The White House ballroom has been given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court. I’m still lost as to why this is a controversy.
And the United States makes a huge deal with Venezuela.
Some News
Here is some news:
A Las Vegas jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, bringing an end to one of the most infamous unsolved murders in hip hop.
The jury convicted Davis, 63, of murder with the use of a deadly weapon and the intent to promote further, or assist a criminal gang, after deliberating for roughly three hours following closing arguments.
The killing took place against the backdrop of several overlapping rivalries, including a beef between Death Row Records and Bad Boy Records and between two Los Angeles-area gangs, the South Side Compton Crips and Mob Piru, a Bloods-affiliated gang.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move forward with construction of the White House ballroom.
In an unsigned 5-4 order, the majority granted an emergency application from the Trump administration, blocking lower court rulings that would have halted work on the aboveground portion of the project. At this preliminary stage, the majority concluded the preservation groups who brought the lawsuit lacked standing to sue.
The Trump administration is shutting down 110 commercial trucking schools associated with more than 5,000 drivers who failed English-language proficiency tests, some of them illegal immigrants, in a federal crackdown on fraud in the trucking industry.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said Monday that it traced drivers cited for failing federal English-language requirements during roadside inspections back to the schools that certified their training. Each school was linked to at least 10 drivers who couldn’t meet the English proficiency requirements.
Disgraced British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday and will remain in custody pending deportation, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.
The House of Representatives if having a vote to condemn the DSA. Guess what? Democrats are pissed about it.
The Trump administration has announced a major U.S.–Venezuela oil arrangement centered on 17 Venezuelan oil fields said to contain about 65 billion barrels of proven reserves—roughly one-fifth of Venezuela’s total. The full contract has not been published, so several key legal and commercial details remain uncertain.
A federal judge, once again, oversteps her bounds and makes a ruling against the Trump administration.
And the United States Postal Service is doing what most state governments should be doing. But the states are fighting back, instead of doing what they should be doing.
RIP Dolly!
According to the Daily Wire:
Dolly Parton died Tuesday following a “brief battle with cancer,” her representatives revealed after her death was announced and as fans gathered outside her Nashville home to mourn the loss of one of country music’s most beloved stars.
A spokesperson for the 80-year-old icon confirmed the previously undisclosed diagnosis in a statement to People Magazine. The specific type of cancer was not disclosed.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
A federal judge struck down the Trump administration’s freeze on immigrant visas from 75 countries Friday, ruling Secretary of State Marco Rubio lacked the legal authority to order denials for applicants otherwise found eligible to enter the United States.
U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas, a Biden appointee in Manhattan, vacated the State Department policy and any visa refusals based solely on it, directing the government to revisit those cases.
“The Court holds that the Policy is contrary to law and was issued in excess of Secretary Rubio’s statutory authority,” Vargas wrote in her 61-page opinion.
The State Department enacted the policy in January, suspending immigrant visa issuance to nationals of 75 countries the department deemed at high risk of becoming dependent on public benefits. The list spans Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The Judge stated:
“While the Policy permits consular officers to exercise their normal functions up to a point, whatever determinations they make as to eligibility for the applicants subject to the Policy are ultimately irrelevant. The outcome is predetermined. The visa will be refused.
“The Policy thus displaces consular officers from the role Congress assigned them in the visa issuance process.
“In addition to its other defects, the Policy also exceeds the statutory authority that the INA vests in the Secretary of State.
“Specifically, Secretary Rubio’s Cable directing consular officers that they ‘must refuse’ immigrant visas to nationals of certain countries cannot be reconciled with Congress’s express limitation on his authority as Secretary of State.
“The Government engages in what is best described as an exercise in Orwellian logic.”
The United States Postal Service (USPS) published a rule Friday that would require states to provide lists of voters who received mail-in ballots to the agency.
The USPS rule, first proposed June 2, moves to align the agency with President Donald Trump’s March 31 executive order, which, among other things, ordered the agency to mandate that all states that plan to use USPS to send mail-in ballots notify the agency at least 90 days before an election and to send USPS a list of eligible voters the state plans on providing a mail-in ballot to at least 60 days before the election.
“Any state that intends to receive mail-in or absentee ballots from individual voters through the Postal Service must ensure that such individuals have been enrolled with the Postal Service for inclusion on the state’s Mail-In and Absentee Participation List,” the new rule states.
To be included on the list, an voter’s state must submit to the USPS the individual’s name and address and include a “uniquely serialized Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb)” on both the outbound federal ballot and the return ballot sent to the individual.
The finalized rule, however, cannot go into effect under an outstanding federal injunction against Trump’s March executive order.
U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama, issued an initial preliminary injunction against the executive order in June, ruling that two sections — including the section pertaining to USPS and mail-in ballots — were unconstitutional.
In July, siding with the plaintiffs in League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump, Talwani renewed the injunction, barring the USPS from enacting the rule.
Three depraved criminals housed in a Washington state prison are suing the Department of Corrections for human rights violations after they say they were deprived of adequate “gender affirming” care and treatment. Reduxx can name the inmates involved in the suit as Michael R. Caldwell, who raped two children, Hunter S. Christian, who raped multiple dogs, and Andrew S. Kennedy, who murdered an infant.
In the men’s original 324-page complaint, which was filed in December of 2025, the three men separately outline their grievances against the state’s Department of Corrections, and attempt to leverage the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to make their case that the denial of “gender affirming” care and treatment is unlawful, using a recent precedent set by Autumn Cordellione, another transgender inmate convicted of murdering a baby who successfully argued that the state of Indiana should have to pay for his “gender affirming” care.
Remember this name: Drew Jones. I have a feeling we will be hearing this name very soon and that’s not a good thing. Let’s discuss it.
The democratic socialists are talking again. The question I have is anyone going to listen to what they are saying.
And California has decided to toss out the First Amendment of the Constitution
There’s More to Come
This is from Matt Van Swol on X:
Outrage is erupting in Charlotte NC after a man who planned MASS SH00TINGS at FIVE Charlotte NC schools was JUST LET OUT OF JAIL…
…just FOUR DAYS before those schools open for the year.
Read that again.
His name is Drew Owens, he’s 31 and he’s been arrested 6 times in Charlotte NC alone.
Back in February 2025, police say he sent threats to five CMS schools, Hawk Ridge Elementary, Community House Middle, Ardrey Kell and West Charlotte High, and Garinger High. Investigators say he laid out actual mass sh00ting plans for them.
He was charged with five felony counts of threatening mass violence on school property.
On Friday night, he posted bond and by Saturday morning, he walked out.
Charlotte school kids go back to class on TUESDAY.
One mom said it was her number one fear: “If he gets out, when will he get out, and will we know?”
Well, he’s out, and it gets worse.
His OWN FATHER went to police.
He said his son had been harassing family, neighbors, and friends.
Sending threatening letters. Sitting outside their homes. His father even said Owens went to West Charlotte High and photographed his car, police believe to try to lure him out.
His own father took out a restraining order against him.
One neighbor said she is “constantly in fear for my life.”
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?!!!!!!
WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!
🚨#BREAKING: Outrage is erupting in Charlotte NC after a man who planned MASS SH00TINGS at FIVE Charlotte NC schools was JUST LET OUT OF JAIL…
…just FOUR DAYS before those schools open for the year.
Members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are calling for major political change within the Democratic Party and the US, with some calling for a “violent” revolution.
A compilation of footage posted by the Canary Mission on X showed comments from DSA members, candidates endorsed by the organization, and far-left commentators discussing the future of the Democratic Party. Among those featured was DSA activist and streamer Michael Beyer, who said during a panel discussion that “The Democratic Party establishment that we have has to be ripped out.”
DSA members say they plan to take over America with a revolution
The DSA has gained increased prominence within the Democratic Party following a series of electoral victories by candidates backed by the organization, particularly the election of DSA-backed candidate Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City. A number of DSA-backed candidates have since won in a number of primary elections, particularly in Democratic-led cities.
The organization supports a range of radical beliefs that would dramatically change the landscape of the US. Among its stated positions are abolishing the US Senate, abolishing ICE, abolishing borders entirely, abolishing prisons, and defunding the Pentagon, among others.
Let’s discuss those changes:
Green New Deal.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Establish a 32 hour work week.
Defund Israel.
Free housing for all.
Universal health care.
End property rights.
Free college education.
Abortion for all.
Abolish the police and prison system.
Defund the Department of War.
Abolish ICE.
End all sanctions on our enemies.
Allow non-citizens and felons to vote.
Abolish the Supreme Court, the Presidency, and the Senate.
Abolish the Electoral College.
Expand the House of Representatives and abolish the two-party system.
Nationalize corporations.
Create a wealth tax.
Basically, destroy the Constitution and the country.
Gavin Newsom has been slammed for signing a controversial privacy law that critics have branded the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” — setting the stage for a potential First Amendment fight.
The law, introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Mia Bonta, expands the state’s address-protection program to immigration-service workers.
Supporters say it protects workers from threats and doxing, while critics argue it could hinder journalists and investigators from doing their job.
The nickname refers to Nick Shirley, a conservative citizen journalist who has gained attention for videos investigating government-funded programs and confronting workers at various facilities.
Republians across California tore into Newsom for signing it into law Saturday, saying they want the federal government to intervene before it takes effect.
California Republicans have portrayed the law as evidence that Sacramento is attempting to make government harder to scrutinize.
Under the legislation, the expanded protections are scheduled to take effect Oct. 1, 2027. Until then, the fight is likely to continue far beyond Sacramento.
A disturbing trend is infecting the country. All because we are too lazy to do what needs to be done.
To solve the problem of the highest gas prices in the country, California has decided to raise tire prices. Seriously, you can’t make this stuff up.
And countries in Europe are doing everything they can to bring themselves back to the Dark Ages.
I Find This Disturbing
PwC reported that, as of May 2026, 21% of U.S. households included a current GLP‑1 user. That is roughly 1 in 5 households, up from 9% in January 2025.pwc
What it means
This is a household-penetration estimate, not a claim that 1 in 5 Americans personally take one. A household with one person using a GLP‑1 medication—such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, or Zepbound—counts once, regardless of household size.
A separate nationally representative KFF poll found 12% of U.S. adults said they were currently taking a GLP‑1 drug in late 2025, while 18% said they had taken one at some point.kff
Why the figures differ
Measure
Estimate
What it captures
PwC/Numerator
21% of U.S. households
At least one current GLP‑1 user in the household, as of May 2026
KFF
12% of U.S. adults
Individual adults who self-reported current use, surveyed Oct. 27–Nov. 2, 2025
The rules are a “scam” that will actually increase costs more, Pratt claimed in a post on X.
The California Energy Commission unanimously approved new rules Monday that will phase out the sale of replacement tires that don’t meet the state’s energy-efficiency standards — potentially wiping out 70% of the tires currently available to California drivers.
The rules target a tire’s “rolling resistance,” or how much energy it takes to keep a tire moving down the road. Lower resistance means cars use less gas or electricity from better mileage, which Democrats claimed will help affordability.
“Look at the gas prices everyone’s experiencing,” Commissioner Nancy Skinner told KCRA. “If we can bring each Californian’s gas cost down just a little bit, then why wouldn’t we?”
Democrats like Gov. Gavin Newsom even trumpeted estimates that the new rules would save drivers $1 billion a year, with his office declaring that “MAGA hates to see it.”
But that was contradicted by estimates from Goodyear’s Bret Gladfelty, who claimed that actual price increases for tires could reach several hundred dollars by the 2030s as the industry scrambles to replace the 70% of tires wiped out by the regulations. .
According to the Tire Industry Association, average tire prices could increase from $81 to up to $157. If someone purchased four new tires for his car, the difference could exceed $300 per vehicle.
Pratt and others noted that the state has not done anything to address the underlying causes of high gas prices, such as the state’s taxes and environmental regulations demanding certain blends of gasolines.
“A longtime Democrat politician who made gas prices the highest in the nation complains about said high gas price and uses it as justification to raise the cost of your tires,” Congressman James Gallagher (R-Calif.) “You can’t make this up!”
Skinner was a past Democratic state senator known for writing pro-environment bills, Gallagher noted.
The article points out:
Critics said that the new rules ironically may make electric vehicles — a priority for Newsom’s environmental agenda — less affordable. EVs go through tires more regularly because they are often heavier.
Later in the article:
It’s not just costs; some critics worry whether the less resistant tires could mean more danger on the roads.
Lower resistance on tires can decrease the tire wear life and lessen grip, especially for stopping and starting on wet surfaces, car experts said. The commission did relax requirements for tires with increased “wet grip,” or traction in the rain.
Environmentalists and clean air advocates supported the new regulations for the aim of lower emissions from the tires’ better mileage.
More than 16,000 people died in a single week during Europe’s heatwave in late June — and in at least one area, the daily death toll spiked above the highs of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an analysis of mortality data.
In Wallonia, in southern Belgium, 313 deaths were recorded in just one day, June 28, compared to 245 daily deaths at the peak of COVID in November 2020, the New York Times found.
As temperatures soared to over 100 degrees, Wallonia recorded a death rate 77% higher than expected between mid-June and early July, leaving some hospitals overrun.
Despite the horrific toll, local leaders are still resisting installing air conditioning. Just 20% of European homes have the common technology — compared to 90% in the US.
“Air-conditioning can be appropriate in specific situations, particularly for vulnerable people or certain buildings,” said a spokesperson for Wallonia’s housing and energy minister, adding that their “long-term strategy is not based on its widespread use.”
Sniffy Belgians also do not “want to be Americans,” Belgian doctor Toon Ceyssens told the Times.
Half of all emergency rooms in Wallonia’s hospitals have no air conditioning, according to Dr. Philippe Devos, director general of a health care provider federation.
In the region’s overcrowded health centers, calls to emergency operators often took 10 minutes to get through, and many sick people were lined up in the hallways to allow privacy for the dead, the Times reported.
The number of households with AC, which is lower than most other developed economies, drops to between 4-6% in France, Germany, and the UK, which have all seen blistering heatwaves this summer.
Belgian officials continue to hesitate over introducing AC, warning it could overwhelm the power grid and heat up cities by pumping out hot air into the streets.
Authorities are instead looking at introducing more so-called cooling spaces and instituting policies to encourage housing renovation.
A 26-year-old man from Ghana has been arrested multiple times in the past two weeks for alleged sexual assaults, according to news reports out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. One of the alleged sexual assaults was witnessed by local firefighters who notified police about the attack in a park.
News reports and jail records identify the man as Jeff Kufi (Kofi) Asare, a 26-year-old born in Accra, Ghana, in October 1999. Police arrested Asare on Thursday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on Lake Hefner Trail. Local firefighters witnessed the alleged assault and waited for police to make the arrest, KOCO ABC5 reported.
On Aug. 1, near Northwest 23rd Street and Classen Boulevard, police responded to a possible rape. Asare allegedly pushed a woman against a bus stop window and put his hands down her pants.
Another woman told police that Asare came up behind her while she was walking on Classen Boulevard, pulled her pants down, and fled after she pushed him away. He was arrested for sexual battery and indecent exposure.
Five days later, near Scissortail Park, Asare allegedly walked up behind a woman, grabbed her buttocks multiple times, and began digging in his pants. When the woman asked him to leave, he walked away. Police later spotted him and arrested him for sexual battery.
Six days after that, on Wednesday, Asare allegedly approached a woman from behind on the Lake Hefner Trail, pulled her down, and attempted to rape her. Firefighters intervened and called police.
A $75,000 bond has been set by a local district court judge on a charge of First Degree Rape, according to jail records obtained by Breitbart Texas.
The District Attorney’s Office reported that it is seeking to increase the bond due to an alleged series of crimes over a short period of time, KOCO reported.
Court records obtained by Breitbart Texas show at least 19 criminal felony and misdemeanor charges were filed against Asare, beginning in August 2023.
Some things:
Why is this guy still in the country?
Second, who the hell allowed this guy in the country in the first place?
A trans-identified male serving a 27-year sentence for the incestuous rape of his young sister is suing the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Corrections in an attempt to overturn a state ban on using taxpayer funding to provide transsexual medical procedures to convicted criminals – and, presumably, to ultimately secure a transfer to a female prison. Wayne Allison, 43, has adopted the name “Astrid,” and his case is receiving the support of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
In December 2013, Allison, of Bloomington, Indiana, was charged with five counts of child molestation and one count of incest. Allison, who was 30-years-old at the time, preyed upon his younger sister, who was 11-years-old. According to an affidavit provided to Reduxx by the Monroe Court, Allison raped his sister both vaginally and anally on several occasions during the period between July and November 2013.
In addition to repeatedly raping the girl, he groomed her by showing her pornography.
Now, Allison has begun calling himself “Astrid” and has recently secured the legal representation of the ACLU of Indiana in a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC).
How about just “no.” You have no rights when arrested and we have no right to believe in your delusions.
Chris Watts, who is serving multiple life sentences for murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters, is reportedly planning to marry a 39-year-old Wisconsin realtor who has been regularly visiting him in prison.
Lizzie Henderson has confirmed she is in a relationship with Watts, who is incarcerated at Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin. Relatives told the Daily Mail that the couple has applied to marry through the prison system, while sealed court records show Henderson filed an application to legally change her name in September 2025.
Henderson has also relocated from Ohio to Wisconsin with her mother and has been a frequent visitor to the prison. Prison records obtained by the Daily Mail show she visited Watts 20 times last year and spent Christmas Day with him in 2024. During a visit in August 2025, witness Lisa Johnson told the Daily Mail that she saw Henderson and Watts kissing as their visit ended.
Watts was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences without parole after pleading guilty to killing his wife, Shanann Watts, who was 15 weeks pregnant, and their daughters, Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3, in Colorado in August 2018. Prosecutors said Watts killed Shanann by strangulation before killing their daughters and disposing of their bodies at an oil site where he worked.
Some things:
This is just sick.
This man murdered his family and shoved his daughters into a pipe. He did this because he was having an affair and didn’t want to deal with his family.
This man is pure evil.
This is not a condemnation of our current society. This is actually a real psychological condition.
Hybristophilia: a romantic or sexual attraction to people who have committed crimes.
Democrat nominee Angie Nixon: We had nearly 800,000 black people lose their jobs under Donald Trump, and that's because of these anti-DEI policies. Anti-DEI policies are basically allowing companies to discriminate against us. pic.twitter.com/eYVlXLsJ1p
So, 800,000 blacks were unqualified for their jobs. That would be the only reason they were let go.
It also means 800,000 white and Asian people were discriminated against because a black person needed to be picked for the job.
I don’t believe this statement. It’s flat out not that easy to fire someone. Maybe we should discuss cause a little.
This is a lot like saying the justice system is racist because 54% of the violent crimes are committed by black people. No one ever discusses whether black people in prison are actually innocent.
The trial of a woman who killed her children is moving forward. This is a trial a lot of people are watching and for good reason.
The socialists are pulling out an old card when it comes to crime, but reality always has a way of winning.
And let’s talk about flock cameras. I never gave a damn about them before, but the controversy just keeps rearing its ugly head.
The Needs to End
Lindsay Clancy, a former labor-and-delivery nurse from Duxbury, Massachusetts, is on trial for the January 24, 2023 killings of her three children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months — who were found strangled with exercise bands at the family’s home. After the killings, Clancy slashed her wrists and neck and jumped from a second-story window in a suicide attempt, which left her paralyzed from the waist down. She’s now 35-36 and has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder (CNN; PBS NewsHour).�
The legal question Clancy doesn’t dispute that she killed her children. The trial instead centers on an insanity-style defense under Massachusetts law: whether she was criminally responsible at the time. Her attorney, Kevin Reddington, argues she was in the grip of postpartum psychosis and undiagnosed bipolar disorder, worsened by problematic medication management, and that she heard a voice telling her to kill the children and herself (Boston.com; Boston Globe). Prosecutors (Plymouth DA’s office, ADAs Jennifer Sprague and Shannon Buckingham) argue she “acted intentionally, rationally and swiftly,” and that while she had mental health struggles, she was not in “the throes of psychosis” (CNN; CNN).�
Under Massachusetts law, prosecutors bear the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that Clancy could appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions. If they fail, the jury must acquit — but an acquittal by reason of lack of criminal responsibility wouldn’t free her; she’d instead go to a state psychiatric hospital with periodic reviews. A conviction carries a mandatory life sentence without parole.
Some things:
We need to get rid of the “Not guilty by reason of insanity” thing.
She’s guilty.
She admits doing it.
There’s no innocence here.
She was planning this for a couple of weeks before the murder.
She sent her husband away before the murder.
What is going to make her safer to be around if she gets out?
What about the kids? What about justice for them?
This is called “family elimination” and more common with men.
State Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher, who describes herself as a “neighborhood organizer” and “democratic socialist,” made her comments on Thursday outside Manhattan Criminal Court, the New York Postreported Saturday.
She was joined by members of Court Watch NYC, which claimed they monitored hundreds of arraignments for several days and found half of those cases were misdemeanors.
Gallagher said she is fighting to “pass things like treatment not jail and that we hold the line on the incredible criminal justice reforms that we have done over the last 10 and 20 years that are constantly being threatened by right-wing media who are looking to fear monger about people who are actually just in absolute dire straits.”
🤡 New York socialists are pushing to decriminalize some theft tied to “biological need,” with an assemblywoman arguing people shouldn’t be jailed for stealing essentials like toothpaste or soap. pic.twitter.com/UXhbQetUob
Abdul El-Sayed, candidate for Senate in Michigan, hate every speck of America.
And here is another example of the two-tiered justice system.
These People Are Nuts
Abdul El-Sayed asked whether football can be "ethical" or "safe:"
"What is it about this brutal sport that keeps us coming back? Is there a version of football that’s actually ethical, safe? What would need to change?" pic.twitter.com/TbdOImn08X
I’m so sick of the Left changing history to make America look bad.
Everything he points out is just wrong:
Most of the slaves from the transatlantic slave trade went to South America (Brazil) and the Caribbean (Haiti and Cuba). The United States only took in 5% of the African slaves.
The Native Americans were fighting a war with us. They lost.
The Native Americans DID NOT build this country.
The “oppression” of other people is not something the United States did.
He will never talk about the oppression of Islam.
He’ll never mention that most converts to Islam were conquered and did not convert voluntarily.
He’s never talk about the Barbary Slave Trade where Islamists from North Africa went into Europe and enslave white people.
Believe it or not, the slave trade in North Africa was worse and lasted longer than slavery in the United States.
And what does any of this have to do with football?
Let’s face it, this guy hates every aspect of America.
This Is What Happens When Crime Isn’t Punished
Lashawa Doyle
Here’s a list of news networks who have NOT covered the viral attacks on women in Charlotte NC:
– NYTimes – CNN – Washington Post – MSNBC – NPR – USA Today – Reuters – Axios – ABC News
Every single one of them wrote stories on George Floyd…
Well, for what we can understand because he can’t speak English.
We know he’s a racist.
He says these gals probably didn’t do anything, but maybe they or someone they know did.
Doyle is an equal opportunity criminal. He doesn’t care who he beats.
Of course, this moron want Doyle to go to prison because Doyle would beat his ass too.
Conclusion:
This is another example of a two-tiered justice system.
If Doyle was white, would he be released 22 times for the same crimes?
I think it is a little worse. I think the Justice System is broken. And it’s been coming.
The rights of the criminal is more important than the rights of the victim. Especially if the victim was murdered.
It has been heading in this direction for a very long time. We bitched about this decades ago where the justice systems is about rehabilitation and not about punishment.
The disgraced Westchester County police official charged with driving her gangbanging son to a shooting is a sorority sister of the mayor who gave her the cushy gig.
Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard hired Jennifer Lackard to head up the newly created police department Wellness Unit in 2020, despite her having no law enforcement experience, an ex-con husband and an out-of-control son in a street gang.
City officials confirmed Thursday that the mayor and the disgraced police bigwig were sorority sisters, with sources telling The Post they were both sworn to Delta Sigma Theta.
They attended different schools however, with Lackard having studied the University of Michigan as an undergraduate and Cornell University for a master’s in labor and industrial relations while Patterson-Howard having attended Howard University and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
The two also attend Grace Baptist Church, an influential congregation in the troubled suburban city, and sources said the church’s politically connected pastor, the Rev. Franklyn Richardson, may have pulled some strings to help Lackard land the lucrative job.
It is also unclear if Lackard, 49, was the only candidate considered for the $125,000 Mount Vernon police department position, and if Patterson-Howard’s reported friendship played a role in the selection.
The mayor’s office declined to address those questions, and maintained that Patterson-Howard didn’t even know the controversial cop until she was hired — and said the two aren’t even friends.
In a statement Wednesday, the mayor said Lackard was hired because of her 15-year career in mental health and substance abuse services, which fit the new unit’s task.
She said Lackard underwent a “rigorous background check,” and that her husband’s drug conviction did not disqualify her for the position.
City officials said the Wellness Unit was created to help cops address volatile situations involving emotionally unstable and intoxicated individuals they encounter in they day-to-day jobs.
A Christian, family-owned Korean spa is asking the US Supreme Court to intervene after Washington state sought to force the women-only business to admit biological males who identify as women into facilities where customers, including minors, are fully nude.
Attorneys with the Pacific Justice Institute and Alliance Defending Freedom filed a petition Monday asking the court to hear Olympus Spa v. Armstrong.
Olympus Spa, which operates locations in Lynnwood and Tacoma, offers traditional Korean jjimjilbang services, including communal steam rooms, soaking pools, and full-body scrubs performed in open areas where patrons are nude. The Christian owners have maintained a female-only policy based on both the nature of the services and their religious beliefs.
The battle began after Haven Wilvich, a biological male who identifies as a woman, filed a complaint with the Washington State Human Rights Commission in 2020 after being denied access. Wilvich still had male genitalia at the time.
The commission found the spa’s policy violated Washington’s anti-discrimination law, triggering a years-long constitutional battle.
The Ninth Circuit ultimately sided with the state in a 2-1 decision in 2025. In March, the court denied requests for panel and en banc rehearing, clearing the way for the spa’s appeal to the Supreme Court.
The case has also produced controversy from the bench. During oral arguments, Ninth Circuit Judge Margaret McKeown compared arguments defending the spa’s women-only policy to historical “whites-only” segregation laws.
“It is an abuse and perversion of the public accommodation laws to give biological males access to the intimate spaces of unconsenting females in a state of full or partial undress,” PJI Chief Counsel Kevin Snider said Monday.
Attorneys for Olympus Spa argue Washington’s enforcement violates the First Amendment and forces the Korean immigrant family to choose between its livelihood and deeply held religious beliefs.
The Supreme Court must now decide whether or not to take the case.
Zohran Mamdani, though not terribly popular, has received a “thank you” message from an unlikely source.
A city in California has been using tax money to…raise taxes. I’m not kidding.
And the co-chair for the Democratic Socialists of America proves that the Democratic socialists have no idea what they are doing.
A Special Thanks
According to the Post Millennial:
In a decided shot at DSA-backed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the Florida Chamber of Commerce has officially launched a Times Square campaign dubbing the socialist mayor as Florida’s Economic Developer of the Year through a massive billboard at the corner of Broadway and West 43rd Street in Manhattan.
“We wanted to thank him for the jobs, the companies, the people that they’re pushing out of New York — and a lot of them are coming to Florida,” Chamber CEO Mark Wilson first told Fox News.
“America is at a crossroads right now. I think everyone that’s paying attention knows that our country was built on freedom and free enterprise and people having the liberty to make their dreams come true,” he said. “And there’s a push in our country right now to take those liberties away and to attack free enterprise. And that’s never worked anywhere, and it won’t work in America.”
“What Mayor Mamdani is doing is dangerous for the country, right? It’s bad for New Yorkers. It’s bad for New York. It’s very harmful for the country,” Wilson continued. “We can choose free enterprise, which is what America was built on, or we can choose to destroy that, which is what the social[ist] policies do… And so, what we’re hoping happens from this campaign is that we refocus America on free enterprise.”
Wilson insisted that the campaign is meant to encourage the free exchange of capital rather than to tear New York down. He said he wanted every state to thrive.
“Even though Florida is winning right now, we’re not looking for New York to lose,” he said. “We’re hoping that these other states will say ‘no’ to this move towards socialism and say ‘yes’ to the very policies that our country was founded on,” he said. “This isn’t about spiking a football or looking at the scoreboard about Florida versus New York. This is really about trying to save our country from crazy.”
Spending taxpayer money to convince taxpayers to pay more taxes — it’s a California specialty.
But it seems Nevada County went too far, as the state’s political watchdogs found the Lake Tahoe-area jurisdiction spent more than $34,000 in taxpayer money trying to convince residents to raise their own taxes — and now that failed campaign is poised to cost county taxpayers another $31,500.
California’s Fair Political Practices Commission is scheduled to vote Aug. 20 on a proposed settlement stemming from Nevada County’s promotion of Measure V, a 2022 ballot measure that would have raised the county sales tax by half a percentage point for 10 years.
Measure V was pitched as a way to generate roughly $12 million annually for wildfire prevention, emergency services and disaster preparedness. But voters weren’t convinced.
The measure received just 48.41% of the vote and failed — despite Nevada County spending $34,614 in public funds on two mailers that state regulators determined crossed the line from informing residents into political advocacy.
The first mailer landed in the mailboxes of 33,351 residents in October 2022 at a cost of $17,708 and touted Measure V as “responsive to community priorities,” including preventing wildfires, improving evacuation routes, enhancing emergency communications and helping low-income seniors and people with disabilities.
But regulators found the county buried the less attractive part — the half-percent sales-tax hike — in the smallest font, while emphasizing the measure’s benefits.
This is the way, for anyone in politics. Make them fully explain their positions, the way in which they will implement it, and the reason why they have the position to being with (i.e. what specific problem is this solving). https://t.co/7XA7nYPpH4
I know I said I would keep this podcast about the uncommon new stories. The ones no one is talking about but we should pay attention to. Well, sometimes there are publicized stories that are just way too stupid to ignore. Let’s go over a bunch of them.
She’s Their Candidate?
According to the Post Millennial:
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed on Saturday that she has decided to freeze her eggs, sharing the decision publicly in a post on Instagram and accusing the Trump administration of “punishing” women on the issue of pregnancy.
“And as women in general, we are not taught about our bodies, we are not prepared for our own lives, whether that is in puberty, whether that is in pregnancy, whether that is in perimenopause, menopause, whether that is in so many different aspects of our lives.”
What is she talking about?
“In the political context that we’re in, in an administration that is dedicated to politicizing women’s bodies and taking our choices away from us and punishing us around decisions to be pregnant or not be pregnant — and, frankly, this administration has made pregnancy more dangerous than probably at any point in the last 30 plus years — we’re gonna take our power back.”
The only ones politicizing women’s bodies is the Left. No one on the Right is preventing her from getting pregnant the natural way.
The congresswoman framed her decision within the debate over abortion, criticizing the current administration and saying women are currently in a “dangerous” position.
She also argued that women in politics face questions about their age and plans to have children in ways men do not.
God, she’s dumb. She freezing her eggs to have a baby when her body will not allow her to have a baby because of abortion rights. Wouldn’t make more sense if she got pregnant and shouted her abortion or something?
“This is just not something that men deal with. Men run for office, or frankly, they interview for jobs and people don’t think in the back of their mind, ‘OK this guy’s running for office, how old is he? Oh, well is he gonna wanna start a family?’ This is a choice I am making to feel more in control of my life.”
Well, people don’t ask men why they don’t have babies because men can’t have babies. And J.D. Vance just had another child with his wife. That was talked about.
AOC tells people “Don’t be weird about this” as she injects herself with medication and says she is freezing her eggs. pic.twitter.com/bPHG4RMN53
There is no reason she should do this. She’s young enough and, supposedly, has a finace.
She says that she may have kids 10 years from now. That would make her almost 50. What kind of life is that for a kid to have two senior citizens as kids?
During the video, she says “Don’t be weird about this.” Is she kidding me? She’s injecting herself on video and sharing it. She’s the weird one.
She looks crazy.
She looks dumb.
She looks fat.
She’s running for President. That’s why she’s promising not to get pregnant for 10 years.
He played in the NBA for 11 years averaging 10 points and 8 rebounds per game. He was a good player.
He quit the NBA for political reasons.
He will dominate the WNBA,
The more entertaining WNBA prospect is Royce White. He has also put his hat into the draft next year. He decided to wear a wig because he discovered his inner femininity.
He played in the NBA for 6 years and was the 16th overall pick in 2012.
He never played much in the NBA but averaged 14 point per game and 9 rebounds per game.
He is for the Senate as a Republican in 2024.
But he is really enjoying this. He has been making the podcast circuit wearing a wig and making the WNBA’s stance look stupid.
Here he is, saying his fear of flying was there because his inner woman was trying to be free.
Former NBA player Royce White who said he is declaring for the WNBA,
“I realized my fear of flying really wasn't a fear of flying. It was the transgender trapped inside of me, caged inside of me…” pic.twitter.com/cUoIseievl
Well, the WNBA is really worried about this. They decided to have an emergency meeting next week to discuss the criteria involved when joining the league.
According to the Post Millennial:
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert has called for the league to hold discussions about transgender-identifying athletes competing in women’s basketball following ongoing controversy and the recent announcement of two former NBA players seeking WNBA draft eligibility.
Englebert sent a memo to WNBA teams on Friday to address the issue, according to ESPN.
“I know many of you have received questions in recent weeks regarding transgender athlete participation in women’s basketball, and I expect this topic will continue to receive significant attention,” the memo said. “I wanted to reach out to share how we are approaching these conversations at the league office and to thank those of you who have responded to questions from the media with thoughtfulness and professionalism.”
Engelbert said the issue will also be discussed next week at a previously scheduled meeting that includes team presidents and general managers.
“We recognize that this is a complex and nuanced topic, and we will continue to have important conversations with all of you and the Players Association in the weeks and months ahead,” Engelbert added in the memo. “We also plan to convene additional discussions and offer listening sessions for any team leaders who would like to participate. Your perspectives and feedback are invaluable, and I appreciate those who have already reached out to share their thoughts.”
The debate over transgender athletes within the WNBA community erupted after Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham publicly supported prohibiting biological males from competing in women’s sports. Her comments prompted protests and criticism, including from some team executives and coaches across the league who opposed her position.
The controversy escalated further after former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White announced that they intended to declare for the WNBA Draft while identifying as women. The announcements were widely interpreted as intentionally provocative efforts to draw attention to the WNBA’s eligibility rules, which lack a clear definition of who qualifies as a woman and could include biological men who claim to be women.
On Friday, the Women’s National Basketball Players Association released a statement emphasizing its commitment to “justice equity, diversity, and inclusion.”
Why do we need to keep talking about this? Well, our last story will give you the answer.
It Ain’t Over
According to Reduxx:
A trans-identified male racking up wins in girls’ sports in California has been identified as the brother of a prominent US Olympian. Jaylin Liu is the brother of gold medal-winning figure skater Alysa Liu.
Jaylin appears to have previously gone by the name “Joshua,” and appears to have begun identifying as female relatively recently. Some news articles on his sister’s Olympic successes still refer to him by his birth name, while other profiles have been quietly updated to reflect his new name.
Since the 2025 outdoor athletic season, Jaylin has been participating in girls’ sports on teams at both Albany High School and El Cerrito High School in California.
At Albany, Jaylin took eight separate first-places spots at seasonal meets and races in 2025. He seized a silver medal at the NCS Bayshore Championship in the 400-meter race, and a gold in the 2025 Tri-County Athletic League Frosh-Soph Championship 200-meter race.
This year, Jaylin has continued to outperform his female competitors, and has taken first place at every 200- and 400-meter girls race he’s participated in for Albany. This includes a first place finish at the Tri-County Athletic League Finals that were held on May 8.
He is currently ranked the best “female” runner on his team in the 200- and 400-meter race, and the best “female” runner in the Tri-County Athletic League in the quarter-mile.
Jaylin was one of five children born to surrogates, though he had a different egg donor than his Olympian sister Alysa. The children’s father, Arthur Liu, has said that he explicitly sought out white egg donors for his children.
Arthur was briefly married to a much older woman named Qing Xin Yan, who also goes by the name Mary. While she was the legal guardian for Arthur’s children and helped raise them when they were young, she is not biologically related to any of them.
French transgender basketball player Julie Tetart wouldn’t turn down an offer to play in the WNBA amid debates on the participation of trans athletes in women’s sports.
The 34-year-old Tetart, who came out as trans in October 2021, plays in Monaco.
“If they contact me, I won’t say no. But you have to be realistic: I’m old, and there are far better players than me!” Tetart told OutKick over Instagram direct messages on Monday.
In the 2025-26 season, Tetart led France’s second-tier Ligue 2 in both scoring and rebounding — en route to Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Domestic Player of the Year accolades.
Tetart averaged 21.2 points, 20.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game during the 2025-26 campaign.
Elliot Page says biology classes are “cis hetero patriarchal systems” that are “used against queer and trans people in terms of us being made to seem maladaptive.” pic.twitter.com/E93PaR8XJH
A Brazilian influencer has been handed a two-year prison sentence after using male pronouns to refer to a transgender politician. Bianca Barreto received her sentence from the 9th Criminal Court of Salvador on July 29, after she was found guilty of the “intentional and pejorative use of the gender opposite… [to a] self-declared identity.”
The sentence follows a lengthy case stemming from a 2024 video posted to social media by Barreto. In the video, she criticized Duda Salabert, a member of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies. Salabert is a member of the left-wing Socialism and Liberty Party, and was one of the first openly trans-identified people to be elected to the Chamber, serving since 2022.
Barreto’s video described an earlier case involving Salabert and conservative parliamentarian Nikolas Ferreira. Ferreira, another member of the Chamber of Deputies, stood in the same election as Salabert in 2020 to be a local councillor for the city of Belo Horizonte. At the time, Salabert was the first trans-identified person to run for office to the city council.
“He is a man. That’s what’s on his birth certificate, regardless of what he thinks,” he said, while in another interview saying he wasn’t worried about being sued by Salabert for his remarks. “It’s biology. I’m not saying something I think. He is a man. And it’s important to make it clear that there is no criminalization related to biology,” he added.
However, Salabert did file a criminal complaint against Ferreira, referencing the fact that Brazil’s Supreme Court had classified transphobia and homophobia as crimes of “social racism” since 2019. The case was later dismissed on procedural grounds, but in a separate civil action, Ferreira was forced to pay R$80,000 in 2023, equivalent to around $15,500 USD, reduced on appeal to R$30,000.
