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Scottish World Cup fans in Boston are making it a point to have their picture taken in front of Jobi Liquors because the word means "poop" in Scottish and they think it's hilarious.

Mass shooting horror! 12 people shot in Chicago after an SUV opened fire on a crowd on the city’s South Side.

Rising political stars in Congress who have an eye on the White House are already demonstrating the art of the stall – putting off the annual disclosures of their financial worth.

Ohio independent journalist Donald "D.J." Byrnes was thrown in the slammer after he texted a picture of beloved cartoon character Shrek stroking his penis to a state senator.

National Guard Stationed At Lincoln Reflecting Pool After Multiple Sabotage Attempts

It's difficult to find a single redeeming quality of liberal movements these days.  Maybe it's the abject pettiness, like children throwing a tantrum, that makes them hard to respect.  Or, maybe it's their violent emotional tendencies and complete lack of moral integrity.  They are willing to do anything to gain power, including lie, cheat, steal and even murder. 

At bottom, the unstable psychological drivers of leftists lead them to hate certain things that most normal people love, including the basic maintenance of respected national monuments.

One might think that the Trump Administration's repairs to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool would be minor news, but the establishment media and progressive activists have turned the site repairs into a political battleground.  CNN has spent more time "investigating" the growth of green algae in the pool than they did on the massive Somalian fraud networks in Minneapolis.  Apparently, CNN isn't aware that algae grows naturally in standing water in a matter of 48 hours.  

Let me get this straight.

CNN has spent more energy investigating algae in the DC Reflecting Pool than they spent on:

- Billions in Minnesota Medicaid fraud
- California's third-world election counts
- Crimes by illegal aliens
- The COVID cover-up
- Federal investigations into… pic.twitter.com/JvhnptBE6r

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) June 18, 2026

Activists tired to make hay out of the green pool, claiming that Trump wasted $14 million on his renovations, even though the same thing happened after Barack Obama's $35 million renovation from 2010 to 2012, and those repairs didn't even solve the leakage problems.

When Trump responded to the algae issue with new "nano bubbler" treatments, leftists actually protested online and at the site against the removal of the green sludge.

Brace yourselves…

“Pro-algae” protest is taking place by the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in DC today.

You can't make this shit up! pic.twitter.com/eEp6F0Tkj5

— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) June 19, 2026

In other words, they got mad that the treatments were working and they could no longer use the algae as an example of Trump failure.  They then turned to direct sabotage of the site.  Pieces of the floor of the reflecting pool have been torn out and the new sealant has been damaged. 

Looks like a clean cut… someone is vandalizing the reflecting pool pic.twitter.com/pVNVAO5Xpc

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) June 19, 2026

The numbers "8647" have been found scratched into the floor of the pool (a code for "murder Trump"). 

Multiple activists have reportedly been arrested, some caught in the process of trying to sabotage the monument.  Others have tried to interfere with maintenance workers cleaning the algae.  The National Guard and DC police are now stationed at the pool around the clock to prevent further damage.  

🚨 JUST IN — EXCLUSIVE: United States Park Police are investigating an “86 47” inscription on the sealant of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool

We discovered writing just now while walking the edge of the pool.

This BS needs to end.

This comes as mobile SURVEILLANCE TOWERS… pic.twitter.com/z9aB9xf4wT

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 19, 2026

🚨 This just keeps getting worse.

Following the arrest of a man who cut out a big piece of the new American Flag Blue sealant at the Lincoln Reflecting Pool, another man was just arrested for grabbing a hose from female NPS workers clearing algae. pic.twitter.com/9uuAeSu1ka

— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) June 19, 2026

🚨 LAST NIGHT: US Park Police detained a suspicious man carrying a pitchfork and bucket around the Lincoln Memorial reflection pool

It’s unclear what the man was planning on doing with the pitchfork and bucket, but it’s certainly not a regular sight at the pool.

This came… https://t.co/yLGvmc2k3X pic.twitter.com/BN3epjPjOV

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 19, 2026

Yes, the trifling behavior is off the charts, but this has become the standard of discourse for the woke mob in 2026.  The worst part, though, is that the media has been running interference for the vandals, claiming that the repairs were "substandard" and that the water treatments are causing the sealant to peel.  In reality, the damages are being caused by a coordinated monkey wrenching campaign, and the liberal media is silent about it.    

The political left views monuments as symbolic targets; a way to attack western culture and demoralize the population without risking substantial jail time.  We have seen similar tactics used by climate change protesters across Europe and the US.  It's no coincidence that these activists choose iconic western treasures, such as classic artworks or an original copy of the Magna Carta, to vandalize.

Climate change is just the excuse, but the real goal is to incrementally deface anything symbolic of western civilization or national pride.  The same mentality applies to the sabotage of the Lincoln reflecting pool.  On top of that, the media takes the opportunity to paint Trump as incompetent or ineffective, turning something positive like monument restoration into an ugly propaganda affair.         

Tyler Durden Sat, 06/20/2026 - 12:15

Looking ahead, what are the Knicks' chances to repeat as NBA champions? What will affect those chances?

A Cessna plane carrying Claude Guillemot and one other person crashed Friday evening in a field just before landing at La Baule Airport on the Atlantic coast, a La Baule airport official said.

A Knicks superfan celebrated the NBA Finals win by visiting his father's grave and decorating it with a Brunson jersey.

Germany faces its first real test of the World Cup on Saturday.

Tonight's film takes Lyndsy Fonseca and Peter Porte to the Windy City.

Walker Buehler will help lead the visiting Padres past the Rangers on Saturday afternoon, Stitches predicts.

In a letter to his late father, author Donald Cohen, extends "a continuation of a conversation that refuses to end."

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Twin sisters were finally able to see each other after a successful operation in Abu Dhabi by British surgeons and more than 60 other medical professionals.

Trump Says He No Longer Views Anthropic As A National Security Threat

Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times,

President Donald Trump said he no longer views the artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic as a national security threat.

Illustration of Anthropic on June 18, 2026. Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas via AFP via Getty Images

"We have a situation with Anthropic, and we didn't like what they were doing, and so far I think they behaved very responsibly to our request," Trump told Axios's Marc Caputo in an interview that aired on June 19.

Caputo then asked Trump if he still viewed Anthropic and its CEO, Dario Amodei, as a threat to national security.

"Well, not now, but a week ago, maybe," Trump said, describing a meeting with Amodei at the G7 summit this week that influenced his change of heart.

"[Amodei] responded to us very quickly, because you know it's tremendous liability," Trump said. "You know, you can't play games with it. And he responded very responsibly."

The comments come one week after the Trump administration directed Anthropic to shut down foreign nationals' access to its new Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, which resulted in the company suspending access to all users entirely.

Issued on June 12, the directive from U.S. officials did not include specific details of potential security threats or concerns, according to Anthropic.

"Our understanding is that the government believes it has become aware of a method of bypassing, or 'jailbreaking' Fable 5," the company said in a statement at the time.

Trump told Axios that one of the company's competitors "turned Anthropic in" and raised alarms over the new models.

"They didn't like what [Anthropic was] doing. They were very concerned," he said.

Anthropic did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.

When Anthropic released Fable 5 to the general public on June 9, it said the model had exceeded the capabilities of "any model we've ever made generally available."

"It is state-of-the-art on nearly all tested benchmarks of AI capability, showing exceptional performance in software engineering, knowledge work, vision, scientific research, and many other areas," Anthropic stated.

As a "Mythos-class" model, Fable 5 is essentially as strong as Mythos, but with key safety features to make it safe for public use.

In the same announcement, Anthropic made Mythos 5 available to a small group of cyberdefenders and infrastructure providers. But after the company's decision to suspend access to all users on June 12, both models are currently unavailable.

Two days before Anthropic pulled access, Amodei wrote on X that he believes frontier models such as Mythos 5 "should face mandatory third-party testing for cyber, bio, and autonomy risks - with the power to block or revoke deployment of models that pose catastrophic risk."

Trump signed an executive order early this month asking AI firms to voluntarily submit their frontier models for government review 30 days before they're available to the general public.

At the time, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized the order for only being "voluntary," saying that mandatory testing and review of frontier models is needed to "protect Americans."

Jacki Thrapp contributed to this report.

Tyler Durden Sat, 06/20/2026 - 11:40

A New Jersey man pleaded guilty this week to sexually assaulting one of the girls on his wife's cheerleading team -- and his spouse is also facing charges in the disturbing case.

The "Levitating" singer is the first bride to wear a custom creation by new creative director Matthieu Blazy.

In sanctuary jurisdictions like Virginia, the safety of law-abiding folks comes last, the “rights” (privileges!) of illegal immigrants come first.

So, can a team like the Yankees potentially take multiple good and/or intriguing depth pieces who are inexpensive, and have control years and use that as the crux of a trade for a needed player?