Economics

Jun162026

Episode 1215 – It Was A Pretty Awesome Weekend!

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

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

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

Yeah. I’ll Wait and See

Some things:

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

Congrats Elon!

According to the Mary Sue:

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

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

Some things:

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

The responses were hysterical and economically naieve:

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

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

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

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

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

Dumbass of the Day

Somethings:

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

What Would Happen If They Lost

According to Perplexity:

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

When and where it happened

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

Scale: arrests and injuries

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

Property damage and specific incidents

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

Police response and crowd dynamics

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

Context and open questions

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

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

What A Great Event!

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

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Jun102026

Episode 1212 – Wake Up People of the West!

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

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

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

More Heroism

According to the Daily Wire:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Black Supremacy is Alive and Well

According to X:

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

Diversity Is Not Our Strength

According to the Daily Mail:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Jun092026

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

More good news comes from the economy.

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

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

Things Are Getting Better

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

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

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

The Fix is Complete in L.A.

Los Angeles Mayoral race:

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

The California Gubernatorial race:

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

1.6 million voted remain to be counted.

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

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

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

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

Why’d He Do It, Anyway?

They Want Misery Only

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

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

Key Facts

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

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

That’s Just Gross

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

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


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

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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-Ă -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-Ă -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 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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Apr022026

Episode 1182 – The World Is A Better Place This Week

Two men have passed away and, I will say, the world is a better place for it.

A Leftist politicians is asked a question about solving her city’s debt crisis. Let’s just say she’s our Dumbass of the Day.

And Kathy Hochul is asking for a little help from the millionaires of her state.

Well, Maybe?

According to the Daily Wire:

Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of OnlyFans, has died at age 43 following a battle with cancer, the company announced Monday.

“We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer,” the subscription platform said in a statement. “His family have requested privacy at this difficult time.”

The Ukrainian-American billionaire entrepreneur purchased Fenix International, the parent company of OnlyFans, in 2018, according to The New York Post. He served as the company’s director and majority owner until his death. 

Radvinsky was known for staying out of the spotlight and had not publicly announced his illness. He was a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in economics and is survived by his wife, Katie Chudnovsky, and their four children. The family resided in Florida.

He famously declined interviews and did not attend industry events. According to The Wall Street Journal, employees were required to sign nondisclosure agreements limiting unauthorized disclosures about the company and its operations. At the time of his death, Radvinsky’s net worth was estimated at $7.8 billion. 

The tech entrepreneur is credited with turning OnlyFans into the massively successful company that it is today. Under his leadership, OnlyFans grew into a highly profitable platform that allows creators to sell subscription-based content directly to users, including pornographic material. 

Critics say the model has expanded access to producing and distributing adult content and played a role in normalizing sex work.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/onlyfans-billionaire-owner-dead-at-43?author=Amanda+Harding&category=undefined&elementPosition=26&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=OnlyFans+Billionaire+Owner+Dead+At+43

Yep, I’, Glad He’s Dead

According to the Daily Wire:

An infamous Pennsylvania abortionist convicted of murder for killing babies born alive during illegal late-term procedures has died while serving multiple life sentences in prison, state officials said Monday. 

Kermit Gosnell, 85, died March 1 after being transported from the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon to a hospital. He had been serving multiple life sentences following his 2013 conviction on three counts of first-degree murder. His West Philadelphia abortion facility was dubbed the “House of Horrors.” 

The Gosnell case drew national attention after pro-life advocates highlighted the brutal nature of his abortion practice. Many of the gruesome details came out during his 2013 trial and through a grand jury report. 

“This case is about a doctor who killed babies and endangered women,” the Pennsylvania grand jury report said. “He regularly and illegally delivered live, viable babies in the third trimester of pregnancy – and then murdered these newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors.” 

Testimony during the trial described the practice in detail. Steven Massof, one of Gosnell’s former employees, explained the process. â€œWe call it a transection, but it’s literally a beheading,” he testified. 

Massof estimated that around 100 babies had their spinal cords snipped. He said he “felt like a fireman in hell. I couldn’t put out all the fires. 
 I would run around with scissors.”

The grand jury report documented one case involving a 17-year-old whose baby was delivered at around 30 weeks. According to the report, the infant was “breathing and moving” before being killed.

“He was breathing and moving when Dr. Gosnell severed his spine and put the body in a plastic shoebox for disposal. The doctor joked that this baby was so big he could ‘walk me to the bus stop,’” it said. 

Gosnell denied that any infants were born alive, claiming that movements observed by staff were involuntary.

During the trial, jury members were shown pictures of unborn babies who had been killed by Gosnell, showing how their skulls had been crushed and spinal cords cut. 

Other workers stated that Gosnell stored baby parts in jars in a refrigerator and routinely did abortions past 24 weeks of gestation. “The bigger the baby, the more he charged,” the grand jury report stated. 

The investigation further found that Gosnell’s clinic operated in unsafe and unsanitary conditions. The grand jury described blood-stained furniture, improperly sterilized instruments, and the storage of fetal remains throughout the facility.

“It was a baby charnel house,” the grand jury said.

Gosnell was also convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a woman who died in his facility during an abortion. 

Additionally, he pled guilty to federal charges related to running a pill mill out of his facility and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, including oxycodone, alprazolam, and codeine. 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/infamous-abortionist-who-ran-house-of-horrors-dies-in-prison-at-85?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=undefined&elementPosition=2&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Infamous+Abortionist+Who+Ran+%E2%80%98House+Of+Horrors%E2%80%99+Dies+In+Prison+At+85

Dumbass of the Day

We Thought Mamdani Was Bad!

Expect This At A State Near You

According to Perplexity:

Virginia’s Democratic-controlled General Assembly has advanced a broad package of gun-control bills in the 2026 session; many are now on Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s desk and are expected to be signed, but as of mid‑March 2026 most are not yet in effect.wtop+2

Major “assault‑style” firearm and magazine bills

  • HB 217 / SB 749: Ban the sale, purchase, or transfer of most “assault firearms” in Virginia after an effective date (July 1, 2026 is the operative date in current House language). Existing legally owned guns are generally grandfathered, but new sales or imports into the state would be prohibited.arlnow+3
  • Definition: An “assault firearm” is defined as certain semi‑automatic center‑fire rifles, pistols, and shotguns meeting feature and magazine‑capacity tests; language has evolved, but the focus is AR‑15‑style rifles and similar semiautos plus “large‑capacity” magazines.wset+4
  • Magazine capacity: Legislative drafts limit magazines to between 10 and 15 rounds for new manufacture/sales; one Senate version removed grandfathering and would criminalize possession of magazines above 10 rounds, while House language uses a 15‑round cap and grandfathers existing mags.lis.virginia+5

Open and public carry limits

  • SB 312 / SB 727–style measures: Prohibit carrying “assault firearms” (defined semiautos) in public places such as streets, sidewalks, parks, and “any public area,” effectively banning open carry of semi‑automatic rifles and many pistols with magazines over 10 rounds in most public spaces.nraila+1
  • SB 272: Bans carrying firearms in certain public buildings and at public institutions of higher education, including state‑owned or state‑leased facilities and places like the Capitol and state universities.yahoo+1

Storage, vehicles, and red‑flag laws

  • Safe storage in homes: Bills passed by both chambers would require firearms to be securely stored (locked, disabled, or in a locked container) in homes where minors or prohibited persons are present; violations can carry criminal or civil penalties.nraila+2
  • Storage in vehicles: A separate bill creates a civil fine (up to about $500) if someone leaves a firearm unsecured in a vehicle; the car may also be towed.[wtop]​
  • Expanded red‑flag (ERPO) law – HB 901: Broadens who can petition for an emergency substantial risk order beyond law enforcement and Commonwealth’s Attorneys to include immediate family, recent intimate partners, school officials, and licensed health‑care providers, and allows consideration of factors like ongoing substance abuse.yahoo+1

Taxes, training, and “gun‑violence” infrastructure

  • Waiting period – HB 700: Imposes a 5‑day mandatory waiting period on most firearm sales and transfers.[nraila]​
  • Excise taxes – HB 919 & HB 1094: Add separate 11% excise taxes on all firearms and ammunition sold by dealers or manufacturers; revenues go to a Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund or similar state programs.[nraila]​
  • Gun‑violence offices – HB 969: Establishes a Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center as a central body for research, best practices, and implementation of firearm‑violence intervention programs.[nraila]​
  • Training – HB 916 & HB 1071: Tighten concealed‑carry training requirements and require school threat‑assessment teams to receive training on using red‑flag/ERPO procedures.[nraila]​

Additional prohibitions and disqualifications

  • Domestic‑violence and restraining‑order add‑ons: SB 160 closes the “boyfriend loophole” by extending firearm‑possession bans to certain misdemeanor domestic‑violence convictions involving intimate partners, not just spouses; SB 38 requires people under certain restraining orders to transfer guns to non‑cohabiting adults 21+.[yahoo]​
  • Mental‑health and hospital restrictions: SB 173 bans weapons in hospitals providing mental health or developmental services.[yahoo]​
  • Misdemeanor expansion – HB 1015: Adds additional misdemeanor offenses to the list that disqualify a person from firearm possession under state law.[nraila]​
  • Local authority – HB 926: Allows localities to restrict outdoor shooting on private property unless conditions like minimum lot size are met.[nraila]​

Status and politics as of March 2026

  • Passage status: At least a dozen of these bills, including the assault‑weapons sales ban, safe‑storage requirements, expanded red‑flag law, and public‑carry restrictions, have passed both chambers and are heading to or already on Gov. Spanberger’s desk.statenavigate+5
  • Expected outcome: Spanberger has publicly indicated support for major pieces like an assault‑weapons ban, ghost‑gun ban, stronger domestic‑violence restrictions, and stronger red‑flag laws, so supporters expect she will sign many of them; opponents (NRA, VCDL, Gun Owners of America) are preparing court challenges.vcdl-lis+4

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-are-the-proposed-gun-cont-Q7dEvm_PTd2TrvaF_FSf8g#0

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Feb272026

Episode 1167 – The Exodus from California Continues!

California loses another billionaire after the state threatens to implement a wealth tax.

Joe Biden’s FBI has been proven to have been acting badly. Will anything come of it?

And CNN is about to release a documentary on Christian Nationalism. This raises a couple of questions.

News

Here is some news:

  • Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg is the latest billionaire to escape California ahead of a hefty proposed wealth tax. The director recently purchased a home in the iconic San Remo co-op in New York City overlooking Central Park.
  • Public Storage announced it is leaving California and moving its corporate headquarters from Glendale to Frisco, Texas.
    • Public Storage operates thousands of self-storage units across the country.
  • Blu Zeke Daly, 26, of Manchester, previously known as “Cullen Zeke Daly,” reportedly pulled a vehicle up to a closed gate at the US-Canadian Pittsburgh Port of Entry and fired gunshots at a Border Patrol agent when approached.
    • The suspect is trans nonbinary.
  •  The FBI under Joe Biden subpoenaed the phone records of now-FBI Director Kash Patel and now-White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in 2022 and 2023, when both were private citizens. The phone records grab was part of the Biden administration’s investigation into Donald Trump.
  • New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is proposing to spend $70 million on his plan for a network of government-owned grocery stores, a sum $10 million higher than he pledged on the campaign trail, even as his administration warns of a multibillion-dollar fiscal shortfall and raises the prospect of higher property taxes.
  • Cuba’s Interior Ministry reported that four men aboard a US-registered speedboat were killed after opening fire on a Cuban coast guard vessel near Cayo Falcones on Wednesday morning. Six additional passengers were wounded and received medical care.
    • The ministry said the Florida-registered vessel, carrying at least 10 people, was detected in Cuban waters off the country’s northern coast in Villa Clara province. When five members of the Cuban border guard approached the speedboat to verify its identity, the crew allegedly opened fire, injuring the Cuban commander.
    • The Cuban government later said that the 10 passengers who opened fire on soldiers were Cubans who had been living in the US and were seeking to infiltrate the island nation for the purpose of committing terrorism, the AP reports. The government claimed that the passengers on the boat “have a known history of criminal and violent activity.”
  • No movement on Iran.
    • They continue to talk in Geneva.
    • Iran refuses to give up their “peaceful” nuclear ambitions.
    • Iran refuses to giver up their ballistic missile program.
    • Iran refuses to giver up their nuclear materials.
    • The Trump administration says both Iranian demands are unacceptable.
    • The United States shipped a bunch of F-22s to Israel.
    • We should know more over the next 48 to 72 hours.

Just fucking dumb! Here is Rep Jenelle Bynum saying that Trump asking politicians to stand if they believe government should protect American citizens over illegal aliens. You’ll be shocked at what she says:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15574969/steven-spielberg-mark-zuckerberg-calfornia-billionaire-tax.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=social-twitter_mailonline
https://thepostmillennial.com/suspect-in-shooting-of-federal-border-patrol-agent-in-manchester-nh-identified-as-cullen-blu-zeke-daly
https://thepostmillennial.com/bidens-fbi-subpoenaed-phone-records-of-kash-patel-susie-wiles-during-probe-of-trump
https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-budgets-70-million-for-city-run-grocery-stores-as-nyc-hemorrhages-cash-report
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-cuban-coast-guard-shoots-kills-4-wounds-6-aboard-us-registered-speed-boat-during-gunfight
https://abc7.com/post/public-storage-announces-corporate-relocation-glendale-california-frisco-texas/18651951/?linkId=911778654

This Sounds Good!

Some things:

  • She doesn’t call this “White Christian Nationalism”. They take the racial component out of it.
  • She says that the country was based on Judeo/Christian principles. It was.
  • She says that Judeo/Christian principles should influence our laws and culture. It should. We aren’t kicking anyone out of the country because they have a different religion.
  • Charlie Kirk’s death did create a revitalization of Christianity. So did the assassination attempts of Donald Trump.
  • Notice, all the violence is coming out of the Left.

They Might As Well As Cancel It Now

According to the Post Millennial:

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy features a gay Klingon cadet. The show features a lesbian relationship between a mixed Klingon and Jem’Hadar and Tig Notaro, who plays a teacher at the Academy, as well as a Klingon man who dates a human.

“I won’t pretend that I wasn’t scared to take on this role. Part of me still is. Not because of the character himself, but because I knew the reaction that could come with it,” actor Karim DianĂ© said of his character, Jay-Den Kraag, per Pink News.

To those who aren’t crazy about the warrior race being displayed as gay, DianĂ© says their concerns are just “rooted in homophobia, racism, bigotry.” In the Star Trek universe, Klingons are a warrior race who are always ready for a fight and go into battle under the mantra “today is a good day to die.”

“But what matters more is this,” said DianĂ©, “over the past few weeks since this show premiered, I’ve received countless messages from LGBTQ+ people around the world
 people who feel seen, validated, and inspired by Jay-Den. Those messages outweigh every bit of negativity. Every single time.”

Episode 7, which aired this week, showed the Klingon character heading off to Ibiza to party down with his gay lover Kyle for spring break, or “All Worlds Day,” as it’s called on the show. Jay-Den Kraag didn’t even end up making it on the trip; he got sidetracked by another plot line, but Kyle came back terribly sunburned. Other cadets spent their All Worlds Day holidays with their families.

Of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, DianĂ© said he imagined a future that expanded who gets to be seen, heard, and valued. “A future where diversity isn’t merely tolerated but celebrated. Jay-Den doesn’t exist outside of that tradition. He exists because of it. ‘Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations’ isn’t just a catchy phrase Roddenberry tossed around. I believe he truly meant it,” he said.

Trekkers and Trekkies on X spoke out against the absurdity of taking a Star Trek series and making it about sexual identity, with one user saying “life long star trek fan but have not even started watching starfleet academy, i just canÂŽt. from captain picard fighting the borg which was beyond epic to increasingly woke and insane storylines with every new series of star trek that has made it impossible to watch.”

“And then they wonder why people only watch the old shows, is because they were fun and entertaining not a platform to push an agenda,” said another.

https://thepostmillennial.com/new-woke-star-trek-show-features-first-gay-klingon

You Don’t Say!

What a Dolt

According to the Daily Wire:

Actor Ted Levine apologized recently for his iconic turn as cross-dressing serial killer Jame Gumb in the 1991  horror classic “The Silence of the Lambs,” saying that it was “f*cking wrong” that the film had “vilified” the apparent gender confusion of his character.

Levine told The Hollywood Reporter that his intent had always been to play Gumb — nicknamed “Buffalo Bill” — as a “f*cked-up heterosexual man” despite the fact that the character dresses in women’s clothing, wears makeup, and skins his female victims in an effort to make himself a suit of female flesh.

“There are certain aspects of the movie that don’t hold up too well,” he said. “We all know more, and I’m a lot wiser about transgender issues. There are some lines in that script and movie that are unfortunate.”

Levine said that when they were making the film — based on the 1988 Thomas Harris novel by the same title — he had not been particularly concerned, but that “over time and having gotten aware and worked with trans folks, and understanding a bit more about the culture and the reality of the meaning of gender — it’s unfortunate that the film vilified that, and it’s f*cking wrong. And you can quote me on that.”

“I didn’t play him as being gay or trans. I think he was just a f*cked-up heterosexual man. That’s what I was doing,” Levine explained.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/silence-of-the-lambs-actor-apologizes-to-trans-folks-for-iconic-cross-dressing-role

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Episode 1162 – DEI IS Toxic Empathy and Racist!

Canada has a mass shooting in a school. Canada is giving up the real story without saying it.

California loses another high-profile name because of its tax policies.

And a judge makes a common sense decision concerning ICE.

News

Here is some news:

  • A major mass shooting occurred on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, in the small community of Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, with at least nine people killed and more than two dozen injured at a secondary school and a nearby home.
  • Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has become the latest tech billionaire to ditch California in search of greener pastures and has ended up in Florida. The move from Zuckerberg comes as California is considering a 5 percent tax on the ultra-wealthy in the state.
  • The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a flight restriction that had grounded all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday, after previously warning that the U.S. government “may use deadly force” against any aircraft in violation.
    • A Trump administration official told Fox News that the initial lockdown came in response to “Mexican cartel drones” that breached U.S. airspace.
    • The FAA had announced Wednesday morning that all flights to and from El Paso were being grounded, including commercial, cargo and general aviation. The restriction was initially set to be effective from February 10 at 11:30 p.m. MST to February 20 at 11:30 p.m. MST.
  • January jobs report came out.
    • 130,000 private sector jobs were created. Unemployment went down to 4.3%.
    • There was an adjustment for the year 2025, down 425,000 jobs.
  • Wages have gone up beyond the inflation rate, but not a lot.
    • Prices are not going to go down to 2019 levels. Unfortunately, inflation wasn’t transitory.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/faa-halts-all-flights-el-paso-international-airport-10-days-special-security-reasons
https://thepostmillennial.com/mexican-cartel-drones-forced-temporary-closure-of-el-paso-international-airport-airspace
https://thepostmillennial.com/zuckerberg-ditches-california-for-the-free-state-of-florida

Because It’s Unconstitutional?

According to the Daily Wire:

A federal judge ruled Monday that California can’t enforce a law banning federal immigration agents from wearing masks.

Judge Christina A. Snyder from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled that California’s “No Secret Police Act” both discriminates against the federal government for solely applying to federal law enforcement and violates its power granted by the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.

Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the law in September to ban Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from wearing masks while making arrests, forcing them to show their faces. The Department of Homeland Security quickly jumped to condemn the law, calling it “a flagrant attempt to endanger” federal officers.

ICE agents currently face a more than 1,000% increase in assaults, a surge in doxxing efforts, and a roughly 8,000% jump in death threats, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-rules-california-cant-stop-ice-agents-from-wearing-masks?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Jennie+Taer&category=News&elementPosition=2&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Federal+Judge+Rules+California+Can%E2%80%99t+Stop+ICE+Agents+From+Wearing+Masks

Toxic Empathy

According to Perplexity:

In February 2026, Davis sharply reduced the sentence that a Jefferson County jury recommended for defendant Christopher Earl Thompson, convicted of a 2023 kidnapping, armed robbery, and sexual assault in Louisville. The jury reportedly recommended a 65‑year sentence, but Davis imposed 30 years, citing the defendant’s age and potential for rehabilitation, while adding more than four years for his contemptuous conduct toward the court.

The case involved Thompson abducting a woman in her own vehicle, forcing her to perform oral sex at gunpoint, robbing her at an ATM, and sexually assaulting her again, with DNA evidence tying him to the crime. Local Republicans, including Louisville Metro Council Minority Caucus Chair Anthony Piagentini, publicly denounced the reduced sentence, arguing it disrespected the jury’s decision and endangered public safety.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/judge-tracy-davis-wo0vTD._Qje422ttTiS.gw#0

That’s What Los Angeles Needs!

According to the New York Post:

A radical left-wing group in Los Angeles has published a shocking 40-page roadmap to transform the nation’s second-largest city into a bizarre socialist experiment.

The Democratic Socialists of America’s LA chapter wants to straight-up seize private property through a “creative use of eminent domain,” take control of your neighborhood grocery store, and replace cops with unarmed social workers while shutting down jails.

The 3,500 member group has already helped elect several candidates to local office, and previously backed Nithya Raman, a DSA-member now running for mayor. They openly trash the Democratic Party establishment as capitalist sellouts and want to build “working class power” through what they call a “socialist mass organization.”

The manifesto, published in 2025 is more than 9,000-words long and gives an insight into the policies that a potential Mayor Raman has signed up to as a DSA member and could try to implement in LA. It targets the “status quo coalition” of elected officials, real estate developers, billionaires, nonprofits, and even some union leaders who’ve supposedly sold out workers.

They think they can actually pull this off in six to eight years through local elections and organizing.

“We are on the burning edge of the economic, climate, and moral crises that define this generation,” the manifesto warns, adding ominously: “The choice remains socialism or barbarism.”

So, what are the goals of the Democratic Socialists of America?

  • Seizing privately owned housing using eminent domain to seize private property and convert to public/social housing
  • Build city-owned municipal enterprises and expropriate corporations in essential industries (grocery, restaurants, internet, etc.)
  • Decommission Men’s Central Jail and don’t replace with any carceral facilities
  • Execute shift to 100% renewable energy by 2035 — complete fossil fuel elimination in 11 years
  • Make all public transportation free (buses, trains, bike share)
  • Publicly acquire and operate all energy systems — full public takeover of utilities
  • Reclaim private and public golf courses via zoning/legislative means for housing/parks
  • Divest public pension investments from war profiteers, defense contractors, and fossil fuel companies
  • Replace armed police with unarmed alternatives for traffic enforcement and mental health crises
  • End all contracts between public agencies and corporations profiting from war/fossil fuels (including Metro’s contracts)
  • Ban all unhosted short-term rentals (Airbnb, etc.)
  • Prosecute and permanently decertify all cops who kill
  • Noncitizen voting in all local elections
  • Vacancy tax on empty housing units
  • Universal rent control statewide
  • Automatic rent freezes and eviction moratoriums with any state of emergency
  • Decriminalize all drug use and fund safe injection sites
  • Restore voting rights for all former felons
  • End all means-testing for child development programs

https://nypost.com/2026/02/09/us-news/inside-dem-socialists-extreme-plan-for-los-angeles/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=capost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#Echobox=1770645713

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Episode 1159 – More Bad News for California Drivers!

More bad news for California drivers will be coming on Saturday.

Nike has some explaining to do.

And Virginia Democrats have decided to go after a hundred and fifty year old institution. The Trump administration is looking to save it.

The News

  • The Washington Post is laying off 300 employees, about 1/3 of its staff. This comes on the heels of Amazon laying off 16,000 employees due to restructuring.
  • Valero is closing an oil refinery in California four months ahead of schedule.
    • Refineries are fleeing the Golden State as regulations drive operating costs 26 to 37% higher than the national average. Chevron moved its operations from the Bay Area to Texas, while Phillips 66 powered down its 140,000-barrel-per-day Los Angeles refinery in October.
    • California has the second highest gas prices in the country at $4.37. We’re going for number 1!
    • This comes before California is set to raise gas taxes by $.03 in July.
    • Get ready for $7 dollar gas.
    • The national average is $2.88 a gallon. It is Lefty states like Hawaii, California, Illinois, and New York that are keeping the average gas prices that high.
  • Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass secretly altered the official Palisades Fire response report to downplay the failures made by the city and fire department when the deadly blaze erupted, a new report said.
    • Bass, after seeing an early draft of the after-action report, wanted key findings of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s shortcomings scrubbed or watered down — and even warned then-interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva the unedited conclusions could expose the city to legal liability, sources close to the Democrat’s staff told the Los Angeles Times.
  • The federal agency that enforces U.S. workplace discrimination laws said Wednesday it is investigating Nike over allegations that its diversity initiatives unlawfully discriminated against White employees and job applicants, according to a court filing.
    • Reuters reported that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said Nike has refused to comply with a subpoena seeking information, including data on the racial and ethnic makeup of the global athletic apparel and footwear company based in Beaverton, Oregon.
    • The commission said the investigation centers on claims that Nike deliberately treated White employees and job applicants unfairly, including allegations that they were disproportionately targeted for layoffs.
    • The agency said it is seeking the records to determine whether Nike violated federal anti-discrimination law.

https://twitter.com/peterbakernyt/status/2019069689582723333?s=20

https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/us-news/la-mayor-karen-bass-secretly-altered-palisades-fire-analysis-to-downplay-las-failures-report/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#Echobox=1770242914
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/nikes-diversity-initiatives-under-eeoc-scrutiny-alleged-discrimination-against-white-workers
https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/us-news/valero-shuts-california-refinery-early-as-gas-prices-poised-to-spike/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#Echobox=1770232527

They Only Destroy

According to the Daily Wire:

The War Department is monitoring efforts by Virginia Democrats to potentially cripple the Virginia Military Institute, The Daily Wire can first report.

Cadets at VMI, the nation’s first state-sponsored and supported military college, have grown increasingly anxious about the fate of their institution since Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger entered office and appointed former Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam to VMI’s Board of Visitors.

Northam had ordered an audit into alleged racism and sexism at VMI in 2021, amid the Democrat-led wave of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion measures in universities across the nation — measures supported by then-President Joe Biden and his administration.

Now, Virginia Democrats suggest that the military institution is still rife with racism, sexism, and cultural barriers. They proposed two measures taking aim at the school: their proposed House Bill 1377 establishes a task force evaluating whether VMI should still be funded by the state, and House Bill 1374 would end VMI’s Board of Visitors and give the state full oversight of the institution.

Revoking VMI’s state funding would likely lead to the school’s demise.

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told The Daily Wire on Tuesday that the War Department “reserves the right to take extraordinary measures to protect the integrity of VMI.”

So why do these people hate VMI?

Some state representatives who support the measures, like Democrat Michael Feggans of Virginia Beach, point to VMI’s roots in the Civil War, arguing that the institution has buildings on campus named for Confederate military figures.

Democrat state Rep. Dan Helmer of Fairfax, frustrated that VMI did not renew the contract of VMI’s first black superintendent, told one local outlet: “For those of us, like me, who care deeply about service and care deeply about producing leaders of character, we need to ensure that VMI has turned the page.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-says-it-will-fight-virginia-dems-to-save-historic-military-college?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&category=Exclusive&elementPosition=1&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Trump+Admin+Says+It+Will+Fight+Virginia+Dems+To+Save+Historic+Military+College

That’s Going to Fix the Prison System

According to the Post Millennial:

Socialist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed ex-convict Stanley Richards as the city’s newest Department of Correction commissioner. Per Gothamist, Richards spent two-and-a-half years on Rikers Island on robbery charges in the 1980s and spent an additional four-and-a-half years in state prison before being released in 1991. This marks the first time an ex-convict has held the role.

Mamdani said in a news conference, “Stanley will make history in this role as the first ever formerly incarcerated person to serve as commissioner. That achievement is not merely symbolic. It is a testament to the thought and leadership he will bring to every member of correction staff and incarcerated New Yorkers underneath his purview.”

After his release, Richards began working as a counselor with the Fortune Society, which provides housing and re-entry services for ex-convicts leaving jail. He served as the society’s president until his appointment, as well as a deputy correction commissioner under former Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city’s Board of Correction.

Richards said, “The future of Rikers is not endless confinement, scapegoating or demonizing. It is safety, transformation and rehabilitation.”

Benny Boscio, the president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association union said in a statement, “Despite the many false narratives that have portrayed COBA as an ‘obstacle to reform,’ we have been ready, willing and able to meet and work with anyone, as long as they respect the rights of our Correction Officers and understand that their safety and security matter. The jails cannot and will not operate as safely as possible if the concerns of our members are brushed aside. It is our hope that Mr. Richards understands that dynamic as he takes on this new role and demonstrates a commitment to putting safety and security before any political ideology.”

Richards said in a statement, “I am deeply honored and grateful to Mayor Mamdani for this appointment. This role represents the culmination of my lifelong commitment to criminal justice reform, drawing directly from my own experience of incarceration on Rikers, which fueled my decades of work at The Fortune Society and with the Department of Correction, helping thousands rebuild their lives through reentry programs, leadership roles, and advocacy.”

“This appointment is an opportunity to lead from the top, advocating for both incarcerated individuals and correction officers to create safer jails and real pathways to rehabilitation. This is a chance to drive upstream change, connecting people to services like those at Fortune Society that transformed my own life. I will work tirelessly with this administration to ensure that we prioritize humane and safe conditions and ensure justice for all New Yorkers.”

So, what is the Fortune Society?

Mission and Purpose

The organization’s core mission is to support successful reentry from incarceration and promote alternatives to incarceration, with the goal of strengthening communities. It emphasizes belief in individuals’ capacity to change and works to create a more fair, humane, and rehabilitative justice system.

What They Do

The Fortune Society provides a “one-stop-shop” of services for people with justice involvement, including help with housing, employment, education, health, mental health, substance use treatment, and family support. Each year, it serves thousands of people—over 8,000 to 13,000 annually in recent descriptions—through both direct services and advocacy.​

Key Programs and Services

Major service areas include supportive and transitional housing (such as its residences The Castle and Castle Gardens), job readiness and placement, educational programs (literacy, GED, and college prep), and counseling. The organization also helps with benefits enrollment, health and mental health care connections, substance use treatment, and creative arts programming.

Advocacy and Systems Change

Beyond direct services, The Fortune Society engages in policy and advocacy work aimed at reducing barriers to housing, employment, and education for people with records. It works to advance reforms that make the criminal justice system more rehabilitative and less reliant on incarceration.

https://thepostmillennial.com/mamdani-appoints-ex-con-as-nyc-department-of-corrections-head
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-is-the-fortune-society-onhlxeSjTw2fZgucFc5EDQ

I’ve Got a Weird Take

According to Fox News:

A string of recent incidents in which ICE agents and Department of Homeland Security leadership have been refused service at corporate gas stations and hotel chains has raised questions about whether private businesses can lawfully deny service to federal law enforcement officers.

The incidents — including ICE agents who were turned away from hotels and a Border Patrol commander being denied service at a gas station — have prompted debate over whether such refusals amount to lawful private discretion or illegal discrimination against federal law enforcement carrying out official duties.

The most recent flashpoint unfolded at a Speedway gas station, where video captured by conservative activist Cam Higby showed U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino being followed out of the store by a man identifying himself as a manager.

Bovino himself was silent on the matter when asked by Higby among the crowd outside Speedway, while Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said similar situations had transpired at several different gas stations where agitators stalked agents.

When Higby asked the man why he refused Bovino service, he replied: “Because I wanted to. I don’t support ICE and nobody here does.”

The man remained silent when asked if he thought it was legal to deny service to federal agents based on their role, while the employee could be heard saying, “If it is [illegal] I personally don’t care.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/i-dont-support-ice-gas-station-refusal-ignites-debate-over-denying-service-federal-agents

They Have a Big Opinion of Themselves

According to the Post Millennial:

A few leftist men out in Minnesota decided to make a parody of the Iwo Jima flag raising, only instead lifting up the Minnesota flag, which was recently scrutinized for looking somewhat similar to the flag of Somalia.

Video of the “flag raising” was posted by Anton Treuer, who is a professor at Bemidji State University and claims to be an “Indigenous language warrior” on X.

Treuer, although it is unclear if he was pictured in the video, said in the caption, “We stand for justice and a future worth fighting for! #MNStrong #iceout #Minnesota #peace #solidarity.” The clip, which has not gone viral on social media, depicts six people holding up the Minnesota flag in the position from the famous Iwo Jima flag raising photo from World War II.

Many reacted to the post online, slamming the group of leftist as people wanting to cosplay as soldiers as the Trump administration has been surging ICE into the region to detain illegal immigrant criminals.

Human Events Daily host Jack Posobiec said of the video, “Leftists in Minneapolis are now staging the flag-raising of Iwo Jima with their fake Somali flag Good Lord, we’re reaching levels of cringe that have never been seen.”

https://thepostmillennial.com/leftists-mock-classic-iwo-jima-photo-by-raising-new-somali-inspired-minnesota-flag

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