Applebaum: What binds Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is not religion or ideology. China is communist, Russia nationalist, Iran theocratic. What binds them is fear of liberal language: rights, rule of law, separation of powers and independent courts. 1/

This morning at the White House...

John McWhorter: American politicians who build their brand around black grievances are “becoming a relic of another time…. I almost feel sorry for them.” “We need more cosmopolitan, and frankly more honest, people as black leaders.”

I'm actually quite proud to work at FDD and not at a place where people engage in the worst kind of social media gotcha-ism to crucify someone for the worst possible interpretation of something they said, something they never intended. FDD is a think tank. We engage with ideas. We don't call for murdering people for their ideas. That's what Iran did by putting FDD on its hit list. No, we advocate policies and call out terrible ideas, like when Beinart advocates for Jews to relinquish self-determination in the world's only Jewish state. Anyone who knows the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and follows Palestinian current events (or other sectarian conflicts) would know that that is a recipe for a bloodbath. Khamenei, Sinwar, and Nasrallah all engaged in military efforts to destroy Israel and were themselves dealt with militarily. Beinart engages in intellectual efforts to destroy Israel and should be dealt with intellectually. Perhaps stepping out of social media's toxicity would be helpful for those putting words into Mark's mouth and attacking him for their imagination.

Los aficionados de Corea del Sur no podían entrar con el tequila rumbo al estadio, así que se la empezaron a tomar entre todos y después invitaron a los mexicanos a beber también JAJAJAJAJA. Es el mejor Mundial de la historia.

Nobody drinks Bordeaux in Bordeaux. nytimes.com/2026/06/11/dinin…

POTUS is about to realize that the people who cheered him on loudest in starting this war will assail him, his team, the mediators and everyone else for getting a deal, whatever its terms, to end it. Because that's much easier than admitting that their schemes have been folly.

World Cup teams have mandated “community sessions” that are mainly exclusive ticketed events. Algeria’s community session was a real one, where the community was invited and now, children in the KC metro get to say they’ve played with international soccer stars.

My letter to the Prime Minister

Sources said one option Trump is considering is launching an operation that is big in scale but short in duration, with the aim of pressing Iran to change its position in the negotiations.