchy, Professor Blames Austin Metcalf’s Father for Not Teaching His Son ‘Black Boys Have Boundaries. "In other words, Jeff should have taught Austin that black people will try to kill you if you ask them to stop violating social norms." From Ace, Savage Anthony Karmelo Supporters Now Making Death Threats Against Austen Metcalf's Family and Randomly Punching White People in the Face for TikTok Clout; White People Must Remain Calm and Not Cause Incitement or Division. Hat Hair's John Sexton catches Newsweek saying The Karmelo Anthony Trial Didn't Respect His 'Reasonable Fear', comparing him to Kyle Rittenhouse. Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC, "NEW: Greg Gutfeld ROASTS Jasmine Crockett over her Karmelo Anthony comments “She says we don’t know what it’s like to be a black woman and that’s true. But she doesn’t know what it’s like to be a white man. A white man like me. I can’t afford to be as stupid as she is.” “I have to try harder — because I’m going to be called all sorts of names — but she can say whatever she wants.” “We have an incredibly low bar for black Leftist commentary. If any white person said that stuff about the murder of a black kid, it would be the apocalypse.” “But on the Left, every heartless bozo gets a hall pass.”" Wesley Yang @wesyang, "This photo of black people rejoicing at the OJ not guilty verdict told us where we were in 1995 The videos of black people freaking out over the Anthony guilty verdict tells us where we are in 2026. (Zero to minimal progress.)"

Gail Heriot at Insty says YES, TITLE VII DISPARATE IMPACT LIABILITY IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL: "The Office of Legal Counsel’s 25-page opinion is important. It’s a breakthrough on an issue I’ve been working on for a long time. But … uh … what’s really important is that it cites me seven times. Purr. Josh Blackman has a short summary ..."

From Sundance, President Trump Nominates SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to Serve as Director of National Intelligence and Short Term FISA (702) Extension Fails in House – Strangely Specific Concern from Democrat Leadership. They know how it can be abused, because they did it under Obama/Biden. 

Jon Schweppe @JonSchweppe, "lol" Quote Andy McCarthy @AndrewCMcCarthy, "No to Todd Blanche for Attorney General https://nationalreview.com/2026/06/no-to-todd-blanche-for-attorney-general/" 

NYPo, Trump admin has found 146K migrant kids who went missing under Biden: DHS chief. Sundance, DOJ Announces Series of Arrests During Investigations to Find 450,000 Missing Unaccompanied Alien Children. Calling-all-RushBabes has *A Tale from Sanctuary State. Enabler of Illegal Immigration. From Twitchy, 'I've Watched That 67 Times'! Here's Our Anti-ICE Loon FAFO of the Day.

Ace, HHS Investigating Terror PR Organization CAIR Over Possible Misuse of Federal Funds. "Apparently this has to do with using federal dollars -- why are we giving CAIR any money? -- to pay for some kind of sketchy, unaccredited "Afghan Legal Services" fund. What?!?! You want to know if this is a misuse of federal taxpayer money? Well I'm glad you came to me. It is. Obviously." Frank Stephens @justrightFrank, "An illegal immigrant who arrives by dinghy admits that he's been working for the Taliban since he was 10. He is put in to a hotel where he kidnaps and sexually assaults a 7 year old child. British Justice gives him 2.5 years, he will serve about 18 months." Lawrence Person's Battleswarm Blog sees Commie Jihadis On The Grassy Knoll, "It used to be that Fifth Columnists funded by foreign interests operated from the shadows, holding clandestine meetings while trying to undermine the nation. Today, however, Islamist organizations linked to both communist China and global Jihad networks openly proclaim their hatred for the United States right here in Texas.

Dave Strom hears from Leslie Stahl: Firing of Scott Pelley Was Worse Than Human Trafficking and the Holocaust! Jay Caruso at WaEx, No one is entitled to work at CBS or anywhere else. James Kirchick @jkirchick, "Can we call them anti-American now?" Quote Tom Bevan @TomBevanRCP, "The Nation has published a special edition for America 250 which, unsurprisingly, carries pieces like: "250 years of genocide, theft, and displacement" "The celebration of the nation's birth is a sham" "Shame" "The Bald Eagle perfectly embodies America's flaws"..." John Podhoretz @jpodhoretz, "Who stopped? It was a Stalinist rag until 1956, it was a Maoist rag until 1979, it was a Sandinista rag until 1991, and throughout it has supported American terrorists from Sacco and Vanzetti to the Weather Underground to street violence during Black Lives Matter." To be fair, the Bald Eagle does, but it looks pretty majestic doing it. Variety @Variety, "Vice President JD Vance will appear on "The View" on June 16, marking his first visit to the ABC daytime talk show. Vance will join all six of the program's co-hosts to discuss his new book “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.”

Greg Lukianoff at Insty notes GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP DOESN’T GET BETTER WHEN IT’S OUTSOURCED: If officials can’t ban speech directly, they shouldn’t get to pressure platforms, AI companies, or broadcasters to do it for them. Sens. Cruz and Wyden’s JAWBONE Act would help victims fight back.

The Telegraph reports the Belfast suspect is former policeman, "Friend claims Hadi Alodid is from prominent north Sudan family and was followed to Britain by two brothers via Dublin." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "Beheading case puts pressure on Common Travel Area (CTA) transits between the Republic of Ireland and British Northern Ireland. Hadi Alodid, 30, is charged with attempted murder over Monday’s knife attack in which Stephen Ogilvie lost an eye. Alodid, a Sudanese national, entered Northern Ireland across the Irish border by bus in February 2023, having flown to Dublin from Paris. Alodid then claimed asylum upon arrival and was granted leave to remain in the UK until 2028. Democratic Unionist Party leader Gavin Robinson has said the “open porous border” with Ireland should be closed, while TUV leader Jim Allister asked for clarity on what basis Alodid was admitted at Dublin Airport in 2023." Doug Murray at Da Spec, Britain imported a problem it refuses to name. Beege Welborn discourses on Importing 'Alien Cultures' and 'Losing' Eyes. Megan Basham @megbasham, "I also think what we’re seeing with the British and American public are people who have been incredibly generous for many decades. They HAVE welcomed many many foreigners. And if you look at Ilhan Omar, you see how that generosity is so often repaid. With ingratitude, entitlement, and smears about systemically racist systems even as they leap to the front of the line in social programs and college admittance over native populations that happen to have white skin. So no, they don’t want to welcome more foreigners in. People tend to feel less generous when their generosity is unappreciated." From the Bugscuffle Gazette, Oh, look ... "... I was right." Quotulatiousness has “Thoughts and prayers” in a Two-Tier Keir accent. At Insty, LIFE IN TWO-TIER KIER’S WORLD: Dr Philip Kiszely @KiszelyPhilip, "We’re at the stage now where beheadings are regrettable, but tweets are unforgivable." Peter Hague @peterrhague, "When the British government complain that social media inflamed the riots in Belfast, what they are actually saying is: “If people know how badly be have betrayed the country, they will kick off” It’s an accidental confession that their entire ideology has failed." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Black Dumpling gets at the heart of the matter. The United Kingdom is under the boot of full-on tyranny. It is not simply the electoral, demographic and cultural overwhelming of the indigenous people. It is not just the two-tiered justice that has police ignoring actual crime when there is a claim of racism. It's that they can't even talk about it without the very real fear of prosecution and prison. Britain is no longer a first world democratic nation. It is a third world despotism." Quote BLACK DUMPLING™ @BlackDumpling "You want to know what's most chilling to me? At first I couldn't figure out what was going on with this post. Wildly disproportionate likes to views and almost no one was commenting on it. Very few were actually seeing it. Then I started to look at WHO was liking the post." Drew Pavlou @DrewPavlou, "BREAKING NEWS: Australia's public broadcaster ABC News just accused @elonmusk of ''inciting racial tension'' in Belfast because he did not censor footage showing a Sudanese refugee attempting to behead someone. They're angrier at Elon than at the stabber." Elon Musk @elonmusk, "The news orgs that say this instead of caring about innocent people being beheaded in the streets are scum of the Earth." From Ace, UK Government Begins "Instructing" "Journalists" On How to Spin the Beheading Agenda They Have Ushered Into the Country. "As we see on the American left: the Real Crime isn't the real crime at all, the Real Crime is noticing the actual real crime. And they will not tolerate the Real Crime of Noticing. Even as they instruct their pet "journalists" to convince the public to tolerate the actual real crime and show some understanding and empathy and above all else, "Remain Calm" and do not make a fuss." NotTheBee, Remember the Scottish girls in the viral axe video? Two migrants have been found guilty of harassing and assaulting them. Dave Strom, says Preach It, Brother! Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat, ""You cannot change the rules so people who had a legal right to be here have to leave" "Yes you can" "Well you can but do you want to live in a country that does that?" "YES" BASED PATRIOT."

At Campus Reform, 5 times universities pushed leftist ideologies during 2026 graduation ceremonies. They didn't say these were the only times. James Martin Center, Colleges Can’t Have Their Cake and Eat it Too "We made college an obligation. We should not be shocked when students treat it like one."

Ace sees a Whistleblower Vindicated: Biden Officials Conspired to Violate Court Order Stating that "Transgender" Could Not be Classified as a Protected Categroy Under Title IX (Which Protects Women on the Basis of "Sex", Not "Gender Identification"). Can we impeach him in retrospect, or even posthumously?