Jun162026

Episode 1216 – That’s Why the SPLC Is Being Investigated!

A terror plot was exposed that targeted the UFC Freedom 250 even to kill all the billionaires. We will talk about it since the mainstream media won’t.

A big company will discontinue using the Southern Poverty Law Center’s hate map when in comes to their charity program.

And Gavin Newsom is being investigated and he’s yelling at Trump. There’s just one problem.

Why Does This Keep Happening?

According to Fox News:

The FBI and its law enforcement partners disrupted an alleged plot targeting this weekend’s UFC Freedom 250 event in Washington, D.C., officials told Fox News Digital.

Five people were in custody as of Monday, and investigators identified 23 people as part of a potential network of plotters. The alleged plan involved using explosive-laden drones to hit buildings near the event, force a mass evacuation and steer crowds toward a pre-staged sniper team, officials said.

A “second wave” was then allegedly planned to storm the White House gate, according to officials.

The FBI first learned of the threat on June 10 and worked with partners to secure probable cause for an arrest in Cincinnati, where one suspect was taken into custody.

Later in the article:

Investigators later uncovered Signal chats in which multiple people allegedly discussed attacking the UFC event. An initial review of one suspect’s iPhone identified at least 23 Signal users discussing pre-operational activity, officials said.

Some of those involved allegedly planned to travel to Fredericksburg, Virginia, on June 12 or 13 to prepare for the attack.

One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target “capitalist elites,” “billionaires” or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

The investigation stretched across at least 12 FBI field offices.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-disrupts-alleged-explosive-drone-plot-targeting-white-house-ufc-event-officials-say

That’s Why They Are Being Investigated!

According to the Post Millennial:

DoorDash has officially ended a policy that automatically blocked certain nonprofits from its employee giving program after criticism from investors and advocacy groups.

According to a report by The Daily Signal, DoorDash has instructed its workplace giving platform, Deed, to stop using the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate map” as a default filter for charitable organizations participating in the program.

The change means employees will no longer be automatically prevented from donating to nonprofits that have been designated by the SPLC as hate groups through DoorDash’s charitable giving system.

The policy drew scrutiny from conservative organizations that argued the SPLC’s classifications have expanded beyond extremist groups like the KKK to include mainstream conservative and religious organizations such as Turning Point USA and PragerU. Critics claimed the practice limited employees’ charitable giving options.

https://thepostmillennial.com/doordash-stops-using-splc-list-to-blacklist-conservative-orgs

Well, It’s About Time!

According to the Daily Wire:

The Department of Justice has launched multiple investigations related to California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, including a probe dating back to the Biden administration, The Daily Wire has learned.

The revelation comes just hours after Newsom accused President Donald Trump of directing the DOJ to investigate him and his wife.

In a nearly five-minute video statement, Newsom said federal agents have knocked on the doors of his family, friends, and former employees.

In May, Newsom announced plans to make California the first state to provide “free diapers” to newborns leaving the hospital — funneling the money for the program through a nonprofit headed by a friend of California’s self-described “First Partner,” The Daily Wire previously reported.

Baby2Baby co-CEO Norah Weinstein sits on the board of Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s group “California Partners Project” — and it’s Baby2Baby that will take point on the $20 million diaper project, which is supposed to provide every family leaving the hospital with a newborn with 400 diapers.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-says-trump-is-coming-after-him-one-problem-biden-started-it?row=0&elementPosition=4&rowType=Web+Search+Overlay

It’s Coming to an End…Finally!

According to ESPN:

Major League Baseball on Monday decried the use of personal writings on any team-issued Pride Night hats after members of the San Francisco Giants had Bible verses etched into their caps during Friday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs.

In a statement to multiple outlets, MLB chief communications officer Pat Courtney said, “The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations.”

San Francisco’s Landen Roupp, a 27-year-old right-hander from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, started and pitched 4⅔ innings with “Gen 9:12-16” on the front of his hat. Roupp spoke to reporters after the 5-1 loss about his decision, and he was adamant that “there’s no hate at all. It’s just what I stand for, and what I stand on: I believe in God.”

“The rainbow is a symbol of God’s covenant with us, and we as believers stand firm in that … There’s no hate at all,” he told reporters. “It’s just what I stand for and what I stand in, I believe in God.”

“And God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.’” Genesis 9:12-16

Roupp brought up:

  • JT Brubaker, a 32-year-old righty from Springfield, Ohio, and Ryan Walker, a 30-year-old righty from Arlington, Washington, made relief appearances in the loss with Bible verses on their hats.
  • Also in the loss, reliever Sam Hentges, a 29-year-old lefty from Shoreview, Minnesota, took the mound without the Pride Night hat.
  • The Texas Rangers remain the only MLB club that does not stage an official Pride Night or Pride Month celebration, despite 29 other teams doing so.
  • Nick Ahmed (Giants shortstop in 2024) – Said he wrote a Bible verse on his Pride cap that year, framing it as an expression of his faith rather than a coordinated protest, but it’s now cited as part of the same pattern.
  • Jason Adam
  • Jalen Beeks
  • Brooks Raley
  • Jeffrey Springs
  • Ryan Thompson
  • Blake Treinen (Dodgers pitcher)

https://www.dailywire.com/news/giants-pitcher-refuses-to-hide-christian-faith-during-pride-night?author=Jacob+Wheeler&category=undefined&elementPosition=10&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Giants+Pitcher+Refuses+To+Hide+Christian+Faith+During+Pride+Night

Who Lives in Who’s Head?

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Jun162026

Episode 1215 – It Was A Pretty Awesome Weekend!

Trump announces that we have a deal with Iran that will end the war. I am having my doubts.

Elon Musk passes a major milestone and everyone on the Left is really ticked off about it.

And we had a huge sports weekend. Let’s talk about that.

Yeah. I’ll Wait and See

Some things:

  • It’s not a peace deal. It’s a memorandum of understanding.
  • No information about the deal has been released.
  • Hezbollah attacked Israel on Saturday, presumably on orders of Iran.
  • Who likes this deal? Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, and Iran.
  • They SHOULD NOT be holding a signing ceremony.

Congrats Elon!

According to the Mary Sue:

Elon Musk has officially broken the record for becoming the world’s first trillionaire. Online reactions have varied, with some congratulating Musk and others criticizing the obscene wealth he has amassed.

According to Bloomberg, Tesla and SpaceX founder became the world’s richest man in history after his net worth reached $1.1 trillion. SpaceX managed to raise $75 billion in an initial public offering (IPO) after its trading launch on Friday. When the market closed, Musk’s shares in SpaceX were worth $767.1 billion. He also held $53.8 billion in SpaceX options. Musk’s trillionaire status is further solidified by his holdings of $168 billion in Tesla shares and $116.4 billion in options.

Some things:

  • Elon Musk does not have a trillion dollars.
  • He has stocks that are worth a trillion.
  • The stocks are volatile. They go up and down.
  • He takes a salary of about $60,000 a year. The rest of his salary comes in the form of stocks.
  • He cannot sell the stocks to get his trillion dollars because the shares would plummet.
  • Basically, by him owning stocks, he is reinvesting into his own company.

The responses were hysterical and economically naieve:

One comment on X sarcastically reads, “Capitalism is better than socialism because one man gets to be a trillionaire instead of everyone having healthcare.”

“Can’t stop thinking about how Wall Street is celebrating Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire while he single-handedly eliminated humanitarian aid that will lead to the needless deaths of 4.5 million of the poorest children in the world in the next 4 years.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren weighed in and called for action. She wrote on X, “Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire. The typical American household would have to work more than 11 MILLION years to make Elon Musk’s level of wealth. We need a wealth tax.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has been vocal against billionaires, also raised opposition to Musk’s newly gained status. He said on X, “Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500. If we end that absurdity and lift the cap on taxable income, we can make Social Security solvent for 75 years and expand benefits by $2,400. My Social Security bill does that.”

https://www.themarysue.com/elon-musk-is-the-worlds-first-trillionaire-disgusting

Dumbass of the Day

Somethings:

  • She has no idea what masculinity is. She’s a woman.
  • You know what men don’t talk about? How they are masculine.
  • I wonder if this “journalist” would ask Brad Pitt what he thought about his masculinity? She wouldn’t.
  • Eliot’s (Ellen) mannerisms are all feminine.
  • This is the most feminine conversation ever.

What Would Happen If They Lost

According to Perplexity:

New York saw large, chaotic street celebrations that turned violent in parts of Midtown Manhattan, especially around Times Square and near Madison Square Garden, after the Knicks clinched their first NBA title in 53 years.

When and where it happened

  • The unrest began late Saturday night, June 13, 2026, shortly after the Knicks won the championship in Game 5.
  • Crowds swelled to tens of thousands in Midtown, centered around Madison Square Garden, Broadway, and Times Square (roughly 34th–43rd Streets, between about 5th and 9th Avenues).

Scale: arrests and injuries

  • NYPD reports 63 arrests tied to the celebrations, with charges including assault on a police officer, weapons possession, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstructing governmental administration.
  • Ten NYPD officers were injured; incidents included one officer punched in the face and another hit with a glass bottle.
  • A 17‑year‑old was shot near 42nd–43rd Street and Broadway; police transported him in an NYPD vehicle because an ambulance could not get through the crowd. He was reported injured but alive/expected to survive.
  • Police and media also reported four stabbing or slashing incidents during the mayhem.

Property damage and specific incidents

  • Five yellow school buses, being used as World Cup shuttles, were either set on fire or heavily damaged (windows smashed, people jumping on roofs, battering them with bats) in and around Times Square.
  • Several NYPD vehicles were damaged, with windshields smashed and people climbing on top of cars.
  • Private vehicles and some storefronts in Midtown also suffered broken windows and other vandalism, according to police descriptions of “criminal mischief” and on‑scene reporting.
  • Fireworks were lit in dense crowds, and people were seen climbing light poles, scaffolding, and statues, further adding to safety concerns.

Police response and crowd dynamics

  • NYPD had anticipated trouble based on earlier playoff‑round incidents and deployed officers in riot gear, including mounted units, into Times Square and the blocks north of Madison Square Garden.
  • As celebrations grew, police described the crowd as becoming “increasingly destructive,” with officers moving in to disperse people blocking intersections, riding on vehicles, and refusing orders to clear the streets.
  • The bulk of the citywide crowds were celebratory and non‑violent, but a smaller subset engaged in the most serious property destruction and assaults, which is what generated the “mayhem” and “chaos” framing in coverage.

Context and open questions

  • This was the Knicks’ first championship since 1973, so the city had not experienced this specific kind of title‑driven street celebration in more than five decades.
  • There is not yet a finalized, detailed after‑action report from NYPD or the city breaking down arrests by exact charge, demographics, and geography, but outlets consistently cite the 63‑arrest figure, 10 injured officers, one shooting victim, and four stabbing victims.

https://dumbassestalkingpolitics.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=12145&action=edit

What A Great Event!

https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/49070230/ufc-white-house-success-never-again-dana-white-says

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Jun122026

Episode 1214 – Street Journalism Is Finding the Grift in California!

An incredible story comes out of Boston showing what liberal governance leads to. When you listen to the story, see if you can figure out what’s missing.

We all know that there was cheating in the Los Angeles mayoral race. Now, it looks like people are looking to prove it and it didn’t take long.

And the FIFA World Cup started yesterday and FIFA already has some egg on their faces.

This Is Pretty Incrdible

You Don’t Say

According to the New York Post:

A series of shocking videos show homeless residents on Los Angeles’ Skid Row claiming they were paid to vote for Mayor Karen Bass and councilwoman Nithya Raman.

The California Post obtained copies of the videos after they were published Tuesday on the TikTok account LaneNeedsSpencerPratt.

The footage, recorded near 7th Street and Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning, has since been provided to the Department of Justice. It also follows The Post’s revelations that thousands of homeless voters were registered to shelters where they didn’t live.

One shelter in Venice, where 185 Raman voters were registered, received $600,000 from taxpayers care of the socialist Raman.

In one of the clips, a man who calls himself Kevin Shepherd, claimed he received $4 to vote for Bass.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/la-skid-row-homeless-claim-theyve-been-paid-to-vote-for-karen-bass-and-nithya-raman/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter

Oh Well! See Ya!

According to the Post Millennial:

A Somali referee selected to officiate at the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been barred from entering the United States after federal authorities discovered information linking him to suspected members of terrorist organizations.

Omar Artan, Somalia’s only referee appointed to the tournament, was denied admission after arriving at Miami International Airport from Istanbul on Saturday. According to a Trump administration official who spoke to Fox News, Customs and Border Protection officers uncovered “derogatory” information during an inspection that rendered Artan inadmissible under federal immigration law.

In a statement provided to Fox News, the administration said, “This individual was seeking admission to the United States. Upon further inspection by CBP, derogatory information, including association with suspected members of terror organizations, was discovered making the traveler ineligible for admission to the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The traveler was refused admission and given immigration forms that provide the section of law used to complete an expedited removal under 8235 of the INA. President Trump’s administration will not allow any security threat to enter our country – full stop.”

The decision effectively ends Artan’s participation in the World Cup, which is being hosted in part by the United States. FIFA confirmed Monday that Artan would no longer take part in referee training or officiate matches during the tournament. The organization said it had been informed by US authorities that his immigration status would not be changed.

https://thepostmillennial.com/somali-referee-banned-from-entry-to-us-for-fifa-world-cup-has-ties-to-terrorists

Now What Do They Do With Them

According to the Post Millennial:

DeCarlos Brown Jr, the man who was charged with stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death on the Charlotte light rail, has been found incompetent to stand trial, according to federal prosecutors. 

Brown, 34, appeared in federal court on Tuesday morning, where federal Judge Kenneth Bell found ruled that Brown did not understand the proceedings, and could not stand trial. During the hearing, Brown shouted about having “material in his body” and said that he was having a “body emergency” during the brief hearing at the courthouse, per Queens City News. 

The judge, as the ruling came down, said, “[I] hope that what happens here will be accurately recorded by professional press and social media.” Brown was evaluated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago through the Bureau of Prison. 

After shouting during the hearing, he was escorted out of the room. He shouted more at the judge and asked if the judge had gotten a letter from his mother. The killer will now get medication as well as treatment in an effort to restore his competency for up to four months. 

If Brown is not found to be competent at that point, he may be held in federal custody under federal commitment laws. Another hearing may determine is he has to be forcibly medicated. The prosecutors in the case did not present any evidence in the 15-minutes hearing on Tuesday.  

“The court found that his prognosis is ‘good’ to be made competent and set a four-month deadline to have that process go forward,” US Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Russ Ferguson said. “The court ordered that he seek treatment and medication.”

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-iryna-zarutskas-killer-ruled-incompetent-to-stand-trial

Dumbass of the Day

Yeah, Now Do HUD

According to the New York Post:

A top Trump agency is cutting off funding to the Los Angeles agency responsible for coordinating billions in homelessness spending after accusing it of “obvious fraud,” “wanton mismanagement” and repeated failures to safeguard taxpayer dollars, Fox News Digital has learned.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which is a member of the White House fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance, is immediately suspending the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s (LAHSA) federal funding while HUD’s inspector general investigates potential offenses by the agency and its leadership, according to a letter sent to LAHSA’s board chair Wendy Greuel and its CEO Gita O’Neill, which was obtained and reviewed by Fox News Digital. 

The letter detailed conflicts of interest, financial mismanagement, fraud, lack of oversight, and more from the homelessness agency, which has faced efforts by the city and county to take it over.

The move puts one of the country’s biggest homelessness bureaucracies under direct federal scrutiny after years of criticism that billions have gone into homelessness programs in Los Angeles while the crisis remains entrenched on the streets. LAHSA receives funding at the city, county, state and federal level, with the group getting nearly $1 billion from just the federal government since 2021, according to HUD.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/trump-admin-yanks-funding-from-la-homeless-agency-amid-fraud-probe/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=capost

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Jun112026

Episode 1213 – That’s the Leader of Your Organization?!

Donald Trump finally has had enough with Iran. It’s about bloody time!

And let’s go over the House Judiciary Committees hearing over the accusations against the Southern Poverty Law Center. It was great.

Well, It’s About Time

U.S. forces carried out a new round of airstrikes on Iranian targets along the country’s southern coast and near the Strait of Hormuz late Tuesday/early Wednesday, framed by Washington as “retaliatory” and “self‑defense” strikes after Iran shot down a U.S. military helicopter earlier this week.

What actually happened

  • U.S. Central Command says American aircraft and missiles struck multiple Iranian military targets, including radar and air‑defense installations and other coastal sites that Washington argues were being used to threaten U.S. forces and shipping near the Strait of Hormuz.
  • The latest wave of strikes began around 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, following the downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter over or near the Strait; both crew members were recovered alive by a U.S. sea drone according to U.S. officials.
  • U.S. officials describe the operation as a “measured retaliation” intended to deter further Iranian attacks while avoiding a full‑scale regional war, emphasizing that the targets were strictly military.

Despite the fighting, the U.S. has both resumed getting oil through the Strait of Hormuz and even conducted at least one covert shipment in recent days.[reuters]

Current U.S. flows through the Strait

  • The U.S. Energy Secretary said on June 9 that ship traffic and oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Gulf are “rising very meaningfully” compared with the previous weeks when the corridor was more heavily disrupted by the conflict.[reuters]
  • The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that in 2024 the United States imported about 0.5 million barrels per day of crude oil and condensate from Persian Gulf countries via the Strait, a relatively small share of total U.S. supply but still significant.[eia]

Covert U.S. shipment Trump referenced

  • On June 10, President Trump told reporters that the U.S. had “secretly moved millions of barrels of oil” through the Strait of Hormuz, implying at least one protected or clandestine shipment during the current crisis.[cnbc]
  • Financial and energy media framed this as part of broader U.S. efforts to demonstrate that it can keep at least some flows moving even while bombing Iranian targets and escorting tankers.[cnbc]

How important the Strait is overall

  • Roughly 20–25% of the world’s seaborne oil trade—on the order of 20 million barrels per day—normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz, making it the single most critical oil chokepoint globally.[britannica]
  • Asia (China, India, South Korea, Japan and others) takes close to 90% of the crude moving through the Strait, while the U.S. directly receives only a small fraction (around 2–3% of those flows), which is why the U.S. is affected more through global price impacts than through physical shortages.[energynow]

The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT. 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

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/f8adf6fa-b155-4ce0-9943-47049ffd75ad

We Are Fighting Back

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Jun102026

Episode 1212 – Wake Up People of the West!

The United States military has shown it is awesome, once again, and Iran might have just signed their death warrants.

Our justice system is still treats people equally. Thank God.

And a horrible attack happens in Belfast. We need to talk about this because we are going to have to deal with stuff like this.

More Heroism

According to the Daily Wire:

President Donald Trump shared previously unreported details about a downed U.S. Army Apache helicopter on Wednesday, including how the two pilots survived after an Iranian drone lodged in between them as they were flying.

Trump described the incident and rescue mission in an exclusive call with Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst. The U.S. Army Apache helicopter was shot down earlier this week when, according to the president, an Iranian drone struck the helicopter but failed to detonate, lodging itself between the two pilots as they flew at low altitude.

Flying a gunship with a live, burning drone embedded in the cockpit, the pilots faced the possibility of explosion at any moment. Trump said the cockpit filled with heat and fire before the crew managed to ditch the aircraft into the sea. The two pilots were subsequently rescued — in what Trump described as the first-ever rescue of its kind — by an unmanned sea drone.

After the Iranian drone attack, Trump warned Wednesday that he is nearing a decision to order strikes on Iranian power plants and bridges, signaling a sharp escalation in the ongoing military confrontation with Tehran amid stalled nuclear negotiations.

The drone boat was the Saronic Corsair, a 24-foot unmanned surface vessel used by the U.S. Navy’s Task Force 59. It was the first U.S. rescue carried out with an autonomous surface vessel, according to military reporting.

The Corsair was described as looking like a speedboat and was used to retrieve the Apache crew before they were lifted by helicopter to complete the rescue.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-heart-stopping-scene-inside-u-s-chopper-cockpit-revealed-after-iran-drone-strike?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Hank+Berrien&category=News&elementPosition=4&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=The+Heart-Stopping+Scene+Inside+U.S.+Chopper+Cockpit+Revealed+After+Iran+Drone+Strike

Black Supremacy is Alive and Well

According to X:

A Texas jury convicted 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony of murder and sentenced him to 35 years for stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf once in the chest during a rain-soaked high school track meet on April 2, 2025, at David Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco. Witnesses said Anthony, from Centennial High School, entered the rival Prosper High tent, warned others after a shove, then pulled a knife; prosecutors rejected his self-defense claim after three hours of deliberation. Metcalf’s parents delivered emotional statements, with his father stressing right and wrong over race, while the case sparked national debates on self-defense, youth violence, and racial dynamics, including unverified fundraising claims and celebrity comments.

Diversity Is Not Our Strength

According to the Daily Mail:

A Sudanese man has been charged with attempted murder after a ‘knife attack’ in Belfast.

The 30-year-old, who has not yet been named by police, will appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. 

He has also been charged with possession of an article with blade or point in a public place and making threats to kill.

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said the suspect is believed to have travelled from Sudan to Paris, and then from Paris to Dublin before taking a bus to Belfast in February 2023 – taking advantage of the Common Travel Area. 

There, he immediately claimed asylum, before he was given leave to remain in the UK in September 2023, lasting for five years.

The victim of the attack, a man aged in his 40s, remains in a serious condition in hospital receiving treatment for serious eye, face and back wounds.

Social media footage shows a man standing astride a bloodied victim holding a knife to his throat and his fist in the air. 

Heroic bystanders then intervene, with one man hitting the suspect with a hurling stick. Police said a kitchen knife was recovered from the scene on Kinnaird Avenue, in the north of Belfast. They do not believe the attack was terror related. 

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15884987/Man-suffers-injuries-stabbed-Belfast-suspect-arrested.html

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Jun092026

Episode 1211 – I Will Say It: They Are Cheating!

More good news comes from the economy.

The cheat is complete in Los Angeles and Donald Trump has something to say about it.

And the Left is doing all it can to ruin the country’s 250th anniversary.

Things Are Getting Better

Segment 1 – The “strong” jobs report that doesn’t fix your grocery bill (2:00–12:00)

  • Summarize The Post Millennial story on 172,000 jobs added in May, beating expectations, and unemployment at around the mid‑4% range.
  • Contrast headline numbers with lived reality: persistent inflation, gas, groceries, and housing strain, and how administration allies will spin the report versus skeptical economists.
  • Angle: “Bidenomics vs Trump era vs now” in terms of labor participation, real wages, and underemployment, and how media cherry‑pick whichever datapoint serves their narrative.
  • Listener takeaway: encourage people to look at real wages and participation, not just “jobs added this month.”

https://thepostmillennial.com/employment-surges-past-expectations-with-172000-jobs-added-in-may

The Fix is Complete in L.A.

Los Angeles Mayoral race:

  • Karen Bass – 34.3% – 276,000
  • Nitya Raman – 28.5% – 230,000
  • Spencer Pratt – 25.8% – 208.000

The California Gubernatorial race:

  • Xavier Bacerra – 27.7% – 2.178 million
  • Steve Hilton – 25.1% – 1.975 million
  • Tom Steyer – 22.4% – 1.759 million

1.6 million voted remain to be counted.

Segment 2 – California’s relaxed voter registration IDs (12:00–24:00)

  • Walk through the report that California allows voter registration using non‑photo IDs like gym cards, insurance cards, or employer IDs, which do not verify identity or citizenship.
  • Explain, in plain language, what is and is not being checked: residency vs citizenship vs simple possession of a card; how this interacts with motor voter and same‑day registration.
  • Contrast with stricter models (photo ID, proof‑of‑citizenship) that advocates in other states push, using something like the SAVE America Act conceptually for comparison.
  • Angle: federal vs state control of election standards; how loose documentation regimes in a deep‑blue state affect national politics through House seats and electoral votes.

https://twitter.com/Chicago1Ray/status/2063295827573879145/video/1

https://thepostmillennial.com/california-allows-voters-to-register-with-gym-card-insurance-card-employer-id-none-of-which-verify-identity-or-citizenship

Why’d He Do It, Anyway?

They Want Misery Only

Segment 3 – Lawsuit to stop the UFC “Freedom 250” on the White House lawn (24:00–36:00)

  • Summarize ESPN’s reporting: a federal lawsuit by a veteran and a civic activist seeks an injunction against the UFC card on the South Lawn, timed to Trump’s 80th birthday.
  • Outline the claimed legal issues: use of federal parkland for a private sporting event, alleged failure to get proper congressional authorization for construction on the lawn, and NEPA/environmental‑review claims.
  • Political angle:
    • Is this genuine concern about precedent for private commercialization of the presidency and public property?
    • Or lawfare and bureaucratic resistance against Trump’s attempt to merge populist spectacle with presidential power?
  • You can riff on sports‑washing vs populist entertainment: compare to Obama’s celebrity concerts or Biden events vs a UFC card at the White House.

Key Facts

  • The lawsuit was filed by the Public Integrity Project in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking to halt the June 14 UFC card and related events, including a weigh‑in at the Lincoln Memorial.
  • Plaintiffs argue the Department of the Interior and National Park Service violated their own regulations by allowing a private sporting event on public property and by permitting construction of the UFC’s “claw” stadium structure on the South Lawn without the congressional authorization required for building on federal parkland.
  • The suit also claims the government failed to conduct an environmental review for a “major federal action” affecting the South Lawn, and that the temporary America‑250 rule for semiquincentennial events does not apply because the card is really a celebration of the UFC and President Trump’s 80th birthday, not Independence Day.
  • Brendan Ballou, lead attorney for the group, calls the event a “profound misuse” of national monuments for private gain and says they want to stop the fight, the weigh‑in, and the permanent installation of the claw structure, framing it as an anti‑corruption action rather than an attack on MMA.
  • A statement from the Trump administration and event defenders calls the case an “obstructionist, baseless, and dilatory lawsuit” meant to block what they describe as a historic sporting event that is comparable to other White House and National Mall events permitted under existing rules.

https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/48993111/lawsuit-seeks-shut-ufc-white-house

That’s Just Gross

Segment 4 – HelloFresh Pride ad backlash and corporate virtue‑signaling (36:00–48:00)

  • Summarize the Daily Wire coverage: a HelloFresh Pride Month ad that conservatives found “repulsive” and “sickening,” sparking calls to cancel and boycott.
  • Describe the ad’s general theme (without replaying it verbatim) and why critics say it targets kids, sexualizes identity, or crosses a line from inclusion to ideological promotion.
  • Place it in the trend of corporate Pride marketing, Bud Light, Target, and the question: are these campaigns driven by sincere belief, ESG/HR pressure, or fear of activist backlash?
  • Note the asymmetry: corporations often calculate that upsetting conservatives costs less than upsetting activist employees, media, or key coastal markets.


https://www.dailywire.com/news/hellofresh-crosses-line-with-repulsive-pride-month-ad-its-sickening

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Episode 1210 – Doesn’t New York Have Bigger Fish to Fry?

New York has a lot of problems. But they seems to always deflect from those problems to push their woke crap.

The colleges in California, and throughout the country, are finding that a lot of kids entering their schools can’t hack it. They have and idea on how to fix it.

And I am going to talk about a couple of incidents that we’re not talking about here. But it is coming here.

Here We Go Again!

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/2062017783643152437/video/1

Ridiculous

https://twitter.com/StateDept/status/2062214237569642709/video/1

This Is the Biggest Problem in New York?

According to Perplexity:

New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would systematically replace the words “mother” and “father” with gender‑neutral terms like “gestating parent” and “non‑gestating parent” in state family‑related laws, but it is not law until Governor Kathy Hochul signs it.

What the bill actually does

  • In family court, domestic relations, and related statutes, references to “mother” are replaced with “gestating parent,” and “father” with “non‑gestating parent” or simply “parent.”
  • “Paternity” proceedings (to determine a child’s legal father) are renamed “parentage” proceedings, and “putative father” becomes “alleged parent” in the statutory language.
  • The changes are largely within family‑law contexts (custody, parentage, surrogacy, same‑sex parent cases), rather than banning the everyday use of “mom” and “dad” by the public.

Status and process

  • The bill passed the New York State Assembly earlier in the year and then passed the State Senate this week, so it has cleared the legislature.
  • It now goes to Governor Hochul, who can sign it into law, veto it, or let it become law without her signature; as of the latest reports, it is awaiting her decision.

Stated rationale vs. political backlash

  • Supporters argue the update is meant to align the law with modern family structures, including same‑sex couples, surrogacy, and assisted reproduction, where “biological mother/father” may not match who is actually raising the child.
  • The bill memo says the goal is to use inclusive, gender‑neutral terminology so that all intended or functional parents are treated consistently in court.
  • Critics—particularly Republicans and conservative commentators—frame it as an ideological attempt to “erase” the traditional terms “mother” and “father,” and some local officials have publicly vowed to reverse such changes if they gain higher office.
  • In litigation, petitions and orders would refer to “gestating parent,” “non‑gestating parent,” and “parentage,” which could affect how parentage is framed in disputes over custody, support, and adoption.
  • The change dovetails with a broader trend in New York toward recognizing non‑traditional and multi‑parent arrangements (for example, confirmatory adoptions and recognizing more than two legal parents in some cases).
  • It does not on its face strip anyone of parental rights; instead it re‑labels the categories under which those rights are asserted and adjudicated. This is the slippery slope.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/3fa6c26e-f250-4784-90cd-aeaeb2bd43f7

Well, Yeah

According to the Post Millennial:

Hundreds of University of California faculty members have signed an open letter urging faculty leaders to return to a standardized testing model for math and science applicants. The letter warns of a clear drop in math scores since the tests were abandoned.

After a 2020 legal challenge was raised by a student that argued the requirement provided an advantage to students who could afford prep services, the tests were eliminated. The group of UC Berkeley math professors sent the letter arguing that the college’s decision to abstain from test requirements created ability gaps so broad that instructors were having to teach middle-school math to college-aged students.

The professors cite concerning trends among math students in their open letter.

“Over the past five years, we have seen a widening divergence in mathematical preparation levels within the same classroom,” the letter reads. “This trend indicates that current admissions practices do not provide a sufficiently reliable check on mathematical readiness for STEM majors. The UC San Diego Senate–Administration Workgroup on Admissions report documents this crisis in stark terms: in the last five years, the number of students whose mathematics skills fall below high school level increased nearly thirtyfold; moreover, 70% of those students fall below middle school levels, reaching roughly one in twelve members of the entering cohort.”

The letter urged the need for the school system to bring back the ACT and SAT requirements as a “critical baseline” to examine whether students have the mathematical abilities required for challenging STEM coursework. It argues that schools in California can no longer reliably distinguish readiness for university-level STEM majors in an era of severe grade inflation and AI-assisted application essays.

The professors conclude the letter with a call to action, urging the college to take four steps:

  • Reinstate SAT/ACT Requirements
  • Validate Academic Readiness
  • Establish Faculty Oversight
  • Mandate Institutional Accountability

In response to the letter penned by the UC professors, UC Academic Senate Chair Ahmet Palazoglu made the following statement:

“In light of concerns raised by UC faculty about student preparedness for undergraduate study, in March I called upon our systemwide faculty Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS) to address timely topics tied to students’ college readiness and UC’s admissions process. BOARS is in the process of proposing a roadmap of policy work and partnership-building with other state and K–12 education leaders in the next academic year and beyond.”

The dispute comes as colleges across the United States grapple with the new era of test-blind admissions. While supporters of these policies argue that the reduced restrictions expand access, there are still many who see the emerging trends as concerning.

https://thepostmillennial.com/university-of-california-professors-tired-of-teaching-students-who-cant-make-the-grade-demand-return-of-standardized-tests

They Ain’t Quitting

According to Reduxx:

Entrepreneur and founder of a women’s-only application has been ordered to pay $20,000, with an additional maximum of $100,000 in court fees, to a trans-identified male after he was denied access to the platform. CEO of Giggle for Girls Proprietary Limited, Sall Grover, was also found to have “discriminated” against Jason “Roxy” Tickle by recognizing him as a male in a selfie he submitted for on-boarding.

The ruling comes after more than four years of litigation, with Tickle having first filed a discrimination complaint through the Australian Human Rights Commission in December of 2021. The latest and final ruling, handed down in the Federal Court on Friday afternoon, was a response to an appeal lodged by Tickle in August 2024 to a decision made by Justice Bromwich stating that Grover was guilty of “indirect discrimination.” At the time, Grover was ordered to pay $10,000 in compensation to Tickle and to pay his court costs up to $50,000. Dissatisfied with the outcome, Tickle further pursued litigation seeking a verdict of direct discrimination.

In a shocking new development, Justice Melissa Perry sided with Tickle, doubled the compensation payout from $10,000 to $20,000, found Grover guilty of direct discrimination, and ordered her to pay court costs for Tickle up to $100,000. In her decision, Justice Perry cited the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984, which was significantly amended in 2013 to include explicit protections for “gender identity.”

.https://reduxx.info/aus-founder-of-women-only-app-ordered-to-pay-up-to-120000-to-trans-identified-male-for-recognizing-him-as-a-man/

More of This

According to Reduxx:

A French women’s rights activist has been found guilty of “public insult” over a remark she made during a televised debate with a trans-identified male. Dora Moutot was informed on May 20 that she had been convicted of “public insult against a person or group of people on account of their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity” due to her comment that women are “wary of people with penises.”

Moutot made the statement during an October 2022 episode of the popular talk show Quelle Époque!, where she had been invited as a guest to debate a trans-identified male named Marie Cau, the mayor of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes. While discussing the issue of men who claim to be transgender women, Moutot stated that women have a need to be cautious in the presence of “people with penises.”

In its ruling, the court argued that Moutot had reduced “transgender women” to “their male attribute.”

“By referring to them as ‘penis people’ whom ‘women’ are ‘forced to distrust’, the defendant first assigns transgender women to their penis, that is, to their male sexual attribute of birth, while denying their female gender identity since they are opposed to ‘women’, the defendant thus implicitly considering that transgender women are not women,” the verdict read.

“This statement, which in a generalizing and essentializing way denies the gender identity of those concerned and assigns them to a masculine sexual attribute by associating the latter with a state of danger for cisgender women, is outrageous towards transgender women because of their sex and their gender identity.”

Incredibly Moutot was fined €1,000, to be paid to the state, as well as the payment of €500 in damages to each of the three trans activist associations who backed Cau’s legal complaint, and an additional €2,000 to cover the court costs, which had come from public funding.

.https://reduxx.info/france-womens-rights-activist-convicted-of-insulting-transgender-women-by-discussing-their-male-attribute-fined-e4500/

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Episode 1209 – They Really Care more About Foreigners Than You!

Bernie Sanders has decided to introduce a bill that would seize companies working on Artificial Intelligence.

A bunch of women in Congress want more time off because they are women.

And Zohran Mamdani bemoans all the violence being done to trans people. Too bad he didn’t do a little research first.

This is Unconstitutional

According to Perplexity:

Bernie Sanders has announced that he will soon introduce the “American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act,” which is likely what you’re referring to.

What Sanders is proposing

  • Sanders says he plans to introduce a bill that would create an American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund, giving the public a direct ownership stake in the largest U.S. AI companies (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and others).
  • The fund would be financed through a one‑time 50% tax or mandated equity transfer on the stock of these firms, not on their profits.
  • That stock would be held in a federal sovereign wealth fund, with the government holding voting shares and equal board representation in the covered companies to block decisions deemed harmful to the public.
  • Sanders argues that since AI models are built on the collective work and data of the public, the public should share directly in the wealth they generate.

What it would do for the public

  • The proposal envisions that profits from this sovereign wealth fund would be paid out to Americans as cash dividends, similar in spirit to Alaska’s Permanent Fund payments and Norway’s oil‑fund model.
  • Sanders has also floated that, as the fund grows, some of the proceeds could be used to support broader public goods like healthcare, education, and housing.

Status right now

  • As of early June 2026, Sanders has announced his intention and outlined the concept in a New York Times op‑ed and social media posts, but the formal bill text has not yet been introduced in Congress.
  • Until the actual legislative language appears, the details (covered companies, thresholds, governance specifics, distribution formulas, constitutionality tests, etc.) are still somewhat open and being debated.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/ea5ff482-cdf8-4d6b-ac9c-3fb571fc5e9f

It’s Always About the BS

According to the Daily Wire:

Celebrating Pride Month, New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani shared an article claiming there has been an uptick in “violent killings” of people who identify as transgender. However, a review by The Daily Wire found that none of the deaths cited in the article have been classified as anti-trans hate crimes by law enforcement agencies investigating the cases.

He said, “Discrimination based on gender identity or expression is illegal in New York City. Trans New Yorkers are protected by law. Our City will protect your rights, defend your humanity and stand beside you without hesitation.”

The article was published by Them, which describes itself as “the award-winning authority on what LGBTQ+ means today — and tomorrow.” It claims to cite seven transgender-identifying victims killed this year, but both the report and its underlying source identify only six individuals.

  • The first victim named is Eryka Caldwell. According to the outlet’s own previous reporting, Caldwell was allegedly stabbed to death by his boyfriend, 38-year-old Jonathan Fernandez. Caldwell’s sister said he had previously sought refuge from Fernandez in domestic violence shelters.
  • Davonta Curtis was allegedly beaten to death by his boyfriend. Prosecutors say the suspect later stole Curtis’s car, phone, and money. Court records reportedly show the suspect searched phrases including “how to kill someone with a hammer” and “if a person gets hit in the head with a hammer while sleeping, what happens.”
  • Aleanna Royal Belcher was found dead in a homeless shelter stairwell with a stab wound to his abdomen. After completing their investigation, police said they did not believe the killing was a hate crime. 
  • Lucas Redbeard Knapp was shot after reportedly intervening in a confrontation between two parties. Law enforcement investigated the death as a homicide, not a hate crime.
  • Shyyell Diamond Sanchez-McCray, was found shot to death inside a home. Public reporting contains conflicting descriptions regarding whether Sanchez-McCray even identified as transgender or was a gay man who performed in drag. Authorities have not announced a motive, and the investigation remains ongoing. 
  • Dannielle Spillman died in a hit-and-run incident after a dispute involving a vehicle. Authorities have also not classified the case as a hate crime, just like the other five killings in the article.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-pushes-one-of-the-lefts-favorite-hoaxes?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Brecca+Stoll&category=News&elementPosition=4&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Mamdani+Pushes+One+Of+The+Left%E2%80%99s+Favorite+Hoaxes

Then Don’t Run for Congress

According to the Daily Wire:

Democrat lawmakers are pushing a federal bill to make businesses pay for female workers to take time off for period pain — an issue they’ve framed through the lens of “economic violence.”

The bill, called the Reproductive Healthcare Leave Act, would require employers to provide up to 12 days of paid leave per year for female health issues, including period pain and menopause symptoms, and also covers abortion and vasectomies.  

Notably, the legislation would hit incredibly small businesses, too, even if the owner has as few as five employees. And it’s backed by abortion giant Planned Parenthood. 

Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), who attended the presser last month, said women are tired of being told to “tough it out” when it comes to their period and suggested the issue is also about ethnicity.

“While the system is broken for all women, it is in a full blown crisis for Latinas,” the Democrat said. “The nationwide 17% of Latinos lack health insurance — more than double the rate of white Americans. Over 20% of adult Latinos in Arizona have been forced to completely avoid medical care because they simply cannot afford it.”

“Latinas are the backbone of our workforce, and yet they’re disproportionately concentrated in low wage and hourly jobs that lack flexible sick leave,” she continued. “Forcing a worker to choose between paying her rent or losing a day’s pay to recover from a grueling gynecological procedure is not a choice; it’s an economic violence.”

Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), who is sponsoring the Reproductive Healthcare Leave Act, recalled during the presser the pain she’s experienced from her period.

“Today, we are here to talk about women’s pain and how long it’s been overlooked,” Ansari said. “Like most women, I have a very personal experience with reproductive health pain.”

“In the summer of 2015, while starting my career in New York City, I woke up on floor of my local bodega drenched in sweat being dragged into an ambulance,” she continued. “Two male paramedics hovered over me and continued to ask me if I was pregnant. I had passed out from period pain. Even now, every month, I have days where it feels like barbed wire is tightening inside me. I’ve taken 2,000 milligrams of ibuprofen in twenty-four hours and still been in tears from the pain. Often end up on the bathroom floor in the fetal position, crying, moaning, or vomiting. Still, I put on a blazer and gone to work.” 

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is also backing the bill. “I know that many of you understand that we’re sick and tired of women having to be expected to say, ‘suck it up,’ or still perform at the highest level,” Tlaib said at the presser. “They’re expected to show up to work despite incredibly painful periods and sit through meetings after being denied competent health care. And for far too long, women’s pain has been minimized, ignored, dismissed, and even politicized.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/economic-violence-dems-hold-presser-demanding-paid-time-off-for-periods?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&category=undefined&elementPosition=1&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=%E2%80%98Economic+Violence%E2%80%99%3A+Dems+Hold+Presser+Demanding+Paid+Time+Off+For+Periods

What Did You Think Was Going to Happen?

According to the Post Millennial:

Just weeks after Seattle unveiled four “smart” public toilets in Pioneer Square at a cost of roughly $116,000 per unit, one of the high-tech restrooms was vandalized when someone smashed a window.

The incident comes less than a month after city officials celebrated the launch of the Throne Labs restrooms as part of Seattle’s preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and broader efforts to revitalize downtown. The city is spending approximately $465,000 on the one-year pilot program.

Photos of the damaged restroom circulated on social media after being shared by Seattle Submissions. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) told local media that the damage was repaired in less than a day by Throne Labs, the company operating the facilities.

The vandalism is likely to raise questions about whether Seattle’s latest public restroom experiment will fare better than a similar effort nearly two decades ago. In the mid-2000s, Seattle spent millions on automated public toilets equipped with self-cleaning systems and multilingual instructions. The futuristic bathrooms quickly became targets for vandalism and were plagued by reports of criminal activity and drug use. The city ultimately abandoned the program and sold the units on eBay for a fraction of their original cost.

SDOT has emphasized that the program is intended as a one-year trial and will be evaluated based on technology performance, cleanliness, maintenance needs, and public feedback. The city has suggested additional units could be deployed elsewhere if the pilot proves successful.

https://thepostmillennial.com/vandals-strike-seattles-116000-smart-toilets-just-weeks-after-installation-they-were-for-the-fifa-world-cup

Gee, I Wonder What Will Happen?

According to the Post Millennial:

Seattle is in the process of building a tiny home village intended to house the city’s homeless population ahead of the FIFA World Cup coming to the Emerald City on June 15.

Andrea Suarez of We Heart Seattle said that the Bay View Pallet Shelter Village, located near 15th and Armory Way, is being operated by Everyone Deserves Housing. “People moving in here will be the people most highly affected by FIFA World Cup or displaced by World Cup.” The housing village will be “low barrier,” she said, which means drug users will be allowed access, and the facility is set to open on June 8. 

Some things:

  • I’m sure Whole Foods and the storage building will be thrilled that this little “community” is going up.
  • Thank God it is by a liquor store.
  • How about you DON’T allow drugs in the area?
  • She admits there will be a crime problem in the area and it is up to the community to deal with it.

The mayor’s office initially estimated that the first 500 units, which the city has not shared what kind of units these would include, would cost $28,000 per year. However, they later acknowledged that higher support shelters could cost closer to $45,000 per year. While the mayor has identified $17.5 million from the city budget to go towards housing costs, it would only partially cover the 500 units if each were the more expensive $45,000 price tag. 

Supporters of the plan argue that while the shelters are not a permanent solution, they provide an immediate alternative to unsheltered living as Seattle prepares to host a major international event.

https://thepostmillennial.com/seattle-builds-tiny-home-village-for-citys-homeless-drug-users-displaced-by-fifa-world-cup-games

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Jun022026

Episode 1208 – It’s Election Night! Do You Care?

It’s election night. Do you really care? Well, I still hope you voted.

The Right in Los Angeles just showed the Left how you should REALLY protest!

And let’s talk about the ridiculous trans story of the day (there are actually two) because, hey, it’s Pride Month.

Big Election Tonight

Things could really get shaken up for November elections tonight. Here are the primary elections to pay attention to.

  • In Iowa, incumbent Senator Joni Ernst is not seeking another term, and there are two Republicans and two Democrats in the running to take the position. The winners of the Tuesday primary in Iowa will advance to the general election. US Rep. Ashley Hinson has campaigned with support from Ernst and is running against former state Sen. Jim Carlin, who has talked about his legislative experience and donor independence. For the Democrats, Rep. Josh Turek is running against state Sen. Zach Wahls in the primary.
  • For California Governor. The top contenders from each party appear to be Democrat Xavier Becerra, who served as former President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Republican Steve Hilton, who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump. Other Democrats in the race include billionaire Tom Steyer, Katie Porter, and others.
  • In Montana, Republican Senator Steve Daines is not seeking a third term and has endorsed US Attorney Kurt Alme to replace him. Trump has also endorsed Alme. He also has endorsements from Tim Sheehy and Gov. Greg Gianforte.

I Love This Idea!

What biased reporting:

  • Protest vs. privacy.
  • A stunt.
  • The protester is masked.
  • They care about funding.
  • They care about the kids now?
  • This crosses a line?

https://www.dailywire.com/news/far-left-dem-trolled-with-mock-homeless-encampment-outside-her-2m-home

It’s Not a Right

A Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, a divided panel of federal appeal court judges ruled on Monday.

The majority opinion by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit largely upholds a March 2025 ruling by U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C. Reyes concluded that President Donald Trump’s executive order to exclude transgender troops from military service likely violates their constitutional rights.

The administration appealed after Reyes issued a preliminary injunction requested by attorneys for six transgender people who are active-duty service members and two others seeking to join the military. The appeal court’s majority decided that the injunction should be narrowed to the plaintiffs currently serving in the military but not those seeking to join.

The ruling won’t immediately go into effect, allowing the administration time to ask the full appeals court to hear the case.

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the transgender military ban to go into effect last year, as litigation continues to play out. Another lawsuit challenging the ban was filed in Washington state and led to a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs challenging the policy in that case.

https://abc7ny.com/post/pentagon-policy-illegally-banned-transgender-troops-military-service-appeals-court-panel-rules/19213290/?ex_cid=TA_WABC_TW&taid=6a1dcfb42b694b00015027dc&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Ridiculous

According to the Post Millennial:

Outdoor retailer Patagonia has revealed that it has offered to resolve its lawsuit against a drag queen that goes by the name “Pattie Gonia” so long as he ceases using the company’s branding in products. The drag queen has refused the company’s offer. 

“There’s a lot going around about the lawsuit we filed in January to protect our trademarks, and we owe you an update,” Patagonia wrote in a social media post on Sunday.

“We wish this lawsuit had not been necessary, and we want to acknowledge any hurt it has caused, especially in the LGBTQ+ community. We don’t want to argue trademark law on social media. Importantly, we continue to want to resolve this.”

The company said it would resolve the lawsuit if the drag queen agrees to withdraw “all trademark applications,” cease using the brand’s longtime logo, and cease “selling and promoting apparel and other products as Pattie Gonia.” 

“If we can agree on this, we can work out everything else, and Pattie Gonia could continue as a performer and activist. We share common ground with them, including the goal of saving our home planet and creating a more inclusive outdoors,” the statement concluded. 

The drag queen responded in a statement to social media on Monday evening, writing, “Patagonia just posted their ‘offer’ to settle. When I told you that they were trying to erase my advocacy, their bullet #3 is what I was talking about: ‘Stopselling and promoting apparel and other products as Pattie Gonia.'”

“Patagonia is not just talking about my upcycled t-shirt merch in that bullet point. They’re talking about the partnership work with other brands that I’ve done for years to pay for the education, advocacy and activism that me and my team do,” the drag queen wrote. “If I can’t do partnerships as Pattie Gonia, it breaks the whole ecosystem of advocacy and community engagement. And they understand this because their work is built on the exact same model – advocacy work funneled through commercial work.”

“Bullet points #1 and #2 – I’ve already said I would agree to. Bullet #3 – absolutely not. No deal, Patagonia,” the drag queen concluded. 

Patagonia sued the drag queen in January over a trademark application filed by Pattie Gonia, whose real name is Wyn Wiley, alleging that it will “confuse consumers” and cause irreparable harm to the brand. The brand said that the products and services for which Wiley applied for a trademark “compete directly with the products and advocacy upon which Patagonia built its Patagonia brand for over the last fifty-three years.”

The company claimed that they had reached out to Pattie Gonia and it was “understood that the parties had reached agreement about how that advocacy work might continue in a way that would not interfere with Patagonia’s brand.” This agreement, the filing stated, has not been honored.

https://thepostmillennial.com/drag-queen-pattie-gonia-refuses-patagonias-offer-to-resolve-trademark-infringement-lawsuit

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Episode 1207 – Ugh, It’s Pride Month!

Riots are happening in New Jersey. Of course, it’s all Trump’s fault.

More news comes out over the Henry Nowak murder in England by a Sikh immigrant.

And reparations are still a thing in New York.

By the way, Happy Pride Month!

Oh, Well, OK Then!

Vickrum Digwa, 23, has been jailed for at least 21 years for the murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak in Southampton in December.

Verdict – 28 May 2026 – The jury rejects self‑defence and finds Vickrum Digwa guilty of murder and of carrying a knife in public. His mother Kiran Kaur is found guilty of assisting an offender for removing and concealing the knife.

Sentencing dates set – The judge sets sentencing for Digwa on 1 June 2026, and for Kaur on 17 July 2026, both at Southampton Crown Court.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/dbddb9ec-33c2-4b4b-b356-ffbf63d026e9

This Is Still a Thing

According to Fox News:

Some Black New Yorkers are demanding cash reparations from the government as state officials consider some form of compensation for slavery or other past racial injustices.

“We need $800,000 for each foundation of Black Americans. That’s simple,” Aubrey Muhammud told Fox News Digital. “That’s — in New York — that’s about the cost of living that’ll get you a home or a small business or for you to recover from any financial duress.”

The New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies held a public hearing last Saturday. The hearing followed up on when Gov. Kathy Hochul in 2023 signed a bill for a “community commission to study the history of slavery in New York state” to examine “various forms of reparations.”

The Empire State joins several other states and local municipalities looking to issue reparations in some form, compensating Black residents for slavery or other instances of racial injustice. A Chicago suburb — Evanston, Illinois — went as far as paying $25,000 in cash to Black residents to address past racial housing discrimination through its program. 

As the state considers reparations to Black Americans or any other group in some form, some advocates of reparations spoke up about the importance of the identity of foundational Black Americans to be recognized.

The public hearing allowed residents to share their experiences for the commission to gather input for their effort to examine past discriminatory policies and slavery in the United States.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/some-black-new-yorkers-demand-cash-payments-only-true-form-justice

Here We Go Again

According to the Daily Wire:

A non-English speaking bus driver killed five people and injured 44 after crashing into stopped traffic along I-95 in Virginia early Friday morning.

The driver, Jing S. Dong, is a Chinese native with U.S. citizenship who received a commercial driver’s license from New York in 2024, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

“Unacceptable. This is exactly why we are holding states accountable, enforcing the rules of the road, and cracking down on drivers who can’t speak English,” Duffy wrote on X. “If you can’t be properly trained, read our road signs, or communicate with law enforcement, you have no business driving a bus.”

Dong was allegedly driving the motor coach from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina, when he failed to stop for slowing traffic and rammed into a Chevrolet Suburban, causing a chain reaction of at least six vehicles, the New York Post reported.

The driver of the Suburban, a 25-year-old woman from Massachusetts, was killed. After the bus slammed into it, the Suburban hit an Acura occupied by a family of four, killing 45-year-old Dmitri Doncev, his 44-year-old wife Ecaterina, their 13-year-old daughter, and 7-year-old son. The young family’s vehicle caught on fire after the collision, the Post reported.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-native-bus-driver-who-cant-speak-english-causes-pileup-that-kills-young-family

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According to the Daily Wire:

A Washington Nationals executive was fired this week after he claimed on a hidden-camera video that an outspoken Christian pitcher was excluded from some of the team’s promotional content because of his religious views.

The Nationals fired Sean Hudson, its director of community relations, after undercover journalist James O’Keefe posted a video showing Hudson admit to blacklisting pitcher Trevor Williams from the team’s social media content.

“One of our pitchers, Trevor Williams, he is very Catholic,” Hudson said on the hidden camera video.

The former Nationals executive then provided an example of why he avoided featuring Williams for the team’s promotional content.

“The Dodgers had a group out to the stadium who were drag queens who sometimes dressed up as nuns. He went on social media [and wrote], ‘This is wrong. This is my religion. You all are mocking it.’ Because of that, we don’t use him on social [media],” Hudson said.

The Los Angeles Dodgers were condemned by Christians across the country, including multiple MLB players, for inviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a drag queen group that mocks Jesus Christ and Christians, to perform at one of their games in 2023.

After Hudson was canned, Washington Nationals President of Business Operations Jason Sinnarajah went on live TV to apologize to Williams and the team’s Christian fans for Hudson’s remarks. He also said Hudson’s comments were false and “don’t reflect us as an organization, our values, who we are.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/mlb-exec-fired-after-he-claimed-to-exclude-christian-player-from-teams-social-media

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