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Graham Platner’s brain-dead baloney is the REAL scandal

By New York Post | David Harsanyi | 6/11/2026 6:56 PM

Graham Platner is the embodiment of performative left-wing populism, whose empty rhetoric makes former Vice President Kamala Harris sound weighty by comparison. ... Read full Story

opinion

The week in whoppers: Scott Pelley exposes his stunning arrogance, Jasmine Crockett’s sick take on Austin Metcalf and more

By New York Post | Post Editorial Board | 6/11/2026 5:44 PM

Fired "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley can't seem to understand why he got canned by CBS after he confronted his new boss. ... Read full Story

opinion

Five American weapons that could bring Iran’s oil fortress to its knees

By Opinion on Fox News | | 6/11/2026 5:39 PM

Kharg Island handles 90% of Iran's oil exports. President Trump has raised the prospect of a U.S. military seizure of this strategic Persian Gulf site. ... Read full Story

opinion

White House steps in to stop LA fraud — the only accountability there is

By New York Post | Joel Pollak | 6/11/2026 2:14 PM

Scott Brady announced that the federal government had cut off funding to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), whose mismanagement has been legendary, even by local standards. ... Read full Story

opinion

Three choices now define Trump's Iran war and all of them have a cost

By Opinion on Fox News | | 6/11/2026 12:51 PM

One hundred days into the Iran war, renewed strikes and a failing ceasefire raise urgent questions about escalation, containment, or armed truce. ... Read full Story

opinion

Campus graduation chaos shows higher education needs a serious moral reset

By Opinion on Fox News | | 6/11/2026 9:00 AM

College graduation chaos in 2026 reveals deeper crisis in higher education as speakers face walkouts, disinvitations, and cancel culture on campus. ... Read full Story

opinion

Kamar Samuels swimming waist-deep in NYC schools’ corrupt waste

By New York Post | Post Editorial Board | 6/11/2026 8:15 AM

Kamar Samuels is now enmeshed in a personal scandal — and a far larger systemic one. ... Read full Story

opinion

Mamdani’s only making his Puerto Rican Day debacle worse

By New York Post | Post Editorial Board | 6/11/2026 8:15 AM

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's clueless approach to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade keeps getting worse. ... Read full Story

opinion

It must be June, as hysterical leftists whine they want to pack the Supreme Court

By Opinion on Fox News | | 6/11/2026 7:01 AM

Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Rashida Tlaib demand Supreme Court expansion, but court packing threatens judicial independence and civil liberties. ... Read full Story

opinion

Hochul must halt New York’s ‘motherhood’ erasure — and step up for families

By New York Post | Wai Wah Chin | 6/11/2026 6:00 AM

This bill is the logical result of a progressive drive to re-engineer language and reality — and to foster greater dependency on government by eroding strong families. ... Read full Story

opinion

MORNING GLORY: The GOP’s choice in 2028 — more of MAGA or a reversion to the mean?

By Opinion on Fox News | | 6/11/2026 5:01 AM

Vice President J.D. Vance leads 2028 GOP presidential contenders, but DeSantis, Kemp, Youngkin, and Pompeo are expected to challenge in primaries. ... Read full Story

opinion

Iran is not a normal nation you can make deals with. It’s a national security threat

By Opinion on Fox News | | 6/11/2026 5:00 AM

Iran's Islamic Republic has used diplomacy as a shield while building terrorist networks and proxy warfare capabilities threatening U.S. national security. ... Read full Story

opinion

Either ignore climate change lunacy or high energy prices will make you wish you had

By Opinion on Fox News | | 6/11/2026 5:00 AM

Democrats target Trump on energy prices, but the climate agenda's regulations on coal, natural gas and oil made energy less affordable for Americans. ... Read full Story

opinion

Despite public dismissals, why Trump and his team were privately obsessed with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal

By Opinion on Fox News | | 6/11/2026 3:00 AM

A forthcoming book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reveals JD Vance warned the White House to get ahead of Epstein file allegations early on. ... Read full Story

opinion

Woke San Francisco schools chief looks foolish on national stage

By New York Post | CA Post Editorial Board | 6/10/2026 11:13 PM

San Francisco Unified’s superintendent was among the woke school brass quizzed by a congressional committee this week. ... Read full Story

opinion

Miranda Devine: Pete Hegseth’s D-Day speech gave Europe a spot-on warning – be smart or be invaded

By New York Post | Miranda Devine | 6/10/2026 11:07 PM

War Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a great speech on D-Day in Normandy. ... Read full Story

opinion

Steven Spielberg is MIA in fight against the new antisemitism

By New York Post | Christian Toto | 6/10/2026 10:47 PM

Few artists have done more for the Jewish people than Steven Spielberg. ... Read full Story

opinion

The rich lefties tried to buy their way to power and failed (for now)

By New York Post | Pirate Wires | 6/10/2026 8:20 PM

California took days to determine the final results of its primary, on account of elections in this state are operated worse than Third World military dictatorships, but two wealthy self-funded candidates did poorly in their respective races. ... Read full Story

opinion

Spare us the hypocrisy on voter fraud

By New York Post | CA Post Editorial Board | 6/10/2026 8:12 PM

California’s elected Democrats are telling us that there is no basis for questioning the results of last week’s election, especially in LA County, where results changed dramatically over time. ... Read full Story

opinion

Race hustlers are trying to make Karmelo Anthony a victim, rather than the murderer he is

By New York Post | Kirsten Fleming | 6/10/2026 7:12 PM

Because Metcalf was white, and Anthony is black, this has been turned into a toxic stew of racial grievances, exacerbating an already heartbreaking story. ... Read full Story

art

Annalise Gratovich’s Life-Size Woodcuts Meld Nature, Memory, and Ukrainian Heritage

by Colossal | Jun 15 2026

auto

Stellantis Promises The New Inexpensive Chryslers Won't Feel Cheap Inside

by carbuzz.com | Jun 15 2026

basketball

Bulls reportedly hiring Tiago Splitter as head coach as Chicago looks for fresh start

by CBS Interactive Inc | Jun 15 2026

book

The Come Apart

by BookPage | Jun 15 2026

entertainment

Celeb Plastic Surgeon Dr. John Layke Shares the Sneaky Summer Skincare Mistakes You Might Be Making

by ET Online | Jun 15 2026

finance

How to work in retirement without seeing your Social Security checks slashed

by MarketWatch.com | Jun 15 2026

golf

Saudi Fund to Back Away From LIV Golf Under Mounting Financial Pressures

by NY Times | Apr 15 2026

how_to

Belgium vs. Egypt: Stream FIFA World Cup 2026 Group G Match Live for Free

by CNET | Jun 15 2026

knowledge

Is It Really Rude to Correct Someone Who’s Wrong?

by Reader's Digest | Jun 12 2026

lifestyle

Emma Heming pulls back the lid on emotional conversation with daughters following husband Bruce Willis' diagnosis

by Hello! Magazine | Jun 15 2026

long_island

Hempstead teacher grabbed student by neck, then tanked his grade, lawsuit says

by greaterlongisland.com | Jun 15 2026

music

Quavo Lawsuit Over Ferrari Sculpture in ‘Trappa Rappa’ Promo Video Dropped by Artist

by Billboard | Jun 15 2026

nation

Judge revokes release for teen accused of killing stepsister on cruise

by upi.com | Jun 15 2026

shopping

16 Watches Worn by the NBA Champion New York Knicks

by Gear Patrol | Jun 15 2026

sports

Pelé's life in pictures

by CNN | Apr 16 2023

Word of the Day

gamut

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for June 16, 2026 is:

gamut • \GAM-ut\ • noun

A gamut is a range or series of related things. When we say that something “runs the gamut,” we are saying that it encompasses an entire range of related things.

// The flea market offerings run the gamut with a wide array of vendors each offering something unique.

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Examples:

“... she brings a certain je ne sais quoi to the production with themes running the gamut from circuses and rodeos to mermaids and pirates.” — Heather Douglas, Coast Weekend (Astoria, Oregon), 23 Apr. 2026

Did you know?

With the song “Do-Re-Mi,” the 1965 musical film The Sound of Music (adapted from the 1958 stage musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein) introduced millions of non-musicians to solfège, the singing of the sol-fa syllables—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti—to teach the tones of a musical scale. Centuries earlier, however, the do in “Do-Re-Mi” was known as ut. Indeed, the first note on the scale of Guido d’Arezzo, an 11th century musician and monk who had his own way of applying syllables to musical tones, was ut. d’Arezzo also called the first line of his bass staff gamma, which meant that gamma-ut was the term for a note written on the first staff line. In time, gamma-ut underwent a shortening to gamut, and later its meaning expanded first to cover all the notes of d’Arezzo’s scale, then to cover all the notes in the range of an instrument, and, eventually, to cover an entire range of any sort.

Graham Platner’s brain-dead baloney is the REAL scandal

The week in whoppers: Scott Pelley exposes his stunning arrogance, Jasmine Crockett’s sick take on Austin Metcalf and more

Five American weapons that could bring Iran’s oil fortress to its knees

White House steps in to stop LA fraud — the only accountability there is

Three choices now define Trump's Iran war and all of them have a cost

Campus graduation chaos shows higher education needs a serious moral reset

Kamar Samuels swimming waist-deep in NYC schools’ corrupt waste

Mamdani’s only making his Puerto Rican Day debacle worse

It must be June, as hysterical leftists whine they want to pack the Supreme Court

Hochul must halt New York’s ‘motherhood’ erasure — and step up for families

MORNING GLORY: The GOP’s choice in 2028 — more of MAGA or a reversion to the mean?

Iran is not a normal nation you can make deals with. It’s a national security threat

Either ignore climate change lunacy or high energy prices will make you wish you had

Despite public dismissals, why Trump and his team were privately obsessed with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal

Woke San Francisco schools chief looks foolish on national stage

Miranda Devine: Pete Hegseth’s D-Day speech gave Europe a spot-on warning – be smart or be invaded

Steven Spielberg is MIA in fight against the new antisemitism

The rich lefties tried to buy their way to power and failed (for now)

Spare us the hypocrisy on voter fraud

Race hustlers are trying to make Karmelo Anthony a victim, rather than the murderer he is

Annalise Gratovich’s Life-Size Woodcuts Meld Nature, Memory, and Ukrainian Heritage

Stellantis Promises The New Inexpensive Chryslers Won't Feel Cheap Inside

Bulls reportedly hiring Tiago Splitter as head coach as Chicago looks for fresh start

The Come Apart

Celeb Plastic Surgeon Dr. John Layke Shares the Sneaky Summer Skincare Mistakes You Might Be Making

How to work in retirement without seeing your Social Security checks slashed

Saudi Fund to Back Away From LIV Golf Under Mounting Financial Pressures

Belgium vs. Egypt: Stream FIFA World Cup 2026 Group G Match Live for Free

Is It Really Rude to Correct Someone Who’s Wrong?

Emma Heming pulls back the lid on emotional conversation with daughters following husband Bruce Willis' diagnosis

Hempstead teacher grabbed student by neck, then tanked his grade, lawsuit says

Quavo Lawsuit Over Ferrari Sculpture in ‘Trappa Rappa’ Promo Video Dropped by Artist

Judge revokes release for teen accused of killing stepsister on cruise

16 Watches Worn by the NBA Champion New York Knicks

Pelé's life in pictures

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

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2.Watch: Fireball lights the night sky over 15 U.S. states

3.Watch: Real estate agent finds Arkansas house overrun with snakes

4.Watch: Kangaroo on the loose in field near Montreal

5.World's largest soccer ball on display in Massachusetts

6.Watch: Three warthog piglets born at zoo in Spain

7.Maryland man buys three identical lottery tickets, wins $150,000

8.Watch: African spurred tortoise found wandering loose in Missouri

9.Watch: Loose African antelope's presence in Louisiana a mystery

10.Look: Skunk on the run from Wisconsin zoo