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May132026

Episode 1199 – They’re Running Out of Time!

Iran is running out of time as they keep slowing walking the peace deal.

A Californian mayor has been arrested for working with the Chinese government.

And the Virginia government loses its battle for redistricting. But they might have something else up their sleeve.

News

Here is some news:

  • Iran has turned over an offer to end the war. Apparently, this offer is not worth the paper its written.
    • The new offer says nothing of giving over their nuclear material.
    • Trump has said that time is running out for Iran.
  • Eileen Wang, former mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China and has agreed to plead guilty to the felony offense, the Justice Department announced. She now faces up to 10 years in federal prison along with a potential $250,000 fine, though any sentence would be determined by a federal judge.
    • Federal prosecutors say Wang admitted she acted “at the direction and control” of Chinese government officials from at least 2020 through 2022, coordinating with individuals in the U.S. to spread pro-Beijing messaging, all without notifying the U.S. Attorney General as required by law.
    • The conduct described by prosecutors occurred before Wang took office on the Arcadia City Council in December 2022.
    • Arcadia city officials said the case is tied to Wang’s individual conduct and does not impact city operations.
  • The Supreme Court of Virginia struck down Democrats’ efforts to redraw the state’s congressional map in a move intended to give the Democrats four more seats in Congress and now the party is desperate to overturn the decision in any way possible. This includes attempts to oust the entire bench of the state’s highest court.
    • Over the weekend, a private discussion was held between Virginia state legislators and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to address the issue before them. They were determined, reports The New York Times, to get a new congressional district map in Virginia to gain more Democrat seats. Prior to the new map, the breakdown was 6 Demcorat seats to 5 Republican seats. The new map would likely be 10 to 1.
    • One key part of the plan was to lower the mandatory retirement age for the Virginia Supreme Court justices from 75 to 54, which is the age of the youngest justice on the court.
  • Kiers Starmer, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, has gotten his ass kicked in the last election.
    • He got his ass kicked because of immigration, which has changed the country.
    • He won’t be Prime Minister for long.
  • President Donald Trump said on Monday that he’s serious about officially making Venezuela and its massive oil reserves part of the United States.
    • Trump first hinted at making Venezuela the 51st state in a Truth Social post in March when he wrote, “Good things are happening to Venezuela lately! I wonder what this magic is all about? STATEHOOD, #51, ANYONE?”
    • Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president: “That would never have been considered, because if there is one thing we Venezuelan men and women have, it is that we love our independence process, we love our heroes and heroines of independence.”
    • Rodríguez added that her government would continue to work with the United States in “a diplomatic cooperation agenda.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-mayor-accused-secretly-working-china-spreading-propaganda-office-feds
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-nixes-totally-unacceptable-offer-from-iran?author=Virginia+Kruta&category=undefined&elementPosition=30&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Trump+Nixes+%E2%80%98Totally+Unacceptable%E2%80%99+Offer+From+Iran
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-seriously-considering-turning-americas-former-adversary-into-51st-state?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Zach+Jewell&category=News&elementPosition=0&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Trump+%E2%80%98Seriously+Considering%E2%80%99+Turning+America%E2%80%99s+Former+Adversary+Into+51st+State
https://thepostmillennial.com/dems-float-plan-to-reduce-retirement-age-for-va-supreme-court-justices-by-21-years-in-bid-to-overturn-ruling-against-spanbergers-lobster-map

Dumbass of the Day

So, let’s see, Spencer Pratt is against:

  • Using taxes to build housing for homeless people.
  • That it is actually illegal to be homeless (loitering).
  • Pratt thinks we need more cops and less social workers to temper crime.
  • He thinks Public Unions should not have political power.
  • Is L.A. on the right track? Really?

What An Idiot

According to the Post Millennial:

Left-wing congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has claimed that the American Revolution was actually a fight against the wealthy class at the time, because of issues such as taxation without representation. This comes on the heels of the politician claiming that nobody can earn a billion dollars.  

Speaking on how she was slammed for her comments on billionaires to a group at UChicago, “They like to talk about American ethos as though it’s an attack on American values, an attack on our idea of success. And first of all, I mean, call me crazy, but I don’t think that every single American aspires to be a billionaire. I think that the our idea of success, they might not object, but I don’t think it’s the universal American ideal.”

Many were quick to point out, however, that the American Revolution was not really a fight over wealth distribution, and that many of the founding fathers were themselves very rich for the time.

This was after she said this:

https://thepostmillennial.com/aoc-claims-founding-fathers-fought-revolutionary-war-against-the-billionaires-of-their-time

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May132026

Episode 1198 – PLEASE, SEND SOMEONE TO JAIL!

Donald Trump needs to throw some of the traitors within our government into prison. I have one example.

The Los Angeles City Council has decided to decriminalize crime which will lead to more car accidents and traffic deaths.

And Kathy Hochul bends to the economic desires of Zohran Mamdani…sort of.

She’s a Traitor

According to the New York Post:

A Democratic lawmaker is drawing backlash after saying she spoke with foreign ambassadors about getting oil to Cuba despite US sanctions, defending the outreach as “literally our right and responsibility.”

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., made the remarks during a recent Seattle briefing following a congressional delegation trip to Cuba, where she discussed the island’s worsening fuel shortages and US policy toward the communist regime.

“I was in conversations with the ambassadors from Mexico and some other places … trying to figure out how to get oil there,” Jayapal said during the briefing, calling the situation on the island “a crisis beyond imagination.”

Jayapal said the event was part of a broader briefing on the humanitarian situation in Cuba following her recent visit.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/dem-rep-pramila-jayapal-admits-to-working-with-mexico-to-sneak-oil-into-cuba/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

No Crime, No Criminals

According to the Post Millennial:

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously this week to ban many types of traffic stops, placing new restrictions on “pretextual” stops to limit when police officers can pull drivers over for minor violations unless there is an immediate public safety concern.

According to The New York Post, the 14-0 vote by the Los Angeles City Council marks the latest effort by progressive lawmakers to reduce police-initiated encounters following years of pressure from criminal justice reform activists after the 2020 George Floyd riots.

Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, who has pushed the proposal alongside former Councilman Mike Bonin since 2020, described the effort as part of a broader shift in policing policy. “This is a big down payment,” Harris-Dawson said, calling armed responses to minor traffic violations “barbaric” and “wholly uncivilized.”

Under the new framework, officers would face tighter limits on conducting traffic stops for low-level violations. The policy also formally restricts consent searches unless officers have a separate legal justification, such as probable cause or a warrant. Officers would additionally be required to state the reason for a stop on body camera footage before questioning begins and document any additional suspicion that develops during the encounter.

The proposal now heads to the Board of Police Commissioners.

https://thepostmillennial.com/la-city-council-votes-unanimously-to-ban-barbaric-uncivilized-traffic-stops

I Guess If You Cry Enough…

According to the Post Millennial:

New York Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled the state’s $268 billion 2027 budget on Thursday morning, including $28 billion for socialist Zohran Mamdani‘s New York City, far from what is needed to close the city’s budget gap. This comes after Mamdani pressured Hochul to raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and on corporations. However, she did not mention any tax increases aside for a proposed “pied-à-terre tax” on second homes in the city to raise tax revenue as the Big Apple is facing a $10 billion shortfall in 2027.

“To help out New York City, we’re finalizing the details of a pied-à-terre tax to help close the city’s budget cap without eroding its tax base or burdening hard-working New Yorkers. And I’ll have more to say on that soon, but I want to be very clear, my commitment to New York City has been and always will be ironclad. This budget already includes $28 billion in total aid for the city,” Hochul said.

She noted that the total funding also includes a $9 billion increase from when she took office, but it is only a $2.2 billion increase since the FY 2026 budget was proposed, giving the Big Apple $25.8 billion. The pied-à-terre tax is only expected to raise around $320 million in tax revenue, far from the needed $5.4 billion to close the budget gap in 2026, per the New York Post. The New York City comptroller’s office expects that the $5.4 budget gap will balloon to $10.4 billion in 2027 unless more is done.

Hochul also took aim at the Trump administration, saying that the administration “gutted federal funds that we’ve learned to rely on,” which included $10 billion. She also touted how she has pushed sanctuary city policies, which bar local police from working with ICE to detain illegal immigrants.

The delayed budget, originally due on April 1, comes after Mamdani has been pressuring Hochul and begging for Albany to send them more funding as the Big Apple is facing a $5.4 billion budget gap. Ahead of Hochul unveiling the budget, state lawmakers were working to adjust pension funds and were hashing out up until Wednesday evening. The governor has been adamant that Mamdani needs to shore up some funds in the city in order to save his ever-growing $127 billion budget.

https://thepostmillennial.com/kathy-hochuls-new-budget-increases-funding-to-mamdanis-nyc-by-2-2-billion-in-2027-plan

Not Enough

According to California Post:

A former medical staffer at a now-shuttered federal women’s prison in California has been sentenced, marking the final criminal case tied to what authorities describe as the largest sexual abuse scandal ever uncovered inside a US federal prison system.

US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Friday ordered Jeffrey Wilson, 32, of Eureka, to serve 4.3 years behind bars after he admitted to sexually abusing an incarcerated woman at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Fox’s KTVU reported.

The facility, located east of Oakland, once widely known among inmates as a “rape club,” was closed in 2024 following years of misconduct allegations involving staff.

Wilson’s sentencing brings closure to the criminal prosecutions involving 10 former employees from FCI Dublin accused of sex crimes against inmates.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/04/us-news/womens-prison-officer-learns-fate-for-role-in-california-rape-club/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=capost&utm_source=twitter

Just Leave!

According to the Post Millennial:

Just weeks before Memorial Day and amid the United States’ 250th anniversary year, a city council member in Lynnwood, Washington, launched into a tirade against the American flag, declaring that the Pride flag is far more relatable to her and suggesting the 27 US flags at Wilcox Park should be replaced.

According to the Lynnwood Times, Councilwoman Isabel Mata made the remarks during the May 4 City Council meeting while discussing the city’s flag display policies. “To me, a pride flag is way more relatable than an American flag. I would not raise an American flag at my house because I just, I wouldn’t. I wasn’t even born here. But I would raise a pride flag,” Mata said.

A couple of things:

  • They are raising the American flag for Memorial Day. That celebrates those who gave their lives for this country.
  • The pride flag represents nothing. People did not die for gay people.
  • There are good things in other cultures, but our culture is the most important and best. Period!
  • Yes, the United States had a troubled history. All countries on the face of the Earth have the same troubled history and most have a worse history!

https://thepostmillennial.com/wa-lawmaker-says-us-flag-is-not-relatable-but-pride-flag-is

They’re Still Fighting

According to Reduxx:

A trans-identified male freshman from an elite school in California won the Women’s Varsity 400-meter race at the Prep League Championship Finals last week, defeating a number of more experienced female athletes to the title, including his own sister.

Paul Haaga, also known as “Lina,” won the girls’ final with a time of 59.45 seconds. His older sister, Sienna, finished second with 60.03 seconds.

Haaga attends the elite Polytechnic School in Pasadena, where tuition fees can reach $48,000 or more per year, while his sister attends the neighboring Flintridge Preparatory School. Haaga also helped his team take gold in the Women’s Varsity 4 x 400 relay to clinch first place by just under a second, once again pushing his sister into second place.

Despite only being a 14-year-old freshman, Haaga has already established himself as a strong competitor within multiple girls’ athletic disciplines.

.https://reduxx.info/male-student-wins-girls-prep-league-championship-track-title-beating-his-own-sister-for-gold/

What IS Wrong With People

According to the New York Post:

A heartless Florida woman killed 11 baby ducks by driving her car over the helpless brood “multiple times” because she was ticked off that they messed up her yard, according to police.

Beverly Sasberry, 64, was hit with 11 counts of felony animal cruelty for the shocking April 25 incident outside her home in Jacksonville, the sheriff’s office said on Facebook.

The department said a pair of passersby saw Sasberry behind the wheel of her red Honda Accord as she mowed down the ducklings and turned “her vehicle around multiple times to hit them.”

Later in the article:

The cruel incident comes just over three months after shocking surveillance video footage captured youngsters stomping and killing a duck in Fort Lauderdale.

The clip, which came from a neighbor’s Ring camera, was so disturbing that cops pulled it from the police department’s online announcement of a $5,000 reward for information on the young culprit.

In another gruesome animal cruelty case, Craig Vogt, 61, was arrested by the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office in Florida in September for allegedly killing, cooking and eating two of his pet peacocks.

According to police records, Vogt was angry that his neighbor kept feeding the birds so he killed them in a twisted act of revenge — and put a letter in the neighbor’s mailbox to tell him what he had done.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/us-news/florida-woman-runs-over-11-baby-ducklings-multiple-times-then-gives-heartless-reason-for-killing-them-police/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter

This Is Not the Solution

According to the California Post:

A newly launched Christian cell-phone network is aiming to be the first in the US to block pornography and LGBT content.

“We are going to create — and we think we have every right to do so — an environment that is Jesus-centric, that is void of pornography, void of LGBT, void of trans,” said Radiant Mobile’s founder, Paul Fisher, to the MIT Technology Review.

The phone network, which is scheduled to launch Tuesday, does not own any cell towers but rather buys bandwidth from T-Mobile, similar to President Trump’s “Trump Mobile” launched last year.

It uses the Israeli cybersecurity firm Allot to sort website domains into more than 100 content categories, blocking all pornographic content.

The company also has a default-on filter targeting “sexuality” content, aiming to remove gender-related and LGBT material from every device on the plan.

Fisher — who previously worked as an agent for supermodels such as Naomi Campbell — highlighted how the technology can even block specific sections of websites, such as a page on the Yale University site dedicated to LGBT issues.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/us-news/new-christian-phone-network-aims-to-block-porn-and-lgbt-content/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

You’ve Got to be Kidding

According to the California Post:

California’s soaring cost for its dragged-out high-speed rail construction was inflated by another recent political embarrassment for the state: labor icon Cesar Chavez.

Calls are growing for California’s high-speed rail to be abandoned completely after revelations this week that the estimated cost of completing the fantasy train project has ballooned to a staggering $231 billion.

We’ve now learned about a billion dollars of that cost stems from a reroute around the resting place of Chavez and his wife at the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene — and rail regulators are now open to reconsidering, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Board directors at the High-Speed Rail Authority needed to route the train through the Tehachapi Mountains, which separates the San Joaquin Valley from the Mojave desert. Standing in the way was the national monument, a 187-acre compound and former headquarters of the United Farm Workers.

The Authority was under pressure to not disturb Chavez’s gravesite, as he was a revered figure for California Democrats.

Representatives for the Chavez center had argued that plans to expand tracks already near the memorial would be noisy and disrupt visitors. In response, the plan was altered to moved the track three-quarters of a mile away from the monument boundary, becoming a curve that would have to go through roads and tunnels.

That would cost $815 million, officials estimated in 2020 — now around $1 billion with inflation.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/us-news/detour-around-cesar-chavez-gravesite-adds-to-california-high-speed-rail-cost/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5862406-trump-mental-fitness-physical-health-poll

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May062026

Episode 1197 – I Remember When…

Remember when every cop had to wear a body cam because of the “epidemic” of “police brutality”? We actually saw what happened during these police incidents. Well, the Left is changing their minds.

California has a solution to the crisis that involves their high speed train project.

And why do activist judges keep letting illegal aliens murders out of jail?

Do You Remember…?

According to Fox News:

Seattle’s socialist mayor Katie Wilson is facing fierce blowback on social media after a 77-year-old man was seen on video being beaten by two individuals in a crime that was captured by closed-circuit television cameras, a tool that Wilson has denounced in the past as something that makes the community feel unsafe and “vulnerable.”

The elderly man was walking down the street in downtown Seattle last month when two men walking by him stopped, without any provocation, shoved him to the ground and beat him, KOMO News reported. 

Ahmed Abdullahi Osman, 29, was later arrested and charged with second-degree assault, and police are looking for the second suspect. Osman was reportedly booked into jail the night of the assault and then released back onto the streets before a bail hearing. 

Some things:

  • Trump is not going to take over the cameras.
  • You know, Trump is not going to be in office for long.
  • Do you remember when the Left demanded that police all have body cams?
  • Now we actually see what the police have to go through on a daily basis?
  • Now there’s outrage because a police shooting will have body cam footage released immediately and we know the shooting was justified.
  • Now, cameras are racist.
  • I also want to ask, why are cameras racist? Why do they alienate the immigrants? Could it be because they capture the crimes of minorities and immigrants and maybe not all bad things happen because of white people?
  • The stats don’t lie, folks. Immigrants and minorities commit most of the crimes in the United States. We are seeing it right now.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/clueless-socialist-mayor-hot-seat-video-77-year-old-beaten-downtown-seattle-goes-viral

Don’t Fix Anything

According to the New York Post:

Critics of California’s long-overdue high-speed rail project are aghast after statehouse Democrats pushed through legislation that would give the rail auditor the power to shield its reports from the public.

The bill, which passed the California Assembly on Monday and sits at the state Senate, lets the Inspector General do so if publication “would pose a substantial and articulable risk to the project or to state operations if publicly disclosed.”

The role of the Inspector General has gained even more prominence in light of new estimates that the total cost of the train has ballooned to $231 billion. The fantasy project, which broke ground in 2015, is far from finished.

Letting the Inspector General hide details, critics say, is the wrong move.

Insight is needed now more than ever after analysts raised red flags with the High-Speed Rail Authority’s new business plan.  A state analysts’ report warned of “several issues”, such as uncertain funding assumptions and shifting the project’s scope in violation of current state law.

If details are determined confidential, the bill would have the auditor only deliver the report to state officials overseeing the project.

The bill’s author, Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D), dismissed the criticism and said the bill actually improves transparency.

“Concerns were initially raised that this bill would keep information confidential. In fact, this bill does the exact opposite by requiring the inspector general to make its reports public, which is not required under current law,” she said Monday on the Assembly floor.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/us-news/california-democrats-push-cover-up-bill-that-could-hide-high-speed-rail-details/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost

Why Does This Keep Happening?

According to the Daily Wire:

A federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden cut an illegal immigrant murder suspect loose, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Bryan Rafael Gomez is wanted in his home country of the Dominican Republic for murder, DHS said Thursday. Despite having an active warrant, U.S. District Court Judge Melissa R. DuBose ordered Gomez’s release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention on Tuesday.

Gomez crossed the border illegally near Lukeville, Arizona, in 2022, DHS said. Border Patrol agents apprehended him at the time and subsequently released him into the country.

The Coordination of the Courts of Instruction of the National District of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, issued a criminal arrest warrant for Gomez for homicide on Jan. 24, 2023, according to DHS.

Officers with the Worcester Police Department arrested Gomez on April 4, 2026, for assault and battery, according to DHS. Local authorities honored an ICE detainer, handing Gomez over to federal immigration agents after he was released on $500 bail.

Gomez had filed a habeas petition, which is a legal challenge to his detention, and DuBose allowed for his release on “minimal release conditions,” according to Fox News.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-appointed-judge-lets-illegal-immigrant-wanted-for-murder-walk-free?author=Jennie+Taer&category=undefined&elementPosition=28&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Biden-Appointed+Judge+Lets+Illegal+Immigrant+Wanted+For+Murder+Walk+Free

Why Not?

According to the Post Millennial:

The Department of Justice announced on Friday that it has readopted firing squads as a means to carry out federal death sentences. The DOJ said that the move was part of an effort to “restore its solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences.”

A press release from the department stated, “Among the actions taken are readopting the lethal injection protocol utilized during the first Trump Administration, expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad, and streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases. These steps are critical to deterring the most barbaric crimes, delivering justice for victims, and providing long-overdue closure to surviving loved ones.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement, “The prior administration failed in its duty to protect the American people by refusing to pursue and carry out the ultimate punishment against the most dangerous criminals, including terrorists, child murderers, and cop killers. Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of Justice is once again enforcing the law and standing with victims.”

The announcement came alongside the release of a report titled “Restoring and Strengthening the Federal Death Penalty.” In the report, Blanche said that “despite federal prosecutors consistently seeking and defending capital sentences under the leadership of both political parties, the Department had not prioritized implementing them.”

The report stated that under the Biden administration, then Attorney General Merrick Garland “imposed a moratorium on federal executions, directed prosecutors not to seek death sentences, and dismantled the federal government’s capital punishment apparatus. He also recommended that President Biden commute the lawful death sentences of thirty-seven convicted murderers, and he did so without fully considering the views of the victims’ families, the communities that endured these crimes, or the prosecutors who tried these cases. These actions inflicted untold damage on countless lives and, ultimately, on the public’s confidence in the rule of law itself.” 

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-doj-announces-its-reinstating-death-by-firing-squad-as-execution-method

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May062026

Episode 1196 – Hate the Rich…Until They Leave!

A judge decides to apologize to the would-be Trump assassin because jail is not comfortable.

Zohran Mamdani f-s around and finds out. Will any of the other socialists in the Democrat party learn from him?

And Gavin Newsom tries to convince us his state isn’t bleeding citizens. His presidential aspirations are swirling down the drain.

It’s Not Meant to be Comfortable

According to Fox News:

A federal judge on Monday decried the prison treatment of President Donald Trump‘s alleged would-be assassin, and apologized to him for restrictive confinement imposed by jail staff.

Cole Allen, 31, has been in federal custody since prosecutors say he attempted to gain access to White House Correspondents’ Dinner ballroom and kill Trump along with other high-level government officials.

Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui told an attorney representing the Department of Corrections (DOC) that he was “fascinated and disturbed” by Allen’s treatment in jail. Allen was placed on suicide watch when he was first imprisoned.

Suicide watch protocols mandated that Cole remain 24-hour lockdown in a “safe cell,” have no phone access to call or receive visits from anyone other than his legal team, according to the motion. His lawyers also wanted him to be able to obtain a tablet to assist in his legal defense.

He was also allegedly denied a copy of the Bible despite more than one request.

Prosecutor Jocelyn Ballantine reasoned that since Allen told investigators he did not expect to survive the alleged attack, he could be a danger to himself.

But an incredulous Faruqui wasn’t convinced by that argument. The judge drew comparisons between Allen and defendants arrested for rioting at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

“To me it’s extremely disturbing that he was put in five-point restraints, a person with no criminal history,” Faruqui said, later adding that Allen is presumed innocent. “It’s troubling. I never heard of one January 6 defendant who was put in five-point restraints or in a safe cell. If the only way to keep him safe is the most punitive thing, that’s a problem.”

The judge said even January 6 defendants were only house in a Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF), a less restrictive form of prison housing.

“Pardons may erase convictions, but they don’t erase history,” he said. “They were hanging gallows outside.”

“What am I to say to Allen that this is going to be a fair process if we’re putting him in a safe cell when he’s not supposed to be in there?” Faruqui said. “At a minimum I should be apologizing to him. We are obligated to make sure he’s taken care of. Mr. Allen, I’m sorry that things have not been the way they are supposed to.”

He also addressed Allen directly.

“The jail is going to let me know by tomorrow morning about what’s going on with your housing situation,” he said, “If not, I’m going to have more questions for them. We should be able to get you into the medium portion of the jail, with windows.”

“Legal visits, ask for legal visits, do not accept that these things are acceptable,” Faruqui advised. “We will get you the Bible. If we can get someone vegan food we can get you a Bible, we can make sure you’re not in five-point restraints.”

The judge ordered the jail to update him by tomorrow morning about Allen’s jail accommodations.

There are some things about the judge:

  • In 2023, Faruqui, against the wishes of prosecutors, ordered the release of a man accused of assaulting Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) in her Washington, D.C., apartment elevator. 
  • Couy Griffin, a former New Mexico county commissioner who founded the political group “Cowboys for Trump,” was sentenced to 14 days behind bars for a misdemeanor trespass charge. Griffin entered a restricted area on January 6, 2021, but never entered the Capitol.
    • 14 days in solitary confinement, by the way.
  • The Georgetown Pakistan Public Policy Conclave and the Muslim Bar Association of New York have pages highlighting Faruqui’s career. 
  • The Washington Council of Lawyers supporting his nomination to the District Court of Columbia stated:
    • “As the first Muslim Judge to be appointed to the Federal Court in Washington D.C., Judge Faruqui has also devoted much of his career to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.”
    • The 2023 letter states that Judge Faruqui has “led efforts to reform the criminal justice system.”
  • Seven months ago, he claimed the DOJ had lost credibility under the Trump administration, which provoked a fiery response from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro. 
    • Jeanine Pirro responded: “Judge Faruqui has never really met someone with an illegal gun that he hasn’t felt some compassion for. He should do his job as a judge and leave his politics out of it.”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-apologizes-alleged-would-trump-assassin-drags-jan-6-suspects-rant-jail-complaints
https://www.beginswithus.org/ziam-furuqui
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/fbe2f227-ea43-422e-b42f-ac58761d359b
https://www.dailywire.com/news/woke-judge-who-apologized-to-wannabe-trump-assassin-has-a-radical-leftist-record?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Jacob+Wheeler&category=News&elementPosition=0&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Woke+Judge+Who+Apologized+To+Wannabe+Trump+Assassin+Has+A+Radical+Leftist+Record

What A Dumbass!

Yeah, his message that billionaire New Yorkers aren’t moving out of New York City is not getting to those billionaires. This is what Mamdani announced last week.

Two things that you should be aware of:

  • He is saying regular New Yorkers are going to end up getting taxed to get the government out of its deficit.
  • He fails to mention that he is over $5 billion over budget.

Do you notice these limousine socialists always say they don’t need rich people? That is, until they do leave and take their money with them. Kathy Hochul said the same thing about billionaires leaving in 2022, and, guess what, they left. Then, in 2026, she was begging them to come back.

Here is socialist Mayor of Seattle, Katie Wilson, saying the same thing when asked about Billion and millionaire leaving Washington State because of her proposed wealth tax:


https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-68-second-video-could-cost-his-city-6-billion

Living in a Dream

According to the New York Post:

A grim new report found California lost more than 50,000 residents last year, leaving Gov. Gavin Newsom and state officials talking out of both sides of their mouths on which direction the state is headed.

On Friday, the state’s Department of Finance issued a defensive press release blaming a “full year of restrictive federal policy changes” on legal international migration, which slashed California’s population growth by more than half. The agency dismissed the loss of tens of thousands of people as a “slight” population drop that represented less than one-seventh of 1%.

But on Friday evening, Newsom appeared on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” and claimed the state is actually growing.

California also has the highest taxes, highest homeless, highest number of illegal aliens (all on California benefits), highest rents, highest property prices, highest gas prices, and some of the highest crime rates.

He’s also talking about population growth because of illegal immigration.

Four of the state’s 10 biggest cities — including Los Angeles at No. 1 — saw their populations decline last year, with the City of Angels (3.8 million people) seeing a 0.9% decrease in residents. Los Angeles County (9.8 million) also saw a 0.6% decline to claim the top spot among declining counties. 

Overall, the state’s ten largest counties — home to 72% of Californians — lost a combined 52,000 residents.

U-Haul moving truck prices are a re indicator of migration patterns in the United States.

Example Costs

Real-world quotes illustrate the gap (note: prices vary by exact locations, dates, and truck size; get a quote at uhaul.com/Truck-Rentals):

Route ExampleLeaving CA CostEntering CA CostRatio
Route ExampleLeaving CA CostEntering CA CostRatio
Bay Area to Oregon (2023, one-way)~$1,200~$370~3.2x 
LA to Boise (2020, 26-ft truck)$4,208$38311x 
LA/SF to Austin, TX (2020)$1,883–$3,964 (U-Haul) / $2,155–$5,421 (Budget)$711–$935 (U-Haul) / $459–$977 (Budget)2–5x 
CA to AZ (recent)~$1,800< half (~$900 est.)~2x 

https://nypost.com/2026/05/02/us-news/gavin-newsom-torn-to-shreds-over-report-on-californias-population/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=capost&utm_medium=social
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/65358d17-4b65-47bf-a3c9-76e9a9a56000

What a Shock

According to the New York Post:

The deranged firebug accused of igniting the devastating Palisades Fire had become “fixated” on Luigi Mangione in the lead-up to the deadly blaze — and then allegedly suggested the inferno was started out of “resentment of the rich,” prosecutors said.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, was obsessed with the accused health care CEO killer and had routinely searched “free Luigi Mangione” and “lets take down all the billionaires” online, court documents show.

In the weeks and hours before allegedly sparking the blaze that triggered the catastrophic Palisades Fire, Rinderknecht — who worked as an Uber driver — ranted to customers about Mangione’s arrest, too.

“Many of defendant’s Uber passengers on December 31, 2024 and January 1, 2025, described defendant as angry, intense, driving erratically, and ranting about being ‘pissed off at the world’ and Luigi Mangione, capitalism, and vigilantism,” prosecutors noted in a trial memorandum.

When asked why someone would ultimately set the blaze, Rinderknecht allegedly responded that it “would be out of resentment of the rich enjoying their money as ‘we’re basically being enslaved by them’ and compared such an act of ‘desperation’ to the murder for which Mangione was charged,” according to the memo.

Rinderknecht has pleaded not guilty to a string of federal arson charges for sparking the inferno that leveled 7,000 homes and businesses, caused $150 billion in damages and left 12 people dead in early 2025.

The alleged firebug has been jailed without bail since his arrest last October.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/04/us-news/palisades-arsonist-became-fixated-with-luigi-mangione-before-deadly-blaze-prosecutors/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter

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Apr172026

Episode 1192 – It’s Tax Day! Yay!

Yesterday was tax day! Yay! Wait until you see what they are doing with your money.

Pete Hegseth is on the bad side of a Democratic senator. I’m pretty sure he’s going to ignore her.

And Democrats are already showing what their platform in going to be for the 2026 elections. Will it work?

Have Any of These Guys Read the Constitution?

According to The Hill:

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would establish a commission to examine whether the president is fit to serve in office.

More than 70 Democrats called for President Trump’s removal from office after he issued a series of blistering threats against Iran last week, including a stark warning that a “whole civilization will die” if Tehran didn’t strike a peace deal. 

Raskin’s bill would establish a “Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office,” which, if directed by Congress, “shall carry out a medical examination of the President to determine whether the President is mentally or physically unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office.” 

The commission is intended to carry out section 4 of the 25th Amendment, which says that the vice president should serve as acting president if he and a majority of the Cabinet or “such other body as Congress may by law provide” submit a written declaration to the Speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate that the president “is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”

While the bill is unlikely to advance in the GOP-controlled Congress, it underscores Democrats’ efforts to push back against the Trump administration.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5830863-raskin-bill-25th-amendment

Bet You’re Thrilled About This

It’s None of Your Business

According to NBC News:

A prominent Democratic senator on the committee that oversees the Pentagon is requesting additional information from the Defense Department following reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is withholding the promotions of several Black and female senior officers.

She ain’t that “prominent.”

NBC News reported last week that Hegseth had blocked or delayed promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military. Some of those efforts are seen as having been targeted because of their race or gender, or their perceived affiliation with the Biden administration’s policies or officials, according to NBC news reporting that cited nine U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

Gee, I wonder why they were targeted? Could it be that they were given their positions because they were black or female and not not because they were qualified for their positions?

Hegseth’s actions have raised concern inside the White House, the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill, according to U.S and congressional officials. Some lawmakers, including both Republicans and Democrats, see the decisions as Hegseth taking too far his efforts to scrub the Pentagon of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, according to the officials.

Nope, I guarantee you the White House, Senate, and House don’t care. That’s because it’s not their job to make promotion decisions. Definitely not Republicans. And, yes, Hegseth is wiping out DEI. Trump ran on that.

This is just another attention-getter from another wannabe-presidential candidate that will probably lead to wailing about impeachment.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/gilibrand-calls-information-reports-hegseth-withholding-promotions-rcna266955

More of This Please

According to the Post Millennial:

A federal court has stripped a naturalized US citizen of his citizenship after finding he lied about a history of serious criminal activity, including violent extortion, during the naturalization process.

The Justice Department announced that Michael Pizzuti, a native of Italy, had his citizenship revoked by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York after the court determined he illegally obtained it by concealing crimes and providing false testimony under oath.

Pizzuti failed to meet the “good moral character” requirement for citizenship, having committed multiple crimes and then lying about them during his immigration proceedings. The court also found that he engaged in fraudulent concealment and willful misrepresentation of material facts.

Pizzuti’s criminal activity dates back to the late 1990s. From July 1998 through August 2000, he dealt in counterfeit currency, trafficked contraband cigarettes, and participated in a conspiracy involving truck theft and mail fraud. He was arrested and indicted on those charges in December 2001, later pleading guilty and receiving a 15-month prison sentence.

Despite that arrest, Pizzuti moved forward with his naturalization process just months later. On May 2, 2002, less than five months after his indictment, Pizzuti appeared for his citizenship interview and falsely claimed, under oath, that he had never been arrested and had not committed any crimes for which he had not been arrested. Based on those statements, he was granted US citizenship on July 24, 2002.

But his criminal conduct didn’t stop there. Between May and September 2001, Pizzuti carried out a violent extortion scheme against his financial advisor after discovering the advisor had been running a Ponzi scheme using his money. Prosecutors say Pizzuti broke into the man’s home, held him at gunpoint, and forced him to continue the scheme until enough funds were generated to repay his investment. He also destroyed computer records to cover up his actions.

Pizzuti was later convicted in 2005 on charges of violent extortion and obstruction of justice, after he had already been granted citizenship, and was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison.
“Violent criminals like this have no place in our society, and when they lie about those crimes to obtain US citizenship, this Administration will stop at nothing to correct that travesty,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate.

https://thepostmillennial.com/federal-court-strips-citizenship-of-italian-man-who-hid-criminal-past-committed-violent-extortion-in-new-york

https://nypost.com/2026/04/20/us-news/nearly-200-public-schools-in-vermont-allow-staff-to-hide-student-trans-status-from-parents-group-alleges/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost

https://nypost.com/2026/04/20/us-news/supreme-court-lets-andrew-cuomo-off-the-hook-for-wrongful-death-of-covid-nursing-home-patients/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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Apr132026

Episode 1189 – They Will Always Eat Their Own!

Negotiations have started and finished over the Iran war. If anyone thought Trump doesn’t know what he’s doing is very odd to me.

The race for governor is heating up in California. You can tell. The backstabbing has begun.

And the Artemis II mission comes to a spectacular end. Folks, we’re going back to the moon.

News

Here is some news:

  • Along the Iran front
    • Talks have broken down in Pakistan after just 24 hours.
    • The United States had six “red lines” that Iran must adhere to:
      • Open the Straight of Hormuz with no conditions.
      • Iran must end all uranium enrichment.
      • Iran must dismantle all nuclear facilities.
      • Iran must retreive and turn over all enriched unranium.
      • Accept peace framework initiated by the United States.
      • Iran must end funding to terror proxies including Hamas, the Houthis, and Hezbollah.
    • Trump is not surprised. He announced a blockage of the Straight of Hormuz.
      • He plans to clear all mines.
      • We will be getting help from some other countries.
    • There has been nothing said about bombing power plants or taking Kharg Island.
  • Eric Swalwell, the nominee for governor of California is under investigation for rape in New York.
    • He has been accused of a multitude of things including:
      • Paying a prostitute (there’s video of this).
      • Paying a nanny with campaign funds.
      • Thge nanny was also accused of being an illegal alien.
      • Accused of sleeping with interns.
    • Strange how all this comes out now.
  • Finally, the Orion spacecraft came back to Earth, safe and sound in one of the most amazing missions in human history.

thepostmillennial.com/breaking-jd-vance-emerges-from-peace-talks-in-pakistan-says-no-agreement-reached-with-iran
thepostmillennial.com/breaking-eric-swalwell-under-investigation-by-manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-for-sexual-assault

This Should Not Be a Standard

According to the New York Post:

The deranged homeless man accused of savagely butchering Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, on a Charlotte light rail train has been found “incapable to proceed” on state murder charges.

According to a motion filed April 7, Decarlos Brown Jr. was evaluated Dec. 29 at Central Regional Hospital, and the subsequent report determined he was not competent to stand trial, according to WBTV. His attorney has asked the court to delay his competency hearing by 180 days.

The results were previously sealed in state court and were only revealed as the motion was filed.

Prosecutors did not object to the requested 180-day delay of Brown’s Rule 24 hearing, which was previously scheduled for April 30, which will determine whether he is fit to proceed with a potential death penalty trial.

Brown is also facing federal charges — and will remain in custody on that case, his lawyer Daniel Roberts said.

A judge must now determine whether to accept the report’s findings, and the case against him will likely be delayed until his capacity is determined to be “restored” by the court, the station reported.

In the motion filed by Brown’s public defender, he claimed the court-required capacity hearing cannot take place with the accused killer in federal custody, and that the court also can’t order to have his capacity restored.

If a judge agrees Brown is incompetent to stand trial, state law mandates the charges be dismissed. However, if the judge issues the ruling without prejudice, state murder charges could be refiled if he ever regains his capacity to be tried.

A similar situation happened in the Tar Heel State in 2020 when murder charges were dismissed without prejudice against Buford James Penley after he was determined to be incompetent by multiple psychologists, including one who worked for the DA’s office.

Under North Carolina law, a defendant is deemed capable to proceed to trial if they can understand the nature and object of the proceedings, comprehend his or her situation in reference to the proceedings, and assist in his or her defense in a rational or reasonable manner.

Brown has been in federal custody in Chicago since a grand jury indicted him on Oct. 22 for violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system causing death. He faces state charges of first-degree murder.

He’s been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation pursuant to his federal case, but court filings viewed by the outlet last month show it hasn’t been completed and that the evaluation period has been extended.

The outlet reports that restoring competency can take a long time in North Carolina because of limited space in state psychiatric facilities, and said it’s not uncommon for defendants to wait a year or more for a bed to open up.

Brown, 35, whose mother told The Post is schizophrenic, was arrested at least 14 times in North Carolina for crimes ranging from assault and firearms possession to felony robbery dating back to 2007.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/us-news/iryna-zarutskas-accused-killer-decarlos-brown-jr-found-incompetent-in-charlotte-stabbing-trial/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Gavin Is Finished

The best thing that Gavin Newsom can do to save his presidential chances is to divorce his wife. He sure ain’t going to be able to shut her up. And she’s way too arrogant to realize she is actually hurting her husband’s chance of winning a future political office. He should have known he was in trouble when she started going around and calling herself the “first partner” instead of the “first lady.”

Let’s listen to a couple of her greatest hits that have come out over the last couple of weeks.

This is Kamala Harris all over again, talking about girl-power feminism.

Here she is being more clear about her thoughts about the power of feminism. She has an idea what would happen if women and their “allies” took over.

That’s right. She would censor and cancel anything that she didn’t like or was “mean.” She sounds like she is saying women would be tyrants.

What’s worse is she is incredibly woke. This is something her husband has been trying to get away from. She’s just dragging her ass right back into it.

Then this little gem got released.

nypost.com/2026/04/07/us-news/gavin-newsoms-wife-shares-sister-death-empathizes-with-san-quentin-inmates/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost

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Apr132026

Episode 1188 – THE U.S.A. IS AWESOME!

Donald Trump has had it with Iran’s lack of cooperation. Iran has six hours to figure it out.

California is an absolute mess. We, in California, knew it. Apparently CBS News just figured it out.

And NASA, with four brave astronauts, prove that America is awesome!

News

  • President Donald Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. ET to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes against its power plants and bridges on Tuesday.
  • The United Nations has warned that Trump’s threats to target Iran’s power plants and bridges could constitute war crimes if they are carried out.
  • Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., is mounting a long-shot bid to impeach President Donald Trump as he stares down a primary threat from younger challengers, who seek to thwart his bid for a 15th House term. 
    • Larson, 77, introduced 13 articles of impeachment against Trump on Monday, citing the president’s military intervention in Venezuela, the deployment of National Guard troops to cities across the country and his executive order to curtail birthright citizenship, among other charges.
    • Larson also charged Trump with “murder, war crimes and piracy” for ordering a naval blockade around Venezuela targeting U.S.-sanctioned oil tankers ahead of the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January and for launching dozens of strikes against alleged drug trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean.
  • Researchers found that California’s minimum wage hike for fast-food workers led to “negative outcomes” such as automation and reduced work hours.
    • The researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz suggested in a report published in March that the policy could produce unintended consequences such as an increase in menu prices, a loss of overtime and benefits, reductions in employee working hours, and an implementation of automation that replaces workers.
  • Artemis II’s four astronauts zoomed past Apollo 13’s 248,655-mile mark around 1:56 p.m. ET, reaching 248,656 miles as their aircraft hurtled past the moon at nearly 2,000 mph.
    • Then hours later, shortly after 7 p.m.., the crew set a new record for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth, at a staggering 252,756 miles. The astronauts then beginning their long journey back to Earth .
    • The distance record was set just minutes after the capsule made its closest approach to the moon around 4,067 miles in altitude.
    • It also came in the thick of Artemis II’s communications blackout, which was expected to last about 40 minutes while the moon blocked any signals between Orion and the Earth.
    • Communications resumed around 7:25 p.m.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/californias-minimum-wage-hike-led-negative-outcomes-like-automation-reduced-work-hours-report
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/trump-iran-deadline-israel-hormuz-april-7
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/77-year-old-house-dem-facing-younger-primary-challengers-seeks-impeach-donald-trump

It Took Them This Long?

Californians pay $2 more for gas than the rest of the country. The question is now becoming why (yes, it’s been a slow news weekend).

California said it was starting a commission to

Using a 6.00 dollar pump price, here’s what each component would roughly be per gallon based on the CBS breakdown.

Dollar breakdown at 6.00 dollars/gal

ComponentPercent of priceApprox. cents/galApprox. dollars/gal
ComponentPercent of priceApprox. cents/galApprox. dollars/gal
Crude oil40%240¢2.40
Refining (incl. CA blend premium)13%78¢0.78
Distribution15%90¢0.90
Federal gas tax5%30¢0.30
State excise + storage fee15%90¢0.90
State climate programs (Cap & Trade, LCFS)10%60¢0.60
Sales taxes (state + local)2%12¢0.12
Total100%600¢6.00

Those percentage buckets are approximations the article uses to summarize the detailed line items (61¢ excise tax, 23¢ Cap‑and‑Trade, 14¢ LCFS, etc.), so at different pump prices the cent amounts would change but the shares stay roughly similar.

Do you want a version of this table recalculated for a different typical California price (for example, 5.50 or 6.50 dollars per gallon)?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-gas-prices-investigation-whats-to-blame
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/read-this-article-and-list-the-k0EujFM5TpK7cnZz_sIl7w#2

Just Think About This

Believe it or not, California is still thinking of building this high speed rail system. They’ve already blown $34 billion for:

Roughly 0 miles of the California high‑speed rail system are actually in service; what exists today is partially built civil works on the initial Central Valley segment, not an operating line.

What’s physically built so far

  • Construction is active along a 119‑mile Central Valley “spine” from around Madera through Fresno and Kings/Tulare toward Kern County, but this is mainly earthwork, bridges, viaducts, and graded guideway, not finished track.
  • As of early 2026, about 70–80 miles of guideway (the prepared railbed/structure) are complete, and roughly 55–60 major structures (bridges, overpasses, viaducts) are finished, with a few dozen more under construction.
  • No true high‑speed rail track is in service yet; the Authority is only now moving into contracts to lay track and install systems on that 119‑mile spine, with track installation expected to begin in 2026.

Maybe California should just give up on this train thing.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/read-this-article-and-list-the-k0EujFM5TpK7cnZz_sIl7w#4

More Bad Policy

According to the New York Post:

Worker advocates in Oakland are pressing for a $30 minimum wage, mirroring a similar goal from socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from across the country.

A worker’s organization, One Fair Wage, is hoping to put forward a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage in the area. The organization believes the wage increase will help workers with the expensive cost of living in the Bay Area, especially with the affordability crisis.

The push comes as Oakland continues grappling with a deep structural budget shortfall and ongoing fiscal instability, with officials warning recurring expenses are outpacing revenue.

Essentially, the city wants to raise the minimum wage so they can take more money in taxes. Of course, as usual, this assumes everyone working now will be working when the minimum wage goes up, which they surely won’t. It’s basically a big redistribution program.

By the way, this is why they keep raising the minimum wage. It gets a lot of votes and is easy to do. It is economic suicide, but everyone loves it. Except people that do all the signing of paychecks.

“Every time there has been a downturn or a serious challenge to the economy, in the end, we raise wages as a stimulus,” Saru Jayaraman, the president of One Fair Wage, told Center Square.

“It’s basically a stimulus in the hands of working people, who spend a much bigger percentage of their income than higher-income people because they have to. It’s survival,” she added.

One Fair Wage says the proposed ballot initiative would gradually institute the $30 minimum wage within the city and Alameda County until reaching the proposed amount in 2030. Oakland’s current minimum wage is $17.34 an hour, and California’s minimum wage sits at $16.90 an hour.

A $30 minimum wage would be the highest in the country. New York City legislators introduced a bill last month to also introduce a $30 minimum wage.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/01/us-news/30-an-hour-oakland-eyes-jaw-dropping-minimum-wage-hike/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=capost

Who’d of Thunk It?

According to the Post Millennial:

Police “reforms” in Boston replaced cops with mental health clinicians and social workers, and on Saturday one of those clinicians was attacked by a delusional man wielding a sword. The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, attacked the clinician as well as police officers with the sword. Cops responded by shooting and killing the suspect.

The incident took place near the Northeastern University campus on Saturday morning in Boston. Officers were responding to a 911 call about four people armed with guns and the caller was in the apartment building. After officers arrived at 212 Hemenway Street and located the disturbance they called in a mental health professional with the Boston’s BEST program, according to Mass Daily News.

The program, in which mental health professionals ride along with cops to de-escalate tense situations, has been running since 2011. The EMS clinician deployed to the scene spoke to the man for 45 minutes through the door before the suspect pushed open the door and attacked.

“He immediately opened the door and struck the clinician and an officer who was outside the door. He was armed with some type of sword, stabbing the officer in the arm and knocking the EMS clinician to the ground,” Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said. “One or more officers, which is under investigation at this time, fired a taser and weapon at the individual, bringing the person to a halt.”

The suspect as well as the officers and clinician that were attacked by the suspect were taken to the hospital. The suspect was later pronounced dead. “This was a very chaotic circumstance. The individual was clearly in some sort of mental distress,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said.

Boston EMS said in a statement that their employee had gotten injured in the altercation.

“Our focus tonight remains on the two members of Boston EMS, including one of our BEST clinicians, who were treated and transported to the hospital after the incident on Hemenway Street in Boston. Both suffered non-life-threatening injuries,” the statement read.

“Today serves as a reminder of the dangers inherent in this work and the sacrifice our members make every day. Members of Boston EMS show up to save lives — not to be assaulted. No one should face violence for simply doing their job. Our thoughts are with our injured members, the Boston Police officers, and everyone affected by today’s incident.”

https://thepostmillennial.com/fail-boston-deploys-mental-health-clinician-to-deal-with-sword-wielding-violent-criminal-worker-injured-suspect-shot-dead-by-cops

Interesting

According to the Daily Wire:

The concept is simple: Store your silenced cell phone in a “chicken coop” while you enjoy your Chick-fil-A meal in-store and get a free “Icedream” cone as your reward for staying present with your chicken sandwich and your fellow guests. Open to groups and solo acts, the initiative got its start at a Chick-fil-A in the Atlanta area back in 2016. It hasn’t gotten the nationwide rollout treatment, but it pops up around the country every so often at the whim of individual franchisees. This month, the hype went global after Complex posted Chick-fil-A phone challenge signage on X.

Commenters quickly responded with enthusiasm for the stroke of marketing genius behind quality family time and an immersive tech cleansing. But others called out the “sad” state of affairs with someone adding, “Society has hit a low point holy sh*t.” One hater posted, “I’m trying to enjoy my chicken, not talk to my d*mn family.” Another person bet that this particular Maryland-based Chick-fil-A would be giving out zero ice cream cones since no one can stay off their phones these days. 

Well, random X user, I brought receipts proving that at least five people have successfully completed the task and cashed in on those cones: my two parents and the three teenagers they paid to participate in the same challenge at another table. Having known my mom and dad my whole life, this all checks out.

My parents FaceTimed me the minute they returned from their mission, sharing boots-on-the-ground perspective on the promo everyone else in America wishes their local Chick-fil-A was running. They were already fans of Chick-fil-A, as well as the Towson Place location’s spacious dining area and flawless customer service. “I love ‘It’s my pleasure,’” my mom said. 

I confessed to stopping by Chick-fil-A when I lived in Los Angeles purely because, unlike people in the rest of the city, the chain’s friendly employees seemed to enjoy serving customers. But back to the challenge at hand.

“We were expecting a chicken coop,” my mom said. There are many representations of the  “coop” from the Chick-fil-A phone challenge on social media (one claims to be made of wood), but the Towson Place version involves a plain white cardboard box meant to secure your phone. (Apparently, it could have used some fun chicken-related decoration, according to “reviews.”) 

Still, my parents persisted, roping in a trio of local teens into the mix, who my mom says “were like … ‘o-kay?’” about the idea. The boys had completed the challenge before and were happy to walk these nice elderly people through the process, accepting $2 each in cash. My parents value the quality time of other people’s grandchildren. And still carry cash.

They placed their order at the counter, sat down at the table with their drinks, and stowed their phones in the “coop” once their food arrived. 

“Wait. So do you normally use your phone during dinner?” I asked, having no idea what my parents do in their free time.

“No, but I usually have it at the ready,” my mom said, like most of us. (How else are we gonna pick it up 186 times a day?) But when she admitted, “I checked my purse for my phone 10 times while my phone was still in the ‘coop,’” my eyeballs ejected from my face. Full disclosure, I did ask her to document as much pre- and post-coop action as possible. But I was shocked. The challenge, which is so obviously aimed at kids, even had my mom feeling the benefits from sealing her phone in a cardboard box.

“I’ve watched many families come in with young kids, and they do it,” said Natalie Martz, owner of the Towson Place Chick-fil-A. “I’ve seen adults come in with adult children and do it.” 

Maybe the Chick-fil-A challenge is just a wholesome excuse to encourage customers to “eat mor chikin” and make it an occasion by purchasing meals for the whole family. But breaking bread sans phones might lead to small, surprising joys beyond chicken nuggets — no matter your age.

“I haven’t had a cone in years,” my mom recalled. “It was nostalgic. It brought back good memories for me.” Chick-fil-A happens to be celebrating its 80th anniversary this year with a “Newstalgia” marketing blitz that features retro packaging on drinks and sandwiches along with all-new plushie cows.

“The cone was really good,” my dad reported. That comment on the actual cone part of the old-school vanilla soft-serve dessert is notably high praise from a non-foodie. It warmed my heart hearing that they had fun with the assignment.

As one fan summed it up on Instagram, “A free ice cream for being present with your people? That’s a deal worth taking.” Try the challenge for yourself at a participating Chick-fil-A or politely ask your local shop to get in on the action. I’m sure it would be their pleasure.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-made-my-parents-try-chick-fil-as-phone-free-challenge-but-i-didnt-see-this-coming?author=Lauren+Bair&category=undefined&elementPosition=8&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=I+Thought+Americans+Could+Handle+This+Simple+Challenge+At+Chick-fil-A.+I+Was+Wrong.

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Apr022026

Episode 1183 – Nobody Is Innocent Here!

President Trump does what the Democrats don’t want to do.

And let’s talk about that judgement in California finding social media companies liable for making social media addictive for kids.

Do Parents Hold Any Responsibility?

According to Perplexity:

A Los Angeles jury in a first‑of‑its‑kind California trial found that Instagram (Meta) and YouTube (Google) were negligently designed to be addictive and that this defective design harmed a young user’s mental health, making the companies legally liable for part of her injuries.

Basic facts

  • The case was tried in Los Angeles County Superior Court and involved a 20‑year‑old woman from Chico, California, identified as Kaley G.M.
  • Kayley started using social media at the age of six.
  • She alleged that Instagram and YouTube were intentionally designed to hook young users, which led to compulsive use starting in childhood and contributed to depression, self‑harm, and other emotional distress.
  • After about seven weeks of testimony and roughly 40 hours of deliberation, the jury found Meta and Google negligent in how they designed their platforms.

What the jury decided

  • The jury concluded the platforms were defectively designed because features like endless scrolling, algorithmic recommendations, notifications, and other engagement tools created an unreasonable risk of addiction and harm for minors.
  • They found Meta (Instagram) 70% responsible and Google (YouTube) 30% responsible for Kaley’s harm.
  • Jurors awarded her about 3 million dollars in compensatory damages, with the possibility of additional punitive damages; some outlets round the total package to “more than 6 million” when including related awards or phases.

Why this case is important

  • This is the first U.S. “social media addiction” lawsuit to go all the way to a jury and end with a liability finding against major platforms; thousands of similar cases are pending around the country.
  • Plaintiffs’ lawyers and regulators see it as a test of whether tech companies can be held to product‑liability style standards—arguing the apps are more like dangerous products than neutral speech platforms.
  • The verdict may influence settlement leverage and legal strategy in other youth‑harm suits, including large coordinated federal cases against Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snapchat.

How the companies defended themselves

  • Meta and Google argued there is no formal medical diagnosis of “social media addiction,” and that many factors—family, school, underlying mental health issues—contributed to Kaley’s struggles, not just app design.
  • They claimed they invest heavily in safety tools, parental controls, and content moderation, and that they never intended to harm children.
  • They also point out that the parents should hold some responsibility to what their children are watching. Television isn’t held responsible when a child watches something they shouldn’t.
  • They claimed that they are protected by section 230 which states they are a platform, not a publication.
  • The social media content is not created by the company, but by its users. It is up to the user to access social media to pick what they see.
  • YouTube argued that they are not a social media company.
  • Meta has said it “respectfully disagrees” with the verdict and is considering its legal options, signaling an appeal.

How this fits into the bigger picture

  • The verdict came as other juries and courts are starting to confront similar issues, including a New Mexico jury that recently hit Meta with a large verdict over Instagram and child exploitation and a Delaware ruling about whether insurers must cover social‑media‑harm claims.
  • Lawmakers at both the state and federal level have been pushing age‑verification rules, design‑duty laws, and other regulations targeting youth protections on social media, and this verdict is likely to be cited in those debates.

Some things:

  • This lawsuit should be thrown out.
    • This is a slippery slope. This will extend beyond children and apply to adults.
    • This also extends with the subjective, pseudo-science of psychology. There really is no way to tell who was causing her mental illness.
    • If someone should be of age, there should be a law making it mandatory that a user must be 18. This is going to open an entire flood of lawsuits. This seems to be a money grab.
    • I also feel that this is more of a parental problem, like drug abuse. Why aren’t the parents being held responsible?
  • But I don’t think social media is completely innocent.
    • Social media does use processes that are addictive.
    • Social media has been acting like a publisher not a platform. They have banned certain content that is considered “offensive” including conservative political speech, political figures, and information THEY don’t like. They said they have done this.
      • COVID information.
      • Abortion information.
      • They banned conservative commentators such as Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh.
      • They banned politicians such a President Trump.
    • Social media did know for a very long time that their content was no good for children. They made half-hearted attempts to limit access to children.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/explain-the-social-media-lawsu-R_XUlN1iROSJRYIHYm.i2A

It Figures

According to the New York Post:

In 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom broke ground on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing (WAWC), a project featuring an overpass for animals atop ten lanes of the 101 Freeway in Southern California.

At the ceremony, Newsom boasted that the state had committed $54 million. He promised to “complete the job within another $10 million,” before seeming to hedge on whether that final sum would do the trick.

Officials projected a 2025 completion date for the overpass, and estimated that the entire project — which includes the bridge and other ancillary developments — would cost $92 million, some of it coming from private philanthropists.

Nearly four years after the ceremony, the bridge is past due and the project some $21 million over budget. What was supposed to be the world’s largest wildlife crossing has become a jobs program for environmentalists, with taxpayers on the hook for what WAWC leader Beth Pratt told us is an overpass “for everything from monarch butterflies to mountain lions.”

Pratt, a cougar-sweater-wearing environmental activist who serves on WAWC’s Partner Leadership Team, is the program’s public face. She is also a regional executive director of the national Wildlife Federation. In 2021, the group received a $25 million grant from “Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation” for the bridge that bears the late philanthropist’s name.

That money apparently was not enough. This past January, donning a hard hat and a “#SAVELACOUGARS” jersey, Pratt announced a possible $21 million overage. She effectively blamed President Trump, attributing the multimillion-dollar overrun to “tariffs, inflation, [and] labor problems.”

“There’s no boondoggle,” she said. “Given the times we’re living in,” a potential $21 million overage is “not that bad.”

In response to our request for comment on the cost increases, Pratt argued that they were consistent with those faced by other construction projects.

Within days of Pratt’s announcement, the California Transportation Commission funneled another $18.8 million to the project, well exceeding the governor’s $10 million cap. The project’s total price tag now reaches about $114 million, reportedly including some $77 million in state funds. Newsom’s office pointed us to a press release in response to our request for comment.

Why has a project primarily consisting of a bridge for animals cost over $100 million? One reason is that Newsom and WAWC’s philanthropic supporters apparently don’t mind it becoming a patronage program.As the WAWC-endorsing Wildlife Crossing Fund notes, citing the California Department of Transportation’s estimate, “for every $1 billion spent” on wildlife crossings, “13,000 jobs are created.”

A group of experts apparently adds to the operation’s expense. A fungi whiz, Pratt says, worked as a WAWC habitat designer, periodically scrutinizing root samples under a microscope. A contracted soil scientist said his process involves assessing local dirt to “rebuild it … as close to nature as possible.”

One reason California supposedly needs this overpass is to ensure the safety and genetic diversity of mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains, where only about a dozen non-kitten cougars live at any given time.

While bridge proponents claim that the local mountain lion population could otherwise face extinction, researchers suggest the bridge is not the only solution to ensure their survival.

According to a 2016 paper published by the Royal Society, the mountain lion population living in and around the Santa Monica Mountains is “demographically vigorous.” Still, the paper argues, the population could face “rapid extinction” if it becomes less genetically diverse.

While bridge proponents have cited this study, the researchers say adding just one new mountain lion to the population per generation was apparently sufficient to reduce extinction risk. If Newsom and the philanthropists were really interested in protecting these lions, $114 million could likely fund translocations for thousands of years.

At the groundbreaking ceremony, Newsom envisioned WAWC as a catalyst for the construction of wildlife crossings across the state. California, he boasted, set aside $105 million “to replicate projects like this all up and down the state.” Pratt reportedly thinks “hundreds more crossings are needed.”

Californians can’t afford it. The Newsom administration projects a $2.9 billion budget deficit for 2026–2027. The state legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal advisor has published steeper estimates, and claimed the deficit could rise to $35 billion in coming years.

If the state wants to fund a nine-figure overpass project for animals, it should turn to the Annenberg Foundation, which holds $1.27 billion in net assets. (The foundation did not respond to our request for comment.)

California taxpayers shouldn’t have to spend another cent. Gavin Newsom, unfortunately, seems committed to bankrolling what for now is a multimillion-dollar bridge to nowhere.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/18/opinion/californias-unfinished-wildlife-bridge-to-nowhere/?utm_campaign=nypost_opinion&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

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Mar252026

Episode 1179 – Socialism Sucks! Ask New York City!

The ratings are out for this past weekend’s Oscars. It’s pretty much what you expected them to be.

California has decided to honor the religions that is important to them.

And New York is quickly becoming a crap hole.

Just Funny

Not a Shock

According to the New York Post:

The Oscars are struggling to keep audiences glued to the screen. The 98th Academy Awards drew just 17.9 million viewers on ABC and Hulu. That’s down 9% from last year and marks the lowest audience since 2022.

Even host Conan O’Brien could not save the night. The late-night comic returned for his second year, bringing jokes, banter and the occasional awkward moment. Best Picture went to One Battle After Another.

The spectacle on stage did not translate into action on the remote. Fans seemed more interested in their phones than in the stars.

For perspective, the 1998 Oscars drew 57 million viewers, highlighting just how far live broadcasts have fallen. Even pre-pandemic ceremonies regularly pulled higher numbers.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/17/us-news/low-oscars-tv-ratings-revealed/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

What About Christmas and Easter?

According to the Post Millennial:

The California State Legislature has introduced a bill that would designate the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state-recognized holidays.

“Festival of Breaking the Fast,” marking the end of the month of Ramadan and its daily fasting.

Eid al-Adha is the Islamic “Festival of Sacrifice,” the second and generally larger of the two main Muslim holidays and the one associated with the Hajj pilgrimage.

The bill was officially introduced last month by Assemblyman Matt Haney and formally announced this week. If passed, California would become the second state in the country to recognize these holidays, after Washington.

Eid al-Fitr, or the “Festival of Breaking the Fast,” marks the end of Ramadan. Eid al-Adha, the “Festival of Sacrifice,” takes place about two months later and coincides with the end of Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

Under the proposed bill, public schools and community colleges in California could close in observance of the holidays, and they would be added to the list of required excused absences for students. State employees would be permitted to use eight hours of existing leave to observe them. The days would not, however, be designated as judicial holidays, meaning courts would remain open.

In a video announcement, Haney commented on the proposal with Muslim-inspired music playing in the background. The video began with him saying “Ramadan mubarak, everyone,” before arguing that Muslim students and workers in California are being “forced” to miss “one of the most holy days” for them.

“This is how we show, truly, that we are inclusive, that we value diversity, we celebrate diversity, and that our muslim neighbors, our friends, our colleagues, are fully included and able to celebrate without consequence the most holy day for them,” Haney said.

Heaney was joined by Bilal Mahmood, the first Muslim American supervisor in San Francisco. Mahmood said that the proposal “means a lot” to the thousands of Muslims in the city.

“With this Bill AB 2017, we will have Eid as a state holiday so they can see their values and their beliefs and their culture represented in ink,” Mahmood said.

Funny, we have completely banned the celebrations of Christmas and Easter.

We are a Christian country. This country was built on Christianity. Islam had nothing to do with it.

https://thepostmillennial.com/california-moves-to-recognize-muslim-celebrations-eid-al-fitr-eid-al-adha-as-official-state-holidays

Yeah, That’ll Fix It

Zohran Mamdani is doing everything to destroy New York. Here he is making a statement that goes completely the opposite of what is happening in the country’s largest city. It also goes against the basics of economics.

Some things:

  • This is what happens when you elect a failed rapper who never held a job as mayor of the largest city in the country.
  • He’s got it backwards. Regular workers aren’t leaving because the rich aren’t paying their fair share. Regular workers are leaving because the rich are leaving and taking the jobs with them.
  • The rich are leaving because raising taxes takes capital away from them to innovate. They go to states that will let them keep more capital to re-invest into their businesses. They aren’t stuffing money into their mattresses.

Well, he has more brilliant ideas. Of course, his ideas are always misdirected.

According to the New York Post:

Left-leaning members of the NYC Council are considering bizarre new legislation that aims to curb retail theft — by penalizing customers and business owners rather than criminals.

NYC supermarkets and pharmacies would be forced to impose a 15-item limit for customers using self-checkout lines, and have at least one employee assigned to every three of those lines, or face daily fines of at least $100.

“We’ve seen the consequences of removing workers from these spaces: increased retail theft, less oversight, fewer protections for both workers and customers, and generally decreased safety,” said Councilwoman Amanda Farias (D-Bronx) while introducing the legislation Tuesday.

“This bill is about protecting good jobs, supporting workers on the front lines and creating a more secure shopping environment for New Yorkers,” added Farias, contending the 15-item limit is to “maintain safety, accountability, and fairness in the checkout process.”

The legislation’s rollout comes on the heels of the Council’s far-left faction trying to drum up support for a separate bill backed by socialist Mayor Mamdani to increase the city’s hourly minimum wage from $17 to a nationwide-high of $30 — a plan business leaders warn would be a costly disaster for employers and likely cause NYC to lose many jobs.

Farias’ bill is already co-sponsored by four other Dems: Manhattan’s Gale Brewer and Harvey Epstein, Tiffany Cabán of Queens, and Shirley Aldebol of The Bronx.

However, critics such as Councilwoman Joann Ariola said those pushing the bill have their priorities wrong.

“This is typical backwards leftist logic,” the Queens Republican said. “Instead of actually trying to punish criminals, my colleagues are pushing to make life even harder for businesses and consumers.”

https://nypost.com/2026/03/14/us-news/nyc-council-dems-bizarre-plan-to-crack-down-on-shoplifting/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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Mar162026

Episode 1177 – He Should Have Done That A Long Time Ago!

California loses another billionaire. This is going to be a big problem for regular Californians soon.

Trump does what he should have done a long time ago.

And Joy Reid thinks Iranian women have it better than American women.

News

Here is some news:

  • Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick says he has traded California for Texas, joining a growing list of billionaires abandoning the state as lefty lawmakers push for a one-off tax on their wealth.
  • Protesters took to the streets in a violent night of unrest in Cuba as demonstrators chanted “Down with Communism” and attacked Communist party offices — in a rare showing of public defiance against the dictatorial government.
    • Residents flooded Morón in the Ciego de Ávila region overnight into Saturday — days after protestors chanted similar slogans in Havana — for what started as a peaceful rally pushing back against unpopular Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Cane and continued power outages and food shortages.
    • The embattled Diaz-Cane had announced Friday that he’d begun talks with the Trump administration to try and deescalate the crippling economic crisis in Cuba after the US cut off Venezuelan oil shipments to the island, The Post reported.
    • Venezuelan oil is not being sent to Cuba and the economy is crashing.
  • The Trump administration invoked the Defense Production Act to order an oil company to restart shuttered offshore operations in California, saying the move is necessary to address oil supply disruption risks and reduce reliance on foreign crude.
    • Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Friday directed Sable Offshore Corp., an oil and gas company headquartered in Houston, to restore operations at the Santa Ynez Unit and the Santa Ynez Pipeline System off the coast of Santa Barbara, according to a statement from the Department of Energy (DOE).
    • California Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned the order Friday, calling the Trump administration’s use of the Defense Production Act “reckless and illegal” and pledging to fight the directive.
    • The governor also pointed to the pipeline’s history, noting that a 2015 spill near Refugio State Beach released more than 140,000 gallons of crude oil and caused widespread environmental and economic damage along the Santa Barbara coast.
  • In the Iranian war, The United States has hit the military installations on Kharg island.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/14/us-news/billionaire-uber-co-founder-reveals-hes-bolted-california-for-texas/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=capost
https://nypost.com/2026/03/14/world-news/cubans-chant-down-with-communism-and-attack-government-building-during-violent-night-of-protests/?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/trump-admin-invokes-defense-production-act-directs-oil-company-restart-california-operations

Dumbass of the Day

This Law Will Kill Gavin Newsom’s Chance at President

According to the New York Post:

A pedophile who was hit with a more than 300-year sentence for sexually abusing children as young as 5 years old admitted his sick desires are “always going to be there” — but was granted early release anyway under a controversial law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Gregory Lee Vogelsang, 57, was convicted of kidnapping and molesting multiple children between the ages of 5 and 11 in the ’90s in the Sacramento area. He was sentenced to 355 years to life in prison.

But in the November hearing, a three-person board granted the pedophile parole, despite his heinous crimes.

In a transcript of the hearing, released by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office, Vogelsang spoke about his obsession with young boys.

“I got to know what the internal triggers and external triggers and what the risky situations and the warning signs are for pedophilia,” Vogelsang said, according to the transcript reported by Capital Public Radio.

“And, like I said before, when I don’t view a child as a sex object, I don’t want to become aroused, but I know it’s always going to be there.”

He also blamed the abuse he faced as a child for his obsession.

“I think when I was a child, I had normalized child molestation due to my father abusing me from 7 to 11,” Vogelsang said.

“It wasn’t until I had dealt with my own childhood abuse of the pain, the harm, the guilt and the shame that I felt as a child, that today I can sit there and say that I honestly understand the psychological and the emotional damage that I was doing.”

A law signed by Newsom in 2020 cleared the way for Vogelsang’s release, because it allows inmates 50 and older who have served 20 or more years to receive parole consideration.

https://nypost.com/2026/03/13/us-news/pedo-released-under-gavin-newsom-law-made-sick-confession-in-parole-hearing/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Why Is It Always the Same People

According to the Post Millennial:

An armed man with tactical gear and a firearm was able to walk into Zwink Elementary School in Klein, Texas on Tuesday this week. Kyle Najm Chris, also known as Muhi Mohanad Najm, 39, of Klein, has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, a charge associated with bringing a weapon on school grounds.

Najm was then taken into custody on Wednesday at 6:30 pm, according to KHOU11. According to the criminal complaint against the suspect, he was seen entering the front office of the front office of the school where he was dressed in full military tactical gear and has a gun holstered.

When he was asked how he was able to get past security, Najm said that the front door was not latched. When employees asked him to identify himself, he did not do so, left the school, and then drove away in a dark blue Dodge Charger.

“From the moment the individual left the front office, we were actively working with multiple law enforcement agencies to identify and apprehend this individual,” the school wrote in a message to parents explaining why they were not immediately notified. “Sending a public notification during that window could have jeopardized those efforts, tipped off the suspect, and delayed the arrest.”

The suspect was later identified with security footage and a facial recognition system as well as a license plate database. Najm has no affiliation with the school. No students or staff were harmed during the incident. Authorities said that the man has a private investigator license and has a Texas Concealed Handgun License.

https://thepostmillennial.com/suspect-muhi-mohanad-najm-arrested-for-showing-up-at-elementary-school-with-gun-full-tactical-gear#google_vignette

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