6.18.2026 - Caucus vs Primary | Water Virtue Signaling | Iran Deal Reax

Send us Fan MailDecision day at the U.S. Supreme Court had Neal Larson and Julie Mason glued to SCOTUSblog—only to get a couple of smaller rulings (including a narrow Second Amendment decision involving a marijuana user) while the big Idaho-adjacent cases everyone’s watching remain pending. That wait became a jumping-off point for a bigger frustration: how national media frames Idaho’s “protect girls and women in sports” case as “LGBTQ+ rights,” and how often adults’ interests get elevated above protecting kids—whether that’s in sports, bathrooms, or other cultural fights.From there, the show moved through a complicated Shelley story involving a child with sepsis and a parent refusing treatment (and the limits of “parental rights”), then into a classic Neal-and-Julie sidebar on drought, lawn watering, and virtue signaling—complete with a few laughs about miserable social media takes, vegans, and wildfires. The second hour turned sharply political with a deep dive into the Idaho GOP’s brewing internal fight over a potential caucus system, crossover voting, and whether party labels still mean what voters think they mean—plus a live listen-in to Vice President J.D. Vance on the Iran deal, which led to a surprisingly upbeat review of his tone and communication (even as Neal and Julie remained cautious about whether the agreement holds).## 2. Highlights- Supreme Court decision day delivers a narrow Second Amendment ruling (marijuana use and gun rights), while the high-profile Idaho sports case stays unresolved.  - Neal and Julie unload on media framing: “protect girls and women in sports” getting labeled as “LGBTQ+ rights.”  - Shelley story sparks a careful but firm debate: parental rights matter—but not when a child’s life is at risk (sepsis case).  - “Stop watering your lawn” virtue signaling gets fact-checked, with a pointed argument that lawns are a tiny slice of total water use compared to agriculture.  - Idaho GOP tensions rise: caucus vs. primary, crossover voting, and the claim that some candidates won’t even sign on to the party platform.  - Live J.D. Vance remarks on the Iran deal—plus a moment of unexpected praise for his steadiness and humor under pressure.Let’s talk advertising. When you want to advertise on the radio, you call the station, right? But what about Facebook, Instagram, Hulu, Disney+, Peacock, and other streaming platforms?You could try clicking around, reading books, or taking online courses to figure it out—or you can let us handle it. At Sandhill Media Group, we’re your local experts in both radio and digital marketing.Visit SandhillMediaGroup.com today.<a href="https://www.sandhillmediagrou